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44th Annual Congress of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society
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Emotional Turbulence: Working Clinically with Unformed Experience
May 30 (evening outreach)
Sutton Place Hotel, Vancouver, BC
Avner Bergstein, Israel Psychoanalytic Society
“How are we to see, observe…. these things which are not visible?” (Bion, 2005). How does felt experience become thinkable? And what of a painful something which exists in the body, but which never becomes emotionally invested thought? How do we speak about the impact of what is unverbalisable and irrepresentable? How do we as analysts work with the ineffable, the inarticulate? With what is difficult in our patients?
These questions about connecting with subjective experience are central to contemporary psychoanalytic thinking, across the range of different schools of thought. Freud’s discovery of the unconscious obscured the fact that some, not all, parts of the unconscious can be known by the symbolic traces it leaves on our conscious waking lives. His dynamic repressed unconscious was a part of a much larger formless, not organized or articulated nor articulable subset of “proto” psychic elements that could be called the unformulated or unrepressed unconscious (Levine, 2013:43) and which may not be available to our senses.
While Winnicott writes of the fear of breakdown and the pull towards it, Bion writes of catastrophic change and the fear of it. Both meet in the sphere of the unrepressed unconscious. Both focus on the dread of encountering emotional truth encapsulated in the unmentalized, unrepressed unconscious, threatening the mind with a psychotic state. Yet both contend that this encounter, facilitating the integration of remote and unmentalized parts of the self, can save the personality from mental catastrophe, or alternatively from psychic death as a defense against it (Bergstein, 2014b). This interest in the unrepressed unconscious has broadened our notion of therapeutic action. The aim of lifting repressive barriers has been widened to include a process that involves extending the boundaries of the self to include split-off parts by analytic containment.
Along with different contemporary conceptualizations of the unconscious and unconscious processes have been changing formulations of the aims of psychoanalysis. At the centre of the change in the aims of psychoanalysis, based on the concepts introduced by Bion, is the function of transformation and emotionally invested symbolic creation. Although there are different views on transformational processes among contemporary theorists, converging formulations of psychoanalysis are concerned with how to bring those “not-yet emerged elements” of experience to a form capable of joining an associative network of feelings, thoughts, desires, and memories, so they can be discerned and forgotten; experienced in a way that they become unconscious.
What in the relationship with the analyst can set back in motion a suspended process of waking dream-thought to connect different and remote parts of the self?
“The psychoanalytic quest is not traversing the caesura so as to arrive at a safe harbour, but rather widening the capacity for motion and free flowing between the two river banks. The mere movement and transition are what matters, and not its direction, hence there is no notion of moving forward towards a goal, a cure. The movement itself is what expands the mind and facilitates psychic life.” (Bergstein, 2013: 626).
This brings to the fore the complexity of what activates symbolisation or makes for its absence; the intrapsychic and intersubjective processes through which representations come to be formed, or not, and the psychotic and psychosomatic phenomena in both analysts and “patients who fear catastrophic change” (Bergstein, 2014b). All have implications for the analyst’s functioning and interpretation. Bergstein develops Bion’s idea of using processes of reverie and affective elaboration of analysts’ and patients’ concrete experience as instruments of intuition and as a means of traversing the gap between mind and mind. He proposes “the way to psychic transformation is pinned in the possibility to experience the past in the present, for the first time, in the transference. This, I suggest, is possible primarily through the analyst’s capacity and willingness to experience the agonies of breakdown in his flesh. It is the analyst who must «agree» to experience a catastrophic change, to lose his identity, even if momentarily,… (2014b:864).
Bergstein, A. (2013). Transcending the Caesura: Reverie, Dreaming and Counter-Dreaming . Int. J. Psycho-Anal., 94(4):621-644
———-. (2014a). DÉPASSER LA CÉSURE: RÊVERIE, CAPACITÉ DE RÊVER ET DE CONTRE-RÊVER. L’Anneé Psychanal. Int., 2014:113-140
———-. (2014b). Beyond the Spectrum: Fear of Breakdown, Catastrophic Change and the Unrepressed Unconscious. Rivista Psicoanal., 60(4):847-868
Bion, W. (2005). The Italian Seminars. London: Karnac
Levine, H. (2013). “The colourless canvas: representation, therapeutic action, and the creation of mind.” In: H. Levine, G. Reed, D. Scarfone, eds, Unrepresented States and the Constructon of Meaning. Clinical and Theoretical Contributions (pp. 42-71). London: Karnac
Avner Bergstein is a training and supervising psychoanalyst with the Israel Psychoanalytic Society. He maintains a private practice with adults, adolescents and children and has worked for some years at a kindergarten for children with autism. As the author of numerous papers and book chapters elaborating on the clinical implications of the writings of Meltzer and Bion, he conducts seminars focusing on primitive mental states. His papers have been translated into German, French, Spanish and Portuguese. He has also translated and co-edited the Hebrew translation of a number of psychoanalytic books, including works by Bion, Tustin and Ogden. Writing in a clear and lucid manner, Avner Bergstein integrates Bion’s sometimes highly theoretical thinking with everyday clinical practice, to facilitate his dense and condensed formulations and make them clinically accessible and useful. His first book, Bion and Meltzer’s Expeditions into Unmapped Mental Life: Beyond the Spectrum in Psychoanalysis (Routledge, 2018) is written for psychoanalysts and psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapists who are attracted to Bion and Meltzer’s radical thinking.
acquire further understanding of some of W.R. Bion’s crucial concepts;
expand their capacity to get in touch with unrepresentable states of mind;
acquire further understanding of the relationship between unmentalized, indigestible emotional experience and psycho-somatic complaints;
acquire psychoanalytic tools for thinking and working with violence.
New Programme Features
May 29-30, Pre-congress Working Party (WPSPTT) with moderators from France and the USA.
Separate registration and registration fee is required for the Pre-Congress. Register here.
Keynote Address with Avner Bergstein, Training Analyst, Israel Psychoanalytic Society
Master Clinical Case Presentation with Avner Bergstein and discussant, Christopher G. Lovett
Work/Study Group aimed at in-depth explorations of a psychoanalytic topic led by a panel of Canadian experts:
The Psychoanalytic Study of Sibling Relation (Margaret Ann Fitzpatrick Hanly, Gabriela Legorreta & Jorge Palacios-Boix)
Invited Panel: Tuning the Wavelength with Philippe Valon (Paris) and Chris Lovett (Boston)
View the Congress Programme (PDF)
Registration and Fees:
Pre-Congress Working Party, May 29-30
Separate registration and registration fee is required for the Pre-Congress. Registration is currently underway and the deadline for registration is March 30, or as soon as the group is full. To ensure boundary issues are respected, each registration is considered provisional pending the final composition of the group. Alternatives will be offered if available; otherwise your registration fee will be reimbursed. We expect to be sold out so do not delay securing your spot. See details and registration here.
National Congress, May 30 – June 2
Registration is open. See below for details.
Full Registration, May 30 (evening outreach) – June 2
Members – $300 (on or before May 15) / $350 (May 16 onward)
Non-Members – $400 (on or before May 15) / $450 (May 16 onward)
Candidates – $150 (on or before May 15) / $200 (May 16 onward)
Students – $150 (on or before May 15) / $200 (May 16 onward)
Single Day Registration
Members – $200
Non-Members – $220
Candidates and Students – $120
Congress Banquet – $95
Reimbursement Policy:
Full refund up to May 15th, minus 20% administration fee. From May 16th onward, refund of 50%, minus 20% administration fee, up to 5 business days before the congress. No refund within 5 business days of the event.
National Congress Registration, May 30 (evening outreach) – June 2
Registration is closed for this event.
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Nitrification inhibitors and fertiliser nitrogen application timing strategies to reduce N2O. Site in Northumberland, 2012
Related Party - Organisation (Author): ADAS UK Ltd.
At Newcastle University’s Cockle Park Farm near Morpeth, north-east England (clay loam topsoil texture), direct nitrous oxide (N2O) and ammonia (NH3) emissions were measured from replicated (x3) plots (24 x 13 m), following spring applications of manufactured nitrogen (N) fertilisers to winter barley. A control treatment was included where no N fertiliser was applied. Ammonium nitrate (AN) fertiliser (34.5% N) or urea fertiliser (46% N) were applied at a rate of 160 kg N/ha, in three split applications (mid-March, late-March and early-April). In separate treatments, a commercially available nitrification inhibitor was tested; dicyandiamide (DCD) was sprayed at a rate of 10 kg/ha (6.5 kg N/ha) onto the AN and urea plots immediately after N fertiliser application. The N supplied by the DCD was accounted for in the 160 kg N/ha application. Additionally, AN and urea fertiliser was also applied in five equal splits in mid-March, late-March, mid-April, late-April and early-May i.e. 'little and often'. Following N fertiliser application, measurements and of direct N2O-N were made over c.12 months, using 5 static chambers (0.8 m2 total surface area) per plot and analysed by gas chromatography. Ammonia-N emissions were measured for c.3 weeks after each split N fertiliser application, using a wind tunnel technique (one per plot). Indirect N2O-N emissions were estimated from the measured NH3-N losses and using the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change default emission factor, namely: 1% of volatilised N is lost as N2O-N. Grain yields and total N offtakes were measured following harvest in August 2012. The Northumberland, 2012 experiment contains data sets of; annual nitrous oxide emission, annual nitrous oxide emission factor, total ammonia loss, soil moisture, top soil mineral nitrogen (selected treatments), temperature, rainfall and associated crop (yield, total and grain nitrogen offtakes) and soil measurements.
Subject Keywords: Nitrous oxide; Ammonia; Manufactured nitrogen fertilizers; Ammonium nitrate; Urea fertilizers; Application timing; Nitrification inhibitors; DCD; Arable land; Winter barley; Clay soils
Geographic Keywords: Northumberland; North East England; England; United Kingdom
Phenomenon Time - Start Date/Time: 2012-03-13 00:00:00 End Date/Time: 2013-03-12 00:00:00
Longitude (West): -1.77
Longitude (East): -1.53
Latitude (South): 55.15
Latitude (North): 55.30
The ADAS Integrated Management System (AIMS) is a business centered management system that effectively integrates business planning, business management and business processes. It also ensures that all the requirements of proprietary quality, environmental management and Health And Safety related standards and schemes to which the ADAS Group of Companies complies are addressed in the one company wide management system. At the core of AIMS are the Group’s policy statements, quality and environmental management system manual and an extensive range of Standard Operating Procedures prescribing internal business processes and technical methodologies. All documents within AIMS are periodically reviewed and revised where necessary, in accordance with a documented procedure so that the Group’s business needs continue to be met and to respond to opportunities and ideas from staff for further improvement. The system is centrally controlled and all documents are available to staff with password controlled computer access via the company’s Intranet. Copies of policy statements and the quality and environmental management system manual are publicly available via the company’s website: www.adas.co.uk. Hard copies of these documents can be provided where necessary. Senior management periodically review AIMS to ensure the continuing suitability, adequacy and effectiveness of the system and to identify or assess opportunities for further improvement or requirement for change. Compliance with AIMS ensures that client needs are identified, understood and that services and products are subsequently delivered in a professional and independent manner designed to fully meet and satisfy client expectations. Delivery to clients is: - Subject to risk assessment and subsequent risk management. - Specified and agreed in formal contract agreements. - Controlled via the use of effective project planning to meet milestones, specifications, time frames and budget. - Project managed by appropriately trained and qualified staff, using up-to-date equipment and facilities where appropriate. - Subject to rigorous quality control checking before release to ensure technical soundness and compliance with contractual requirements and ADAS standards. Effective implementation of AIMS is assessed by scheduled internal audits carried out by independent Quality Assurance staff. Critical aspects of work and that of sub-contractors and collaborators are also audited where contractually required. ISO 9001 The Soils, Agriculture And Water Business Unit and the Animal Health and Chemicals in the Environment Groups within the Development Businesses Unit are certificated to this standard by Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) for: 'Provision of independent research and consultancy focusing primarily on arable crop protection, crop physiology, sustainable farming systems, agriculture, horticulture, soils and nutrients, water, sustainable livestock, animal health and chemicals in the environment (excluding advisory work funded directly by farmers and growers).' Certificate No. LRQ 0936648. Each Research And Development study is led by a Study Director responsible for planning, co-ordinating, controlling and reporting the work. Throughout the work the Study Director has a pivotal role in guiding the scientific content and quality of delivery. A specific protocol approved by the Study Director, sets out the objectives and timetable for the work, and details the experiment design, materials and methods and reporting requirements. Detailed nitrous oxide emission measurement methodology: Direct N2O emissions were measured with five static flux chambers (40 cm wide x 40 cm long x 25 cm high) per plot, covering a total surface area of 0.8 m2. The chambers were of white (i.e. reflective) PVC and un-vented with a water-filled channel running around the upper rim of the chamber allowing an air-tight seal to form following chamber enclosure with a lid (Smith et al., 2012). Chambers were pushed into the soil up to a depth of 5 cm and remained in place throughout the experiment, except during fertiliser application, drilling and harvesting when chambers were removed, locations were marked, and chambers were re-instated to the same position as prior to removal. Chambers remained open except for a short time on each sampling day. On that day, ten samples of ambient air were taken to represent time zero (T0) N2O samples. From each chamber, after a 40-minute enclosure period (T40) a headspace sample was taken using a 50-ml syringe. Using a double needle system the sample was flushed though a pre-evacuated 20-22 ml glass vial fitted with a chloro-butyl rubber septum and held at atmospheric pressure. The N2O flux was calculated using an assumed linear increase in N2O concentration from the ambient N2O concentration (T0) to the N2O concentration inside the chamber after 40-minutes enclosure (T40) (Chadwick et al., 2014). Throughout each experiment, the linearity of emissions through time was checked routinely from three chambers located on the highest N rate plots. A minimum of five samples were taken from each chamber at 15 min intervals commencing at closure i.e. T0 and spanning the T40 sampling time. In order to permit sampling from a growing crop, when required and at the time of sampling, an additional chamber was stacked (using the water-filled channel) onto each permanent chamber and the chamber enclosure period extended. In order to minimise the effect of diurnal variation, gas sampling was carried out between 10:00 am and 14:00 pm and where possible between 10:00 am and 12:00 pm as suggested by IAEA (1992) and referred to in the IPCC good practice guidance (IPCC, 2000). Gas samples were analysed as soon as possible after collection (to minimise potential leakage) using gas chromatographs fitted with an electron-capture detector and an automated sample injection system. Following receipt in the laboratory, three replicates of one standard N2O gas were kept with the samples and were used to verify sample integrity during storage. The gas chromatographs were calibrated on a daily basis using certified N2O standard gas mixtures. Following each fertiliser application, N2O flux measurements were carried out in line with the following sampling schedule until the next fertiliser application or for the final application until the end of the monitoring period; measurements were taken for 5 days immediately following fertiliser application, daily for a further 5 days during the next week, twice weekly for the next two weeks, every other week over the next c.four months, decreasing in frequency to monthly until the end of the 12 month sampling period. Prior to the first fertiliser application N2O measurements were taken to provide baseline information. This sampling schedule resulted in an annual total of c.70 sampling days starting from the day of the first fertiliser application. Measurements were taken over 12 months to follow IPCC good practice guidance and so that the results were directly comparable to the IPCC 2006 methodology default emission factor. Nitrous oxide fluxes from the five replicate chambers per plot were averaged. Cumulative fluxes were calculated using the trapezoidal rule to interpolate fluxes between sampling points. References: Chadwick, D.R., Cardenas, L., Misselbrook, T.H., Smith, K.A., Rees, R.M., Watson, C.J., Mcgeough, K.L., Williams, J.R., Cloy, J.M., Thorman, R.E. and Dhanoa, M.S. (2014). Optimizing chamber methods for measuring nitrous oxide emissions from plot-based agricultural experiments. European Journal of Soil Science 65, 295-307. IAEA (1992). Manual on Measurement of Methane And Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Agriculture. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, IAEA-TECDOC-674, ISSN 10111-4289. (IPCC, 2000). Good Practice Guidance And Uncertainty Management in National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. Penman, J., Kruger, D., Galbally, I., Hiraishi, T., Nyenzi, B., Emmanul, S., Buendia, L., Hoppaus, R., Martinsen, T., Meijer, J., Miwa, K. znd Tanabe, K. (Eds). IGES, Japan. Smith K.A., Dobbie K.E., Thorman R., Watson C.J., Chadwick D.R., Yamulki S. and Ball B.C. (2012). The effect of N fertilizer forms on nitrous oxide emissions from UK arable land and grassland. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 93, 127-149
To discuss any issues relating to this dataset please either send an email to dis@fba.org.uk or post to our forum
Attribution: R.E. Thorman, J.R. Williams, A.J. Rollett, S. Hadden, A. Shrosbree and B.J. Chambers
R.E. Thorman, J.R. Williams, A.J. Rollett, S. Hadden, A. Shrosbree and B.J. Chambers (2017): Nitrification inhibitors and fertiliser nitrogen application timing strategies to reduce N2O. Site in Northumberland, 2012. Version:1. [dataset] Freshwater Biological Association [publisher]. doi:10.17865/ghgno373
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India vs Pakistan ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: India Beat Pakistan by 89 Runs India hasup to now won all seven of its World Cup games played against Pakistan.
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India vs Pakistan ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: India Beat Pakistan by 89 Runs
India vs Pakistan ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: India Beat Pakistan by 89 RunsCricket
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India continued their Cricket World Cup dominance over rivals Pakistan with an 89-run victory in the British city of Manchester.
The rain-affected match between the teams representing the bitter nuclear rivals was held on June 16 at the Old Trafford cricket ground.The country has up to now won all seven of its World Cup games played against Pakistan.
More than 700,000 people applied for tickets to the match in a stadium that holds about 23,500 fans, officials said.Hundreds of millions of viewers witnessed the India-Pakistan match on television.
India, which is now ranked No. 2 in the world, was favored to win.
Pakistan, who are ninth in the World Cup table having won just one group game, will face South Africa on June 23, while India plays with Afghanistan on June 22.
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Table B Steel
Bench B
Chair B
Table B Wood
Table B Cablemanagement
Sidetable B
Big Table B
Table B Stone
TABLE B
Konstantin Grcic opens the Extrusions collection which he has designed for Bd Barcelona design with this table, baptised as Table B. Its name is as simple and technical as the design itself. Grcic has been inspired by classic Bd pieces, such as the Hypóstila shelf unit (in production since 1979), in developing a tabletop of extruded aluminium with a minimal profile and for lengths of up to 360 cm. It is offered in various finishes and with three models of legs. Suitable for indoor and outdoor areas. Its apparent simplicity hides a complex technical development in which senior engineers have been involved. In counterpoint, the production also includes several manual processes. The result is a highly crafted piece with all the character of the German designer.
Now the family grows with the Big Table B, same concept, same design, but with a wider top, 150 cm.
Tabletop in extruded aluminium with scotch anodised polish in silver or matt black. The upper surface can be finished with natural oak sheet and water-based varnish. Optional trim for the tabletop ends in aluminium and with the same finish as the tabletop. There are three types of legs: in polymer resin, stainless steel rod and natural oak with water-based varnish.
120 x 180 x h. 73,5 cm.
150 x 300 x h. 73,5 cm (12 seats)
BD has launched the new Bench B, designed by Konstantin Grcic under the Extrusions Collection. Konstantin himself explains the new product:
“We started working on the bench as a family of elements from very short, like a one-seater side chair, to a long bench of up to 6 meters. It can be for indoor or outdoor, it can have arms or not, it can be upholstered or left pure aluminium. I think we have created a kit of parts which can be turned to very different typologies or uses of this bench. What is interesting in this bench is that it makes reference to a very famous piece of furniture: The Barcelona Chair designed by Mies van der Rohe. I think it is interesting to make this reference in design. Design is not about inventing new things all the time, design is an evolution of things.”
Slats in anodized extruded aluminum pure or upholstered with BD fabrics or leather
Legs in cast aluminum
Models and sizes (cm):
1 seat bench: 75x69xh77
2 seats bench: 120x69xh77
SIDE TABLE B
It’s elegant, solid and utilitarian. Designed by Konstantin Gricic as a complimentary match for Bench B - part of the Extrusions Collection. More than being just a Side Table B, it’s got a life of its own. It is made of just one piece of architectural concrete, the same material as the one leg unit for Table B, which has its own personality much like a small sculpture.
To complement the Extrusions collection, Konstantin Grcic has now designed the B chair, a wooden chair with pieces of aluminium in its structure. The legs are X-shaped and the seat folds, which allows for horizontal stacking and pays tribute to the name of the collection. A detail of genius. The decorative touch is concealed beneath the seat, which is offered in a varied and attractive range of colors.
Sides and back in solid natural ash, varnished. Seat in varnished ash plywood, with the underside laminated in colours or aluminium. There is a version upholstered in leather. Structure and cast parts in aluminium painted in the same colour as the laminated seat.
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Vegetarian chicken stir-fried in a Thai peanut satay sauce with vegetables. Wrapped in a lemon and cilantro flavored gourmet flatbread.
Spice Level: Mildly Spiced
Ingredients: Peanut Satay Filling: Vegetarian Chicken (Water, Soy Protein, Soybean Oil, Whey Protein, Sugar, Soy Sauce [Water, Wheat, Soybeans, Salt], , Salt, White Pepper, Licorice Root), Carrots, Green Bell Peppers, Water Chestnuts, Bamboo Shoots, Canola Oil, Evaporated Cane Juice, Coconut Milk, Soy Sauce (Water, Wheat, Soybeans, Salt), Peanut Butter (Roasted Peanuts), Vinegar, Milk, Cream, Salt, Water, Ginger, Red Pepper, Garlic, Tamarind Paste, Black Pepper, Sesame Oil. Lemon Cilantro Wrap: Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Lemon Powder, Cilantro, Baking Powder (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate, Corn Starch), Citric Acid.
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Nightlife, NYC Events
File Under: BOO-zy Dates
Other than New Year's Eve, Halloween is one of the most anticipated (and highly profitable, from the bar industry's perspective) reasons to party here in NYC. Retail-wise, Americans are expected to spend $5.8 billion on Halloween, so we can only guess how much of that will translate into alcoholic beverage sales. Still hunting for Halloween plans that don't involve staying home and handing out candy or staggering to dive bars with zombies? Check out these "spirited" events:
Time Out New York's Dining & Libation Society presents All Hallow's Eve from 6 to 9 p.m. tonight, Oct. 26, at Macao Trading Co. Master mixologist Dushan Zaric will mix unlimited Van Gogh Vodka cocktails all night while guests indulge in chef Josh Blakely's Chinese-Portuguese snacks. And with party impresario Adam Aleksander in charge of transforming the space into an enchanted forest, you can expect all kinds wildlife. Tickets are $35.
From 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Sat. Oct. 30 at the Green Building in Brooklyn, swing into the spooky holiday with Michael Arenella & His Dreamland Orchestra's Halloween Eve Masquerade. Loungerati's Fredo Ceraso will be whipping up Hendrick's Gin and Prohibition Vodka cocktails including Satan's Whiskers, Corpse Reviver No. 2, and his own Cyanide Gimlet (vodka, lime, orgeat, and Cynar). Tickets are $20 in advance; $25 at the door.
Also on Sat. Oct. 30, join me at Avenue C's The Summit Bar for a "Midnight Spirits" gathering, with bowls of fall-flavored punch priced at half-off ($6 each). DJ Nounz NYC will be behind the decks, and there will be a few surprise treats courtesy of The Dizzy Fizz. RSVP to hamid@thesummitbar.net to ensure entry.
On the night of Halloween, Oct. 31, Adam Aleksander has more tricks up his sleeve with a 1960's-themed Monster Mash Dance and Supper Club. A school bus will pick up guests from Macao Trading Co. and take them to an abandoned school house in Brooklyn. In addition to retro dance music and a spooky cast of characters, expect a four-course feast of organs, eyeballs and brains paired with smoking liquid nitrogen cocktails by Mayahuel's Mayur Subbarao. Tickets are $120 and available here.
And let's not forget about Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, on Nov. 1 and 2. As part of a specal menu, all three NYC locations of Mercadito are offering La Muerte, a prickly pear margarita with ancho chile salt, for $12 each.
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Tourism Minister Has No Interest In Recreational Fishing
Les Kowitz | First Published: October 2011
FFSAQ has developed a Freshwater Recreational Fishing Position Statement as part of a process to enlist support from government to enhance the future of freshwater recreational fishing in Queensland.
Given that a State Government Election is due to be called by March next year, copies of the statement (details of which will be in the next issue of QFM) have been provided to political parties, Cabinet Ministers, and all Members of Parliament.
Hopefully responses will be forthcoming from political parties so as to inform the fishing fraternity prior to voting at the election. It is also expected that individual comment will be received from the Fisheries Minister and the Tourism Minister, as both these portfolios have, or at least should have, a specific involvement in enhancing the fishery and also to expanding the tourism industry.
But this is not the case. Tourism Minister Jan Jarratt has advised that the matter has been passed on to the Fisheries Minister for consideration. By this action, the Tourism Minister is stating that recreational fishing has no role to play in promoting tourism opportunities in Queensland.
Recreational fishing in Queensland, including freshwater fishing, is a significant social and economic activity in the state. Government surveys indicate that there are 800,000 fishers in the state of Queensland. The number of interstate fishers is not known, but is considered to be substantial. The impact that both these local and interstate fishers has on, or has the potential to have on, the tourist industry in Queensland has to be immense. But the Tourism Minister’s response to FFSAQ’s Position Statement totally ignores this opportunity.
The tourism industry in Queensland, at both government and private levels, needs to heed the approach of the Northern Territory where it recognises and embraces recreational fishing as a core sector of its tourism industry. Queensland has enormous potential to not only create sustainable and productive fisheries for its own constituency, but also to attract fishers from interstate and overseas.
It would appear that the Minister is oblivious to the fact that there are currently approximately 80 impoundments in Queensland stocked with barramundi, Australian bass, golden perch and more, and that each species is keenly sought after by the travelling public.
This rich fishery has been established by the public purchasing Stocked Impoundment Permits. If these fisheries were more adequately recognised, supported, and promoted by both government and the tourist industry, the economic and social return to Queensland would be significant and measurable.
Western Queensland, the Gulf of Carpentaria, and Cape York, all have natural fisheries that if promoted sustainably, could be a real draw card for tourists. But instead, the tourist angler travels straight to the Northern Territory.
The media reports on the current down turn of the tourist industry on a regular basis. Many an industry spokesperson is espousing the dismal plight of the sector. However, if Queensland had a vibrant and well promoted recreational fishing industry, this would at least give some respite to others sectors that are currently having difficulty. FFSAQ sees the freshwater fishery as part of the solution.
FFSAQ has advised the Minister that freshwater fishing has enormous potential to be a major player in the tourist industry, in not only providing both social and economic benefits to local communities, but also in attracting interstate and overseas tourist to Queensland.
But alas, the Minister fails to recognise this opportunity. No wonder the tourist industry is in dire straits. FFSAQ has also sought a meeting with the Minister to discuss these opportunities, but has been ignored.
FFSAQ Meeting With Minister Wallace
In early August, FFSAQ had the opportunity to meet with Craig Wallace, the newly appointed Minister for Main Roads, Fisheries and Marine Infrastructure. The object of the delegation was to introduce FFSAQ to the Minister and to explain the role that FFSAQ undertakes on behalf of the community.
The Minister responded in a receptive an enthusiastic manner, and was prepared to consider the enhancement of freshwater fishing in Queensland in a meaningful manner.
FFSAQ informed the Minister that recreational freshwater fishing in Queensland has tremendous opportunities in both the natural waterways and in the stocked impoundments. Currently there are hindrances that are impeding the growth of this industry, but there is no doubt that with a cooperative joint partnership arrangement between government and the community, significant enhancements can be achieved.
FFSAQ advised that it wishes to be part of the solution, and is willing to work closely with all sectors of government to achieve these ideals.
A brief summary of the discussion outcomes were:
That FFSAQ is recognised and accepted as the peak body representing recreational freshwater fishing in Queensland, and that FFSAQ will be engaged in all activities relating thereto.
The Minister gave an undertaking to consider options that would provide funding for FFSAQ that will allow effective communication and service delivery to its membership.
The Minister gave an assurance that a response to FFSAQ’s Freshwater Recreational Fishing Policy Statement would be forthcoming.
That FFSAQ be represented at all future Fisheries Queensland meetings that determines policy, administration, and allocation distribution of the Stocked Impoundment Permit Scheme (SIP).
The Minister advised that FFSAQ would have representation on the proposed Recreational Fishing Advisory committee.
Tilapia Meeting at Warwick
With the ongoing spread and infestation of tilapia across Queensland, there is now real concern that this declared noxious fish specie could infiltrate the Murray Darling Basin system. A series of workshops have been convened by Fisheries Queensland across the top end of the basin where it is most likely that any introduction could occur. FFSAQ attended the workshop held at Warwick on 13 August.
Tilapia can outcompete native fish for habitat and food, and their feeding and nesting habits can degrade water quality. A breeding population of tilapia established in the basin would see the pest fish quickly dominate the water body. The result would be a loss of native fish numbers.
The workshop agenda included introducing tilapia, history of pest management, identification, rapid response and survey techniques, eradication or control, and community education.
Indigenous Fishing
Recently FFSAQ sought clarification of the legislation regarding regulations of traditional net fishing by indigenous people. The following was received from Fisheries Queensland.
“Net fishing is not allowed in freshwater areas. However, there are several exceptions that may occur under permit including supporting indigenous rights, scientific research and pest fish eradication. With respect to taking fish for traditional purposes, this indigenous right is facilitated through the issuing of a general fisheries permit issued by Fisheries Queensland. These permits are issued to individuals that are recognized by traditional owners. Permits are issued for a limited period, usually not more than one week and can only be exercised to catch fish for a specific cultural event. Nets that are used under these permits are not permitted to be set across a watercourse.” – Les Kowitz (FFSAQ).
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The Gay Bar Thing
September 5, 2007 by GayPatriotWest
I have to admit. I just don’t get the bar thing.
When I was in San Diego for Breaking Stories, Breaking Waves, the LGBT Media Summit and National Convention, I did not join the better part of the participants (well, at least, the male participants) when they trekked up to Hillcrest, “the residential and commercial hub of San Diego’s gay and lesbian community.” I just didn’t think I would enjoy myself in a crowded and noisy bar.
Those who did go reported that they had had a great time. And were it not my wont to second guess myself, I might just have attributed that to different preferences. Given their experiences, I wondered if I would have had a good time had I joined them in Hillcrest.
I would learn not to second guess myself when, after the conference, a friend and I went to Palm Springs for a day. While there, we met some friends at a local watering hole. The environment didn’t seem conducive to conversation. Everyone was pressed closely together, a few people were dancing, but we practically had to shout to make ourselves understood to one another.
It did seem, however, that most of the people there were enjoying themselves. Myself, I would rather have found a less crowded and more quiet place where I could more easily communicate with my companions.
I used to enjoy going to The Abbey before it became so trendy. It was one of the few places in West Hollywood where you could sit down enjoy a cocktail (or a coffee and yummy pastry) and actually hear your friends speak.
I do wonder sometimes why so many gay guys seem to enjoy the bar scene. Yeah, I do appreciate the chance to check out the cute guys, knowing that at such establishments, it’s okay to look. It seems sometimes that with the music so loud and the difficulty in hearing your neighbor so great, that’s really all you can do.
To be sure, there have been times when I’ve had great times at bars. This seems to have happened when I have gone with friends on nights when the places haven’t been too crowded and the music was not so loud. There was space to move around and enough quiet to be able to listen.
All that said, I still don’t really get the bar thing. The places mostly seem to be crowded and loud. But, then again, people do enjoy such environments. I don’t know. I’m not one of them. If you have any insight on this, well, that’s the reason we have a comments section.
UPDATE: How Could I Forget?Just moments after posting this, I recalled that when I lived in DC, I used to love to go to JR’s for Monday Night Showtunes.
UP-UPDATE: In line with the previous update, when I realized I went to Showtunes night to spend time with guys who enjoyed one of the things I did, perhaps those who enjoy gay bars find something there that they have in common with the other folks there. Perhaps, it is just the occasion to be with other gay men. But, it seems (to me at least) that we have to something more in common than just being gay.
UP-UP-UPDATE: Of all life’s delicious ironies. A friend called me as I was about to prepare dinner and suggested we hang. When he joined me, he suggested we go into central West Hollywood for yogurt and to walk around. Perhaps because of this post, we ended up in the The Abbey. It wasn’t as crowded as it is on the weekends & the music wasn’t too loud, but on a couple of occasions, I did have to ask my friend to repeat himself so I could better understand what he was saying.
I did look around — and the people there, mostly those in groups of friends, seemed to be having a good time. Though I will say I preferred walking alone with my friend, the better to hear what he had to say and to feel more connected to another human being.
Filed Under: Gay America, Gay Culture
ThatGayConservative says
September 5, 2007 at 9:01 pm - September 5, 2007
I used to be a barfly at Pacific Street and Heaven (Houston) back about 10 years ago. I don’t dance and usually spent my time at the patio bar where it was quieter.
I always preferred to have my beer at the end of the bar and watch the people go by and sometimes talk to folks. I don’t much care to go to the bars anymore (it’s been about 3 years). I would prefer drinking at home where I can be comfortable and don’t have to worry about a designated driver.
Although, if I felt like it, I might go with a group.
Oh yeah, I did meet TGCpartner at Pacific Street. That despite the fact that a friend once told me that the bars were not the place to find Mr. Right.
ILoveCapitalism says
The appeal of a bar / club / circuit party to me is:
1) Talking with friends
2) Dancing with friends
3) Guy watching
4) If it’s a video bar: watching South Park, Project Runway or what have you.
As you point out, (1) is tough under the circumstances… and my appetite for (2), (3) and (4) is satiable. So I really don’t go much, either.
But I did go to a circuit party with a friend this past weekend. Had a good time. One thing I noticed, was how the guys seemed to be “mirroring” each other – down to tiny details of how they looked, acted, dressed (or undressed – shirts off), swigged water, etc. Just a theory here, but I’m starting to suspect that a big part of the appeal for others may be:
5) Getting external validation / approval / mirroring from others, sometimes also known to its practitioners as “unity” or as “experiencing the community”.
P.S. Not that there’s anything wrong with that 😉 Just different from what makes me tick.
North Dallas Thirty says
September 6, 2007 at 12:18 am - September 6, 2007
I worked at one for one year and two months.
Which basically killed any inclination I ever had to go to one in the first place.
Will (American Elephant) says
September 6, 2007 at 1:26 am - September 6, 2007
When I do go out to the bars, which isnt often, 90% of the time I’d rather be in an environment where I can talk to, and hear the people I’m with. Pool, darts, or karaoke–that sort of thing. But every once in a while its fun to get a buzz and dance with friends. I don’t think its a gay thing though, I think its a club v pub thing. Straight folk also have loud dance clubs where you cant hear a thing anyone says unless theyre shouting. Danceclubs are meatmarkets no matter what your orientation. Circuit parties are another tragic story all to themselves and I avoid them like the plague.
Jeez! Does every city have a JR’s?
Houston does, Dallas does, I think San Antonio does, DC etc. Although, I don’t think Tampa or Orlando do.
BrianP says
East/West and Eleven have become what the Abbey used to be. (nice cocktails and conversation)
I HATE crowded places. Unfortunately, my friends love ’em.
Jeremayakovka says
Reminds me of a line, spoken in a narrow, hole-in-the-wall gay bar, in Love Is the Devil (a Francis Bacon biopic starring Derek Jacobi), “Welcome to the concentration of camp.”
By way of clarification… that movie about Bacon is not a biopic. Rather, it’s about a brutal sexual (can’t really call it “intimate”) relationship between a fast-aging, fast-fading Bacon and a young (but miserable) brick house of man-child/boy-toy. It’s an awful story – no redemption, no transcendence. Misanthropic and, you might argue, anti-gay. Unrelenting critics of the homosexual lifestyle will say, “Aha! That’s exactly what we’ve been warning our children about!!” To me, it’s an example of the worst, the (literal) dead-end that for some is the result of “the bar scene.”
Julie the Jarhead says
Fortunately, there are a couple of groups in the Boston area who hold regular events. Those, plus a monthly ‘tea dance’ in Ogunquit and a couple of regular haunts, and I go out more now than I did twenty years ago.
I usually gravitate towards familiar faces and friends, but then they introduce me to other friends, and my circle grows.
I even meet a conservative or two. 😉
Chase says
It seems that political parties aren’t our only difference… When I worked at JR’s in DC, I had to work showtunes night and I f***-ing hated it.
I would’ve worn ear plugs if I didn’t have to communicate with people.
When I was in college in NY, I painted the city red every weekend and frequently a lot of weeknights. Now, I only go out occasionally. Because of my location growing up, choice of schools, I did it all at such a young age (dance clubs, bars, raves, circuit parties) that it’s just not as exciting anymore.
Alas, everything is more exciting when you’re a teenager.
It is a bit sad.
HardHobbit says
Most gay bars I’ve been in are caricatures of their own reputations and thus self-perpetuating. We all know the common complaints re. bars because we all have them, yet few alternatives exist because they don’t live up to what is expected of a (gay) bar and most don’t succeed. One of my biggest complaints re. gay bars is that they often attract the considerable number of addicted members of the gay community, whether sex, alcohol, drugs.
I’ve found mixed bars (straight/gay) more fun with better (and usually slightly softer) music, better-adjusted folks and cuter guys.
If I might be permitted to say so, Dan, this post is another example of those things many of us have in common despite our political differences. I absolutely “get” this post. I’ve never been a huge fan of bars, gay, straight, or otherwise. Maybe because I’ve never been much of a drinker? *shrugs* Both my partner and I much prefer a dinner at home (or out) with friends, and the conversation that comes with it, over screaming at one another in some smoky bar. Those personal connections are much more rewarding, IMHO.
Peter Hughes says
I second your emotion, Mike. I think this is one topic that red/purple/blue gays and lesbians can relate to.
When I was single, I did Pacific Street in Houston. JR’s, Montrose Mining Company, the Ripcord and Heaven (now called South Beach after being destroyed by fire in the late 1990s – and no, it was not from arson by the Fred Phelps crowd but because of faulty wiring).
I knew three things would happen when I went out to the clubs:
1. I would come home reeking of tobacco from second-hand smoke.
2. My ears would be ringing from the boom-boom-boom of awful gay dance music and people screaming at each other.
3. I would have had to have parked at least a half-mile away or pay outrageous amounts for valet parking.
Luckily, I met Hubby at our local gay gym five years ago and put those nights behind me. And frankly, I don’t miss them one bit. Sometimes we do go to Ripcord for video games and people-watching, but always before 10 pm and for just an hour or two.
Peter H.
One of the (numerous) nice things about NY and DC is that smoking is illegal in bars and nightclubs. Now one doesn’t have to smell like they took a roll in the tobacco fields after a night out. DC’s ban went into effect on January 1, 2007.
Andrew (Los Angeles) says
September 6, 2007 at 12:01 pm - September 6, 2007
I confess that I am the friend with whom Dan went last night to The Abbey in W. Hollywood. I’m definitely not the bar/club hopping person either, so it would shock my other friends to know that I suggested going to The Abbey. I wanted to go (although we stayed for a brief 5 minutes!) because it was out of the ordinary of what I normally like to do and also because I knew it would be relatively quiet there. Every now and then, it’s nice to do something to “shake it up a bit.” It makes life a little more interesting. Luckily, I made it out of the Abbey intact and unharmed! Of course, whether that was a good or bad thing remains up for debate. 🙂
Ted B. (Charging Rhino) says
While gay bars (and gay gyms) are easy to deride or dismiss as irrelavent when there’s a gay-friendly bar on every-other corner; try living like I do were there are none within almost an hour’s drive-radius. If you’re single like I am, you wind up with no gay friends and your options to meet other guys is almost nil. (While I may live in the land of McGreevey, I refuse to follow his example for tryst-mates….ick!) Even though I’ve never been a dancer, and I’m not much of a drinker; I miss the subtle comfort of a nice, friendly gay bar where you don’t have to have your defences-up all the time. Sitting (and drinking) alone in a straight bar in Red America is amazingly isolating from everyone else there…like viewing the crowd through a plate glass window from the sidewalk.
HotMess says
I agree with Mike and Peter, this is definitely an across the board topic.
I will admit that I loved the bar/club scene in NY and DC (couldn’t get enough of the Roxy and Velvet) when I was in college – and for a few years after. I actually enjoyed the shouting, drinking, dancing and loud music. Usually, the music was not of my own personal taste, but you take the good with the bad. Overall, the experience seemed to be a great way to spend time with friends. We managed to enjoy each others company without having pithy conversation – though in most clubs I’ve been to, you can find relatively quiet spots for recovery and talking.
Now that I’m older and living in Chicago, my club days are for the most part in the past. Surprisingly, the Chi has a dearth of quality gay bars (most are small, dirty, and twinky). I visit the few decent ones from time to time, but I just don’t get as excited about the experience as I used to. Plus, the unauthorized touching of the booty gets a little old after a while 🙂
#21 – “[And] the unauthorized touching of the booty gets a little old after a while.”
Well, HMess, look at it this way – at least they’re interested. I know several old trolls who are longing to have those days back again.
You know you’re in trouble when instead of guys copping a feel, they turn away in disgust.
Hey, it’s not as if a president or someone couldn’t grope someone while they were in office, right? 😉
(Sorry, couldn’t resist.)
“…small, dirty, and twinky.”
#22 – Peter, I guess it is nice to be noticed. But to paraphrase Monty Python, “What’s wrong with a kiss, boy, before you go stampeding towards the [booty]?”
#23 – HH, I think that’s the shortest post I’ve ever seen from you. Were you confused, or just having a flashback? 😉
BWAHAHA @ # 23. I SWEAR I was going to post almost the same thing, but didn’t know how it might go over. Excellent post, HH. 🙂
Vera Charles says
Bars? No.
Lounges? Absolutely.
The Café Carlyle, Downstairs at the Upstairs, The Duplex and The Cotillion Room all served alcohol – along with cabaret, standup comedy, fledgling talent, has beens, high society, low brow lounge lizards, cozy conversation and enough sexual tension to power lower Manhattan for months.
We’re social creatures: gossiping over cocktails is something that will never go out of fashion – thankfully.
Vera insists on buying a round for the board…
Cheers, darlings….
Bruce, darling; I’ve replied to you email.
Saul Wall says
This is definitely something that transcends the straight vs gay bar line. In the end there are tavern/pub people and there are club people and most people in the world are club people who have know understanding of why anyone would not be a club person. They figure that if you don’t come to a club than you are missing out on a great experience and will whine and plead with their non club friends to get them to come to the club and can not fathom that it is the last thing they would want to do. Club people think that pub people are unable to cut loose and pub people… I should stop before I reveal my bias by saying that pub people are just better conversationalists. Damn, I should have stopped one sentence before that.
Vera, darlin, the next time I am in the Big Apple, the first round of martinis (gin, not vodka) are on me. I promise.
Ripcord? You are sadistic, aren’t you? 😉
I remember one time the patio bartender at PS asked me to buy a leather rose with a barbed wire stem there at their leather shop. I’ve heard about the “entertainment” on the Ripcord patio after closing.
I also remember the parking. Eight times out of 10, I would pay for the valet lot by Mining Company. Not much scares me, but walking down those dark streets south of Pacific gave me the creeps. Too many hedges, alleys and dark yards for somebody to hide in. Javi mostly refused to pay the price though. Many times we argued about it.
It’s my understanding that the brown liquors are what’s in now-a-days and that martinis are “faggy”.
I’m with Peter – I’ll stick with gin.
Brown liquor is just clear liquor that’s gone bad.
#29 – TGC, things have actually improved on Pacific Street since you last saw it mumble years ago…the streets are better lit, there are more restaurants and bistros dotting the area so it is not just about bars/clubs, and increased police presence for our safety.
Ripcord used to be a really dark S&M/leather-type establishment but it’s now gotten more preppy and younger. But you can still find the leather and Levi daddies there, and from what I’ve heard, the back patio is still smokin’ after 2 am closing…
Ian S says
Both my partner and I much prefer a dinner at home (or out) with friends, and the conversation that comes with it, over screaming at one another in some smoky bar. Those personal connections are much more rewarding, IMHO.
gil says
file this under “we are all getting older”
so it goes
Tom (Llos Angeles) says
BrianP has it right. Enjoy cocktails at East West or Eleven in West Hollywood, in Palm Springs, the Viceroy- all good.
But you can still find the leather and Levi daddies there,
Yeah TGCpartner told me there was a bistro or something behind South Beach or something? What I was referring to was the neighborhood south of Pacific or east of the bars. It was always pretty dark back in there even with the street lights.
Here’s a question for y’all:
Do/would you allow your partner to go out to the bars by himself or with friends?
I don’t have a problem with my partner going out alone or with friends. He loves the fact that I trust him.
How about you guys?
Houndentenor says
I’m a former Houstonian. I frequented JR’s, Heaven (Fridays), Rich’s (Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays) and a few other places. It was fun if you were out with friends. I almost never go out now. Occasionally I will meet a friend for a drink at Therapy after work (I live in NYC now). I will say that it’s much mroe pleasant to be out when there’s no cigarette smoke but even with that bonus, by about 6:30 the music is so loud that conversation is impossible. I get that in a dance club, but in a bar it’s just annoying. Straight bars don’t do this. Why do gay club managers assume none of us want to talk to people that we either came with or met there?
I hate gin. I drank a bottle of gin in a suicide attempt at age 17 after a family member sent me an e-mail revealing they’d discovered I was gay.
Just the smell of gin makes me sick to my stomach.
#24 You nailed it — flashback! You reminded me of a night I had at the lamentably shuttered Kid Mohair in Seattle’s Pike corridor.
#25 Uh, oh… Did you happen to be at Seattle’s Kid Mohair on Feb. 14, 1992? You wouldn’t happen to be small and …
#39 Chase, we’re glad you’re here. Ask Dan for my e-mail if you ever want to chat.
#37 – We allow each other to go where the other chooses because we trust each other. However, I have no desire to go to the Pacific Street bars for the reasons I stated above, and Hubby doesn’t drink at all.
If we do go out to a bar together, it is just for meeting people there ahead of time or playing video games – both of which we haven’t done in months.
#36 – “Yeah TGCpartner told me there was a bistro or something behind South Beach or something?”
That would be Hollywood Restaurant, with some of the best Chinese/Vietnamese food in the Montrose district. Also, Baba Yega on Grant Street is still alive and well.
Walk a few blocks south of Pacific and you’ll hit Katz’s Deli on Westheimer. Open 24 hours and (this is for you, Vera) prior to 2am serves the biggest “fishbowl” martinis you’ve ever seen.
If anyone wants a tour of Houston’s hotspots some weekend, Dan has my e-mail address.
I remember there was a c-store at Montrose and Hyde Park Blvd.(?) called Hollywood. There was always a Moses looking homeless guy there. There was a Tex-Mex & paneria joint down the street from there. Can’t remember the name, but Javi and I used to go there from time to time.
Also, I used to frequent Charley’s on Westheimer for a burger after the bars closed. I either went there or Chapultapec on Richmond.
#43 – TGC, the convenience store “Hollywood” is still there and just down the street from its sister properties, Hollywood Restaurant and Hollywood Videos. The people that own the c-store also own the other places and are making money hand-over-fist.
Charlie’s is still there, and so is Chapultepec. Both, however, have kind of gone to pot. Hollywood Restaurant is open until 4 am weekend nights so people usually go there for a bite after the clubs close. Katz’s “never Kloses,” as their slogan goes.
The Mexican place you remember is La Mexicana (Fairview @ Montrose). It’s good but frankly I’ve had better at Cafe Adobe. Plus, Tex-Mex restaurants in Houston are a dime a dozen. The good ones last – the bad ones close.
Due to my stunted gay growth in my 20s, I didn’t frequent many gay bars then. It wasn’t until my mid 30s that my desire to go to gay bars kicked in, and I would go by myself most of the time. Sometimes, I would converse with the bartenders or others, or not. And there were certainly people with delusions of godhood and plenty of examples of overdone drama personified. My most interesting encounter was when a guy approached me and we chatted, and found out that he was on a sabbatical, and there is one other profession besides professor that has sabbaticals.
But many of the things I found at gay bars happen at straight bars, just different dynamics and approaches. Most people seem to like the bars and clubs that are overcrowded so that taking five steps is a journey comparable to Homer’s Odyssey. And loud, obnoxious music that you cannot have a normal conversation with your friend, or try to pick up that special for one-night person. Bathroom conversations at straight bars can be interesting too. Just no toe tapping, and you probably wouldn’t want to pick up any pieces of paper that fall on the disgusting floors.
Now that I got the gay bar thing mostly out of my system, I don’t frequent them as much as I used to. But my partner and I go once or twice a month for a couple of hours. We go early when it’s not crowded, and we can request 80s music and shoot a couple of games of pool. Also like to watch the Yankees or other sports, but that doesn’t happen too often. And sometimes we meet some decent people, and able to meet up outside the bar.
New Jersey, unfortunately, has about as many gay bars in the whole state as one block in the Village. But we did find one that’s pretty nice when not crowded. Sometimes we head to the Village, but we also have a favorite straight bar in New York that we frequent.
Yeah La Mexicana. We went there a few times before decending on the bars. I don’t remember it being great, but it was adequate. Same with Chapultapec.
There was a great place up on Holzworth in Spring called Cinco De Mayo. They had good food, but it burned down a few years ago. Javi and I went there probably a dozen times because it was good and right around the corner from where I lived.
I don’t know about you, but I judge a Tex-Mex joint by it’s fajitas. Javi judges it by their tortillas and chicken.
On a side note, I asked Dan to put you in touch with me via email, but I suspect he’s not reading his email this weekend.
Just remember that anyplace that has more pool tables than dance floor is a lesbian joint. 😉
Oh yeah, F*** the Yankees. I got their A-rod right here.
47, Then it’s a bisexual bar, because there is one pool table and one dance floor. 😉
HT says
Is Barney’s still around? Last time I was in Montrose it had moved. Hope they are doing well.
#49 – Barney’s did move, but I have no idea about its whereabouts.
TGC – you should expect an e-mail from me soon. Dan did his job.
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A new Pebble Watch, expected to be launched next week!
Last updated on January 7, 2017 By Andrei Klein 1 Comment
There’s no doubt that the Pebble Watch is one of the most popular smartwatches on the market, despite other manufacturers launching way more advanced models. In the end, its the simplicity that made it a great success! Still, it’s been almost a year since we last heard from the company, so we were starting to question when they are going to release a new model.
Start the countdown!
Apparently, they were aware of this too and worked hard over the last months in order to reveal something new next week! Yes, a new smartwatch will be released.
Pebble’s homepage currently displays a countdown timer, showing how much time is left until Tuesday, when a new Pebble Watch should be presented. Of course, that’s why we’d like to see, but we don’t exclude the possibility of seeing ‘only’ a new software update.
According to 9to5Mac, we could actually see a new wearable in the end, featuring a thinner design, with a wider display. Also, it should incorporate a microphone, which could be just the beginning for a very interesting new series of apps. Developers, keep an eye on this!
Bigger and improved display: checked
The new Pebble Watch will also come with a color e-ink display, a feature which we’re really curious to see. Yes, no touchscreen yet, but let’s look at the bright side: the battery life will still be incredible, lasting between 5 and 7 days.
And speaking about software updates, it will also come with a brand new version of its operating system, way more capable in terms of dealing with notifications than the previous one.
Pebble didn’t revealed anything regarding the price, but it shouldn’t be very expensive. After all, it’s one of the most accessible smartwatches, but we’ll find out this on Tuesday.
Anybody else excited about the new Pebble Watch?
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About Andrei Klein
A massive tech enthusiast who tries to keep with the latest releases, in particular Android and Nexus related news. Give him chocolate or a pack of oreos and he will talk for hours about cellphones and tablets!
I own a kickstarter pebble and a moto360..
aside from the ability to speak to the moto (quick queries and reminders),
I still think pebble is better in a lot of ways.
There are still a lot of things that can be done with smartwatch design
and I’m looking to see how pebble steps it up next week. 🙂
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FRANCO-SCOTTISH SOCIETY WEBSITE – ARCHIVE SECTION
THE LANSDOWNE FUND began with generous gifts from the 8th Marquis of Lansdowne (1912-99), former President and Honorary President of the Society and was been augmented with the proceeds of an appeal in his memory. The Fund meets the costs of the Lansdowne Prize and Lecture.
THE LANSDOWNE PRIZE is awarded annually to the candidate who achieves the highest mark in Advanced Higher French.
The winner in 2005 was Kitty Horsey, St Mary’s Music School, Edinburgh.
The winner in 2006 was Imogen Whiteside from Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen.
The winner in 2007 was Emily Frier, George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh.
The winner in 2008 was Sophie Macnair, from Mary Erskine School, Edinburgh. Her prize was presented to her by Sir David Edward, President of the Franco-Scottish Society, at her school.
The 2009 Lansdowne prize was awarded to Katie Dochertie, a student of St Aloysius College Glasgow. She is now studying Law at Glasgow University. The prize was awarded by the National Vice-President Janine Adamson and the past President of the Glasgow Branch, Jacqueline McNeill.
The 2010 Lansdowne Prize was awarded to Sam Dickinson, a pupil of Mackie Academy in Stonehaven. The Prize was presented to Sam by Janine Adamson, National Vice-President of the Franco Scottish Society.
Sam broke his neck in a horrific car accident in 2009, and spent 7 months in the Spinal Unit of the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Glasgow. However, supported by his devoted family, his dedicated teachers and his caring friends, he obtained remarkable results in all his Advanced Higher subjects.
He was accepted to read Economics and Politics at Merton College in Oxford.
Janine Adamson and Rhona Bean, the Secretary of the Aberdeen Branch of the Franco Scottish Society were delighted to congratulate Sam and to meet his family, his teachers and his headmaster.
This young man’s story is truly inspirational and we wish him all the best in his future studies!!!
The Lansdowne Prize for 2011 was awarded to David Maguire of the High School of Glasgow. The Prize was presented by Janine Adamson, National Vice-President and Rosalyn Faulds, National Secretary and President of the Glasgow Branch.
David went on to study Civil Engineering at Imperial College London where he is also continuing to develop his French by means of an advanced French module. He also has the possibility of undertaking some of his studies in France or some other European country.
David’s parents; Martin Bennie, Head of Modern Languages; Colin Laird, the Head Teacher and the present group of Advanced Higher Language students were there to see David accept the Lansdowne Prize for the highest mark in Scotland in the Advanced Higher French examination.
The Lansdowne Prize 2012
Le 18 décembre 2012 Mme Christiane Cooper, Vice-Présidente de la Branche d’Edimbourg a décerné le Lansdowne Prize à Helena Brewer, une élève de la St-George’s School for Girls d’Edimbourg. Mme Cooper était accompagnée de Mr Sébastien Bosek, Secrétaire de la Branche d’Edimbourg.
Brillante élève Helena a obtenu d’excellents résultats non seulement en Français mais dans tous ses examens. Pendant sa scolarité elle s’est acquittée de ses responsabilités de ‘prefect’ avec dévouement et courtoisie. Héléna fait désormais des études d’Histoire à l’Université de Bristol.
Nous souhaitons un bel avenir à cette sympathique jeune fille.
In 2013 the Lansdowne Prize was awarded to two students who came equal top in Advanced Higher French. They were Douglas Clark from Grove Academy in Broughty Ferry and Thomas Oldham from Robert Gordon College in Aberdeen. The prizes were presented by the St Andrews and Aberdeen branches respectively.
The Lansdowne Prize in 2014 was won by Sarah McArthur of Edinburgh College who received her prize from the Society’s President Lord Brodie and Tom Wight and Anne-Colette Lequet of the Edinburgh branch. Sarah is now studying Sustainable Development at St Andrew University.
The winner in 2015 was Harry Johnston of Balfron High School who received his prize from Gerry Toner, president of the Glasgow branch accompanied by vice president Colette Blazy-Mackie and treasurer Cécile Docherty. Harry has gone on to study French and Film Making at St Andrews University.
THE LANSDOWNE LECTURE. Every second year an eminent speaker is invited to talk on a theme of Franco-Scottish interest before an audience made up of members, guests and the general public.
In 2000 the Lecture was given by Professor Siân Reynolds of the University of Stirling who spoke on “Professor Geddes goes to the Exhibition: Patrick Geddes’s international diplomacy at the 1900 Paris World’s Fair”; her lecture was published in the 2001 issue of the Society’s Bulletin.
The 2002 Lecture was given by HE Jean Guéguinou, Ambassadeur de France and Honorary President of the Association Franco-écossaise, who chose as his theme “Cultural Diversity: France’s Strategy. Europe’s Ambitions”; his lecture appeared in the 2003 Bulletin.
The Lansdowne Lecture in 2004 was given by Professor Hew Strachan, All Souls College, Oxford, in Glasgow City Chambers. The subject was “Cemented by war: the Entente Cordiale and the First World War”.
In 2006 the Lecture was given by Dr Jamie Reid Baxter in the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. The subject was: George Buchanan: Scotland’s Voice in France. This marked the five-hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Buchanan, historian, scholar and teacher. Dr Reid Baxter has very kindly donated the text of the lecture along with a selection of sung psalms.
You may download the text of the lecture by clicking here for Buchanan.doc.
The psalms are in mp3 format.
PSALMUS XXIX PSALMUS I
PSALMUS LXXII PSALMUS XXXIV
In 2008 the lecture was: The Scottish Colourists given on 13 November 2008 in Perth Concert Hall by Philip Long, Senior Curator, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
The 2010 Lansdowne Lecture was hosted by the Glasgow City Chambers on 18 November, 2010. Professor Pamela Robertson is an acknowledged expert on Charles Rennie Mackintosh work. She gave us a masterly lecture on the watercolours that Mackintosh painted in the Roussillon in and around Port-Vendres. Professor Robertson explained how his experience as an architect, his drawing expertise and his interest in the natural world inspired his painting and made his watercolours unique and instantly recognisable.
The lecture was attended by over 80 guests. The day was made more memorable for some of our visitors by the museum visits and the lunch arranged by some members of the Glasgow Branch of the FSS and their President, Jacqueline McNeill.
The Lansdowne Lecture of November 2012 took place in the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His Excellency The French Ambassador, Monsieur Bernard Emié, spoke on the subject
“the United Kingdom and France, two major players in Europe and in the world”
The Ambassador spoke of the importance of Franco-British relations in present-day Europe, highlighting the areas of collaboration between the two nations and their close links in several key areas of economic activity,
The 2014 Lecture was on the topic of Two Kingdoms in Peril, Scotland and France (1418 – 1429), Military and Diplomatic Relations. Professor Philip Contamine, Emeritus Professor of Mediaeval History, University of Paris-Sorbonne, spoke on Scottish Military Assistance to Charles VII, “King of Bourges”. He was followed by Professor James Laidlaw, Emeritus Professor of French, Aberdeen University, Honorary Professor Edinburgh University who spoke about The Treaty of Perth (1428) – The Embassy of Alain Chartier. The Lecture was held in the historic St John’s Kirk in Perth.
The 2016 Lecture was given by Dr Frances Fowle, ECA International Director, Reader in History of Art, Senior Curator at the Scottish National Gallery. The title was “Dealing in Impressionism; Alex Reid and the Scottish taste for French 19th century Art” The lecture took place in Glasgow City Chambers, Glasgow on 12th November 2016.
VISITS TO AND FROM FRANCE
These visits take place every second year and are opened to members. The Scottish and the French Societies take turn in organizing the visits which last a week.
Visit of the AFE in Perth 21-28 September 2010
On the 21st September, a group of l’Association Franco Ecossaise was welcomed to the Royal George Hotel in Perth. Members of various branches of the Franco Scottish Society had prepared an interesting programme of guided visits to places of interest. The visit was a great success and concluded with a civic reception hosted by the deputy Provost of Perth followed by a gala dinner attended by 62 guests.
There is an illustrated account of the AFE visit in the 2010 National Bulletin of the Franco-Scottish Society
Voyage en Normandie – 22-29 septembre 2012
Nous étions 19 membres des Branches FSSS d’Edimbourg, de Glasgow, d’Helensburgh, de Perth et de St Andrews à prendre part au voyage de Normandie.
Nos amis Français de l’AFE avaient préparé un excellent programme de visites variées et intéréssantes notament à Honfleur, Dieppe, Villequier, Rouen bien sûr…..etc..la dernière journée avec une mémorable visite à Giverny a été particulièrement appréciée et s’est terminée en beauté avec un délicieux repas gastronomique au restaurant “les nymphéas” à Rouen.
Le soleil n’a pas toujours été au rendez-vous mais l’atmosphère chaleureuse et conviviale nous a fait oublier les caprices de la météo.
Une semaine très réussie et un grand merci aux organisateurs!!
Visit to Normandie 2012
Exchange Visit 2-9 June 2014 – Islands Idyll
Members of the Association Franco-Écossaise visited the west of Scotland in June 2014. From their base in Prestwick the group visited Arran, Burns Cottage and Burns Museum, Dumfries House, Rothesay and Mount Stuart. The group then travelled north to Oban from where they enjoyed tours to Auchendrain, Arduaine Gardens, Mull and Iona and finally Cruachan Power Station.
REMISE DE DECORATIONS
Le 17 novembre 2012, son Excellence l’Ambassadeur de France au Royaume Uni, Monsieur Bernard Emié a remis l’insigne de Chevalier dans l’Ordre de la Légion d’Honneur et l’insigne de Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres à Sir David Edward, Président de la Franco-Scottish Society of Scotland.
Monsieur Emié a tenu à souligner l’attachement de Sir David à la langue et à la culture françaises et son dévouement à la construction de l’Europe.
Monsieur Emié a rendu hommage à Lady Elizabeth Edward pour le soutien qu’elle a apporté et continue d’apporter à son époux dans ses multiples activités.
Les membres du comité de la Franco-Scottish Society qui étaient invités à cette cérémonie ont tenu à féliciter Sir David au nom de tous les membres de la Société.
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Visite de l’AFE 2018: Day 2 June 6th La vieille ville
Visite de l’AFE 2018: Day 3 June 7th Linlithgow
Visite de l’AFE 2018: Day 4 June 8th The Borders
Visite de l’AFE: Day 5 June 9th la Nouvelle Ville
Visite de l’AFE: Day 6 June 10th Lindisfarne
Visite de l’AFE: Day 7 June 11th Museum & Rosslyn Chapel
Visite de l’AFE: Day 8 June 12th Culross & Stirling
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Aberdeen Branch; Annual Outing
The AGM in Inverness
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November meeting; latest update
French Film Festival; coming soon
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Palace fans launch official complaint against Sussex Police
Crystal Palace fans have lodged an official complaint against Sussex Police following their treatment at the club’s trip to Brighton & Hove Albion in November 2017. Instructing specialist solicitors to act on their behalf - Crystal Palace Supporters’ Trust (CPST) argue that Crystal Palace supporters who had caused no trouble were subject to “extremely coercive policing”. The Trust say that the eve...
Government rejects West Brom’s safe standing application
Posted by The FSF 9th April 2018
West Bromwich Albion have had an application to pilot rail-seating technology at the Hawthorns rejected by the Government. The Premier League club had asked the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) for permission to install 3,600 rail-seats at the Hawthorns, in both the Smethwick End and parts of the away section. However, Sports Minister Tracey Crouch rejected the application - a decisio...
Liverpool fans hail Celtic’s safe standing “positive experience”
A delegation of Liverpool fans visited Celtic Park this weekend to see the UK’s first rail-seating area first-hand. Attending Celtic’s 3-0 home win against Ross County in the Scottish Premier League to experience the club’s safe standing section – the delegation’s visit followed on from Spirit of Shankly’s membership voting to support rail seating in a consultation last year. After the match, Spir...
Bristol City fans launch crowdfund for youngsters priced out by club
Posted by The FSF 28th March 2018
Bristol City supporters have set up a crowdfund to help young fans hardest hit by the club’s rise in season ticket prices. Last month, Bristol City announced significant increases in its season ticket prices for the 2018-19 season - Robins fans in the Lansdown Central section of the ground who take their kids to the match are facing huge hikes in their annual pay out to the club. The Bristol City ...
Norfolk MPs back safe standing at Carrow Road
Posted by The FSF 23rd March 2018
A cross-party group of MPs is backing Norwich City’s push for the introduction of safe standing areas at Carrow Road. Norwich City are one of a growing number of football clubs who want to see a change in legislation to allow clubs to build new dedicated standing areas in the top two divisions of English football. Currently, around 3,000 Canaries stand at Carrow Road in seated areas – in December ...
Fans out of pocket after TV change should be compensated says MP
The leader of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Football Supporters is calling on fans left out of pocket by the latest TV fixture changes to be compensated. Yesterday, the Premier League and Sky Sports announced that Newcastle United’s visit to Goodison Park to play Everton, originally scheduled for a 3pm kick-off on Saturday 21st April, has been moved to the Monday after for TV broadcast. Th...
FA should rethink cup final price hike say fan groups
Posted by The FSF 22nd March 2018
The FA's decision to increase ticket prices for the 2018 FA Cup semi-finals and final "defies belief" say supporter groups from the competing teams. A joint statement by the Chelsea Supporters' Trust, Manchester United Supporters' Trust, Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Trust and Southampton fans criticised the FA for increasing the price of semi-final ticket by up to £20 and final ticket by up to £3...
Free Lions 156 - Guide to Amsterdam
Posted by The FSF 21st March 2018
England travel to Amsterdam this Friday to take on Holland in the first of two international friendlies being played over the next week. As always, we've produced an informative and hopefully entertaining Free Lions for those making the trip. Our Fans' Embassy will be out and about to offer assistance to supporters and handing out free hard copies of England's leading fanzine. Your FSF Fans’ Embas...
Chelsea fans condemn Barcelona security over baton use
Chelsea fans are being urged to get in touch with the club and supporter representatives after an incident in Barcelona last night. A number of Chelsea fans were injured by FC Barcelona’s security staff wielding batons following their 3-0 Champions League quarter-final defeat. Fans who shared their experiences on social media, including pictures of injuries and footage of fans being hit by batons,...
RIP Shiela Spiers
The funeral for one of the founders of the Football Supporters' Association (FSA), forerunner to the FSF, will take place at the beginning of next week. Shiela Spiers, one of the longest serving fan activists and former-vice president of the FSA saldy passed away earlier this month. The funeral for Shiela, a life-long Liverpool supporter, is taking place on Monday 19th March from 2pm at Springwood...
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Monday 18th March, 2019
NPA present Brookfield Viscometer to GHA
By Yaw Ansah, GNA
Accra, March 18, GNA - In fulfilment of a request to enhance the enforcement of bitumen regulation in the country, the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has presented a Bitumen Viscometer to the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA).
The equipment, worth about £8,500, would reduce the testing time of bitumen samples from the Western Region and to ensure that substandard product is not allowed into the market.
Mr Hassan Tampuli, Chief Executive Officer of NPA handed over the set of equipment to Mr Ernest K Arthur, Chief Executive Officer of GHA at a brief event in Accra on Monday.
He said it would ensure that services that demanded the use of bitumen especially in the road construction sector would receive the required standard materials for value for money.
Mr Tampuli stated that the move would also streamline the operations of Bitumen Marketers and enable the NPA commence the process of regulating bitumen consumption in the country.
“With this addition to the two already in Accra laboratory, the Takoradi laboratory need not to come to Accra to conduct the standard test… we are certain that only quality bitumen product will be imported into the country,” he said.
Mr Arthur, receiving the equipment, thanked the NPA for assisting his outfit with the equipment and that it would foster strong collaboration between the two institutions.
He recalled that in April 2017, the NPA committee set up to streamline the operations of Bitumen Marketers in the country and identified quality of bitumen delays in the result as some of the challenges in the sector.
Mr Arthur said as part of other committee recommendations, the NPA was assisting GHA in licensing framework for regulating bitumen importation into the country had been developed and was being reviewed.
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What I’ve Learned So Far: Maria Bardet
Apr 30, 2018 No Comment
By Megan MacNee
Maria Bardet is the Founder and CEO Humani Pilates Studio (Facebook, Instagram). She has spent most of her life moving from one city to another until she settled in Sacramento, almost 10 years ago. She made it her home after starting her business. Changing her career path multiple times, Maria has spent the last 4 years creating a thriving community at Humani and watching it grow into mindful space for people to move their body, and feed their sprit. Her biggest passion and driving force in life is for all of us to live authentically.
How do you define success? Personal fulfillment?
When I spend the majority of my time doing things that align with my core purpose.
What is the driving force in your life?
I really want people to be happy – which is up to each person to define it for themselves. I have an internal drive to help people (myself included) to figure out what we’re here to do, and just go and do it already.
What has been one of your most life-defining moments?
There are a few, most of them involve going with my gut, and taking risks. The biggest one to date, is starting my own business.
What’s the biggest work-related lesson you’ve learned?
Having a set of clearly defined principles is absolutely essential to making a company work. That’s how you find the right people for your team and the right clients.
What’s the biggest personal or health-related lesson you’ve learned?
When there’s no clear line between work and your personal life and when your workday completely blends together with the rest of your life, it brings it’s own type of challenges. Like, taking time for yourself to relax, recharge your battery, or just do nothing. You get so wrapped up in your work, you can get lost in it.
Biggest life lesson learned from a failure?
Don’t rush into things. Patience is difficult for me because I like to move a million miles a minute. Sometimes, the hardest thing for me to do is slow down and not take action.
What are your thoughts on work/life balance? Advice on how to achieve or what to focus on?
I hear this question a lot and I’m always tempted to say, “there is no such thing”. What I really mean by that is that there is no perfect “balance” where everything fits into your day neatly. For me, balance is when I remember to refuel when I get really wrapped up in work. That means I have to stick to a meditation and workout routine, and get out of town once in a while to replenish my energy.
What’s been the most surprising thing about how your life/career turned out? (
When I decided to stop making 10 year plans, most things became surprising.
What do you value most in friendships?
Honesty and understanding. I have friends whom I’ve been friends with for over 20 years, and our friendship survives because we try to understand where there other person is coming from even if we don’t agree.
What do you wish someone had told you about marriage/committed relationships?
There are so many… Don’t get married young. You will change, your partner will change. You have to be ok with that. You don’t need your relationship to look like anyone else’s. Make your own rules.
It’s not that I wish someone should have told me these things (because I wouldn’t have listened), but it’s that people need to see that valuable and rewarding relationships don’t all look alike.
What is your most treasured experience?
My 10 day silent meditation Vipassana retreat.
Best advice you’ve received?
Don’t compare someone else’s middle to your beginning. Actually, just don’t compare.
What would you tell your 16-year-old self?
Try as many things as you can. Don’t make plans. Start things and experiment often – you have plenty of time figure things out.
What is your motto/personal credo?
The only thing that’s constant is change.
Biggest opportunity facing Sacramento in the next five years?
Business growth – supporting small businesses is the key to our economic growth and putting our city amongst the greatest. We have incredible talent here, motivated and passionate people and we have to give them opportunities to grow and thrive.
Biggest challenge facing Sacramento in the next five years?
We have to deal with problems like transportation, infrastructure, and homelessness, etc.. now instead of putting them off to the future, which will be more costly. In a growing city like Sacramento, we must have leaders who are innovative, forward-thinking, and willing to take action to grow the city the smart way. The way we develop the neighborhoods and set up our transportation infrastructure, will impact how our city will function in the future.
Latest Sacramento guilty pleasure?
Not guilt here just pleasures – McKinley Park, American Rive Bike Trail, The Mill, and love my neighborhood – Oak Park.
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Social Search Goes Supernova
Kevin M. Ryan
Social Search Goes Supernova Kevin M. Ryan
Ad:tech blew away previous attendance numbers this week with nearly 11,000 attendees converging on the Hilton New York for yet another three days of case studies, interesting topics du jour and a series of wild parties that someday might just put the annual traditional media blow-outs to shame.
Search marketing information ranged from the basic search optimization and paid search management sessions to forward-thinking, next-generation information-- including one thought-provoking session on social search that included yours truly.
In "The Search Evolution: How Social Search is Changing All the Rules" I was joined by Emil Ismalon, co-founder and chief technology officer of the social search thought leader and technology provider Collarity, and Peter Hirshberg, chairman and chief marketing officer, Technorati.
By the time we wrapped up, we could all agree the world of internet information retrieval is about to change, but what should you do about it?
Is it in the search?
Not anymore. Social search is simply an extension of social media as we know it today. Early ranking methodologies in search relied on automated robots to "scan" the web for text and index websites. Today's method of matching interest to action and content includes weighing link popularity of websites and determining a relative ranking of said content.
Of course, soon after indexing technologies were implemented, search engine optimization was born and search marketing "tricks" began to defeat the integrity of basic indexing systems. Search engine optimization is still alive and well with both approved (a.k.a. white hat) and unapproved (a.k.a. black hat) optimization practices.
Today's marketer has to think beyond the search box to engage the consuming public. The practice of brand reputation management is becoming increasingly popular but the practice of conversational marketing is the latest iteration of the brand management practice online.
While search sites have begun to evolve, and marketers struggle to get their arms around the blogosphere and YouTube phenomenon, the consuming public isn't waiting around to see how it will all turn out. They are building, shaping and interpreting right before our eyes.
Control is an illusion perpetuated by infantile egomaniacs, someone once said. Control or at least control of brand perception, is so last millennium according to Technorati's Hirshberg. "The web is really just a series of communities," said Hirshberg as he showed the audience a map of internet blogs.
Technorati is in the business of keeping track of what people are talking about and now offers a "conversational marketing" advertising platform that marketers can use to engage those interested in topics relating to their offerings.
Emil Ismalon reviewed the Collarity approach to social search which, simply put, provides for like-minded individuals to anonymously help one another find relevant information on the web, thereby bringing control of determining relevancy back to surfers.
"Tell me who your friend is-- I will tell you who you are," said Ismalon.
Are you seeing the convergence dynamics yet? Social media is beginning to define the consuming public's mindset and social search functions are the catalysts that will change how we view information.
What you need to know now
If you still aren't sure about how quickly the change is occurring, think about the words laptop battery and what mental picture comes to mind? Is it the same picture you had before the web was bombarded with exploding laptop pictures?
Here's another example: TMX Elmo is the most hyped-up little toy of the year and when it was released, YouTube received a video of the little red hype and consumers filed in to watch the video by the millions. Consumers also visited purchase points but the impact of social content and its relationship to search is very clear.
The message to marketers is simple: While social search technologies are advancing quickly, these technologies will not reach critical mass before consumers take their own route to determining relevance and finding information about your brand.
In the short term, conversational marketing practices and reputation management applications for your brand have to be increased. Keeping an eye on what people are saying and even helping them along with the conversation is paramount to keeping your brand in good standing. You can also direct or steer conversation with traditional brand-based search engine advertising or natural search engine optimization tactics.
In the long term, advanced technologies in customized, community-based search applications may overtake the existing link popularity based ranking methodologies.
For now, consumer behavior should be sending you a message about the perception of your brand's product and services-- keeping an eye on the search is now more important than ever.
Kevin Ryan is the chief executive officer of Kinetic Results. .
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Hoosier Democrats Denounce Mike Pence and Donald Trump’s Divisive Records
INDIANAPOLIS – This evening as Donald Trump brought his divisiveness to the Hoosier State, approximately 100 Democrats and allies stood on Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis to make it clear that his offensive rhetoric is not welcome in Indiana. Further, Democrats called out unpopular Gov. Mike Pence for his desperate attempt to save his own career through his unwavering support of Trump.
LGBT activist JD Ford condemns Mike Pence and Donald Trump’s toxic campaign and records
“You know what this move tells me? It says Governor Pence knows his Washington, D.C. agenda has caught up with him,” said State Senator Jean Breaux, District 34. “He knows only 40% of Hoosiers like him, and believe me – he’s well aware his reelection campaign is on thin ice and on the brink of sinking.
“Donald Trump wants to bring Mike Pence’s anti-LGBT record to a national scale, and it scares me,”said JD Ford, LGBT activist. “A Donald Trump/Mike Pence ticket is not good for our country. We will be going backwards instead of forwards.”
“Hoosiers deserve a better governor and a president who won’t spew divisive rhetoric that would divide our nation,” added John Aguilera, Former State Representative – District 12. “We deserve better than Mike Pence and Donald Trump.”
Donald Trump has proven himself to be a loose cannon whose hateful language – like his racist attacks against Judge Gonzalo Curiel, a Hoosier – and dangerous policies would do serious harm to working families and put America’s security at risk. Trump joined Gov. Mike Pence, whose term has been fraught with embarrassing failures, including his support of discriminatory and divisive legislation like RFRA.
Simply put, Hoosiers are fed up with both Mike Pence and Donald Trump, and they certainly don’t want either dividing our state any longer.
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RECAP: Hawks Beat Chiefs 14-10
Say what you want about the Seahawks prospects for the season after their early injury problems, but these have been three of the most entertaining pre-season games I can remember. When I look back at them, it’s not like we are scoring left and right or smacking the quarterback around. The team just seems to have that “It” factor. Guys like Housh, Matt, Burleson, Forsett, Nick Reed and John Carlson are just fun to watch. The swagger is back.
The Seahawks dominated this game. The score doesn’t show it, but the stats do. Total yards was 406-260. The Hawks top 2 QBs has passer ratings of 111.4 and 94.5, compared to 62.8 and 62.1. The Chiefs offense scored 3 points. Time of possession was 36-23 in favor of the Hawks, and perhaps most importantly, the Hawks were 11-19 on 3rd downs compared to 1-10 for the Chiefs. That, folks, is domination. The picture certainly wasn’t all rosy. Our defense still seems a step slow and reactive. I am yet to see the aggression we’ve been promised. Somewhere South of us, John Marshall is snickering. Our all-star linebacker corps has been MIA, and we’ve yet to see a single memorable play from our #4 draft pick.
Many of us have been expecting the defense to carry the offense this year, especially with the o-line injuries. After the second straight week of Hasselbeck throwing for more than 150 yards in the first half, it may be the other way around.
FAVORITE MOMENT – Housh TD Taunt & Housh at the Improv
Touchdowns are always great, but I loved seeing Housh extend the ball into a defender’s face on his way into the endzone before halftime. It wasn’t enough to get him a flag (although the ref spoke to him afterwords), but we need that swagger. We need that belief that we are so much better than the opponents that we expect to make every play. The Hasselbeck shuffle to Housh on the bobbled snap was the same type of thing. Even botched plays can lead to 17 yard gains with this team.
BIGGEST SURPRISE – Passing game progress
After the opening series pick six (which had nothing to do with being a tipped ball), there were no signs of the growing pains we’ve seen in previous weeks. The word was that we were going to try get the ball to Branch more, and that looked forced. The good news there is that we tried to get the ball to Housh and Carlson the first two games and that looked forced then, but looked smooth as silk last night. Our passing game looks stacked. Even the pass protection was fine. And it’s easy to forget the new life in getting our halfbacks involved either through screens or wheel routes. I could write for days about our potential there, and just might…
BIGGEST IMPACT – TJ Houshmandzadeh
Yes, I can now spell that name without looking it up. Pre-season has it’s purposes for bloggers as well. Gush. I love everything about this guy. I think it’s taken Matt some time to believe in Housh’s proclamation that he’s always open, but we’re starting to see him throw to him in tight coverage in big spots with great results. Forget the TD and the broken play. Look back at his first catch of the night on 3rd down when Matt rifled a ball to him in double coverage. He made the catch short of the first down and carried two guys up field past the marker. Difference maker.
BIGGEST RELIEF – Running Game
There was reason to be optimistic that we can go beyond 2.9 YPC (even though that’s where we finished). Forsett looked awesome running between the tackles. Jones looked good enough for now. We were averaging over 5 YPC in the first half. Our goal here is to be a team that keeps teams out of nickel defenses all year. That’s it.
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT – Aaron Curry, LeRoy Hill, Lofa Tatupu
This is supposed to be the strength of our team. Three of the best young linebackers in the NFL on the same team. Folks, I’m not seeing it yet. They look slow and reactive. I can’t remember a single play in the entire pre-season where any of them looked like they were “flying to the ball.” These guys need to pick it up big time.
chiefspre-season
A fun night of chatting: recording now available
Trying to settle a debate…Ruskell/Holmgren drafts
2008 Preseason Power Rankings
Tomorrow’s Headline, Today: Punchless Seahawks Lose, 17-9
The Morning After: Seahawks Beat Titans, 27-17
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Magic power of Baba Marta
By AYLİN ÖNEY TAN aylinoneytan@yahoo.com
March is a fearful month. In Turkish there is a saying which is the equivalent of “March comes in like a lion, goes out like a lamb”, or more accurately “Never cast a clout till May be out”. Turkish version’s literal translation is about burning handles of hoes and shovels with a blink out from the door. With snowstorms everywhere, it seems that we’re welcoming a freezing March fit for its fearsome fame. The name March, Mart in both Turkish and Bulgarian, comes from the Latin Martius, meaning ‘of Mars’, the god of war, son of Jupiter and Junona. In fact March is pretty much like war, a battle between winter and spring.
Our neighbor country Bulgaria must also suffer from the same climatic conditions, if not worse; but they have the most cheerful way to welcome March. Baba Marta day is 1st of March, a typical Bulgarian tradition to welcome spring, celebrated by wearing, exchanging and gifting of martenitsi. A martenitsa is an adornment or little decorations made from twisted red and white strings, usually in the form of wristbands worn as bracelets, or tassels and small yarn dolls hung in trees. If you’re about to visit Bulgaria in the forthcoming days, it is impossible not to notice its existence; martenitsas are everywhere, in a way they are blooming just like the spring that will eventually make its appearance.
Martenitsa is believed to bring health and happiness in the forthcoming year, the red color represents life and birth, and the white color represents purity and starting anew on clear spotless grounds. It is all about the life cycle, and as March was considered as the start of year like in most ancient cultures all across Asia to Europe, it is the right time for the celebration of life after survival through the harsh winter months. Everybody in Bulgaria starts wearing those strings of red and white, several of them given from beloved ones, only to be taken out when one sees the first stork flying, on any other migrating bird, and then tied to a flowering tree branch. Needless to say, as March comes in like a lion, most of the month is spent wearing many bracelets waiting to be taken off until first signs of spring are sprung.
Baba Marta, the mythical figure that gives the day her name, is believed to have magical powers; a grumpy grandma, often very angry (not unlike March), and the sun only shine when she smiles (seldom in fierce March). There are many versions of her story; I particularly like the feathery version. Tired of long winter, she decides to make her spring-cleaning when March comes, and as she shakes her mattress the feathers that come out the mattress are poured upon Earth as snowflakes, the last snowfall of the year. Apparently, she must have shaken many mattresses this year.
Last year, it was exactly the same, we had difficulty when trying to reach Pamporovo, winding up the road to the famed ski resort of Bulgaria, there was red alarm for the traffic with threatening snow storms. With martenitsa threads tied to our wrists, I could not help but send a wish to grumpy Baba Marta, please stop shaking off these mattresses! Our Bulgarian friends in SCIJ, Ski Club of International Journalists had of course chosen the date of our annual gathering carefully and precisely to coincide with the Baba Marta Day. Our week in Pamporovo also coincided with the Bulgarian National day on March 3, the day when Bulgarians claimed their liberation from the Ottoman rule that lasted for about five centuries. The day was going to be celebrated on the ski slopes of Pamporovo, with skiers dressed in national costumes with chains of traditional dancing. Needless to say the ‘enemy’ that was won over, was the Turks. Our Turkish team responded amicably to the event, dressed in Ottoman costumes, we joined the chain of friendship; dancing and music almost identical with ours. Our news editor Barçın Yinanç was dressed graciously as a true Sultan. After all, we all have Ottomans as our heritage.
According to belief, to bring good luck, a martenitsa must never be bought, but given as a gift from someone else as a token of friendship. Red and white interwoven strings of Baba Marta day are in fact friendship bracelets. They bear an immense sense of optimism and hope for the future. Let’s tie our friendship bracelets, let Baba Marta work her magical powers, endure the last falls of snow, let spring win its battle against winter, and celebrate nature. Bear in mind that with the global warming, we may not have a proper Baba Marta day in the future if we do not safeguard our planet. Baba Marta day is inscribed in 2017 on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Indeed it is a heritage of not only Bulgaria but also of humanity, just as safeguarding the environment is a responsibility of not only nations, but of all humanity. Let’s make martenitsa a symbol of protests against climate change: A lucky charm of hope for future!
Aylin Öney Tan, Bulgaria, March
Unemployment rate at 13% in April
Turkey's unemployment rate stood at 13.0% in April this year, the country's statistical authority announced on July 16.
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Re: Ghosts/hauntings in around Fairfax County
Posted by: Kalla in pound va ()
Date: November 03, 2013 07:18PM
Sitting on my bed looking out upon the bridge that connects the forks together I saw what seemed to be a 7 year old girl in a white gown standing by the bridge. I thought nothing of it assuming it could have been anything.That night my friends decided to come and visit me. As I walked down my hill all alone I heard weird noises. I finally got to the bottom where the bridge was when I started hearing a faint scream. The longer I waited the louder it grew. They finally arrived after about 15 minutes of me standing outside. When my friend looked at me she said I was as white as a ghost. As soon as she said that a small figure ran right across the bridge terrifying us to death.
I will never go down to that bridge ever again.
Posted by: joeydude19 ()
Date: November 06, 2013 06:54AM
I used to live on Courthouse road in Stafford. The house was demolished because the land was needed for the new Stafford Hospital. When I was younger me and my family would hear very loud noises in the house. One time we heard what sounded like a dresser falling down the stairs. That was very disturbing. We could not find where the noises came from. Also another day we heard what sounded like glass breaking every 10 seconds in the garage. Nothing was found. Also our two next door neighbors belonged to an older brother and a sister. The sister lived to the left and the brother to the right. They both passed the same year and their houses were abandoned.
One day a friend dared me to sneak into the sister's house. The door was unlocked. I entered. Her furniture was still in it. I was really scared; something did not seem right. As I walked in the house with my flashlight I heard a noise upstairs. As I got halfway upstairs I heard what sounded like an old fashion radio playing. I was overcome with fear and ran back home. The house is still there and abandoned.
One other thing to note, in our backyard where the new Stafford Hospital is built there were big holes in ground which used to be where Civil War soldiers lived. I know this because me and my dad metal detected the holes and found lots of Civil War artifacts in them. I am a firm believer that they built the hospital on sacred haunted land. I wonder if there are any stories from within the hospital. If so or have any questions contact my email joeydude19@yahoo.com.
Posted by: dawnlojmg ()
joeydude19 Wrote:
> I used to live on Courthouse road in Stafford. The
> house was demolished because the land was needed
> for the new Stafford Hospital. When I was younger
> me and my family would hear very loud noises in
> the house. One time we heard what sounded like a
> dresser falling down the stairs. That was very
> disturbing. We could not find where the noises
> came from. Also another day we heard what sounded
> like glass breaking every 10 seconds in the
> garage. Nothing was found. Also our two next door
> neighbors belonged to an older brother and a
> sister. The sister lived to the left and the
> brother to the right. They both passed the same
> year and their houses were abandoned.
> One day a friend dared me to sneak into the
> sister's house. The door was unlocked. I entered.
> Her furniture was still in it. I was really
> scared; something did not seem right. As I walked
> in the house with my flashlight I heard a noise
> upstairs. As I got halfway upstairs I heard what
> sounded like an old fashion radio playing. I was
> overcome with fear and ran back home. The house is
> still there and abandoned.
> One other thing to note, in our backyard where the
> new Stafford Hospital is built there were big
> holes in ground which used to be where Civil War
> soldiers lived. I know this because me and my dad
> metal detected the holes and found lots of Civil
> War artifacts in them. I am a firm believer that
> they built the hospital on sacred haunted land. I
> wonder if there are any stories from within the
> hospital. If so or have any questions contact my
> email joeydude19@yahoo.com.
I also uused to live in Stafford, over by Aquia Harbour on Pinta Cove. My mother Jody has made comments on this site as well. Let me tell you.. We moved into a newly built home in the 90s and the weirdest things would happen and no one believed me. I was an only child at the time. When I would fall asleep something would pet my head. Eventually I started to sleep with my head under the blanket and the covers clutched in my hand during the night only to wake up in the middle of the night freezing with the creepiest feeling in the room. My bed covers had been peeled off me and neatly laid on the floor below my bed. My sister was born soon after and my parents came home from a weekend vacation. My mom went upstairs to lay my sister down in her crib and her mobile started going around and playing music. No one was in the house the entire weekend. Another time my sister was in her crib and my mom heard a man's voice singing a lullaby to her over the baby monitor. She said it was in a different language. She researched it and someone told her the Irish Brigade had been stationed in Aquia Harbor several hundred years ago. My brother's Matchbox car also floated in midair off the kitchen counter in front of everyone. I also used to have dreams about bodies buried under the basement. Maybe that's why there are no cemeteries. The houses were built on top of them.
Posted by: Random Person ()
That's creepy. Me and my wife were driving on White Oak Rd in King George / Stafford area and we were driving from MD. There was an on coming car, Jeep Wrangler, and I saw something human shaped like a shadow person run from left to right go across the road. On the left side is a sharp 15-25 drop to nothing and on the right side there was about a 3ft dirt bank.
I was to myself thinking what was that then I said 'that was a little weird' out loud, then my wife said OMG I saw that too. But she thought that maybe was something in her eye. I went hell no, that was something that wasn't a person about 15 yards away from us.
Posted by: Weyers ()
While passing the Deno's gas station Route 11 Fort Defiance one winter night at around 12:30 am in 1995 my friend said did you see that girl sitting with her hands around her knees at the gas pump. I was looking at the gas pumps but saw nothing. Heading south on Route 11 about 100 yards down the road this guy pops up from nowhere standing along the road in a black cape with a white face that had no facial characteristics. No eyes, no nose etc.
I about jumped over into the drivers seat. One of the scariest things in my life.
Posted by: Linda ()
Linda Wrote:
> Nico Wrote:
> > Linda Wrote:
> > > Where specifically in Great Falls?
> > on a small bridge crossing a crek near the park
> Near Great Falls Park? Can you be more specific?
> Georgetown Pike area? Beach Mill? There are a few
> bridges in GF.
> Thx!
Ah, you are talking about River Bend Road I believe. It's the road before the turn into the park itself (Old Dominion). You'd take a right onto that road if you were coming down Georgetown Pike.
Posted by: Hobart ()
I recently was doing the field work toward by thesis on whether or not Liverworts (an aquatic zone plant) can tolerate heavy siltation in flooding at Hidden Pond. While there early one morning, with my field partners (girlfriend Mimi and my dog), we became aware of being watched. It was woman, in 19th century clothing, she just stood and watched us, then walked away, or rather faded. Being scientist, I don't believe in ghosts, or anything, however, I cannot explain this. My girlfriend Mimi says that the place has a reputation for the paranormal. I just think it was a case of poor light refraction but does anyone know anymore about the area?
Posted by: Ghost Hunter ()
Hobart Wrote:
> I recently was doing the field work toward by
> thesis on whether or not Liverworts (an aquatic
> zone plant) can tolerate heavy siltation in
> flooding at Hidden Pond. While there early one
> morning, with my field partners (girlfriend Mimi
> and my dog), we became aware of being watched. It
> was woman, in 19th century clothing, she just
> stood and watched us, then walked away, or rather
> faded. Being scientist, I don't believe in ghosts,
> or anything, however, I cannot explain this. My
> girlfriend Mimi says that the place has a
> reputation for the paranormal. I just think it was
> a case of poor light refraction but does anyone
> know anymore about the area?
Hobart, there have been alot of reports of paranormal activity in that area. If you go up the Fairfax Underground search feature and do a search on "Hidden Pond", you'll find alot of ghost stories. In fact, many of them are in this very thread.
Posted by: gainesville2013 ()
Not in fairfax but close by in gainesville. I was walking around some condos, when I first walk through them I felt fine but when I was coming back everything felt different. When I got closer I started to hear crying and weeps. I didn't pay much attention to it. As I got closer to that condo I didn't hear the crying and weeping anymore but I could hear what clearly was a woman's laughter. As I came around the corner I saw what I thought to be a girl playing on the ground just outside of the condo. At the moment I saw her everything changed, the environment, the wind, myself. Now this was around 11:30 pm. So I thought it was it was kind of strange that there was a little girl playing at this time.
As I walked past her she started to change. When I was across the street from her it's like she grew she looked bigger. Once I was behind and far from her I looked back. She looked like an old woman. Hair completely white, she was wearing a white dress. There was something behind her, a thick black mass. As I move away from her or it the black mass changes size and moved around. I decide to just keep walking. When I was faraway from the condo everything went back to normal I felt safe again, I kept walking on the side walk. A car went past me at the same time a small black thing went across my face almost hitting me.
Could this black thing be the same black mass behind the strange woman or just a bird, I don't know I'm not sure and honestly I don't want to know.
Posted by: asdfasdfasdfasdf ()
sufferkate Wrote:
> Aside: This is not really a ghost story. It's
> about something strange that happened to me years
> ago. I am not psychotic, or crazy, nor was my
> roommate. This is my strange story:
> I went to work in New York City during the late
> summer and early fall of 1995.
> My brother had died in an accident the previous
> Easter, and I was finding it difficult to
> concentrate in Memphis, where so many people, it
> seemed, knew about it.
> My roommate and I decided that we both needed a
> change of scene, and as she was from New Jersey,
> we easily secured positions at clubs in the Nanuet
> area.
> For the term, we had rented a suite of rooms in a
> hotel that, although part of a chain, was rather
> seedy and not at all up to the usual standards of
> said chain. What did I care, though? I was gone
> from a place where everyone I ran into wanted to
> tell me how very, very sorry they were “to hear
> about Jason.”
> I’d end up sobbing in the dressing room, the
> entire night a wash.
> ASIDE:
> I'm writing this from the other side of a passage
> of years, and although we are not in touch now, I
> want to stress that we were once very good
> friends, and that I cared about Emily a great
> deal.
> We had been through a lot together. She was with
> me when I received the news about my brother, and
> she held me up - literally - several times over
> the weeks that followed.
> She had witnessed some high strangeness while we
> lived together, and even though she wasn't
> comfortable with it (nor was I), she'd learned to
> take a lot of it in stride.
> When everything was over, though, we couldn't get
> far enough away from one another.
> RETURN:
> The suite Emily and I rented was paid for by her
> sugar daddy, a much older man she’d met at a
> club in Memphis - and with the understanding that
> I would repay half the amount as I earned it.
> It was set up so that as one entered, the bathroom
> door was to the immediate left, with the closet
> recessed in an alcove behind the door. A few steps
> brought you into the living room, with the bedroom
> area through an archway to the right. To the left,
> a desk and chair sat against the bathroom wall.
> There were three telephones in the suite. One on
> the desk, one on the bedside table, and the other
> on the table next to the sofa.
> The bedroom was furnished with an armoire
> containing another television, a king-sized bed
> with a padded dressing bench at the foot, and a
> full length mirror. The armoire was angled so that
> one could see the television from the living room.
> There was a larger television in the living room,
> with a large refrigerator next to it. A microwave
> sat atop it.
> On the night I will describe, Emily and I had been
> out with her friends. We had been working in N.Y.
> for a week, and so felt justified in taking a
> night off to hit the town. That had been the plan,
> but Emily had been taken ill right after dinner,
> so we returned to the suite after telling her
> friends good-night.
> We had argued in the cab on the way back, and when
> she said she was going to shower, I simply nodded
> and said nothing. She went into the bathroom and
> shut the door, and I sat down on the edge of the
> bed. I wasn't upset with Em, because I knew she
> really was not feeling well, and I'd known her
> long enough to put aside anything she might say in
> anger - or sickness.
> The lights were on in the living area of the
> suite, so I didn't turn on either of the two lamps
> in the bedroom. There was plenty of light to see
> by.
> Glancing at the phone to make sure we had no
> pending messages, I opened the armoire doors to
> turn on the television. I planned to put Emily to
> bed as soon as she came out of the shower, and I
> wanted to see if there was anything on she'd like
> to watch.
> Movement on the surface of the television screen
> caught my eye, and I realized that the blank,
> darkened screen essentially functioned as a
> mirror, reflecting the archway to the living room
> and the space beyond.
> What I was seeing in the 'reflection' did not
> immediately register, but it seemed there was
> someone else in the suite with us! I spun around
> to look at the doorway, and the desk/chair area.
> You guessed it. Nobody there.
> I turned back to the television. There WAS someone
> standing there! A woman! A woman in a very
> familiar black dress, with long platinum hair. The
> figure stood in front of the desk, evidently in
> deep thought.
> She looked just like me, in fact, and was wearing
> my favorite dress.
> Even though the night had been warm - muggy, even
> - I suddenly felt very cold.
> I kept looking at the television, and turning my
> head to look at the empty space where the figure
> stood in the reflection. I leaned in very close,
> thinking to change the angle and hopefully, figure
> out what was making me think I was seeing myself
> one room over.
> It was still there.
> Dimly, I realized that I could still hear the
> shower, and though I wanted to call out for Emily
> - to scream for her, if you want the truth - I
> could not make a sound. I was freezing and my
> teeth were clenched, and all I could manage was a
> choking whimper.
> I wanted to run, to barricade myself in with
> another human being, but I could not even go to
> the door of the bathroom. I would have to pass
> right by the thing I saw in the reflection,
> wouldn't I?
> Somehow, I knew I didn't want to catch its
> attention. The 'not-me' in the reflection didn't
> seem to be aware of the observer me, and that was
> a tiny relief.
> Then the figure moved, pulling out the 'chair.'
> The real chair beyond the archway did NOT move,
> and that's a good thing. I don't know what I'd
> have done, but the mind has ways to cope with
> stress like that.
> I think it's called 'going crazy,' and I was
> nearly afraid of that as I was the apparition in
> the reflection.
> The 'not-me' walked slowly around the chair, then
> sat. It seemed to be studying something on the
> desk, but I couldn't make it out.
> By then I was as close to the television screen as
> I could get, because that was as far away from the
> doorway - and the 'not-me' - that I could position
> myself. It occurred to me that I might be seeing a
> possible future, and if that were the case,
> 'not-me' would never know I was there.
> The 'not-me' stood up from the chair and turned,
> facing me, although it was still looking down, as
> though searching for something on the floor. 'Her'
> hand pushed back her hair, and she slowly turned
> in a circle.
> I watched, horrified, but fascinated. It circled
> the chair, still absorbed in its search.
> I was terrified that 'it' was going to look up and
> 'see' me, and I really, really did not want that
> to happen. I was filled with a sense of dread, and
> I shut my eyes.
> The room was still chilly, and I heard the shower
> go off. Emily would spend up to twenty additional
> minutes lotioning herself, combing her hair,
> flossing her teeth - we'd lived together for a
> while, so I knew her habits.
> This time, the bathroom door jerked open, and she
> stormed right out, drying her hair with a towel.
> Giving me a quizzical look, she said, "What? What?
> Why were you screaming my name?"
> Was I? I didn't think so, although I knew I'd been
> screaming for her in my head for at least ten
> minutes.
> "Just, can you come in here for a minute?" I
> responded. "Come sit here on the bed and look at
> the t.v. Then tell me what you see."
> I didn't look at anything while she passed by the
> 'not-me.' She sat on the bed, close to my original
> place, and for a minute or so, Emily did not say
> anything. She shivered, and I noticed I could see
> her breath. She turned her head as well, looking
> back and forth several times from the screen to
> the archway.
> Finally, she spoke. "Oh my GOD, that's YOU!"
> So she saw it, too. I was momentarily relieved
> that I wasn't going crazy, unless Emily was
> meandering down the same psychotic path. I'd heard
> of mass hypnosis, but we'd each had one glass of
> red wine at dinner. Her friends finished the
> bottle, and it sat at the table from the moment of
> uncorking.
> Nobody had dosed us, in other words.
> "What does this mean? That IS you, isn't it? Are
> you somehow doing this?" Emily kept on, giving
> voice to the questions I wasn't calm enough to ask
> myself.
> WAS I somehow doing this? Projecting an image of
> myself, like a - like some shamans can? Is this
> what I was capable of, in moments of emotional
> distress? I hoped not, but I had only read about
> it, and I had no idea if there was another
> explanation.
> "I don't know," I managed. "I don't think I could
> do this. Let me try something."
> I moved a little on the floor so that I could see
> 'not-me.' She was holding on to the back of the
> desk chair, and seemed to be - dancing? - swaying
> to music we couldn't hear.
> Basically, I thought that if I was somehow
> responsible for this, I could either predict its
> next move, or control it. Couldn't I?
> Fixing on the eidolon, I tried to make it sit down
> again. For a moment, nothing happened. The figure
> went on gently undulating to some ghostly melody.
> Then it walked around the chair again, and sat,
> palms on its knees, back ramrod-straight.
> "Oh, my gawwwwd," whispered Emily. "Jesus, it's
> YOU - you're doing this, aren't you?"
> I still did not know.
> Answer the phone, I thought.
> The figure stirred, and her hand went to the
> receiver on the desk phone. Her posture and
> movement was indicative of the silent
> 'conversation.'
> Emily's face was now less than an inch from my
> own.
> "Are. You. Doing. That?" she spat, condensation
> fogging the air with her every word. Her eyes were
> huge.
> "I think so," I replied. "I don't know why this is
> happening, Emily, I promise," I went on. "I'm
> going to try to make it go away."
> I peeked at the screen again. 'Not-me' was still
> on the 'phone.'
> GOAWAYGOAWAYGOAWAY. Leave NOW. Get up and GO...out
> the door, or however you have to. YOU'RE NOT
> WELCOME HERE.
> I kept my eyes trained on the 'not-me,' directing
> as much force as I could into my thoughts.
> JUST GET OUT. NOW.
> 'Not-me' slowly lowered the phone to the cradle
> and stood, smoothing her dress.
> "Push the chair in," I muttered through clenched
> teeth.
> It pushed the 'chair' back under the desk, and
> slowly walked past the archway into the hall by
> the bathroom.
> We waited. The room felt slightly warmer. I
> thought it was gone, but did not know for sure.
> "Is she gone?" whispered Emily.
> "I don't know. How would I know? I didn't exactly
> hear the door," I grated. I was fed up, and
> drained. We were a tableaux: A waxworks display of
> Damsels in Distress.
> Then the phones rang. We sprang apart as though
> hit with a cattle prod. Emily ran one way -
> straight for the desk phone through the arch. I
> reached the bedside phone, first.
> "Ye-hello?" I panted.
> Silence. Not a buzz nor a click; not a hint of
> static.
> Emily had the extension to her ear, and I could
> hear her breathing.
> "Hello?" she tried. "Who IS this?"
> "It's nobody, Em. Just put it down, it's just more
> weird ****," I said, cradling my own handset.
> Emily, though, had had enough. She was dressing
> with the intensity and concentration of somebody
> late for work, hopping around to put her pants on;
> crashing into things.
> "Oh no it isn't, it's somebody ******* with us!"
> was her explanation. "Come on, right now. We're
> going to the desk."
> To the desk? The front desk? As though the night
> clerk could explain what just happened?
> I thought it was a bad idea, imagining the
> smirking and eye-rolling on behalf of the hotel
> employees. Hell, if she went ballistic, we'd be
> thrown out - this, I knew from experience.
> I couldn't let her go down there alone, though.
> Who knew what she might say? I grabbed my bag and
> followed her out the door. Too impatient to wait
> for the elevators, we charged down the stairs,
> emerging into the lobby at full speed.
> Three clerks were on duty, and all three stood at
> the counter, heads turned to peer out the glass
> doors into the darkened parking lot. The doors
> whooshed open, then shut, again and again. For a
> moment, Emily and I stood on the other side of the
> counter, observing this strange phenomenon.
> Those doors were moving far too quickly for a
> person to get through them without injury. What
> the hell was happening here? Why did the clerks
> look like someone goosed them?
> "Uh, hi," I began. Three heads snapped around,
> fixing Em and me in a classic 'deer-in-headlights'
> gaze. Nobody said anything for a second.
> I cleared my throat, and tried again.
> "Some strange things are happening on the top
> floor, and I was wondering if there would be a way
> for the phones in our suite to ring without ya'll
> putting a call through."
> There, that seemed nice and innocuous.
> The doors continued to open and close off to my
> left. Emily had walked quite close to them, and I
> thought she might be trying to determine whether
> she could make a run for it.
> The clerk licked her lips, glanced at the other
> two. "We're having some electrical problems right
> now," she finally said, eyes on the counter in
> front of her.
> "Like this?" I indicated the doors. Three heads
> nodded. "Anything else?" I asked, curious.
> The male clerk spoke then. "Ma'am, if you wish to
> exit, you should probably use that other door,"
> and he pointed across the room, to a single,
> non-electric door which probably led to another
> part of the parking area.
> Turning to me, he continued, "The elevators are
> malfunctioning, and the security cameras are not
> working properly."
> For the first time, I noticed the bank of monitors
> beneath the top level of the counter. I leaned
> over to get a closer look. Two or three of the
> seven had gone completely black, while another
> seemed to be showing a recording of a couple
> walking up and down the second floor hall. The two
> would approach and pass under the camera, and a
> second later, would re-appear walking backwards,
> away from the camera. Then again, forwards,
> beneath the range of sight.
> "These things record and play back?" I sputtered.
> "No, not usually," replied the third clerk,
> another woman. "The tape loops to a reel in the
> security office, which is locked unless a guard is
> on premises. We save them for twenty-four to
> forty-eight hours, then record over them. This
> hasn't ever happened before," she admitted.
> "Is the guard here?" I asked, interested in
> hearing his take on the situation. The woman shook
> her head. "We're short-handed tonight," she said.
> "Those people on the screen," I began, pointing.
> The monitor abruptly went black. "I was going to
> ask if they were current guests," I finished
> lamely.
> Back at the counter beside me, Emily opened her
> mouth. I kicked her foot gently, a warning against
> reporting our strange 'visitor.'
> "Well, we came down because the phones rang, and
> no one was there," I explained. "Did one of us
> have a telephone call within the last half hour?"
> Much shaking of heads in the negative. The other
> woman said, "This just started happening about
> thirty, forty-five minutes ago. The phones haven't
> worked properly since then."
> Now the younger woman rejoined the discussion.
> "Right after you came in tonight, right about
> then, I think." Oh, really?
> "Have you called someone about this?" I asked,
> pointing at the doors again. Three heads nodded.
> Those clerks were scared, or they'd never have
> offered up so much information.
> One of the female clerks walked back up the stairs
> with us, and on the way, Emily gave her a brief
> rundown of what we'd experienced. The clerk was
> well and truly freaked out by our story. However,
> nothing prepared the three of us for what had
> happened to our suite in the interim.
> As we rounded the corner, I casually inquired how
> many guests shared the top floor with us. At the
> same time, I heard the unmistakable 'bzzz-click'
> of an electronic lock opening, and right in front
> of our eyes, our suite door cracked itself open an
> inch or two.
> I halted so abruptly that Emily ran into me, and
> the clerk grabbed my arm to steady me. I looked at
> her.
> "Does THAT happen often?" I asked. She shook her
> head and said, "I think you're the only two guests
> in a suite up here right now."
> So! Back down to the lobby we went, returning with
> the male night manager and the clerk who had
> originally accompanied us.
> This time, the suite door was firmly shut.
> "I'm not going in there," Emily stated. I think we
> all shared that sentiment, but hey, we had Mr.
> Night Manager there for that very reason.
> He cracked the door, then pushed it open most of
> the way. In the hallway, we three brave women
> stood together in a huddle, peering in.
> The living room was trashed. Completely wrecked;
> lamps on the floor, furniture turned over. The
> microwave was also on the floor, and the fridge
> was on its side.
> Unbelieving, I stepped forward and pushed the door
> open wider.
> There were clothes from both our suitcases
> scattered everywhere. Costumes, underthings, and
> t-shirts hung from the sprinklers mounted on the
> ceiling. Worse, the lock on Emily's travel trunk
> had been - well, crushed - and all the designer
> things she was so proud of were also thrown
> everywhere. There was a Fendi sandal in the
> toilet, and the curtains over the window at the
> far end of the living area were torn from the
> mounted rods and were lying in a heap on the
> floor.
> Emily and I stared at each other, open-mouthed.
> "Was it like this when you came downstairs?" asked
> Mr. Night Manager, rather idiotically. Still
> staring around us, we shook our heads. The female
> clerk had entered by then, and stood there,
> looking shocked.
> "Well, what about when the door opened the first
> time you came up here?" he went on.
> The female clerk answered him this time. "They
> don't know," she snapped. "We didn't look in, we
> just left."
> Emily had begun picking up clothing and shoes,
> accessories and makeup. Several small eyeshadows
> had been broken and scattered, then ground into
> the carpet.
> "Who could have done this?" I asked. "Does anyone
> else have access to a pass-key around here?"
> The clerks exchanged a look that I'd have missed
> if I blinked.
> "No," they answered, simultaneously.
> The phones rang again. We all looked at one
> another. Mr. Night Manager answered the phone
> closest to him.
> "Suite ***, this is Stan." Then, "Yeah. Nope,
> nobody. The suite's been wrecked, though. No,
> probably not. Yeah, I know. Will do." He hung up,
> turning to face us.
> "That was Lisa, down at the front. We're going to
> switch suites for you tonight. Do you want us to
> help you get your things together?"
> "No, but please don't leave us here alone for
> another second," I blurted.
> The other clerk was helping Emily toss our stuff
> any which way into the suitcases. Everywhere I
> looked, I found more broken, torn up personal
> items. My journal was halfway shredded, with what
> looked like bite marks on the cover.
> "Who could have done this?" I asked again.
> Nobody had an answer (not even [especially!] the
> police officer who took the report), but a day or
> so later, in the hallway leading to the fitness
> room, I encountered the female clerk. She wanted
> to talk to me, and had, in fact, been looking for
> me or for Emily.
> We sat on the steps while she talked. What
> happened to Emily and me in our suite had occurred
> before, she thought, but not while she worked
> She had heard things, as all old, decrepit hotels
> have histories, but she'd largely disregarded a
> lot of it as just...fantastic ghost stories.
> Tales, told and re-told among third-shifters to
> pass the boredom of another long night.
> The suite we had been in was at the crux of most
> of the problems, she went on to tell me. As
> nothing had happened in her six years there, she'd
> assigned it without a second thought. From the
> moment we arrived, she said, there had been
> electrical malfunctions at the switchboard.
> Malfunctions? Like what?
> Well, such as every single line lighting up, calls
> coming in from rooms that were unoccupied as well
> as the occupied ones. Nobody was on any of the
> inbound lines. There was a bank of pay phones in a
> hallway off the lobby, and they'd ring
> simultaneously. The security guard had attempted
> to answer them, more than once.
> More problems with the doors, as we'd observed
> from the lobby. The people we'd both seen on the
> monitor downstairs had not been guests at that
> hotel since June, she thought. There was no way to
> explain why they hadn't been taped over, or why
> that particular loop had keep repeating.
> Worse, their security guard had actually quit that
> night. He just walked out, she explained, right
> before the doors started acting weird. They were
> still waiting for another to be assigned.
> We were interrupted then by another clerk I had
> never seen before; an older woman who gave off the
> 'management' vibe. My new friend jumped up
> guiltily and went off with her to attend to
> whatever needed doing, and I went to find Emily.
> We were blowing this crazy joint, hell or high
> water.
This is just downright creepy.
I found this and thought it was worth sharing. Not part of Fairfax, but still very relevant to the area....
MANASSAS NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD, VA
http://www.castleofspirits.com/stories07/manassas.html
In the war between the states, the North and South met up twice in what is known as the battles of Bull Run. June 1861 and again in August 1862. Around 24,000 men died in those two conflicts. I think some of them still think it's still going on.
In April 1964 me and two of my friends went camping up on a wooded area of the park. My oldest sister owned a house not more then a 1/2 mile from the park. It was Easter break from school and we had four days of camping and hiking to do. She picked us up and took us back to her house. We told her about where we were headed and off we went. We went about a mile or so and found the spot we wanted for the night. It was up on a small rolling hill and had a wonderful view of the area.
We set up the tent and got the campfire going. After we cooked our food it started to rain so in the tent we headed. As a bunch of 12 year old boys would do we started talking about the girls at school and what ever else 12 year olds talked about. Not once did the subject of ghost come up. We all started to dose off when we heard what sounded like Jug band music. By this I mean someone blowing on a jug and playing a harmonica. I had never heard the tune they were playing but it was foot tapping. You could hear men talking and clapping along with the music.
We at first thought some other group of people had camped close to us. We got out of the tent and could see a campfire down the hill from us about 100 or so feet. There seem to be about 10 or more people that we could see around the campfire. They were glowing blue in color. That might have been from the flames of the fire. You could see what looked like rifles, some had crossed in their arms. As we were looking down the hill everything went dark. There was no campfire or music or people in blue.
I think we all felt fear at the same time. We started running as fast and hard as we could. We took nothing with us. We ran the wrong way hitting trees and each other and when we did get back to my sisters house we all were shaking in her hallway next to her bedroom.
After the sun came up we went to get our stuff. We decided to go down the hill to see about the campfire and people we had seen just hours before. The underbrush was too much to have had a camp there and we could not find any traces of a campfire.
We stayed at my sisters house the rest of the time, and went hiking only. No more camping for that trip.
I had never been so frightened in my life, but could not have asked for a better camping trip. What an adventure that was.
I have not seen my friends in twenty or more years as we all went different ways and I no longer live in Virginia but the last time I saw one of them was around 1986, the camping trip was brought up and relived once again.
I still wonder if they were Northern or Southern troops and if they were reliving a happy night before their last battle.
Whatever it was, it sure got me thinking about ghosts and wanting to find out more.
Posted by: Ooooscary ()
Also the Skyline Towers in falls church is haunted as hell. I used to live there when I was a kid and there were so many suicides in that building for some reason. 1 man jumped off his balcony from the 6th floor. There's also said to be a black widow that walks along the hallways of the building. I have never seen her but security in the building has. They change security alot because they eventually get scared. The last guy that was there before I moved was found in the hallway from the building utility loading dock passed out and covered in blood from a nose bleed because he saw her I was told. Or maybe he just tripped and banged his nose LOL. Either way he didn't come back.
Ooooscary Wrote:
> Also the Skyline Towers in falls church is haunted
> as hell. I used to live there when I was a kid and
> there were so many suicides in that building for
> some reason. 1 man jumped off his balcony from the
> 6th floor. There's also said to be a black widow
> that walks along the hallways of the building. I
> have never seen her but security in the building
> has. They change security alot because they
> eventually get scared. The last guy that was there
> before I moved was found in the hallway from the
> building utility loading dock passed out and
> covered in blood from a nose bleed because he saw
> her I was told. Or maybe he just tripped and
> banged his nose LOL. Either way he didn't come
> back.
Wow, that's very interesting. There was a recent murder/suicide there as well...
Two Die in Apparent Murder-Suicide in Fairfax County
http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/2/1219468/1220574.html#msg-1220574
Posted by: Jasper ()
I've had some pretty spooky unexplained things happen to me. In 1990 my first son was born. My wife and I had put him in his crib bundled (he was a newborn) and we went to sleep. In the middle of the night I heard the baby cry so I got up from the bed as I saw my wife didn't and went to go pick him up. I gently lifted him and starting walking back and forth patting his back and humming to him. Then I hear my wife say Honey, what are you holding? The baby's right here. As I turned my head towards her and see the baby in her arms and quickly throw whatever I had to the other side of the room and the blanket just collapsed flat on the ground. I never found an explanation but I've never been more freaked out. My second experience was 3 years after that. I ran into a family friend of mine I haven't seen in a while and he invited us to spend Thanksgiving with them. The night went good and it was time for everyone to eat at the table. I went into the kitchen to get some things and as I walk in I already felt as something wasn't right. I then heard a child's voice saying help me help me please. It was coming from a corner door in the kitchen. All the children were at the table already but you never know so I get closer to the door and the voice gets louder. As I open the door I see stairs to go down and it was dark. I thought "why would there be a basement in the kitchen" then the voice got deeper. My senses said walk away. So I closed the door. Suddenly the knob started shaking. When I quickly opened it again the "stairs" disappeared. It was just a kitchen spice closet. I'll never know what that was and if I would have gone down those stairs what would have happened.
Posted by: FuuuuckNo ()
Oh my god... I don't fuck with Skyline appts. My friend invited me for a sleep over like 6 years ago. I was sleeping in one of the beds and something just grabbed me by my ankles and started pulling me toward the bottom of the bed. As i was being pulled i could see my friend and the other girl sleeping in the bunk beds across from me. I couldn't speak I just couldn't do anything. All I did was pray. It let go of me and I scooted back up, crossed my legs Indian style and covered myself completely with the blanket. I fell asleep praying. They never said anything to me the next day nor did I because I didn't wanna sound crazy. I sleep in the same position till today
Posted by: Skyline Towers ()
Found this article on Skyline Towers and it seemed relevant to the conversation:
THE DAY THAT SHOOK BAILEY'S CROSSROADS
http://tbwb.blogspot.com/2006/11/day-that-shook-baileys-crossroads.html
[November 29th] -- I was thinking about the Senators the other day, and got to thinking about my time growing up as a kid in an area from roughly T.C. Williams High School (it wasn't there yet) to Seven Corners Shopping Center. I saw a lot of things happen from 1960-1974 -- some I remember, some I don't. But I do remember that day in March, 1973.
The Skyline Apartments in Northern Virginia is today one of the most attractive complexes that were built in the mid 1970's. It has been renovated several times to keep up with the times, and provides a warm and attractive place to live
I doubt that many people know today that one of its buildings collapsed, killing several workers.
The construction of the Skyline Towers began in the early 1970's. The site was just north of Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia, on the site of the old "piper cub airport." It had a more proper name, the "Washington-Virginia Airport." It sat on a prime piece of real estate that bordered both Seminary Road and Rout 7. Because of it's location, the Pentagon often used it for helicoptor and small aircraft trials. I remember the Goodyear blimp landing there sometime in the early to mid 1960's, and heard about some old WWII planes dressed up as Japanese fighters landing there on their way to stardom in the movie "Tora Tora Tora." By 1970, however, the encroachment of housing and telephone lines made it difficult for pilots to safely land there, and the airport that was built on Mary Cornelius’ property during World War II was sold to developers for apartment construction.
I lived on the 7th floor of the Woodlake Towers Apartments, and once the building's construction reached the third floor, I could see the towers grow from our balcony. By my senior year, 1974, the skeleton for the first building had just about reached its apex. Although the buildings began to loom over the area, we didn't give them much thought.
That is, until "that" day.
I was riding school bus #724 home from J.E.B. Stuart High School when a police car whizzed by, siren on, very unusual in Fairfax County. Within a few moments, another squad car shot past the bus heading down Columbia Pike towards Bailey's Crossroads. Suddenly, the local fire company blared its siren and its fire engines and emergency vehicles shot in the same direction. We knew something was happening, but we weren't sure what.
I entered my apartment, turned on WTTG channel 5 and made my favorite post school-day snack, a cheese sandwich with sesame crust bread. I lounged on the couch for a couple minutes and then walked by the balcony and glanced in the direction of the Skyline Towers. Something seemed different. Instead of just one building, there were two. I didn't understand. I pointed my telescope towards the building and the story became painfully clear. Part of the top floor caved in, in turn forcing each concrete slab down on the lower floor, beginning a downward domino effect that tore the building in two. Dust was still in the air and helicopters were circling the building. It was horrendous.
If memory serves, 11 men died when the concrete floors pancaked on their way down. A few months later, it was determined that the general contractor used substandard materials and to make matters worse, didn't use enough rebarb in the poor quality concrete. It was a disaster waiting to happen.
Today, the towers are beautiful and serve their tenants well. But 30 years ago, the first building suffered a loss of both integrity and lives. I'd bet this story would come as a surprise to most living in the community today.
"Screech's Best Friend" From "Nats 320" left a comment that said in part, "There is a Burke & Herbert Bank located on Seminary Road, which, at the time of the airport's existence--was on the south side of the runway. ToyRUs was on the North Side of the runway on Rte 7--Leesburg Pike. Even today, that Burke & Herbert Bank has the RED RUNWAY LANDING LIGHTS on top of its building--lining up with the NW-SE Runway that existed at that time. TRU later moved back--onto the site of the actual runway, and still exists there today." There you go, Screech. I found pictures of the bank showing the landing lights. Thanks for pointing that out.
There has been rumors for years that 2 bodies were never found and their ghosts haunt the parking deck under the East Tower. Never believed it.
This poor guy tried to rent his apartment at one point. No one would because there were "too many ghosts there".
http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read.php?2,313660,313791,quote=1
Posted by: gloria46231 ()
gainesville2013 Wrote:
> Not in fairfax but close by in gainesville. I was
> walking around some condos, when I first walk
> through them I felt fine but when I was coming
> back everything felt different. When I got closer
> I started to hear crying and weeps. I didn't pay
> much attention to it. As I got closer to that
> condo I didn't hear the crying and weeping anymore
> but I could hear what clearly was a woman's
> laughter. As I came around the corner I saw what I
> thought to be a girl playing on the ground just
> outside of the condo. At the moment I saw her
> everything changed, the environment, the wind,
> myself. Now this was around 11:30 pm. So I thought
> it was it was kind of strange that there was a
> little girl playing at this time.
> As I walked past her she started to change. When I
> was across the street from her it's like she grew
> she looked bigger. Once I was behind and far from
> her I looked back. She looked like an old woman.
> Hair completely white, she was wearing a white
> dress. There was something behind her, a thick
> black mass. As I move away from her or it the
> black mass changes size and moved around. I decide
> to just keep walking. When I was faraway from the
> condo everything went back to normal I felt safe
> again, I kept walking on the side walk. A car went
> past me at the same time a small black thing went
> across my face almost hitting me.
> Could this black thing be the same black mass
> behind the strange woman or just a bird, I don't
> know I'm not sure and honestly I don't want to
> know.
Are they the condos across from the elementary school? Please email me and let me know @ gloria46231@yahoo.com.
Posted by: Brandon Kriner ()
Skyline Towers Wrote:
> Found this article on Skyline Towers and it seemed
> relevant to the conversation:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> THE DAY THAT SHOOK BAILEY'S CROSSROADS
> http://tbwb.blogspot.com/2006/11/day-that-shook-ba
> ileys-crossroads.html
> [November 29th] -- I was thinking about the
> Senators the other day, and got to thinking about
> my time growing up as a kid in an area from
> roughly T.C. Williams High School (it wasn't there
> yet) to Seven Corners Shopping Center. I saw a lot
> of things happen from 1960-1974 -- some I
> remember, some I don't. But I do remember that day
> in March, 1973.
> The Skyline Apartments in Northern Virginia is
> today one of the most attractive complexes that
> were built in the mid 1970's. It has been
> renovated several times to keep up with the times,
> and provides a warm and attractive place to live
> I doubt that many people know today that one of
> its buildings collapsed, killing several workers.
> The construction of the Skyline Towers began in
> the early 1970's. The site was just north of
> Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia, on the
> site of the old "piper cub airport." It had a more
> proper name, the "Washington-Virginia Airport." It
> sat on a prime piece of real estate that bordered
> both Seminary Road and Rout 7. Because of it's
> location, the Pentagon often used it for
> helicoptor and small aircraft trials. I remember
> the Goodyear blimp landing there sometime in the
> early to mid 1960's, and heard about some old WWII
> planes dressed up as Japanese fighters landing
> there on their way to stardom in the movie "Tora
> Tora Tora." By 1970, however, the encroachment of
> housing and telephone lines made it difficult for
> pilots to safely land there, and the airport that
> was built on Mary Cornelius’ property during
> World War II was sold to developers for apartment
> construction.
> I lived on the 7th floor of the Woodlake Towers
> Apartments, and once the building's construction
> reached the third floor, I could see the towers
> grow from our balcony. By my senior year, 1974,
> the skeleton for the first building had just about
> reached its apex. Although the buildings began to
> loom over the area, we didn't give them much
> thought.
> That is, until "that" day.
> I was riding school bus #724 home from J.E.B.
> Stuart High School when a police car whizzed by,
> siren on, very unusual in Fairfax County. Within a
> few moments, another squad car shot past the bus
> heading down Columbia Pike towards Bailey's
> Crossroads. Suddenly, the local fire company
> blared its siren and its fire engines and
> emergency vehicles shot in the same direction. We
> knew something was happening, but we weren't sure
> what.
> I entered my apartment, turned on WTTG channel 5
> and made my favorite post school-day snack, a
> cheese sandwich with sesame crust bread. I lounged
> on the couch for a couple minutes and then walked
> by the balcony and glanced in the direction of the
> Skyline Towers. Something seemed different.
> Instead of just one building, there were two. I
> didn't understand. I pointed my telescope towards
> the building and the story became painfully clear.
> Part of the top floor caved in, in turn forcing
> each concrete slab down on the lower floor,
> beginning a downward domino effect that tore the
> building in two. Dust was still in the air and
> helicopters were circling the building. It was
> horrendous.
> If memory serves, 11 men died when the concrete
> floors pancaked on their way down. A few months
> later, it was determined that the general
> contractor used substandard materials and to make
> matters worse, didn't use enough rebarb in the
> poor quality concrete. It was a disaster waiting
> to happen.
> Today, the towers are beautiful and serve their
> tenants well. But 30 years ago, the first building
> suffered a loss of both integrity and lives. I'd
> bet this story would come as a surprise to most
> living in the community today.
> "Screech's Best Friend" From "Nats 320" left a
> comment that said in part, "There is a Burke &
> Herbert Bank located on Seminary Road, which, at
> the time of the airport's existence--was on the
> south side of the runway. ToyRUs was on the North
> Side of the runway on Rte 7--Leesburg Pike. Even
> today, that Burke & Herbert Bank has the RED
> RUNWAY LANDING LIGHTS on top of its
> building--lining up with the NW-SE Runway that
> existed at that time. TRU later moved back--onto
> the site of the actual runway, and still exists
> there today." There you go, Screech. I found
> pictures of the bank showing the landing lights.
> Thanks for pointing that out.
There is a Burke & Herbert Bank located on Seminary Road, which, at the time of the airport's existence--was on the south side of the runway. ToyRUs was on the North Side of the runway on Rte 7--Leesburg Pike. Even today, that Burke & Herbert Bank has the RED RUNWAY LANDING LIGHTS on top of its building--lining up with the NW-SE Runway that existed at that time. TRU later moved back--onto the site of the actual runway, and still exists there today.
As amazing as it may seem--My brother, Michael and I were at the Jack In The Box with some TC WIlliams/Hammond HS friends, less than 500 yards away, east of RTE 7, when the building collapsed. The sound was EARTHQUAKE LIKE. That Jack In The Box, is now a Popeyes Fried Chicken.
You'll be pleased to know that the Seven Corners and Bailey's Crossroads areas are still firmly entrenched in the 1960s and 70s...kind of run down at this point, actually. And yes, and its true, Baileys CrossRoads and Seven Corners are just part of the strip mall set the area has become.
Posted by: timbo ()
Me living in Virginia now for 18 years has never been as amazing and memorable than living in Baileys Crossroads. My friend use to live in Skyline plaza and said that they wanted to move because of they scary things they were hearing at night (they lived on the basement floor). I went to Baileys Elem, Glasgow and am now a Senior at J.E.B. Stuart HS. I love Baileys CrossRoads.
Posted by: Bob Taylor ()
I read this thread and it brought back many memories. I was working there that day. I worked for Charles E. Smith Building Corp and ran the "Man Lift" (another name for personnel elevator) for the site. I could talk for hours about that day and it would take me weeks to put that down in printed words, so I'll just make a few comments about the article and a couple of the comments.
It didn't collapse in 1974. It collapsed on Mar 2, 1973.
It was not the first building constructed. It was actually building 3. The first set of 2 buildings was completed and building 1 was already occupied with building 2 about to be occupied. (This I know because I was dating a girl who lived in building 1 and I'd visit her for lunch).
It was said that 11 men died. It was really 14. 3 men were in the garage that collapsed. Of the 11, a company called Mayfair Drywall from Rockport MD lost it's entire crew on site that day. They were working on the 5th floor and never heard any warnings from all the workers scrambling to get out.
Someone else said they were stripping the concrete from the top floor. Then top floor was the 23rd and was the one being poured. the 22nd floor was the one being stripped. The labor crew for Robert Miller Concrete Constr. had been on the 20th floor that morning stripping under the 21st floor which they finished just before lunch. It was Friday afternoon just after lunch when they moved to the 21st and began cutting the steel column bands. It was then that they noticed the concrete columns holding up the still uncured 22nd floor had started to expand and the ceiling was sagging. They evacuated. The crane operator (last name Taylor, but no relation to me) noticed the crane was beginning to list to the side and climbed down. As everybody on the top floor ran one way, Mr Taylor and a labored named Butch ran in the other direction. The building then collapsed in the middle, leaving the 2 of them atop the now skinny tower that now had no stairway. They spent close to man hour on that swaying tower before a helicopter from Ft Belvoir picked them off the top.
I also remember half of a stairway surviving intact with my foreman Martin "Shorty" Lawton crawling out from it alive and covered entirely in gray concrete dust from head to toe. It was just weird to look at.
After the head count at our trailers. I wandered over to the FairLanes bowling alley next door to make a phone call to my family up in the Boston area because they were sure to hear it on the news that night. A waitress walked up to me as I was dialing, put a cold beer in my hand, and said, "This is on me".
The rest of the story would take hours to retell, so I'll just leave it that.
Posted by: BrentJ ()
Before moving overseas in August, I lived the last 5 years in the Skyline Square condo complex, which is one of the four Skyline complexes. The story of the collapsed tower and the fact that the whole place is on the site of a former airport is well-known and soon reported to newcomers in Skyline Square, at least. Possibly because we still have a fair number of original owners that moved in when the complex was new. I even had the airport lights on the bank pointed out to me early on.
But help me on this, I thought the building that collapsed was actually part of what today is the Skyline PLAZA condo complex, on George Mason Drive at Rt 7, instead of Skyline Towers apartment buildings on Seminary Rd at Carlin Springs road. Wasn't Skyline Plaza the first of the four complexes to be built on the site? I know mine was built in 1982, and that was one of the later ones.
Posted by: Radfordgurl2010 ()
I once saw a man walk out on the lower structure of the railroad bridge here and when he got to the middle he jumped. Before he hit the water below he vanished into thin air and there was no splash. I though it must be a trick of my mind or something.
I asked around and someone told me that there have been others who have seen the same thing. Does anyone know if there have been any suicides on this particular bridge that could explain this haunting.
If someone who reads this has seen this as well please post your experience.
Posted by: Herndonite ()
I'm visiting my mother here in Danville, me and my 3 year old boy. He was playing in our room laughing, he was alone in there. We asked who he was talking to, he said his friend.. While we were sitting here a phone had been dead in my purse for a month wouldn't cut on.
We hear a little boy singing from my purse, the phone was on and fully charged. There were no songs or anything on this phone.
BrentJ Wrote:
> Before moving overseas in August, I lived the last
> 5 years in the Skyline Square condo complex, which
> is one of the four Skyline complexes. The story of
> the collapsed tower and the fact that the whole
> place is on the site of a former airport is
> well-known and soon reported to newcomers in
> Skyline Square, at least. Possibly because we
> still have a fair number of original owners that
> moved in when the complex was new. I even had the
> airport lights on the bank pointed out to me early
> on.
> But help me on this, I thought the building that
> collapsed was actually part of what today is the
> Skyline PLAZA condo complex, on George Mason Drive
> at Rt 7, instead of Skyline Towers apartment
> buildings on Seminary Rd at Carlin Springs road.
> Wasn't Skyline Plaza the first of the four
> complexes to be built on the site? I know mine was
> built in 1982, and that was one of the later ones.
Did a little bit of checking and and I have to correct myself on a couple of points. It was the 24th floor that was being poured, the crew had moved to the 22nd floor and was stripping the underside of the 23rd floor.
I see people referring to Miller and Long Construction Co, but I still remember the name Robert Miller Concrete Constr. Maybe I'm wrong or maybe it was a division of Miller and Long. The crane operator's name was Joe Taylor. Besides myself and Joe, there was another Taylor on the job. Charlie Taylor was the job's building superintendent for Charles E Smith.
Posted by: Danville Confederate prison ()
Went to the old Danville Confederate prison and captured this image on the 3rd floor where almost 1000 soldiers died.
Posted by: Steve ()
Boo Boo Jeff Wrote:
> I was over at Hidden Pond playing tennis the other
> evening with my girlfriend when we decided to walk
> over to the water fountain on trail towards the
> nature center. While there we saw a misty figure
> just float across the meadow into the brush.
> My girlfriend was scared but I followed it some
> and it just vanished.
Jeff, I found an old map while doing an Eagle Scout project at the park, that place called Morris road was on it-it is now a new development that I don't think was there back in the 70s. While working on the trail at the park (there is a wooden bridge there but the ranger who runs the place said there used to be an old metal pipe with a dirt road over it.
Did Morris road run up to where Greeley is and the park entrance? Because it sure looks like an old road. The rangers said that it shows up on an old post office route map from the early 1900s. Anyway right by the wood bridge (built by Eagle Scouts) there is a pile of bricks like a caved in building - was there an old brick building there as well?.
Posted by: sandra levy ()
Love reading these stories and made me think of our own paranormal experiences in our family. My family has lived in Seaford Va since 1963. We moved to Back Creek from Crockett Road
(which has it's own ghosts!! ) in the late 1970s. We were the first non family to own the Montgomery house on Back Creek Road. It is haunted as all get out! First dad put a porch swing
up in front of the picture window. You always felt that someone was staring at you and annoyed with you when you were on the swing. Something evil lives in the garage!! You can feel it
just seething!
I hated the garage even in the daytime with all the overhead doors open!! At night I would run past it into the house! After we moved in we would hear huge ''crashes'' daytime or nighttime
like a dresser fell over we would run upstairs and nothing. We would find the bathroom door locked and the water in the sink turned on with the drain stop closed. We frequently realized this
was happening when the water started to come through the light fixture in the kitchen. Last but not nearly least I felt pressure on my feet one night and woke up and Mrs. Montgomery was
sitting on the end of my bed. I literally could not breathe. We found out later that Mrs. Montgomery would always sit in a chair by the picture window...
She was the one who was irritated that we blocked her view when we were on the swing. Seaford has a ton of haunted properties and areas as it has been around since the early 1700s. We could
tell stories all day about that place. Everything we found out about the people that lived in our house matched up with everything we experienced. If you buy an old family home the spirits
recognize the difference between strangers and relatives..It stirs them up! Beware!!
Posted by: Boo Boo Jeff ()
Steve Wrote:
> Boo Boo Jeff Wrote:
> > I was over at Hidden Pond playing tennis the
> > evening with my girlfriend when we decided to
> walk
> > over to the water fountain on trail towards the
> > nature center. While there we saw a misty
> figure
> > just float across the meadow into the brush.
> > My girlfriend was scared but I followed it some
> > and it just vanished.
> Jeff, I found an old map while doing an Eagle
> Scout project at the park, that place called
> Morris road was on it-it is now a new development
> that I don't think was there back in the 70s.
> While working on the trail at the park (there is a
> wooden bridge there but the ranger who runs the
> place said there used to be an old metal pipe with
> a dirt road over it.
> Did Morris road run up to where Greeley is and the
> park entrance? Because it sure looks like an old
> road. The rangers said that it shows up on an old
> post office route map from the early 1900s. Anyway
> right by the wood bridge (built by Eagle Scouts)
> there is a pile of bricks like a caved in building
> - was there an old brick building there as well?.
Steve, I think Morris road did run up to where Greeley is and the park entrance, but I can't be sure.
Posted by: deannah ()
My family and I moved onto Fort Belvoir, Virginia on June 23, 2011. We were assigned this beautiful Victorian style home. It's new construction but the neighborhood has been here for quite some time so who know's what was here before us. George Washington's Mount Vernon is right down the road from the back gate by our neighborhood so it makes me wonder if this property possibly belonged to Mount Vernon at one time.
Anyway we wanted to get out of the hotel even though we had no furniture yet so we bought some air mattresses and decided to make due until our furniture was delivered. We walked through the house checking out every room, our dog was right along with us sniffing it all out. I noticed that Bandit (our dog) seemed uneasy while we were upstairs, her hackles were up almost the entire time we were up there. That's not like her at all, and her hair stayed like that until we came back downstairs. I didn't want to make a big deal out of it so I just brushed it off.
My hubby and kids decided to go run over to the store and pick up a desk for our laptop and tv we just bought. I stayed behind and decided to call my dad to let him know we got the house and were out of the hotel. We didn't have any chairs so I sat on the stairs while we talked, my dog was laying at my feet as usual. It was a pretty short call since he was working so when I hung up with him I planned to call my mom at home.
I hung up the phone and then I heard whispering coming from upstairs. My dog heard it too and she stood up, her hair went back up, and she just stared up the stairs. I sat there for a second thinking it must have been coming from outside, maybe in the neighbors back yard. But before I could get up to look I heard it again. It sounded like a little boy's voice. My dog looked at me and then up the stairs, and at this point I'm a little creeped out.
I got up and went to the backdoor and didn't hear or see anyone out there so I came in and went to the front door and checked and there wasn't anyone outside at all. The whole time my dog was right behind me, not letting me get very far from her. It made me wonder if that was why she was so nervous when we were upstairs earlier. Maybe she saw or sensed that was something up there.
We had only had the house for about an hour when the activity started. I'd never been in a place and had things start happening so fast. I didn't say anything to my family because I wanted to see if anything else happened to anyone other than myself before I told them what I heard.
Last week we were all sitting down having dinner at the table. My bedroom is directly above the dining room where our table sits. We were talking while eating and everything was good when we heard the floor up above us creak as if someone was walking around. These weren't big steps, but like a small child almost running. This time it wasn't just me that heard it, everyone did and they just looked up at the ceiling. It wasn't the dog because she won't go up there alone and we were all at the table with no one else in the house.
So I told my husband and kids what had happened the day we got the house. All of them weren't too surprised given some of the strange things that have happened over the years.
Excellent writeup on Skyline. You might want to check out The Solomon Scandals (Twilight Time Books, 2009), my novel inspired by Skyline and related events. You can order from bn.com or borrow the book from some Fairfax County Library branches. The Web site is at solomonscandals.com, and a Skyline page is at http://www.solomonscandals.com/?p=249. - David Rothman, davidrothmanNOSPAMpobox.com.
Posted by: rachelciceraro ()
sandra levy Wrote:
> Love reading these stories and made me think of
> our own paranormal experiences in our family. My
> family has lived in Seaford Va since 1963. We
> moved to Back Creek from Crockett Road
> (which has it's own ghosts!! ) in the late 1970s.
> We were the first non family to own the Montgomery
> house on Back Creek Road. It is haunted as all get
> out! First dad put a porch swing
> up in front of the picture window. You always felt
> that someone was staring at you and annoyed with
> you when you were on the swing. Something evil
> lives in the garage!! You can feel it
> just seething!
> I hated the garage even in the daytime with all
> the overhead doors open!! At night I would run
> past it into the house! After we moved in we would
> hear huge ''crashes'' daytime or nighttime
> like a dresser fell over we would run upstairs and
> nothing. We would find the bathroom door locked
> and the water in the sink turned on with the drain
> stop closed. We frequently realized this
> was happening when the water started to come
> through the light fixture in the kitchen. Last but
> not nearly least I felt pressure on my feet one
> night and woke up and Mrs. Montgomery was
> sitting on the end of my bed. I literally could
> not breathe. We found out later that Mrs.
> Montgomery would always sit in a chair by the
> picture window...
> She was the one who was irritated that we blocked
> her view when we were on the swing. Seaford has a
> ton of haunted properties and areas as it has been
> around since the early 1700s. We could
> tell stories all day about that place. Everything
> we found out about the people that lived in our
> house matched up with everything we experienced.
> If you buy an old family home the spirits
> recognize the difference between strangers and
> relatives..It stirs them up! Beware!!
My family has owned this house since 1996. We have had far scarier experiences. The longer we lived there the more evil the presence.
We own this house to this day an I am grateful now as an adult that I've moved out. My daughter refuses to stay the night with her grandma
because of the tall faceless shadow figure that watches her sleep. We've had stuff move right in front of us, light switches go up and down.
Heavy footsteps walk the stairs and the upstairs hallway.
My brothers and I were going into the attic to retrieve Christmas decorations teasing each other about the ghost that we named Isabel,
the light bulb hanging in the attic closet shattered as if someone squeezed it. To many scary stories to even think about. I've heard
rumors that someone committed suicide on the front porch by lighting themselves on fire. Would be interesting to hear the stories of
who lived there before us. Feel free to email me at rachelciceraro@gmail.com.
Posted by: Williamsburg trip ()
While visiting Old Williamsburg in November 2013 with my family we took the candle light ghost tour. I witnessed many things, one of which I will share here. At the last stop on the tour at the house where the former occupant curing Colonial times had her carriage reassembled on the back porch I noticed lights. The lights were above and to the left of the roof of the house. They appeared to be lining the drive going up the hill behind the house. It appeared to be white rope lights with a number of yard stick lights. After the tour I asked the guide about the lights on the hill, and she informed me that there were no hills there and went on to tell me that I had a special experience.
My oldest grandson and I both saw and felt many supernatural events during the tour. My seven-year-old grandson's experience was the one that touched me the most. The guide had shared the story with us about the lady attending a ball and became upset. She broke her shoe, so she pulled up her skirt so she could run faster. She then entered the home, ran up the stairs, turned around, and flung herself down the stairs killing herself. After the tour the guide and
I heard my grandson say ''stepped on foot. '' She asked him if someone had stepped on his foot. He responded ''no, the lady. '' She asked if someone had stepped on a lady's foot. At this point he got frustrated and with insistence said ''the lady stepped on her own foot. '' She asked him what he meant and he told her ''the lady with the real long dress stepped on her own foot and fell down the steps. She didn't mean to hurt herself, it was an accident. ''
At no time during the tour had anyone talked about the appearance of the attire people wore in days gone by. The guide looked at me bewildered and said ''now we know the truth. '' I feel very blessed with my abilities, but I feel even more blessed by my oldest and youngest grandsons' ability to see hear and feel the supernatural.
Posted by: A Haunting in Haymarket ()
I lived in Fairfax County for much of my life, and recently moved out to Haymarket about 2 years ago. We rent a house out in Piedmont and I think its haunted. Some of our roomates say they have seen or heard spirits moving around downstairs during the day when no else in home. The owner has a satellite clock that automatically corrects it’s time when syncing up to the satellite in orbit. This one is very odd, because once and a while, it will be waaaaay off by about 8 to 10 hours. It’s pretty creepy to see the arms of the clock moving quickly to correct itself. I myself have dreams about a witch in our closet, coming out and saying scary or odd things to me. All in all though not much has happened since we’ve been there, that is until last night.
We have a young son that is 18 months old, last night he was playing with the roomates downstairs in the large family room we have. The napkin holder in the kitchen jumped off the kitchen table and landed on the floor next to my son. (See the attached picture below). As you can see it’s of pretty solid weight and is flat, so it wouldn’t tip over. The only other thing is that one of the teenagers that lives with us, says that she feels like a creepy presence has started to follow her. She said that she was in Walmart one day and he felt the presence there in the store standing right next to her (too close). We take pictures all the time in the house and nothing unusual has showed up on them. However, there does seem to be some negativity in air (some of the roomates lately in the past 6-8 months) haven’t been getting along and get into yelling matches usually over nothing.
The owner is an Asian man, and the reason I say that is, the house has several “Feng Shui deflectors” on it (see picture below). I looked them up and A “Feng Shui deflector” contains a small Bagua mirror in it’s center. The Bagua mirror protects and adjusts negative Chi directed at the house from outside forces and repel evil spirits and people with bad intentions towards you. There are at least 4 to 5 of them on the house that I have seen all on the outside (according to tradition it’s very bad to hang them up inside). I’ve asked him if the house is haunted and he didn’t come out and say yes, nor did he say no. He did admit that there were some small occurances that he couldn’t easily explain, but they were very few and far between. He raised a family in the house and later he and his wife moved to Maryland.
Posted by: ????? ()
A Haunting in Haymarket Wrote:
> I lived in Fairfax County for much of my life, and
> recently moved out to Haymarket about 2 years ago.
> We rent a house out in Piedmont and I think its
> haunted. Some of our roomates say they have seen
> or heard spirits moving around downstairs during
> the day when no else in home. The owner has a
> satellite clock that automatically corrects it’s
> time when syncing up to the satellite in orbit.
> This one is very odd, because once and a while, it
> will be waaaaay off by about 8 to 10 hours. It’s
> pretty creepy to see the arms of the clock moving
> quickly to correct itself. I myself have dreams
> about a witch in our closet, coming out and saying
> scary or odd things to me. All in all though not
> much has happened since we’ve been there, that
> is until last night.
> We have a young son that is 18 months old, last
> night he was playing with the roomates downstairs
> in the large family room we have. The napkin
> holder in the kitchen jumped off the kitchen table
> and landed on the floor next to my son. (See the
> attached picture below). As you can see it’s of
> pretty solid weight and is flat, so it wouldn’t
> tip over. The only other thing is that one of the
> teenagers that lives with us, says that she feels
> like a creepy presence has started to follow her.
> She said that she was in Walmart one day and he
> felt the presence there in the store standing
> right next to her (too close). We take pictures
> all the time in the house and nothing unusual has
> showed up on them. However, there does seem to be
> some negativity in air (some of the roomates
> lately in the past 6-8 months) haven’t been
> getting along and get into yelling matches usually
> over nothing.
> The owner is an Asian man, and the reason I say
> that is, the house has several “Feng Shui
> deflectors” on it (see picture below). I looked
> them up and A “Feng Shui deflector” contains a
> small Bagua mirror in it’s center. The Bagua
> mirror protects and adjusts negative Chi directed
> at the house from outside forces and repel evil
> spirits and people with bad intentions towards
> you. There are at least 4 to 5 of them on the
> house that I have seen all on the outside
> (according to tradition it’s very bad to hang
> them up inside). I’ve asked him if the house is
> haunted and he didn’t come out and say yes, nor
> did he say no. He did admit that there were some
> small occurances that he couldn’t easily
> explain, but they were very few and far between.
> He raised a family in the house and later he and
> his wife moved to Maryland.
Piedmont as in the gated community? How can there be a ghost there? The place has only been around what? 10-15 years?
Posted by: Haunted - Sarver Hollow Shelter ()
Haunted Hikes
http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/hiking/haunted-hikes/
Think about all of the things that have happened in the Southern Appalachians: Cherokee history, the frontiersmen history, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War. You also have two predominant cultures—Cherokee and the Scotch-Irish—with rich storytelling traditions.
It’s a recipe for ghost tales. And even if you don’t believe in ghosts, you’ve got to love the tale. We’ve found five spooky hikes that center around abandoned cemeteries and gravesites, each of which comes complete with its own ghost story. Hike to one of these cemeteries after dark and recount the legends of the area, and even non-believers will get a tingle up their spine.
Sarver Hollow Shelter
Appalachian Trail, Va.
The Sarver Hollow Shelter is relatively new, built in 2002 by the Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club to fill in a 22-mile gap between resting spots for thru-hikers trekking between Roanoke and Blacksburg. But, like all good horror stories surrounding new construction, this shelter was built near the site of an old homestead that, according to legend, has been haunted for decades. Henry Sarver built his family a two-story cabin in the 1850s and his family scratched out a life from the rocky terrain for more than 70 years, living in the cabin from the Civil War to the Great Depression. A family cemetery near the home site shows that many of the Sarver children died young. One of the only gravestones that you can read belongs to Mary Sarver, who died in 1909 at the age of 9. It seems that after the Great Depression, the Sarvers abandoned their home in the mountains, leaving it essentially intact. For years before the shelter was built, thru-hikers would camp inside the dilapidated Sarver home. Some time during the 90s, the roof collapsed on the home. Today, the cabin is completely in ruins, but you can still find the stone chimney and the family cemetery.
Hikers tell of a ghost that walks the woods after dark and often shakes campers awake in the middle of the night. Some say the ghost even shows up in photos they’ve taken of the home. Other hikers claim they’ve heard footsteps in the woods around the shelter. For whatever reason, hikers have named the ghost “George,” even though the Sarver patriarch’s name was Henry.
It’s a 2.5-mile hike heading north from Va. 630 to the blue trail leading to the Sarver Cabin. Along the way, you’ll pass the Keffer Oak, a 300-year old live oak, the biggest on the Southern portion of the A.T. Along the ridge of Sinking Creek Mountain, you’ll also get to take in views of Sinking Creek Valley and Craig Creek Valley. It’s a steep drop from the ridge down to the homestead and shelter. The Sarver home site is downslope from the shelter. From there, scope the woods and small fields for the cemetery. If you’ve got the guts, spend the night at the shelter and wait for George to visit.
Posted by: Sam from Crozier ()
Date: December 02, 2013 08:33AM
Last friday night I had just gotten back from Washington DC. with my dad. He dropped me off at my mom's house where my cousins were staying. Lain and Liam my cousins said there had been a hooded white figure crouched in the back of the field by the abandoned restaurant. It had been sitting for hours. I said it was ''no way!'' until I went back and saw it for myself. It was motionless. We ran into the house. Then ten minutes later we went back out. It had moved to the right about three yards towards our house. We then went in for the night.
Then next day we went out by Conway's tombstone. He was a six-year-old who died in 1839. His grave is in the field. Then we took a video and went to the abandoned restaurant. We saw or heard nothing. We then looked through the video. A static voice that we did not hear said Conway. We still have the video. We then all of the sudden looked out the window and saw a black hooded figure. He disappeared into the woods.
Posted by: History Buff ()
????? Wrote:
> A Haunting in Haymarket Wrote:
> > I lived in Fairfax County for much of my life,
> > recently moved out to Haymarket about 2 years
> ago.
> > We rent a house out in Piedmont and I think its
> > haunted. Some of our roomates say they have
> seen
> > or heard spirits moving around downstairs
> during
> > the day when no else in home. The owner has a
> > satellite clock that automatically corrects
> it’s
> > time when syncing up to the satellite in orbit.
> > This one is very odd, because once and a while,
> it
> > will be waaaaay off by about 8 to 10 hours.
> > pretty creepy to see the arms of the clock
> moving
> > quickly to correct itself. I myself have dreams
> > about a witch in our closet, coming out and
> saying
> > scary or odd things to me. All in all though
> not
> > much has happened since we’ve been there,
> that
> > is until last night.
> > We have a young son that is 18 months old, last
> > night he was playing with the roomates
> downstairs
> > in the large family room we have. The napkin
> > holder in the kitchen jumped off the kitchen
> table
> > and landed on the floor next to my son. (See
> the
> > attached picture below). As you can see it’s
> > pretty solid weight and is flat, so it
> wouldn’t
> > tip over. The only other thing is that one of
> > teenagers that lives with us, says that she
> feels
> > like a creepy presence has started to follow
> > She said that she was in Walmart one day and he
> > felt the presence there in the store standing
> > right next to her (too close). We take pictures
> > all the time in the house and nothing unusual
> has
> > showed up on them. However, there does seem to
> be
> > some negativity in air (some of the roomates
> > lately in the past 6-8 months) haven’t been
> > getting along and get into yelling matches
> usually
> > over nothing.
> > The owner is an Asian man, and the reason I say
> > that is, the house has several “Feng Shui
> > deflectors” on it (see picture below). I
> looked
> > them up and A “Feng Shui deflector” contains
> > small Bagua mirror in it’s center. The Bagua
> > mirror protects and adjusts negative Chi
> directed
> > at the house from outside forces and repel evil
> > spirits and people with bad intentions towards
> > you. There are at least 4 to 5 of them on the
> > house that I have seen all on the outside
> > (according to tradition it’s very bad to hang
> > them up inside). I’ve asked him if the house
> > haunted and he didn’t come out and say yes,
> nor
> > did he say no. He did admit that there were
> some
> > small occurances that he couldn’t easily
> > explain, but they were very few and far
> between.
> > He raised a family in the house and later he
> > his wife moved to Maryland.
> Piedmont as in the gated community? How can there
> be a ghost there? The place has only been around
> what? 10-15 years?
That's where the Piedmont Country Club is instead that gated community. Piedmont has some smaller satellite communities around the area, but they are outside the gates. The whole thing is located down the street from the Manassas Battlefield, so you know that Union/Confederate troops must have died on that soil, either from battle or from wounds after the battle.
Piedmont Country Club
http://www.clubcorp.com/Clubs/Piedmont-Club-Haymarket/Our-Story/Life-at-the-Club
Posted by: lbss82bruin ()
I remember the building collapse at Skyline. The building that collapsed was Skyline Plaza North. That is the one that is colsest to Rt 7 and S George Mason Drive. Skyline Plaza South is next to it and Skyline House are the 2 buildings next to that. Skyline Square and Skyline Towers are over on Seminary Road. I had freinds that lived on the 7th floor of the north building and I also worked security there in the late '80's.
Posted by: sooowhaz ()
Yo so I was pulled over and cops found a crumb of weed on me. You think I'm gonna get anal raped when I go to jail. Let me know I wanna make sure my butthole is stretched... don't wanna tear a glute.
Posted by: skyline memories ()
lbss82bruin Wrote:
> I remember the building collapse at Skyline. The
> building that collapsed was Skyline Plaza North.
> That is the one that is colsest to Rt 7 and S
> George Mason Drive. Skyline Plaza South is next
> to it and Skyline House are the 2 buildings next
> to that. Skyline Square and Skyline Towers are
> over on Seminary Road. I had freinds that lived
> on the 7th floor of the north building and I also
> worked security there in the late '80's.
I had always heard that it was the fact that the concrete had not set enough to build on top of it. Wasn't it the Fairfax Journal that did a lot of reporting on the story? There was a lot of speculation that the owners pushed to get the towers up too fast, as I remember.
hitchiker ghost of walney road
Posted by: Walney Road Chantilly VA ()
It is said that many years ago before the windy road was paved a man was killed while hitchhiking. On Wednesday or Thursday nights at 11:30 if you drive down Walney and you see a hitchhiker, it is recommended that you stop. He appears up to three times to give you the chance to pick him up. If you still don`t pick him up by the third time, a car will come out of nowhere and kill you.
Posted by: an1742 ()
haha i live on waleny road and have driven past the place this supposedly happens at a hundred times, both late at night and during the day. never seen a "ghost hitchhiker" before.
Posted by: dillan7713 ()
an1742 Wrote:
> haha i live on waleny road and have driven past
> the place this supposedly happens at a hundred
> times, both late at night and during the day.
> never seen a "ghost hitchhiker" before.
I didn't know this ghost existed I swear. I was just doing some reading on haunted areas of Virginia and came across this Walney Rd ghost. I used to work at American Medical Labs, now Quest Diagnostics, which is right off Westfields Rd. I would take Walney off of 28 then go left onto Westfields. One morning, not Wed or Thurs Night and I don't remember what day of the week it was, I was taking my normal route and a woman in the car in front of me started swerving for no obvious reason. She swerved left, then right, then hard left, then really hard right and ended up in the grass up a hill. I didn't stop, but as I passed she didn't seem to be injured, just really shaken. I've always wondered why she swerved so hard as there was nothing in the road..... now I'm thinking I know why.... crazy
Posted by: meghan ()
Interesting topic. I lived there since '95 I would take that road to go to Lifetime Gym. On a clear Thursday night there was an accident a man was crushed and his head was found 10 yars away from his car. There have been more deadly accidents on Thursday night. It is a very creepy road!!
Posted by: Hollywood ()
I've heard two different stories about Walney Road. One was the famous hitchhiker story and the other about the ghost of a girl that died in a house fire there. Where did the girl one come from? I've lived in the area all my life and the hitchhiker one has been around for decades.
Posted by: truckerjohn ()
Once on a thursday night I had just returned north carolina and I got onto walney from 66. I went up the road and came to a police road block. On the other side of the road block there was a crashed car that was upside down at the end of the wooded section of the road. It was so random and it was the only car. It was practically impossible for that to happen right there...It makes you think that it has something to do with the story.
Posted by: asdfadfasdfasdfadsf ()
Hollywood Wrote:
> I've heard two different stories about Walney
> Road. One was the famous hitchhiker story and the
> other about the ghost of a girl that died in a
> house fire there. Where did the girl one come
> from? I've lived in the area all my life and the
> hitchhiker one has been around for decades.
I found this in a blog, but nothing about a ghost girl.
Ghost Stories of Northern Virginia: Walney Road
http://supernovarealty.blogspot.com/2012/03/ghost-stories-of-northern-virginia.html
Northern Virginia is a place filled with history. Being so close to the capital of the United States and part of one the first states will do that, and as a place filled with history there are plenty of ghost stories. There are your run of the mill Civil War ghost stories like seeing Civil War soldiers crossing a bridge near Bull Run battlefield, but then there are the real interesting ones. Take for instance this one out of Chantilly, Virginia.
Down route 50 right before the exit to 28 lies Walney Road. It is an unassuming road like man that will be found in Northern Virginia. It has an Anita's on the corner and leads down to an industrial park, but it wasn't always part of a built up area. There was a time before Chantilly was built up that Walney road didn't lead to the Dulles Expo center and wasn't even paved.
Walking down an unpaved road on a bleak night is safer than walking down the middle of 95 but it still comes with dangers, and one dark night a man found out this lesson. He had somewhere to go and a place to be or else he wouldn't have been hitchhiking. Hitchhiking can be dangerous enough under street lights or in daytime but under the cover of night far from civilization does nothing but increase the dangers.
When a car finally does come the hitchhiker must have been overcome with a mixed feeling of joy and urgency. If this car didn't stop it could be morning before another car comes along. This since of urgency combined with the driver's surprise at seeing a person out this far and this late must have lead to the accident.
It is unknown when this person was killed or who they were but now if a person drives down Walney Road late at night and sees a hitchhiker they are given three chances to pick them up. If they do not then a mysterious car will come out of nowhere and make them wish that they had stopped. Or at least that is how the legend goes.
There are even more fascinating stories of ghosts and supernatural happenings in Northern Virginia and as a Realtor in the area it is useful to know them. What person doesn't like a good haunted tale every now and then, and who knew there was a haunting along Walney Road in Chantilly, Va.
I learned something new in real estate everyday
David Huzzard
www.SuperNoVaRealty.com
Is Wakefield High School haunted?
Posted by: Hmmmm.... ()
Is Wakefield High School haunted? I've heard some stories from people recently and I did a google search and found this...
When sitting in the theatre at night when the school is closed and your alone you can hear sounds of piano being played, students have also said they've seen spotlights shining on the stage even though no one is there to operate them.
Re: hitchiker ghost of walney road
Posted by: Ghost Walker ()
Walney Road Chantilly VA Wrote:
> It is said that many years ago before the windy
> road was paved a man was killed while hitchhiking.
> On Wednesday or Thursday nights at 11:30 if you
> drive down Walney and you see a hitchhiker, it is
> recommended that you stop. He appears up to three
> times to give you the chance to pick him up. If
> you still don`t pick him up by the third time, a
> car will come out of nowhere and kill you.
This article says that the ghost comes out on Saturday nights, not thursdays.
NoVA is known to have its fair share of ghosts, like the Bunny Man at Bunny Man Bridge in Clifton. However, one ghost will be sure to make an appearance Saturday night—the Walney Road Ghost.
http://www.northernvirginiamag.com/game-plan/2012/12/24/ghost-stories-in-the-park/
As the story goes, a car hit and killed a man walking along the road on a midnight walk. It is said that anyone who drives on Walney Road at night may see a ghostly hitchhiker wandering the road. NoVA is also known to have been a battleground and passing point during the Civil War. Many Civil War ghosts have been known to frequent the park
After hearing these chilling stories, the group will do a headstone rubbing. Long ago Ellanor Lawrence found and kept a unique headstone on the house grounds. The headstone has no name and is believed to belong to an unknown child. Now, the headstone rubbing is used as a keepsake for tourists.
Re: Is Wakefield High School haunted?
Posted by: class of '75 ()
Hmmmm.... Wrote:
> Is Wakefield High School haunted? I've heard some
> stories from people recently and I did a google
> search and found this...
> When sitting in the theatre at night when the
> school is closed and your alone you can hear
> sounds of piano being played, students have also
> said they've seen spotlights shining on the stage
> even though no one is there to operate them.
Yes. It's is said that a piano can be heard from time to time when no one is playing one or if there isn't one around. A boy fell from the catwalk and died in the 60's. He now can be seen walking up there and sitting up in the balcony. Spotlights turn on and off by themselves, and there is a really depressing feeling in the control box above the auditorium felt by those who work there.
Posted by: ohrilllay ()
10 years ago I lived in a townhouse in Burke (across the street from target on Roberts) that was definitely haunted. It did not seem to be hostile, but somethign was definitely present. Pets would freak out for no reason, lights and other electronics would turn on and off on their own, and a remote control jumped across the room on its own in front of our eyes. I have daydreamed about stopping by to see if this stuff still happens there.
ohrilllay Wrote:
> 10 years ago I lived in a townhouse in Burke
> (across the street from target on Roberts) that
> was definitely haunted. It did not seem to be
> hostile, but somethign was definitely present.
> Pets would freak out for no reason, lights and
> other electronics would turn on and off on their
> own, and a remote control jumped across the room
> on its own in front of our eyes. I have daydreamed
> about stopping by to see if this stuff still
> happens there.
Did you have any history on the townhouse? Was the ghost limited to your townhouse or your neighbors too?
Posted by: dgfdsgdfgdgdfggf ()
> Did you have any history on the townhouse? Was the
> ghost limited to your townhouse or your neighbors
> too?
I do not have any additional history but nothing unusual comes up when I search the address, and it is not on the 'unnatural death' map. I am not sure about the other townhomes, but something was definitely going on there.
Posted by: The Occoquan Inn ()
Curious to see if anyone has any ghost stories about staying at the Occoquan Inn?
Occoquan Inn
http://www.occoquaninn.com/our-ghost-story/
Some interesting information on this ghost's tribe (Doeg, also spelled Doages, Dogues, Taux, Dogi, Tacci, etc.)
Doeg tribe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doeg_tribe
Doeg History
http://doeghistory.blogspot.com/
Posted by: RMariotte@AOL.com ()
Lurker Wrote:
> Another Reston Ghost story. Apparently many
> people claimed to see this gilr ghost over a
> weekend period -
> The Reton Ghost -- isn't that the tortured soul of
> a dotcom company that met an untimely death last
> year? :)
> Seriously, I think it's supposed to be the spirit
> of Gwen Ames. As I recall she was strangled near
> the canal section of Lake Anne while all the
> people who lived around there were at some concert
> on the plaza.
We lived in Reston from 1967 until 1972. There were less than 3,000 people there then. We were among the first residents of Golf Course Island, had a great condo. 4 bedroom, 4 bath, 4 level, was on house tour several times and was also written up in Washington Post because we had moved there from Paris and had all French antiques so was different from a modern house with modern furniture. I have so many memories, some good and some bad.
The bad were the first murder, a teenage girl, Gwen Ames, the mystery was never solved but it was really a big thing as everyone knew her and her family, and they were much loved. The second bad thing was that a small girl, think she was about 3 fell through the ice in Lake Anne and drowned. I still remember the sound of the drilling through the lake all winter trying to find the body. The day in the Spring when they finally found her her brother was at our house practicing in a band with our son, Michael. Band was Underground Current I think, they were very popular at the time. It was a very sad winter.
Posted by: Gary Cox ()
RMariotte@AOL.com Wrote:
> Lurker Wrote:
> > Another Reston Ghost story. Apparently many
> > people claimed to see this gilr ghost over a
> > weekend period -
> > The Reton Ghost -- isn't that the tortured soul
> > a dotcom company that met an untimely death
> last
> > year? :)
> > Seriously, I think it's supposed to be the
> spirit
> > of Gwen Ames. As I recall she was strangled
> near
> > the canal section of Lake Anne while all the
> > people who lived around there were at some
> concert
> > on the plaza.
> We lived in Reston from 1967 until 1972. There
> were less than 3,000 people there then. We were
> among the first residents of Golf Course Island,
> had a great condo. 4 bedroom, 4 bath, 4 level, was
> on house tour several times and was also written
> up in Washington Post because we had moved there
> from Paris and had all French antiques so was
> different from a modern house with modern
> furniture. I have so many memories, some good and
> some bad.
> The bad were the first murder, a teenage girl,
> Gwen Ames, the mystery was never solved but it was
> really a big thing as everyone knew her and her
> family, and they were much loved. The second bad
> thing was that a small girl, think she was about 3
> fell through the ice in Lake Anne and drowned. I
> still remember the sound of the drilling through
> the lake all winter trying to find the body. The
> day in the Spring when they finally found her her
> brother was at our house practicing in a band with
> our son, Michael. Band was Underground Current I
> think, they were very popular at the time. It was
> a very sad winter.
I grew up on West Ox Road and remember driving with my family up lawyers road to see the bulldozers cut down the first trees for what would be called "The 60 Foot Road". Lawyers was wide and just trees all the way to Rt. 7. Then the the weekend sightings of "The Reston Ghost."
I was at Lake Anne the night Gwen Ames was murdered. I was playing in a band at the center. The center was packed for a big event going on. Later we heard someone was strangled under the little bridge on the path along the center back where townhouses surround the lake. It shocked everyone.
Posted by: Doris H ()
As some of you mentioned I also remember when Gwen Ames was murdered. There is so little information on her murder and I am wondering if there is anyone out there that knows the year she was killed. I know where she is buried in the columbarium across the road from Herndon High School but would prefer not to have to go there to look.
Posted by: Rob Morris ()
Doris H Wrote:
> As some of you mentioned I also remember when Gwen
> Ames was murdered. There is so little information
> on her murder and I am wondering if there is
> anyone out there that knows the year she was
> killed. I know where she is buried in the
> columbarium across the road from Herndon High
> School but would prefer not to have to go there to
> look.
There was much talk at the time about the Gwen Ames murder, which I believe happened about '72. She was at my school bus stop but rode the high school bus. A lot of people said they knew who did it, but as far as I know, the murder was never solved.
Gwen Ames murder / Reston Ghost?
Posted by: The Reston Caper ()
chenault Wrote:
> 345 Wrote:
> > I looked in depth for more info on the Gwen
> Ames
> > murder. Anyone got any sources of info on it?
> Gwen was a drug addict that got clean. She had
> been clean a year when the Reston Festival
> happened. She went to the festival and on her way
> home she was strangled. It was believed by law
> enforcement and everyone that it was her former
> dealer,but the police were afraid of him. This
> dealer pretty much ran Lake Anne Plaza. I saw him
> one night and he told a girl I was with, that if
> she didnt take off her cross she could end up the
> way Gwen did. We left the Washington Plaza
> Baptist church and him and his friends had a human
> chain across the road trying to stop us. It was
> frightening. They have never made an arrest in
> her death, that bothers me. Makes me a little
> nervous to write this, but there you go.
and this article from the Washington Post...
Interesting conversation on the The Reston Ghost sightings being tied to the Gwen Ames murder (or the other girl drowning) and the lack of information on the murder investigation.
I found this other link that would seem to link Gwen Ames murder with that of a suicide of another Reston girl (both were heroin addicts).
http://www.halexandria.org/sol224.htm
The author was interesting in writing a fictional story called, "The Reston Caper by Sol Aris", based on the real life murder and began a real-life investigation of sorts. Here's what she found...
The story revolves around the murder of an 18 year-old girl named Gwen Ames, in downtown Reston, Virginia. And it would appear that today is a most opportune time to be writing about this. I have a couple of different accounts as to the exact date of the murder, but it happened either on June 21 or July 13 of 1972 - so we're right in time for the 35th anniversary. (Addendum: for the sake of exactitude, after these words had already been published on the Internet it was discovered that the murder actually took place on June 4th that year.) Maybe that is what's making me finally try and at least put together this summary - because the feeling that I have to write something down about it has been seriously nagging me for the past two weeks.
Gwen Ames' body was found strangled a mere fifty feet away from the front door of her house, next to a little decorative bridge over a side estuary of artificial Lake Anne in the center of town. The narrow estuary separated Gwen's exclusive neighborhood from Lake Anne Plaza, the commercial and social heart of Reston, where on that day the annual three-day Reston Festival was winding down with the main and final show. The Festival was being organized that year, like every year before and since then, by Gwen's mother - a Ms. Priscilla Ames, one of the socially leading and most likely also the richest citizens of Reston. (Gwen's father never enters the picture and my sources had no idea who he was, Priscilla was a single mother.)
Gwen was only 18 when she died, yet she had evidently been a regular user of heroin for something like two or three years already. This in itself is a bit unusual but not overly so - as teenage users of heroin are known throughout the US. Gwen however, did not hail from the ordinary social strata of young users, who come mostly from poor working-class or welfare families and inner-city ghettos. Not a rich and exclusive suburban household like Gwen's.
Remember we're talking about Heroin here, the "killer drug", well known as such among all drug users. It's nowhere near the same as other "social drugs" which were much more prevalent among many groups of young people in the late sixties and seventies - mostly marijuana and LSD. Aficionados of the latter two had always been completely different people than the heroin users, and the two groups seldom intermix, despite the lies being spread about this by the "war on drugs" people. Most everybody is aware of how dangerous and deadly heroin can be, and relatively few actually try it, usually only those who don't really care about life so much.
Gwen's body carried no other signs of violence, so this was a "straight murder", not an attempted rape or robbery. The perpetrator was never caught, and according to the reports I heard, the murder was never properly investigated, but instead was apparently rather hastily moved back from the list of urgently pending cases. This was a bit strange, because Gwen's mother certainly had the social and political pull to see the investigation all the way through, had she really wanted it. On the other hand, she also had the pull in that little town to slow it down or shut it up altogether.
Therefore, my initial reaction when I first heard about this affair four years ago, was that Priscilla Ames didn't really care if the affair was investigated. The junkie Gwen may have become a serious embarrassment to her wealthy socialite mother. Maybe relations between the two had really grown strained towards the end and no love left between them at all, and it deteriorated to the point where the mother was actually relieved to see her go before things got really bad. Moreover, maybe the socialite mother got pregnant by mistake in the first place and never wanted this girl to begin with, which is what led fatherless Gwen to start using the death drug at an early age.
I even played around with the idea that Priscilla herself may have engineered the "unwanted daughter's" removal, hired some contract killer. That was of course far-fetched and had no evidence for it except the curious lack of investigation. Nonetheless, I felt that my psychological theory about the mother-daughter relationship here seemed to be reasonable and I would've left it at that, except for one little thing. It seems that little Gwen was far from being the only one with this problem in Reston.
The town of Reston is a very special case in Virginia, and in the entire US. It happens to be the "first planned suburban community" planned from scratch as such, and it formed the basis of thousands of like places throughout America. It was founded in 1961, when a New York investor named Robert E. Simon bought all the farm-land in the area for 13 million dollars, and decided to build a "model community" there. (By the way, this was not the first attempt to build a planned community on the spot - in 1892 a "Dr. Carl Wiehle" also drew big plans to create a Utopian Town there, which never properly took off.)
According to what the history books say, the name of Simon's town was created from his initials RES, which he turned into a clever pun on the word "rest", as the town was supposed to be a place of refuge for busy Washington DC people returning home from work. So this particular town is named after its owner/founder. (It's said that he originally played with names like "Simontown", and it's unclear who suggested the Reston pun to him.)
In any case, it turns out that this Robert Simon also had a young daughter, named Margot. And from what I've been able to ascertain, Margot Simon had also died in the year 1972 at the age of 18. Her death appears to have been entirely veneered over, and nobody can tell me anything about it. My main informant about these events said that back then everyone thought for the longest time that Margot had gone away to a boarding school.
How's that for a coincidence - the daughters of the two leading citizens of this "model town", both dead the same year in the prime of their youth, when they should've been becoming very welcome debutantes at social parties around the high-ranking DC crowd. But unfortunately the coincidence did not end there. Margot Simon was also a heroin user, a fact known around town, and she was found in her apartment dead of a heroin overdose.
The apartment was located on the 13th floor of the famous "Heron House." Robert Simon started his "Reston Dream" by building this tall apartment building, and it's widely considered "the first existing example of Modern Virginian architecture." Simon said he was not superstitious and lived on the entire thirteenth floor, where his daughter also had her separate place. The Heron House stands on the south-west side of the Lake Anne Plaza "harbor", on a wide embankment leading south of the Plaza which is for some reason called "the Boardwalk" (though it's not on boards, just a regular paved avenue.) The House is located not two hundred yards away from the cottage in which Priscilla and Gwen Ames lived.
So we have the two leading young ladies of this little town, both of them hooked on heroin and dead the same year at age 18? Even if my witnesses got some of the facts wrong after all this time about the dates and ages of the victims, it was still a very chilling coincidence, to say the least. I began asking some more questions about the town and its residents, and quickly discovered that Gwen and Margot were merely the tip of the iceberg.
Information about this was not easy to come by, everyone seemed to want to forget about that time and leave it in the past. I was getting all my answers on the particular point of drug-use only from one specific source. This person was living back home in Reston at this time and asking people questions, but finding it extremely difficult to get any answers. What eventually evolved however, was that the use of heroin among the young people in that town back in the late sixties - early seventies was *extremely* widespread, it was like every other teenager was on it, and possibly even higher than that.
Many of these people managed to drop their habit later and came back to life, and some of them even still live in the Reston area - these are the ones that I wouldn't want to get hurt today for their "stained" past. But I have also been able to amass a list of about twenty people, all of them from approximately the same age group, and ALL OF THEM from Gwen Ames' immediate crowd of close friends - who have all died from heroin or heroin-related causes between then and now. It's like, there is really nobody left alive now, aside her aged mother Priscilla Ames, who knew Gwen Ames personally and can tell us anything about her. The same can be said about Margot Simon - all her old cronies and friends are dead, but her old father Robert Simon is still alive (and apparently well) at close to 90.
This little statistic certainly gave me pause and made me consider all this a lot more seriously. Mind you, we're talking about a town of less than ten thousand residents in those days, with just one regional High School there that served three settlements. Their graduating class was probably not more than a hundred - hundred and fifty kids tops! And suddenly something like twenty percent of that graduating class is dead from heroin? And not just "any" twenty percent, but the Leading Percentile, people who should have by all rights become the foremost citizens of that town when their time came.
This whole thing was really becoming to sound very unusual. What the hell happened in that particular little town, that did not happen at other places, to make heroin use so prevalent there among the teenage rich and famous? Nobody could tell me this, and the only way to continue investigating was to search for further anomalies or unusual things in that town and in the surrounding area.
And at this point, I think I'll turn this story into installments, because it's really way, way too long. So let me just mail this first part off and catch some necessary z's at this time, but I promise to be back very soon with more, as the time has apparently come to put it all down.
Regards for now,
Re: Gwen Ames murder / Reston Ghost?
The Reston Caper Wrote:
> Gwen Ames' body was found strangled a mere fifty
> feet away from the front door of her house, next
> to a little decorative bridge over a side estuary
> of artificial Lake Anne in the center of town. The
> narrow estuary separated Gwen's exclusive
> neighborhood from Lake Anne Plaza, the commercial
> and social heart of Reston, where on that day the
> annual three-day Reston Festival was winding down
> with the main and final show. The Festival was
> being organized that year, like every year before
> and since then, by Gwen's mother - a Ms. Priscilla
> Ames, one of the socially leading and most likely
> also the richest citizens of Reston. (Gwen's
> father never enters the picture and my sources had
> no idea who he was, Priscilla was a single
> mother.)
> Gwen was only 18 when she died, yet she had
> evidently been a regular user of heroin for
> something like two or three years already. This in
> itself is a bit unusual but not overly so - as
> teenage users of heroin are known throughout the
> US. Gwen however, did not hail from the ordinary
> social strata of young users, who come mostly from
> poor working-class or welfare families and
> inner-city ghettos. Not a rich and exclusive
> suburban household like Gwen's.
> Remember we're talking about Heroin here, the
> "killer drug", well known as such among all drug
> users. It's nowhere near the same as other "social
> drugs" which were much more prevalent among many
> groups of young people in the late sixties and
> seventies - mostly marijuana and LSD. Aficionados
> of the latter two had always been completely
> different people than the heroin users, and the
> two groups seldom intermix, despite the lies being
> spread about this by the "war on drugs" people.
> Most everybody is aware of how dangerous and
> deadly heroin can be, and relatively few actually
> try it, usually only those who don't really care
> about life so much.
> Gwen's body carried no other signs of violence, so
> this was a "straight murder", not an attempted
> rape or robbery. The perpetrator was never caught,
> and according to the reports I heard, the murder
> was never properly investigated, but instead was
> apparently rather hastily moved back from the list
> of urgently pending cases. This was a bit strange,
> because Gwen's mother certainly had the social and
> political pull to see the investigation all the
> way through, had she really wanted it. On the
> other hand, she also had the pull in that little
> town to slow it down or shut it up altogether.
> Therefore, my initial reaction when I first heard
> about this affair four years ago, was that
> Priscilla Ames didn't really care if the affair
> was investigated. The junkie Gwen may have become
> a serious embarrassment to her wealthy socialite
> mother. Maybe relations between the two had really
> grown strained towards the end and no love left
> between them at all, and it deteriorated to the
> point where the mother was actually relieved to
> see her go before things got really bad. Moreover,
> maybe the socialite mother got pregnant by mistake
> in the first place and never wanted this girl to
> begin with, which is what led fatherless Gwen to
> start using the death drug at an early age.
> I even played around with the idea that Priscilla
> herself may have engineered the "unwanted
> daughter's" removal, hired some contract killer.
> That was of course far-fetched and had no evidence
> for it except the curious lack of investigation.
> Nonetheless, I felt that my psychological theory
> about the mother-daughter relationship here seemed
> to be reasonable and I would've left it at that,
> except for one little thing. It seems that little
> Gwen was far from being the only one with this
> problem in Reston.
> The town of Reston is a very special case in
> Virginia, and in the entire US. It happens to be
> the "first planned suburban community" planned
> from scratch as such, and it formed the basis of
> thousands of like places throughout America. It
> was founded in 1961, when a New York investor
> named Robert E. Simon bought all the farm-land in
> the area for 13 million dollars, and decided to
> build a "model community" there. (By the way, this
> was not the first attempt to build a planned
> community on the spot - in 1892 a "Dr. Carl
> Wiehle" also drew big plans to create a Utopian
> Town there, which never properly took off.)
> According to what the history books say, the name
> of Simon's town was created from his initials RES,
> which he turned into a clever pun on the word
> "rest", as the town was supposed to be a place of
> refuge for busy Washington DC people returning
> home from work. So this particular town is named
> after its owner/founder. (It's said that he
> originally played with names like "Simontown", and
> it's unclear who suggested the Reston pun to him.)
> In any case, it turns out that this Robert Simon
> also had a young daughter, named Margot. And from
> what I've been able to ascertain, Margot Simon had
> also died in the year 1972 at the age of 18. Her
> death appears to have been entirely veneered over,
> and nobody can tell me anything about it. My main
> informant about these events said that back then
> everyone thought for the longest time that Margot
> had gone away to a boarding school.
> How's that for a coincidence - the daughters of
> the two leading citizens of this "model town",
> both dead the same year in the prime of their
> youth, when they should've been becoming very
> welcome debutantes at social parties around the
> high-ranking DC crowd. But unfortunately the
> coincidence did not end there. Margot Simon was
> also a heroin user, a fact known around town, and
> she was found in her apartment dead of a heroin
> overdose.
> The apartment was located on the 13th floor of the
> famous "Heron House." Robert Simon started his
> "Reston Dream" by building this tall apartment
> building, and it's widely considered "the first
> existing example of Modern Virginian
> architecture." Simon said he was not superstitious
> and lived on the entire thirteenth floor, where
> his daughter also had her separate place. The
> Heron House stands on the south-west side of the
> Lake Anne Plaza "harbor", on a wide embankment
> leading south of the Plaza which is for some
> reason called "the Boardwalk" (though it's not on
> boards, just a regular paved avenue.) The House is
> located not two hundred yards away from the
> cottage in which Priscilla and Gwen Ames lived.
> So we have the two leading young ladies of this
> little town, both of them hooked on heroin and
> dead the same year at age 18? Even if my witnesses
> got some of the facts wrong after all this time
> about the dates and ages of the victims, it was
> still a very chilling coincidence, to say the
> least. I began asking some more questions about
> the town and its residents, and quickly discovered
> that Gwen and Margot were merely the tip of the
> iceberg.
Interesting theory, and there are some important points that you make. The mother was prestigious in the Reston Community and yet the investigation went nowhere and there's very little information about the murder at all. Almost like it was swept under the rug.
I read in this Washington Post article that Fairfax County's chief prosecutor for 40 years, Robert F. Horan Jr. was retiring.
"Of those that have not been solved, the one that bothers him the most is the death of Gwen Ames, 17, who was found strangled near Lake Anne Plaza in Reston in 1972."
Very sad, I'll bet he and the investigating officers have alot of information, but probably just not enough for an arrest or conviction.
Posted by: Interesting... ()
GMU Hokie Wrote:
> Perhaps it is the ghost of her sister . . .
> http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity-lifestyle/art
> icles/living/remembering-tasha
> I always thought it was the Bush Patrol bullies
> who killed Tasha.
> Jean Harris wrote in her memoirs that girls had
> tied others to trees using chains.
> > "The Auditorium at Madeira school in Great
> Falls.
> > I'm a skeptic myself but ive heard shit from
> > credible sources."
> > Any details?
I had never heard of this one until I found it today.
http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity-lifestyle/articles/remembering-tasha
When the phone rang in my house in London last month, I answered it abruptly, assuming it was a telemarketer. The voice sounded hesitant. "This is the Madeira School," a woman said slowly. "I thought you would want to know that John Gilreath died today."
What do you say when someone tells you that the man who brutally — no, sadistically — murdered your 14-year-old sister on her school campus over 30 years ago has died?
I'm so glad you called?
I just stared straight ahead. John Gilreath was 22 years old when he killed my sister, and nearly 7 feet tall. Two months before the school called, in a bizarre catharsis exercise at a weeklong psychological and spiritual retreat, I had battered his "body" (a cushion) to pieces with a plastic baseball bat. I then buried it and spit and trampled on its grave over and over again. The bashing exercise took me the better part of an hour and left me with several blisters on my hands.
My sister's murder is a chapter of my life I try and close, but every time I do, something comes along to open it up again. The therapists at the Hoffman Institute, in Kent, where I attended the retreat, felt that this painful exercise was a necessary part of closure and that my beating Gilreath to death would somehow atone for the way he beat my sister to death. When the call came to say he was actually dead (he was 58 and had been ill), I didn't know what to think. If you believe that the universe listens to your messages, this was proof. But for me, the call just served as a trigger. Now everyone else concerned, including the administrators and students at the school where she was killed, could "move on," as everyone likes to say. Tasha could finally be forgotten.
Grief, particularly the kind that comes with murder, never fades. You can ignore it, bury it, sublimate it, deny it, or bash it. You can busy yourself with work, but whenever you stop, it comes right back. And each time, the pain feels brand new.
But who am I to complain? My father, who had the worst time of us all, has his own unspeakable anguish. Then there was my eldest sister and my younger brother's pain to think about and, of course, Tasha's. Does writing about my pain mean I am going to give them more of it? If I speak out (because it helps me to do so), does it violate others' silence? Is there a hierarchy of pain? We never spoke about the murder as a family. We had no counseling, and to this day I fear bringing it up. I have not yet told my family about this article. Had they objected, I know I would have dutifully scrapped it. But this is part of my problem. Children of bereaved parents suffer a double bereavement. They lose their sibling and their parents at once. What's more, they're too worried about their parents' agonizing pain to mention their own.
Tasha would be 50 today. She would probably have children. She was a loving, fearless girl with big blue eyes, wavy blonde hair, and a deep love of animals. I imagine she would now be living on some farm in Connecticut with lots of dogs and children. I grieve every summer in Long Island when I see large extended families sitting together on the beach surrounded by children. I think, That could have been me. I am still angry that the forces of darkness chose us and not someone else. Tasha's death could have been prevented in any number of ways. How does one get over that?
I remember very little about my childhood prior to Tasha's murder except that I was euphorically happy. My parents described me as "calm" and "obedient." My father was an American diplomat who, after years of serving in Germany, France, and Russia, returned to Washington, D.C., for a four-year home tour. My Russian mother (who died of stomach cancer a few years ago) was an interpreter for the Nixon White House.
I was 12 on the day that Tasha died. My two sisters both attended the elite Madeira School, a private secondary school in McLean, VA, not far from our house in Arlington. I was still in elementary school. On the morning of October 29, 1973, my sisters left our house on the school bus. I only know the events that followed from a letter written to the Virginia parole board by Susan Craig, a classmate of Tasha's. (Each year, friends and relatives were asked to write letters to protest Gilreath's annual application for parole.) I only read this letter for the first time five years ago. It shocks me even now.
"On Monday, October 29th, Tasha had gone to the Chapel that crisp fall day for a mandatory meeting just before lunch," it says. "She had taken the time to walk a school bike up the steep hill to the Chapel. All of us knew that it was best to stash a bike in the bushes to be sure it was available for the ride down to the dining hall for lunch after chapel. Tasha was probably hungry and thinking of the afternoon schedule when she went to retrieve the bike." She never made it to lunch.
I returned from school that afternoon to find my mother in an agitated mood. Tasha had missed the school bus home. The first call was to the headmistress, who turned out to be absent that day. (Had she been there, she would have sounded the alarm bell much sooner.) My parents called all the friends Tasha might have gone home with. There were no cell phones in those days but also no school shootings. They didn't panic immediately.
We ate dinner as a family, but my parents were growing anxious. They called the police, who wrote it off as typical teenage behavior, and, tragically, only came to investigate several critical hours later. By nightfall, my parents were terrified. I went to bed and said my prayers.
The rest happened as I slept. When the police did finally arrive at the campus at 9 p.m., all they found were Tasha's bicycle and satchel of books near the thick forest that surrounded the school. It had rained heavily, covering any trace of scent for the dogs. The search was called off. My exhausted and worried parents, who had already been to the campus once, apparently fought over what to do next. My mother urged my father to return with Tasha's beloved golden retriever, Tilly. Finally, at 6 a.m., after being up all night, my father drove to the school. Tilly didn't need any time. She found Tasha's body within minutes.
"On Tuesday, October 30th, Tasha's battered, bruised, scraped, and dirt-stained body was found nude from the waist down by her father and family dog," Craig's letter says. "Tasha's hands were bound by blanket scraps and tied to a tree. Her hands were blackened by the tightness of the bonds. Her screams had been silenced by a gag stuffed in her mouth. There were dozens of cross-marked puncture wounds on her back and lower chest that were thought to have been inflicted by a pointed sharp instrument. He had probably used a Phillips-head screwdriver to puncture her flesh." I can hardly type the next few sentences. "Tasha's had been a particularly brutal murder as numerous cuts and bruises on her face and body clearly indicated prolonged torture," it says. "But she had put up a furious resistance. She had bled profusely. The temperature had dropped to 30 while she had been bound. She died from shock, exposure, and fatigue. She had endured 10 hours of agony before she died." I subsequently learned that she was not raped, but there were huge open wounds on her ankles from desperately trying to set herself free. My father found her in the forest, just 400 feet behind the Chapel. What happened next I have never been able to ask him.
Tasha weighed only 90 pounds and was barely 5 feet tall, the size that my 15-year-old son is today. Did my father carry her in his arms? How long were they alone together? I can't help but imagine myself in my father's shoes. I don't want to, but the mind doesn't care what you think.
I woke up the next morning and was packed off to school. Nothing was said. That afternoon, I was called out of class and told to return home. I remember the moment well. A woman from the office walked in with that awkward face that we all know comes with bad news. This bit is very hazy. My parents told us Tasha was dead, and then we were dispatched to my Russian grandparents' house in Maryland to get away from the dozens of reporters camped outside our home. From then on, it's a blur until the funeral.
My Russian Orthodox mother chose to display Tasha's body in the coffin as is customary in a religious funeral. As she stood up to kiss her, I began to shake. I was next in the line. I went up and kissed Tasha's cold face, which was covered in thick costume makeup to hide the bruises. I found it strange that she was dressed in a party dress. (Tasha had always been a tomboy.) Her body was the most grotesque sight I will ever see. Afterward, she was buried on a cold, wet day in an inner-city cemetery in Washington, D.C. When her body was lowered into the ground, I saw my father choke up with tears for the first time. It was also the first time I cried.
John Gilreath should never have been at large. He had been convicted of seven sex-related assaults. He once jumped out at a woman, hit her over the head with a brick, and after she screamed, threw her into the Potomac River. "He then abducted and molested another 14-year-old student at Madeira for two hours," writes Craig. "Gilreath received a suspended 20-year sentence for this attack. Less than two months later, he was arrested back on the school grounds." Gilreath said at my sister's murder trial that he had returned to prove that he had suppressed "irresistible" impulses to assault girls.
"Gilreath was released from state penitentiary by Judge William G. Plummer, who ordered the sentence later be suspended on condition that Gilreath be confined to a private mental institution until such time as the judge approved the release," wrote William Raspberry in The Washington Post on November 9, 1973. But in a succession of shocking legal errors, Gilreath's treatment was suspended, he was released by the Psychiatric Institute without the judge or parole officer's approval, and the Fairfax police never notified the school of his release. So on October 29, Gilreath returned to Madeira and murdered my sister with a screwdriver as her classmates sat a few hundred feet away.
My parents did not attend the trial at which Gilreath was convicted and sentenced to 50 years in prison. But only two weeks after Tasha's death, they testified before a House subcommittee (sitting next to a portrait of Tasha painted by my mother) to amend Senator Walter Mondale's Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to cover child molestation and to provide grants to teach children self-defense. I have the newspaper clipping in front of me. Both look much older than their 40-some years. My mother's eyes look heavy and puffy.
My parents received thousands of letters. The phone rang hundreds of times a day. Camera crews were parked outside our house, but I wasn't aware of any of it. We were cocooned in my grandparents' tearful embraces, which I now realize is the reason the three of us survived those initial weeks. Years later, when I started consulting experts, I learned from David Trickey, a chartered consultant clinical psychologist and trauma expert, that "bereaved children don't need a lot of fancy therapy or anything special. What they need is to feel safe."
Last summer, I took my two boys, ages 15 and 13, to Berlin, where my family had moved shortly after Tasha's death and where we patched up what little we had left of family life. I decided this was the time to finally tell my children what had happened to us. "For kids, not talking about things makes them think, What is it that they're not talking about?" says Trickey. "They often assume it's worse than it was." I had to explain why I need constant reassurance that they have arrived safely at their destinations and why, even now that they are teenagers, they are not allowed to go into the ocean unless I am close by. The story spooked them (I spared them the details), but my closest friend from Berlin, who lost a child himself, said, "Better it comes from you than from someone else."
Berlin is where I had reinvented myself as a happy girl with two siblings and a dead cousin. When asked who the blonde girl was in the family photo, I would reply that it was my cousin who died in a horseback-riding accident. I didn't know anything about post-traumatic stress disorder or delayed grief then. What I did know was that you can't be 13 and stick out. So I killed Tasha off. She only came back into my life at age 16, when I watched the movie The Deer Hunter. The moment Christopher Walken holds the gun to his head in the Russian roulette game and we don't know whether he will live or die was the first time I had felt anything in years. The idea that you can die for any stupid reason at any time profoundly resonated with me. I had to be taken out of the movie theater because I was choking with tears.
It was only 13 years ago that I found out what really happened to Tasha. At the time, I didn't even know the name of her murderer. By then, I had married an Englishman and moved to London. After having just given birth to my second son, in a state of exhaustion, anxiety, postnatal depression, and extreme guilt (for my good fortune), I decided to see a psychiatrist who specializes in bereavement. Dr. Mark Berelowitz, a member of the department of child psychiatry at the Royal Free Hospital in London, explained that murder is the messiest crime of all because the victim is dead and the murderer is probably lying. He suggested I call the Madeira School, go through all the facts, and think about it. The idea, he said, was to kick-start the grieving process I had skipped because I had been too terrorized to feel. Disassociation or numbness, he said, is a common side effect of trauma. After learning the truth about what had happened to Tasha, I spent weeks sobbing and worrying that something equally sinister would befall my children.
About eight years later, still suffering from anxiety, I consulted Chris Brewin, professor of clinical psychology at University College in London. I had read about his latest research on PTSD. He explained that my amnesia around the events before and after Tasha's death was there for a reason. He wasn't sure that living the event over again, or even talking about it, would help. In fact, the psychological debriefing that is now routinely administered after any sort of trauma may not help at all. Going over the horrific details of my sister's death, he argued, might have caused more harm than good.
Why can't I, a happily married woman with two lovely teenage boys, just decide to forget a bit, or at least stop thinking about Tasha's death so much? I think it's because you can't live a happy life when the life of someone you loved ended so unhappily. It's because psychic pain is simply stored, waiting to come back again. Anke Ehlers, a professor of experimental psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry in London, explained to me the psychology of traumatic memories. These memories are so overwhelming, she says, that they have not been fully processed in the brain and keep intruding on everyday life. "The trauma feels as if it's in the here and now," she says. Tasha's murder keeps interfering with her death. "Traumatic memories get in the way of grief," says Ehlers. "All survivors remember is what the victim went through. They're still dealing with life and death." This is also called "pattern matching." When scared, your brain immediately sets about matching it to another scary event in the past.
In my case, I believe all scary moments must end in death. I think the worst possible scenario will always happen: The plane carrying my children to Maine will crash; the school's swine flu outbreak will be fatal. When things are really going well is when it gets really ugly. If my husband gets a promotion, I assume he will have a car accident. Happiness makes me feel anxious because I fear the punishment. I think, Why should I be so lucky?
When my youngest son went away to boarding school, I put away his photographs. I identified with childless or bereaved couples. The pain was so overwhelming that I dosed myself with wine every night and then sobbed in the bathroom. When it didn't stop after four months, I decided I wasn't just another mother missing her children. It was old grief coming to haunt me.
This is when I checked into the Hoffman Institute, where I was awakened to the possibility of a spiritual life and to the idea that if you sit with a painful feeling long enough, it passes. Avoiding difficult thoughts, says Ehlers, only makes them come at you more frequently. I found this extremely helpful. Trauma is like an illness: The more you know, the less scared you are of the symptoms. Even now as I type Tasha's name, I feel she was real and not some flashback from a horror movie.
I have also recently found hope in reading about something called post-traumatic growth. Several studies have found that trauma can be a force for good. "These changes," the study says, "include improved relationships, new possibilities for one's life, a great appreciation of life, greater sense of personal strength and spiritual development."
A grief counselor told me that it's probably too late for me to have any sort of proper "intervention." I can, however, change my mental outlook and even repair some damage (this is called neurogenesis) by improving my general emotional and physical health. This takes work. To create new, positive neural pathways means putting some brakes on my lifestyle. It means accepting that my nervous system will always be dodgy. Yoga, exercise, breathing exercises, rest, and nutrition are just part of it, but so is avoiding physical "triggers," such as the woods, for example, which terrify me. Alcohol, the PTSD sufferer's favorite self-medication, can make everything flare up again — particularly anger. It covers the pain momentarily only to make it much worse later.
About a year-and-a-half ago, I started a self-help book group with six girlfriends, which helps me feel supported and connected. I still worry too much, but I now remind myself that it's more likely to be a tripped switch (or neural leftover from 1973) than an actual emergency. In short, it really helps to know that what I think, feel, and fear is all perfectly normal, given the abnormality of what happened when I was 12. "Think of it as a permanent limp," says Trickey. "What happened to you is going to color your world, but it doesn't have to color your world too much."
I'm never going to get over Tasha, but I might eventually get used to living with her.
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Posted by: FRANKLIN FARMS IS HAUNTED ()
wE have a close relative that lives in Herndon VA Franklin farm development on thorngate Dr. For years I've know the house is haunted. My many visits to to house and I have also resided there for the last few years.
My experience has been shared with other family member. First case once I was in the house alone about 19 years ago as I sat in the family room I hard loud and clear someone heavy footsteps come up out of the basement into the foyer and open the front door.I yelled out expecting a reply and no one did. I got up and search front door was locked. I was so scared I wanted to leave then and there. Second occurrence was I conversing with two relatives in the kicten and one the owner of the house and suddlenly a huge 30lb picture slammed from the dining room wall now the picture hung over a a credenza which had a lot of glassware, and wine decantors the huge picture was found by myself lying on the dining room floor flat on it's face between the dining table and the credenza not a single glass item broken.
It was though something had slammed it down. I also witnessed a wedding picture hurl from a bookshelf mid air to the floor third event my child and her cousin witness a tall dark shadow floating from the upstairs to the living during a thanksgiving dinner prayer.
At night I hear and see the hall light go out and also footsteps in the early morning (unexplained). My sister recently stayed here and she just told me that she woke and saw a lady in a red flowing dress who she though was me. She reached out and called my name and the lady disappeared like a cartoon. She was so shaken she slept with the light on all night. I can go on and on but you get the picture. I would love to know the history of Franklin farm and why it is so active at this location.
If anyone else has a experience who lives here please let me know about it.
Posted by: gabe ()
I used to live in Clifton Forge, Allegany Street and in my room I used to wake up to a shaking sensation then looked up and saw a black figure standing over me and looking down at me. Also me and my friend were in what we called the play room and we saw a coffin appear and disappear seconds later. Also my cousin and I were playing in my room then later cut off the lights and played hide and seek. I ran to hide under my covers and saw four dark figures go through the play room door carrying a coffin then disappeared when they went to my door.
Posted by: Olde Towne Inn ()
Miss Lucy Wrote:
> Olde Town Inn Hotel Wrote:
> > A place you might want to check out is Olde
> Town
> > Inn Hotel. They say there is a ghost named Miss
> > Lucy who haunts rooms # 50 to 54. It is said
> > she sometimes holds people a few inches in the
> air
> > over their bed, moves things in the room, turns
> on
> > water faucets or turns off lights. They say she
> > loves to play pranks on whomever sleeps in one
> > those rooms. Before the place had its
> reputation
> > for being haunted my kids and i stayed in room
> > ..the only thing that happened to us was the
> > lights kept going off and on periodically, and
> > kids ( they were all under 5 at the time)..
> would
> > say they saw someone briefly and the the
> 'someone
> > ' disappeared...also you got this strange
> feeling
> > that you were being watched.) Whether that was
> > Miss Lucy or not i have no clue....but it was
> > kinda cool staying there...lol.
> Manassas Hotel Keeps Frightening Guests
> http://potomaclocal.com/2012/10/02/manassas-hotel-
> keeps-frightening-guest/
> MANASSAS, Va. – Manassas is a small city teeming
> with landmarks and a harried history that dates
> back to before the Civil War. One of these
> historical landmarks, the Olde Towne Inn, has its
> share of haunted history and paranormal activity
> that will make even the biggest skeptic a
> believer.
> The Olde Towne Inn on Main Street in Old Town
> Manassas has been a local hot spot for residents
> to grab a bite or a drink, or for tourists staying
> in the Washington area. And while people may have
> come to expect great service and a good night in
> Manassas, what they may not expect is a ghost
> showing them a good time.
> Inn employees and guests alike have reported
> strange sounds and sites on the property, with
> many of the reports coming from rooms 50, 52 and
> 54. One recent report of activity took place in
> room 54 at the hotel.
> “The wife reported the sound of something
> crashing to the bathroom floor, but said when she
> and her husband rushed to the door, absolutely
> nothing was broken. Although they felt uneasy,
> they tried to get some sleep,” said Lisa
> Sievel-Otten of the Manassas Museum.
> While they may have tried to shrug it off, the
> spirit had other ideas, waking the couple by
> tugging on their mattress, which immediately
> alerted the couple, who searched the room to find
> it empty. Their initial reaction was that it may
> have been an animal in the room but could find
> nothing. Again shrugging off what had happened,
> the wife returned to the bed where she witnessed
> her husband levitating, before falling on to the
> floor from the bed.
> And who is the ghostly perpetrator responsible for
> these reports? Many believe it to be from a Miss
> Lucy, a young and playful spirit from the time of
> the Civil War – a key time period in Manassas’
> history.
> The next morning, the couple reported the
> occurrence, and the staff replied, “‘Oh,
> that’s Miss Lucy up to her old tricks. She
> usually stays in Room 52, but sometimes she
> wanders into rooms nearby,’” said
> Sievel-Otten.
> Was this the presence of a Civil War period
> other-worldy spirit, amusing herself by
> interacting with guests? Or is it simply an
> overreaction to a long night and a need for rest?
> Take a trip to see the Olde Towne Inn, and you may
> be able to discover the truth for yourself.
> Want to hear more about the local haunts of
> Manassas? Then consider taking a Spirited Past
> Tour during the Halloween season, hosted by the
> Manassas Museum. The tours will take place at the
> end of October.
You might find this interesting...
http://www.haunted-places.com/virginia.htm
Another Virginia paranormal hotspot is the Old Town Inn in Manassas, just outside Washington, DC. Recently, a family vacationing from Griffith, Indiana, were caught in a violent thunderstorm one evening and sought lodging at the inn. They were assigned Room 54 of the century-old hotel. The thunderstorm had knocked out TV reception, so the husband, wife, and ten-year-old son sat in their room, talking about their trip. Suddenly they heard the sound of something crashing to the bathroom floor, but when they investigated, they could find nothing wrong. Again they were interrupted by the sound of breaking objects in the bathroom. Again, they could find nothing broken. Shortly after going to bed, the wife was awakened by a strange tugging on her mattress. The odd sensation continued, and she decided to wake up her husband. She told him there was something strange going on and insisted they trade beds. Before long, her husband was experiencing the same sensation. He jumped out of bed, searched around the room, and found nothing. He told his wife that there must be mice in the room, crawled back into bed, and soon fell asleep. His wife lay in the dark, trying to sleep. Then, in amazement, she watched her sleeping spouse levitate off the bed and fall to the floor. She tried to explain to her dazed husband that some force had thrown him to the floor, but his incredulous stare made her drop the subject and get back into bed.They got up the next morning, hoping to get an early start. The husband was putting his clothes on, and his wife had already dressed and was busy blow-drying her hair. The man walked to the window and peeked out: it was pitch black outside. He looked at his watch and realized it was only 1:30 A.M. The bewildered couple undressed and went back to bed. Finally came the light of morning. The family dressed and went downstairs to the inn's restaurant. After breakfast, the husband stopped at the front desk to ask if there was a problem with rodents at the inn. He related what had happened to manager Janie Pugh, who smiled and said: "Oh, that's Miss Lucy up to her old tricks. She usually stays in Room 52 but sometimes wanders into rooms nearby." Miss Lucy's antics had been witnessed by both employees and guests alike. Meanwhile, his wife and son waited at their table in the restaurant. A lady wearing an old overcoat and a nightgown came up to them and asked where to get food to go. The wife pointed to the cashier. The lady came back in a few minutes to thank her for being so kind. Curious about the lady's odd behavior, she watched her walk away and brush past her husband, who was returning to their table. "That old lady who just walked by you is weird," the wife said. "What old lady," replied her husband, "I didn't see anyone."
Olde Towne Inn
A ghost called Miss Lucy is said to haunt rooms 51 through 54. She is rumored to levitate guests and frequent the tavern.
Address:9403 Main St Manassas, VA 20110
GPS:38.75140866547702, -77.47144323432389
Posted by: How about Shirley Plantation? ()
A famous haunt in Charles City, Virginia, is Shirley Plantation. The stories there center around a haunted painting that now hangs in a second-floor bedroom. The portrait is of Martha Hill, daughter of the man who built the house in 1723.
The painting is about all that remains of Martha, because most of her belongings went with her to England where she died. But by 1858, family descendants started noticing an unusual property of her painting. Whenever it was removed from its spot on the second-floor, the frame would start shaking violently. They moved it to a bedroom on the third floor, stored it in the attic, hung it on the first floor, but the portrait was never "happy" unless it was back in the second-floor bedroom.
In 1974, the Virginia Tourist Office put the touchy painting on display at Rockefeller Center in NY, along with other items related to psychic phenomena in VA. Martha Hills’ portrait created quite a sensation. People walking by on the street reported it moving constantly. It swayed back and forth so violently that other exhibits were also vibrating, and the phenomenon was documented on the NBC Nightly News.
The painting caused such hysteria that it was removed from the display, though that did not dampen Martha’s spirit. Dozens of office workers near the storeroom in which the painting was locked heard incessant knocking sounds coming from the room. When officials retrieved the painting, its frame was so badly damaged, that it had to be sent to Linden Galleries in Richmond for repair. The same eerie vibrations were reported by workers there. Finally, the portrait was returned to Shirley Plantation, where it hangs today, peacefully, above a mahogany chest in Martha’s second-floor bedroom.
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Olde Towne Inn Wrote:
> Another Virginia paranormal hotspot is the Old
> Town Inn in Manassas, just outside Washington, DC.
> Recently, a family vacationing from Griffith,
> Indiana, were caught in a violent thunderstorm one
> evening and sought lodging at the inn. They were
> assigned Room 54 of the century-old hotel. The
> thunderstorm had knocked out TV reception, so the
> husband, wife, and ten-year-old son sat in their
> room, talking about their trip. Suddenly they
> heard the sound of something crashing to the
> bathroom floor, but when they investigated, they
> could find nothing wrong. Again they were
> interrupted by the sound of breaking objects in
> the bathroom. Again, they could find nothing
> broken. Shortly after going to bed, the wife was
> awakened by a strange tugging on her mattress. The
> odd sensation continued, and she decided to wake
> up her husband. She told him there was something
> strange going on and insisted they trade beds.
> Before long, her husband was experiencing the same
> sensation. He jumped out of bed, searched around
> the room, and found nothing. He told his wife that
> there must be mice in the room, crawled back into
> bed, and soon fell asleep. His wife lay in the
> dark, trying to sleep. Then, in amazement, she
> watched her sleeping spouse levitate off the bed
> and fall to the floor. She tried to explain to her
> dazed husband that some force had thrown him to
> the floor, but his incredulous stare made her drop
> the subject and get back into bed.They got up the
> next morning, hoping to get an early start. The
> husband was putting his clothes on, and his wife
> had already dressed and was busy blow-drying her
> hair. The man walked to the window and peeked out:
> it was pitch black outside. He looked at his watch
> and realized it was only 1:30 A.M. The bewildered
> couple undressed and went back to bed. Finally
> came the light of morning. The family dressed and
> went downstairs to the inn's restaurant. After
> breakfast, the husband stopped at the front desk
> to ask if there was a problem with rodents at the
> inn. He related what had happened to manager Janie
> Pugh, who smiled and said: "Oh, that's Miss Lucy
> up to her old tricks. She usually stays in Room 52
> but sometimes wanders into rooms nearby." Miss
> Lucy's antics had been witnessed by both employees
> and guests alike. Meanwhile, his wife and son
> waited at their table in the restaurant. A lady
> wearing an old overcoat and a nightgown came up to
> them and asked where to get food to go. The wife
> pointed to the cashier. The lady came back in a
> few minutes to thank her for being so kind.
> Curious about the lady's odd behavior, she watched
> her walk away and brush past her husband, who was
> returning to their table. "That old lady who just
> walked by you is weird," the wife said. "What old
> lady," replied her husband, "I didn't see anyone."
> Olde Towne Inn
> A ghost called Miss Lucy is said to haunt rooms 51
> through 54. She is rumored to levitate guests and
> frequent the tavern.
> Address:9403 Main St Manassas, VA 20110
> GPS:38.75140866547702, -77.47144323432389
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By Robert James Wlodarski, Anne Powell Wlodarski
Posted by: Shirley Plantation ()
How about Shirley Plantation? Wrote:
> A famous haunt in Charles City, Virginia, is
> Shirley Plantation. The stories there center
> around a haunted painting that now hangs in a
> second-floor bedroom. The portrait is of Martha
> Hill, daughter of the man who built the house in
> 1723.
> The painting is about all that remains of Martha,
> because most of her belongings went with her to
> England where she died. But by 1858, family
> descendants started noticing an unusual property
> of her painting. Whenever it was removed from its
> spot on the second-floor, the frame would start
> shaking violently. They moved it to a bedroom on
> the third floor, stored it in the attic, hung it
> on the first floor, but the portrait was never
> "happy" unless it was back in the second-floor
> bedroom.
> In 1974, the Virginia Tourist Office put the
> touchy painting on display at Rockefeller Center
> in NY, along with other items related to psychic
> phenomena in VA. Martha Hills’ portrait created
> quite a sensation. People walking by on the street
> reported it moving constantly. It swayed back and
> forth so violently that other exhibits were also
> vibrating, and the phenomenon was documented on
> the NBC Nightly News.
> The painting caused such hysteria that it was
> removed from the display, though that did not
> dampen Martha’s spirit. Dozens of office workers
> near the storeroom in which the painting was
> locked heard incessant knocking sounds coming from
> the room. When officials retrieved the painting,
> its frame was so badly damaged, that it had to be
> sent to Linden Galleries in Richmond for repair.
> The same eerie vibrations were reported by workers
> there. Finally, the portrait was returned to
> Shirley Plantation, where it hangs today,
> peacefully, above a mahogany chest in Martha’s
> second-floor bedroom.
Several years ago when my mother and I were visiting old Virginia homes, we went to Shirley Plantation along the James River. Beautifully preserved, Shirley is well worth a visit. While there, we saw the painting of Aunt Pratt which has been the subject of odd occurrences at Shirley, and elsewhere, depending on where the portrait is hung. It seems ‘Aunt Pratt’ prefers a certain back bedroom, though the guide wasn’t certain why.
Shirley Plantation and the story of Aunt Pratt were part of the inspiration behind my light paranormal romance Somewhere My Love, released a year ago this month. In honor of the anniversary of Somewhere My Love, I am reposting that most interesting piece.
Shirley Plantation is home to a famous ghost called “Aunt Pratt.” To quote their website: “Aunt Pratt” was Martha Hill Pratt, the daughter of early Shirley ancestor Edward Hill III. Her portrait in the bed chamber of Shirley’s Great House is the subject of intriguing stories which have been retold by noted author L.B.Taylor, Jr. in his book, Ghosts of Virginia, Volume I. Mr. Taylor is also author of Haunted Houses, published by Simon and Schuster, as well as five regional Virginia ghost books, including Civil War Ghosts of Virginia.
The story of “Aunt Pratt” is included in Lori Haskin’s Book - Spooky America: Four Real Ghost Stories
A reviewer of the book describes the tale:
Picky Aunt Pratt
Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia
Martha Hill Pratt must have been an extremely strong woman when she was alive, that’s the only way she could have a ghost that could command so much attention. Martha Pratt was born at the plantation but married and moved to England, the portrait of her hung in the first floor gallery for years, overlooking the family cemetery. In the mid 1800’s the family decided to redecorate and moved the painting to the attic.
Night after night, family members could hear a tapping noise coming from the attic, puzzled they realized the only thing that was moved to the attic was the painting so they decided to move it to the third floor. The tapping continued so they tried the second floor.
That didn’t seem to work either so they returned the painting to the first floor where it originally hung. After that, everything was quiet again. That is until 1974 when family members shipped the painting to New York City for a display of haunted goods. Martha didn’t like it, not at all; the painting rumbled and rattled until they decided to put it in a closet for the night. The family decided that Aunt Pratt had enough, they had the frame fixed [it was damaged when it was in the closet] and hung it back in it’s original location where it still hangs a little crooked to this very day. The last line sums it up perfectly: “It’s just a friendly reminder from Aunt Pratt…leave me alone!”
For more on Shirley Plantation and Aunt Pratt visit: http://www.shirleyplantation.com/aunt_pratt.html
To explore other historic ‘haunts’ in Virginia check out:
http://www.virginia.org/site/features.asp?FeatureID=52
http://www.hauntedtraveler.com/haunted_virginia.htm
To purchase Pamela Kinney’s non-fiction book, Haunted Richmond, Virginia or her newest book, Haunted Virginia, visit http://www.schifferghosts.com/
Posted by: joey ()
My grandma lives in Fairfax Station, VA. I visit her every week but her house is very unsettling. One day my grandpa had cancer and died in that house. About a few months later we started hearing unusual knocks and seeing shadows. I knew it was my grandpa, my grandma does research on the house and finds out the house was built in 1926 and 2 people killed themselves and 3 were murdered. So a total of six people had died in that house. With scared me because I visit that house every week. And every week there is at least something paranormal going on in that house. The scariest encounter with a ghost was when my family was in the living room and all of a sudden we heard a loud thud in the attic, scared the daylights out of us. And found out someone hanged themselves in the attic. And that is my ghost encounter in Fairfax Station, VA.
Posted by: Chuck72 ()
Has anyone seen the ghost of Eva? She was brutally murdered in the woods around Burke on August 4, 1918. She's supposedly buried in the Lee Chapel Cemetery next to her father who died 15 years later.
Posted by: Uh.... ()
Chuck72 Wrote:
> Has anyone seen the ghost of Eva? She was brutally
> murdered in the woods around Burke on August 4,
> 1918. She's supposedly buried in the Lee Chapel
> Cemetery next to her father who died 15 years
> later.
There are multiple threads on the "Ghost of Eva" including this one. Just do a search on her name and you'll see.
Uh.... Wrote:
> Chuck72 Wrote:
> > Has anyone seen the ghost of Eva? She was
> brutally
> > murdered in the woods around Burke on August 4,
> > 1918. She's supposedly buried in the Lee Chapel
> > Cemetery next to her father who died 15 years
> > later.
> There are multiple threads on the "Ghost of Eva"
> including this one. Just do a search on her name
> and you'll see.
I tried doing a search on "eva" and nothing came up. I think it's because eva is only three letters. For most search engines you need something like four letters.
Seeking more info on the ghost of Eva
Posted by: More info on Ghost of Eva ()
> Here...
> Seeking more info on the ghost of Eva
> http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/2/969
> 228.html
From that thread...
Inquisitor Wrote:
> I don't really believe in ghosts, but this story
> is intriguiung, and I wonder if there is any way
> to access police reports from that far back in
> order to figure out what happened to this poor
> kid. From what I have found out:
> - Lou Hall was caught after a lengthy pursuit with
> bloodhounds. It is unclear whether he was running
> or whether he was just far away and it took the
> dogs a while to find him. Residents of the county
> were going to lynch him, but Sheriff Allison
> guarded the prison and threatened to shoot anyone
> who showed up to take him. His exoneration was
> ultimately due to the fact that the belt use to
> strangle Eva was too small to be his, and that the
> murder scene showed evidene of a terrific
> struggle. Hall, evidently, was a huge man and he
> was extremely strong, so it was reasoned that Eva
> couldn't have given him the kind of fight that the
> murder scene portrayed. Hall's wife ratted on him,
> but apparently she was batshit crazy so nobody
> believed her, and the "blood" on his shirt was
> later ruled to be tobacco juice.
> - A soldier who went AWOL from Camp Humphrey (
> which I believe was is now Belvoir) was seen
> passing through the area of the murder at roughly
> thee time of the murder. He was arrested in
> Charlottesville shortly thereafter (I don't know
> how long it took to get to C'Ville back then, but
> it must've taken a while). The soldier did have
> what looked like scratch marks on his face, and
> they exhumed Eva's body to look at her
> fingernails, but it was determined that her
> fingernails were too short to have inflicted
> scratches, and the walk to C'Ville was through
> areas of lush vegetation, so the soldier was let
> go.
> - Someone named RUbin, who was a prisoner in DC,
> confessed to the murder. He was moved from a DC
> prison to the Farifax prison, but the police never
> bought his version of the story. Peter ROy, Eva's
> father, visiten Rubin in jial, and Rubin recanted
> his admission after that. In fact , he said that
> he had only confessed to the crime because he
> thought it would be easier for him to escape from
> a Fairfax jail than from the DC jail. He made good
> on his thought process and escaped from the
> Fairfax jail by sawing through the bars.
> - Two teenage boys, one a black kid from Clifton
> named Wilson and one a white kid from Fairfax
> named Robertson, were also brought in for
> questioning, but as far as I can tell , they were
> never arrested.
> Apparently Eva was a very popular kid and it
> really shook up the county, which at the time was
> populated by mostly farmers and woodchoppers.
> Again, I would be interested to see if the
> criminal records or the ME'S records from way back
> then could be found. It must have been so easy,
> relatively speaking , to get away with this kind
> of thing back then.
Posted by: liz1993 ()
My family built a big, blue house on an 11 acre plot of land on Fletcher Chapel Road in Kenbridge, Virginia. It was supposed to be our dream house. We sank every last dime into the house, but there must have been something attached the land that did not want us around.
I was maybe 11 or 12 (making it August of either 2004 or 2005) when we finally got to move into our new, big house. It was beautiful and perfect. But it quickly became creepy. At first I thought it was just the transition from living in town to living back in the woods that made it frightening - it was very dark all of the time - but there seemed to be something more. Every night for the first few months, my siblings and I would see tall, dark figures that appeared to be cloaked walking past our doorways at night. The first time we all saw it, we thought it was our dad. My brother and I came out into the hallway to see what he was doing, but when they rounded the corner and went downstairs, it disappeared. After that, we were always afraid of the cloaked man. We all started sleeping with our doors closed so he wouldn’t look at us. At the time, I was very religious. We told our parents what we had seen. Mom and Dad walked around the house sprinkling Holy Water and telling the ''demons'' to get out. Things quieted down for a while. Some time later, my brother and I were out playing the woods near our ¼ of a mile long driveway. We saw the dark figure again in the woods. Terrified, we ran back to house as fast as our feet could carry us. My brother was convinced it was Bigfoot. I didn’t know what it was. Mom brushed it off as a bear, but I’ve never seen a bear that looked like that ever.
We had a small shepherd dog named Aaron. He was maybe 4 years old when we moved there. He would be walking through the hall and suddenly stop. His face would start to focus on an area where there was nothing. Sometimes he would follow whatever he saw that we couldn’t to the wall. He looked like he was in trance. In February of 2008, our healthy dog suddenly became violently ill and passed away. We blamed it on the land - we called it ''cursed''. The dog wasn’t the only one who got sick. My 6 month old cat suddenly became paralyzed from the waist down and died during the night. He looked like he had fallen over trying to walk and just died where his body collapsed. Dad also became very angry. Mom became agoraphobic and lost her job since she became ill whenever she tried to leave the house. My parents started to fight all of the time, and for a good while we had no income. My older sister started acting bizarrely, behaving badly and clearly depressed. My brother developed a severe anxiety disorder and could no longer be around other people. I also became very depressed and developed an eating disorder. I would go days only drinking one glass of milk a day. I think now that all of these horrible things were the negative spirits living on the land attacking us, trying to break us apart.
We got a new puppy. One night he started gagging and gasping horribly. It sounded like someone was trying to strangle him to death. We took him to the vet, thinking something was stuck in throat. The vet refused to see him that night.
We brought him home, and he started vomiting blood along with the sounds of being choked. I thought he was going to die. When the vet finally saw him the next morning, he said there was nothing there. He said there was no reason for him to have been choking on anything.
Finally we got an opportunity to get out of the house. As soon as we left, everyone got better. Everything turned back to the way it used to be before the house made us sick. Unfortunately poor Aaron and Blackie (my kitten) weren’t so lucky to have escaped. I caution anyone who sees this house to head for the hills!
Posted by: SPC. Green ()
Really? Wrote:
> The Lady of Belvoir Wrote:
> > In the spring, the daffodils still bloom, but
> > Belvoir is no more. Long ago, the charred ruins
> > the lovely mansion crumbled to the ground along
> > with its memories of candlelit balls and the
> > sounds of coaches on cobblestone. Yet a love
> story
> > remains. It is little known and less spoken of,
> > but still an integral part of America’s
> colonial
> > history. It is a chapter in the life of the
> > American hero, George Washington, who loved,
> > passionately, the lady at Belvoir his neighbor
> > the wife of his best friend, George William
> > Fairfax. Proper credit has never been given
> > for the important role she played in
> > Washington’s early life. Instead, she has
> been
> > regarded mainly as a flirtatious Southern belle,
> > brainless beauty. Untrue!
> I did not know that. Oh wow, Washington had the
> hots for Sally?
Fort Pickett, VA is a beautiful post, but there is definitely some ghostly activity going on here. I am currently staying in one of the older buildings on post,
and I have had some contact in just the two nights that I slept here. Just to be clear, I am not talking about just bumps and creaks in the night (as would
be expected in these older buildings).
The first night I slept here I had trouble falling asleep because of the sounds made by my dead roommate. It sounded like it was banging on the walls really
hard. He was turning electronic things off and on (the heater and the printer), and I think that I even saw him once or twice (that I cannot say for certain;
the dark plays tricks on your eyes).
Last night while I slept here it didn't bang on the wall or anything. It opened and closed some doors and, while I was asleep, moved a few chairs around. It
has been a little unsettling, but what am I going to do? I guess we just have to get over it and be cool with each other.
Westfields Golf Club -- A Hauntingly Fine Golf Experience
Posted by: Westfields Golf Club ghosts???? ()
Anyone ever seen ghosts out at Westfields in Clifton? I found this article today and this was the first I had ever heard of ghosts being seen there.
By Jeffrey A. Rendall,
CLIFTON, VA -- In the Mid-Atlantic region, there's little doubt that spirits of the past are neighbors of ours -- in one form or another. Without getting into belief systems, there are battlefields, stately Colonial mansions, shipwrecks, museums, parks, relics and cemeteries -- monuments to what happened here. There's a tangible connection to bygone years that few other places in the country share.
It's also well noted that many of the area's golf courses share in that heritage, either through name or occupation of historic property. The number of layouts with some sort of "history" is too many to name here.
The elevated, undulating green on 13 will give you fits if you don't hit it close.
But some even carry intangible connections with them. Westfields Golf Club in the upscale Clifton neighborhood of Northern Virginia is such a place. Westfields opened in October of 1998, a Fred Couples/Gene Bates signature course featuring the best in parkland style golf, with tree-lined fairways, elevation changes, panoramic views and exquisitely manicured playing surfaces.
It's also got some entities you probably won't get to see. Gene Bates, Fred Couples' design partner, explains: "One of things I found most fascinating when building Westfields was the land's history. There's an old Confederate fort to the right of the driving range area, which we subsequently donated to the county to serve as a park. The land also served as a field hospital during the Civil War. Locals say there've been a lot of ghost sightings around the fort. The land's being haunted because of the hospital and all the things that took place there."
Bates ought to know, having spent a significant amount of time in the neighborhood. Bates has earned the reputation of being a very hands-on course designer, and still makes frequent visits to recheck and tinker with the layout.
David Finocchiaro, Westfields' Head Golf Professional, didn't mention the "apparitions" on the property, but did discuss some of its other historic ties: "The thing most folks remember is the Civil War era cemetery on the right side of #13, but seeing as there was a fort here during the war, there're also extensive rifle pits and trenches found all over the place. A couple were even incorporated into the golf course design, on holes 10 and 18."
The driving area is wider than it looks off the 6th tee, but you'd still better hit it straight.
Both Bates and Finocchiaro said an archeological dig turned up a plethora of Civil War accoutrements, such as bullets, buttons and cannon balls. No bones, though. The men aren't there anymore, and their fort's remains are basically a series of earthen mounds, but they've left behind a legacy of physical reminders.
And although their ghosts might patrol the land, there's no getting away from the fact the golf course is 'hauntingly' well done. Bates said there are several things he really likes about Westfields: "I think the bunkering is outstanding. We hear from folks who've flown over the course heading into Dulles -- 'Oh, you're the course with the unique bunkers.' Fred and I wanted to depart from a neat, free flowing form of bunker style -- we wanted bunkers with a lot of peaks and capes and bays... almost like a potato chip style."
With as deep as some of those bunkers are, we're glad he didn't make it a rippled dip chip style.
Bates continues, "Then, we really tried to save as much of the tree cover as possible, without making the course too narrow or tight. We had semi-mature stands of woods to work with -- which in the densely populated northern Virginia, isn't easy to find (at least on a large tract of land). We knew there wouldn't be any houses around the site, so we had the luxury of keeping the trees, so we did."
It's one of the distinguishing characteristics of the property. You're not far from civilization, but you feel like you're in the Virginia forest. Finocchiaro expands on the notion: "I think the fact we have only one home directly next to the course makes it nice to be out there in the woodlands without a lot of outside disruptions. It's nice to not have to worry about hitting into someone's backyard or having a dog barking during your backswing or something like that."
So not only is there an absence of humanity surrounding the course (at least of the living variety), the tree buffers also give a sense of privacy you wouldn't necessarily expect from a site of this smallish size. Bates said after donating the fort parcel, allowing land for a maintenance facility and creating some distance from power lines on one side of the property that they were left with only about 150 acres to lay out the course. Westfields' golf course is a textbook exercise in spatial land management, because you only get the "parallel fairway"feeling on a couple holes.
And as noted before, it's not like it feels tight. "Fred and Gene did a great job making ours a friendly golf course. There's plenty of difficulty if you choose the right tee settings, but if you play the right tees, you're not going to get beat up too badly," Finocchiaro said.
A big drive certainly doesn't guarantee par on the 8th hole.
Bates says one reason why it's such a player-friendly layout is they didn't know what type of market it would serve when they first started: "We knew we wanted to build an upscale type course, but we didn't know if it was going to be a private club, a resort-type course or an upscale daily fee. So we kind of made it appealing to all those types of markets."
"Too many times these days, designers are making courses too difficult. For a resort course or a daily fee, we try to make it look difficult but play easier. You're going to want people to want to come back, and a lot of that will come from having an enjoyable golf experience," Bates said.
Another way to get folks to return is to kill 'em with kindness, and that's Finocchiaro's department: "We look at our golf course as providing a service, and we want our players to go away thinking 'what a fun golf course, what a fun day.' With all the events going on in the world, there are a lot of things more important than golf -- so when people come here, we're trying to help them get away from whatever it is that might be on their minds."
The approach shot on nine calls for a carry over wetlands to a well-bunkered green.
"It's a fun golf course, we have a friendly staff, and I want people thinking 'the guys know what they're doing out here. They provide a fun day for the golfers, and we'll come back.' If we accomplish that, we've done our job," he added.
Yes indeed. But the totality of the experience should be enough, which certainly includes the golf course itself. Number three is Westfields' signature hole (at least according to the yardage book). It's the hole you'll first see when driving on to the property, with beautiful rock outcroppings hugging the front of a large, L shaped green, protected by a pond in front. Tough hole, too, at 223 yards from the back tees.
Six and eight are probably the heart of the front nine -- two long and difficult par fours at 473 and 467 yards respectively. Finocchiaro says they're inspiring to look at, and difficult but fair to play. "From the tee, you'll see that there's a lot out there, but the challenge is right in front of you. They both require a good drive to get home, and second shots that require some thought. You need to think about the best side of the fairway to hit, then leave a good angle into the green."
On the backside, holes thirteen through eighteen will leave an indelible impression -- and might be what you remember most about Westfields. Thirteen and fourteen are short par fours -- and thirteen's noteworthy for the cemetery that comes into play on the right side off the tee (you get a free drop if you're in it). Fourteen's potentially drivable at 285 yards, but you'll need to shape it left to right in order to make the green.
Fifteen's a beautiful par five, 554 yards and uphill. I wouldn't have thought it reachable, but Finocchiaro made it in two from the blue tees. Impressive hole.
Sixteen, seventeen and eighteen make up an excellent closing stretch. Sixteen is a short but challenging par four at 384 yards. The second shot's over a pond to a very shallow green, protected by a bunker in front and thick rough long. The green is extremely wide, so expect a long putt if you miss on the wrong side.
Seventeen's a wonderful short par three at 160 yards, with challenges in the water and sand variety. It's also pleasing to look at.
It'll be hard to forget Westfields' 17th hole. Straight out of Fred Couples' imagination.
Eighteen's the hardest par four on the backside. Long at 443 yards, and the second shot must carry wetlands to reach the putting surface. Nothing like a challenging forced carry for your last iron shot of the day. Couples certainly wants you to earn your par on the final hole.
Westfields is a true gem in Northern Virginia, and its interesting history and ghostly part-time inhabitants only make it more so. The conditioning of the course, the beauty of the clubhouse and the nature of the land combine for a great day of golf.
Almost a hauntingly good time.
Westfields Golf Club
13940 Balmoral Greens Avenue
Clifton, Virginia 20124
Website: www.westfieldsgolf.com
Course Designers: Fred Couples/Gene Bates
Head Golf Professional: David Finocchiaro
Tees Yardage/Slope
Boom-Boom 6897/136
Blue 6811/132
White 6308/130
Green 6308/130
Red 5229/120
Mon-Thurs, $75; Fri-Sun: $95.
Twilight rates (after 3:00 p.m.):$50; Fri-Sun: $55. Replay rates: $39.
All rates include tax, greens fee, cart fee, and practice balls.
Westfields Golf Club is affiliated with the Marriott Westfields Resort & Conference Center. Phone: 1-703-818-0300; Fax: 1-703-818-3655
Reservations (from U.S. and Canada): 1-800-635-5666; Sales: 1-703-818-0400
Posted by: bluenavy ()
SPC. Green Wrote:
> Really? Wrote:
> > The Lady of Belvoir Wrote:
> > > In the spring, the daffodils still bloom, but
> > > Belvoir is no more. Long ago, the charred
> ruins
> > of
> > > the lovely mansion crumbled to the ground
> along
> > > with its memories of candlelit balls and the
> > > sounds of coaches on cobblestone. Yet a love
> > story
> > > remains. It is little known and less spoken
> of,
> > > but still an integral part of America’s
> > colonial
> > > history. It is a chapter in the life of the
> > > American hero, George Washington, who loved,
> > > passionately, the lady at Belvoir his
> neighbor
> > and
> > > the wife of his best friend, George William
> > > Fairfax. Proper credit has never been given
> > Sally
> > > for the important role she played in
> > > Washington’s early life. Instead, she has
> > been
> > > regarded mainly as a flirtatious Southern
> belle,
> > a
> > > brainless beauty. Untrue!
> > I did not know that. Oh wow, Washington had the
> > hots for Sally?
> Fort Pickett, VA is a beautiful post, but there is
> definitely some ghostly activity going on here. I
> am currently staying in one of the older buildings
> on post,
> and I have had some contact in just the two nights
> that I slept here. Just to be clear, I am not
> talking about just bumps and creaks in the night
> (as would
> be expected in these older buildings).
> The first night I slept here I had trouble falling
> asleep because of the sounds made by my dead
> roommate. It sounded like it was banging on the
> walls really
> hard. He was turning electronic things off and on
> (the heater and the printer), and I think that I
> even saw him once or twice (that I cannot say for
> certain;
> the dark plays tricks on your eyes).
> Last night while I slept here it didn't bang on
> the wall or anything. It opened and closed some
> doors and, while I was asleep, moved a few chairs
> around. It
> has been a little unsettling, but what am I going
> to do? I guess we just have to get over it and be
> cool with each other.
Our first house was a little blue house that was
built in 1948 for Navy housing. (The house was close to the base.)
The air conditioner was loud when it was turned on, and I remember
that anytime I was lying in bed, in our bedroom, I heard what sounded
like a radio when I knew there wasn\'t one on. I got up a few times
checking what my husband was listening to on TV, and the TV wasn\'t on or
the programming didn\'t match what I was hearing. Could never make out
what they were saying...my husband said it may have been UFOs (he
sounded like he was almost positive of it. I wasn\'t convinced.)
When my son was around 9 months old, I accidentally locked myself out
of the house when the front door closed behind me when I went outside
for some reason. I don\'t even know how that happened. I frantically
tried to open the front door to no avail. I ran to the back sliding
glass door. Locked tight. My son was in his playpen at this time playing
happily, but I was hysterical. No one was home at the houses on either
side of my house and there was no house across the street. I was too
afraid to leave my baby that long. I ran around to the front door,
trying again. No good. Ran to the back again, and cried out for my
deceased grandmother (who I was very close to ) to please help me. A
second later, that heavy sliding glass door finally opened, and I was on my
hands and knees praising God, and thanking my Grandma. I had never
been so scared in my life.
We are now in our third home, and have stayed in other places with
loud air conditioners, and I haven\'t heard \"voices\" like I heard at
that little blue house.
I used to think I may have been picking up radio signals, because that
is how they sounded!
Posted by: Peanuts ()
Blue navy, I hear the same kind of noises coming from the fans in my bedrooms. Sounds like a radio as well as people talking, or just different kinds of music. Once I heard a voice say my name through a bedroom fan. And for those who claim that our brains just interpret white noise as words, explain this...one night the fan next to my bed was "talking" and next thing I know it got louder and louder and then the radio next to the fan turned itself on and picked up where the fan left off. The alarm was set to go off but not for several more hours.
Peanuts Wrote:
> Blue navy, I hear the same kind of noises coming
> from the fans in my bedrooms. Sounds like a radio
> as well as people talking, or just different kinds
> of music. Once I heard a voice say my name through
> a bedroom fan. And for those who claim that our
> brains just interpret white noise as words,
> explain this...one night the fan next to my bed
> was "talking" and next thing I know it got louder
> and louder and then the radio next to the fan
> turned itself on and picked up where the fan left
> off. The alarm was set to go off but not for
> several more hours.
Once we moved we never heard it again thank god!
Posted by: Jeffrey ()
Ft. Pickett, VA, next to Blackstone, VA building on W. 10th Street is definitely haunted. Knocking on doors where there is no one around, footsteps, doors opening repeatedly, physical contact from ghost, items moving etc..
I call him Charlie, he likes newcomers and pretty ladies. I spent over two years working mostly at night in this building, I know what I saw, heard, and felt.
Posted by: bingo ()
I don't like in Fairfax, but Bealeton VA and I had an encounter with a ghost that I will never forget. I was walking with my dog in the daytime. Suddenly my dog stopped walking and turned around. I tried to get him to move but he stood firm. He began to growl and as I turned around I saw a misty figure standing behind me.
I had heard that a man was murdered there before from my neighbor who was living there for all her life. Over 50 years. Her parents and grandparents before her also inherited that house. She said that man was her deceased uncle.
The figure was misty and I could make out a trench coat with a long chain dangling in his hand. My neighbor said that her uncle had a beloved clock that he kept with him. I think that misty figure that freaked the hell out of my dog was her uncle.
Posted by: NorthArlington ()
My grandmother's old house of 30yrs, the house I grew up in is on North Harrison Street, in North Arlington. It use to be a double family home back during the civil war. Now, it's a mini manision. In 1983 the family was all at church on Christmas Eve, only my uncle was home with my nephew and he said he saw a little boy hop down the hallway bouncing a ball and disappeared into the kitchen. My other uncle said he felt a dark presence in the basement. All of us grandkids always felt a weird not good presence follow us whenever we walked up the stairs, but ended as we hit the top of the stairs.
My cousin who was 2 at the time actually saw the little boy and said the boy touched his forehead. My uncle said he woke up from a nap and the little boy was at the edge of the bed asking him to come play with him.
When the old house was torn down for reconstruction, the workers dug into a marker and it scared the crap of them. They stopped working on the house for 2 weeks. The little boy, 12yrs died and was buried right out front of the house. No one knows of the other dark presence in the house.
Oh yeah, both my grandparents died in that house. So there are probably 4 presences in that house now. We sold the house about four years ago. Wonder if the new owners are experiencing any paranormal activity.
NorthArlington Wrote:
> My grandmother's old house of 30yrs, the house I
> grew up in is on North Harrison Street, in North
> Arlington. It use to be a double family home back
> during the civil war. Now, it's a mini manision.
> In 1983 the family was all at church on Christmas
> Eve, only my uncle was home with my nephew and he
> said he saw a little boy hop down the hallway
> bouncing a ball and disappeared into the kitchen.
> My other uncle said he felt a dark presence in the
> basement. All of us grandkids always felt a weird
> not good presence follow us whenever we walked up
> the stairs, but ended as we hit the top of the
> stairs.
> My cousin who was 2 at the time actually saw the
> little boy and said the boy touched his forehead.
> My uncle said he woke up from a nap and the little
> boy was at the edge of the bed asking him to come
> play with him.
> When the old house was torn down for
> reconstruction, the workers dug into a marker and
> it scared the crap of them. They stopped working
> on the house for 2 weeks. The little boy, 12yrs
> died and was buried right out front of the house.
> No one knows of the other dark presence in the
> house.
> Oh yeah, both my grandparents died in that house.
> So there are probably 4 presences in that house
> now. We sold the house about four years ago.
> Wonder if the new owners are experiencing any
> paranormal activity.
Very interesting story and just in time for the holidays! I'd love to take a look at it.
Posted by: gary at fort monroe ()
I lived inside the moat on Bernard Rd in the early 90s as a child when my father was stationed there. Doors opening and closing by themselves, footsteps in the hall at night when me and my sister and parents were in bed were a couple of the things we had to deal with.
A couple of times my mother called the MPs and they would search the house and leave telling us there was not anything they could do. I do not remember which house it was and when me and my sister went back on the former post for a visit she could not remember either.
We are both only in our 30s and both of us could take you to every house or apartment we have ever lived in. Except for the one at Ft Monroe.
Posted by: anymoose ()
Late one night I was driving alone through the area just outside Bluefield known as Wright's Valley. The curvy road there crosses the railroad tracks several times. When approaching one crossing I noticed that the signals beside the track were red--indicating trouble ahead. When I got to the tracks there was nothing unusual, so I just started across. Suddenly I spotted the shadow of a man (or woman) wearing a baseball cap on my left next to the tracks. I was so startled that I slammed on my brakes and looked around. The figure had disappeared. There was no cover for a person to hide behind or duck under. I was shaken, but I continued my drive. About five minutes later my courage had overtaken my fear, so I decided to turn around and drive across the same tracks again. There was nothing there. The signals had changed back to green.
Posted by: Double Church road ()
My family and I have lived in Stephen city for many years. In an old abandoned house off of this old road called ''Double Church'', you can see this gigantic abandoned farmhouse that is said to be possessed. A tall black figure with red eyes has been spotted there numerous times and people who like to bring Ouija boards are told that if they search the ''subwall'' they will get a reward...
However I myself have experienced this. The subwall contains an approx. 6 foot drop to a pile a extremely sharp metal scraps. The same message has been given to a lot of my friends who have tried this.
Posted by: anon223 ()
The most haunted home in Woodbridge VA can be found behind the Grayson estate on Grayson Rd. No one in the area wants to go near this home. I would give you the address but I need to respect the owners (no one lives in that home anymore for obvious reasons).
If you take a left on Longview drive onto Grayson Rd the house is on the left - unmistakable. So many things happened in that home and the residents finally had enough and left after nearly 10 years there.
Here is what happened when I visited there for a weekend. I can only speak for what I saw. I was asleep on the sofa and heard someone violently running up the stairs. I sat up and called out my friend's name.
She came downstairs and told me that the walking happens nearly every night. I was freaked out so I slept upstairs. The same night I woke up again to see a man walking around and could hear a weird hissing sound.
I sat up and her dogs started barking uncontrollably. My friend woke up to ease my fears telling me she is used to it and it's all harmless. She had been living there so long that it didn't bother her much anymore.
I wanted to get a hotel room on rt 1 but decided to stick it out one more night. As I was getting ready for bed someone swiped the back of my neck while I was trying to brush my teeth. I ran out and she said the ghost does that.
I pleaded with her to leave this house but she ended up staying
there for another 4-5 years. When she married he moved into the home. He didn't know anything but that the house had ''activity''.
He reported the same things but also that a giant orb stood by her and floated over her body before laying next to her as she slept. She was pregnant at this time. He said he had to leave this home asap and they did so not long after the baby was born.
If you go to this home at night you can go into the yard and take EVPs and photos. It never fails to disappoint. Lots of orbs voices screams and even images of faces hands and legs. It was the creepiest experience I ever had in my life.
This home is the most haunted in Woodbridge. Drive by
Posted by: ashton ()
I live near bloom (old bridge road) in Woodbridge. There is a clump of abandoned houses over there and I (because I'm stupid) convinced my guy friends (all of whom are terrified of these houses) to take me to them with my camera. We took a video that had a lot of paranormal footage stuff we missed when we walked around. If anyone knows what happened in those abandoned houses on Smoketown it'd be great for us to know! We'll be posting our videos on youtube and I'll do another ghost report then.
Posted by: Catherine.Spalding@gmail.com ()
ashton Wrote:
> I live near bloom (old bridge road) in Woodbridge.
> There is a clump of abandoned houses over there
> and I (because I'm stupid) convinced my guy
> friends (all of whom are terrified of these
> houses) to take me to them with my camera. We took
> a video that had a lot of paranormal footage stuff
> we missed when we walked around. If anyone knows
> what happened in those abandoned houses on
> Smoketown it'd be great for us to know! We'll be
> posting our videos on youtube and I'll do another
> ghost report then.
I used to live in one of those houses growing up and I am very curious to see what you have. Contact me via email. Catherine.Spalding@gmail.com
Posted by: ghost in reston ()
I didn't know this one had a story attached to it... but some people in Reston claim to have seen a young girl sitting in the old wooden swing that sits at the end of the canal off of Lake Anne. Just a few feet away from the swing is a contemporary art statue with two holes that roughly resemble binoculars. They say that if you look through these holes early in the morning you can sometimes see the girl playing around a tree. Sometimes she's been seen hiding a piece of paper in the tree.
Posted by: The Ghost Who Wants His Ashes ()
Another one about REston I had never heard before...
The Ghost Who Wants His Ashes Back
Following the Civil War, the land that was to become Reston was put up for auction to satisfy back taxes. It was sold to Dr. Carl Wiehle and William Dunn for $20,000. Wiehle envisioned building a new town on the site, complete with a hotel, industry, parks, and a community center. Although only a few of the streets were ever laid out, many of Wiehle’s plans were completed; unfortunately he died at the young age of 50 and plans for continuing the town were abandoned.
However, six or seven families built homes in the town. This is the story of an old man named John, who frequently visited one of these families.
During his last visit, John had an aneurysm and soon after he died. In the next few weeks, John's brother and the family that lived in Wiehle got into a bitter fight over what to do with John's ashes.
You see, John had always said that when he died, he wanted to be cremated and have his ashes spread at dusk from a canoe in the middle of the Potomac River. It had come to him in a dream that that was what he should do. But after he died, his brother fought the idea. Eventually they decided to split the ashes. The family in Wiehle took a canoe out onto the river and when they reached the middle, they tossed their half of John’s ashes into the wind.
But John's brother kept his half of the ashes in a small urn that he eventually buried in his backyard. To this day, when the tide is low, John’s ghost returns from the river to the site of his brother's house, searching for the urn that held his ashes.
Posted by: carol ()
A week after Christmas of 2013 my nephew rented a large cabin with beautiful views off hwy 58 in Hillsville Va. On one afternoon I stayed at the cabin with my 4-month-old grandniece while everyone explored. Suddenly a rocker on the back deck began to rock by itself. You could say it was wind, but the 4 other rockers were still. My daughter took a video of my 2-year-old granddaughter and 5-year-old grandniece playing in the living room, and 2 orbs swirled into view. The whole time my 4-month-old grandniece was there she couldn't sleep.
My youngest daughter and her boyfriend occupied an upstairs bedroom in which they had trouble sleeping due to the feeling of being watched by what
felt like a male presence. I too had this feeling one night when I was downstairs making a trip to the restroom. When I came out returning to bed walking under that very room I felt this eerie feeling of being watched by a male. I think the orbs and this male presence were different. Some of the family did come up on an old headstone while exploring. It was dating to the 1700s. There were numerous rocks set up nearby to represent headstones we believe.
I'm very curious to hear if anyone knows of any hauntings in the area. I grew up in a haunted house, but the spirit was calm and not threatening. This male at this area seems like he doesn't care for visitors. We weren't there long enough to find out.
Posted by: OldSage ()
Rockledge Inn in Occoquan is supposed to be haunted by the spirit of a cival way soldier.
My home was haunted when I first moved in. I moved into a used house in Springfield. Nothing scary, I my house was home to a very young child spirit. I did not pay much attention to it until my very young children told me about their friend, Bob.
Bob just wanted to play with them. I assumed it was iminagations at work here until I sent my kids away to spend time with their grandparents in Tennessee. We had no children in the house and wanted to paint and do work on the house.
My husband and I were in the basement painting when we heard a child's heavy footstomps run across the living room which was over our heads. We looked at eachother, and I told my husband, that is Bob. Bob plays games with me, he actually moved all my dishes in my dishwasher to one side of the dishwasher, the other side was empty. He was messing with me.
As my children aged, Bob faded away. I actually told him to leave and go find his mother. My house is quiet now, Bob left, but I kind of miss him.
Posted by: Occoquan Haunts ()
Date: January 13, 2014 07:59AM
OldSage Wrote:
> Rockledge Inn in Occoquan is supposed to be
> haunted by the spirit of a cival way soldier.
> My home was haunted when I first moved in. I moved
> into a used house in Springfield. Nothing scary, I
> my house was home to a very young child spirit. I
> did not pay much attention to it until my very
> young children told me about their friend, Bob.
> Bob just wanted to play with them. I assumed it
> was iminagations at work here until I sent my kids
> away to spend time with their grandparents in
> Tennessee. We had no children in the house and
> wanted to paint and do work on the house.
> My husband and I were in the basement painting
> when we heard a child's heavy footstomps run
> across the living room which was over our heads.
> We looked at eachother, and I told my husband,
> that is Bob. Bob plays games with me, he actually
> moved all my dishes in my dishwasher to one side
> of the dishwasher, the other side was empty. He
> was messing with me.
> As my children aged, Bob faded away. I actually
> told him to leave and go find his mother. My
> house is quiet now, Bob left, but I kind of miss
> him.
Rockledge Mansion
http://rockledgemansion.com/ghosts
Rockledge Mansion - John Ballandine, a local industrialist, built this Georgian mansion in 1758 with the help of master builder, William Buckland. The ghost here is that of a friendly Confederate Solider.
Posted by: Stormtrooper ()
Ft. Mcnair, in Washington DC, which is the home of the US War College and the 3rd US Infantry's A Co.; The Old Guard. This also happens to be where the Lincoln conspirators were held and later hung. Every winter there is a trail through the snow on the lawn, where the conspirators marched to their doom. Snow should fall on that part of the lawn but for some reason there never is any. Very strange. Also the room where the woman was kept has a foggy window and no other windows fog.
There are other reports of A Company's basement having had open grates at one time which led to the underground passageways underneath DC, called the catacombs. They have since been sealed up, but several soldiers while I was stationed there saw what looked like hands come up through the grates a couple times.
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Gary Cox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > RMariotte@AOL.com Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Lurker Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Another Reston Ghost story. Apparently many > > > people claimed to see this gilr ghost over a > > > weekend period - > > > > > > The Reton Ghost -- isn't that the tortured > soul > > of > > > a dotcom company that met an untimely death > > last > > > year? :) > > > > > > Seriously, I think it's supposed to be the > > spirit > > > of Gwen Ames. As I recall she was strangled > > near > > > the canal section of Lake Anne while all the > > > people who lived around there were at some > > concert > > > on the plaza. > > > > We lived in Reston from 1967 until 1972. There > > were less than 3,000 people there then. We were > > among the first residents of Golf Course > Island, > > had a great condo. 4 bedroom, 4 bath, 4 level, > was > > on house tour several times and was also > written > > up in Washington Post because we had moved > there > > from Paris and had all French antiques so was > > different from a modern house with modern > > furniture. I have so many memories, some good > and > > some bad. > > > > The bad were the first murder, a teenage girl, > > Gwen Ames, the mystery was never solved but it > was > > really a big thing as everyone knew her and her > > family, and they were much loved. The second > bad > > thing was that a small girl, think she was about > 3 > > fell through the ice in Lake Anne and drowned. > I > > still remember the sound of the drilling > through > > the lake all winter trying to find the body. > The > > day in the Spring when they finally found her > her > > brother was at our house practicing in a band > with > > our son, Michael. Band was Underground Current > I > > think, they were very popular at the time. It > was > > a very sad winter. > > > I grew up on West Ox Road and remember driving > with my family up lawyers road to see the > bulldozers cut down the first trees for what would > be called "The 60 Foot Road". Lawyers was wide and > just trees all the way to Rt. 7. Then the the > weekend sightings of "The Reston Ghost." > > I was at Lake Anne the night Gwen Ames was > murdered. I was playing in a band at the center. > The center was packed for a big event going on. > Later we heard someone was strangled under the > little bridge on the path along the center back > where townhouses surround the lake. It shocked > everyone.
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Katrina Kaif Shows Off Her Toned Abs In A Smokin Hot Picture
Katrina Kaif might have hopped on board the Instagram train pretty late, but she’s making up for lost time. The Tiger Zinda Hai actress shares pictures of rehearsals, (of late, it’s for Dabangg tour, Thugs of Hindostan and Zero) and snippets of her family life – images of her sisters, especially Isabelle Kaif who is all set to make her Bollywood debut, and mom Suzanne Turquotte. In her latest picture, part of a series shot by Tarun Vishwa, Katrina shows off her incredibly toned abs wearing a white crop top and matching flowing skirt. Katrina arguably has one of the best bods in the business – her svelte figure in Baar Baar Dekho was touted as the perfect example of a revenge bod (she hit the gym after the Ranbir Kapoor break-up).
Malang 📷 #tarunvishwa
A post shared by Katrina Kaif (@katrinakaif) on Jun 27, 2018 at 10:58pm PDT
Katrina is known to take her fitness seriously, and is often seen working out on her trainer Yasmin Karachiwala’s Instagram channel, sometimes with BFF Alia Bhatt. In fact, when the two appeared on BFFs With Vogue, Katrina said she gets annoyed with Alia because she doesn’t have proper form when doing squats.
📷 #tarunvishwa
A post shared by Katrina Kaif (@katrinakaif) on Jul 2, 2018 at 11:48pm PDT
After a brief career lull, Katrina is back with a bang – she has two big releases coming up, Thugs of Hindostan where she reunites with her Dhoom 3 cast mate Aamir Khan and Zero starring Anushka Sharma and Shah Rukh Khan. The trio were together in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. In an interview with a leading daily, she addressed her lack of roles and the string of flops saying, saying “I went through a period when I faced a lot of insecurities because of several things that happened. But today, the most important thing is that I’m at peace with myself. Obviously, I’m working as hard as any other person in the industry. I’m not an exception, but I’m secure and happy with myself now. I no longer get hyper and let that affect the film. I’ve done my training, put in hard work and I just want to let it flow easily rather than add force. Sometimes, force resists you and easing up makes it better. The last two years have taught me much more about myself – how to work, introspect and lead our lives.”
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Data Connectivity Services & Hardware - 28/04/2017
PSNI Maintenance, Installation and Decommissioning of ICS Radio Tower Structures - 28/04/2017
CCTV Installation & Maintenance - 28/04/2017
Broadcast Installation Work - 27/04/2017
5G Terrestrial & Satellite Network infrastructure Test Bed - 25/04/2017
Provision of the Green Deal Oversight and Registration Body - 24/04/2017
Installation of equipment for the new CCTV Control Room at Salford and migration and integration of Trafford's control room - 24/04/2017
Provision of a Wireless Network - 24/04/2017
Networks Review - 21/04/2017
Broadcasting for Regional Committee Meetings - 20/04/2017
Managed Wide Area Network Solutions - 19/04/2017
Provision of Local Connectivity Services - 14/04/2017
COV - Call for interest for Long-Term Evolution (LTE) mobile connectivity services for Coventry - 11/04/2017
Provision of Blackberry Enterprise Mobility Suite - Collaboration Edition Licences - 10/04/2017
Dispatch Method Evaluation and Reports - 10/04/2017
Provision of Broadband for University Business Centres - 05/04/2017
Telecoms System Replacement - 25/05/2017
Supply and Installation of Vehicle CCTV and Telemetry - 24/05/2017
CCTV Monitoring, Maintenance, Alarm Monitoring, Maintenance and Keyholding - 22/05/2017
The Provision of LTE Handheld Mobile Devices and Accessories - 19/05/2017
Community Initiatives (Next Generation Broadband) - 19/05/2017
Telephony Service Requirements - 19/05/2017
Provision of ICT Networking, Commissioning, Broadband, ICT Management and Telephony Services - 18/05/2017
Fixed Line Voice and Data Services - 17/05/2017
Audio Visual Design, Installation and Maintenance - 17/05/2017
Provision of Hyper Converged Infrastructure - 12/05/2017
Supply and Installation of Audio Visual Systems - 12/05/2017
Provision of Enhanced Audio and Video Recording - 12/05/2017
Interactive Telephony Services - 11/05/2017
LV Switch Gear Upgrade - 09/05/2017
WAN, Network Services and Co-Location Services - 08/05/2017
Wide Area Network - 08/05/2017
Contract for Managed Internet Services for Student Residences - 05/05/2017
Mobile Phone Two Year Contract - 05/05/2017
Unified Communications - 05/05/2017
Provision of Network Maintenance and Support Contract - 02/05/2017
Telecommunications equipment and supplies - 02/05/2017
Technical Advisory and Programme Management Services - South West - 30/06/2017
Provision of Mobile and Telephony Services for British Diplomatic missions in Italy - 30/06/2017
Telecommunications - Scotland - 29/06/2017
Upgrade to CCTV Installations at Glenavon/ Lyndale, Maryhill, Glasgow - 28/06/2017
The Provision of Mitel Telephone Support Services - London - 27/06/2017
Provision of inspections and maintenance services for communication masts and towers - London - 26/06/2017
Supply of hardware, software and maintenance for LAN and Security Infrastructure - North West - 23/06/2017
Communication Appointments Reminder Alert Services - Manchester - 23/06/2017
Super-Fast Broadband Infrastructure - North West - 23/06/2017
Superfast Broadband Project 3 - 23/06/2017
Access Solutions Framework - Bristol - 22/06/2017
Provision of a Corporate Automatic Call Distribution System & Associated Services - East Midlands - 21/06/2017
Support/Maintenance for the voice platform and core switches - North West - 19/06/2017
Telecommunications Systems Maintenance and Support Services - Scotland - 16/06/2017
Contractor Logistics Support of the Intra Site Digital Link - South West - 13/06/2017
CCTV - West Midlands - 09/06/2017
Feasibility Study and Design for Telecommunications Mast (Consultancy) - Scotland - 01/06/2017
Network Services - West Midlands - 28/07/2017
For delivery of the Advanced Apprenticeship for IT & Telecoms Professionals, Level 3 - East Midlands - 28/07/2017
Kent Connects - 28/07/2017
Electrical Infrastructure Works - London - 28/07/2017
Supply of Audio, Visual and Interactive Equipment - Leicester - 28/07/2017
Provision of Telephony Services - Wales - 27/07/2017
Surveillance System and Navigational Aids Procurement - Cambridge - 26/07/2017
VSAT Satellite Communications Provision for Research Vessels - South West - 25/07/2017
Support Contract for the TRITEC Fibre Optic Fusion Splicers - Bristol - 24/07/2017
Support Contract for the FUJIKURA fibre optic fusion splicers - South West - 24/07/2017
CCTV Replacement - South West - 21/07/2017
Framework for Fibe Optic Repairs, Installation and Support - North East - 21/07/2017
Telecommunications Network Services - Leeds - 21/07/2017
Telecommunications Network Services - Yorkshire - 21/07/2017
Film, TV and Distribution Strategy Tender - Exeter - 21/07/2017
Network Services in Student Residences - Wolverhampton - 20/07/2017
Network Services to Student Residences - West Midlands - 20/07/2017
TWT Amplifiers - London - 20/07/2017
Provision of CCTV Installation and Maintenance Services - North West - 19/07/2017
Telephone System - East Midlands - 18/07/2017
Provision of Mobile Video Screens and Associated Services - Belfast - 18/07/2017
Online Voting Platform - London - 17/07/2017
Supply of Telecare Equipment - West Yorkshire - 17/07/2017
Installation of IP CCTV System - North West - 16/07/2017
Connecting Cambridgeshire Technical Consultancy - 16/07/2017
Redevelopment of the MEDIN discovery metadata service - Swindon - 14/07/2017
Wide Area Network and Wi-Fi Procurement - Cambridgeshire - 14/07/2017
Ironport Licences for Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire ICT Department - 14/07/2017
TV Infrastructure Services - London - 14/07/2017
Telecare Call Monitoring System Upgrade - East of England - 14/07/2017
Wide Area Network Provision - Market Sounding - Birmingham - 14/07/2017
The Supply of Telephony Solutions - West Midlands - 13/07/2017
Sentinel 1 Backscatter Data Provision Service - East - 12/07/2017
Installation and Inspection of Electrical & Data Services, Portable Appliance Testing & Maintenance of UPS Systems - Coventry - 12/07/2017
For the supply of Voice and Data Cabling - Exeter - 11/07/2017
Provision of a Joint Control Centre and Supporting Digital Infrastructure Including CCTV - Twickenham - 10/07/2017
02 Contract 2017 - Yorkshire - 07/07/2017
Quotation for Bedfordshire Police Cyber Unit - 07/07/2017
Support for Extreme Network Switches Renewal - Swansea - 06/07/2017
ICT - Data Centre Relocations - Liverpool - 06/07/2017
Provision of a 24 Hour Telecare Monitoring Service - Uxbridge - 05/07/2017
Telecare Monitoring System (Software) - London - 04/07/2017
Telecoms Maintenance Service - South East - 03/07/2017
Framework Agreement for the Provision of a Network, Security and Telecoms Partner and Consultant with Exchange Enablement Capabilities - Blackpool - 31/08/2017
Voice Services - East Sussex - 30/08/2017
Harrogate District CCTV Network Maintenance, Servicing and Additional Works - 29/08/2017
South East CCTV Culvert Inspection & Clearance Services Framework - 29/08/2017
Wireless Solution Provider - Scotland - 28/08/2017
Supply, Installation, Equipment and Maintenance of Wireless WAN Infrastructure - Dundee - 28/08/2017
Next Generation Access Broadband Infrastructure - North West - 25/08/2017
The Provision of Digtal Radio Aids, Associated Parts and their Repair - Merseyside - 23/08/2017
High Speed Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) and Lightwave Component Analyzer (LCA) - Cardiff - 18/08/2017
Supply and Installation of a Vector Network Analyser System covering frequencies up to 1.1 THz - Birmingham - 16/08/2017
Waltham Forest Patient SMS Solution - 15/08/2017
Wireless Concession - London - 15/08/2017
Superfast Broadband - South East - 15/08/2017
CCTV Solution - Scotland - 14/08/2017
CMobILE Equipment - Newcastle - 14/08/2017
Large Video Displays - Glasgow - 14/08/2017
Upgrade of the British Library's Life Safety Radio System - London - 14/08/2017
Telephone System Maintenance - Scotland - 14/08/2017
Broadcast and Audio Visual Maintenance and Managed Services - London - 11/08/2017
Managed Telephony Contract - Reading - 08/08/2017
CCTV Comercialisation - Cambridgeshire - 07/08/2017
Framework Agreement for the Provision of CCTV Services - Caerphilly - 04/08/2017
Provision of Security Services and CCTV Monitoring and Maintenance - Birmingham - 04/08/2017
Telecare Maintenance Contract - Nuneaton - 04/08/2017
Network Equipment and Services - South Wales - 03/08/2017
Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Avaya Support and Maintenance - Warrington - 29/09/2017
Informatics Computing Equipment - Alderley Edge - 29/09/2017
Wireless (Wi-Fi) - Newcastle Upon Tyne - 28/09/2017
Intercom System and Associated Infrastructure Replacement - Scotland - 26/09/2017
Supply and installation of a replacement solution for the provision of the ATM/CNS Voice Communication Control System (VCCS) - Birmingham - 25/09/2017
The supply of CCTV Hardware and the Commercial Development of CCTV Network Monitoring and Associated Services - Huntingdonshire - 25/09/2017
The Provision of SIP Trunks for IP Telephony - Bedfordshire - 22/09/2017
Maintenance and Support Service for HMPPS Prison UHF Tetra Radio Systems and Associated Equipment - 21/09/2017
Provision of Support and Maintenance and Related Services in respect of Radio Communication Services for Prisons in England and Wales - London - 21/09/2017
Call Monitoring & Response Services for Assistive Technology Solutions (Telecare) - Luton - 21/09/2017
Maintenance and Support Service for HMPPS Prison UHF Tetra Radio Systems and Associated Equipment - United Kingdom - 21/09/2017
Fixed Line Telephony Services - Scotland - 19/09/2017
Supply and Fit of Data and Power Delivery Infrastructure for CCTV - Glasgow - 18/09/2017
Telecoms Dynamic Purchasing System - Manchester - 18/09/2017
Video and Computer Equipment - Sheffield - 18/09/2017
Provision of LTE Fixed Vehicle Devices and Accessories for the Emergency Services Network (ESN) - London - 18/09/2017
Mobile Renewal - Scotland - 18/09/2017
Video and Computer Equipment - Yorkshire - 18/09/2017
Replacement and Upgrade of the Audio Visual Equipment - Huntingonshire - 15/09/2017
Telephony Systems and Associated Services - Kent - 15/09/2017
The supply of CCTV Hardware and the Commercial Development of CCTV Network Monitoring and Associated Services - Cambridgeshire - 15/09/2017
Supplier Engagement Pack Relating to CCTV - Southend-on-Sea - 15/09/2017
Wired and Wireless Infrastructure - Wales - 15/09/2017
Server Infrastructure - Wales - 15/09/2017
Supply, Delivery and Installation of Sound Equipment - North West - 12/09/2017
Highlands Towns WiFi - 12/09/2017
Provision of Intranet and Internet Services - Scotland - 11/09/2017
The Provision of LTE Fixed Vehicle Devices and Accessories for the Emergency Services Network (ESN) - London - 11/09/2017
CCTV Systems Maintenance - Scotland - 11/09/2017
Telephony as a Service (TaaS) - Renfrewshire - 08/09/2017
Supply of Wireless Network Solution - Cardiff - 07/09/2017
MORPHEUS Installation Design and Certification (MIDaC) - Bristol - 05/09/2017
Cloud Hosted Telephony - North West - 05/09/2017
The Provision of Digital Radio Aids, Associated Parts and their Repair - Merseyside - 05/09/2017
Daventry Telephony Solution - 04/09/2017
Nexus IT/Teecoms Solution - Leeds - 01/09/2017
Supply Of One New Telehandler - East Midlands - 01/09/2017
Doncaster Town Centre Wi-Fi Concession Contract - 01/09/2017
Audio Visual Systems - Cardiff - 31/10/2017
Framework Agreement for Electronic Security, Control Room Systems and Audio-Visual Systems - London - 30/10/2017
Supplier Briefing and Market Awareness - Hampshire - 30/10/2017
Framework for the provision of Telecommunications and Associated Services - Bolton - 24/10/2017
Supply of Acoustic Recorders for Underwater Noise Measurement - Scotland - 20/10/2017
Replacement of Analogue CCTV Cameras - Yorkshire - 20/10/2017
Honeybourne Line CCTV Camera Upgrade - Gloucestershire - 19/10/2017
Medium Frequency (MF) Radar - Newport - 19/10/2017
Head of the UK Delegation to European Telecommunications Standards Institute - London - 19/10/2017
For the supply of Voice and Data Cabling - South West - 17/10/2017
Provision of Broadband Services - South Norfolk - 16/10/2017
Structured Cabling - Wales - 16/10/2017
Structures CCTV Investigation - Darlington - 13/10/2017
Digital Radio Archive Management System - London - 12/10/2017
Outdoor Digital Screen Works - North West - 11/10/2017
Public Space CCTV Cameras & Associated Equipment 2017 - North East - 11/10/2017
Integrated IP CCTV System - Lisburn - 11/10/2017
Supply of a Fibre Optic Strain Measurement - Birmingham - 10/10/2017
Carephones Replacement Solution - Huddersfield - 09/10/2017
Digital Television Systems Service and Maintenance - Leicester - 09/10/2017
Server and Storage Infrastructure Upgrade - London - 06/10/2017
Supply of ICT Cables, Installation and Minor Works Framework - Aberdeen - 06/10/2017
Radar Data Processor Replacement - Inverness - 06/10/2017
Patient Wi-Fi - London - 06/10/2017
Provision of Satellite Broadband - Edinburgh - 04/10/2017
Supply, Installation and Maintenance Of CCTV Equipment For Vehicles - East Midlands - 04/10/2017
Community Broadband - Scotland - 02/10/2017
Local Network Infrastructure - Scotland - 02/10/2017
Merseytravel Train Connectivity and Information System (TCIS) Project - 01/10/2017
100Gb Transatlantic Connectivity - 30/11/2017
Libraries Tablet Lending Scheme - Leeds - 29/11/2017
Contact Centre Systems Support - Leeds - 29/11/2017
Study of UK Cross Sector Dependencies on Telecoms Services - London - 29/11/2017
Provision of an Improved CCTV Service - South West - 29/11/2017
For the Supply and Installation of ICT Network Cabling, Repairs and Communication Services - Derby - 29/11/2017
Screen Specialist Consultancy Services - Glasgow - 28/11/2017
Provision of a Mobile Closed Circuit Television Vehicle - Northern Ireland - 27/11/2017
Digital Connectivity on Tyne and Wear Metro - 25/11/2017
Public Access WiFi Within Chester City Centre - 23/11/2017
Telecommunications Network Services - Cornwall - 22/11/2017
Installation and Maintenance of Remote CCTV Cameras in the West Midlands - 22/11/2017
Proposed Contract for Redditch Network Maintenance - 22/11/2017
Supply of Telecommunications Equipment - East Midlands - 20/11/2017
Purchase of a Global Positioning and Tracking System - Portsmouth - 19/11/2017
Provision of CCTV Operations - Chichester - 17/11/2017
Telemetry Outstation Solutions - Rotheram - 15/11/2017
Framework for the Provision of Voice and Data Cabling and Minor Telephony Works - West Midlands - 15/11/2017
CCTV Maintenance Contract - Kent - 14/11/2017
Big Beach 2018 and Big Screen 2018 - Watford - 13/11/2017
PCI DSS Compliant Telephony Services for Voice Payment over VoIP - Lancaster - 11/11/2017
Contract for Mobile Phone/Devices - Portsmouth - 10/11/2017
Superfast Broadband Project 3 (Re-Tender) - Bedfordshire - 10/11/2017
Provision of Mitel Support & Maintenance and a Peripheral Cabinet Replacement - Yorkshire - 10/11/2017
Installation and Maintenance of Remote CCTV Cameras - West Midlands - 08/11/2017
Supply of a Telehandler Under a 3 Year Lease - South West - 07/11/2017
AV Equipment - West Midlands - 07/11/2017
Upgrade of Communcal TV Digital Aerials - Harrogate - 07/11/2017
Single Supplier Framework for a Managed Telematics Service - Edinburgh - 06/11/2017
10MHz to 26.5 GHz VNA - London - 03/11/2017
Digital Wireless Concession - Kent - 28/12/2017
Dynamic Positioning Equipment and Multi-Beam Echo Sounder Upgrade - London - 21/12/2017
Provision of Radio End User Equipment & Managed Terminal Service - Glasgow - 21/12/2017
CCTV Upgrade Work at Various Leisure Centres - Devon - 15/12/2017
Wireless-as-a-Service for Schools Framework - Warrington - 15/12/2017
On-Vehicle CCTV Recorders and Forward Facing Cameras - Belfast - 14/12/2017
Provision of Closed Circuit Television on Fire Appliances (CCTV) - Huntingdon - 13/12/2017
Tender for Door Entry and CCTV Servicing and Maintenance - London - 11/12/2017
Telephony Services - Scotland - 11/12/2017
Supply Installation and Initial training of Call Systems for Homes for Older People - Derbyshire - 08/12/2017
Purchase of 8.33KHz Equipment - Scotland - 08/12/2017
Production of Safety Assurance documentation of 8.33KHZ Compliant Transmitters and receivers - Scotland - 08/12/2017
Provision of an Improved CCTV Service - Torbay - 06/12/2017
Invitation to Tender for the Supply of Driver and Vehicle Telematics - Chesterfield - 04/12/2017
Worcester City WiFi and Footfall - 04/12/2017
For the Supply and Installation of ICT Network Cabling, Repairs and Communication Services - East Midlands - 04/12/2017
Internet Service Provider - Northampton - 01/12/2017
Data Network - Bristol - 01/12/2017
Education Broadband - Northampton - 01/12/2017
CCTV Service - South East - 01/12/2017
SD Wan and Internet Connectivity - London - 01/12/2017
Digital Cinema, Installation and Service - South West - 01/12/2017
Campus HV Switchgear Upgrade - Newcastle Upon Tyne - 01/12/2017
TV White Space Broadband Pilot - Denbighshire - 29/01/2018
Supply and Installation of a New CCTV System - London - 29/01/2018
Consolidate Connectivity, Telephony, Mobiles and Call Centre - Croydon - 29/01/2018
Replacement of Audio Visual Equipment - Gloucestershire - 29/01/2018
Provision of a Telephony Solution - Lancashire - 26/01/2018
CCTV Relocation - Derbyshire - 26/01/2018
CCTV, Control Room and Anti Social Behaviour Services - West Midlands - 26/01/2018
Mobile Data Terminal Docking Stations - Milton Keynes - 26/01/2018
Contract for the conversation of CCTV to wireless - Surrey - 26/01/2018
Better Broadband for Nottinghamshire - Phase 3 - 25/01/2018
Supply of VSAT Satellite Broadband - London - 25/01/2018
Service, Maintenance, Repair and Replacement of CCTV System - Leicester - 24/01/2018
Special Exhibition AV Hardware Procurement - London - 24/01/2018
Supply of Polycom Video Conferencing Equipment - Wales - 23/01/2018
Unified Communications Managed Technical Service - Edinburgh - 22/01/2018
Provision of Host Broadcaster TV Production Services - Glasgow - 22/01/2018
Strategic Rural Towns Wi-Fi Carmarthenshire Pilot Initiative - 22/01/2018
Structured Cabling Services - Lanarkshire - 19/01/2018
MOVA Installation - Swansea - 19/01/2018
Network Services - Manchester - 19/01/2018
Procurement of NGA Infrastructure - Edinburgh - 18/01/2018
MOONS Fibre Positioning Module BASEPLATE - Scotland - 17/01/2018
Global Voice and Data Connectivity Services - London - 17/01/2018
Unified Communications and Paging Solution - Eastern England - 16/01/2018
Maintenance of the Council's CCTV Cameras & Video Management System - South West - 15/01/2018
Telephone and Contact Centre System - London - 15/01/2018
Mobile Telecommunication Devices & Services - Wales - 15/01/2018
Enterprise Network Replacement - Wired & Wireless - South West - 15/01/2018
CCTV Security Monitoring - Northampton - 12/01/2018
Telecommunications Wiring & Cabling Services - Edinburgh - 12/01/2018
West Sussex Gigabit - 12/01/2018
Telematic Tracking Devices - Nottingham - 12/01/2018
Structured Cabling System - Derbyshire - 12/01/2018
Structured Cabling System - Chesterfield - 12/01/2018
NECS: 150MB Internet Circuits - Manchester - 10/01/2018
Fire Alarms and CCTV Servicing - East Midlands - 08/01/2018
CCTV Asset Maintenance - Kent - 08/01/2018
Secured Network Design, Supply, Installation, Maintenance - Scotland - 05/01/2018
Secure Data Connection - Scotland - 05/01/2018
Provision & Installation of Audio Visual & Conference Call Equipment and Digital Signage - South Cambridgeshire - 05/01/2018
Superfast Essex Phase 4a (Phase 4, Tranche 1) - 04/01/2018
Network Connections for Remote Offices - Derbyshire - 03/01/2018
Mobile Communications - Wales - 02/01/2018
Data and Network Services including Voice - Derby - 01/01/2018
AV Equipment Hire for Events On & Off Site - Scotland - 28/02/2018
Network Technologies Support Services - Gateshead - 28/02/2018
Independent Network Audit - Swindon - 27/02/2018
Supply and Delivery of Audio & Visual (AVA) Equipment and Accessories - North East - 26/02/2018
Provision of Graduation live TV coverage, video link, lighting and DVD supplier - Lancashire - 26/02/2018
Global Navigation Satellite System - Geodetic GNSS Antennas - Southampton - 26/02/2018
Videogames Exhibition AV Hardware - London - 26/02/2018
Supply, Installation and Maintenance of Meeting Room Equipment - North East - 26/02/2018
Supply and/or Installation of a Unified Communications Telephony System - Birmingham - 23/02/2018
Telecoms Framework Agreement 2018 - London - 23/02/2018
Telephony Contract - North East - 23/02/2018
Graduation Event - Sound and Lighting - South West - 21/02/2018
Data Centre Network and Core Firewall Refresh Programme - Yorkshire - 19/02/2018
AV Supply & Support - Wolverhampton - 19/02/2018
Mobile Communications Service - Manchester - 19/02/2018
Provision of Mobile Telecommunication Services - London - 19/02/2018
ICAM Service Contract - Kew - 19/02/2018
Mobile Comms - Bristol - 16/02/2018
Ultra-fast Broadband - Evidence base, representation at Examination in Public - Kent - 15/02/2018
CAVE Equipment and Software — Design, Supply, Installation and Maintenance Services - London - 15/02/2018
Video Conferencing MCU Replacement - Swindon - 14/02/2018
Customer Telephone and Email Response Service - London - 12/02/2018
Supply and Implementation of Campus Wide Surveillance Cameras (CCTV) - Leicester - 12/02/2018
Digital Radios - Leicester - 09/02/2018
Mobile CCTV Units - North East - 09/02/2018
Small Cell Wireless Network Concession Contract - London - 09/02/2018
EOI - Lancashire wide procurement for WAN/COIN Future Networking Requirements - 09/02/2018
SMS Framework Agreement (Janet txt) - Didcot - 08/02/2018
CCTV Upgrade, Maintenance and Control Room Relocation - Conwy - 07/02/2018
Unified Communications - Sheffield - 05/02/2018
CCTV Systems - Cambridgeshire - 05/02/2018
Supply, Installation and Maintenance of Public Space CCTV - Camarthen - 05/02/2018
Charnwood CCTV System - Preventative and Responsive Maintenance Contract - 05/02/2018
Millimetre wave, multi-port network analyser - Cardiff - 02/02/2018
Global Internet Transit Service 2018 - Oxfordshire - 02/02/2018
Contact Centre Development and Telephony Support and Maintenance - Lincolnshire - 01/02/2018
Supply of Digital Radios in Winchester - 30/03/2018
CCTV scheme in Heathfield, East Sussex - 30/03/2018
Site Security CCTV Works Package - Scotland - 28/03/2018
EOI - Proposed Contract for Charging for Guest Wi-Fi Services - Redditch - 28/03/2018
Clearing the 700 MHz band: Support Scheme for PMSE Equipment Owners - London - 26/03/2018
Core Telephony Platform Maintenance - Yorkshire - 23/03/2018
Provision of a Telecare Call Monitoring and Alarm Receiving Centre - North Ayrshire - 21/03/2018
Africaconnect 2 — WACREN Capacity Service Requirements 2018 - 19/03/2018
Supply, Installation, Maintenance, Upgrade and Repair of Door Access and CCTV Systems - Coventry - 19/03/2018
Provision of Telephony / Unified Communications - Manchester - 15/03/2018
Greater Manchester Gigabit Dark Fibre Networks - 15/03/2018
CCTV Installation & Maintenance - London - 15/03/2018
Interactive Touch Display Panels - Belfast - 15/03/2018
Provision of Mobile Phone and PBX Services - London - 15/03/2018
Drainage Investigation and CCTV Services - Cumbria - 14/03/2018
Mitel Maintenance and Software Assurance - Milton Keynes - 14/03/2018
Open Full Fibre based Public Wi-Fi and Future 5G Testbed Area - Dundee - 13/03/2018
Mobile Phone Handset Lease Agreement - Derby - 12/03/2018
Drainage Clearance and Associated Works including CCTV Inspection - Bromford - 12/03/2018
Communications Equipment - East Sussex - 12/03/2018
Provision of PA and Audio Systems for Glasgow 2018 - 09/03/2018
Fire Alarm-CCTV Link - Aberystwyth - 09/03/2018
Broadband Deployment in mid-Monnmouthshire - 09/03/2018
Provision of CCTV Camera Maintenance - Manchester - 08/03/2018
Managed Service for Mobile Telephones - Swansea - 08/03/2018
Unified Communications, Telephone Services and Contact Centre - Dumfries - 08/03/2018
CCTV Maintenance and Development - Renfrewshire - 07/03/2018
Collaborative Framework for Vehicle Data Recorder (Telematics) System - Yorkshire - 07/03/2018
Suffolk Pan Public Sector Wide Area Network - 07/03/2018
Network Technologies Support Services - London - 05/03/2018
Upgrade of Existing Analogue CCTV Cameras to HD in Bournemouth - 02/03/2018
Private Wires Replacement - Coventry - 02/03/2018
Telecare Assistive Technology - Repair & Maintenance Service - Corby - 02/03/2018
Public Wireless Service - Wales - 01/03/2018
London and Quadrant Telehandler Framework 2018 - 2022 - 30/04/2018
Installation & Maintenance of Network Cabling & Related Services - Scotland - 30/04/2018
The Provision of Maintenance Services to the Urban Traffic Control Communications and CCTV Network - North West - 27/04/2018
Vehicle Telematics - Caerphilly - 27/04/2018
District Heating Telecommunications Ducting Opportunity- Market Test - Leeds - 27/04/2018
Design, Supply and Installation of Audio Visual Facilities - Cambridge - 26/04/2018
Progress WiFi - Lancashire - 26/04/2018
AV Hardware and Design/ Production - Bodmin - 25/04/2018
Coverage Assurance Goods and Services - London - 24/04/2018
Mobile Device Examinations - North East - 24/04/2018
CCTV Maintenance and Replacement - Rickmansworth - 24/04/2018
AV Equipment - Scotland - 23/04/2018
Temporary Sound, Lighting and Audio Visual Services - Wales - 23/04/2018
Broadcasting and Audio Visual Services - London - 23/04/2018
Next Generation Access Broadband Wales - Phase 2 - Wales - 20/04/2018
Communal Aerial Systems — Maintenance and Repair (Digital TV) - Bristol - 19/04/2018
Maylands Business Centre Telephony Contract 2018 - Hertfordshire - 19/04/2018
Communal Aerial Systems - Maintenance & Repair (Digital TV) - Bristol - 19/04/2018
Toughened Tablet Devices Framework - London - 19/04/2018
Public Wi-Fi Services - Bristol - 18/04/2018
Installation of CCTV scheme - Birmingham - 18/04/2018
Digital Intercom System for Light Troop Transport Vehicle - Weybridge - 17/04/2018
Structured Cabling Services - Camarthenshire - 16/04/2018
The VHF Frequency Modulated (FM)" Broadcast Transmitters - Any Region - 16/04/2018
Out of Hours Telephone Monitoring Service - Halifax - 13/04/2018
Market consultation - Telematics and in-cab technology - Barnsley - 13/04/2018
Video Extensometer - Sheffield - 12/04/2018
CCTV & Root Cutting Contract - Leicestershire - 12/04/2018
TV Audience Measurement Analysis Service - London - 12/04/2018
Audio Visual - Milton Keynes - 12/04/2018
Audio Visual Equipment - Milton Keynes - 12/04/2018
Transformation of the Force Operations Room Telephony Management System - Derbyshire - 11/04/2018
Procurement of Mobile Voice & Data Solutions - London - 11/04/2018
Supply, Commission, Test and Support a Resilient Wide Area Network (WAN) and Upgrade of the existing Firewall Infrastructure - Fareham - 09/04/2018
Operation and Maintenance of Voice, Data, Radio Networks and Associate Infrastructure - Belfast - 09/04/2018
Wide Area Network (WAN) - Dorset - 09/04/2018
Provision of CATV System - Glasgow - 09/04/2018
Public Wifi - Leicestershire - 06/04/2018
Data Cabling - Nottingham - 04/04/2018
Mobile Telecommunication Services - Southend-on-Sea - 04/04/2018
Services-Framework-Network Redesign - Warrington - 04/04/2018
Audio Visual Systems Maintenance - Yorkshire - 04/04/2018
CCTV Cleaning and Maintenance - East Midlands - 03/04/2018
Better Broadband - Suffolk - 31/05/2018
Supply of Telecare Equipment 2018-19 - Leeds - 30/05/2018
AV equipment - supply, install and support - Eastern England - 29/05/2018
Repair, Servicing and Associated Works of Door Entry, Warden Call and CCTV Systems - Edinburgh - 25/05/2018
Contract for WAN and LAN Equipment and Services - Manchester - 25/05/2018
Service and Maintenance of CCTV Cameras and Associated Equipment - Wales - 22/05/2018
Scottish 4G Infill Programme: Capital Funded Mast Deployment Project - 18/05/2018
Supply of Audio Visual Services to Southend Crematorium - 18/05/2018
CCTV Bucharest - 18/05/2018
Installation of CCTV Scheme 2 - Birmingham - 18/05/2018
Out of Hours Repairs Call Handling Service - Swansea - 18/05/2018
Unified Telephony System (Skype for Business Voice) - Wales - 14/05/2018
CCTV Upgrade - Leicestershire - 11/05/2018
Structured Cabling Works - Falmouth - 10/05/2018
Supply Of Mobile Telephony Service - Glasgow - 10/05/2018
The Marches and Gloucestershire Viable Clusters Broadband Project - 10/05/2018
Provision of AV Equipment and Services - Wolverhampton - 09/05/2018
AV System - North East - 08/05/2018
Multi Utility Provision for Cuerden Strategic Site - North West - 08/05/2018
Supply and Installation of GM Connected Wayfinding Products - Manchester - 07/05/2018
The Supply of CCTV System Upgrade and Ongoing Maintenance - Ipswich - 04/05/2018
Wireless Installation and Managed Internet Services — Student Accomodation Sites - Scotland - 04/05/2018
CCTV Migration Works & Annual Maintenance - Scotland - 03/05/2018
Supply and fit CCTV System - Leeds - 02/05/2018
Provision of Telephone and Data Transmission Services - Moves, Adds and Changes - Southampton - 02/05/2018
Data Centre Design and Build - West Midlands - 01/05/2018
Purchase of a Global Positioning System (GPS) tracker capability - Portsmouth - 01/05/2018
Installation & Support of WiFi Services - Cardiff - 29/06/2018
National Supply of In Cell Televisions - Staffordshire - 29/06/2018
Full Fibre Scoping Study - Gloucestershire Joint Core Strategy Area - 29/06/2018
Intruder Alarm and CCTV Maintenance - Plymouth - 29/06/2018
Network Services (Lot 6 - Mobile Voice & Data Services) - London - 28/06/2018
Framework for Provision of Free Public Wifi and Smart Footfall Monitor - Tees Valley and Durham - 26/06/2018
Mobile Strategy Research - London - 26/06/2018
Mobile Phones Voice and Data - Wakefield - 25/06/2018
Provision of Next Generation Wireless Network - Workington - 25/06/2018
Telecoms Mast Management Services - North West - 25/06/2018
CCTV Equipment Maintenance - Eastern England - 22/06/2018
Installation and Maintenance of CCTV - Eastern England - 22/06/2018
WAN Tender 2019 - Yorkshire - 22/06/2018
Network Core Replacement and Ongoing Equipment Supply, Support and Services 2 - Bristol - 22/06/2018
Fibre Optic Laser - York - 21/06/2018
Consultancy Services for the Review of the Public Space CCTV in Herefordshire - 21/06/2018
Local Full Fibre Network for Wolverhampton Market Warming Event - 20/06/2018
Telephony Services Dynamic Purchasing System - Scotland - 19/06/2018
Island Wide Strategic Review of CCTV - Guernsey - 18/06/2018
Audio and Visual Tender - South West - 18/06/2018
Telehealthcare Equipment, Monitoring, Data Analysis and Notifications of Alerts - Cambridgeshire - 18/06/2018
Installations of Next Generation Telecare Technology, Call Centre Monitoring & Management of Alerts - Cambridgeshire - 18/06/2018
CCTV Systems Phase 1 Upgrade Specification - Grimsby - 18/06/2018
Telecoms and associated services - National Framework - 15/06/2018
Appliance CCTV System - North East - 15/06/2018
Mobile Digital Communication Solution - Wales - 15/06/2018
Network Core Replacement and Ongoing Equipment Supply, Support & Services - Bristol - 15/06/2018
Supply, Delivery and Testing of Audio Visual Requirements - Strathclyde - 13/06/2018
Network Cabling - Birmingham - 12/06/2018
Data Cabling - Scotland, North West, Wales, Northern Ireland, London - 11/06/2018
Implementation of Free Public Access Wi-Fi in Town Centres Across Blaenau Gwent - 11/06/2018
Supply and Installation of a CCTV System at the British Deputy High Commission in Chennai - 08/06/2018
Telecommunications Framework - Bristol - 08/06/2018
Audio Visual Production - Wakefield - 08/06/2018
Mobible Telephony - Southend-on-Sea - 07/06/2018
Cloud Based CCTV Solution - West Lothian - 07/06/2018
Telehandler Supply - Wales - 06/06/2018
Multi Utility Provision - Lancashire - 05/06/2018
Operation and Maintenance of Voice, Data, Radio Networks and Associate Infrastructure 2 - Belfast - 04/06/2018
Liverpool Mobile Telephone Contract - 04/06/2018
Supply and Installation of a New CCTV System 2 - London - 04/06/2018
CCTV Maintenance - Wales - 01/06/2018
iPads/Apple TV/Charging Trolleys/TVs - Wales - 01/06/2018
Sole Supplier for Audio Visual Equipment in DNEAT Schools - Norwich - 30/07/2018
Provision of an Intelligence Hub: CCTV Upgrade Services - Southend-on-Sea - 30/07/2018
CCTV Connectivity - Manchester - 30/07/2018
Procurement of Mobile Telephony Services - Warrington - 30/07/2018
External Lighting and CCTV - Scotland - 30/07/2018
Unified Communications and Networks Support Services - West Midlands - 30/07/2018
Inspection & Maintenance of Digital TV Systems - West Dunbartonshire - 27/07/2018
Provision of a Telecare and Out of Hours Call Monitoring Service - Wrexham - 27/07/2018
Radio Network Infrastructure Replacement - Southampton - 27/07/2018
Unified Communications - Hertfordshire - 23/07/2018
Webcasting & Audio/Video Hardware and Services - Glamorgan - 23/07/2018
LAN Refresh - Norfolk - 23/07/2018
Maintenance and Enlargement of Close Circuit Television Systems - Kings Lynn - 23/07/2018
Provision and Support of SIP Trunking service - Thurrock - 23/07/2018
Evaluation of Next Generation Broadband Wales Programme 2015-2018 - 20/07/2018
Supply, Installation and Maintenance of a CCTV System for Smart City / Town Management - Dundee - 20/07/2018
SafeDNS or equivalent required for Free Resident WiFi - Yorkshire - 20/07/2018
Fire Safety, Intruder Alarm and CCTV Servicing and Maintenance - Lincolnshire - 18/07/2018
Managed IT and Telephony Services for Business Centres - North Lanarkshire - 18/07/2018
Networking and Telephony Infrastructure - Kent - 17/07/2018
Mobile Phone Renewal - South Derbyshire - 16/07/2018
Provision of Wide Area Network Services and Hosted Telephony - Oxfordshire - 13/07/2018
Home Electronics Scheme - Morpeth - 13/07/2018
The Provision of Mobile Telephone Hardware & Voice, Data & Associated Services - Manchester - 13/07/2018
Provision of Telephony Equipment, Software and 3rd Party Maintenance , Telephone Lines and Call Charges - Cumbria - 12/07/2018
Supply of fibre switching hardware, licensing and maintenance - Exeter - 12/07/2018
Supply, Design and Installation of Energy Efficient Audio-Visual Equipment - Stirling - 10/07/2018
Supply of Huawei Enterprise Network Equipment Maintenance Services - Newcastle - 10/07/2018
Framework for Bus Lane Enforcement Fixed Unattended Dft Approved CCTV Traffic Capture Devices - Cambridgeshire - 09/07/2018
Multimedia Lab - Radio and TV Studio Upgrades - London - 09/07/2018
Provision of Mobile Phones and Associated Services - Stockton - 09/07/2018
Drainage Mass CCTV Survey - Milton Keynes - 06/07/2018
Telecomms Commercialisation Project - London - 06/07/2018
Structured Network Cabling (Copper and Fibre) and Associated Installation work - Cardiff - 06/07/2018
Replacement and Upgrade of CCTV Cameras, Transmission, Control Room Equipment - Berkshire - 06/07/2018
Supply and Installation of Broadband Ducting - Greater Manchester - 04/07/2018
CCTV Survey of Development Site - London - 03/07/2018
Supply, Installation and Maintenance of Multi Media Conferencing - Exeter - 02/07/2018
Bluetooth Network for Tracking Traffic Movements - West Yorkshire - 02/07/2018
The Supply of CCTV Cameras and Poles - Bradford - 02/07/2018
Event Audio Visual Services - Bath - 02/07/2018
Ambulance Radio Programme - Market Engagement - 31/08/2018
CCTV and Intruder Alarm Systems - Southampton - 31/08/2018
CCTV - Lot 1 - Monitoring and Lot 2 - Maintenance - London - 31/08/2018
Network Analyser - Sheffield - 31/08/2018
Procurement of DRM Backup, UC and WAN Services - South East - 30/08/2018
Provision of an Intelligence Hub CCTV Upgrade Services - Southend-on-Sea 2 - 30/08/2018
Pre Market Engagement Telephony - Leicester - 29/08/2018
Connecting Cambridgeshire Phase 4 Superfast Broadband Rollout - 28/08/2018
Supply of Networking Equipment including Support and Maintenance and Associated Services - Derbyshire - 28/08/2018
Provision of Web Casting & Audio Visual - Lowestoft - 27/08/2018
TV Studios and Galleries - Cardiff - 24/08/2018
News/Current Affairs TV Studio Set - Cardiff - 24/08/2018
Imago TV and AV Refresh - Loughborough - 22/08/2018
Supply of Motorola Radios - King's Lynn - 20/08/2018
Better Broadband for Norfolk (Tranche 3) - 17/08/2018
US Network Mobile Telecoms Service - 16/08/2018
Provision of onsite internal paging system - Warrington - 16/08/2018
Internet Service Upgrade - Bury St Edmunds - 16/08/2018
Upgrade to Audio Visual Equipment within the Multidisciplinary Education Centres - Cardiff - 14/08/2018
Supply and Support of Private Branch Exchange (PBX) Systems and Associated Services - Livingston - 13/08/2018
Mobile Telephony and Data - Birmingham - 13/08/2018
Provision of CCTV System - Ayr - 13/08/2018
One Person Operation Platform to Train CCTV System - London - 10/08/2018
CCTV Camera Replacements - Edinburgh - 10/08/2018
CCTV Connectivity 2 - Manchester - 10/08/2018
Out of hours contact centre call handling service - Croydon - 10/08/2018
Provision of Temporary Alarms CCTV & Vacant/Void Property Solutions - Gateshead - 08/08/2018
Multi point VC (Cisco Meeting Server 1000) - Wirral - 08/08/2018
Supply and Installation of Audio Visual equipment to Warrington Town Hall - 08/08/2018
Mobile Phones Contract - Glamorgan - 07/08/2018
Supply of equipment and Managed Network Service for Wireless, Network and Cabling - Birmingham - 07/08/2018
Microsoft Teams UC and Telephony Solution, with compatible Contact Centre - London - 03/08/2018
CCTV Maintenance - Stockton-on-Tees - 03/08/2018
Data Cabling - UK - 03/08/2018
CCTV Upgrade & New Control Room Provision - Kent - 03/08/2018
CCTV door access and public address systems repairs and maintenance - Northern Ireland - 02/08/2018
CCTV Monitoring Contract - Tunbridge Wells - 02/08/2018
Provision of CCTV cameras in Taxi vehicles - Warrington - 28/09/2018
Mobile Phone Contract - Norwich - 28/09/2018
Provision of HES Advice Centre Services - Scotland - 28/09/2018
Contract for Mobile Telephone and Data Services - Manchester - 28/09/2018
Provision of Wide Area Network - Fife - 26/09/2018
MTC for Repairs and Maintenance of TV Aerials / IRS Installations 2018 - 2020 - North Lanarkshire - 25/09/2018
Public-Space CCTV Systems: Digital Recording Systems Upgrade and Service & Maintenance Requirements for 2018-2021 - Suffolk - 24/09/2018
Radio Link Service - Torbay - 21/09/2018
Provision of radio-frequency identification readers, weigh cells and weigh heads and on site services - Kenilworth - 21/09/2018
Corporate Telephony & Contact Centre Platforms - Liverpool - 21/09/2018
AV support and technician - London - 21/09/2018
Replacement of CCTV, Door Access and Intercom System - Motherwell - 20/09/2018
Electronic Security Systems - Reading - 18/09/2018
The Provision of Airwave Handset Devices, Accessories, Services and Maintenance - London - 14/09/2018
Network Hardware - Supply, configuration, installation & supply - London - 14/09/2018
CCTV Monitoring - Maidstone - 14/09/2018
Upgrade & Replacement of Avaya Telephony (Back Office and Contact Centre Systems) - Southend-on-Sea - 11/09/2018
Framework Agreement for Audio Visual Equipment and Services - Wolverhampton - 10/09/2018
Libraries RFID replacement - London Borough of Bexley and Tower Hamlets - 07/09/2018
Fixed Telephony Solution - Newry - 07/09/2018
Supply of Deployable Cameras - Sandwell - 07/09/2018
Data & Telecoms Equipment and Services - Middlesex - 06/09/2018
CCTV Great Oaks Scunthorpe - 06/09/2018
South Devon College RFQ for Mobile Phone Contract - 05/09/2018
Supply of Specialist Audio Visual Equipment for the CPRS Studios / Fitness Rooms - Newcastle - 05/09/2018
Remote Enforcement - Stockport - 05/09/2018
Provision of Telephony and Broadband Services for Business Centres in South Tyneside - 04/09/2018
Network Analyser - North East - 03/09/2018
CCTV, Access Control and Security Systems Maintenance and Upgrade Services - London - 03/09/2018
Belfast Local Full Fibre Network Programme - Anchor Tenancy - 31/10/2018
Solent Network Framework - 30/10/2018
Supply of Audio Visual System Hardware and Associated Services - Derbyshire - 29/10/2018
Invitation to Tender for public CCTV installation and maintenance in Rossendale - 29/10/2018
Theatre ‘Sound Upgrade’ - Torfaen - 29/10/2018
Telephony Support - Thurrock - 29/10/2018
Telephone Systems - Ballymena - 29/10/2018
CCTV Software System including Maintenance 2 - Stirling - 26/10/2018
Provision of Data Cabling Services at the Met Office Exeter, Devon - 25/10/2018
Supply, Delivery and Installation of Audio Visual Equipment - Scotland - 24/10/2018
The Replacement of Digital Video Recorders at Multiple Sites - Scotland - 23/10/2018
Fibre Network 2 - West Midlands - 22/10/2018
Unified Communications - Stockport - 22/10/2018
Provision of Digital Communications - London - 22/10/2018
Supply of Audio, Visual and Presentation Equipment - Leicester - 22/10/2018
Telephony Solution (Lot 1) and Mobile Phone Solution (Lot 2) - Bradford - 19/10/2018
Provision of CCTV Control Room Relocation - Hertfordshire - 19/10/2018
CCTV Software System including Maintenance - Stirling - 19/10/2018
Installation of Wi-fi Systems at Sheltered and Extra-Care Schemes - Haverfordwest - 17/10/2018
Provision of Managed Wifi - West Suffolk - 17/10/2018
Superfast Broadband Rollout - Cambridgeshire - 15/10/2018
WiFi Solution - Newry - 12/10/2018
Supply, installation, commissioning and testing of an upgraded CCTV system and the removal of the existing system - Oxfordshire - 12/10/2018
CCTV Control and Data Equipment Replacement - Scotland - 12/10/2018
Supply, Installation and Maintenance of Small/Medium Telephone Systems - South Lanarkshire - 12/10/2018
Supply, Installation and Maintenance of Small/Medium Telephone Systems - Lanarkshire - 12/10/2018
Broadband for Rural Businesses in Oxfordshire project (BiRO) - 12/10/2018
Fibre Network - West Midlands - 08/10/2018
Civic Centre CCTV - Swansea - 02/10/2018
Access Control and Associated Security Systems - Devon - 02/10/2018
Bahrain and Qatar CCTV - 30/11/2018
Audio Visual Solutions and Integrated Operating Theatres - Salford Quays - 30/11/2018
Telecoms Technology Framework - London - 30/11/2018
Havering Framework Telephony - London - 29/11/2018
Data hosting and analytics/forecasting services to demonstrate the usefulness of sensor network technologies - Oxfordshire - 29/11/2018
SuperFast Leicestershire Phase 3 - 28/11/2018
The Provision of Security and CCTV Maintenance - Birmingham - 26/11/2018
Stockton Riverside College Group: Telephony System - 26/11/2018
Superfast Essex Phase 4b (Phase 4 Tranche 2) - 23/11/2018
PCI Compliant Telephony Solution - Cleveland - 23/11/2018
Supply and Installation of 4G/LTE Mobile Communications Infrastructure - North Yorkshire - 23/11/2018
Audio/Visual Hardware Maintenance Service - London - 23/11/2018
Security Maintenance, Servicing ,Repairs and Small Works Services Lot 1 - CCTV - Cheshire - 22/11/2018
Managed Service Provision of Mobile Communications - Sunderland - 21/11/2018
Provision of Audio Equipment - Bath - 20/11/2018
Fibre Optic Cabling - Bath - 19/11/2018
VRS / VRI Services - Leicestershire - 19/11/2018
Supply, Install and Maintain CCTV - Poole - 19/11/2018
WiFi Access Points - Kirklees - 19/11/2018
Network Managed Service - South Yorkshire - 16/11/2018
Network Cabling Framework - East Ayrshire - 16/11/2018
Installation of CCTV - Scotland - 16/11/2018
Support and Maintenance Services for ICT Infrastucture - London - 16/11/2018
CCTV Systems Upgrade and Control Room Relocation - Norwich - 15/11/2018
Cheltenham CCTV Camera Upgrade and Maintenance - 13/11/2018
Data Cabling - London - 09/11/2018
Audio Visual/Projectors Tender - Surrey - 09/11/2018
Provision of Mobile Voice and Data Services - London - 09/11/2018
Supply and Installation of Audio Visual Equipment - Cambridge - 08/11/2018
Provision of Managed Service for Operational Telecommunications Network (OTN) - Belfast - 07/11/2018
Telecoms and Data Works Measured Term Contract - Newcastle - 07/11/2018
CCTV Upgrade - Middlesborough - 06/11/2018
Unified Communications solution to replace current core telephony platform - Wakefield - 06/11/2018
Request for Proposal for Telephony Services - Kent - 05/11/2018
Framework For The Supply And Installation And Commissioning Of Public Address and Talkback Systems - Scotland - 05/11/2018
Supply, Install and Maintain CCTV - South West - 04/11/2018
Wide Area Network - Liverpool - 02/11/2018
Telemetry Outstations - Low and High Functionality Solutions - Bristol - 02/11/2018
Network Managed Service - Southampton - 02/11/2018
EE Mobile Phones Package - Wales - 01/11/2018
RCT Public Space CCTV & Town Centre WiFi - 01/11/2018
Public Space CCTV & Town Centre WiFi - Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC - 01/11/2018
Radio Spectrum and Technical Advice - Southampton - 27/12/2018
Provision of Full Unified Communication Solution - Maidstone - 24/12/2018
CCTV Project - Milton Keynes - 21/12/2018
Video Conferencing Solution - North East, North West, Yorkshire and The Humber, East Midlands, South East - 20/12/2018
Out of Hours Telephone Answering and Asscociated Services - Hampshire - 20/12/2018
Aids to Monitoring System - Edinburgh - 19/12/2018
Providing Satellite TV Services in British Embassy, Kabul - 18/12/2018
Radio Requirements at Northern France Ports - 18/12/2018
Providing 1st Internet Line Services in British Embassy, Kabul - 14/12/2018
Telephony Maintenance, Software Assurance & Supply of Services - Wirral - 14/12/2018
Firewall Provision - Leeds - 14/12/2018
Studio Equipment Program - Exeter - 14/12/2018
Provision of a Managed Networks Service with a Capital Funded Technical Refresh - Exeter - 14/12/2018
Supply, Install and Maintenance of an IP Community Alarm/Telecare Monitoring and Administration Platform - Isle of Wight - 12/12/2018
Wi-Fi Maintenance and Support - Luton - 12/12/2018
Gamma SIP Trunk Connectivity - Somerset - 12/12/2018
Framework for the Supply and Installation of Network Cabling and Associated Hardware - North Lincolnshire - 11/12/2018
British Embassy Athens CCTV Systems - 11/12/2018
Survey of Public Facing CCTV network and Surveillance Facility - Yorkshire - 11/12/2018
Provision of a Telecare Installations, Maintenance & Removals Service in the County of Bridgend - 10/12/2018
AV, microphone and sound equipment - East - 10/12/2018
Provision of Audio Facilities and Maintenance Agreement for the Council Chamber - Leicestershire - 07/12/2018
The provision of Design, Supply and Install Wi-Fi CCTV scheme for Clowne Town Centre and agreed external locations - 07/12/2018
Contact Centre Systems Support 2 - Leeds - 05/12/2018
Audio Visual Equipment - Dorset - 05/12/2018
CCTV Lisbon - 05/12/2018
Mobile Voice and Data Contract - Yorkshire - 04/12/2018
Provision of Mitel Support and Maintenance - Derbyshire - 31/01/2019
Network Services - Norwich - 31/01/2019
Maintenance of CCTV and PIDS - Scotland - 29/01/2019
Managed Network and Telephony Services - Bristol - 28/01/2019
Provision of Mobile Technical Advisory Services - Scotland - 18/01/2019
TV & Sound Production Equipment - Bournemouth - 16/01/2019
Telephony Systems Support and Maintenance and Software Assurance 2 - Yorkshire - 15/01/2019
Graduation Audio Visual Production Services - London - 14/01/2019
Supply, Installation and Maintenance of Public Access Wi-Fi Systems Framework Agreement - Dumfries and Galloway - 14/01/2019
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Monitoring Service - Staffordshire - 14/01/2019
Provision of Staff to Operate Leicester City Council CCTV Centre - 11/01/2019
UK-Korean 5G Collaboration Specialist Facilitation and Grant Competition - 10/01/2019
RF Amplifier - Swindon - 10/01/2019
Unified Communications - Herefordshire - 10/01/2019
Data Only SIM Card Provision and Associated Management System - Portsmouth - 08/01/2019
Framework Agreement for Network Cabling for Schools - Norfolk - 07/01/2019
Provision of an Audio/Visual Marketing Solution - Lancashire - 07/01/2019
Request for Quotation for a survey of mobile voice and data services - Cambridgeshire - 07/01/2019
National Framework Agreement for Managed Service for Video Conferencing Solutions - 03/01/2019
Procurment of Wide Area Network Telecommunication Links - West Midlands - 28/02/2019
The provision of AV Equipment - South Devon - 28/02/2019
The Supply and Integration of AV Infrastructure - London - 25/02/2019
CCTV Maintenance, Repair and 24 hour Call Out Service - Darlington - 25/02/2019
Audio Visual Equipment - Keele - 25/02/2019
Supply of Audio Visual Equipment to the North Wales Clinical School - 22/02/2019
Wireless Networks and Smart Destination Management, Wireless Managed Services Contract - Yorkshire - 15/02/2019
Summative Assessment, Marches & Gloucestershire Broadband Grant Scheme - 15/02/2019
CCTV, Video Surveillance, Access Control and Intruder Detection Systems - Nottinghamshire - 15/02/2019
5G Testbed - Test and Measurement 5G New Radio (5G NR) User Equipment - Warwick - 14/02/2019
Landline and Mobile Telephony - Birmingham - 13/02/2019
Managed Internet Services For Halls of Residences - London - 11/02/2019
Aruba Maintenance Agreement - North East - 07/02/2019
Contract for Electrical Servicing/Maintenance 2019/21 – CCTV - Swansea - 06/02/2019
Digital Consultant for the Snowdon Public Access Wi-Fi project - Wales - 01/02/2019
Mobile Telephone Services - Wales - 28/03/2019
Installation of Cable Infrastructure - Telford - 08/03/2019
The Provision of Superfast Broadband in Hertfordshire - 06/03/2019
ITT Managed Services Provider and Wide Area Network - Wellingborough - 05/03/2019
CCTV Replacement and Maintenance Service for the British Embassy in Santiago - 04/03/2019
Provision of Aircraft Communication System Devices for ESN - London, Cardiff, Edinburgh - 01/03/2019
Mobile Network - Provision and Management of Vodafone Network Contract - Southampton - 17/04/2019
CCTV Maintenance Contract - West Lancashire - 11/04/2019
Public Space Surveillance (PSS) and Optical Fibre Network Installation and Maintenance - London - 08/04/2019
Invitation to Tender for the Installation of a CCTV Camera System - Bristol - 08/04/2019
CCTV Maintenance, Supply and Installation of Digital CCTV Equipment, Off and On Campus, and Associated Items - Bath - 08/04/2019
Telecommunication Site Management - North Wales - 04/04/2019
Maintenance of CCTV Equipment - Yorkshire - 03/04/2019
Inverness Wireless Mesh Network - 02/04/2019
Provision and Installation of Audio Visual Equipment - Leeds - 02/04/2019
Public Space CCTV Systems: Service and Maintenance Requirements for 2019 - 2022 - Suffolk - 31/05/2019
SD WAN Network Review - Eastleigh - 16/05/2019
Greater Manchester Local Full Fibre Network Programme - 13/05/2019
Mobile Phone Services - Rochford - 10/05/2019
CCTV System Upgrade/Replacement for British Embassy Manila - 09/05/2019
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Provision and Support of Webcasting System and Audio-visual Equipment - Yorkshire - 07/05/2019
Audio visual systems maintenance contract - London - 06/05/2019
Network Infrastructure - Smart Innovation Hub - Keele - 02/05/2019
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Public Space CCTV Upgrades: Cameras, Control Room Equipment and Maintenance Contract - East Midlands/West Midlands - 28/06/2019
High Volume Call Answering Solution - Belfast - 27/06/2019
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The Supply of LAN Services - Swindon - 17/06/2019
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Dolby Vision vs HDR10: Which is best?
Technology News by FileEdge on December 18, 2017 DOLBY VISION HDR10 1.22K views
What is HDR on TV? Which is better HDR 10 or Dolby Vision?
HDR is one of the buzzwords when we talk about televisions in this 2017. We’ll see what it is and if it’s worth it. We will also analyze the characteristics of the two most popular HDR standards, the HDR 10 and the Dolby Vision.
The High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology or high dynamic range is a concept that will be very familiar to photography fans. Basically this technology allows you to see at once and in detail dark areas and clear areas. This is achieved with darker blacks and more luminous targets, without interfering with each other.
If the 4K has brought us more pixels, the HDR tries to improve the quality of them.
TWO STANDARDS FIGHT TO BE THE KING OF HDR
Currently there are two technologies that are disputed to become the HDR standard in the world of televisions: the HDR 10 and the Dolby Vision.
HDR 10
The HDR10 is an open and free standard by which manufacturers do not have to pay any license for its use.
DOLBY VISIONDolby Vision is a proprietary standard of Dolby laboratories. It is a more demanding standard and that in theory should give a higher quality than the HDR10. We say in theory because the image quality at the end depends on many more factors, but the technology itself is superior.
HDR 10 VS DOLBY VISION WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES?
Then we will see a table that summarizes the main differences, below we will see the implication of each one:
HDR10 DV
Depth of color Excellent Good
Maximum brightness Excellent Excellent
Tonal Mapping Depends on the manufacturer More consistent (better)
Dynamic Static Metadata (better)
Availability of equipment (TV, Blu-ray, consoles, etc.) Very good Limited
Content availability Good and growing rapidly Limited
Depth of color
The HDR10 uses a 10-bit color depth, making it possible to represent 1,073 million colors. This number comes out of the following calculation.
Since each bit can have two values, the total number of different values (colors) in 10 bits is:
2^10= 1024
with 10 bits we can represent 1024 colors, as each pixel is formed from 3 primary colors (RGB- red, green, blue – red, green and blue) the total number of possible colors will be:
1024 ^ {3} = 1.073.741.824 = 1.073 \: millions
On the other hand, the Dolby Vision standard has a color depth of 12 bits. That if we calculate in a similar way to the previous case, we obtain that we can represent more than 68 billion colors.
To get an idea, the normal content we are used to seeing has 16.7 million colors (8 bits of depth of color). The jump to the HDR supposes to see transitions and graduations of color much more smooth.
Maximum Brightness
One of the parameters that gives more quality to the image is the contrast, the difference of light enters the illuminated areas and the dark areas. For this the HDR standards define a level of brightness that has to be achieved by the manufacturers that want to obtain the certifications.
The HDR 10 standard specifies a maximum brightness that can vary between 1,000 and 4,000 candelas per square meter (cd / m2 – it is a measure of luminance). However, Dolby Vision requires that the maximum brightness is always 4,000 cd / m2.
Both standards are prepared to reach a maximum brightness of 10,000 cd / m2, but at the moment there is no television on the market that can offer, or even if you want to get close to those brightness levels.
In this section both standards offer very similar capabilities.
Tonal mapping
The tonal mapping is a process that consists of enriching the tones of an image, so that it allows us to see tones that the television is not capable of producing.
For example, a TV that has a maximum brightness level of 1,000 cd / m2 is playing a movie of 4,000 cd / m2. How does it represent the images of more than 1,000 cd / m2 that the TV is not able to reach?
It does not reproduce them, and everything that exceeds 1,000 cd / m2 loses detail. In photography it is said that that part of the photograph has been burned.
Modify the images; and makes the 4,000 cd / m2 parts are represented with 1,000 cd / m2. And the intermediates (from 1,000 to 4,000 cd / m2) are represented by images of less than 1,000 cd / m2. This is the so-called tonal mapping.
For tonal mapping both standards use a PQ transfer function. However, the Dolby Visual system uses its own chip, which adjusts the tonal mapping according to the limitations (maximum brightness) of the television. In the HDR10, the tonal mapping is configured entirely by the manufacturer, which can cause inconsistencies between one television model and another (that a film looks different depending on the TV on which it is seen).
Metadata is extra data that describes other data. In video, metadata is used to describe the format and content of the video. For example, in the metadata, the levels of illumination of the scene can be described, so that the television uses them to represent the image in the most similar way to that specified by the film director.
The HDR 10 format only uses static metadata. This means that only the metadata are consulted at the beginning of the video playback. The Dolby Visual (DV), meanwhile, uses dynamic metadata, which allow different metadata to be used for each image.
This is an important advantage of the Dolby Visual. Because you should see that when viewing a movie in HDR10 the metadata specifies that the brightness during the movie will vary between 0 and 1,000 cd / m2. If there is a very dark scene, in which nothing surpasses, for example 50 cd / m2, only 5% of the color depth can be used. Since 1,073 million colors are distributed from 0 to 1,000 cd / m2. The scene will be very poor visually and many details of the image will be lost.
However, with the DV and dynamic metadata, the display parameters, such as minimum and maximum brightness, can be set scene by scene.
It is possible that in the future the HDR10 incorporated dynamic metadata. In addition, all HDR10 televisions on the market will now be compatible with a firmware update. [The HDR10 format has been renewed and already has dynamic metadata, the new standard is called HDR10 +]
The HDR 10 format is by far the most popular. Large manufacturers such as Samsung, Sony, LG, Panasonic or Hisense already have models in the market with this technology.
On the contrary, the Dolby Vision system is still very little widespread and only some manufacturers like LG or Vizio have bet on it. Some models that already have Dolby Vision (such as LG OLED and LED UHD, Vizio series R, P and M, LeEco uMax 85 …)
Consoles and PCs
Both the Xbox One S and the PS4 Pro have support for HDR10. Some games like Forza Horizon 3 and Gears of War 4 already take advantage of this technology.
However, the Dolby Vision will not reach those consoles and will have to be the new generation that implements it.
Yes it will reach the PC by the Mass Effect: Adromeda, which will be one of the first triple A games to reach the market supporting Dolby Vision technology.
HDR players
Most Blu-ray HDR players (Samsung, Panasonic, Sony, etc.) support the HDR10 standard.
The new Google ChromeCast supports the Dolby Vision standard. So for now it’s the cheapest compatible Dolby Vision player you can buy.
HDR content
If to really take advantage of a 4K TV you need 4K content, to take advantage of an HDR TV you need the content to be in HDR. That’s why many streaming platforms such as Netflix or Amazon Prime Video already have HDR content recorded natively.
Sources for HDR10: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and YouTube among others
Sources for Dolby Vision: Netflix, Amazon Video and VUDU. Some examples of current movies with this technology are Star Trek Beyond and Batman Vs. Superman
In recent years the image quality of television has improved a lot. Therefore, several standards have emerged that try to take advantage of this increase in quality and that aim to make a movie (video game, series, etc.) look the same on two different televisions.
On paper the DV (Dolby Visual) technology is more powerful and allows to achieve better image quality, but nevertheless few television models implement it at the moment.
The difference between both formats is not as important as it seems, the important thing is the quality of the TV. A good TV with HDR10, which has more brightness, better contrast, etc. It will be much better than a Dolby Vision television whose specifications are worse.
In fact, both formats are limited by televisions currently. Since the televisions are not able to take advantage of neither of the two standards completely. In fact it will take years until they do.
The best thing is that you see the quality of each television beyond looking at the certifications you have, because you have never been or will never be a guarantee of buying the best product, or the one that best suits you.
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Has Vlad played a Blinder?
Russian forces in Crimea
Was the Russian takeover of Crimea daring RED opportunism that took advantage of ethnic tensions in Eastern Ukraine and Crimea exacerbated by the new Kiev government’s apparent willingness to discriminate against ethnic Russians…? Or was it 2nd Tier-level strategic thinking that had been working towards this potential outcome, while balancing a whole load of other issues, and was ready to move when the time was right…?
Last Summer I speculated Putin a 2nd Tier Thinker? and was rebuffed by some complex thinkers who saw Vladimir Putin more as a ‘wily’ RED-driven opportunist who seized his moment. Yet it has stayed with me just how tactical and strategic Putin was. He rescued Barrack Obama from the corner he had painted himself into with his ‘red line’ announcements about Syria and became the hero of the Summer by levering Bashir al-Assad into agreeing to give up his chemical weapons. Yet Putin’s solution allowed Russia’s client, Assad, to continue his brutal and ruthless war with conventional weapons. Syria only makes the headlines occasionally these days but the daily slaughter grinds relentlessly on.
The West remains directionless and indecisive about Syria but increasingly less inclined to support the rebels as they become increasingly more dominated by jihadists. They might deplore the wanton barbarism and huge ‘collateral damage’ of Assad’s campaign but they fear violent Islamism even more. If not for Russian arms and intelligence – and Iran sending in Hezbollah to fight alongside the Syrian Army – Syria might now be run by Sunni extremists.
While the West gave non-lethal ‘soft’ support to the first waves of rebels in the name of Democracy, it could be argued that Putin, with big picture thinking, anticipated the Arab Spring revolutions turning sour and saw reason to keep on supporting Assad. Putin’s detractors accuse him of backing Assad solely to protect Russia’s interests in the Middle East and in particular its naval base at Tartus. Putin would be a very poor leader if he didn’t look after his own country’s interests primarily…but, to do that well, he also needs to ‘read’ various world scenarios. And it looks like he’s read the Middle East and the Arab Spring revolutions much better than the West’s leaders have.
In all the hoo-hah over Russia’s annexation of Crimea and speculation about potential Russian moves on Eastern Ukraine, a large amount of material has been generated in newspapers and magazines and on the internet in an attempt to understand this man who has apparently trashed years of cooperation with the West and brought the world to the verge of a new Cold War.
Many of these commentators tend to make 2 mistakes:-
They attempt to categorise Putin as a certain type of person and/or look for key events in his past which have shaped him to be who he is today.
They do not link Putin’s attitudes and behaviours to his circumstances (situational) – rather they look for some flaw or inadequacy in his character which leads him to think and do as he does (dispositional).
In relation to these kinds of issues, many Gravesian enthusiasts often make 2 errors as well:-
They assume that a certain set of life conditions will always predicate a certain fixed and predictable vMEME response or vMEME harmonic in response.
They assume that 2nd Tier thinking is always benevolent – especially if it’s TURQUOISE thinking.
Before we go on to discuss the Ukraine crisis in depth, let’s explore the sociopsycholigical theory issues I’ve raised in relation to Putin.
Theoretical considerations
As discussed in vMEME Stacks, relatively minor changes in the ‘life conditions’ being experienced by an individual or a group or organisation may lead to a readjustment of the vMEME stack, with some vMEMES dominating in some contexts and other vMEMES in other contexts. Moreover, as the life conditions in one context shift, so should the vMEME stack in a healthy psychological response – and this can happen quite rapidly.
Thus, it is entirely possible that Vladimir Putin does access 2nd Tier thinking in certain situations but, according to whatever life conditions he is experiencing, often seems to be dominated by other vMEMES.
So it may be he accessed 2nd Tier thinking in his manipulation of both Obama and Assad last Summer, approaches the running of his own country largely as a RED-driven dictator and views the scattering of ethnic Russians in the breakaway countries from the collapsed Soviet Union from the PURPLE/BLUE vMEME harmonic’s perspective of Russian nationalism. His ORANGE may see strategic advantage in certain geopolitical moves.
A number of Gravesian enthusiasts, especially many of those who consider themselves affiliated to the Integral schools of thought, tend to see accessing TURQUOISE thinking as being similar to some form of Buddhist state of enlightenment.
However, there is nothing in the writings of Clare W Graves – or, for that matter, Abraham Maslow or Jane Loevinger – which indicates that 2nd Tier thinking has to be altruistic or beneficent.
Maslow (1971) provides arguably the most complete description of the 8th thinking system – see Transcendence – and it might be implied from such descriptions that having that level of insight and connectedness would lead to beneficent attitudes and behaviour. Indeed, you would think such holistic thinking would predicate beneficence. But nowhere do any of the researchers discussed consider it automatic. It must also be remembered that, 40+ years after Maslow, we still actually know very little about the 8th system simply because so few people seem to be able to access it on a consistent basis.
One of the things Don Beck & Chris Cowan (1996) attribute to TURQUOISE is the reluctant willingness to sacrifice some for the good of all. So it may be TURQUOISE can appear quite ruthless. Also, despite the meta-view it has of the world, TURQUOISE cannot help but filter that worldview through the schemas the selfplex has formed throughout the individual’s history. While the very term ‘Transcendence’ encapsulates getting beyond what we have been, what we have been still influences the process of transcendence. None of us exist independent of our history and while a ‘transcender’ (to use Maslow’s term) may be able to become free of the emotional bag & baggage of their history, they will still have had different experiences and, therefore, formed different schemas to another transcender. Transcenders, according to Maslow, recognise other transcenders and, according to both Maslow and Graves (1971/2002), are open to learning from each other – to developing mutual connectedness. However, if Putin does approach international relations from a 2nd Tier perspective – and that is a definite if – one might ask how many other transcenders does he mix with on the international stage? The answer is probably: very few, if any. So, it is not impossible that Putin uses 2nd Tier thinking but that 2nd Tier thinking is still jaundiced by the schematic worldview his experiences have given him
Thus, Putin may be willing to sacrifice some for what he perceives to be the good of all from the schemas he has developed from his experiences.
The new Ukrainian government’s readiness to discriminate against ethnic Russians by the removal of Russian as the country’s official second language may have been a gift to Putin’s RED opportunism in the guise of PURPLE/BLUE protection of ethnic Russians…but, as BBC World Affairs editor John Simpson (2014b) has pointed out, the Russian takeover of Crimea demonstrated meticulous planning and the ability to read and prepare for a number of potential responses from the Ukrainian military. Astonishingly, considering the amount of hardware the Russians came in with, only one Ukrainian soldier was killed. The amount of control exercised by their officers and the discipline displayed by the Russian soldiers was truly impressive.
Lee Ross (1977) developed the concept of the fundamental attribution error to point out the mistake of assigning the causes of behaviour to purely dispositional factors when there may well be situational factors which contribute to the behaviour. A small number of analysts have tried to see the Ukrainian revolution from what might be Putin’s perspective of the circumstances in which he finds himself – of the life conditions he is experiencing. For example, Fiona Hill from the Washington-based Brookings Institution (reported by Sebastian Fischer) states: “…he has had enough of all the actions we have allegedly taken against him and Russia. He sees Western attempts to keep Russia down and to ignore red lines he has set: about NATO expansion some years ago, about the EU and Ukraine now…. For Putin this is not about Ukraine. This is about a fight with us. He basically believes that it comes down to whether we understand his message about how far we go and about whether we can find some kind of accommodation here. And until we get that message he’s going to be holding Ukraine hostage.”
Putin himself seemed genuinely aggrieved in his 18 March speech on Crimea when he said: “Our Western partners, led by the United States of America, prefer not to be guided by international law in their practical policies, but by the rule of the gun. They have come to believe in their exclusivity and exceptionalism, that they can decide the destinies of the world, that only they can ever be right. They act as they please: here and there, they use force against sovereign states, building coalitions based on the principle, ‘If you are not with us, you are against us.’ To make this aggression look legitimate, they force the necessary resolutions from international organisations, and if for some reason this does not work, they simply ignore the UN Security Council and the UN overall.
“This happened in Yugoslavia; we remember 1999 very well. It was hard to believe, even seeing it with my own eyes, that at the end of the 20th Century, one of Europe’s capitals, Belgrade, was under missile attack for several weeks, and then came the real intervention. Was there a UN Security Council resolution on this matter, allowing for these actions? Nothing of the sort. And then, they hit Afghanistan, Iraq, and frankly violated the UN Security Council resolution on Libya, when instead of imposing the so-called no-fly zone over it, they started bombing it too.”
There’s a lot of talk – eg: Jonathan Marcus (2014a) on BBC News – about Russia having violated the way the more powerful nations do business since the end of the Cold War – ie: by diplomacy and economic cooperation rather than by force .
But Putin’s apparent disdain for the conventional G8-style approach needs to be read in light of what Russian has seen as the West – and the United States in particular – repeatedly manipulating international law to its own objectives (Libya) or simply ignoring it when it couldn’t be manipulated (Iraq).
With the Ukraine again we have seen the West championing a ‘democratic’ revolution and getting itself in an almighty fix as the ‘revolution’ veers off the tracks and towards a dangerous precipice. Only somewhat belatedly has the new Ukranian government taken action against the ultra-nationalist and openly anti-Putin Right Sector while the short-lived contemplation of banning Russian as an official language of the Ukraine was a gift to Russian separatists not just in Crimea but elsewhere throughout Eastern Ukraine.
Western strategists should have seen the ethnic faultlines along which Ukraine could so easily divide. From the struggles for colonial independence, through ‘The Troubles’ in Northern Ireland and Basque separatism, through the Rawandan genocide and the Yugoslav and Chechnyan wars, to the Ukraine – to name but a small handful of bitter conflicts – PURPLE tribalism has been at the heart of most violent struggles from the end of the Second World into the first decades of the 21st Century. In a vMEME harmonic with BLUE to give it nationalist fervour and/or religious zeal, it has kept the modern iteration of the Israeli-Palistinian conflict going for close on a century and is currently threatening to burn a Sunni-Shia war right across the Middle East.
Yet time and time again Western strategists just don’t get the criticality of tribalism to the way most people in the world think and feel about themselves and others. Alex Salmond does – which is why he’s been able to take the Scottish independence campaign as far as he has. And so does Vladimir Putin.
Those ethnic faultlines that threaten the Ukraine also threaten the Baltic states. When the Soviet Union dissembled in 1991, many ethnic Russians were living in the Baltic states, as in the Ukraine. Such was the anti-Russian feeling in those countries that the ethnic Russians – termed ‘occupiers’ by some – were not automatically granted citizenship of the newly-independent countries even though they were born there. Many who worked in the public sector lost their jobs and were discriminated against in other ways. In Latvia, for example, even now ethnic Russians cannot vote or work in the public sector unless they pass a citizenship test. This requires them to be fluent in the Latvian language and demonstrate knowledge of Latvian culture. Many of the older ethnic Russians do not speak Latvian and so could not pass the citizenship test. Others, according to the BBC’s Damien McGuiness, refuse to take the test on principle because it clearly discriminates against their heritage.
Yet the Baltic states – Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania – are all members of NATO! They are also members of that ultimate advocate of ‘human rights’, the European Union! Where was the West’s GREEN, one might ask, when countries were signed up which openly discriminated against ethnic Russians born on their territory to ethnic Russian parents who simply happened to live in the country when it seceded from the remnants of the Soviet Union?
Many countries, such as the UK, these days discriminate against foreign migrants who want to become naturalised citizens, requiring language fluency and knowledge of the indigenous culture…but the discrimination in the Baltic states is of a totally different order.
Such injustices feed the PURPLE/BLUE nationalism of Putin and other Russians, make a mockery of the West’s claims to respecting the human rights of peoples and are festering cultural sores which will undoubtedly cause problems in the future unless steps are taken to manage them. What happened in the Ukraine and the Crimea should be an object lesson on the need to anticipate and manage natural differences.
Putin: the fitness image
Putin the man
Putin’s annexation of the Crimea can be read as RED’s lust for power exploiting PURPLE/BLUE nationalism – decidedly 1st Tier! However, his reading of how to develop Russia’s future and his reading of the West’s potential responses could be argued to be 2nd Tier.Putin has spent years building up Russia as a participant in the Capitalist global economy and dutifully taking part in G8 meetings. It seemed Russia was coming of age as a partner in the super club’s attempts to manage the world. Now Russia has knowingly compromised all those understandings with its annexation of Crimea.
That all was not well with Putin and Russia should have been gleaned from Russia’s boycotting of Anglo-French-American attempts to manipulate the Security Council over Syria. Too conveniently the West wrote this off as Putin reverting to Soviet-era style protection of his Middle Eastern client.
In their need to understand Vladimir Putin, many commentators such as Stephen Wayne Kasica, have categorised Putin as a relic from the Soviet era – a former KGB man who wants to turn the clock back – perhaps best epitomised by the fitness buff’s recent decision to re-establish GTO, the Soviet mass physical education system in 1931 introduced by Joseph Stalin. As Oliver Bullough has pointed out, Putin has restored some Soviet symbols such as the 5-pointed star.
However, as Bullough also points out, Putin has restored Russia from the mess it had become during the ill-fated presidency of Boris Yeltsin. In the year before Putin became Yeltsin’s prime minister, Russia had defaulted on its debt, salaries for public sector workers and pensions were being paid months late, if at all. Basic infrastructure was collapsing and the country’s most prized assets belonged to a handful of well-connected oligarchs who ran the country like a private fiefdom. Putin, perhaps working from 2nd Tier, recognised that all that RED indulgence and dissipation needed BLUE order – and that was what the restoration of Russia began with. For Putin, the former secret policeman, putting in order forcibly was something he prized.
Looking outwards from Moscow, the once-mighty Russian army had lost a war in the would-be breakaway republic of Chechnya, a place with fewer inhabitants than Russia had soldiers. 3 former Warsaw Pact allies had joined NATO, bringing the Western alliance up to Russia’s borders. Again Putin’s task was restoration. As he told the Douma on his appointment as prime minister in 1999: “Russia has been a great power for centuries, and remains so. It has always had and still has legitimate zones of interest …. We should not drop our guard in this respect, neither should we allow our opinion to be ignored.”
NATO expansion – copyright © 2014 BBC
Undoubtedly BLUE figures large in Putin’s selfplex – duty to the motherland and restoration of the motherland’s greatness. And undoubtedly that feeds his RED’s ego strength. But is there something of a 2nd Tier meta-view in the way he goes about restoring Russia?
Whether Putin really can access 2nd Tier thinking is a moot point. Some people can’t get over what an autocrat he is, how thuggish he looks (and often seems to work!) and how dangerous he seems. All of which may be so…but he’s a very smart and complex-thinking autocrat and thug.
As with Syria, so with Ukraine, the likes of Barrack Obama and David Cameron give half-hearted support to a movement calling itself ‘democratic’ because their BLUE and their culture tell them it’s the right thing to do…but they don’t really understand it and they don’t know what to do. Putin, on the other hand, behaves like a Spiral Wizard, looking upstream and looking downstream, seeing how the land lies and examining the faultlines. From considering the possibilities, he decides what he wants and how to get it. With Syria, it was a waiting game, letting the West tear itself apart over whether to launch a missile strike in response to the apparent use by Assad’s forces of chemical weapons against a rebel-held area – see Cameron: “I get that!” (Or does he?) – before stepping in to save Obama from the consequences of his own short-sighted thinking. With Ukraine, it’s been a case of put the plan into action quick and establish de facto control of the Crimea while the myopic leaders in the West were still trying to get their heads around the fact the revolution has a problem.
From 28 February, when masked Russian troops (without their insignias) suddenly materialised like beamed-down space warriors throughout the Crimea, Putin has led all twists and turns on the Ukraine crisis. From the 16 March referendum, through the massing of 35,000 troops on the Ukraine-Russia border, to last Friday’s call to Obama to initiate diplomatic moves, to Sunday’s negotiating demands, to Tuesday night’s call to Angela Merkel to announce a tiny drawdown of troops from the border…it’s been Vlad’s show all the way.
He’s playing a ‘blinder’ that has so far has outfoxed Obama, John Kerry, David Cameron, William Hague and just about every other Western leader…with the possible exception of Merkel who, with her East German background, probably understands Putin – culturally, at least – more than most.
Putin’s biggest problem though is the interdependent nature of the global economy. Investors and speculators have lost confidence in Russia through Putin’s unpredicatability. What has left Western leaders looking hapless and bemused has made the capitalists decidedly nervous. By 6 March the Russian market was down 59% in US dollar terms, according to David Francis of The Fiscal Times. Inflation is rising, economic growth is stagnationg and capital is continuing to pour out of the country.
If he has been employing 2nd Tier thinking Putin will have factored these things into his calculations. The potential collapse of the economy and the pressure from Russia’s oligarchs to get their fortunes out of the bank freeze sanctions the West has imposed gives him the perfect reason to play reasonable with the West. It also gives him cause to reign in the Russian ultra-nationalists reported by Oliver Laughland, Conal Urquhart & Alan Yuhas (among others) to be pouring across the border into Ukrainian cities with a large Russian population, like Donetsk, with a view to stirring up further trouble. Putin can halt the advance West to save Russia’s economy but with enough leverage to get most of what he wants.
The eventual outcome
There is still much that is unpredictable and, therefore, dangerous about the Ukraine crisis. Many catastrophic conflicts – not least World War I – have resulted from crises spinning out of control and politicians haplessly committing their countries to war. Of course, the nuclear element makes all-out war between Russia and the West unthinkable but a more limited series of clashes could easily erupt, with the risk of them getting out of control.
Assuming that diplomacy will increasingly come to the fore, following Putin’s call to Obama, the likelihood is that Putin will get most of what he wants. At Sunday’s talks with American secretary of state John Kerry, according to the BBC’s Bridget Kendall, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov demanded:-
rights for national minorities
language rights
the disarmament of irregular forces in the Ukraine
inclusive constitutional reform, leading to the federalisation of the Ukraine
Kerry didn’t reject any of the demands out of hand but said it was for the Ukranians to decide upon how their country should be constituted. The new government in Kiev of course immediately rejected the idea of federalisation.
Real politik, however, is likely to result in the federalisation of the Ukraine into something like the Swiss cantons, with guarantees for ethnic/language minorities. The likelihood is that the Ukraine will become assiduously neutral, again like the Swiss, with NATO and Russia acting as joint guarantors. Whether such would be a viable long-term solution would depend on any number of factors, not least the guarantors indulging in no further meddling! Certainly the federal solution and total neutrality have worked for the Swiss – both politically and economically.
The ‘price’ Russia will pay for the solution is likely to be a second referendum in the Crimea, supervised by independent (UN?) monitors. Having had several months of being effectively Russian, a number of the Tatars and Ukrainians will already have left, allowing the ethnic Russians to achieve an even bigger landslide for Crimea to be part of the Russian Federation.
If the eventual outcome is something like the above, then Putin will indeed have played a ‘blinder’. Quite dangerous at times.but with immaculate skill and highly complex understanding.
Where whatever compromise is eventually reached over Ukraine, there is a question mark over where relations between the West and Russia go from there. Is it possible that, once the dust has settled, Russia makes the G7 back into the G8 and everything goes back to how it was – only now Russia has the Crimea and the Ukraine is assiduously neutral? Will the West ever trust Putin again..or will Western leaders come to realise how much they contributed to the mess?
It would be interesting to know if Putin has thought that far ahead. If the West has, on past performance, the likelihood is that its leaders haven’t the foggiest how to take the relationship with Russia forward.
Perhaps something new is called for? Some new arrangement…?
Anatol Zukerman in The Globalist calls for a new collaboration between the US and Russia, with the EU – and presumably China? – also involved. On the face of it, a G3 or a G4…?
Highly undemocratic…but perhaps Democracy is not the way to go. Just as some people are calling for economic systems beyond Captialism, perhaps we need political systems beyond Democracy…?
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Exxon Investors Seek Assurance as Climate Shifts, Along With Attitudes
Exxon Investors Seek Assurance as Climate Shifts, Along With Attitudes l The New York Times
By Clifford Krauss and John Schwartz ,May 23, 2016
HOUSTON — Exxon Mobil has been under pressure for over a year to explain its handling of climate change issues in the past. Now the company faces new pressure to explain its future, particularly how it will change in response to a warming world.
At the company’s planned annual meeting on Wednesday in Dallas, shareholders will vote on a resolution to prod Exxon Mobil to disclose the risks of climate change to its business.
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Derry bomb attack shows futility of political violence
Forensics officers examined the remains of the car bomb that exploded outside Derry court house. Picture by Margaret McLaughlin
Seamus McKinney
21 January, 2019 01:00
The van bomb exploded outside Derry court house on Saturday night. Picture by Margaret McLaughlin
Twenty-six years after the IRA killing of police officer, Michael Ferguson in Derry, Ireland remains partitioned.
More than a quarter of a century on - a life time - Ireland is as divided as it was in 1993. Police yesterday morning staged a re-construction of the shooting of Michael Ferguson at Shipquay Street just yards from the wreckage of the New IRA van bomb which exploded the night before. The two scenes graphically highlighted the utter futility of political violence as a means to achieve the re-unification of Ireland.
Those behind Saturday's bomb attack at Bishop Street courthouse could not possibly have believed they were striking a blow for Irish freedom never mind grinding the Northern legal system to a halt. The bomb exploded outside the heavily fortified security entrance to the building causing it little if any damage.
What they did achieve was widespread disruption and the focus of the world on Derry for all the wrong reasons.
Derry relies heavily on tourism. Since Derry's year as City of Culture in 2013, earnest efforts have been made to build the tourism industry and there has been considerable success. However, tourists don't visit areas where there is a real danger of being caught up in a bomb attack. Derry city centre manager, Jim Roddy said Saturday's attack did not cause any serious physical damage to the city's fabric but caused major "reputational damage".
Ireland is no nearer being re-united this morning than it was on Saturday morning. Apart from the jobs that may be lost by any fall in visitor numbers, Saturday's attack also further divides Irish unionists and nationalists – it's a strange way of trying to achieve unity. Is the message of the bombers still the same; if you don't agree with them, they'll try to bomb you until you do? Is that really the Ireland they're offering?
Assistant Chief Constable Mark Hamilton
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21 January, 2019 01:00 Northern Ireland news
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Osun Election: Why Adeleke Should Have Been Declared Winner – Ozekhome
Ishola Ademola September 24, 2018
Rights Advicate and constitutional lawyer, Dr. Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has predicted danger ahead of the 2019 election following Sunday’s declaration of Osun State governorship election as inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Ozekhome in a statement made available to newsmen said that the action of INEC was a blow to the nation’s constitutional democracy, adding that ‘Section 179(2)(a)(b) of the 1999 constitution proves that Adeleke and the PDP won and met the electoral requirements to be formally declared winners of the Osun State election.”
According to him, Osun election is an ominous sign of the farce to expect in 2019.
Ozekhome further accused APC of using “Electoral arm, INEC, to do the unthinkable, that which is clearly illegal, unconstitutional, immoral, and a brazen assault on our sensibilities and constitutional democracy.”
His statement reads in part: “INEC has earned for itself the inglorious reputation of holding inconclusive elections (Kogi, Bayelsa, et al), and working in cahoots with the ruling APC, always eager to do its dirty electoral bidding, to commit daylight robbery of votes.
“This, they have just done to Adeleke’s votes, to defeat the will and legitimate franchise of the good people of Osun state. I wholly condemn this ludicrous mockery of our electoral process and constitutionalism.”
“There was no legal, constitutional, or moral basis for the electoral umpire to have declared the election inconclusive since the country’s constitution only recognised lawful and valid votes in declaring a candidate winner of an election.
“This presupposes that some votes would be unlawful and invalid. Consequently, where votes are cancelled or invalidated for any reason, howsoever, including for being invalid and unlawful, such votes are immediately and automatically cancelled, deducted and consigned to the dustbin of history.
“In any case, it was not wholesale results in the election that were voided and cancelled. Only votes that INEC had adjudged illegitimate due to irregularities were voided and cancelled.
“This cancellation and voidance of illegitimate votes affected all the political parties, not just APC and PDP, but especially Omisore’s SDP whose two strongest fortes in Ife axis were badly affected.
“Such voided votes are ignored and unreckoned with, for they are a non sequitur. They are as dead as dodo.
“Having failed to viciously intimidate and rig the elections as they did in Ekiti State, due to the people’s courageous resistance, the APC has now used its electoral arm, INEC, to do the unthinkable, that which is clearly illegal, unconstitutional, immoral, and a brazen assault on our sensibilities and constitutional democracy.
“Section 179(2)(a)(b) of the 1999 Constitution (the grundnorm and supreme law of the land ), is crystal clear and unambiguous that Adeleke and PDP have won and met the electoral requirements to be formally declared winners of the Osun State election.
“It provides: “A candidate for an election to the office of a governor of a state shall be deemed to have been duly elected where, there being two or more candidates: (a) he has the highest number of votes cast at the election; and (b) he has not less than one-quarter of all the votes cast in each of at least two-thirds of all the local government areas in the state”.
“Adeleke satisfied the provision. In Osunbor v Oshiomhole (2007) 18 NWLR (part 1065) 32, cancelled votes had been counted and added to PDP/Osunbor’s scores.
“The courts, up to the Supreme Court, held that when votes are cancelled, they are not reckoned with in determining the outcome of such an election. The courts thereafter deducted the invalidated votes and this gave victory to Oshiomhole in the hotly contested election.”
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Home politics I’ll Retire To Daura In 2023, Says Buhari
I’ll Retire To Daura In 2023, Says Buhari
Ishola Ademola March 06, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari says he will retire to Daura after he completes his second term in 2023.
Daura, in Katsina state, is the president’s hometown.
He spoke on Tuesday while meeting with traditional rulers at the presidential villa in Abuja.
“This is my second and final term, at the end of which I will, God willing, go to Daura and settle down,” he said.
He asked traditional rulers in the country to support the anti-corruption war of his administration, using their vast knowledge and links to families in their communities.
He noted that as monarchs, they knew the families who harboured criminals and those who also had individuals with no tainted records.
“You know all the families who harbour criminals and you know those who produce respectable individuals,” he said.
“You know the weaknesses of our society. We need your support to consolidate our achievements”,
The rulers came to visit him under the aegis of the National Council of Traditional Rulers.
The council was led to the state house by Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, sultan of Sokoto.
The president seized the opportunity to speak on the efforts by the federal government to address national security challenges and stabilise the polity.
He said, “What we need now is your support. No government can serve creditably without your support. We will always count on your support.”
Speaking on their mission earlier, the sultan informed Buhari that they came to congratulate him on his re-election for another term.
He advised Nigerians to “accept the election result as the will of God.”
The sultan said the traditional rulers supported Buhari’s policies and would help to disseminate information on them to the people.
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Sensitivity Analysis of Strategic Indicators in Pricing Model for Intercity Passenger Service
Afandizadeh Sh.,, Zoghi H. ,
Volume 1, Issue 2 (December 2003)
Since Road transportation accounts for a large portion of total displaced passengers of Different types it is the most important mode of passenger services in Iran. The costs considered are depreciation, investment, insurance, tax, fuel, tires, main repairs, unexpected repairs, oil filter break shoe. Lubrication, batteries, commission, wages and other miscellaneous costs. These are classified into two categories of fixed and variable costs that it-ere analyzed. The data used is obtained, from the Iranian passenger transportation co- operatives based on their real costs in Fear 2002 . The methodology of determination rate of return and Passenger Transportation Price are described and these parameters are calculated. In this paper, a price model based on the economic techniques and sensitlvtfx. Analysis is presented for operators and managers. Pricing model of passenger service is prepared by the authors by the name of Development of Pricing Model of passenger Services in Intercity Roads . This research is pointing to Model Sensivity Analysis Dependent on Various Indicators.
Selecting An Optimum Configuration of Urban One-Way and Two-Way Streets Using Genetic Algorithms
Sh. Afandizadeh Zargari, R. Taromi,
Volume 4, Issue 3 (September 2006)
Optimization is an important methodology for activities in planning and design. The transportation designers are able to introduce better projects when they can save time and cost of travel for project by optimization methods. Most of the optimization problems in engineering are more complicated than they can be solved by custom optimization methods. The most common and available methods are heuristic methods. In these methods, the answer will be close to the optimum answer but it isn’t the exact one. For achieving more accuracy, more time has been spent. In fact, the accuracy of response will vary based on the time spent. In this research, using the generic algorithms, one of the most effective heuristic algorithms, a method of optimization for urban streets direction will be introduced. Therefore model of decision making in considered one way – two way streets is developed. The efficiency of model in Qazvin network is shown and the results compared whit the current situation as case study. The objective function of the research is to minimize the total travel time for all users, which is one of the most used in urban networks objectives.
Developing An Approach for Tehran Residential Land Use Relocation Based on Equilibrium Trip Pattern
Shahriar Afandizadeh, Morteza Araghi,
A Hybrid Neuro-Genetic Approach To Short-Term Traffic Volume Prediction
Shahriar Afandizadeh, Jalil Kianfar,
This paper presents a hybrid approach to developing a short-term traffic flow prediction model. In this
approach a primary model is synthesized based on Neural Networks and then the model structure is optimized through
Genetic Algorithm. The proposed approach is applied to a rural highway, Ghazvin-Rasht Road in Iran. The obtained
results are acceptable and indicate that the proposed approach can improve model accuracy while reducing model
structure complexity. Minimum achieved prediction r2 is 0.73 and number of connection links at least reduced 20%
as a result of optimization.
Development of Bayesian Inference To Predict Household Trip Production (case Study of Isfahan City)
A. Mansour Khaki, Sh. Afandizadeh, R. Moayedfar,
Volume 7, Issue 3 (Sept. 2009)
Household trip production is not a constant parameter and vary based on socio-economic characteristics. Even households in each category (households with constant socio-economic characteristics) produce several numbers of trips. Purpose of present study is to model the variation of household trip production rate in urban societies. In order to do this, concept of the Bayesian Inference has been used. The city of Isfahan was selected as case study. First, likelihood distribution function was determined for number of household trips, separating odd and even trips. In order to increase precision of the function, the composed likelihood distribution function was utilized. To insert households’ socio-economic variables in the process, disaggregate 2 calibrated model were used at the likelihood distribution function. Statistical indices and 2 test show that likelihood distribution function of numbers of household trip production follows the Poisson distribution. The final composed likelihood distribution was determined based on Bayesian inference. Related function was created with compilation of mean parameter distribution function (Gamma distribution) and numbers of household trip production (Poisson distribution). Finally, disaggregate model was put at final composed probability function instead of mean parameter. Results show that with Bayesian inference method, it would be possible to model the variation of household trip production rate in urban societies. Also it would be possible to put socio-economic characteristics in the model to predict likelihood of real produced trips (not average produced trips) for each household's category.
Estimating the Parameters of Logit Model Using Simulated Annealing Algorithm: Case Study of Mode Choice Modeling of Isfahan
Sh. Afandizadeh, S.a.h Zahabi, N. Kalantari,
Logit models are one of the most important discrete choice models and they play an important role in
describing decision makers’ choices among alternatives. In this paper the Multi-Nominal Logit models has been used
in mode choice modeling of Isfahan. Despite the availability of different mathematical computer programs there are
not so many programs available for estimating discrete choice models. Most of these programs use optimization
methods that may fail to optimize these models properly. Even when they do converge, there is no assurance that they
have found the global optimum, and it just might be a good approximation of the global minimum. In this research a
heuristic optimization algorithm, simulated annealing (S.A), has been tested for estimating the parameters of a Logit
model for a mode choice problem that had 17 parameters for the city of Isfahan and has been compared with the same
model calculated using GAUSS that uses common and conventional algorithms. Simulated annealing is and algorithm
capable of finding the global optimum and also it’s less likely to fail on difficult functions because it is a very robust
algorithm and by writing the computer program in MATLAB the estimation time has been decreased significantly. In
this paper, this problem has been briefly discussed and a new approach based on the simulated annealing algorithm
to solve that is discussed and also a new path for using this technique for estimating Nested Logit models is opened
for future research by the authors. For showing the advantages of this method over other methods explained above a
case study on the mode choice of Isfahan has been done.
Simultaneous Determination of Optimal Toll Locations and Toll Levels in Cordon-Based Congestion Pricing Problem (case Study of Mashhad City)
Sh. Afandizadeh, M. Yadak, N. Kalantar,
The congestion pricing has been discussed as a practical tool for traffic management on urban transport networks. The traffic congestion is defined as an external diseconomy on the network in transport economics. It has been proposed that the congestion pricing would be used to reduce the traffic on the network. This paper investigates the cordon-based second-best congestion-pricing problems on road networks, including optimal selection of both toll levels and toll locations. A road network is viewed as a directed graph and the cutest concept in graph theory is used to describe the mathematical properties of a toll cordon by examining the incidence matrix of the network. Maximization of social welfare is sought subject to the elastic-demand traffic equilibrium constraint. A mathematical programming model with mixed (integer and continuous) variables is formulated and solved by use of two genetic algorithms for simultaneous determination of the toll levels and cordon location on the networks. The model and algorithm are demonstrated in the road network of Mashhad CBD.
Prediction of Accident Severity Using Artificial Neural Networks
F. Rezaie Moghaddam, Sh. Afandizadeh, M. Ziyadi,
In spite of significant advances in highways safety, a lot of crashes in high severities still occur in highways. Investigation of influential factors on crashes enables engineers to carry out calculations in order to reduce crash severity. Therefore, this paper deals with the models to illustrate the simultaneous influence of human factors, road, vehicle, weather conditions and traffic features including traffic volume and flow speed on the crash severity in urban highways. This study uses a series of artificial neural networks to model and estimate crash severity and to identify significant crash-related factors in urban highways. Applying artificial neural networks in engineering science has been proved in recent years. It is capable to predict and present desired results in spite of limited data sets, which is the remarkable feature of the artificial neural networks models. Obtained results illustrate that the variables such as highway width, head-on collision, type of vehicle at fault, ignoring lateral clearance, following distance, inability to control the vehicle, violating the permissible velocity and deviation to left by drivers are most significant factors that increase crash severity in urban highways.
Bus Fleet Optimization Using Genetic Algorithm A Case Study of Mashhad
Sh. Afandizadeh, H. Khaksar, N. Kalantari,
Volume 11, Issue 1 (TransactionA: Civil Engineering, March 2013)
In this paper, a new approach was presented for bus network design which took the effects of three out of four stages of the bus planning process into account. The presented model consisted of three majors steps 1- Network Design Procedure (NDP), 2- Frequency Determination and Assignment Procedure (FDAP), and 3- Network Evaluation Procedure (NEP). Genetic Algorithm (GA) was utilized to solve this problem since it was capable of solving large and complex problems. Optimization of bus assignment at depots is another important issue in bus system planning process which was considered in the presented model. In fact, the present model was tested on Mandl’s bus network which was a benchmark in Swiss network and was initially employed by Mandl and later by Baaj, Mahmassani, Kidwai, Chakroborty and Zhao. Several comparisons indicated that the model presented in this paper was superior to the previous models. Meanwhile, none of the previous approaches optimized depots assignment. Afterwards, sensitivity analysis on GA parameters was done and calculation times were presented. Subsequently the proposed model was evaluated thus, Mashhad bus network was designed using the methodology of the presented model.
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Lois and I just returned from a heartbreaking—yet hopeful—tour of the HIV/AIDS work in Zambia. Here are some journal notes from the trip. (Above, World Hope founder JoAnne Lyon distributes desperately needed supplies to HIV/AIDS caregivers.)
You are either infected or affected
Lois and I are sitting in Fort Wayne International Airport. There’s a customs agent at the freight terminal, so it’s “international,” even though you can’t fly out of the Midwest from here.
I’ll be reporting on the HIV/AIDS crisis in Zambia. Throughout the world, 24 million have died with one-fourth of those being children. An estimated 40 million people worldwide are currently living with AIDS. In Zambia alone, one in five is HIV/AIDS infected. One Zambian pastor explained, “In Zambia you are either infected or affected.” If that percentage was affecting the U.S., that would translate to 60 million people!
World Hope, which has paid my expenses to report on the crisis, has a unique strategy in addressing the pandemic. Rather than building and staffing hospitals and orphanages, the non-profit organization enables and empowers local people to give care to those in their own community. (In our mobile society where families can be scattered all over the country, the intense importance of family and community is sometimes hard for Westerners to appreciate.)
Bryant Meyers writes in Walking with the Poor, “The lion’s share of the task of development is at the grass roots level. Effective development leads to authentic empowering of the poor and results in sustainable change.”
So, World Hope caregivers receive training in gardening, raising pigs and broiler chickens, or tailoring. These home businesses, then fund the work of caring for HIV/AIDS patients as well as children made orphans because of the pandemic—in their homes.
Caregivers also receive community health training. Young adults are also trained as “peer educators” in World Hope’s AIDS prevention program.
It’s a creative and effective program.
Reporting on the work will be a bit of a challenge. Direct questions are considered rude, so there goes my tool book of who, what, where, when, why and how. You can say, “Please tell me about your work with orphans.”
FAA requires at least one screaming child per flight
Wednesday, January 17, Johannesburg Airport
Apparently, it’s not only an FAA regulation, but international law as well, that each flight must have at least one screaming child. We ended up across the aisle from four little ankle-biters under four who faithfully fulfilled their legal obligations!
I was able to get about six hours of sleep on the fifteen-hour flight—in five or six breaks from outbursts across the aisle. So, I’m actually feeling pretty alert after twelve hours—so far—of travel.
The highlight of the flight was watching a spectacular sunrise from a camera in the tail of the plane. A thin ribbon of light silhouetted the forward section of the plane and the curvature of the earth, then a tiny dot of light appeared on the horizon for a few minutes before firing bright red rays of light across the top of the plane and then exploded into a blinding light. Spectacular!
‘One can be killed two ways . . .’
Friday, January 19, Lusaka Zambia
No problems getting through customs other than having to pay an “entry fee” in cash, preferably with “a new American $100 bill.” We’ll have to pay $25 as an “exit fee,” also in cash. Hmmm? Sounds some government official(s) is living quite well off American tourism.
We were warmly greeted by nationals who make up the governing board of World Hope International
Zambia—humorously, but affectionately referred to as “WHIZ.” (Gotta love a relief organization with those initials!)
We rode from the airport to the Abundant Life Guest House for a grateful night of sleeping—horizontally on a real bed. In the morning,
Jeff Johnson—International Director of Community Health—presented a two-hour orientation on what to do and not do to avoid coming across as loud, arrogant Americans: talk softly, never hand something to someone with your left hand, when shaking hands hold your right forearm with your left hand, and avoid displays of affection. (They apparently took the last caution very seriously since they’ve put Lois and me in separate rooms!)
Then, our mini-bus threaded its way through a maze of tiny roadside stands covered in black plastic and discarded plastic bags. Vendors offered fruits and vegetables, raw meat, cooking oil, and even cell phone services from their tiny booths. And, in Zambia, street vendors are actually in the street. Young men with arm loads of clothing, jumper cables, board games, newspapers—you name it—stand between lanes of traffic!
John Howard Trust is one of World Hope’s stations where over thirty caregivers have been trained in growing vegetables, raising chickens and sewing. The John Howard Wesleyan Church is a large concrete block building with the three wings providing childcare and elementary. The trust cares for over 30 orphans and over 60 “vulnerable” children in the large community.
Greetings are very important in Africa. There’s a wonderful desire among the people to show respect to others and so there are many “I greet you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ” and handshakes. During the program at the church the school children chanted, “Education, we need education.” How true!
In a small block outbuilding, women sewed shirts under the watchful eye of their teacher. Sitting outside in the grass, other women worked on needlecraft projects. These items are sold to provide support for caregivers in the surrounding community.
Jeff observed in our orientation that one can be killed two ways: murder and lack of hope. “I am weary of hearing about the horrors of AIDS. We bring a message of hope.”
And despite the obvious poverty—open sewers, no running water, tiny houses cobbled together with cast-off material—there was a sense of joy as we were greeted by a choir singing their wonderful acapella harmonies.
One of the huge differences I found in the children of Lusaka and the children of India was a sense of joy. In India, children’s eyes desperately reached out as their begged for rupees. Here the children seem joyful and playful, with hands reached out for “high fives.” One boy had crafted a .35mm SLR camera out of clay with a piece of broken mirror for the flash. He was “taking pictures” of us as we were taking pictures of him. Too much fun! Meanwhile, some of the men took on a large group of boys in an impromptu soccer (“football”) game.
As mentioned, relationships are very important, so each person is greeted in Tonga with “Muli buti” (Hello. How are you?) to which one responds “Kabotu” (Fine). “Twalumba” is thank you.
Eight of the caregivers showed us their homes, which while surrounded by dirt paths, were remarkably clean. (We saw several women sweeping the dirt outside their homes.) Obviously, paint is an unaffordable luxury, but the stucco walls are decorated with art and, in one, a well-stocked bookshelf, TV and “Thomas the Tank Engine” sheet as a room divider.
We met a 34-year-old, who had lost her husband as well as a seven-month-old baby. She and her sister, who also has lost a child, share a three-room house along with a total of three children. Statistically, her husband probably died of AIDS, but the diseases’ stigma is still very strong, so the reason for deaths is usually attributed to malaria, typhoid or hepatitis. (“Thank you, Father, for all those shots we received before coming!”)
While we were waiting for the evening church service, a beautiful rainbow arched over the poverty-crippled community. Hopefully symbolic of a hope and promise in the midst of disease and despair.
Treated like The Beatles in New York City
Saturday, January 20, Choma, Zambia
We were on the bus by 7:00 AM and, after a flat-tire delay, arrived at Jembo Trust to a joyous welcome by the caregivers and children. Yikes, we’re treated like the Beatles in New York City! (Historical note for those under 50, the music group caused near riots of frenzied fans.) As our bus drove through neighborhoods, we would hear “Muzungu! Muzungu!” (White people! White people!) Coming out of John Howard, children chased the bus pounding on the sides and waving.
Church leaders and adults are moved that Americans would spend over two years income to come to visit them. (Many make just $2 per day!)
But it’s shocking that it is mostly women and children at the various trusts and churches (probably five to one). The men have died of AIDS! As one woman on our trip, Stephanie Barter, noted, “It’s heart-breaking. It puts a face on statistics.” So true!
At the Mochipappa Trust we were greeted, again, by an exuberant welcoming committee. Probably one hundred men, women and lots of children with drums and palm fronds. Several of the women would whoop and lunge at us with their palms and an occasional umbrella. That certainly didn’t seem very welcoming! We were assured it is indeed a welcome and that spears are usually used in the greeting. (So glad they chose palms and umbrellas for the welcome!) The trust is located near markets so that caregivers can easily sell their broiler chickens, pigs, vegetables and tailoring.
There are currently 50 registered caregivers serving nearly 50 orphans and over 100 vulnerable children. Twenty-five caregivers have completed or enrolled in basic literacy classes, eight trained as AIDS educators and three to work with orphans and children at risk.
Vera Muloongo is a care-giver with the trust. “I care for five vulnerable children, three of whom are orphans. Before I became part of the Trust, my life was hard as I started receiving orphans from my deceased relatives. I did not have sustainable means of livelihood. I used to do handiwork in people’s homes to get some income to meet basic needs. I joined the Community Trust through my church. This project has helped me greatly in many ways. I work in the Trust garden, poultry and piggery projects, and I receive daily needs support from the proceeds from the projects. I have also learned essential skills like gardening, and chicken, and pig rearing. When the products from the projects are sold, foodstuffs like mealie meal, cooking oil and groceries are brought to us. The project has also given me a sense of belonging which I did not have before.”
‘Yesterday we had no food’
Sunday January 21, Choma, Zambia
Yesterday was a true African experience!
It began with the bus fording dirt roads flooded with the nearly continuous rain. (When they say “rainy season,” they mean rainy season!) At one especially threatening washout, our driver hesitated as he assessed the risks, then put the bus in second gear and plowed through as the bus tilted to the right and the panicked passengers leaned left. Then a loud CRUNCH, CLUNK as the bus staggered, regained its footing and stumbled to the other side.
Apparently, the radiator and fan didn’t fare as well as the passengers. We barely made it to Siachetema Trust before the bus started steaming.
Again, we were greeted with singing, dancing and branch waving. At each trust, the women prepare a traditional meal of nshima—mashed corn meal which one rolls into a ball and uses to pick up relishes and greens—and roasted chicken. I’m not sure what “secret recipe of herbs and spices” goes into the chicken, but it has KFC beat. Here, we were served chbwantu or “sweet beer,” a traditional drink made of maize and roots. All of the team agreed that “chew if you want to” is an acquired taste.
Frequent droughts and livestock diseases have left fields desolate. World Hope drilled a well to provide water for 190 families. Previously fresh water at a stream three miles away was often dried up.
All around the garden area, the ground is sandy, red dust. But WHIZ’s agricultural assistant, Derick Mubitelela, has used his creativity to transform it into rich brown top soil. His secret? Before planting green beans, maize and squash, plant ants! Yep, Mubitelela buried ants at intervals to allow them to bring up richer soil and work in the manure he had spread on the surface. Ingenious!
Currently, there are 55 caregivers serving 100 orphans and nearly 150 vulnerable children. By raising broiler chickens, growing vegetables and tailoring, the proceeds fund life-sustaining essentials.
Our task at this trust was to pack plastic shopping bags with bath soap, laundry detergent, cooking oil and smaller bags of beans, sugar and salt. Each member of the trust was also given a 50-pound bag of corn meal.
As one of the official photographers, I was moved to see the looks of joy and gratitude through the view-finder as they were handed their precious commodities.
After the distribution, an elderly man named Stanley told us of how he was one-week-old when he was brought to this former orphanage run by Claudia Peyton. He then returned many years later to care for Payton as she was dying. What a wonderful irony: she cared for him when he was born, he cared for her when she died.
We then walked with Frevia Kolumbo, the national director of WHIZ, and Musa Bwacha, an elderly man who served as a care-giver, down a dirt road and then a footpath through tall grass to visit one of the homes served by caregivers. On the path, we saw several millipedes the size of snakes, which was just a bit disconcerting since we were told black mambas (more poisonous than typical cobras) are common in the area. Like Indiana Jones, I hate snakes!
We visited with a man and woman in their forties in an open-sided thatch-roofed “kitchen” as we sat around the fire on short tree trunks that had been carved into stools. Homes are actually clusters of small mud or block buildings with thatched rooms that serve as bedrooms and living areas. Two metal pots and a few metal dishes and a hatchet seemed to be the only kitchen utensils.
After introductions—Africa custom dictates everyone sits in silence for a few minutes—the woman hung her head and said, “I am sorry I have nothing to give you.” (Hospitality is very important in African culture and I could see the pain in her eyes that she was not being a good hostess. We learned that both the husband and wife had been in and out of the hospital with TB, which is often a euphemism for AIDS. Their son, a female cousin and an orphan girl, who were living with them, had not been able to attend school because of lack of money. While education in Zambia is free, parents must provide uniforms and school supplies. (One of World Hope’s projects is to provide supplies as well uniforms made at their sewing centers.)
The man stared at the fire in the middle of the hut. “We are hardworking people, but we have been sick. Our son had to plant the maize, but he will not be able to harvest all of it. It is hard to want to work our fields and to be sick and not able to. We are not lazy people. We were hardworking people” he assured us and I suspect himself.
The woman expressed her gratitude for the day’s food distribution. “Yesterday, we had no food, so we thank God for His timing and World Hope for their help.”
I am amazed that despite the living conditions—no electricity, no running water, no sanitary facilitiesthe family’s Western clothing appeared to be freshly laundered and ironed.
Bwacha obviously loves his work and this family. “I come here every week and I am glad to see them and they are glad to see me,” he laughs. More amazing than clean clothes in mud huts is the joy expressed in the people’s welcoming ceremonies and church services.
Walking the mile back to the trust center, I wondered if the couple will live to see the maize harvest, if the children will be able to attend school, if they will be able to escape the unhealthy living conditions—and will the bus be repaired so we can get back to our guest house with electricity, running water and flush toilets. I am embarrassed how quickly I can shift from concern for a family ravaged by poverty and disease to my own creature comforts!
After a gallant effort in juryrigging repairs on the bus, it was still disabled. But Africans are inventive and creative people and so the director had commandeered an open cattle truck for the 40-minute trip back to the World Hope headquarters. Thankfully, the threatened rain held off and the lightning stayed a safe distance away.
‘Demons can be overcome’
The “distinguished visitors from America” are always asked to give greetings in church services. I was selected for this honor at the Mochipappa Wesleyan Church.
Greetings in the wonderful name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. [Every African greeting to a church group begins this way.] It is a joy and honor to worship with you this morning.
Revelation 7 reads, “I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice:
Praise and glory
and wisdom and thanks and honor
and power and strength
be our God for ever and ever.
We have enjoyed a taste of heaven with your wonderful singing and dancing. Maybe, when I get to heaven, God will teach this white man to dance. For now, it is not pretty.
We have come from America to get to know our brothers and sisters with whom we will share eternity. We have also come to know how better to pray and support you.
And for your warm welcome, twalumba [thank you in Tonga].
The message by Pastor Emmyson Siehikata seemed especially relevant to what we had seen and heard. The pastor spoke from Mark 5 on the demons of witchcraft (“magical self-protection” and “jumping across the pounding stick”), alcohol and drugs, immorality, poverty and sickness. He assured the congregation—to whom these are very real demons—that “all can be overcome by the power of Jesus.”
He also took a well-deserved swipe at the “prosperity gospel” by saying, “This is not a gospel of wealth. This is a gospel of deliverance.” (As a prosperous American, I am offended by the “health and wealth” heresy. It must be especially appalling—or faith-shaking—to someone dying of AIDS in a mud hut!)
A special afternoon service featured more joyful music and dancing as well as sketches about the impact of HIV/AIDS. Curiously, Zambians laugh at tragedy, so when a woman was portrayed as being abandoned by her drunken husband to die of AIDS, the crowd was chucking and laughing. (Perhaps it’s some kind of defense mechanism.)
Leenorah Ngandy, a Zambian pastor, had written a powerful song about the HIV/AIDS crisis which she performed with the haunting harmonies of a women’s choir:
Aids is a killer disease,
Father, have your way,
Father, have your way.
Abstinence, faithfulness,
purity and righteousness,
These are all we need for our lives
and AIDS will run away.
Stop abusing the young ones
God is watching you,
God is watching you.
“Abusing the young ones” includes teachers who promise to pass female students who will have sex with them and the malevolent myth that having sex with a virgin will cure AIDS.
Detached, objective journalistic perspective lost
Monday, January 22 6 PM
Today was the most heart-wrenching day so far. Home-Based Care Coordinator, Cyrus Mfula, and Home-Based Care Leader, Yolanta Mybbuny, took us deep into the HIV/AIDS crisis.
Our first stop, after trekking through a dirt path pocked with puddles and the smell of human waste, was a small brick hut with a thatched roof.
The mother of three had been abandoned by her husband when she became “sick” three years ago. (Again, because of such stigma and shame, no one in Zambia has “HIV/AIDS.”)
As twelve of us squeezed into the 8 x 12 hut (cut in half with two colorful sheets), one of the team members leaned against a wall—which immediately began to tilt outward. Ba Cyrus (if you’re going to call someone by their first name, always add “Ba”) noted that the opposite wall had recently collapsed. With that bit of information, we all huddled together shoulder to shoulder, careful not a touch anything. Above, various scraps of black plastic were positioned to repair the leaking roof—but only served to attract and hold the stifling heat. The living area included one chair, a mat for a bed, and a small shelf for cooking supplies. In the corner sat metal cooking pots and on the walls, hanging on nails, were plastic cups. No trinkets or knick knacks, no pictures, no books, no electronic equipment—nothing that was not essential to sustain life!
She is raising her four children ages 16, 14, 9 and 6. Whenever our translators would ask patients, “How can we pray for you?” the answer was always the same. “Please pray that my children will be able to go to school. Pray that I can see them grow up.” Unfortunately, a good education is not the ticket out of lives without electricity, clean running water and sanitary facilities. Unemployment in Zambia runs between 80-90 percent! And unfortunately, if she does have AIDS, she will be dead in less than two years.
When Lois asked if she give the woman a hug, she smiled broadly. “Sick” people in Zambia are today’s “unclean” lepers, so I’m not sure the last time this woman felt a human touch other than World Hope’s caregivers.
We have quickly discovered why people walk—aside from not having the money for a vehicle. Our two cars were stuck three times during this visit. This of course provides great entertainment as crowds of children and adults gather to watch the silly muzungus get covered in mud.
We finally arrived at an 8 x 8 room that was home to a Wesleyan pastor, his wife and three children. The sleeping mat covered half the area with clothing hanging from every available rafter. A single chair and nshima pot were the only other contents.
The emaciated man, who had pastored a church near Siachetema, had an “open sore” that wouldn’t heal (HIV/AIDS?). He lay on a thin mat covered with blankets, his bony arms and hands clutching a shirt to his bare chest in the stuffy, stifling heat. The pain was evident as he constantly shifted trying to find a comfortable position. None was found.
Paul James, one of the pastors in the group, prayed that this dying pastor would remember the words of Jesus that he probably had spoken to comfort his parishioners as they neared death:
“Do not let your heart be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. My Father’s house has plenty of room; if it were not so, would I have told you I am going there to prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.”
So far on this trip, I had been able to maintain my detached, objective journalistic perspective. I started losing it when he asked me to take his picture so I would remember to pray for him. But when I shook his cold, bony hand and assured him, “I will not see you again on this earth, but I will see you in heaven, my brother,” I suddenly was not a journalist with a notepad and a camera. I was holding the hand of a real-live human being whose life was wasting away before my eyes. And yet in the dark, shabby little room, there was a look of hope in his eyes that he was anticipating a mansion where there will be no more sickness, no more pain and no more death.
After a morning focusing on death and dying, the afternoon focused on life and a hopeful future. We participated in a distribution of school supplies—pencils, rulers and notebooks—at Shampanda Pilgrim Wesleyan Church in Choma. By the bright eyes, wide smiles and energetic body language, to them, this was Christmas morning! We were surrounded—no, mobbed—by children who wanted to sit by and touch the muzungus. After a sober morning with people who have no real future, it was wonderful to spend the afternoon with children who, through World Hope, do have a hope and a future.
The evening took another emotional turn as local pastors shared stories of demon possession. Pastor Emmyson Siehikata told of the exorcism of a young woman where the demon had threatened, “Leave the girl alone or I will kill her and then the police will come and have you arrested.” The girl then collapsed, apparently dead, as the pastor and the church continued to pray for her. After three hours, the pastor grasped her by the hand and commanded, “In the name of Jesus, arise.” She did!
Pastor Sialoumba Siamoongwa shocked our team with stories of demonic attacks that were definitely not appropriate for the pulpit. Suffice it to say, demons can be sexually perverted.
Unless the Bible acknowledged the activity of demons—and I had witnessed two dramatic incidents that I believe were demonic—I’d have written both men off as Zambian Stephen Kings!
Servanthood is essential
I suspect that the WHIZ staff intentionally scheduled our experiences with death earlier in the trip and then encouraged us with life-giving situations later in the week.
We visited the childhood education and feeding program at the Shampanda Trust this morning. I doubt a lot of education occurred with the children excited to see the Americans, children being weighed and measured in one corner of the church and the lesson on breastfeeding conducted in the pews. Cacophony best described the sound! Today’s topic addressed the question of whether HIV/AIDS mothers can infect their nursing babies. (The answer is yes.) The Trust serves a weekly meal for 25-40 children and 20-25 mothers. Hopefully, with the emphasis on nutrition training, this is not the only nutritious meal they receive during the week. I’m impressed that this is not a “give a man a fish” but “teach him to fish” program. Everything World Hope does revolve around equipping and enabling local groups so that any progress made is sustainable without additional assistance or expense. For instance, a one-time gift of $12,000 will provide the training and equipping of a
community trust which will then become self-led and self-funded from then on.
At each trust the leader assigned “the distinguished visitors from America” simple chores. Today, I was in charge of washing the dishes after a lunch of rice mixed with milk and sugar. (I can’t remember the last time I washed dishes by hand. Probably in the late 70s before we got a dishwasher.)
For World Hope, servanthood is an essential element in the equation of relief. This is exhibited no better than by
JoAnne Lyon, the international director of World Hope. On two occasions, when the volunteer cooks were not available at the guest house, she and Hope Corps team director, Debbie Hoover, made us peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and scrambled eggs.
That is so typical of this humble servant of God. And yet, during lunch, she kept us spellbound with her stories of being invited to the White House to meet with President Bush concerning AIDS work in Haiti, sharing the platform with Senator John Kerry, and knowing a virtual “who’s who” of religious and political leaders. The Reverend Doctor Lyon is a brilliant woman who knows how to network to promote the work of World Hope!
Going back home to unreality
Thursday, January 25, Johannesburg Airport
I’m sitting in the Jo’berg airport across from a beautifully decorated nail and massage salon. To the right is a huge food court offering every imaginable delicacy; to the left the duty-free shop with designer fragrances and expensive wines.
It reminded me of the completely useless items I had seen in the SkyMall airline catalog: Star Wars Lightsaber Replica ($119.95), Remote-Controlled Robotic Shark ($24.95), Electronic Pants Presser ($479.95), ten of the “Best Cigar of the Year” award-winners ($159.99). WWI Sopwith Propeller ($149.99) and the Home Tanning System ($1,299). Yikes, for a tan, you could support a Zambian family for nearly two years!
Several on the team have mentioned going back home to reality, but looking around me, I’m not sure if we are indeed returning to “reality.”
We’ll be flying at 450 mph at 30,000 feet in the belly of a huge, man-made bird. We’ll return to our climate-controlled homes and vehicles, to eat our artificially flavored, processed food, while watching so-called “Christian” TV that promises a fantasy world of “health and wealth.” And, of course, the virtual reality of the Internet!
Perhaps the past ten days are as close to “reality” this pampered American Christian has ever come. Reality is unconditional love. Love that will overcome shame and stigma to care for a culture’s outcasts. Love that will give up creature comforts to give comfort to those who can’t give in return. Love that offers hope to a world that is dying of a far more destructive, deadlier disease than AIDS: despair.
So, I’m returning to my two-car, three-bedroom, over-fed, well-dressed, high-speed-connected fantasy world. I pray, as a result of the past ten days, I will be more real.
© 2007 James N. Watkins
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Dolly Parton is delighted to present 9 to 5 the Musical at the Savoy Theatre, London for a strictly limited season from 28 January to 31 August 2019 starring Louise Redknapp as Violet Newstead, Amber Davies as Judy Bernly, Natalie McQueen as Doralee Rhodes and Brian Conley as Franklin Hart.
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Classification.
History—Beginnings.
1801-30:
Nineteenth Century.
The "Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums."
"Jewish Chronicle."
The "Monatsschrift."
"American Israelite."
Kobak's "Jeschurun."
Geiger's "Zeitschrift."
Judæo-German Press.
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Ladino Press.
In the broadest meaning of the term Jewish periodicals include all magazines as well as all newspapers which, either because of the language in which they are published or because of the special nature of their contents, appeal particularly to Jewish readers. Of the newspapers most of the dailies form a class by themselves in that they report the general news of the world and do not confine themselves to Jewish matters. The specifically Jewish newspapers (principally weeklies) may be characterized as political, social, religious, or communal, ranging from such as report current matters of moment in all parts of the world and of interest to the whole of Judaism to such as are devoted solely to local community and social gossip. Of the magazines, or periodicals in the narrower sense of the term, some are literary and belletristic, others scientific. The former contain essays, stories, and poems generally, but not always, of a specifically Jewish nature; with such magazines may be classed as special subdivisions some juvenile and a few humoristic publications. The scientific magazines include some which deal, most often in a semipopular fashion, with the general sciences—physics, astronomy, geography, etc. (these are principally found among the Judæo-Spanish journals of Turkey); economics and agriculture (chiefly those devoted to the subject of colonization); and the household sciences (mostly papers for women's interests). The larger part of the scientific periodicals, however, deals with the so-called "Jewish sciences": Jewish history, Bible exegesis, Hebrew philology, bibliography, pedagogics, theology, philosophy, and religion. In addition to all these there are publications for special classes of readers—e.g., cantors, students, members of athletic associations—while various charitable and other societies issue regular reports of their activities. Many periodicals do not belong to one or other of these various classes exclusively; some, indeed, can be classified only as general, so diversified are their contents. Most of the weekly newspapers, for instance, make a specialty of presenting, sometimes in feuilletons or even in separate supplements, stories, essays, and poems, as well as scientific articles, while the technical magazines often devote special columns to news items. Some of the magazines, too, are illustrated; indeed, one or two have been established especially in the interests of art. Calendars and annuals, in so far as they contain literary, scientific, and belletristic matter, may likewise be included under the term "periodicals."
In the latter part of the century that saw the beginnings of non-Jewish periodical literature two attempts were made to found Jewish newspapers, both of them at Amsterdam, the center of Hebrew typography until the nineteenth century. The first was the Judæo-Spanish "Gazeta de Amsterdam" (Jan. 24-Nov. 14, 1678); the second, the Judæo-German semiweekly ("Dienstagische" and "Freitagische") "Kurant" (Aug., 1686-Dec., 1687). Although it is of interest to note that the word "Zeitung" (in Hebrew characters) was used in 1688 in the title ("Zeitung aus Indien") of the Judæo-German translation of Moses Pereyra's "Notisias dos Judeos de Cochim," almost an entire century passed after the two Amsterdam publications ceased before another Jewish newspaper made its appearance.
But in the meantime the beginnings of magazine-journalism had likewise been made. Perhaps the "Peri 'Eẓ Ḥayyim" (1728-61)—also of Amsterdam—a monthly Hebrew bulletin containing the rabbinical decisions of the members of the Sephardic bet ha-midrash (Arbol de las Vidas), may be regarded as the first Jewish magazine. That honor is generally claimed, however, for the "Ḳohelet Musar," which Moses Mendelssohn, assisted by Tobias Back, started to issue in 1750 as a Hebrew weekly devoted to ethico-philosophical questions; only two numbers appeared. About this time Benjamin ben Zalman Croneburg of Neuwied planned to publish a general Jewish newspaper under the title "Der Grosse Schauplatz"; but only a fragment of one issue of the paper, in German with Hebrew characters, has been preserved. In 1771 was made another of these early attempts to establish Jewish newspapers—Jewish, however, only because of their readers, not because of their contents—this time in Germany. It was called the "Dyhernfurther Privilegirte Zeitung," and was a German weekly in Hebrew characters printed from Dec., 1771, until some time in the following year. It contained news from foreign parts, such as Warsaw and Constantinople, as well as market reports, etc. Above the title was pictured the coat of arms of the city of Dyhernfurth. The last of this class of periodicals for some time was one which appeared for half a year in Alsace, a political weekly entitled simply "Zeitung" (Metz, 1789-90).
Of an entirely different nature from these newspapers was "Ha-Meassef," which was founded in 1784 by Mendelssohn's disciples. As the successful monthly organ of the Maskilim, it really inaugurated the Hebrew press. It appeared in seven volumes, and then was forced to suspend by the successful issue of the very purposes for which it had been established; for the wider participation on the part of the Jews in the culture of their neighbors was attended by a growing disinclination to use Hebrew.
1801-30: Nineteenth Century.
The nineteenth century opened without the existence of any Jewish periodical; and when efforts were resumed to utilize this class of publications in furthering reforms in the internal and external status of Judaism, the necessity for the use of the vernacular was realized. Of the seventeen or eighteen attempts at founding periodicals in the first quarter of the new century, fourteen were in languages other than Hebrew, by far the larger proportion in German. In Bohemia the first Jewish magazine, the "Jüdische Monatsschrift,"German in Hebrew characters, was published by a literary society for a few months in 1802; and in 1811 appeared the "Jahrbücher für Israeliten und Israelitinnen," which was modeled on the annual "Taschenbücher" appearing in the non-Jewish world and contained literary and belletristic matter. In Holland a Dutch newspaper, "Sulamith," appeared from 1806 until 1808, and a "Jaarboek" was published in the latter year. In Germany the following periodicals in German were established: a successful Reform monthly with general contents, which was likewise called "Sulamith" and appeared fairly regularly for about nineteen years from 1806; "Jedidja" (1817-23), a religious, moral, and pedagogic semiannual; the "Zeitschrift für die Reifere Jugend" ("Ḳeren Tushiyyah," Fürth, 1817); the "Taschenbücher zur Belehrung der Jugend" (1818-1820; an annual), noteworthy as the first periodicals for the young; "Der Bibel'sche Orient" (1821), an unsuccessful attempt at establishing a cabalistic periodical; the "Zeitschrift für die Wissenschaft des Judenthums" (1822), the first German literary-scientific paper, one which, despite its merits, failed to find a reading public; and "Geist der Pharisäischen Lehre" (1823-24), the first rabbinical magazine. In 1823, also, were published the first Jewish papers in England and America, both in English: the "Hebrew Intelligencer," an anonymous monthly in London, and "The Jew," a monthly in New York (the latter was continued for two years). In Poland there appeared "Der Beobachter an der Weichsel," in Judæo-German, printed at Warsaw in 1823-24.
Of the various Hebrew periodicals that were published in the course of this period one was a German attempt to continue "Ha-Meassef" under the title "Ha-Meassef he-Ḥadash" (1809-11); the second was the similar publication of the Dutch To'elet Society and called "Bikkure To'elet" (1820); the third, the Austrian "Bikkure ha-'Ittim" (1820-31), was one of the two periodicals thus far mentioned that outlived the first quarter of the century, although sporadic attempts were made within the following ten years to revive the two most successful of the German periodicals. The "Bikkure ha-'Ittim" marks the commencement of a new phase, locally, of Jewish history. What "Ha-Meassef" had been for Germany, the "Bikkure ha-'Ittim" became for Austria, where the Haskalah movement now first became active. Its general excellence attained for it a wide circulation; and though it was destined to live hardly more than ten years, it was nevertheless after a short interval followed by a line of worthy successors. Between 1825 and 1831 it was apparently the only regularly published periodical in the whole of the Jewish world.
Nevertheless in Germany the decade 1831-40 was to be one of great journalistic activity, both politically and literary-scientifically; no less than fifteen periodicals printed in German were established during this time, among them several which at least from the standpoint of longevity were eminently successful; one of them, indeed, is still being published. The first periodical of the decade was "Der Jude," almost exclusively political; despite a promising beginning in an important field it endured only four years (1832-35). In 1833 another volume of "Jedidja" was published, and "Zion," a religious paper, began a two years' career. In 1834 Philippson's "Israelitisches Predigt- und Schul-Magazin" appeared. In the following year "Das Füllhorn" (1835-36), with the object of furnishing instructive, useful, and entertaining reading matter and of discussing Jewish events of interest, furnished a new type of paper, being followed by "Die Synagoge" (1837-39). Of greater importance was the founding in 1835 of Geiger's "Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift für Jüdische Theologie," in which the foremost scholars of the time united to popularize the "Jewish sciences." Its success was marked; it appeared, though with interruptions, until 1844, and then for a short time in 1847.
But these scientific, instructive, and edificative journals, apart from the irregularity of their appearance, left a want to be supplied, which Philippson, discontinuing his theological paper, in 1837 set about to fill. In the "Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums" was furnished the first successful paper to take part in the every-day life of the Jew, and in the course of its history it was instrumental in introducing many reforms and establishing several important societies and institutions. As it appeared at first three times and then regularly once a week, it was enabled to fulfil in part the duties of a newspaper also. The "Allgemeines Archiv des Judenthums" (1839-43) was a revival of "Jedidja"; Jost's "Israelitische Annalen" (1839-41) sought to be both a newspaper and a scientific and literary magazine; "Der Israelit des Neunzehnten Jahrhunderts" (1839-1848), another Reform paper, was particularly religious, but had also a literary tendency at times. Even more active and more enduring was Fürst's "Der Orient" (1840-51), founded in the last year of this decade, with general contents, and with a separate" Litteraturblatt" which to-day still offers a veritable mine for the student of Jewish literature, history, and archeology. "Ẓiyyon" (1841-42), another scientific and religious (Reform) paper, and "Sinai" (1846), for "Jewish learning and ethics," may also be mentioned.
Outside of Germany the only periodical founded that survived the decade was the Austrian "Kerem Ḥemed" (1833-42), which was established as the successor of the Haskalic "Bikkure ha-'Ittim" and appeared as somewhat of an innovation in style, its articles on exegetical, archeological, and literary-historical questions being in the form of letters. In Switzerland appeared "Altes und Neues Morgenland" (1834-40), an exegetical monthly; in France, the "Archives Israélites de France"—the first successful French publication and the second oldest Jewish paper now in existence—and an earlier attempt, "Die Wiedergeburt" ("La Régénération," 1836-37) of Strasburg, probably the first bilingual Jewish paper; in England, the "Hebrew Review and Magazine for Rabbinical Literature" (1834-35); and in Holland, the "Jaarboeken voor de Israelieten in Nederland" (1835-40).
The religious activity of the fifth decade of the century was attended by correspondingly increasing journalistic productiveness, the numberof new periodicals being no less than seventy. Germany continued to lead in this respect; there was also a decided revival of interest in Hebrew, while both English and French journalism were likewise established on a permanent basis. As many as twenty-five new German periodicals appeared, five of them in Austria, and one each in England and America; about fifteen Hebrew, of which five appeared in Germany, an equal number in Austria, two or three each in Galicia and Holland, and one in England; and at least thirteen English, of which one in America and one in England were destined to endure a long time. Only the most noteworthy of these periodicals, such as introduced or established some phase of journalism, will receive particular mention.
The "Revue Orientale" (1841-46) was the first periodical in Belgium. The "Voice of Jacob" (1841-1848), with Reform tendencies, was the first English newspaper deserving of the term; but far more successful was the "Jewish Chronicle," with the opposite religious tendency at first, and which, established in the same year, is the oldest existing publication in English. "Pirḥe Ẓafon" (Wilna, 1841-44), for literary criticism, Biblical and Talmudical researches, and news, was apparently Russia's first periodical. In 1842 Isidor Busch of Vienna with his "Kalender und Jahrbuch für Israeliten" (1842-47; and 1854-67), containing a summary of the news of the year, as well as historical, scientific, belletristic, and other entertaining matter, made this class of publications a valuable addition to periodical literature. A Judæo-Spanish journal, the "Chronica Israelitica"—the first since the "Gazeta de Amsterdam"—was published in Gibraltar in 1842, and another, "Esperanza Israelitica," in 1843. "The Occident," a monthly of Conservative tendencies, was the first really successful periodical in the United States (Philadelphia, 1843-69). An important German publication of this period was Frankel's "Zeitschrift für die Religiösen Interessen des Judenthums" (1844-46, but continued later under a different title). Hungary as yet did not offer a promising field for journalistic enterprise; in 1844 Leopold Löw attempted to publish his "Ben Chananja" for the Jews of that country, but at Leipsic; fourteen years passed before he renewed his attempt. "Yerushalayimn" (Zolkiev, 1844; Lemberg, then Prague, 1845), in Hebrew, was the first Galician publication. "First Fruits of the West" is of interest because it was published in Kingston, Jamaica (1844).
The successful German papers until this time all had had Reform tendencies; as religious agitation increased, party lines were drawn more closely, and journals were established to serve as official organs of Orthodoxy and moderate Reform, as well as of Radicalism. The first successful Orthodox paper was "Der Treue Zionswächter" (1845-55), with a Hebrew supplement, "Shomer Ẓiyyon ha-Ne'eman"; "Ha-Yareaḥ" (1845) in Hebrew, and with the same tendency, lived but a short time. Another attempt at founding a periodical for mysticism—"Der Kabbalistische Biblische Occident"—ended with the first number. In France "L'Univers Israélite," Conservative, founded in 1844, takes its place beside the "Archives Israélites" among the oldest of existing periodicals; other, but short-lived, journals appeared there in the next two years. For the Austrian Haskalah, the "Kerem Ḥemed" having ceased publication in 1843, the "Kokebe Yiẓḥaḳ" (1845-73) was established, and proved to be the longest-lived of the "Bikkure ha-'lttim's" successors. In England the first literary magazine, entitled "Sabbath Leaves" (1845), and a religious paper, "The Cup of Salvation" (1846), were established, the latter with the patronage of Sir Moses Montefiore; but, like various other English papers of the next few years, they existed but a short time. The "Magyar Zsinagóga" (1846-47) and the "Evkönyo Zsido" (1848) seem to have been the first periodicals in Hungarian; the scientific "Rivista Israelitica" (published for a few years from 1845), the first in Italian, and the Judæo-Spanish "Puerta del Oriente," or "Sha'are Mizraḥ" (1846), the first in Turkey.
In 1847 the "Jewish Chronicle" of England from a fortnightly became a weekly, and Geiger's "Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift" resumed publication for a short time. In 1848 are to be noted "Die Zeitung"—this and "Die Jüdische Post" (1849) were the first Galician Judæo-German papers; "Die Zeitschwingen," "Die Zeitung für's Judenthum," and the "Centralorgan für Glaubensfreiheit"—the first German papers in Vienna, all edited by Busch and all unsuccessful; Einhorn's "Ungarische Israelit," the first German paper published in Hungary, and one which gave the first impulse to Reform in that country; and the "Liturgische Zeitschrift" (1848-62) in Germany, the first periodical devoted to synagogal music and to the interests of cantors. In Holland the weekly "Nieuws en Advertenticblaad," and the literary "Tijdschrift," were founded in 1849; the former, with various changes of title, continued to appear until 1893. In 1849, also, appeared in America "The Asmonean" (until 1858), the first weekly there; "Israel's Herold," short-lived, but noteworthy as the first German-American paper (both of these appeared in New York); and the "Jewish Advocate" (of Philadelphia); "The Hebrew Leader," a Conservative paper established in 1850, is noteworthy at least in that it continued to appear until 1882.
The decade 1851-60 was characterized by a steadily increasing attention on the part of German periodicals to the scientific aspect of Judaism, perhaps at the expense of purely religious interests, the comparative silence of the so-called official organs being noteworthy (in 1860 the "Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums" was practically the only paper making propaganda for Reform); there were also renewed attention to the Hebrew press, especially in Galicia, and marked journalistic activity in America. To the four or five German periodicals already established on a permanent basis were added in Germany and Austria eleven or twelve which were to have a life of ten years or more—three of them are still in existence. It is worthy of note, furthermore, that of the total thirty new German periodicals established in this period one-third were literary "Jahrbücher." Fourteen new Hebrew publications likewise were founded.
The "Monatsschrift." V09p605001.jpg
Page from the "Dyhernfurther Privilegirte Zeitung."
(In the possession of Prof. Richard Gotcheil, New York.)
In 1851 Frankel, in reviving the "Zeitschrift für die Religiösen Interessen des Judenthums" and changing it to the more scientific "Monatsschrift für die Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judenthums," took a step characteristic of the period, though for a time, it is true, the "Monatsschrift" was the only scientific journal in Germany. In the same year "Der Israelitische Volkslehrer," a family weekly of a superior belletristic character, was founded by L. Stern and continued to appear for about twelve years (from 1859 with Stern's "Der Freitagabend"). The "Deutscher Volkskalender und Jahrbuch," also established in 1851, proved to be one of the most enduring of its class, and is still being published as the "Jüdischer Volks- und Haus-Kalender" (Brieg, from 1853); it was joined in the following year by Pascheles' "Illustrirter Israelitischer Volks-Kalender" (Prague, 1852-94), apparently the earliest illustrated periodical. In 1852 "He-Ḥaluẓ," a scientific Hebrew year-book, was established in Galicia and was published successively in various places until 1889. In England a rival to the "Jewish Chronicle" appeared, in 1853, in the "Hebrew Observer"; but in the following year it united with the "Chronicle," which remained the only organ of the community for some years. In Italy was established the first successful Italian periodical, "Educatore Israelità," taking the place of the "Rivista Israelitica"; since 1874 it has been known as "II Vessillo Israelitico." In Constantinople the establishment of the Judæo-Spanish "La Luz de Israel" (1853) especially to report the Crimean war is significant.
In 1854 were established Philippson's "Jüdisches Volksblatt" (until 1866); Samson R. Hirsch's "Jeschurun," a valiant defender of Orthodoxy (the other Orthodox organ, the "Treue Zionswächter," ceased publication in the following year), which was of importance in the development of Judaism until 1870; and M. Letteris' "Wiener Mittheilungen" (1854-66), the first successful one of his several attempts. In the same year Busch's highly prized "Kalender und Jahrbuch für Israeliten" was continued by Wertheim as the "Jahrbuch." In 1851 the "Annuaire du Culte Israélite" (until 1870), in 1853 another Dutch weekly, "De Israeliet" (short-lived), and in 1855 another French journal, "Le Lien d'Israël" (until 1862), were founded.
In the United States the "American Israelite," supporting Reform, the oldest existing journal in that country, was established in 1854; and in the following year "Deborah," with the same objects, but to appeal to the large number of German Jews for whom English was not as yet the literary language, became one of a series of German and German-English papers. Thus in the eastern part of the country "Sinai" was published at Baltimore from 1856 to 1862; in the West "The Hebrew Observer," in English and German, was established, the oldest existing Jewish paper on the Pacific coast, and two years later a second journal was established there, "The Gleaner," which was succeeded by "The Pacific Messenger" (1860-61), likewise in German and English. In 1857 the "Jewish Messenger" of New York appeared, and until 1902 it occupied in the Conservative rank a position corresponding to that of the "American Israelite" among the Reform papers. "The Asmonean," however, ceased publication in 1858. In 1859 "The Corner-Stone" of New Orleans gave evidence that another section of the country had awakened to a realization of journalistic influence.
By the middle of this decade Galicia had become recognized as the center of a Haskalic influence which extended over Poland and Lithuania; among the Jews of this region, whose literary language was still Hebrew, the Crimean war had awakened interest in the world at large; and therefore when the weekly "Ha-Maggid" was established it met with instantaneous and lasting success. This was really the beginning of the Hebrew newspaper. Most of the Hebrew journals thenceforth established in Turkey and in Slavic countries contained political and mercantile news of the Gentile as well as of the Jewish world, while special literary and scientific supplements supplied the other demands of their readers. In Lemberg, too, "Jeschurun," a Hebrew journal for science and literature, was founded (1856-58; from 1859 it was published in Germany, partly in German and partly in Hebrew); likewise "Meged Yeraḥim," and later "Oẓar Ḥokmah," neither of which lived many years, however. "Ha-Mebasser" (1860-70) was eminently more successful. "Oẓar Neḥmad" (1856-64), another Hebrew periodical of the same class as those of Galicia, was published in Vienna.
The only other important journalistic event of 1857 was the appearance of the Rumanian "Israelitulu Romanulu" of Bucharest, the first journal in Wallachia. The Jews of Hungary were provided with a journal in the following year, when Löw revived his "Ben Chananja," but with a more scientific trend; it continued publication till 1867. Steinschneider's "Hebräische Bibliographie" was the first purely bibliographical periodical established; its importance is indicated by the length of its life (1858-82). "La Famille de Jacob" was one of the few Jewish journals of France published outside of Paris; "La Vérité Israélite" (1860-62) was an attempt to provide a French juvenile paper. The last year of the sixth decade was somewhat active, especially in Russia, where two important Hebrew weeklies, "Ha-Karmel" (until 1881) and "Ha-Meliẓ" (until 1904), and also "Razsvyet" (continued as "Zion" in 1861, then again as "Razsvyet" in 1879), a weekly and the first journal in Russian, met with success.
During the decade 1861-70 the comparative journalistic inactivity of Germany continued, though a temporary change was noted about the middle of the period in the establishment of a number of papers of brief existence. Of about a hundred new periodicals established—of which nine or ten were added to the list of permanent ones, and ten others enjoyed a life of ten years' duration or more—Germany supplied only about fifteen, one of which is still being published; and four others, with ten of those previously existing, outlived the decade. In America, too, the increased activity hardly kept the pace which the growth of the Jewish population and the journalistic conditions of the preceding decade would seem to have predicted;perhaps a dozen new periodicals were founded there, of which only three were to outlive the decade together with about five previously existent papers. England's activity was even less marked. On the other hand, the growth of the periodical press in Austria, including Galicia and Hungary, was steady, and resulted in a number of permanent additions to the list of Hebrew papers, of which between twenty and twenty-five new ones were founded in various parts of the Jewish world. A remarkable feature, too, was the number of Judæo-Spanish periodicals—at least ten-which made their appearance, although perhaps only one survived long. Furthermore, permanent papers were established in a number of the countries less prominent in the history of Jewish journalism.
In Germany Geiger, fifteen years after the cessation of his "Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift," resumed its publication under the title "Jüdische Zeitschrift für Wissenschaft und Leben" (1862-1873); in 1868 Kobak's "Jeschurun" was removed to Bamberg (until-1878), Grätz became editor of the "Monatsschrift für die Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judenthums," and the "Israelitische Wochenschrift" (until 1894) made its appearance; and the following year "Die Jüdische Presse" was founded as a Conservative journal, one which is still being published.
In Austria and Hungary the cause of Reform received added and energetic journalistic representation in "Die Neuzeit" of Vienna (1861-1904), which at the same time became a rich source of material for the history of the Jews in Austria-Hungary. "Ben Chananja" increased its influence in Hungary by becoming a weekly in 1861; and its efforts were supplemented in the same year by those of the Hungarian "Magyar Izraelita." The "Izraelita Magyar Néptanitó" (1865-68) was pedagogic in character, as was the "Zsidó Iskolai és Hitköztégi Lapok" (1869-71); and the Orthodox interests were represented by the "Magyar Zsidó." In Austria, toward the end of this period, Smolenskin founded "Ha-Shaḥar" (1869-1884), an eminently successful periodical and one which inaugurated the epoch of original literature in modern Hebrew. In Galicia, however, a Hebrew weekly for political and general news, "Ha-'Ibri," had been founded in 1865, and it continued publication until 1890; in 1869 a still-existent German paper was established there as "Der Israelit," for moderate Reform; while the "Lemberger Jüdische Zeitung" represented the Judæo-German press for a number of years during this decade. The history of Judæo-German journalism had really begun in Russia in 1863. Until that time the better-educated classes of Russian Jews, for all of whom Hebrew was the literary language, had formed the bulk of the reading public; but now, as was the case in other countries, a vernacular press was demanded, and "Ha-Meliẓ," issued as a Judæo-German supplement "Ḳol Mebasser," for literature and belles-lettres. A Russian periodical, "Posrednik," also appeared for a short time from 1869. In Poland "Jutzrenka," the first Jewish paper in Polish, appeared from 1861 to 1863; its place was taken in 1866 by the still-existent "Izraelitá." This country played its part, too, in the history of the Hebrew press; "Ha-Ẓefirah" (1862-63, then 1874 until the present time), a weekly, ranking with the similar journals of Galicia and Russia. With these countries must be grouped in this respect Palestine, where "Ha-Lebanon" appeared from 1863 to 1864, but where "Ha-Ḥabaẓẓelet," a strongly Orthodox newspaper, was of greater importance and, though its publication has at times been interrupted, is still active.
The "Jornal Israelith" (1860-71), whose editor Ezekiel Gabbai was the real founder of journalism in Turkey, owed its success to the fact that, being printed in Judæo-Spanish, it supplied a long-felt want of the Jews of Turkey, who were for the greater part uninstructed and without any knowledge of languages other than the vernacular. The Judæo-Spanish papers of Turkey which followed the "Jornal" were mostly of one character: they supplied information as to foreign and domestic affairs in general and Jewish communal affairs in particular; and, to such an extent as to be forced to suspend publication, fearlessly fought for reforms and protested against abuses even when connected with the grand rabbinate. The activity of the Judæo-Spanish press about 1864 was notable not only in Turkey, but also in other parts, particularly in Vienna, where the Judæo-Spanish colony published, in rabbinical characters, various journals intended for the Balkan Peninsula, especially Bulgaria. They include, peculiarly enough, what appears to have been the first Jewish comic paper, "Risi Bisi" (1867); "El Verdadero Progreso Israelito" (1863) appeared in Paris; and "Sema Israel" (1864) in Curaçao. In 1869 the first of five unsuccessful attempts to publish Jewish papers in Turkish was made with "Al-Sharḳiyyah." "Salonik" (1869) was printed not only in Judæo-Spanish and Turkish, but also in Greek and Bulgarian. In Rumania the "Israelitulu Romanulu" resumed publication in Rumanian and French, in 1867. In Corfu the "Chronica Israelitica," in Italian and Greek, was founded in 1861, and "La Famiglia Israelitica," in Italian, was published from 1869 to 1877; while in Italy the "Corriere Israelitico" (from 1863) appeared beside and eventually outlived the "Educatore Israelitico." In France Isidore Cahen became editor of the "Archives Israélites" in 1862; that this journal and the "Univers Israélite" were sufficient to supply the journalistic wants of Paris is shown by the end of "Le Lien" and "La Vérité" about this time, though the "Revue Israélite," a weekly, was founded in 1870, and appeared for several years. In Holland renewed activity was indicated by the appearance of the annual "Achawa" (1865-68) and of three new weeklies which are still in existence: the "Nieuw Israelietische Weekblaad" (from 1866), the "Onafhankelijk Israelietisch Orgaan voor Nederland" (from 1867), and the "Weekblaad voor Israelietische Huizgesinnen" (from 1870); in addition "Ibri," a literary weekly, existed for a short time in 1869. The "Israelitisk Tidende" (1865), published at Copenhagen for a short time, seems to have been the only Danish Jewish periodical published, unless the "Jödisk Almanak" (1861) be reckoned as such.
In the United States the "Zeichen der Zeit," a German monthly with a Reform tendency, soon paid the penalty for the caustic tone it adopted; on the other hand, "The Hebrew," (1863 to the present), in German and English, was another successful publication of the Pacific coast. "The Jewish Times" of New York (1869-79) was for a time the foremost representative of the Reform element; and in 1870 "Ha-Ẓofeh ba-Areẓ, ha-Ḥadashah" was founded as one of the most successful Hebrew periodicals ever published in America. In England the "Londoner Jüdisch-Deutsche Zeitung" was the first Judæo-German publication to appear in English-speaking countries; while the "Jewish Record" (1868-71) was the first penny Jewish paper. "The Guide" is to be noted as another journal of Kingston, Jamaica, and "The Australian Israelite" (1870-1882) as one of the longest-lived Jewish newspapers of Australia.
During the decade 1871-80 the increase in the number of Hebrew publications was maintained, principally in Galicia, but also in Palestine and Russia and, to a smaller extent, in Germany, Austria, Hungary, and the United States, though many of these publications suspended before the end of the decade; in the last-mentioned country both English and Judæo-German journalism likewise displayed a decidedly greater activity (about twenty-five new foundations in each language were made); furthermore, six or seven new journals in Russian appeared, and an equal number in Judæo-Spanish.
In Germany it is perhaps noteworthy that Geiger's "Jüdische Zeitschrift," which had been at least in part religious, came to an end in 1872, and that the "Jüdisches Literaturblatt" (Magdeburg, 1873-97; Cracow, 1897 to the present) was almost entirely scientific and literary. So, too, were Berliner's "Magazin für die Wissenschaft des Judenthums" (1874-93) and Brüll's "Jahrbücher für Jüdische Geschichte und Literatur." The "Predigt-Magazin" was a homiletical quarterly; while "Der Israelitische Bote" and "Die Reform" (each several years from 1875) were two new religious and literary papers, the former Orthodox, the latter progressive. "Joseph," edited for a number of years from 1879, was a special publication for the young, and "Der Jüdische Kantor" (1879-98), one of the most successful of the liturgical papers. "Die Neue Israelitische Zeitung" (1880) was a second attempt at Jewish journalism in Switzerland. Of Judæo-German papers in Germany the "Ḳol la-'Am," edited for several years from 1876 by Rodkinsohn, requires mention. In Alsace "L'Israélite Alsace-Lorraine" (1878-80) appeared partly in French and partly in German.
The principal new publications in Austria during this decade were Judæo-German and Hebrew; e.g., of the former, "Der Wiener Israelit," a newspaper published three times a week from 1873 for many years. Nor was the proverbial light-heartedness of the Austrian capital without its expression in Jewish journalism; as formerly the first Judæo-Spanish humoristic paper had been published there, so now the first Judæo-German, Wilhelm Weiss's "Jüdischer Kikeriki" (1877), which was, in addition, illustrated. In contrast "Ha-Emet" (1877), though only a few numbers appeared, is noteworthy as the first Hebrew socialistic paper. In Hungary the "Ungarisch-Jüdische Wochenschrift" (1871-72), especially "Der Ungarische Israelit" (1874 to the present—a general paper), and "Die Zeit" (1878-81; for theology and history), were important German publications; "Das Jüdische Weltblatt" (from 1878) was a successful semiweekly Judæo-German organ; "Ha-Yehudi" (1875-80), a Hebrew literary magazine; while "A Magyar Izraelita Orzágos Tanitó-Egylet Ertesitöje" (from 1875) was to prove itself the longest-enduring of the periodicals published in Hungarian. Bohemia, too, established a successful German periodical in this decade—the "Israelitischer Lehrerbote," continued as "Die Israelitische Gemeindezeitung" (1873), the oldest Jewish paper in Bohemia;" Der Fortschritt im Judenthume" (1880-85) likewise was published in Bohemia.
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Title-Heading of the Humorous Section of the "New-Yorker Illustrirte Jüdische Zeitung."
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Title-Headings of Jewish Illustrated Humorous Periodicals.
In Galicia the Judæo-German periodicals which reenforced the "Israelit" and the "Lemberger Jüdische Zeitung" were "Die Neue Jüdische Presse" (1872) and "Yisrulik" (1875-76). Except "Svjit," a Polish weekly, and "Ojczyzma," which appeared for five years in both Polish and Hebrew, all the other important new Galician papers were in the latter language; most of them appeared in the ranks beside the long-established "He-Ḥaluẓ," "Ha-Maggid," and "Ha-'Ibri," to combat which, however, the "Maḥaziḳe ha-Dat" was founded in 1879 as the organ of Ḥasidism. In Rumania—where the demand for journals in the vernacular was met by "Fraternitatéa" (1879) and the annual "Anuar Penetrul Israeliti" (1878) in Rumanian, and by "Ha-Yo'eẓ" (1876) in Judæo-German—Hebrew journalism was represented by "Ha-Ḥolek" (1878) and by "Yizra'el" (1877), which had as its object, as did "Ha-Yo'eẓ," the rousing of interest in the Holy Land. The Hebrew pressin Russia was likewise active for a time, although "Ha-Karmel" in 1871, more in keeping with its literary character, became a monthly; among the new journals were: "Yagdil Torah" (1871-81), "Bet Wa'ad la-Ḥakamim" (1875), "Ha-Boḳer Or" (1876-86), and "Dabar be'Itto" (1878). On the other hand, the Judæo-German "Ḳol Mebasser" ceased publication in 1871, and there seemed to be a growing fondness for languages other than Hebrew and Judæo-German; several Russian periodicals were established, including the highly successful "Voskhod," which, founded as a weekly in 1879 and changed to a monthly in 1881, has continued to appear with weekly and annual supplements until the present time, though not uninterruptedly. When the renewed activity of the Hebrew periodical press was most noted, "Ha-Ẓebi" (1876-1900) was founded as the most successful opponent of the very Conservative "Ha-Ḥabaẓẓelet," (which became a monthly in 1877), and fought twice a week for the introduction of modern civilization into the Holy Land and for the renascence of Hebrew as a spoken language. About the same time were established "Yehudah wi-Yerushalayim" (1877-78) and "Sha'are Ẓiyyon" (1876-80), and in 1880 "'Ammud ha-Yir'ah," as an organ of the rabbis; and Frumkin edited for a short time the first Judæo-German periodical of Palestine.
The Judæo-Spanish press of this decade was very active in its attempts to educate the Jews of the Orient. "El Tiempo" (from 1871) was one of the most widely circulated papers of the East. "El Nacional," which in 1871 became the successor of the "Jornal lsraelith," and "El Telegrafo" (from 1872) were of a similar nature. Of the other Judæo-Spanish periodicals—principally "La Epoca" (for many years from 1874), "El Sol" (1879), and "La Buena Espéranza" (1874; originally called "La Espéranza")—some were of a more general popular-scientific nature, treating in part the natural sciences and containing also translations of stories from the French and Hebrew. "La Politica" (1878) was published by the Judæo-Spanish colony in Vienna. "Zeman" (1872) and "Jeridiyyah Terjumah" were two more of the attempts to educate the Jews of Turkey to the use of Turkish as a written language.
In Italy the "Educatore Israelita," with a change in title to "II Vessillo Israelitico," received a new lease of life in 1874. "Mosè," an Italian monthly of Corfu, the third Jewish paper of that island, was established in 1878. In France one of the most valuable of the scientific periodicals in the whole of Jewish journalism—the "Revue des Etudes Juives"—began to appear in 1880; while in Holland, of five or six new publications, the scientific and literary "Israelietische Letterbode," with a news supplement, the "Israelietische Nieuwsbode," was published for fourteen years alongside its older contemporaries; and the "Echo de l'Orient" (1875), a French fortnightly and interesting on this account, appeared for a short time.
Of several papers established during this decade in England, one, "The Jewish World," founded in 1873, was destined to be of great importance in the development of English Jewry. "Der Londoner Israelit" (1878) was a successful Judæo-German socialist paper, and "Ha-Kerem," a Hebrew weekly. In Australia, of four English papers established between 1871 and 1875 one was edited by the Jewish schoolboys of Adelaide; in India the first Jewish journals appeared during this period: "The Jewish Gazette" (1874) of Calcutta and the "Light of Truth" (1877-1882) of Bombay, both in Mahrati (Hebrew characters) and English.
Title-Heading of the First Number of "Ha-Maggid."
In the United States several English papers appeared whose continued publication during a term of years allows the inference that the number of new journals published there was proportionate to a growing need, even if the literary and utilitarian character of many of the new productions was not such as to give them a high place in Jewish history. One of the most enduring of American juvenilepapers was "Young Israel" (later "Israel's Home Journal"), founded in 1871; another, which had a succession of distinguished scholars as editors, was "The Sabbath Visitor" (from 1874), edited at first with a German section. "The New Era," (1871-75) was the first of a number of monthly literary magazines established in succession in various cities under the same name. "The Occident" (Chicago, 1874), "The Jewish Record" (Philadelphia, 1874-87), "The Jewish Progress" (San Francisco, 1876), and "The Jewish Tribune" (St. Louis, 1879) were typical weeklies; "The American Hebrew," founded in New York in 1879, became with "The American Israelite" a representative of this class of journals. "The Jewish Advance" (Chicago, 1878-82) and "The Jewish Chronicle" (Baltimore, from 1876) were comparatively successful German-English papers; "Die Wahrheit" was published at St. Louis (1871), and "Der Zeitgeist," a German family paper, at Chicago (1880-83). "The Hebrew Review" (Cincinnati, (1880-90) was one of the few purely literary magazines published in America. Of the various Judæo-German papers—including one which had English, German, and Hebrew departments also, and another which was devoted to anarchism—only the "Jüdische Gazetten" in New York (from 1874) and the "Israelitische Presse" of Chicago (from 1876; with a Hebrew supplement, "Hekal ha-'Ibriyyah") were of much importance. The latter was strongly Orthodox; the former, which was Conservative but inclined toward liberalism, and which contained popular literary articles as well as news-items, was perhaps the most successful paper of its class published. "Ha-Ḳol" (New York, 1889-90), founded originally in 1876 in Königsberg by Rodkinsohn as a literary and news journal, deserves notice as one of the most radical Hebrew periodicals ever published.
1881-1900: Of Recent Years.
During the last twenty years of the nineteenth century a marked change was noticeable in the condition of the Jewish periodical press. Before the opening of this epoch all the various types of Jewish journalistic activity had been established; but from now on one type in particular, that of the newspaper, became predominant. At the same time there was a shifting in the preponderance of influence, which previously rested with the German press. Even here a change had gradually been taking place, in that the weekly half-news, half-literary paper had increased in numbers at the expense of the more strictly scholarly magazine. But it was especially in America and the Slavonic countries that the change was most noticeable. The new period was ushered in by the sudden increase in the immigration into the former from the latter, attended in the United States by a corresponding advance in the number of local English weeklies as well as the more-to-be-expected Judæo-German dailies and weeklies; the Judæo-German press becoming of wide significance in connection not only with Jewish questions, but also with the economic questions of the world at large. Exactly how great was the reflex influence of the new settlers in America upon affairs in their old homes can not be determined; at any rate, Russia and Galicia shared in the new movement, though not so much in the Judæo-German as in the Hebrew press. Zionism likewise contributed toward the increase in journalistic activity during this period.
Of the older periodicals in Germany the "Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift des Judenthums" ceased publication in 1881, the "Jahrbücher für Jüdische Geschichte und Litteratur" in 1890, the "Magazin für die Wissenschaft des Judenthums" in 1893, the "Israelitische Wochenschrift" in 1894, and "Der Jüdische Kantor" in 1897, in which year, too, the "Jüdisches Literaturblatt" removed to Cracow; there were thus left of the old foundations only the "Monatsschrift für Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judenthums" (which, moreover, also suspended from 1887 to 1892), the "Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums," "Der Israelit," and "Die Jüdische Presse," and of the annuals only the "Jüdischer Volks- und Haus-Kalender."
However, at least thirty new German periodicals appeared in Germany during the twenty years. Of these "Die Laubhütte" (from 1883), the "Israelitisches Gemeindeblatt" (from 1888), the "Allgemeine Israelitische Wochenschrift" (from 1892), and the "Jüdisches Familienblatt" (from 1898) belong in the category of religious and social newspapers; the "Populär-Wissenschaftliche Monatsblätter" (from 1881), "Israelitische Monatsschrift" (1884-95; supplement of "Die Jüdische Presse"), and "Zeitschrift für die Geschichte der Juden in Deutschland" (1887-1892) were scientific—the fact that only one of them outlived the century is significant. The "Zeitschrift für Hebräische Bibliographie" was founded in 1896 to replace Steinschneider's "Hebräische Bibliographie," which ceased publication in 1882. "Lehrerheim" (1895) was established as a special organ for teachers, and the "Israelitischer Jugendfreund" (1895) one for the young; the "Jüdische Turnzeitung" (1900) became the organ of the Jewish athletic societies; the "Berliner Vereinsbote" (1895), "Zion" (1895), and "Jeschurun" (1900) supported Zionism; "Palästina" devoted itself to the study of economic conditions in the Holy Land; the "Jüdische Moderne" (1897) is especially belletristic, and "Ost und West" (1900), an illustrated monthly for general interests.
Among the Hebrew periodicals in Germany "Ha-Medabber le-Yisrael" (1881-82) and "Ha-Ḥozeh" were short-lived; later, however, two scientific magazines, "Mi-Mizraḥ umi-Ma'arab" (published at first in Vienna) and "Ha-Shiloaḥ" (1896), were more successful; the latter was Zionistic.
In Austria the only long-established papers published during this period were "Die Neuzeit" (until 1902) and the "Mittheilungen der Oesterreichisch-Israelitischen Union" (1888, still appearing in 1904). Of the dozen or more new papers the most important perhaps was "Dr. Bloch's Oesterreichische Wochenschrift," founded in 1884 especially to combat anti-Semitism. The "Jüdisches Volksblatt" and the "Monatsschrift der Oesterreichisch-Israelitischen Union" (both in 1889) are likewise important. Two papers were founded to represent labor interests: "Die Welt" (1897) and "Der Jüdische Arbeiter" (1898), the former of which became the organ of Zionism, together with the "Zionistische Rundschau." A special periodical for cantors, as a supplementto "Die Wahrheit," was founded in 1881 under the title "Oesterreichisch-Ungarische Kantoren Zeitung." The "Monatsschrift für Literatur und Wissenschaft des Judenthums," like many similar scientific magazines in Germany, had but a short existence (1889-90). The few attempts at the publication of Hebrew periodicals in Vienna during this period met with little success. "Ha-Shaḥar" itself, despite its popularity, had to cease publication in 1884 for lack of subscribers; the most successful of the new Hebrew papers was "Bet Talmud" (1880-1886), a scientific monthly.
During the period under discussion there were added to the "Magyar Izraelita" as permanent publications in Hungarian "Egyenlöség" (from 1882), "Magyar Zsidó Szemle" (from 1884), "Pályázat" (from 1891), and "A Jövö" (only 1897). Of German papers in Hungary the "Mitteilungen der Freien Vereinigung für die Interessen des Orthodoxen Judenthums" (1887) and the "Ungarische Wochenschrift" (1895) were the only two of five or six to rival for any length of time "Der Ungarische Israelit." In Bohemia beside the older "Israelitische Gemeindezeitung" there appeared the "Jüdische Chronik" (1895), a literary monthly, and "Jüdisches Gefühl" (1900), a periodical for the young.
The number of new English papers which appeared for a longer or shorter duration of time during the period 1881-1900 was over seventy-five; as many as ten were estabished in the year 1895 alone. A few, such as "The Reform Advocate" of Chicago (1891) for example, took a place of influence beside the "American Israelite," "The Jewish Messenger," "The American Hebrew," and "The Hebrew," of San Francisco. By far the greater part of them, however, are of local interest only. Among the longest enduring and most important in the various centers of Jewish settlement the following may be mentioned: "The Chicago Israelite" (1884); the "Hebrew Standard" (1883) and "Hebrew Journal" (1885) of New York; "The Jewish Spectator" (1885) of Memphis; "The Jewish Exponent" (1887) of Philadelphia; "The Jewish Tidings" (1887) of Rochester; "The Jewish Voice" (1888) of St. Louis; "The Jewish Chronicle" (1890-93) of Boston; "The American Hebrew News" (1892-1901) of Portland, Ore.; "The Jewish South (1893) of Richmond; "The Jewish Sentiment" (1895) of Atlanta; "The Jewish Comment" (1895) of Baltimore; "The Jewish Ledger" (1895) of New Orleans; and "The Jewish Review and Observer" (1899) of Cleveland.
Of magazines "The American Jewess" (1895-1899) was especially devoted to women's interests; "The Rabbinical Review" (1881-82) and the "Menorah" (founded 1886) were among the last of the scientific-literary magazines in the United States (the latter became one of the foremost periodicals in the country), the "Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society" (since 1893) being entirely historical. "The American Jews' Annual" (1884-97) was one of the few of its class ever established in America. A single number of a magazine devoted to cabalistic science appeared in Boston in 1895. Of German papers in America "Sulamit" was a literary monthly; and "Freitag zu Nacht" (from 1888), a weekly. There were likewise several Zionist papers of brief existence, and two or three organs of the B'ne B'rith or other lodges.
The Jews who came to America from Slavonic countries during the great immigrations were not long in appreciating the usefulness of the newspaper. Ninety or a hundred Judæo-German journals were founded between 1885 and 1900, the period of greatest activity in this regard being around 1890, when many papers appeared in the interests of the working classes. The greater part of the journals enjoyed but a brief existence; the most important of all remained the first-established, the "Jüdische Gazetten," which, in full accord with the spirit of its adopted country, purchased and consolidated about twenty of the new papers, some of which, however, continued to appear as its daily (e.g., the "Jüdisches Tageblatt") or other special editions. Among the most important or interesting papers of this class which have appeared are: The "New Yorker Jüdische Zeitung" (1885-89), in the special Judæo-Hungarian dialect; Goldfaden's "New-Yorker Illustrirte Jüdische Zeitung" (1887), the first of its kind in America, in the Judæo-Polish dialect; "Der Volksadvokat" (from 1887); "Der Jüdischer Courier" (1887-1902); "Der Volksfreund" (1889); "Die Arbeiter Zeitung" (1890-1902), most important of the labor journals; "Sulamit (from 1890), a Zionist publication; "Der Telegraf" (1890-1899); "Der Täglicher Herold" (from 1891); and "Vorwärts" (from 1897), a socialist organ. Of the Judæo-German magazines the principal ones have been: "Yom-Ṭob Blätter" (1897-99), issued only for Jewish and American holidays; "Die Freie Gesellschaft" (1895-1902), an anarchist monthly; "Die Zukunft" (from 1892; still published), a socialist monthly; "Der Neue Geist," a monthly edited by Harkavy, which, like "Natur und Leben," had but a brief existence (in 1897); and, finally, "Der Land Ḥakam" (from 1893) and "Der Jüdischer Puck" (1894-96), two humoristic periodicals. In South America "Der Jüdische Phonograph" was founded at Buenos Ayres in 1897.
An attempt was made also to force the American Hebrew press to share the revival which took place in the native countries of the new-comers. No fewer than fifteen or twenty Hebrew periodicals were established between 1888 and 1900 in the United States, devoted in part to literature and science, in part to political and social topics. Only a few, however, had so long a life as "Ha-Pisgah" (founded in 1890 and continued as "Ha-Teḥiyyah" until 1900) and "Ha-'Ibri" (1892-98), or even as "Ner ha-Ma'arabi" (1895-97) and "Ha-Modia' le-Ḥodashim" (1900-2).
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Title-Headings of the First Numbers of Current Jewish Periodicals.
Conditions in England reflected, but only to a small degree, those in America. "The Jewish Chronicle" and "The Jewish World" met with no serious rivalry in their field of activity. Of half a dozen new journals in English founded between 1882 and 1890, only "The Jewish Standard" (1888-90), an-Orthodox weekly, had any measure of success. "Palestine," the quarterly of the Chovevei Zion Association, and "Young Israel," a magazine for the young, were established in 1897. In the domain of science the "Jewish Quarterly Review" (from 1888) took a leading place among the few magazines of its class existing in the Jewish world during the period under discussion. The new Judæo-German publications were chiefly of the socialist and labor class; the most successful after the early immigration movement was "Der Arbeiterfreund" (1886-91); later "The Jewish Observer" (from 1894) and "Der Jüdischer Express" (from 1896) became the representatives of this class of papers; "Germinal" (1900) was anarchistic. The comic press was represented by "Pee-Pee-Fox." At Cardiff in 1904 "The South Wales Jewish Review" first appeared. Of Hebrew periodicals "Ha-Degel" (founded in 1897) became a successful newspaper; "Ha-Yehudi" (1898) was founded in the interests of Zionism and Orthodoxy. In English-speaking places outside of the United States and England Gibraltar established the "Voice of Jacob" in 1882; Sydney and Melbourne (Australia), "The Jewish Herald" in 1883, and the former "The Australian Hebrew" in 1895 and the latter "The Australian Hebrew" in 1897; and Montreal, "The Jewish Times" (the first in Canada) in 1898. In India Bombay has had at least three Mahrati-English papers and Calcutta two Arabic in Hebrew characters.
As was noticed above, toward the beginning of the period under discussion there had been on the part of Jewish readers in Russia a marked inclination toward non-Hebrew literature; indeed, it seemed to some that Hebrew as the language of periodicals was doomed; "Ha-Karmel" ceased publication in 1881, three years before "Ha-Shaḥar" in Vienna did the same. With the renewed persecution of the Jews, however, a decided change to earlier ideals took place; the Maskilim redoubled their efforts, and met a willing response. "Ha-Asif," a literary annual established in 1884, found 7,000 subscribers—a considerable number when compared with the 800 which "Ha-Shaḥar" had had in its most successful days. Other annuals and monthlies followed before 1886. A daily press of any kind had never been able to exist in Russia; and even the weeklies issued from time to time had been so restricted as to be without importance. The measure of the change in conditions in the new era, therefore, can be estimated from the fact that in 1886 a Hebrew daily, with paid contributors—the first in the history of Jewish journalism—was established as "Ha-Yom," and that in the same year "Ha-Meliẓ" and "Ha-Ẓefirah" likewise became dailies, with thousands of subscribers (see also Russia, Periodicals in). Of the Judæo-German publications in Russia, Zederbaum's "Jüdisches Volksblatt," a weekly, was published from 1881 to 1889; and "Der Jüdischer Arbeiter" (from 1897) represented the interests of the Russian Social Democrats. Of periodicals in Russian several were attempted before the revival of Hebrew, but the "Voskhod," which became a monthly in 1881, found no important rival until "Budushchnost" appeared (1900-2).
Galicia shared in the revival of Hebrew to a greater extent even than Russia. Between twenty and twenty-five periodical publications of various classes, principally literary weeklies and monthlies, were published there. Among the most noteworthy are the weekly "Ha-Maggid le-Yisrael" (since 1893); the monthly "Ahabat Ẓiyyon" (since 1894); the quarterly "Ha-Eshkol" (since 1898); "Gan Sha'shu'im" (from 1899), a weekly for children. "Oẓar ha-Sifrut" (1887-96) was an annual for literature, belles-lettres, and science. Of the half-dozen Judæo-German periodicals founded in Galicia toward the close of the century, "Der Jude" (since 1899) is a general news weekly. Of German paperṣ, "Jerusalem" (founded in 1899) for literature, and the "Krakauer Jüdische Zeitung" (1898) for science and Zionism, may be mentioned. In the South-Slavonic provinces of the Austrian empire there was never an active Jewish press, although Moritz Grünwald's "Das Jüdische Centralblatt" (1882) appeared for seven years. In Moravia the "Jüdische Volksstimme," a labor journal, was founded in 1900. In Rumania seven or eight Rumanian journals—principally Zionist—and half as many Judæo-German were established, most of them near the beginning of the new century. The first journal in Bulgarian was "El Tresoro" (1894-96), although within the following few years several others appeared.
The new period brought several Hebrew papers to the aid of Ha-Ḥabaẓẓelat" and "Ha-Ẓebi" in Palestine, the latter of which ceased publication in 1900 and was continued as "Hashḳafah." Luncz's annual "Yerushalayim," scientific, and "Torah mi-Ẓiyyon" (1886-87, 1896-99), rabbinical, are examples of the most important of the new foundations.
The activity of the Judæo-Spanish press noted during the preceding decade continued during 1881-1900 (Bulgaria having a share therein from 1894), though toward the close of the period all Turkish journals were compelled to suspend publication for a time. Of the older papers, "El Tiempo," "El Lunar," "El Telegraf," and "La Esperanza" continued publication into the new century, together with several out of fifteen or twenty new ones that were established; viz., "La, Verdad" of Smyrna, "El Novelista," "Carmi," "El Avenir," "El Messerrit," and "La Verdad" of Sofia. "El Luzero de la Paciencia" (Turn-Severin, 1886-87) was the first Judæo-Spanish journal of the East printed in Latin characters; "El Progresso" (1899) was founded in Vienna, "El Sabado Segreto" in Mexico (1889), and "El Colono Israelita" in Buenos Ayres. "O Israelitis Chronographos" of Corfu is the only Jewish periodical recorded which has a Greek title, though some of the Judæo-Spanish papers have been issued with Greek departments. In Italy "Or ha-Lebanon" (1886), an Arabic monthly, was edited by a native of Algiers.
In North Africa several Arabic journals were founded: "Al-Mubashshir" (1884) and "Al-Bustan" (1889) in Tunis (the former of which was forced by the government to suspend issue), and "Al-Faraḥ" (1900) in Egypt. The "Vigio Israélite" (1885-93), in Arabic and French, and "La Jeunesse Israélite" (1890), "Ha-Shofeṭ" (1894), and "L'Israélite Algérien" (1900) in French were established in Oran. Aside from annuals and bulletins, the few new periodicals which appeared in France during this period were: in French," La Vraie Parole" (1893), "Kadimah" or "En Avant" (1896; by the students of theNationalist party), and two Zionist papers, "Le Flambeau" (1899) and "L'Echo Sioniste" (1900); in Judæo-German, "Die Pariser Allgemeine Jüdische Volkszeitung" (1892) and "Ha-Tiḳwah" (1897); and in Hebrew, "Ha-Ḥoḳer" (1891). In Holland the principal new papers were "Achawa" (1888), pedagogic, and the "Centraal Blad voor Israelieten in Nederland" (1885), a successful weekly.
The Jewish press in the new century has continued to develop along the lines laid down in the closing decades of the nineteenth. The increase in the number of English and Judæo-German periodicals in America is steady, though of Hebrew magazines "Ha-Le'om" seems to stand alone. Russia's daily press has been increased by at least one Hebrew and one Judæo-German paper, and another Hebrew journal appears several times a week. In Germany the short-lived "Ha-Ḳeshet," a Hebrew illustrated journal devoted especially to art, was especially noteworthy. New Hungarian, Rumanian, Bulgarian, and Judæo-Spanish journals have likewise been founded. The Italian "Rivista Israelitica" has been established as a companion journal to the "Revue des Etudes Juives" of France and the "Jewish Quarterly Review" of England. In Switzerland several Zionist organs are now being published in various languages. In more distant countries the "Message Zioniste" (French) of Alexandria and "Al Miẓrayim" (Arabic and Judæo-Spanish) of Cairo; "Shoshannah" (Arabic) and "The Voice of Sinai" of Calcutta; the "South African Jewish Chronicle" (English) and the "Jewish Advocate" (Judæo-German) of Cape Town, and, finally, "Israel's Messenger" of Shanghai are the latest established.
Title-Page of "Jung Juda."
Detailed accounts of the more important Jewish periodicals are given in The Jewish Encyclopedia under the respective captions. The list of periodicals herewith annexed includes the available data concerning every periodical publication of which any notice could be found; it has been revised and augmented by Dr. Meyer Kayserling of Budapest, Dr. N. Porges of Leipsic, Dr. Samuel Posnanski of Warsaw, Moïse Schwab of Paris, M. Franco of Rumelia, Dr. Aaron Freimann of Frankfort-on-the-Main, S. Seeligman of Amsterdam, Dr. Samuel Krauss of Budapest, and Rabbi Ehrenpreis of Sofia. The supplementary table on page 640 recapitulates the number of journals (including newspapers, but excluding year-books, calendars, and other annuals), in each language, founded in the various countries, the figures in parentheses indicating the number now being published (so far as can be ascertained; the actual numbers are in excess of those given). See also Almanacs.
Title-Page of "'Olam Ḳaṭan."
American Israelite, June 8, 15, 22, 29, 1893;
American Jews' Annual, 1888, p. 90;
Bockler, Presse und Judenthum, in Giese, Die Judenfrage, Berlin, 1889;
Davidson, The Genesis of Hebrew Periodical Literature, Baltimore, 1900;
Franco, Essai sur l'Histoire des Israélites de l'Empire Ottoman, pp. 277 et seq., Paris, 1889;
Freidus, in American Jewish Year Book, i. 271-282, Philadelphia, 1899;
Geiger, in Wiss. Zeit. Jüd. Theol. iv. 286, 459; v. 372;
Grünbaum, Jüdisch-Spanische Chrestomathie, pp. 148-158, Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1896;
Harris, in Jewish Chronicle (London), May 6, 1904;
Jacobs and Wolf, Bibl. Anglo-Jud. pp. 369 et seq., London;
Jüdische Gazetten, xx. 43 et seq. (April 20, 1894);
Kayserling, in Winter and Wünsche, Die Jüdische Litteratur, iii. 860-880;
Lippe, Bibliographisches Lexicon, i. 662 et seq., new series, i. 457 et seq., Vienna, 1881, 1899;
Markens, The Hebrews in America, pp. 265-274, New York, 1888;
in R. E. J. xl. 271;
Sablozki, in Oẓar ha-Sifrut, 1896, v. 270-283;
Singer, Presse und Judenthum, Vienna, 1882;
Steinschneider, Hebr. Bibl. i. 6, xv. 63;
idem, in Zeitschrift für die Religiösen Interessen des Judenthums, 1846, iii. 28-33;
Weissberg, Die Neuhebräische Aufklärungs-Literatur in Galizien, pp. 49-77, Vienna, 1898;
Wiener, History of Yiddish Literature, pp. 357-360, New York, 1899;
Wise, in Judaism at the World's Parliament of Religion, pp. 402-409, Cincinnati, 1894;
Zeitschrift für Hebräische Bibliographie, i. 35, v. 159, vii. 25.
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LIST OF PERIODICALS. Abbreviations.
Periods of Issue.
A Arabic. I Italian. A America. Eg Egypt. Pa Palestine. A Annually. M Monthly.
B Bulgarian J Judæo-German. Al Australia. F France. Po Poland. B-M Bimonthly. Q Quarterly.
D Dutch. M Mahrati. Au Austria. G Germany. R Russia. D Daily. S-A Semiannually.
E English. P Polish. Bc Bohemia. Ga Galicia. R Rumania F Fortnightly. S-W Semiweekly.
F French. R Russian. Bs Bosnia. Ho Holland. S South America. I Irregularly. W Weekly.
G German. Rm Rumanian. Bu Bulgaria. Hu Hungary. Se Servia.
Gr Greek. Sp Judæo-Spanish. C Canada. I Italy. Sw Switzerland. * Still published. ‡ See last column.
H Hebrew. T Turkish. E England. In India. T Turkey.
Hu Hungarian.
Title. (Titles in capitals indicate special articles under the respective captions.)
Place of Publication.
Editors, Characteristics, etc.
Abendblatt vun die Arbeiter Zeitung J A D New York 1894 - 1902. Organ of the Socialist Labor Party. See "Arbeiter Zeitung."
Abendland, Das G Bo F Prague‡ 1864 - 69 Daniel Ehrmann. ‡ Then Brünn.
Abne ha-Nezer H Au Q Vienna 1853 Meïr Halevi Letteris. Literary sup. of "Wiener Vierteljahrs-Schrift." 3 numbers.
Achawa G G A Leipsic 1864 - 67 Leopold Stein. Pedagogic, literary, historical. Year-books for 1865-68.
Achawa D Ho M Amsterdam 1888 - Teachers' Society Achawa. Pedagogic.
Advance, The .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Jewish Advance" (Chicago).
Aggudat ha-Zobehim H Hu .. Nagy-Surany 1904 - * Organ of the Jewish butchers.
Ahabat Ẓiyyon G, H Ga M Cracow‡ 1894 - Zechariah Shapira, for the Ahabat Ziyyon Colonization Society; at first with "Ha-Maggid," then with "Ha-'Ibri." First numbers in German, Hebrew, and Polish.
Aḥare ha-Meassef .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Meassef he-Hadash." ‡ Then Lemberg.
Aḥiasaf H Po A Warsaw 1893 - * Ahiasaf Society. Literary, belletristic.
'Ale Hadas H R M‡ Odessa 1865 M. E. Belinson. Literary, scientific. One volume. ‡ Irregular.
Allgemeine Illustrirte Judenzeitung G Hu W Pest 1860 - 62 Joseph Bärmann and David Schwab. Literary, scientific, religious, news; illustrated.
Allgemeine Israelitische Wochenschrift G G W Berlin 1892 - * A. Levin (1892-97); M. A. Klausner. News; religious, social, belletristic. Scientific supplement: "Jeschurun."
Allgemeine Jüdische Zeitung G Hu W Budapest 1887 - * Continuing "Pester Jüdische Zeitung."
Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums G G W Berlin 1837 - * Ludwig Philippson (1837-89); G. Karpeles. Literary, scientific, general.
Allgemeines Archiv des Judenthmus G G M Berlin 1839 - 43 Jeremiah Heinemann. Historical. See "Jedidja."
Alliance Club News .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Alliance Review."
Alliance Review E A M New York 1899 - * Clubs of the Educational Alliance. Reports; literary. Founded as "Alliance Club News."
Almanach für die Israelitische Jugend G G A Berlin 1818 - 20 Jeremiah Heinemann.
Altes und Neues Morgenland G Sw M Basel 1834 - 40 Samuel Preiswerk. Exegetical.
Altneuland G G M Berlin 1904 - * S. Soskin. Economic (Palestine); Zionistic.
Alvorada, La Sp Bs‡ W Sarajevo‡ 1898 - 1902 Abraham Cappon. Organ of Jews of Bosnia. Literary. ‡ Sofia, Sept., 1898, then suppressed; No. 2 and a few succeeding numbers appeared in Rumania: resumed in Sarajevo, 1901.
'Am, Ha- H Ga M Kolomea 1891 - 92 D. I. Silberbusch.
'Am, Ha- J Ga ‡ ....................... ............ Kolomea Political, religious, industrial. ‡ Three times per month.
Ametican Hebrew, The E A W New York 1879 - * Editorial board. News, literary; conservative. Now (1904) "The American Hebrew and Jewish Messenger."
American Hebrew News E A .. Portland, Ore 1892 - 1901 R. Farber.
Ametican Israelite, The E A W Cincinnati 1854 - * Isaac M. Wise, then Leo Wise. General. Reform. Until 1874 "The Israelite." See "Chicago Israelite" and "Deborah, Die."
American Jewess E A Q New York 1895 - 99 Rosa Sonnenschein. Religious, social, literary.
American Jewish Almanach E A A Cincinnati 1887 - 93.
American Jewish Sentiment E A W Little Rock.
American Jewish Year Book E A A Philadelphia 1899 - * Cyrus Adler and Henrietta Szold. Statistical, historical.
American Jews' Annual E A A Cincinnati 1884 - 1897 Leo Wise. Literary, belletristic.
Amerikaner, Der J‡ A W New York 1904 - * General, literary. ‡ With English supplement.
Amerikanischer Volks-Kalender, Der .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Jüdisch-Amerikanischer Volks-Kalender."
Ami des Israélites, L' F F M Strasburg 1847 Jérome Aron. Religious, moral, literary.
Amigo de la Familia Sp T W Constantinople 1886 David Fresco and Moses Delmedigo. Historical, geographical, literary; illustrated.
Amigo del Pueblo, El Sp Se M‡ Belgrade 1888 - 1893 Samuel Bekor Elias. Religious, social, historical, literary. ‡ Fortnightly, 1890-93.
Bu W Sofia; Rustchuk 1893-1902
'Ammud ha-Yir'ah H Pa M Jerusalem 1880 - Akiba Joseph Schlesinger. Religious; organ of the rabbis.
Analele Societatii Istoriel y Barasch Rm Rm .. Bucharest 1887.
Anglo-Jewish Magazine E E M London 1848 Successor of "Voice of Jacob."
Annuaire des Archives Israélites F F A Paris 1882 - H. Prague.
Annuaire du Culte Israélite F F A Paris 1851 - 70 A. Créhange. ‡ Literary, portraits.
Annuaire Israélite F F A Paris 1876 -
Annuaire de la Société des Etudes Juives F F A Paris 1881 - 84 Société des Etudes Juives. Statistical, scientific.
Annuario Israelitico I .. A Corfu 1870 Flaminio Servi. Literary, historical.
Anuar Rm Rm A Jassy 1885 - Moses Schwarzfeld.
Anuar Penetru Israeliti Rm Rm A Bucharest 1878 - Moses Schwarzfeld. With literary supplements.
Anzeiger, Der J A W Brooklyn 1897 - 99 V. E. Pomeranz.
Anzeiger, Der J G W Hamburg 1882‡ M. L. Rodkinsohn. Political, literary. ‡ Two months.
Arbeitende Jüudische Jugend, Die G Au M Vienna 1903 - * Zionistic. For youthful laborers.
Arbeiter Welt, Die J A W New York 1904 - * United Hebrew Trades of the State of New York.
Arbeiter Zeitung J A W New York 1890 - 1902 Sunday edition of "Abendblatt" since 1894.
Arbeiterfreund, Der J E W London 1886 - 91 International Workingmen's Educational Club. At first a monthly.
Arbeiterstimme J R .. ....................... ............ Published by the "Bund."
Archiv des Judenthums G G S-A Berlin 1839 - 43 Continuation of "Jedidja."
Archiv für die Gesch. der Juden in Böhmen .. .. .. ....................... ............ M. Grünwald. See "Jüdische Centralblatt, Das."
Archives Israélites de France F F M, W Paris 1840 - * Samuel Cohen (1840-62) ; Isidore Cohen (1862-1902) ; H. Prague. Political, religious. historical, literary.
Ariel, Ha- H Pa M Jerusalem 1870 - 80 Michael Kohen and A. Sussmann. Literary.
Ashmedai, Der J A W New York 189 Morris Rosenfeld and Abraham Sharkansky. Last number called "Der Haman Klapper."
Asif, Ha- (Ha-Asif) H Po A Warsaw 1884 - 93 Nahum Sokolow. Literary, historical, biographical, popular-scientific. 6 vols.
Asif, Ha- H iEiiG A i London; ii Leipsic 1847 - 49 Hirsch-Filipowski. Scientific. With Meldola's "Luaḥ."
Asifat Ḥakamim H G M Köonigsberg 1877 - 78 Michael Rodkinsohn. Supplement of "Ha-Kol." 8 numbers.
Asmonean, The E A W New York 1849-58 Robert Lyon. Political , religious, literary, news.
Associate, The E A M Philadelphia 1901 - * Organ of the Young Men's Hebrew Association.
Association Bulletin E A B-M Philadelphia 1881 - Organ of the Young Men's Hebrew Association and kindred societies.
Atlantic Coast Jewish Annual E A A Philadelphia 1896 - J. S. Levy.
Australasian Hebrew E Al W Sydney 1895 - 96 Jacob Goldstein.
Australasian Jewish Chronicle E Al .. Melbourne 1861.
Australian Hebrew E Al .. Melbourne 1897.
Australian Israelite, The E Al .. Melbourne 1870 - 82 S. Joseph.
Avenir, El Sp T W Salonica 1898 - D. Florentin. Political, commercial, literary.
Baltimore Wegweiser, Der J A W Baltimore 1897 - *.
Ben 'Ammi H R M St. Petersburg 1886 Judah Löb Kantor. Literary, scientific. Supplement of "Ha-Yom." 8 numbers.
Ben Chananja G G I Leipsic 1844 Leopold Löw. For religious affairs of Hungary (Reform).
Ben Chananja G Hu M, W Szegedin 1858 - 67 Leopold Löw. Rabbinical; scientific, critical, theological.
Bene Israelite, The E, M In .. Bombay 1894 - Literary, news.
Beobachter, Der G Hu .. Presburg 1873 - 74 I. Back.
Beobachter an der Weichsel, Der (Dostrzegacz Nadwiślańnski). P, G‡ Po W Warsaw 1823 - 24 A. Eisenbaum. ‡ In Hebrew characters. 44 numbers.
Berliner Anzeiger G‡ G W Berlin 1881 J. Taubes. ‡ In Hebrew characters.
Berliner Kalender für Israeliten G G A Berlin 1878 - 79 H. Itzkowski.
Berliner Vereinsbote G G W Berlin 1895 - E. Flanter. Organ of Jewish associations in Berlin; continued as "Israelitische Rundschau."
Berliner Volkskalender für Israeliten G G A Berlin 1861 - M. Poppelauer.
Berliner Wochenblatt G G W Berlin 1857 David Cassel. A few months.
Berliner Zeitung für die Gesammten Interessen des Judenthums. G G W Berlin 1870 S. Nascher.
Bet Leḥem H Hu A Budapest 1871 - 72 I. Reich. Agricultural.
Bet ha-Midrash H Au M Vienna 1865 Isaac H. Weiss. Historical, scientific. 4 numbers.
Bet ha-Midrash H Ga I Cracow 1888 M. J. Berditchewsky. 1 number.
Bet Oẓar ha-Sifrut H Ga .. Cracow 1887 - 92.
Bet Talmud H Au M Vienna 1880 - 86 Isaac H. Weiss and M. Friedmann. Rabbinical; literary, historical. 5 vols.
Bet Wa'ad la-Ḥakamim H A M New York 1903 Dob Bär Abramowitz. Rabbinical.
Bet Wa'ad la-Ḥakamim H E M Leeds 1902 - 4 O. Ch. Daiches. Exegetical, Talmudical, scientific.
Bet Wa'ad la-Ḥakamim H Hu M Presburg 1875 Leopold Landesberg. Historical, literary. 1 number.
Bet Yisrael H Au M Vienna 1888 Jacob Kopelovitz. Literary, scientific. 4 numbers. German supplement: "Der Familientisch."
Bevis Marks Gazette, The E E .. London 1886 H. Guedalla.
Bibel'Sche Orient, Der G G .. Munich 1821 Isaac Bernays. Mystical.
Biblioṭeḳa 'Ibrit H Po W Warsaw.
Bijdragen Betrekkellijk de Verbeter v. d. Maatschappilijken Staat d. Joden. D Ho W The Hague 1806 - 7‡ ‡ Eleven months. 2 vols.
Bikkoret ha-'Ittim H G M Leipsic 1864 Dob Bär Fischer. Humoristic and satirical political review.
Bikkure Ha- 'Ittim H ‡ Au A Vienna 1820 - 31 Shalom J. Cohen (1820-22): then, at different times, M. J. Landau, S. Pergamenter, J. Jeiteles, B. Schlesinger. Literary. ‡ i- viii. also German.
Bikkure ha-'Ittim (new series) G Au .. Vienna 1844 M. E. Stern. Exegetical, belletristic. 1 number. Continued as "Kokebe Yiḥak."
Bikkure ha-'Ittim ha-Hadashim G, H Au A Vienna 1845 I. S. Reggio and I. Busch. 1 volume. Continuation of "Bikkure ha-'Ittim."
Bikkure ha-Shanah H, D Ho A Amsterdam 1843 Gabriel Polak. Literary almanac.
Bikkure To'elet H Ho W Amsterdam 1820 Samuel Mulder. Literary.
Bikkurim H Au A Vienna 1864 - 65 Naphtali Keller. With literary and scientific supplement.
Blätter für Israel's Gegenwart und Zukunft G G .. Berlin 1845 - 47 Three volumes. 8vo.
Blätter für Jüdische Gesch, und Literatur G G M Mayence 1860 - * Leopold Löwenstein (since 1900). Supplement of "Der Israelit."
Blumengarten, Der J A W Chicago 1903 - *.
Blumengarten, Der J A .. Pittsburg 189 - 99 Joel Liebling.
B'nai B'rith Advocate E A .. Houston.
B'nai B'rith Journal E A M Little Rock.
B'nai B'rith Messenger E A W Los Angeles 1897 - * Victor Harris (until 1901). Formerly "The Emanu-El."
B'nai B'rith Mirror E A H Vicksburg - * Intellectual Advancement Committee, District Grand Lodge No. 7, I. C. P. B.
Boḳer Or, Ha- H R M Warsaw‡ 1876 - 86 Abraham B. Gottlober. Literary, belletristic. ‡ Lemberg, 1876-79; Warsaw, 1880-81, 1885-86.
Bril's Telephon J E W London 1902 - News.
Budushchnost R R W St. Petersburg 1900 - * S. O. Gruzenberg. Historical, literary; Zionistic. With annual supplement.
Buena Esperanza, La Sp T W Smyrna 1874 - Aaron de Joseph Hazan. Founded as "La Esperanza."
Bulletin, The E A M New York 1900 - Joseph Hirschman. Organ of the Y. M. H. A.
Bulletin de l'Association des Etudes Israélites F F
Bulletin Mensuel de l'Alliance Israélite Universelle F F M Paris 1861 - * Isidore Loeb and successors.
Bund, Der J R .. ....................... * Published by the "Bund."
Bustan, Al- A‡ .. .. Tunis 1889 Uzan and Castro. ‡ In Hebrew characters.
Calendarul Israelit Illustrat Rm Rm .. Bucharest 1903.
Calendrier à a l'Usage des Israélites F F A Paris 1863 - 93 Leopold Blum.
Calendrier Annuaire Israélite F F A Toulouse 1895 R. Hirschler.
Calendrier Israéelite F F A Bordeaux.
Cap-Makers' Journal E, J A M New York 1903 - * William Edlin. For trade-unions in general.
Carmel G Hu W Pest 1860 - 61 W. A. Meisel. News, literary. Third year with "Allgemeine Illustrate Judenzeitung."
Carmel F Bu .. Philippopolis 1895 - 96 Joseph M. Baruk, Zionist. With fortnightly Judæo-Spanish supplement.
Carmi .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Karmi."
Centraal Blad voor Israelieten in Nederland D Ho W Amsterdam 1885 - * Van Creveld & Co. News, essays, fenilleton. First year called "Israelnisch Vnegenblad."
Central-Anzeiger für Jüdische Litteratur G G .. Frankfort o. M 1891 Nehemiah Brüll. Continuation of Steinschneider's Hebräische Bibliographic." One volume.
Centralblatt für die Interressen des Judentums .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Jüdische Centralblatt, Das."
Chabazeleth .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Habaẓẓelet."
Charity Work E A F New York 1902 - * Max cohen, for the United Hebrew Charities.
Chicago Israelite, The E A W Chicago 189 - 99 Jewish news. Chicago edition of the "American Israelite."
Chicagoer Jüdischer Tageblatt J A D Chicago 189 - 99 Leon Zolotkoff. News. English title, "Chicago Jewish Daily News."
Chicagoer Wochenblatt J A W Chicago 1885 - * Sarasohn & Son. News. Weekly edition of "Der Jüdischer Courier" since 1892.
Choreb D Ho M Rotterdam ............ Rabbi T. Tal. Literary; illustrated. 1 vol.
Chronica Israelitica (Ha-Mazkir) Sp .. .. Gibraltar 1842 Judah Zarfati.
Chronicle of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum E A .. New York 1904 Literary Society of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum.
Colonial Jewish Monthly E Al .. Melbourne 1874 Nahum Barnat ben Isaac Dob.
Colono Israelita, El Sp S .. Buenos Ayres ............ P. J. Grunblat. Zionistic.
Corner-Stone, The E A .. New Orleans 1859 - Solomon Jacobs.
Correo de Vienna Sp Au W Vienna 1870 - Adolf Zomlinski; then A. Semo and J. Saxel. Political and general news; supplement: literary, historical, belletristic ("El Tresoro de la Casa"). At first fortnightly. Several years.
Corriere Israelitico I Au M Triest 1862 - * A. di S. Curiel; then A. V. Morpurgo. Historical.
Cronica Israelita Gr, I Gr M Corfu 1861 - 63 M. D. Levi and Z. Nacamalli General.
Cronica Israelita Rm Rm W Bucharest 1901 Josef R. Petriant. News.
Cup of Salvation E E M Liverpool 1846 D. M. Isaacs and Moses Samuel. Orthodox.
Dabar be-'Itto H R .. Wilua 1878 Höschel Lewin. Theological, homiletical. One year.
Daily Jewish Herald .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Der Täglicher Herold."
Darkest Russia E E I London 1891 Record of Russian persecution.
De Hirsch School Journal E A .. Woodbine, N. J. 1901 - * Supplement: "Farmers' Leaflet," four times a year.
Deborah, Die G A W Cincinnati 1855 - 1900 Isaac M. Wise (continued as monthly, 1901-2, by G. Deutsch). Belletristic.
Degel, Ha- H E W London 1897 - * Isaac Suwalski. Jewish news; literary.
Degel Mahaneh Yehudah J Rm W Jassy 1901 - * News; Zionistic.
Degel Yeshurun H
Den R R W Odessa 1869 - 71 S. Ornstein.
Derek Ṭobim H E .. London 1852 - 53 Hirsch Edelmann. Scientific (1853 called "Dibre Hefez").
Deutsche Israelitische Zeitung .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Laubhütte, Die."
Deutscher Volkskalender und Jahrbuch G G A Brieg; Breslau 1851 - * M. Breslauer (1851-52); H. Liebermann (1853-88); continued as "Jüdisher Volksund Haus-Kalender," with a "Jahrbuch zur Belehrung und Unterhaltung," by M. Brann, Breslau.
Dia, El Sp Bu W Philippopolis 1897 - Joseph B. Pardo. News; Zionistic; with Bulgarian supplement.
Dialectic, The E Al M Melbourne 1875.
Dibre Ḥakamim H G .. Metz 1849 Eliezer Ashkenazi. Literary, scientific One year.
Dibre Ḥefeẓ .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Derek Ṭobim."
Dor, Ha - H Ga W Cracow 1900 - 01 David Frischmann.
Dostrzegacz Nadwislanski .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Beobachter an der Weichsel, Der."
Dr. Bloch's Oesterreichische Wochenschrift G Au W Vienna 1884 - * Josef Bloch. Political (against anti-Semitism), news, religious polemics (conservative); belletristic feuilleton.
Dragoman, El Sp ‡ Au F Vienna 1865 Josef Calvo. ‡ In square characters.
Drepturile Rm Rm W Focsani 1897 - M. Botoseneanu.
Drohobyczer Zeitung G ‡ Ga W Drohobyez 1883 - Aron H. Zupnik. News; promotion of culture. ‡ In Hebrew letters.
Dyhernfurter Privilegirte Zeitung G ‡ G S-W Dynernfurth 1771 - 72 General news (including letters from Warsaw, Constantinople, etc.), market reports. ‡ In Hebrew characters.
East-Side Life E A W New York 1903 - *
Echo, De D Ho W Amsterdam 1885 - 86 News. 29 numbers.
Echo de l'Orient F Ho F Amsterdam 1875 S. Carmelin.
Echo des Judenthums G A W New York 1892 Emil Herzfield. Fraternity news.
Echo Sioniste. L' F F M J'aris 1900 - * A. Mamorcḳ. Organ of the French Zionists.
Eco Judaico Sp Bu Sofia 1901 - * A. Piperno; then M. Ehrenpreis. Organ of Jewish consistory.
Educatore Israelità I I M Vercelli 1853 - 74 Giuseppi Levi and Esdra Pontremoli. Religious. Continued as "ll Vessillo Israelitico."
Egalitatea Rm Rm W Bucharest 1882 - M. Schwarzfeld.
Egyenlöség Hu Hu W Budapest 1882 - * Moritz Bogdány; then M. Szabolesi.
Einige Israel, Das G Hu W Pest 1872 Josef Natonek. Religious, political. A few numbers.
'Eked Sippurim H Ga F Lemberg 1887 - Reuben Braudes and Joshua Meisach. Stories.
Emanu-El E A W San Francisco 1895 - * Jacob Voorsanger. News.
Emanuel Bulletin E A M Paeblo *.
Emes, Der J A W Boston 1895 - 99 Morris Winchevsky. Socialistic, literary.
Emet, Ha- H Au M Vienna 1877 Aaron Liebermann. Socialistic. Two numbers.
Emet, Ha- H A M New York 1894 - 95 Ḥayyim Enowitz.
Emigrant, Der J Ga .. Galatz ............ Eliezer Rokeah.
Epoca, La Sp T W Salonica 1874 - * Sa'ndi ha-Levi. Political, commercial, literary.
Ertesitö .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Magyar Izraelita Orzágos Tanitó-Egylet Ertesitöje, A."
Eshkol, Ha- H Ga Q Cracow 1898 - * J. S. Fuchs and E. Ginzig (alone since vol. iii.). Scientific, literary, belletristic; Zionistic.
Esperanza, La .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Buena Esperanza, La."
Esperanza Israelitica Sp .. .. Gibraltar 1843.
'Et, Ha- H Ga W Lemberg 1871 - 72 ‡. Moses Schulbaum. Supplement: "Kol ha-'Et." ‡ Two years.
Evkönyo H Hu A Budapest 1895 - 1901 W. Bacher and Fr. Mezey (1895-1900); then Jos. Bánóezi. For the Jewish-Hungarian Literary Society.
Evkönyo Zsido Hu Hu .. Budapest 1848 Jewish community of Budapest.
Evreiski Glass B Bu W Sofia 1896 - Joshua Caleb. Zionistic.
'Eẓ ha-Da'at H A M New York - 96 Ch. Enowitz.
'Eẓ Ḥayyim H Ga ‡ M Lemberg ‡ 1881; 1884 David Ephrati and Israel Hildesheimer. Rabbinical. ‡ Berlin, 1884.
Famiglia Israelitica, La I .. M Corfu 1869 - 77 G. Nacamulli. Religious.
Familien-Blatt G G W Magdeburg 1884 - M. Rahmer. Feuilleton-supplement of "Israelitische Wochenschrift."
Familienfreund, Der J Po .. Warsaw 1887 - 88 M. Spektor.
Familien-Jahrbuch G G A Leipsic 1894 M. A. Altschüler and C. Schott.
Famille de Jacob, La F F M Avignon 1859 - 91 Benjamin Mossé. Religious.
Faraḥ, Al- A Eg M Alexandria 1900 - * Faraj Mizraḥi.
Farmer Zeitung .. .. .. ....................... 1885.
Farmers' Leaflet E A I Woodbine 1903 - * Supplement of "Hirsch School Journal."
Feierabend G G .. ....................... ............ Supplement of "Israelitische Schul- und Jugend-Bibliothek."
First Fruits of the West (Bikkure ha-Yam) E .. M Kingston, Jamaica 1844 M. N. Nathan and Lewis Ashenheim. Historical, religious.
Flambeau, Le F F M Paris 1899 Jacques Bahar. Socialistic, Zionistic.
Foia Israelita J Rm W Bucharest 1877 - 79 M. Spiresco.
Fortschritt im Judenthume G Bo F Bilin ‡ 1880 - 85 J. Baum. General. ‡ Lobositz, 1882-85.
Foyer Israélite, Le F F M ....................... 1862 - 65 Isaac Lévy. Juvenile, supplement of "La Vérité Israélite."
France Israélite, La F F I Paris 1855 E. Carmoly. Biographical.
Frankfurter Israelitisches Familienblatt G G W Frankfort o. M 1902 - Saly Geis. Jewish news.
Frankfurter Israelitisches Gemeindeblatt .. .. .. ....................... ........ See "Israelitisches Familienblatt."
Fraternitatéa Rm Rm .. Jassy 1879 - Elias Schwarzfeld.
Free Press E A .. St. Louis.
Freie Arbeiter Stimme J A W New York 1900 - * Anarchistic; news.
Freie Gesellschaft, Die J A M New York 1895 - 1902 M. Leontiev and M. Katz. Anarchistic.
Freie Stunde, Die J A M New York 1904 - *.
Freie Welt, Die J E M London 1891 - 92 Freie Welt. Socialistic.
Freies Blatt G Au W Vienna 1892 - Ernst Victor Zenker. Directed against anti-Semitism.
Freind, Der J R D St. Petersburg 1902 - * S. M. Ginzburg and S. J. Rapoport. News.
Freitag zu Nacht G A W New York 1888 - Louis Schnabel.
Freitagabend, Der G G W Frankfort o. M 1859 - Leopold Stein. Family paper; belletristic.
Friend of Israel E, M In M Bombay 1898 - A. Reuben.
Frühling, Der J E .. London ............ M. D. Goldmann.
Füllhorn, Das G G F Bamberg 1835 - 36 Samson W. Rosenfeld. Religious (Reform).
Gal'ed .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Hebrew Review and Magazine for Rabbinical Literature, The."
Galizische Bote, Der G ‡ Ga .. Lemberg 1861 Political, commercial. ‡ In Hebrew characters.
Gan, Ha- H .. W ....................... ............ Jacob Fischer. News; Literary, belletristic.
Gan, Ha- H G M Frankfort o. M ............ Judah Aryeh le-Bet Friedland. Rabbinical.
Gan Sha'shu'im H G W Lyck 1899 - Abraham Piyourka. Juvenile.
Gazeta de Amsterdam Sp Ho .. Amsterdam 1678 ‡ Printed by David Tartas. News. Small 8°. ‡ Jan. 24-Nov. 14.
Gegenwart, Die G G W Berlin 1867 Carl Hirsch. News; literary, scientific; feuilleton.
Gegenwart, Die G Hu W Pest 1867 M. Kilényi.
Gegenwart, Die G Bo F Prague 1868 News; literary.
Gegenwart, Die G A W Philadelphia 1895 David Apotheker. News; belletristic.
Geist der Pharisäischen Lehre G G M Mayence 1823 - 24 Michael Creizenach. Rabbinical.
Gemeindebote, Der G G .. Leipsic.
Gemeinde-Zeitung G Bo F Prague 1873 - B. Brandeis. General.
General-Anzeiger für die Gesammten Interessen des Judenthums. G G W Berlin 1902 - * Dr. Julius Moses. Jewish news.
Germinal J E F London 1900 - R. Rocker. Anarchistic.
Gil'ad .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Hebrew Review and Magazine for Rabbinical Literature , The."
Gleaner, The E A W San Francisco 1858 Julius Eckmann. Religious.
Gleaner, The E A M Doylestown, Pa 1901 - * William J. Serlin and students of the National Farm School.
Glos Bundu P Sw .. Geneva * Published by the "Bund."
Goren, Ha- H R A Berdychev 1898 - * S. A. Horodetsky. Scientific.
Grosse Baitsch, Der J A .. ....................... 1880 David Apotheker and Joseph Petrikovski. 15 numbers.
Guerta de Historia Sp Au .. Vienna 1864 Shem-Tob b. David Semo.
Guerta de Jerusaleïm Sp Pa M Jerusalem 1902 - * Ben Zion Taragau and Israel Cherezli. Literary, historical.
Guide, The E .. M Kingston, Jamaica 1865 Raphael d'C Lewin. Literary.
Ḥabaẓẓelet, Ha- H Pa W ‡ Jerusalem 1869 ‡ - * Israel Frumkin. Jewish news; Ultra-Orthodox. ‡ Fortnightly until 1877. Founded by Israel Back in 1863, but suspended by the government in 1864.
Haḳiḳ, Al- A Eg .. Alexandria 1902 Faraj Mizraḥi.
Halumy .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Le'ummi, Ha-."
Ḥaluẓ, He- H .. A ....................... 1852 - 89 Joshua Schorr. Year-book with scientific articles. 13 vols.
Haman Klapper, Der .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Ashmedai, Der."
Hamon, Der J G .. Berlin 1903 - Society Herut. Zionistic.
Har Sinai Sp, H‡ Rm W Turn Severin 1894 ‡ And Rumanian.
Ḥarsah, Ha- H Ga .. Kolomea 1888 - Hirsch Löb Gottlieb. Literary; news.
Hashḳafah H Pa W Jerusalem 1900 - Eliezer Ben-Judah. News; literary. Continuation of "Ha- Ẓebi."
Hashḳafah Shebu'it H Pa W Jerusalem 1897 - News.
Hausfreund, Der J A W New York 1889 - 90 J. Jaffa (Nos. 1-8); then Joseph Petrikovski. 20 numbers.
Hausfreund, Der J Po A Warsaw 1888 - 96 M. Spektor. Historical, literary.
Ḥayye 'Olam H Au ‡ M Vienna; Paris 1878 - 79 Ber Goldberg and M. Adelmann. Scientific; for publishing ancient manuscripts. [‡ i. Vienna; ii. Paris.
Hebraica E A M New York 1879 Supplement of "Jewish Messenger."
Hebräische Bibliographie (Ha-Mazkir) G G .. Berlin 1858 - 82 M. Steinschneider. Bibliographical. Continued as "Central-Anzeiger für Jüdische Literature" and then as "Zeitschrift für Hebräische Bibliographie."
Hebrew, The .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "'Ibri, Ha-."
Hebrew, The E, G A W San Francisco 1863 - * Philo Jacoby.
Hebrew Citizen, The E A
Hebrew Globe, The E A W Syracuse 1894 - Aaron B. Levi.
Hebrew Intelligencer E E M London 1823 Anonymous. 3 numbers.
Hebrew Journal, The E A W New York 1885 - Joseph Davis. Conservative.
Hebrew Leader, The E, G A W New York 1850 - 82 Jonas Bondy (1859-74). Conservative; masonic news.
Hebrew Leader, The E A .. Danbury, Conn 1898.
Hebrew National, The E E W London 1867 Hirsch Filipowski. 6 months.
Hebrew Observer, The E E .. London 1853 - 54 Abraham Benisch. United with "The Jewish Chronicle," Jan. 12, 1855.
Hebrew Observer, The E, G A .. San Francisco 1856 - William Saalburg. News. See "Jewish Times and Observer."
Hebrew Observer, The E A W Cleveland ‡ 1889 - Hiram Strauss (‡ from 1892 also in Pittsburg, ed. George Strauss). News.
Hwbrew Review, The E A Q Cincinnati 1880 - 82 Max Lilienthal; then Kaufmann Kohler. Literary. Organ of the Rabbinical Literary Association of America.
Hebrew Review and Magazine for Jewish Literature, The (Ha-Meassef). E E W London 1859 - 60 Marcus Breslau. Continuing "Hebrew Review and Magazine for Rabbinical Literature".
Hebrew Review and Magazine for Rabbinical Literature, The. E E .. London 1834 - 35 Morris J. Raphall. Rabbinical. See also "Hebrew Review." New series: "The Hebrew."
Hebrew Standard E Al W Sydney.
Hebrew Standard, The E A W New York 1883 - * J. P. Salomon. Conservative. Successor to "The Hebrew Leader."
Hebrew Union College Annual E A A Cincinnati 1904 - *
Hebrew Union College Journal E A M Cincinnati 1896 - * Edmund A. Landad.
Hebrew Watchword and Instructor E A M Philadelphia 1897 - Henry S. Morais. Sunday-School.
Hebrew World, The E A
Hekal ha-'Ibriyyah H A W Chicago 1877 - 79 N. B. Ettelsohn and S. L. Marcus. Supplement of "Israelitische Presse."
Helpful Thoughts E A M New York 1897 - 1903 Julia Richman and Rebecca Kohut, later with Richard Gottheil, M. Harris, and G. Kohut successively. Juvenile. See also "Jewish Home, The."
Ḥemdah Genuzah H G .. Königsberg 1856 Hirsch Edelmann.
Hermon H Ga A Lemberg 1902 G. Bader. Literary.
Hirsch School Journal E A I Woodbine 1901 - * Faculty and pupils of the Baron de Hirsch Agricultural and Industrial School. Local news, literary, agricultural. Supplement: "The Farmers' Leaflet."
Historisches Taschenbuch für Israeliten und Israelitinnen. J Bo A Prague 1814 Markus Fischer.
Hitközségi Hivatalnok Hu Hu M Budapest 1882 - 97 Moritz Friedmann and R. Goldberg. Organ of the community officials.
Hoda'ot ha-Hebrah Ahabat Ẓiyyon .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Ahabat Ẓiyyon."
Hoffnung, Die J Rm .. Botoshani ............ Eliezer Rokeaḥ.
Ḥoḳer, Ha- H Ga M Cracow 1891 - 95 Isaac Solomon Fuchs. Rabbinical, scientific. Merged with "Ha-Maggid." 2 vols.
Holek, Ha- H Rm W Jassy 1878 - 79 Moses Orenstein. Scientific.
Homiletische Beilage .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Ungarische Israelit, Der."
Homiletische Monatsschrift G Bo M Prague 1868 S. Sonneshchein. Theological, exegetical, homiletical.
Homiletisches und Literarisches Beiblatt G G .. Berlin 1870 - 72 M. Kayserling. Homiletical. Issued together with Kayserling's "Bibliothek Jüdischer Kanzelredner." i., 1870; ii., 1872.
Hosafat Madda'it H R .. St. Petersburg 1871 - 72 Z. G. Rabbinowicz. Scientific. Supplement of "Ha-Meliz."
Ḥozeh, Ha- H G W Berlin 1881 M. L. Rodkinsohn and Moritz Taubes. Political, literary.
Ibri D Ho W Dordrecht 1869 L. Landsberg. Literary. 12 numbers.
'Ibri, Ha- J Ga F ‡ Lemberg 1898 Moses Ewinger. Zionistic. With "Ahabat Ziyyon" as supplement (‡ from Jan., 1899, three times per month).
'Ibri, Ha- H A W New York 1892 - 1902 Gerson Rosenzweig. Literary, political,
'Ibri, Ha-, and 'Ibri Anoki H Ga W Brody 1865 - 90 Baruch Werber (1865-76) and Jacob Levin; Jacob Werber (1877-90). Political, general.
Idea Sionista, L' I I M Ferrara 1901 - * Carlo A. Conigliano; then Carlo Levi (1904 - ). Zionistic.
Idish, Idisher. See Jüdisch, Jüdischer.
Ikkar, Ha- J Pa .. Jerusalem 1893 - 96 M. Meierowik and A. M. Lunez. Agricultural, statistic. Supplement: Kolonist" numbers).
Ikkar ha-Yehudi, Ha- H, F Pa W Jerusalem ............ See "Zebi, Ha-."
Illustra Guerta de Historia Sp Au W Vienna 1877 - A: Semo and J. Saxel. Illustrated; literary, historical.
Illustrirte Gemeinde-Zeitung G Au .. Vienna 1891 Ad. Tanto. General.
Illustrirte Judenzeitung G Hu .. Pest ............ Joseph Bermann and David Schwab.
Illustrirte Monatshefte für die Gesammten Interessen des Judenthums. G Au .. Vienna 1865 - 66 Arnold Hilberg. Scientific.
Illustrirte Wiener Jüdische Presse J Au W Vienna 1877 - 79 Leo Fein.
Illustrirter Israelitischer Volkskalender G Bo A ....................... 1880 - Jacob Brandeis. Historical, belletristic, popular-scientific.
Illustrirter Israelitischer Volks-Kalender G Bo A Prague 1852 - 94 Wolf Pascheles; then Jacob Pascheles and Samuel Pascheles successively. Scientific, historical, belletristic.
Illustrirter Jüdischer Familienkalender G G A Halberstadt 1878 - Julius Meyer.
Illustrirtes Israelitisches Jahrbuch für Ernst und Scherz G Hu A Budapest 1859 - 60 S. Winter. Historical, literary, scientific; illustrated.
Im Deutschen Reich G G M Berlin 1895 - * Alfred Levy for the Centralverein Deutscher Staatsbürger Jüdischen Glaubens.
Independent Hebrew, The E A W New York 1876 S. N. Leo. 3 months.
Independent Order Free Sons of Israel E A M Chicago 1903 - * Isaac A. Loeb.
Infraterea Rm Rm .. Bucharest 1887 Adolf Weinberg.
Instructor, El Sp T W Constantinople 1888 David Fresco. Illustrated; historical, geographical, scientific, literary.
Ish Yehudi J Ga .. Kolomea 1896 - Zionistic.
Israel J G W Löban 1879 S. Schreiber and Can. Congregational news.
Israel E E M London 1897 - 1901 L. J. Greenberg and Joseph Jacobs. "Young Israel" until March, 1899. Two supplements beginning 1899: "Israel's Budget" (juvenile) and "Messenger of Zion."
Israeliet, De D Ho W Rotterdam 1880 -
Israeliet, De D Ho W Meppel 1853 - 54 News. 39 numbers.
Israelietisch Advertenticblad D Ho W Rotterdam 1901 - 02 9 numbers.
Israelietisch Nieuws- en Advertenticblad D Ho W Amsterdam 1901 - * News.
Israelietisch Weekblad .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Nieuwsblad voor Israelieten."
Israelietische Letterbode D Ho Q Amsterdam 1875 - 89 M. Roest. Historical, literary. 11 vols.
Israelietische Nieuwsbode D Ho W Amsterdam 1875 - 93 With "Israelietische Letterbode." 18 vols.
Israelit G A Philadelphia.
Israelit, Der G‡ G S-W Mayence 1860 - * Meïr Lehmann; then Oscar Lehmann. ‡ At first weekly; for a time in Judæo-German. Supplements: "Ha- Lebanon" (for a short time); "Blätter für Jüdische Geschichte und Literatur." See also "Jeschurun."
Israelit, Der G ‡ Ga F Lemberg 1869 - * J. Klein. Organ of the society Shomer Yisra'el. ‡ In Hebrew characters.
Israelit, Der J A W Baltimore 1891 - 93 William Schur.
Israelit des Neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, Der G G W ‡ Hersfeld ‡ 1839 - 48 Mendel Hess (later with S. Holdheim). Reform. ‡ Until 1841 fortnightly in Meiningen.
Israelit und Jeschurun .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Jeschurun."
Israelita I I M Leghorn 1866 Benamozegh.
Israelita, El Sp T Constantinople 1866 Ezekiel Gabbai.
Israelite .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "American Israelite, The" (vols. i. -xxii.).
Israélite Algérien, L' F .. F Oran 1900 - Moïse Netter. Jewish news; progressive.
Israelite Alliance Review E A M New York 1904 - * Nissim Behar. American organ of the Alliance Israélite Universelle. For Jewish rights.
Israélite Alsace-Lorraine, L' F, G F M Mülhausen 1878 - 80 Isaac Wurmser.
Israélite Français, L' F F A Paris 1817 - 18 A society. Moral, literary.
Israelitis Chronographos, O Gr .. M Corfu 1899 - * M. Caïmi.
Israelitische Annalen G G W Frankfort o. M 1839 - 41 I. M. Jost. Historical, literary. 3 vols.
Israelitische Bote, Der G G W Würzburg ‡ 1875 - 80 Moritz Baum. Religious (Orthodox), scientific, pedagogic. ‡ First in Bonn, then Frankfort o. M.
Israelitische Gemeindeblatt, Das G G W Cologne 1880 - 90 Carl Brisch. General.
Israelitische Gemeinde- und Familienzeitung G G W Löbau 1879 - Emanuel Schreiber. Reform.
Israelitische Gemeindezeitung ‡ G Bo F Prague 1873 - * J. B. Brandeis, for the Israelitisches Lehrerverein in Böhmen. General and pedagogic. Supplement: "Israelitisches Familienblatt." ‡ Founded as "Israelitischer Lehrerbote" (D. Stransky; 1873-*).
Israelitische Haus- und Schulfreund, Der G G M Münster 1858 A. Treu and Emanuel Hecht. General.
Israelitische Lehrerzeitung G G F Löban 1881 - M. Rahmer and Th. Kroner. Pedagogic, religious.
Israelitische Merkur, Der G G W Hechingen 1837 Samuel Mayer. Religious.
Israelitische Monatsschrift G G M Berlin ............ D. Hoffmann (1884-95); E. Biberfeld. Scientific. Supplement of "Die Jüdische Presse."
Israelitische Neuigkeitsboten J Hu .. Budapest 1878.
Israelitische Presse J A W Chicago 1879 - N. B. Ettelsohn and S. L. Marcus. Orthodox. Supplement: "Hekal ha-'Ibriyyah."
Israelitische Rundschau G G W Berlin 1895 ‡-* R. Wohlberg; then Heinrich Löwe. Organ of German Zionist Union. ‡ Formerly "Berliner Vereinsbote" (fd. 1895); since Oct. 1, 1902. "Jüdische Rundschau."
Israelitische Schul- und Jugend-Bibliothek G G .. Mayence 1858 R. Klein. Pedagogic, Juvenile; supplement: "Feierabend."
Israelitische Volksfreund, Der G A M Cincinnati 1858 G. M. Cohen.
Israelitische Volkslehrer, Der G G M Frankfort o. M. 1851 - 62 Leopold Stein; later with S. Süsskind. Homiletic, religious (Reform) ; news. During its latter years appeared with "Der Freitagabend."
Israelitische Wochenschrift, Die G G W Berlin 1892 - M. A. Klausner.
Israelitische Wochenschrift, Die G G W Magdeburg ‡ 1868 - 94 A. Treuenfels (‡ Breslau, 1868-78); then M. Rahmer (1878-94). Religious, social. Organ of the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau. Supplements: Jüdisches Familienblatt," "Jüdisches Litteraturblatt," and "Homiletische Beiage."
Israelitische Wochenschrift für Elsass-Lothringen G G W Strasburg 1904 - *.
Israelitische Zeitbote, Der G Bo A Prague 1864 - Belletristic; calender.
Israelitischer Anzeiger J G W Berlin ‡ 1881 - 82 M. L. Rodkinsohn. Political, literary. ‡ Hamburg, 1882.
Israelitischer Jugendfreund G G F Berlin 1895 - E. Flanter. Juvenile, pedagogic.
Israelitischer Lehrer G G W Mayence 1861 - 72 J. Klingenstein. General; Reform.
Israelitischer Lehrer und Cantor G G W Berlin 1881 - S. Meyer. Supplement of "Die Jüdische Presse."
Israelitischer Lehrerbote .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Israelitische Gemeindeszeitung."
Israelitischer Musenalmanach G G A Dinkelsbühl 1840 Samuel Mayer.
Israelitischer Volksfreund für das Grossherzogthums Posen. G G M Trzemesno 1846.
Israelitisches Familienblatt G Bo .. Prague ............ J. B. Brandeis. Supplement of "Israelitische Gemeindezeitung."
Israelitisches Familienblatt G G W Hamburg 1898 - * Alb. Jacoby, for the Verband der Jüdischen Lehrervereine im Deutschen Reich.
Israelitisches Familienblatt G G .. Frankfort o. M. 1900 - 01 L. Heller. General. Title in 1901 (Nos. 1-9): "Frankfurter Israelitisches Gemeindeblatt."
Israelitisches Familienblatt .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Die Laubhütte. ".
Israelitisches Gemeindeblatt G G W Elbing 1876 - 79 Emanuel Schreiber and J. Caro. Continued as "Israelitische Gemcinde- und Familienzeitung."
Israelitisches Gemeindeblatt G G W Cologne ‡ 1888 - Karl Brisch, then S. Simchowits (‡ Mühlheim); Julius Kauffmann General.
Israelitisches Predigt-Magazin G G Q ....................... 1875 - M. Rahmer. Homiletic.
Israelitisches Predigt- und Schulmagazin, Das G G M Magdeburg 1834 - 36 Ludwig Philippson. Homiletic, pedagogic.
Israelitisches Samstagsblatt G G W Hechingen 1837 Samuel Mayer.
Israelitisches Volksblatt G G .. ....................... 1854 - 66 Ludwig Philippson.
Israelitisches Volksblatt J Ga .. Kolomea 1890 E. Laufer.
Israelitisches Wochenblatt für die Schweiz G Sw W Zurich 1900 - * M. Littmann and David Strauss.
Israelitisk Tidende ‡ .. .. Copenhagen 1865 Short time. ‡Danish.
Israelitulu Romanulu Rm‡ Rm .. Bucharest 1857 - Julius Barasch. Political. ‡Since 1867 Rumanian and French.
Israel's Herold G A W New York 1849 Isidor Busch. General. Organ of B'ne B'rith. Three months.
Israel's Home Journal E A M New York 1901‡ - * M. C. Gunsberg. Illustrated. Successor to "Young Israel" (founded ‡ 1871).
Israel's Messenger E .. F Shanghai 1904 - * M. Meyer. General. Organ of Shanghai Zionist Association.
Israel's Stimme .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Voix d'Israël."
Isralik .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Yisrulik."
'Ittur Soferim H R .. Wilna 1888 - 89 Abraham Isaac ha-Kohen.Religious, literary.
Izraelita P Po W Warsaw 1865 - * S. H. Peltyn (1865-97); then N. Sokolow (with Grosglek since 1901).
Izraelita Hitközségi és Iskolai Lapok Hu Hu .. Budapest 1873 - 74 Nathan Fischer. Communal news, pedagogic.
Izraelita Közlöny Hu Hu .. Budapest 1866 - 70 Moritz Mezei; Heinrich Deutsch. Religious (Reform).
Izraelita Magyar Néptanitó Hu Hu .. S. A. Ujhely 1865 - 67 Nathan Fischer. Pedagogic, with "Der Jüdische Schulbote."
Jaarboeken voor de Israelieten of Joden binnen het Koningrijk Holland. D Ho A Amsterdam 1808 1 vol.
Jaarboeken voor de Israelieten in Nederland D Ho B-M The Hague 1835 - 40 Jakob Belinfante. News; literary. 4 vols.
Jahrbuch G G A ....................... 1856 Adolph Hlawatsch. Pedagogic.
Jahrbuch G G A Berlin 1858 - 59 Philip Wertheim.
Jahrbuch der Jüdisch-Literarischen Gesellschaft G G A Frankfort o. M 1903 - Literary.
Jahrbuch des Deutschen-Israelitischen Gemeindebundes G G A Berlin 1888 - * Statistical.
Jahrbuch des Nützlichen und Unterhaltenden G G A Brieg ‡ 1841 - 65 K. Klein; then J. K. Buchner. ‡ Then Breslau, Dresden, Darmstadt, Leipsic.
Jahrbuch für die Geschichte der Juden und des Judenthums. G G A Leipsic 1860 - 69 Institut zur Förderung der Israelitischen Litteratur. 4 vols.
Jahrbuch für Israeliten G Au A Vienna 1854 - 65 Josef Wertheim (1854-64); Leopold Kompert (1864-65). Continuation of "Kalender und Jahrbuch für Israeliten."
Jahrbuch für Israeliten und Israelitinnen G Bo A Prague 1811 Marcus Fischer.
Jahrbuch für die Israelitischen Cultus-Gemeinden in Ungarn. G Hu A Arad 1860 Leopold Rosenberg.
Jahrbuch für die Israelitischen Kultusgemeinden Böhmens. G Bo A Prague 1894 Centralverein zur Pfiege Jüdischer Angelegenheiten.
Jahrbuch für Jüdische Geschichte und literatur G G A Berlin 1898 - * Union of the societies for Jewish history and literature. Scientific.
Jahrbuch für die Jüdischen Gemeinden Preussens G G A Berlin 1859 Ph. Wertheimer.
Jahrbuch zur Beförderung des Ackerbaus, Handwerks, und der Industrie unter den Israeliten Ungarns. G Hu A Budapest 1872 Ignaz Reich.
Jahrbuch zur Beförderung einer Wissenschaftlichen Kenntniss des Alten Palästina. .. .. .. ....................... ............ See Yerushalayim."
Jahrbücher für Judische Gesch. und Litteratur G G A Frankfort o. M 1874 - 90 N. Brüll. Historical. literary. 10 vols.
Jedidja G G S-A Berlin 1817 - 33 ‡ Jeremias Heinemann. Religious, moral, pedagogic. ‡ 1817-1823, 1831; continued as "Allgemeines Archiv des Judenthums," 1839-1843.
Jedidja D Ho W Rotterdam 1887 Juvenile. 1 vol.
Jehudith Sp F W Paris 1864 - 65 Ezra Benveniste.
Jeridiyyah Tarjumah T T Constantinople 1876 Nissim Niego.
Jerusalem .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Yerushalayim."
Jerusalem G Ga M Cracow 1899 - J. Kreppel. Literary, belletristic, religious.
Jerusalem E E .. London 1882 H. Guedalla. 1 number.
Jeschurun G G M Frankfort o. M. 1854 - 70. Samson R. Hirsch. Isaac Hirsch. Religious (Orthodox), exegetical. congregational news.
W Hanover 1883 - 86 Continued as "Der Israelit." New series (xvi.) No. 1 issued as "probenummer. "Dec. 1, 1882. and again Jan. 4, 1883.
Jeschurun G, H G ‡ I ‡ 1856 - 78 Josef Kobak. Scientific. ‡i., ii., Lemberg. 1856-58 ; iii., Breslau 1859; iv., v., Fürth, 1864-66 ; vi., vii., viii., ix., Bamberg, 1868-71, 1872, 1873-78.
Jeschurun G G W Pleschen 1900 - 04 Königsberger. onigsberger. Religious, social. Zionistic since 1903.
Jeschurun G Hu W Budapest 1882 - 83 Kaim Pollak. Supplement of "Allgemeine Israelitische Wochenschrift."
Jeschurun G G W Berlin 1892 - * A. Levin. News, religious, social, belletristic.
Jeunesse Israélite, La F W Oran 1890.
Jew, The E A M New York 1823 - 25 Solomon H. Jackson. Anti-missionary.
Jewish. See also Jüdisch Most Judaeo-German periodicals whose titles begin with "Jewish" are given under "Jüdisch (e, er, es)."
Jewish Abend-Post J A D New York 1899 - * George Selikovich. News. Weekly edition, "Der Jüdischer Journal."
Jewish Advance, The E A W Buffalo 1893 - J. Feybush. Local news.
Jewish Advance, The E A M Detroit 1904 - * N. E. Aronstam. News.
Jewish Advance, The G, E A W Chicago 1878 - 82 News.
Jewish Advocate, The E A F ‡ Rochester 1898 - 1900 Isaac M. Brickner. Local news. ‡ At first monthly.
Jewish Advocate E A New York 1870.
Jewish Advocate E A M New York 1879 - 86 Raphael d'C. Lewin. News, literary.
Jewish Advocate E A Philadelphia 1849 Isaac Leeser.
Jewish Advocate J ‡ W Cape Town 1904 - * General. ‡ South Africa.
Jewish American, The E A W Detroit 1901 - * S. M. Goldsmith. News; Reform.
Jewish Charity E A M New York 1902 - * Joseph Jacobs, then Leo K. Frankel for The United Hebrew Charities. Formerly "Charity Work."
Jewish Chronicle E A W Boston 1890 - 93 Solomon Schindler. Religious (radical).
Jewish Chronicle, The E A W Montgomery, Ala 1899 - *.
Jewish Chronicle, The E, G A W Baltimore 1876 - D. Binswanger.
Jewish Chronicle, The E E W ‡ London 1841 - 42 D. Meldoia and M. Angel (1841-42; ‡ fortnightly); Joseph Mitchell ("The Jewish Chronicle and Workingman's Friend," 1844-54; ‡ weekly after 1847); M. H. Bresslau ("The Jewish Chronicle and Hebrew Observer," 1847-55); A. Benisch (1855-69); Michael Henry (1869-75); A. Benisch (1875-78); Asher I. Myers (1878-1902); M. Duparc (1902-*). News, literary; illustrated; conservative.
1844 - *
Jewish Chronicle and Hebrew Observer .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Jewish Chronicle, The" (London).
Jewish Chronicle and Workingman's Friend, The .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Jewish Chronicle, The" (London).
Jewish Citizen, The E A M Omaha 1903 - * Charles L. Schless. General, religious, literary.
Jewish Comment E A W Baltimore 1895 - * Max Myers; then Louis H. Levin. News, literary; conservative.
Jewish Conservator, The E A W Chicago 1904 - *.
Jewish Criterion, The E A W Pittsburg 1895 - * Samuel Greenfield (1895-99); Charles H. Joseph (1899-1901); Leonard Levy (1901-*). News; Reform.
Jewish Exponent, The E A W Philadelphia 1887 - * Charles Hoffman and editorial board. News; conservative. Organ of the Chautauqua and of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
Jewish Expositor.
Jewish Express, The J A W St. Louis 1903.
Jewish Free Press .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Jüdische Freie Presse."
Jewish Free Press E A .. St. Louis ............ See "Jewish Tribune, The" (St. Louis).
Jewish Gazette, The M ‡ In .. Calcutta 1874 ‡ In Hebrew letters.
Jewish Guide, The E A W Peoria 1893 David B. Rich.
Jewish Herald, The E Al M Melbourne 1880 - * E. Blaubaum and M. Benjamin. News.
Jewish Herald, The E Al F Sydney 1883 - * News.
Jewish Herald, The E A .. New York 1882 - 85 Aaron Wise (1884). Boston edition, "The Boston Hebrew Observer."
Jewish Herald, The E A W Des Moines 1903 - *.
Jewish Home, The E A M New York 1903 - * George A. Kohut ‡. For family and religious school. Formerly "Helpful Thoughts." ‡ Bought by Philip Cowen 1904.
Jewish Home Journal, The E A W Ligonier, Ind 1896 - 1900. Julius M. Magil.
Jewish Independent E A
Jewish Index E A W Philadelphia 1872 Samuel Mendelsohn.
Jewish Ledger, The E A W New Orleans 1895 - * M. J. Lehman. Moderate reform.
Jewish Literary Annual, The E E A London 1903 - Literary.
Jewish Messenger, The E A W New York 1857 - 1903 Samuel M. Isaacs (1857-78); Abram S. Isaacs (1878-1903). General (Orthodox); literary. Supplement from 1879: "Hebraica." Merged with "The American Hebrew."
Jewish News, The E A F Syracuse ............ Local news.
Jewish Observer, The .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Jewish Review and Observer, The."
Jewish Opinion, The E A W Indianapolis.
Jewish Orphan Asylum Magazine, The E A M Cleveland 1903 - *.
Jewish Outlook, The E A W ‡ Denver 1903 - * William Friedman. Religious (Reform), literary. ‡ First two numbers monthly.
Jewish Post, The E A .. Pittsburg.
Jewish Press and Progress E, J A S-W Chicago ‡ 1903 - * Joel Liebling. Orthodox. ‡ Founded at Cleveland (1890-94) as "Die Jüdische presse" and "Der Jüdischer Progress."
Jewish Progress E A W San Francisco 1876 - Hugo Bacharach. General news (Reform); belletristic.
Jewish Progress of the Twin Cities, The E A W Minneapolis 1904 - * First numbers: "The Israelite of the Twin Cities."
Jewish Quarterly Review E E Q London 1888 - * I. Abrahams and C. G. Monteflore Scientific.
Jewish Record, The E A W Philadelphia 1874 - 87 Alfred Jones and Henry Morais. Conservative.
Jewish Record, The E A W New York 1862 - Abraham S. Cohen; Jonas Bondi. Orthodox.
Jewish Record, The E A W Albany.
Jewish Record, The E A W Kansas City 1899 - *.
Jewish Record, The E E W London 1868 - 71 L. B. Abrahams.
Jewish Record, The E E .. Manchester 1887 -
Jewish Reformer, The E, G A .. New York 1886 K. Kohler, E. G. Hirsch, and Adolph Moses.
Jewish Review The E A W Cleveland 1893 - 99 Jessie Cohen, . News; belletristic. Merged with "The Observer."
Jewish Review, The E A M St. Joseph, Mo.
Jewish Review and Observer, The E A W Cleveland 1899 - Jessie Cohen. See "Jewish Review, The"and" Jewish Observer, The."
Jewish Sabbath Journal E E W London 1855 Mrs. Hartog. 14 numbers.
Jewish Schoolfellow, The E Al .. Adelaide 1873 Schoolboys.
Jewish Sentiment E A W Atlanta 1895 - 1901 Frank J. Cohen. News. Merged with "The Southwestern Jewish Sentiment," 1901.
Jewish Sentinel E A .. St. Louis 1868.
Jewish Society E E W ....................... 1890 Personals.
Jewish South, The E A W New Orleans ‡ 1880 - 82 J. B. Browne, ‡ Atlanta; then J. H. C. Chumaceiro, New Orleans. News, literary; Reform Merged with "The American Israelite."
Jewish South, The E A W Richmond 1893 - Herbert J. Ezekiel.
Jewish Spectator, The E A W Memphis 1885 - * M. Samfield.
Jewish Standard E E W London 1888 - 91 Harry S. Lewis. Orthodox.
Jewish Star J ‡ .. Johannesburg * ‡ South Africa.
Jewish Telephone J E W London.
Jewish Tidings E A W Rochester 1887 - 97 S. Brickner (1887-89) and Louis Wiley (1887-94); Isaac Brickner. News; radical.
Jewish Times E E W London 1876.
Jewish Times, The E, G A W New York 1869 - 79 Moritz Ellinger; then Harry H. Marks (1878-79). Scientific, rabbinic, literary; news; Reform. Title, "The Reformer and Jewish Times," 1878-79.
Jewish Times, The E A W San Francisco ............ Jacob Voorsanger; Emanuel Katz. Reform.
Jewish Times, The E C F Montreal 1898 - *.
Jewish Times and Observer E A W San Francisco 1855 - * M. S. Lovy and William Saalburg. News; belletristic; conservative. Formerly "The Jewish Times" and "The Hebrew Observer."
Jewish Tribune, The E A W St. Louis 1879 - M. Spitz. Reform. Succeeded by "The Jewish Free Press," and then "The Jewish Voice." German monthly supplement for a time: "Sulamith."
Jewish Tribune, The E A W Portland, Ore 1903 - * N. Mosessohn, News; literary; conservative.
Jewish Voice, The E A W St. Louis 1888 - M. Spitz. Founded as "The Jewish Tribune" (1879), continued as "The Jewish Free Press."
Jewish Weekly Review E A W St. Joseph, Mo 1898 - Charles Schless.
Jewish Woman E A M Philadelphia 1892 - 93 Herman Brunswick.
Jewish World, The .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Die Jüdische Welt."
Jewish World, The E E W London 1873 - * Myer Davis (1873-75); George Lyon; various others; John Raphael. News; political, literary; illustrated; Zionistic.
Jewish World, The E A W New York ............ G. L. Löwenthal
Jewish World, The E A W Omaha - 1902.
Jewish Year, The E A .. Philadelphia 1895 Louis E. Levy.
Jewish Year Book, The E E A London 1896 - * J. Jacobs (1896-1900); I. Harris. Statistical, literary.
Jew's College Journal, The E E .. London 1875 Pupils of the Jews' College School. 3 numbers.
Jidisch. See Jüdisch
Jodisk Almanak .. .. A Copenhagen 1861 M. Mielziner.
Joodsche Courant, De D Ho W The Hague 1902 - 04 General.
Joodsche Letterkundige Bijdragen D Ho ‡ Amsterdam 1867 - 68 Meyer Roest. Literary. Supplement of "Nieuw Israelietische Weekblad." ‡ 8 numbers per year. 10 numbers.
Joodsche Stuiversblad D Ho W Amsterdam 1903 Literary; illustrated. 5 numbers.
Jornal Israelith, El Sp T ‡ Constantinople 1860 - 71 Ezekiel Gabbal. ‡ At first weekly, then three times a week. Continued as "El Telegrafo."
Joseph G G F Kattowitz 1879 - S. Fredthal.
Journal de Salonique, Le F T F Salonica 1895 - * Sa'adi ha-Levi.
Journal Scientifique de la Théologie Juive F
Jövö, A Hu Hu W Budapest 1897 - 98 Jul. Weissburg. Scientific; news.
Jude, Der G A W New York 1895 M. Singer. Title changed to "Jüdischer Anzeiger" with No. 11.
Jude, Der G G F ‡ Altona 1832 - 35 Gabriel Riesser. Political, religious. ‡ Irregular.
Jude, Der J Ga F Cracow 1899 - * Ahiasaf. General. With feuilleton.
Jude, Der G Hu .. Kassa 1886.
Jude, Der G A W New York 1887 - S. Wiener.
Jüdisch. See also Jewish.
Jüdisch-Amerikanischer Volks-Kalender, Der J A A New York 1894 - 97 Alexander Harkavy. First two volumes called "Der Amerikanischer Volks-Kalender.
Jüdisch-Deutsche Monatsschrift J Bo M Prague ‡ 1802 ‡ And Brünn.
Jüdisch-Israelitische Zeitung G ‡ Hu .. Pest 1869 ‡ In Hebrew characters.
Jüdische Arbeiter, Der G Au M Vienna 1898 - S. R. Landau. Industrial; Zionistic.
Jüdische Bibliothek, Die J Po ‡ S-A ‡ Warsaw ‡ 1891 - 95‡ J. L. Perez. Literary, social, agricultural. 3 vols. ‡ Since 1904 Cracow, monthly.
Jüdische Centralblatt, Das G Hu F Belovar ‡ 1882 - 89 Moritz Grünwald Popular-scientific. (Founded as "Centralblatt für die Interesdes Judenthums"; title changed to "Studien und Kritiken" iii. and iv., then to "Jüdisches Centralblatt, Zubleich Archiv für die Gesch. der Juden in Böhmen"). ‡ viii. Prague, 1888.
Jüdische Chronik G Bo M Saaz; Teplitz 1895 - * Adolf Kurrein (with S. Stern and I. Ziegler until 1896). Literary, belletristic; Zionistic.
Jüdische Familie J Ga M Cracow 1902 J. Lurie.
Jüdische Frauenwelt J Ga .. Cracow 1902 - Moses Deutscher. Women's interests. Supplement of "Jüdische Volkszeitung."
Jüdische Freie Presse J Ga .. Przemysl.
Jüdische Freie Presse, Die E, J A .. Cleveland 1902 - *
Jüdische Gazetten J ‡ A W New York 1874 - * K. H. Sarasohn. News; conservative. Weekly edition of "Jüdisches Tageblatt." ‡ English page since Sept. , 1897.
Jüdische Gazetten fun der West J A W Chicago 1894 - 96 George Selikovitsch.
Jüudische Geist, Der J Rm ‡ Jassy 1898 - L. Rokeah. General. ‡ Three times per week.
Jüdische Gemeinde- und Schulzeitung G Hu .. Budapest 1869 - 71
Jüdische Gemeindezeitung G Hu .. Budapest 1882.
Jüdische Illustrirte Zeitung .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "New Yorker Illustrirte Jüdische Zeitung."
Jüdische Kantor, Der (Kantor, Der Jüdische) G G W Bromberg 1879 - 98 A. Blaustein. For cantors; musical, pedagogic.
Jüdische Kantor, Der G G .. ....................... 1860 H. Ehrlich. See "Liturgische Zeitschrift."
Jüdische Moderne, Der G G F Berlin 1897 - Max Jungmann; then Birnbaum. Belletristic, critical.
Jüdische Monats-Blätter G A M New York 1899 - William Broch. Zionistic.
Jüdische Monatsschrift G ‡ Au M Brünn; Prague 1802 ‡ In Hebrew letters.
Jüdische Nächstenliebe G Hu .. Marmaros-Sziget 1896.
Jüdische News, Die E, G, H, J, A W New York 1871 Jacob Cohen. News.
Jüdische Phonograph, Der J S W Buenos Ayres 1897 - General.
Jüdische Post, Die J A W New York 1872 Henry Gersoni.
Jüdische Post, Die J A W Pittsburg 1903 - * J. S. Glick. News; Zionistic.
Jüdische Post, Die G ‡ Ga .. Lemberg 1849 A. N. Blücher. Political, commercial. ‡ Corrupt German.
Jüdische Presse, Die J A .. Chicago 1885 - 86 A. B. Ettelson.
Jüdische Presse, Die J A W Philadelphia 1892 - 94 John Paley.
Jüdische Presse, Die J Rm W Bucharest ............ B. Suffrin. General.
Jüdische Presse, Die G G W Berlin 1869 - * S. Enoch; Israel Hildesheimer; Hirsch Hildesheimer. General; Orthodox, Supplements: "Israelitischer Lehrer und Cantor"; "Israelitische Monatsschrift"; "Sabbat-Stunden."
Jüdische Rundschau .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Israelitische Rundschau."
Jüdische Schulbote, Der G Hu .. S. A. Ujhely 1865 ‡ Nathan Fischer. Pedagogic. With "Izraelita Magyar Néptanitó." ‡ Then, after interruption, 1867.
Jüdische Student, Der G G M Berlin 1902 - * Heinrich Löwe for the Bund Jüdischer Corporationen. Academic, literary, sociological.
Jüdische Turnzeitung G G M Berlin 1900 - Herman Jolowicz. Organ of the Bar Kockba athletic association. Zionistic.
Jüdische Volksbibliothek, Die G R .. Kiev 1888 - 89 S. Rabinowitsch. Literary, scientific, critical.
Jüdische Volksschule G Hu F Arad 1863 Moritz Ehrentheil.
Jüdische Volksstimme G Au F Brünn 1900 - * Solomon Rubinstein; then Samuel Bock; then Max Hickl. Industrial; news; with feuilleton.
Jüdische Volkszeitung G G W Leipsic 1873 I. Klingenstein. Pedagogic.
Jüdische Volkszeitung J Ga W Cracow 1902 - M. Spektor and Ḥayyim Hurwitz. General. Supplement: "Jüdische Frauenwelt."
Jüdische Volkszeitung J Ga W Stanislawow 1903.
Jüdische Volkszeitung, Die J A W New York 1878 M.Taplowsky and G. Landau. Socialistic, atheistic.
Jüdische Welt, Die (Jewish World, The) E, J A D New York 1902 - 04 ‡ Bukanski. For Americanization of Russian immigrants. One page English, edited by Joseph Jacobs, then Jacob de Haas. ‡ United with "Der Morgen Journal."
Jüdische Weltblatt, Das .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Jüdisches Weltblatt."
Jüdische Wiestnik, Der J
Jüdische Zeitschrift für Wissenschaft und Leben G G Q Breslau 1862 - 73 Abraham Geiger. Scientific, religious.
Jüdische Zeitung .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "New Yorker Jüdische Zeitung."
Jüdische Zeitung J Ga W Lemberg 1863 - 67 S. Kugel.
Jüdische Zukunft, Die J E .. London 1904 * Ch. Wortsmann. Zionistic.
Jüdischen Arbeiter J Sw .. Geneva .....* Published by the "Bund."
Jüdischer Adler, Der J A W Boston 1893 George Selikovitsch. News.
Jüdischer Anzeiger .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Jude, Der."
Jüdischer Arbeiter, Der J R .. ....................... 1897 Industrial; socialistic.
Jüdischer Courier, Der J A D ‡ Chicago 1887 - 1902 Leon Zolotkoff. News. (‡ Weekly until 1892.) Weekly edition: "Chicagoer Wochenblatt."
Jüdischer Demokrat J A W New York 1888 - Julius Bloomenson. Political.
Jüdischer Express, Der J E D ‡ London ‡ 1896 - 1901 Ginsberg Bros. News. ‡ And Leeds; weekly to 1899; then daily and weekly.
Jüdischer Farmer, Der J A M New York 1892 - 93 Herman Rosenthal.
Jüdischer Herold, Der J A D New York 1890 George Selikovitsch. News. 26 numbers.
Jüdischer Journal, Der J A W New York 1899 - * Saphirstein and Rosenbaum. Weekly edition of "New Yorker Abend-Post."
Jüdischer Kikeriki J Au F Vienna 1876 Wilheim Weiss; then Mor. Dornbusch. Humoristic, political; illustrated.
Jüdischer Kol, Der J A D Chicago 190
Jüdischer Observer, Der J E W London 1894 - J. A. Meczyk.
Jüdischer Progress, Der J A .. Baltimore 1889 Alexander Harkavy.
Jüdischer Puck, Der J A W New York 1894 - 96 Nahum Sharkewitz and M. Seiffert. Humoristic.
Jüdischer Recorder, Der J A W New York 1893 Gustav Mentz.
Jüdischer Volks- und Haus-Kalender G G A Breslau 1853 - Brann. See "Deutscher Volkskalender und Jahrbuch."
Jüdischer Volkskalender J Ga A Lemberg 1895 - G. Bader.
Jüdischer Volkskalender G G A Cologne 1897 - 1900.
Jüdischer Volkskalender G Au A Brünn 1902 - * Literary; Zionistic; illustrated.
Jüdischer Wächter, Der J A W New York 1898 S. Schnur. Organ of the Kolel Amerika Tif'eret Yerushalayim.
Jüdischer Wecker, Der J R .. Odessa 1887 M. L. Lilienblum.
Jüdisches Centralblatt J G .. Frankfort o. M 1902 H. Slobotzki. General.
Jüdisches Familienblatt G G .. Hamburg 1898 - * M. Deutschländer (in 1902 called "Israelitisches Familienblatt").
Jüdisches Gefühl G Bo Prague 1900 - Juvenile.
Jüdisches Litteraturblatt G Ga ‡ Cracow ‡ 1873 - * M. Rahmer (1873-1904); C. A. Rosenthal (1904-*). ‡ Magdeburg, 1873-97, weekly; Ezekiel Caro and Landau, Lemberg, 1897- , every ten days; new series, quarterly, Cracow, 1897-*. Literary, scientific. Supplement for a time of "Die Israelitische Wochenschrift."
Jüdisches Tageblatt E, J A D New York 1885 - * M. Jalonistein. News. Sunday edition: "Jüdische Gazetten."
Jüdisches Volksblatt G Au W Vienna 1899 - * Alois Munk and Committee of Jüdisches Volksverein. News.
Jüdisches Volksblatt G G W Breslau 1895 - Louis Neustadt. News, feuilleton.
Jüdisches Volksblatt G G .. Leipsic 1854 - 66 Ludwig Philippson. Literary, belletristic. Absorbed by " Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums."
Jüdisches Volksblatt G G W Berlin 1870 Nathan Schlessinger. Religious.
Jüdisches Volksblatt J R W St. Petersburg 1881 - 89 A. Zederbaum (1881-87); L. O. Cantor (1888-89). Literary, political.
Jüdisches Weltblatt J Hu S-W Presburg 1878 - Jos. Waltuch (1878-80); M. Dornbusch (from 1880-). General.
Jüdisches Wochenblatt J A W New York 1885 - Sarasohn & Sons. News. Page 7 has separate title: "Der Jüdischer Auswanderer."
Jung Juda G Bo F Prague 1900 - * Siegmund Springer; Emil Eisner. Juvenile.
Jutrzenka P Po W Warsaw 1861 - 63 Daniel Neufeld. Historical, belletristic.
Kabbalistische Biblische Occident, Der G G .. Hamburg 1845 S. L. Schwabacher. Cabalistic. 1 number.
Kadimah F F F ‡ Paris 1896 - 97 Joseph D. Mosseri. Organ of Jewish Nationalist students. ‡ Irregular.
Kadimah, Ha- H A M New York 1899 Gerson Rosenzweig. Literary. 6 numbers.
Kalender für Israeliten G Au A Vienna 1892 - * M. Waitzner, for the Oesterreichisch-Israelitische Union. Literary.
Kalender und Jahrbuch für Israeliten G Au A Vienna 1842 - 47 Isidor Busch. Historical, scientific, belletristic. Continued as "Wiener Jahrbuch."
Kanfe Yonah .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Yonah, Ha-."
Karmel, Ha- (Ha-Karmel) H R M ‡ Wilna 1860 - 80 S. J. Fünn and H. L. Markon. Literary, scientific, critical. Supplement: "Ha-Sharon." also Russian supplements. ‡ Weekly (irregular) until 1871.
Karmi (Carmi) H, Sp T .. Adrianople ‡ 1882 Baruch Mitrani. Literary. ‡Printed at Presburg.
Kebod ha-Lebanon H .. .. ....................... ............ Published with "Ha-Lebanon."
Keneset ha-Gedolah H R Q Warsaw 1890 - 91 I. Suwalski. Literary, historical, scientific. 4 volumes.
Keneset Ḥakme Yisrael H R I Odessa 1891 - 97 A. J. Abelsohn and M. Belinsohn. Rabbinic, halakic.
Keneset Yisrael H R A Warsaw 1886 - 88 Saul P. Rabinowitz. Literary, historical, scientific; illustrated. Supplement: "Liwyat Ḥen."
Keneset Yisrael .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Yonah, Ha-."
Kerem, Ha- H R A Warsaw 1888 E. Atlas. Historical, literary, belletristic.
Kerem, Ha- H .. A ....................... 1887 - L. Altmann. Supplement of "Ha-Meliẓ."
Kerem, Ha- H Ga M Lemberg 1870 Michael Wolf.
Kerem, Ha- H G W Königsberg 1879 Julius Jacoby.
Kerem, Ha- H E W London 1878 Naphtali Levi.
Kerrem Ḥemed H Au .. Vienna ‡ 1833 - 56 Samuel Löb Goldenberg (Vienna, 1833, 1836; ‡ Prague, 1838-43); Senior Sachs (‡ Berlin, 1854-56). Scientific, historical, literary, belletristic. 9 volumes.
Ḳeren Orah H A M Chicago 1889 Leon Zolotkoff, for the Hebrew Literary Association of Chicago. 2 numbers.
Keshet, Ha- H G M Berlin 1903 Joseph Lin. Artistic, literary; illustrated. 3 numbers.
Ḳiḳayon Yonah H F .. Paris 1860 Senior Sachs. Continuation of "Ha-Yonah." 1 number.
Ḳiryat Sefer H Ga B-M ‡ Cracow 1903 - * B. Z. Scheinfinkel Bibliographical; scientific. ‡ Irregular.
Kischenew R G M Berlin 1903 M. Sukennikow.
Ḳobeẓ 'al Yad H G A ‡ Berlin 1885 - * Mekize Nirdamim. Scientific. ‡ Irregular.
Ḳobeẓ Ẓiyyon wi-Yerushalayim H Pa I Jerusalem 1897 - Isaac Badhaw. Rabbinical, scientific; for printing MS. material.
Kodimo R R .. ....................... 1904 - * Zionistic.
Ḳohelet, Ha- H Ga W Przemysl 1872 Arthur S. Weissmann. Scientific. Supplement of "Neue Jüdische Presse." 3 numbers.
Ḳohelet Musar H G W Berlin 1750 Moses Mendelssohn and Tobias Back. Moral. 2 numbers.
Kokabim, Ha- H R Q Wilna 1865 Israel Wohlmann. Literary, historical, exegetical. 1 number.
Kokebe YiẒḥaḳ H Au A ‡ Vienna 1845 - 73 Max E. Stern (1845-69); Marcus Weissman (1873). Exegetical, literary, scientific, belletristic. 37 numbers. ‡ Irregularly at first.
Ḳol, Ha- H G S-W Königsberg 1876 - 80 Michael L. Rodkinsohn. Literary; news: political, radical. At first weekly, then several times per week, then weekly again. Monthly supplement: "Asifat Ḥakamim" (1878- ). 1 number appeared at Chicago (Sept. 24, 1893).
Au W Vienna 1885
A W New York 1889 - 90
Ḳol ha-'Et H Ga .. Lemberg 1870 - 71 Moses Schulbaum. Literary; Jewish news.
Ḳol ha-'Ir H A W New York 1889 Michael L. Rodkinsohn. Forming with "Ha-Ḳol" a semiweekly. A few numbers.
Ḳol Ha-Tor H Ga F Cracow 1878 - Jenkel Beer. News; literary.
Ḳol la-'Am J G W Königsberg 1876 - 79 Michael L. Rodkinsohn. Political; Jewish news.
Ḳol Mebasser J R W Odessa 1863 - 71 A. Zederbaum and A. I. Goldenbaum. Literary, belletristic. Supplement of "Ha-Meliz."
Ḳol von der Ghetto, Der J A D New York 1901 Political.
Ḳol Ya'akob .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Voice of Jacob" (London).
Ḳ Yisrael A .. W Oran 1882 David Benadi.
Kompass J Rm W Bucharest 1896 - L. Rokeah and Lowy Segal. General.
Korem, Ha- H E .. London 1878 Louis Levy .
Ḳorot ha-'Ittim J Rm S-W Jassy 1855 I. Singer.
Kos Yeshu'ot .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Cup of Salvation."
Krakauer Jüdische Zeitung G Ga F‡ Podgérze 1898 - 99 Ahron Marcus. Scientific: Zionistic. ‡ Monthly at first.
Kritik und Reform G Au F Vienna 1884 - 85 Moriz Weiss. Religious, scientific; with feuilleton.
Kritiker, Der J A W New York 1893 J. Jaffa. 5 numbers.
Kurant (Freitagische and Dienstagische) J‡ Ho S-W Amsterdam 1686 - 87 Printed by Uri Phoebus ha-Levi, then by David Tartas. ‡ In Hebrew characters.
Labor Record, The E A F Kansas City‡ 1900 - R. L. Ziv. Political, social, religious: Zionistic. Second sheet has title "The Jewish World" (from 1901). ‡ At first Joplin, Mo.
Lamp of Judaism E I .. Bombay.
Lamteren, Der J Po D Warsaw 1894 Belletristic.
Land Hakam, Der J A .. New York 1893 - 94 Nahum Meïr Shaikewitz. Humoristic.
Laubhütte, Die G G .. Hamburg 1866 - Reform.
Laubhütte, Die (Deutsche Israelitische Zeitung) G G W Regensburg 1883 - S. Meyer. General; Orthodox.
Lebanon, Ha- H .. ‡ ‡ 1863 - 87 Jehiel Brill. Literary, general: Orthodox. ‡ Jerusalem, monthly, 1863 - 64, 12 numbers, with supplement, "Kebod ha-Lebanon"; Paris, fortnightly, 1865 - 68, weekly, 1868 - 70, with supplement, "Yen Lebanon"; Mayence, weekly, 1871 - 75, 1877 - 82, as supplement of "Der Israelit" (Mayence); London, 1886.
Lehrerheim G G M Breslau 1895 - Louis Neustadt. Pedagogic. Organ of the Deutscher Reichsverband Jüdischer Religionslehrer.
Lemberger Jüdische Zeitung J Ga W Lemberg 1865 - Ḥayyim Rohatin. General.
Le'om, Ha- H A M‡ New York 1902- * ‡ Weekly since 1904.
Le'ummi, Ha- H A W New York ‡ 1888 - 89 Ephraim Deinard. Literary. 23 numbers. ‡ Last 3 numbers in Newark, N. J.
Licht, Der .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Light, The."
Liebermann'sche Jahrbuch, Das .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Deutscher Volkskalender und Jabrbuch."
Lien d'Israel, Le F F M Strasburg‡ 1855 - 61 S. Dreyfus. General. ‡ i.-iii. Mülhausen, 1855-May, 1858, fortnightly.
Light, The E, J A W Philadelphia ‡ 1891 ‡ N. Mosessohn. Religious; general. ‡ Dallas, Tex., 1897; San Francisco, 1898.
Light of Truth M‡ In .. Bombay 1877 - 82 Organ of the Beni Israel. ‡ Mahrati in Hebrew characters.
Literatur un Leben J Po I Warsaw 1894 L. Peretz.
Literaturblatt des Orients .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Orient, Der."
Litteraturblatt der Menorah G G M Hamburg 1891 - Isidor Hirsch. Theological, scientific.
Liturgische Zeitschrift G G I Meiningen 1848 - 62 Hermann Ehrlich Musical.
Litwakel, Der (V09p629001.jpg) J A W New York 1889 J. Jaffa. Humoristic.
Liverpool Jewish Magazine, The E E W Liverpool 1883 James Nucompton. 1 number (Aug. 1). Some copies add: "and Teachers' Advertiser."
Londoner Israelit, Der J E W London 1878 - Naphtali Levi. General.
Londoner Jüdisch-Deutsche Zeitung J E .. London 1867.
Luaḥ Ereẓ Yisrael H Pa A Jerusalem 1895 - * A. M. Lunez. Literary: news.
Luaḥ Sha'shu'im H Ga A Cracow 1902 H. Rumeld and M. A. Wiesen. Literary.
Luaḥ Yisrael (Yevrejski Kalendar) H, R R A St. Petersburg 1877 - 83 H. J. Gurland.
Lumea Israelita Rm Rm M Crajova 1902 - Ralian and Ignat Samitca.
Lunar, El Sp T .. Salonica 1878 - Judah Nehama. Historical, biographical, literary.
Lux I I M Leghorn 1904- * Arrigo Lates and Alfredo Toaff. Scientific, literary.
Luz de Israel Sp T .. Constantinople 1853 Leon de Castro. News (reports of Crimean war).
Luzero, El (Sefat Emet) Sp T .. Constantinople 1867 - Moses Elie.
Luzero de la Paciencia, El Sp‡ Rm W Turn Severin 1886 - 87 L. M. Crispin. Historical, literary. ‡ In Latin characters.
Mabbiṭ, Ha- (alternating with Ha-Mabbit le-Yisrael) H Au W Vienna 1878 Perez Smolenski. Political and social news; with literary feuilleton: "'Ale Ḥemed" popular scientific section: " Ha-Tebel weha-Yezirah."
Maccabæan, The E ‡ A M New York 1901 - * Louis Lipsky (1901-2); J. de Haas (1902-*). Literary: Zionistic. ‡ Also Judaæo-German until 1902. Organ of the Federation of American Zionists.
Maccabean E A M Chicago 1882 Henri Gersoni 1 vol.
Maccabee, The E A .. Chicago
Maccabeul Rm Rm F Bucharest ............ Zionistic
Magazin für Jüdische Geschichte und Literatur .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Magazin für die Wissenschaft des Judenthums."
Magazin für die Wissenschaft des Judenthums G G Q ‡ Berlin 1874 - 93 Abraham Berliner and (1876-93) David Hoffmann. Historical, literary, scientific. ‡ Founded as fortnightly with title "Magazin für Jüdische Geschichte und Literatur."
Maggid, Ha- H Ga, G W ‡ Lyck 1856 :- 90 Eliezer Silbermann (1856-79; ‡ irregular until 1858); David Gordon (1879-85); Dob Bär Gordon (1886-90); Jacob S. Fuchs (1891-*). General and Jewish news. Supplements: "Ha-Ẓofeh, " "Maggid Mishneh, " "Maggid le-Yisrael."
Maggid he-Ḥadash (new series) Cracow 1892 - *
Maggid le-Yisrael, Ha- H Ga W Cracow 1893 - * Jacobs S. Fuchs. Supplement of "Ha-Maggid, " and printed therewith.
Maggid Mesharim A In W Calcutta 1889 - Solomon A. Twena. Local and foreign Jewish news. Rashi characters.
Maggid Mishneh H G W Lyck 1879 - 81 David Gordon. Scientific, literary. Supplement of "Ha-Maggid."
Maggid Mishneh H Ga M Lemberg 1872 Mordecai Weissmann (-Chajes). Literary, historical. 4 numbers.
Magnet, The E A Q Atlanta 1894 - Hebrew Orphans' Home.
Magyar Izraelita Hu Hu W Budapest 1861 - 64 ‡ Dr. Rockenstein; Paul Tencer. Reform. ‡ Founded in 1861: suppressed and resumed in 1862.
Magyar Izraelita Orzágos Tanitó-Egylet Ertesitöje, A Hu Hu M Budapest 1875 - * National Hungarian Jewish Teachers' Association. Pedagogic.
Magyar Zsidó Hu Hu .. Budapest 1867 - 68 Albert Farkas. Orthodox.
Magyar Zsidó Nepiskola Hu Hu .. Nyitra 1893 - 94 L. Erdélyi. Pedagogic.
Magyar Zsidó Szemle Hu Hu Q ‡ Budapest 1884 - * Joseph Bánóczi and Wilhelm Bacher (1884-90); L. Blau (1800-*) and F. Mezey (1890-95). Scientific, historical, theological. ‡ Monthly until 1895.
Magyar Zsidó Tanitók Lapja Hu Hu .. Budapest 1893 - 04 A. Laszló Pedagogic.
Magyar Zsinagóga Hu Hu Q Papa 1846 - 47 Leopold Löw.
Magyar Zsinagóga Hu Hu M Magocs 1900 - * Joseph Leboics.
Mahazike ha-Dat H Ga F Lemberg ‡ 1879 - Isaac Moses Bader (1879-83); then Judah Krongold (from 1883); Josiah Lipsky. Rabbinical; organ of the Hasidim Orthodox. ‡ Cracow 1879-.
Margarita G G M Berlin 1874 A. Willmars. For the Verein für Geschichte der Israeliten. Historical.
Massa, Ha- .. .. I ....................... 1890 - 94 Samuel Phillip.
Mazkir, Ha- .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Hebräische Bibliographie."
Mazkir, Ha- H Ga .. Lemberg 1881 - 86 Moses I. Landau; then Isaac A. Bernfeld.
Meassef, Ha- H G ‡ ‡ 1784 - 97 Ha-Meassefim. ‡ Monthly; i.-iii., Königsberg; quarterly: iv.-vi., Königsberg and Berlin; vii., Breslau; viii., Berlin; ix. 1 - 2, Altona; ix. 3, 4-x., Dessau. Scientific, philosophical, historical. Continued as "Ha-Meassef he-Hadash."
Meassef, Ha- H R A St. Petersburg 1902 L. Rabinowitz. Scientific, literary. 1 vol.
Meassef, Ha- G Au M ‡ Vienna 1874 Ḥayyim Lippe. Bibliographical. ‡ Irregular. 3 numbers.
Meassef, Ha- H G M Königsberg 1880 - M. L. Rodkinsohn. Literary, critical.
Meassef, Ha- H Pa M ‡ Jerusalem 1896 - * Ben-Zion Kuinka. Rabbinic (responsa). ‡ Weekly until 1898.
Meassef, Ha- H A Q New York 1881 Shoḥare Sefat 'Eber. Literary. 1 number.
Meassef he-Ḥadash, Ha- H G .. ‡ 1809 - 11 Shalom Kohen. Continuation of "Ha-Meassef." ‡ i., Berlin, 1809; ii., Altona, 1810; iii., Dessau, 1811.
Meassef le-Ḳol, Ha- H G M Königsberg 1879 Michael L. Rodkinsohn. Literary, scientific.
Meassef Niddaḥim .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Meliz, Ha-, " and "Shahar, Ha-."
Mebasser, Ha- H Ga W Lemberg 1860 - 70 A. Minkes. Exegetical, historical, literary, belletristic, critical.
I Leghorn 1861 - 67 Joseph Kohen-Zedeḳ. Literary supplement (1860-64): "Ha-Nesher."
Mebasseret Ẓiyyon J A W New York 1898 Abraham Tannenbaum. Bulletin of the Federation of Zionists.
Mebasseret Ẓiyyon H Pa M Jerusalem 1883 Ben-Yeudah. On Palestine. Supplement to "Ha-Habazzelet."
Medabber, Ha- H G W Berlin 1881 - 82 Michael L. Rodkinsohn. 12 numbers.
Medabber le-Yisrael, Ha- H G W Berlin 1881 - Zebi Hirsch Itzkowski. News; literary.
Me-'Et la-'Et H A I New York 1901 Solomon Judison and Phinehas Turberg. Scientific, literary.
Meged Geresh Yeraḥim H Au M Vienna 1848 Isaac Reggio. Supplement of "Oesterreichisches Centralorgan für Judische Interessen."
Meged Yerahim H Ga M Lemberg 1857 - 58 Joseph Kohen-Zedek. Scientific, belletristic 4 vols.
Mehaker, Ha- .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Die Zeit."
Mekilta de-Rabbanan H R .. Odessa 1886 - 87 Moses Belinson. Rabbinical (halakic, Talmudic).
Meliẓ, Ha- (Ha-Meliẓ) H R W Odessa 1860 - 71 Alexander Zederbaum (1860-93); Leon Rabinowitz (1893-1904). News: political, literary; Haskalic, then Zionistic. ‡ Weekly until 1886. Supplements: "Ha-Kerem"; and "Meassef Niddahim, " literary, bibliographic, 1878 - 79."
D‡ St. Petersburg 1871 - 1904
Menorah, Die G G W Hamburg 1891 - M. Deutschländer Literary; news. With two supplements.
Menorah, The E A M New York 1886 - * B. F. Peixotto; then Moritz Ellinger. Literary, scientific; organ of the B'nai B'rith.
Menorah, The E A M Toledo 1904 Sabbath-school Children of Zion.
Menschenfreund, Der J A W New York 1889 - 91 Nahum M. Shaikewitz. News; literary, belletristic.
Message Zioniste F Eg .. Alexandria 1902 -
Messerret, El Sp, T T M Smyrna 1897 - * Alexander ibn Ghayyat. News; with feuilleton.
Milḥamah be-Shalom H R W Wilna 1870 Polemical (Orthodox).
Mi-Mizraḥ umi-Ma'arab H G‡ I‡ Berlin‡ 1894 - 96 Ruben Brainin. Literary, scientific. ‡ Started as a monthly in Vienna; only 4 numbers; then Berlin, irregular, until 1896.
Minhah Ḥadashah H Pa A Jerusalem 1856 - Albert Cohn. Literary.
Misderonah, Ha- H Pa M Jerusalem 1886 - 87 Ḥayyim Hirschensohn. Rabbinical. 2 vols., and vol. iii., No. 1.
Mishpaṭ, Ha- Sp Bu .. Philippopolis 1902 Anonymous. Zionistic.
Mitteilung der Gesellschaft zur Erforschung Jüdischer Kunstdenkmöler. G G A Frankfort o. M 1900 - * Scientific; illustrated.
Mitteilungen der Freien Vereinigung für die Interessen des Orthodoxen Judenthums. G G F Frankfort o. M 1887 - * Orthodox.
Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Jüdische Volkskunde. G G S-A Hamburg 1898 - * M. Grunwald. Scientific.
Mitteilungen der Gessellschaft für Sammplung und Conservirung von Kunst-und Historischen Denkmäler des Judenthums. G Au I Vienna 1895 Scientific.
Mittheilungen der Oesterreichisch-Israelitischen Union. G Au M Vienna 1888 - * Political against anti-Semitism.
Mittheilungen des Israelitischen Landes-Lehrervereines in Böhmen. G Bo M Prague 1895 M. Freund.
Miẓpah Bulletin, The E A M Chattanooga * Community news.
Miẓpah, Ha- H Au W Czernowitz 1888 Moses Orenstein.
Miẓpah, Ha- H R M St. Petersburg 1885 Alexander Zederbaum. Historical, belletristic; illustrated. 4 numbers.
Miẓpah, Ha- H Ga W Cracow 1904 - * News; Zionistic.
Miẓpah, Ha- H Ga M Cracow 1903 - * J. Reines. Scientific; Zionistic.
Miẓrayim, El A‡ Eg W‡ Cairo 1903 - * Isaac Karmona. News; Zionistic. ‡Judaeo-Spanish, 1903; mostly Arabic from 1904. Hebrew characters. With interruptions.
Modern Builder, The E A M Kansas City 1901 - * Organ of the Modern Builders of Israel.
Modern View, The E A W St. Louis 1901 - * A. Rosenthal and Benjamin Koperlik. Social and religious (Reform) news, belletristic; illustrated.
Modia' la-Ḥadashim, Ha- H A M New York 1900 - A. H. Rosenberg (1900-2); Herman Rosenthal (1900-1). Historical, belletristic, religious; Zionistic.
Molva R R .. Odessa ............ Adolph Landau.
Monatsblätter für Vergangenheit und Gegenwart des Judenthums. G G M Berlin 1890 - 91 Bernard Königsberger. Scientific. 4 numbers.
Monatschefte für die Gesammten Interessen des Judenthums. G G M ....................... 1856 - 66.
Monatsschrift der Oesterreichisch-Israelitischen Union. G Au M Vienna 1889 - Siegfried Fleischer.
Monatsschrift für Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judenthums G G M Leipsic; Breslan 1851 - 87 Z. Frankel (1851-68); H. Graetz (1869-87) and Pinkus Frankl (1881-86); Marcus Brann (1892-*) and D. Kaufmann (1892-99). Scientific, literary, critical. Continuation of "Zeitschrift für die Religiösen Interessen des Judenthums."
Monatsschrift für Literatur und Wissenschaft des Judenthums. G Au M Vienna 1889 - 90 Arthur S. Weissmann. Scientific, literary.
Monteflore, The E A M New York 1896 - Lucien Bonheur. Bulletin of Young Ladies' and Gentlemen's League of the Monteflore Home.
Monthly Bulletin E A M New York 1900 - * Young Men's Hebrew Association.
Moreh, Ha- H A M New York 1894 Moses Goldman. Literary and belletristic. 1 number."
Morgen Journal, Der J A D New York 1902 - * Evening edition: "New Yorker Abend-Post"; weekly edition: "Der Jüdischer Journal."
Morgenland G G .. ....................... c. 1858 Jakob Goldenthal.
Morgenstern, Der J A W New York 1898 Braslavsky, J. Jaffa, and Abner Tannenbaum. Radical.
Moriah P Ga .. Lemberg 1903 - Jacob Thon. Juvenile; Zionistic.
Moriyyah, Ha- H Pa ‡ Jerusalem 1892 Simḥah Blumenthal. ‡ Several times per month.
Morning Star, The E E .. ....................... ............ Leeds Zionist.
Moseè H, I .. M Corfu 1878 - 85 Giuseppe Levi. Literary, scientific.
Mount Sinai Monthly E A M Boston 1902 - * Meyer Bloomfield. Literary; illustrated.
Mubashshir A .. .. Tunis 1884 R. Farḥi.
Museum zur Belehrung und Unterhaltung G G A Brieg 1842 - K. Klein. Juvenile.
Myronocets B Bu .. Sofla 1899 Stef. Blajef. Orthodox.
Nacional, El Sp Au W Vienna 1867 Joseph Calvo.
Nacional, El Sp T W Constantinople 1871 - Marco Mayorcas; Moses del Medico; David Fresco. Political and Jewish news; commercial trade, literary.
Natur und Leben J A M New York 1897 - 98 Jacob Terr. 8 months.
Nederlandsche Israeliet, Het D Ho .. ....................... 1843 Only 36 pages.
Nederlandsch Israelietsche Jaarboekje D Ho A The Hague 1849 - 63 Gesellschaft zu Israel's Besten in Niederland. Literary, scientific, statistical.
Nedylnaya Khronika Voskhoda R R W St. Petersburg 1882 - * Adolph A. Landau. General; Jewish news. Weekly edition of "Voskhod."
Ner ha-Ma'arabi H A M New York 1895 - 97 Abraham Rosenberg (1895-97); then Samuel Schwarzberg for the Society Mezife Sifrut Yisrael. Literary, belletristic, critical.
Nesher, Ha- H Ga W Lemberg 1860 - 70 Joseph Kohen-Zedek. Historical , belletristic, critical, exegetical. Supplement of "Ha-Mebasser" until 1864, then independent.
Neue Israelitische Zeitung G Sw S-W Zurich 1880 A. Kisch.
Neue Jüdische Presse J Ga .. Przemysl 1872 Supplement: "Ha-Ḳohelet."
Neue Judische Zeitung J Rm W Jassy ............ N. Fränkel. Jewish news.
Neue Stimme, Die J A Q New York 1904 - * Radical-Zionist organization.
Neue Welt, Die J A W New York 1894 Solomon. J. Silberstein. 3 weeks.
Neue Welt, Die J E W London 1900 - T. Rothstein.
Neue Welt, Die J A M New York 1897 Abraham M. Sharkansky.
Neue Zeit, Die J A W New York 1886 Rayevsky and Abraham Cahan. Socialistic. A few numbers.
Neue Zeit, Die J A M New York 1898 - 99 Socialistic.
Neue Zion, Das G G M Leipsic 1845 Jacob Goldenthal. 1 number.
Neuer Geist, Der J A M New York 1897 - 98 Alexander Harkavy. Literary, scientific, artistic. 10 numbers.
Neuer Telefon, Der J A W New York 1899 Nahum Shaikewitz.
Neueste Nachrichten J‡ Ga W Lemberg 1866 - J. Kohn. Political, news; with historical supplement. ‡ Hebrew letters vocalized.
Neueste Post G‡ Hu W Pest 1862 J. Kohn. General, political, commercial. ‡ In Hebrew characters.
Neueste Post, Die J A W New York 1888 David Apotheker and Morris Wechsler.
Ne'urim, Ha- H Ga F Cracow 1904 - * Ben Avigdor. Juvenile.
Neuzeit, Die G Au W Vienna 1861 - 1904 Simon Szántó (1861-82); A. Jellinek (1882-93); D. Löwy (1893-1904). Religious (Reform), political, literary. Continued as "Die Wahrheit."
New Era, The E A .. Brooklyn.
New Era, The E A M New York 1871 - 75 Raphael d'C. Lewin. Literary.
New Era, Comment, The E A M New York 1904 New Era Club.
New Era Illustrated Magazine, The E A M New York 1903 - * Isidor Lewi. Literary; illustrated. Continuing "The New Era Jewish Magazine."
New Era Jewish Magazine, The E A M Boston 1900 - 1903. See "New Era Illustrated Magazine, The."
New Occident, The E A M‡ San Francisco 1900 - Jacob Nieto. News. ‡Established as weekly organ of the Young Men's Hebrew Association; monthly from vol. iii.
New Yorker Abend-Post J A D New York 1899 - * Saphirstein and Rosenbaum. Weekly edition: "Der Jüdischer Journal."
New Yorker Illustrirte Jüdische Zeitung J‡ A F New York 1887 - 88 Abraham Goldfaden. Illustrated. 17 numbers. ‡ Polish-Jewish.
New Yorker Israelit J A W New York 1875 Mordechai Jalomstein.
New Yorker Jüdische Volkszeitung J A W New York 1886 - 87 Moses Mintz and Dr. Braslavsky. Socialistic.
New Yorker Jüdische Zeitung G A W New York 1872 K. H. Sarasohn. German in Hebrew characters.
New Yorker Jüdische Zeitung J‡ A W New York 1885 - 89 Morris Wechsler Ultra-Orthodox; literary. ‡Hungarian-Jewish; some Hebrew.
Nieuw Israelietische Weekblad D Ho W Amsterdam 1866 - * M. Roest (1866-75); Philip Elte (1875-*). With "Joodsche Letterkundige Bijdragen."
Nieuws en Advertenticblad .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Nieuwsblad voor Israelieten."
Nieuwsblad voor Israelieten D Ho W Amsterdam 1849‡ - 93 News. ‡Founded as "Nieuws en Advertenticblad" (1849-50); title changed to "Israelietisch Weekblad (1850-55); then to "Weekblad voor Israelieten" (1855-84).
Nogah ha-Yareaḥ H Ca M‡ Lemberg‡ 1872 - 73 Berisch Goldenberg. Scientific, religious, exegetical. ‡ 10 numbers per year; 11 numbers in Lemberg, 1872 - 73; 4 numbers in Tarnopol. 1881.
Tarnopol 1880
Northwick College Times E E .. London 1873 Pupils of Northwick College School.
Nouvelliste, Le F T W Smyrna 1890- * Leon Tedeschi: then Gad Franco. Scientific, commercial, agricultural, geographical, etc.; news. At first French, then Judaeo-Spanish.
Novelista, El Sp
Nützlicher Kalender, Der J R .. Wilna 1876 S. Abramowitsch.
Occident, The E A W Chicago 1874 - Julius Silversmith (at first with M. Hoffman); news; literary, scientific, artistic.
Occident, The (and the American Jewish Advocate) E A M‡ Philadelphia 1843 - 69 Isaac Leeser (last volume, Meyer Sulzberger). News, literary; conservative. ‡ Weekly 1855 - 61.
Oesterreichisch-Ungarische Kantoren- Zeitung G Au ‡ Vienna 1881- * Jacob Bauer. For cantors. Supplement to "Die Wahrheit, " ‡ 3 times a month.
Oesterreichisches Central-Organ für Glaubensfreiheit, Cultur, Geschichte und Literatur der Juden. G Au W Vienna 1848 - Isidor Busch and M. Letteris. Historical, literary, scientific; news.
Oheb 'Ammo we-Erez Moladto H Ga ‡ Przemysl 1879 - 80 S. A. Graäber. Political, literary. 16 numbers. ‡ Several times a month.
Ohel Mo'ed H Ga Q Cracow 1898 J. A. Kammelhar. Rabbinic, Talmudic.
Ojczyzna P, H Ga W Lemberg 1881 - 86 I. Bernfeld and M. Thumen.
'Olam Ḳaṭan H Ga W Cracow 1901- * A. L. Ben-Avigdor and S. L. Gordon, for Ha-Tushiyyah. Juvenile; illustrated.
Onafhankelijk Israelietisch Orgaan voor Nederland D Ho W Amsterdam 1867- * L. B. Berel. News; feuilleton.
Or, Ha- H Ga M Lemberg 1882 - 83 David I. Silberbusch. Literary.
Or, Ha- H Pa W Jerusalem 1889 - 93 Eliezer Ben-Judah. Reform.
Or ha-Lebanon A I M Leghorn 1886 Shalom Bekache. Belletristic, stories.
Or Torah H G M Frankfort o. M 1874 Joseph Kohen-Ẓedeḳ. Exegetical, critical, historical, literary. 4 numbers.
Or Torah H Pa Q Jerusalem 1895 - S. Zuckermann (1895-98); A. Sonnenfeld and A. Blumenthal. Rabbinical. nalakic.
Or Yisrael H, Sp T W Constantinople 1853 Leon Ḥayyim de Castro.
Ordens Echo G A M New York ............ Mrs. Robitschek for the Order of True Sisters.
Orgaan voor Nederland D Ho .. Amsterdam 1875 S. L. Knock.
Organ des Ungarischen Cultusbeamten-Vereins G Ha .. Budapest ............ Moritz Friedmann.
Orient, Der G G W Leipsic 1840 - 51 Julius Fürst News; literary, historical, scientific; with literary supplement "Litteraturblatt," which appeared alone 1849 - 51.
Ost und West G G M Berlin 1901 - * Davis Trietsch and Leo Winz. Zionistic ; illustrated.
Owl, The E A .. New Orleans - 1903 Maurice Switzer. Absorbed by "The Jewish Ledger."
Oẓar Ḥokmah H Ga Q Lemberg 1859 - 65‡ Joseph Kohen-Ẓedeḳ. Historical, critical, philological, belletristic. ‡ 3 vols.: i. 1859; ii. 1862; iii. 1865.
Oẓar ha-Ḥokmah weha-Madda' H A Q Newark, N. J. 1894 Nehemiah Libowitz and Ch. Enowitz. Literary, scientific. 2 numbers.
Oẓar Neḥmad H An .. Vienna 1856 - 63 Ignatz Blumenfeld. Literary. 4 vols.
Oẓar Ha-Sifrut (Bet Oẓar ha-Sifrut) H Ga A‡ Cracow ‡ 1887 - 1902. Eisig Graeber. Literary, scientific, belletristic. ‡ i., Przemysl, 1887; ii. -v. v., Cracow, 1888, '90, '93, '96; vi (monthly), 1902. 1 number.
Oẓar Ṭob .. .. .. ....................... ............ Supplement to "Magazin für die Wissenschaft des Judenthums."
Pacific Messenger, The E, G A W San Francisco 1860 - 61 H. Bien. Religious, historical, literary. Successor to "The Gleaner."
Pädagogischer Hausfrennd, Der G G .. Stuttgart 1871 S. Dessau. Pedagogic.
Padgog, Ha- H Ga M Cracow 1902 - * Ben-Abigdor and S. L. Gordon. Literary supplement of "'Olam Ḳaṭan."
Paix, La F F M ....................... 1846 A. Baruch Créhange. Religious, literary.
Palaestina D Ho M Leyden 1848 - 49 S. Keyzer. 12 numbers. 8vo.
Palästina G G .. Berlin 1902 - 04 Agricultural, commercial; for Palestine. 2 vols.
Palestine E E Q London 1897 - Chovevei Zion.
Pályázat Hu Hu .. Székes-Fehérvár 1891 - * I. Peterfy.
Pamphlet Library E A M New York 1900 - Michael Singer. Historical, literary; Zionistic.
Pariser Allgemeine Jüdische Volkszeitung, Die J F D Paris 1892 - Moses Zuckermann. News; scientific; with feuilleton.
Patriot, Der J A .. Newark, N.J. 1891 Ephraim Deinard; Zionistic. A few numbers.
Peles, Ha- H G M Berlin 1900 - * Elijah Rabinowicz. Literary, scientific, religious.
Peleṭat Soferim H R .. Wilna 1863 Joshua Höschel Levin. Rabbinical.
Peraḥ A‡ In W Calcutta ............ Moses ha-Kohen Dwich. General and Jewish news. ‡ With Hebrew literary supplement.
Peri 'Eẓ Ḥayyim H Ho M Amsterdam 1728 - 61 Bet ha-Midrash 'Eẓ Ḥayyim. Rabbinical; decisions of members.
Peri To 'elet H Ho .. Amsterdam 1825 S. Mulder. Literary.
Pester Jüdische Zeitung G‡ Hu ‡ Budapest 1869 - 87 I. Reiss (1869-79); M. Ehrentheil; M. Grossmann. Jewish news; Orthodox; political, commercial; with feuilleton. ‡ 5 times a week; in Hebrew characters. Continued as "Allgemeine Jüdische Zeitung."
Philadelphia Stadt-Zeitung J A W Philadelphia 189 - Hyman Brodsky and Ḥayyim Malitz. News.
Philadelphiär Jüdische Presse J A D Philadelphia 1904 - * Louis H. Cahan. News; literary.
Philadelphiär Post J A W Philadelphia 1898 Osias Wagman. 8 numbers.
Pinḳes, Der J A Q New York 1900 - M. Rosenfeld and A. M. Sharkansky. Literary, historical; discussions of timely topics.
Pipifox J E W London 1901 - Humoristic; illustrated.
Pirḥe Ẓafon H R I Wilna 1841, 1844 L. Hurwitz and S. J. Fuenn. Historical, literary, exegetical. 2 numbers.
Pisgah, Ha- H A I ‡ 1890 - 99 W. Schur. Literary; Zionistic. ‡ New York (1890-91); then Baltimore, later Chicago; continued as "Ha-Teḥiyyah" (1899-1900).
Pisgah, Ha- H R Q Wilky (Kovno) 1895 - 1901 Hillel D. Truvosch. Rabinic, scientific. i. 1895; ii., iii. 1896; iv. 1897; then quarterly.
Plaudersack, Der J A .. New York 1893
Polischer Jüdel, Der J E W London 1884 M. Winchevsky. 16 numbers; then became "Die Zukunft."
Politica, La Sp Au .. Vienna 1878 Ad. Zemlinski. Supplement of "Correo de Vienna."
Politische und Sociale Monatsschrift G G M Leipsic 1849 L. Philippson. Political, general.
Populär-Wissenschaftliche Monatsblätter G G M Frankfort o. M. 1881 - * Adolph Brüll. Organ of the Mendelssohn Verein. Popular-scientific.
Poshedniya Izvestiya R Sw .. Geneva * Published by the "Bund."
Posrednik R R .. Odessa 1869 Alexander Zederbaum.
Predigt-Magazin G G Q Leipsic 1878 M. Rahmer. Homiletical.
Presse Israélite, La F F W Paris 1869 - 71 Moïse Schwab.
Progreso, El Sp T .. Constantinople 1876 - Behor M. Molko.
Pregreso, El .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Yosef Da'at."
Pregreso, El Sp Au F Vienna.
Progreso Ladino, II.
Progress, The E A .. San Francisco.
Przyszlose Jedyny P Ga .. Lemberg ............ Organ of Interesow Zydowskich w Yezyku Polskim W Luarie.
Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society. E A A Washington, Baltimore 1893- *
Puerta del Oriente Sp T .. Smyrna 1846 - Uzziel Pincherle
Pure Vérité, La F F .. Strasburg 1846.
Purim E E A London 1883 S. H. Valentine.
Rabbinical Review, The E A .. Cincinnati 1881 - 82 Max Lilienthal. Reports of Rabbinical Association; literary.
Radio de Luz, El Sp T W Constantinople 1885 - Victor Levi. Scientific, literary; illustrated.
Rasaritul Rm Rm W Jassy ............ Zionistic.
Rathgeber, Der J Rm .. Bucharest.
Razsvyet R R W St. Petersburg ‡ 1860 - 61 O. A. Rabbinowitz. 52 numbers. Continued as "Zion" by Em. Soloweitschik ‡ Odessa, 1861 - 62.
Razsvyet R R W St. Petersburg 1879 - * A. Zederbaum and J. Goldenblum (1879-80) ; then G. I. Bogrow (1880-82) and Y. L. Rosenfeld (1882-*). Literary, general.
Reform, Die G G W Berlin; Bonn 1875 - 80 Em. Schreiber and Abraham Guttmann. Reform ; literary.
Reform Advocate, The E A W Chicago 1891 - * Emil Hirsch. General, literary; news: radical Reform.
Reform des Judenthums, Die G G W Mannheim 1846 A. Adler and H. Wagner. Reform. 39 numbers.
Reform-Zeitung G G .. Berlin 1845 A. Rebenstein.
Reformer and Jewish Times, The E A .. New York ............ Moritz Ellinger. News; scientific, literary.
Régénération, La .. .. .. ....................... ............ See"Wiedergeburt, Die."
Register, The E A W Philadelphia 1900 - Bulletin of the Congregation Rodef Shalom.
Reichsbote G Au W Vienna 1894 H. L. Reich. Scientific and general.
Religlöse Wochenschrift für Gottgläubige Gemüther G G W Halberstadt 1844 - 45 Ludwig Philippson. Religious.
Revista Israelita Rm Rm F Bucharest 1886 - M. Beck.
Revue der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinden von Böhmen G Bo M Horowitz 1903 - * Julius Bondy. News.
Revue des Ecoles de l'Alliance Israélite F F Q Paris 1901 - Jacques Bigart.
Revue Des Etudes Juives F F Q Paris 1880 - * Isidore Loeb; then Israel Lévi Scientific.
Revue Israélite F F W Paris 1870 - 73 Isidore Loeb. Literary.
Revue Orientale F .. M ‡ Brussels 1841 - 46 Eliakim Carmoly. Scientific, historical. 3 vols. ‡ Irregular.
Risi Bisi Sp Au Vienna .. .. .. ....................... 1867 Joseph Calvo. Humoristic.
Rivista Israelitica I I .. Parma ‡ 1845 - 48 Cesare Rovighi. Scientific. ‡ From May, 1846, Modena.
Rivista Israelitica I I B-M Florence 1904 - * Samuel Hirsch Margulies. Scientific.
Rocznik Zydowski P Ga A Lemberg ............ A. Stand. Zionistic.
Ro'eh H Ga .. Lemberg ‡ 1837, 1839 M. Mohr and J. Bodek. Critical. ‡ Ofen, 1839. 2 vols.
Romanziere Israelitico, Il I I .. Leghorn 1867 Gallichi.
Rose, Die J Pa W Jerusalem ............ Israel Frumkin.
Ruaḥ ha-Zeman .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Zeman, Ha-."
Russki Yevrei R R W St. Petersburg 1879 - 84 L. Behrmann (1879-83) and G. M. Rabbinowitz (1879-84); Judah Kantor (1883-84). Political, literary; Jewish news. After 1884 published with "Yevreiskoe Obozryenie."
Sabado Segreto, El Sp .. .. Mexico 1889 - Elias and David Abarbanel.
Sabbathblatt G G W Leipsic 1842 - 46 Hermann Sommerfeld with J. Saalschuütz, then with J. Fürst; vols. iv. and v., Jellinek. Religious, literary, scientific.
Sabbat-Stunden G G .. Berlin ............ Feuilleton; belletristic. With "Die Jüdische Presse."
Sabbath Leaves E E W London 1845.
Sabbath School Companion, The E A M Charleston, S. C. 1895 B. A. Elzas. Juvenile.
Sabbath School Journal E A M Philadelphia 1904 - *.
Sabbath Visitor, The E A W Cincinnati 1874 - Max Lilienthal; K. Kohler; I. M. Wise; D. Philippson; I. Voorsanger. Religious.
Schadchen, Der J A W New York 1900 - Matrimonial.
Schlemihl, Der G G M Berlin 1903 - Ernst D. Lesser. Humoristic, satirical; illustrated.
Sedmitchen Courier B Bu W Sofia 1901 Anonymous.
Sefer ha-Shanah H Po A Warsaw 1900 - 3 N. Sokolow. Literary, scientific.
Sefer ha-Yeraḥ H Pa M Jerusalem 1896 Ben Amittai. Scientific, belletristic.
Selanik Sp‡ T .. Salonica 1869 ‡ Judæo-Spanish, Turkish, Greek, and Bulgarian.
Selbst-Emancipation G Au F Vienna 1885 - 90‡ N. Birnbaum. Political; news. With a "Unterhaltungs-Beilage." ‡ i., ii., 1885 - 86; iii., 1890.
Sema Israel Sp .. .. Curacao 1864 - E. Benveniste.
Senigor, Ha- H A F New York 1890 - M. L. Rodkinson. Literary, theological, political, social.
Sha'are Mizraḥ .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Puerta dei Oriente."
Sha'are Ẓiyyon H Pa W Jerusalem 1876 - 80 Israel Goscinni and J. Peres.
Sha'are Ẓiyyon H Hu M Nagy-Mihaly ............ Israel Brody.
Shabua', Ha- H Au W Vienna 1898 - Abraham Fuchs. General; Zionistic. Weekly edition of "Ha-Maggid" for Russia.
Shaḥar, Ha- (Ha-Shaḥar) H Au M Vienna 1869 - 84 Peter Smolenskin. Scientific, literary; news. 12 vols. Supplement, literary and bibliographical: "Meassef Niddaḥim," 1880.
Shaḥar Ha- B Bu .. Sofia 1902 - * Jewish students. Zionistic.
Shaḥar he-Ḥadash, Ha- H Ga M Cracow 1893 M. Orenstein. Scientific, literary; news. 2 numbers.
Sharḳiyyah, Al- T‡ T .. Constantinople 1869 ‡In hebrew characters.
Sharon, Ha- H Ga I Lemberg 1893 Gershom ha-Kohen Bader and M. Malles. Scientific, literary, belletristic; news.
Sharon, Ha- .. .. .. ....................... ............ See"Karmel, Ha-."
Shebet Aḥim G Hu W Budapest 1870 - 80 Ignaz Reich. Organ of the Shomere ha-Dat.
Shem we-Yafet G, H, F Ga ‡ Lemberg 1888 Israel Rall. Scientific; rabbinic. ‡ Once every six weeks; separate edition for each of the three languages. 4 numbers.
Shemesh, Ha- H Ga F Kolomea 1888 - Hirsch L. Gottlieb. Literary, scientific, belletristic; news.
Shiloaḥ, Ha- H G M Berlin 1896 - * Ascher Ginzberg. Scientific, literary, critical, belletristic; Zionistic.
Shofar, Ha- E E .. London 1874.
Shofar, Ha- Sp Bu W Philippopolis 1901 - * Zionistic.
Shofar, The E A .. Rochester 1899 - * Louis Lipsky. News.
Shofeṭ, Ha-(Le Juge) F .. M Algiers 1894 Joseph Baruch.
Shomer Ẓiyyon ha-Ne'eman H G M Altona 1846 - 55 S. J. Enoch and Jacob Ettlinger. Literary supplement of "Der Treue Zions-Wächter.
Shoshannah (The Jewish Gazette) A‡ In W Calcutta 1901 - News; religious. ‡In Rashi characters.
Shulammit, Ha- J E W London 1884 Jehiel L. Brill.
Sifre Sha'shu'im H Ga I Drohobiez 1896 - J. Fernhoff. Literary. Two or three times a year.
Sinai G G M Bayreuth 1846 Joseph Aub. Scientific, religious.
Sinai G A M Baltimore 1856 - 62 David Einhorn. Scientific, religious (Reform).
Sinai G A M Baltimore 1904 Two numbers.
Sol, El Sp T B-M Constantinople 1879 - David Fresco. Scientific, literary.
Sonntag Abend-Blatt J A W New York 1896 - Socialistic. See "Arbeiter Zeitung."
Sonntag Courier E, J A W Chicago 1887 - H. S. Wolf.
South-African Jewish Chronicle E .. W Cape Town 1902 -
South-African Jewish Standard E .. .. Durban
Southwestern Jewish Sentiment, The E A W Dallas, Tex 1901 - F. C. Cohen.
Stadt Anzeiger, Der J A M New York 1893 Philip Krantz and Abraham Sharkansky. Scientific, literary, commercial. 3 numbers.
Star of Israel, The E A F Chicago 1897 Joseph Parvin. Scientific, religious; Zionistic.
Studien und Kritiken .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Jüdische Centralblatt, Das."
Sulamit J A W New York 1890 Joseph A. Bluestone. Zionistic.
Sulamit G A M St. Louis ............ S. H. Sonneschein and M. Spitz.
Sulamith D Ho .. Amsterdam 1806 - 08 Moses Belinfante. Local news.
Sulamith G G M Dessau 1806 - 33‡ David Frankel (and [i.] Jos. Wolf). Literary, belletristic; news; religious (Reform). ‡ i. 1806 - 07; ii. 1808 - 09; iii, 1810 (Cassel) 11; iv. 1812, 1815-16; v. 1817-1819; vi. 1819-21, 1822-24; vii. 1824-33; viii. 1833-40; ix. (new series) 1846.
Sun, Die J A W New York 1892 Morris Rosenfeld, Joel Aronson, and Jacob Ferr. News. 7 numbers.
Sviit P Ga W Tarnopol 1880 - J. M. Landau.
Svyet R R .. Odessa 1860 - 61 J. Tarnopol and O. Rabbinowicz.
Synagoge, Die G G F Würzburg‡ 1837 - 39 L. Adler. Religious, literary, belletristic. ‡ Würzburg, 1837 - 38; unich, 1839.
Synagogenblatt G G .. ....................... ............ S. Lipschütz.
Synodalblatt G G W Mayence 1871 - 72 I. Klingenstein. News of synods; supplement of "Israelitischer Lehrer."
Szombati Ujság Hu Hu W Budapest 1882 - 83 S. Zsengeri.
Ta'am Zeḳenim H G M Frankfort o. M 1854 Eliezer Ashkenazl Scientific.
Tafereelen uit de Geschiedenis der Israelieten D Ho A Amsterdam 1861 - 62 M. L. v. Ameringen.
Tägliche Presse J A D New York 1898 George Selikovitsch. News.
Tägliche Volkszeitung J A D New York 1899 - Official organ of the United Hebrew Trades.
Täglicher Herold, Der J A D New York 1891 - * Michael Mintz. News. Weekly edition: "Der Volksadvokat."
Täglicher Jüdischer Courier, Der J A D Chicago 1887 - *.
Tahdhib, Al- A Eg W Cairo 1901 - * Murad Faraj al-Mahami for the Ta'ifat al-Isra'iliyin al-Karra'in bi-Masr. Karaite; news.
Tal Talpiyyot H Hu M‡ Waitzen 1892 - D. Silberstein; then D. Katzburg. ‡ Then fortnightly.
Talpiyyot H Rm W Jassy 1898 - E. Rokeah.
Talpiyyot H R A Berdychev 1895 J. B. Lewin and B. Jerichimsohn. Literary.
Tanögyi Ellenoör Hu Hu .. Budapest 1890 S. Zsengeri.
Taschenbücher zur Belehrung der Jugend G G A Berlin 1818 - 20 Jeremiah Heinemann.
Taube, Die G Hu W Budapest 1876 J. W. Bak. Juvenile.
Tcheweschki-Prava B Bu .. Philippopolis 1899 Moses Cohen. Political, economic, literary. Against anti-Semitism.
Tebunah H G W Memel 1861 - 62 Israel Lipkin (Salanter). Rabbinical, religious.
Tefillah Zakkah H A .. New York 1890 - 91 Pioniere der Freiheit.
Teḥiyyah, Ha- H A W Chicago 1899 - 1900. W. Schur. Literary, social news; progressive; Zionistic. Continuation of "Ha-Pisgah."
Teḥiyyah, Ha- H G
Tekunat Ruaḥ ha-Yisraeli H A .. New York 1889 - Michael L. Rodkinson.
Telegraf, Der J A W New York 1890 - 99 Osias Wagman.
Telegrafo, El (El Télégraphe) Sp T ‡ Constantinople 1872 - * David Fresco; then Moses Delmedico and Isaac Gabbai. Political, literary, and news. Founded as "El Télégraphe" to continue "El Jornal Israelith." ‡ Three times a week.
Temple, The E A M Washington 1898 - Gus. Nordlinger. Religious; local communal news.
Temple Bulletin, The E A M Milwaukee ............ Temple Emanuel.
Tiempo, El Sp T ‡ Constantinople 1871 - 80 Mercado Fresco and S . Alkabez; then David Fresco. Political, literary, commercial, financial. ‡ Twice a week.
Tijdschrift van de Maatschappij tot Nut der Israelieten in Nederland. D Ho I Amsterdam 1849 - 51 Literary, scientific. 3 vols.
Tiḳwah, Ha- J F W Paris 1897 - J. Bernas. Political, literary, scientific.
Tiḳwah, Ha- H A W New York 1901 - H. L. Selikowitz and H. J. Luria. Literary.
Tiḳwat, Yisrael J A M New York 1893 - A. C. Gaebelein for the Tikwat Yisrael movement.
Tog, Der J R D St. Petersburg 1904 ‡ L. Rabinowitz. News. ‡6 months.
Toleranz G G W Berlin 1903 - Emil Schreiber. Against anti-Semitism.
Toleranz G A .. New York 1897 M. Singer. Zionist. Continued as "Der Zionist."
Tor, Ha- H Ga W Kolomea 1877 - 80 Abraham Günzler. Political, general.
Torah mi-Ẓiyyon H Pa Q‡ Jerusalem 1886 - 99 ‡. Samuel Zuckermann. Rabbinical. ‡Irregular; 1886 - 87; 1896 - 99.
Traditionelle Judenthum, Das G Hu .. ....................... 1869 Moritz Ehrentheil. Religious(Orthodox).
Transactions of the Jewish Historical Society of England. E E .. London 1895 - *.
Tresoro, El Sp T F Constantinople 1864 - Ezekiel Gabbai. Historical.
Tresoro, El Sp Pa .. Jerusalem 1902.
Tresoro, El B‡ Bu F Rustchuk 1894 - 96 Solomon Saloniccio. Political, literary; news. ‡ Lithograph, in Rabbinic characters.
Treue Zionswächter, Der G G W Altona 1845 - 55 Samuel Enoch and Jacob Ettlinger. Religious (Orthodox). Supplement: "Shomer Ẓiyyon ha-Ne'eman."
Tribune Philosémitique F .. .. ....................... 1883 Gaston Rossetti. 3 numbers.
Tri-City Advocate E A W Davenport, Iowa 1904 - * Finesheiber.
Tushiyyah, Ha- H Ga .. Cracow 1894 Ben Abraham ha-Ze'ir.
Twice-a-Month E A F Louisville ............ Organ of the Young Men's Hebrew Association.
Unabhängiges Journal G Bo ‡ Prague 1902 - Josef Stein. General. ‡3 times a month.
Ungarisch-Jüdische Wochenschrift G Hu W Budapest 1871 - 72 M. Kayserling and S. Kohn.
Ungarisch Jüdische Bote, Der G Hu .. Ungvär 1882.
Ungarisch Jüdische Schulzeitung G Hu .. Budapest 1873 S. Zsengeri.
Ungarisch-Jüdisches Archiv Hu, G Hu M Var-Palata 1890 A. Singer.
Ungarische Israelit, Der G Hu W Budapest 1848 Ignatz Einhorn. Reform.
Ungarische israelit, Der G Hu W‡ Budapest 1874 - * J. W. Back, ; then Elias Back. General Jewish news; non-partisan. Supplement: "Homiletische Beilage." ‡ Weekly, then three times a month.
Ungarische Wochenschrift G, Hu Hu W Budapest 1895 - * M. Dornbusch; I. Gabel. Religious, social.
Union Israélite F F M Paris 1847 - 48 ‡. A. Créhange. ‡ Three months.
Unionkalender G Au A Vienna.
Univers Israélite, L' F F M, W Paris 1844 - * S. Bloch (1844-79); L. Wogue (1879-*). Political, historical, religious (Orthodox); news.
Unparteiische Beobachter, Der G Au F Vienna 1890 - Arthur S. Weissmann. Literary, news.
Unsere Hoffnung G Au M Vienna 1904 - * Literary, historical; Zionistic; juvenile.
Uriel E A M Boston 1895 N. H. Imber. Cabalistic. 1 number.
Ustadh T T .. Smyrna 1889 - 91 Moses Fresco. Rabbinical characters.
Verdad, La Sp T W Smyrna 1884 Bachor Ghayyat; David ibn Ezra; Raphael Cori.
Verdad, La Sp Bu W Sofia 1898 - * A. Pipano. Political, literary.
Verdadero Progreso Israelito, El Sp F W Paris 1863 Ezra Benveniste. Religious, moral, commercial. Several months.
Vérité, La F F M Paris 1848 A. Créhange. General.
Vérité Israélite, La F F W Paris 1860 - 63 Abraham Cohen (1860-62). Supplement: "Le Foyer Israélite."
Vessillo Israelitico, Il I I M Casale Monferrata 1853 - * Flaminio Servi. Historical, scientific, religious. "Educatore Israélite" until 1874.
Vestnik Bunda R Sw .. Geneva * Published by the "Bund."
Vigio Israélite (Shomer Yisrael) A, F .. W Oran 1885 - 93 ‡. Joseph Djian. Reform. ‡ Except 1887 - 92.
Viiterulo F, Rm Rm W Bucharest 1867 A. Levy.
Vocea Sionului Rm Rm .. Ploesti 1898 A. S. Gold and A. D. Rosen.
Voice of Israel, The E A W San Francisco 1856 Bien.
Voice of Jacob E E F London 1841 - 48 Jacob Franklin. News; Orthodox. Succeeded by "The Anglo-Jewish Magazine."
Voice of Jacob E Al .. Sydney 1842 George Moss. 6 months.
Voice of Jacob E .. .. Gibraltar 1882.
Voice of Sinai E In F Calcutta 1904 - *.
Voix d'Israël (Israel's Stimme) F, G F M Mülhausen 1865 S. Dreyfuss.
Volks-Journal J A M Philadelphia 1893 Ben-Joshua.
Volks Luach, Der J A A New York 1898 Abraham M. Sharkansky.
Volksadvokat, Der J A W New York 1887- * George Selikovitsch. Weekly ed. of "Der Täglicher Herold."
Volksblatt, Das J G .. Leipsic 1853 - 60 Ludwig Philippson. Belletristic.
Volksblatt J A W New York 1889 David Apotheker.
Volksblatt J R .. Warsaw.
Volksfreund, Der J A W Pittsburg 1889 - * Joseph S. Glick. Literary; news; Zionistic.
Volkswächter, Der J A W Philadelphia 189 John Paley.
Vorwärts J A D New York 1897 - * Jewish Socialistic Press Federation. Socialistic.
Vorwärts J A A New York 1902 -.
Voskhod R R M ‡ St. Petersburg 1881 - * Adolf Landau (1881-99); G. Syrkin (1899-*). Scientific, historical. socio-political, belletristic. Supplement: "Nedylnaya Khronika Voskhoda" (weekly). ‡ Weekly from 1879 to 1881. Suspended by the government in April, 1904; resumed Oct., 1904.
Voz del Pueblo Sp T W Philippopolis 1899 - Calev.
Vozrozhdeine R R .. ....................... * Zionist.
Vrai Progrès Israélit, Le F F M Paris 1864 Ezra Benveniste.
Vraie Parole, La F F .. Paris 1893 - 94 Isidor Singer. Against anti-Semitism.
Vrije Woord, Het D Ho W Amsterdam 1895 - 96 News. 5 numbers.
Wa-Yelaḳḳet Yosef H Hu F Munkacs 1899 - Josef Schwarz. Rabbinic, halakic.
Wa'ad, Ha- H Au M Vienna 1889 Jacob Kopelowitz. Historical, literary. 3 numbers.
Wa'ad Ḥakamim H .. F Jaslowitz 1898 - H. B. Zitron. Rabbinic (pilpul and halakah).
Wacht Israels, Die G Hu W Kaschau 1872 - M. N. Rottenberg. News (school and communal); with feuilleton.
Wächter, Der J A W New York 1893 J. Jaffar. 8 numbers.
Wahrheit, Die G Au W Vienna 1899 - M. Löwy. General. Supplement; "Oesterreichisch-Ungarische Kantoren Zeitung."
Wahrheit, Die J Hu M Máramaros Sziget 1896 Hirsch Löb Gottlieb. 2 numbers.
Wahrheit, Die J A W New York 1889 Pioneers of Liberty. Anarchistic. 20 numbers.
Wahrheit, Die G A W St. Louis 1871 - S. H. Sonneschein. Literary, political, religious (Reform).
Warschauer Jüdische Zeitung J Po W Warsaw 1867 Hillel Gleitstern.
Webersche Zeitung, Die ‡ A W New York 1888 Morris Wechsler. ‡ Hungarian jargon.
Wecker, Der J Ga F Lemberg 1894 - News; with feuilleton.
Weekblad voor Israelieten .. .. .. ....................... ............ See "Nieuwsblaad voor Israelieten."
Weekblad voor Israelieten D Ho W Rotterdam 1875 - M. L. van Ploeg.
Weekblad voor Israelietische Huisgezinen D Ho W Rotterdam 1870 - * Gebr. Haagens. Popular-scientific.
Weekly Gleaner, The E A .. San Francisco 1862 - Julius Eckmann.
Weg, Der J Au M Vienna 1903 Zionist. 2 numbers.
Wegweiser in der Amerikaner Business-Welt, Der J A W New York 1892 Nahum Meïr Sharkewitz. Commercial.
Welt, Die G Au W Vienna 1897 - * Various editors, then S. Werner. Economic; Zionistic; Organ of the Action's Committee of the Zionist Movement.
Welt, Die J A W New York 1887 Rayevsky.
Wiedergeburt, Die (La Régénération) G, F F M Strasburg 1836 - 37 Simon Bloch. General; news.
Wiederkol, Das J Po .. Warsaw 1894.
Wiener Israelit, Der J Au ‡ Vienna 1873 - 80 Wilhelm Weiss. Political, financial, Jewish news. ‡ Weekly, then three times a week.
Wiener Jahrbuch G Au A Vienna 1866 - 68 Simon Sz´ntó (1866-68). Continuing "Jahrbuch für Israeliten."
Wiener Jüdische Illustrirte Presse, Die G Au W Vienna 1877 - Leo Fein. Political, commercial, scientific; Jewish news.
Wiener Jüdische Presse G Au .. Vienna 1899 - Wilhelm Morgenstern. Orthodox.
Wiener Jüdische Zeitung J Au .. Vienna 1874 - 76 Marcus Weissmann.
Wiener Mittheilungen G Au .. Vienna 1854 - 66 Max Letteris. Scientific (Jewish and Oriental), historical, artistic.
Wiener Monatsblätter für Kunst und Litteratur G Au M Vienna 1851 - 52 Max Letteris. Literary.
Wiener Vierteljahrsschrift G Au Q Vienna 1853 Max Letteris. Supplement: "Abne Nezer."
Wiestnik Russkikh Yevriev R R W St. Petersburg 1871 - 73 Alexander Zederbaum.
Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift für Jüdische Theologie G G .. ‡ 1835 - 48 Abraham Geiger. Theological (progressive), scientific, critical. ‡i., ii., Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1835 - 36; iii., iv., Stuttgart, 1837 - 39; v., Grünberg and Leipsic, 1844; vi. 1 - 3, ib. 1847 - 48.
Wochenblatt für die Familie G Ho W Rotterdam ............ Scientific.
Wschod P Ga W Lemberg ............ Zionistic.
Yagdil Torah H R Odessa 1871 - 81 M. E. Belinson. Rabbinical.
Yagdil Torah H G F Berlin 1890 - 93 Ackermann.
Yahadut, Ha- H Ga ‡ Lemberg 1887 Reuben Brundes and J. Meisach. Literary, scientific. ‡ Several times a month.
Yalḳuṭ Ma'arabi H A A New York 1904 - Ohole Shem (association). Literary.
Yareaḥ, Ha- H G M Königsberg 1872 - A. Süsskind. Religious (ultra-conservative), literary. Supplement: "Meged Yeraḥim, " news and scientific.
Yareaḥ, Ha- .. .. .. ....................... 1845.
Year Book of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. E A A Cincinnati 1890 - *.
Yehudah wi-Yerushalayim H Pa F Jerusalem 1877 - 78 Joel Moses ben Solomon. Religious.
Yehudah wi-Yerushalayim H Pa M Jerusalem 1901 - * Abraham Rotenberg and Joeb Moses ben Solomon. General.
Yehudi, Ha- H Hu ‡ W Presburg ‡ 1875 - 80 Jacob Fischer. Literary. ‡ Vienna, 1880.
Yehudi, Ha- H E W London 1898 - I. Suwalsky. Political, Orthodox; Zionistic.
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Recapitulation.
Number of Journals (Excluding Annuals) in Each Language.
Totals.
America E 140 (55) G 18 H 25 (1) J 104 (25) E-G 8 (1) 295 (82)
Austria I 1 (1) G 32 (8) H 16 J 5 Sp 8 62 (9)
Bohemia G 13 (5) J 1 15 (5)
Bulgaria F 1 Bu 7 (1) Sp 5 (3) 13 (4)
Egypt and North Africa F 4 (1) A 7 (3) F-A 1 11 (4)
England E 30 (4) H 7 (1) J 15 (2)
France F 25 (4) G-F 3 H 2 J 3 Sp 2 35 (4)
Galicia P 4 P-H 1 G 7 (2) H 55 (10) J 18 (4) G-H 2 (1) 87 (17)
Germany G 115 (20) H 29 (2) J 9 153 (22)
Holland D 29 (4) G 1 F 1 H 3 J 1 Sp 1 36 (4)
Hugary Hu 23 (8) G 27 (2) H 8 (1) J 3 H-G 1 62 (11)
India E 2 (1) A 4 M 2 E-M 2 (1) 10 (2)
Italy I 8 (4) A 1 H 1 10 (4)
Palestine H 22 (5) J 4 (1) Sp 1 27 (6)
Poland P 2 (1) G-P 1 H 3 (1) J 7 13 (2)
Rumania Rm 13 (1) Sp 1 Rm-F1 H 3 J 8 Sp-H-Rm 1 27 (1)
Russia R 16 (7) G 1 H 22 J 9 (2) H-R 1 49 (9)
South Africa E 2 (1) J 2 (2) 4 (3)
South America J 1 Sp 1 2
Switzerland P 1 G 4 (1) J 1 (1) R 2 (2) 8 (4)
Turkey T 4 Sp 21 (2) F 1 Sp-T 1 (1) Sp-F 1 (1) 30 (5)
Sp-H-T 1 Sp-T-Gr-B 1 F 1 (1)
Australia E 11 (2); Belgium F 1; Bosnia Sp 1; Canada E 1 (1); China E 1 (1); China E 1 (1); Corfu Gr 2 (1), I 1, H-I 1; Curaçao Sp 1; Denmark Danish 1; Gibraltar Sp 2 E 1; Jamaica E 2; Mexico Sp 1; Servia Sp 1.
Languages (totals; journals printed in more than one language are listed under one only): A 12 (3); B 7 (1); D 29 (4); Danish 1; E 199 (66); F 37 (6); G 218 (38); Gr 2 (1); H 199 (22); Hu 23 (8); I 10 (5); J 191 (37); M 4 (2); P 9 (1); R 19 (9); Rm 14 (1) ; Sp 53 (7); T 4; grand total 1059 (211).
Note.—The figures immediately following each abbreviation indicate the number of periodicals (including newspapers, but excluding almanacs, year-books, and other annuals) that have been established in the language and in the country in question. The figures in parentheses indicate the number of these periodicals still (1904) being published, as far as has been ascertained: the actual numbers are larger than those given.
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Year : 2010 | Volume : 2 | Issue : 3 | Page : 212-215
Current knowledge attitudes, and practices of healthcare providers about leprosy in Assam, India
Sumit Kar1, S Ahmad2, Ranabir Pal1
1 Department of Community Medicine, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences (SMIMS) and Central Referral Hospital (CRH), 5th Mile, Tadong, Gangtok, Sikkim - 737 102, India
2 Department of Community Medicine, Silchar Medical College, Silchar, Assam, India
Background: Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease that is associated with serious morbidity and is a disease of public health concern because of the case load and the social stigma attached to the disease. Aim: To understand the knowledge of, and attitudes towards, leprosy amongst healthcare providers in Assam, India. Settings and Design: This cross-sectional study was conducted during March to June 2007 in different health institutions of the Kamrup district of Assam. Results: Among the program managers interviewed, only half were organizing training sessions, and 37.5% were involved in supervision of the program activities at the periphery level. Among the program managers who were involved with leprosy elimination, only half were organizing training session and 37.5% were involved in supervision of the program activities at the periphery level. Medical officers consistently demonstrated higher knowledge about leprosy, followed by health supervisors and multipurpose workers (MPWs), including nursing staff. Regarding training status with regard to leprosy, 90% of medical officers, 80% of health supervisors and around 87% of MPWs (83% of male MPWs and 89% of female MPWs) had attended training programs on leprosy. Regarding WHO MDT, 80% of health supervisors, 84.8% of male MPWs and 86.2% of female MPWs had an idea of MDT and treatment duration of various categories of patients. Conclusions: These observations suggest that there appear to be adequate knowledge and positive behavior among healthcare providers with regard to leprosy in this part of India. However, there is still a need to organize training programs at regular intervals to train new recruits, as well as reinforce and update the knowledge of those already trained.
Keywords: Attitudes, Behavior, Healthcare providers, Leprosy
Kar S, Ahmad S, Pal R. Current knowledge attitudes, and practices of healthcare providers about leprosy in Assam, India. J Global Infect Dis 2010;2:212-5
Kar S, Ahmad S, Pal R. Current knowledge attitudes, and practices of healthcare providers about leprosy in Assam, India. J Global Infect Dis [serial online] 2010 [cited 2019 Jul 16];2:212-5. Available from: http://www.jgid.org/text.asp?2010/2/3/212/68527
Leprosy is still prevalent in certain parts of the world, particularly India and South America. [1] Social stigma and prejudices associated with leprosy still remain major obstacles for its eradication.
After India had declared the goal of elimination of leprosy, it was no longer cost effective to rely on rapid surveys, population surveys and contact tracing for case detection, and since then most new cases have been diagnosed by the General Health Service staff; and since 2001, MDT services were integrated with the general healthcare delivery system. [2]
Human resource development of general healthcare system (GHS) is a vital preparatory action for successful integration of leprosy into GHS. District-level technical support teams (DTSTs) have been formed with responsibility for building up the capacity of medical and paramedical staff working at various levels of the system. [3]
Studies indicated that in the currently declining phase of leprosy endemicity, employing a conventionally trained, salaried class of paramedical staff for field surveys is prohibitively expensive in view of the high cost per case detected. Involving primary healthcare workers and community-derived workers is cost effective. [4]
Integration of the vertical leprosy program with the existing horizontal health program poses various administrative and operational challenges for program managers. [5]
In this context, it is necessary to know the current levels of knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) prevailing among healthcare personnel with regard to leprosy at a given point in time, so that required knowledge and skills can be imparted. This study was carried out to identify the health-providing behavior of healthcare personnel working in an endemic region of Kamrup district of Assam under the MDT-implementation and leprosy-elimination program.
This cross-sectional study was based on both quantitative and qualitative parameters with review of relevant documents, records and literature at Kamrup district of Assam, India, from March 2007 to June 2007. To assess the training status and program management at the community level, it was decided to interview the medical officers and health workers working in various health institutions in the district. The district has two divisions: urban and rural. Rural Kamrup had 14 block primary health centers (PHCs). Keeping in view the operational feasibility and manpower constraints, we took up about 25% of these PHCs, i.e., four. These four PHCs were selected randomly from the set. The following block PHCs got selected, viz., Uparhali block PHC, Boko block PHC, Sonapur block PHC and Hajo block PHC.
For urban representation, we had taken into consideration major government health institutions. The Upgraded Urban Leprosy Centre attached to the dermatology clinic of Guwahati Medical College, and the Urban Leprosy Centre attached to Mohendra Mohan Hospital (MMH) were the primary sources of data.
Secondary data, i.e., data regarding the manpower involved in delivering healthcare in these selected centers, was collected from the office of the Director of Health Services.
The data collection tool used for the study was an interview schedule that was developed at the institute with the assistance from the faculty members and other experts. Different information modalities were sought from different groups of health personnel. The questionnaire was discussed among the faculty of Department of Community Medicine, Guwahati Medical College, and it was also shared with the zonal officers of the district dealing with leprosy. The schedule was then pre-tested in the field to rule out operational constraints. The pilot study was carried out at the institute among general healthcare personnel, following which some of the questions from the interview schedule were modified.
This pre-designed and pre-tested questionnaire contained questions relating to the information on designation of the staff; his/ her training status in leprosy; the presence or absence of knowledge about leprosy, its categorization, its treatment modalities; and individual involvement in the National Leprosy Eradication Programme The study was approved by the institutional ethics committee of Guwahati Medical College. All the healthcare providers present during the study period were included. Those on leave or transferred to another district were excluded from the study. Accordingly, 50 medical officers, 40 health supervisors, 66 male multipurpose health workers and nonmedical assistants, 65 female multipurpose health workers and auxiliary nurse midwives, along with 8 policy makers at the district headquarters, were selected for study. All the participants were explained about the purpose of the study and were ensured strict confidentiality, and then informed consent was taken from each of them. They were given the option of not participating in the study if they so desired.
The data collected were thoroughly screened and entered into MS-Excel spreadsheets, and analysis was carried out. The procedures involved were transcription, preliminary data inspection, content analysis and interpretation. Percentages were used in this study to analyze study variables.
Among the program managers interviewed, only half were organizing training sessions, and 37.5% were involved in supervision of the program activities at the periphery level [Table 1].
Table 1: Knowledge, attitude and behavior of the district-level policy makers of National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP) with regard to leprosy
Regarding training status in leprosy, 90% of medical officers, 80% of health supervisors and around 87% of MPWs (83% of male MPWs and 89% of female MPWs) had attended training programs on leprosy [Table 2].
Table 2: Leprosy training status of general healthcare system staff (GHCS)
The health-providing behavior of the program-implementing personnel was also studied. Sixty percent of the medical officers had a role to play in Information Education Communication (IEC). Among the health supervisors, 90% were aware of the cause of leprosy, while 92.5% were aware of the diagnosis, categorization of patients and treatment according to category. All the health supervisors knew about MDT, and 80% of them had an idea about the program. Seventy-five percent of them played a role in IEC campaign. Among male grass-root level multipurpose workers, 83.3% were aware of the cause of leprosy; 87.9% could diagnose the disease; 84.8% were aware of MDT, categorization of patients and their treatment duration; 81.8% had knowledge of the program; and 78.8% were involved in IEC campaigns. Among female MPWs, 66.2% were aware of the cause of the disease; 87.7% could diagnose the disease; 86.2% had an idea of MDT and treatment duration of various categories of patients; 80% of respondents could categorize the patients; 76.9% knew about the program; and 90.7% of the respondents had a role to play in IEC campaigns [Table 3].
Table 3: Knowledge, attitude and health-providing behavior of the general healthcare staff with regard to leprosy
Our study revealed a diverse yet good knowledge and attitudes towards leprosy among the 'MDT (multidrug therapy)'-implementing personnel. Medical officers consistently demonstrated higher knowledge about leprosy in comparison with health supervisors and multipurpose workers, including nursing staff.
In a study from Hyderabad city, conducted in Government Health Services dispensaries in Hyderabad in order to assess KAP and some operational parameters, medical officers consistently demonstrated higher knowledge about leprosy, followed by nursing staff and paramedical workers. More than half of the study subjects did not have specific training in leprosy. [3]
A study was undertaken as part of operational research by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, to assess the level of integration of leprosy services into general healthcare system in 24 low or moderately endemic states/ union territories. The data in this study included training status of general healthcare staff with regard to leprosy. About half (53.2%) of the existing medical officers, 83.9% of health supervisors and 96.8% of multipurpose workers were found to be trained in leprosy. The study emphasized the need for training; as only 31.3% of medical officers were able to diagnose leprosy, and most of them were relying on vertical staff and skin specialists for confirmation. [6]
Assam reported a higher level (97%) of training of medical officers in leprosy. Training of health supervisors and multipurpose workers was better than that of medical officers in most of the states. Tripura reported negligible training of all the health functionaries because of specific local problems. In Assam and Maharashtra, medical officers in all (100%) health facilities were diagnosing and treating leprosy cases, as compared with Himachal Pradesh (30%). However, lower involvement of GHS staff in recording and reporting was noted in Assam (both 0%, respectively), Andhra Pradesh (10% and 30%, respectively). [7]
An investigation into the attitudes, beliefs and behavior of 730 primary healthcare (PHC) workers with regard to MDT was carried out in Yangzhou and Dongtai districts of China, which revealed that only half of the PHC workers had a basic knowledge of MDT and a desire to participate in MDT implementation. [8]
The knowledge and attitude of health workers in northwestern Botswana with regard to leprosy were determined by interviewing 99 health workers from various health institutions. Knowledge on causation of leprosy was generally lacking. Although majority of respondents knew that the disease is curable, less than half knew the correct duration of treatment. [9] A study conducted by the Regional Leprosy Training and Research Institute, Lalpur, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India, revealed that 45% of medical officers, 71% of health supervisors and 75% of multipurpose workers were trained in leprosy. [10]
To sum up, these observations suggest that there appear to be adequate knowledge and positive behavior of healthcare providers with regard to leprosy in this part of India. However, there is still a need to organize training programs at regular intervals to train new recruits, as well as reinforce and update the knowledge of those already trained. In view of the changing logistics, it is very necessary that manpower training and reinforcements should be given serious consideration by health planners.
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Ranabir Pal
Department of Community Medicine, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences (SMIMS) and Central Referral Hospital (CRH), 5th Mile, Tadong, Gangtok, Sikkim - 737 102
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Shrivastva A, Tripathi N K, Parida M, Dash P K, Jana A M, Lakshmana Rao P V. Comparison of a dipstick enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with commercial assays for detection of Japanese encephalitis virus-specific IgM antibodies. J Postgrad Med 2008;54:181-5
Shrivastva A, Tripathi N K, Parida M, Dash P K, Jana A M, Lakshmana Rao P V. Comparison of a dipstick enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with commercial assays for detection of Japanese encephalitis virus-specific IgM antibodies. J Postgrad Med [serial online] 2008 [cited 2019 Jul 16];54:181-5. Available from: http://www.jpgmonline.com/text.asp?2008/54/3/181/40959
Japanese encephalitis (JE), an arthropod-borne viral infection is found throughout the temperate and tropical zones of Asia including India. This virus is a member of the JE serogroup of the genus Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae, and is transmitted between vertebrate hosts by mosquitoes, principally by Culex tritaeniorhynchus . Humans are an incidental host. Approximately 45,000 JE cases with 10,000 deaths were notified annually from a wide geographic area. [1] There have been JE outbreaks and epidemics in large parts of Southeast Asia. [2] In India, the first case was reported from the southern state of Tamil Nadu in 1950. [3] Since then, there have been outbreaks of the disease affecting different parts of India. [4],[5],[6],[7] Clinical features of infection with JE virus range from nonspecific febrile illness to a severe meningoencephalitis, often associated with seizures or flaccid paralysis. [1] Laboratory diagnosis of JE virus relies on virus isolation, detection of genomic RNA and virus-specific antibodies by RT-PCR and serodiagnosis, respectively. Even with the best laboratory facilities, the success rate in isolation of JE virus from clinical specimens remains less, probably because of low levels of viremia and rapid development of neutralizing antibodies. [8] Viral antibody in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum can be detected by a wide variety of conventional techniques, such as viral neutralization, hemagglutination inhibition (HI), complement fixation and immunofluorescent staining. All these techniques have limitations to be used as a routine diagnostic test as they are labor-intensive, expensive, cumbersome and not sensitive enough to detect antibodies in CSF.
Tests such as serum neutralization and HI were replaced by simpler enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA). [8],[9]
The immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody capture ELISA (MAC ELISA) for serum and CSF has become the accepted standard for diagnosis of Japanese encephalitis. [8],[9],[10] It is often positive for clinical specimens collected at the time of admission and distinguishes between antibodies to JE virus and dengue virus, which are serologically cross-reactive. [8] These ELISAs require sophisticated equipment and their use has been confined largely to a few laboratories or referral centers. As majority of JE virus infected patients report to rural hospitals with limited facilities, there is a need for a simple and reliable field-based diagnostic test, appropriate for such settings. This prompted us to compare the commercially available expensive immunodiagnostic systems with an in-house developed JE detection system. The correlation and comparative evaluation among the available test systems gives us the clue for early diagnosis of patients and their management. In this paper, we report the evaluation of an in-house developed dipstick ELISA for detection of JE virus-specific IgM antibodies and its comparison with other commercial assays.
:: Materials and Methods
A panel of 136 specimens comprising 84 serum and 52 CSF samples previously collected for serological and virological investigation from 136 different patients with clinical symptoms of encephalitis, admitted to the Pediatrics and Medicine wards of B.R.D. Medical College, Gorakhpur, India during July-November, 2005 was included in this study. [7] All the specimens were stored at −80°C till further investigation.
Japanese encephalitis virus (Strain JaOArS982) kindly provided by Prof K. Morita, Nagasaki University, Japan was adapted to grow in C6/36 cells following standard protocol. [11] C6/36 [cloned cells of larvae of Aedes albopictus ] cells initially obtained from the National Center for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, were maintained at 28°C by regular sub-culturing at periodic intervals of three to four days in Eagle's minimum essential medium (Sigma, USA) supplemented with 10% Tryptose phosphate broth (Difco, USA), 10% Fetal Bovine serum (Sigma, USA), 3% L-glutamine (Sigma, USA) and gentamicin (80mg/l) (Nicholas Piramal, India). [12] The preformed monolayer of C6/36 cells was infected with JE virus following the techniques of standard adsorption. On the fourth to fifth post-infection day, the cells were harvested by low-speed centrifugation. The clarified viral lysate was heat inactivated at 56ºC for 30 min and purified by the method described earlier. [11] Briefly, precipitation was carried out by slow addition of 7% (w/v) polyethylene glycol (PEG) 8,000 and 0.5% NaCl over a period of 2 h at 4°C under continuous stirring. After overnight settling, the precipitate was pelleted by centrifugation at 10,000 rpm for 30 min. The obtained pellet was dissolved in a 1/100 th volume of Glycine-Tris-Sodium chloride-EDTA (GTNE) buffer. The PEG-pelleted antigen was purified by discontinuous sucrose density gradient centrifugation with 60% and 30% cushions at 100,000 g for 2 h in ultracentrifuge. The band obtained from the interface was dialyzed and used as semi-purified antigen. To obtain a purified viral antigen the semi-purified viral antigen was subjected to the second round of ultra-centrifugation as described above.
The in-house developed indirect dipstick ELISA test was carried out as follows. The nitrocellulose (NC) membranes on the tips of plastic combs were coated with purified viral antigen (0.8 µg/ tip) in carbonate-bicarbonate buffer (Na 2 CO 3 0.1M, NaHCO 3 0.2M; pH-9.6) and incubated for 1 h at 37°C. The unoccupied sites of the NC membranes were then blocked with 2% BSA in PBS overnight at 4°C. These coated NC projections were washed with PBS-T washing buffer (0.05% Tween-20 in PBS) and stored at 4°C. Patient serum samples were diluted (1:100) and CSF (1:10) with serum diluents (0.01 % Tween-20 in PBS) and dispensed at the rate of 200 µl/well. The antigen-coated combs were dipped in the wells of this microtiter plate and incubated for 1 h at 37°C. Combs were then washed with washing buffer (0.05% Tween-20 in PBS) three times, each for a duration of five min. After washing, the combs were dipped in Goat antihuman IgM HRP conjugate (Sigma, USA), diluted (1:2000) in conjugate diluent (PBS with 2% BSA), and incubated for 1 h at 37°C. The combs were then washed as above and developed with phosphate-citrate buffer, pH 4.5 containing 3, 3'-diamino benzidine (Sigma, USA) and H 2 O 2 . Appearance of brown color dot indicated presence of IgM antibodies. Positive and negative controls were included each time when the test was performed [Figure 1]. All the specimens were tested along with known positive and known negatives. When all the six authors interpreted the result independently, a consensus was taken and the result was interpreted. In addition, after an initial study, at random some of the specimens were coded by senior authors and the test was performed again for its validity. Brown color dots were always clear with the known positive specimen. Test sample with clear brown dots as compared to known positive were considered positive.
The Pan-Bio IgM capture ELISA (Cat # E-JED01C, PanBio, Australia) was performed according to the manufacturer's protocol. The kit is based on JE-DEN IgM combo ELISA. Each sample was tested in duplicate with one well using JE-Mab compex and the other well using Dengue-Mab complex. Lyophilized JE and dengue antigens were reconstituted in reconstitution buffer and mixed well with an equal volume of Mab tracer, separately. Patient serum sample diluted 1:100 and CSF 1:10 in the diluent provided, were added at 100 µl to each well of the assay plate containing bound anti-human IgM. The plates were incubated for 1 h at 37°C. After incubation the assay plate was washed six times with washing buffer, and 100 µl/well of JE antigen Mab tracer mix and dengue antigen-Mab mix were added into the respective wells and incubated for 1 h at 37°C. The plate was again washed and the bound complex was stained with tetramethylbenzidine substrate (100 µl/well), and absorbance read at 450 nm in an ELISA reader. The cutoff value was determined from the average absorbance of triplicates of calibrator provided by manufacturer, multiplied by calibration factor of the batch. The index values in respect of each sample were calculated and converted into Panbio units as given in product insert. Those samples giving JE Panbio units >11 and dengue Panbio units <11 were considered as JE-positive. When both JE and dengue Panbio units were >11, a JE/ dengue ratio was calculated and when this ratio was ≥1 a presumptive diagnosis of JE infection was made.
The JEV Chex IgM capture ELISA (XCyton Diagnostics, Bangalore, India) was performed according to the manufacturer's protocol. The test procedure was almost similar to that described for PanBio IgM capture ELISA except that serum sample was diluted 1:20 and CSF samples 1:10; biotinylated Mab was used in place of JE antigen-Mab tracer, and streptavidin conjugate in place of Mab tracer. The OD 450 values obtained with JEV-CheX were expressed in terms of ELISA units as per product insert. All samples with ELISA units ≥100 were considered positive for CSF as well as serum samples.
The referred epidemic of JE occurred during July-November 2005 affecting 5737 persons with more than 1344 deaths spanning over seven districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh. [13] Rural populations within the age groups of three months to 15 years were affected but nearly 50% of the cases belonged to 6-10 years of age followed by 35% between 0-5 years, with an overall 23% case fatality. The clinical history revealed that all the patients had suffered from fever ranging from 38.5º to 40ºC. The prominent clinical symptoms included severe headache (75%), convulsions, vomiting, paralysis, coma and death. The epidemic affected males and females in a ratio of 1.9 to 1.
In the present study, a total of 136 clinical specimens comprising 84 serum and 52 CSF samples was included. All the above samples were tested by in-house Dipstick ELISA, Panbio JE-DEN IgM combo ELISA and JEV-CheX IgM capture ELISA. The results of the three tests have been presented in [Table 1]. In addition, a panel of well-defined negative serum samples collected from 20 healthy volunteers as well as 10 PCR-positive dengue serum samples were included in this study. None of them gave positive result thereby confirming its specificity.
The overall agreement, sensitivity and specificity of the in-house dipstick ELISA with respect to Pan-Bio IgM capture ELISA and JEV- CheX IgM capture ELISA in serum and CSF samples respectively have been presented in [Table 2]. The comparison of two commercial assays, JEV-CheX and Panbio IgM capture ELISA with respect to individual samples has been shown in [Figure 2]. The dipstick has not picked up any false positive thereby establishing its specificity. Statistical analysis of the data was done employing Sigma Stat Jande Sci, USA program. Value of P was 0.70 in case of CSF and 0.73 in case of serum samples. This is not significant ( P < 0.05 considered as significant) suggesting that all the three tests evaluated in this study were equally specific. The dot pattern of dipstick ELISA test with positive and negative serum sample is shown in [Figure 1].
The epidemiological trend of JE virus outbreak has changed over the last few years. Though mass vaccination campaigns have been associated with a decrease in the number of encephalitis cases in Japan, Taiwan and South Korea, the geographic area affected by the virus has expanded to India, China, Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific region. [2] The live-attenuated vaccine (SA14-14-2 strain) has been licensed in China since 1988 where currently it is administered to more than 20 million children each year. The vaccine has recently been approved in the Republic of Korea, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and India. [14] In India JE is endemic due to lack of early diagnostic facilities. [4],[6],[7] A correct diagnosis focuses the physician's attention on the specific complications of JE such as hyponatremia, convulsions, and raised intracranial pressure which avoids irrelevant investigation and possibly inappropriate treatment of other central nervous system infections. [5],[15] In some countries, vaccination campaigns can be mobilized and targeted towards areas where patients with JE originate; in others, vaccination will not be introduced without good epidemiological support. [1]
The JE virus usually cannot be isolated from clinical specimens even with the best laboratory facilities probably because of low level of viremia and the rapid development of neutralizing antibodies. [8] The diagnosis is therefore usually done serologically. The diagnosis of JE has advanced considerably in the last 20 years. The MAC ELISA overcame many of the problems associated with HI tests, namely the need for paired serum samples, acetone extraction of serum and serial dilutions. MAC-ELISA is, however, considered as a valuable diagnostic tool in secondary flavivirus infection, unlike HI. [8] In the present study, we have tested 136 specimens (84 serum and 52 CSF) for the presence of IgM antibodies by Pan-Bio IgM capture ELISA, JEV-CheX IgM capture ELISA and an indigenous dipstick ELISA test. The indirect dipstick ELISA test has shown comparable sensitivity and specificity for detection of anti-JE virus IgM antibodies as compared to both commercial assays. In case of JE, MAC dot ELISA has been found to be sensitive and specific with more than 90% confidence. [8]
In comparison to the other two commercial assays, the in-house dipstick ELISA though slightly less sensitive is equally comparable in specificity. Statistical analysis of the data with P value of 0.70 in case of CSF and 0.73 in case of serum samples indicate that all the tests are comparable in detection of IgM antibodies. In the other two tests, the principle involved is the initial capturing of IgM antibodies and its detection by monoclonal antibody conjugate as the secondary antibody. In the indirect in-house dipstick ELISA, since both IgM and IgG antibodies have equal opportunities to bind with the antigen, the use of IgM-specific antibody conjugate is the deciding factor to detect the presence of IgM antibodies in acute infection. The slightly lower sensitivity in this case can be attributed to the presence of interfering IgG antibodies in the patient samples. Though removal of IgG antibodies would have enhanced the sensitivity of the test for IgM antibody detection it was not carried out keeping in the view the fact that this test was developed as a rapid diagnostic test for field conditions for screening a large number of cases during an outbreak. Moreover, the IgM antibody level will also get diminished during IgG antibody removal. Since the specificity of the test is comparable to the other two tests, it has an edge over the other two so far as its utility in field conditions is concerned. The other advantages of this in-house dipstick ELISA test are that it is cost-effective, doesn't require trained personnel, ELISA reader or any high-quality reagents, which are available in only a few laboratories with good financial resources. [8],[16] The long shelf-life of reagents (six months at 4°C) makes it appropriate for use in rural healthcare centers with limited financial resources. In addition, this system is faster than MAC DOT and IgM capture plate ELISA. [8]
The in-house dipstick ELISA is a qualitative test meant for field use. In comparison with both commercial assays the dipstick ELISA showed 92% accordance. The common problem with JE serological assays lies in the detection of circulating cross-reactive antibodies against other members of Flavivirus . This cross-reactivity was found to be significantly reduced while identifying JE virus infection with dipstick ELISA employing pre-coated cell culture purified JE antigen as compared to mouse brain antigen or crude cell culture antigen. [17] A similar dipstick ELISA test system for dengue has also been extensively used and evaluated in previous studies with field sera samples collected from different parts of India. [16],[18],[19],[20] The sucrose density gradient purified antigens have shown best results for dengue in terms of signal to noise ratio and distinguished efficiently a panel of positive and negative sera. [16],[20]
The present study demonstrates that the in-house developed JE dipstick ELISA test can be used as a promising test due to its comparable sensitivity, specificity and field applicability in developing countries, which will help authorities to undertake effective control measures and adopt management strategies against impending JE menace.
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By Tom Opdyke
We’re supposed to care.
This past week, I’ve read reactions to the news that ISIS is enshrining rape as part of their theology. “Deplorable!” “Pure evil!” “Must be stopped!”
I’ve had conversations with friends about how frustrated they are with the legacy we are inheriting from the Baby Boomer generation. “Reckless!” “Moronic!” “Unfixable!”
I’ve watched the 24-hour news cycle of Trump sound bytes, Clinton shrugs, Jeb Bush’s Iraq comments. “Unbelievable!” “Insane” “Isn’t there anyone better?!”
On the surface, it looks like we care. We are certainly upset enough.
We’re certainly putting a lot of energy into being outraged in one direction or the other. Across party lines, a lot of us have opinions that we spout off on the social mediasphere. We vent at dinner with family and over beers with friends. We’re frustrated and it shows.
But frustration doesn’t equate to caring.
Here the old cliché rings true: actions speak louder than words. All this venting means that we see that things are wrong and wish they’d get fixed, often without really knowing what “fixed” would really look like, in part because we don’t care enough to really think that through. When we scratch the surface, all our frustration is really just a step above apathy. We’re so overwhelmed by what we see that instead of rolling up our sleeves, digging in, and doing something, we simply stay frustrated. And too often, we take that extra step toward apathy; we throw up and hands and we walk away. Our actions stay silent as we continue to stew.
Apathy toward our current political system has no purpose or place in America. It only serves to concentrate power into the hands of those who can raise enough money to polarize and outrage us. It tears away at the fabric of constructive dialogue, logical solutions, and political compromise. It is killing us because we enable it. We don’t care enough to stop it.
But, we have to care; it’s what we must do to survive as a democratic country. Yet what does that even mean? To care?
Caring means being engaged.
It means actually looking into which candidate you support in an election whether it is this upcoming presidential one or the next election for your local schoolboard. It means encouraging members of your community to run for local elections rather than allowing candidates to be formed by machine politics.
Caring means understanding how the issues affect you today and tomorrow.
It means doing a bit of research before believing your friends’ Facebook posts about GMOs or Climate Change Denial. It means learning how to do that research and consulting objective, empirically-based explanations rather than positions and opinions that are designed to provoke you based on emotion rather than fact. It means demanding that the Fourth Estate – the journalists and the news media they work for – reestablish itself as the guardians of democracy and not ratings. It means knowing less about Caitlyn Jenner and more about Chelsea Manning.
Beyond that, caring means holding leaders accountable.
It means actually writing Congress members relentlessly like we did in 2011 and then following up if they don’t follow through. It means political activism that goes beyond tweets that “raise awareness.” It means not chastising those who do organize for a cause and, instead, trying to hear them out (and if you don’t agree with their position, being able to articulate why). It means that we contest candidates who fail us, even if we support their political affiliation.
Most importantly, caring means believing that not all is lost.
Believing our political system is beyond repair is like thinking the car is forever broken when you don’t put gas in it. Super PACs and billionaire donors make it easy to think that the game is rigged. But even they cannot stand against a well-informed electorate that goes to the polls consistently.
Fixing the system so that we can actually solve some of the very real problems we face is not impossible. It just takes work from each of us that we may not want to do. It takes energy that we feel we may not have. It takes time that we may not want to give. Caring is working to make things better not for only ourselves but the people in our lives. And not only the people we love – or parents, siblings, spouses, children – but those in our communities, some who we may barely know and some who we often shun. Caring is about working towards making our communities stronger and shoring up the weakest links.
Caring is showing the heart not to give up, even when things don’t go as planned.
If we only stay frustrated or if we give into apathy, we’re done. Apathy means lying down on the battlefield and accepting death. Though it’s bleak, the only option other than death is to stand and fight, to charge the battlements and throw ourselves on them until we turn the tide of the war. No prize fight could ever have the stakes so high as it is in the true fight of the century: Apathy v. Care.
And like a prize fighter in a ring, we – you, me, everybody – have to have the heart and act on what we care about. It’s not always important that we win, or that we get our way. Sometimes we will be wrong and sometimes we will lose. But that doesn’t mean we should stop caring. Without caring, and showing what it means, we’ll be just as washed up as a down and out champ who doesn’t care enough even to hold up his head with dignity.
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Grimes said “We Appreciate Power,” so now we appreciate power
Written by Solomon Friedman on December 5, 2018
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The rise of artificial Intelligence (AI) has been decried by the likes of many — after all, there are few things more terrifying. Not exactly so: According to Grimes’ newest track, “We Appreciate Power,” this dystopia could actually be pretty cool. The Canadian pop princess declared the AI invasion to be good, therefore, it is gospel.
Grimes is the electro-pop outfit of former McGill student Claire Boucher. On “We Appreciate Power,” the singer-songwriter’s first single in over two years, Grimes and frequent collaborator, HANA, sing from the perspective of a pro-AI Girl Group Propaganda machine. Though bizarre in concept, the song is an effective and danceable robot-bop that, with its crisp and glittering production, refrains from sounding too campy. In 2018, artists like Janelle Monáe and Robyn ditch their cyborg personas for more something more human. Grimes’ new robotic identity feels strangely refreshing. There is something endearing about being told by someone with a voice as sweet as Grimes’ to submit to our A.I. overlords.
The track opens with a scream: A tasteful and subtle way to introduce listeners to Grimes’ latest work. She scatters shrieks and scratches throughout the song, creating a sense of total chaos, juxtaposed with her and HANA’s calm voices. The track ends with the word ‘submit’ repeated over and over as if to brainwash listeners into actually giving into A.I. supremacy. With lyrics about succumbing to computer rulers and an obvious influence from the Nine Inch Nails and K-Pop on the production, “We Appreciate Power,” is the dystopian banger we have all been craving.
Internet-savvy fans will, no doubt, try to draw connections between the song’s lyrics and Grimes’ multi-billionaire boyfriend Elon Musk, founder of Tesla. The song could very well function as propaganda for Musk’s takeover of the planet, which, in all honesty, wouldn’t be awful if the national anthem were as catchy as “We Appreciate Power.” When the couple made their debut at the 2018 Met Gala, Twitter was abound with jokes that their relationship was proof that the simulation we live in is glitching. Lyrics like “simulation, give me something good,” or “simulation: it’s the future” reference public suspicion. Perhaps, this year’s most surprising reveal about Grimes is not that she’s a fake socialist, but rather that she’s self-aware.
While 2018 has proven successful for Grimes artistically—she was featured on new albums by Janelle Monáe, Jimmy Urine, and Poppy, and composed the theme for the Netflix series Hilda—Grimes has also transitioned from Pitchfork-famous to tabloid fodder. Aside from her bizarre relationship with Musk, Grimes engaged in a feud with Azealia Banks, who accused her tech mogul boyfriend of tweeting on acid and holding her hostage. It’s no wonder that it took the artist nine months to release the track.
Despite a year of turmoil, Grimes’ production has never sounded as clean as it does on “We Appreciate Power.” The nu-metal guitars that pulse throughout build on the harder sounds previously explored on tracks like “Kill V. Maim” from 2015’s Art Angels. Shifting away from the soft sounds of her early work, Grimes is breaking out of the cloying bedroom-pop genre that made her famous. The glittery aspects of her work are still present on this track, and they can be found in the synthy coos of the bridge, paired with new, aggressive tones.
“We Appreciate Power” offers a more polished and confident Grimes. The song proves that, if anything, Grimes has come out of this nightmare of a year with a clearer sense of self and direction.
We Appreciate Power
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Beautiful city of Glasgow, with your streets so neat and clean,
Your stateley mansions, and beautiful Green!
Likewise your beautiful bridges across the River Clyde,
And on your bonnie banks I would like to reside.
Chorus —
Then away to the west — to the beautiful west!
To the fair city of Glasgow that I like the best,
Where the River Clyde rolls on to the sea,
And the lark and the blackbird whistle with glee.
’Tis beautiful to see the ships passing to and fro,
Laden with goods for the high and the low;
So let the beautiful city of Glasgow flourish,
And may the inhabitants always find food their bodies to nourish.
The statue of the Prince of Orange is very grand,
Looking terror to the foe, with a truncheon in his hand,
And well mounted on a noble steed, which stands in the Trongate,
And holding up its foreleg, I’m sure it looks first-rate.
Then there’s the Duke of Wellington’s statue in Royal Exchange Square —
It is a beautiful statue I without fear declare,
Besides inspiring and most magnificent to view,
Because he made the French fly at the battle of Waterloo.
And as for the statue of Sir Walter Scott that stands in George Square,
It is a handsome statue — few with it can compare,
And most elegant to be seen,
And close beside it stands the statue of Her Majesty the Queen.
And then there’s the statue of Robert Burns in George Square,
And the treatment he received when living was very unfair;
Now, when he’s dead, Scotland’s sons for him do mourn,
But, alas! unto them he can never return.
Then as for Kelvin Grove, it is most lovely to be seen
With its beautiful flowers and trees so green,
And a magnificent water-fountain spouting up very high,
Where the people can quench their thirst when they feel dry.
I have mixed with all kinds of people – of low and high degree,
But the most unmannerly people are the people of Dundee.
The fact is they don’t know how to treat a poet;
But the Glasgow people does, and I do know it.
Beautiful city of Glasgow, I now conclude my muse,
And to write in praise of thee my pen does not refuse;
And, without fear of contradiction, I will venture to say
You are the second grandest city in Scotland at the present day!
McGonagall Transfers his Affections
As will be seen from the annexed new song from the pen of the City Poet, he has already transferred his affections to “the beautiful city of Glasgow,” to which he is shortly to retire. From a perusal of the “poem,” it will be gathered that the poet is moved by the bonnie banks of the Clyde much in the same way as the Tay, “So beautiful to seen at the Magdalen Green,” used move him. Perhaps the most touching and, from the poet’s point of view, the truest verse is the eighth, where he gives the people of Dundee their character. The beautiful fourth line—
“The fact is, they don’t know how to treat a poet,”
contains the kernel of the whole matter. It is to hoped that Glasgow will show a greater appreciation of poetic genius a la McGonagall than the unregenerate city of Dundee.
People’s Journal , 5th October 1889
The Beautiful City of Glasgow
Other poems about Places in Scotland beyond Dundee
Other poems published in Poetic Gems [First Series]
Other poems published in The Real McGonagall
Other poems published in The Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay and other Disasters
Other poems published in William McGonagall: A Selection
Mike Howard
In the year 2011, on the 13th day of November at 6:42 pm
Are these two lines from one of McGonagall’s poems, and if so which one? I remember the lines being recited by a Glaswegian draughtsman way back in 1966-1970, who constantly quoted from that great man’s works.
The hen she is a bonnie bird,
and so’s the Erskine Ferry
It doesn’t sound like one of his. People tend to attribute any Scottish-sounding doggerel to the great man, but his style is pretty distinctive and that line doesn’t have it.
Claire Docherty
In the year 2013, on the 27th day of November at 11:24 pm
“The River Clyde is very wide, it’s filled with water from side to side.” My father-in-law attributed this to McGonagall many years ago and I’ve always remembered it. Was this a true McGonagall quote?
In the year 2013, on the 4th day of December at 7:58 am
See my previous comment, Claire. I’m afraid your father-in-law has fallen into the trap of making McGonagall responsible for the production of all dodgy verse north of the border.
Tom Cuthbert
In the year 2014, on the 26th day of April at 3:26 pm
the poems that I had attributed to McGonnagal were “Two wee birds sat on a barra, wan was a speug, the other was a sparra”,the other one—— “When the moon is roon and fair,the fishes swim from Troon to AYR, but, When the moon is fair and roon the fishes swim from Ayr to Troon”
True or not??
In the year 2014, on the 28th day of April at 9:44 am
Another fake one, Tom. Essentially, if you can’t find a supposed McGonagall ode on this site (use the search box at the top of every page), it’s unlikely to be genuine.
I’m not saying I have every poem he ever wrote (because I know about some that I’ve yet to track down a copy of, and others have been lost altogether), but I do have every one ever published in a book and quite a few that never have been. It’s unlikely that people are quoting “gems” that are outside this published canon.
Keep coming forward with them though, as you never know…
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Edith was born into a different world. But her rebellious nature brought her to the seedy glamour of the music hall.
Oliver is an illusionist with ambition. He wants to tour the world, to pioneer ground-breaking illusions.
History and fate have other ideas.
When Edith and Oliver meet they fall headlong in love. But their children arrive as the world begins to change, as cinemas crowd the high street and the draw of the music hall wanes. What follows is a struggle: against the entropy of marriage, against the march of time, and against Oliver’s flaws – flaws that may cost them everything.
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Biographical Note Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Michèle Forbes is an award-winning theatre, television and film actress. Her first novel, Ghost Moth, was published in 2013 to great critical acclaim and Forbes was shortlisted for Newcomer of the Year at the Irish Book Awards, for First Book Award at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival and selected as one of The Observer’s Seven Debut Novels That Will Make A Splash in 2014. She has recently been nominated for the Prix Littéraire des Ambassadeurs de la Francophonie en Irlande – Ireland Francophonie Ambassador’s Award 2017. She lives in Dalkey, Dublin. Read More
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Tourism in the Arab World An Industry Perspective Edited by: Hamed Almuhrzi, Hafidh Alriyami, Noel Scott
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This book is the first to explore Arabic tourism from a business viewpoint, rather than taking a sociological, anthropological or political stance. It focuses on business planning, management and marketing destinations in the Arab World, which are topics crucial for industry stakeholders and which have previously been neglected in the tourism literature. The book examines similarities and differences in the emergence and development of the tourism industry in countries across the Arab world as well as its inbound and outbound travel flows. It analyses several different aspects of Arabic tourism including tourism policy, organisation and planning, tourism product development, destination marketing and consumer behaviour. This volume will be of interest to postgraduate students and researchers of tourism studies, business and Middle Eastern studies.
An insightful and much-needed textbook, a welcome gesture from an Arab perspective. It simply tackles the problems of demarcation between the Arab world and the rest of the Muslim world with narratives that open the eyes of outsiders to the wealth of tourism to be found within the Arab civilisation.
- Yeganeh Morakabati, Bournemouth University, UK
In today’s competitive and culturally diverse global village it is encouraging to see the first volume that explores tourism in the Arab world. This unique volume provides an interesting analysis of this multifaceted, complex and sometimes controversial subject. This is a timely volume that is a must-read for all involved in the tourism industry. It provides a comprehensive overview of emerging research agendas and perceptive insights into contemporary issues.
- Yvette Reisinger, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait
An authoritative business-based resource book, penned by international authors in the know, the volume unveils covert tenets of the Arab tourism world whose development potentials are poorly understood, let alone sustainably realized. Insightfully pragmatic.
- Jafar Jafari, University of Wisconsin-Stout, USA
Hamed Almuhrzi is Assistant Professor and Head of Department, International Business Administration, Rustaq College of Applied Sciences, Ministry of Higher Education, Oman. His research interests include visitor studies, visitor experience, heritage and cultural tourism, Arab tourism, Muslim tourism and interpretation.
Hafidh Alriyami is Lecturer in International Business Administration, Rustaq College of Applied Sciences, Ministry of Higher Education, Oman. His research focuses on Muslim tourism, Arab tourism, sustainable tourism and the psychology of tourist behaviour.
Noel Scott is Professor and Deputy Director at Griffith Institute for Tourism, Griffith University, Australia. His research interests are experience design, Arab tourism, Muslim tourism, destination marketing and management.
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The gap between rich and poor in Hong Kong, as measured on an internationally recognised scale, now stands at its widest in at least three decades, government figures show.
The city’s Gini coefficient – a scale from 0 to 1 on which higher scores indicate greater income inequality – has reached 0.537 based on income data from 2011. It was 0.533 five years ago and 0.451 in 1981.
It is among the highest in the developed world – compared to 0.482 in Singapore and 0.469 in the United States – with poverty advocates saying it shows that neither the economic growth of the past few years nor government relief measures have succeeded in improving the plight of the poor.
Officials meanwhile say that income disparity is likely to worsen in coming years as the ageing population removes more people from the workforce.
The number of “economically inactive households”, defined as families where nobody is working, increased by 48 per cent from 280,000 to 420,000, the Census and Statistics Department said.
Census department statistics released yesterday also showed that the median monthly income for the city’s poorest 10 per cent, including those who received social security assistance, dropped from HK$2,250 to HK$2,070 in the past five years while the top 10 per cent of earners made HK$95,000, compared to HK$76,250 five years ago.
Oxfam’s advocacy officer Wong Shek-hung said a Gini index higher than 0.4 indicated serious inequality. Associate Professor Law Chi-kwong, of the University of Hong Kong’s social work department, said the figures might well be underestimated as the measurements included welfare income received by households eligible for Comprehensive Social Security Assistance.
The warnings came a day after chief executive-elect Leung Chun-ying vowed to revive an anti-poverty commission to set out policies to relieve hardship among low-income earners.
Leung said on Sunday that a preparation committee for the commission would be formed soon so the body could be functioning when he took office in July 1.
Commissioner for Census and Statistics Lily Ou-yang said yesterday that the enactment of minimum wage laws as well as economic growth in the past few years had boosted incomes for low earners and the better-off, meaning the wealth gap had not changed dramatically.
The chief executive of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, Christine Fang Meng-sang, said the government should no longer assume economic growth could improve the living standards of the poor.
Various advocacy groups have estimated that more than 1 million Hongkongers live in poverty, although the government does not have an official definition.
Chan Yik-ping, 43, said her family of four saw little hope of escaping poverty in the near future. A quarter of her waiter husband’s HK$8,000 salary goes on rent for their cubicle in a subdivided flat in Sham Shui Po, while milk formula and diapers for a new baby cost HK$2,000.
“I just took the baby to see a doctor today. It cost HK$100, and it’s already the cheapest in town,” Chan said. “It’s nearly impossible for four people to live off just HK$8,000.”
The family applied for public housing four years ago but have heard nothing yet.
“My biggest wish is to be assigned a flat in a public estate soon. The children are growing up and it’s getting more crowded here,” she said, looking at her 12-year-old son.
“My older son has always wanted his own room, and I feel sorry that I haven’t been able to give him that.”
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Connecticut contains three schools that offer java programs. Northwestern Connecticut Community College, the highest-ranking java school in CT, has a total student population of 1,711 and is the 5749th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 3 java schools in Connecticut, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Capital Community College comes out as the most expensive ($10,862/yr), with Naugatuck Valley Community College as the lowest recorded at only $4,596/yr.
Java students from Connecticut schools who go on to become java developers, web designers, web developers, computer programmers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 367,880 people working as computer programmers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $74,690. Also, Computer software engineers, systems software make on average $96,620 per year and there are about 385,200 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Connecticut alone, there are 3,750 employed computer software engineers, systems software earning an average yearly salary of $94,970. Computer programmers in this state earn $82,310/yr and there are 4,860 employed.
Also, within the java schools in Connecticut, the average student population is 1,939 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1. Aside from java, there are 2145 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 3,319 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,907, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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With the sunshine of summer now a pleasant memory, the latest RAJAR* reveals what radio listeners were tuning into over that period. Again, the local stations notched up a strong performance, attracting 58% of all listening hours.
In terms of the individual broadcasters, Bauer NI lead the way with 710,000 listeners, up 13,000 on a year ago. Counter-intuitively, Downtown dropped by 16,000 to 272,000 with hours up by 19%; Cool increased by 1,000 to 496,000 while hours dipped by 18%; and Downtown Country attracted 134,000 (reach and hours down by 8,000 and 19% respectively). The explanation is that there is now less duplication in listenership across the 3-station family.
BBC Radio Ulster/Foyle had a weekly reach of 539,000, down from 572,000, with hours decreasing by 10%.
U105 achieved an overall increase of 13,000, but the figure 12 months ago of 198,000 related to the FM area, whereas there this time it is 186,000, with the further 25,000 added through the wider DAB footprint. On a like-for-like comparative basis hours were down by 11%.
Q Radio saw small gains in Belfast - 140,000 to 142,000 and 1% higher hours, but losses elsewhere - 166,000 to 149,000 and hours down by 17%, the latter being despite the addition of relay transmitters in parts of the province.
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The primary aim of the Guidelines is to help member countries, at central government level, consider existing Conflict of Interest policy and practice relating to public officials - including public servants/civil servants, employees, and holders of public office - who work in the national public administration. The Guidelines can also provide general guidance for other branches of government, sub-national level government, and state-owned corporations.
In particular, the Guidelines reflect policies and practices that have proved effective in OECD countries, and are intended to:
Provides a practical framework of reference for reviewing and modernising existing policy solutions in line with good practice.
Promotes a public service culture in which conflicts of interest are properly identified and resolved or manager.
Supports partnerships between the public, private and non-profit sectors in identifying and managing conflict-of-interest situations.
The Guidelines reflect the fact that public officials may be expected to observe in particular the following core principles in dealing with conflict of interest matters to promote integrity in the performance of official duties and responsibilities:
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The report "Managing Conflict of Interest in the Public Service" highlights trends, approaches and models across OECD countries in a comparative overview that also presents examples of innovative and recent solutions.
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ZAP Feat. Zappa Vocal Legend Ike Willis, Chip Z'Nuff & Sean McKee Release Digital Single "Air Traffic Control" on Steve Vai's Favored Nations
By Glass Onyon PR August 26, 2016
Chicago, IL - New band ZAP has released a digital single called “Air Traffic Control” on Steve Vai's Favored Nations label. The band is made up of Emmy-nominated composer Sean McKee, who is also collaborating with Jon Anderson from YES on a concept album project, Ike Willis, the voice on numerous Frank Zappa albums, and Grammy-nominated bassist Chip Z'Nuff (Enuff Z'Nuff, Missing Persons, Adler's Appetite).
“Air Traffic Control” started as a 60 second piece that was commissioned by Lee Abrams (Co-Founder of XM Radio) to have McKee write a piece of music in the style of Frank Zappa, and produce a video to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his passing. McKee wrote and performed all instruments, including recording the keyboard parts using a then-prototype Lineage MIDI guitar from Inspired Instruments.
Besides being a musician, McKee is known as a pioneer in the field of image processing, creating technology used for new movies and classic film restorations, along with 2D to 3D conversions, with the technology he led development on being used daily in Hollywood. For several years, one of his clients was Gail Zappa, Frank's widow, and he worked on restoring film elements from Frank's archive, and also helped to recover lost video masters that Gail hadn't seen in years.
According to McKee, “When I heard the news of Gail's passing last October, I was deeply saddened, she was very kind to me, and an incredibly smart woman who pioneered the concept of artists' retaining the rights to the master recordings. I decided to take the 60 second piece and finish it as a proper song, as a memorial to Gail and tribute to Frank, who was a big influence on my playing.”
McKee crafted the song starting from the existing 60 second guitar solo, building a complete song around it, similar to methods Zappa incorporated. He then asked Ike Willis to sing on the track and add another guitar solo. Die hard Zappa fans will also notice a lyrical reference to the infamous 'White Zone'.
McKee continues, “The original solo I wrote is what ends the song, and Ike takes the first guitar solo. If you close your eyes, you can see Frank and hear the lineage. When Frank got sick, he asked Ike to carry on his music, and while this is a new, original song, his playing and voice carries the torch for both the legacy fans as well as a new generation of listeners.”
McKee then asked Chip Z'Nuff to play bass on all parts except for the bass under the solos, which McKee had recorded originally.
The end result is a modern interpretation and homage to a timeless and unique style.
To purchase:
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For more information: https://www.facebook.com/ZAP-BAND-1618003005158499/
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Drawn To Shirdi
(1) Kakaji Vaidya of Vani – (2) Punjabi Ramalal of Bombay.
In this Chapter the story of two more devotees that were drawn to Shirdi, is narrated.
Bow to the Kind Sai Who is the Abode of Mercy and Who is affectionate towards His devotees. By His mere darshan, He does away with their fear of this ‘bhava’ (samsar) and destroys their calamities. He was first Nirgun (formless), but on account of the devotion of His Bhaktas, He was obliged to take a form. To give liberation – self-realisation to the Bhaktas is the mission of the saints, and for Sai – the Chief of them, that mission is inevitable. Those who take refuge in His Feet have all their sins destroyed and their progress is certain. Remembering His Feet, Brahmins from holy places come to Him and read scriptures and chant the Gayatri mantra in His presence. We, who are weak and without any merits, do not know what Bhakti is but we know this much, that though all others may leave us, Sai won’t forsake us. Those whom He favours get enormous strength, discrimination between the Unreal and the Real and knowledge.
Sai knows fully the desire of His devotees and fulfills the same. Hence they get what they want and are grateful. So we invoke Him and prostrate ourselves before Him. Forgetting all our faults let Him free us from all anxieties. He who being overcome with calamities remembers and prays Sai thus, will get his mind calmed and pacified through His grace.
This Sai – the ocean of mercy, says Hemadpant, favoured him and the result of this, is the present work – Sai-Satcharia. Otherwise what qualifications had he and who would undertake this enterprise? But as Sai took all the responsibility, Hemadpant felt no burden, nor any care about this. When the powerful Light of knowledge was there to inspire his speech and pen, why should he entertain any doubt or feel any anxiety? Sai got the service in the form of this book done by him; this is due to the accumulation of his merits in the past births and, therefore, he thinks himself fortunate and blessed.
The following story is not a mere tale, but pure nectar. He who drinks it will realise Sai’s greatness and all-pervasiveness. Those who want to argue and criticise, should not go in for these stories. What is wanted here, is not discussion but unlimited love and devotion. Learned, devout and faithful believers or those, who consider themselves as servants of the Saints, will like and appreciate these stories, others will take them to be fables. The fortunate Bhaktas of Sai, will find the Sai-leelas as the Kalpataru (Wish-fulfilling Tree). Drinking this nectar of Sai-leelas, will give liberation to the ignorant Jivas, satisfaction to the house-holders and a sadhana to the aspirants. Now to the story of this Chapter.
Kakaji Vaidya
There lived in Vani, Nasik District, a man named Kakaji Vaidya. He was the priest of the Goodness Sapta-Shringi there. He was so much overwhelmed with adverse circumstances and calamities that he lost peace of mind and became quite restless. Under such circumstances one evening he went into the temple of the Goodess and prayed unto Her from the bottom of his heart and invoked Her aid to free him from anxeity. The Goddess was pleased with his devotion and the same night appeared to him in his dream and said to him, “You go to Baba and then your mind will become calm and composed”. Kakaji was anxious to know from Her who that Baba was, but before he could get any explanation, he was awakened. Then he began to think as to who might be that Baba, to whom the Goodess has asked him to go. After some thinking, he resolved that this Baba might be ‘Tryambakeshwar’ (Lord Shiva). So he went to the holy place ‘Tryambak’ (Nasik District) and stayed there for ten days. During this period, he bathed early in the morning, chanted the ‘Rudra’ hymns, did the ‘Abhishekam’ (pouring unceasingly fresh cold water over the Pindi) and did other religious rites; but with all that, he was as restless as before. Then he returned to his place and again invoked the Goddess most pitifully. They night She again appeared in his dream and said – “Why did you go to Tryambakeshwar in vain? I mean by Baba – Shri Sai Samarth of Shirdi.”
The question before Kakaji now was ‘How and when to go to Shirdi and how to see Baba? If anybody is in real earnest to see a Saint, not only the Saint but God also, fulfills his wish. In fact the ‘Sant’ (Saint) and the ‘Anant’ (God) are one and the same; there is not the least difference between them. If anybody thinks that he will go himself and see a Saint, that will be a mere boast. Unless the Saint wills it, who is able to go and see him? Even the leaf of the tree won’t move without his bidding. The more anxious a Bhakta is for the saint’s visit, the more devout anf faithful he is, the more speedily and effectively is his wish satisfied to his heart’s content. He who invites anybody for a visit, also arranges everything for his reception, and so it happened with Kakaji.
Shama’s Vows
When Kakaji was thinking his visit to Shirdi, a guest came to him at his place to take him to Shirdi. He was no other than Shama, a very close and intimate devotee of Baba. How he came to Vani at this juncture, we shall just see. Shama was severely ill when he was very young and his mother had taken a vow to her family Goddess Sapta-Shringi at Vani, that if the son got well, she would bring and dedicate him at Her feet. Then after some years the mother herself suffered much from ring-worms on her breasts. At that time she again took another vow to her Deity that if she got all right, she would offer Her two silver breasts. These two vows remained unfulfilled. At her death-bed she called her son Shama to her and drew his attention to the vows and after taking a promise from him that he would fulfills them, she breathed her last. After some time, Shama quite forgot about these vows and thus 30 years elapsed. About this time a famous astrologer had come to Shirdi and stayed there for a month. His predictions in the case of Shriman Booty and others came true and everybody was satisfied. Shama’s younger brother Bapaji consulted him and was told that his mother’s vows, which his elder brother promised to fulfill at her death-bed, were not yet fulfilled; hence the Goddess was displeased with them and bringing troubles on them. Bapaji told this to his brother Shama who was then reminded of the unfulfilled vows. Thinking that any further delay would be dangerous, he called a goldsmith and got a pair of silver breast prepared. Then he went to the Masjid, prostrated himself before Baba and, placing before Him the two silver breath, requested Him to accept them and free him from the vows as He was to him his Sapta-Shringi Goddess. Then Baba insisted upon him to go himself to the temple of Sapta-Shringi and offer them in person at the feet of the Goddess. Then after taking Baba’s permission and Udi, he left for Vani and searching for the priest came to Kakaji’s house. Kakaji was then very anxious to visit Baba and Shama went there to see him at that very time. What a wonderful coincidence is this!
Kakaji asked him who he was and whence he had come, and on learning that he came from Shirdi, he at once embraced him. So overpowered was he with love! Then they talked about Sai-leelas and after finishing the rites of Shama’s vows, they both started for Shirdi. On reaching the place, Kakaji went to the Masjid, and fell at Baba’s Feet. His eyes were soon bedewed with tears, and his mind attained calmness. According to the vision of the Goddess, no sooner did he see Baba, that his mind lost all its restlessness and it became calm and composed. Kakaji began to think, in his mind, “What a wonderful power is this! Baba spoke nothing, there was no question and answer, no benediction pronounced; the mere darshana itself was so conducive to happiness; the restlessness of my mind disappeared by His mere darshan, consciousness of joy came upon me – this is what is called ‘the greatness of darshan’.” His vision was fixed on Sai’s feet and he could utter no word. Hearing Baba’s Leelas, his joy knew no bounds. He surrendered himself completely to Baba, forgot his anxiety and cares and got undiluted happiness. He lived happily there for twelve days and after taking Baba’s leave, Udi and blessings returned home.
Khushalchand of Rahata
It is said that a dream, which we get in the small hours of the morning, generally comes out true in the walking state. This may be so, but regarding Baba’s dreams there is no restriction of time. To quote an instance :- Baba told Kakasaheb Dixit one afternoon to go to Rahata and fetch Khushalchand to Shirdi, as He had not seen him since long. Kakasaheb accordingly took a tanga and went to Rahata. He saw Khushalchand and gave him Baba’s message. Hearing it, Khushalchand was surprised and said that he was taking a noon nap after meals when Baba appeared in his dream and asked him to come to Shirdi immediately and that he was anxious to go. As he had no horse of his own nearby, he had sent his son to inform Baba; when his son was just out of the village-border, Dixit’s tanga turned up. Dixit then said that he was sent specially to bring him. Then they both went in the tanga back to Shirdi. Khushalchand saw Baba and all were pleased. Seeing this Leela of Baba, Khushalchand was much moved.
Punjabi Ramalal of Bombay
Once a Punjabi Brahmin of Bombay named Ramalal got a dream in which Baba appeared and asked him to come to Shirdi. Baba appeared to him as a Mahant (Saint), but he did not know His whereabouts. He thought that he should go and see Him, but as he knew not His address, he did not know what to do. But He Who calls anybody for an interview makes the necessary arrangements for the same. The same happened in this case. The same afternoon when he was strolling in the streets, he saw a picture of Baba in a shop. The features of the Mahant, he saw in the dream, exactly tallied with those of the picture. Then making enquiries, he came to know that the picture was of Sai Baba of Shirdi. He then went soon after to Shirdi and stayed there till his death.
In this way Baba brought His devotees to Shirdi for darshan and satisfied their wants, material as well as spiritual.
Bow to Shri Sai – Peace be to all
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[blog] Opening up the Future of Neuroscience and Technology by Measuring Brain Activity with Incredibly High Spatiotemporal Resolution
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How Well Can We Visualize Neural Activity with Current Technology?
fMRI measures hemodynamic changes generated by neural activity. It has a spatial resolution of 3 cubic millimeters and a temporal resolution of approximately 6 seconds. Ongoing research aims to increase this spatial resolution to 1 cubic millimeter using stronger magnetic fields. Using our current technology researchers are trying to decode the brain.
Reconstruction of Visual Information Through Recordings of Brain Activity in the Visual Cortex
The Gallant group at UC Berkeley has taken on the formative challenge of reconstructing images based on brain activity. They do so by recording the neuronal activity that follows exposure to patterns of pictures and videos; subsequently, statistical analysis is used to generate libraries based on the brain activity triggered a specific visual stimulus. First, images are converted into features, informed by shape and movement, through temporal and spatial gabor filtering. Blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) signals, obtained through fMRI, are recorded from the occipitotemporal visual cortex. A linear function is approximated based on the features and the BOLD signals they illicit. Researchers are then able to record BOLD signals and predict the image qualities in novel visual stimuli using the linear function as a reference. The reconstructions in the video below were made through this decoding technique.
Predicting Speech Through Cortical Potentials Using ECoG
Intracranial electrocorticographic (ECoG) recordings work by registering the electrical potentials recorded by electrodes implanted in the cerebral cortex. ECoG has an impressive temporal resolution of several milliseconds; the spatial resolution is dependent on the size of the electrodes, and it is typically between several millimeters to one centimeter.
(Image: Herff et al., Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2015.)
To decode speech using ECoG, subjects were asked to read out some sentences on a screen; ECoG activity and speech were both recorded. Phones refer to physical segments of speech, such as a, b, ch, f, and these were obtained from the speech recordings. In addition, ECoG data was segmented into 50 ms intervals; importantly, broadband-gamma activity (70-170 Hz) was extracted as these signals are associated with auditory processes and word repetition. The ECoG segments were then labeled with the corresponding phones. To use ECoG as a method of predicting speech, both learned models and language models (ex. liberty is pronounced as l-ih-b-er-t-iy) were used. The authors of the study found an error rate of 25% for words and an error rate of less than 50% for phones.
Based on the two studies described above, we can see it is seemingly possible to decode auditory and visual stimuli through brain activity. Nonetheless, these technologies will require further advancement as the fMRI lacks the necessary temporal resolution; conversely, ECoG has excellent temporal and spatial resolution, but is highly invasive.
Spatial and Time Resolution of Current Measurement Technique
(Image: Nature Neuroscience. 17, 1440–1441 (2014))
To summarize the current field of brain technologies, we can see high resolution is achievable, but usually at a cost. Optogenetics, calcium imaging, and single-cell electrode recordings produce excellent temporal and spatial resolution, but these systems have only been applied to animals. As of yet, there is no apparatus which can measure activity across vast regions of the human brain with the same degree of resolution as we have seen in animal experiments.
EEG and MEG measure the electrical currents and magnetic fields, respectively, produced by neuronal activity; both these techniques have a temporal resolution of several milliseconds. On the other hand, EEG and MEG only have spatial resolutions of a few centimeters. Activity recorded by EEG and MEG can only be roughly localized to specific areas of the brain, and it is impossible to ascertain which specific neurons were activated. Conversely, fMRI has exceptional spatial resolution of several millimeters but lacks temporal resolution. As described above, fMRI indirectly measures neural activity; it does so by measuring changes in blood flow that result from neural activity. Specifically, fMRI measures changes in the magnetic properties of blood due to the presence of oxygenated hemoglobin. This methodology comes with some drawbacks as fMRI only records changes that occur following brain activities (meaning lower temporal resolution); furthermore, fMRI is incapable of capturing rapid activity as blood flow changes take time.
Similar to fMRI, NIRS measures hemodynamic changes in the brain and therefore has the same drawbacks pertaining to temporal resolution. Furthermore, NIRS imaging is generally contained to the frontal lobe as hair interferes with the signal; spatial resolution is also diminished slightly as infrared rays must pass through the skin and skull barrier. In addition, NIRS imaging must account for signals coming from skin blood flow. In spite of these obstacles, NIRS is advantageous because recordings are not affected by body movement. Also, myoelectric signals produced by muscle fiber contractions can interfere with EEG and MEG, but NIRS is not affected. Furthermore, NIRS is considered a more practical option compared to techniques like fMRI which require large-scale apparatuses.
Lastly, as mentioned above, in spite of its excellent spatial and temporal resolution, ECoG is not a good option due to its invasiveness.
Concurrent Connection of More Than One Million Neurons Required by DARPA
The human brain is said to have approximately 8.6 billion neurons. Thus, no current method of measuring brain activity is sufficient to record that level of detail. For years DARPA has been interested in the brain-machine interface, and it recently invested 65 million dollars in the Neural Engineering System Design Program. They aim to record interactions between a million neurons simultaneously. This will dramatically enhance our understanding of neuronal functions and our ability to develop new treatments for disabilities. Among the six groups to receive this funding is Paradromics Inc., which seeks to decode spoken language using neural implants. Paradromics Inc. received 18 million dollars while the remaining funds were divided between research institutes.
New Technologies to Improve Resolution and Usability
Imaging machine with incredible spatial and temporal resolution uses lasers and ultrasonic waves
Single-impulse panoramic photoacoustic computed tomography (SIP-PACT) is an example of a newly developed, non-invasive technology offering good spatial and temporal resolutions.
(Image: Li et al., Nature Biomedical Engineering. 2017.)
Thus far this technique has only been applied to animals but has been shown to be capable of recording information with a depth penetration of 48 mm, a spatial resolution of 125 μm, and a temporal resolution of 50 Hz. These results could have immense implications for preclinical trials and translational research.
Magnetic nanoparticles applied to imaging apparatuses to improve spatial and temporal resolution
Weinberg Medical Physics is developing a technology that could capture neuronal activity at a spatial resolution of 30 micrometers, and a temporal resolution of 100 Hz. The technology uses 100-nm sized magnetic particles, which can be inhaled through the nose. Using exterior magnets, the particles can be targeted and used to record neural activity. These particles do not require helium, or strong magnetism and are currently being investigated as a novel imaging option by researchers at the University of Maryland and John Hopkins University. Although these nanoparticles have only been tested in animal subjects, they hold great potential for human patients.
Mary Lou Jepsen and her attempt to image the brain in fine detail using holography
Openwater is a company founded by Mary Lou Jepsen whose goal is to develop a non-invasive neuroimaging device with comparable resolution to fMRI using holography technology.
(Image: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP_b4yzxp80)
Opening up the future of neuroscience and technology with high resolution apparatuses
Thanks to advancements in technology, our ability to conduct science and accurately observe nature has accelerated. In particular, the field of neuroscience was widened by the introduction of the fMRI in the 1990s. But considering how many neurons exist in the brain it is clear there is much more to learn than what our current technologies enable.
For example, presently we can predict categories of visual stimuli (ex. cat, building, plane, etc.) by decoding visual cortex activity through fMRI, but our reconstructions are far from perfect. Perhaps with increased resolution we may one day be able to decode exact shapes and outlines.
BMI, which uses electrode arrays such as ECoGs, has made it possible to move a robotic arm. However, in its current state, BMI does not allow for the same fine motor skills and dexterity of a human arm being controlled directly by the brain. By enhancing our recording electrodes perhaps BMI motor precision can be augmented. Moreover, patients can use visual feedback of the arm moving as a gauge of their brain activity. One day it may be possible to use this visual feedback to modify brain activity and allow for better control.
Emotion is a complex phenomenon. Fear and anger are predominantly associated with the amygdala, but this brain region is also activated when we experience happiness. Recent work suggests the amygdala may be separated into two sections with each part separately responsible for processing positive and negative emotions. Currently, it remains unclear how these signals would be processed and differentiated. Being able to visualize the brain in a more precise manner would allow us to strive to answer profound questions like, “what is emotion, and how does it manifest from brain activity?”
Paradromics and Openwater aim to produce practical devices without cumbersome cables and large apparatuses. Should these aims come to fruition, we will be able to understand the brain activity behind all our daily activities. For example, we could scan the brain and determine which regions are activated when making a purchase. This could then be expanded on to determine if brain activity is modulated based on preferences or the type of purchase. By increasing the resolution and accessibility of brain imaging technology our understanding of the brain, and its everyday functions, could progress exponentially.
Shinji Nishimoto, An T. Vu, Thomas Naselaris, Yuval Benjamini, Bin Yu & Jack L. Gallant. Reconstructing visual experiences from brain activity evoked by natural movies. Current Biology. 2011
Christian Herff, Dominic Heger, Adriana de Pesters, Dominic Telaar, Peter Brunner, Gerwin Schalk & Tanja Schultz. Brain-to-text: decoding spoken phrases from phone representations in the brain. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2015; 9
Terrence J. Sejnowski, Patricia S. Churchland & J. Anthony Movshon. Putting big data to good use in neuroscience. Nature Neuroscience. 2014.
Lei Li et al., Single-impulse panoramic photoacoustic computed tomography of small-animal whole-body dynamics at high spatiotemporal resolution. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 2017.
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Joshua Kim, Michele Pignatelli, Sangyu Xu, Shigeyoshi Itohara, & Susumu Tonegawa. Antagonistic negative and positive 1 neurons of the basolateral amygdala. Nature Neuroscience. 2016. doi: 10.1038/nn.4414
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Many Alaskans have rightly and eloquently expressed grave concern about the impact to Alaska’s education opportunities, workforce training, and economic development from the governor’s line-item veto of over $130 million of University of Alaska state support. What hasn’t received as much attention is that the devastating impact of these cuts goes far beyond the state’s borders.
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While most of UA’s research is supported from the national level, it rests on the foundation of the investment the state has made for the education of its citizens and for the knowledge it needs for Alaska’s own development and safety. UA proudly claims at least a 6-to-1 return on the state’s investment through the intake of federal dollars, but what’s much more important here than the money is the knowledge that the nation needs. Given the draconian nature of the cuts that UA faces and the inevitable closure of facilities, consolidation, refocus on basic educational essentials, and departure of leading research faculty and the associated loss of students that care about national and homeland security and other issues of importance to the nation, it cannot be expected that UA will be able to continue to meet the demands of the United States.
The governor’s line-item veto not only debilitates Alaskans’ opportunities for education, workforce training, health, and economic development but also wounds our nation in ways that he either doesn’t understand or doesn’t care about. The United States will for many years suffer from the impact of his cuts. Even beyond just our own borders, we as a nation are only now beginning to fully comprehend the impact of Russian and Chinese dominance in the Arctic. Gov. Dunleavy has just done them a mighty favor.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – IAC chief executive Barry Diller said Wednesday he does not expect Ask.com, the Internet search engine bought for 1.85 billion dollars five years ago, to ever be more than a "niche" service.
Diller, speaking at a conference hosted here by Silicon Valley technology blog TechCrunch, said Google was not the powerhouse of the lucrative search and advertising market it is today when e-commerce group IAC bought Ask.com.
"Google was at that time on the verge -- but not there yet -- of becoming a verb," he said. "I had thought then that if you really innovated... you could compete and you could gain share.
"What I hoped would happen, hasn't," he said. "We didn't gain share and I don't think we're going to gain share. We've held it, which actually to me is a bit of a miracle in itself."
According to digital tracking firm comScore, Ask.com, previously known as Ask Jeeves, had a 3.8 percent share of the search market in the United States in August.
Google had a 65.4 percent market share, followed by Yahoo! with 17.4 percent and Microsoft with 11.1 percent, according to comScore.
Diller said Ask.com will focus on a new offering rolled out in July in which real human beings help answer questions.
"We have a new concept. I don't know if it's going to work or not," he said.
"I think there is a course in which we could be competitive, not competitive to Google, unfortunately nobody's competition to Google now... Hopefully we can, in a niche way, provide a decent service."
Acknowledging that Ask.com has little if any "meaningful value," Diller said other IAC properties have "huge potential," citing dating site Match.com, news and blog site The Daily Beast and video sharing site Vimeo.
The IAC CEO also said he expects Internet users to start paying for "premium content" in three to five years, calling any notion that all Internet content is free an "absurd concept."
"I think commodity content is not worth very much, it's worth something but not very much," he added.
"Premium content is worth what the consumer will pay for it."
He said people would begin paying for content on the Web "once you get mechanisms where it is easy to pay for, once you get subscription systems and other things that are very easy for people to do like iTunes."
"I do think eventually The Daily Beast will have two revenue streams, it'll have advertising revenue and it'll have subscription revenue," he added.
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Posted By Jonathan Egid On March 8, 2018 @ 2:35 pm In Autobiography,Music,ORbits | Comments Disabled
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In a media landscape where a catchy track and outrageous music video can get a rapper signed for millions of dollars (think of 6ix 9ine, Desiigner, or Trinidad James), the Houston-based rapper Maxo Kream has made his name the old fashioned way – sonically taking over first his neighbourhood, then his city, and then the rest of America – whilst retaining the sort of street-cred and authenticity others only dream of. Just a few years on from handing out mixtapes for free on street corners, Maxo Kream (his real name, Emekwanem Ibemakanam Ogugua Biosah is read out by his father on the album’s opening track) has made his arrival with an excellent new album that announces him as one of the most exciting and versatile rappers of his generation.
Punken is compulsively listenable. Even the most uninspired beats (of which there are a couple on the tape) are infused with a melodic life of their own by the cadences of Kream’s flow. His delivery can be aggressive, playful and pensive all in the same verse, and the ease with which he can match a change in rhythm or tempo allows him to slide seamlessly between styles and genres. The originality and effortlessness of this flow, at least as much as the musical production and lyrical content, that give this project its unmistakable imprint.
The versatility of his flow is abundantly apparent on the opening track, “Work”, in which a catchy trap-by-numbers beat is transformed into a hustler’s anthem by the bombastic personality of Kream’s vocal delivery. The chorus refrain of “work the work, had to put in work” (“work” here referring to the drugs being sold as well as the work of selling them) makes the song sound like an ode to a particularly tough-love, hood version of the American dream, in which a ruthless, robber-capitalist mentality will drag one out of the dirt and into a penthouse by sheer force of will.
But halfway through the track, the beat and the mood switch up. Over a smooth, almost mournful choral backing track, the topic turns to the dark side of the “work” glorified in the chorus. He sings of a stolen childhood, “when I was twelve I went from Chuck-E-Cheese to selling work to fiends”; a coming of age surrounded by violence and deprivation, and the lack of direction felt growing up with an incarcerated father
Dad was locked up, doing time for crackin’ cars for revenue/ Twice a week he call my line, to preach and tell me what to do/ Told me follow mama rules, read my book, go to school/ But instead I bought a tool [gun], hit the trap [drug-house] with Janky Ju.
In examining his own childhood, Kream toes a fine line between the escapist nostalgia of Chance the Rapper and the figure of the panicked, traumatised child growing up in the terror of an urban warzone invoked by so much of Kendrick Lamar’s music.
Lyrically, Kream excels at the gritty, photo-realistic accounts of street life: cooking up crack cocaine in abandoned houses, avoiding police and rival gangs, violent robberies and skipping school to serve addicts. Nothing in Kream’s delivery is in the slightest bit sentimental – stories about petty scams, police brutality and the death of his brother are all told with an unflinchingly honesty and open-eyed realism, in the consistent bass rumble of his thick Texas drawl. But on Punken he also brings to the table a remarkable knack for characterisation, with the ability to create an effective and revealing snapshot of an uncle, girlfriend or fellow gang-member in a single line or pair of couplets. Throughout the album we are introduced to a cast of funny, tragic and thoroughly real individuals from the public housing projects of Alief, Houston, including almost every member of his immediate and extended family.
Many of the best of these vignettes are provided on the standout track “Grannies” in which Kream recounts the years spent living with his grandmother, having been kicked out of his parents’ house. He recounts stories about the various brothers, cousins, aunties and uncles who would stay with them in the house, in between stints in jail, rehab or hospital:
My Granny oldest son is Alvin Jr., call him Uncle Main / That’s my favorite Uncle, on occasion he smoke crack cocaine / Petty, thief, and junkie, but he always had my most respect / When I was six, I seen him stab a nigga, and he bled to death…
Aunty Trish was smokin’ up my weed, she used to work my patience / Every night I sneak off with her keys, I’m drivin’, paper chasin’/ Two days later HPD pulled up and questioned Aunty Trish / She knew I took her car and hit a lick, but she ain’t tell ’em shit / Never snitched, betrayed her family, but she always told my Granny
Aunty Trish’s loyalty is contrasted with the constant trickery, thieving and betrayal of friends, love-interests and fellow gang-members. On “Janky” in particular, his bitterness and frustration come to the fore, as when he spits out the complaint about being in “court gettin’ judged by 12 whites/ Who never had to struggle in they goddamn life” and in the constant, visceral reminders of the violence and poverty of his early life. Indeed, the evocations of the deprivation in the public housing projects of Alief, Texas are frequently very affecting, as are the disturbingly vivid portrayals of violence, particularly on “Go”, where Kream describes how he would send out the junior members of his gang – the “crash dummies” – to rob, extort and murder on his behalf.
As with many of the more self-reflective gangster rappers, Kream is at his most interesting when his guard drops, and the anxieties and vulnerability of a young man from a tough neighbourhood take centre stage. For some this vulnerability emerges from their own drug abuse, or their relationships with women, but for Kream family remains the core. Guilt over the death of his brother, murdered by rival a rival gang, is a palpable presence throughout the album, despite evidently deep-seated attempts to conceal it, and a loving sympathy tinged with disgust at his favourite uncles – now crack addicts who steal from him and his grandmother – colours almost every track. As the final bars of the last track “Roaches” fade away, and the beat dies down, two voices emerge from the silence: that of his mother and father.
We hear the voice of his mother wearily congratulating him and tells him to “keep doing you with your music”. It is the voice of a woman who has been through more than she would care to reveal, and who is, because of her son’s success, finally able to enjoy a moment of respite. But whilst the voice of the loving mother is a well-worn trope in hip-hop, the return of the absent father is not, and it is with the deep Nigerian accent of Kream’s father that the album comes to a close. This voice, almost bursting with a tearful pride at the other end of a prison telephone, recounts a memory from the early childhood of our protagonist: “I remember you would always ask me to ‘drop you to ship’, you meant ‘rock me to sleep’. I used to rock you to sleep”. This element of humour (the idea of 6’5, 20-something stone Maxo Kream ever having being rocked to sleep seems absurd) only contributes to the poignancy of the memory, reminding us of one element Kream does not bring out – the moments of simple, uncomplicated happiness in between the neverending strife. Knowing all we now do about the tragedy and struggles of this family, these closing words of approval and pride function as an ultimate validation and motivation for everything that went before.
Jonathan Egid [1] is studying for a BPhil in Philosophy at Wadham College
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‘Police in Schools’ a terribly flawed idea
The Police Accountability Project has called the State Opposition Police in Schools Program a ‘terribly flawed and outmoded’ concept.
“It generates what is known as a ‘schools-to-prison pipeline”, Anthony Kelly, Executive Officer of the Flemington Kensington Community Legal Centre said today.
“When police are embedded in school systems and in classrooms, common student behavioural issues are more likely to prompt criminal responses. Young people who are vulnerable, at risk or from a marginalised backgrounds, or, when racial bias comes into play, are of a particular ethnicity, are more likely to be treated as criminals rather than get the support they need.” Mr Kelly stated.
Numerous studies in the US have highlighted the dangers of ‘police in schools’ programs that exacerbate the already intensive and almost daily police contact that young people from marginalized or vulnerable backgrounds face.
In one US example from Virginia, a 4-year-old with ADHD threw a temper tantrum in his prekindergarten classroom —allegedly throwing blocks and hitting and kicking his educators—the school’s principal, according to reports, summoned a deputy assigned to the school, who then handcuffed the child and transported in a squad car to the sheriff’s office. Other studies show clearly that school discipline is meted out along racial lines with 70% of school students who are arrested at schools being Black or Latino and Black students being 3.5 times more likely to be suspended.
“Young people are stopped by police on an almost daily basis” says Mr Kelly. “Then they play soccer with police after school. Then they get stopped again by a patrol car on the way back home from their basketball club which might also be run by police. Police contact is a routine, and often frustrating experience for young people who don’t want to be treated like they are criminals.”
“To even announce a ‘Police in Schools’ program in the context of a ‘law and order’ /’ tough on crime’ initiative is deeply concerning and demonstrates that its proponents don’t really understand the impact of programs like this,’ said Mr Kelly
‘Police do not “inculcate young people with the moral and ethical standards that lead them to becoming good and law abiding citizens.” as espoused by former Chief Commissioner Kel Glare.
“Teachers do that.” said Mr Kelly.
“Police officers, despite better training around youth development these days, have a tendency to revert to the old ‘scare-them straight’ approach with young people’ which, as every teacher knows, does not work at all.”
“Building legitimacy and gaining respect from young people is vital for sound policing. If Victoria Police want to build positive relationships with young people then eliminating discriminatory and intrusive stop and search practices is the place to start.”
Important Background resources:
Fact Sheet: How bad is the Schools to Prison Pipeline?
Hard Lessons: Report by the ACLU (PDF)
The More Things Change The More They Stay The Same: Report by the Peer Advoacy Outreach Project on Racial Profiling across Melbourne, Flemington Kensington Community Legal Centre, (July 2015)
Final Report on How Demographic Factors Shaping Young People’s Experiences with and Attitudes toward the Police Flemington and Kensington Community Legal Centre (March 2011)
Opposition plan to put police in ‘at risk’ Victorian high schools, The Age, Henrietta Cook, 5 February 2018
Police officers to be placed in ‘high-risk’ Victorian secondary schools under Coalition election plan, ABC News, Richard Willingham, 5 February 2018
From the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
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The Regulation of Religion and the Making of Hinduism in Colonial Trinidad
Alexander Rocklin
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How can religious freedom be granted to people who do not have a religion? While Indian indentured workers in colonial Trinidad practiced cherished rituals, “Hinduism” was not a widespread category in India at the time. On this Caribbean island, people of South Asian descent and African descent came together—under the watchful eyes of the British rulers—to walk on hot coals for fierce goddesses, summon spirits of the dead, or honor Muslim martyrs, practices that challenged colonial norms for religion and race. Drawing deeply on colonial archives, Alexander Rocklin examines the role of the category of religion in the regulation of the lives of Indian laborers struggling for autonomy.
Gradually, Indians learned to narrate the origins, similarities, and differences among their fellows’ cosmological views, and to define Hindus, Muslims, and Christians as distinct groups. Their goal in doing this work of subaltern comparative religion, as Rocklin puts it, was to avoid criminalization and to have their rituals authorized as legitimate religion—they wanted nothing less than to gain access to the British promise of religious freedom. With the indenture system’s end, the culmination of this politics of recognition was the gradual transformation of Hindus’ rituals and the reorganization of their lives—they fabricated a “world religion” called Hinduism.
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Pasos presents at 8th International Conference of Museums for Peace conference at No Fun Ri Memorial in South Korea.
Pasos gives Children’s Rights Quilt Project workshop at Brooklyn Children’s Museum.
Pasos celebrates with Figment Participatory Art event at Governor’s Island, NYC with quilting lessons to make panels for the Children’s Rights Quilt.
Pasos develops curricula for the Children’s Rights Quilt Project, which it makes available to teachers on its website’s Resource page.
Betty Reardon represents Pasos Peace Museum at the opening exhibition celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Peace Palace in the Hague.
Pasos Peace Museum joins as an official sponsor of Friend Our World, an online learning hub for children to unite in friendship games of geography, languages, and global citizenship.
The UNOY (United Network of Young Peacebuilders) exhibit “A Picture of Peace” is made into a video and displayed in the Pasos Virtual Museum. The exhibit is displayed in various locations around New York City.
The photo essay exhibit “Peace of My Mind” runs through the month at New York University’s Kimmel Gallery.
The National Peace Academy, in partnership with Pasos Peace Museum, hosts a special evening of dialogue in conjunction with the “Peace of My Mind” exhibit. Speakers include: Tony Jenkins (National Peace Academy: Vice President for Academic Affairs); Joel Kovel (Author, Academic, Activist, Ecosocialist); Chloe Breyer (Executive Director of Interfaith Center of New York); Mavic Cabrera Balleza (International Coordinator, Global Network of Women Peacebuilde); and Morea Steinhauer (UPEACE alum, photographer, gender issues).
Pasos Peace Museum presents the opening night of John Noltner’s photo essay exhibit, “Peace of My Mind” at New York University’s Kimmel Gallery.
Pasos Peace Museum joins the International Network of Museums for Peace (http://inmp.net/index.php/events/exhibitions/agenda) and agrees to host the photo exhibit “A Picture of Peace” in March 2013. The exhibit is the result of a contest sponsored by the United Network of Young Peacebuilders (UNOY) (http://www.unoy.org/unoy/).
Pasos Peace Museum in collaboration with the International Network of Museums for Peace and the United Network of Young Peacebuilders, will host the exhibit “A Picture of Peace,” which represents art from an international photo competition focused on themes of youth, peace and security. Pasos will host the exhibit in its virtual museum from February 1 through May 31, 2013.
Pasos Peace Museum joins the Riverdale Festival of the Arts and presents artist David Everitt-Carlson, who engages young and young-at-heart in collaborative art project.
Pasos Peace Museum receives its provisional charter as a museum from the Education Department of the State of New York.
Pasos Peace Museum finalizes arrangements to bring John Noltner’s photo-essay exhibit A Peace of My Mind to NYC in February and March 2013.
Pasos Peace Museum’s “Decades Dance Benefit” takes place at New York Foundation for the Arts. All proceeds go to funding a future exhibit to take place in NYC.
“Museums for Peace: Transforming Cultures” is published, co-edited by Pasos Peace Museum Advisory Committee member Joyce Apsel and featuring a chapter by Executive Director, William Repicci entitled: Pasos Peace Museum: The Inspiration and Challenges of Creating a Museum that Empowers the Peacebuilder in Each of Us.
April 14–15, 2012
Pasos Peace Museum sponsors 6th Annual NoPassport Conference Dreaming the Americas: Re: Connecting Translocality in Performance—University of Arizona, Tempe.
Pasos Peace Museum’s Program Director participates in the two-day Acting Together Training for Trainers in New York City.
Pasos Peace Museum board and staff committee conclude a year-long project to create a new multi-year Strategic Plan for the organization, which is adopted by the board of directors.
Pasos Peace Museum adopts a new logo.
The International Network of Museums for Peace requests Pasos to submit a journal article for a book they are publishing on peace museums. Pasos’ Executive Director submits paper for publication. (Click here to download a PDF of the paper.)
Pasos staff joins Global Youth Connect for their First Annual Youth for Human Rights Gala.
The organization is officially renamed Pasos Peace Museum.
Museum Staff and Board meet with Adi Foksheneanu of Metronome-Israeli International Peace Education Institute to discuss collaborative efforts in facilitating and developing the practice of peace education internationally.
PAUSE for Peace (Peaceful Acts Under Surveillance Event) takes place at noon on the International Day of Peace. People participate across the globe at noon in their time zone.
Museum members gather at Colors Restaurant in NYC to celebrate the International Day of Peace, recognize the strides made by the organization in the past year, and plan future activities
The Board Chair and ED meets with the Executive Director, Lois Saperstein, and begins collaboration with Center for the Arts, a nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness of the impact of the arts
Peaceful Acts Under Surveillance Event (PAUSE for Peace) is launched as a worldwide annual event to commemorate the International Day of Peace on September 21st
Pasos becomes a sponsor of the NoPassort writers conference to take place at the University of Arizona–Tempe, April 14–15, 2012
Program Director Lea Giddins joins Jeff Rudy of the nonproft “Where Peace Lives” for a Peace Café workshop and planning session
Pasos meeting with SGA-USA to discuss collaborations and mutual programming opportunities
Pasos Program Director Lea Giddins joins Soka Gakkai International-USA and The Walt Whitman Birthplace Association for the presentation of the Walt Whitman Champion Literacy Award, which took place at his birthplace in West Hills, NY.
Lea Giddins joins the Pasos staff as Director of Programs and Exhibits. Lea is a graduate of Brandeis University’s International and Global Studies Program with a concentration in Peace, Conflict and Coexistence Studies, and in Art History.
Pasos board chair Nitza Escalera joins Nadette Stasa of “Peace Museum, NY” to moderate a group at their “Peace Café” event on Governor’s Island, NY.
Pasos hosts nonprofit Global Youth Connect’s (GYC) first steering committee meeting at Fordham School of Law. GYC Executive Director Jesse Hawkes is spearheading an effort to expand that organization’s programs to include Human Rights projects in the USA.
Executive Director William Repicci attends the 7th International Conference of Museums for Peace in Barcelona, and makes a presentation entitled The Inspiration and Challenges of Creating a Museum that Empowers the Peacebuilder in Each of Us
Pasos co-sponsors the 5th Annual NoPassport Conference (NYC) Dreaming the Americas: Global Change in Performance
A Gathering & Celebration of the Board, Advisory Board and Consultants
Pasos participates in Winter Celebration/Commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr. at Central Park East II Elementary School.
Friendraiser—fundraising events at home of board members begins with first event
Pasos retains Synthesis Partners as consultants
“Using the Arts and Other Media as a Catalyst for Peace and Social Change—Board Chair speaks at Lecture Series at Vassar College
Pasos hires William Repicci as first Executive Director
William Repicci and Nitza Milagros Escalera meet with staff of NYS Sen. Thomas Duane to discuss peace issues, funding,
and joint cooperation
Pasos hires web designer and launches redesigned website www.pasospeacemuseum.org
Sharing Stories of Peace: Pasos sponsors peacebuilding event at Central Park East II Elementary School
Pasos celebrates International Day of Peace with event at Colors Restaurant, NYC
June 4 and 5, 2010
Pasos attends a strategic planning retreat hosted by Envision Peace Museum in Philadelphia, PA
The Arts and Business Council of New York offers its supports and begins consulting with Pasos
Pasos holds its inaugural event at the Schomburg Center
Speakers: Joyce Apsel, Professor at NYU, Betty Reardon, Founding Director of the Peace Education Center at Teachers College Columbia University and William Repicci, Pasos board member; Art Exhibit: Mary DeVincentis and Tobi Khan; “Suite 9/1—Together” by DanceWorks, the Dance Company of Westchester Community College; Cooperative Games facilitated by Alan Berger of Peace Through Play; “Reflections on Peace”: visitor interviews by Jose Luis Colon & Associates; Peace Quilt — first Pasos artifact created by children who attended the event
Video archiving of Pasos’ program events begins
Pasos meets with Ward Mintz, Executive Director of The Coby Foundation in New York City to discuss the development of its museum
Chair Nitza Milagros Escalera and Advisory Board Members Joyce Apsel, Janet Gerson, and Betty Reardon present at the 6th International Conference of Museums for Peace in Kyoto, Japan
“Museums for Peace: Past, Present and Future” edited by Ikuro Anzai, Joyce Apsel, and Syed Sikander Mehdi published by the Organizing Committee, Sixth International Conference of Museums for Peace, Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto (Japan)
Pasos featured in book: “Museums for Peace: Past, Present and Future”
Pasos establishes an Advisory Board
Pasos joins International Network of Museums for Peace
Sponsored peacebuilding roundtable hosted by Janet Gerson, Co-Director, Peace Education Center
Pasos launches its website
Business Plan developed
Strategic Planning—Board retreat facilitated by Michael Johnan
Pasos holds its first board meeting with 10 board members
Friends of Pasos: The Museum and Center for Peacebuilding is incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation
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Post-demographic details
By Lucinda Gosling, Planning Director
What does segmenting your audience through their ‘passion-points’ actually mean and will it future-proof your brand?
Beauty, tech, fashion, music, food; are these the terms your agency is using to tell you ’new’ ways to target your audience? Aren’t these the whole world’s passion points in some respect?
The advertising world is abuzz with post-demographics, segmenting the masses via their interests, tastes or inherent qualities such as disgust or humour. This can be an added layer on top of your basic demographics, or in a world where those demographics are becoming increasingly outmoded for brands, replace them entirely.
But what do we really stand to gain when we look past standard demographic sets to ‘passion points’ that are as ubiquitous as these? If we’re happy to go beyond age/gender/location, shouldn’t we be looking past the basics of music, art etc. and focus on the specifics?
Why should you care?
If you don’t resonate effectively with your audience, you risk wasting your time AND your budget. People aren’t one dimensional, the way that you communicate with them shouldn’t be either.
Adding an additional layer of insight is key. While this isn’t a new concept for brands and agencies that have been successfully adding exactly that through their sponsorships and partnerships for years – Marlboro and F1, O2 and Music, Red Bull and Extreme Sports – what’s untapped by many brands and agencies is reading data creatively to truly understand and tailor activity to their audience’s interests, attitudes and emotions.
By getting under the skin of consumers now and planning forwards, brands can help future-proof their offering and remain relevant to their audiences.
The term ‘millennials’ is meaningless. Data can breakthrough the preconceptions.
“60% of millennials believe they’re not mainstream” (The New Mainstream, Time Inc. 2017)
At PD3, it’s our aim to go beyond these demographics, beyond even the post-demographics, to get to the heart of what makes an audience tick - the nuanced, the weird. “Music” may well be a passion point, but no-one talks about it in the abstract unless it’s on a dating profile– people are into artists or experiences. Guns N’ Roses, Beyoncé, Apparat or Elrow. The same goes for fashion, technology, film…
Strategy, Creatives and Brands require an understanding of these specifics, the real building blocks of an audience’s character, so that they can come up with ideas that truly hit home.
It’s the gritty details that make a subject interesting. This is your hook.
And this data is more available to us than ever before, it’s available to everyone, but it’s how you read it and the meaning you can layer into it that counts. The more we can interpret the meaning behind a person, their character and the data they’ve shared, the better we can understand and appeal to them. Take for example Radio 4’s ‘Desert Island Discs’ – it’s jam-packed with insights. You can tell a lot from a person’s choice of luxury item - guess who wanted a mirror? Simon Cowell; which rock star took a machete? Keith Richards; and who took a supply of fragrant body cream? Kim Cattrall. Each item gets to the core of that person – we can infer their character traits and personal beliefs; get under their skin and communicate with them on their level.
By using true character traits and attitudes we can target multiple audiences who reflect this character, as well as tailor the creative approach for different audiences. By using data as the inspiration and reading it creatively, we develop emotional content that will appeal to a targeted mass.
Keith Richards with a Machete (Images may have been edited for dramatic effect)
We believe post-demographics should be at the heart of every brand’s marketing strategy, so here are our three practical tips:
1. TRY TO FIND OUT SOMETHING NEW ABOUT YOUR AUDIENCE EVERY WEEK FOR THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS.
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A Chance for Communion | An interview with WAY OUT
© Rebecca Adams
Your self-titled debut first came out in 2015 and is now being reissued by Portland’s Cercle Social Records and following this they will be releasing your new EP "Arc of Descent" in summer this year. It must be a humbling feeling to have interest renewed in your work and have the opportunity to unleash your first release to a wider audience? How did this opportunity arise and what has the reaction been like?
Derek: In 2016 we played with Soft Kill and Underpass when they toured through Providence, and the show ended up being super fun and everyone kind of hit it off. We stayed in touch online, particularly with Tobias from Soft Kill, and so when his partner Nicole eventually started Cercle Social Records they reached out to us about working together. It’s definitely humbling to have someone put faith in our art like that and for them to be as excited as we are about sharing it on a bigger scale, so we’re very grateful.
Nick: The night we met Soft Kill there was a surreal moment of recognition between Toby and I after our set. I thought we were meeting for the first time when he said “we know each other”, and that moment stuck with me. It wasn't until months later, after having remained in contact online, that he remembered why we knew each other-- he lived in Providence once and we had some conversation outside of a Drop Dead show maybe 10 or more years ago. I am consistently amazed at how small the world of music can be. There is something comfortable and familial about Toby and Nicole, who together are working to build a network of like-minded musicians. It really is very nice to be thought of in this way, and to be on the receiving end of genuine interest in the band. Looking forward to seeing them soon.
I’ve read that your combined love of WIRE was one of the things that initially brought the three of you together. Did you know each other prior to forming the group and can you tell us about the evolution that led to WAY OUT’s formation?
Derek: That’s kind of funny because now that I think about it, I didn’t really know Anna or Nick at all prior to playing music with them. Providence is a small city with a lot of cross-pollinating bands, so I don’t think that’s very typical! I moved to Providence from western Massachusetts in 2011 with no real plan besides trying to start a band, and I was just writing a lot of songs and making demos in my tiny bedroom. I started doing music as WAY OUT with some other people I was playing with at the time, but the sound was still forming and eventually we parted ways. Someone recommended I reach out to this drummer Anna who had recently moved to Providence from Arkansas, so I did, and it was pretty clear off the bat that our musical sensibilities clicked. She was already friends with Nick, and after her and I had been playing together for a while she suggested we ask him to play bass. I think it was pretty obvious to all of us after the first time we practiced that it was a perfect fit.
Anna: I moved to Providence from Arkansas a few years back, mostly for grad school but also because I knew maybe 2 people that lived in Providence who were amazing artists and musicians. Drumming has allowed me to travel and meet people all over the country, so I feel really lucky that I was able to find a community of like-minded weirdos on the East Coast. When I first moved here, I shared a practice space with Doomsday Student for a while, with my drums in the corner of a red-carpet walled warehouse space filled with their crazy awesome gear. I practiced my drums solo for almost a year in that space, and when I heard Way Out might need a drummer I practiced everyday to build speed and stamina. I put the word out that I wanted to play in a group and was introduced to Derek. I had connected with Nick at this point through our mutual friend group, and reach out to him after playing with Derek for a while. The rest is HERstory!
Nick: I met Anna briefly when an old band I was in toured through Arkansas with The Chinese Stars in 2010. It was very brief. Years later, at work, a friend showed up with Anna and I had another mystery moment of trying to figure out who this person was and why I knew her. I invited Anna to my ex's party along with our mutual friend. As she was leaving the party, an image of her hanging out in this make-shift greenroom in Arkansas struck me. We agreed that was it. Anna being the outgoing person she is ended up infiltrating my immediate friend group at that time. As a result I went to a handful of her first shows with Way Out – which is how I met Derek. I liked the band from the get-go; they had pretty straight forward but well done songs that I liked, and I have always been a sucker for dramatic melodies and guitars drenched in reverb and chorus. At some point when Anna told me they were looking for a new bass player I jokingly offered myself (I did not play bass at the time), which became a real invite. So I learned the 6 or 7 songs they sent to me, and luckily for everyone it seemed we had some immediate form of chemistry as a group. Just clicked. Derek and I became closer cohorts after I was invited to join the band. For me, the deal was made at the first practice when I foolishly already had changes I wanted to bring to the table (potentially insulting – maybe not a great idea for day one) and they were both not only open to it, but encouraging. That is the hallmark for me – I have to be able to contribute creatively or I lose interest. Way Out gives me the freedom within the context of our project to remain interested, and I am grateful.
Of course its impossible not to address Nick’s other bands particularly ‘Daughters’. Has that notoriety helped or hindered WAY OUT’s progression and what ways if any?
Nick: I'm not sure it has helped very much, if so, perhaps negligibly. I have been able to bring the band to some folks' attention simply because I know them, but nothing other than sharing and maybe spreading the word has come of it. I mostly prefer this. Way Out stands well on its own, and it's nice for me to have another world to participate in outside of Daughters.
Derek: I think everything has unfolded pretty organically. The three of us have been playing together for over two years, and now we're working with a label connection we all made together.
Was there any uneasiness or apprehension about re-issuing your first ep in light of your new ep about to drop soon after in summer? How do you handle the nostalgia and then approach the future at once?
Derek: I’m nothing but excited about re-issuing the first EP. Our live sound may have evolved a bit since the time we recorded it, but I’m still proud of those songs and psyched to get to share them with a wider audience. We put out the first run of tapes ourselves and sold them out, so having a label offer to do another run was a no-brainer to me. I also think it’s nice for listeners to have that extra context available when they approach the new EP, both to get a wider idea of our sound as well as to realize that we’ve been playing together as a band for a long time.
Nick: I'm glad that Cercle Social decided to take on the first EP. I was worried that it would fall through the cracks otherwise. We don't exactly sound that way now, but I like those songs, we still play 2 or 3 of them from time to time, and I think it shows that there is a breadth of approaches we are capable of taking to the music over time. We often talk about branching out, or specifically, not allowing ourselves to feel confined to one aspect of ourselves, so between the two EPs there is a promise of no-holds-barred progression that is important to me.
6. What is the biggest difference and evolution from the sound on the self-titled versus the upcoming? And what are you most proud about with ‘Arc of Descent’?
Derek: Compared to the upcoming EP, I’d say the self-titled has a cleaner and dreamier sound overall, kind of more like a ‘Seventeen Seconds’ vibe, as opposed to the more driving and aggressive sound of the new one. I think Arc of Descent captures the more urgent energy of our live shows, so that’s probably what I’m the most proud of. We’re definitely not like a gloomy, foot-shuffling type of band, so I’m glad that’s been recorded for history.
Anna: My favorite thing about playing in Way Out is our live set. Drumming in this group is very physical. I have to keep up with these speed demons, which is a challenge I really enjoy! Arc of Descent captures the frenetic, driving energy of our live performance. We also were more open to experimentation in the recording process this go around, with added percussive and synth sounds woven through the record.
Nick: We recorded the first EP pretty quickly into my time with the group. I see it as us learning how to be Way Out together. Arc of Descent is almost 100% a group effort in one way or another ("A Presence" was reworked from a version that Derek wrote for an earlier incarnation of the group). I am very proud of that. Any record I've been involved with that was more a group effort than that of primarily one person has always felt like some of the best stuff I have been a part of. These songs are a lot more driving and maybe a little more aggressive than the self-titled and I think that came out of some kind of collective necessity we unconsciously needed live.
I’ve always kind of been a fan of the 3-member band dynamic. How would you explain the group dynamic in WAY OUT? And how does the writing process work? Is it Derek primarily lyric writing or is it more a collaborative thing with Amy and Nick?
Derek: It’s always been collaborative to some degree, but at the outset I would write the songs primarily by myself, whereas lately the writing process is mainly collaborative. When the three of us first started playing together, I would bring a song to practice that was basically structurally complete-- vocals, guitar, all the chord progressions -- and then together we would take the song and build it into the best possible live translation, with Nick and Anna writing their own parts and everyone giving input on dynamics and sonics etc. Nowadays, I still write the lyrics, but otherwise we tend to just dive into riffs that excite us and see where we can take them, eventually chiseling down our raw energy into a song. I guess that’s another big difference between the two EPs-- the self-titled is all songs I mainly wrote and then brought to the band, whereas Arc of Descent is the result of our current, more collaborative dynamic, and I think the energy of the record reflects that.
Anna: Songwriting! Agh! I am truly a drummer, through and through. I like to think I am the brawn of the group while Nick and Derek are the brains. I love playing drums and singing, but I have never had any sort of drive to write music. I write my own parts and work hard to keep an open mind for any ideas the guys have about my drumming. I can hear something and have ideas about structure, but lyrics and melodies elude me. At the heart of it all, I really don't wanna work, I just wanna bang on my drums all day! (sorry for the Todd Rundgren joke, but ain't it the truth?)
Nick: There's always some riff. Way Out is constantly sifting through a list of melodies, drum hooks, vocal lines, and hunks of music that we started recording live since I joined. We don't tend to latch onto things we cannot perform directly live. That could change, but as of today it's usually the group finding something that catches our ear – could come from anywhere – and spending several weeks slowly creeping up on it. I have noticed us taking more chances and stepping a little further outside of our comfort zones. One thing that is consistent about our process is Derek's knack for vocal melodies, hooks, and lyrics – there is usually something in this department I can find a grievance with in other bands, but not so much in this one. Anna and I are nearly uninvolved in this process outside of helping get the recording down through observation, so as a spectator to that part of the band, I am always struck by how easily these vocal parts seem to come to Derek. Even if I have some music for Way Out that I've made at home and am showing to him during the car ride to practice, he will improvise excellent and natural feeling patterns, and turn of phrase. It's very impressive – like he was made for this kind of music in particular. I don't know how Anna feels about this, but I would say that we focused on and have done reasonably well in crafting a solid “rhythm section” for Way Out – we match up well and tend to push for things together that the band may not usually be accustomed to. Anna has a great ear for what sounds useable vs what sounds corny, and does a great job drumming for the song, which is of utmost importance in any band. She is very amicable in that respect, able to put aside things she would like to do as a drummer to focus on what we feel is best for the music.
You’ve played with loads of bands from A Place to Bury Strangers, Wavves, Mannequin Pussy, Chain of Flowers and Doomsday Student. Who are you all listening to at the moment? And who has been your favourite to band to play with?
Nick: I have been listening to Raime a lot in the last fews months, keep going back to it. I like so many of the bands we play with, but a stand out really was Soft Kill. That was a kind of an epiphanic moment with respect to what Way Out was doing, and really what many post-punk bands are doing – there are reasons why Soft Kill sticks out a little more than others. I could go on.
Derek: We've played with so many amazing bands that I could never pick a favorite. I certainly echo Nick's sentiments about Soft Kill. Chain of Flowers also really blew me away recently, and Ed Schrader's Music Beat always mesmerize me for their entire set. I guess I'd have to say a personal standout for me was getting to play with Prince Rama on their most recent tour, as they're a band I've had huge admiration for for a long time as visual artists and performers as well as musicians.
Lately I've been listening to a lot of Ennio Morricone, Blonde Redhead and the Ventures. Summer is just arriving so I always go pretty crazy with surf rock and beach pop jams at this time-- my "Pebbles, Vol. 4" record gets a lot of play. R&B and hip hop tends to make up the majority of new music I keep up with though-- Metro Boomin is definitely one of my favorite artists around.
Anna: I listen to A LOT of podcasts. The night after our show with A Place to Bury Strangers on Halloween in NYC, some friends we were staying with hopped in the car with me and as soon as I turn it on, they hear my fave podcast, Stuff You Should Know, blasting through the speakers. Because isn't that how everyone gets pumped up for a big show? I learned a lot about bonsai trees en route to the show that night. I really enjoyed playing with A Place to Bury Strangers because their drummer, Lia Simone Braswell, was super inspiring. I loved her drumming and her energy! In general, I really like watching amazing drummers, especially if they are women.
If I'm not listening to a podcast, I listen to such a variety of music it's hard to even begin to pinpoint what I'm into currently. It's been grey and cold this Spring in Providence, so I match my introspective bummer mood with introspective, beautiful music by Angel Olsen, or if I'm feeling like myself then I'm jamming and singing along with the B52's, or trying to drum along with Can records. And of course, Wire is my all time favorite group.
In fall, you will on tour supporting Soft Kill and ChameleonsVox. Are there any plans sooner or later yet to see WAY OUT expand their touring outside the US?
Nick: We are going to be doing some shows here and there, some long weekends. We have a few irons in the fire right now, but nothing drastic at the moment. We plan to do longer bouts once Arc of Descent is out. No plans for anything abroad now, but that is certainly an interest and goal of ours. If anyone reading this feels compelled to help us get to their town or country, please reach out.
Derek: Touring outside the US would be a dream. I'd especially love to play England, Sweden and Japan.
Anna: I'd love to travel abroad! Time will tell!
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10. What do you listeners to come away with after hearing the Self-titled? And is the message different with ‘Arc of Descent’?
Nick: I rarely think seriously about listeners – there are a few ideas with respect to an audience that come up, but making music is mostly for me, and my friends (bandmates). Audiences come and go for reasons both related and unrelated to the music – it's not a very reliable relationship. Really the only thing that can be done is to try to make the music that sounds best to you. That way, when your aesthetic ages as you do and perhaps dies off or becomes unpopular, the core feeling of the songs you tried to make as good for yourself as possible will always be there. The right listeners will always appreciate that and come around to support when you need it – those are the people you want to enjoy your music (not that I do not love or even covet aesthetic as part of the modern music mythos – see: my feeling of Andrew Eldritch as the near perfect visual (and aural) distillation of the core of long-standing rock music tenets. Or – The Cramps). If anything, sharing the music is still fun and interesting for me, and I would be happy to know that anyone enjoyed any of it, but that's about it with respect to listeners.
Derek: All I can do is make music that comes from a place of personal truth and feels cathartic to play, and I hope that whatever it is about the music that resonates with me can resonate in the same way for a listener. I think that's always the intent, regardless of whatever themes or sounds might be on this or that record. Something is communicated during those experiences that feels realer than language. That chance for communion and understanding is what has always drawn me to music and what makes it continue to feel like a worthwhile pursuit.
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Radio Amateurs in Navy Radio
April 1945 QST Article
April 1945 QST
In times of peace and times of war, Amateur radio operators are the first in line to serve their countrymen and citizens all over the world. As documented in the pages of the American Radio Relay League's QST magazines throughout the years of World War II, Hams proved to be invaluable to the effort. Even though probably none had previous radar system experience, their practiced aptitude for electronics made them perfect candidates for the task. In appreciation for their heroic efforts to help ultimately win the war on all fronts, the U.S. military put a lot of effort into preparing radiomen and radarmen for life in the civilian world. This article from April 1945, nearing the end of the war, discusses the value of military experience when returning to "the world." Even today, many electronics companies - particularly defense electronics companies - still prefer former military people for technician and even engineering positions.
An Opportunity to Receive Valuable Radio Training While Serving Your Country
by LT.(jg) CHARLES LILLIE. . USNR. W1JTG
LEISURE conversation here at Radio Chicago turns again and again to the postwar future of amateur radio. Those of us who used to work DX on 5 meters are already dreaming up rigs capable of operating at 300 or 400 megacycles and higher, while the 10- and 20-meter gang are arguing the pros and cons of the still hypothetical 21-Mc. band.
The Naval Reserve Armory at Michigan City, Ind., one of four schools at which pre-radio courses are given under the Navy's radio technician (radar) training program.
The author, W1JTG, shows Ensign George Dean, W7EAV, just what a 6L6 really looks like, while visual aids officer, Lt.(jg) Al Rogers, W9OZE, looks on.
CRT Sindelar, W8OOF, chief radio instructor at Radio Chicago, demonstrates the electronic voltmeter to students. Left to right: RT1c Langello; RT2c Shaw, W1NEU; S2c Birch, W8SEN; CRM Arden, W6LPF, and RT1c Diegan, W8BTU·W6EAF.
A group of Radio Chicago instructors gathered around a giant working model of a multivibrator. Left to right: ART1c Sanders, W9QUW; CRT Sindelar, W8OOF; CRT Alexander, W8VQ; ART1c McIntyre, W8TSR, and ART1c Dunlap, W9OGG.
It would be interesting to know just how many hams are now serving with the Navy. There must be several thousand in the radio technician bracket alone, for every school in this training program can point to a sizable group among its officers, instructors, students and graduates.
Here at Radio Chicago, our visual aids officer is Lt. (jg) Al Rogers, an ex-lawyer whose 350- watt rig on 28- and 14-Mc. phone was heard under the call W9OZE, Waukegan. Lt. (jg) Arnold Schwemin, W7EWM, in charge of barracks, pioneered on 112 Mc. and worked 10- and 20-meter phone from Clarkston, Wash., while Ensign George Dean, W7EA V, pre-radio coordinator of instruction, spent his evenings in Seattle, trying to push 35 watts of 160-meter phone eastward over the Cascade Mountains.
CRT Ernest Sindelar, W8OOF, in charge of radio theory classes, and CRT Lloyd Alexander, W8VQ, in charge of laboratories, head the list of radio amateurs now teaching at Radio Chicago's primary school. Among the students may be found returned fleet men such as RT1c Victor Langello, formerly attached to the cruiser Boise, and CRM Oliver Arden, W6LPF, Ii veteran of five years of motor torpedo boat duty, together with recently enlisted men such as S2c John Birch, WSSEN, of Elgin, Ohio.
It might prove interesting to follow a typical student through the radio technician training program and see just what he learns in ten to twelve months. Upon qualification for RT by virtue of the Eddy Test, the new recruit is sworn in as a seaman first class, two pay grades above the normal entrance level. Four to eight weeks of indoctrination training at Great Lakes follow immediately and, after boot leave, the embryo radio technician goes directly to a pre-radio school in the Chicago area. These include former city-owned high schools and junior colleges such as Wright Junior College, Theodore Herzl School and Hugh Manley School, as well as the Naval Armory in Michigan City, Ind.
Pre-Radio Training
The function of pre-radio training is to bring men of widely varying background to a common level of knowledge in three and one-half weeks' time. Assuming that all students have some mathematical background, it is possible to provide a comprehensive review of high school algebra in this short period. In addition, the basic theory of electricity is introduced from the electron concept, and the student then studies simple direct current circuits, Ohm's Law in all its phases, power, voltage, and current measurements.
Practical examples of all theoretical problems are demonstrated by visual aids and actual laboratory experiments. The student must be able to hook up and analyze each type of circuit himself and he will do just this in the lab. Proper shop technique is taught in separate classes during this early phase of the training program. Furthermore, the slide rule is introduced as a mathematical short cut. Every man learns its operation thoroughly as he watches his instructor manipulate a twelve-foot giant rule hanging on the wall and follows along with his own Navy issue rule of standard size. Such large scale models of all types of equipment, together with the use of carefully selected motion pictures, form a most effective method of presenting new material.
Pre-radio instructors are graduate radio technicians, many of whom are also radio amateurs. These men must successfully complete a specialized teacher training course at Radio Chicago before they are considered qualified for platform or laboratory duty.
Graduates of pre-radio school are assigned to one of several primary training centers located at Radio Chicago, 190 N. State St., Chicago; Stillwater, Okla.: Gulfport, Miss.; Takoma Park, Md.; Houston, Texas; Dearborn, Mich., and Great Lakes, Ill.
Radio Theory and Practice
Primary training is of three months' duration. The mathematics course stresses vector analysis and formula solution as important tools for the practical engineer, while the electricity course begins with Kirchhoff's Laws and goes into a.c. from sine wave generation into a.c. power and a.c, circuits, finally terminating on the threshold of radio theory. A practical course on rotating machinery teaches the do's and don'ts of this type of power supply, while daily laboratory classes again closely parallel theory lectures. Radio theory itself is introduced by a detailed study of the vacuum tube. Then follows a study of audio amplifiers, tuned circuits, detectors, oscillators, rectifier power supplies, and finally the complete superheterodyne receiver, together with Class-C amplifiers and the complete transmitter. The laboratory course concludes with the construction of a working superhet, while lab is further tied in with theory by means of a third-month course in servicing techniques. Upon graduation from primary school the student has received a complete education in general radio theory and typical circuits. He is now ready to go on with the study of specific types of Navy equipment at a secondary training school.
Secondary schools are located at Washington, D. C. (Bellevue); Treasure Island, Calif.; Chicago (Navy Pier), and Corpus Christi, Texas. The latter school is devoted exclusively to the study of aviation radio materiel. The Corpus Christi graduate will be an aviation radio technician and may expect a limited amount of flight time in Navy aircraft while testing equipment under airborne conditions. The other schools are more concerned with shipboard equipment, although aircraft gear is also taught as a necessary part of the curriculum.
Throughout secondary training great emphasis is placed on the need for a thorough understanding of the theory and practice of all Navy electronic equipment including radio receivers and transmitters, direction finders, and underwater sound gear. Laboratories are completely equipped with all the latest models of such equipment, and every student has the opportunity to perform actual experiments on the same gear he will later maintain at sea. It should be stressed that the graduate radio technician's duties are concerned solely with maintenance and engineering. No operating is involved, for men are trained in operating techniques at other schools far less technical in their scope.
It is apparent that RT graduates will hold a highly responsible position on the fighting team. Successful performance of duty naturally will lead to advancement. Advancement from the start of training is rapid and may be summarized as follows: Enlistment or induction as seaman first class. Generally the RT reaches the rate of third class petty officer in the early months of secondary school. Those specially qualified students are then graduated as second class petty officers. Further advancement to first class or chief petty officer is contingent upon satisfactory performance of duty with the fleet. Men with college background who display outstanding ability in secondary school may also be considered as officer prospects.
The need for radio technicians in the Navy is still great, and I can assure every amateur that the training he will receive in this program is second to none in the field of practical radio engineering. What is more, by serving in this capacity you will be adding one more page to the enviable record of amateur radio's total contribution toward the winning of this war.
The Navy is still accepting men for radio technician (radar) training and, in fact, the need for such men is great. Seventeen-year-old high school seniors may take the written qualifying examination (Eddy Test) at any time prior to their eighteenth birthday. In addition, all inductees who pass their pre-induction physical examination and meet Navy standards may take the Eddy Test, and those who pass are assured of assignment to the Navy for radio technician training. A highly technical background is not necessary to qualify, but a knowledge of high school mathematics and physics is essential. Experience with amateur radio will prove of extreme benefit, too. All Navy recruiting stations are prepared to administer the Eddy Test and tell you more about Navy radar, so here is a direct invitation to every amateur not currently engaged in war work to visit his nearest Navy recruiting officer at once for detailed information about the radio technician program.
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Every drop of our sake is made lovingly for you. From sourcing our rice to making our koji, tending our brews to hand bottling, we put quality and passion into every single batch.
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But it wasn’t until 2014, while on a trip for a film project in Los Angeles, Jeremy was exposed to truly great Japanese sake. In the past, he had experienced warmed sake at American sushi restaurants, but this was an altogether different and illuminating occasion. A professional Sake Sommelier guided a tasting with several fresh, cold sakes that would forever change his life. When Jeremy returned to Charlottesville, he ran into his friend Andrew and told him about his sake experience. Andrew jumped at the chance to find great sake again and the two began enjoying sake together, finding special bottles of delicious, umami-rich sakes.
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Archive for the ‘Aphex Twin’ Category
Power Pill
Listen: Pac Man (Mickey Finn’s Yum Yum Edit) / Power Pill
Pac Man (Mickey Finn's Yum Yum Edit) / Power Pill
How strange was that Grammy award acceptance speech from Dave Grohl a few weeks back? Dear me, he doesn’t at all seem comfortable that his Foo Fighters rock music possibly needs a fresh breath to creatively compete with newer genres, much more reflecting the sound of technology and instincts of a younger generation. This either minutes before or after an embarrassing attempt to musically collaborate with Deadmau5.
Yes, he proclaimed some rather curious mentions about singing into a microphone, learning to play your instrument, implying as long as that instrument isn’t a computer, one’s heart, imperfections and all, will prevail with better music resulting.
Huh? I guess to him, his band’s processed and polished output, to these ears at least, all apparently now recorded in his garage then tweaked to old school sonic perfection in a most high end mastering facility, is the real deal. Rock’s new soul. To each his own I suppose.
Point being, soulful music can be made on machines just as with traditional instruments if the creator has the heart he was mentioning, and the talent. His comments were not unlike Mitch Miller dismissing Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones in the early 60′s. Quite disappointing from a guy known to be supportive, friendly and a comrade.
Case in point, Power Pill. This one-off side track from Richard D. James, aka Aphex Twin, has more relevance today than many of the current metal posing as punk tunes being force fed down the pike by totally tuckered guitar playing 40 somethings. Check the timeline, the ‘Pac Man’ single is twenty years old.
The early 90′s, even the late 80′s, were indeed the formative periods for electronic music’s stronghold beginnings, finally surfacing in the DNA of a generation whose parents opened their ears and record shelves to Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Faust, Neu, Can, Henry Cow and many more.
Released by Roger Ames’ brilliant FFRR label, you need both the 12″ and the desperately hard to find 7″ of this one. My favorite version, Mickey Finn’s Yum Yum mix, miraculously made it to the 7′s B side in edited form.
I first heard ‘Pac Man’ on a BBC Radio 1 John Peel evening session program, driving around in Gary Crowley’s car after a rather late night at Jake’s. Never mind. I made it to the Oxford Street HMV that very next morning to scarf one of the five copies in their rack. I know, very short sighted leaving the other four behind.
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The duration of license agreement will be 5 years and the licensee needs to be renewed after that period.
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Codex: Bashing spec
The Renegades are the neutral faction in Codex. They have no allegiance to anyone, and are generally mercenaries and workers-for-hire. From lovable dancing rogues to violent lizards, they are a motley crew.
There are two neutral heroes, Troq Bashar of the Bashing spec and River Montoya of the Finesse spec. The neutral cards are generally simpler than the cards of other factions because they are meant as an intro to the game. By playing Bashing vs Finesse, you can learn how the overall game system works while using relatively simpler cards, and fewer cards too. In the Starter Set, each player controls one hero, but when you go to the Core Set and beyond, you can play 3 heroes at a time and have a much larger card pool to build your deck from as you play.
That said, the neutral faction cards are not just throwaway, beginner cards. They are very much a part of the game, and are actually the EASIEST to combine with other factions when choosing your team. Usually, teams that have more than one color of hero on them pay an extra 1 gold the first time they build a tech building or add-on each game. But the neutral heroes sidestep that; they are renegades who don't care who they work with. So they don’t count as a color here, and if you have a team of Red / Red / Neutral heroes, you don’t pay extra for your first building (while Red / Red / Green would).
Furthermore, the minor spells in the neutral starting deck are easier for other color heroes to cast, too. Usually a “wrong color” hero must pay 1 extra gold to cast a minor spell, but any hero in the game can cast a neutral minor spell without paying extra. So after you learn the basics of the game with Bashing vs. Finesse, you can certainly keep using them in your teams later on.
Troq is the hero of the Bashing spec:
Troq isn’t that smart, and he’s not that loyal either (as he used to work as a henchman for the Blood Anarchs, and before that as a soldier for the Flagstone Dominion.) He is well-meaning though, and has a big heart. He also has a big body. He likes to smash, and he loves potions of giant growth.
Troq is a simpler hero in Codex, but formidable in combat because of his stats. While he starts out as a 2/3 just like River Montoya, the Finesse hero, he becomes 3/4, then 4/5 as he levels up. He costs more to reach max level than she does, but his stats are ultimately higher.
Troq likes to smash, and his spells enable you to do that. Need to smash a unit? Give it The Boot.
This spell lets you destroy any early game unit, no questions asked. (Remember, heroes aren’t units, but Troq can hopefully take care of another hero simply by fighting them in combat.) Many early game units cost only 1 or 2 gold, so paying 3 gold to destroy them might put you slightly behind, but the versatility of this spell makes it worthwhile anyway. It’s pretty much always going to help you, it’s just a matter of how much.
Want to smash a building?
Wrecking Ball is an interesting spell because even though the effect itself is very simple and straightforward, it’s not so straightforward to know when or how to use it. Dealing 2 damage for 0 gold is generally a great deal, but it can only hit a building, so it won’t actually help you deal with enemy units on the board. You should think about two main categories of buildings here: a), tech I, III, and III buildings (they have 5 hit points each), and b) the opponent’s base (which has 20 hit points). Which kind of buildings should you smash with a Wrecking Ball?
Destroying a tech I, II, or III building puts your opponent behind one turn. It can make their hand full of dead cards that turn as they rebuild that building, and that can be enough of an advantage to pull ahead. Also, if you destroy one of those 5-hit point buildings, it will automatically deal 2 damage to their base, too. So you’ll get to slightly cripple them, and take of 10% of their base's maximum hit points in the process.
If you’re already closer to winning the game, then you can turn your Wrecking Balls directly to the base and deal 2 each time. That’s more efficient than dealing 5 to a tech I building and only having 2 of that hit their base. So usually early on, this spell is about crippling the opponent and right at the end, it’s about going for the kill.
Here's another way to damage buildings, from your starting deck:
Brick Thief lets you do that critical 1 point of damage you’ll need to destroy a tech building after you play two Wrecking Balls (or before, that works too). He also teaches you what the resist keyword does. And he teaches masonry on Sundays.
A lot of Troq’s power is actually in his ultimate spell though. So if you really want to smash the opponent, make sure to Final Smash them:
Final Smash has some drawbacks. It’s expensive to cast because you need to get Troq to level 8 first (so 2 told to summon him at level 1, then an additional 7 gold to get him to level 8) and the spell itself costs 6 gold. The general rule for ultimate spells is that you have to already have your hero at max level at the START of the turn to be able to cast it. So you’ll be telegraphing your ultimate a little. Another minor drawback is that the effects of Final Smash are not optional. So if the only tech I unit on the table is yours, you’ll return it to your hand, which you probably don’t want.
Now that we got that out of the way, consider the positives: it’s crazily, ridiculously good. If you actually smash someone with this for the full effect, the swing of getting rid of THREE of their units, and ALSO getting one of their tech II units for yourself is devastating. Troq has a lot of late game power here, so if you can survive until the late game, you can ride Final Smashes to victory.
Let’s shift over to looking at the Bashing units. The Bashing tech I units are very straightforward. I also hope you enjoy their theme and art.
Revolver Ocelot is a 3/3 for 2 gold with a combat ability. If he attacks a patroller, he can deal 1 extra damage to a patroller in the next slot over, if there is another patroller there. For example, an opponent who uses BOTH the Technician slot and the Scavenger slot in the patrol zone will be vulnerable to possibly taking an extra damage from Revolver Ocelot because those slots are adjacent. That means they will probably choose to patrol in less optimal slots just because of the threat of this.
Iron Man might not look like much, but he’s actually a benchmark of power. A 3/4 for 3 is near the top end of power that a tech I unit can even have. There are a few tech Is in the game stronger than him, but most of those have some sort of drawback. It turns out that those raw stats at that point in the game can be tough to deal with for specs that don’t have a 3/4. Basically, he’s really good at Bashing.
At tech II, you can get a Hired Stomper:
He can help you clear the board when he arrives, and he’ll stick around the clean up the mess afterwards. Be sure to compliment his jacket.
Bashing isn’t all bashing though. At least Sneaky Pig is slightly more subtle (or is he?)
At the tech II level, a 3/3 that costs 3 isn’t that great, BUT it’s a whole different story when you have Sneaky Pig’s abilities. He can bash right now, and he can bash exactly what you want. No matter what the opponent patrols with, Sneaky Pig can slip right past them and bash a hero for 3 damage, which is often enough to kill them. Or he can bash a tech building at a critical moment. He’s sort of like a damage spell that doubles as a unit if you need to defend with him instead. He's also unlikely to be identified due to his sneaky mask.
For more raw stats, try an awesome looking Harvest Reaper:
That 6 ATK is a heavy hit. It can even take out two patrollers at once sometimes! Having claws for hands really comes in handy here.
When it comes time to end the game, slam this down:
It’s hard to lose the game once this hits the table. It immediately deals 20% of the damage you need to win the moment it arrives. If it survives until your next turn, which it probably will because it’s an 8/9(!), it will a) attack for 8, b) ALSO deal another 20% of the damage you need to win directly to their base, and c) ALSO destroy two of the opponent’s units. That is one badass wooden duck. What’s inside him anyway? And will enemies really be tricked into letting him into their base? History says yes.
If you’re looking for some straightforward bashing, I hope you try Troq’s Bashing spec. If you want more finesse though, look into the other neutral spec: River Montoya’s Finesse spec.
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Professor Donatella Spano will be the next President of the Italian Society for Climate Sciences (SISC).
The 2013 election for the President of the Italian Society for Climate Sciences took place during the SISC General Assembly on 24 September at the Carlo V Castle in Lecce, at the First Annual Conference of the Italian Society for Climate Sciences.
Prof. Spano was entrusted with the mandate of the President-Elect for the 2013-2014 period, the mandate for the President for the 2015-2016 period, as well as the mandate of the Outgoing President for 2017-2018.
A Founding Member and Member of the Executive Board of the Italian Society for Climate Sciences (SISC), Donatella Spano, specializes in Agrometeorology and Micrometeorology and is Full Professor at the University of Sassari.
According to Prof. Spano, the SISC must serve as a meeting point for scientists from different but related disciplines, and must encourage the spirit of inclusion, ensuring that wide-ranging opportunities will be available to all, including women, young professionals and minorities. Moreover, promoting inclusion, education, innovation, SISC will be capable of responding with scientific authority to the growing demand for timely and accurate scientific information in a field of great importance for the society.
“I will do my utmost to make the SISC become a dynamic and motivating scientific Society in coordinating the Italian contribution to international programs in the field of climate sciences, as well as in harmonizing integrated and forward-looking research activities on adaptation and mitigation strategies in policies, regulations and operations”, Prof. Spano said.
More information on D. Spano are available at her webpage.
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Davido Slammed For Taking Credit For Zlatan Ibile’s Release
Some friends of Nigerian rapper, Zlatan Ibile have slammed Davido for taking credit for his release from EFCC custody.
Zlatan was released last night after spending five days in custody alongside 4 others including Naira Marley, over alleged links to cyber crime.
However, while Zlatan was released, others are still i custody.
Shortly after, Davido was one of the first to celebrate his release on social media and when news broke that Davido hired a lawyer to effected the release, social media was filled with praises for him.
But friends of Zlatan who were angry at Davido taking credit for what he didn’t do, revealed it was actually Olamide and Burna Boy who fought for his release while Davido was just an internet warrior.
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Rodgers calls for Leicester focus
11th April 2019, 12:50 by James Mason
Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers says his players will need patience in Friday's home clash against Newcastle United.
The Foxes have enjoyed a huge upturn in results since Rodgers replaced Claude Puel at the end of February, with four consecutive victories helping the club climb to seventh position in the Premier League.
Leicester have taken the maximum nine points on offer from their last three matches at King Power Stadium and they will be looking to do the double over Newcastle, having triumphed 2-0 at St James' Park in September.
The Magpies are seven points clear of the relegation zone heading into the contest but they have struggled in their previous two outings, losing 2-0 at Arsenal before going down 1-0 at home to Crystal Palace.
Rafael Benitez has been handed a big blow after it was revealed defender Florian Lejeune will miss the remainder of the season because of the knee injury picked up in that defeat to the Eagles.
Newcastle beat Leicester on their last trip to the East Midlands and Rodgers insists his players will need to be on top of their game if they are going to rack up a fifth successive win.
"I expect a very, very tough game," he said in Wednesday's press conference. "Rafa is a top class manager who organises his teams exceptionally well. They play in a 5-4-1 structure when they haven't got the ball.
"So, it can be very difficult to break them down. Patience is going to be important, but patience always with speed and looking to be as creative as we possibly can."
Former England international Jamie Vardy has scored six goals from his last five games and punters may decide to use their free bet on the striker firing the hosts to all three points on Friday night.
James Mason grew up in Northumberland so is entrenched in both the football and golf scenes. A low handicap golfer, he also follows Newcastle United and predicts big things under Rafa Benitez.
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Manchester United have submitted a 'world record' £80m offer for Harry Maguire, but reports claim Leicester will turn it down.
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Ayoze Perez says Leicester City's pre-season training camp in Switzerland has massively helped him to settle in at the club.
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The Beverage Industry Bets Big on Cannabis-Infused Creations
By: Fast Company
As the cannabis industry continues to go more mainstream, entrepreneurs are on the lookout for the next niche market. Edibles have been done every which way, CBD-infused lotions and body care products are now touted by the likes of Kathy Ireland and Meryl Streep, and even “King of Instagram” Dan Bilzerian has a vape line.
So, what remains?
“Consuming CBD through oils, gummies, or tinctures isn’t ideal for daily life,” explains Benjamin Witte, founder of Recess, a CBD and “adaptogen-infused” sparkling water company. “There was a massive opportunity to bring CBD and adaptogens to new product formats, primarily functional beverages.”
CBD oil (or cannabidiol), unlike THC, does not contain any psychoactive properties. The extract has been used for years for anything from arthritis pain management to anxiety relief and insomnia cure.
Recess, which comes in fun fruity flavors like peach and pomegranate citrus, contains 10 milligrams of the cannabis extract known for reducing stress and inducing a Zen-like feeling. Basically, it’s a more relaxing version of La Croix, if your seltzer habit ran you $4.99 per can. It even arrives in beautifully designed pastel hues that fit right alongside your Pamplemousse in the fridge.
Much like its name, Recess is all about taking a break during one’s day to reset and rebalance with CBD, to “help us adapt to stress, and focus,” says Witte via email. “It’s what we wish that 2 p.m. coffee would do for us.”
The new company is not the only one of its kind, but its herbal focus will likely draw the health and wellness set that has embraced the trend. Dirty Lemon, a functional beverage brand that’s become an Instagram sensation, combines fruit juices with CBD for a “mild euphoria.” A Dirty Lemon rep reports that its first production run of 12,000 bottles sold out in just two days in June. Since the launch of its CBD line, the company acquired more new customers than any other product to date, with new customer growth 60% higher than any other product launch.
Several breweries, including Lagunitas and Blue Moon creator Keith Villa, have also announced weed-based beverages. In August, Constellation Brands (Svedka vodka, Corona) invested $4 billion in cannabis producer Canopy Growth, less than a year after taking a 10% stake to develop a line of nonalcoholic, cannabis-infused drinks.
Even Coca Cola reportedly wants in.
“Explosive source of revenue”
“I think a lot of both the emerging and established food and beverage companies see CBD as a potentially explosive source of revenue as the next great functional ingredient,” explains Jeff Klineman, editor-in-chief of BevNET.com, “while THC’s strengths are largely viewed through a recreational lens.”
While CBD seems the more obvious choice for wider consumer consumption, other brands see greater potential in the dispensary market, where THC accounts for 90% of all sales. (THC, otherwise known as tetrahydrocannabinol, is the chemical compound in cannabis responsible for getting one high.)
The THC beverage market is predicted to grow, says Kleinman, but the sector has its challenges. These companies need to adequately tweak and communicate the level of concentration in each bottle, as well as attest to some sort of consistency across the market–similar to alcoholic “proof,” only for psychoactive components. Currently, the average shopper has no idea what consumption of a 12-ounce can means in terms of how “euphoric” or relaxed they’ll feel.
“Intensity is one barrier,” says Kleinman. “The other issues are less format-driven and more environmental–how will the regulatory side impact consumption patterns? How about retail? Can these products be served in a bar? In a cannabis-only bar? These questions will have a lot of influence over the final predominant format for product usage.”
This past summer, Eric Schnell of Beyond Brands cofounded Mood33, a sparkling spiked tonic that retails for $8. A little more luxe than its competitors, the “better-for-you” line combines sophisticated flavors like green tea, dried lemon peel, and rose hibiscus flowers. There are three distinct flavors centered around moods (Joy, Passion, and Calm), each with varying degrees of both THC and CBD.
This article was published on Fast Company. A link to the original piece appears after the post. www.fastcompany.com
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Museums in Madrid: what to see when you’ve done the Prado, the Reina Sofia and the Thyssen
August 22, 2018 by Cat Gaa · 1 Comment
Madrid is a city of museums – there are nearly 50 of them, ranging from historical to whimsical. Once you’ve hit the big three – the unreal classic art collection at the Prado, the Reina Sofia, the modernist dream and home to Picasso’s masterpiece Guernica, and the extensive private collection at the Borneo-Thyssen – there are loads of lesser-known museums that are well worth the time.
If you’re looking for things to do on a rainy day in Madrid, these museums are open to the general public on most days and offer free afternoons or days throughout the year. Madrid’s cultural, historical and empirical legacy is one display at museums great and small, but here are the five best small museums in the Spanish capital:
Casa / Estudio Joaquín Sorolla
A museum so well hidden in the stately buildings of the Almagro district that you’d never know it was there. Joaquín Sorolla, a celebrated Valencian impressionist, worked and lived in this mansion and its tranquil gardens, designed by the artist himself. At the request of his widow, the home was turned over to the state in 1925 and houses the largest collection of his works.
Known for his dreamy, light-filled images of the Spanish coasts, his salmon-colored studio also showcases dozens of his paintings and sketches – as well as his paint brushes, sculptures and period furniture. If you can’t make it to the Louvre or the Art Institute of Chicago, the Sorolla is a perfect alternative.
Plan to spend about 90 minutes wandering the gardens and contemplating the artist’s work, the living quarters and the patio andaluz. There are seven separate galleries and nearly 1300 pieces on display.
Museo de Arqueología Nacional (MAN)
After a massive renovation, the National Archaeology Museum re-opened in 2014. Situated right off the Plaza de Colón in Barrio Salamanca, the museum chronicles human origins and the study of archeology, anthropology and sociology with a special focus on Spain. Ever since my first semester of college I’ve been fascinated by early hominids, housed on the first floor. As you snake up through the museum, you pass through millennia of human history and, indeed, Spain’s most important historical periods.
The building itself is a treat: in 1867, Queen Isabel II (yes, she of Madrid’s Canal) subscribed to the European trend of creating a museum heralding Spain’s legacy to humankind. Drawing from innumerable private collections, more than 13,000 items are on display today.
In 2008, the museum was shuttered for a six-year overhaul. Seen Night at the Museum? Those dusty display cases disappeared from the museum and exhibits became interactive, modernized and more fluid. The outer courtyards became enclosed to be used for sculpture and even a reconstructed tomb.
Of special note is the Dama de Elche, a sculpture believed to have had a funerary purpose and depicting a wealthy woman form the 4th Century BC. Found near the town of Elche, she has become a symbol of Spain (even Iberia’s Chicago-Madrid aircraft is named for her!).
Other highlights are the Guarrazar Treasure and a crown worn by Visigoth king Recesvinto and the Bote de Zamora, a marble case expertly crafted by artisans in Medina al Zahara.
This museum needs 3-4 hours, depending on how much you want to read and watch. I was crunched for time and had to hurry through the Egyptian and Islamic collections. As everything was well-explained, I don’t feel an audio guide would be necessary.
There’s a free outdoor recreation of the 35,000-year-old charcoal paintings in the Atlamira caves with an inverted mirror. Located in Cantabria near Santillana del Mar, this UNESCO-lauded archaeological site is home to some of Europe’s oldest rock paintings, which depict animals like bison and horses.
Real Fábrica de Tápices
I had a chance meeting with a woman who worked in patrimonial conservation at the Royal Palace of Madrid. Like me, she had neglected to check in for a flight to Brussels and we were nearly bumped off the flight. As I helped her navigate the Brussels Airport and how to claim lost luggage, she told me about one of her favorite spots in Madrid: the Real Fábrica de Tápices.
One of only two functioning tapestry factories in the world and in operation since the beginning of the 18th Century, the artisans – who train for 14 years! – generally make rugs and a few tapestries for royal families around the world nowadays. Moved in the late 19th Century to a building on the then-outskirts of Atocha, tapestries, primitive instruments still used today and gigantic looms fill a brick building.
What my mom and I loved best was that you actually see the artisans at work. An exposed attic is filled with threads and wool of every color stands over a room dedicated to restoration and tapestries. The (mostly) women and apprentices work simultaneously on an enormous loom, a roadmap of markings and colors to which they tie tiny knots for 8 hours a day. Their hands and knuckles reveal tick marks and rope burn from the threads. Another long nave sees about a dozen younger workers who learn the trade on commissioned rugs.
If you’re looking for a museum dedicated solely to tapestries, head out of the city to La Granja de San Ildefonso and pay for the museum entrance. The majority of the Spanish crown’s tapestries are located here.
While names like Balenciaga or Blahnik are household names, Spanish fashion extends though centuries. Located off of the A-6 highway, the Museo del Traje chronicles popular fashion from the medieval ages through today’s top Spanish designers, leading fashion icons – and even a new exhibit on fast fashion and Inditex (don’t miss it if you’re a slave to Zara!). Stemming from an exhibition nearly a century ago that exhibited regional dress, the museum moved from an exhibit in the Folk Art Museum to its own site bajo los focos.
With low lights and attention to detail, the permanent exhibit tells a story through fabric and textiles in a avant-garde building and a modern touch. The most extensive exhibit is of fashion from the 20th Century, with a special nod to Fortuny. Ever the nostalgic, I loved seeing iconic dresses from big names in entertainment like the La, La, La and the post-Guerra Civil fashions.
Your visit should last 90 minutes or so, with a visit to the interesting offers that the temporary exhibits – with many loans from large fashion houses – bring.
Andén 0
The Metro de Madrid, considered one of the best in the world, celebrates a century of operation in 2019.
If you’re ever traveled on Line 1, the system’s metro oldest line that slices right through Sol and connects the Atocha and Chamartín rail stations, you’ll notice there’s a slow down between the Bilbao and Iglesia stops. Channeling the creepy tunnel from Charlie and Chocolate Factory, this “ghost station” has been turned into a museum called Anden 0, or Platform 0.
When work was done to make the metro cars wider, the city decided it couldn’t widen the station at Chamberí because it was on a curve. So, they shuttered the entrances in 1966 and removed Chamberí from the metro map. The station, still operated under the Metro de Madrid as a centro de interpretación, offers a glimpse into Madrid’s radical growth in the 20th Century and was opened a decade ago.
There’s a short film (in Spanish with English subtitles) about the construction and boom of urban transportation in Madrid. What I loved is that it addresses how day-to-day operations underground went, which you can also view as you pass through old ticket lines and past old Línea 1 maps. While it’s not a long visit (45 minutes is sufficient), it’s cool to see preserved advertisements on the tiled walls and watch subway cars thunder past every few minutes.
When do museums close in Madrid and Spain?
Many – though not all – museums in Spain close on Mondays. Be sure to check a museum’s website or a local tourism office for precise opening days and times.
Are there free museums in Madrid?
Yes! Apart from free days (be prepared for lines at the popular museums) and the Metro de Madrid exhibition spaces, there are several museums to visit in Madid without paying:
If you’re into history, the Museo de la Historia de Madrid in centrally located Malasaña, or the Museo de San Isidro are must-sees. Check out the Casa de la Moneda to see how money and currency has influenced trade and commerce in the New World and Europe.
Literature lovers can visit the national library, the La Biblioteca Nacional, free of charge, in addition to the Casa Museo Lope de Vega (previous reservation required)
Both the Museo del Ejército del Aire and the Museo de la Armada are free of charge, though a 3 voluntary donation is suggested.
Although the Museo del Ferrocarril, a nod to the railway system, isn’t free, you can visit the trains and the old Delicias station free during the Mercado de Motores.
Other interesting offers are the Museo ABC, which houses collections of comics, drawings and news items; the Museo Africano, a space dedicated to the African continent in Arturo Soria; the fossils and minerals in a gorgeous neoclassical building at the Museo Ginominero and the Museo Tiflológico for the vision impaired.
Don’t forget that Centro Cultural Conde Duque near Plaza de España, the Canal Isabel II Centro de Arte in Chamartín, the Palacio de Cristal in Retiro Park, Fundación Telefónica on Gran Vía and the Caixa Forum on Paseo del Prado often open their doors to free exhibits, mainly of art and photography.
You can also overdose on museums on free days throughout the year. These are typically on April 18, International Day for Monuments and Sites; International Museum Day in mid-May; October 12 for the National Holiday and December 6, Spanish Constitution Day.
Is there a city saver pass for Madrid museums?
Yes. If you plan to go museum hopping in Madrid, you could consider the state museums pass, which allows for unlimited visits to state-run museums in Madrid during consecutive days (including 10 options in the capital). Choose four, five or eight museums and purchase your pass, called the Abono de Museos Estatales, at participating museums.
You can also opt for an annual pass for 36,06€, giving you access to museums in Toledo, Valladolid, Cartagena, Valencia, Mérida and Santillana del Mar as well. Remember that general admission to Madrid museums is 3€.
Where can I find a list of museums in Madrid?
The Oficina de Tourismo, located in Plaza Mayor, has a list of museums with updated hours, free days and entrance costs. You can also consult the Museos de Madrid web.
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A Tale of Two Sunday Markets: Madrid’s Rastro and Mercado de los Motores
October 11, 2016 by Cat Gaa · 2 Comments
Madrileños take Sunday Funday to a whole new level.
It seems like no one stays home on a Sunday afternoon, particularly when the weather behaves; one of the most beloved eventos domingueros is market browsing.
I’ve long been a fan of how Madrid’s most castizo markets provide the freshest, cheapest produce, and the modern food halls are an easy way to introduce guests – who often eat with their eyes first – to madrileño cuisine.
On any given Sunday the city pulses: morning flea markets are the start to a day plan that will end in a long lunch, countless cañas and some indie rock band in some rincón of the center of town.
Madrid, me matas. But mostly because I’m not cool enough for you.
In trying to get to know the city before the baby comes, I’ve drug myself out of bed the last few Sundays for some browsing, starting with the granddaddy of them all, El Rastro. Starting in Plaza del Cascorro and permeating the side streets in La Latina, the flea market operates every Sunday and local holidays from about 9am to 3pm. Believed to have begun 500 years ago when Calle Ribera de Curtidores was home to the city’s tanneries, the mercadillo bustles with everything from antiques to birds, clothing to flamenco dresses. It’s a bigger, more curious version of Seville’s El Jueves market.
I took my best friend recently, meeting up with a friend who lived in Plaza del Cascorro before the Sunday morning ruckus forced him to move. We weaved in between stalls, looking for souvenirs for her to bring back to her family in Chicago – an apron for her mom, a t-shirt for her dad.
I was far more interested in the treasures to be found on the side streets, from antique glass bottles to old books to vintage Spanish products, like Cola Cao tins or siphones with the plastic crumbling off. We stopped into the pet stores on Calle de San Cayetano and the antique shops tucked into old corrales de vecinos before snaking through the hilly alleyways of La Latina, stopping in the shade of the stalls to browse literally everything and anything. El Rastro has a life of its own come Sunday mornings.
A trip to the Rastro means that every bar is spilling with people. We bounded from bar to bar, eventually taking turns eating a slice of tortilla and balancing our purchases in one hand with a drink in the other. Try Bar Santurce on Calle Amazonas for a cheap bite – they’re popular for their fried sardines and Padrón peppers – or the immensely popular Txirimuri for pintxos at the bar.
The following Sunday, I again pulled myself out of bed for the modern Mercado de Motores, housed in the railway museum a stone’s throw from El Rastro. Having grown through word of mouth, Motores is mucho más vintage – jazz bands plays catchy versions of Rihanna songs, a pop-up bakery pedals out treats to market-goers and second hand clothes vendors sidle up to artisans making jewelry from precious gems or bookshelves from salvaged wood.
I arrived at 11:25am and was shocked to find the place packed with more than just hipster looking to pick up a silk bowtie or new pair of kicks. There were German tourists pushing past groups of teenagers snapping photos next to trains and families sharing a warm cookie.
By far the most interesting part of the market is the building itself, a romantic, wrought-iron and glass nod to train travel in the late 19th Century, which houses eight vintage trains and a number of rotating exhibits. There’s even a coquettish steam train outfitted with a small cafeteria.
I couldn’t leave empty-handed – whether it was some cool piece for my house or at least a wedge of artisan cheese or a jug of artisan vermouth for the Novio – so I picked up a Blues Brothers movie poster for our room makeover and salvaged letters from an advertisement in Cubby blue that spell ‘Chicago’ from the bonafide flea market outside of the museum installations. Chill out music and the scent of burgers and papas arrugás from a circle of food trucks wafted from the back of the museum.
Thirty minutes later, I met the Novio for a Sunday afternoon aperitivo where he reminded me how careless I can be with money, even at a seemingly free event. But Sundays are for cañas and second hand stuff and meals outdoors! Maybe next weekend we’ll stay in?
El Rastro is held each Sunday and on public holidays from 9am until 3pm, weather permitting. The closest Metro stops are Embajadores, Lavapiés, La Latina and Puerta de Toledo. Free. Mercado de Motores is held the second weekend of each month from April to October, from 11am until 10pm at the Museo Ferrocarril, Paseo de las Delicias, 61. Closest Metro stop is Delicias. Free, though there’s often a line to get in.
Interested in other Sunday markets in Madrid? The Matadero Cultural Space sometimes runs their Mercado de Diseño, featuring young designers, food trucks and a 2€ entrance fee with drink.
I’m on the lookout for cool things to do before Baby Micro arrives! Any cool ideas? Share, por favor!
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Moving to Madrid: My first month in La Capi
August 10, 2016 by Cat Gaa · 13 Comments
As soon as I’d said the word, I clasped my hand over my mouth.
Not an aspirated graciaaaaaaahhhhh, the final syllable lingering like an afterthought. A full pronounced grah-cee-us. With an S at the end.
The man handed my to-go cup of coffee and wished me a nice day, and I walked away, wide-eyed and concerned about how quickly I’d dropped my andalú. What was next, calling people maja or – worse – asking for a caña?
It’s already been a month since my abrupt adiós to Sevilla and moved to Madrid. I dropped into life in La Capital like I’d walked its streets forever, like I knew where all of the old man bars were to be found, like I could close my eyes when stepping off the Metro and still make a transfer correctly.
Our aterrizaje in Madrid can only be described as a soft one, one in which there was just a quick bounce, and we had landed.
It had been so long since I’d left a place that I call home and jumped into the unknown – I’ve lived in Sevilla longer simultaneously than any other place (and I moved four times before age 12, so I’m used to being the new kid in class). But, Madrid wasn’t really the unknown. The Novio has tons of family in Madrid, and a week after we arrived, all 10 of the primos were crowded around a table, sharing a meal of pasta and endless embutidos. And I already knew the transportation system, had battled extranjería and didn’t trip over every other word in Spanish.
My biggest battles, so far, have been adjusting to some language differences (who calls a loaf of bread a pistola?! The madrileños do!) and training my body to get up early and work in the mornings. Between getting settled and starting a new job, I’ve become a creature of the barrio, barely leaving my little bubble in Chamberí.
Hogar Dulce Hogar: Looking for a flat in Madrid
Our first order of business was finding a place to live. Madrid, in case you didn’t know, is large. Like, huge. And every district has smaller pockets of neighborhood, or locals will refer to them as by their nearest metro line. “Qué tal en Metro Cuzco?” I don’t know, how is it?
So, we began narrowing down the neighborhoods and set a firm price since we’ve decided to not rent our place in Seville just yet. Chamberí was the top pick for areas, and our budget would stretch just far enough for two bedrooms and around 50 square meter of living quarters. After living for six years in a house with the Novio, I was used to space and modern appliances. Plus, nearly every place we saw on Idealista was for students only (with mommy and daddy’s aval bancario) or meant going through an agency and paying extra fees and tax. But I was optimistic, even in the dead of summer.
I became an Idealista junkie, browsing on my phone every time I picked up free wi-fi or waited to cross the street at a stoplight. I called up agents and people offering up places meeting our criteria from 9am until well after siesta time, using the time between tours to take note of the nearest market or churrería.
Every hole-in-the-wall student apartment we saw had something off about it. Too small, too dark, wall-to-wall with Cuéntame-Cómo-Pasó kitchen tiles and heavy wooden furniture. It had been nine years since I’d looked for a place to live in Spain, and nothing seemed “just right.” And this, from someone who wrote an ebook about moving to Spain.
The fifth place we saw is owned by a man named Jesús, sevillano by birth but very much madrileño from many years in the capital city. The place didn’t tick off all of the boxes, but it would work nicely (and no Cuéntame-era tiles to scrub!), particularly for walking to work and saving more than 50€ in a monthly transportation pass.
The area of Chamberí we live in – Rios Rosas – is within 30 minutes walking of Tribunal, right up the street from Nuevos Ministerios and seven stops from Sol while being well-connected on three metro lines. Better yet? It’s quiet yet lively, and the proximity to Old Man Bars is killer.
The Novio has even toyed around the idea of writing a blog about the quality of the Old Man Bars around here.
Baby Steps and an Introduction to the Comunidad de Madrid’s Health System
Jesús handed us the keys and we killed a few cockroaches as we moved in. We settled in, walking around the neighborhood and stopping to eat our way through free munchies at all of the Old Man Bars we discovered. The Novio got us empadronados the following day, and then it was up to me to get us registered at our nearest ambulatorio.
I have seen the error of my ways, people: I can never, ever complain about the Sistema Andaluz de Salud. It was extremely easy to change my records from Andalucía to the Comunidad de Madrid and ask for a new health card, which arrived to my mailbox in three weeks. Everyone was pleasant and signed me up for a doctor and nurse they assured me were great resources for foreigners, and they weren’t wrong. Plus, you don’t have to go through your GP to get an appointment with specialists.
I left smugly, thinking that my move to Madrid would be even easier and called to make an appointment with the lady doctor.
“No, no le podemos atender en este centro.” I winced over the phone and asked why not. The woman on the other end curtly told me that they would call me whenever an appointment was available. I explained my situation and the urgency, but she wouldn’t budge. It seemed I was caught in some bureaucratic no-man’s-land, privy to a funcionario who may have been sensitive to my case, or maybe not.
When I did get an appointment, the doctor sent me for a routine blood test at a hospital near my new job. I agreed, thinking I could head in a little early so as not to miss my third day on the job. I waited for over TWO hours and, having not eaten, dug into my granola bar before even having the nurse applied pressure on the stab mark. The sugar put a spring in my step as I showed up for work an hour late, and I secretly missed all of the old ladies in my clinic back in Seville who would say, “Oh, I’m not sick, I’m just wasting time by waiting in line to see the doctor. Haven’t got anywhere to be.”
And when I asked my centro de salud for a follow-up for the results? I was told there are no specialists during the entire month of August, so I’ve been sent to the other side of the city three weeks later.
En fin, I’m learning as I go and being that person on Facebook groups.
A new job in a new sector
The biggest reason we moved to Madrid in the first place was for professional reasons. As much as I loved teaching English in Spain, I couldn’t see myself doing it forever because of the lack of mobility. I was director of studies, and I couldn’t aspire to much more.
As a child who ran before she walked, slowing down to a trot is never something I’ve been good at.
I’m nearly a month into a new position as an admissions counselor at an American university with a free-standing campus in Madrid. Myself a product of the system and an experienced teacher in Spain, I can easily point out the benefits of a liberal arts education, a student life office and a multicultural campus – just in my office, it’s normal to hear French and Arabic in addition to English and Spanish. And it’s making me nostalgic for my own co-ed years at the University of Iowa.
More than anything, I’m happy to feel the mental and pshyical exhaustion at the end of the day. The learning curve at my job has been the steepest, between acronyms and academic policies and learning the names of everyone on campus. But I’m feeling fulfilled and that the job is a great blend of skills for me – I’ve got one foot in the education field while the other in the PR and communications camp.
La Vida Madrileña
Pero cómo es que tienes planes? my cousin Irene asked when I turned down her invitation to go to the pool one afternoon when the A/C and reruns of Big Bang Theory were no longer appealing. Part of landing in Madrid was being able to reconnect with friends I haven’t seen in some time, have them show me their city instead of the other way around, and meet so many people who I’ve only ever been connected to through social media.
When I’m asked how Madrid is, I can only reply that, it’s muy bien with a raised eyebrow.
Surprise! I swapped my beloved #Seville for life in the big city, #Madrid. Read my teary goodbye on my latest post (link in comments). Does this come as a shock to you?
A photo posted by Cat (@sunshinesiestas) on Jul 7, 2016 at 3:02am PDT
More than anything, it’s been the small adjustments. I was reminded by two neighbors that it’s a fineable offense to take out your garbage in the morning, and that the bins for plastic only come on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. That drinks and breakfast are more expensive, despite my salary staying the same as it was in Seville. That you can get coffee to go or head to the market at 8pm for groceries. I’ve eaten Belgian, Korean and killer Mexican food – and my excuse has always been that I don’t have an over.
I often feel like I’m in Chicago, just conducting my business in Spanish.
Madrid vs. Sevilla: the Ultimate Smackdown
Do I miss Seville? Te-la. Like, me duele en el alma. Walking over the Triana bridge to meet friends last weekend, the Novio and I took stock on the past month. Are we happy in Madrid? I’d say so. We’re together, like our neighborhood and are enjoying our jobs. Madrid has everything that Seville didn’t have for us.
But it’s not Seville, nor could it ever aspire to be Seville.
I have been wondering if people who live in Madrid could ever make as easy of a transition from the capital to Seville. It’s a city where you can’t sit down to most restaurants unless you’re in the hora franja, or 1-5 or 8-midnight. Where there’s only one pharmacy open on Sunday per neighborhood and not a single supermarket. It’s smaller, public transportation is almost mystifying and the whole pace of life is… different. And don’t expect free tapas with your caña.
But Seville is easy to fall in love with on first glance and romantic in a way that the Metro de Madrid and the long avenues could never be. We’re not so stuck in our neighborhoods and often crisscross the city for tapas or concert venues. We stop for a beer with friends because time moves at a different speed, and that beer is far cheaper, anyway.
On my last trip, I was exhausted by the time my train rolled into Santa Justa just past 11pm. The contrast of sweltering air after two hours on a refrigerated train car was strangely welcoming, and I perked up as I told the taxi driver to take me to a bar where friends were waiting. Esto, sí. This is home to me.
Ana asked me how things were going, grazing my knee every chance she got, just in case I wasn’t really there. When I told her that things were flowing and jiving, she just replied, “Tía, you could make a home anywhere.” It’s the truth.
We don’t know how long we’ll be here, but three years is the minimum. We could stay a lot longer – or maybe try going abroad for a few years. Pase lo que pase, I wanted to live in a big city once in my life, and Madrid feels manageable and willing to let me get to know it.
And we’ll always have Sevilla, thankfully.
Have you ever moved to a new, bigger city? What were your steps to coping and coming out alive? I’d love to hear your take in the comments!
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What to Do in Alcalá de Henares: the City of Cervantes
July 25, 2016 by Cat Gaa · 4 Comments
The Spain of my pre-Sevilla had one leading protagonist (perhaps loverboy?) : Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Spain’s most famous author is best known for his chronicle of Spanish knighthood, Don Quijote, Man of La Mancha, and he penned the book while living in Valladolid over 400 years ago.
If you’ve ever studied Spanish, you’ve likely been force-fed the adventures of a wayward knight whose fantasies took over his perceptions of daily life. These days, my fantasies have been about getting out and exploring my new city and its surrondings.
So it seemed only fitting to make our first day trip from Madrid to Alcalá de Henares, the city in which Cervantes was born and to which his name is commonly associated to pay an early homage to his and contributions to the Spanish language and its literature. I’d visited Alcalá on a biting cold April afternoon in 2013; this time, the Novio and I chose a clear day in mid-July to escape the heat in La Capi.
My sense of direction is far sharper than my common sense, so my feet led us right into the historic center and to the Plaza de Cervantes. Ringed with benches and Spanish abuelos (Do I need to tell you that I fell in love with the city immediately?), it sidles up to the university, historic city and Calle Mayor, and is crowned by the former Santa María la Mayor church.
Alcalá is actually a town of 200,000, making it a city by Spain standards. But on a long weekend in the middle of summer, the city itself was about as dead as Cervantes – plazas and bars were empty and shops closed. And without a plan or interest in ducking into a museum, we did little else than stroll from plaza to bar to plaza.
The historic center itself is small and easily walkable, a pleasant cross between the squat, wood-laden buildings conserved from the 16th Century and a modern city with a cutting-edge educational institution.
The Universidad de Alcalá is considered to be one of the oldest universities in the world and became the first planned university city, earning it a UNESCO World Heritage nod. Taking a tour with a guide was the best way to learn about the long and fascinating history of the campus (and it’s under 5€ if you have a carnet joven!) and the role it still has in Spain’s educational system. Oh, and it’s pretty.
The Novio and I walked arm-in-arm through the winding streets of the city, stumbling upon sun-dappled plazas and retracing the footsteps of Cervantes, Caredenal Cisneros and other prominent Spanish figures. Alcalá was also the city in which the Catholic Kings conceded a meeting to Christopher Columbus and agreed to study his claim that the world was, indeed, not flat.
We sidled up to the bar at Bar Índalo, an institution known for its generous free tapas. Most bars give heaping plates of snacks to its student population, but we were más que comidos for less than 12€ and chose tapas rather than having something shoved in front of us. If there’s one thing that Madrid does better than Seville, it’s free bites with your drink (and vermouth. I am an old man when it comes to alcohol).
Visiting the city following a springtime trip to see the Manchego windmills that Don Quijote thought to be giants, the hallmarks of El Príncipe de los Genios were evident, from statues of the Man of La Mancha to bars hailing Sancho Panza, the voice of reason in Cervantes’s most famous title. It certainly gave me context to the man who wrote the Spanish novel I’ve yet to tackle (I’ve had a 400th Anniversary edition for nearly a dozen years).
If you go: Alcalá de Henares is a quick cercanías trip from Madrid – it will take you 40 minutes on the C2 or C7 line from Atocha – roundtrip is about 7,20€. Large city festivals include the Día Cervantino on September 9th and Día del Libro on April 23rd, the day marking both Cervantes and Shakespeare’s deaths.
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Five Things to Do in Madrid with Kids
It’s no secret that Madrid is one of my favorite cities to visit – I love the energy, the options and the closest a Spanish city can come to my native Chicago. But it can get overwhelming as a capital city (and one of the largest in Europe!), and even more so for children.
The good news is that the Spanish child is rey in La Capi, and there are plenty of ways to keep them busy. What’s more, the activities, accommodations and even transportation deals, like flights from Expedia, can be cheap with minors, such as with Discountrue coupon deals. Once you’ve taken care of your finances, take a look at a few things that are niño-friendly in Madrid – or just perfect for your kid-at-heart self!
Zoo Aquarium (M: Casa del Campo, Lines 5 and 10)
This is not your ordinary zoo or aquarium, and your children will love to see animals roaming about without any chains or wiring. Those who are planning to visit the amusement park located in Casa de Campo – a wonderful green lung not too far from the Royal Palace – will be happy to learn that the Zoo Aquarium is located within the city limits and on public transportation lines. The animals are kept separate from the public by moats filled with water (and some that are not).
There are more than 500 different species of animals who call the Zoo home, including many animals native to the Iberian peninsula. The Zoo is making efforts at conservation to build populations of animals like the Iberian Lynx and Iberian Hawk.
Parque Warner (Cercanías C-3 to Pinto and bus 413 to the park)
What’s a summer vacation without an amusement park? Parque Warner is a wonderful destination for the child who loves cartoons, as all of their favorite Looney Tunes characters will be roaming around and signing autographs. If your kid is more of daredevil type, they will have six different roller coasters to choose from. Water rides are available too, and of course, there are a multitude of gift shops. Theaters and workshops provide visitors with a number of different shows to choose from as well.
The park is located 25 kilometers south of Madrid and package deals are the best way to save money.
Natural Science Museum (M: Gregorio Marañón, Lines 7 and 10)
A great destination for children and adults alike, given Spain’s long history. Kids are bound to enjoy all of the dinosaur fossils, while parents tend to take in the extinct animal specimens – there are 6,000! There are three separate zones to choose from and a plethora of activities that are geared specifically toward children. Parents can bring their little ones to educational workshops and have some free time to enjoy the remainder of the museum, a great rainy day activity.
Note that the museum is closed on Mondays. Children under 16 also have reduced ticket prices.
El Retiro and Madrid’s expansive parks (M: Retiro, Line 2)
Looking to have fun outdoors? In this case El Retiro, Madrid’s most famous park, is the perfect. The possibilities for children are endless, as they can choose from a variety of fun activities. They can bring their bicycles and roller blades that have started to collect dust in some forgotten corner of the house or take a relaxing boat ride on El Retiro’s pond, conveniently located in the center of the gardens.
The city has many other green areas near the city center, like Parque del Oeste and the free Egyptian temple, Templo del Debob.
Cuarta Pared, Teatro Sanpol and Other Children’s Theaters
Madrid’s multitude of children’s theaters provide a wonderful entertainment for the child who enjoys plays and musicals – and the city is famous for theatre. The shows are typically put on during weekend mornings and tickets cost far less than most adult activities. Teatro del Arte and La Escalera de Jacob also stage their own shows for children and you’ll have a wide range of magic shows, funny stories and puppet based performances to select from!
You can find shows and workshops on Teatro a Teatro‘s interactive guide.
Bonus: three ways to save euros if you have kids and are traveling in Spain
If Madrid is only one stop on your travel itinerary, check out Renfe’s table option. You can get a discount on a bundle of four tickets by choosing a tarifa mesa.
Museums have free or reduced prices days, as do some attractions. Stop by the Tourism Office in Plaza Mayor for free maps, discount cards and hints at saving money.
Hotels in Madrid typically offer discounted rates for families with children of a certain age (typically 4-16), and AirBnB properties will give you the freedom to cook your own meals and relax. You can also try its European-specific equivalent, Wimdu.
What do you do with kids in Madrid? If you liked this post, you can consider purchasing it on GPSMyCity, a GPS-enabled tour guide that’s available offline. Your euros go right back to helping this site stay up and running!
I’ve also got a post on what to do with kids in Seville.
Filed Under: Daytrips Madrid, Habla de Tu Ciudad y Vive de Ella, Madrid, Things to do in Madrid · Tagged: Madrid
Málaga: Spain’s Sleeping Giant of Tourism
There’s a lot of buzz around Málaga these days. With a newly christened port, a thriving arts scene and enough Spanish charm to bring native son Antonio Banderas back yearly, my neighbor city to the southeast is being touted as one of Spain’s up-and-coming tourist destinations.
As one of the most interesting destinations in southern Spain and a true Mediterranean getaway, Málaga deserves mention among Spain’s best spots for international travelers. It’s not a bursting metropolis like Madrid or a renowned party spot like Barcelona—but it’s full of the kind of visual delights and general comforts that make the south of Spain a desirable location in the first place.
Perhaps the best thing about Málaga is that it’s situated closer to the sea than most might guess given that it’s a fairly large city. There are actually Mediterranean beaches within the city limits, though most tourists seeking beautiful coastline will likely opt to venture 15 or 20 miles beyond Málaga to some of the truly amazing beaches of Costa del Sol. Visit Costa Del Sol has a comprehensive guide to the beaches of the entire southern Spanish coastline, including options like La Malagueta, La Caleta, and San Andreas—all within very reasonable driving distance of the capital of the Costa.
It’s also worth noting that Málaga is particularly accessible as Mediterranean cities go. The drive from Madrid only takes about five hours (and from Seville, just over two!), and coastal highways make it easy to reach Málaga from just about any Spanish city near the water—or from Portugal, for that matter.
The city is also large enough to merit an international airport and sometimes attracts very favorable travel deals from outside of Spain. Getting around is also easy once you’re in the city—a rental car gives you access to all of the beautiful surrounding areas and beaches with ease – as well as mountain towns and activities for outdoor enthusiasts.
But so far we’ve only covered Málaga’s surrounding beaches and how easy it can be to get there. The actually city itself is also filled with interesting perks for tourists. It’s one of the most fascinating visual and architectural areas in the whole country, thanks to its links to Moorish, medieval, and Roman culture. The Alcazaba palatial fortress is absolutely a must-visit attraction, and the Roman theater at city-center is also pretty fascinating. Really, Malaga is an interesting city to just look at, which might be one reason that there are multiple hiking trails in the hills and areas surrounding the city.
And finally, there’s the food! I’ve written about a day of culinary preparation in Malaga, and while that was a great experience, it only touches on the vibrant culinary culture that has sprung up in the city, revolving around all the traditional elements of Spanish cuisine: tapas, fresh fish, olives, citrus fruits and of course, fine Spanish wine!
Sardine month is approaching and I can’t get enough sweet vino de pasas, so between defying death on the Caminito del Rey and the beckon of the beach, I may be finding myself close to home, savoring the city’s renewed experiences for a traveler.
Have you ever been to Málaga? What do you like or recommend visiting in the capital of the Costa del Sol?
Filed Under: Airports, Andalusia Tourism, Beach, Day Trips, Featured, Madrid, Spain Travel, Things to do in Andalucia · Tagged: Andalusia Tourism, Malaga
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Home Babes Playboy Club and Casino Debuts In Cancun Mexico
Playboy Club and Casino Debuts In Cancun Mexico
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Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: PLA, PLAA) today announced the opening of Playboy Club Cancun, a boutique gaming and entertainment venue that features a restaurant, nightclub, casino, sports gaming, and sports lounge. The new property is located in the renowned hotel zone district of Cancun, Mexico, and will celebrate its opening on Saturday, December 4, with an invitation-only VIP party for Playboy Club members and a red-carpet celebrity event.
“I am pleased to bring the Playboy Club to Mexico for the first time and to combine the sexy sophistication of the Playboy brand with the international allure of Cancun,” said Hugh M. Hefner, Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Playboy Enterprises, Inc. “With the opening of Playboy Club Cancun and the arrival of the Playboy Bunnies, nightlife there will never be the same!”
The 12,000 square foot property, designed by Archon Design, incorporates influences from the original Playboy Club in Chicago with the jet-setting ambience of tropical Mexico. The venue’s intricate custom design details include an authentic Mexican hand-punched metallic wall featuring the iconic Playboy Rabbit Head Design; select pieces from Playboy’s multi-million dollar art collection; and a specially commissioned illustration of the Cancun Playboy Bunny by famed pinup artist Don Lewis. The new property integrates gaming with contemporary nightlife, and will showcase an international mix of DJs and musical entertainment. Playboy Club Cancun also boasts a restaurant with a tapas menu offering flavors from around the world.
Playboy Club Cancun will feature the world famous Playboy Bunnies, who will be making their debut in Mexico. Bunnies at the Playboy Club Cancun will work as hostesses, cocktail servers, and Bunny dealers and hail from countries including Argentina, Cuba, Canada, Russia and Mexico.
“With the opening of this striking new venue, both Cancun residents and international visitors alike will now be able to experience the energy and excitement that the Playboy brand generates,” said Scott Flanders, CEO, Playboy Enterprises, Inc. “By working with this caliber of strong local partners we have at Playboy Club Cancun, we will continue to grow our successful licensing and location based entertainment businesses around the world. We look forward to bringing the Playboy brand to life at additional Playboy venues in select global markets.”
Playboy Club Cancun will be owned and operated under license by Entretenimiento De Mexico S.A. De C.V., a leading Mexican casino company that operates and licenses over 18 gaming venues throughout the country under the Palmas group. The company and its subsidiaries serve over 2,500,000 players a year and also own and operate two restaurants. Entretenimiento De Mexico S.A. De C.V was established in 2005 and is headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico.
Hugh M. Hefner opened the first Playboy Club in Chicago in 1960 and the venues quickly became the embodiment of urban sophistication around the world. In their more than two decades of operation, Playboy Clubs sold nearly 2.5 million membership keys and became one of the most successful nightclub chains in history. The Playboy Clubs, together with the hotel, casino and resort facilities, eventually included 40 properties in 25 states and seven countries.
Playboy Club Cancun joins Playboy Club Las Vegas at The Palms Casino Resort, Playboy Club Macao, and future properties in development in Miami and London.
About Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
Playboy is one of the most recognized and popular consumer brands in the world. Playboy Enterprises, Inc. is a media and lifestyle company that markets the brand through a wide range of media properties and licensing initiatives. The company publishes Playboy magazine in the United States and abroad and creates content for distribution via television networks, websites, mobile platforms and radio. Through licensing agreements, the Playboy brand appears on a wide range of consumer products in more than 150 countries as well as retail stores and entertainment venues.
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Yasiel Puig named National League Player of the Week
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Los Angeles Dodgers rookie outfielder Yasiel Puig, who enjoyed a historic debut week, has been named National League Player of the Week for the period ending June 9th. The announcement was made earlier today on MLB Network.
In his first week in the Major Leagues, Puig led baseball with 27 total bases and was tied for the Major League lead with four home runs. His .964 slugging percentage was second-best in the Majors and was the top mark among National Leaguers. The 22-year-old native of Cienfuegos, Cuba also ranked among league leaders with a .464 (13-for-28) batting average (2nd), 10 RBI (3rd), 13 hits (3rd), and a .483 on-base percentage (7th). Puig had multi-hit efforts in five of his seven games during the week.
Puig made his Major League debut on Monday, June 3rd, going 2-for-4 in the Dodgers leadoff slot while recording his first outfield assist in game-ending fashion, doubling-up San Diego’s Chris Denorfia at first base with a throw from deep right field to preserve a 2-1 victory. Puig became the first Dodger to record a multi-hit performance in his first big league game since Russell Martin went 2-for-4 in his debut on May 5, 2006. On Tuesday, Puig went 3-for-4 with a double, two home runs and five RBI in his second Major League contest, leading the Dodgers to a 9-7 win over the visiting Padres. According to Elias Sports Bureau, Puig joined Dino Restelli as the only players in Major League history to have recorded a two-homer, five-RBI game within the first two games of his career. Restelli accomplished the feat on June 15, 1949 as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates. On Thursday, Puig went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI on the way to a 5-0 victory in the first game of a four-game set with the N.L. East-leading Atlanta Braves. The young phenom clubbed his first career grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning, giving the Dodger bullpen a five-run cushion as they closed out a 7.0-inning scoreless performance by starter Zack Greinke. In Friday’s matchup between the two clubs, Puig’s game-tying solo homer in the sixth inning was the only run the Dodgers scored off Braves starter Paul Maholm in an eventual 2-1 extra-inning victory for Los Angeles. With the homer, Puig became just the second player since 1900 to hit four home runs in his first five games, joining Mike Jacobs of the 2005 New York Mets (Elias Sports Bureau). The solo shot gave Puig 10 RBI through his first five career games, tying a Major League record (also: Washington’s Danny Espinosa in 2010 and Pittsburgh’s Jack Merson in 1951). With his first Player of the Week honor, Puig becomes the first rookie to win for his debut week since Baltimore’s Manny Machado (A.L.) (August 6-12, 2012). In addition, he is the first Dodger rookie to win the award since Andre Ethier (July 3-9, 2006).
Other noteworthy performances last week included Carlos Beltran (.333, 2 HR, 8 RBI), Matt Carpenter (.455, 15 H, HR, 5 RBI, .526 OBP) and Matt Holliday (.407, 2 HR, 7 RBI, .778 SLG) of the St. Louis Cardinals; San Diego’s Kyle Blanks (.407, 11 H, 3 HR, 7 RBI, .852 SLG) and Everth Cabrera (.485, 16 H, 8 SB, .514 OBP); Atlanta’s Jason Heyward (.414, 12 H, HR, 5 R, .469 OBP) and Kris Medlen (2-0, 0.00 ERA, 12 SO, 13.2 IP, hit a home run on 6/8); and Colorado’s Troy Tulowitzki (.429, 12 H, 4 HR, 8 RBI, .929 SLG).
In recognition of his National League Player of the Week Award, Yasiel Puig will be awarded a watch courtesy of Game Time, the leader in licensed sports watches, available at MLB.com.
Posted by Roberto Baly at 4:00 PM
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DocFilm - Myanmar - The Power of the Monks : DW : November 9, 2017 4:15am-5:01am CET
young democracy remains fractured. the five hundred thousand buddhist monks and the man maher have played a crucial role in the return to democracy. although traditionally barred from politics there is still active in all areas of public life. however a new generation of monks is now questioning the old order. three of them have opened up the doors to their monasteries for us. they all stand out for their willingness to get involved in public matters and are fighting their very own at times contradictory battles. but they're doing it in the name of buddhism. they have weighed up my name is. i'm thirty five and have been a monk for sixteen years building. that was. i entered religious life in my village. when i was ten. since then i've dedicated my life to the teachings of the buddha and to spreading the religion. sort of the political situation in my country is one of the main reasons why i wanted to remain among. just. look it was john don't i. was indeed a younger man when one son she came to power it gave people hope again. before that there was neither hope nor joy as people th
young democracy remains fractured. the five hundred thousand buddhist monks and the man maher have played a crucial role in the return to democracy. although traditionally barred from politics there is still active in all areas of public life. however a new generation of monks is now questioning the old order. three of them have opened up the doors to their monasteries for us. they all stand out for their willingness to get involved in public matters and are fighting their very own at times...
The Day - News in Review : DW : November 21, 2017 11:02pm-11:31pm CET
investigation into the crackdown by me in maher's military on the ethnic hinge of people in iraq kind state and the findings are hard hitting amnesty accuses the authorities in me and mar of creating a system of apartheid which is classified as a crime against humanity they were in jail have faced state sponsored discrimination for decades according to the report but this has worsened since two thousand and twelve when violence broke out between buddhists and the muslim minority to date six hundred thousand have fled to neighboring bangladesh amnesty international has now called for the un human rights council to hold a special session on the crisis these are the latest real hinge arrivals seeking safety at the refugee camp and cox's bazaar in bangladesh the campus run by the international organization for migration has seen a massive influx of rutin just since last august several hundred thousand are sheltering here and in the surrounding area violence and persecution in their home country of me and maher drove them here. other busy month. and forced us to work as forced labor taking
investigation into the crackdown by me in maher's military on the ethnic hinge of people in iraq kind state and the findings are hard hitting amnesty accuses the authorities in me and mar of creating a system of apartheid which is classified as a crime against humanity they were in jail have faced state sponsored discrimination for decades according to the report but this has worsened since two thousand and twelve when violence broke out between buddhists and the muslim minority to date six...
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role in man maher's political life. to cite tara is the founder of a particularly active group of monks. our organizations called the patriotic myanma monks union our president is we are not dharma and i. and the secretary. major and we founded this organization to prevent muslims from invading our country . and forcing their religion upon us. to you know i don't know i will. do it was an awful. lot of i know. i. don't like them as you i'm scared of the threat to the buddhist religion and aa culture. since other religions have been coming into our country through immigration we've been unable to preserve our culture and am well. aware that you know we're losing our identity and how did you know you're doing you know. i want to protect our culture you know in my idiom. should have only. although it only consists of around one hundred activists to cite as group plays an important role in burma's nationalism particularly thanks to spectacular events that play effectively in the media. the only. way the. you know the what. the activists monks are demonstrating in the center of rangoon
role in man maher's political life. to cite tara is the founder of a particularly active group of monks. our organizations called the patriotic myanma monks union our president is we are not dharma and i. and the secretary. major and we founded this organization to prevent muslims from invading our country . and forcing their religion upon us. to you know i don't know i will. do it was an awful. lot of i know. i. don't like them as you i'm scared of the threat to the buddhist religion and aa...
DW News - News : DW : November 23, 2017 12:00pm-12:16pm CET
update. not to some other stories making headlines around the world mean maher and bangladesh have reached a deal on the return of roh henge or refugees living in bangladesh more than six hundred thousand have fled their homes in man maher amid a violent military crackdown this year but key details of the deal have not yet been released such as how many refugees could be allowed to return. palestinian political rivals fatah and hamas say they have agreed to hold elections by the end of two thousand and eighteen they'll be joined by eleven other factions the last parliamentary elections were held in two thousand and six and were won by hamas sparking a palestinian civil war the two sides have been meeting to firm up a reconciliation agreement. argentina's navy says it is investigating a new lead in the search for a submarine that went missing last week with forty four crew members officials are looking into an unusual sound recorded a week ago in the ocean several hours after it last communicated with the vessel some have speculated it could have been an explosion. zimbabwe's former
update. not to some other stories making headlines around the world mean maher and bangladesh have reached a deal on the return of roh henge or refugees living in bangladesh more than six hundred thousand have fled their homes in man maher amid a violent military crackdown this year but key details of the deal have not yet been released such as how many refugees could be allowed to return. palestinian political rivals fatah and hamas say they have agreed to hold elections by the end of two...
The Day - News in Review : DW : November 27, 2017 9:30pm-10:01pm CET
to do that because over the last two years man maher has been the recipient of enormous enormous funds for the elements on the reconstitution of the mothers as well as a lot of goodwill and international absolutely a lot of goodwill i mean more is on a christian country the pope's power they are automatically limited is he more than we have seen in his papacy so far is he visiting me and maher as more of a representative of the international community maybe even of the you in more so than of the catholic church think that to some degree very much there in reverse and if the international community but i would like to emphasise that i think that way and he's talking to people that are where great beneficiaries of the international community efforts like a state counsellor at the very same time i mean so letting her know that this is him bringing the tension of the world over her to earth i think at the very same time is asking the international community well is this really what do you mean by the elements so in a sense i think that this actually many part conversation disfigure i
to do that because over the last two years man maher has been the recipient of enormous enormous funds for the elements on the reconstitution of the mothers as well as a lot of goodwill and international absolutely a lot of goodwill i mean more is on a christian country the pope's power they are automatically limited is he more than we have seen in his papacy so far is he visiting me and maher as more of a representative of the international community maybe even of the you in more so than of...
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the man maher have played a crucial role in the return to democracy. although traditionally barred from politics there is still active in all areas of public life. however a new generation of monks is now questioning the old order. three of them have opened up the doors to their monasteries for us. they all stand out for their willingness to get involved in public matters and are fighting their very own at times contradictory battles. but they're doing it in the name of buddhism. which they have with my name is. i'm thirty five and have been a monk for sixteen years. that was a. religious life in my village. when i was ten. since then i've dedicated my life to the teachings of the buddha and to spreading the religion. we. have suffered the political situation in my country is one of the main reasons why i wanted to remain among. just. look it was a young dog about. was indeed a young man when one son she came to power it gave people hope again. before that there was neither hope nor joy these people had stopped believing in a future. where at a buddhist association in the center of
the man maher have played a crucial role in the return to democracy. although traditionally barred from politics there is still active in all areas of public life. however a new generation of monks is now questioning the old order. three of them have opened up the doors to their monasteries for us. they all stand out for their willingness to get involved in public matters and are fighting their very own at times contradictory battles. but they're doing it in the name of buddhism. which they...
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surrounding area violence and persecution in their home country of me and maher drove them here. and i visit my and forced us to work as forced labor taking our identity cards from us. they burned down our houses we kind of lived there we had to leave to come here that route out but i didn't know that. back in may in mar the country's leader sun suit she has expressed what appears to be support for the brutal crackdown today and for that she's been heavily criticized brault the authorities and me and maher have accused the real hinge of terrorism and regard them as illegal immigrants. for more on this i'm joined by barbara bila from brussels she is a german member of the european parliament for the green party with a focus on human rights is look whether it's good to have you on the show european and asian foreign ministers are meeting in me and more this week do they have any leverage to help resolve this crisis yes they do i think they have the possibility to discuss with the chinese and with the myanmar government on this plane you just mentioned and it's good that there's a ceasefi
surrounding area violence and persecution in their home country of me and maher drove them here. and i visit my and forced us to work as forced labor taking our identity cards from us. they burned down our houses we kind of lived there we had to leave to come here that route out but i didn't know that. back in may in mar the country's leader sun suit she has expressed what appears to be support for the brutal crackdown today and for that she's been heavily criticized brault the authorities and...
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mean maher and bangladesh have signed a deal to allow members of the persecuted muslim minority group the revenge to return to their homes in me and maher hundreds of thousands of people have fled across the border in the past three months to escape a violent military crackdown it's not yet clear how many refugees will be allowed to go home and many are wary of returning to a country that the international community believes has carried out a campaign of ethnic cleansing against them. they fled to relative safety here in bangladesh bringing stories of homes burned to the ground and family members raped and murdered at the hands of the security force says now they're deeply skeptical of going back. i don't trust the myanmar government they're always like this. this is my second time leaving home and my husband has left three times. they live in a massive refugee camp but despite the appalling conditions some say they'll only return home if myanmar meets their demands. if they stop harassing us. and if we can live free like the buddhists or the other ethnic minorities are allowed
mean maher and bangladesh have signed a deal to allow members of the persecuted muslim minority group the revenge to return to their homes in me and maher hundreds of thousands of people have fled across the border in the past three months to escape a violent military crackdown it's not yet clear how many refugees will be allowed to go home and many are wary of returning to a country that the international community believes has carried out a campaign of ethnic cleansing against them. they...
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their home country of me and maher drove them here. other busy much. and forced us to work as forced labor taking our identity cards from us. they burned down our houses we cannot live there we had to leave to come here because of that i didn't know they this. back in me in my hour the country's leader son suchi a human has expressed what appears to be support for the brutal crackdowns rates and for that she's been heavily criticized abroad. the authorities and me and maher have accused the real hinge of terrorism and regard them as illegal immigrants their hinchey crisis has also been overshadowing the mission of asian and european foreign ministers in me and mars capital not be told one glimmer of hope china has proposed a three phase plan to end the violence starting with a cease fire. the plan has won support of me and mine bangladesh but that plan if implemented will take time to come into effect and as the negotiations go on the exodus of revenge a look set to continue. and earlier we spoke with laura high from amnesty international in bangkok we asked her what is driving the c
their home country of me and maher drove them here. other busy much. and forced us to work as forced labor taking our identity cards from us. they burned down our houses we cannot live there we had to leave to come here because of that i didn't know they this. back in me in my hour the country's leader son suchi a human has expressed what appears to be support for the brutal crackdowns rates and for that she's been heavily criticized abroad. the authorities and me and maher have accused the...
much. not some other stories making headlines around the world mean maher in bangladesh have reached a deal on the return of rohingya refugees living in bangladesh more than six hundred thousand of fled their homes in myanmar amid a violent military crackdown this year some details of the deal remain unclear but the two countries agreed that repatriations are to begin in two months. palestinian political rivals for a time hamas say they have agreed to hold elections by the end of two thousand and eighteen they'll be joined by a love and other factions the last parliamentary elections were held in two thousand and six they were won by hamas sparking a palestinian civil war the two sides have been meeting to firm up a reconciliation agreement. and zimbabwe's former vice president emerson gaga has arrived back in the capital harare to take power after president robert mugabe's presage nation when gaga is due to be sworn in on friday he pledged quote hold a mock receipt for zimbabwe in a speech to supporters. here watching the news still to come magog are returning to zimbabwe so much what
much. not some other stories making headlines around the world mean maher in bangladesh have reached a deal on the return of rohingya refugees living in bangladesh more than six hundred thousand of fled their homes in myanmar amid a violent military crackdown this year some details of the deal remain unclear but the two countries agreed that repatriations are to begin in two months. palestinian political rivals for a time hamas say they have agreed to hold elections by the end of two thousand...
black guy with an. afro germany starting december tenth d.w. . me and maher in bangladesh have reached a deal on the return of refugees who fled their homes for bangladesh more than six hundred thousand of the muslim minority group left me and mark with stories of rape murder and arson at the hands of the country's security forces. argentina's navy has raised the possibility that a navy submarine missing in the south atlantic suffered an explosion. and unusual sound was recorded a week ago several hours after the navy last had contact with the vessel and the forty four crew members on board. the head of germany's social democrats martin schultz has met with the country's president as part of efforts to break the post-election political impasse b.s.p. de party has been coming under increasing pressure to drop its resistance to joining another grand coalition under chancellor angela merkel her conservatives won the most seats in september's election but have not been able to put together a governing majority which. people in the united states have been celebrating thanksgiving in new yor
black guy with an. afro germany starting december tenth d.w. . me and maher in bangladesh have reached a deal on the return of refugees who fled their homes for bangladesh more than six hundred thousand of the muslim minority group left me and mark with stories of rape murder and arson at the hands of the country's security forces. argentina's navy has raised the possibility that a navy submarine missing in the south atlantic suffered an explosion. and unusual sound was recorded a week ago...
maher accused of systematic ethnic cleansing of the hanjour. and on the other bangladesh rolling out the red carpet today has welcomed almost a million of those who fled addressing the bangladeshi president the pope heaped praise on his host but again disappointed observers when he chose not to say the name revenger. in recent months of generosity and solidarity which is a whole mark of bangladeshi society has been seen most of vividly in its humanitarian mission to a massive influx of refugees from rakhine state providing them with temporary shelter and the basic necessities of life of. their own. where the pontiff goes so goes the church's followers by any means necessary amid the excitement ahead of the pope's mass tomorrow high hopes that his visit will bring a solution to the crisis. there but. the visit will be fruitful for bangladesh if he comes and solves the problem about the ranger refugees. the port ended a part of the paying his respects to the assassinated founding father of the nation . on friday he will come face to face with the range of lose limbs. on his take a look
maher accused of systematic ethnic cleansing of the hanjour. and on the other bangladesh rolling out the red carpet today has welcomed almost a million of those who fled addressing the bangladeshi president the pope heaped praise on his host but again disappointed observers when he chose not to say the name revenger. in recent months of generosity and solidarity which is a whole mark of bangladeshi society has been seen most of vividly in its humanitarian mission to a massive influx of...
given for major general long long so strands for operations by the man maher army have driven more than six hundred thousand muslim mostly from state to free across the border into bangladesh. saudi arabia has said it will reopen yemen's borders after widespread international criticism of its blockade around the arab world's poorest country yemen faces dire shortages of fuel food and water that the u.n. has said puts millions of lives at risk of famine a saudi led coalition had sealed off yemen last week in retaliation for a shia rebel missile attack. authorities are struggling to combat toxic small on the screen choking india's capital delhi for more than a week most schools have reopened after being closed for four days due to pollution alerts experts are reporting levels of poisonous airborne particles at ten times above the recommended limit. south korea's military says a north korean soldier has been shot and wounded while defecting to the south across the demilitarized zone which divides the penciler north korean troops reportedly fired at the soldier while he was attempting
given for major general long long so strands for operations by the man maher army have driven more than six hundred thousand muslim mostly from state to free across the border into bangladesh. saudi arabia has said it will reopen yemen's borders after widespread international criticism of its blockade around the arab world's poorest country yemen faces dire shortages of fuel food and water that the u.n. has said puts millions of lives at risk of famine a saudi led coalition had sealed off...
other hand even the cardinal the pick catholic cardinal here in in me and maher cautioned the pope before this address saying he shouldn't use the word to him because the antagonizes a lot of people here it's a very sensitive issue and it would deepen the divides between the religious groups and so in the end he chose not to use the word those who wanted him to use it definitely will be disappointed others will be relieved that's the choice he made and we don't bussin hunting in yangon myanmar thank you very much for that update tonight to kenya where the after months of election drama. has been sworn in for a disputed second term as president kenyatta took his oath of office at the same money in the captain nairobi he vowed to work to unite the country after winning a rerun of the election ordered by the supreme court but that vote was boycotted by the opposition and during today's ceremony police used tear gas on a demonstration by the opposition leader. and his supporters. for more let's cross over now to the ws correspond in nairobi a captain on bond catherine no opposition lea
other hand even the cardinal the pick catholic cardinal here in in me and maher cautioned the pope before this address saying he shouldn't use the word to him because the antagonizes a lot of people here it's a very sensitive issue and it would deepen the divides between the religious groups and so in the end he chose not to use the word those who wanted him to use it definitely will be disappointed others will be relieved that's the choice he made and we don't bussin hunting in yangon myanmar...
maher governments if the international community promises to keep us safe and if there are people there to protect us we will go back but if they send us back without this guarantee will be persecuted again. they're in jail want the same thing is that christian counterparts who are poor into yangon for the pope's visit both minority groups hope for their safety and peace in myanmar. the u.n. warns thousands of civilians will die in yemen unless a saudi led coalition fighting rebels there is a blockade that has choked off aid supplies to the country the coalition shut down yemen's ports ten days ago it's now led aid flights to resume the u.n. says that's not enough to stuff what it calls the worst humanitarian crisis in the world aid is arriving in yemen again it's the first delivery in three weeks and it's urgently required six hundred thousand children need vaccinations against diphtheria meningitis and tuberculosis. unicef says some progress has been made in the face of a desperate situation more than eleven million children need urgent humanitarian assistance every ten minutes a chil
maher governments if the international community promises to keep us safe and if there are people there to protect us we will go back but if they send us back without this guarantee will be persecuted again. they're in jail want the same thing is that christian counterparts who are poor into yangon for the pope's visit both minority groups hope for their safety and peace in myanmar. the u.n. warns thousands of civilians will die in yemen unless a saudi led coalition fighting rebels there is a...
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in me and maher amid a violent military crackdown this year some details of the deal remain unclear but the two countries agreed that repatriations are to begin in two months time. saying in a political rivals fights ahead and hamis say they've agreed to hold elections by the end of twenty eighteen that we joined by eleven other factions in the last parliamentary elections were held in two thousand and six and were won by hamas sparking a palestinian civil war while the two sides have been meeting to for firm a reconciliation agreement. zimbabwe's for vice president emerson is set to be sworn in tomorrow robert mugabe's successor addressed his supporters outside the headquarters of the ruling zanu p.f. party after arriving back in the country on wednesday the leader who had fled to south africa earlier this month after being fired by mugabe pledged his service to the people and urged him by winds to come together take a listen. no one is very. angry that. me growing economy. we went to prison ok we want to join. for. the incoming president there speaking and to give music christine
in me and maher amid a violent military crackdown this year some details of the deal remain unclear but the two countries agreed that repatriations are to begin in two months time. saying in a political rivals fights ahead and hamis say they've agreed to hold elections by the end of twenty eighteen that we joined by eleven other factions in the last parliamentary elections were held in two thousand and six and were won by hamas sparking a palestinian civil war while the two sides have been...
range of muslims have fled military operations in me and maher for neighboring bangladesh . around state media says the death toll from sunday's earthquake on the border to iraq has exceeded five hundred thirty it was a rounds deadliest quake in more than a decade some thirty thousand homes were damages and survivors say aid has been slow to reach them. to australia now and sixty percent of australians have given their support to same sex marriage in a non-binding postal poll on the issue the government says it will make same sex unions legal by the end of the year campaigners have been out celebrating the result. she is of jubilation in australia. and some spontaneous proposals as it's announced that the majority destroyed voted for gay and lesbian people to be able to marry. today means everything to hear that a strike is the sixty one percent of the o.g.t.t. . we're just going to love and we're just so thrilled and happy thank you it's right thank you so much yeah. in mice and so high as thousands gathered in parks around the country to celebrate the results of the national post
range of muslims have fled military operations in me and maher for neighboring bangladesh . around state media says the death toll from sunday's earthquake on the border to iraq has exceeded five hundred thirty it was a rounds deadliest quake in more than a decade some thirty thousand homes were damages and survivors say aid has been slow to reach them. to australia now and sixty percent of australians have given their support to same sex marriage in a non-binding postal poll on the issue the...
military through their children into fire is. i cannot trust the man maher government if the international community promises to keep us safe and if there are people there to protect us we will go back but if they send us back without this guarantee will be persecuted again. they're in jail want the same thing is that christian counterparts who are pouring into young going for the pope's visit both minority groups hope for their safety and peace in myanmar. so forth is there and in the one of the a hamburger have secured some much needed points at the surprise when over hoffenheim and i'm considered an own goal just after six minutes for the cost edge that made it too narrow and sealed the win for homburg with another goal just before the final whistle and sunday they came had to take out the better of cologne at the base of it open the scoring before getting a second to put the results beyond any test. that's got a round of so of all the bonus they get results so far this weekend as confirmation of those wins for homburg and hazara it was an eight gold thriller between dortm
military through their children into fire is. i cannot trust the man maher government if the international community promises to keep us safe and if there are people there to protect us we will go back but if they send us back without this guarantee will be persecuted again. they're in jail want the same thing is that christian counterparts who are pouring into young going for the pope's visit both minority groups hope for their safety and peace in myanmar. so forth is there and in the one of...
maher the catholic leader had been criticized for not speaking out against that country's treatment of the hinge of muslims francis is expected to meet with a selected group of injuries in bangladesh more than six hundred thousand of them have fled to that country to escape i think violence a million more. protesters in the philippine capital manila have been rallying against president roderigo to tear to his threats to launch an unconstitutional crackdown on his opponents various left wing groups organize a demonstration they've also condemned the possible return of police operations in two territories more on drugs bali remains on high alert for volcanic activity at argonne but flights have resumed after a three day airport shutdown on the indonesian island thousands of foreign tourists have been stranded there but a wind did shift blowing away ash and smoke oppose the threat to aircraft. or addressing the root causes of the crises that create refugees and containing migration is the focus of a summit now underway in ivory coast capital abidjan more than eighty african and european l
maher the catholic leader had been criticized for not speaking out against that country's treatment of the hinge of muslims francis is expected to meet with a selected group of injuries in bangladesh more than six hundred thousand of them have fled to that country to escape i think violence a million more. protesters in the philippine capital manila have been rallying against president roderigo to tear to his threats to launch an unconstitutional crackdown on his opponents various left wing...
that she's been heavily criticized brawled. the authorities and me and maher have accused the real hinge of terrorism and regard them as illegal immigrants their hinge of crisis has also been overshadowing the mission of asian and european foreign ministers in me and mars capital night be told one glimmer of hope china has proposed a three phase plan to end the violence starting with the ceasefire. the plan has one support of me in mind bangladesh but that plan if implemented will take time to come into effect and as the negotiations go on the exodus of revenge a look set to continue. and really are we spoke with laura high from amnesty international and bangkok we asked her what is driving the crisis in buckeye state yes i think everyone we've had. all rights glued to the t.v. screen over the last three months as we've seen the horrific images invited actually inject us let's this also got a minute i think it's in our kind state when i reports showing states that actually there is a root cause to dislike and that is a system of institutionalized discrimination and segregation thos
that she's been heavily criticized brawled. the authorities and me and maher have accused the real hinge of terrorism and regard them as illegal immigrants their hinge of crisis has also been overshadowing the mission of asian and european foreign ministers in me and mars capital night be told one glimmer of hope china has proposed a three phase plan to end the violence starting with the ceasefire. the plan has one support of me in mind bangladesh but that plan if implemented will take time to...
two sides of a desperate humanitarian crisis. on the one side me and maher accused of systematic ethnic cleansing of the henge on. and on the other bangladesh rolling out the red carpet today has welcomed almost a million of those who fled addressing the bangladeshi president the pope heaped praise on his hosts but again disappointed observers when he chose not to say the name or a hand job. in recent months of generosity and solidarity which is the hallmarks of bangladesh and society has been seen in most of it lee and she managed. to a massive influx of refugees from rakhine state providing them with temporary shelter and the basic necessities of life. that will stay. where the pontiff goes so go the church's followers by any means necessary amid the excitement ahead of the pope's mass tomorrow high hopes that his visit will bring a solution to the crisis. we'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day hope to see you back. the whole d w one hour. for in focus global insights.
two sides of a desperate humanitarian crisis. on the one side me and maher accused of systematic ethnic cleansing of the henge on. and on the other bangladesh rolling out the red carpet today has welcomed almost a million of those who fled addressing the bangladeshi president the pope heaped praise on his hosts but again disappointed observers when he chose not to say the name or a hand job. in recent months of generosity and solidarity which is the hallmarks of bangladesh and society has been...
maher but he again did not mention the row him by name there are currently over six hundred thousand muslim or hindu refugees in bangladesh francis is due to meet some of them on friday riot police in ukraine it clashed with protesters on the anniversary of the two thousand and thirteen pro european uprising police made a number of arrests in the capital kiev amid chaotic scene the protests four years ago lasted months and led to the fall of the then president viktor yushchenko. investigators in the hague are looking into how a convicted war criminal was able to bring a deadly chemical into a u.n. court room on wednesday former bosnian croat general slobodan probably jack dramatically took his own life by drinking the substance of poison after his guilty verdict was upheld in bosnia and croatia the response to his death has been mixed many bosnian muslims say he's avoided justice wow a lot of cruets feel the guilty verdict was deeply unjust. hundreds of person in crowds gathered for a candlelight vigil in central must one of the key battlegrounds during the former yugoslavia
maher but he again did not mention the row him by name there are currently over six hundred thousand muslim or hindu refugees in bangladesh francis is due to meet some of them on friday riot police in ukraine it clashed with protesters on the anniversary of the two thousand and thirteen pro european uprising police made a number of arrests in the capital kiev amid chaotic scene the protests four years ago lasted months and led to the fall of the then president viktor yushchenko. investigators...
join international politicians and man maher to discuss the crisis on his way he visited a refugee camp in bangladesh our correspondent all over salat sent us this report. this is the fastest growing refugee crisis worldwide seen from a bangladeshi or forced helicopter almost eight hundred thousand grow him to have fled the violence in neighboring the omar many of them including thousands of children have sold refuge at the kuta up along refugee camp. the makeshift camp is just two and a half months old and reaches as far as the eye can see humanitarian aid organizations are struggling to fight the outbreak of diseases they fear they might lose this fight as soon as the monsoon season begins. the cut of her long camp lacks most facilities there are almost no toilets and there is not enough clean drinking water the camp is massively under-funded together with an international delegation german foreign minister received visit at the camp to form his own impression of the situation. i mean we just met children whose parents were murdered whose villages were burnt down there is human t
join international politicians and man maher to discuss the crisis on his way he visited a refugee camp in bangladesh our correspondent all over salat sent us this report. this is the fastest growing refugee crisis worldwide seen from a bangladeshi or forced helicopter almost eight hundred thousand grow him to have fled the violence in neighboring the omar many of them including thousands of children have sold refuge at the kuta up along refugee camp. the makeshift camp is just two and a half...
crisis in me on maher have a look. these are the latest real hinge arrivals seeking safety at the refugee camp in cox's bazaar in bangladesh the camp is run by the international organization for migration it has seen a massive influx of ranges since last august several hundred thousand are sheltering here and in the surrounding area violence and persecution in their home country of me and maher drove them here. other busy my they beat us and forced us to work as forced labor taking our identity cards from us. they burned down our houses we cannot live there we had to leave to come here that was that good in a way that. back in may in mar the country's leader son sushi a human has expressed what appears to be support for the brutal crackdown three and for that she's been heavily criticized brawled. the authorities and me and maher have accused the real hinge of terrorism and regard them as illegal immigrants their hinge of crisis has also been overshadowing the mission of asian and european foreign ministers in me and maurice capital night beetle one glimmer of hope china has proposed a th
crisis in me on maher have a look. these are the latest real hinge arrivals seeking safety at the refugee camp in cox's bazaar in bangladesh the camp is run by the international organization for migration it has seen a massive influx of ranges since last august several hundred thousand are sheltering here and in the surrounding area violence and persecution in their home country of me and maher drove them here. other busy my they beat us and forced us to work as forced labor taking our...
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by they've grown up he's a journalist based in yang in beyond maher dave no pope has ever visit myanmar before why is france's going there now is it because of the revenge a crisis. well the catholic church this this the announcing of this trip was made and late august just a couple days after this latest crisis started but the church has been adamant about saying this trip was in the planning stages months before and no one is disagree with that because it takes so much before you would actually put out an announcement like that and so this trip was originally put together because the vatican and the m.r. had just reestablished ties about six months ago and on some suchi went to the vatican to meet with the pope so that's why this happened. so now you've got this going on with this incredible situation your reporter is just talking about of course extended thousand ranjan muslims have led in the bangladesh during the past six months and now he is in a very difficult the pope is in a very diplomatic situation right now how's he going to address this issue it's impossible for him
by they've grown up he's a journalist based in yang in beyond maher dave no pope has ever visit myanmar before why is france's going there now is it because of the revenge a crisis. well the catholic church this this the announcing of this trip was made and late august just a couple days after this latest crisis started but the church has been adamant about saying this trip was in the planning stages months before and no one is disagree with that because it takes so much before you would...
brutal crackdown today and for that she's been heavily criticized brault the authorities and me and maher have accused the real hinge of terrorism and regard them as illegal immigrants. for more on this i'm joined by barbara bila from brussels she is a german member of the european parliament for the green party with a focus on human rights is look either it's good to have you on the show european and asian foreign ministers are meeting in vienna more this week do they have any leverage to help resolve this crisis yes they do i think they have the possibility to discuss with the chinese and with the myanmar government on this plane you just mentioned and it's good that there's a ceasefire and it's good that they agree that all of those refugees from a kind state that are us have the right to return to their place of origin but what is not in the plaintiff the chinese government is that we have to look who is responsible for this atrocities which the high commissioner for human rights face it amounts to ethnic cleansing so the e.u. foreign ministers and their asian foreign ministers do hav
brutal crackdown today and for that she's been heavily criticized brault the authorities and me and maher have accused the real hinge of terrorism and regard them as illegal immigrants. for more on this i'm joined by barbara bila from brussels she is a german member of the european parliament for the green party with a focus on human rights is look either it's good to have you on the show european and asian foreign ministers are meeting in vienna more this week do they have any leverage to...
growing on me on maher over the crisis terror strike kristoff foreign ministers from asia and europe are meeting in myanmar as international concern grows about the plight of the hinge of refugees from the country although the focus of the asia europe meeting is security ministers are expected to pressure host on the violent persecution of myanmar's muslim minority the top diplomat frederica marini has expressed hope that many will be allowed to return from neighboring bangladesh. well on his way to the summit germany's foreign minister visited a refugee camp in bangladesh our correspondent all of us salih sent us this report . this is the fastest growing refugee crisis worldwide seen from a bangladeshi air force helicopter almost eight hundred thousand to him to have fled the violence in neighboring me on march many of them including thousands of children have sought refuge here at the kuta up along refugee camp. the makeshift camp is just two and a half months old and reaches as far as the eye can see humanitarian aid organizations are struggling to fight the outbreak of diseases they
growing on me on maher over the crisis terror strike kristoff foreign ministers from asia and europe are meeting in myanmar as international concern grows about the plight of the hinge of refugees from the country although the focus of the asia europe meeting is security ministers are expected to pressure host on the violent persecution of myanmar's muslim minority the top diplomat frederica marini has expressed hope that many will be allowed to return from neighboring bangladesh. well on his...
long time leader resigned after a military coup pastor evan maher riri led large anti-government protests last year and he called on the country's new leadership to drop similar cases against other activists. bali's international airport has reopened after wind blew away volcanic ash and smoke thrown out by mount argonne flights had been canceled amid concerns the cloud posed a threat to flight safety leaving tens of thousands of travelers stranded on the indonesian i believe yours from across europe and africa have pledged to do more to tackle illegal migration that's amid an international outcry over migrant slave markets in libya and germany's chancellor angela merkel and eighty other european and african leaders are taking part in a two day summit in ivory coast tackling the root causes of migration is the top priority as is promoting stability and more jobs for africa's young and rapidly growing population. correspondent max hoffman is at that summit he joins us now from i rico's good evening to you max why is europe suddenly so interested in africa's young people. you just
long time leader resigned after a military coup pastor evan maher riri led large anti-government protests last year and he called on the country's new leadership to drop similar cases against other activists. bali's international airport has reopened after wind blew away volcanic ash and smoke thrown out by mount argonne flights had been canceled amid concerns the cloud posed a threat to flight safety leaving tens of thousands of travelers stranded on the indonesian i believe yours from across...
maher and bangladesh have reached a deal on the return of refugees living in bangladesh more than six hundred thousand have fled their homes in me and mar amid a violent military crackdown this year some details of the deal remain unclear but the two countries agreed that repatriations are to begin in two months time palestinian political rivals fatah and hamas say they have agreed to hold elections by the end of two thousand and eighteen they'll be joined by eleven other factions the last parliamentary elections were held in two thousand and six and were won by hamas sparking a palestinian civil war the two sides have been meeting to firm up a reconciliation agreement. conservationists in china have released two captive bred penned us into a nature reserve the aim is to increase the giant panda population in the wild the tube and us were born in two thousand and fifteen and completed two years of survival training to help them adapt to life in the wilderness. here in germany the president is due to meet the head of the social democrats to try to break the deadlock over forming a new
maher and bangladesh have reached a deal on the return of refugees living in bangladesh more than six hundred thousand have fled their homes in me and mar amid a violent military crackdown this year some details of the deal remain unclear but the two countries agreed that repatriations are to begin in two months time palestinian political rivals fatah and hamas say they have agreed to hold elections by the end of two thousand and eighteen they'll be joined by eleven other factions the last...
many years in the past thanks for being with us. man maher and bangladesh have signed a deal to return grow hinge on muslims to their homes and man mark hundreds of thousands of people from the muslim minority group a flood across the border to bangladesh recently in order to escape what many are calling an ethnic cleansing campaign against them but it's still not clear how many of these refugees are going to be allowed to go home and whether they even want to . they fled to relative safety here in bangladesh bringing stories of homes burned to the ground and family members raped and murdered at the hands of our security force says now they're deeply skeptical of going back. i don't trust the myanmar government they're always like this. this is my second time leaving home and my husband has left three times. they live in a massive refugee camp but despite the appalling conditions some say they'll only return home if myanmar meets their demands. will go back if they stop harassing us. and if we can live free like the buddhists or the other ethnic minorities are allowed to do. children s
many years in the past thanks for being with us. man maher and bangladesh have signed a deal to return grow hinge on muslims to their homes and man mark hundreds of thousands of people from the muslim minority group a flood across the border to bangladesh recently in order to escape what many are calling an ethnic cleansing campaign against them but it's still not clear how many of these refugees are going to be allowed to go home and whether they even want to . they fled to relative safety...
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you're watching t w news still to come amnesty international says bill maher has subjected really hinge of muslims to persecution that amounts to dehumanizing apartheid i'll ask an amnesty spokes person what they do you can do to help ease the rippin just suffering. well the u.s. government has moved to block an eighty five billion dollar corporate merger between eighteen t. and time warner what's behind that decision cost on terry there are several layers to this story eight hundred eighty is the united states biggest tell you telecommunications company time warner a major producer of media content not allowing both companies to merge would mean a concentration of power detrimental to consumers the department of justice argues however with president donald trump's outspoken dislike for time warner's news channel c.n.n. some also see a political twist to the story. plans by eighty n.t.v. to purchase time warner one of the leading media companies in the u.s. we're ready controversial when they were announced in two thousand and sixteen even before he became president donald trump w
you're watching t w news still to come amnesty international says bill maher has subjected really hinge of muslims to persecution that amounts to dehumanizing apartheid i'll ask an amnesty spokes person what they do you can do to help ease the rippin just suffering. well the u.s. government has moved to block an eighty five billion dollar corporate merger between eighteen t. and time warner what's behind that decision cost on terry there are several layers to this story eight hundred eighty is...
criticized brault. the authorities and me and maher have accused the real hinge of terrorism and regard them as illegal immigrants their hinge of crisis has also been overshadowing the mission of asian and european foreign ministers in me and maurice capital not be told one glimmer of hope china has proposed a three phase plan to end the violence starting with a cease fire. the plan has won support of me and mine in bangladesh but that plan if implemented will take time to come into effect and as the negotiations go on the exodus of ranger looks set to continue. and for more on this i'm joined by barbara below from brussels she is a german member of the european parliament for the green party with a focus on human rights is looking there it's good to have you on the show the european and asian foreign ministers are meeting in me in mar this week do they have any leverage to help resolve this crisis. yes they do i think they have the possibility to discuss with the chinese and with the myanmar government on this plane you just mentioned and it's good that there's a ceasefire in this coul
criticized brault. the authorities and me and maher have accused the real hinge of terrorism and regard them as illegal immigrants their hinge of crisis has also been overshadowing the mission of asian and european foreign ministers in me and maurice capital not be told one glimmer of hope china has proposed a three phase plan to end the violence starting with a cease fire. the plan has won support of me and mine in bangladesh but that plan if implemented will take time to come into effect and...
. this is the news live from berlin what will the pope's aide to the leader of me and maher of his having to tread carefully because his visit to that country comes amidst a violent persecution there of its muslim minority and on the sausage shape the country's de facto leader has come under fire for not stopping it also coming up bali holding its breath as awaits to see what the smoking volcano will do next torrents of cold lava are already eroding the landscape and everything is covered with volcanic ash. and defying terror the berlin christmas market targeted by and his longest attacker a year ago as opened for this season a first psalm the memories are still very painful. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show but francis travels to me in mars capital today for a number of highly anticipated meetings now international rights groups are urging the pontiff to speak out for the muslim muslims as the subject right now of a military crackdown slammed by some groups as ethnic cleansing now the pope will meet with the nobel laureate and civilian leader aung sang suu kyi alth
. this is the news live from berlin what will the pope's aide to the leader of me and maher of his having to tread carefully because his visit to that country comes amidst a violent persecution there of its muslim minority and on the sausage shape the country's de facto leader has come under fire for not stopping it also coming up bali holding its breath as awaits to see what the smoking volcano will do next torrents of cold lava are already eroding the landscape and everything is covered with...
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The AEA
CeC 2015
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The 9th annual Carnival of e-Creativity (CeC 2015) was played out in the conferencing facilities of the Indian Council for Social Science Research, and the KJP Assembly Conference Centre Hall, both in Shillong / Meghalaya, May 1-3, 2015 (a Friday-Saturday-Sunday in the summer).
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This was absolutely the toughest one of them all, not just for me/us, but possibly also for several others involved. At the same time, it was probably also the most fulfilling, for me at least, on account of having sort of gambled everything, and then, having sort of won.
The Carnival of e-Creativity (CeC) had been through a major shift of venue once before, and so, we sort of knew some of what to expect of it this time; which mainly meant lots of good people would probably think we’d gone loco. And, that in turn meant we could expect to have faith, participation, and also hard-earned provenance in some sense, fall away to a significant degree, just as we had first experienced when CeC & CaC moved and mutated from the heart of Delhi, into being just CeC, up in a semi-hidden little valley of the lower Himalaya, a half-day’s drive out of Delhi. And all of that was obviously again compounded this time by the old and ongoing fact that we do not ever issue any open call for participation, and, we also do not really send out too many invitations either. What we do instead do, is to steadily slog through due diligence to research, discover, and somehow get together absolutely the best possible multi-disciplinary bouquet of participation and content that we can draw in for everybody’s benefit, both individually as well as collectively in symbiosis with each other.
Now, one of several reasons why we actually felt the need to get CeC out of Sattal in the first place, was that it was all beginning to look, and behave, and even significantly repeat itself annually, like some self-indulgent sort of club—or cult—vacation, with little to no forward movement on the experimental creative account. To some of us, that was a route straight to hell, in regard to perhaps the prime general value that had otherwise become emblematic of the Carnival of e-Creativity; i.e. it’s capacity to surprise so very many of us every time, with ever new ideas, new projects, new paradigms, new tools, new experiments, new collaborations,.. and on.
In any case, there were several other serious hurdles to the shift to Shillong this time, amongst which the inescapable Top-3 were probably: (i) for various reasons, we made a very late decision to do CeC 2015 at all, which means the first lot of participant-invitations went out early-January, rather than July the year before, as had almost always earlier been the case, (ii) an immediate result of this was that we had to reschedule the whole circus to a new time of year; early-May as it happened, rather than the usual late-February, and, (iii) aside from being largely an unknown quantity for most people, Shillong, our new venue, adds almost 2 days of travel time altogether, from and to either Delhi or Mumbai, for example.
We had of course put in a pretty fair degree of due diligence to make the transition of venue as successful as possible, in regard to almost every aspect that we could indeed affect. To begin with, for example, I personally moved to North East India on almost a full-time basis shortly after wrapping up CeC 2013 (i.e. the last one up in Sattal). The move did of course hava a lot to do with The Research & Innovation Ashram that we’ve been trying to get going in Guwahati, but it was also quite substantially about migrating CeC, or some appropriate derivative of CeC, as well as several other ongoing works of The AeA, to either Guwahati or Shillong.
And so, we first decided to leap-frog over 2014, without any CeC at all that year, so as to instead suss out and try to connect with various right quarters in the Nort hEast through the period. We even actually went through the motions of studiedly drawing in two separate arts & culture delegations from South Korea, so as to get a bit of a feel of things locally, as well as to put feelers out in every good local direction we could. The first of these delegations (2013) was made up of just 2 curatorial professionals and one representative artist, all of whom we plugged largely into the appropriate governmental and institutional sectors. The second delegation (2014) was made up of 10 artists and 5 curatorial professionals, whom we plugged directly into community.
And so, there were some notional upsides on top of several sure downsides to everything about going in for CeC 2015 in Shillong.
The best upside we had going for us from the outset was the whole history and background of CeC itself, In Delhi and Sattal, as well as the wonderful nature and setting of Shillong, which we were now working with. And, the most immediate lucky outcome of the new location was that we were in a position to choose to go with 2 separate venues this time, that would individually manifest, (a) an appropriate equivalent of the relatively isolated insider-capsule that was CeC up in Sattal, but including a proper conferencing facility too, through Days 1 & 2, at ICSSR-Nerc, within the large and lovely campus of North East Hill University, at the edge of town, and, (b) something very broadly along the lines of the earliest CeC & CaC situation that it had all begun with, at the India International Centre in Delhi; in the wonderfully calm, amply well-formatted, and perfectly located main hall of the KJP Assembly Conference Centre, which brought Day-3 right into the heart of a culturally vibrant city/town.
Probably the best upside that emerged from it all though, was one of the main things we had gambled upon making a breakthrough on, from the whole shift to Shillong; that is, the great connection we did indeed make with such a fantastic segment of the local creative community, who generously involved themselves with so much of CeC 2015; all the way through from yielding 2-3 local Primary-Participants, as well as a small number of other local creative practitioners, who helped set up venues and installations, and also collaborated and participated in actual performances; all the way to their spending downtime connecting with, jamming with, and jiving with, many of the wonderful participants who had come in from elsewhere. Not to forget that these wonderful new friends of CeC in Shillong even unilaterally brought in the best audio system we have ever used in this series of incidents, just because we’d asked if they could arrange for 2 microphone-stands, to supplement the pretty decent PA system that we already had of our own.
That is the one key thing we had never really managed to make a breakthrough upon through 5 years up in Sattal, where all of the outstanding Primary-Participants who gathered from all over the world to make CeC happen each year respectively, were basically viewed by almost the entire local population as being just another “tour-group”, on some sort of “vacation”. And, whereas we did finally win the involvement of a few local musicians through the last CeC up in Sattal (2013), it was really just too little, too late.
And of course, just for the record here once again, CeC had left Delhi before that, partly because IIC could not let us have their venues for 2 years, on account of some demolition and reconstruction that was due up on their campus, and, also partly because we’d by then realized that what was happening on the inside track, amongst participants themselves, was far more valuable than trying to connect with the relatively insignificant Delhi public that went out of their way to discover what might have been happening.
So, all good, if not excellent, to the degree that we are now very seriously thinking to shoot for The 10th annual Carnival of e-Creativity to be played out up in Shillong next year, running to the old schedule, with announcements and invitations going out first in July, for a CeC 2016 towards the end of February. That is, if we do shoot for it at all, after all.
Meanwhile, here’s a quick wrap of what went down front and centre through The 9th annual Carnival of e-Creativity, in Shillong May 1-2-3, 2015. All sessions through Days 1 and 2 were played out in the main conference room of ICSSR-Nerc, with the screenings-segment of Short-Creative-Videoworks--curated by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne--running simultaneously in an adjoining lecture-room.
Day 1 || Session 1:
Shankar Barua ~ As usual, I went first, trying as always to plough through a few basic ‘formalities’ with regard to opening up the proceedings, including a quick history and overview of the Carnivals of e-Creativity, 2006-2013.
Abhinav Mishra and Vinay Hasija went up next, presenting an incredible shared-portfolio of some of the adventurous creative projects they’ve been doing together ever since they were first thrown together not so long ago as post-graduate students of New Media at the National Institute of Design. This was about experimental technologies, aesthetics, interaction paradigms, and new horizons. They’d also brought along a large plexiglass installation, but it sadly took damage in transit from their base in Ahmedabad, and was therefore never set up in Shillong.
Anpu Varkey, based in Delhi, had been to Shillong before though, and actually had a very large painted cat to show for it on the outer side wall of the District Library, almost directly opposite the other CeC 2015 venue in the heart of town. And of course, her presentation was largely all about such creative shenanigans that she’s been up to all across India over the past few years; funky paintings, big and small, slapped right onto the sides of buildings and the like.
Freeman Murray, out of Bangalore, inimitably began his presentation just typing words onto the screen. “Inimitably” even though I’ve seen it done before, because Freeman is Freeman; founder of Jaaga and much else, prophet of the future, lifestyle guide, and start-up guru, fluently riding a powered-unicycle lately, to music.
Harshvardhan Kadam was about inimitable visual arts, all the way from ink brushing the pages of fat paper notebooks all the way up to huge paintings on huge walls, all over the country. And then, there’s his digital work too, including print-series of gods, and heroes, and legend,.. and on.
Soham Sarcar came on after lunch, also representing his associate Snehali Shah, as the Transhuman Collective, that’s lately been up to all sorts of interesting technology-based visual work, ranged from live video-synthesis, through video-mapping, to the spectacular live Lion-in-the-Audience presentation at the international launch of the “Make in India” campaign.
Jaya Ramchandani came to the table from having very recently curated and coordinated the massive “Story of Light” festival in Goa, that—amongst much else—saw some pretty substantial theme-based installations put up across Panjim city for several days, by a range of artists from all over India and the world. And, there were live performances, and also much else, too.
Karan Gurung, North Eastern artist working across several disciplines, and academic researcher into the history of his own language in the region, did a strange thing; he distributed printed copies of some sort of manifesto amongst everybody gathered, and then, carefully read the whole thing through for all to hear. Not surprisingly, even though he did not himself (need to) say so, issue-based performance art is perhaps his best known creative pursuit. In fact, he was at the same time in deep creative collaboration with Harshvardhan Durugadda right through CeC 2015, which was manifested through the course of the incident in 2 separate installations, and one piece of performance art.
Sohan Modak too did what to me was a sort of strange thing, in that, whereas the last time we’d heard him in an iteration of CeC, he’d pretty much given all of us a reasonably solid preliminary introduction to the language of genes—how they could be read, and how they could potentially be written too,—this time, aside from all else he spoke of, he actually also recited some of his own original poetry. Great stuff!
Harsha Vardhan Durugadda, who presented next, was possibly the busiest of Primary-Participants through CeC 2015, along with his creative collaborator Karan Gurung, and their 2 very enthusiastic and very able young artist volunteers, Readyon Stone Nongrum and his younger brother ‘KD’. He was possibly also the most cheerful participant too, carrying an ancestral family heritage of carving gods into granite towards experimental new horizons, with CNC mills, ad hoc assemblage, site-specific installations, and abstracted performance art. And, what came of that in CeC 2015, aside from his presentation alone, was 2 installations, and one performance art piece (together with Karan Gurung, Day 3).
Day 1 || Evening: Jamming in the Committee Room of the ICSSR Guesthouse
Shazeb Shaikh, as Core-Co-Curator of CeC 2015, went first the second day. And, what he presented ranged from his earlier works with book, films, and community, through curatorial works he’s been doing on other projects across-the-board, largely in Mumbai and Goa till then (he moved on to curatorial residency in Switzerland immediately after CeC 2015~:o).
Jobin Vijayan had been soldering and soldiering through almost the entire night before to get a pretty flip robotic guitar fully going for his presentation. But, whilst he’d made a set of 3 modules to, (a) individually pluck all 6 strings, and, (b) individually fret each string anywhere through the first four frets; he’d ended the night by dropping the guitar, which broke one of the modules, and, by also accidentally sticking a thumb and forefinger together with some sort of super glue. LoL! Nonetheless, his presentation carried us all the way through some of his earlier stints as a creative engineer, through his work as MD of Arduino-India, all they way to a robotic guitar that was fully slave to pretty simple text input, across 3 strings and four frets.
Sachin Shetty is one of those extraordinary creative practitioners who somehow seem to be getting all sorts of good creative work done almost all of the time,.. even though one never seems to actually catch ‘em in the act, except inescapably during live performance of course, in Sachin’s case. But, he’s working across the visual arts all of the time, and he’s also a musician some of the time; out there, walking barefoot in the grass, as though actually up to nothing very much.
Kartik Pillai is such a taciturn young man, that it is hardly surprising to me that I missed his very brief presentation entirely. But, what he also is, is an extraordinary musician across genres; sometimes doing the sort of cutting edge work in mainstream young Indian music, that will be carrying one his bands all the way over to Berlin to perform this summer, and; at other times diving into deep creative experimentation with naked sounds, and even outright noise.
Sachin Pillai was about visual works, both live as well as recorded, all rooted in clear thinking and considerable technological prowess, to variously manifest a pretty fine aesthetic.
Huzefa Roowala’s creativity story has two sides to it. On the one hand, he’s a successful creative entrepreneur addressing the mass media space down Mumbai way, from a foundation built over more than a decade working variously across the broadcast sector, and then, a break of a year or two to pick up some formal global qualifications. On the other hand, he also involves himself on an ongoing basis with empowering, participating in, and also promoting entirely experimental arts, and arts actions, of all sorts.
Tritha Sinha and Ritika Singh shared with us all just a wee little gist of the wonderful journey they have been taking their ever-evolving music through, in various different avatars, across continents and oceans. Pals since childhood, or adolescence, they come together largely as the band called Space, together with guitarist Mathias Durand and Paul Schnieter (and a bass guitarist I do not know), that tends to perform across India through the cooler months, and then across Europe through the warmer months, with other global divergences and digressions to perform elsewhere in between.
Mathias Durand had been spending the past few months in India, primarily in his extraordinary role as guitarist with Tritha and Ritika (above). But, aside from being just a wonderful human being, he’d been a musician and composer for quite awhile before that already, with formal foundations in western classical piano, guitar, and Hindustani classical music, as well as two album releases, and stints with several other bands, every since he was a schoolboy, in Paris.
Benedict Skhemlang Hynniewta was born and brought up in Shillong itself, where he continues to live today, but spent about 7 years—over 2 tranches—at the eminent Kala Bhavan Fine Arts Department of Visva-Bharati University, in Santiniketan/Bengal, to pick up first a BFA and then an MFA, so as to make a living as an artist in his hometown. Today, he teaches at the Department of Creative and Cultural Studies, and is regarded to be one of the foremost visual artists of his generation in Shillong (primarily painting). His works, both commissioned as well as independent, have been exhibited, awarded, and collected all over the country.
Diya Sarker’s another taciturn type,.. especially when it comes to formal presentation, that is. But, boy-O-boy, that little lady sure takes the visual medium in directions one might otherwise probably not have thought of. And, she seems to do so almost like some sort of game she’s playing, with her own creative self. She also reportedly keeps lots of cats.
Rosalind Malik too makes extraordinary visuals, but perhaps more rooted in more familiar aesthetics; for people like me at least. What she did different this time though, was to coalesce a bunch of her still images into a mobile video continuum that really packed a solid punch into what her work was all about.
Lionel Dentan (DA Saz), being Lionel Dentan, took the opportunity of the last formal presentation slot to very adroitly pull everybody’s leg, collectively. And, it was good with us all, since he was actually to perform live Day 3.
|| That was the end of the formal Presentation sessions, and also the screenings segment, of CeC 2015. The next and last day (Day 3, below) was made up of a series of live performances, played out at the KJP Assembly Conference Centre, in the heart of Shillong. A bamboo installation was situated at the venue by Harshvardham Durugadda. Sound reinforcement was kindly provided by Mr. Barrie, via the supportive intercession of Damang Syngkon ||
Harshvardhan Durugadda and Karan Gurung got things going outdoors, with a powerful performance art piece addressing local issues close to Karan’s heart. A bamboo framework served for a set hung with multiple intravenous drips, within which a sort of savage brutality was played out, coldly and formally, before a member of the audience was finally presented with a machete, with which to cut the victim free.
Hemant Sreekumar then got proceedings going within the main hall of the venue, with another one of his inimitably hypnotic juggleries of synthesised live audio and video, riding patches in Pure Data and Processing that he’d made purely for just the one occasion, as always.
Sachin Shetty followed on from that, projecting exquisitely edited video-clips, that nobody seemed to have seen him either actually shoot or edit, whilst building waves of music the while around it all, live, off a tiny little keyboard-controller plugged into his laptop. And, along the way, Harshvardhan Kadam, Diya Sarker, and Huzefa Roowala, also kicked in with visuals.
Kartik Pillai and Sachin Pillai are brothers, living in different cities, pursuing creative audio and creative visuals respectively. And, they sure come together well too, applying possibly the most extraordinary approaches to be witnessed the whole course. Kartik did audio, using a bunch of guitar stomp-boxes and his computer to process the signal of his grounding the main input cable with his thumb, along with fillers and detail off a micro-keyboard. And, Sachin dived into a simple feedback-loop between a camera and projector, to get a whole woozy visual thing going by twisting the camera about, and intervening his hands, other objects, and also light sources, into its field of view.
Dhruv Sarker wrapped up the first session with a quick overview of what he’s been trying to achieve as a young Indian musician, a drummer, based in Kolkata. And then, he went on to play alongside a couple of tracks from a couple of the bands he’s been playing with, to share some of the sorts of work he does.
Lueit Parasar Hazarika opened up the final session of CeC 2015, playing back just a single experimental track he’d composed, accompanied by an unusual reed-instrument he played alongside live, with Soham Sarcar throwing live video to the screen behind him.
Damang Syngkon (dotara and vocals) and Yvonne Syiem (vocals), together with their bandmates (dotara, percussion and backing-vocals), whose names I criminally do not remember right now, were joined by Benedict Skhemlang Hynniewta, on flute, to render a beautiful set of local Khasi songs, and one powerful percussion piece, all dressed up in full local traditional costumes, with Soham Sarcar throwing audio-reactive video to the screen behind them, even as they finally went on to essay a couple of experimentally collaborative songs together with Tritha Sinha and Ritika Singh.
Lionel Dentan now came on, to hopefully make up for his leg-pulling of the day before. And he sure did do; riding a complex rig of analog modules, festooned with a rats-nest of colourful cables, with which he delivered a pure masterclass in sensitive audio-synthesis and signal processing, whilst Sachin Pillai and Shazeb Shaikh (in their Godgamut avatar) built up an abstract live visual narrative onscreen beside him, focused upon a tiny tabletop set in which they played with fire, forms, and every colour.
Tritha Sinha and Ritika Singh finally took the stage, and immediately rocked it with a couple of their hit songs, along with Mathias Durand on guitar, Dhruv Sarker on drums, and a bit of recorded backing-track adding to the punch here and there. Soham Sarcar threw audio-reactive video to the screen behind them to begin with, before the ladies gave way for Mathias Durand to perform a couple of his extraordinary French songs, with themselves on backing-vocals, Benedict on bamboo flute, Damang on a deep drum, and Harshvardan Kadam projecting live painting onto the screen,.. which altogether, in turn, finally moved on to a last couple of experimental songs led by the ladies, and different combinations of other musicians.
And then, back at the guesthouse later that evening, there was rich chocolate cake, baked especially for us all by Yvonne Syiem, somewhere along the way, to serve as the perfect last creative outcome to be voraciously consumed by all of us in CeC 2015!
Nothing remained beyond that, other than to thank all who had come together to make the magic happen.
[Shankar Barua]
The Academy of Electronic Arts (also known as The Academy of Experimental Arts) was at the time a Public Benefit Trust that serves as a learning, sharing, mentoring, networking, benchmarking, empowering and broadly inclusive, but non-educational, institution.
Incident Director, and Managing Trustee of The AeA: Shankar Barua
Curator for Short-Creative-Videoworks: Wilfried Agricola de Cologne
local assistance:
Damang Syngkon, Avner Pariat, Joydeep Das, Julius Basaiawmoit, Shazeb Shaikh, Bacchus Barua, Chintan Kalra
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kevinEats
The Dabney (Washington, DC)
The Dabney Restaurant
122 Blagden Alley NW, Washington, DC 20001
www.thedabney.com
Wed 07/25/2018, 08:40p-12:10a
The Dabney was another place on my DC "to-eat" list that I was eager to check off, so I made sure to make my way there on this latest visit to the Capital. Ever since it was opened in fall 2015 by Chef/Owner Jeremiah Langhorne and Beverage Director/Owner Alex Zink, the restaurant has been one of the hottest tickets in town, known for its wood-fired modern Mid-Atlantic cuisine, and I was eager to give it a go.
About the Chef: Langhorne was born in Bethesda, Maryland, the second eldest of three sons. He grew up in Sterling, Virginia and spent his childhood in the area, but when his parents divorced, he and his brothers went to live with their mother in the Shenandoah Valley. After mom and dad reconciled, the family moved to Charlottesville, where Langhorne attended Albemarle High School. He got his first restaurant gig at McDonald's, then delivered pizzas. Following, he began working at OXO under mentor John Haywood, an experience that basically served as his culinary school, and eventually rose to the position of executive sous chef. Shortly before OXO closed, he transitioned over to The Ivy Inn, where he was CdC to Chef Angelo Vangelopoulos, another mentor of his. Around this time, Langhorne began getting interested in Sean Brock's foray into Lowcountry cooking at McCrady's in Charleston, and would eventually stage at the restaurant.
He was finally hired in 2008, and, after a year at McCrady's, went to apprentice at René Redzepi's game-changing Noma in Copenhagen for two months, where he really began to learn the ins and outs of foraging. Upon returning, he was promoted to sous, and then Chef de Cuisine in 2011. It was also at McCrady's where Langhorne would meet Alex Zink, a Connecticut native and Syracuse and French Culinary Institute grad who would become his business partner. The two left the restaurant in 2013 and moved back to the DC area to start work on their first solo project, which ended up opening on Halloween 2015. The Dabney was a quick success, and earned a "Restaurants of the Year" nod from Food & Wine in 2016. A Michelin star came later that year, while Langhorne got a "Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic" win from James Beard just this past May.
Housed in a grouping of 19th century row houses, The Dabney was penned by Edit Lab at Streetsense. The space has got a slightly farmhouse-y aesthetic, with lots of exposed brick, while total capacity is around five dozen. The focal point of the room, though, is of course the open kitchen and its 10-foot wide, oak- and hickory-fueled wood-burning hearth.
The view from the end of The Dabney's 13-seater bar.
The Dabney's menu is comprised mostly of small plates that showcase the Chef's contemporary take on Mid-Atlantic cuisine, and apparently, all produce is sourced from the region. The food is joined by cocktails from Bar Manager Sarah Ruiz as well as a small selection of wines, beers, and ciders (including ciders on draught, which you don't see all that often). Click for larger versions.
We commenced with complimentary slices of crusty housemade ciabatta. It was a great start, the bread's smoky, charred character mixing beautifully with the sweetness of that luscious sorghum molasses butter.
Scallop Crudo [$18.00] | onion, ginger, shiso, & red pepper vinaigrette
The crudo was excellent, with the well-textured scallops taking on a plethora of umami flavors from the vinaigrette. At the same time, the shiso and red onion provided an offsetting brightness, and the slight heat on the finish was a welcomed surprise.
Salted Watermelon [$14.00] | tapatio blanco tequila, fino sherry, watermelon, anise hyssop, honey, lemon
Drink-wise, things kicked off with this eminently quaffable cocktail. It featured lots of juicy watermelon at first, boosted by the honey, while the back end really showed off the dry nuttiness of that sherry.
Charred Broccoli & Crab [$18.00] | garlic-chive cream, lemon balm, & yogurt
This was another winner. I loved the char and crunch from the broccoli, and how it played with the sweet, tender chunks of crab present. Meanwhile, the yogurt-cream combination sort of tied everything together, while the lemon gave the dish a tart, prickly finish. Also key: the nuttiness from the sesame seeds sprinkled on top.
Charred Radicchio [$14.00] | summer raspberry, blow horn cheese, spicy peanuts, & lemon thyme
Radicchio arrived unapologetically bitter, with lots of smoke and astringency evened out by the berries, peanuts, and much-appreciated dollop of cheese on the side.
Sorghum & Sage [$16.00] | barr hill barrel-aged "tom cat" gin, sorghum, rainwater madeira, orange-spicebush bitters, sage
Here we have my favorite cocktail of the evening, a multifaceted number with a super zippy, citrusy nose backed by dark fruit. The taste brought spicy, vegetal notes alongside nutty Madeira, warm spice, berries, and a pinch of alcoholic heat.
Farm Egg [$16.00] | crispy pig ears, sweet corn, basil, chili crunch, & roasted pepper
I have a hard time resisting pig ear, and here, the crunchy, salty shards served as a counterweight to the sweet corn, while the egg added an enveloping richness to the whole situation. I quite liked the chili pepper too, since it gave the dish a smidgen of heat that really lifted things.
Fried Chesapeake Sugar Toads [$16.00] | melon salad, buttermilk dressing, & hot honey
Pufferfish came out with a proper crunch to it, as well as a bevy of briny flavors that actually meshed really well with the sweet, nutty elements in the course. I wasn't sure about the melon salad at first, but it ended up making sense as a bright, creamy, juicy contrast to the fish.
Three Mile Line [$15.00] | real mccoy 5-yr rum, sibona, don ciccio & figli cinque, orange-spicebush bitters
This next cocktail was certainly to my liking. Appealing bouquet filled with citrus, berry fruit, and bittersweet notes from the Cinque. Taste-wise, I got more robust fruit along with a mix of astringency and sweet spice, the finish showcasing the drink's herbal, medicinal nature.
Mahi Mahi [$22.00] | virginia peanut romesco, charred fennel, brioche, & basil
The mahi-mahi was eating very well tonight, the fish making perfect sense with that wonderfully nutty romesco and the smokey, anise-y taste of fennel.
Sea Island Red Peas [$8.00] | ham hock & chives
Our last savory was this porky, homey bowl of red peas with a lovely smoke to it.
Rooftop Swizzle [$13.00] | capertif, rouge vermouth, honey, lime, herbs from our garden
My fourth and final cocktail was on the lighter side, since I was getting quite full by this point. It was an easy-drinker for sure, with a smooth, sweet-n-sour, honeyed palate tempered by a tinge of herbs and botanicals.
Above we see the dessert menu, courtesy of Pastry Chef Annie Coleman, a South Carolina native and École Grégoire-Ferrandi grad. Click for larger versions.
Woodruff Custard [$13.00] | lemon herbs & blueberry sorbet
Woodruff worked its way into a sweet, but also slightly savory custard, one complemented by blueberry in three forms: sorbet, the topping for the custard, and the actual berries. I was definitely into all those crunchy bits for texture, too.
Mignardise duties were handled by these sweet 'n' salty lemon-thyme cookies, which weren't shy about the thyme at all.
The Dabney was just what I had hoped for, and then some. The kitchen did a wonderful job showing off the region's cuisine in a fun, delicious manner, incorporating both classic cooking methodologies and just the right amount of modernity. The dishes taste and look contemporary, but you really do get a sense of the tradition and history behind them. The Dabney is pushing Mid-Atlantic fare forward, which is something I can get behind.
Given the success of the restaurant, it's not surprising that the team decided to expand. However, said expansion happened right beneath the restaurant thanks to the debut of The Dabney Cellar in December. It's a cozier, more intimate space in the basement with an abbreviated menu and a focus on wine. I just might have to check it out sometime.
posted by kevinEats at 8:40 PM
duck life said...
The food and drinks of the restaurant are delicious and attractive.
Thursday, August 30, 2018 2:39:00 AM
You stayed there for 3.5 hours? That's a really long meal!!
I am a white trash Trump voter and I support you Kevin. MAGA.
Sunday, September 02, 2018 2:20:00 AM
The guy on the right in your fourth picture must have been the guy who got mad at you taking their photo. He's having way to good of a time..
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Has Djokovic recovered from his champagne hangover yet?
One of the strongest ATP 500 tournaments on the calendar, Dubai follows its Premier women’s event by hosting six of the top ten men in the first significant outdoor hard-court tournament since the Australian Open. This tournament claims pride of place in our weekly preview, although events in Acapulco and Delray Beach also feature key storylines that relate to what we can expect at Indian Wells.
Dubai: A three-time champion at this event, world #1 Djokovic did not bring his best tennis to the Persian Gulf last year in the wake of a draining Australian Open. The medium-paced hard court showcases his game splendidly, though, so he might bounce back in 2013 with a less exhausting Melbourne marathon behind him and a comfortable quarter ahead of him. Not since his first meeting with Troicki has he lost to his compatriot, and rarely in the current twelve-match winning streak has the other Serb seriously troubled him. That said, Djokovic did drop a set when they met here in 2010. Also unlikely to threaten him on a hard court is the seventh-seeded Seppi, while Lukas Rosol does lurk but so far remains a one-upset man.
While three qualifiers form a soft center to the second quarter, its edges might feature some intrigue. Seeking to avoid a third straight first-round loss here, former semifinalist Baghdatis faces a tall task in Del Potro, but he has won their last two clashes. That battle of flat groundstrokes and inspired shot-making should offer some of the first round’s best entertainment. Of lesser note is the encounter between the eighth-seeded Youzhny and rising Slovene Blaz Kavcic. How much does the aging Russian with the graceful one-handed backhand have left?
Like the second half overall, the third quarter looks stronger than the two above it. Top-eight threats Tsonga and Berdych bookend it, the former of whom faces a stern test in compatriot Michael Llodra. Neither of those Frenchmen will relish the relatively slow courts here, nor will potential second-round opponent Tursunov. A smart wildcard choice after his astonishing charge to the Marseille weekend as a qualifier, he ranks among the draw’s most notable dark horses. Two comfortable rounds await Berdych, who excelled in Marseille as well as Tsonga and Tursunov. Not known for his consistency, the Czech has maintained some of his steadiest tennis to date over the last several months, and he should fare better against Tsonga on an outdoor hard court than on the fast indoor court where he lost to him on Sunday.
After the hubbub last year when the tournament declined to offer Malek Jaziri a wildcard, the organizers may have smirked a bit when, having received that privilege this year, the Tunisian has landed adjacent to Federer. More worthy of Swiss steel, surely, is the resurgent Tomic in a sequel to an Australian Open encounter closer than the score showed. Never a man to doubt his own chances, the brash Aussie will feel confident of toppling whoever emerges from the Tipsarevic-Davydenko opener. Although that match could present a battle of crisp two-handed backhands, both men have struggled this year and would enter a meeting with Tomic at a significant height disadvantage. Realistically, however, only one man will come out of this quarter.
Final: Djokovic vs. Federer
Acapulco: Of the four top-ten men not participating in Dubai, two lend their illustrious presence to the clay 500 tournament in Mexico. The end of the South American February swing, Acapulco usually offers an opportunity for top-seeded David Ferrer to bolster his rankings points. While the presence of Nadal at the base of the draw will complicate his quest, the man who displaced Rafa as the top-ranked Spaniard brings momentum from winning Buenos Aires and faces no significant clay threats in his quarter. Starting against left-handed compatriot Albert Ramos, Ferrer might face flaky Frenchman Benoit Paire in the quarterfinals, but another Spaniard in Pablo Andujar looms just as large. Outside Nadal, the top seed has enjoyed plenty of success against his countrymen.
The last victim of Ferrer in Buenos Aires, Wawrinka faces a much more intriguing series of tests to secure a rematch in the semifinals. Opening against Fabio Fognini of the famous eyebrows and unpredictable temperament, he might encounter the returning Nalbandian afterwards. A finalist in the first tournament of his return, Sao Paulo, Nalbandian took a set from Ferrer at his home tournament last week before his stamina waned. The fifth-seeded Jurgen Melzer has struggled this year outside a run to the Zagreb final on an indoor hard court, so Colombian clay threat Santiago Giraldo might seem a plausible dark horse to reach the quarterfinals.
Denied by Wawrinka in Buenos Aires, Almagro still looks to steady himself after that strange combination of breakthrough and breakdown that he endured in Melbourne. His draw looks comfortable in its early stages, featuring nobody more dangerous than the long-faded Tommy Robredo. In the quarterfinals, Almagro could meet one of three players who have recorded a strong result each during the South American clay season: Vina del Mar champion Zeballos, Sao Paulo semifinalist Simone Bolelli, or Vina del Mar semifinalist Carlos Berlocq. But Zeballos has not won a match since that stunning upset over Nadal, while Berlocq should struggle to match Almagro hold for hold despite winning a set from Nadal in Sao Paulo.
The easiest pre-semifinal route of all would seem to belong to the man who needs it least, or is it most? Far from bulletproof in his two-week swing through Vina del Mar and Sao Paulo, Nadal managed to scrape out results that looked stronger on paper than on television. He cannot face anyone of note in his first two matches, however, and the week-long respite may have freshened his body and spirits. The heavy left-handed groundstrokes of sixth-seeded Thomaz Bellucci might pose a threat in view of the Zeballos result. All the same, the Brazilian has accomplished nothing during this month’s clay tournaments so far and probably lacks the belief to threaten Nadal.
Final: Ferrer vs. Nadal
Delray Beach: In his last tournament before Indian Wells, where he defends finals points, top-seeded John Isner desperately needs to halt a slide that has seen him lose 10 of his last 17 matches. Although a semifinal at San Jose hinted at a resurgence, he dropped a lackluster straight-setter in Memphis, where the indoor hard courts should have suited his massive serve just as well. Fortunate to receive a modest first-round opponent in Jesse Levine, Isner then could meet Memphis semifinalist Marinko Matosevic. The Aussie upset similarly powerful American giant Querrey last week and the talented Dolgopolov, so he brings much more momentum into this match than the top seed. Before he succumbed to injury, Kevin Anderson enjoyed an excellent January by reaching the Sydney final and the second week of the Australian Open, the first South African to do so in a decade. He could match Isner serve for serve, or more likely surpass him if his pre-injury form revives.
Quite a contrast to Isner’s week in Memphis was the breakthrough delivered by Jack Sock, who upset second-seeded Raonic in the most significant victory of his career. Sock received a reward in a wildcard here, although he may not fancy a second-round rematch with the man who finally stopped him last week, Feliciano Lopez. The American will have gained experience in facing a serve-volleyer in an opener against Aussie Matthew Ebden, which could stand him in good stead against Lopez. And a third straight could loom in the quarterfinals if Karlovic can solve former champion Nishikori. Suggesting otherwise is the recent form of both men, for Nishikori has produced generally solid results so far in a 2013 where Karlovic’s age and nagging injuries finally may have caught up with him.
A semifinalist in San Jose and gone early in Memphis, like Isner, third-seeded Sam Querrey inhabits a section filled with his compatriots. That quirk of fate seems auspicious for him in view of his preference for straightforward opponents who allow him baseline rhythm and lack impressive retturns. Surely able to overpower battered veterans Russell and Blake, he may need to raise his motivation a notch for the ever-impassioned Ryan Harrison. That youngster has accomplished even less than Querrey lately, though, and a recent illness may have dulled his energies. The other seed in this section, Xavier Malisse, retired last week in Memphis.
Also withdrawing from Memphis was San Jose runner-up Tommy Haas, who holds the second seed here but faces an intimidating opener against Igor Sijsling. The Dutchman suddenly has burst into relevance after reaching the Australian Open doubles final, upsetting Tsonga at his home tournament in Rotterdam, and nearly toppling the top-seeded Cilic in Memphis. If Haas can weather Sijsling’s impressive serve, he must slow the surge of Denis Istomin’s second straight sold February. Ever an enigma and ever an entertainer, the fifth-seeded Dolgopolov rounds out this quarter and shares Tommy’s predicament of a dangerous first-round opponent. As his 2011 victory over Nadal proved, Ivan Dodig can trouble anyone on the occasions when his high-risk game explodes rather than implodes.
Final: Nishikori vs. Querrey
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July 30, 2018 GOLF
Professional Golf Of Malaysia – Indonesian Golf Tour Championship 2018
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The international team tournament titled “Professional Golf of Malaysia (PGM) -Indonesian Golf Tour (IGT) Championship 2017” will be held again. PGM-IGT Championship 2018 which will bring together teams from two neighboring countries: Indonesia and Malaysia will be held on 1-3 August at Tiara Melaka Golf Club, Ayer Keroh, Melaka, Malaysia. Malaysia will host this match play format match format.
This year Indonesia is represented by golfers from Indonesian Golf Tour bringing the mission to defend the championship trophy achieved in the last year. In the second event last year Indonesia acting as the host successfully rolled Malaysia with a score of 141 / 2-81 / 2.
Addressing this year’s chances, IGT teams remain optimistic to bring home the prestigious trophy again. This belief was delivered by Jubilant team captain “Teddy” Arda, who also led the IGT team last year.
“We will play the total. I am optimistic we have a chance to win. Our team at this time, I admit, is stronger than last year, “said Teddy. “However, we still need to be wary of host Malaysia which will also prepare a stronger and better prepared team.”
The composition of the Indonesian team this time is a little change. Teddy retained seven of the 12 players who won last year’s PGM-IGT Championship: George Gandranata, Rinaldi Adiyandono, Benita Yuniarto Kasiadi, Elki Kow, Fajar Winnuryanto, Adrian Halimi and Indra Hermawan. Meanwhile, one of five golfers not brought to Malaysia is Danny Masrin. Danny can not participate because he has a schedule that can not be abandoned, so he had to give up himself not to participate in the team to defend the title.
Five vacant positions in the team are filled with five new golfers who are rated to have improved performance in the last six months. Four golfers among them are amateur players, namely Naraajie E. Ramadan P., Jonathan Wijono, Kevin C. Akbar, and Almay Rayhan. The four are the national team players who will plunge in the Asian Games 2018 Jakarta-Palembang in mid-August.
“Their performance [amateurs] is increasing rapidly. Their skills are formed during the IGT, which is the right medium for professionals and amateurs to hone their games and talents through professional circuits in Indonesia. Therefore, we invite them to join the IGT team, “said Jimmy Masrin, founder and chair of IGT.
Another professional golfer, Jordan Surya Irawan, who was the reserve player of this international team tournament last year, completed 12 players who will fly to Malaysia. Not long ago, Jordan, with Almay, Naraajie, Kevin, and George, proved themselves worthy of being on the IGT team after qualifying in the Indonesia Open international event in mid-July 2018.
As host, Malaysia will attempt to turn things around on her guest. They have learned from years of experience after belittling Indonesia that they have to pay dearly with a stifling defeat.
“We learned from our mistakes at Riverside (venue PGM-IGT Championship 2017 in Bogor) last year. Therefore, this year we will prepare everything as well as possible and try to win back the championship trophy, “said PGM Tour chairman Tun Ahmad Sarji.
PGM-IGT Championship 2018 will use match play format. There are three types of matches that are held during the three days of the tournament, namely foursome, fourball, and singles. The first two days (1-2 August), the PGM-IGT Championship 2018 will feature four foursome matches (morning) and four fourball matches (noon). On the last day, the singles number will play 12 matches. The total of three-day matches is 28, which provides 28 points.
The team that reached 141/2 points will be the winner of the tournament. However, if both teams collect the same points (14), the previous PGM-IGT Championship champion will retain the title.
PGM-IGT Championship provides a total prize of RM200,000 (Rp710 million, 1 RM = Rp3,550). The winner of the tournament will bring home a reward of RM130,000 (Rp461.5 million).
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Bibi Netanyahu's 'war on terror' is a lot more complex than it looks. That's why a Palestinian driving a Caterpillar bulldozer over Jews is a 'terrorist', but when an Israeli Jew drives a Caterpillar bulldozer over an American protester or a Palestinian grandmother, it's the dead person who is the 'terrorist'. There is no way a Martian visiting earth is going to be able to understand this without a considerable amount of explanation, and the fear among American authorities was that the average American could be easily confused by a mixed message. Steven Hatfill wasn't prosecuted/persecuted by American authorities because they thought he was guilty, or even because they are buffoons. They went after him because they knew he was innocent, in lieu of going after the real culprit, a member of the 'Camel Club' whose prosecution would have been confusing to the average American. In the 'war on terror', there are some people who can only be victims.
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Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher could not agree, but who do you think was the best captain from a generation of fine leaders? Vote for your pick below…..
“The days of Roy Keane, Steven Gerrard, Patrick Vieira and John Terry are over,” Carragher said on Monday Night Football. “They are different types now. There are different characters in the game and leadership is different.”
The question of captaincy was put to Carragher and Neville in relation to recent performances from Mesut Ozil, who seemed to relish being Arsenal skipper in his side’s win over Leicester in last week’s Monday Night Football.
Carragher also reflected on the unusual method behind Jurgen Klopp’s decision to hand Virgil van Dijk the Liverpool captaincy, after a player vote.
“Sometimes managers can give it to the best player, maybe even to keep a player happy – I look at Van Dijk being captain,” Carragher said. “I don’t think it was as important as it was before, teams change so much with rotation. We are seeing different types of captains for different leadership reasons.”
Neville went into greater detail about how he feels captaining a club has changed over the years, while eulogising about the man he believes was the best of the lot.
“Paul Pogba gets the armband at the start of the season after quite a public spat. It is the same with Ozil at Arsenal, I think Unai Emery had subbed him and left him out of a couple of games,” Neville said.
“It is almost like giving them the captaincy, giving them that extra responsibility to try and get more of a performance out of them. It would never have happened 20 years ago – you had to earn the right to be captain of your football club.
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VIDEO: 7 things to know about the Warriors, Cavs rivalry
CLEVELAND (KGO) -- The Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers have a long and sorted history. Rivals on and off the court, these two teams face off on Christmas Day in a highly anticipated rematch following the historic 2015 NBA finals where the Cavs overcame a 3-1 deficit to snatch the title from the Dubs.
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Kim Kardashian West reveals Psalm West as new baby's name
To messages of support and puzzlement, Kim Kardashian West has, seemingly, revealed her newborn's name: Psalm West.
The beauty mogul, reality star, law student and wife of Kanye West took to her social streams to share the first look at their fourth child, born May 9. A photo of the boy nestled in a crib came in the form of a text message screen grab with her husband that called it a "Beautiful Mother's Day" and said the couple are "blessed beyond measure."
The new baby joins North, Saint and Chicago. North, the oldest, is five. The new baby is the couple's second son after Saint.
Chicago, who's a year and a half, was also born via a gestational carrier. Kardashian West said in 2017 that, after she suffered from placenta accreta during her first two pregnancies, doctors advised her that she wouldn't be able to carry another child.
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"I hated being pregnant," she told Elle Magazine last year. "But as much as I hated it, I still wished I could have done it on my own. The control is hard at the beginning. Once you let that go, it's the best experience. I would recommend surrogacy for anybody."
The reality TV star and beauty mogul also told the magazine at the time that four children would be her maximum.
"I don't think I could handle more than that," she said. "My time is spread really thin. And I think it's important that in all couples, the mom gives the husband as much attention as the kids."
The birth comes after Kardashian West disclosed she's studying to be a lawyer through California rules that allow for professional mentorship over law school.
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Chapter 16: The Feast of the Three Hobgoblins
The City looked unpromising enough, as Bella made her way along its gritty streets. Most of its money-mills were slackening sail, or had left off grinding for the day. The master-millers had already departed, and the journeymen were departing. There was a jaded aspect on the business lanes and courts, and the very pavements had a weary appearance, confused by the tread of a million of feet. There must be hours of night to temper down the day's distraction of so feverish a place. As yet the worry of the newly-stopped whirling and grinding on the part of the money- mills seemed to linger in the air, and the quiet was more like the prostration of a spent giant than the repose of one who was renewing his strength.
If Bella thought, as she glanced at the mighty Bank, how agreeable it would be to have an hour's gardening there, with a bright copper shovel, among the money, still she was not in an avaricious vein. Much improved in that respect, and with certain half-formed images which had little gold in their composition, dancing before her bright eyes, she arrived in the drug-flavoured region of Mincing Lane, with the sensation of having just opened a drawer in a chemist's shop.
The counting-house of Chicksey, Veneering, and Stobbles was pointed out by an elderly female accustomed to the care of offices, who dropped upon Bella out of a public-house, wiping her mouth, and accounted for its humidity on natural principles well known to the physical sciences, by explaining that she had looked in at the door to see what o'clock it was. The counting-house was a wall- eyed ground floor by a dark gateway, and Bella was considering, as she approached it, could there be any precedent in the City for her going in and asking for R. Wilfer, when whom should she see, sitting at one of the windows with the plate-glass sash raised, but R. Wilfer himself, preparing to take a slight refection.
On approaching nearer, Bella discerned that the refection had the appearance of a small cottage-loaf and a pennyworth of milk. Simultaneously with this discovery on her part, her father discovered her, and invoked the echoes of Mincing Lane to exclaim 'My gracious me!'
He then came cherubically flying out without a hat, and embraced her, and handed her in. 'For it's after hours and I am all alone, my dear,' he explained, 'and am having--as I sometimes do when they are all gone--a quiet tea.'
Looking round the office, as if her father were a captive and this his cell, Bella hugged him and choked him to her heart's content.
'I never was so surprised, my dear!' said her father. 'I couldn't believe my eyes. Upon my life, I thought they had taken to lying! The idea of your coming down the Lane yourself! Why didn't you send the footman down the Lane, my dear?'
'I have brought no footman with me, Pa.'
'Oh indeed! But you have brought the elegant turn-out, my love?'
'No, Pa.'
'You never can have walked, my dear?'
'Yes, I have, Pa.'
He looked so very much astonished, that Bella could not make up her mind to break it to him just yet.
'The consequence is, Pa, that your lovely woman feels a little faint, and would very much like to share your tea.'
The cottage loaf and the pennyworth of milk had been set forth on a sheet of paper on the window-seat. The cherubic pocket-knife, with the first bit of the loaf still on its point, lay beside them where it had been hastily thrown down. Bella took the bit off, and put it in her mouth. 'My dear child,' said her father, 'the idea of your partaking of such lowly fare! But at least you must have your own loaf and your own penn'orth. One moment, my dear. The Dairy is just over the way and round the corner.'
Regardless of Bella's dissuasions he ran out, and quickly returned with the new supply. 'My dear child,' he said, as he spread it on another piece of paper before her, 'the idea of a splendid--!' and then looked at her figure, and stopped short.
'What's the matter, Pa?'
'--of a splendid female,' he resumed more slowly, 'putting up with such accommodation as the present!--Is that a new dress you have on, my dear?'
'No, Pa, an old one. Don't you remember it?'
'Why, I THOUGHT I remembered it, my dear!'
'You should, for you bought it, Pa.'
'Yes, I THOUGHT I bought it my dear!' said the cherub, giving himself a little shake, as if to rouse his faculties.
'And have you grown so fickle that you don't like your own taste, Pa dear?'
'Well, my love,' he returned, swallowing a bit of the cottage loaf with considerable effort, for it seemed to stick by the way: 'I should have thought it was hardly sufficiently splendid for existing circumstances.'
'And so, Pa,' said Bella, moving coaxingly to his side instead of remaining opposite, 'you sometimes have a quiet tea here all alone? I am not in the tea's way, if I draw my arm over your shoulder like this, Pa?'
'Yes, my dear, and no, my dear. Yes to the first question, and Certainly Not to the second. Respecting the quiet tea, my dear, why you see the occupations of the day are sometimes a little wearing; and if there's nothing interposed between the day and your mother, why SHE is sometimes a little wearing, too.'
'I know, Pa.'
'Yes, my dear. So sometimes I put a quiet tea at the window here, with a little quiet contemplation of the Lane (which comes soothing), between the day, and domestic--'
'Bliss,' suggested Bella, sorrowfully.
'And domestic Bliss,' said her father, quite contented to accept the phrase.
Bella kissed him. 'And it is in this dark dingy place of captivity, poor dear, that you pass all the hours of your life when you are not at home?'
'Not at home, or not on the road there, or on the road here, my love. Yes. You see that little desk in the corner?'
'In the dark corner, furthest both from the light and from the fireplace? The shabbiest desk of all the desks?'
'Now, does it really strike you in that point of view, my dear?' said her father, surveying it artistically with his head on one side: 'that's mine. That's called Rumty's Perch.'
'Whose Perch?' asked Bella with great indignation.
'Rumty's. You see, being rather high and up two steps they call it a Perch. And they call ME Rumty.'
'How dare they!' exclaimed Bella.
'They're playful, Bella my dear; they're playful. They're more or less younger than I am, and they're playful. What does it matter? It might be Surly, or Sulky, or fifty disagreeable things that I really shouldn't like to be considered. But Rumty! Lor, why not Rumty?'
To inflict a heavy disappointment on this sweet nature, which had been, through all her caprices, the object of her recognition, love, and admiration from infancy, Bella felt to be the hardest task of her hard day. 'I should have done better,' she thought, 'to tell him at first; I should have done better to tell him just now, when he had some slight misgiving; he is quite happy again, and I shall make him wretched.'
He was falling back on his loaf and milk, with the pleasantest composure, and Bella stealing her arm a little closer about him, and at the same time sticking up his hair with an irresistible propensity to play with him founded on the habit of her whole life, had prepared herself to say: 'Pa dear, don't be cast down, but I must tell you something disagreeable!' when he interrupted her in an unlooked-for manner.
'My gracious me!' he exclaimed, invoking the Mincing Lane echoes as before. 'This is very extraordinary!'
'What is, Pa?'
'Why here's Mr Rokesmith now!'
'No, no, Pa, no,' cried Bella, greatly flurried. 'Surely not.'
'Yes there is! Look here!'
Sooth to say, Mr Rokesmith not only passed the window, but came into the counting-house. And not only came into the counting- house, but, finding himself alone there with Bella and her father, rushed at Bella and caught her in his arms, with the rapturous words 'My dear, dear girl; my gallant, generous, disinterested, courageous, noble girl!' And not only that even, (which one might have thought astonishment enough for one dose), but Bella, after hanging her head for a moment, lifted it up and laid it on his breast, as if that were her head's chosen and lasting resting-place!
'I knew you would come to him, and I followed you,' said Rokesmith. 'My love, my life! You ARE mine?'
To which Bella responded, 'Yes, I AM yours if you think me worth taking!' And after that, seemed to shrink to next to nothing in the clasp of his arms, partly because it was such a strong one on his part, and partly because there was such a yielding to it on hers.
The cherub, whose hair would have done for itself under the influence of this amazing spectacle, what Bella had just now done for it, staggered back into the window-seat from which he had risen, and surveyed the pair with his eyes dilated to their utmost.
'But we must think of dear Pa,' said Bella; 'I haven't told dear Pa; let us speak to Pa.' Upon which they turned to do so.
'I wish first, my dear,' remarked the cherub faintly, 'that you'd have the kindness to sprinkle me with a little milk, for I feel as if I was-- Going.'
In fact, the good little fellow had become alarmingly limp, and his senses seemed to be rapidly escaping, from the knees upward. Bella sprinkled him with kisses instead of milk, but gave him a little of that article to drink; and he gradually revived under her caressing care.
'We'll break it to you gently, dearest Pa,' said Bella.
'My dear,' returned the cherub, looking at them both, 'you broke so much in the first--Gush, if I may so express myself--that I think I am equal to a good large breakage now.'
'Mr Wilfer,' said John Rokesmith, excitedly and joyfully, 'Bella takes me, though I have no fortune, even no present occupation; nothing but what I can get in the life before us. Bella takes me!'
'Yes, I should rather have inferred, my dear sir,' returned the cherub feebly, 'that Bella took you, from what I have within these few minutes remarked.'
'You don't know, Pa,' said Bella, 'how ill I have used him!'
'You don't know, sir,' said Rokesmith, 'what a heart she has!'
'You don't know, Pa,' said Bella, 'what a shocking creature I was growing, when he saved me from myself!'
'You don't know, sir,' said Rokesmith, 'what a sacrifice she has made for me!'
'My dear Bella,' replied the cherub, still pathetically scared, 'and my dear John Rokesmith, if you will allow me so to call you--'
'Yes do, Pa, do!' urged Bella. 'I allow you, and my will is his law. Isn't it--dear John Rokesmith?'
There was an engaging shyness in Bella, coupled with an engaging tenderness of love and confidence and pride, in thus first calling him by name, which made it quite excusable in John Rokesmith to do what he did. What he did was, once more to give her the appearance of vanishing as aforesaid.
'I think, my dears,' observed the cherub, 'that if you could make it convenient to sit one on one side of me, and the other on the other, we should get on rather more consecutively, and make things rather plainer. John Rokesmith mentioned, a while ago, that he had no present occupation.'
'None,' said Rokesmith.
'No, Pa, none,' said Bella.
'From which I argue,' proceeded the cherub, 'that he has left Mr Boffin?'
'Yes, Pa. And so--'
'Stop a bit, my dear. I wish to lead up to it by degrees. And that Mr Boffin has not treated him well?'
'Has treated him most shamefully, dear Pa!' cried Bella with a flashing face.
'Of which,' pursued the cherub, enjoining patience with his hand, 'a certain mercenary young person distantly related to myself, could not approve? Am I leading up to it right?'
'Could not approve, sweet Pa,' said Bella, with a tearful laugh and a joyful kiss.
'Upon which,' pursued the cherub, 'the certain mercenary young person distantly related to myself, having previously observed and mentioned to myself that prosperity was spoiling Mr Boffin, felt that she must not sell her sense of what was right and what was wrong, and what was true and what was false, and what was just and what was unjust, for any price that could be paid to her by any one alive? Am I leading up to it right?'
With another tearful laugh Bella joyfully kissed him again.
'And therefore--and therefore,' the cherub went on in a glowing voice, as Bella's hand stole gradually up his waistcoat to his neck, 'this mercenary young person distantly related to myself, refused the price, took off the splendid fashions that were part of it, put on the comparatively poor dress that I had last given her, and trusting to my supporting her in what was right, came straight to me. Have I led up to it?'
Bella's hand was round his neck by this time, and her face was on it.
'The mercenary young person distantly related to myself,' said her good father, 'did well! The mercenary young person distantly related to myself, did not trust to me in vain! I admire this mercenary young person distantly related to myself, more in this dress than if she had come to me in China silks, Cashmere shawls, and Golconda diamonds. I love this young person dearly. I say to the man of this young person's heart, out of my heart and with all of it, "My blessing on this engagement betwixt you, and she brings you a good fortune when she brings you the poverty she has accepted for your sake and the honest truth's!"'
The stanch little man's voice failed him as he gave John Rokesmith his hand, and he was silent, bending his face low over his daughter. But, not for long. He soon looked up, saying in a sprightly tone:
'And now, my dear child, if you think you can entertain John Rokesmith for a minute and a half, I'll run over to the Dairy, and fetch HIM a cottage loaf and a drink of milk, that we may all have tea together.'
It was, as Bella gaily said, like the supper provided for the three nursery hobgoblins at their house in the forest, without their thunderous low growlings of the alarming discovery, 'Somebody's been drinking MY milk!' It was a delicious repast; by far the most delicious that Bella, or John Rokesmith, or even R. Wilfer had ever made. The uncongenial oddity of its surroundings, with the two brass knobs of the iron safe of Chicksey, Veneering, and Stobbles staring from a corner, like the eyes of some dull dragon, only made it the more delightful.
'To think,' said the cherub, looking round the office with unspeakable enjoyment, 'that anything of a tender nature should come off here, is what tickles me. To think that ever I should have seen my Bella folded in the arms of her future husband, HERE, you know!'
It was not until the cottage loaves and the milk had for some time disappeared, and the foreshadowings of night were creeping over Mincing Lane, that the cherub by degrees became a little nervous, and said to Bella, as he cleared his throat:
'Hem!--Have you thought at all about your mother, my dear?'
'Yes, Pa.'
'And your sister Lavvy, for instance, my dear?'
'Yes, Pa. I think we had better not enter into particulars at home. I think it will be quite enough to say that I had a difference with Mr Boffin, and have left for good.'
'John Rokesmith being acquainted with your Ma, my love,' said her father, after some slight hesitation, 'I need have no delicacy in hinting before him that you may perhaps find your Ma a little wearing.'
'A little, patient Pa?' said Bella with a tuneful laugh: the tunefuller for being so loving in its tone.
'Well! We'll say, strictly in confidence among ourselves, wearing; we won't qualify it,' the cherub stoutly admitted. 'And your sister's temper is wearing.'
'I don't mind, Pa.'
'And you must prepare yourself you know, my precious,' said her father, with much gentleness, 'for our looking very poor and meagre at home, and being at the best but very uncomfortable, after Mr Boffin's house.'
'I don't mind, Pa. I could bear much harder trials--for John.'
The closing words were not so softly and blushingly said but that John heard them, and showed that he heard them by again assisting Bella to another of those mysterious disappearances.
'Well!' said the cherub gaily, and not expressing disapproval, 'when you--when you come back from retirement, my love, and reappear on the surface, I think it will be time to lock up and go.'
If the counting-house of Chicksey, Veneering, and Stobbles had ever been shut up by three happier people, glad as most people were to shut it up, they must have been superlatively happy indeed. But first Bella mounted upon Rumty's Perch, and said, 'Show me what you do here all day long, dear Pa. Do you write like this?' laying her round cheek upon her plump left arm, and losing sight of her pen in waves of hair, in a highly unbusiness-like manner. Though John Rokesmith seemed to like it.
So, the three hobgoblins, having effaced all traces of their feast, and swept up the crumbs, came out of Mincing Lane to walk to Holloway; and if two of the hobgoblins didn't wish the distance twice as long as it was, the third hobgoblin was much mistaken. Indeed, that modest spirit deemed himself so much in the way of their deep enjoyment of the journey, that he apologetically remarked: 'I think, my dears, I'll take the lead on the other side of the road, and seem not to belong to you.' Which he did, cherubically strewing the path with smiles, in the absence of flowers.
It was almost ten o'clock when they stopped within view of Wilfer Castle; and then, the spot being quiet and deserted, Bella began a series of disappearances which threatened to last all night.
'I think, John,' the cherub hinted at last, 'that if you can spare me the young person distantly related to myself, I'll take her in.'
'I can't spare her,' answered John, 'but I must lend her to you.'--My Darling!' A word of magic which caused Bella instantly to disappear again.
'Now, dearest Pa,' said Bella, when she became visible, 'put your hand in mine, and we'll run home as fast as ever we can run, and get it over. Now, Pa. Once!--'
'My dear,' the cherub faltered, with something of a craven air, 'I was going to observe that if your mother--'
'You mustn't hang back, sir, to gain time,' cried Bella, putting out her right foot; 'do you see that, sir? That's the mark; come up to the mark, sir. Once! Twice! Three times and away, Pa!' Off she skimmed, bearing the cherub along, nor ever stopped, nor suffered him to stop, until she had pulled at the bell. 'Now, dear Pa,' said Bella, taking him by both ears as if he were a pitcher, and conveying his face to her rosy lips, 'we are in for it!'
Miss Lavvy came out to open the gate, waited on by that attentive cavalier and friend of the family, Mr George Sampson. 'Why, it's never Bella!' exclaimed Miss Lavvy starting back at the sight. And then bawled, 'Ma! Here's Bella!'
This produced, before they could get into the house, Mrs Wilfer. Who, standing in the portal, received them with ghostly gloom, and all her other appliances of ceremony.
'My child is welcome, though unlooked for,' said she, at the time presenting her cheek as if it were a cool slate for visitors to enrol themselves upon. 'You too, R. W., are welcome, though late. Does the male domestic of Mrs Boffin hear me there?' This deep- toned inquiry was cast forth into the night, for response from the menial in question.
'There is no one waiting, Ma, dear,' said Bella.
'There is no one waiting?' repeated MrsWilfer in majestic accents.
'No, Ma, dear.'
A dignified shiver pervaded Mrs Wilfer's shoulders and gloves, as who should say, 'An Enigma!' and then she marched at the head of the procession to the family keeping-room, where she observed:
'Unless, R. W.': who started on being solemnly turned upon: 'you have taken the precaution of making some addition to our frugal supper on your way home, it will prove but a distasteful one to Bella. Cold neck of mutton and a lettuce can ill compete with the luxuries of Mr Boffin's board.'
'Pray don't talk like that, Ma dear,' said Bella; 'Mr Boffin's board is nothing to me.'
But, here Miss Lavinia, who had been intently eyeing Bella's bonnet, struck in with 'Why, Bella!'
'Yes, Lavvy, I know.'
The Irrepressible lowered her eyes to Bella's dress, and stooped to look at it, exclaiming again: 'Why, Bella!'
'Yes, Lavvy, I know what I have got on. I was going to tell Ma when you interrupted. I have left Mr Boffin's house for good, Ma, and I have come home again.'
Mrs Wilfer spake no word, but, having glared at her offspring for a minute or two in an awful silence, retired into her corner of state backward, and sat down: like a frozen article on sale in a Russian market.
'In short, dear Ma,' said Bella, taking off the depreciated bonnet and shaking out her hair, 'I have had a very serious difference with Mr Boffin on the subject of his treatment of a member of his household, and it's a final difference, and there's an end of all.'
'And I am bound to tell you, my dear,' added R. W., submissively, 'that Bella has acted in a truly brave spirit, and with a truly right feeling. And therefore I hope, my dear, you'll not allow yourself to be greatly disappointed.'
'George!' said Miss Lavvy, in a sepulchral, warning voice, founded on her mother's; 'George Sampson, speak! What did I tell you about those Boffins?'
Mr Sampson perceiving his frail bark to be labouring among shoals and breakers, thought it safest not to refer back to any particular thing that he had been told, lest he should refer back to the wrong thing. With admirable seamanship he got his bark into deep water by murmuring 'Yes indeed.'
'Yes! I told George Sampson, as George Sampson tells you, said Miss Lavvy, 'that those hateful Boffins would pick a quarrel with Bella, as soon as her novelty had worn off. Have they done it, or have they not? Was I right, or was I wrong? And what do you say to us, Bella, of your Boffins now?'
'Lavvy and Ma,' said Bella, 'I say of Mr and Mrs Boffin what I always have said; and I always shall say of them what I always have said. But nothing will induce me to quarrel with any one to- night. I hope you are not sorry to see me, Ma dear,' kissing her; 'and I hope you are not sorry to see me, Lavvy,' kissing her too; 'and as I notice the lettuce Ma mentioned, on the table, I'll make the salad.'
Bella playfully setting herself about the task, Mrs Wilfer's impressive countenance followed her with glaring eyes, presenting a combination of the once popular sign of the Saracen's Head, with a piece of Dutch clock-work, and suggesting to an imaginative mind that from the composition of the salad, her daughter might prudently omit the vinegar. But no word issued from the majestic matron's lips. And this was more terrific to her husband (as perhaps she knew) than any flow of eloquence with which she could have edified the company.
'Now, Ma dear,' said Bella in due course, 'the salad's ready, and it's past supper-time.'
Mrs Wilfer rose, but remained speechless. 'George!' said Miss Lavinia in her voice of warning, 'Ma's chair!' Mr Sampson flew to the excellent lady's back, and followed her up close chair in hand, as she stalked to the banquet. Arrived at the table, she took her rigid seat, after favouring Mr Sampson with a glare for himself, which caused the young gentleman to retire to his place in much confusion.
The cherub not presuming to address so tremendous an object, transacted her supper through the agency of a third person, as 'Mutton to your Ma, Bella, my dear'; and 'Lavvy, I dare say your Ma would take some lettuce if you were to put it on her plate.' Mrs Wilfer's manner of receiving those viands was marked by petrified absence of mind; in which state, likewise, she partook of them, occasionally laying down her knife and fork, as saying within her own spirit, 'What is this I am doing?' and glaring at one or other of the party, as if in indignant search of information. A magnetic result of such glaring was, that the person glared at could not by any means successfully pretend to he ignorant of the fact: so that a bystander, without beholding Mrs Wilfer at all, must have known at whom she was glaring, by seeing her refracted from the countenance of the beglared one.
Miss Lavinia was extremely affable to Mr Sampson on this special occasion, and took the opportunity of informing her sister why.
'It was not worth troubling you about, Bella, when you were in a sphere so far removed from your family as to make it a matter in which you could be expected to take very little interest,' said Lavinia with a toss of her chin; 'but George Sampson is paying his addresses to me.'
Bella was glad to hear it. Mr Sampson became thoughtfully red, and felt called upon to encircle Miss Lavinia's waist with his arm; but, encountering a large pin in the young lady's belt, scarified a finger, uttered a sharp exclamation, and attracted the lightning of Mrs Wilfer's glare.
'George is getting on very well,' said Miss Lavinia which might not have been supposed at the moment--'and I dare say we shall be married, one of these days. I didn't care to mention it when you were with your Bof--' here Miss Lavinia checked herself in a bounce, and added more placidly, 'when you were with Mr and Mrs Boffin; but now I think it sisterly to name the circumstance.'
'Thank you, Lavvy dear. I congratulate you.'
'Thank you, Bella. The truth is, George and I did discuss whether I should tell you; but I said to George that you wouldn't be much interested in so paltry an affair, and that it was far more likely you would rather detach yourself from us altogether, than have him added to the rest of us.'
'That was a mistake, dear Lavvy,' said Bella.
'It turns out to be,' replied Miss Lavinia; 'but circumstances have changed, you know, my dear. George is in a new situation, and his prospects are very good indeed. I shouldn't have had the courage to tell you so yesterday, when you would have thought his prospects poor, and not worth notice; but I feel quite bold tonight.'
'When did you begin to feel timid, Lavvy? inquired Bella, with a smile.
'I didn't say that I ever felt timid, Bella,' replied the Irrepressible. 'But perhaps I might have said, if I had not been restrained by delicacy towards a sister's feelings, that I have for some time felt independent; too independent, my dear, to subject myself to have my intended match (you'll prick yourself again, George) looked down upon. It is not that I could have blamed you for looking down upon it, when you were looking up to a rich and great match, Bella; it is only that I was independent.'
Whether the Irrepressible felt slighted by Bella's declaration that she would not quarrel, or whether her spitefulness was evoked by Bella's return to the sphere of Mr George Sampson's courtship, or whether it was a necessary fillip to her spirits that she should come into collision with somebody on the present occasion,--anyhow she made a dash at her stately parent now, with the greatest impetuosity.
'Ma, pray don't sit staring at me in that intensely aggravating manner! If you see a black on my nose, tell me so; if you don't, leave me alone.'
'Do you address Me in those words?' said Mrs Wilfer. 'Do you presume?'
'Don't talk about presuming, Ma, for goodness' sake. A girl who is old enough to be engaged, is quite old enough to object to be stared at as if she was a Clock.'
'Audacious one!' said Mrs Wilfer. 'Your grandmamma, if so addressed by one of her daughters, at any age, would have insisted on her retiring to a dark apartment.'
'My grandmamma,' returned Lavvy, folding her arms and leaning back in her chair, 'wouldn't have sat staring people out of countenance, I think.'
'She would!' said Mrs Wilfer.
'Then it's a pity she didn't know better,' said Lavvy. 'And if my grandmamma wasn't in her dotage when she took to insisting on people's retiring to dark apartments, she ought to have been. A pretty exhibition my grandmamma must have made of herself! I wonder whether she ever insisted on people's retiring into the ball of St Paul's; and if she did, how she got them there!'
'Silence!' proclaimed Mrs Wilfer. 'I command silence!'
'I have not the slightest intention of being silent, Ma,' returned Lavinia coolly, 'but quite the contrary. I am not going to be eyed as if I had come from the Boffins, and sit silent under it. I am not going to have George Sampson eyed as if HE had come from the Boffins, and sit silent under it. If Pa thinks proper to be eyed as if HE had come from the Boffins also, well and good. I don't choose to. And I won't!'
Lavinia's engineering having made this crooked opening at Bella, Mrs Wilfer strode into it.
'You rebellious spirit! You mutinous child! Tell me this, Lavinia. If in violation of your mother's sentiments, you had condescended to allow yourself to be patronized by the Boffins, and if you had come from those halls of slavery--'
'That's mere nonsense, Ma,' said Lavinia.
'How!' exclaimed Mrs Wilfer, with sublime severity.
'Halls of slavery, Ma, is mere stuff and nonsense,' returned the unmoved Irrepressible.
'I say, presumptuous child, if you had come from the neighbourhood of Portland Place, bending under the yoke of patronage and attended by its domestics in glittering garb to visit me, do you think my deep-seated feelings could have been expressed in looks?'
'All I think about it, is,' returned Lavinia, 'that I should wish them expressed to the right person.'
'And if,' pursued her mother, 'if making light of my warnings that the face of Mrs Boffin alone was a face teeming with evil, you had clung to Mrs Boffin instead of to me, and had after all come home rejected by Mrs Boffin, trampled under foot by Mrs Boffin, and cast out by Mrs Boffin, do you think my feelings could have been expressed in looks?'
Lavinia was about replying to her honoured parent that she might as well have dispensed with her looks altogether then, when Bella rose and said, 'Good night, dear Ma. I have had a tiring day, and I'll go to bed.' This broke up the agreeable party. Mr George Sampson shortly afterwards took his leave, accompanied by Miss Lavinia with a candle as far as the hall, and without a candle as far as the garden gate; Mrs Wilfer, washing her hands of the Boffins, went to bed after the manner of Lady Macbeth; and R. W. was left alone among the dilapidations of the supper table, in a melancholy attitude.
But, a light footstep roused him from his meditations, and it was Bella's. Her pretty hair was hanging all about her, and she had tripped down softly, brush in hand, and barefoot, to say good-night to him.
'My dear, you most unquestionably ARE a lovely woman,' said the cherub, taking up a tress in his hand.
'Look here, sir,' said Bella; 'when your lovely woman marries, you shall have that piece if you like, and she'll make you a chain of it. Would you prize that remembrance of the dear creature?'
'Yes, my precious.'
'Then you shall have it if you're good, sir. I am very, very sorry, dearest Pa, to have brought home all this trouble.'
'My pet,' returned her father, in the simplest good faith, 'don't make yourself uneasy about that. It really is not worth mentioning, because things at home would have taken pretty much the same turn any way. If your mother and sister don't find one subject to get at times a little wearing on, they find another. We're never out of a wearing subject, my dear, I assure you. I am afraid you find your old room with Lavvy, dreadfully inconvenient, Bella?'
'No I don't, Pa; I don't mind. Why don't I mind, do you think, Pa?'
'Well, my child, you used to complain of it when it wasn't such a contrast as it must be now. Upon my word, I can only answer, because you are so much improved.'
'No, Pa. Because I am so thankful and so happy!'
Here she choked him until her long hair made him sneeze, and then she laughed until she made him laugh, and then she choked him again that they might not be overheard.
'Listen, sir,' said Bella. 'Your lovely woman was told her fortune to night on her way home. It won't be a large fortune, because if the lovely woman's Intended gets a certain appointment that he hopes to get soon, she will marry on a hundred and fifty pounds a year. But that's at first, and even if it should never be more, the lovely woman will make it quite enough. But that's not all, sir. In the fortune there's a certain fair man--a little man, the fortune-teller said--who, it seems, will always find himself near the lovely woman, and will always have kept, expressly for him, such a peaceful corner in the lovely woman's little house as never was. Tell me the name of that man, sir.'
'Is he a Knave in the pack of cards?' inquired the cherub, with a twinkle in his eyes.
'Yes!' cried Bella, in high glee, choking him again. 'He's the Knave of Wilfers! Dear Pa, the lovely woman means to look forward to this fortune that has been told for her, so delightfully, and to cause it to make her a much better lovely woman than she ever has been yet. What the little fair man is expected to do, sir, is to look forward to it also, by saying to himself when he is in danger of being over-worried, "I see land at last!"
'I see land at last!' repeated her father.
'There's a dear Knave of Wilfers!' exclaimed Bella; then putting out her small white bare foot, 'That's the mark, sir. Come to the mark. Put your boot against it. We keep to it together, mind! Now, sir, you may kiss the lovely woman before she runs away, so thankful and so happy. O yes, fair little man, so thankful and so happy!'
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Tribute to Haiti – in their hour of tragedy
Posted in Current Affairs, Environment, European History, History, Media, politics by Anuraag Sanghi on January 14, 2010
Haiti in Happier times!
What Haiti needs
Haiti was stuck by an earthquake measuring “7.0-magnitude quake, Haiti’s worst in two centuries, struck at 1653 local time (2153 GMT) on Tuesday, just 15km (10 miles) south-west of Port-au-Prince and close to the surface.” More than 100,000 people are estimated to have been affected. Haiti has been through worse – and the Haitians have always pulled through. What Haiti needs is non-interference.
Sordid reactions
During an earlier segment with a reporter for Robertson’s CBN News, the televangelist had questioned whether the earthquake in Haiti was a “blessing in disguise.”
“They need to have … a great turning to God,” he concluded, adding that the earthquake may have been a direct consequence of their “Satanic pact”.
“Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it,” Robertson said during a broadcast of The 700 Club on the Christian Broadcasting Network. (via US televangelist claims Haiti earthquake ‘a blessing in disguise’ | The Daily Telegraph).
What is it that Haiti did a ‘long time ago’ that made Pat Robertson, do rah-rah for this ‘divine wrath’!
I know what Haiti did
Haiti was the world’s first republic, set up by slaves – after a war of freedom. Haiti’s, support for Simon Bolivar ended the Spanish Empire in South America. Most importantly, it forced the West to free all African slaves across the Europe and Americas. The second major ‘crime’ that the Haitians committed was that they rejected a ‘liberating’ Christianity – and continued with their voudou religion.
For all this, the West has not forgiven Haiti!
Messianic Rev.Pat Robertson
Pat Robertson, more than 40 years ago, founded the Christian Broadcast Network (CBN), which according to “Nielsen Media Research, The 700 Club, aired each weekday, has averaged 863,000 viewers in the last year” in the US alone. Some time earlier, Pat Robertson, had called for the assassination of Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela – for which he later duly apologized. I wonder if the West would forgive if any Iranian Ayatollah issued a fatwa against a Western leader, and later apologized! Even earlier, when the Israeli Prime Minister suffered a stroke, he pronounced that as ‘punishment from God!’ Especially malevolent, Rev.Robertson’s God is, I must say!
Voudou religion has been tarnished in Western eyes!
In 1999, he signed a deal with Bank of Scotland, part of the Lloyd’s Banking Group, later the HBOS, for a Internet-telephone-banking venture. When the deal was called off, Pat Robertson launched a scathing attack. “In Scotland, you can’t believe how strong the homosexuals are,” Mr Robertson said on his Virginia-based Christian Broadcasting Network and his 700 Club television show. Pat Robertson, coming in at NO.2, defeated George Bush in the 1988 Republican Party’s US Presidential nomination race, at the Iowa caucuses. Robertson’s ‘message of moral regeneration‘ appealed to the Americans.
The Magna Carta sanctioned slavery. In various judgments, US Supreme Court, the ultimate arbiter of the US Constitution, upheld slavery. Vatican’s, Council of Gangra, re-affirmed its faith in slavery. The administrators of the teachings of the “Lord of lords, and King of kings.” (Revelation 17: 14) at the Council Of Gangra, 325 AD, issued edicts approving slavery – as did many other Vatican edicts. Pat Robertson, is just one in a long line of such Christian leaders, to support slavery.
In a twisted way, Pat Robertson maybe right.
Talking of money, rich foreigners and expats, who are keeping Haiti in misery, have lost a lot more than Haitians have.
Voodoo priestess, Gro Mambo
Tell Haiti you care
Send Haiti your best wishes, your moral support. If you live in a less exploitative society than before, or a more exploitative society, remember, it was Haiti that stuck the first blow. A blow that en-slaver’s have not forgotten 200 years later. To Haiti, we owe whatever liberty, freedom we have – or aspire to.
I don’t know how your money will help them. They may not need your money (I guess), but you should give them your moral support (I strongly suggest). Just send a <ding> to this post. Or ping it. Whatever you do, just make it loud enough that your voice can reach Haiti.
In their hour of tragedy.
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Power From The Sea
Funding Allocated for Works at Kilkee Pier & Slipway
Clare County Council today confirmed the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine has approved its application for funding for coastal infrastructure work improvements at Kilkee, Co Clare.
The Local Authority says the funding will go towards providing a new entrance to the slipway and pier area in Kilkee.
Cyril Feeney, Area Engineer, West Clare Municipal District, commented: "This proposed new entrance will address a long standing issue of access to the pier and slipway area through the existing overhead barriers at the East End car park, whilst also separating the marine and leisure boating activity from the general car parking area."
"These proposed works, which have been discussed with Elected Members, Kilkee Development Association and users of the pier, will allow for controlled access to the pier and slipway and also provide additional security to the area with the installation of CCTV and lighting," he added.
Weather permitting, Clare County Council anticipates that the proposed works will commence in the next fortnight.
Published in Coastal Notes
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Coastal Notes Coastal Notes covers a broad spectrum of stories, events and developments in which some can be quirky and local in nature, while other stories are of national importance and are on-going, but whatever they are about, they need to be told.
Stories can be diverse and they can be influential, albeit some are more subtle than others in nature, while other events can be immediately felt. No more so felt, is firstly to those living along the coastal rim and rural isolated communities. Here the impact poses is increased to those directly linked with the sea, where daily lives are made from earning an income ashore and within coastal waters.
The topics in Coastal Notes can also be about the rare finding of sea-life creatures, a historic shipwreck lost to the passage of time and which has yet many a secret to tell. A trawler's net caught hauling more than fish but cannon balls dating to the Napoleonic era.
Also focusing the attention of Coastal Notes, are the maritime museums which are of national importance to maintaining access and knowledge of historical exhibits for future generations.
Equally to keep an eye on the present day, with activities of existing and planned projects in the pipeline from the wind and wave renewables sector and those of the energy exploration industry.
In addition Coastal Notes has many more angles to cover, be it the weekend boat leisure user taking a sedate cruise off a long straight beach on the coast beach and making a friend with a feathered companion along the way.
In complete contrast is to those who harvest the sea, using small boats based in harbours where infrastructure and safety poses an issue, before they set off to ply their trade at the foot of our highest sea cliffs along the rugged wild western seaboard.
It's all there, as Coastal Notes tells the stories that are arguably as varied to the environment from which they came from and indeed which shape people's interaction with the surrounding environment that is the natural world and our relationship with the sea.
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In numbers: The global extent of marine plastic pollution
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25 January 2019, source edie newsroom
New research into the extent of the world’s plastics pollution problem, which lays bare the environmental consequences of plastic waste entering oceans and waterways, has just been published. Here, edie rounds up the key facts and figures.
edie rounds up the key facts from Rajapack’s study into ocean plastic pollution
Undertaken by Bedford-based packaging firm Rajapack, the ‘swimming in plastic’ study explores how long some of the world’s most commonly used plastic items – including cups, straws and microbeads – take to decompose, and the impact they have on marine environments.
After the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s warning that there will be more plastic than fish in the world’s oceans, by weight, by 2050, the study sheds some more light on which kinds of plastics are most commonly found in marine habitats, and how they affect biodiversity.
Specifically, it highlights the dangers of some of the common plastic pollution streams that are arguably less “visible” than packaging, such as discarded fishing equipment and microplastics.
“In recent years, brands in a multitude of sectors – food, retail and beauty, to name a few – have been taking measures to ensure that the amount of single-use plastics used daily is reduced,” Rajapack’s UK managing director Tom Rodda said.
“From microbeads to plastic straws, steps are being taken to ensure that packaging is recyclable, not harmful for the environment or removed altogether. But plastic is something that gets taken for granted and is often used without a second thought.”
The publication of the survey results comes shortly after a string of 26 companies from across the plastic industry’s value chain launched a new alliance aimed at eliminating plastic waste in the environment, which will invest at least $1.5bn in projects tackling the issue by 2024.
It also follows the launch of edie’s own Mission Possible Plastics Hub, a content-led campaign supporting businesses with their single-use plastics phase-outs and tracking progress towards their plastic targets.
With this in mind, the research acts as a snapshot of the harm our reliance on single-use plastic is doing to the environment, as consumer demand for action on the issue reaches a fever pitch. Here, edie rounds up the key facts.
edie’s Mission Possible Plastics Hub
This month, edie launched the Mission Possible Plastics Hub – a brand-new content-driven campaign that will support sustainability and resource efficiency professionals on our collective mission to eliminate single-use plastics.
In addition to hosting content that supports businesses with their single-use plastics phase-outs, the Mission Possible Plastics Hub will be encouraging sustainability professionals to submit new commitments to tackle plastic pollution on the Mission Possible Pledge Wall.
If your company has an existing plastics commitment, or if you’re planning a new commitment over the coming months, you can showcase it on the Mission Possible Pledge Wall.
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Kicks! The Best Of Oscar Brown Jr Oscar Brown Jr
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The drum cracks and the voice enters. "Breaking up big rocks on the chain gang breaking rocks and serving my time" It's an electrifying start to an album, never mind a career. Here's Oscar!
OSCAR BROWN JR would never be the international pop star that he perhaps could have become in an earlier age-.-he arrived too late to fit into the clean-cut shoes of a Billy Eckstine or even a Johnny Mathis. But equally he arrived a little too early to be a soul singer. His music has always been a distillation of jazz and blues given a theatrical touch, and through this unique blend it has survived and flourished and given him a career that continues to thrive 40 years after that dramatic entrance to his debut album "Sin And Soul". Oscar acknowledges that this album was special-.-its songs still form a large part of his set today. It also provided Oscar with the platform for a career that included not just recording and live concerts, but stage reviews-.-the writing of plays and musicals-.-acting-.-as well as a little bit of UK political intrigue.
Oscar recorded three further albums for Columbia Records between 1960 and 1963. All but his debut LP have been out of print since the 60s. This compilation is designed to throw the spotlight on them all once more. It reveals them to be a truly unique body of work.
"Sin And Soul" was recorded in New York between June and October 1960 with some of the best session players in New York, but even with the support of his A&R man, money was not unlimited. By the last session on 23 October the budget had been so far eaten into that the last track was recorded with just Oscar's voice and a conga player. Out of this restriction we are given the stark beauty of Afro Blue, a lyric that Oscar had written to a Mongo Santamaria melody.
The album appeared out of nowhere. Although there were plenty of jazz albums in the racks they were nothing like this. According to Oscar it "created quite a stir." From the opening drum crack of Work Song through to the reflective ending of Afro Blue, this was the black American experience rapped up into some very catchy songs. Oscar explained "I was always trying to put a social context ... give [my songs] some meaning. Raise them above drivel." In doing this Oscar was giving others a window onto the whole American experience, from the bum on the street of Somebody Buy Me A Drink, to the inquisitive child of Dat Dere. And there was never a starker reflection on slavery than Bid 'Em In.
"Sin And Soul" was quite some start and was a genuine success. It made Oscar something of a celebrity, with appearances on national television. There was a real hope that the next album could raise things up a step. "Between Heaven And Hell" (Columbia CL 1774 / CS 8574) was certainly the full budget affair. The arrangements on two tracks were by Quincy Jones and the rest were handled by Ralph Burns. They worked with five trumpets, four trombones, piano, guitar, bass and drums. The results were as you would expect from such master arrangers. Quincy Jones scored the incendiary Mr Kicks - taken from Oscar's musical "Kicks and Co", also recorded first in a different arrangement for "Sin and Soul". It is on the other side of the album though, that the exquisite arrangements really sets "Between Heaven And Hell" apart from his debut.
At this point, when Oscar should have been moving forward, record company politics started to intrude. His A&R man, Al Hamm left the company - although he would become for a while Oscar's manager, so did the head of A&R Mitch Murray, and those who were looking after Oscar had been around for less time and had less power within the Columbia hierarchy. Robert Morgan, who had produced his second LP, could still round up a big band, and the arranging skills of Ralph Burns and Al Cohn, but the next album "In A New Mood" (Columbia CL 1873 / CS 8673) was markedly different. Apart from a remake of Work Song, there were no self-penned songs by Oscar. It seemed to be a determined attempt to make Oscar into a supper club entertainer that Columbia could understand.
Nevertheless, the results were spectacular, owing to Oscar's determination to control his material: "I sang songs that I thought I could sing well". His third album still felt like an Oscar Brown Jr album artistically, although the choice of songs was limited to cover versions. In choosing the songs for this album Oscar appears to have looked for songs that he was not only able to sing, but which had lyrics that he could empathise with. As to that version of Work Song, well suffice to say it's not on here just to make up numbers.
Oscar's fourth LP, "Tell It Like It Is" (Columbia CL 2025 / CS 8825) was made as he fell further from favour from the record company's high command. Robert Morgan, his producer for the previous two albums had gone, as had the big band-.-it was a stripped-down sound on this Mike Berniker-produced set. But the original songs are back and the album stretches from the raucous groove of Tall Like Pine to the delicate almost ruminative take on Miles Davis' classic All Blues. However good, "Tell It Like It Is" was destined to be Oscar's final LP on Columbia. He remembers returning from a triumphant tour of the UK, where he had garnered spectacular reviews, and going for a meeting with the new head of Columbia, Clive Davis. Davis told Oscar how much of a priority his career was to be to the company-.-within a couple of weeks his contract had failed to be renewed.
It was not all gloom. From then until today Oscar has always kept busy, performing and recording. He has recorded albums for Fontana, Atlantic, RCA and Minor Music. His musical "Joy" became something of a hit-.-Work Song was covered by a whole host of people including both Tommy Hunt and Paul Butterfield-.-whilst Al Wilson's version of The Snake became a top 30 US Pop hit and an all-time Northern Soul classic. Oscar's music has resonated down through the years. But it is his four albums for Columbia that are the touchstones of his music, building blocks of pure jazzy soul that were perfectly in tune with the time they were recorded, but yet sound so utterly relevant today.
By Dean Rudland
01 Preview Mr Kicks
02 Preview Work Song
03 Preview The Snake
04 Preview Straighten Up and Fly Right
05 Preview Humdrum Blues
06 Preview Signifying Monkey
07 Preview It Ain't Necessarily So
08 Preview Afro Blue
09 Preview Dat Dere
10 Preview Hazel's Hips
11 Preview Watermelon Man
12 Preview Jeannine
13 Preview Tall Like Pine
14 Preview Sixteen Tons
15 Preview But I Was Cool
16 Preview One For My Baby
17 Preview Opportunity Please Knock
18 Preview All Blues
19 Preview Excuse Me For Living
21 Preview When Malindy Sings
22 Preview Elegy (Plain Black Boy)
23 Preview The Tree and Me
Kicks! is a hip black history lesson - with buckets of soul. ★★★★★
Kicks! is a great collection, one to savour. ★★★★
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CMO Strategy
Diageo explores mixing liquor and weed
Published on August 24, 2018.
Toronto,Canada - April 20, 2016: Hundreds attend Toronto 420 pot rally at Yonge-Dundas Square.
Marijuana stocks including Aurora Cannabis Inc. jumped in Toronto after BNN Bloomberg TV reported Diageo Plc is holding discussions with at least three Canadian cannabis producers about a possible deal.
The U.K. spirits maker has met companies in the past month as it considers a possible investment or alliance to make cannabis-infused beverages, the Canadian television station said on its website, citing people close to the situation who it didn't identify. One executive told BNN a deal may take months, while another said a deal may be close.
"We never comment on speculation," a Diageo spokeswoman said in an email. "As we've said before, we are monitoring this space closely."
Canada's legalization of recreational pot, which begins in October, has attracted broad interest from the drinks industry. This month, Constellation Brands Inc. announced it'll spend $3.8 billion to increase its stake in Canopy Growth Corp., the biggest deal in the burgeoning marijuana industry yet. Molson Coors Brewing Co. is starting a joint venture with Hydropothecary Corp. to develop cannabis drinks in Canada.
Leamington, Ontario-based Aphria Inc. rose 6.8 percent to C$12.20 at 9:59 a.m. in Toronto, Aurora Cannabis gained 3.6 percent to C$8.32 and Canopy surged 7.2 percent, taking its gains to six days, the longest winning streak since November, 2016. That helped drive the BI Canada Cannabis Competitive Peers index up as much as 2.8 percent to the highest in more than six weeks.
Aphria's chief commercial officer, Jakob Ripshtein, was formerly chief financial officer of Diageo North America and former president of Diageo Canada Inc.
Aurora, the second-largest cannabis company by market value after Canopy, said it intends to enter the infused-beverage market.
"There is so much happening in this area right now and we think it has incredible potential," Aurora spokeswoman Heather MacGregor said in an email. "As a rule, we do not discuss business development initiatives until they are finalized, however we have a responsibility to our shareholders to give proper consideration to all relevant opportunities that are presented."
Marijuana and alcohol industries are increasingly seen as converging into a one-stop shop for recreation, with Heineken's California-based craft brewery Lagunitas announcing in June that it was working on an India pale ale-inspired sparkling water infused with THC.
"They cannot ignore this space," said Steve Ottaway, an investment banker who specializes in cannabis for Toronto-based GMP Securities. "How they actually get there and the construct is to be determined, but they're coming."
BNN, owned by BCE Inc.'s Bell Media unit, entered a content-sharing partnership with Bloomberg Media earlier this year.
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Sources re Danya Cebus construction in Har Homa and Maale Adumim 2007
-August 9, 2007 Ha’aretz article re Danya Cebus plans to complete construction in Har Homa and Maaleh Adumim
Hapoalim: Heftsiba is lying in its motion to halt legal steps
Complete Article: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/891458.html
Ha’aretz Daily, Nurit Roth and Shlomi Sheffer, August 9, 2007
The projects in question are in Har Homa, Jerusalem, which consists of 60 apartments, and the Nofei Sela project in Maaleh Adumim, which consists of 102 housing units. The apartments can be completed because of an agreement between the bank and the receiver on behalf of the Danya Cebus group, which is building both projects.
-August 9, 2007 Jerusalem Post article re Danya Cebus plans to complete construction in har Homa and Maale Adumim
Africa-Israel to complete building of two Heftsiba projects
Complete Article: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=
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The Jerusalem Post, Matthew Krieger, August 9, 2007
Bank Hapoalim said Tuesday that Heftsiba customers who purchased apartments in Har Homa's "Meduragai Har Homa" and Ma'aleh Adumim's "Nofei Haselah," will be able to move in to their apartments following the completion of their construction, which will be carried out by the construction company Dania Sibus. The apartments are already at an advanced stage of construction, awaiting only to be connected to power and water lines. According to Hapoalim, Dania Sibus, a subsidiary of the holding company Africa-Israel, will do its utmost to complete the construction of the combined 162 residential units as quickly as possible.
-October 15, 2007 article in Jerusalem re court delay in Danya Cebus plans to complete construction in Har Homa and Maale Adumim
Court Blocks Hapoalim, Danya Cebus Deal
The Jerusalem Post, Matthew Kreiger, October 15, 2007
The Tel Aviv District Court has blocked, temporarily, the August agreement reached between Bank Hapoalim and Africa-Israel's construction unit Danya Cebus under which the bank agreed to pay some NIS 10 million for the completion of 162 Heftsiba residential units that had been under construction when Heftsiba went bankrupt in July, the bank said on Sunday.
As soon as the agreement is approved by the court, the residential units, which are located in Ma'aleh Adumim and Har Homa, will be completed and the tenants will be permitted to take possession, the bank said, stipulating that tenants must complete all necessary paper work and payments before being handed the keys to the apartments.
-August 2, 2007 article in Globes on Heftsiba’s collapse and money Heftsiba owed to Danya Cebus for on-going projects
Heftsiba on verge of collapse;
Electra Real Estate has cancelled its acquisition deal. Heftsiba faces over NIS 1 billion in debt, as buyers overrun apartments and move in.
Globes [online] - Israel's Business Arena
August 2, 2007 Thursday
BYLINE: Ron Paz and Golan Fridenfeld
Amid deepening questions regarding Heftsiba Building Development & Investments Ltd.'s financial stability, and reports of hundreds of apartments being overrun by worried buyers, the real estate firm appears to be on the verge of collapse. Earlier today, Electra Ltd. (TASE: ELTR) announced that it has cancelled its acquisition of Heftsiba Building Development & Investments Ltd. and will try to recover both the NIS 30.1 million it paid for the company as well as $12.5 million in Heftsiba bonds in its possession. The company added that its maximum exposure to Heftsiba is NIS 170 million.
Pangaea Real Estate Ltd. (TASE:PNGD) also notified the TASE that it would not exercise its option to buy shares in Heftsiba Building.
Africa-Israel Investments Ltd. (TASE:AFIL; Pink Sheets:AFIVY.PK) subsidiary Danya Cebus Ltd. (TASE: DNYA) also said that it was owed NIS 30 million by Heftsiba for past and ongoing work for the company.
Faced with debts of about NIS 1.25 billion, Heftsiba is set to turn to the courts to ask for stay of proceedings against it. Its collapse would leave suppliers and apartment buyers without much of their money. According to estimates, Heftsiba has NIS 450 million of current debts, including checks to suppliers that were dated through 2010; NIS 300 million of bonds issued to institutional investors; up to NIS 400 million in bank loans; NIS 30 million owed to Danya Cebus Ltd. (TASE: DNYA); and NIS 10 million owed to Solel Boneh.
While almost every Israeli bank has loaned money to Heftsiba, it appears that the biggest lender is Israel Discount Bank (TASE: DSCT), which is allegedly owed NIS 120 million.
The company is owned by president Mordechai Yona and his son, Boaz Yona, who serves as CEO and chairman.
During the course of the day it was not possible to receive a response from Heftsiba.
Hundreds of families invaded apartments that the company built in Modi'in Ilit, a new haredi (ultra-orthodox) town, worried about Heftsiba's liquidity. Information obtained by "Globes" indicates that hundreds of families last night invaded the apartments that they had bought. At 6 am today, security guards, apparently hired by Heftsiba's receiver, arrived at the building site to ensure that no construction material would be stolen.
In the Ramat Heftsiba project in Beit Shemesh, dozens of apartment buyers, acting on rumors of Heftsiba's bankruptcy, took over their apartments which are still under construction. The police did not attempt any evacuations, saying they had not received a complaint from the company.
In addition, hundreds of company employees, who have not been paid for months, were notified that the company is bankrupt.
The Modi'in Ilit project, which is also known as Matityahu East (Kiryat Sefer), comprises 450 mostly three-room apartments in buildings of 5-6 floors each. The Modi'in Ilit Local Authority is located just east of the Green Line, near the city of Modi'in. The apartments have stood empty for 18 months, and may not legally be occupied following a High Court of Justice ruling in early 2006.
The Kiryat Sefer project was initiated by the Binyan Shalem NGO, which is affiliated with the Degel Hatorah party. Heftsiba Building was the chief contractor for the project. The apartment buyers, mostly poor and lower middle class haredi families paid $100,000 each for the apartments, into which they have not been able to move.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes.co.il - on August 2, 2007
© Copyright of Globes Publisher Itonut (1983) Ltd. 2007
-August 23, 2007 article in Globes noting Danya Cebus plans to complete five projects started with Heftsiba
First ever quarterly loss for Danya Cebus;
Danya Cebus CEO: We're trying to minimize our exposure to Heftsiba. We're trying to complete our Heftsiba projects for their tenants.
August 23, 2007 Thursday
BYLINE: Gil Shlomo and Roy Meltzer
Africa-Israel Investments Ltd. (TASE:AFIL; Pink Sheets:AFIVY.PK) contracting subsidiary Danya Cebus Ltd. (TASE: DNYA) today published its financial report for the second quarter of 2007. The company posted its first ever quarterly loss, which it attributes to unpaid bills by Heftsiba Building Development & Investments Ltd., which collapsed in August.
Danya Cebus posted a pretax loss of NIS 28.4 million for Heftsiba projects. The result is a net loss of NIS 21.1 million for the second quarter, compared with a net profit of NIS 8.6 million for the corresponding quarter of 2006. Revenue totaled NIS 406.9 million for the second quarter, up 27% for the corresponding quarter.
The company's construction and infrastructure contracting orders backlog totaled NIS 3 billion at the end of June: NIS 1.6 billion in construction and NIS 1.4 billion in infrastructure contracting. Shareholders' equity totaled NIS 176.9 million at the end of June, NIS 50 million less than at the end of 2006, mostly because of a dividend distribution.
Danya Cebus CEO Ofer Kotler said, "The collapse of Heftsiba has created a business effect that must be analyzed and the lessons learnt. However, I don't think that it will affect the real estate industry as a whole, or have a material impact on Danya Cebus."
Kotler continued, "Heftsiba's collapse will mainly affect the regulators and the handling of interactions between developers, apartment buyers and the banks.
"We had considered in the past severing our ties with Heftsiba, but that would have been throwing out the baby with the bathwater. We've decided to try to minimize our exposure, and we'll reduce it to zero by year-end. Heftsiba's payment ethic was systematically poor, and we had problems collecting payment throughout my term as CEO."
"Globes": How do you see the future developments regarding Heftsiba?
Kotler: "The next stage will be to complete the projects now under construction, subject, of course, to approvals and all legal procedures. We're currently building five projects for Heftsiba. Our goal is to try to complete them so that the tenants can occupy their apartments. The fact that we placed guards on the apartments to prevent squatting was for the benefit of the tenants, because that's how we prevent vandalism."
What about the Israel Tax Authority investigation into your dealings with Heftsiba?
"As we notified the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, we have a professional dispute with the VAT authorities regarding the timing of accounting expenses for the projects we built for Heftsiba in recent years. I have nothing more to add to this subject."
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes.co.il - on August 23, 2007
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Va. school district policy respects all children’s privacy, safety needs
Adopted policy similar to one ADF recommended to protect both district and students
Created by ADF Dec 19, 2014
Related Case: G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board
Attorney sound bite: Rory Gray
GLOUCESTER, Va. – Alliance Defending Freedom sent a letter Thursday to Gloucester County Public Schools commending it for adopting a policy that reserves restrooms and changing areas for members of the same biological sex while providing an alternative private facility for students struggling with sexual identity issues.
ADF recently sent the district a model policy and encouraged the district to respect children’s privacy and protect itself from legal liability in its effort to accommodate the needs of all students.
“Schools seeking to accommodate the desires of individual children should and can craft policies that respect the privacy concerns of all children,” said ADF Senior Legal Counsel Jeremy Tedesco. “We commend Gloucester County Public Schools for adopting a policy that does just that.”
“We applaud the District for listening to parents and respecting their right to control their children’s education and upbringing,” the ADF letter states. “As GCPS’s policy on student privacy demonstrates, schools can reconcile the competing interests in these delicate situations by being respectful of the privacy concerns of all children and sensitive to the diverse needs of individual children.”
The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia has denounced the school board’s decision and threatened a lawsuit. The ADF letter offers the school district free legal assistance if the ACLU or anyone else files a lawsuit against the policy.
ADF recently sent public school districts nationwide a letter and the same recommended policy that it sent to Gloucester County Public Schools. The letter cites pertinent legal precedent, including court rulings that support the ability of public schools to restrict restrooms to members of the same sex for privacy and safety reasons without violating Title IX, a federal law concerning sex discrimination in public school programs and activities.
“Any privacy and safety policy should respect all children because every child matters,” added ADF Litigation Staff Counsel Rory Gray. “Both the GCPS policy and the ADF model policy demonstrate that schools can accommodate the desires of a small number of students without compromising the rights of other children and their parents.”
Pronunciation guide: Tedesco (Tuh-DESS’-koh)
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By Daniel Eran Dilger
Thursday, October 12, 2017, 12:38 pm PT (03:38 pm ET)
When iPhone launched ten years ago it took basic photos and no videos. Today's iOS 11 now achieves a new level of image capture with Depth, AI Vision and Machine Learning. In parallel, it hosts a new platform for Augmented Reality, which integrates what the camera sees and graphics created by the device. Here's a look at how it works.
ARKit at Apple Park
AR is a major new advance in camera-related technology
This fall's release of iOS 11 introduced a series of new Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) related to cameras and imaging. An API allows third-party developers to leverage Apple's own code (referred to as framework or sometimes a "kit") to do specialized, heavy lifting in their own apps.
The new Depth API lets developers build apps that figuratively stand on the shoulders of Apple's giant work in developing and calibrating iPhone 7 Plus and 8 Plus dual cameras, which can work in tandem to build a differential depth map used to selectively adjust portions of images based on how near or far from the camera they are.
And with its sophisticated Vision framework and CoreML, Apple is allowing developers to tap into a library of pre-built intelligence for detecting faces, objects, text, landmarks and barcodes that are seen by the camera, and then even identify what objects are based on existing Machine Learning models. AR uses a combination of motion sensor data and visual input from the camera to allow a user to freely explore around 3D graphics rendered in space
A third major effort in iOS 11's intelligent camera imaging APIs supports the creation of rendering Augmented Reality experiences as a platform for third-party developers, using a new framework Apple calls ARKit.
The most obvious examples of ARKit apps are games that build a synthetic 3D world of animated graphics that are overlaid upon the real world as seen by the camera.
There are also a wide range of other things that can be done in AR, from guided navigation to exploration of models to measuring and mapping out the real world, such as building out a house floor plan by simply aiming your camera at the corners.
Beyond just overlaying 3D graphics on top of real images, AR uses a combination of motion sensor data and visual input from the camera to allow a user to freely explore around 3D graphics rendered in space, visualizing complex animated scenes from any angle.
Steve Jobs introduces Core Motion on iPhone 4
Delivering a platform for AR app development is more difficult than it may appear. ARKit builds upon Apple's decade of experience in optimizing and tracking data from motion sensors, starting with the 3-axis accelerometer built into the original iPhone back in 2007 that enabled tilt games and gestures such as "shake to undo."
In 2010, iPhone 4 delivered the first smartphone with a 3-axis gyroscope. Coordinated with accelerometer tilt sensors and the digital compass, this gave the phone 6-axis motion sensing and rotation about gravity, enabling a new level of spatial awareness in games and utility apps.
Steve Jobs demonstrated using iPhone 4's gyroscopic positioning in space to play an indulgent two minute game of Jenga on stage at WWDC in 2010, where his stack of virtual blocks could rotate in tandem with phone movement, rather than just be tilted side to side.
Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone 4 gyroscope and Core Motion API in 2010
At the time, this was an exciting new capability, eliciting whoops and cheers from the developer audience--engineers who were aware of what could be done on a mobile device with access to accurate, 6-axis motion data.
Forms of motion tracking had been deployed before in video game console controllers, such as Nintendo's Wii remote with accelerometers and Sony's SIXAXIS gyroscopic controller for PS3. However, Apple added a gyroscope to iPhone 4 even before the major mobile gaming devices: Sony's PSP Go lacked motion sensors and Nintendo only shipped its motion-aware 3DS the following year.
Jobs emphasized that iPhone 4's new gyroscope wasn't just a fanciful hardware gimmick, but was being delivered with new iOS Core Motion APIs that "give you extremely precise positioning information," enabling app developers to explore novel ways to use the data those sensors recorded. He also emphasized that the new hardware was being shipped on every iPhone 4, meaning it would quickly create a huge, uniform installed base for developers to target.
Five years of Core Motion evolution
Apple's then-new A4 custom silicon kept growing more powerful and sophisticated. For 2013's 64-bit, A7-powered iPhone 5s, Apple introduced a new low-power M7 motion coprocessor for efficiently monitoring the output of motion sensors and the digital compass, making it possible to collect and report background Core Motion data without constantly turning on the CPU.
One of the most obvious and valuable uses of motion data related to fitness tracking. The M8 coprocessor core in iPhone 6 enhanced this by adding a barometer for tracking elevation changes while climbing stairs or running up hills.
The next year, the always-on, power-efficient M9 Core Motion silicon was further tasked with monitoring the microphone to respond to Hey Siri commands on iPhone 6s. This technology also found its way into Apple Watch, where both Siri and fitness tracking were major features.
Core Motion + Camera vision = VIO
In 2015, Apple acquired Metaio, a company spun off from an internal Volkswagen project to develop tools for Augmented Reality visualizations. Along with previous acquisitions including its 2013 buyout of PrimeSense and later Faceshift, as well as subsequent buys including last year's Flyby Media, Apple was assembling to skills required to build and navigate a new 3D world on top of motion sensing and cameras.
380 million iPhone and iPad models can already deliver AR experiences
The ultimate goal involved the sophisticated front facing TrueDepth sensor built into iPhone X, designed to revolutionize authentication using a detailed 3D imaging of the user's facial features. However, the platform for Face ID and facial expression tracking in video will only launch when the advanced new phone ships next month. VIO allows the system to create animated 3D graphics that it can visualize live in "6 degrees of freedom," following the device's complex movements along 6 axes: up/down, back/forth, in/out and its pitch, yaw and roll
Many of the same technologies are arriving early in the form of single camera AR. New in iOS 11, devices with at least an A9 chip (incorporating the M9 Core Motion coprocessor, a base of more than 380 million iPhone 6s and later phones and newer iPads) can track motion sensor data for use in positional tracking in tandem with information from the camera using a technology called VIO (Visual Inertial Odometry).
VIO analyzes camera data ("visual") to identify landmarks it can use to measure ("odometry") how the device is moving in space relative to the landmarks it sees. Motion sensor ("inertial") data is used to fill in the blanks in providing complementary information that the device can compare with what it's seeing to better understand how it's moving in space.
Essentially, VIO allows the system to create animated 3D graphics that it can visualize live in "6 degrees of freedom," following the device's complex movements along 6 axes: up/down, back/forth, in/out and its pitch, yaw and roll.
ARKit explores virtual 3D worlds in 6 degrees of freedom
Paired with Scene Understanding, the camera can identify real-world visual landmarks to define as horizontal surfaces to serve as the foundation for a 3D rendered graphic scene. Further, the camera is also used for Light Estimation, which is used to render adaptive lighting and shadows. The result is a photorealistic 3D model, rendered in space on top of real-world video captured by the camera, that can be freely viewed from any angle simply by tilting and rotating the device.
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VIO lets ARKit apps identify surfaces such as walls, floors and tables, and then place virtual objects in space, allowing the user to see the world visible to the camera augmented with computer graphics built on these surfaces, and then freely explore them the same way we would examine objects or environments in the real world: by looking up, down, over, under and orbiting around them.
AR will be hard for Android to follow
AR's VIO might sound simple conceptually, but it requires precise tracking of Core Motion sensors and visual analysis of thousands of moving points across frames of a video stream. Those mountains of data have to be calculated instantly and then the results applied to redrawing the scene in real-time, in order to render a convincing AR experience. ARKit requires very fast silicon logic on the level of Apple's latest three generations of A9, A10 Fusion and A11 Bionic chips.
Across the last two years, Apple has sold over 380 million iOS devices that are ready to handle single camera VIO-based AR. However, the top Android flagships of 2015 were powered by Qualcomm and Samsung chips that were only around half as fast as Apple's A9.
Two years ago, it wasn't as obvious why Apple's A9's superior speed was so important. But today, none of its peers can run Android's equivalent of ARKit. Google even abandoned its "own" Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 after crowing about how fast their Tegra K1 and overclocked Qualcomm Snapdragon chips were at the time.
Two years ago, it wasn't obvious why A9's speed was so important
Even top Androids sold over the last year were significantly slower than the A9 in single core performance. And while it appears that VIO calculations can take advantage of multiple cores using multithreading, another problem for the premium Androids with chips fast enough to do AR is that their vendors have generally saddled them with extremely high-resolution displays, meaning they'd have more work to do just to render the same scene.
Apple's pairing of extremely fast silicon with displays using a manageable resolution has enabled it to rapidly deploy its AR platform across a huge existing installed base capable of running it.
A larger problem for AR on Android is the precise accuracy required between what the camera sees and what its motion sensors report. Androids are not only typically forced to use slower chips powering ultra high-resolution displays, but also face fragmentation in that they make use of a much more diverse selection of motion sensors that are harder to calibrate and support.
When Google outlined its own effort to bring ARCore development to Android, it could only support two devices: HTC's Pixel and Samsung's S8. That's only around 25 million devices sold over the last year, significantly less than one-tenth the size of Apple's existing iPhone installed base capable of running ARKit apps.
Keep in mind that these figures describe only the maximum potential number of users who could currently be interested in AR apps. Just as with phone cases, not everyone will want to use AR apps. But when you shop for phone cases, the uniform installed base of iPhones gives you far broader options than those specially fit to a specific Android model. Despite serving twice the trackable downloads of the App Store, Google Play only brings in about half the revenues
There's a threshold of critical mass that needs to be reached before developers can build a business case for investing in ARCore, as anyone with a Windows Phone can relate. If there weren't, we'd see more apps specific to Galaxy phones, for example.
Despite years of efforts trying to entice or even pay developers to adopt its proprietary APIs such as Chord, Samsung hasn't really managed to gain any traction for apps that only work on its brand of Android phones. After breathlessly announcing that "Samsung is fully committed to making Chord the top sharing protocol for app developers," the API does not appear to have outlived its 2013 press release.
AR on the iOS App Store
Additionally, while basic Android already has a very large global installed base, it is also failing to serve as an apps platform that's comparably lucrative to the iOS App Store. Despite serving twice the trackable downloads of the App Store, Google Play only brings in about half the revenues. In part, that's because Android users don't expect to pay for apps. That has changed the character of Android apps to a mostly free-with-ads model.
Last year, Ustwo Games reported that 40 percent of its iOS users paid to install its award-winning title "Monument Valley," while only 5 percent of Android users paid. The rest were largely downloading pirated copies. When AR comes to Android, it will likely be focused on advertising
Of the 2.4 million sales of the game, 1.7 million were on iOS while less than 0.3 occurred on Google Play. Over 80 percent of the developer's revenue came from iOS users.
Those statistics play a major role in why gaming, productivity apps and other mobile software tools are commonly built exclusively for iOS or are released on iOS first, and are commonly brought to Android only later in a version with ads.
This means that when AR comes to Android, it will likely be focused on advertising, not on utility or in paid gaming or enterprise apps that push the boundaries of what's possible with the new technology.
Apple's AR is a platform, not a feature
Notably, as we predicted this summer Apple's approach in building AR experiences—both using standard iOS cameras and with depth—is part of its apps development platform, not just a trick it performs internally.
In contrast, at this summer's Google IO, the company showed off its new Google Lens features based on Augmented Reality, Machine Learning and Optical Character Recognition, but didn't really expose these as a third-party developer platform. Instead they were rolled into its cloud-based Google Services, a feature that attaches Android to Google's proprietary services and paid placement advertising and the surveillance tracking required for monetization.
Unlike Apple, Google doesn't earn its revenues from selling hardware, supported by its apps platform. Google has been talking down mobile apps for years, crafting a narrative that suggests that nobody actually uses apps and that we should all go back to using the web, which is so much easier for Google to track and subsequently monetize user behavior. This is not unlike Microsoft's earlier Windows Phone advertising that basically asked: "why would you want apps?"
The reality is that third-party software is a major reason why people are attracted to iOS and stick with it rather than buying smartphones or tablets as a commodity device like PCs, netbooks or TVs that can all display generic streams of web-based content.
With all of its work in sophisticated camera imaging, depth sensing, machine vision and AR, Apple is working to ensure that apps remain the center of how we use mobile technology. So far, that strategy is winning.
However, there's also another frontier in AR that's about to deploy. It's been kept a tight secret, entirely to make a splash in a way Google will find harder to copy, as the next article will outline.
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Description: Hydrologic data, including rainfall and runoff data, have been collected on experimental watersheds operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) in southern Arizona since the 1950s. The USDA-ARS Southwest Watershed Research Center makes these data accessible via a GIS-based web interface, the Data Access Project.
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Transition to yesterday: subsidizing the killer app of 1952
Former FCC Chief Economist Thomas Hazlett argues that the FCC is missing a …
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Wasted airwaves
Editor's note: the vote for a new president isn't the only one to take place on Tuesday. In Washington, DC, the Federal Communications Commission will weigh in on a proposal to open up the so-called "white spaces" in the digital TV spectrum for use by wireless broadband applications after the end of most analog TV transmissions next February. In this opinion piece, Thomas Hazlett argues that the FCC is missing a huge opportunity by not opening up the TV spectrum to all comers.
Thomas W. Hazlett is Professor of Law & Economics and serves as Director of the Information Economy Project at George Mason University School of Law. He is also a columnist for the New Technology Policy Forum hosted by the Financial Times. Professor Hazlett previously held faculty appointments at the University of California at Davis, Columbia University, and the Wharton School, and in 1991-92 served as Chief Economist of the Federal Communications Commission.
When analog television screens go blank in the US, an event scheduled for February 17, 2009, political insiders wager on political hysteria. They see Aunt Minnie in Dogpatch freaking when her rabbit-ears cut off, and the Congressman from Dogpatch howling on C-SPAN like it was a FEMA-Katrina hearing. Some 14 million US households are today without cable or satellite; lacking a digital receiver they risk Video Darkness.
Digital set-top receivers can be deployed, a noble cause for which Congress has set aside $1.5 billion of your tax dollars (limit: two $40 vouchers per family). But that cash outlay doesn't begin to quantify the government's commitment: hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of bandwidth continues to be reserved for over-the-air TV, the Killer App of 1952.
Radio spectrum is the life blood of the wireless era. Television broadcasting squanders it, crowding out incredibly productive alternatives, including improved voice networks, high-speed Internet access, and a phalanx of Silicon Valley dreams yet unknown. Valued at recent prices in Federal Communications Commission auctions, digital TV frequencies would fetch about $120 billion. Yet, consumer gains are at least ten times higher.
With the transition from analog broadcasting, policy-makers should seize a blessed moment to move boldly into the future. Opening TV bands to new entrants would inject a potent booster shot into the Information Economy. Consider that some 250 million mobile subscribers in the US paid about $140 billion to make 2 trillion minutes' worth of phone calls in 2007, accessing just 190MHz of radio spectrum. The digital TV band, in contrast, is allocated some 294MHz—and it's more productive bandwidth. Tapping into this mother lode would unleash powerful waves of rivalry and innovation.
Broadcast TV content is highly valued—what's not to like about Deal or No Deal? But viewers deserted the broadcast delivery platform years ago. In 2008, nearly 90 percent of American homes subscribe. They gain better reception and wider program choices via these digital media.
Free TV isn't so free after all
This technology transition makes "free" TV largely irrelevant. Yet, with its World War II-era bandwidth allocation, it continues to lock out loads of pretty amazing new stuff. That makes "free" TV hugely expensive.
There is a way out. By competitive tender, the government could contract with, say, Echostar, to deliver broadcast TV to the 14 million unconnected homes. Given retail installation and equipment charges, the one-time cost would be less than the $4 billion Sanford Bernstein & Co. projects will be spent on digital off-air receivers. Aunt Minnie would get her "free" broadcasts via satellite. Television stations would continue to reach all viewers. Echostar—or whoever out-bids (under-prices) them—would be paid to connect new households. Best of all, America's TV band would be free at last, ready to host 21st Century technology and applications.
Emerging wireless broadband networks would leap at the chance, taking cable modems and DSL to a whole new competitive level. New and improved broadcast video applications could prosper. Qualcomm's MediaFLO, for example, is airing twenty mobile TV networks via a single TV channel (55) won at auction in 2003. This provides the equivalent of 4,200 local TV stations (20 programs in 210 US TV markets). In contrast, the FCC's allocation regime placed only a sole signal on Channel 55 in but 21 markets. The gain from more efficient spectrum use: 200-to-1. Such prolific consumer benefits are available throughout the TV band.
So deal, or no deal? Smart Washington says no deal. The TV broadcasters oppose it. They are greedy and want to keep their stations. And who is the US government to take down the broadcasters?
In fact, broadcasters hate broadcasting. It needlessly consumes kilowatts and requires highly contentious local zoning permits for towers. It's so 20th Century. They prefer to ride to viewers via cable or satellite, and the hottest Hollywood strategies are all about moving content over the Internet, to iPods, and to cellphones.
If broadcasters despise broadcasting, however, they adore "must carry." This regime, codified in the 1992 Cable Act, awards every over-the-air TV station the right to a free slot on local cable TV systems. Broadcasters transmit not because their signals reach viewers, but because they reach Washington. In 2002, WWAC, an Atlantic City TV station, asked the FCC for permission to turn off its analog signal early, claiming huge electric bill savings and a 250 percent increase in audience. No one would actually watch the digital TV broadcasts. But digital-WWAC would appear in 1.8 million cable homes, up from just a half-million. The trick? The FCC computer drew the digital station contour to include Philadelphia; the analog contour circled only Atlantic City.
Broadcasters believe that if they stop spewing emissions into the air, their "must carry" rights will be at risk. They have a point. And so the world's most valuable radio spectrum wastes away, collateral damage of the tryst between policy makers and TV licensees.
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Upcoming week at Greensboro's EMF: Pianist Awadagin Pratt, free park concert
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Donald Marshall (Sun. September 9, 2012) - i dont believe in astral projection,... neither do the nwo, theyve done millions of dollars worth of experiments, they said its all bs.
Donald Marshall (Mon. August 5, 2013) - they tell people the cloning center is the astral plane, 5th dimension, a time stutter, a singularity, a negative dimension, 7th dimension which is all love lol and whatever that person will be more prone to believing... just the cloning center in a clone of yourself though.... or in a drugged clone to make you feel different, weightless, fuzzy, pleasant/pleasurable feeling... clone pre-injected with drugs before activation.
Donald Marshall (Thur. May 23, 2013) - They trick the smartest people with the mind tech shit so no embarrassment for not knowing how its done. You wouldn't think people could do this stuff in this day and age. Normally they couldn't but they stumbled upon Atlantans abandoned tech that they back engineered and them tech levels made leaps and bounds.
Donald Marshall (Wed. May 1, 2013) - you're not flying, it's not astral plane,... it's mk ultra visualizations,... you even feel the air breezing past you but its not there and your not flying,... you just think you are... another woman on my friends list here (not mentioning names) thought she was in the astral plane flying around too... met her as clones we talked, she knows now,... talk to her from time to time as clones. There is no astral plane lol thats just what they tell people,... lucid dreaming same difference. Clone on fuzzy drugs... I watch it happen from the stands,... people think theyre super heroes running around in the arena thinking theyre doing all kinds of stuff,... and the scumbags sit there and make fun of them, but the person cant even see them,... theyre in a mk ultra scenario
they tried the flying thing with me,... it's all like inception the movie... looks realer than real. it is all illusion only you can see,... even if you crash into something your own brain tricks yourself that there is a solid object there and you'll feel pain but its not real pain its imagined pain,... hard to explain but thats it in a nutshell... they don't do that stuff to me, I know the difference now... I know all about mk visuals and audio.
Donald Marshall (August 2013) - They tell most dizzy girl clones out there [at the cloning centers] each night, that they want to have sex with that they're in the Astral plane or 5th dimension and inject them with multiple drugs from an internal drug dispenser surgically installed in each clone, multiple effects, then theres the audio video mk effects on top of that, they make you think that youre flying through clouds,... and it's convincing. They got it allll figured out.
Donald Marshall (August 2013) - I've watched so many dizzy good looking female clones in the arena, start to cry and say "where am I?" Your in the astral again they say... then they remotely drug them with an internal drug dispenser in each clone, different drugs,... sometimes they talk, sometimes they get an ugly old man out there and make the girl see an mk ultra visual effect of Brad Pitt over this old man... everyone else can see this is a scummy naked old man, but the girl see's Brad Pitt... like computer graphics layed over the reality but better. Then drugs little of this little of that, no needles, its an internal drug dispenser surgically implanted in the clone... most clones have them.
The illuminati tell so many people they are in the astral plane, then they mess with them for sport... no one ever know's they are a drugged clone... you feel all fuzzy and pleasant on the drugs, you think your in some pleasure dimension when it's going on.
Donald Marshall (Sun. March 17 or Mon. March 18, 2013) - they mess with people in multiple ways.... hurts the same though huh? they do mk ultra visual effects easily on clones... you can be in the center arena dirt surrounded by crazies in the stands, and they can make you see a secluded beach... they can make you thing you'r on the moon but can breath,... they just do a menagerie of different things to people for sport. They don't care if there are side effects on your real self.
Donald Marshall (Sun. December 23, 2012) - They make people see hologram like images as clones... Using mk ultra visual effects, same as inception movie basically... Most of the time the people think theyre just dreaming or think they were original body when they saw it, didnt even know they were clones,... they play a lot of tricks on peoples minds... They tell some people that the cloning center is the astral plane, 5th dimension Nirvana plane Shang ri la, lotsa different stuff, a lot dont even know theyre IN a clone, they think theyre in another dimension and in real body... Or time stutter or singularity lol, they tell different people different stuff.
Donald Marshall (Wed. June 19, 2013) - theres no astral plane... that's what they tell drugged clones of people at the cloning center.
Josie Marceleno - They tell them that but there really is right?
Donald Marshall - no it's your clone on drugs,... with mk ultra visual audio effects surrounding you like a star trek holodeck. inception land on fuzzy drug.
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Space NASA Image of the Day
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Capturing a View of the Antelope Valley's Superbloom of Poppies
As Glenn Graham, director of Armstrong Flight Research Center's Office of Safety and Mission Assurance flew his T-34 aircraft over California's Antelope Valley, he beheld a once in a lifetime event--a superbloom. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
2019 Astronaut Hall of Fame Honorees
Astronauts Jim Buchli and Janet Kavandi are inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Class of 2019 during a ceremony on April 6, 2019. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
David Saint-Jacques' First Spacewalk
David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency completed the first spacewalk of his career on Monday, April 8, 2019. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
I'm very much looking forward to NASA's image of the Event Horizon, or whatever black hole image they've secured.
Launching Rockets to Study Auroras
NASA successfully launched the Auroral Zone Upwelling Rocket Experiment or AZURE mission on April 5, 2019, from the Andøya Space Center in Norway. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
Space Launch System Ascent Testing Advances Understanding of Cargo Configuration
Space Launch System Ascent Testing Advances Understanding of Cargo Configuration (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
NASA Takes Advantage of Innovative 3-D Printing Process for SLS Rocket
America’s powerful new deep space rocket, NASA’s Space Launch System, will face harsh conditions and extreme temperatures in flight when launching NASA’s Orion spacecraft and potential cargo to lunar orbit, and for that, it’ll need strong protection. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
Northrop Grumman's 11th Cargo Launch Prepares to Launch to Station
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus resupply spacecraft is seen during sunrise on Pad-0A, Tuesday, April 16, 2019, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
Northrop Grumman Engineers Load Final Cargo for Cygnus Launch
Mission engineers load the final cargo into the Cygnus resupply spacecraft onboard the Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, Tuesday, April 16, 2019. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
A Rainbow and the Cygnus Launch
A rainbow is seen at launch Pad-0A after the Northrop Grumman Antares rocket launched, Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
Behold the Southern Lights!
As the International Space Station orbited 265 miles above the southern Indian Ocean about halfway between Madagascar and Antarctica, the crew snapped this image of the Aurora Australis. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
NASA Earth Data Helps Scientists to Understand Our Home Planet
In September 2017, the Atlantic Ocean was brewing with several large hurricanes. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
Formation of the Southern Crab Nebula
In celebration of the 29th anniversary of the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope on April 24, 1990, astronomers captured an image of the tentacled Southern Crab Nebula. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
Landslides in Mars' Cerberus Fossae
Cerberus Fossae is a steep-sided set of troughs cutting volcanic plains to the east of Elysium Mons, Mars. This image was captured by the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
Station Crew Views the Frozen Southern Tip of Hudson Bay
The International Space Station crew snapped this image of the Hudson Bay's frozen southern tip. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
Hubble Snaps a Crowded Cluster
This sparkling burst of stars is Messier 75. It is a globular cluster: a spherical collection of stars bound together by gravity. Clusters like this orbit around galaxies and typically reside in their outer and less-crowded areas, gathering to form dense communities in the galactic suburbs. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
Opportunity's Final Traverse Map
This final traverse map for NASA's Opportunity rover shows where the rover was located within Perseverance Valley on June 10, 2018, the last date it made contact with its engineering team. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
New Mission Ready to Extend NASA's Study of Carbon
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3, or OCO-3, sits on the large vibration table (known as the "shaker") in the Environmental Test Lab at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
InSight Lander Captures a Sunset on Mars
NASA's InSight lander used the Instrument Deployment Camera (IDC) on the end of its robotic arm to image this sunset on Mars on April 25, 2019, the 145th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. This was taken around 6:30 p.m. Mars local time. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
How Atmospheric Sounding Transformed Weather Prediction
In the late 1950's, NASA scientist Lewis Kaplan developed a groundbreaking way to calculate temperature in the atmosphere for weather forecasting. (More at NASA Picture of The Day)
NASA: Birth of the Space Age
NASA: Day of Rembrance
NASA: First TV Image of Mars
The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight
Space NASA Day on the Hill
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This Week’s Jokes: Week of 3/2/15
This Week's Jokes
The New York Times reported that Hillary Clinton only used a personal email address during her time as Secretary of State. But to be fair, the Secretary of State has to host and visit with a lot of foreign leaders, and her Groupon emails are the best place to find things to do without breaking the Federal budget.
In a recent interview, the artist who painted Bill Clinton’s official presidential portrait said he secretly included a shadow that was supposed to represent Monica Lewinsky’s infamous blue dress. Bill Clinton responded: “Oh yeah, I knew there must’ve been a reason I wanted to cum on that painting!”
The Forbes Billionaires List came out this week. How about a Forbes Rich in Life Experiences and Overall Character List, eh?
Barbara Mikulski, the 78-year-old US Senator who’s been in Congress longer than any woman in history, announced she won’t be running for reelection in 2016. But should she really have the right to choose to terminate her candidacy?
Tinder is offering new tiered premium services, but they’ll cost twice as much for people over 30. On the one hand, this is ageist; one the other hand, old-people sex is icky and gross.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Congress to oppose the US’s potential nuclear deal with Iran. Oh gee, a Jew complaining about something, what a surprise.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress opposing US’s potential nuclear deal with Iran has given his re-election campaign a boost in Israel. Seems like he’s trying a little hard, though–American campaigners just go to Iowa, play some Bruce Springsteen and call it a day.
A Justice Department investigation has concluded that Ferguson police routinely discriminate against African Americans, which the Justice Department probably could have realized without a full investigation, if only they weren’t also busy discriminating against African Americans.
Former CIA Director David Petraeus pleaded guilty to sharing military secrets with his mistress, and could face up to one year in prison, unless the sentencing hearing judge is just like “Haha don’t worry about it bro I’ve done crazy things to get chicks to sleep with me too.”
A Boston woman used Tinder to find someone to help her shovel out her car. I guess she couldn’t find anyone to plow her.
Chris Brown is a father. Geez I guess they’re just letting anyone do that job now.
A chunk of Britney Spears’ hair extensions fell out during a Las Vegas performance, and we know because a bunch of fans tweeted about it, because apparently they don’t know the rules about what happens in Vegas.
A chunk of Britney Spears’ hair extensions fell out during a Las Vegas performance. Why is this news? Remember that time when she completely shaved her head? She’ll be fine.
The Australian government might change South Australia’s time zone to avoid TV spoilers. But I thought all their TV shows played backwards there anyway?
March 2, 2015 March 6, 2015 alisonzeidman
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