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Balkan News in English
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Trump will be inaugurated without Dodik’s presence
By Mladen Dragojlovic / 12/01/2017 / Comments Off on Trump will be inaugurated without Dodik’s presence
The US Embassy in Sarajevo, for the second time in last few weeks, refused to issue a visa to RS president, Milorad Dodik, who claimed that he will attend the inauguration of new US president, Donald Trump.
Dodik’s Office issued a press release confirming that he did not get a visa to enter the United States, where he was to “attend the festivities on the occasion of the inauguration of the new US president Donald Trump”.
“The President of RS Milorad Dodik thanked for the invitation that he received to participate in a ceremony marking the inauguration of the newly elected President of the United States Donald Trump. He informed organizes of ceremony that, unfortunately, he had to cancel the announced arrival, because only a few days before the trip he was not granted a visa to enter the US”, said the Office in the release.
The statement said that the visit to the United States requires several days to prepare and that refusal of the visa made impossible to make timely proper preparations. Dodik Office said that RS president expects that he will be with the people in the new US administration in the near future and that delaying the meeting for these reasons will not prevent him from building constructive relations and better understanding.
A few weeks ago, when Dodik announced that he received the invitation for the inauguration, the US Embassy refused to issue a diplomatic visa for travel in Washington, because he will not represent the state BiH on the ceremony. A few days after the refusal, when it became clear that the invitation is not for the inauguration ceremony than for an event just linked with the inauguration, Dodik applied for a visa as an ordinary citizen, but it was refused again.
Instead of Dodik, another representative from BiH is more possible to attend the events linked with the inauguration ceremony. It is Marinko Umicevic, the general manager of “BEMA” shoe factory, who sent two pairs of shoes to Melania Trump, a few months ago. He told the media that he doesn’t sleep since he received the phone call and, right after that, the invitation to one of the inauguration parties.
“On a Monday evening, I got a phone call from the agency that said it was organizing the humanitarian inaugural ball. They said that I’d caused them troubles. Apparently, I was invited to the VIP ball, but they forgot to send me an invitation earlier”, Umicevic told the media.
The sleeplessness was caused by the “new problems that arose” after that phone call. First, as Umicevic said, he must figure out what kind of present to give Melania, what to buy for her. He added that he doesn’t care much about Donald Trump, but wants to bring something nice to Melania. He said that he asked to bring somebody along on this important trip and, when affirmative answer came, he suggested – RS president Milorad Dodik.
“My wife didn’t like that. She is angry now and she doesn’t want to iron my shirts anymore”, Umicevic said with a smile and added that he must prepare a lot of things. A few days before invitation, Umicevic received a shirt and tie directly from Melania Trump.
This controversial manager of the one of the most successful factories in BiH, said that many customers asked him to make them shoes identical to the ones that were sent to Melania but that he refused since he doesn’t want to “use her name in the marketing purposes”.
For now it is for sure that BiH Ambassador to USA, Haris Hrle, as all other ambassadors in Washington, have a valid invitation for inauguration. But, in a small country such as BiH, even an invitation to some side event became a political issue./IBNA
Published: 3 years ago on 12/01/2017
By: Mladen Dragojlovic
Last Modified: January 12, 2017 @ 4:46 pm
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Statistical data ›
Demographic and social statistics ›
Population (Demography, Migration and Projections) ›
Marriages and divorces ›
Marriages ›
Marriages by districts and place of residence
Use IS Infostat for preceding years
Metadata and methodology
Time series: Pop_4.1.1._Marriages_DR_EN.xls
MARRIAGES BY DISTRICTS AND PLACE OF RESIDENCE IN 2018
(Number)
Urban residence
Rural residence
Total 28 961 21 463 7 498
Blagoevgrad 1 195 741 454
Burgas 1 967 1 443 524
Varna 2 177 1 781 396
Veliko Tarnovo 807 566 241
Vidin 303 213 90
Vratsa 451 274 177
Gabrovo 319 266 53
Dobrich 944 566 378
Kardzhali 758 327 431
Kyustendil 360 282 78
Lovech 332 211 121
Montana 574 418 156
Pazardzhik 1 100 724 376
Pernik 311 248 63
Pleven 879 571 308
Plovdiv 2 933 2 316 617
Razgrad 573 201 372
Ruse 870 665 205
Silistra 459 162 297
Sliven 809 523 286
Smolyan 328 188 140
Sofia 714 463 251
Sofia (stolitsa) 6 064 5 892 172
Stara Zagora 1 157 853 304
Targovishte 538 236 302
Haskovo 769 507 262
Shumen 822 463 359
Yambol 448 363 85
Euro-SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMS)
MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES - marriages and divorces
Contact organisation
Contact organisation unit
Population and Housing Fund Statistics Department
Nadejda Karlezhova
Contact person function
Chief expert
Contact mail address
2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria
Contact fax number
Metadata update
Metadata last certified
Metadata last posted
Metadata last update
Statistical presentation
Registered juridical marriages and divorces terminated with a court decision are observed. Registration is done at the moment of occurrence and the number is calculated as of 31.12 of the reference year.
Source of data on marriages and divorces is the Unified System for Civil registration and Administrative Service of Population. The marriages and divorces are registered through a common USCRASP-CDS documents "Marriage notification", "Divorce notification".
Regional breakdown of the marriages and divorce data is done according to the country administrative-territorial division as of 31.12 of the reference year (settlements, municipalities, districts and statistical regions) based on the current address.
The number of marriages and divorces is used for calculation of the indicators characterising the marriages and divorces in the country.
Classification system
· Classification of Territorial Units for Statistical Purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS);
· Unified Classification of the Administrative-Territorial and Territorial Units in Bulgaria (UCATTU).
Sector coverage
Indicators characterising the marriages and divorces are calculated for a calendar year. The cases are included in which at least one of the partners has a usual residence (current address) in the Republic of Bulgaria.
Statistical concepts and definitions
Crude marriage rate
The ratio of the number of marriages during the year to the average annual population in that year. The value is expressed per 1000 inhabitants.
Crude divorce rate
The ratio of the number of divorces during the year to the average annual population in that year. The value is expressed per 1000 inhabitants.
The age of persons at marriage and divorce is calculated in completed years based on the date of birth of persons and the date of event - marriage/divorce.
Statistical unit
Marriages, divorces
Statistical population
Total number of marriages and divorces.
Reference area
Regional breakdown of the marriages and divorces data is done according to the country administrative-territorial division as of 31.12 of the reference year (settlements, municipalities, districts and statistical regions).
Time coverage
· 1888 - 2018 total for the country;
· 2010 - 2018 - the NSI website.
· 1947 - 2018 - total for the country;
Base period
Number; per 1 000 population
Institutional mandate
Legal acts and other agreements
· Law on Statistics;
· Law on Civil Registration.
· Regulation (EU) 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European demographic statistics;
· Commission implementing regulation (EU) № 205/2014 laying down uniformed conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on European demographic statistics, as regards breakdowns of data, deadlines and data revisions
Data are transmitted to Eurostat, UNICEF, UN on the basis of Regulation (EU) 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European demographic statistics.
Confidentiality - policy
· Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.
Confidentiality - data treatment
Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law.
Release policy
Information is published annually according to the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute.
Release calendar access
The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480
Data is published on the NSI website, section Population - Demography, Migration and Projections in accordance with the Law on Statistics and the European Statistics Code of Practice respecting the professional independence and aimed at objectivity, transparency and equal treatment of all consumers.
Frequency of dissemination
Accessibility and clarity
News release "Population and demographic processes".
· Population and demographic processes;
· Statistical Reference Book;
· Statistical Yearbook;
· "Bulgaria" (brochure).
On-line database
Data on marriages and divorces are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Population - Demography, Migration and Projections - Marriages and divorces: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/6651
Information System Infostat: https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=54
Micro-data access
Anonymised individual data can be provide for scientific and research purposes, and for individual request according to the Rules for the provision of anonymised individual data for scientific and research purposes.
Information service on request, according to the Rules for the dissemination of statistical products and services in NSI.
Documentation on methodology
· Methodology on marriages and divorces: http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Pop_4_Metodology_marriages-divorces_en.pdf;
· Manual for functioning of the Unified System for Civil registration and Administrative Service of Population.
User needs
Data on marriages and divorces are presented annually to the Eurostat, UN and UNICEF questionnaires filled in annually.
At national and regional level the main data users are ministries, agencies, national organizations and local authorities.
Data is presented to scientific institutes, universities, NGOs and others based on requests.
No user' satisfaction surveys are carried out.
Marriages by age and year of birth of the spouses, consecutive number of the marriage, previous marital status and residence.
Divorces by age of spouses, duration of the marriage, number of children, reasons for the divorce, consecutive number of the divorce and residence.
Accuracy and reliability
Overall accuracy
Sampling error
Non-sampling error
Timeliness and punctuality
Data are published up to the end of April of the year following the reference year.
Data are released according to the terms provided in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute.
Coherence and comparability
Comparability - geographical
Data is collected and processed for the different territorial units using one and the same methodology and definitions.
Comparability - over time
Changes of the methodology and definitions for different time periods are published in the survey methodology and metadata.
Coherence - cross domain
Coherence - internal
Cost and burden
Data revision
Data revision - policy
Data revision - practice
Statistical processing
Source data
Source of data on marriages and divorces is the Unified System for Civil registration and Administrative Service of Population. Marriages and divorces are registered through a common USCRASP-CDS "Marriage notification" and "Divorce notification".
Frequency of data collection
Exhaustively for all registered during the year juridical marriages and divorces.
Computer files are received from the Unified System for Civil registration and Administrative Service of Population (administrative source).
Data on demographic events is checked and controlled before to be loaded in the IS "Demography".
For successful processing, the initial notification should meet the system rules on validation and control.
The processed results are validated in respect the consistency of a single table and between the tables.
Data compilation
Data is processed by the IS "Demography" according to the rules for validation and control of the demographic events.
Download in SDMX 2.1 file format: MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES - marriages and divorces
Metadata Structure Definition in SDMX 2.1: ESMS_MSD+BNSI+2.0+SDMX.2.1.xml
ESS Standard for Quality Reports Structure (ESQRS)
Data completeness - rate
Sampling errors - indicators
Coverage error
Over-coverage - rate
Common units - proportion
Measurement error
Non response error
Unit non-response - rate
Item non-response - rate
Processing error
Imputation - rate
Model assumption error
Data revision - average size
Time lag - first results
4 months after the refernce date
Time lag - final results
Punctuality - delivery and publication
Data is released according to the terms.
Asymmetry for mirror flows statistics - coefficient
Length of comparable time series
Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics
Coherence - National Accounts
Data tables - consultations
Metadata - consultations
Metadata completeness – rate
Confidentiality – data treatment
Metadata Structure Definition in SDMX 2.1: ESQRS_MSD+BNSI+2.0+SDMX.2.1.xml
Life Expectancy at Birth in the Period 2016 - 2018
Monday, 13 May 2019 - 11:00
Life expectancy at birth of the Bulgarian population calculated for the period 2016 - 2018 is 74.8 years.
Life expectancy at birth for male population is 71.4 years, while for female it is 7.0 years higher - 78.4 years.
LifeExpectancy_2016-2018_en_WU64BBF.pdf
Population and Demographic Processes in 2018
Friday, 12 April 2019 - 11:00
As of 31 December 2018 the population of Bulgaria is 7 000 039 persons, representing 1.4% of the EU population. Compared to 2017, the population decreases by 49 995 persons.
There are 62 197 live born children in 2018. The number of live births decreases by 1 758 compared to the previous year.
The number of deaths in 2018 is 108 526 and the crude mortality rate - 15.4‰. Compared to the previous year the number of deaths decreases by 1 265.
Population2018_en_ZG7X53J.pdf
Names in Bulgaria in 2018 (preliminary data)
Friday, 4 January 2019 - 16:52
What names did we give our children in 2018?
Which are the most popular surnames and the most common male and female names in Bulgaria?
Does Alexander retain in 2018 the top position in the names of newborn boys?
These are just some of the questions we answer with the new infographic ‘Names in Bulgaria 2018’.
Names2018p_en.pdf
Friday, 11 May 2018 - 11:00
LifeExpectancy_2015-2017_en_TIOZNTX.pdf
Thursday, 12 April 2018 - 11:00
The number of deaths in 2017 is 109 791 and the crude mortality rate - 15.5‰. Compared to the previous year the number of deaths increases by 2 211.
Population2017_en_R5PBSJP.pdf
Monday, 8 January 2018 - 11:00
The most preferred names for new-born boys in 2017 are Aleksandar, Georgi and Martin, and for new-born girls - Viktoria, Maria and Nikol.
The largest number of Bulgarians celebrate a name day on Tsvetnitsa (Palm Day), Ivanovden (The day of St. Ioan) and Arhangelovden (Michaelmas day).
The leading names by regions for men are Georgi, Ivan and Dimitar, and for women - Maria, Ivanka and Elena.
LifeExpectancy_2014-2016_en_YRB4CLD.pdf
Wednesday, 12 April 2017 - 11:00
As of 31 December 2016 the population of Bulgaria is 7 101 859 persons or 1.4% of the EU population. Compared to 2015, the population of the country decreases by 51 925 persons.
There are 64 984 live born children in 2016. The number of live births decreases by 966 children compared to the previous year.
The number of dead persons is 107 580 and the crude mortality rate - 15.1‰. Compared to the previous year the number of dead people decreases by 2 537.
Population2016_en_722R06L.pdf
Thursday, 5 January 2017 - 11:00
Aleksandar and Viktoria are the most preferred names for new-born babies in Bulgaria in 2016.
Life expectancy at birth of the Bulgarian population calculated for the period 2013 - 2015 is 74.5 years
LifeExpectancy_2013-2015_en_6FSON8K.pdf
Statistical Reference Book 2019
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The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2015 - 2018 period.
Statistical Reference Book 2019 (Bulgarian version)
The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2019 in Bulgarian.
Statistical Yearbook 2018
The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to present to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 86th edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.
It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2012 - 2017 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.
Regions, districts and municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria 2017
The National Statistical Institute offers to the users who are interesting in regional statistics the specialized electronic publication ‘Regions, districts and municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria 2017’.
Health Services 2018
The National Statistical Institute informs users of statistical information in the field of social statistics that the annual publication Health Services 2018 (in Bulgarian only) is already available.
The publication Health Services is a joint edition of the National Statistical Institute and the National Centre for Public Health and Analyses at the Ministry of Health.
The data sources are the statistical surveys carried out by the both institutions.
In the publication data are systematized as follows:
Sustainable development of Bulgaria 2005 - 2016
The National Statistical Institute offers to the users the overview publication ‘Sustainable Development of Bulgaria 2005 - 2016’. The publication contains statistical indicators elaborated in conformity with the System of Sustainable Development Indicators developed by EUROSTAT.
The data is systematized in the following sections: Socioeconomic development; Sustainable consumption and production; Social inclusion; Demographic changes; Public health; Climate change and clean energy; Sustainable transport; Natural resources; Global partnership; Good governance.
Women and Men in the Republic of Bulgaria 2018
The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the new printed publication ‘Women and Men in the Republic of Bulgaria 2018’.
The issue includes interesting and amusing information about the lives of women and men in our country, about the similarities and differences between them, presented through graphs and tables, short texts and thematic infographics.
The publication is intended for a wide range of users, the state administration, NGO’s and other organizations working in the field of gender equality.
Population and Demographic Processes 2017
The NSI annual electronic publication Population and Demographic Processes 2017 is available for users of statistical information.
The issue is bilingual (Bulgarian/English) and contains detailed statistical information about the demographic state in the Republic of Bulgaria during the year of 2017. Data for the number and the structure of the population and for its natural movement and internal migration are published in the issue.
Statistical Yearbook 2017 in infographics
The National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria offers a different view of the statistical information included in the 85th edition of the Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria.
The publication is intended for a wider audience as statistical data are presented in a plain and easy understandable way.
The current state and changes in the socio-economic and cultural life in the country are presented not in the traditional way in tables and text, but through infographics - images, graphics and other visualization tools.
Demographic and social statistics
Education and Lifelong Learning
Households Income, Expenditure and Consumption
Housing Fund
Population (Demography, Migration and Projections)
Mortality and life expectancy
Marriages and divorces
Marriages by place of residence and partners’ age
Marriages by place of residence and partners’ marital status before the marriage
Marriages by place of residence and rank
Marriages by districts and partners’ age
Marriages by districts and partners’ marital status before the marriage
Marriages by districts and rank
Residence permits for foreigners
Population and demographic projections
Social Inclusion and Living Conditions
Regional statistics and indicators for monitoring
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Man shot after breaking into home with Smith & Wesson sign near door (VIDEO)
Crime, Defensive gun use, Politics & 2nd Amendment, Second Amendment, Self Defense
Authorities say a naked man was taken into custody by sheriffs deputies in rural Iron County, Utah on Tuesday afternoon after he was shot multiple times by residents of a home he was attempting to burglarize.
Christian Holbert, 24, was shot by the elderly homeowners after he refused to leave and reportedly kicked in their door– a door that Fox 13 Utah found to be near a number of pro-gun signs to include one that said, “Smith & Wesson Spoken Here.”
“They did fear for their lives and they did shoot at him,” Lt. Del Schlosser with the Iron County Sheriffs Office said.
According to multiple local reports, Holbert stripped “completely naked” after being shot and had to be tased several times by responding deputies “with little to no impact” before he was taken into custody and transported to an area hospital by helicopter. Investigators think the would-be home invader, who had no prior relationship with the victims, was on some kind of drugs at the time of the attack. He is expected to be charged in coming days.
As for the residents, they are shaken up, but physically uninjured and authorities say it was a “good thing” they were armed. From Sullivan Media Connections:
“They were simply exercising their second amendment rights,” Sheriff Mark Gower said. “You hear people say all the time that victims should wait for law enforcement and not take matters into their own hands. But the fact is, sometimes we can’t get there fast enough. This couple are elderly and live a ways out of town and if they hadn’t been able to protect themselves today we don’t know what might have happened. So, in this incident, it was a good thing they could protect themselves. This is another example of how guns in the right hands can provide protection for people.”
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Workshop by lighting designer Jonathan O’Hear at Attakkalari, Bangalore
Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts has invited Swiss lighting designer Jonathan O'Hear to conduct diploma, repertory and community workshops.
Date: 26 May - 6 June 2014
Venue: Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts
24-04, BTS Bus Depot Road, Wilson Garden, Behind Mandovi Motors, Bengaluru-560027
Entry: Contact Vijay Saravanan C R, Production Executive / Light Designer, TransMedia Technologies, Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, 24-04, 1st Cross, Wilson Garden, Bangalore 560 027 / +91 9840222315
Synopsis: TransMedia Technologies, a division of Attakkalari, will be hosting Jonathan O'Hear, an internationally renowned lighting designer who is especially known for his work with light as an object of art and with unconventional ways of controlling light. Jonathan will be in Bangalore for two weeks, during which time he will be working closely with TransMedia's in-house Lighting Designers and Technicians to share his expertise and experience in the field of lighting design.
Over the weekend, Jonathan will also be conducting an Advanced workshop in lighting design which will be open to the public. The workshop is meant for lighting designers, choreographers, dancers, and anyone interested in studying light.This will be a workshop that deals with technology in lighting - both the technologies used in the past and developing and future technologies. In concordance with the multifaceted nature of light, the workshop will be a mix of theory, observation and sensing.
For the workshop for the Diploma students of Attakkalari, Jonathan will address the foundations for understanding the impact of light on humans as well as the technicalities of applying the theory in a real artistic project (not necessarily a performance).
As for the workshop for general public to be held on 31 May & 1 June 2014, Jonathan will talk about lighting technology and human interference. (Introduction, discussion about using technology in lighting: Past technology/future technology, some limits of technology, why use new technologies? etc.) He will also present case studies to showcase use of video as light, use of humans instead of robots and the use of other types of interfaces than a lighting desk. In concordance with the multifaceted nature of light, the workshop will be a mix of theory, observation and sensing.
About Jonathan O'Hear Jonathan O'Hear trained as a filmmaker in Vancouver in the late 80's where he acquired a taste for manipulating light, sound and video in various contexts. Born in the UK, he grew up in Switzerland and elsewhere leading a rather nomadic lifestyle until around 2007. Today he lives in Switzerland and works primarily as a lighting designer for performing arts. 2013 marked his first exhibition as a contemporary artist and his commitment to the Neopost Foofwa dance company as joint artistic and operations director with Foofwa d'Imobilité. His interests in light revolve around three main themes, light as an artistic medium, the use of new technologies submitted to human interference, and light emitting objects. His work is often tainted by the idea that human imperfection transcends technological limitations. His recent collaborations include choreographers Foofwa d'Imobilité, Marie-Caroline Hominal, Prisca Harsch and sculptor Martin Rautenstrauch.
Jonathan has conducted workshops on the use of light as an artistic medium, in the Netherlands, India, South Africa and Mozambique, with the support of Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council. He was invited to show his work by the Villa Bernasconi and the festival Antigel in Geneva.
Partner: Attakkalari Centre of Movements Arts, Bangalore www.attakkalari.org/
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Announcing recipients of Studio Residencies 2015 / 2016
Pro Helvetia New Delhi announces the names of the artists who have been awarded Studio Residencies for 2015 / 2016.
Pro Helvetia New Delhi announces the names of Indian and Swiss artists who have been selected by the jury to avail the Studio Residency it offers.
South Asian artists:
Diya Naidu (dance) / India
Hetal Chudasama (visual arts) / India
Megha Katyal (visual arts) / India
Swiss artists:
Corinne Maier (performing arts)
Heike Fiedler (literature)
Pascal Schwaighofer (visual arts)
The applications received from the above artists were in concurrence with Pro Helvetia - Swiss Art Council's current mandate. The jury made its decision depending on the application's individual merit as well as on being able to find an appropriate host in Switzerland. Besides, preference is given to artists who are able to demonstrate the possibility of generating follow-up projects.
The selection in India was made by a jury comprising Girish Shahane, an art historian, curator and columnist; Mandeep Raikhy, choreographer and dancer; Surekha Anil Kumar, curator and artist; and Chandrika Grover Ralleigh, Head Pro Helvetia New Delhi.
The selection has been corroborated by Pro Helvetia's Specialist Departments in Zurich.
For more information on Residencies offered by Pro Helvetia click here
Mirjam Fischer to collaborate with Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014
Mirjam Fischer, a freelance Swiss book publisher and writer was in India to research collaboration with Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014.
Mirjam Fischer was in India in May 2014 to meet Jitish Kallat, the curator of Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014 to research potential collaboration with Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014
Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014 dates: 12 December 2014 to 29 March 2015
About Mirjam Fischer
A graduate from the University of Berne with a Master Degree in art history, Mirjam Fischer is a freelance book publisher. She has initiated, produced and realised among others a complex exhibition catalogue for the Kunstmuseum Bern, "The Weak Sex. Thematic Group Show of Contemporary Art," a monograph of Jean Tinguely's late work "Torpedo Institut" as well as the catalogue raisonné of Susi and Ueli Berger furniture design that will be published by Scheidegger & Spiess.
Furthermore, Mirjam extensively researched for graphic material for the artist book by Haris Epaminonda "Chapters I-XXX" that was published in conjunction with her exhibition at Kunsthaus Zürich in 2013. Simultaneously, she was in charge of the one day symposium "Rules & Schools" in Leipzig, Germany, that took place on the occasion of The Leipzig Book Fair, where Switzerland was the guest of honour in 2014. Lectures and talks illuminated questions about the historical relevance and timeliness of rules in Swiss book design. As a producer of books she had to accommodate the specific requirements of a particular book genre. In her role as a publisher, Mirjam had to address many questions such as - Can the artist's book be used as a platform of art and promote an artistic practice, must an exhibition catalogue or a short guide to the exhibition meet mainly service-oriented requirements?
(Photo credit: Veronique Hoegger)
Partner: Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014 - kochimuzirisbiennale.org
Mandeep Raikhy presents Inhabited Geometry at STEPS in Switzerland
INHABITED GEOMETRY at Dance Festival STEPS scheduled to take place from 24 April to 17 May 2014.
Indian Choreographer Mandeep Raikhy of GATI Dance Forum India, has been invited to Switzerland along with his group of dancers to present INHABITED GEOMETRY at the DANCE FESTIVAL STEPS scheduled to take place from 24 April to 17 May 2014.
The multimedia work Inhabited Geometry uses transient imagery to present space as an unattainable dream, and seduces audiences with its rapid fusion of Indian Bharata Natyam and contemporary dance.
In a black and white space, the delicate and clearly defined contours of six dancers engender rapidly flowing movements to create a highly elaborate universe. In Inhabited Geometry, choreographer Mandeep Raikhy generates spaces that evoke both home and homeland, but which also make room for individuality, friction and conflict. German media artist Chris Ziegler compresses and layers the choreography using cinematic spaces, allowing the dancers to merge with the transient imagery and make one thing very clear: on the overpopulated Indian subcontinent, sufficient living space is a rare commodity.
While at home with the traditional Indian dance Bharata Natyam and the martial art Kalaripayattu, Mandeep Raikhy and his dancers are also very much in tune with contemporary European dance.
"Many dancers in India are trying to achieve this organic combination of Bharatanatyam and western forms of contemporary dance, but not every one of them is able to achieve the 'organic-ness' of it the way Mandeep and his dancers have." DANCECRITIQUE ANON
choreography Mandeep Raikhy |
music Ish Shehrawat + diFfuSed beats (Sound Reasons) |
multimedia design Chris Ziegler |
dancers 6 |
length 60 min. without an interval
MANDEEP RAIKHY
Mandeep Raikhy was a dancer at the Shabana Jeyasign Dance Company in London between 2005 and 2009. He has been managing director of the Gati Dance Forums in Delhi since 2009. As a choreographer, he's interested in fusing India's traditional dance styles with contemporary dance. His first full-length work,Inhabited Geometry, was a success in India in 2010/11. Raikhy holds a BA from the Laban Dance Centre in London.
CHRIS ZIEGLER
After studying architecture and media art, Chris Ziegler focused his efforts on the interaction between video, dance and performance. As a freelance media artist, he designed multimedia and interactive dance workshops for the Goethe Institute in the Ukraine, Singapore and Japan and worked for William Forsythe's ballet company in Frankfurt (1999-2004). He was made an associate artist in 1993 and has worked as an assistant lecturer at the Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe since 2001.
25.04. ZürichTheaterhaus Gessnerallee, 20:00 discussion
27.04. MoutierSalle de Chantemerle, 19:00 discussion, 20:15
30.04. Le Lignon - VernierSalle des Fêtes de Lignon, 20:00 introduction
03.05. BernDampfzentrale Bern, 20:00 introduction, 19:00
04.05. OltenKulturzentrum Schützi Olten, 20:30 introduction, 20:15
06.05. SteckbornPhoenix Theater 81, 20:15 discussion
For more information visit http://www.steps.ch/Programme/Agenda-Detail?uniqueId=161156_161158_2014042520140425
Architecture Biennale in Venice
Under the title of «A stroll through a fun palace», Hans Ulrich Obrist will present a multi-faceted project at the Architecture Biennale in Venice.
Pavilion of Switzerland at the 14th International Architecture Exhibition -la Biennale di Venezia
Lucius Burckhardt and Cedric Price - A stroll through a fun palace
Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist
In collaboration with Herzog & de Meuron, Atelier Bow-Wow, Lorenza Baroncelli, StefanoBoeri, Eleanor Bron, Liam Gillick, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Dan Graham, Dorothea vonHantelmann, Samantha Hardingham, Koo Jeong-a, Philippe Parreno, Asad Raza, Tino Sehgal,Mirko Zardini, and others
Opening: Friday 6 June 2014, 5.30 pm
Exhibition: 7 June to 23 November 2014
Lucius Burckhardt and Cedric Price - A stroll through a fun palace is a multi-facetedproject by Hans Ulrich Obrist to be presented by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia at theSwiss Pavilion in the Giardini from 7 June to 23 November 2014.
In a digital time of unlimited access to information, where everyone can be an architect, acurator, an intellectual thinker, Hans Ulrich Obrist's Lucius Burckhardt and Cedric Price - Astroll through a fun palace revisits the recent past of architecture through retrospectivesof Lucius Burckhardt (1925-2003) and Cedric Price (1934-2003), reflecting on its future inthe 21st century.'We often invent the future with elements from the past. Lucius Burckhardt (1925-2003)and Cedric Price (1934-2003) were two great visionaries whose work resonates andinspires new generations in the 21st century.
At the core of both their work is a practice of drawing. At the centre of the project will be the archives of drawings of Cedric andLucius, of which different aspects will be revealed throughout the Biennale. 'A strollthrough a fun palace' in collaboration with architects and artists will present a laboratorywhere the ideas of Cedric and Lucius can be toolboxes to invent the future.'(Hans Ulrich Obrist, February 2014)
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People – Lemn Sissay
April 30, 2019 by OpenUpAdmin
Deborah Grace speaks to Lemn Sissay MBE, the award-winning poet, playwright, actor, broadcaster and University of Manchester Chancellor.
arts | people | South Manchester
People: Julia Walker
March 11, 2019 by OpenUpAdmin
Julia Walker made Cillian Murphy’s trademark flat cap in Peaky Blinders and worked on Russell Crowe’s body armour in Gladiator. Now the theatre maker is picking up her paintbrush to pursue new creative adventures. Interview by Deborah Grace.
books | Chorlton | people
October 26, 2018 by OpenUpAdmin
Best-known for his work in TV and film, Henry Normal is rediscovering his first love, poetry. Deborah Grace catches up with him.
community | Manchester | people | sport
Deborah Grace meets the inspirational former athlete Diane Modahl, now working to improve life chances for young people across Manchester.
books | Didsbury | people
People – Caroline England
August 29, 2017 by OpenUpAdmin
Divorce lawyer turned author, Caroline England, talks to Deborah Grace about the inspiration for her debut novel, Beneath the Skin.
I can’t remember much before I was eight. That’s when I went to boarding school, which defined my childhood. I remember being homesick and missing my parents. Having fun too, but eight is quite young to be sent away. I was the youngest of five and the others had all gone. Mum and Dad, who was a solicitor, came from working class backgrounds and they thought they were doing the best thing for us all.
How long have you lived in South Manchester?
Ever since I came to Manchester University, as a law student, more than 20 years ago! I’m originally from Sheffield. I lived in student digs in Stretford and Northern Moor and bought my first house – a tiny little terrace – in Levenshulme. I moved to West Didsbury and finally to Didsbury, where I’ve lived ever since.
How long have you been writing?
Approximately 10 years. With three young daughters, I took the decision to give up working as a solicitor and have time with the girls. At first I was dabbling and it’s only in the last few years that I’ve taken writing more seriously and treated it as a job. I’ve had a variety of short stories and poems published, but it’s really exciting to have my debut novel, Beneath the Skin, coming out in October. At school, I was good at English and I wrote poetry. I always fancied writing a novel, but, coming from a family of lawyers, I was side-tracked! I would probably have loved doing an English degree.
Tell me about your debut novel
Beneath the Skin is about human weakness, emotions and fears; the secrets we wouldn’t even tell our best friend. It comes under the crime umbrella, but, although suspenseful, it’s a more nuanced read than a pacy, police procedural. It’s strong on characterisation and the ‘domestic noir’ label pretty well sums it up. It’s about four couples, their interconnected lives and the secrets they’re hiding, which eventually unravel. The novel is set in south Manchester – in Didsbury, Chorlton, Alderley Edge and Hale – so you’ll recognise some familiar places. I’ve renamed a Withington pub, where the male characters meet up, but if you’ve ever drunk there, you’ll probably spot it!
How has your legal career influenced your writing?
As a trainee solicitor I worked, mainly, in criminal law. After that I did divorce and matrimonial work, then went on to do professional indemnity work, representing professionals such as solicitors, accountants and architects, who’d made a mistake – or not, as the case might be. I’m interested in people and the human condition; about how we put on a brave face, but there’s all sorts happening in our heads that we don’t talk about. Like my legal work, my writing is all to do with issues, frailties and being flawed human beings. In matrimonial cases, for instance, you’re seeing people naked, effectively; raw, human emotion! 25 When I finished with law I did some voluntary mediation work for the south Manchester community, which again had a huge influence on my writing. It’s fascinating hearing the same story told from two different viewpoints, which is very much what writing is about.
Any literary influences?
I’ve always loved Roald Dahl’s short story collections; books like Kiss Kiss and Switch Bitch, which were turned into Tales of the Unexpected for TV. Spiteful little stories with a real sting in the tail! They were quite racy, too. My copy of Switch Bitch was confiscated at school! I’ve always enjoyed crime novels; Kate Atkinson’s Jackson Brodie novels (televised with Jason Isaacs) are interesting in the way they blend contemporary, literary fiction with crime and psychological aspects. I hope my novels have managed to do that too.
Any more in the pipeline?
Book number two, My Husband’s Lies, will be published by Avon Harper Collins, hopefully, next May. Again, it’s about people, secrets, lies and discoveries.
Any tips for aspiring writers?
Just do it! There are so many setbacks, so many rejections and criticism. It feels really personal, but you just have to carry on. And the more you write, hopefully, the better you’ll become.
Being with my children and husband; holidays and being around the dinner table together. Family is the main thing for me and, obviously, I love writing as well!
I love South Manchester because…
It’s so eclectic – the people, different cultures and personalities. It has a warmth about it and I love the trees and greenery. Fletcher Moss is on the doorstep and we have the River Mersey, the water parks and beautiful countryside. I must love South Manchester because that’s the setting for my novels!
Beneath the Skin is published by Avon Harper Collins on 5 October 2017.
community | people
Homelessness in South Manchester
Life without running water, sanitation, heating, washing or cooking facilities is not something that anyone should experience in the 21st century.
Life on the streets is also dangerous and harmful to health. Average life expectancy in Manchester is 79 for men and 83 for women: for rough sleepers, it’s 47 for men and just 43 for women.
Homelessness is a growing problem in Manchester. We’ve seen an increasing number of people street begging and sleeping rough – including in tents – which has caused concern among residents, businesses and visitors alike. It’s a complex issue, however, and working with rough sleepers can be a long process. Not everyone that you see on Manchester’s streets is unsupported:
Some rough sleepers need ongoing support to move them away from the streets. This can take time; a lot of work is often being done behind the scenes by the council, health and voluntary services.
Some rough sleepers have been offered accommodation or other support many times, but have been unwilling, or unable, to take that help.
Some are street beggars who already have accommodation elsewhere. This may be the case for a number of people who beg in South Manchester.
The best way to help is to encourage people who are street begging and/or sleeping rough to access long-term support. The city has come together under the Manchester Homelessness Partnership to tackle the challenge.
Stephanie Moore and Becky Elliott run Chorlton’s Reach Out to the Community: “We’re one of several organisations in the partnership that offers very practical and direct help, from arranging medical appointments to supplying food, clothes or travel costs. In common with the City Council and other agencies, we ask that you don’t give money to homeless people directly: it really doesn’t help them. By doing so, you’re incentivising begging and possibly enabling an addiction.”
Here’s how you can make a difference:
Work with local groups like Reach Out to the Community
Become part of the Manchester Homelessness Partnership by signing the Manchester Homelessness Charter and making a pledge;
Donate to Big Change – a partnership fundraising campaign across Manchester. Find out what really helps people to get off the streets, rather than sustaining them there.
“Homeless people deserve better lives, away from the streets,” says Stephanie. “They need support, respect and encouragement to engage with the help that’s available – and that help is definitely out there.”
Find out more by visiting the Street Support Network.
Chorlton | people | politics
A Greater Manchester
All eyes may be on June’s General Election, but the Greater Manchester Mayoral Election in May is a key part of the most comprehensive devolution deal for any English region. Dr Andrew Mycock talks to Ella Parkinson about why local matters too.
arts | Didsbury | people | South Manchester
South Manchester People: Fiona Carroll
Deborah Grace meets Fiona Carroll, manager of Buccleuch Lodge Intermediate Care Unit in West Didsbury.
Chorlton | history | people
A Chorlton Comrade
February 28, 2017 by OpenUpAdmin
A campaign is under way to celebrate the memory of a courageous Chorlton woman who helped fight fascism in Spain and received an OBE for her work during World War II. Andrew Simpson tells her story.
Curtain up on Mona
Actress and octogenarian, Mona Leach, talks to Deborah Grace about her life in theatre and why she’s no plans for retirement.
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newswire article 14.Oct.2002 22:30
Bu$h - Cheney Critics are too generous
author: Devin Nordberg
Iraq crossed western oil corporations 30 years ago, and the oil executives have long memories. In 1972, Saddam Hussein and his Ba'ath party nationalized the oil holdings of the Iraq Petroleum Company, which actually was owned by a group of western oil companies including Royal Dutch and American and French firms.
Bush and Cheney Critics May Be Too Generous
http://www.reclaimdemocracy.org/war_oil_corporations.html
By Devin Nordberg
A growing number of critics accuse the Bush administration of inciting war against Iraq to divert attention from our crumbling economy, corporate corruption and Bush's attacks on environmental protections and our personal freedoms. After all, we call several other brutal dictatorships our allies, including Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, and Pakistan, so why is Bush so determined to topple Saddam Hussein?
But perhaps the critics are too generous to suspect merely political gamesmanship or settling a score for dad, for the allies and enemies that Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney choose are exactly those of the oil industry they still serve.
The U.S. and Britain launched an embargo of Iraq in an attempt to persuade Hussein to re-privatize oil -- a tactic that succeeded for the U.S. when it embargoed Iran in retaliation for nationalizing its oil industry in 1951. In that case the economic squeeze was topped off with a CIA-assisted coup and "regime change," which instituted the Shah as the new leader in 1953. Obediently, the Shah agreed to let British and American oil companies take over oil production again.
But when the U.S. instigated an embargo against Iraq, Hussein simply found a new customer-- the Soviet Union. Good timing also helped Iraq "get away" with nationalization. A year after Iraq nationalized its oil, the eleven members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) agreed to pricing solidarity and forced oil importing countries to pay dramatically more for oil. The OPEC cartel gained the upper hand in negotiating with western oil companies and insulated Iraq from economic attack.
Near the time of Iraq's oil nationalization, Hussein made a peace offer to the dissident Kurds in Iraq, who were warring against his regime. The Kurds were about to accept his offer, but President Nixon offered them $16 million in weapons as incentive to keep fighting--and they did (with additional help from the Shah of Iran).
During the subsequent Iran-Iraq war, U.S. officials facilitated arms sales to Iraq (while Israel sold arms to Iran) not so much to support Hussein, but to perpetuate the bloody war and punish Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini, who overthrew our hand-picked dictator, the Shah.
After Iraq won that devastating war, Hussein continued to pursue independent economic development rather than letting transnational corporations reap profit from his country's resources. He worked to form the Arab Cooperation Council to join Iraq with Jordan, Egypt, and Yemen in a regional trading bloc.
Not surprisingly, the Gulf War of 1991 was welcomed by President George Bush Sr. as an excuse to bring down Hussein. Just eight days before Iraq invaded Kuwait, U.S. ambassador April Glaspie told Hussein that the Administration had "no opinion" regarding Iraq's "border dispute" with Kuwait. U.S. intelligence learned of the invasion plans several days in advance, but no deterrence was attempted.
Although we don't know that Bush Sr. deliberately baited Iraq, skeptics should consider that President Carter's Secretary of State, Zbigniew Brzezinski, publicly bragged that the U.S. funded the Mujahedeen of Afghanistan six months before the Soviet Union invaded (in 1979) in an attempt to provoke the Soviets into an "unwinnable" war.
Western oil companies still aim to repossess Iraq's oil, and they need Hussein removed to do it. So it shouldn't surprise us that Bush's war drums haven't missed a beat even after Hussein conceded to the return of U.N. weapons inspectors in September.
Mr. Bush seems to continue our tendency to base alliances less on a nation's degree of democracy, peacefulness, or freedom than whether they open markets to transnational corporations. Thus, China gets friendly relations while Cuba gets sanctions and Iraq gets threats of annihilation.
It's a serious decision to send our soldiers to war to defend our national security; for Mr. Bush to send them into battle to serve corporate oil interests would be tantamount to treason.
homepage: http://www.reclaimdemocracy.org/war_oil_corporations.html
address: ReclaimDemocracy.org
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Montez Sweat, DE, Mississippi State #9
Notes: From Stone Mountain, GA. Began his college career at Michigan State, where he appeared in the first 2 games, collecting 4 tackles and 0.5 sacks in 2014, but was then suspended indefinitely through the rest of the season. Was redshirted for the entire 2015 season, and was suspended by head coach Mark Dantonio for disciplinary reasons most of his two seasons with the Spartans. Left Michigan State for “personal reasons” in the spring of 2016 and enrolled at Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Mississippi. Played in 13 games, playing both OLB and DE for Mississippi State, in 2017, posting 48 tackles, 15.5 TFL, 10.5 sacks and 1 FR.
Positives: Great length with a long, rangy, muscular build. Good motor. Relentless. Has very good speed off the edge, can counter inside and close. Even when initially blocked, he keeps working, is consistently pressuring the quarterback and makes plays all over the field. Can set the edge in the run game. Able to stand up his opponent and play off blocks. Very good range and pursuit. Can turn and chase plays from behind.
Negatives: Lacks natural bulk and can lose leverage and get knocked back if he plays too high. Refining overall technique and is somewhat mechanical still. Disciplinary issues at Michigan State merit further investigation by pro scouts.
Summary: A work in progress but the upside is very high. Danielle Hunter-type prospect.
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Mississippi State RDE Montez Sweat (#9) vs. Louisville (12/30/17). #NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/SfPB0mcCl2
Mississippi State RDE Montez Sweat (#9) vs. Texas A&M (10/28/17). #NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/tmazFH3Bq5
Mississippi State LDE Montez Sweat (#9) vs. Texas A&M (10/28/17). #NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/BR00fOJYRk
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Which U.S. State Will You Live In During Your Next Life?
What state is calling your name?
What does the perfect vacation look like?
Beaches and sun
Shopping trip
Hiking exotic places
Camping and swimming
Partying in a big city
Favorite season?
How do you like to get around?
By feet
By cab
What type of landscape do you prefer?
Desert and cliffs
In a cabin
Suburban house
Do you prefer the indoors or outdoors?
A bit of both
Which region do you want to live in?
How do you feel about crowds?
Hate them
I'm okay with them
What's most important for a state to have?
Beautiful weather
Great scenery
Nice people
Exotic locations
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While many may think of big cities as soon as they're hear about Michigan, it has a whole lot more to offer you. This is a beautiful state filled with tons of forests and lakes surrounding it. It's a perfect place to spend those late summer nights.
New York is the state for you in your next life. There's plenty to do in this state that you could never be bored. It's a great place to live if you're a busy and fast-paced individual. If you're not though, there are plenty of inviting suburbs surrounding the state.
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Nowhere would be better for you in your next life than living in this carefree state. It's a diverse state with tons of friendly and open-minded people. There's beautiful weather for you to enjoy and ton of activities to enjoy.
This southern state is just calling your name. Whether you choose to live in the city or the middle of nowhere, you'll be surrounded by good people and great food. It's an amazing state with plenty to offer you.
There's not many states as breathtaking as this one. From the Grand Canyon to beautiful waterfalls, you'll never get sick of the scenery around you. It's also a rather warm state so you never have to go inside and miss the scenery.
Which US State Should You Live In?
What Is Your Perfect State To Live In Based On Your Personality?
Where Did You Live In Your Past Life?
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Board index » DISCUSSIONS AREA: The Commons » RELIGION: Cathol's Cathedral » SPIRITUALITY: Heimdallr's Temple
Please note: Discussion here should be relatively civil. Attack the post, not the poster. Thanks!
Discussion on "Paganism" and beliefs
Post subject: Re: Discussion on "Paganism" and beliefs
Grand High Lord Admiral of Hell
nygreenguy wrote:
sidhe wrote:
I also willingly admit that it's irrational and their actual existence has no bearing on my belief or practice.
Thats a conversation killer.
Not really ... It brings out a neat point ...
Sidhe: Do the gods/goddesses work into your rituals? Does their (possible) existence give a framework for the rituals you like, or help to fill in blanks in your worldview?
Getting into this might be part of what nygreenguy's after ...
If you can't stand the heat, don't tickle the dragon ...
sidhe
Hex wrote:
Oh, of course. I'm a cold-weather creature. Seriously, temperatures over 67*F send me into paroxysms of bitching. Accordingly, as I work within the Celtic pantheon, I basically use the whole "Dark Half" of the year concept as a way to celebrate the weather cooling off. Similarly, I've always been comfortable with the idea of death, and so feel close to the Morrigan.
And, well, I like to drink and fuck...so Meadb is well-loved by me.
It's a framework for understanding things, and it gives reason to the reasonless. Why do people die? Because they must either pass through Cerridwen's cauldron into a new life, or they've been rewarded with eternal youth in Tir Na Og among the Tuatha de Danaan. Either way, there's no reason to mourn. Am I engaging a new undertaking? Ask for advice and assistance from Lugh because he's good at everything. I try to be ecologically aware because the Morrigan's sister is Eire - the land itself - and part of the Morrigan's job description is to maintain the integrity and sovereignty of the land. Accordingly, I treat the actual land with respect.
And, explained with out any "woo woo", it's a perfectly reasonable psychological gambit. It makes you look outside the box - like using tarot or runes promotes lateral thinking.
Now, personally, I don't believe it's a purely psychological placebo effect. But if it was, it wouldn't make any difference to me.
You laugh because I'm different. I laugh because...well, you're not laughing now, are you?
Taliesin wrote:
Ok, everyone is so fricking vague! heh.
What is it with nature, and why do you have/believe in gods and or goddesses?
I like nature. It's pretty and sustains life on earth. I think that's a good reason.
I like ritual, and I like the idea that there's something more to life than what we see. Thus, I believe in deities. Multiple deities. I also willingly admit that it's irrational and their actual existence has no bearing on my belief or practice.
I'll bet he gets that a lot.
Seriously, for some reason hearing someone say, "Yeah, belief in deities is irrational, and I don't care, I do so anyway" is a guaranteed way to either kill a religious discussion, or piss EVERYONE off.
nygreenguy
First Circle Initiate
Im just really confused and it doesnt seems like sidhe is the best to explain because it doesnt even seem like he believes what he practices!
Are the goddesses literal, or more symbolic?
Same question for the rituals? Do rituals HAVE to be done?
Ok, I can only answer for me, because I hope you've notived, pagans are a slippery bunch. Like Christians, only instead of occupying only violet and blue on the spectrum, we go from ultra violet to infrared...
Personally, I feel that the majority of gods and goddesses exist(ed) literally, at least at some point. Regardless if they were heroes who were deified in story, ancestor spirits who became deified, or came into being as a human need I don't know. But each is also a symbol of a human need or desire, and as such, have power.
As for ritual--- I view it sorta like eating. You can do a formal ritual, with china and crystal and a 10 course meal, or you could cut to the chase and gnaw the meat off the bones standing over a pail. Ritual is the trappings, that can make things more satisfying, but they are not the whole of the matter.
You have four pagans in this thread. You'll get at least 8 answers...
Well considering that I think very similar to Sidhe, though find different archetypes attractive. We believe what we practice, we just don't expect you to believe it. Though we don't believe it literally in a way that people translate God.
Gods and goddesses are more symbolic. Like archetypes. When I talk to "the good mother", Kali Ma, Medusa, I know I am more so talking to different aspects of myself.
no, rituals do not have to be done. Why would they? People are ritualistic in life regardless of belief system. It is called superstition. though I think I need to up the human sacrifices to honor my goddess
Or what Jess said
Oh, but I DO believe. If I didn't, I wouldn't put out cake and cookies (and, sometimes, bits of bread with blood and honey) for the Gods.
It's just that I don't expect you to, and I realize that it sounds totally irrational and silly. To me, it's not at all. It makes perfect sense to do these things. I just don't discount the fact that it probably looks funny.
Or what Bri and Jess said.
Brianna wrote:
You too?
There was a saying I heard once that may apply here: It doesn't matter what path I take, I'm always going home.
I think it's like that. No reason to force belief on other people, no worries about our own feelings. All roads lead home...
I prefer "Where ever you go, you're there."
Pendaric
Adherent
Is there a pagan version of the bible? Some sort of holy book that sets out the stall?
Or even better, is there a pagan version of the Nicene Creed that sets out core tenets inside a page?
ok, c&p from the other thread...
quick answer--- no there is no bible or creed.
Pagans are pretty diverse, overall, and there is no easy way to define them/us.
That's actually a reason for here--- so many boards are 'religion centered' (druid boards, wiccan boards, strega boards) that there is no interplay between pagans...
Technically, I guess this covers pagan, in the broad view:
Main Entry: pa•gan
Pronunciation: \ˈpā-gən\
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin paganus, from Latin, civilian, country dweller, from pagus country district; akin to Latin pangere to fix — more at pact[/i]
Date: 14th century
1: heathen 1; especially : a follower of a polytheistic religion (as in ancient Rome)
2: one who has little or no religion and who delights in sensual pleasures and material goods : an irreligious or hedonistic person
3: neo-pagan (from 1869)
Ok then, it's all down to the individual.
What do you, jess, individually believe to be true?
Do you believe in the literal existence of gods and godesses, either in the past or here and now? Do you believe they possess/possessed supernatural powers and that you can get them to intercede for you in some way?
Do you believe that you can carry out a ritual of some sort and have it cause an effect which cannot be explained by normal science? Specifics?
What are your beliefs regarding an afterlife?
What are your beliefs regarding the creation of the universe?
Pendaric wrote:
Do you believe in the literal existence of gods and godesses, either in the past or here and now?
A few posts above I sorta answered a similar question. He's a C&P.
Ok, I can only answer for me, because I hope you've noticed, pagans are a slippery bunch. Like Christians, only instead of occupying only violet and blue on the spectrum, we go from ultra violet to infrared...
Do you believe they possess/possessed supernatural powers and that you can get them to intercede for you in some way?
I believe that if god/desses exist, then they should be able to be implored to interceed. Whether or not they have the power is a different story.
I'd rather believe my deity is impotent than believe s/he is cruel or ambivalent.
Not really. I believe it may be possible, but I don't count on it, or expect to see it in my life.
Except for Hex's runes. They prevent me from being really and completely skeptical.
On good days, I believe that something lives on. I never believe that we merely continue to a heaven and remain with our personalities. But I do think something may continue.
I'm not sure where I stand on reincarnation.
I do not believe in the Catholic 'as it was in the beginning, is now, and forever shall be', if that makes sense. Even if I believed that gods literally walked the earth, I would not believe that a silly anthropomorphic thing could create the universe.
I do seem to think of the universe as a mass in and of itself, something like a colony of algae or fungus--- not thinking, not self aware, but connected somehow. And we are part of that, even if we appear to be parasites sometimes. But I do not believe a 'god' 'created' it. The Big Bang works for me. Same with evolution, etc. Science is a pagan's tool--- even the most fluffy of us (oh no, I'm sure that's wrong!) will delight in anything science can explain, because magic is just science undiscovered.
There are a bunch of threads in Kuan Yins where people have discussed their beliefs. Please feel free to necromance any of them you'd like.
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Recall Alert: Chewy Chips Ahoy Cookies May Have an Unexpected Ingredient
Mondelez International, the company behind some of your fave sweet treats, recently announced a recall for 13-ounce packages of Chewy Chips Ahoy cookies. According to a press release, Mondelez initiated the voluntary recall due to the presence of an “unexpected solidified ingredient.” Mondelez did not immediately return Red Tricycle’s request for comment.
If you have, or think you have, this product in your home, read on for more information on the recent recall.
Mondelēz Global LLC announced April 13, 2019 a voluntary recall in the United States, of certain Chewy Chips Ahoy 13 oz. due to the potential for certain product to contain an unexpected solidified ingredient. Click below for full list of affected product. https://t.co/x6y5o65Kjg
— Chips Ahoy! (@ChipsAhoy) April 14, 2019
Recalled Product Description: Chewy Chips Ahoy Cookies
The current recall includes 13-ounce packages of Chewy Chips Ahoy cookies with the retail UPC 0 44000 03223 4. The cookies have best when used by dates of Sep. 7, 8, 14 and 15, 2019.
Why the Cookies Were Recalled
The recalled cookies may contain an “unexpected solidified ingredient” that has caused some adverse health reactions. In an emailed statement to CBS MoneyWatch, a Mondelez company spokesperson elaborated on the issue, citing solidified cornstarch as the potential problem. The spokesperson also added that even though a “vast majority” of consumers have had no adverse reactions to the cookies, “A small number of consumers have reported gagging, choking or dental injury, but none of these reports have been confirmed at this time.”
How to Tell If Your Cookies Are Part of the Recall
Check the UPC code and best when used by dates against those listed above. The best when used by dates are found on the left top side of the package tab. For a full list of use by dates and more information, refer to the company’s press statement.
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October 1981: Times Square… Great TV Entertainment…?
Posted on 27th December 2018 in "Times Square"
According to the October 1981 issue of Great TV Entertainment, the official schedule for Showtime and The Movie Channel, Times Square was shown six times on The Movie Channel, on October 25, 27, and 31. I could have sworn it was shown many times more than that; the showings must have continued into November, or perhaps it was also shown on HBO like everybody, including me, remembers.
Two misfit teenagers become runaway rebels roaming the streets of New York City. They find fame–and disaster-as the rock ’n’ rolling Sleaze Sisters. Trina Alvarado and Robin Johnson co-star. Language. (R-1:51) Oct.25,27,31-M
Times Square got a photo and a little blurb, which was more than Let It Be got. Maybe that’s why Let It Be is one of the few movies that’s now harder to see than Times Square. (… Nah.)
The photo, typically, isn’t a frame from the movie. It’s a publicity still shot on set that is making its first appearance in this magazine. The AFD/EMI/RSO promotion people had been sitting on this gem for a year. No wonder the movie flopped.
Great TV Entertainment, October 1981 (monthly (publication) (AAT ID: 300311879))
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Times Square Hits US Cable TV, October 1981
ROBIN JOHNSON is an uninhibited product of the streets who sets New York City on edge as a wild runaway from authority in “Times Square.” See it in October on THE MOVIE CHANNEL.
A year after its brief run in theaters, Times Square made it to HBO, and I watched it every single time it ran. This was before my family had a VCR, but my dad had access to a Sony Porta-Pak open-reel video recorder, and I recorded the movie across four reels, during four broadcasts, in glorious black-and-white, and watched it many times over the next few years, until I went off to college and the Porta-Pak went back to wherever it came from. I do still have the reels, but nothing to play them them on, assuming there’s still a signal on them. There’s a slim possibility that the American trailer is also on one of those reels: it was used to promote the movie on HBO, and I remember poring over the movie every time I saw it wondering how I kept missing the scene where Nicky and Pammy were splashing each other in the river.
The only thing inaccurate about the above is, although I and everybody else I’ve spoken to who also watched those cable screenings remember vividly that it was on HBO, the only evidence I’ve ever found indicates that it was actually The Movie Channel. And so far, I’m also the only one willing to admit that my memory may be faulty on that one detail. Times Square fans can be obstinate.
This photo is TS-57-26/1 from the US Press Material folder, with The Movie Channel’s logo replacing AFD’s on the now slightly expanded white border. The caption is edited from the one supplied with that photo, over a year before. After all the variants and previously unseen promotional photos that came out as Times Square was released around the world, its television debut was promoted with one of the first shots ever released.
[TS-57-26 Movie Channel variant]
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February 23, 2013: Someone Else Warped By Toon?!
The Gameological Society website recently had a feature that asked, "Have you ever played a game that felt like it was made just for you?" One of the games mentioned was Toon: The Cartoon Roleplaying Game.
The whole thing is worth a read, but here's the quote that spoke to me: "I continued to pore over the Toon manuals for years. They were masterpieces of geeky inside jokes, genre parody, and inspired stupidity . . ." That's a pretty good description of the game (though I prefer "silly"), and it sounds like his experience matches my own college gaming experience with Toon. (Although there's no mention of puns . . . lots and lots of puns.)
Anyway, if that sparks nostalgia for anyone else as it did in me, why not swing by e23 and pick up this classic? All you need to supply are your own dice and banana-cream pies!
-- Steven Marsh
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Supreme Court Decides Arizona Immigration Law S.B. 1070, Struck Down Parts But Upholds Key Immigration Status Check Provision
Today, the US Supreme Court ruled on Arizona Immigration Law S.B. 1070 and struck the provisions dealing with state criminal penalties and other provisions which imposed procedural requirements on illegals in the state. Among the provisions the Court struck is the one requiring that a person be detained if the police officer believes the person is removable. However, the SCOTUS upheld the key Immigration status check provision. Although one has to wonder what good it is if there is no penalty.
By a vote of 6-2, the court voided a provision making it a state crime for an immigrant to fail to carry federal registration papers. By 5-3 votes, it invalidated sections that authorized jail time for illegal immigrants who seek work in Arizona and that gave state and local police more power to arrest immigrants suspected of offenses.
Arizona’s one victory came in the court’s decision to uphold the status-check provision. Federal law already requires immigration authorities to respond to checks from state and local officers, indicating that Congress saw nothing wrong with such “consultation” between arms of government, the court said.
Much, much more and some great analysis at Legal Insurrection.
It would appear Justice Scalia gets it, too bad the majority of the Justices did not.
Justice Samuel Alito agreed with the majority that Arizona’s alien-registration requirement was void, but voted to uphold SB 1070 provisions making it a crime for illegal immigrants to seek work and authorizing warrantless arrests of certain aliens. Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas each filed separate dissents arguing that SB 1070 should be upheld in its entirety.
The majority “deprives States of what most would consider the defining characteristic of sovereignty: the power to exclude from the sovereign’s territory people who have no right to be there,” Justice Scalia wrote.
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AZ Governor Jan Brewer in Response to SCOTUS Ruling on Arizona Immigration Law S.B. 1070 … Then to Homeland Security, Napolitano & Obama Suspend 287(g) Agreements … Drop Dead Arizona (VIDEO)
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3 Responses to “Supreme Court Decides Arizona Immigration Law S.B. 1070, Struck Down Parts But Upholds Key Immigration Status Check Provision”
Tamikosmom on June 25th, 2012 10:24 pm
States face uphill climb on immigration enforcement after court ruling, DHS shift
The day’s decisions further weakened efforts by Arizona, and potentially other states, to take on immigration enforcement themselves.
The move means that even if local police step up immigration checks, they’ll have to rely on federal officials to make the arrests.
And federal officials made clear that ICE would be selective in responding to the expected rise in calls from Arizona and other police agencies about immigration status. Officials said ICE will not respond to the scene unless the person in question meets certain criteria — such as being wanted for a felony.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/06/25/feds-suspend-immigration-enforcement-program-after-arizona-court-ruling/
Supreme Court Upholds Key Arizona Provision; Interview with Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Aired June 25, 2012 – 19:00 ET
BURNETT: In terms of racial profiling. Or how you’re saying that the numbers do not support racial profiling.
ARPAIO: No, it does not. We arrest anybody that violates the law. We don’t care where they’re from. It just happens we’re close to the border and a lot of the people coming in come from Mexico and they’re here illegally. That’s not my problem. So we’re just enforcing all the laws and we’re going to continue to do it regardless of the new policy that I hear over the air waves, which I predicted early this morning that they’re not going to pick up those that we arrest, law enforcement arrests unless they’re serious criminals.
So I guess there’s another issue of amnesty right now without going to Congress and getting the laws changed.
BURNETT: One final question. The show-me-your-papers provision which was upheld today based on police stopping people due to, quote, “reasonable suspicion,” what is reasonable suspicion? Is it just traffic stops? How else do you define it?
ARPAIO: No, the traffic stop is not reasonable suspicion. A stop that’s made — on a crime or a traffic violation of the law. And then you determine if the person here with suspicion is here illegally and then you talk to ICE about that problem and ICE, I presume, will pick them up. But now I predict they’re not going to pick them up. So what do we do? We dump them on the streets even though they’re here illegally?
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1206/25/ebo.01.html
Dave Francis on June 26th, 2012 5:46 pm
ILLEGAL ALIENS ARE NOT JUST FROM MEXICO, BUT ARRIVE HERE ON INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS POSING AS TOURISTS.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court released their opinion Yesterday that the federal government has the sole power to enforce the laws against illegal immigration, striking down three key provisions of Arizona’s first-in-the nation crackdown on illegal aliens squatting there and stealing our children’s education, American family health care and a cornucopia of welfare payments and programs. ONLY THE TEA PARTY CAN SAVE US NOW. THE TEA PARTY IS EVERY WALK OF LIFE, EVERY RACE, & EVERY RELIGION THAT HAVE HAD IT WITH THE TWO POLITICAL PARTIES. ID YOU DON’T WANT A SOCIALIST FUTURE, EVERY AMERICAN WHO HAS NEVER VOTED—SHOULD VOTE. NON-CITIZENS WILL VOTE TO SAVE OBAMA.
Frustrated, angry with the Republicans and Democrats, then join the TEA PARTY organization. The growing numbers of millions of Americans are joining this party, spreading its wings away from the Republican enclave. Both political parties are corrupt and all incumbents need to be replaced, which is happening now. We can no longer afford to support the rest of the world, or the 20 million plus illegal aliens living in the United States that has brought their poverty with them. HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE BEING SIPHONED FROM STATES AND THE TAXPAYERS POCKETS.
We must back the Mitt Romney, even though he has his issues but prolong the replacement of every single Democrat, Liberal or Republican that is tearing America apart. IT is the Time of the PEOPLE’S PARTY. It is the time for the TEA PARTY, which is complimented by man/women; African, White, Hispanic, Asian and other racial Americans. The TEA PARTY is a wealth of different religions, faiths, gay and every other walk of life. Remember a large Majority who votes for President Obama for a second term, non citizens or American citizens are the ones who spend their day watching TV, selling drugs, living off the rest of us like parasites.
The exception is the sick and true non-functioning human beings, so spend a minute and understand the growing divide in America. If you are frustrated with feeding the rest of the world, unable to get a decent job, the controversial immigration debate that is a theft of your taxes, the rules and regulations forced on Americans that halt large energy companies from extracting oil, natural gas and coal; that we could not only lower the costs of our transport, but sell residual amounts to friendly foreign countries.
By replacing President Obama administration, plus replacing the Republicans and Democrats in the Senate and the Ho House of Representative and seating in ‘THE PEOPLE’S Constitutional TEA PARTY, we can win America back Millions more will be encouraged to come here, bringing their poverty, criminals and children stealing their futures. WE ARE LOSING OUR COUNTRY, OUR LIBERTIES AND OUR U.S. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
In Arizona that was the epicenter of the Illegal Immigration invaders, where the courts have declared that every taxpayer through unfunded mandates must pay for public services for every illegal alien who slips by the border guards. If you are a taxpayer then you should investigate the websites of NumbersUSA, Judicial Watch, Federation of Immigration Reform (FAIR) Center for Immigration studies (CIS), THE DARK SIDE OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION (Crimes committed by illegal aliens.
DON’T STICK YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND. JOIN YOUR LOCAL TEA PARTY. FOR AS WE SEE ARIZONA, ALABAMA, GEORGIA, SOUTH CAROLINA OR ANY OTHER STATE BEING HUNTED DOWN, THREATENED AND INTIMIDATED BY A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND MARXISTS, SOCIALISTS IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
Don’t forget that illegal aliens and their legal families want to keep Obama in power, so they can keep collecting taxpayer dollars, the $4.2 billion annually that goes to the children of illegal aliens, not even living in the United States. The $2 Billion dollars a month sucked dry in the Sanctuary city of Los Angeles, going to illegal nationals.
IF YOU HAVE NEVER VOTED BEFORE, REGISTER AND BE READY. REMEMBER, IF YOU THINK ILLEGAL ALIENS OR OTHER NON CITIZENS DO NOT VOTE. THEN THE LAUGH WILL BE ON US ALL, IN NOVEMBER. THE LIBERALS ARE SAYING THE REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO ‘SUPPRESS MINORITY VOTING’ BUT THEY ARE NOT SAYING IS THAT ILLEGAL ALIENS ARE VOTING IN EVERY ELECTION, WITH NO TRUE OFFICIAL RESTRICTIONS.
We need Sheriff Joe Arpio, for a TEA PARTY leader candidate as a Senator or House Representative. We need strong, aggressive people in Congress, especially following Constitutional law.
CNN Television and the rest of the Liberal channels always show the huge reinforced fences that run along the most populated areas of the Southern border. In truth the rest of hundreds of miles of the border region is nothing but a few strands of rusty barbed wire, which an elephant could slide through. THE LIBERAL PRESS ARE MISLEADING THE PUBLIC ON THE REAL FENCE ON HOW MANY MILES ARE COVERED.
OUR COUNTRY IS BEING OVERPOPULATED IN THE NAME OF VOTES AND GREED. WE SHOULDN’T FORGET THAT OBAMA’S GOONS OUTSOURCED WEAPONS TO NARCOTERRORISTS TO MEXICO KILLING U.S BORDER AGENT & MEXICAN CITIZENS.
It is of the paramount importance that we must be imposed at once, so no more foreign invaders are encouraged to break the immigration ‘Rule of Law’. ‘THE LEGAL WORKFORCE ACT’ (E-VERIFY) must be passed and advanced, so illegal aliens can no longer steal jobs from the millions of Americans unemployed. The ‘BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ACT (H.R.140) must be compulsory so babies smuggled into America, so that parents cannot take benefit from welfare, once the child become an immediate citizen. Half a million pregnant women enter the United States looking for handouts annually, for their children.
Let your Senator or Congressman/Women know how you will vote, by giving your name to the politician’s aides and that you want them to sponsor E-Verify and the Birthright Citizenship bills. Citizen voters should phone Congress at the central Switchboard at 202-224-3121. FORCE YOUR CONGRESSMAN/WOMAN TO fulfill their obligation to the oath of office and stop pandering to the businesses that use cheap labor. Use the power of your VOTE to demand they sponsor these to policies or we are destined to become like Europe, overwhelmed by the poverty of other countries.
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Hopewell City Public Schools: At-A-Glance
Source URL: http://schoolquality.virginia.gov/virginia-divisions/divsion-at-a-glance?division=114
Address: 103 N. 12th Avenue Hopewell, VA 23860-3758
Superintendent: Dr. Melody D. Hackney
English Learners: 4.7%
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Instructional costs include the salaries and benefits for teachers, teacher aides, principals, assistant principals, librarians, and school counselors; expenditures for textbooks; and expenditures for regional and virtual instructional programs.
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Minister wants speed limit cut on death road
Tags: crash, highways
Road safety minister Mike Penning is leading calls for the speed limit to be reduced on a road in Nottinghamshire where six people died in a crash.
Four teenage boys and a Nottinghamshire couple died on the A614, in a crash near Bilsthorpe, in 2009.
Penning said the limit on the stretch of the road could be reduced from 60mph to 50mph.
He also recommended the installation of average-speed-check cameras.
Penning joined Sherwood MP Mark Spencer and the families of some of the crash victims, at the site, on Monday.
He said: “My observations are that there are huge amounts of traffic – some of it is clearly speeding – and a very dangerous junction.
“Something needs to be done about it – there is no doubt about that.”
Spencer also called for improvements to two junctions on the road that he estimated would cost £1.5m each.
The safety changes would have to be considered by Nottinghamshire County Council.
The Nottinghamshire coroner concluded the accident happened as a result of “inappropriate overtaking” by the driver of the teenagers’ car.
Ross Johnson, 19, Thomas Hudson, 17, Jay Thompson, 18, and Joshua Drinkwater 18, all from north Nottinghamshire, died in the crash on the A614 near Bilsthorpe on 13 February 2009.
Jonathan and Christine Bray, of Edwinstone, in their 60s, also died.
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Info Gathering
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Ms. Marvel and Mirage
Scene Runner/Watcher:
IC Date:
Avenger's Mansion
Mirage goes to Ms. Marvel for intel on Serpent Society
Social or Plot:
TS:
==[ Foyer - Avengers Mansion ]==
Now stepping inside the mansion you find yourself situated in the comfortable and roomy Foyer. This is the axis point of the Mansion and every place branches off from here. While this room is only a starting point of what is to come, the luxurious manner of its looks give the feel of elegance and the upper class. Truly this is a stately manor which the Avenger's reside in.
Around the side of the room several rather large coat racks stand tall along with several oil paintings adorning the walls of the room. The carpet laid out is a lush shag brown color and flows throughout the mansion. Also the high ceiling has a small number of lights hanging from it illuminating the area. Towards the back of the room a spiraling grand stair case ascends upwards to the second level.
Having phoned ahead to let Ms. Marvel know she was on her way, Danielle hightailed it it to the Avenger's place, via winged mount. After being greeted by the butler Jarvis, she waits in the foyer to be seen, enjoying having to look at some different walls for a change.
Informed that a visitor - the Dean of Students at Xaviers' - is coming to see her, Carol Danvers is able to start fighting back against her schedule early enough that by the time Danielle arrives upon Brightwind, she has nearly won her freedom. Just another ten minutes, and at last the black-clad heroine with golden lightning bolt across her torso and crimson sash about her waist and dangling down her right side comes trotting amiably enough down the hallway from the lift to the lower levels. Darned politicos always want their meetings - even their video conferences - to be with the heroes in costume, as if that makes them more important somehow. Otherwise, Carol would have taken that meeting in a reasonably elegant pantsuit. "Good afternoon, Danielle. Welcome to /our/ mansion. I'm sure Jarvis already asked, but can we get you anything?"
While some people would take the time to perhaps snoop around the foyer and adjoining rooms a bit, Dani doesn't. She has stayed where she was put, though she did have a seat. Once Ms. Marvel comes into view though she stands and meets the woman with a smile "Afternoon Carol. Thanks for seeing me on such short notice." she gives a breif head shake at the question "Yes he did. I'm fine." since she is here on XF business and not school stuff she is in her own XF uniform, sans most of the weaponry "After seeing your place here, I think I am going to have to talk to Ship about decorating.
The blonde Chairwoman of the Avengers smiles and shrugs her shoulders. "Honestly, Jarvis is the master of decorating here." Granted, Maria Stark had some influence, but she has been gone for years, long before the Avengers were ever founded. "So, since you're clearly here on X-Force business, Dani, how can the Avengers help you today?" She guides Danielle down a short hallway to a parlor, where they can sit and relax while they talk, and not be in a high-traffic area.
Following Carol down the hallway, Dani glances at the decor as they pass, but waits until they get into the other room before she answers the question, "We would like as much information about the Serpent Society you would be willing to share." she states quite frankly, with little hesitation "They have decided that X-Factor.." she gives a pause "specifically me, needs to be "dealt" with after we interrupted one of their jobs." as she speaks to sits in one of the chairs.
Carol takes a seat, but sits forward when Danielle finally explains the reason for her visit. "The Serpent Society? Mmm. Alright." Carol reaches out to the table in front of her, picking up a Starkpad lying there. Her fingers fly over its surface, keying in an access code which, paired with her Avengers ID's biometric sensors and encrypted keys, unlocks access to the Avengers' databases. "Obviously, you are aware that they are a gathering of mercenaries. They operate together more out of a desire to improve their own lot, bargaining power and resources for joint backup than any truly shared ideals or friendship. According to our latest intelligence, King Cobra is back in charge. Viper is firmly on the outs, and we believe Black Mamba is still trying her hand at being 'good' and is also on the outs with the group." Carol keeps tapping along for a bit, while they talk.
"It didn't seem that way the other day when they attacked me." Dani replies after listening carefully to all that is shared so far, "Though Mamba did warn me and tried to stop them, though by then I was in pretty bad shape." it stings her pride to have been trounced, even if it was their three against just her, "I know the Avenger's have had problems with them in the past and it looks like it is our turn. I don't suppose you know the whereabouts of where they hole up?
Though Dani cannot see it, Carol is assembling a packet of data to send with the other woman, which will be offloaded to a portable secure media when she is done, so Dani can take it back to X-Factor and Ship for her team's usage. "We have two former bases of operation on file, though to the best of our knowledge both are just that - former. One was a former insane asylum upstate. Another was several floors of a hotel here in Midtown. What we have on them, including layouts and security, I'm putting together with the dossiers I have on their members, past and present. I'm also updating our files to let everyone know that they have proven to be active again. Captain America and the Paladin had the most contact with them, recently. But almost all of the Avengers have dealt with them at one time or another. I'll make a note that your impression was Mamba is back with them. That would be news to us."
Dani watches as the other woman accesses the files and relates what is there "Well it isn't much to go on, but it gives us an idea of places to look." she frowns slightly "Or still on friendly terms with them at least. Though I think them all being at the same place at the same time isn't a coincidence." now that she has gotten out the important parts of what needed to be said she leans back in the chair "Havok and Nightcrawler are following another lead to see if they can get some information. I will make sure to send you any new information if they manage to get any.
Carol nods. "Obviously, we would appreciate that." The more intel sharing, the better in most all cases. "Just be sure the boys are being careful. The Serpent Society is not just a bunch of jokes, despite how many here in the Avengers may feel about them. They can be very nasty, not the least of which because they /will/ work together, and pretty well, if they've a reason to do so."
Chuckling "I would have to hire full time nursemaids to make sure those two are careful." Dani replies obviously amused by the comment and beleif that she could do anything about that, especially since she isn't with them "Tell me about it." she puts a hand to her midsection getting serious once more "I've spent more time in the medbay this past month then the last seven months but together, thanks to them.
Ms. Marvel smirks and shrugs her shoulders at Dani's reaction. True, she knows Dani can't just up and control her teammates. But she could at least comm in and tell them to be careful. Of course, that's likely to be about as effective with members of X-Force as it is at times with members of the Avengers. Oh well. "Well, at least you have an excellent medbay and medical staff. And a team to pull you out when you're in trouble." Carol has been a solo operator at times in her career. It inevitably was a messy affair. She doesn't recommend it.
"Yes. I'd still be laid up if not for the advanced medical technology of Ship, from the first altercation even. I'm told they nearly killed me during that one, but I am sure that is exaggeration on Havok's part." Dani lifts a shoulder "That was what started this whole thing, we ran into Fer-De-Lance right after she had killed a local attorney. She didn't take our trying to arrest her well.
The blonde Avenger nods, noting the touch to Dani's tummy, a vulnerable spot for nearly anyone, especially for those who do not wear full milspec body armor. "She is a nasty one, and quite capable." Carol admits about Per-de-Lance. "Hope you and yours can keey each other covered and deal with this. But if you need backup, I hope you know all you ever need to do is let us know, and Avengers will be there to back your play."
"Thank you. If we find their hiding place perhaps a joint mission to capture them may be the best option. Though that will have to be between the team leaders." she sounds somewhat relieved that she doesn't have the responsibility anymore "I'll let him know that you are offering assistance." not that she thinks it would be taken, but still.
Carol knows how Havok operates, and has no real expectations on that front. But she had to offer, and meant the offer as genuine, for what it's worth. "Alright. Just let me ... " Tap, taptap, sliiiide. A small data chip pops out of the top of the Starkpad, and she extracts it and offers it to Danielle. "This has everything we have on them, their bases, communication frequencies and other gear. Whatever use it can be to you and X-Factor, I'll be glad for. Good luck, Dani. I'm glad that you came to me with this."
Dani stands as she takes the chip being offered "Every little bit helps." she may be repeating herself but it is true. The chip disappears into a concealed pocket in her uniform "I should be getting back to Ship to get it processing all this information, before heading back to school from my own afternoon meetings.
Carol nods. "Alright, then. I'll see you out. I should be up this evening for our weekly faculty review. And thanks again for welcoming us and ours to the school." That said, Carol shuts down and secures the StarkPad, and then puts it down and stands to show Danielle out. "See you later."
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Free imprisoned Iranian students!
The Iranian regime has started harassing and prosecuting university students because of their participation in nationwide January protests alongside workers and the poor. On 18 June, Tehran University students staged a rally against the security forces' breaking in colleges and arresting students and the shameless sentences by the courts that have decided to put students behind bars from two to eight years. The sentences are so shocking that even the Education Ministry officials have shown "dissatisfaction" and said they would discuss this with judiciary officials.
The judiciary that was silent on the outrageous sentences finally confirmed five students have been sentenced to between one to eight years in prison while the Education Ministry officials said that the number of the students involved was 11. The Tehran prosecutor general resorted to the bare-thread accusations that the students have been in contact with exiled political parties.
The Iranian student movement has a 60 year notable history of militancy. University students have always been in the forefront of fighting alongside the working class. During January’s protests, which marked a turning point, this was reflected in students' slogans against both ruling factions, the regime has angrily decided to punish students and as a way to try to block the growth of left wing ideas.
We condemn the imprisonment of Iranian students and call for their immediate and unconditional freedom.
Free Leila Hosseinzadeh, Fereshteh Tousi, Ali Mozafari, Sina Omran, Matin Khalidi and Ebrahim Khalidi!
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Science Minister Mansour Gholami via the Ministry of Science
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President Hassan Rouhani
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Players’ Age Groups are taken as at 1st September 2014. (e.g. for the Under 16 Age Group, players must be born after 1st September 1998, and for the Under 13 Age Group must be born after 1st September 2001). For the avoidance of doubt, no club may play an overage player in the competition, for any reason, unless they have special Eastern Counties dispensation – this will lead to immediate disqualification.
However, clubs may field players from the age group immediately below (i.e. – Under 16 teams may field Under 15 players, but not Under 14s). This dispensation does not apply to Under 12s playing in Under 13 teams.
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All players must be bona fide members of the club who have paid their club subscription for the current season, and have already played regularly for their club, either in seasons 2013/14 or 2014/15.
Team Managers should exchange team sheets with their opposition manager prior to the start of the game.
Front Row Forwards – clubs need to have at least 4 forwards capable and suitably trained to play in the front row. Therefore, at the ‘first time of asking’ for a replacement, only, a team needs to be able to replace any of the Tight Head, Hooker or Loose Head. If a club is unable to do this, the match will be considered to have been conceded. If a club is unable to field a replacement at the ‘second time of asking’, the game will continue with uncontested scrums, and the final result will stand.
This regulation is suspended for the Plate Competition, where any game may take place with uncontested scrums, if necessary.
All games will be played under IRB Laws appropriate to the Age Group involved.
(i.e. for Under 13s / 14s and 15s, supporting in the line out is not allowed, and the scrum half must ‘remain behind the tunnel’). Otherwise laws are per standard Under 19 regulations.
Length of Matches
Under 13s – 25 Minutes each way, excluding stoppage time
Under 13s and Under 14s should play with a size 4 ball; Under 15s and Under 16s with a size 5 ball.
If and when a 50 point differential in scores is reached in a game, the game will be considered won and lost at that point.
Concessions.
Where a side is unable to raise 14 players to start a game (12 in the Plate competition), they will be deemed to have conceded the match by 30 – 0.
Referees.
Clubs are asked to ensure that their Club Referee Co-ordinator appoints a qualified and appropriately experienced referee to each game. Conscious of the difficulty that the Suffolk & North Essex Society may have in appointing to youth matches on a Sunday, the referee may be a member of the home club, provided he / she is not involved in the coaching / direct management of the team involved or a parent of a player (unless graded level 9 or better).
Conscious of the pitch congestion that some clubs suffer, the home club is responsible for arranging kick-offs between 10.30 am and 12.30 pm on the appointed Sunday, but must confirm the match and the kick-off time to their opponents’ youth chairman or fixture secretary, and to the appointed referee by the Wednesday prior to the game.
Scoring and Qualification
In Round Robin games :-
4 points for a Win
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10 key dates in the 2019 FCS season
(STATS) - It's cool that an FCS program played in the first college football game in 1869.
Do you think Princeton was trying to talk Rutgers into having playoffs back then?
No wait, it's the Ivy League. Playoffs? PLAYOFFS? Yeah, you know how that goes there.
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Passing Yards: M. Hughes 1405
Passing TDs: M. Hughes 9
Rushing Yards: T. Roberson 527
Rushing TDs: D. Corbin 6
Receiving Yards: C. Rowland 727
Receiving TDs: D. Johnson 6
Interceptions: None
Date Opponent Result / Time
8/31 vs. Mississippi Valley State 4:00 PT5:00 MT6:00 CT7:00 ET11:00 GMT7:00 北京时间4:00 MST5:00 CST6:00 EST
9/7 at Middle Tennessee 4:00 PT5:00 MT6:00 CT7:00 ET11:00 GMT7:00 北京时间4:00 MST5:00 CST6:00 EST
9/14 vs. Jackson State 4:00 PT5:00 MT6:00 CT7:00 ET11:00 GMT7:00 北京时间4:00 MST5:00 CST6:00 EST
9/21 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 2:30 PT3:30 MT4:30 CT5:30 ET9:30 GMT5:30 北京时间2:30 MST3:30 CST4:30 EST
9/28 at Eastern Kentucky 3:00 PT4:00 MT5:00 CT6:00 ET10:00 GMT6:00 北京时间3:00 MST4:00 CST5:00 EST
10/5 at Jacksonville State 4:00 PT5:00 MT6:00 CT7:00 ET11:00 GMT7:00 北京时间4:00 MST5:00 CST6:00 EST
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11/9 vs. Eastern Illinois 12:00 PT1:00 MT2:00 CT3:00 ET8:00 GMT4:00 北京时间1:00 MST2:00 CST3:00 EST
11/16 at UT Martin 12:00 PT1:00 MT2:00 CT3:00 ET8:00 GMT4:00 北京时间1:00 MST2:00 CST3:00 EST
11/23 at Tennessee Tech 11:30 PT12:30 MT1:30 CT2:30 ET7:30 GMT3:30 北京时间12:30 MST1:30 CST2:30 EST
10 Jacksonville State 7-1 9-4
15 Southeast Missouri State 6-2 9-4
Eastern Kentucky 5-2 7-4
Murray State 5-3 5-6
Tennessee State 3-4 4-5
Eastern Illinois 3-5 3-8
Austin Peay 3-5 5-6
Tennessee-Martin 2-6 2-9
Tennessee Tech 1-7 1-10
Offense (FCS Rank)
Yards: 3882 (83)
Passing Yards: 2486 (52)
Rushing Yards: 1396 (89)
Points per game: 29.3 (47)
Yards per game: 431.3 (30)
Touchdowns: 32 (84)
Field Goals: 12 (41)
Defense (FCS Rank)
Field Goals: 8 (30)
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Like with just about every football publication, we like to do weekly rankings to track the progress of each of the 32 NFL teams. This allows us to create a points system for our weekly NFL Pick’em competition. This allows us to see the “power” of each match-up in the NFL season. In order to do that, we need a rankings system that includes key statistics in various areas of the game. That’s where the TABRankings come into play. Here, we can see which teams are truly the best and which teams are truly the worst.
For those who are new to the TABRankings, this is a system created long ago (and continue to tweak on almost a yearly basis) to look at the quality of play by a team. This is expected to go beyond each team’s overall record, although the standings matter a whole lot to the rankings formula. Other key factors, including outcome-based stats and efficiency stats, play a role in the formula as well. These rankings will then be used to help categorize (and even predict) games for the weekly Pick’em competition. Here’s our formula:
The TABRankings formula:
(Win Pct x 2)+(Pyth Pct)+(Div Pct x 0.5)+(Qual Pct x 0.5)+(3rd/4th Down Diff x 0.1n)+(TO Margin x 4)-(FK Diff x 0.8)+(Sack Diff x 0.8)+(Time Ahead Avg x 1.25)+(Time Ahead Big Avg x 1.5)+(Real Quarterback Rating Diff x 1.25)+(Relative Pts Avg x 1.8)
NOTE: The quality win percentage and relative points average will both be excluded until 2016 TABR adjustments are excluded.
This is only one change to the formula for the 2016 season. Instead of using a static 1.75 multiple for Third/Fourth Down Differential, the formula will account for sample size. That’s why the 0.1n multiple will be used, with “n” representing the number of games play. By season’s end, this stat will have a little less value relative to previous years, but we think it’s an all-around more accurate representation.
The TABRankings formula is based on three statistical categories (record stats, basic stats, advanced stats) with four totals in each category. Let’s remind everyone what’s going on by giving a breakdown of the stats that make up the rankings formula:
Overall Win Percentage: This should be quite simple to understand. This looks at percentage of wins out of games played.
Pythagorean Win Percentage: In a concept originally introduced by Pro Football Reference, the Pythagorean winning percentage focuses on an expected W-L record based on points scored and points against. While PFR uses 2.37 for the exponent, I have adjusted the total to 2.4 to compensate for the recent upturn in scoring in the NFL.
Divisional Win Percentage: See the overall win percentage, only for the subset of divisional games.
Quality Win Percentage: In this instance, the subset involves the team’s W-L percentage against teams with a .500 record or better. Cold, Hard Football Facts introduced their Quality Standings that only considered teams with a winning record. However, there are .500 teams that are strong teams and even successful playoff teams (see: 2011 Broncos, 2004 Vikings, etc.).
Third/Fourth Down Differential: This measures percentage difference from offensive third- and fourth-down success and defensive third- and fourth-down success. (Example: Team X goes 39 of 95 on third down and 1 of 5 on fourth down, resulting in a 40-of-100 conversion rate. Their opponents collectively convert 28 of 90 third down attempts and 2 of 10 fourth down attempts, resulting in a 30-of-100 conversion rate. This means the calculation becomes 40 percent minus 30 percent.)
Turnover Margin: This is very simple as well. Just subtract giveaways from takeaways for the margin.
Fumbles Kept Differential: To compensate a bit for luck, I’ve added a few points to take away from the teams that recovered more fumbles than their opponents. Simply subtract opponents’ fumbles kept from the team’s fumbles kept. (Example: Team Y recovers 4 of their 12 fumbles. Their opponents recover 8 of 12 their fumbles. This results in a negative-4 differential.)
Sack Differential: This is quite self-explanatory. Simply subtract the times sacked (offense) from the total sacks (defense).
Time Ahead Average: This involves the total time each team held a lead, divided by the total games played. (Example: Team Z led for 90 minutes through three games, thus having a 30-minute time ahead average.)
Time Ahead Big Average: This involved the total time each team held a lead by more than two possessions (15 points or more), divided by the total games played. (Example: Team Z led by 15 points or more for 15 minutes through three games, thus having a five-minute time ahead average.) This reflects bonus points for “leading big” in a game.
Real Quarterback Rating Differential: This stat originates from Cold, Hard Football Facts. Rushing stats, sacks and fumbles by the quarterbacks are combined with the passing stats to complete the passer rating formula. Given the slightly improved correlation of victory over Passer Rating Differential and the improving athletic stature of the average quarterback, this stat replaces Passer Rating Differential from past publications of these rankings.
Relative Points Average per Game: This might be a bit complicated. More or less, this total is meant to reflect a team’s point differential relative to their average opponent’s differential. First, subtract the opponents’ average points allowed from the team’s average points scored. Second, subtract the opponents’ average points scored from the team’s average points allowed. Finally, add those two totals together to get the Relative Points Average per Game. This idea originated from CHFF’s Relativity Index.
Check out this post every week to see the newest results for the TABRankings. There will be a new page for every week in the NFL season. We plan to update these rankings every Wednesday, just in time for the upcoming week’s predictions.
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They don’t count EDITORIAL 09/06/2010
They don’t count
Noticeable in the ongoing testimonies to the fact-finding body formed to make heads or tails of the botched hostage rescue that took away the lives of eight Hong Kong tourists and the hostage taker, are the many should haves and could haves coming from the police officials, all of which are usually given through the coaxing of the members of the probe body.
National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Leocadio Santiago said had it had been his decision, the police assault on the bus where dismissed Senior Insp. Rolando Mendoza held the hostages would have been carried out by the elite Special Action Force (SAF) instead of the ill-equipped Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) force of the Manila Police District. Also negotiator Chief Insp. Romeo Salvador said had he been allowed, he could have grabbed Mendoza and ended the crisis with likely less trouble.
The members of the fact-finding body were obviously taking the path of getting a crystal-clear view on who really was to blame for the ugly turnout of the incident. And from testimonies given thus far, it seems that the group supposedly managing the crisis unfortunately was a mixed bag of spineless police officials, a politician who seems to believe that the crisis was a movie production and a former police general who can’t get past the temptation of taking over ground command during crisis situations.
Santiago’s and Salvador’s statements were giveaway proof that most of the police involved in ground operations on the hostage-taking incident were either not consulted or largely ignored by the so-called crisis management committee (CMC) that appeared to have disintegrated when it was most needed..... MORE
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Biggest ‘porker’ ever FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 09/06/2010
Biggest ‘porker’ ever
Guess who is the biggest “porker” in the government?
It’s Noynoy Aquino, President of the Republic, who spoke of the need for reforms and austerity, and slammed away at those officials in government-owned and controlled corporations, and government financial institutions for giving themselves tens of millions in allowances, fat pays and bonuses.
But hey, what’s a few hundred millions when compared to Noynoy’s increased pork barrel — amounting to a staggering P1 billion, just for himself — and unaccountable too, as these are confidential funds.
And this is apart from his presidential social fund, which also amounts in the billions yearly.
It has been pointed out by congressmen that the 2011 budget Congress is now reviewing, shows that not only has Noynoy bloated his pork barrel to P1 billion but also did not provide a single centavo to the National Food Authority (NFA) for rice subsidy in the proposed P1.64-trillion budget submitted to the House.
All for him and nothing for the poor people who have to buy cheap rice?
But not only did Noynoy give himself P1 billion for his pork barrel. He even retained his P500-million intelligence funds!.... MORE
Into the Atlantic — Liberian homes destroyed by sea erosion focus 09/06/2010
Into the Atlantic — Liberian homes destroyed by sea erosion
BUCHANAN — A home right on the beach has proved anything but a dream for Frances Kwessi, 35, who has watched sea erosion destroy her house room by room, as the Atlantic washed up on her doorstep.
“As you can see only one room has not yet been touched by the sea,” said Kwessi, who lives in Liberia’s port town of Buchanan.
Dressed in a dirty blue dress with a baby strapped to her back, she now sleeps there with her three children, after rising tides claimed three quarters of the brick house, with its cement floor and zinc roof.
Coastal erosion in the west African nation has eaten up many beaches, but more seriously has endangered the many unplanned and densely populated communities who built their houses too close to the shore.
“I don’t really know what to do now,” she said.
“This was the only shelter I had. I sleep here with my children because I have no choice.”... MORE
The buck stops where? C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S Jonathan De la Cruz 09/06/2010
The buck stops where?
So, who decided against giving in to hostage taker Rolando Mendoza’s demand that he be reinstated even temporarily in exchange for the release of the hostages that fateful Monday two weeks ago?
This question is being asked after the deputy negotiator, Chief Insp. Romeo Salvador, revealed on the second day of the clarificatory hearings of the five man investigating panel headed by Justice Secretary Leila de Lima that Mendoza confided to him as much. On questioning by panel member IBP Governor Roan Libarios, Salvador narrated that as early as lunchtime that Monday Mendoza told him he just needed a temporary reinstatement order to release the hostages since he also realized that he would be charged and detained anyway for the hostage taking. Unfortunately, as Salvador sadly narrated, the “higher ups” failed to act on the information at that time only to find out that a reinstatement order was issued later on when the crisis has turned into a carnage.
So, why did the crisis committee not take the offer right there and then and resolved the crisis pronto? That is the sixty four dollar question which the panel is now obligated to prove to spare us all the wailing and self flagellation which have been attending this tragedy for sometime now. P-Noy need not own up to the mistakes of his bumbling and finger pointing subordinates and lesser officials who should know better than hide behind his back propping him up as their apologist instead of the other way around.
Who disregarded the Mendoza offer and why? This is the one question which needs to be answered now before the De Lima panel and, yes, the eager beaver Palace subordinates lead the public through another round of psycho-babbling and self flagellation. Was it Colonel Yebra, the chief negotiator? As a trained negotiator, did he think Mendoza’s offer a ploy to buy time and gain advantage? Or, did he keep the information to himself hoping that he can spring it and gain clearance for its implementation at a more appropriate time?.... MORE
PeNoy: P8B for the poor, P35B for bankers DIE HARD III Herman Tiu Laurel 09/06/2010
PeNoy: P8B for the poor, P35B for bankers
DIE HARD III
Herman Tiu Laurel
Dinky Soliman, PeNoy Aquino’s Social Welfare secretary, trumpets her P8-billion cash dole-out for the poor. That’s measly compared to the P35 billion Soliman’s CodeNGO is handing out to the bankers this year through the payback to her group’s so-called PeaceBonds.
Just think: The bankers are going to get four times more than the poor. And we don’t even know if all of this P8-billion dole-out will really go to the intended recipients, given the notoriety of the PeNoy administration’s utter lack of control. Stated simply, this is my way of telling Soliman to cut the crap about her and her government’s fictitious “pro-poor” claims. Her NGO work had always been masked subversion projects of the Western funding agencies — thus, explaining why her NGO comrades are so well taken care of by such bodies as the Kennedy School of Government and the Cory Aquino foundations of the oligarchs.
As we speak, PeNoy is already increasing the number of financial rip-offs to benefit Big Business through new projects such as the MRT and the new South Expressway extensions, water privatization, power privatization (which has given us the highest power rates in Asia), plus giving tollway operators more leeway to exact exorbitant fees. All these are being contracted under PeNoy’s Public-Private Partnership (PPP) scheme, which will have P15 billion in funding cum dole-out for the big, favored corporations — again outstripping the dole-out for the poor.
Already, under this PPP arrangement, three new tollways are being planned, as well as, tourism infrastructure to be mapped out by Ayala man and Tourism Secretary Bertie Lim. In all, the P35-billion CodeNGO pay-off and the P15-billion PPP projects total to an astounding P50-billion “social welfare” for Big Business!
But even as PeNoy gives this P50-billion subsidy to the bankers and Big Business, his government’s pencil-pushers under Butch Abad, such as the Treasury boss, did not allocate a single centavo for the National Food Authority (NFA), under the Department of Agriculture’s budget. Without this, the NFA will not be able to purchase rice from our millions of farmers. In short, there will be no subsidy at all, which will place them at the mercy of unscrupulous traders and middle men, thus, drowning us in the deluge of imports from countries such as Vietnam, India, and China that subsidize their own farmers. I really wonder if NFA chief Lito Banayo will be able to stomach this as he claims to be pro-poor and a nationalist ever since his college and activist days.
In the meantime, behind the veneer of brooking “no corruption” is this reality: PeNoy now bloats the President’s pork barrel from P800 million to P1 billion and keeps his P500-million intelligence fund, which he earlier vowed to forego. PeNoy also did not reduce his travel budget as he said he would.
Following his lead, Malacañang has now increased its contingent fund under the new budget and listed this under the Special Purpose Fund which only the President can draw from. In turn, budgets for Environment and Health were reduced. Funds such as the P18.5 billion for water resources development and flood control and P40 billion for health services were slashed to P14.5 billion and P38.6 billion respectively.
Yet the palakasan in favor of the Ateneo-UP Student Catholic Action (UPSCA) club, nurtured by the Jesuits Delaney and Intengan, is ever present. Why, the Atenean Butch Abad has already allocated P34.3 billion (up from the previous year’s P15.4 billion) to UPSCAn Dinky Soliman.
All this should be lessons to the wide-eyed believers of PeNoy and the Yellow movement to snap out of their trance. This call is made to such Yellow supporters as Reyn Barnido, who has issued an open letter to PeNoy on the Internet that takes off from the hostage fiasco, saying in part: “This is not anymore about failing to handle the hostage-taking as much as this is about fulfilling the promises of your oath-taking… This is not about a singular madman shooting bullets up and down; this is about an orgy of fools shooting lies left and right... not anymore about the negotiators’ inefficiency to convince a police officer to surrender, but the government’s incapacity to comfort a nation… We don’t deserve this, Sir. This is not the covenant we entered into during your oath-taking… I grew up in the shadows of the Abads, Soliman, Deles… Do not take their analysis of society at face value for theirs is a construct designed to fuel a protest movement, not manage a large bureaucracy… Believe it or not, your cheerers may have become cynics, but they are still your companions in this journey. I, for one, will not abandon you Mr. President.”
Apparently, Barnido still thinks that the crisis bedeviling his former mentors and PeNoy himself is just a crisis of incompetence, where one is sentimentally loyal even to the failed and foolish, hoping they will learn. Well, he and his youngish ilk are the ones who have a lot to learn!
PeNoy’s budget and programs, foisted unto us by the evil powers that Barnido has been taught in the Ateneo not to see, are the best eye openers. These evil powers, the money masters to whom the Jesuits genuflect, are anti-poor and anti-human, on top of being pro-Big Business. Only when he awakens to how he was inveigled to help install a puppet that has brought us to the deepest nadir which the Yellow movement is capable of can he truly help this nation as a “Man for Others,” and not as a “Man for the Money Masters.”... MORE
A tired soul HE SAYS Aldrin Cardon 09/06/2010
A tired soul
I’m a good two decades away from being called a senior citizen, if 60 years is the yardstick for age and possession of a senior’s citizen’s card’s confirmation. But at 40, I can already feel that I have lost my youthful immortality. I’m no longer invincible that I once thought I was.
It’s only rock and roll which keep me alive, but my songs, like those of my father’s, have grown old, too. Yet I learned to step back, catching up with the music of my pre-teen daughter, the eldest of three, who introduced me to B.O.B and Train and Jay Sean and Jay-Z.
If I stay away from radio quite a bit longer, I could take Justin Bieber for a time, but repetition has its cost, and the young singing sensation of good, ol’ America drives me back to New Wave, Blues and good, ol’ rock and roll.
Recently, my friends and I celebrated the 15th year of Back to the Edge, it’s the monthly series of gigs I’ve helped found with Sazi Cozino, owner of Sazi’s Bar, the former Mayric’s in front of UST where tired souls converged to refresh for the new day ahead. But our numbers have been overtaken by the younger souls, those who were once us, until gray hair and arthritis caught up with many of us.... MORE
Honoring the elderly SHE SAYS Dinah S. Ventura 09/06/2010
Honoring the elderly
There may have been a time you thought 40 was ancient, but if you have reached this age “category” yourself, you would probably love to bandy the thought that it is “the new 20.”
Regardless of how you feel about age, aging and the so-called elderly, there is no denying that we will reach “that certain age” sometime in our lives — if we’re lucky.
Looking at the elderly in your family, are you filled with wonder at how they manage to remain so strong and healthy even after all these years? Are you proud of their active minds and dependable wisdom, or amused by their propensity to learn new things, such as the Internet and those gadgets that even you have yet to master? Do they inspire you to live as fully as they are living, or do you worry about them?
In the world, according to the United Nations (UN), “one of every 10 persons is now 60 years or older. By the year 2050, one of five will be 60 years or older; by 2150, it will be one of three persons.”
Recognizing the needs of the elderly in the world, the UN General Assembly in 1990 designated Oct. 1 as the International Day for the Elderly. This holiday encourages everyone to pay their respects to the older people in their families and communities and tend to their special needs..... MORE
Verzosa admits low morale in PNP By DEXTER SEE September 5, 2010, 5:00pm
Verzosa admits low morale in PNP
By DEXTER SEE
September 5, 2010, 5:00pm
FORT DEL PILAR, Baguio City – No less than Director General Jesus A. Verzosa admitted over the weekend that a low morale pervades in the 120,000-strong Philippine National Police (PNP) organization, following the monumental blunders of the police in the Manila hostage-taking incident last August 23.
Speaking before Philippine Military Academy (PMA) cadets on Saturday afternoon, Verzosa acknowledged that the lapses of the police, which failed to avert a bloody end to the hostage drama, earned the ire of the international community.
The death of eight tourists from Hong Kong and hostage-taker, dismissed police Senior Inspector Rolando R. Mendoza, consequently portrayed a weak ability of the police to handle such sensitive incidents.
While Verzosa offered no concrete evidence of demoralization in the country’s police force, he said he can feel the low morale of the men and women in uniform..... MORE
Source: Mb.com.ph
URL: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/275719/verzosa-admits-low-morale-pnp
Joker: Palace moves ‘cheapen’ presidency By Angie M. Rosales 09/06/2010
AQUINO TAKING FULL RESPONSIBILITY ‘AMOUNTS TO NOTHING’
Joker: Palace moves ‘cheapen’ presidency
President Aquino’s taking full responsibility for the botched hostage rescue operations amounts to nothing and the Palace efforts to drum it up cheapened the presidency, Sen. Joker Arroyo, a former executive secretary of Aquino’s mother former President Corazon Aquino, said yesterday.
“It cheapens the presidency,” Arroyo said in criticizing what he described as the apparent publicity stunt executed by Aquino’s advisers to defuse public outrage over the authorities’ mishandling of the Aug. 23 hostage incident.
Arroyo said Palace officials’ pronouncements that Aquino “is not resigning because he received a clear mandate” made matters worse.
“It’s a good sound bite. It’s good to the image of the President but it amounts to nothing,” Arroyo said adding that such statement made by Presidential Communications Sec. Herminio Coloma, was unnecessary.
“When he said that he’s accepting full responsibility, it doesn’t mean that those subject to investigation are already exonerated. The probe continues. So what’s the effect of that statement?” he asked.... MORE
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Retiring Verzosa mimics Aquino in taking crisis rap By Mario J. Mallari and Marie A. Surbano 09/06/2010
Retiring Verzosa mimics Aquino in taking crisis rap
By Mario J. Mallari and Marie A. Surbano
Taking cue from his commander in chief, President Aquino who earlier had said he is assuming responsibility on the botched rescue operation during the Aug. 23 hostage-taking of more than 20 Hong Kongers at the Quirino Grandstand, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Jesus Verzosa, who is scheduled for retirement, also said he is taking responsibility for the tragic incident.
Verzosa, however, said his decision to retire ahead of schedule has nothing to do with the bungled police assault on Hong Thai bus, which was held by former Manila Police District (MPD) member Senior Insp. Rolando Mendoza, that ended in the killing of eight Hong Kong tourists and the hostage-taker.
“My decision to render an early retirement has been announced more than a month ago. More than ever, it is imperative to take responsibility especially with regards to what has transpired in the past week,” Verzosa said.
It was gathered that Verzosa has already informed his superiors as early as July about his plan to retire on Sept. 14, or three months earlier than his scheduled retirement on Dec. 25 this year upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 56.... MORE
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afp takes new tack on leftists By Mario J. Mallari 09/06/2010
AFP takes new tack on leftists
By Mario J. Mallari
The Armed Forces
of the Philippines (AFP) has opened its doors to militant organizations such as Bayan Muna and Karapatan that were previously linked by the military to the communist movement, in crafting a new anti-insurgency campaign plan to come up with one that is acceptable to all stakeholders.
During a recent forum in Fort Bonifacio, Army spokesman Col. Antonio Parlade said all major stakeholders — from the religious groups to the academe and even some militant groups – were invited by the military in crafting a new anti-insurgency campaign plan.
“We had a three-day symposium with other stakeholders in this insurgency campaign, from the interfaith, from the academe, the Commission on Human Rights and there were people also invited from Karapatan and even Bayan Muna, even these left organizations were invited to participate in the symposium in order to craft a campaign plan that’s really responsible, acceptable to all sectors,” he added.
With this move, Parlade said the military expects a new campaignplan that’s really responsible, acceptable to all sectors,” he added.
With this move, Parlade said the military expects a new campaign plan that is “non-traditional.”... MORE
Abu sub-leader, 2 others killed in Sulu clash 09/06/2010
Abu sub-leader, 2 others killed in Sulu clash
Government security forces clashed with al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf militants in Sulu province yesterday, killing at least three and wounding several others, a ranking police official said.
Acording to Philippine National Police (PNP) spokesman Senior Supt. Agrimero Cruz Jr., Special Action Force (SAF) commandos caught up with an Abu Sayyaf unit believed to be aiding foreign militants from the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) group in Maimbung town on Jolo Island, triggering the fighting.
He said intelligence reports suggested that the Abu Sayyaf gunmen were protecting Marwan, a Malaysian-born member of the JI believed to be responsible for honing the Abu Sayyaf’s bombing techniques.
“They were able to neutralize (kill) Gafur and two other unidentified (Abu Sayyaf) members,” Cruz said, referring to Gafur Jumdail..... MORE
US trip to proceed; Noy plans to meet China execs 09/06/2010
US trip to proceed; Noy plans to meet China execs
While President Aquino is bidding for a more “propitious time” to visit two Asean neighbors after the inter-national outrage from the botched hostage rescue attempt that resulted in the death of eight Hong Kong tourists, the Palace said yesterday Aquino’s US trip will proceed this month.
Aquino has started preparing for his working visit to the United States, Presidential Communications
Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma said.
Aquino has been scheduled to visit Indonesia and Vietnam which are both its co-members in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN ) group, in mid-September.
Coloma added Aquino is hoping to meet with Chinese leaders during the official visit where the President will join other world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Sept. 20..... MORE
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Police fired live bullets during clash in Parañaque City’s Silverio compound
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
MANILA – Outside the emergency room of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH), Buddy Padil, 37, silently sat. He is the uncle of Iris Isaias, 18, who sustained a gunshot wound during the demolition at Silverio compound in Parañaque City on April 23.
A bullet pierced Iris’ calf. “The bullet went through it. The bulet shattered the area of the bone it hit and the doctor said that they need to put metal on it,” Padil said.
Iris was first brought to Ospital ng Muntinlupa but the hospital was not equipped to treat her wounds. She was transferred to the PGH.
“She was only standing outside the compound when she suddenly noticed that the people were already carrying her, shouting. It was only then that realized that she was hit,” Padil said, “These days we would always catch her staring at nothing. She might still be in a state of shock.”
On April 25, Iris went through an operation. Padil said that Isaias’ father, Danilo, a carpenter, is at a loss as to where they would get money to pay for the operation. Doctors told them that the metal that would be placed in Isaias’ left calf costs US$1,465.
The number of residents with gunshot wounds remains undetermined as documentation is still on going. Iris and the other injured residents belied earlier claims that the policemen used blank and/or rubber bullets.
Shooting at bystanders
Also at the PGH was Angelo Lipata, 21. Angelo could hardly hear the questions asked to him as a bullet is stuck in his left ear drum. He was told by his doctors to go home for the time being, citing that they could not operate and remove the bullet until the wound is healed.
During the demolition, Angelo was watching videos of the then ongoing conflict between the Silverio compound residents who were defending their homes and the police. The videos had been quickly uploaded on YouTube by alternative media group Tudla Productions. After watching them, he decided to go out and see for himself what was happening outside. He went and stood next to the barricade when the police began to fire indiscriminately at the residents, who ran for their lives..... MORE
Source: Bulatlat.com
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/04/28/police-fired-live-bullets-during-clash-in-paranaque-citys-silverio-compound/
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Home > History of the Mantelpiece
A Centuries-Long Story of Invention, Efficiency and Beauty
The stone hearth began as a sturdy utilitarian object but has over time transformed into an architectural focal point and showcase for art and design in the home. The evolution of the fireplace parallels the progression of fine art and on a more intimate scale; the selection of a mantelpiece can be a declaration of personal style and beauty for those with discerning taste.
If you are thinking of commissioning a Tartaruga mantelpiece for your home or for your client, you will find yourself part of a centuries-long tradition of bringing elegance and beauty into the home. Here, for your knowledge and reference is a short history of the fireplace and mantelpiece.
Necessity, the Mother of Invention
Fireplaces originated in the medieval period and were initially used for heat and cooking. Centrally located so occupants could gather around for warmth, stone hearths were large, open and mostly unadorned. Smoke passed through a roof opening or ‘lantern.’ As two-story buildings with timber floors became more common, fireplaces moved to the exterior stone wall for increased safety, with smoke venting via a chimney. By the 13th century, fireplaces were being placed near the interior of homes to avoid external wall projections. This move necessitated an additional structure to draw smoke up into the chimney — the forerunner of the overmantel.
Greater Efficiency, Increased Utility
We owe the shape of the modern firebox (tall and shallow with angled covings) to the British inventor Sir Benjamin Thomson or Count Rumford. The form Count Rumford engineered increased the amount of radiant heat, and more effectively conveyed smoke up through the flue. This resulted–at last–in smoke-free interiors. The Rumford fireplace (as it became known) created a sensation in London, and spread quickly. Finally, the indoor fireplace had achieved a level of usefulness and efficiency, lifting it out of the middle ages and into the parlors of the social elite.
An Object D’Art for the Home
With improved functionality and increased efficiency the design and ornamentation of the fireplace flourished. By this time, the term ‘mantelpiece’ included the decorative framework around the firebox opening. The 16th century brought the Tudor style, and the Italian Renaissance had a significant impact in Italy and abroad. The stylistic developments that occurred over the following centuries reflect the history of fine art itself. Many of the world’s great artists, sculptors and architects (Inigo Jones, Christopher Wren, Giambattista Piranesi and Frank Lloyd Wright) used the mantelpiece as a showcase for their artistry. No elegant residence was complete without a fireplace and mantel befitting the style and wealth of its owner, and complementing the architectural style of the home.
Owning a Piece Of History
Today, the fireplace is so much more than a source of heat or a cooking fire. A stone mantelpiece is a piece of permanent artwork that can reinforce the architectural style of your home or of a specific room. It is a personal reflection of the homeowner, but also a reflection of the inventiveness and artistry of mankind.
Tartaruga Design has revived the sculptural heritage of centuries past. Meticulous detailing, truthful interpretations of architectural periods and masterful craftsmanship give your unique Tartaruga stone mantelpiece its distinctive character. We are honored to be part of this history. For over twenty years we have continued the proud tradition of those artists and artisans who came before us.
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High hopes as Tom-Yum-Goong 2 heads to AFM
Tom-Yum-Goong 2, which at last count had total domestic earnings of 49.4 million Thai baht (about US$1.57 million), is at the American Film Market, which opened yesterday.
Film Business Asia has a look at the movie's chances there.
Meanwhile, Tom-Yum-Goong 2 (ต้มยำกุ้ง 2, a.k.a. The Protector 2) has fallen to No. 3 at the Thai box office.
It was in first place during its October 24-27 opening weekend, but didn't have much competition as it was really the only live-action wide release at the time.
It's now behind the No. 1 Hashima Project (ฮาชิมะ โปรเจกต์), a ghost thriller from Thai studio M-Thirtynine, and the Hollywood sci-fi Ender's Game.
At the same time it opened in Thailand, Tom-Yum-Goong 2 also made its bow in Malaysia, where it was No. 3 with $438,786.
In Thailand, promotional efforts hit a snag because of star Tony Jaa's ongoing feud with his studio, Sahamongkol Film International and its boss Somsak "Sia Jiang" Techaratanaprasert. Just as the movie was released, Jaa jetted off to the U.S. to take part in production for Fast and Furious 7. He's also been busy teaching Vin Diesel Muay Thai, over Sia Jiang's objections.
So while the Thai press wasn't too keen on reporting about a movie without the main star on hand, the Malaysian press was happy to make do with the movie's director, Prachya Pinkaew. He talked to The Star about the movie's stand-out action scene. You know which one.
“The fighting scene is between Tony Jaa and the motorcycle gang, which lasts for 14.50 minutes. It took us eight months to film this scene.
“Unlike the previous movie, we didn’t shoot any scenes abroad. We used Bangkok as the backdrop as we wanted to present a side of Bangkok that a lot of people have never seen before.
“Sometimes it’s very difficult, like shooting from a helicopter. Helicopter shoots may be normal for other countries, but it’s very difficult in Thailand. Not only that, we filmed the action scene with 300 moving motorbikes.”
But, hey, look! The New Straits Times scored an e-mail interview with Jaa himself. He talks about being injured during that big motorcycle chase:
"There were some injuries from action scenes because we worked with metals and objects coming at you at a high speed, which we could neither predict nor control. There was a scene where I had to push away a speeding bike and I injured my legs in the process. The villain who rode the bike was slashed on the neck by a sheet of metal. It was a terrifying experience.
Critical consensus is mixed, with reviews ranging from "probably Tony Jaa's worst movie thus far" in Malaysia to "just enough punches to satisfy action fans" from the Bangkok Post's Kong Rithdee.
Channel News Asia chips in with an unenthusiastic review as the movie opens in Singapore this week.
For more on how Tom-Yum-Goong 2 has been doing, check out my old Rotten Tomatoes pal Senh Duong at Movies With Butter.
Posted by Wise Kwai at 10:00 AM
Labels: action, box office, celebrity, critics, Hollywood, industry, M-Thirtynine, Muay Thai, Pan-Asian, Panna Rittikrai, posters, Prachya Pinkaew, Sahamongkol, stunts, Tony Jaa
David O November 8, 2013 at 2:27 AM
i won't listen to those kinds of reviews.
only people who like martial arts are the ones i will listen to their review.
so Jaa blasted off just as soon as the movie was released:/
This movie is taking a really long time for an international release this is the downside of living in the western side of the world. You get late releases, I don't see why they cant replace the shitty western action movies with eastern martial arts/action releases since those are way better than todays Hollywood stuff, and worth the money.
We probably won't see an international release or atleast a dvdrip of this online for a really long time till mid 2014...
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Followers of this site and our Twitter account will know that Neil Lennon has our full support and considering this is his first managerial post we think he is doing the job well. Considering the size of the club he is managing winning 2 trophies appearing in 3 finals and loosing the league by 1pt last season we would say he is doing a remarkable job.
Unfortunately it seems after every defeat their are calls for his head and a lot of negative comments made on social network. These range from calling his/ our team bottlers to moaning about his behaviour track side especially when he feels officials have not done their jobs correctly.
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Cal says:
The man has been hounded and demonised since he arrived in Scotland. Maybe if the Celtic board had taken a more assertive stance in the past the man would not be persecuted in this way.
As for sacking him… Ridiculous suggestion!
Neil should say hid piece after reflecting.
Running onto pitch was embarrassing
John Thomson says:
I said it when we were 3-0 down to Kilmarnock and I’m sticking by it.neil Lennon could easily have walked for a quieter life but he has stuck by us and we should be paying him the same honour.and not because he’s a true Celtic man although it helps but he’s a great manager and one of the bravest wel ever have. Hh Neil lennon
Gerry D says:
Ghod only knows how he puts up with hassle day in day out!
Of course fans get frustrated I’m guilty myself.
Lennon will want to improve and both he and team will!
He needs to stop giving them ammunition as yesterday by running on to park. Was always going to back fire.
That said he’s only human!
Baz says:
Mans doing a great job considering the stuff
Him and his family went/are going through..this country just ain’t used to Someone who won’t just sit back and accept truly shocking decisions and why should he??
We all have opinions on the game, the team, the tactics we pays our money and we believe we have knowledge on the players capabilities… thus most of us are not football team coaches… but 3 finals 1 win 1 semi final lost, dropping 5 points in the critical last month of the league run in last season …. not beating them at Ibroke to win the league recently…. For me we lack the same energy and purpose going forward as our opposition… the back four are never commanding and we allow teams to run with the ball to almost 18 yard line before a tackle is made and then a fould is given away… Had the ball not been burst with the manky mob going into admin would the league be won at this moment am not sure … the two recent results at Hampden have me doubting it.
Stephen McCallum says:
Neil will learn to be more subtle given time and to pick his time and place to make his feelings known, but he still a 2nd yr apprentice, going it alone with no teacher, winning the title after just missing out last year! And his players will learn how to be the bullys in these big games now that they have the taste for winning championships and european football can only help further their carreers
1888steven says:
Overall, I’m amazed he’s still at Celtic Park. With the constant abuse and grief the guy gets, most would have left a while ago.
Hats off to Neil. I feel he has fight, tooth and nail, these corrupt, vile, rancid, disgusting cheats that the SFA are employing.
My only criticism is that he should maybe do so in a less aggressive manner or put an official club statement out every time we have a gripe with officials and their “honest mistakes”.
If yesterdays ref couldn’t see Black tackle on Ledley along with the various other things, the guy shouldn’t be working as a ref. If he did see it, then he’s a cheat and shouldn’t be a ref.
john fegan says:
I will back Lenny ALL the way. He wears his heart on his sleeve and that mirrors the vast majority of the Celtic support. Given all he has had to sustain, any wee indiscretions are forgivable. Keep at it Bhoy.
Bhoy Fett says:
I support Neil but I also criticise him, just like I have any other Celtic manager. It doesn’t matter if you are experienced or new at the job, fans do not wish to see defeat.
This is a young team and Lennon is a rookie – we know all this – but I don’t want us to heap all our excuses on these facts any more than I do wish to blame it on referees. This leads us down a path of victimisation, which we can still address it must be said, but lets look at ourselves as much as these other facts.
Wanting Neil Lennon to leave is absurd and would gain nothing only put us back again. He must learn as much as his players have to.
Losing the plot and getting himself in hot water is not the most diplomatic approach even if it is his character. He will only play into the hands of his detractors.
There is not doubt that decisions against Celtic (not all) are staggering and must be scrutinised. However, the battle with the SFA and playing officials in Scotland must be dealt with calmly.
This is the only way to tackle these issues.
Mike Carvill says:
Early days for Neil, he will, in time, become a top manager …….. hopefully with Celtic.
I can’t think of anyone else who could have taken this job as his first managerial job and did it so well.
I hope he never loses his passion
abrahamtoast says:
Much as I often agree with what he says, Neil must learn to keep his mouth shut. He is an energetic, inspirational manager, but he may be of little use to the team if he is stuck up in the stand for half the season. He MUST be aware that, as RFC are having a bit of a bad time just now, the powers that be will be desperate to do all they can to even things up, so he shouldn’t give them the opportunity.
Regarding on-the-pitch performances, I believe there IS a problem in the big games. Two trophies in two full years when your main rivals are in meltdown is simply not good enough for Celtic. Despite some dodgy refereeing performances, Celtic didn’t play well against Killie or Hearts this season, and that’s why they failed to win a cup. Better (and some worse) Celtic teams have won trophies because they played well enough to outweigh dodgy refffing. This team needs to learn that and step up to the plate.
I’d like Neil to stay, but I don’t really want to go through another year blowing big games against obviously inferior opposition. If Neil can’t sort out this obvious failing, it may unfortunately be time for him to accept that the job is just too big for him. Next season will be the test – he won’t be a “rookie” any more, and he must show that he’s got what it takes.
john carson says:
Neil young+learning. Seems to be a great man manager+IMHO improving tactician. Do think he should rise above bad calls in public though. Full support from most I know + will continue to excel.
Tony Mowbray took these decisions on the chin. Look where it got him. As a club, we need to raise awareness about the number of honest mistakes in high profile matches. Neil needs support from higher up the chain as the treatment he suffers is unacceptable. Sadly I do think there are people out there to get him and he will not have it. Good to see he has the passion.
Mc Fitzpatrick says:
I bet the people who voted he should be sacked are the same people who acted like his biggest fans last week… Band wagon supporters! Iv supported Lenny from the start, I supported him during Celtic playing great footy last season, supported him thru his ordeals, supported him after ICT, supported him at half time during the 3-3 killie game, I knew in the bottom of my heart he would get us our title back, Iv supported him sticking up for our club, for speaking out against the blatant cheating… Anyone who says ‘the ref should have no bearing on a game if we play well’ obviously knows jack shit about football…. Titles are won and lost on ref decisions so they play a crucial part in the game of footy! Don’t get me wrong sometimes I question lennys tactics or sub choices, I sometimes think he uses twitter the wrong way and I absol hate him chewing tabacco but one thing I love about him is he isn’t doing any of this for the money, he’s doing it for the love he has for Celtic fc and it’s fans… He’s one of us and I’d hate to think in someone’s time of need that we would turn our backs on him….. How many of us could say we would walk into work the same day we received a nail bomb? Or continued leading our team seconds after bein attacked??? Those calling for lennys head need to wise up
Celtic88 says:
Neil is a young manager with a young staff and players he is learning all the time. He wears his heart on his sleeve I love that about him he also tells it as it is, he is a very honest man. Would we rather have him act like Tony Mowbray and take it on the chin.Neil goes mad at a decision against our tean no matter the score not just when we get beat. People suggesting he gets sacked is ridiculous. The glory hunters should take a good look at themselves in Lenny we trust Hail Hail.
Dougie Wilson says:
He has a long way to go as manager. Team under perform at key times. He over reacts when things don’t go his way instead of seriously addressing his shortcomings and those of his team. One more season and then assess then
Jim McLaughlin says:
The big issue is the rank-rottenness of the SFA. How can you really judge Lennon or his team? The SFA’s modus operandi is STOP CELTIC, and the most obvious vehicle for keeping the club down is refereeing patronage: sort that and the SFA is 99% sorted. Then consider Lennon’s performance on merit.
Jack Harvey says:
This is a man who has suffered more than most from attacks (sadly at times literally) by anti- Celtic, and by association, anti -Catholic bigots who still plague Scottish society. In the face of these attacks the Celtic manager has been unwavering in his courage. For this courage alone most people without a biased agenda would admire Neil Lennon.
In addition he has shown further fortitude in challenging apparent institutional bias epitomised by the SFA.
I am sure that most unbiased observers would applaud Neil’s willingness to challenge perceived abuses of power.
Further to this he displays, as manager of Celtic, a passion for his team that fans of many clubs must envy.
That he is sometimes too quick to offer opinion is not in doubt. That he makes mistakes is not in doubt either. But those statements would be true of most great football managers in the history of the sport.
Neil Lennon is not yet a great manager.
Althetim says:
We should stand by Neil Lennon and his team. They are young and will improve but right at this present time, in my opinion, they don’t have the bottle for the big “one of” games. Results like yesterdays happen too often for it to be coincidence.
Anyway, the “bottle” will develope along with the team and there’s no need to panic or become hysterical. Keep the faith.
We will be around for a long time to come. I suspect there are others who wish they could say the same.
matthew leonard says:
well said the team will grow 2 b stronger in the one of games
Steel-River Bhoy says:
Sack NL? You’re havin’ a laugh, aren’t you?. I’d rather divorce my wife..and I love her dearly!
Earlier in the season many fickle fans were callin’ for his head (and Georgios..Big Sammy..Samarass’ too). Why? Can’t they see we have first class management..and a first class team, too?
Neil has done NOTHING wrong in my eyes, He speaks his mind, YES!..He won us the league, YES!, He won us the Scottish Cup last season, YES!.
Sorry, we only sack FAILURES..Mowbray (I’d spit on his grave), but Neil Lennon. NEVER!
Yours in Celtic.
Markie.
N Maciver says:
Neil Lennon is the rite man at this time 4 the job. Majority of signings hav been spot on. He talks well, has backing of players and defends his club well when needed, and in this country is needed frequently.
Kraljski says:
Those commenting they want Lennon sacked need to have a stern look at themselves.
For a first job, after all the issues he’s had to deal with I believe this shows disrespect to a TRUE Legend.
Aye okay, some games (Not all, check his overall record) have been disappointing but thats why I choose to put this down to inexperience both within the coaching team and the squad.
We all praise the team and manager when things go well ie. Such a young squad etc so we can’t have it both ways.
Negative side I wish could be changed, just the way in which he deals with officials and the SFA.
Reasons are, he can still his point across without having to storm the field as he did yesterday, okay there is occasions where he has been dragged through the SFA coals for feck all but reactions like yesterday will do no good for this.
In Lenny I TRUST as with the VAST majority of the #CelticFamily.
Katie Brown says:
Good post Jas highlighting all the part time supporters and glory hunters out there. Neil has done a fantastic job particularly in the light of what he has had to deal with over the past year. He will only go on to be the stronger for it. GBNL.
Andrew crielly says:
All in all i think lennon is doing a good job but i feel he gripes at too much so when he complains about the big decisions the media pass it off as another lennon rant. I just feel he should try and contain his frustration (must be hard thing to do). He’s making it easy for the media to paint a bad picture of him and the club. He’s went through a lot and we should stand by him. Hail hail
In Lennon we trust ,Celtic are more together as a support because of Neil ,we win our first league in four years.god bless Neil Lennon
Mick G says:
For his first job, Neil is doing well and is still learning. Some people don’t realise the task of managing this great club and considering all the off field “extras” that he had to put up with last year he has been amazing. The man is Celtic through and through and loves his players and supporters for that we should be grateful and proud. Now here comes the “but”…. he needs to learn to bite his tongue and walk away a bit more. The bias against Celtic is not new, Jock had it, King Billy had it, as did Hay, O’Neill and Strachan but they managed to rise above it with perhaps the occasional reaction but Lenny reacts after every defeat and it looks bad. I think someone like McNeill upstairs as an elder statesman ( no input in the running of the club or team affairs, that is Lennys job) would be an asset . Hes been there and done it and would help him settle a bit. That is my only criticism other than that GBNL. Hail Hail
He shouts about every wrong decision that when (as in yesterday’s case) he genuinely has a point, it is drowned out by his constant protests over the course of the season. He surely must remember that Hearts scored a perfectly legitimate goal at Tyncastle a few weeks back and it wasn’t counted, before we went on to win 4-0?. The boy who cried wolf if you will.
He lacks the dignity of a real Celtic manager, his twitter account where he responds to idiot Rangers fans (and some Celtic fans) in a similar moronic manner is wrong and should notbe the conduct of a manager of one of the globe’s biggest clubs.
I like the fact he sticks up for his players and agree his passion is vital for the job. However, continually calling his players ‘world class’ when they score a 20-yard shot against Dundee Utd or have a half decent game against St Mirren, shows that he values his players way above their station. Hence, when we play these ‘big’ games and lose more often than not we are labelled bottlers. A term that grows credence after every failure, especially against teams that cost a fraction of ours.
Tactically he also leaves a lot to be desired too.
Yes we’ve won the league, but somehow there’s more questions than answers about this team
anne curran says:
In Lennon we trust .
george glen says:
he is oor boss he is celtic i stand by him all the way ( win lose or draw )
paultic73 says:
once again winning the league is not enough for some,, well it is for me,,
im not lennys biggest fan but think hes doing a great job
champions,!!!!!
thomas cochrane says:
i think its time the board started to make noises about the regularity,and timing,not to mention strange,decisions awarded against celtic………can they all be honest mistakes.the history of the sfa,s dealings with the club as far back as Farry,before him tiny warton,dallas and the furore of that time,the refs strike,,,,,,,the resignations of refs ……whats that all about…….we have a ref resineing and criticising the establishment then the media having a go at him for rocking the boat………most of the thinking fans dont use the word .conspiricy(a meeja!!!generated tool to goad the fans with)but it does seem that certain refs,with a tacit nod from the powers that be, make to many …….unforced errors shall we say…….lenny must not be left to take that mob on himself…….the men at the top must get involved in these issues ……yours in celtic….gbnl+stan..hh..mon the hoops……….TC
Tim C says:
I can only reiterate…with what that man, Neil Lennon, has had to endure in this country, he’s done a very very good job. The shameful acts of aggression through bigotry, corruption & intolerance has been nothing short of absolutely shocking, TOTALLY shameful. The ‘indifference’ from the MSM & those who deem themselves to be ‘neutral’ has been equally appalling.
GOD BLESS NEIL LENNON
chestevie says:
What we need to remember is lennon is a Celtic fan like the rest of us. he lives and breathes green & white and is as angry as the rest of us with the pathetic ref performances. Maybe as manager people will say he has to learn to walk away but i would rather see his emotion shown instead of hiding.
seatownman says:
100% LENNON hail,hail, he knows when its wrong and he knows when its right and yesterday it was wrong how he could give a penalty for that is shocking ,DISGUSTED
He’s been doing a great job under horrendous circumstances and I think it’s great how he publicly stands up for his players.
I do hope privately he kicks them up the backside though when they turn in bad performances and that is 2 very lacklustre matches I’ve seen at Hampden that blew the treble.
Neil Lennon is doing a good job when you see what he is up against with the ref’s and sfa and the crap he has had to put up with from Scotland’s shame across the city celtic need a new Q.C. To take over from the late mr Mcbride
On top of historical bias NL will no doubt be targeted by refs after he and the late PMCBride managed to score victory over them for the first time in history. However i that has been short lived and has only made the stuation worse – it is a game we cannot win without someone blowing the whistele so to speak. Our only option is to get out of this league or do what Jock did and get a team on the park so good they can over come a few dodgy decisions. I hope NL and celtic Fc are up to this challenge.
Pat gow says:
Lennny is doing a great job. People that are on his back are not true fans. Faithful thru and thru
Kathleen Kelly says:
As a fan of Lennon, I felt disappointed by his reaction at the end of the semi-final. Normally I would be willing to give him the benefit of the doubt but on this occasion I feel he has let himself and the fans down.
I still want Lennon to be in charge of Celtic until he’s taken us as far as he can. I don’t see the merit in knee jerk reactions calling for him to quit. I would, however, love it if he would take a deep breath and count to ten during games. I don’t want Lenny without the passion and ‘thunder’ but I would like him in the dugout managing the team where I feel he has earnt his place.
I’m somewhat surprised that Mr Lennon has lasted so long in Scotland, he was singled out as a player (I however saw a guy who gave 100% in EVERY match he played in) then takes the reigns when Tony Mowbray left the club in a quite miserable state, then has to endure a sustained hate campaign that was launched against him from every angle in Scotland, while at the sae time trying to run one of the largest clubs in Europe – bear in mind the average age in our squad is 23 (broonie being the granda) the guy is building a team, unlike Villas Boas who inherited a team, give him time, I do admit we need a couple of older heads to blend in with the growing mantle of what we have now, Congratulations Mr Lennon on your league win, I’m already looking forward to next season & I hope it brings you even more success.. HAIL HAIL 😉
Colm says:
I think considering what he has had to put up with he has done well. However I wish he would take a step back and count to 10 or 1000000000 in his case why? because it gives those who loath Celtic the chance to put the boot in and there are plenty doing that already without are fellow Tims doing likewise. I was gutted yesterday and was shouting abuse at the TV so I like many others know and feel like our manager, we can get away with it he can’t. I will support Management and players no matter what. Remember we are the Champions that for me is first and foremost.
Mysalsa says:
Neil needs to stop blaming refs because if he wants to walk alongside Jock Stein he should listen to what he said about refs. If you are good enough they dont matter. Its as simple as that
john docherty says:
Sacking Neil Lennon would be a stupid mistake as he should now have the experience to carry us forward next season. Two or three experienced players are a definate for this to happen as we do lack experience and leadership in big must win games. As for his outbursts these must not stop but do need to be carried out in a more appropriate manner. Shouting swearing and screaming leaves him wide open to S.F.A and S.P.L rules. This then leads to bans and the team suffering when hes not on the touchline.
Wul says:
Neil is the voice of the fans, he’s an inspiration to us all, never let the shut you up or hound you out Neil……
Ubergezza says:
NL is doing fine. Like the team he is young and still has much to learn both on and off the park! On the park he still has to settle on first and best 11 and then strengthen the squad from there. Off the park NL has been superb but recently pressure has told and some reactions would be best avoided! Thommo and Big Dolph could help here more and NL might be better using them more on his behalf! Away from these few incidents anyone who has listened and watched NL punditry knows he has great knowledge and character with great personality! Keep going NL, learn and grow!
therr is nuthin wrang wi neil lennon hes a man doing a job get aff his f***kin back n let him get on wi his job shower of idiots HH ILWT
I think Lennon is doing a good job and just has to learn how to impact the game with his substitutions. The only thing I would add is I would prefer him to control his temper when dealing with officials as he is playing right into their hands with his recent behaviour.
eddie graham says:
I have nothing but admiration for the man, he has put up with more SH*T than any other manager has ever had to deal with, as well as building a team that on their day have played some excellent football and brought the title home, so i’m prepared to forgive him for not delivering the double/treble and hope he takes something from it to make us stronger for next year.
ScottyBhoy says:
Neil Lennon for me stands up when he needs to be counted for his team, he is no different from any other manager, who stands up for his team. Well done neil. Dont let the bastards grind you down hail hail.
Neil must stay! He is passionate about Celtic and the injustice he sees in the refereeing decisions. Someone has to speak out! We have a great young team and with Neil as manager we can only get better. Would be good if the board spoke out more about some of the decisions that go against us.
Jpm says:
GBNL…. he is passionate about Celtic ( as we ALL are!!) I honestly think we ALL would act in the same way if we were being persecuted as mush as Neil. HH.
I’m sorry to say it but I think it’s tome for Neill to go. I cringe when I watch his antics after a poor performance by the team. I really think the job is too much for him and worry about his mental health. When he ran onto the pitch yesterday I and others I’ve spoken to really thought he might hit the ref. He’s become an embarressment…and you can’t say it’s an isolated incident. He needs to go.
“show me a good loser and I’ll show you a loser” – Vince Lombardi.
Neil Lennon has been called many things but never a loser. He has dragged us from mediocrity to being league champions with the prospect of dominating for a long time to come. Let us celebrate the joy that he has brought and not be divided by the agendas of people who are not Celtic fans.
Ross County, Rangers, Kilmarnock and Hearts. All at Hampden and all huge games. Got the feeling if we’d played home or even away we could (should) have won these but we NEED to win big games that win us cups. This has to be addressed.
Neil Lennon has been a revelation in his first managerial position. No one lives Celtic more than he does, he has put up with more in 18 months than any person should in a life time.
God bless you Lenny.
I think he just needs to cool it a bit! He needs guidance here – he is too volatile for his own good. I don’t get how he hasn’t got the message that he will simply get himself into trouble. Presumably the sports psychologists and his boss, Peter Lawell, are I’m a big fan of Neil Lennon for what he has done to bring a bit of pride and passion back – he’s not perfect but I think there’s better to come if he can channel his energy more positively at times! We are Champions and I doubt if we would be here without him.
Fazzer says:
Although I understand that Lennon should stand up for his players, he needs to be reminded that he is now the manager of a large business with a responsibility to represent it in such a way as befits its stature. He stands as the custodian of my club, those who came before and those who will continue to support it in years to come. The truly great managers understood this, and funnily enough so did the crap ones.
The club need to publicly make him aware of this now before it gets out of hand. But they should also make it clear that the sfa and referees need to start cleaning house.
Neil Page says:
Lennon has the passion but I don’t think he is right for the job.
I would like to see a foreign manager come in who can handle the big games,the squad and the media better.
Honest question. Do you not think winning the two major Scottish Trophies in his first 2 years as a manager is good enough considering what he has had to put up with away from his work and the squad he inherited ?
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Understanding the mechanisms of neurodegeneration is crucial for development of therapies to treat neurological disorders. S100 proteins are extensively expressed in the injured brain but S100's role and signalling in neural cells remain elusive. We recently demonstrated that the S100A4 protein protects neurons in brain injury and designed S100A4-derived peptides mimicking its beneficial effects. Here we show that neuroprotection by S100A4 involves the growth factor family receptor ErbB4 and its ligand Neuregulin 1 (NRG), key regulators of neuronal plasticity and implicated in multiple brain pathologies. The neuroprotective effect of S100A4 depends on ErbB4 expression and the ErbB4 signalling partners ErbB2/Akt, and is reduced by functional blockade of NRG/ErbB4 in cell models of neurodegeneration. We also detect binding of S100A4 with ErbB1 (EGFR) and ErbB3. S100A4-derived peptides interact with, and signal through ErbB, are neuroprotective in primary and immortalized dopaminergic neurons, and do not affect cell proliferation/motility - features which make them promising as potential neuroprotectants. Our data suggest that the S100-ErbB axis may be an important mechanism regulating neuronal survival and plasticity.
Keywords: S100, S100A4, ErbB, neuroprotection, peptide
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Pankratova S, Klingelhofer J, Dmytriyeva O, Owczarek S, Renziehausen A, Syed N, Porter AE, Dexter DT, Kiryushko D. The S100A4 Protein Signals through the ErbB4 Receptor to Promote Neuronal Survival. Theranostics 2018; 8(14):3977-3990. doi:10.7150/thno.22274. Available from http://www.thno.org/v08p3977.htm
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Tarasenko, O., National University of Pharmacy
Tatar, L., Kharkiv State University of Food Technology and Trade
Tattis, A., National University of Pharmacy
Tishchenko, I. Yu., National University of Pharmacy
Tkachenko, V. A., SE “Dnipropetrovsk Medical Academy of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine”
Tkachova, O. V., National University of Pharmacy
Tkachova, O., National University of Pharmacy
Tkachuk, N. I., I. Horbachevsky Ternopil State Medical University
Tolmachova, K. S., National University of Pharmacy
Tomarovska, T., National University of Pharmacy
Tomarovska, T. O., National University of Pharmacy
Toryanik, E. L., National University of Pharmacy
Tovchiga, O. V., National University of Pharmacy
Trutaev, S. I., National University of Pharmacy
Tryshchuk, N., National University of Pharmacy
Tsemenko, K. V., National University of Pharmacy
Tsemenko, K., National University of Pharmacy
Tsubanova, N., National University of Pharmacy
Tsubanova, N., Institute of Pharmacy Professionals Qualification Improvement of National University of Pharmacy
Tsubanova, N. A., National University of Pharmacy
Tsvyakh, O. O., V. O. Sukhomlynskyi Mykolayiv National University
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Crazy swing. Only candidate to live in the ward I hear
July 5th, 2018 at 11:30 pm
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https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/social-affairs/discrimination/news/96807/tory-mp-michael-fabricant-accused-islamophobia-over
It’s one thing for a random, grizzled dinosaur in the Tory Party to post something like this – it’s quite different when it’s an actual MP.
Much worse, IMO, than what Anne-Marie Morris was suspended for (an off-the-cuff remark aimed at no-one in particular). The sooner that Islamophobia probe starts, the better.
H.Hemmelig
This morning Khan was on BBC Breakfast saying Trump should laugh at the ridiculous Trump balloon in the same way Thatcher and Reagan laughed at their Spitting Image puppets. Well if that’s the case he can’t complain about others making fun of him in the same way. The determination these days to label everything under the sun as Islamophobic, racist, sexist, ageist, homophobic or whatever is deeply damaging as it blurs bad or unfunny jokes with genuinely appallingly offensive behaviour, which this IMO is not.
The Labour party are the ones who, more than anyone, have brought this dreary identity politics to the fore in the UK, promising to stand up for this minority group and that minority group against their oppressors. Well you can hardly blame the Tories for getting with the game, depressing as it is that politics has come to this. The Tories will never win many muslim votes so it’s natural they will try to survive in the era of rising ethnic minority population by harnessing votes from hindus, sikhs, Jews etc. It would be nice to go back to the 80s when mainstream politics eschewed this divisiveness but it’s not going to happen.
PS I had lunch with a business associate yesterday – as he’s lived in Islington and then Hackney for 30 odd years I’d always assumed he was pretty liberal.
“I’ll tell you what they should do with that balloon” he said, “a policeman should just shoot a hole in the fucking thing”.
Appalling as Trump’s behaviour has been on this visit, I can’t help feeling we’ve played into his hands.
Posted this on the Hallam thread by mistake.
I think a lot of people would not agree that politics wasn’t divisive in the 80s. I would argue that it most certainly was…perhaps more on social grounds than racial grounds, granted. Casual racism was also a lot more acceptable then.
Yes I agree, and being a bit older than you I remember the casual racism better.
What I meant was that identity politics was confined to the fringes (GLC, loony left councils etc) whereas now it has totally taken over the mainstream.
80s politics certainly was divisive in other ways, Miners Strike etc, in many cases more so than today.
I do wish MPs like that twat Fabricant would stay off Twitter. I him having a flag of apartheid South Africa in the background is probably a bigger deal than Khan and his flying pig.
‘I think a lot of people would not agree that politics wasn’t divisive in the 80s.’
Politics was definitely divisive in the 1980s but not in the same way as it is today where you are either in one camp – liberal, internationalist, Remain – or the other – conservative, nationalist, Brexit – with virtually nothing in between
And in the 1980s the average Joe was extremely well informed about politics. I watched a documentary on the Miners Strike from 1984 the other day and the political knowledge of the ordinary miners interviewed was exemplary.
I don’t think it’s really fair to blame identity politics on the Labour Party, so much as on the wider cultural left.
The actual party itself has generally steered clear of identity politics. Tony Blair never went in for it because he was worried about spooking Essex Man. Jeremy Corbyn was always one of those “no war but the class war” types. And in between them, Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband had very little influence on popular discourse anyway.
‘And in the 1980s the average Joe was extremely well informed about politics.’
Considerably better than they are today
one of my earliest memories is of the cleaning ladies at the nursery I used to go to in North Wales (late 70s/early 80s) all huddled around a radio listening to the budget and lamenting the rise in duty on cigarettes amongst other things
Hemmy – I hardly think miners were representative of the population though. Whether they wanted it or not, they were caught up in the totemic political battle of the eighties. Under those circumstances, you educate yourself.
Similarly, I would imagine EU citizens living in Britain are more clued-up than the average Brit. When your future depends on it, you learn what’s going on.
I totally missed the Apartheid era flag. Yikes.
‘Similarly, I would imagine EU citizens living in Britain are more clued-up than the average Brit.’
Almost certainly and largely because of the vacuous, celebrity culture that appeals to so many of the uneducated Brits, who know nothing and care even less about today’s politics
A cynic might say this was the aim of Thatcherism
I’m not sure I agree with that. I think you’ll find most working class people were pretty well informed then compared with now. It was one of the few positive side effects of a very high trade union membership, a “them and us” culture between bosses/government and the workers, and a much more politicised society than we have today.
Tim’s right that celebrity culture is partly to blame, but also there is a widespread distrust and dislike of politicians in general which was far less common then than now. Basically today’s politicians are of far lower calibre than a generation ago. In a sense we are lucky that politicians have so much less power to change the economy than they used to….if this useless rabble were in charge in the 1970s and 1980s this country would have totally flushed itself down the toilet (though WW3 would probably have killed us first).
Lancs Observer
Re Trump, Sky Data poll showed over 60% agreed he should meet HM Queen (which is even higher than YouGov’s 50%).
HH – I suppose that’s only true if you equate having the trade unions’ view of things as being “well informed.”
People are better informed financially than they were back then; but, that’s partly because back then most didn’t have mortgages or could switch energy provider and so on. They were renting council houses and being paid in cash and weekly and most didn’t have consumer durables or go abroad on holiday.
Although that’s also why Maggie aimed a PPB at the housewife handling the weekly budget.
Yes I agree with that.
People forget now what a massive effort it took to switch people in working class jobs from being paid weekly in cash to monthly into their bank account. The resistance was enormous.
As a student in the early/mid-90s I worked at Ladbrokes and at that time the company still paid most workers weekly in cash. Seems extraordinary now.
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"I knew that this experience was not going to come around again" -Jonathan Pryce on his role in Evita
HANNA: DVD
Living a life unlike any other teenager, Hanna's (Saoirse Ronan) upbringing and training in remote Finland have been one and the same, all geared to make her the perfect assassin by her ex-CIA father Erik (Eric Bana). When she is sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna makes her way stealthily across Europe, eluding agents sent after her by Marissa (Cate Blanchett), a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets of her own. As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected questions about her humanity.
Saoirse Ronan shows her Academy Award nomination for Atonement was no fluke in this enthralling chase thriller that begins in the snowy wilderness of North Finland and concludes in a Berlin amusement park near the house of Wilhelm Grimm, whose dark fairy tales cast an ominous shadow on the storyline. Ronan devours the role as Hanna, the 16 year old assassin, raised on Grimm's tales and whose home schooling by her ex CIA father Erik (Eric Bana) has prepared her for survival. 'Think on your feet; even when sleeping,' he tells her. Superbly directed by Joe Wright and the first screenplay for writers Seth Lochhead, David Farr, this is a top notch thriller, laced with suspense, action and a wonderful sense of mystery.
In an unforgettable opening sequence engulfed in dense snow and heavily laden fir trees, we meet Hanna, armed with a bow and arrow, gun and knife which she puts to good use as she targets a magnificent stag. We learn a lot about the young girl in this scene - persistence, courage, nerve and a willingness to do whatever it takes. Clearly, this is no normal upbringing for a young girl and Erik has taught her well - not only does she possess extraordinary physical skills by way of defending herself but she can speak languages and knows about life, even if it is by rote and not experience.
As the mission for which Hanna has been trained all her life begins, the film literally takes off in the guise of a road movie, continuing for its duration with a compelling sense of motion and anticipation. I was on the edge of my seat during the scene in which Cate Blanchett's icy-cold CIA operative Melissa watches from another room as Hanna is interrogated in the underground facility in the Moroccan desert. Melissa is a chilling character, immaculately dressed with red, perfectly coiffed collar-length hair and uniform square manicured nails. Her changing accent distracts occasionally but Blanchett nails Melissa with Swiss army knife precision and we feel no sympathy for her as she instructs her mignons and the scene stealing Tom Hollander as the seedy Isaacs, who 'can do things the agency doesn't allow her to do'.
There are some unexpected and lovely touches - like Hanna's wonderment as she witnesses for herself all the things she has read about - like electricity, television, telephone - as well as making a friend of Sophie (Jessica Barden), the rebellious teen travelling by campervan with her holidaying, crazy English family. Olivia Williams is terrific as Sophie's no-make-up mum.
As we discover Hanna's secret and the various levels of stakes in play, the film takes on a richness of purpose. The climactic scene set among the characters from Grimm's fairy tales is eerily appropriate, once again reinforcing all the things we learned about Hanna from the very beginning. A knockout.
The high octane cast and the edgy premise of a teenage girl as a trained assassin are intriguing and cinematically tempting. The opening sequences in snow-covered woods in the north of Finland create a brisk sense of impending action, as Hanna (Ronan) makes her final preparations as the ultimate operative with finely honed survival skills.
She stalks and then shoots a deer with bow and arrow and guts it - a scene which has an echo near the film's end, although its symbolism is rather weak.
Bana is impressive as her father Erik, a German ex-CIA agent who nurses some secrets which are at the heart of the matter. His German accent and speech mannerism is terrific, as is Ronan's more muted accent; these elements help provide the film with a European aura.
Erik has been preparing to let Hanna go out into the world - and they consciously activate a signal that alerts their arch enemy, the CIA's Marissa (Blanchett); later in the film we might presume that this was to lure Marissa into a deadly trap, unlikely as this seems within the overview and timeframe of the characters' backstory.
Blanchett, with a wandering Texan accent, gives her Marissa as much complexity as the script allows - which isn't much. The undefined nature of her past relationship with Erik and the circumstances of their fatal conflict overshadow and restrict her characterisation.
When Hanna runs into a new age English campervan holidaying family in the Moroccan desert, she has her first ever taste of other people: Rachel (Olivia Williams) and Sebastian (Jason Flemyng), with their teenage daughter Sophie (Jessica Barden) and younger son Miles (Aldo Maland).
The family becomes her ticket to ride closer to civilization, and she makes friends with the precocious Sophie. It allows us to see the world through Hanna's eyes. The scenes with these characters are the film's best - and provide the humour.
Marissa brings in the multitasking Isaacs (Tom Hollander) to track down the resourceful Hanna, because he can "do things my agency won't let me do" - whatever that means; it's unclear because she doesn't want him to kill Hanna. Hollander is effective as the sadistic gay heavy with a camp wardrobe, who we meet directing rehearsals for a nightclub act who has both male and female genitalia, he tells Marissa.
Indeed, such oddities litter the film. The scene of Hanna's first kiss with a Spanish boy she and Sophie pick up ends in a stunt that's meant to amuse, but looks simply foolish. Several other elements that don't add up include the armoured vehicles chasing Hanna in the desert, oblivious to the open manhole in which she is hiding on the road in front of them - and Hanna's first baffling encounter with electricity, later followed by her internet searching prowess.
The coherence of the film's internal workings and logic are constantly eroded.
Jow Wright's directorial misjudgements add to the flaws with his tendency to gloss over detail, or to simply override logic; the thriller is an unforgiving genre when it comes to detail.
Wright draws a fairytale parallel with the elements and delights in setting the action in exotic locales, from Finland and Morocco to a Spanish port and finally Berlin, but sometimes we have to imagine how Hanna got there. As for the chase sequences, there is lots of running but little context for us to understand the physicality of the danger.
The filmmakers struggle to satisfactorily connect the core driver of the story, a half hearted attempt at a sci fi element, into the plot, which leaves the film unable to articulate what it is that it wants to say.
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HANNA: DVD (PG)
(US/UK/Germany, 2011)
CAST: Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett, Eric Bana, Tom Hollander, Paris Arrowsmith, Olivia Williams, Jason Flemyng,
PRODUCER: Marty Adelstein, Leslie Holleran, Scott Nemes
DIRECTOR: Joe Wright
SCRIPT: Seth Lochhead, David Farr
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Alwin H. Kuchler
EDITOR: Paul Tothill
MUSIC: The Chemical Brothers
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Sarah Greenwood
AUSTRALIAN DISTRIBUTOR: Universal
AUSTRALIAN RELEASE: July 28, 2011
SPECIAL FEATURES: DVD & Blu-ray special features include alternate ending, deleted scenes, anatomy of a scene, feature commentary with director.
DVD DISTRIBUTOR: Universal
DVD RELEASE: December 1, 2011
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VILLAGE, THE
It seems that a small remote, isolated 19th century village enjoys an idyllic lifestyle, untainted by the stresses and demands of the outside world. But life is not so stress-free for the younger generation, who have yet to accept the daily fear that keeps the village isolated: demons in the woods that surround the village. A truce of sorts exists, a boundary is in force, guarded at night. Still there are incursions, and fear is about. Lucius Hunt (Joaquin Phoenix) is determined to see outside, into 'the towns', but the leading elder (William Hurt) won't let him. It's Walker's blind daughter Ivy (Bryce Dallas Howard) who ends up making that trip, with devastating results.
Leafless tree-bound, misty and moody 19th century village, isolated from the world, its boundaries marked by torches at night, totally closed off and held captive by the fear of strange demons that howl in the woods surrounding it. Sometimes, one will venture into the village at night, scaring everyone indoors and downstairs to their cellars, while they paint a scary red stripe on selected doors. (They seem to favour a wide brush.)�
Red of course is the bad colour. Mustard is the safe colour. The elders run the place, rituals abound, life is simple but some folks live in fear. A life lived in fear is a life half lived, as Strictly Ballroom made clear. This seems at odds with what the film reveals later on. But I am jumping ahead.
They seem to have abundant food of all kinds, judging by the great, hearty meals they have at long trestle tables, but all I could see growing there was parsley and cabbages.�
Then there are the oddly discordant phrases sprinkled through the rather formal, stilted English that suggests the period. Phrases like �strike a deal� and �odd choice, right?� Are they deliberate? I don�t think so.
M. Night Shyamalan keeps the story vague enough to work up to his plot twist, and while I won�t reveal it here, I will say that I don�t think the payoff is worth it. The strange thing is, Shyamalan is a wonderful, creative film craftsman. His sense of image making makes for powerful visuals. I don�t much like his use of sound, though, which he uses like a sledgehammer to score cheap thrills. In a film like this, where the characters hear crucial sounds, it is essential that we should be able to differentiate between what is source sound and what the filmmakers have added in post production. When they blend into meaningless fright cues, we are thrown into limbo.
Trickery of filmmaking should be restricted to truth in storytelling. That sounds like an oxymoron; what I mean is the cinematic tools should be used with great care to provide us with additional sensual information, not to trick our intellect. There are too many questions remaining and much unfinished business, making it all an unsatisfactory experience.
His high profile cast brings credibility and gravitas to the flimsy screenplay, whose conceptual basis is shaky and a bit of a clich�.�
M. Night Shyamalan�s film directing career took off with a bang with The Sixth Sense, but is now in danger of going out with a whimper. The Village is like his career: it starts off all edgy and engaging, only to fizzle out.
M. Night Shyamalan has the knack for mood and suspense, but in his fourth film, The Village, the emphasis rests heavily on the surprise reveal ending. And more�s the pity. The journey is at times intriguing and the characters beg for our acquaintance, but the film�s twist (whether or not you see it coming) feels shallow. I felt cheated, rather than satisfied, with the lyrics of Peggy Lee�s haunting ballad �Is That All There Is?� repeating in my head.
Since the release of Shyamalan�s masterwork The Sixth Sense, his follow-up projects of Unbreakable and Signs have disappointed. And as much as I would have otherwise, The Village is the most disappointing of all.
The film starts well with ominous images of gloomy skies, barren trees and James Newton Howard�s edgy score. The music has as many shades as the ripples in the stream, and Roger Deakin�s cinematography, with its beautiful lighting, is superb. Slowly, we get a sense of the village, the way of life and the close-knit villagers who rely on each other totally. It is apparent that there are closely guarded secrets that the village elders are privy to, but there is much that is never discussed. Even the monsters they fear, who terrorise the whole village and restrict them from venturing beyond the forest are not called by name, but referred to as �those we do not speak of�.
Central to the plot is Bryce Dallas Howard�s blind love-struck Ivy, whose love for Joaquin Phoenix�s man of few words, Lucius, is the driving force. Ron Howard�s daughter, reminiscent at times of a young Mia Farrow with her gamin features and sandy complexion, portrays both vulnerability and quiet courage. Ivy may be physically blind, but is, in fact, the only one who can see. Love is the driver, and the scene between Ivy and Lucius as they sit on the edge of the wooden boards of the porch after sundown, when their feelings for each other are revealed, is charming. As they kiss, the camera pans to the left and rests on the empty rocking chair. Adrien Brody�s dim-witted Noah is a tragic presence, and much store is given to the unexpressed feelings between John Hurt�s enigmatic elder and Sigourney Weaver�s lonely widow.�
As in The Sixth Sense, Shyamalan uses colours (red and yellow) to signal the evil threat and safety, and we are never sure what lies in store, as we stumble into the unknown with Ivy through the pitfalls of the muddy forest. But it soon becomes clear that the plot is equally muddy, with contrived explanations and unresolved issues. What happens in the forest (and in the sixth reel) is as unbelievable as the red berries that suddenly appear as if by magic. Shyamalan continues to make an on-screen appearance as his customary ritual, but this time, it is cleverly kept to a minimum; we only see his features reflected in a glass cabinet during the film�s final scenes.�
Whether or not you can believe that a blind girl could find her way alone through a maze of bushland is a point to ponder. The revelations come one after another in the last half an hour, and as the truth sinks in, so does our expectation. I felt as flat as a pancake made with too much flour. So much relies on the impact of the ending. I found myself wondering whether I really cared?
VILLAGE, THE (M)
CAST: Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Brendan Gleeson
PRODUCER: M. Night Shyamalan, Scott Rudin, Sam Mercer
SCRIPT: M. Night Shyamalan
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Roger Deakins
EDITOR: Christopher Tellefsen
MUSIC: James Newton Howard
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Tom Foden
AUSTRALIAN DISTRIBUTOR: BVI
AUSTRALIAN RELEASE: September 2, 2004
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Air pollution fall-out: Four international capital cities to ban diesel cars by 2025
by Kunlere Idowu January 5, 2017 0 comment
The ambitious plan, which will see all vehicles with diesel engines barred from entering four major world cities within a decade, was announced on Thursday at climate change talks attended by leaders of dozens of metropolitan areas.
The mayors of Paris, Mexico City, Athens and Madrid committed to the plan in a bid to reduce emissions that experts say are exacerbating major health problems, a statement by the organizers of the C40 summit in the Mexican capital said. The statement cited World Health Organization figures that suggest 3 million deaths a year are directly related to outdoor air pollution, mostly from large cities.
“Today the mayors say no to air pollution, no to disease and death affecting particularly the most vulnerable among us. We offer courageous answers to great challenges, and call on automakers to join us,” said Anne Hidalgo, Paris’ mayor and the new president of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group.
Electric vehicles to be prioritized
The cities also vowed to promote clean vehicles by way of financial incentives for cleaner vehicles and by promoting the use of cycle lanes, walking and renewable energy. Hidalgo told delegates at the summit that the world’s biggest cities would need $375 billion (352 billion euros) of investment to curb climate change, adding that “if that amount is made available, humanity will have a chance of surviving.”
The commitment was witnessed by representatives from the C40 group’s 85 cities, including London, New York, Vancouver, Hong Kong and Seoul. The world’s big cities must collectively cut their carbon footprint by nearly half within a decade if the 196-nation Paris Agreement is to be met, C40 executive director Mark Watts said in an analysis unveiled Thursday at the talks.
The landmark climate change accord aims to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. This week’s meeting was organized in response to US President-elect Donald Trump saying that he would pull America out of the Paris Agreement.
Ban also mooted here
Germany is also considering driving bans on older diesel vehicles in major cities, after admitting that European Union limits on nitrogen oxide or NOx emissions are regularly breached on the country’s roads. In 2010, the EU set the limit at an average of 40 micrograms of NOx per cubic meter during a one-year period. Streets in cities like Munich and Stuttgart have had readings of more than double the limit, the German news agency reported in July.
Under the German proposals, only low-polluting cars would be allowed to carry new blue badges, giving them access to the cities’ streets. But no firm proposal has been passed to date. The opposition Greens have gone further, calling for a complete ban on petrol and diesel vehicles in Germany by 2030.
On Friday, Germany’s Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks and her counterparts in the 16 regional assemblies also called on the auto industry to reduce the pollution caused by diesel cars. Manufacturers bear a “substantial part of the responsibility for the inadequate protection of public health,” the ministers said in a joint resolution at the end of a ministerial conference on the environment in Berlin. The ministers also called for better monitoring of traffic pollution.
Concerns over the fuel have been building for several years, after several countries encouraged consumers to buy more-fuel efficient diesel vehicles, ignoring health warnings. The issue gained further traction when German car maker Volkswagen admitted that it had installed technology in its vehicles that manipulated emissions tests. VW was pushed to the point of bankruptcy as it faced billions in fines and recall costs. It recently announced plans to stop selling diesel cars in the US.
This article was originally published by Deutsche Welle in December, 2016
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Dean Girardot Interview
Traci Drummond, Interviewer | L2012-37
TRACI DRUMMOND: Good morning, this is Traci Drummond. I’m here with Dean Girardot and we are going to be, um, doing an oral history interview for the archives of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which is housed at the Southern Labor Archives in Atlanta. Today is, uh, the 13th of August, 2012 and we are in Lady Lake, Florida. Good morning.
DEAN GIRARDOT: Good morning.
DRUMMOND: How are you today?
GIRARDOT: I’m fine, thank you.
DRUMMOND: Good. Thank you for agreeing to participate in the retirees’ oral history project. Um, I will get started by asking you where were you born? Where are you from?
GIRARDOT: I was born in Denver, Colorado, in 1934. I’m a product of the Depression.
DRUMMOND: Okay.
GIRARDOT: And, uh, had a great childhood. Uh, um, my folks, uh, um, during the 1:00winter we would winter in Colorado. And then, uh, in the early spring we went out to Oregon, where my dad worked as a lumberjack and my sister and I and my moth-- we all lived in the, in the uh, camp which was a one-room shack on skids so they could move it (laughs) from place to place. We did that for a couple -- we’d be there for a couple of months, and then we’d go down to the hop fields, where my mom would pick hops and my dad would spray them with DDT, which is another story.
DRUMMOND: (laughs)
GIRARDOT: But, uh -- uh, my sister and I loved that, because we had a tent to live in then, but the tents had wood floors and wood all around the side, and, and while my folks were in the hop fields we’d be in day care. And we had fresh orange juice and chocolate chip cookies, so I was in heaven at that point.
DRUMMOND: So how many years --
GIRARDOT: We did that up until --
DRUMMOND: -- did you do that?
GIRARDOT: -- World War II --
GIRARDOT: --- and then my dad, uh, of course went off to the war. And uh, uh, 2:00then that, that, after the war, uh, he got jobs in, uh, in the, in the Denver area and that’s where we stayed and that’s where I grew up. In fact, I didn’t know anything about a union until he came back from uh, the service and his first job was, uh, delivering beer around Denver, he worked for a beer distributor. And the Teamsters tried to organize the distributorship and he signed one of their cards, and uh, went to work one day and a couple of hours later he was back because he got fired, uh, they fired all of those that uh -- they must had a -- someone that squealed on them --
DRUMMOND: Right. Right.
GIRARDOT: Because they fired all the -- those that signed cards. Uh, course we were devastated, no job, no money, was living in a housing project and we were hopeful we’d get out of that pretty soon. But fortunately he found another job, and --
DRUMMOND: Right.
GIRARDOT: -- right quick.
DRUMMOND: Okay. Well, let’s step back a second. Um, what kind of education were you getting, moving back and forth? And then living there --
GIRARDOT: Well, we always schooled in Denver.
GIRARDOT: Uh, because we’d be back in time for school --
DRUMMOND: Okay. Okay.
GIRARDOT: -- to start, we wouldn’t leave ’til after school was out.
DRUMMOND: And were your parents able to find work when they came back to Denver for the winters?
GIRARDOT: My mom never worked much, but except during the war she worked at, uh, a rubber plant. But uh, my dad always was able to find odd jobs, he’d drive a cab, or be a bellhop or things like that.
DRUMMOND: Oh.
GIRARDOT: Uh, ’til after the war. But yeah, he was always able to find something to do.
DRUMMOND: Okay. Well in general in Denver, um, what were the -- what were the feelings about unions? Because once your dad had tried to, um, join the Teamsters and was fired, and fortunately was able to find another job pretty quickly, um, what did that sort of wake up the family to sort of overall 4:00sentiment toward unions? Or --
GIRARDOT: Well, I think he always leaned, uh, somewhat toward them. But um, until I was in junior high school, he always -- the jobs he had were non-union. He drove truck around Colorado, delivering gas, and oil and that sort of thing. And then he got a job with Denver in Chicago Trucking, which was organized by the Teamsters. And for the first time, we were able to have uh, health and welfare, which we’d never had insurance before. We had that, and he also had a pension. And so, uh, that really kinda -- and then I would work during the summers, uh, when I got a little older. Um, and I -- this one job I remember, in fact I joined the Laborers -- they must not of had any age limit because I was only about 15 years old. But working curb and gutter, and uh, streets really, but I was on the curb and gutter, and I decided I really needed to find a better 5:00union job than that. (laughs)
GIRARDOT: Laboring wasn’t my, my idea. So uh, when I graduated from high school, uh, there was a brewery just west of where we lived, Coors Brewery, that was unionized. And uh, so I got a job there and that’s where I got -- became associated with the Brewery Workers.
GIRARDOT: Uh, and they were also one of the better paying jobs --
DRUMMOND: Oh, nice.
GIRARDOT: -- around.
DRUMMOND: Well, let me you ask you -- and you said your mom worked during the war.
GIRARDOT: She worked at Gates Rubber Company, uh, which, uh, made tires, and any rubber product for the war --
DRUMMOND: Okay. Okay. And --
GIRARDOT: -- industry. And we lived in a, uh, by that time my youngest sister had come around too so there was three of us, and she would work the swing shift from three to midnight, so that my older sister could kinda watch over us until she got home.
DRUMMOND: Okay, okay. And y’all were still in school during this time?
GIRARDOT: Oh yeah.
GIRARDOT: Yeah, yeah.
DRUMMOND: And, so what was expected of a young man growing up in Denver to working class parents -- in terms of your education. What was school like for you?
GIRARDOT: Well, I had a great time. Uh, I wasn’t the greatest student because I had too much fun, but, um, uh, my folks expected us to, you know, finish high school. And, of course they would’ve liked us, liked us to go on to college. Uh, it didn’t work out, uh, even though I had scholarships, not because of my (laughs) study ability, but my athletic ability. But uh, for whatever reason, chose to enter the workforce. But they, they wanted us to do better than them as far as -- neither one of them graduated from high school. My mother got through the 10th grade. My dad graduated from what they call “opportunity school” 7:00and that’s -- they, he got a trade. I’m not sure what trade he got, I think a mechanic, because he was a wonderful mechanic, but, uh, uh, yeah, they, they expected us to go to school each day and get a decent education.
GIRARDOT: And become a part of America’s middle class, because at that point, uh, by the time I got to high school, we finally did get out of the projects. My dad was able to buy a, a house on the GI Bill. The only house that they ever owned, they both lived in it, and died in it. But uh, it was a -- I’ll never forget, 900 square feet, three bedrooms, one bath, had a living room and a kitchen. And we thought we were in heaven. That was a castle to us.
DRUMMOND: And um, how long was your dad gone?
GIRARDOT: He was, um, three years.
DRUMMOND: Three years?
GIRARDOT: Mm-hmm. He was in the Pacific, uh, uh, in fact they were getting ready 8:00for the invasion of Japan when Truman dropped the atomic bomb.
DRUMMOND: Mm-hmm.
GIRARDOT: So they unloaded the ships and not long after that he was back home.
DRUMMOND: Yeah. Do you know that machinists made the bomb? Did you know that --
GIRARDOT: I did not know --
DRUMMOND: -- in Oak Ridge, Tennessee --
GIRARDOT: -- then.
DRUMMOND: Well, ah, um, in, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Local Lodge 480, they were responsible for making components that then--
GIRARDOT: Right, right.
DRUMMOND: -- ah, went somewhere else, and, and the bomb was put together, so.
GIRARDOT: Yeah. In fact when I, uh, worked for the machinists I used to have to go out to uh, Pantex, which is in Amarillo, Texas, that’s where all of our nuclear stuff is. The final -- the final assembly of it is there.
DRUMMOND: Mm-hmm. Okay. Okay. Um, so high school’s over, for you, you’ve graduated, and, what -- what -- can I ask, just, just, cur -- out of curiosity, for your sisters, was it expected that they would go to school? Or that they would become homemakers, or --
GIRADOT: Well, that they would certainly finish high school. And uh, my, my oldest sister actually enrolled at Regis College, uh, in Denver, but for 9:00whatever reason she decided she was going to join the Navy, which she did. And, uh, uh, she went to Great Lakes Training Center in uh, outside of Chicago. And uh, so, she was in the Navy about four years, married while she was in the Navy, and uh, just stayed that area, really.
DRUMMOND: Okay. Okay. And your other sister?
GIRARDOT: My other sister graduated high school, stayed in Denver, still in Denver.
DRUMMOND: Still in Denver?
GIRARDOT: Uh, uh, didn’t go any further. Uh, she married, and had, uh, uh, three children, and she’s still in Denver.
DRUMMOND: Okay. So this gets us up to the point where you get your first job. You’ve graduated, and you get your first job with the brewery.
GIRARDOT: Right. Coors Brewery in Golden, Colorado.
DRUMMOND: Right. And um, what were some of your duties when -- going into that job?
GIRARDOT: Well, I started out on the clean-up crew, which is terrible. (laughs) You have to crawl inside a coasted -- caustic [lead?] soaker and clean all the 10:00glass out of it. But I soon graduated from that, and I really, uh, uh, ended up working in what they call the malt house. Uh, beer is made of actually three ingredients. Uh, barley, which is the grain, hops, and yeast, and water. That’s it, that’s what beer is made of. And um, Coors owned a bunch of uh, barley farms in the Dakotas, and in that area up in there, and uh, so that would come down to the brewery. And then you have to convert it from -- let me get this straight -- it’s, it’s a, it’s originally a grain - starch or sugar, 11:00I can’t remember. But anyhow, you convert it from one to the other, and then when they boil it, and uh -- to make a long story short, when the beer is made, before you put the yeast in, it’s real sweet because of the sugar content that’s in it. And then you put it into the, uh, fermenting cellars, you injected yeast into it. And that’s -- the yeast digest the sugar and makes the -- puts the alcohol in the beer.
DRUMMOND: Ah, ah, okay.
GIRARDOT: And then it sets for awhile, and uh, and they bottle it, can it, keg it, whatever --
DRUMMOND: Right, right.
GIRARDOT: -- they wanna do with it. And uh, so that’s where I worked, and I actually got to know Adolph Coors II, uh, because I had to work weekends, and uh, he would come in, and he was an interesting old man. But he, he liked to talk. And uh, uh, at that time Coors was only in like about 13 states. And I ask him one day, you know, you know, (tapping noise) “Why don’t you -- everybody likes your beer, why don’t you go national?” He said, “(raspberry noise), 12:00beer drinkers are fickle.” He said, “If I can’t flood market I won’t go to it, because if they can’t get my -- they like my beer and they can’t get it one day, they’ll just switch to another one and stay with that one,” he said, “so I’ll never go until I have the capacity to be able to get enough beer to where I go.”
DRUMMOND: Good.
GIRARDOT: And uh, and there’s a big of a -- that family was his -- I don’t know what descent you are, but a typical German family. Very strong-willed. And, uh, Adolph II was getting ready to retire, and it was all family owned at that time. Now, it’s, it’s public. But it was family owned, and it -- the oldest son, Adolph III, was taking over. And he had a terrible speech impediment. If he got excited, he just couldn’t talk, I mean, he’d just “dut-dut-dut-dut” you know, come out, but um, so there’s a guy that escaped from a New Mexico prison, kidnapped him. And eventually murdered him, which was pretty tragic for 13:00that family. But um, at about that time, the pattern in the contract -- by then I’d become a shop steward, and was pretty active in the Brewery Workers. And the pattern had been, in negotiations, a quarter over two years in wages. Um, 10 cents first year, 15 cents the second year. That’d been the pattern. And this year we were going to break that pattern. It was going to be 15 (laughs) and 15. Well, anyone that knew the Coors family, uh, you know, they, they were pretty tough. But uh, so we went on a long strike, about 117 day strike, and --
DRUMMOND: Do you know about what year that was?
GIRARDOT: Uh, yeah, it would’ve been, um --
DRUMMOND: Maybe around ’52?
GIRARDOT: Nineteen sixty --
DRUMMOND: Oh! That’s, that was --
GIRARDOT: No, no, no, it would’ve been -- wait a minute -- ’52, ’53, ’54, it’d be about 1956.
GIRARDOT: And um, when we settled the strike, we settled for 10 and 15. (laughs) But we did get some, a little better health and welfare, and a little better pension --
GIRARDOT: -- out of the deal. But we also lost a bunch of jobs out of it, the Denver warehouse, they closed it, and subbed it out. But I didn’t go back to work at Coors after that. I, uh, I went to work for the International at that point. And they sent me to Atlanta, Georgia, to organize a Carling Brewery there.
DRUMMOND: Okay. Well, let’s back up a little, before we get to Atlanta. So, how soon after you started at the brewery did you join the union? Was it already in place, was it already --
GIRARDOT: The union was already --
DRUMMOND: -- established there?
GIRARDOT: -- yeah, the union was already there.
GIRARDOT: Soon as, soon as my probationary period was up, I joined.
DRUMMOND: Okay. And it was the Brewery, Brewery Workers --
GIRARDOT: Brewery Workers --
DRUMMOND: International Union --
GIRARDOT: Local Lod -- International Union, it was Local 366.
DRUMMOND: Who did they eventually merge with? Because I --
GIRARDOT: Teamsters.
DRUMMOND: Teamsters. Okay. Okay, ’cause I know that the Brewery Workers are no longer an active --
GIRARDOT: Yeah, they’re no longer in existence.
DRUMMOND: -- an active union.
GIRARDOT: Yeah, they’re the Teamsters now.
DRUMMOND: Okay. Okay. And, um, so, your dad had briefly joined the union -- I -- before he -- but then was fired almost immediately. Um, but did you get support from your, your parents when you, when you joined the union?
GIRARDOT: Oh yeah. Sure. Yeah, they were happy for me. Happy, one, that I got a decent job, and two, that, uh, you know, that I was becoming active in the union.
DRUMMOND: Good. And what were -- what was, um, just in general in Denver at that time, because um, you know, some parts of the country it’s more difficult to -- to organize, and, um, and in some places there’s very strong anti-union sentiment, depending --
DRUMMOND: -- depending on where you are. So, so just in general in Den -- in 16:00Denver, was it a more progressive city in terms of...
GIRARDOT: It was more progressive, yes, it, it um, it wasn’t bad. In fact, Colorado of course did not have right to work laws, so you could have union shops --
GIRARDOT: -- in Colorado, and uh, you know, Colorado’s where the Ludlow Massacre happened.
GIRARDOT: Um, that was -- you know, coal mining. Such a fact there’s still -- there’s a plaque in Ludlow, not a plaque but a memorial about the massacre. But uh, they were pretty open-minded, uh, about unions, after that.
DRUMMOND: Okay, okay. Okay. Um, and you started out cleaning, you said --
GIRARDOT: Yeah, was on the clean-up crew. (laughs)
DRUMMOND: -- and quickly moved up, you said, to the hop house?
GIRARDOT: Uh no, the -- the uh, malt house.
DRUMMOND: The malt house, sorry. Sorry.
GIRARDOT: They called it, that’s where the grain, uh, where you would uh, germinate the grain, turn it from starch to sugar, or from -- I’m sorry, from sugar to starch. Now why they go through that process, I don’t have any idea, because once you boil it, you turn it back to sugar.
GIRARDOT: But I think you get more sugar out of it that way and that’s why they did it.
DRUMMOND: Okay. And how long did you take you to become active in the union?
GIRARDOT: Oh, I was there probably a year before I became a shop steward.
DRUMMOND: Okay, so pretty quickly after, after joining.
GIRARDOT: Mm-hmm.
DRUMMOND: And was there good turnout at the meetings at that point? Did you have --
GIRARDOT: Pretty good.
DRUMMOND: -- when you’d have a, just a regular, at like a general meeting, you’d have a lot of folks come?
GIRARDOT: They, uh, at our regular monthly meetings, uh, we’d have -- you know, you never have great turnouts, they have too many --
GIRARDOT: Right.
DRUMMOND: Although at that time there wasn’t a lot going on. We didn’t have television even at that time, yeah. Well, we may have had television, may have just gotten there, but, um, we had pretty good turnouts. I’d say, you know, 30, 40 percent of the membership would show up at local lodge meetings. Uh, because they’d always have a little beer afterwards as well. (laughs)
DRUMMOND: Right. Right. (laughs)
GIRARDOT: Play a little cards.
DRUMMOND: And, uh, so what were some of the issues that you would get, as shop 18:00steward? Like, uh, what were some of the common issues at the brewery?
GIRARDOT: Well, let me think back, it’s been a long time ago. And actually, it was a pretty smooth operation. Uh, uh, most of the issues were issues between employees, really. Uh, or if they, if they thought maybe the company wasn’t living up to the certain items in the contract. Not pay, or that sort of thing, but maybe, uh, uh, overtime issues. Or maybe, way, ways of progression. Getting from one job to the other, uh -- you had a job bidding process. And that usually was more, what we had more problems with was -- guy would -- company may disqualify you because they didn’t think you was qualified for the job.
GIRARDOT: That would always be an issue.
DRUMMOND: Okay. And -- when -- out of curiosity, was it a closed shop or an open shop?
GIRARDOT: Well, it was a union shop.
GIRARDOT: It wasn’t clo -- the difference between closed shop, you know, closed shop, you have to, uh, have to join.
GIRARDOT: A union shop, you do join, but you don’t have to become a member.
DRUMMOND: Okay, okay.
GIRARDOT: But the closed shop, you actually have to be a member before you go to work.
DRUMMOND: Okay. Okay. And what percentage of the, the pl -- the brewery do you think was organized?
GIRARDOT: Oh, it was a hundred percent.
DRUMMOND: A hundred percent? Okay. Okay.
GIRARDOT: I mean, it was a union shop.
GIRARDOT: But I mean, they, we didn’t have any that would pay their dues and not join.
GIRARDOT: They would all join.
GIRARDOT: But under a union shop, you can pay your dues, but you don’t have to join the union.
DRUMMOND: Okay. Um, so, in 1956 -- you went to work in ’54, and two years later is when you had the big strike.
GIRARDOT: Yeah.
DRUMMOND: And --
GIRARDOT: Well, actually went to work there in ’52.
DRUMMOND: Oh, in ’52? Okay.
GIRARDOT: Did I put ’54?
DRUMMOND: Yes, yes.
GIRARDOT: I’m sorry.
DRUMMOND: Yes, yes -- that’s fine. Fifty-two and then --
GIRARDOT: After I got outta high school.
DRUMMOND: -- and four years later, the big strike.
DRUMMOND: So what was it like being on the -- how long did the strike last?
GIRARDOT: One hundred and nineteen days.
DRUMMOND: A hundred and nineteen days, so. Gosh, almost three whole months.
DRUMMOND: No, four months.
DRUMMOND: Wow. So, um, what was it like being on strike?
GIRARDOT: Well, for me, it was -- it was interesting, because, um, the sheriff of Jefferson County, which is where Golden is, was -- in fact, there’s a couple of books about him, his name is Art Wermuth, and he was a survivor of the Bataan Death March. In fact, he was a hero of it, supposedly killed 118 Japs by himself --
GIRARDOT: -- which, he was a little bitty guy. I told him only way he’d killed that number of people, he talked them to death. Because he was the talkinest fool I’ve ever seen. But uh, Coors actually pretty much owned Golden, 21:00Colorado, that’s the town they were in.
GIRARDOT: There was two things there -- Colorado School of Mines, which, the Coors was on the Board of Regents, and the brewery.
DRUMMOND: What’s the School of Mines?
GIRARDOT: It’s -- it’s one of the better-known -- Colorado School of Mines, it’s a -- it’s a college where it turns out mining engineers.
GIRARDOT: And it’s one of the better-known engineering schools for that, for mines, that you can find.
DRUMMOND: That’s fascinating. I had no idea that there would be schools devoted solely to mining --
GIRARDOT: Yeah, strictly for mining engineering.
GIRARDOT: And uh, they passed a no picketing ordinance in Golden, which of course is not constitutional. And of course we tested it, and every time I went down on the picket line, the old sheriff nailed me. And would give me a summons. And had the Supreme Court not overruled that I probably would have been prison for about (laughs) ten years.
GIRARDOT: Because I could just walk near there and he’d get me.
DRUMMOND: And, and how do you -- you said his last name was Wermuth?
GIRARDOT: Yeah, let’s see if I know -- I think I know how to sp -- Wermuth. W-O-R-M-A-T-H, I think. But, just look up the Bataan Death March, and you’ll find Art Wermuth --
GIRARDOT: He’s uh --
DRUMMOND: Sure thing.
GIRARDOT: -- yeah, he was the hero of it.
DRUMMOND: Okay. Um, but not of your -- but not of Golden.
GIRARDOT: Well, actually, I kinda liked the guy, and he liked me. It was just that -- it was like a game, really.
GIRARDOT: And he -- I think he knew nothing was going to come of any of this. And I knew I wasn’t going to jail, uh, at least I had faith in our Constitution that I had the right to assemble. (laughs)
GIRARDOT: And uh, but uh, and... Even in the court system there, I know one day -- well, I was sent out to California to, to uh, for the boy -- to boycott, get the locals in California. Because that was one of Coors’ biggest sales, to boycott Coors as long as we were on strike.
GIRARDOT: And uh, I know you never heard this guy either, Joe Pine. He was probably the Howard Stern of radio and television before Howard Stern ever came around. But he was a real, loved unions, and while I was out there he wanted me to c -- he had a half-hour program, it was on ABC in Burbank there, uh, each Sunday. And it was a talk, talk show type thing. And so, I appeared on his show. I had 15 minutes and then, and Joe Pine was Jewish, and the next 15 minutes -- I’m glad they were the next, so I could get out of there --
GIRARDOT: It was, um, uh, uh, oh, it was an anti-Jewish group, I can’t even recall who they were now. But uh, uh, so, and it was scripted really. He gave me the questions that he wanted, that he was going to ask, and I could come up with 24:00my answers. But uh, the funniest part was, I was like, maybe 20, 21 years old at that time, and was pretty young, looked pretty young. And he didn’t want a young-looking guy on his show. So I told -- he told me to show up, it was like an hour before. And they take me in the makeup studio, and they put all this glonk on me --
GIRARDOT: -- and I got gray hair, and I had a lot of hair then, and now I’ve got gray in my sideburns, and uh, really I did look like I was in my 40s after that. But, we go on the air and we get through the program and everything’s fine. Now I think at least they’re going to take me back in there and get all this stuff off. Wrong, they dump you out the door. Uh, but anyhow, that’s just an aside, and I came back and they had a court case where one of the uh -- we had a few scabs that went in, and one guy came out, and he tried to run over one 25:00of our pickets. And so we were in this court. And I’m not even involved, I’m just setting there in the cour -- in the court. In the courtroom, and I noticed this old judge keeps looking at me. And I’m just setting there. Pretty soon he’s banging his gavel and he’s pointing his finger and says, “You young man, if you make one more gesture in this court, I’m going to cite you for contempt of court.” And I’m thinking, “I’m not doing anything, I’m just sitting here.” You know, it’s my right to sit here, but --
GIRARDOT: And uh, to make a long story short, this went on and finally he throws me out of the courtroom after about the third time, saying that I’m making gestures, which I was doing nothing, believe me. (laughs) And uh, so, the sheriff, and I say (clicking noise) -- I went outside, and was out there for awhile. And he came and he says, “you better get out of here, that guy’s going to put you in jail.” I said, “I was doing nothing, I have no reason to leave.” And he said, “Well, I’m just warning you.” I said, “Okay.” So after the trial, then the sheriff comes back out, he says, “Judge wants me 26:00to bring you back in.” So, okay. Of course our attorney was there. And so the judge says, “I’m going to give you one chance, you apologize and I’ll let you go.” And I said, “I’m not -- I don’t owe you an apology.” “Okay, you’re going to jail.” So our attorney says, “Fine, we’ll put up bond.” And the guy can’t find the form, he keeps, he keeps telling me, “Just apologize.” The last thing he says, “Just apologize,” and I started to say, “I’m sorry, but I don’t owe you an apology” and I said, “I’m sorry --” uh, “Case dismissed.” Case dismissed. (laughs)
GIRARDOT: So it was a funny atmosphere.
GIRARDOT: It was serious, but there was also some, some funny times with it.
DRUMMOND: Yeah. Were y’all prepared with a strike fund?
GIRARDOT: Uh, we did have --
DRUMMOND: Because that’s a long time to be on strike.
GIRARDOT: Yeah, the International, uh, and I can’t -- uh, at that time was like maybe about 25 bucks, uh, a week or something like that, but they’re -- had a food bank where strikers could come and get food. And also they could 27:00bring like their utility bills, and uh, we’d pay their utility bills.
GIRARDOT: I don’t think there were any arrangements for mortgage payments or rent payments or that sort of thing. But we would also go to uh, you know, uh, uh, places and try to get them to defer, various banks and stuff, try to get them to defer payments until after the strike was over.
DRUMMOND: Okay. And did your, did your efforts to get um, uh, boycotts, or to have people boycott, did that effect Coors? Could they, could they f -- was it enough, were, did enough people support the strike that it sort of made the compa -- made the company feel some pressure?
GIRARDOT: Well, I think it made -- it, it made them feel pressure, there’s no question about that. Did it make them, you know, change their mind too much, probably not. (laughs) They were pretty hard-headed people. But yeah, it, it certainly affected the bottom line. And I think that’s probably why, uh, it 28:00was a face-saving thing for them to do something on, uh, health and welfare and pension to get us back, they were never going to cave on the wages because they -- they made that a public thing and they just, once they did that they weren’t going to cave.
DRUMMOND: Okay. Okay. Um, so after the strike was settled and everybody went back to work, what was -- did the -- had the, um, had the enviro-- had the atmosphere changed? Was it different going back in, or did it get back to normal pretty quickly, or?
GIRARDOT: Well, uh, it was, there was tension. And that tension remained, uh, in fact there’s more to the story. Uh, after I left. But, um, but things kinda calmed down and it was workable and everybody was, was back working. And uh, that went on for, oh, into the ’60s, uh, uh, sometime into the ’60s. And 29:00the, well it went on until after the -- the Brewery Workers finally merged with the Teamsters, which was their bitter enemy, but they merged with them. But this Local, Local 366, wouldn’t merge. They pulled out and became what they call a DALU [Directly Affiliated Local Union], directly affiliated with the AFL-CIO.
GIRARDOT: And, uh, uh, it was a -- because I know that I was working for the AFL-CIO when -- and the AFL-CIO was uh, uh servicing these people. And they had uh, they were getting ready to have another strike. And I told the regional director at that time, I said, “You’re crazy.” I said, uh -- because the issue was, the issue was really, it was, it was more of a civil rights issue 30:00than a, than an issue that really pertained to all of the folks, folks there. I mean it was a, it was a good issue, but it really wasn’t an issue to strike that brewery over. And I told him, I said, “They’re not going to -- you know, you’re going to end up losing.” Which they did, they lost the union. And I don’t know whether Coors is, is organized now or not.
DRUMMOND: Uh-huh.
GIRARDOT: But uh, they de-certified after that, and everyone in that strike. So Coors ended up non-union.
DRUMMOND: Okay. But before that, the, um-- the Brewery Workers became a -- you said, a DALU?
GIRARDOT: Well, the Local, just that --
DRUMMOND: Just that Local.
GIRARDOT: Yeah, because they --
DRUMMOND: Okay. Because they didn’t want to join the Teamsters.
GIRARDOT: They wouldn’t join the Teamsters, so they AFL-CIO said, “Okay, we’ll give you a charter.” A directly-affiliated local union, is what it’s called.
DRUMMOND: And, you can sp -- is it, how you spell DALU?
GIRARDOT: Well, it -- that’s the initials for “directly-affiliated local union.” D-A-L-U.
DRUMMOND: Okay. Okay, I see.
GIRARDOT: It’s just initials, it’s an acronym, of just -- stands for directly-affiliated local union.
DRUMMOND: Okay. Um, and even after the strike you were there for six more years --
GIRARDOT: Well, no, I, I, not at Coors.
DRUMMOND: Not at Coors.
GIRARDOT: Not at Coors after the strike. I went to work for the International at that point.
GIRARDOT: And then I -- they moved me to Atlanta, Georgia, to organize a Carling Brewery that the Teamsters were trying to organize as well.
DRUMMOND: But after the strike, did you -- because you, you were shop steward, did you ever move up to be an elected officer of the, of the local while you were still there?
GIRARDOT: No.
DRUMMOND: No? Okay.
GIRARDOT: Just the shop steward, that was it.
DRUMMOND: Okay. And um, then I guess they saw something in you and so they offered you --
GIRARDOT: A job.
DRUMMOND: The International offered you a job. So tell me, tell me about that. And what year, what year was that?
GIRARDOT: Well, it was, would’ve been -- when was the strike?
DRUMMOND: The strike was ’56.
GIRARDOT: It would’ve been ’56.
DRUMMOND: Mm-kay. So later in ’56.
GIRARDOT: Yeah, it would’ve been, yeah. Um, well, they uh, wanted me to go to Atlanta, and uh, organize the Carling Brewery.
DRUMMOND: And what’s Car -- is Carling a company that’s no longer around?
GIRARDOT: Yeah, yeah. Carling, uh, at that time was the fourth leading brewery in the country. It’s a Canadian operation, uh, and the only reason, I don’t know how they got there, because their beer was the worst. Seven days from the day you ground the, the barley, until it hit the, hit the road. Seven days, that was it.
GIRARDOT: And it was terrible beer. But anyhow, uh, Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds were their advertising folks, and uh, but they were really expanding and they had four breweries then. Their main brewery was in Cleveland. And they just, they were building this one in Atlanta, which only -- the brewery probably 33:00lasted six years there and it closed --
GIRARDOT: -- but my job was to organize it. Which we did.
GIRARDOT: And uh, then --
DRUMMOND: Did y’all get pushback from the Teamsters locally?
GIRARDOT: Uh, it was a new operation --
GIRARDOT: -- we beat the Teamsters in election there.
GIRARDOT: And then I organized some other things around Georgia, uh, Canadian Dry drivers. Tried to organize Coca-Cola drivers, but I didn’t -- wasn’t successful on that. Um, and then in 1962 is when the IUD started up.
GIRARDOT: And uh, so, I went to work for the Industrial Union Department at that time, because I knew that the Brewery Workers were about to get gobbled up by the (laughs) Teamsters.
DRUMMOND: Okay, okay. And -- and so was there something, did you just not want to be part of the Teamsters? Was there something specific about them --
GIRARDOT: Well, I’d always been fighting them because of the Brewery Workers --
DRUMMOND: Right, okay.
GIRARDOT: And they -- and really, at that time, the Teamsters’ reputation wasn’t the greatest, uh, there was a pretty good mob element, uh, especially in the New York area.
GIRARDOT: And it -- I guess pretty much everywhere with them, so.
DRUMMOND: Okay. But they -- were they, um, at the time were they -- I know now that they’re not affiliated with AFL-CIO --
GIRARDOT: Right. They were then.
DRUMMOND: They were then. Okay, okay.
GIRARDOT: Jimmy Hoffa was uh, that was before he went to prison.
GIRARDOT: Or maybe he went to prison at that time, I can’t recall. It’s been too long ago.
DRUMMOND: Okay. Um, so, how long did you spend in Atlanta? You were there for maybe six years?
DRUMMOND: Okay. And that’s where you met your wife.
GIRARDOT: That’s where I met my wife.
DRUMMOND: And what was she doing there?
GIRARDOT: Um, she was working for Southern Airways. She was the executive 35:00secretary to the CEO of Southern Airways.
GIRARDOT: Which then became Republic, I don’t know what it is now, US Airways I think finally gobbled them all up.
DRUMMOND: Okay, okay. And, um --
GIRARDOT: But her degree was in education, but she got through college in three years, and she started her practice teaching, and because of our birthdays -- both our birthdays were in October, and so we graduated from high school when we were 17, and so let’s see, 17, 18, 19, so she’s like 20 when she graduated from college. And so she starts practice teaching in high school and (laughs) she decided she didn’t like that because the boys were more interested in dating her than what she had to say.
GIRARDOT: So um, yeah, she, she was a secretary at that time.
DRUMMOND: Okay. Okay. So you met her while you were there, and then in 1962 you were approached by the AFL-CIO to work with the IUD.
DRUMMOND: Okay. And did that require um, a move?
GIRARDOT: Yes, we moved from Atlanta to Greenville, South Carolina. (laughs)
DRUMMOND: I came through Greenville twice last week.
GIRARDOT: (laughs)
DRUMMOND: It’s -- mmm -- it’s Greenville. (laughs)
GIRARDOT: (laughs) Right. It hasn’t changed, I’m sure.
DRUMMOND: Um, and, you were asked specifically to work, to help with the JP Stevens campaign.
GIRARDOT: Yeah, they, let me try to explain the IUD situation. When they -- Walter Reuther was president of the IUD, this was right after the merger of the AFL and the CIO, and they set up the Industrial Union Department to give Walter Reuther a, a uh, give him something. Anyhow, and, so he was going to organize the South, and they picked North Carolina and South Carolina, and they put up about $4 million, and (clicking noise) the organizations that were affiliated 37:00with the IUD also gave manpower. Like the IAM had grand lodge reps in there, the steelworkers had reps, the autoworkers had reps, and then the IUD hired people of their own, which I was one --
GIRARDOT: -- to go in and work, uh, the area, so. So we must’ve had a staff with probably 60 people when you consider all the other International Unions that put in staff as well as the IUD.
DRUMMOND: That’s, that’s --
GIRARDOT: Pretty good size.
GIRARDOT: And uh, we took North Carolina and South Carolina, and also we had an operation in Texas, in uh, a grand lodge rep by the name of Steve Williams actually headed up that, that program. Which I ultimately ended up working over there as well.
GIRARDOT: But uh, in the years, in Carolina, my specific duty -- we had a -- the 38:00coordinator was a guy named Jim Pearce, his office was in Charlotte, uh, uh, North Carolina. And my office was in Greenville, South Carolina. And I was the assistant coordinator. Um, and we had not just the JP Stevens, but we’d have like, for the Machinists, we had a grand lodge rep that would work with us on Stevens, but he also had his own campaigns that we would get for the Machinists, and the autoworkers would have theirs, and the steelworkers theirs.
GIRARDOT: Although we’d all work together when we needed to leaflet, or make house calls, or so, we’d have people of all different unions doing so.
DRUMMOND: Okay. And, um, what did you ever find out why or how you were on the AFL-CIO’s radar? Did you know why they asked you to come on board?
GIRARDOT: Well, the Brewery Workers, on, on you mean the IUD?
GIRARDOT: Uh, Carl Feller was uh, on the executive board of the IUD and he recommended me. He was the president of the Brewery Workers International.
DRUMMOND: Okay, I see. Okay. And, what did you do, going into the JP Stevens campaign? Like what -- what did they hire you on to do?
GIRARDOT: Well, to organize them. (laughs)
DRUMMOND: To organize?
GIRARDOT: Yeah. That was basically, uh, our task. And we had to, you know, start from scratch. We had no leads or anything, and we would, you know, hang around the community, find people that worked and uh, go out and make house calls, talk to them, try to sell them on the idea that they’d be much better off if they joined a union. And unfortunately in the first few months of our activity we had like, over a hundred people fired. And uh, so, then it, it got into a situation, you know, with uh, the NLRB, um, and I spent a lot of time gathering evidence 40:00for them, and working with them. And we did it, we had some elections, um, didn’t win many of them, but uh, we got enough to have elections. We had elections at Dunning, Piedmont, (scraping noise), the one up in -- I think it was Rock Hill, where uh, the movie Norma Rae was about. And uh, but I spent more of my time, I think, doing NLRB stuff and coordinating, getting our reps, you know, to all of the different, uh, plants for handbills and that sort of -- and that was a big deal, we were always handbilling.
GIRARDOT: And I can, because that was about the only way we really had to communicate with them.
DRUMMOND: Did you find that people took -- (knocking on door)
DRUMMOND: Okay, so we were talking about handbilling.
GIRARDOT: Right, that was, uh, really our only way to communicate with the majority. We’re talking about thousands and thousands of people. And so, uh, 41:00we may have, and there would be a lot of different entrances to these plants, we may have to have 20 people out to handbill on a particular day. And we’d have to get there, you know, before work, be there after work. Uh, to catch all the shifts.
DRUMMOND: Uh, knowing what I know about the South and unions, I suspect this was probably some of the most difficult work you’ve ever done.
GIRARDOT: Oh yeah, it was very hostile. Uh, in fact, after awhile, it even, Congress got into the act, because so many unfair labor practice charges, and things like, uh, oh, Jess Cud, you know, being fired. I mean, a lot of stories like that. And uh, Adam Clayton Powell was the head of the Labor Committee in Congress, and uh, there was a lot of civil rights stuff too, because if we had a meeting with a black staff to be in their area in town and their restaurant, he 42:00couldn’t co-mingle any of that. And so (laughs), he sent down his administrative assistant, who was a nice young man. Uh, he was black, probably never been any further South than Washington, D.C., and so we’re late at night, driving around, I’m driving him around, the boondocks of South Carolina, and he’s scared to death. Every time a car passes he scrunches down in the seat, I finally told him, I says, “You don’t have to worry about shooting you. It’s me they’re going to shoot. (laughs) Because I’m the white guy, you know, bringing you down here.” You know, but, uh, um, he got a lot of, a lot of good stuff, and --
DRUMMOND: Do you remember his name?
GIRARDOT: Pardon?
GIRARDOT: I do not remember his name --
GIRARDOT: -- but he was the administrative assistant uh, I know --
GIRARDOT: -- of Adam Clayton Powell, Congressman Powell.
DRUMMOND: Okay, okay. So, um, I imagine people were just too scared to talk to 43:00you. Even the people that thought the union would be a good idea.
GIRARDOT: A lot of them. But we had some pretty, pretty strong-willed folks.
GIRARDOT: But, but it was an interesting place. Because, um, I also worked on the -- there’s a famous case, Darlington, uh, Darlington Mills, versus the Textile Workers, it’s where the textile workers organize a, uh, well, the Darlington Textile Mill, which is a part of JP Millica-- not JP, but Deering Milliken, uh, chain, Roger Milliken was the head of it. And uh, he told the people when they organized, said, “If you organize, Imma close the plant.” And he was a man of his word. They organized, he closed the plant. Well, it went all through the court system and ended up in the Supreme Court. And uh, um, uh, they remanded back, and I, I worked on some of that. But the bottom line was the 44:00Supreme Court ruled that a company can go out of business for any reason, except to chill unionism. And that, that was a monster ruling for organized labor. And I worked on that case. But Deering -- Roger Milliken, there’s a university in Spartanburg, South Carolina, called Wofford University.
DRUMMOND: I’ve heard of Wofford.
GIRARDOT: And, uh, the biggest contributor to that university is Roger Milliken. Very, very conservative school. Well, I got a call one day from a professor, I, I think his -- I don’t know what, Economics or Business or something, I’m not sure what -- and I don’t even remember his name. But he asked me if, if I would come and speak to his class. And I said, “I’ll be glad to come speak to your class.” I don’t think he thought I was going to do it. So I went over there, and course I was a lot younger then, but uh, but they told me, said, 45:00you know, “We’re not trying to censor what you’re going to say or anything, but we just want you to know, that Roger Milliken is our biggest contributor.” And I said, “Well, doesn’t mean anything to me,” but, so I walked in -- first thing I did was open up my coat and say, “As you can see, there’s no knives, guns, or brass knuckles.” (laughs)
GIRARDOT: Because they thought we were all thugs. But it was interesting, I spent about four hours, had some very good questions from -- I don’t think I converted one of them, because they were all mill sons and daughters --
GIRARDOT: Kids, uh, you know, mill supervisors’ daughters and sons, kids, but, um, but I think I neutralized some of the bad feelings towards organized labor. I think they could see that, you know we were people just like them, and we, our ideology may be different from theirs, but all we were trying to do was help, and, and through that help, it could also help the community.
GIRARDOT: As I said, I don’t think I necessarily converted any of them, but they were at least decent to me.
GIRARDOT: So afterwards -- they were a little hostile to begin with, but afterwards, they were really nice. Came up and had some nice comments afterwards.
DRUMMOND: Okay. Um, so you were there only for four years, you only worked in that position for four years, so --
GIRARDOT: Well, with the IUD in South Carolina --
DRUMMOND: Oh, with the IUD in South Carolina. Right.
DRUMMOND: And at the end of that four years, had you seen any progress, or had you --
GIRARDOT: Well, we, we, they had the one mill organized, but everything was just tied up in the courts. Uh, we hadn’t won, uh, won an election, you know, in South Carolina we hadn’t won an election. It -- at the mill. Now we’d won a lot of elections with the International Unions, uh but, not for the textile workers.
DRUMMOND: Mm-kay. Um, and when you left that specific position to go work as an AFL-CIO rep --
GIRARDOT: Well, I was still with the IUD -- I may not have made it clear --
GIRARDOT: I’m still with the IUD --
GIRARDOT: -- when I left the Carolinas --
DRUMMOND: Oh, okay.
GIRADOT: -- I came to Texas.
DRUMMOND: Oh, okay. So you’re still, okay --
GIRARDOT: And I worked, uh --
DRUMMOND: When would that have been? Sixty-four --
GIRARDOT: Some -- yeah --
DRUMMOND: Sixty-five?
GIRARDOT: Would’ve been about 1964. Yeah.
GIRARDOT: Sixty-three, ’64. Sixty-four, I think. And, uh --
DRUMMOND: What part of Texas?
GIRARDOT: Uh, sent to Houston, and worked there, and we had a great -- that was, I loved that, because after all the failures we had in the Carolinas, we had 20 elections in one year and won 18 of them outright, two of them were tied up with the board.
GIRARDOT: So we had a lot of success.
DRUMMOND: And was it more textile workers or was it different workers?
GIRARDOT: No, no, that was, that was all, it was stuff -- oil and tool industry, and stuff like that.
DRUMMOND: Okay, okay. Um, so the next few years in Texas --
DRUMMOND: -- were successful. And then, um, but the question I was trying to get at a minute ago was when you left --
GIRARDOT: Went to the AFL-CIO? Oh, okay.
DRUMMOND: -- the Carolinas. Well, when you left the Carolinas to go down to Texas, did they bring in people to replace you there?
GIRARDOT: No, it --
DRUMMOND: Or did they just --
GIRARDOT: No, the program shut down.
DRUMMOND: -- shut down. Okay. Okay. Um, and anything notable, anything -- other than all of your success -- about your time in Texas?
GIRARDOT: Um, well in Texas, we had some good things, and uh, um, actually with the IUD it was just, you know, matter of continuing to organize, but then the IUD was beginning to kind of phase itself out, because they were running out of money.
DRUMMOND: Mm-hmm. Okay.
GIRARDOT: And uh, um, that’s when the AFL-CIO asked me to come to work for them as a rep.
GIRARDOT: On their national staff, and uh, eventually the IUD just completely went out of the business of organizing.
DRUMMOND: Okay. And so in ’66, you, you became an outright AFL-CIO rep.
DRUMMOND: And did that move you to D.C.? Did you leave Texas?
GIRARDOT: No, no, I stayed right in Houston --
GIRARDOT: -- and continued to do the same work other -- I also serviced, like the Brewery Workers was a DALU we also had some DALUs and --
GIRARDOT: In Texas. And uh, Imperial Sugar was one, that was my service responsibility as well as organize. In fact, organized, uh, United Gas, and Houston Natural Gas for the OCAW --
DRUMMOND: OCA --
GIRARDOT: -- and they became Enron.
DRUMMOND: Okay, so OCAW --
GIRARDOT: Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International --
GIRARDOT: -- Union.
DRUMMOND: Okay, and then they eventually became Enron.
GIRARDOT: Yeah. That, that’s uh, that’s, United Gas was Enron’s base, that’s what really started it. But I organized that, uh, and I was pretty happy with that, because the OCAW tried four times in a row and lost each time, and they asked the AFL-CIO if they would assign somebody to try it, and they 50:00assigned me. And -- it, I was successful on that one.
GIRARDOT: And that was a good one. Did that for, uh, a few years, you know, just organized around that area. And then that’s when, uh, the IAM asked me to come and work for them.
DRUMMOND: And had you made prior contact with them or seen them at --
GIRARDOT: Well --
DRUMMOND: -- conventions, or did, who did you know, like, going into it?
GIRARDOT: Actually I knew a lot of IAM reps because Steve Williams was a grand lodge representative that was the IUD coordinator in Texas.
GIRARDOT: And, uh, when I first came to Texas, that’s why I joined the Machinists. I belonged to the Newspaper Guild Local 2, when the IUD, don’t ask me why --
GIRARDOT: -- but that’s, that’s who we belonged to, uh, but uh, he suggested that I join the Machinists, which I did. And uh, um, but I knew, knew Steve, and 51:00as a matter of fact, uh, that’s good and bad. Because uh, while I was with the AFL-CIO I got a call from uh, the director, the Machinists’ non-partisan political league at that time, uh, and he wanted, he asked me if I’d like to come to work for him, come to Washington. And I said, “Yeah, that sounds like a good job, I’d like to do that,” and uh, so, uh, we, he -- in fact he came down to Houston, and uh, interviewed me. And he and Steve were good friends, it’s a good story, but, uh, and he says, “Okay,” he says, “you got the job.” Says, “You’ll have to move to Washington,” and I says, “Yeah, no problem.” So I go home, tell my wife, said, “Well, we’re going to be moving to Washington.” And she’s a good trooper, really. And uh, okay, and he told me before he left, he says, “Okay, now I’ll be back in touch with you in a couple of weeks.” And, okay. Well, couple of weeks came and I 52:00didn’t hear from him. Couple more weeks came (laugh), and I didn’t hear. So I finally realized, you’re not going to Washington, you’re just staying down here.
DRUMMOND: (laugh)
GIRARDOT: I never did hear back from Don. And uh, finally I found out what had happened. Uh, the president at that time was a guy named Roy Siemiller.
GIRARDOT: And Roy hated Steve Williams.
DRUMMOND: Ah.
GIRARDOT: And uh, so, Don went and told, told Roy, said, “Well, I found a guy to be my assistant,” and he said, “Yeah, where’s he from?” And he told him, and he said, “Well, that all sounds good,” said, “How in the world you’d find a guy working, you know, for the AFL-CIO?” Says, “Well, he’s a good friend of Steve’s.” “Uh-uh, he’s not coming up here.” (laughs)
DRUMMOND: Oh no.
GIRARDOT: So that’s why I say, it’s good and bad knowing Steve, but actually, uh, there were other people that were working on the IUD that were from the Machinists too, that uh, that I got along with very well.
GIRARDOT: And, uh, so that’s, that’s how the Machinists came to know who I was.
DRUMMOND: Okay, so the IAM knows who you are, and you’ve finally got past what -- so, was, um, President Siemiller, did he, did, was his presidency just over? Or --
GIRARDOT: It -- when, uh, when, the IAM actually hired me --
GIRARDOT: -- Roy had retired and uh, a guy named Red Smith --
DRUMMOND: Okay, yeah.
GIRARDOT: -- became the International President then, and Red and Steve were, they were uh, okay.
DRUMMOND: Were they both Texas guys? Do I remember that --
GIRARDOT: No, Red I think was uh, he was from the West --
DRUMMOND: -- correctly?
GIRARDOT: -- I think out in uh, well, he may have been from Texas, I’m not sure.
GIRARDOT: I’m not sure, but, uh, actually Red was like myself. He did -- he wasn’t a Machinist to begin with, he came out of the building trades and somehow ended up with the Machinists and ended up becoming the International President.
DRUMMOND: Okay. Um, so, it was 1970, when you were hired on, to be --
GIRARDOT: Right. George Watkins was the uh, general vice president for the Southern territory, and it had just -- Southern territory had just been revamped, and uh, he was moved from Atlanta to Dallas to uh, uh, and he was the General Vice President. He called me and asked me if I’d like to come to work for the Machinists. And I told him I would like to.
DRUMMOND: Okay. And um, as special rep, did they keep you in Houston, or did they move you up to Dallas, or...
GIRARDOT: No, I -- they actually moved me to -- I had my -- I could have gone either to New Orleans or Baton Rouge and I chose Baton Rouge.
DRUMMOND: And that is why you joined the Lake Charles -- no?
GIRARDOT: No, I was already, I was already a member long before that. (laughs)
DRUMMOND: Okay, okay, so did you, were you a member of different unions at the same time?
GIRARDOT: No --
DRUMMOND: Or --
GIRARDOT: -- once I joined the uh, um, the IAM, I could drop my, uh, no -- I was, I belonged to the IAM and the Newspaper Guild until I went to work for the AFL-CIO.
DRUMMOND: Okay, okay. And, and so, how was Lake Charles chosen?
GIRARDOT: It just happened to be -- I don’t know, it was just the Local Lodge that uh, that we decided to join. There was no, no particular reason really.
DRUMMOND: Okay, okay. And you ended up in Baton Rouge instead of New Orleans?
GIRARDOT: Yeah, we chose --
DRUMMOND: Why did you, why did you --
GIRARDOT: -- Baton Rouge.
DRUMMOND: -- prefer Baton Rouge to New Orleans?
GIRARDOT: Well, I had two young kids --
GIRARDOT: -- and I just thought that Baton Rouge may be a little better place to --
DRUMMOND: Oh, certainly.
GIRARDOT: -- try to raise them.
DRUMMOND: Certainly.
GIRARDOT: And, uh, so that’s why we uh, we landed there, and my assignment was the Gulf Coast. Actually, Lake Charles was a part of it. From Lake Charles to uh, Pascagoula, Mississippi. And uh, uh, I would service, organize, and uh, that 56:00sort of thing.
GIRARDOT: And that’s how I got involved with the, with the Litten, uh, because that was part of my service assignment. It -- it’s under a metal trades contract, I know it gets confusing, but um, the me-- the contract’s in the name of the metal trades. But each craft, which the IAM is a part of, and all the other -- I think there was 13 different crafts -- have their own jurisdiction. And they’re responsible to service that group of people, like the Machinists service all the machine shop and the maintenance people, the Painters service all the painters, that sort of --
GIRARDOT: But, the dues came right to those locals. Uh, but the contract itself was in the name of the metal trades, and uh, but I would service our local down there, and uh, and we didn’t have any problems for awhile. But then the 57:00shipyard, they built a new, they had what they called the East Bank --
GIRARDOT: -- which was the old Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation. Litten bought Ingalls, and they decide -- and they got a giant contract, billion-dollar contract to build destroyers. So they were going to build a new shipyard on the West Bank, and that was going to be the West Bank. And uh, uh, everything going along pretty good during construction, but then the company notified the Metal Trades Council that they -- because the contracts said that they had to recognize the metal trades, the whole thing, and that’s from the -- the company said we recognize the recognition clause and the no strike clause, everything else is open for negotiations. Which created a big, big mess. Uh, and uh, so in the meantime, they named me as coordinator of the metal trades as well, which meant that now I had the responsibility of all of the Locals as well 58:00as my own Local there, too. And they, and I was the spokesman for, for the metal trades with Litten. And uh, we were getting nowhere, so, uh, we ended up having a wildcat strike on the, it was supposed to be (laughs) only on the West Bank, but, and uh, so we shut the West Bank down. But we, and I told them, under no circumstances close the East Bank. I wanted (laughs) to continue --
GIRARDOT: -- because we had a valid contract that, the, well, I was out of town, went home one weekend. And so some of my business reps decided they’d take matters into their own hands, shut the East Bank down as well. Which, I did not want, because now, we’ve got some legal issues, because we had a legitimate contract --
GIRARDOT: -- there. The company broke the contract on the other side, but, but anyhow, finally got that, that worked out. And, and, uh, it, it was a (laughs) 59:00-- it was some process, uh, but uh, and that’s when that one, the big book -- yeah, that’s all about that.
GIRARDOT: Um, we had them shut down for awhile, and then, but we finally got what we wanted, uh, they recognized all of the crafts and all of the -- what, what they didn’t want, because this is an entirely different shipyard, it was a module construction. The old shipyard, you go in, you lay a key, you come up with the side plates, and it looks like a ship when they get it into the water, but it’s only about 40 percent complete. Then they have to go in and put everything else in it. This process, you was putting everything in it as you was building it, it’d start out, it was on like rail cars, where it could be moved from here and there and finally together. And it, uh, it starts -- it starts out as a small piece, it just keeps getting bigger, bigger, bigger, bigger, but you 60:00got it all together. And now when the ship actually -- they don’t even slide off the way, it’s on a dry dock, they sink it, the ship floats off, and it’s about 90 percent complete. Wonder -- in fact, that’s the way ships are built today. It really is a tremendous concept. But uh, and requires, instead of the strict craft lines, it requires like an electrician, a shipfitter, a machinist, and uh, a laborer, and other people all working together. Uh, they do their work, but they, they’re composite crews.
GIRARDOT: And that was the big issue, because the craft unions didn’t want to have anything to do with that, and uh, uh, so it took a lot of work to -- in fact, even to get the Metal Trades Council, the International Presidents that sat on it, to agree to, uh, this, this concept. Was really novel. Uh, and it -- 61:00that shipyard’s still thriving today because of it, uh, what we did. And uh --
DRUMMOND: It’s still got, it’s still organized there?
GIRARDOT: (clears throat) Oh yeah. Oh absolutely, it’s very strong.
DRUMMOND: Hmm. Um, what were the repercussions of the wildcat strike, and was it just Machinists in those locations, or was it --
GIRARDOT: No, it was all --
DRUMMOND: It was everybody.
GIRARDOT: -- the whole, whole group. Yeah, it was all of -- yeah, it was the 13 locals that made up the Metal Trades Council. They were all on strike.
DRUMMOND: And the 13 locals were in both place -- were on the East Bank and the West Bank.
GIRARDOT: The metal trades, yeah.
GIRARDOT: The contract’s in the name of the metal trades.
GIRARDOT: Yeah. Uh, repercussions could’ve been tremendous, but uh, fortunately we were able to work out where there were no repercussions.
GIRARDOT: Now there were some lawsuits, frivolous lawsuits that finally got thrown out. But, it was uh -- in fact, the day the company finally agreed with us on our terms to the contract, I called the chairman of the board, uh, 62:00what’s his name -- it wasn’t Ash, he’d moved on to United Technology -- I’ll think of it in a minute. Oh, it’s probably in there.
GIRARDOT: But um, I told him, I said, “On six o’clock Sunday night is your deadline,” because that was the last flight I could get out of Pascagoula to Washington, D.C., and on Monday I had a meeting with the Metal Trades Council, um, their Executive Board, which was all the International Union presidents, that, or, uh, pardon, the Metal Trades Council. And I said, “If, if we don’t have a contract by then, if you don’t agree to these terms, then we’re going straight to Congress, and we’re going to see if we can get them to get rid of your billion-dollar contract and give it to a good shipyard.” And he said, “Well, you know, we’ll think about it.” So about three o’clock that 63:00afternoon I got a call from the local guy, name is Ben Borne, he was the IR guy, uh, and all of the spelling and all is in that, you’ll see all of that stuff --
GIRARDOT: B-O-R-N-E, I think’s uh, the way he spells his name. Uh, he was head of, uh, Industrial Relations, but uh, he said, “We can’t have an answer by six o’clock” and I said, “Well, that’s your problem.” And he said, “No,” he said, “we can have one by” -- because of the time difference between Mississippi and California, he said, “by about 10 or 11 o’clock,” I said, “Well, it’s too late.” He said, “No, we’ll give you the company plane, it’s at your disposal. We’ll get you to Washington (laughs) in time for your meeting.”
GIRARDOT: “Uh, well, you’d better not be messing with me” --
GIRARDOT: -- “or you’re in big trouble.” He said, “No, seriously.” Said, “Well, okay.” And about, uh, 9:30 that night they call and said, “Okay, we got a deal.” And so we all got to get on their plane and go up to 64:00Washington and the next day I presented to the Metal Trades Executive Council and they accepted it. Because it, it was somewhat unique, because we did have to have the composite crews, and uh, most of the craft unions, that’s a no-no to them.
GIRARDOT: But uh, they, they agreed with it. Worked out. We came back, got the strike settled, still going strong today.
DRUMMOND: How long were you in, um, how long were you in -- a special rep --
GIRARDOT: Special rep?
GIRARDOT: Well, you have a progress in the Machinists, you start out as a special rep, and then four years, you automatically go to a grand lodge rep, but I was --
DRUMMOND: Oh, I see.
GIRARDOT: -- but I was on special rep for two years, and then I went, they made me a grand lodge rep.
DRUMMOND: Okay. And did, um, the work you just describe take up pretty much all of your -- was that pretty much the work you did when you were the special rep, or --
GIRARDOT: Special reps --
DRUMMOND: -- was there anything else on top?
GIRARDOT: -- and grand lodge reps all do the same thing, it’s just --
GIRARDOT: -- the amount of money you get and a title. (laughs)
DRUMMOND: Okay, okay. (laughs)
GIRARDOT: But the job’s the same. Yeah.
DRUMMOND: Okay, so you stayed, um, in that part of Lou, Louisi --
GIRARDOT: No, in 19 -- let’s see, went to work for them in ’70, ’72 became a -- do you remember when Roe Spencer became the vice president? I know you interviewed him, I --
DRUMMOND: I did, um, but I --
GIRARDOT: Well, anyhow --
DRUMMOND: -- I don’t remember.
GIRARDOT: -- when he became the vice president --
GIRARDOT: -- which I think was, well, we had a convention this year, uh, let’s see, probably would’ve been 1972...
DRUMMOND: Eighty, ’76, ’72 there was a Grand Lodge Convent -- if I’m counting backwards from ’88, right --
GIRARDOT: Seventy-two was?
GIRARDOT: Okay, then um, in 1972 --
GIRARDOT: Uh, I took his -- he became general vice president, and I took his 66:00place handling the board work, uh, in the Dallas office.
GIRARDOT: And was moved from Baton Rouge to Dallas.
GIRARDOT: And um, I did board work for about six months. When I say board work, we have a rep that’s assigned to do nothing but handle NLRB cases, uh, all their hearings and that sort of thing. And I did that, and then I became his administrative assistant after that.
DRUMMOND: And, administrative assistant to the general vice president --
DRUMMOND: -- Roe Spencer.
GIRARDOT: Roe Spencer.
DRUMMOND: And was that a year later, two years later?
GIRARDOT: Was it what?
DRUMMOND: Do you remember, how -- how long did it take for you to become, uh --
GIRARDOT: The vice president? Not in the --
DRUMMOND: -- well the, um, the administrative assistant?
GIRARDOT: Oh, it was only -- after I got, uh, after I came to Dallas?
GIRARDOT: About six months.
DRUMMOND: Okay, okay. Um, and so your work as grand lodge rep, and you move to Dallas. It’s essentially dealing with NLRB cases for the Southern territory?
GIRARDOT: Yes.
DRUMMOND: All over the Southern --
GIRARDOT: Southern Territory.
DRUMMOND: And did that involve more travel than maybe you had seen previous to that?
GIRARDOT: Um, travel wasn’t that much more.
DRUMMOND: Mm-kay, okay. And, how did your, um, duties change as administrative assistant?
GIRARDOT: Well, the administrative assistant is, one, you’re not dealing with the, you know, you don’t have a specific territory, you don’t have uh, you’re not, generally you’re not negotiating contracts and that sort of thing. Although I did -- as the administrative assistant I was also the General Dynamics coordinator. And so, I continued to negotiate their contracts and that sort of thing. But generally you’re just doing the administrative duties of 68:00the office, uh. You’re, um, you’re making sure your grand lodge reps and special reps are where they’re supposed to be and that sort of thing. Another way -- you’re doing what the general vice president doesn’t want to do, is what it amounts to. (laughs)
GIRARDOT: But, ah, it’s just administer -- it’s more administrative work rather than being out in the field, hands-on work --
GIRARDOT: -- is what it really is.
DRUMMOND: Okay. And was that as satisfying for you, or more, or less satisfying, or --
GIRARDOT: Well -- I enjoyed more really being out in the field, uh, that’s why I kept the General Dynamics, uh, did that. Uh, but it was, it was satisfying. You got uh, because you, you were at a different level, really, I know. Uh, if Roe didn’t want to go to a partic-- like, I remember the governor of Texas was then Dolph Briscoe and uh --
DRUMMOND: I know him.
GIRARDOT: -- there was some hearings, and uh, so Roe assigned me to go to those hearings. And then, there was a lunch, and actually I got to have lunch in the governor’s mansion with Dolph Briscoe, that was pretty exciting. But you did more things like that, it was more on a, uh, it was a higher -- I didn’t want to say higher level, but it was --
DRUMMOND: It took you -- but it took you out of the shops and it put you sort of doing more networking, or um --
GIRARDOT: Dealing, um, dealing with the, with the different agencies and bosses rather than down, dealing --
GIRARDOT: -- dealing more with the members. I, I kinda missed dealing with the members, but, it was kinda exciting up at this level too.
DRUMMOND: Okay. I met Governor Briscoe once, when I was --
GIRARDOT: Oh, did you?
DRUMMOND: -- when I was in school in Texas.
GIRARDOT: He’s a nice man.
DRUMMOND: Yeah, yeah. Um, and, so you were administrative assistant until ’74 --
GIRARDOT: No, in seven --
DRUMMOND: -- oh, you started in ’74 until ’94.
GIRARDOT: Yeah, with a slight break in there --
GIRARDOT: -- uh, uh, Roe, uh, decided, I think in his second term that he wanted a new administrative assistant. So I went back out into the field as a grand lodge rep.
GIRARDOT: And I was, basically uh, over aerospace at that time.
DRUMMOND: Okay. Aerospace in the Southern territory?
GIRARDOT: Mm-hmm. And uh, General Dynamics was the big issue. Lockheed was not that big of an issue, but GD -- that’s when, I don’t know who decided that astronauts were great businesspeople, but that’s when William Anders became the chairman of the board of General Dynamics. And uh, his whole claim to fame 71:00is that he destroyed the company, because it was the physical assets, were worth more to the shareholders than the company itself. So he, he just dismantled, uh, that’s when Lockheed bought the corporate --
GIRARDOT: -- division of General Dynamics.
GIRARDOT: He just, they had a big facility in San Diego, uh, they had facilities all over. And then big facility in Fort Worth, Texas. And uh, he just got rid of all of them.
DRUMMOND: Was that in the ’80s?
DRUMMOND: Well the one is also reminded, perhaps, of um, Frank Borman and Eastern Airlines.
GIRARDOT: Yeah. Frank Borman and Eastern. That’s why I say, I don’t know why everyone thought a astronaut, was (laughs) good for business. Because all they did was put them out of business. Although Borman, we had the strike, you know, with Borman. But then Frank Lorenzo --
DRUMMOND: Who had been in charge of Texas Air.
DRUMMOND: Did y’all ever deal with him when he was --
GIRARDOT: Oh yes, absolutely.
DRUMMOND: -- in Texas?
GIRARDOT: And um, but then he, you know, he bought Eastern and that was the end of it.
GIRARDOT: They dismantled it, Eastern.
DRUMMOND: Mm-hmm. So, um, being in charge of aerospace in the Southern territory, you did have dealings with Frank Lorenzo. Can you talk a little --
GIRARDOT: Have what?
DRUMMOND: Or did you ever deal with Frank Lorenzo as --
GIRARDOT: I did not, that was air transport --
GIRARDOT: -- which is a different thing, that’s like John Peterpaul you’re going to talk to, and William Scheri.
GIRARDOT: That was under theirs, although I did work for Peterpaul, uh, in, uh, uh, for whatever reason, I guess he thought I was a good judge, we -- if they had prob -- (laughs) have a hearing, or something, I got to, uh, conduct those. But, and I also did some contracts for them down in the Caribbean, but, uh, but the uh, aerospace, the manufacturing is under one set of vice presidents --
GIRARDOT: -- the air transportation is under another set. And that’s like John Peterpaul and Bill Scheri.
DRUMMOND: Okay, okay. Um, and during the ’80s too, can you -- I -- I’m wondering, I’m always curious about -- because the PATCO strike had such a huge impact on organized labor, uh, the way, they way things ended with the Reagan administration.
DRUMMOND: What, what were sort of -- in the Southern territory, or with, with, you know, with DFW being right there, and it, and it being such a, did y’all have any interaction with the PATCO strikers, or --
GIRARDOT: No, it -- obviously we supported them, but, uh, uh, you know, the best we could. But that was about it.
DRUMMOND: Mm-hmm. Okay. And, did, um, the Eastern strike have an effect?
GIRARDOT: Eastern?
DRUMMOND: Yeah, the -- like later in the ’80s, in ’89, with the --
GIRARDOT: Yeah, you know, Eastern --
DRUMMOND: -- Eastern strike?
GIRARDOT: -- was ours --
DRUMMOND: Yeah, yeah, so --
GIRARDOT: -- was all our membership.
DRUMMOND: -- how did y’all feel the effects of that, in, in the Southern territory?
GIRARDOT: Well, it was, it was, you know, pretty big. Because, you know, Miami 74:00was a, uh, a big operation, and we had a lot of members there. And uh, in fact some of those, you know, that we found jobs for in other industries, but it was a big effect. A big effect on us. Uh, even thought that membership wasn’t directly charged to the Southern territory, that was, that was membership in those numbers went to the air transportation group --
GIRARDOT: -- but it’s, we had a lot of residual stuff around there that it certainly did affect. Big time.
DRUMMOND: Um, anything else -- so you had the break in administrative assistant and went back to being a grand lodge rep.
GIRARDOT: Yeah, and then when Ed House became the, uh, vice president for the Southern territory --
GIRARDOT: -- he asked me to come back as the administrative assistant.
GIRARDOT: And I did.
GIRARDOT: And I stayed here, uh, as the administrative assistant with Ed House until, uh, uh, George Kourpias asked me to come be his executive assistant at headquarters.
DRUMMOND: Okay. Okay. And under, um, Ed House, were you doing the same kinds of things that you’d been doing previously, or were there any pre -- um, any new, um, sort of issues of note? Or, or --
GIRARDOT: Well, I can --
DRUMMOND: -- responsibilities?
GIRARDOT: -- I continued, you know, the aerospace stuff, but Ed and I were pretty close as a team, and we, uh, you know, we scoured the Southern territory, uh, pretty much, and uh, wherever there were problems we’d uh, show up, and if there wasn’t a problem, we’d show up. (laughs)
GIRARDOT: We worked really good as a team, Ed and I did. Uh, and uh, Ed was a good man.
DRUMMOND: You know, he’s sort of how we got these, um, interviews started, 76:00because I know his niece’s husband through, uh, my archives time in Texas.
GIRARDOT: Oh, is that right?
DRUMMOND: And my friend John suggested that I interview, when I got this job, that I interview Ed House, and I mentioned it to Charlie Micallef, I’m sure you know Charlie --
GIRARDOT: Yeah, sure.
DRUMMOND: -- and he was like, “Well, why don’t we interview everybody?” So, Ed House is sort of, um, how --
GIRARDOT: He got it all started, huh?
DRUMMOND: -- all of this got started. Yeah. He was not directly responsible, but --
GIRARDOT: Yeah. Yeah.
DRUMMOND: -- he got it all started. And so it was in ’94 that you moved on up to D.C., finally.
DRUMMOND: To work with President Kourpias.
DRUMMOND: Okay, and --
GIRARDOT: And then --
DRUMMOND: -- and you were, um, executive assistant to him?
GIRARDOT: Yeah, they changed the title to chief of staff, now.
GIRARDOT: But they’re all the same. (laughs)
DRUMMOND: Yeah. And, and you were there until your retirement.
DRUMMOND: So what was that work like?
GIRARDOT: Oh, it was great. Uh, uh, it was --
DRUMMOND: What were --
GIRARDOT: -- well, it was a different level.
GIRARDOT: You’re now dealing with uh, uh, more government, uh, I know, you know, setting in with meetings with cabinet members, the president’s cabinet, 77:00you know, and trying to tell them, you know, what they ought to be doing (laughs), you know, what they’re doing wrong.
GIRARDOT: You know, it was really exciting, uh, uh --
DRUMMOND: And ’94 to 2000 would’ve been the Clinton years.
GIRARDOT: Clinton, right.
GIRARDOT: It sure was, uh, in fact, uh, we got to go to his inauguration, and uh, uh, all of that. But uh, yeah, a lot of meeting with government and high business, uh, people, uh, a lot of international travel too. Uh, Japan, China, Europe, several times.
DRUMMOND: And it was on behalf of --
GIRARDOT: The IAM.
DRUMMOND: -- the IAM to do outreach to --
GIRARDOT: Well, uh, the, the China trip was an aerospace situation with Boeing, it was a joint Boeing-IAM trip because we were constantly beating Boeing up 78:00because of the outsourcing they were doing to China.
GIRARDOT: And they want -- and they kept telling us, “it’s just low-tech work, it’s nothing that means anything to us, it’s just --” you know, something, and Boeing is China -- Boeing set up all of China’s aerospace industry. Uh, or air transportation industry. And uh, it was a big deal that they have a little work there. And so they wanted to show us that it was not meaningful stuff. And uh, so there was about oh, it must’ve been about 15 or us, of, like, vice, uh, uh, Robert Thayer, was, uh, vice president went, I went, as representing the International President, uh, Lee Pearson, uh, was another 79:00vice president. And then we had business reps from Boeing, and General Dynamics, and Fort Worth, and Lockheed, various places. I think there were 14 or 15 of us that went on the China trip. And we were there for about two weeks, and we traveled to all the different aerospace facilities that uh, Boeing had subcontracted work to. And that was really, really interesting. Uh, back then, that was probably, 12, 14 years, oh, a bit more than 12, probably about 14, 15 years ago. And that was before the auto revolution really hit China, and it was all bicycles. In fact, we started leaving one of the plants about quitting time, and the, our interpreter said, “We need to wait a minute.” “Why?” Said, “Have you ever seen 14,000 people leave on bicycles?” Said, “No” and what a sight that was. But I’ll tell you, within a few minutes, they were gone.
DRUMMOND: They were gone?
GIRARDOT: Couldn’t see where they went, they were gone. (laughs) But uh, but that was uh, but that was the type of things that that job entailed. And uh, you’d represent, I’d represent the International President at various meetings that he was unable to attend. And when he was out of, out of the uh, office, then everything, then it would be up to me to make sure things continued to run like they should. So.
GIRARDOT: It was an exciting time.
DRUMMOND: And NAFTA, though, was, was, um, one of Clinton’s big projects when he was --
DRUMMOND: -- and did y’all, I, have you, were you ever, were y’all ever consulted about NAFTA, or did y’all provide him with feedback at all, what you thought about it? Or --
GIRARDOT: We had --
DRUMMOND: Because I imagine that was a really big deal for you, for unions --
GIRARDOT: -- yeah, in fact, we had, you know, the Space Center, you know, down here in Florida.
GIRARDOT: It was ours, it was organized by us. And uh, we’ve had all kinds of --
DRUMMOND: Bill Usery, I think was involved in that --
DRUMMOND: Bill Usery? Does that name ring a bell to you?
GIRARDOT: Oh yeah. Bill’s a good friend of mine.
GIRARDOT: Bill was one of the guys that, uh, helped organize. Frank E’Dalgo and Bill Usery. Frank E’Dalgo did all the work and Bill got all the credit. (laughs)
DRUMMOND: Ah, ah.
GIRARDOT: Frank was --
DRUMMOND: I won’t say that to Mr. Usery the next time I see him.
GIRARDOT: [inaudible] You tell him that. Tell him I said so.
GIRARDOT: Yeah, Bill, uh, Bill and I are good friends. But, uh, (clicking noise), uh, yeah, we’ve had, we had so much input with NASA, I just wish they would’ve listened to us more and were still in the business. But, uh. Funny story about, when John Glenn, his last time when he was a senator, went up in space. Well, Tom and I, Tom Buffenbarger, uh, I think it was just Tom and I, and my wife came with us. And the pilots flew us down here and we went to the, to 82:00that liftoff.
GIRARDOT: And we had VIP tickets, which got us in, we were with, and of course Ted Kennedy was there, and, all of, a bunch of people, and I, I told my wife, I said, “I’m sorry we don’t have a ticket for you, I don’t know, you’re just going to have to --” and one of the pilot’s wives came down too.
GIRARDOT: I said, “you guys are going to just have to wait. But you can see it, from --” and you can see it from all over.
GIRARDOT: And the pilot said, “Don’t worry about it, we’re going to, we’ll take care of things.” So. We go, and we’re there all afternoon, and it was a great lift-off and all, and that was like the third one I’d seen. And so, when we come back, when we meet up with uh, the pilots, and my wife, I say, “Well, what’d you guys do?” Said, “Well, we went with the Clintons to the liftoff.” I said, “Yeah, sure you did.”
GIRARDOT: They said, “Seriously.” I said, “You’re kidding me.” Said, that, the, and we’re down here, and there’s a big tall building where the, 83:00like, president, you know, and other, I don’t know, don’t ask me how they got up there. But they watch it from up on top of that building. But somehow, I don’t know, one of the pilots had some “in,” and they got, they got up on the top, and they were up with Bill and Hillary Clinton, and of course there’s a lot of other people --
GIRARDOT: -- but they were watching from up there, while we were down here, way away. (laughs) They had better seats than we did!
DRUMMOND: (laughs) Um...
GIRARDOT: But those were the kinda things that, uh, um, that as an executive assistant or a chief of staff that you do. Um, and you’re, you’re basically the voice of the International President, in that job, when he sent you out to these various areas.
DRUMMOND: Hmm. That must be a lot of pressure.
GIRARDOT: I don’t know.
DRUMMOND: You don’t know?
GIRARDOT: It was a lot of fun, to me.
DRUMMOND: Yeah?
DRUMMOND: Yeah. Um, let’s go back to NAFTA, because I, I had asked you a little bit about that before you told that story. How, how did the IAM approach that? What were, what were -- did you, were you able to provide the president with feedback about what he was trying to do with NAFTA, or, or, were y’all, were unions consulted, or?
GIRARDOT: Yeah, in fact going back, um, uh, a, the Clinton administration was good for NASA. I mean, they, uh, and we, their, they were very progressive. Which is what we liked. And, uh, the, the people at NASA, not necessarily from the administration, but uh, the NASA people themselves, had good dialog with our people. Uh, they were, the ones that were in charge of those areas.
GIRARDOT: And, we had a pretty good relationship with them. Uh, but a lot of people don’t realize, NASA’s, this entity here, the, the, it’s a part of the government, but it subcontracts all the rest of this stuff out.
GIRARDOT: Um, and, that’s where, more problems are with the subcontractors. When, and like, if there’s a strike, it isn’t necessarily against NASA, it’s against, uh, Lockheed, or it’s against McDonald-Douglas, or --
GIRARDOT: -- it’s against one of these subcontractors.
GIRARDOT: But, uh, NASA, we always had a pretty good relationship with NASA.
DRUMMOND: Okay. I’m sorry. NAFTA -- the North American Free Trade Agreement.
GIRARDOT: Oh, NAFTA. That’s a little different.
DRUMMOND: I am, I am so sorry. I did --
GIRARDOT: That’s a little different!
DRUMMOND: Because were talking about one, and they sound alike. My apologies. My apologies.
GIRARDOT: No, we had big, big arguments with the Clinton administration on NAFTA. Big arguments. And the arguments are still going on. Yeah.
GIRARDOT: Yeah, we’re not at all in favor of uh, as a matter of fact, we took a group of people down to, uh, uh, just south of San Diego, Tijuana, uh, where 86:00they have the maquiladora program, and that was all a part of NAFTA. Where there was these shops set up right across the border.
GIRARDOT: Uh, it were, like RCA, Bendix, name all the big American companies, they have these beautiful shops set up down there. And to show uh, there’s a, there’s a professor in California, what’s his name, uh, Harley Shaiken, Shankin?
DRUMMOND: I’m not familiar.
GIRARDOT: I’ll think of it in a minute. But anyhow, he deals with, with labor sources at uh, I think it’s university, I think it’s UCLA [UC Berkeley]. Um, and he was sort of our guide. But you go down there, and you look at what these plants have done for these people. And they live in the worst conditions you 87:00could possibly imagine. And all it’s doing is giving, you know, cheap labor to all of these companies, that really don’t need it. But, you know, they’re certainly going to take it. And I don’t know that it, uh, no one’s shown me yet today where NAFTA, or the newest ones, what’s the one they’re coming up with now? PTF? I don’t know, I forget the name of it, but, where we’ve gained by it. We haven’t gained anything that I can see. And so, we, we were at constant odds with uh, but Clinton felt very strongly about it, that uh, you know, and he...I’m sure in his mind he felt that this is going to mean more American jobs, and higher-paying American jobs, because the jobs that we’re sending out are, you know, not necessarily the highest paying jobs in the country. But they’re a whole lot better than what we’ve got now. (laughs) In some places.
GIRARDOT: Yeah, but we, we had continuous battles with he and his cabinet over that.
DRUMMOND: Were they responsive? To a certain degree, or were they just so dead-set on doing everything --
GIRARDOT: No, they were -- they would try to convince us that they were right --
GIRARDOT: -- and that we were wrong, and we would try just as hard to convince them that they were wrong, and we were right.
DRUMMOND: Mmm.
GIRARDOT: But it was just like going back to the deregulation of the airlines. Uh, and we said --
DRUMMOND: And that was the late ’70s?
GIRARDOT: Yeah. We said back then, it’s going to destroy, you know, the, the flying public, it’s going to cost them through the nose. And you know, look what’s happening today. And it is. And it’s not through yet. And American’s probably going under, it’s going to be US Air and American. They’ll probably keep the name. But uh, and look at all the airlines that have gone by the wayside because of it.
DRUMMOND: Hmmm.
GIRARDOT: And uh --
DRUMMOND: When District Lodge 143 closed, they sent all their records. And they, 89:00they were, they felt the direct effects of all the mergers --
DRUMMOND: -- and things like that.
GIRARDOT: Absolutely.
GIRARDOT: Yeah. I mean, I remember Braniff, around, you know, Texas --
GIRARDOT: -- uh, and when deregulation came, said, “We’re either going to be the biggest or we’re going broke” and they went broke.
GIRARDOT: And, uh --
DRUMMOND: And Eastern went down.
DRUMMOND: And, um, Delta still does okay, I guess.
GIRARDOT: Who?
DRUMMOND: Delta.
GIRARDOT: Well, because of all the mergers, yeah.
GIARARDOT: Yeah, yeah. But you’re going to end up just like we said you’re going to end up, with the, uh, you’re going to have three or four major airlines, and that’s it. And, and really, the cities, it doesn’t bother the cities much, other than the cost.
GIRARDOT: But, the people it really hurts are the smaller communities that had air service and now, uh, even the commuters, like American Eagle’s, going out of business now. And they’re losing, so, um, yeah, NAFTA, and deregulation hasn’t, well, same way with deregulation in the trucking industry. When that happened, uh, your major carriers, like one my dad worked for, Denver in 90:00Chicago, they went out of business. Pacific International went out of business, most all of --
GIRARDOT: -- Transcontinental, I think, went out of business. So, uh, you know they can say what they want, but I don’t see where, you know, NAFTA, or all the deregulating all these industries is a good idea. Uh, but then they say I’m a dinosaur too, so, we’ll see.
GIRARDOT: So far, I think I’ve been right.
DRUMMOND: Yeah, sounds like. Um, are there any other reflections about your time as executive assistant that you’d like to share, or --
GIRARDOT: Well, you know, there’s so much about, you know, organized labor and working for it, uh, titles are great, and being in, in high positions are great, in the fact that you get to meet a lot of really interesting people. But I think the, the, you know the really thing that gives, uh, someone that works for the 91:00labor movement, makes them feel good, is looking back, especially after you retire --
GIRARDOT: -- is being able to look back, and, and see what you’ve been able to do for a lot of people --
GIRARDOT: -- that have, that had a good life because of either your skill at the negotiating table, or you’re able to convince them that they should join a union and participate. Um, I think, anyone from the International President down would tell you that, you know, that’s -- being in the high position is great, you know, uh, and it gives you a lot of prestige, but the knowledge that you’ve been able to make a difference in so many people’s lives I think is 92:00the thing that really keeps people in the labor movement going. And I don’t think you’d get into the labor movement if you’re just looking for, you know, big positions, big pay, and that sort of thing.
GIRARDOT: I think you have to have it in your heart that, that you really, truly want to help people.
GIRARDOT: And uh, you ought to be able to do something good for people.
DRUMMOND: It probably will not surprise you to hear that every single person we’ve interviewed has said that.
DRUMMOND: Every single Machinist that we’ve interviewed said that.
GIRARDOT: Well, I think people in the labor movement are a unique group. I mean, you have people highly educated, you have people that never even finished high school. Um, uh, but you get a real education with the, you know, when you’re in the labor movement, I know I’ve been to the George Meany Institute and the University of Wisconsin --
GIRARDOT: -- been to our own Placid Harbor, uh, you get a, get a real education. 93:00I remember I wrote the first, or the only white paper for the IAM, the H, the uh, what they call it now, H, or my mind’s losing me. High Performance Work [Organization], we got a department for it at headquarters, I don’t even know what they call it. HPWO, something like that. Yeah, High Performance Work Organization.
GIRARDOT: Back in the, uh, I guess the late ’70s, early ’80s, when all the companies were saying, “Okay, we need this team concept.” Well, the Machinists, to a degree, agreed that we need to make some changes in the old structure of our assembly lines. Because technology was changing, that sort of thing. So, um, George Kourpias then was the International President, he asked, and Ed was his assist -- was the uh, vice president at headquarters, uh, Ed 94:00House, and so they asked me to come up with a, a plan for the IAM, in dealing with the high-performance work organizations. And uh, that’s one of the reasons that I was in Finland, I, after I put together this paper, I, uh, they wanted me to present it to the ILO, International Labor Organization, uh. But again, we’re able, I think people in the labor movement are a lot more progressive than what the public thinks they are.
GIRARDOT: We’re able to look at situations and say, “Well, our old rule here just doesn’t work, it’s time that we make --”
GIRARDOT: “-- a little, a little change here.” And uh --
DRUMMOND: Do you still have that paper? By any chance? Do you still have a copy of it laying around?
GIRARDOT: Uh, I’m sure the IAM still has it, uh.
GIRARDOT: I don’t know if I do.
DRUMMOND: Okay. I’ll look around for it at the archives.
GIRARDOT: Yeah. Because it was the original. And from that came our High Performance Work Organization. Which we have right now, ah, I don’t know, uh, Bruce Olsson I think is over that.
DRUMMOND: Okay. Sorry to interrupt you.
DRUMMOND: Sorry to interrupt you.
GIRARDOT: No, no, that’s oh -- that all came about in the late ’70s, early ’80s, it’s when the Deming, everybody was talking about [W. Edwards] Deming, and he’s the guy that during the Second World War, put together our assembly lines for mass production, and, pretty interesting old guy. He’s dead now, but uh, his book was pretty interesting.
DRUMMOND: Um, you’ve talked about a lot of people during your interview. Is there anyone that stands out as being a particularly good mentor, or good friend, or somebody, um, you counted on to help you through tough decisions? 96:00Because I’ve found in a lot of the interviews, there are people who said, “Oh, I came in under this person and they were great because they really showed me what it was about, and, and what we were really working for,” and, are there a few people you’d like to mention, perhaps, that were important? And you, you’ve mentioned some folks along the way --
GIRARDOT: Yeah. Well, I think there were probably a lot. I mean, I think in life, you don’t get anywhere unless you try to tailor yourself after somebody, or you hear somebody, or somebody takes a particular liking to you, and likes what you do, uh. Uh, obviously you know my dad was, uh, you know, probably, uh, the, uh, major, let’s see -- of course, Steve Williams, who’s still alive, 97:00by the way, he’s like 95 years old, uh, still, still kicking. He was a grand lodge rep. Uh, uh, he and I had a lot of discussions and thought a lot alike. Um, but before that, uh, Karl Feller, who was president of the Brewery Workers International Union. Uh, a good guy. Uh, let’s see, obviously, George Kourpias, I thought a lot of him, Tommy Buffenbarger, was executive assistant for both of them. And uh, Ed House, uh, Ed and I kinda grew up together. We were, we came on, he came on, he, the Machinists’ staff a little bit before I did, but Ed was a machinist from -- he came out of a paper mill.
GIRARDOT: And he was a machinist forever. But Ed and I were great friends from the time that uh, you know, we first came on, and uh, but there’s so many it’s hard to tell, uh.
GIRARDOT: Uh, I just had, I was fortunate, had a great career, uh, uh, with -- did some exciting things that most people can only dream of. Uh, you know, met people, that uh, of course doesn’t mean much after you meet them, but you know, just the fact that, you know, you know who they are. Um, it was, it was just a wonderful, wonderful ride. But what I enjoyed the most, I think, in the labor movement was, was the challenge that was presented to you, almost an insurmountable challenge in some cases. It’s just like, at Litten, there were, after we got that contract settled, then the next big issue was to settle the 99:00Department of Justice, the Navy, who else, somebody else, had suits against the Metal Trades Council, Litten, all dealing with, what they call the “affected class.” The affected class, was basically the blacks down there. And I got to tell you, in Southern Mississippi, in the mid-1970s, and early ’70s, they could say what they want, but it was as segregated as you could possibly get. In fact, the only union that the blacks belonged to down there was the Laborers. And uh --
DRUMMOND: Was that like for poultry and fish and stuff?
GIRARDOT: Well, they would do the dirty work in the shipyard --
GIRARDOT: -- and um, um, all of the craft -- the other crafts, the electricians, the plumbers, the machinists --
GIRARDOT: -- all (clears throat), they were all white. There wasn’t a black member. And, and each craft had their own seniority. So even if they were to 100:00hire a black, he’d be at the bottom of the seniority list. (clears throat) Excuse me. So, as I say, the Department of Justice, all the rest of the people were suing us, because we wouldn’t integrate blacks into the uh, other unions. And uh, so everyone said it’s an impossible situation. Uh, but I, I got the company to agree that, give us a chance to try to find a settlement to this. And uh, so, to make a long story short, I got with all the other organizations, and we sat down, and we worked out a settlement that allowed blacks, the senior blacks from the Laborers, to pick whatever craft they wanted, whether it be the machinists, whether it be pipefitters, electricians, whatever, and we broke down the numbers, and they said, in the suit, it came up that they had to have five 101:00go from Laborers into every other craft. So every other craft, I got them to agree to take five black people. Give them, not only take them, but given them super seniority, so that they wouldn’t be laid off, they wouldn’t be at the bottom of the list. And uh, we pulled it off. And everybody said you can’t, you can’t do it in southern Mississippi. But we did, we got it, uh, and they agreed to it, and today, they’re still living by it. And now the entire, you know, if you’re black and you want a job in a machinist, you got it. And, doesn’t make any difference. And I think that was a remarkable thing to happen in southern Mississippi --
GIRARDOT: -- back in the ’70s.
DRUMMOND: Absolutely.
GIRARDOT: But, uh, you’re able to (knocking on door), you know, do a lot of things like that, uh, in, in, you know when you’re in the labor movement, but 102:00uh, you’re presented with a new challenge every day.
GIRARDOT: And you don’t have a book on how to do it, you got to, you got to, dig down in your own resources, or call somebody that you know that may have had this particular situation, and try to find a, uh, a, a remedy to it. But it’s, it’s amazing.
DRUMMOND: Anything else?
GIRARDOT: Well, there’s a lot else, but it would (laughs) take forever to, to say it. But no, I think that’s, that’s probably about it.
DRUMMOND: Mm-kay. Well, it looks like we’ve got about, a little over two hours of interview this morning, which is very good. And I have really enjoyed this. Thank you so much for agreeing, and for traveling so far to meet me here in Lady Lake, Florida --
GIRARDOT: Yeah. That’s --
DRUMMOND: -- for this interview. Um, I do appreciate your time.
GIRARDOT: Well, I enjoyed it. I’m glad somebody’s interested.
DRUMMOND: Everybody’s interested. These are, this is going to be the best oral history project we’ve done at the archives, so, um, um, thank you for being part of it.
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North American Butterflies and Moths List
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Butterflies of North America
Butterflies of New Hampshire
Regal Fritillary (Speyeria idalia)
Regal Fritillary (Speyeria idalia [Drury])
Wing span: 2 5/8 - 4 1/8 inches (6.7 - 10.5 cm).
Identification: Large. Upperside of forewing bright red-orange with black markings. Upperside of hindwing black with postmedian row of white spots; submarginal row of spots is orange in male and white in female.
Life history: Males patrol for females with a low, steady flight. Females walk through vegetation to lay single eggs on various plants, even if the host violets are not present. Most eggs are laid in August. The caterpillars hatch and overwinter unfed; in spring they eat leaves of host plants.
Flight: One brood from mid-June to mid-August.
Caterpillar hosts: Violets including bird's foot violet (Viola pedata).
Adult food: Nectar from flowers of milkweeds, thistles, red clover, and mountain mint.
Habitat: Tall-grass prairie and other open sites including damp meadows, marshes, wet fields, and mountain pastures.
Range: Tall-grass prairie remnants in Montana and North Dakota south to Colorado, Nebraska, and Oklahoma; rare or absent from former range east of the Appalachians.
Conservation: Rapidly vanishing or declining in much of its range. A species of concern for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. All populations should be conserved.
The Nature Conservancy Global Rank: G3 - Very rare or local throughout its range or found locally in a restricted range (21 to 100 occurrences). (Threatened throughout its range).
Management needs: Monitor populations and manage populations on public lands and preserves.
Opler, P. A. and G. O. Krizek. 1984. Butterflies east of the Great Plains. Johns
Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 294 pages, 54 color plates.
Opler, P. A. and V. Malikul. 1992. A field guide to eastern butterflies. Peterson
field guide #4. Houghton-Mifflin Co., Boston. 396 pages, 48 color plates.
Scott, J. A. 1986. The butterflies of North America. Stanford University Press,
Stanford, Calif. 583 pages, 64 color plates.
Tilden, J. W. 1986. A field guide to western butterflies. Houghton-Mifflin Co.,
Boston, Mass. 370 pages, 23 color plates.
Author: Jane M. Struttmann
State and Regional References:
Layberry, R.A., Hall, P.W. & Lafontaine, D.J., 1998. The Butterflies of
Canada. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, ON. 280 pp.
Opler, P.A. 1998. A field guide to eastern butterflies, revised format.
Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston.
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Day 1: Arrival To Egypt
Arrive at Cairo International Airport where you will be greeted by Abraam Tours representatives and escorted to a fine hotel for the first overnight stay.
Day 2: Old Cairo And The Cave Of The Holy Family
After breakfast at the hotel, board the bus for a full day guided tour of Old Cairo. Visit the famous Hanging Church with its breathtaking icons and the synagogue of Ben Ezra which marks the spot where Moses was believed to have been found by the Pharaoh’s daughter..
Then visit the cave under what is now the Greek cemetery where the Holy Family hid from the soldiers of King Herod.
At the church of Maadi on the Nile a priest from the Coptic Church will show you the tunnel where it is thought that the Holy family escaped across the Nile. He will also talk to you about the creation of the Holy Family Trail by the Coptic Church.
Following lunch at a local restaurant, the bus trip will continue to the church at Mostorod which is built over a cave where the Holy Family sought shelter. Then it is on to the famed tree of Mary in Matariya where the Holy Koran says that the Holy Family was concealed from pursuing soldiers by spider webs.
That evening, return to Cairo for a delicious dinner before spending the night for the next day’s journey
Day 3: The Spiritual Fighters Of Wadi Natrun
After breakfast, you will board the bus for a voyage north to Wadi Natrun on the famed desert road. It is here that you will see the magnificent monasteries of Al- Sorian, Al-Baramose, Al-Anba Bishoi and, if permission is granted, the monastery of Abu Makar. These are functioning monasteries where you will meet monks who will colorfully present the history of these incredible bastions of spirituality, places where Jesus was said to have predicted the presence of spiritual fighters almost 2000 years ago
A lunch box will be provided on the bus. Dinner that night is provided at the hotel where you will spend the night in preparation for the next day’s journey.
Day 4: The Pyramids And Sphinx Of Giza
Buffet breakfast will be followed by a bus trip to the pyramids of the Giza Plateau. These magnificent structures are the only remaining monuments of the Seven Wonders of the World. It is here that you will visit history of first pyramid, Sakkara, and ponder life at its enormous necropolis. During lunch at a covered outdoor restaurant, you can discuss the meaning and purpose of the pyramids with a noted Egyptologist who will also talk about the Holy Family’s crossing of the Giza Plateau and what it must have been like for them to see these Pharaonic tombs, structures that must have filled them with both marvel and disgust.
Dine that night at the hotel’s restaurants where you will also spend the night.
Day 5: The Red Sea Monasteries Of St. Paul And St. Anthony
An early buffet breakfast will be followed by a trip to the Saint Paul and Saint Anthony monasteries on the shores of the Red Sea. En route you will stop at Deir al Maimun to visit the Pharaonic tomb where St. Anthony lived for more than 20 years. This site is located inside an ancient church built with ruins of a Pharaonic temple. As you leave this church for the desert drive to the Red Sea, you will wonder about the spiritual beliefs that drove St. Anthony to build so many great monasteries like those you will see on the water’s edge. Monks at these famous monasteries will tell you about the life of this famous Saint, known as history’s first hermit.
You will have a box lunch on the bus and that night dinner at a Red Sea hotel in Zaafarana or Ain Sukhna, where you will have dinner and spend the night at an excellent hotel.
Day 6: The Ancient Egypt Connection
Breakfast at the hotel will be followed by a bus trip back to Cairo, where you will visit the church of Zeitoun, where a vision of Mary in 1968 was seen for more than 3 months, even by President Nasser. A priest will show pictures of this amazing vision and will tell the story of what happened to Egypt when this vision was seen.
Following a late lunch at a local restaurant, you will finish the day with a tour of the Egyptian Museum. Here a guide will take you on a tour of the relics of Ancient Egypt that have a strong connection with Christianity. Here you will see Pharaonic symbols used by modern day Christians and hear about ancient rituals used even today in church services.Dinner will be at the hotel where you will spend the night
Day 7: Sakha And The Footprint Of Jesus
Buffet breakfast will be followed by a bus trip to Sakha. This northern Delta town is home to the footprint of Jesus, a stone impression of a foot believed to be that of the Divine Child, one that was left as the Holy Family passed through this area. After examining the stone and hearing its story from the priests who care for it, you will journey to the nearby town of Samanud where ancient Christian documents fill the library. Lunch box en route.
That night you will overnight in Cairo after dinner at the hotel.
Day 8: Ancient Pillars And The Mountain Of Birds
Buffet breakfast will be followed by a bus trip to El Minia, 250 kilometres south of Cairo. From here you will visit two extraordinary sites: Ashmunayn and Gabel el-Teir, both famous for visits by the Holy Family. The spectacular site of Ashmunayn was a thriving port on the Nile when visited by the Holy Family. What you will see now are impressive remnants from the many civilizations that have occupied this spot since before and after the visit of the Holy Family. Called Hermopolis by the Greeks who built tall Corinthian pillars that still stand proudly, Ashmunayn contains exquisite examples of Pharaonic ruins and a massive underground basilica that was built in the fifth century. A visit to this impressive site and its small museum will let you see and feel what life was like 2000 years ago. Lunch box en route. Then it’s on to Gabel el-Teir to one of the most famous and beautiful site on the Holy Family Trail, the mountainside monastery built on the site of the cave where the Holy Family is thought to have stayed as they fled upriver from the pursuing soldiers. The priest will tell you why the entrance to a secret Pharaonic tomb might lie beneath the altar and why they cannot know for sure.
That night, stay and dine at one of Minia’s fabled Nile River hotels where the sound of the water fills the cool night air.
Day 9: Secret Cave Paintings Of Abu Hinnis
After breakfast on the banks of the Nile, the bus will take you further south to Abu Hinnis, a small Christian town with a big history. Here you can tour an authentic country village and its ancient churches. Or visit Ansena, an ancient ghost town on the banks of the Nile that was visited by the Holy Family.
The hardier of travellers can climb to the caves of Abu Hinnis, a fairly difficult hike that rewards your effort with a chance to view cave painting of the family’s flight to Egypt. These cave paintings were done by sixth century hermits who lived in the tombs and quarries of these mountains and are among the great art treasures of the world.
A box lunch will be served on the bus trip back to Cairo. Dinner will be served at the hotel where you will spend the night
Day 10: The Famous St. Catherine’s Monastery
After a buffet breakfast, prepare for a bus trip to the Sinai Desert and the magnificent St. Catherine’s Monastery. It is here that you will see even climb if you want Mount Moses, thought to be the mountain where Moses received the 10 commandments from God. At St. Catherine’s you will see its extensive library of ancient documents and hear the stories of the monastery as only the monks can tell them.
A box lunch will be served on the bus and dinner at the monastery where you will stay.
Special Note: The climb of Mount Moses starts at 1 am. The monastery is open to the public from 9 to 11:30 am.
Day 11: Climb. Moses ‘S Mountain
Athletic travelers will welcome this arduous climb in the footsteps of Moses. The climb begins at 1 am and takes four hours. Once on top you will have a panoramic view of one of the most famous regions of the Holy Lands, the place where God revealed his law to man.
Those not inclined to climb this mountain can spend the day touring the monastery, a beautiful facility with a deep history.
Breakfast will be served at the monastery. Lunch at the monastery. By mid afternoon, you will board a bus for return to Cairo. There you can have a gala final dinner of your tour and spend the night before leaving for the airport.
Day 12: Departure From Egypt
Transfer from the hotel to the airport with Abraam representative where will end your sacred journey on the steps of the Holy Family in Egypt.
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Solutions in Plain Sight: Black Culture Centers on College Campuses Across the Country
Written by Serie McDougal
One of the unsung solutions in Black higher education is the role that Black Culture Centers (BCC) play in the college experiences of Black students. This is especially true for Black students on campuses, where they are underrepresented and/or in the numerical minority. On these campuses Black students face marginalization, social, isolation, underrepresentation in curriculum, and lack of cultural understanding. This can result in diminished sense of school-pride and spirit, and sense of belongingness. According to Patton (2006) Black students explain that they are sometimes stereotyped and treated in one of four ways: “as the spokesperson for all black people; as the academically underprepared beneficiary of affirmative action; as the angry, defensive minority; or as the invisible student” (p.2). In one of the few studies on the impact of Black Culture Centers, Patton (2006) interviewed students who participated in BCCs. She explains how BCCs benefit students in many ways, including increased opportunities for involvement and preparation for student leadership, a richer understanding of their community, enhanced development of their black identity, increased pride in their shared history, and an enrichment of strategies for thriving in college.
Students reported that the Black culture center’s activities and workshops taught them leadership and organization skills. They also provided them opportunities for leadership, and served as a pathway to membership in campus wide organizations.
Students reported that the Black culture center provided them with culture specific services that were geared toward their needs and interests and styles. The center provided them with an opportunity to form social relationships with other students and faculty and staff. They felt that faculty and staff at the centers were like mother and father figures and their peers, like family members.
HISTORICAL PRIDE AND IDENTITY
Students reported that the Black culture center provided them a place to learn about their culture and identity. They believed that the BCC was a place they could learn about and discuss Black issues and current ideas.
SELF-PRESERVATION AND MATTERING
Students felt that the BCC was a place they could go and feel a sense of comfort and relief. For them, they could speak freely and not feel treated as strange at the Black culture center compared to the larger campus.
Black Culture Centers are able to accomplish these outcomes through a range of services, including:
Pre College Programs
Campus visits for middle and high school student/ tours; Mentoring middle and high school students; Middle and high school recruitment visits; Inviting middle and high school students to attend and participate in cultural, motivational and education activities; Middle school, on-campus performances
Resource/Opportunity Awareness
Orientations for 1st year students (college readiness skills); Welcome weeks (awareness of campus resources-scholarships and financial aid, services, and opportunities for membership in campus organizations)
Cultural Enrichment/Celebration
Student dance, drama, and musical performances; Kwanzaa celebrations and teach-ins; Black history month; Black family day-typically including cultural performances; Martin Luther King Day celebrations; Gospel Choir; Cultural Film series; Dance organizations; Open Mic Nights; Juneteenth Celebrations; Pageants
Relationship and Network Building
Leadership training; Peer mentoring; Social Retreats to learn leadership and team building; Educational (historical/cultural) road trips; Formally established faculty/staff mentors of students
Leadership training workshops; Writing skills; Research training; Tutoring; Science, technology, engineering, and math initiatives
Career/Graduate School Preparation
Foster awareness of employment opportunities; Graduate school application assistance; Grad school fellowship and scholarship referral
Intellectual and Academic Recognition and Stimulation
Study tables; Black historical site trips out of state (i.e. to civil rights museums and monuments); Academic excellence awards handed out at events; Scholarships offered for service and achievement; Computer lab space; Discussion groups on topics relevant to Black people; Guest lecturers on relevant topics; Conference sponsorship and attendance / some hosted conferences
Culminating Experiences
Black graduation ceremony; Black family dinners
OPPOSITION AND MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT BCCs
Many BCCs face misconceptions. The more prominent of them are that they foster separatism, are only for Black students, and that they are only social (Patton, 2006). However, these misconceptions are based on a lack of understanding of BCCs. BCCs allow students to engage their institutions in ways that they are comfortable with, without having to check their cultures at the door. BCCs are for all students on campus who are interested in learning about Black cultures and themselves in relation to Black cultures. Lastly, as illustrated above BCCs offer a great deal of services beyond social ones, including skill building, academic services, and career/graduate school preparation. BCCs also face funding cuts and attempts to convert into multicultural centers. These options are based on under-valuing the role that ethnic specific centers play and lack of investment in what it takes to achieve educational equity.
THE FUTURE OF BCCs
According to Cooper (2014) BCCs are intent on becoming more academic in focus (2014), engaging in academic services, relationships with academic programs, housing libraries, and computer labs. The National Association for Black Culture Centers is also implementing an accreditation process for effectiveness in Black Culture Centers (see Appendix A) to aid in the process. According to Cooper (2014) “Yale's center is working with the archivist of the campus library to preserve artifacts, pictures and memorabilia, and provide electronic access to those materials” (p.7). Some BCCs are becoming involved in tracking and monitoring recruitment and retention rates and experiences at their institutions (Walker, 2007). There is also a recent push to collect hard data on the impact of their centers on students, given the general lack of data.
Cooper, K. J. (2014). Black culture centers are embracing multiculturalism and intellectual conversation. Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, 31(15), 6-9.
Patton, L. D. (2006). Black culture centers: Still central to student learning. About Campus, 11(2), 2-8.
Walker, M. A. (2007). The evolution of Black culture centers. Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 23(24), 16-17.
APPENDIX A: Criteria for Center Accreditation
I. Institutional Commitment and Responsibilities
A. There should be a direct reporting connection of Center to chief academic or student activities administrator.
B. Center should be integral part of institution’s educational and environmental culture.
Institutionalization of college/university support to Center.
Long-term prioritization of college/university support to Center.
Centrality of Center to institution’s environmental culture.
C. Center should be an integral part of institution’s support services (retention).
Institution’s insistence that all support services be responsible for ongoing communication with Center.
Center’s authority to serve as liaison to all support services and to bring its perspectives to those services.
D. Center should demonstrate clear commitment to liaisons with larger community.
Center’s receiving adequate resources to develop/maintain viable ties to larger community.
Institution’s in-kind support of Center’s initiatives to develop/maintain viable ties to larger community.
E. Center should demonstrate clear commitment to enabling vital ties with institution’s academic programs.
Institution’s insistence that all academic departments and programs develop and sustain clear working relationships with the Center.
Center’s authority to develop and maintain outreach efforts with all academic departments and programs, and to bring its perspectives to such efforts.
II. Center’s Conditions of Eligibility
A. Center must be institutional member of ABCC.
B. Center must successfully complete Preliminary Information Form, self-study and peer review processes.
Completion of Preliminary Information form and acceptance by the Council.
Completion of self-study process and acceptance by the Council.
Successful peer-review process of the Council’s visiting team.
C. Center must meet minimal standards outlined in the ABCC handbook, including III and IV of this Accreditation Outline.
III. Initial Membership
B. Center must successfully complete the ABCC accreditation process.
C. Center has probationary membership of one year.
D. Center’s institution must demonstrate ability to meet guidelines of institutional commitment and responsibilities.
E. Center must demonstrate evidence of meeting conditions of eligibility.
IV. Center’s Missions and Purpose
A. Center should demonstrate clear evidence of meeting the following related missions identified in the ABCC Constitution:
Reclamation of the ethnic culture(s)
Critique of the ethnic culture(s)
Promulgation of the ethnic culture(s)
B. Center should demonstrate clear evidence of connecting with its institution’s academic and environmental diversity purposes:
Center as part of the institution’s curricular initiatives toward diversity.
Center as part of the institution’s initiatives in developing/maintaining the institution’s overall environment of diversity, including co-curricular initiatives and ongoing education of the entire college/university and larger community regarding an authentic pluralistic environment.
V. Center’s Effectiveness
A. Center must demonstrate effectiveness in the following areas:
Administrative staff and support services
Educational programs and support services
Overall student services
Overall community involvement
B. Center must demonstrate effectiveness in programmatic activities and resources.
Clear relationship between Center’s activities and students’ documented interests.
Coordination of Center’s publicity efforts with other components of institution and the community.
Clear relationship between Center’s activities and larger community’s documented interests.
Clear relationship between Center’s activities and goals of Black and Ethnic Studies departments and programs.
Adequate, discrete space for programmatic activities and to house resources.
Adequate budget to sponsor and co-sponsor programmatic activities and to develop/maintain viable levels of print, electronic, and other resources.
VI. Staff Qualifications and Performance
A. Qualifications of Director(s) and other professional staff, must be met.
Director(s) steeped in the histories and cultures of the primary clients served.
Other professional staff having appropriate educational background and experience related to job expectations.
B. Evaluation of staff performance must be done.
Ongoing external review by the Center Board or Advisory Council.
Ongoing internal review by appropriate staff members.
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What's New in Standardisation: Biological Indicators
The DGSV 10 Years On - Medical Device Decontamination Today and Tomorrow. DGSV Congress, 1 - 3 October 2006 in Potsdam, Germany
Congratulations on DGSV's 10th Anniversary. Extracts from the Speech at the DGSV Congress in Potsdam, 1 October 2006
A Step to the Future at the First Mexican Conference
Opportunities in Instrument Traceability and Management Systems. Getinge T-DOC Symposium in Advance of the EFHSS Congress
J.R. Cronmiller, C.H. Kim, S.A. Cuminale, K.M. Antloga, G.E. McDonnell*:
Efficacy of the Manual Cleaning of Endoscopes
(Zentr Steril 2006; 14 (3): 345-357)
Cleaning is a critical stage in the safe and effective decontamination of medical devices. Flexible endoscopes pose a particular challenge to manual and automated cleaning processes due to their complexity of design and, in particular for lower intestinal interventions, relatively heavy levels of microbial and chemical soiling in comparison to other routinely used surgical/medical devices. This study investigated the level of soiling on three different types of flexible endoscopes (gastroscopes, duodenoscopes and colonoscopes) directly after typical clinical use and following a recommended manual cleaning method. Endoscope lumens and surface sites where investigated. The indicators of cleaning efficacy used were bioburden (aerobic, mesophilic bacteria), protein, bilirubin, and hemoglobin concentrations. Particularly high levels of bioburden and other soil indicators were found in all lumens of the endoscopes investigated. Manual cleaning was efficient at reducing these levels to below detectable levels (using the methods used), with the exception of bacterial loads. Bacterial loads were reduced within the endoscope channels by an average of 2.6 log10/cm2.
cleaning, soil, endoscopy
A. Steeves, R.M. Steeves:
Endotoxin and Reprocessing of Medical Devices
Medical devices contaminated with endotoxin may cause adverse reactions in patients during surgery. It is therefore important to understand to what extent the different stages of reprocessing surgical instruments in the sterile service department can affect endotoxin contamination so that appropriate monitoring points can be established.
In this preliminary study surgical instruments that were either depyrogenated or spiked with endotoxin, from Escherichia coli serotype O113:H10, where subjected to washing, handling and steam sterilisation. Endotoxin concentrations were measured after each or a combination of these activities.
Steam sterilisation inactivated the endotoxin activity on surgical instruments that had been contaminated through handling by cleanroom staff. The results of this investigation suggest that it would be more appropriate to monitor endotoxin levels on surgical instruments after steam sterilisation rather than in final rinse water used in the washer-disinfector. The results also question the necessity of using final rinse water with an endotoxin concentration limit of 0.25 EU/ml.
endotoxin, surgical instruments, decontamination, sterilisation
P. Kober:
The Implications of Endotoxins for Sterilisation of Surgical Instruments. Supplementary remarks from the Sterilisation Section of the German Society for Hospital Hygiene DGKH e.V. on the publication by Flocard, V. et al.: Central Service 2006; 14(2): 93-102)
Zentr Steril 2006;
EDUCATION INSTRUMENTS - NEW!
Quality Management in the CSSD - Standard Surgical Instruments (1): Legal Fundamentals
Manufacturers' Instructions for Decontamination
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Corderoite
Dark red bands of cinnabar alternate with layers of tan limonite. The corderoite are the yellow-tan microcrystals.
Halide mineral
(repeating unit)
Hg3S2Cl2
Strunz classification
2.FC.15a
Crystal system
Crystal class
Tetartoidal (23)
(same H-M symbol)
Space group
Unit cell
a = 8.940(5) Å; Z = 4
Pale orange-pink to salmon-pink; on exposure to light, rapidly darkening to pale gray, then black
Crystal habit
Rare as cubic crystals; as rims and replacements of cinnabar
Mohs scale hardness
Diaphaneity
6.845 calc.
n > 2.5
Corderoite is an extremely rare mercury sulfide chloride mineral with formula Hg3S2Cl2. It crystallizes in the isometric crystal system. It is soft, 1.5 to 2 on the Mohs scale, and varies in color from light gray to black and rarely pink or yellow.
It was first described in 1974 for occurrences in the McDermitt Mercury mine in Humboldt County, Nevada. The name is from the old name of the mine, the Old Cordero Mine.[4]
Corderoite has crankshaft chains that are crosswise linked by additional Hg²+. The bond distance between the cation Hg and anion S is 2.422 Angstroms. It has two angles, Hg-S-HG= 94.1º and S-Hg-S= 165.1º. Various sulfide halides of Hg share the feature of being face-sharing [HgS2X4] −6 polyhedral, as corderoite's polyhedra X=Cl.
Geologic occurrence
The main occurrence of corderoite in the type locality is in the Upper Miocene playa sediments within a thick zone, around 5–7 m (16–23 ft), sub parallel to bedding. Lake sediments including altered rhyolitic tuff and ash were deposited on the Tertiary rhyolitic volcanic rocks. Corderoite occurs as isolated grains or with cinnabar as replacements. Corderoite occurs as a low temperature supergene mineral.[5]
^ http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/corderoite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy
^ http://www.mindat.org/min-1127.html Mindat with location data
^ http://www.webmineral.com/data/Corderoite.shtml Webmineral data
^ http://www.mindat.org/loc-4206.html Mindat McDermii Mine page
^ Berendsen P., Foord E. E., and Storey L. O. (1974) "Corderoite, first natural occurrence of Hg3S2Cl2, from the Cordero mercury deposit, Humboldt County, Nevada". American Mineralogist, 59, 652–655 http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM59/AM59_652.pdf
Grenchischev O. K. and Vasil'ev V. I. (1978) "First find of Corderoite (Hg3S2Cl2) in mercury ores of USSR". Doklady. 246/1-6, 145.
Keller P., Lissner F., and Schleid T. (2005) "Single-crystal structure determination of Perroudite, Hg5Ag4S5 (I,Br)2Cl2, from Tsumeb (Namiba), and its structural relationships to other sulfide halides of mercury and cinnabar." Stuttgart 181/1, 1–9.
Lavrent'ev Y. G. and Vasil'ev V. I. (1986) "New finds and data on the composition of corderoite (Hg3S2Cl2)". Soviet Geology and Geophysics, 27/12, 117–121.
Modreski P. J. (1998) "Eugene Edward Foord, 1946–1998". The Canadian Mineralogist, 36/2, 251–254.
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Sotos syndrome: An interesting disorder with gigantism
A Nalini1, Arundhati Biswas2
1 Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
2 Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
Date of Submission 15-Nov-2007
Date of Decision 06-Feb-2008
Date of Acceptance 14-Apr-2008
A Nalini
Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Hosur Road, Bangalore-560 029
We report the case of a 16-year-old boy diagnosed to have Sotos syndrome, with rare association of bilateral primary optic atrophy and epilepsy. He presented with accelerated linear growth, facial gestalt, distinctive facial features, seizures and progressive diminution of vision in both eyes. He had features of gigantism from early childhood. An MRI showed that brain and endocrine functions were normal. This case is of interest, as we have to be aware of this not so rare disorder. In addition to the classic features, there were two unusual associations with Sotos syndrome in the patient.
Keywords: Cerebral gigantism, epilepsy, primary optic atrophy, sotos syndrome
Nalini A, Biswas A. Sotos syndrome: An interesting disorder with gigantism. Ann Indian Acad Neurol 2008;11:190-2
Nalini A, Biswas A. Sotos syndrome: An interesting disorder with gigantism. Ann Indian Acad Neurol [serial online] 2008 [cited 2019 Jul 18];11:190-2. Available from: http://www.annalsofian.org/text.asp?2008/11/3/190/42941
Sotos syndrome, or cerebral gigantism first described by Sotos in 1964, is a syndrome of accelerated linear growth during early childhood and is associated with craniofacial and physical abnormalities. [1] The cause of Sotos syndrome remains unknown, but, most often, it occurs sporadically, though occasional cases with autosomal dominant inheritance have been reported. [2] The clinical features include mental retardation with facial dysmorphic features of frontal bossing, hypertelorism, macrocrania, prognathism, high arched palate and large hands and feet. [1] Excessive prenatal and postnatal overgrowth in height, weight and bone age are present. It is a nonhormone mediated accelerated growth disorder, which mimics pituitary gigantism, but with no neuroendocrine dysfunction. [3] The mandatory criteria for Sotos syndrome include presence of macrocephaly and facial gestalt; the minor criteria are overgrowth and advanced bone age. [4] Cole et al. have proposed a diagnostic criteria which includes facial gestalt, growth pattern, bone age and developmental delay. [5] Various rare associations have been reported in Western literature and these include unilateral glaucoma, [6] optic disc pallor and retinal atrophy, [7] gastric carcinoma, [8] septo-optic dysplasia, [9] epilepsy [10] and congenital cardiopathy. [11] The disease is said to be not uncommon and can be missed easily in a clinical setting, if the clinician is not vigilant. Thus, Sotos syndrome is not a rare disorder and can be diagnosed among children with global developmental delay and macrocephaly. [12]
In 2001, a 16-year-old boy presented seizures of six years duration. It was of primary generalized tonic clonic type. He had one to two episodes in a fortnight. He was started on phenytoin and became seizure free. From age 12 onwards, he developed insidious onset and progressive bilateral diminution of vision, without field defects. He was born of a normal delivery, after prolonged labor, and was noted to be a big baby. There was presence of umbilical hernia at birth and he was operated on the second day of life. Macroglossia and prognathism were noted since birth. Neonatal period was uneventful. He had delayed developmental milestones with poor scholastic performance. At three years, he was noticed to have frontal bossing and big hands and feet; at nine years of age, he had a growth spurt; and, by 13 years of age, he attained a height of 185 cm (father aged 62 years was 165 cm tall and mother aged 50 years was 155 cm tall). There was history of excessive somnolence, with lack of interest in performing any work. At seven years of age, he was operated for cryptorchidism. There was no family history of consanguinity, mental deficiency, gigantism or neurofibromatoses.
During the first visit, the patient was evaluated by neurosurgeons for acromegaly, with contrast MRI of the brain, which was normal.
Examination revealed a tall boy with occipitofrontal head circumference of 59 cms, (> 98 th percentile), height of 185 cms (above 95 th centile as per the National Centre for Health Statistics Standards) and weight of 62 kgs, which was appropriate for the age and height (75 th centile). He had hypertelorism, megalophthalmos, macroglossia, prognathism, malocclusion of teeth, big nose [Figure 1A], prominent superciliary arches, divergent squint, high arched palate and large hands and feet. There was no scoliosis. Fundi revealed bilateral optic atrophy with visual acuity of 2/60 in right eye and 6/60 in left eye, with total color blindness. The macula was normal and no retinal pigmentary changes were noted. The person had moderate myopia on the right eye and simple myopic astigmatism in the left eye. Anti mongoloid slant of left palpebral aperture was seen. Ocular tension was 14.6 mmHg in both eyes, palpebral aperture of 30 mm in both eyes, intermedial canthal distance of 30 mm and interpupillary distance of 65 mm. Hypertelorism was apparent due to the divergent squint. Exophthalmometry showed 20 mm on both sides. He had mental subnormality; his speech was normal. Binet-Kamath intelligence test was done, which showed evidence of moderate mental retardation with an IQ of 34. There were no psychiatric manifestations. Motor system revealed normal tone and power. The deep tendon reflexes were normal. Sensory and cerebellar systems were normal.
Further investigations revealed normal hormone concentrations in plasma, including plasma growth hormone levels. Analysis for fragile X syndrome was negative. Blood fasting glucose was 94 mg/dl, calcium was 10.5 mg/dl and phosphorus was 4.6 mg/dl. Liver, renal and thyroid functions were normal. EEG showed evidence of recurrent generalized sharp wave discharges. Radiographs of skull showed prominent jaw bone, prominent frontal and maxillary sinuses [Figure 1B]. Radiographs, based on the epiphyseal centres of the hands and feet, did not show evidence of advanced bone age. There was no evidence of campodactyly or widened distal bones. An MRI of the brain was normal, except for large sphenoid, frontal and ethmoidal sinuses, with extensive pneumatization [Figure 1C]. 2D-echocardiogram revealed floppy mitral valve with mild prolapse and Doppler study showed trivial mitral regurgitation.
Sotos syndrome is characterized by growth and development anomaly, with unusual growth spurt commencing around birth which later plateaus by four to five years of age. They have features of gigantism, with nonprogressive neurologic disorder and normal endocrine function. The pathophysiology is not well understood, although it is attributed to disorder of collagen and elastin synthesis, with a common underlying basis between various syndromes like Beckwith-Wiederman, Klippel Feil Trenauney and Weavers syndrome. [13]
Reports confirm that NSD1 mutations are the major cause of Sotos syndrome. [14],[15] Weaver's syndrome is similar and closely related to Sotos syndrome, with advanced carpal maturation, widened distal long bones and campodactyly. NSD1 intragenic mutation is also noted in Weaver's patients. [4] Our patient did not have any of these bone abnormalities.
Various MRI abnormalities have been described, particularly presence of large ventricles, midline anomalies including agenesis or hypoplasia of corpus callosum, cavum septum pellucidum and cavum vergae. The rarer findings are heterotopias and macrocerebellum. [5],[16],[17] Thus, several of these neuroimaging abnormalities provide support for the hypothesis of delayed or disturbed development of the brain. [5] However, our patient showed no brain abnormality, suggesting that these may be absent in Sotos syndrome.
Several reports of classical Sotos syndrome have been reported in Western literature. Its association with seizures and primary optic atrophy is rare. Though subclinical EEG abnormalities are known, clinical seizures are very uncommon. [10] In a report from Saudi Arabia, 43% of 14 patients with Sotos syndrome had epilepsy. [18] West syndrome has also been reported in a patient with Sotos syndrome. [19] In a study performed on a large population from several colleges and schools of optometry and various clinics of optometrists and ophthalmologists, it was found that moderate to high refractive error, nystagmus and strabismus were commonly associated with Sotos syndrome. [20]
Our patient had all the typical clinical features of Sotos syndrome. In addition, he had the rare association of primary optic atrophy and epilepsy. He had acromegalic features, normal endocrine function and a nonprogressive neurologic disorder after 13 years of age. No genetic study was performed in our patient. Although ocular manifestations have been described in Sotos syndrome, the presence of primary optic atrophy has been documented only in one patient. [7] Thus, Sotos syndrome, according to Srour et al. , is not uncommon and can be diagnosed among children with global developmental delay and macrocephaly. [12]
1. Sotos JF, Dodge PR, Muirhead D, Crawford JD, Talbot NB. Cerebral gigantism in childhood. A syndrome of excessively rapid growth with acromegalic features and a non progressive neurologic disorder. N Engl J Med 1964;271:109.
2. Winship IM. Sotos syndrome-autosomal dominant inheritance substantiated. Clin Genet 1985;28:243-6. [PUBMED]
3. Hook EB, Reynolds JW. Cerebral gigantism: Endocrinological and clinical observations of six patients including a congenital giant, concordant monozygotic twins and a child who achieved adult gigantic size. J Pediatr 1967;70:900-14. [PUBMED]
4. Rio M, Clech L, Amiel J, Faivre L, Lyonnet S, Le Merrer M, et al. Spectrum of NSD1 mutations in Sotos and Weaver syndromes. J Med Genet 2003;40:436-40. [PUBMED] [FULLTEXT]
5. Cole TR, Hughes HE. Sotos syndrome: A study of the diagnostic criteria and natural history. J Mol Genet 1994;31:20-32.
6. Yen MT, Gedde SJ, Flynn JT. Unilateral glaucoma in sotos syndrome (cerebral gigantism. Am J Ophthalmol 2000;130:851-3. [PUBMED] [FULLTEXT]
7. Inoue K, Kato S, Numaga J, Sakurai M, Ohara C, Ouchi M, et al. Optic disk pallor and retinal atrophy in Sotos syndrome (cerebral gigantism) Am J Ophthalmol 2000;6:853-4.
8. Le Marec B, Pasquler L, Dugast C, Gesselin M, Odent S. Gastric carcinoma in Sotos syndrome (cerebral gigantism). Ann Genet 1999;42:113-6.
9. Buyukgebiz A, Ercal D, Bober E. Sotos syndrome with septo-optic dysplasia. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 1996;9:497-9.
10. Buyukgebiz A, Kinik E. Sotos syndrome presenting with epilepsy. Turk J Pediatr 1990;32:59-63.
11. Di Marco G, Levantesi G, Parisi G, Chialrelli A. Congenital cardiopathy in a patient with Sotos syndrome: Description of a case. G Ital Cardiol 1989;19:453-5.
12. Srour M. Diagnosing Sotos syndrome in the setting of global developmental delay and macrocephaly. J Child Neurol 2006;21:287-90.
13. Douglas J, Hanks S, Temple IK, Davies S, Murray A, Upadhyaya M, et al. NSD1 mutations are the major cause of Sotos syndrome and occur in some cases of Weaver syndrome but are rare in other overgrowth phenotypes. Am J Hum Genet 2003;72:132-43. [PUBMED] [FULLTEXT]
14. Douglas J, Tatton-Brown K, Coleman K, Guerrero S, Berg J, Cole TR, et al. Partial NSD1 deletions cause 5% of Sotos syndrome and are readily identifiable by multiplex ligation dependent probe amplification. J Med Genet 2005;42:56.
15. Visser R, Hasegawa T, Niikawa N, Matsumoto N. Analysis of the NSD 1 promoter region in patients with Sotos syndrome phenotype. J Hum Genet 2006;51:15-20. [PUBMED] [FULLTEXT]
16. Schaefer GB, Bodensteiner JB, Beuchler BA, Lin A, Cole TRP. The neuroimaging findings in Sotos syndrome. Am J Med Genet 1997;68:462-5.
17. Horikoshi H, Kato Z, Masuno M, Asano T, Nagase T, Yamagishi Y, et al. Neuroradiologic findings in Sotos syndrome. J Child Neurol 2006;21:614-8. [PUBMED]
18. al Rasheed AA, al-Jarallah AA, Salih MA, Kolawole T, al-Jarallah J. Sotos syndrome(cerebral gigantism): A clinical and radiological study of 14 cases from Saudi Arabia. Ann Trop Paediatr 1999;19:197-203.
19. Ray M, Malhi P, Bhalla AK, Singhi PD. Cerebral gigantism with West syndrome. Indian Pediatr 2003;40:673-5. [PUBMED] [FULLTEXT]
20. Maino DM, Kofman J, Flynn MF, Lai L. Ocular manifestations of Sotos syndrome. J Am Optom Assoc 1994;65:339-46. [PUBMED]
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£40m bid for superfast broadband for Somerset and Devon
Five councils in Somerset and Devon have submitted a bid for £40m to bring superfast broadband to both counties.
The bid has been made by Somerset, North Somerset, Devon, Plymouth City and Torbay councils for government help in securing this technology.
The total cost is estimated to be £100m, with the councils contributing £22m. Previously, Somerset County Council said it needed a £7m subsidy.
It is hoped the remaining balance will be paid by private investors.
Average broadband speed in Somerset is 3Mbps per second but some areas are lower than 2Mbps per second.
If broadband speed is lower than 2Mbps per second, users are unable to access video or other multimedia at a reasonable speed.
Superfast broadband will involve installing fibre optic cables to enable broadband speed to become 10 times faster, with speeds of at least 30Mbps and up to 100Mbps per second.
'No cherry picking'
David Hall, the Conservative cabinet member for strategic planning and economic development, said: "It's a big slice of money but it's moving the market forward - and instead of this 50% delivery of the market going where there is most value to them it's high speed broadband across the two counties.
"One of the conditions of getting the funding is there is to be no cherry picking of the market, instead there'll be roll-out right across the county - obviously there will be technical issues of how we phase it."
The councils' aim is to have superfast broadband installed across the county by 2015.
It has also said if it did not take action, about 113,000 homes and businesses would be left in the broadband "slow lane" in Somerset.
Shepton Mallet and Taunton are to receive superfast broadband as part of BT's UK-wide roll out by the end of the year and Frome is due to go live by the end of next year at the latest.
The councils will find out if their bid is successful by 27 May.
"With all the local authorities in Somerset and Devon combining together gives us the scale of the bid to make it attractive," said Mr Hall.
"It also means we have the potential to deliver one project for the government across this potentially remote area."
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by msp83 on Fri 25 Jul 2014, 3:49 pm
Lets get in the thread early enough.
India 1-0 up and now is the time to keep up the leel of intensity.
For England a few careers might depend on a quick turnaround in fortune here.
The pitch is reported to have some green on it and is expected to be in between the ugly pathetic track for the Trent Bridge and a lively track for the 2nd test at the HQ.
Not many reports on the England xi, but there are indications that Stuart Binny will be out for India, and by reports coming in now, its Rohit Sharma who might come in.
Re: England v India 3rd Test, Ageas Bowl
by Duty281 on Thu 31 Jul 2014, 8:28 pm
Duty281 wrote: Is there any clear evidence of Anderson's supposed wrongdoings? That appears to be one thing missing.
Just watch the game Duty, just watch the game!.
I did, but that doesn't give clear evidence.
Duty281
Location : Not having Chance on here
by msp83 on Thu 31 Jul 2014, 8:30 pm
Mike Selig wrote: I'm a bit torn on the Anderson thing TBH. I don't mind sledging as a rule, but feel we are veering more and more towards it going too far too often.
If Anderson did shove Jadeja then that is obviously unacceptable.
Given how the ICC still bend over backwards for the BCCI, I don't think Anderson's prospects look good. I'd be interested in seeing what would happen if the ECB appealed and insisted on being allowed to pick Anderson until the appeal was heard (technically you're not allowed to, but then technically you're not allowed to appeal a level 1 - note that IMO this is a travesty in the first place, so in a way I'm glad India have been allowed to if it leads to a change in the rules).
I agree with msp when he says that some England fans do pick and choose what they consider to be the spirit of cricket.
I wasn't around on these boards when the Buttler incident happened, but would be interested to hear what the view was. For what it's worth if you ask me, Buttler once he had been warned was either cheating or being dozy.
I do find the notion of the BCCI somehow being on a "greater good" campaign completely ludicrous.
The BCCI is not the most credible organization when comes to leading a larger good campaign, bu they are powerful enough to lead one such effort. And I hope they use that power for something good ones.......
I think there has to be a distinction between a funny bit of banter and insouciant abuse. The exchange between Mark Waugh and Jimmy Ormond is something worth remembering, but Glenn McGrath's line to Ramnaresh Sarwan that got a deserving response isn't IMO.
I would any day take away the image of Andrew Flintoff and Brett Lee from Ashes 2005 rather than any big mouth nonsense from a cricket field.
by ChequeredJersey on Thu 31 Jul 2014, 8:34 pm
Olly wrote:
msp83 wrote: And while we are at it, I can't help but wonder, as to how different the reactions of many here would have been if the situations and protagonists had their roles reversed!.
How much sanctimonious lectures on spirit of cricket and what not????!
I think the reaction would be the same, in that its absolute rubbish and they should just get on with it
Only difference is getting Jadeja banned would be a bad thing for England
Yeah, haven't forgotten the abuse and namecalling that David Warner received on these boards after the Root incident and particularly after his comments on Trott that had nothing to be blamed about!.
And the sanctimonious lectures after Jos Buttler was legitimately run-out by the Sri Lankans....... They like to dish out but absolutely hates when the other side refuse to be pushed around.
Steady on. Warner punched Root in the face. Now England do do things agaisnt the spirit of cricket and sometimes it's a shame and sometimes it is genuinely plucky or good sense and only agaisnt the spirit if we ignore everything that has happened in professional international cricket for decades. But punching someone in the face deserves condemnation with very very few contextual exceptions, none of which were close to being fulfilled. False comparisons galore
ChequeredJersey
Location : London, UK
ChequeredJersey wrote:
So a punch in a bar where the baby face had gone to listen to a lecture on the spirit of cricket at 2-30 AM is not on while a push in the dressingroom pathway is very much cricketing and routine!.
I was very critical of what Warner did in the Root insidant, and have never been a fan of hour-long abuse sessions in the name of cricket. And Anderson took it beyond the boundaries, yet some people want to live in the world of denial.
I shall repeat one final time, MSP: can I have some clear evidence of what Anderson said or did to prove your claim?
I don't expect you to give me this, simply because there isn't any (currently) and you're just operating off a prejudiced dislike.
by CaledonianCraig on Thu 31 Jul 2014, 8:54 pm
I think the case will centre around eye-witness evidence. Not sure but I think Dhoni is quoted somewhere as sating he never saw 'the push' he just heard raised voices. So who saw the push? If multiple players offer eye witness evidence then Anderson will be found guilty and has to accept his medicine. If he is cleared it surely can be presumed nobody saw a push.
If Erasmus claims he saw it, can his testimony be discarded? Not the contact he has imagined this past few days...
Dhoni did indeed talk about Jadeja being pushed. He in fact mentioned that Jadeja just about managed to regain his balance after that.
And Ben Stokes has said that Jadeja pushed Anderson first.
Golly, who shall I believe? I've even heard that Jadeja lifted his bat as if to strike Anderson.
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msp83 wrote: Dhoni did indeed talk about Jadeja being pushed. He in fact mentioned that Jadeja just about managed to regain his balance after that.
Well no as this is his transcript:-
Dhoni said Jadeja had been on the receiving end of "foul langauge" and physical assault and, although the India skipper did not name Anderson on Saturday, it was clear he was referring to the England paceman during a news conference in Southampton ahead of Sunday's third Test match.
"I don't want to take any individual's name, but one used foul language against Jadeja," Dhoni said.
"I had to step in the middle. By that time, we had reached the ropes, and I thought the thing was defused.
"Then, when we were going through the members' area, I was ahead of Jadeja, who was a couple of yards behind me.
"Again, something happened. Something was told to him and he turned across to the individual.
"After that, he was pushed and he barely gained his balance. Then, he turned to see what was happening.
"The bat was under his armpit throughout, and right from the call for lunch till the time he entered the dressing room, not one word was spoken by him (Jadeja)."
Now I take it when it says 'he turned to see what was happening' it is referring to Dhoni.
by mystiroakey on Thu 31 Jul 2014, 9:09 pm
its obvious what happened.,
Anderson and Jadeja was having a sledge match- jimmy said something- Jadeja turned round agrresively up in Jimmys face and jimmy pushed him out the way.
Its a 50/50 thing even if it marginally isnt.
mystiroakey
Location : surrey
Many things have to be taken into account here. If he was seen maliciously pushing Jadeja then he deserves punishment and if that means a ban then he should accept his medicine. There may have been a push that wasn't malicious in intent as in that just a whole pushing of people rushing to get in for lunch (not likely I know but possible) and if so this is just a storm in a teacup. It lies on eye witness evidence for me.
mystiroakey wrote: its obvious what happened.,
Yes that is the most likely scenario but even so it is not acceptable raising hands to an opponent. Jadeja has been punished and so now it is Anderson's turn.
by PaulHv2 on Thu 31 Jul 2014, 9:13 pm
If Jadeja has turned around aggressively and Jimmy has pushed him away because of this then they are both as bad as each other and as such the punishment should be the same, if the push is uncalled for and not merited then Jimmy should rightly get a more severe punishment.
It's funny that MSP is taking Dhoni's account as gospel, what do you expect the team captain to say?
PaulHv2
hampo171 wrote: If Jadeja has turned around aggressively and Jimmy has pushed him away because of this then they are both as bad as each other and as such the punishment should be the same, if the push is uncalled for and not merited then Jimmy should rightly get a more severe punishment.
Well from that transcript I posted it would seem Dhoni never actually saw it and only saw the aftermath.
by Good Golly I'm Olly on Thu 31 Jul 2014, 9:26 pm
ChequeredJersey wrote: If Erasmus claims he saw it, can his testimony be discarded? Not the contact he has imagined this past few days...
Judging by the way he umpired the past few days him saying he saw it is the worst thing that could've happened for India
If only someone in the members area at Lords was taking a video of the incident. Oh but there again the BCCI are staunchly against that sort of thing.
Captains can say so many things like what Cook did. Dhoni's statement was clear, that he did see Jadeja getting pushed and barely gaining balance.
And I must say, I found it absolutely amazing that in this day and age where access to dressingrooms are so closely monitored, the ECB/County cameras just refused to work!!!.
by GSC on Thu 31 Jul 2014, 9:38 pm
If Anderson pushed Jadeja without provocation then he deserves a ban, if Jadeja squared up to Anderson and he pushed him away then they're both as bad as each other.
It sounds more like the latter but I shall reserve judgement until a tribunal is held.
The BCCI's position on DRS is debatable to say the least, but using that as cover for Anderson just doesn't cut. If you haven't noticed, the question here is not about whether Anderson's push would have landed on Jadeja's face or would it have missed the face and hit the chest!.
And what has members at Lord's got to do with it all anyways?
The question is did jadeja square up to jimmy?
the fact that jadeja has been fined tells us he must have (in the ICC's eyes) therefore its a 50/50 fault, unless india can proof jadeja was completelky innocent and jimmy just went right up to him and physical abused him without him 'starting' it
Dhoni will back his man so you can't take his word as gospel, far to quick to try and crucify Anderson who hasn't had any disciplinary issues in his career, there is a cynical side of me that thinks this is all a ploy to get England's best bowler out of the series.
mystiroakey wrote: The question is did jadeja square up to jimmy?
England put up a level 2 charge against Jadeja and the match referee did not find merits in the same. He was not convinced that Jadeja's role in the confrontation would justify a level 2 charge. So I can't understand how it can be deduced that he must have squared up to Anderson.......
i didnt say he must have- i said he must have(in the ICC's eyes) otherwise he did nothing wrong and wouldnt have been fined a thing
by CaledonianCraig on Thu 31 Jul 2014, 10:01 pm
hampo171 wrote: Dhoni will back his man so you can't take his word as gospel, far to quick to try and crucify Anderson who hasn't had any disciplinary issues in his career, there is a cynical side of me that thinks this is all a ploy to get England's best bowler out of the series.
I don't see it that way. Even if it was the case then Anderson has been a silly boy for being suckered into such a situation. If he pushed Jadeja (whatever the provocation) he has to accept the punishment even if it is a one test ban. It may teach him not to get involved in such pathetic incidences IF he is found guilty that is.
mystiroakey wrote:
I thought it was a fine for swearing or something that he got.
by Duty281 on Thu 31 Jul 2014, 10:03 pm
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-india-2014/content/story/766083.html
The hearing (with the commissioner listening over Skype, how frightfully modern!) could take up to two days to reach a verdict.
Beyond reasonable doubt, the article says. No way will India be able to prove that without video evidence.
by msp83 on Thu 31 Jul 2014, 10:07 pm
We should have more on the Jadeja fine tomorrow anyways. The legal submissions by the BCCI forced the ICC to take the unprecedented step of allowing an appeal on a level 1 charge. Its in this context that the talk of the video has come up. I hope the BCCI is able to provide videio proof in the issue.
Regardless of whatever be the outcome of the case, the whole abuse culture in the name of sledging should be strictly controlled.
Duty281 wrote: http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-india-2014/content/story/766083.html
And as we know, the cameras conveniently didn't work that day!!.
by Mike Selig on Thu 31 Jul 2014, 10:15 pm
I'm sorry guys but it doesn't follow that because both were involved and both did wrong that they are equally culpable.
Pushing someone is a more serious offence than squaring up to someone IMO.
I'm not sure Jadeja is the innocent party Dhoni is claiming, and to be fair the Indians do have a history of being liberal with the truth when one of their own is accused.
But if there is compelling evidence that Anderson pushed Jadeja then he should be banned, probably for a couple of matches.
by ChequeredJersey on Thu 31 Jul 2014, 10:20 pm
Mike Selig wrote: I'm sorry guys but it doesn't follow that because both were involved and both did wrong that they are equally culpable.
by PaulHv2 on Thu 31 Jul 2014, 10:23 pm
How do you define the push though mike? If it's a shove then I agree as there's no place, however if it is just Anderson attempting to move Jadeja back because he has invaded his personal space then he is entitled to do that as you would be in any walk of life.
by djlovesyou on Thu 31 Jul 2014, 11:02 pm
If Anderson actually shoved Jadeja in an aggressive manner he would have been on his backside.
The fact that he barely lost any balance indicates that it was controlled to simply move him out of the way.
djlovesyou
by kingraf on Fri 01 Aug 2014, 2:53 am
That's hardly the most scientific measurement. By that reckoning, a James Taylor type should have a full blown pop at Morne Morkel, as there is now way he's dropping him. It's really got nothing to do with balance, Iraq anything of the sort. You don't put your hands on a cricketer during the game, and you surely don't do it during lunch breaks and such. Jimmy Anderson just comes across as the freaking village idiot.Then If found guilty, there's simply no way around a ban.
by alfie on Fri 01 Aug 2014, 4:04 am
I confess I am bewildered by the level of criticism of Anderson's general behaviour shown by some posters - and , apparently , the strong feelings on the part of India's cricketers. It sometimes seems that this case may be less about the actual events on the day than this feeling that Jimmy constantly goes beyond acceptable sledging , to the point of intimidation ; but where is the evidence for this ?
Anderson likes to say a few words to batsmen .
Wow. Come and play club cricket in Australia for a few years and you'll soon get immune to most insults (I came to regard "effing Pommy Bast..." as almost a form of endearment over time). And yes , the authorities are trying to clean it up in more recent years ; but still a work in progress I reckon...
If Anderson were as "bad" as some imply , the umpires would have had him on report long ago. And if the current Indian team find his manner offensive it is just as well they never played against Merv Hughes Or "Mad Dog" Callen...
None of this is to excuse Anderson if indeed he has overstepped the mark in this case. But we simply don't know. David Boon clearly didn't totally accept the testimony of the Indian witnesses , hence his (mild , sensibly so , in my opinion ) treatment of Jadeja. It remains to be seen how the judge in this case sees things.
I'll be disappointed if Anderson is hung out to dry over what many see as a storm in a teacup just because of BCCI pressure . Hope that no such pressure is forthcoming. But I do remember the Symonds- Bhaji case...
Justice will - hopefully - be done in a few hours. Just hope nothing more comes of it than a fine : because if England ended up being deprived of their main bowler by what they perceived as a witch hunt it wouldn't do much for the relations between the teams. And this is in fact a good series , which I would prefer not to be spoiled by any more silly stuff , on field or in corridors...
And getting away from the legal nonsense : India must surely consider Ashwin for the next match ? Even with his limitations he must offer something extra to their attack ...
And Gambhir can't do worse than Dhawan.
Hope Pankaj gets another chance - one of the unluckiest 0/for I've ever seen.
It's not really the sledging, for me anyway. I didn't even know until last night that Anderson was regarded as a prime sledge-master, and I don't even care. You just don't put your hands on another professional, simple as. The sledging, combined with the Warner-esque Michael Clarke incident years ago, just makes him look the type to think this sort lowest common denominator stuff is acceptable. I've been more surprised with his defendants on here, bemoaning the game for going soft... Never in the history of cricket has pushing a player been regarded as acceptable behaviour.
by CaledonianCraig on Fri 01 Aug 2014, 6:54 am
kingraf wrote: It's not really the sledging, for me anyway. I didn't even know until last night that Anderson was regarded as a prime sledge-master, and I don't even care. You just don't put your hands on another professional, simple as. The sledging, combined with the Warner-esque Michael Clarke incident years ago, just makes him look the type to think this sort lowest common denominator stuff is acceptable. I've been more surprised with his defendants on here, bemoaning the game for going soft... Never in the history of cricket has pushing a player been regarded as acceptable behaviour.
Also I have to say Jimmy only has himself to blame if found guilty. Even if he was sworn at or something you laugh it off, move on and think to yourself you'll do the talking on the cricket pitch. If he was silly enough to lose his rag and push Jadeja then a ban is what he should get and what he will deserve. He should know better as one of the most experienced players in the England side.
by msp83 on Fri 01 Aug 2014, 7:43 am
Craig, perhaps the long experience is what let down Andeson. Or to be more precise the knowledge that the game has developed an anything goes culture in the name of sledging over the years, and the umpires do not always appaly the rulebooks strictly and just accept things as part of the routine.
As alfie said, perhaps this is quite regular in the club seen in Australia, and the Australians under Steve Waugh took the whole thing to the most ridiculous levels and gave it the fancy name of 'mental disintegration'.
Glad to hear that the Australian authorities themselves are attempting a a bit of a clean up, much, much needed I would say. Also it has to be kept in mind that the main cricket playing countries, leave alone the 100 other associates and others, they all come from different cultural backgrounds, so what is seen routine may not be perceived similarly elsewhere.
With the Australians legitimizing it and giving back better than what you got perceived as the legitimate response to sledging, it has become a disease that has spread across the cricket world.
I hope this is the beginning of a larger cleanup that the game badly needs.
Sledging is fine on the pitch as long as it is kept to an acceptable level and is policed responsibly by the umpires. However, it should be left out on the pitch and not carried over as it seems was the case here.
by msp83 on Fri 01 Aug 2014, 4:59 pm
Neither Jadeja, nor Anderson found guilty.
Very interesting, I must say.
Very much looking forward to the reasoning.
Is it lack of clear evidence?
Or does the judicial commissioner believe abusing pushing and all that adds to the game?
A battle has been lost, but the war to make the game more civilized should continue nevertheless.
by LondonTiger on Sat 02 Aug 2014, 11:03 am
msp83 wrote: Neither Jadeja, nor Anderson found guilty.
Actually the Judge probably believed Anderson's story that he pushed past Jadeja who he believed had turned aggressively and raised his bat.
He also believed Jadeja when he said he turned to hear what Anderson was muttering and any raising of the bat in Anderson's direction was co-incidental.
Both players probably did not tell the whole truth, and both should have been found guilty of Level 2 breaches.
Any war for civilised cricket was lost the second BCCI aided by ECB and CA put money ahead of the good of the game. I suggest you put down your stones before breaking that glass house you live in.
LondonTiger
by mystiroakey on Sat 02 Aug 2014, 2:21 pm
What have the ECB or CA done.
The ECB especially is trying to keep test cricket alive by playing the most matches year in year out.
India's stance on t20 and DRS are the big problems test cricket faces.
Sledging is minor in comparison.
by Duty281 on Sat 02 Aug 2014, 3:30 pm
In my dream world, Cricket would be divided into two separate sports (like Rugby Union and Rugby League).
First-class, Test and fifty-over cricket on one side; Twenty20 rubbish on the other. Players can play on one side or the other, but not both.
Oh perchance to dream!
by LondonTiger on Sat 02 Aug 2014, 5:24 pm
mystiroakey wrote: What have the ECB or CA done.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/england/10925478/England-India-and-Australias-power-grab-at-the-ICC-is-the-worst-thing-that-has-ever-happened-to-our-sport.html
by msp83 on Sat 02 Aug 2014, 6:43 pm
LondonTiger wrote:
Have always been very critical of the power games played by the big 3 at the ICC.
That's a war that's lost already though unfortunately.
But that's more about the administrative side of the game, I want to watch my game being played on the field with a bit more civility....... Could be another lost war, but as Duty said, we can always dream
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This is the website of NSW book artist and printermaker, Tim Mosely.
Ampersand Duck
Caren Florance runs the private press ampersand Duck. She also makes artists' books. She is based in the ACT.
Laura Wait
This is the website of US painter and books artist, Laura Wait. To see more of her work or if you are interested in purchasing her work please visit!
Home Print
John and Allison Brebner run what could be called a book arts centre in Feilding, NZ. They also make artists' books.
Barbara Schmelzer bookbinding and book repair
Barabara Schmelzer is a master bookbinder who has trained in Germany. She is now living, working and teaching in Sydney Australia.
Publications covering the field of book arts
JAB: Journal of Artists' books
"Our mission is to engage with the field of artists books by means of critical discourse and creative exploration of the intersections of book arts, artists books, poetry, photography, experimental literature, printmaking, graphic design and other book-related creative endeavors." (from JAB home page)
Ines von Ketelhodt and Peter Malutzki
Find out more about the most significant work to have been produced in the field of book arts in the last 20 years.
Other related book arts links.
Bookbinding Now
"Bookbinding Now is a New York-based community podcast posted every other Wednesday. Bookbinding Now is hosted by Susan Mills in conjunction with Full Tilt Bookbinding and Full Tilt Field Notes."
South African Artists' Books
The collection of Jack Ginsberg, who is based in Johannesburg.
BAN: Book Arts Newsletter
Online journal and newsletter covering what is happening in book arts around the world. From the Centre for Fine Print Research at the University of Western England UK.
The Archive of Artists' Books and More
The Archive Artists' Books and More was established in 1980 in Munich by Hubert Kretschmer. The Archive is comprised of circa 40,000 artists’ books, magazines, objects, music cassettes, posters, calendars, autographs, and multiples from a selection of international artists.
The Bonefolder
An online journal covering all aspects of book arts and bookbinding. On January 13, 2012, Volume 8, the largest (and regrettably last) issue of The Bonefolder was published online. All issues are still available on this link and can be downloaded.
Artexte
Artexte is a non-profit arts organization with a mandate to document the visual arts in Canada (from 1965 to the present day) and to facilitate research in this area. Artexte was founded in 1981 by two artists and an art historian. The focus is on the documentation around contemporary art rather than collecting contemporary art. Artexte also houses a special collection called Projet Mobilivre/Bookmobile Project Collection.
The Codex Foundation
"The Codex Foundation exists to preserve and promote the hand-made book as a work of art in the broadest possible context and to bring to public recognition the artists, the craftsmanship, and the rich history of the civilization of the book."
Codex Australia
"An affiliate of the Codex Foundation and Codex Mexico, Codex Australia is an organisation dedicated to the hand-made book and to providing advocacy to the artists who make them."
Theo Strasser
Umbrella Editions
Umbrella is the most comprehensive online quarterly covering the arena of artists’ books, art books and other multiple editions, including audio and new media. Umbrella’s reviews cover new bookworks by artists, exhibitions, with special sections that focus on photographic and art books. Moreover, we try to keep you abreast of the best art gossip in the Western world. Umbrella is not longer being published by editions are available still online.
Art Hazelwood
You can explore the work of Art Hazelwood on this site.
BooksOnBooks is a blog that aims to bookmark the evolution of the book, from the centuries-long movement of orality into literacy to tomorrow's ongoing development of the codex offline and online. Its bookmarks range from the bibliographic to the paleo-weblographic, from incunabula to the e-incunabulum, from papyrus scrolls to scrolling screens and from the book arts to book art.
The Products of Wealth (1997)
Writer: Jas Duke
Photomonteur: Peter Lyssiotis
Publisher: Peter Lyssiotis
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MICHAEL SCHENKER'S TEMPLE OF ROCK
"Spirit on a Mission"
(in-akustik GmbH & Co. KG)
01. Live and Let Live
02. Communion
03. Vigilante Man
04. Rock City
05. Saviour Machine
06. Something of the Night
07. All Our Yesterdays
08. Bulletproof
09. Let the Devil Scream
11. Restless Heart
12. Wicked
A longtime favorite of guitar junkies worldwide, Michael Schenker just might be reliving his glory days with TEMPLE OF ROCK. Rolling with his one-time SCORPIONS mates Herman Rarebell and Francis Buchholz has not only brought back the mojo, it's given Schenker — and TEMPLE OF ROCK by attrition — a new lease on life. With longtime MSG shotgun rider Wayne Findlay (playing seven string guitar this time) and the indefatigable vocal dynamo Doogie White, TEMPLE OF ROCK is back in business following 2013's well-received "Bridge the Gap". If you dug that one, then the new album "Spirit on a Mission" is a gimme sell, since it's fundamentally similar, only with a tougher kick and a bigger focus on hard rock versus the power metal modes that cropped at times on the former.
Having suffered the loss of stolen guitars and the original tapes for "Spirit on a Mission", Schenker and TEMPLE OF ROCK didn't merely step back and punt. The theft gave the band a stiffer resolve during "Spirit on a Mission"'s re-recording which gives it a frequently hard swagger.
"Vigilante Man" sounds inherently pissed off from its jagged riffs and pummeling tempo. Thoughts of vengeance may or may not have been rolling around the minds of Schenker and company after being plundered. Yet the indirect effect spells a mean but infectious drive on this cut and many others on the album, including "Saviour Machine", "Communion", "Bulletproof", "Wicked" and "Let the Devil Scream".
As with "Bridge the Gap", "Spirit on a Mission" is divvied between mid-tempo shakers and brisk, double-timed groovers. On both albums, Herman Rarebell lays some of the smoothest double kicks in the business and listeners' knees will no doubt be jostling in time to "Live and Let Live", "Rock City", "Something of the Night" and "Restless Heart". Not that it's a detriment, since the full-on energy of these fast numbers keeps the heart of "Spirit on a Mission" pumping enthusiastically, but the riff structures become repetitive in accordance to the replicated double hammer on these tracks. Nonetheless, their seamless execution and vigor do credit to "Spirit on a Mission"'s" tenacity.
While "Bridge the Gap" noodled at times with DIO and Eighties power metal modes, next to none of that appears here. TEMPLE OF ROCK's methodology for "Spirit on a Mission" is to deliver the cuts tight and often fast with heaps of riff-hungry attitude and dialed-down guitar theatrics. Yes, Michael Schenker rakes his frets as intros on a handful of songs and he happily dances scales all over "Something of the Night", yet like the previous album, he punches his decorative solos out, then gets back into the meat of each track on here. It's the soul of the songs which compels both Schenker and Findlay's guitars and the latter's keys, in turn cajoling Doogie White's charismatic pipes to perfection.
The tireless White, who might soon need a teleprompter onstage considering all of his simultaneous gigs, is pure electric on this album. It's been a treat watching this in-demand cat worm his way through heritage acts and collaborative projects over the years (his name's damned near everywhere), but if Doogie's to call one of these stations a permanent home, TEMPLE OF ROCK seems the most fitting.
There's only one quantifiable softie to be found on "Spirit on a Mission", which is the nostalgia ride of "Good Times". Even that flows with admirable staunch and the up-and-down chords working toward the song's peppy choruses. Otherwise, "Spirit on a Mission" is all-systems-go with minimum flash and maximum drive, a glowing testament to a legendary SCORPIONS buttress who are no doubt enjoying one of hell of a reunion.
Author: Ray Van Horn, Jr.
Posted in: CD Reviews
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NetSuite Accelerates Business Growth in Asia
The mix of the rising demand among local businesses for NetSuite cloud ERP, partners' desire to thrive in the cloud model developed by NetSuite, and Southeast Asia's business-friendly environment and open market is driving NetSuite's sped up business growth in Asia.
" Our long history in Southeast Asia and the dynamic business environment that has actually emerged in the last few years, make expansion in the region a tactical important in NetSuite's next phase of global growth," said NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson. "Our announcements today demonstrate the success we've seen already and our deep level of commitment moving forward."
In Singapore, NetSuite has more than 212 subsidiaries and legal entities of companies like Mazars and American Express Global Business Travel running their mission crucial company procedures on NetSuite OneWorld, and more than 150 in Hong Kong. The NetSuite OneWorld option offers companies with multi-subsidiary management and international monetary capabilities to run business operations in the area in a 2 tier model, implementing NetSuite at the subsidiary level while maintaining their tradition, on premise systems at head office.
Singapore is widely seen as the company center for Southeast Asia for its world-class infrastructure, high mobile and Internet penetration and strong federal government support for company. The lowering of trade obstacles and tariffs develops a more competitive environment for regional companies as active brand-new entrants or well-capitalized multinationals get in the market.
Hong Kong, extensively deemed a gateway to China, has been the ASEAN region's largest trading partner since 2009, while ASEAN has been China's third-largest trading partner, thanks to a Free Trade Agreement between the 2. The mix of a combined AEC and growing need from the Chinese market produces a big opportunity for companies in the region.
" Businesses in Hong Kong and Singapore are already enjoying the rewards of open trade and global growth," stated Zakir Ahmed, Vice President and General Manager, NetSuite Asia. "NetSuite OneWorld is offering these companies the versatility and dexterity to fully capitalize on the present cycle of growth."
NetSuite works in close partnership with its channel partners in Asia to integrate strong skillsets in cloud computing, end-to-end company procedures, regional, local, global, and industry knowledge for the benefit of consumers. As partners look for to flourish in a cloud design, they turn to NetSuite for company design change to totally capitalize on the earnings development chance of the NetSuite cloud.
3PL Total Technology (www.3pltotal.com), founded in 2009, 3PL Total Technology concentrates on cloud warehouse management options (WMS) for third-party logistics service providers in Hong Kong and other Pan-Asian markets. NetSuite's cloud-based ERP is the perfect enhance for 3PL providers who should manage relationships with numerous consumers in real-time, a lot of which have various functional circulations on the warehouse floor and various billing plans in the back office.
CuriousRubik (www.curiousrubik.com), a multidisciplinary group of sensible and company issue solvers based in New York with offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney, Shanghai, Bangkok, Tokyo and San Francisco who have actually extended their partnership with NetSuite in Singapore focuses exclusively on NetSuite options and was founded to help its customers transfer to the cloud, either by migrating far from legacy on facility platforms or brand-new companies. Clients in the wholesale/distribution, retail, and professional services verticals in particular rely on CuriousRubik for international experience and seeking advice from proficiency. Numerous clients in the wholesale/distribution space currently run their company on basic systems and stand along spreadsheets which require multiple dedicated administrators.
Doji Media (www.dojimedia.com) was founded in January 2015, with the objective of bringing much better ERP and consumer relationship management (CRM) solutions to the almost 200,000 SMEs (Small Medium Enterprises) in Singapore. Doji Media delivers end-to-end business solutions created to assist small and medium sized companies effectively reach clients in your area and those who are broadening their companies internationally. Shortly after beginning operations, the company identified the need to go to market with a sophisticated, mature cloud-based option for financials and CRM, and welcomed the NetSuite philosophy. Doji Media works with SME customers to secure government grants and financial backing to make adoption of refined solutions like NetSuite much easier for smaller sized businesses.
New consumers announced today consist of Image Mission, Treknology Bikes 3 Pte Ltd., Hong Kong Express and Cosmosupplylab
Image Mission, an Organisation that acts as an affiliate of international not-for-profit organization, Dress for Success Worldwide, which has 142 affiliates in 20 nations worldwide, has deployed NetSuite to help transform its business operations, allowing the organization to concentrate on its social mission of empowering underprivileged women, not on IT infrastructure. Through a NetSuite.org software donation, Image Mission is using NetSuite for accounting, inventory management and CRM, allowing the charity to improve and handle its consumer and donor database, along with its volunteer assistance program more effectively. 3 months after deploying NetSuite, Image Mission has actually tripled its customer portfolio.
Treknology Bikes 3, Singapore-based Treknology Bikes 3 Pte Ltd, a supplier of roadway, mountain and race bikes as well as devices and clothing, has gone live on NetSuite OneWorld. The company changed MYOB Retail Manager and other basic accounting packages with NetSuite OneWorld to handle mission-critical company procedures, consisting of financials, accounting, order management, inventory management, CRM, shipping, real-time reporting, point of sale (POS), and financial consolidation and multi-country tax compliance for two storage facilities and 6 showrooms throughout 4 subsidiaries in Singapore and Malaysia and multi-currency ability for USD, Singapore Dollar and Malaysia Ringgit. As a result, the retailer has gained operational performance, a 360-degree view of its consumers and a much better ability to react to consumer demands with maximum levels of accuracy.
Hong Kong Express, Hong Kong's very first and only dedicated low-fare airline company, has carried out NetSuite OneWorld to support its ambitious plans for development. HK Express chose NetSuite OneWorld for its speed of implementation, low expense of ownership, real-time business intelligence and reporting, along with the breadth and depth that NetSuite OneWorld provides in monetary reporting, multi-currency management (Hong Kong and US dollar, Chinese yuan, Japanese yen, South Korean Won, Cambodian riel and Vietnamese dong) and budgeting all within one combined cloud system. With NetSuite OneWorld, HK Express is well positioned to continue to broaden.
Cosmosupplylab, a market leader in product design and development for advanced crafted soft-goods, mobile phone storage and devices, has executed NetSuite OneWorld to sustain its worldwide expansion and growth. Cosmosupplylab is using NetSuite OneWorld to manage mission-critical business processes, consisting of financial consolidation, multi-language support for English and Chinese, multi-currency for the United States, Australian and Hong Kong dollar, Chinese Renminbi and the Euro, and multi-subsidiary management for its head office in Hong Kong and subsidiary in mainland China.
New Product: NetSuite OneWorld for Hong Kong and Singapore
NetSuite OneWorld offers today's companies the capability to broaden and transform their organizations and transform their company designs to satisfy the ever-changing needs of their markets and the expectations of their clients. NetSuite OneWorld supports tax compliance in more than 100 nations, 20 languages and 190 currencies, in addition to the abilities for worldwide companies to transact in more than 200 nations and dependent territories worldwide. It allows multinational corporations in the region to efficiently manage their subsidiaries without the high in advance costs and deployment headaches of on premise software.
NetSuite OneWorld for Hong Kong and Singapore is localized and designed to fulfill the company, regulative and tax compliance requirements of local companies. For more info about NetSuite OneWorld for Singapore and Hong Kong, please see the separate release provided today.
" Thanks to the AEC and strong development in the region, companies in Singapore and Hong Kong are understanding the power of NetSuite OneWorld, which allows them to quickly and easily expand and grow," said Craig Sullivan, NetSuite SVP of Enterprise and International Products. "This new release provides them higher dexterity and control to fulfill the vibrant modifications taking place in the area today."
Today, more than 30,000 business and subsidiaries depend on NetSuite to run complex, mission-critical company procedures globally in the cloud. Since its creation in 1998, NetSuite has actually developed itself as the leading carrier of cloud-based financials, business resource planning (ERP) and Omni channel commerce software application applications for companies of all sizes. Many FORTUNE 100 business depend on NetSuite to accelerate development and company change. NetSuite continues its success in delivering the best cloud company management software application to companies around the world, allowing them to lower IT costs significantly while enhancing efficiency, as the international adoption of the cloud accelerates.
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Police arrest ex- Commissioner for allegedly raping 15-year-old girl in Cross River
December 15, 2018 Metro Plus, News No comments
Men of the Cross River State Police Command have arrested a former local government chairman of Calabar Municipal Council and erstwhile Commissioner for Information, Edet Asim, for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old girl for about three years.
Asim purportedly coerced the victim into aborting two pregnancies that resulted from his relationship with the teenager.
It was also alleged that the relationship was with the teenager’s mother’s consent.
The girl’s uterus, it was gathered, got damaged while carrying out a third abortion earlier this year.
Mother of the teenager, Stella, who was also said to be Asim’s mistress, had also been arrested.
Sources said Stella, a widow, was married to a Calabar-based pastor. They had two children before his death and he was reportedly Asim’s close friend.
Shortly after the pastor died, Stella allegedly went into relationship with Asim.
A source said, “The victim’s mother, a caterer, owns apartments in Uyo and Calabar, where the girl stays and attends Federal Government Girls College, Calabar. She warned her daughter against exposing the relationship.
“After the third abortion, which was carried out by a quack, her womb became perforated and her teacher exposed the sordid issue by sharing the story on WhatsApp.”
Our correspondent learnt that through the circulation of the WhatsApp message, a human rights activist and founder of Project Alert, Mrs Josephine Chukwuma, knew about the incident and contacted the Basic Rights Council Initiative founded by a child rights activist, Mr James Ibor.
The police were brought into the matter and this led to the arrest of Asim and Stella.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Irene Ugbo, confirmed the incident and the arrest of the suspects, adding that investigation was ongoing.
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Kyrgyzstan's Interactive Crises and Their Broader Implications
By Stephen Blank (11/11/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Kyrgyzstan is considered the least authoritarian state in Central Asia, but it is also the most crisis-ridden and least stable of these states. Its long-standing domestic weaknesses are compounded by its external crises and only Ukraine has achieved a similar level of instability among post-Soviet states. In both cases, recent revolts have been aided by direct Russian hands-on efforts at destabilization. Kyrgyzstan risks a turbulent 2015 as it faces a decline in Russian subsidies amid pressure to join the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), along with the interaction of several ethnic, economic, border, and international crises, which Kyrgyzstan’s weakening state will unlikely be able to handle.
BACKGROUND: Moscow instigated Kyrgyzstan’s 2010 revolution to unseat a government it regarded as treacherous, devious, and overly pro-American because it took Moscow’s cash and then preserved the U.S. base at Manas against Moscow’s wishes (See 14 April 2010 CACI Analyst). As most recently demonstrated in Ukraine, it is clear that Moscow is fully prepared to use revolution and violence to install pro-Russian regimes on its peripheries.
Thus Kyrgyzstan faces a never-ending threat to its sovereignty from Moscow. But it also faces Chinese attempts to reduce it to a dependency in economic if not also political terms. Anxiety over Chinese economic power and resentment of Chinese workers has led to a series of ethnic riots and clashes against the Chinese presence in Kyrgyzstan. Local police have proven unable to cope, signifying weakness in these organizations. While China has boosted military aid to Kyrgyzstan and conducted exercises with its domestic forces to improve the situation; it is unlikely to have assuaged the resentment against Chinese economic power or greatly improved the capacity of state security organizations.
But it is precisely the threat to Russian interests prompted by China’s presence in Central Asia generally and Kyrgyzstan in particular as well as the enormous increase in Russo-American tensions that drives Russia to lock Kyrgyzstan down as a member of its trade and customs bloc EEU. Yet that drive compounds Kyrgyzstan’s problems with independent-minded Uzbekistan, which has adopted a consistently adversarial posture towards Kyrgyzstan. Given Kyrgyzstan’s linkages to Russia and its adversarial relationship with Uzbekistan over ongoing ethnic issues, economics, trade, and water, Kyrgyz analysts worry that the great spike in Russo-American animosity due to Ukraine will adversely rebound upon Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyzstan’s crises do not end here. Recruiters for the Syrian rebels and presumably ISIS are recruiting in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. Just as Western rulers display anxiety about the possible return of homegrown terrorists to their countries from Syria, the same is true for Central Asia. In addition, Kyrgyzstan was last spring and summer embroiled in numerous armed clashes along the border with Tajikistan, clearly prompted by the same mix of issues that poison its ties with Uzbekistan: border disputes, water use, and ethnic tensions.
Kyrgyzstan’s efforts to alleviate its crises appear to have backfired. Kyrgyzstan’s President Almazbek Atambayev has repeatedly stated that Kyrgyzstan intends to join Russia’s EEU – itself in this region an anti-Chinese formation to reduce China’s economic presence in Central Asia while boosting Russia’s presence there – by 2015. Moscow has also offered it large subsidies to facilitate this action. In August it pledged US$ 500 million to support Kyrgyzstan’s EEU integration. Beyond this gift, we see the usual pledges (that probably continue to go unfulfilled) about joint participation in major hydroelectric and power engineering projects. But Moscow is also writing off Kyrgyzstan’s US$ 489 million debt to Russia and by investing in a joint investment fund and US$ 200 million for establishing Kyrgyzstan’s disputed borders.
IMPLICATIONS: Even if Russia’s promises materialize, which is often not the case, it is questionable whether Russian subsidies will allow Kyrgyzstan to overcome its domestic and foreign policy crises. Western sanctions will severely cripple Russian efforts to subsidize other states, not just Kyrgyzstan, in order to achieve its foreign policy goals and these promised funds may therefore not materialize. Second, Kyrgyzstan sold its gas monopoly to Gazprom earlier this year in the belief that Gazprom could actually provide gas, possibly at lower prices. Instead, like its neighbors, Kyrgyzstan is experiencing a gasoline and gas shortage. Electricity prices, the trigger for the 2010 uprising, are expected to rise by 20 percent this winter. Moreover, Kyrgyzstan may fall short by about 25 percent of the water it needs as a power source, which may also affect Kazakhstan. The ensuing restrictions on power will clearly injure the economy. And it is now clear that it will again face a water crisis in 2015, an outcome that will likely further embroil Kyrgyzstan with Tajikistan.
But the crisis goes even deeper. Once Kyrgyzstan sold its energy firm to Moscow, Uzbekistan cut its supplies saying it had no contract with Gazprom and there is still no agreement between Tashkent and Bishkek. Kazakhstan is also blocking Russian fuel trains from going to Kyrgyzstan doe to its own fuel shortages. The proximate cause is that sanctions have driven up the price of Russian gas at home, causing producers to bypass Central Asian markets for more lucrative Russian ones. Thus, the sanctions imposed due to Ukraine will not only rebound on inter-state relations in Central Asia but could also undermine Kyrgyzstan’s domestic governance and security while exacerbating the already strong inter-ethnic tensions across Central Asia. Finally, the takeover by Rosneft and other Russian firms of Manas Airport not only consolidates their stranglehold on Kyrgyz energy, it also affords Moscow a base for operations in Kyrgyzstan and all of its neighboring states.
These interactive crises and Russia’s growing dependence on China despite its desire to assert itself against China’s rising economic dominance in Central Asia, suggest that the EEU is already buckling under the strain of having (predictably) to subsidize weaker economies at a time of mounting Russian economic constraint. But it also suggests that the interaction of the ethnic, economic, border, and international crises, along with Kyrgyzstan’s deepening state weakness may make this a hot winter from the political standpoint.
Should Kyrgyzstan fail to sustain itself, Moscow will have to bail it out. This factor also underscores the underlying weakness of both Kyrgyzstan and of Russia, for these imperial subsidies and bailouts are already exacting a heavy toll on an economy crippled by misrule, sanctions, and global economic slowdown. Meanwhile, China is investing a reported US$ 16.3 billion into its Silk Road Economic Belt project, much of which will go into Central Asia and further consolidate its superior economic position there vis-à-vis Russia. Hence, while Russia is subsidizing and buying debt, China is investing in infrastructure. The ensuing disparity in outcomes should not be difficult to foresee. Of course, this also hinges on China finding a way to regenerate its high growth rates and to stabilize Xinjiang. If not, its rationale and margin for large-scale investment in Central Asia, whose primary purpose is to help stabilize Xinjiang by making it a regional entrepot, will be compromised.
But if Moscow and/or Beijing prove unable to help Kyrgyzstan out of its difficulties, Kyrgyzstan’s future becomes all the more clouded given the internal situation and rivalries among Central Asian states. Neither is it the only state at risk from the concatenation of combined and interactive domestic, foreign policy, and global crises. Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan will certainly suffer from the diminution of the value of rubles sent back as remittances from the unemployment they exported to Russia. As the value of those workers’ remittances fail and as unemployment might grow in Russia these men, if forced back home with no secure economic future, will become a potential powder keg for future unrest.
CONCLUSIONS: These factors taken together suggest that despite the undoubted successes of Central Asian governments, they are vulnerable to the pressures emanating from the deteriorating international security and economic processes now operating throughout the world. These factors will interact with the vulnerabilities and areas of failed policies in their domestic systems to intensify economic hardship, socio-economic challenges, resource constraints, and the potential advent of terrorism either through ISIS or Afghanistan. Kyrgyzstan might be the state most immediately vulnerable to these interactive and combined pressures. But it is by no means alone and it is equally uncertain that the resources of those states who aspire to be Central Asia’s “security mangers,” namely Russia and China, will suffice not only to suppress unrest but to help these governments achieve genuine stability as they seek to grapple with these challenges.
This consideration highlights the glaring absence of any coherent U.S. strategy for Central Asia. We have all learned that what originates in Central Asia may not stay there but actually strike directly at critical U.S. interests at home and abroad. Complacency that we do not need to think about the future, in Kyrgyzstan or elsewhere, is hardly a recipe for sound preventive action or at least a coherent response to challenges. Unfortunately, the predicament of Kyrgyzstan as well as its neighbors suggests that 2015 may well be a year of unexpected and severe challenges across Central Asia.
AUTHOR’S BIO: Stephen Blank is a Senior Fellow with the American Foreign Policy Council.
(Image Attribution: Brokev03, via Wikimedia Commons and CC 3.0)
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Bonus Episode: Laura Dern & Top 5 Favorite Actresses
Our first edition of Actor's Club! For this bonus episode, I enlisted the help of returning guest and friend to the show, Bill Ackerman. Together we focus on our favorite actresses for the first half, then for the second half, we examine the versatile career of Laura Dern. Movies mentioned include SMOOTH TALK, RAMBLING ROSE, CITIZEN RUTH, INLAND EMPIRE, and a whole lot more! We also touch upon her incredible work in the HBO show ENLIGHTENED. Stay tuned for another episode like this come summertime, featuring Patrick talking about a favorite actor of his. Thank you so much for listening - Jim
00:00 - 06:09 - Intro
06:10 - 51:14 - Top 5 Favorite Actresses (w/Honorable Mentions)
51:15 - 54:19 - Laura Dern Clip + "Professionals" by The Fabulous Stains!
54:20 - 1:50:49 - Laura Dern Discussion
1:50:50 - 2:03:40 - Top 3 Performances / Outro
P.SMy voice might sound a little echoey at times but that's mostly Skype's fault. I assure you that it's tolerable for pretty much the whole way through. Also Patrick mentioned to me after we recorded that Laura Dern is really great in the movie YEAR OF THE DOG, which for some reason, did not come up in my discussion with Bill. Oops! You should totally watch that movie because it's great and was written by Mike White, who went on to do incredible work with Laura on ENLIGHTENED.
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Rutgers rounds out eighth place finish
04/13/15 2:53am Evan Bruno
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Junior Racquel Zurick finished in a tie for 27th with teammate Emily Mills at the River Landing Classic in Wallace, North Carolina April 10-12.
The Rutgers women's golf team competed at the River Landing Classic in Wallace, North Carolina, playing on the Landing Course on Saturday before moving to the River Course on Sunday.
The golfers did not disappoint.
Rutgers began play shortly after 9 a.m. on Saturday morning for two rounds or 36 holes of competition at the Par 72 Landing Course.
Freshman Emily Mills had a great showing by putting up a seven over par, 79 in the first round and a two over, 74 in the second round. She had 24 pars on Saturday and shot two birdies.
Racquel Zurick also shot a 79 for the first 18 holes on Saturday. The junior played even better in the second round with a plus-one, 73. Zurick hit 17 pars on the day with seven birdies as well.
“Racquel (Zurick) really hit the ball very well, controlled it very well, putted for a lot of birdies this week,” said head coach Kari Williams. “I was just really happy with her position on the course. There were a lot of doglegs and she is a long hitter. She kind of had to play very target golf and you know, hit a lot of hybrids of the tee and wasn’t able to take advantage of her length as much as she normally does so I was just real happy with the control she showed with the game.”
Junior Christina Paulsen finished at plus-five through 36 holes with a 78 in rounds one and two. She shot three birdies on Saturday along with 19 pars.
Gabrielle Sachelli hit a plus-nine 81 and bogeyed on eight holes in the first round. The junior bounced back in the second round with four birdies and eight pars for a two-over par, 74.
Freshman Tatum Jackson shot 11 pars in the first round for a plus-seven, 79, but ran into some difficulty later in the day. Jackson had a 10 over par, 82 in the second round with a birdie on the 11th hole.
Rutgers shot a 315 as a unit in the first round and a season-low 299 in round two for a combined score of 614. The Knights stood in ninth place at the conclusion of Saturday’s play.
The women teed off early Sunday morning at 8:45 a.m. As a team, the Knights compiled a 926 final score after a 312 in the third round and finished in eighth place.
“Today, we had three good rounds,” Williams said. “The course played a little more difficult today than it did yesterday. We had three really good rounds out of Emily, Racquel and Christina. We were just one score away from, you know, kind of shooting down where we did yesterday.”
Zurick and Mills both concluded the River Landing Classic in ties for 27th in the standings. Mills shot a plus-four, 76 and Zurick had a plus-five, 77. They both hit plus-13 for the tournament overall.
Paulsen shot a four over par, 76 on Sunday and finished in a tie for 36th. She had a plus-16 after three rounds. Jackson concluded the tournament at plus-28 after an 11 over par-83 in the third round. Sachelli hit an 84 and ended up in a tie for 50th in the standings.
“Emily had a really good tournament as well,” said Williams. “Today, she putted for more birdies probably than she did the other two rounds yesterday. Inside 12 feet, she just wasn’t making as many puts. She was really good (from) 100 yards and in getting the ball close to the hole. She recovered well from her mistakes.”
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Beef, chuck, mock tender steak, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, braised
Beef, chuck, mock tender steak, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, braised Vitamins
Vitamins in Beef, chuck, mock tender steak, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, braised
Vitamins are organic compounds which are required in small quantities to sustain life. This organic compound is called vitamin when our organism cannot synthesize it in sufficient quantities and must be obtained through the diet. Most people should get all the vitamins they need by eating a varied and balanced diet.
Vitamin A (25 IU), Vitamin B-9 (8 mg) and Vitamin B-12 (4.35 mg) are some of the vitamins present in Beef, chuck, mock tender steak, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, braised.
The "Vitamin A" is the blanket term for retinoids, biologically active compounds that occur naturally in both plant and animal tissues. In 100 grams of Beef, chuck, mock tender steak, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, braised, you can find 25 IU of Vitamin A. It provides the 1% of the daily recommended value for the average adult.
Vitamin B-6
Vitamin B6, also called pyridoxine, is a water-soluble nutrient that is part of the B vitamin family. This vitamin helps in the production of neurotransmitters, the chemicals that allow brain and nerve cells to communicate with one another. 0.4 milligrams of Vitamin B6 can be found on every 100 grams of Beef, chuck, mock tender steak, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, braised, the 20% of the total daily recommended Vitamin B-6 intake.
Vitamin B12, also known as cyanocobalamin, is a water-soluble nutrient that is part of the B vitamin family. Vitamin B12 is important to DNA synthesis and maintaining healthy nerve cells. 100 grams of Beef, chuck, mock tender steak, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, braised contains 4.35 micrograms of Vitamin B12, that’s the 73% of the daily recommended value for an adult.
Vitamin D assists in the absorption of calcium and promotes bone mineralization, which may prevent or slow the progressions of osteoporosis. It also helps to strengthen the immune system. 100 grams of Beef, chuck, mock tender steak, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, braised contains 0.1 micrograms of Vitamin D, that’s the 1% of the daily recommended value for an adult.
0.1 µg
Vitamin E deficiency is rare, Symptoms include greasy stools, chronic diarrhea and an inability to secrete bile. Vitamin E have a positive effect on immune health, protect against the oxidative damage and have preventive effects against cancer. 0.1 milligrams of Vitamin E can be found on every 100 grams of Beef, chuck, mock tender steak, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, braised, the 1% of the total daily recommended Vitamin E intake.
Vitamin K is an essential nutrient necessary for responding to injuries, and may also be helpful for bone health, reduce bones loss, and decrease risk of bone fractures. It also help to prevent calcification of arteries and other soft tissue. In 100 grams of Beef, chuck, mock tender steak, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, braised, you can find 1.6 micrograms of Vitamin K. It provides the 2% of the daily recommended value for the average adult.
Vitamin B-1 acts as a cofactor for the metabolism of carbohydrates, helping turn starch and sugar into the energy our bodies need, and plays an important role in nerve transmission. 0.07 milligrams of Vitamin B1 can be found on every 100 grams of Beef, chuck, mock tender steak, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, braised, the 5% of the total daily recommended Vitamin B1 intake.
Riboflavin (Vitamin B-2) is involved in vital metabolic processes in the body, and is necessary for energy production and normal cell function and growth. 0.28 milligrams of Vitamin B2 can be found on every 100 grams of Beef, chuck, mock tender steak, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, braised, the 16% of the total daily recommended Vitamin B2 intake.
Also known as niacin, the Vitamin B3 is a water-soluble nutrient. Niacin is essential for the metabolism of carbohydrates and fats. 3.87 milligrams of Vitamin B3 can be found on every 100 grams of Beef, chuck, mock tender steak, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, braised, the 19% of the total daily recommended Vitamin B3 intake.
Vitamin B5 is known as pantothenic, this names derives from the Greek word pantothen, meaning “from everywhere”, reflecting the fact that small amounts of pantothenic acid can be found in nearly every food. 0.9 milligrams of Vitamin B5 can be found on every 100 grams of Beef, chuck, mock tender steak, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, braised, the 9% of the total daily recommended Vitamin B-5 intake.
Folic acid (Vitamin B9) may help protect against cancers of the lung, colon, and cervix. And may help slow memory decline associated with aging. Pregnant women have an increased need for folic acid. In 100 grams of Beef, chuck, mock tender steak, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, braised, you can find 8 micrograms of Vitamin B9. It provides the 2% of the daily recommended value for the average adult.
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French Family Association
The Official Website of the Surname French
Edward French is listed 6th. His brother-in-law, William Worcester, is listed 2nd
See [43] in Bibliography for entire list.
Chart #4, Edward French, 1595,
Salisbury, Essex Co., MA
This chart updated by Mara French on 8/9/16. Numbers in brackets [ ] show sources and refer to the Bibliography. This research is compiled to the best of my ability and offered here free of charge; I take no responsibility for errors. An asterisk (*) shows continuation of that line. Send any corrections or additions to this chart to marafrench@mindspring.com. Revisions: 1994, 1999, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014.
The following charts are now connect to Chart #4:
Charts 29, 119, and 169.
FFA Home Page
Where Was Edward Born?
Who Did Edward French Marry?
The Ship �Angel Gabriel�
Original Settlers of Salisbury, MA, see [1]
Salisbury Marriages, see [2]
The Worcester Family
Bibliography and Records
DNA Test Group 3 Test Results
DNA Test Group 3 Cross-Reference Chart
Pedigree Charts by Various Researchers:
Edward French researched by Harry Dana French
Edward French researched by Art Westneat
Early Ancestry of Edward French in England by Mara French
Edward French, FFA Chart #4 by J. Michael Frost
Edward French Genealogy by Nina Evelyn French Cousins
Edward French by James D. True
Town of Salisbury, Massachusetts
Edward French Family from �Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, With some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton�, by David W. Hoyt; Providence, RI.
Edward French, 1598, emigrated from England in 1636, first arriving in Ipswich, MA, and migrating to outlining areas: Salisbury, MA; S. Hampton, Kingston, Chester, Candia, NH; Gardiner, Augusta, Hallowell, Fayette, Chesterville, Belfast, Mt. Vernon, ME; Bridgewater, Hartford, Andover, VT.
Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk, England
The NEHGS (New England Historical-Genealogical Society) had an article on this many years ago proving that Edward French of Thorpe Morieux never left England. Many records indicate that Edward French was born (or had lived) in Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk Co., England. Thorpe Morieux baptisms, 1538-1650 show only Anne, daughter of Edward French gent., baptized 8 Feb 1626-27. No supported data exists listing a daughter Anne born to the Edward French of Massachusetts.
Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Edward was born 21 Sep 1595 in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, the son of John. See his English ancestry at FFA Chart #E4.
Ann Goodale?
The theory that Edward French was married to Ann Goodale has been discredited. According to this theory, Ann was a sister of Richard Goodale, Sr., who called Edward French his �brother� or his church brethren. However, no proof has been found that Richard Goodale, Sr. had a sister named Ann. See a list of Richard's siblings in Walter Goodwin Davis�, �The Ancestry of Abel Lunt, 1769-1806�, of Newbury, Massachusetts, Portland, ME: Anthoensen Press, 1963, pp. 104-105; no sibling named Ann is included in that list.
Ann Worchester?
Edward married Ann Worchester/Worcester. See his English ancestry at FFA Chart #E4.
Notable French Descendants of Edward French
Daniel Chester French and more
Scultor, best-known work is of seated Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in WDC, and the Minute Man in Concord, MA. He was born on 20 Apr 1850 in Exeter, NH. His Ancestry.
Daniel French
Inventor of the �Yankee� Steam Engine mechanism for mills and boats in 1809. He was born in 1770 in Berlin, Connecticut. His Ancestry.
Benjamin Brown French and more
Author of the White House Diaries, He was born on 4 Sep 1800 in Chester, NH. His Ancestry. Witness to the Young Republic: A Yankee's journal, 1828-1870, by Benjamin Brown French. 675 pp, illus., hardbound. The author was a friend and associate of the Presidents and history-makers of the era, and uncle of sculptor Daniel Chester French. Read first-hand just what these people were like and the atmosphere of the times.
Honorable Augustus Chaflin French
Former Governor of Illinois
James Constantine French
Invented an improvement in vault lights in 1871. He was born on 2 Aug 1808 in Hill, NH.
Harry Dana French
Born 14 Jul 1913 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska.
Bishop Phillips Brooks (lyricist of "O Little Town of Bethlehem")
Born 13 Dec 1885 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.
Author Ray Douglas Bradbury and more
Born 22 Aug 1920 best known for his dystopian novel �Fahrenheit 451� in 1953.
Poet Edwin Arlington Robinson
Playwright Tennessee Williams
Bible sold at auction on March 15, 1999, first bid $25, 27 bids brought it to $168 to R. K. Leigh at rkleigh@ruralnet.net. The Bible listed at the auction mentioned below is the line of Edward French (1) and his son Samuel French of Salisbury, MA.
1. Edward French, b. ca. 1590 in England, m. Ann Goodale
2. Samuel French, b. ca. 1633 in England, m. Abigail Brown
3. Joseph French, b. 1676 in Salisbury, MA, m. Hannah
4. Samuel French, b. 11 Dec 1699 in Salisbury, MA, m. Mary Collins
5. Samuel French, b. 14 Aug 1734 in Salisbury, MA, m. Elizabeth Eastman
6. Israel French, b. 26 Oct 1765, m. Deborah Bennett
Children: Betsey, John, Samuel, Ebenezer, Dorothy, Polly, Sally
7. Ebenezer French, b. 1799, m. Poly Tucker
Children: Daniel
There is a Frank Pierce French born 22 May 1850 in Loudon, NH who m. Alice Hendricks and had two children, Frank and Mabel. He's in the 8th generation of this family, son of Hiram French (7), Samuel (5), Samuel (5), Samuel (4), Henry (3), Samuel (2), Edward (1). So, 3rd generation Henry (3) and Joseph (3) above were brothers.
Price: $56, see below:
Title of item: 1832 Family Bible (genealogy)
Seller: hal@iglobal.net
Starts: 03/08/99 08:44:04 PST
Ends: 03/15/99 08:44:04 PST
Price: Currently $56.00
To bid on the item, go to:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=75670747
1832 Family Bible Old and New Testements, pub. by B. Waugh and T. Mason for the Methodist Episcopal Church at the Conference Office, 14 Crosby St., New York, J Collord, Printer, 1832, Measures: 8 X 10 in. 2 in. thick. Leather Covers, entire Bible is tight, Some browning and foxing inside, Overall Very Good Condition. 167 Years Old. Scan on Request. Inside cover, hand written: Ebeneser French father of Daniel T. French.
Genealogy section:
Deborah French was born March 26, 1762, Died Jan. 23, 1852, Israel French born Oct. 26, 1765, Betsy French born April 30, 1788, Dorothy French born Aug. 18, 1790, Dorothy Weeks died Nov. 19, 1863, Polly French born May 28, 1792, Polly Weeks died March 7, 1861, Sally French born March 28, 1794, Hannah French born Nov. 6, 1796 died 1846 Ebenezer French born Dec. 19, 1798, died Sept 14, 1864, Samuel French born Jan 20, 1806, died Feb. 7, 1875, Polly Tucker wife of Ebenezer Tucker died March 31, 1845. Jarusha Taylor Folsom Bates? French born July 26, 1809, died May 5th 1885, Daniel Tucker French was born May 18, 1824, died Feb. 4th 1907, Frances Adelaide French was born Sept. 1849, Geore S. French was born May 16, 1852, died July 30, 1856, Georgie Etter French was born June 21, 1859, died July 3, 1868, Isabel French was born 1862, Louisa Isabel Woodman French born July 22, 1828, died Jan 3, 1905, George Stores Folsom died Aug. 25, 1848, son of Jurusha Taylor Folsom French late?, Daniel Tucker died Sept. 19, 1848, Betsy Tucker died Sept 20, 1848, Thomas T. Folsom died May 24, 1863, Daniel Tucker jr? died April 18, 1865. There is an old obit in the Bible that states that Frank French internationally known wood engraver died at 93, the obit says he died in N.H. says he was born in London N.H. 1850, so that would make the obit about 1943 or so. The Previous owner of this Bible lived around Troy New York. Winning bidder please add 7.00 s/h/i. Jimmy Kerr Bookseller Visit eBay, the world's largest Personal Trading Community at http://www.ebay.com
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About G3 Group Limited
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Steve Phillips
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Evan Christian
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Steve is a member of the NZ Institute of Directors and has over 25 years of experience as CEO, director, and chairman within large corporates in NZ and Australia, including Blue Star Group Limited, OTC Office Supplies Limited, Whitcoulls Office Products Limited, Croxley Stationery Limited. and Projex Equipment Hire Limited. He has chaired several advisory board’s including Brand Developers Limited and Hydroflow Limited.
Steve was instrumental in the launching of the original Lateral Filing systems in the New Zealand and Australasian markets and is an expert in office related systems and consumables.
Steve is a professional Director, Strategic Planning Consultant, Qualified International facilitator and business coach.
Steve has also had significant involvement in Iwi strategic development projects and has chaired two Iwi asset holding companies - Ngai Takoto Holdings Limited and Whaingaroa Fisheries Limited.
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Local woman of La Fayette, Georgia is offering her handmade crochet “lap” blankets free of charge to any disabled Veteran in physical need at home, in a hospital, in a wheelchair or a bed. She can make full size afghans with special request, one at a time (takes more time to make).
Veterans (or family members with photos of Veteran) must submit their DD2-14 to Fort Villanow Veterans Project first and pick up the blanket at Fort Villanow from the nice lady who is offering this ‘gift’.
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75 years ago on June, 6 1944 was an unforgettable day for our country. Our prayers and thoughts go out to those who can remember WWII and families of those passed on. May we NEVER forget what the FREE world suffered then to maintain our FREEDOM TODAY!
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Fort Villanow Kids Camp Field Trip To The Georgia National Cemetery
Fort Villanow Kids Survival Boot Camp took a field trip down to Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, GA to help place flags on the graves of Veterans and teach the kids the true meaning of memorial day.
2019 Kids Camp Off To A Great Start!
May 18th: Armed Forces Day
Armed Forces Day is a special holiday for people all over the world to come together and thank the men and women of the United States Armed Forces.
First conceived by President Harry S. Truman, the holiday was established in 1949. The creation of a single day celebration for all five branches of the United States military made sense due to its recent unification under the Department of Defense.
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Illegal Robocalls Targeting Americans, Including Veterans And Their Families
Dear Veterans and Stakeholders,
The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) continue to team up to combat illegal robocalls targeting Americans, including Veterans and their families.
Each year, the FCC receives more than 200,000 complaints about unwanted calls. While this may seem like a big number, it pales in comparison to the millions of robocalls being made each day. The calls interrupt dinners and family time; they flood landline and mobile phones. Scam calls frequently solicit money for fake charities, including ones claiming to support America’s Veterans - some even claiming to be VA representatives.
We know that scam activity increases during the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, so the FCC and VA urge you to be vigilant. We offer the following tips to help you avoid unwanted calls and scams.
Don't answer calls from unknown numbers. Scammers may spoof their caller ID to display a fake number that appears to be local. If you answer such a call, hang up immediately.
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Be sure to set a password for all voice mail accounts to avoid being hacked.
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Ask your phone company about call-blocking tools and services for your landline phone, and check for helpful apps that you can download to your mobile phone.
Please help spread the word about robocall fraud among those who may need assistance particularly those who are frequently targeted by phone scams.
For more information, visit: fcc.gov/robocalls.
Local LaFayette Military Veteran Needs Our Help To Save His Grandsons Life
Please read this e-mail from our friend Ken Rushing:
My grandson is Brantley Palmer currently at Egleston Childrens Hospital in Atlanta awaiting a heart transplant. He was born with a defective heart, had his first heart operation at 7 days old, his second at one year old and when the heart cath was done to determine the date for the third operation the doctors told his parents he needed a transplant due to a leaky heart valve that cannot be fixed. He is now 5 years old and has to stay in the hospital until a heart is available and several weeks after the operation. Several fund raisers are being planned in our local area to raise money to help his family in keeping the bills paid, travel expenses, food and personal items. If you would like to make a personal donation it can be made @ Bank Of Lafayette--101 W, Patton St.--LaFayette, Ga. 30728 phone number 706-638-2520 made payable to Marshall K Rushing--Benefit for Brantley Palmer--Brantleys Heart . If you would like to know more about the local fund raisers call Marshall K. (Ken) Rushing. Please forward if you would like to. Ken Rushing
Merry Christmas From The Fort!!!
May your family be blessed with the love and peace that is
DONATIONS FOR A VETERAN IN NEED
Help us help our fellow VETERAN and La Fayette resident, Mr. Bill Mullins, US Army. Bill is on dialysis and stays COLD after his treatments and needs constant warm heat in his home. He uses more than the normal amount of propane gas per household. He owes: $1,200.00 to Blossman Gas.
Fort Villanow, neighbors and a local church have made contributions this year. He remains to be in need. Can you and your friends or businesses help him please?
Ways To Donate:
Contact Blossman Gas directly (Credit Card Cash or Check) 706-638-2540
Stop by the Fort on Saturdays with your donation (cash or check to Blossman gas).
Share this with your friends and other Veteran Groups!!!
Our Condolences to Fort Villanow Veteran Member Bryant Harp Jr. Who recently lost his Vietnam Veteran Father on December 13.
Mr. Bryant Eugene Harp Sr. age 86 of Thomaston Ga, died Thursday December 13, 2018 at Upson Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services will be Sunday December 16, 2018 4:00 PM at the Chapel of Coggins Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Crystal Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Harp was born January 27, 1932 in Upson Co., GA to the late Bryant N. and Lola Wilson Harp. He served in the United States Army with 20 years of service during the Vietnam War and was retired from the Thomaston Police Department with 21 years of service. Mr. Harp was a former member of Southside Baptist Church in Griffin and a member of Silvertown Baptist in Thomaston.
Mr. Harp was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Marian Killingsworth Harp, grandson Bryant Nathaniel Harp, brother Richard Harp.
Survivors include his sons, Bryant Eugene Harp, Jr. and his wife Fran of Cameron, MT and James Calvin Harp and his wife Susan of Griffin, brothers, Don K. Harp and his wife Kathy of Thomaston and Cecil Harp and his wife Frances of Thomaston, sisters, Maxine Barron of Barnesville, Norene Horne and her husband Lyn of Yatesville and Judy Thigpen of Macon, seven grandchildren, six great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends 1 hour prior to the service at Coggins Funeral Home.
Those desiring, may make memorials to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, 322 Eighth Avenue, 7th Floor New York, NY 10001.
Click Here To View His Obituary And Watch His Dedication Video.
Remembering President George H.W. Bush
George H.W. Bush honored by son, dignitaries in emotional funeral tribute: 'A great and noble man'
George H.W. Bush's enormous legacy was honored by a procession of dignitaries and family members at Wednesday's state funeral in Washington, with his former president son, George W., capping off the tributes by delivering an emotional and personal eulogy for "a great and noble man."
"We're gonna miss you," the 43rd president said of his father, the 41st president. "Your decency, sincerity and kind soul will stay with us forever."
Bush and his family joined all current and living former presidents, as well as world leaders and other distinguished guests at the Washington National Cathedral.
He choked up in describing “the best father a son or daughter could have.”
Referencing his late mother, as well as a sister who died young, he said: “And in our grief, let us smile knowing that Dad is hugging Robin and holding Mom’s hand again.”
The 43rd president also drew laughter with anecdotes about his father, revealing how Bush confidant James Baker recently secretly brought vodka and steaks into his hospital suite. “To us, he was close to perfect,” he said. “But not totally perfect. His short game was lousy. He wasn’t exactly Fred Astaire on the dance floor. The man couldn’t stomach vegetables, especially broccoli. And by the way, he passed these genetic defects on to us.”
A longtime friend, a fellow world leader and a historian also delivered eulogies for Bush, who served as president, vice president and CIA director and fought in World War II.
"George Herbert Walker Bush was America's last great soldier-statesman, a 20th century founding father,” presidential historian Jon Meacham, who wrote a Bush biography, said in his eulogy.
“I believe it will be said that no occupant of the Oval Office was more courageous, more principled and more honorable than George Herbert Walker Bush,” former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, who served when Bush was president, said.
“In George Bush's theme of life, during all the highs and lows, was a simple credo: what would we do without family and friends?" said former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, a longtime family friend, who made the crowd laugh in a heartfelt tribute with stories about his times with the president.
Simpson added, “He was a man of such great humility. Those who travel the high road of humility in Washington, D.C. are not bothered by heavy traffic."
Cathedral officials told Fox News the cathedral was at full capacity, with approximately 3,000 people in attendance. Members of the Bush family -- Lauren Bush Lauren, Ashley Walker Bush and Jenna Bush Hager -- read lessons from the Bible. The hymns "Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven" and “The King of love my shepherd is” were sung.
Earlier, members of Bush’s family looked on as the former president’s casket was carried down the steps of the Capitol, amid the playing of "Hail to the Chief" and other hymns, for its trek to the cathedral. The motorcade passed by the White House one final time on its way to the service. President Trump has declared Wednesday a national day of mourning.
Despite a rocky history between the Trump and Bush families, President Trump and first lady Melania Trump attended the service. Ahead of the funeral, Trump tweeted, “Looking forward to being with the Bush family. This is not a funeral, this is a day of celebration for a great man who has led a long and distinguished life. He will be missed!”
All eyes were on the front row on the left side of the cathedral facing the pulpit. That's where Trump and his wife, Melania, sat, along with the other former presidents and their families: Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and his wife — Trump's 2016 Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton. When the Trumps entered the cathedral, they took a pair of seats next to the Obamas, exchanging handshakes. Trump and the Clintons did not acknowledge each other.
Also attending: Britain's Prince Charles, the king and queen of Jordan, Polish President Andrzej Duda and other dignitaries from around the world.
Bush was known for his gentlemanly demeanor, dedication to traditional American values, willingness to take on foreign despots like Iraq's Saddam Hussein and Panama's Manuel Noriega, and leadership presiding over the breakup of the Soviet Union.
Bush, who died Friday at the age 94, was preceded in death by about eight months by his wife, Barbara Bush.
Bush’s casket has been in the Capitol since Monday night, when a short service was held with family, friends and lawmakers. Since then, thousands of visitors have flocked to the Capitol Rotunda to pay their respects as Bush was lying in state.
Later Wednesday, Bush’s casket departed Joint Base Andrews for Houston, Texas.
He'll be laid to rest on the grounds of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, near his wife, Barbara, and their daughter Robin, who died of leukemia in 1953 at age 3.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/george-hw-bushs-motorcade-departs-capitol-for-state-funeral
Fort Members are Volunteering in a Wreath-Laying Ceremony in Canton, GA!
We will be meeting on December 15 at 9:00 AM at the Fort and heading to Canton, GA.
REMEMBER the Fallen. . . HONOR those who Serve. . . TEACH our children the value of Freedom.
On Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 12:00 PM, Wreaths Across America will be at Georgia National Cemetery to Remember and Honor our veterans through the laying of Remembrance wreaths on the graves of our country's fallen heroes and the act of saying the name of each and every veteran aloud.
Please help by laying wreaths at as many graves as possible.
To participate in a wreath-laying ceremony, coe join us! Or please click Ceremony Information, or to search for a participating location near you, please click Search for Participating Locations.
The closest in our area are: Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga Confederate Cemetery, West Hill Cemetery (In Dalton) and the Georgia National Cemetery (In Canton).
Free Scuba Diving Lessons for Veterans!
FREE SCUBA DIVING LESSONS for Veteran's and specials for family members of Veterans! Come check out Fort Villanow's newest project. Come get certified as a scuba diver and experience our 25 foot deep dive tank. Visit our website at fortvillanow.com or call us at (706)397-8860 Friday-Saturday 11am-6pm to sign up today.
Montana Elk Hunt - 2018
Talk about a wonderful time ! It was great.
We all stayed with Colonel Bryant Harp.
I remember my dad telling me about his travels all over the world and he never stayed in the homes of more than one or two people in his lifetime. The Harp family was one of the two. I asked why?
He said they made me feel as if I was a home.
“Son, you’ll only meet a very few people in your life that will make you feel that way,” and you know what, he was right.
Bryant served 34 years in the U.S. Army.
You could say he is still serving, by generously hosting our:
Montana Elk Hunt for the Fort Villanow Veterans Project Members 2018.
Thank you, Colonel
In order to be apart of the September 2019 Trip,
you must sign up by March 1st, 2019.
VA Benefits Bulletin
It's Veterans and Military Families Month!
This month is all about you. Throughout November, you’ll find events across the country that honor Veterans and their families, as well as offer support services and resources. Check out our calendar to see how and where we’re celebrating your service and the family members who support you.
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Take Advantage of Tax Free Online Shopping at Military Exchanges
In addition to no sales tax, online shopping benefits include military exclusive pricing, members only credit options, and free shipping on some orders. The verification process is simple and can be completed online. Profits go to military quality of life programs.
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Benefits of the Native American Direct Loan Program
VA provides direct home loans to eligible Native American Veterans to finance the purchase, construction or improvements of homes on Federal Trust Land. The fixed-rate loans are easy to qualify for, require no down payment and offer low closing costs.
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Wanted: Camper Items For Our New Larger Bus Conversion!
We are planning our Fall Trip for our Fall Trips of Hunting, Fishing, Camping, Cookouts & Scuba Diving for Veterans as our Thank You to those who have been helping us all year and our members.
FREE Veterans Day BBQ At The Fort!
Sunday November 11. Cook-out at the Fort free for Veterans! Friends and family are invited. Donations appreciated!
From Noon - 3PM
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NEW IN: snake + cranberry
17 August 2011 by Carolina Engman
NEW IN. Two things I’m into this fall: snake print and berry hues!
ZARA SNAKE PRINT CLUTCH / JESSICA SIMPSON HEELS IN CRANBERRY
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128 thoughts on “NEW IN: snake + cranberry”
Larissa on 17 August 2011 at 10:54 said:
Beautiful shoes!
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Rosa&Carlotta on 17 August 2011 at 10:54 said:
They look gorgeous!
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Raspberry & Rouge on 17 August 2011 at 10:54 said:
LOOOOOOOOVE that clutch! And the colour of those sandals are so gorgeous! Pretty! XO Rebecca
Tassos P on 17 August 2011 at 10:54 said:
Lovely shoes! Great colour and design. I’m not the biggest fun of sling-backs but these ones are perfect!!!!!!
Enjoy them dear!
k come karolin on 17 August 2011 at 11:02 said:
cool!!!
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Laura on 17 August 2011 at 11:05 said:
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la tiquismiquis on 17 August 2011 at 11:11 said:
the colour is amazing! <3
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Melina on 17 August 2011 at 11:15 said:
OMG!! The heeeeels, I´m in LOVE!!!
How did you get these simpson heels? Because once I tried to order them and they don´t ship to Europe :/
i am in love with the colour! and hungry :)
Nicole on 17 August 2011 at 11:17 said:
These shoes are amazing!
Alicia Mi Mundo on 17 August 2011 at 11:17 said:
AMAZING purchases!! LOVE IT
Louise on 17 August 2011 at 11:18 said:
Wow I love the color on the shoes!
Malena on 17 August 2011 at 11:22 said:
Noe on 17 August 2011 at 11:25 said:
Great combo! love both ;))
fashion suicides on 17 August 2011 at 11:30 said:
I love those hels. I want those heels. I NEED those heels! AAAAAAH!
FASHION SUICIDES
Cáti on 17 August 2011 at 11:34 said:
wow *.*
Vani on 17 August 2011 at 11:34 said:
Love, love, love!!!!
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Fashion Agony on 17 August 2011 at 11:35 said:
Gorgeous color of the shoes!
Zahara Rose on 17 August 2011 at 11:40 said:
By far my favorite fall trends!
Krizia on 17 August 2011 at 11:43 said:
I never new Jessica Simpson could design such pretty shoes!
Love ’em!
x Krizia
Shark Attack – Fashion Blog
SWERVESOME on 17 August 2011 at 11:52 said:
I’m definitely on the same page. Love the velvety suede of the cranberry platforms and the leg-elongating straps. Can’t wait to be wearing the berry and wine hues as overall palette of the look or in splashes like on the eyelids: http://youtu.be/dwbD2Z0iacw
Autumn is such an exciting season in the fashion world and in the world of climates that go through four seasons!
T on 17 August 2011 at 11:58 said:
Heels are gorgeous!
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Christie on 17 August 2011 at 11:59 said:
Love the berry coloured heels.
Christie (Dark Blue Stripes)
Lou on 17 August 2011 at 12:08 said:
I’m in love and the colour of those shoes…… wow.
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Martina on 17 August 2011 at 12:14 said:
Love both of them
Pauline on 17 August 2011 at 12:16 said:
I absolutely adore both items. I think Zara’s recent collection is really, really great and I can’t wait to try everything on :D
The colour of the shoes are great but love the shape as well :)
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Sarah on 17 August 2011 at 12:18 said:
I love this heels!
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Eline on 17 August 2011 at 12:37 said:
blondehaus on 17 August 2011 at 12:55 said:
Those shoes are the coolest thing to happen to the color red. I can’t wait to see them on!
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The Fancy Teacup on 17 August 2011 at 12:59 said:
The snake print clutch is a beauty, and those heels are going to look so beautiful on you!
♥, Jamie
Great items! Love them :P Especially the shoes :)
Sofia on 17 August 2011 at 14:05 said:
Those shoes are amazing. What a great color!!
Nadine on 17 August 2011 at 14:16 said:
Wow i want it too ! The color of the heels are just amazing! Xo nadine from ballerinasbun.blogspot.com
fashionmix on 17 August 2011 at 14:25 said:
beautiful <3<3
monkeyshines on 17 August 2011 at 14:27 said:
gorgeous chunky heels!
Gina on 17 August 2011 at 14:29 said:
cute clutch
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Vanessa on 17 August 2011 at 14:29 said:
love those heels!!
xxx, vanessa
Marta on 17 August 2011 at 14:39 said:
Nice clutch.But the shoes, are amazing!!
HeloÃsa Muller on 17 August 2011 at 14:50 said:
OMG! Amazing!
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FashionFreak on 17 August 2011 at 15:00 said:
i can’t wait to see you wearing those heels :D
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Amaia on 17 August 2011 at 15:10 said:
I love the shoes, they are awesome, amazing. They would look great with everything, I love the colour…everything. :O
Andrea on 17 August 2011 at 15:39 said:
They look amazing, the cranberry is such a rich colour.
Kelli K on 17 August 2011 at 15:50 said:
Perfect accessories for fall doll, love the design of those heels :)
Linda on 17 August 2011 at 16:04 said:
It’s gorgeous combination! Love the colour of the shoes!
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ivette on 17 August 2011 at 16:05 said:
amazing! LOVE THOSE SHOES!
mo on 17 August 2011 at 16:09 said:
Love those shoes and the color!!
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Mr Bebob on 17 August 2011 at 16:10 said:
Sawasdee Kup! ;)
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Ashley on 17 August 2011 at 16:18 said:
You always have the best clutches! I really like the snake and metallic details. These two make the perfect color combo!
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Aisha on 17 August 2011 at 16:51 said:
Oh, I LOVE LOVE LOVE those shoes in that color. Such a deep rich color.
-Aisha
http://aiapaperdoll.wordpress.com
ldm on 17 August 2011 at 16:54 said:
jealous! i love both of them! super beautiful.
xx from hong kong :)
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adele on 17 August 2011 at 17:01 said:
Definitely lovin snake this season – gorgeous clutch xoxo
Angelita on 17 August 2011 at 17:11 said:
that silver clutch is absolutely stunning!!! … and those shoes, really dont have words to describe today´s post, Carolina.
love from Argentina!
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you can also follow me on Twitter! :) @angelieeee
Xueer C. on 17 August 2011 at 17:32 said:
Love the shoes!!!!
Ravenna Moreira on 17 August 2011 at 17:44 said:
L-O-V-E-L-Y POST!!!
AMAZING SHOES!!
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Ravenna Moreira
Nesrine on 17 August 2011 at 17:51 said:
These shoes are gorgeous !!
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jenaly on 17 August 2011 at 17:56 said:
love them both. beautiful!
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bellis on 17 August 2011 at 18:07 said:
the shoes are amazing!!! love it!!
bellis**
Desiree on 17 August 2011 at 18:33 said:
I love the cranberry heels! These would be a great transitional piece for Fall!
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Suzanne on 17 August 2011 at 18:34 said:
love the shoes! what a beautiful colour!
Borjana on 17 August 2011 at 18:39 said:
Ahh adore both!!Can’t wait to see it in outfit post!
Pupeow* on 17 August 2011 at 18:46 said:
BEAUUUUUTIFULLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
paola on 17 August 2011 at 18:47 said:
LOVED the shoes!
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Domonique on 17 August 2011 at 19:14 said:
Oh my goodness!The heels are to die for!LOVE!
rebecca on 17 August 2011 at 19:14 said:
Gorgeous shoes xx
Patricia Paramo on 17 August 2011 at 19:25 said:
wowww love those shoes!!
great color for fall
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Duty of Style on 17 August 2011 at 20:18 said:
Gorgeous shoes!!!
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Emily on 17 August 2011 at 20:31 said:
So so pretty!! Great purchases! And this heel form is totally coming back in fashion! So amazing how every major trend repeats itself years later…
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CHASING DREAMS on 17 August 2011 at 20:53 said:
I love snakeprint!! You really have a greay style.
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karacter on 17 August 2011 at 20:56 said:
Love it that combo so delicious!!!
xo Kara
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Sara on 17 August 2011 at 21:06 said:
have to have the clutch. looove snakeprints! beautiful shoes too.
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Joy on 17 August 2011 at 21:18 said:
Interesting combination! I know you’ll look great in it.
B. on 17 August 2011 at 21:46 said:
Crazy heels ! curious to see how you’ll wear them, great color though
Love the clutch
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DNA (designers+artists) on 17 August 2011 at 21:56 said:
I can’t.. It’s too good.
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Kaitlyn on 17 August 2011 at 22:06 said:
Sick color. Love it.
Islandia on 17 August 2011 at 22:27 said:
totally lovin both of them.
Katie Wilkes on 17 August 2011 at 22:36 said:
I love snake, when it’s done well and doesn’t look tacky, this is an example of when it looks great.
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Leonie on 17 August 2011 at 22:42 said:
Lovely color!
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NEW OUTFIT POST: Blue Belted
Chelsea on 17 August 2011 at 22:52 said:
Love those heels!!!
style mailbox on 17 August 2011 at 22:57 said:
wowza! super rockstar! love it.
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Jackie on 17 August 2011 at 23:25 said:
I have that clutch and I definetely love it!
Aurélia Konde Lengo on 17 August 2011 at 23:42 said:
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marblava on 18 August 2011 at 0:04 said:
Amazing shoes!! Mmmm cranberry colour!!
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David on 18 August 2011 at 0:21 said:
UGH! The color of those are unbelievable! Great photo! :D
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Johannes on 18 August 2011 at 0:22 said:
Omg! perfect color and material of the shoes!
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Jibby on 18 August 2011 at 0:45 said:
Love berry this season!! Those shoes are utterly divine
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Lea on 18 August 2011 at 1:44 said:
I LOVE your taste in shoes. Amazing shoes and clutch! This is why I visit your blog. Your amazing finds. I have to them out!
fashion ice on 18 August 2011 at 2:45 said:
both great pieces!!!
Caroline on 18 August 2011 at 3:28 said:
The color of those shoes is absolutely luxurious! So rich and wonderful. Can’t wait to see you wear them in an outfit post.
WendyB on 18 August 2011 at 5:12 said:
Those shoes are fantastic!
letiziabarcelona on 18 August 2011 at 8:23 said:
love the jessica simpson heels, love the color !
☆ Letizia
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Lola on 18 August 2011 at 8:58 said:
Oooh can’t wait to see how you style them!! XX
JOy on 18 August 2011 at 9:44 said:
these shoes are to die for!
vasilieva on 18 August 2011 at 11:36 said:
zara snake clutch is brilliant, endless styling possibilities that for sure
Bárbara Crespo on 18 August 2011 at 12:08 said:
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De on 18 August 2011 at 12:33 said:
love the shoes!!
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claarax on 18 August 2011 at 12:59 said:
Linsey Sijmons on 18 August 2011 at 14:27 said:
wauw, wauw, wauw!! THOSE HEELS! Looks a bit like the Casadei shoes from last spring!
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Lizzo on 18 August 2011 at 15:03 said:
I love the colour of the shoes!!!
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Fashion Marked on 18 August 2011 at 16:10 said:
LOVELY shoes, esp the collour!
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Sara C. on 18 August 2011 at 16:14 said:
Unbelievable how Jessica Simpson can make shoes!
Sara C.
Alexa on 18 August 2011 at 17:00 said:
beautiful heeels
Megan Abigail Chandler on 18 August 2011 at 17:31 said:
I am LOVING the look of the new blog … and the combo of snake and cranberry!
wickedying on 18 August 2011 at 17:52 said:
Adorable shoes! AMazing! I’m envious! <3
Zandra Jalnefur Lööf on 18 August 2011 at 18:14 said:
I adore the red shoes!
Drielli on 18 August 2011 at 19:06 said:
Hello, sweetie!I’ve loved your blog. And I’ve taken a look on your lookbook. It’s very good. Congrats!
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Miriam on 18 August 2011 at 19:18 said:
Wonderful shoes !!! I like it!!!
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Carolyn on 18 August 2011 at 19:36 said:
i saw that zara snake print clutch and instantly fell in love!! must haveeee
federica R on 18 August 2011 at 20:33 said:
love your purchases :)
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Katarzyna on 18 August 2011 at 20:37 said:
love both! xx
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Ashley on 19 August 2011 at 0:17 said:
you actually find the best clutches
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Rochelle fox on 19 August 2011 at 2:59 said:
UM the colour of those is amazing loveee xxx A Fox That Meows ♥
life is a shoe on 20 August 2011 at 4:13 said:
love them both!
Stanique on 20 August 2011 at 6:52 said:
love those heels… Great for fall!
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thereformedwanderer on 20 August 2011 at 8:08 said:
PERFECT COMBINATION! seriously out of this world!
Johanna on 20 August 2011 at 14:54 said:
LOVE the colour of your shoes!!!! They are simply perfect. And in combination with the bag… Incredible!!!
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THEHURTINGHEARTS on 20 August 2011 at 17:08 said:
The snake skin bag <3
manon on 21 August 2011 at 4:32 said:
jadore !!!
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Tommy on 21 August 2011 at 13:50 said:
Those shoes looks awesome!
Jag ville bara berätta att jag är med och tävlar om ett mineralsmink-kit hos Helen på hiilen.blogg.se (check her out!) åt min underbara sambo!
/Tommy
JULIA on 22 August 2011 at 21:11 said:
love your shoes!!
VASARE on 22 August 2011 at 23:59 said:
oh wow love these shoes!
goodbadnfab on 23 August 2011 at 5:56 said:
-I love your blog and find it super entertaining. You have such an interesting perspective. I’m subscribing to your site via google reader! Please check out my blog when you get a chance.
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Amanda Del Duca on 23 August 2011 at 19:07 said:
I heart these shoes soooo much! I just got a similar pair in black from Steve Madden…that chunky heel is perfect with everything!
Click here to see how I used them in three different looks!
http://capturefashion.com/personal-style-amanda-delduca/deco-darling/
http://capturefashion.com/personal-style-amanda-delduca/zig-a-zig-ah/
http://capturefashion.com/editorals/big-city-dreaming/
Everyone should have a pair ;)
xxAmanda
Jess James on 24 August 2011 at 6:23 said:
LOVE the cranberry shoes!!! I just posted some Burgundy boots i bought from steve madden on my blog! they feel like SOCKS when i walk in them. honestly the most comfortable shoes!!
become a follower and i will follow your blog too! <3
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Eva on 25 August 2011 at 12:28 said:
Those heels are gorgeous! xoxo
One Chic Dame on 29 August 2011 at 2:46 said:
I’ve been wanting a pair of Steve Maddens similar to these. Very cute.
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Franzi on 6 September 2011 at 14:36 said:
They are both adorable and I agree with you on your snake-print obsession. It is fantastic!
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Victoria on 27 September 2011 at 12:42 said:
I want these shoes!!
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We love those shoes! Congrats for the blog :)
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Bon Anniversaire FemmeRuthless
Well, wouldn't you know it - Femmeruthless.com is an Aries. I should've known, given the predominance of blood-flash red, pointy weapon-like heels and the generally lusty Mars-humps-Venus vibe on this site. Where is the pen and where is the writer? It can be hard to feel like I have anything semi-coherent to say in pupa. Yet the occasion is too momentous (to me at least) to let pass without words and presence.
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Yes on this day last year, I finally published this blog. It had taken years of Getting In then Out Of My Own Way as well as writing for everyone else under every guise possible. Dry as dust technical sheets, peppy marketing blurbs, litigiously toned demand documents for action and atonement, sassy little posts in Other People's Blogs, tender letters of Like to Men Who Disappeared, once even an epic eulogy I was later informed tipped the entire funeral party into relentless sobbing and of course, mind-bending erotica for private consumption (to be clear, not mine).
SerbFest 2011
The festival weekend finally comes. LA for all her smog and wonky multi-lingual signage is for the time, sunny and bright. A strange feeling of familiarity has begun to settle between Dragan and I, by virtue I think of having seen each other more consistently.
Something I liken to how a prisoner starts to view their captor as human, just because he always happens to be there. In retrospect, way too Freudian a thought.
Dragan's comfort is such that he arrives an hour early just as I pull up my driveway, sweaty and flushed from a run. I bounce out of the car with a "Hello, Bossy! Here already?" The question doesn't daunt him, and I'm wondering if this was his way of shifting himself from someone I'm "seeing" to "official boyfriend who can come round whenever". He eyes my hot pink towel shorts, the wispy steamed tendrils of hair and hugs me anyway, as if he wanted to try out the glistening gym version. Surprising, considering how stringent his post-coital hygienics had been. Maybe the comfort zone is a spectrum, dare I hope that this may later manifest itself in the bedroom? I notice him riveted by my bottom as I run up the stairs. Hmm, promising.
The festival is a slice of longed for summer. The day is so crisp and lush, we cannot help but attack it with relish. Revving the engine up, I give Dragan a conspiratorial smile and ask,"You up for discovering LA, Bossy?"
The Serbian Love Gun
Glad to have escaped the feathery clutches of Kentucky, I receive a message from Dragan informing me he was uncertain if he had work on the weekend, but that he'd like to see me SOON. Aside from normally being prompt about making plans and appearing for them, well, save for that first week when Serb-ice suffered derailment - the sense of urgency is thinly veiled.
I thought we were going a dignified pace, but he seemed to have acquired the velocity of a heat seeking missile. "I have a business dinner", I reason. "Is ok, just say when," he responds.
"It may last past 9 pm," I counter. "10 pm is fine,"he replies. Then adds,"We also do lunch tomorrow, da?" Right. It seems that would imply he was staying over.
Thankfully, the meeting is distracting and I lose myself in the whys and wherefores of fluctuating futures and the like. There's nothing quite like a bar chart gone haywire to dampen the delicious anticipation of possible surrender. I stealthily answer his texts as he asks me for an ETA. Typically Arien he deems the failure to respond to text messages or scheduling dates in a timely manner, an issue of Respect. Ignore him at your peril is the message I get.
It's actually a relief from the push-pull flakery rampant in LA where too many things are concluded with a shrugged whatever. I get home just in time to indulge my Venus and appear nonchalantly put together as Dragan looms at my door. It's decided we catch a late movie, which I thought should be a fitting prelude. Yet sitting in the dark of the theater, Dragan remains self-contained and neither holds my hand nor attempts even a whisper of physical closeness, except to occasionally tap me on my shoulder and say something funny. Like I was his sister. Or something.
Most memories of movie dates I've had usually involve ignoring it altogether. I sit uncomfortably through three long hours of piracy, mayhem and maiden ravishing. At least someone was getting some action.
Get Ready to Ruuuuummmble...
"Me?, " I repeat rather dumbly, dizzy from my phone bleeping again from B's texting and the insane urge to run to it. Dragan smiles wolfishly, "Da, you. Here," he points to the spot in front of him then very softly yet firmly, "NOW." I felt a bit weak, as if I'd fainted into an alternate reality, but hey, maybe the man just wanted a cuddle, right? Oh, someone slap me.
I gingerly insinuate myself in front of him and he immediately folds me inside him, like a pod swallowing a seed. There is no doubt he's interested at this point as my lower back is getting an inadvertent massage. I think, well, that was quick. He flips me over and I start talking nervously, "You know, I've a nickname for you." "Da..?," he murmurs nuzzling his nose into my ear. "What this is?"
"I think I'm going to call you Bossy," I announce. "Bossy? Like I boss, you slave," he questions still in my hair. Except when he says "slave" he pronounces it "slavey" which is understandable given Serbian. "Yes," I say, "do you always order people about?," I giggle. "Only you, da," he ignores my chatter and practically swallows me up whole.
His body runs incredibly hot, I begin to wonder if Arieans are all equipped with internal furnaces, or if like I once purported, their molecules simply moved in hyper-speed and thus generated that much heat. I begin to realize that Dragan's thighs are thick as tree trunks, mainly as I can hardly move when pinned under them. I have a last lingering thought of B, like he was an echo I longed for somewhere and I close my eyes.
Dragan is dismantling things with military precision, so much so I feel the need to announce my predicament as well as the suspicion that I may get a spanking if I don't.
The Serbian Siege
After the scheduling mishap with Dragan, I'd resigned myself to my fate as the Virgin Queen of Virginlandia. Pure, unsullied and all about the Kingdom. Sure, Kentucky was there making all sorts of interesting clucking noises but it wasn't really the kind of surrender I was envisioning after months of preservation. Surely, I was at least worth a Siege, right?
In the spirit of benign forgiveness, I decided to give Dragan a royal pardon and send him a conciliatory message saying that it seemed our scheduling that week was simply awful, would he like to meet again? There really is no point to being royal if one cannot practice diplomacy, which in this instance worked. Carmen San Diego had been right after all, "oh you know he's just gone shy, give him a break," she'd urged with Scorpionic Compassion. He responded immediately, relieved and welcoming of the olive branch I offered, "Yes, hello, I would like to met with you again, we can make dill to meet yes?"
I acquiesced. Sure, we can make dill. After all, his dill-making was very promising - at least after the initial fear factor. We end up making plans to go out on a Saturday to catch a live band at the Troubador. I'd realized very early on that my fine dining looks were likely making his wallet cringe in fear and the morning before we meet I text him to say that I planned to have an early dinner at home, which I actually did. I meant alone but he replies quickly, "Ok, sounds good, I join you.". Huh?
I guess it wasn't too far an assumption for someone like him to make. He was probably feted by a household of women only too grateful to slave over a hot stove for him. In fact he did actually tell me once that back in Serbia his family baked their own bread AND mulled home-made fruit brandy called rakija, which while very heart-warming to think about, is a touch stone age for me unless you own a vineyard cum restaurant. I couldn't exactly un-invite him and not have it considered rude. Sigh, so cooking it was.
The Magic Plumber: An Ariean Serb-Rise!
Beyond the somewhat autocratic flavor of his texts and emails, Dragan proves significantly more charming in person. I say that, while muttering under my breath that dictators often are. Hmm. Not surprisingly, he displays the Ariean capacity for great humor, the gap between his written and spoken English aided by expression, body language and nuance. And suitably enhanced by our rather European flavored surroundings. I compliment him duly, which is necessary with an Aries then profess surprise at the goatee, "is that non-negotiable?" I ask jokingly. "Da," he replies, "I will not remove it." Ok.. great to see you're flexible then.
I learn he's here on a work/study visa set to expire in the fall of next year. "Ah, so you need to get married," I observe. He shrugs and smiles, "Everybody say this to me." I tell him it's unfortunately the easiest way to secure his status, given that he's unable to physically spawn children and the chances of a proper work sponsorship unless he was say a rock star, the new Tesla or some kind of Olympian are quite slim.
He agrees, I ask him if he would marry just for that. "No, not just for that, " he shakes his head emphatically, "Yes, to stay but also because I need married." At 26? I'm unable to help myself on to the next question.
I Make The Dill, Venus in Aries Strikes Again
Shaken by the recent Venus in Aries activity, I resolved to "make the dill" and meet Serbia. Owing to the fact that Serbia hailed from the Back Up Dating site where his profile was rather scant, I was even more apprehensive. What if he only spoke in grunts? Did the Serbian dating protocol place a ratio between the evening's expenditures and physical favors? What if he was Serbian Mafia????
Clearly, I was working myself up to a stupid froth. It didn't help that he texted around 2 pm to say he couldn't meet me at the Museum as we'd originally planned since he had to work till 6, could we have drinks at 8 instead? Uh oh, what next, a cancellation? I gulped but gamely texted back that "great, I'll have time for a manicure" then told him where to go. Mainly, I tried not to think about it. And when I did, I assumed I'd be there at 8pm and back by 10. Easy, peasy, no reason to be queasy.
As if going into battle, I don my red patent stilettos (yep, the ones right there) and the Sex Dress. Contrary to its name, the Sex Dress is a subtle black silk affair fashioned like a man's dress shirt to be worn simply with a single belt either on the waist or hips. Yet somehow even while being rather opaque with zero cleavage exposure, it has a 95% success rate and only once failed when I wore it around B, who at the time disapprovingly grimaced while trotting me around like a recalcitrant child in a rather possessive grip. It had the effect of inspiring Bionic Staring which as one of the ex-suitors informed me, was really a stab at having it telekinetically fly off me.
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Highly Controversial Live-Action Seduction Sim Super Seducer Available Today for Windows PC and Mac
World-Renowned Dating Coach Richard La Ruina Shows Men How to Take Their Seduction Skills to the Next Level in Full-Motion Video Seduction Simulator
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PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, March 06, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Best-selling author and renowned men’s dating coach Richard La Ruina and independent developer Fair Play Labs today announced that the first ever live-action seduction sim Super Seducer is now available for Windows PC and Mac for $12.99 USD via Steam. Super Seducer is a full-motion video choose-your-own-adventure seduction simulator that turns dating duds into studs by teaching players the secret psychological tricks of attraction experts, accumulated from over 20 years of live workshops.
Super Seducer’s announcement has been greeted by a hailstorm of strong reactions. Some labeled the game as sexist or outright sleazy and thought it shouldn’t be made. Others have found the game humorously entertaining or even silly. Some simply thought the game as a great tool to teach shy guys how to approach women normally out of their self-imposed reach, while also highlighting (and chastising) far-too-common offensive real-world dating behavior. One thing is certain, the opinions about Super Seducer are strong and range widely. Now gamers can check out Super Seducer for themselves and make up their mind about the game’s merits (or lack thereof)!
“My team and I were honestly surprised by the extent of the backlash,” said the game’s designer and principal actor, Richard La Ruina. “We worked hard to ensure that the message of the game was morally positive — to show that being honest is the best way to interact with women of interest and that lying and disrespectful behavior is wrong. There are many deceitful and manipulative techniques in the men's dating field, and nothing like that is included. Having said that, I respect the opinion of those who play the game before judging, and make up their own mind.”
The game’s lead actress, Shanna Vincent (Mr. Right, Homefront, American Ultra), added: “Before I was cast in this role, I had the opportunity to read the script and to speak with Richard, and I do firmly believe the game puts women in a powerful role and does try to correct bad male behavior.”
Discover what it takes to charm Super Seducer’s cast of a dozen elegant women, who bring their own personalities and dating experiences to each of the game’s ten unique settings, for added authenticity and hilarious improvisational moments that run the gamut from adorable, laugh-out funny to downright cringe-worthy. Branching dialogue-driven action options allow players to learn and experience proper seduction tactics with instant feedback. Players that make the wrong move in their flirtatious conquests face a variety of awkward and over-the-top negative outcomes inspired by unsuccessful “strategies” observed in the real world by Richard La Ruina and his team of female consultants.
“Super Seducer is not only an incredibly amusing game, it’s a fantastic learning tool based on realistic human sexual psychology and real-world dating rituals that reward players for making better choices when approaching women and punishes them for making a mistake or acting inappropriately,” said Richard La Ruina. “The team of women that consulted on the project, including the game’s strong female cast, believe that Super Seducer educates men on the do’s and don’ts of seduction, making men much less likely to offend women after they’ve played the game. My time-tested, research-backed techniques are sure to help anyone meet the partner of their dreams!”
He continued, “In my line of work, hearing from former clients that they’ve found a significant other is incredibly rewarding. I hope to hear similar stories from players of Super Seducer,” he said. “Who knows, if Super Seducer does well, we have lots of ideas for a sequel that explores dating advice for women and those in the LGBTQ+ community.”
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About Richard La Ruina
Renowned seduction guru Richard La Ruina (featured in Maxim, Men’s Health, the BBC and Piers Morgan) was a self-confessed shy virgin until 21 years of age. He turned his lonely life around and became Europe’s top pick up artist in 2009. Now 37 years old and happily married, Richard's company teaches men how to transform their love lives and find their soulmate. His best-selling book “The Natural: How to Effortlessly Attract the Women You Want” is available in seven languages, with nearly 200,000 copies sold to date. In his first game, Super Seducer, Richard provides you with feedback and constructive criticism for every choice you make.
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Based in Copenhagen/Denmark, the composer duo, greatmusic, specializes in music that transcendes the right feeling for the picture.
Niklas Schak and Tin Soheili have composed music for more than 100 film, theater, tv, documentary and commercial ads since 2003.
Among award winnings films which screened woldwide greatmusic, has scored ”the Ambassador”, by Mads Brügger and “Sepideh “ by Berit Madsen, - "Children of Darfur” by Camilla Nielsson, (see our CV for full info)
Our theater work also includes original scores on the criticaly acclaimed "lost memories" from 2014, and "the Symphony of Silence" from 2010 by choreographer Pernille Garde. (see our CV for further info)
We seek and steal inspiration from composers such as Debussy, Sibelius, Arvo Pärt, Radiohead, Jonny Greenwood, Bernard Hermann, Cliff Martinez, Alberto Iglesias , Gustavo Santaolalla, Daniel Lanios, Trent Reznor, Johnny Cash, Enio Morricone and everything else that feels right.
We admire directors such as, Poul Thomas Anderson, Roy Anderson, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Alejandro González Iñárritu, David Lynch
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educated at the danish music conservatorium in film - composition. has a solid classical training that includes piano, guitar, composition and counterpoint, as well as electronic music studies.
In 2014 he released the album “recollective” under the psynonym “man eats fish”
"What technique and mastery of psychoacoustics! breathtaking sound design on this-" David Newman
The album is available on audiobulb.com
Alongside composing, Niklas has been a board of directors member (2006-2012) at bfm- the association of film- and media composers.
For the past 17 years, he has mentored and lectured more than 250 courses and seminars in composition and digital music production to professional musicians at artlab, and the rhythmic music conservatory in denmark.
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Danish music award-nominee and multi-instrumentalist, Tin Soheili was born in Tehran/Iran.
He has left his mark on the international music scene as film composer, studio and touring musician globaly in recent years.
Tin masters several string instruments, such as the sitar, oud, saz, setar, ronroco, mandolin and dilruba and has a solid classical orchestration training with classical composer, Anders Brodsgaard.
He has contributed, composed and produced music on more than 150 film, tv and theater productions.
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"Sufi Rock'nRoll" in 2015 and "Best Live Act" in 2016.
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Acute Myocarditis
Acute myocarditis causes focal or diffuse inflammation of the myocardium. Most cases are infectious, caused by viral, bacterial, rickettsial, spirochetal, fungal, or parasitic agents; but toxins, drugs, and immunologic disorders can also cause myocarditis.
1. Infectious Myocarditis
Introduction Essentials of Diagnosis
Often follows an upper respiratory infection.
May present with chest pain (pleuritic or nonspecific) or signs of heart failure.
ECG may show sinus tachycardia, other arrhythmias, nonspecific repolarization changes, and intraventricular conduction abnormalities.
Echocardiogram documents cardiomegaly and contractile dysfunction.
Myocardial biopsy, though not sensitive, may reveal a characteristic inflammatory pattern.
Viral myocarditis is the most common form and is usually caused by coxsackieviruses, but a host of other agents have also been responsible. Rickettsial myocarditis occurs with scrub typhus, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and Q fever. Diphtheritic myocarditis is caused by the exotoxin and often is manifested by conduction abnormalities as well as heart failure.
Chagas’ disease, caused by the insect-borne protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is a common form of myocarditis in Central and South America; the major clinical manifestations appear after a latent period of more than a decade. At this stage, patients present with cardiomyopathy, conduction disturbances, and sudden death. Associated gastrointestinal involvement (megaesophagus and megacolon) is the rule. Toxoplasmosis causes myocarditis that is usually asymptomatic but can lead to heart failure. Among parasitic infections, trichinosis is the most common cause of cardiac involvement. The potential for the HIV virus to cause myocarditis is now well recognized, though the prevalence of this complication is not known. In addition, other infectious myocarditides are more common in patients with AIDS.
Giant cell myocarditis is a rare idiopathic disorder characterized by giant cell and lymphocyte infiltration of the heart muscle. Patients usually die from ventricular arrhythmias or heart failure but occasionally respond to immunosuppressive therapy or early transplantation.
Clinical Findings
A. Symptoms and Signs
Patients may present several days to a few weeks after the onset of an acute febrile illness or a respiratory infection or with heart failure without antecedent symptoms. The onset of heart failure may be gradual or may be abrupt and fulminant. Pleural-pericardial chest pain is common. Examination reveals tachycardia, gallop rhythm, and other evidence of heart failure or conduction defect. It is likely that most myocarditides are subclinical, though they may present later as idiopathic cardiomyopathy or with ventricular arrhythmias.
B. Electrocardiography and Chest X-Ray
Nonspecific ST-T changes and conduction disturbances are common. Ventricular ectopy may be the initial and only clinical finding. Chest x-ray is nonspecific, but cardiomegaly is frequent.
C. Diagnostic Studies
Echocardiography provides the most convenient way of evaluating cardiac function and can exclude many other processes. Gallium-67 scintigraphy has been reported to yield cardiac uptake in acute or subacute myocarditis. Paired serum viral titers and serologic tests for other agents may indicate the cause.
D. Endomyocardial Biopsy
Pathologic examinations may reveal a lymphocytic inflammatory response with necrosis, but the patchy distribution of abnormalities makes the test relatively insensitive. This defines an “active” inflammatory stage and may persist for many months.
Treatment & Prognosis
Specific antimicrobial therapy is indicated when an infecting agent is identified. Immunosuppressive therapy with corticosteroids and other agents has been felt by some to improve the outcome when the process is acute (
< 6 months) and if the biopsy suggests ongoing inflammation. However, controlled trials have not been positive, so the value of routine myocardial biopsies in patients presenting with an acute myocarditic picture is uncertain; immunosuppressive therapy without histologic confirmation is unwise. Otherwise, treatment is directed toward the manifestations of heart failure and arrhythmias.
Many cases resolve spontaneously, but in others cardiac function deteriorates progressively and may lead to dilated cardiomyopathy. Many cases of dilated cardiomyopathy may represent the end stage of viral myocarditis.
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2. Drug-Induced & Toxic Myocarditis
A variety of medications, illicit drugs, and toxic substances can produce acute or chronic myocardial injury; the clinical presentation varies widely. Doxorubicin and other cytotoxic agents, emetine, and catecholamines (especially with pheochromocytoma) can produce a pathologic picture of inflammation and necrosis together with clinical heart failure and arrhythmias; toxicity of the first two is dose related. The phenothiazines, lithium, chloroquine, disopyramide, antimony-containing compounds, and arsenicals can also cause electrocardiographic changes, arrhythmias, or heart failure. Hypersensitivity reactions to sulfonamides, penicillins, and aminosalicylic acid as well as other drugs can result in cardiac dysfunction. Radiation can cause an acute inflammatory reaction as well as a chronic fibrosis of heart muscle, usually in conjunction with pericarditis.
The incidence of cocaine cardiotoxicity has increased markedly. Cocaine can cause Coronary artery spasm, myocardial infarction, arrhythmias, and myocarditis. Because many of these processes are believed to be mediated by cocaine’s inhibitory effect on norepinephrine reuptake by sympathetic nerves, ß-blockers have been used therapeutically. In coronary spasm, calcium channel blockers are more appropriate.
Gharib MI et al: Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity: current practice and prospects of prophylaxis. Eur J Heart Fail 2002;4:235.
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We’re a growing team of passionate, dedicated individuals who love to create exceptional collaboration opportunities and platforms. The team is led by Sibani Chakravarty Sarma and Parthajeet Sarma.
Sibani Chakravarty Sarma (B.Arch., MBA): Co-Founder & products specialist
On a long and lonesome highway, east of Mumbai, somewhere between the introduction of the floppy disk and Operation Desert Storm, Sibani realized she had a passion for all things creative. A graduate of Sir JJ College of Architecture, armed with a rare MBA, Sibani worked with Knight Frank, Standard Chartered Bank and Projectwell before finding a warm corner at her own workplace to jumpstart Jaluk. Nearly 2 decades of construction and building industry experience across design as well as general management, enables Sibani to hone skills, drink coffee and plot the benevolence of the industry with her fellow believers.
When not in a team meeting, Sibani enjoys beautifying her house, dreaming she can drive a car, reading, and spending time with her family and her imaginary cat.
Parthajeet Sarma (B.Arch., MBA): Co-Founder & Strategist
Entrepreneur, Innovator, Author: we were able to summarize Parthajeet into three short incomplete words….incomplete because he says he is not done yet. He firmly believes he would be the key to mankind’s survival in the zombie apocalypse. A graduate of Sir J J College of Architecture, Mumbai, armed with an MBA, Parthajeet spent a few years working at large corporations, before starting a Pre-Design consultancy in iDream, followed by development management consultancy Projectwell. Innovative work in off-site manufacturing in housing has won Parthajeet awards like the ET Power of Ideas, Sankalp Awards and others. He is also a Chevening scholar from Oxford University, UK. Two decades of wide ranging experience across innovation and senior management helped Parthajeet plant his roots here, within the flock and help with strategy. He much believes in the spirit of entrepreneurship amongst the youth and often tours educational institutions to talk about his published book “Smart Phones Dumb People”. He is a speaker at industry forums and has been featured across various forms of media, including programs like CNC TV-18’s “Young Turks”.
When away from the Jaluk’s nest, Parthajeet enjoys adventures of any kind, tacos, experimenting with e-commerce, and stalking his neighbour’s pug. He enjoys blurring the lines between design, humans and revenue streams.
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The premier springbok hunting property in the world.
Jules of the Karoo Safaris is THE premier springbok hunting property in the world. Offering free-ranging springbok in all four color phases, (common, black, white, and copper), Jules of the Karoo has been home to more record book springbok than any other property – by far. Currently 11 of the top 15 entries in the Safari Club International Record Book’s were taken at Jules of the Karoo. As a matter of fact, the current World Record Common Springbok for all four hunting methods, (rifle, muzzleloader, handgun and bow), were all taken at Jules of the Karoo! But for many hunters there is no more beautiful mount in a trophy room than the artistic arrangement of The Springbok Grand Slam of all four color phases.
Take part in trophy and management hunting on the plains of the Karoo and its vast expansive landscape and experience South African hunting of 150 years ago in modern day luxury!
But that’s not all. Jules of the Karoo offers more than 40 species of Plains Game hunting on in excess of 300,000 acres! Whether you are looking for magnificent cape kudu, feisty bushbuck, elusive eland, striking gemsbok, or diminutive steenbok, we can make your safari dreams come true in a vast breathtaking landscape.
Jules of the Karoo is located in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, and is owned and operated by Julian and Martisan Theron. The Theron family has been on the land since the late 1850’s. Julian is a 5th generation farmer and has been hunting the Karoo for the last 35 years. He is a passionate hunter and dedicates his time and energy in the breeding of top springbok genetics. He believes in preservation by utilisation. Julian’s mindset and dedication have earned him the nickname “Springbok Man”
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You're nothing, until you're something.
We quickly forget as fans of any sport who it is that we are really rooting for. I am a 32 year old grown man, yet it's a 17 year old kid that I expect to win on Saturday nights. If he doesn't win, the forums on Monday mornings will be filled with reasons why he sucks and doesn't deserve the ride he has. The pressure at the professional level of motocross is possibly higher than any other sport. Do we forget that these riders are young adults with lives of their own?
It starts at the amateur level. Performing well at big races puts you on the radar of sponsors and dominating your class sets you up to be "the next big thing." At one point it was Suzuki's amateur program that groomed the top mini stars to sure shot pros.
As the pressure builds only a few will truly handle the challenges placed in front of them. A few will plateau at a certain level and others will cave hard. Failures at this level can mean letting down not just yourself but friends, family, fans, sponsors and teams. Lack of results and injuries can take a rider to dark places.
Three very similar riders with nearly the same paths laid for them. Ben Riddle, Shane Bess and Nico Izzi. All amateur national champions who'd turn pro with Factory Suzuki contracts. They'd go on to face similar results as professionals, loose their rides and after suffering injuries fall into a world of addiction.
Kentucky's Ben Riddle was the first of the three to turn pro. After a long stint with Kawasaki's Team Green, he'd collect his final national championships as a member of Team Suzuki. In 2001 he'd make his pro debut under the Suzuki rig. He'd score a career best 6th place at the New Orleans Supercross that year. After breaking his leg at Washougal, Riddle felt given up on and one injury seemed to lead to another. After a stint with the Motoworld Suzuki team in 2002 and earning a few national numbers he'd hit bottom hard. Addicted to opiates and surrounded by the wrong people it'd turn worse and Riddle would find himself in prison for over 6 years. Now clean for 3 years, Ben is healthy and focused on a good life not just for himself but his wife, family and newborn daughter. He's giving back to the sport through Riddle Motocross Coaching and running a track back home in Kentucky called Sand Trap MX. Looking back now he says "injuries are just a set back, it's what you do during and after that determines how strong you bounce back." He knows it was his mistakes that took his career. "If I can help one rider avoid the same choices and path I took, that's why I coach."
Ben Riddle claims a National Championship | Photo: provided by Ben Riddle
Shane Bess of Oxnard, California made a name for himself at a young age. Pretty much the only kid who was able to beat James Stewart straight up. His skills landed him a Suzuki deal on 80's and took him through to the professional ranks. He'd break his arm just before turning pro and considers that his biggest setback at the next level. After being fired from Factory Suzuki, he'd spend a season with Team ECC before finding some success in Arenacross with the Troy Lee Honda team. Fighting injuries and suffering the loss of his girlfriend he'd turn to pain pills. This lead to dabbling with nearly anything Bess could get his hands on. After pills he became addicted to alcohol, then cocain, cough syrup and more, ending with heroin and meth use daily. "Slave" is the word Bess used to describe his addiction. It lasted over 8 years. After being stabbed, shot at and overdosing Bess became clean on December 27, 2012. "I was a liar, a cheater and a thief...but not today." Thanks to sobriety he's found god, rides a few times a week and is focused on getting his education. He wants to be a counselor.
Shane Bess awaits his moto during his time with ECC. | Photo: provided by Shane Bess
Maybe one of the biggest mini stars in amateur motocross, Nico Izzi was a dominant force from day one. The Michigan native won 6 Loretta Lynn's titles along with multiple other national championships. When he turned pro in 2008, he'd find himself at the front of the pack early. Dealing with personal issues and having his baby girl due in 2009 added stress to his championship fight. A big crash would leave Izzi with a severely broken heal. He'd become reliant on his pain medication and when that was gone the cheaper route would be heroin. "I was scared of it, I was afraid to die." Izzi would find himself and another shot to prove himself on the track. His stint with Kilbarger Racing in 2011 would produce results and land him a Rockstar Yamaha ride. He was a solid top 10 guy in the 450 class when he'd tear his ACL. "It's was a recipe for disaster." The prescribed pain pills took Izzi back to a bad place. He lost everything. He was lying, stealing, begging and at rock bottom. He admits to just not being able to handle the pressure. So much was expected from him, but he was a failure. He wasn't chasing the high, it was numbing out the bad he was looking for. In early 2016 he'd seek help in Kevin Kolb of Sick MX. Izzi would slowly break his habits and reunite with former mechanic Thad Merz. The plan as of now is to be on the line for 2017 Supercross. Look for Izzi to race the 450 class beginning at the east rounds.
Nico Izzi all smiles. | Photo: Kyle Pesci
Drugs. We look at them as a crutch and a negativity. The users we see as bad people and we are quick to give up on them. Truth is these people most likely don't want to be where they are. It's a sickness. It takes good kids with a lot of talent to really shitty places. I'm really happy to call all three of these guys friends. I'm happy to say they've found themselves and a reason to live. We need to realize that these guys were all looked up to and expected to perform at a young age. When injuries took away all they knew in life, they had nothing. They even hated themselves. Addiction is real and it affects real people.
-Kyle Pesci
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Tyrese Gibson Calls The Rock A Clown” For Breaking Up The Quick & Furious Household
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We have up to date our coverage relating to how we deal with and defend information that’s collected and used from our web sites. Styles of alternative rock in the U.S. through the Nineteen Eighties included jangle pop , associated with the early recordings of R.E.M., which incorporated the ringing guitars of mid-Sixties pop and rock, and college rock, used to explain various bands that started within the faculty circuit and school radio, together with acts corresponding to 10,000 Maniacs and the Feelies 195 Within the UK Gothic rock was dominant in the early Eighties, but by the tip of the decade indie or dream pop 201 like Primal Scream , Bogshed , Half Man Half Biscuit and the Marriage ceremony Present , and what had been dubbed shoegaze bands like My Bloody Valentine , Journey , Lush , Chapterhouse , and the Boo Radleys 202 Significantly vibrant was the …
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Reálie v angličtině: politický systém ve Velké Británii (Political system in Great Britain and Gunpowder plot)
Autor: Je to boj | Prosinec 23, 2007
Reálie v angličtině: politický systém ve Velké Británii (political system in Great Britain and Gunpowder plot
Zpracované téma politický systém ve Velké Británii (Political system in Great Britain), včetně vysvětlení co to je tzv. Gunpowder plot.
Britain has a two-party system. This means that only two parties stand a chance of exercising government, alone or in some form of agreement with a third party.
The present system of political parties has existed since the 18th century. There are now two major parties: the Conservative Party and the Labour Party. Other parties existing in GB are: the Liberal Democrats, the Communist Party…
Parliament, the law making body, consists of three elements:
– the Monarchy (has just a ceremonial role)
– the House of Commons
– the House of Lords
both the House of Commons and the House of Lords reside in the Palace of Westminster
The House of Commons
– consists of 659 elected members called Members of Parliament or MPs
– they discuss current political issues and make laws
– the chief officer is the Speaker – he/she is elected by MPS to preside the House
The House of Lords
– consists of around 659 non-elected members (hereditary peers and peeresses and life peers and peeresses (they are called Lords Temporal), two archbishops and 24 senior bishops of the Church of England (Lords Spiritual))
– they examine and revise bills from the Commons and they also act as the final court of appeal
The three elements of the Parliament meet together only on occasions of ceremonial significance, e.g. the State Opening of Parliament – (an interesting fact – before the Queen arrives, the cellars are searched by royal bodyguards. This search is in memory of the Gunpowder Plot on November 5, 1605, when barrels of gunpowder were placed in the vault of the House in order to blow up the king and his Parliament)
General elections = volby
– are held after Parliament has been dissolved (= rozpuštěn), by a royal proclamation (královským vyhlášením)
– the maximum term between elections used to be five years, now the decision on when to hold a general election is made by the Prime Minister (předseda vlády)
– for electoral purposes (z důvodu voleb) Britain is divided into 646 constituencies (volební obvod), each of these returns one MP to the House of Commons
– MPs are elected by the relative majority method (sometimes it is called „first past the post“ principle), which means that the candidate with more votes than any other is elected
You can vote if:
– you are a British citizen
– you are a citizen of a Commonwealth
– you are a citizen of the Irish republic resident in Britain (aged 18 and over)
– you are a British citizen working overseas as a British government employee
you are prohibited from voting if
– you serve prison sentences (ve výkonu trestu)
– you are a member of the House of Lords
– you are kept in hospital under mental health legislation
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Jan Svankmajer: The Complete Short Films
Historia Naturae, Suita (1967).
Another very welcome DVD release from the BFI. Svankmajer’s shorts have always been my favourites of his film work. I love his Alice feature film (for me, the best screen adaptation of Alice in Wonderland), and Faust (although the jabbering devils get annoying) but on the whole his longer films don’t seem to work as well as the earlier works. The short films present his Surrealist intentions in their purest expression, whether using his own jerky form of stop-motion animation or the aggressive montage seen in The Ossuary and elsewhere.
As with the Brothers Quay release from last year, there’s a great set of extras with this. If you’re curious about the films but have never seen them, searching for his name on YouTube turns up a few examples.
The most comprehensive DVD collection ever assembled of all 26 short films by the legendary Czech Surrealist filmmaker-animator Jan Svankmajer is released by the BFI on 25 June. Technically and conceptually astonishing in their own right, these films are also as remarkable for their philosophical consistency as for their frequently mind-boggling imagery.
Drawing on a tradition of Surrealism based in the capital of magic and alchemy—Prague—Svankmajer uses a range of techniques, combining live action, puppet theatre, stop-motion and drawn animation, claymation, cut-outs, re-edited archive footage and montage.
With nearly eight hours of material, compiled on three discs and packaged in a deluxe digipack with a 56-page illustrated booklet, the DVD is a truly must-have item for any Svankmajer fan. Its release follows a visit by the director to BFI Southbank on 29 May to discuss his work, after a preview of his latest film Lunacy. Lunacy opens for a two-week run on 1 June, part of a complete Jan Svankmajer retrospective season at BFI Southbank from 1–16 June, a selection of which will then go on tour.
Compiled by BFI Screenonline’s Michael Brooke, who also produced last year’s highly acclaimed release Quay Brothers: The Short Films 1979–2003, the DVD collection spans almost 30 years, from The Last Trick (1964) to Food (1992). All the classics are included—Punch and Judy, The Flat, Jabberwocky, Dimensions of Dialogue, Down to the Cellar and both versions of The Ossuary (with the original banned tour-guide soundtrack and the replacement music track), alongside many British video premieres. It even contains the music video made for former Stranglers front man Hugh Cornwell (Another Kind of Love) and two ‘Art Breaks’ created for MTV.
The third disc of two-and-a-half hours of extra material includes a bonus short, Johanes Doktor Faust (1958); the original 54-minute version of The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer (1984) with a brand new introduction by the Quay Brothers; the French documentary Les Chimères des Svankmajer (2001); interviews with Jan and Eva Svankmajer and examples of their work in other media. There’s also a chance to see some Svankmajer special effects, created for commercial Czech features when he was banned from making his own films. The 54-page booklet includes an introduction to Svankmajer by Michael O’Pray; detailed film notes by Michael Brooke, Simon Field, Michael O’Pray, Julian Petley, A.L. Rees and Philip Strick; notes on the extras and much more.
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#1 posted by Martin Jones
This is great news indeed and more than enough to cheer me up after a morning working in the pouring rain. I visited the Ossuary in Selsnik (spelling?) a few years before I viewed JS’s film of the same name. The pyramid of skulls has to be seen to be believed. Will be interesting to see both versions, as I do like the music on my VHS copy.
#2 posted by John
Sedlec, isn’t it? (Probably needs some accents.) A place I’d love to visit as well. I think every print of The Ossuary I’ve seen has had the same music. Saw it at the Cornerhouse years ago along with some of his other films. Was great seeing them on a big screen.
#3 posted by Michael Brooke
Sedlec is accent-free. It’s quite startling visiting the actual ossuary after seeing Svankmajer’s film one too many times, as it’s a lot smaller than you’d expect.
The new DVD contains the British premiere release of the original banned soundtrack version of ‘The Ossuary’ – in fact, it was touch and go whether or not we’d be able to get the replacement (music) version, despite being by far the most familiar version from a British viewer’s perspective.
Personally, I love the music (the original version has none), though I bowed down to Svankmajer’s own preference when selecting which version played when you select ‘Play All’ from the main menu. But I also made a point of including the music version if you select the option to play just the films with Zdenek Liska scores.
Many thanks for the details, Michael. I’m really looking forward to seeing these films again. And seeing some of them for the first time!
I’m jealous! 1997 was the last time I saw a Svankmajer short for the first time, and there have only been two features since then.
#6 posted by Bill Howe
As a reminder that, as well as an animator and film director, Jan Svankmajer also produces graphic work, ceramics and objects/ assemblage. Here is a link to a photo gallery of the opening of a fairly recent solo exhibtion in a small town in northern Bohemia.
http://www.trutnovinky.cz/index.php?gid=26043
(Note: The early images in the gallery show Svankmajer viewing the results of a project with local schoolchildren, based on his feature length adaptation of a Czech fairy tale, ‘Otesanek’ (Little Otik)
With reference to the Czech soundtrack to the ‘Ossuary’ short – (see above thread), the reason Svankmajer prefers the original soundtrack is that it features dialogue with the (then) caretaker of the ossuary at Sedlec, and this acts as a humorous counterpoint to the ‘macabre’ imagery. Having watched the movie with a large audience of young Czechs while visiting with the Czech and Slovak surrealist group when they held the ‘Sfera Snu’ exhibition at Sovinec castle in Moravia in 2001, I can vouch for the fact that the movie provoked gales of laughter from the audience. Much of Svankmajer’s work is deeply, and darkly humourous.
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LW: Thanks very much for giving me this interview. I’m a long-time fan so it’s a real honour
JM: You are welcome.
LW: I notice you spend quite a lot of time on Twitter interacting with fans and answering questions. Is it important to you to be accessible?
JM: I started on Twitter as an experiment, for fun. It’s not important to me to be accessible per se but I like interaction with fans sometimes. I’m not sure how long the Twitter thing will last but it’s been interesting. I’ve found that most of the people who call themselves my fans are good people and interesting and I like them. They are also usually funny.
LW: What prompted you to go vegetarian?
JM: Making a record called Meat Is Murder, that was nearly twenty five years ago. It wouldn’t have been right for me to play that song and not be vegetarian. The funny thing is that up until then my only interaction with animals had been “I hope this dog doesn’t bite me”, because I grew up on a council estate in England, but when I stopped eating animals I actually started feeling more empathy towards them, this was something I noticed.
LW: When did you decide to go vegan, and why?
JM: I became Vegan in 2005 when I moved to Portland Oregon. I’d been getting more and more health conscious and at that time I wanted to take things as far as I could. I like the idea of progress, and being progressive. Portland has a very liberal and modern attitude and a few of my friends there were Vegan. I’m glad I got into it. It’s a lot easier being vegan in the US than in Europe, there’s more cultural variety there, and therefore choice.
LW: Was the switch easy, and were there any particular foods that you missed?
JM: The interesting thing for me was that giving up dairy meant giving up deserts etc and therefore sugar, and then you’re into something else. Giving up things doesn’t mean sacrifice or misery to me, I see it as the opposite, it’s interesting. I “took on” being Vegetarian, I didn’t “give up” something, If you see what I mean. I like doing that. All of these things have made me more focussed and energised.
LW: Are your wife Angie and children Nile and Sonny also vegan or vegetarian?
JM: My family are all vegetarian. Angie was vegetarian when we met, I was fifteen and she was fourteen. She was clued up. I probably would’ve have become vegetarian even without the song I suppose.
LW: What’s a typical meal in the Marr household?
JM: Giant salads with lots of tofu. Thai food, pastas, Mediterranean, Mexican, spinach forever. My tour rider looks like the deli in Whole Foods.
LW: How do you manage food-wise when travelling, or on tour?
I try to make time to buy what I can when I can. As I say, the US is easier. I live off health bars, rice, salad and white tea. I hang out in Whole Foods and New Seasons far too much and I load up the bus with lots of stuff.
LW: What vegan treats are on your rider?
JM: Stuffed vine leaves. Anything with chilli and or wassabi. Vegan cookies disappear very quickly I notice.
LW: Do people rib you about being a vegan? If so, how do you respond?
JM: My roadie sometimes makes jokes about my being too weak to move things etc. It’s his job to move stuff. He reckons I’m obsessive about it. It’s a useful obsession if I am.
LW: You co-wrote ‘Meat Is Murder’ with Morrissey. What do you remember about the process of writing and recording the song that has gone on to inspire so many people to go vegetarian and vegan?
JM: He gave me the title and I went with a feeling. I came up with a tune that I thought was evocative yet unsettling and the band captured the right mood one winter’s afternoon in Liverpool. It felt heavy but strangely beautiful when we did it. I love that track.
LW: You’re pretty clean-living for a musician e.g. tee-total. What made you stop drinking alcohol?
JM: I just got bored of alcohol after a while and I fancied a change. I started to think of it as a bit of a counter productive drug. I don’t have any problem hanging out with people who are drinking, but things can get a bit…predictable.
LW: You’re also a bit of a fitness fanatic and run 50 miles a week. Do tell more about your fitness regime?
JM: I equate running with being progressive, so to speak. I don’t see it as a discipline or “straight” or anything. I think of the typical rock n roll lifestyle as being somewhat obvious and cliched for me these days. I suppose some people might think that it’s ok for me to say that because I’ve had the opportunity to live the rock n roll lifestyle and they would be right. I don’t preach or judge what anyone else does, each to their own. I just do what I think is right and most creative for me.
LW: Does your dog Riff go running with you? Who’s faster?
JM: If I took Riff out running I would end up in swamps and sand pits. She is definitely faster but I could out distance her easy.
LW: Is ‘The Bounce’, part of your fitness routine, or just a pre-performance workout?
JM: The Bounce is a habit I picked up, part wake up, part let off energy, and part “stop talking to me about stupid stuff as I’m about to go on stage”.
LW: Has your diet changed since becoming super-fit? (I hear you’re a spinach-freak)
JM: Yes. I used to not care about what I ate as long as it wasn’t meat. Now I can feel what I put into my body pretty quickly and how it affects me. I remember hearing Iggy Pop talking about this when I was in my teens and thinking it was odd but now I see that he was ahead of his time.
LW: You were a promising footballer and had trials for Man City. What position did you play, and is it true your penchant for eyeliner got you in trouble?
JM: Yes, the right winger with the Johnny Thunders hairstyle and eyeliner. No wonder I got kicked. I got fast though.
LW: Who’s your favourite City player, and why?
JM: My favourite City player would have to be Colin Bell, just because of his sheer class.
LW: What did it feel like to be nominated for an Oscar (for Inception) earlier this year?
JM: The Oscars was a pretty great experience. I don’t have a competitive bone in my body so I didn’t think about Inception winning until right up to when the nominations were read out, and then I really wanted to win for Hans (Zimmer) and Chris Nolan, and the film, which I think is great.
LW: Was it straightforward writing for the screen?
JM: Writing for the screen is straightforward in that it’s soon obvious if it’s not right. You don’t have the same thing with a record. Also, the director can have input and steer things, or should do, if it’s not hitting the correct emotion. It isn’t easy either though.
LW: You recently left The Cribs to focus on solo material. Is it right that you are starting a solo tour in October?
JM: I’m doing a show in New York in October and then touring in March 2012.
LW: Have you started writing your autobiography yet? What made you want to write one?
JM: I decided to write my autobiography because I’ve had so many offers it meant that there was obviously a demand for it. I’ve been too busy to start it. I will have to stop doing other things when I do it because I want to take it seriously and get it as right as I can. It’s a task.
LW: From the Youtube clips I’ve seen (e.g. one about lending a guitar to Noel Gallagher) you know how to tell a good story. Have you many more of those up your sleeve?
JM: There are a lot of stories I suppose. I wouldn’t want my autobiography to be all anecdotes, though there will be some for sure. A lot of things have happened.
LW: You recently had a (carnivorous) flower named in your honour at the Chelsea Flower show. Bet you didn’t see that one coming?!
JM: I can honestly say that I never imagined I’d have a plant named after me; a guitar, a pair of sneakers, sunglasses…ok, nice…but a plant? You’re right, I didn’t see that coming. It’s pretty cool I think; unusual.
LW: How integral has having a stable home life been to your success?
JM: My home life has always mirrored my state of mind. I’ve always valued having good people around me, not necessarily “stable”, often creative, and usually unconventional, but never “yes men”. My life has always been able to put creativity and art first. It’s working out alright and I’m very lucky.
© Louise Wallis
An edited version of this interview was published in The Vegan magazine (Winter 2011) ©
Great interview! I didn’t realise that Marr played on the Inception soundtrack, very cool.
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Thanks Therese. Here’s some footage of Hans Zimmer, Johnny Marr & orchestra performing the Inception soundtrack live for the premiere
Thanks! Very interesting and inspiring.
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Bonnie, the little fawn-colored pug-mix, chased her ball across the hospital activity room floor. Her front legs scrabbled on the tile, the rear wheels of her hind-leg doggie cart spun to a blur. Snatching up the bouncing toy in her mouth, she whirled sharply enough to lift one wheel off the ground and scampered back to drop the ball into Nelson's hand. Her dark eyes lit with pleasure, her front paws danced, her whip-tail would no doubt have been wagging if she hadn't been half-paralyzed years ago.
Around the room, the gathered children laughed with delight.
Nelson Dunn thought there was no better reward in life than pleasing sick kids. Probably his face didn't show it, behind his close-trimmed beard and bushy eyebrows, but he loved that sound. He said, "Pretty quick, isn't she?" and tossed the ball again.
This time as she ran after it there was a gust of wind outside strong enough to rattle the windows. Bonnie paid no attention in her single-minded pursuit, but all the humans in the room glanced over at the looming grey clouds outside. A moment later, the hospital speakers crackled with the emergency announcement tone… "Attention, hospital visitors, patients, and staff. The National Weather Service is advising everyone in our county to take all precautions for severe weather at this time. Hurricane Lauris continues to be a category four hurricane and is now veering rapidly to the northwest. Our county has now changed from a hurricane watch to a warning area. Although we are still not in the direct path of the storm, we can expect very heavy rain and damaging winds, extending over the next twelve to sixteen hours. You are advised to take shelter in a hurricane-safe location as soon as possible. Stay off the roads unless absolutely necessary. Low-lying areas may be subject to flash floods.
"All Memorial Hospital nonemergency facilities, including outpatient clinics, will be closing in fifteen minutes. If you have a medical condition that absolutely cannot wait until the hurricane warning is lifted, please check in with the triage nurse at the Emergency reception desk.
"Visitors and off-duty staff who live nearby are advised to head home or to shelters immediately. Anyone who feels at risk leaving now should approach the information desk. We will be making very limited emergency accommodations available within the hour, while coordinating with local shelter locations. One family member per patient may be accommodated here. I assure everyone that this hospital is prepared for severe weather.
"Staff members, the Lauris Preparedness Plan will be implemented beginning now. All visitors and patients please cooperate with staff instructions. I repeat, all visitors and off-duty personnel should head for shelter at this time. Hopefully we'll ride this one out without too much trouble."
Nelson exchanged worried glances with the nurse. She said, "It sounds like you'd better head out right away, Mr. Dunn. I'd hate for you to be caught driving when the storm hits."
The children chorused their disappointment. Nelson could tell by their nervous looks that part of the reason they wanted him to stay was to hang on to the safe and familiar routine a bit longer. The impending storm was scary even for grown-ups, let alone kids stuck in the hospital. He kept his voice cheerful, as he said, "Sorry, kids, we can't stay. I'll bring Troy along next time. We'll have a nice, long, snuggly visit." The big old Lab was more of a cuddler than Bonnie, and they might need that in the aftermath, even if it turned out to be a false alarm.
He didn't want to frighten them even more by rushing out, so he stuck to their usual routine. "Now Bonnie will say her good-byes." He took the ball she brought him and put it away in his pocket. Her ears drooped momentarily, but when he gave the hand signal for "Say good-bye" she perked up.
Bonnie made the rounds, stopping by each of the children to give a little yip of farewell. The kids who could reach petted her soft chocolate ears and fawn head. A couple of parents, watching their children smile at the dog, gave Nelson appreciative nods. He could see the anxiety in their faces, and for once was almost glad he had no family except his pets. This part of the state had hoped to be well out of Lauris's path, but now it would be a waiting game as the storm raged past, and those who loved always had more to lose.
Nelson lifted Bonnie, cradling dog and cart in his arms, so the kids strapped into their own wheelchairs could have a turn. One boy rubbed Bonnie's chest, fingering the straps that held her securely in her K9 cart. "You'll bring Bonnie back too, though? Not just Troy?"
"Sure. They take turns."
He turned toward the door, holding Bonnie securely. She preferred to walk, but in the busy hospital corridors she might get underfoot, and he wanted to get down to the car quickly. The nurse came to the doorway with him, and gave Bonnie a pat of her own. "Thanks for coming by, Mr. Dunn. The children look forward to it so much, I'm glad you made it here today. I hope you get home all right."
"Thank you," he said. "I'll see you on Monday."
"God willing," she said in a very soft voice. "Drive carefully. Be safe."
"Always do." If he'd been in his old police uniform he'd have tipped his hat. As it was, he nodded and headed out.
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Sri Lankan housemaid's Suicide attempt
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:09 am
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A housemaid is fighting for her life in hospital after setting herself on fire in an apparent suicide bid. The Sri Lankan housemaid, identified as RM, 27, locked herself in the bathroom of the villa where she worked, doused herself in barbeque lighter fluid and set herself on fire after she found out her boyfriend planned to marry someone else, police said.
RM is currently in the intensive care unit at Rashid Hospital with burns to 85 per cent of her body. Doctors at the hospital last night described her condition as “serious”.
Police were alerted by RM’s roommate, also a housemaid, and their sponsor, who came home from a shopping trip to see smoke coming out of the villa. They rushed in and found RM badly burnt and crying for help on the bathroom floor, police said.
A police source said the incident was reported at 2.30pm on Saturday at her sponsor’s villa in the Al Warqa area of Dubai. “An ambulance with paramedic was deployed to the villa following the report. She received first aid before she was rushed to hospital,” the source said.
Her roommate was able to read an apparent suicide note, written in Tamil, police said. In the letter RM said she wanted to punish her boyfriend, who lives in Sri Lanka, for betraying her.
She said she wanted him to live with the guilt of her death so that he would be unable to enjoy his marriage, police quoted the letter as saying. She also asked that her body be sent home so that her family could bury her.
Her roommate told police that RM was frequently in touch with her boyfriend, and that she had heard them arguing on the phone earlier that morning.
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No Matter the Spin, It’s Hardly Raising the Bar
By Angel Zobel Rodriguez On April 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Curriculum, LAUSD News
Achieve. It means to reach or attain by effort or skill. It means to have some level of success with whatever it is one is achieving. So it’s no wonder that Los Angeles was abuzz with conflicting headlines when it was announced they would be raising certain standards while lowering others. Confusion is about all the district achieved.
I awoke to a local morning news program saying that LAUSD was going to lower standards by accepting Ds for college work. With my morning coffee, I read the same news in the Los Angeles Times. And even columnist Steve Lopez, with a child, in LAUSD commented without knowing the reality. I spent all day shaking my head, because as the parent of an LAUSD graduate, I know that LAUSD has considered Ds passing for years.
As a side note, my biggest peeve with my son’s college guidance counselor was that at every event, she’d drone on about how a “D” was a passing grade in high school, but it did not count for college, steering every student toward one of the two nearby community colleges, regardless of his or her grades. I’m sure there are more active college counselors, but it spoke volumes as to how pervasive it is about the district achieving student success.
Actually, the Daily News got it closer to right. LAUSD made attempts to clarify the policy on National Public Radio and its Facebook feed. LAUSD posted the proposal here. The folks on Beaudry would like you to know by 2017, they will require students to earn a “C” to pass, which is long overdue. But buried in the C-D-F bruhaha was the change to require students to meet minimum UC requirements and to drop graduation credits from 230 to 170. The first makes minimal sense. The second is ridiculous.
The minimum University of California requirements would not likely gain a student admission at a single campus. But there’s nothing inherently wrong in students needing four years of English, three of math, two each of social studies, science, and foreign language, and a visual or performing arts course. Even advocates for vocational education can’t say those courses are bad for students.
In lowering the graduation credit requirement from the current 230 to 170 units (the state minimum), LAUSD might as well just say they’re giving up when they suggest that dropping the required credits frees students up to pursue other elective courses or take remedial classwork for classes they’ve failed. In a typical high school with six courses each day, over four years, students have the potential to earn 240 credits. Students could fail nearly one-third of their courses and still graduate. And in recent years, schools have adopted schedules with seven and eight courses per year (on block schedules) which would allow a student to fail nearly half and still “achieve” a high school diploma. These schedules intentionally build in the extra time to help students with remedial work, and yet still have time each day for core subjects.
In the press release for the proposal, Superintendent John Deasy says, “Implementation of the new A-G Curriculum will not only raise the standards of our LAUSD graduates but also prepare all youth to achieve.” I guess that makes sense for a district that graduates roughly 50% of their students, passing two-thirds of a student’s classes would seem like an achievement.
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2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election
See also: 2019 Kentucky elections
Matt Bevin Andy Beshear
Republican Democratic
Ralph Alvarado Jacqueline Coleman
Incumbent Governor
Matt Bevin
Elections in Kentucky
United States Senate elections
House of Representatives elections
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The 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election will take place on November 5 to choose the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky. Three slates will be on the ballot:[1]
Matt Bevin, Republican, incumbent, running with Ralph Alvarado for Lieutenant Governor.
Andy Beshear, Democrat, running with Jaqueline Coleman for Lieutenant Governor.
John Hicks, Libertarian, running with Ann Cormican for Lieutenant Governor.
Major-party primary elections occurred on May 21, 2019.[2] Incumbent Republican Governor Matt Bevin was renominated by the Republican Party, and Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear won the Democratic nomination.[3]
Bevin announced on January 25, 2019, that he would run for a second term, choosing State Senator Ralph Alvarado as his running mate over current Lieutenant Governor Jenean Hampton.[4] Since the state's constitutional prohibition of governors serving consecutive terms was repealed in 1992, no Republican Governor of Kentucky has ever been elected to consecutive terms. The only Republican to run for reelection, Ernie Fletcher, was defeated by Democrat Steve Beshear in 2007.
1 Republican primary
1.1 Candidates
1.1.1 Nominated
1.1.2 Eliminated in primary
1.1.3 Declined
1.2 Endorsements
1.3 Polling
2 Democratic primary
3 Libertarian convention
3.1 Nominated
4 Other candidates
5 General election
5.1 Predictions
Republican primary[edit]
Candidates[edit]
Nominated[edit]
Matt Bevin, incumbent Governor of Kentucky[5]
Running mate: Ralph Alvarado, State Senator[5]
Eliminated in primary[edit]
Robert Goforth, State Representative[6]
Running mate: Mike Hogan, Lawrence County Attorney
Ike Lawrence, candidate for Mayor of Lexington in 2018
Running mate: James Anthony Rose, semi-retired
William Woods, candidate for the 66th district in the Kentucky House of Representatives in 2012[7]
Running mate: Justin Miller, mathematics and middle grades educator[8]
Declined[edit]
James Comer, U.S. Representative and candidate for Governor of Kentucky in 2015[9]
U.S. Executive Branch officials
Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States[10]
Mike Pence, 48th Vice President of the United States[11]
Ivanka Trump, daughter of U.S. President Donald Trump[12]
Kentucky Right to Life
Polling[edit]
Poll source
administered
of error
Bevin
Goforth
Cygnal May 10–12, 2019 600 ± 4.0% 56% 18% 2% 1% 23%
Republican primary results
Republican Matt Bevin (incumbent) 136,060 52.4%
Republican Robert Goforth 101,343 39.0%
Republican William Woods 14,004 5.4%
Republican Ike Lawrence 8,447 3.3%
259,854 100.0%
Andy Beshear, Attorney General of Kentucky, son of former Governor Steve Beshear[13][14]
Running mate: Jacqueline Coleman, founder and president of Lead Kentucky, a non-profit organization focused on education policy reform[15]
Rocky Adkins, Minority Leader of the Kentucky House of Representatives[16][17]
Running mate: Stephanie Horne, former member of the Jefferson County Board of Education for the 3rd district[18]
Adam Edelen, former Auditor of Public Accounts of Kentucky[19][20][21][22][23]
Running mate: Gill Holland, filmmaker and urban developer
Geoff Young, perennial candidate, retired engineer, candidate for Governor of Kentucky in 2015, candidate for Kentucky's 6th congressional district in 2014, 2016 and 2018, Green Party nominee for the 45th district in the Kentucky House of Representatives in 2012[24]
Running mate: Joshua N. French
Alison Lundergan Grimes, Secretary of State of Kentucky and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2014[25]
Amy McGrath, retired U.S. Marine and Democratic nominee for Kentucky's 6th congressional district in 2018[26]
Attica Scott, State Representative and former Louisville City Councilwoman[27]
Greg Stumbo, former Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives, former Attorney General of Kentucky and candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in 2007 (running for Attorney General of Kentucky)[28]
Rocky Adkins
Statewide officials
Paul E. Patton, former Governor of Kentucky[29]
Andy Beshear
Crit Luallen, former Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky[30]
Adam Edelen
Members of the Kentucky legislature
Morgan McGarvey, Minority Leader of the Kentucky Senate[31]
Mary Lou Marzian, state representative [32]
Current and Former Elected Officials
Fred Cowan, former Attorney General of Kentucky[33]
David James, Louisville Metro Council President[34]
Angela Evans, Lexington Councilmember[35]
John Cranley, current Mayor of Cincinnati [36]
Ben Baker, current Mayor of Dayton, Kentucky [37]
Louisville Metro Council Member Brandon Coan[38]
Louisville Metro Council Member David Yates[39]
Mike Ward, former Congressman from Kentucky's 3rd congressional district[40]
The_Courier-Journal newspaper, largest newspaper in Kentucky[41]
Louisville Defender newspaper, largest African-American newspaper in Louisville[42]
Jefferson County Teachers Association[43]
Kentuckians for the Commonwealth[44]
The Fairness Campaign[45]
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees 4011[46]
Sierra Club[47]
Beshear
Edelen
Garin-Hart-Yang (D)[A] Apr 15–18, 2019 601 ± 4.0% 17% 44% 16% 23%
ALG Research (D)[B] Apr 11–15, 2019 500 – 22% 43% 23% –
Garin-Hart-Yang (D)[A] Feb 4–7, 2019 603 ± 4.0% 17% 55% 7% 21%
Democratic primary results
Democratic Andy Beshear 149,438 37.9%
Democratic Rocky Adkins 125,970 31.9%
Democratic Adam Edelen 110,159 27.9%
Democratic Geoff Young 8,923 2.3%
Libertarian convention[edit]
The Libertarian Party of Kentucky is currently recognized as a "political organization" under state law, a status that grants the party ballot access, but denies it a state-operated primary.[1] Libertarian candidates were nominated at the party's nominating convention, held in March 2019.[48][49]
John Hicks, IT consultant[50][48]
Running mate: Ann Cormican[50][48]
Other candidates[edit]
Amy Husk (Socialist Workers Party), medical assistant and trade unionist[51]
General election[edit]
Predictions[edit]
The Cook Political Report[52] Tossup April 19, 2019
Inside Elections[53] Lean R April 19, 2019
Sabato's Crystal Ball[54] Lean R December 6, 2018
Matt Bevin (R)
Andy Beshear (D)
Bill Cunningham, former Kentucky Supreme Court Justice[57]
Adam Edelen, former Auditor of Kentucky, Chief of Staff to the Governor of Kentucky, candidate for Governor of Kentucky in 2019[58]
Crit Luallen, former Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, former Auditor of Kentucky[59]
State and local politicians
Rocky Adkins, Minority Leader of the Kentucky House of Representatives, candidate for Governor of Kentucky in 2019[60]
Phil Murphy, Governor of New Jersey[61]
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 962[62]
Communications Workers of America Local 3372[62]
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 84[62]
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 651[62]
International Union of Operating Engineers Local 181[64]
Kentucky Education Association[65]
Kentucky State AFL-CIO[66][67][68]
Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 184[62]
NARAL Pro-Choice America[69]
Bevin (R)
Beshear (D)
Gravis Marketing Jun 11–12, 2019 741 ± 3.6% 48% 42% 10%
Mason-Dixon Dec 12–15, 2018 625 ± 4.0% 40% 48% 12%
Hypothetical polling
with Rocky Adkins
Adkins (D)
with Alison Lundergan Grimes
Alison Lundergan
Grimes (D)
Mason-Dixon Dec 12–15, 2018 625 ± 4.0% 47% 46% 7%
with generic Democrat
Public Policy Polling (D)[C] May 6–7, 2019 676 ± 3.8% 39% 49% 11%
Kentucky gubernatorial election, 2019
Republican Matt Bevin (incumbent)
Democratic Andy Beshear
Libertarian John Hicks
2019 United States gubernatorial elections
2019 United States elections
2019 Kentucky elections
2019 Kentucky Attorney General election
Partisan clients
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McNeil homers, gets 3 hits as Syndergaard, Mets top Reds 6-4
Cincinnati Reds catcher Tucker Barnhart (16) tags out New York Mets' Wilmer Flores (4) at home plate during the third inning of a baseball game Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
By BEN WALKER, AP Baseball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — These terrific at-bats by rookie Jeff McNeil, maybe it’s the bat.
A most unusual bat.
Swinging a strange-looking stick with no knob, McNeil homered in getting three more hits to lead the New York Mets over the Cincinnati Reds 6-4 Monday night in a matchup of struggling teams.
“Definitely getting a lot more confident up there,” McNeil said.
McNeil’s 34-inch, 31 1/2-inch Dove Tail bat features a style virtually unseen in the majors. His bat simply flares out at the end — he started using it a couple of years ago in the minors, saying he likes the way it feels so balanced.
“To me, it’s just a normal bat,” he said.
Go tell that to other big leaguers. Put it this way: None of his new teammates have asked to try it.
“No, not up here,” he said, laughing.
The 26-year-old second baseman is 12 for 33 (.364) with two homers in 12 games since making his major league debut this season. He was batting a combined .342 with 19 homers at Triple-A and Double-A when he was called up.
“He’s going to have a chance to really show us what he can do,” manager Mickey Callaway said.
McNeil has eight hits in his last 12 at-bats. He singled during a three-run first inning against Homer Bailey (1-9), singled in a two-run fourth and hit a solo homer into the second deck in right field in sixth.
Wilmer Flores, playing on his 27th birthday, and Austin Jackson each had three hits and Kevin Plawecki homered in backing Noah Syndergaard.
Reds star Joey Votto got two hits and drew a bases-loaded walk. But the Reds first baseman admittedly was moving rather slowly because of general soreness, and is unlikely to start Tuesday night.
“I thought I would be fine. I took batting practice. Usually that tells me a lot about my legs,” he said. “But then I started playing during the game and I couldn’t turn it over, I couldn’t really get it going.”
Both clubs had lost five of six going into the series opener. Before it began, Reds pitcher Matt Harvey was honored with a video tribute, with the former Mets ace drawing a mix of cheers and boos in his first game at Citi Field since being traded to Cincinnati in May.
“I remember a lot of cheers,” he said before the game. “I do remember some boos.”
McNeil’s homer made it 6-0, and Syndergaard (7-2) seemed to be in complete charge when he retired the first batter in the seventh. But he then hit the next two batters with pitches and the Reds went on to rally for four runs on a hot, humid evening.
“I think I just kind of ran out of gas,” Syndergaard said.
Jose Peraza’s RBI single finished Syndergaard, and reliever Bobby Wahl walked Votto with the bases loaded. Eugenio Suarez looped a two-out, two-run single off Robert Gsellman that made it 6-4, but Mason Williams struck out with two runners on base.
Jerry Blevins pitched ninth for his first save of the season, and the sixth of his 12-year career.
Syndergaard’s streak of 13 straight starts of allowing no more than three runs ended. Bailey faced only 21 batters and gave up a season-high 11 hits.
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Jackson’s RBI single in the first was the Mets’ first hit with two outs and a scoring position since July 26, the Elias Sports Bureau said. The Mets had been 0-for-29 in those situations. The club record was an 0-for-31 skid in 2014. … Votto was 0 for 11 lifetime vs. Syndergaard before singling his first two times up. He’s reached base in 23 straight games against the Mets. … The Mets have won 20 of 25 vs. the Reds since 2014.
Reds: OF Preston Tucker was hit in the left foot by a pitch in the seventh, scored a run and left the game. He’ll get X-rays Tuesday.
Mets: Longtime Mets 1B Ed Kranepool, in need of a kidney transplant and searching for a donor, threw out the first ball. The 73-year-old made his big league debut at 17 with the expansion 1962 Mets. The popular New York native played 18 seasons in the majors, all with the Mets.
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Sweden's Drain S.T.H. on the cover of Maximum Ink
photo by Paul Gargano
Looking for the foolproof way to ruin a perfectly conversation? Drop the phrase “girl band” while talking to the members of Drain (they write the name Drain S.T.H. to specify they’re from Stockholm, not the Butthole Surfers side-project). The Swedish quartet got the break of a lifetime when Type O Negative asked them to be a support act on their recently completed tour, and they took full advantage of the situation, winning over crowds with metallic grind, heavy crunch, and a foreboding presence. As a result, they earned a spot on the second stage on this summer’s Ozz Fest tour. When they settle into a groove, vocalist Maria Sjoholm, guitarist Flavia Canel, Bassist Anna Kjellberg and drummer Martina Axen can channel their energies just as powerfully as any of their testosterone-driven peers, carving their won little niche in a heavy genre dominated by men.
On tour in support of their recent Horror Wrestling release, Drain are no strangers to the festival setting: they made an appearance a the annual Livestock Festival in Tampa in April, kicking the day off with an 11 am performance for the event’s early risers. Though they weren’t blessed with the best time slot of the weekend, it didn’t dampen the spirits of the quartet. The first act to take the stage, they provided the caffeine kick of the morning, raising the dead (and hungover) with their Stockholm stomp. Their adrenaline punch snapped attendees to attention and swept them into a guitar-driven and bass-paced uproar. Fists pumped, the pit got off to an early afternoon swirl, and Drain proved they’re metal, justifying their addition to Ozzy’s second annual metal meltdown.
After their three months with Type O Negative, the Swedes jumped onto another month of dates – including opening slots for Sister Machine Gun in the northeast and headlining dates in the Midwest and southeast – then embarked on Ozz Fest, where they’ve reunited with Fear Factory (who they performed with overseas) and Type O. “Our manager came on the bus with pink champagne and cigars,” recalled Kjellbverg of learning they got he spot on the tour, joining Downset, Neurosis, Slo Burn, Coal Chamber and Vision of Disorder on the side stage. “It’ll be like our families are getting back together,” the bass player added. “We grew up on Black Sabbath, and it will be very cool sto see Marilyn Manson,” added Axen.
Type O Negative – joined on the main-stage by Powerman 5000, Machine Head, Pantera, Ozzy, and a near-reunion of Black Sabbath – have already met the infamous Manson brigade, but are anticipating the partying that is sure to accompany the tour, “our livers aren’t looking forward to it, ” quipped frontman Peter Steele and drummer Johnny Kelly, also present at Livestock. Though all the members of Type O are huge Black Sabbath fans, none consider the show the reunion it is being billed as, especially Kelly, “It’s not Black Sabbath to me. I refuse to acknowledge that it’s Black Sabbath without Bill Ward. Especially being a drummer! I’ll still be impressed, but it not Black Sabbath,” he said. Though there were rumors that Ward was going to be added to the lineup, it never came to fruition, “That would have been amazing,” awed Steele. “I haven’t seen Black Sabbath in the original lineup since August 22, 1979, in Madison Square Garden. It was my first concert, with Josh [Silver, Type O keyboardist].”
As for how the drab four’s meeting with Manson went? “We met them at a show in Sweden,” Steele said of this generation’s addition to the shock rock encyclopedia. “We were playing, and him [sic] and his cartel came down and hung out. We had a few words, then the road crew started a fire in the dressing room and everyone had to leave. They made a pentagram on the floor out of lighter fluid, and it didn’t spread, but it set off some sort of internal alarm that went straight to the fire station.”
An omen of things to come? Maybe…One thing’s for certain, with the assembly of bands that the great Oz has amassed, anything is possible!
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McDaniel Prepares for Hurricane Sandy
TOPICS:Campus SafetyhurricaneMatthew Arnoldphysical plantsandySodexoweather
Posted By: Matthew Arnold, Managing Editor October 27, 2012
McDaniel administrators are working together to prepare the college in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, which is expected to bring heavy rain and winds to the Mid-Atlantic early next week.
Director of Physical Plant George Brenton said earlier today that all of the campus’ “emergency generators have been tested and are full of fuel” so that the college is prepared in the event of a power failure. While individual dorm rooms are not on generators, a series of battery-operated backup lights will be activated in hallways and stairwells if the power goes out.
Brenton also said Friday that the grounds staff was “going around and checking all of the storm water drains, the window well drains, and making sure that they [were] clear, and making sure that any excess leaves or debris that could be around the area” was cleaned up.
Director of Campus Safety Mike Webster said Friday that the Department of Campus Safety has and will participate in briefings on the storm from Carroll County, and has reviewed “evacuation plans” and “crisis response plans” ahead of the hurricane’s arrival. If the need arises, Webster says that his department has “off duty personnel on stand-by for call in if necessary.”
Food Services is also prepared in case of a power failure. General Manager of Food Services Rita Webster says that, in accordance with Sodexo’s disaster plans and emergency protocols, that McDaniel has preordered extra food to arrive on Monday. She says that, “if the electricity is not working, then we’re going to provide cold food which is meat, sandwiches, peanut butter and jelly, salads, fruit, chips, everything that doesn’t require heat” in Englar Dining Hall, while other food service locations such as the pub would close because they would not have any power to cook with.
Meals would continue to be served in the Dining Hall in the event of an electricity failure, as the dining hall is equipped with backup lighting and generators to run the freezer and refrigerator through any interruption in power.
Food services assures students that there will be no shortage of food if power fails and transportation to the college becomes difficult, and Director of Residence Life Michael Robbins says that the dining hall is preparing for increased demand that may come from students without meal plans needing to use the dining hall if they do not have power in their kitchens.
As of early Saturday morning, the National Weather Service is forecasting that Westminster should begin to feel the storm’s effects early Sunday morning, with showers beginning after 2 a.m. The precipitation is forecasted to build throughout the day on Sunday, with heavy rain possible through Tuesday and rain and high winds continuing to Wednesday night.
As the storm gets closer, students have been receiving notifications from the President’s Office and the Department of Residence Life on the McDaniel’s preparedness for Sandy and the steps students can take to help ready themselves and the college for the storm.
Beyond these, Brenton says that the most important thing for students to do is to ensure that windows in dorms have been closed and that all damage is reported to either Resident Assistants in the dormitories or to the Department of Campus Safety.
“We have quite a few instances where we’ll get a call when we have a big storm like this of a leak on, say, a second floor of a four-story building and usually its caused from a third floor window being open. If they see hallway windows or common area windows open, closing those windows when it’s raining or if they know it’s going to rain would be a big help.”
He also advises students to take other common-sense measures such as closing and securing all outdoor trashcan lids prior to the storm’s arrival, as well as preparing themselves by having a flashlight in case the power to the dorms are lost.
Stay with the Free Press for coverage of Hurricane Sandy. We are watching local news sources and the weather bureau, as well as monitoring McDaniel Alerts for the latest details, and will pass on any information about how the storm will impact Westminster as it becomes available to us using our Twitter feed (@mcdfreepress) which can also be seen at the top of our home page.
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By E. L Jenkins · On March 21, 2017
There are few DJ’s that can produce the excitement that Clinton Sparks does in the club, which is what makes him such a hot commodity for promoters who fly him around the world to perform. When he is at work you can feel the energy and passion he has for the music. As he aggressively switches from record to record the crowd feeds off his intensity.
Clinton’s dedication, energy and attitude truly define him as an artist. Hearing and watching him play is a performance in itself!
MVP Looking back on the days and nights you spent in your moms basement perfecting your craft, who influenced your music the most?
CS Life has always been the main influence in my music. How I felt, What was going on around me but as far as others who were successful that left an impression on me are Teddy Riley, Freddy Mercury & Rivers Cuomo.
MVP What does the ultimate party consist of, with no restrictions and no restraints?
CS I have been apart of so many parties from the lamest to the craziest. I guess I would say a party where the DJ gets lowered into the club by a helicopter thru the clubs retractable roof, surprise guests come out & perform & everyone gets free t-shirts,cds,etc. & the club is @ the Palms in Las Vegas. If not that, then an ultimate party would be a gathering w/ lots of tea & cookies.
MVP How is it that you move the crowd the way you do? What inspires you?
CS People inspire me. Being alive & able to have such an amazing job inspires me. I get to listen to music,play music,make music,travel the world, meet awesome people & make a decent living by doing so. So all your seeing is a guy filled w/ enthusiasm & excitement & that stuff is contagious.
MVP There is nothing like a great DJ, describe if any the rush you get from the climax of the crowd?
CS When people are having a good time, its like an adrenaline rush. You know you caused it & you don’t want them to ever come down from that. I always feel like I have to prove myself everytime I play so when the crowds response is positive, its great to feel like you have done a good job & hopefully left a lasting impression.
MVP You are a multi-talented DJ, Producer, and now recording artist, which of these is your absolute passion?
CS To me they are all outlets to get these ideas out of my head so I have passion for each but initially my goal was to be an artist, then a songwriter & producer but it was difficult to get the industry to listen being a kid from Boston so I realized if I made myself a popular DJ, it would be much easier to make those aspirations become a reality. Mission accomplished.
MVP Out of all the places you’ve been, where in the world is your favorite crowd located? And why?
CS I love crowds that just know & love music & I would have to say the #1 place that you can play the widest variety of music & they go crazy as if its the hottest record out right now is Toronto, Canada. Not to mention, they are ridiculously courteous people.
MVP To what do you attribute your success in rising above the sea of dj’s out there?
CS I have never really paid attention or competed w/ another DJ. I just set my goals & stay focused on them. I would say an attribute to my overall success is my desire to never be broke or homeless again. Other major elements would be patience,little sleep, a true passion to work & make people happy & an insatiable appetite to win.
MVP You are a Producer who DJ’s (or vice versa), two very different functions in the music business. What do you get from both?
CS I never set out to be a DJ, I wanted to be a producer but no one would listen to my beats & I realized if I became a crackin DJ that labels would have to @ least give me a courtesy listen & I knew if I stategically angled myself to be on radio in multiple cities that I would keep running into the same artist & build relationships. It worked & that’s how I was able to get Akon my first big hit , “Sorry, Blame it on me”. Producing allows me to get ideas in my head out, musically & lyrically. I love writing a conceptual song that people hear & either laugh or cry. DJing is another way to express creativity but w/ more of an immediate gratification plus I love to perform.
MVP There is a generation coming on your heels, how do you stay a step ahead?
CS Its pretty hard to keep up w/ me, I don’t really hang out, watch sports,play video games,etc. I work & I plan on working now more than ever before w/ my album, my tv show coming on karmalooptv, producing for major albums, expanding my syndicated radio show, taping E! News, Touring & performing @ my new residency @ The Palms in Las Vegas. So hopefully my work ethic can help inspire those in the new generation. Infact, I encourage them to chase me & hopefully we can work together. I don’t feel threatened, there’s room for us all to win & have fun.
MVP Any advice to those still swimming out there caught in the rip tide of the house party?
CS You can’t really teach ambition & drive & motivation & desire. This is one of the most common questions I get asked & I always say you need to sacrifice & be able to check your ego & stay focused. If you get anything from me, know that I don’t know what an obstacle is, I don’t hear the word “no” & your only as caught up as you choose to be. Saying someone is blocking you or not helping you is a cop out on acknowledging you might not have what it takes. YOU can make anything happen but you must first get out of your own way. Good Luck & I wish you the Best. Get Familiar!
MVP What’s next for Clinton Sparks?
CS More life & believe I will not take it for granted. I wake up excited to have received the invite to the party called life & am not missing any of it. Join the Party!
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That will be two cows, one bull, and 20 goats…
Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader was very amused and interested to see this little piece on the Reuters news wire. If your Maximum Leader were advising Hilary Clinton he would recommend that she avoid Wajir region of Kenya. Here is the excerpt:
Kenyan elders may impose a fine on U.S. presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, payable in livestock, after a photo of her rival Barack Obama in robes dragged their people into the race for the White House. The picture, which appeared on a U.S. Web site, showed the Illinois senator in a white headdress and traditional Somali attire during a 2006 visit to Wajir in Kenya’s remote northeast.
Obama has battled a whispering campaign by fringe elements who wrongly say he is Muslim and his aides accused Clinton’s campaign of “the most shameful, offensive fear-mongering” after the photograph was published.
Wajir elders resolved to file an official complaint with the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, dropping earlier plans to hold a protest after Friday prayers.
They said they would also convene a traditional Somali court to investigate the matter. It can impose fines that are payable in cattle, goats or camels.
“We will go ahead with this case whether Senator Clinton or Democratic party leaders turn up or not,” said Mohamed Ibrahim, a member of the clan that hosted Obama during his trip. “But this whole thing can be avoided if only an apology is made.”
Frankly, your Maximum Leader thinks that Senator Clinton ought to just donate some cows and goats to the clan regardless. It couldn’t hurt. Heck, it might actually help someone clan member.
She could even have Bill deliver the livestock…
Carry on.
So proclaimeth The Maximum Leader | Politics | Feudal Tributes (3) | Link
William F. Buckley Jr. - RIP
Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader sees on NRO that William F Buckley Jr has died. Your Maximum Leader is genuinely saddened. He’ll have to think of more fitting words to mark this passing than just a few hasty jottings…
Your Maximum Leader will say a prayer for him.
So proclaimeth The Maximum Leader | RIP | Feudal Tributes (0) | Link
Need another computer
Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader needs another computer. Not that there is anything wrong with the computer he has. It is just that he finds that he is going to have to share it more and more. You see, Mrs Villain has her own laptop computer. Your Maximum Leader has his big ole massively powerful desktop. But now the Villainettes are getting to the point where they must start using the computer more for school. This means that your Maximum Leader is having less and less time available for idle computer use. He needs another computer. He needs a computer with which he can blog and surf the internet.
He could buy a cheap laptop.
Or he could save up a little and buy a Mac…
Oh how he’d like that… Maybe a Macbook Pro… With the 17 inch screen and all the bells and whistles…
Then again… He could buy a cheap laptop…
So proclaimeth The Maximum Leader | Blogging | Feudal Tributes (2) | Link
Radio Thoughts, Part the Second
Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader returned from Carl’s with Villainette #2 and our ice cream. He continued to listen to the radio station we had been listening to in the car. Apparently Saturday nights from 8-10pm is “80’s Night.”
The DJ played “Strut” by Sheena Easton. Your Maximum Leader must admit a guilty pleasure. He loved Sheena Easton. Oh yes… Sheena Easton… That lovely Scottish lass. He remembers waiting with anticipation to see her when she guested on “Miami Vice.”
He had to mosey on over to iTunes and pick up some Sheena Easton. (For all her music he owned was on LP and is long since gone… Sadly…)
Now he’ll be listening to “Morning Train,” “Strut,” and “Almost over you” until he drifts off into gentle slumbers…
So proclaimeth The Maximum Leader | Cuisine | Feudal Tributes (4) | Link
Radio Thoughts, Part the First
Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader and Villainette #2 were going out for ice cream tonight. We were going to Carl’s. Which is the best place to get ice cream in these parts… But your Maximum Leader digresses…
So… A tune comes on the radio and Villainette #2 starts singing “Can’t touch this. Da na na na. Da-na. Da-na. Can’t touch this.” Your Maximum Leader starts to sing along… But the song wasn’t “Can’t Touch This.” by MC Hammer. It was “Superfreak” by Rick James. Your Maximum Leader almost blurted out “I’m Rick James, Bitch!” But he realized the audience and restrained himself.
He also turned the channel… In case Villainette #2 was trying to listen to the lyrics…
So proclaimeth The Maximum Leader | Culture | Feudal Tributes (0) | Link
Theological question
Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader and his lovely wife Mrs Villain got to talking about religion today. Here is a little bit for you to puzzle on…
Assume there is a God. Assume that there is some form of “afterlife” (heaven, hell, different planes of existance…).
Now… Start thinking… A person who has lived their whole life in accordance to their understanding of “God’s will” dies. A person who has lived a life in opposition to their understanding of “God’s Will,” but shortly before the moment of death recognizes the error of their ways and is genuinely contrite and seeks mercy. Are these two people accorded the same treatment in the afterlife? Should they be? Is this even a topic on which we should expend any thought whatsoever?
Mrs Villain was getting a little expasperated at your Maximum Leader’s take on this hypothetical. But it made for 20 minutes of interesting conversation.
So proclaimeth The Maximum Leader | Religion | Feudal Tributes (6) | Link
Lesser Known Greek Philosophers
Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader received this little bit of You Tube humour from the Air Marshal. It made him laugh. Your Maximum Leader presents it for your viewing pleasure.
Book One:
Book Two:
So proclaimeth The Maximum Leader | Philosophy | Feudal Tributes (2) | Link
Winner! (Updated)
Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader likes to think that in some things in life he is a winner. Now he can point conclusively to one area in which he has won.
Venomous Kate likes him. Or at least she liked his caption for her caption contest.
Your Maximum Leader never does well at caption contests. Whenever he sees one there had been three possible outcomes: 1) Someone else thought of his pithy caption; 2) He can’t think of a pithy caption; or 3) He has thought of a pithy caption, no one else has thought up a similar pithy caption; but something happens and he just forgets or neglects to write the caption out.
But this time he got his caption in and even won.
Your Maximum Leader would like to thank Kate, the Academy, his wife and kids, his extended family, God, his loyal readers who keep him going back to the PC (nearly) every weekday, the Green Bay Packers for a great season, Lola Astanova for being totally hawt and so very talented, David Lean for directing two of your Maximum Leader’s favorite three films, Julie the Barista for being so cute and always ready with a hot beverage, that girl he stood behind in line yesterday at Best Buy who kept dropping stuff out of her purse and would keep bending down and showing off her (non-Nakedvillainy) thong and shapely arse, that old guy who always sits on his front porch and waves at your Maximum Leader as he drives by…
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…and Smallholder, and Smallholder’s great beef and pork…
Do you hear that, Mr. Anderson? That is the sound of inevitability.
Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader spent waaaaay too much time trying to figure out a pithy title to this post. Then he got all sidetracked in a nearly vain attempt to make sure he got the quotation he did eventually use as the post title correct. All in all he wasted too much time on the least important element of what he wanted to say…
So, your Maximum Leader will get on with it.
Just as your Maximum Leader’s friend Skippy has found what he needs to be happy in life (and least for a few weeks); your Maximum Leader has found what he needs to be happy at least through November, and possibly – he should say probably – for the next four years. You see, your Maximum Leader had a revelation today while watching early returns come in from the Wisconsin primary. Allow your Maximum Leader to first restate a prediction he’s made. Senator Barack Obama will win the Democratic nomination for the presidency of the United States of America. He may not win it for a while yet; but he will win. It may not be pretty, in fact it will be bruising and nasty; but he will win his party’s nomination.
That means that this fall the race for the presidency will be an Obama/McCain contest. As your Maximum Leader has said before, he believes McCain will lose that race. But it is possible that McCain can pull off the upset (anything is possible). Regardless of the outcome your Maximum Leader will be pleased.
Yes, you read that correctly. Your Maximum Leader will be pleased with the outcome of the November election regardless of who wins it. Admittedly, he’d be more pleased if John McCain were to win. But his pleasure would be prolonged if Barack Obama were to win.
You are likely sitting at your PC (or Blackberry, or Mac, or whatever) and beginning to wonder what the hell your Maximum Leader is smoking. (Excursus: Nothing would be the answer. But if any of his Canadian friends were to get him some Romeo Y Julietta cigars – Churchills preferably – he’d smoke those.)
You see… It all became clear to your Maximum Leader. So very very clear.
As your Maximum Leader has written before, all Barack Obama really needs to do to become the next President of the United States is to run on a platform of “hope” and “change.” He will “change” the way Washington works. He will “change” the political culture of our nation. He will give everyone “hope” in the future. He will restore our “hope” for a better tomorrow. Change. Hope. Hope. Change. That is all he has to do. He will have won the hearts and minds of his countrymen by being upbeat, positive, hopeful, and young. Just look at how the pundits, media, and talking heads are practically ejaculating all over themselves about how Obama has gotten “the youth” of America to turn out and vote. Everyone wants to be cool. Everyone wants to recapture their own “youth” (except perhaps your Maximum Leader and other sensible people). People want to feel like they are a part of something bigger than themselves. Barack Obama is creating a movement where people can do just that. The movement doesn’t cost anything. Anything except your vote.
Now allow your Maximum Leader to go on the record and say that he’s heard before that the “youth” vote could make the difference in November. Allow him to state that the “youth” vote hasn’t amounted to diddly-squat ever in the history of US Presidential elections. He doubts it will make a difference this year either. But it is possible that it will. But regardless of how the “youth” vote goes, it is the “youth” vote that will give your Maximum Leader the greatest joy.
You see… Young people (and frankly some older people too) are all captivated by Barack Obama. They like him. They want him to win. And, worst of all, they are starting to believe him. They believe that he can change Washington. They believe that he can give people hope. They believe that he can deliver hope to all and make America a better place. As Barack Obama moves closer to his party’s nomination, they will believe more and more and more.
That is when reality will have them on the tracks in front of the speeding train called inevitability. Only unlike Neo, they will not escape.
You see… What is making your Maximum Leader so happy is that he will get tremendous joy when reality sets in and the dreams and aspirations of countless millions of his countrymen will be inevitably crushed. Crushed like bones through a grinder. Dreams ground down into a bitter powder and then swallowed without the benefit of water.
Oh yes… It will be glorious.
What the “youth” don’t seem to get (and frankly what some older people don’t get either) is that Barack Obama can’t change Washington. It is not designed to change. He can’t change the political climate in Washington – it is a closed system meant to run hot and nasty. He can’t deliver hope to the masses; because government doesn’t give out hope. Government is brute force and brute force is neither hopeful nor pleasant.
So let us say that Barack Obama becomes President. Over the first term (and who knows – perhaps two terms) of his presidency he becomes more and more ordinary. He becomes less transformative and more lackluster. He tries to fight the system, but the system eats people who try to fight it. The system hates hopefulness and it crushes your spirit to carry on. Slowly, oh so slowly, Barack Obama’s reality stops conforming to his rhetoric. And slowly, oh so slowly, the seeds of dreams he’s planting in the hearts and minds of so many become choked by the weeds of reality. The dream slowly dies and the youthful optimism that grew along with it dies just as surely.
And your Maximum Leader will laugh and laugh and laugh as it happens.
Of course, it is possible that age and guile might defeat youth and enthusiasm in November. A McCain victory over Obama would be a lightning strike that destroys the dream. Your Maximum Leader wonders if the suddenness of defeat would actually completely destroy the optimism that is being planted. Perhaps it would burn the exterior of the dream, but leave some trace of life down deep in a tap-root of hope. It is possible, this is all speculation of course.
Regardless of how it happens, slowly or suddenly, young people (and some old people too) will have to confront the reality that feel-good rhetoric rarely amounts to real-good politics.
Yes dear reader, it is going to be fun.
Smallholder Still MIA
But if anyone cares, you can see me getting schooled by a neoconfederate over in the comments at Skippy’s casa.
Skippy, I apologize for threadjacking and feeding the trolls.
So proclaimeth smallholder | History | Feudal Tributes (3) | Link
Oh yeah… I forgot…
Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader wishes you all a Happy Valentines Day. May you all consume senselessly to stimulate the economy. And may all you men out there get gifts of flannel and other “stimulation” - if you catch his meaning…
(Wink. Wink. Nudge. Nudge. “Say no more.”)
So proclaimeth The Maximum Leader | Villainy | Feudal Tributes (2) | Link
Sex, Flannel, Firearms
Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader sees that the lovely Phoenix has chimed in on his recent Valentines Day post. Your Maximum Leader would like to get Phoenix and Mrs Villain together for a little while. Perhaps Phoenix’s love of firearms can somehow be transmitted to Mrs Villain. Alas, your Maximum Leader’s lovely wife is not a big firearms fan. Although we did go shooting at Nemacolin Resort not too long ago. She claims to have enjoyed it - although your Maximum Leader has his doubts.
And just in case you were wondering… Yes… Men do love flannel. It is special enough and sexy enough to be a Valentines Day gift. Frankly it is special enough and sexy enough to be a suitable gift any time. (Although your Maximum Leader would say that it is a better gift in fall and winter.) You know what is sexy ladies? Allow your Maximum Leader to tell you. The most sexy thing out there is (obviously) a woman wearing a Naked Villainy t-shirt, tank top, or even a Naked Villainy sweatshirt. If you are not going to wear the Naked Villainy swag… The NEXT most sexy thing out there for a woman to wear is her man’s flannel shirt. And just in case you aren’t clear on your Maximum Leader’s meaning here. The ONLY thing the woman should be wearing is her man’s flannel shirt. Since there might be chirren readin’ this here blog, your Maximum Leader will not go into further detail. But you can see where this is going? Can’t you?
By the way… Your Maximum Leader is fond of LL Bean’s (poorly named) Scotch Plaid flannel shirt in the Lindsay tartan. Your Maximum Leader likes Lindsay because his own clan is very close to Lindsay (but not Lindsay). He further says that the shirt is poorly named because “Scotch” is a distilled beverage and “Scottish” is the adjective that one would use to describe things from or invoking being from or like Scotland. So it should be a Scottish Plaid shirt…
Anyhoo…
Robbo also is on-board with disliking the consumerist spin to Valentines Day. But in good Robbo fashion he puts forth his assertion in true Oxford Union fashion. Speaking of the Oxford Union… Have you read about the recent presidential election held by the Oxford Union? Sexism. Racism. Voter irregularities. Good stuff… Go and read all about it.
So proclaimeth The Maximum Leader | Culture, Villainous Capitalism, Current Events | Feudal Tributes (2) | Link
Hast seen the white whale?
Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader laughed at himself for the title of this post. As you surely know, the question in the title is that of Captain Ahab in “Moby Dick.” Your Maximum Leader is laughing to himself because whenever he thinks of “Moby Dick” he thinks of a line that he believes is attributed to Gore Vidal who said words to the effect of “‘Moby Dick’ is the greatest American novel; it’s just a shame that Herman Melville was not America’s greatest novelist.” That always makes your Maximum Leader laugh because it is so true.
This post really has nothing to do with “Moby Dick.” It has nothing to do with white whales. But it does have to do with another white animal.
The white stag.
According to the news wires, a white stag has been spotted in the wild highlands of Scotland. According to the article:
The rare white stag, from the red deer species, is believed to be among just a tiny handful living in Britain, according to a conservation group.
The John Muir Trust is now keeping the stag’s location secret for fear of poachers.
“To see him amongst the other stags was truly thrilling because he does look like a ghost: you do a double-take,” Trust Partnership Manager Fran Lockhart, who filmed the stag, told Reuters.
White stags are seen as a magical and powerful force in many mythologies.
The animal’s ghostly glow comes from a recessive gene which causes leucism, a condition which reduces the normal brown coloring in hair and skin. They are not albinos, which have red eyes due to lack of pigment.
In Celtic traditions, white stags represent messengers from the afterlife. Arthurian legend has it that the creature can never be caught — King Arthur’s pursuit of the animal represents mankind’s spiritual quest.
It is also said that for those who set eyes on the animal, a momentous moment is near.
Your Maximum Leader would like to see a white stag in the wild. He would especially like to travel to Scotland to see one. Alas, that doesn’t appear to be in the cards. This photo will have to suffice.
Beautiful animal.
So proclaimeth The Maximum Leader | Science | Feudal Tributes (2) | Link
What men want for Valentines Day.
Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader sees that Valentines Day is coming up. While this day no longer has any significant religious connections in the mind of most people out there. St Valentine and St Patrick are the only two saints that have had their feast day transcend the spiritual and decend to the profane.
This is not to say that your Maximum Leader doesn’t like St Patrick’s Day. He does. He doesn’t need a reason to drink Guiness, but it is sometimes nice to have one.
St Valentines Day is a different matter. Your Maximum Leader doesn’t really like the societal requirements of Valentines Day. Cards. Flowers. Candies. Stuff. Of course, most of the gifts go in the male to female direction. Boys buy/do stuff for girls. So imagine what must be going through your Maximum Leader’s brain when he saw the headline What Guys Really Want for Valentines Day on his Yahoo home page.
Let’s see… What do guys really want on Valentines Day - according to some schmoe “expert” on Yahoo? Some crap about “Romance Lite” and “A Surprise.” Your Maximum Leader was going to cite some of the piece, but re-reading it seems to be draining the testosterone out of his system. The only thing the piece’s author writes with which your Maximum Leader can agree is that men want a steak on Valentines Day. Duh. Men want a good steak any day they can get one. Great jeezey chreezey. It didn’t take a rocket scientist to figure that one out.
(Excursus: Your Maximum Leader can only partially agree with the “steak” comment made in the Yahoo piece. According to David Zinczenko - who by the way has a cool and manly name - even if the advice he dishes out is rather metrosexual, men want a steak at a place where their girl can also get something she wants. It has been your Maximum Leader’s experience that if you want steak you either do your own or go to a steak house. If your female companion wants chicken marsala or sushi, you - the man - ought to steer away from steak. The noteworthy exception being that if the sushi is served at a high-end Japanese restaurant that also serves Kobe (or Wagu) beef.)
So… Rather than taking your advice from some gammy-handed metrosexual on Yahoo here is some advice on what to get a man for Valentines Day from your (manly) Maximum Leader. At the top of the list is sex. Basically, men want sex. Frankly, the only reason that men play along with all the Valentines Day crap we have to put up with is the hope that we will have sex as a result of our largesse. Remember that women… Men like sex.
Second on the list (a distant second after sex we might add) would be flannel. Men also like flannel. Some men like it made into shirts. Some into underwear. Some into washcloths. But we all like flannel. (Your Maximum Leader has even heard that Tim Gunn likes flannel - he just hides his love of the fabric. BTW, nice typo on the Bravo page for Mr Gunn.) February is a cold month. Warm us up with a little flannel. Of course, if you are into giving flannel shirts you might model them for us - right before the sex.
After flannel is the othe important “f” gift, firearms. Men like us our firearms. Nickel plated. Chrome plated. Blued until they are dark as night. Or the ever popular gun metal grey. We all like guns. Hows about picking us up a nice shotgun, semi-automatic pistol, or classic revolver (no pearl handles, only pimps carry pearl handled revolvers)? We’d like it. We will even be happy to clean the guns with the remains of the worn out flannel shirts you got us a few Valentines Days ago…
If you aren’t up for sex, or flannel, or firearms how about lowered expectations? Men also like lowered expectations on Valentines Day. We are bombarded by chintzy jewelry stores who want to unload heart-shaped diamoniques and “forever” pendants. We are surrounded by teddy bear factories and florists who promise to have the most unique gift in the world for that special woman (and the SKU number for that unique gift is…). We heard about the friend of a friend of a friend who’s boyfriend whisked her off for a day of spa treatments - in Tahiti - just to prove how much he loved her on Valentines Day. How about lowering those expectations just a wee little bit.
Would a hug and a kiss be okay? Would it be enough to say that we chose you for who you are and that is the biggest step we are capable of?
Well… Lucky for us American Express has no preset spending limit.
So proclaimeth The Maximum Leader | Sex | Feudal Tributes (2) | Link
Influenza at home
Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader was lucky to get to the polls today. Indeed, he is lucky to be typing today… You see, influenza has struck the Villainschloss. Villainette #2 is rife with the pestilence. It makes your Maximum Leader very sad to see her suffer like this.
Villainette #1 and the Wee Villain are on tamilflu as a prophylactic.
Your Maximum Leader is hoping to avoid contamination…
Naked Villainy… Validating your inherent mistrust of strangers you meet on the internet.
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John H. Cochrane
Hoover Institution
434 Galvez Mall
WWW: http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/john.cochrane/
NBER Program Affiliations: AP , EFG
NBER Affiliation: Research Associate
Institutional Affiliation: Stanford University
Information about this author at RePEc
NBER Working Papers and Publications
May 2019 The Fiscal Roots of Inflation
June 2017 Michelson-Morley, Fisher, and Occam: The Radical Implications of Stable Quiet Inflation at the Zero Bound
in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2017, volume 32, Martin Eichenbaum and Jonathan A. Parker, editors
December 2016 Stepping on a Rake: the Fiscal Theory of Monetary Policy
Published: John H. Cochrane, 2017. "Stepping on a Rake: the Fiscal Theory of Monetary Policy," European Economic Review, .
August 2016 Macro-Finance
Published: John H. Cochrane, 2017. "Macro-Finance," Review of Finance, European Finance Association, vol. 21(3), pages 945-985. citation courtesy of
October 2014 Monetary Policy with Interest on Reserves
Published: Cochrane, John H., 2014. "Monetary policy with interest on reserves," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 49(C), pages 74-108. citation courtesy of
September 2013 The New-Keynesian Liquidity Trap
Published: John H. Cochrane, 2017. "The new-Keynesian liquidity trap," Journal of Monetary Economics, vol 92, pages 47-63.
April 2013 Finance: Function Matters, not Size.
Published: John H. Cochrane, 2013. "Finance: Function Matters, Not Size," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 27(2), pages 29-50, Spring. citation courtesy of
February 2013 A Mean-Variance Benchmark for Intertemporal Portfolio Theory
Published: John H. Cochrane, 2014. "A Mean-Variance Benchmark for Intertemporal Portfolio Theory," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 69(1), pages 1-49, 02. citation courtesy of
June 2012 Continuous-Time Linear Models
Published: John Cochrane, 2011. "Continuous-Time Linear Models," Foundations and Trends® in Finance, vol 6(3), pages 165-219.
April 2011 Discount Rates
Published: Discount Rates: American Finance Association Presidential Address . Journal of Finance, 66, 1047 - 1108 , A ugust 2011.
June 2010 Understanding Policy in the Great Recession: Some Unpleasant Fiscal Arithmetic
Published: Cochrane, John H., 2011. "Understanding policy in the great recession: Some unpleasant fiscal arithmetic," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 55(1), pages 2-30, January. citation courtesy of
October 2009 Can Learnability Save New-Keynesian Models?
Published: Cochrane, John H., 2009. "Can learnability save new-Keynesian models?," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 56(8), pages 1109-1113, November. citation courtesy of
April 2009 Comment on "On the Need for a New Approach to Analyzing Monetary Policy"
in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2008, Volume 23, Daron Acemoglu, Kenneth Rogoff and Michael Woodford, editors
September 2007 Determinacy and Identification with Taylor Rules
Published: John H. Cochrane, 2011. "Determinacy and Identification with Taylor Rules," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 119(3), pages 565 - 615. citation courtesy of
Determinacy and Identification with Taylor Rules
February 2006 The Dog That Did Not Bark: A Defense of Return Predictability
Published: Cochrane, John. "The Dog That Did Not Bark: A Defense of Return Predictability.” Review of Financial Studies 21, 4 (2008): 1533-1575. citation courtesy of
March 2005 Financial Markets and the Real Economy
Cochrane, John (ed.) Financial Markets and the Real Economy Volume 18 of the International Library of Critical Writings in Financial Economics. London: Edward Elgar, March 2006.
John H. Cochrane, 2005. "Financial Markets and the Real Economy," Foundations and Trends® in Finance, vol 1(1), pages 1-101.
January 2005 Asset Pricing
NBER Reporter 2004 number 4
November 2003 Two Trees: Asset Price Dynamics Induced by Market Clearing
with Francis A. Longstaff, Pedro Santa-Clara: w10116
Published: Cochrane, John, Francis A Longstaff, and Pedro Santa-Clara. "Two Trees." Review of Financial Studies 21 (2008): 247-385.
September 2002 Bond Risk Premia
with Monika Piazzesi: w9178
Published: Cochrane, John H. and Monika Piazzesi. "Bond Risk Premia," American Economic Review, 2005, v95(1,Mar), 138-160. citation courtesy of
June 2002 Stocks as Money: Convenience Yield and the Tech-Stock Bubble
Hunter, William C., George G. Kaufman, and Michael Pomerleano (eds.) Asset price bubbles: The implications for monetary, regulatory, and international policies. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2003.
John H. Cochrane, 2005. "Money as stock," Journal of Monetary Economics, vol 52(3), pages 501-528.
March 2002 The Fed and Interest Rates: A High-Frequency Identification
Published: Cochrane, John H. and Monica Piazzesi. "The Fed And Interest Rates - A High-Frequency Identification," American Economic Review, 2002, v92(2,May), 90-91. citation courtesy of
October 2001 A Rehabilitation of Stochastic Discount Factor Methodology
July 2001 International Risk Sharing is Better Than You Think (or Exchange Rates are Much Too Smooth)
with Michael W. Brandt, Pedro Santa-Clara: w8404
Published: Brandt, Michael W., John H. Cochrane and Pedro Santa-Clara. "International Risk Sharing Is Better Than You Think, Or Exchange Rates Are Too Smooth," Journal of Monetary Economics, 2006, v53(4,May), 671-698.
January 2001 The Risk and Return of Venture Capital
Published: Cochrane, John H. "The Risk And Return Of Venture Capital," Journal of Financial Economics, 2005, v75(1,Jan), 3-52. citation courtesy of
October 2000 Asset Pricing
January 2000 Money as Stock: Price Level Determination with no Money Demand
Published: John H. Cochrane, 2005. "Money as stock," Journal of Monetary Economics, vol 52(3), pages 501-528.
July 1999 Explaining the Poor Performance of Consumption-Based Asset Pricing Models
with John Y. Campbell: w7237
Published: Campbell, John Y. and John H. Cochrane. "Explaining The Poor Performance Of Consumption-Based Asset Pricing Models," Journal of Finance, 2000, v55(6,Dec), 2863-2878. citation courtesy of
June 1999 New Facts in Finance
Published: Economic Perspectives, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Vol. 23, no. 3 (1999): 36-58 citation courtesy of
Portfolio Advice for a Multifactor World
Published: Economic Perspectives, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Vol. 23, no. 3(1999): 59-78. citation courtesy of
January 1999 A Frictionless View of U.S. Inflation
in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 1998, volume 13, Ben S. Bernanke and Julio J. Rotemberg, editors
October 1998 Long-term Debt and Optimal Policy in the Fiscal Theory of the Price Level
Published: Cochrane, John H. "Long-Term Debt And Optimal Policy In The Fiscal Theory Of The Price Level," Econometrica, 2001, v69(1,Jan), 69-116. citation courtesy of
July 1998 A Frictionless View of U.S. Inflation
February 1998 Where is the Market Going? Uncertain Facts and Novel Theories
Published: Economic Perspectives XXI: 6 (November/December 1997) Federal Reserve Bankof Chicago. citation courtesy of
March 1996 Beyond Arbitrage: "Good-Deal" Asset Price Bounds in Incomplete Markets
with Jesus Saa-Requejo: w5489
Published: Journal of Political Economy (February 2000 Revision of W5489, March 1996) citation courtesy of
June 1995 What do the VARs Mean?: Measuring the Output Effects of Monetary Policy
Published: Journal of Monetary Economics, Vol. 41, no. 2 (April 1998): 277-300. citation courtesy of
January 1995 By Force of Habit: A Consumption-Based Explanation of Aggregate Stock Market Behavior
Published: Journal of Political Economy, Vol.107 (April 1999): 205-251.
April 1994 Shocks
Published: Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, vol. 41, (1994),pp. 295-364, (December 1994). citation courtesy of
June 1992 Asset Pricing Explorations for Macroeconomics
with Lars Peter Hansen: w4088
Published: Blanchard, Olivier Jean and Stanley Fischer (eds.) NBER Macroeconomics Annual 1992. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1992.
March 1992 A Cross-Sectional Test of a Production-Based Asset Pricing Model
Published: Journal of Political Economy, vol. 104, no. 3, pp. 572-621, 1996.
January 1992 Asset Pricing Explorations for Macroeconomics
with Lars Peter Hansen
in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 1992, Volume 7, Olivier Jean Blanchard and Stanley Fischer, editors
January 1991 Volatility Tests and Efficient Markets: A Review Essay
Published: Journal of Monetary Economics, Vol. 27, pp.463-485, (1991). citation courtesy of
September 1990 Univariate vs. Multivariate Forecasts of GNP Growth and Stock Returns: Evidence and Implications for the Persistence of Shocks, Detrending Methods
Published: "Permanent and Transitory Components of GNP and Stock Prices," Quarterly Journal of Economics, pp. 241-265 (February 1994).
December 1989 Using Production Based Asset Pricing to Explain the Behavior of Stock Returns Over the Business Cycle
Published: "Production-Based Asset Pricing and the Link Between Stock Returns and Economic Fluctuations." From The Journal of Finance, Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 209-2 37, (March 1991).
November 1989 Explaining the Variance of Price Dividend Ratios
Published: The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 243-280, (1992). citation courtesy of
November 1988 Production Based Asset Pricing
(1991): 209-238.
Published as "A Cross-Sectional Test of an Investment-Based Asset Pricing Model", Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 104, no. 3 (June 1996): 572-621. Published as "Production-Based Asset Pricing and the Link Between Stock Returns and Economic Fluctuations", Journal of Finance, Vol. 46, no. 1
October 1988 The Sensitivity of Tests of the Intertemporal Allocation of Consumption to Near-Rational Alternatives
Published: The American Economic Review, Vol. 79, No. 3, pp. 319-337, (June 1989). citation courtesy of
July 1988 A Test of Consumption Insurance
Published: "A Simple Test of Consumption Insurance." From Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 99, No. 5, pp. 957-976, (October 1991).
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Adelaide City Highlights - AS14
Adelaide Sightseeing - Adelaide
<< View all Adelaide City Centre tours & cruises
A$136 (2 Passengers)
3 hours.
Minimum Passengers:
Maximum Passengers:
Departure Days:
Daily, except 25DEC.
09.15am.
Departure Point:
Adelaide City Bus Station, 85 Franklin Street, Adelaide.
Selected Adelaide hotels (pick up times advised at time of confirmation).
Dropoff:
Rundle Mall Shopping Precinct or Adelaide City Bus Station, 85 Franklin Street, Adelaide.
- Hotel drop off.
- Adelaide city sights.
- Adelaide's Cultural Boulevard of North Terrace - University, Library, Art Gallery and Museum.
- Historic North Adelaide.
- Visit to St Peters Cathedral (subject to availability).
- The famous Adelaide Oval.
- Haigh's Chocolates factory tour and tastings (except Sundays and SA Public Holidays where a visit to the National Wine Centre is included or further time exploring the city).
- Expert commentary by local Driver/Guide.
Valid for 01APR18-31MAR21:
Your driver/guide will introduce you to this delightful city, which is surrounded by parklands with a blend of historic buildings, wide streets, cafés and restaurants. Drive past Adelaide's cultural precinct - North Terrace, the National Wine Centre, Adelaide Botanic Gardens and the beautiful Botanic Park, home to the Bicentennial Conservatory and the Adelaide Zoo. Continue through historic North Adelaide, where you'll see tree-lined streets, mansions and historic buildings. Stop and visit the iconic St Peters Cathedral or the newly developed Adelaide Oval then travel through the city's east on the way to the Haigh's Chocolates Visitor Centre for a factory tour and tastings of this famous South Australian chocolate. Return to the city via the South Parklands, West Terrace and North Terrace.
PLEASE NOTE: Haigh's Chocolates factory tour and tastings does not operate on Sundays and South Australian Public Holidays therefore the itinerary will be changed to include a visit to the National Wine Centre. The National Wine Centre is located on the edge of Adelaide's stunning Botanic Gardens. Passengers will have free time to explore the iconic building with the opportunity to purchase morning tea at the café or taste wine from the extensive Australian wine collection.
The National Wine Centre will be closed on Good Friday, Christmas Day, Boxind Day and New Year's Day so further time will be spent exploring the city on these days.
Child Policy:
Infant: 0-2 years inclusive - free of charge if travelling with parents and not occupying a seat.
Child: 3-14 years inclusive - child rates apply.
- Minimum 4 passengers to guarantee tour departure.
- Haigh's Chocolates factory tour and tastings does not operate on Sundays and South Australian Public Holidays therefore the
itinerary will be changed to include a visit to the National Wine Centre
- The National Wine Centre is located on the edge of Adelaide's stunning Botanic Gardens. Passengers will have free time to
explore the iconic building with the opportunity to purchase morning tea at the café or taste wine from the extensive
Australian wine collection
- The National Wine Centre will be closed on Good Friday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years' Day so further time will be
spent exploring the city on these days
- This tour does not include a visit to Glenelg; passengers are encouraged to catch the tram from the CBD to Glenelg at the end
of this tour. Trams operate at regular intervals and fares can be purchased on board.
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Fox & Friends Does Cleanup Duty Over Trump’s Tax Return Revelations
In the wake of a bombshell New York Times story showing that Donald Trump may well have avoided paying any taxes for the last 20 years, Fox & Friends got to work on his behalf this morning.
Cohost Abby Huntsman, in line for a permanent cohost spot, must have earned some brownie points with her spin. She managed to both claim that the article won’t matter to voters and praise Trump for paying nothing, all in one comment:
HUNTSMAN: You kind of have to wonder, do the voters that matter right now in these swing states, these voters that haven’t really made up their minds yet that are going to impact who ends up winning in November. Do they actually care about this headline?
[…] I think a lot of people see [Trump] as someone, if they were to be successful and make it in life and make a lot of money, that Donald Trump is living a life that they would say, you know what? I would probably get a plane, I would probably try to pay less taxes if I could. And I think Donald Trump has been pretty transparent about that, not trying to hide who he is, which is pretty different than what we saw with Mitt Romney, who was really trying to be someone that he wasn’t. But the bigger question is do people even care at all?
You may recall that Huntsman also recently called Fox News "a great place for women."
Cohost Ed Henry got in a plug for Trump. Henry recently returned from a disgraced leave, supposedly barred from political reporting. But, apparently, nobody is barred from spinning... on behalf of Republicans.
HENRY: Right, and as the Times itself is saying, if these are his tax returns – if - he followed the law. He didn’t break the law by claiming these losses.
[…] So, he also said, his statement, look, his campaign said, “Look, he wants to fix the tax laws. If you think rich people should be paying more, let’s figure out the whole system.”
Huntsman also suggested that the Times was being unpatriotic by doing its job of reporting (as if Huntsman and her colleagues would not feel the story was vitally important had it been Hillary Clinton's taxes).
HUNTSMAN: But to your point, this is exactly why we don’t have other good people that want to run for office because everything is so public. You can’t get away with anything in life.
(Transcript via Media Matters, with some light edits)
Watch the Fox News propaganda below, from the October 2, 2016 Fox & Friends, via Media Matters.
There may yet be a lot of good come out of Trump’s exposure and inevitable implosion. The great unwashed will undoubtedly find out a helluva lot about the thousands of ways they are being shafted by the rich and powerful who have rigged the system to the utmost in their own favour.
I hate to agree with any of the R-Souls, but Rick Perry in the last election said he would rewrite the tax code so it could fit on the back of an envelope. Without even putting in more reasonable brackets, can you imagine how much that would change the landscape?
doors17 commented 2016-10-03 17:50:28 -0400 · Flag
The real credit goes to his tax attorneys and the lobbyist who wrote this loophole. You know the middle class and poor didn’t demand this law be passed.
A genius? Um, no. That’s spin and you know that. If this was truly a stroke of genius he would have been bragging about this long ago. Believe me, believe me.
The New York Times is protected by the First Amendment, so the question is, who leaked this? Somebody call G Gordon Liddy and his plumbers. If you don’t know, Liddy and his plumbers were the ones who broke into the Watergate Hotel. They were called plumbers because their job was to stop leaks for Nixon.
w d commented 2016-10-03 07:26:09 -0400 · Flag
Romney’s 47% number needs to be amended — the real Takers are now 47% + Donald Trump.
Right, Ghouliani? Or are you still trying to “Make Mexico Great Again Too…”
Hillary should use some hard facts — like if tRump had paid taxes for the last 20 years the money coould have gone to paying for over 20,000 pieces of soldiers’ body armor, armored Humvees, 18,000 new bridges and highways in the federal infrastructure, increased security meaures on our nation’s trains, et al (With real numbers, of course).
tRump is a hero of the $30k/yr truck driver paying 20% of his salary to taxes, yet “Mr. $700 million” last year pays $0 — and the rubes think he is smart.
Krueger-Dunning Effect on full display…
David Lindsay commented 2016-10-03 00:45:15 -0400 · Flag
NN and Go, music to my ears.GO, yeah the mere hint that a penny of government welfare has been mispent and republican charrity shrinks like a spider on a hot stove.
NN, even lying American soldiers into a needless war is not enough to warrant a cross republican word.
Gary Oliveira commented 2016-10-02 23:35:31 -0400 · Flag
Conservatives continually piss themselves over the idea of a single mother on food stamps buying their child a candy bar, but sing the praises of a multi-billionaire (supposedly) not paying any taxes, and supporting the country he benefits from enormously.
Nancy Nielsen commented 2016-10-02 23:08:31 -0400 · Flag
Wouldn’t some of these horrendous business dealings of Trump, breaking the embargo with Cuba, not licensing a charity, etc. etc., disqualify him from running for the presidency. Could, as he says, commit murder, and still run and people would support him??
PS. If this plays out like I think, that trip to the Bahamas after the election may be more like the Gypsy staying one step ahead of the sheriff.
I told you. I told you. Trump is a con man and not nearly as rich as everyone thinks. He has manipulated the tax system and screwed people he owes money to. This may be the most important job has had in a long time. Running for President. And collecting campaign contributions along the way. And spend none of the Trump money on campaign commercials. Let the PAC money spend on advertising. After Hillary wins in November, take the Trump clan on a vacation to the Bahamas or somewhere suitable. Put those campaign contributions in the bank.
Perfect Con on the least sympathetic rubes.
Anonymous commented 2016-10-02 21:49:58 -0400 · Flag
It’s too bad the Soviet socialists so badly abused, and thereby tainted, the term “social parasite”, because the term in its valid sense fits Trump to a T. Speaking of socialism, the tax code loopholes exploited by Trump are themselves socialist in the sense that they distort the workings of what is supposed to be a free, capitalist real estate market. It amounts to state-provided benefits—socialism, if you will—for the rich.
mj - the same one commented 2016-10-02 21:05:37 -0400 · Flag
Strange — any other year, we’d refer to someone who
- declared multiple bankruptcies
- repeatedly stiffed people he owed
- avoided paying taxes for twenty years
- and reportedly lost $916 million in one year
as a crook and a cheat.
Not in 2016. In 2016, we call them a “smart businessman” and a “presidential candidate” . . .
Republicans like to complain about takers, those who contribute nothing and take from taxpayers. Yet GOP states and cities are usually takers, taking more than they send in taxes and now their candidate is a taker. A man who has his hand out for tax money while contributing nothing to the good of the country.
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Top quotes by Alex Haley
In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future. Votes: 27
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Find the Good and Praise it" by Alex Haley Votes: 15
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You can never enslave somebody who knows who he is. Votes: 0
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The main thing you got to remember is that everything in the world is a hustle. Votes: 0
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My parents were teachers and they went out of their way to see to it that I had books. We grew up in a home that was full of books. And so I learned to read. I loved to read. Votes: 0
Tying the little folks with the older folks is a great and powerful tool to preserve and to protect the family and the individual. Votes: 0
I tell younger writers that indeed it is devastating to be rejected. You feel like the bottom dropped out of your world. Votes: 0
I travel a lot. It used to be, when I would go to any country, I could guarantee that the first question would establish my name, and the fact that I've written Roots, and the third question, at least no later than the fourth question would not be a question, so much as a statement, something like, "We understand that in America white people do such and such bad things to black people." Votes: 0
Every death is like the burning of a library. Votes: 0
I think most people when you say slavery tend to see a group of anonymous people pulling cotton sacks in great plantation fields, and that is largely true. Votes: 0
Unless we learn from history, we are destined to repeat it. This is no longer merely an academic exercise, but may contain our worlds fate and our destiny. Votes: 0
We all suffer. If a man's wise, he learns from it. Votes: 0
That's what happens with writing. Ingredients bubble and cook. Material becomes substance. Votes: 0
I suppose that it was inevitable that my word-base broadened. I could now for the first time pick up a book and read and now begin to understand what the book was saying. Anyone who has read a great deal can imagine the new world that opened. Let me tell you something: from then until I left that prison, in every free moment I had, if I was not reading in the library, I was reading in my bunk. You couldnât have gotten me out of my books with a wedge...Months passed without my even thinking about being imprisoned. In fact, up to then, I never had been so truly free in my life. Votes: 0
I acknowledge immense debt to the griots [tribal poets] of Africa - where today it is rightly said that when a griot dies, it is as if a library has burned to the ground. Votes: 0
Is this how you repay my goodness--with badness?â cried the boy. âOf course,â said the crocodile out of the corner of his mouth. âThat is the way of the world. Votes: 0
Early in the spring of 1750, in the village of Juffure, four days upriver from the coast of The Gambia, West Africa, a manchild was born to Omoro and Binta Kinte. Votes: 0
Indeed optimists rather than defeatists have produced the results for which serious genealogical research is best known. Votes: 0
History is written by winners. Votes: 0
In the bush, trust no one you don't know. Votes: 0
Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there's a big difference between being a writer and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame, not the long hours alone at the typewriter. You've got to want to write, I say to them, not want to be a writer. The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune, there are thousands more whose longing is never requited. Even those who succeed often know long periods of neglect and poverty. I did. Votes: 0
If you need to know history, the real story of those before you, then you should go to the library and read newspaper clippings of someone like Muhammad Ali every day, then it might giver you some understanding of the man. Votes: 0
It's an hour during the week where you can just slow down. Votes: 0
Most of us prefer to be as quiet as possible about giving, because every time it's publicized that we do something, if it's something of the nature of giving, we'll be doubly besieged, and you really get sick of being always criticized no matter what you do. Votes: 0
Racism and hatred are synonymous. Votes: 0
But then, as far as I know, as far as I've studied or heard or picked up, it seems that this type of thing is a curse against mankind. Votes: 0
I get interviewed a lot, and I found myself listening to what the interviewer is asking me, I'm analyzing what I'm being asked more than my response. Votes: 0
I don't know anywhere in the world where there is not racism against somebody. Votes: 0
I am really quite proud of most of the people I " know who have "made it," who do things to help people. Votes: 0
You're always being judged. No matter what you do, it's not the right thing. If you didn't become successful, then you'd be pointed at as one of those creatures down their who didn't take advantage of this or that, who didn't climb and rise and so forth. Votes: 0
The anti-blackness has generated new forms of youth involvement in anti-whiteness, which in some cases is appalling. Votes: 0
Most of the things that are asked of me as a representative black person, would suggest never are we equal Americans. Votes: 0
It's always intrigued me that amidst the group called slaves there were individuals who were extremely able, who were extremely colorful, who were powerful personalities, who by no means fit the usual images of slaves. They were people who, through their personalities and abilities, were very respected in the community where they lived by both black and white. Votes: 0
Desperately
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Genetically
Hand-In-Hand
In Fact
Learned Behavior
Not a people
Old-Time
Our Past
Tremendous
Wondering What If
Beginning writers
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Black roots
Fact of life
Family saga
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Gordons Bay
Clovelly Beach
Congwong Beach
Frenchmans Bay
Little Bay Beach
Little Congwong Beach
Malabar Beach
Maroubra Beach
Yarra Bay Beach
Major Street, Coogee NSW 2034
Unpatrolled beach
Smoking is prohibited in this area
Dogs prohibited
Camping prohibited
Fires prohibited
Glass prohibited
Removal of flora & fauna prohibited
Spear fishing prohibited
Gordons Bay is a secluded oasis, hidden north of Coogee Beach and south of Clovelly Beach. It can only be accessed via the Coastal Walkway and parking is available at either Coogee or Clovelly Beach.
Stroll down the path into the deep gully where raised boardwalks protect the native fauna and a small wetland area that is fed by a natural spring. Stop at the beach for a paddle and enjoy the charm of this coastal location. The pocket-sized beach is lined with racks of boats from the local fishing club, reminiscent of a European fishing village.
Secluded and quiet, the bay is abundant in native flora. The dense vegetation provides a haven for many small birds and lizards.
The boardwalk and stone steps up to the north side of the bay, lead to the sandstone headland and the rocky outcrop, where on a sunny day you will find people basking in the sun, swimming, snorkelling and diving in the tranquil waters. The rock platform stretches back towards the beach and juts out to meet the crystal blue waters. Relax and be cooled by the sea breezes, as the water gently laps the rock platform. Take a swim in the calm waters and explore what lies below.
The Gordons Bay Underwater Nature Trail is a self-guided scuba diving or snorkelling adventure. The trail can be compared to a bush walking track in the wilderness, only it's underwater. It usually takes about forty minutes to dive the 600 metre trail, or on a clear day it's possible to snorkel the underwater trail from the surface. Concrete filled drums about 20 meters apart linked by a chain form the trail with information displayed on steel plaques.
A directory of services and groups to help you stay safe in the water.
Water Safety Directory
New $6M Heffron Park Tennis Centre set to open
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Home / What We Do / Architecture Walking Tours / Become a Tour Guide
Become a volunteer walking tour guide
Do you have a passion for architecture?
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Do you want to challenge yourself to become a better public speaker?
Would you like to meet Philadelphia locals and tourists and tell them why this city is so special to you?
Do you have Philadelphia stories that you don’t want forgotten?
Are you looking for a way to give back to your community?
If you answered yes to any of these questions then you should consider becoming one of our highly-valued, trained tour guides. Our guides come from a diverse range of backgrounds; many are teachers, professors, architects, historians, and students. However, most do not have a professional background in architecture, preservation, or history. They are hard-working, inquisitive, and passionate individuals who care about this field even though they have not made a career out of it. We encourage EVERYONE to undergo our guide training process. More often than not, it’s a great fit!
No experience necessary!
Please call 215-546-1146 x4 and speak to Caroline Slama, Tour Program Manager, about becoming a guide.
Mark your calendars now for the Center for Architecture and Design’s Building Philadelphia Speaker Series, a 10-part lecture series taking place Monday and Wednesday evenings from March 5 to April 4, 2018.
By attending this series and passing an online exam, you can receive a certificate in Philadelphia Architecture + Urban History. Attend an additional 3-5 training sessions and pass a test-tour to be certified as a volunteer guide for the Preservation Alliance.
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£300,000-a-week star tweets good news for Arsenal fans on Wednesday
Randy O. | June 13, 2018 | Arsenal | No Comments
Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil tweeted some good news for the Gunners fans on Wednesday, ahead of the World Cup kick off.
The 29-year-old is getting ready to feature at the World Cup for the third tournament in his career.
Towards the end of last season, Ozil was heavily criticized for not showing too much commitment to the Arsenal team which failed to finish in the top four of the Premier League for a second season in a row.
The former Real Madrid star spent a number of games out due to what some deemed as mysterious injuries because he was supposedly saving himself for the World Cup.
However, Ozil, a player who is pocketing £300,000-a-week wages, has been sweating over his fitness for Germany as well after suffering an injury in their recent international friendly.
The midfielder was deemed as a serious doubt for the Germans’ opening game of the World Cup but much to the delight of the Arsenal faithful, he is fit again…
Back with the team 😃🇩🇪 Just in time for our first training session in Russia 👍🏼😉 #ZSMMN #DieMannschaft #Worldcup @DFB_Team pic.twitter.com/7gd8JJdDw7
— Mesut Özil (@MesutOzil1088) June 13, 2018
Arsenal’s announcement of squad number hints of a move for French forward
‘Spurs can catch us, Man. City can catch us’
29 Comments | Apr 18, 2010
Great news for Arsenal fans: Former star claims Gunners are working to complete deal for superstar forward
‘We will see’ – £130,000-a-week star breaks silence on reported Arsenal move to sign him
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Risk Terrain Modeling (RTM) analyzes illicit drug trafficking, sales and use. RTM diagnoses seller and buyer preferences for drug markets and forecasts alternative spots or emerging settings for displacement or expansion of this behavior.
RTM has been used in the United States to profile how the physical landscape affects drug dealing (of many kinds of drugs). Open-air dealing, in particular, is a complex endeavor between buyers and sellers who are frequently strangers or only loosely acquainted. Yet they must find a way to balance a competing set of demands: access and security. In the Chicago study, drug dealers and buyers took advantage of several features of the environment to establish ideal opportunities this transaction. Different types of drugs had different ideal settings, or markets, based on specific environmental qualities. These findings inform place-based policies and intervention strategies (including policing) aimed at disrupting drug markets.
RTM has also been used to analyze and intervene at drug use locations, to forecast overdose 'hot spots', and to preemptively deploy resources to these places that are in the greatest need of intervention. Some public health oriented interventions have been to strategically deploy Narcan to city officials or business owners working in certain areas -- to enable overdose treatments quickly, and save lives; to place more sharps containers in public spaces -- to minimize littering of used syringes and accidental exposures to residents, visitors and public employees; to locate 9-1-1 call boxes (e.g., emergency cell phones) -- to enable reporting of overdoses or other emergencies; and to optimize advertising and recruitment campaigns for drug treatment and supportive services.
In Bogota, policies and hotspot policing practices intended to suppress illicit drug markets have resulted in sale locations becoming more dispersed. This has made monitoring and intervention even more difficult for local authorities. But new efforts at monitoring the markets of three illicit substances (cocaine, marijuana and basuco) provides valuable insights for disrupting emerging trends. Escudero and Ramírez found *drug prices* to be closely tied to certain environmental variables. And, because drug dealers seek strategic locations and conditions were profit margins are maximized, the risk terrains depicting these places serve as excellent place-based forecasts. RTM also offers actionable intel for effectively disrupting the situational contexts of these settings.
...because drug dealers seek strategic locations and conditions were profit margins are maximized, the risk terrains depicting these places serve as excellent place-based forecasts.
The Ideas for Peace Foundation used RTM to study microtrafficking of drugs in 5 Colombian cities (PDF reports from the Colombian Ministry of Justice): Bogota, Pasto, Medellin, Cali and Barranquilla. RTM also appears to have been applied to the study of drug crimes in China.
Environmental features can influence drug sales and use behaviors, and aggravate risks of chronic drug markets at particular places. RTM can help to diagnose these environmental vulnerabilities and identify places that are most in need of resources and risk reduction strategies.
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1. This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced on the Israelites before his death.
2. He said: "The LORD came from Sinai and dawned over them from Seir; he shone forth from Mount Paran. He came with myriads of holy ones from the south, from his mountain slopes.
3. Surely it is you who love the people; all the holy ones are in your hand. At your feet they all bow down, and from you receive instruction,
4. the law that Moses gave us, the possession of the assembly of Jacob.
5. He was king over Jeshurun when the leaders of the people assembled, along with the tribes of Israel.
6. "Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few."
7. And this he said about Judah: "Hear, O LORD, the cry of Judah; bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause. Oh, be his help against his foes!"
8. About Levi he said: "Your Thummim and Urim belong to the man you favoured. You tested him at Massah; you contended with him at the waters of Meribah.
9. He said of his father and mother,`I have no regard for them.' He did not recognise his brothers or acknowledge his own children, but he watched over your word and guarded your covenant.
10. He teaches your precepts to Jacob and your law to Israel. He offers incense before you and whole burnt offerings on your altar.
11. Bless all his skills, O LORD, and be pleased with the work of his hands. Smite the loins of those who rise up against him; strike his foes till they rise no more."
12. About Benjamin he said: "Let the beloved of the LORD rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the LORD loves rests between his shoulders."
13. About Joseph he said: "May the LORD bless his land with the precious dew from heaven above and with the deep waters that lie below;
14. with the best the sun brings forth and the finest the moon can yield;
15. with the choicest gifts of the ancient mountains and the fruitfulness of the everlasting hills;
16. with the best gifts of the earth and its fulness and the favour of him who dwelt in the burning bush. Let all these rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince among his brothers.
17. In majesty he is like a firstborn bull; his horns are the horns of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even those at the ends of the earth. Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim; such are the thousands of Manasseh."
18. About Zebulun he said: "Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out, and you, Issachar, in your tents.
19. They will summon peoples to the mountain and there offer sacrifices of righteousness; they will feast on the abundance of the seas, on the treasures hidden in the sand."
20. About Gad he said: "Blessed is he who enlarges Gad's domain! Gad lives there like a lion, tearing at arm or head.
21. He chose the best land for himself; the leader's portion was kept for him. When the heads of the people assembled, he carried out the LORD's righteous will, and his judgments concerning Israel."
22. About Dan he said: "Dan is a lion's cub, springing out of Bashan."
23. About Naphtali he said: "Naphtali is abounding with the favour of the LORD and is full of his blessing; he will inherit southward to the lake."
24. About Asher he said: "Most blessed of sons is Asher; let him be favoured by his brothers, and let him bathe his feet in oil.
25. The bolts of your gates will be iron and bronze, and your strength will equal your days.
26. "There is no-one like the God of Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens to help you and on the clouds in his majesty.
27. The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemy before you, saying,`Destroy him!'
28. So Israel will live in safety alone; Jacob's spring is secure in a land of grain and new wine, where the heavens drop dew.
29. Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is your shield and helper and your glorious sword. Your enemies will cower before you, and you will trample down their high places."
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Sheep to Shawl demonstration part of this year's Fall Fest
Wed, 10/01/2014 - 12:05pm
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A lot of people still think weaving and spinning are things that people just don’t do anymore
Visitors to Holton’s Town Square on Saturday, Oct. 11, will have the opportunity to view the process of turning alpaca fiber into an article of clothing — or from “Sheep to Shawl,” as the process is known.
Sarah DeVader of Sarah’s Enchanted Cottage on the west side of the Square is putting the “Sheep to Shawl” demonstration together for the Holton/Jackson County Chamber of Commerce’s Fall Fest that day. For those in attendance, DeVader said it will be a chance to watch alpaca fibers go through the process of being spun into yarn, which will be knitted into a shawl — and a chance to win the finished product.
It’s also going to be an opportunity to watch what some might consider a lost art, she added.
“A lot of people still think weaving and spinning are things that people just don’t do anymore,” DeVader said. “But I’ll have three or four spinners and a couple of weavers in here on a Saturday… It’s becoming popular again.”
The idea for the “Sheep to Shawl” demonstration at Fall Fest came from one of DeVader’s customers who has participated in similar events involving “fiber arts,” she said. The upcoming demonstration will also be a first for her, she added, noting that the demonstration will be the first time she has participated in such an event.
“I’ve never been to one. I’ve just heard about them,” DeVader said.
This particular “Sheep to Shawl” event, however, will not involve sheep despite the name, she noted. Instead, Diane Howard of Effingham’s Serenity Hill alpaca farm has provided sheared alpaca fiber for the Oct. 11 event, and Barbara Beyer of Effingham, whom DeVader said often assists Howard with alpaca shearing in the spring, will be on hand as the event’s “overseer.”
The “sheep to shawl” process begins with the shearing of sheep — or, in this case, alpacas — followed by the “skirting” of the fibers, or the removal of unwanted, weaker fibers and other matter from the stronger fibers. The fibers are then cleaned and carded, meaning that the fibers are aligned so that they are mostly parallel to each other, ensuring that the yarn that is produced will be stronger.
Carded fibers are then turned into “roving,” or long, narrow bundles, and then spun into yarn, which is then knitted into an article of clothing, such as the shawl that will be knitted during the Oct. 11 event. DeVader said those participating in that day’s demonstration plan to have “a finished shawl” by the end of the day.
DeVader said a drawing is planned once the shawl is completed, and tickets will likely be sold for $1 each to win the shawl. Proceeds raised will benefit the new palliative care room at Holton Community Hospital, she said.
Those who watch the demonstration will also have the opportunity to learn more about the “sheep to shawl” process, as stations will be set up explaining each step of the process, DeVader said. A sheared alpaca “blanket” also will be shown “so that people can see what it looks like straight off the animal,” she added.
DeVader said she is happy to see that knitting and crocheting, integral parts of the “sheep to shawl” process, are enjoying a surge in popularity among young people who might have otherwise viewed it as an “outdated” activity.
“It’s something relaxing to do in this fast-paced world we live in,” she said. “High school and college-age kids are doing it.”
The “Sheep to Shawl” demonstration is part of the Chamber’s Fall Fest activities, scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. on the Jackson County Courtyard. For more information on the demonstration, contact DeVader at 364-3960; for more information on Fall Fest activities, contact the Chamber office at 364-3963 or visit www.exploreholton.com
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By Brian Bell
Photo courtesy of Adam Sedgley
Marrowstone and Indian Islands and Oak Bay are at the northern end of Puget Sound and consist of marine, salt marsh, and lowland coniferous forest habitats. They provide the opportunity to see a number of wintering waterbirds, shorebirds, and resident forest passerines. Most locations are at sea-level, but the higher forested slopes can range up to 100 feet in elevation. Oak Bay provides estuarine and marsh habitats alongside open water.
The rich marsh and off-shore eel grass beds hold Mallards, Gadwall, American Wigeon, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, and a variety of shorebirds. Brant may be feeding in the marsh or offshore. All three scoters are common in Oak Bay, as are loons. The rock jetty often has Harlequin Duck, Black Turnstone, and Black Oystercatcher. The surrounding forest is good for passerines.
As you go along Marrowstone Island, you move through open grasslands to mixed forest, back out to marsh and open water at Kilisut Harbor and Mystery Bay, and then into the dense coniferous forest of Fort Flagler State Park, with Douglas fir, western hemlock, and western red cedar. The western bay-side of the park is a level beach, with a pebbly spit projecting out into Port Townsend Sound. Black Turnstone, Surfbird, and the occasional Rock Sandpiper may be found here. In the sound, Harlequin Duck, Long-tailed Duck (in the winter), all three species of loons, Horned and Red-necked Grebes, and a variety of alcids are common. The northeast side of the park, at Marrowstone Point and Light, is adjoined by marsh that may contain ducks and shorebirds at the right time of year. Port Townsend Sound and Admiralty Inlet are good for loons, grebes, and alcids.
Oak Bay and Marrowstone Island are best in fall and winter.
From Chimacum on SR-19 (DeLorme, p. 94, D-2), go east 1.5 miles to Port Hadlock. At the main intersection, turn right (south) on Oak Bay Road, and at 1.4 miles watch for Portage Way, which leads to Oak Bay County Park. Return to Oak Bay Road, turn right, and go 0.6 miles to SR-116, Flagler Road. You will cross the bridge over the channel between Port Townsend Sound and Oak Bay and be on Indian Island. Watch for county access points immediately after the bridge and at 0.8 miles (Indian Island County Park), where you can look back to Oak Bay County Park and the jetty. Continue on SR-116 to Kilisut Harbor/Nordland, and just beyond watch for Mystery Bay State Park on your left. Scan the water. Continue on for 1.9 miles to Fort Flagler State Park. In 0.5 miles, turn left at the intersection and go west down to the beach. Either now or when returning, explore the forest for passerines. Return to the intersection, turn left, and follow signs to Marrowstone Point and the lighthouse. Walk out past the marsh to the edge of Admiralty Inlet. Scan both the marsh and the inlet. (The Benchmark Atlas is helpful in this area; please see page 55, F-9.)
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A Rolling Stone
Posted on 1/7/2002 by Sarah Saunders | Printable Version | Comments (0)
The following article, based on an extensive interview with Tony Stone in London, was
written by Sarah Saunders and first appeared in Visuell in October 2001.
Sarah Saunders writes regularly for Visuell about the stock industry and digital imaging
developments. She runs Electric Lane, an image industry consultancy and training company based
in the UK. Electric Lane helps businesses of all kinds handle their image workflow from
production through to print or digital use.
Tel: +44 20 7607 1415, E-mail: sarah@electriclane.co.uk,
www.electriclane.co.uk
By: Sarah Saunders
Tony Stone, "father of the industry", is back in the business. Since he sold Tony Stone Images
to Getty in 1995, he's been watching developments in the image world from a safe distance. Now
that the dust has settled on his deal with Getty, he is clearly keen to get his teeth into
something new at the leading edge.
Tony Stone Images, still the most successful of the Getty brands, started in 1962. Although he
began as an editorial photographer a few years earlier in Capetown, he trained in London as an
advertising photographer, and started his business shooting and selling flower images to
chocolate box and greetings card markets. As demand grew, he employed in-house photographers,
and his subject matter broadened to include landscapes, kittens and other subjects.
"It wasn't quite up my street, my true hero was Cartier Bresson, but I saw it as a golden
opportunity to bring expertise to an area shunned by talented professionals." The agency side
started by chance when a Cadbury's buyer admired a photo of the Dolomites on a calendar on his
office wall. "I'll get it for you" Stone said. "Some of it was incredibly corny stuff, but we
did it better than most and we flavoured it with style."
In the early 70's, now servicing all the major commercial markets, Stone started the first of
his master dupe collections. This was to be a major turning point. "I'd always spent a lot of
time analysing sales. I'd noticed that although we tried to shoot nothing but saleable photos,
only 5% of them actually did sell. I thought, what's the point of shooting the 95%? It created a
very disciplined approach, to try and understand what made some images sell and others not at
all. This crazy obsession is still with me."
In the 70's and 80's, the customer friendly approach - so essential now - was not yet widely
adopted in an picture industry known for its cussedness. But Stone was passionately interested
in customer response from the start. He says, "The way a photographer saw an image was often
influenced by his memory of the shoot and what was happening outside the frame. The customer's
response was determined only by what was seen within the frame, so our editors brainstormed to
understand this process. It enabled them to help photographers create content which was
entirely relevant to the purpose of their images."
"We were always talking about it, always honing our skills. We'd go to advertising conferences
and other events to be amongst people who were using pictures. We sought the views of top
creatives and had to take it on board when they told us in the late eighties how stiff, how
unreal, so many of our images were. It was quite unusual then, and still is amongst most visual
content providers, to speak to customers about creative style."
"We were the first people to create rights protection. We did it from the beginning with a
system designed to handle in-camera dupes. By the end of the eighties we could make more than
a hundred non-conflicting sales around the world in a year, all from a single image duped maybe
80 times. This gave customers all the exclusivity they desired, and photographers a high return
on their shoots. Because the dilution of photographers' revenues was an issue, we worked with
fewer photographers and fewer images than our competitors. Our photographers earnt more, were
highly motivated, they bonded with us, and helped us prove that stock imagery could be
consistently better than most commissioned photography. This has always been my approach and if
I get into the industry again it will still be my approach."
Tony Stone is a photographer, and remains close to photographers. But his is a highly
disciplined market-led approach, and he has little time for the purist approach to photography.
"If you are taking pictures for a market you are not a fine artist. Creativity as well as
content must be tailored to serve a commercial audience, and the creative styles in a stock
collection must be widely varied to meet the tastes of customers. There are stock providers now
who have riveting up-to-the minute photography, but much of it is often commercially irrelevant.
The images are very attractive to art directors, but when they try to use them they find it very
difficult."
By the time he sold Tony Stone Images to Getty Images in 1995 worldwide revenues were over 60
million dollars and 95% of that came from the 30,000 images in the master dupe collection. With
hindsight Stone is still not satisfied with that statistic. "The amazing thing is that even in
the 30,000 there were a load of images that hardly sold, so we didn't get it quite right. As I
re-emerge in our industry, my aim is to get it right next time round, by demonstrating a method
for acquiring only the images which customers buy."
Stone has been driven from the start by the desire for quality, getting the picture right,
working out how to do it better and the understanding that quality, in this business, is defined
by the customer. Those values have been shown to work, and other agencies have adopted a similar
market-friendly approach. So why are we now faced with such multitudes of online images; many
mediocre, most of which will never sell? Has the market not learnt anything from the last 30
According to Tony Stone it's not that easy to create the criteria for relevance and get people
driven to be very tight editors. "Most people are convinced that if you have a million images,
you'll have something for every conceivable need, you'll find exactly what you want by pumping
in keywords, so why bother to have a small collection? My answer to that is that even if the
images people want are all there, present search systems ensure that they get in each others'
way."
He is scathing about keywording systems. "You couldn't design anything more effectively to be so
inefficient. Almost invariably keywords call up huge numbers of irrelevant images." So why do
libraries - and that certainly includes the major players - insist on the scatter-gun
approach? He comments mildly that it is indeed surprising given that the best of his editors are
now dispersed in other libraries throughout the industry. He points out that in a market of,
say, $400m, universally poor editing and search systems might not be reducing the numbers of
pictures sold, all they do is make image searching a long and inefficient process. "But this
means that there's now a singular market opportunity for the first content provider who can
solve the industry's endemic editing and search problems."
It is a turbulent time for photographers in the stock industry, and Stone is sympathetic. Some
of the long-established libraries have not dealt with them as sensibly or as constructively as
they should. He recognises that changes in the commercial environment mean that some libraries
will do very well, but thinks some of the new portals may be storing up trouble for themselves.
They set out by taking on too many photographers and far too many images. "Photographers who've
escaped from unhappy experiences with some of the established players may be heading for
discontentment with the new ones. Even if they ramp up their sales very fast the revenues they
provide will be diluted amongst too many."
There will have to be changes, he says. It is not enough to simply throw pictures up on-line.
"The business generated by a million images is not very much when only one in a hundred has a
realistic chance of selling, and the photographer is left with the bill for paying for 99 scans
for every picture sold." However Stone remains interested in the portal companies. "Some of them
are run by very bright people. If they are learning as fast as I think they are, they are going
to be very viable companies in the future."
In the drive to get images on-line, what has happened to the customer experience? In visual
terms, on-line searches are often uninspiring. Stone says, "This is the great conundrum. On the
one hand you have to brand your site and let your audience know you understand the way they
work, and that can make for a pleasurable and bonding experience. But the guy looking for
pictures doesn't want the distraction of branding devices. He just wants to move through screens
to find images. If that process works well, it's all he needs to make him happy." He agrees
there's a way to go yet to improve the customer experience. Online searches are still
cumbersome, and it's nothing like finding pictures in a good catalogue. "A catalogue offers
lots of opportunities for serendipity. It's a better experience. I don't think anybody has
thought out how to do it online, but I believe it can be done."
Why did he sell such a successful company? "I had put in a lot of effort over the years, and
thought it was time to capitalise on that. Tony Stone Images had become number one and it was a
good time to reduce the number of work hours and the stress." Stone is proud of his legacy to
the Getty empire, which includes of course his name. "It was a very strong brand and it was
quite clear they had to keep the name. They acquired a global photo library
- we were the world's leading visual content provider with the best name for creativity and
professionalism . Our programme of acquiring new collections and agencies was already well under
way." Stone knew the company needed more funding to continue its growth and make it to the top
in the new growth areas of film and illustration. He says the platform, the momentum, and the
plans for future growth were already there. Other than that, it was a change of name.
Is Stone happy with the way things are going at Getty? He comments : "The Stone brand still
maintains a great image among many customers, and that gives me a lot of pleasure. But many
photographers have been made discontented by rather insensitive treatment. That makes me unhappy
too because we always took great pride in having wonderful relationships with them. But they're
now running the business in a different way. In some respects they have been doing
extraordinarily well, in others less so, it seems they've created enormous costs by acquiring
companies that have added little to their brands, and indeed create a sort of brand confusion.
It's a legitimate business approach - businesses often merge and it can take time to achieve the
full benefits. As an outsider, it's hard to tell whether Getty is becoming as efficient as it
would like to be at the speed they would like to go."
Stone knows what he wants to achieve, but for the time being he is not specific about his future
plans. He says, "I am talking to a number of companies. I'm hoping to attract one or two of them
to a new global strategy and a new product which will provide customers with rapid access to
imagery which is entirely relevant to their needs."
For a somewhat different perspective on the things Tony Stone talks about in this article, see
Jim Pickerell's analysis in Story 453 .
Copyright © 2002 Sarah Saunders. The above article may not be copied, reproduced, excerpted or distributed in any manner without written permission from the author. All requests should be submitted to Selling Stock at 10319 Westlake Drive, Suite 162, Bethesda, MD 20817, phone 301-251-0720, e-mail: wvz@fpcubgbf.pbz
Sarah Saunders writes regularly about the stock industry and digital imaging developments. She runs Electric Lane, an image industry consultancy and training company based in the UK. Electric Lane helps businesses of all kinds handle their image workflow from production through to print or digital use. Tel: +44 20 7607 1415, E-mail: fnenu@ryrpgevpynar.pb.hx www.electriclane.co.uk
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Manor Road showing The Chequers public house and thatched Erskine Cottages, owned by the Erskines.
There were eight 17th century cottages (including numbers 14 & 16, which remain today), as well as the cottage near the C of E School (now Roseholme), which were owned by Lord Erskine and let out. At the end of the 1930s, tenants (from the cottage closest to Smith Street) were Mrs. Hudson, Mrs. Roberts, Mrs. Lilley, the Oldfield family, Walter Wykes, Mrs. Martin, Arthur Horne and Bert Wilkes. By 1948, Mrs Oldfield was still in occupation, paying an annual rent of £7-16s-0d, as was Mrs Lilley (£7-16s-0d). Other tenants were H Wykes (£10-8s-0d), Mrs Lovesey (£9-2s-0d), J Griffen (£10-8s-0d) and Mrs Haytor (£9-2s-0d). Lord Erskine started the renovation of these, sometime in the 1930s, but work took much longer and was more expensive than envisaged, so only numbers 14 and 16 were completed before the rest of the refurbishment was abandoned. As a consequence the remaining cottages were condemned and demolished as a result of a Clearance Order, which provided that the properties were to be vacated within two years from May 8th 1947.
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* April 26 - May 2
Forgiveness and Guilt
Sabbath Afternoon April 26
MEMORY TEXT: "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9).
I N SHAKESPEARE'S PLAY MACBETH, Lady Macbethinvolved in murderwanders around the castle at night, murmuring to herself, going through the motion of washing her hands. "It is an accustomed action with her," said a gentleman of the castle, " . . . [to] continue in this a quarter of an hour." In the same scene, Lady Macbeth then cries out, "Here's the smell of blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand."
Though portrayed in the play as a cold-hearted woman willing to do anything to achieve her goals, Lady Macbeth apparently had something inside her that she didn't realize, and that was a conscience. And that conscience began eating away at her because of the terrible crimes she had committed. In short, even someone so hard, wicked, and callous as Lady Macbeth was suffering from guilt.
Of course, she's not alone. Who cannot relate? After all, are we not all guilty? Have we not all sinned? Have we not all done things we are ashamed of? This week's lesson will help us look at the answer to this perennial human problem.
THE WEEK AT A GLANCE: Who's guilty? How bad are we? Why do we suffer from guilt? How high of a moral standard are we expected to follow? What is the only remedy for guilt? In what ways are guilt and forgiveness linked?
*Please study this weeks lesson to prepare for Sabbath, May 3.
Sunday April 27
THE GUILT FACTOR (Rom. 3:9).
On May 29, 1919, Arthur Stanley Eddington pointed a telescope toward an eclipse and proved that gravity did, as Einstein theorized, bend light. Unfortunately, nothing has been pointed toward the heavens, in the earth, or in any direction that has proved, with such "provable" objectivity, that Christ is the Son of God, who, at the Cross, shed His blood as an atonement for sin. People need faith to believe that "in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible" (1 Cor. 15:52), but do not need faith to believe that "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction" or that gravity bends light. In other words, our religion requires faith, belief in something that cannot be "proved" in the same sense that one can prove simple math equations.
However, if there is one aspect of our religion that doesn't require a whole lot of "faith," it is the sinful nature of humanity. It is as obvious as the morning paper, or perhaps even the lusts of our own hearts. Jean Paul Sartre once wrote: "Hell isother people!" He does have a point.
Read Romans 3:9-18. Write out in your own words the essence of what Paul is saying there.
In one sense, someone could argue that Paul's words are too strong. There is none that does good? There is none that seeks after God? Is that not a bit overstated? After all, are there not some people who do good things, who are earnestly seeking to know the Lord and know truth?
On the other hand, perhaps Paul is simply portraying the general state of humanity were it not for the power and presence of God on the earth. Those who do good do it only because of the action of God upon their hearts; those who seek Him do so only because the Spirit is moving upon them. But left to ourselves, without divine intervention, we are all just like those whom Paul wrote about here in Romans.
How do you respond to those who argue against the Christian notion of humanity being essentially evil? Perhaps the best way them understand as to help them understand the definition of evil. How would you as a Christian define that term?
Monday April 28
GUILT TRIP.
Yesterday's study said that every human being was, basically, sinful and evil. This is scriptural. Is it any wonder, then, that human beings suffer from guilt? Or that the whole world is, to some degree, on a guilt trip? Paul continues in Romans: "Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God" (Rom. 3:19, emphasis supplied).
If nothing else, guilt reveals to us our fallen humanity. After all, when we look at history and see some of the worst crimes committed by people who showed no remorse, no sadness, no guilt over their deeds, we often call them "monsters" or some epithet, giving the idea they are devoid of humanity. Guilt is part of who we are, especially if we are creatures who, by nature, do wrong.
Take a look at the past week of your life. What things have you done that make you feel guilty? Make a mental note (or write it out if you want) of what element these acts, thoughts, or words have in common? In other words, look for a common denominator (such as, "It violated the law of God" or "It would have made me ashamed if someone found out" or "It could have hurt someone I love."). What can you learn from this exercise?
There is no question that guilt is a part of our existence. For Christians, the possibility of guilt rises even more so because of the high standards we have. After all, if you are comparing yourself to others, then you might not feel so bad about things, because most of us can find people who do "worse" than we do. On the other hand, as followers of Jesus, we, of course, have only one Example.
Look up Philippians 2:5 and 1 John 2:6. What do they tell us to do?
The Bible gives us a very high standard to follow: Love our enemies, do not lust in our heart, give freely of ourselves, take up our cross daily, minister to others, keep our thoughts in captivity to Christ. We know we are to do these things; we know we have been promised the power to do themand yet sometimes we don't do them. No wonder we feel guilty.
Though guilt is a reality, how can we as Christians allow God to use that guilt for something good in our lives?
Tuesday April 29
THE CROSS FACTOR (2 Cor. 5:19).
Look at this text for today. Whom did God reconcile to Himself? Not just Asia, not just South America, not just the Solomon Islandsbut the world. In other words, all those whom in Romans Paul described in the most unflattering terms he now says can be reconciled to God.
What's the one key phrase in the text that expresses the basis of this reconciliation? What does it say, what does it mean, and how does it bring about this reconciliation?
We feel guilty because of our sins, because of our trespasses. Yet, according to this text, God through Christ no longer imputes or holds those sins and trespasses against us. In other words, no matter how universal the guilt, God's forgiveness is just as universal. We all are sinners, we all are guilty, but through Christ and His sacrifice on the cross, we all are offered forgiveness.
It is crucial to remember that Christ died for us, not despite our sins but because of our sins. Because "there is none that doeth good, no, not one" (Rom. 3:12), Christ died for us. Because "their throat is an open sepulcher" (vs. 13), Christ died for us. Because "destruction and misery are in their ways" (vs. 16), Christ died for us. Because "their feet are swift to shed blood" (vs. 15), Christ died for us.
Not despite these things but because of them Jesus became our Sin Bearer, taking upon Himself the shame, the penalty, and the guilt of our sins.
Look at the following statement from Ellen White: "When Satan seeks to cover the people of God with blackness, and ruin them, Christ interposes. Although they have sinned, Christ has taken the guilt of their sins upon His own soul. He has snatched race as a brand from the fire. By His human nature He is linked with man, while through His divine nature He is one with the infinite God. Help is brought within the reach of perishing souls. The adversary is rebuked. "Christ's Object Lessons, p 169. How does the truth that Christ bore our guilt help us deal with guilt in our own lives? How should it help us?
Wednesday April 30
THE LOVE FACTOR.
"Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins" (1 John 4:10).
Some people, plagued by guilt, are like boilers waiting to explode. Years of repressing their guilt have turned it into rage and rebellion. According to psychologists, our parents, by demanding too much, criticizing too much, affirming and praising too little, can produce harmful guilt in us. This process becomes even more acute in the context of religion.
The story of Cain illustrates this point. Notice that Cain (1) becomes angry and commits the murder of his brother, (2) experiences guilt as a result, and (3) deals with his guilt by rebelling against God's authority that condemned him. (See Gen. 4:16.) How often are repeated these principles behind this scenario, in one form or another, throughout history.
Of course, as Christians we are called to a high standard, the highest possible standard (Matt. 5:48). Yet, before seeking to reach that standard, we must be sure we understand that the foundation of our salvation rests not in how close we come to that standard (because we can never get close enough to earn salvation) but only in Jesus. He not only reached that standard for us; He offers His achievement in place of our failures. Without understanding this foundation, many people, fueled with rage and guilt over their failures, have left the church in an attempt to gain some peace of mind.
High standards are essential, as long as the gospel is their center. But without the balance of love for Christ as the basis of high standards, church members can experience frustration that leads to rebellion.
Read 1 John 4:7-10. What principle is operating here that can help us deal with those who, perhaps rightly so, are suffering from guilt? What is John saying? What did God show toward us that we need to show toward others? Yet, how can we do this without, at the same time, excusing the sin and deeds that brought the guilt to begin with? In what ways does the Cross reveal to us just how fundamental forgiveness is to love? Can we truly love and yet not forgive?
PEACE WITH GOD.
"Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" (Rom. 5:1).
Unless we are willing to surrender ourselves completely to Christ, to give Him our wills, our desires, our fears, and our sinswe will fight a losing battle with guilt. We will never be able to forgive ourselves for our sins and, wallowing in our own guilt and anger, we will be less likely to forgive others.
Here is the moment when the Cross becomes so crucial. Only as we understand that we have been forgiven, that our guilt has already gone beforehand to judgment, can we begin to forgive ourselves and others. Only as we look at the Cross and realize that not only did God know beforehand of our sins but He made a way to forgive us those sins can we truly have the peace that we desire.
Look at Romans 5:1. What has happened that gives us peace with God? Using the context of this week's lesson, write in your own words what Paul is saying here. How do guilt and forgiveness fit in the equation? See also Romans 5:8; 1 John 1:7.
That God forgives our sins, even the worst of our sins, is a mystery too deep for us to fathom. There is no question, though, that because He does forgive our sins, because He has borne the guilt of them at the Cross, we can forgive ourselves and live without the crushing burden of guilt.
Yet, this does come with some hard questions. What do you say to someone whose child had been murdered by a person who, though sitting in jail, has just accepted Jesus and who proclaims joy, peace, freedom, not to mention true sorrow of the terrible crime he has committed? As a result of confession, repentance, sorrow, the murderer now claims to have "peace with God." Is it right that this person should now be guilt-free? Could you go to the parents, who weren't Christians (or even if they were), and tell them with rejoicing that the individual who murdered their baby now stands perfect in the sight of a loving God and who, though sorry for that sin, has confessed it to the Lord, who not only bore the guilt of that sin but has now given the murderer peace of mind and freedom from guilt? How could you explain this in a way that could make any sense to anyone?
Or can you?
Friday May 2
Acouncil was held in heaven, the result of which was that God's dear Son undertook to redeem man from the curse and the disgrace of Adam's failure, and to conquer Satan. Oh, wonderful condescension! The Majesty of heaven, through love and pity for fallen man, proposed to become his substitute and surety. He would bear man's guilt. He would take the wrath of His Father upon Himself, which otherwise would have fallen upon man because of his disobedience."Ellen G. White, Confrontation, pp. 16, 17.
"As one with us, He must bear the burden of our guilt and woe. The Sinless One must feel the shame of sin. The peace lover must dwell with strife, the truth must abide with falsehood, purity with vileness. Every sin, every discord, every defiling lust that transgression had brought, was torture to His spirit."Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 111.
"God is waiting to bestow the blessing of forgiveness, of pardon for iniquity, of the gifts of righteousness, upon all who will believe in His love and accept the salvation He offers. Christ is ready to say to the repenting sinner, 'Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.' The blood of Jesus Christ is the eloquent plea that speaks in behalf of sinners. This blood 'cleanseth us from all sin.' "Ellen G. White, Testimonies to Ministers, p. 517.
1. What do you say to someone who says "The cross makes me feel even more guilty, because I see God's love for me there and yet I sin anyway, despite that love"?
2. What does it mean that Jesus suffered the guilt of our sins? Is that fair? Is it supposed to be fair?
3. No guilty man "is ever acquitted at the bar of his own conscience," wrote the Roman poet Juvenal. How does the Cross help undo the truth of that statement?
4. Is it right for a Christian no longer to feel guilty about bad deeds, even after those deeds have been forgiven? Explain your answer.
The Power of a Gentle Life
The two young men sat in a New York factory classroom waiting for their new job orientation to begin. Ivan introduced himself to Luis and began telling some off-color jokes. But Ivan noticed that Luis did not respond to the jokes as most men do.
Ivan watched Luis during class. He was different-kind, thoughtful, patient, and seemed to enjoyed helping others.
As the newness of the job wore off, Ivan felt depression settling over him. One day in the factory cafeteria, Ivan saw Luis sitting in a corner by himself He must be depressed too, Ivan thought. As he approached, he saw that Luis was not depressed; he looked peaceful, even joyful. I've never met anyone like Luis in my life, Ivan thought.
"Hey man, are you religious?" Ivan finally asked.
"Yes, I am," Luis replied.
During his teen years, Ivan had spent many hours reading the Bible. But some things he read did not agree with the teachings of his priest, such as the Sabbath. Jesus had kept the Sabbath, Ivan thought. Why don't Christians? Then there were other questions.
Ivan began asking Luis questions about the Bible, and Luis always answered them. Luis's answers made so much sense. Finally Ivan asked, "Hey man, what church do you attend?"
"I am a Seventh-day Adventist," Luis answered. Ivan had never heard of that church. Luis explained. "The Sabbath of the Bible is $Saturday, the day that Jesus kept all of His life on earth."
"That answers one of my biggest questions!" Ivan said with excitement. "Ever since I was a kid, I thought that was what the Bible taught."
"Ivan, you would enjoy listening to a pastor who is speaking in town," Luis offered. Their friendship made it easy for Luis to agree to attend a Protestant church for the first time.
Ivan was deeply impressed. Everything the preacher said was founded on the Bible. Ivan took home the sermon review sheet and carefully studied each text. This preacher is right and follows the Bible, Ivan told himself.
During the meetings Ivan saw that he was a sinner, and he cried out to Jesus to save him. Ivan continued taking Bible studies and was baptized several months after the meetings ended. "I want to live a life as close to Jesus as I can," Ivan testifies, He would like to study theology, if it is God's will. And the change in his life began when he met a gentle, quiet Christian in a noisy factory.
J. H. Zachary is coordinator of international evangelism for The Quiet Hour.
Principal Contributor: Geoffrey Garne
Editor: Clifford Goldstein
Editorial Production Manager: Soraya Homayouni Parish
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Sonic Youth plots mini-tour of U.S. southwest
Nearing the end of its summer tour of the U.S., Sonic Youth this week announced a seven-date “southwest mini-tour” this fall as it extends its promotion of its new album The Eternal deeper into California, Arizona and Texas.
The band — which also tacked on a final date to its summer trek on Monday in San Francisco — has spent the past month playing U.S. club dates in support of its Matador Records debut. Following those concerts, Sonic Youth will take most of August and September off, save for a couple Japanese festival dates in Osaka and Tokyo.
Then, beginning Sept. 25 in Pomona, Calif., the southwestern trek opens, running through Oct. 4, when the band plays a slot at the Austin City Limits Music Festival.
Full tour dates after the jump…
Sonic Youth tour dates:
July 31: Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO
Aug. 2: Fox Theater, Oakland, CA
Aug. 3: The Independent, San Francisco, CA
Aug. 7: Japan Summersonic, Osaka, Japan
Aug. 9: Japan Summersonic, Tokyo, Japan
Sept. 25: Fox Theatre, Pomona, CA
Sept. 26: Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA
Sept. 28: House of Blues, San Diego, CA
Sept. 29: Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Oct. 1: Marquee Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
Oct. 2: Rialto Theatre, Tucson, AZ
Oct. 4: Austin City Limits, Austin, TX
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