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No fourth Lamborghini model line due until middle of next decade
Brand boss Stefano Domenicali tells Autocar that Urus has shown Lamborghini is playing "a different game"
Lamborghini first showed interest for a four-door with the 2008 Estoque concept
by Matt Saunders
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Both a four-door, front-engined GT car and a third mid-engined supercar remain under consideration to become Lamborghini’s fourth model line, according to company boss Stefano Domenicali, but neither is likely to enter production until the middle of the next decade.
As such, Domenicali told Autocar at the Goodwood Festival of Speed that the Italian firm won’t take the decision about which to commit to until later, after more market research is done.
Reports have lately circulated that the company’s executives are split over whether its fourth model should be a front-engined GT car in the mould of the 2008 Estoque concept, or a third mid-engined model whose volume might allow Lamborghini to invest in its own all-new, carbonfibre-rich platform to use under future replacements for the Huracán and Aventador as well. The latter option has gathered support after Audi’s reported decision to kill the R8 supercar, which shares the current Huracán’s platform, in 2020.
Next Lamborghini Huracán will be hybrid
But Domenicali’s view is that, considering the transformative effect that the Urus super-SUV is about to have on Lamborghini, now is not the time to be aggressively expansive. “We have doubled our volumes over the last five years,” he told Autocar. “It’s a great time for us - and this is without the effect of Urus, which we have only just started to deliver to customers. It shows that the choices we take in terms of strategy and growth are the right ones, and we are very pleased for that.
“At the end of next year, we can be really close to 8000 units of annual volume. And we should not underestimate what that means for a company that was so small not so many years ago. We have to pause to understand who we will be. In this case, we are not worried about the product too much; we need to be focused on our business, and the change it’s going through. We are not any more in a garage; we are playing a different game, and we need a new mentality as a company.”
Junior supercar shows what it can do with a conventional (better) steering set-up
Lamborghini Urus at Goodwood: 641bhp SUV shown in action
“We need stability next,” Domenicali continued. “There is a saying in Italy that if you take a step that’s longer than your leg, you’re sure to fall. We don’t have to be too hungry; we should keep our feet on the ground, and not think too short-term.”
Domenicali confirmed that work has been done to propose certain models to broaden Lamborghini’s showroom range – but that none of them would figure as production cars for some time. “It is good to plan for the future,” he said, “but on the other hand we need to understand that we’re about to double the dimensions of our company. You cannot triple it in two years.”
“When the time is right, we have several ideas as to what might be the model to add, for sure. But this is about making the right decision at the right time – and we can’t make it now. As Urus shows us, we need to be what the customer wants; it takes time to know, you can’t just smell it in the air. So I don’t see a fourth model coming before 2024 or 2025.”
Domenicali also confirmed that, while work is already under way on hybridised replacements for both the Aventador and Huracán, neither will appear for at least two years.
BMW 8 Series lands at Goodwood
Hyundai Nexo review
Peter Cavellini
No hurry..
No they don’t need to be ,Lamborghini are doing fine with what’s coming out the Factory gate just now, the Urus will sell, what Supercar SUV isn’t?, the idea of a front engined Car sounds very interesting.
Peter Cavellini.
This is the thing...
...Lambo wanted to twin Aventador with the Hurcan while it was still in development, but Audi, who manages Lambo, said no because they wanted to keep it with the new R8 like its predecessor. So my guess is that they will follow through on that with each cars next generation. Should Ferrari give the go ahead to build the Dino, the Lam's question or what that fourth model line might be, may be made for them! Regarding the Estoque, with the way the VW Group shares vehicle platforms/architectures, they could have built it years ago using either the hard where from the A8 or the Phaeton like they did with the original Continental GT and the Flying Spur. Yet with the customer base moving from sedans to SUV/CUV's, the Estoque's moment in the sun make have come and gone. All that being said, as beautiful as the concept Estoque still is after ten years, I'm surprised that a Chinese car manufacturer hadn't copied the look and have their own version of it on the streets of China today! That's the thing I do not get, why do they copy existing models, and then go through litigation over copyright infringement. When they can just build the Road ready Concepts that these same automakers makers have no intentions on making, with little to no fight. I can think of a number of pass road ready Concepts, that a number of different automakers showed at various Auto shows, that they never built. The Estoque for starters, Acura/Honda had a gorgeous full-size sedan concept A few years back, Infinity is another one, and I could go on. Will the beautifull Estoque ever be built, I guess we'll have to wait until the middle of the next decade to know for sure!
Well it might...
if the Sultan of Brunei wanted a couple I’m quite sure , money no object of course, that Lamborghini would oblige......
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Supporting and advancing the role and understanding of women in Scottish history and society
Studies In Human Society: Other Studies In Human Society
Language, Communication and Culture: Cultural Studies
The research of historians in the Centre for Gender History at the University of Glasgow (UoG) informs a range of public engagement activities with a diverse body of public and non-profit organisations, providing historically-based analysis to help to shape policy, practice and knowledge-gathering across these sectors, especially in Scotland. UoG researchers have worked closely with the Glasgow Women's Library supporting and delivering through workshops and other profile-raising activities across Scotland a ground-breaking `memorial mapping' project to mark commemorations of women who made a significant contribution to society. The `map' now contains references to over 300 women and has been covered extensively in the media and by tourism websites and our advice has informed participatory projects by agencies including the Girl Guides and Dumfries & Galloway Council.
UoG's Centre for Gender History assembles amongst the largest number of historians of gender in any UK university. The collective aim of the research carried out at the Centre is to examine the different narratives created as `histories' using gender as a category of analysis. Research at the Centre is also intended to improve the body of women's history, by identifying and researching key women who may have been overlooked by conventional historians and by reassessing older, more sweeping histories which fail to integrate women's experiences and gender relations into overarching interpretations of change. The Centre was established in 2008 and the underpinning research has been conducted by Lynn Abrams, Eleanor Gordon and Annmarie Hughes. Abrams joined UoG in 1995, became Professor of Gender History in 2003 and Professor of Modern History in 2013; having previously been a lecturer and senior lecturer at UoG, Gordon was appointed Professor of Social and Gender History in 2004; and, Hughes was appointed to a Lectureship in Social History in 2007.
The team's research has sought to:
(i) make a substantive contribution to public understanding of the position and experience of women in Scottish society since c.1700;
(ii) contribute to a rethinking or realignment of the narrative of modern Scottish history by adding women to the narrative and by applying theories of gender to traditional interpretive frameworks; and,
(iii) inform policy and practice in contemporary gender issues in Scottish society particularly in respect of the family and violence by applying an historical perspective.
The research of the Centre has grown from work previously achieved by researchers at UoG. In 1998 Abrams and Gordon initiated a research project undertaken under the auspices of Women's History Scotland, an independent organisation that exists to promote research into women's and gender history in Scotland. The project aimed to insert women into public understandings of Scotland's past and to stretch the boundaries of what constituted the mainstream narratives of Scottish history — see [womenshistoryscotland.org]. Abrams remains the Convenor of Women's History Scotland, which links women's and gender historians in academia with independent scholars, women's groups and campaigning organisations by means of academic and more broad- based publications and projects which seek to bring about knowledge exchange and community benefit.
Both Abrams and Gordon made substantive contributions — with Gordon as an advisory editor and contributor, and Abrams as contributor — to the Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women (Edinburgh University Press, 2005) — a compendium of more than 800 women who have made a significant contribution to Scottish history. Both were editors of and contributing authors to Gender in Scottish History since 1700 (Edinburgh University Press, 2005) which, by applying gender as a category of analysis, substantively questioned and re-assessed some of the long-standing myths of Scottish history (the 'democratic intellect', a 'civilising society'). The collection challenged narratives of Scottish national identity, reconfigured the political sphere, stretched our understanding of what constitutes the religious and redefined the family.
Research has also focused on interrogating the workings of gender in Scottish society in the past, specifically within the family and amongst men in a variety of contexts. Research by Gordon and Abrams has reconceptualised understandings of manhood in modern Scottish society, critiquing the stereotypical image of the Scottish `hard man' by focusing on fatherhood in working and middle class families. Hughes and Abrams have also sought to understand and contextualise the place of violence amongst men in the public sphere and between men and women within the domestic context, engaging with dominant perceptions of Scottish masculinity as violent and placing interpersonal violence in a framework which enables us to understand better the precise contexts that both facilitated and disciplined violence.
1. L Abrams, E Gordon, D Simonton and E J Yeo, eds, Gender in Scottish History since 1700 (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2006). ISBN 9780748617616. Edited book includes: Abrams, 'Introduction: Gendering the Agenda'; Breitenbach and Abrams, `Gender and Scottish Identity'; Gordon, `The Family'. [Submitted to RAE2008.] [Available from HEI]
2. L Abrams, `"There was Nobody like my Daddy": Fathers, the Family and the Marginalisation of Men in Modern Scotland', Scottish Historical Review LXXVIII:2 (1999), pp. 219-42. [Available from HEI]
3. L Abrams, L. (2013) `The taming of highland masculinity: inter-personal violence and shifting codes of manhood c.1760-1840', Scottish Historical Review, 92.1 (2013), pp. 100-122. ISSN 0036-9241. (REF2) (doi:10.3366/shr.2013.0139)
4. E Gordon and G Nair, G. (2006)' Domestic fathers and the Victorian parental role', Women's History Review 15.4 (2006). pp. 551-559. ISSN 0961-2025. (doi:10.1080/09612020500530588)
5. A Hughes, Gender and Political Identities in Scotland 1919-1939 (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2010). ISBN 9780748639816 [Available from HEI] (REF2)
6. A Hughes, 'Representation and Counter-Representations of Domestic Violence on Clydeside between the Two World Wars', Labour History Review Special issue on Working Class. Masculinities, 69.2 (2004), pp. 169-184. ISSN 0961-5652. [Available from HEI]
Research from UoG has provided the evidence base driving public-facing initiatives to address the lack of information and awareness about women's contribution to Scotland's society, economy and culture. The work to recognise and celebrate the role of women is implemented at all levels and all ages. Our work has:
a. created cultural capital by contributing to public understanding of the position and experience of women in Scottish society; and,
b. provided research for policy-makers and agencies to inform policy and practice on contemporary gender issues in Scottish society.
a. Contributing to public understanding of the position and experience of women in Scottish society
The Women of Scotland project developed by UoG's Centre for Gender History was implemented through collaboration with Women's History Scotland, Glasgow Women's Library and Girl Guiding Scotland and was funded by a Lottery Awards for All grant (AFS/1/010349993; £5,840), plus charitable donations from the Martin Connell Charitable Trust, The Hugh Fraser Foundation and The Mary Andrew Charitable Trust. Women of Scotland enabled members of the public to contribute to a national record of memorials to women in Scotland and was organised and administered by Women's History Scotland. The project began in 2011 with `The Big Name Hunt', which facilitated Rainbows, Brownies and Girl Guides in Scotland to work towards their `Heritage Badge' through the identification of memorials to women in their area, and learning about the women's lives and work. In March 2012 the project was launched Scotland-wide to the general public as `Mapping Memorials to Women in Scotland' and since then more than 300 memorials to 192 women have been mapped. In spring 2013, the project went `on the road', with training sessions in the use of the memorial mapping system held in Aberdeen, Inverness, Alness and Brora.
The beneficiaries of this work fall into several categories. Girl Guiding Scotland was an important initial partner. Girl Guides on the `Big Name Hunt' were recruited to discover plaques, statues, street names or other commemorations of women in their local areas and report these to the project team for addition to the map. They also took part in team activities within their troops, themed around the Big Name Hunt.
One notable example of how research into the role of women in Scottish history and society has translated into very real recognition of the importance of that role within a community is evidenced by the activity in the Shieldhill community.
When, as part of the Big Name Hunt, the 1st Braes Girl Guide Troop found that they could not find any commemoration of notable women in their area, they identified and researched a local midwife who they felt should be celebrated for her contributions to the community. They raised money through local events and won funds from the O2 `Think Big' Fund to establish a memorial bench (pictured, above) that now sits outside the Shieldhill and Blackbraes Church Hall. The Girl Guides found that midwife Mary Cockburn (1875-1943) (pictured, below) not only delivered babies but she fed and cared for the families of the new mothers. She also spent 10 days on-site treating survivors of the 1923 Redding pit coalmine disaster. The participation of the local Girl Guides in the Big Name Project resulted in a wave of community recognition and support, with the local bowls club even organising a memorial tournament in her honour.
In addition to communities, the general public have benefited from the additional knowledge and the opportunity to contribute to the Mapping Memorials project. Since March 2012 when the website went live to the wider public, more than 13,000 people from over 50 countries have visited the site, offering names of women, information on memorials and updates on entries. The project is being rolled out nationwide via Glasgow Women's Library outreach work in adult continuing education and in public information sessions in Clydebank, Dumbarton, Edinburgh Central Library, and in the Highlands & Islands region. The information captured on the website has been used to inform the `women's history trails' offered by the Women's Library in Glasgow and by volunteers in Wigtown (featured on the Destination Dumfries & Galloway tourism website) - the ITC and Systems Administrator from the Glasgow Women's Library talked about the Women of Scotland programme on Castle FM on 12 November 2012 to an audience of 250,000 listeners, and the project — and its theme of recognising women's place in history — was promoted at an event at the Wigtown Book Festival in October 2012, and at events in Edinburgh and Dumfries. The project was featured on BBC Radio Scotland's `Past Lives' programme on 20 August 2012. The public launch of the site received the support of Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond, and attracted media coverage with an estimated footprint of 109,000, including features in The Scotsman and the Glasgow Evening Times.
b. Informing policy and practice in contemporary gender issues in Scottish society
The strong body of research expertise in the history of the family in Scotland, masculinity and domestic violence has, through consistent engagement, informed the work of a range of public and non-governmental organisations. UoG's Centre for Gender History has developed working relationships with Glasgow Women's Library, Scottish Women's Aid and the Scottish Institute for Policing Research, Strathclyde Police Violence Reduction Unit and a host of national and local organisations dealing with abuse, mental health, justice and community issues. They have discussed domestic abuse and family violence in the media to raise the profile of these issues and give a historical perspective. The Women in Scotland project has helped to expand Glasgow Women's Library reach throughout Scotland with information and training events nationwide, and the Centre has built a good working relationship with the Library throughout the course of this project. Glasgow Women's Library is a partner in Gordon, Hughes and Elliot's AHRC funded project on 'Working Class Marriage in Scotland' (£792k, 2012-15) and the Centre is collaborating with the Library, Women's History Scotland and Scottish Women's Aid on a history of Scottish Women's Aid (Heritage Lottery Funding application submitted). Another member of the UoA and Centre (Bracke) is a member of the Glasgow Women's Library Advisory Board.
In 2010, with support from a Workshop award from the Royal Society of Edinburgh, gender historians from Glasgow held a workshop for practitioners from Scottish Women's Aid, researchers and members of the Strathclyde Police Violence Reduction Unit (which works with young people involved in gangs) to examine the relevance of historical research on masculinity on contemporary domestic abuse issues. Academics, practitioners, responders and policy-makers exchanged insights on domestic violence and strategies to address the issue in today's society.
Hughes gave a lecture on `An Ambiguous Relationship?: Policing, Prosecuting and Censuring Wife-beating in Scotland c1870-1939' in May 2010 for the Scottish Institute for Policing Research — also available as a podcast. This provided an opportunity for contemporary crime and policing issues to be considered from a historical perspective.
The Centre co-hosted a conference with Scottish Women's Aid for International Women's Day in March 2012 on domestic abuse, attracting practitioners from 19 national and local organisations dealing with domestic violence against women, children and men, mental health issues, criminal justice, sexual assault, abuse, community safety, rehabilitation and criminal law. Forty-four attendees signed up to receive further information after the course for educational use within their organisations. The conference marked Scottish Women's Aid's 35th anniversary and in the view of SWA's coordinator:
provided a forum for information exchange that continued ongoing debates about theory and practice and how these intersect; it highlighted developments in legal, housing, social work practice, reminding us of the need to keep listening to victims/survivors if we are to make a difference.
Centre researchers also appeared on BBC Radio Scotland's 3-part series Disposable Brides, from 13 April 2011. BBC Radio Scotland's reach for that quarter was 1,035,000 viewers. Abrams also contributed to BBC Radio Scotland's 4-part series Killing: the History of Murder in Scotland in March 2013. Also in 2013, the Centre for Gender History ran a public engagement event on 'Women and the Value of Work', a collaboration with the Scottish Trades Union Congress, the campaigning organisation 'Close the Gap' and Women's Enterprise Scotland, investigating the place and value of women's work within and in relationship to the family in the past and present.
Evidencing contribution to public understanding and awareness
Women of Scotland memorial mapping site — see [link]
Women of Scotland — message from Alex Salmond MSP, First Minister of Scotland
Girl Guiding Scotland — see Annual Review 2011, pg. 10 citing the Big Name Hunt.
O2 `Think Big' Project — coverage of `Memorial Bench to a Memorable Midwife' - see [link]
Destination Dumfries & Galloway — Women's Heritage Walk brochure
Girl Guiding Scotland — contact details provided for Working Group Chair
Glasgow Women's Library — contact details provided for ITC & Systems Administrator Evidencing influence on policy and practice in contemporary gender issues
Scottish Women's Aid — contact details provided for Learning & Development Coordinator
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Posts Tagged ‘racism’
Posted by E on April 10, 2017
Please note: The letter I am posting below, in bold font, was written today by Martin Theriault of the Canadian Centre on Racism and Prejudice and has just been sent to the editors at Toronto Star and the journalist who wrote a slanted piece on Grant Bristow without bothering to check all her facts. I am pasting his letter here without Martin’s permission, because I want everyone out there who cares about truth and good journalism practices to know what is really going on.
I am too upset at this time to write my own rebuttal, but will do so in the coming weeks. However, I am ready and eager to present actual evidence – affidavits, along with correspondence between prominent human rights attorneys Paul Copeland and Clayton Ruby and Metro Toronto Police re. charging Bristow for actual crimes. Any media persons who are interested in actually knowing what really happened back then can contact me via my website’s Contact Me form.
I refuse to link to Jennifer Yang’s shoddy piece of “journalism” for the following reasons:
1) Ms. Yang didn’t even bother to contact me for an interview prior to going to press, even though her office’s IP address was recorded by Statcounter approx. a dozen times, scouring this blog for my Bristow pieces. And in spite of the fact she actually followed me on Twitter! Despite being considered an important witness on Bristow and Operation Governor and asked to testify in the House of Commons in 1995 about the illegal activities I witnessed Bristow commit, Toronto Star’s Yang didn’t deem my knowledge worth even a 5-minute interview.
2) While I am glad that she at least thought to contact Bill Dunphy, Yang neglected to fact-check with other seasoned journalists who investigated Bristow, such as Andrew Mitrovica. However much I disagree with some points of his Walrus piece, his knowledge of Bristow’s actions is worth taking another 5 minutes to contact – that is, if you are trying to write an unbiased, legitimate piece of journalism.
3) Yang made no attempt to interview any women – whether me as an eyewitness or the women who were terrorized by Bristow. Who knows, perhaps our gender disqualifies us from commenting on CSIS and political affairs. Again, I would have been glad to connect her to some of Bristow’s former victims or at least show her evidence of their assault and harassment, but she didn’t think I needed to be contacted.
4) Yang glossed over a very serious attempt by Grant Bristow sometime in 2010 to undermine then-Edmonton Jewish mayor Stephen Mendel’s electoral campaign by assuming a fake journalist persona and conducting an interview that resulted in Bristow being slapped with a libel charge. This, plus the Fifth Estate-recorded testimonies of many of the strippers who were around Grant Bristow during his stint as a failed strip-club comedian should go to revealing the character of a man who was paid, in total (before and after entering the Witness Protection Program) hundreds of thousands of dollars – and never led to a single arrest and conviction of a Canadian white supremacist.
5) There is ZERO proof of an attempted Heritage Front attack on Bernie Farber or the CJC – if this was more than fabrication on Bristow and his handler’s part, why did we not hear about this before CSIS went into damage control mode? What better way to neutralize outrage from the Jewish community but concoct a story about averting the assassination of one of its prominent spokesmen? If it were true, why wasn’t Wolfgang Droege or whoever discussed such an attempt ever charged with conspiracy to commit murder, or terrorist plotting, or whatever?
The answer is simple – because it didn’t happen. Or someone would have been charged and convicted, pure and simple. When I met Bernie Farber at his office back in 2014 and we discussed my book Race Traitor: The True Story of Canadian Intelligence’s Greatest Cover-Up, of which he was extremely complimentary of and displayed it on his bookshelf, he privately expressed to me his own doubts about that plot – along with referring to Bristow as a “schmuck”.
Grant Bristow’s sole purpose was to be an architect of the Heritage Front and build it to the point where crime would occur to justify the operation. Somewhere along the way, he turned into the rogue agent provocateur who compelled many dangerous neo-Nazis and even an underage girl like me to commit crimes – even going so far as to hand us lists of names, home and work addresses, and the telephone numbers of the people he wanted us to terrorize.
And when he was finally questioned about Heritage Front crimes, including his own participation, CSIS provided him with a lawyer and coached him on how to avoid offering any self-incriminating answers when questioned by Metro Toronto police (see letter photo above) and essentially hinder any and all investigations.
For Toronto Star to quote Grant Bristow on the dangers of white supremacy is tantamount to allowing an unrepentant ISIS jihadist the platform to preach about the dangers of Islamic fundamentalism. It’s contrived, ill-thought, fake and utterly reprehensible.
Without further ado, here is Martin Theriault’s letter to the Toronto Star in response to the piece published by Jennifer Yang in yesterday’s paper.
Date: 2017-04-10 16:20 GMT-04:00
Subject: About Bristow and your story of April,9, 2017-
To: jyang@thestar.ca, publiced@thestar.ca
My name is Martin Thériault. At the time of the Heritage Front and the Bristow affair, I was the coordinator of the Canadian Center on Racism and Prejudice (CCRP). I have been involved in the anti-racist movement in Canada and abroad since 1979. I was a very active element in confronting hate and bigotry in all parts of Canada. At the time, I was the one that got Elisse Hategan out of the Heritage Front and was a key member in organizing the prosecutions of Wolfgang Droege and his associates at the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. The chief prosecutor, Eddie Taylor, counsel of the Cdn Human Rights Commission, was able to get a conviction and sending these neo-nazis to jail and stop the operation of their hateline with the testimony of Elisse Hategan. The judge commended the excellent testimony of Ms. Hategan in his ruling of the case.
At these hearings, Grant Bristow was the chief organizer for the defense of the Heritage Front leadership, providing materials in the hope to discredit the testimony of Ms. Hategan. His work failed and the neo-nazis were sent to jail. Even at that time, neo-nazis from the Hammerskin movement came up from Buffalo, NY on the clear purpose of doing a job on Ms.Hategan, myself and the late Rodney Bobiwash, also from the CCRP and the Native Center of Toronto. This was a key moment and Bristow worked extensively to develop a defense strategy for the nazis! This is IT for such so-called great canadian!
Bristow was a member of a rogue unit of CSIS in Toronto. His handler,and his staff, did everything they could to support Bristow in his work. Al’s angels, as we referred to them, were always in attendance at the hearings. Ms.Hategan, myself and Eddie Taylor had to fight our ways to get police protection during these hearings.
Bristow never sent anyone in jail. In your article, you mention that he was instrumental in the arrest of the donut shop gang(Barker and friends). Actually, this is also a fabrication. Weeks before, the OPP and Metro Police had signed affidavits from Ms. Hategan on weapons cache of some of these elements. When the info went up the chain of command, no actions were taken and a source confirmed to us that the top levels have received info NOT to support or do anything about the information contained in the affidavits!!!!
Bristow did nothing in respect to deportation of international white supremacists from Canada. In the Metzger’s case, even with an APB sent by Immigration Criminal investigation Unit to all entry points, the HF sent one of their boys to pick them up and got them into Canada. Bristow was the chief of security and intelligence of the Heritage Front. To say that he did not know the operation is ridiculous at best.
At the same time, CSIS made up a story that the Metzger’s planned to storm Queen’s Park or the House of Commons. The RCMP sent in a squad, a wrong one by the way, to arrest the Metzger’s after their speech at the Latvian Hall. I was with Mr. Bobiwash, a witness at the scene of the take down. For that made up story, the handler received a commendation from Ottawa!!!! In respect to Maguire, in Canada illegally and staying at Bristow’s apartment, he was arrested with Bristow with weapons and later deported. Maguire was, for anti-racist researchers on both side of the borders, an FBI informant on Aryan Nations and other organizations. As for Dennis Mahon, well, he was arrested by immigration at Pearson’s by immigration officials while Bristow was waiting at the arrival point. He was also put on questions by immigration officials but his handler showed up to get him out.
Bristow did the campaign for criminal harassment of anti-racists by members of the Heritage Front. Close to 100 people were the victims of that campaign, at home, at work and even at doctor’s appointment.
He trained, lead and organized the campaign. Some people lost their job, had to move out of Ontario, some victims of physical assaults. One social worker who had the greatness of adopting an afro-canadian child suffered dire consequences from that campaign. Her house was spray-painted, the tires of her car slashed. They also made an anonymous call to Children’s service to claim she was abusing her adopted child!!!
Only by the testimonies of the Police chief of Toronto at the time and members of the city council, the claim was rejected based on the fact that it was baseless accusations and made by Heritage Front members. Her only crime- she was involved in forming the Riverdale Citizens coalition against racism, a group of local residents who just didn’t want to have neo-nazis in their area and provide education on racism and bigotry.
Bristow made up stories in his interview. This is the way he works all his life. When exposed, he got a well-paid pensions, a new house, a new car, a new identity and even some free connections to his family and free trips paid by the money of canadian taxpayers. He now says to be in the marketing business! It is interesting that he finds the SIRC report to be an honest recollection of what he did! In fact, SIRC made a report without any involvements or testimonies from the victims or anti-racists. I remember once a member of the Solicitor-general’s office asking what would they need to get out of that mess. I told him there was no exit from the truth and the whitewash report of SIRC would only deepens the cover-up of the rogue unit that Bristow was part of.
Finally, I can only hope that you read the book of Elisse Hategan Race Traitor-The true story of Canadian Intelligence’s greatest cover-up. You will not find all the story but important parts of it in regards to Bristow’s real activities. Ms. Hategan went into hiding with the support of community members and anti-racists. She never got anything from the State, while Bristow is day-dreaming in the Foothills for his agent-provocateur work paid by Canadian taxpayers. One word, watch the tapes of Bristow’s speeches at neo-nazi rallies and he was shouting White Power! and as for the white powder, this is the one he is directing to medias in order to manipulate canadians.
I am still working against hate and bigotry. If you want , you can contact me at this e-mail address.
Martin Thériault
Research group on the far-right and its allies
http://www.parl.gc.ca/Content/HOC/Archives/Committee/351/sena/evidence/19_95-06-13/sena19_blk-e.html
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As 2016 comes to an end, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on what has been a very transformative year for me. An extremely difficult one as well since this month marks one year since my mother’s death last December, and her loss still feels altogether raw and very recent.
But it’s also been marked by some personal and professional accomplishments: I travelled to South America for the first time on a research project, and I’ve finally completed my last course for my Social Media Marketing Certificate from George Brown college! I must confess, I was waiting to earn this degree before I publish my new Art of Social Media Marketing for Creatives book, and now it’s going through the final edits before heading off to the printer.
I wanted to also touch upon some memorable highlights. When it comes to publications, there are three I am most proud of this year:
1. In March I published my literary novel Daughters of the Air, which interweaves the tragic tale of Adele Hugo, a retelling of The Little Mermaid fairytale and a modern-day timeline into a story of obsession, reincarnation and exploration of everlasting love. It’s tone is similar to The Red Violin and Posession, in that it’s a haunting love story that spans three continents, three timelines and three hundred years – a search for the root of heartbreak that involves mermaids, political activists and haunted geniuses. It flows from Paris to the Channel Islands, from spiritualist séances to the austere coastlines of Nova Scotia.
I am extremely proud of this book and I really hope you guys will get a chance to read it, because I poured all my heart into this one and it’s by far my most ambitious novel.
2. In April, my villanelle poem One Europe was published in one of Canada’s oldest literary journals Contemporary Verse 2: The Canadian Journal of Poetry and Critical Writing (CV2). It’s the only national poetry magazine that continues to publish four times a year and I was so excited to be included in the Spring 2016 edition. I was inspired by Elizabeth Bishop’s One Art to create a similar pattern, and I’m so very glad that I wrote it. A villanelle has a very complicated rhyming pattern and creating it was a lot of work, but the joy and sense of accomplishment I felt for being able to create something this complex was tremendously rewarding.
3. In July, my editorial article was published in the Canadian Jewish News in a three-page spread. Moreover, it actually made the front cover for that week’s print edition! Nothing beats receiving a congratulatory message from my former university professor, mentor and self-described “Jewish uncle”, renowned Canadian poet Seymour Mayne, praising me for having my article featured on the cover – he’d just received it in the mail hours before Shabbat, and it made our weekend.
Although I would gladly have written the piece for free, getting a cheque from the CJN for the article was a great feeling. Depending on Patreon, writing grants, freelancing projects crowdfunding sites to keep writing full-time is a haphazard, unpredictable process that can get stressful. A lot of people read my blog but very few realize just how time-consuming writing can be, and how generating money is a persistent issue. If everyone who reads my blog donated a single dollar to my Patreon fund each month, I would have a full-time income.
I’ve been a blogger and freelance journalist for years, but my work often went unpaid. My experience with CJN taught me that I can effectively pitch and sell articles to major publications, which has shifted my perspective and made me more ambitious about pursuing paid gigs with established publications. Who knows, lighting could strike twice and I might get another article to grace a front cover someday!
In the coming year I intend to work more on commissioned articles and less on regular blogging. Actually, I spent the early part of summer taking online courses to earn my certificate in Journalism from Michigan State University. Although I don’t believe that a formal degree is necessary in an oversaturated field where very few can find full-time employment, I see reporting, blogging and freelance work as a continuum in 21st century journalism. In a world where an increasing number of mainstream reporters are being laid off and digital publications redefine the profession, the lines between mainstream reporter, blogger and independent journalist have become blurred.
But don’t fret, my friends! Even though I will be making paid freelance work a priority, I could never give up blogging altogether – it’s become second nature to me. I started blogging in 2007 or -8 and it’s been such a helpful outlet of emotional and artistic expression for me, not to mention that I’ve met so many great people through it.
But time will be an issue. This spring I am booked for approx. eight to ten speaking engagements throughout Ontario and Quebec. In March I will be a speaker at a conference where Minister of Foreign Affairs Stephane Dion, former Attorney General Irwin Cotler and several United Nations staffers will also be presenting. It’s also a great opportunity to meet others involved in human rights, genocide documentation and social justice issues.
Afterwards I will be interviewed for a PBS special which will be filmed in NY state. I’ve also been asked to speak at SUNY that week.
Between the speaking engagements, a commissioned book I’m working on for a client, writing my own memoir and trying to finish my MFA (I only have a semester left), time is a commodity that I will have to plan carefully. Still, the excitement of achieving so many personal goals is more powerful than my ubiquitous jitters of speaking in front of large audiences.
Under a Trump presidency and alt-right governance, more than ever, it’s an important time to be a journalist and activist. I look forward to bringing my story, knowledge and expertise about extremist movements to a broader audience.
This year I was a consultant on a short documentary about Ernst Zundel‘s former home, titled ‘206 Carlton‘, produced by a Ryerson University Documentary Media student. I was also quoted in several articles about the resurgence of the ultra-right wing in Canada, such as:
CityNews: Alleged Toronto neo-Nazi publication expands west, pestering downtowners
National Post: ‘Hitler actually wasn’t that bad’: How Neo-Nazis are using attractive young women to boost their movement
All of this has led to a sharp rise of hate tweets, Facebook messages and threatening emails coming at me from social media trolls emboldened by Trump’s win to the point of delusion. Par for the course, I suppose – though the vile anti-Semitic, misogynist words reveal the persons behind them for the pathetic cowards that they are.
Lastly, I’m proud of an extensive, in-depth interview I did with author Samita Sarkar of Blossoms Writing. It’s a worthwhile discussion to check out if you’re interested in knowing more about me, the story behind Race Traitor and its aftermath.
So on this note, I wish all of you love and light for the New Year. May your 2017 be bright and inspiring, and remember – tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one!
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How Someone Called the Police because I “Stole” her Twitter Username
Posted by E on February 22, 2016
Imagine that you have an internet username that you’ve been using for a long time – say, BettyBoop1977. You have a Twitter account, maybe a Facebook profile or page in that name. You might even have started a blog or site under that handle with one of the popular free sites like Blogger, WordPress, Weebly or Tumblr. Everyone in your circle (let’s say, a few dozen people) knows you by that handle. You have your own personal brand, right?
Wrong. You couldn’t be more wrong about that. Brand ownership does not start and end with getting BettyBoop77 as your Twitter username. Sadly, too many amateurs in the social media arena don’t give a lot of thought into building a brand that they themselves own, as opposed to having a free, hosted domain with another company’s extension.
Putting aside the fact that Facebook pages and WordPress accounts are owned by another provider – who often places ads under your intellectual property, your page can disappear at any moment. Your account can be suspended or hacked. The design or template you’re using could be scrapped on a dime, and you could lose hundreds of followers at the snap of a finger.
But the issue of who hosts your blog should be your secondary concern. Your primary objective – if you are entirely confident in your brand and intend to build it to the point where it can be monetized or even resold – is to secure BettyBoop1977 as more than a twitter handle. You’ll want to buy the domain name, but even then it might not be enough.
What if, one day, you get a phone call from the police after someone feels you criminally harassed them because you “stole her highly unique brand name”?
I know it seems like an insane situation, but this is exactly what happened to me last month.
BRANDING Lesson 101: Branding, Copyright and Social Media
I’m writing this piece because I am not the only person on the internet using the handle “TheLizBuzz”. I was recently informed – by a Metro Toronto police officer, no less – that a certain individual had complained to them that I had stolen her “highly unique” brand after I registered the domain www.thelizbuzz.com.
After giving this insanity a lot of thought, I’ve decided to write about my experience as part of my Artists’ Guide to Social Media Series, and as a warning to anybody who might encounter individuals who may be delusional enough to believe that someone who has “stolen” their Twitter or Instagram username and turned it into a new website – should be arrested and prosecuted for having committed a criminal offense. It’s tantamount to a chat-room spat – say, being called a “bitch,” “asshole” or “whore” on social media and contacting police because your feelings were hurt. Can you imagine how the courts would be inundated with frivolous, idiotic prosecutions because of name-calling, or because buying someone’s online username as your domain has “hurt their brand”?
Of course her criminal complaint went nowhere because I had done nothing wrong, but that’s not the point. The experience taught me an important lesson, and one that I’d like to impart with you guys. As someone who has had the unfortunate experience to explain to a (very understanding, I should add) police officer that branding (or even domain squatting or copyright violations) are not of themselves indictable offences under the Criminal Code of Canada – I thought I should set the record straight, once and for all.
At the time I registered the www.thelizbuzz.com domain (back in late August/September 2015), a Google search revealed this Ontario-based individual (who has an almost identical first name to mine) was using the nickname “thelizbuzz” on only three sites – Twitter, WordPress and Instagram. Perhaps she might have had other accounts, but I only found those three. She was a consultant with a two-year degree in social media from George Brown College, but had never – even after getting her certificate – thought to fork over the $11 that it cost me to register the domain thelizbuzz.com. How serious could she have been about branding if she – a certified and newly-minted social media grad – couldn’t even think to buy her own domain name?
To my knowledge and limited online sleuthing, the url www.thelizbuzz.com in of itself, or its .ca extension, had never been registered. And since buying a url that might have been used as someone’s Twitter handle isn’t illegal in Canada yet (lol), I didn’t think twice about it.
My Romanian name is Eliza, and I quite liked the catchiness of TheLizBuzz as a new consulting business for myself, an offshoot of my small publishing venture, Incognito Press. Unfortunately I also happened to know Liz, the person who was using that nickname, and at one point we had been friends – but our friendship broke up last year over another serious matter.
In the seven months that followed our “breakup”, I realized that she hadn’t taken any active steps toward actually buying, incorporating or monetizing the brand. It was just a matter of time before someone else would snatch up that domain, so why couldn’t that somebody be me?
Ok, perhaps it was in poor taste for me to “borrow” Liz’s Twitter username (which didn’t even have very many followers) and start branding it under my own name, but I didn’t feel too bad about it either since she hadn’t done anything to monetize it – so I spent $11 and bought the url thelizbuzz.com with the express intent of marketing it as my new brand. There is absolutely nothing illegal about that.
In September 2015 I registered www.thelizbuzz.com as my new arts and social media consulting site. I thought about registering for an Ontario Business License at the time, but I didn’t have the $60 for the registration. I then started a new blog with a social media theme, thelizbuzz.blogspot.com.
Although Liz had my telephone number and email address, not once in the following five months did she ever contact me to express that she wanted the domain for herself – or that she had any problem whatsoever with me developing that brand, even after I emailed her to inform her about it. I would gladly have sold the domain back to her for the same $11 I paid for it, but she never said a thing and so I proceeded to develop the brand and a new website.
In fact, I had absolutely no clue that she was pissed off until I heard that she had gone to the police.
It was only after the insanity of hearing from the police officer (in January 2016) that I had stolen this other Liz’s “highly unique” social media brand (i.e. Twitter username) that I decided to – once and for all – do a proper search for her alleged business proprietorship and clear up my name.
I don’t deny that we are two women who are in the same field – we are both social media strategists and content creators – and we both live in the Toronto area. I don’t deny that we share a similar and very controversial history, and that we are also competitors in our social media businesses.
However, deciding to develop “TheLizBuzz” as my new brand is not illegal either – it’s called capitalism. Perhaps Liz hadn’t heard of the concept – or didn’t care enough to develop it herself. God knows she’d had enough years to do it.
I would soon discover that the domain and handle “thelizbuzz” had NEVER been registered either as a domain OR as a business in Ontario. I went ahead and spent approx. $10 to do a business search on the government business site, and lo and behold – NOBODY had ever registered thelizbuzz as a business.
Here’s the official form from the government website which attests that as of January 15, 2016 there was “NO MATCH FOUND” in the business directory database. Virtual proof that I had NOT stolen anybody’s branding or consulting business.
So for all the stress I went through and the negative things said about me behind my back, it turns out that the police complainant, Liz, had only used a Twitter username and a WordPress blog with approx. nine entries written over the span of two years – hardly enough to establish that I had stolen her “intellectual property” and copyright.
As a freelance writer and artist, I don’t have the money to sue this woman for emotional distress or what I see as an overt attempt at malicious prosecution. I can’t sue someone just for having stalked my website, blog and social media networks with a frightening consistency and sense of entitlement for the past year.
After several death threats from psycho racists in the past (my memoir Race Traitor was an exposé of the Canadian white supremacist movement), I had IP trackers installed on all my blogs and websites. This enabled me to now track Liz’s IP (and VPNs) and see it show up continuously, sometimes as much as several times a day for weeks and months on end. The obsessive nature of the continual visits started to trigger major anxiety and affect my work – until I decided that I wouldn’t allow anybody to take away my power.
But what I CAN do – both for myself and my readers – is to advise that when you establish a brand, you must take great care to prove your ownership. You don’t have to fork over big bucks to establish trademarks and register copyrights over a domain name – the costs can run into the thousands and you’d have to establish copyright and trademarks in each country you plan to operate your business.
And what you CAN do is what I ended up doing – a perfectly legitimate and solid proof of business ownership:
Officially registering “TheLizBuzz” as MY business in the province of Ontario.
I have now taken the step of establishing a business bank account and clients can write cheques directly to my brand, the same way they already do for “Incognito Press.” I have registered thelizbuzz on every social media platform I can find – Facebook, Reddit, Pintrest, Tumblr, Flickr, Skype, and many others. But I’ve also ensured that both the .com and .ca domains and business account are linked to MY name.
That is how you do branding.
Moral of the story: save yourself the trouble and heartache of building a brand and potentially losing it – make sure you always buy a domain first (before you even establish your Twitter and Facebook handles), and register yourself as a business in the province or state where your business will operate.
So in the unlikely event that someone comes around accusing you of stealing “their” brand, you are completely covered and have established your ownership of what is now YOUR brand.
Remember, kids, that branding is more than just a name – it’s an identity. So claim it, own it, and live it to its fullest potential.
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Operation Governor: The True Story of Canadian Intelligence’s Greatest Cover-Up
Posted by E on October 4, 2015
“We’ll tear her to shreds.”
CSIS Toronto Region Investigator speaking of eighteen-year old Elisse Hategan, whose affidavits implicated CSIS agent Grant Bristow in criminal activity. CBC’s The Fifth Estate, October 1994
My name is Elisa Hategan and I’m a Canadian writer and freelance journalist. Today I’ve decided that I can no longer be silent about the upcoming Canadian Federal election and the vital importance of choosing a leader who will repeal Bill C-51, which has now become law and gives Canada’s spy agency CSIS unparalleled powers to spy on its citizens.
If you scroll down to the end of this page, you will be able to download a free excerpt of some of the most explosive parts of my 2014 memoir Race Traitor: The True Story of Canadian Intelligence’s Greatest Cover-Up.
When I was sixteen years old, I was recruited by a Canadian domestic terrorist group calling itself the Heritage Front – an extremist right-wing, white supremacist group with strong ties to Neo-Nazi Holocaust revisionists, the American Ku Klux Klan and even Muammar Khadafi. They became the family I never had. Two years later, after I witnessed the targeting of innocent people for harassment and violence, I realized I had to find a way to shut them down.
At first, I couldn’t see a way out. After I found support from a few courageous anti-racist activists, I spied on the Heritage Front for four months. In March of 1994 I took the stand and testified against a handful of group leaders in a contempt of court case that led to convictions and jail sentences. Within months, it was revealed that one of the three founders of the group was a paid agent of CSIS, Canada’s intelligence service. To put it bluntly, the Heritage Front had been created and partially-funded with the help of Canada’s own Security and Intelligence Service.
Despite the fact that I possessed a significant amount of information related to criminal activity within the Heritage Front, authorities showed no interest in taking any kind of action against the group. After repeated appeals to the OPP (Ontario Provincial Police) and the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) were ignored, I was officially denied admission into the Witness Protection Program.
All my affidavits (detailing names and addresses of Heritage Front members who owned various weaponry and explosives, as well as detailed accounts of verifiable stalking, threats and harassment of community activists) were dismissed by police without as much as a single attempt to verify their authenticity.
I would later find out from an insider (as broadcast in a 1994 episode of CBC’s The Fifth Estate that featured evidence obtained from anonymous, highly-placed police and intelligence sources) that a CSIS mandate had circulated advising police forces to deny me protection and ignore my information, even at the risk of Canadian taxpayers and the threat to my own life. Over a period of five years, CSIS had sunk a huge amount of money into Operation Governor, which involved the creation of a neo-Nazi organization in Canada and escalating its levels of violence and armament. They couldn’t risk their house of cards to fall apart on the testimony of a teenage girl.
When details of CSIS’ Operation Governor did come out in the press, after an exposé authored by Toronto Sun reporter Bill Dunphy in August 1994, the operation was terminated. The agent who had co-created the Heritage Front, Grant Bristow, was quickly whisked away into Witness Protection, given a payoff totalling hundreds of thousands of dollars, two new cars and a four-bedroom, three-car garage home in another Canadian province.
No testimony or information from Grant Bristow EVER resulted in any arrests and convictions.
In the spring of 2015, Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper (who in the 1980s was a member of the extreme right-wing Northern Foundation, which had Heritage Front and Reform Party members, along with skinheads, anti-abortionists, Holocaust-deniers and Conrad Black) has announced a new bill that essentially duplicates the NSA laws of arrest without warrant under the pretext of “terrorism”.
Bill C-51 is extremely troubling, considering that they will be giving CSIS far greater powers than ever before, turning it into what many have called a “Secret Police” with far-reaching powers. However, it has now become LAW.
THIS IS WHY I HAVE DECIDED TO GIVE AWAY AN EXCERPT OF MY BOOK Race Traitor: The True Story of Canadian Intelligence’s Greatest Cover-Up – RACE-TRAITOR Excerpt by ELISA HATEGAN
This excerpt includes Chapters 16 and 19 of my memoir, which reveal information I also included in my 1993 sworn affidavits. They reveal disturbing information about the It Campaign – Grant Bristow’s involvement in encouraging criminal behaviour and activity in dangerous white supremacists and neo-Nazi skinheads. After you read this, you might get a better idea of why CSIS’s new mandate includes the provision that civilians are not to be raped or murdered.
Given the context of Bill C-51, it didn’t surprise either myself or the numerous activists, anti-racists and aboriginal protesters I’ve communicated with, that we cannot get any mainstream press coverage in Canadian media. Telling the story of how Canada’s own intelligence agency formed a domestic terrorist group that stalked, harassed and assaulted several left-wing activists in the 1990s would be in direct conflict with what Stephen Harper’s government has passed into law – a law whose definition is so broad, so undefined, that anyone in direct opposition to our government’s interests (such as Aboriginal protesters and the Idle No More movement) would fall into the category of “terrorist.”
Under C-51, CSIS will have the power to: 1) detain people without charges for up to 7 days; 2) interfere with bank transactions and seize bank accounts if they are “suspected” of potential terror activity; 3) order the seizure of “terrorist propaganda” or order it deleted from an online source; 4) stop any passengers “suspected” of travelling overseas to commit a terror offence to be removed from a flight; 5) seal court proceedings; 6) make it illegal to “promote” or “counsel” terrorist activity – the definition of what this constitutes is, of course, left up to CSIS’ interpretation. Using “disruption warrants,” Canada’s spies will do just about anything: “enter any place or open or obtain access to any thing,” to copy or obtain any document, “to install, maintain, or remove any thing,” and, most importantly, “to do any other thing that is reasonably necessary to take those measures.”
C-51 MUST be stopped, or at the very least re-examined. The repeated violations and more violations on the part of the former intelligence unit of the RCMP, which became CSIS, which evolved into CSEC, cannot be overlooked. Neither is Harper’s ongoing use of CSIS as his personal domain pet whenever he wants to keep tabs on anti-fracking protesters, Green Party members, or whoever is opposed to the Conservative Party’s mandate. Such collusion between government and intelligence agencies is insidious at best, and will be used politically to defeat (or even imprison) political opponents.
History has already showed us what can happen when agents run amok: Grant Bristow’s handlers had been inherited from the same RCMP department which preceded CSIS’s inception. Back in the 1970s they were burning barns in Quebec while blaming it on the FLQ. After that scandal ensued and RCMP intelligence was disbanded, they moved over to the newly-minted CSIS and taught neo-Nazis and violent skinheads (some of whom were part of the now-disbanded Airborne Regiment) intelligence techniques, thus contributing to assaults, stalking, harassment and worse. Since they got away with all of the above, I cannot imagine what will happen when they gain autonomy.
At the end of this PDF sample you will find a brief media library with photos, links to newspaper articles, blog links and videos that cover the events described in Race Traitor. This is only a starting point, and consists of articles myself and other activists managed to collect during that time. All these articles are still in the public domain and easily accessible via archival libraries and microfiches.
I also included direct links to sites where you can purchase the book.
I am grateful to all who buy a copy or offer a donation for this free PDF. Without the support of wonderful people and community activists who believed in me, I would never have made it through my teenage years – I am deeply thankful for your help.
RACE-TRAITOR Excerpt by ELISA HATEGAN
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Journey to Judaism: The Day I Became A Jew
I became a Jew on the day I was born, December 17. Thirty-eight years had passed between the moment my mother gave birth to me in Romania and the day I was formally accepted as a Jew by rabbis in a North American synagogue.
After I’d completed a year of study, my mentor rabbi informed me that I was ready to take the next step toward conversion – writing a formal essay explaining why I wanted to embrace the Jewish faith, and meeting with a Beit Din. For those reading this who are unfamiliar with the term, a Beit Din is a rabbinical court assembly made up of three observant Jews (at least one of whom is a rabbi) who decide if a convert is fit to be accepted for conversion to Judaism.
Embracing Judaism was the last step along a journey of self-discovery that had taken me many years to explore, and I wanted to do this right – it was important to me that I should have a conversion process that followed the halacha (Jewish law) closely, which meant having a Beit Din made up of at least one rabbi, followed by a ritual immersion in a synagogue mikvah – a pool of water derived from natural sources.
It was the beginning of December and with my birthday right around the corner, it was only natural that I would schedule my Beit Din and Mikvah day on my birthday. How could I choose any other date? What better day to experience a spiritual rebirth and be formally acknowledged as Jewish?
The sun was shining brightly when I woke up early in the morning – too early in fact. The excitement and nervous butterflies churning in my stomach made it impossible to go back to sleep. ‘This is the last day I’ll wake up and not be Jewish,’ I thought. I busied myself by having a long shower, brushing and flossing my teeth, washing my hair and scrubbing my fingernails and toenails free of any traces of nail polish – there was to be no barrier between the body and the Mikvah water.
Brilliant sunshine illuminated the path toward the Beth Hillel synagogue where I would be formally interviewed. I knew it would be a beautiful day, and it turned out exactly as I’d imagined – how could such an important day ever be shrouded in clouds?
The rabbis met me in the lobby of the synagogue at noon. My Beit Din was composed of three ordained rabbis, all active members of the Rabbinical Assembly, although one had retired from his congregation. After everyone arrived, we walked over to the meeting room in the back of the synagogue. A long conference table split the room which could have seated twenty. The three rabbis sat on one side of the table, and I took a seat across from them.
“As we begin, I’d like you to tell us what brought you here and why you want to become Jewish,” Rabbi Levine said.
I summarized some of the key points that I wrote about in my conversion essay:
“The feeling that propels me toward Judaism isn’t as simple as breaking it down into words. It’s a feeling, an echo of something within myself that I am just now recognizing and giving voice to.
I feel that I have always been a Jew. I was born in the mid-1970s in communist Bucharest. Under Ceausescu’s dictatorship, Romania didn’t prioritize religion, choosing instead to indoctrinate their people to worship the State. I don’t remember either of my parents being religious in any way. We never went to church. I identified with my father’s family much more than my mother’s side. I stood out among my maternal cousins by being the black-haired, dark-eyed child who didn’t fit in. People said that my father and I ‘looked Jewish’.”
Above: me at age 11. Centre: my father Iosif (Josef) at age 15. Right: My father and grandmother Ana.
We emigrated to Canada when I was 11 years old. My father subsequently decided to return to Romania and died there when I was 13. I never had the opportunity to ask him all the questions I would have liked to know – Why did he hide his own heritage? Why did he feel ashamed of who he was?
I’ve had people tell me, Why bother to convert. Your father was a Jew, you don’t believe in Jesus as the messiah, so what’s the difference? But it bothers me that I am not recognized by all Jews as a fellow Jew because of my patrilineal descent, and I feel the need to undergo this formal process so that I can both learn much more about Judaism, and to feel like a “real” Jew.
In my soul, heart and mind, Judaism is more than a religion for me. It’s a shared history, a family and a connection that has always been there, just outside the realm of my consciousness and yet was always there. Like a pulse that cannot be subdued.
After my father’s death, I lived in a rough low-income neighbourhood with my mother. As time went by, she grew increasingly abusive and I had no choice but to run away. Between the ages of 14-16 I lived in several Children’s Aid homes. In time, I ran away from an abusive foster home and returned to my mother’s apartment. At age 16 I was friendless and desperate. Eventually I became recruited by a neo-Nazi group, the Heritage Front. They became the family I felt I’d never had, and looked after me at a time when my only choice was to live on the streets. They also put me in touch with an internationally-renowned Holocaust revisionist and Hitler sympathizer, Ernst Zundel. Zundel gave me a job working in his basement printing press, fed me and looked out for me.
By the time I turned 18 I knew that what the group was doing was wrong. I wanted out of the organization but they were possessive of me and I didn’t know of a way out. I attempted suicide and eventually I turned to an anti-racist activist, who put me in touch with the director of a think-tank on extremist right-wingers. He, in turn, asked me to spy on the Heritage Front and Ernst Zundel and collect information that could be turned over to the police.
For half a year I gathered as much information on illegal activities, weapons and dangerous persons, as well as stole Ernst Zundel’s national and international mailing list, which consisted of people all over North and South America and Europe who had sent in money to fund Zundel’s Holocaust revisionist projects. In 1994 I testified in court and sent 3 Heritage Front leaders to prison, effectively dealing a serious blow toward dismantling the group.
I was only 19 years old. I lived in hiding and attended university in Ottawa under an assumed name. Upon graduating Magna cum Laude with a Criminology and Psychology double-major, I taught ESL in Seoul, South Korea and subsequently travelled throughout Europe the following year.
I spent some time in Krakow and visited Auschwitz and Birkenau. Something stirred in me that summer – an inexplicable familiarity, a sense that I was connected to those places in some undefinable way. When I first heard Ladino songs, it was as though I could almost recognize them. The music seemed familiar somehow. Then there were the places in the south of Spain, as well as in Poland and Hungary that I visited – they felt as though I’d been there before. In Debrecen, the city my father was born in, I allowed my feet to take me where they wanted to go, and I ended up on a narrow, cobblestoned street, in front of a half-burned synagogue with smashed-out windows.
It felt like I had been there before. The feeling was strong, palpable, like a childhood memory – a memory that was just outside the realm of my consciousness.
I eventually returned to Canada and tried to lead a normal life. But something always clawed at the back of my consciousness, pushing me toward a Jewish path. I lived along Bathurst street, in a predominantly Jewish neighbourhood. I began to read books on Judaism and spirituality. Ten years went by since I first thought of undergoing a formal conversion to Judaism, but something always held me back – I first wanted to discover the truth about my father, my family’s past. I had to know our own past in order to go forward.
During a visit to my paternal grandmother’s village in Transylvania, I tracked down relatives, old family friends and neighbours, and asked questions. At my uncle’s house, among my deceased grandmother’s possessions, I discovered a box of mementos and photographs that I’d never seen before. The box was marked with the Jewish surname “Kohan” – the Hungarian version of Cohen. I finally began to believe that my suspicions had been true, and that my father had actually been Jewish.
Back in Canada, I ordered a DNA kit from 23andme, sent in my saliva sample and waited for a month to receive my results. When they came in, it was a surreal experience – one of the most significant days of my life. To realize that after so long, what I had suspected was actually true! I burst into tears of joy, knowing that I was no longer alone – at last I had a past, a history. And well over 20 relatives in the 23andme database with the surname Cohen, some of whom offered their help in piecing together our common ancestry.
Part of my conversion essay:
In my soul, heart and mind, Judaism is more than a religion for me. It’s a shared history, a genetic memory, a family and a connection that has always been just outside the realm of my consciousness, yet was always there. The more I learned about Judaism through my study, the more I felt my bond to the past grow stronger.
My father’s denial of his religion and heritage was like an invisible wall that kept me from my past. But with each day and each hour, the wall becomes increasingly transparent. The bricks fall apart and I begin to see a glimpse of something beautiful and mystical on the other side. The shadows of those great-grandparents and the whispers of their lives comes through to me, through me, and out into my very own existence.
I have had thousands of Jewish ancestors from Poland, Russia, Galicia, Ukraine and Romania, whose truth, lives and stories have been wiped off in only two generations. One hundred years. That is all it took to wipe out my family’s connection to their own lineage and heritage.
I look at the world and wonder how many others walk around unaware that the blood of Sephardic conversos or Ashkenazim forced to hide their religion runs through their veins.
I aim to reclaim that heritage.
“Please read your Declaration of Faith for us, Elisa.”
I stood up and read the piece of paper which I had practically memorized over the past year.
Left: my declaration of faith. Centre: my favourite photo of me & my father. Right: grandmother Ana with her husband.
Afterwards, they asked me to sign it and I did so, then handed it back to them. I answered several questions related to holidays and ritual, and recited a couple of prayers. Then one of the rabbis asked me more about my father’s family. “Did you know the biggest group of immigrants to Israel after the war were from Romania?”
I hadn’t known this, and he smiled at me warmly and told me a story about his friends who had come from the same part of Transylvania as my father. Then our conversation touched on the Holocaust, and I mentioned the profound experience I’d had in my twenties when I visited Europe’s biggest concentration camp, the largest mass-murder site in the world.
Rabbi Fertig sat up. “You were at Auschwitz?”
“Yes,” I answered.
“What was it like?”
I gazed into the distance, recalling the summer of 2001 when I had backpacked across Europe, and how my journey to find my roots had led me to Auschwitz. “I went in the summer, when the grass was this high.” I said, lifting my hand to indicate waist-height. “It was a sunny day. A very beautiful day. The sun was high up in the sky, and there was such a vivid a juxtaposition of life and death. The grass was buzzing with crickets and frogs, filled with life….right up among those terrible barracks at Birkenau. I walked inside the barracks and felt that emptiness….the void, the echoes of the lives that had been lost there.”
Rabbi Levine stared at me for a long time. “So many millions perished in the Holocaust – and now you are returning to the fold.”
“I am but one drop,” I said quietly, my eyes filling with tears.
We all fell silent. After some time, Rabbi Brief asked me, “Have you chosen a Hebrew name?”
There was never any doubt in my mind what my Hebrew name would be – Elisheva, of course. The Hebrew version of my own given name. Better yet, it somehow ‘fit’ me. It felt more right than anything else.
“Elisheva Sarah.”
Rabbi Levine cleared his throat. “I am obliged to inform you that although a Conservative Beit Din is accepted by all conservative and affiliated denominations, some Orthodox will still refuse to see you as Jewish.”
I nodded. “Yes, I know this.”
“Do you have any questions for us?”
I hesitated. “Do you think….will I be accepted by a Reform synagogue?”
The rabbis looked at each other in amusement. “They’re going to love you,” the oldest of the rabbis answered. “Reform already recognizes you as a Jew because you have a Jewish father – so just based on the fact that you still went through this when you didn’t have to.”
Rabbi Levine peered into my eyes. “I read your conversion essay and I have to say it really moved me. You’re a very good writer. A very gifted writer.”
Something stirred inside me. Trying to fight back the knot in my throat, I said, “I’m working on a book to preserve the memory of those in my father’s village who have been forgotten. I want to do this for them – I’m the only one left who still carries their stories. Everyone else has passed.”
He nodded, and his eyes communicated such a deep empathy, such a sense of recognition and understanding, that I had to bite my lip to keep from tearing up. My eyes swept the room – the other rabbis were nodding, acknowledging me. I felt, in that moment, that they were seeing the real me – that part of my core I had kept hidden for so long. The vulnerability. The sadness and the truth of what I’d always known to be true. The real core of me.
Rabbi Levine pushed back from the table. “I am ready,” he said. He looked to the others: “I know it’s cutting this short, but I’m satisfied with this. I’m ready to make this woman Jewish.”
We walked out of the synagogue and around to the side of the building, where another door stood open. A tall, thin woman waited for us there, her hair covered under a beret-type hat. She beckoned us in and we shook hands. “Welcome Elisheva,” she said, smiling at me. “You can leave your coat and stuff here. I warmed up the water really well for you, and have everything set up for you. Come and let me show you around.”
I smiled back at her, and Carol’s eyes glided to my hair. “You have long, gorgeous hair,” she said with a smile, and I instantly read between the lines. The hair was going to be a problem. Making sure there were no tangles was going to be challenging enough. But then she added, “I’m concerned that it might float up when you submerge. Every strand has to go underwater.”
The rabbis sat down on a small bench in the narrow corridor that led to several rooms, including the one where Carol was leading me. It turned out to be a small but perfectly clean bathroom with a shower stall and all the toiletries one could imagine.
She closed the door behind us and pointed out everything, careful to inspect that I wasn’t wearing any nail polish. I started to remove my earring studs and put them in my backpack while she explained what I already knew – I was to scrub off everything once again, wash my hair thoroughly and brush it so there were no tangles anywhere. Then, when I was ready, to walk through another door wearing little bootsies to keep from slipping and only the towel.
“The Mikvah is completely private,” she assured me. “The rabbis will only listen to the submersion and I will be the only one in the room with you. They will hear you say the prayer, but they cannot see you. I am here to make sure your privacy is respected and I myself will not look at you – when you descend into the Mikvah I will hold up the towel and respect your privacy. You can rest assured that your privacy and modesty will be respected at all times. So take as long as you need to get ready, and I will be on the other side of that door.”
After she left, I tried to keep myself from shaking. To think that I was so close to the Mikvah I’d read so much about, so close to the completion of a journey that had taken me years to achieve!
The bathroom was spartan and super-clean. A shelving unit ran beside the sink, and everything I could possibly have forgotten was there: nail polish remover, cotton balls, extra soap, toothpaste, shampoo, dental floss, even a small vial of Air d’Temps perfume that I planned to spritz on after the ceremony was complete (but forgot to, in the ensuing excitement). As Carol had promised, two different kinds of combs lay ready to tackle my difficult hair. I chose the one with the wider-spaced teeth and bravely stepped into the stone shower stall.
The shower itself was as I’d expected, with the worst part being – of course – running the brush through my well-shampooed (but not conditioned) curls. Needless to say, when it was all said and done I lost more than my usual amount of stray hairs, possibly because I was so excited, nervous and emotional about the ritual to follow that I brushed a bit too impatiently and managed to snap off some more split ends.
The last thing to go were my contact lenses. The Mikvah rules were that nothing could stand in the way of the water immersing the body, not even contacts. I placed the case carefully on the sink ledge and wrapped the fresh white towel around my body.
Then I reached for the door handle and stepped into the other room.
The room was low-lit, with several pot lights illuminating only the water – which was as blue as the sea. The Mikvah was larger than I’d imagined, much larger than a Jacuzzi but not quite the size of a swimming pool.
Am I really here? Is this finally happening? I wondered, gazing in awe at the water that would soon immerse every bit of my being. It’s so beautiful.
I kicked off the bootsies and held still while Carol the Mikvah Lady inspected me in order to pick off any stray hairs that may have fallen down my back. I checked myself also and found an additional long hair that I handed her.
After she discarded the loose hairs, Carol came back and stepped behind me. “You can give me the towel and go in now,” she said, holding the towel I handed her up in front of her – as promised, to protect my modesty. Although I’d wondered what it would feel like being completely naked in front of a stranger, I realized that I didn’t feel embarrassed at all – this felt like such a perfectly natural, even maternal process.
I walked toward the Mikvah and began to descend the seven steps that led down to the main pool. I held the railing and stepped down the seven steps–each one representing a day in the Creation story. Then an unexpected challenge arose: by the fourth step I could already tell that the water was too deep. As in, over my head. I’m not a swimmer by any stretch, and have never managed to hold my own in the deep-end of a swimming pool. I would never be able to touch the bottom.
Over the past year I’d researched anything I could find about other people’s accounts of their conversion ceremonies, but had never read about the situation that confronted me now – being only 5’2” tall, by the time I reached the lowest step I was already immersed up to my chin.
I gazed into the shimmering depths of the main pool and realized, not without a fair amount of trepidation, that I would never be able to stand upright in it. The water was high enough to go over my head. Although I love splashing around in water, I’m not a swimmer and have never managed to tread water in the deep end of a swimming pool.
An irrational fear seized hold of my mind. Has anybody ever drowned in a Mikvah? I wondered, cringing inwardly at the ridiculousness of the question. Worst case scenario, Carol the Mikvah Lady was here, along with three rabbis on the other side of the wall partition. Surely somebody would pull me out if I didn’t resurface after a while, right?
My desire to become a Jew was now confronted head-on by my fear of drowning. The combination didn’t make for a particularly mystical experience. Did I want to convert badly enough to risk drowning? Would you rather live as a Christian or risk drowning to become a Jew?
The answer came hard and fast: YES. Yes, I wanted it that badly. Badly enough to jump off into the deep end, where the water towered above my head – not knowing if I would bob back up or sink right to the bottom.
Over the months that led up to this ceremony, I’d imagined this day to be a peaceful, holy, life-changing process. In a way, this was still partly true – with that tranquil blue water so warm and lovely, lapping at my skin, an aura of serenity had surrounded me. But suddenly another part of me was seized with fear. As anxiety mounted in my chest, I realized that in order to become a Jew I would have to conquer my terror.
I took a deep breath and tried to balance myself on the lowest step, which was really hard because the salt water makes you buoy about, making it impossible to keep your feet firmly planted onto the tiled ground.
“Are you ready?” Carol’s voice resounded behind me. “Take your time. When you’re ready, I want you to take a deep breath and jump away from the step. When you’re fully immersed under the water, lift your legs up so that you don’t touch the bottom to make sure that for an instant, you’re floating free.”
I sucked in a deep breath, steadied myself….and then stepped off the ledge. Water flooded into my eyes, mouth, over my head, and suddenly I was up again, sputtering and flailing toward the metal rail in the corner. I seized hold of it and clambered up onto the last ledge again.
Carol looked at my ungainly flop and smiled sympathetically. “We’ll have to do that one over again. Your hair didn’t go all the way under.”
Strands of my hair had floated to the surface since I hadn’t sank deep enough. “Does this happen a lot?” I asked her.
She nodded. “You’re very buoyant – we all are – so what you’ll need to do is really let go and try to jump up a little when you step away from the stairs. The force of you jumping up will ensure you submerge all the way down.”
I took another deep, shuddering breath, and felt determination flow through my entire body. I hadn’t come this far to allow fear to stop me now. I thought about my father, my grandmother, about our family friend Steve Bendersky and the relatives he’d lost in the war, about the numbers tattooed on his arm, about the heritage that had been denied me. I thought about the people who had been killed over the centuries for being a Jew, about all who had walked down this path before me as converts and embraced their Jewish neshama.
I had come this far. I was ready.
It still felt scary, taking that plunge – but I no longer cared about drowning. I wanted to leap as far into that water as I could, to take it all into my heart, to let it remind me of my strength and ability to survive anything.
I was enveloped in a cocoon of blueness and warmth – the perfect heat of a womb made of nature’s own waters that seemed to have always existed in and around me. I opened my eyes underneath the water which coated every pore of my being and thought, This is the day I was born. Back then, and then again today.
No sooner did that realization hit than a force propelled me upwards – the force of my own buoyancy. I hadn’t drowned after all. In fact, I felt stronger than ever.
Carol’s voice echoed throughout the small room: “Kasher!”
I repositioned myself on the last step, filled my lungs with air, and leapt up again. I sank down into the depths of the Mikvah and didn’t fight it this time – I gave myself to it in body and soul.
When I bobbed back up, Carol called out “Kasher” for the second time.
I half-swam back toward the steps, found my balance again and turned to face the blueness. This would be my third jump. When I came back up again, I would be a Jew.
“Take your time,” Carol said softly. “If you want to take a moment to say a silent prayer – just for yourself.”
I closed my eyes and felt tears brimming behind my eyelashes. I mouthed the words of the Shema silently, for everyone before me, and then again for myself – that I be worthy of that painful, beautiful legacy and that I might contribute toward making the world a better place.
And then I took the biggest leap of my life into the waters that had always waited there for me. I lifted my knees up to my chest and spread my arms out to my sides, and the Mikvah embraced me.
And as I came up to the surface as a Jew, Carol called out for the third time, “Kasher.”
My voice shook as I spoke the words of the final prayer, Shehecheyanu, a prayer uttered by Jews for two thousand years: “Barukh Ata Adonai, Elohenu Melekh Haolam, Shehecheyanu, Vekiyimanu, Vehigiyanu, Lazman Hazeh.”
As soon as I said the last word, “hazeh”, voices all around called out “Mazel Tov!” I heard the rabbis break out into applause from the other side of the partition carved in the wall, congratulating me.
I turned around and emerged out of the water slowly, its warmth following me. Carol was beaming at me, holding out the towel. “Mazel Tov, Elisheva.”
I pitter-pattered back to the bathroom where I was shaking as I toweled off, got dressed as quickly as I could, and put in my contact lenses once again. I was too impatient to take the time needed to blow dry my long hair, and as a result I was still dripping water when I re-emerged into the little room where everyone was waiting for me.
The rabbis surrounded me and put their hands on my shoulders, breaking into song. As they sang, said their blessings and gave me all the official conversion paperwork, tears started to course down my face. They sang the old traditional Siman Tov/Shalom Aleichem song and I just folded my arms across my chest and bit my lip to unsuccessfully stop myself from crying. The oldest rabbi, probably close to eighty, wrapped his arm around my shoulders in a way a father might comfort a daughter and as he held me while I cried, I felt the warmth of his joy – I had come home.
Above: me with rabbis after the ceremony. Right: a beautiful antique menorah – my conversion gift
In April 2015, a couple of years after my conversion to Judaism, I left for Romania in order to research my newest book, Remember Your Name. Because Bucharest is only a two-hour flight from Tel Aviv, I decided to make my first journey to Israel. I also fulfilled a secret wish I’d carried since my conversion – to go to the Western Wall and recite the Mourner’s Kaddish for my father.
It took me a lifetime to realize that my parents had been a by-product of their time – they had suffered so immensely that they had absorbed their oppression and passed it onto others. They made others suffer because that was the only way they could relate, after the pain they had endured. They hurt me because they themselves had been hurt. And then I too, as a child of their hatred, had tried my best to keep that light of hate alive – because I’d never known another way. So many scarred, wounded people have created the world we live in today, where suffering and oppression breeds brutality.
When I was in Israel, a new understanding flooded me – that my story doesn’t end with dissecting my own family’s hatred and buried identity. It doesn’t end with me converting to Judaism. I’m also digging back further into the history of hidden Jews and forced converts in Europe, and the internalization of hatred, the transformation of victim into oppressor. We see this everywhere today – oppressed becomes oppressor, persecuted people turn the brutalization they suffered into outward brutality – from the peasant workers’ 20th century revolutions that turned into communist dictatorships, to the Jewish-Arab conflict in the Middle East.
It’s all a vicious cycle. A cycle where hatred and religion-fueled intolerance supresses the spark of divine essence, the oneness, that connects all beings. A cycle of hate and judgemental intolerance so brutal that it’s pushed me toward feelings of worthlessness and thoughts of suicide for most of my adult life. Until I realized that the future of humankind doesn’t rest with governments and profit-driven policies but within us – that love is stronger than hate. Unity is stronger than division. Kindness reveals much more courage than brutality. That is where everyone’s G-d resides. In deeds of loving kindness. In recognizing our mistakes and showing forgiveness to those who harmed us. And in understanding that our differences are nothing in comparison to the beautiful light that shines within us all.
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Race Traitor – the media library
Posted by E on November 3, 2014
after twenty years of telling people what happened in our own country, I’m tired of the BS I occasionally encounter from people who are so shocked by my story that they would rather deny it happened instead of doing due diligence and actually researching what is freely in the public domain. See how the denial haunts me to this day and parallels my experience as a victim of sexual assault: https://incognitopress.wordpress.com/2014/10/30/i-know-what-its-like-not-to-be-believed/
Yeah, I know that the info is out there, but in this day of anonymous derogatory quips and an attention span that makes a fruit fly’s seem genius, I doubt the naysayers will actually take the time to investigate the facts and realize that everything I wrote in my book Race Traitor: The True Story of Canadian Intelligence’s Greatest Cover-up is rooted in hard, undeniable fact.
The denial ends today.
You will also find this list in the References section of my book. Please note that this is by no means a comprehensive list of resources, but it should suffice to convince even the most ardent nay-sayer that all this actually took place in a free and democratic country.
I have quite a few affidavits made public in 1993 that I can provide upon request to anyone who is interested in further documentation of what is without a doubt one of the most ruthless and insidious, yet well-documented cases of an intelligence agent gone rogue.
Not included in this list is a transcript of my testimony against three notorious leaders of the Heritage Front, a testimony which resulted in convictions and prison sentences. Also not included (though mentioned in the articles below) is a transcript of my testimony in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in 1994, where I spoke to a Senate Subcommittee on National Defence about the illegal actions of CSIS agent and group co-founder Grant Bristow – actions that I witnessed first-hand while being a teenager inside the domestic terrorist group that was the Heritage Front.
If interested in further research, there are also quite a number of articles in the press regarding the shocking treatment received by Brian MacInnis, a Parliamentary aide who leaked a secret CSIS report to the prime minister detailing the controversial actions of a spy gone rogue. For his effort to expose the cover-up, (this was in the days before the Julian Assanges and Edward Snowdens of the world made leaking documents cool) MacInnis was charged under Canada’s insidious Official Secrets Act and his career was permanently ruined.
Furthermore, there is extensive coverage of the more-RECENT (as in 2010!) illegal actions of Bristow’s new persona, “Nathan Black” in targeting the Jewish former mayor of Edmonton Stephen Mendel for harassment using his old spy tricks. I’ve compiled some of those articles in this post: https://incognitopress.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/old-habits-die-hard-the-dubious-adventures-of-grant-bristow-or-how-csis-taught-me-everything-i-know-about-phone-hacking/
CBC, The Fifth Estate, October 4, 1994.
Excerpt from the Toronto Star, October 5, 1994, describing the content:
“The government-appointed CSIS watchdog, called the Security Intelligence Review Committee, wrote a top-secret 1992 report to Mr. Gray’s Conservative predecessor, Douglas Lewis, warning that Mr. Bristow was involved in ‘unlawful activities’ that could ‘generate controversy.’”
“CSIS is scared Grant will blow his lid,” one police source tells The Fifth Estate.
“What they’re scared of is Grant’s going to say: ‘Yeah, we desecrated Jewish synagogues. We threatened people’s lives. We were throwing rocks through windows and we were manufacturing (violent) incidents and we were doing all of this on the instructions of CSIS’.”
The program says CSIS not only did nothing to prevent these incidents but allowed Bristow’s handler, whom it identified as Al Treddenick, to get Bristow out of trouble with police on several occasions.
It says Treddenick is a former officer of the discredited RCMP security service, disbanded in the early 1980s after it was found to have committed illegal acts against Quebec separatists and other domestic dissidents in the 1970s and 1980s. CSIS was created to replace the RCMP security service.”
FIFTH ESTATE QUOTE: “When Elisse came out and said she was going to tell the truth, CSIS was saying they were going to get out and discredit her because at least Hategan was pointing the finger at Grant Bristow… we’ll tear her to shreds”.
White Pine Pictures, “Hearts Of Hate: The Battle For Young Minds”. Peter Raymont, 1995.
It’s About Time, VISION TV. “Racism, Sexism and Belonging.” Sadia Zaman, 1994.
Dunphy, Bill. ” STIR IT UP. Spy Unmasked: CSIS Informant ‘Founding Father’ of white racist group,” Toronto Sun, 14 Aug. 1994.
Dunphy, Bill. “Turncoat spied on racist group,” Toronto Sun, 16 March 1994.
Dunphy, Bill. “Ex-racist’s despair,” Toronto Sun, 17 March 1994.
Dunphy, Bill. “We’ll Squash ‘Em! Manning fears plot behind racist infiltration of the Reform Party”, Toronto Sun, Feb. 29, 1992
Dunphy, Bill. “Reformers boot out ‘infiltrators'”, Toronto Sun, March 11, 1992
Dunphy, Bill. “Top racist in welfare scam,” Toronto Sun, Nov. 29, 1992.
Dunphy, Bill. “White rights groups readying for racial war.” Toronto Sun, 1992-11-29. Includes description of HF leader Grant ‘Briston’
Dunphy, Bill. “Canada’s Neo-Nazis”, Toronto Sunday Sun, November 29, 1992 Includes description of HF leader Grant ‘Briston’
Swanson, Gail. “Fire guts rights activist’s house”. Toronto Star, 92-11-09. involving arson of Jewish community leader’s home
Deverell, John. “Metro constable facing charges”. Toronto Star, December 17, 1993. involving metro Toronto cop member of HF
Mascoll, Philip. “Public mischief charge dropped”, Toronto Star, March 8, 1994 – involving an HF sexual assault on a black woman
Platiel, Rudy. “Front played dirty, court told.” Globe and Mail, 17 March 1994.
Platiel, Rudy. “Front tried to thwart agency, court told,” Globe and Mail, 16 March 1994.
Oakes, Gary “Woman’s hate-crime charges withdrawn,” Toronto Star, 24 Jun 1994.
Salot, Jeff, Henry Hess. “Memo leaker questions CSIS conduct,” Globe and Mail, 27 Aug. 1994.
Swainson, Gail. “Elite soldiers members of racist group, leader says,” Toronto Star, 6 May 1993.
Speirs, Rosemary, David Vienneau, “Commons panel to probe CSIS,” Toronto Star, 25 Aug. 1994.
Speirs, Rosemary. “CSIS told to ‘clear its name’ publicly,” Toronto Star, 24 Aug. 1994.
Speirs, Rosemary, David Vienneau. “Who’s watching whom?,” Toronto Star, 27 Aug. 1994.
Vienneau, David. “Spy agency kept watch on CBC,” Toronto Star, 19 Aug. 1994.
Vienneau, David, Rosemary Speirs, and Shawn McCarthy. Ex-aide admits leaking spy note,” Toronto Star, 26 Aug. 1994.
Cal Millar and Dale Brazao, Parliament set to probe secret actions of CSIS spy Committee to see if Grant Bristow was a spy or racist. Toronto Star, September 12, 1994.
Derek Ferguson, “Report ‘whitewash’ of spy agency mole. Toronto Star, June 14, 1995
Toronto Sun, October 1995 MPs rip Bristow spying scandal: CSIS broke the law, leaked report says”
Clayton Ruby, Fighting racism going out of fashion. Toronto Star, December 13, 1995
Toronto Star, September 10, 1994. “Exclusive: CSIS spy snapped in Libya: Portrait of the vanishing spy: Grant Bristow was a man with great contacts and plenty of money to spend.”
Dale Brazao, “Star finds Grant Bristow”, Toronto Star, Apr 20, 1995.
ONLINE ARTICLE that also discusses what I covered in my book regarding Stephen Harper’s roots in the Northern Foundation, a radical far-right group whose members included skinheads, neo-Nazis, Holocaust deniers, Airborne Regiment soldiers, radical anti-abortionists and Reform Party members: Agora Cosmopolitan
Anti-Racist Canada Collective, A History of Violence, 1989-2011.
http://anti-racistcanada.blogspot.ca/2011/10/history-of-violence-1989-2011.html
Elisa Hategan, Incognito Press. Old Habits Die Hard: The Dubious Adventures of Grant Bristow, or How CSIS Taught Me Everything I Know About Phone Hacking
https://incognitopress.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/old-habits-die-hard-the-dubious-adventures-of-grant-bristow-or-how-csis-taught-me-everything-i-know-about-phone-hacking/
UPDATED APRIL 2017 – From my website: http://elisahategan.com/press_clips
Documentary / Television Media
The Montel Williams show, Season 2, Episode 62: “I’m a Racist”. Nov 3, 1992. Appeared on Montel along with White Aryan Resistance leader John Metzger. Represented the new, young female face of Canada’s Heritage Front.
It’s About Time, VISION TV. “Racism, Sexism and Belonging.” Sadia Zaman, October 5, 1994.
CTV National – dozens of footage clips across 1993-1995, including a 3-part series that aired on CTV National News in 1994.
CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) – assorted interviews and footage clips between 1993-1995.
CityTV news – assorted interviews and footage clips between 1993-1995.
CTV Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal – assorted interviews and footage clips between 1993-1995.
Books / Journals / Periodicals / Government Publications
Kinsella, Warren. “Web of Hate: Inside Canada’s Far-Right Network.” Harper Collins 1994.
Hategan, Elisa. “Race Traitor: The True Story of Canadian Intelligence’s Greatest Cover-Up.” Incognito Press, 2014.
Parliamentary Evidence transcript, House of Commons 1995 – transcript of Elisa Hategan’s testimony in the House of Commons to a Senate Subcommittee on National Defence about the illegal actions of CSIS agent and Heritage Front co-founder Grant Bristow.
Newspapers / Magazines / Assorted Media Coverage 1992 – 2017
Mendleson, Rachel. “Former white supremacist probes the personal roots of hatred.” Toronto Star, May 5, 2015.
Mendleson, Rachel. “Timeline: Elisa Hategan’s Journey” Toronto Star, 2015.
Hategan, Elisa. “Confessions of a Teenage Neo-Nazi: How I Became a Heritage Front Poster Girl.” Canadian Jewish News, July 21, 2016.
Brean, Joseph. “How Neo-Nazis are using attractive young women to boost their movement.” National Post, DailyMirror.uk. December 22, 2016.
News Staff, CityNews. “Alleged Toronto neo-Nazi publication expands west, pestering downtowners.” CityTV, March 16, 2016.
Stirile ProTV. “Povestea necunoscuta a romancei care i-a invins pe neo-nazistii din Canada.” [in Romanian]
One People’s Project. Interview: ‘Race Traitor’ author Elisa Hategan. Wednesday, 18 March 2015.
Anti-Racist Canada. “A History of Violence, 1989-2011“.
Incognito Press. “Journey to Judaism: The Day I Became A Jew“. Aug 10, 2015
Incognito Press. “Old Habits Die Hard: The Dubious Adventures of Grant Bristow, or How CSIS Taught Me Everything I Know About Phone Hacking”
Scholars from the Underground, “Book Review: Race Traitor“. April 2014.
Samita Sarkar. “Race Traitor Author Elisa Hategan Talks Gov. Conspiracies, Forgiveness and Her Next Memoir.” Blossoms Writing, Nov. 2016.
Sarkar, Samita. “Self-Publishing: An Insult to the Written Word or a Boon to the Industry?” Huffington Post, January 3, 2017.
Sarick, Lila. “Limmud 2017 Highlights Programming for Young People“. Canadian Jewish News, March 6, 2017.
Lungen, Paul. “Indigo Pulls Pro-Hitler and Holocaust-Denial Books from Virtual Shelf.” Canadian Jewish News, March 10, 2017.
On the Prowl Magazine – insert clippings / links here.
The Globe and Mail, “Hotlines to Homelands: A Trip Through the Far Right.” February 8, 1993.
Small, Peter. “Charges Laid after Leaflets Called Racist Distributed.” Toronto Star, February 1993.
Dunphy, Bill. “Hate Group Teen Boss Out on Bail.” February 1993.
Dunphy, Bill. “Racist to Fight Hate Charge.” Toronto Sun, Aug. 12, 1993.
Dunphy, Bill. “Neo-Nazi Member Defects.” Toronto Sun, Nov 1993.
Canadian Press. “Racists Burned House, Defector Says.” Kitchener-Waterloo Record, December 13, 1993.
Platiel, Rudy. “Front Lawyers Seeking to Testify at Hearing.” Globe and Mail, March 19, 1994.
Dunphy, Bill. “Some Time Spent with Hatred: She was a Rising Star in the RacistHeritage Front.” March 19, 1994.
Dunphy, Bill. “Cop Faces Charge.” Toronto Sun, December 16, 1993.
Winsor, Hugh. “Toronto Police Officer Linked to Neo-Nazis,” Globe and Mail, June 14, 1995.
Platiel, Rudy. “Commission to Oppose Testimony.” Globe and Mail, March 22, 1994.
Pazzano, Sam. “Racist Quick Switch Described.” Toronto Sun, March 22, 1994.
Platiel, Rudy. “Heritage Front Founder Convicted.” The Globe and Mail, June 1994.
Gombu, Phinjo. “Heritage Hotline ‘Fanatics’ Convicted.” Toronto Star, 1994.
Dunphy, Bill. “Guilty of Contempt: Racists Set for Jail Time.” Toronto Sun, 1994.
Wilkes, Jim. “Heritage Front leader, Two Members Jailed.” Toronto Star, June 23, 1994.
Platiel, Rudy. “Three White Supremacists Jailed,” The Globe and Mail, June 23, 1994.
Dunphy, Bill. “Teen’s Hate Charges Dropped.” Toronto Sun, June 24, 1994.
Globe and Mail. “Crown Withdraws Hatred Charges.” June 24, 1994.
Sattin, Amy. “Neo-Nazi Leader, Followers to Spend Summer in Jail.” Canadian Jewish News, June 30, 1994.
Pelletier, James. “Ex neo-Nazi Comes Out: Elisse Hategan” Now Magazine,
Cal Millar and Dale Brazao. “Parliament set to probe secret actions of CSIS spy, Committee to see if Grant Bristow was a spy or racist.” Toronto Star, September 12, 1994.
Dunphy, Bill. “CSIS Mole Fuelled Hate.” Toronto Sun, June 1995.
The Canadian press. “Heritage Front Defector Accuses CSIS of CoverUp.” Ottawa Citizen, June 14, 1995.
Grant Bristow’s hit list of people to be targeted for stalking and harassment:
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Posted by E on October 30, 2014
Over the last six months I put aside my blog and focused on generating media interest in my book, which is based on my experiences as a teenage girl inside a domestic terrorist group spear-headed by a CSIS (Canadian Intelligence and Security Service) agent, Grant Bristow.
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00JA05FYM
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CSIS agent Grant Bristow’s hit list
Posted by E on April 2, 2014
We live in an age where a sexist note about female pilots written by an idiot generates enough outrage to make international news. But the actions of CSIS (Canadian Security and Intelligence Agency) agent Grant Bristow, who co-founded and led the white supremacist Heritage Front back in the 1990s, have long been forgotten.
I could write about how heart-wrenching it was for me, at only eighteen years of age, to be denied police protection after I testified against dangerous white supremacists. How frightening it was to discover that the group that had recruited me as a teenager had been founded and partially-bankrolled by Canada’s own spy agency – an agency whose overseer budget has been eliminated back in 2012. An agency that is now spying on innocent activists and groups like Idle No More under the pretext of protecting our freedoms.
I could write about the profound betrayal I felt to know that dozens of my affidavits involving Heritage Front criminal activity and illegal weapons were dismissed in a concerted effort to protect a man whose job was to torment and criminally harass people, to incite and fuel the fires of hatred. A man who ended up being rewarded by CSIS with a four-bedroom house, two cars, unlimited long-distance phone calls and $3000 per month for several years afterwards. Despite NEVER contributing to a single political extremist’s arrest and conviction.
But why do that, when I can show you?
The Hit List: These hand-written addresses and name/phone numbers of community activists were given to me by CSIS agent Grant Bristow, who also distributed them within the white supremacist Heritage Front in an effort to incite harassment and attacks. He was never prosecuted for inciting criminal activity against innocent Canadians, and CSIS packaged him off with hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars.
How much do you want to bet THIS doesn’t make national news?
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RACE TRAITOR: The True Story of CSIS’ Greatest Cover-up – Official Press Release
Posted by E on March 28, 2014
Available in e-book format only at Kobo and Amazon.
RACE TRAITOR:The True Story of Canadian Intelligence Service’s Greatest Cover-Up is the visceral true story of a teenage girl who becomes entangled in Canada’s most powerful white supremacist group, the Heritage Front – a domestic terrorist group later revealed to have been created and funded with the assistance of Canada’s spy agency, Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS).
To sixteen-year old runaway Elisse, the new friends she encounters in the secretive Heritage Front are the family she’s never had. They feed her when she’s hungry, watch her back, and Wolfgang Droege, one of the group’s charismatic leaders, introduces her to a trusted friend, notorious Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel, who provides her with shelter and work.
In less than a year, Elisse evolves into an extremist groomed for a leadership role in the far-right movement. Her loyalty earns her the attention and tutelage of Grant Bristow, co-founder of the Heritage Front, who is training a secret faction of skinheads and neo-Nazis in information-gathering and terror tactics targeting political opponents. Rapidly drawn into their web of hatred, Elisse witnesses an escalating campaign of terror from which there seems no way out.
Forced to confront her sexual orientation and secret heritage, Elisse realizes that she must fight back. But when she attempts to shut down the vicious organization that had brainwashed her and terrorized innocent Canadians, she learns that a darker force is behind the façade of the Heritage Front: Canada’s own spy agency, backed by the government that was supposed to protect her.
A CSIS cover-up has just begun.
At age 16, Elisa Hategan was an alienated runaway who became recruited into Canada’s most powerful white supremacist movement, the Heritage Front. She was groomed by top leaders to become a rising star of the extremist far-right movement. An errand girl for notorious Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel, she was a witness to the illicit activities of an undercover CSIS agent and co-founder of the Heritage Front. At age 18, she turned against the group and spied on them for several months before testifying in court and going into hiding.
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Revealing Racism
I hesitated to write this post, because I am too astounded and angry to consider giving this shitty Revealing Eden book any more publicity than it’s already had, so instead I will post a couple of self-explanatory YouTube reviews.
The only thing I’ll say on the matter is this: the insane media hype has already given this Turner Diaries-esque book way too much publicity. The fact that Weird Tales> was planning to feature it centrally in its next issue, before they were forced to backtrack by the angry backlash, should be enough warning to all other writers to boycott and stay the hell away from ever submitting any material to Weird Tales and any other rags that hope for controversy to boost sales/traffic.
Once again, I’m reminded by the rejection letters I received from Random House and Douglas & McIntyre for Race Traitor, who stated that racism and white supremacy had basically become obsolete.
When you see shit like this book hit it big, you gotta wonder – Have they, really?
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Where Men Win Glory
The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
Irrepressible individualist and iconoclast Pat Tillman walked away from his $3.6 million NFL contract in May 2002 to enlist in the United States Army. Deeply troubled by 9/11, he felt a strong moral obligation to join the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Two years later, he died on a desolate hillside in Afghanistan. Though obvious to most on the scene that a ranger in Tillman's own platoon had fired the fatal shots, the Army aggressively maneuvered to keep this information from Tillman's family and the American public for five weeks following his death, while President Bush repeatedly invoked Tillman's name to promote his administration's foreign policy. Biographer Krakauer draws on his journals and letters, interviews with his wife and friends, conversations with the soldiers who served alongside him, and extensive research in Afghanistan to render this driven, complex, and uncommonly compelling figure as well as the definitive account of the events and actions that led to his death.--From publisher description.
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, c2009.
Characteristics: 1 online resource (xxv, 383 p.) : maps.
Subjects: Tillman, Pat, 1976-2004.
Football players -- United States -- Biography.
Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.
Afghan War, 2001- -- United States.
Afghan War, 2001- -- Casualties.
Football and war -- United States.
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motocaab Dec 12, 2018
Wow. Classic Krakaur: thoroughly researched and powerfully written. Recommend.
MichelleinBallard Oct 11, 2017
This is a really informative and compelling book with a serious shortcoming. Krakauer fails to delve deeply enough into how the mainstream media and politicians of both parties colluded in making sure no was really held accountable for the failures that contributed to Pat Tillman's death nor was anyone seriously held accountable for the lies and coverup in the aftermath. A case in point is erstwhile media and DC/Obama darling Stanley McChrystal, who was in Tillman's direct chain-of-command (as Krakauer failed to show in the first edition of his book).
MICHAEL TAGGART MALONEY Feb 27, 2015
WHERE MEN WIN GLORY is not a bad book, but it is definitely not a Krakauer blockbuster like INTO THE WILD and INTO THIN AIR. Its flaw is that it is several different narratives that never get knit together. You have the back story of football star and thinking man Pat Tillman, which is compelling; then you have an in-depth treatment of the big fratricidal incident in Nasiriyah during the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 the year prior to Tillman's death; then you have the in-depth description of the Army Ranger friendly-fire incident that killed Tillman in Afghanistan; then you have an account of the Army's and the Bush administration's cover-up of the Tillman fratricide and the efforts of Tillman's mother Dannie to have the government investigate itself; and finally you have krakauer's concluding comments on the doomed nature of the U.S./NATO presence in Afghanistan. The best part of the book is reading about Pat Tillman. He was a neat guy, a real person, an honest man. Krakauer is particularly effective when he describes Tillman's rapid disillusionment with the military during basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia. As Tillman wrote in his journal: "I am not a negative man, I do not want to report bad, I want to rise above and bring everyone with me. However, this fucking place blows . . . period." Krakauer hits the right note at the end. Afghanistan is not a conflict that the United States will ever win. Tillman's head was blown off in Khost Province by a brother Ranger operating a squad automatic weapon. Close by, over the Zero Line, a.k.a., Durand Line, is North Waziristan, home to Bin Laden crony and ISI asset Jalaluddin Haqqani, head of the Haqqani network. The United States is fighting a creation of its allies, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. It is all a crazy murderous game that mangles and discards the lives of young people. I doubt the ongoing Pakistani campaign in North Waziristan is anything more than a perfunctory performance of political theater.
gypsytwilight Feb 27, 2015
I feel as though Krakauer may be glorifying the life of his subject a bit, but even so Tillman was an admirable man and I'm glad to have been given a fuller picture of his life and the circumstances surrounding his death.
gemini07 Aug 29, 2012
Insightful biography about NFL player Pat Tillman and the circumstances of his death in Afghanistan. I found some sections a bit repetitive.
ThePatelvis Dec 22, 2010
Inspiring and heartbreaking. An amazing true story that everyone should read.
tedrich2921 Nov 08, 2010
This is the third book I've read by this incredibly talented author. It tells the story of how a truly good person did what he thought was right; Pat Tillman is inspirational. However, the larger story is how Americans are manipulated and lied to so that there is support for political decisions that have nothing to do with what people are told. What we are told by our leaders has nothing to do with reality. Although we may think we understand the movitation for military actions in Iraq and Afganistan, we are fed a constant stream of lies and propoganda. If you don't believe me, you owe it to yourself to read this excellent book.
seejaneread Sep 09, 2010
Excellent biography of Pat Tillman. I was living in Phoenix at the time Pat was killed, and he was heavily mourned by the community there. Then I moved to the Bay Area a few years later, where I learned he was quite a public figure as well. I wanted to find out more about him. Jon Kraukauer (author of Into the Wild) tells an excellent story of an iconoclast who felt driven by his ideals and values and never backed down from a challenge. He also showed what really happened behind the friendly fire incidents of both Tillman and Jessica Lynch. A sad ending to an extraordinary life; definitely worth the time, and well told.
hscpa333 Apr 18, 2010
One of the best books I have read. Thoroughly researched, insightful, unbiased, great story telling, well organized.
andreamcghee Feb 11, 2010
Detailed and insightful look into the Afghanistan war complications. Krakauer (as usual) shows his engrossing writing skills...although he seems to have a "bone-to-pick" with the Bush administration. Great book.
CBearjkn Dec 12, 2011
CBearjkn thinks this title is suitable for 15 years and over
Tillman, Pat, 1976-2004.
Football Players — United States — Biography.
Soldiers — United States — Biography.
Afghan War, 2001- — United States.
Afghan War, 2001- — Casualties.
Football and War — United States.
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Finding Ways To Keep Up With DNA
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Importance of Science (DNA)
The DNA which is also known as the deoxyribonucleic acid is a molecule that is known for its complexity and contains the necessary information that is normally required in order to build and maintain an organism and in almost every cell in a multicellular organism has the full set of DNA that is required with that organism. In this discussion, we are going to talk about the various ways in which DNA has been quite productive to our society. Through disease diagnosis and also treatment especially for the diseases that were said to be very serious and which their treatment was not able to be found DNA has been able to come up with a breakthrough drug and treatment for patients suffering from such kind of illnesses. The study and research of DNA have enabled individuals to be able to know how they react to certain diseases and this has also brought about customization of drugs that are able to complement the individual’s biochemistry and genetic makeup.
DNA has played a vital role when it comes to paternity and the legal impact and this is because paternity cases have an enormous impact on families and children around the world and through the assessment of DNA the paternity of a child can be identified which will be able to determine the significant effect on the child’s upbringing. During the conviction of certain culprits who have been involved in criminal cases such as rape and other cases DNA has been able to be used so as to capture such kind of culprits. It shows that the presence of DNA is very important because it has brought about a lot of solutions in the forensic world.
The impact of DNA in agriculture is very important and this is because it has enabled farmers being able to breed animals that are more resistant to certain diseases and at the same time are able to produce more nutritious produce which has contributed to a reduction in micronutrient deficiency especially in developing countries. More study and research is put on the discovery of DNA and this means that it will continue to revolutionize medicine, agriculture, forensics, paternity, and many other important fields in society today and this will lead to more discoveries in the future. The science of DNA has been able to be seen that it not only affects the medical world but also the society that we live in and therefore a lot of decisions have been made due to the discovery of DNA. In this discussion, we have had the opportunity to be able to see the various ways in which the science of DNA has been beneficial to individuals and also to the society.
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Steven E. Aschheim
Steven E. Aschheim is emeritus professor of cultural and intellectual history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His latest book is entitled Fragile Spaces: Forays into Jewish Memory, European History and Complex Identities (De Gruyter).
Moses and Hellenism
In a provocative new work recently published in German, Bernd Witte proposes nothing less than an “alternative history of German culture,” as the subtitle of his finely wrought work of scholarship tells us. Moses and Homer: Greeks, Jews, Germans is a historical and cultural argument animated by powerful indignation. This history, he insists, has yet to be fully confronted.
The Secret Metaphysician
While a new crop of biographies about Gershom Scholem all, in one way or another, seek to account for the great man's fascination, they are themselves evidence of Scholem’s ongoing allure.
Of Memory, History—and Eggplants
Tension between the quotidian on the one hand and an abiding reserve and unease on the other—is palpable throughout Saul Friedländer’s new memoir.
Islamic Jihad, Zionism, and Espionage in the Great War
A century ago, the Holy Land seems to have been full of European adventurers, archaeologists, would-be diplomats, and spies—sometimes all combined in the same person. Take, for instance, Max von Oppenheim . . .
History, Memory, and the Fallen Jew
Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi predicted a day when the historian would give his task over to the poet. A retrospective look at his writings show his own struggle between the claims of academic history and Jewish memory.
New Thinkers, Old Stereotypes
Moshe Idel is heavy on melancholy, not to mention surprising claims about the scholars of Western Europe.
Between New York and Jerusalem
For twenty-five years, Gershom Scholem and Hannah Arendt, two of the most gifted, influential, and opinionated Jewish intellectuals of the 20th century, maintained a remarkable correspondence. Recently published, these illuminating letters provide a rare glimpse into a relationship that has too often been described as adverserial.
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Post #GE2015: Trying to find my way back to poetry
I feel devastated that the Tories have won an overall majority in the UK General Election, meaning that we are in for five more years of their callous, uncaring policies, cuts to the social welfare system, to the Arts and to public services. Usually, when I’m feeling down, I try to pull myself together by telling myself there’s always someone worse off than me but, in this case, that’s the whole point, they’re the ones I’m most upset for: the poor, the ill, the disabled, carers, the unemployed. These are the people who are going to be punished by a Government which is hell-bent on making a further £12bn of welfare cuts by 2018 even though so many thinkers, including economists at the IMF , have written about Austerity policies not working.
Not 48 hours after the Tory election victory, there were strong shows of protest on the streets of London and Cardiff, played down or completely ignored by mainstream British media. There have also been rumours of tweets and YouTube footage of the protests being mysteriously deleted. It’s as if someone wants to hide the fact that all is not well in our land…..
On Friday, the day after the election, I made sandwiches for our church ‘soup and sandwich run’ for people in need. It’s an initiative that all churches work on together in our town (as in many towns, I’m sure) taking turns and ensuring that soup and sandwiches are given out to anyone who needs them every night of the week. Churches here also organise collections to our local food bank, of which there are now about 450 in the UK, used by over 500,000 people , and set to rise.
Doing something practical at least helped me feel less useless and helpless about the election result and it’s one of the suggestions in this excellent article by Rebecca Winson: ‘Five ways to deal with a full blown Conservative Government’.
As for poetry, well, since the election, it feels like a far away place. Trying to write about how angry and upset I am would just result in a rant, something best left for my personal journal. Reading and writing about sunsets, marriages, houses, memories, whatever, feels unimportant and frivolous when I consider the pain that’s going to be inflicted on people who’ve fallen on hard times or, through no fault of their own, are simply not rich enough.
Sorry if this post is a downer. I know I will bounce back because I’m not one of the most vulnerable but knowing that sends me into a spiral of guilt and gloom. Some time away from the news, away from the internet, and with books and pen and paper will help. But, please, whatever you do, don’t feel sorry for me because I’m not the one who needs any help.
Posted in: Weekly Update | Tagged: #GE2015, anti-Austerity, General Election UK, Tory Govenment, trying to find a way to poetry
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15 thoughts on “Post #GE2015: Trying to find my way back to poetry”
haikutec says:
I feel poets and other writers will be in greater need. That’s not to say we’ll just write. I joined a political party a while back before the election, as I felt they addressed people’s needs not merely my own. But I will look to see how I can do my tiny bit outside both those areas too.
These are challenging times, and in great censorship, poets are greatly feared. Let’s be greatly feared. A poem can often say far more than a broadsheet as it’s carried in the head like a mantra.
Like you say, it would be easy to rant in a poem for the next five years. The challenge will be to write something memorable, pertinent, hard-hitting with a distance from a rant, and something people will carry throughout this invasion, this occupation.
Alan, With Words
Thanks, Alan, I really appreciate your comment.
I was moved by what you said so much I had to comment. Thank you.
Thank you, Alan. I am filled with hope to know there are many people who put others interests before their own when they voted in the election. Glad to know you and Carrie. – Josephine x
msjinnifer says:
I have been feeling very similar, Josephine. This result, for some reason, hit me even harder than when Thatcher won. Perhaps because we are so aware how much people are suffering already. Did you see George Szirtes’s post on May 8th? Talking about our country he says: ” It needs to be addressed patiently, with deadly honesty, with some appreciation of its intelligence, even with some affection, especially by those who want it to change, to move from acts of individual altruism (of which it has plenty) to one of socially cohesive altruism. It needs stop raising its eyebrows. It needs to see the greater good against the cost. It needs to say, now and then, fuck the cost. The gain is greater.
Go on Labour! Address it!”
I think George is right, Jinny, but the individual acts of altruism are still so important – without them there is nothing. This from Ian Duhig has helped me enormously: “Marcus Aurelius said, ‘The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.’ I quote it here for people like Josephine Corcoran wondering what to do after the election. Be unlike the new government: be generous, hospitable to strangers, make art and friends not money.”
I agree with cohesive altruism, and not just individual acts of kindness and action. I feel as if we will need to emulate the French Resistance during the Nazi Era. I too feel it’s even more serious than the Thatcher years. I’m worried that Labour will get too caught up in a leadership race, and will glad to be proved wrong.
I joined the Green Party, they are campaigners and not just a political party, hence the leader needn’t be in Parliament. I also hope that Nicola Sturgeon does help us, we need more people of her grit. It looks like she’s protected Scotland which will become closer to neutral countries like Switzerland etc… during the times of Nazi Germany.
I used to vote Tory as a youngster, have been on a course with Labour, admired the old Liberals, and hoped that Lib-Dems could do even more. I will never vote for a Tory party as long as there is breath in my body. This is a cruel and unusual act of violence against most of the British public.
But I am hopeful that because of great evil some astounding positive movements will come out of this, and I am genuinely excited.
damagnifyingless says:
I know we’re meant to be the great satan in all this, but we (Yessers) all felt exactly as you’re describing on the 19th of September. The absolutely worst thing you can do as a part of progressive England is meekly and humbly accept that Dave and Gideon have got it right after all. Don’t give up, and feel down, because you must – but get mad. And get even. Even if that is with us whinging Jocks. I totally support George’s statement, especially the conclusion – the gain is greater.
Through most of my writing career, the most succesful poetic exploits have probably been the least political. The world is changing. Don’t tell yourself there’s anything you can’t write about. You can, you will and you must.
In peace,
Christie Williamson
Thanks for the encouragement, Christie. I hold nothing against the Scottish. I think Nicola Sturgeon is a fantastic representative for Scotland. Scotland has been ignored for generations but most of all by the Tories. I hope that while Scotland is still part of the UK, SNP MPs in Westminster will make their voices heard and do their best to fight unfair Tory policies.
Chris Routledge says:
What bothers me is that most of us to some degree have to act in our own self-interest: we do the best we can for ourselves and our families. Conservative policies will make that even more imperative. For most people this means working long hours to pay for the things we need, and a feeling that it’s risky to cause trouble when life is so precarious. Those who can afford it will buy private healthcare, invest in rental properties, buy pensions with share holdings in oil companies, and myriad other things, because it will be a matter of survival. Some will do so at the same time as they are running food banks, collecting (and donating) money for charity, and protesting the ravaging of the environment. The destruction of the welfare state and its replacement with corporate alternatives not only removes a safety net for the vulnerable, but it sets our personal needs at odds with our political and moral convictions. It makes the Labour Party in its old form, and with its traditional objectives, almost impossible. That’s the Tory plan and I think five years is only the start. Poetry and art in general have to step up, and artists will have to be very brave If they are going to be part of building an alternative.
It’s true that there are people (I know plenty and am related to some) who don’t seem to think through some of their lifestyle choices or who justify them by saying it’s because of “survival”. There are others, though, who endeavour to remain committed to values truly important to them. Those people give me hope and inspire me to try to live life with a clear conscience, as much as I can although I know I’m not perfect. I try to teach my children to do the same. As to the Labour Party and its old form, any political party has to take on a degree of adaptability in order to appeal to the electorate. There is a communication problem at the moment, not helped, of course, by the UK’s right wing press. These are hard times, Chris, but I’m heartened to know that people like you care enough to try to do something about it.
You’re right of course. We have been divided expertly over the past thirty-odd years and Labour needs to work out how to bring us together again, with all of our disparate experiences and lives, in the face of a very hostile media. Even more difficult, it needs to work out how to persuade a lot of people to vote against their immediate self-interest. People who are even modestly well off could work out with some accuracy how much a Labour government was going to cost them personally, and how much they would “save” under the Tories. (Of course the wider benefits of a compassionate, humane society are not on the balance sheet). Persuading those voters, and people who would like to think they will be in that position one day, is a terrible problem for the party. I haven’t joined yet, but I’m wavering. I want to know what direction they are going to take.
You could join them, Chris, and put pressure on them to go in a direction which supports your beliefs. Something that has lifted my spirits in these dark Tory days is the knowledge that there ARE people prepared to put others interests before their own, to pay more tax if that’s what it takes to save hospitals, schools, public services. I think Labour has to find and grow these people not pander to those who cannot see beyond their own living rooms. Join us! x
judisutherland says:
20.000 people have joined the Labour party since the election and the Lib Dems and Greens are also having a surge in membership. As for the news – it’s all gone a bit samizdat. Thank goodness for the internet which prevents control of the news agenda. Although a facebook friend commented at the weekend that it is so easy for “protests” to be represented as “riots” depending on who is writing the headlines. Anyway, cultural hegemony and all that – we are the orators now.
Yes, thanks to the internet, I’ve been able to locate people who broadly share my values, even people living near to me who I hadn’t realised were fellow lefties. Knowing we’re not alone will help us to be less fearful, I hope, and more willing to stand up against the Tories. Glad to know you, Judi! x
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Home » I Accuse Congress of Treason
I Accuse Congress of Treason
Paul Kindlon
Let us be clear…the U.S. Congressional vote condemning criticism of Israel as a form of anti-Semitism – if it passes – will be an act of treachery of historical proportions. Do not be fooled – this is a move by politicians in the pocket of a foreign power to make censorship legal, ending two-hundred plus years of freedom of speech in our country.
I accuse the Congressional representatives who will vote for this resolution of being un-American and of spitting in the face of the founding fathers. It will truly be a dark day in our nation’s history and those responsible will be condemned and held in utter contempt by posterity.
I accuse the Congressional members who vote for this resolution to be traitors to their country and heritage. Men and women who knowingly, willingly and perversely trample upon our sacred first amendment – that uniquely democratic principle that has inspired so many countries to emulate us in order to enjoy the freedom to speak openly and freely.
I accuse the mainstream, corporate, media of aiding and abetting this crime against American democracy. Of turning its back on professional standards and practice. Presenting straight-forward news and balanced reporting have been abandoned because it makes far less money than providing PR and low-level entertainment. It’s all about the Benjamins and humiliating subservience to a foreign government.
I accuse the mainstream media of going tabloid, desecrating the cherished values of past journalists who stood for honesty and objectivity. Journalists who questioned authority and who did not kow-tow to power the way modern day fake journalists do. Like those perfidious members of Congress with fingers poised over the Yea button, these so – called journalists are traitors, as well.
I also accuse the Israeli government of undermining American democracy and weakening our civic society. For it is Israel – not Russia – that has meddled in our political process through AIPAC for many years. By doing so, Israel has acted in a duplicitous manner violating the trust of Americans who have so generously aided Israel for decades. Millions have fretted over the possibility that one powerful member of our government may be working in the interests of a foreign power, not realizing that literally hundreds of key government officials have been putting the interests of Israel over and above the interests of America and its citizens and are preparing to do so again.
And finally…I accuse the American public of being too passive in the face of such treacherous behavior from politicians and journalists who are bringing America straight down into the muck and mire of lies, greed and hypocrisy. The situation is dire. We know who the guilty parties are among us. The question is: what shall be done to punish those who are venal mercenaries –those politicians and journalists who will sell out their own country for thirty pieces of silver?
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Home/Sports News/In the training center of the football club “Flamengo” in Brazil there was a fire, ten teenagers were killed
In the training center of the football club “Flamengo” in Brazil there was a fire, ten teenagers were killed
According to local media, students of 14-17 years old were asleep.
Place of accident Photos from the plot of TV Globo
In the training center of the football club “Flamengo” near Rio de Janeiro, a major fire occurred, the city’s fire department reported . According to rescuers, 10 people were killed and three more were injured.
The fire at the base began at about 5:10 local time. As Globo found out , when the flames broke out, football players aged 14–17 slept in the rooms. At 6:30 am the firemen put out the fire.
So far, the authorities have not conducted any identification of the dead, but confirmed the identity of the three victims: a 14-year-old and two 15-year-olds were taken to the hospital, the last of whom is in serious condition.
According to the relatives of the victims, on the eve of “Flamengo” canceled training, scheduled for February 8, so many young players spent the night at home in Rio. On the base that night only teenagers who came from other cities remained.
The Flamengo Training Center (The Ninho de Urubu Center), opened in 2018, is considered one of the most modern in Latin America, as well as one of the largest in the world. Firefighters have not yet disclosed the possible causes of fire.
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Mauve took Van Gogh on as a student and introduced him to watercolour, which he worked on for the next month before returning home for Christmas.[63] He quarrelled with his father, refusing to attend church, and left for The Hague.[note 5][66] Within a month Van Gogh and Mauve fell out, possibly over the viability of drawing from plaster casts.[67] Van Gogh could afford to hire only people from the street as models, a practice of which Mauve seems to have disapproved.[68] In June Van Gogh suffered a bout of gonorrhoea and spent three weeks in hospital.[69] Soon after, he first painted in oils,[70] bought with money borrowed from Theo. He liked the medium, and spread the paint liberally, scraping from the canvas and working back with the brush. He wrote that he was surprised at how good the results were.[71]
Many of the late paintings are sombre but essentially optimistic and, right up to the time of Van Gogh's death, reflect his desire to return to lucid mental health. Yet some of his final works reflect his deepening concerns.[257][258] Writing in July 1890, from Auvers, Van Gogh said that he had become absorbed "in the immense plain against the hills, boundless as the sea, delicate yellow".[181]
Van Dyke is the recipient of five Primetime Emmys, a Tony, and a Grammy Award, and was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1995.[1] He received the Screen Actors Guild's highest honor, the SAG Life Achievement Award, in 2013.[2] He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard and has also been recognized as a Disney Legend.[3]
To support his religious conviction and his desire to become a pastor, in 1877 the family sent him to live with his uncle Johannes Stricker, a respected theologian, in Amsterdam.[42] Van Gogh prepared for the University of Amsterdam theology entrance examination;[43] he failed the exam, and left his uncle's house in July 1878. He undertook, but also failed, a three-month course at a Protestant missionary school in Laken, near Brussels.[44]
Many of the comedy films Van Dyke starred in throughout the 1960s were relatively unsuccessful at the box office, including What a Way to Go! with Shirley MacLaine, Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N., Fitzwilly, The Art of Love with James Garner and Elke Sommer, Some Kind of a Nut, Never a Dull Moment with Edward G. Robinson, and Divorce American Style with Debbie Reynolds and Jean Simmons. But he also starred as Caractacus Pott (with his native accent, at his own insistence, despite the English setting) in the successful musical version of Ian Fleming's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), which co-starred Sally Ann Howes and featured the same songwriters (The Sherman Brothers) and choreographers (Marc Breaux and Dee Dee Wood) as Mary Poppins.
His film work affected his TV career: the reviews he received for his role as D.A. Fletcher in Dick Tracy led him to star as the character Dr. Mark Sloan first in an episode of Jake and the Fatman, then in a series of TV movies on CBS that became the foundation for his popular television drama Diagnosis: Murder. The series ran from 1993 to 2001 with son Barry Van Dyke co-starring in the role of Dr. Sloan's son Lieutenant Detective Steve Sloan. Also starring on the same show was daytime soap actress Victoria Rowell as Dr. Sloan's pathologist/medical partner, Dr. Amanda Bentley, and Charlie Schlatter in the role of Dr. Sloan's student, Dr. Jesse Travis.[29] Van Dyke continued to find television work after the show ended, including a dramatically and critically successful performance of The Gin Game, produced for television in 2003 that reunited him with Mary Tyler Moore. In 2003, he portrayed a doctor on Scrubs. A 2004 special of The Dick Van Dyke Show titled The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited was heavily promoted as the first new episode of the classic series to be shown in 38 years. Van Dyke and his surviving cast members recreated their roles; although nominated for a Primetime Emmy,[30][31][better source needed] the program was roundly panned by critics. In 2006 he guest-starred as college professor Dr. Jonathan Maxwell for a series of Murder 101 mystery films on the Hallmark Channel.
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During the first days of his treatment, Van Gogh repeatedly and unsuccessfully asked for Gauguin, who asked a policeman attending the case to "be kind enough, Monsieur, to awaken this man with great care, and if he asks for me tell him I have left for Paris; the sight of me might prove fatal for him."[153] Gauguin fled Arles, never to see Van Gogh again. They continued to correspond and in 1890 Gauguin proposed they form a studio in Antwerp. Meanwhile, other visitors to the hospital included Marie Ginoux and Roulin.[154]
Van Gogh worked hard and methodically but soon perceived the difficulty of self-training and the need to seek the guidance of more experienced artists. Late in 1881 he settled at The Hague to work with a Dutch landscape painter, Anton Mauve. He visited museums and met with other painters. Van Gogh thus extended his technical knowledge and experimented with oil paint in the summer of 1882. In 1883 the urge to be “alone with nature” and with peasants took him to Drenthe, an isolated part of the northern Netherlands frequented by Mauve and other Dutch artists, where he spent three months before returning home, which was then at Nuenen, another village in the Brabant. He remained at Nuenen during most of 1884 and 1885, and during these years his art grew bolder and more assured. He painted three types of subjects—still life, landscape, and figure—all interrelated by their reference to the daily life of peasants, to the hardships they endured, and to the countryside they cultivated. Émile Zola’s Germinal (1885), a novel about the coal-mining region of France, greatly impressed van Gogh, and sociological criticism is implicit in many of his pictures from this period—e.g., Weavers and The Potato Eaters. Eventually, however, he felt too isolated in Nuenen.
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Van Dyke made headlines again in April 2013, this time for an incident of a much different kind—one posing a threat to the actor's life, not celebrating it the way the prestigious event had just weeks earlier. The legendary performer announced that he was suffering from an "undiagnosed neurological disorder," posting on his Twitter page: "My head bangs every time I lay down. I've had every test come back that I'm perfectly healthy. Anybody got any ideas?" The famed TV personality was reportedly advised by his doctor to avoid plane travel and rest until further tests could be conducted to pinpoint the direct cause of his head pain.
Van Gogh's stylistic developments are usually linked to the periods he spent living in different places across Europe. He was inclined to immerse himself in local cultures and lighting conditions, although he maintained a highly individual visual outlook throughout. His evolution as an artist was slow, and he was aware of his painterly limitations. He moved home often, perhaps to expose himself to new visual stimuli, and through exposure develop his technical skill.[224] Art historian Melissa McQuillan believes the moves also reflect later stylistic changes, and that Van Gogh used the moves to avoid conflict, and as a coping mechanism for when the idealistic artist was faced with the realities of his then current situation.[225]
Because the most sensational events of van Gogh’s life—the conflicts with Gauguin, the mutilation of his left ear, and the suicide—are thinly documented and layered with apocrypha and anecdote, there is a trend in van Gogh studies to penetrate the layers of myth by reconstructing the known facts of the artist’s life. This scholarly analysis has taken many forms. Medical and psychological experts have examined contemporary descriptions of his symptoms and their prescribed treatments in an attempt to diagnose van Gogh’s condition (theories suggest epilepsy, schizophrenia, or both). Other scholars have studied evidence of his interaction with colleagues, neighbours, and relatives and have meticulously examined the sites where van Gogh worked and the locales where he lived. In light of van Gogh’s continually increasing popularity, scholars have even deconstructed the mythologizing process itself. These investigations shed greater light on the artist and his art and also offer further proof that, more than a century after his death, van Gogh’s extraordinary appeal continues to endure and expand.
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Van Gogh stayed within what he called the "guise of reality",[218] and was critical of overly stylised works.[219] He wrote afterwards that the abstraction of Starry Night had gone too far and that reality had "receded too far in the background".[219] Hughes describes it as a moment of extreme visionary ecstasy: the stars are in a great whirl, reminiscent of Hokusai's Great Wave, the movement in the heaven above is reflected by the movement of the cypress on the earth below, and the painter's vision is "translated into a thick, emphatic plasma of paint".[220]
Van Dyke's start in television was with WDSU-TV New Orleans Channel 6 (NBC), first as a single comedian and later as emcee of a comedy program.[18][19][20] Van Dyke's first network TV appearance was with Dennis James on James' Chance of a Lifetime in 1954. He later appeared in two episodes of The Phil Silvers Show during its 1957–58 season. He also appeared early in his career on ABC's The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom and NBC's The Polly Bergen Show. During this time a friend from the Army was working as an executive for CBS television and recommended Van Dyke to that network. Out of this came a seven-year contract with the network.[21] During an interview on NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! program, Van Dyke said he was the anchorman for the CBS morning show during this period with Walter Cronkite as his newsman.[22]
During this period Van Gogh mastered the use of light by subjugating shadows and painting the trees as if they are the source of light – almost in a sacred manner.[252] Early the following year he painted another smaller group of orchards, including View of Arles, Flowering Orchards.[254] Van Gogh was enthralled by the landscape and vegetation of the south of France, and often visited the farm gardens near Arles. In the vivid light of the Mediterranean climate his palette significantly brightened.[255]
Van Gogh was a serious and thoughtful child.[25] He was taught at home by his mother and a governess, and in 1860 was sent to the village school. In 1864 he was placed in a boarding school at Zevenbergen,[26] where he felt abandoned, and campaigned to come home. Instead, in 1866 his parents sent him to the middle school in Tilburg, where he was deeply unhappy.[27] His interest in art began at a young age. He was encouraged to draw as a child by his mother,[28] and his early drawings are expressive,[26] but do not approach the intensity of his later work.[29] Constant Cornelis Huijsmans, who had been a successful artist in Paris, taught the students at Tilburg. His philosophy was to reject technique in favour of capturing the impressions of things, particularly nature or common objects. Van Gogh's profound unhappiness seems to have overshadowed the lessons, which had little effect.[30] In March 1868 he abruptly returned home. He later wrote that his youth was "austere and cold, and sterile".[31]
The exact sequence of events which led to Van Gogh's mutilation of his ear is not known. Gauguin stated, fifteen years later, that the night followed several instances of physically threatening behaviour.[138] Their relationship was complex, and Theo may have owed money to Gauguin, who was suspicious that the brothers were exploiting him financially.[139] It seems likely that Van Gogh had realised that Gauguin was planning to leave.[139] The following days saw heavy rain, leading to the two men being shut in the Yellow House.[140] Gauguin reported that Van Gogh followed when Gauguin left the house for a walk, and "rushed towards me, an open razor in his hand".[140] This account is uncorroborated;[141] Gauguin was almost certainly absent from the Yellow House that night, most likely in a hotel.[140]
By this time van Gogh was ready for such lessons, and the changes that his painting underwent in Paris between the spring of 1886 and February 1888 led to the creation of his personal idiom and style of brushwork. His palette at last became colourful, his vision less traditional, and his tonalities lighter, as may be seen in his first paintings of Montmartre. By the summer of 1887 he was painting in pure colours and using broken brushwork that is at times pointillistic. Finally, by the beginning of 1888, van Gogh’s Post-Impressionist style had crystallized, resulting in such masterpieces as Portrait of Père Tanguy and Self-Portrait in Front of the Easel, as well as in some landscapes of the Parisian suburbs.
On 7 May Van Gogh moved from the Hôtel Carrel to the Café de la Gare,[121] having befriended the proprietors, Joseph and Marie Ginoux. The Yellow House had to be furnished before he could fully move in, but he was able to use it as a studio.[122] He wanted a gallery to display his work, and started a series of paintings that eventually included Van Gogh's Chair (1888), Bedroom in Arles (1888), The Night Café (1888), Café Terrace at Night (September 1888), Starry Night Over the Rhone (1888), and Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (1888), all intended for the decoration for the Yellow House.[123]
The self-portraits reflect an unusually high degree of self-scrutiny.[233] Often they were intended to mark important periods in his life, for example the mid-1887 Paris series were painted at the point where he became aware of Claude Monet, Paul Cezanne and Signac.[234] In Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat, heavy strains of paint spread outwards across the canvas. It is one of his most renowned self-portraits of that period, "with its highly organized rhythmic brushstrokes, and the novel halo derived from the Neo-impressionist repertoire was what Van Gogh himself called a 'purposeful' canvas".[235]
For years, Van Dyke struggled financially and professionally. He and his first wife, Margie, married on a radio show called Bride and Groom in 1948, in part because the program paid for the ceremony and gave them a free honeymoon. In the late 1940s and early '50s, Van Dyke worked in radio and television in Atlanta and New Orleans. He landed a seven-year contract with CBS in the early 1950s, but was let go after three years.
After Van Gogh's death, memorial exhibitions were held in Brussels, Paris, The Hague and Antwerp. His work was shown in several high-profile exhibitions, including six works at Les XX; in 1891 there was a retrospective exhibition in Brussels.[265] In 1892 Octave Mirbeau wrote that Van Gogh's suicide was an "infinitely sadder loss for art ... even though the populace has not crowded to a magnificent funeral, and poor Vincent van Gogh, whose demise means the extinction of a beautiful flame of genius, has gone to his death as obscure and neglected as he lived."[263]
In his younger years, Van Dyke considered becoming a minister. He abandoned this ambition, however, after joining high high school's drama club, and developing his singing and dancing skills in school musicals. His classmates included actor Donald O'Connor and entertainer Bobby Short. Around this time, Van Dyke landed his first professional job, working part-time at a local radio station.
Van Dyke received a Grammy Award in 1964, along with Julie Andrews, for his performance on the soundtrack to Mary Poppins.[41] In 1970, he published Faith, Hope and Hilarity: A Child's Eye View of Religion a book of humorous anecdotes based largely on his experiences as a Sunday School teacher.[42] Van Dyke was principal in "KXIV Inc." and owned 1400 AM KXIV in Phoenix (later KSUN) from 1965 to 1985.[citation needed]
In January 1879 he took up a post as a missionary at Petit-Wasmes[45] in the coal-mining district of Borinage in Belgium. To show support for his impoverished congregation, he gave up his comfortable lodgings at a bakery to a homeless person, and moved to a small hut where he slept on straw.[46] His squalid living conditions did not endear him to church authorities, who dismissed him for "undermining the dignity of the priesthood". He then walked the 75 kilometres (47 mi) to Brussels,[47] returned briefly to Cuesmes in the Borinage, but gave in to pressure from his parents to return home to Etten. He stayed there until around March 1880,[note 3] which caused concern and frustration for his parents. His father was especially frustrated and advised that his son should be committed to the lunatic asylum at Geel.[49][50][note 4]
In 1892 Émile Bernard organised a small solo show of Van Gogh's paintings in Paris, and Julien Tanguy exhibited his Van Gogh paintings with several consigned from Johanna van Gogh-Bonger. In April 1894 the Durand-Rue Gallery in Paris agreed to take 10 paintings on consignment from Van Gogh's estate.[269] In 1896, the Fauvist painter Henri Matisse, then an unknown art student, visited John Peter Russell on Belle Île off Brittany.[270][271] Russell had been a close friend of Van Gogh; he introduced Matisse to the Dutchman's work, and gave him a Van Gogh drawing. Influenced by Van Gogh, Matisse abandoned his earth-coloured palette for bright colours.[271][272]
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Responses: The Blythes Take on Succession
By Ben PAugust 22, 2013
First of all, we hope you enjoy JI’s new look. And yes, we are aware that the “music notes” can easily catch your attention.
If the recent resurgence in Mormon schism studies did nothing more than give room for John Hamer’s phenomenal images, then it has served a noble purpose indeed.
But the blog is not the only thing that was in need of a facelift recently–so was the historiography surrounding the “succession crisis.” One of the popular topics that was repeatedly researched during the rise of New Mormon History, the story of how Mormonism became/remains so prone to schism has received a lot of attention. Historians like Michael Quinn, Andrew Ehat, Ron Esplin, and many others laid the archival groundwork for much of the narrative—and that’s just for the period immediately following Joseph Smith’s death. The John Whitmer Historical Association, which sponsors an annual conference as well as a biannual journal dedicated to the various traditions that race their roots back to Joseph Smith, continues to pump out fascinating scholarship year after year. And most of the major works in Mormon history now realize they must address these schism issues—think of the recent biographies of Parley Pratt and Brigham Young—it has begun to infiltrate the mainstream of Mormon studies.
But just like any topic within the wild and still inchoate (sub)field of Mormon history, its approaches have continued to evolve. In the beginning, very few works, besides that of Danny Jorgensen, invoked a theoretical methodology in tracking what Jorgensen called “Mormon Fissiparousness.” Rather, most narratives, while grounded in ground-breaking archival research, relied on basic teleological trajectories and focussed on seemingly objective tools like facts, dates, names, and words. Such is all well and good, and will always be a staple of historical study, but these shouldn’t—these can’t—be the only tools for the trade. Jan Shipps was among the first to show that religious studies theories can help broaden our view and breathe life into our scholarship, and specifically identified schism studies as among the (sub)fields that could benefit the most. We’ve seen a growing body of work that have demonstrated how the introduction of even a tiny bit of theory can reform how we view the whole historical dynamic, including Matt Bowman’s look at Matthew Philip Gill and the Book of Jeranek, David Howlett’s forthcoming biography of the Kirtland Temple as a contested pilgrammage site, and even Rob Jensen’s musing on whether the “succession crisis” is a useful term or not.
And the hits keep on coming. This year, we have already seen a number of articles that offer fresh perspectives on Mormon schism issues. Two of them come from the “Chris Blythe” married tandem—Christopher Blythe, a PhD student at Florida State University, and Christine Blythe, a graduate student at Memorial University of Newfoundland. The two are currently finishing up a book titled Mormonisms: A Documentary History, 1844-1860, which will be published by Greg Kofford Books. In preview, Christopher published “The Highest Class of Adulterers and Whoremongers’: Plural Marriage, the Church of jesus Christ (Cutlerite), and the Construction of Memory” in Dialogue‘s Summer issue, and Christine published “William Smith’s Patriarchal Blessings and Contested Authority in the Post-Martyrdom Church” in Journal of Mormon History‘s summer issue. Both articles deserve more attention than I can give them here, but they at least deserve a little spotlight (and perhaps a few questions) for their use of provocative theory in addressing seemingly old issues.
A short drive from the temple lot in Independence, Missouri, the Cutlerite Chapel is one of the most fascinating Mormon buildings in that the top floor is alleged to host one of the few non-LDS endowment ordinances that stem from Nauvoo.
Christopher’s article is a fascinating look at how the Cutlerite Church, a small group that followed Alpheus Cutler shortly after Joseph Smith’s death, handled their own history of polygamy. The Cutlerites, mostly known as one of the few Nauvoo-descended groups that maintained a form of the endowment ceremony, denied the practice of plural marriage in spite of the fact that their early leaders entered several polygamous unions. THe article traces three periods: the first, from 1853 through 1864, was “characterized by a collective and institutionally enforced silence, which attempted to mute those voices who knew of polygamy’s past”; the second period, which followed Cutler’s death, included a vocal denunciation of the practice; and finally, with their move to Independence in the 20th century, the third period included making new allies and strengthening boundaries in response to external scholarship and inter-denominational contacts (3-4). In total, this is a study of how the movement fashioned and re-fashioned an ecclesiastical memory that shaped the past in response to tensions in the present.
So what does the tracing of a small sect’s understanding of history tell us? Lots, claims Christopher. Specifically, it is a case study in “how a religious movement conceptualizes and re-conceptualizes its past in order to solidify its identity in the present” (2). Similar studies on the LDS’s re-imagining their polygamous past has been done by Kathleen Flake and Steve Taysom, and Christopher comes up with similarly fruitful results. By merging archival prowess—he uses documents heretofore unknown in Cutlerite history—with cutting-edge theory on memory and identity politics, the result is a micro-history that is as useful to the broader religious studies community as it is to AAR.
But this brings up my first question: we often pride ourselves in using theory to complicate and nuance historical issues. But what if we are over-complicating and unnecessarily-nuancing issues that are a bit more simple and, well, natural? What if those who are recrafting a denominational history that white-washes polygamy—say, either the Cutlerites or 20th century Brighamites—are just lying in self-interest? How do we balance our sophisticated history with the fact that we might be over-thinking issues that never would have entered our historical characters’ minds? Does self-interest and self-preservation always necessitate complex theoretical explanations and analyses?
William Smith, whose epic goatee is unjustifiably overlooked in the “best beards in Mormon history” discussions.
Christine’s article is a careful and enlightening look at William Smith’s patriarchal blessings given during the tumultuous summer of 1845—only a year after William’s two brothers, Joseph and Hyrum, were killed, and right during the period that various groups were claiming Mormon allegiance. “This article considers the historical and social element of blessings,” Christine tells us, “specifically those blessings given in the summer of 1845, to narrate the life of their author, William Smith, and to further reveal the content of the debates in Nauvoo during this crucial time” (62). Drawing from the large corpus of blessings gathered in Michael Marquardt’s Early Patriarchial Blessings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Christine offers a close reading with the necessary surrounding context in order to illuminate important, and at times overlooked, elements in a popular story.
As her primary theoretical tool, the article draws from sociologist Pierre Bourieu’s model of “cultural capital” and “symbolic capital” in order to trace how this important ritual was shaped, influenced, and fractured religious life in the City of Joseph. William Smith, whose allegiance was always drawn in several ways and whose temperment led to numerous twists and turns, used and was used by the cultural authority granted to the Church Patriarch. Especially interesting and pursuasive is Christine’s discussion of how Smith “exchanged knowledge of esoterica for stature in the Church” (64), and exchange that may strike us as odd but was a real issue for Nauvoo saints hoping to follow continuing revelation and a theology based on expanding instruction. In all, this is a very helpful and careful look at how identity is structured and legitimated in a period of dynamic transition.
But the study also bring up important questions: how are the saints who are receiving the blessings interpreting the practice and incorporating the ideas? The format of the article focused primarily on the blessings themselves, and the concomitant projection of what they must have meant to those whose heads were below Smith’s hands. But could the blessings be interpreted in ways different, and perhaps contradicting, to what Smith designed? Was their a rupture between the blessor and the blessed? Future research on this may further illuminate Christine’s study.
Which brings me to one last question for both Blythes: how are we, as historians of Mormon schisms, to balance the dangerous issue of, 1) on the one hand, expanding our analysis of one small group in order to explain larger Mormon, and religious, issues, and 2) on the other hand, understanding that these could be outliers and highly unique expressions of Mormon/religious developments? How do we make sure our expanded analysis, using the shiny new toys provided by religious studies, aren’t making mountains out of mole hills?
But the best scholarship is meant to bring up good questions, and these articles do just that. At the very least, they whet our appetite for their forthcoming book, remind us that great scholarship is coming from upcoming scholars, and give us hope that the exciting field of Mormon schism continues to receive fresh looks and new insights.
Article filed under Book and Journal Reviews Categories of Periodization: Origins Responses Succession Crisis
Note: we will be hosting a Q&A with the Blythes in coming weeks, so be excited for that, as well. Also, if you have questions for them, please list them and we might fit them into the future exchange.
Comment by Ben P — August 22, 2013 @ 11:22 am
Thanks for the overview, Ben. I’m looking forward to the book and the Q&A.
Comment by David G. — August 22, 2013 @ 11:57 am
Thanks Ben. Just a note: the paragraph on self interest seems to be cut off.
Comment by RT — August 22, 2013 @ 1:24 pm
D’oh! Thanks, RT; will fix that when I get to a computer.
Comment by Ben P — August 22, 2013 @ 1:36 pm
Chris, my good friend. What have you found?
Comment by Robert Black al Himaar — August 22, 2013 @ 5:49 pm
Very nice! I look forward to the Q&A as well.
Comment by J Stuart — August 22, 2013 @ 7:01 pm
This is really helpful Ben. I have a couple of schism studies in mind already! Thanks.
Comment by Tod Robbins — August 22, 2013 @ 10:15 pm
Nice overview, Ben. Thanks.
Comment by Ryan T. — August 23, 2013 @ 9:08 am
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Tony Cercy Sentencing Set for Wednesday; Up to 15 Years in Prison Possible
Natrona County Sheriff's Office
Former Casper businessman and convicted sex offender Tony Cercy will learn Wednesday what, if any, prison time he will receive for sexually assaulting a woman 20 months ago.
The former owner of Power Service in Mills could receive up to 15 years in prison.
Cercy, convicted of third-degree sexual assault by a jury in November, will hear the sentence handed down by Natrona County District Court Judge Daniel Forgey at the end of a three-and-a-half hour hearing set to begin at 10 a.m. in the Townsend Justice Center.
After the verdict at the Hot Springs County Court House in Thermopolis, Forgey ordered Cercy immediately taken into custody.
Forgey also ordered a presentence investigation, which was filed with the court at the end of January. Presentence investigations delve into a defendant's prior criminal history and other aspects of their life. They are not public. However, insights into their contents and conclusions may be discussed in open court by the attorneys.
Sentencing hearings often include the prosecution and defense discussing the content and conclusions of the presentence investigations; victim impact statements; testimony from friends of the victim; and testimony from friends of the defendant.
The defendant also has the opportunity to speak before the judge hands down the sentence.
It is also possible the prosecution or defense will submit other motions to the court at the beginning of the hearing.
Since the verdict, the defense -- Ian Sandefer of Casper, and Pamela Mackey and Jeffrey Pagliuca of Denver -- and the prosecution -- former District Attorney Mike Blonigen who is a special prosecutor for this case -- have filed motions about the case and the imminent sentencing.
In December, Forgey rejected a motion to acquit Cercy.
His attorneys had renewed previous objections, arguing that Cercy was in effect acquitted of third-degree sexual assault (sexual contact without inflicting sexual intrusion) when a jury in Natrona County District Court found him not guilty in February of first-degree (rape) and second-degree sexual assault.
Likewise, Cercy's acquittals on first- and second-degree sexual assault meant that he could not be retried for third-degree sexual assault. The Fifth Amendment prohibits being tried twice for the same crime, which is known as double jeopardy, they wrote.
Blonigen responded the double jeopardy claim, along with other defense claims, had been argued and rejected by the court.
In January, new District Attorney Dan Itzen asked the court to appoint Blonigen as the special prosecutor for this and any future matters involving Cercy.
Cercy's attorneys responded that Blonigen is not longer employed by the State of Wyoming, he is now a private citizen, and as such is not allowed to see the presentence investigation.
Forgey granted Itzen's request.
On Feb. 8, Blonigen asked the court to allow Sonny Pilcher and another man to testify they saw Cercy allegedly assault a woman at the Rack's Gentleman's Club, which is owned by Pilcher.
Blonigen wrote Cercy was never charged with this alleged assault, but Wyoming law allows for such incidents to be presented during sentencing hearings.
Cercy's attorneys called that request another example to impugn his character, an attempt to turn the sentencing hearing into a disgraceful spectacle. Furthermore, Pilcher is a convicted felon, they wrote.
The case began in June 2017, when the victim told a Natrona County Sheriff's investigator she, her boyfriend, friends and acquaintances arrived at Alcova Lake on the evening of Friday, June 23.
On Saturday evening, they went to another location and about 9:45 p.m. went to a residence on Cedar Drive North then owned by Cercy.
She said she went into the residence, passed out on the couch in the middle of the living room, and woke up to find Cercy performing oral sex. Nearly all of her clothing had been removed, she claimed, and Cercy was naked from the waist down, according to court records.
The alleged victim said he gave her a ride to a friend's place at the Alcova Trailer Park and threatened to kill her and himself, according to court records.
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5 Ways to Cope When a Loved One Dies
Talk about it when you can. Some people find it helpful to tell the story of their loss or talk about their feelings. But sometimes a person doesn't feel like talking about a loss, and that's OK, too. No one should feel pressured to talk.
Even if you don't feel like talking, find ways to express your emotions and thoughts. Start writing in a journal about the memories you have of the person you lost and how you're feeling since the loss. Or write a song, poem, or tribute about your loved one. You can do this privately or share it with others.
Preserve memories. Create a memorial or tribute to the person who died by planting a tree or garden, or honor the person in a fitting way, like taking part in a charity run or walk.
Make a memory box or folder that has reminders of the person who has died. Include mementos, photos, quotes, or whatever you choose. If you want, write a letter to the person. In it, you might want to include your feelings, things you want to say, or perhaps thank your loved one for being a part of your life.
Join a support group. If you think you may be interested in going to a grief support group, ask a parent, school counselor, or religious leader how to find one. You don't have to be alone with your feelings or your pain.
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Aron Snyder vs Luke Caudillo
Aron Snyder and Luke Caudillo engaged in a friendly competition at the American Bowman Club, near Bailey Colorado. It was a battle between the Trad bow and Compound bow. One of them ended up with a shaved head.
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He was born and raised in the railroad town of North Platte, NE. Like a lot of rural Americans, Caudillo began hunting and fishing with his brothers, cousins, and friends at the age of ten. After high school, Caudillo got involved in mix martial arts (MMA). “I was a wrestler my whole life, I missed the competition, and fighting looked fun to me,” says Caudillo.
Next thing you know fighting became his career. MMA was good to Caudillo, as he made it to the top level of the sport (UFC) and currently has made coaching a big part of his life. Caudillo states, “It keeps me around the game…I want to give the younger athletes a chance to experience everything that I experienced. It was just plain good for me, kept me out trouble, and gave me drive on a daily basis.”
He has enjoyed seeing his two joys come together, fighting and hunting. Hunting has always been about family and friends to Caudillo, and now it’s about his teammates too. Not to mention, Luke is excited to take his daughter Eva out into the outdoors!
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Insider’s Guide: Maui, Hawaii
Hawaiian Airlines Insider’s Guide: Maui
Gerraine
Born and raised on the island of Oahu, Gerraine Nakama joined Hawaiian Airlines as a reservations agent in 1991. Today, she welcomes passengers traveling in and out of Maui’s Kahului Airport as a customer service agent. Gerraine calls the Valley Isle her home and loves to offer local tips for travelers.
What do you love the most about Maui?
Known as The Valley Isle, Maui’s tranquility makes it an ideal escape for relaxation away from the busy city life. Hawaiian Airlines offers several quick flights from Honolulu to Kahului throughout the morning, day and evening. It is no wonder Maui is consistently named among the world’s best islands!
What’s the one thing you can’t miss when visiting this island?
The beautiful and unforgettable sunrise at Haleakala Crater. The drive up to the crater through winding roads and the clouds offers breath-taking views. The picturesque bicoastal views feel like heaven on earth.
What’s Maui’s best kept secret?
The Lava tubes and stunning waterfalls deep in the east Maui Mountains. Watch for these waterfalls on the road to Hana.
What’s your favorite sightseeing spot?
‘Īao Valley: A beautiful lush rainforest and state park located at the end of ‘Iao Valley Road, west of Wailuku. Rich with Hawaiian history, the valley is where The Battle of Kepaniwai took place in 1790. There is nothing like hiking up to the ‘Iao Needle Lookout trail and ethno botanical loop, pausing for a picnic and swimming in the clear, cool stream waters.
What’s the hot spot locals are going to right now?
Big Beach, a wide sandy beach over a mile long in Makena on Maui’s south shore. By night fall, I recommend going to Three’s Bar and Grill to unwind and listen to live local music.
Best hotel?
The Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort, which is tucked in a very secluded area in Makena south of Maui.
Best places to eat?
Locals love the little hole in the wall restaurants. Sam Satos in Wailuku is one of my favorites, known for their delicious dry mein seasoned noodles and local dishes. It’s difficult to find, so you’ll hardly see a rental car on the parking lot!
Best places to shop?
The Outlets of Maui in Lahaina has a lot to offer. If you want to walk around and have lunch, just spend the day at Kaahumanu Shopping Center. There’s a food court on the second floor, as well as name brands such as Victoria’s Secret and Bath and Body Works.
Any recommendations for families traveling with children?
The Maui Ocean Center is a great experience for children to walk through the 750,000-gallon Open Ocean Exhibit inside a 54-foot tunnel. Featuring Hawai‘i’s sharks, turtles, and thousands of tropical fish, it has been named among the top 25 best U.S. aquariums by TripAdvisor.
Best outdoor activities on the island?
The whale watching tours during our peak whale season – Dec. 15 to April 15 – are a must! You can experience whales from shore but nothing compared to the thrill of seeing these gentle giants emerge from the water right next to your boat and swim directly under you.
Best tip for travelers passing through Kahului Airport?
While passing through Kahului airport, stop by Sammy’s Bar and Grill for a picture of the big gorilla outside the entrance. In the mood for dessert? Pinkberry Yogurt is the airport employees’ favorite. If time permits, a five-minute cab ride gets you to Hawaii’s only Krispy Kreme doughnut shop.
What do you love most about Hawaiian Airlines?
The feeling of being in a ’Ohana (Family) and the Aloha spirit that is evoked in the hearts of the employees. Working as a team to care for our guests who arrive in Hawaii from all over the world is extremely rewarding.
What’s your favourite Hawaiian Airlines destination?
We now fly to so many exciting countries and cities that it’s hard to pick one – but Tokyo is on the top of my list! I love the Japanese culture and traditions, the friendliness of the people, enjoying the delicious ramen, and of course the shopping; you can find almost everything you need and more. Visiting a Daiso store is a must!
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Hawaiian® has led all U.S. carriers in on-time performance for each of the past 12 years (2004-2015) as reported by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Consumer surveys by Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure and Zagat have all ranked Hawaiian the highest of all domestic airlines serving Hawai‘i.
Now in its 87th year of continuous service, Hawaiian is Hawai‘i’s biggest and longest-serving airline, as well as the largest provider of passenger air service from its primary visitor markets on the U.S. Mainland. Hawaiian offers non-stop service to Hawai‘i from more U.S. gateway cities (11) than any other airline, along with service from Japan, South Korea, China, Australia, New Zealand, American Samoa and Tahiti.
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Overlord Season 4
Anime “Overlord 4 season” – the long-awaited return to the screens!
“Overlord” first appeared on screens in the summer of 2015 thanks to the multipliers of the beautiful studio Madhouse, which took as its basis the plot of a series of works by Kugane Maruyama. For the past three years, Overlord has been replenished with new series. At the moment, there are 3 seasons available for viewing – 38 episodes, 8 specials, one OVA and a film.
When will the continuation of the anime “Overlord Season 4” be released?
The official premiere of the long-awaited and beloved by anime fans is autumn 2019. The exact date is currently unknown.
The plot of the anime takes place in a popular online game, with a full immersion, called Yggdrasil, which awaits oblivion. The main character is the player controlling a character named Momonga. He decides not to leave the battlefield until the server shutdown finishes the game.
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Throughout the battles, the main character went through a powerful “pumping” of his character and clan, gaining tremendous strength and power. Therefore, to be in the game is what he absolutely needed.
Anime Overlord
Momonga became the head of one of the guilds playing in the virtual world for the “dark” side. Some time before the end of the game, i.e. shutting down the server, he gathered the NPC in the main hall of the guild and waited … But everything went completely wrong: the game continued, as if nothing had happened …
While Momonga became a powerful wizard, the other characters suddenly began to have human emotions. Having no goals in the real world, not finding a place among his own kind in society, Momonga decides not to return to his usual reality, but to remain in the new, for the sake of one goal – to conquer it …
How will the protagonist’s combat stories end and will he be able to achieve his goals? We learn in the new series of anime “Overlord Season 4”.
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Ainz Ooal Gown / Momonga – the main character of the anime, the skeleton without skin and flesh, the lord of the Great Tomb of Nazarick, in the New World, he is the most powerful magician; dark warrior and leader of Darkness.
Amanomahitotsu – a member of the guild, has the appearance of a monster crab, a former blacksmith and leader of artisans.
Tach Mi – a member of the guild, one of the strongest players of Yggdrasil, is honest and fair and wears armor with a helmet.
Takemikazuti – warrior is a member of the guild, a powerful warrior dressed in samurai armor, which is why he got the corresponding nickname, he is characterized by a sense of risk and insatiable thirst for playing.
Who is working on the fourth season?
The same director and screenwriter are working on creating the continuation of Overlord as in previous seasons:
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Director – Naoyuki Itō
Writer – Yukie Sugawara
Composer – Shūji Katayama
Studio – Madhouse
In April 2018, it became known that the total circulation of the light novel and manga reached more than 7 million copies.
In 2017, the light novel “Overlord” won the honorable first place in the ranking of the Japanese publishing company Takarajimasha, the famous publication of fashion magazines for teenagers. True, in 2018, the novel slightly lost ground, dropping to 4th place.
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Paul Simon at Gibson Amphitheatre: Street smart
October 20, 2011 | 1:10 pm
For all the intellectual acumen Paul Simon has been bringing to his lyrics for nearly half a century, for all the emotional complexity and instrumental dexterity in his songs, his return swing through Southern California on Wednesday night at the Gibson Amphitheatre underscored that so much of what he’s done in that long and distinguished career boils down to the fundamental joys of street music.
For Simon, it began with what he picked up during his youth on the gritty urban streets of New York and New Jersey, but over time expanded organically to include regionally specific sounds of Manhattan (circa the Brill Building), New Orleans and Lafayette, La., Nashville, Liverpool, Peru, Soweto, Lagos, Rio di Janeiro, Havana, Bombay and beyond.
His set list Wednesday had much in common with the one from the first leg of his tour that came through Los Angeles last spring, including a generous sampling from his standout new album, “So Beautiful or So What.” The core set was fleshed out with a few extras, including the Simon & Garfunkel reunion tune from 1975, “My Little Town,” and what appeared Wednesday to be a truly spontaneous final encore number following two exceptionally enthusiastic curtain calls.
The members of his monstrously flexible, razor sharp band were setting their instruments down and preparing to take their final bow following “Still Crazy After All These Years” when Simon, placing his hand to his chest and bowing to the crowd, turned to the band and raised his index finger, mouthing the word “Al.”
Without dropping a beat, the musicians grabbed their instruments and launched into “You Can Call Me Al,” punctuated by Simon's three-piece horn section and incessantly infectious rhythm section. It was a party that would have erupted into dancing in the streets virtually anywhere on the planet.
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Women and Gender Studies in U.S. up 300 Percent Since 1990
Posted by Mike LaChance Thursday, March 9, 2017 at 7:30am | 3/9/2017 - 7:30am
“I didn’t think I needed these classes”
What are all these people doing for work, teaching Women’s Studies to the next generation of students?
USA Today reports:
Women’s studies has changed over the years — and it’s more popular than ever
Drew Nelson, a business major at Indiana University, never expected he would pick up a minor in gender studies.
“I wasn’t very interested in the subject, to be honest, but once I started doing a lot of the class readings and having discussions with people in the class, I kind of got interested,” Nelson said.
Although Nelson wasn’t sure if the class content would be helpful to him in the future, he said that since picking up his minor, he already thinks he’s able to understand and relate to his peers and colleagues better, while also finding it easier to accept people that aren’t so similar to him.
“I guess I thought that because I was a guy, that was also part of why I didn’t think I needed these classes,” he said. “But these aren’t women’s help session classes. They’re a chance for us to have a conversation and to be able to understand one another better, no matter who we are.”
Women’s studies programs began popping up at universities around the country in the 1960s, and today, the academic discipline is still on the rise.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the number of women’s and gender studies degrees in the United States has increased by more than 300% since 1990, and in 2015, there were more than 2,000 degrees conferred.
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lc | March 10, 2017 at 7:48 am
One wonders about the employment status of these individuals.
An abundance of jobs for those with a gender studies degree? Highly unlikely.
Cleetus | March 10, 2017 at 7:50 am
As an adjunct professor of 25+ years, I still do not know the answer to this so could someone please tell me what great benefit does a degree in gender studies confer? It is not like studying English Literature, History, Philosophy or something else akin, for it is such a contrived and shallow area of study that has few roots and goes nowhere. Perhaps if they just named it what it really is and called is Permanent and Unjustifiable Anger and Victimization Justification Studies.
OldProf2 | March 11, 2017 at 8:13 pm
It’s hard to believe that a student would spend many thousands of dollars and likely go into debt pursuing a degree in “gender studies” or any of these other contrived “___ studies” majors. These majors have little, if any, academic content, and the listing of such a major on a CV is likely to decrease the probability of getting a job. After all, what employer wants an employee who feels like a perpetual victim, and who is likely to be litigious? You might as well enter “3 years at Attica for embezzlement” on your CV.
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China’s Xinhua news agency on immersion in Los Angeles
California public kindergarten focuses on Chinese language instruction
English.news.cn 2011-12-10 10:08:36
by George Bao, Xue Ying
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) — Robert Icart is an African American who has never been to China, but he decided to send his 5-year-old son to a public school which conducts 90 percent of its teaching in Chinese in its kindergarten classes.
“Here in the United States when I go shopping, I find most of the products are made in China, that shows me the importance of China and that has also encouraged me to send my son, Justyce, to the Eugene Field Elementary School,” Icart said.
Eugene Field Elementary School is the only public school at the Pasadena Unified School District in Los Angeles Country of California that offers Chinese-English bilingual immersion programs.
In its kindergarten, 90 percent of the teaching is in Chinese and 10 percent in English, and in the first grade, 80 percent in Chinese and 20 percent in English, while in the second grade 70 percent in Chinese and 30 percent in English.
Now in its third year, this program has 4 classes and 110 students. The second grade is currently its highest level. As students progress through grade levels, they will ultimately reach a 50-50 split of the two languages they use in class by fifth grade.
Icart, whose parents were from Haiti and wife from Mexico, runs a basketball training institute which helps talented student athletes to get into colleges and universities including those of the Ivy League. He is now trying to prepare his son for his life success in a globalized world with China as a more and more important player.
“After looking into the economy and where it headed for, I found that Mandarin is going to be the most important language, not English,” said Icart, who sent Justyce to a language learning center to learn Mardarin when he was four. The family originally enrolled Justyce in another school but changed their mind one week before it started after they learnt about the immersion program of Eugene Field Elementary.
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3 words and my marriage was over
As a 23-year-old student in a graduate school seminar, we were discussing Madame Bovary — the scene where she licks the bottom of the glass to get every last drop of wine.
The professor was talking about her tongue and desire — the way this flick and suck of the tongue represents that she wants more — more than her husband, Charles, could give her. It represented her hunger.
One of the students asked, “What does hunger have to do with sex?”
I laughed — too loud.
The professor would become my husband.
The laughter of women is bawdy, sexual, perverse, audacious. How we cackle too loudly in a restaurant when talking about ex-lovers over lunch. How we squeal and can’t catch our breath when we’ve had some wine, and it’s late at night, and the husband is not home, and the deep truth is coming out.
Five days after admitting to myself that I was gay, I went to see a therapist. I wanted her advice on how to tell my husband. “It’s like I’m seeing clearly for the first time in my life,” I told her. “And I want to be truthful with him about this.”
She nodded, stayed silent.
And because truth lives right next to the place of laughter in me, I made a joke.
“For the first time in my life,” I told her, “I realize that sex has no point.”
I expected her to laugh. No point, get it?
She looked at me and took a deep breath. I had fallen in love with a woman only five days before, she said, so she advised me to take my time, end the marriage gently, and not tell my husband that I had fallen in love.
I looked at her and said, “You’re telling me to lie?”
“Yes,” she said. “I guess I am.”
It was just what I needed to have the courage to tell the complete truth.
The truth is that, for me, sex with boys and men was always at least partly an economic operation. If I did this, I said to myself, from the age of eight after having been sexually abused, then I might get that.
And after a lifetime of lying about sex — When was your first kiss? How old were you when you were no longer a virgin? Do you like this? Do you want to do it? –I was finally ready to tell the truth.
My husband and I went for a walk in our neighborhood after dinner that night. It was getting dark. We were not even to the end of the block when he said, “What is it?”
What he meant was What’s wrong with you? Why is everything I do wrong? Why don’t we laugh anymore?
I took a deep breath, stopped walking, turned to him and said, “I’m gay.”
He stopped, looked into my eyes, held the stare.
I did not blink. I did not look away. I said nothing.
Finally, he turned and started walking again. I could see the twin rivers of grief and acceptance flowing down through his still supple, basketball player’s body.
“Is it Susanne?” he asked.
“Are you in love with her?”
“Did you sleep with her?”
And with those three yesses, my marriage was over.
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The Plasma TV Story
Ellis in Eastland - tomorrow for LightFM
I went to Mid City TV Repairs and met The Plasma Professor
So today I decided to stop in and visit Mid City TV repairs (aka The Plasma Professor). After my phone conversation with them yesterday. They had told me they were just waiting on the part to arrive from "the company" to finish the repair, but I realised I didn't have any paperwork... and I haven't seen my poor TV for such a long time I figured it would appreciate a familiar face staring at it again.
So, after reading all the hype about how they are "The #1 TV Repairer in Australia" (hmmm lots of googleads filled with over hyped claims about being the best... there are people like that in every industry aren't they) I decided to pay a visit to this mecca of electronic repairs.
Mid City TV Repairs national headquarter at 419 Brunswick St, Fitzroy.
Take one step inside the door and this is what you see:
Mid City TV repairs reception and sales area.
The owner (the Plasma Professor himself) recognised me at once (he's the one who picked the TV up way back on December 1 - I just found the very dodgy "invoice" he gave me. The cost of the quote was actually $85)
He said he was glad I came in as he wanted to show me my TV. Yes, it was there on the bench, lying face down with it's guts hanging out. He said there was nothing they could do for it and he asked what I'd like to do.
I explained I'd called yesterday and been told they were just waiting on a part.
Yes they were, The Professor agreed, but the part isn't made anymore, but when they get it it will just take half an hour and the TV will be fixed.
I explained they'd told me that same (contradictory) story almost two months ago, why have I been waiting so long, if they couldn't fix it why didn't they tell me earlier.
He said they got busy and he forgot about the TV. But recently they'd pulled it out and they even went to Jaycar Electronics in the city to try to get a replacement part.
Why did they tell me yesterday they were just waiting for "the company" to send them a part? He said "We are". "But we must wash our hands of this TV as we cannot fix it."
So why didn't he call me between mid-December and the start of February to tell me they couldn't fix the TV - "I didn't call because I didn't have any good news for you. But it's good that you came in because we can finally sort this out."
I said that if I had believed the person on the phone yesterday I wouldn't have come in I would have been waiting for a call back from them... forever.
"So we can put the TV back together for you and you can take it home." he said, he even offered me the faulty part so that I could find the replacement and, he added, "then we can repair it."
I explained that I really didn't think the situation was very good. They'd had my TV for almost two months, knowing they couldn't get the replacement part, telling me they could, forgetting about the repair, and not calling me at any stage to tell me what was going on.
His diplomatic answer: "It's not my fault."
So, essentially my plasma broke and I paid this guy $85 to take it away, the end.
"I'll call you" I said, walking out of the shop. The nutty Professor followed me and called after me down the street "What do you want to do?!"
"I'll call you" I repeated... adding to myself "When I have some good news."
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International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification 4th edition
Synonymous names:
ICD-10-AM 4th edn
Health, Superseded 07/12/2005
The National Centre for Classification in Health classification for diseases, related health problems and procedures and Australian Coding Standards
Classification structure:
ICD-10-AM 4th Ed is composed of 5 volumes:
Tabular List of Diseases. The tabular list of diseases contains the disease classification itself at the three, four and five character levels. Two appendices are specified: Morphology of neoplasms; and Special tabulation lists for mortality and morbidity.
Alphabetic Index of Diseases. The index to diseases consists of three sections: Section I is the index of diseases, syndromes, pathological conditions, injuries, signs, symptoms, problems and other reasons for contact with health services. Section II is the index of external causes of injury. The terms included here are not medical diagnoses but descriptions of the circumstances in which the violence occurred. Section III is the index of drugs and other chemical substances giving rise to poisoning or other adverse effects (also referred to as the Table of drugs and chemicals).
Tabular List of Procedures (ACHI). The tabular list of procedures contains the procedure classification itself. Two appendices are specified: Mapping table; and ACHI codes listed in numerical order.
Alphabetic Index of Procedures (ACHI). The index of procedures contains many procedure terms which do not appear in Volume 3.
Australian Coding Standards. The Australian Coding Standards contain the national standards developed by the NCCH which provide guidance in the application of ICD-10-AM codes.
NCCH (National Centre for Classification in Health) 2004. The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification (4th Ed). Sydney: NCCH, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney
Revision status:
ICD-10-AM 4th Ed supersedes the third edition of ICD-10-AM. ICD-10-AM was developed by the National Centre for Classification in Health (NCCH). During the development, the NCCH was advised by members of the NCCH Coding Standards Advisory Committee and the Clinical Classification and Coding Groups, consisting of expert clinical coders and clinicians nominated by the Australian Casemix Clinical Committee.
Has been superseded by Australian Classification of Health Interventions (ACHI) 5th edition Health, Superseded 05/02/2008
Supersedes International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification 3rd edition Health, Superseded 28/06/2004
Has been superseded by International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification 5th edition Health, Superseded 05/02/2008
Value Domains based on this classification scheme:
Activity type code (ICD-10-AM 4th edn) ANNNN Health, Superseded 07/12/2005
Congenital malformations code (ICD-10-AM 4th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Superseded 07/12/2005
Diagnosis code (ICD-10-AM 4th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Superseded 07/12/2005
External cause code (ICD-10-AM 4th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Superseded 07/12/2005
Neonatal morbidity code (ICD-10-AM 4th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Superseded 07/12/2005
Place of occurrence (ICD-10-AM 4th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Superseded 07/12/2005
Pregnancy/childbirth and puerperium code (ICD-10-AM 4th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Superseded 07/12/2005
Primary site of cancer code (ICD-10-AM 4th edn) ANN{.N[N]} Health, Superseded 07/12/2005
Procedure code (ICD-10-AM 4th edn) NNNNN-NN Health, Superseded 07/12/2005
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At home in your skin
Andie Miller 27 Nov 2009 06:00
“Did you know,” Denys Finch Hatton asks Karen Blixen in Out of Africa, “that in all of literature there’s no poem celebrating the foot? There’s lips, there’s eyes, hands, face, hair, breasts, legs, arms, even the knees. But not one verse for the poor foot. Why do you think that is?”
“Priorities, I suppose,” she replies.
When they do write about them, literary critic Jeffrey Robinson remarks: “People observe their feet or write about them with a unique detachment.
The foot is not quite a part of the rest of the body.”
In the title poem of her first anthology, These Hands, Makhosazana (Khosi) Xaba wrote: “These hands remember / the metallic feel / of numerous guns / when the telling click / was heard. / They recall / the rumbling palm embrace / over grenades, / ready for the release of destruction. ... These hands / have felt pulsating hearts / over-extended abdomens, / they know the depths of vaginas, / the open mouths of wombs, / they know the grasp / of minute, minute-old clenched fists.”
I ask her if she would consider writing a similar homage to her feet. She answers with a belly laugh. Perhaps, because her early experiences of walking were anything but poetic. “When I was young we walked because there was no transport.” Growing up in Ndaleni, a rural area close to Richmond in what was then Natal, “we walked everywhere, including to town, which was over an hour [away]. We only got a bus in our area when I was 13. And that was a big thing—‘Oh, a bus, there’s a bus!’ And if you missed the bus you walked, because it came once in the morning and once in the afternoon. So walking was a way of life, it wasn’t a choice I took actively.”
But later, as an activist: “I used to make it a habit when I moved into a new place to just walk around it so that I knew it fully. It became an issue of security. I needed to know my surroundings very well, so I knew if I needed to run away I would know every single corner. I used to walk my neighbourhood a lot when I was in my 20s.” At that time she was training at the Edendale College of Nursing, just outside Pietermaritzburg. “And then, with time, when I was out of there, it was just exploring the place I was in.”
In 1986 she left South Africa and went into exile with Umkhonto weSizwe (MK), the military wing of the ANC, for almost five years, in “Zambia, Mozambique, Congo, Germany and the Soviet Union. Then I needed to understand where I was and to know the place very well.”
She hasn’t developed a love for any particular place, though. “I connect with wherever I am,” she says, “because I believe that I can make a home wherever I go, but that’s different from developing a love for a place. I just believe that, wherever I am, I can make myself safe. I will make myself safe and I will make it home if I choose to. It can be home for a week if I’m there for a week. I know people who sleep in a foreign bed and they say they couldn’t sleep. I sleep everywhere and anywhere. So whatever place I’m in I connect with.”
If she has a love for any place it’s the coast, no coast in particular. “I love walking on any coastline. I love the sea. I love walking on the sand. I love when my feet go in and I love to be able to look at my tracks.” The cover of her latest volume of poetry, Tongues of their Mothers, features a photo of a huge wave breaking on the Wild Coast in the Eastern Cape.
“When I walk I want to feel a sense of openness,” she says. She’s at home now in Jo’burg. “I deliberately choose streets that I know are quiet. I go anywhere I want to go, because I feel that I should be able to—that’s just the mental attitude I’ve developed over time. I refuse to be threatened by ‘this is unsafe, that’s unsafe’. I won’t avoid places.”
“Fear” comes for different reasons and having a light shone on her poetry is one that makes her feel naked and vulnerable. “The fear of being published / is not just fear of having / every inch of your skin / laid out for everyone to touch at will. / It’s more than the fear / of having your gut / unravelled on a display table for the public to scrutinise at leisure.”
“I find that walking and running and yoga are ways of being alone while you’re in the world,” she says.“And poetry comes to me a lot when I’m on my own—when I’m in my head, not necessarily on my own physically. So I could be in a public space, like a restaurant, but I’d be sitting alone.”
And yet, as is so often the case, there is an ambivalence about the solitary walk; the solitary run. In Cotton Socks, she writes: “I wished we’d run the Soweto Marathon together / just as we did the 702 Walk. / Although I knew you wouldn’t come / I still bought two pairs of cotton socks / just as you did last year. ... Afterwards I massaged my feet, / rubbing in the foot cream you helped buy. / Then I lay naked on my bed, / the second pair of cotton socks cuddling my feet.”
After one of her coastal walks in Key West she writes in The Brown Pelican: “It took the harbour walk, four days later, / to stop wishing you were here. ... as I sauntered up Simonton Street / back to my room at Pearls Rainbow, / the solemn night embracing my gait. / I savoured the moments / and thanked the brown pelican for delivering you to me.”
But it is the sea she loves, not the beach. From another hotel room window the narrator reflects on This Beach: “So pristine it will not let me forget it, ... A runner outside is passing this way for the third time. ... In my youth I outran even the boys. But I walked my path, / the path some believed was meant for my kind, in my times. ... my loss will never touch the ears of these sun-tanners who populate this beach.”
And then you take a turn in the road and it’s Winter in Wintersrand: “The road sign, Igoda Mouth / Wintersrand, led me off the main road to Port Alfred / and I landed in this paradise we could have shared / had you chosen differently. ... I lift my eyes to the horizon and the clouds / so that I can massage my heart for warmth.”
It is the “endlessness” of the ocean, she says, that allows her to breathe out. “Because I think, when I walk, the idea that there’s this endless wave ... particularly when I haven’t decided where I’m going, I’m just going. It could not end if I wanted it not to, because there is no specific destination, so it’s open. When I’m walking and I haven’t chosen where to go, it’s like I’m giving myself a gift of openness.”
And when spring comes around again, she asks Send Me a Sign, and “The sun that stayed unseen since morning / refuses to end this winter day in private. / From its hiding place, it has painted the clouds / that now glow pink above the sea.”
At present, Xaba is immersed in writing a biography of Noni Jabavu, of the famous intellectual family from the Eastern Cape. The author of Drawn in Colour and The Ochre People, who spent her life moving from place to place and referred to “the peripatetic print of my feet”, always with one foot in Europe and one in Africa, and who passed away shortly before her 89th birthday last year.
“I was driven by intense curiosity and utter frustration at what seemed to me as a lack of recognition of her pioneering role as a writer,” says Xaba. “Women’s lives provide a window to a nation’s history.”
Makhosazana Xaba relaunches Tongues of their Mothers (UKZN Press) at the Market Theatre in Newtown, Johannesburg, on November 28 at 3pm
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Pentagon Plans Changes to Post-9/11 GI Bill Transferability
December 28, 2017 /0 Comments/in Education, GI Bill, Government, Military Veteran, Veteran News
By Debbie Gregory.
While most people know that the GI Bill is administered and paid for through the Department of Veterans Affairs, what most people probably don’t know is that the Defense Department controls the transferability of the benefit. And the DoD is planning some changes to that transferability.
The transferability option under the Post-9/11 GI Bill allows servicemembers to transfer all or some unused benefits to their spouse or dependent children. Current GI Bill policy allows service members with at least six years of service to transfer their benefits to a dependent, provided they agree to serve four more.
The request to transfer unused GI Bill benefits to eligible dependents must be completed while servicing as an active member of the Armed Forces.
Anthony Kurta, currently the acting deputy undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee that the department intends to issue a policy change affecting the transferability of benefits, which will be limited to service members with less than 16 years of total service.
The addition of a cap to one aspect of the GI Bill doesn’t sit well with veterans who recently fought for a provision in the new Forever GI Bill that lifted a 15-year time limit on the benefit.
“As a matter of principle, the American Legion is against anything that would degrade a veteran’s current benefit,” said American Legion spokesman Joe Plenzler.
With that said, as the transferability only applies to active duty servicemembers, this change should have no impact on veterans.
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Will VA Scrap Ethics Law That Safeguards Veteran Students?
October 12, 2017 /0 Comments/in Education, GI Bill, Government, Military Veteran, Veteran News, Veteran Schools, Veterans Benefits
Debbie Gregory.
Statute 38 U.S.C. 3683 is an ethics law that prohibits Department of Veterans Affairs employees from receiving money or owning a stake in for-profit colleges.
But the VA is now pushing back, claiming that the 50-year-old statute is redundant due to the other conflict-of-interest laws that apply to all federal employees and provide sufficient safeguards.
You may be wondering why this is important.
Veteran advocacy groups believe that doing away with the law would make it easier for the for-profit education industry to exploit veterans with their rich GI Bill benefits.
There is mounting concern that suspending the statute would make it possible for high-ranking agency officials to enact policies that benefit for-profit schools in which they have a financial interest.
“The statute is one of many important bipartisan reforms Congress implemented to protect G.I. Bill benefits from waste, fraud, and abuse,” said William Hubbard of Student Veterans of America. “A thoughtful and robust public conservation should be had to ensure that the interests of student veterans is the top of the priority list.”
“Congress enacted a zero tolerance for financial conflicts of interest for VA employees precisely because Congress uncovered massive fraud by for-profit colleges targeting veterans.”
“Student veterans were already facing an aggressive rollback of their protections under the Trump administration’s Education Department,” said Carrie Wofford, president of Veterans Education Success. The non-profit group works to protect and defend the integrity and promise of the GI Bill and other federal education programs for veterans and servicemembers.
The law already provide measures for any employee that it covers to receive a waiver if they can prove that there is no conflict of interest and that whatever arrangement they have or had will not be a detriment to veterans.
The VA proposal is set to go into effect on October 16 unless the agency “receives a significant adverse comment” by or on that date.
Unfortunately, to date, no such comments have yet been submitted nor have any public hearings been scheduled.
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GI Bill for On-the-job Training
October 8, 2017 /0 Comments/in Education, GI Bill, Veteran Employment, Veteran News, Veteran Schools, Veterans Benefits
When separating from their military service, there are many newly-minted veterans who aren’t desirous of attending a traditional college or university to cash in on their veteran school benefits. A better fitting veteran education option for them might be on-the-job (OJT) training or an apprenticeship program.
Both OJT and apprenticeship programs are available for veterans using their VA GI Bill education benefits, one of the most valuable veteran benefit.
These programs give veterans the opportunity to learn a trade or skill through training on the job participation rather than attending formal classroom instruction. The programs generally consist of entering into a training contract for a specific period with an employer or union. At the end of the training period, the veteran has earned job certification or journeyman status.
Usually, employers pay a reduced OJT/apprenticeship wage, which must be at least 50% of journeyman’s wage, with periodic wage increases, unless it’s a government program. By the last full month of training, the wage must be at least 85% of the wage for a fully trained employee.
In addition to the wages paid by the employer, veterans who are participating in an approved program can use their GI Bill benefit and receive a tax-free stipend equivalent to the Monthly Housing Allowance (MHA) of an E-5 with dependents. However, the stipend is reduced 20% every six months as the Veteran’s wages regularly increase until the Veteran has attained journeyman status and pay.
If traditional college/university education, OTJ training or an apprenticeship doesn’t fit the bill, one other option is available: beneficiaries can use their educational assistance to pursue accredited independent study programs at career and technical schools that provide postsecondary level education and postsecondary vocational institutions. This change went into effect August 16, 2017.
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Documents Reveal U. of Phoenix Paid for Special Access to a Military Base
September 25, 2017 /0 Comments/in Education, GI Bill, Military, Military News, Military Veteran, Veteran News
Newly released documents have revealed the unsavory military recruiting practices used by the University of Phoenix that led to a recruiting ban in 2015.
Military regulations adopted as a result of President Obama’s executive order were supposed to “ban inducements, including any gratuity, favor, discount, (or) entertainment” for the “purpose of securing enrollments of Service members.” Recruiting activities are supposed to be limited to education fairs and other narrowly approved activities where every school would have equal access.
But the regulations say nothing about sponsoring events.
The University of Phoenix paid the military $25,000 to sponsor a concert by country rapper Big Smo on the parade ground at Fort Campbell.
The for-profit college, which had become the largest recipient of taxpayer subsidies under the post-9/11 GI Bill, was also allowed to erect advertising banners and place promotional materials in high-traffic areas and in welcome packets for newly arrived soldiers at Fort Campbell, in exchange for financial payments.
For-profit colleges have been criticized for preying on veterans and low-income students. Two of them, Corinthian and ITT Tech, filed for bankruptcy and closed their doors.
Pentagon spokeswoman Laura Ochoa said the University of Phoenix is now in compliance with federal regulations and may resume sponsoring events on bases, as long as the sponsorship payments follow the protocols designed to prevent predatory practices.
Student Veterans of America’s vice president Will Hubbard said the contract between Fort Campbell and the University of Phoenix was crafted to make service members believe the military was endorsing the for-profit college.
“The University of Phoenix is spending substantially above and beyond what any public or nonprofit private school can afford,” he said. “Frankly, that’s because (other schools are) spending their money on education.”
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Better Protection from Student Loan Fraud Needed By Veterans and the Rest of Us
September 23, 2017 /0 Comments/in Education, GI Bill, Veteran Schools, Veterans Benefits
Veterans, with their attractive and generous GI Bill education benefits have been targeted by predatory, for-profit colleges. Often times, they leave with a partial education, or if they do graduate, the diploma comes with a mountain of debt. And for some, they find out too late that their credits won’t transfer or they don’t qualify for the licenses they need.
Until it filed for bankruptcy in 2015, the Corinthian College group was a leader in student loan fraud. Federal authorities, as well as the California attorney general’s office have gone after Corinthian. California’s AG successfully obtained a judgment for more than a billion dollars due to deceptive advertising and unlawful lending practices, and the Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau obtained a 40 percent reduction in the private loans owed for tuition at Corinthian Colleges.
Additionally, the U.S. Department of Education discharged student loan debt for over 27,000 students who enrolled in one of Corinthian’s programs, and it has promised debt relief to 23,000 more former students seeking debt relief based on allegations of fraud.
ITT Tech was another for-profit that filed for bankruptcy, leaving more than 35,000 students in limbo when it closed.
Corinthian, like many other for-profit schools, used fine-print forced arbitration clauses in its student enrollment contracts to have any litigation against the school dismissed.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has not been able to secure loan relief to students.
Relief may be on the way in the form of a rule that requires schools taking federal aid to drop forced arbitration, allowing students to pursue fraud claims in court. But DeVos has delayed the rule and is considering reversing it.
Not all for-profit colleges are in favor of arbitration. The University of Phoenix has eliminated mandatory arbitration clauses in student-enrollment agreements. Greg Cappelli, CEO of University of Phoenix’s parent company said that the decision “is the right choice for all of our students.”
DeVry University has also eliminated mandatory arbitration clauses.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued a new rule that restores the ability of students, service members and other consumers to band together in court when banks, student lenders and other financial companies act illegally.
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Veterans Can Be Trained For High Tech Jobs with New Federal Program
September 12, 2017 /0 Comments/in Education, Employment, GI Bill, Government, Military, Military News, Military Veteran, Veteran Employment, Veteran News, Veteran Schools, Veterans Benefits
While the post-9/11 GI Bill provides funding for veterans to pursue traditional education programs, technological advancements have resulted in high tech jobs for military, high tech jobs for veterans, military high tech jobs and veteran high tech jobs.
These are great jobs that veterans interested in technology careers can and should fill. But unfortunately, most short-term tech training programs aren’t eligible for funding from the G.I. Bill,
A bill sponsored by CA Rep. Ro Khanna will now change that. The bill will launch a five-year pilot program so that short-term tech training courses will be able to get G.I. Bill funding much easier.
“These types of skills might be more beneficial in getting a good job than two years of college or even four years of college,” said Khanna.
The bill will fund programs like NPower, a nonprofit that offers courses in the basics of computer hardware, software, and advanced network administration..
The program, which costs between $6,000 and $10,000 per student, is currently funded by foundations and grants and doesn’t charge the veteran participants. But G.I. Bill funding would enable NPower to serve a greater number of veterans.
Khanna’s bill also allows veterans to collect their BAH housing stipends to offset their living expenses while they’re taking a training course.
High tech training will give veterans a leg up when it comes to securing good jobs. In fact, many veterans already have security clearances necessary for tech companies that contract with the government.
Khanna was the lead Democratic sponsor on the tech funding pilot program which was spearheaded by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield as part of a larger G.I. Bill expansion.
If the pilot program goes well, it could become permanent.
“This is reorienting the G.I. Bill for the 21st century,” Khanna said.
In a deeply divided Congress, it’s nice to see our elected officials reach across the aisle to benefit our veterans.
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Mental Health Tricks Used by Special Forces Can Help You
August 24, 2017 /0 Comments/in Education, Healthcare, Military, Military News, Military Spouse, Military Veteran
When it comes to overcoming our daily challenges, we civilians can learn a thing or two from our elite military forces.
Our Special Forces are masters of warfare, fitness, endurance, and preparation. Here are some of their mental preparation techniques that we can all use:
Concern yourself with just the immediate: don’t think past the next five minutes. Rather than worrying about the future, just do your best for the next five minutes.
Put your mind on autopilot- intently focus on the present and only the present. Similar to the five minute rule, don’t be concerned with what happened in the past or what the future could bring, just be present. Going on autopilot will help you succeed, regardless of the nature of the challenge in front of you.
Breathing techniques-breathe slow, breathe deep, and clear your mind. Pause, focus and slow your breathing, take several slow deep breathes, clear your mind, and focus 100% on the task at hand.
Practice makes perfect- mental rehearsals contribute to success. Mental rehearsal, also referred to as imagery perspective, is when you clearly imagine what the perfect completion of your task looks like. This technique can set you up to actually complete the task successfully. This type of imagery is a proven technique to enhance the attainment of the behavior you imagine. These techniques improve learning, enhance performance and reduce the negative effects of stress. Relaxation and imagery provide the foundation for positive change and for relief from stress.
Act and look relaxed- even if you’re far from it! If you have to fake it until you make it, one of the best ways to manage your own stress is to make sure you project an image of personal calm, serenity, and relaxation
Utilizing some or all of these techniques can help you conquer any challenge.
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Marine Corps Looking to Turn Officers into PhDs
August 18, 2017 /0 Comments/in Education, Military, Military News
Two pilot programs are being offered by the U.S. Marine Corps that would allow qualified majors through lieutenant colonels to receive their PhDs with the Corps picking up the tab, as long as they agree to stay in the service for an additional six years.
Interested applicants should get moving: with only four officers being picked, it will be competitive. And applications are only being accepted through the end of this month.
Two of the recipients will be required to pursue a doctorate in strategic affairs, geared toward national security, military history, public policy, political science, government, or some other related field.
The other two will be required to attend a doctoral program with a technical focus in operations research, modeling virtual environments and simulation (MOVES), information sciences, or computer science.
The MOVES program focuses on the principles of applied visual simulation technology and the application of quantitative analyses to human-computer interaction. The coursework may include instruction in object-oriented programming, artificial intelligence, computer communications and networks, computer graphics, virtual worlds and simulation systems, probability, statistics, stochastic modeling, data analysis, human-performance evaluation, and human-behavior modeling.
Interested candidates must already have a masters degree, or currently be pursuing one if they are applying for the technical doctorate.
By developing a cohort of strategic thinkers and technical leaders, the Marine Corps has a goal of achieving innovative thinking. This will be the result of applying substantive knowledge, directing original research, and leveraging relationships with industry and elements of national security.
“Uniformed doctorates provide the Marine Corps deployable, highly-skilled manpower in support of senior leader decision-making as well as helping generate national, defense, and service strategies in an increasingly complex world.”
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Here’s What You Need to Know About the Forever GI Bill
August 11, 2017 /0 Comments/in Education, GI Bill, Military, Military News, Military Spouse, Military Veteran, Veteran Schools
The “Forever GI Bill,” a sweeping expansion of GI Bill education benefits, is on its way to the Oval Office.
Passed by both houses of Congress, the bill will increase veteran’s benefits by more than $3 billion over the next decade.
One important change, reserved for those who become eligible after January 1, 2018, is the removal of the 15-year limit on using their GI Bill benefits, which offers them more flexibility.
Additionally, the Forever GI Bill boosts education assistance for National Guard and Reserve troops, Purple Heart recipients and for the dependents of fallen troops.
Reservists called to active duty under sections 12304(a) and 12304(b) are now eligible. Previously, only reservists called to active duty by presidential order as a result of a national emergency were eligible. This applies to all reservists mobilized after Aug. 1, 2009, but reservists can receive payment only for classes that start after Aug. 1, 2018.
Reservists who were receiving REAP payments may now be eligible for the Post-9/11 GI Bill. Currently, there are less than 4,000 people eligible for this benefit.
Purple Heart recipients will get the full GI Bill amount, regardless of how long they served on active duty.
For veterans who were caught up in the collapse of for-profit schools Corinthian Colleges and ITT Tech, the legislation would fully restore their GI Bill education benefits.
Of course, all of this comes with a price tag, and the expansion will be paid for by reducing the increases in housing allowances paid under the GI Bill to new beneficiaries. As of January 1, 2018, the GI Bill housing allowance will decrease an average of $100 a month. Active-duty BAH is also affected, decreasing each year by 1 percent every year from 2015 to 2019, so that by 2020, BAH will only cover 95 percent of a military member’s housing cost.
The housing allowance for GI Bill students will now be based on the campus location where classes are attended, not necessarily the main campus.
Effective August 1, 2018, Dependent’s Education Assistance (DEA) monthly payments will increase by about 50 percent, but the maximum number of months that a dependent can get DEA decreases from 45 to 36.
Also effective August 1, 2018, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) programs are eligible for the “Edith Nourse Rogers Scholarship” which will pay veterans up to $30,000 if they have used up all their GI Bill benefits and have at least 60 semester/90 quarter hours credit toward a STEM degree. It also will pay those who already have a STEM degree and are working on a teaching certification.
The High Technology Pilot Program, scheduled to start in the spring of 2019, covers the full cost of high technology training offered by a company versus a school.
MilitaryConnection.com has a comprehensive education area, and we invite you to check out the numerous education resources at https://militaryconnection.com/education.
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What Makes a School Truly Veteran Friendly?
July 29, 2017 /0 Comments/in Education, GI Bill, Military Veteran, Veterans Benefits
Veterans who have transitioned out of the military do so with rich veteran education benefits, especially those who have the Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits. In addition to tuition, the benefit covers housing, books and supplies. It’s no wonder that schools want to recruit these potential students.
But because veterans can only spend these veteran education benefits once, finding the right institution to help guarantee success is of great importance. This is achieved by finding an institution that fosters a culture which is supportive, appreciative, respectful, embracing, and inclusive of the veterans it educates. Schools that genuinely value diversity will make an active, sustained effort to attract veterans, because they recognize the value of their presence in the classroom.
Being veteran friendly also means being responsive to the unique needs of their student-veteran population.
Here are some characteristics a veteran education program should provide:
A veterans lounge as a designated space for the veterans to gather, study, and socialize
Department of Veterans Affairs resources directly on campus
A chapter of Student Veterans of America
Fully covered tuition through the G.I. Bill, and a commitment to meet any shortfalls through institutional aid
Exemption from standard residential housing policies since veterans are older and may have families
Credit for military service
A quality education
Military bases maintain an education office, and conduct transition assistance workshops for servicemen and women preparing to reenter civilian life.
Additional resources include:
The Warrior Scholar Program empowers enlisted military veterans by providing them with a skill bridge that enables a successful transition from the battlefield to the classroom. The program works to maximize their education opportunities by making them informed consumers of education, and increases the confidence they will need to successfully complete a rigorous four-year undergraduate program at a top-tier school.
Service to School, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that provides free application counseling to military veterans. Their goal is to help veterans win admission to the best universities possible and to help them maximize their education benefits.
The Posse Foundation, which forms groups of 10 veterans who all are admitted to the same college at once, and form a ready-made squad of peers who can support each other throughout their college experience and succeed as a team.
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United States. Office of War Information. Domestic Branch. Bureau of Motion Pictures3
Hawes, Stanley, 1905-19912
Taylor, Donald, 1911-19662
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1. A Fifth Army report from the beachhead (09:55)
United States. Army Pictorial Service
Shows the fighting and casualties involved in securing Anzio beachhead during World War II.
2. A new fire bomb (08:46)
United States. Office of Civilian Defense
Describes and provides information about methods of defense regarding a recently developed type of German explosive fire bomb. In dramatic reenactments, wardens and civilians are warned to keep awa...
3. Airscrew (21:07)
Tharp, Grahame, 1912-
This short nonfiction film depicts the intensive testing that goes into developing and producing aircraft propellers. It opens with the whirring or propeller blades. Animated diagrams show how the ...
4. An air raid warden's report (10:50)
Shows the importance of accuracy in the information a warden collects at the scene of disaster and the exact manner in which he should transmit information to the control.
5. Battle wreckage (10:09)
Explains why large quantities of war materials, in particular steel, are needed for the war effort. Shows the sea battle and beachhead landing of the Normandy invasion.
6. Britain's youth (12:27)
Fry, Charles Burgess, 1872-1956
A short documentary on the widespread engagement in physical activity and athletics in England. Includes footage of amateur cricket matches, soccer games, tennis, darts, and other sports. The resur...
7. Citizens army (10:38)
Taylor, Donald, 1911-1966
Men from a variety of backgrounds and professional fields are trained for the British Home Guard. Describes the development and standardization of this volunteer citizen's army. Scenes from trainin...
9. Glass versus bombs (16:58)
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Shows the ability of various types of window glass to withstand concussion caused by bombing.
10. Health in war (13:19)
Jackson, Pat, 1916-2011
"Offers revealing insights into the re-structuring of health services in London and elsewhere in Britain following the outbreak of WWII ... The film is broadly divided into three parts. The opening...
11. Into the blue (10:39)
Catling, Darrel, 1909-1991
Shows how young airmen are trained by the R.A.F. Not only is the standard training such as solo flying shown, but also learning Morse code, navigation lectures, and special bombardier and fighter p...
12. It's up to us (10:39)
General Motors Corporation
Focuses on the conservation of important natural elements such as rubber, oil and metal needed to support the U.S. Victory Program. Viewers are shown various ways in which they can change daily hab...
13. Mr. Proudfoot shows a light (08:00)
Howard, Sydney, 1885-1946
Humorously using the arrogant and bumbling Mr. Proudfoot, this film serves a dual purpose of emphasizing the importance of obeying blackout hours, as well as easing the stress of the time period by...
14. Negro colleges in war time (08:28)
United States. Office of War Information. Domestic Branch. Bureau of Motion Pictures
Presents the wartime activities of four African American colleges--Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, Prairie View College in Texas, Howard University in Washington, D.C., and Hampton Institute in Virg...
15. On the war bond front : a Treasury Department report to the retailers of America (06:16)
United States. Department of the Treasury.
Presents a recent history of the war savings program from its inception in July 1941 to January, 1943, with special emphasis on the activities of retail stores and the payroll savings plan.
16. Paratroops (09:00)
"A quick overview of the weeks spent in learning to jump, tumble, and fall, in practice jumping from a tower and from a dummy plane, in packing the parachute one's life depends on, in learning to j...
17. Perishable rush (13:48)
18. Photography fights (13:36)
Quackenbush, Robert S., 1904-1985
Dramatization showing how Navy photographers and photographic interpreters provided the intelligence necessary to launch a strike against a Japanese airfield in the Solomon Islands. Ends with a sta...
19. Ready on the home front (23:56)
Constable, J. M.
Presents the general aims of the civilian defense program during World War II. Describes the training and duties of the air raid warden. Closes with a proclamation by Governor Schricker.
20. Right of way (07:35)
Eastman, Joseph B. (Joseph Bartlett), 1882-1944
Follows a troop train, a freight train, and a truck rushing to deliver men and supplies to a ship convoy in 1943. Explains the reasons for transportation delays and the shortage of goods in wartime...
21. Road to Berlin (18:48)
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Using dramatized events and newsreels, this film shows the organizing done during World War II to ship war supplies to the military. Shows the work of the Army Transportation Corps in providing shi...
22. Scotland speaks (20:21)
Survey of the part played by Scotland in the national war effort including farming, coal mining, and shipbuilding.
23. Secrets (07:11)
24. Story of a transport (20:58)
25. Supervising women workers (10:41)
United States. Office of Education. Division of Visual Aids
A line supervisor discusses with a foreman his problem in supervising the women in his department. The fact is brought out that the same rules apply in supervising both men and women, but that wome...
26. Target for tonight (48:28)
Watt, Harry, 1906-1987
Presents an account of an actual air raid by the Bomber Command of the Royal Air Force. Aerial photographs disclose the objective to be raided. Then staff planning, routine preparations, and the te...
27. Target lights (17:36)
"This film is an illustrated narrative of the method of preparing any home for a "black-out". It illustrates the vital importance to every family of knowing what to do and just how to do it. No det...
28. The battle of brains (12:23)
Hawes, Stanley, 1905-1991
"This film illustrates the difference between World War II and the war of 1914, emphasizing the importance of mechanization, and contrasting the mobile tactics with the immobility of trench warfare...
29. The calls that cure (11:08)
30. The children see it thru (07:51)
Fletcher, Yvonne, 1917-
A British production made as a fund raising appeal to American audiences to aid British children affected by the Blitz. The film depicts the hardships of life during wartime for children and discus...
31. The Earthmovers (14:07)
United States. Army. Signal Corps
Shows heavy equipment of all types used by the Corps of Engineers and the Seabees during World War II. Describes how the "work power" of military construction units clears beaches of mines, constru...
32. The gardens of victory (08:00)
Associated Sales Co.
Shows the wartime need for vegetable gardens in every American community.
33. The home front (10:44)
"During World War I Canadian women watched a half-million of their men march into the unknown. With the outbreak of World War II they once again shouldered the tasks of maintaining the home front a...
34. The work of the rescue unit (14:24)
Presents the training of civilians for rescue work during World War II. Shows the procedures for assigning volunteers to the type of work for which they are prepared and training them to perform as...
35. These are the men (12:16)
Osbiston, Alan
Takes Leni Riefenstahl's footage from the Nüremberg speeches of the Nazi Leaders and superimposes English "translations" over a set of orations in English "in which Hitler, Goebbels, Göering, Strei...
36. Troop train (11:01)
Shows the movement across the country in 1943 of the 201st Armored Division.
37. Venture adventure (07:43)
Hasse, Charles, 1904-2002
Short film on the Air Training Corps of the British Royal Air Force, showing recruiting, enlistment and training.
38. Wartime factory (09:38)
39. Western front (20:22)
Wilding Picture Productions
Begins with a short summary of American attitudes to the War in Europe and how the U.S. underestimated the militaristic tendencies of the Japanese. Argues that the Chinese have been fighting World ...
40. What to do in a gas attack (15:03)
Price, Sherman
Explains what war gas is, how it is used by the enemy, and how simple household items, such as bicarbonate of soda and bleaching solution, may be used to prevent casualties.
41. Words for battle (07:54)
Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989
Laurence Olivier's reading of passages from Milton, William Blake, Robert Browning, Rudyard Kipling and Abraham Lincoln accompany scenes of daily life in wartime Britain. The texts selected emphasi...
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Women exposed to diethylstilbestrol in the womb face increased cancer risk
Posted on October 6, 2011 by Marie Benz MD FAAD
A large study of the daughters of women who had been given DES, the first synthetic form of estrogen, during pregnancy has found that exposure to the drug while in the womb (in utero) is associated with many reproductive problems and an increased risk of certain cancers and pre-cancerous conditions. The results of this analysis, conducted by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and collaborators across the country, were published Oct. 6, 2011, in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Beginning in 1940, diethylstilbestrol, known as DES, was used clinically to prevent certain complications of pregnancy. In the 1950s, clinical studies showed DES was ineffective for this purpose. In the late 1960s, an unusual occurrence of a rare cancer of the vagina among young women, called clear cell adenocarcinoma (CCA), was observed and subsequently linked to their exposure to DES while in the womb.
In 1971, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration notified physicians that DES should not be prescribed to pregnant women. However, between 5 million and 10 million pregnant women and babies had been exposed to the drug. It was manufactured under many different product names, and came in various forms, including pills, creams and vaginal suppositories.
“Our study carefully documents elevated risk for DES-exposed daughters for a host of medical problems — many of them also quite common in the general population,” said study author Robert N. Hoover, M.D., director of the Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program in NCI’s Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics. “Without the sentinel finding of a very rare cancer in young women, and without the sustained follow-up of those who were exposed, we would not know the full extent of harm caused by DES exposure in the womb.”
In this study, which included over 6,500 women (4,600 exposed and 1,900 unexposed), the researchers found that the daughters with exposure to DES while in the womb had an increased risk of 12 medical conditions, including a twofold higher risk of infertility and a fivefold increased risk of having a preterm delivery. (See table below for complete list of increased risks.)
This study is also the first to estimate the cumulative proportion of all DES-exposed women who developed these conditions because of their exposure. Of all DES-exposed women, 1 in 5 will experience some level of infertility because of their exposure. And of all those exposed women who are successful in having at least one birth, 1 in 3 will have a preterm delivery due to DES.
Although DES-exposed daughters have about 40 times the risk of developing CCA than unexposed women, CCA is still a rare disease, occurring in 1 in 1,000 DES-exposed daughters. While the first women diagnosed with this condition in the late 1960s were adolescents and young adults at the time of their diagnosis, the research now shows that the risk for DES-exposed daughters continues through at least age 40. In addition, these women are more than twice as likely to develop pre-cancerous cells in the cervix or vagina (called cervical intraepithelial neoplasia) and have an 80 percent higher chance of developing breast cancer after age 40. According to the results of this study, by age 55, 1 in 25 DES-exposed daughters will develop abnormal cellular changes in the cervix or vagina, and 1 in 50 will develop breast cancer due to their DES exposure.
This study was the first to assess risk based on the presence of vaginal epithelial changes as a biomarker of timing and dose of DES exposure. Exposed daughters with higher total dose of DES and younger age of the embryo at first exposure had evidence of these changes in the lining of the vagina. Women with these changes were at even greater risk for 9 of the 12 conditions compared to exposed women who did not have the biomarker.
This study did not evaluate sons with DES exposure in the womb, but previous reports have indicated an increased risk for certain testicular abnormalities, including undescended testicles or the development of cysts in the epididymis, tightly coiled tubes connected to the testicles. As DES-exposed sons grow older, more data will be available to assess their cancer risk. So far, research has shown no decreased fertility for these men, even with testicular abnormalities.
The women in this study were followed as part of the NCI’s DES Follow-up Study, which began in 1992. NCI researchers will continue to study DES-exposed daughters as they move into menopausal years. The cancer risks for exposed daughters, as well as sons, are continually being studied to determine if they differ from an unexposed population. In addition, researchers are studying possible health effects on the grandchildren of mothers who took DES during pregnancy, because some of the genetic changes caused by DES exposure in the womb may be inherited.
The other research centers involved in this work are Boston University Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center DES Project, Los Angeles; University of Chicago Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, N.H.; The Mayo Clinic DES Project, Rochester, Minn.; The Methodist Hospital-Research Institute Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Houston; and Tufts Medical Center, Boston.
For more information about DES exposure and cancer risk, please go to http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/DES.
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The nervous system is a network of specialized cells that communicate information about an organism's surroundings and itself. It processes this information and causes reactions in other parts of the body. It is composed of neurons and other specialized cells called glial cells,(plural form glia), that aid in the function of the neurons. The nervous system is divided broadly into two categories: the peripheral nervous system and the central nervous system. Neurons generate and conduct impulses between and within the two systems. The peripheral nervous system is composed of sensory neurons and the neurons that connect them to the nerve cord, spinal cord and brain, which make up the central nervous system. In response to stimuli, sensory neurons generate and propagate signals to the central nervous system which then processes and conducts signals back to the muscles and glands. The neurons of the nervous systems of animals are interconnected in complex arrangements and use electrochemical signals and neurotransmitters to transmit impulses from one neuron to the next. The interaction of the different neurons form neural circuits regulate an organism's perception of the world and what is going on with its body, thus regulating its behavior. Nervous systems are found in many multicellular animals but differ greatly in complexity between species.
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{ April 30, 2010 @ 8:53 pm } · { History of Gwadar }
Gwadar is located on the southwestern coast of Pakistan, close to the Strait of Hormuz on the Persian Gulf. More than 13 million bbl/d of oil pass through the Strait. It is strategically located between three increasingly important regions: the oil-rich Middle East, heavily populated South Asia and the economically emerging and resource-laden region of Central Asia. The Gwadar Port is expected to generate billions of dollars in revenues and create at least two million jobs. In 2007, the government of Pakistan handed over port operations to PSA Singapore for 25 years, and gave it the status of a Tax Free Port for the following 40 years. There is also money invested into the port by the People’s Republic of China. The strategic PRC plan to be engaged in many places along oil and gas roads is evident.
The Makran region surrounding Gwadar was occupied by an ancient Bronze age people which settled in the few oases. It later became the Gedrosia region of the Achaemenid Persian empire. It is believed to have been conquered by the founder of the Persian empire, Cyrus the Great. The capital of the satrapy of Gedrosia was Pura, which is thought to have been located near the modern Bampûr, in Iranian Balochistan. During the homeward march of Alexander the Great, his admiral, Nearchus, led a fleet along the modern-day Makran coast and recorded that the area was dry, mountainous, and inhabited by the Ichthyophagoi (or “fish eaters”), an Greek rendering of the ancient Persian phrase “Mahi khoran” (which has itself become the modern word “Makran”). [4] After the collapse of Alexander’s empire the area was ruled by Seleucus Nicator, one of Alexander’s generals. The region then came under “local rule” around about 303 BC.
The region remained on the sidelines of history for a millennium, until the Arab-Muslim army of Muhammad bin Qasim captured the town of Gwadar in 711 CE and over the intervening (and nearly equivalent) amount of time the area was contested by various powers, including the Mughals (from the east) and the Safavids (from the west). The Portuguese captured, sacked and burnt Gwadar in 1581, and this was then followed by almost two centuries of local rule by the various Balochi tribes. The city was visited by Ottoman Admiral Sidi Ali Reis in 1550s and mentioned in his book Mirat ul Memalik (The Mirror of Countries), 1557 CE. According to Sidi Ali Reis, the inhabitants of Gwadar were Baloch and their chief was Malik Jelaleddin, son of Malik Dinar. In 1783, the Khan of Kalat granted suzerainty over Gwadar to Taimur Sultan, the defeated ruler of Muscat. [7] When the Sultan subsequently retook Muscat, he was to continue his rule in Gwadar by appointing a Wali (or “governor”). This Wali was then ordered to subjugate the nearby coastal town of Chah Bahar (in modern-day Iran), which … The Gwadari fort was built during Omani rule, whilst telegraph lines were later extended into the town courtesy of HRM of the British.
In 1958, the Gwadar enclave was transferred to Pakistan. It was then made part of the Balochistan province In 2002, the Gwadar Port project (of building a large, deep-sea port) was begun in the town. The government of Pakistan intends to develop the entire area in order to reduce its reliance in shipping on the port of Karachi. In addition to expanding port facilities, the Project aims to build industrial complexes in the area and to connect the town via a modern highway to the rest of Pakistan. By the end of 2004 the first phase had been completed.
As well as being district headquarters, the town of Gwadar is the chief city of Gwadar Tehsil, the tehsil is administratively subdivided into five Union Councils, three of which form Gwadar city, these are:[8]
” Central Gwadar
” Gwadar Southern
” Gwadar Northern
Gwadar’s location and history have given it a unique blend of cultures. The Arabic influence upon Gwadar is strong as a consequence of the Omani era and the close proximity of other Arab-majority regions. The legacy of the Omani slave trade is observed in the population by the presence of residents which can trace their descent from the African slaves who were trafficked through the town (en route to destinations in the Muslim Far East. The area also has a remarkable religious diversity, being home to not only Sunni muslims, but also to groups of Christians, Hindus, Parsis, and various minorities such as the Qadianis.
Gwadar is located on the Gulf of Oman close to the entrance of the Persian Gulf, about 460 kilometres west of Karachi. In 1993, Pakistan started feasibility studies for the development of a major deepwater seaport at Gwadar. The port project commenced on 22 March 2002 with the first phase completed in December 2005.
The construction of the port has spurred other major infrastructure projects in the area. This includes the 700 km Makran Coastal Highway which is now complete. The road links Karachi with several ports along the coast including Ormara, Pasni, Gwadar and will be extended to the Iranian border in the future. The highway has reduced travel time to Karachi from 48 hours to only 7 hours. Other road projects include the Gwadar-Quetta-Chaman road which is due for completion in 2006 and a roadlink to the town of Khuzdar in eastern Balochistan. There are also plans for a terminal for passenger ships.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan has earmarked 3000 acres (12 km²) of land for Gwadar International Airport which will be built 26 km away to the northeast of the existing airport towards Pasni and is likely to cost between $200-250 million. The new airport will be given international status and operate under the open sky policy. In the meantime there are plans to improve facilities at the existing airport.
Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has said, “The government is focusing on laying the Havelian-Kashghar (China) and Quetta-Kandahar (Afghanistan) railway tracks”. In 2006, Ministry of Railways announced that Gwadar will be connected to Pakistan Railways network at an expected cost of $ 1.25 billion (Rs. 75-billion).
Geopolitical importance
The Gwadar deep-sea port emerges as a place of great strategic value, enhancing Pakistan’s importance in the whole region, extending from the Persian Gulf through the Indian Ocean to Southeast Asia and the Far East.
Gwadar is located on the southwestern coast of Pakistan, close to the important Straits of Hormuz, through which more than 13 million bbd of oil passes. It is strategically located between three increasingly important regions of the world: the oil-rich Middle East, heavily populated South Asia and the economically emerging and resource-rich Central Asia.
The construction of the Gwadar deep-sea port is just one component of a larger development plan which includes building a network of roads connecting Gwadar with the rest of Pakistan, such as the 650 km Coastal Highway to Karachi and the Gwadar-Turbat road (188 km). This network of roads connects with China through the Indus Highway. Pakistan, China, Kazakhistan, Kyrgizstan and Uzbekistan are developing extensive road and rail links from Central Asia and the Chinese province of Xinjiang to the Arabian Sea coast.
The Pakistani Government has initiated several projects, with majority financial and technical assistance from China, to develop Gwadar’s strategic location as a goods transit and trade point. The primary project is the construction of a deep-sea port at Gwadar to enable high-volume cargo movement to and from the landlocked Central Asian states. The new port will also encompass conversion facilities to allow for the movement of natural gas as a part of plans for a termination point for the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan natural gas pipeline. The secondary project is a coastal highway connecting Gwadar to Karachi, whose $200 million cost will be completely financed by the Chinese. Gwadar will serve as a port of entry for oil and gas to be transported by land to the western regions of China.
The significance of Gwadar is great to both Pakistan and China. Pakistan will be able to have a strategic depth southwest from its naval base in Karachi that has long been vulnerable to blockade by the Indian Navy. China is going to be the beneficiary of Gwadar’s most accessible international trade routes to the Central Asian republics and Xinjiang. By extending its East-West Railway from the Chinese border city of Kashi to Peshawar in Pakistan’s northwest, Beijing can receive cargo to and from Gwadar along the shortest route, from Karachi to Peshawar. The rail network could also be used to supply oil from the Persian Gulf to Xinjiang. Pakistan’s internal rail network can also provide China with rail access to Iran. Rail access will however be hampered somewhat by differences in gauge: China and Iran – 1435 mm; Pakistan – 1676 mm; Central Asia – 1524 mm.
The government declared Gwadar port a “Special Economic Zone” in the budget, 2003-2004. All banks will open their branches, five star hotels will be built, offshore banking will be started, factories, warehouses and storage will be set up, the tourism industry will be promoted in the area, an export processing zone will be set up, making Pakistan a very attractive place for direct foreign investment, and Gwadar port a regional hub of trade and investment activities.[9]
Oman has offered $100 million aid for the development of social and infrastructure facilities in Balochistan. Out of $100 million, Oman has provided $7 million for extending of runway at Gwadar Airport, construction of jetties, upgradation of Gwadar Hospital, provision of 100 engines to fishermen and construction of power house. Oman is also financing construction of Gwadar-Hoshab Road, water supply scheme in Gwadar area and construction of irrigation dams.
Pakistan and Oman have signed a number of agreements including Avoidance of Double Taxation, Promotion and Protection of Investment, Cultural, Technical and Educational Cooperation, Agreement on cooperation between Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry and FPCCI, Maritime Boundary Agreement and Agreement to establish Pak-Oman Joint Investment Company.
The proximity of Oman is an asset to Pakistan. Around 70,000 Pakistani citizens are participating in the development of Oman. Omani assistance for construction of Gwadar Port would go a long way in promoting economic relations between Pakistan and central Asian states.
Pakistan through networking of roads is linking Gwadar with Karachi and the north to enable the Central Asian States to use Gwadar as a port for their trade. Water supply is being improved, seven jetties are being constructed and local fishermen are being given motor engine run boats. The local hospital is also being upgraded.
A number of electric power generation projects are also being carried out in Gwadar and in its surroundings. The Quetta Electric Supply Company (QESCO), a subsidiary of the Wapda, has geared up the work for building the power transmission line. It is expected to be completed soon.
Gwadar has a small airport which is basically meant for small commercial aircraft. The need is growing for the expansion of this airport and enlargement of its runway to facilitate the landing of wide body aero-planes. CAA has been directed to upgrade the Gwadar Airport for the landing of jet aircraft by the end of 2004. Gwadar port will be open air and after its inauguration the jet planes shall be landing at the Gwadar airport. A sum of 2.3 million dollars is being utilized from Omani grant. The Pakistan government and the Civil Aviation Authority are also contributing additional Rs563.35 million for this purpose.
Dry Port
A dry port in the Sino-Pakistani border town of Sust, 200 km north of Gilgit, was constructed in 2004 at a cost of Rs 90 million. Soon, President Musharraf announced that the state of the art facility would be linked to Gwadar via the Karakoram Highway. According to the president, this provides parts of China with the shortest access to Pakistani deep sea ports, and the Middle East.[10]
Rice zone
Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP)-apex body of the rice exporters in the country- has decided to establish a rice zone in Gwadar to fetch the opportunities in the area after the construction of new port. The establishment of warehouses will provide extraordinary facilities to rice exporters especially for those who export rice to Iran as the Iranian border is only at a distance of three hours from Gwadar.
rs and other plants have been installed in addition to a 50 MW power-house. 33 km railway line from Taftan to Saindak has also been laid. The Chinese company MRDL has so far invested $25 million (Rs 1.5 billion) on the project.
Trans-Afghan Gas Pipeline
The 1400 km Trans-Afghan Gas Pipeline (TAP) from Turkemenistan to Gwadar(Pakistan), a long-dormant project that would pump Turkmen natural gas to markets in South Asia, may finally be poised to begin at a cost of $3 billion.[11] The Government has announced that a massive defense facility will be constructed in the city in order to guarantee the security of the area. The Government has also announced that a new shipbuilding centre will be built at Gwadar, with an as-yet unspecified international partner.
Port Operations
Port of Singapore was scheduled to take over management of Gwadar Port by the end of January 2007. Port of Singapore was the highest bidder for the Gwadar port after DP World backed out of the bidding process. Originally, the chairman of Dubai Ports World, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, who met Pakistani president General Pervez Musharraf on May 5th 2006, expressed a strong hope for management of facilities at the strategic Gwadar deep sea port and development of infrastructure in the southern port city and elsewhere in Pakistan. But a decision was taken not to bid, after India’s National Security Council voiced concerns about DP World’s ventures in India, alongside its plans in Pakistan, and Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem assured the Indians their pull-out was well considered and India need not have any security concerns. The port will now be in competition with that of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
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US authorities now need warrant for your cellphone location data
27 Jun 2018 0 Law & order, Privacy
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Privacy activists scored a legal victory this week after the Supreme Court ruled it unlawful for law enforcement and federal agencies to access cellphone location records without a warrant.
Cellular carriers can track your phone’s location using either built-in GPS data or by triangulating location data between nearby cellphone towers. This information is logged and can be used to create a detailed picture of where you were, and when.
Just ask Malte Spitz, the German Green Party politician who in 2011 went to court to find out how much his cellphone carrier, Deutsche Telekom, knew about his whereabouts. It logged his cellphone location over 35,000 times in a six-month period. Now, imagine combining that with other information from social media, and with the cellphone records of people that you interact with. Before long, you can paint a highly-detailed picture of your life.
This week, the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, aimed to remove some of the detail of this picture by ruling that law enforcement in the US must obtain a warrant before accessing cellphone location data.
In its opinion, the court explained that these records provide “near perfect surveillance, as if it had attached an ankle monitor to the phone’s user”. Because phone companies keep these records, law enforcement officials have been able to check up on anyone they wanted, after the fact.
The Court was ruling on an appeal bought by Tim Carpenter, who was convicted in 2011 based on his cellphone data. After analyzing calls made from the phone of a separate party arrested for armed robbery, FBI agents obtained the phone location for numbers called around the time of the robberies. Using this data, they were able to tie Carpenter’s phone to the time and location of several robberies, leading to his conviction and sentencing.
Prior to this week’s ruling, the FBI was legally allowed to access this information under a 1994 amendment to the 1986 Stored Communications Act, which enables a judge to grant a court order for access to records if prosecutors can prove that they are “relevant and material to an ongoing investigation”.
Carpenter appealed the case, arguing it was a breach of his Fourth Amendment rights. The Fourth Amendment requires the government to have probable cause when accessing private data. This is a higher legal standard than the Stored Communications Act which only requires a search warrant.
Prosecutors had argued successfully on appeal that only the content of a call, not the metadata, is protected under the Fourth Amendment. In addition, the appeals court also found that the ‘third party doctrine’ exempted private data stored by a third party such as a cellphone carrier, making it possible for the government to see that information. This week’s Supreme Court ruling overturns that decision.
It isn’t just direct government access to carrier data that privacy advocates must worry about. Law enforcement officials have in the past used private services such as Securus, which accesses carrier location records and then sells access to them. Last month, the New York Times reported on a Mississippi County sheriff who accessed those records without a warrant.
Separate from accessing stored third-party records is the use of devices dedicated to live cellphone tracking. Cell site simulators (also known as Stingrays) impersonate cell towers, effectively mounting a man in the middle attack on local phones in the area. This enables users to intercept the location of phones connecting in the local area.
In 2015, the Department of Justice mandated warrants for the use of Stingray devices, but only for federal agencies rather than local law enforcement. More recently, both the Supreme Court in New York and the DC Court of Appeals ruled that prosecutors could not use data obtained via cell site simulators without a warrant.
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Resume Reading — Brain Damage Saved His Music
Biology Neuroscience
Brain Damage Saved His Music
After a chunk of his brain was removed, guitarist Pat Martino got his groove back.
Brian Gallagher By Brian Gallagher Illustration by Agata Endo Nowicka January 8, 2015
Five years ago, when neurosurgeon Marcelo Galarza saw images from jazz guitarist Pat Martino’s cerebral MRI, he was astonished.…By Brian Gallagher
Five years ago, when neurosurgeon Marcelo Galarza saw images from jazz guitarist Pat Martino’s cerebral MRI, he was astonished. “I couldn’t believe how much of his left temporal lobe had been removed,” he said. Martino had brain surgery in 1980 to remove a tangle of malformed veins and arteries. At the time he was one of the most celebrated guitarists in jazz. Yet few people knew that Martino suffered epileptic seizures, crushing headaches, and depression. Locked in psychiatric wards, he withstood debilitating electroshock therapy.
It wasn’t until 2007 that Martino had an MRI and not until recently that neuroscientists published their analyses of the images. Galarza’s astonishment, like that of medical scientists and music fans, arises from the fact that Martino recovered from surgery with a significant portion of his brain and memory gone, but his guitar skills intact. In a 2014 report in World Neurosurgery, Galarza, of the University Hospital in Murcia, Spain, and colleagues from Europe and the United States, wrote, “To our knowledge, this case study represents the first clinical observation of a patient who exhibited complete recovery from a profound amnesia and regained his previous virtuoso status.”1
Martino is now 70 and has released over 30 albums. He continues to tour around the world and according to many jazz critics and musicians he plays with more felicity and creativity than ever. And in Martino’s case that is really saying something. Since he was a teenager, the guitarist has been known for fleet fingers and surprising improvisations. Grammy Award-winning guitarist George Benson told an interviewer that he saw himself as the young phenom around New York City in the 1960s until he saw Martino play one night in Harlem. “I was flabbergasted, man!” Over the years, Benson said, Martino “stayed on my mind because I knew that there was another standard out there that all guitar players had to recognize, and he was setting it. He showed us that there was much more to the guitar than we were hearing.”
Martino has also put on a show for neuroscientists. His case demonstrates neuroplasticity, the brain’s remarkable ability, during development and learning, to “optimize the functioning of cerebral networks,” wrote Hugues Duffau, a professor and neurosurgeon at Hôpital Gui de Chauliac at Montpellier University Medical Center in France, who studied Martino’s case. The guitarist’s recovery epitomizes the ability of the brain to improvise—to compensate for malformations or injuries by wiring new connections among brain regions that restore motor, intellectual, and emotional functions. For an encore, say neuroscientists, Martino’s story is about music and how it helped shape his brain in ways that revived his life.2
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Martino was born and raised in Philadelphia, where he lives today. Although he had hallucinations and seizures since he was 10 years old, he was misdiagnosed by psychiatrists and psychologists for more than two decades. Invariably they told him he suffered from manic depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia. It wasn’t until 1980, when he was 35, that Martino learned, following his first computed tomography (CT) scan, that the cause was an arteriovenous malformation, or AVM—an abnormal entanglement of veins and arteries that formed in the part of his brain located just behind his left ear. It looked like “a bundle of worms,” said Frederick Simeone, the surgeon who saved Martino’s life, in a 2009 documentary, Martino Unstrung: A Brain Mystery.3
The AVM may have been there from birth, posing an obstacle to the normal development of his left temporal lobe functions—primarily the ability to store and express memories. Even so, Martino could only recall a single instance when a seizure struck while he was performing on stage, in 1976. He was just outside of Marseille, France, at the Riviera Jazz Festival, playing on a mountaintop outdoors with over 200,000 people in attendance. “Right in the midst of a really heavy-duty, burning section, I stopped playing and stood there for about 30 seconds,” Martino wrote in his 2011 autobiography Here and Now! “During these moments of seizure, it feels like you’re falling through a black hole.”4
Four years later, while he was in Los Angeles teaching at the Guitar Institute of Technology, he had a near-fatal seizure that left him hospitalized. John Mulhern, a good friend of Martino’s, who would head the recording department at GIT, was there when the seizure struck and remembered seeing Martino on his bed, “bobbing up and down like a toy.” At the Los Angeles hospital, doctors diagnosed the AVM, which they believed had hemorrhaged. Martino was told he had two hours to live. But the native Philadelphian wanted to travel home for the surgery.
The surgery had two phases: first, surgeons removed a blood clot that had formed. Then they gave Martino a cerebral angiography, a procedure in which a dye is introduced into the brain’s blood flow so that, using an X-ray, the surgeons could see where they would have to cut. To remove the “bundle of worms,” Simeone sliced away 70 percent of Martino’s left temporal lobe.
“You don’t remember me, do you?” the actor Joe Pesci said to Martino. “I’m going to tell you what you used to drink
In his autobiography, Martino wrote that he felt like a zombie after the operations. He didn’t know his name, recognize his parents, or know he was a musician. In fact, Martino had severe retrograde amnesia, an inability to recall events and knowledge prior to the seizure that nearly killed him. In a recent interview with Nautilus, Martino said the blankness and limbo he experienced after surgery reminded him of a film released that year, The Lathe of Heaven. It was adapted from a 1971 dystopian science-fiction novel of the same title by Ursula K. Le Guin, in which a man is horrified to find that his dreams rewrite the past. “It was a terrible place to be,” Martino said.
It was also a distressing place for his father, Mickey, a musician himself. Martino said that as a boy he wanted to be a jazz guitarist because he loved his father and thought becoming one would make him proud. It did, and that made it all the more painful for Mickey to see his son forget his love of music. With Martino living back at home in Philadelphia after the surgery, his father, hoping to bring his lost memories back, began to play his son’s jazz records in the house for him to hear. “I would lie in my bed upstairs and hear them seep through the walls and the floor, a reminder of something that I had no idea that I was supposed to be anymore, or that I ever was,” Martino wrote.
Upset that Martino kept walking past his guitar without interest, his father asked Mulhern to come over and play for him. Mulhern had taken guitar lessons from Martino and often, to Martino’s aggravation, had played a major seventh chord when Martino wanted a minor ninth. Now, working through a book of Martino’s old guitar exercises, Mulhern struck a major-seventh chord. “Move over!” Martino said. He grabbed his guitar and began playing with his old drive. Over the coming months the pain and misery of his amnesia and post-surgery depression began to lift.
“As I continued to work out things on the instrument, flashes of memory and muscle memory would gradually come flooding back to me—shapes on the fingerboard, different stairways to different rooms in the house,” Martino wrote. “There are secret doorways that only you know about in the house, and you go there because it’s a pleasurable thing to do. And that’s how you remember how to play; you remember the pleasure of it.” Seven years after his surgery, and 10 years after his previous album, spookily titled Exit, Martino released The Return.
Before and After Brain Surgery: Pat Martino scorched the jazz world in the 1970s with his playing. Today the guitarist may not have all his gray matter, but he continues to play with peerless skill and beauty.L: Michael Ochs Archives / Stringer, R: Andrew Lepley / Contributor
Martino’s return to virtuosity, say neuroscientists, exposes the rooms and secret doorways of memory in the brain. In the 2014 World Neurosurgery report, Galarza noted that after carving out 70 percent of somebody’s left temporal lobe, with some underlying damage to the hippocampal region, physicians might expect a patient to have “almost complete memory loss.”
The left temporal lobe, Galarza explained, is “directly involved” with verbal auditory memory, talking, and understanding speech. A battery of cognitive tests in 2007 revealed Martino had a hard time relaying the meaning of some abstract and uncommon words and defining more common ones. Shown a picture of a corkscrew, for example, he was only able to muster, “It’s used to drill off ... a wine bottle.” When asked when the Beatles came to America, Martino said sometime between 1961 and 1963 (he was close; it was 1964). But when asked to name a Beatles song, the musician said he couldn’t name a single one.
Martino’s case underscores three key levels of memory. Semantic memory, which stores impersonal knowledge and facts like names and dates, is associated with the temporal lobes. Martino’s lobectomy could explain why he couldn’t recall the names of Beatles songs, as it’s possible the surgery sliced away the ability to recall semantic memories.
Episodic memory, the kind of autobiographical, experiential memory that William James once compared to a “direct feeling ... suffused with a warmth and intimacy,” was clearly affected in Martino’s case.5 After all, he couldn’t remember he was a musician, recall his family and friends, or relive his experiences with them. That failure might seem puzzling, as episodic memory is associated with the hippocampal and prefrontal cortex regions of the brain, not damaged by his surgery. However, Paul Broks, a British neuropsychologist, co-writer of the documentary Martino Unstrung, and a co-author of the World Neurosurgery report, has said Martino’s surgery may have had “nonspecific effects” on the areas that store and activate episodic memory, and those effects “subsided as the brain readjusted physiologically post-surgery.”
Another level, procedural memory, explains what might seem like the most incredible aspect of Martino’s story—his ability, given a chunk of his brain is gone, to play the guitar with such dexterity and command. Professional musicians and athletes often say they are not conscious of their fingers flying across a fretboard or connecting with a 100 mph fastball. That’s because those actions, due to years of practice and repetition, are so deeply embedded that performers are not aware of them. These “sensorimotor skills” are stored in procedural memory, associated with the largest anatomical component of the basal ganglia, which resides above the spine in the forebrain’s core, central in the control of movements. In Martino’s case, the brain structures associated with procedural memory were unaffected by the AVM and lobectomy. The memories were dormant, waiting to be reawakened.
The guitarist’s recovery epitomizes the ability of the brain to improvise—to compensate for damage by wiring new connections.
It’s noteworthy, say neuroscientists, that embedded memories, whether episodic or procedural, can be unlocked with a single thought or action. Layers of memory are not regimented but interconnected.
Lynn Nadel, a psychologist who specializes in memory at the University of Arizona, read the World Neurosurgery report on Martino, and looked at his cognitive tests. He declared that Martino’s memory defects ruled out claiming the guitarist had a complete recovery from surgery. “All the evidence suggests that he still has the subtle and in some cases not-so subtle deficits that a person with his kind of damage would have,” Nadel said. However, he added, it’s “very interesting” to consider why Martino was able to remember who he was because it could have turned out that Martino became a jazz expert again without knowing he was one before. Perhaps he was able to retrieve his identity, Nadel said, “because those skills, and the things associated with those skills, were so deeply embedded in his life.”
It could be that traces of Martino’s identity left after the surgery were bound up with his procedural memory for guitar-playing. Once they were activated by his playing, it made retrieval of episodic and semantic memories possible. Galarza noted in World Neurosurgery that it’s interesting that a surviving structure of Martino’s brain, the left temporal pole, has been proposed to have the function of connecting “visceral emotional responses” with “complex auditory stimuli,” or music. Playing the guitar literally struck the chords of Martino’s personal life.
One night in the early 2000s, after a Martino concert at the Blue Note jazz club in New York City, the actor Joe Pesci visited the guitarist backstage. Martino was flattered and told Pesci he enjoyed My Cousin Vinny, Goodfellas, and Raging Bull. “You don’t remember me, do you?” Pesci said. “I’m going to tell you what you used to drink in 1963 at Small’s Paradise.” A Grasshopper.
“At the moment he described the drink, a series of images appeared in my mind,” Martino wrote in Here and Now! “I flashed back to Small’s Paradise; I remembered the bartender and the stage and the position of the instruments that remained on the bandstand in between sets.” Back then, Pesci was a singer and guitar player and used to hang out in Small’s Paradise, a Harlem club, with Martino, where the two became close friends. But, Martino wrote, “I had forgotten all about that—until he used that word, that name of the drink, which was the trigger for me to reclaim those memories.”
The interplay of memory is not the only light that Martino’s recovery shines on the brain. It illuminates the impact that music, particularly playing an instrument, has on the brain. “Musical activity involves nearly every region of the brain that we know about, and nearly every neural subsystem,” wrote neuroscientist and musician Daniel Levitin in his 2006 book, This Is Your Brain on Music. Neuroscientists have shown that musical skill like a sizzling Martino guitar solo requires a suite of neural processes firing in tandem: perceptual, cognitive, motor, and executive. Making a career as a musician is like being a professional body-builder of the mind. “After all, brain is muscle,” Galarza said.
Accomplished musicians can expect their auditory and motor cortices, as well as the corpus callosum—the communication bridge between the left and right hemispheres—to beef up in both gray and white matter, which comprise, respectively, all of the brain’s neurons and the axons that link them together. It’s been shown that a large tract of white matter called the arcuate fasciculus, connecting the regions responsible for the production and perception of sound—the frontal and temporal lobes—is bulkier in singers and instrumentalists than in non-musicians.
A musician’s brain is a confirmation of what Santiago Ramon y Cajal, a founder of neuroscience, wrote in 1904. “Every man, if he so desires, can become the sculptor of his own brain.”6 That goes double for a jazz musician. A 2008 neuroscience study showed that jazz improvisation, compared to playing by memory or sheet music, has a profound neuroplastic effect, activating sensorimotor and language areas in a widespread fashion throughout the brain.7 Neuroscientists are interested in improvisation because it showcases the neural activity of spontaneous creativity. Notably they’ve found that improvisation also involves the same brain activities as dreaming and meditation; it shuts down executive function areas and inhibits the tendency to self-monitor.
Although Martino has never played a guitar in an MRI machine, it’s safe to say that being a master of jazz improvisation for more than 50 years has amplified his neuroplasticity. In his 2014 report, “Jazz Improvisation, Creativity, and Brain Plasticity,” Duffau suggested that Martino’s language and music functions likely shifted from his left hemisphere to a more distributed orientation, incorporating part of the interior occipital lobe, which is normally dedicated to processing visual information. Duffau even suggested Martino’s “jazz improvisation participated in cerebral reorganization (even before AVM bleeding) and served as a cognitive rehabilitation” following his surgery. In other words, being a brain-damaged musician may have helped save his life.8
Martino looked at a black void on one of his brain images. “I would say that what is missing is disappointment, criticism, judgment of others.”
It’s not as far-fetched as it sounds. A 2014 study in Neuropsychology Review maintained that, “training-related changes that take place in the brains of musicians may have a beneficial effect on their cognitive outcome and recovery following neurological damage.” The study examined the medical cases of 35 musicians, including Martino.9
Diana Omigie, lead author of the study, and a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute, explained that larger gray matter volumes in motor and auditory regions in musicians than in non-musicians would create a “brain reserve,” which “in turn might be enough to fuel relearning or recovery of a musical function.” Musical training, she added, “often results in the development of alternative strategies with which the brain is able to solve a musical problem or task,” and so those alternative strategies might take over in the event of neural damage. “It is possible that Pat Martino’s ability to redevelop his abilities was due in part to the presence of alternative and dormant strategies, which needed to be rediscovered,” Omigie said.
Omigie echoes the point that Martino’s brain, long before it hemorrhaged or Martino even knew about his tangled veins, reorganized itself in a way that might shield it from damage. “In our review,” Omigie said, “we observed that musicians who underwent surgery for early lesion, cerebral malformations, or slow growing tumors, showed a larger likelihood of recovering cognitive function than those who, for instance, had a stroke and therefore suddenly lost a large amount of healthy normally functioning tissue. The reason is that in the case of slow-forming lesions, some reorganization might have occurred such that over time, the musical function was able to transfer to other parts of the brain and leave the damaged portions less necessary.”
Some neuroscientists have stated it might be possible that plasticity in an abnormal brain could lead to a musician’s originality. “Although the neurological basis of creativity remains speculative, it is tempting to suggest that Martino’s lifelong and most likely slowly enlarging AVM resulted in some of his temporal lobe functions being relegated to neural pathways outside the temporal lobe,” said neurologist Robert Burton, author of A Skeptic’s Guide to the Mind: What Neuroscience Can and Cannot Tell Us About Ourselves. “It wouldn’t be surprising if alternative anatomic circuitry contributed to Martino’s originality as a guitarist in the first place, and provided the basis for a degree of recovery beyond what would normally be expected following a temporal lobectomy.”
Whatever brain mechanisms may have led to Martino’s revival, both Omigie and Broks, the neuropsychologist who spent months with Martino for the filming of Martino Unstrung, felt compelled to add that science couldn’t leave out the work and determination of the guitarist himself. “This was an extraordinary recovery, believe me,” Broks said.
Talking to Martino today is a pleasure. There is a Zen calmness about him that gives his remarks, which at times veer into tangents like one of his guitar solos, a gentle wisdom. And a hard-earned one. His recovery from surgery to mental health, a “greater purification,” he wrote in Here and Now!, took 19 years.
In a scene in Martino Unstrung, Martino looked at his MRI brain images. As he stared into a black void of his brain, where his left temporal lobe used to be, he commented, “I would say that what is missing is disappointment, criticism, judgment of others—what is missing are all of the dilemmas that made life so difficult,” he said. “That’s what’s missing. And to be honest with you, it’s beneficial.”
Asked to expand, to reflect on the difference between his guitar playing before and after his surgery, Martino said, “My original intentions prior to neurosurgery had a great deal to do with craft and climbing the ladder of recognition by others. It had to do with the desire to achieve five stars as opposed to two stars for the judgment of an album. And then after the neurosurgery, that no longer had any meaning to me. I am more concerned with the reality of the moment, the enjoyment of that moment. I’m more concerned about the players that are with me, about their feelings, about the emanation of compassion and other virtues that we share together in the process. These are the things that I find much more rewarding than my achievement as a famous musician. Now it’s just enjoyment and friendship and compassion and concern. It’s an enjoyment of all things as opposed to the enjoyment of specific things.”
Martino may always have holes in his memory. In fact, said memory expert Nadel, Martino’s testaments to living in the moment are echoed by other patients who have suffered amnesia due to brain damage, and have lost the ability to recall the past or envision the future. But clinical diagnoses mean little to the guitarist these days.
“The greatest, truest essence of creative productivity is joy,” Martino said. “It’s a joy witnessed by those who surround it. They are no longer witnessing a craftsman, they’re witnessing a human being who’s happy about living, who projects that aura.” When he performed now, Martino said, he barely felt the guitar in his hands. Improvising a passage in a song was a spiritual journey. “The brain is a funny thing,” he said. “It’s part of the vehicle, but it’s not part of where the vehicle is going. The vehicle will take you there, but it isn’t you.”
Brian Gallagher is an editorial intern at Nautilus. @brianscottg
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6. Cajal, S.R.y., et al. Texture of the Nervous System of Man and Vertebrates Springer, New York, NY (2002).
7. Limb, C.J. & Braun, A.R. Neural substrates of spontaneous musical performance: an FMRI study of jazz improvisation. PLoS One 3, e1679 (2008).
8. Tomaino, C.M. Creativity and improvisation as therapeutic tools within music therapy. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1303, 84-86 (2013).
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Where the Wild Things Go
The remarkable travel itineraries of animals.
Oliver Uberti By Oliver Uberti Illustration by Oliver Uberti August 17, 2017
Early Adopters In March 2016, Save The Elephants (STE) and the Kenya Wildlife Service collared 10 elephants to assess how the animals were adapting to a new railway bisecting Tsavo National Park. Courtesy of Save the Elephants1 of 6
Search Technology In 2008, STE deployed GPS collars on nine elephants in southern Mali. Here we see two individuals making their annual counter-clockwise migration in search of food and water. Courtesy of Save the Elephants2 of 6
Following the Rain At the end of the dry season in May, temperatures in this region can exceed 50 degrees Celsius. Shallow lakes dry up. The herds cling to Lake Banzena until the June rains permit them to move on to forage farther south. Courtesy of Save the Elephants3 of 6
What Is Safe? In 2011 and 2012, more than 30 elephants were poached in the regions south of Samburu in a span of three months. Courtesy of Save the Elephants4 of 6
A Quick Swim The orange and purple lines show the journeys turtles take across the Atlantic Ocean. Lucy Hawkes, University of Exeter, et al. For full credit list, see story below. 5 of 6
A Sea of Parks? To protect animals you need to protect where they go. Using low-tech flipper tags, Archie Carr, one of the pioneers of sea turtle tracking, tracked green turtles to their nesting and foraging spots, both of which will soon be Marine Protected Areas. Lucy Hawkes, University of Exeter, et al. For full credit list, see story below. 6 of 6
Elephants When I sat down with Iain Douglas-Hamilton at his home in Nairobi to learn how he went from deploying the first radio collars…By Oliver Uberti
When I sat down with Iain Douglas-Hamilton at his home in Nairobi to learn how he went from deploying the first radio collars on elephants in 1968 to deploying the first GPS collars on them in 1995, he told me about an elephant named Parsitau. “We put a prototype on him and it lasted for all of 10 days, and we thought this was absolutely the cat’s whiskers.”
Recording four locations per day, those 40 GPS points were the first ever recorded on an animal in Africa. “It was so incredible,” Douglas-Hamilton recalled. “Here was a collar that would go across international borders, work by day, by night, inside forest, outside forest, up hills, down hills.” Plus, GPS was far more precise than radio or traditional Argos satellite tracking.
Early Adopters: In March 2016, Save The Elephants (STE) and the Kenya Wildlife Service collared 10 elephants to assess how the animals were adapting to a new railway bisecting Tsavo National Park. Specifically, they wanted to see if the elephants would use a series of underpasses that the construction company had been persuaded to include. Within 30 days, half of them had. “The future of Africa is here,” says STE’s Frank Pope. “We want Kenya to be the first place in the world to plan development with wildlife in mind. We want to get this right from the start.Courtesy of Save the Elephants
Today, the breakthroughs are still coming. Just a few years ago, Douglas-Hamilton’s research and conservation organization, Save The Elephants, partnered with Google to develop a way for GPS locations to feed directly into Google Earth. And they have since created their own real-time tracking app for phones and tablets in partnership with Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and his company, Vulcan.
Search Technology: In 2008, STE deployed GPS collars on nine elephants in southern Mali. Here we see two individuals making their annual counter-clockwise migration in search of food and water. The researchers hope to protect 11 areas (circled) crucial to the elephants’ survival.Courtesy of Save the Elephants
Douglas-Hamilton was reviewing the latest collar data from Tsavo on his laptop one of the nights we met. “We haven’t had these collars on for three days,” he said, “and two of the elephants have already crossed the railway. I nearly died when I saw this! There’s Manyani. She was collared up there, streaked down, crossed, and fled to safety. And guess where safety was?” Douglas-Hamilton pointed to a building beside the road. “This is the main Kenya Wildlife Service ranger training station. Look, she’s within 500 meters of it. She’s found the human beings she likes. That’s hot stuff from the horse’s mouth.”
Save The Elephants currently has more than 300 active collars across eight African countries. New stories appear in the tracks every day.
What Is Safe?: In 2011 and 2012, more than 30 elephants were poached in the regions south of Samburu in a span of three months. Kulling’s family was almost certainly aware of these dangers and took evasive action to the northwest, where there was water in the dry season and relative security.Courtesy of Save the Elephants
The elephants of Samburu spend more than half the year outside the reserve boundaries. In the box above, we show where an elephant named Kulling spent the last three years of her life. Some of her favorite areas included Loijuk Swamp and various spots along the Ewaso Ng’iro River.
In early 2016, Kulling was shot by nomadic herders. Loijuk Swamp had water for the first time in 10 years, drawing both wild elephants and the young herders, who had brought their livestock to drink. The elephants scared them, so they shot, hitting and killing Kulling.
STE thinks education is key to resolving human-animal conflict. A few weeks after Kulling died, STE met with herders and elders from the Loijuk community to share a meal and recall the old ways of liv- ing in peace with elephants.
“My god, there’s a lot of turtles on here,” said Lucy Hawkes, a member of the Marine Turtle Research Group at the University of Exeter. She was scrolling through a database of their active tracking projects: “We’ve got Ascension, North Carolina, British Virgin Islands, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Israel, Kuwait, Lampedusa—that’s Italy—Mozambique, Guadalupe, Montserrat, Oman, Peru, [she takes a breath] Scotland, Turkey, Sri Lanka, and Greece.” Total number of tags deployed: 443 and counting.
A Sea of Parks?: Archie Carr, one of the pioneers of sea turtle track- ing, defined a tenet of movement ecology: to protect animals you need to protect where they go. Using low-tech flipper tags, he proved that green turtles nesting on Ascension Island swam due west to Brazil to forage in 1962. Those two spots encompass most of their adult lives, and soon, both will be Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Elsewhere in the world, sea turtles aren’t as lucky. Six of the seven species are endangered or vulnerable. One solution: smaller but highly targeted MPAs. Another: dynamic reserves that kick in when turtles arrive in their seasonal ranges—protection that moves with the turtles.Lucy Hawkes, University of Exeter; Graeme Hays, Deakin University (Chagos); Nuria Varo-Cruz, Universidad De Las Palmas (Canary Islands); Annette Broderick and Brendan Godley, University of Exeter (Cyprus); Gebco; Gshhg; Ne; Gadm
One of her first traveled on a loggerhead turtle named Fisher. In 1995, biologists from the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher found him on a nearby beach. He was weak and underweight, so they brought him to the aquarium’s rehabilitation center. Eight years later, Fisher was 40 kilograms and outgrowing his adoptive home.
His caretakers loaned him to Newport Aquarium in Kentucky for an exhibit presciently titled Turtles: Journey of Survival. By his 10th birthday, Fisher tipped the scales at 70 kilograms. He was ready to hunt in the wild. On June 12, 2004, Hawkes stuck a tag on Fisher’s shell and released him into the Atlantic. She expected him to ride the Gulf Stream to Spain.
But Fisher had other plans. “He did a straight line to Cape Verde,” Hawkes said, “which, bizarrely, is exactly where he should be at 10 years old. It was as if he thought, ‘I’ve got to catch up with everyone.’ ” Imagine that. After 10 years in captivity, Fisher knew where he needed to be, at what time, and how to get there.
Reprinted from Where the Animals Go: Tracking Wildlife with Technology in 50 Maps and Graphics by James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti. Copyright © 2017 by James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti. With permission of the publisher, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Elizabeth Taylor: Cleopatra Wore Wigs!
Posted in Eddie Fisher, Elizabeth Taylor, PEOPLE, Richard Burton, tagged "Cleopatra", biographies of actresses, biographies of women, Burton Taylor affair, Cleopatra poster, Eddie Fisher, Elizabeth Taylor and Christie's, Elizabeth Taylor auction, Elizabeth Taylor collection, Elizabeth Taylor wig auction, Le Scandale, Liz and Dick, Old Hollywood, Photoplay magazine, pictures of Elizabeth Taylor, pictures of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton kissing, Richard Burton, Taylor and Burton, Taylor Burton affair, the kissing photo of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, the movie Cleopatra on December 13, 2011| 2 Comments »
Elizabeth Taylor in costume as “Cleopatra,” from the 1963, 20th Century Fox production of the same name
Yet another iconic item worn by actress Elizabeth Taylor is on the auction block – a wig she wore in the 1963 film, “Cleopatra.” Ms. Taylor wore many different hairdos in the movie and British wigmaster Stanley Hall made three wigs for each style. The wig for sale is made of real human hair, medium brown, and is adorned with hanging braids and gold beads.
Elizabeth Taylor is photographed with some props from the 1963 film, “Cleopatra.”
In the movie, Ms. Taylor’s character wears this particular wig when she tries to convince Julius Caesar, played by Rex Harrison, to accept supreme control of the empire. (1) The wig is being sold by Heritage Auctions of Dallas, Texas, and is set to fetch around $11,000.
Elizabeth Taylor in the arms of Richard Burton, from the movie, “Cleopatra,” 1963.
It was during the 1962 filming of “Cleopatra” in Rome that 30-year-old Elizabeth Taylor fell madly in love with her other male costar and onscreen lover, Richard Burton, 36, cast as Mark Antony. The two were both married to others at the time.
At the time, Ms. Taylor was already a big film star being paid the unprecedented amount of a million dollars to play Cleopatra. Mr. Burton, however, who was Welsh, was a Shakespearean stage actor largely unknown outside of England.
Richard Burton (l), talks with Eddie Fisher and his wife Elizabeth Taylor on the Cinecitta set in Rome, early 1962.
When people began to whisper that perhaps Ms. Taylor and Mr. Burton were conducting an illicit affair, the couple denied the accusations. So uncontrollable was their love and lust, that their affair was
“bloody obvious,” to use Burton’s term – so flagrantly on display. (2)
When the director of “Cleopatra” shouted “Cut!” at the end of love scenes, Taylor and Burton would continue to kiss.
They carried on on the movie set, film lot, in their private villas, and took their love to town – to the Via Veneto. But they were not safely in America, where there was a time-honored tradition not to pry into the private lives of public people and where the studio would have squelched any unflattering press. They were in Rome – the land of the paparazzi.
The Italian “paparazzi” were a new style of journalist. These young, Vespa-riding photographers with cameras with zoom lenses slung around their neck were hungry for a money-making photo that would reveal the affair to the waiting world. With a pack mentality, they were ruthlessly intent upon snapping photos of the jetset enjoying La Dolce Vita, the sweet life, popularized in the film of that same name. And Liz and Dick were getting hot and heavy on the Via Veneto.
From February thru July, paparazzi stalked Taylor and Burton’s every move, hoping for that money-making photo that would expose the lovers to the world. And they got them, too, forcing both Liz and Dick to deal with their respective spouses.
Liz Taylor and Richard Burton emerge from the restaurant Tre Scalini in the Piazza Navona, spring, 1962.
The Burton-Taylor Affair – “Le Scandale,” as Burton termed it – created international interest and thus, international coverage.
Richard Burton leans in for a kiss from Elizabeth Taylor on the Cinecitta sound stage, circa March 30, 1962. Paparazzo Elio Sorci hid under a car across from the movie lot all day to snap this photo which came to be known as the “kissing picture.” It blew the lid off the Taylor-Burton affair, appearing in first the Italian papers before making its way to New York.
The public, it seemed, had an unquenchable appetite to follow the drama. Gone were the days when American readers of Photoplay and Modern Screen were content to read fictional accounts of their favorite movie stars generated by the big movie studios.
Elizabeth Taylor gazes into the eyes of her true love, Richard Burton, as they sail off the Amalfi Coast where the filming of “Cleopatra” was wrapping up. June, 1962. Marcello Geppetti, photographer.
It is hard to overstate the excitement caused at the time by Elizabeth and Richard’s grand passion. Everyone was following the saga, even First Lady Jackie Kennedy, who asked the publicist Warren Cowan in early 1963,
“Warren, do you think Elizabeth Taylor will marry Richard Burton?”(3)
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in the glow of their love, caught by paparazzo on a yacht off the coast of Ischia in the Bay of Naples, June 1962.
Initially, the pair were condemned by the press for their public adultery until publishers woke up and realized how much the “Liz and Dick” machine increased tabloid, newspaper, magazine, and book sales.
Photoplay July 1962. Everyone had an opinion about the Taylor Burton affair.
Note to readers: Today also begins the first auction at Christie’s, New York, of The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor, which I was privileged to view on December 3, 2011. (2)
(1) Source: The Guardian
(2) “Remembering Liz (1932-2011),” Life Commemorative, 2011.
(3) Kashner, Sam and Schoenberger, Nancy. Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2010.
Readers: For more on Elizabeth Taylor on Lisa’s History Room, click here.
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COCISD Announces New Student Pre-Registration Dates for the 2019-20 School Year
New student pre-registration dates are weekdays Aug. 12 - 20th, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1 to 3 p.m., with the exception of Thursday, Aug. 15th, when times will be 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 to 6 p.m. Students should be registered at the campus they will attend.
COCISD Welcomes New Athletic Director
Coldspring-Oakhurst Consolidated Independent School District is proud to announce the addition of Ken Stanley as the district’s new athletic director and head football coach.
COCISD summer learning programs for selected students
COCISD will provide a summer enrichment camp for selected students in grades 3-5, and a summer learning program for selected students in grades 7-12, Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with free breakfast and lunch. Classes will run June 10th - June 27th. Transportation will be provided. Click the Show More link below for bus routes and times.
LJH Awards and 8th Grade Promotion set for May 30th
Lincoln Junior High End of Year Awards will be this Thursday, May 30, at the LJH gym. 6th Grade awards will be at 1:30 p.m., 7th Grade awards will be at 2:30 p.m. The 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony will be at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Coldspring-Oakhurst High School Gym. See you there!
LJH Beginning Band receives a 1st Division Superior Rating
The Lincoln Junior High Beginning Band performed at the Pride of Texas Music Festival on Monday, April 29th. The group received a 1st Division Superior Rating at the event. Congratulations to Band Director Suzanne Beavers and students!
COCISD instructional teams train for success
COCISD instructional teams, including assistant principals, instructional content specialists and our instructional technology specialist, recently met with Dr. Lisa Severns and Gwen Bryant with Marzano Learning and Performance Management. This session utilized Marzano strategies, an evidence-based system that has been proven to improve the effectiveness of classroom instruction.
LJH 7th Grade Boys Track Team wins District Championship
The Lincoln Junior High 7th Grade Boys Track team won the UIL 23-3A District Championship this year, as well as 7th Grade Boys 400m Relay and 800m Relay Championships. Congratulations to the coaches and track team members!
Lincoln Junior High 8th Graders visit the University of Houston
48 Lincoln Junior High 8th graders recently toured the University of Houston. Students learned about the various colleges within UH, they were able to see what dorm life is like and ate lunch in the Cougar Woods Dining Hall. "Our hope here at LJH is to instill in students that there are many options after school, and many ways to get there," said LJH Counselor Aimie Patrick. "We are creating opportunities at LJH!"
COCISD Band Program's legacy of success continues to grow
COCISD Band students competed at the 2019 UIL Concert and Sight Reading Contest at Caney Creek High School last week with great success. For the 2nd year in a row, the Coldspring-Oakhurst High School Band and the Lincoln Junior High Symphonic Band received a Superior 1st rating. The LJH Concert Band earned a rating of Excellent in Sight Reading. At the end of this competition season, the COCISD Band Program has earned more 1st Division ratings in the past four years than the total number of 1st Division ratings in school history!
Lincoln Junior High 7th Grade Girls Track Team wins District Championship
The Lincoln Junior High 7th grade girls track team won the District Championship at Anderson-Shiro Jr./Sr. High School on Friday, March 29th. The LJH 8th grade girls track team won 3rd place. Way to go, ladies! #TrojanPride
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St. Rose Of Lima Catholic Church
50 Short Hills Avenue, Short Hills, NJ 07078, USA
"St. Rose of Lima Parish was established in 1852 when the area was still part of the Archdiocese of New York. The first church was dedicated
on December 16, 1852, on site in Springfield. Father Bernard McQuaid, the first pastor, was subsequently named first president of Seton Hall College, beginning a long relationship between the parish and Seton Hall. Father McQuaid became Bishop of Rochester, New York. When Seton Hall moved from Madison to South Orange, the priest community at the college assumed responsibility for the parish. In 1868 Father Louis Schneider, a professor at Seton Hall, became pastor. Under his leadership, the first parish school was opened and land was purchased for a cemetery, a convent, a rectory, and a church. The original wooden church was moved to the new site in Short Hills in 1880 and replaced with a brick structure in 1909. Several priests who served St. Rose have achieved prominence. In addition to Bishop McQuaid, the list includes Archbishop Michael Corrigan, Bishop of Newark and later Archbishop of New York; Bishop Winand Wigger, also Bishop of Newark; and Father James Corrigan, President of Seton Hall and brother of the Archbishop. Under Msgr. John Ryan's direction, which began in 1945, the church was remodeled and the school enlarged. In 1968 Bishop John Dougherty, president of Seton Hall University, was named pastor. A Council Father at Vatican Council II, Bishop Dougherty formed the parish in the conciliar spirit and added another chapter to the illustrious clergy who have served St. Rose of Lima."
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Anniversary Series, Vol. 14: The Most Beautiful Concert Highlights from Maulbronn Monastery, 2014-2017 (Live)
26 songs (1 hour and 44 minutes) Released on May 10, 2019
Symphony in E-Flat Major, Op. 13 No. 1, DTB VIII/2.3: II. Andante non moderato (Live)
South West German Chamber Orchestra, Pforzheim
Flute Concerto No. 1 in G Major, K. 313: I. Allegro maestoso (Live)
Michael Martin Kofler
Symphony No. 21 in A Major, K. 134: I. Allegro (Live)
Symphony No. 21 in A Major, K. 134: II. Andante (Live)
Auld Lang Syne (Live)
Sarah Wegener
Rinaldo, HWV 7a: Lascia ch'io pianga (Live)
Giacomo Rossi
Il pianto di Maria: II. Se d'un Dio (Live)
Gloria (Excerpts): I. Gloria in excelsis Deo [Live]
Gloria (Excerpts): II. Et in terra Pax [Live]
Gloria (Excerpts): VI. Quoniam tu solus sanctus [Live]
St. John Passion, BWV 245, Pt. 1 (1724 Version Excerpts): No. 1, Herr, unser Herrscher [Live]
Maulbronn Chamber Choir
St. John Passion, BWV 245, Pt. 1 (1724 Version Excerpts): No. 3, O große Lieb [Live]
St. John Passion, BWV 245, Pt. 1 (1724 Version Excerpts): No. 5, Dein Will gescheh, Herr Gott, zugleich [Live]
St. John Passion, BWV 245, Pt. 1 (1724 Version Excerpts): No. 7, Von den Stricken meiner Sünden [Live]
David Allsopp
St. John Passion, BWV 245, Pt. 1 (1724 Version Excerpts): No. 11, Wer hat dich so geschlagen [Live]
St. John Passion, BWV 245, Pt. 2 (1724 Version Excerpts): No. 15, Christus, der uns selig macht [Live]
St. John Passion, BWV 245, Pt. 2 (1724 Version Excerpts): No. 39, Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine [Live]
St. John Passion, BWV 245, Pt. 2 (1724 Version Excerpts): No. 40, Ach Herr, laß dein lieb Engelein [Live]
Piano Concerto No. 11 in F Major, K. 413 (Arr. for Piano & String Quintet): I. Allegro [Live]
Christoph Soldan
Piano Concerto No. 11 in F Major, K. 413 (Arr. for Piano & String Quintet): II. Larghetto [Live]
Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414 (Arr. for Piano & String Quintet): I. Allegro [Live]
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: I. Vivace (Live)
Birgit Schnurpfeil
Concerto for 4 Violins in B Minor, Op. 3 No. 10, RV 580: I. Allegro (Live)
Julia Schröder
Concerto grosso in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 11, RV 565: I. Allegro - II. Adagio e spiccato - III. Allegro (Live)
Concerto grosso in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 11, RV 565: IV. Largo e spiccato (Live)
Concerto grosso in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 11, RV 565: V. Allegro (Live)
℗© 2019 K&K Verlagsanstalt
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Child Love: The Light Between Oceans
Australia, book review, First World War, historical fiction, infertility, lighthouses, literary fiction, M. L. Stedman, post-traumatic stress, shell shock, twentieth century
Review: The Light Between Oceans, by M. L. Stedman
Scribner, 2012. 343 pp. $25
Tom Sherbourne returns to his native Australia after the First World War deeply disturbed by what he saw and did and seeking solitude. He has nothing and no one to hold onto, and he finds what he thinks is the perfect job, tending a lighthouse on a forlorn island off the Australian coast. There, no one will ask him about his past, and his exacting, meticulous duties will keep him busy for the months that stretch between brief shore leaves.
Tom wonders why he survived the war when so many others didn’t or came home physically or emotionally maimed. But that’s not the only trauma to trouble his dreams. His mother left home when he was a young boy–or did his father, a cold tyrant with no access to any feelings except anger, throw her out? Either way, both have passed from Tom’s life, and his brother Cecil, the favored son due to inherit the family business, is equally unapproachable in Tom’s eyes, though it’s not clear why. But it’s enough to know that Tom Sherbourne has no family to speak of, or to.
Supplies being unloaded for South Solitary Island lighthouse, Australia, 1946, unknown photographer (courtesy Wikimedia Commons, public domain)
However, on shore leave, he meets Isabelle Graysmark, a spirited, adventurous young woman, and they’re immediately attracted. Tom, much older and badly bruised, distrusts the vulnerability where tender feelings lead, and she practically has to convince him to marry her. He dares hope that Izzy will be his reward, however undeserved, for having survived a miserable childhood and the war. For her part, Izzy believes implicitly that she couldn’t have found a more loyal, steadfast, and loving husband, or a more nurturing father for their children. She only wishes he’d tell her what happened to him before they met.
To their delight, Izzy becomes pregnant almost immediately but miscarries–and again, and again. Each time, she blames herself, and what’s worse, she can’t understand his reaction. He aches for her, he’s sad and sorry, but he’s not devastated for himself. He cherishes their lives together as the first tenderness he’s ever known, a gift that many soldiers serving under him never got the chance to receive. He understands what she doesn’t, that life is often unfair, and that there’s no malign intent involved or blame to pass around, only bad luck and circumstance. But Izzy thinks his gratitude for what they have means that he’s cold and hurtful, incapable of feeling. And one night, when a rowboat lands near the lighthouse carrying a dead man and a young infant, the Sherbournes make a desperate decision that will mark their lives and others’.
The Light Between Oceans is an accomplished novel, and Stedman’s first. At its best, the narrative touches the lyrical and depth of insight and makes them one. Consider Tom’s first view of the island, before he meets Izzy:
Hundreds of feet above sea level, he was mesmerized by the drop to the ocean crashing against the cliffs directly below. The water sloshed like white paint, milky-thick, the foam occasionally scraped off long enough to reveal a deep blue undercoat. At the other end of the island, a row of immense boulders created a break against the surf and left the water inside it as calm as a bath. He had the impression he was hanging from the sky, not rising from the earth. Very slowly, he turned a full circle, taking in the nothingness of it all. It seemed his lungs could never be large enough to breathe in this much air, his eyes could never see this much space, nor could he hear the full extent of the rolling, roaring ocean. For the briefest moment, he had no edges.
It’s a good novelist who can make beautiful sentences draw the reader into a character’s inner life without calling attention to themselves. And in focusing her characters on the most primal attachment, that for a child, Stedman evokes tremendous power from a relatively simple story. I say relatively because she requires more coincidence and suspension of disbelief than I like, but once you get past that, there’s no denying the passions or the moral issues involved.
I have a harder time getting around Izzy’s character. I like how the spontaneous girlishness hides other, dangerous levels, but–without giving away too much–I think she becomes unglued, and by the time I finished the book, I didn’t like her much. Liking a main character isn’t requisite, but I wanted to feel more sympathy for her than I did, and I might have, had she struggled with the momentous decision that drives the narrative or consider how it might affect someone else. Instead, she sets her mind and seldom thinks about it again–refuses to, even.
All the same, Stedman’s a very good writer, and The Light Between Oceans will make you think.
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Contra La Pared - J Balvin
Boasty (feat. Idris Elba) - Wiley, Stefflon Don, Idris Elba
No Lie - Dua Lipa
Jamaican dancehall superstar Sean Paul broke into the global mainstream in the early 2000s with his pop-friendly party jams, while a late-2010s resurgence introduced him to a fresh generation of fans via high-profile collaborations with pop and electronic artists.
Born Sean Paul Francis Henriques on January 8, 1973, the multi-ethnic Paul (his parents had Portuguese, Chinese, and Jamaican forebears) grew up comfortably in St. Andrew, Jamaica; his mother was a renowned painter. He was a skilled athlete, excelling in swimming and especially water polo, playing for the Jamaican national team in the latter. Although his education was enough to land him a prosperous career, dancehall music remained Paul's first love, particularly crafting rhythm tracks. He became a DJ after he began writing his own songs, patterning his style largely after Super Cat and finding a mentor in Don Yute; he also found contacts in several members of the reggae-pop band Third World in 1993, which helped him foster business connections.
Paul released his debut single, "Baby Girl," with producer Jeremy Harding in 1996; it proved a significant success, leading to further Jamaican hits like "Nah Get No Bly (One More Try)," "Deport Them," "Excite Me," "Infiltrate," and "Hackle Mi." In 1999, Sean Paul started to make inroads to American audiences; he was first commissioned to collaborate with fellow dancehall hitmaker Mr. Vegas on a production for rapper DMX; titled "Here Comes the Boom," the song was included in director Hype Williams' film Belly. Also that year, Paul scored a Top Ten hit on the Billboard rap charts with "Hot Gal Today."
That fall, Paul released his first album on VP Records. The sprawling Stage One collected many of his previous hit singles and compilation cuts, plus a few brand-new tracks. His breakthrough arrived in 2002 with sophomore effort, Dutty Rock (VP/Atlantic). The Grammy-winning album featured the hit singles "Get Busy," "Gimme the Light," and "Baby Boy" with Beyoncé. In addition to topping the Canadian and U.S. Reggae charts, Dutty Rock entered the Billboard Top Ten and was certified multi-platinum.
Paul followed with The Trinity (Atlantic) in 2005. The album peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200, his highest showing to date, and included chart hits like "We Be Burnin'," "Temperature," and "(When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me" with Keyshia Cole. Four years later he returned with Imperial Blaze. Featuring the singles "So Fine" and "Hold My Hand" with Keri Hilson, Imperial Blaze topped the Billboard rap chart, but did not capture the same mainstream attention as his prior two releases. The loose Odyssey Mixtape dropped in 2011 and was followed a year later by Tomahawk Technique, a more pop- and dance-oriented album with production from the likes of Stargate, DJ Ammo, and Benny Blanco. While the set yielded a handful of international hits, it stalled in the U.S. Although his sixth studio album, Full Frequency, topped the U.S. reggae chart in early 2014, it didn't make much of a splash in the pop mainstream. The effort spawned the singles "Other Side of Love," "Entertainment 2.0" (featuring Juicy J, 2 Chainz, and Nicki Minaj), "Turn It Up," and "Want Dem All" (featuring Konshens), which helped Paul score his fifth Grammy nomination for Best Reggae Album.
In the years that followed, Paul would appear on notable singles by Enrique Iglesias, Major Lazer, and Pharrell Williams, but it wasn't until 2016 that he would experience massive chart resurgence, appearing on hits by Sia (the Grammy-nominated "Cheap Thrills"), Little Mix ("Hair"), Clean Bandit ("Rockabye"), and Dua Lipa ("No Lie"). After Paul signed a deal with Island Records, he returned to the studio to record his seventh album. The first single from the album, "Mad Love" with David Guetta and Becky G, arrived in early 2018. Mad Love: The Prequel was issued later that year and included collaborations with Jhene Aiko, Ellie Goulding, Stefflon Don, Migos, Tory Lanez, and more. Paul extended his prolific streak in 2019, pairing with J Balvin on "Contra La Pared" and Wiley, Stefflon Don, and Idris Elba on "Boasty." ~ Steve Huey & Neil Z. Yeung
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van Handel receives PECASE award
Wed, January 8, 2014
Professor Ramon van Handel has been selected to receive the 2012 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. ORFE congratulates Professor van Handel on this outstanding accomplishment. This award is the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.
Fan receives the Pao-Lu Hsu Prize
Fri, February 22, 2013
Congratulations to Pr. Jianqing Fan for being the first recipient of the Pao-Lu Hsu Prize, together with Xiao-Li Meng (Harvard) and Bin Yu (UC Berkeley).
The Pao-Lu Hsu Prize is presented every three years by the International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA), to an individual under the age of 50, who makes influential and fundamental contributions to any field of statistics and probability.
This award recognizes their excellent scholarly accomplishments in statistical research as well as outstanding contributions to the development of sound statistics in Chinese communities. An award announcement was made at the Members meeting during JSM in San Diego earlier this month. An official award ceremony with special presentations by the award recipients will be held at the ICSA International Conference in Hong Kong, December 20-23, 2013.
Congratulations Professor Fan!
Third Princeton Day of Statistics is over! See you in two years....
Mon, October 22, 2012
The third Princeton Day of Statistics was held at ORFE on Friday, October 19, 2012. The slides of the talks can be found here .
We also took a few photos during dinner.
Marc Hallin receives Humboldt Research Award
Sun, September 16, 2012
Marc Hallin, Visiting Professor at the Statlab, has received a prestigious Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt foundation. This award is granted in recognition of a researcher's entire achievements to date to academics whose fundamental discoveries, new theories, or insights have had a significant impact on their own discipline and who are expected to continue producing cutting-edge achievements in the future. Read more in the IMS Bulletin (August 2012) where Marc's achievement was featured. Congratulations Marc.
3rd Princeton Day of Statistics
Mon, September 3, 2012
We are pleased to announce the 3rd Princeton Day of Statistics. The third edition of this bi-annual event will take place on Friday, October 19, 2012 .
This edition will take place on Princeton campus and is by invitation only. This year, 8 speakers will deliver talks on the most recent advances in statistics:
Flori Bunea (Cornell)
Tony Cai (UPenn)
John Lafferty (UChicago)
Runze Li (Penn State)
Ian McKeague (Columbia)
John Storey (Princeton)
Tong Zhang (Rutgers)
Harry Zhou (Yale)
Yunbei Ma joins Statistics department at Southwest University of Economics and Finance
Yunbei Ma joins Statistics department at Southwest University of Economics and Finance. She will be assistant professor with tenure-track.
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YouTube To Invest up to $875,000 in Rising Stars
By Ben Parr 2011-03-16 14:26:48 UTC
YouTube is launching another campaign to cultivate more original, quality content on its servers, promising to invest $35,000 in up to 25 of its partners.
The new initiative, YouTube NextUp, is not focused on discovering new talent, but more on "accelerating the growth of the next big YouTube stars." Existing YouTube partners (those with less than 300,000 subscribers) are asked to apply with a video, up to three minutes long, demonstrating their talents and discussing the projects they'd want to pursue on YouTube if selected.
The partners selected for the program will be given a four-day spot at YouTube's Creator Camp, where they will be mentored in production, videography and other disciplines in an effort to hone their crafts. YouTube has also promised to promote their projects and channel once completed. Still, the biggest draw to the NextUp program has to be the allure of $35,000 in funding to fuel acting, directing, producing or musical ambitions.
Once applications are submitted, YouTube's users will get a say in who will get the company's money. From March 29 to April 8, YouTube users will have the chance to vote at YouTube.com/creators for their favorite stars. From there, a panel of judges will choose the finalists and announce them on April 20.
Topics: Video, YouTube, YouTube NextUp, YouTube Partner
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The New Leviathan: How the Left-Wing Money-Machine Shapes American Politics and Threatens America's Future
by David Horowitz, Jacob LaksinDavid Horowitz
At a time when the national political debate is about inequality and fairness, bestselling author David Horowitz and coauthor Jacob Laksin have written an unsettling book about the distribution of power in America. Thoroughly researched and amply documented, The New Leviathan overturns the conventional wisdom about which end of the political spectrum represents the rich and powerful, and which represents the people.
The Democratic Party presents itself to the electorate as the party of working families and the poor. In the 2000 election campaign, Democrat Al Gore ran on the slogan “The People vs. the Powerful,” while President Obama describes himself as a “grassroots organizer” and a spokesman for “fairness” and “progressive change.” Such is the world of political myth. In reality, the Democrats and the Obama progressives represent the richest and most powerful political machine in American history. Backed by a near trillion-dollar treasury in America’s oldest and largest tax-exempt foundations, progressives outspend conservatives by a factor of seven to one.
In The New Leviathan, David Horowitz and Jacob Laksin examine this growing financial power of left-wing organizations and politicians. They show how left-wing foundations underwrote the political career of Barack Obama and how massive funding advantages for progressive proposals have disenfranchised American voters and shifted the national policy debate dramatically to the left. The New Leviathan draws connections between the Obama administration and progressive organizations from labor unions to media outlets to nonprofits to political groups, and shows how on key policy fronts—national security, immigration, citizenship, environment, and health care—the sheer force of left-wing financial resources has reconfigured the nation’s political agenda.
The Crown Publishing Group
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David Horowitz is the New York Times bestselling author of, among other books, One-Party Classroom, The Professors, Radical Son, The Shadow Party, and Party of Defeat. He is president of the David Horowitz Freedom Center in Los Angeles.
Jacob Laksin is the managing editor of Front-Page Magazine and coatuhor of One-Party Classroom. His articles and reviews have also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Weekly Standard, National Review Online, RealClearWorld, and the Washington Examiner.
The New Leviathan
This book is about a political force of unprecedented magnitude in American life. The “New Leviathan” is a network of billion-dollar tax-exempt foundations and advocacy think tanks that work in concert with government unions and grassroots radical groups to make up the organizational core of the political left. The New Leviathan is not only a political force in the narrow sense of directly influencing electoral outcomes through the support of candidates and parties. Because its power derives from institutions whose mandates are educational and philanthropic, its influence extends into every aspect of the nation’s life. This influence is exerted through a tax-exempt universe of policy think tanks, grassroots campaign organizations, and public-interest groups, created and supported by its donations. The components of the New Leviathan operate within the framework of a “progressive” ideology that promotes an ever-expanding state, along with policies that undermine America’s sovereignty and weaken her defenses. The New Leviathan’s ever-growing power has already tipped the scales of the national political debate and, as we will show in this volume, transformed its very nature.
Conventional wisdom would dismiss the very possibility of such dominance in the political arena by a money machine of the Left. In the conventional view, it is Republicans and the political right with their corporate sponsors and big-money donors who make up the “party of the rich,” while progressives speak for the powerless and the poor. In this perspective, conservatives are agents of an economic “ruling class,” organized to defend its social privileges. In the exercise of financial power in politics, conservatives are assumed to enjoy an overweening advantage, utilizing unrivaled resources to orchestrate “vast right-wing conspiracies,” which are designed to thwart progressive efforts in behalf of equality and “social justice.”
While casting conservatives as mouthpieces for the rich, the same perspective portrays Democrats as the party of “working Americans and their families,” providing a voice for the voiceless and a shield for the disadvantaged. Accepting the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in 2000, Al Gore summed up this outlook in a slogan: “They’re for the powerful; we’re for the people!” 1
The political melodrama in which Democrats and progressives posture as paladins of enlightenment has a long and unpretty history. It was forged during the moderately populist and immoderately corrupt presidency of Andrew Jackson, spokesman for the “common man,” who entered the White House as a self-proposed champion of the people battling the “moneyed elite.” Both the image and the aura were transparent manipulations to seduce a willing public. Despite humble beginnings, Jackson was a man of means who basked in the privileges of an aristocratic life. The same comfortable circumstances did not discourage him from plundering the property of his political rivals, or justifying his avarice as a “sharing” of the wealth, or from exploiting the morality play he had created to expand his personal power. Nor did Jackson’s “everyman” enthusiasms keep him from owning and selling slaves throughout his life or from presiding over the forced removal of American Indian tribes from their native lands on the “Trail of Tears.”
Politics being a market in which fictions are currency, the Jacksonian myth established the enduring template of the two-party system. As a Republican newspaper in Tennessee complained, “The rank and file of the democratic party honestly believes . . . the democratic party is the poor man’s party, that the republican party is the party of boodle and corruption and that they obtain and maintain their supremacy in all the states by the undue use of money.”2
Franklin Roosevelt entered the White House a hundred years after Jackson, and despite being a born aristocrat, a “son of privilege who never depended on a pay check,” he was also able to frame his presidential tenure as “the Era of the Common Man.”3 In the 1970s, Jimmy Carter took up the folksy mantle, touting himself as a simple peanut farmer from Georgia and promising to be the “people’s president.” Yet Carter was the son of a wealthy plantation owner, inherited his own business, and spurned a lucrative job in the private sector in order to sow the seeds of a political career with a tale of humble beginnings.4 Carter’s claim to be a progressive was particularly dubious since he won his 1970 gubernatorial campaign by courting the support of southern segregationists and projecting what one biographer has called a “not-so-subtle racism” away from public view.5
In the election of 2000, Al Gore, another scion of an elite segregationist family, took up the populist theme with the campaign slogan, “The People vs. the Powerful.” As part of a White House that set records fund-raising from “special interests,” Gore’s claim was hardly credible, although a politically sympathetic media helped to make it seem so. After losing the presidency, Gore launched a new career posing himself as the people’s champion against global polluters, even winning an Academy Award and a Nobel Prize from fellow progressives for these efforts while trampling on the environment and making himself a wealthy man in the process. Today, Gore travels the world on private carbon-gorging jets and spends an estimated $30,000 a year to heat just one of his luxury mansions, which include a recently purchased $9 million villa in Montecito, California, with six bedrooms, nine bathrooms, a large pool house, and six fireplaces.6 His stake in a “green” energy company that profits from lucrative environmentally correct government contracts has positioned him to become the world’s first “carbon billionaire.”7
Populist hypocrisy was on display again and in a particularly sordid fashion during the next national election when Democratic vice-presidential candidate John Edwards cast America as a benighted home of the oppressed. According to Edwards, there were “two Americas”--on the one hand, the rich Republican America with its boot heel on the necks of the hapless and helpless; on the other, the Democrat America of the poor and voiceless (if not for noble crusaders like Edwards). Back on earth this selfless servant of the workingman had accumulated a personal net worth of $188 million, while his running mate, John Kerry, had married into two fortunes three times the size of Edwards’s own, making him the richest lawmaker in the country.8 Kerry’s opulence was not untypical of the balance between the parties: among the twelve richest lawmakers, Democrats outnumber Republicans three to one.9
The ability to see itself as a perennial underdog in a class war it regards as integral to capitalism is an abiding strength of the political left. But the image is unsupported by the facts. Far from being the party of the people, Democrats and their progressive core represent America’s social and cultural elites and constitute the richest, the most organized, and most economically powerful political force in American history. As Christopher Caldwell observed in a New York Times essay, “the Democratic Party is the party to which elites belong. It is the party of Harvard (and most of the Ivy League), of Microsoft and Apple (and most of Silicon Valley), of Hollywood and Manhattan (and most of the media) and, although there is some evidence that numbers are evening out in this election cycle, of Goldman Sachs (and most of the investment banking profession). . . . The Democrats have the support of more, and more active, billionaires [than the Republicans]. Of the twenty richest ZIP codes in America, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, 19 gave the bulk of their money to the Democrats in the last election, in most cases the vast bulk--86 percent in 10024 on the Upper West Side.” 10
Wall Street--the very symbol of capitalist excess and wealth--was a key player in Barack Obama’s successful presidential election run in 2008. Counterintuitive at first, this fact becomes immediately intelligible once one realizes that big government works for Wall Street bankers who float all the bonds that underwrite government spending programs and take their percentage on every dollar of big government debt. Award-winning business reporter Charles Gasparino observes: “. . . the assumption made by most Americans, . . . [is] that because investment bankers are rich they must favor Republicans because, by definition, Republicans favor lower taxes on the wealthy and on big business. And while, of course, no one likes high taxes, what’s more important than the tax rate is how much income you make in the first place: paying 30 percent of your money in taxes if you make a million dollars is better than paying a 20 percent tax rate on an income of only half a million.” 11
In light of these facts it is hardly surprising that the top financial backers of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign included Wall Street leaders Jamie Dimon (CEO, JPMorgan Chase), Lloyd Blankfein (CEO, Goldman Sachs), Dick Fuld (CEO, Lehman Brothers), Warren Spector (CEO, Bear Stearns), Larry Fink (CEO, BlackRock--the world’s largest money management firm), Greg Fleming (number two at Merrill Lynch), and Mark Gallogly (number two at the private equity firm Blackstone). Collectively, these Wall Street titans raised more than $100 million for the Obama campaign.12
It is a reflection on human vanity that the Left actually believes it is the people’s David to the Right’s Goliath. A recent display of this misplaced self-esteem was the now-famous PowerPoint presentation that former White House official Rob Stein screened for George Soros, Clinton political operatives, and Democratic funders as the 2004 election approached. The PowerPoint was called “The Conservative Message Machine’s Money Matrix,” and Stein’s goal was to persuade Democratic funders that they had to match the unfairly oversized conservative war chest in order to help the little people out.
Stein’s presentation began with the false premise that conservatives enjoyed an overwhelming advantage in the resources they were able to funnel into American politics. In Stein’s view, this advantage enabled conservatives not only to influence politics but to move the boundaries of the entire national debate to the right. Using charts and graphs, Stein purported to show that with just $300 million from two hundred “anchor donors” the conservative “message machine” was nonetheless able to fundamentally reshape the country’s politics.13 “This is perhaps the most potent, independent, institutionalized apparatus ever assembled in a democracy to promote one belief system,” Stein told New York Times journalist Matt Bai, who didn’t bother to check.14
In fact, Stein’s figure was a modest sum in an age when one gubernatorial campaign can cost $170 million. But his portrait of an overweening and unanswered conservative message machine proved decisive in recruiting the left-wing billionaires in the room to underwrite a network of newly minted progressive organizations. The most prominent example was the Democracy Alliance, which was established in 2005 by Soros and a coalition of eighty leftist donors, each of whom contributed $1 million toward its creation.
The immediate goal of the Democracy Alliance was to lead the resurgence of the Left in the 2006 midterm elections. Almost half the groups the alliance funded hadn’t existed only a few years before.15 In its inaugural year of operations, the Democracy Alliance distributed $50 million to assorted left-wing, tax-exempt think tanks and quasi political associations, a sum that increased to $80 million the following year. The alliance quickly became the most visible presence of the Left’s immense and unappreciated financial power in shaping the political landscape.16
Long before Stein’s presentation, the claim that the Right was massively funded compared to the Left was a standard piece of progressive folklore, supported by a bookshelf of left-wing tracts and pseudoscientific studies. In Moving a Public Policy Agenda: The Strategic Philanthropy of Conservative Foundations (1997), author Sally Covington charged that the conservative movement had relied on “a substantial and interconnected institutional apparatus” unrivaled by the Left in order to win the war of ideas and push the country rightward. Like Stein, Covington singled out a core of conservative foundations--Scaife, Bradley, Koch, and Olin--as the financial engine driving this ostensibly dramatic shift in the national ideology to the right. Yet, the Olin Foundation was so dedicated to this concerted effort that in 2005 it deliberately went out of business in accord with the wishes of its founder.17
A 1999 report by a progressive advocacy group, the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, made essentially the same argument. The report claimed that conservative foundations had contributed approximately $1 billion in the ten years between 1990 and 2000 to twenty leading conservative think tanks and were thereby able to produce a “rightward shift in American politics.” 18 So powerful were these foundations, according to the report, that they could prevail despite opposition to their political agenda from the majority of the country. In short, conservative money trumped the democratic will of the people. The identical thesis with nearly identical supporting evidence was argued in No Mercy: How Conservative Think Tanks and Foundations Changed America’s Social Agenda. Its left-wing authors, academics Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, claimed that by relying on the financial wealth of conservative funders like Bradley, Scaife, and Olin, the Right had been able to get federal policies enacted that the American people did not support.
The twin premises of all these narratives, including Stein’s PowerPoint, was that conservatives could draw on far superior and unrivaled tax-exempt resources to change the nation’s political discourse and move it to the right. Both premises were demonstrably false. As of 2009, the financial assets of the 115 major tax-exempt foundations of the Left identified by our researchers added up to $104.56 billion. Not only is this total not less than the financial assets of the 75 foundations of the Right, it was more than ten times greater.19
Of the “Big Three” conservative foundations that every one of the left-wing analyses cited (Bradley, Olin, Scaife), not one has (or had) assets exceeding a billion dollars. By way of contrast, fourteen progressive foundations do, including Gates, Ford, Robert Wood Johnson, Hewlett, Kellogg, Packard, MacArthur, Mellon, Rockefeller, Casey, Carnegie, Simons, Heinz, and the Open Society Institute.20 As already noted, the John M. Olin Foundation, which figures in each of the left-wing foundation narratives and has so alarmed the Left over the years as one of the conservative “Big Three,” actually terminated itself in 2005 and has been defunct ever since. No comparable progressive foundation has so far voluntarily put itself out of business.
1. http://academic.csuohio.edu/kneuendorf/content/cpuca/gorespch.htm.
2. Edward L. Ayers, The Promise of the New South: Life After Reconstruction (Oxford University Press, 2007), p. 38.
3. Jean Edward Smith, FDR (Random House, 2008), p. x.
4. Kenneth Morris, Jimmy Carter, American Moralist (University of Georgia Press, 1997), pp. 114–15.
5. Ibid., p. 187.
6. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/17/photos-al-goree-new-8875_n_579286.html.
7. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/6491195/Al-Gore-could-become-worlds-first-carbon-billionaire.html.
8. http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/democrats-party-rich.
10. Christopher Caldwell, “The Ideological Divide,” New York Times Book Review, October 24, 2010.
11. Charles Gasparino, Bought and Paid For: The Unholy Alliance Between Barack Obama and Wall Street (Sentinel HC, 2010), pp. 30–31.
12. Ibid., p. 40.
13. Matt Bai, The Argument: Billionaires, Bloggers and the Battle to Remake Democratic Politics (Penguin Press, 2007), p. 26.
15. David Callahan, Fortunes of Change: The Ruse of the Liberal Rich and the Remaking of America (John Wiley and Sons, 2010).
16. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/06/AR2005080600848_pf.html.
17. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/28/opinion/28miller.html.
18. http://www.commonwealinstitute.org/archive/1-billion-for-ideas-conservative-think-tanks-in-the-1990s.
19. The report identifies 82 conservative foundations, but 7 of the foundations named had zero or negative assets in 2009. For up-to-date charts of both conservative and progressive foundations, see Appendices I to III of this volume. The original NCRP report listed 79 conservative foundations but by 2009, 4 of these had zero or negative assets.
20. See Appendix II.
1 The New Leviathan 1
2 The Making of A President 18
3 The Progressive Money Machine 41
4 Deconstructing the American Identity 62
5 Redefining National Security 80
6 Socialism by Stealth 108
7 Controlled Environments 130
8 One Nation Under Unions 157
9 A Disturbing Prospect 174
Appendices 183
Acknowledgments 298
Forget right-wing businessmen: America’s real plutocrats are left-liberal foundations and labor unions, argues this suspicious exposé. Deploying material from their site DiscoverTheNetworks.org, conservative pundits Horowitz and Laksin (coauthors of One Party Classroom) investigate a rogues’ gallery of “progressive” foundations—everything from the Ford Foundation to, astonishingly, the ChevronTexaco Foundation—along with the public sector Service Employees International Union and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. This powerful agglomeration, masterminded by billionaire arch-liberal George Soros, vastly outspends conservative foundations, the authors contend, and dominates American politics: funding radicals at ACORN and the ACLU; promoting leftist policies on health care, immigration, and global warming; boosting minions—Barack Obama, most prominently—into high office to enact “socialism by stealth.” The authors’ turgid, acronym-strewn text takes on conspiracy overtones as they doggedly trace “networks” of liberal patronage, but their one-sided account of political influence—they focus on nonprofit organizations while ignoring corporate political activity and conservative talk radio—is neither original nor alarming. The machinations they uncover—voter registration drives, position papers, liberals funding liberals—feel run-of-the-mill rather than sinister. The result is a panicky but unconvincing rehash of familiar conservative-populist dudgeon. Agent: Georges Borchardt, Georges Borchardt Inc. (June)
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Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority
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ΣΓΡ
November 12, 1922; 91 years ago
Scholarship, Sisterhood, and Service
International: USA, Germany,
Canada, Bermuda, Korea,
Virgin Islands, the Bahamas
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority’s aim is to enhance the quality of life within the community. Public service, leadership development and education of youth are the hallmark of the organization’s programs and activities. Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority addresses concerns that impact society educationally, civically, and economically.
Greater Service, Greater Progress
Yellow Tea Rose
The Poodle
SGRhos, Lady Sigmas, Pretty Poodles
1000 Southhill Drive, Suite 200
Cary, North Carolina, USA
http://www.sgrho1922.org
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. (ΣΓΡ) was founded on November 12, 1922 at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana by seven young educators. It was incorporated within the state of Indiana in December 1922 and became a national collegiate sorority on December 30, 1929, when a charter was granted and the Alpha chapter was established.
The sorority is a non-profit whose aim is to enhance the quality of life within the community. Public service, leadership development and the education of youth are the hallmark of the organization’s programs and activities.
Founded in the midst of segregation, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. is the only sorority of the four historically African-American sororities which comprise the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) established at a predominantly white campus.
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority,Inc. has over 100,000 members with more than 500 undergraduate and alumnae chapters throughout the United States, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Canada,Africa and Korea. Sigma Gamma Rho also supports two affiliates: the RHOERS, a group of young women, and PHILOS, women who are friends of the sorority.
Mary Lou Allison Gardner Little
Raised by a family friend because both of her parents were killed when she was three, Ms. Little graduated from Shortridge High School in 1915 and received a diploma from the Indianapolis Normal School in 1918. She began her teaching career immediately after graduation. In 1928, Little moved to Los Angeles with her husband and finished her undergraduate training at UCLA. She taught in the Los Angeles School System until her retirement in 1967. The Mary Lou Allison Loving Cup Award is presented at each National Convention (called a Boule) to the chapter reporting the most successful program.
Dorothy Hanley Whiteside
After graduating from Shortridge High School, Ms. Whiteside entered the Indianapolis City Normal School. In 1922, when in training as a cadet teacher, she met the teachers who became her best friends and founders of Sigma Gamma Rho. Ms. Whiteside taught school until 1951 when she retired and later helped her husband to develop a business. She also started her own millinery business and worked with her church and various other organizations. After the death of her husband, she ran their business from 1955 until 1957 and returned to teaching in 1959, where she remained until her retirement in 1970.
Vivian Irene White Marbury
Like her friends, Ms. Marbury also attended Shortridge High School and the Indianapolis City Normal School. She received a B.S. from Butler University and a Master’s from Columbia Universityin New York City. Her professional career included teaching at Morehouse College in Atlanta and serving as Director of Practice Training of teachers from Butler University and Indianapolis State University. She taught in the Indianapolis School System for nine years. Ms. Marbury organized Public School 87, which grew from a 4 room portable school to 18 rooms and 24 teachers, where she was principal for 39 years until her retirement in 1967. She married in 1929 and is the mother of two children.
Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson
A product of the Indianapolis Public School System, Ms. Johnson received both B.S. and M.S. degrees from Butler University. In 1923, she received her first teaching assignment and over the years, she was promoted to principal of the largest elementary school in Indianapolis. She was also very involved with many clubs and organizations dedicated to community service. Ms. Johnson retired in 1966.
Hattie Mae Annette Dulin Redford
A cum laude graduate of South Bend Central High School, Ms. continued her education to receive a B.S from Indiana State Teachers College and a M.S. from Butler University. Ms. Redford also studied at Western Reserve in Clevelandand Indiana University Extension. She taught one year in Terre Haute, and thirty seven years in Indianapolis, IN. She was Grand Epistoleus, Grand Tamiochus, Financial Consultant and received various awards and honors from Sigma Gamma Rho. Plaques are awarded in Ms. Redford’s name at each Boule for exhibits of chapter achievements.
Bessie Mae Downey Rhoades Martin
The youngest of six children, Ms. Martin attended grade school in Indianapolis. She graduated from the Manual Training High School and the City Teachers Normal. Ms. Martin taught school for over 25 years. She married twice and was a devoted wife and hard worker in school and the sorority.
Cubena McClure
A graduate of Shortridge High School and the Indianapolis City Normal School, Ms. McClure attended Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. She won the Gregg Scholarship which she planned to use to attend Columbia University, but due to illness, she could not accept the scholarship. McClure was talented in art and she helped to design the sorority pin. Ms. McClure died very young on August 24, 1924.
Cubena McClure, Dorothy Whiteside, Vivian White Marbury, Nannie M. Johnson, Hattie M. Redford and Mary Lou Little
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. gives its leadership, service, and resources toward removing barriers and inequalities so that all Americans may develop their potential and exercise full citizenship. Through support of human rights legislation, service to and support of grass root individual and community development activities, and through active participation in the programs of affiliate and other organizations, the sorority has shown its commitment to working to improve the quality of the lives and the societies it serves. Sigma Gamma Rho actively participates in the sponsoring of national and international programs designed for the improved welfare of all people.
ACT Against AIDS
The Act Against AIDS Leadership Initiative (AAALI) is a $16 million, six-year CDC partnership that harnesses the collective strength of some of the nation’s leading organizations to fight HIV in populations hardest hit. The effort brings together a wide range of organizations, including civic, social, civil rights and professional organizations, as well as those in government, education and media. While many AAALI partners have longstanding commitments to fighting HIV in their communities, the initiative provides the critical funding needed to allow each group to make HIV prevention a core component of its day-to-day activities. Each organization uses AAALI funds to support an HIV coordinator who works through the organization’s membership networks to disseminate Act Against AIDS campaign materials and HIV prevention services. AAALI is a key component of Act Against AIDS (AAA) – CDC’s five-year, $45 million campaign to re-engage every American in the fight against HIV by combating complacency, increasing testing, and raising awareness among communities at risk.
Project Reassurance
The care and protection of children is, first and foremost, a family concern. But when teenagers have babies, the consequences are throughout society. Children born to teenage parents are more likely to be of low birth weight and to suffer from inadequate health care, more likely to leave High School without graduating and more likely to be poor, thus perpetuating a cycle of unrealized potential. As the signature international program for Sigma Gamma Rho, Project Reassurance was originally developed to provide health education, support and nurturing for expectant teen mothers and teens who are parents.
The project has now evolved to focus more on Healthy Choices, Healthy Living and Healthy Generations (H3) to help reduce teen pregnancy through a comprehensive year round program addressing the factors that lead to teen pregnancy – low self-esteem, diet and economic issues – while also providing support and guidance when it does occur.[3]
Project Wee Savers
Project Wee Savers is designed to develop an awareness of various banking facilities and their available services. The goal of Wee Savers is to allow participants to become knowledgeable of the real life skills of saving and buying stocks and bonds, ranging from ages 6 to 18 years. Participants experience the real life skills of basic investing, setting specific goals attainable through monitoring and mentoring of money and activities.[3]
OPERATION BigBookBag
OPERATION BigBookBag makes available, to selected facilities across the nation, bookbags, notebooks, writing and drawing paper, pencils and pens, dictionaries, thesauri, rulers, glue, construction paper, textbooks, encyclopedia, typewriters, computers and many other needed school items. Made available also is a nation-wide tutoring and mentoring program designed for the benefit of the children housed at said facilities.[4]
The effective and overall implementation of OPERATION BigBookBag serves as an invaluable resource to the children by:
Affording children with quick and easy access to reference materials and other studying aids and tools that will help them in their educational endeavors
Providing the children with the means of completing their homework assignments in order that they may remain current and up -to -date on course projects and requirements
Assisting the shelters, centers, schools and hospitals in their efforts to meet some of the educational needs of the children and young adults housed at the facilities.
Sigma Youth Symposium
Sponsored in conjunction with and in commemoration of Sigma Week, the Sigma Youth Symposium focuses on some of the prevalent concerns that negatively impact our youth: drugs, teen violence, abuse, low self-esteem, suicide, teen pregnancy, etc. This annual event is usually held on the second Saturday of March by each Alumnae Chapter.
Established in 1992, this initiative was developed to address and reduce the number of African-American deaths due to a lack of sufficient numbers of race appropriate [bone marrow] donors. The program focuses on the education and recruitment of sorority member, affiliate and community donors. Usually booths are set up during regional and regional conferences.
Hattie McDaniel Cancer Awareness and Health Program
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. is cognizant that African-Americans make up a large proportion of cancer patients [cancer]. In 2001 it was estimated that 63,500 African American will die from cancer. In addition African-Americans have the highest mortality rate of any ethnic group. As a result, the Sorority is committed to providing education on and active support of early detection as well as research for the prevention and cure of breast, prostate, ovarian, colon and other types of cancers.
Buckle Up America
A safety awareness program which educates citizens about the life saving importance of seatbelt and car seat use.
Mwanamugimu Essay Contest
Mwanamugimu (Mwah-nah-moo-gee-moo) Essay Contest
The Mwanamugimu Essay contest’s primary goal is to provide an opportunity for students to increase their knowledge of the historical and contemporary development of Africa. Its objectives are to provide the target population with opportunities that:
Allow structured ways to learn about Africa
Heighten awareness of African cultural heritage
Improve writing and research skills
The project title, Mwanamugimu, is a proverb from the Republic of Uganda that means “from small acorns come mighty oaks.” Chapters sponsor local essay contests that usually include awards programs. Regional contests are also held, with winning essays announced at regional conferences.
The theme for this year is, “Africa, the foundation of many nations…from Creation to Infinity.”
Program for Africa
Working in partnership with Africare, for many years Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. has assisted in providing thousands of dollars to purchase grain grinders for African women to help alleviate their back-breaking work. The project focus has now evolved as have the needs to addressing through finances and education HIV/AIDS awareness, education and treatment.
National Education Fund
The mission of the National Education Fund, Inc. (“NEF”) is to provide scholarship aid to needy students, both male and female, of all races and to conduct educational programs to enhance the quality of life. The NEF Board of Trustees convenes annually at rotating geographical locations throughout the nation.Scholarships are awarded to high school students, undergraduates, and post-graduate students who can demonstrate financial need.
Seven Pearls Foundation
The Seven Pearls Foundation, Inc. was established December 2004; and received its permanent 501 C-3 status, 2008. The Foundation is headquartered at 1000 South hill Drive, Suite 201, Cary, NC; is registered with the State of North Carolina and the Internal Revenue Service.
The Foundation’s mission is based on seven foci:
To protect all real property of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
To be the conduit for receiving corporate and grant funding
To develop strategies that promote a positive service image of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
To develop partnerships that support region initiatives
To support the technology initiatives at headquarters
To identify resources and strategies that will assist in eliminating the mortgage
To host the Life Member Luncheon during the Boule.
The Foundation is governed by the President and CEO, one representative from each of the five Regions of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., a Legal Consultant, and a Treasurer Emeritus. Additionally, the Foundation has identified a corporate group who serve as an extension of the Seven Pearls Board. The corporate group will strengthen the board’s credibility in the corporate arena.[3]
Sigma Public Education and Research Foundation (SPEAR)
The Sigma Public Education and Research Foundation (SPEAR) is an Affiliate of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. SPEAR was founded in 1993 as a component of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated during the administration of Past Grand Basileus Corine J. Green. In 1995, SPEAR received its 501(c)3 status and became an autonomous body, with Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. affiliation, with an office registered in Nevada.
SPEAR’s mission is to promote social, civic, cultural, economic, and educational progress for vulnerable or at risk families and communities. The mission is fulfilled through community services, public education, advocacy, and social science research.
SPEAR’s goals emphasize the development of public education and advocacy programs that will reduce poverty, and improve the quality of life for minorities, women, and children. The foundation focuses on social science research and the direct correlation between the escalation of poverty, illiteracy, moral/value and family disintegration. This 501(c)3 organization seeks funding sources, and provides technical assistance on program management and development. SPEAR was created to increase access of resources to local Community Based Organizations (CBO) for programming of community service activities.
SPEAR encourages CBO’s to take advantage of the services SPEAR provides by informing them of the processes involved in acquiring additional funding sources and organizational linkages necessary for the transition of a successful project into an extended program. The information provided encourages CBO’s to expand current projects and facilitate additional programming that increased financial support encourages. SPEAR looks forward to fulfilling its mission to provide civic, economic, and educational progress of vulnerable families, and communities. SPEAR strives to facilitate charitable marketplace access, community innovation and improvement, and nonprofit sector experimentation. SPEAR extends full legal, corporate and financial sponsorship to the projects it supports.
SPEAR Programs
Soles for Little Souls
Soles for Little Souls is a SPEAR Foundation program that collects and distributes shoes and/or funds for shoes to select community based organizations and elementary to high school students.[9]
Leadership and Development Empowering Sisters (LADES)
Through LADES the Rites of Passage Guidance Program will help young women through their own efforts to discover their best talents for personal and social usefulness. The program is a preventive and/or intervention approach to empower youth with the knowledge, skills and abilities to transition successfully from adolescence into adulthood.
Philo Affiliates
Since its inception, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. has promoted unity among women and for years many alumnae chapters worked with individuals who were not members of Greek-lettered organizations. These women were organized into auxiliaries that had various names until 1954 when the sorority officially approved the organized affiliate group and accepted the name of “Philo”(meaning Friend) as their official name.[10]
In 1980 the Philos were organized on a national level and have grown to represent hundreds of women organized on a regional level as well. The Philos have contributed countless hours of community service and thousands of dollars to aid Sigma Gamma Rho’s aim to enhance the quality of life within every community.
Rhoer Affiliates
A love for youth and the development of their full potential was the primary motivating factor that inspired Founder Mary Lou Allison Gardner Little to organize Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Young people today face challenges that could never have been imagined years ago, but such challenges provide the sorority with opportunities to carry on the vision of Little through the Rhoers Club.
Rhoers are young girls in high school organized on a local, regional and national level since 1939. The Rhoer affiliates are working to help other young people while they learn about their heritage and develop leadership skills. Sigma Gamma Rho is dedicated to helping Rhoers to grow to be women of substance dedicated to service.
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. includes graduate and undergraduate women from a variety of fields. Many of the sorority’s alumnae have been recognized as leaders on local, national and international levels in areas such as community activism, entertainment, media, literature, and government.
Grand Basilei
Listed below is the International Council of Past Grand Basilei since the 1925 institution of the office.
Sigma Gamma Rho Grand Basilei
Mary Gardner Little, 1925-1926
Edythe Malone Ward, 1926-1927
Fannie O’Bannon Robinson, 1927-1931
Edythe Roache Walker, 1931-1934
Bertha Black Rhoda, 1934-1944
Ethel Ross Smith, 1944-1948
Sallie Johnson, 1948-1954
Edna Douglas, 1954-1959
Lorraine A. Williams, 1959-1962
Cleo S. Higgins, 1962-1963
Annie L. Neville, 1963-1967
Annie Lawrence-Brown, 1971-1976
Evelyn H. Hood, 1976-1980
Alice M. Swain, 1980-1984
Rejesta V. Perry, 1984-1988
Katie Kinnard White, 1988-1992
Corine J. Green, 1992-1996
LaRona J. Morris, 1996-2000
Helen J. Owens, 2000-2004
Mynora J. Bryant, 2004-2008
Joann G. Loveless 2008-2012
Bonita M. Herring 2012-
There are several notable women who are members of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
Vanessa Bell Armstrong – gospel music artist
Louise Beavers – actress (film Imitation of Life, 1934)
‘Lindy’ Corrine Claiborne Boggs – first female U.S. representative from Louisiana
Corrine Brown – U.S. Representative Florida
Eugenia Charles – former Prime Minister of Dominica and first woman elected head of state in the Americas
Lee Chamberlin – actress
Alice Childress- author of “A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ But A Sandwich”
Ellia English – actress/producer, (sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show’)
Carolyn Tyler Guidry – second elected female bishop of the AME Church
Anna Maria Horsford – actress, (sitcoms Amen (TV series) and The Wayans Bros.)
Cynthia Horner – editor of Right On! magazine
Maysa Leak – jazz music artist
Mother Love – daytime talk show host
Marilyn McCoo – singer/actress
Hattie McDaniel – first African American to be nominated and to win an Academy Award-winning for her supporting role in the 1939 epic movie Gone with the Wind
MC Lyte (born Lana Michele Moorer) – Hip-Hop recording artist
Kelly Price – Grammy-nominated singer
Victoria Rowell – foster care activist and actress The Young & The Restless
Tonya Lee Williams – actress, The Young & The Restless
Ocielia Gibson – American beauty queen, 2011 winner of the Miss Black USA Pageant
Martha Reeves – R&B and Pop singer and former politician, and was the lead singer of the Motown girl group “Martha and the Vandellas”
Robin Kelly – Illinois House of Representatives
Leighan Lord – comedian
Ms. Dupree – comedian, Tom Joyner Show
Dr. Lillian M. Beard – Former Columnist: ” Good Housekeeping Magazine”
Brenda Pressley – actress
Chizu Shindo Suzuki – Japanese Artist and Writer
Priscilla Williams White – author of “The Children – What Shall We Tell Them About God?”
Linda McClure – model, actress
Hydeia Broadbent – HIV/AIDS activist, motivational speaker
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United Nations admits it played role in Haiti cholera epidemic
August 18, 2016 admin 0 Comments
Our Foreign Staff
18 AUGUST 2016 • 5:14PM
Victims’ advocates hailed as vindication on Thursday the United Nations’ acknowledgment it played a role in a devastating choleraepidemic believed to have been imported by UN peacekeepers.
The epidemic has killed 10,000 people since it broke out in 2010 in the vicinity of a base housing UN peacekeepers, in a country that previously was considered cholera-free.
“This is a major victory for the thousands of Haitians who have been marching for justice, writing to the UN and bringing the UN to court,” said Mario Joseph, a Haitian human rights lawyer representing victims of the epidemic that began with an outbreak in October 2010.
“It is high time for the UN to make this right and prove to the world that ‘human rights for all’ means for Haitians too.”
Compounding the suffering, the epidemic began just months after a devastating earthquake killed more than 200,000 people on the impoverished island nation.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said in an email that a “significant new set of UN actions” will be developed to respond to the crisis following a critical report by a UN adviser.
“Over the past year, the UN has become convinced that it needs to do much more regarding its own involvement in the initial outbreak and the suffering of those affected by cholera,” Haq said.
The spokesman said the new response would be released publicly with the next two months, after it has been agreed with Haitian authorities and discussed with member states.
French epidemiologist Roland Piarroux has said the scope of the cholera epidemic is “unprecedented” in recent history.
The first cases appeared on the banks of the Artibonite River, near a base where Nepalese members of the UN peacekeeping mission were staying in the central town of Mirebalais.
As early as November 2010, Piarroux had concluded that the epidemic had been imported into the country.
Despite numerous scientific studies backing that conclusion, the United Nations had until now refused to acknowledge any responsibility in introducing the disease in the country, saying it was impossible to authoritatively determine the source of the epidemic.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/18/un-admits-it-played-role-in-haiti-cholera-epidemic/
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Opportunities for private involvement in Bahrain's education sector are growing
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While Bahrain’s education rankings are among the highest in the Middle East, given the kingdom’s demographics there is still room for private investment at school level and in higher education. Some 32% of the population is under 15 years of age, and another 29% is aged 15-29. Regionally, the GCC education market is worth $40bn, with the private sector accounting for 14% of that. By 2020, the Gulf Arab states will be home to 11.3m general education students, and 1.9m in higher education.
Private Equity Fund
Private equity firms have been slow to realise the potential of the sector, but investors in Bahrain may be leading the way. Al Baraka Banking Group is working with Bahrain-based D3 Consulting on the first private equity fund solely focused on education in the Middle East.
In November 2013 Itqan Capital, an investment firm based in Saudi Arabia and a subsidiary of Al Baraka, signed a memorandum of understanding with D3. The two will jointly provide capital for the new fund, which is seeking to acquire and operate schools, and eventually also invest in higher education. The $200m fund is the first of its kind, and will specifically target educational opportunities in the Middle East and the Gulf Arab states in particular.
Attracting Investment
The government is eager to attract more private sector investment in primary and secondary education. While there are currently 65 private schools in Bahrain and an additional 43 private institutions, the Ministry of Education’s Directorate of Private Education believes that this number is set to increase substantially. Private schools in the kingdom have the potential to rent out their premises to companies which need soft service facilities or run their own programmes, such as evening academies.
Another key need in the market is for academic bridge programmes to better prepare students in Bahrain to attend international universities, particularly those who want to study in the UK. Traditionally, the majority of such students have attended bridge courses in the UK, but more might consider such programmes if they were based in Bahrain. There is also a need for boarding schools that – given its proximity – could attract many students from Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. The number of non-Bahraini secondary school graduates doubled from 271 in 2007/08 to 571 in 2011/12.
Young Enterpreneurs
Programmes that encourage secondary school students to start businesses could also be successful in Bahrain. Such schemes – which have worked in larger education markets such as the US and the UK – allow teenagers to develop small businesses and offer start-up capital. Tamkeen, a government programme that funds small and medium-sized enterprises, is one potential investor. Bahrain’s diverse student population means that these and other programmes could be readily accepted. According to a 2012 study, some 21% of Bahrain’s student population is foreign, compared to 15% in the UK and an OECD average of 7%.
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Contains Software Flaws (CVE)
CPE Product Version: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_8:-::~~enterprise_n~~x64~
There are 278 matching records.
The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allow local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and blue screen), or obtain sensitive information from kernel memory and possibly bypass the ASLR protection mechanism, via a crafted application, aka "Microsoft Windows Kernel Memory Disclosure Vulnerability."
Published: March 11, 2015; 06:59:21 AM -04:00 V2: 5.6 MEDIUM
The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 do not properly restrict the availability of address information during a function call, which makes it easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application, aka "Microsoft Windows Kernel Memory Disclosure Vulnerability."
Published: March 11, 2015; 06:59:20 AM -04:00 V2: 2.1 LOW
Adobe Font Driver in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) web site or (2) file, aka "Adobe Font Driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0088, CVE-2015-0090, CVE-2015-0091, and CVE-2015-0092.
Published: March 11, 2015; 06:59:20 AM -04:00 V2: 9.3 HIGH
Adobe Font Driver in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, and possibly bypass the KASLR protection mechanism, via a crafted font, aka "Adobe Font Driver Information Disclosure Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0087.
The Task Scheduler in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 does not properly constrain impersonation levels, which allows local users to bypass intended restrictions on launching executable files via a crafted task, aka "Task Scheduler Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."
Windows Text Services (WTS) in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) web site or (2) file, aka "WTS Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 do not properly initialize memory for rendering of malformed PNG images, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site, aka "Malformed PNG Parsing Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) implementation in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and RDP outage) by establishing many RDP sessions that do not properly free allocated memory, aka "Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) Denial of Service Vulnerability."
win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 does not properly validate the token of a calling thread, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 do not properly initialize function buffers, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, and possibly bypass the ASLR protection mechanism, via a crafted application, aka "Microsoft Windows Kernel Memory Disclosure Vulnerability."
The photo-decoder implementation in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 does not properly initialize memory for rendering of JXR images, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web site, aka "JPEG XR Parser Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Adobe Font Driver in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 does not properly allocate memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted (1) web site or (2) file, aka "Adobe Font Driver Denial of Service Vulnerability."
The Windows Registry Virtualization feature in the kernel in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 does not properly restrict changes to virtual stores, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Registry Virtualization Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
Schannel (aka Secure Channel) in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 does not properly restrict TLS state transitions, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cipher-downgrade attacks to EXPORT_RSA ciphers via crafted TLS traffic, related to the "FREAK" issue, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0204 and CVE-2015-1067.
Published: March 06, 2015; 12:59:00 PM -05:00 V2: 4.3 MEDIUM
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that leverages incorrect impersonation handling in a process that uses the SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege privilege, aka "Windows Create Process Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
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Report - June 2013
Completion Day
Community colleges are a critical resource for a growing number of New Yorkers and a key component of the state's economic competitiveness. But they are taken for granted by policymakers and continue to face enormous challenges in graduating students.
by Tom Hilliard and Tina Spaic
Tags: economic opportunity higher education community colleges human capital
The following is the introduction to Completion Day. Click here to read the full report (PDF).
As New York State transitions from a manufacturing economy to a knowledge economy, few institutions are playing a more important role than the state’s 35 community colleges.
With more than 328,000 students enrolled statewide, community colleges are boosting New York’s economic competitiveness by upgrading the skills of a large chunk of the state’s workforce. They are enabling displaced workers to acquire skills in occupations that are growing, and helping businesses across the state meet their evolving workforce needs—from photonics in Rochester to nanotech in Albany. Perhaps most importantly, community colleges have become the state’s key opportunity institutions. At a time when a high school diploma is no longer sufficient to obtain a decent paying job in most industries but the cost of getting a college education has skyrocketed, the state’s community colleges offer the most accessible path for tens of thousands of low- and moderate- income New Yorkers to obtain a post-secondary credential.
Due in large part to their importance as vocational resources in a quickly changing economy, student enrollment has been growing faster at two-year institutions than at four-year institutions in New York. Over the last decade, enrollment at State University of New York (SUNY) and City University of New York (CUNY) community colleges increased by 28 percent, compared to 13 percent at SUNY and CUNY four-year institutions and 12 percent at all four-year colleges and universities in the state.
However, the state’s community colleges have only just begun to deliver on their potential and face enormous challenges in the years ahead. Far too few students who enroll at community colleges in New York end up graduating or moving on to a four-year institution. Statewide, only 35 percent of full-time students who enroll in community college courses obtain an associate or bachelor’s degree after six years. And in New York City, where a much higher percentage of students qualify as low-income, the six-year graduation rate is just 29 percent. While some schools do better than others at graduating students, every community college in the state has a six-year graduation rate below 50 percent.
Community college students fail to graduate for a number of reasons. Although more New Yorkers are choosing to enroll in community colleges, many are unprepared for college level work. Fifty percent of students across the state—and 79 percent in New York City—need remedial work before they can begin on a more specialized career track. Moreover, even as enrollment has increased, state funding has declined by 29 percent over the last decade, leading to higher tuition costs and a larger financial burden for many students of moderate means.
Raising community college graduation rates will be an enormous challenge for both academic leaders and state policymakers, but doing so is clearly worth the investment. As we demonstrate in this report, higher graduation rates would not only provide growing industries with the workers they need to remain competitive, it would dramatically increase the earning potential of thousands of New Yorkers, leading to both increased regional GDP and government revenue. We estimate that increasing graduation rates by just 10 percentage points would provide a $150 million one-year boost to the state economy; a $41 million increase in the annual incomes of those who graduate; a $32 million increase in economic activity as those higher earning graduates spend more on goods and services; and $44 million in taxpayer investments going toward graduates rather than dropouts.
Over the next decade, the combined value of raising community college graduation rates from 35 percent to 45 percent would be $1.5 billion, over two decades $3 billion, and over three decades $4.5 billion.
This report details the increasing importance of community colleges to New York State’s economy and documents why raising graduation rates at the state’s community colleges by even a small amount would result in significant benefits to the state’s employers, young adults and the working poor. A follow-up to our 2011 Mobility Makers study, which focused on the importance of improving the graduation rate at the six community colleges in New York City, this report details graduation rates for all 35 community colleges statewide and focuses mainly on SUNY community colleges across the state. Funded by the Working Poor Families Project—a national initiative supported by the Annie E. Casey, Ford, Joyce and Kresge Foundations, which partners with nonprofit organizations to strengthen economic conditions and state policies affecting working families—the report is based on extensive data analysis and more than two dozen interviews with community college leaders, education experts and employers from nearly every region around the state.
Low graduation rates have been a chronic affliction of community colleges in New York and nationwide, stemming in part from their open access mission to accept all students regardless of test scores or high school GPA. But as the economy continues to put a premium on postsecondary credentials, even for traditionally low-tier positions, the lack of progress in raising those rates is posing larger and larger problems. The jobs that community college graduates fill are not only projected to grow significantly in the coming decade; they are in industries that are pivotal to the state’s economic future, including advanced manufacturing, technology, health care, and high-end services such as finance and law.
Many of the employment experts we spoke to during our research for this report told us that postsecondary credentials are becoming increasingly important for the vast majority of middle skill jobs. “The number of our employees who have at least an associate’s degree has grown over the past decade” says Chris Sansone, the production manager at the Keller Technology Corporation, a high-tech manufacturer in Buffalo. “Depending on the job, I expect there will be a two-year degree minimum in the next five years or so.”
Employers also value occupational certificates and industry certifications which respond directly to employer demand. Erie Community College in Buffalo developed a one-year certification program in Computer Numeric Control (CNC) to support employer needs in the region’s growing advanced manufacturing sector. According to Sansone, all of Keller Technology’s precision machinists are now required to go through the program.
“The jobs filled by community college students are very important [for our local economy],” says Mark Peterson, president and CEO of Greater Rochester Enterprise, a business group. “At least 50 percent of the new jobs in Rochester will require some type of degree beyond high school.”
Community colleges prepare residents for higher skilled jobs in the knowledge economy in a variety of ways. They offer two-year degrees and certificates in specific career skills, ranging from nursing to welding; serve as a workforce development resource by providing customized training courses for local industry; offer a low-cost starting point for people who plan to move on to a four-year college; and offer programs in high school equivalency, adult literacy and English as a second language. Community colleges are critical for working adults who need to upgrade or retool their skills. The rapid spread of technology and outsourcing has resulted in the dislocation of millions of adults across the state, and community colleges train these dislocated adults for new occupations in growing industries.
More than any other educational provider, community colleges serve the needs of their regional economies and have proven themselves adept at responding to changing economic conditions with new professional degree and certification programs. For example, Monroe Community College is the only two-year institution in the nation that offers a degree in optical systems technology and regularly places its graduates at local firms, including Xerox, Bausch and Lomb, Corning and Kodak. More recently, Hudson Valley Community College in Troy built a high-tech outpost near the new GlobalFoundries semiconductor plant in order to prepare students for the anticipated 1,400 new jobs there.
Outside of New York City, where it is harder to attract talent from other regions of the country or globe, preparing local residents for higher-skilled jobs in local industries could mean the difference between economic revival and continued decline. Businesses need to have a competitive workforce if they are going to be competitive themselves, and economic research has shown that more education can lead to an exponential rise in productivity, since the person who has acquired the extra learning and skills is not the only one who benefits—their co-workers and collaborators do as well.
“If you look at the numbers,” says Randall Wolken, president of The Manufacturers Association of Central New York (MACNY), “people just do better when they have been certified in skills, and employers feel more comfortable hiring them, even if it is at the basic skill level and they have to stack on additional skills.”
Their increase in earning power is also significant. According to the New York State Department of Labor, an individual who earns an associate degree will make an average of 18 percent more per year than someone with a high school diploma. Moreover, a significant number of community college students go on to earn a bachelor’s degree, and these individuals earn an average of 73 percent more than those with a high school diploma. Full-time workers with only a high school diploma could increase their median salary by $3,540 annually if they attend college but don’t earn a degree and by $6,100 annually if they earn an associate degree. An adult who attends college but does not complete is therefore giving up nearly $3,000 a year in additional income. These figures are actually significantly understated since they don’t take into account pay raise patterns or other incidental benefits such as increased job satisfaction and improved health.
Report: Just 27 % graduate Westchester Community College
The Journal News, by Joseph Spector, June 07, 2013
BCC’s 6-year graduation rate ranks 7th in state
Press & Sun-Bulletin, June 06, 2013
Study: Only 35% of NYS Community College Students Earn Degree
WKBW-TV, by Mitch Simon, June 10, 2013
Community colleges produce few graduates
Times Union, by Scott Waldman, June 11, 2013
Influence on Policy
CUF Shapes State College Success Proposal
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Op-Ed: California shows New York how to boost college completion along with affordability
Op-Ed: New York Can Help Students Afford College—and Graduate
Catapulting New Yorkers into the Middle Class, ASAP
Strengthening NYC’s Community Colleges is Key to Restoring the Middle Class Dream
Op-ed: New York would benefit by raising graduation rates
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Elevated Metro 2B may make landing at Juhu airport tough
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CLASH OF LANDING PATHWAYS FOR MAIN AIRPORT AND JUHU AIRPORT
Experts: Juhu airport revamp model unsafe
Chinmayi Shalya, TNN Apr 7, 2013, 01.59AM IST
MUMBAI: A Juhu airport with a realigned runway extending into the sea may be the most unsafe place for landing, said aviation experts after studying a redevelopment blueprint approved for the aerodrome.
On Friday, the Juhu airport redevelopment plan received an in-principle nod from the state government.
The plan includes the extension of the main runway into the sea so that the airport can handle fixed-winged aircraft, and the closure of the secondary runway.
Closing the secondary runway would mean the airport remains shut whenever the nearby main city airport uses its secondary runway. If the main runway at the aerodrome and the secondary runway at the city airport are operated simultaneously, it will bring aircraft that are landing at the two airports perilously close, making the extended runway an unsafe airstrip.
"The Juhu airport runways are laid out identically (to the main airport runways), which means Juhu can use its main runway in sync with only the Mumbai airport main runway," a senior pilot said. "The use of the extended main runway while Mumbai airport is using its secondary runway will create major air safety issues as aircraft paths would criss-cross."
The pilot said there were no two ways about it: operating the Juhu runway when the main airport is using its secondary runway would put people's lives in peril.
Juhu runway extension
MUMBAI: Plans to develop the Juhu airfield received a boost on Monday with the state government clarifying that neither or a coastal road nor a proposed sea link will come in the way of the runway extension project.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) had feared that the Bandra-Versova sea link or the coastal road project would come in the way of plans to extend the airfield 1,000 metres into the Arabian Sea. However, in a meeting with chief secretary J K Banthia on Monday, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) informed the AAI that the projects will not hinder or obstruct flight path as they will be planned at a suitable distance from the runway, both in height and length. "Either of these links are being planned well over 1,000 metres away from the coast and do not seem to be obstructing the runway expansion in any way," said a government official.
The AAI had asked the government to clarify its stand on the project to extend the runway into the sea. To facilitate the process, the state government also agreed to make changes in the development control rules (DCR) to re-notify the airport land to that of an airfield from the existing reservation of recreation ground (RG). With this, the proposed two underground roads or tunnels will also be notified in the new development plan, government officials said. The municipal corporation has proposed to build a 1.5km-long tunnel under the airfield {is it same tunnel as that planned for coastal road or something new??}to ease traffic congestion in the area. "We have agreed to take all these steps to speed the runway extension plan," said a senior official.
The AAI has planned the runway extension to ease congestion at Mumbai airport and permit operation of bigger aircraft at Juhu. The project is estimated to cost Rs 2,000 crore.
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Linah Baliga, TNN Apr 17, 2013, 03.45AM IST
MUMBAI: The Airport Authority of India's plan to develop Juhu airport into a commercial airport that supports the operations of 20 ATR aircraft plus private jets is meeting with stiff opposition from Juhu residents, who plan to meet the chief minister and civil aviation minister to present their objections. If necessary, the residents will even file a PIL to oppose the plan, they said.
Juhu residents say that the Rs 2,000-crore project, which would spread across 260 acres, would use government funds and public land to build a facility for private extravagance. They added that the BMC's Development Plan (DP) has for 40 years envisaged sports facilities, a recreation ground and two arterial roads connecting Santa Cruz and Vile Parle. All this would have to be shelved to accommodate the new airport. The iconic Juhu beach and a catchment area for monsoon rainwater would also be damaged.
In the 1970s, a Japan Airlines plane crash-landed into a nullah while attempting to land at the airport, which shows the risks involved in operating larger aircraft there, said residents. A major cause for concern is that the new project's runway would end less than 100 metres from the gate of the 500-bed Nanavati Hospital. "A larger airport would create a mess in the area. It would disturb the patients," said Sachin Nanavati, trustee, Nanavati Hospital. "How would we cope with all the din and noise? There is a lovely terrace for patients, which provides an open view of Juhu beach. It provides a relaxing atmosphere. But the airport runway would lead to the whole area being concretized."
More than 10,000 tourists visit the iconic Juhu beach daily and a runway would destroy it, feared residents, who added that the safety of 6,000 slumdwellers living on airport land must also be considered. Hansel D'Souza, spokesperson, Juhu Citizens' Welfare Group (JCWG), said a large portion of land would have to be raised and concretized to build the airport. "The whole land is swampy and is a holding pond during the monsoon. They will fill Juhu lake and destroy it. This would mean Vile Parle and JVPD could be submerged by floods. The BMC's Rs 85-crore pumping station at Irla has made a marginal difference." He said the residents have begun considering filing a PIL on the issue.
The protest is being supported by JCWG, Mumbai Nagrik Manch and Gulmohur Area Societies Welfare Group. Vishwanath Mada, president, JCWG, said a larger airport would destroy the quality of life. "We are not against the development of the city, but we are against the destruction of the quality of our lives. Knocking off floors of buildings like Mithibai and NM Colleges and robbing Mumbai of green lungs is avoidable," he said. Officials have said they might have to remove floors from the colleges to accommodate flight paths. The residents said that experts have opined that an extra runway at Santa Cruz airport could help increase traffic there. They said the airport at Navi Mumbai should be fast-tracked as a "national priority".
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Major obstacle course before Juhu airport project gets green light
Aviation ministry list various issues that need to be resolved before aerodrome gets clearance to be independent airport
The civil aviation ministry’s grand plans to transform the Juhu aerodrome into an independent airport that will operate along with Mumbai airport, catering exclusively to commercial turboprops, pivate jets and helicopters is not going to be an easy task to achieve in three years.
Conceding that executing the Rs 2,000 crore project is going to be tough, the union civil aviation secretary KN Shrivastava, who personally surveyed the Juhu airport on Friday, told Mumbai Mirror, “The Juhu-Tara road is an obstruction for the runway, which has to be realigned and extended into the sea. Rehabilitating slum dwellers from 40 acres of land will be a challenge, as will be carrying on with the 100-plus daily helicopter operations.”
Shrivastava held a meeting with the Maharashtra Chief Secretary Jayant Banthia, MMRDA Commissioner, UPS Madan, BMC officials, other senior government officials and a few legislators before carrying out a site visit.
The ministry at the moment has no idea how many people will have to be rehabilitated. “For the slum patch, the slum rehabilitation authority (SRA) has been approached to conduct a survey so that the affected can be rehabilitated within a portion of the same land. Normal operations will be attempted from a portion of the airport where helicopters will land and take off,” Shrivastava added. The secretary informed that Mumbai airport will be saturated within the next five years.
“With the proposed Navi Mumbai airport project stuck over land acquisition, Juhu will provide a breather,” he said, adding that if the state government was able to acquire the remaining 290 acres within the next three months then Navi Mumbai airport would be a reality in the next five years. To make Juhu airport operate simultaneously and independently of Mumbai airport, the alignment of Juhu airport’s runway will first have to be changed to make it parallel to Mumbai airport's main runway allowing both to be used simultaneously.
Officials from the Airport Authority of India (AAI) and the BMC say the runway realignment will affect existing structures on either end of the runway. “Possible reduction of height of existing buildings around the ends of the runway, which includes Mithibai College and Tulip Star Hotel will come up as the development plan is updated,” officials present during the survey said.
The realigned runway will be higher than the present one and will be on stilts extending 500 metres into the sea, ending about 700 metres before the proposed Versova-Bandra Sea Link, cutting across the Juhu-Tara road, which will become a 400-metre long underpass, and Juhu Chowpatti, which will be developed into a view point from where people can watch planes take off.
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Experts called the redevelopment plan a "pie in the sky" as even airlines would be averse to operating from a place which would either violate safety norms or be shut almost 40% of the time.
As part of the Rs 2,000 crore plan, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) wants to extend the main runway 650 metres into the sea while also realigning it.
The extension will allow fixed-winged aircraft like ATRs and Bombardier Q-400 to use the Juhu aerodrome, while the realignment will be done to maintain the required distance from the main runway at the city airport.
The realignment will require demolition of prime property in JVPD and Vile Parle, said experts. While some buildings are in conflict with the proposed realignment, other tall structures pose an obstacle in ATR and helicopter landings.
"The runway will be moved 1,035 metres north, which means multi-storey buildings in JVPD and Vile Parle will have to be brought down to one or two floors," an AAI official said. "If this is not done, no operator would want to operate with so many obstacles in the path."
Experts also said the elevation of the main runway to about 12 metres above sea level would require the elevation of the entire airport, leading to flooding in the neighbourhood in the monsoons.
GROUND TROUBLE
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To apply for an NOC to build above the permissible height (for buildings within a 20km radius of any airport and those not in or near the approach/ takeoff path), a builder must pay an initial fee of Rs 2 lakh to AAI. If the proposal is admissible, the builder pays another Rs 22 lakh-plus for an aeronautical study. So an NOC costs around The norm is followed across India
In June 2011, the AAI began charging builders just Rs 2 lakh for an NOC for projects in the vicinity of Juhu airport. From August 2012, it discontinued charging even the Rs 2 lakh with retrospective effect from April 1, 2012. About 11 to 12 NOCs were issued every month
The upper permissible limit for buildings within a 2.5km radius of Juhu airport (and those that don’t fall in or near the aircraft approach path) is 49.87 metres above mean sea level (AMSL). From June 2011 onwards, AAI started allowing builders to go
Any builder who paid just Rs 2 lakh could build to a height of 56.27m AMSL
Last week, AAI officials, in the interest of safety, decided to review NOCs granted since June 2011. Builders plan to go to court. NOCs have been issued to over 150 projects which do not fall in the aircraft’s approach path. The limit here has been set at 49.87 metres above mean sea level (AMSL). But, citing the Negi report, the AAI started granting permission to increase the heights of buildings to above this limit. “Any builder who paid Rs 2 lakh could build up to a height of 56.27 metres AMSL. Those who did not pay Rs 2 lakh were given 49.87 metres AMSL as the upper limit,’’ Narasimhan said. AAI chairman V P Agarwal was unavailable for comment despite several attempts to reach him.
The AAI, following several protests from helicopter operators has now conceded that the Negi report is technically unsound and so the height increase permissions the authority has granted to builders could compromise flight safety at Juhu airport. “But the AAI has already granted height increase permissions to over 100 builders. Some of them have started constructing. The AAI has a tough job on its hands now,’’ said the source.
Negi had specifically said that the secondary runway at Juhu was redundant, but pilots argued that when Mumbai airport’s main runway is shut and secondary runway used, then the Juhu airport’s secondary runway has to be used as the main runway and Mumbai airport’s secondary runway have converging flight paths.
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Line 2B
The metro 2B corridor is being constructed from DN Nagar to Mankhurd. The project is estimated to cost Rs 10,970 crore, including land acquisition cost of Rs 1,274 crore. It will have 22 stations on route. It will cost ₹10,970 crores.
It was cleared by MMRDA in April 2016. It is awaiting cabinet approval after which civil work would start in 6-9 monts. It is expected to be completed by 2021. Although it is planned to be made elevated, there are certain issues, such as the line running close to Juhu aerodrome or the dense corridors of Bandra West.
The corridor would be funded by Asian Development Bank(ADB)
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MMRDA unveils plan for Versova-Bandra Sea Link
By Prashant Hamine
The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has unveiled plans for the Versova-Bandra Sea Link (VBSL) part of the Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link along the west coast of Mumbai. As per the presentation made by the MSRDC recently, the VBSL will be a four by four lane, 9.89 Km long and will cost Rs.4,340 crores. Once approved, the MSRDC hopes to construct the VBSL alignment within five years and plans to start the construction work from January 1, 2014.
The VBSL is part of the Western Freeway Sea Link (WFSL) project which comprises of two phases. Phase I of the project comprises of the present 5.4 Km long Bandra-Worli Sea Link. The Phase II of the project is sub-divided into the 3.3 Km long Worli-Haji Ali Sea Link and the 10 Km long Haji Ali-Nariman Point Sea Link.
Justifying the need for the project, the MSRDC argues that by 2011, the population of the city will have grown to 22 million. Besides offering faster mode of transport, it will improve road network in the city. The WFSL is part of the Garland Expressway that is ring road to Mumbai and its suburbs comprising of East Island Freeway, the Ghatkopar-Andheri-Versova link road and the Rajiv Gandhi sea link.
Once completed the traveling time between North Mumbai to South Mumbai and beyond will be greatly reduced by 45 minutes. The MSRDC claims that the traveling on the WFSL will mean that commuters will be able to avoid 14 signals and fuel wasted by idling at traffic signals.
As per the approved alignment for the VBSL, the link will start at Versova with interchanging clover junctions at Versova near Nana-Nani Park, at Juhu Koliwada with a Toll Plaza, another one at Carter Road junction near Otters Club and end with a Toll Plaza at the Bandra end.
There will be intermediate traffic dispersal at Juhu Koliwada. The Versova connector will comprise of three lanes each on either side, with a two lane each for the Bandra and Juhu-Koliwada connectors. The VBSL will be constructed at a distance of about 900 meters away from the coast.
The VBSL alignment will have a Balance Cantilever Bridges of 100 meter span for navigation of fishermen boats at Chimbai Road, Khardanda and Juhu Koliwada.
Besides this new jetties and common areas for fishermen will be constructed at these places. On the VBSL, there will be a Toll Plaza near Khardanda.
During its discussions with the fishermen community at Chimbai, Bandra, Khar Danda, Juhu Koliwada, the fishermens associations approved the VBSL alignment to be constructed at 900 metres away from the coast with a vertical clearance of 11.706 meters above mean sea level for navigation of fishermen’s boats. The MSRDC claims to have secured the no objection clearances from the fishermen community as well as the Bandra West Residents Welfare Association and others.
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Olson, Stefanik Introduce Bill to Protect Victims of Harassment & Taxpayers
WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives Pete Olson (R-TX) and Elise Stefanik (R-NY) today introduced legislation to ensure victims of harassment on Capitol Hill continue to receive just compensation for their suffering, but at the hands of their accusers, not at taxpayer expense. Olson and Stefanik introduced H.R.
Delivering Historic Tax Relief
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22) today acted to deliver historic tax relief to hardworking Americans by voting for the first comprehensive overhaul of our nation’s tax code in 31 years. Olson voted for the Conference Report to H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which will lower taxes, create more jobs and simplify the tax code for Americans.
Olson Thanks President Trump for Supporting Our Military
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22) today thanked President Trump for supporting our military by signing H.R. 2810, the National Defense Authorization Act into law. This bill authorizes funding to provide our military with critical resources to protect our nation from growing threats overseas.
Cantwell, Young, Markey, Delaney & Olson Introduce Bill to Further Understand and Promote Development of Artificial Intelligence, Drive Economic Opportunity
Legislation creates federal advisory committee to examine and develop recommendations on: investment, workforce, privacy, and ethics, among others
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Todd Young (R-IN), and Ed Markey (D-MA), along with Representatives John K. Delaney (D-MD) and Pete Olson (R-TX), introduced first-of-its-kind legislation that would promote an enabling environment for the continued development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
Olson, Green Introduce Bill to Support Rehab Innovation Centers
WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives Pete Olson (R-TX) and Gene Green (D-TX) today introduced legislation to recognize the contributions of rehabilitation innovation centers that serve a unique role in treating complex rehabilitation needs across the United States. Olson and Green introduced H.R. 4582, the Preserving Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act.
Olson Acts to Protect Second Amendment Rights
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22) today acted to protect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding gun owners by acting to ensure their conceal carry rights extend beyond state lines. Olson voted for H.R.
Olson Supports President's Decision to Recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli Capital
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22) issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel and instruct the movement of the US Embassy to Jerusalem:
Olson Applauds Supreme Court Ruling on Travel to the US
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22) issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court upholding the Trump Administration Executive Order to strengthen protections for the safety and security of Americans in the homeland as legal issues work through the court system:
Olson Applauds House Action to Revitalize Brownfield Sites
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22) today acted to help redevelop abandoned or contaminated properties and encourage economic development by voting for H.R. 3017, the Brownfields Enhancement, Economic Redevelopment, and Reauthorization Act.
Olson Applauds House Action to Prevent Sexual Harassment in Congress
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep Pete Olson (TX-22) today acted to help deter sexual harassment in the Congressional workplace by voting to require mandatory anti-harassment and anti-discrimination training in the House of Representatives. Olson voted H. Res.
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Everything We Know About Space Jam 2
by NewsworldMedia | Feb 22, 2019 | Health | 0 comments
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There’s still a lot we don’t know about the long-awaited sequel to Space Jam, the 1996 family classic that blended the well-worn tropes of a sports movie with some good old-fashioned cartoon shenanigans. The plot is still tightly under wraps, and aside from NBA star LeBron James, the cast is still a mystery. But here’s what we know so far.
The movie now has a release date!
Space Jam 2 will open on July 16, 2021. SpringHill Entertainment, the production company founded by LeBron James (who also stars in the movie) sent out a #SaveTheDate on Twitter:
There is some incredible talent behind the camera.
Not only is Space Jam 2 directed by Terence Nance, best known for creating HBO’s Random Acts of Flyness, but it’s also produced by none other than Ryan Coogler, director of Creed and the Oscar-nominated Marvel movie Black Panther. Justin Lin was originally attached to direct, but he left the project to work on the ninth and tenth instalments in the Fast & Furious franchise.
Bugs will be back… and so will Daffy Duck.
The cast of the movie has yet to be announced, but we do know that Bugs Bunny will return, with voice actor Eric Bauza reprising the role—he is currently the only actor confirmed to be involved. IMDB, however, credits him as the voice for both Bugs and Daffy Duck, so it’s fair to assume both characters will be making an appearance, along with the rest of the Looney Tunes. Lola, Bugs’ love interest from the first movie, will also be coming back.
This isn’t LeBron James’s first movie.
Space Jam 2 will mark the first time that LeBron takes a starring role in a motion picture, but he’s no stranger to acting. He had a supporting role in the 2015 comedy Trainwreck, playing a hilarious fictional version of himself who somehow manages to make every conversation about himself, his basketball career, and the great city of Cleveland.
If Space Jam 2 goes down the same route as the original did with Michael Jordan, then LeBron will likely be doing the same again here and playing himself—so those scene-stealing moments in Trainwreck will have been good practice.
Filming will begin this summer.
Production on Space Jam 2 hasn’t even started yet, which is probably why so few details are available. Filming is slated to commence on June 17, during the NBA off season.
The sequel has almost happened a few times—and would have been very different.
Back in 2003, a Space Jam sequel was in the works which would have taken on the spy genre. Action star Jackie Chan was intended to be the lead, but he ended up leaving the project, and the script eventually became Looney Tunes: Back In Action. Joe Pytka, the director of the original Space Jam, has also said that he was once pitched a “really weird” sequel idea revolving around pro golfer Tiger Woods.
The original Space Jam was LeBron’s favorite movie.
Speaking to a reporter in May 2014, long before he was attached to star in the sequel, LeBron said: “I’ve always loved Space Jam. It was one of my favorite movies growing up. If I have the opportunity, it will be great… We’ll see what happens.”
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Search Continues For Missing College Student From Virginia Last Seen In NYC
Filed Under:Central Park, Facebook, Hamilton Heights, Ian Burnet, Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University
Ian Burnet (credit: Handout)
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — It’s been two weeks since a college student from Virginia was last seen during a New year’s Eve visit to Manhattan.
Ian Burnet, 22, was staying with friends at a Riverside Drive apartment building when he disappeared on Dec. 30. Friends have been plastering missing person signs in the Hamilton Heights area the college student was last seen.
More than 1,000 people have joined the “Find Ian Burnet” Facebook page and New York State police featured his photo on its missing persons website.
Tuesday night, family and friends gathered in Virginia for a candle light prayer vigil. Burnet’s father hopes someone will help bring him home.
Burnet arrived in the city by bus on Dec. 26. His dad says everything seemed fine when they last texted the next day. His son said he had visited Central Park and Burnet’s roommate says they spoke on Dec. 30. But that same day, he left the apartment building around 4 p.m. and hasn’t been seen since.
Burnet is well-known in his hometown. He was valedictorian of his 2008 high school class and he’s an engineering student at Virginia Commonwealth University with a 4.4 grade point average. ‘
His friends in New York say he left all of his personal items, including his cell phone, inside the apartment where he was last seen.
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Permits Filed for 82 East 127th Street in East Harlem, Manhattan
6:30 am on June 28, 2019 By Vanessa Londono
Permits have been filed for a 19-story mixed-use building at 82 East 127th Street in East Harlem, Manhattan. Located between Madison Avenue and Park Avenue, the lot is two blocks north of the 125 Street subway station, serviced by the 4, 5, and 6 trains. Artimus is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits Filed for 172 East 122nd Street in East Harlem, Manhattan
Permits have been filed for a seven-story residential building at 172 East 122nd Street in East Harlem, Manhattan. Located between Lexington Avenue and Third Avenue, the interior lot is three blocks south of the 125th Street subway station, serviced by the 4, 5, and 6 trains. Joseph Atarien of Atari Realty is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits Filed for 221 East 117th Street in East Harlem, Manhattan
Permits have been filed for a six-story residential building at 221 East 117th Street in East Harlem, Manhattan. Located between Second Avenue and Third Avenue, the lot is two blocks from the 116 Street subway station, serviced by the 6 train. Roy Moussaeiff under the 221 East 117 Street LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
One East Harlem Breaks Ground at 201 East 125th Street, in Upper Manhattan
7:00 am on April 28, 2019 By Sebastian Morris
A new 19-story housing development, One East Harlem, officially broke ground this week in Upper Manhattan. Designed by S9 Architecture, the mixed-use project will eventually span over 420,000 square feet, mainly comprised of affordable housing. The building’s official address is 201 East 125th Street.
Permits Filed for a 20-Story Tower at 2252 3rd Avenue in East Harlem, Manhattan
7:30 am on February 13, 2019 By Vanessa Londono
Permits have been filed for a 20-story mixed-used tower at 2252 3rd Avenue, in East Harlem, Manhattan. Located between East 122nd Street and East 123rd Street, the interior lot is two city blocks south of the 125th Street subway station on Lexington Avenue, serviced by the 4, 5, and 6 trains. Roy Moussaieff under the 2252 Third Avenue LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Demo Permits Filed for 2000 2nd Avenue in East Harlem, Manhattan
7:00 am on December 19, 2018 By Vanessa Londono
Full demolition permits have been filed for the four-story building at 2000 2nd Avenue, in East Harlem, Manhattan. The 6,516-square-foot structure built in 1910 has been used as mixed commercial and residential building since, with 6 residential units and 3 commercial units. It is unclear what plans are in store for the 1,896 square foot lot, as no new construction permits have been filed yet. George Cambourakis of Structural Engineering Technologies PC is listed as the applicant of record.
Demolition Permits Filed for 212 East 125th Street in East Harlem, Manhattan
7:00 am on November 21, 2018 By Vanessa Londono
Full demolition permits have been filed for the four-story building at 212 East 125th Street, in East Harlem, Manhattan. The 6,467-square-foot structure listed as built in 1900 has been used as industrial loft space, with two units across the four floors. The area is serviced by the 4,5,6 trains at the 125th Street station, one block away. It is unclear what plans are in store for the 2,523 square foot lot as no new building permits have been filed yet.
Permits Filed for 2150 Second Avenue, East Harlem, Manhattan
6:30 am on September 27, 2018 By Andrew Nelson
Permits have been filed for a ten-story residential building at 2150 Second Avenue in East Harlem, Manhattan. This differs from an earlier proposal for the site in 2014, measuring about twenty feet shorter. The site is three blocks away from the 110th Street subway station, serviced by the 6 trains. Mark NG will now be responsible for the development.
Renderings Revealed for HAP NINE at 247 East 117th Street in East Harlem
7:00 am on August 8, 2018 By Sebastian Morris
HAP Investment Developers first announced 247-249 East 117th Street in 2017 following a purchase of the build site for an estimated $3.2 million. Today, the project is known as HAP NINE, and YIMBY has a first look at the design’s renderings from Fischer + Makooi Architects.
Permits Filed for Sendero Verde at 1681 Madison Avenue, in East Harlem
7:30 am on June 8, 2018 By Andrew Nelson
Permits have been filed for a 37-story high-rise at 1681 Madison Avenue, in East Harlem, Manhattan. The site is three blocks away from the 110th Street subway station on Lexington Avenue, serviced by 6 trains, and four blocks away from the 110th Street subway station on Central Park North, serviced by the 2 and 3 trains. Manhattan-based Rose Companies is responsible for the development.
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California Historical Landmarks in Ventura County
Stagecoach Inn
51 South Ventu Park Road
Originally located some 200 yards to the north, the Stagecoach Inn was built in 1876. Its redwood lumber came by sea and was freighted up the steep Conejo Grade by multiteam wagons. From 1887 to 1901, the hotel served as a regular depot for the Coast Stage Line, which carried both passengers and mail. In 1965 it was moved to its present location.
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Windows XP EOL FAQs
Windows XP was released to the public October 2001 and has been heavily supported with three service packs and extensions to the extended support, but now the time has come for Microsoft to stop supporting XP along with Exchange 2003 and Office 2003 on April 8, 2014.
Q: What do you mean Microsoft will stop supporting Windows XP?
A: If Microsoft encountered an issue with their operating system (OS) they would release monthly updates - patches - to fix any problems that occurred as long as the product is being supported by them. Once a product is no longer being supported, Microsoft WILL NOT release any updates or provide online technical assistance on Microsoft.com, which will put the machines, users, other sensitive information at risk of being compromised from hackers and other malicious software (trojans, viruses, rootkits, etc.).
Q: Will the software mentioned above still work after April 8, 2014?
A: Microsoft Windows XP, Office 2003 and Exchange 2003 will still work regardless of the products not being supported by Microsoft. The key thing is that if you encountered any problems with these services after support ends then your IT staff or consultant will be left to look for support through online forums for fixes, which will cost your company both valuable time and money. It is RECOMMENDED to upgrade to a newer version of software that is supported by Microsoft.
Q: Are there other versions of Microsoft Windows to replace Windows XP?
A: Since Windows XP is not being supported after April 8, 2014 you may be thinking of purchasing a replacement OS. Microsoft currently has on the market both Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows 8/8.1. Both of these operating systems are currently available by all major retailers, online vendors, and volume licensing with support ending after 2020. Windows Vista is also available in select arenas, but Microsoft Support for Windows Vista ends April 11th, 2017 so we recommend to avoid purchasing Windows Vista.
Q: What is volume licensing?
A: Volume licensing is a way for companies and businesses to purchase large amounts of OS with one license key instead of purchasing multiple consumer copies that carry different product keys.
Q: I noticed that they have two versions of an OS out: a 32-bit and a 64-bit, what are they and how can I figure out which version I am running?
A: Almost all mainstream OS and software companies tend to sell or release two versions of the product; a 32-bit (x86) and a 64-bit (x64). Many older systems built and purchased before 2006-07 have 32-bit processors inside of them while the majority of PC sales up until 2008 contain a 64-bit processor. Getting into the details between the two are beyond the scope of this FAQ, but overall the 64-bit processor can handle more data and support more memory (RAM) than its 32-bit predecessor. To find out which version you are using along with more information, click the following link: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/32-bit-and-64-bit-windows#1TC=windows-7.
Q: How would I go about making all of this easier for my company without having to worry about so much technical information?
A: Talk with your company’s IT staff or IT consulting when it comes to upgrading from Windows XP to see whether they are currently working on this project for both you and your staff. If you do not have any IT consulting and would like some help with upgrading from Windows XP, Office 2003, Exchange 2003 then please request more information at www.desktopco-op.com.
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Too Big to Jail: Our Banking System's Latest Disgrace
By Neil Barofsky
You can be forgiven if you watched the Department of Justice’s announcement yesterday of a $1.92 billion settlement with HSBC with a sense of disappointment--and déjà vu. The event checked all the boxes in a theatrical routine that has become all too familiar.
Descriptions of breathtaking misconduct involving the facilitation of massive drug trafficking and transactions with rogue terror-sponsoring nations? Check.
Broad boasts about the "historic" nature of the settlement that will certainly end the type of criminal misconduct alleged? Check.
Mea culpas from the offending institution with promises that it has really learned its lesson this time and will never ever engage in dastardly conduct again? Yep, that too.
Nothing, however, was quite as it appeared. Sure, HSBC paid a record fine, but there was something vitally important missing from yesterday's press conference: actual criminal charges for obvious criminal conduct.
Some perspective: HSBC sent more than $800 million in bulk cash from Mexico to the United States, a good chunk of which apparently represented proceeds from some of the most notorious Colombian drug cartels. As someone who tried the first narcotics money laundering case involving extradition from Colombia, let me assure you that this is a lot of money, the discovery of which usually generates vigorous prosecutions and lengthy prison sentences. And it wasn’t HSBC’s only dirty business: There were also hundreds of millions of more dollars of illegally disguised transactions with rogue nations such as Iran and Sudan.
Why no criminal charges? Why instead only some remedial measures and a "historical" fine that can be measured in weeks -- not years -- of earnings? It certainly wasn’t for lack of evidence. No, instead the government determined that HSBC is not only too big to fail, but also too big to jail. As the New York Times first reported, even though there were strong voices within DOJ pushing for criminal charges, the big banks' best friends within the government (the Treasury Department, of course, and other unnamed regulators) were too fearful that an indictment could destabilize the global financial system. Yes, it's 2008 all over again. In the name of systemic stability, a megabank again escapes accountability for its actions, rescued by compliant officials.
In some aspects, DOJ's surrender is understandable. Notwithstanding regulatory reform efforts in the U.S. and the UK, the largest banks are in many ways even more systemically dangerous today than when we bailed them out in 2008. This indirect acknowledgment that we have failed to fix the too-big-to-fail problem has potentially dire consequences.
One of the reasons why we have a criminal justice system, of course, is to deter criminal behavior. If you know that you will be punished for putting your hand in the cash register at your local supermarket (or illegally stripping out information from a monetary transaction that identifies the source nation as Iran), you are less likely to do so. But if the government offered a blanket waiver from criminal accountability for a certain group -- let's say all left-handed people over six feet tall or a handful of banks deemed so large and so significant that their indictment could destroy the global financial system -- we would expect that those exempted would no longer be deterred from committing criminal acts. And although lefty giants may otherwise lack a predisposition for boosting cash, in recent years the largest banks have demonstrated an unbridled zeal for pushing the boundaries of the law as part of their relentless pursuit of profits. DOJ's actions with regards to HSBC are beyond unfair: They are downright terrifying for weakening the general deterrence for megabanks, both foreign and domestic, which could rationally interpret yesterday's actions as a license to steal.
The enduring presumption of bailouts in our banking system already drives the largest banks to take on too much risk with too little disclosure and too much leverage, a toxic cocktail that will inevitably lead to another financial crisis. Yesterday's action now spikes the punch with a new toxin, confirmation that criminal penalties are off the table, leaving a worst-case scenario of a fine totaling far less than even a single quarter's earnings. Given the potential profits of criminal behavior and the unlikelihood of personal consequences for the executives directing it, the message is clear: Crime pays. This will inevitably lead to more reckless risk-taking that will further undermine systemic stability and lead to an even greater financial meltdown down the road.
There is, of course, a solution for our emerging two-tier system of justice. The largest banks need to be broken up, the only realistic way to truly end both too big to fail and too big to jail. But since our government has demonstrated a reluctance to do so, perhaps the next time a megabank presents HSBC's argument that it should not be criminally charged because it would destabilize the financial system, instead of capitulating to this threat, DOJ should require at a bare minimum that in return for allowing the bank to survive, it must break itself up, ensuring that it could never hold the justice system hostage again. Otherwise, we can look forward to many more press conferences that are long on drama but short on impact.
Neil Barofsky was the Special United States Treasury Department Inspector General to oversee the Troubled Assets Relief Program from 2009 until his resignation in February 2011. He is currently a senior fellow at the NYU School of Law and is the author of Bailout (Free Press, 2012).
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No Bain, Much Gain
By Alec MacGillis
Plenty of news on the front pages today, from Kim Jong Il to the payroll tax fiasco, but it would be a pity if that deprived due attention from the impressive work done by the New York Times on sussing out the truth about Willard M. Romney's lucrative arrangement with Bain Capital. To summarize: Romney has been getting a big cut of Bain's profits on the buyout deals it's been involved with since he left the firm in 1999.
This comes as a revelation to me and, I'm sure, many of others who assumed that Romney's income the past decade consisted primarily of his gains on personal investments made with his pre-1999 winnings from Bain. I see two main ramifications of this report. One, Romney can be justifiably challenged with having to answer for the ugly downside of post-1999 Bain deals, as he was with some of the less savory deals he presided over as Bain Capital's CEO in the 1990s. Two, there is going to be a lot more talk next year about the "carried interest loophole" that has allowed Romney to pay only a 15 percent tax rate on his share of Bain profits this past decade, far lower than the 35 percent rate he would pay if his income did not qualify for the loophole. As you may or may not know, this part of the tax code -- also known as the "hedge fund loophole" --allows private equity managers at firms like Bain to have the fees they receive for overseeing others' investments taxed at the 15 percent capital gains rate, even though the income derives not from their own capital investment, but is instead simply the compensation for their labor. Egregious as it is, the loophole has withstood repeated attempts to close it, most recently during the debt-ceiling showdown this past summer, when Eric Cantor, a favorite of the private equity crowd, led the fight to preserve the loophole.
But I suspect that Romney's role in benefiting form the loophole will make it even harder to defend. Should he be the nominee, the 15 percent rate (which he receives both on his Bain income and the capital gains from his personal investments) will be thrust front and center in the public consciousness in a way that it hasn't been until now -- voters will be reminded over and over that this particular quarter-billionaire is paying a lower rate on his income than many of them are. More specifically, Romney undermines the very thin case for the special treatment of carried interest because he, unlike active investment managers benefiting from the loophole, he isn't even putting any "sweat equity" into overseeing the investments in question. As Victor Fleischer, a University of Colorado law professor, told the Times, "The rationale for having a capital gains preference is to encourage investors to put their cash into investments. Romney here isn't even putting in any labor."
It's not hard to see why the private equity community is anxious about having one of its own running for president, even as they shower him with contributions. They've had quite the run, thanks in no small part to the 15 percent rule, and now it's coming into the light for all to see.
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“Traffik” marks big screen return for leading man Epps
By Andrew Shearer
The release of “Traffik” this weekend doesn’t just mark the return of everyman Omar Epps to the kind of big screen leading roles that defined his early career. It’s also another entry in an impressive list of credits that has found him working with talented new filmmakers in a compelling variety of projects. Though director Deon Taylor could be considered a veteran of the horror genre at this point, “Traffik” is only his second to reach national theatres (following 2016′s experimental hybrid, “Meet The Blacks”), and the choice of Epps as the boyfriend of a journalist (Paula Patton, “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol”) terrorized by backwoods criminals was one no doubt informed by Epps’ outstanding resume.
For those who may be more familiar with Epps as a television star from his role as Dr. Eric Foreman in the long-running medical drama, “House,” here’s a short list of highlights from his work in feature films:
JUICE (1992)
Epps and hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur had their first respective starring roles in this debut thriller from director Ernest Dickerson, who was then primarily known as Spike Lee’s cinematographer. Epps plays teenage Q, who finds himself pressured by friend Bishop (Shakur) to commit a robbery with violent consequences.
HIGHER LEARNING (1995)
Director John Singleton followed up his breakout 1991 hit “Boyz n the Hood” with the lighter “Poetic Justice” in 1993 but came back swinging with this racially-charged college drama that features Epps as Malik, a track star who runs afoul of stern Professor Phipps (Laurence Fishburne) and a campus gang of white supremacists.
THE WOOD (1999)
Epps managed to step outside of being cast as students and athletes with this coming of age comedy that begins with a missing groom (Taye Diggs) and goes back and forth through time to show the youthful antics of his best friends Mike (Epps) and Slim (Richard T. Jones). It was also the first movie by “Dope” director Rick Famuyiwa.
LOVE & BASKETBALL (2000)
Taking place over the span of 13 years, this debut feature from director Gina Prince-Bythewood (“The Secret Life of Bees”) casts Epps opposite Sanaa Lathan (“Best Man Holiday”) as a pair of aspiring professional basketball players who have known one another since childhood and explores the evolution of their relationship over time.
AGAINST THE ROPES (2004)
Veteran television actor Charles S. Dutton stepped behind the camera for the first time for this fictional sports drama starring Meg Ryan (“When Harry Met Sally”) as a boxing manager who takes on rising middleweight champion Luther Shaw (Epps) only to get carried away with media attention as Shaw wins fight after fight.
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New Orange County Park to Honor Fallen Hero
With numerous community leaders and the law enforcement community in attendance, Orange County’s Parks and Recreation Division broke ground on the Deputy Brandon Coates Community Park on June 4.
The park was officially dedicated to the memory of Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy First Class Brandon Lee Coates, who perished in the line of duty in December 2010. Virginia Coates Ricks, the widow of Deputy Coates, greeted people as they arrived at the ceremony.
“I am so grateful this park was dedicated to my husband. This is now a place where kids can come and ask their parents who was Brandon Coates, and when they answer, his heroic story will live on,” she said. “Let us never forget any of the law enforcement officers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice.”
Deputy Coates’ mother Debbie Griffin, Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings and many deputies who worked with Coates attended the ceremony. Coates also served two tours in Iraq with the U.S. Marine Corps prior to joining the Sheriff’s Department.
“This 27-acre site will be a beautiful and very special addition to our parks system,” said Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs. “By naming this park in tribute to Deputy Brandon Coates, it will serve as a place of remembrance for his family. It will also serve as a permanent reminder to our citizens and visitors of Deputy Coates’ dedication, and of our profound gratitude for the ultimate sacrifice he rendered while protecting the citizens of Orange County.”
The mile-wide property is situated in Orange County District 1, along the border of District 4, south of the Deerfield community, with John Young Parkway on the west and Orange Blossom Trail on the east.
District 1 Commissioner S. Scott Boyd approached the Orange County Parks’ Advisory Board and garnered the support of Mayor Jacobs and the Board of County Commissioners to name the park after Coates.
“It was an honor to initiate the request to memorialize Deputy Coates in this way, and the park will be an enduring reminder of our gratitude for his service and sacrifice,” Commissioner Boyd said. “This park will be a lasting tribute to a dedicated professional who was recognized for his teamwork and ability to lead others while serving and protecting the citizens of Orange County.”
The county budgeted $3.2 million for the project and expects completion in January 2016. Amenities will include two multi-sports fields, a playground, walking path, exercise course, concrete skate spot, picnic pavilions, restrooms, and paved parking. This is a copy of the park’s conceptual plan.
“Orange County’s newest park will have amenities ranging from pedestrian paths to playing fields and will please any park enthusiast,” District 4 Commissioner Jennifer Thompson said. “It is also fitting that it will be named after one of Orange County’s heroes, Deputy Brandon Coates. I look forward to the opening of this needed park and am thrilled for the residents who will enjoy it.”
A collection of photos from the ground breaking are available on Flickr for use by the media.
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Kennedy football recruits commit to Oregon State
Phil Hawkins
2A Lineman of the Year Nick Suing and teammate Rocco Carley to join Beavers this fall
After winning the first state championship in program history in November, the Kennedy High School football program is beginning to reap the rewards.
Senior teammates Nick Suing and Rocco Carley announced their commitment to play for the Oregon State Beavers this fall, giving the Beavers a pair of offensive players who played key roles in the Trojans' 31-20 victory over the Santiam Wolverines to win the 2018 2A State Championship.
"We obviously have some good football players coming through," Kennedy head coach Joe Panuke said. "If you win a state championship and you get the all-state accolades, people recognize that you've got some good football players here."
Suing and Carley are the second and third Trojans to make a Division 1 commitment, along with former teammate Bishop Mitchell, who signed with the Portland State Vikings in 2017. The two played with Mitchell their freshman year during the 2016 season in which the Trojans finished runner-up to the state champions from Heppner, and Suing reached out to prior to making his commitment to get an idea of what the D1 experience would entail.
"I talked with Bishop to get the ins and outs of what D1 is like, the schedule, the lifting, the practices — just get a feel for the commitment level that's involved with playing a D1 sport," Suing said. "He was really encouraging, and he's enjoyed his team. He's definitely been pushed hard and he's enjoyed that."
Suing played center on offense during that freshman year season before moving outside to tackle where he helped pave the road for the Trojans' offense over the past four years. On defense, his 6-foot-3, 265-pound frame gave Kennedy one of the biggest and strongest players at the 2A level, an immovable rock on the line that could wreak havoc on opposing offenses.
"He's got great feet and great footwork, and he does it all the right way," Panuke said. "As an offensive lineman, if you need to get some yards, you're going to go right behind him, because he's going to be bigger and stronger than the guy across from him.
"On the defensive line he's going to get a push for you. Good penetration and for a big kid, he moves really well. He's able to get down the line and make some plays."
Destined to be teammates
Carley's high school path began with Suing in Mount Angel before taking a brief detour to nearby Silverton High School his sophomore year. Carley returned in 2017, playing his final two seasons at tight end on offense in a Trojan uniform, while shoring up the team's secondary on defense.
Together, the pair played an integral role in bringing the 2018 2A State Championship to Mount Angel. Suing helped plow the road for a running offense that gained 232 yards and scored three touchdowns, while Carley hauled in two passes for 73 yards, including a 45-yard touchdown bomb from teammate Emorej Lynk.
Lynk ended up being named Player of the Game despite missing the second half due to a knee injury, forcing Suing, Carley and the rest of the Trojan defense to hold off Santiam's late-game rally.
"At halftime we were feeling pretty good about it. It was definitely tough with Emorej's injury, but we knew we had to come out in the second half and continue playing defense and try to score on offense even though our main offensive threat was out of the game," Suing said.
After the conclusion of the season, came the accolades. Suing was named to the 2A All-State team for the second time, earning 2A Lineman of the Year honors, while Carley was named to the Tri-River Conference All-League roster for the second consecutive year.
Together, the two seemed destined to continue playing together in some fashion. Both Carley and Suing were courted to play in Monmouth for the Western Oregon Wolves, but they each turned down scholarship offers in favor of joining the Beavers as preferred walk-ons, meaning they are assured a spot on the team next year but were not offered a scholarship.
"My plan was to play somewhere in Oregon. I didn't know quite where, but I'm really excited to give it a shot and take on the challenge," Suing said. "It was a very difficult decision. There was definitely a lot of thinking and reflecting on what I thought fit me the best. I really wanted to take the opportunity that Oregon State was giving me. It would have been hard to pass up."
The pair join an Oregon State football program that has struggled recently, going 3-21 over the past two years combined with their last winning season coming in 2012. They are set to join the summer workout program for incoming freshman, but until then, Suing and Carley are focused on more the more immediate goal of winning another state title, this time for the boys basketball team.
And much like the football program, this team once again appears to be peaking at the right time, winning a season-best six straight games going into the final week of the regular season.
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Illustrator & surface pattern designer
Paula McGloin is a Dublin based Illustrator and Surface Pattern Designer. Born in Sligo in the west of Ireland, she spent her childhood nearby woods, mountains and the sea. Her love of nature, vintage and bold vibrant detail is evident from her bright and eclectic illustrations. She finds inspiration scouring vintage flea markets, hiking in the woods or travelling to new places.
Her first illustrated book ‘All Through the Night’ a collection of night poems edited by Marie Heaney, which was shortlisted in two categories at the Bold Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards in 2016 ( RTE Radio 1’s The Ryan Tubridy Show Listener’s Choice Award and The Journal.ie Best Irish Published book of the Year in 2016.)
Paula is a member of Illustrators Guild of Ireland and the Association of Illustrators (UK). She studied Visual Communications at the National College of Art and Design, and later a Masters in Digital Media Technology at Dublin Institute of Technology. Paula worked for a number of years as a graphic designer before exploring her career as an illustrator. She currently lectures part-time at the Dublin Institute of Design in the Graphic Design and Fashion departments.
She has a passion for hand lettering and enjoys making intricate patterns.
Her work appears in books, editorial, retail design, fashion, fabrics and ceramics all across the globe.
Clients include Kipling (EU), Camelot Fabrics (CA), Urban Outfitters (US), Marks & Spencers, Bewley's Ireland, Mindful Magazine (US), The Handmade Soap Company, Poetry Ireland and Little Island Books.
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The Macallan Partner With Le Clos At Dubai DXB
June 28, 2019 NewsDubai, DXB, Le Clos, Macallan Distilleries, Scotch Whisky, Single Malt, The Macallan, Whisky Gifts, Whisky Tours
THE MACALLAN UNVEILS BOUTIQUE PROGRAMME AT DUBAI INTERNATIONAL (DXB) WITH LE CLOS; ONE YEAR ON FROM THE OPENING OF ITS £140M SPEYSIDE DISTILLERY AND VISITOR EXPERIENCE
The Macallan, (the most valuable single malt in the world), today announces its Boutique programme with the opening of The Macallan Boutique at the world’s busiest international airport, DXB, in partnership with Le Clos. This is a part of a multi-million pound investment that will see The Macallan stores open in select key cities and airports across the globe.
Starting with the opening of the new retail experience at DXB in partnership with Le Clos – the award winning fine wine and spirit retailer – The Macallan Boutiques will bring the heritage and prestige of the brand to life. The Boutique concept draws heavily from the beauty of The Macallan Estate. It uses architecture, aesthetics and materials, and immersive features, that are distinct to the new £140m state of the art distillery and visitor experience, opened in 2018.
Attention to detail and luxury are central to the overall design. There is a stunning, signature oak lattice centrepiece in each space, providing a direct and highly visual connection to the innovative roof of the brand’s home in Speyside, Scotland. The extraordinary spaces are designed to give a sense of familiarity to everyone who visits – from single malt aficionados to those exploring the world of The Macallan for the first time.
Suzy Smith, Managing Director , Edrington Global Travel Retail, said: “It has been a year since we opened the doors of our new distillery and visitor experience, which was one of the most exciting moments in our history as a brand. The next chapter in our story is the launch of our Boutique programme, which will bring whisky-lovers across the world even closer to our home on Speyside. Each store will be a gateway to the world of The Macallan, from the stunning cinematography of the Easter Elchies estate to the exceptional whisky available to taste.
“As we continue to roll out these Boutiques globally, we hope more people are able to catch a glimpse into the home of the world’s most valuable single malt. Partnering with Le Clos to open the first new outlet will allow us to deliver a true luxury shopping experience for travellers in our product offering and through exceptional service.”
Visitors to The Macallan Boutique are invited to discover the luxury world of The Macallan through a prestige experience that is both memorable and shareable. The Macallan brand stories shot in stunning cinematography will be showcased alongside virtual reality content that explores the history behind The Macallan Estate.
Andrew Day, Group CEO of MMI, said: “Le Clos and The Macallan have enjoyed a record-breaking partnership for over a decade and we are incredibly proud to be honoured with opening the first new Global Travel Retail Boutique for The Macallan here in DXB.
“This Boutique will bring together two exceptional brands in the world of luxury spirits creating an unrivalled and immersive customer experience. Following our successful partnership with The Macallan that spans over a decade, this new Boutique symbolises the heights we can reach with a shared vision and combined commitment to delivering the ultimate customer experience and we look forward to joining The Macallan on this exciting next stage of the journey.”
The Macallan Boutique in Dubai will offer a stunning, carefully curated range of rare and exclusive whiskies, some of which will be exclusive to Boutiques. Highlights of the prestige collection include rare bottlings from the Masters of Photography, Golden Age of Travel and Exceptional Single Cask ranges. A strong pipeline of new product innovations and Boutique exclusives will ensure The Macallan Boutique offers an engaging and ever-changing range of whiskies.
The Macallan Boutiques will be opening at a number of major international hub airports throughout 2019, starting with Terminal 3 at DXB.
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April 22, 2011 by Mark Athitakis, posted in Aimee Bender, Arthur Phillips, Francine Prose, Henry Adams, Joyce Carol Oates, Luis Alberto Urrea, Paul Harding, Saul Bellow, Thomas McGuane, Yiyun Li
The spring books issue of the Chicago Reader features remembrances by Chicago authors of their favorite writers. Luis Alberto Urrea and I disagree on the virtues of Ninety-two in the Shade, a book that for me exemplifies the notion of “you had to be there” in the late 60s and early 70s, but we agree on this much: “You had to be smart to read him, even in books that seemed to promise—like so many American novels—that you could be a drooling idiot and still get a real kick out of the deal.”
McGuane: “I remember feeling when I started Driving on the Rim that serious fiction had gotten entirely too gloomy. I’m happy to see that some of our best young writers are going after this problem tooth and nail.”
Salman Rushdie picks a handful of books by American authors for bedside reading at a New York hotel.
Arthur Phillips—whose new novel, The Tragedy of Arthur, I very much enjoyed—on the disingenuousness and uselessness of the question, “What is the author trying to say?” Phillips’ point that you shouldn’t/needn’t read a novel as an author’s autobiography makes sense, though he so eagerly pushes the notion that a novelist has no real argument to make I’m left wondering why he feels fiction is worth writing at all. The Tragedy of Arthur isn’t the didactic novel he studiously avoids, but its satire of memoir is crystal-clear.
Aimee Bender: “I know, a lot of people really don’t care for younger narrators but I’ve never understood that; as a reader, I really like a kid’s POV and when writers really submerge themselves in that limitation, often there are such rewards. I just reread The Sound and the Fury, (which was kind of like reading it for the first time since it was a high school assignment years ago and I think I took in about two pages of the whole) and the Benji passages are so amazing to read, really stunning, because of how deeply Faulkner is able to skip over the ways we see the world and show a new view. How light looks, how flowers look. He’s not a kid, but he’s also a kid.”
Francine Prose: “Another reason I don’t teach writing workshops-and why I’m not a doctor or psychiatrist-is because other people’s suffering has become so painful to me that I can’t bear it.”
The Boston Globe‘s Sebastian Smee is this year’s winner of the Pulitzer Prize in criticism—for art writing, not book reviewing, but his comments on the form at ARTicles apply generally: “It’s not imposing that value judgment as the only possible judgment about the thing. I see it very much as starting a discussion, but the discussion is going to get off to a much less interesting start if the critic hasn’t actually said whether he thinks the thing he’s looking at is good or bad.”
Yiyun Li on translating Chinese author Shen Congwen‘s letters.
Paul Harding on how the tricky language of Tinkers makes it something an asset for translators: “Its language-based aesthetics actually help the translation…. The translators aren’t limited by trying to find just one corresponding word in the other language.”
The would-be American Writers Museum makes its pitch to the Twin Cities.
A brief history of the speculation over the authorship of Henry Adams‘ Democracy.
“Why are these young American Jews trying to find out things about their fathers and grandfathers? I think each is attempting to answer the question: how does one write Jewish-American novels after Bellow and Roth?”
Would Saul Bellow support the Tea Party?
I would not be surprised if Joyce Carol Oates is working on a coffee-table book about cats.
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September 18, 2009 by Mark Athitakis, posted in Don DeLillo, Jack Pendarvis, John Pipkin, John Steinbeck, Leonard Gardner, Mark Twain, Patrick Somerville, Paul Harding, Philipp Meyer, Upton Sinclair, Yiyun Li
The Center for Fiction has announced the finalists for its first novel prize: Philipp Meyer‘s American Rust, Patrick Somerville‘s The Cradle, Paul Harding‘s Tinkers, Yiyun Li‘s The Vagrants, and John Pipkin‘s Woodsburner. I can strongly endorse both The Vagrants and American Rust—more on the latter soon.
Daniel Menaker catalogs the various agonies of working in the publishing business today. “When you are trying to acquire books that hundreds of thousands of people will buy, read, and like, you have to have some of the eclectic and demotic taste of the reading public,” he writes, which rankles Michael Orthofer: “Why not give literary discernment a try?” he asks. I suspect the books reflecting literary discernment don’t get financed without the largesse that’s facilitated only when you luck out at making books that hundreds of thousands of people will buy, read, and like.
Case in point: MacAdam/Cage, a small press that prides itself on publishing fiction of literary discernment, is having financial troubles. Unfortunately, this means a delay for Jack Pendarvis’ upcoming novel, Shut Up, Ugly, but he’s taking it in stride.
On October 13 in New York, Don DeLillo, Paul Auster, and others will participate in a reading of documents relating to the torture of detainees.
In related DeLillo news, the new cover for the paperback edition of White Noise is both very attractive and uncannily appropriate—something about illustrator Michael Cho’s style slyly echoes the satirical, pop-culture-soaked tone of the novel.
Leonard Gardner recalls his work on Fat City, both the book and the film. Regarding the fact that he never wrote a second novel, he has a stock answer: “Sometimes you only get to win one championship.”
A reminder that John Steinbeck‘s The Grapes of Wrath wasn’t admired in all quarters when it was first published.
In 1908 when burglars broke into Mark Twain‘s home in Redding, Connecticut. Twain would quip shortly after the incident: “Now they (the burglars) are in jail, and if they keep on, they will go to Congress. When a person starts down hill, you can never tell where he is going to stop.”
And American Agriculturist would like to call bullshit on people who compare the works of Michael Pollan et al to Upton Sinclair‘s The Jungle.
Paul Harding’s Conversion
July 6, 2009 by Mark Athitakis, posted in Marilynne Robinson, Paul Harding
I haven’t read Paul Harding‘s debut novel, Tinkers, and I have only the vaguest memory of the band he used to play drums for, Cold Water Flat. (I want to say I saw them open for, say, Buffalo Tom, back in 1995, but I was going to three or four shows a week back then, and much of that period is now a blur.) But I found his interview with Bookslut interesting on a number of levels. So few musicians seem to successfully make the shift to fiction (Wesley Stace, Nick Cave, and Willy Vlautin being a few exceptions that prove the rule), but Harding also took the matter seriously, studying at the Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa with Marilynne Robinson. A strong sense of discipline comes through reading the interview with Harding, especially when it comes to reading: By knowing Robinson, he began devouring theology books that seem to inform Tinkers, though it’s not a book about religion:
[I’m read a lot of theology] [p]artially because of my friendship with Marilynne Robinson. Probably practically speaking that’s why I started. The thing that sustains me is the quality of the theological writing that I read. I grew up kind of an off-handed atheist. A middle class white boy charging around with my copy of Good and Evil, and I never really thought about [religion] until I’d been Marilynne Robinson’s student for some time. It occurred to me one day that this writer I admired was also one of the most profoundly religious people I’ve ever come across. I thought there can’t be a complete disconnect. She’s very much identified with Calvin, so I read a lot of Calvin, and then I started reading Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics. I’ve just been doggedly chewing on the Church Dogmatics for the past five years. It’s gratifying on every single level that you could want as a writer of fiction, as a person who contemplates. It’s just some of the most vigorous, consistently world class thinking and writing. It absolutely helps me with my own fiction writing.
Robinson blurbed Tinkers, which certainly helped the novel, published by the indie Bellvue Literary Press, get some attention. But it also helped that the publisher bent over backwards to help booksellers get the word out, as Pat Holt detailed back in March. Lise Solomon, a sales rep for the book distributor Consortium, told Holt:
“The buyer at Book Passage in Marin County loved ‘Tinkers’ so much that she asked if there was any way Bellevue could print a hardcover edition for the store’s First Edition Club. The publisher did a short run of 500 copies, which sold out quickly, and ended up printing another 500. Then Powell’s in Portland, Oregon (the Northwest rep loves the book, too) asked about selling its own proprietary hardcover edition, too, and Bellevue printed 750 copies that presold out quickly.
“But most stores responded to the trade paperback. They were willing to bring in 4-12 copies of an unknown author from an unknown press.”
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Gore looks forward to sharing Bills backfield with McCoy
By JOHN WAWROW - Apr. 11, 2019 08:55 AM EDT
FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2018, file photo, Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy (25) rushes against the Miami Dolphins during the first half of an NFL football game in Orchard Park, N.Y. Running back Frank Gore sees nothing funny about teaming up with McCoy in Buffalo to form the NFL's oldest backfield. Instead, Gore sees no reason why the pair of 30-somethings can't continue their lengthy run of dominance. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, File)
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Hold the AARP jokes.
Running back Frank Gore sees nothing funny about teaming up with LeSean McCoy in Buffalo to form the NFL's oldest backfield. Instead, Gore sees no reason why the pair of 30-somethings can't continue their lengthy run of dominance.
"It doesn't matter what age you are," the 35-year-old Gore said Thursday after arriving at the Bills' facility to sign a one-year, $2 million contract . "As long as you train and believe in your skill, anything can happen. You can get the job done. And that's what me and 'Shady' are going to try to do this year."
The 30-year-old McCoy, who goes by the nickname Shady, referred to Gore's addition as motivating. Not only are the two close friends and offseason workout partners, McCoy called Gore a role model.
"There's not a lot of guys in the league right now that can motivate me, especially at running back. But he's the type of guy that can," McCoy told The Associated Press in his first comments since Buffalo signed Gore.
Though it was the Bills' decision to make an offer to Gore to play for a 15th season, McCoy played a recruiting role.
Once Gore was informed of the Bills' interest, he contacted McCoy to make sure he was fine with sharing the load.
"Shady's a competitive guy. He didn't really care," Gore said. "He knows what type of mindset I've got, how much I love the game of football. And he said he would love to play with me, and that I can help him out a whole lot."
McCoy laughed in saying Gore was actually talking about retiring when the two were together last weekend.
"I said, 'Frank, if you retire, I won't have nobody in the NFL to chase or motivate me,'" he said. "So I said, 'Why don't you come play with us.' "
Gore is one of nine free agents the Bills added this past week, including return specialist Andre Roberts, who signed a two-year contract on Thursday. A majority of Buffalo's attention was placed on upgrading a patchwork offense that finished 30th in the NFL in yards gained last season.
Gore might not fill the biggest need on a team that invested heavily in signing receivers John Brown and Cole Beasley, and center Mitch Morse.
For general manager Brandon Beane, what stands out about Gore is how he's maintained his level of production and competitiveness.
"You saw it today," Beane said.
"He walked down the hall with a Buffalo Bills helmet on his head. I mean, the guy's serious," he added. "When he talks to you, he sits on the edge of his chair. He starts dropping a few words that you might hear on the field. His intensity started ratcheting quick."
Since breaking into the NFL with San Francisco in 2005, Gore has topped 1,000 yards rushing nine times, most recently with Indianapolis in 2016. And he's coming off a season in which he had 722 yards rushing and 124 yards receiving and a touchdown in 14 games with Miami.
Gore said he still has plenty to prove.
"People feel that when you get to a certain age that you can't. And I want to show them that it doesn't matter," he said.
Aside from age, Gore and McCoy form what stands as the NFL's most productive running back tandem.
Gore is the NFL's active leader with 14,748 yards rushing and fourth on the career list. McCoy, entering his 11th season, ranks third among active players with 10,606 yards rushing and ranks 25th overall.
Often times, McCoy has praised Gore for his workout regimen and also as someone he aspires to one day catch on the career list.
"Every time I tell myself I'll play three more years and I'll be done, I look at a guy like Frank, who keeps trucking along," McCoy said. "So for myself, he's great for me so I can monitor his game and try to get to where he's at — the Hall of Fame."
It's not lost on both players that McCoy is coming off the worst season of his career. He finished with a career-low 514 yards rushing with three touchdowns, and topped 100 yards rushing just once.
Gore said the two will have the potential to push each other.
"I know he's very competitive. And I know he's going to get back to where he's been before because I've seen him train," Gore said. "I know if I see him going hard, I'm going to have to try to come back and go hard as well. It'll be a good thing."
Gore was impressed in meeting Buffalo's new trio of hulking offensive linemen, including the 6-foot-6, 305-pound Morse, and 6-foot-8, 330-pound tackle Ty Nsekhe.
Gore immediately got on the phone to McCoy to rave about the free-agent additions.
McCoy's mood brightened when he heard from Gore.
"I'm being honest, talking to him, and him coming up and telling me the guys we got there, the linemen, I'm excited," McCoy said. "I'm excited again, man. Ready to play some ball."
NOTES: The free-agent additions has the fan base excited. One Bills fan posted pictures of going to the airport to greet several players, including Morse, Beasley and Brown with an order of chicken wings. ... Beane said free agent defensive end Ezekiel 'Ziggy' Ansah visited the Bills facility before leaving to meet with another team.
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Withdrawal from Psychiatric Meds Can Be Painful, Lengthy
By John M. Grohol, Psy.D.
Founder & Editor-in-Chief
Although this will not come as news to anyone who’s been on any one of the most common psychiatric medications prescribed — such as Celexa, Lexapro, Cymbalta, Prozac, Xanax, Paxil, Effexor, etc. — getting off of a psychiatric medication can be hard. Really hard.
Much harder than most physicians and many psychiatrists are willing to admit.
That’s because most physicians — including psychiatrists — have not had first-hand experience in withdrawing from a psychiatric drug. All they know is what the research says, and what they hear from their other patients.
While the research literature is full of studies looking at the withdrawal effects of tobacco, caffeine, stimulants, and illicit drugs, there are comparatively fewer studies that examine the withdrawal effects of psychiatric drugs. Here’s what we know…
Benzodiazepine withdrawal has a bigger research base than most classes of medications — SSRI withdrawal has much less research. So what’s that research say? Some patients are going to have an extremely difficult and lengthy time trying to get off of the psychiatric drug prescribed to them. Which ones? We don’t know.
One study nicely summarizes the problem experienced in many such patients:
Various reports and controlled studies show that, in some patients interrupting treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or serotonin and noradrenaline re-uptake inhibitors, symptoms develop which cannot be attributed to rebound of their underlying condition. These symptoms are variable and patient-specific, rather than drug specific, but occur more with some drugs than others. […]
There is no specific treatment other than reintroduction of the drug or substitution with a similar drug. The syndrome usually resolves in days or weeks, even if untreated. Current practice is to gradually withdraw drugs like paroxetine and venlafaxine, but even with extremely slow tapering, some patients will develop some symptoms or will be unable to completely discontinue the drug.
Psychiatrists and other mental health professionals have known ever since the introduction of Prozac that getting off of benzodiazepines or the “modern” antidepressants (and now add the atypical antipsychotics too) can be harder than getting symptom relief from them. Yet some psychiatrists — and many primary care physicians — appear to be in denial (or are simply ignorant) about this problem.
Back in 1997, a review of the literature on SSRIs (selective serotonin receptor inhibitors) outlined the problem (Therrien, & Markowitz, 1997):
Presents a review of 1985–96 literature on withdrawal symptoms emerging following the discontinuation of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRIs) antidepressants. 46 case reports and 2 drug discontinuation studies were retrieved from a MEDLINE search.
All of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors were implicated in withdrawal reactions, with paroxetine most often cited in case reports. Withdrawal reactions were characterized most commonly by dizziness, fatigue/weakness, nausea, headache, myalgias and paresthesias.
The occurrence of withdrawal did not appear to be related to dose or treatment duration. Symptoms generally appeared 1–4 days after drug discontinuation, and persisted for up to 25 days. […]
It is concluded that all of the SSRIs can produce withdrawal symptoms and if discontinued, they should be tapered over 1–2 weeks to minimize this possibility.
Some patients may require a more extended tapering period. No specific treatment for severe withdrawal symptoms is recommended beyond reinstitution of the antidepressant with subsequent gradual tapering as tolerated.
The conclusion is quite clear — some patients are going to suffer from more severe withdrawal effects than others. And, just like psychiatry has no idea which drug is going to work with which patient and at what dose (unless there’s a prior medication history), psychiatry also can’t tell you a damned thing about whether a patient is going to have difficulty getting off of the drug when treatment is completed.
It’s simple trial and error — every patient that enters a psychiatrist’s office is their own personal guinea pig. That is to say, you are your own personal experiment in finding out what drug is going to work for you (assuming you’ve never been on a psychiatric drug in the past). Our scientific knowledge hasn’t yet advanced to be able to tell what drug is going to work best for you, with the least amount of side or withdrawal effects.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) doesn’t require pharmaceutical companies to conduct withdrawal studies in order to analyze a drug’s impact when it’s time to discontinue it. It only requires a broader safety evaluation, and a measure of the drug’s efficacy. The FDA is concerned about adverse events while a patient is taking the drug — not adverse events when the drug is removed. In recent years, some have been calling on the FDA to require pharmaceutical companies to conduct more analysis on a drug’s discontinuation profile, so that the public and researchers can get a clearer picture.
While all SSRIs have these problems, two drugs in particular appear to stand out in what little research is out there — Paxil (paroxetine) and Effexor (venlafaxine). The Internet is littered with horror stories of people trying to discontinue one of these two drugs.
And they’re not alone — benzodiazepines can also be extremely difficult to stop. “Withdrawal reactions to selective serotonin re‐uptake inhibitors appear to be similar to those for benzodiazepines,” says researchers Nielsen et al. (2012).1
What Do You Do About Withdrawal?
Most people are prescribed a psychiatric medication because it’s needed to help alleviate the symptoms of a mental illness. Not taking the medication is often simply not an option — at least until the symptoms are relieved (which often can take months, or even years). Psychotherapy, too, can often help not only with the primary symptoms of mental illness, but also as a coping mechanism during medication withdrawal.2
The important thing is to go into the process with your eyes wide open, understanding the potential that discontinuing the medication may be difficult and painful. A very slow titration schedule — over a period of multiple months — can sometimes help, but may not always be enough. In some extreme cases, a specialist who focuses on helping people discontinue psychiatric drugs might prove helpful.
I wouldn’t let the problems with withdrawing from some of these medications prevent me from taking the drug in the first place.
But I would want to know about it beforehand. And I’d want to be working with a caring, thoughtful psychiatrist who not only acknowledged the potential problem, but was proactive in helping his or her patients deal with it. I would run — not walk — away from a psychiatrist or physician who claimed the problem didn’t exist, or that I shouldn’t worry about it.
This article was edited to clarify a few sentences on Feb. 14, 2013.
Kotzalidis, G.D. et al. (2007). The adult SSRI/SNRI withdrawal syndrome: A clinically heterogeneous entity. Clinical Neuropsychiatry: Journal of Treatment Evaluation, 4, 61-75.
Nielsen, M., Hansen, E.H., & Gøtzsche, P.C. (2012). What is the difference between dependence and withdrawal reactions? A comparison of benzodiazepines and selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors. Addiction, 107, 900-908.
Therrien, F. & Markowitz, J.S. (1997). Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and withdrawal symptoms: A review of the literature. Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, 12, 309-323.
Thanks to Beyond Meds for the suggestion of this blog topic. [↩]
Tellingly, I could find no similar withdrawal syndrome associated with leaving psychotherapy, although certainly some people have difficulty with ending psychotherapy. [↩]
John M. Grohol, Psy.D.
Dr. John Grohol is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Psych Central. He is a psychologist, author, researcher, and expert in mental health online, and has been writing about online behavior, mental health and psychology issues since 1995. Dr. Grohol has a Master's degree and doctorate in clinical psychology from Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Grohol sits on the editorial board of the journal Computers in Human Behavior and is a founding board member of the Society for Participatory Medicine. You can learn more about Dr. John Grohol here.
Grohol, J. (2018). Withdrawal from Psychiatric Meds Can Be Painful, Lengthy. Psych Central. Retrieved on July 17, 2019, from https://psychcentral.com/blog/withdrawal-from-psychiatric-meds-can-be-painful-lengthy/
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psychedelic aesthetics, psychedelic video, psychedelic videos
This article was originally published in XXV edition of the Psychedelic Press Journal (2018) p. 49-59. See here.
What is it about psychedelic visuals that makes them so arresting and absorbing? In Heaven and Hell Aldous Huxley argued that the arresting qualities of psychedelic visuals derives from their relation to mythic and preternatural realms of the mind. Many of the ancient mythologies (e.g. Greek, Celtic, Japanese, Hindu), Huxley noted, imagined and described the other, divine realms of heaven and the afterlife as realms of intensified color and light, as well as extraordinary visual beauty and harmony. These are places filled with gems, shining stones, or colorful flowers. Ezikel’s version of the Garden of Eden is filled with such luminescent gems. The New Jerusalem is constructed in glimmering buildings of shimmering stone. Plato’s world of the ideals is described where colors possess a purity and brilliance absent from their real-world manifestations.[1]
[An example of mutli-perspectivism in psychedelic video. Jeu]
Our fascination with gems, shimmering objects, colorful flowers, and translucent stained-glass windows stems from their resemblance to the glowing beauty gleaned in the visionary’s inner eye, argued Huxley. By viewing such objects of beauty, we are reminded of the visionary realms and can be transported into them.[2]
Huxley’s ideas about the ways in which visual perception and aesthetics underlie the mystical experience and define its features have provided some of the background to a web project I’ve started eight years ago, dedicated to the exploration of psychedelic video aesthetics. The Daily Psychedelic Video began with the simple premise of creating a daily stream of curated psychedelic videos. It started out as an individual effort but quickly evolved into a group blog, representing the tastes of some 15 psychedelic video aficionados who have since contributed to the site.
Over these years, we’ve been cultivating a growing selection of psychedelic videos, one video a day (after eight years these have amassed to 3,000, making this the largest psychedelic video collection on the web), compiling video lists, and arranging psychedelic screenings. What I’ve learnt in this period inspired me to think not only about psychedelic aesthetics in themselves, but about their connection to both the natural and preternatural worlds, and to the processes and dimensions of psychedelic healing.
The relationship between psychedelic visuals and the psychedelic experience
Where does one begin an exploration of the aesthetics of psychedelic video aesthetics? Perhaps by noting some of their common characteristics. Beyond their lavish colorful qualities, and their effusive use of light, noted by Huxley, psychedelic videos have several recurring and defining characteristics. Among these are the preoccupation with (1) multi-dimensionality (particularly in the use of fractals, see for instance Cyriak’s Hurray for Earth video, or this extreme Mandelbrot fractal zoom) as well as with (2) multi-perspectivism (See for example in George Schwitzgebel’s Jeu, in Wild Child’s Rillo Talk video, or in Let Forever Be video by the Chemical Brothers), an (3) fondness to the use of mandalas, tunnels, kaleidoscopic imagery and other types of harmonious symmetries (Busby Berkeley provides some examples from the 1930s, a video titled ‘L’illusion de Joseph’ does the same based on 19th century phenakistoscope images), and (4) perhaps most uniquely to the video format, a proclivity towards the exploration of flow, fluidity and shifting contours and shapes (see for instance this meditative video of the ocean waves, this video by Nihls Frahm, or this one by Liquid stranger, the Love and Theft video by Studio Bilder, or this bird watching video). Finally, (5) psychedelic videos often showcase distinct synesthetic qualities which are arguably less common in other psychedelic media. Synesthesia—the mixing of senses, as in the seeing of sounds or the hearing of colors—is a common feature of the psychedelic state. In media that involve one sense only, such as paintings or music, synesthetic qualities are habitually implicit only. The music video genre, by contrast, is based on the combination of video and sound, so that it is, in a sense, inherently synesthetic. Psychedelic videos often draw on and develop these synesthetic qualities as seen in this captivating example by Andrew Thomas Huang or in many of the other examples above.
[Observe the use of multi-dimensionality in this psychedelic video by Cyriak]
Psychedelic mental and ideational phenomena, in other words, are reflected in their visual effects. It is perhaps because of this close relation between psychedelic visual phenomena and the ideational phenomena of psychedelics that psychedelic videos are able to recreate some of the disorienting, but also the harmonizing and healing effects that psychedelics tend to bring about.
The therapeutic language of nature and mathematics
How should one go about exploring the features and meanings of psychedelic video aesthetics? Unfortunately, works on psychedelic aesthetics have generally been few and far between. The fields of art studies and aesthetics have generally neglected to consider this area, concomitantly to their general disregard of the genre of visionary art. And while the last decade saw some renewed interest in psychedelic aesthetics (one reviewer spoke of a “psychedelic ‘turn’ in art criticism,”[6] a grossly exaggerated claim, in this author’s opinion) scholarly explorations of psychedelic videos are even more incipient than their equivalents looking into psychedelic art and design. A search of the literature was unable to produce even one paper dedicated to the subject of psychedelic video, their features, or properties. A remarkable state of non-knowledge. Moreover, it is unclear where exactly such a discussion would take place: a comprehensive view of this phenomena would need to consider not only the perspectives of art and aesthetics, but also those of cognitive psychology, evolutionary theory, religious studies and even computational theory, as I show below.
One possible entry point that might provide context and insights to the study of psychedelic aesthetics can be found in the domain of sacred geometry. Granted, the notion of a ‘sacred’ geometry seems remarkably out of sync with trademark academic language. Indeed, sacred geometry is not an academic field of study (though it has been the object of some academic attention). Nevertheless, the geometrical and natural patterns which it explores have fascinated philosophers, artists and mathematicians since millennia, capturing the attention of such varied luminaries as Pythagoras, Fibonacci and Leonardo de Vinci.[7] The ancient Greeks saw form and natural patterns as essential to the universe, part of a universal science which underlies the whole of reality. Naturalist scientists have long directed their attention to the harmonious mathematical ratios that are ubiquitous in nature: in the structure of crystals and snowflakes, the growth of ammonite, the vortexes of water streams and the movements of clouds. These contemplative explorers of nature found common and recurring ordered structures and patterns (spirals, waves, branching trees, and most famously the golden ratio and its related Fibonacci series) on different scales of natural phenomenon from conches and flowers to storm formations and galaxies.
[The use of symmetric patterns such as fractals and mandalas can already be observed in this 1930s video by psychedelic choreography maverick Busby Berkley]
In psychedelic videos we can observe many of the harmonious patterns and structures unveiled by earlier observers of nature and its patterns. Nevertheless, an additional element is present – an added dimension of dynamism, movement and unfolding. This element, of course, derives directly from the reality of nature, where things not only assume certain mathematically harmonious patterns, but also move in mathematically harmonious ways.
This dimension of movement and fluidity, which is absent from visionary and psychedelic art, but present in psychedelic video, is crucial to the meditative and visionary experience, which is not static but dynamic. Humans are naturally drawn to observing the movement of the clouds, the water in a stream, or the flames in a fire. In the psychedelic state our preponderance upon these natural phenomena seems to increase multifold. Psychedelic voyagers have been known to enter deep states of absorption while observing clouds, flames, streams or trees moving in the wind.
The pleasure we derive from watching these patterns of movement unfold in natural phenomena has more than just aesthetic implications. As anybody who has spent their time attentively observing such phenomena might recognize, they can have calming, soothing and even healing effect. Philosophers and naturalists have long sought inspiration and healing in the observance of nature and its patterns. Following various contemplative traditions which argue that when we are truly absorbed in the contemplation of an object, our minds become indistinguishable from the thing, it is easy to see how the creation of inner calm and harmony can be assisted by taking in external manifestations of such harmony and consonance. By observing the ratios and proportions of nature we are, in a sense, aligning our minds with perennial cosmic laws that bring order, solace and satisfaction to the mind. This recognition is part and parcel of countless religious and spiritual traditions. Religious structures such as mosques, temples and cathedrals utilize the proportions and patterns of sacred geometry to inspire awe and religiosity in their visitors.[8] Taosim teaches the art of Feng Shui, which aims to inspire harmony within one’s personal dwelling place. This principle of using external harmonious structures to inspire inner harmony can also be found in entheogenic religions, which pay homage to the principles of set and setting, and to the notion that a well-arranged physical setting is paramount to inspiring inner calm and harmony. The Santo Daime entheogenic religion utilizes sacred geometry in the arrangement of space, as well as in the arrangement of the table (mesa) to which participants are called upon to direct their attention in the search of inner harmony.
[Observe the synesthetic qualities of psychedelic video, in this extraordinary example by Andrew Huang]
“Nature is data” as one gifted psychedelic video artist and mystic once put it to me. By watching the movement of clouds, streams, flames and tress in the wind, we are able to directly observe in physical form the universal mathematical laws that move creation. These laws that move things exist on many different scales and levels, from the conch and the flower, to storms and galaxies, but presumably also in computer algorithms, the movements of the stock market and other man-made phenomena. These perennial relations, ranging from the miniscule to the gigantic, and from the natural to the man-made, are held together by the language of physics and mathematics that permeates the cosmos and directs its movement. Digital physics has long promoted the idea that the universe could be seen as a sort of gigantic digital processor, computing some irreducible mathematical/evolutionary problem, with each electron in the universe representing a singular bit, in a what could be viewed as a cosmic computer.[9] Even ocean waves with their countless streams and splashes could be viewed as calculating some irreducible and inconceivably complex problem that our most advanced devices and processors would be grossly incapable of precisely measuring or computing.
Many works of psychedelic video utilize these natural patterns and mathematical formulas of change to inspire joy and awe in their viewers. The same features of the harmonious movement of a branch in the wind, or seaweed in the stream, can be found in many of the psychedelic videos that observe or imitate the flowing harmonies of nature. By viewing these perennial ratios and patterns on the screen we are transported and able to connect to inner sources of order, harmony and healing.
If psychedelic videos can inspire deep states of joy and healing, as I have observed them do countless times in private and public screenings, then their significance transcends the purely aesthetic and becomes therapeutic. As noted above, the principles and practices of set and setting — the idea that the context of psychedelic experimentation shapes its content — encourage us to search for suitable forms (physical or otherwise) that might provide supportive and inspiring context for psychedelic experiences. In the same way that art and artistic reproductions have been used in psychedelic therapy from its inception,[10] meditative video aesthetics can be used as part of therapeutic processes. Moreover, such mind-transforming videos might prove to have measurable and potentially useful psychological and physical effects on their viewers in and of themselves.
[Fluidity is another key characteristic of psychedelic videos. The video Infinite Now demonstrates spectacularly]
Understanding psychedelic video might prove instructive and useful not only for the fields of art, aesthetics and therapy. Psychedelic video aesthetics might prove to be a worthy object of investigation for other areas including cognitive science and evolutionary theory. The human propensity to observe, become absorbed and find satisfaction and solace in certain recurring, mathematically-patterned, aesthetic phenomena, offers a phenomenon worthy of the attention of those interested in understanding human cognition and its evolutionary roots. Where does our fascination with such ordered forms come to? How do they bring alterations of body and mind? What can they teach us about the way our mind and its interactions with the world?
So what prevents the study of psychedelic or meditative video aesthetics from becoming a field? The inertness of research on the subject is particularly curious when contrasting it to the growing scientific interest in other comparable cognitive phenomena such as the perception of cuteness. Over the past years, a growing field of research extending from psychology and evolutionary science to neuroscience and cultural studies has come to focus on human perception of cuteness, producing hundreds and thousands of scientific papers. This research identifies on recognizing the distinct physical traits that facilitate the perception of cuteness (such as large eyes, bulging craniums and retreating chins), but also on its evolutionary sources (the need to ensure parents care for their offspring), behavioral reactions to cuteness, and its hormonal, genetic and neuroscientific substrates.[11]
The study of cuteness presents a possible model for the study of psychedelic video aesthetics. Unfortunately, this task has not yet been undertaken by any of the relevant academic disciplines, and this ignorance and peculiar incuriosity is accentuated by comparison with the wealth of interest and attention afforded to phenomena such as cuteness. It is time we started to study the universal and perennial forms of beauty and grace that are ubiquitous to human experience, nature and the arts, and which are equally omnipresent in psychedelic experiences and aesthetics. By studying such phenomena, we can advance not only our appreciation of the human mind, its development and proclivities, but also come across new methods and techniques with potential life-enhancing value of optimizing therapy and conducing the healing of the psyche.
[1] Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell (NY: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2011).
[2] Huxley.
[3] Heinrich Kluver, “Mechanisms of Hallucinations,” in Studies in Personality, ed. Q McNemar and M.A. Merrill (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1942); Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff, Beyond the Milky Way: Hallucinatory Imagery of the Tukano Indians (UCLA Latin American Center Publications, 1978); James L. Kent, Psychedelic Information Theory: Shamanism in the Age of Reason (CreateSpace, 2010).
[4] See for instance Philip K. Dick, VALIS, Reissue edition (Boston: Mariner Books, 2011); Stanislav Lem, The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy, 1 edition (San Diego: Mariner Books, 1985); and also the work of Huxley and Leary on the concepts of reducing valves and reality tunnels covered in Ido Hartogsohn, “Psychedelic Society Revisited: On Reducing Valves, Reality Tunnels and The Question of Psychedelic Culture.,” ed. Robert Dickins and Andy Roberts, Psychdelic Press 2015, no. IV (August 2015): 83–99.
[5] Terence Mckenna, The Archaic Revival: Speculations on Psychedelic Mushrooms, the Amazon, Virtual Reality, UFOs, Evolution, Shamanism, the Rebirth of the Goddess, and the End of History, 1st ed. (San Francisco, CA: HarperCollins, 1992); Katherine A. MacLean, Matthew W. Johnson, and Roland R. Griffiths, “Mystical Experiences Occasioned by the Hallucinogen Psilocybin Lead to Increases in the Personality Domain of Openness,” Journal of Psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) 25, no. 11 (November 2011): 1453–61, https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881111420188; Matthew M. Nour, Lisa Evans, and Robin L. Carhart-Harris, “Psychedelics, Personality and Political Perspectives,” Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 0, no. 0 (April 26, 2017): 1–10, https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2017.1312643; Taylor Lyons and Robin L. Carhart-Harris, “Increased Nature Relatedness and Decreased Authoritarian Political Views after Psilocybin for Treatment-Resistant Depression,” Journal of Psychopharmacology, 2018, 0269881117748902; Robin L. Carhart-Harris et al., “Neural Correlates of the LSD Experience Revealed by Multimodal Neuroimaging,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113, no. 17 (April 26, 2016): 4853–58, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1518377113.
[6] Orit Halpern, “Psychedelic Vision,” BioSocieties 8, no. 2 (June 1, 2013): 239, https://doi.org/10.1057/biosoc.2013.11.
[7] Stephen Skinner, Sacred Geometry: Deciphering the Code (Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 2009).
[8] Skinner.
[9] Stephen Wolfram, A New Kind of Science, 1 edition (Champaign, IL: Wolfram Media, 2002); David Deutsch, The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes–and Its Implications (Penguin Books, 1998).
[10] Betty G Eisner and Sidney Cohen, “Psychotherapy with Lysergic Acid Diethylamide,” Journal of Mental Disease, 1958, 127 (1958): 528–39; Timothy Leary, George Litwin, and Ralph Metzner, “Reactions to Psilocybin Administered in a Supportive Environment,” The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 137 (1963): 561–73.
[11] See for instance Morten L. Kringelbach et al., “On Cuteness: Unlocking the Parental Brain and Beyond,” Trends in Cognitive Sciences 20, no. 7 (2016): 545–558; Melanie L. Glocker et al., “Baby Schema in Infant Faces Induces Cuteness Perception and Motivation for Caretaking in Adults,” Ethology 115, no. 3 (2009): 257–263; J. W. S. Bradshaw and E. S. Paul, “Could Empathy for Animals Have Been an Adaptation in the Evolution of Homo Sapiens?,” Animal Welfare 19, no. 2 (2010): 107–112; Douglas Watt, “Toward a Neuroscience of Empathy: Integrating Affective and Cognitive Perspectives,” Neuropsychoanalysis 9, no. 2 (2007): 119–140; R. Sprengelmeyer et al., “The Cutest Little Baby Face: A Hormonal Link to Sensitivity to Cuteness in Infant Faces,” Psychological Science 20, no. 2 (2009): 149–154.
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Occupational Safety Bill introduced in Punjab Assembly
Lahore:The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab witnessed the introduction of a government bill on occupational safety and health on Wednesday, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet.
The Assembly met for an hour and 57 minutes. The sitting started at 1231 hours against the scheduled time of 1100 hours. The entire sitting was presided over by a member of Panel of Chairpersons in the absence of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker. Currently, the Speaker is acting Governor of Punjab. The Leader of the House did not attend the sitting.
The Leader of the Opposition attended the sitting for 21 minutes. As many as 80 MPAs (22%) were present at the outset while 32 (9%) at the adjournment of the sitting.
The parliamentary leaders of PPPP and Rah-e-Haq party attended the proceedings.
As many as three out of eight minority lawmakers attended the sitting.
The Minister for Law introduced the Punjab Occupational Safety and Health Bill, 2019. The referral of the bill to the relevant standing committee, as required under Rule 94 of the Rules of Procedure of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, was deferred as the House has not yet constituted its standing committees.
The House deferred a PTI lawmaker’s Adjournment Motion (AM) regarding illegal sale of a public college’s land in Faisalabad due to delay in response from the relevant ministry.
Special Committee-I presented a report on a bill referred to the committee by the House. The House also granted 30-day extension to the committee for another report.
The House took up one out of four Starred Questions while three questions were disposed of due to absence of the movers. These questions were addressed to the ministries of Agriculture, Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control and Law and Parliamentary Affairs. The House took up four Zero Hour notices raised by PML-N lawmakers. The Ministers for Excise and Housing, Urban Development and Public Health Engineering responded to these notices.
The lawmakers raised 49 Points of Order consuming 65 minutes of the proceedings.
The entire opposition staged a 26-minute walkout in solidarity with the journalists who were protesting against the behaviour of Minister for Information.
A PML-N lawmaker pointed out the lack of quorum twice; however, it was found complete on headcount on both instances.
The House was adjourned to meet again on January 10, 2019 (Thursday) at 1100 hours.
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The Climb Chalks Up Double Win at the 2016 German Developer Awards
Crytek’s virtual reality rock climbing game, The Climb, secured a double win this week at the prestigious German Developer Awards.
Thursday, December 8, 2016 — The Climb, which launched exclusively for Oculus Rift in April this year, picked up the awards for Best VR/AR Experience and Best Technical Achievement during a ceremony in Cologne to honor outstanding achievements across the German, Austrian, and Swiss games industries in 2016.
Now in its 12th year, the German Developer Awards invites a panel of experts to pick winners in 21 categories related to the making and marketing of videogames. The two awards for The Climb mean Crytek has now scooped more than 20 wins since the awards were first held in 2004 – with Far Cry, the Crysis series, Ryse: Son of Rome, and CRYENGINE all claiming prizes over the years.
Alongside the awards ceremony, event organizers held a one-day industry summit in Cologne this year, with Crytek staff in attendance to deliver a seminar on VR development and host a hands-on demo of The Climb.
The Climb invites players to scale new heights in VR and feel the exhilaration of extreme free solo climbing as they conquer towering rock formations around the globe. The latest update for the game added an all-new setting inspired by the Arctic Circle, as well as support for the Oculus Touch motion controllers – giving players the chance to race to the summit or enjoy the view with intuitive actions rooted in real-world climbing. To see The Climb in action visit www.theclimbgame.com.
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How Pushball Led to Football
November 9, 2012 at 1:19 pm Tina Hay 1 comment
Penn State folklorist Simon Bronner took us on a tour of some long-ago campus traditions—including some pretty rowdy ones—yesterday, during a lunchtime talk in Schlow Library as part of the Research Unplugged series.
Bronner, who is Distinguished University Professor of American Studies at Penn State Harrisburg, has written some 30 books on history and folklore. His newest, released in September, is Campus Traditions: Folklore from the Old-Time College to the Modern Mega-University (University Press of Mississippi).
For his audience yesterday, he zeroed in on a particularly physical campus tradition from the 1800s and early 1900s: the scrap, or rush. (“Rush” in this case has nothing to do with fraternity or sorority rushes, he explained.) The event was held on lots of college campuses, not just Penn State. It typically pitted freshmen against sophomores—and it sounds like it was fueled by the energy and testosterone so abundant in 18- and 19-year-olds.
Harvard, for example, had something called “Bloody Monday” from about 1823-27. Bronner quoted Marshall Tufts, writing in 1832 about the Harvard event:
“It was expected on the first Monday eventide after our arrival, that we should assemble on a neighboring green, the Delta, since devoted to the purposes of a gymnasium, there to engage in a furious contest with those enemies, the Sophs, at kicking football and shins.”
Other schools had cane rushes, flag rushes, rope rushes, pants rushes, cider rushes, and more. Cornell had a mud rush; Penn, a flour rush.
Bronner showed a couple of slides illustrating just how physical the contests could get, including two from Penn State: a 1912 photo (at left) of young men who had been tarred—actually, “molassesed”—and feathered, and another of three young men (above) who clearly came out on the losing end of a scrap. (Or, if they were the winners, I’d sure hate to see the losers.)
At Penn State, controversy simmered from 1912 to 1920 over whether to ban rushes and scraps. Women were beginning to enroll as students, undergrads were starting to get hurt, and professors complained that the events were a distraction.
Interestingly, it was a professor—Fred Lewis Pattee, namesake of the library and the author of our Alma Mater—who stood up in favor of the shenanigans, saying they were an important part of college tradition. Of course, said Bronner, Pattee had gone to school in Europe, where the rite of passage for freshman and sophomores was rougher yet: a duel.
On a national level, James Naismith, better known as the inventor of basketball, had also defended scraps and rushes in a 1909 article in the American Physical Education Review:
“Class contests are a natural condition of student life. Every college is an illustration of this fact; for we find that there is a natural tendency to compete for this superiority, as is seen in our class scraps…It should include and interest every member of the class no matter what his athletic ability; and should be an incentive for every member to take part.”
Penn State folklorist Simon Bronner.
Eventually, many schools embraced pushball (shown at Penn State in the photo at the top of the page) as a safer, better-organized alternative to the mayhem. And from there, pushball evolved into football. Yale grad Walter Camp is credited with the biggest role in making that happen.
Bronner sees scraps, rushes, and other physical contests between freshmen and sophomores as variants of kids’ games, like Red Rover and Capture the Flag. They were “an integral part of the transition to adulthood,” he says. There aren’t a lot of rites of passage for young people of that age, he says, and most of them are found on college campuses.
The contests persisted into the 20th century, then faded a bit when veterans returned from World War II. “They were older, more mature, and didn’t have patience for” such hijinks, Bronner says. But the traditions aren’t entirely extinct:
—The U.S. Naval Academy still has the Herndon Climb, which dates at least to the 1950s and which Bronner described as full of sexual innuendo.
—Juniata College’s “Storming of the Arch” started in the 1940s and continues today.
—Georgetown College in Kentucky has a muddy event called the “Grubfest” every year.
—UC Davis had the “Epic Quad Battle” from 2004-07; the main weapons were styrofoam noodles, but a student was hurt in 2007 when another student stuffed a PVC pipe inside one of the noodles.
Tina Hay, editor
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William O. Beeman:
(Persia Digest) – A university professor in the US believes: At this point, Iran has been sanctioned to the max, so leaving the JCPOA is not likely to make much difference in terms of sanctions.
Tensions between the US and Iran have been on the rise in recent weeks. Although President Trump says he does not want war, he has threatened Iran with “complete obliteration”. In return, Iran has shown its readiness to defend itself by downing a US drone in its airspace. It will also begin the second phase of scaling back its commitments under the 2015 JCPOA nuclear deal on 7 July. The EU has warned Iran against abrogating the JCPOA.
Persia Digest (PD) has conducted an interview with internationally known expert on Iran-US relations, William O Beeman, as follows.
Iranian politicians, and especially its military commanders, believe the chances of a military strike on Iran by Trump are minimal. As Trump’s presidential campaign has been formally launched, does such an interpretation also exist in the US (officials, the media, public opinion).
American commentators are of two minds. Some believe that Trump will not risk a war with Iran because it will damage his re-election chances. He promised not to involve Americans in any further Middle East conflicts when he campaigned for the last election, so keeping the U.S. out of war would be fulfilling his campaign promise. On the other hand, many commentators note that for a presidential re-election, a war is a good thing, because it fires up patriotism in the country, and people will often say that they “don’t want to change horses mid-stream” meaning they don’t want to change leaders in the middle of a conflict.
But what both positions are really stating is that for Trump, the decision as to whether to engage Iran in conflict is not a military or a security decision. It is purely a political decision. This is consistent with everything Trump does. He seems to care nothing for American security or the welfare of the United States (or the world). He only cares about himself and his political needs. He has accurately been described as a narcissist and an egomaniac. It is a great shame that so many people must suffer for the sake of one selfish person, but that is unfortunately the situation with Donald J. Trump.
Iranian officials, including President Rouhani and Foreign Minister Zarif, have repeatedly said that Iran will not negotiate under pressure, but it will respond to politeness with politeness. Why is President Trump not willing to travel down this path instead of applying maximum pressure to reach its goal (negotiations for a deal with Iran)?
Trump advertises himself as a “tough negotiator.” He has done this all his life. In his career as a real-estate investor he regularly cheated people, not paying them for work they did. When they complained, he sued them. He believes that the way to negotiate is to never apologize, never let up pressure, and never concede anything. Unfortunately, his advisors, National Security Advisor, John Bolton, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also believe that the only way to negotiate with Iran is to show force, never concede anything, and to be as tough as possible. They truly believe that maximum pressure and no diplomacy is the way to force Iran to negotiate, and they believe that they will get 100% of what they want and Iran will get nothing. President Theodore Roosevelt a century ago said that in diplomacy you need to “speak softly but carry a big stick.” Some commentators in the U.S. point out that Trump’s philosophy is “all stick.”
I have written extensively on ta’arof in Iran. Trump will never understand ta’arof, and this creates a great divide in negotiating styles. It might be wise for Iranian leaders to understand that Trump is 72 years old and is never going to change his negotiating style. For this reason, Iranian leaders must find another way. By the way, one aspect of ta’arof is something that Trump responds to, and that is flattery. Leaders like Putin and Kim Jong Il have extracted a lot of concessions from Trump by flattering him extensively. This is probably not what Iranian leaders are prepared to do, but it does work with Trump.
Despite compliance with the JCPOA (as confirmed by the IAEA), Iran has faced a severe sanctions regime over the past year. If Iran leaves the JCPOA, it will face even further sanctions. So, what policy should Iran adopt?
At this point, Iran has been sanctioned to the max, so leaving the JCPOA is not likely to make much difference in terms of sanctions. However, staying within the JCPOA provides Iran with a moral high ground. I need to point out that aside from the JCPOA, Iran is a signatory to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT). Leaving the JCPOA places Iran in potential violation of the NPT. In fact the entire negotiation leading to the JCPOA was to ensure that Iran would be in compliance with the NPT. Iran argued, correctly in my opinion, that the NPT allowed for enrichment of uranium for peaceful purposes. The Bush administration took the position that uranium enrichment was not “automatically” allowed under the NPT. Leaving the JCPOA will raise this question once again, and if Iran decides to leave the JCPOA it should be prepared to once again face the United Nations over the NPT question.
Many international analysts believe that maximum pressure to change Iran’s approach has failed, or it will not lead anywhere. What will Trump do if he reaches the same conclusion? Would his Plan B be a war?
It is impossible to tell what Trump will do when he realizes that his plan of maximum pressure has not worked. There is no question that there are other actors here. Netanyahu in Israel, MBS in Saudi Arabia and some of the princes in the UAE are urging the United States to attack Iran. Of course, they want the United States to fight a war for them. Trump has been flattered by these leaders, and may be enticed into conflict with Iran. John Bolton, Mike Pompeo and others are clearly trying to engineer a situation where Iran will launch a “first strike” against the United States. They want Iran to start the war so that they can claim that the United States is innocent. I urge Iranian leaders to resist this “baiting” at all costs. Iran has never launched a first strike against any nation for the past 300 years. It should not start now.
After years of talks with the West, Iran finally reached a clear agreement on its nuclear program. But Trump effectively put an end to it. Would you still trust the West and the US to negotiate with if you were in place of the Iranian leaders?
I trust “the West.” I do not trust Trump. He withdrew from the JCPOA largely because it was negotiated by President Obama. Trump has tried to destroy everything that Obama did. He didn’t understand the JCPOA, and I doubt that he has even read it. He seemed to think that it was some kind of transaction, like a real-estate transaction, where the United States gave Iran $150 billion, and didn’t get anything in return. He either ignored or failed to understand that the money was Iran’s money which was owed by the United States. European allies and signatories to the JCPOA understood the agreement very well, and they have been trying to find a way to stay in the deal and bypass American sanctions. The difficulty is that so much of the world’s commerce involves the United States dollar, and United States banking and financial institutions that there is no way for Europeans or others to deal with Iran and to avoid violating the prohibitions placed by the United States in dealing with Iran using dollars and U,S. institutions. The Europeans have been trying to find another financial arrangement that bypasses the United States, but it has been extremely difficult.
By the way, there is no prohibition on Iran to sell oil or petroleum products. The only prohibition levied by the United States is against people buying Iranian petroleum products using dollars or U.S. institutions. At least one analyst claims that Trump’s decision to exit the JCPOA and to levy sanctions was due to Iran’s attempt to get petroleum sales denominated in Euros rather than dollars in 2003 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrocurrency]; but pressed again in 2017. This is an intriguing theory, and it may be true. But it attributes too much intelligence to Trump, who I don’t believe knows anything at all about international trade.
William O. Beeman is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota. A linguistic anthropologist best known as a Middle East Specialist for more than 40 years, he has also worked in Central Asia, the Caucasus, Japan, China and South Asia. Recognized for special expertise in Iranian culture and linguistics, he is the author or editor of more than 100 scholarly articles, 500 opinion pieces and 14 books, including Language, Status and Power in Iran, and The "Great Satan" vs. the "Mad Mullahs": How the United States and Iran Demonize Each Other. He has been a consultant to the Department of State, the Department of Defense, the United Nations and the European Union on Middle Eastern affairs.
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Things do not change: elections in B&H
Vladimir Gligorov17/10/2018
Photo: Predrag Trokicic
The result surprised nobody. Positive political change will come in Bosnia, but that could take a while.
– The latest election results in Bosnia produced few positive outcomes.
– The outcome was more important to Serbia, Russia and Turkey than to the EU or the US, both of which are distracted by internal issues.
– The country’s mood is gloomy, though firms are becoming more optimistic as economic conditions improve.
– Positive political change is happening only very slowly, and the pull of the EU is currently very weak.
– There is currently no mechanism for widespread dissatisfaction among the population to be translated into political change. Dayton makes meaningful political change in Bosnia very difficult.
– However, over time something will have to give. Until then, a high share of Bosnians will continue to vote with their feet and emigrate.
Permanent gloom
Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) has persistently been the most pessimistic of the Balkan countries surveyed by the Balkan Barometer in the last four years. Other sources mostly confirm this finding for a decade or two. However, economic performance is not necessarily worse than in the other countries in the region. Compared with Serbia and Croatia, for example, it has been quite a bit better since 2008. In the latest 2018 Balkan Barometer, however, business expectations improved somewhat, so one interesting question is whether this better atmosphere is shared equally across the two entities and the Brcko District (the sample for the latter is too small to attach much meaning to).
Table 1 breaks down overall evaluations by the public in Bosnia and Herzegovina and its constituent parts. The Federation feels better overall and is more hopeful for the future. These are still gloomy levels, though, because they are well below the mid-points which could be interpreted as neither good or hopeful nor bad or hopeless respectively.
Notes: Sentiment indices are percentages of satisfaction or expectation; answers to the questions rank from 1(low) to 5 (high). BPSI is the Balkan public sentiment index.
Table 2 details the sentiments and expectations of business people. The difference between the Federation and the Republika Srpska is starker. The numbers are small but not unrepresentative, while those for Brcko are reported only for the sake of completeness and can be disregarded.
Notes: Percentages of satisfaction or expectation. BBSI is Balkan business sentiment index.
Businesses in the Federation have much more optimistic expectations than those in the Republika Srpska. This is more important than the difference in the evaluations of the current state of affairs because the interviewees are managers who should be forward looking.
A more detailed breakdown of both the public and the business surveys shows broadly the same difference between the Federation and the Republika Srpska (by age, gender, employment, education, income). Though the public is terribly unsatisfied and expects little, the overall feeling in the Federation is slightly better. On the business side, however, the more detailed breakdown confirms that a larger gap has opened between the more optimistic Federation and the less hopeful Republika Srpska.
These perceptions generally accord with the statistical view of the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and its two entities. In terms of economic performance, access to markets, and to finance, the Federation is in better shape. However, while public dissatisfaction is widespread, there is little evidence in the Balkan Barometer findings that suggest significant political movement for change. The public appears resigned to the way things are.
Half a step forward, one step back
The latest general elections, presidential and parliamentary, confirmed the longstanding divisions within the ethnic groups, and between them, as well as the persistent dominance of their key parties: The Serbian Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), Bosniak Party of Democratic Action (SDA), and the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ). The results are in fact a step back compared to the last election when the opposition to the SNSD did better in the B&H parliamentary and presidential elections. The situation now is somewhat reversed. At the central level the three parties dominate. The exception is the Croatian member of the Presidency who is not from the HDZ.
That latter exception is important because it highlights the deep problem in the constitutional set-up of the country. The central government is supposed to represent the three ethnic groups, but the way the country is gerrymandered does not support that in the Croatian case. Bosniaks vote for the Croatian representative too in the mixed population territories. Therefore, they may, as they did twice before, vote for the candidate that is not from HDZ. Who, of course, still has to be a Croat. In the B&H Parliament, a coalition of the three largest parties can be expected.
The situation in the two entities, the Republika Srpska and the Federation, as well as in the ten cantons, is different from the central government. The real power is indeed there. In the Republika Srpska, the president is from SNSD, but the opposition, all the other parties together, has close to a two-thirds majority. In the Federation, the descendants of the former Communist Party, the Social Democrats, still attract significant number of votes, although mainly from Bosniaks. Therefore, protracted negotiations to form coalitions to run the entities and the cantons are ahead.
Still, in all the political trades that will come, the three largest parties representing the three ethnicities will play the pivotal role. This is a step back compared to the previous elections, though not a big one.
No way to go
The electoral outcomes are predictable given the constitutional set-up of the country. It makes sense to review its key political motivation. It was that the ethnic division will be maintained in the complex confederal system of power which is indecisive so that secessions are impossible. They are in any case ruled out by the constitution but are also hard to manage by any one ethnic group alone. So, the constitution, drown up in Dayton, Ohio, in 1995 cements internal ethnic secessions, but rules out secessions.
Thus, politically, at least at the central level, either internal secessions have to be deepened even further to make it possible for the ethnic groups to seceded externally eventually, and be annexed by Serbia or Croatia, or the representatives of the three ethnic groups have to agree to change the constitution at least in the sense of making the political process more democratic. Both of which are rather discouraged than encouraged by the Dayton Constitution.
The assumption of the founding fathers of the constitution, mostly the US and the EU, with Russian assistance, was that the internal economic interests and the interests to economically integrate regionally and internationally, e.g. with the EU, would induce political actors in B&H to improve at least the functionality of their constitution.
That was worse than wrong, it was a mistake, to paraphrase Talleyrand. The outcome has been one of permanent political impasse with predictably slow economic development. The outside options are more those of emigration rather than political pressure to integrate internally or with the EU.
Slow change
In the last decade, some incremental change has taken place. The overall economic model of B&H (and of some other Balkan economics, e.g. Serbia and Montenegro) is that the population consumes, foreigners invest. The figure below shows that overall consumption, households and general government, is around 100% of GDP. Investments are basically covered by the trade deficit (the deficit of the current account is much smaller due to a high inflow of remittances). Since 2008, there has been a slow process of restructuring due to growing exports and decreasing consumption of households. In addition, however, investments have declined, as a share of GDP, and are showing little sign of recovering.
The next figure shows the speed up of growth in the last few years, which perhaps supports the improved expectations of the business people. The average yearly growth rate since 2008, however, is around 1.5 percent per year, which perhaps explains that part of the deep gloom that can be attributed to economic circumstances. Business, motivated more by expectations, feel better than the population that is mainly focused on past experience. Thus, slow economic change is happening, which may in due time support political change, albeit very slowly, assuming it is sustained.
Cohesive glue of money and taxes
So, what holds the country together? “Nothing” is the answer, if you think that a country is about ethnicity, culture, identity, religion, trust or any such explanatory notions. There is of course the regional and international power politics, which I will come to below. There are, however, costs of disintegration to consider too.
The initial thinking was that the single market of B&H would be the cohesive factor. However, the economy and the population depend quite a lot on remittances and on imports rather than on domestic investment and production. Therefore, the extent of the domestic market is not terribly important. The authors of the constitution were sensible enough to design the common central bank with a currency board regime. That would not have been enough, however. A later addition of a common indirect taxation system (VAT) proved crucial. The system of taxation makes governments of all levels dependent on the central authorities, and increases the costs of disintegration. Especially because, for one, imports are the major tax base, which stands to suffer if the country disintegrates, and for another, overall public spending is close to 50% of GDP, which makes the question of public financing rather crucial.
Therefore, monetary and fiscal centralisation, at least as far as it can go, rather than production and trade, provide internal stabilising factors. Price stability, since the turn of the century, and public spending are the two economic reasons to stay together, though not necessarily to feel good and prosper.
With a little help from friends
The elections revealed regional and international interests in Bosnia quite starkly. Serbia and Russia had most to lose if there was a change in the Republika Srpska. The EU, the USA and the UK (the latter otherwise the main aim of criticism by Milorad Dodik, the outgoing President of Republika Srpska and the elected member of the collective presidency of B&H) showed little interest in the elections. As a curiosity, Steve Bannon extended his support to the Serbian secessionists, which was used in the campaign by Mr Dodik’s SNSD as an argument that President Trump supports their secessionist cause. Mr Dodik himself is under sanctions by the US government.
The main support for Mr. Dodik and his party came from Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. The former met with Mr Dodik, while Mr Lavrov visited Sarajevo and Banja Luka to express his support for the Dayton Agreement and for Mr Dodik. Seconding them was the open support for Mr Dodik from Ivica Dacic, the Serbian Foreign Minister, and by Aleksandar Vucic, the President of Serbia. With all that, Mr Dodik succeeded to win the seat in the B&H Presidency and his candidate to be elected President of Republika Srpska, while the part got the plurality of the Serb votes for the local and the central parliaments. The extent of the involvement of Russia and Serbia in the elections to make them essentially meaningless is an indication how important to both of them it is that nothing changes for the better in B&H.
The Croatian government is unhappy with the election of the Croatian member of the Presidency who is not a nationalist, and who may present problems to Croatian interests, e.g. when it comes to the building of the Peljesac Bridge, but is not necessarily terribly unhappy that the HDZ‘s candidate lost. HDZ in B&H campaigns for their own entity (i.e. federal unit) and would be ready to join forces with Mr Dodik to achieve it, which are responsibilities that the Croatian government is not necessarily happy to share.
Turkey has been supportive of SDA and their candidate, but their victory was never in doubt anyway. Turkey acts as a mediator between Sarajevo and Belgrade, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Mr Vucic cooperate closely. The underlying reason is interesting to mention especially in the context of the recent ideas of a territorial swap with Kosovo. Similar issue may come up if indeed Serbia decides to push for the secession of Republika Srpska. Then the issue of Sandzak, a part of Serbia which borders with B&H and parts of which are majority Bosniak, might push for a similar swap. Turkey plays a stabilising role in that it does not support such disintegration strategies.
The EU has expressed support for a speedy process of government formation with the hope that B&H will continue to implement changes which might eventually lead to the start of negotiations for accession. This is a rather weak incentive for all the winning B&H parties, but for Mr Dodik in particular, who is mostly interested in unwinding some of the authorities of the central government, in the area of the rule of law in particular. His quest for the “true Dayton” (by which he means pre-Paddy Ashdown) is apparently supported by Russia too. That may not be what Serbia is interested in, however, as it needs to maintain good relations with Sarajevo for economic but also regional security reasons.
Therefore, as in the past, the international preference is for no change or only very slow change is after these elections, as has been the case after previous votes. It is to be noted here that the Serbian population in B&H is the most Eurosceptic in the whole of the Balkans, with the Serbian public the second most Eurosceptic.
Periodically, there are protests in one part of the country or another. The constitutional and electoral straitjacket makes it almost impossible to translate social dissatisfaction into political change. In the midst of the election mass protest erupted in Banja Luka and throughout the Republika Srpska. It is just one indication of a lack of rule of law and of widespread coercion and corruption. Similar protests can be expected in the future. The population mostly votes with their feet, emigration being the key goal for the young in particular, but over time as the nationalist projects fail over and over again, change of one kind or another will come.
One channel is social, the other is economic, the third is regional. All the three are slow enough to disappoint in the short run, but should eventually prevail in the long run. The EU could be the agent of change, but is too disappointed in Bosnia’s progress (and specifically with the lack of influence that the prospect of EU integration seems to have) and disinterested to push more strongly. The USA at the moment incapable of formulating a coherent strategy for the Balkans. In any case, elections seem not to be the instruments of change in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In conclusions, there are few positive results in the latest elections. Their outcome was more important to Serbia, Russia and Turkey than to the EU or the US. The country’s mood is gloomy, though business people feel better with the somewhat improved economic prospects.
Change is happening only very slowly, and the pull of the EU currently very weak. Thus, widespread dissatisfaction cannot be translated into political change, which is anyway almost mandated away by the Dayton constitution.
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There’s a severe shortage of mental health professionals in rural areas . Here’s why that’s a serious problem
Posted June 24, 2018 by Marty in Assorted. Tagged: ACCEPTANCE, AWARENESS, Mental health, MINDFULNESS, PTSD. Leave a Comment
Stewart-Webster Hospital closed in 2013, leaving residents in rural Richland, Georgia, without another hospital for miles. Hospitals can be a main source of behavioral health care, and options for such care become scarcer and scarcer with every closure
AJ Willingham and Elizabeth Elkin, CNN
Almost every American will, at some point or another, face a mental health challenge. It may be related to depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, substance abuse or maybe something more circumstantial like grief over a loss or trouble adjusting to a life change. The CDC reports 43.4 million adults suffered from some sort of behavioral health issue in 2015 alone.
Now, imagine there wasn’t a psychiatrist or psychologist for miles around, let alone another specialist who these millions of people could trust with their specific needs. This is what life is like for many Americans in rural communities.
A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine finds that a majority of non-metropolitan counties (65%) do not have a psychiatrist and almost half of non-metropolitan counties (47%) do not have a psychologist.
This is troubling because poor access to mental health care, according to experts, is a serious issue that overlaps with other public health crises like drug abuse and suicide.
Limited access means care is a last resort
Jackson Rainer is a clinical psychologist who has practiced in rural communities in western North Carolina and South Georgia. He says the problem is obvious: There’s just not enough options; in some areas, no options at all.
“People in rural communities have limited access to the diversity of care they may need. There are very few services offered and people have to travel to reach them,” he says. “Typically, the first closest providers are generalists, and there is very little specialized care. There is no community (public) mental health care, and often there are no relevant hospital services within a reasonable distance. So, people are just left on their own.”
Because of this, mental health care is often seen as a last resort instead of a preventative measure or an ongoing program of therapy. That can have devastating consequences, because the problem is only treated when it becomes a full-blown crisis.
“The services that are available become much more restricted,” Rainer says. “It becomes oriented towards crisis intervention, not prevention. It’s, let’s get rid of your crisis as it’s happening.’ And if you don’t have good insurance or enough money, that’s the best you can hope for.”
Practitioners are overwhelmed
Rainer says the frustrations for small-town care providers are endless. The web of mental health resources doesn’t just include psychiatrists and psychologists, but also external resources like shelters, hospitals and community support groups.
In small communities, those types of resources just aren’t there, and that leaves professionals shouldering a Herculean obligation.
“As a practitioner, I am asked to be the end of the road,” Rainer says. “For mental health, I would hope that I would be one piece of a larger puzzle to get people to an improved quality of life, not to be the last resource that they have available.”
Jennifer Christman, the president of the National Association for Rural Mental Health, says even when there is available care, providers are often limited by rigid regulations.
“The frustration is, if you are a provider who wants to be able to provide services more globally, there are restrictions you face,” she says.
For instance, she says, even if someone practices just miles from the state line, their license may not allow them to practice across state borders, which further limits their already small scope of care.
Adding to the stress, health care funding cuts can rip away what little medical resources may be available. Across the country, about 80 rural hospitals closed between 2010 and 2017, according to the Chartis Center for Rural Health. Hundreds more are at risk for closure.
Rural hospitals ‘hanging on by their fingernails”
Rainer says he has seen firsthand how limited funding — both for general medical care and specifically behavioral health care — affects people in small, isolated towns.
“What services are still available have taken on a much narrower focus, and there are fewer tax dollars to support the broader community. That includes the rural community,” he says. “Our country is in very, very deep trouble when it comes to mental health care, and that’s across all areas; urban and rural.”
It causes a vicious, dangerous cycle of health problems
A lack of care doesn’t just result in the neglect of whatever problem is at hand; it can actually perpetuate or worsen a cycle of poor mental health because those seeking treatment can feel isolated — both by their surroundings and by a lack of resources .
“Isolation is a cultural, social and interpersonal response,” Rainer says. “When someone feels isolated, they feel diminished and apathetic and are unable to pull resources from their own selves. When it comes to rural mental health, isolation is a particularly dangerous problem.”
Christman says the whole thing can create a downward spiral for sufferers, and that can lead to even more serious problems.
“There’s this continual spiral, which can lead to overdoses, can lead to suicide and depression,” she says.
Suicide, drug abuse and addiction are certainly problems that affect all populations and all parts of the country, but both drug deaths and suicide deaths disproportionately affect rural America. The CDC reports that rural areas have a higher suicide rate than non-rural areas, a disparity that has been widening since 2001.
The problem goes beyond access to care
On top of it all, access to mental health care is just one of many factors that may put small, isolated communities at higher risk.
“Due to higher poverty rates, higher likelihood of hourly pay and productivity-based labor, and lack of transportation infrastructure, mental health services are often not accessible even if they are available in a rural community,” K. Bryant Smalley, a professor of community medicine and psychiatry at the Mercer University School of Medicine, told CNN in June. “That is, even though it is there, many people either cannot get to it or cannot afford (either directly or indirectly) to go.”
The close-knit nature of small communities could also heighten stigma around seeking treatment. There is sometimes a fear, Smalley says, of “someone seeing your car parked at the only psychologist’s office.”
Rainer says, when people are experiencing a mental health issue, they often reach out to the first available point of guidance or community they have. This could be a family unit, neighbor, or as is often the case, a church group or religious leader. That’s fine, but without further help, they usually aren’t enough.
“Ministers are good as initial resources,” Rainer says. “But they are not any more trained to practice mental health than a mental health practitioner is trained to preach.”
Alternative treatments aren’t a good substitute, but they’re a start
The interwoven challenges of rural mental health care can feel like a Gordian knot — impossible to untie and tightening with every tug. Of course, the ideal solution is more practices, professionals and programs to alleviate both the need for and stigma surrounding mental health care. But those solutions don’t grow on trees, and neither does the funding to support them, so more and more mental health practitioners are turning to other methods.
“There’s a lot of work that’s being done right now to use technology and license portability [the ability to practice in multiple areas],” Christman says. Patients and professionals can now connect via virtual sessions and online portals, a practice called telebehavioral health. For instance, a patient in Wyoming may see a psychologist in Pennsylvania.
“[We] are trying to bridge that divide,” Christman says. “Telebehavioral health has really come a long way.”
It’s an imperfect solution — issues of internet accessibility, computer savvy and financial wherewithal still apply. Plus, Rainer says, people who pursue this type of care should be cautious.
“The task is to find a professional who is licensed as a mental health professional, and not just take advice from the wild wild west of the internet,” he says.
The bottom line is, small communities need more tangible resources, and until they do, even the best efforts are just a temporary dressing on a much larger wound.
“We need as a country to come together and really recognize that for individuals that have mental health concerns, making it easier for them to access care, and then the providers being able to be reimbursed for that care, that’s something that we need to address,” says Christman.
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Volcano monitoring at the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS)
By: Christina C. Heliker, J. D. Griggs, T. Jane Takahashi, and Thomas L. Wright
Edited by: Henry Spall
The island of Hawaii has one of the youngest landscapes on Earth, formed by frequent addition of new lava to its surface. Because Hawaiian are generally nonexplosive and easily accessible, the island has long attracted geologists interested in studying the extraordinary power of volcanic eruptions. The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO), now nearing its 75th anniversary. has been in the forefront of volcanology since the 1900's. This issue of Earthquakes and volcanoes is devoted to the work of the Observatory and its role in studying the most recent eruptions of Hawaii's two currently active volcanoes, Kilauea and Mauna Loa.
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Category Archives: Rainbow Rowell
by Rubbish Eat Rubbish Grow | March 24, 2016 · 11:54 am
Dunno What Nth Discussion: Rainbow Rowell’s Carry On
Dunno what nth discussion because someone hasn’t written the past discussions yet. *passive aggressive mode on* Just kidding.
It’s back to the good old days, with Raj, Timmy and Aaron, like we were at the start of the book club 5 years ago. The book is a fan-fic of a queer Harry Potter—queer because he likes the person, not the sex—and a gay Edward Cullum.
These are some of the things we talk about:
Shallow and superficial: Simon wishes father is a footballer, mom is a model (8). All along, Agatha is trying to break out of the “blond cheerleader” typecast, yet at the end, she becomes the damsel-in-distress, and doesn’t even fight to save her life. She wishes she has nicer clothes so that she can die pretty (465). WTH.
All characters are queer but with limited character development: Agatha seems to be the most interesting character because she tries to break out of her mold; none of the other protagonists does it. Simon plays his Chosen One role; Penny plays the Hermione role dutifully, and Baz the anti-hero.But Agatha struggles with her emotions, fakes her emotions (9, 74, 75), and claims “we are all monsters” (14), a deep thought coming from a putative “bimbo.” Unfortunately, the damsel-in-distress part is a big gaping plot hole.
Treatment of LBGTQ characters: These characters are not human. Baz is a vampire, Simon becomes a dragon/devil caricature; and Trixie is half pixie. There is something homophobic in that.
That is not to say this book isn’t a book with good intentions. Baz’s difficulty of admitting he’s a vampire (262) mirrors the difficult coming out. His dad, preferring him to be Undead than to be queer, is heartbreaking (215, 279).
Futhermore, there are two gay sex scenes between the homos, and gay sex scenes are always good, even if they are encoded. First scene: Baz and Simon’s fight scene with the dragon is written in erotic terms: “I did something I’ve never done before—something I probably wouldn’t try with anyone I was scared of hurting. [anal sex hurts.] I push… I just push it into Baz” (239). “His arm straightens like a rod… I push a little more magic. I worry that it’s too much… His shoulder is rock hard… it’s jerking itself…I stop pushing… letting Baz draw on my magic” (240).
The second scene is more subtle (391).
Sexism: No strong male characters, only strong female ones, like Fiona, Baz’s mother, etc.
Magic as metaphors:
Class: The powerful magicians are always depicted as “rich and powerful,” kept within old families. Magic is also seen as hereditary, which reeks of biological essentialism; we can never transcend our DNA, which means the novel advocates a racist, sexist, homophobic philosophy.
In a way, The Mage, wanting to liberate magic so that even people with a smidgeon of magic can go to Watsford, and eradicating school fees, can be seen as democratic.
But Mitali, Penny’s mom, an Indian woman, who calls The Mage sexist for no apparent reason, wants a traditional Watsford, keeping magic for the best students. She also thinks that they are better than Normals (111, 261, 401). In a way, Mitali is supporting the system that oppresses her. Raj thinks that Mitali and Penny are portrayed as a stereotypical Indian family, which makes the novel racist.
Unfortunately, the death of The Mage, especially at the hands of Baz from an Old Family and Penny, Mitali’s daughter, implies that Mage’s democratic ways are wrong; they revert to the old traditional methods.
One could argue, as Raj did, that the Mage represents extreme democracy, ie, he is an extremist that he must be destroy. After all, in the end, he wants to be the most powerful magician of all time.
Magic as Commodity: Magic is often viewed as something to be conserved and not to “waste” (38, 78, 186, 187); it is also seen as something to be “eaten” and consumed (47). We didn’t appreciate this cultivation of materialism.
Magic as Objectification: Simon is often objectified because of his magic; he’s “power” (67), a “vessel” (123), “element” (181), “nuclear” (181, 242), “generator” (258). Simon even objectifies himself, calling himself a “current” (337), and “I am magic” (455). Ebb is also a “generator” (284). Baz is used as a “wand” (254). Penny’s dad is a “book of footnotes” (247). Like the message of magic as a commodity, this sends the wrong message.
Magic as ozone layer: Magic leaves holes, unfortunately, this is not explored further in the book.
Magic as finding the right words (107)
Magic as texture: Different people’s magic feels differently. An interesting concept that isn’t explored in the novel.
Magic as Religion (197): If magic is seen as a religion, it would explain why Agatha finds it so hard to walk away from the magic community; to become a Normal is to be outcast.
The theme of outcast recurs in the book, not just gay people—a vampire and a demon—are outcasts. Ebb’s brother, who chooses to leave the world of living to become a vampire, is ostracized by the magic community, and by Baz, Simon, and Penny who need his help badly, bearing in mind that Baz himself is a vampire and that Ebb’s brother is very powerful. Even the outcasts can outcast others.
Ebb’s death can also be read as her rejection of her power. Because she rejects her immense power, because she lacks the training, she dies at the hands of The Mage.
Superficially, this book seems to be a message of inclusion, but at a deeper level, the prejudice of the book shows. If you don’t want to be in the magic/religious community, you will be outcast and we will never accept you back, regardless of the direst situation. If you don’t practice your magic/religion, you’ll be punished, and in Ebb’s case, her punishment is death.
Filed under Bisexuality, Class, Coming of Age, Ecology, Family, Food, Love, Queer, Race, Rainbow Rowell, Religion, UK, Young Adult
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Network Traffic Analysis May Detect Malware Sooner
Perhaps we've been going about malware detection the wrong way. At least that is the conclusion of a new study from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
By analyzing network traffic going to suspicious domains, security administrators could detect malware infections weeks or even months before they're able to capture a sample of the invading malware. The findings point toward the need for new malware-independent detection strategies that will give network defenders the ability to identify network security breaches faster.
Malware invaders generally need to communicate with their command and control computers, creating network traffic that can be detected and analyzed. Having an earlier warning of developing malware infections could enable quicker responses and potentially reduce the impact of attacks, the study's researchers say.
"Our study shows that by the time you find the malware, it's already too late because the network communications and domain names used by the malware were active weeks or even months before the actual malware was discovered," said Manos Antonakakis, an assistant professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. "These findings show that we need to fundamentally change the way we think about network defense."
Traditional defenses depend on the detection of malware in a network. While analyzing malware samples can identify suspicious domains and help attribute network attacks to their sources, relying on samples to drive defensive actions gives malicious actors a critical time advantage to gather information and cause damage. "What we need to do is minimize the amount of time between the compromise and the detection event," Antonakakis noted.
The research, presented May 24th at the 38th IEEE Security and Privacy Symposium in San Jose, California, was supported by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the National Science Foundation, the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The project was done in collaboration with EURECOM in France and the IMDEA Software Institute in Spain – whose work was supported by the regional government of Madrid and the government of Spain.
The study analyzed more than five billion network events from nearly five years of network traffic carried by a major U.S. internet service provider (ISP). The researchers also studied domain name server (DNS) requests made by nearly 27 million malware samples, and examined the timing for the re-registration of expired domains – which often provide the launch sites for malware attacks.
Because certain networks are more prone to abuse, looking for traffic into those hot spot networks was potentially a good indicator of an infection. The researchers also found that requests for dynamic DNS often related to bad activity, as these frequently correlate with services used by hackers because they provide free domain registrations and the ability to add quickly add domains.
The researchers had hoped that the registration of previously expired domain names might provide a warning of impending attacks. But they found there was often a lag of months between when expired domains were re-registered and when attacks from them began.
The research required development of a filtering system to separate benign network traffic from malicious traffic in the ISP data. The researchers also conducted what they believe is the largest malware classification effort to date to differentiate the malicious software from potentially unwanted programs (PUPs). To study similarities, they assigned the malware to specific "families." By studying malware-related network traffic seen by the ISPs prior to detection of the malware, the researchers were able to determine that malware signals were present weeks and even months before new malicious software was found.
In all, the researchers found more than 300,000 malware domains that were active for at least two weeks before the corresponding malware samples were identified and analyzed. Obviously, network administrators must have information about normal network traffic so they can detect the abnormalities that may signal a developing attack. While many aspects of an attack can be hidden, malware must always communicate back to those who sent it.
The study may well lead to development of new defense strategies, where we stop looking for malware and instead analyze network traffic. Very likely this will be the next generation of cyber defense.
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Chris Stapleton, Miranda Lambert and many more country stars are covering Elton John classics
George Jones’ widow hit with multimillion-dollar lawsuit
George Jones’ widow, Nancy, and Cracker Barrel have been sued to the tune of $5 million over previously unreleased Jones recordings recently put out on a new CD.
Hunter Kelly, March 15, 2018 12:45 pm
Getty Images/Rick Diamond
George Jones’ widow, Nancy Jones, is one of the defendants in a new $5 million lawsuit over the recent release of a previously shelved George Jones album. Cracker Barrel and Concord Music Group are also named in the lawsuit brought by Earl “Peanutt” Montgomery, who wrote and produced many songs for Jones. He was also a member of the late country legend’s band.
According to “The Tennessean,” Montgomery produced an album in the late 1970s featuring George performing with Roy Acuff’s Smoky Mountain Boys. He claims Jones gave him the rights to that album as a retirement package for his years of work and friendship with the country star.
RELATED: Take a moment to remember George Jones with this stunning Alan Jackson duet
The suit goes on to say that the album was shelved as Jones went on to sign other recording contracts in the ’80s and ’90s. After Jones passed away in 2013, Nancy sold his intellectual property and other musical assets to Concord Music Group for a reported $30 million.
RELATED: This George Jones duet from the ’90s caused quite a stir with country and rock stars alike
In 2017, Concord agreed to sell those recordings of George with the Smoky Mountain Boys via Cracker Barrel. Earl “Peanutt” Montgomery is not listed as a producer on the CD, nor is he listed in the liner notes, according to “The Tennessean” story. He was also not paid for his production work, and he claims he is the true owner of these recordings.
The lawsuit states, “The release further misrepresents the album as lost recordings which were discovered when, in fact, recordings were converted by defendant Nancy Jones and ultimately the Concord defendants with full knowledge of [Montgomery’s] ownership.”
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Abiogenesis is the process by which life arises naturally from non-living matter. Scientists speculate that life may have arisen as a result of random chemical processes happening to produce self-replicating molecules. One of the popular current hypotheses involves chemical reactivity around hydrothermal vents.[1][2] This hypothesis has yet to be empirically proven although the current evidence is generally supportive of it.
1 History: spontaneous generation
2 Evolution and abiogenesis
3 Aspects
3.1 DNA or proteins first?
4 Artificial abiogenesis
4.1 Lipid Magic
4.2 Abiogenesis experiments
4.3 Here's a video about it
5 Creationists and abiogenesis
5.1 Probability of abiogenesis
6 Oil
7 Understanding of origin sciences by the wider community
8.1 Specifically for origins of life research
8.2 Other journals
History: spontaneous generation[edit]
Before recent centuries, it was widely believed that abiogenesis happens all around us, that many individual present-day organisms had originated from nonliving matter. Frogs and mice seem to come from mud, and maggots from rotting meat. In this form, abiogenesis is more usually called "spontaneous generation".
In the ancient Greco-Roman world, it was advocated by some notable philosophers, such as Anaximander or Aristotle (History of Animals, Generation of Animals). Their medieval successors also advocated it, pointing to parts of the Bible that seem to support it, like Genesis 1:20. In 1648, Jan Baptista van Helmont proposed this recipe for mice[3]:
... if a foul shirt be pressed together within the mouth of a Vessel, wherein Wheat is, within a few dayes (to wit, 21) a ferment being drawn from the shirt, and changed by the odour of the grain, the Wheat it self being incrusted in its own skin, transchangeth into Mice: and it is therefore the more to be wondered at, because such kinde of insects being distinguished by the Signatures of the Sexes, do generate with those which were born of the seed of Parents: That from hence also, the likeness or quality of both the seeds, and a like vitall strength of the ferments may plainly appear: And which is more wonderfull, out of the Bread-corn, and the shirt, do leap forth, not indeed little, or sucking, or very small, or abortive Mice: but those that are wholly or fully formed.
But in 1646, Sir Thomas Browne published a book Pseudodoxia Epidemica ("Vulgar Errors" or "Popular False Beliefs"), in which he expressed skepticism about a variety of common beliefs, including spontaneous generation. Alexander Ross wrote a response to him[4], which included
He doubts whether mice can be procreated of putrifaction. So he may doubt whether in cheese and timber worms are generated; Or if Betels and wasps in cowes dung; Or if butterflies, locusts, grashoppers, shel-fish, snails, eeles, and such like, be procreated of putrified matter, which is apt to receive the form of that creature to which it is by the formative power disposed. To question this, is to question Reason, Sense, and Experience: If he doubts of this, let him go to Ægypt, and there he will finde the fields swarming with mice begot of the mud of Nylus, to the great calamity of the Inhabitants.
Some years later, Francesco Redi became doubtful of the spontaneous generation of flies, so around 1668, he did some classic experiments in which he showed that keeping flies away from rotting meat keeps maggots and flies from appearing in it[5]. However, he still thought that spontaneous generation happens in some other circumstances. Though spontaneous generation was soon discredited for macroscopic organisms, it still seemed true of microscopic "animalcules". But even there, spontaneous generation was gradually discredited by Redi-like experiments, with Louis Pasteur delivering the final blow in 1861.
Still to this day, however, there are cranks who insist that spontaneous generation happens. Wilhelm Reich, for example, saw microscopic vesicles he called "bions" which he claimed could organize themselves into full-blown amoebas. (He rejected the notion that he was merely reconstituting amoebic cysts, because he didn't believe in the "air infection" hypothesis.)
Evolution and abiogenesis[edit]
Often brought up in the origins debate is how evolution does not explain the origin of life. Let's get something abundantly clear: abiogenesis and evolution are two completely different things. The theory of evolution says absolutely nothing about the origin of life. It merely describes the processes that take place once life has started. There may also be multiple pathways to producing naturally occurring "life," depending, of course, on the definition of life. This is something that Ben Stein is apparently willfully ignorant of.
An objection to the distinction is that it is goalpost moving but this would only be true if evolution at some point did try to explain the origin of life and then people moved away from it. This is not the case at all. Evolutionary theory started with the observation of the mutability of species - a property that only exists post-abiogenesis, indeed later definitions of "life" have often used the ability to evolve as a key component. This, of course, has been known for some time as animals and crops have been selectively bred for thousands of years. Later, the idea was refined by Charles Darwin in the form of natural selection, where nature provides the selection criteria to drive evolution. At no point was evolution, nor natural selection, about explaining the origin of life — just as we don't fault chemistry for not explaining where atoms come from: it explains how substances behave once they exist, not how they came about.
One objection is that explaining the origin of life is a natural extension to what evolution has to explain. In fairness this is true, and theories surrounding abiogenesis often use natural selection as a jumping point for how organised molecules could themselves develop further (thus making such molecule groups "alive" by the definition discussed above). But whether evolution and natural selection can explain this stage in the development of life is irrelevant to living creatures post-abiogenesis. A common analogy to the fallacy of rejecting evolution due to it not explaining the origin of life is that gravity doesn't explain the origin of life. The analogies are heavily challenged because it leaves people assuming life always existing when it's known otherwise.
Aspects[edit]
Abiogenesis is not a single step event, but a process. Biological life has the properties or capabilities of organization, metabolism, homeostasis, growth, reproduction, response and evolution.[6] All cellular life that has those capabilities is alive. Whether viruses are alive or not is more controversial. At least, viruses do reproduce and evolve, but are unable to do so independently from the host cells they invade.
Conversely, first "life" very possibly lacked many important properties, such as homeostasis and response, as in viruses. However, unlike viruses, first life very possibly had reproduction and metabolism, but which came first is unclear.
DNA or proteins first?[edit]
Proteins came before DNA. Reductases convert ribonucleotides into deoxyribonucleotidess, a chemically-demanding task which is unlikely to have ever been carried out by ribozymes.[7] No prebiotic pathways for deoxyribonucleotides have been proposed. Some claim that DNA and proteins must have appeared simultaneously,[8] rising a “chicken or egg” problem: DNA is needed to code proteins for its own replication, so which came first? This question dismisses that RNA is also needed for the existence of both, and that it can and does serve both functions. DNA can be thought of as RNA specialized for genetic storage.[9] Enzymatic properties are of no use for this and the 2-OH' group that allows them makes RNA one hundred times more unstable than DNA.[10]
Artificial abiogenesis[edit]
In the 1950s, several experiments by Stanley Miller and Harold Urey verified that the natural formation of amino acids, components of proteins, and other organic compounds out of inorganic materials was possible under the atmospheric conditions of Primordial Earth. The UV radiations from the Sun would've made it impossible on land. Today, it is generally accepted that abiogenesis happened not solely on land or in oceans, but a combination of both.
Lipid Magic[edit]
In 1965, Alec Bangham was the first to discover the autocatalytic properties of phospholipids.[11] How you can prove this aspect of nature and disprove the creationist version of the second law:
Get a glass of water.
Get a yolk of an egg.
Put the egg yolk in the water.
Profit!!!!
What actually is happening: the amphipathic lipids arrange themselves based on their interaction with water molecules. It may not be the most extravagant example, but it does show spontaneous order.
Pier Luigi Luisi has shown that vesicles made of these lipids can grow by incorporating new lipids, and can make new vesicles leading to a primitive replication.
Abiogenesis experiments[edit]
In 2001 Louis Allamandola demonstrated that organic material can be synthesized in deep space using a "Chill vacuum chamber"--a lot of biomolecules: nitriles, ethers, alcohols, ring-like hydrocarbons, and others.[12] [13]
In a complementary experiment, Jennifer Blank at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory reported: "Through subsequent chemical analysis, the team discovered that the initial amino acids in the mixture had linked together to form peptides, from which proteins can be formed."[14]
In 2010 Craig Venter and his colleagues inserted a wholly artificial chromosome into a bacterial cell and produced the first artificial life form (a.k.a. "dial-a-genome").[15] While it may seem like artificial abiogenesis, it nevertheless involved some major cheating: the artificial chromosome was constructed using gene sequences of an existing organism.
As of 2011, Lee Cronin at the University of Glasgow is trying to start an evolutionary process in polyoxometalate-based "cells".[16]
In 2014 a group of researchers managed to produce all four components of RNA by simulating an asteroid impact in primordial conditions.[17]
A 2015 paper showed that the chemical precursors for the synthesis of amino acids, lipids and nucleotides, which would be required in a primitive cell, could have all arisen simultaneously through reactions driven by ultraviolet light. [18]
In 2015 the lander Philae discovered 16 organic compounds, four of which had never been detected on a comet before, on the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Many of the organic compounds are important building-blocks of life.[19] [20][21]
In 2015, NASA scientists studying the origin of life managed to reproduce uracil, cytosine, and thymine from an ice sample containing pyrimidine under conditions found in space.[22][23]
A 2016 study showed that the building blocks of life can be replicated in deep-sea vents. These experiments have for the first time demonstrated that RNA molecules can form in alkaline hydrothermal chimneys.[24][25]
Here's a video about it[edit]
Creationists and abiogenesis[edit]
Certain creationists correctly point out that abiogenesis must have taken place at some point to begin the process of evolution. They then attempt to use this premise to "disprove" evolution, claiming that Louis Pasteur had conclusively refuted it. However, he only showed that it is not a typical present-day occurrence even for the simplest of free-living organisms—and that complex life forms such as mice don't spring forth fully formed from things like cloth and grain.
Creationists also like to rebut abiogenesis by pointing out seeming prebiotic environments where it does not happen, like in their Peanut Butter Argument[26], thus highlighting their confusion of abiogenesis with spontaneous generation. However, the most suitable environment has been the subject of active research, like that of Günter Wächtershäuser with his hypothesis of an iron-sulfur world of hydrothermal vents.
Another creationist statement often made is that evolution is abiogenesis; this is simply ignorance of scientific terminology. Evolution is the gradual change of organisms over time, whereas abiogenesis is the start of life itself. The creationists may also be projecting their belief in separate creations onto mainstream biologists.
Yet more creationist illogic is, "Scientists can't explain the origin of life yet, therefore it must have been God, and specifically, the version of God I believe in" (Protestant, Roman Catholic, Islamic version, etc., according to choice).
Probability of abiogenesis[edit]
The probability of abiogenesis occurring in a given situation appears important, both for assessing whether abiogenesis was likely to be the origin of life, but also for assessing the likelihood of extraterrestrial life. Naive estimates of probability focusing on the probability of individual chemicals or organisms suggest that abiogenesis is vanishingly improbable: the chance of a specific 300 amino acid protein being created from a set of atoms may be 2.04 x 10390 to 1 against, but this ignores the fact that the process was almost certainly more incremental than that, and that you're not looking for the probability of a specific protein but that of any protein that can be called alive.[27] The same problem arises with creationists' use of Hoyle and Wickramasinghe's argument that the probability of all the chemicals in a bacterium arose by chance is around 1040,000; nobody suggests that bacteria appeared by chance with no simpler precursor.[28][29] Estimating the actual probablity of life requires a knowledge of not merely the precise conditions of the world at the time of life's origin, and the precise chemical path followed, but the sum total of the probabilities of all possible paths that could produce life. Any estimate must also consider the number of life-supporting planets in the universe, as we are here because abiogenesis occurred on one world, possibly one of billions of candidates. Hence it is incredibly difficult, perhaps impossible, to accurately calculate the probability of life.[29]
Creationists commonly use the improbability of abiogenesis as a disproof of abiogenesis relying on a misapplication of Borel's Law. Intuitions about improbability ignore the difficulty of estimating the probabilities and the failure of our intuitions to handle the vast numbers of molecules and vast time frames available.[27] The number of atoms in the earth has been estimated at around 1051, while there may be around 1047 in the world's oceans (mostly small hydrogen atoms), although neither figure represents the amount of atoms available for abiogenesis.[30][31] Similarly, while it's not clear exactly what parts of the Earth's history were most conducive, life had hundreds of millions, if not billions of years, to come about, and for much of that time conditions were very different from today. This explains why nobody has seen abiogenesis in a lab or peanut butter jar.
Oil[edit]
See the main article on this topic: Abiotic oil
Oil is now understood to be biogenic in origin, not abiogenic. A hypothesis that oil was abiogenic in origin was popular in the Soviet Union until the 1980s. The abiogenic origin hypothesis proposed that oil formation results from chemical reactions taking place within the earth, and that oil is thus continually replenished and not a fossil fuel. A few (notably astronomer Thomas Gold until his 2004 death, and Jack Kenney) have continued to promote the abiogenic origin hypothesis.
Understanding of origin sciences by the wider community[edit]
Many people don’t understand origin sciences. This is caused by a couple of factors.
Religious views can get in the way of wanting to understand abiogenesis, preferring explanations involving a miraculous event.
Comprehending that unlikely does not equal impossible and, furthermore, that, given sufficient time and opportunity the unlikely becomes likely, is difficult for many non-specialists to understand[32], and harder yet for the wilfully ignorant and the scientifically illiterate. Furthermore, there is but a small field of scientists who are sufficiently trained in chemistry and geology to be able to properly review abiogenesis. There is, however, a dedicated society to studying the origin of life.[33]
Specifically for origins of life research[edit]
Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere [34]
Other journals[edit]
The journal of molecular evolution[35]
The journal of molecular biology[36]
Русскоязычным вариантом данной статьи является статья Абиогенез.
Directed panspermia
God of the gaps
Autochthonous generation - posited that abiogenesis naturally creates developed species.
Abiogenesis for Dummies
One possible explanation of abiogenesis
Talk Origins on the origin of life
University of Glasgow's website on the origin of life.
How life on Earth began Video by New Scientist
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↑ Arcana Microcosmi, Book 2, Chapter 10, Heading 5, http://penelope.uchicago.edu/ross/index.html
↑ Experiments on the generation of insects - Francesco Redi - Google Books
↑ "What is life?". Khan Academy (website). Retrieved 21 September 2017.
↑ Lundin, D., Berggren, G., Logan, D. T., & Sjöberg, B.-M. (2015). The Origin and Evolution of Ribonucleotide Reduction. Life, 5(1), 604–636. http://doi.org/10.3390/life5010604
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↑ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK6360/
↑ Why is DNA stable but RNA is not?. Quora.
↑ http://www.fasebj.org/content/24/5/1308.full
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↑ https://www.llnl.gov/str/September02/pdfs/09_02.1.pdf
↑ Researchers Say They Created a "Synthetic Cell", The New York Times
↑ http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20906-lifelike-cells-are-made-of-metal.html
↑ Martin Ferus, David Nesvorný, Jiří Šponer, Petr Kubelíka, Regina Michalčíková, Violetta Shestivská, Judit E. Šponer, and Svatopluk Civiša:High-energy chemistry of formamide: A unified mechanism of nucleobase formation, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1412072111
↑ Chemists claim to have solved riddle of how life began on Earth, Phys.org
↑ http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/31/philae-comet-discoveries/
↑ http://www.sciencemag.org/content/349/6247/aab0639.abstract
↑ http://www.astrobio.net/also-in-news/rosettas-comet-contains-ingredients-life/
↑ https://www.nasa.gov/content/nasa-ames-reproduces-the-building-blocks-of-life-in-laboratory
↑ http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150304093547.htm
↑ http://www.astrobio.net/news-exclusive/lifes-building-blocks-form-in-replicated-deep-sea-vents/
↑ http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/ast.2014.1280
↑ http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=ab476a318839606743bd
↑ 27.0 27.1 Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and Probability of Abiogenesis Calculations, Ian Musgrave, Talk Origins FAQ, 1998
↑ Creation Column: Evolutionary Improbabilities, Forerunner, 2007
↑ 29.0 29.1 Abiogenesis and Probability, Jonathan MS Pearce, Patheos, Aug 28, 2017
↑ Physics Questions People Ask Fermilab, Fermilab, 04/28/2014
↑ [1], Scientific Britain
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Food Bills of Rights and Monsanto-Speech — Read The Dirt Read The Dirt
“You can take my taxes, send me to war, but can’t feed me.” -Tupac Shakur
Food Bills of Rights and Monsanto-Speech
by: Paul Cienfuegos Posted on: June 08, 2013
Editor’s Note: Paul Cienfuegos articulates the connection between the Community Rights Movement and the growing resistance to genetically modified foods. Cienfuegos gave this speech at the March Against Monsanto rally on Saturday, May 25th in Portland, Oregon, to a crowd of about 6000 people (police estimate). This is the text of the speech. To watch the speech, go to http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/33313097, and start at 25:30 on the video.
By Paul Cienfuegos
Raise your hand high if you believe that we live in a democratic society.
I didn’t see too many hands!
James Madison, one of our so-called “Founding Fathers”, was the guy who drafted the US Constitution. Here’s something he said about the purpose of government:
“The primary purpose of government is to protect the opulent minority from the majority.”
I’ll read that James Madison quote again.
Madison and his buddies worked very hard to ensure that this country’s government would serve a small elite. Their plan for the rest of us was to keep us far away from being allowed to exercise any kind of meaningful decision-making authority over our own lives.
We The People was a phrase that sounded really good. The only problem was, it didn’t include very many people. It didn’t include women. It didn’t include African people brought over as slaves. It didn’t include Native people already living here. It didn’t include men without sufficient property. In other words, it didn’t include about 95% of the human beings who were here.
We talk today about the 99% vs the 1%. But most people don’t realize that this is how the system was DESIGNED to function. It’s not something that happened recently.
The elite didn’t have to work very hard to get what they wanted out of government – because they RAN the government. The elite didn’t have to plead with business leaders to get big business to listen to their needs because they WERE the business leaders.
Activists today talk a lot about how large corporations have CAPTURED the regulatory agencies, have CAPTURED government. The only problem with this analysis is – it’s wrong! The people who run large corporations like Monsanto and Exxon and Halliburton and Burlington Northern – these folks RUN the regulatory agencies, and they always have. Corporate leaders were there at the table from the very beginning.
So if you’re an anti-GMO activist, or an anti-RBGH activist or an anti-factory farms activist, or a pro-raw-milk activist, I’m here to tell you – the regulatory agencies that make decisions day in and day out about what kinds of agriculture we’re going to have in this country – regulatory agencies like the US Department of Agriculture – the USDA – or the Food and Drug Administration – the FDA…corporate leaders didn’t have to CAPTURE these agencies to make them into servants of those corporations. They didn’t have to capture them, because these regulatory agencies were DESIGNED TO SERVE the agriculture and food processing industries, they were DESIGNED by the very corporate leaders who they now supposedly regulate. The food regulations themselves were written by these same corporate leaders.
What I’m telling you SHOULD be obvious to every food activist in the country, but it’s not. And I’ll tell you how I know this to be true – and this brings me back to whether the United States of America was DESIGNED as a truly democratic republic or not.
Let me ask you a question. If you had grown up in a country run by a totalitarian government – a government that everybody KNEW was NOT interested in responding to the needs of its people – would you plead with government leaders? Would you lobby your elected officials? Of course not! Why not? Because the people of that country would know that it was a waste of their time to do so. The government of that totalitarian state didn’t care what the people wanted. They had their own agenda. They served a very small sector of the population and they didn’t give a damn what the majority wanted.
Okay, so then how WOULD the people challenge their totalitarian government? They would try to build PEOPLE POWER at a scale that would be difficult for the government to take on. And by PEOPLE POWER, I do NOT mean tactics like merely protesting and rallying and pleading with and negotiating with and demanding and picketing of our so-called leaders. I DO mean the kind of people power that attempts to SEIZE back our authority as We The People – our authority to govern ourselves. I’m talking about the power that historic citizens movements used to DRIVE new rights into law – like the Abolitionists and the Suffragists.
Let’s take a look at our current situation today in this country. Very few hands went up when I asked you if you believed you lived in a democratic society. And yet, look at the kinds of activism that most of us are doing in the anti-GMO’s movement. We’re PLEADING with our elected officials to stop the tremendous damage being done to our environment and to people’s health by these out of control agriculture and food processing corporations. We’re attending USDA and FDA regulatory hearings. We’re writing letters to these agencies, begging them to NOT allow the latest GMO outrage. We’re signing petition after petition.
In other words, we are playing a game that was CREATED by agriculture corporations – the regulatory game. THEY designed the playing field. THEY decided where to put the goal posts. THEY decided all of the rules of the game. And then they INVITED us to play on their field.
And we keep playing THEIR GAME, on THEIR FIELD, year in and year out, hoping that somehow we might win, even though the odds are stacked against us so heavily that winning is virtually impossible.
Why do we do this? Because we still somehow assume that we live in a democratic society, where the institutions of government are there to serve us, so we just need to work a little harder to get their attention. I’m here to tell you that these institutions of government are NOT here to serve us, and they never were.
Regulatory agencies were created way back in the 1880’s. They were created specifically to funnel citizen participation into a narrower and narrower space where We The People ended up with NO REAL VOICE. The first regulatory agency – the Interstate Commerce Commission or ICC – was created to serve the railroad industry.
President Cleveland’s Attorney General explained to railroad company executives that the ICC was to be “a sort of barrier between the railroad corporations and the people.”
Charles Adams, President of Union Pacific Railroad Company, wrote at the time, “What is desired is something having a good sound, but quite harmless, which will impress the popular mind with the idea that a great deal is being done, when, in reality, very little is intended to be done.”
Does that sound like the USDA to you?!
Regulation worked so well to shield railroad corporations from public outrage that over the following decades, many other industries requested similar protections, such as insurance, meatpacking, banking, food, telephone and telegraph.
That is our history. WE NEED TO LEARN OUR HISTORY!
As my colleague Jane Anne Morris says, “The primary purpose of environmental regulations is to regulate environmentalists.”
The system IS working folks! It’s not broken at all. It’s working just as it was designed!
The USDA and the FDA are working as they were DESIGNED – day in and day out shielding agriculture and food processing corporations from our rage.
The sooner we realize that this ENTIRE STRUCTURE OF LAW – REGULATORY LAW – was put there to tie We The People in knots, to make our voices irrelevant, the sooner we will shift gears, and then start doing a very different kind of activism – a kind of activism where We The People seize back OUR AUTHORITY TO GOVERN OURSELVES!
So far I’ve been sharing a pretty darn depressing history with you. But believe it or not, the MAIN reason I am here today is to share with you the GOOD news.
The GOOD news is that for the past thirteen years, communities across this country have been rising up and starting to challenge the actual structures of law that make real democracy not just difficult but literally IMPOSSIBLE…ILLEGAL.
These structures of law include corporations having won a whole variety of constitutional so-called “rights”, such as free speech rights, property rights, privacy rights, protection against search and seizure rights, and many others. All of these so-called corporate “rights” came directly out of the Supreme Court. Talk about an activist court! It’s an OUTRAGE!
But there’s more. State governments use laws called State Pre-emption and Dillon’s Rule to ban local governments from protecting their human and non-human residents from corporate harms.
What are we doing to challenge this? In 150 communities in eight states, we have passed laws that are THEMSELVES acts of civil disobedience against these unjust structures of law. We have passed laws that ban corporate factory farms, corporate fracking, corporate water withdrawal for bottling, corporate sewage sludge dumping on farmland. These laws also strip corporations of all of their so-called constitutional “rights”. These laws directly challenge the authority of state governments to tell us what we can and cannot pass local laws about. We call ourselves the COMMUNITY RIGHTS movement, and there are folks walking through the crowd right now with flyers about our work.
I’m here to tell you that two counties in the Willamette Valley of Oregon are about to make history. Benton and Lane Counties are just weeks from filing Community Rights ordinances that will prohibit corporations from engaging in unsustainable agricultural practices. If these ordinances are approved by the voters next May, the planting of genetically modified seeds will be BANNED in Benton and Lane counties.
Those who are already growing genetically modified crops in those counties will be held personally and financially liable if their pollen drifts into neighboring farms and contaminates other crops. GMO farmers will have six months to remove all GMO crops after passage of this ordinance, or will be held personally and financially liable.
These ordinances are referred to as a Food Bill of Rights. They enshrine into local law….
A RIGHT to sustainable food systems
A RIGHT to seed heritage
A RIGHT of natural communities to exist, persist, and evolve – that’s rights for nature!
A RIGHT to self-government
They are legally binding and locally enforceable.
We citizens are not merely consumers who vote with our dollars. We are not merely single-issue activists who battle against one corporate atrocity at a time. WE ARE WE THE PEOPLE. That is where our primary power resides. And we need to remember that truth!
I am thrilled to be able to announce to you that over the past few months, the national staff of the Organic Consumers Association has been meeting with myself and my colleagues in the Community Rights movement, and they are VERY VERY excited about what we are doing in Benton and Lane counties. They are VERY VERY excited about a rights-based strategy that strips agricultural corporations of their so-called “rights”. They agree with us that the Food Bill of Rights is a powerful new tool in ending the dominance of Monsanto and other agricultural corporations. If you’re a member of the Organic Consumers Association, please thank them for their support of the Community Rights movement.
I want to close by reading you the first paragraph of our own state constitution here in Oregon.
“Article 1 – Bill of Rights
Section 1 – Natural rights inherent in people.”
(This is the highest law of the land in this state.)
“We declare that all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness; and they have at all times a right to alter, reform, or abolish the government in such manner as they may think proper.”
I’m here to tell you that the Community Rights movement has arrived in Oregon.
We are not going to stop until we have passed a Food Bill of Rights in every county of the Willamette Valley and beyond. We are not going to stop until we have stripped Monsanto Corporation of ALL of its so-called constitutional “rights”. We are not going to stop until we have ended the genetic modification of plants and animals.
Some of us are tired of waging long hard battles simply for the right to KNOW whether there are GMO ingredients in our food. Knowing is critical. But what we REALLY need is the RIGHT to BAN GMO’s from our food supply.
The Community Rights movement is working hard to pass county-based laws that exercise that RIGHT to govern ourselves, to define the future we want for our children and grandchildren. I URGE you to get involved in the Community Rights movement where you live.
For more info about Paul’s work, or to sign up for his Community Rights Update e-newsletter, go to PaulCienfuegos.com.
To learn more about the wide variety of local laws that have already passed in 150 communities in eight states, visit the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF.org.)
4 Responses to “Food Bills of Rights and Monsanto-Speech”
What Paul Cienfuegos has said in this speech is something I have felt somewhat, but not as blatantly as Paul has put it. I felt the reluctance of my representative to listen to me. One did not even knowledge my email. I was ignored! Presidents are kind of the same once they get in the office. Seems it takes awhile but soon they are right on the track. Personalities might be different but governing gets fit right in the mold after a bit of juggling. This has opened both my eyes. We are being left in a path of destructions, behind these mega corporations. It must change.
by: Susanon: Tuesday 18th of June 2013
this was a great speech, Paul. Thank you -= best of the day, best I've heard in a while!
by: Albert Kaufmanon: Wednesday 3rd of July 2013
I heard Mr. Cienfuegos speech at the March Against Monsanto Rally in POrtland. I found it very "anti-American" really, with almost nothing real to say about the fight against Monsanto. Seems like he spent 90% of speech just running our nation into the ground by reciting a litany of wrongs. Which, while true...do not paint the whole picture of our country and certainly don't do anything to stop Monsanto. It seemed to, indirectly, pour derision on the Suffrage Movement, Early 20th Century Labor Movement, Civil Rights, Farm Labor Rights, and a host of others by focusing almost entirely on the bad but not mentioning any of the truimphs. Your going to build a nation wide movement against an entrenched special interest by bashing America? How far do you thing that will get you? The next two speakers did a much betterjob of hightlighting the issues our nation has faced and the triumphs over them. I believe the woman who spoke after Mr. Cienfuegos specifically mentioned the triumps of Labor and Civil Rights in her speech. I especially liked the guy from GMO Free Oregon's statement that he was not a farmer, just a concerned dad motivated by his children s well being to take action against an injustice. That is the type of thing which will connect with people across political divides, that idea connects with a lot more people that spending 5 minutes talking about how freedom in America is a scam like Mr. Cienfuegos did. Attack Monsanto, attack the politicians and political groups that are doing their dirty work. But if you want this too succede you need speakers who the make the point, the very valid point, that fighting Monsanto/GMO is a fight for a better America. That it is a struggle for the rights of every person in America that ranks along side Civil Right, Marriage Equality and access to Health Care. You need people waving the American flag while chanting "Hell No to GMO!" That will get you into the mainstream consciousness of America. Mr. Cienfuegos will get you labeled "America Hating Liberals" and the movement will never accomplish it's goals.
by: James Nobleson: Wednesday 3rd of July 2013
I'm the guy who gave this speech in Portland. Responses follow.... James: There was a big battle at the beginning of this country, between the true revolutionaries who wanted a decentralized bottom-up democratic society, and those who wanted to replicate the British empire, but with them in charge. The empire group won. So to say that I'm anti-American doesn't make much sense. What i'm "anti" is this country becoming less and less democratic by the year. Check out our first US Constitution, and you'll see what i mean. It was called The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, and had no standing courts, no executive branch, and no senate. It was MUCH more democratic. That's what i favor. Re what i did NOT mention in my speech: I only had 15 minutes. Check out my full length speeches at my website (PaulCienfuegos.com) and you'll see i heap praise on early social movements in this country. Yes, of course we need to "attack Monsanto", but we need to treat it as a legal fiction, as a subordinate to We The People, not as a Goliath with constitutional "rights". Corporations are supposed to be servants to us, not our masters. That's the history i was trying to lay out in way too little time. Re your "liberals" comment, most of the leaders in our Community Rights movement are rural Republicans. My speech really was NOT liberal at all. It was framed as We The People vs corporations that have gotten out of control, and have shaped the very structures of law that We use to challenge corporate power. When your opponent makes the rules, designs the playing field, and keeps moving the goal posts, you're likely to keep losing. That's our situation today. That's why we need to step outside of the regulatory law box they've put us in, and start playing by our own rules. Albert: Thanks for your kind words!
by: Paul Cienfuegoson: Thursday 4th of July 2013
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Consumer Ingredients
by Ruth Winter, MS
Triumph Over Tension
FDA warns about serious bleeding risk with over-the-counter antacid products containing aspirin
ANTI-AGING COSMETICS EFFICACY AND CELEBRITIES
Posted by RuthWinter on August 23, 2017 August 23, 2017
I have good news and bad news about the anti-aging cosmetics being hyped by celebrities today.
The good news is that some of them have ingredients that are active on the skin and may have benefits.
The bad news is if those ingredients are active, their producers may be breaking the law.
Ivanka Trump’s Cosmetics
The definition of cosmetic, according to the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, is: “An article promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance”.
The definition of a drug, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FDC) regulations, is: “An article which diagnoses, relieves, or cures a disease.”
Both the FDA and the FTC are concerned about the increasing proliferation of “anti-aging” claims that involve effects on the structure or function of the skin. Why? Because drugs are subjected to an intensive review and approval process by the FDA, while cosmetics are not. If a product does have drug properties, it is supposed to be approved as a medicine, a process that may take years for approval and costs millions of dollars. The FDA does not require pre-market approval for cosmetics. Except for certain dyes employed in cosmetics such as hair coloring and lipstick, which must be authorized for use, the FDA does not, in fact, approve any cosmetic ingredient and anyone who wants market a cosmetic may do so. The producers do not have to even list the existence of their products nor its ingredients to the FDA–unless they wish to volunteer the information. Can anti-aging creams remove the signs of aging? Open a periodical or listen to a commercial and there are offers of products to fight wrinkles, brown spots and other unwanted signs of the aging.
Who is supposed to protect us from false claims for anti-aging cosmetics?
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has principal federal authority over cosmetic and OTC drug advertising. The FDA has principal authority over their labeling.
The FTC investigates ads that it has reason to believe are deceptive or misleading.
For the FTC to act, however, against a deceptive advertisement three elements must be present:
The advertisement must contain a claim, practice or omission likely to mislead consumers;
Consumers must be interpreting the ad’s message reasonably under the circumstances
The representation must be material— that is, it must be likely to affect a consumer’s conduct or decision with respect to the product, particularly his or her decision to purchase it.
It is expensive for the FTC to go after a cosmetic anti-aging product but sometimes a warning is enough to make a company comply. L’Oréal, the giant cosmetic entity, for example, settled with the FTC in 2014 because L’Oréal had been advertising Lancôme Genifinifique and L’Oréal Paris Youth Code skincare products as providing anti-aging benefits by targeting genes.”
“It would be nice if cosmetics could alter our genes to turn back time” commented aging benefits by targeting genes.”
Jessica Rich, Director of the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection, “But L’Oréal couldn’t support these claims.”
Melania Trump pictured with cosmetics on the internet
What about the multitude of anti-aging products now being hawked by celebrities on the Internet and TV? Everyone from President Trump’s daughter and wife to Dr. Oz and Christie Brinkley have wrinkle products.
These products are often made by private labelers—manufacturers who make a mixture and provide the packaging. Some, like Lipotec and Borealis, provide selections of anti-aging mixtures from which a celebrity may choose, pick a container, and have the company even do the marketing. The celebrity just places his or her own label on the bottle. Therefore, you may buy an expensive cosmetic hawked by a popular celebrity who may or may not add their own ingredients. It is possible to pay to for the same ingredient mix $3.95 or $3500. You will pay for the celebrity’s brand –not the components, in most cases. Borealis, an Austrian company is one of the largest producers of anti-aging ingredients for celebrities. Among their special offerings is “anti-aging eye serum” used daily to fight the signs of aging. The company states on its anti-aging formulation page. It is the buyer’s responsibility to verify compliance with intellectual property rights.”
As I searched, I found the same woman with half her face showing a bag under one eye and not under the other eye. On Internet and TV sites, the model fanned her face as she rubbed on the cream implying that its effects were almost immediate. Some the instructions for the anti-aging creams, however, advise it will take nine days to nine weeks to see the results.
The ad identified a woman praising the anti-aging cream as a citizen of Texas. I tracked the name and address to Texas and indeed she was listed but I was then directed to New York, Nevada and finally to Austria— where the product originates. The company, Borealis, makes the “Anti-aging eye serum used daily to fight the signs of aging” praised by same model on various sites.
What about other anti-aging cream endorsements?
Bloggers can promote anti-aging creams on their sites and receive payment. The same holds true of “Beauty Experts” such as cosmeticians and dermatologists. They also have their own brands of anti-aging products.
Ingredients reported to be active on aging skin
I can’t vouch for the effectiveness of any anti-aging products but to be fair, thanks to scientific researchers and herbalists, there are reportedly beneficial active ingredients in some of today’s cosmetics. I don’t have room to list them all but the following are a few which appear to have “drug-like” action against the signs of wrinkles, sagging skin and brown spots– even if they are in unregulated cosmetics:
Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer. A gelling agent that thickens, emulsifies, and stabilizes many anti-wrinkle creams, anti-aging serums, anti- aging lotions, and beauty products. Derived from taurine, an amino acid found in almost tissue, especially in human milk. It is believed to be necessary for healthy eyes.
Allantoin. Found naturally in most animals and plants, and is also made in laboratories. A synthetic licorice derivative, it is widely used in skin- soothing cosmetics such as cold creams after-shaves and hand lotions and many other cosmetics such as lipsticks because it has been found to help heal wounds and skin ulcers and to stimulate the growth of healthy tissue.
Allantois. A membranous sac that develops from the embryo and takes part in the formation of the umbilical cord and the placenta. It is used to take up nitrogen-containing wastes and aids the intake of oxygen. Sometimes it is hyped as a “stem cell” ingredient.
Alpha-hydroxy Acids. (AHA). Derived from the “chemical peels” dermatologists and plastic surgeons have used for years, AHAs typically contain trichloro, phenol, resorcinol, and salicylic acid (see my A Consumers’ Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients, Crown Publishers for definitions). AHAs, which became available for home use in 1989, helps to remove signs of skin aging such as discoloration, roughness, and wrinkling. The ingredients cause skin to lose its outer layer (peel off) and reveal a fresher layer of skin. The FDA is concerned about AHAs, because these chemicals may penetrate the skin barrier, increase sun sensitivity and redness, and might be a factor in skin cancers.
Arachidoyl Alcohol. A waxy substance used as an emollient and thickener for cosmetics, it is derived from peanuts and related compounds and is used to soothe dry skin.
Argireline (Acetyl Hexapeptide-8) Often Called “Botox in a Jar”, is the ingredient in many anti-aging products. It penetrates deep into damaged skin and stimulates new collagen – a protein which makes skin appear plump and firm. It’s all the rage in beauty circles, much in part because of a 2009 study stating, applying non-prescription Argireline to your skin caused a 60% reduction in fine lines, dark spots and wrinkles. Bella Serata® promotes argireline as effective. ‘ Lipotec, private labeler and supplier of the chemical, reported female volunteers, half of whom used a cream with a 5% Argireline and the other half a cream that did not. The study was conducted by a Spanish university and published in the International Journal of Cosmetic Science. The conclusion was: Wrinkles around the eyes decreased up to 17% after 15 days of treatment and up to 27% after 30 days of treatment.
Avenanthramide. (Oatmeal). This ingredient’s ability to relieve itch and function as a skin protectant when formulated in facial masks and bath oils was first documented in the 1930’s. It is mentioned in the ancient Roman Empire as a cosmetic. Avenanthramide is involved in the natural development of oats and is presumed to be beneficial to human skin. The name is derived from the Spanish for antidote.
Callus Culture Filtrate. Plant calluses are derived from many different cell types. With the addition of plant hormones to the culture medium reportedly the callus cells can differentiate into whole plants (regenerate). Now you can guess why a Callus Culture is put into products for aging-skin.
Chicory Extract Cichortum intybus. Related to the Dandelion, a yellow flower that exudes a milky substance. In ancient times herbalists used the leaves to make a poultice for swelling and inflammation particularly of the eyes. It is used today in some anti- aging cosmetics for the same purpose.
Chlorphenesin. It is produced in the laboratory with p-chlorophenol (an antibiotic made from soil or synthetically) and glycidol (a liquid alcohol plus a protein or a detergent. According to information supplied to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by industry as part of the Voluntary Cosmetic Registration Program (VCRP) in 2012, the agent was being used in 1,386 cosmetic products as a bactericide and fungicide.
Dimethicone. (Synthetic Sand) It is used as ointment base and a skin protectant.
Deanol (DMAE) 2-dimethylaminoethanol. In a randomized clinical study, 3% DMAE facial gel applied daily for 16 weeks has been shown to be safe and efficacious in the mitigation of forehead lines and around the eye fine wrinkles, and in improving lip shape and fullness and the overall appearance of aging skin. These effects did not regress during a 2-week cessation of application. Beneficial trends were also noted in the appearance of coarse wrinkles, under-eye dark circles, nasolabial folds, sagging neck skin, and neck firmness, Am J Clin Dermatol. 2005;6(1):39-47.
Eryngium Maritimum. (Sea Holly) Used by herbalists to treat many urinary ailments including water retention and kidney stones. Theoretically, it might help with puffiness.
Glucoside Trideceth. A mixture of sugar and alcohol used in anti-aging eye serums. Reportedly smooths fine wrinkles.
Hyaluronic Acid. (HA). A sugar compound present in all connective tissue in humans, its function is to cushion and lubricate Used in “rejuvenating” skin products and in injections to puff out wrinkles. If there is a lot of swelling, cosmetics containing this ingredient may help because, according to some dermatologists, HA helps reduce spider veins, deeply hydrates, and plumps fine lines.
Peptides. Naturally occurring amino acids– building blocks of protein. Collagen is constructed of peptides and is a common ingredient in anti-aging products. The skin contains an abundance of collagen when young the supply decreases with age, which is why the it begins to appear thinner and more wrinkled. Lab-engineered peptides have reportedly shown promise as a skin cream ingredient that can stimulate skin growth and repair. Collagen-Researchers at the n promise. Collagen-Researchers at the French Vincience Research Center (J Clin Dermatol. 2005;6(1):39-4) concluded collagen as a skin cream ingredient t can stimulate skin growth and repair.
Retinols. Derivatives of vitamin A, they are among the first active ingredients in modern anti-aging laboratory made products. They can be absorbed through the skin and can create the anti-aging effect by sloughing off dead skin cells. Retinoic acid stimulates production of a structural protein in your skin called collagen, and all-trans-retinoic acid is used topically as a cream for photo-aging of the skin, acne and psoriasis. Retinoic acid is also required for normal skin formation and function during fetal development.
Silica. (Sand) Used in hand lotions, protective and anti-aging creams, silica is aimed at sloughing off dead cells as well as protecting skin from the elements.
Stem Cell. A cell that has the potential to develop into many different types of cells. Embryos have stem cells which can develop into almost any kind of body part. The use of human stem cells in cosmetics is highly controversial so researchers have concentrated on stem cells from plants. A team of collaborators at the Swiss company, Mibelle Biochemistry, for example, developed a stem cell extract from apples which they report stimulates stem cells in the epidermis (outer protective layer of skin). In laboratory efficacy studies, the widely- respected researchers a 0.1% extract of their apple stem cells stimulates the proliferation of human stem cells by 80%. Studies on human volunteers using a cream with 2% extract showed a reduction in wrinkle depth from 8–15%. As an independently operating business unit, Mabelle Group Biochemistry specializes in the research and development of active ingredients for cosmetics. As a full-service private, the group covers the entire process of brand management. It is tailored to meet a wide variety of retail environments from mass market to wellness centers and spas and direct to consumer platforms. ( www.mibellegroup.com/index.php/en/business-units/brands),
Tocophenyl Acetate. An anti-oxidant and skin conditioner used in makeup, anti-aging cream and many other products. A derivative of Vitamin E, Experimental results suggest it may protect blood vessels and retard signs of aging.
Tretinoin. Among the first active ingredients in modern anti-aging laboratory-made products approved by the FDA. Retinoids are derivatives of Vitamin A. They can be absorbed through the skin and can create the anti-aging effect by sloughing off dead skin cells. Web MD, a respected medical website, says the prescription retinoid works by increasing the making of new collagen. It also stimulates new blood vessels in the skin, giving skin a rosy appearance, fading age spots, and reducing precancerous skin spots called actinic keratosis. Tretinoin also may help prevent more serious effects of ultraviolet radiation. A WebMD dermatologist says over-the-counter retinoids may not work as well as tretinoin in reducing wrinkles, but they can improve the appearance of sun-damaged skin. Using them along with products that have alpha-hydroxy acids may provide even more skin-smoothing effects.
Summing it up.
If you are influenced by the publicity about an anti-aging cosmetic and you are convinced it will work for you, then go ahead and plunk your money down. The psychological benefit may be worth it and your skin might appear younger. On the other hand, remember the old saying: Aging is a matter of mind—if you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.
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Associates were a Scottish post-punk and new wave band of the early 1980s.[1] They were known for the unique voice of singer Billy Mackenzie. Their biggest success was in 1982 with the UK Top 10 album Sulk and UK Top 20 singles "Party Fears Two" and "Club Country".
1979–1982: Associates mk. 1[edit source | editbeta] Edit
Mackenzie and guitarist Alan Rankine met in Dundee in 1976 and formed the cabaret duo The Ascorbic Ones.[1] In 1979, they recorded songs as Mental Torture before changing the name again to Associates. Their debut single, a cover of David Bowie's "Boys Keep Swinging", was released June 1979, just six weeks after Bowie's version hit the UK Top 10 in April. This was followed by a string of singles and two albums,The Affectionate Punch and Fourth Drawer Down.
In 1981, Rankine and MacKenzie released a version of "Kites" under the name 39 Lyon Street, with Christine Beverage on lead vocals. The B-side, "A Girl Named Property", was credited to The Associates.
The band's breakthrough came in 1982 with the release of the single "Party Fears Two". Buoyed along by the popularity of synthpop at the time, the song reached number 9 on the UK Singles Chart.[1] Two other hits followed, "Club Country" and "18 Carat Love Affair". That year the band released their most commercially successful album, Sulk. Martha Ladly, of Martha and the Muffins, contributed backing vocals and keyboards to this album.
1983–1990: Associates mk. 2 and commercial decline[edit source | editbeta] Edit
Rankine left the band in 1982 just before the Sulk tour. This proved disastrous for the band's career; the band was being courted by Seymour Stein of Sire Records, but without Rankine, Stein lost interest. Mackenzie continued to write and record music under the name Associates until 1990. The albums Perhaps, The Glamour Chase (which the record company refused to release, considering it not commercially viable) and Wild and Lonely were made during this period. However, recordings were sporadic and subsequent Associates records failed to reach the charts in the UK and sold far fewer than their early albums.
1991–present: split and aftermath[edit source | editbeta] Edit
The Associates name was eventually put to rest, and Mackenzie released an electronica-influenced solo album Outernational in 1992 with limited success. In 1993, Mackenzie and Rankine began working on new material together. News of an Associates revival generated hype and speculation of a tour, and the demos recorded by the two were promising. However, Mackenzie was not fully committed to the reunion and especially touring with it, so Associates split for a final time. Mackenzie went back to his solo work, signing a deal with Nude Records and finding a new collaborative partner in Steve Aungle. Between 1987 and 1992, Billy worked with Swiss avant-garde outfit Yello. MacKenzie wrote the lyrics of the song "The Rhythm Divine" performed by Shirley Bassey on the album One Second, with MacKenzie singing backing vocals. MacKenzie contributed to three Yello albums: One Second (1987), Flag (1988) and Baby (1991). Some tracks for The Glamour Chase and Outernational were recorded with Boris Blank at Yello's recording studio.
MacKenzie committed suicide in 1997 at age 39, shortly after the death of his mother. He had been suffering from clinical depression. He was contemplating a comeback at the time with material co-written with Aungle. The albums Beyond the Sun (1997) and Eurocentric (2000) were released posthumously and, in 2004, reconstructed and expanded with new unreleased songs into the two albums Auchtermatic andTransmission Impossible.
Rankine is now a lecturer in music at Stow College in Glasgow, and worked with Belle & Sebastian on their 1996 debut album, Tigermilk.
The book The Glamour Chase by Tom Doyle documented the band's career and MacKenzie's subsequent life.
Legacy[edit source | editbeta] Edit
Before Mackenzie's death almost all Associates records had been deleted. Former band member Michael Dempsey and the Mackenzie estate began a reissue programme to make sure the band's legacy continued. Almost every Associates album has been re-issued so far, including a 25-Anniversary edition of The Affectionate Punch in 2005. In addition to the original albums, two compilation albums have been released: Double Hipness (2000), a collection of early tracks with the 1993 reunion demos; and Singles (2004), an extended version of Popera - The Singles Collection which caught up with post-1990 material and included the cover of Bowie's "Boys Keep Swinging". In 2002, The Glamour Chase (recorded in the years 1985-87) was eventually released. Finally, Wild & Lonely and Mackenzie's solo album Outernational were repackaged with bonus tracks in 2006.
Artists who have covered "Party Fears Two" include The Divine Comedy, Dan Bryk, King Creosote and Heaven 17. An instrumental section of "Party Fears Two" was used as the theme music for the BBC Radio 4satirical current affairs series Week Ending.
The instrumental piano passage from the "Nocturne VII" track (which appeared on the posthumous Beyond The Sun album) was used in the BBC series Masterchef in November 2009.
An edited version of "Club Country" appeared in the second series finale of the BBC drama Ashes to Ashes, set in 1982.
American electronic pop duo Microfilm did a tribute song to Billy Mackenzie in 2009 titled "I'll Sing Like Billy Mackenzie in Heaven" which featured guitar and additional vocals by Scissor Sisters' member Del Marquis. It appeared on the 2009 EP "Blips Don't Lie" and the subsequent singles compilation I Am Curious: Microfilm 2006-2010.
Band members[edit source | editbeta] Edit
Note: There are many other instrumentalists who augmented Associates through their tenure but not all are known especially on earlier demos etc.
Billy Mackenzie - vocals
Alan Rankine - guitars, keyboards and other instruments (1977–1982, 1993 for reunion)
John Sweeney - original drummer
Michael Dempsey (formerly of The Cure) - bass guitar (1980–1982)
John Murphy (later of SPK and Death In June) - drums (1980–81)
Steve Goulding (formerly of Graham Parker & the Rumour and later of the Mekons) - drums (1982–1983)
Howard Hughes was a friend of Mackenzie and played keyboards live and on his later albums Perhaps, The Glamour Chase and Wild and Lonely. (1984–1990)
Steve Reid was a friend of Mackenzie and played guitar on Perhaps. (1982–1984)
Roberto Soave - bass (1983–1985)
Moritz Von Oswald - drums (1985 onwards), percussion on Wild and Lonely; also composed some songs on Outernational and did various remixes of Associates songs with Ralf Hertwig.
Anne Dudley of Art of Noise - strings on Wild and Lonely. (1990)
Martha Ladly (previously of Martha and the Muffins) - keyboards and vocals on Sulk. (1982)
Robert Smith (lead singer of The Cure) - backing vocals on "The Affectionate Punch".
Jim Russell - drums (1984)
Ian McIntosh - guitars, live and radio sessions after Rankine left, (1982–1985)
Martin Lowe - live guitars, (1982)
The Affectionate Punch (Fiction, 1980)
Fourth Drawer Down (Situation Two, 1981)
Sulk (WEA, 1982) UK No. 10
Perhaps (WEA, 1985) UK No. 23, NL No. 29
The Glamour Chase (WEA, 1988) - but unreleased until 2003
Wild and Lonely (Circa, 1990) UK No. 71
Popera (WEA East West, 1990)
The Radio 1 Sessions (Nighttracks, 1994)
Double Hipness (V2, 2000)
Radio 1 Sessions Volume 1;1981-83 (Strange Fruit, 2003)
Singles (WEA, 2004)[1][2]
"Boys Keep Swinging" (Double Hip, 1979)
"The Affectionate Punch" (Fiction, 1980)
"Tell Me Easter's on Friday" (Situation Two, 1981)
"Kites" [as 39 Lyon Street] (1981)
"Q Quarters" (Situation Two, 1981)
"Kitchen Person" (Situation Two, 1981)
"A" (Fiction, 1981)
"Message Oblique Speech" (Situation Two, 1981)
"White Car in Germany" (Situation Two, 1981)
"Party Fears Two" (WEA, 1982) UK No. 9
"Club Country" (WEA, 1982) UK No. 13
"18 Carat Love Affair" / "Love Hangover" (WEA, 1982) UK No. 21
"Even Dogs In the Wild" (1982)
"Matter of Gender" (1982)
"Ice Cream Factory" (1983)
"Those First Impressions" (1984) UK No. 43
"Waiting for the Love Boat" (1984) UK No. 53
"Breakfast" (1984) UK No. 49, NL No. 36
"Take Me to the Girl" (1985)
"Heart of Glass" (1988) UK No. 56
"Country Boy" (WEA, 1989 - withdrawn)
"Fever" (1990)
"Fire to Ice" (1990)
"Just Can't Say Goodbye" (1990)
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I would like to think I am well-placed to give advice on how to learn a foreign language: marry a foreigner. Yet, even this somewhat radical step does not necessarily bring instant fluency: despite also living in my husband’s country, 20 years on I am still grappling to get the words out. Although many kind people insist that my accent is “charmant” I am very grateful that I do not have to listen to it myself
However, I could give advice on how not to learn a foreign language: spend 12 years reciting sentences such as “la plume de ma tante” (strangely enough, I have never used this phrase outside the classroom). I remember a whole school year of French classes taken up with drawing and cutting out a “valise”. Although it is true I spent most of the time in the corridor outside the classroom due to my disruptive behaviour, I think I can be forgiven: at the age of 6, eager and energetic, I was hungry for knowledge and frustrated by the limited expectations.
Experts may disagree with me, but the fact that my French teachers had names such as Mr Golding and Mrs Bradley surely played a role (I won’t be cruel and start talking about their age – everyone seems very ancient from a child’s view). Even today I still ponder long and hard as to the gender of ‘beurre’ or ‘fleur’: hard to shed the ingrained rule – according to Mr G and Mrs B – that every noun ending in ‘e’ is female.
So that was then and this is now. Has the method – and final result obtained – in learning languages improved? The British department of education states “Learning a foreign language is a liberation from insularity and provides an opening to other cultures”: an intelligent and forward-thinking statement – and yet it is no longer compulsory to learn a modern language at school after the age of 11 (and only a cursory amount from 7-11). The British have now become so complacent about being understood throughout the world without opening a phrase book that the motivation for studying another language is dwindling rapidly.
How are languages taught in the French classroom today? Probably a lot better than in Britain and somewhat worse than in Scandinavia. I was amused to discover only the other day that my own children had watched videos of the cartoon “Pingu” whilst at their French primary school. As I had no idea what they were refering to I have just spent 5 minutes (quite enough, thank you) on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyk1394JF6k. Quite how anyone is supposed to improve their English thanks to Pingu I know not. I can afford to be amused; my children are already bilingual, but this is not so funny for French families who know that their children have to be able to communicate fluently in English.
Many French parents gnash their teeth worrying about what they believe to be the poor level of their children’s English, but on the whole I have been impressed by the ability of the French teenagers I have met to converse with me. Perhaps it is just a question of confidence and the lack of opportunity to put the theoretical learning into practice. “The French school system is built around negativity. There is lot’s of telling pupils off and putting them down and in the end they come out of it believing they are bad at languages; a lot of French people say that themselves” says David Stenning, director of Interface Business Languages in Paris.
The comment made to me by the father of a 15 year old French boy made me think. He was looking for somewhere to send his son at the beginning of the summer and I suggested him going to a British boarding school for the month of June. His father replied that it would be a waste of time for his son to sit in lessons with British children; he said that he knew how easy it was to ‘zone out’ when a conversation was hard to follow and that he himself had only learnt a few words of slang after 3 months working in a bar in England as a student.
It is true that simply going to a foreign country – whether it be to school, university or even to work – is not enough. Anyone can spend years abroad and return with no more than the ability to ask for a loaf of bread or pint of beer. Useful knowledge, of course, but perhaps not totally satisfactory. The key is to get involved and participate, rather than being a silent onlooker. The boy’s father and I had a long and interesting chat and I was able to assure him that a good school in England would encourage pupil participation, aided by the fact that class sizes are small and streamed according to ability. (His son did go to boarding school for the month of June and the stay was, I believe, a great success).
Should a child who goes to a summer school in Britain take (often optional) English language classes? I would say yes, if they are ‘hands on’, fun and interesting but probably not if they are simply a repeat of the experience in the child’s class at home; there is little point in packing a suitcase for this. Taking part in an activity which interests a child – tennis, riding, rowing, sailing, painting, singing: whatever it may be – in which they will be forced (in the most natural way) to converse with intructors and other children in English, would be a much more positive, fruitful exercise. It is a well-known fact that we learn best when we are interested, involved and happy in what we are doing; the effort is a more pleasurable and positive experience.
This is not to ignore the importance of knowing how to write a language fluently and there are some very interesting courses with a more academic emphasis on offer in Britain for the older child. Whilst the tried and tested ‘séjour linguistique’ is still in existence, there is now the possibility for teenagers to learn about Business, Law, Public Speaking, Debating, Team Building – all in English.
So what is the best way to learn a foreign language? Start as young as possible, converse with native speakers, read, watch and listen to everything and anything in that language with passion and enthusiasm: throw yourself into it, without inhibition or hesitation. This is my amateur opinion and nothing new.
Why are my children billingual? Simply because I have always, always, always spoken English to them and my husband French – and – just as importantly – they have always replied in the same language. Why do the Dutch and Scandinavian speak such fantastic English? Because they have to. They are immersed in English from an early age – particularly via the television; it is second nature to them.
Take heart, though, if you feel that you have already left it too late for your child ever to be comfortably fluent in English. My husband spurned English at school in favour of German and Russian. At the grand age of 24 he took himself off to Hastings for a ‘séjour linguistique’ (shades of ‘A Nous les Petites Anglaises’) and, by the time I met him (not in Hastings, I hasten to add) a year or so later (conversing in English, despite my ‘A’ level French) one would be hard pressed to believe he was a relative newcomer to the English language. He can still recite reams of German poetry and sing in Russian, although he never uses either language. Is this because he has what we call a ‘good ear’ or do I have to admit that he is just a touch cleverer than me?
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How Star Wars Rebels Season 4 Episode 1 Set Up The Last Season
by Padraig Cotter
Here's how Star Wars Rebels season 4 episode 1 "Heroes of Mandalore" helped set the dark tone of the show's final year. The original Star Wars ignited the imaginations of movie fans back in 1977 and suggested a much wider universe outside the main adventure. The first Expanded Universe novel was Splinter Of The Mind's Eye, which found Luke and Leia off on another adventure on a swamp planet and facing off with Darth Vader again.
Splinter was originally conceived by George Lucas as a potential low-budget sequel that could reuse props from Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, should the movie underperform. When it proved to be a success, the concept was instead turned into a book. It didn't take long for the franchise to expand into further comic books, novels, video games and animated series that took fans to new corners of the galaxy. This includes acclaimed animated spinoffs like Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels.
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Over the course of its four seasons, Star Wars Rebels found its heroes battling against the Empire between the events of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith and Rogue One. The show introduced new characters like Ezra and Sabine and while it featured some great action sequences and humor, it wasn't afraid to get a little dark either. This can definitely be seen in Star Wars Rebels Season 4 Episode 1 "Heroes Of Mandalore," which proved to be the darkest series of the show.
Episode one is the first half of the Star Wars Rebels two-part "Heroes Of Mandalore" arc, which finds Sabine, Ezra and Kanan on a rescue mission to Mandalore to save Sabine's kidnapped father. She teams up with Clone Wars fan favorite Bo-Katan to attack a convey holding her father and succeeds it rescuing him after an epic chase. Part one feels like it's going to end on a victorious note until the Empire unleashes a new weapon called the Arc Pulse Generator, also known as "the Duchess," which incinerates those wearing Mandalorian armor. The crew finds all the Mandalorians who aided in the rescue were killed by this weapon - and her father reveals it was Sabine who designed the Duchess.
Star Wars Rebels season 4 episode 1 has all the action and humor inherent to the show, but it also shows the impact of the war against the Empire. Mandalore is said to have once been a beautiful place but it's been turned into a wasteland through endless battles. Sabine also has to confront her past when the weapon she created is deployed against her own people, though thankfully by the end of part 2 she's destroyed the Arc Pulse Generator and Bo-Katan is appointed the leader of Mandalore after accepting the Darksaber.
Star Wars Rebels season 4 episode 1 sums up what was always great about the show, from expanding the mythology of the series to combining action, humor and drama. "Heroes Of Mandalore" established the darker tone for the final season and that not even the heroes can fight in a war without paying a terrible price.
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John Edward Taylerson
Died 1942 (Probable)
Active: 1881 - 1926
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, stone carver, ecclesiastical sculptor, teacher
Born in Norton, Durham and christened on 13 January 1855. He was the son of William Taylerson (born c.1828 in county Durham), a railway engine driver. John Edward and his widowed mother Margaret (born c.1827) moved to London before 1881. At this time he was working as an ecclesiastical sculptor (possibly for Thomas Earp though this is unconfirmed) and his mother was a tea dealer and provision merchant. Taylerson studied at at Faversham School of Art, South London Technical School of Art (the latter c.1882) and at Westminster School of Art. By 1881 he was working as an ecclesiastical sculptor and had established a business in Wandsworth. His most important architectural projects include: Lloyds Shipping Register, Thames House, and the majority of sculpture in wood and stone at St John's Holland Road, Kensington. Taylerson's sequence of the wise and foolish virgins in the porch and of the apostles and saints on the chancel screen are very fine. He also sculpted the group, entitled 'Succouring the Defenceless' for the War Memorial at Warlingham, Surrey. Taylerson taught modelling and wood-carving at Battersea Polytechnic.
This record includes information about Taylerson's work at St John's Holland Road, Kensington submitted by Neil Traynor. See: http://www.stjohnthebaptisthollandroad.co.uk/history/ (accessed 30 April 2018).
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Miss Hilda Dederick
1919 (Presumed)
Address 31 Robertson Street East London SW | View on map
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1884 (Circa) - 1886 (Circa)
Address 90 Holland Road Lambeth London | View on map
Address 70 Sugden Road Battersea London | View on map
Address 30 Fontarabia Road Battersea London | View on map
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Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1897
'Christmas Carol'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
Exhibited 26 times, thirty-eight works in all (statuettes, reliefs, medallions, portrait busts and a war memorial)
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1892
Christmas Morn (cat. no. 1343, marble relief, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-third (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1893
The Blessed Damosel (cat. no. 1233, relief, £35); Death in Love (cat. no. 1238, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fifth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1895
Evensong (cat. no. 1327, panel, illustrated on the catalogue cover).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-sixth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1896
Christmas Carol (cat. no. 1166, marble low relief, £8 10s.).
Exhibited at The Seventy-Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1919
Institutional and Business Connections
Student at South London Technical School of Art (also Lambeth School of Art and City and Guilds of London Art School)
He took five courses in Modelling (Antique & Life)
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Architect's Sculptor' employer, he was employing one servant
'Sculptor, Carver, Modeller in Marble, Stone, Wood, Ivory etc.' working on own account
'Ecclesiastical Sculptor'
Occupation given in South London Technical School of Art (City and Guilds of London Institute): Student Enrolments, 1880-2
'Stone Carver'
Occupation given in London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
'Sculptor'
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fifth, 1895 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-second, 1892 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-sixth, 1896 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-third, 1893 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Catalogue for the Seventy-Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1919
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1897
Cat. No. 788, pp. 74, 110
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
Class: RG 9; Piece: 3697; Folio: 77; Page: 12; GSU roll: 543174
RG10 piece 4913 folio 51 page 9
RG11 piece 655 folio 98 page 34
RG14PN2228 RG78PN76 RD26 SD3 ED8 SN301
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
Name: John E Taylerson Birth Date: abt 1855 Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1942 Age at Death: 87 Registration district: Hampstead Inferred County: London Volume: 1a Page: 509
England, Select Births and Christening Records, 1538-1975
Name: John Edward Taylorson Gender: Male Baptism Date: 13 Jan 1855 Baptism Place: Norton,Durham,England Father: William Taylorson Mother: Margaret FHL Film Number: 91104
London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: p75/jn/012
Public Sculpture of the City of London Public Sculpture of Britain Volume Five
Royal Academy Exhibitors 1905-70: A Dictionary of Artists and their Work in the Summer Exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts, Vol. VI SHERR-ZUL
South London Technical School of Art (City and Guilds of London Institute): Student Enrolments, 1880-2
The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904. Vol. 8: Toft to Zwecker
'John Edward Taylerson', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib1_1219317448, accessed 18 Jul 2019]
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Holloween Trick or Treat Hours, Sat. Oct. 31, 2015
Posted 2015-10-31 10:27:00 by Terry Frank
For those of you wondering about the times for trick-or-treating in the Jamestown area for 2015... here they are...
- City of Jamestown -- 6-to-8 PM....
- Village of Falconer -- 5:30 to 7 PM....
- Village of Celoron -- 6-to-8 PM....
- Town of Ellicott -- 5:30 to 7 PM....
- Village of Lakewood -- 6-to-8 PM.....
- Town of Busti -- 6-to-8 PM....
- Village of Bemus Point -- 6-to-8 PM....
- Town of Ellery -- 6-to-8 PM....
- Village of Cassadaga -- 4-to-7 PM....
- Town of Stockton -- 4 to 7 PM
- Brocton: 2-to-4 PM
- Mayville 5-to-7 PM
- Ripley 6-to-8 PM
- Westfield: 6-8:30 PM
Enjoy and be safe!
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News Headlines for Sat. am, Oct. 31, 2015
JCC receives telephone threat, city campus "locked-down" about four hours before all clear given...
The "all-clear" was given at Jamestown Community College’s City Campus early this evening after the threat of a "shooter" on campus was phoned in early Friday afternoon. JCC's Vice-President of Enrollment, Marketing and Communications Kirk Young... says an earlier lock-down was done as a precautionary measure due to the threat phoned in to the college from an off-campus location. Jamestown Police Captain Bob Samuelson says they're still looking for the man who allegedly called in the threat traced to a public phone at the Prendergast Library. Samuelson says they have video tape of the man... who was wearing a yellow pancho/rain jacket... blue knit cap, and dark jeans. Young says the Jamestown Campus was declared safe from the threat about 6 p.m. All events on the Jamestown Campus were cancelled after the threat was made. Other than late afternoon and early evening activities... the Halloween Party was the only major activity called off. Young says students living on campus were allowed last evening to leave and re-enter residence halls. Anyone with information is asked to call 483-7537, or the JPD Tip-line at 483-TIPS... that's 483-8477.
City police also investigation allegedly bank robbery on Spring Street...
Jamestown police are also on the look-out for a white man who allegedly entered the First Niagara Bank on Spring Street late yesterday afternoon... and, demanded cash from a teller. Police Captain Bob Samuelson says the man was wearing an off-red and tan colored flannel hoodie... and, dark baseball cap. Samuelson says the suspect walked into the 417 Spring St. location about 4:30 p.m. A copy of the photo has been circulated. The man feld the scene on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. Samuelson says anyone who may recognize the man... or knows about the robbery is asked to call city police at 483-7537.
State officials taking measures to ensure public safety on Halloween from paroled sex
offenders...
New York state is taking steps to ensure paroled sex offenders don't take advantage of Halloween to commit another crime. The state said Friday that it is imposing special rules on convicted sex offenders that prohibit them from dressing up in costume or opening their doors to trick-or-treaters. Parolees are also instructed to remain home Halloween night. The state says parole officers will make home visits to about 2,375 sex offenders currently under supervision. It's the 10th year such rules have been imposed.
Trick-or Treat hours set in Jamestown, and area...
In addition to the city-wide Halloween Fun Fest... Jamestown's trick-or-treet hours also run from 6 until 8 p.m. Saturday night. Those are also the hours in Lakewood... Celoron... Frewsburg... Bemus Point and, the town of Busti. The hours are 5:30 to 7 p.m. for Falconer... and, the town of Ellicott. Parents are urged to dress their kids appropriately for the weather, and safety.
**News Alert! for Fri., Oct. 30, 2015
**Alert - JCC campus threat phoned-in, campus on lock-out and lock-down of residence halls...
All activites and classes at Jamestown Community College have been cancelled for today after a threat was phoned into the city campus earlier this afternoon. City Police and JCC officials say a white male of unknown age apparently phoned in the threat shortly before 2 this afternoon. Jamestown Police Chief and Director of Public Safety Harry Snellings says the threat was apparently phoned into the college from a public phone at the Prendergast Library about 1:50 p.m. Snellings says dispatchers were able to trace the call. They also obtained a video from the library... which shows a suspect wearing a yellow raincoat... and, a blue knit hat with dark colored jeans and shoes. All JCC buildings have been locked... and, cannot be entered right now... and the residence halls are also locked until the situation has passed. Students will need their JCC I-D to get into residence halls. All activities, including a campus Halloween Party, have been cancelled for tonight. Anyone with information on the situation is asked to call Jamestown Police AT 483-7537... or the tips-line at 483-TIPS, or 483-8477.
WJTN News Headlines
Posted 2015-10-29 06:16:00 by Terry Frank/Brian Papalia
Firefighters from a number of departments have been called to the scene of a structure fire in Mayville early this morning. The call went out about 5 o'clock this morning for a structure fire at an apartment house located at 57 Morris Street in Mayville. The fire reportedly started in the basement. Just before 5:30 this morning it was reported that all of the residents of the apartment had made it out of the house safely.
Just after 3 o'clock this morning crews were called out to a structure fire at the Sherman Livestock Auction House on Route 430 just outside of Sherman. County dispatch reports that several fire departments are on the scene battling that blaze. No injuries were reported. We will have more details on both of these fires as they become available.
The second of two men who allegedly murdered a member of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra in the Sherman-area has pled guilty to an federal firearms possession charge. U-S Attorney William Hochul, Junior says 31 year-old Charles Sanford pled guilty to being a "Felon in Possession of a Firearm" in U-S District Judge in Buffalo. Hochul says the charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison... a fine of 250-thousand dollars... or both. Hochul says Sanford, and 44 year-old Jonathon Conklin, are accused of robbing 61 year-old Mary Whitaker on August 20th of 2014... and, stealing her car in the get-away. Both were found two days later in Erie, Pennsylvania. Hochul says -- "with today's conviction, both defendants responsible for this conduct will now face a very long time in prison." Conklin Tuesday pled guilty to a federal carjacking charge. Sanford has already pled guilty locally to a second-degree murder charge... while Conklin's case is to go before a jury in a few months. Both Sanford and Conklin will be sentenced on the federal charges next March 9th.
The Chautauqua County Legislature has kept it's word... and, delivered a 2016 budget plan that cuts taxes by 5-percent. However... the vote was not unanimous. Lawmakers approved the approximately 256-million dollar spending plan last night, 18-to-1. But... a proposal to use another 443-thousand dollars in the budget's undesignated fund balance was passed in a much closer vote, 12-to-7. Audit and Control Committee Chairman John Runkle offered the amendment... based on an added 8.3-million dollars in sales tax revenues. Silver Creek Republican George Borrello voted against the amendment... arguing that dipping into fund balance was NOT a re-occuring revenue. He called it a "one-shot." But... Borrello did vote for the final budget deal. Dunkirk Democrat Keith Ahlstrom voted against both the amendment and the final budget. He says -- due to the half-a-percent sales tax increase -- this budget actually taxes more. In addition to cutting the tax levy by 5-percent... the final county budget cuts the tax rate by 6.6-percent... or about 60-cents to 8-dollars-55 cents per thousand full value.
County lawmakers last night also approved putting one additional Probation Officer in the budget at a cost of just over 56-thousand dollars. County Executive Vince Horrigan says he's pleased with that move. However... he says he's disappointed that lawmakers approved a budget that takes 443-thousand dollars out of fund balance. Horrigan says that's not sustainable. At the same time... he says he won't be vetoing the budget.
Local Congressman Tom Reed was among the large majority that tonight elected Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan as the new Speaker of the House. Reed voted for Ryan... and, says the former vice-Presidential candidate has "the skills, background knowledge and understanding to help us overcome the challenges we face, and move us toward smart and fair solutions for the benefit of the American people." The vote over Florida Congressman Daniel Webster was 200 to-43. After a full House vote later today... Ryan will succeed John Boehner, who announced his resignation last month. In brief remarks after the vote.. he said "we are not going to have a House that looks like it looked the last two years. We are going to move forward, we are going to unify.''
The endorsed Democrat candidate for Lakewood Mayor has become the first woman to ever run for the village's top-elected position. Cara Birritieri (Beer-ah-TEE-Airy) is a Boston, Massachusetts-area native... who moved to her husband's hometown several years ago. Birritieri says she's been involved with the community in several ways... including being part of the Citizens for Better Government Committee. She is not a member of a political party... but, has picked up the Democrat, Working Families, and Women's Equality lines for next Tuesday's election. Birritieri says she wants to be a "full-time" mayor even though the position is part-time. She says her current public relations work allows her to do that... as well as write grants to help fund projects. If elected... Birritieri says she would work to get people to work together. She says there's been some division shown on the board. Birritieri adds that her candidacy is about "independent, transparent, and fully-involved leadership." She previously ran for the Busti Town Board. She and her husband, and their two children, live in the village.
They're not "at odds..." but, there is a difference of opinion on the use of a joint Recreation Fund held by the town of Busti and village of Lakewood. With that... town Supervisor Jesse Robbins has asked the state Comptroller's Office to investigate the fund... and, it's use. Robbins and Lakewood Mayor David Wordelmann Wednesday afternoon held a press conference at the Town Court facility to clear up any "miscommunication and misleading" reports and rumors related to the fund. Wordelmann says both he and Robbins look forward to getting the report.
Wordelmann says there was about 108-thousand dollars left in the fund at the end of 2012. Robbins says he has used about 69-thousand dollars -- primarily in two areas related to the old Rec. Center on West Summit Avenue. He says they had received a nice offer to buy the old Quanset Hut building... but, adds they had to pay 32-thousand-100 dollars to the Kiwanis Club because the building could only be used for "recreation" purposes. He adds another 29-thousand dollars was used for the town's purchase of 125 Chautauqua Avenue for the next town offices and court facililty. Both he and Wordelmann say they have worked together on a number of cost-saving moves. Both Robbins and Wordelmann are running for re-election and have opposition... and, says the rumors have been started during the course of the campaign.
A Jamestown man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison... and, 10-years post-release supervision following his conviction on child pornography charges. U-S Attorney William Hochul, Junior says that 23 year-old Alvin Vazquez Rojas had been convicted of one count of Production of Child Pornography... and, received the sentence yesterday in U-S District Court. Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Allen, Junior handled the case... and, says that Rojas took sexually graphic photographs of a 7 year-old minor between December of 2012 and May of 2013 while the child was asleep. Allen says Rojas then stored the images on a laptop computer. In addition to those images... he adds the defendant also possessed 52 images and 152 video files of child pornography that were downloaded from the internet.
The winds died down... but, the earlier winds that were remnants of Hurricane PatricIa left their mark -- especially over the north county. The High Wind Warning for the area was discontinued late yesterday. However... authorites say there are a number of downed trees in the city of Dunkirk. Police Chief David Ortolano says one landed on a car. Oddly enough, the southeast winds caused lake levels to drop by about a foot or two. Levan says this changed overnight when a cold front pushed through. She says the Lake Erie levels will go up between 4 to 6 feet once the winds change. As a result, a Lakeshore Flood Advisory is continued now through 2 this afernoon for the lake shore area along Chautauqua and Erie counties.
The investigation is continuing into the death of a Buffalo-area man whose body was found on the side of a rural Cattaraugus County road after a car crash. State Police in Machias say 39 year-old Steven Kessler of Grand Island was in a vehicle that was involved in a crash last Friday evening in the town of Humphrey. Police say Kessler was found dead outside a home on a road that's a short distance from where the accident occurred. Troopers say an autopsy conducted by the medical examiner's office in neighboring Erie County determined his death to be accidental.
Posted 2015-10-27 06:47:00 by Terry Frank/Dennis Webster
A drug bust last last week led to a second one in three days Sunday morning on Jamestown's northside. City Police Captain Bob Samuelson says members of the Jamestown Metro Drug Task Force had learned that 21 year-old Laquil Hilson had returned back to the 15 Stowe Street residence that he had allegedly been trafficking "crack" cocaine from for the past few months. Samuelson says they had already arrested 19 year-old Victoria Rosier for being in possession of several narcotic pills during a raid last Friday morning. Samuelson says Hilson was arrested about 11 AM without incident... and, charged with one count each of third-degree criminal possession... and, sale of a controlled substance. He says the two-month long investigation revealed that Hilson used the Stowe Street address to sell and possess "crack." Rosier was also found to have her 10-month old child present where the drugs were located. She also faces a child endangerment charge. Hilson is jailed without bail. Anyone with information on the illegal trafficking and sales of narcotics in the city should call the Metro Task Force at 483-TIPS... that's 483-8477.
The smaller departments in the city of Jamestown have gotten much smaller over the past 20 years... and, some even moreso in the past couiple of years. The City Council continued it's review of Mayor Sam Teresi's 2016 budget plan last night... and, reviewed several departments, including Finance, Clerk, Comptroller... and the Corporation Counsel. However... there wasn't much savings to be found. For example... the Comptoller's Office had eight people in 1991... but, now has just three. Corporation Counsel Fiore-Lehman says her budget's Judgements and Claims line is down "dramatically" to 50-thousand dollars in 2016. Rabb says that number has been in six-figures for sometime... and, he's concerned about the lower number... and, the potential need to hire outside counsel for cases where there may be a "conflict of interest." In addition... Rabb says lawmakers will likely have to apply to the state for another fee increase for copies of birth certificates because it wasn't approved for this year. Lawmakers will continue to review the 35.1-million dollar spending plan... which includes a 5.6-percent tax increase... next Monday night. During last night's Council voting session... lawmakers agreed to lift the city's on-going hiring freeze to replace a retiring Laborer in the Public Works Department. City officials say the item is already budgeted in the 2015 spending plan.
There will be a base rate decrease in one of two division budgets approved by the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities Monday afternoon. In addition... there will be no increase in the other. That from BPU General Manager Dave Leathers... who says the 4.8-percent rate cut is for the District Heat and Chilling Division. Leathers says the new rate will actually take effect on bills mailed after December 1st. Meantime... there will be no rate increase for the seventh-year in a row for the BPU's Wastewater Division. Leathers says the board is -- quote -- "gratified by our ability to control rates on behalf of our customers." The total Wastewater Budget for 2016 is 4.67-million dollars. Leathers says there are some increased expenses... including 68-thousand dollars at the Wastewater Treatment Plant. As for District Heating and Chilling... he says expenses are expected to be about 20-thousand dollars more than this year.
The remnants of what was Hurricane Patricia will be felt in Western New York... beginning late this evening through Wednesday afternoon. That from Forecaster Judy Levan with the National Weather Service in Buffalo. Levan says Chautauqua County -- and the rest of the region -- will see the rain, and, wind beginning late tonight. She says a High Wind Watch has been issued for Chautauqua County from late Tuesday through Wednesday afternoon. Levan says winds will start coming out of the southeast later today... and, the rain will start during the earlier evening hours as remnants of Patricia move into the area from the Ohio Valley. She says we'll see some significant rainfall as well. Levan says the rain will last up to 36 hours... and, the area could see an inch to inch-and-a-half of rain by Thursday morning. She says winds -- especially in the north county -- will reach 30 to 40 MPH during the day Wednesday... with gusts up to 60 MPH. Our complete forecast follows the news.
A Jamestown man has been arrested for allegedly harassing a woman in the town of Chautauqua earlier this month. Sheriff's officers were called to the scene on Davis Road in Mayville back on October 15th. Deputies say... on arrival... that 56 year-old Joseph Blachowski of Price Street, Jamestown, had allegedly verbally harassed a female victim. Officers adds that Blachowski had allegedly chased the woman with a glass mug and threw it at her. No one was hurt. Blachowski was issued an appearance ticket for Chautauqua Town Court for second-degree harassment at a later date.
The Resource Center has presented a 'lifetime achievement award' to Nancy Ingram. Nancy has served in a variety of roles over her 42 year career with the agency, most recently as an Assistant Executive Director. Nancy received the recognition Monday night at the annual Disability Awareness Awards. She will retire at the end of December, and admits to having mixed feelings. Among others honored at this year's Disability Awareness awards: Events Coordinator Vicki Bardo, and Support Options Adminstrator Beth Jermain. Two Resource Center Consumers, Jennifer Meyers and Bruce Hazelton, were honored for their personal achievements. A brand new award, Special Event Volunteer, went to Bill VanDyke... for his work as a referee for Street Jam Basketball. This year's Disability Awareness Awards were presented at Moonbrook Country Club.
A Jamestown man has been arrested as a fugitive from justice for alleged larcenies in Central New York and in Pennsylvania. State Police in Jamestown say they recently arrested 27 year-old Joseph Pratt... after he had earlier been taken into custody by U-S Marshalls at a home in the Town of Ellery. Troopers say Pratt has numerous warrants from other agencies including Felony warrants from the Watkins Glen Police Department... and, the Hermitage, Pennsylvania Police Department. Pratt was arraigned in Ellery Town Court... and, sent to the County Jail with bail to be set.
One of the Jamestown-area's largest employers has reached another milestone in production. Cummin's Engine Company's Jamestown Engine Plant in the town of Busti, earlier this month, shipped out it's one-million-750-thousanth heavy-duty engine. The local producer of engines -- for mainly large trucks -- reached the one-millionth mark several years ago. During a recent stop by Cummin's Engin's "Redefining Tour..." Plant Manager Mike Abbate credited the local plant's workers... and, the company's vision. Abbate says while a "good product sells..." it's everything they do at the local plant. He says it's the engine, after-treatment, service, and sales across the country and around the world. Cummins Engine's world-wide headquarters is in Columbus, Indiana... but, several years ago... the company consolidated it's heavy-duty engine production at the Jamestown-Engine Plant. Cummin's celebrated the local plant's 40th anniversary in August of 2014.
When it comes to pushing for gun control, it doesn't hurt to be Amy Schumer. The stage and screen star has more than 2-million Twitter followers, and about as many on Facebook and Instagram. Her cousin, U-S Senator Charles Schumer, knows that. This past Sunday... they stood together in front of New York's City Hall for what they call their ``crusade on guns.'' It started in August, when they teamed up days after a gunman fatally shot two women in a Louisiana theater showing ``Trainwreck,'' starring Amy Schumer. The Schumers urged lawmakers to back a gun control bill sponsored by the New York Democrat. Now, they're trying to create a national groundswell forcing a vote. They're asking people to call, write, tweet and post on Facebook to stop gun violence.
Jamestown High School will host motivational speaker, Reggie Dabbs, this evening at 7 p.m. in their auditorium. Mr. Dabbs is fast becoming an in-demand speaker who helps teenagers meet their problems head-on and overcome them by sharing his own story. His visit is sponsored through the generosity of the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation, Jamestown Schools, several other local schools, and number of other donors. The presentation at 7pm this evening in the JHS auditorium is free and open to the public.
A Jamestown man has been arrested for allegedly leaving his two young children unsupervised last weekend for about 15 hours. City police were called to a Sampson Street location just after 3 PM Saturday to check on the well-being of the two children. Officers say they spoke to the kid's grandmother... who said the father... 24 year-old Depree Gamble... had left the children, ages 5 and 7... unsupervised. Police took Gamble into custody on two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. He was sent to the city jail pending arraignment.
A Mayville man has been arrested for resisting arrest after they were called to an unknown disturbance in the village last Saturday night. Sheriff's Deputies were called to investigate the disturbance at 34 South Erie Street... and, made contact with the man allegedly involved. While trying to speak with 48 year-old Douglas Fischer... officers say he intetionally grabbed a deputy by the tie. Officers say Fischer then ripped the deputy's tie off and damaged the officer's uniform shirt. Officers say they tried to place Fischer under arrest... and, he resisted. He was then taken into custody following a brief struggle. Fischer was arraigned in Westfield Town Court on several charges... including second-degree harassment... and, resisting arrest. He was freed on 4-thousand dollars bail.
Local Congressman Tom Reed is blasting President Obama's veto of the National Defense Authorization Act as an "affront" to our men and women in uniform. Reed is critical of the move... which Congress will try to override on November 5th. He says both the House and Senate approved the measure in a bi-partisan vote. The Corning Republcan adds -- quote -- "our troops and their families sacrifice so much, sometimes even their lives, in defense of our nation. I care about making sure they have everything they need to remain safe, let alone pay their bills." Reed says the legislation would ensure they continue to get paid... and, fund other vital programs designed to ensure our national security. Reed adds that "this is just another move by the President that demonstrates he fails to understand the vital need for a strong national defense."
Governor Cuomo has signed a number of laws designed to protect and further women's equality in New York State. Among the legislators who attended the bill signing ceremony late last week was local State Senator Cathy Young. The Olean Republican helped to pass the legislation in the State Senate. Young sponsored one of the measures that became law... adding they also take steps to protect women from a number of terrible crimes... including sexual harassment and human trafficking. Cuomo also announced that the state has allocated a total of 6.4-million dollars for sexual assault prevention and assistance providers across the state.
A midlevel court has rejected a challenge to New York's new gun law, dismissing arguments it was pushed through the state Legislature improperly and that its restrictions violate the Second Amendment. The four Appellate Division justices say they agree with a trial judge that the law's chief provisions don't violate the Second Amendment right to bear arms. Those provisions ban large-capacity magazines and prohibit sales of some guns newly classified as assault weapons while requiring registration of such firearms that New Yorkers already own. The court on Thursday also upheld Governor Andrew Cuomo's use of a special message permitting the Assembly and Senate to vote soon after the bill was introduced, without waiting the usually required three days. Earlier this week a federal appeals court upheld New York's gun law.
Two doctors say a western New York woman is incompetent to stand trial for killing her farmer husband and burying his body in a manure pile. Wyoming County District Attorney Donald O'Geen disputed the judgment of the doctors hired by the defense who said 48-year-old Charlene Mess of Attica was unfit for trial. Prosecutors will argue their side at a hearing December 14th in Wyoming County Court. Mess can only be declared incompetent for trial by a judge. Searchers found the body of 52-year-old Douglas Mess on the couple's Attica farm in April after his son reported him missing. Investigators say he was killed by a .22-caliber rifle shot to the back of his head and buried under three feet of manure.
The 14-hundred employees at Cummin's Engines Jamestown Engine Plant had the chance late last week to see how their final product is marketed and sold across the world. Cummin's "Redefining Tour" made a stop at the town of Busti facility for just over one-day to show off the tour to all three shifts. Project Leader for the Redefining Tour... Christy House... who works out of Cummin's world headquarters in Columbus, Indiana... says they were excited to bring the tour "home" to where all their heavy-duty engines are made. In fact... House says they were able to show two trucks during the tour that are "prototype" 2017 engines that will eventually be made at the Jamestown-plant. House says they wanted to give employees the chance to see what happens to the engines after they leave the facility. Plant Manager Mike Abbate (Ah-bayt) say they jumped at the chance to have the tour make a stop. There were three tractor trailers that were part of the tour stop, with one set-up for the multi-media tour. The Jamestown Engine Plant was the Redefining Tour's 37th, and final stop of the tour.
New York's comptroller says state tax collections reached 38.2-billion dollars through the first half of the current fiscal year, almost 676-million dollars higher than the latest projections. Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says that's largely due to strong personal income tax receipts. He says the state's cash position continues to improve, also because of state spending that was lower than expected from April through September. The report shows the state's general fund ended the first half of the year with a balance of 10.7-billion dollars... up by 33-percent from a year earlier, largely because of legal settlements.
News Headlines for Sat., Oct. 24, 2015
City mother free on bail following arrest on drug possession charges...
A Jamestown woman is free on bail after being arrested for allegedly selling illegal narcotic prescriptions from her apartment... with her infant daughter present. City Police Captain Bob Samuelson says members of the Jamestown Metro Drug Task Force... along with members of the state Police C-NET Team... raided the lower apartment at 15 Stowe St. shortly before 6 a.m. Friday. Samuelson says they found 19 year-old Victoria Rosier, and, her 10-month old child inside. He adds they also found a quantity of Morphine pills, methodone, and marijuana. Rosier was arraigned on charges of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance... endangering the welfare of a child... and, unlawful possession of marijuana. She posted $10,000 bail. The child was turned over to another family member. The State Police K-9 unit also assisted in the arrest. City Police say anyone with information about illegal drug sales is asked to call the JPD anonymous tips-line at 483-TIPS... that's 483-8477.
Judge rules New York Teacher Tenure lawsuit can move ahead...
A New York judge says a lawsuit that aims to revise New York's teacher tenure rules can proceed. In a decision late Friday... state Supreme Court Justice Philip Minardo denied a motion to dismiss the suit. The plaintiffs argue that teacher tenure and layoffs by seniority deprive students of the sound, basic education they are guaranteed under the state constitution. The ruling allows for the case to be heard in a state appellate court. An attorney for the United Federation of Teachers says the ruling is not the final decision in the case and that the case remains on hold until the appellate court rules. The Partnership for Educational Justice says the judge's decision means parents will have their day in court. Plaintiff Mona Davids says she's thinks change is coming and teachers and their union will be held accountable.
Horrigan says he's "okay" with budget changes made by Audt and Control Committee...
Chautauqua County Executive Vince Horrigan is taking a "wait and see" attitude with regards to changes proposed by a legislature committee for the 2016 budget plan. The Audit and Control Committee Thursday completed it's work on the $256-million spending plan... and, approved about one-million dollars in additional tax cuts to the budget. However... the vote was not unanimous because two lawmakers wanted further reductions. But... at this point... Horrigan says he's okay with what's been cut. He adds we'll see what happens at the full legislature meeting this coming Wednesday night. The amended budget was approved in a 3-to-2 vote Thursday... with Audit and Control Committee Chairman John Runkle... and, Chuck Nazzaro voting no. They want to see the budget come in with a 5.1-percent tax levy reduction. Currently... as amended... Runkle says the reduction is 4.3-percent. The tax rate cut was 4.6-percent... but is now 5.9-percent.
Tharaeparambil admits he's an underdog, but, continues pursuing write-in campaign for Jamestown Mayor...
There is second candidate for mayor in the city of Jamestown... but, he won't be appearing on the ballot on Nov. 3. Former businessman and Jamestown Community College professor David George Tharaeparambil has decided to run a write-in campaign against incumbant Democrat Sam Teresi. Tharaeparambil retired from JCC many years ago... and, he opened up three businesses in the downtown area. However... he says lack of retail traffic hurt them... and, he wants to bring that back. He had a real estate agency, an import store, and a laudromat. But... he says he closed them because "downtown started dying." However... Tharaeparambil says the final straw for him was Mayor Sam Teresi explaining why the mayor's post deserved a higher salary. Back to the need to revive the downtown... he says he would like to pursuit grants to help develope specialized retail shops and food stores. He says it's worked in starting to revitalize downtown Detroit, Mich. Tharaeparambil says buildings were sold for a-dollar each. He adds that he would also like to see Second, Third and Fourth Streets blocked off to traffic downtown to allow people a "plaza like' atmosphere for shoppers. He made his comments for this weekend's "Community 'Spotlight" program.
City of Jamestown's 31st annual Halloween FunFest set for next Saturday night...
The city of Jamestown will again be offering it's safe, fun and free Citywide Halloween FunFest next Saturday night... Oct. 31st... at the Allen Park Ice Rink. Parks and Recreation Coordinator Julia Ciesla-Hanley says the FunFest runs from 6 to 8 p.m. at the rink... and, is open to children 12 years of age and under. Ciesla-Hanley says people 12 and over must be accompanied by a child... and, those 6 and under must be accompanied by an adult. She adds the FunFest will again feature a Haunted House... and, two costume contests. Ciesla-Hanley adds that the 31st Halloween FunFest again offers parents and children a "well-lit... and safe alternative to trick-or-treating." She says they'll also have refreshments for the kids, and carnival games. Ciesla-Hanley adds that D-J Steve Trapani will be playing music during the evening. She says due to the Jamestown High School Band trip to states next week... they will be needing some extra volunteers this year. They usually need 20 to 25 of them. If you can help out... call Julia Ciesla-Hanley at 483-7523.
The Chautauqua County Legislature's Audit and Control Committee has approved another one-million dollars in spending to be cut from the 2016 budget proposal. The panel voted 3-to-2 late this (Thursday) morning to approve the revised 256-million dollar spending plan. Committee Chairman John Runkle says they reduced the tax levy -- or the amount to be raised by taxes -- in Executive Vince Horrigan's original budget by a total of 4.3-percent. Horrigan's proposed tax rate cut was 4.6-percent... but, it's now 5.9-percent. Runkle says Committee members Shawn Heenan... George Borrello... and, Pierre Chagnon voted for the revised spending plan. But... he and panel member Chuck Nazzaro both voted against the revised spending plan... because the legislature's "overwhelming consensus" at last month's legislature meeting to cut the budget by 5.1-percent. Runkle says he and Nazzaro believe they can reach that number by moving 500-thousand dollars from the undesignated fund balance to the general fund. He says they will push that on the floor of the legislature at next Wednesday night's voting session on the 2016 budget.
While most revenue sources are being exhausted... there may be one area where the city of Jamestown may be able to find some additional funds for the 2016 budget. That from City Council President Greg Rabb... who is also a member of the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities. Mayor Sam Teresi has included a 250-thousand dollar dividend payment from the BPU next year... which is down just over 200-thousand dollars from the previous two years. That's due to a projected loss of Electric Division sales next year. However... Rabb feels the BPU needs to take a harder look at it's spending. Rabb says the BPU runs it's five divisions on Enterprise Funds... and, some local business leaders have criticed the city for looking to the Board for the dividend payments... which have helped the city balance it's budget. However... he says neither the city, nor the business community have asked for the BPU to look at spending, and possible cuts. Rabb was also quick to say that the Board of Public Utilities has agreed to the dividend payment for the past two years. He says the request comes from the city... and, is reviewed by the BPU.
The budget shortfall at the Prendergast Library in Jamestown has led the library board to take two actions to save money through the end of this year and next. The panel yesterday afternoon voted to lay-off one, full-time librarian in 2016 to reduce pay-roll. Board President Tom Rankin says the board acted on the recommendation of Library Director Tina Scott. Rankin says they were reluctant to make the decision... but, adds it's necessary to keep the library operating. In addition... Rankin says the Library will once again be closing on Sundays beginning November 1st. He says over time... the closing will save them money on heat and electricity between Saturday night's and Monday mornings. The board also recently learned that Mayor Sam Teresi had cut the library's funding by 15-thousand dollars in 2016... and, Rankin says -- if that cut stands -- they will have to look at further cuts to their budget. The mayor just recently presented the budget... which includes the cut to the library... and, ends all funding for the city's Senior Center. Rankin says closing the library on Sunday's will save about 10-thousand dollars annually. The library also got a presentation Thursday about a Dallas, Texas man's proposal to have the library's art work refurbished at his cost... and, to create an endowment for the upkeep of those many, valuable art works. His wife is from the Jamestown-area.
A Sinclairville man has been arrested for allegedly being found in possession of Crystal Methamphetime... and, another drug during a traffic stop in Jamestown. City Police Captain Bob Samuelson says they pulled over 35 year-old David Bailey for allegedly driving irratically on Steele Street -- near Barrett Avenue -- just after 6 AM Wednesday. Samuelson says further investigation showed that Bailey was allegedly in possesson of a nylon bag that contained 7-grams of 'Crystal Meth.' He says they also found Bailey in possession of a single strip of Suboxone which he did not have a prescription for. He was arraigned on charges of third and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Bailey was sent to the county jail without bail. Anyone with information on illegal narcotics trafficking in Jamestown is asked to call the Jamestown Metro Drug Task Force at 483-TIPS... that's 483-8477.
State Police in Warren are asking for the publics help to find out who broke into a Pine Grove Township home sometime between 8am and 1pm on Wednesday, October 21st and allegedly took a number of items including 5 guns, a sentry safe filled with personal items, a notebook computer and some jewelry. State police are also investigating a burglary that occured in Townline Road in Brokenstraw Township where someone entered a house through a dog door and rummaged through the house on Thursday. All of the closets and drawers had been gone through and a glass china cabinet was found broken. Pennsylvania state police are asking anyone who may have information on either of the burglaries to call them at 728-3600 or Warren County Crimestoppers at 1-800-83-CRIME.
NY Green Bank says it's helping finance three projects expected to expand the use of solar and wind power and help homeowners cut their power usage or switch to more efficient sources. The state-sponsored entity says its 49-million dollars in loans should leverage up to 178-million in private capital. NY Green Bank funding includes 25-million dollars for Level Solar, expected to help provide solar installations for up to 6,000 New Yorkers. Another 20-million dollars is for Renew Financial to expand low-cost consumer lending for energy improvements for up to 12,000 homeowners.
After several delays... demolition work is underway at 123 Central Avenue in Dunkirk... the collapsed portion of the Coburn Block building. Crews began tearing down the remainder of the structure shortly before 9 AM Thursday. Director Kathy Peterson with Chautauqua County Rural Ministry says demolition crews have been hosing down the rubble because of the potential of asbestos. Hannah Demolition of Buffalo is handling the big job... and, they have a number of tractor-trailers on standby to haul away debris from the site. Peterson says she's pleased that the work is finally getting underway so they can get back into their building... and, again provide all the services they do. City officials say the work should take a day or two to complete.
A founding member of the popular 1970s band Three Dog Night has died in western New York. Cory Wells was 74. Bandmate Danny Hutton says Wells experienced acute back pain weeks ago... and, died suddenly Tuesday in Dunkirk, where he had been living. Universal Music Enterprises spokeswoman Sujata Murphy said Wednesday the cause of Wells' death was unknown. Wells, Hutton and Chuck Negron formed Three Dog Night in 1967. They were dubbed the ``kings of oversing'' by Village Voice critic Robert Christgau.
A Falconer man has been arrested for allegedly breaking into several businesses -- and an American Legion post -- in Warren County, Pennsylvania the past five months. State Police in Warren say they arrested 42 year-old Richard Schultz, Junior following a lengthy investigation into the break-ins. Two of them occured at the Sugar Grove american Legion last June 11th... and, again on August 3rd. Troopers say Schultz is accused of stealing 8-thousand dollars in cash... and, other goods. Other burglaries occured at Wilcox Brothers True Value... Chase Auction House... and, Youngsville Hardware. Police say they were assisted by the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department... and, Schultz was found in the McKean County Jail. He was arraigned on five counts of Felony burglary... two counts of Felony Theft... three counts of Misdemeanor Theft... and, five counts of criminal mischief. Schultz was sent to the Warren County Jail on 100-thousand dollars bail.
Ensuring that everyone is safe is the top priority when it comes to dealing with a police standoff... and, Chautauqua County Sheriff Joe Gerace says that was largely achieved during the standoff that occurred in Sinclairville Tuesday. Gerace says the ordeal, which lasted about six-and-a-half hours, began after they received a call about a despondent person in a Water Street residence around 12 PM. After a lengthy time of discussions with the man... he exited the residence peacefully around 6:40 PM. Gerace thanked the State Police, SWAT team members and local firefighters for assisting at the scene. He says preparations and training made a difference... and, adds they were preparing for an overnight stay when the man surrendered. The man, who has not been identified, was taken to WCA Hospital for treatment. Gerace says no charges will be filed.
New York is launching a new campaign to fight what Governor Andrew Cuomo says is the ``emerging threat'' of synthetic drugs. The Democratic governor has announced that the state is now airing two new public service announcements warning people about the harm of synthetic marijuana and other manufactured drugs. The ads are airing on television and music streaming services statewide. The state has also erected a billboard in the Bronx warning about synthetic marijuana, a drug created to mimic the effects of cannabis that can have very different effects on the body and brain. State figures show that the number of emergency room visits related to synthetic drug use went up by more than eight times between April and September when compared to the same period last year.
The Chautauqua County Farm Bureau has re-elected Dick Kimball of Dewittville as its President for the next year. Kimball, a partner in Country Aire Dairy in Dewittville, has held the job for the past several years. And, he has a goal for the coming year which is more education, and more outreach to the general public. Kimball might also become a member of the NEW YORK Farm Bureau Board of Directors. The state organization will decide on a new representative for far Western New York at its meeting in December. One of the resolutions the local Farm Bureau approved at its Wednesday meeting would give landowners a property tax credit for allowing snowmobile trails on their property. Assemblyman Andy Goodell was at the meeting, and thinks the idea has a good chance of getting through his side of the state legislature. This year's annual meeting was held at the Noble Winery in Westfield.
The city of Jamestown is holding it's own financially through the end of the third-quarter of this year. However... lawmakers might have to tap into the 2015 budget's contingency account to cover higher than anticipated health care costs. That from City Comptroller Joe Bellitto... who reviewed the numbers for the first nine-months of the year with the City Council Monday night. Bellitto says the numbers from Jamestown's self-insurance plan are better than the second-quarter. Bellitto says the city may have to use it's "rainy day" fund to cover that. Otherwise... he says revenues are about where they expected them to be. He says the Payment in Lieu of Tax agreements with the Board of Public Utilities are "slightly ahead of budget" right now. As for sales tax... he says the third-quarter is always a good indicator... and, they should hear from the county by the beginning of November. Back to spending... Bellitto says overtime for the Public Works Department "leveled-off" during the third-quarter... and, is at about 72-percent of the 2015 budget.
There may be some movement on a new, 300-billion dollar transportation bill over the next few days in Congress to help rebuild many of the nations roads and bridges. Local Representative Tom Reed has announced his support for the measure... even though it's not the five-year measure he was initially looking for. The Corning Republican says this proposal fullfills what he was looking for... and, that's not to raise taxes. His announcment following a tour of a problem bridge in Cattaraugus County. Reed says the House Transporation Committee will be marking up the bill for action today... and, he says the U-S Senate is considering two bills... one is a three-year plan very similar to the House measure. Reed says he wants to see the infrastructure needs filled with this measure. Reed says it appears there is a "path to victory here..." and a final bill can be approved by October 31st. Back in late July... Congress approved an 8-billion dollar bill to extend funding through the end of this month.
Local Congressman Tom Reed says he's "encouraged" that House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan is strongly considering running to be the next speaker of the House. Ryan met with the three Congressional Republican caucuses yesterday... and, laid out his conditions for becoming speaker. Having served with Ryan on the Ways and Means panel... Reed says he knows that he would "make an excellent Speaker." He adds that Ryan has repeatedly "shown his commitment to unifying our Party, the House of Representatives and our nation, with a rare courage for leadership."
Students at Jamestown Community College had the chance to learn about potential careers Wednesday at the Fall Volunteer, Job Shadowing and Internship Fair. Felix Muzza (myu-zah), the Experiencial Learning Coordinator at JCC, helped put the event together. Among the busineses represented was Artone Manunfacturing of Jamestown. Kathy Benson, who works in Human Resources for the local furniture maker, says such event are an opportunity to get the right message across to today's student. Fifteen different groups were represented at the event, held at the Collegiate Center at JCC.
Some bars in the Buffalo area plan to open early Sunday to accommodate Bills fans looking to watch their team take on the Jacksonville Jaguars in London. However... the beer taps won't open until Noon. Kickoff for the game at Wembley Stadium is 1:30 PM local time as the United Kingdom moves its clocks back an hour as Daylight Saving Time ends. That's 9:30 AM on the East Coast. Some sports bars and taverns around Buffalo plan to open a few hours earlier than normal on Sunday, with a few places offering brunch menus. The 716 Sports Bar at Harbor Center in down Buffalo is serving up bangers and mash, a traditional British dish of mashed potatoes and sausages. Bills fans will have to wash down their breakfast with something other than suds. New York state law prohibits the sale of alcohol before noon on Sundays.
News Update for Wed., Oct. 21, 2015
Falconer man arrested for allegedly burglary spree in Warren Co., PA...
A Falconer man has been arrested for allegedly breaking into several businesses -- and an American Legion post -- in Warren County, PA the past five months. State Police in Warren say they arrested 42 year-old Richard Schultz, Junior following a lengthy investigation into the break-ins. Two of them occured at the Sugar Grove american Legion last June 11... and, again on August 3. Troopers say Schultz is accused of stealing 8-thousand dollars in cash... and, other goods. Other burglaries occured at Wilcox Brothers True Value... Chase Auction House... and, Youngsville Hardware. Police say they were assisted by the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department... and, Schultz was found in the McKean County Jail. He was arraigned on five counts of Felony burglary... two counts of Felony Theft... three counts of Misdemeanor Theft... and, five counts of criminal mischief. Schultz was sent to the Warren County Jail on $100,000 bail.
Sheriff reflects after successful end to stand-off results in no injuries...
Ensuring public safety is the main priority when police are dealing with a standoff. With that... Chautauqua County Sheriff Joe Gerace says Tuesday's operation in Sinclairville -- for the most part -- achieved that. Gerace says the ordeal began after they received a call about a despondent person in a Water Street residence around 12 p.m. He says it's involves patience... and, being prepared when you have a "situation like this." After a lengthy time of discuss and negotiations with the man... Gerace says the unidentified subject came out of the home peacefully about 6:40 p.m. Gerace thanked the State Police, SWAT team members and local firefighters for assisting at the scene. He says preparations and training made a difference. In fact... Gerace says they were getting ready for an overnight operation when they finally talked the man out. The man was taken to WCA Hospital for observaton and treatment. Gerace says no charges will be filed in the case.
The city of Jamestown has already undertaken 76 small to mid-sized initiatives to cut spending by about 5-million dollars. They'll need more of the same in 2016 and beyond... but, this time they have to be "big and bold" initiatives to cut into a major tax increase. That from Mayor Sam Teresi as City Council began the budget process last night. Teresi says city officials have been looking at five or six initiatives that could not only lower the tax burden in 2016... but, for years to come as well. Teresi says due the fact most have legal and contractual implications... he can't say any more about them at this time. However... he says they are "real..." and, would have a major impact. At the same time... he says they'll need state and county help to make them happen. He says they're "not ready to begin discussing these in public..." but, adds his administration is working to get all the information lawmakers need to make an informed decision. He admits the road won't be easy... and, adds there will likely be a lot of "push-back" on most of the proposals.
The city council went through three department budgets during last night's work session on the mayor's 35.1-million dollar, 2016 spending plan. Council President Greg Rabb says the biggest budget they looked at was the Department of Public Works... where Director Jeff Lehman says a lot had already been "slashed" in the mayor's proposal. Lehman and Parks Manager John Williams... who presented that budget... both said they've had a lot of equipment costs cut at a time where costs have "soared." Recreation Coordinator Julia Ciesla-Hanley presented the Youth Services Department budget. No cuts were made. Council will look at the Finance, Comptroller, and Corporation Counsel budgets next week. They have to approve a plan by December 1st.
A long-time, local maker of ready-to-assembly furniture has been officially approved for a 900-thousand dollar grant from the state to help keep the company... and, it's jobs in Chautauqua County. State Senator Cathy Young has announced that the Empire State Development Corporation board has approved the four-year grant to Bush Industries... assuring that the company will remain in the Jamestown-area through January of 2022. Young says Bush is a major, local manufacturer with "deep roots" in the county... and, the potential loss of those jobs would have been "devastating to Chautauqua County." Bush Industries went back under local control with a group of managers purchasing the company in November of 2014... and, Young says the grant will help them secure local ownership.
WCA Hospital was on lock-down for about two-hours Sunday night after an alleged shooting victim came to the hospital for treatment. City police say the man did not suffer any life-theatening injury... but, was uncooperative... and, would not say who shot him, or where the incident occured. In a printed statement yesterday morning... a WCA Hospital Emergency Department Nurse Manager said the lock-down began at 8:20 PM because they were treating a gun-shot victim... and, the lock-down was a "precautionary step." It was lifted at 10:15 PM. City Police Captain Bob Samuelson says they are asking anyone with information on the incident to call them at 483-7537... of the confidential tip-line at 483-TIPS... that's 483-8477.
A Rochester man who is accused of robbing a person at gun point and later became involved in a police standoff in Dunkirk is now facing several charges. Leonard Aguayo allegedly held up the victim in the area of 109 South Gazelle Street around 3:50 PM Sunday. Dunkirk Police Chief David Ortolano says police later located Aguayo... but, he tried to evade them and that led to a standoff at 91 East Second Street. After 25 minutes of negotiating... Ortolano says police were able to get Aguayo to surrender... and he faces charges... including second-degree robbery and assault. He commended officers for helping to end the stand-off peacefully. Aguayo was held being held in the city lock up awaiting arraignment in Dunkirk City Court.
Chautauqua County's Congressman is proposing a budget reform bill that would require the president to deliver a "tangible" spending plan to Congress that would rein in the federal deficit first. Corning Republican Tom Reed says the federal debt is nearing now about 18.5-Trillion dollars... and, rising daily. Reed says Treasury Secretary Jack Lew told Congress that the U-S will again hit it's debt limit on November 3rd... and, this proposal would require a formal budget plan from the president within 60 days of Congressional passage of such an increase.
Reed says the debt reduction would have to take place without raising taxes. In exchange... Congress would then vote to authorize an increase in the debt ceiling through December of 2016. Reed says simple majorities would only be needed under the proposal... not the current 60 vote threshold in the U-S Senate. He says the measure would change the "tax and spend mentality" of Washington. Reed made his comments for his weekly Conference Call with Southern Tier Media.
New York's Department of Motor Vehicles says drivers are allowed again to install snow tires with metal studs for the winter. The department says by law the studded tires can be used from October 16th through April 30th. The tires are intended to provide better traction on ice and snow. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is separately advising drivers keep winter gear in their cars including an ice scraper and snow shovel, cell phone and charger, blankets, jumper cables and flashlight. The agency also suggests ensuring car batteries and well charged and windshield wiper fluid containers are filled.
News Update! for Mon., Oct. 19, 2015
Cit police investigating alleged shooting incident after victim walks into WCA Hospital for treatment, triggering lock-down...
WCA Hospital was on lock-down for about two-hours last night after an alleged shooting victim came to the hospital for treatment. City police say the man did not suffer any life-theatening injury... but, was uncooperative... and, would not say who shot him, or where the incident occured. In a printed statement this morning... a WCA Hospital Emergency Department Nurse Manager said the lock-down began at 8:20 p.m. because they were treating a gun-shot victim... and, the lock-down was a "precautionary step." It was lifted at 10:15 p.m. City Police Captain Bob Samuelson says they are asking anyone with information on the incident to call them at 483-7537... of the confidential tip-line at 483-TIPS... that's 483-8477.
It's just the first step in the process... but, some hard decisions will have to be made to get the city of Jamestown out from under a significant tax burden in Mayor Sam Teresi's 2016 budget proposal. That from Teresi himself on this past weekend's "Community Spotlight" program on the Media One Group of stations. The mayor says they are using up many of their reserve funds on the spending plan... which still includes a 5.6-percent tax increase. Teresi says that includes using just over half of their reserves for the city's self-insurance Health Care program.
Teresi says those costs are the major driver of the approximately 843-thousand dollar tax levy increase in the 35.1-million dollar spending plan. However... it does help close a 3.3-million dollar shortall the mayor's budget team initially dealt with. Teresi says the budget now goes before the entire City Council for the first time during tonight's work session. He believes together, they can make the 'restructuring decisions' that will make the spending plan better.
Another incident at a north county hospital has led to the arrest of a Dunkirk man for allegedly damaging hospital property... and, threatening a hospital employee. Sheriff's officers say they arrested 54 year-old Ernest Nierras of Central Avenue yesterday morning on a warrant following an October 12th incident at Lake Shore Hospital in Irving. Deputies accuse Nierras of damaging property... and, threatening and scratching the employee. He was arraigned in Hanover Town Court for second-degree menacing... second-degree harassment... and, criminal mischief. He was then sent to the County Jail on 5-thousand dollars bail.
A Falconer man faces a violation of Leandra's Law after his arrest for allegedly driving drunk late last week in the town of Ellicott. State Police say they pulled over 39 year-old Ricky Bemus after his car allegedly crosed the center line on Route 60. Troopers say they performed field sobriety tests after troopers allegedly found Bemis' speech was slurred. A computer check found that Bemis had a suspended and expired license... and, a warrant for failing to pay a fine in Jamestown. A blood test was performed... and, Bemis was charged with felony DWI under Leandra's Law because he had a one-year-old passenger in his vehicle. Bemis was also charged with Aggravated Unlicensed Operation... and, Moving from Lane Unsafely. He was arraigned Ellicott Town Court... and, posted bail.
State Police say another passenger in Bemus' car... 30 year-old Stephen Traver of Jamestown... was also found to be wanted by city police for Aggravated Unlicensed Operation. He was turned over to city police.
Hundreds of residents, elected officials and union and business leaders turned out for a rally supporting the Dunkirk Repowering project. State Senator Cathy Young led the rally supporting the repowering project that is being delayed by a lawsuit filed by Entergy, a competing power company. Young says the show of support is important for the project. Labor from both ends of the county showed its support including Dave Wilkinson, President of the Jamestown Central Labor Council and IBEW 106. Assemblyman Andy Goodell, County Executive Vince Horrigan, Dunkirk Mayor AJ Dolce and Councilman at Large Willie Rosas were also among the speakers. The loss of the plant would have a major impact on the city of Dunkirk and Chautauqua, since NRG is the largest taxpayer in the County.
There was a strong turn-out of residents and local officials last Saturday to rally in favor of the NRG Repowering Project... which is now on hold. Local Congressman Tom Reed was unable to be there... but, added his support for the effort before-hand. Another commitment kept Reed from attending the event at the Dunkirk Boardwalk... which drew dozens of people on a cold morning. The Corning Republican says he talked with state Public Service Commission officials last Friday... and, reiterated his support for the NRG Repowering Project moving foward.
Reed says that's not just for the energy and jobs the plant currently produces... but, the future of that, as well. He believes the lawsuits filed by environmental groups to halt the project are more political than about potential environmental impacts of the NRG plant's conversion to a natural gas-fired facility. Reed is urging residents in the county to write to the PSC to move the project forward once the lawsuits have been disposed of.
A New York state lawmaker says the state should prohibit the use of Styrofoam doggy bags at restaurants. Assemblyman Tom Abinanti, a Democrat, says he has written legislation which would make it illegal for restaurants to use the Styrofoam containers when diners ask to take leftovers home. Abinanti says the plastic chemicals used in the containers are bad for the environment because they don't decompose and are hard to recycle. He says his bill is intended to get restaurants to use other, more environmentally friendly packages for leftovers. Many restaurants have already started using other alternatives to Styrofoam. Abinanti says New York state should be a leader in the effort to reduce the use of the product. The bill will be considered when lawmakers return to Albany in January.
Another municipality has approved a measure backing the proposed North County Water District... and, that's good news for County Executive Vince Horrigan... who continues to push and prod local governments to back the project. The Pomfret Town Board voted unanimously late last week to support in concept the creation of the water district. Horrigan says that brings to the three the number of local governments supporting the proposed district. Horrigan was at a meeting in the village of Brocton late last week... and, also has a meeting scheduled with the town of Sheridan. He is confident that if enough progress is made... the County Water Agency could be able to schedule its next meeting in November. Horrigan is still hopeful the County Legislature could take action forming the water district in November.
Two Dunkirk residents have been arrested in back-to-back raids for allegedly selling crack-cocaine to undercover police officers in the north county city. Agents with the Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Force say they arrested 31 year-old Jason Rosas-Rodriguez during the first raid -- just before 4 PM last Thursday -- at 51 East Second Street. About 4:30 that afternoon... Task Force members arrested 47 year-old Minerva Maestre at 63 Ruggles Street. Both suspects are charged with third-degree criminal sale and possession of a controlled substance... and, additional charges are pending. They are both jailed without bail. Anyone with information about illegal narcotics trafficking in the county are asked to call the Task Force at 1-800-344-8702.
The Jamestown Board of Public Utilities is issuing a water alert for the Celoron area for Tuesday morning. BPU Spokeswoman Becky Robbins says testing of a private fire service at 101 Jackson Avenue has been scheduled for early morning on Tuesday... and, the testing may cause discolored water for customers in Celoron and Lakewood during the day Tuesday.
U-S Senator Charles Schumer is calling for federal authorities to routinely test and require full disclosure of components in Halloween makeup. The New York Democrat says novelty makeup and face paint are often made in China and can contain metals that could pose a danger to children wearing them. According to Schumer... the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics found all 10 face paints it tested contained lead and six contained nickel, cobalt and/or chromium. Lead is banned from makeup in Canada and Europe, but not in the U.S. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration doesn't conduct routine testing of novelty cosmetics and needs to do more to enforce required disclosures of ingredients. He says parents should check what glitter, lipstick and other cosmetics go on their children's faces this Halloween.
A Rhode Island-based construction company is the apparent front-runner to oversee the 60-million dollars in improvements planned for the New York State Fair outside Syracuse. The Syracuse Post-Standard reports that a state selection board has given Gilbane Building of Providence the highest score of the four companies bidding for a 4.5-million dollar construction management contract for the overhaul of the fairgrounds in suburban Geddes. The two-year contract must still be negotiated, then approved by the state's attorney general and comptroller before it's awarded. The state's plans for the fairground include demolishing one concert venue and rebuilding another, building a new midway and adding a new R-V park. Gilbane's contract for the state fair is expected to be completed this fall.
Two Jamestown residents arrested following drug raid...
Two city residents have been arrested following an early morning drug raid Friday for allegedly dealing "crack" cocaine from an apartment on Jamestown's westside. City Police Captain Bob Samuelson says the Jamestown Metro Drug Task Force, and the state Police C-NET Team executed a search warrant at 314-to-316 West Fourth St. about 6 a.m. Once inside... Samuelson says investigators found a quantity of crack... and, drug paraphernalia. Police arrested 27 year-old Steven Edmund... and, 20 year-old Lorilynn Moriarty on one count each of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance... and, criminally using drug paraphernalia. Both were jailed pending arraignment. Additional charges are expected. Anyone with information on illegal narcotics sales is asked to call the Metro Drug Task Force at 483-TIPS... that's 483-8477.
City man jailed following alleged stabbing on westside...
A Jamestown man is jailed without bail for allegedly stabbing another man during an early morning incident Thursday on the city's westside. Jamestown police were called to the scene at 283 Fairmount Ave. just after 2 a.m., and, found a 23 year-old male victim who had been stabbed in the chest. Officers say the unidentifed victim was taken to WCA Hospital... and, was later transferred to the Erie County Medical Center for further treatment. He is reportedly in stable condition now. City police say they arrested 33 year-old Eric Barbee... who was charged with second-degree assault. He was arraigned and sent to the County lock-up.
New surveillance cameras up and running downtown, thanks to foundation funding...
Reducing police response time... and, giving officers more "eyes in the sky" are the reasons for six new surveillance cameras being placed downtown Jamestown. That from city officials... and, a leader with a local foundation... which is funding the project. Johnson Foundation Trustee and Attorney John Sellstrom says this is the kind of project they back... and, is in the spirit of the two brothers who founded the organization. Sellstrom says traffic on North Main Street -- at Eighth -- is viewed as helping with traffic issues -- along with fighting crime. City Police Chief and Public Safety Director Harry Snellings says they appreciate the $112,000 grant provided by the Johnson Foundation to cover the entire cost of the project. He adds the new cameras bring to eight the number they have in the city now.
Ortolano says investigation continuing in fatal car chase...
A Dunkirk man wanted on a parole violation was killed when his car crashed during a vehicle pursuit with police on Lake Shore Drive East in the north county city Thursday night. Dunkirk Police Chief David Ortolano says State Police located 23 year-old Bryan Willis... who was allegedly operating the vehicle... and, tried to pull him over. However... officers say the vehicle speeded up... and, later crashed. Ortolono says they are working with the State Police on the investigation. He says Willis lost control of his car... and, the vehicle and struck a vacant home at the corner of Lake Shore Drive East and North Ermine Street. Police say he was pronounced dead at the scene. Ortolano says troopers found a loaded handgun inside Willis' vehicle.
**Breaking News**
Posted 2015-10-16 06:43:00 by Brian Papalia
Authorities say a 23-year-old man trying to elude state troopers crashed into a vacant house and died. State police say troopers received information around 9:30 p.m. Thursday that Bryan Willis of Dunkirk had violated parole and was possibly armed. Troopers spotted Willis driving a car and tried to pull him over on Lake Shore Drive in Dunkirk, a city on Lake Erie southwest of Buffalo. Willis pulled away from troopers but lost control of his vehicle and hit a vacant home at an intersection. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Troopers say Willis had a loaded handgun in his vehicle. The investigation into the crash is continuing.
An investigation is underway into an undetermined death that occurred in the Town of Pomfret sometime Thursday afternoon. Chautauqua County District Attorney David Foley says that State Police were called to a report of a missing person in the area of Spoden Road. Foley says it appears the incident occurred shortly after 12 Noon when a male subject was called in to police as missing. He says that person.... identified by Troopers as 18 year-old Jacob Schuk... was found dead in a creek bed at Canadaway Creek. The cause of death has not been determined at this time... and, an autopsy is pending. The investigation is being conducted by State Police with assistance from Foley's office.
A local architectural and design firm has been hired by the Jamestown Renaissance Corporation to develop a new gateway design plan for the city's northside corridor. The project... dubbed "Unite North Main" was launched yesterday afternoon at the offices of Clark-Patterson Lee on North Main Street. JRC Deputy Director Peter Lombardi says they're looking at a plan that unites the city's Urban Design Plan... and, Neighborhood Revitalization Plan to improve that corridor. Clark-Paterson Lee Associates Joseph Rollman and Brian Kulpa will work on designing the new corridor on several fronts... including incorporating residential areas with commercial and office buildings. There's also Love Elementary School... and, the vacant Holy Family School building. Kulpa says the final product will look at everything from economic and social vitality... to traffic flow. JRC Executive Director Greg Lindquist says the Chautauqua County Housing Trust Fund... Chautauqua Region Community Foundation... Sheldon Foundation... and, Northwest Savings Bank are providing up front money for the archtictural design work.
Several of the approximately (corrected) six new security cameras in the downtown area of Jamestown are now up and operational. City officials were joined by Johnson Foundation Executive John Sellstrom this afternoon to high-light the new, overlook cameras, during a press conference at the intersection of North Main and Eighth Streets. Mayor Sam Teresi and Police Chief and Public Safety Director Harry Snellings joined Sellstrom for the event. The Johnson Foundation helped foot the bill for the new security cameras... which will help police maintain safety downtown.
Wisconsin Republican Paul Ryan appears to have enough support among moderates and conservatives that he could become the next Speaker of the House -- if he wants it. That's the big question as Congress returns to Washington next week from a short recess. Corning Republican Tom Reed says -- if Ryan decides he wants to succeed John Boehner at the end of the month -- he would support him 100-percent. Reed says he's pleased to see that Ryan is considering such a move. Reed admits there is some short-term "pain and concern" over the fact no real candidate has come forward since House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy withdrew his name from consideration. The local House member has come to know Ryan because they both serve on the Ways and Means Committee... and, he's hopeful that Ryan will strongly consider becoming Speaker. In addition to McCarthy... Congress members have been discussing three other possible candidates. Reed made his comments during this week's telephone Conference Call with Southern Tier Media.
A state commission has put seven lawyers on the short list for Governor Andrew Cuomo's pick to be New York's next top judge. Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, now 70, must retire at the end of the year as the presiding judge at the state Court of Appeals and chief administrator of the court system. The post pays 198-thousand-600 dollars a year. The term is 14 years. The seven include former Manhattan U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia, Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore and former New York Chief Administrative Judge Gail Prudenti, now executive director of the Center for Families, Children and the Law at Hofstra University. Others culled from 33 applicants and found well qualified are private practice attorneys Carey R. Dunne, Caitlin J. Halligan, Rowan D. Wilson and Stephen P. Younger.
It's been a busy year for the Jamestown Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol. The local para-military organization held it's annual Awards Banquet last night... and, celebrated a number of achievements by it's members. About 60 people were on hand for the event at LaScala's Restaurant. Lieutenant Colonel Ellen Maternowski... who is commander of the local squadron... says they had an exciting year that saw membership grow to about 30 cadets. Maternowski says they took part in a number of fund-raisers... and, events where they supported community events. She says one of the major high-lights was having a record 11 cadets -- and one senior cadet -- take part at one time in the annual CAP Encampment at Scotia, New York. Maternowski says many got to fly in a C-130... and, learned leadership skills. Among the awards given out was the Cadet of the Year... which was given to Nicholas Lahmer. The Cadet Airman of the Year was Emma Haynes... while Most Improved Cadet was Michael Houser. For more information on Civil Air Patrol... go on-line to civilairpatrol-dot-COM... and, type in the local zip code.
Due to our recent inclement weather... the Main Street Parking Ramp at the corner with West Second Street in Jamestown... will remain closed through the end of the month. That from Public Works Director Jeff Lehman... who says the ramp will be closed through Sunday, November 1st to facilitate updates to the ramp. In the meantime... Lehman says lease holders should contact All-Pro Parking at 849-7275 to coordinate alternative parking locations.
A Jamestown woman has been arrested for allegedly letting her 3-year-old boy wander outside their eastside home without supervision. City police were called to the area of Falconer and Stowe Street shortly after 8 this morning... and, found the child playing in the street. Officers say the child was also not properly dressed for the weather. Police checked the area... and, finally located the mother. Following a short investigation... they arrested 21 year-old Valerie Camacho... and, charged her with endangering the welfare of a child. She was sent to the city jail pending arraignment.
A Jamestown man has been arrested for allegedly trafficking Heroin across the entire city following a recent raid on the city's southside. Agents with the Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Force say 21 year-old Aaron Johnson of Newland Avenue was arrested last Friday on a warrant issued in city court. Task Force members say Johnson sold quantities of heroin to undercover agents at several locations across Jamestown. He was found inside the home... and, was arrested for third-degree criminal sale and possession of a controlled substance. Agents say Johnson was arraigned... and, sent to the county jail on 20-thousand dollars cash bail. Anyone with information about illegal narcotics trafficking across the county is asked to call the task force at 1-800-344-8702.
An Erie County, New York man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a nurse who was trying to help him in the emergency room of a north county hospital. Sheriff's officers say they were called to Lake Shore Hospital in Irving shortly before 8 PM Monday on a report of a disorderly man. Deputies say the man... 25 year-old Thomas Schmid, Junior of Angola... is accused of striking an RN at Lake Shore with a closed fist... injuring her and damaging some of her property. Officers say Schmid was arrested... and, charged with second-degree assault... second-degree harassment... criminal mischief... and, disorderly conduct. Schmid was arraigned in Hanover Town Court... and, sent to the county jail on 40-thousand dollars cash bail... 80-thousand property bond.
A discount tool and equipment retailer based out of California is planning to locate a Jamestown-area store on Fairmount Avenue in Lakewood. Mayor David Wordelmann says village officials have received a preliminary proposal from Harbor Freight Tools to put a new store in vacant space inside the former Grossman's Lumber store. Wordelmann says Bargain Outlet is using about half of the approximately 45-thousand feet of space there... while Harbor Freight will use the other half. Wordelmann says the village board last night voted to send the proposal to the planning board... which will consider the plans later this month. Once that has taken place... he says the plans come back to the village board for final Site Plan review. When that's approved... Harbor Freight will be able to get a building permit to renovate the part of the store they'll use. There's no word yet on how many people would be employed by the retailer... which boasts of 600 stores nationwide.
Preparing the future workforce is important to grow advance manufacturing... but, there are three different areas that also need to be addressed to bring about more jobs. That from Congressman Tom Reed... who used a National Manufacturing Month event at Truck-Lite in Falconer to push that agenda. The Corning Republican says manufacturer's -- like Truck-Lite -- are most concerned about the "cost of doing business." Reed says that was also an issue he heard during an earlier stop at RHI Monofrax in Jamestown. Reed says perhaps the biggest issue of the three is taxes. He says it's time for changes to the United States' complex and "antiquated" tax code that is the "least competitive in the world." Reed says the third item is trade... and, opening up market around the world. The biggest trade issue on the table right now is the "TPP..." the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. It involves 12 Pacific Rim nations -- including the U-S -- and, the tentative agreement was reached back on October 5th. However... while Reed says he wants to see the details of it before voting on it.
Two Jamestown men have been arrested for allegedly assaulting at least two people early yesterday morning on the city's south side. City Police were called to the scene in the area of 10 South Main Street... where one of the victims pointed out the two men... who were walking away from the area. Officers say they called to the two men... who then ran off. However... police say they apprehended 21 year-old Michael Near-the-second... and, 19 year-old Ishmael Johnson... a short distance away. Police say one of the victims positively identified the two men... and, they were arrested for third-degree assault... and, second-degree obstruction of governmental administration. Both were jailed pending arraignment.
Plans to demolish the collapsed portion of the Coburn Block in Dunkirk have come to a standstill... and, Chautauqua County Rural Ministry is apparently feeling the pressure to get things moving. But, the Rural Ministry's Executive Director, Kathy Peterson, says they are being stymied because of the owner of 125 Central, the only portion of the block not owned by CCRM. Three structural engineers have been consulted... and, Peterson says they need to shore up the wall before any demolition work can get underway. She says it's frustrating because they've done their part to get the clean-up going. The entire Coburn Block facility has been closed since the collapse occurred two weeks ago Wednesday. Rural Ministry continues to distribute food bags to the needy at the corner of Central Avenue and 2nd Street from 11 AM to 1 PM each day. The anti-poverty agency is also helping people with non-food related needs.
Firefighting foam used to fight oil train spills and fires is being deployed to 19 cities across New York state. The foam concentrate is stored in trailers along with equipment needed to apply the foam to an oil spill. The foam forms a blanket over oil spills and contains fires. Governor Andrew Cuomo says the trailers are being placed in cities along the north-south and east-west routes of oil trains that cross the state, from Buffalo to Albany and Plattsburgh to Rockland County. The state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services is placing the trailers near major population centers along rail lines and waterways. The trailers will be deployed by early 2016. Local fire departments will be trained to use the equipment.
A plan to expand a racino in New York's Southern Tier into a full resort casino has won the endorsement of state gambling regulators. Tioga Downs was the only contender for a single casino license available in the region, one of the state's most economically challenged. The plan also calls for a hotel, new restaurants and a concert venue at the site of the current racino in Nichols. Formal licensure is up to the state's Gaming Commission following Wednesday's endorsement by a state gambling location board. Local officials say the casino will mean jobs and more tourism. Tioga's plans were initially rejected last year when the location board endorsed three projects in the Catskills, the Finger Lakes and in Schenectady.
Voters in the Southwestern Central School District have okayed a 15.9-million dollar capital project officials say help move the district into the 21st Century. The project... which mainly deals with the high school and surrounding grounds... was approved 201-to-148 in a somewhat lower than average turn-out. However... after the results were released last night... School Superintendent Maureen Donahue said they were pleased with the results. Donahue says it includes 'instructional renovation...' a complete overhaul of the auditorium, and a new gymnasium. The new gym would be added at the east end of Southwestern High School. Donahue planned to contact their architect last night... and, move ahead on planning, and the design phase today. She says the current gym space is to be converted into a "Wellness Center" and a large 'multi purpose' classroom. She adds there will also be some "significant road work" done on the access road between the high school, elementary school... and, Allegheny Avenue in West Ellicott. Donahue says state building aid would pay for just over 81-percent of the work.
Chautauqua County's Congressman is high-lighting local manufacturing successes, and efforts to educate the next generation of workers in the region. Corning Republican Tom Reed was in Falconer Tuesday afternoon touring the Truck-Lite facility on East Elmwood Avenue... and, discussing the local maker of vehicle safety-lighting's needs. Reed also presented a commendation to Truck-Lite, and the local "Dream It -- Do It" program. Reed says he'd like to see the collaboration between the public school program, and local manufacturers go national. Reed says the partnership is important because there's a "skills gap" in the United States that needs to be bridged. He says that's the idea because Science, Technology, Engineering and Math -- or STEM Programs. Truck-Lite Senior Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer Brad Van Riper says he's excited by the new 'P-Tech Academy' in the north county... and, "Dream It -- Do It." The Western New York "Dream It -- Do It" program is a collaboration between the Manufacturer's Association of the Southern Tier... and, local schools to get students interested in possible manufacturing and related careers.
A woman was killed... and, a man was seriously hurt... when their motorcycles collided after the woman's bike first struck a cow in the Cattaraugus County town of Napoli. Sheriff's officers in Little Valley say 35 year-old Jennifer Bumpus of Little Valley was eastbound on Route 242 just before 8:30 Monday night when she struck a cow that had wandered onto the road. Deputies say the second motorcycle, operated by 23 year-old Derrick Livermore of Conewango, then struck Bumpus' bike from behind. Bumpus was pronounced dead at the scene... while Livermore was flown by Starflight Helicopter to UPMC Hamot in Erie, Pennsylvania. He's being treated for back, leg, and neck injuries.
State police say they've arrested two people in connection with a fight at a western New York home that left a man with serious injuries. Troopers say 20-year-old Brittany Kulczyk (Cul-Chick) of West Valley... and 23-year-old Kyle Burdick of Cattaraugus went to a home in the Wyoming County to town of Java last August 10th... and, fought with a man and woman at the residence. Police say Kulczyk assaulted the 19-year-old woman while Burdick attacked the 28-year-old man. The man suffered a broken jaw, nose and teeth as well as a concussion. The woman was treated for cuts and bruises. Kulczyk was arrested September 28th and Burdick was arrested last Thursday. Both are charged with assault. Kulczyk was released. Burdick is being held in the county jail on $12,000 bail. It couldn't be determined if they have lawyers.
Gasoline prices in Chautauqua County have gone down a nickle-a gallon since last week to just over 2-dollars-50 cents for regular, unleaded. The Triple-A's weekly Fuel Gauge Report says that's based on reports from 19 service stations in the Jamestown-area. Triple-A says last week's average price was about 2--55 a gallon. Last year at this time... it was just over 3-dollars-51 cents per gallon. The Fuel Gauge say the current national average is about 2--31 a gallon. Triple-A adds that after 13 straight days of holding steady... the national average price for regular, unleaded gasoline began ticking higher last week. But.. on the whole, pump prices remain discounted across the country. The refinery maintenance season is reportedly nearing its peak, and the national average has been relatively stable since September 15th. While national prices have been steady, pump prices in some regions have moved dramatically over this same period, largely due to fluctuations in supply and demand.
The effort to erect a statue in honor of internationally-known cartoonist Brad Anderson and his comic strip "Marmaduke" still needs a push to get over the finish line. Members of the Brad Anderson Recognition Committee in Brocton were recently with us to talk about the effort following Anderson's passing at the age of 91. Committee Co-Chairman Terry Boltz says funds are basically in place... it's now a matter of how the statue will be presented along Route 20 near the county's Wine Trail in the town of Portland. Don Sottile is the artist who will make the sculpture... which will feature Anderson working on a drawing... with Marmaduke's head over Anderson's shoulder -- trying to get him to play with him. Another person involved with the effort... Terry's brother, Jim... says the statue is fitting because Anderson never forgot Chautauqua County, and his roots here... using local references in the comic strip. Donations can still be made... and, sent to the Brocton/Portland Development Corporation, c/o the Brad Anderson Recognition Committee, 87 West Main Street in Brocton. The zip code is 14716.
The second-annual Feeding Fredonia Challenge is underway in the village of Fredonia... and, the effort is alread off to a good start. That from Pastor Cynthia Wickwire-Lundquist with the Fredonia Presbyterian Church. Wickwire-Lundquist says local businesses are helping to collect the food... starting Monday. Fredonia Central School and the SUNY College at Fredonia are holding their own internal collections to help with the food drive. The Chautauqua County Rural Ministry is also assisting with the Feeding Fredonia Challenge this week... despite their own challenges concerning the partially-collapsed Coburn Building in Dunkirk. You can call 679-1501 for more information about the "Feeding Fredonia" Challenge.
A New York state board is expected to decide soon whether to allow a racino in the state's Southern Tier to expand into a full casino. Tioga Downs' bid for a casino license was initially denied last year, but the facility in Nichols revised its proposal after Governor Andrew Cuomo asked gambling regulators to re-open bidding for the casino license.
News Update for Tues., Oct. 13, 2015
Cattaraugus County woman killed when her Motorcycle hit a cow in the road...
A woman was killed... and, a man was seriously hurt... when their motorcycles collided after the woman's bike first struck a cow in the Cattaraugus County town of Napoli. Sheriff's officers in Little Valley say 35 year-old Jennifer Bumpus of Little Valley was eastbound on Route 242 just before 8:30 last night when she struck a cow that had wandered onto the road. Deputies say the second motorcycle, operated by 23 year-old Derrick Livermore of Conewango, then struck Bumpus' bike from behind. Bumpus was pronounced dead at the scene... while Livermore was flown by Starflight Helicopter to UPMC Hamot in Erie, PA. He's being treated for back, leg, and neck injuries.
BPU Water Main break fixed, unsettled water now the issue in Jamestown...
Motorists in Jamestown can now use the area of Main Street between First and Third Streets after repairs were made to a water main that broke overnight. BPU Communications Cordinator Becky Robbins says that a 10-inch main break was discovered about 9 p.m. Monday when several customers reported low water pressure. Water was shut down on North Main Street between First and Third... and, repairs were completed about 7 this morning. Now that water service has been restored... customers throughout the BPU water system may experience discolored water until 7 tonight... to MIdnight tonight.
SWCS District voters deciding on $15.9-mill. Capital Project...
Voters in the Southwestern Central School district are deciding today on a $15.9-million capital project with two rounds of voting. Superintendent Maureen Donahue says the second session will be held this afternoon from 2 until 9 p.m. Donahue says the planned work is mainly at the high school... and, surrounding grounds. Donahue says it includes 'instructional renovation...' a complete overhaul of the auditorium, and a new gymnasium. The new gym would be added at the east end of Southwestern High School. Donahue says plans call for the current gym space to be made into a wellness center and a large 'multi purpose' classroom. New York state building aid would pay 81.3 cents for every dollar of the work.
Jamestown Board of Public Utilities crews were busy fixing a water main break overnight. BPU Communications Cordinator Becky Robbins says that a ten inch water main break was discovered about 9pm Monday when several customers reported low water pressure. Water was shut down on North Main Street between 1st and 3rd streets by 10pm. Drivers are being asked to avoid that area this morning as crews work on repairs and road clean up. Once water is restored, water customers throughout the BPU water system may experience discolored water for 12-18 hours.
Five fire departments were called out to side-by-side house fires in Warren just after 2:30 Monday afternoon. The Warren Times Observer reports that the fire began at 1121 Pennsylvania Avenue West and spread to the neighboring house. North Warren, Pleasant, Starbrick, Youngsville, and Clarendon Volunteers fought the two fires alongside Warren Firefighters for hours. The two homes were heavily damaged. One firefighter suffered a minor injury when he stepped on a nail. The state police fire marshall says the attics of both homes were full of shingles which are highly flammable. The cause of the fire is still under investigation
It reached 72-degrees at our Media One Studios yesterday afternoon... but, the weather has taken a decided turn in the other direction. Progressively colder air will be moving into the area... some of the coldest of the season. Forecaster Jim Mitchell of the National Weather Service in Buffalo says the first cold front began crossing the area overnight... but, adds it will get much cooler later in the week. The coolest day is forecasted for next Saturday... when the final system moves through... and there might be some "wet snowflakes over the higher terrain." Mitchell says it's not that unusual to see some snow over the higher elevations this time of the year. By the way... it was 9 years ago tonight that the "October Surprise" lake effect snowstorm hit portions of the Buffalo area.
A Niagara County, New York man has died from injuries suffered in a crash involving a car and two motorcycles in the Cattaraugus County town of Machias. State Police in Olean say one motorcycle... operated by 47 year-old Larry Choops of Lockport... was struck by the car... driven by Laura Howard-Raska of Snyder. Troopers say the accident occured just before 5 PM Sunday when Howard-Raska failed to stop for a stop sign at the intersection of Route 242 and Bakerstand Road. Officers say the second motorcycle, operated by 67 year-old James Fink of Gasport, also struck the car and he was ejected. Fink was treated at a local hospital and released. Howard-Radka was not hurt. She was charged with speeding... failure to stop for a stop sign... and failure to yield the right of way.
Officials with the Lucy-Desi Comedy Center say they "couldn't be happier" with how the third-annual "Lucy-Town Half-Marathon and 5-K" weekend went. That from Comedy Center Director Journey Gunderson... who says they were especially happy with how the second-annual "2-K Kids Run" went on Saturday. Gunderson says it was a prelude to the 5-K Run... and, the Half-Marathon Sunday morning. Gunderson also says there was also a good crowd of several-hundred people for Saturday night's "Headliner" comedy show with Joy Behar... and, adds the Co-Host of ABC-TV's "The View" loved the "great audience." She says they were again blessed with great weather for the main event yesterday morning... the half-marathon. Gunderson says a lot of people were dressed up in costume... and, there were a lot of out-of-towners, and locals involved. She says the Half-Marathon... which is sanctioned by U-S Track and Field... again drew about 700 runners from across the region and country. She says they've been helped greatly by Dave Reinhardt with the Chautauqua Strider's organization to put on the early Fall event.
New York's lieutenant governor is leading a state delegation to Puerto Rico to help the U.S. territory as it struggles with a fiscal crisis. New York Health Commissioner Howard Zucker and Secretary of State Cesar Perales joined Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul for the visit Monday. The trip comes after Governor Andrew Cuomo traveled to the island last month to offer New York's assistance as it deals with billions in public debt... much of it related to it's Medicaid and Medicare programs. Cuomo says the challenges facing Puerto Rico's public health system are similar to those New York dealt with in the past and that the state is ``proud'' to help. The visit is expected to last through Wednesday.
A Seattle-bound flight from New Jersey had to make an emergency landing in Buffalo Monday morning after a small fire in the galley. Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority spokesman Doug Hartmayer says Alaska Airlines Flight 17 was diverted to Buffalo-Niagara International Airport at about 8 AM. He says a credit card reader caught fire and the crew put it out with a fire extinguisher. There were no injuries among the 184 passengers and crew of five. Hartmayer says firefighters boarded the Boeing 737 to make sure the fire was out. He says passengers were taken to the terminal and offered medical assistance. It wasn't initially known if they'll resume their flight on the same aircraft. Flight 17 originates in Newark. It's usually scheduled to land in Seattle at 12:55 PM.
The Chautauqua County Office for the Aging's "Dining Out" program will soon be adding a new, fifth restaurant to their line-up. That from Office for the Aging Director Mary Ann Spanos... who says some details are still being finalized with a Mayville-area eatery. Spanos says that means Seniors living in and near the "county seat" have a chance to get a good, nutritious meal at a very affordable cost. Spanos says adding "The Harbor House" gives them a variety of places for people to dine-out... aside from their Congregate Meal locations. She says the "Dining Out" sites also include Meeder's in Ripley... the Cassadaga Shure-Fine... The Springs in Maple Springs... and, Green Arch in Brocton. Spanos says they'll announce specifically when "The Harbor House" will become part of the program. For more information on the Senior "Dining Out" program... contact the Office for the Aging in Mayville. Spanos made her comments for this past weekend's "Community Spotlight" Program on the five Media One Group stations.
What used to be an unthinkable scenario... an active shooter on campus... is not only thought about at New York's public colleges but planned for the same way they prepare for weather disasters or fire. All 29 four-year campuses in the State University of New York system have their own armed police forces and have to plan and practice for active shooters as part of emergency plans. Even so, the October 1st shooting that left nine victims dead at Oregon's Umpqua Community College has campuses again contemplating if that's enough. SUNY leaves specifics of planning up to individual campuses, drawing advice from authorities like the Justice Department. United University Professions president Fred Kowal says it's hard to say whether the plans are enough because they vary among campuses.
U-S Senator Charles Schumer says the federal government should seek the maximum possible fine from Volkswagen... and, demand that the automaker give rebates to buyers following the recent scandal over emissions testing. The New York Democrat calls the company's actions a ``deceptive and massive fraud'' among the worst in corporate history. He says he wants the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Justice Department to seek an 18-billion dollar fine, the highest possible. He added that drivers who purchased the affected cars should receive a portion of the settlement amount as a rebate. Schumer says such a high fine amount would send a ``dramatic and strong'' message that corporate deception won't be tolerated.
Voters in the Southwestern Central School district will decide today on 15.9-million dollar capital project with two rounds of voting. Superintendent Maureen Donahue says the first session of voting at the High School runs from 7 to 9 AM. Donahue says the planned work is mainly at the high school and surrounding grounds. Donahue says it includes 'instructional renovation...' a complete overhaul of the auditorium, and a new gymnasium. The new gym would be added at the east end of Southwestern High School. Donahue says plans call for the current gym space would be made into a wellness center and a large 'multi purpose' classroom. New York state building aid would pay 81.3 cents for every dollar of the work. As for the impact on the Southwestern budget over the 15 year pay-off, Donahue says it's about 30 cents per thousand assessed value. A second voting session runs from 2 to 9 PM today.
News Update for Mon. Oct. 12, 2015
(Corr.)Niagara Co. man killed in crash involving car, and two motorcycles in Catt. County...
A Lockport, New York man has died from injuries suffered in a crash involving a car and two motorcycles in the Cattaraugus County town of Machias. State Police in Olean say one motorcycle... operated by 47 year-old Larry Choops... was struck by the car... driven by Laura Howard-Raska of Snyder. Troopers say the accident occured when Howard-Raska failed to stop for a stop sign at the intersection of Route 242 and Bakerstand Road. Officers say the second motorcycle, operated by 67 year-old James Fink of Gasport, was also struck by the car... and, he was thrown from the bike. However... Fink was not seriously hurt. Choops later died at a local hospital. Howard-Raska was not hurt... but, officers say she faces charges, including speeding and failure to yield.
The Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department "K-9" Unit is being credited with helping to find a Falconer teenager who went missing for several hours early Sunday in the town of Chautauqua. Sheriff's officers say they received a report that 19 year-old Nathan Nowicki walked away from a group of friends on Beujean Road shortly after 2 AM. Deputies say he went into a heavily-wooded area... and, the group tried to find him -- without luck -- a short time later. Officers say the friends tried to call Nowicki's cellphone...but, were unable to reach him. Deputies were called in... and, upon arrival found Nowicki's vehicle. Officers say Erie County Air-1 then conducted a search of the wooded area... but, were unable to find him due to heavy foliage. However... GPS coordinates from Nowicki's cell phone showed that it was in the wooded-area... and, a ground search began. Deputies say "K-9" Drago lead the effort... and, after a short time he found Nowicki's backpack... which also contained his cell phone. The K-9 then lead search teams into the Chautauqua Gorge where they were able to track Nowicki's foot prints... and, found him about 8:45 AM. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment of hypothermia and minor injuries.
A Jamestown teenager has been arrested for allegedly driving drunk while a 14 year-old juvenile was in the car with her. City police say they stopped 18 year-old Jastic (Jaz-Stick) Anzalone on Hallock Street about 2 AM last Saturday for driving without her headlights on... and, running a red light. Officers say Anzalone submitted to a breath test... and, it showed she had twice the legal limit of alcohol in her system. Police say she's accused of violating Leandra's Law... making her driving while intoxicated charge a Felony. Anzalone was also charged with operating without a license... and, passing a red light. She was jailed pending arraignment.
One Lakewood area man remains jailed... while another has been freed on bail... following a drug raid last Friday that uncovered both Heroin and cocaine being sold. Agents with the Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Force led a multi-agency effort to take down an alleged drug house at 29-15 Third Avenue in Busti. Task Force Commander David Bentley says police found 40 grams of processed or packaged cocaine... and, 20 doses of Heroin. They also arrested 40 year-old Blake Smith... and, 38 year-old Willow Taft... at the location -- just west of Lakewood. Bentley called the pair "mid-level" drug dealers. He says authorities also found a quantity of marijuana... cutting agents... electronic scales... and a large quantity of cash. He says the task force was assisted by Lakewood-Busti and State Police... the Jamestown Metro Drug Task Force... and, state Police C-NET Team. Smith... who was also arrested on warrants from the city of Jamestown... remains jailed without bail. Taft was freed on bail. Anyone with information on illegal narcotics trafficking around the county is asked to contact the Southern Tier Task Force at 1-800-344-8702.
Chautauqua County's top-law enforcement official is urging motorists to drive cautiously over the next three months. Sheriff Joe Gerace says that's because the number of Car-Deer accidents typically spikes between October and December in the county. Last year... Gerace says the county had well over 100 car-deer crashes in both October and November because the animals tend to migrate during that time... and, it's also their mating season. He adds November is the peak month for these accidents. Gerace adds that deer tend to be most active between 6 and 9 PM in the evening. However... he adds there are instances where a driver cannot avoid a collision. Gerace urges motorists not to swerve out of your driving lane because that can cause an even more serious accident. He says it's best in that case just to hit the deer. In that case... Gerace says you should brake firmly... stay in your lane... and, hold onto the steering wheel and bring your vehicle to a controlled stop. At that point... he says you should then pull off the road to access your situation.
The New York Senate's former longtime majority leader says he's giving 1.4-million dollars left in campaign funds to the Senate Republican Campaign Committee... and, 100-thousand dollars to a scholarship fund. Joseph Bruno says he's also closing his legal defense fund and spreading about $70,000 left among several nonprofits. He retired from the Senate in 2008 after 13 years as the Republican leader, initially spending leftover campaign money for defense lawyers at political corruption trials in 2009 and 2012. The state comptroller this year approved $1.8 million reimbursements for his legal defense fees, while rejecting another $606,000 sought by Bruno after he was acquitted at his second trial. Bruno says keeping a Republican Senate majority as a balance to Democrats controlling other parts of the state government is more important than ever.
A Fredonia woman has been arrested for allegedly receiving more than 18-hundred dollars worth of food stamps and public assistance she was not entitled to. Sheriff's officers along with members of the county's Department of Health and Human Services' Integrity Unit took 43 year-old Keilly Rose into custody late last week. Deputies say Rose was getting food stamp benefits... and, not properly reporting her income to social services. She is also accused of putting false information on her application with social services... and, receiving one-thousand-842 dollars worth of benefits she should not have received. Rose faces charges including Grand Larceny... welfare fraud... and, Offering a False Instrument for Filing. She was issued appearance tickets for Jamestown City Court. Instances of suspected welfare fraud can be reported by calling the the county's hotline at 1-800-388-5365 or We-Tip 1800-782-7463.
Dunkirk City School District officials are asking for strong community support at a rally that will be held a week from Saturday for NRG's Repowering Dunkirk project. School Superintendent Gary Cerne (Sir-nee) says the re-powering project is critical to the District, as NRG contributes 10-percent of the District's revenue under the Payment in Lieu of Taxes -- or PILOT Agreement. Cerne calls it their "last chance" to show the community and county is united in keeping the plant open. Nearly two years ago... Governor Andrew Cuomo traveled to Dunkirk to announce the project that would convert the plant from a coal fired plant to cleaner natural gas. A lawsuit filed by Entergy Corporation has since put the project on hold. The Rally will be held Saturday, October 17th starting at 10:30 am on the city pier.
State regulators have approved Buffalo-based M&T Bank Corporation's application to acquire Hudson City Bancorp Inc. The Department of Financial Services says it received the application in 2012 from M&T... noting it has strengthened its risk management and anti-money laundering compliance programs. M&T, a financial holding company, says the transaction has already been approved by the Federal Reserve and shareholders of both companies... and, should be completed by about November 1st.
The U.S. Military Academy will honor the man who portrayed ``Lieutenant Dan'' when it gives actor Gary Sinise its annual Thayer Award. Sinise, known for his roles in ``Forrest Gump'' and the TV show ``CSI: New York,'' will receive the award at West Point on October 22nd. The award is named for a former West Point superintendent and is given to citizens who serve the national interest. West Point cited Sinise's decades of advocacy for service members, including his work for the Disabled American Veterans organization. Sinise also performs for troops as part of the "Lt. Dan Band," named for the hard-nosed officer who befriends Forrest Gump. Past recipients of the Thayer Award include Dwight Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, Bob Hope, Neil Armstrong, Tom Brokaw and Colin Powell.
News Update for Sun., Oct. 11, 2015
Falconer teen found in Chautauqua Gorge after missing for more than six hours...
The Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department "K-9" Unit is being credited with helping to find a Falconer teenager who went missing for several hours early Sunday in the town of Chautauqua. Sheriff's officers say they received a report that 19 year-old Nathan Nowicki walked away from a group of friends on Beujean Road shortly after 2 AM. Deputies say he went into a heavily-wooded area... and, the group tried to find him -- without luck -- a short time later. Officers say the friends tried to call Nowick's cellphone...but, were unable to reach him. Deputies were called in... and, upon arrival found Nowicki's vehicle. Officers say Erie County Air-1 then conducted a search of the wooded area... but, were unable to find him due to heavy foliage. However... GPS coordinates from Nowicki's cell phone showed that it was in the wooded-area... and, a ground search began. Deputies say "K-9" Drago lead the effort... and, after a short time he found Nowicki's backpack... which also contained his cell phone. The K-9 then lead search teams into the Chautauqua Gorge where they were able to track Nowicki's foot prints... and, found him about 8:45 AM. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment of hypothermia and minor injuries.
One person still jailed, another released following significant drug bust in town of Busti...
One Lakewood area man remains jailed... while another has been freed on bail... following a drug raid last Friday that uncovered both Heroin and cocaine being sold. Agents with the Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Force led a multi-agency effort to take down an alleged drug house at 2915 Third Ave. in Busti. Task Force Commander David Bentley says police found 40 grams of processed or packaged cocaine... and, 20 doses of Heroin. They also arrested 40 year-old Blake Smith... and, 38 year-old Willow Taft... at the location -- just west of Lakewood. Bentley called the pair "mid-level" drug dealers. He says authorities also found a quantity of marijuana... cutting agents... electronic scales... and a large quantity of cash. He says the task force was assisted by Lakewood-Busti and State Police... the Jamestown Metro Drug Task Force... and, state Police CNET Team. Smith... who was also arrested on warrants from the city of Jamestown... remains jailed without bail. Taft was freed on bail. Anyone with information on illegal narcotics trafficking around the county is asked to contact the Southern Tier Task Force at 1-800-344-8702.
WJTN News Headlines for 10/9
he Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce has named National Comedy Center Executive Director, Journey Gunderson as its person of the year. Gunderson is responsible for executing the Board of Directors vision... making Jamestown a national destination for comedy. The National Comedy Center Board President also received an award at the chamber's annual ceremony. That's local attorney, George Panebianco... who was given the Jamestown Community Chamber's service award. Panebianco has also been active with Babe Ruth baseball, The Italian American Golf Tournament and several other groups. The county chamber's award for economic development was shared by the Northern Chautauqua, and Chautauqua Region Community Foundations. Randy Sweeney is Executive Director of the Chautauqua Region Foundation. A number of other 'community chamber' awards were presented Thursday night during the event... held at SUNY Fredonia. Winning for the Mayville Chautauqua Community Chamber was Ken Shearer.
Local Congressman Tom Reed says he "respects" House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's decision to withdraw his name from consideration to be next Speaker of the House. Reed was part of yesterday's Majority Conference meeting where a vote was to be taken on the next speaker. However... McCarthy announced he was no longer seeking the position. After that... outgoing Speaker John Boehner adjourned the meeting. Earlier this week... Reed said he wanted the caucus to take it's time making a decision. Two other Republican's have expressed interest in being speaker. They are Jason Chaffetz of Utah, and Daniel Webster of Florida. However... there was no vote on either man Thursday. Reed says he's open to hearing more candidates who may be able to unite both the party, and Congress as a whole. Another name that's been circulated is South Carolina's Trey Gowdy... who head's up the House Select Committee on Bengahzi. There's been no word on when another meeting will be held. Speaker Boehner will step down October 29th.
A Bradford, Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for being found in possession of child pornography at his former home in Olean. U-S Attorney William Hochul, Junior also announced Thursday that 48 year-old Dale Foley received 10-years supervised release by Senior U.S. District Judge William Skretny. Prosecutors say agents raided Foley's home on South Street in Olean back in November of 2011... and, found and found 146 video filed of child porn. They add that Foley also admitted to being in possession of the material. Officials say a forensic analysis of Foley’s computer recovered 685 image files... and, the video files... many of which depicted pre-pubescent children being subjected to violence.
A Jamestown teenager has been arrested for allegedly breaking into vehicles parked on Lakeview Avenue... then leading police on foot chase. A police patrol on the northside spotted the 17 year-old boy allegedly checking vehicle doors... and, he allegedly got into one car to steal items inside. Officers say they moved in... but, the teen spotted them... and, ran off. Police say they chased the teen through several backyards before catching, and arresting him. The 17 year-old is charged with attempted petty larceny... and, second-degree obstruction. He was jailed pending arraignment.
A public meeting was held by Southwestern Central School district officials Wednesday night on a proposed 15.9-million dollar capital project that will go before the voters next week. Superintendent Maureen Donahue says the planned work is mainly at the high school and surrounding grounds. Donahue says it includes 'instructional renovation...' a complete overhaul of the auditorium, and a new gymnasium. The new gym would be added at the east end of Southwestern High School. Donahue adds their current gym has been fundamentally untouched since it was built in 1952... and, is one of the smallest in any high school in the county. Under the plan, the current gym space would be made into a wellness center and a large 'multi purpose' classroom. New York state building aid would pay 81.3 cents for every dollar of the work. As for the impact on the Southwestern budget over the 15 year pay-off, the taxpayer cost will be just about 30-cents per thousand assessed value. Additional information on the Southwestern capital project is available on the school's website or by calling the district office. The public vote on the project will be next Tuesday, October 13th at the high school.
Work has been further delayed... and, it will be next week before demolition begins on the collapsed portion of the Coburn Block Building in the city of Dunkirk. Mayor A-J Dolce says a total of three structural engineers have now had a look at the situation. One of the factors is the building's age... dating back to 1868. The extra time will also allow extra prep work that needs to be done to raze the building safely. Kathy Peterson of Chautauqua County Rural Ministry, which owns the building, says a demolition firm from Buffalo has been hired to handle the work. She says all three structural engineers have deemed the building on Central Avenue to be structurally sound.
Former New York Governor David Paterson is stepping down from his post as the leader of the state's Democrats. Paterson had served as chairman of the state Democrat Committee since May of last year. He announced his resignation late Wednesday. There's no word on who will take over the party, which is largely controlled by Governor Andrew Cuomo. Paterson thanked Cuomo and other Democratic leaders for their support Wednesday... and, said he will always feel fortunate to have led his party. Aside from leading the Democrats in the 2014 elections, Paterson also emerged as a staunch Cuomo supporter, often taking aim at the governor's critics on his behalf. In a statement... Cuomo praised Paterson's contributions as governor and said he was an ``outstanding'' chairman of the party.
Her appearance in Jamestown may be on of the few chances to see Comedian and T-V Talk Show host Joy Behar on the stage doing her stand-up routine. Behar is preparing for her appearance this Saturday night in Jamestown as part of the third-annual Lucytown Half-Marathon Weekend. But... the co-host of ABC-TV's "The View" almost didn't get into TV and Comedy. Behar tells us she first got into teaching... but, then changed careers. She says it enfluenced a "one-woman show" she does called "Me, My Mouth, and I...." Behar says she and her husband, Steve, will be driving to Jamestown from their home in New York City. She says this will be one of just a few comedy shows she's been doing because she's again fully-engaged with "The View." Behar adds that Lucille Ball is truly "The Queen of Comedy..." and, she "had it" like Charlie Caplin and other legends. Behar takes the stage at the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts this Saturday at 8 PM. For ticket information... call the Lucy-Desi Center at 484-0800... or go on-line to Lucy--Desi-dot-COM.
News Headlines for Thurs., Oct. 8, 2015
Teresi unveils 2016 Executive Budget proposal that gets within city's Constitutional taxing limit...
After years of having to shell out more money for insurance and pensions... and, stagnant revenues... Jamestown's day of budget "reckoning" has arrived. That from Mayor Sam Teresi as he presented the city's 2016, $35.1-million spending plan Wednesday afternoon. Teresi says the budget includes a 5.6-percent tax increase... which is nearly $700,000 over the state's 2-percent property tax cap. He says it also increases the tax rate by $1.27 cents per $1,000 full value. Teresi says there are three main drivers of the increase... the largest being escalating costs for the city's self-insurance health plan. In recent years, he says costs for the plan have "drained" the city. Teresi says it's the "800-pound Gorilla" in this budget, because retirees were also negotiated into the program many years ago. He says state pension contributions, and salaries are the other culprits. Teresi says the tax increase brings the city within $1,800 of 99.9-percent of it's Constitutional taxing limit. The budget uses up the rest of the undesignated fund-balance... and, cuts the contingency budget by 4.4-percent to $220,000 for emergencies. Otherwise... Teresi says revenues... including Payment in Lieu of Tax Agreements with the Board of Public Utilities... are mostly down. Teresi says the BPU is projecting lower electric sales in the coming year. City Council has to approve a final budget by Dec. 1.
City man arrested for allegedly running over person on westside...
A city man is jailed following an incident in which his car reportedly ran over the foot and lower leg of another person on Jamestown's westside. City police were called to the scene of a reported motor vehicle accident in the area of 359 Fairmount Avenue just after 2 p.m. Wednesday. Officers say their investigation found that 23 year-old Corey Reichardt had fled the scene shortly before they arrived... and, he allegedly struck the victim while driving off. The extent of the victim's injuries were not released. Reichardt was found nearby... and, arrested for second-degree reckless endangerment.
County Office for the Aging to host Jamestown-area Medicare Enrollment forums Thursday...
Local Seniors, their spouses and caregivers are encouraged to take part in some very important forums in the Jamestown-area to learn more about Medicare Enrollment. The enrollment period begins on Oct. 15... and, runs until Dec. 7. Chautauqua County Office for Office for the Aging Director Mary Ann Spanos says they are holding a number of forums... including two in the Jamestown-area today. Spanos says her office's Medicare-certified counselors put on the programs for no charge... because they cannot charge a fee. She says that's because they have partial federal funding. Spanos says the first local Health Insurance Public Forum will be held in Jamestown this afternoon from 1 to 3 p.m. at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. She says a second forum in the Jamestown-area will be held at the Heritage Ministries location in the Chautauqua Mall in Lakewood from 6-to-8 this evening. She adds that people who just turned 65 may also want to explore whether it's better to stay on their work insurance... or go on Medicare. For more information... call the office's NY Connects number at 753-4582.
Wordelmann running for second-term as -Lkwd Mayor Re-elect-#1 6AM 10/8
The current mayor of Lakewood says he feels his work is not done... and, is asking village residents for another four-year term in office. Republican Mayor David Wordelmann has announced he's seeking a second-term after being elected in 2011 to replace the late Tony Caprino... who passed away while in office. Wordelmann says village government's emphasis on economic development, and bringing in jobs, has continued under his leadership. He says he's "very proud" of his record... which includes helping 30 new business calling Lakewood "home." Wordelmann says he's served as an elected official in Lakewood for 10 and-a-half years... the first six as a trustee. He says he's most proud of the fact that they've been able to hold the line on taxes... and, the tax rate has actually dropped to it's lowest level in 15 years. As for the future... Wordelmann says he wants to keep the tax levy as as low as possible... and, continue to provide the services residents expect. He is employed by Tops Markets as a store manager. He is on the Republican line for the Nov. 3 election.
Missing Warren Co., PA girl found, along with alleged accomplice in her disappearance, in Maine...
A Warren County, Pennsylvania runaway has been found safe and sound in the state of Maine along with the older teenaged boy who allegedly helped her. State Police in Warren said late Wednesday that 15 year-old Reaghan Chase was found in Franklin County, Maine with 18 year-old Kyle Bedow of Grand Valley. Troopers say Chase disappeared back on Sept. 29. Felony warrants were issued for Bedow... who was found to be traveling with Chase. Police say Bedow has been arrested... and, faces charges including interferance with the Custody of a Child... and, concealment of the Whereabouts of a Child. He's being held pending extradiction to Pennsylvania.
News Headlines for Tues., Oct. 6, 2015
Warren Co. teen now sought for allegedly helping missing girl stay away on the loose...
The teenager who is allegedly connected with a Warren County girl who disappeared back on September 29th now faces criminal charges. State Police in Warren say they have issued warrants for 18 year-old Kyle Bedow of Grand Valley, Pennsylvania on two Felony charges. Troopers say Bedow is believed to be traveling with 15 year-old Reaghan Chase... and, say they've been traveling in a 2005 tan-colored Mercury Marquise with the PA license plate number HVP7853. Police say Bedow is now charged with interference with the custody of a child... and, concealment of the Whereabouts of a Child. Troopers are now offering a reward for information leading to Bedow's arrest... and, finding Chase. If you have information... call Warren County Crimestoppers at 1-800-83-CRIME.
Cuomo calls on Congressional, Presidential candidates to state what they would do about gun killing's crisis...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says U.S. gunfire killings have reached a crisis... and, voters should demand every candidate for Congress or president answer what they'd do about it. Cuomo enacted new firearm restrictions in New York in January 2013, a month after 20 children and six adults were murdered at an elementary school in neighboring Connecticut. He tells The Associated Press there's a political price, and it cost him. The Democrat says it's a difficult issue, especially because 30 to 40 percent of Americans distrust government and oppose gun control. New York banned magazines that hold more than 10 bullets and sales of popular semiautomatic weapons with two military-style features, like the rifle used in Connecticut.
Contrary to earlier wire stories, "Scary Lucy" Halloween Exhibit at Mall won't include "Scary Lucy" statue...
Publicity about a new feature to the annual "Haunting at the Mall" at the Chautauqua Mall has been wrongly interpreted... and, it's produced some 'scary' results. There was a vague story in the Buffalo News this (Tuesday) morning... that was apparently misinterpreted by other media. That led to an Associated Press story that states that the statue will be part of the Halloween exhibit. However... the man whose company puts on the Haunting at the Mall says that's not the case. Scott Mekus with "Eventz by Scott" has put on the mall show for the past two years... and, says they'll have a person portraying "Lucy" for the exhibit. Mekus says the statue is "not coming to the Haunted House." However... he says the "Scary Lucy" exhibit will be "haunting" in it's appearance because it's for Halloween. He adds the statue is not intended to offend... but, have some fun with the national furor earlier this year over the statue. The "Haunting" will be located next to the current J-C Penny's store in the Mall. Celoron village officials say the Lucy statue will not be moved from Lucille Ball Memorial Park until a replacement has been made, and erected.
The "Haunting at the Mall" begins this Friday night... and, will continue each Friday and Saturday night from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. through Halloween weekend. There will also be an added "Haunting" night on Thursday, Oct. 29.
"Town of Terror" at Children's Safety Village previewed...
Older teens and young adults have the chance to get into the 'Halloween Spirit' early again this year at the Children's Education Safety Village's "Town of Terror" event. Safety Village Executive Director Terri Kindberg says this is the fourth-year for the event... which will be held each Saturday night, Oct. 9--24. Kindberg says each Saturday runs from 7:30 p.m to 10:30 p.m. at the location next to the Ashville BOCES. Volunteer Coordinator Jessica Dayton says... once people buy their admission ticket... they take a hay-ride to the back of the village. They will then proceed through the miniature village. Dayton says people taking part will then go "on their own route" through the "haunted town..." which uses the miniature buildings in the Safety Village. With the fact there is a "terror" theme for this fund-raiser... Kindberg says it's for older children only. In addition... there will also be a "Halloween Fun Fest" for the younger kids on Oct. 28. For more information... call the Safety Village at 338-0170.
City DPW Director says Foote Ave. paving project should be underway next week...
Work has been progressing a little faster in recent days on the complete resurfacing of Foote Avenue in the city of Jamestown. City Public Works Director Jeff Lehman told city council members at last night's work session that mill-work on Route 60 from the junction with Route 62 in the town of Kiantone... to Second Street in the city... was recently completed. He adds that paving work is to begin next Monday. Lehman says the repaving will begin at the Route 62 intersection... and conclude at West Second Street.
Forestville water is declared safe by state Health officials...
The Village of Forestville's drinking water is safe. That's according to a detailed report that the Chautauqua County Department of Health and Human Services has received from the New York State Health Department. State health officials performed an independent and comprehensive review after residents questioned the safety of the village's water supply. The village replaced their 120 year-old springs with two new wells last year. County Environmental Health Director Mark Stow confirmed the findings.
News Headlines for Mon., Oct. 5, 2015
Forestville teenager accused of stealing $11,000 from home safe in north county village; arrested in Jamestown...
A Forestville teenager has been arrested for allegedly breaking into a safe -- and, stealing about $11,000 worth of property -- in a village home last July. Sheriff's officers say 19 year-old Jesse Borrello of Pearl Street allegedly broke into the home last July 30. Following a lengthy investigation... deputies say an arrest warrant was issued for Borrello. Borrello was located in Jamestown and later arraigned in Hanover Town Court on charges of third-degree Grand Larceny... and, criminal mischief. He was then sent to the County Jail... where he posted $10,000 bail, or $20,000 property bond.
Woman from Southern Erie County dies from injuries in town of Hanover car-pedestrian accident...
A woman from southern Erie County, NY is dead following a weekend car/pedestrian accident in the town of Hanover. Sheriff's officers say 44 year old Andrea Waterman of Lawtons was taken to the Erie County Medical Center with serious physical injuries after being hit by a vehicle while walking last Saturday night. Deputies report that Waterman was walking on Routes 5 and 20 when she was struck by the vehicle. Waterman was taken to Lake Shore Hospital before being transferred to ECMC by Alstar Ambulance... where she later died. No charges have been filed.
BPU signs new, four-year "Flex Rate" agreement with Artone Manufacturing...
A local maker of custom furniture and fixtures has become the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities' seventh major electric customer to sign a "Flex Plan" Agreement. BPU officials say today (Monday) that the four-year agreement with Artone Manufacturing on Allen Street will help to slightly reduce the company's power costs. In exchange... Artone agrees to invest in it's local facility and workforce. Artone President Mike Calimeri says the deal "helps the bottom line..." and, adds they certainly appreciate the fact the BPU wants to help local manufacturers save money on energy costs. BPU General Manager Dave Leathers thanked Artone staff for making the investment in it's now year-old location... building an energy efficient facility in part of the old Bush Industries manufacturing plant. Mayor Sam Teresi says Artone has been a manufacturing "anchor" for more than 40 years, and a good neighbor dating back to when Calimeri's dad started the company. Calimeri says Artone is coming off a record sales year. The company makes furniture and fixtures for four different markets... including retail store fixtures, hotel room furniture, senior care room furniture... and, contract case goods. Artone currently employs 82 people... and, is looking to add five more this years.
DiNapoli says Upstate succession not a good idea for the region, as well as New York as a whole...
New York's Comptroller says the state is better whole... than in parts. While in Jamestown last Friday for a tour of economic development projects, Thomas DiNapoli was asked the 'succession question'... would upstate New York be better off as its own state? As the New York's chief fiscal officer, DiNapoli says definitely not. He says a lot of what drives New York in terms of it's economy, and economic power is the fact it's a big state and includes the Wall Street district. At the same time though, DiNapoli, who is from Long Island, sympathizes with those who feel overshadowed by New York City issues. He says he felt like his district got the short-end of the stick when he was a state Assemblyman. DiNapoli concluded his news conference at the Gateway Station by saying, "Stay in New York... don't go to Ohio... or Pennsylvania."
Trump channel's "Death Wish" in support of Second-Amendment rights...
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is channeling 1970s action star Charles Bronson in defending Second Amendment rights in the aftermath of the shooting at an Oregon community college that left nine dead. Trump said in a rally in suburban Nashville last Saturday that he has a handgun carry permit in New York. He adds that any attacker will be ``shocked'' if he tries to assault the real estate mogul and that he will emulate Bronson in the vigilante film ``Death Wish.''
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A Brocton man is jailed following a routine traffic stop uncovered a number of drugs -- including Methamphetime -- in his possession. Sheriff's Deputies say they spotted a vehicle commit a traffic violation just before 4 AM last Saturday on Adams Street in the village of Silver Creek. Officers say the driver... 34 year-old David Topliffe... was found to have a suspended license. Further investigation... and, subsequent search of the vehicle found that Topliffe was in possession of powdered methamphetamine, processing materials for Meth, prescription narcotic pills, and a quantity of marijuana. He faces several charges... including Felony criminal possession of methamphetamine precursors... two counts of criminal possession of controlled substance... second-degree criminally possessing drug paraphernalia... aggravated unlicensed operator... and, unlawful possession of marijuana. He was arraigned in Silver Creek Village Court and sent to the County Jail.
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Net Neutrality: Staying the Course
By Marc Tayer • 2 years ago
Net Neutrality: Staying the Course. The dramatic rise of Internet video — occupying an increasingly dominant share of our aggregate bandwidth — fueled a raging debate over the rules of the broadband road. Net Neutrality, the basic notion that consumers should have equal and unimpeded access to any and all Internet services, quickly became a politically-charged buzzword. While just about everyone favors an open Internet, the practical meaning of such advocacy is much more than meets the eye.
Even as the traditional pay TV business remains strong, Internet TV services are proliferating. On the heels of Netflix, Amazon and Hulu, a host of new standalone services and packages has launched during the last few years (e.g., DirecTV Now, HBO Now, Showtime, YouTube TV, CBS All Access, Sony’s PlayStation Vue, Dish’s Sling TV). And Ultra HD, the new 4K video format providing four times the resolution of today’s HDTV pictures, is slowly gaining traction, underscoring the need for another generational boost in available bandwidth.
Our primary goals going forward should be:
• Sustaining an open Internet for all;
• Encouraging more competition and innovation; and
• Creating an environment conducive to massive new infrastructure investment, especially with respect to dramatic bandwidth expansion and maximal reach.
THE BACK STORY – RECENT HISTORY
Soon after Donald Trump’s January 2017 inauguration, he promoted Ajit Pai to the role of FCC chairman. Pai, a Republican appointed to the FCC by Obama in 2012, wasted no time in rolling back consumer-related Internet regulations implemented by his predecessor, Tom Wheeler. Next in line is his juiciest target: the FCC’s net neutrality rules implemented in 2015 after several years of debate.
Will Net Neutrality rules remain?
The Below Chronology Illustrates How We Arrived at This Juncture:
• 2002: The FCC classified broadband cable modem access as a lightly regulated “information service,” citing national priorities of capital investment and innovation.
• 2005: The Supreme Court affirmed the FCC information services classification in a 6–3 decision (the “Brand X” case), and DSL-based Internet access was also included.
• 2010: The FCC issued its Open Internet Order governing traffic policies of broadband Internet Service Providers (ISPs). These net neutrality rules dictated “no blocking” of legal content; “no unreasonable discrimination”; and “transparency” with respect to ISP business policies and network management.
• 2014: In Verizon v. FCC, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit voided the FCC’s 2010 net neutrality rules, finding the “no blocking” and “no unreasonable discrimination” rules beyond the agency’s authority.
• February 2015: The FCC voted 3–2 to reclassify ISPs as providers of “telecommunications services” and thereby regulate them as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934. Two weeks later, the FCC issued specific rules in a new Open Internet Order. The primary mandates included: “no blocking” and “no throttling” of legal content (in both cases, subject to “reasonable network management”), and “no paid prioritization” (i.e., ISPs can’t accept money in exchange for establishing “express lanes”).
• December 2015: The FCC initiated an investigation regarding whether “zero-rating” services violate the Open Internet Order. Zero-rating typically involves a streaming video or music service that doesn’t count toward the service provider’s monthly data caps. The specific services being examined were T-Mobile’s Binge On, AT&T’s DirecTV Now, Verizon’s go90, and Comcast’s Stream TV.
• June 2016: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the FCC’s 2015 Open Internet Order (net neutrality rules) in response to a challenge by cable, telecom, and wireless service providers.
• February 2017: Trump’s new FCC chairman, Ajit Pai, shut down the investigation into whether zero-rating services, such as AT&T’s DirecTV Now, violate the net neutrality rules.
• May 2017: The FCC voted to propose a broad review of the 2015 Open Internet Order, initiating an attempt to reverse the Title II “telecommunications services” classification and to repeal the net neutrality rules. There will be a three-month comment period as part of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM).
• July 12, 2017: Supporters of the net neutrality rules will stage a “Day of Action” rally in support of the open Internet, and against the FCC’s attempts to reverse the Open Internet Order.
My Take-A-Ways on the Current State of Net-Neutrality Affairs
Back in 2015, I was not a big fan of the FCC invoking the Title II regulatory framework on the broadband Internet. More preventative than punitive, it felt like a solution chasing a problem. But now that these Net Neutrality rules are in place, it seems wise to pause and reflect on the current situation, and whether the rules are truly in the consumer’s best interest.
While millions of comments will be submitted to the FCC, I believe a few strong market trends weigh in favor of staying the course.
First, media/telecom consolidation is back in vogue. In July 2015, AT&T completed its $50 billion acquisition of DirecTV, thereby becoming the nation’s largest video service provider as measured by pay TV subscribers. AT&T is also hoping to complete its $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner (owner of HBO, CNN, and Warner Brothers) later this year. In May 2016, Charter, backed by media titan John Malone, separately acquired Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks for a total of $67 billion, becoming the third largest pay TV provider (after AT&T and Comcast). Altice, a European telecom company, acquired Cablevision and Suddenlink for a combined total of $27 billion, instantly making it a major player in the U.S. market. On the wireless front, Comcast and Charter are in discussions with Sprint regarding a long-term strategic deal, while Sprint and T-Mobile have been negotiating a potential merger.
Second, competition remains weak amongst broadband ISPs. Most U.S. homes have a choice of only one or two high-speed Internet providers. It seems unlikely that we will see much additional competition until wireless services providers (e.g., Verizon) start rolling out 5G in the 2020’s.
Third, in February 2017, FCC chairman Pai green-lighted the zero-rating services of ISPs (such as AT&T’s DirecTV Now) by shutting down his predecessor’s investigation into these services. As a result, these favored services will continue to gain momentum, potentially at the expense of unaffiliated competitors.
Fourth, there is scant evidence that the doomsday scenario of stymied innovation and attenuated capital spending, prognosticated by the Open Internet Order’s critics, is materializing. In contrast, given the high stakes involved, increased capital investment and more innovation are occurring. For example, cable operators are rolling out DOCSIS 3.1, the industry’s next-generation, blazing-speed cable modem technology.
With industry consolidation increasing, limited competition amongst broadband ISPs, zero-rating services politically legitimized, and a strong investment climate, all signs point to staying the course with net neutrality. Let’s see how new services and competitors fare in this market environment. It would be a shame for the FCC to give up its strongest regulatory tool in the event that stronger competition does not emerge, enabling the powerful incumbents to further milk their dominant positions. Whatever happens, there will likely be more legal challenges. Perhaps the Supreme Court will be the ultimate arbiter.
Who knew that the Internet would be so complicated? — Marc Tayer.
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Marc Tayer is a former technology executive and the author of 'Televisionaries', the captivating inside story of the digital television revolution. He received an Emmy Award for his role in developing the world’s first digital television system. Marc graduated from Williams College and received his MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Cricket: Kohli: England v India a great advert for Test cricket
Omnisport 11 September 2018
India were beaten 4-1 by England in their Test series, but Virat Kohli felt both sides supported "the revival of Test cricket".
Virat Kohli believes India's day-five fight in the fifth Test against England epitomised a series that has been a great advert for the format.
The tourists looked down and out heading into the final day of the five-match series, but KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant combined for a 204-run sixth wicket stand to have England worried for a time.
And although the home side saw out victory by 118 runs at the Oval, winning the series 4-1, Kohli felt both sides - and particularly Rahul and Pant - showed the merits of Test cricket.
"I think a lot of credit has to go to both of those young guys, stepping up at such a difficult stage," the India captain told the post-match presentation.
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"I think the way KL and Rishabh batted showed the spirit we have in this team and the kind of cricket we've played in this series. It might not show on the scoreline, but both sides know that it's been a competitive series.
"It's something we've really enjoyed. We've taken the challenge head on and today was an example of two guys not giving up and actually entertaining the crowd.
"This is the revival of Test cricket, showing what it means to all of us and the people watching. It's a great advertisement for Test cricket."
While Kohli conceded that England deserved the series win, he claimed the lopsided nature of the scoreline was due to India's ambition.
"We have no regrets with the way we played in the series," he added. "Obviously, when both teams are going for wins, you're going to have a result that looks like that.
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"England are a competitive side as well - they don't go for draws. They play fearless and we decided to play fearless as well.
"You're going to have competitive games but the better team will win. We will hardly have draws in this kind of intense series and that's exactly what the scoreline shows.
"I'm not saying it's not a fair scoreline - they played better than us and deserved to win - but it does not mean that we've been outplayed in every game.
"Apart from Lord's, we've been competitive in every game - and the people watching know that as well. We can take a lot of heart from that but, at the same time, we need to learn from the things we didn't do right and apply it the next time we step onto the field to play Test cricket."
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Hypnotherapy Blog The True Cost Of Nicotine Replacement Therapy
The True Cost Of Nicotine Replacement Therapy
The cost of each person stopping smoking through the NHS has increased to £219 per successful quitter compared with £173 in the same period in 2007/08 and £160 in the same period in 2006/07.
However the number of people using the service has fallen as there has been a one per cent drop in the number of people using the service. Figures from the NHS Information Centre show that £74m was spent on stop smoking services in England in 2008/9, up 21 per cent on the previous year.
£74 million Is NOT The Total Cost To The Tax Payer
The cost of £219 per successful quitter is not the final cost though. This amount of money just covers the SUPPORT people quitting smoking receive in the form of helplines, websites and clinics and support groups.
The cost of the actual nicotine replacement therapy or drugs like Champix and Zyban, are NOT INCLUDED. Norman Lamb, Liberal Democrat health spokesman said: “The Government is wasting NHS resources which are vitally needed to save lives. It’s extraordinary that more money is being spent for worse outcomes."
NRT Has A Huge Failure Rate Over A 12 Month Period
Despite this high failure rate - 94 per cent - the NHS has paid Novartis, Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline around £80 million for patches and other forms of nicotine therapy since they became available on the NHS prescription four years ago, and spent a further £90 million on smoking clinics that rely heavily on NRT.
But the Wanless report says that despite all the efforts to tackle the problem, including heavy investment in NRT, the number of smokers has remained relatively stable over the past ten years, at around 27 percent of the population, and anti-smoking efforts have not been successful.
All that money spent for no real improvement. Who is benefiting from the continuation of this policy of NRT being the favoured method of stopping? NRT critics point out that nicotine patches, gums and lozenges make hundreds of million of pounds a year for drug companies but help only a tiny fraction of smokers give up.
"Double" Your Potential Success to A Whole 6%
Manufacturers say NRT is clinically proven to 'double' a smoker's chances of giving up. But critics point out that this is still only an improvement from three percent with no assistance at all to six percent with NRT.
Over the next three years the Government plans to increase funding to these clinics by £138 million. Health Secretary John Reid, the Government-funded QUIT campaign and the anti-smoking lobby group ASH all defend the use of NRT as the centrepiece of all publicly funded quit-smoking programmes.
Isn't it about time that other methods of stopping smoking were examined? Hypnotherapy has had remarkable success stories attributed to it but because hypnotherapy is a collection of methods, delivered by an individual to another individual it is very difficult to produce a double blind study showing conclusively that hypnotherapy is effective.
Despite these drawbacks there is research that shows that hypnotherapy could have an up to 85% chance of success as opposed to the 6 or 7% success given to NRT.
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About Silicones
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Find out more about silicones safety below.
The GSC through the RSIAs provides the industrial user with information to promote safety while working with silicone materials. The GSC also provides information to third party standard setting organizations to establish workplace environmental exposure levels for silicone substances.
Silicones are among the most extensively studied materials used in consumer and industrial applications today. More than 1,000 studies over many decades have been conducted to assess the safety of silicones for workers, consumers, the environment, and manufacturing processes. Results of this continuous research and testing demonstrate the safety of silicones in their diverse and important applications.
A host of independent scientists and expert scientific panels have confirmed silicones’ safety both with respect to human health and the environment. These bodies include the U.S. Cosmetic Ingredient Review, the EU Scientific Committee for Consumer Safety, Health Canada, Environment Canada’s Board of Review and Australia’s Department of Energy and Environment and Department of Health.
In Canada, government health officials used a risk-based approach to evaluate specific siloxanes and determined there was no indication of any risk to children or adults. According to Health Canada, “Siloxanes were evaluated for risks to human and environmental health under the Chemicals Management Plan. An analysis of exposure through cosmetic products showed that the substances do not present a risk to human health as currently used.”
Australia also conducted a human health assessment for the siloxane D4. The Australia Department of Health “found that D4 posed no risk to human health and that current risk management measures are considered adequate to protect public and workers’ health and safety. Australia regulatory officials noted that no further assessment of D4 is required.”
The silicones industry will continue to be at the forefront of research to provide even greater scientific understanding of the health and environmental safety of silicone materials used in consumer and industrial applications. Studies on the safety of silicones are listed here and can be found on www.cyclosiloxanes.org.
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The silicone industry is committed to the responsible use of silicones and international environmental stewardship. The industry continues to evaluate the science behind its materials and monitor the presence of substances in the environment through robust environmental monitoring programs.
To provide the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with environmental monitoring data on one of the basic substances used to make silicones, the siloxane D4, in March 2016 members of the SEHSC began an environmental monitoring program, designed in partnership with EPA, to assess levels of D4 in the environment. In September 2017, members of SEHSC submitted the final results of its D4 environmental monitoring program to EPA. An independent peer-reviewed study of the monitoring program concluded that D4 does not harm the environment and that no further regulatory restrictions are warranted.
Global governments are using real-world data to drive the chemical assessments. For example, Environment Canada reviewed the scientific data and environmental monitoring results available for D4 and determined that no restrictions needed to be imposed on product use or product concentration limits on the use of D4 in any application; Canada only requires certain facilities that use D4 to prepare a pollution prevention plan to minimize the release of D4 in industrial effluents.
Canada’s Minister of the Environment also ruled that no regulatory restrictions on the siloxane known as D5 need to be imposed after it was found by an independent panel of expert toxicologists to pose no risk to the environment now, or in the future. Canada’s review of D6 found that D6 also does not pose a risk to the environment and requires no regulatory restriction.
In addition, Australia’s Department of the Environment and Energy has carried out a risk assessment for a range of silicone materials which is consistent with Canada’s assessment and risk management decisions for these three materials.
The assessment from Australia’s Department of the Environment and Energy concludes, “[t]he direct risks to aquatic life from exposure to these chemicals at expected surface water concentrations are not likely to be significant.” Based on this conclusion, Australia has not proposed regulatory restrictions on the use of any of the materials.
In Europe, the existing criteria for assessing whether a substance is PBTor vPvB do not allow for accurate evaluation of siloxanes. In fact, many leading scientific experts believe that current regulations define PBT in terms of overly rigid criteria that are based on the state of the science in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The silicones industry is working closely with the Commission, ECHA and the authorities in European countries to encourage the use of updated PBT criteria and a weight of evidence approach for chemical assessments. The silicones industry strongly believes that the use of updated PBT criteria and a weight of evidence approach will provide the most accurate environmental assessments of D4, D5 and D6.
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Voluntary Initiatives
As part of the industry’s commitment to product stewardship, the silicones industry set up a Monitoring Program for D4 and D5 in 2010. The Silicones Monitoring Program takes place in four different locations around the world to provide a representative picture of the silicone materials’ fate and distribution, i.e. Lake Pepin in the United States; Lake Ontario in Canada; Osloforjd in Norway; and Tokyo Bay in Japan.
The Silicones Monitoring Program consists of three main parts:
Evaluating emissions from wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) by determining the effectiveness of WWTP and the representative concentrations of D4 and D5 releases;
Long-term monitoring program for D4 and D5 in surface sediment and aquatic biota to determine if concentrations are stable or changing over time; and,
State-of-the-art modelling techniques for accurate predictions of a large number of similar locations.
To date, monitoring studies have shown no increase in siloxanes environmental concentrations despite increased use over the past years.
The silicones industry also established a monitoring program for D4 and D5 in Europe to assess the effectiveness of the European Union’s ‘Personal Care wash-off product” restriction on down-the-drain emissions of D4 and D5. Concentrations of D4 and D5 are being monitored over time in influent wastewater from residential sources in the EU.
This monitoring program consists of 24 sampling events at 6 regionally different residential WWTPs in Europe during 3 distinct periods: pre-restriction, phase-out; and post-restriction.
To date, preliminary monitoring results indicate that D4 and D5 WWTP influent concentrations are lower than those predicted.
Safety Studies - Environment
Karluss Thomas Executive Director, GSC karluss_thomas@americanchemistry.com
Copyright 2019 Global Silicones Council
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Eva Waibel: „Es ist noch nicht vorbei, wir bleiben deutsch und treu“. Nationalsozialismus und Postnazismus in der Fernsehkabarettsendung 'Das Zeitventil'
Download PDFThe Austrian television cabaret show Das Zeitventil was produced from 1963 to 1968 by the national Austrian Broadcasting Company under the artistic direction of the cabaret artist and musician Gerhard Bronner. The show saw itself as a decidedly political cabaret and expressed in numerous sketches and chansons its critique on current political events and social developments. In different contexts it also dealt with the issues antisemitism, National Socialism and the Holocaust in post-Nazi Austrian society, which was very progressive and unusual during this period of time in Austria. With reference to current socio-political events and media debates taboo subjects of the Second Republic were portrayed with the means of satire and parody: the failed denazification after 1945 and the consequent continuing effects of a widespread antisemitic Nazi ideology in Austria. The comedians parodied politicians who advocated for the amnesty and the concerns of former Nazis, caricatured German national and antisemitic individuals and organizations, themed the failed denazification and debunked antisemitic resentments and trivialisations of the Holocaust. However, the focus of the cabaret was, as selected examples will show, less on a confrontation with Nazi crimes, in particular the mass murder of the European Jews, but rather in demonstrating personnel continuities of former Nazis and their unwavering Nazi sentiments.
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The more suggestions our customers make, the better the Services become. If Customer sends us any feedback or suggestions regarding the Services, there is a chance we will use it, so Customer grants us (for itself and all of its Authorized Users and other Customer personnel) an unlimited, irrevocable, perpetual, sublicensable, transferable, royalty-free license to use any such feedback or suggestions for any purpose without any obligation or compensation to Customer, any Authorized User or other Customer personnel. If we choose not to implement the suggestion, please don’t take it personally. We appreciate it nonetheless.
Non-Slack Products
Our Services include a platform that third parties may use to develop applications and software that complement Customer’s use of the Services (each, a “Non-Slack Product”). We also maintain a directory called the Slack App Directory where some Non-Slack Products are available for installation. THESE ARE NOT OUR SERVICES, SO WE DO NOT WARRANT OR SUPPORT NON-SLACK PRODUCTS, AND, ULTIMATELY, CUSTOMER (AND NOT US) WILL DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO ENABLE THEM. ANY USE OF A NON-SLACK PRODUCT IS SOLELY BETWEEN CUSTOMER AND THE APPLICABLE THIRD PARTY PROVIDER.
If a Non-Slack Product is enabled for Customer’s workspace, please be mindful of any Customer Data that will be shared with the third party provider and the purposes for which the provider requires access. We will not be responsible for any use, disclosure, modification or deletion of Customer Data that is transmitted to, or accessed by, a Non-Slack Product. Check out our Help Center pages for more information.
Please review our Privacy Policy for more information on how we collect and use data relating to the use and performance of our websites and products.
Customer and Authorized Users
Use of the Services
Customer must comply with the Contract and ensure that its Authorized Users comply with the Contract and the User Terms. We may review conduct for compliance purposes, but we have no obligation to do so. We aren't responsible for the content of any Customer Data or the way Customer or its Authorized Users choose to use the Services to store or process any Customer Data. The Services are not intended for and should not be used by anyone under the age of 16. Customer must ensure that all Authorized Users are over 16 years old. Customer is solely responsible for providing high speed internet service for itself and its Authorized Users to access and use the Services.
Our Removal Rights
If we believe that there is a violation of the Contract that can simply be remedied by Customer’s removal of certain Customer Data or Customer’s disabling of a Non-Slack Product, we will, in most cases, ask Customer to take direct action rather than intervene. However, we may directly step in and take what we determine to be appropriate action, if Customer does not take appropriate action, or if we believe there is a credible risk of harm to us, the Services, Authorized Users, or any third parties.
Payment Obligations
For Customers that purchase our Services, fees are specified at the Services interface “check-out” and in the Order Form(s) — and must be paid in advance. Payment obligations are non-cancelable and, except as expressly stated in the Contract, fees paid are non-refundable. For clarity, in the event Customer downgrades any subscriptions from a paid plan to a free plan, Customer will remain responsible for any unpaid fees under the paid plan, and Services under the paid plan will be deemed fully performed and delivered upon expiration of the initial paid plan subscription term. Check out our Help Center pages for more information about payment options. If we agree to invoice Customer by email, full payment must be received within thirty (30) days from the invoice date. Fees are stated exclusive of any taxes, levies, duties, or similar governmental assessments of any nature, including, for example, value-added, sales, use or withholding taxes, assessable by any jurisdiction (collectively, “Taxes”). Customer will be responsible for paying all Taxes associated with its purchases, except for those taxes based on our net income. Should any payment for the Services be subject to withholding tax by any government, Customer will reimburse us for such withholding tax.
Fair Billing Policy
We believe customers should only pay for subscriptions that are actually used, so we offer a Fair Billing Policy. Certain exceptions and conditions may apply, as noted in the Services interface “check-out” or in an Order Form.
Any credits that may accrue to Customer’s account (for example, from a promotion or application of the Fair Billing Policy), will expire following expiration or termination of the applicable Contract, will have no currency or exchange value, and will not be transferable or refundable. Credits accrued to a workspace on a free subscription plan will expire if the workspace’s plan is not upgraded to a paid plan within ninety (90) days of accrual, unless otherwise specified. For more information on credits, please see the Help Center.
Downgrade for Non-Payment
If any fees owed to us by Customer (excluding amounts disputed reasonably and in good faith) are thirty (30) days or more overdue, we may, without limiting our other rights and remedies, downgrade any fee-based Services to free plans until those amounts are paid in full, so long as we have given Customer ten (10) or more days’ prior notice that its account is overdue. Notwithstanding the second paragraph of the “Providing the Services” section below, Customer acknowledges and agrees that a downgrade will result in a decrease in certain features and functionality and potential loss of access to Customer Data, as illustrated by comparing the plans in the Pricing Guide.
Providing the Services
Customer isn’t the only one with responsibilities; we have some, too. We will (a) make the Services available to Customer and its Authorized Users as described in the Contract; and (b) not use or process Customer Data for any purpose without Customer’s prior written instructions; provided, however, that “prior written instructions” will be deemed to include use of the Services by Authorized Users and any processing related to such use or otherwise necessary for the performance of the Contract.
Be assured that (a) the Services will perform materially in accordance with our then-current Help Center pages; and (b) subject to the “Non-Slack Products” and “Downgrade for Non-Payment” sections, we will not materially decrease the functionality of a Service during a subscription term. For any breach of a warranty in this section, Customer’s exclusive remedies are those described in the sections titled “Termination for Cause” and “Effect of Termination”.
Keeping the Services Available
As further described in our Help Center pages, for some of our Services, we also offer specific uptime commitments paired with credits, if we fall short. In those cases, the credits will serve as what the lawyers call liquidated damages and will be Customer’s sole remedy for the downtime and related inconvenience. For all Service plans, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to make the Services available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, excluding planned downtime. We expect planned downtime to be infrequent but will endeavor to provide Customer with advance notice (e.g., through the Services), if we think it may exceed five (5) continuous minutes.
Protecting Customer Data
The protection of Customer Data is a top priority for us so we will maintain administrative, physical, and technical safeguards at a level not materially less protective than as described in our Security Practices page. Those safeguards will include measures for preventing unauthorized access, use, modification, deletion and disclosure of Customer Data by our personnel. Before sharing Customer Data with any of our third party service providers, we will ensure that the third party maintains, at a minimum, reasonable data practices for maintaining the confidentiality and security of Customer Data and preventing unauthorized access. Customer (not us) bears sole responsibility for adequate security, protection and backup of Customer Data when in Customer’s or its representatives’ or agents’ possession or control. We are not responsible for what Customer’s Authorized Users or Non-Slack Products do with Customer Data. That is Customer’s responsibility.
The Slack Extended Family
We may leverage our employees, those of our corporate affiliates and third party contractors (the “Slack Extended Family”) in exercising our rights and performing our obligations under the Contract. We will be responsible for the Slack Extended Family’s compliance with our obligations under the Contract.
Ownership and Proprietary Rights
What’s Yours is Yours…
As between us on the one hand, and Customer and any Authorized Users on the other, Customer will own all Customer Data. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Contract, Customer (for itself and all of its Authorized Users) grants us and the Slack Extended Family a worldwide, non-exclusive, limited term license to access, use, process, copy, distribute, perform, export and display Customer Data, and any Non-Slack Products created by or for Customer, only as reasonably necessary (a) to provide, maintain and update the Services; (b) to prevent or address service, security, support or technical issues; (c) as required by law or as permitted by the Data Request Policy; and (d) as expressly permitted in writing by Customer. Customer represents and warrants that it has secured all rights in and to Customer Data from its Authorized Users as may be necessary to grant this license.
And What’s Ours is Ours
We own and will continue to own our Services, including all related intellectual property rights. We may make software components available, via app stores or other channels, as part of the Services. We grant to Customer a non-sublicensable, non-transferable, non-exclusive, limited license for Customer and its Authorized Users to use the object code version of these components, but solely as necessary to use the Services and in accordance with the Contract and the User Terms. All of our rights not expressly granted by this license are hereby retained.
As further described below, a free subscription continues until terminated, while a paid subscription has a term that may expire or be terminated. The Contract remains effective until all subscriptions ordered under the Contract have expired or been terminated or the Contract itself terminates. Termination of the Contract will terminate all subscriptions and all Order Forms.
Unless an Order Form says something different, (a) all subscriptions automatically renew (without the need to go through the Services-interface “check-out” or execute a renewal Order Form) for additional periods equal to one (1) year or the preceding term, whichever is shorter; and (b) the per-unit pricing during any automatic renewal term will remain the same as it was during the immediately prior term. Either party can give the other notice of non-renewal at least thirty (30) days before the end of a subscription term to stop the subscriptions from automatically renewing.
Termination for Cause
We or Customer may terminate the Contract on notice to the other party if the other party materially breaches the Contract and such breach is not cured within thirty (30) days after the non-breaching party provides notice of the breach. Customer is responsible for its Authorized Users, including for any breaches of this Contract caused by its Authorized Users. We may terminate the Contract immediately on notice to Customer if we reasonably believe that the Services are being used by Customer or its Authorized Users in violation of applicable law.
Termination Without Cause
Customer may terminate its free subscriptions immediately without cause. We may also terminate Customer’s free subscriptions without cause, but we will provide Customer with thirty (30) days prior written notice.
Upon any termination for cause by Customer, we will refund Customer any prepaid fees covering the remainder of the term of all subscriptions after the effective date of termination. Upon any termination for cause by us, Customer will pay any unpaid fees covering the remainder of the term of those subscriptions after the effective date of termination. In no event will any termination relieve Customer of the obligation to pay any fees payable to us for the period prior to the effective date of termination.
Data Portability and Deletion
We are custodians of Customer Data. During the term of a workspace’s subscriptions, Customer will be permitted to export or share certain Customer Data from the Services; provided, however, that because we have different products with varying features and Customer has different retention options, Customer acknowledges and agrees that the ability to export or share Customer Data may be limited or unavailable depending on the type of Services plan in effect and the data retention, sharing or invite settings enabled. Following termination or expiration of a workspace’s subscriptions, we will have no obligation to maintain or provide any Customer Data and may thereafter, unless legally prohibited, delete all Customer Data in our systems or otherwise in our possession or under our control. Please review our Security Practices page for more information on how Customer itself can initiate deletion.
Representations Disclaimer of Warranties
Customer represents and warrants that it has validly entered into the Contract and has the legal power to do so. Customer further represents and warrants that it is responsible for the conduct of its Authorized Users and their compliance with the terms of this Contract and the User Terms.
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED FOR HEREIN, THE SERVICES AND ALL RELATED COMPONENTS AND INFORMATION ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, AND WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. CUSTOMER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE.
OTHER THAN IN CONNECTION WITH A PARTY’S INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER, IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER CUSTOMER’S OR THE SLACK EXTENDED FAMILY’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE CONTRACT OR THE USER TERMS (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR UNDER ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY) EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID BY CUSTOMER HEREUNDER IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE LAST EVENT GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY. THE FOREGOING WILL NOT LIMIT CUSTOMER’S PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE “PAYMENT TERMS” SECTION ABOVE.
IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER CUSTOMER OR ANY MEMBER OF THE SLACK EXTENDED FAMILY HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO THE OTHER PARTY OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR REVENUES OR FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, COVER OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES HOWEVER CAUSED, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR UNDER ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMER WILL NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
The Services support logins using two-factor authentication (“2FA”), which is known to reduce the risk of unauthorized use of or access to the Services. We therefore will not be responsible for any damages, losses or liability to Customer, Authorized Users, or anyone else if any event leading to such damages, losses or liability would have been prevented by the use of 2FA. Additionally, Customer is responsible for all login credentials, including usernames and passwords, for administrator accounts as well the accounts of your Authorized Users. We will not be responsible for any damages, losses or liability to Customer, Authorized Users, or anyone else, if such information is not kept confidential by Customer or its Authorized Users, or if such information is correctly provided by an unauthorized third party logging into and accessing the Services.
The limitations under this “Limitation of Liability” section apply with respect to all legal theories, whether in contract, tort or otherwise, and to the extent permitted by law. The provisions of this “Limitation of Liability” section allocate the risks under this Contract between the parties, and the parties have relied on these limitations in determining whether to enter into this Contract and the pricing for the Services.
Our Indemnification of Customer
We will defend Customer from and against any and all third party claims, actions, suits, proceedings, and demands alleging that the use of the Services as permitted under the Contract infringes or misappropriates a third party’s intellectual property rights (a “Claim Against Customer”), and will indemnify Customer for all reasonable attorney’s fees incurred and damages and other costs finally awarded against Customer in connection with or as a result of, and for amounts paid by Customer under a settlement we approve of in connection with, a Claim Against Customer; provided, however, that we will have no liability if a Claim Against Customer arises from (a) Customer Data or Non-Slack Products; and (b) any modification, combination or development of the Services that is not performed by us, including in the use of any application programming interface (API). Customer must provide us with prompt written notice of any Claim Against Customer and allow us the right to assume the exclusive defense and control, and cooperate with any reasonable requests assisting our defense and settlement of such matter. This section states our sole liability with respect to, and Customer’s exclusive remedy against us and the Slack Extended Family for, any Claim Against Customer.
Customer's Indemnification of Us
Customer will defend Slack and the members of the Slack Extended Family (collectively, the “Slack Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all third party claims, actions, suits, proceedings, and demands arising from or related to Customer’s or any of its Authorized Users’ violation of the Contract or the User Terms (a “Claim Against Us”), and will indemnify the Slack Indemnified Parties for all reasonable attorney’s fees incurred and damages and other costs finally awarded against a Slack Indemnified Party in connection with or as a result of, and for amounts paid by a Slack Indemnified Party under a settlement Customer approves of in connection with, a Claim Against Us. We must provide Customer with prompt written notice of any Claim Against Us and allow Customer the right to assume the exclusive defense and control, and cooperate with any reasonable requests assisting Customer’s defense and settlement of such matter. This section states your sole liability with respect to, and the Slack Indemnified Parties’ exclusive remedy against Customer for, any Claim Against Us.
Limitations on Indemnifications
Notwithstanding anything contained in the two preceding sections, (a) an indemnified party will always be free to choose its own counsel if it pays for the cost of such counsel; and (b) no settlement may be entered into by an indemnifying party, without the express written consent of the indemnified parties (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), if (i) the third party asserting the claim is a government agency, (ii) the settlement arguably involves the making of admissions by the indemnified parties, (iii) the settlement does not include a full release of liability for the indemnified parties, or (iv) the settlement includes terms other than a full release of liability for the indemnified parties and the payment of money.
Each party (“Disclosing Party”) may disclose “Confidential Information” to the other party (“Receiving Party”) in connection with the Contract, which is anything that reasonably should be understood to be confidential given the nature of the information and the circumstances of disclosure including all Order Forms, as well as non-public business, product, technology and marketing information.Confidential Information of Customer includes Customer Data. If something is labeled “Confidential,” that’s a clear indicator to the Receiving Party that the material is confidential. Notwithstanding the above, Confidential Information does not include information that (a) is or becomes generally available to the public without breach of any obligation owed to the Disclosing Party; (b) was known to the Receiving Party prior to its disclosure by the Disclosing Party without breach of any obligation owed to the Disclosing Party; (c) is received from a third party without breach of any obligation owed to the Disclosing Party; or (d) was independently developed by the Receiving Party.
Protection and Use of Confidential Information
The Receiving Party will (a) take at least reasonable measures to prevent the unauthorized disclosure or use of Confidential Information, and limit access to those employees, affiliates and contractors who need to know such information in connection with the Contract; and (b) not use or disclose any Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party for any purpose outside the scope of this Contract. Nothing above will prevent either party from sharing Confidential Information with financial and legal advisors; provided, however, that the advisors are bound to confidentiality obligations at least as restrictive as those in the Contract.
Compelled Access or Disclosure
The Receiving Party may access or disclose Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party if it is required by law; provided, however, that the Receiving Party gives the Disclosing Party prior notice of the compelled access or disclosure (to the extent legally permitted) and reasonable assistance, at the Disclosing Party's cost, if the Disclosing Party wishes to contest the access or disclosure. Without limiting the foregoing, please review the Data Request Policy for details on how requests may be made for the disclosure of Customer Data and how we will handle those requests. If the Receiving Party is compelled by law to access or disclose the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information, the Disclosing Party will reimburse the Receiving Party for its reasonable cost of compiling and providing access to such Confidential Information as well as the reasonable cost for any support provided in connection with the Disclosing Party seeking a protective order or confidential treatment for the Confidential Information to be produced.
The sections titled “Feedback is Welcome,” “Non-Slack Products,” “Our Removal Rights,” “A Condition of Use,” “Payment Terms,” “Credits,” “The Slack Extended Family,” “What’s Yours is Yours…,” “And What’s Ours is Ours,” “Effect of Termination,” “Data Portability and Deletion,” “Representations; Disclaimer of Warranties,” “Limitation of Liability,” “Our Indemnification of Customer,” “Customer’s Indemnification of Us,” “Limitations on Indemnifications,” “Confidentiality” and “Survival,” as well as all of the provisions under the general heading “General Provisions,” will survive any termination or expiration of the Contract.
Customer grants us the right to use Customer’s company name and logo as a reference for marketing or promotional purposes on our website and in other public or private communications with our existing or potential customers, subject to Customer’s standard trademark usage guidelines as provided to us from time-to-time. We don’t want to list customers who don’t want to be listed, so Customer may send us an email to feedback@slack.com stating that it does not wish to be used as a reference.
Neither us nor Customer will be liable by reason of any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations on account of events beyond the reasonable control of a party, which may include denial-of-service attacks, a failure by a third party hosting provider or utility provider, strikes, shortages, riots, fires, acts of God, war, terrorism, and governmental action.
Relationship of the Parties; No Third Party Beneficiaries
The parties are independent contractors. The Contract does not create a partnership, franchise, joint venture, agency, fiduciary or employment relationship between the parties. There are no third party beneficiaries to the Contract.
Email and Slack Messages
Except as otherwise set forth herein, all notices under the Contract will be by email, although we may instead choose to provide notice to Customer through the Services (e.g., a slackbot notification). Notices to Slack will be sent to feedback@slack.com, except for legal notices, such as notices of termination or an indemnifiable claim, which must be sent to legal@slack.com. Notices will be deemed to have been duly given (a) the day after it is sent, in the case of notices through email; and (b) the same day, in the case of notices through the Services.
As our business evolves, we may change these Customer Terms and the other components of the Contract (except any Order Forms). If we make a material change to the Contract, we will provide Customer with reasonable notice prior to the change taking effect, either by emailing the email address associated with Customer’s account or by messaging Customer through the Services. Customer can review the most current version of the Customer Terms at any time by visiting this page and by visiting the most current versions of the other pages that are referenced in the Contract. The materially revised Contract will become effective on the date set forth in our notice, and all other changes will become effective upon posting of the change. If Customer (or any Authorized User) accesses or uses the Services after the effective date, that use will constitute Customer’s acceptance of any revised terms and conditions.
No failure or delay by either party in exercising any right under the Contract will constitute a waiver of that right. No waiver under the Contract will be effective unless made in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the party being deemed to have granted the waiver.
The Contract will be enforced to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law. If any provision of the Contract is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, the provision will be modified by the court and interpreted so as best to accomplish the objectives of the original provision to the fullest extent permitted by law, and the remaining provisions of the Contract will remain in effect.
Except with respect to the Slack Extended Family, neither party may assign or delegate any of its rights or obligations hereunder, whether by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the other party (not to be unreasonably withheld). Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may assign the Contract in its entirety (including all Order Forms), without consent of the other party, to a corporate affiliate or in connection with a merger, acquisition, corporate reorganization, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets. Customer will keep its billing and contact information current at all times by notifying Slack of any changes. Any purported assignment in violation of this section is void. A party’s sole remedy for any purported assignment by the other party in breach of this section will be, at the non-assigning party’s election, termination of the Contract upon written notice to the assigning party. In the event of such a termination by Customer, we will refund Customer any prepaid fees covering the remainder of the term of all subscriptions after the effective date of termination. Subject to the foregoing, the Contract will bind and inure to the benefit of the parties, their respective successors and permitted assigns.
Which Slack Entity is Customer Contracting With?
All references to ‘Slack,’ ‘we,’ or ‘us’ under the Contract, what law will apply in any dispute or lawsuit arising out of or in connection with the Contract, and which courts have jurisdiction over any such dispute or lawsuit, depend on where Customer is domiciled.
Slack Contracting Entity
Slack Technologies, Inc.
San Francisco County, California
Slack Technologies Limited
The Contract, and any disputes arising out of or related hereto, will be governed exclusively by the applicable governing law above, without regard to conflicts of laws rules or the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods. The courts located in the applicable venue above will have exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate any dispute arising out of or relating to the Contract or its formation, interpretation or enforcement. Each party hereby consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts. In any action or proceeding to enforce rights under the Contract, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover its reasonable costs and attorney’s fees.
The Contract, including these Customer Terms and all referenced pages and Order Forms, if applicable, constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, proposals or representations, written or oral, concerning its subject matter. Without limiting the foregoing, the Contract supersedes the terms of any online agreement electronically accepted by Customer or any Authorized Users. However, to the extent of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions in these Customer Terms and any other documents or pages referenced in these Customer Terms, the following order of precedence will apply: (1) the terms of any Order Form (if any), (2) the portions of the Customer-Specific Supplement that apply to Customer (if any), (3) the Customer Terms and (4) finally any other documents or pages referenced in the Terms. Notwithstanding any language to the contrary therein, no terms or conditions stated in a Customer purchase order, vendor onboarding process or web portal, or any other Customer order documentation (excluding Order Forms) will be incorporated into or form any part of the Contract, and all such terms or conditions will be null and void.
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This Week In Golf: Justin Thomas Wins WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Filed Under:Bellerive Country Club, Firestone Country Club, Justin Thomas, PGA Championship, PGA Tour, Sam McPherson, This Week In Golf, WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
By Sam McPherson
The 2018 PGA Championship takes place later this week, and the rest of the field better be aware of defending champion Justin Thomas. The 25-year-old from Kentucky, who just won the World Golf Championship-Bridgestone Invitational this past weekend in Akron, Ohio, by four strokes, just served notice he is ready to defend his title. Thomas finished at 15-under par after playing four rounds in the 60s to easily outpace the rest of the field and win his third event of the PGA Tour season.
Thomas posted 65-64-67-69 to take home $1.7 million while laying a legitimate claim to the No. 1 golf ranking in the world, which he held previously this season for four weeks in late spring. Kyle Stanley finished second at 11-under, while current No. 1 Dustin Johnson — who won last week at the RBC Canadian Open — and Sweden’s Thorbjorn Olesen tied for third at 10-under par. Both third-place golfers shot 64s on Sunday to leapfrog several contenders on the leaderboard.
Two-time defending U.S. Open champion Brooks Koepka finished alone in fifth place at 9-under par, while Rory McIlroy, who won the 2012 and 2014 PGA Championships, started the fourth round three shots behind Thomas before struggling to a 73 and a sixth-place finish. This was a leaderboard full of golfers who know how to win big events, and Thomas never blinked after taking the lead in the second round. That could be a sign of things to come later this week at the PGA in St. Louis.
The Firestone Country Club South Course played more difficult as the tournament went on, and as the loop dried up in the sun. Ian Poulter led after the first round on Thursday, shooting an 8-under par round of 62 to establish a one-shot margin over both Rickie Fowler and Stanley. Three players stood two shots back at 6-under: Patrick Cantlay, Si Woo Kim, and Jon Rahm. A seven-way tie for seventh place at 5-under par included notables Jason Day, McIlroy, and Thomas.
After the second round on Friday, though, Poulter was joined atop the leaderboard by Thomas and Tommy Fleetwood. Poulter carded a 67 to move to 11-under, while Fleetwood’s 63 was the low round of the day. Thomas shot a 64 to move up into the tie for the lead. Two shots back, Day and Stanley were tied for fourth place, with Kim and McIlroy lurking at 8-under par in a tie for sixth place.
Thomas surged on Saturday, building himself a three-shot cushion for the fourth round, as he posted a 67 to take the lead all alone at 14-under par. Poulter started the third round off well enough, but by the end of the day, he had managed just an even-par round. This left him in a second-place tie at 11-under with McIlroy, who shot 67. Day stood in fourth place by himself at 10-under par, four shots behind Thomas, after he carded a 69 on Saturday.
Poulter, who reached 13-under par early in the third round, ended up shooting 70-74 over the weekend to eventually finish in a 10th-place tie with Day and Kim at 7-under. It did not matter, as no one was going to match Thomas this weekend in Akron. Only time will tell if the same can be said for him next week at Bellerive Country Club.
>>MORE: This Week In Golf
Next On The Tee: PGA Championship
This is the 100th edition of the PGA Championship, traditionally the fourth major of the season. However, this will be the last year the event is held in August. Next season, the PGA Championship will move to May, setting up the four majors over four straight months (The Masters in April, the PGA in May, the U.S. Open in June, and the British Open in July). As noted, Thomas is the defending champion, having posted a two-shot victory last year over three competitors: the red-hot Francesco Molinari, 2010 British Open champ, Louis Oosthuizen, and 2018 Masters winner, Patrick Reed.
Thomas has proven himself against the best in the world many times on Tour. And he’ll have to do it again to win this week. The field for the 2018 PGA will be stacked as usual. Jimmy Walker (2016), Day (2015), McIlroy (2012, 2014), Jason Dufner (2013), Keegan Bradley (2011), and Martin Kaymer (2010), all PGA champs this decade, are ready to tee it up this week at Bellerive. Former champions Phil Mickelson (2005), Tiger Woods (1999, 2000, 2006, 2007), and Y.E. Yang (2009) are back as well. Throw in hot players like Johnson and Molinari, the reigning British Open champ, and it’s going to be an exciting week in Missouri.
The 100th PGA Championship will not be the first played on this track, as Bellerive hosted both the 1965 U.S. Open and the 1992 PGA Championship. Gary Player won that Open, and Nick Price won the 1992 PGA. Both players won multiple majors in their careers, so chances are good the winner this week will have some experience in closing out major tournament wins. Robert Trent Jones originally designed the loop, which opened in 1960, although the course was redesigned in the mid-2000s by Jones’ son, Rees.
The Bellerive Country Club course plays 7,329 yards long and is a par 70.
Favorites: Jason Day, Dustin Johnson, Justin Thomas
Players to Watch: Rory McIlroy, Francesco Molinari, Ian Poulter
Sam McPherson is a freelance writer covering baseball, football, basketball, golf and fantasy sports for CBS Local. He also is an Ironman triathlete and certified triathlon coach. Follow him on Twitter @sxmcp, because he’s quite prolific despite also being a college English professor and a certified copy editor.
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Art History, Award Winning Articles, Descriptive Article, People, Showcase, United States History October 21, 2016 June 8, 2019
Into the Comic World: Superman and American Anxieties in the Great Depression
by Amanda Cantu
A young boy reading a Superman comic book | courtesy of Wikimedia commons
Best Featured Image
Best Article in the Category of “United States History”
During the Great Depression and World War II, most Americans wanted to find happiness in anything. Throughout this era, there were not many places people could find happiness; so they began looking for entertainment in books. However, these were not just any ordinary types of books; they were indeed comic books.
Cover of Superman Issue 1 | Summer 1939 | Art by Joe Shuster | Courtsey of Wikimedia Commons
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson was the founder of the first comic magazine, which was called New Fun. Although his comic did poorly, Malcolm was able to create a company called Detective Comics. The company was able to create a new magazine called Action Comics, founded in 1937.1 But before Malcolm was able to publish the new magazine, he fell into bankruptcy. Disregarding his personal setback, the company carried on without his involvement. The first issue in Action Comic was published in 1938. The comic consisted of an abnormal man who had incredible strength and wore a skintight suit, commonly known as Superman. In the span of a year, Superman had received his own book title and sold over 1.2 million copies per issue. It later became a radio show in 1940, opening with the phrase “It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s…Superman!”2 Eventually other publishers began developing their own superheroes as well. The second comic, which was produced in 1939, is the now popularly known comic series Marvel Comics. By 1940’s Superman was joined by other heroes such as: the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, Batman, the Flash, and Wonder Woman.3 In fact, Wonder Woman was meant to represent the importance of women in the war effort. During the boom of new superheroes being created, Superman was still the most popular of them all.
A picture of Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson in uniform | Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Unfortunately the comic industry was attacked by educators, psychiatrists, journalist, and even the federal government. They believed comics had no beneficial outcomes for society; instead of bringing entertainment, they were promoting ideas of violence and crime. They also believed that not only did the comics bring harmful thoughts to young minds, but the thin paper was supposedly destroying their eyesight.4 Despite the numerous complaints, Congress took no legal action against the publishers of the books. With this incident, it helped create a trade system, known as the Comic Codes, to help prevent indecency in the industry.5
No one could have guessed that comic books would have created some issues for years to come. For example, various art teachers discovered that the students who disliked and were performing poorly in art class, were the same students who had an interest in comic books; they were often getting into trouble for sketching comics instead of paying attention.6 The students wanted to get away from reality and what better way to do so than by creating your own story-line in a comic book?
That is the whole reason comic books were created, to help distract people from the tough times they were experiencing in life. That is why most people enjoyed them, because they wanted to escape reality by reading about situations that could never happen in real life, by flooding the minds of people of all ages with imagination. It is not hard to see why Americans would be very entertained by the concept of superheroes; they were created to help prevent disasters and to comfort those who were frightened by real-world events. For that reason this era was the perfect time for comic books to emerge. Some people were opposed to them, but in general they helped society in several ways. Although comics may not be as popular as they once were, it gave Americans a new world to discover, even if it was just imaginary.
Alan Brinkley, American History: Connecting with the Past Volume 2, 15 edition (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education, 2014), 676. ↵
Brinkley, American History: Connecting with the Past Volume 2, 676. ↵
Robert L. Coard, “The Comic Book in Perspective,” Peabody Journal of Education 33, no. 1 (1955): 18. ↵
Jay Berkowitz and Todd Packer, “Heroes in the Classroom: Comic Books in Art Education,” Art Education 54, no. 6 (2001): 12. ↵
Comic Books, The Great Depression, World War II
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Ava Rodriguez says:
This is such an interesting article to read. It is amazing how something as successful as Marvel all was created during the Great Depression. I had no idea comic books became popular during the Great Depression. It is good to know that during the time of the Great Depression and WWII that people were able to escape that reality through comic books.
Makenzie Santana says:
I have now realized there are so many things that were used to try and lift people’s spirits in America during the great depression. Films, art, and comics were a little underrated for the kind of impact it had on society during one of the hardest times our country has ever been through. I didn’t realize there was so much opposition from higher authority against these comics.
Nadia Carrasco says:
This was an interesting article to read. I really like that the article told us how comic began and how Superman was created, both of these I did not know prior. That was surprising to me that comics were attacked by educators, journalist, psychiatrist and the Federal Government. Although I am not into comics I still enjoyed learning and reading about them. Overall this was an interesting article!
It’s amazing to think that the universe we hold so dearly now, the Marvel Universe, was created out of the Great Depression. This was a very interesting topic to read. I also liked that they made Wonder Woman into a comic to show the support women have. I never knew that comics were attacked by educators and journalist. This was a very fun read and well written.
Samantha Ruvalcaba says:
What an interesting topic. It’s amazing to think that the universe we hold so dearly now, the Marvel Universe, was created out of the Great Depression, serving as a peaceful distraction from the financial struggles the American people were going through at the time. I wasn’t aware of the backlash the comics had from so many communities, and the government. Although the writer didn’t note the surge of comics in modern day entertainment, I can see them serving the same purpose and more.
This article is really enjoyable and very interesting. I am glad that comic books were available during the Great Depression and the second world war. It shows how comic books can be a great escape from reality when things are not going well. It is also amazing how Wonder Woman gave off a sense of empowerment, and turned into a show. I also like that Superman was there to keep giving the children an idea of how strong they could be.
Avery Mascorro says:
This article really shows the unique origins of comics. It is almost sad to think that comics were used as an “escape” from the harsh world at the time, but it is happy to see them develop in to a thing of pure entertainment. I was unaware of wonder woman’s relation to the war. Being a figure of female importance at that time is a very important example.
Diego Terrazas says:
Although comics can be seen as a way to entertain the public, the comics back then were more political than anything. Amid the the second world war, many of these old comics did promote violence against the enemy and can be considered as propaganda. Nonetheless, superheroes did bring hope to the American people during times of war. I am glad Wonder Woman was created to emphasize the importance of women in the war, who filled in the jobs men had before the war and also helping with manufacturing for the war.
Kacey Diaz says:
This was an interesting article to read. I really like that the article told us how comic began and how Superman was created. I never knew that comics were attacked by educators, journalist, psychiatrist and the Federal Government. That was surprising to me. But overall this was an interesting article that told us about at time in US history when Americans needed something happy.
Esperanza Rojas says:
I thoroughly enjoyed this article. It was set up well enough to have the reader intrigued and the subtopics to support the main topic were spread out nicely. As for the topic itself, I thought comic books were famous before the Great Depression and WWII but I thought it was amazing that people went to comic books a way of relief from the harsh world they lived in. I also liked that they made Wonder Woman into comic to show the support women have and, even though, it wasn’t as famous as Superman, it still shows the effort of women.
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A Time To Reflect
Secondary Title: : The History of Whalom Park
Filmmaker Name: Aaron Cadieux
A Time To Reflect, The History Of Whalom Park is an in-depth look into a disappearing piece of Americana, the classic amusement park. The film chronicles the rise and fall of Whalom and covers over 100 years of the park’s history. Like so many other small amusement parks at the turn of the century, Whalom began as a weekend destination for streetcar riders. Quickly, the park developed into a recreational gathering place with an abundance of rides, food vendors and first-rate entertainment. Sadly, with the combination of poor management and the emergence of big theme parks, Whalom Park would begin to decline in the late 20th century. The park eventually closed its gates for the last time in the fall of 2000.
Hear from a number of local residents as they remember this beloved landmark. Go back in time to the park's humble beginnings in the rustic woodlands of Lunenburg Massachusetts. See how Whalom's landscape changed throughout the years after a number of destructive storms and fires. Venture though the park during its golden years and take a ride on the Flyer Comet roller coaster, the antique Carousel, the Tumble Bug, and other classic rides.
Recall the many famous people that visited Whalom Park throughout the years, from the legendary big bands in the ballroom, to world-renowned performers in the Whalom Playhouse. Learn about how the park was culturally significant as both a social gathering place and as an employer to hundreds of local residents. Travel though Whalom Park's period of upgrades and expansions to its eventual demise in the late 20th century. Take a walk though the remains of the park today and see how Whalom's current condition compares to that of other classic amusement parks that have suffered the same fate. The story of Whalom Park is eerily similar to what has happened to so many of these vanishing national treasures.
A Time To Reflect, The History Of Whalom Park is, without a doubt, a film that can be enjoyed by anyone who has an appreciation for the social significance of the classic amusement park.
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Gender Based Violence
A Fresh Start: Kyomuhendo’s Life on the Other Side of Domestic Violence
Gender Based Violence Human Rights
by January 9, 2018 April 26, 2018 0227
At only 30 years of age, Kyomuhendo’s face is riddled with wrinkles, every crease a tale of a life of hardship and pain. With no place to call home, three fatherless children and no source of income, she struggles to make a life for herself and her children. She smiles with her teeth but her teary eyes mirror the depth of pain in her heart. Kyomuhendo is a survivor of domestic violence and intends to raise her children by any means possible.
“My mother married my father when they both were young. When I was younger, my father died. My mother married another man. But as you know, her husband didn’t like me and my step sisters and brothers have grown old but they do not consider me as their sister.” She says.
As a result, Kyomuhendo had to learn to take care of herself at an early age until she married her husband.
I came to Kampala when I was young. I started working in the market to raise money for myself. At 26, I met a man. He loved me and I thought that that would be the end of my trouble. At first he was a really handsome and amazing man.” She narrates as her hands fidget with a little black Nokia phone. “After my first baby, Kirabo. (Kirabo means gift in rukiga/runyakore), he started chewing mairungi (Khat, a drug that is known for having extreme side effects such as aggressiveness, mood swings, violence and malaise). He told me that this was to enable him work at his job that needed lots of energy. But After my second child, this time he was smoking drugs and drinking alcohol. He started to beat me.”
Domestic violence for Kyomuhendo became a reality as she watched the kind man that she had married not too long ago turn into her worst nightmare.
“He beat me up when found that there was no food; he beat me because of just looking at him. He beat me when our babies cried at night. He called me names; he said that he had married a useless old woman. He resented my very existence,” she narrates.
She never considered taking him to Police or bringing him to the law because she did not feel it would solve anything but only make him angrier. For years she endured this abuse and hoped it would get better, that he would stop using alcohol and drugs. But he never did and the violence grew worse until a friend intervened.
“My friend Hajat told me that this man would kill me if I did not leave. She took me away and gave me this place to stay.” She points at the house behind her.
For survival, she sells onions on the streets in the evenings when shops have closed. Her capital fund is UGX 15,000 (close to 4 dollars).
“It is running battles with Kampala City Council Authority. When I sell, I make sure that I have enough profit to buy food for my children. Then I walk to Kalerwe market to restock. It is tough but God is still holding us,” She says.
With a boost of UGX 50,000, she would be able to increase her stock and make some more profit. She would like to get her own place and save some money.
“Now that Kirabo is about to start school, I might be able to raise some money for books in a UPE school.” She says.
Kyomuhendo, like a large number of women is a survivor of domestic violence and gender based violence.
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Devouring Surrealism: Tarsila do Amaral’s Abaporu (Article)
Title: Devouring Surrealism: Tarsila do Amaral’s Abaporu
Author: Michele Greet
Abstract: Various scholars have suggested a contiguity or affinity between Brazilian artist Tarsila do Amaral’s iconic painting Abaporu (1928)and surrealism; none have engaged in an in-depth analysis of her actual relationship with surrealism, however. This close reading of Abaporu will demonstrate that Amaral deliberately and systematically engaged with the tenets and formal languages of surrealism. Her engagement was not one of pure emulation; instead she turned the surrealists’ penchant for satire and desire to disrupt hierarchical schema back on itself, parodying the images and ideas put forth by the movement to create a counter modernism. Amaral’s sardonic appropriation of surrealism’s formal languages and subversive strategies was the very factor that made Abaporu the catalyst of the anthropophagite Movement.
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Transatlantic Encounters: Latin American Artists in Paris between the Wars (Book)
Title: Transatlantic Encounters: Latin American Artists in Paris between the Wars
Abstract: In the years between World War I and World War II Paris was at the center of the art world. Indeed, the very essence of twentieth-century art history stems from the movements and avant-garde experiments that emerged in Paris in the early years of the century. Modernism, no matter how it was rearticulated in distant locations, almost always had roots in Paris. While numerous scholars have written about the arts in Paris during this period, none examine the participation of Latin American artists in the Parisian art scene even though these artists both contributed to and re-interpreted nearly every major modernist trend between the wars, including cubism (Pablo Curatella Manes, Emilio Pettoruti, Diego Rivera, Angel Zárraga), surrealism (Antonio Berni, Wifredo Lam, Francisco Lazo, Roberto Matta, César Moro), constructivism (Jaime Colson, Germán Cueto, Amelia Peláez, Juan del Prete, Joaquín Torres-García), and the more figural modes associated with the School of Paris. This book examines Latin American artists’ intense interaction with European artists and critics as well as their major contributions to the international art scene in Paris between the two world wars.
Transatlantic Encounters Latin American Artists in Interwar Paris (Database/Archive/Digital Edition)
Title: Transatlantic Encounters Latin American Artists in Interwar Paris
Abstract: A digital database of more than 300 Latin American artists working in Paris between the wars. Two interactive maps of these artists’ exhibitions and studios.
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Abstract: The project of global art history calls for balanced treatment of artifacts and a unified approach. This volume emphasizes questions of transcultural encounters and exchanges as circulations. It presents a strategy that highlights the processes and connections among cultures, and also responds to the dynamics at work in the current globalized art world. The editors’ introduction provides an account of the historical background to this approach to global art history, stresses the inseparable bond of theory and practice, and suggests a revaluation of materialist historicism as an underlying premise. Individual contributions to the book provide an overview of current reflection and research on issues of circulation in relation to global art history and the globalization of art past and present. They offer a variety of methods and approaches to the treatment of different periods, regions, and objects, surveying both questions of historiography and methodology and presenting individual case studies. An 'Afterword' by James Elkins gives a critique of the present project. The book thus deliberately leaves discussion open, inviting future responses to the large questions it poses.
Publisher: Ashgate
Book Title: Circulations in the Global History of Art; Studies in Art Historiography series
ISBN: 978-147245456
Occupying Paris: The First Survey Exhibition of Latin American Art (Article)
Title: Occupying Paris: The First Survey Exhibition of Latin American Art
Abstract: The first survey of Latin American art ever to be held anywhere in the world took place in Paris at the Musée Galliera in 1924. Rather than showcasing a particular stylistic tendency, organizers conceived of Latin American heritage as the unifying factor behind the show, giving rise to an exhibition format that would persist for the rest of the twentieth century. The stylistic eclecticism of the exhibition compelled critics and audiences to ponder the existence of a Latin American aesthetic and to attempt to pin down characteristic traits common to the region. This article examines the content, reviews and ramifications of this foundational exhibition of Latin American art
Publisher: Journal of Curatorial Studies. Volume 3, Numbers 2+3, June-October 2014: 212-237
“From Cubism to Muralism: Angel Zárraga in Paris,” in Ángel Zárraga. Retrospectiva (Catalog)
Title: “From Cubism to Muralism: Angel Zárraga in Paris,” in Ángel Zárraga. Retrospectiva
Abstract: In the years between World War I and World War II Paris was at the center of the art world. Indeed, the very essence of twentieth-century art history stems from the movements and avant-garde experiments that emerged there in the early years of the century. Mexican artist Angel Zárraga was one of the few Latin American artists who opted to make Paris his permanent home, however, only returning to Mexico under duress at the onset of World War II. Because of the intensified artistic activity in Mexico after the Revolution, Mexican artists often made only short sojourns to Paris, while their contemporaries from countries such as Brazil, Argentina, and Chile flooded Parisian arts academies and salons between the wars. Since Mexico had become a locus for experimental and socially motivated artistic activity, Zárraga’s decision to stay in Paris puts him at odds with many of his compatriots. Moreover, Zárraga chose not to construct an identity for himself as a Mexican artist in Paris, and his sole association with Mexican cultural initiatives was his commission for the murals at the Mexican Legation, where he asserted quite overtly the cultural hegemony of France. He did not associate with the newly formed circles of Latin American artists in the city or participate in their exhibitions such as the Exposition d'Art Américain-Latin at the Musée Galliera in 1924 or Joaquín Torres-García’s Première exposition du groupe latino-americain de Paris at the Galerie Zak in 1930; rather he preferred to distance himself from groups defined by cultural identity and instead align his work with the subjects and styles of European modernism.
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Title: ’Exhilarating Exile’: Four Latin American Women Exhibit in Paris
Abstract: This essay analyzes the individual exhibitions of four Latin American women artists held in Paris between the two world wars : Brazilians Tarsila do Amaral and Anita Malfatti in 1926, Mexican Lola Velásquez Cueto in 1929, and Cuban Amelia Peláez in 1933. Entering the modern art milieu involved decisions about subject matter and technique, about whether to portray national themes or avoid them, and how to negotiate the gendered implications of style. During periods of "exhilarating exile" all four of these artists entered the vibrant artistic environment in Paris and strategically positioned themselves, via their artistic choices, in relation to aesthetic debates about the role of decorative in modern art.
Primary URL: http://www.artelogie.fr/
Periodical Title: Artelogie: Revue de recherches sur les arts, le patrimoine et la littérature de l'Amérique Latine. No. 5, Fall 2013
Publisher: Artelogie: Revue de recherches sur les arts, le patrimoine et la littérature de l'Amérique Latine. No. 5, Fall 2013
César Moro’s Transnational Surrealism (Article)
Title: César Moro’s Transnational Surrealism
Abstract: Although various scholars have acknowledged the merits of Moro’s surrealist poetry, very little has been written about his contributions to the visual arts. Since his paintings and collages are so little-known, one objective of this essay is simply to trace César Moro’s extensive engagement with Surrealism in the visual arts, from his early participation in Breton’s surrealist group in Paris, to the exhibition he co-organized in Peru in 1935, and finally to the “International Surrealist Exhibition” in Mexico City in 1940. By examining closely Moro’s surrealist collages, drawings, and activities as an organizer on a transnational scale, I reveal the depth of his involvement with and impact on the surrealist movement. Beyond elaborating Moro’s surrealist activities, however, I argue that Moro did not conceive of surrealism as a foreign import, rather he believed it to be the ideal visual and literary language with which to counter the entrenched nationalism of artistic production in the Americas. Moreover, he felt that by harnessing the power of myths and the sense of the uncanny already present in Latin American life, Latin American artists and writers could take the lead in implementing a new era of worldwide surrealism. While his success in spawning a New World branch of Surrealism was negligible, Moro’s own oeuvre contributes a uniquely personal, yet exceedingly cosmopolitan manifestation of surrealist ideas, revealing the movement’s versatility and relevance beyond European borders.
Primary URL: https://jsa.hida.asu.edu/index.php/jsa/issue/current/showToc
Periodical Title: Journal for Surrealism and the Americas
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Can You Add A Link To Your Money Site In A Curated Post?
25th April, 2017 By April
In episode 127 of the weekly Hump Day Hangouts by Semantic Mastery, one viewer asked if it's okay to add a link to the money site using a keyword from the text in a curated post.
If you “”curate'”” content on a web 2.0 from another source, can you add a link to your $ site using a keyword from the text in the curated post? As well as linking back to the source of course?
Adam: All right. We are live. Welcome everybody, this is Hump Day Hangouts, episode 127. We have got everybody here, so let's do a quick hello. I'm going to start, as I see everybody, and start with you Bradley. How's it going?
Bradley: Good, man. How are you?
Adam: Not bad on this 12th of April, since I forgot to mention the date, it is going quite well.
Bradley: I'm glad to be here. I see we got some decent questions, already. We got just a few announcements, after introductions, ad we'll get right on it.
Adam: Cool. All right. Chris, how's it going, man?
Chris: Doing excellent.
Adam: Good deal. Hernan?
Hernan: Hey, everyone. I'm not feeling that good, but I'm happy to be, so I'm feeling slightly better since I'm on the Hump Day Hangout.
Adam: I feel bad I'm laughing, and I was just, oh, God, I'm on video. Anyway, sorry, Hernan, really. [crosstalk 00:00:51].
Bradley: [inaudible 00:00:53].
Adam: Yeah. Anyways, Marco, how's it going?
Marco: Good, man. We're in the middle of the rainy season in Costa Rica and it hasn't rained in a week.
Adam: Outstanding. We'll get into this with a few announcements, everybody. Then, we'll dive into it. Like, Bradley said, we got a bunch of questions. If you're new to Semantic Mastery, if you're just seeing us, or this is one of your first Hump Day Hangouts, please check out Syndication Academy, I'll pop the link on the page, you'll see it in a minute. Then, also SERP Space, you can create your free account over there for done for you services, so please go check that out after the webinar. Let's see. Real quick, we've got a replay going up, right, Bradley? Did you want to tell everyone about that?
Bradley: Yeah. We did the Rocket Video Ranker webinar with Bill Cousins and [inaudible 00:01:42] just the other day, I guess, it was Monday. This weeks a blur to me. It was a really good webinar. He's got a really awesome app that they created like an instant authority injector, it's like instant channel authority, that's what it's called. It's really cool. I've been playing with it for about a little over a week, now, and I've set up multiple campaigns. I was kind of extending the case studies from the Live Rank Sniper case studies that I did as a bonus for this, as well as I added on some new case studies, as well, because it's working really well.
What's cool about it is you can actually upload a bunch of videos, and then set them to a brand new YouTube channel and without syndication network, or anything else, and then it's just unique on how it activates, or makes all the videos public, and apparently that injects authority into the channel, and it makes the videos rank like crazy. I don't understand how it works, or why, I mean, I understand how it works, but I don't understand why it works so well, but it works really well. I've been using it a lot for the bonus, that webinar replay, we've got a link for that, the bonuses that we've thrown in were the case studies that I did, which are multiple case studies.
That training is being added to the bonus membership site, but all the other unannounced bonuses that are part of that membership site as well. Guys, check it out it was a rather short webinar, like an hour and 15 minutes, or something like that, but just go check it out and see even if you don't end up purchasing the product, the technique is really, really cool and it works really well. It's worth sitting through the webinar just to pick up that, if nothing else. Okay?
Adam: Awesome. Cool. We got that link, I think I just put it on, so go check it out after this, it's really cool. Marco, word on the street is that there might be a webinar, or something with you involved, I'm not sure. What's going on, there?
Marco: Not only, me, but I'm getting, Hernan, has just been volunteered to come on and help me out, because really the last two seem kind of disjointed, I mean, people, I don't know why, but somehow they didn't get the message. Right? Some people said it's fabulous, a lot of people said, yeah, I got it and I went, and I started looking, so they did actually what this is for. It's fr you to think, go research, and then do. Right? It's not for me to do it for you. If you want me to do it for you, you're welcome to pay me my $750.00 an hour for consultation, if not, then you go do it, which is what I've had to do for the last what, 14, 15 years. Right?
Nobody showed me, or told me, or took me under their wing and said this is how you do it, guy. I had to go and read and put it all together. Anyway, the webinar is training, think, apply, make money, lather, rinse, repeat, the Semantic Mastery way. Right? Just a quick going over what we'll be doing? I will be revisiting entity creation, validation, and verification, iframes, java script, training the bot, and JSON-LD, JSON, plus LD, plus content, which is our two pronged approach to how we just slam everything, and then, I will be going over whose way is the best way. It's not what you think.
Bradley: Okay. Far enough. Next.
Marco: Your muted Adam.
Adam: Yeah. I'm doing a horrible job of pressing a button, today. Since, Hernan got voluntold into this, Hernan, I think is going to have something special, too, maybe at that webinar. Right?
Hernan: Yeah. Definitely. We are getting close to launch the Battle Plan and that's part of the Semantic Mastery way, because actually in that Battle Plan it's the step by step on how to pretty much [inaudible 00:05:50] a niche, even if it's for aged sites, for new sites, for local sites, for YouTube videos, we have everything in there, so it was, you know we were having a lot of questions about, I love you guys, and I love your content. You have a shit ton of content, but I need a step by step, blueprint, if you will, so that's exactly why we decided to put together on that Battle Plan, and that's going to be presented alongside Marco's genius rambling on Monday, on the webinar. Yeah.
Adam: Awesome. If you're there you're definitely going to get something special, so I'll just leave it at that, and [crosstalk 00:06:31].
Bradley: It only took us three years to create the Battle Plan. We've been talking about it for three years.
Adam: Now, we got it.
Bradley: [crosstalk 00:06:39]. I'm anxious to have that out, too, because it's just something that we just never did, and we finally actually, Hernan, really put it together, so hats off to you, Hernan. Thanks for doing that.
Adam: Yeah. Definitely. I've got my Nike shoe phones on. Thank you, Wayne. I'm going to real quick drop a link in, I suggest you guys check it out, it's free. First three chapters of a book from the CEO of ClickFunnels, and you can check that out, obviously you got to give me your email, but you can go check that out. It's about building movements, building business, a real business. Things like that. Just check it out, I'm not going to go into details if that sounds interesting to you by all means, go check it out and I believe the full book is either out this week or next week, so do yourself a favor, if you don't like it, you invested an email address, if you do like it, you're going to get some good info out of it.
Bradley: Wayne's still picking on you.
Adam: He is. If I had more time I would turn this into talking about my headphones, but-
Bradley: It's awesome, though.
Adam: Let's get into it.
Bradley: Nobody is safe from the wrath of Wayne. All right. I think I'm going to grab the screen, now, guys. Are we ready?
Adam: Yes.
Bradley: All right. Otherwise, I'm just going to sit here and read the chat box. You guys can hear me?
Adam: Got you.
Marco: There we go.
Bradley: Okay. All right. Cool. By the way, just to comment on Adam's mention of the expert secrets book, yeah, guys, if you're not already familiar with Russell Brunson, and the whole ClickFunnels movement, and everything, you should become familiar, and this is an excellent opportunity to do so, with that book, because it's really been a transformative application that we use for our business, ClickFunnels has been, and it's a great company, they've got a lot of vision, and stuff, and so we fully support them as well, because it's been such a blessing to have in our own business, so it's a good opportunity to check out what they've got going on, and learn some, from a really great marketer of our time. Definitely check it out. All right.
[inaudible 00:08:51] is up,
Should The Blog Post With Embedded Youtube Videos Have Different Content In Order To Not Be A Duplicate?
he says, “Hey guys. I'm syndicating content from both the brand website and YouTube channels. The brand is a website, and YouTube. How much would be the minimum to change the blog post from just plain embedding the YouTube videos? Would it be enough to add X amount of words extra, next to the video, like transcribing or just posting the same content in a blog format, or should the blog post have different content in order to not be a duplicate? Thanks.” You know, you can do a transcription, that fine, that's what I do with a lot of my client sites.
For example, some of my clients, actually, you know, most of my clients are in the contracting industry, so they do home services, so like HVAC services, and plumbing, and things like that. Some of my clients, not all of them, because some of them just refuse to do it, but some of them have their technicians go, and I trained them to do this, but it's very simple, for example, a plumbing company they send one of their plumbers out to a job, and once they get to the job and they access what it is, or they complete the job, do the repair work, or whatever it is they pull out their cell phone and they record a short video, saying, hey, this is John from Joe's Plumbing, I'm out on location, in Fairfax County, Virginia. I got a call for a leaky facet, this was the problem that I found, this is what I did to fix it, if you have any problems similar to requiring facet repair, call Joe's Plumbing at, and they give the call to action.
They send me those videos, and I upload, optimize them and upload them to YouTube and then create the blog posts out of those with the transcription. Essentially, I just send the link over to a transcription service, have them transcribe the video, which is generally about a minute to a minute and a half long. It costs me like a $1.50 or three bucks to get the thing transcribed, and when I get it back, I add that as the content, or my VA will do it, or one of my VA's will do it, but they'll create a blog post with the video embedded, and then the transcription underneath. That's great, because that works really well. Now, there's really not a way that you can automate that. I automate it through a virtual assistant. That's my way automating it. I don't know a way to do that using IFTTT, so if you want to add the additional content, that's fine, transcription works, great. However, it would be a manual process. Right?
One of the reasons why our YouTube syndication applets, from IFTTT, those auto syndication applets don't include the description, for example of the videos, and why we will always just put this video was, it can also be seen on YouTube here, and you put the YouTube link and maybe the channel link, or a playlist link, but that's it. The reason why is because through the many, many networks that I have had and tested over the years, I was finding that when you import the description, and you can change the applet, by the way. But, we have the applet setup with ingredients that work the best, that produce, that don't cause any problems for your blog sites. What I was having problems with, was at one point in time I had a really large, what I called a video broadcasting network, consider it like a PBN, but it was used specifically for just video syndication sites. Okay?
We would, I would, syndicate, and because the way I would set up those video broadcasting network sites, again, similar to PBN's but they were self hosted WordPress sites on domains that I had picked up, like expired domains and stuff like that, and build out these syndication networks using the self hosting WordPress site as the trigger point. Right? I would have YouTube, actually, every time I would upload a video to a particular channel it would syndicate out automatically to all these WordPress sites. Then, the WordPress site would trigger the IFTTT network around it. Right? They were random, some of the would import video description, some would not. What happened was through one of Google's de-indexing spree's that it goes on from time to time, I got hit, my video broadcasting networks got hit, and all the sites that had been importing the descriptions got the indexed, all of the sites that did not import the descriptions, that only hd a YouTube video, so essentially the embed code, and a link to the video itself, and then a link back to the channel, and/or playlist. All of those survived. It was the same network, which was interesting.
It led me to obviously understand that Google does not like republishing or posting of the video descriptions, and I can understand why, because they can be a bit spammy. Right? We drop links and all kinds of stuff into the description, and so it comes out looking spammy, and so that's why I stopped doing it and why all of the applets that we provide don't pull in the description. The reason why I tell you that is because if you're creating videos on the front end, and let's say that you already have, let's say it's a recorded video, where you've already written a script for example, and now you get the video created or recorded, and then you go to add the video to YouTube, well, you already had the transcription at that point. Right? Or, you can record a video, or have a video produced, and get it transcribed, and when you upload it to YouTube you can add your transcription as the video description.
That's the only way I would know how to automate it, is if you had the transcription before you upload it to YouTube. Does that make sense? Otherwise, if you upload the video first then have it transcribed, well when it uploads it's going to automatically syndicate through your networks, so then you'd have to go in and manual edit your blog post on your money site or whatever. That wouldn't include the transcription across all those other properties, either. Does that make sense? The only way for you to syndicate the video plus the description with a transcription, I should say, is if you were to have that prepared a head of time, before you upload the video, which would trigger the syndication to begin with. Okay? It's fine guys if you want to include that and do that kind of stuff on the front end. I don't recommend syndicating a video with, use the applets the way we have them, I mean, you can test, and you can play around with them, but just know the reason we set those applets up the way we did was there was a reason for it, and the reason that I just gave you. Okay?
As far as this, again, I would recommend that you would either just upload the video using the applets the way that they are, and then go back on the money site blog, and edit the post manually, and it's something a VA could do where they could add the transcription. That way across all the syndication points its just the video embed and the links back. Right? That's it, but then on the blog itself, which is a money site, yeah, that's fine to put the transcription there. That's how I would prefer to do it, as opposed to even transcribing a head of time, before syndicating, because then you end up having that, again, the additional text underneath the video, even though the transcription probably isn't as spammy as a normal YouTube description. I still would, because I know of those types of syndication points getting shut down when the text is imported, as well. I just prefer to avoid that and make sure that it's just the YouTube embed and a link back to the video and/or the playlist and/or channel. Okay? All right. Hopefully, that one was cleared up.
Should You Add 100-200 Properties Linked To Our Youtube Account To Get A Real Boost On Videos Syndicated Through IFTTT?
Alexander says, “I read somewhere that we should have a 100 to 200 properties linked to our YouTube account to get a real boost on video syndicated through IFTTT, I'm beginning on video SEO, now, and loving the speed, and just got a little bit confused about it.” Well, it depends, Alexander. My most powerful networks have over 200 properties, because generally for anything that I'm going to be like any industry or niche that I'm going to be serious about, I start off with a minimum of three two tier networks. That's just because we have the infrastructure and the building team, and everything, it's simple for me to just say, look, I need three full two tier networks, and a week later I've got them. You know?
If I'm going to be real serious about something, and remember guys a full two tier network is anywhere between 80 to 90 properties. Right? Even at 80, at the low end of it, we're looking at 240 properties if you've got three full two tier networks. That is true in that my most powerful networks are generally in that range or so, but I know I have some syndication networks that are just tier one that have been powered up and have had consistent posting over time, and they've just gotten powerful because of that, because they are all themed really well, and they've got history.
It really just depends. I mean, if you're starting off with newer networks that aren't themed or don't have a lot of life and history to them, if that makes sense, then what you want, you can add more networks, which will be more syndication points, or you can power them up with links and other various things that you can do to power up the networks. You can do one, or the other. If you're starting off probably right off the bat you're going to get faster results with more syndication points, but over the long run, it's actually better in my opinion to power up existing networks because that helps the video ranks, whatever results the networks provide by syndicating to them, it helps to keep those results to stick better. Does that make sense? In other words, the more syndication points you add to a network, the faster the results typically are, but if it's new then the results can slip rather quickly, as well. Meaning, you get initial really good results, but then they'll start to drop.
Obviously, it's going to depend on many, many other variables, guys, but I'm saying just on the way that my data has trended it shows that. That's why if you have a powered up network, typically the results that the syndication provides will stick for longer. All right? Way back when we had the first version of Syndication Academy out I mentioned that, because I mentioned that for example you could stack multiple tier one networks, first tier networks to a YouTube channel and you'd get faster ranking results that way than using two tier networks, so what I'm saying is let's say you had 10 single ring tier one networks that you wanted attached to one YouTube channel, right, that would be essentially what 200 properties, roughly 200 properties. That's going to get you really fast results, but a lot of the times those results will start to slip somewhat quickly.
It would be better, instead of having 10 tier one networks, it would be better to say, let's say you had three full two tier networks, which would be 12 networks, but the two tier networks tend to help the video rankings to stick longer. That's been something that I've noticed for years. Again, with my own data if I can theme a network and power it up with links and then continue to publish to that it seems to get a lot stronger whether you have more and more syndication properties or not. At some point it's like a level of diminishing returns. Right? Once you cross that point it's really unnecessary to add additional syndication points. I think it's better to power up what you already have. If that makes sense. Okay? Anyways, you can play around with that. Yeah. Obviously if you're just starting off with new networks, more is better. More points are better. All right.
IFTTT Properties & NAP Citations For Local Sites
Next is, “Is those IFTTT properties a good place to add any IFTTT citations for local sites? Same thing with PR, NAP, and embeds.” I guess PR, must be press release. Yeah. Guys, anytime you can drop an NAP citation into a post or anything like that, as long as it's not been like spammed into it, like if you have a good call to action at the end of a post and you want to drop the NAP that's a good place to do it. Those all count as citations, guys. You can have a citation on a blogger site, and a Tumbler site. Yeah. If you want to drop an NAP into blog post that's perfectly fine.
Same thing with press releases, guys. Most press release companies are going to have a section where you put your contact company details anyways, the NAP details, especially and even more and more PR sites now are actually allowing structured data for that so you can mark that up the NAP details with the local business markup, or it's done on the backend, in other words, there just text fields, you enter in the company data and the PR company adds the structured data for where it's published on their site. Now, the syndication points, the press cables that pick them up, most of those will strip that out, but it doesn't matter you still end up with the NAP details, citation details, it's just an unstructured citation at that point. It's absolutely valuable to do that. Make sure you're using a lot of brand anchors for that, though, you don't want to use keywords and stuff. All right.
Next one. “Is it better to have,” and we're going to skip probably, I don't know, how many questions do we have? Because we got some people that posted a lot of questions in a row, guys, and we cannot do that. We need to split the questions up, so that it's fair for everybody. I'm going to answer this one, if we have time, we'll come back and answer is next one. “Is it better to have more accounts as tier one to the YouTube channel, or have one and a few tier one rings, and then add the bulk?” Yeah. I already answered that one, Alexander. Again, you're going to get faster results with more tier one properties, but your results will stick longer if you use tier two.
I don't go out to tier three, because there's just too many, it's too many steps chained together that if something goes wrong anywhere it breaks down the whole system, so I don't do that. I don't do tier three. I mean, I've done it, but I don't do it, because it's too many moving pieces, in other words. I like to go out to tier two and that's the extent. If I want more and more, I just add more networks, more tier one's and tier two's. I don't bring it out to tier three. I haven't seen any benefit in doing that, and it's just more work and more hassle. Okay. Like I said, if we have time, Alexander, we'll come back.
Do You Focus On The Main City Or Do You Focus The Root Domain On Anything At All (Maybe States)?
Don's up. Don Johnson. That's awesome. He says, “I understand the concept of using city subdomains for local businesses, but then for the root domain, do you focus on the main city or do you just focus it on anything at all, maybe state?” Don, I always just use that as like the brand site. If there's a corporate headquarters then that's what I'll target the site, the root domain for, will be like the corporate site, so it will, if there's a corporate headquarters like a physical location, then I will reserve the root domain for that. If you are using, we can talk about structured data again, but if you're using organizational markup and then you have separate locations, then, you would use the root domain for that. Then, all your separate locations would be listed on subdomains, if that makes sense. That's typically how I do it.
If you don't have a corporate headquarters, then you can use, in other words if you've got all of your locations already built out on subdomains then just use the root domain, at least this is the way I do it, I just use the root domain as literally like a brand website, and it's more or less just a billboard, like an online flyer that says this is who we are this is what we do, and the pages on the site are the locations page, the about us page, and the contact us page. That's it. That's all that's necessary. Unless, you're going to be blogging from the root domain to the tier one branded network for all of the subdomain locations in which case you want to have a blog and you want to have categories to match each one of the locations, so that whenever you create a post and if you're blogging from the root domain to do all your link building and content syndication from one website, and from one WordPress site as opposed to multiple subdomains. That's how I do it, for the most part, guys.
We talk about this all the time, but when you have multiple locations, I always try to just build the single tier branded syndication network and then do all of my blogging from the root domain to cover all the subdomain locations, and then after a period of time, and syndicating multiple posts, and checking rankings, and that kind of stuff you'll notice that some of the locations will respond well to that, but then some of the subdomain locations won't, and the ones that need the additional push, you can always go out and create locations specific syndication networks for those subdomains that need the extra push, and then blog directly from those subdomains. Remember, try to get the best results with the minimum amount of work. One branded network is all that's needed for multi location, your blog from the root domain, cover all of your subdomains from that same blog just make sure you match categories with locations. If that makes sense.
Marco: If I could just add something, one of the basic principles of our Syndication Academy and RYS Academy is to brand. We create a brand and we associate the brand, the keywords to the band, we don't just chase keywords, we don't just chase location plus keywords we actually teach you, or tell you, build your brand and then-
Bradley: Right.
Marco: Associate the keywords to it, that's why what we do works so well. That's what sets us apart from everybody else, because there's hardly anyone online, right now, teaching you to do it like the big boys do it. Create your brand, associate the keywords to the brand, and then everything else just flows in. Whatever you do, after that, whether you're blogging or doing a podcast, whatever it is that you're doing, in your social media, whatever, it's always pushing the brand and the keywords. The brand and the services. The brand and your product. It's brand, brand, brand, and then the bot, once you hit it over the head enough, it's smart enough, oh, okay, so I need to associate this brand with this set of keywords and that's when the magic starts happening, when the bot, I call it training the bot, but when the bots been trained that way then all sorts of good stuff starts, it just starts to happen.
Bradley: Yeah. Totally agree. That's part of what we talked about with the Crowd Search webinar is that association that is made by the algorithm, I mean RankBrain, guys, it learns. Right? It's machine learning, but it's learning nonetheless. Over time with those associations are made and stored, so it ends up adding weight to the site. How I was introduced into the concept was called site weight. All things being equal if you add two, let's just say plumbing sites that had the same, you know, virtually, or comparably the same SEO and the same off page SEO. I know this is obviously hypothetical, because it's damn near impossible for that to be the case.
If those two were the same, everything else was virtually the same, then the site that had more brand mentions and more navigational searches, which people like searching for the company name, the company name contact information, company name, location, that kind of stuff, that site will out rank the other one, every time, because it's getting more weight by Google, in other words, it's a more authoritative brand. The algorithm determines that through search history and a lot of the other things, the semantic relationships and all that stuff, and that's in part why it works so well, so thank you Marco for bringing that up.
Don, yeah, this last thing is on the main domain, that's what I'm talking about, anything you're talking about smaller city pages that aren't worth an entire subdomain. I get that. That's fine. That's absolutely fine to do that on the root domain. I would just have a locations page that also links out and use the organizational structure data markup. Then, you can, I cannot show you an example, I wish I could, but I do that for some of my sites that have multiple locations. You set a locations page, you mark everything up, you list all of your locations, everything is marked up correctly. It's very, very powerful. Then, like I said, the root domain you just focus on, if you have a physical location for a corporate headquarters, you make the root specifically about that, but you can have all the other locations listed, like I said.
If you have smaller city pages and stuff that aren't worthy of a subdomain, like you mentioned, that's fine. You can put all those on the root domain, as well. What I would recommend with that though, that's why I said, you don't for a lot of times, and I don't want to over complicate this, because I don't know how experienced you are, Don, but a lot of times people will put local business structure data with JSON LD markup in the site header, which is fine, but in a case like this where you are going to have a locations page and potentially smaller city pages hosted on the root domain, you don't want to do that. What you want to do is on the locations page use the structured data markup, and that's fine. Guys, as per Google's best practices when it comes to structured data, they say it doesn't have to be on every page of the site. It only needs to be on a locations, about, or contact page. That's it.
Google will read, as long as you don't have bot blockers on there, Google will read it and will recognize and associate that business with that markup. If that makes sense. For something like that, you don't want to put it in site wide, is what I'm saying. You want to add that code specifically to the locations page and then for each one of your smaller city pages I would inject structured data into each one of those individual pages for that specific location. If you don't have, you say smaller city pages, they might not have physical locations, anyways. If that makes sense. All right.
We could go into a whole, maybe some day we'll do a separate webinar just on structured data stuff, because I know we get questions about that all the time, too.
Do You Add A Link To Your Money Site Using A Keyword From The Text In The Curated Post?
James says, “If you curate content on a web two from another source, can you add a link to your money site using a keyword from the text in the curated post, as well as linking back to the source, of course?” James, I don't do that. I don't edit or modify the text that I'm curating at all. I don't know what the legalities are of that, because I don't know, I don't do it. Does anybody else have a clear answer for that?
Marco: I would say that you're changing, if you're adding a direct quote right from that website and you change it, then it's no longer.
Marco: A direct quote. I mean, I know it's not best practices when you're writing something up, so I don't see why you would want to do that anyway. I don't know what it is that he's looking to accomplish by doing that. I'm not sure. You don't need to. You just do the proper citation and you move on. You don't want to-
Marco: Give yourself extra work, because it works perfectly well.
Bradley: James, the only reason why I would see if you were curating content from another source on your own blog, for you to change the text and add a link is just so that you can link back to whatever, and drive visitors through that link to wherever you are trying to send them, or for SEO purposes, but the point is you've got your commentary section, that's the content that you write, or that your team writes, or whatever, your writer, your curator, that's what they write in between curating sections of the post. Right? That's what's called commentary. In those commentary sections you can create links to whatever you want.
You can use the anchor text links, whatever types of links, whatever types of anchor text you can send people wherever you want. I'd recommend not altering the curated content at all. Curate it exactly as it was written, where it was originally published and then cite the source where it was published and then add your link into the commentary section. There's really no reason that I know of without knowing more about your specific situation, James. There's no reason for you to edit the curated content. I recommend that you don't do that, because again, I don't know what the legalities are, but I wouldn't want to alter it in any way. Okay?
How To Syndicate Content To A Jimdo Website?
Ivan says, “Hey, guys. I asked a couple weeks ago on number 126, is it worth the effort to treat tier one blog components as money sites? I took the time to build a website on Jimdo.com, and I saw some back links inside my search console. How can we post to it automatically if it's not inside IFTTT?” Ivan, that's a good question. You'd have to look for potentially maybe another application that would connect with Jimdo, IFTTT does not. I don't know if Zapier does. There's also another similar service called Delvr.it, D-E-L-V-R dot I-T, I think it is.
Those are all services similar to IFTTT. You might want to check and see if Jimdo connects with any of those. I don't know if it does or not, but if it doesn't then you cannot. I mean, there might be a plugin that will post to Jimdo, as well from a WordPress site, but I don't know that. I don't know of any off the top of my head, but that doesn't matter, I mean, you can still use Jimdo, you just won't be able to use it as part of your syndication network, but you can still use it as a tier one link. It just won't be an automated thing, unless you can find an app that does it. Okay.
Marco: I think there's a plugin that does that. I cannot remember what the name of it is, off the top of my head.
Bradley: Does Snap do it?
Hernan: Yeah. Maybe, Snap does it.
Bradley: [crosstalk 00:35:09] plugin.
Marco: There's a bunch of them out there. I mean, they've come up with a bunch of others that could possibly do it. There's one called Hyper Social Buffer, I think it is. I'm not sure whether it does it.
Bradley: Yeah. I don't know, which networks this post to, guys, but next scripts, Social Networks Auto-Poster, I know that's one that a lot of people use for stuff. I mean, that's all you got to do, Ivan, is just go digging around see what you can find. There might be a plugin on another app that will do it. If IFTTT doesn't do it, you got to look for another solution. If you cannot find one that will work, then, again, you can still use Jimdo as a tier one property, it just won't be an auto syndication point. Okay.
Do You Have Any Kind Of Index Or Searchable Database Of The Time Stamps With Topic For All Of The Past Hump Day Hangouts?
All right. Columbia's got several in a row. We'll try to run through a couple of them. “Do you have any kind of index or searchable database so that time stamps with topic for all the past Hump Day Hangouts, there is so much great info here it would be great to have.” The only thing that you can do, Columbia, and we add time stamps, which helps quite a bit, but the only thing you can do is just use the search function in the YouTube channel. If we go over here, we'll go to [crosstalk 00:36:23]-
Adam: We do have them in a playlist, though, so you can at least go into the playlist.
Bradley: Yeah. If you go to view channel, so just go to YouTube.com look for Semantic Mastery, it will come right up, and then right here when you click on the channel you'll see this little spyglass icon, you click on that, it says search channel, and that's where you can type in your query and because we add timestamps the YouTube search function within our channel works fairly well. I know the YouTube search is kind of shitty overall in YouTube for the most part, but it works fairly well on our channel, because we actually add the timestamps to all of our videos. Okay. That's the best thing we-
Marco: I think you can also do a playlist search. If you go to a playlist, to Hump Day Hangout playlists, I think you can search the playlist.
Bradley: It says search channel. I don't know how to search playlists. Yeah. I don't see a specific search for playlists. There might be a function, I just never seen it. Anyways. Yeah. Personally, I would just search the channel, but if there is this playlist search function, then try that, too, I suppose. Okay. All right.
What Is The Maximum Number Of Separate Tags That Are Safe To Use?
Next. “With regard to tag stuffing, how many separate tags would be the maximum? Be safe.” I don't know, Columbia, honestly, I've never stuffed enough tags into a YouTube video. I've just never been real heavy on doing a whole bunch of tags, because I always try to keep my tags very focused around the singular keyword that I'm trying to rank for. Right? I don't know. Does anybody else here know how many tags? Personally, like I said, I usually will keep it to about five to eight tags and they're usually very focused around my primary keyword that I'm trying to rank for. Anybody else got an answer for that?
Marco: No.
Bradley: Okay.
Adam: I haven't heard of any hard and fast rule. I would probably go by user experience and finding your niche, and keep it pretty simple.
Bradley: Yeah. I mean, all I do Columbia is, well there's a few things that you can do. One is if you use the plugin TubeBuddy, TubeBuddy's a great plugin, which will show you the tags of similar videos, what their tags are and it will show you the popularity of that tag. In other words, how often those tags occur in similar videos, that kind of stuff, so that you can figure out which are the most weighted tags, or the most common tags so that you can match those. TubeBuddy is a great tool for that. It's a Chrome plugin, or it's a YouTube plugin, I guess. Anyways, it's called TubeBuddy, check that out. It's pretty cool. There's some other tools that do similar stuff where they'll like scrap tags.
Lisa Allen has one, it's called, TubeViperX I've seen the icon over here, it's called TubeViperX, so she's got one. There's another one called, Tuberank Jeet, or something like that. I don't know. There's a bunch of tools out there that you can find that are like tag scrappers, and some of the tools will show you the tags in order of priority, and that kind of stuff. You can use stuff like that, but typically, for me, personally whatever my primary keyword is I usually end up adding that tag as well as any local modifiers as individual tags like the city names, and then a couple slight variations of my primary keyword. The most closely related variations, and that's it. My tag list for any given video is usually no more than eight tags. It's anywhere between five to eight tags, tops, and that's because I am always trying to hyper focus around one singular keyword for each video. Okay. That's just the way that I've done it for years.
Marco: I have an idea for Columbia. All of our videos on YouTube, or on the playlist, they're titled Hump Day Hangouts, Hump Day and then Hangouts, one word, [inaudible 00:40:37] and look for the keyword and that'll search the Hump Day videos.
What Is The Effect Of Changing/Approving Tags After A Live Stream Video in YouTube?
Bradley: Cool. Awesome. Thanks. All right. “Is there any problem with changing and approving tags after you've live streamed a video channel?” No, Columbia, not at all. You can go in and edit those at any time. That's not going to hurt anything. I've played around with like if a video doesn't rank, is it ranking as well as I want, you can go in and kind of mess around with the tags a little bit, but give it a few days and see what happens, because a lot of times you won't see changes. I'm not saying changing the tags is going to have any effect on your video, all I know is I've done that, and I've added tags or removed tags, or replaced tags, and I've seen movement. Just to let you know, it's not going to effect anything. I mean, it could affect a video negatively, but you just have to play with it and see. If that was the case, you just switch it back to what it was before. All right. Look at that, that's Napoleon Dynamite's profile [inaudible 00:41:31], that's awesome.
Ranking Using 301 Redirects
Joe T, says, “What's the best way to rank using 301 redirects?” Well, there's so many different answers for that. 301 redirects can be used for a million things. We use them for Switchbox SEO, mainly. Terry Kyle, coined that term, Switchbox SEO, so you can go to Terry Kyle's blog and read about it. We were using 301 redirects anyways, but that kind of really opened up a whole lot of doors for us, as far as, things that we do with 301's. We used to use 301's for a lot of real nasty stuff, we still do, for a lot of real nasty stuff, but not in the same way that we used to. I like to use 301's obviously for cloning the sites and building links to my domain as opposed to my clients domains. That way I keep some level of control, in case they don't need me anymore.
We can use 301 redirects, what's great about 301 redirects is if you do all your link building to a domain that you have full capability of removing redirects or redirecting somewhere else, then that's why it's called Switchbox SEO, because it's like you can turn it on and off at any moment. If you're doing something particularly nasty and it ends up causing some problems, you can just open that redirect. It's just like opening a switch. Right? It cuts that negative link juice off from whatever the destination was, where the redirect was. There's a lot of stuff that you can do with 301 redirects. Again, we could cover that for an hour, and that's a little bit too broad of a question for here. You guys want to comment on that, at all?
Hernan: Yeah. If it's cheap, since we are doing it with X, Y, Z, or dot links, or whatever you want to do, if it's cheap, and if it can protect you, go ahead. Why not? Some people will, I usually like to do it with domains that I can own, and that I can control.
Hernan: That's why I'm saying dot, X, Y, Z dot link, you can do it with URL shorteners, but most of the time you cannot change the destinations and you do not control them. You know?
Hernan: Some people will actually go ahead and make the mistake of doing [inaudible 00:43:51], which we do not recommend, if you're doing nasty stuff, unless you are a part of RYS Academy of course where Marco will teach how to go through that flawlessly, but in any case, I would suggest that you go with X, Y, Z domain, dot link domain, cheap one dollar a year domain that you can reuse, that you can spam, and it doesn't hurt you.
Bradley: Yeah. Okay. “I get emails promoting XRumer backlinks, can you rank today with XRumer links, and if so, how, without getting penalized?” No. I wouldn't do it, Joe. It depends on if you're spamming a web two property, for example, that's one thing. If you're spamming a citation, or a press release, again, that's one thing, but I wouldn't be trying, I would have XRumer backlinks pointed within three tiers of my, within two tiers for sure of my money site. It's just spam. I mean, look, guys, and when I say XRumer links, I'm assuming, correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't XRumer links mainly blog comments, and forum profiles, and stuff? Isn't it like real spam stuff? I don't use XRumer, that's why I'm asking.
Marco: I haven't used it in so long, that's how it was. It was mainly comment spam.
Hernan: Yeah. Comment spam. All the way. I mean, they still work, but as far as possible from your money site.
Hernan: You know? We still use Spam Tools, but as far as possible from the money site. More over now that we feel now, Marco came with the news of saying, hey, guys, you know, Google is going two or three tiers deep, so if you can go for tier four, or tier five for XRumer that would be a good idea, actually.
Bradley: Yeah. You can use them for example, like YouTube videos, man, I know I've ranked YouTube videos using nothing but comments, before. It's been a while, I haven't attempted it in quite a some time, but I mean, YouTube videos like press releases, citations, things like that, that can withstand that kind of spam. Yeah. But, remember we always talk about treating your tier one properties as extensions of your brand, so in other words if you want to spam a citation, make sure that it's a no follow link to your money site, for example.
Because you don't want to spam something with a do follow link, a tier one property with a whole bunch of comment spam it can end up hurting your money site, the final destination. You don't want to do that. If you got a press release, or something like that, that you're just wanting to push up and spam it, most of those types of cites will withstand it, that kind of abuse, but again we recommend not spamming your tier one properties, for the most part, because you want to treat those as extensions of your brand. Tier two, fine, if you want to spam your tier two properties, do it.
Marco: If I can clarify. We're not saying that spam doesn't work, because we still use GSA. In fact, we use fiver GSA gigs and the links come back showing adult business, which means porn. Right? [inaudible 00:47:15]. They use porn links to drop our links in, and this still works like gangbusters, it still ranks, but you have to know what you're doing. We throw a double spam filter in, so that the links come through squeaky clean. If you don't know or don't understand what I just said, don't do it, because you'll get in trouble.
Bradley: All right. Toby's up, “Do you use aggregate rating? Have you ever seen the results in Google that have the star ratings on them, like the image below, image of a four out of five star rating on a website. Pretty badass. Right? Did you know that those are actually super easy to get, and Project Supremacy Plugin can do that for you in about 60 seconds.” Okay. I haven't played with Project Supremacy Plugin in quite some time. We have it. I just haven't messed with it. “Yes, the site above got its reviews and star rating generated with the plugin.” Okay. Let's see. “How do you get those star ratings to show up? It's actually through a very specific JSON-LD scheme attack, aggregate rating.” Yeah. That's right. That's been part of that plugin since it was launched. Right?
Yeah. I'm familiar with that. I've got a client site that we tried a million things with that we just cannot get the star ratings to show though, including Project Supremacy plugin, it hasn't worked for that. I've banged my head against the wall for months with that site, and we still cannot get it to work. The particular schema tag is read by your site on Google star rating with amazing ease.” It sure sounds like a pitch, but anyways, I don't see a link, so we're going to move on. It's a decent plugin guys, there's no doubt. This really isn't the place to-
Marco: Yeah.
Bradley: Promote the shit out of somebody else's stuff.
Marco: Yeah. This is not the place for that, for somebody else's and not only that since most of the people on Hump Day are beginners. They're going to go and spam away with five star ratings, and get a schema spam penalty for fake five star ratings, fake reviews-
Bradley: Structured data spam.
Marco: Structured data spam.
Marco: Absolutely. It's a great way to get yourself in trouble if you don't know what you're doing.
Bradley: That's right. I know, because I've gotten those manual spam action notifications in search consoles that says, structured data spam. You can get them cleaned up and reversed, but why would you want to raise a red flag? I'm not saying, don't use the stuff guys, just use it correctly. Use it right. For example, I've got a client that has an ungodly amount of real reviews from real customers, and we're having a hard time getting it to show on his site, so that's not structured data spam, but I have gotten that manual spam action through search console before and so have many others.
Marco: Just to finish this up. How many real people give everything five stars? I mean, real people give everything five stars and a review, just these fabulous reviews that just don't look natural. You got to think of it that way, what looks natural?
Bradley: Yeah. We're almost out of time. There's the five minute warning. I'm going to roll through just a couple very quickly. Columbia's got several here, again. Columbia, just for next time, I don't remember seeing your name before, so I'm sure you didn't know. Toby, thank you by the way for mentioning that, just split your questions up, so it allows other people to get their questions in as well. It's only fair. All right?
Can You Have Multiple Verified Websites For Cards And End Screens?
Columbia says, “I wanted to have an end screen link from the YouTube video directly to my author, clients, books page on Amazon, however, Amazon, is not on the approved vendor list for YouTube. Is there a way to link directly out to the end screens, or do I have to go through another site, and then from that site send it to Amazon?”
What I recommend, Columbia, is set up a bridge page, which in other words, a page on one of your domains, that you can add as an associated website, and I saw your questions above these, so this will make sense in a minute, but if you add your own domain as an associated website, then you can use the end screens and cards to link directly to any page on that domain. Then, you can have the call to action on that page with the link that clicks over to the Amazon page. Does that make sense? You send people to a page that has maybe some more information about the product, the book, whatever, in your case it sounds like a book, and then from there you have a button or a link that links over to the actual Amazon product page. Does that make sense? It's a two steep, because you cannot link directly to Amazon, because you don't own that domain. Does that make sense? All right.
Next, Columbia says, “Can I have multiple verified websites for cards and end screens?” Yes, Columbia. Inside YouTube, excuse me, let me jump over here, real quick. That's why I want to answer these questions, because I know these are questions that a lot of people ask about. Go to your dashboard, and then go to channel, and you want to go to advanced, and you're going to scroll down, and right here where you see associated website, you add your domain in there and click add, or whatever the button says at that moment.
Then, what you have to do is make sure the domain is connected within the same Google account to Google search console. You have to verify and connect, well, connect and verify your website to Google search console within the same account as your YouTube channel. Okay. I mean, you can do it if you're adding another account as a manager, you can do all that kind of stuff, but just because yours is new, I recommend using the same Google account for the search console verifying your website, there.
Once you verify it, you come back over here and you refresh the page, or it will say, or it will have a verified button, you click verify and it will turn green and say, success. Now, if you want to add another website, you can add as many websites as you want, at least as far as I know, I've never run out of, I've never been told that I cannot add another verified website. You just click remove, and you add the next site again. That does not remove it as an associated website. It's still connected and can still be used, even though you clicked the remove button, it can still be used and now you just add another domain in here and click add and it will say verify, and it will prompt you to add the next domain to the search console. That's it. You can have multiple domains, that are called associated websites. All right? That's perfectly fine to do.
What Is The Difference Between Verified Associated Site And Linking To Sites In The Description?
All right. I'm almost done. I know we've got two minutes. “What is the difference on how it works for verified associated site verses linking in the site, and the description?” Well, because in the description of a YouTube video you can link to any link you want, you don't have to own the website, you don't have to verify, you don't have to do any of that. You can link wherever you want within the description. As an associated website, that gives you the ability to link via end screens, and cards. It used be able to link through external annotations, but they've done away with external annotations. Right? Now, it's end screens and cards. That's how you do it. You link within the video to an associated website, which has to be verified in order to be an associated website. The video description, you can link to whatever you want. All right?
What Are Your 3 Favorite Video Rank Trackers And Why?
“Three favorite video rank trackers?” I've only got one. It's proranktracker.com. That's the one that I use for video rank tracking. That's it. I don't use three. I don't have three favorites, because I only use one. I have for about a year and a half or two years, now. It's proranktracker.com. It's awesome for videos. All right? All right, guys, I'm sorry, but we've got to go. I'm going to answer this real quick, because I saw it, it says, “Hi, everyone and thank you for letting me be a part of this. I'm brand new to SEO, please bear with me, if my question sounds stupid.” No. There are no stupid questions, Ala. “I'm based in Denmark, in Europe, and my question is, can I use a home address to register my business for local SEO?” Yes. Absolutely, you can.
If it's your business and you're running it from your home, yeah, absolutely, that's totally legit. Okay? I would not register other people's businesses for lead gen to your home address. I would certainly not do that. I don't know about how it is Denmark, but in the United States I set up virtual mailbox places, and not do that, but for your own business, yeah, use your own home address. It makes no difference. There's no reason you shouldn't. All right, guys. That's it for Hump Day Hangouts. Sorry. Man, we got to most of them. Sorry, guys, just a couple of you didn't get answered. If you want you can post your questions in one of our groups in Google Plus, or Facebook and we'll try to get to them there, otherwise, we can answer them next week.
Adam: Sounds good. Remember if you're new to Semantic Mastery, please check out the syndication Academy, syndication.academy and don't forget to sign up for Marco's webinar, we'll put the links up there, again, so get signed up.
Bradley: Awesome. Yeah. Guys, don't forget to check out that, Lori, says, “I really wish you would do a webby on markup.” We can, Lori, we probably will. I'll talk to Marco about it, and Hernan, and we'll get something scheduled for that. I think we should. All right, guys. Anyways, don't forget to go check out the Rocket Video Ranker Pro webinar, it's a really, really cool application. It works really well. I endorse it, so check it out, and we'll see everybody next week. Thanks, guys.
Hernan: Sounds good.
Adam: Bye.
Is Having Your Content ‘Curated’ And Hosted On Another Website A Legit SEO Practice?
In episode 125 of Semantic Mastery's weekly Hump Day Hangouts, one participant asked if having your content ‘curated’ and hosted on another website is a legit SEO practice.
I have been contacted by a salesperson to do some content marketing with the following site, www.azosensors.com. The just of the campaign is they will take existing content that is already hosted on my site and “”curate”” the content and host it on their site for SEO traffic. I got the curated version of the content and noticed that the article isn't altered much at all other than changing words to past tense and swapping out some words using synonyms (the title of the article was changed as well). My question, is this legit SEO practice (it feels like cheating Google or trying to trick Google…)? How does this site rank articles to get SEO traffic when their URLs are defined by parameters (ex: http://www.azosensors.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=764)? Is there value having people read your content on other domains that you can't capture leads, data, remarket…(still can't grasp the concept of having people read content on someone else's domain)?
Do I Have To Use Nofollow Attribute For All Outbound Links Of Curated Content?
16th September, 2016 By April
During episode 96 of the weekly Hump Day Hangouts by Semantic Mastery, one viewer asked about using nofollow attribute for all outbound links of curated content.
For all the outbound links on curated content, do we have to use nofollow attribute on all of them? Is it OK to do this for all the outbound links?
Where Do You Get Traffic For Curated Content?
In episode 96 of our weekly Hump Day Hangouts, one participant asked about traffic sources for curated content.
Hey guys, just bought Content Kingpin, checked it out already and I must say it is really another great product you guys produced and I am sure it can help me a lot with my business. Thank you for that.
What I would like to know is from where did you get the traffic to the curated content. Do you still have to promote the content by building backlinks, social signals and other stuff? Or do you get the traffic just naturally (from long-tail organic placement on Google)?
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13th November, 2017 By April
Adam: All right. Hey, everybody. Welcome to Hump Day Hangouts, this is episode 157, it's three years plus one week. Today is the 8th of November. Sadly, we're missing Bradley, today, although he is in Las Vegas. Oh, look at that, and now he's going to make me a dirty liar. How's it going, Bradley? Oh, maybe not.
Hernan: Can you hear us, Bradley.
Bradley: What's up, bitches?
Adam: What's up, buddy? We are live.
Bradley: Are we live?
Hernan: [crosstalk 00:00:32]
Bradley: Oh, sorry.
Hernan: [inaudible 00:00:35].
Adam: I was just doing the intro and said that you were in Las Vegas. Why don't you tell everybody what you're up to?
Bradley: All right. Give me one moment. Let me see if I can turn all this on. I don't know why camera is not coming on. Hold on a minute. Okay. Anyways, we're going to do without a camera. I just go here, I don't know, two hours ago, maybe. I got up at 2:00 a.m. eastern this morning to catch the flight out here, so I've only had three hours of sleep, I'm really, really tired, but I just had dinner, or lunch, excuse me, and just got back to the room. I just wanted to check in with you guys, and see how everything's going.
Adam: Awesome. Yeah. Things are good. Like I said, we're just getting started, are you going to be able to hangout for a little bit, and listen in?
Bradley: Yeah. I'll hangout for a few as long as it's not, how's the audio? Everything all right?
Adam: Oh, yeah. You're good to go.
Bradley: Okay. Cool. Yeah, I'll stick around for a bit.
Adam: All right. Let's keep rolling then. Hernan, how's it going, man?
Hernan: It's good. It's been a busy day, but everything is good. I'm excited to be here, to have another Hump Day Hangout. We're sticking to it.
Adam: Good deal. I'm going to take this moment to impress upon everybody the importance of a mastermind, and I'm not talking about our mastermind, Hernan, before this call, you don't have to say who it was, or exactly what you're doing, but you were on a call doing what?
Hernan: Oh, yeah. I was in a mastermind, getting coached, pretty much, and I got on another one this Monday, they're like way ahead, they're smarter, prettier, you know, more skilled than I am. I'm there. You need to be there. Right? It's not like we, [inaudible 00:02:20] amazing, we have everything figured out. Not by a long shot. Not by a long shot, so yeah, you need to be constantly pushing yourself, so that's basically what we were doing.
Adam: Awesome. Good deal. Marco, how are you doing?
Marco: My back is fucked up, that's how I'm doing, man.
Adam: [crosstalk 00:02:38].
Bradley: I'm not laughing at you, Marco, I'm laughing at the way that you just expressed how you feel about it.
Marco: But, life's good, man. You know, it's an injury, it's not like I'm dying, or anything. Right? It's not cancer, thank God, but it hurts, it doesn't hurt any less. Right?
Marco: Life's good, back is fucked up. That's how it goes.
Adam: Marco, real quick, public shout out to you, I'm working on it, I don't know if you guys can see this with the glare, but I'm working my way through The Emperor's Handbook, so thanks again for recommending that.
Marco: Awesome book, man.
Adam: It's good stuff. Good translation, and I'm loving it, so I'll probably do a quick write up on it, and share that with people, too. I think so far it's a good book. It's definitely worth reading for everybody. All right. I just got a few announcements I want to run through real quick. The usual, man this is really messing me up. I'm going to take my headphones off. All right. There we go. Those are weirding me out. I've got some nice canceling headphones, and it was just incredibly quiet and doesn't seem right, so anyways.
All right. If you're new to Semantic Mastery, and you're listening to these weirdos, and especially me talking, and wonder what the hell is going on? The best place for you to get started is the Battle Plan. All right? It's the SEO Blueprint, I'm going to pop a link here in a second where you can get started with that, and we got a special coupon code for you, so you can save 75 bucks. All right? A lot of times people come to Semantic Mastery, the see us on Hump Day Hangouts, they see the website, and they're wondering, where's the best place for me to get started? Do I check out here, go there, start with the Battle Plan. All right?
Secondly, if you haven't been to SerpSpace yet, head over to serpspace.com. All right? It's a free account creation, there's some free tools you can use, and that's the home of all the just kick ass done for you services, and a bunch of the other stuff that is coming soon that we'll tell you more about in the future, here. Then, also, if you have questions throughout the week, you know, you can always submit them at this link that you got here with, we update that about 24 to 36 hours after the previous events, you got to give us about a day, day and a half to get things reset up, but also you can go to support.semanticmastery.com and we got a lot of archived posts there, and like when Bradley does some drawings and he does his beautiful snag it drawings and we- –
Bradley: Hey.
Adam: Save those, and-
Adam: [crosstalk 00:04:50], so that people can go check those out later. Other than that, I think that's going to wrap it up for us, I did just want to mention that we have the replay for Jeffrey Smith, and his SEO Bootcamp webinar, that was fantastic. Got a lot of really good feedback from people. If you're interested, again, I'm going to pop that link in here, you can go check out that replay as soon as you want after Hump Day Hangouts. I think that will do it. I'm going to put my headphones back on, so I can actually hear you guys.
Hernan: Sounds good. Yeah.
Adam: All right. We good?
Hernan: That's pretty cool. We should be good.
Hernan: Chris just joined us, so maybe you want to welcome him, too.
Bradley: Hey, Chris is in Vegas, too, man.
Chris:Yeah, man Vegas, baby.
Adam: Get up to some mischief?
Bradley: Actually, I've talked to two Uber drivers since I've been here this morning, and they told me to go to Fremont Street this evening around 7:00 p.m., because apparently it's a good place to go in the evening with a lot of cool stuff to see, and light shows, and all kinds of stuff, so I think that's what I'm going to do this evening, Chris, so maybe if you want we can hangout-
Chris:Sounds good.
Bradley: All right.
Hernan: Why are you guys there? Bradley what are you doing in Vegas, if you want to tell the guys a little bit?
Bradley: I'm here for the SEO Rockstars 2017 event. I'm actually a speaker. This is the first event that I'm actually going to be speaking at from stage. We've had Semantic Mastery for several years, now, and we do everything online, but this is actually the first live event that I'm going to be speaking at, so I'm a bit nervous, but at the same time I'm also really excited, because this is kind of a big step for us, and for me, especially, and that's part of the reason why I joined the Toastmasters organization, so that I could prepare for this speech event. However, I'm not just going to dump Toastmasters after this event, it's something that I found to be incredibly valuable, so it's something that I'm going to continue doing.
In fact, last night I did my second speech for the Toastmasters organization, which was a practice for my speech here at the SEO Rockstars event, and it was funny, I was actually more nervous about giving my speech for Toastmasters last night than I am about giving it in front a room full of online entrepreneurs. The reason why is because an online entrepreneurs, like a room full of SEO's basically I feel comfortable, because that's my scene, that's my crowd, so I don't feel as nervous in front of them as I will in front of like other people that don't know anything about our industry, and I'm trying to give a speech that makes sense to them. Can you guys, does that make sense?
Hernan: Yeah. A 100%.
Bradley: It was funny, because after my speech last night the evaluators evaluated my speech, and blah, blah, blah, and they were like, “You know,” because I had notes and all that kind of stuff, and they were like, “You know, you could have probably just done some bullet points on index cards, because you know your material, it's clear that you know your material, so you probably didn't need to have so many prepared notes,” and I was like, “Well, actually, I have more prepared notes for the Toastmasters presentation then I did for the actual speech that I'm giving at this event,” and it was just because I was more nervous about giving it to a room full of public speaker evaluators then other online entrepreneurs. I thought it was pretty funny. It's kind of like flip flopped I'm more nervous about giving speech at Toastmasters then I was at an actual event. I'm really looking forward to doing that this week, it's kind of a big step.
Hernan: That's pretty cool. I like the topic that you chose, if you can disclose it a little bit before the actual event, that it's an SEO Rockstar event, but you're not actually talking about SEO, like you're talking about something else.
Bradley: Yeah. It was interesting because when I got invited to come speak, I realized that when I saw the lineup of speakers I said, “Look, you know, there is so many SEO's that are going to be speaking about SEO, and digital marketing stuff that actually I feel have surpassed my abilities,” to where I didn't really feel qualified to be speaking about that, so I decided to speak about business building, and basically like developing success habits and growing a business, period. My speech is going to be about three points that I'm going to make.
The first being, developing successful habits, goal setting, and planning, basically. Point number two is outsourcing and point number three is partnerships and joint ventures, so essentially my speech is going to be about not SEO, specifically, it's going to be about how to grow your business in the digital marketing space, period. I feel that was a much more fitting and appropriate speech for me to give, especially considering the fact that I'm going to be sharing the stage with multiple SEO's that are quite advanced.
Hernan: Right. I think it's valuable for them, too, because most of them are actually, like it is our case, right, we're struggling with those kinds of things, it's a challenge, like once you nail down your craft you need to learn a bunch of other skillsets, outsourcing, managing-
Hernan: And, that kind of thing.
Hernan: It's hard.
Bradley: Yeah. The thing is and very quickly just because I know we need to move on, but the thing is I think the industry is flawed in that basically people come into this industry with the intention of learning a particular skill, how to become really, really good at fulfilling a service, whether that's SEO, or PPC services, or lead gen, or whatever, so our industry is rife with training products that develop a very specialized skill, but I think what's lacking is how to monetize that skill and build a business around that skill.
To be honest, through the years of our experience, now, within Semantic Mastery, and obviously within my own businesses, as well, I feel like that's backwards. It really should be, in my opinion, you should learn how to develop business, and you should learn sales and marketing first, and then either, if you want to learn specialized skills you can, but as a business owner it makes more sense to actually find talent that knows that and hire them, because you could actually scale and make a ton more money, and have a much more scalable business if you learn the sales and marketing side of things, and outsource, or find partnerships and joint venture agreements, form joint venture agreements with specialized, you know, people with specialized skillsets.
Because that's what I think, and here's the thing, guys, I think there is a real opportunity in our industry right now for people that have highly developed skillsets, but don't have the business, and marketing, and sales side of things down. I think there's a real wide gap, like a huge opportunity for people that can go out and develop like prospecting and sales, marketing, client generation, client getting, basically, and then match or kind of like play matchmaker between service providers and the customers. I think that's where the true opportunity is.
Don't get me wrong, guys, we teach marketing stuff, so it's not that we're telling you not to learn that stuff, but if you want to build a scalable business that doesn't require you to do all the work, I think it's better to spend time really learning the sales, and marketing, and prospecting side of things, and find talent that already has the skillset. To be honest, if I had to start all over again that's what I would do. I would really focus on that whole sales marketing prospecting side of the business, and find other people to do all the technical stuff that really excel in that field, but maybe don't have those people skills type, so to speak.
Again, I'm not discouraging anybody from learning the technical side of stuff, at all, that's not what I'm saying, I'm just saying there's a lot of opportunity out there, right now, for people that maybe are struggling to learn the technical side of stuff, at least just consider possibly looking at approaching it from a different angle, because there are a lot of technicians, like really highly skilled technicians in this industry that can't sell their services, or don't do it effectively, because they're technical type of people, so it's usually like a mismatch of talents, so to speak. I think there's a lot of opportunity there, and again that's part of the reason why I'm trying to kind of divert more of the stuff that I teach about or business building side of stuff, because I think that, that is where a lot of the training lacks in this industry. I think a lot of you guys would agree with that.
Hernan: Yeah. All right. If we're good to go, I can start here on my screen.
Adam: Yeah. Let's do this.
Hernan: [crosstalk 00:13:42].
Adam: I can see your screen. Looking good.
How Do You Structure Your Organization For Rank And Rent Video Services?
Hernan: Okay. Pretty cool. Ben, what's up Ben? “Hey, Bradley, guys. I'm following your approach of creating videos for a profession niche in a particular city, and then scaling out, doing the same for each city with 50K plus population across the state. The original objective is 50 videos for keyword strong from Power Suggest Pro, and ranking them on page one. [inaudible 00:14:03]. My question is, how do you structure your organic section? I have always thought I would just set up processes to create a product line for video creation, and ranking, however I read an article [inaudible 00:14:18] that talked about each client being a separate project, [inaudible 00:14:23] a project has a timeline that line of accountabilities, et cetera. What's your take? Do you treat each client objective as a project like this?”
If you don't mind, I'll go and then I would definitely love to [inaudible 00:14:36] to say about this. You know, Ben, I had that exact same issue when I had my SEO company, and I still do some SEO work, don't get me wrong, but I used to treat every customer, and every client as a custom project. You know? The reality is that you can pretty much take this on a two fold approach. Number one would be to have a cookie cutter approach where you just say, “Okay. This is what I can offer you, so that's cheaper,” so that's where the processing and the product line comes into play, or you can target each client standalone, or custom project.
If that's the case, you need to charge accordingly, because as your correctly saying each project has a timeline, that line of accountabilities, you need to pretty much reinvent the wheel, but not really invent the wheel, but you need to set up the whole processes from scratch, from the ground up for every new custom client that you have. I do have some custom clients, right now, but they pay handsomely because of that. You know? There is basically two ways here, you can add A, get the package. Right? Get the A, B, and C delivered to you and you pay X, you pay way less than you would pay for a custom project that will take you much more time, but they will need to pay accordingly. What do you guys think?
Bradley: Sorry, I was muted. Yeah. No. I agree with you, Hernan, and I think to answer Ben's question, you can kind of do a hybrid of both, Ben, there's a lot to be said for having kind of a templatized process for any client, and you can do that, in other words you can kind of setup an assembly line regardless of the client. I always recommend, and you guys know this, if you've been following us for any amount of time, I recommend that you really zero in, or kind of niche down, or drill down into a very specific niche, because once you've learned the keyword research, and the vocabulary of that particular industry that kind of stuff.
You can scale very, very quickly, because every time you take on a new client within a new industry, so if you are just a local marketing agency in a particular city, for example, you're going to take on all different kinds of clients. If you're going to have contractors, and maybe dentists, and insurance salesmen, and perhaps real estate, whatever. There's so many different business types out there, and every time that you take on a new industry type of client you have to go through that whole research process all over again.
To me, it's not a very efficient way to build a business. It's certainly possible, and that's how a lot of agencies go about building their business, so it's not uncommon, but it's not very efficient in my opinion, so I always recommend zeroing in on a very specific niche, a vertical, and in scaling by geography. In other words, let's say that plumbers were your deal, that was your thing, then you could scale by just targeting other cities, because now you already know all the marketing objectives of a plumbing business, a plumbing contractor, so you don't have to do all the research again and it doesn't matter, which city you go in, all the keywords, and the vocabulary, and the pain points are all going to be the same.
In that case, you could templatize an entire process, it's duplicatable, just like that. It's very, very easy to duplicate, because all the research is done. The only thing you really switch out is the company name and the local modifiers. Again, guys, I highly encourage that, that's the way that you build your business, because it's so much more scalable. It's going to make your life a hell of a lot easier. However, with that said, I get that a lot of people want to, and just like I did, guys, I started my agency by being a local marketer, I would take any business type as long as it was within my target geographic area.
If that's what you want to do, then that's fine. You can still templatize a lot of that process, but just understand that you should also templatize, or try to create processes for that initial research that's going to be required for each different industry type. Although, the actual keyword research, and understanding the vocabulary, and finding what the pain points are in the market all of that is going to be unique, or specific to each individual business type, within your market area, or your target, or your farm area, so to speak. You can still come up with a templatized process. Right? Or, you can systematize how the keyword research is done. How to identify the market pain points, the vocabulary, that kind of stuff.
It's not an easy task to do that kind of stuff, guys, but once you develop the process, and Mike Couch does a lot of local marketing stuff, he calls it the process, process. Right? And, that's developing a process for developing processes. That's absolutely critical if you want to scale your business, and that's something like we just talked about a few moments ago is learning how to scale a business you need to always create processes out of everything that you do in your business, so that you don't have to continue doing it over, and over, and over again. You can outsource it.
When you have working procedures, or documented processes, or standard operating procedures basically for any particular task, then you can outsource that or hand that, delegate that off to somebody else. That applies to even keyword research and doing market research, period. You can still process, or systematize that process, itself. Again, it's not an easy task but it's something that can certainly be done. Either way, however you want to do it, Ben, it's really going to be up to you. It depends on how quickly you want to scale. You're going to do more work, if you try to cater to multiple industry types then you would if you just niched down into one specific industry, but again, it really comes down to what type of business you want to build.
Where Can I Find Some Resources That Teaches How To Optimize DFY RYS Stacks?
Hernan: [inaudible 00:20:40], is asking, “Hello. I just got my done for you RYS stack delivered. I was told that it's was my responsibility to complete the pages in the G site, can you point me to some resources that will help me understand what to put on these pages [inaudible 00:20:56]. Thank you.” Marco, do you have anything for [inaudible 00:21:00]?
Marco: I don't really understand this question. Was the G site delivered?
Marco: Or, did he just get a drive stack?
Hernan: No. I think he's saying that he was [crosstalk 00:21:19]-
Adam: Let's just answer it both ways, just in case, since it is kind of ambiguous. Let's say he just ordered a RYS stack without a G site, and then let's say he got the G site done, too, what would we tell him?
Marco: If he only got the drive stack delivered, I would say reach out to me, not this week, because my back's fucked up,[inaudible 00:21:42]. Probably next week sometime, and I'll have the G site built for you, if you do have a G site built, then everything that shared, I mean, all of the processes, and whatever, that's all inside RYS Academy Reloaded. It's not something that we're going to share out publicly. I'm sorry. I would suggest that you do what other people have done and just reverse engineer what you got.
Adam: Yeah. If I can jump in for a moment. If the G site was built as part of the pages should be there, unless I'm not understanding the question. What I'm thinking he was asking was like, okay, I got the G site back and the pages aren't there. They should be there, because that should all be auto populated by the script. Unless it's a new G site, in which case, and again, I'm not sure how the process is with that, but the pages should all be present on the G site if you purchased it from us. Right?
Marco: We're not doing new, well, I believe he did get a new G site with this one, because we do the old G site, and then copy it over to the new G sites.
Bradley: Right. Okay.
Marco: He should have gotten both. It should be auto populated, he shouldn't have to do anything except, he should have delivered the information that was requested, target URLs, the niche, all of the keyword research should have been done, if none of that was done then get back with me. But, as far as adding pages and whatever else, we've talked about mirroring the money site, or whatever project it is you're working on, so you can take a look at our YouTube channel, there's a bunch of information that we've shared openly on copying your money site on the G site, so that you push power over.
I'm not going to disclose on how you go about closing the loop, it should have been done for you if you delivered your GMB information. Everything is taken care of. I mean, when you order done for you services, the whole point of getting it done is so that you don't have to do anything except sit and wait. Right? I think Paul, later on, Paul [inaudible 00:24:04], who's been with us since forever has a comment about that, and a question, so I think that's as far as I'm going to go with this one, because I need more information.
Hernan: You got it.
Is It Necessary To Stick To A Schedule When Posting To A Blog?
Hernan: Mohammad has three questions, so we will just answer one of them, Mohammad, just for respect of the other guys, if we have time we can come back to you, if not, you can just post them for the next Hump Day Hangouts, so, “Hey, guys. Is it necessary to stick to a schedule when posting to a blog? If I eventually post on Monday's would it matter if I sometimes posted on Tuesday?” I don't think it would make that big of a difference, as long as you keep posting every week, or twice a week. That would be my intake on it. If you're setting up your schedule to post twice a week, then if it's like one week you can not do it on Monday, and Tuesday's, or Monday's and Wednesday, and you end up doing it on Tuesday's and Thursday's that's not that big of a deal, in my opinion. What do you guys think?
Bradley: Yeah. I would agree. Especially when you're first starting out with a project, guys. If you're blogging specifically for SEO, like if you don't have an audience, like followers of the blog, people that have subscribed and that kind of stuff, if it's purely an SEO tactic, it really doesn't matter when you blog. The frequency of publishing is important, but the specific days is not, as long as you stay consistent with your frequency of publishing then you should be fine.
What I would say is a concern, though, or that you should be concerned with is if you start to generate a following of people that literally subscribe and read your blog post they're going to become used to, or expect, basically, expect blog posts on a certain day to published. If you're inconsistent with that, then you will lose readers, because people will see inconsistency in your publishing schedule.
Again, if it's purely an SEO tactic, absolutely it really doesn't make any difference, just keep the frequency of publishing consistent. It doesn't have to be on consistent days, but the frequency should remain relatively consistent. However, if you do have followers, readers of the blog, then you should get into a consistent schedule.
What Are Your Thoughts On Bright Local's Citation Burst Service & Local Rankings Checker?
Hernan: All right. Pretty cool. Jay, what's up Jay? “Hey, Bradley, I'm also a BrightLocal user, what do you think of their citation burst service, number one? And, do you trust their local rankings, check out link to here?” Let's open this up[crosstalk 00:26:38]-
Bradley: Okay. Jay-
Hernan: [crosstalk 00:26:38] that the citation burst [crosstalk 00:26:43]-
Bradley: I do occasionally, but very rarely, because guys typically we use the citation service through SerpSpace, obviously, which is actually cheaper than the BrightLocal service, and the quality is the same, so I usually don't use that. I've used the BrightLocal service in the past for trying to do very specific citation cleanups. In other words, as part of the citation burst service you can have BrightLocal go in and correct incorrect data on citations.
Here's the thing, I always recommend if you have a citation cleanup job to do to go to Loganix. Go to semanticmastery.com, forward slash, L-O-G-A-N-I-X, and that will take you over to Loganix, and they have a citation cleanup service. It's 500 bucks, so it's not cheap, but it's super, super effective, at least in the US market. It's super, super effective. It's hands down the best citation cleanup service I ever found, but it's 500 bucks, so it doesn't matter if you have five inconsistent citations, or 500 it's still the same cost.
If I am looking at my citation report, and I see that I've got like, maybe, you know for a client, or a lead gen site whatever, I've got eight, or 10, or 12, or whatever, 20 citations that have inconsistent data that need to be updated or corrected, then I will go to perhaps BrightLocal and pay $3.00 per citation cleanup, so that I'm only paying for what is actually needed, whereas, if I take a business that's been established for some amount of time, and then they change locations, or they change URLs, or they change phone numbers, now I've got a shit ton of citations to cleanup, then I'm just going to go to Loganix, and pay them to do it, because they're going to take care of all of them for $500.00.
But, if I only have a handful that are inconsistent then I'm obviously going to go with the ala carte method, which means I can purchase just citation cleanups for the ones that need to be corrected. In that case, it's much more cost effective to go through something like BrightLocal. That's typically the only time I'll use the BrightLocal citation burst service.
Second question was, “Do you trust their local ranking checker?” Yeah. I do, only because I use that for all of my local client reports. Guys, that is the actual service, BrightLocal that I use for all of my client reporting, because you can white label the reports, put your own logo and stuff on there, and the reports are good. They're not a 100% accurate, as far as the local ranks checker, because I know a lot of the times I will look at the report, and I'll go do some local searches myself, and I will see different results, but they're close enough, and I just explain that same thing to the client, by the way, I just say, “Look, not all rank trackers are going to be consistent. It's going to vary depending on where the search is being performed from, so although the reports they deliver you are going to be a general indication of where your rankings are, if you search from your own IP's you're going to see that they're going to fluctuate, or vary from what's in the report. Just keep that in mind.”
I always disclose that kind of stuff, guys, to be really transparent with my clients, because when you are transparent like that with your clients you disclose that stuff upfront, then that actually increases the trust, the level of trust with you, then it would be to like not mention it, and then have them look and see discrepancies, and then question you about it. That starts to foster doubt in the relationship, so it's better just to get ahead of it, and just state that upfront, say, “Listen, rank checking is not an exact science, because it's going to depend on the IP's where the search is being done from. The service that I use to actually do the rank reporting is pretty accurate, but there are going to be some discrepancies, so when I send you the report, if you want to check on them individually that's up to you, but this is a pretty good indication of what the health status of your site is.”
Should You Add More RYS Stacks Or MyMaps To Rank A Verified GMB Page To Other Cities?
Hernan: Makes sense. Here we go, Paul, thank you for the comment, Paul, this is amazing. He's basically saying, “I have been with you guys since episode 25. The shit that you guys teach works, so thank you both for your comments, other way works and it takes as long as it takes, sometimes 24 hours, sometimes three weeks, but it always works. My question is, if I have a business ranked in the map pack for the city that's verified in, in GBM, to rank in the other cities, do I have to do more RYS stacks for each city, or can I just add more of my maps for the other cities inside the same stack?” What do you guys think?
Bradley: You want me to jump on it first, or do you want Marco?
Hernan: Whatever. If you want to jump in first, Bradley, and then Marco. Whatever. That's fine.
Bradley: All right. Paul, it's difficult to rank in some of the adjacent cities. It's tough. It depends on the level of competition. If it's a lower competition keyword, it can be done. There's ways that you can manipulate that a bit. One would be to have locations, pages on your site or post, it can be pages or posts on the actual money site that target those as well. Those adjacent townships, cities, locations, whatever you want to call them. It's going to vary state by state, really.
In other words, ranking your GMB, your Google My Business page in the location, the city that it's physically located in, that's not the problem. Right? That's pretty much standard stuff. That's what we all try to do. The problem is trying to rank that listing, that GMB page in the adjacent cities, even if they're closely adjacent it's difficult to do, because if there's other verified Google My Business listings that are physically located in those adjacent cities, then those are going to be given priority by Google.
That doesn't mean that you can't rank there, but it's going to really determine on, it's going to depend on the level of competition. Again, if it's more competitive stuff it's going to be very difficult to rank your Google My Business listing in those adjacent areas, because you're not physically located there. Lower competition, you can, and I'm going to give you tips right now on to do that. Number one, is to have post and/or pages on your site that target those adjacent areas. Right? They're optimized for those adjacent areas.
Something else that you can do, and when I say optimized for those, guys, I mean like you can have posts or pages on your site that you even don't include in the navigation menu, you want to include them in your site map, but you can literally have those pages to where nobody, like a visitor to your site can't even find those pages, unless they found them from search. In other words, there's not a direct link from your navigation pages, and you can add them to your site if you want, but my point is sometimes people don't want to do that because it creates too much confusion, whatever.
My point is, just having pages or posts published on your site that are optimized for those adjacent areas, each on of the individual areas that you want to target. You can target, the content can be written, I have a VA that I trained how to do this, and she does all the work for these now, it's awesome, but she goes in and just basically does some research on each one of the individual townships, and figures out points of interest, parks, historical monuments, popular eateries, and places, and things like that, and then just does a brief summary of that location, like that city, that township, that municipality and just writes a synopsis, a brief summary of that area, and it can be 300 to 500 words that's all it takes, and then post that within a brief blurb about services that your company, or your lead gen site, or whatever provides.
The post itself is optimized for the area. But, it's just got a little blurb about the service that you guys provide. Right? Here's the thing, you can do driving directions, so if you go to Google maps and you type in, like if it's a service area of business, which means, like contractors for example typically serve the customers at the customer location.
Then what you would do is create driving directions from the point of origin where the business is actually physically located to those municipalities, or townships, or cities, the other locations, the adjacent areas, so it would be single driving directions, one way driving directions from the point of origin, the business location to the individual cities, and then you embed those maps in that post. Right? Because, then basically you're telling Google, hey, we've optimized a page for this location, and we have a driving single map one way driving directions from where the business is located out to that area.
Now, if it's a point of sale business, like a storefront where people, that the customers come to the business location to make purchases or to transact business then you would do it the opposite way. In other words, the driving directions would be from the township to the business location. Either way you still embed that map. What I found is that ends up creating some pretty strong signals. Again, it's not something, if it's a higher competitive turn, like there's a lot more competition, you're likely not going to rank in the adjacent areas, I'm just going to let you know. I've tested this many, many times over the years and it's been difficult.
If it's lower competition, just doing what I said is going to help. One other thing that you can do is in your Google My Business listing when you get to add, or it's actually the Google Plus page, the brand page, where you can add the story, the introduction and the story, essentially, and remember they got rid of, in the Google Plus pages, guys, they got rid of the links section where can add a whole bunch of links and stuff, they got rid of that, but they still have the story and the introduction, excuse me, the introduction and the story section where you can add text, and you can hyperlink stuff from there.
What I would recommend is, and you can hyperlink with keyword anchors, too, by the way, so what I would recommend is in that story area that you flush that out and you say, “We serve all the following areas,” and you can literally create a bullet list, and list all of the adjacent areas by keyword, by location name, and then actually link those to those corresponding pages or posts on your site that are optimized for each one of those locations, and now you've got a do follow link from a Google property that's actually linking to them, and with an embedded single one way direction driving map embedded on there as well.
You're creating this loop of Google properties and it just really helps. Again, Jay, it's not something that you're going to do, or excuse me, Paul, it's not something that you're going to do if it's really a competitive area, but if it's less competitive you should start to see some results from that.
Hernan: You got it. Marco, do you want to add something to Paul's question?
Marco: Yeah, Paul. You have to override the proximity part of the algorithm. The way you do that is power, you can overpower the proximity factor. I mean, fuck, I never know how much I can actually say when I'm saying it, push power to your drive stack, add power to your drive stack, and that will start to help you override the proximity factor. Send me an email. You got my email. I'll give you more, I won't give you everything, in an email.
How Would You Compare SEO And UX From An SEO Standpoint?
Hernan: You got it. Let's go to Steve. Hey, Steve. “I'm building a silo [inaudible 00:38:49] for a new site, the main content being my latest sticky post listings, I want to add some topically relevant articles, content to 3,000 words, plus videos to these silo pages, get investors you value from the new content, while not pushing my latest or sticky post way, way down the page where readers will miss it, SEO versus user experience. So far, I'm considering the following, how would you compare them from an SEO standpoint? Put the article in accordion at the top, after the latest sticky post section maybe with a [inaudible 00:39:25] link at the top, put an article on another page on my site, an iframe into top of the silo page with scroll bars, put article content in to Gdub or G site and frame it into top of silo page?”
I would keep it simple Steve, if you have a sticky post on the top of the page, I would just put the article after that. You know? The new articles after that, so that you don't push this sticky down, so that's what I would do. I think the other stuff like iframing, or doing the Gdub plus iframe is a little bit more ninja. I don't know. What do you guys think?
Bradley: I was going to say, all of the above, for like everyone of his answers, or questions about proposed methods would work.
Hernan: There you go. [crosstalk 00:40:09].
Bradley: All of the above.
Bradley: Like, which one? Which one makes the most sense from an SEO standpoint? He lists four of them, I would say, yes.
Hernan: Right. You got it. I guess you'll need to test, Steve, because if you're focusing on, which I think, and you are, if you're focusing on user experience and all of these four might work, I would say that, focus on that. Right? Because will end up getting SEO benefits, so that's what I would do, so test and see, which one works for you in terms of user experience, as well, because sometimes it can be hard, combining SEO, you know, it used to be hard, now, if you focus on user experience you usually get your SEO down. Right?
Because user experience you need to have good navigation, you need to have silo anyways for structure, you need to have a bunch of stuff. If you're doing [inaudible 00:41:03], or [inaudible 00:41:04] JavaScript that might screw up with your SEO, but by now if you stick to the basics of user experience you usually get a pretty solid on page SEO. That's my opinion anyways.
Bradley: Just real quick, though, you know, tabbed content in a page, or accordion type content in a page, guys, Google still read that, so it's actually a great way to add additional content to pages, and/or posts where you can, especially what Hernan was just mentioning with user experience, if you've got pages that are set out for conversions, like to direct a call to action of make a purchase or opt in or whatever, stuff like that, submit a contact request form if it's for contractors or something like that.
Then you want to keep that singular action, you want to drive the user to take the one action that you want them to take. A lot of the times you don't want to clutter up a page with too much content, because it can be distracting, so you can actually put that in an accordion menu, or tabbed content. Google will still read all that, so that's actually a really good way to add additional content without it missing up your conversion optimization, if that makes sense.
How Would You Apply Semantic Mastery Courses And Strategies To An Amazon Niche Website?
Hernan: Yeah. All right. We'll keep moving forward, because we little time and we have a bunch of questions. We'll come back to that, because that's a good one, but anyways. Andy, I read this question before and he's saying, “Hey, Bradley Benner, and SM team. I have an Amazon niche website and here's the current website status, and [inaudible 00:42:32] comes down to all of the website, and all of the status, et cetera.” The question is, usually, Andy, we don't do money site reviews on Hump Day Hangout, because it takes a lot of time, number one.
Number two, we don't want to expose that, so you should be joining any of the paid communities, if you would, I would suggest Mastermind, of course, but if you want to have your website reviewed the Mastermind is the best way to go. Anyways, “My question, with the current money site status is the money site considered SEO optimizing [inaudible 00:43:08] and building more links to it?” I think that you are listing everything that has to do with the external stuff, you have some posts here, but we will need to jump into the actual website to see if the snippets are there, if everything is there, and if [inaudible 00:43:24] website it's kind of hard for us to say if it is SEO optimized, or not, right, that would be my intake on it. [inaudible 00:43:33] asks, “Referring to the Battle Plan there's a build link plan for new sites, and niche sites, for my case, which one should I be following?”
I think you could be considered a niche website, because the website is already 11 months old, which I think it's good enough, and then you have posts, you have indexing, you have already ranked keywords, even if they are not on page one. Right? This is a good thing right here, because you have 36 keywords in the top 10, and three keywords on the top three, so 59 on the top 30, so I think that you're on a good spot right now to go ahead and push links, or make some more ninja stuff.
The website already has visitors, so that's a lot of beta, so I think it would be considered a niche website. New websites are a completely brand new that you're building pretty much as you go through the Battle Plan, or similar. Right? “What else can I do to drive more organic traffic to the money site, beside engage in [inaudible 00:44:34]?” Good question.
I would start doing, since you already have sections, I'd start doing some retargeting, that's not organic, that's paid, but since you already have an asset. Right? You need to push, and you need more visitors, at the end of the day now is the time to focus on pushing the asset up on the search engines and building the list, and building the retargeting, and building those kinds of things. That's my intake for Andy, right here. What do you guys think?
Bradley: As far as remarketing and building that remarketing list, guys, everyone of you should be doing that, because if you generated the click to your site, and they don't take the action that you desired them to take, which was opt in, make a purchase, whatever action it is conversion action, conversion goal you set up for them, then if they leave the site, then you're starting from square one with that lead again. In other words, whatever you did in order to get them to come to your site, if that was search engine optimization, whatever, they have to go through that same process again to be exposed to your site.
However, if you've got them on a remarketing list, just because they visited your site, now, you can remarket to them over, and over again to constantly remind them to take that conversion action that they didn't take the first time, or even if they did take it the first time, now, that you have them cookied anyways, and you know that they took a conversion, which means they've moved further along in that sales funnel, further down in the funnel, which means you can market to them with other products, or upsells, or complimentary products, and all that kind of stuff.
My point is that you should absolutely, guys, be building your remarketing list, like what Hernan said, because that is an asset that you can continue to build to where, you know, the hardest part is getting the people click to your site to begin with, once that's done then you have some data about them, you know that they're at least interested. It makes it a lot, it's a much easier sale or conversion action once you have them on a remarketing list, so I would ab agree with that.
Hernan: Yeah. Definitely. Yeah. You know what's funny? Is that, even if you have like a 3% conversion rate on your website, that means that 97, which would be pretty cool. Right? That means that 97% of people that have visited your website did not convert, and that's completely normal. Most people that visit your website they will not obtain, most people that obtain they will not purchase, most people that purchase they will not consume the content.
You know what I'm saying? You need to keep remarketing, and I completely agree with what Bradley is saying a 100% remarketing game or remarketing strategy is usually pretty cheap. Cheaper than going out and trying to get cold traffic, because the header lifting is now being done by Google, so if all you did was to build your list and get some remarketing in place, I think that you will be in a really good position to build this even stronger.
Bradley: Your most expensive visitor is a new visitor. Just keep that in mind, your most expensive visitor is a new visitor.
Bradley: Somebody that's already visited your site can be, like, it's so much more cost effective to bring them back to your site, if you've done it, if you've got your remarketing set up properly.
Hernan: Yeah. The most expensive client is a new client. You know? Because you need to-
Hernan: [inaudible 00:48:01] that relationship from scratch. Yeah. Cool.
What Do You Mean By Money Content And Filler Content In The SEO Battleplan?
Hernan: So, yeah. Cool. Chris, is saying, “In the Battle Plan webinar you talk about the importance of posting content to your blog during and after links are built into the syndication network, you mentioned something about money content, and filler content, were you implying that money content, or high authority posts, content should be on pages on my blog, while filler content-
Adam: Did we lose Hernan?
Marco: [crosstalk 00:48:36].
Adam: No. It looks like he's muted. Hernan, you might have hit the mute button.
Hernan: Whoops. I think I fail.
Adam: [crosstalk 00:48:44]. There you go.
Hernan: Yeah. Sorry about that.
Adam: Yeah. Probably just start over-
Adam: With that question.
Hernan: Hey's actually asking, if we should be doing, let me fix it here, he's basically asking, because we mention on that Battle Plan webinar that we did, we mentioned the difference between money content and filler content. Right? He's asking if the money content should be set up on pages instead of posts. What do you think? I think that they could be either.
Hernan: I usually do everything on posts. That's my intake on it. I don't actually have enough data to say pages are better than posts in that regard. What do you guys think?
Bradley: My take is that typically what I do, Chris, is on my sites I have money pages. I usually use the blog for supporting articles within a silo, so if it's a simple silo structure then I'm going to have top level pages, and then I'm going to have supporting posts, that's it. It's top level pages, and top level categories and then supporting posts, period. That's it. It's a very simple structure. That's why it's titled a simple silo structure.
A complex silo structure can have top level pages, which are called parent pages, and in child pages, and likewise top level categories, and then child categories, as well. Then, you have supporting posts. That's the complex silo, so that requires a different type of setup. In your case, specifically, with what you're asking about, I typically have money pages on the site, those are going to be the things that I'm going to try to optimize, and push SEO equity into through the post, the supporting post within that particular silo.
Pages don't typically get syndicated out to a network, because that's just not the way it works. Pages do not get included in an RSS feed. Now, there are plugins that will do that. There's a plugin for WordPress called, RSS includes pages, or include pages, I'm not sure if it's plural or singular, but it's RSS include pages, just go do a Google search you'll find that. That will actually, every time you publish a new page will actually push it into the RSS feed, which means it can syndicate.
I typically don't do that, because here's the reason why, if you publish a non SEO page, like in other words if you were to publish a contact us page, or an about us page, or privacy policy, or terms of service page, or something like that would insert it into the RSS feed. Granted, you can wait to install that RSS includes pages plugin until after those other pages have been published, like your standard pages have been published. There's a number of things you can do.
There's also plugins that you could do to specify particular categories, only, get pushed into the feed. There's ways to kind of like prevent certain pages from going into the feed, if you're going to go that route, but just to explain, to kind of simplify this, Chris, what I typically do is I start with publishing money pages, so pages with my authority content, those are the things that I'm trying to rank in search. They're authority content, they're optimized [inaudible 00:52:04], and they're set up for conversion. Okay? They don't typically get pushed out across my network. I don't care about that.
What then do is then publish supporting articles as posts, which do get syndicated to the network, that have links within the body of the post that point to the pages that I'm trying to rank in search. In other words, I use the blog as an off page, well, as a link building method, as well as an internal linking method to boost the SEO, or to boost the pages in the search results, which are where I really want to drive the traffic to, if that makes sense.
Authority content, typically for me means on the pages themselves, and as you call it filler content, I don't really call it filler content, because the content should still add value, and filler content seems to me like something that you just do because you feel like you need content. Properly optimized and curated posts, which is what we use, typically, should still add value to your overall blog. It's not really filler content, but they're used specifically with the purpose of boosting pages on the site. At least that's the way that I do it.
What Is Your Recommended Gameplan For Someone Who Is New To The SEO Industry?
Hernan: Right. Yeah. Definitely. This second question, “I'm pretty new to the SEO services and fairly new to SEO in general, what would you recommend as a game plan for learning and educating myself if I'm a complete brand new, where do I go from zero to here in the course of one to two years?” I would say to start with the Battle Plan, Chris, if you don't have it yet, then go to Syndication Academy, and then join the Mastermind from the procedures of your business. Right? The point is that you go through the Battle Plan, you implement the Battle Plan, you start making some money. Right?
You use that money to invest into the Syndication Academy, which would make you even more money, and you use that money, and the procedures from you business to join the Mastermind, because at the end of the day what we're doing in the Mastermind for the next year is going to be the entire business building, not only in SEO, but business building, and that will help you go from zero to hero. I would say in pretty short time.
Bradley: Yeah. I would, I'm sorry, go ahead, Adam, please.
Marco: It's Marco, what-
Bradley: Oh, I'm sorry.
Marco: Yeah. What I was going to say is you have to be consistent. Right? If you're just starting out, there's so many things that you have to do that you have to find how you can become consistent, and how you can consistently replicate everything that works while you learn from all of the mistakes, because you're going to make mistakes. I would say avoid foolish consistency, it's one of my favorite quotes of all time is, foolish consistency is [inaudible 00:54:57] of small minds, which means you're doing the same thing over, and over, and over again, but you know it doesn't work, but you're consistent, but you know it doesn't work.
You're never going to get anywhere that way. You have to be consistent, and you have to be productive. It's the things that we teach in fact in Semantic Mastery all the way through, from here in Hump Day Hangouts, and in Syndication Academy, in everything we do, we teach you consistency, productivity, and list building. I mean, where do you go? I think we've set up a really good way for you to start learning your SEO, so you might want to start thinking as Hernan said about jumping in the bandwagon, and coming and joining people who are having success.
Bradley: I agree. Let me just give my take very quickly, guys. I know we're almost out of time, but I would almost, I'm going to take a different approach than what Hernan said, and that, and this is going to sound counterintuitive guys, but I would recommend starting with the Battle Plan, yes, because the Battle Plan is going to point you into procedures, like specific action items that you can implement without you even having to do the work, because we provide you with the resources, the place that you can go to get the work done. Marco just mentioned consistency.
If you're learning how to do all this stuff on your own, in other words, if you're the technician learning how to build these assets, and perform these techniques, these procedures on your own, you are going to make mistakes, there's no question. But, if you outsource it to a team that has already developed the process, then you're going to get consistent results from the orders that you submitted, because we build them consistently.
My point is, what I would suggest doing is using the Battle Plan to develop processes for being able to fulfill potentiation services. In other words, I would recommend going out and learning how to onboard clients, or service providers if you're doing lead gen. Right? Then, create the process of fulfilling the work, fulfilling the services through outsourcing it, so that you don't have to do all the work yourself, number one.
Number two, is so that it's done consistently, because it's done by people that have been trained to do it consistently, which would be like our team, for example. Instead of graduating from the Battle Plan to Syndication Academy, which once again, Syndication Academy absolutely works, it's the foundation of everything that we do, guys, but Syndication Academy is going to teach you how to build networks, but you can buy networks built to our specifications, already, so why, personally in my opinion, I would go from Battle Plan, use that as a way to fulfill services that you can sell, so get good at selling, get good at prospecting, get good at finding service providers. Fulfill the services that you're selling with SerpSpace.
Start generating a revenue, then come join in the Mastermind, because the Mastermind is going to, especially starting in January when we start this new education track, guys, it's going to be about how to take your business from start all the way through by the end of the year to having a massive scalable dominating type of business, that you can then repeat that process again with another business, or another niche, whatever, another industry. Again, I'm not suggesting you guys don't join Syndication Academy, I'm just suggesting that there are other ways to scale a business instead of learning how to build networks, especially when you have a team of builders at your disposal that will build them to exact specifications.
Hernan: Got it. I think that's going to be it, guys, for today. Sorry about [inaudible 00:58:45] time for questions, this is pretty cool from Paul, from Greg, actually. Anyways, if you have any questions that we couldn't, let me stop sharing my screen real quick, so if you had any questions that couldn't be answered today come in the next Hump Day, it's completely free. You can also join the Facebook group if you search for SEO marketing by Semantic Mastery, you can also join us there. We are pretty active over there, and it's pretty cool.
Bradley: Awesome.
Adam: Awesome. Sounds good. Thanks, Hernan. Thanks, everybody. Good to get through the questions like you said, if we didn't get to your questions answered be sure to hop on early, get the questions posted like we said within 24 to 36 hours from now we'll have the new page up, and you can always post your questions, in case you can't make it live.
Hernan: Yeah. Bradley, success this weekend and send us some picture, if you met with Chris send us a picture, and post it on the Facebook group. That would be fun.
Bradley: Yeah. I think Chris and I are going to have dinner, tonight, together.
Hernan: Cool, man.
Bradley: We'll take some pictures, maybe do a Facebook live video, or something.
Hernan: Why, not? All right, guys. Thank you so much.
Bradley: All right, guys. Thanks.
Chris:Bye.
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Game Against Kansas Led Gary Woodland To Play Golf Instead Of Basketball
PEBBLE BEACH, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 16: Gary Woodland of the United States waves on the 16th green during the final round of the 2019 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links on June 16, 2019 in Pebble Beach, California. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)
Believe it or not, newly-minted U.S. Open winner Gary Woodland was a basketball player before taking up golf. So who would have guessed that a rough game against one of the NCAA’s blue bloods would make him change sports.
Woodland played for Division II Washburn University on a basketball scholarship, but ultimately transferred to Kansas after his freshman year to play golf on a scholarship. Before leaving Washburn, he was humbled by his future school.
He revealed in an interview with ESPN that an exhibition game against Kansas made him realize that he “needed to find something else.” The Jayhawks beat Washburn in the game 79-70, making Woodland realize that he “couldn’t keep up” defensively.
“Offensively, I was fine. I could get around, I could do stuff, but defensively I wasn’t quick enough. I couldn’t keep up. That was the biggest thing. And that was at the Division II level. You talk about Division I level. Our first game was at KU and I learned quickly I needed to find something else.”
Woodland would help lead the Ichabods to their third straight conference title and a trip to Division II NCAA Tournament before leaving.
As a member of the Jayhawks golf team, Woodland would go on to win several tournaments before turning professional in 2007.
He spent the majority of his professional golfing career without making a single top ten before a sixth-place finish at the 2018 PGA Championship.
And now he’s the 2019 U.S. Open champion.
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