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Put unused and ‘lazy’ land to work to ease the affordable housing crisis
in: Melbourne
Getting more out of ‘lazy’ land, such as this community housing built over a Port Phillip City Council-owned car park, is a key strategy to reduce the shortage of affordable housing. CIty of Port Phillip
Greater Melbourne officially became home to 5 million people last month – that’s almost 90% of the state’s population. This growth is fuelling the city’s affordable housing crisis.
According to the amended Planning and Environment Act 1987, affordable housing is “housing, including social housing, that is appropriate for the housing needs of very low, low and moderate-income households”. And Victoria faces a dire shortage.
Governments have no excuse for keeping public in the dark on public housing deals
Since the launch in February 2017 of Plan Melbourne, the metropolitan planning strategy, and Homes for Victorians, the affordable housing strategy, the Planning Act has included affordable housing as a crucial aim.
This allows voluntary agreements with developers to provide 5-10% of new dwellings that will be affordable to households on very low, low and moderate incomes. An inclusionary zoning pilot on government land will result in “at least” 100 affordable housing units. The private development-led Public Housing Renewal Program will result in “at least” another 1,100 units.
But, given the scale of the problem, how much difference will this make? To make a real difference to housing stress and the risk of homelessness, Plan Melbourne’s commitment to using vacant or under-utilised government land needs to be scaled up and refocused. Our new report provides details on where, why and how government land could be used to boost affordable housing.
We mapped 195 hectares of government-owned land across 255 sites (see map below). This map shows Victoria has the opportunity to gain much more social benefit from its public land assets.
How big is the affordable housing shortfall?
When the state government strategies were released, we argued that the affordable housing strategy’s modest goal of 4,700 dwellings between 2017 and 2022 is a drop in the bucket.
What a difference a month makes, but Victoria can still do more to get housing and planning right
According to our report, Victoria faces a deficit of roughly 164,000 affordable homes for very low and low-income households – and that’s before accounting for population growth of over 2% a year.
To highlight the sheer scale of the issue, we have compared the number of very low and low-income households with the availability of affordable units.
The shortfall of affordable and available units by income group In Victoria.
Author provided
Well-located unused and lazy land
If we look at Vancouver in Canada, the city’s 2017 Housing Strategy aims for the equivalent of 300,000 dwellings for lower-income households by 2027. An essential part of this strategy is using all suitable and well-located vacant and under-utilised government land.
In April 2018, Vancouver also committed to provide 600 units of modular supportive housing for homeless people on vacant government land. By August, half of these units were complete or being built.
To identify such land in Melbourne, we started with a dataset of over 12,000 government-owned properties identified through title searches and Freedom of Information Act requests. We limited our search to government sites that were surplus, vacant or “lazy” – “lazy” land already houses low-rise facilities like community centres, health clinics, libraries, government offices, car parks and childcare centres but is also compatible with accommodating affordable housing. We excluded parkland and green space.
We then limited our search to sites that scored highly on our Housing Access Rating Tool (HART).
This is a 20-point tool that measures critical amenities and social services within walking distance of each parcel of land. HART takes its inspiration from the 20-minute city concept in Plan Melbourne. We included public transport, childcare centres, public schools, parks, libraries, grocery stores, community centres and healthcare services.
Map of well-located government land (based on HART scores) for social and affordable housing.
Making the most of scarce land
It will come as no surprise that land costs are highest in the city centre and inner suburbs where existing transport and services are strongest. This makes it difficult for non-profits to develop social housing in these rapidly gentrifying areas. In fact, Australian research suggests land costs can consume up to 30% of the cost of development.
Construction and building permit exemptions, expedited planning permits, low-rate construction loans and mortgages as well as ongoing Commonwealth Rent Assistance subsidies attached to projects can all help to reduce affordable housing costs.
Portable units and temporary leases free up vacant land for urgent housing needs
Cause We Care House in Vancouver is an example of creative use of “lazy” public land. There’s a library on the first floor, which is topped by five floors of housing for women escaping domestic violence. Through a combination of local government land, senior government subsidy and philanthropic donations, 21 mothers and their children have found stable and secure housing as a result of the project.
Cause We Care House, built over a library, is an example of how Vancouver is creatively using ‘lazy’ land for affordable housing.
We are working with the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation and the City of Darebin on an Affordable Housing Challenge to build philanthropically funded social housing on a local government car park close to Preston Market. The City of Port Phillip has already successfully trialled this kind of housing that sits above car parks.
Non-profit housing providers, architects and builders have the expertise and experience to rapidly scale up affordable housing in fast-growing cities like Melbourne. So, what are we waiting for?
This is an edited version of an article co-published with Pursuit.
Matthew Palm receives funding from the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation, Launch Housing and the Brotherhod of St Laurence for the Transforming Housing Research Network of which he is affiliated.
Carolyn Whitzman receives funding from the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation, Launch Housing, and the Brotherhood of St Laurence for the “Transforming Housing” project (2016-19), for which she is lead researcher. She received an Australian Development Research Award (ADRA0900205) from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for the project ‘Travelling Together: Disability Inclusive Road Development in Papua New Guinea’ (2010-13).
Katrina Raynor is affiliated with the Transforming Housing Research Partnership. Transforming Housing receives funding from the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation, Launch Housing, The Brotherhood of St Laurence and the Melbourne School of Design.
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The Doctor’s Wife
Oct 23, 2013 | Unfashioned Creatures
All marriages need work. And sometimes, a wife wants to get a little work done to keep the spark alive. But what happens when a woman realizes too late what’s really going on behind the implants and lifts? There’s more than one way to make a monster, no scalpel required.
Enrica Jang and A.K. Lovelace give the Frankenstein story a nip ‘n tuck with “The Doctor’s Wife.” Color by Sara King, letters by Mark Mullaney. The digital download includes monster-pieces “Frankenspace,” by Jason Folkes and “Rosie the Reanimator,” by Jackson McBrayor and Xander Kent.
Enrica is the founder and editor-in-chief at Red Stylo Media. She is the writer and creator of Azteca, a comic series and motion comic, The House of Montresor original graphic novel, as well as editor of The Poe Twisted Anthology and Shakespeare Shaken. Her screenplay The Freshmen was made into a short film, Frienemies, winner of a CINE Golden Eagle in 2011.
A.K. Lovelace is a professional storyteller and an NYC native. He has been working in comics for 10 years. His first big step was becoming an assistant for the great inker Mark Morales, a partnership, which still continues today. He has worked on various titles during this time both independent and mainstream; as well as in tv and film as a storyboard artist. His collaboration with writer Shaun Noel resulted in the creation of the mini-series City of Walls; a gritty coming of age tale in an urban scifi, industrial, super- complex.
UNFASHIONED CREATURES is a collection of over twenty monstrous, moving and mirthful tributes to Mary Shelley and her legendary tale, Frankenstein. A host of creators have sewn together comic shorts, short-series and original artwork sure to inspire equal parts terror and wonder. The digital edition will included bonus stories and content unavailable in the print edition, which will come alive in time for Halloween.
Comics Creator & Entrepreneur Enrica Jang: "Don’t do it because it scares you, do it because it’s worth it." - - […] That is an interesting theme, I think. I actually wrote a story in that anthology, called The Doctor’s Wife, …
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Sea level rise costs.
Post subject: Sea level rise costs.
In another thread I put together some rough calculations.
Given the Netherlands currently spends ~$1 billion dollars USD a year on sea-level control for 451 km of coastline and there are 1,634,701 km of coastline in the world, there is ~3625 times the coastline to control. That would be a minimum of ~$3625 billion USD in cost if the numbers are extrapolated.
Given the GDP of the world in 2011 was $6,966 billion this would be a minimum of ~52% of the world GDP each year to deal with sea level rise. This, of course could be higher in some areas and lower in others where the land is just given up to the sea. This also assumes all countries would bear the cost, which is not correct as those with coastlines will pay those costs. That is also only the cost of sea level rise and does not touch on the impacts on current agriculture or infrastructure. Most countries will not be able to afford this hit.
Post subject: Re: Sea level rise costs.
Given the England spent ~$600 million pounds ($940 million USD) a year in 2005-2006 on sea-level control for 12429 km of coastline and there are 1,634,701 km of coastline in the world, there is ~132 times the coastline to control. That would be a minimum of ~$125 billion USD in cost if the numbers are extrapolated.
However, there are specific costs that would be required to protect against sea level rise as predicted. Just for the east coast surrounding the Thames the cost in 2006 was projected at 6 to 9 billion pounds, which is 10 to 15 times the yearly cost just to bring the area into the same level of protection. The cost of not providing this protection by the English insurance companies was 7.5 to 16 billion pounds for one flooding incident similar in nature to that of the 1953 flood.
This takes the lowest cost for England extrapolated over the globe to ~$1250 billion USD, which is ~1/3 of that of the Netherlands extrapolation but still ~18% of the world GDP for a year. Of course this can be spread out over a few years, but the percentage of GDP is still going to be high and the costs of maintenance is not included in this figure, just the lowest additional cost.
The highest cost would give ~2007 billion USD or ~29% of the world GDP for a year. This places the English extrapolation at ~35% to ~55% of the previous calculation, which given the rough nature of the extrapolations is not that bad. What is bad is the cost of mitigating the sea level rise, but worse is not mitigating since the costs according to the insurance companies would be much higher for just one big flood event.
Tim the Plumber
Given that Antarctican spends $0.00 on sea defense and the increase in sea level will at worst case produce a less than 2 foot sea level rise by 2100 a 10% increase in sea defence budgets will cope happily with such a tiny rise the expected cost of such a rise is 1.1x $0.00 = $0.
That would be absolutly fine for Antarctica but to extend it to the rest of the world is utter drivel. A bit like taking one coastline's figures and projecting the cost of the whole world (including Antarctica) from them. That would be "typical green/commie lieing".
Tim the Plumber wrote:
Given your retreat to Antartica to try to make an unsupportable claim, I think we can discount your personal beliefs on the subject by 99% or more. Unless and until you can give us some real data on costs your beliefs will get the respect they deserve ... none as they are countered by another personal belief and trumped again by actual data not guesses and hopes.
That would be absolutly fine for Antarctica but to extend it to the rest of the world is utter drivel.
Right, because hardly anyone lives in Antarctica. We're talking about where folks are already concentrated. Further, are we to ignore other potential catastrophies associated with an uptick in temperature or is your comprehension strictly limited to sea levels?
My point is that you cannot use any single nation's cost of coastal protection and then multiply that by the world's coast line.
Just as you can organise words into sentences which have no meaning and are utter gibberish you can and have done the same with numbers.
My position on the costs of a sea level rise of less than 2 feet over a centuary is that it does not sound very catastrophic. It sounds like something that will be extreemly easy to deal with.
As has been pointed out the Dutch have very high dykes which allow them to use land which would natually be below sea level. Some of these are (I think) 10 - 15m heigh. They might have to put an extra metre on them, but since it was economic to build them in the first place it will be easy to finance the improvement.
Again, the problem is that Antarctica isn't a nation. It takes people for that.
Try not to confuse an inability to comprehend meaning for it not being there.
My position on the costs of a sea level rise of less than 2 feet over a centuary is that it does not sound very catastrophic.
That's because, #1, you're not taking into account the fact that the bulk of humanity lives near the water and, #2, you're missing root causes, which have profound effects on things other than sea level.
It sounds like something that will be extreemly easy to deal with.
Sure, if one grossly underestimates or ignores other effects.
Yep, you pointed that out when stated that we can't use any single nation's cost of coastal protection out the opposite side of your mouth.
This thread is about sea level rise costs.
Less than 2 feet over a centuary will flood no cities.
Any land valuable to humanity will be protected at small cost mostly by the continuation of existing such activities, or by the slight increase in such budgets, or will generally not be required.
You are desperate to have a catastrophy. Sea level rise due to global warming is not going to be the problem you are desperate to have. Applying psudo-maths to make the numbers huge will only make all your other points less credable.
Of course, if we derive cost in a way you say it shouldn't be done. Did you mention something about pseudo-math?
You are desperate to have a catastrophy. Sea level rise due to global warming is not going to be the problem you are desperate to have.
You're right. Given all else associated with/causing a 2 foot rise, the rise itself may be far less catastrophic by comparison. But no, I'm not desperate for any of it.
Applying psudo-maths to make the numbers huge will only make all your other points less credable.
Spoken from experience?
Sure you can if you need a rough idea of the costs. Averages work wonders for things such as that.
Since have given no numbers and tossed out unsupported wild guesses, I suppose you think that is a better way to deal with an issue?
Open heart surgery does not sound that catastophic to some either. It is not what somethign may or may not "sound", but what the evidence shows us and you have no evidence to show outside of some wild guesses.
Maybe to you, but sounding as if it might be easy and actually being so are two very different things.
Maybe and maybe not. You speak as if adding a meter to the height is just that and there would be no additional base supports required. To someone who has no experience with force and vector mechanics that might make sense, but in practice it does not.
Also I provided the data for the English protection costs for a portion of the coast, which has no such high dikes that cost so much, but still has an impressive price tag.
Not according to those who study such things.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45337850/ns ... l-warning/
"Damages from a coastal storm in the New York City metropolitan area that currently occurs on average once every 100 years would be significant. At current sea level, economic losses from such a storm would amount to about $58 billion. Losses under a 2-foot sea level rise scenario increase to $70 billion and to $84 billion under a 4-foot sea level rise scenario," the report said.
"...The effects of such a flooding scenario would occur rapidly. For example, many of the tunnels lying below flood heights (including subway, highway, and rail) would fill up with water in less than 1 hour," it added. "At the low-lying La Guardia Airport, sea level rise would wipe out the effectiveness of existing levees, even for less severe storms."
And you have what data to back up this wild guess?
You mean like claiming there will be small costs based only on wild guesses and hopes as data?
It seems the current projections are wrong then, seeing as in every interglacial in the past 5 million years has seen sea level rise to 20m or up to 26m in the region, this must mean sea level has been a lot higher elsewhere in the world at the time, ie. approx 100,000 years ago, and then in the 90,000-120,000 steps.
This clearly means that the human induced increase in sea level rise is minute overall if it is the norm in an interglacial.
renewable guy
That's just bringing it back to normal if, that is big word if, it would be better to plan ahead and build for 200 years of sea level rise or somehere there abouts. If they don't they just have to do it all over again as the seas continue rising for the next several centuries.
http://www.eenews.net/public/climatewire/2012/05/22/1
One of the first victims of the flooding will likely be the same underground transit systems that make New York's carbon dioxide emissions so low. A recent report by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority warned that the combination of sea-level rise and the surging ocean currents that can accompany a powerful storm could flood many of the city's subway, highway and rail tunnels "in less than one hour."
According to state and federal estimates, the resulting damage could take weeks, even months, to repair. The New York state study estimates that the economic losses from a once-in-100-years storm, including workers unable to get to work, could range from $58 billion to $84 billion, depending on the extent of sea-level rise and the size of the storm.
when Japan had a tsunami, some of the cities built 30 foot walls to keep out the ocean. From 20 years ago that is damn good. The earth quake dropped the wall down 3 feet and the water came in over the top and flooded the town. Our best efforts hopefully will work.
A lot of the nuclear power plants are built for around 7.5 earthquakes next to the sea also in the US. If we get soemthing like Japan had, will it be enough? Things are really stable until........................ something happens.
It seems as though we could spend 10 to 20 billion today and save 58 billion loss from happening. But do we have the will to do so? Is it just a matter of when a big storm will hit NYC?
The Netherlands and England have built their barriers. Italians are building one to protect Venice, and the Russians are completing a system that would protect St. Petersburg. Estimates for building a barrier or network of barriers to protect New York City and its surroundings begin at about $10 billion.
Bowman, a past member of Bloomberg's committee focused on climate change, said that, so far, city officials have resisted the idea. "It was clear they didn't really want to go there," he said. "I don't know why; too expensive, too ambitious, I guess."
According to Adam Freed, deputy director of New York's Long-Term Planning and Sustainability Office, Bloomberg has committed to completing 132 initiatives in his climate plan before he leaves office next year. So far, building storm surge barriers is not among them.
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What has upswings and downturns, troughs, peaks, and plateaus? Though such terms could easily describe a roller coaster ride, in fact they are commonly used to refer to something known as the business cycle.
The business cycle — also known as the economic cycle — refers to fluctuations in economic activity over several months or years. Tracking the cycle helps professionals make forecasts about the direction of the economy. The National Bureau of Economic Research makes official declarations about the economic cycle, based on factors such as the growth of the gross domestic product, household income, and employment rates.
Recovery & Recession
An upswing, or recovery, occurs when the economic indicators improve over time. A recession occurs when the same indicators go through a contraction. A particularly long or severe recession is referred to as a depression.
Despite being called a cycle, it’s important to understand that the business cycle is not regular. It doesn’t happen at set intervals. Some recoveries have lasted several years while others are measured in months. Recessions, too, can last for a number of years or be as short as a few months.
Moving in Waves
The economic cycle moves through periods of recession and recovery. Despite being called a cycle, it’s important to understand that the economic cycle is not regular.
Stages of Cycle
So how should investors look at information about the business cycle?
Investors who understand that the economy moves through periods of recovery and recession may have a better perspective on the overall cycle. During recovery, understanding whether the economy is at an early or late stage of the cycle may influence certain investment decisions. Conversely, during a recession, deciphering whether the economy is passing through a shallow or deep cycle also may influence certain decisions.
Generally, the business cycle will transition from recovery to recession — and recession to recovery — over several months. Understanding that the economy travels through cycles may help you put current business conditions in better perspective.
Earnings season can move markets. What is it and why is it important?
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Finding life in the obits
I read the obituaries every Sunday. I'm not sure how I developed this morbid fascination with the recently deceased. Maybe as a writer I enjoy the stories people leave behind.
I think too, that in this day and age of fake news, angry politics and instant, relentless, incessant streams of information and 'advice', the obits offer a slice of realism, a chance for me to read about people who can no longer influence or sway my opinion by way of their social media posts. One small headshot and a two inch long bio. That is all that remains of us in the end.
You might think that perusing the obituaries every Sunday would be a depressing, macabre meditation, but for me, it's quite the opposite. It's invigorating. It's energising. It renews my faith in humanity.
The obits offer up the real inhabitants of our world — our neighbours and bosses, our friends and partners, our mothers, our fathers, our grandparents. Death is incredibly inclusive and unfussy: coal-miners, fishermen, teachers and rabbis, executive secretaries and restaurant managers. A high school senior. A second grader who loved to fly kites.
These people are not the airbrushed celebrities, political blowhards or violent predators that often adorn the front pages of the social media platforms by which we ingest news these days. The obituaries do not promote fear, anxiety or frustration. They do not ask us to donate, cast a vote or click. We do not have to like or share.
Real people living real lives. That is what the obits can offer. A snapshot of reality; a cross-section of where we are as a human race. And if last Sunday's Obituary page is any indicator of the kind of planet we have built, I have terrific hope for humanity. I mean, listen to these:
Adele was a strong mother, practical, clear-minded, and devoted to her family. In retirement Adele tutored students, trained teachers, drove for Meals on Wheels, worked for the Children's Consortium, and supported numerous musical organisations.
Ed enjoyed taking long walks with his beloved dog, Maggie.
"Real people who make up this world are lovers of puzzles and dancing, mothers who pay their way through college, religious leaders who work in hospitals, gardeners who bake homemade cinnamon rolls."
The list goes on. Joe donated his eyes to the Eye Bank.
Forest was a man always guided by his religious faith, an ordinary man who gave extraordinary effort.
Charles was devoted to his wife of 52 years, whom he left behind.
Jack's dedication to community service and the needs of others guided his life.
Real people who make up this world are lovers of puzzles and dancing, mothers who pay their way through college, religious leaders who work in hospitals, gardeners who bake homemade cinnamon rolls, workers who dedicate 30 years of their lives to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
According to the obituaries we are surrounded by people who donate their time to help develop housing for low-income senior citizens, people of strong faith, people of keen business sense, avid bowlers, golfers and travellers. We are living among millions of people who love spending time with their friends and family. People who recognise the fact that their greatest role on earth is being a mom or a dad, a brother, a sister, a nephew and aunt.
And here is the exciting part: all of these strongly influential people have left a long list of friends and family in their wake. Hundreds of thousands of people living with their same ideals, goals and life perspective. People doing (and acting) good.
These are the humans that surround us today! They live, they breathe, they pray, they sing. They serve as board members. They spend summers in Canada. Real people living tangibly remarkable lives. People by which we can pattern our own lives.
It's easy to lose focus on what is real and important in a speeding world full of instant news and tabulated views. A world full of embedded video and endless links. A world where a person's worth is being determined more and more by the thumbs-up at the bottom of the screen. A world full of virtual friends, 'must-see' video clips, and constant Breaking News.
It's easy to forget about those that inhabit the world outside the screen. The world we can actually touch; the world we can actually feel, the world happening in real time. It's nice to know that I have a weekly reminder about all the good that is happening all around me. It's nice to know I'm surrounded by good people, too.
Daniel Rose teaches language arts to 13 year olds in upstate New York.
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Terrific piece of poetry! Beats so much of today's poor prose that is offered up as poetry. Why? Because it stirs genuine emotions and is immediately memorable.
john frawley | 25 July 2017
What a great job you have, Daniel, very special to work with 13 year olds. I know how wonderful is my community, but a gentle reminder never goes astray.
Pam | 26 July 2017
The Death Notices are, probably, the only things in our newspapers which can be believed. The formal obituaries are greatly enjoyed because people love good stories -- and what are better than the lives of interesting or influential people?
John CARMODY | 28 July 2017
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Ted Fox
(Producer, Host) Award-winning arts broadcaster Ted Fox received the 2006 Dance Ontario Award for Exceptional Contribution to the Dance Community for his work with Evi-Dance, CIUT's unique dance radio program, which he produced and hosted until November 7 2015. Now doing with Beverley Daurio review coverage of dance and physical theatre. He also received the 1987 Award for Outstanding Program for In the Wings, an arts program he produced and hosted for Graham Cable television. Ted has been a passionate promoter of Toronto’s theatre and dance scene since the 1980s, when he highlighted the early careers of now well-known performers and companies, including Alan and Karen Kaeja of Kaeja d’Dance, Theatre Columbus, Theatre Smith-Gilmour and Loreena McKennitt. In 1988, he continued his unique arts coverage as co-host of the CIUT radio show About Town. From 1991-1993 he served on the board of directors of DanceWorks, Toronto’s leading presenter of independent dance. In 1991-92, he co-edited the dance quarterly step-Text, a lively, informative quarterly devoted to dance and dance-related issues. Currently he produces and hosts Evi-Dance, CIUT’s (89.5 FM) unique dance radio program. Ted is co-founder of Arts Marmalade, with Beverley Daurio.
(Web Tech) Alan has been fascinated with computers since the days of punch cards and paper tapes. He still has his first computer, now almost a museum piece. Watching dance stimulates the other side of his brain. This stops his head from becoming lopsided from too much programming.
Beverley Daurio
(Dance Reviewer and Web Editor) Beverley Daurio is the author of three books (most recently Hell & Other Novels, from Coach House/Talon). She has worked in interdisciplinary performance in dance, and also with musicians and visual artists, and has enjoyed arts residencies in Saskatchewan and Florida. Her reviews, literary journalism and essays have appeared across the country, including in The Globe and Mail, Books in Canada, and many magazines, her poetry has been widely published (her book of poetry, If Summer Had a Knife, was shortlisted for the Gerald Lamper Award), and her fiction has been published across Canada and in the USA, UK and Australia. Her writing has received support from the Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council, and Toronto Arts Council, as well as a Barbara Demming Award (US). Books edited by Beverley Daurio have won the Governor-General's Award, the NARSC Award for best researched music book in North America, and have been nominated for many others, including the Trillium, the Arthur Ellis, and the Toronto Book Award. Editor-in-chief of The Mercury Press, and co-editor of Teksteditions, she is former editor-in-chief of Poetry Canada Review and Paragraph: The Canadian Fiction Review. A member of The Writers' Union of Canada and the Editors' Association of Canada, she is a former long-serving member of The Literary Press Group board of directors. She also works as a freelance editor.
Jason Vanstone
(Website Designer) A professional dancer, instructor and musician, Jason is the Co-Artistic Director of Artists’ Play Dance Theatre school and company.
Jason co-choreographed and performed with Artists’ Play at The Atlantic Fringe Festival, fFIDA, Toronto International Dance Festival and various cabaret improvisations and performances. Other performances include the Fritz Helder and the Phantoms and Parahumans Dance Theatre. In television, Jason was aired on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation as an opening credit hip hop dancer.
Jason studied jazz, ballet and modern at Ryerson University and had the opportunity to work with David Earle, D.A. Hoskins, Mark Christman and Nadia Potts. He was chosen to show work in the Ryerson Choreographic Works 2002 with his piece “Lost & Calling”. Having trained at various schools in the west since the age of 5, Jason acquired many styles which lead him to flourish in contemporary, hip hop and jazz.
Musically, Jason writes, plays and produces his own music for dance productions and for his own band, Along the Lines. His first piece for stage, ‘A City Reflection’ was showcased as part of Artists’ Play’s “Love & Life” in the 2007 Atlantic Fringe Festival. Since then Jason has created music for larger productions such as “The Reservation and “HeartSurge”.
Jason has choreographed various musicals for high schools and communities across Canada and continues to create work for dancers of all ages. He has taught creative movement at various schools in the GTA. Jason is thrilled to be sharing dance with children and adults as the instructor of Mighty Moves, Hip Hop and Modern Movement at Artists’ Play Dance Theatre.
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Thanks to all those without whom Evi-Dance would not have been possible over the years. (Apologies to anyone left out. Please contact evidance@ciut.fm if this is so): Megan Andrews, Jesse Dell, Andrya Duff, Beverley Daurio, Roshanak Jaberi, Liisa Murray, Malgorzata Nowacka, Kate Nankervis, Sara Porter, Alan Page, Kathleen Rea, Aimee Dawn Robinson, Elizabeth Dawn Snell, Samara Thompson, Jason Vanstone and Sky Fairchild-Waller.
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"Constructive Torture"
Noun. 1. The process of being taken to task repeatedly by one’s boss for doing a mediocre job and made to stay late at night and come in on weekends, only to result in a finished product that, as one later realizes, is all the more impressive for the pain and exhaustion that had earlier been endured.
I now feel I am secure enough that I can comment, albeit briefly, on my work without the threat of losing my job. It’s been crazy and hectic and overwhelming, but all of those things in really good ways. It’s actually the best job I’ve ever had, hands down, and it amuses me to think back to my second week here, when I walked in for my interview not really caring whether I got it or not. I met with Alex, the founder and head of the company, who, in only about a half hour of talking to me, made me go from ambivalence to enthusiasm about the position. By the time I started I was nervous but also pretty damn excited, and about a week into it (around the same time they decided to keep me instead of “testing” me out), I was wholeheartedly enjoying myself, but also wholeheartedly convinced that I wasn’t being paid nearly enough for what I was doing.
Basically, there are two kinds of internships. There’s the first kind, in which companies need someone to do all the really boring stuff like copying documents and grabbing coffee and sorting through receipts from past trips, and that’s what you do half the time, until none of these things are necessary and you just sitting there, trying to occupy yourself and feeling worthless. Then there’s the other kind, in which you’re entrusted with massive amounts of responsibility and work, expected to complete projects, stay late until things are finished, come in on weekends, etc. Suffice it to say, this certainly falls into the latter category, and until I had this internship (or praktikum, as it’s called here), I really didn’t know what one of those jobs felt like. I write copy, articles, interviews, manage a website, come up with new ideas for pitches to prospective clients, and lately (apparently) actually pitch to those clients as well.
You see, starting the day I got there, we had been working long hours to put together a pitch on a really big client. So big, in fact, that I had signed a non-disclosure agreement the moment I got there, just so they could tell me what it was. Finally, it was a Friday, and the pitch was set to go off the following Tuesday, when to my surprise, everyone collectively decided that I should joint-pitch it with my direct boss, Rachel. Now, Rachel is American and also young and outgoing, so I suppose maybe they thought it would be cute and charming, but whatever the reasons for it, I was suddenly faced with the prospect of giving the first presentation ever that would have consequences beyond bad grades. I was, needless to say, terrified, and when I came in that Saturday afternoon to work on it for a few days, Alex identified this and gave me a much-needed pep talk. Up until then, I had been planning my attack thus: I would work there for about two months, doing the most amazing job I ever had at anything, and then by about mid-March or so, I would take Alex out for coffee, the way we had done for my interview, and make a case for myself. I would explain that I had proved I was a valuable asset to the company, that I was doing work and pulling hours way beyond what was expected of an intern, and that I wanted to come on full-time (aka, be paid accordingly for the work and time I was putting in). Well, hang on to your hats folks, because you’re about to get a whiff of what a good boss actually looks like (was I mixing metaphors)? Alex started off by asking me if I was okay with being in on a Saturday, and with my mom visiting and all (site note: yes, she was). I said well, no, not really, but instead of making me say something I didn’t want to say, why didn’t we just get down to work? He said it was important to him that I was okay with being here, because he wanted my mind to be on my work as well, and then, he asked a question I have never heard anyone I worked for ask, ever.
“Do you like working here?” He asked me.
I replied without a beat, “It’s the best job I’ve ever had. The first one, in fact, where I’m not watching the clock the whole time to see when I can go home.”
He proceeded to tell me that, while I might have been wondering why, after only three weeks here, he was having me do this pitch, the truth was that from the moment he’d met me, he thought I was “extremely bright,” and that everyone there recognized that I was “immensely talented” and “a natural at this.” And then he said the one thing I’d been waiting to hear. “In fact,” he added, “we’re interested in keeping you on after these six months. We’re not the kind of company that uses interns for cheap labor and then throws them away. We want you to stay.”
If he said anything else after that, I don’t remember it. I was so stunned and overjoyed I could hardly speak. I think I managed to say, calmly and very professionally, “Well. I’m glad you’re mentioning that, because it’s something I wanted to talk to you about in the near future.” I could barely stay in my seat, wanted to jump up and down, didn’t. Yet even now, two weeks later, I’m still rather taken aback by it. The pitch went as well as it could have, and now we’re waiting for an answer, and since then Alex has begun to come to me directly with jobs and projects, trusting that I’ll do a good job. I think so far I have. Really, it makes me both sad and happy to think about, but have I never had a good boss before this? Have I never worked for someone who appreciated my talents, actually saw in me exactly what I saw in me, and was willing to let me know that he saw those things? Yes, I would have gone to Alex about coming on full-time anyway, and yet I didn’t have to. For what seems like the first time in my life, my hard work and dedication actually seems to have shown through. Of course, I suppose I should wait around to see if all this comes to pass six months from now, but I have (atheist) faith….
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The bluezone of Kaloum vibrated at the rhythm of the CAN 2015
The CAN at the Bluezone of Kaloum , was groups numbering in the thousands and holding one flag, red, yellow and green and a unique totem : the elephant of Syli. The Syli National : a team that young and old, youth and adults endorsed.
The pulse of the Bluezone of Kaloum beat to the rhythm of the soccer games of Guinea. In the image of the city, the Bluezone, the epicenter of all the fervor, pulsated its energy. In each building, giant screens were erected, TV screens were set up for an entire population to live at the sound of the CAN 2015. To sustain the Syli effect, business companies and youth form the neighborhoods participated in tournaments organized by HAVAS Africa Guinea at the Bluezone.
A wink at soccer and at the Bluezone of Kaloum: the famous African film “Golden Ball” which had some scenes shot on the site of the Bluezone where the land was a wasteland at that time, was broadcast on February 6 in the presence of Sheikh Doukouré director and the lead actor. This screening was a real moment of exchange with the public on the importance of soccer for the Guinean youth. The final of the CAN, in turn, attracted more than a 1000 spectators.
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Food Active > Blog > Guest blog: How should foods available from vending machines change to help with obesity prevention?
Guest blog: How should foods available from vending machines change to help with obesity prevention?
Dr Angeliki Papadaki is a Senior Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition at the Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Bristol. Her research focuses on understanding the factors that influence dietary behaviour and developing and evaluating strategies to change dietary habits to prevent chronic disease. Her research interests include the development of ways to promote healthier dietary patterns, behaviour change interventions and environmental interventions.
It is likely that almost everyone has used a vending machine at least once in our lifetime. Whether it’s waiting for a flight, visiting someone in a hospital, having a family trip to a leisure centre, wanting a quick snack or refreshment after a gym session or feeling those blood glucose levels fall after hours of studying at a university library, the foods and drinks available from vending machines can offer a quick and cheap way to silence our hunger and thirst. Access to vending machines is also increasing: there are around 420,000 vending machines in the UK and we spend around £1.5 billion per year buying foods, snacks and drinks from them (1).
Creating healthier food environments and ensuring access to healthier food is high in the Government’s agenda (2), and the recent Childhood Obesity Strategy (3) highlights that vending machines should be part of the environmental strategy to make healthy food options more available in the public sector. This could have important implications for obesity control and even prevention, as foods and drinks sold in vending machines contribute to a hostile environment for healthy eating. The evidence for this is overwhelming: foods that are available in vending machines in hospitals (4), workplaces (5) and leisure and recreation facilities (6) are obesogenic and likely to contribute to obesity due to their high energy density, high content of fat and sugar and low content of dietary fibre. My research in one of the largest work settings in South West England showed that vending machines offered mostly obesogenic foods – 81% of available snacks were high in fat, 61% high in saturated fat and 69% were high in sugar, while 75% of drinks sold were high in sugar (7). The availability of these obesogenic foods and drinks from vending machines has been associated with higher body weight (7, 8). So we know that vending machines make obesogenic foods readily available, which presents an important opportunity for intervention. But how can this best happen?
Our group at the University of Bristol has developed an obesogenic dietary pattern score that consists of combinations of foods that people consume and that can capture differences in the energy density, fat and dietary fibre in our diet. Analysing data from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey (9), we found that the foods contributing the most to the obesogenic dietary pattern score in the UK are chocolate and confectionery, white bread, biscuits and cakes, processed meat, butter and animal fat and crisps and savoury snacks. These foods are widely available in vending machines as snacks or in sandwiches. In contrast, fruits, vegetables, high-fibre breakfast cereals, yoghurts and legumes (such as beans and lentils) are the foods contributing the least to the obesogenic score in the UK population. These are the foods that are most effective for protecting against obesity. Young children with the highest obesogenic score are four times more likely to have excess adiposity later in childhood. However, increasing the consumption of obesity-protective foods is twice as effective in protecting against obesity as reducing the consumption of obesogenic foods (10).
As a result of the Childhood Obesity Strategy (3), the non-for-profit organisation ukactive has been tasked by the Department of Health to investigate how to ensure that leisure venues, which play an important role in promoting health in the UK, offer healthier food and drink options (11). Vending machines will be a key focus of this work and we look forward to the results of this initiative, which are bound to be interesting and promising. We need to remember however that, if we want to utilise the vending machine industry to promote less obesogenic diets, it might not be enough to only focus on banning, taxing or using other ways to reduce the availability of obesogenic foods from vending machines (for example by reducing their portion size). It is also not enough to focus only on sugary drinks. For obesity prevention, it is equally, if not more, important for vending machines to make obesity-protective foods readily available (12). Based on our obesogenic dietary pattern score (9), fruits with a long shelf life (e.g. apples, oranges), salads and vegetables (e.g. carrots) in sticks or other serving forms, individual portions of breakfast cereals that are high in fibre, yoghurt pots and pots of pulses (e.g. in the form of hummus or bean salads) provide excellent options that could be made available from vending machines to replace some, or a higher number of obesogenic foods that are currently available.
This improvement in the balance of available foods could mean that vending machines will be able to promote healthier products that protect against obesity and a healthier, less obesogenic food environment.
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5 Creepy Victorian Fads
Victorians were obsessed with the past. They looked nostalgically back to the Middle Ages in their books, (Gothic novels, like Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein), architecture (the Gothic revival that began in the Georgian period but went on well into the Victorian era) and paintings (famed artists like the Pre-Raphaelites). Along with this renewed interest in the medieval past, Victorians became enamoured with the occult, mediums, magic, séances and ghosts to name but a few. Here are 5 creepy things that were popular during the Victorian period.
Spiritualism: If only the dead could talk…
Spiritualism, a religion that was born and grew popular during the Victorian period, was based on the belief that the dead could communicate with the living. Spiritualists believed that spirits were more advanced than humans and as a result, could give advice because of their special knowledge beyond the living world. The movement started in Hydesville, New York on March 31, 1848 with the Fox Sisters, Katherine, Leah and Margaret, but quickly grew in popularity in many English speaking countries. It reached England’s shores via medium Maria B. Hayden in October, 1852. Spiritualism peaked in the 1880s but took a hit after some prominent mediums were exposed as frauds. The movement survived and remained relatively popular in spite of its controversies, until petering out in the 1920s. The Spiritualist Church still exists today with branches in Canada, the US and England, although in much smaller numbers than during the Victorian period, when Spiritualism claimed to have close to 8 million adherents.
Mediums: If there’s something strange in your neighbourhood, who you gonna call?…
Mediums, people who could communicate with the dead on behalf of the living, were often women because it was believed that women were more passive, and therefore more receptive to the spirit world. Many female mediums were also active in the Temperance, Suffragette and anti-slavery movements of the time. It was a role where women could bypass the typical gender constraints of the period thus spawning a proliferation of mediums in the late 19th century, famous names like the Fox sisters, Florence Cook, Cora Scott, Emma Hardinge Britten and the Bang sisters. Being a medium was a lucrative business with well-to-do patrons shelling out hundreds and thousands to be able to speak to their deceased loved ones. Meanwhile they were being swindled, and often times, robbed during séances by wily mediums and their assistants. The practice lost its momentum after many of the most prominent mediums were exposed as frauds in the 1880s. Mediums still practice to this day but with nowhere near the popularity of their Victorian predecessors.
Séances: I have a message from your Uncle Bob….
Attempts to communicate to the dead were in vogue during the Victorian period, as demonstrated by the explosion of Spiritualism and mediums. Séances were a popular form of entertainment in Victorian parlours. The practice was so popular that even Mary Todd Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln’s wife had spiritualist friends and held a séance at the White House in an attempt to contact her son, William Wallace Lincoln, after he died at the age of 11 from Typhoid fever. Not even royals were immune from the séance craze, Queen Victoria was purported to have a medium at Buckingham Palace and attended séances in the hopes of speaking with her husband, Prince Albert, who also died of Typhoid fever in 1861. During séances, mediums received messages from departed loved ones, fell into trance-like states and were taken over by entities, used props like Ouija boards or Planchettes (for automatic writing), and even had spirits turn tables. Eventually, most séances were debunked as the tricks used by mediums at these events were proven to be scams.
Momento Mori: Smile for the camera…wait…you can’t…
While completely creepy and morbid to the modern mind, momento mori were anything but to Victorians. Post-mortem photographs were commissioned by grieving family members to capture what was often the only photo they would have of their loved ones.The tradition actually predated modern photography; post-mortem paintings were popular in earlier centuries but unfortunately, they were extremely expensive. When the daguerreotype (the earliest form of photography) was invented in 1839 by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, it allowed families to retain an affordable memory of their loved ones. In a creepy twist, the dead made great photography subjects. The the long exposure times required people to remain absolutely still so the dead often appeared the clearest in these photos.
Magic, Esotericism and the Occult: Want to Join My Secret Society?
Along with talking to the dead, Victorians counted amongst their odd past times, many strange clubs and organisations. There was the Ghost Club of London, founded in 1862, which was devoted to paranormal investigation. The more popular Order of the Golden Dawn, which studied ceremonial magic, the occult, astrology, alchemy, the Hermetic Qabalah and tarot. The famous Theosophical Society, an esoteric philosophical group founded by Madam Helena Blavatsky and numerous other groups springing up to sate the Victorian need to know about the unknown and connect to the Other Side. Magicians, fortune tellers, tarot readings and magic parlour games were also extremely popular during the period. If it was spooky, or a form of pseudo-science, you can bet the Victorians were into it. A nostalgia for all things Victorian has prompted the revival of some of these groups and activities but in a much more limited fashion.
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TagsGender • Ghosts • Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn • Magic • Nineteenth century • Occult • Queen Victoria • Religion • Social History • Spiritualism • Victorian Age • Women's Studies
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St. Jerome’s University is a small, liberal arts university within the larger University of Waterloo. All St. Jerome’s students are University of Waterloo students, and upon graduation, St. Jerome’s students receive their degree and diploma from University of Waterloo.
By co-registering in Honours Arts or Honours Arts & Business with SJU, students get the best of both worlds. SJU’s supportive environment ensures that students become well-rounded individuals who will contribute to societies and organizations near and far.
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Great teaching: You will enjoy great teaching at St. Jerome's, where undergraduate teaching is top priority and classes are smaller, with a first-year class size average of 35 students.
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The whole person: At St. Jerome's, we care about more than just your intellectual development. We believe that a well-rounded education inspires the imagination, engages the spirit and cultivates the qualities essential for responsible citizenship and leadership.
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And if you're not Roman Catholic? No problem. Regardless of your background or beliefs, you'll find personal excellence, high aspirations and an emphasis on balance and quality of life here at SJU.
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St. Jerome’s has welcomed Dana Hospitality as our new food service provider for the university. They have pledged to provide healthy, high quality menu items with all selections prepared from scratch using fresh local ingredients, while also working to help reduce our environmental footprint. Our cafeteria has been newly renovated and our Funcken Café has never tasted so good.
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UK Government moves to free more public data
Gordon Brown has announced that the government plans to open up map data from the Ordnance Survey, the UK's national mapping agency. The announcement was made by the Prime Minister in a speech at a Smarter Government seminar held at Downing Street where Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Professor Nigel Shadbolt also talked about the work being done with the "Make Public Data Public" project. According to The Guardian, the opening of map data will be part of a wider move to publish over 2,000 sets of data, which could include, for example, road-traffic counts, property prices, and motoring offence statistics.
The Ordnance Survey data is the subject of a consultation on the free provision of it's map data at a 1:10,000 scale. The consultation is expected to be completed by April 2010. Currently, OS map data is only available under a restricted licence which can cost thousands. Even local authorities have to pay for the map data. For example, Swindon had to pay £38,000 a year for address and geographical data from the Ordnance Survey even though it had collected much of the data.
However free provision of map data from the Ordnance Survey is contentious. The Ordnance Survey says it would cost from £500m to £1bn over five years to move to free provision of maps, but other studies have suggested it would cost only £12m and provide a net gain. Other organisations who may be forced to open up their data include transport companies who charge for commercial access to timetable information and the Highways Agency which has an exclusive deal to provide TrafficTV with motorway video data.
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Janet Napolitano says, “I’m sorry”.
Category: abortion,illegal alien,states rights — amuzikman @ 9:34 am
I see where Janet Napolitano has finally apologized to veterans for the outrageous “right-wing extremist” report issued by her agency. Apparently she claimed the report was issued “prematurely”. So, I guess that means they meant to say the same thing, only a little later. Some apology. It would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic.
So that’s one apology to a group from the American Legion. If I were king for a day I’d give her a printout containing the home addresses of every veteran who has returned from Iraq or Afghanistan. Then I’d give her a Greyhound Bus schedule and tell her not to return to Washington until she had personally visited and apologized to each and every one. But that’s just me….
Anyone want to wager who’ll be the recipient of the next apology? There are so many from which to choose. Perhaps the next group will be all those who hold life to be sacred. Then she could proceed to apologize to all those who believe in the rule of law, especially laws that protect our nations borders. Finally she could wrap it up with a sincere “I’m sorry” to everyone who thinks the 10th amendment to the Constitution is actually valid.
Now I realize that’s a lot of apologies and she may be a little overwhelmed by the magnitude of the task. But she can always go to her boss for advice on how best to proceed. He’s really excellent at the art of apology, just look at how well he did on his recent international trip. Obama apologized to anyone who would listen for what an “arrogant” nation we have been – especially to all those poor little totalitarian regimes out there.
Yes, I’m confident Janet Napolitano will be able to successfully complete her apology tour with help from “The Messiah”. And we can all rest easy knowing our president has placed someone of impeccable competence and character at the helm of the federal agency charged with the protection of our country from terrorist actions.
On second thought maybe she should apologize to every citizen of this nation. Then she should resign in disgrace. (Don’t hold your breath!)
Welfare spending doesn’t reduce abortion
Category: abortion,Obama,religion,Uncategorized — harmonicminer @ 8:59 am
WAY too many Christians voted for Obama, believing or pretending to believe that his social policies would “reduce abortion,” even though he has supported the most radical pro-abortion policies possible. These Christians seem to have fallen for the canard that a more fully funded “social safety net” would reduce the felt need for abortion, and that such policies would be more effective in reducing abortion than straightforward legal restrictions and limitations. Some of these Christian groups have touted studies that do not, in fact, demonstrate the relationships they claim between social spending and reduced abortion. Here is a takedown of “Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good”:
An August 2008 study released by the group Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good had Obama supporters (and some editorial boards) swooning. Analyzing state level abortion data from 1982 to 2000, it purportedly found evidence that increased spending on various welfare programs resulted in substantial reductions in state abortion rates. The spin given to the results was that many pro-life laws, such as those requiring parental notification for abortions performed on minor girls, had little effect. So the paradoxical message to pro-life voters was that they could best advance their interests by electing pro-choice Democrats instead of pro-life Republicans.
Not surprisingly, this study had a substantial impact on the debate over sanctity of life issues during the 2008 Presidential election. Self proclaimed pro-lifers who support Democratic Presidential nominees can be found in every election cycle. However, this study gave Doug Kmiec, Nicholas Cafardi, and others intellectual legitimacy in arguing that pro-life voters should vote for liberals, even if they favor abortion-on-demand and its public funding, in order to advance the pro-life cause. At last, there was a methodologically sophisticated study which allegedly demonstrated that the welfare policies favored by Democrats were more effective in preventing abortion than the pro-life laws supported by Republicans. It seemed too good to be true.
It was. In November, with no public announcement, Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good removed this study from their website. A replacement version was uploaded shortly thereafter. The replacement version differs from its predecessor in a number of interesting ways. First and foremost, one of the authors of the August study, Professor Michael Bailey of Georgetown University, removed his name from the November version. Joseph Wright, a Visiting Fellow at Notre Dame, is the sole author of the current study.
More importantly, the results of the new version fall well short of the original press release. The original study argued that three welfare policies had significant effects on state abortion rates. First, family caps, which deny welfare recipients extra benefits if they have additional children out of wedlock, increased abortion rates. Second, increased spending on the Women Infants Children (WIC) program reduced abortion rates. Third, increased spending on Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) also reduced abortion rates.
However, after the original study was released, the authors discovered that they used incorrect abortion data for the years following 1997. Furthermore, after some dialogue with me, the authors decided that it would be appropriate to eliminate data from states, such as Kansas, where abortion reporting was inconsistent over time. These changes have had a substantial effect on the study’s findings.
The new version provides evidence that welfare policy has no more than a marginal effect on the incidence of abortion. In fact, the new regression results indicate that none of the three welfare policies which the authors previously argued were effective tools for reducing the incidence of abortion have a substantial abortion reducing effect. Wright clearly states that “WIC payments are not correlated with the abortion rate in the 1990s.” Additionally, the regression results consistently indicate that the presence of family caps has only a marginal effect on state abortion rates. Furthermore, while Wright argues that increased AFDC/TANF spending reduces state abortion rates, his regression results raise serious doubts about the reliability of this finding.
Wright runs a series of regressions using only data from the 1990s which shows that increases in AFDC/TANF spending is correlated with statistically significant abortion declines. However, regressions run on data from 1982 to 2000 find that AFDC/TANF spending only has a marginal impact on the incidence of abortion. Furthermore, when Wright runs regressions on data from the 1980s, he finds that AFDC spending actually increases the incidence of abortion and the coefficient approaches conventional levels of statistical significance.
For social science findings to be reliable, the results should be fairly consistent across time. These findings certainly are not. Furthermore, Wright makes no effort to explain why welfare spending has such disparate effects on abortion rates during different time periods.
Furthermore, many of the flaws in the previous study’s analysis of pro-life legislation are still prevalent in the current version. Wright states that parental involvement laws, like the other state laws restricting abortion, have little impact on overall abortion rates. However, since parental involvement laws only directly affect minors, Wright should have mentioned that analyzing their effects on the overall abortion rate is not a methodologically sound way to gauge their actual impact.
Similarly, Wright continues to argue that informed consent laws are ineffective. However, he fails to acknowledge the substantial differences in the effects of nullified and enacted informed consent laws. In truth, by the criteria he sets forth on page 6, his results provide evidence that informed consent laws are effective. However, he makes no mention of this in the paper.
Unfortunately, Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good continues to miss the boat and mislead the public. There exist plenty of peer reviewed studies which find that public funding restrictions and parental involvement laws reduce the incidence of abortion. However, instead of acknowledging the positive impact of pro-life legislation and constructively working with pro-lifers to promote social policies that will further reduce abortion rates, Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good seems primarily interested in providing moral, political, and theological cover for supporters of Barack Obama and other Democrats who support “abortion rights.” Unfortunately, their latest study indicates that their original findings have been unable to withstand serious scrutiny.
Sadly, just weeks into his administration, President Obama has already demonstrated considerable disregard for the sanctity of human life. One of Barack Obama’s first acts as President was to revoke the Mexico City Policy. Now non-governmental organizations receiving funds from the U.S. Government can perform and promote abortions overseas. It is unfortunate that the faulty research of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good was used as political cover to help make such a thing possible. As the Obama administration continues its assault on laws and policies upholding the sanctity of human life, pro-lifers need to hold this organization morally accountable.
It’s worth mentioning here that “Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good” is far out of the mainstream of Catholic opinion, and that many Catholic bishops have been lions in defense of the unborn. That makes it doubly sad that some Catholics, and other Christians, were led astray by falsehoods in the debate about abortion-on-demand, and so voted for Obama. I wonder when, or if, we will start to hear expressions of remorse, as the disastrous effect of Obama’s decisions and policies leads directly to many more unjust deaths.
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McFarland residents OK school levy
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Veteran Rob Blanchar presents the colors as a member of the McFarland American Legion Post 534 Color Guard before kickoff at a McFarland High School football game. Blanchar, 64, spent more than three decades in the military where he worked with aircraft engines and went on several deployments. Additionally, he is one of the founders of the nonprofit Take a Vet Fishing.
Veteran Rob Blanchar poses with his wife, Sherry, during his promotion to chief master sergeant with the Wisconsin Air National Guard. This is the highest rank a non-commissioned officer can receive. Blanchar retired from the guard in 2011 and has continued to work with veterans through the Take a Vet Fishing program and as a member of the McFarland American Legion Post 534.
WE SHALL NOT FORGET
Served in the USMC and Wisconsin Air National Guard
By Amber Gerber agerber@hngnews.com
Amber Gerber
Lake Waubesa fish may have found themselves being tempted by plenty of lures during the early morning hours of Sunday, June 2, as military veterans and their fishing guides partook in the annual Take a Vet Fishing program.
McFarland resident Rob Blanchar is one of the organizers of the annual event, which has since spread throughout the Midwest. He noted it’s one way to give back to military personnel, including Vietnam veterans.
“They were my mentors when I started (in the military),” he said. “They taught me how to take care of each other.”
Seven years ago, Blanchar, his son, Justin, and Jay Garstecki started a fishing outing on Lake Waubesa for veterans that turned into the nonprofit Take a Vet Fishing.
Blanchar said his favorite part of the program, which has rapidly grown since its inception, has been when the veterans have the opportunity to talk with other veterans.
“We want the veterans to interact. You can see how therapeutic this experience can be for them,” he said.
The program is an instance of one veteran stepping in to thank and help others who served.
Blanchar, 64, joined the United States Marine Corps in 1974, two years after graduating from McFarland High School.
“I wanted to see the world,” he said. “I had never seen the ocean. I wanted to get the experience, and the Marine Corps was always going to be what I went into if I ever joined the service. And I had friends in the Marine Corps and I thought if they can do it, I can do it,” the veteran said.
Blanchar was a jet engine mechanic for the USMC during his four-year stint. Initially, he wanted to take part in a two-year enlistment program as part of the infantry. The McFarland resident was unable to pass the infantry test due to his vision but was informed he could be a jet engine mechanic after scoring high in the mechanical portion of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery. This would require a four-year commitment on his part.
“The things I learned in the Marine Corps I carried through my whole career,” Blanchar said.
The McFarland resident was stationed at Camp Pendleton, California, where he worked on the OV-10 Bronco – a turboprop observation plane – and later transferred to Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii for two years where he was an F4 engine mechanic.
Blanchar said he had fun for the first few months in Hawaii, but it was expensive to live on the island, saying he could get paid on Friday and be broke by Sunday.
While stationed at Kaneohe Bay, he had a six-month deployment to Iwakuni, Japan, where he worked on engine conversions. Blanchar had to test more than 60 engines on a test cell and received a meritorious mast for testing more than 60 engines in less than 60 days.
“It was the best duty station I had,” Blanchar said. “The Japanese people were and still are very supportive of all military.”
While in Japan, he had the chance to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki and camped in the mountains during the weekends.
Upon returning to McFarland, Blanchar worked construction until 1984. The decision to return to the military, this time full-time through the federal civil service, occurred when he was completing stucco-work at Truax Field.
“I asked them if they had another engine shop position and they said, ‘Yes, we do,’” he said. “Basically, I went in to work as a laborer and came home with a full-time position with the Air National Guard.”
This came as a surprise of his wife, Sherry.
“I thought he was going to be home in a couple of hours, but then it got to be 3 o’clock and then 4 o’clock, 5 o’clock,” she said. “Then he walks in with this duffel bag of stuff, and he needed all these stripes sewed on before he went back the next day.”
During the early part of his time with the Guard, Blanchar spent a one-month deployment during the Cold War to England and Germany.
“We would go there and simulate war with Russia basically,” he said. “We actually had a hard time getting back home with the A-10 because the first Gulf War was wrapping up. We couldn’t get a ride home, because the cargo planes were taking everything over and we weren’t a priority.”
In 1990, the McFarland man was in charge of a hush house – an aircraft and engine test facility at the Madison Truax Field – as the air force converted to F-16 aircrafts. However, it took 18 months for the hush house to be constructed, so two to three times a month, Blanchar would need to deploy to South Dakota to test the engines and bring them back to Wisconsin before the Madison facility was completed. In 2002, he was promoted to the aircraft engine supervisor for the F110-GE 100 propulsion shop.
Before retiring with the rank of chief master sergeant (the highest rank for a non-commissioned officer) in 2011, Blanchar had four international deployments – once to Qatar in 2006 and three times to Balad Air Base, Iraq, in 2007, 2008 and 2009 where he was responsible for all aircraft engine maintenance.
During his time in Iraq beginning in 2006, Blanchar would volunteer for roughly three hours at a field hospital following his 12- to 14-hour work shifts.
“I went to sign up, because they needed help at the hospitals,” he said. “They needed more help in the Iraqi ward where there were Iraqi soldiers and civilians where there were children.”
Blanchar would volunteer in any capacity the nurses from the New York Air National Guard would request, from changing bandages on wounds and monitoring Iraqi soldiers in the intensive care unit to carrying soldiers from helicopters into the emergency room.
The veteran recalled working with a young boy in the hospital, whose parents were killed in a bombing.
“I was actually the first one to get him to eat,” Blanchar said. “I watched him every day for a while, until they needed me somewhere else.”
The veteran’s decision to volunteer at the hospital was to witness what bombs and bullets can do.
“They don’t care who they hit,” he said.
Blanchar said he had a great career with the military and because of the experience, he wants to continue to give back in ways that go beyond Take a Vet Fishing. Thus far, the McFarland resident has helped veterans obtain service dogs, attend the SPARTA Project in California and help facilitate relationships between older and younger veterans.
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"The Moment" Category
Mohamed Alrageb | Syrian Arab Republic (Grand Prize Winner)
Spring in Aleppo
On what was supposed to be a beautiful spring day on the 15th of April 2017, an explosion rocked the Rashideen neighbourhood in Western Aleppo. The car bomb targeted a gathering of civilians that were part of an exchange scheme organised by various international organisations and regional powers.
In the ensuing panic, many of the gathering photojournalists, there to cover the planned exchange, rushed to try and rescue survivors and get them to nearby ambulances. A photographer is seen, camera still in hand, carrying an injured child and running towards help. The horror in the man’s face perhaps symbolising the pain and anguish of an entire nation.
K M Asad | Bangladesh (1st prize winner)
Long Way From Home
After four consecutive days of walking without food or water in extremely harsh conditions, a group of Rohingya women and their children make it into the Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh.
It is estimated that in the last year alone, that over 700,000 Rohingya refugees have escaped violence in Myanmar; the majority of whom do so into neighbouring Bangladesh.
Paul Nicklen | Canada (2nd prize winner)
An Ice Moment
In the Ross Sea in Antarctica, an adult emperor penguin is returning to the ice edge for the first time after being at sea for days or even weeks. Despite the long and arduous journey, the penguin will have a belly fully of ice fish and krill for its awaiting chick.
Maxim Korotchenko | Russia (3rd prize winner)
Chaos of the Dunes
Journalists running away from a ten-tonne MAZ rally truck at the 2016 edition of the ‘Gold of Kagan’ rally held in the Astrakhan region of Russia. A photographer was crushed by the truck and seriously injured as a result. He was taken to hospital by helicopter and went on to make a full recovery.
Marcos Furer | Argentina (4th prize winner)
The Gauchos’ Dog
The ancient and traditional practice of ‘cattle branding’ is still being used to identify an animal’s owner in Argentina. Burning an identifying mark into the hide of an animal was, until the invention of the tattoo,the only method of marking that lasted the life of the animal. Argentinean cowboys (Gauchos) often use dogs to assist them in forcing the cattle to the area where the branding takes place.
Rubo Wu | China (5th prize winner)
Searching Under the Rubble
Rescue workers attempt to lift heavy debris at the site of a massive landslide in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. Tens of houses were destroyed in Yingping village as a result of the slide which occurred in the early evening and claimed the lives of six villagers.
"Time-Lapse (Video)" Category
Beno Saradzic | Slovenia (1st prize winner)
The skylines of Abu Dhabi and Dubai are among the most imposing and photogenic in the world today. Soaring high into the Emirati skies, the skyscrapers dreamily interact with the winter fog thus becoming a source of awe and inspiration for any dreamer or photographer. Viewed from a high angle, the fog turns the cities into a grand canvas of visual poetry which could only be expressed through the language of time-lapse photography.
Oscar Carrasco Ragel | Spain (2nd prize winner)
Silkworm
Composed with approximately 15,000 images over a twenty-two day period, ‘Silkworm’ explores nature’s process of evolution in a dystopian and abandoned environment.
Ameen Al-Ghaberi | Yemen (3rd prize winner)
Qamariyah
The ‘Qamariyah’ window is one of the most distinctive and beautiful features of Yemeni architecture. Its name was given by the people of Sana’a and is derived from the Arabic word for the moon, ‘Qamar’. This is mainly due to its similarity in shape to a full moon and the appearance of the moon through the window’s coloured glass at night. This video is the result of three months of planning and tracking the movement of the moon on the rooftops of buildings in Old Sana’a.
Awad Alatawi | Saudi Arabia (4th prize winner)
Northern Skies
In northern Saudi Arabia, the desert is a source of inspiration for many. Away from the hustle and bustle of city life, watching the beautiful night sky and movement of the stars is a priceless experience.
Ignacio Tejerina Guruciaga | Spain (5th prize winner)
Lights of the Pyrenees
A collection of video footage taken in the western part of the remote Pyrenees mountain chain, on the border between France and Spain. The video was shot on the Spanish side in a region known as 'Navarra', both at night and at dawn for the purpose of capturing the best possible light.
"General - Colour" Category
Zuhe Ding | China (1st prize winner)
The Dream Express
Passengers slump in their seats to try and catch some rest on a long train journey in rural China. Among the travellers is a monk, seen sitting cross-legged with his eyes shut; a shot of poise and serenity.
Jasem Khlef | Canada (2nd prize winner)
A Tired Memory
An elderly woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease stares blankly at the camera during a pre-Christmas party in Ottawa, Canada.
Michael Christopher Brown | United States of America (3rd prize winner)
Goat Herder at Mount Mikeno
A young goat herder tends to his goats in the foreground of Mount Mikeno; a volcano located in the Virunga Mountains in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
"General - Black & White" Category
Mahdi Pourebadi | Iran (1st prize winner)
Duelling with Nature
In the peaks of the Binalud Mountains in Iran, a lonely tree stands tall in an otherwise isolated and cold environment.
Quanhui Liu | China (2nd prize winner)
A Master at Work
An 80 year old retired carpenter shows off his skills at making bamboo baskets in Yongxin County, Jiangxi Province, China.
Yousife Thyab | Kuwait (3rd prize winner)
A White-Tailed Hunter
The White-tailed Sea-eagle of Poland is seen through his wings while in mid-flight.
"Portfolio" Category
Paul Nicklen | Canada (1st prize winner)
A Harsh Melt
Earth’s polar regions contain some of the harshest and yet most fragile ecosystems on earth. Whether it’s hunters with their huskies, polar bears, melting glaciers, narwhals or emperor penguins, these species and others are more vulnerable today than ever with global warming and the decline of sea ice in full force.
Probal Rashid | Bangladesh (2nd prize winner)
The Rohingya Exodus
In a gruelling journey to cross into safety, the strongest carry the weakest in the damp paddy fields and heavy monsoon rainfall. The rain is heavy and frequent, and makes the ground incredibly wet and muddy, thus making it even more difficult to walk through. Many of the Rohingya have to cross the land-mine infested border between Myanmar and Bangladesh to reach safety; while others take the risk of traveling in unstable fishing boats.
Boryana Katsarova | Bulgaria (3rd prize winner)
Migrants Winter Journey
During the harsh Balkan winter, some 1,500 migrants, mainly from Afghanistan and Pakistan, face inhumane living conditions living in a derelict warehouse in the Serbian capital of Belgrade. According to UNHCR, more than 60% of them were unaccompanied minors, and a majority made the journey from Afghanistan to Serbia either alone, in groups or with the help of smugglers; risking their lives along the way.
Sergio Sberna | Italy (4th prize winner)
Fog Invasion
In the wintertime, an impeccable thick fog invades the Northern Italian countryside. Landscapes take on an almost natural black and white tone while the trees stand tall, as if they are soldiers defending their land against the invasion.
Mohammed Almessabi | United Arab Emirates (5th prize winner)
Socotra’s White Sands
In their unique outfits, residents of the village of Najd on the island of Socotra walk their camels on the white sands, creating a beautiful image of reflections and shadows along the way.
"SPECIAL AWARDS"
The Photography Appreciation Award
James Nachtwey | United States of America
Since 1981, James Nachtwey has dedicated his career to documenting wars and critical social issues. Motivated by the belief that public awareness is an essential element in the process of change and that photographs of war in the mass media can become a kind of intervention on behalf of peace, he has covered conflicts worldwide.
In Europe, he documented the breakup of the former Yugoslavia, the war in Chechnya, and civil unrest in Northern Ireland. In Africa, he photographed the genocide in Rwanda, famine as a weapon of mass destruction in Somalia and Sudan and the liberation struggle in South Africa. He documented the civil wars that engulfed Central America during the 1980’s, from El Salvador to Nicaragua to Guatemala as well as the U.S. invasion of Panama. In the Middle East, he has covered the civil wars in Lebanon, events relating to the Palestinians, and most recently the war in Iraq, where he was wounded in a grenade attack. He began working in Afghanistan during the 1980’s, photographing the resistance to the Soviet occupation, followed by the Afghan civil war, and the conflict with the Taliban in 2001. In the Far East, he has documented guerrilla groups at war in Sri Lanka and the Philippines as well as the deadly military crackdown on demonstrators in Bangkok in 2010. Most recently he has documented the refugee crisis in Europe, the earthquake in Nepal and the extra-judicial war on drugs in the Philippines.
Nachtwey has pursued social issues throughout the world with equal dedication. Homelessness, drug addiction, poverty, crime and industrial pollution are a few of the subjects he has photographed extensively.
Since the year 2000, he has become involved in documenting global health issues in the developing world, recognising that infectious diseases have devastating effects on even greater numbers of people than war.
Nachtwey has received numerous awards from the journalism profession, as well as for his contributions to art and to humanitarian causes. He has been awarded the Robert Capa Gold Medal five times, for exceptional courage and enterprise. In 2007 he received a TED Prize, and for this created a global awareness campaign about tuberculosis, believing that mass consciousness helps facilitate funding and research, mobilises donours and motivates political will. He has been named Magazine Photographer of the Year eight times. He’s received the top prize from the World Press Photo Foundation twice, the Infinity Award for photojournalism three times, the Bayeaux Award for war correspondents twice and the Leica Award twice. He has been the recipient of lifetime achievement awards from the Overseas Press Club, TIME Inc., and the American Society of Magazine Editors.
In 2001, ‘War Photographer’, a feature length documentary film about the life and work of James Nachtwey was nominated for an Academy Award. His books include Deeds of War and Inferno.
Nachtwey’s photographs are included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Bibliotheque nationale de France, the Pompidou Center and the Getty Museum among other venues. He has had numerous solo exhibitions worldwide.
The Photography Content Creator Award
James Balog | United States of America
For 35 years, photographer James Balog has broken new conceptual and artistic ground on one of the most important issues of our era; human modification of our planet’s natural systems. An avid mountaineer with a graduate degree in geography and geomorphology, James is equally at home on a Himalayan peak or a whitewater river, the African savannah or polar icecaps.
To reveal the impact of climate change, James founded the Extreme Ice Survey (EIS), the most wide-ranging, ground-based, photographic study of glaciers ever conducted. He and the EIS team are featured in the 2012 internationally acclaimed, awardwinning documentary ‘Chasing Ice’ and in the 2009 PBS/NOVA special ‘Extreme Ice’. His upcoming film, ‘The Human Element’ is an innovative look at how humanity interacts with earth, air, fire and water, and will be released in 2018.
‘Chasing Ice’ won an Emmy Award in 2014 and was shortlisted for the 2013 Academy Awards. It has been screened at the White House, in the U.S. Congress, in the U.K. House of Commons, and at the United Nations. It has been the subject of features on the NBC Nightly News, ABC Nightline, The Late Show with David Letterman, PBS’s Moyers & Company, and Real Time with Bill Maher. The film has been seen by millions of people worldwide.
One YouTube video clip from EIS and ‘Chasing Ice’ has so far received over 40 million views online. Websites devoted to the film and EIS have received more than 500 million impressions.
Balog has given one hundred multimedia presentations about the project at the TED conference and at major public institutions, corporations, and universities.
James has been honoured with many awards, including, in recent years, the Duke University LEAF Award, the Sam Rose ’58 and Julie Walters Prize at Dickinson College for Global Environmental Activism, an Honorary Doctor of Science Degree from the University of Alberta, the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP) League Award, and the American Geophysical Union Presidential Citation for Science and Society. James received a Heinz Award in 2010. In 2009, he served as a U.S./NASA representative at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP-15) in Copenhagen. In 2015, he made numerous presentations on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the United Nations Foundation in Paris at COP-21.
‘ICE: Portraits of Vanishing Glaciers’, the latest of James’ eight monographs, was published in 2012. Among his other titles are ‘Tree: A New Vision of the American Forest’ (2004), and ‘Survivors: A New Vision of Endangered Wildlife’ (1990), which were hailed as major conceptual breakthroughs in environmental photography. His work is housed in dozens of public and private art collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Corcoran Gallery, the Denver Art Museum, and the Gilman Paper Company. He has been extensively published in most of the world’s major pictorial magazines, including National Geographic, Life, and Vanity Fair. National Geographic featured the Extreme Ice Survey in 2007, 2010, and 2013.
Emerging Person / Organisation in Photography Award
Muhammed Muheisen | Palestine
Muhammed Muheisen is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist. He has been documenting the refugee crisis around the world for over a decade and is a National Geographic Photographer and the founder of Everyday Refugees Foundation.
Muheisen was born in Jerusalem in 1981 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and political science. Since 2001, he has covered major events in the Middle East, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the funeral of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, the US-led war in Iraq, the capture of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, the Yemeni revolution, the Syrian civil war, as well as events in Saudi Arabia, China, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, France, Greece, Macedonia, Germany, Croatia, Austria, New York, the Netherlands, Serbia, South Africa including the funeral procession of the late president Nelson Mandela. He is currently focusing on a long-term project documenting the issue of unaccompanied refugee minors for National Geographic Magazine.
As the former Associated Press Chief Photographer for the Middle East, Pakistan and Afghanistan, he covered conflicts across the region and documented major events around the world including Europe, Asia, Africa and the United States of America. He spent four years in Pakistan as AP’s Chief Photographer for the region, and for the last several years has been documenting the refugee crisis across Europe.
Muheisen also served as a jury member in the 2016 Picture of the Year International, the 2015 World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass, the 2013 Visa D’Or for Visa pour L’image and the 2017 LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards. He is a member of the Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award advisory committee at the International Women Media Foundation, the founder and Chairman of Everyday Refugees Foundation and a member of the nominating committee selecting the participants for the annual World Press Photo Joop Swart Master Class.
A collection from a decade of his work about life in a war was exhibited in the French photo festival 'Visa Pour L’Image' in Perpignan, France. His work about refugees was exhibited at Festival des Libertes in Brussels, Belgium, his work about displaced people was shown at THE FENCE in Brooklyn, Atlanta, Boston and Houston, USA and a selection of his work ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ was exhibited at the Angkor Photo Festival. Most recently and for the second year running, his works; ‘Victims of War’ and ‘Faces of Sharjah’ were exhibited at Xposure International Photography Festival in Sharjah, UAE.
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Project ProFile: Winter Training Tips from Andy Potts
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A top American triathlete talks with Rudy Project about training in the winter and setting goals.
Andy Potts' road to becoming a pro triathlete was a passion he pursued from a young age. After graduating from college, he spent a few years trying to figure out what he wanted to do for work, as many young people do.
"I had about nine different jobs along the way," he recalls. "Everything from construction to coaching to (working as a) sales rep."
It took him until he was 26—right around when triathlon had become part of the Olympics—to figure out that sport was what "ignited" him as a person. It gave the University of Michigan swimmer another way to reach his dream, as he says, and "there's been no looking back since." Before doing his first pro race, he had three sponsors, including Rudy Project.
Potts is known for his ability to exit the water first during races and won his first IRONMAN title in 2010 at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Highlights for the 2013 season included wins at IRONMAN 70.3 California (3:49:45), IRONMAN 70.3 Eagleman (3:37:46) and IRONMAN 70.3 Timberman (3:53:23). Potts secured his place in Kona this year after defending his title at IRONMAN Lake Placid (8:43:29)—a feat in itself. He was the first man to do so at the longest-running American event outside of Kona. In Hawaii, he had to bow out of the world championship at the last minute due to a leg injury.
Over the span of his career, the father of two and Olympian has honed in on the recipe for success at the full- and half-distances. Part of that is executing a quality off-season, or winter, base. Now based in Colorado Springs, Potts, unlike most professional triathletes, chooses not to attend training camps in warmer climates. Instead, he works out in a shed in the backyard that he calls the "pain cave." Tap into Potts' secrets for a smarter winter and use them to your advantage as you ramp up for 2014.
Rudy Project: Is it mentally difficult to do all of your training indoors over the winter months?
Andy Potts: I think mentally it is challenging, but it also gives me a little bit of an edge when it comes to racing. There are fewer distractions, so you have to be focused, but at the same time, I do look at this as a job, so I don’t want to waste an opportunity to improve. I try to look at it the bright side: I don’t have stoplights and, if it’s inclement weather, I don't have to worry about my ride. I don't, however, have the ability to do certain things that lots of people can do outdoors like get up out of the saddle and punch it. There are limitations, but I think the advantages so far have outweighed the disadvantages.
What are your goals for winter training? Are you pushing the volume or intensity, or are you just looking to maintain your base?
Every off-season has a purpose for me and it’s changed as I have evolved through the years. I start to look at my deficiencies as an athlete and I try to analyze what I am lacking. What do I need to improve? How can I get better? I try to seek new stimulus to do just that. Whether it's focusing on flexibility or core strength or power, or maybe my weight, there’s always something I can improve on. That’s what keeps me very interested in triathlon—my ability to seek improvement.
Can you walk us through a typical winter training day?
Winter training and summer training are pretty much the same. It’s kind of Groundhog Day around here. Lather, rinse, repeat is a big part of it. So a random Thursday for me on any given week would probably be a two-and-a-half-hour bike ride, followed by an hour run, followed by maybe some core work on the physio ball, then maybe I’d go catch a shower and some lunch and then off to swim for about two hours.
How do you structure your bike routine?
Typically it will be 40 minutes to an hour of warm up, with maybe some drills built in. Then 20 minutes of building half-distance effort to hit it a little harder, then 60 to 80 minutes of interval work right around the sweet spot. That usually consists of four minutes at IRONMAN pace, four minutes at IRONMAN 70.3 pace, two minutes at Olympic speed and one minute of easy spin. I’ll keep that 4, 4, 2, 1 pattern going for an hour or an hour and 20 minutes, followed by an easy cool down.
Related Video: Training Indoors with Andy Potts
Where do you swim in Colorado Springs?
We have a few indoor pools, but sometimes I’ll swim outdoors. I swim on the Colorado Springs Swim Team and I swim where our team can get pool time. Sometimes it’s at the Olympic Training Center and other times it's at Colorado College. Sometimes, when the team has a meet or something, I’ll swim by myself, either at a country club where there’s an outdoor pool, or Lifetime Fitness.
You’re widely regarded as the best swimmer in IRONMAN. What’s it like to start your ride with that huge of a target on your back?
Sometimes it’s great, other times when you’re expecting a lead and you don’t get it, it’s very frustrating. For me, improving my whole game is a big part of being an athlete. While I’m improving my biking and my running, I don't want to lose my swimming as a weapon. So I’ll swim pretty comfortably, but I don’t want to waste an opportunity to maybe gain an advantage. While I think you can certainly lose a race on the swim, you can’t win it.
You race a lot over the year. What is your philosophy on competing in that many races during the year? Are you always putting out 110 percent for every race, or do you use some of them as training?
Sometimes I’ll look at it as a training day, but I’m still going to get a lot of value out of it. I think every time I step up to the start line, I want to give it everything I’ve got on that day. The caveat to that is that I want to be improving throughout the year, so maybe I’m just not bringing my absolute very best to every race in terms of peak performance. When the gun goes off, something in me says "give it everything you’ve got based off of where you are in your season right now."
Was your injury going into Kona this year an acute injury or an over work injury?
For about six weeks leading into Hawaii, I was having issues with running and I didn’t know what it was. I had an MRI done and an Xray taken, and they were inconclusive so I went ahead with my plans. It turns out that I actually have a stress fracture that went undiagnosed for six weeks. I’m on the road to recovery and will be back stronger than ever.
How did getting injured right before Kona change your approach to next season?
It can’t not affect it. I’m pretty hungry to perform well in Kona. I thought I had a good chance of performing well this year and living up to my expectations, but it wasn’t to be this year. For next year, just because I didn’t race doesn’t mean that the lessons I’ve learned along the way will go to waste. I’ll implement those lessons in a manner that hopefully will make me the best triathlete I’ve ever been.
If you could give one piece advice to anyone who was about to compete in their first IRONMAN competition, what would it be?
Stay in the moment and not over think the day. Just be.
This article is sponsored by Rudy Project, the official helmet of IRONMAN for North America.
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Bahrain prepares to open up telecoms
The Bahraini government has taken another step towards deregulation of the country's telecom inudstry after setting up a privatisation council to oversee the process.
By Alex Marklew Published April 27, 2001
Bahrain’s economy is continuing to open up to the outside world, with two major developments in the last month.
First, the government announced that, when the telecom sector is finally deregulated, overseas firms will be allowed to bid for a stake in operating companies.
Describing the legislation that will open up telecoms, Transport Ministry undersecretary Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, said that it will “provide the required legal basis and the guidelines for foreign companies that are interested in entering the Bahrain market.”
At the same time, the Shura Council approved a draft law creating a ‘master plan’, which provides guidelines for the privatisation of government services. It has now been submitted for cabinet approval, which, as CommsMEA went to press, was expected to be granted shortly.
As part of the plan, a Supreme Privatisation Council will be bet up, chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa. It will oversee the planned sell-offs of many government services.
Council members will include the ministers of finance and national economy, commerce, oil and industry, and labour and social affairs. They will be joined by five representatives of private industry, described as “experts in privatisation.”
The council’s main task will to formulate privatisation plans and set a timetable for the proposed sales.
Under the proposed law, members of the Shura Council, their employees and members of their families will be banned from running companies that take over government services.
Meanwhile, anyone working for the newly-privatised companies will be guaranteed their jobs for at least three years with the same benefits they receive at the government.
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How to keep your kit safe
Dubai has often been viewed as a safe haven by people and it’s true that many of us foolishly leave the doors to our homes and cars open when we go out. But as the emirate has grown and begun to attract more money and tourists, the place has started to become more vulnerable to crime.
By Vijaya Cherian Published August 1, 2005
I|~||~||~|Dubai has often been viewed as a safe haven by people and it’s true that many of us foolishly leave the doors to our homes and cars open when we go out, and can still come back and find them untouched and intact. But as the emirate has grown and begun to attract more money and tourists, the place has also become more vulnerable to crime. Luckily, most expatriates have so far been deterred from crime because of Dubai’s strict deportation laws. However, the odd criminal will always slip in and this is what happened recently. A German cameraman came to Dubai looking for a job, won the confidence of the production community by staying on for a month and doing the odd filming job, and then walked out with all their kit. What’s worse, because he’d pretended to rent their equipment and then run away with it, the victims didn’t even have a strong case to get the insurance companies to pay them for their equipment. Read the story here. There are two things to learn from this incident; first, to be more vigilant when renting out equipment. More importantly, however, it is to mind the insurance companies here, who charge more than their counterparts in the UK and Europe and sometimes get away with not honouring a policy. While it’s important for the production sector, especially freelancers, to insure their equipment, it’s also time for us as a community to question the way insurance companies operate here and to push for more laws to protect us. Perhaps the first step in that direction would be to involve our lawyers as well when we draw up insurance policies so that we stand a better chance of being protected. ||**||
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This Movie Changed Me – More on Wonder Woman
Posted on July 30, 2018 by Jacki Zehner
As published on LinkedIn Influencers on July 30th, 2018.
Yes, I know. I know I said that I had written my last post about Wonder Woman. And then I said it again. I’ll probably say it again at the end of this post as well, but at this point I don’t think anyone will believe me, because I’m pretty sure I will always have another Wonder Woman post to write. Cool stuff just keeps happening! For instance, recently I was invited to record a podcast for This Movie Changed Me with Lily Percy and the On Being Studiosabout last year’s Wonder Woman film.They reached out to me due to my many, MANYposts and articles over the years about not just the movie, but the character as well, and I readily accepted their invitation. The episode was released a couple of days ago, and I’m beside myself with joy for many reasons. Here’s my top five!
You can find the link to the episode HERE.
1) Podcasts are cool. Over the last several years we have seen this medium explode in popularity, and for good reason. It has become much easier for people to produce a quality podcast, and more importantly, it’s become much easier for audiences to connect with it, meaning it’s easier than ever to access stories from an incredibly diverse set of voices. I have often thought about starting my own podcast where I interview incredible people who share my passion for advancing gender equity, and that still may happen. In the meantime, I invested in a startup company called Wait, What? that produces and creates podcasts because I thought the founders were fantastic, and so far this company is doing really well. Their first property was Reid Hoffman’s Masters of Scale, a podcast that focuses on how companies can grow from fledgling startups to successful enterprises, and it was the first American media program to commit upfront to a 50-50 gender balance for guests. Needless to say, I am on board with that!
2) I will talk about Wonder Woman with anyone who will listen, so to be invited to do so by a studio that I respect so much was a dream come true. On Being Studios is the production company founded by Krista Tippett in 2013 to produce and distribute Tippett’s growing network of podcasts. It began in 2001 with a monthly radio show called Speaking of Faith, but has since grown into the weekly On Being podcast that now reaches over 1.5 million listeners monthly. I discovered this podcast a couple of years ago and quickly devoured every episode. I’ve since been fortunate to get to know Krista and I feel privileged to call her a friend. To get to participate on one of her shows, talking about something that means so much to me, was truly an incredible experience.
3) This recording felt like the culmination of a journey many years in the making. In 2011, I asked my writing partner, Laura Moore, to work with me to prepare a report on the character of Wonder Woman, and specifically to look into why we still didn’t have a Wonder Woman movie, but characters like Batman, Superman, and Spider Man were already on their second incarnations. For the record, that was 2011. All three of those characters are now on their third iterations. Just saying. What began as a simple question eventually became a two year project and a 70 page report, and while I won’t go into all the details, the gist of the findings was that there was no good reason to not have a Wonder Woman movie on the big screen. We called out Hollywood on this lack of representation and demanded that Wonder Woman finally get her due. We released this report in April of 2013, and by the end of the year Gal Gadot had been cast in the role of Wonder Woman for the upcoming Batman vs. Superman film, with plans for her solo film to be released shortly after. Now, far be it for me to take all the credit for getting the ball rolling on this, but I have to say that the timing is an awfully big coincidence.
4) I have written extensively about Wonder Woman both on LinkedIn and on my personal website, with some posts going back over 10 years. With the help of Laura, I have decried over and over again the lack of female superheroes to be role models for young girls, and specifically the outrageousness of the notion that we got three Spider Mans across six films before we got to see Wonder Woman. For me, it wasn’t just that I love this character and wanted to see her on the big screen. It was about how the media views women in general, and how it is possible to tell the story of a woman who is powerful, courageous, and brave, and at the same time unapologetically feminine. To tell a story where leading with love is seen as a strength and not a weakness. Where women lead by example, and where they are fully formed characters who are allowed to be both strong and vulnerable, conflicted and compassionate. It’s a narrative that has been sorely lacking in Hollywood, and it’s time for this narrative to take center stage, because if the box office and critical reception to Wonder Woman are any indication, audiences are just as hungry as I am for these types of stories. After 10 years of writing about this, I was thrilled to get to share my knowledge and passion around this subject, and to bring it to the wider On Being audience.
5) Finally, I loved doing this podcast because this movie truly did change me. I was extraordinarily lucky to get to go to the premiere in Hollywood last year, and I’m not going to lie, more than a few tears may have been shed at finally getting to see the movie I had been waiting for decades to see. Not just a Wonder Woman movie, but a truly great Wonder Woman movie that embodied so much of why this character is so special and important to me. While waiting for this film to to come to the big screen I had been working full time as a champion for gender lens investing and philanthropy, and the timing of the film marked a landmark in my own journey trying to be a super shero: being named Co-Founder of Women Moving Millions. Now, and forever more, these two events are connected and it feels like a before and an after.
This post would feel incomplete without mentioning my favorite scene in the whole movie, and one I had a chance to talk about on the podcast. The scene where Wonder Woman comes into her own as a superhero as she marched across No Man’s Land. Clearly my enthusiasm was shared by others – just listen to the cheers in this video to this truly amazing moment.
In closing, Wonder Woman proved once and for all that Hollywood is capable of producing fantastic stories about incredible women, and I will keep campaigning for more films like this until there are just as many female role models as there are male role models for all the little girls and boys out there. And if you are wondering if there will be a sequel, the answer is a big YES! It is already in the works.
And that folks, is my last post on Wonder Woman.
Until the next one…
And a big thank you to Laura for sharing my love for Wonder Woman and being with me every step of the way.
PS – if you have a favorite podcast, please feel free to share it in the comment section and why you love it!
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10 Most Interesting People of 2016
10. AMANDLA STENBERG. I'll be the first to admit that Amandla Stenberg never crossed my radar until she came out. She starred in Colombiana and if I'm being honest I don't recall anyone but Zoe Saldano and her exceptional performance in this. Also she starred in The Hunger, which I have never seen and actually have no desire to see. She has been getting quite a bit of notice since she came out. Initially she came out as bisexual. Then later she would later self identity as "non-binary" and as an "intersectional feminist." A winner of the Ms. Foundation "Woman of the Year" award, Stenberg stated "Bisexual is a word I am not attached to, it implies a dichotomy that doesn't take into account trans people. So maybe pansexual is more accurate for me."
I am noticing more and more millennials and younger individuals rejecting labels and embracing a more fluid sexuality and I am loving it. Amandla's position on sexuality is not unique, it is shared by other peers of hers, but it is still not commonplace. And being in the public eye and boldy professing this earns her a spot on interesting people for this year.
9. TITUS BURGESS. Is effimiphobia still a thing or have we finally moved beyond that? Burgess' phenomenal break out role as Titus Andromedon on Unbreakable Kimmie Schmidt has been just beautiful to behold. If you're a fan of the show, can you see his face and not want to scream "PINOT NOIR?" And if you're not a fan of the show just look it up on YouTube. His song Pinot Noir is an ode to black penis.
Since his success on the show he has gone on to actually launch his own real line of Pinot Noir wine and he was wrapped shooting of Season 3 of Unbreakable Kimmie Schmidt. In season 2, Titus went off and found himself a boyfriend. I am looking forward to seeing how this relationship will unfold in the upcoming season. Also, Titus has an amazing voice (but you won't know it by listening to Pinot Noir - that one is just for fun, it is not a showcase of talent). So I am also looking forward to hearing him exercise his vocal chops as well.
8. THE TRANSGENDER MODELS of STRUT
Produced by Whoopi Goldburg and Whoop/ Ho Productions, this show embraced a beautiful all trans cast and made an effort to help all of them break into the modelling world. There were several familiar faces on the show. Isis King was a contestant on Tyra Bank's America's Next Top Model. She came out as trans on that show. Female to male model Laith Ashley almost broke the internet when his shirtless pic went viral and the entire world refused to believe a man this beautiful could have been born female. And Tyra Allure Ross had gained a tiny bit of notoriety when she began modeling in the 90s in New York, but her career was short lived when tea about her trans identity started to spill around the community. I must admit, I would probably love anything that addresses issues of transphobia and tackles the many issues these individuals encounter on a daily basis.
7. LEE DANIELS. Season 3 of Empire continues to keep its audience on the edge of its seats. Jamal Lyons (Jussie Smollet) is one of the few black gay characters we see on TV nowadays. And Cookie (Taraji P Henson) still steals the show every single time she comes on screen. But just when we were wondering if Daniel's TV success would be limited to just Empire, we got a glimpse of his next project, Star. Although the series won't officially launch until 2017, the pilot of the show aired already and I'll be the first to say, I'm already hooked. With established star power like Queen Latifah, Benjamim Bratt, and Lenny Kravitz on the roster; and the three young triple threats that are leading the series, this looks to be another Lee Daniels project that is going to having the kids gagging for more. I still love Empire. I'm already in love with Star and I've only seen one episode. Now, let's wait and see what Mr. Daniels has next in store for us.
6. KEHINDE WILEY. Never before have I seen an artist I have been this excited about. Perhaps it's because his work depicts black folks in noble and extraordinary poses. Perhaps it's because he is openly gay and and successful so I see him as a role model for myself and many other young LGBT people of color. Primarily, I'm excited about him because his work is just spectacular. It is just a privilege to see his art up close. And fortunately for me, Phoenix Art Museum decided to exhibit his work as a part of their artist series this year. The exhibit is currently still in the city and I'll be the first to admit I have made several trips to see it. The exhibit is beyond exceptional. It contains small, gold stained pieces inspired by his studies in Russia, massive paintings that can encompass an entire wall, breath taking stained glass works, and some simply beautiful sculptured pieces. Wiley visited Phoenix for the kick-off of the exhibit and to deliver a lecture at Phoenix College where he discussed his college studies, his post collegiate art studies abroad, and the inspiration for his various projects. I will remember both the lecture and the exhibit for years to come.
5. RUPAUL
I keep thinking one day this girl is going to slow down, but OH NO! I swear every year she just does more and more. I have been a fan of RuPaul's Drag Race since it started. Every season she gives me more and more drag queens that I become fans of. But the things she has done with Drag Race go beyond just the show and they are amazing. Drag Race has parlayed into music videos from Ru, more music CDs from Ru, successful music careers and drag careers from many of the contestants and two seasons of Drag Race All-Stars. Also, she would go on to create RuPaul's Gay For Pay Game Show, and become a judge on Skin Wars. And she still manages to find time to make cameos in shows like The Real O'Neals, Happy Endings, and The Muppets. Let's face it, Ru is the hardest working man in Hollywood, and she ain't slowing down no time soon.
4. OUT ATHLETES of the 2016 OLYMPICS
Phoenix Mercury star Britney Griner was one member of the U.S. Olympic Women's basketball team. They would defeat Spain's women's team for the gold. Caster Semenya is a South African Middle Distance Runner. She is the 2016 Gold Medalist in the 800 meters event. Nicola Adams is a British boxer. She is the first woman to win an Olympic boxing title. She is the 2012 and 2016 Gold Medal recipient in the Women's flyweight division. These were just some of the examples of the brilliant women and men from across the world that stood out and proud as they waved their rainbow flags simultaneously as they waved the flags from their respective countries while participating in this years Olympics. For all of these out athletes (and those closeted athletes who still fear disclosure) I salute you.
3. TODRICK HALL
I can't say this repeatedly enough or loudly enough, I love Todrick Hall! I may be twenty years his senior but I'm impressed by drive, I admire his courage and I am simply in awe of his creativity. For a kid who was eliminated pretty early on when he attempted American Idol, I have to say, I think it was in his best interest not to move any further on that show. His popularity took off several years ago thanks to his YouTube videos. In 2015 we saw him with his own show on MTV. But 2016 he has shined more than ever before. His video Straight Outta Oz was released to YouTube and I swear I watched about twenty times. So many parts just felt autobiographical for me. And then I learned he would replace Tony Award winning Billy Porter (another fave of mine) as Lola in Broadway's Kinky Boots. This kid is just fierceless.
2. TARRELL ALVIN MCCRANEY. Moonlight was hands down the best thing in cinema this year and probably the best thing we've seen since Y2K [I may exaggerating a bit based on personal bias]. This film is based on a play written by McArthur Genius Grant award winner, Tarrell Alvin McCraney. His play was entitled In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue.
The big screen adaptation was written and directed by Barry Jenkins. This epic movie tells the story of a young black gay man. His childhood, adolescent years and young adulthood all unfold before us in the movie. But here is where the appeal of this movie gets a bit odd. I wanted to see the film because I too identify as a black gay man. But the audience lining up to see this in the theater goes far beyond just black gay men. It reaches further than just members of the LGBT community. There is an energy about this project that is attracting white, black, straight and gay. For some reason, all races, genders and sexual orientation have been drawn to it like a moth to a flame. It has been nominated for countless awards but I can't wait to see how it does at the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards.
1. THE VICTIMS & SURVIVORS OF CLUB PULSE (ORLANDO)
June 12 of this year we witnessed the worst homeland massacre and terrorist attack since 9/11. A single gunman went in Club Pulse and murdered 49 people and injured an additional 53. In a club that had one way in and one way out, the men and women that died that night had no options for safety when the bullets began to spray around the club. So many frightful and sad stories emerged. Like the story of the one guy that called his mom and told her "I'm going to die tonight." And the story of the one girl that said she only survived because she laid in the middle of a bunch of other bodies and played dead herself.
It was amazing the way the entire country rallied together following this tragedy. Candlelight vigils were held in virtually every major city. The push to make this an all inclusive healing was obvious. There was a definite effort to make sure that all Orlando related events included all faiths so as to minimize any national divide that could result. The nation was already suffering from a major case of Islamophobia. Many wanted to make sure this tragedy did not drive us to the brinks of a religious civil war.
I must say, it was great to see the country suddenly concerned about the welfare and safety of the LGBT community. The reality is, this was not the first time a massacre like this happened in a gay club. In 1973 the Upstairs Lounge (a gay bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans) fell prey to an arson attack leaving 32 gay men dead. Folks celebrated the killing of gay folks then. And some folks said, following Orlando, that not enough people died at Club Pulse. But there are way more allies on our side now than there were in '73. And I would argue that our journey as a community (same gender loving folks and our allies) are headed in the right direction. We organized quickly following Orlando showing the power in numbers and the strength of community.
Club Pulse dealt us a huge blow. But we're still here at the end of 2016. Still standing. Still organizing. Still marching. Still dancing. Still helping. Still serving. And we will not be stopped.
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Kim Burrell and the "Homosexual Spirit!"
WOW!!! Gospel artist, pastor, and anointed(?) Kim Burrell is now under fire for the video of her homophobic rant that has now gone viral. In the video Burrell states "any body in this room who is filled with the perverted homosexual spirit, beg God to free you. You play with it in 2017 and you'll die from it." That's right, we are a "perversion" and our perversion is going to kill us in the upcoming year. She then rants for a couple of more minutes about this homosexual spirit and the damage it is doing to people and to the church.
If you have not seen the video yet, you can see it here . . .
Following the viral release of this video, and the tremendous amount of backlash and criticism she has received as a result, she how now released another video claiming people have misinterpreted what she said and people are making things up. It's not an apology video, it just another rant where she is angry about the attention she's garnered as a result of this video and she doesn't seem to understand why people are mad with her.
Well, if you took the time to watch the video above then you know very well the intent of her words. There is now way to misinterpret what she said.
Honey, you showed us who you were. And now that you're in trouble for it, you're trying to paint a different picture from the one we witnessed. But thanks to video and the power of social media, it's now more difficult to deny these types of things. You stated "That perverted homosexual spirit is a spirit of confusion and delusion and it has deceived many men and women." Let's be very clear, I am not confused not deluded about my attraction to another man. It's innate and a part of my very being and truly see it as a gift from God. And who are you to label my love a sin and try to deny the gay community the ability to love the Lord. There is so much hatred in her sermon that is hard to believe the serves a man that was all about LOVE. But let's be real, she is not the first to label us this way and she will not be the last. We must continue to fight her demon of hate, continue to lift up our brothers and sisters who have been victims of this type of spiritual abuse, and press forth with a message of love.
She does a response video not because she regrets her words. What she does is attempt to change her message and say that people did not understand correctly. She was simply misinterpreted. Many messages she received contained this message, "I will never buy another CD of yours." So now she must try to make amends because this rant of hers will probably affect her purse.
Well, sweetie, we heard you loud and clear. And we see you now for who you are.
Why Is Biphobia Still an Issue in the LGBT Community?
Yesterday I was reading an article on Qweerty all about celebrities that have not come out as gay yet. There were the usual (and expected) list of characters like Kevin Spacey and Tyler Perry. Now my initial issue with this post was my objection to outing people. I sincerely feel that people will come out of the closet if and when they are ready to come out. No one else has the right to out someone before the individual themselves wants to do so. I am a huge advocate for people coming out and living their lives authentically, but they must do so when they are comfortable enough to do so.
My biggest issue with this article had nothing to do with its content. I made the mistake of reading some of the comments below the post. That is never a good idea if you want to remain sane and happy. Someone mentioned that maybe these celebrites are not gay. Perhaps they have not come out as gay because they are bisexual. And that's when the claws came out.
One person claimed, "There is no such thing as bisexuality. They're just people afraid of admitting they're gay." I was not surprised at all by the number of people that jumped on the comment section and started belittling and berating bisexual people. Bisexuals (who are supposed to be an included segment of the LGBT community) were accused by gays as being confused, greedy, and in denial. There is a blatant refusal to acknowledge the fact that people can be genuinely attracted to both sexes. Because they are exclusively attracted to one gender, it is simply impossible for them to accept the fact others may be attracted to both male and female.
I don't understand why people feel they have the right to define others. If someone tells me they are attracted to both sexes, then they are attracted to both sexes. Just because I only like men, I cannot then exclaim that because this is my reality it must be the reality for everyone else. So here we are as an LGBT community attacking members of our community because of who they are. Isn't that what we want people to stop doing to us? Unity should be out goal. And if we continue to dismiss bisexuals as if they do not exist, then we are no better than homophobes that want to strip us of our rights and deny us equality.
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New York is a state in the northeastern United States. It is called New York State when there is need to distinguish it from New York City. Because a significant majority of the population is concentrated in the southern portion around New York City, the state is often regionalized into Upstate and Downstate. New York is the home of Ellis Island, where many immigrants in the early 20th century arrived in the United States.
Amherst was formed in 1818 from part of the Town of Buffalo, which had previously been created from the Town of Clarence. Part of Amherst was used to form the Town of Cheektowaga in 1839. Amherst is a town in Erie County, New York, USA, directly northeast of the City of Buffalo. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 116,510 and 2005 U.S. Census estimate population is 117,272.
The Town of Amherst, named the safest town in America for towns 100,000 to 499,999 in population, encompasses most of the Village of Williamsville. The town is by the northern part of the county and borders a small section of the Erie Canal. The town is the largest and most populous suburb of Buffalo. The town has a total area of 138.6 square kilometers.
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The Belfast Project’s secret tapes, Facebook’s (and our) profound mistake, and more on America’s first female detective: newsletter, March 8, 2019
By Jim Stovall on March 11, 2019 in journalism, newsletter
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March is not the most reliable of months weatherwise in East Tennessee — not like January or July. More often than not, the first week of March is balmy, giving us a little pre-spring, if you will. This year, however, it’s cold, windy, and damp. Another big rainstorm poured water all over us last weekend, so that when the garden is planted — if it ever dries out enough to get planted — watering should be minimal.
The bad weather is always good for reading, research and writing, and this week’s newsletter reflects some of that. Ireland is still on my mind, as it was last week, and I follow up with part 2 of some of what I’ve learned about America’s first female detective Kate Warne. Next week we’ll move on to a great mystery writer whom you may not have heard from in a while: Dick Francis.
Whatever you are reading this week, have a great weekend.
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The Belfast Project and the murder of Jean McConville
The Troubles is how everyone refers to it — the violence that wracked Northern Ireland for much of the latter half of the 20th century.
It was a vicious and violent time that produced few heroes and no honor. All three sides in the conflict — the Catholics, the Protestants, and the British Army — committed atrocities that no amount of rationalization can justify.
Emblematic of those acts was the murder of Jean McConville, the mother of 10 children, who was dragged out of her home in 1972 — many of her children watching in horror — by the Irish Republican Army, taken to an unknown location and shot in the back of the head. Her body was undiscovered for more than 30 years.
After thousands had died, peace of a sort came to Northern Ireland in 1998 with the Good Friday Agreement that brought an end to the constant cycle of murder, torture, and retribution.
Not long after that agreement, a journalist who had covered both sides of the conflict began the Belfast Project, a secret project of interviewing participants on all sides of the Troubles. Ed Moloney would set up the interviews, and the tapes would be sent to Boston College for safekeeping. The agreement Moloney had struck with his interviewees was that the tapes would not be made public until after their deaths. It turned out to be an oral history goldmine, but no one knew about it
The secrecy of the agreement worked well until 2010 when, after the deaths of two of his interviewees, Moloney published a book, Voices from the Grave, based in great part on what they had said:
In 2010, the existence of the Belfast Project was revealed: After two of the participants in the project died, Ed Moloney published a book incorporating their interviews, called Voices From the Grave. A Belfast tabloid revealed that another participant, a former IRA gunwoman named Dolours Price, who was suffering from alcoholism and post-traumatic stress disorder, had entrusted “taped confessions” to BC (which, in a reflection of how far away Belfast is from Boston, the article erroneously referred to as “Boston University.”) Source: Who killed Jean McConville? Did a secret archive at Boston College hold clues? – The Boston Globe
The above was written by Patrick Radden Keefe as part of an article about the tapes that appeared last month in the Boston Globe. Keefe is the author of the recently-published and well-reviewed Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland.
Keefe did his own research for his book and used only a single transcipt from the Belfast Project. The story he tells is a fascinating — and horrifying. I recommend it with caution.
The Belfast Project — like one of the car bombs the IRA used in the 1970s — has blown up legally in the faces of all of the participants. Those who conducted the interviews had no legal standing to promise anonymity to people suspected or murder, and British and American legal forces have combined successfully to get their hands on the tapes. Keefe outlines what has happened in recent days to those tapes.
Who was Jack the Ripper? That’s not the important question for Hallie Rubenhold
Who was Jack the Ripper — possibly the most famous murderer in history?
Decades of evidence and speculation have surrounded that question and provided no definitive answer. But for Hallie Rubenhold, author of the recently-published The Five, that’s not the important question. The really important question is this:
Who were his victims?
We know their names, certainly, and if we know anything else, chances are it’s that they were “prostitutes.”
Rubenhold’s research for the book — recently reviewed by Sian Cain in The Guardian — shatters that bit of wisdom:
Beginning The Five with the idea of focusing on the most famous sex workers in history, Rubenhold was shocked by what she found while searching through coroner inquests, medical, workhouse and police records, and sensationalist newspaper reports – or rather, what she didn’t find. There was no evidence that three of the women – Polly, Annie and Catherine – were sex workers at all. Instead, Polly and Catherine had worked as domestic servants or in laundries, and Annie was supported by her husband, who worked as a private coachman. Source: Hallie Rubenhold: ‘Jack the Ripper’s victims have just become corpses. Can’t we do better?’ | Books | The Guardian
The names of the murdered women were Mary Ann “Polly” Nicholls, Annie Chapman, Catherine Eddowes, Elizabeth Stride and Mary Jane Kell. Each has a story, and Rubenhold tells that story, and she sets those stories in the context of late 19th century London, where as many as 70,000 did not know where they would spend the night from day to day. Women who found themselves in this situation were assumed by many to be prostitutes.
Rubenhold — for reasons not immediately clear — has received a lot of pushback about her findings from the online Ripper communities (who knew, right?), but she has persisted in saying that to get the lives of the victims wrong is to get the whole story wrong.
Rubenhold is the author of a number of novels and non-fiction books about Victorian and pre-Victorian women, most notably The Lady in Red, a history of the marriage and divorce of Lady Seymour Dorothy Fleming and Sir Richard Worsley, which caused much comment and scandal in Georgian England.
The Prolific Reader. Kill the Quarterback is listed there along with some other great mysteries.https://theprolificreader.com/mystery”
Kate Warne, the first female detective (part 2)
Kate Warne wanted to become an actress. A Canadian by birth, she found herself in the mid-1850s in Chicago and recently widowed.
Then she saw an advertisement, and it changed her direction and an entire profession.
The ad was from the Pinkerton Detective Agency and said agents were being hired. It said nothing about “male only,” although that’s what Allen Pinkerton had in mind. Nobody’s fool, Kate knew that would be the assumption and had her arguments ready when she walked into Pinkerton’s office. (See last week’s post.)
Pinkerton was no fool either, and Kate got the job. In 1856, she became the first full-time female detective.
And in a way, she fulfilled another dream: She became an actress — though not one that performed on stage.
In her duties as a detective, she often took on roles, such as an anti-Union aristocratic belle or a sweet-talking, pitiable widow, or even a young male. Kate quickly proved her worth by helping to gather key evidence against an expressman who had stolen $50,000 from the Adams Express Company. To do so, she traveled to Montgomery, Alabama, where the suspect lived and befriended his wife, who confided their secrets to her. With the evidence she acquired, Pinkerton was able to recover most of the money that had been stolen, and the thief went to jail for 10 years.
The role of her life came in 1861 when President-elect Abraham Lincoln traveled to Washington, D.C., from Springfield, Illinois. The president of one of the railroad lines on which Lincoln was to travel got wind of an assassination plot and hired Pinkerton to prevent it. Kate played a key part in this drama by going to Baltimore and posing as a thickly-accented, rich Southerner. She fell in with the secessionists and learned their plans, which were detailed and elaborate.
Those details helped convince a skeptical Lincoln to take the plot seriously and to work with Pinkerton and his agents to avoid the danger. Kate worked to re-arrange the president-elect’s travel plans and to escort him onto a different train when it left Harrisonburg, Pennsylvania, for Baltimore. Kate and Pinkerton traveled with Lincoln on that leg of the trip. As the train traveled through the night, Lincoln slept, but Kate stayed awake and kept watch — giving rise to the Pinkerton motto, “We never sleep.”
With a disguise provided by Kate, Lincoln slipped through Baltimore unharmed and made it to Washington safely.
During the Civil War, Kate continued her work as a detective, often penetrating Southern circles and reporting back valuable information to her boss, who had become the chief intelligence source for the U.S. Army. After the war, Kate — by then head of Pinkerton’s female agency — worked on numerous important cases. She once posed as a gypsy fortune-teller to extract evidence from the wife of a murder suspect.
Her career was tragically short, however, because she died of pneumonia in 1868 at the age of 34.
Possibly because her life and career were so brief, Kate has remained largely unknown and uncelebrated. A Canadian television series about the Pinkertons had her as a major character, and there is a single biography directed toward children. But Kate’s skills and accomplishments deserve more.
Pinkerton in his memoirs wrote: “Mrs. Warne was the first lady whom I had ever employed, and this was one of the earliest operations in which she was engaged. As a detective, she had no superior, and she was a lady of such refinement, tact, and discretion, that I never hesitated to entrust to her some of my most difficult undertakings.”
Read part 1 about Kate Warne in last week’s newsletter.
Facebook: promising to make the hard things easy
If you missed it last November (as I did), you should go back and read Bret Stephens’ short column in the New York Times about the promise of technology.
Technology always disappoints, he says. It always promises to make the hard things easy. Sometimes, they are simply hard.
It was something that Socrates and Plato figured out 2,400 years ago.
Stephens writes with a particular view toward Facebook and many of the other Big Tech operations that dominate our lives.
To read The Times’s account of how Facebook dealt with its problems is to be struck by how desperately Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg sought to massage and finesse — with consultants, lobbyists and technological patches — what amounted to a daunting if simple crisis of trust. As with love and grammar, acquiring and maintaining trust is hard. There are no workarounds. Source: Opinion | How Plato Foresaw Facebook’s Folly – The New York Times
This column is worth the few minutes that it takes.
Bruce H.: I’m reading . . . Jill Abramson’s Merchants of Truth. I’m about a third of the way through and enjoying it so far. Maybe she does this later the book, but I would have enjoyed a few pages comparing the founding and evolution of Vice and BuzzFeed, which hardly began life adhering to conventional journalistic reporting and ethical standards, to the emergence of the daily, and particularly the tabloid, press in the late 19 th and 20th centuries – a lot of what she says about V and B sounded vaguely familiar from some journalism history class I had a long, long time ago.
Finally . . .
This week’s watercolor: Talking it over, the Blount County Library
Best quote of the week:
In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: they must be fit for it; they must not do too much of it; and they must have a sense of success in it. John Ruskin, author, art critic, and social reformer (1819-1900)
Helping those in need
Fires in California, hurricanes on the Atlantic Coast — disasters occur everywhere. They have spread untold misery and disruption. The people affected by them need our help.
It’s not complicated. Things happen to people, and we should be ready to do all the good we can in all of the ways we can. (Some will recognize that I am paraphrasing John Wesley here).
When is the last time you gave to your favorite charity? The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR.org) is my favorite charity. Please make a contribution to this one or to yours.
Keep reading, keep writing (especially to me), and have a great weekend.
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Last week’s newsletter: Ireland, the first female detective, and Aristotle on storytelling: newsletter, March 1, 2019
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An open international design competition for the sites of Jewish history in Lviv took place in August-December of 2010. The competition was announced based on Resolution No. 1076 of the Lviv City Council’s Executive Committee dated August 6, 2010.
The idea for the competition goes back to an international conference held at the Center for Urban History in October 2008 on “Urban Jewish Heritage and History in East Central Europe”. The conference brought together researchers of Jewish history and heritage, museum employees from Ukraine, other Europeans countries, and the United States to discuss the preservation and revitalization of the material heritage of Jewish Lviv.
First and foremost, the competition aimed to draw public attention to Lviv’s multiethnic past and the need to preserve its multicultural heritage, as well as to raise public awareness about the history of Lviv’s Jewish community by marking the sites connected with its presence in the city. The competition had two distinct, but interconnected purposes. First of all, the competition sought to respond to the growing awareness of Lviv's multiethnic past by contributing to the rediscovery and display of the city's Jewish heritage. Secondly, the competition sought the best ways to re-design the public spaces within its scope in such a manner as to improve the quality of life for the current inhabitants and visitors of Lviv.
The competition was a joint effort of the municipal authorities, the Center for Urban History of East Central Europe, and the German Society for International Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH).
Three sites were selected for the competition. Each of them is connected to the vibrant life of the Jewish community in Lviv from the medieval period until its tragic extermination during World War II:
The Space of Synagogues is located in the former Jewish quarter in downtown Lviv. Before 1943 this site was occupied by three buildings that played an important role in the religious and social life of the Jewish community: the Great City Synagogue, the Turei Zahav (or Golden Rose) Synagogue, and the Beth Hamidrash (House of Learning).
The Besojlem (House of Eternity) Memorial Park will be part of the open ground of the former Jewish cemetery adjacent to the city’s maternity hospital on Rappaport Street. The cemetery, one of the oldest and most valuable to be found in Europe, was wiped off the face of the earth by the Nazis in 1941.
The Yanivsky Concentration Camp Memorial will be arranged on the grounds of the former Yanivsky concentration camp, known as the Valley of Death (Vynnytsia St.), a site of mass shootings of Jews. It was a transit camp for Jews before they were moved to the death camp at Bełżec.
Competition briefs and requirements can be downloaded here:
COMPETITION FOR THE BESOJLEM MEMORIAL PARK SITE
COMPETITION FOR THE SYNAGOGUE SQUARE SITE
COMPETITION FOR THE YANIVSKY CAMP MEMORIAL SITE
In March and June of 2010, the organizers of the project held public hearings to inform the public of the competition and its concept. The meetings brought together experts, representatives of the Jewish community, and other interested parties who were given the opportunity to express their thoughts on the potential design of the three sites within the scope of the competition. These thoughts were taken into account while further elaborating the competition rules.
70 designs were sent in from 16 different countries for projects to mark the three key sites. An international jury met on December 20-22, 2010. The jury was composed of international experts in architecture and Jewish historical heritage, representatives of the Jewish community, and city officials. You can read more about the international jury members here.
The winning designs in each category were announced on December 22, 2010. The first prizes went to: the German team of Franz Reschke, Paul Reschke, and Frederik Springer for the Space of Synagogues site; Ronit Lombrozo, from Israel, for Besojlem; the design team of Ming-Yu Ho, Ceanatha La Grange, and Wei Huang, from the United States, for the Yanivsky Concentration Camp Memorial site.
Franz Reschke is a landscape architect who has been successfully participating in competitions since 2006. He uses an interdisciplinary design approach with focus on local research. One of his prizewinning designs has already been implemented – the project entitled “Open Spaces” for the Glauer Tal Game Reserve in Trebbin, Germany.
Ronit Lombrozo established her office in Jerusalem in 1987 and has since designed over 40 projects across Israel. She is particularly drawn to sites with strong educational potential and pays special attention to the conceptual and theoretical aspects of her designs. Ronit Lombrozo has worked for the Israel Museum and the Knesset. Besojlem has special meaning for her. Her mother survived the Holocaust in this region and lived in Lviv for some time, while the rest of her family were killed. Ronit dedicated this design to her family.
After the results of the competition were announced, all the designs were put on public display at the Lviv Palace of Arts. The winning designs and the honorable mentions were also exhibited at the Center for Urban History as part of the exhibition entitled “The City’s Historical Legacy and Public Space”.
The competition and its results were discussed during an open discussion on Lviv’s historical legacy and public spaces held at the Center for Urban History on April 19, 2011. The list of invitees included representatives of the municipal authorities, architects, historians, and jury members. Oksana Boyko and Bohdan Cherkes, members of the international jury for the competition, spoke of the jury’s work and deliberations and highlighted the importance of international competitions for Lviv.
A booklet was published as part of the project documentation. It can be downloaded here.
Another public hearing was held in October 2011 with the intention of presenting the winning design for the Space of Synagogues site to the general public. The author of the design, German architect Franz Reschke, presented his design solutions for the site. The hearing attracted public figures, local MPs, representatives of Lviv’s Jewish community, historians, and architects who shared their impressions of the design and expressed some ideas for its improvement. The minutes of the public hearing can be downloaded here.
The implementation of The Space of Synagogues project started in July of 2015 with the conservation of the surviving fragments of the Golden Rose Synagogue. By early December of 2015, while the weather conditions were still favorable, all the conservation works on the synagogue’s remains had been completed, and a special drainage system (storm drains and gravel of different textures) had been installed to ensure adequate rainwater drainage from the synagogue site. Works on the Beth Hamidrash (House of Learning) also commenced last year. Its authentic foundations were cleared of the previous concrete that was laid to mark them back in the Soviet times. Experts worked very carefully to separate the old ruins from any new elements to preserve them and facilitate further research or any other future works on the site. The area was also cleared of weeds and bushes. The summer patios of the neighboring restaurants were dismantled. The Beth Hamidrash foundations are being marked with white concrete blocks made to order. The marking will be finalized in the spring of 2016 as soon as weather permits. The works on the Great City Synagogue site will also begin then.
In November of 2015, the organizers of the project launched an international fundraising campaign. This initiative is aimed at raising the funds (about 68,000 EUR) that the project budget is still short of to create a place of commemoration and a place of dialogue about the history and heritage of Jewish Lviv. You can donate to the project on its official website (http://Jewish.lviv.travel/) or on the crowdfunding platform Jewcer.
For more details, please contact our Communications Manager, Volodymyr Beglov, at (+380 32) 275 17 34 or v.beglov@lvivcenter.org.
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LYNNE SACHS Notes to future lovers: an interview
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Notes to future lovers
by Nayantara Parikh (a student of Lynne’s)
I asked Lynne Sachs if I could interview her and she said yes. I had spoken to Lynne so much over the semester that her constant counsel fitted in, as though I had been interviewing her for the last four months. Strains from Lynne’s work bled into what I had wanted to talk to Julia about. The ideas tumbled onto each other like a pile of puppies being fed from the same mother. In some of Lynne’s words: War is a shared experience that breaks down the routines of ours lives, a moment of crisis that is just BIGGER.
When we spoke I asked her about her collection of five films, “I AM NOT A WAR PHOTOGRAPHER”, why this theme? What drew you to it? She said how there was no specific plan—she just kept following the themes that drew her in. They began to revolve around war; it drew her in because of the breakdown of daily life and rawness of the situations that war creates. “They could have even been about snowstorms, or any major event in the climate”, something that would affect and connect all of us. How does one process horror? How does a society process what is happening when all that is tangible of that society is in the process of being destroyed? Things that are left: fragmented identity, stories, fables that weave ways to perceive. The only way to deal with what is happening around you when it is too much to process is to maybe turn it into a fable, with animals talking instead of people, with people surviving on poison instead of bread and water. I know it sounds a bit vague, but one can’t pinpoint these things I feel. Sadness is strange and vast. In STATES OF UNBELONGING, Lynne focuses on a filmmaker from Israel, Revital Ohayon, who was killed along with her two sons in a terrorist attack near the West Bank. Her husband says, “The pain is so big, you don’t know where to put it.”
Last night I woke from nightmares again. What monsters were chasing me, I don’t know, but I was to scared to move. In my half sleep state I knew they were there watching me; I tried to breathe quietly, and then sleep grabbed me up and flung me back into the darkness.
In The Last Happy Day (2009), the fifth I AM NOT A WAR PHOTOGRAPHER film, Sachs follows the story of her Hungarian cousin Dr. Sandor Lenard, who was hired by the American army during WWII to reconstruct the bones of dead American soldiers. Later on, when he was in Brazil, he translated Winnie the Pooh into Latin, and in the film a group of children read and work on a theatre piece of it. It is “a meditation on war’s perverse and provocative stamp on the imagination”, says Sachs.
In Which Way is East: Notebooks from Vietnam(1994), Sachs visits her sister Dana in Vietnam. They travel together from Ho Chih Minh City to Hanoi and on the way weave parables and images and conversations together to form the texture of Vietnam through their experience of it. Dana apologizes to a veteran at one point, and later tells her friend Phong about it. He says, “War is like a volcano. You can’t control it, so you do what you can to save yourself.” Images blur the screen: greens and whites dragging across and smudging into themselves. Tall trees lined up, I see them as though I am driving past in a car. I feel the humidity hanging on my skin, spices infiltrating the air and wrapping themselves around me—this reminds me of home. There’s a shot of a woman washing clothes in a bright red bucket, we see her through the open bathroom door, as though we are peeking at her from a rooftop.
The slimy green water stained bathroom wall was like the one behind the house. I know that specific shade of green. It reminds me of that crisp winter morning my sister and I decided to play a war game. It was foggy and pretended we were secret agents, hidden and undercover. We climbed up to the water tanks on the roof and opened them to drop the secret codes. We didn’t know but two lizards were precariously balanced on the edges of the tanks. As we opened them, the lizards tumbled in and began flailing. We woke up my father and had to drain all the water from the tanks so that none of us got sick. We felt so guilty we stopped playing war games, and when enough time had passed for us to forget the guilt, we were too old to play.
Back to images of Vietnam. I see a tall, white building, it fills the screen. It looks like something official, maybe a university building or a house of parliament. Sach’s voice begins to talk about her meeting with someone named Coy. The VietCong burned down Coy’s house during the Tet Offensive in 1968. Coy’s father had been collecting books since he was a boy. When their house was burned all his books burned with it, in it. Coy said his father went crazy after that. Sach’s and Dana’s voices talk one through Which Way is East. Each sentence is like a diary entry, a note to the viewer, so personal that one can’t help but be drawn in. The first time Dana speaks, I thought it was a child’s voice.
….ashes and the smell of burned wood. searing through and cracking the spines of books. a lifetime’s worth of stories. where do burned stories go?“When you love someone, you love everything about them. Even their footsteps. When you hate someone, you hate everything about them, even their existence.”
Some one says, “It’s raining so heavy, it reminds me of the war we fought against the American B-52s.”
Last year I visited my grandmother in Germany. A storm started to break out and she got progressively nervous as it got worse. “I want to go home”, she kept saying. Later my mother explained to me that it reminded her of the war, and the bombs, and that the sound of thunder would always remind her of the planes flying overhead.
In the film, Sachs turns down a street, and realizes that it is the most peaceful street she has seen in Vietnam. None of the doors to the houses are wide open, and there is no commotion. Her guide tells her that this was the street the soldiers brought prisoners to shoot them. “No one wants to mingle with their ghosts.” The vague images would convey a feel of the place for sure, but the voices are what make it feel as though the Sachs sisters are not blind tourists visiting and showing us some faraway place that we know nothing about. We are immersed as visitors who are lovingly shown a place that is more than the American War that happened to it.
Language is inextricably bound to culture. When you speak the language, understand its nuances, its twists and turns, you can begin to communicate from within the society instead of as an outsider. In both Which Way is East and Wind in Our Hair (2009) Sachs uses the language of the place to further integrate and understand. Dana Sachs speaks Vietnamese and Sachs’ daughter learn Spanish in Wind in Our Hair. They play out the words, repeat them, let them roll around their mouths, sensing the correct hardness of D’s and softness of S’s.
Filmmaking always makes me wonder how one is supposed to balance the work aspect and the family aspect of one’s life. I sometimes think that there could be no possible way to balance film and a regular life. Art takes over, it allows no room for anything else. I am crazy when I create, I am unpleasant, I am unreasonable, and there is no room in my life for anything other than my creation and me. Not the most fun thing to be around. Lynne has found a way to integrate her life into her work, and her work into her life; they fit together. I asked Lynne and she said that her daughters are around her a lot of the time, so it only makes sense for them to find their way into her work. Rather than discard the personal, Lynne embraces it, and that’s exactly what draws one in. Her films live in the realm of public space, but are wrapped in personal space. The documentary aspect comes in on two levels—the actual thing she is documenting, Vietnam for example, and then, her experience of it. Instead of pushing the personal away to “focus” on her work, she pulls it closer, unintentionally so, weaving it into each film.
A pair of feet in socks run across the screen, followed by three more similarly socked pairs. I hear laughter. This is Wind in Our Hair, Sachs’ film that tries its hand at following a vague story line based loosely on Julio Cortazar’s story End of the Game. Four girls are visiting a house for a short period of time. They grow bored, as there is not much to do and find some fun in waiting for the trains to pass at the tracks nearby. The are all about thirteen years old, on the cusp of something new, waiting for the changes to take place, waiting to be one step closer to growing up. Two of the girl’s are played by Sachs’ own daughters. She used 16mm, Super 8mm, 8mm, and video to shoot it.
Remember when my hair was long, it curled all the way down my back and you loved it, more than me I thought on some days. My friend told me one day, “women tend to carry history, identity, and heartbreak in their hair. No wonder we try to change it all the time.” I thought about that later, after 13 inches of my hair heavy with your love had been cut and placed into an envelope sent away to some one who had none.
Plants appear in a lot of Lynne’s work. Sneaking in at the corner of a frame in some places, taking over the whole screen in others. She told me that that she around the time she had her daughters, she got interested in the plants; she knows all their names. Walking around the city, her daughters and her could suddenly share the experience of knowing what would bloom when, and knowing that the nasturtium are late this year, or something else is early. In STATES OF UNBELONGING Revital Ohayon’s mother says of her, “She was so interested in nature, we thought she’s become a scientist.” Odd coincidences draw us to our subjects.
When I had to do my Abecedarium project earlier this semester, I was having problems making my film. Lynne gave me a piece of advice: some films are yes films, and some films are no films. Neither name gives a negative or a positive context. When making a Yes film, say yes to everything, anything that calls out to you, anything that feels right. When making a No film, you stick a story, you keep to your plan and you see it through. Of Sachs’ work, Wind in Our Hair is an example of a NO film, while The Last Happy Day is an example of a YES film. I made my film a YES film and ran with it.
STATES OF UNBELONGING uses Lynne’s voice and the voice of her Israeli friend Nir Zats as they try to find out more about Revital Ohayon. The voiceovers are the backing and forthing of their letters to each other. One of the moments in the film is Ohayon’s two sons’ day care centre at the kibbutz where they lived. The children talk about what to do with their toys and things. Shots of the toys recall ones we see at the beginning of the film. A horse, a tower, a pile of balls, dinosaurs too. Text lights up the screen in white. “I am not a war photographer. All I have is my imagination.” Lynne
Dear Lynne.
I hope I have managed to get across at least some of what I wanted to. I made this a Yes essay for me. I just went where the wind took me. Some of it is perfect, like how I wanted, and some of it is far from it. Thank you for letting me interview you. [art] lives in the lining of your skin. I always seem to wish I had more time.
Home is a strange thing. The day I interviewed Lynne Sachs, I called and she asked me to call back in some time because she was putting her daughters to bed. One of my biggest worries is that I won’t be able to balance work and have a life at home, but I suppose the trick is to intertwine the two, so that neither one is in neglected, and so that both benefit from it. I suppose this is the secret of having enough time.
FILM LIST (films used for this piece)
States of Unbelonging, 2006. Israel and New York.
Which Way is East, 1994. Vietnam.
The Last Happy Day, 2009.
Wind in Our Hair, 2009. Brazil.
Lynne Sachs interview
ABECEDARIUM:NYC
HOUSE OF DRAFTS
THE CATONSVILLE NINE
THE WASHING SOCIETY
YOUR DAY IS MY NIGHT
© 2008 - 2019 Lynne Sachs
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RYAN RAFTERY in “THE RISE AND FALL (AND RISE) OF MARTHA STEWART”
Saturday, August 10, 2019 8pm
Ryan Raftery, creator and star of the smash hit Anna Wintour and Andy Cohen musicals, makes his Martinis Above Fourth | Table + Stage debut to premiere the final show in his Titans of Media trilogy based on the tale of America’s first self-made female billionaire.
The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of Martha Stewart tells the fascinating story of the woman who changed the way we live our lives by daring us to try harder. From her humble beginnings in Nutley, New Jersey to her empire-building years in Westport, Connecticut, to her highly-publicized stint in federal prison, this is a chronicle of epically blind ambition set to the music of artists as varied as Beyoncé, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Adele and Metallica.
• Doors Open At 6pm for Dinner and Seating
RYAN RAFTERY
A native New Yorker and graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Ryan Raftery has been seen on television in Ugly Betty, What I Like About You, Malcolm in the Middle, and, most memorably, on Law & Order: SVU where he warmed hearts all across America as Dennis Faber, the Amish teenager with measles. He has written eight shows, including the aforementioned Wintour and Cohen musicals as well as Ryan Raftery & Friends: A Solo Act, Ryan Raftery’s It Gets Worse and Ryan Raftery: King of the Jews.
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Essays and Non-Fiction
Madeleine Watts
Madeleine Watts is a writer of fiction, essays and journalism. Her writing has been published in The Believer, The White Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, Griffith Review, Meanjin and The Lifted Brow, amongst others. She is the winner of the 2015 Griffith Review Novella Competition.
Madeleine grew up in Sydney, and sometimes Melbourne, but she has been based in New York since 2013.
She has an MFA in Writing from Columbia University in New York, and graduated from the University of Sydney with a B.A. in English Literature.
Her debut novel, The Inland Sea, is forthcoming from Pushkin Press.
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Vanessa Newby
Vanessa Newby is a Visiting Fellow at the ANU and is currently based in Lebanon. She has a PhD in International Relations from Griffith University with a regional focus on the Middle East. Her research interests include international security, peacebuilding, migration, the politics of religion and the international relations of the Middle East. Vanessa has been researching and writing about the Middle East for ten years, and has lived in the region for three of those years. She can speak, read and write Modern Standard Arabic and Levantine Arabic. Vanessa has published in international peer-reviewed journals such as International Peacekeeping and Contemporary Politics.
Articles by Vanessa Newby (19)
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Lebanon this year has been basking in a rare calm, and there appears to be a distinct apathy about when elections will be held.
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US policy on Lebanon should be to keep calm and carry on
Last month a suicide bomber was stopped in his tracks in a cafe in the heart of West Beirut in a scene worthy of a Hollywood action thriller. The man from the city of Sidon in South Lebanon was thrown to the ground in the busy Costa Coffee café in Hamra by the Lebanese Armed Forces, who then prevented him from detonating eight kilograms of shrapnel-laden explosives.
Lebanon's fragile stability
Incredible though it may seem, after the events in Turkey this weekend Lebanon is looking like one of the most stable states in the Middle East, despite not having a president or a fully-functioning government I arrived in Lebanon in early June this year and was immediately struck by the calm mood of the people. Since 2015 fear of an ISIS invasion had receded, in part because of Syrian and Iraqi armies regaining large swathes of ISIS territory.
Vanessa Newby 13 Apr 2016 16:00
'60 Minutes' detention highlights women's rights issues in Lebanon
On 7 April, the Lebanese internal security forces intercepted a kidnap attempt by British child recovery agents on a Beirut street.
Vanessa Newby 18 Feb 2016 14:29
When will the Lebanese Presidential merry-go-round stop spinning?
And so the painfully slow process of agreeing on a new president for Lebanon continues. A breakthrough — of sorts — was reported last month when candidate Samir Geagea announced he was pulling out of the race and would endorse his rival, Michel Aoun, potentially arresting Christian indecision over which candidate to support. However in November last year, Sa’ad Hariri, Geagea’s longstanding ally in the Sunni-Christian political alliance — the March 14th bloc — announced he was nominating al
Vanessa Newby 16 Nov 2015 13:00
Lebanon bombing strikes a street of joy
The Burj al-Barajneh bombings of last Thursday, 12 November, which have been overshadowed in Western media by the Paris attacks, occurred on the street of my Lebanese in-laws. Forty-three people died and over 200 were injured in the Beirut attacks by three suicide bombers who claimed allegiance to ISIS. I have walked up and down that street countless times. On many occasions I have frequented the bakery and I can confirm that the street would have been packed with people in the early evening.
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Protests in Lebanon: Demonstrators should remain focused on the constitution
The crisis over garbage collection in Lebanon continues to pile up. This weekend thousands of Lebanese gathered again in downtown Beirut to denounce politicians for their failure to resolve this problem and the myriad others that Lebanon faces. These include, but are not limited to: constant water and electricity shortages; the failure to elect a new president; the delay of parliamentary elections and general malaise about the problems of unemployment, infrastructure and the refugee situation.
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This article was originally published in "Richardson Living" magazine. Read it on that website or read it here. Or read it in print. In mail boxes now.
When it was unveiled in 2013, an artist's rendering for the massive mixed-use Palisades development included a feature that was never built: a pedestrian bridge over US 75 to the Galatyn Park DART station. I personally loved that feature. But people did not love another feature, one that did get built: hundreds of new apartments. This happened despite the campaign statement by then mayoral candidate Laura Maczka (now Laura Jordan) that we don't need apartments near neighborhoods, and despite overwhelming neighborhood opposition during public hearings.
How did we end up in this situation anyway? Suspicion fell on Mayor Maczka and her personal relationship with the developer Mark Jordan. Eventually, evidence uncovered during an FBI investigation resulted in bribery convictions. Development of Palisades now appears to be stalled, with those apartments built but retail and offices lagging. The City is left with a big black eye.
Where do we go from here? Let's start with the Code of Ethics. A Code of Ethics lays out what is considered proper conduct by public officials. It defines a standard by which the public will judge that behavior. Our Code of Ethics demands that officials "at all times strive to avoid even the appearance of impropriety." There can be no higher bar. Still, there can be no dispute that our Code of Ethics failed to prevent scandal. We need to help ensure that it is adhered to in future.
Unlike the FBI investigation, the City's own investigation into the Mayor's conduct failed in part due to the City's lack of subpoena power. The City shouldn't throw up its hands over that lack of power. Transparency measures can be added to the Code of Ethics to make violations less likely and make concealment more difficult.
We could require periodic financial disclosure statements by officials. We could require officials to report all gifts received and considerations given, even ones allowed by the Code of Ethics. These steps would provide the transparency needed for public review before borderline behavior crosses the line into illegality. Knowing that the public will be looking will discourage unethical behavior in the first place.
The former mayor's bribery case included an allegation of an extramarital affair. The Code of Ethics' prohibits conflicts of interest involving relatives. It needs to be expanded to prohibit conflicts of interest involving close or good friends as well.
How the Code of Ethics deals with complaints is weak. The current code rejects consideration of anonymous complaints. But the code doesn't protect whistleblowers who identify themselves. The code orders council members to keep secrets, rather than requiring them to report suspicion of unethical behavior. There are no conditions that obligate the City to enlist independent, outside legal counsel or authorities to investigate complaints.
Some of these omissions may be covered in relevant State law, but we shouldn't mind if the City's Code of Ethics is redundant with State law in places. That emphasizes the importance of ethics and serves as a handy reminder. In the end, no amount of tightening or repetition can guarantee that unethical behavior will never happen again. But it can make it less likely and make concealing it harder. That's worth doing.
Space here does not allow for an exhaustive list of suggestions to strengthen the Code of Ethics. No individual could come up with an exhaustive list anyway. The City Council is required to review the code every two years. The 2016 review took less than 7 minutes. No citizen input was asked for. The council had no questions and no discussion. The 2018 review was similar. These are not reviews that build trust. When the City Council itself lacks the imagination even to explore ways to improve the law, public input is needed.
As for Palisades specifically, the City's position seems to be that the zoning changes and the economic development agreement are just fine and all that's needed is to ensure that the terms are executed as agreed. Either the City believes that the tainted process could not possibly have tainted the result, or the City is afraid of what we might find and do if the result is opened for review. Because of the bribery convictions, the City should conduct a transparent review of the planned development zoning and the $47 million reimbursement contract. If corruption resulted in terms disadvantageous to the public, the City should pursue legal means to protect public money already committed and to give the City leverage to renegotiate fair terms.
In future, the practice of giving big financial incentives to big projects should be rethought. The opportunity cost of alternatives needs to be transparently discussed. Contracts should hold developers more accountable for what they promise. In the case of Palisades, a development that starts with apartments and leaves retail to be built later is not the "mixed-use" residents expected.
The vocal opposition of the neighborhood to the Palisades rezoning is a warning that something was not right with the planning process. Membership on the City Plan Commission should include both neighborhood champions and people with education and experience in urban planning. We should adopt a bottoms-up approach that empowers our neighborhoods to have influence on how the City grows. Cost-benefit analyses of developments need to measure the impact on existing neighborhoods.
What is also needed is for us, the voters, to support candidates for City Council who have the character and the ideas needed for better government. To hear from the candidates themselves on this subject, I asked all candidates two questions:
1. What can the City do to protect public money already committed to the Palisades development and to ensure that the development is completed in a form that is in the best interest of the City, undoing any corrupt influence in the past?
2. More generally, what changes are required to the City's Code of Ethics, planning process, and business practices to restore public trust in City government?
The candidates' answers require more space than I have left in this article (I know, I'm verbose). You can read their responses on the "Richardson Living" website.
Decades from now, long after Laura Maczka is a forgotten chapter in Richardson's history, the City will still be living with what is built on Palisades' 79 acres. Did the City make a mistake? Did it approve a development that did more to enrich a corrupt developer and the mayor than it did to serve the City's own best interests? I admit that I fell for talk of a pedestrian bridge. Did the City fall for other things? How can we prevent it from happening again? We won't get answers if we don't ask the questions. A public commission with broad membership and public hearings is needed, not to re-litigate the bribery case, but to identify reforms that will increase public confidence in government. I've offered some ideas. I don't claim that I have a monopoly on good ideas. Or that all of my ideas can withstand scrutiny. But I refuse to accept that nothing can be done. As one resident put it, "There must be a lasting lesson here other than don't be a crook."
Update May 2, 2019: Mark and Laura Jordan have been granted a new trial.
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Richardson Living.
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Home > St Laurent Studio > Orchestral > Leopold Stokowski, Vol. IV; Moody; Parker (St Laurent Studio YSL T-317)
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C1410. LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI Cond. American S.O.: Saul - Marche funèbre (Handel); w.Janette Moody & Louise Parker: Resurrection Symphony #2 in c (Mahler). (Canada) St Laurent Studio YSL T-317, Live Performance, 6 April, 1971, Philharmonic Hall, New York. Transfers by Yves St Laurent.
“Leopold Stokowski, possibly the best known symphonic conductor of all time, who came to fame as conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, had a career that spanned more than 70 years and, it has been estimated more than 7,000 concerts. If Leopold Stokowski qualified as one of the marvels of 20th century musicmaking, and no one knowing the sum of his accomplishments could doubt that he did, he was also one of the more perplexing and least explicable symphonic conductors of his time. He had had hardly any conducting experience when, at 27, he took over the Cincinnati Symphony, but by the time he was 35, he was well on the way to international fame as a master orchestra builder, as a galvanizing personality on the Philadelphia Orchestra podium and as one of America's champion promoters of modern music.
….for three decades, from about 1915 to 1945, he was the epitome of conducting achievement and glamour, a man whose every move fed the publicity mill upon which he seemed to depend for essential nourishment. In 1916, Stokowski put both himself and the Philadelphia Orchestra indelibly on the musical map with the American premiere of Mahler's Symphony #8, in which a chorus of 950 members and an orchestra of 110 were used. In his heyday with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Stokowski demanded and was paid a very large salary and was openly criticized for being so money-minded. Some 40 years later, however, he was serving as music director and principal conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra for nothing. He had founded the orchestra when he was 80 and had paid for its first season of six concerts out of his own pocket.
….no major conductor of this century was more high-handed in the altering of a score than he. He was known to say, ‘That's a piece of paper with some marking on it. We have to infuse life into it’. His infusions often involved changes of orchestration, which he made freely….One of the longest-lasting controversies that grew up about the conductor had to do with the many orchestral transcriptions he made of Bach's organ works. He gave them full 20th century symphonic treatment and contended that Bach would have done so himself had he lived to see the development of the modern symphony orchestra. The fact that Bach might have composed an entirely different kind of music for such resources seemed to trouble him not a bit….So strong was Stokowski's impact upon the musical life of the nation in the 1920s and 1930s, however, that many organists cultivated a playing style that imitated Stokowski's symphonic transcriptions while ignoring the natural characteristics of the instrument for which Bach had composed the pieces….His ideas about interpretation were often intensely personal and led him occasionally into excesses that bordered on flamboyance.
Stokowski was, musically, the very antithesis of Arturo Toscanini, with whom he shared the direction of the old NBC Symphony in 1942 and 1943. Toscanini, who came about as close as a conductor can to literal readings of scores, and whose interest in sound per se was not great, soon decided that Stokowski's views were too divergent from his to make their joint direction of one orchestra possible, and Stokowski was dropped. This came only two years after Stokowski's 29 year association with the Philadelphia Orchestra had broken off in bitterness. He was officially succeeded as musical director by Eugene Ormandy in 1938, but until 1941 he had gone back as a visiting conductor with special status. Despite this early fame, or perhaps because of the somewhat overbearing nature of it in its most extravagant days, Stokowski waited a long time for some of the opportunities that might have been expected much earlier.
Stokowski's career seemed to go into a decline in the 1940s and it never recovered its original luster. For more than a decade he appeared to be searching for a base of operations. He organized the All American Youth Orchestra in 1940 and took it on tours of the United States and South America, but by the end of 1942 it went out of existence. In 1944, he had a hand in organizing the New York City Symphony at the City Center of Music and Drama, and he led the concert in March of that year that marked the opening of the City Center Theater, but he did not stay with the orchestra very long. In 1949 and 1950, he shared the direction of the New York Philharmonic with Dimitri Mitropoulos, but that experience did not result in a durable attachment with the Philharmonic. In these years, he not only lacked an orchestra of his own, but also was less in demand as a guest conductor than he had been. Thus, his acceptance of the post of musical director of the Houston Symphony in 1955 was in a sense a starting all over again. That orchestra was not considered a prize among first-rank conductors. Stokowski stayed with it, however, until 1960, when he broke his contract in protest over a matter concerning race prejudice….The orchestra management refused to allow white and black choristers on the same stage. Stokowski hoped that the orchestra would sue him for breach of contract so the matter would come out into the open, but that did not happen. He wrote a letter of explanation of his position to a major newspaper there, but the letter was never printed. Stokowski welcomed all races and women into the orchestras he founded, and from 1940 on he showed more concern than any other major conductor for the encouragement of young orchestral players.
When he organized the American Symphony Orchestra, he said he was doing it to give experience to young performers, and the average age of its players was always notably young. In 1969, for example, the average age of the orchestra's 100 members was 34. Furthermore, of the 100, 34 were women, 4 were black and 4 were Orientals. One reason Stokowski was able to keep the orchestra young was that functioned as a kind of sophisticated pickup or freelance orchestra. Its players were, in effect, hired for each concert and had no permanent contracts. Stokowski liked it this way because it meant that he could replace players without difficulty whenever he wanted to. He was willing to audition anyone. ‘I give my number to my students’, he said, ‘and tell them to pass it around. All they have to do is telephone me for an audition’. When they telephoned, he would give them appointments to come to his Fifth Avenue apartment, and after hearing them play he would record his impressions of their work and add their names to his file. The young people generally liked to play for him.
Stokowski was ‘a pioneer among conductors in his fascination with electronic media. He was experimenting with stereophonic recording possibilities years before stereo disks were put into commercial production, and in his 80s he was still vitally concerned with the improvement of recorded sound….His most spectacular pioneering foray into electronic sound came in 1940, when he participated with Walt Disney in the making of FANTASIA, an elaborate animated cartoon that illustrated a program of musical works conducted by Stokowski. These ranged from his transcription of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in d minor to Stravinsky's THE RITE OF SPRING, of which Stokowski had given the American premiere in 1922….Since he was especially concerned with acoustics, [he was] often reseating orchestras radically to get the sound he wanted….
In what was then an innovation for motion pictures, speakers were set up all around the inside of the theaters to surround audiences with the recorded musical sound of FANTASIA. It was the first important use of special amplification of a musical film soundtrack….
Stokowski seemed to take well to Hollywood and before long he was involved in a situation that fan magazines and gossip columns delighted in. He became a close friend of Greta Garbo, and for some months the conductor and the actress carried on a cat-and-mouse game with the press as they followed each other about Europe. The association did not last very long, but the conductor's marriage—his second, to Evangeline Brewster Johnson—ended in divorce in 1937. In 1945, Stokowski's private life was news again when he married Gloria Vanderbilt. He was 63 (58 by his count), and she was 21. They remained married for 10 years and had two sons, to whom Stokowski was very devoted and who became the objects of a bitter custody battle after their parents’ separation. Miss Vanderbilt, who later was married to Wyatt Cooper, won custody, with the provision that the boys visit the conductor on weekends and spend summers with him. In 1960, when he was 78, Stokowski broke his hip while playing with his sons in his apartment. It Is said that he was teaching them the drop kick in football. This happened in December, and in February of 1961 he made his Metropolitan Opera debut [conducting TURANDOT] on crutches.
In his later years, Stokowski was sensitive about his age, and the intensity of his feeling suggested that something more than vanity was involved. In addition to devoting the major portion of his work to young players, he wanted young audiences and actively sought social contact with young people.
Stokowski's hands were as famous as his face, for he conducted without a baton, sculpting the air and shaping interpretations with motions at once graceful and forceful. At one time, during his years in Philadelphia, he had the hall darkened almost completely during concerts in order, he said, to focus the attention of the audience and the musicians directly on the music.
Robert Jacobson in the Lincoln Center program reported that when Stokowski was asked to name the most memorable events of his career, he responded: ‘There was never anything like that. The love of music is a continuous enjoying of beauty and sound…It has been a continual effort to make music more alive so that it is not a mechanical reproduction of what is on a piece of paper, but a real expression, as it always was with the greatest artists’.
- Allen Hughes, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 14 Sept., 1977
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An Artistic Pilgrimage
This summer, when visiting England and staying in London, I decided to take the short drive up to see St Albans Cathedral. The main structure was originally built in Norman times, and so would have been Romanesque, but the modern appearance is largely Gothic. There have been several renovations over the centuries, included a partial rebuilding after an earthquake in 1250 - not a common occurrence in England!
In some ways, one might even think of this as a sort of artistic pilgrimage. Readers will know that I have suggested that the style of a 13th-century monk based at St Albans, Matthew Paris, is one that I think could be the basis of a liturgical style for today. I have called this style The School of St Albans; the suggestion originally came from a student in a class of mine. My experience as a teacher is that Roman Catholics do seem to take to this style naturally, and make it their own even in a single class. You can see work done by my students in a week-long workshop in a past blog post here.
True to the Gothic spirit, Paris drew and painted not only sacred art for books like psalters, but also illustrations of Saints that were probably not made as a focus of prayer, and also include figures like Plato and Socrates, with plants and animals around them.
St Amphibalus, (a convert of St Albans), baptizing converts - note full immersion!
Euclid and Herman the Dalmatian (a medieval philosopher)
This is a style which relies on the description of form with line, and which is restrained in its use of tonal and color variation. These limitations will help to eliminate the sentimentality from their naturalism that is the blight of so many modern artists.
I have only seen illuminated manuscripts by Paris, and generally, they are miniatures. Some have questioned whether or not this style would work on a large scale. I have always thought that it could be adapted to work on the walls of modern churches. So, when I had heard that there are some original medieval wall paintings that have been uncovered at St Albans Cathedral, I very much wanted to see them in order to get a sense of their scale, and to make a sort of pilgrimage to the place that nurtured such a great, and largely unsung, artist in the 13th century.
With these things in mind, I entered the cathedral. After a quick prayer for the peaceful return of stolen property to the Church, I stepped inside.
The paintings are pale, but as we can see, done on a large scale and according to this same basic style - form described by line, with simple coloration. Whether or not you are convinced that it is right to use this style today, we can certainly conclude that the artists of the period felt that it was appropriate for floor-to-ceiling frescoes, this church has a high ceiling). I would encourage patrons and artists to look at these and think about how they could reproduce this style in our churches. I think that it allows for large areas to be covered relatively easily and appropriately:
Posted Tuesday, October 16, 2018
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Comrade Trump and Russian insurgent hackers
Author Topic: Comrade Trump and Russian insurgent hackers (Read 24963 times)
Re: Comrade Trump and Russian insurgent hackers
Quote from: D.W. on December 13, 2016, 02:54:27 PM
Then honestly, what is the point? Why bring it up as manipulation of the election if you are not trying to delegitimize the election itself. If you believe we had an illegitimate election then explain the exact vector. How did Russian hacking that revealed true statements create an illegitimate election?
You would just ignore this issue? I find that more than a little out of character for you.
I didn't say ignore the issue. Maybe we are talking past each.
What I said is bringing it up as an election issue is suspect.
Also, I don't believe we had an illegitimate election. I believe we had someone influencing naive voters (or non-voters) who didn't already know this stuff was going on.
Really? Isn't the entire premise of modern election campaigning reliant on influencing naïve voters? I'm not seeing this as a conflict between a baseline of informed voters versus uninformed voters. It's uninformed voters versus slightly more informed voters.
That someone happened to be outside of our system. Now, I've got A LOT of problems with our system. But it is OURS. We've set the rules and we get the results based on those rules.
Yes we do, yet there is blatant cheating in every election. Every recent election has had illegal foreign contributions in it. Every recent election has had deliberate propaganda produced and distributed by both parts and even the "neutral" media. Why is this a bridge too far? Would it be different if it had been US hackers? Honestly, would your opinion completely change if it were US hackers?
I don't see Russia as doing us a favor by helping nudge our voters in the direction most advantageous to them. Maybe that (us looking within and making changes) will be a side effect? I'd doubt it though.
I don't see any basis to believe that in a binary choice between two candidates that because one is better for country x it is automatically worse for us. There are 300 countries in the world, some prefer Hillary some Trump, under your logic that'd pretty much ensure that no matter what its "worse" for us if any of them get their way.
Again, make an argument that references on what issues its worse, and drop the innuendo. That's all this is, argument by innuendo.
Would it be different if it had been US hackers? Honestly, would your opinion completely change if it were US hackers?
Would it change? Yes. Completely? No. I’d still be upset about the hacking.
If my son reads my daughter’s diary and teases her about it, that’s a rotten thing to do and I punish him. If my neighbor breaks into my house, steals my child’s diary and seeks to embarrass her by posting it on line that’s a whole different ball game.
I don't see any basis to believe that in a binary choice between two candidates that because one is better for country x it is automatically worse for us.
Agreed. I do think it’s worth asking ourselves WHY do they feel it’s better for them. That should be part of the weighing of factors when making a decision.
We are talking past each other. You are searching for a partisan explanation for my statements and filling in the blanks with what a partisan Hillary defender blind to the flaws of their own side would say. I’ve explained what I see as a problem. You are assuming I am implying other things in addition to that.
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I guess I'm just the odd duck who is disgusted with our politics but MORE disgusted with blatant external and extralegal interference in our system.
If it somehow does lead to change Fenring, maybe I will send Putin a Thank You card.
Then honestly, what is the point? Why bring it up as manipulation of the election if you are not trying to delegitimize the election itself.
We have laws that make it illegal for foreigners to give money to campaigns. Are you saying that if they skip that step and just make material contributions to a campaign that it makes it all better?
If foreigners, or worse, foreign governments, have a significant influence on an election, then the winning candidate will have a "debt" to that foreign government, especially if he wants to run for re-election. After all, maybe he or his party won't win next time if that foreign government withholds its support...
Which means he won't want to upset that foreign government while in office. Which means he might make decisions that are not in the best interest of this country.
That's why we don't allow foreigners to contribute to campaigns, isn't it?
So, yes, we should investigate and try to minimize the influence of foreign governments in our campaigns even if we are not trying to "delegitimize" the last election. Because we want to make sure that the next election is legitimate.
Now, in this election, I don't think the Russian influence made that big of a difference, and I would be surprised that it would delegitimize it. Even if they broadcast disinformation (and, BTW, if that is shown, would it change anyone's mind? ), as Fenring points out, we do plenty of that ourselves. If we're stupid enough to buy what another country wants us to believe, we deserve the outcome of the election.
OTOH, if there is something that they did that would be so bad as to delegitimize it, I want to know about it. Wouldn't you?
So it truly disturbs me that Trump is trying to quell the bipartisan Senators, the CIA and the FBI from looking further into this matter. What is he afraid of? That it will weaken his administration? That's pretty selfish and petty. Does he believe that loosing a little bit of status as the President "who won in a landslide" is worth making future elections and Presidencies weaker due to foreign influence? That's not in the best interest of our country. Only himself.
Or is he worried that they will uncover something that really does delegitimize his Presidency. That he won only because the Russians did something that put him over the top? Would he still want to be President knowing the Russians gave him that position? Do you want him to be President if he knew he owed it all to the Russians, or Chinese, or the Saudis? Do you want a President beholden to another country.
I see no major downside to investigating and analyzing how the Russians influenced this election, and to try to prevent it in the future, even if it delegitimizes Trump's presidency somewhat. (After all, to me, the only thing legitimate about his Presidency is that he won it and he will be the next President. ) But not investigating leads up open to being manipulated in the future, and makes me believe that Trump is more concerned with keeping power than in ensuring a proper democracy in this country.
And that would make Trump a illegitimate President in my eyes.
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FWIW both Assange and Snowden have insisted that the DNC leaks did not originate from Russia hackers but rather from a DNC insider. The option at present seems to be choosing between believing them, and therefore assuming that political "sources" are wrong or lying about Russia's involvement, or between asserting that both Snowden and Assange are deliberately covering for Russia and therefore in collusion with them in some sense. Neither option is impossible, and yet while it's not much of a stretch to infer that 'political sources' may lie about more or less anything, it seems at present unsubstantiated to infer that Assange was in collusion with Russia. I would put my bet down that it was an insider, but of course it's only a guess.
It’s become more difficult to discuss issues without someone bring in or assuming partisan explanations.
Hacking, espionage and foreign manipulation are real issues regardless of who benefits or is hurt.
I'd bet on the CIA and FBI who seem to only be arguing about the motive rather than the "if". If they are honestly making up the Russian perpetrator thing, then I guess our problems are even more serious than I thought.
To have a president elect actively trying to undermine their credibility is blowing my mind to be honest.
Quote from: Wayward Son on December 13, 2016, 03:41:33 PM
Are you aware of the fact that you jumped right from direct contributions being illegal to needing to investigate influence by other nations? Other nations should have influence in America. The U.S. isn't North Korea, closed to outside information. And then you jumped from influence to delegitimize. This is very much a linguistic slippery slope where the connection between each point is at best 'truthy.'
If you had wanted to speak about direct interference in the voting system, you should address that. Seriati mentioned that just before and no one replied on that topic. If you had wanted to talk about foreign media, that would be another issue. Both are these are worth talking about but should be kept separate from each other. The issue of foreign contributions is an interesting one and the place to investigate this issue would be in potential loopholes for foreign governments such as non-campaign institutions that can receive donations and launder them. Maybe this isn't an issue, but if it is this is potentially how it would be done.
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I think we would have seen more effective and immediate action is the GOP was hacked.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-cyber-russia-idUSKBN1352P9
"A Russian hacking group began attacking U.S.-based policy think tanks within hours of Donald Trump's presidential election victory, according to cyber experts who suspect Moscow is seeking information on the incoming administration.
Quote from: rightleft22 on December 13, 2016, 04:03:29 PM
I believe they almost certainly were. No gain in releasing that info now.
I still stand by their motive being anti-Hillary vs being Pro-Trump. Also of note in all this in case you missed it: John McCain has also commented that the Russians hacked his e-mail servers back in 2008. So it isn't a new thing in that respect, and it seems our political organizations need better network security.
But going back to Russia's aims: I think they'd prefer another Obama or Bernie Sanders all things considered. Someone who is more likely to be largely hands-off and not intervene militarily unless actively forced to by allies and domestic politics alike. (As pretty much happened with Obama with ISIS/ISIL, or in Libya.)
Hillary Clinton is a Clinton. Bill Clinton was a big time interventionist, that's stirke one. Strike two is that Hillary was known to advocate for a far more militaristic/interventionist foreign policy than the Obama Admin pursued. Strike 3 was that she continued to campaign for that stronger foreign policy stance, while Trump was advocating a more hands off approach.
Which made the choice easy for Russia. While they're leary of Republicans, because they love to spend money on the military. Trump is in something of Reagan-like position, so he's unlikely to much, just like Reagan. If he gets into a shooting war somewhere, that means less money to spend on expanding it. So he'll be more inclined to stay out and expand it rather than go fishing like Clinton and Bush 43 did.
They'll worry about Trump's successor when they get there, but hope they can get a Democrat in by then, and have them undo much of Trump's military rebuild.
DonaldD
I was and am still honestly shocked that the fact that a foreign power broke your country's laws to acquire information, and then used that information in a transparent attempt to undermine your whole democratic process, is not being panned universally on this board.
This is not a partisan issue. It doesn't matter who benefitted domestically. This is a real sickness being displayed within your polity.
Not sure how you could think that I was saying that. I've already been on record stating that I think contributions of time ought to have to be accounted for in the same way as contributions of money, granted it's mostly because I don't think its particularly fair to discount the value of unions paying their own members to campaign and it not counting as a cash contribution.
What I don't get is why we have campaign finance laws that can not be enforced. What's the remedy for a foreign government making a contribution? To my knowledge, we've never set aside any result in an election where such violations have been found. Hardly any politician, if any, has gone to jail over it.
Pretty much, it's also why we have laws limiting the amount US people can donate to campaigns. Now why are all those laws easily avoidable and toothless? Talk about a mixed message.
Sure. What would that look like? Cause what I see is an attempt to create an implication that its delegitimized without actually proving the case. Literally, this appears to be someone setting up a smoke machine to draw attention to what may or may not be a fire. Tough to say if there's really a fire, or if you should be concerned, after you flood the area with excess smoke.
So it truly disturbs me that Trump is trying to quell the bipartisan Senators, the CIA and the FBI from looking further into this matter.
Why? It won't and can't stop them from investigating. Exactly how are his words more or less dangerous than those from the current administration (or your own) decrying congressional investigations into Benghazi?
Honestly, if there was anyway he could prevent an investigation, I'd have your back.
What is he afraid of?
This is at least the third attempt to delegitimize his election (attack based on popular vote/electoral college, demands for recounting because hacking "could" have occurred (without evidence it did), Russians "influenced" election (though the actual links to and explanation of are in fact missing or never laid out)). He's afraid that this is effort to undermine his ability to govern. Given you guys were convinced that the Republicans have been undermining Obama from before Day 1, not getting how you wouldn't understand this potential. Whether you agree it should be done is a different issue.
He doesn't have a mandate, but then neither did Obama, yet it didn't stop the Dems from being incredibly arrogant and forcing through major legislation in the first few years of his presidency.
Or is he worried that they will uncover something that really does delegitimize his Presidency. That he won only because the Russians did something that put him over the top?
Like what. Specifically what would that be? Absent some evidence that Comey was being blackmailed to act irrationally its hard to see what would even meet this potential in theory. What exactly is this non-direct vote manipulating thing that they could have done?
Would he still want to be President knowing the Russians gave him that position?
He seems like one of the biggest narcissists in history, hard to see how he wouldn't.
Do you want him to be President if he knew he owed it all to the Russians, or Chinese, or the Saudis? Do you want a President beholden to another country.
I'm pretty confident that his ego would never let him believe that he "owes it all" to any of them. Not clear how it could be true either, based on facts in evidence. But yes if you had some kind of proof that he was being controlled (or any other President was) I'd be concerned about it, and deem that to be an incapacity to hold office. Just showing he holds a favorable opinion of a country, not so much.
Also pretty certain that I raised this exact set of issues about the donations to the Clinton foundation and you didn't friggin care about it then, even though there is an actual trail of money involved and decisions in real time on issues the same foreign powers cared about. Also, it's not like we didn't already have a Chinagate scandal with Bill in the first place either.
I see no major downside to investigating and analyzing how the Russians influenced this election, and to try to prevent it in the future, even if it delegitimizes Trump's presidency somewhat.
I see no major downside to investigating and analyzing any criminal hacking of the DNC's servers, or anyone elses, and bringing appropriate actions against those who did it. I do have an issue with trying to force this into a specific narrative primarily for the purpose of delegitimizing Trump's Presidency.
I don't have an issue with the consequences of people looking at Trump's stolen tax return page either in making their decision on who to vote for. Nothing out there where I say people shouldn't look at it. Did say the media speculation on top of it made false claims, which is true, and consistently with what I said above, this also in favor of punishing the person who released it (assuming they violated a duty of privacy). I specifically object to labeling exposes by the left as "journalism" and exposes by the right as criminal acts. One law for all.
I'm also all for taking measures to ensure we can be confident that our elections are not directly manipulated.
However, I'm not going to get outraged that a political party didn't get to manipulate voters because they got smacked in the face with their own ugly truths.
So, your stance in regards to Russia being involved in the Election this past year seems clear.
Now tell us, what is your stance in regards to illegal immigrants volunteering as campaign workers for a particular candidate?
Same question as above regarding Illegal immigrants involving themselves in the electoral process. Although to make it even more ironic, the Democrats were deliberately and knowingly seeking their attention, support, and assistance.
Would making it a country(or collection of countries) south of our border make it better?
While the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) does not dispute the CIA's analysis of Russian hacking operations, it has not endorsed their assessment because of a lack of conclusive evidence that Moscow intended to boost Trump over Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton, said the officials, who declined to be named.
The CIA conclusion was a "judgment based on the fact that Russian entities hacked both Democrats and Republicans and only the Democratic information was leaked," one of the three officials said on Monday.
"(It was) a thin reed upon which to base an analytical judgment," the official added.
Interestingly, Judge Napolitano just put out an opinion piece based on his contacts inside the CIA and FBI where he passes on that there isn't evidence of a hack only evidence of a leak. If that's the case, and I can't say it is, why do you think it's consistently described as a hack? Anyone's opinion change if this is in fact a leak from insiders rather than a hack from outsiders? Or if it is a hack, it's not an international hack but a local one shared internationally?
Didn't you already ask this?
Yes. My "concern" would downgrade to the illegality of the act rather than foreign interference.
I suppose your last bit does make a point. If Russia came by it through a leak rather than a hack, then used it to influence the election... Does my opinion change? (is that your question?)
In that case, No. But it may lower cyber-security panic levels a little...
yossarian22c
If it was senior political operatives leaking things to the Russians instead of the NYT (or even the Trump campaign) it would worry me just as much as a Russian hack. Since it wasn't national security info it may not technically be espionage but it comes pretty darn close.
Russia/Putin has been becoming more aggressive over the last few years and don’t expect Trump to push back much.
It looks to me that the Trump administration will be focused on economic (short term) growth to care much, which seems to be what the people want.
I can envision the day when the US no longer has much influence in Europe and the Middle East if that day has not already come. Even Israel is looking more and more to Russia.
Unless things go truly FUBAR, Russia is only a short to possibly middle-term concern. They're not likely to relevant to much of anyone in another couple of decades. For that matter, Western Europe probably won't be very relevant in another few decades. They've reached their apex, and are now in essentially a managed decline. Demographics and just about everything else is arrayed against them. The biggest thing propping up Russia is its oil and natural gas reserves and Western Europes dependence on Russia's supplies.
The easiest way to break Russia is to get Western Europe off their dependency on Russian fossil fuels. That can happen through technology, or by means of expanding oil/natural gas exploration in North America in particular, putting us on an export footing rather than importing it.
At this point, the long-term interests of the United States are best served by getting its own house back in order, while keeping an eye on China and other emerging nations. They're the ones to watch in the decades to come.
My feeling is that Putin won't want let happen what you predict and won't leave without trying something
NobleHunter
Europe, except maybe France, seems to have come to terms with the idea that they're no longer top dog. I don't think a lack of serious influence in the world is going to bother them over much.
Russia will probably take a while longer to get to that point. Any leader that wants to keep power is going to need to act like a major player, regardless of Russia's actual status. So more decline on Russia's part makes them more dangerous rather than less.
Quote from: yossarian22c on December 14, 2016, 11:34:55 AM
I don't know why you assume senior political operatives would have leaked the emails (for instance) to Russia who then handed them to Wikileaks who then leaked them to the world. How is this the simplest or even likeliest explanation? It sounds like a pulp novel plot. It would seem to be far more straightforward to assume that said operatives just gave everything directly to Wikileaks, which is incidentally exactly what Wikileaks said happened.
Russia/Putin has been becoming more aggressive over the last few years
Quote from: Fenring on December 14, 2016, 02:49:29 PM
Um, invading Ukraine comes to mind.
Aside from the obligatory mention that this isn't a "fact" but rather an interpretation (and one that I think is dubious), the phrasing "becoming more aggressive" suggests a trend rather than a single data point. Are there any other data points? And I'll jump right ahead and request that "interfering with the election" not be counted as one because, again, not a fact.
Russia moving troops into Crimea and then annexing it isn't a fact?
Quote from: yossarian22c on December 14, 2016, 03:25:08 PM
Invasion =/= murky change of allegiance =/= Russia preventing a territory important to them strategically being suddenly cut off from them due to a Ukrainian coup =/= the people there preferring to join Russia. It may be a blend of these, and other factors, that was really the case. But "Russia invaded the Ukraine" is not a meaningful description of what happened. There is enough disinfo about that event, no less about the coup that preceded it, that I find it difficult to make a concrete determination about what I think of it. It was a bizarre event either way, and certainly concerning enough to wonder what it was really about.
That being said, it's only one data point even if we gladly accept it. I can offer a second data point, which is Russia's assistance to Syria against ISIS. But does it count as "becoming aggressive" when Russia is fighting against the bad guys? If so, doesn't that mean the U.S. is "aggressive" as well in exactly the same way?
FINLAND is growing wary of Russia as it flexes its political muscle over the country’s nuclear power, a new report has revealed.
It said: "Russia's foreign policy goals have remained the same for a long period of time, but in recent years its means to achieve those goals have become more aggressive.
Syria – “Kremlin’s military intervention in Syria was tailored to achieve a multiplier effect, yielding returns both in that war-ravaged, devastated land and in international diplomacy”.
Middle East countries turning to Russia
“Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson said Monday he is convinced that Russia “is not trying to provoke an incident” with its recent aggressive harassment of U.S. aircraft and warships operating in the Baltic Sea, including a much-discussed buzzing of a U.S. destroyer in the Baltic Sea by a pair of Russian fighter jets.”
That was just a quick google but just checkout Russia state run media rhetoric.
To clarify this is not an attack on Trump so no need to defend the Russia based on that bias.
If so, doesn't that mean the U.S. is "aggressive" as well in exactly the same way?
I think it does and with Russia getting back into the game making the situation more volatile.
My feeling is that Trump is going to 'give' Putin the Middle East and Eastern Europe
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I came across this article (dated a few days before the election) that gives quite a bit more detail about how the Russians may be influencing our elections.
Russia’s social media campaigns seek five complementary objectives to strengthen Russia’s position over Western democracies:
•Undermine citizen confidence in democratic governance;
•Foment and exacerbate divisive political fractures;
•Erode trust between citizens and elected officials and democratic institutions;
•Popularize Russian policy agendas within foreign populations;
•Create general distrust or confusion over information sources by blurring the lines between fact and fiction
In sum, these influence efforts weaken Russia’s enemies without the use of force. Russian social media propaganda pushes four general themes to advance Moscow’s influence objectives and connect with foreign populations they target.
Political messages are designed to tarnish democratic leaders or undermine institutions. Examples include allegations of voter fraud, election rigging, and political corruption. Leaders can be specifically targeted, for instance by promoting unsubstantiated claims about Hillary Clinton’s health, or more obviously by leaking hacked emails.
Financial propaganda weakens citizen and investor confidence in foreign markets and posits the failure of capitalist economies. Stoking fears over the national debt, attacking institutions such as the Federal Reserve, and attempts to discredit Western financial experts and business leaders are all part of this arsenal...
Social issues currently provide a useful window for Russian messaging. Police brutality, racial tensions, protests, anti-government standoffs, online privacy concerns, and alleged government misconduct are all emphasized to magnify their scale and leveraged to undermine the fabric of society.
Finally, wide-ranging conspiracy theories promote fear of global calamity while questioning the expertise of anyone who might calm those fears. Russian propaganda operations since 2014 have stoked fears of martial law in the United States, for instance, by promoting chemtrails and Jade Helm conspiracy theories. More recently, Moscow turned to stoking fears of nuclear war between the United States and Russia.
You can see memes promoted by both the Left and the Right. None of them directly affect Trump's election (other than Russia apparently siding with him). But all are weaken our country.
With both Republican and Democratic Senators calling for investigation, this really isn't a partisan issue. It will probably not even have a direct effect on the last vote. But it is something that needs to be investigated and brought to light.
rightleft22, I don't even know what those Google quotes are supposed to tell me about Russia being aggressive. Note that I'm not arguing that they're some kind of Mr. Nice Guy. I'm specifically asking you to back up the claim that they have been increasingly aggressive over the last several years, of which I personally see no evidence at all other than the single data point of Crimea.
As far as giving away Europe and the Mid-East, it already sounds problematic to me that you should imply it is the President's territory to give away in the first place.
Putin's refusal to allow International observers during the Crimean election suggests a scheme for future aggression rather than a single datum.
It's just a different sort of partisan issue. The Democrats are once again being useful idiots for the tea party's coup d'etat. I predict that in 9 months you will be pretending that you didn't support this
I didn't know how to word what I wanted to say which is why given was typed as ‘given’. I assumed anyone reading the post would know I didn’t’ mean the US had a right to give away other nations territory.
My general feeling is that the US has taken a lead in Mid-East affairs since the end of the cold war to which Russia is now reasserting itself. It’s an observation, not a judgment of good or bad.
If I were to make a judgment I’m starting to lean towards the US pulling back and letting Russia or China deal with it.
Actually my feeling (not thinking) is that for the next four or eight years nations should avoid dealing with the US whenever possible.
RealClearPolitics seems to have a good article summarizing the issue, too.
It's just a different sort of partisan issue. The Democrats are once again being useful idiots for the tea party's coup d'etat. I predict that in 9 months you will be pretending that you didn't support this.
I am not clear on what you think I'm supporting, since the article I quoted was on what we already know about Russian hacking and their possible intentions. There is nothing to "support" in that.
What I do support is the bipartisan investigation into Russian influences on our elections, and finding out ways we can minimize that. And I very much doubt I will change my support of that in 9 months.
I don't see how this could support "the tea party's coup d'état." At best, I would think such Russian propaganda helps the tea party at this time.
It's just a different sort of partisan issue. The Democrats are once again being useful idiots for the tea party's coup d'etat.
I am gob smacked at how weak and foolish the left can be.
Psychologically I don’t think the left has access to ‘energy' that the right does. What I mean is that for the left to really act on something they need to engage 70% plus of the people where the right only needs to engage the base.
I wonder if it’s because the left persona needs to see itself as compassionate and respecting all points of views before it can act while the right is more certain in its certainties.
I’m a reading that wrong. Aren’t you making Pete's point?
There are very few (none?) single issue voters on "the left". It is more like hearding cats.
But not like on the right, where you've got a laser pointers labeled "pro-life" or "SSM opposition" or "they're coming to take your guns". We wish it was that easy to instill "energy".
OK, I'm totally confused. What's Pete's point?
You don't get that you are being duped into laying groundwork for a Trump impeachment that leaves Pence in power? Or you don't get that getting rid of Trump is the Tea Party's next step to consolidating power?
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s-officials-putin-personally-involved-u-s-election-hack-n696146
U.S. intelligence officials now believe with "a high level of confidence" that Russian President Vladimir Putin became personally involved in the covert Russian campaign to interfere in the U.S. presidential election, senior U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News.
I'll save you the trouble of reading the entire article and get right to the point: no new information has been made available, no new investigations have been done, and no new sources other than the same "sources within the CIA" are cited. And yet, probably due to the reports the other day of the Director of National Intelligence saying they had no proof for saying so, now the response is for them to up the ante and make even more detailed claims despite having no new information. That is how propaganda works: when a story isn't believed you make up more stories, and add to them. "Russia probably responsible" wasn't enough for the public to swallow? Ok, let's go with "Putin personally responsible!" then. Why not. After all, if they only have suspicions it was Russia at all, it makes sense to assume that only high-level Russians could have done it, which therefore must be controlled by Putin directly; ergo Putin hacked the American election...and must be removed from office! Wait, maybe I went too far on that one, perhaps that last point is due to be made in the future.
Networks like NBC aren't just bad sources of information - they aren't sources. They'll just repeat whatever they're told and they'll print it. It's kind of like the Ron Burgundy of print news. "They'll print a-ny-thing!"
Quote from: Fenring on December 15, 2016, 08:35:17 AM
Oh, the CIA might have "Russian Sources" that are spoon feeding them such information at this point, intentionally. If your objective is to de-legitimize Trump's Presidency, and you know "the powers that be" within the Obama Administration will happily grasp at straws for anything to make Trump look bad, you then start feeding them information that will help them draw incorrect conclusions.
Getting the United States to make the Russian intelligence services seem even more effective than they may actually be would just be an added bonus. As it also signals to them that the US Intel Community isn't as clever as it thinks it is.
We can run round and round and round in circles on this all day long in regards to which kind of spook-war game is being played out at this point.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4034038/Ex-British-ambassador-WikiLeaks-operative-claims-Russia-did-NOT-provide-Clinton-emails-handed-D-C-park-intermediary-disgusted-Democratic-insiders.html
A Wikileaks envoy today claims he personally received Clinton campaign emails in Washington D.C. after they were leaked by 'disgusted' whisteblowers - and not hacked by Russia.
Craig Murray, former British ambassador to Uzbekistan and a close associate of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, told Dailymail.com that he flew to Washington, D.C. for a clandestine hand-off with one of the email sources in September.
'Neither of [the leaks] came from the Russians,' Murray said. 'The source had legal access to the information. The documents came from inside leaks, not hacks.'
He said the leakers were motivated by 'disgust at the corruption of the Clinton Foundation and the tilting of the primary election playing field against Bernie Sanders.'
Granted, this account should be taken with a grain of salt since there would be various reasons to lie about this, but here we have someone admitting to have been directly involved in receiving the leaked information, and yet "sources in the CIA" are making more headlines. Hmmm...
Maybe this guy is full of it, but you'd think there would be a big deal about this claim either way, if at least for no other reason than "Whoa! The guy who physically took the briefcase full of leaked emails! Like a spy movie!" But that doesn't feed into the Russia narrative, so I guess it's not a "useful" story.
I don't really trust the CIA to be able to accurately differentiate between servers in Russia and actions taken by the Russian State. They deal in shadowy maybes, by their own admission. They don't prove things, they conjure up confidence percentages. That is exceedingly vulnerable to personal or institutional bias.
The reason they protect their sources and methods is that they don't want anyone to know about their dartboard and magic 8-ball.
Quote from: TheDrake on December 15, 2016, 10:59:15 AM
And this is actually quite a charitable read of their intentions, because it attributes to them a desire to do their best to tell the truth. I would personally not assume this premise at all.
I don't consider the entire agency to have gone rogue. Now, what they release to the public sure. But I believe, in general, when they brief the President they wouldn't consider themselves to be lying.
Wow, that's a whopper. The left is filled with single issue voters. I'll forgive you if you think that the typical 90-10 ratio of black voters in favor of Democrats is not relevant to this discussion if you can explain, why Hillary Clinton lost the black vote to Barack Obama 9:1, without a single issue voter explanation.
Not to mention, I know an endless stream of women who single issue vote on abortion rights, or birth control access, or in this election who voted to elect the first woman (without regard to individual quality of that woman).
Or the voters who single issue voted to try and prevent immigration enforcement.
Or because they are pro gun control.
The problem isn't really energy or lack of single issue focus, its that the parts of the Democratic party have nothing in common. Blue collar union workers? How do they fit with an ultra progressive platform?
My current theory is that much of the CIA is set up roughly like independent cells, with little connection between them and no knowledge of each others' activities and agendas. Maximum deniability and also safety from security breaches that way. Politically this makes it so that since there is no "the CIA" that works as a whole, a particular branch can therefore make statements that are more or less unilateral without consulting with other branches. I imagine that operating as head of the CIA is like herding cats and that even finding out all the crap going on is a full-time job unto itself. In this context, I suspect that some cells within the CIA are almost completely autonomous and therefore rogue, while other ones are kept closer to the management structure and their activities would be more accountable to the executive. I think of it as less like an organization and more like a society, with all the niches, subcultures, and varying agendas that that entails.
Ya, Seriati. It is a whopper. But A: I was reaching for the herding cats / laser pointer joke. And B: Unless your single issue is "I hate the conservative platform" I really haven't met anyone who is motivated by just one of them.
I will say that "jobs" can be a single issue for many. If you can't get a decent paying job to provide for yourself and your family, all the other issues don't mean much.
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‘There is no hope’: Pessimism for Palestinians over Israeli elections
By Myriam Purtscher - April 09, 2019
Section: [Main News] [Opinion]
Tags: [Israeli Elections] [Mustafa Bargouthi]
Israeli polls opened on Tuesday with current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the right-wing Lukid party, seeking a fifth term in office.
Lukid’s main contender, former military chief of staff Benny Gantz who leads the Blue and White party, remains slightly ahead in the polls as elections open.
If Netanyahu is successful in his attempt to retain office, he could become Israel’s longest running Prime Minister.
In a last-minute bid for right-wing votes, Netanyahu has vowed to annex all illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank if re-elected, killing off any hope of a two-state solution.
Netanyahu has also stated only he could have won such 'victories’ as last months endorsement from the United States President Donald Trump for Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights.
On the other side, Gantz has promised to unite Israeli society, which he said is divided along religious, political and ethnic lines. Throughout his campaign, Gantz has also placed a strong emphasis on tightening Israel's security.
Gantz served in the Israeli military for nearly four decades during which time he oversaw a crack-down on the Second Intifada and waged an indiscriminate war in the Gaza Strip in 2014 that killed 2,200 people – over half of which were civilians.
Despite campaign promises, Head of the National Palestine Initiative Dr. Mustafa Bargouthi told Palestine Monitor that in regards to the impact on Palestinians, it does not matter who wins these elections.
“There is no difference between Netanyahu and Gantz. Both want to keep occupation, racism and the system of apartheid,” Barghouti said.
Barghouti added Palestinians are not betting on any change in Israel as a result of the elections that will take place on Tuesday.
“We do not see a difference between Netanyahu and Gantz, or between the Likud camp and the Blue-White camp. Both of which promote continued occupation, settlement colonisation, and the regime of apartheid against the Palestinian people.”
Barghouti referred to Netanyahu's recent statements regarding the seizure of all Israeli settlements, which means the annexation of the entire West Bank and destroying the possibility of a Palestinian State.
He also drew attention to Gantz's statements and those of his party, from Ya'alon to Lapid, who reject the division of Jerusalem, reject a negotiated solution, reject the establishment of an independent Palestinian state and insist on unilateral Israeli measures.
“There is no hope for these elections. The main competition is between right-wing extremists and extreme right-wing extremists,” Barghouti concluded. “Most of whom are stained with the blood of the Palestinian people.”
Official election results are expected to be delivered overnight.
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GOP Freshmen Will Hold Boehner to His Big Promises
House 2020: Incumbents Hardly Ever Lose Primaries By Kyle Kondik
Following Shutdown, Attitudes Toward Congress Haven’t Changed
Voters See More Congressional Gridlock Ahead
For political junkies of a certain age, it was a given that the House of Representatives would always be controlled by Democrats. They won the chamber in 1954 and held on for 40 years -- more than twice as long as any party in American history had before.
When Sam Rayburn died at 79, more than 20 years after first becoming speaker, he was succeeded by John McCormack, 70, who was followed by Carl Albert, 68, and Tip O'Neill, an energetic 64. Every House elected from 1958 to 1992 had at least 242 Democrats, well above the 218 votes needed for a majority.
Now things are different. The Republicans won a majority in the House in 1994 and held on until 2006, the third longest period of Republican control in history; Democrats won two thumping victories in 2006 and 2008, but lost all their gains and more in the election last week. Alternation in power seems to be the new norm.
When John Boehner is elected speaker early in January, there will be more Republicans -- the exact number is not yet known, so let's say 240-plus -- than in any House since the one elected in 1946, before Boehner and most other members were born.
For a speaker, having a majority in the 240s or (as Nancy Pelosi has in the outgoing Congress) 250s is a sweet spot.
If you have 235 or fewer, as Republican Speakers Newt Gingrich and Denny Hastert did, it's hard to hold everyone in line on partisan roll calls -- some members will have districts or convictions that require them to dissent. And if you have more than 260, then just about everyone assumes he or she can go off the reservation, and without even letting the leadership know.
As Sam Rayburn said to Lyndon Johnson on election night 1958, when his party gained 50 seats: "Too many Democrats. Too many Democrats."
After the initial glow of the Gingrich revolution dimmed, the glue that Gingrich and Hastert used to hold their members together was money. They let Appropriations Committee members channel money to favored projects and members of Transportation and Infrastructure (the largest committee in Congress) earmark projects for their districts.
The bill came due in 2006. Disillusioned conservatives stayed home or voted Democratic. Most of the freshmen this year ran decrying the spending of Republican as well as Democratic Congresses and promising to do better. Boehner, who has never had an earmark, says the same thing.
Boehner has promised to do things differently, and the freshmen -- who make up one-third of Republican members -- will surely hold him to it. The size of his majority will strengthen his hand against the appropriators.
Boehner and incoming Majority Leader Eric Cantor also sound grimly determined to cut government spending, and they have an able ally in incoming Budget Chairman Paul Ryan. And they don't seem to be backing off their promise to do whatever they can to repeal and hobble Obamacare.
That won't be easy, with Barack Obama's veto pen poised to strike.
But Obamacare is not a self-propelling vehicle. It needs fuel and funding and fiddling from Congress. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Medicare agency head Donald Berwick had better plan on spending a lot of time on the south side of Capitol Hill over the next two years.
Boehner seems likely to prevail, in the lame duck session or as speaker next year, on extension of all the George W. Bush tax cuts, including those for high earners. Pelosi lacked the votes to let the latter expire before the election, and Obama seemed to be conceding the issue in his post-election press conference.
But Boehner will have his headaches when he has to rally votes to raise the national debt ceiling early next year. Freshmen don't want to vote for that, but it's irresponsible to let the government go without funding.
There's a tension as well between Boehner's hard line on issues and his pledge, in a pre-election speech at the American Enterprise Institute, to allow more open votes on amendments and to encourage committees to operate bipartisanly (as Boehner did on the 2001 education bill). We'll see how that goes.
Boehner is not likely to become as prominent a figure as Gingrich or Pelosi. But he'll start off with a larger majority than either of them did.
Views expressed in this column are those of the author, not those of Rasmussen Reports.
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Islam and the West: An Irreconcilable Conflict?
A Commentary By Pat Buchanan
Are Yanks and Brits Going Their Separate Ways? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Is Putin Right? Has Liberalism Lost the World? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"I worry greatly that the rhetoric coming from the Republicans, particularly Donald Trump, is sending a message to Muslims here ... and ... around the world, that there is a 'clash of civilizations.'"
So said Hillary Clinton in Saturday night's New Hampshire debate.
Yet, that phrase was not popularized by Donald Trump, but by Harvard's famed Samuel Huntington. His "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order" has been described by Zbigniew Brzezinski as providing "quintessential insights necessary for a broad understanding of world affairs in our time."
That Clinton is unaware of the thesis, or dismisses it, does not speak well of the depth of her understanding of our world.
Another attack on Trump, more veiled, came Monday in an "open letter" in The Washington Post where four dozen religious leaders, led by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, charge "some politicians, candidates and commentators" with failing to follow Thomas Jefferson's dictum:
"I never will, by any word or act ... admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others."
Intending no disrespect to Jefferson, if you do not inquire "into the religious opinions of others" in this world, it can get you killed.
"We love our Muslim siblings in humanity," said the signers of Cardinal McCarrick's letter, "they serve our communities as doctors, lawyers, teachers, engineers, journalists, first responders, and as members of the U.S. Armed forces and Congress."
Undeniably true. But, unfortunately, that is not the end of the matter.
Did the worst attack on the United States since Pearl Harbor, 9/11, have nothing to do with the Islamic faith?
Did Fort Hood and the San Bernardino massacres, the London subway bombings and the killings at Charlie Hebdo, as well as the slaughter at the Bataclan in Paris, have nothing to do with Islam?
Does the lengthening list of atrocities by terrorist cells of ISIS, Boko Haram, al-Qaida, al-Shabaab and the Nusra Front have nothing to do with Islam? Is it really illiberal to inquire "into the religious opinions" of those who perpetrate these atrocities? Or is it suicidal not to?
There has arisen a legitimate question as to whether Islamism can coexist peacefully with, or within, a post-Christian secular West.
For, as the Poet of the Empire, Rudyard Kipling, wrote: "Oh, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat."
As of 1960, the Great Wave of immigration into the United States from Southern and Eastern Europe had been halted for 35 years. And the children of these millions had been largely assimilated and Americanized.
Yet, 50 years after the Turkish gastarbeiters were brought in the millions into Germany, and Algerians and other North Africans were brought into France, no such wholesale assimilation had taken place.
Why not? Why are there still large, indigestible communities in France where French citizens do not venture and French police are ever on alert?
What inhibits the assimilation that swiftly followed the entry of millions of Catholics, Orthodox Christians and Jews into the United States from 1890 to 1920? Might it have something to do with Islam and its inherent resistance to a diversity of faiths?
Set aside faith-based terrorism and Islamist terrorism, and consider the nations and regimes of the Middle and Near East.
Iran holds presidential elections every four years, but is a Shiite theocracy where the Ayatollah is a virtual dictator. Saudi Arabia is a Sunni kingdom and home to Wahhabism, a Sunni form of puritanism.
Those ruling regimes are rooted in Islam.
And while secular America embraces expressions of religious pluralism and sexual freedom, homosexuality and apostasy are often viewed as capital crimes in Afghanistan, Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Where Islam is the ruling faith, the Quran is secular law.
Catholic historian Hilaire Belloc saw our future on its way, even before World War II: "[I]n the contrast between our religious chaos and the religious certitude still strong throughout the Mohammedan world ... lies our peril."
Historically, Christianity came to dominate the Roman Empire through preaching, teaching, example and martyrdom. Islam used the sword to conquer the Middle and Near East, North Africa and Spain in a single century, until stopped at Poitiers by Charles Martel.
And this is today's crucial distinction: Islam is not simply a religion of 1.6 billion people, it is also a political ideology for ruling nations and, one day, the world.
To the True Believer, Islam is ultimately to be imposed on all of mankind, which is to be ruled by the prescriptions of the Quran. And where Muslims achieve a majority, Christianity is, at best, tolerated.
Nor is this position illogical. For, if there is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his Prophet, all other religions are false and none can lead to salvation. Why should false, heretical and ruinous faiths not be suppressed?
Behind the reluctance of Trump and other Americans to send another U.S. army into a region that has seen wars in Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan leave us with ashes in our mouths, lies a wisdom born of painful experience.
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of the new book "The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority." To find out more about Patrick Buchanan and read features by other Creators writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Web page at www.creators.com.
See Other Commentaries by Pat Buchanan.
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Patent application title: MEDICAL INSTRUMENT FOR MICROINVASIVE SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS
Inventors: Martin Blocher (Tuttlingen, DE) Sebastian Wagner (Bretten, DE) Sebastian Wagner (Bretten, DE)
IPC8 Class: AA61B1700FI
USPC Class: 606 1
Class name: Surgery instruments
A shaft for a medical instrument for a minimally invasive procedure includes a proximal end that is mechanically connectable or connected with an operational device and a distal end that is connectable or connected with a tool, whereby the shaft comprises a bent portion and whereby no plane exists from which the center points of all cross-sections of the shaft are at a lesser distance than one-third of a diameter of the shaft.
1. A shaft for a medical instrument for a minimally invasive procedure, with: a proximal end that is mechanically connectable or connected with an operational device; a distal end that is connectable or connected with a tool, whereby no plane exists from which the center points of all cross-sections of the shaft are at a distance less than one-third of a diameter of the shaft.
2. The shaft according to claim 1, wherein no plane exists from which the center points of all cross-sections of the shaft are at a distance less than a half-diameter of the shaft.
3. The shaft according to claim 1, wherein the shaft comprises a proximal portion, a center portion, and a distal portion and wherein the distal portion and the center portion lie in a plane from which the proximal portion deviates.
4. The shaft according to claim 1, wherein the shaft comprises a proximal portion, a center portion, and a distal portion and wherein the distal portion and the proximal portion lie in a plane from which the center portion deviates.
5. The shaft according to claim 1, wherein the shaft comprises a proximal portion, a center portion; and a distal portion and wherein the center portion and the proximal portion lie in a plane from which the distal portion deviates.
6. The shaft according to claim 1, wherein at least one portion of the shaft is of helical configuration.
7. The shaft according to claim 1, wherein in a connected area that includes at least half of the length of the shaft, the derivative of the normed tangential vector of the midline of the shaft rotates continuously or discontinuously along the midline in one direction or is equal to zero.
8. The shaft according to claim 1, whose proximal end and whose distal end are oriented parallel to one another or form an angle of at most 20 degrees to one another.
9. The shaft according to claim 1, wherein the shaft includes a first segment in which the shaft runs parallel to a first plane, and a second segment in which the shaft runs parallel to a second plane, whereby the first plane and the second plane are not parallel to one another.
10. The shaft according to claim 1, wherein the first plane and the second plane form an angle of at least 10 degrees.
[0001] The present application claims priority of German patent application No. 10 2010 013 917.3 filed on Apr. 1, 2010, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
[0002] The present invention relates to a medical instrument for a minimally invasive procedure, in particular for a procedure by means of several instruments inserted through a single access opening, and to a shaft for such a medical instrument.
[0003] Minimally invasive procedures, for example laparoscopic surgical interventions, were originally performed via several small openings. For example, an endoscope was inserted through a central access opening and medical instruments were inserted through one, two, or more lateral access openings. The arrangement of an endoscope centrally and of two instruments from the side is also occasionally referred to as triangulation. Increasingly, however, efforts are made to reduce the number of access openings. For example, in laparoscopic surgery only one central access opening is now used, through which an endoscope and as a rule several instruments are inserted simultaneously. For reasons of space, these instruments cannot be completely straight. With straight instruments whose middle portions are positioned in a small access opening, the comparatively voluminous operational devices at the proximal ends make it difficult or impossible to move the distal ends together. Therefore instruments with a curved shaft have been developed.
[0004] Curved shafts for surgical instruments are described in WO 2006/100658 A2, in EP 2 087 834 A1, and in DE 20 2009 007 592 U1.
[0005] Curved shafts can constitute a marked improvement over straight shafts, in particular in minimally invasive procedures with several instruments in a single access opening. There remains, however, a mutual obstruction among the instruments, in particular concerning the distal ends with the tools, the center portions of the shafts that are positioned in the access opening, and the proximal ends of the instruments with operational devices. Medical staff must constantly keep this potential or actual mutual obstruction in mind in operating the instruments. This means, for one thing, that part of the medical staff's attention is always directed at careful and anticipatory operation of the medical instruments and, for another thing, that certain movements of the medical instruments must be avoided because of space restrictions or cannot be performed. Neither situation is tolerable for medical staff who need to function with concentration, efficiency, and the avoidance of exhaustion.
[0006] An object of the present invention consists in providing an improved shaft, an improved medical instrument, and improved surgical instruments.
[0007] This object is achieved through the content of the independent claims.
[0008] Refinements are indicated in the dependent claims.
[0009] The present invention is based on the recognition that in many situations, mutual obstruction of several medical instruments is caused by their two-dimensional format. From the viewpoint of production, transport, and storage of medical instruments, it can be advantageous if their shafts are of two-dimensional form. It is also not obvious that two-dimensional configuration of the shafts of medical instruments increases their mutual obstruction or that three-dimensional configuration of the shafts of medical instruments reduces their mutual obstruction. However, a precise and impartial analysis of typical situations arising in practice with several medical instruments in an access opening and empirical investigations with three-dimensionally shaped shafts, surprisingly, resulted in reduced mutual obstruction even when the shafts had only relatively minor deviations from a purely two-dimensional format. Each type of deviation in format from a purely two-dimensional shape--whether in a distal portion of the shaft that is foreseen for positioning in the body, in a center portion that is foreseen for positioning in an access opening, or in a proximal portion foreseen for positioning outside the body being treated--has its specific advantages.
[0010] A shaft for a medical instrument for a minimally invasive procedure includes a proximal end that can be or is mechanically connected with an operational device and a distal end that can be or is connected with a tool, in such a way that no plane exists from which the center points of all cross-sections of the shaft are at a smaller distance than one-third of a diameter of the shaft.
[0011] The shaft is rigid, that is, not flexibly reshapable by the forces and moments that arise in the expected use. The shaft is in particular configured for an exploratory, surgical, therapeutic or other medical procedure through a single access opening.
[0012] The cross-sections are based on planes of intersection that are cut perpendicularly by the midline formed by the center points. The center point of a cross-section, independently of any hollow spaces in the shaft, is the geometric center point of the simply connected level surface bounded by the outer contour of the cross-section. In particular, all cross-sections of the shaft or at least their outer contours are equal or essentially equal. For example, all cross-sections are circular with the same radius.
[0013] In the case of a cross-section that varies along the shaft, the diameter existing in the particular cross-section is to be taken as the basis with respect to comparing the distance of the center point of the cross-section from a plane with the diameter of the shaft. In a non-circular cross-section, the diameter is taken to be the diameter of the smallest circle that completely surrounds the cross-section.
[0014] In the shaft described here, there exists in particular no plane from which the center points of all cross-sections of the shaft are at a lesser distance than a half-diameter of the shaft.
[0015] In some embodiments the center points of the cross-sections lie in one or more segments of the shaft, in particular also in curved segments of the shaft, in precisely a plane whereby at least one segment of the shaft exists in which the center points of the cross-sections are at a distance of at least one-third or at least one-half of the diameter of the shaft.
[0016] In particular on the basis of the following description of embodiments, it becomes clear that the aforementioned deviation of the shaft from the straight shape markedly reduces or even can avoid the mutual obstruction of the shafts of two medical instruments. Here the deviation of the shaft from the straight form is not necessarily large in many cases. Even a deviation of one-third, one-half, or an entire diameter of the shaft can have the positive effects described here.
[0017] Here the additional production expense incurred for three-dimensional format has proved in a few cases to be lower than previously assumed. Especially at lesser deviations from a straight configuration, the advantages of the straight format can still be largely retained with respect to transport and storage. In any case, slight disadvantages or a moderate additional cost are offset by marked advantages in handling. Mutual obstruction or discomfort or restricted mobility of the shafts of several medical instruments can arise more seldom or with less probability.
[0018] A shaft as described here can comprise a proximal portion, a center portion, and a distal portion, whereby the distal portion and the center portion lie in a plane from which the proximal portion deviates.
[0019] The proximal portion extends to the proximal end of the shaft and is foreseen for positioning outside a body to be treated with the expected application. The distal portion extends to the distal end of the shaft and is foreseen for positioning in the body to be treated with the expected application. The center portion lies between the proximal portion and the distal portion and in particular borders on both. The center portion is especially foreseen for positioning in the access opening or in the area of the access opening. The distal portion and the center portion lie in particular in precisely a plane that is unequivocally defined by the center points of all cross-sections in the distal portion and in the center portion.
[0020] A deviation of the shaft from the straight format in the proximal portion makes possible, for example, a crossing of two shafts in the proximal portion without requiring a lateral displacement of the proximal ends of the shafts or of operational devices positioned on them. If both shafts deviate in the proximal portion from the straight format, a deviation in each case by just a half-diameter can be sufficient.
[0021] A shaft as described here can comprise a proximal portion, a center portion, and a distal portion so that the distal portion and the proximal portion lie in a plane from which the center portion deviates.
[0022] As mentioned, in the foreseen application the center portion of the shaft is positioned in a narrow access opening (for example, a trocar or a trocar sleeve) together with one or more other shafts of an endoscope and/or of other medical instruments. If two shafts in this center portion have a straight format, they can be contiguous with one another either in linear shape or at several locations set apart from one another. In a relative movement of both shafts, this can increase the friction resistance or lead to a discontinuous change of relative rotation points and lever arms. Either of these is undesired, as a rule, because they restrict the sensitivity and precision with which the shafts can be moved in relation to one another.
[0023] If the shape of one or both shafts deviates from a plane in the center portion, the shafts as a rule can be contiguous with one another only at one site. Tipping or sliding of both shafts with respect to one another, in this case, has a minimal friction and has as a consequence no displacement or in any case a continuous displacement of a relative axis of rotation and accordingly no modification or in any case a continuous modification of the lengths of the lever arms. A deviation of the shaft from the straight shape can thus increase sensitivity and precision in handling and in the activities performed by means of the shaft.
[0024] A shaft as described here can comprise a proximal area, a center area, and a distal area, whereby the center area and the proximal area lie in a plane from which the distal area deviates.
[0025] A deviation of the shaft from the straight format in the distal portion can simplify a crossing of the shafts of two medical instruments in the distal portion. As soon as each of the two shafts deviates by a half-diameter from the straight format, a crossing of the two shafts can become possible without a lateral displacement of its distal ends or of tools at their distal ends. The advantages are therefore similar to the aforementioned advantages of a deviation of the shaft from the straight format in the proximal area.
[0026] The advantages of the deviation of the shaft from the straight shape in the distal portion can, however, be still more important because fewer alternatives exist. In the proximal area, that is, in the foreseen application outside the body to be treated, the shafts of medical instruments can be shaped in such a way that a crossing can be avoided in most cases. Crossing in the distal area, however, can be avoided in many cases only at great expense, for example by exchanging both medical instruments. However, exchanging two medical instruments during a procedure costs time, interrupts the operational sequence, demands rethinking by the medical staff, and increases the risk of injury for the patient. These disadvantages can be reduced or avoided by a deviation of the shaft from the straight format in the distal portion.
[0027] In a shaft as described here, at least one portion can be of helical configuration.
[0028] A helix is a spatial curve with constant curvature on a sheath surface of a cylinder. A segment of the shaft is helically configured when the center points of all cross-sections of the shaft lie on a helix. The helically configured segment of the shaft can be the proximal, the center, or the distal portion in the sense of the description above. In addition, the entire shaft or nearly the entire shaft can be of helical configuration. However, in all the embodiments described here, it can be advantageous in view of production if short portions (with a length, for example, of a few millimeters or few centimeters) are straight at the ends of the shaft.
[0029] A helical configuration of the shaft or of a portion of the shaft makes possible, depending on the radius and the pitch of the helix, on the one hand a positioning of the distal ends of several shafts and of tools connected thereto, similarly as in classical triangulation, in which the tools of several medical instruments extend laterally into the field of vision of a central endoscope. At the same time two shafts that are helically configured in the center portion with equal winding direction are contiguous with one another only at one point in the access opening in almost all relative positions. A relative displacement or tipping of two or more spiral-shaped shafts in the access opening is therefore possible with minimal friction and without spasmodic change of effective lever lengths.
[0030] As a rule, it is advantageous to use several shafts with helically configured portions with equal winding direction, equal or similar radii, and equal or similar pitches. Especially positive experience occurs with shafts that form essentially a half-rotation over nearly their entire length, so that the ratio between the radius and the pitch lies between 1:10 and 1:20.
[0031] In a shaft as described here, in a connected portion that includes at least half of the length of the shaft, the derivative of the normed tangential vector of the midline of the shaft along the midline can continuously or discontinuously rotate in one direction or, in straight segments, can be equal to zero.
[0032] As previously mentioned, the midline of the shaft is the quantity of the center points of all cross-sections. An example of a shape of the shaft in which the normed tangential vector rotates continuously in one direction is the aforementioned helical shape. Deviating from a helical shape, the derivative of the normed tangential vector along the midline can change spasmodically or continuously both with respect to its amount and with respect to its direction. For example, a series of several portions that each is curved within a plane can under some circumstances entail a lower production cost than a helical structure or another structure in which the normed tangential vector rotates continuously.
[0033] In a shaft as described here, the proximal end and the distal end can be aligned parallel to one another or can form an angle of at most 10 degrees.
[0034] The direction of an end of a shaft is the direction of the tangential vector of the midline at the end. Parallel or even coaxial alignment of both ends of a shaft encourage particularly intuitive operation by medical staff. Even at the helical configuration of a portion of the shaft as described above, transition areas can be connected on the helical portion so that both ends of the shaft can be aligned parallel or even coaxially, even when the helical portion includes no full rotation.
[0035] A shaft as described here can include a first portion in which the shaft runs parallel to a first plane, and a second portion in which the shaft runs parallel to a second plane, whereby the first plane and the second plane are not parallel to one another.
[0036] In particular, the shaft is curved both in the first portion and in the second portion. In mathematical terms, the vector product of the tangential vector and of the derivative of the tangential vector has a first direction in the first portion and a second direction in the second portion, said second direction differing from the first direction. A curvature within a plane can in many cases be realized with minor production costs, so that a series of portions within which the shaft runs in each case parallel to a plane can be produced at reasonable cost.
[0037] The first plane and the second plane in particular form an angle of at least 10 degrees.
[0038] The angle between two planes is the angle between their surface normals. Greater angles of at least 20 degrees or at least 30 degrees or at least 60 degrees can be advantageous.
[0039] A medical instrument includes a shaft as described here and at least either an operational device that is connectable or connected with the proximal end of the shaft, or a tool that is connectable or connected with the distal end of the shaft.
[0040] A surgical utensil includes two medical instruments as described here, whereby, in the shafts of both medical instruments in portions corresponding to one another in terms of the distances from the distal ends of the shafts, the derivatives of the normed tangential vectors of the midlines of the shafts rotate continuously or discontinuously in the same direction along the midline.
[0041] The same-direction rotation of the derivative of the normed tangential vectors reduces the mutual obstruction of two shafts.
[0042] In a surgical utensil as described here, the shafts of both medical instruments, in portions corresponding to one another in terms of the distances from the distal ends of the shafts, are of helical configuration and have the same rotation direction.
[0043] Hereinafter, embodiments are explained in greater detail with reference to the appended drawings, which are as follows.
[0044] FIG. 1 shows a schematic depiction of a medical instrument.
[0045] FIG. 2 shows another schematic depiction of the medical instrument from FIG. 1.
[0046] FIG. 3 shows another schematic depiction of the medical instrument from FIGS. 1 and 2.
[0047] FIG. 4 shows a schematic depiction of an additional medical instrument.
[0050] FIG. 7 shows a schematic depiction of another medical instrument.
[0053] FIG. 10 shows a schematic depiction of another medical instrument.
[0054] FIG. 11 shows another schematic depiction of the medical instrument from FIG. 10.
[0055] FIG. 12 shows another schematic depiction of the medical instrument from FIGS. 10 and 11.
[0056] FIG. 13 shows a schematic depiction of two medical instruments in the foreseen application.
[0057] FIGS. 1 through 12 show schematic depictions of four different medical instruments. Each three successive drawings show schematic axonometric depictions of a medical instrument from three different perspectives or directions. The planes of projection of the three figures referring in each case to the same medical instrument, FIGS. 1 through 3 or 4 through 6 or 7 through 9 or 10 through 12, are perpendicular to each other. The planes of projection of FIGS. 2, 5, 8, and 11 correspond to one another. The planes of projection of FIGS. 3, 6, 9, and 12 correspond to one another.
[0058] Each of the medical instruments 10 illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 3 or 4 through 6 or 7 through 9 or 10 through 12 includes a shaft 20 with a proximal end 21 and a distal end 25 and with an essentially constant circular cross-section between the proximal end 21 and the distal end 25. On the proximal end 21 the shaft 20 in each case can comprise a flushing connection 28.
[0059] An operational device 40 is connected with the proximal end 21, and a tool 50 is connected with the distal end 25 of the shaft 20. Both the operational device 40 and the tool 50 can be connected permanently or not detachably without disruption with the shaft 20. Both the operational device 40 and the tool 50 can alternatively be connected detachably without disruption with the shaft 20, for example by bayonet and/or catch-lock connections.
[0060] In the illustrated medical instruments, a plug-in connection is provided between the proximal end 21 of the shaft 20 and the operational device 40, along with rotatability of the shaft in the operational device 40, so that a detachable catch-lock connection holds the shaft 20 on the operational device 40. The operational devices 40 of all illustrated medical instruments 10 have mutually corresponding characteristics, which are described in greater detail hereinafter.
[0061] In part, distinctions are made hereinafter between a proximal portion 22, a center portion 23, and a distal portion 24 of the shaft 20. The proximal portion 22 extends as far as or essentially as far as the proximal end 21 of the shaft 20. The distal portion 24 extends as far as or essentially as far as the distal end 25. The center portion 23 extends essentially between the proximal portion 22 and the distal portion 24. In the expected application of the medical instruments 10, the proximal portion 22 of the shaft 20 is intended to be positioned outside a body that is to be treated; the distal portion 24 is intended to be positioned in a natural or artificial cavity in the body to be treated; the center portion 23 is intended to be positioned in an access opening, for example in a trocar or trocar sleeve.
[0062] FIGS. 1 through 3 show schematic axonometric depictions of a medical instrument 10 whose shaft 20 is straight in the proximal portion 22 and in the center portion 23. Two curved segments 61, 62 and an additional, short straight segment 63 are connected distally to the straight portion. Inside the first curved segment 61 and inside the second curved segment 62, the shaft has an essentially straight shape. Inside the first curved segment 61, the center points of all cross-sections lie in a single, first plane; inside the second curved segment 62, the center points of all cross-sections of the shaft 20 lie in a single, second plane. Both the first plane and the second plane are unequivocally defined on the basis of the curvature of the first curved segment 61 and of the second curved segment 62. On the basis of the straight form of the shaft 20 proximally from the first curved segment 61 and distally from the second curved segment 62, the center points of all cross-sections of the first curved segment 61 and proximally from the same lie in the first plane and the center points of all cross-sections of the shaft 20 lie in the second curved segment 62 and distally from the same in the second plane.
[0063] The first plane and the second plane are not parallel to one another. In FIG. 1 it can be recognized that the first plane is perpendicular to the plane of projection of FIG. 1, so that the first curved segment 61 appears straight in FIG. 1. It can be recognized in FIG. 2 that the second plane is perpendicular to the plane of projection of FIG. 2, so that the second curved segment 62 appears straight in FIG. 2.
[0064] It can be recognized in comparing FIGS. 1 through 3 that no plane exists in which the center points of all cross-sections of the shaft 20 are found. Instead, the distal portion 24 of the shaft 20 has a suggestion of a screw-like shape. The derivative of the normed tangential vector of the midline of the shaft 20 made up of the center points of all cross-sections lies in the first curved segment 61 in the plane of projection of FIG. 2 and is perpendicular to the plane of projection of FIG. 2 at the proximal end of the second curved segment 62. The derivative of the tangential vector of the midline rotates suddenly by 90 degrees in clockwise direction at the transition between the first curved segment 61 and the second curved segment 62.
[0065] The shape of the shaft 20 of the medical instrument 10 in FIGS. 1 through 3 makes possible a collision-free or unhindered crossing of the distal portion 25 of the shaft 20 with the distal portion of a shaft of an additional medical instrument, in particular when the shaft of the second medical instrument is straight or at least is of screw-like or approximately screw-like configuration in the distal portion with the same rotation direction. It can be particularly advantageous to make simultaneous use of two of the same medical instruments 10 that both correspond to the foregoing depictions in FIGS. 1 through 3.
[0066] FIGS. 4 through 6 show schematic axonometric depictions of an additional medical instrument 10, which resembles in some characteristics the medical instrument presented above with reference to FIGS. 1 through 3. Contrary to the medical instrument presented above and in FIGS. 1 through 3, the shaft 20 of the medical instrument 10 shown in FIGS. 4 through 6 is straight in the proximal portion 22 and in the distal portion 24 and is curved in the center portion 23.
[0067] In the center portion 23 the shaft 20 comprises four curved segments 71, 72, 73, 74, within which the center points of all cross-sections of the shaft 20 are each found in a plane. A first plane, in which the center points of all cross-sections of the shaft 20 lie inside the first curved segment 71 and proximally from the same, is perpendicular to the plane of projection of FIG. 4. Therefore the first curved segment 71 in FIG. 4 appears straight. It can be recognized in FIG. 6 that a second plane, in which the center points of all cross-sections of the shaft 20 lie in the second curved segment 72, and a fourth plane, in which the center points of all cross-sections of the shaft 20 lie in the fourth curved segment 74, are each perpendicular to the plane of projection of FIG. 6. Therefore both the second curved segment 72 and the fourth curved segment 74 appear straight in FIG. 6.
[0068] Upon close observation of FIGS. 4 through 6 it can be recognized that the shaft 20 has an approximately right-rotating screw-like shape or a helical shape in the center portion 23. The derivative of the normed tangential vector of the midline of the shaft 20 made up of the center points of all cross-sections rotates discontinuously along this midline in counterclockwise direction. At the transitions between the curved segments 71, 72, 73, 74, the direction of the derivative of the normed tangential vector rotates spasmodically at angles between 20 and 120 degrees to the right or in clockwise direction.
[0069] The shape of the shaft 20 of the medical instrument 10 presented with reference to FIGS. 4 through 6 facilitates a low-friction and unimpeded relative movement of the shaft 20 of the illustrated medical instrument 10 and of the shaft or shafts of one or more additional medical instruments that are positioned together in a close access opening. This is true in particular when the shaft or shafts of the one or more medical instruments are straight or similarly curved in the center portion like the shaft 20 of the medical instrument presented with reference to FIGS. 4 through 6. In particular, a screw-shaped or helical or approximately screw-shaped or helical configuration with the same rotation direction of all shafts in the center portion can be advantageous. In most or even in most of the relative arrangements of several shafts, this shape makes possible a mutual touching in only one point each or at only one location each. In comparison with a possible mutual touching of two shafts in at least two points at a distance from one another, this results on the one hand in markedly reduced friction. An additional advantage can consist in the fact that, as long as a mutual touching of two shafts occurs in only one point, a sudden displacement of a momentary axis of a relative rotation of two shafts and a sudden change in the lengths of lever arms is not possible.
[0070] FIGS. 7 through 9 show schematic axonometric depictions of a medical instrument 10 that resembles in a few characteristics the medical instrument presented above with reference to FIGS. 1 through 3 or 4 through 6. Unlike in the medical instrument presented above with reference to FIGS. 1 through 3 and 4 through 6, the shaft 20 of the medical instrument 10 shown in FIGS. 7 through 9 is curved in the proximal portion 22 and in the center portion 23 and straight in the distal portion 24.
[0071] In the proximal portion 22 the shaft 20 comprises a short straight segment 81, a first curved segment 82, and a second curved segment 83. In the first curved segment 82 and in the proximally adjoining short straight segment 81 of the shaft 20, the center points of all cross-sections of the shaft 20 lie in a single, first plane. In the second curved segment 83 and distally from the same, the center points of all cross-sections of the shaft 20 lie in a second plane. In comparing FIGS. 7 and 8 it is recognizable that the first plane is perpendicular to the plane of projection of FIG. 7. Therefore the first curved segment 82 appears straight in FIG. 7. It is further recognizable that the second plane is perpendicular to the plane of projection of FIG. 8. Therefore the second curved segment 83 appears straight in FIG. 8.
[0072] In comparing FIGS. 7 through 9 it can be recognized that the shaft 20 of the medical instrument 10 shown in FIGS. 7 through 9 has approximately the shape of a left-threaded screw or helix. The derivative of the normed tangential vector of the midline of the shaft 20 made up of the center points of all cross-sections rotates spasmodically by approximately 90 degrees in counterclockwise direction at the transition between the first curved segment 82 and the second curved segment 83.
[0073] The shape of the shaft 20 of the medical instrument 10 presented with reference to FIGS. 7 through 9 can make possible an especially low-obstruction or obstruction-free relative movement of the shafts of several medical instruments that are used simultaneously in an access opening. This is true in particular when the medical instrument 10 presented with reference to FIGS. 7 through 9 is used together with one or more additional medical instruments whose shafts are configured corresponding to or similar to the shaft 20 of the medical instrument 10 presented with reference to FIGS. 7 through 9 or straight. In particular, the illustrated shape of the shaft 20 can make possible or facilitate crossing of the proximal portions of two shafts without lateral displacement.
[0074] FIGS. 10 through 12 show schematic axonometric depictions of an additional medical instrument 10, which is similar in a few characteristics to the medical instruments presented above with reference to FIGS. 1 through 3 or 4 through 6 or 7 through 9. Contrary to the medical instruments presented above with reference to FIGS. 1 through 9, the shaft 20 of the medical instrument shown in FIGS. 10 through 12 has an essentially helical shape in a large, center portion of its length. As a result of transitional arcs and straight portions at the proximal end 21 and at the distal end 25, which are scarcely recognizable in the drawings, the proximal end 21 and the distal end 25 of the shaft 20 have the same orientation or are parallel to one another.
[0075] Advantages of the medical instrument 10 shown in FIGS. 10 through 12 resemble or correspond largely to the advantages of the medical instruments presented above with reference to FIGS. 1 through 9 or combinations thereof. In particular, the shafts of two or three medical instruments as presented with reference to FIGS. 10 through 12 or to FIGS. 4 through 6 can be positioned in an access opening in such a way that they touch one another only at one point or in one location. This is the case, for example, when two shafts are positioned rotated with respect to one another by 180 degrees or three shafts are positioned rotated with respect to one another by approximately 120 degrees each. On the basis of the illustrated shape of the shafts, the latter cross one another in the access opening at wide angles, so that even with fairly large relative rotations or sliding, a mutual touching of two shafts always occurs only at one point or in one location.
[0076] Simultaneously the illustrated non-straight shape of the shaft of at least one of the simultaneously used medical instruments can make possible a crossing of the distal portions 24 and/or of the proximal portions 22 of the shafts 20 without a relative lateral displacement.
[0077] FIG. 13 shows a schematic depiction of an example of a simultaneous use of two medical instruments as presented for example above with reference to FIGS. 4 through 6 or 10 through 12. The medical instruments are used, for example, for an exploratory or surgical minimally invasive procedure in an artificial or natural cavity 91 in the body of a patient. The cavity 91 is bounded by a wall 92 in which there is a natural or artificial access opening 93. The wall is, for example, the abdominal wall of the patient.
[0078] Shafts 20, 120 of two medical instruments are introduced through the access opening 93 into the cavity 91. In the center portion or in the portion of the access opening 93, the two shafts 20, 120 are positioned wound around one another in the manner of a double helix. With sufficient curvature radii of the shafts 20, 120, the shafts 20, 120 touch one another at most at one point.
[0079] If both shafts 20, 120 have a flat shape, that is, if the center points of all cross-sections of the shaft 20 lie in a first plane and the center points of all cross-sections of the shaft 120 lie in a second plane, these two planes intersect in the portion of the access opening 93, but could be non-parallel to one another. The distal ends 25, 125 of the shafts 20, 120 and the tools 50, 150 positioned on them could therefore not be moved together. In most minimally invasive procedures, however, it is required that the tools 50, 150 at the distal ends 25, 125 of the shafts 20, 120 of two or more medical instruments can be approached to one another up to a very small mutual distance.
[0080] In the case of straight shafts 20, 120, contrary to the depiction in FIG. 13 a parallel positioning of the planes of the shafts 20, 120 is conceivable. Then the shafts 20, 120 could, however, touch at two points, with the aforementioned disadvantages.
[0081] Only the deviation of at least one of the shafts 20, 120 from a straight shape makes possible simultaneously the illustrated arrangement of the two shafts 20, 120 at least partly surrounding one another in the access opening and a freedom to approach the distal ends 25, 125 of the shafts 20, 120 and the tools positioned thereon.
Patent applications by Martin Blocher, Tuttlingen DE
Patent applications by Sebastian Wagner, Bretten DE
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Bob Zaretsky
PC-Doctor Responds to Software Vulnerability Report
PC-Doctor, Inc., the global leader in PC and Android system health, was recently made aware of a potential security vulnerability as reported by SafeBreach. PC-Doctor takes software security seriously and has already released updates to affected customers to address the issue.
RENO, Nevada (June 20, 2019) — PC-Doctor recently became aware of a security vulnerability in some of our Windows end-user product offerings. The issue was quickly resolved and updates were delivered to affected customers. In our opinion, it would be very rare for one to have both permissions and the ability to exploit this vulnerability.
To exploit this vulnerability, an administrative user or process would have to change the system’s PATH environment variable to include a folder writable by non-admin users, and craft a DLL that exploits PC-Doctor’s administrative privileges. It is not possible to exploit this vulnerability without modifying default Windows settings.
The vulnerability was reported against PC-Doctor’s Dell Hardware Support Service, which is included with Dell’s SupportAssist, but also affects PC-Doctor Toolbox for Windows. Both products are installed on systems to monitor for hardware issues and can be run on-demand. Urgent fixes were initially made available between 5/28/2019 and 6/17/2019. PC-Doctor Toolbox for Windows is also rebranded for other OEMs. The affected customers had updates released, and almost all of the affected users have been automatically upgraded. PC-Doctor strongly recommends that users opt-in for automatic software updates or manually check for available updates from within their product.
PC-Doctor understands the importance of security and will continue to work with all parties to ensure a safe computing environment for its many customers.
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5 Places to Visit in Lahaul and Spiti
Towering mountain ranges, rare and majestic species of animals, numerous monasteries and beautiful passes and glaciers, such is the magnificence of the districts of Lahaul and Spiti that makes it one of the best tourist places to visit in Himachal Pradesh.
Traveling to Lahaul and Spiti might appear to be tedious journey because of the distance but the picturesque beauty on the commute makes the journey far less tiring and more mesmerizing.
By air: One can take a flight to Bhuntar airport and then about 40km to Manali and then about a 115km through the Rohtang pass to Keylong.
By train: The nearest station is Jogindernagar in addition to Chandigarh and Shimla, the two railheads for Lahaul and Spiti.
By road: There are many buses, cars and jeeps that connect Lahaul and Spiti to the rest of Himachal Pradesh.
When to Visit?
The best time to visit would be in the summer months (June to October). The weather is moderate and it is apt for trekking and sightseeing.
1. Suraj Tal
Photo by Ankit Solanki, CC BY-SA 2.0
Suraj Tal, also known as the Lake of the Sun God is the third highest lake in India. It lies below the Bara-lacha-la pass in the Lahaul and Spiti valley. Crystal clear waters, flanked by arid mountain ranges and the gorgeous Bhaga valley that ensconces this lake is a salve to a quavering mind. Although the rough, sloppy roads and the temperature might come across as arduous, the sight of the scenic beauty is worth it. Trekkers and adventure enthusiasts will have the time of their life exploring this pristine beauty. The best time to visit would be from mid-May to October.
2. Pin National Park
Located within the Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve in the Himalayas, the Pin National Park demarcates the border between the formerly separate Lahaul and Spiti districts. One can spot rare species of snow leopard, Himalayan Ibex and Blue Sheep and a vista of the overlooking the beautiful Kungri glacier. There are huge alpine trees and towering cedar groves which makes it a stupendous backdrop for photography. Cool, trickling waters are a treat to the senses. One must make it a top priority to visit this place to experience true nature.
3. Tayul Monastery
Tayul Gompa or Tayul Monastery is a tailor-made name for this Buddhist Monastery in the Bhaga Valley of Lahaul and Spiti for it is the ‘chosen one’. It is located at a distance of 6 km from Keylong, above the village of Sitangri. It houses thankas depicting the life of Buddha and a 5 m tall image of Guru Padmasambhava along with his two manifestations.
The major attraction is the hundred million Mani wheel which rotates on its own on auspicious occasions. The best time to visit would be in the months of June to November and Tayul is at a walking distance from Keylong.
4. Darcha
Photo by (WT-en) Sean McAree , CC BY-SA 1.0
At an elevation of 3360 m on the Bhaga river is the secluded and sparsely populated village of Darcha. One enters this picturesque village leaving all worries and troubling thoughts behind, for such is the power of this intricately scripted natural beauty. There is breath taking landscape and dry snowy desert and it serves as the beginning point for many treks.
The Murkila Mountain is proximal and is a favored mountaineering destination and the awe-inspiring sight of the Chandra and Bhaga River is a rendezvous of sorts. One must make it a point to visit this welcoming little village when in Himachal Pradesh.
5. Chandra Taal
Photo by Christopher L Walker, CC BY-SA 3.0
Well known amongst trekking and adventure enthusiasts is the Chandra Taal or the Moon Lake. Aptly named following the crescent shape of this barren yet mesmerizing lake located at a height of 14100 feet, this sweet water lake is the source of Chandra River.
The smooth transition of the color of the lake in accordance with the color of the sky is a testimony to the generosity of nature. This lake is famous as a camping site and the sight of the splashes of mountain white, lake blue and the greenery around is enough to send the traveler into a trance. There is the Kunzum pass at a distance of 6 km from there which is another wonderful destination.
There can be no conclusion to the appreciation Lahaul and Spiti deserve. But if one must describe this wonderful place in a few words then I would say that this place was formed when the heavens kissed the earth with auspice, beauty and enrapturing blend of colorful, serene natural beauty.
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Category 5 Cyclone Hits Vanuatu & VUI Prevails
Home / News / Category 5 Cyclone Hits Vanuatu & VUI Prevails
“It was awe inspiring to see the dedication and desire of our workers to help their neighbors that was displayed by our staff during this emergency.”
Peter Allen, General Manager, VUI
Vanuatu was hit by a Category 5 Cyclone. Some reports state that this is the second strongest cyclone to ever make landfall. Pernix’s utility in Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu Utilities and infrastructure (VUI), was hit but did not take a direct hit from the cyclone.
VUI was able to maintain power throughout the storm to a majority of its customers. However, two of its feeders were shutdown from multiple tree falls. VUI crews worked throughout the night during the storm to answer trouble calls, make downed lines safe, re-connect power to the hospital and prison and remove trees from lines and roads. VUI was able to restore power to 100% of customers within 12 hours of the passing of the storm.
VUI has offered help to the Ministry and Department of Energy and to the other utility in Vanuatu. VUI management would like to commend the excellent, professional work of the men and women who worked throughout the storm to maintain power for our customers.
VUI’s General Manager, Peter Allen stated, “It was awe inspiring to see the dedication and desire of our workers to help their neighbors that was displayed by our staff during this emergency.”
Pernix Group, Inc. is a construction company recognized by Engineering News-Record for being one of the Top 50 American Contractors Working Abroad for the last four years in a row. Headquartered in Lombard, Illinois, Pernix has operations in the United States, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the Pacific Rim. Pernix has full-scale construction and management capabilities, in three primary markets: Federal Government, Commercial & Industrial, and Power. Recently, Pernix Group expanded its domestic Commercial & Industrial operations by acquiring KBR Building Group, now known as BE&K Building Group. Pernix also expanded its Pacific operations this year by acquiring assets of DCK Pacific Guam, now operating as Pernix Guam LLC.
Pernix Group, Inc. common stock is traded on the over-the-counter quotation board (OTCQB) under the symbol PRXG. Additional information is available at www.pernixgroup.com.
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Pernix Group, Inc. Announces 2013 Financial Results
Home / News / Pernix Group, Inc. Announces 2013 Financial Results
“We are pleased with our accomplishments […], and they are already yielding results as the Company has won new business thus far in 2014 totaling over $45 million in both segments of our business.”
LOMBARD, IL – April 1, 2014 – Pernix Group, Inc. (OTCQB: PRXG) announced its financial results today for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013.
Pernix Group reported the second highest revenue in its history, with consolidated revenue from continuing operations of $73.8 million in 2013, as compared to $120.0 million in 2012. The decrease in revenue was primarily attributable to the successful completion or wind down of two large construction projects for the US government. The decrease in construction-related revenues was partially offset by a $0.7 million increase in power generating revenue, which reflects higher usage of diesel power at the Company’s power plants in Fiji, as opposed to hydro-electric power, due to climatic conditions and maintenance of hydro facilities in Fiji.
Gross profit from continuing operations was $7.2 million in 2013, as compared to $14.8 million in 2012, driven by the aforementioned decline in revenue in our construction segment. This decline was partially offset by higher revenue and gross margin in the power generating segment, resulting from both higher demand for our power in Fiji and lower maintenance costs. Consolidated operating expenses decreased by $1.0 million, reflecting better absorption of overhead costs in our construction projects that more than offset higher compensation expenses associated with additional resources in our power and construction business development and execution functions. As a result of these factors, operating income (before minority interest) declined to $2.0 million in 2013 from $8.7 million in 2012; after taking into consideration minority interest, operating income was $0.4 million this year, as compared to $2.9 million last year.
Pernix Group’s consolidated net income from continuing operations attributable to common shareholders decreased to ($4.7 million) from $0.4 million. The net loss in 2013 was due primarily to management’s decision at the end of the third quarter to increase the valuation allowance on its deferred tax assets by $4.9 million. As a result of the increase in valuation allowance, all of the Company’s deferred tax assets are now fully reserved, and all future taxable income would be expected to have a dollar-for-dollar additive impact to stockholders’ equity. The increase in valuation allowance is a non-cash expense and has no impact on the Company’s liquidity, cash flows or its ability to execute projects or conduct ongoing operations.
Nidal Zayed, President and CEO of Pernix Group, Inc. said “2013 was a transitional year for Pernix Group, as we focused on building our senior leadership and business development teams and achieving outstanding performance in the field. We are pleased with our accomplishments in these areas, and they are already yielding results as the Company has won new business thus far in 2014 totaling over $45 million in both segments of our business. These developments fuel our excitement about the Company’s potential, both near and long-term. We are keenly focused on successful execution of our first domestic construction award, formation of new joint ventures, and consistent pre-qualifications for major US government contracts expected to be awarded in 2014. Our power business also continues to perform well, providing diversification and consistency of operating income, as well as significant expansion opportunities, both domestically and abroad.”
The Company’s consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2013 reflected a relatively stable cash balance of approximately $20.0 million at December 31, 2013, as compared to $21.9 million at the end of the previous year. As a result of the previously announced recapitalization, the Company paid off all of its debt in December 2013 and had total stockholders’ equity attributable to Pernix shareholders of $10.5 million at December 31, 2013, as compared to $10.2 million at December 31, 2012.
Construction backlog declined to $37.1 million from $67.9 million, as the Company’s PSJV affiliate approached completion of our Sather containerized housing project in Baghdad. Subsequent to year-end, however, Pernix has received new awards totaling over $45 million, including our first domestic project.
“Our strong balance sheet and consistent support from our controlling shareholders provide Pernix with a solid foundation for growth,” added Mr. Zayed. “Together with our expanded team of industry veterans and new world-class joint venture partners, we are well positioned to win new business as well as maintain our track record of outstanding execution going forward. The addition of Bob Campbell to our board and the expanded role of Don Gunther, former Vice Chairman of Bechtel and now chairman of our board, also reinforce our positive near-term outlook.”
The Company filed its Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2014, which incorporates its audited financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2013.
Pernix Group, Inc. is a global company with its headquarters in Lombard, Illinois. The company is engaged in two primary operating business segments: construction services as a Design-Build General Contractor in the Federal and Government market; and building, managing and investing in Power Generation Projects as an Independent Power Producer. Pernix has full-scale construction and management capabilities, with operations in Africa, the Middle East, and the South Pacific. Pernix Group, Inc. common stock is traded on the over-the-counter bulletin board (OTCQB) under the symbol PRXG. Additional information is available at www.pernixgroup.com.
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David Fincher's 'World War Z' Sequel Is Officially Dead
The World War Z sequel never felt like a real thing to me. It never made sense that David Fincher would agree to direct it, whether it reunited him with Brad Pitt or not. And while the first movie was a surprise hit after loads of production woes, there has been no forward energy on doing another one. And now it looks like that lack of urgency is what's going to keep it from happening.
According to ThePlaylist, Paramount has canceled World War Z 2, and the reasons are exactly what you think. Budget is part of it, although Fincher reportedly turned in an amount that is less than the $190M of the first movie. Let's not forget, that number ballooned because of costly rewrites and reshoots. Still, Paramount was hesitant even though Pitt had been eyeing Fincher for the directing gig since 2016 after J.A. Bayona (A Monster Calls) dropped out.
While Dennis Kelly (Utopia) had been hired to rewrite Steven Knight's script, and some staffing had begun, Paramount never gave the sequel a thumbs up. It seems they are deciding to throw their dollars towards bigger franchises that are on the upswing, like the back-to-back Mission: Impossible movies they have coming out in 2021 and 2022.
It's been six years since World War Z was in theaters and I don't recall anybody clamoring for another one. After all this time that silence must have been deafening to Paramount and they finally decided to act.
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home | news 2019 | Acclaimed archivist Rick Prelinger to visit the 13th edition of Punto de Vista
Acclaimed archivist Rick Prelinger to visit the 13th edition of Punto de Vista
He will be conducting the “Participatory Cinema” workshop, in which the participants will together create a full-length film during the Festival.
The well-known American archivist and filmmaker Rick Prelinger will be visiting Pamplona from the11th to the 16th of March 2019 to conduct a workshop during the thirteenth edition of Punto de Vista, the International Documentary Film Festival of Navarra.
The workshop, which bears the title "Participatory Cinema: Assembly over algorithm" will be held in collaboration with the Huarte Contemporary Art Centre and will consist of multiple sessions in which those attending will collectively construct a feature-length documentary film using local film archives which will be screened as part of the Festival.
In order to do this, they will analyse the role of archival material as active memory banks of the 21stcentury using cases such as Prelinger’s series of 'historical interventions' Lost Landscapes and researching the local footage available.
With this workshop, Punto de Vista will resume its production work, which began with the series of films XFilms,and the introduction in the 12thedition of the "Punto de Vista Labs". These collective creation laboratories gave rise to the production of The sound we see: Pamplona with the Echo Park Film Center and local artists in 2018, and will also provide the setting for "Participatory Cinema: Assembly over algorithm” with Rick Prelinger in 2019.
The film emerging from the collective work with Prelinger will be shown to the public on the last day of the Festival and will be just one of several interventions by the artist in the 13thedition of Punto de Vista, in which he will share and analyse part of his extensive collection in a programme specially curated for the Festival. His participation comes thanks to the support of the Elias Querejeta Film School, which is once again collaborating with Punto de Vista by helping to attract relevant figures from the international scene.
Rick Prelinger is an archivist, filmmaker, professor at the University of California and founder of the Prelinger Archives (a collection of audiovisuals available to the public). He has been a key figure in the field of archival footage since 1985 and his collection is now represented worldwide by Getty Images. He is a board member of the Internet Archive and founder, along with Megan Prelinger, of the Prelinger Library, a private research library in downtown San Francisco which encourages appropriation.
Participants can sign up one month before the workshop starts at https://www.centrohuarte.es/participatory-cinema-assembly-over-algorithm-bajo-cero/.
comunicacion@puntodevistafestival.com
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Selected: October 31
Overview of WWII on October 31 by year...
Citizen-in-Chief:
The Second Lives of the American Presidents
Dramatic, little-known, sometimes inspiring, and often heartrending post-presidential lives of former Oval Office occupants; true stories that show that great leaders are often far from fading away once they leave the White House.
Called Up, Sent Down:
The Bevin Boys' War
Thousands of British miners enlisted to fight, putting the war effort in danger of grinding to a halt. The answer was to conscript 48,000 "Bevin Boys" and send them down.
1931 — , October 31
CBI - China: Day 44 of 154 of the Japanese Invasion of Manchuria.
CBI - China: Day 12 of 29 of the 1st Battle of Suiyuan.
Day 80 of 106 of the 2nd Battle of Shanghai.
Day 61 of 70 of the Battle of Taiyuan.
Day 20 of 81 of Japan's Operation GUANGDONG.
ETO - UK: Day 56 of 258 of the Blitz.
ETO - UK: Day 114 of 114 of the Battle of Britain. Hitler's idea of conquering England has been put off for another time. However, the Blitz campaign on London continues on.
Battle of Britain related dates...
10 Jul 40: The Battle of Britain begins
13 Aug 40: Luftwaffe's "Eagle Day" against RAF airfields
18 Aug 40: The "Hardest Day" for the RAF
31 Oct 40: The Battle of Britain fizzles away
DVD, Blu-ray
The Good Fight:
Battle of Britain Propaganda and The Few
The Hardest Day:
The Battle of Britain: 18 August 1940
Invasion, 1940:
The Truth About the Battle of Britain and What Stopped Hitler
MTO - Greece: British troops occupy Canea, Crete. Italian troops advance toward Salonika. The RAF bombs Naples, Italy, for the first time.
CBI - Thailand: Day 31 of 221 of the Franco-Thai War (Vichy France vs Thailand).
Atlantic: The destroyer USS REUBEN JAMES is sunk by German U-boat U-552, killing 100 of her crew. This is the first US naval casualty between Germany and the United States. Although this tragedy does not push either to declare war, it effectively scraps the US Neutrality Acts.
American destroyer USS REUBEN JAMES
sinks south of Iceland, killing 100
Upon the outbreak of war in Europe in September 1939, the USS REUBEN JAMES joined the Neutrality Patrol, guarding the Atlantic and Caribbean approaches to the American coast. In March 1941, she joined the convoy escort force established to promote the safe arrival of materiel to the United Kingdom. This escort force guarded convoys as far as Iceland, after which they became the responsibility of British escorts.
On 31 Oct 41, while escorting a convoy, the REUBEN JAMES was torpedoed by U-552 and her entire bow was blown off when a magazine exploded. The bow sank immediately. The aft section floated for five minutes before going down.
Following this tragedy, Congress approved FDR's request to arm merchant ships and to allow them to sail through combat zones to the ports of belligerents. The sinking of the REUBEN JAMES effectively scrapped the Neutrality Acts, and any further incident could have led to a formal declaration of war against Germany.
Dates of American pre-war incidents...
12 Dec 37: USS PANAY is sunk on the Yangtze River by Japanese planes
21 Apr 40: US Army Captain is killed during the bombing of Norway
10 Apr 41: US destroyer attacks a U-boat that had just sunk a Dutch freighter
14 Sep 41: US Coast Guard captures German-Norwegian ship in Greenland
17 Oct 41: USS KEARNY is damaged by a German torpedo off Iceland
31 Oct 41: USS REUBEN JAMES is sunk by a U-boat, killing 100
A Measureless Peril:
America in the Fight for the Atlantic, the Longest Battle of World War II
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
Blood On The Sea:
American Destroyers Lost In WWII
Russian Front - Finland: Day 125 of 142 of Operation SILVER FOX, a joint German-Finnish campaign to capture the Russian port of Murmansk in the Arctic.
Russian Front - Finland: Day 123 of 140 of Operation ARCTIC FOX, a joint German-Finnish campaign against Soviet Northern Front defenses at Salla, Finland.
Russian Front - Finland: Day 132 of 164 of the Battle of Hanko. The Soviets will be forced off their leased naval base.
Russian Front: Day 132 of 167 of Germany's Operation BARBAROSSA.
Russian Front - North: Day 54 of 872 of the Siege of Leningrad.
Russian Front - Center: Day 30 of 98 of the Battle of Moscow.
Russian Front - South: Day 2 of 248 of the Siege of Sevastopol, Crimean Peninsula.
MTO - Libya: Day 205 of 256 of the Siege of Tobruk. The RAF attacks Benghazi and Tripoli.
Russian Front - South: Day 126 of 150 of Germany's CASE BLUE, the failed offensive to take the Caucasus oil fields.
Russian Front - South: Day 70 of 165 of the Battle of Stalingrad, bloodiest battle in human history.
MTO - Egypt: Day 9 of 20 of the 2nd Battle of El Alamein. US B-25s hit a German landing ground.
East Africa: Day 180 of 186 of the Battle of Madagascar.
PTO - Alaska: Day 147 of 435 of the Battle of Kiska, Aleutian Islands. The US and Canada will defeat the Japanese invaders.
PTO - Malaya: Day 255 of 357 of the Battle of Timor Island, a long guerrilla war ending in Japanese victory.
PTO - New Guinea: Day 103 of 119 of the Battle of the Kokoda Track. The Australians continue pushing back the Japanese troops.
PTO - Solomon Islands: Day 86 of 187 of the Battle of Guadalcanal.
Russian Front - North: Day 545 of 658 of the Siege of the Kholm Pocket. USSR lays siege to the Kholm Pocket but the Germans hold out for a about a year and a half.
Russian Front - South: Day 69 of 122 of the Battle of the Lower Dnieper River, USSR.
MTO - Italy: The US 5th Army resumes its offensive to the north of the Volturno. US 12th Air Force provides air support.
PTO - New Guinea: Day 43 of 219 of the Battle of Shaggy Ridge.
PTO - New Guinea: Day 40 of 162 of the Battle of the Huon Peninsula.
ETO - France: Day 92 of 284 of the Battle of Brittany.
ETO - Belgium: Day 60 of 62 of the liberation of Belgium.
ETO - Belgium: Day 30 of 38 of the Battle of the Scheldt Estuary. In Netherlands, the British reach the river Mass, south of Rotterdam, and establish a bridgehead. The Canadians reach Walcheren.
ETO - France: Day 47 of 236 of the Siege of Dunkirk.
ETO - Germany: Day 43 of 145 of the Battle of Hürtgen Forest.
Russian Front - Finland: Day 47 of 223 of the Lapland War. Finland and Russia have joined forces to kick the Germans out of Finland's most northern province.
Russian Front - Center: Day 17 of 206 of the Battle of the Courland Pocket in Latvia. Germans will hold this area until the very end of the war.
Russian Front - Center: Day 10 of 99 of the Siege of Memel, a border town of Lithuania and East Prussia.
Russian Front - Center: Day 48 of 72 of the Battle into East Prussia and northern Poland.
Russian Front - South: Day 3 of 108 of the Battle of Budapest, Hungary.
Russian Front - South: Day 48 of 72 of the Battle of Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
MTO -Italy : US 12th Air Force: B-26s hit targets at Nervesa della Battaglia, Montebello, and Piazzola sul Brenta. Fighters attack gun positions south of Bologna.
MTO - Greece: British troops occupy Salonika in effort to prevent a take-over by Communist insurgents in the wake of the recent withdrawal of German troops.
CBI - Burma: Day 214 of 302 of the Chinese Salween Offensive in Burma.
Day 198 of 259 of Japan's Operation ICHI-GO.
PTO - New Guinea: Day 322 of 597 of the Battle of New Britain.
PTO - New Guinea: Day 193 of 481 of the Battle of Western New Guinea.
PTO - Palau Islands: Day 47 of 74 of the Battle of Peleliu (Operation STALEMATE II).
PTO - Philippines: Day 12 of 299 of the 2nd Battle of the Philippines, aka the Liberation of the Philippines or the Philippines Campaign.
PTO - Philippines: Day 12 of 73 of the Battle of Leyte.
for October 31st...
1941: The US destroyer REUBEN JAMES is sunk by a German U-boat, but pushes neither side to war
71 American destroyers went down during WWII, and this meticulously researched book describes the history of each - from launch to the ship's final hours.
The War Against The Nazi U-Boats 1942 - 1944:
The Antisubmarine Command
Paperback (181 pages), kindle
To fight the sinking of ships carrying supplies to England, an audacious plan was created to counter the German submarines using long-range B-24 bombers.
Operation Pastorius:
Eight Nazi Spies Against America
Kindle (~148 pages)
Originally published in 1959, the book's author, George John Dasch, provides a first-hand account of the German sabotage mission to America (which he sabotaged), the subsequent trial and the years-long, unsuccessful fight to clear his name.
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The Islam - IV
Ramadan is an Islamic religious observance that takes place during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, when the Qur'an was revealed. The name "Ramadan" is taken from the name of this month; the word itself derived from an Arabic word for intense heat, scorched ground, and shortness of rations. It is considered the most venerated and blessed month of the Islamic year. Prayers, sawm (fasting), charity, and self-accountability are especially stressed at this time; religious observances associated with Ramadan are kept throughout the month.
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Intohimo
support Inimical
author TL date 07/08/08 venue Lades Kælder, Copenhagen, DEN
Intohimo is a band I'm sure is only known by a relatively small minority of people, scattered out mostly over Danish and Swedish soil, not surprisingly, seeing as they're a very young Swedish band with only one album under their belt. An album however, that had me blown away when it was released last year, and I was very very positively surprised to learn that they had a show at the small bar "Lades" in central Copenhagen.
After enjoying a late summer afternoon in the city accompanied by a couple of friends and a handful of beers, I come upon the 20 or so people who know the band outside of Lades, waiting for it to open at 9 o'clock. As they open there's the usual commodity of such a small event, with people checking out the makeshift merch stand and sharing pints with all the familiar faces.. The 'scene' is rather small over here after all.
Inimical
Before Intohimo go on though, there's another band on stage. They are local and their name is Inimical, and from what I can tell, they play death metal for the sake of it. Now I guess there's a chance for you all to tell me what a horribly biased and lazy journalist I am, but fact remains that I honestly wasn't that interested in their set, so I settled for a seat behind their supporters, checking them out only over a beer and a conversation from friends. From what you can hear on the band's myspace, they're really just your typical metallers, playing at heaviness with little purpose other than doing so, and on this night, there's really nothing going on to counter that notion. It's the classic story of a gang of musicians who are technically proficient but lack anything resembling a distinguishable identity. I for one can't find much reason to recommend their show just yet. Also their myspace "Sounds Like" says "fucking evil metal". That's pretty funny.
Obviously, the arrival of the Swedes on stage marks a significant change in the amount of attention I'm paying to what's going on, and I jump to the front, ready to live out a long-harbored urge to go crazy to the songs I loved on Intohimo's debut. As they launch into it, it's quickly obvious that this is by no means the first show they play, handling themselves confidently despite their young age and the small size of the crowd. Alas, there's one major problem, and that is that from where I'm standing, the sound is absolutely shit. It gradually becomes apparent to me that the band is playing mostly songs from an upcoming new record, but in the beginning I just can't tell because the guitars are a noisy mess and the cleaner vocal parts are buried way under them. There's a good energy to the performance, just as you'd expect from a band like this, but I think I speak for the fans of the band and their debut, when I say that we were mildly disappointed by the shortness of the set, and the inclusion of only three (if I'm not mistaken, it was honestly hard to hear) tracks from that record. I'm terribly sorry to say this, because I really wanted to be able to push these guys further, but the experience tonight was one of few that serve to deny the saying that "smaller gigs are better", and I can only hope for Intohimo to make it a bit bigger on their next release, so we can see them do a show with proper sound, and hopefully a bit more people in slightly larger venue.
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Anti-heroin program in Seychelles shows promise, but drug problem is big and growing
Victoria, Seychelles | October 29, 2018, Monday @ 19:01 in National » GENERAL | By: Salifa Karapetyan Edited by: Betymie Bonnelame | Views: 2366
The presentation was based on the findings made during a review that the agency carried out to see progress made in the past four months of operation. (Thomas Meriton)
Around 40 percent of heroin addicts who followed the methadone programme offered at the Aftercare Service of the Agency for the Prevention of Drug Abuse and Rehabilitation (APDAR) have been completely clean, the Secretary of State for the prevention of drug abuse and rehabilitation said.
According to research by the agency, there are around 5,000 heroin users in Seychelles, an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean, with a population of 95,000.
Patrick Herminie, the state’s top drug official, said during a presentation at State House on Monday that only 1,500 addicts are following the methadone programme.
“The drug situation in Seychelles is clearly a menace to the existence of the country. More than 10 percent of our working force is not able to work as they are abusing drugs and many of them are also being affected by other diseases such as HIV, Hepatitis C, and other complications,” said Herminie.
The Secretary of State, Herminie said that the drug situation in Seychelles is clearly a menace to the existence of the country. (Thomas Meriton) Photo License: CC-BY
A study called the ‘Seychelles Biological and Behavioural Surveillance of Heroin Users of 2017’ showed that 5.6 percent of the population aged 15 years and above are heroin users.
The Secretariat for the Prevention of Drug Abuse and Rehabilitation was established in November 2016 to address the increased drug problem in the country. In August last year, the Agency was set up under a legal instrument to provide the Secretariat with more leverage to deliver its mandate.
Herminie said that there is a need for a better workforce and facility.
“It is important for us to introduce new buses that are appropriate for the work being done when we are distributing methadone. With the introduction of new drugs in the country and the fact that eventually, we will have to remove the patients from the methadone programme, it will also be necessary to have a rehabilitation centre in the country,” said Herminie.
He added that as of next year there will be a need to increase the number of patients that the agency gives care to as there are “a lot more than 5000 people who are addicts.”
Herminie stressed that education is key to eliminate the drug problem in the country. At the moment a committee is being created jointly by the agency and the Ministry of Education, so as to set up a school-based programme to encourage a new mindset in children. This programme will start with primary one students through to post-secondary.
“If we are unable to create resilience in our youth and their ability to say no to substances, we will never be able to deal with the drug problem in Seychelles,” said Herminie.
The secretary of state said that the methadone programme is a prevention programme which stops drug users from getting infected and ending up in prison. The programme is also cost effective as the agency spends $36 on each patient per year which is significantly lower than the $14,776 that the government spends on each prisoner per year.
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People have worshipped in this church for many centuries. As both the Parish Church and the Civic Church of the Borough of Solihull, at St Alphege we aim to provide a wide range of services to minister to the variety of people who worship here – both our own congregations, the parish as a whole, and the wider Borough.
Each Sunday we have four morning services and one evening service, which change depending on the season and any special observances or festivals. However, the usual format is as follows:
8:00am Said Eucharist – A quiet, reflective service, following Common Worship order 1 (traditional language), with a short sermon and no music. It lasts about 40 minutes.
9:15am Parish Eucharist – a family-friendly service using contemporary language in our beautiful church building. The service includes a sermon and hymns. The music is a mix of traditional and contemporary. Families are very welcome to join this service and children’s groups meet during this service. The service lasts about an hour and a quarter. St Alphege Kids, our Sunday school group, meets in the upper chapel.
On the second Sunday of each month, this is replaced by our All-Age Eucharist, which takes much the same format but with a more contemporary feel and greater emphasis on the involvement of children and young people.
9.15am The Junction – meeting in the Oliver Bird Hall.
This is especially for families with very young children. It meets in the Church Hall (OBH). The service follows the general format of a Communion service, in a very informal style and with worship band. There are various children’s groups. The Junction then joins the 9.15am church building congregation to receive Holy Communion, a final song and a blessing.
There is no Junction on the 2nd Sunday of each month. Instead, both 9.15am congregations come together in the church building for an All Age Eucharist.
11:00am Choral Eucharist – this is a more formal service at which we use traditional language. Our worship is enhanced by the full choir, choral settings, traditional language, sermon and hymns. During the high feasts and Epiphany and Easter seasons, incense is used.
6:30pm Choral Evensong – one of the most celebrated traditions of the Anglican church following the Book of Common Prayer with full choir, hymns and a sermon.
Details and times of all services can be found in the pewslip on the front page of this site.
Weekday Worship
Our weekday services are quieter and more contemplative. St Alphege is open throughout the week, until 3pm most days, for prayer and reflection.
Morning Prayer is said in church Monday-Friday at 9am (8.30am on Wednesdays). You are very welcome.
The Eucharist is celebrated regularly in St Alphege. These are said services that last around half an hour. A weekday service of Choral Evensong is sung by one of our cathedral-standard choirs on Wednesday evening.
Weekday services in St Alphege:
Monday: 9.30am Said Eucharist
Tuesday: 9.30am Said Eucharist
Wednesday: 6.30pm Choral Evensong
Thursday: 10.30am Said Eucharist (at this service on the 1st Thursday of the month, you have the invitation to receive prayers for healing; on the 3rd Thursday of the month, members of the Mothers’ Union attend for their Corporate Eucharist.)
Details of Eucharists for major festivals (such as Christmas and Easter), feast days and special occasions can be found in the pewslip from week to week.
Remembering the Departed
Saturday (1st Saturday of the month): 9.30am Said Eucharist.
At this Eucharist, we remember those who have recently died or whose anniversary of death occurs during that given month. People often come to remember their departed loved ones.
Special and Civic Occasions
Throughout the year there are a number of services celebrating special events both within the church and in the community at large. We also have a number of Civic Services in collaboration with Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council.
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New Geologic Map of Jupiter's Moon Io Documents Dynamic Volcanic Face
Press Release From: Planetary Science Institute
Posted: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
The "Geologic Map of Io" (USGS Scientific Investigations Map 3168) is available online: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3168/
More than 400 years after its discovery by Galileo, Io -- the innermost large moon of Jupiter -- can finally rest on its geologic laurels. A group of scientists including David A. Crown of the Planetary Science Institute has produced the first global geologic map of the Jovian satellite. The map, which was published by the U. S. Geological Survey, technically illustrates the geologic character of some of the most unique and active volcanoes ever documented in the solar system.
Since its discovery in January 1610, Io has been the focus of repeated observation, first by Earth-based telescopes, and later by fly-by and orbiting spacecraft. These studies depict an otherworldly celestial body whose gravitational relationships with Jupiter and sister moons Europa and Ganymede cause massive, rapid flexing of its surface and interior. This flexing generates tremendous heat in Io's interior, which is relieved through surface volcanism, resulting in 25 times more volcanic activity than occurs here on Earth.
"This new map of Io's geology provides for the first time a detailed record of the different types of landforms and deposits that form the surface and presents a global context that is important for understanding Io's internal evolution and volcanic processes, as well as for targeting future observations of Io." said Crown, a senior scientist at PSI. "Knowledge of Io's volcanic activity derived from geologic mapping is an important contribution to our understanding of the nature and diversity of volcanism in our solar system."
The Io geologic map is unique from other USGS-published planetary geologic maps because surface features were characterized using four distinct global image mosaics. Produced by the USGS, these image mosaics combine the best images from NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 missions (acquired in 1979) as well as the Galileo orbiter (1995-2003).
In many cases, these maps show that, despite the many differences between bodies in our solar system, there are many notable similarities that link the evolution and fate of our planetary system together.
"This project was of special interest to me as I was the lead author on the first attempt to synthesize the global geology of Io in the form of a geologic map. This project was undertaken more than 20 years ago and utilized what were then the recent results from the Voyager missions. Although we developed an approach for global mapping of Io's volcanoes, plains and mountains at that time, we could only complete mapping of part of Io's surface based on the resolution and coverage of the Voyager cameras," said PSI's Crown. "The integration of both Voyager and Galileo mission datasets has now allowed detailed mapping to be completed for the nearly the entire surface of Io. Comparison of different regions of Io's surface in the different datasets and over time provides interesting insights into Io's geology."
The highly detailed, colorful map reveals a number of volcanic features, including: volcanic domes and depressions, lava flow fields, mountains, plume deposits, and sulfur- and sulfur dioxide-rich plains. Despite this geologic diversity, there is one particular feature that is common to the Moon, Mars, and even Earth that is not depicted on the geologic map of Io -- impact craters.
"Io has no impact craters. It is the only object in the solar system where we have not seen any impact craters, testifying to Io's very active volcanic resurfacing," said project lead David Williams of Arizona State University.
"More than 130 years after the USGS first began producing quality geologic maps here on Earth, it is exciting to have the reach of our science extend across 400 million miles to this volcanically active moon of Jupiter," said USGS director Marcia McNutt. "Somehow it makes the vast expanse of space seem less forbidding to know that similar geologic processes which have shaped our planet are active elsewhere."
This uniqueness presented a particular cartographic challenge. "Io has undergone major surface changes during the past few decades due to its volcanic activity," said Ken Tanaka, a USGS research geologist who coordinates the review and publication of planetary geologic maps. "Conveying information from multiple image mosaics in a single map necessitated the use of unique and complementary map symbols, colors and feature names.
The new geologic map of Io is just one of many cartographic products that help drive scientific thought. The production of these products has been a focal point of research at the USGS Astrogeology Science Center since its inception in the early 1960s. "Remotely characterizing the surfaces of planetary bodies [such as Io] forces scientists to carefully consider and test hypotheses that address the evolution of an entire planet," says Dr. Ken Herkenhoff, Acting Director of the USGS Astrogeology Science Center.
USGS began producing planetary maps in support of the Apollo moon landings, and continues to help establish a framework for integrating and comparing past and future studies of extraterrestrial surfaces.
The project was funded by NASA through its Outer Planets Research and Planetary Geology and Geophysics Programs.
Alan Fischer
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Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the Planetary Science Institute is a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to solar system exploration. It is headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, where it was founded in 1972. PSI scientists are involved in numerous NASA and international missions, the study of Mars and other planets, the Moon, asteroids, comets, interplanetary dust, impact physics, the origin of the solar system, extra-solar planet formation, dynamics, the rise of life, and other areas of research. They conduct fieldwork in North America, Australia and Africa. They also are actively involved in science education and public outreach through school programs, children's books, popular science books and art. PSI scientists are based in 17 states, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Russia, Australia and Canada.
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Trump puts racism, American identity under the microscope
By ALI ABDUL-HASSAN and SINAN SALAHEDDIN Associated Press
May 3, 2018 — 7:55am
BAGHDAD — Iraqi women running for parliament this month are undaunted, despite many challenges they face ahead of the May 12 elections — including unprecedented smear campaigns complete with sex videos that have forced some to withdraw.
Many see the vote as a chance to push women's issues to the fore in this traditionally male-dominated society, where women still find it hard to win a powerful place in politics.
There are concerns that women's rights are being eroded, 15 years after the U.S.-led invasion toppled dictator Saddam Hussein with hopes of bringing democracy to a nation long staggering under wars, oppression and countless economic and social problems.
Nearly 2,600 female candidates are vying for a quarter — a quota allotted to women under the constitution — of parliament's 329 seats in these elections, the fourth since Saddam's 2003 ouster.
Fatin Rasheed Hameed, a candidate with the Baghdad Alliance party dominated by the country's minority Sunnis, says there would be fewer women in parliament if it were not for the 25 percent quota.
"One of the most important women's issues in Iraq that needs to be urgently addressed is marginalization," said the mother of two and a university professor with a doctorate in biology. "Our society still allows men to dominate in all areas and fields."
"Even this quota is unfair," she added. "Half of any society's success depends on women; therefore the representation should be ... at least half of the seats."
Iraqi women account for 57 percent of Iraq's population of over 37 million, according to the U.N. Development Program, and despite government efforts to address gender inequality, the situation for Iraqi women has declined steadily since 2003.
According to the UNDP, one in every 10 Iraqi households is headed by a widow. In recent years, Iraqi women suffered further economic, social and political marginalization due to decades of wars, conflict, violence and sanctions.
In the 1950s, Iraq had a liberal society, becoming the first Arab country to name a female minister and adopt progressive laws for women and the family. But, the situation started to decline during Saddam's era and became further complicated after 2003, mainly due to the rise of the country's religious institutions but also militancy and extremism.
In 2014, Islamic State militants seized human rights lawyer Samira Salih al-Nuaimi when she was at home with her husband and three children in the northern city of Mosul. The extremists tortured and then publicly killed her after their self-proclaimed religious court ruled that she had abandoned Islam.
Those harrowing images may still haunt Iraqi women ahead of the elections — the first since U.S.-backed Iraqi forces defeated IS, declaring last December that the war against the Islamic State group had been won.
In the streets of Baghdad and elsewhere, posters of women candidates have been plastered on electricity poles and buildings, alongside those of men.
Some depict veil-framed faces while others show candidates with make-up and without the traditional Islamic headscarf, or hijab. Both provoked a harsh response — many posters were splattered with mud, defaced with beards drawn on or completely torn up.
For the first time, harassment and smear campaigns against women running for a seat in parliament moved online.
Sex videos have been widely circulated on social media purporting to show female candidates in bed with men, as well as photos allegedly showing candidates posing in underwear or revealing outfits.
One such video — which she dismissed as a "fabrication aimed at pushing her out" — forced Intidhar Ahmed Jassim, allied with Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's Victory Alliance party, to withdraw from the race.
In Iraq's southern Najaf province, tribal arbitration was held over a video showing a young man kissing the poster of a female candidate from another tribe. The outcome: he apologized, the apology was accepted and the female candidate's tribe even declined compensation for the insult.
Alarmed by the unseen level of harassment, the U.N. chief's special representative for Iraq, Jan Kubis met last month with several women candidates over the "alarming situation" and "vulgar acts" targeting women, which he said only undermines the democratic process.
"Those behind defamation, cyber bullying and harassment are trying to scare you off," Kubis told them, adding that the perpetrators are "afraid of educated, dynamic, qualified, courageous and open-minded women candidates that rightfully claim their space and meaningful role in political life of Iraq."
Baydaa Salim al-Najar, who was at the meeting, said the attacks "systemically target candidates without the hijab, to knock you down."
She is one of 45 candidates from Iraq's minority Yazidis — an ethnic group particularly targeted by IS in horrific attacks. Al-Najar accused Iraq's dominant parties of being behind the harassment of women — mainly as a campaign against new faces.
The Baghdad-based lawyer is making her priority to raise the voice of Yazidis, especially Yazidi women, many of whom were enslaved by IS militants in their self-proclaimed caliphate. Sunni extremists consider non-Muslims infidels who deserve to be killed.
For Iman al-Safi, who runs on the Wisdom party list, the smear campaign will spur women on to stand up for their rights and fulfil their dreams.
"The woman is half of the society and raises the other half," she said. "We will achieve what we are striving for."
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An Appeal in Behalf of the Continuance of Keelys Researches Aqueous Disintegration Babcock Bibliography canon Cause COMMENTS OF JOHN WORRELL KEELY ON DR SCHIMMELS LECTURE Compendium K Dewar disintegration of water dissipation of energy in molecular aggregation Divine will dual force Ether - Bloomfield-Moore Eye Witness Accounts Was Keely a Fraud
Keelys Discoveries
Aerial Navigation
Clara Bloomfield-Moore
The following pages have been reprinted from articles (which have recently appeared in various Journals), in answer to the many inquiries made in reference to the present position of John Worrell Keely, in his experimental researches, it having become widely known that he has not yet gained sufficient mastery of this force to construct a patentable engine, and that he has now turned his attention to Aerial Navigation in which one of the forces he has discovered can be used without an engine.
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"Wide through the waste of ether, sun or star,
All linked by harmony, which is the chain
That binds to earth the orbs that wheel afar
Through the blue fields of Natures wide domain."
"All intellectual eye; our solar round
First gazing through, he by the blended power
Of laws etheric, universal, saw
The whole in silent harmony revolve.
What were his raptures then ! How pure ! how strong !
And what the triumphs of old Greece and Rome
With his compared ? When Nature and her laws
Stood all disclosed to him, and open laid
Their every latent glory to his view."
"This medium; is it not infinitely more rare and more subtle than air, and exceedingly more elastic and more active? Does it not easily penetrate all bodies? And is it not by its elastic force diffused through the universe?" SIR ISAAC NEWTON
Physics of the Ether
BY S. ZOLVER PRESTON, P. 115.
A quantity of matter representing a total mass of only one grain, and possessing the normal velocity of the ether particles (that of a wave of light), encloses a state of energy represented by upward of one thousand millions of foot tons.
Or the mass of one single grain contains an energy not less than that possessed by a mass of 70,000 tons, moving at the speed of a cannon ball (1,200 feet per second); or, otherwise, a quantity of matter, representing a mass of one grain, endued with the velocity of the ether particles encloses an amount of energy which, if entirely utilized, would be competent to project a weight of 100 tons to a height of one mile and nine-tenths of a mile.
Keely asserts that all corpuscules of matter may be subdivided by a certain order of vibration, thus showing up new elements, and having demonstrated what he asserts, by releasing the various orders of ether from the suspension in which it is always held in our atmosphere, he has answered the skeptical demand "Give us some bread." It has been said that as men penetrate deeper and deeper into a knowledge of the wonderful laws which govern the universe they may find that the mysterious forces which remain still undiscovered include not evolution only, but other methods grander still. Keely's discoveries promise to burst upon the world of science as the one mighty and complete revelation of the universe. There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in the materialistic science of our age, or in our philosophy, or even in our theology. "All we have cognizance of around us are results, the causes of which are supersensuous. Of the nature which we behold around us, the cause is supernatural." God never hurries. He chooses His own instruments and takes His own time to reveal Himself and His works to man.
When Professor Hertz, of Carlsruhe, in experimenting upon the structure of ether, discovered that it was used in all electromagnetic engines, did it not occur to the minds of men that if ether has thus been unknowingly made the servant of man, in machinery not especially constructed for its use, John Worrell Keely may knowingly have imprisoned it, adapting his inventions to its special requirements? - Anglo-Austria.
(signed Clara J. Moore)
Keely demonstrates that all corpuscules of matter can be subdivided by certain orders of vibration, thus showing up new elements. Etheric philosophy has a scientific basis in fact; and, in the light of Keely's progressive researches, his views are no longer abnormal to the scientific mind which is broad enough to investigate them, as demonstrated by his experiments in sympathetic association. To discover an unknown power is one thing; to subjugate it is another. No one who has followed Keely in his "dead work" during the last ten years can doubt that he is dealing with the same force which, as Professor Hertz has disclosed to us, is already imprisoned without our knowledge in electromagnetic engines.
This professor's researches into the structure of ether are rapidly leading him into the discoveries which constitute what is known as "Keely's secret," and which, when made known, will explain much that is now classed with the inexplicable. Mr. Edison will then better understand the force which he finds so mysteriously associated with electricity: for electricity is but one current of a triune stream, and the dominant current (which has never been controlled by man and never can be, any more than the lightning that flashes in the clouds) carries with it a sympathetically attendant force mysteriously associated, which gives that power of propulsion that induces disturbance of negative equilibrium.
Chateaubriand rightly said:- "Man bears immensity within him;" and the teachings of etheric philosophy reveal how little of this immensity has as yet been made known to us! It leads us out of the labyrinths of other philosophical systems up to the simplicity of a single First Cause or Principle, and to the attainment of that unity which should be the object of all philosophical thought.
"Each atom has its laws, and in itself
Contains the order that its system rules."
The Rev. Albert H. Plumb, of Roxbury, Mass., who has followed Mr. Keely's efforts to obtain control of the unknown force which he discovered more than twenty years since, up to his present successful demonstrations before scientists, objects to the expounding of "etheric philosophy" for the best of reasons, as follows:- "Why pursue the theory of vibration and division of matter so far, when even the first of the steps must be incapable of proof, only as phenomena perceptible to the senses appear to be best explained by such an hypothesis? Neither theological science nor any department of physical science, as it lies in the divine mind, is exactly expressed in any
human system; yet no knowledge is to be decried nor despised; least of all in the highest realms of thought. The agnostic makes the mistake of confounding exhaustive knowledge with positive knowledge in declaring both unattainable. We can know positively that a thing is, if not why or how it is. As Gladstone says, "Our hands can lay hold of truths which our arms cannot embrace." We can apprehend sometimes what we cannot comprehend. If Keely should die, I fear no one could understand his writings. Every day we read of distinguished men dying. The other day a man carried with him into the grave his secret for the cheap production of aluminum. No one man entrusted by Providence with high interests has a right to allow a possibility of their sinking back, perhaps for ages, into the void of the unknown. Why not confine attention strictly to making it practically intelligible to others, and thus securing to mankind the first steps by which the new force is evoked and controlled, and leave to later leisure the subtler relations of this power to the divine mind and to all life?" See 19.05.11 - Dr. Plums Visit to Keelys Laboratory
Had it not been for MacVicar's "A Sketch of a Philosophy," from which was compiled, in part, "Ether the True Protoplasm," Mr. Keely might never have discovered the nature of the force that he is now dealing with. To MacVicar, and to Mrs. F. J. Hughes, he is indebted for the suggestions which led him away from what is known as "The Keely Motor," to the line of experiment which has resulted in his present control of the force.
Admitting the truth of Mr. Plum's remarks, but understanding fully the impossibility of carrying out his suggestions, until Mr. Keely himself knows more of the nature of the force that he has discovered, it is hoped that the following statements will give a clue to the mysteries which Mr. Keely is dealing with: at least to those in whom narrowness of mind has not caused stubbornness. We do not easily believe what is beyond that which we see: but the faith in Mr. Keely's discovery of an unknown force, which his demonstrations inspire, and which is gaining ground steadily, is not the belief which comes from "things hoped for." It is grounded "on the evidence of things seen" by competent and reliable witnesses.
C. J. M.
KEELY'S DISCOVERIES.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer of March, 30, 1890.
The Keely Motor
SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE INVENTION FROM A FOREIGN PUBLICATION.
The following from a foreign publication about the Keely Motor will be of interest to all who have watched the progress of that enterprise. The correspondent writes:- "In the following brief article I purpose placing the latest aspect of Mr. Keely (perhaps the best abused man in America) and his investigations before the readers of Anglo-Austria.
"Under the heading of "The Keely Motor Again," Invention, of London, on October 19, printed a communication, mentioning the leading scientist of America, Dr. Leidy, of the University of Pennsylvania, as supporting Mr. Keely's claims as a discoverer of an unknown force, as follows:- Dr. Leidy having expressed the wish that Professor Barker should again visit Mr. Keely and witness the experiments which had convinced himself that Keely had discovered a new force, has received the following letter :-
909, Walnut-street, Philadelphia, October 4, 1889.
"Dr. Leidy. Sir,- Referring to our conversation of a few days since, and the suggestion of another visit to the workshop of Mr. Keely, by Professor Barker, I would say that I have presented the matter to Mr. Keely and he acquiesces in what I stated to you. That is to say, if Dr. Barker desires to visit Mr. Keely's workshops again, and will make this known to him in writing or through yourself, for the purpose of further observation and of having confirmed or removed from his mind, as the case may be, the conclusions or impressions arrived at by him, and published in the columns of the Ledger, of this city, in 1878; and on condition that he will, if his further observations satisfy him that he did injustice to Mr. Keely, forthwith publish that fact through the same channel, the Ledger: (he being, of course, at full liberty to confirm by further publication his previous condemnation, if satisfied with the correctness of that conclusion) then Dr. Barker will be cordially received by Mr. Keely, and a series of experiments will be conducted for him at an early day, say, Saturday, 12 inst. And in the event of the engagement being made, I shall request the pleasure of your presence, and that of Dr. McCook. I leave the matter in your hands for such action as you in your wise discretion may think proper to take.- Very truly yours (signed), CHARLES B. COLLIER.
Nothing could be fairer than Mr. Keely's proposal, and the result of Professor Barker's visit will be watched for with the keenest interest by all scientists on both sides of the Atlantic."
Thus ended the remarks of Invention.
"Professor Barker, after due consideration, concluded not to accept the invitation, and declined it on the 11th of October, suggesting Professor Goodspeed his associate in physics, as one who would probably be disposed to witness the series of experiments about to be given; showing the neutralizing or overcoming of gravity and the separation of metallic plates by vibration. After the date upon which these latter experiments were to have been made (and which I may mention, en passage, had been repeatedly made in the laboratory of Mr. Keely), this cablegram was sent from London to Philadelphia:- "Ask Dr. Leidy's permission to announce here his conviction that Keely has discovered a new force."
The answer was returned as follows:-
"Having had the opportunity of seeing Mr. John Keely's experiments, it has appeared to me that he has command of some unknown force of most wonderful mechanical power."
(Signed) JOSEPH LEIDY."
"Invention, in commenting upon the communication of October 19, says:- "We wish to make it quite clear that we do not identify ourselves with any of the opinions which are expressed in this communication. It is certainly desirable that the motor should be thoroughly tested, and particularly that all the secrecy, which has hitherto been practiced in connection with it, should be abandoned. There can be no reason why this invention, if invention it be, should not be published to the world as long as it is fully protected by patents. We agree, however, so far, that Professor Barker's report, if his visit be paid, will be of considerable interest."
These remarks of our English contemporary are based upon quite wrong premises. The motor cannot be tested nor patented until it is completed. Mr. Keely's work is one of experimental research. His machine for the production of liberation of the power is in daily operation. He has made many failures in constructing his commercial engine, but each failure has brought him nearer to perfection.
When he has succeeded in building an engine in which he can regulate the speed, control reversions and govern its operations as completely as the steam engine is now governed, then he will be ready to test its action publicly, take out patents for the same, and make known to the world the nature of his discovery. Up to the present time Mr. Keely's inventions have been principally devices, enabling him to experiment with the force which he has discovered and to obtain control over it. For years he was impeded by the frequency of the explosions which took place, breaking his ribs, paralyzing his left side for six weeks at one time, and frequently bursting iron tubes as if they were pipe stems.
Little by little he learned the laws which governed the unknown force, and now he never has an explosion. Mr. Keely has not preserved any secrecy with regard to his experiments, but on the contrary he has lost much time is the production of this force to those who desire to see it. For
instance, some years ago he stopped his work on the graduating of his engine, to take his Liberator to pieces, in order to show its interior construction to Sir William Thomson and Lord Rayleigh;- these gentlemen, misled by Professor Barker's assertion, that Keely was deceiving his dupes with compressed air, refused to witness his experiments.
There is no "secrecy to be abandoned," therefore. The question to be settled was not one of secrecy, but whether Mr. Keely should continue his experimental research, unimpeded by exhibitions, until he succeeded in perfecting a commercial engine; or whether he should first convince scientists that he is not the modern Cagliostro which he has been called, and that he is the discoverer of an unknown force.
The ground taken by those who urged the latter course was that the interests of the Keely Motor Company would thus be better served; reasoning that, when scientists have been convinced that Mr. Keely's researches are in a field comparatively unknown to them; the cries of execration would be drowned in the applause which would resound throughout the world as the result of his stupendous labours became better known.
For this end several scientists were invited to witness the present stage of experiment which Mr. Keely had reached, in his efforts to provide his provisional engine with a governor, and Dr. Leidy was one of the number who, after witnessing the experiments on May 28th, 1889, confessed himself convinced that Keely was dealing with some unknown force.
Figure 13.00 - Keelys Provisional Engine showing oil splatter from rotation
This photo is perhaps one of the most important of all of Keelys Mechanical Inventions and Instruments. In this photo we can see oil splatter streaks on the wall indicating the machine rotated and at relatively high velocity. [see Eye Witness Accounts of Keely's work, experiments and demonstrations]
When we call to mind Watt's persevering efforts during thirty years before he succeeded in his attempt to invent a governor for the steam engine we can afford to be more patient with Mr. Keely than we have been. Taking into consideration the marvellous advance which Mr. Keely has made in the past five years in perfecting his liberator, we should not be surprised to hear at any moment that he has also perfected his commercial engine (the so-called Keely Motor), thus overcoming his sole remaining obstacle to financial success. Those who talk of "testing" the motor, or of patenting it, in its present condition, are not aware of the stupendous exertions which have been made by Mr. Keely to bring the motor to its present stage of development; nor that although the motor now seems to be approaching perfection, the work of evolution will not be completed until it is in a patentable form.
In 1759, James Watt made his first model of a steam carriage. In 1784 he took out a patent. In 1803 the first engine was built, but it was not until 1824 that the experiment of running a locomotive from Liverpool to Stockport was made. Until Keely's commercial engine is perfected and patented, now that scientists are beginning to support him as the discoverer of an unknown force, ridicule should give way to sympathy; for we know that nature never reveals one of her tyrant forces without at the same time showing how this force is to be transformed into the slave of man; and that complete success is only a question of time.- Anglo-Austria, March, 1890.
From Vienna Weekly News
Keely as a Scientist.
The following letter appeared in the New York Home Journal:-
Having become convinced that the important discoveries in science of John Ernst Worrell Keely should be disclosed to scientists without waiting longer for the successful application of this unknown force in mechanics I authorize you to make it known in your columns that the sum of five thousand dollars will be given to any university in New England that will send a physicist to witness Keely's experiments, who will bind himself not to give an opinion until the nature of Keely's discoveries has been made known to him, and he has seen the demonstrations which Keely is ready to make in proof of his claims as a discoverer, not as an inventor. Until Keely has mastered the principle both time and money are thrown away in attempts to construct a patentable commercial engine. A few months - or even weeks, possibly - devoted to experimental research, will do more toward this end than the building of dozens of engines to experiment upon. Professor Leidy, of the University of Pennsylvania, and James M. Wilcox, author of "Elemental Philosophy," are the trustees who are appointed to hold and to transfer the sum of five thousand dollars to the university that accepts the conditions; this sum to be applied to experimental researches in the field of molecular vibration.
Very truly, H. OXNARD WARD.
Communications on the subject of the above offer may be addressed to Joseph Leidy, LL.D., 1302, Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
What has Keely Discovered
DR. LEIDY SAYS A FORCE PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN.
THE RESEARCHES TO GO ON.
To the Editor of The Inquirer:- "Owing to the errors in the report of Keely's experiments made in The Inquirer on Monday, I must ask you to print the following statements in justice to the writers. The first is by Joseph Leidy, LL.D.:--
April 8th, 1890.
"After having had the opportunity of witnessing a series of experiments made by Mr. John Keely, illustrative of a reputed new motor power, it has appeared to me that he has fairly demonstrated the discovery of a force previously unknown to science. I have no theory to account for the phenomena observed, but I believe Mr. Keely to be honest in his attempt to explain them. His demonstrations appear to indicate great mechanical power, which, when applied to appropriate machinery, must supersede all ordinary appliances." JOSEPH LEIDY.
The following statement is from James M. Wilcox, Ph. D., author of "Elemental Philosophy:"-
Philadelphia, April 8th, 1890.
"After having witnessed on several occasions and under favorable circumstances, Mr. Keely's experiments in what he terms sympathetic vibration, I am satisfied that he has made new and important demonstrations in physical science. He has made manifest the existence of natural forces that cannot be explained by any known physical laws, and has shown that he possesses over them a very considerable control." JAMES M. WILCOX.
Skeptical physicists should recall what Norman Lockyer writes of molecules in his "Chemistry of the Sun," viz., "That one feels as if dealing with something that is more like a mental than a physical attribute, a sort of expression of free will on the part of the molecules;" further more announcing in his Work, that "The law which connects radiation with absorption and at once enables us to read the riddle set by the sun and stars is simply the law of sympathetic vibration."
Surely, it is better to be deceived than to throw stumbling blocks in such paths as Keely is exploring. J. W. Reynolds, M.A., writes:- "Those acquainted with scientific progress must be struck with the fact that of late the more brilliant achievements have been made in dealing with the unseen. The microscopist, the chemist, questioning the ultimate particles of matter, those who occupy themselves with the mysteries of molecular vibration, bear the victorious wreaths of successful discovery, and show that every atom teems with wonders no less incomprehensible than those of the vast and bright far-off suns."
Keely had experimented for many years with the force that he discovered, more than twenty years ago, before he knew what he was experimenting upon. It was not until Macvicar's "A Sketch of a Philosophy" fell in his way, and "Harmonies of Tones and Colours - Developed by Evolution," written-by Mrs. F. J. Hughes, a niece of Darwin, that he turned his attention to the structure of ether and learned that "the same laws which develop harmonies develop the universe."
What if all of animated nature
Be but organic harps diversely formed,
That tremble into thought as oer them sweeps,
Plastic and vast, one intellectual breeze
At once the soul of each and God of all?
- Coleridge.
I have withdrawn my offer to give 5,000 dollars to any New England university that would send a physicist to witness Mr. Keely's experiments in vibratory physics, under certain specified conditions; and, at Dr. Leidy's suggestion, devoted this sum to Mr. Keely's further researches in his efforts to produce a patentable engine for "The Keely Motor Company." Very truly,
H. OXNARD WARD.
A CORRESPONDENT ASKS THE INVENTOR SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS.
To the Editor of The Inquirer:- As the Keely motor has again come before the public through the columns of your enterprising paper, I would like to suggest a subject of inquiry in regard to it, which has always been avoided or evaded.
Dr. Leidy is reported to hold the opinion that John W. Keely has discovered a new and wonderful force, and, without questioning the possibility of such a discovery, the most important question to be considered in regard to its use for motive power is the cost of its liberation or transmission.
No matter what the nature of the force may be, its production must necessarily be accompanied by a corresponding expenditure of force in some form or other, otherwise the conclusion is inevitable that Mr. Keely is endowed with creative power commonly ascribed to Deity alone.
If "vibratory sympathy" is a force to be liberated from a "sympathetic transmitter" by the "chord of the mass," then it is evident that unless the energy imparted by the "chord of the mass" is equal to that converted into "vibratory sympathy," the "sympathetic transmitter" must be called upon to transmit more than it receives. But the work of sounding a few chords is certainly not comparable to that of running the globe described at its high velocity for several weeks, and therefore the "chord of the mass" cannot be regarded as the source of the "vibratory sympathy" developed into rotary motion. How then is the "sympathetic transmitter" supplied with sympathy, and what does the supply cost in dollars and cents per horse power developed ?
It is very true that steam and electricity were new forces once, and that their subjection to the service of man was not accomplished in a day, but it is equally true that steam, electricity, magnetism, heat, light, gravity, or any force known or unknown, must obey the law of conservation. In the economy of nature profit and loss must balance. The result accomplished cannot exceed the expense incurred. While civilization is advancing and wealth increasing, at an unprecedented rate, our coal fields at the foundation of it are all melting away, and the discovery of a new force is not so important as the discovery of new material to be consumed in the production of power.
The vital question for Mr. Keely to settle is not whether distinguished scientists can explain the effects which he produces without going behind the scenes, but whether he can show that a foot pound of "vibratory sympathy" can be more easily developed from the resources of nature than a foot pound of good honest work.
WILFRED LEWIS.
Philadelphia, April 8, 1890.
WILFRED LEWIS ANSWERED.
To the Editor of the Inquirer.
SIR,- If you feel disposed to aid in correcting the erroneous views which prevail everywhere in reference to the nature of Mr. Keely's discovery of an unknown force (unknown even to himself until in 1885, he commenced to experiment on the structure of ether), will you kindly make a place in your paper for my answer to the questions of Wilfred Lewis, which appeared in this mornings Inquirer of the 8th of April?
Those who have read Norman Lockyer's work on "The Chemistry of the Sun" will remember that he states therein that the law which connects radiation with absorption, and at once enables us to read the riddle set by the sun and stars, is simply the law of sympathetic vibration. To discover the workings of this law, and to apply it in mechanics was the aim and end of Keely's efforts for many years. From boyhood his experiments were all on this line of research, and up to the time he discovered that he had unknowingly imprisoned the ether his exhibitions were entirely confined to manifestations of mechanical power.
Macvicar's work on the properties of ether first turned Mr. Keely's attention to the structure of ether, and Mrs. Hughes book on "Harmonies of Tones and Colours - Developed by Evolution" (not Mrs. Watts-Hughes, but a niece of Darwin, of Bedwyn Lodge, Sandown, Isle of Right) convinced him that the same laws which develop harmonies develop the universe. Since that time Keely's progress in his experimental researches has been something marvelously like inspired progress. His mistake has been in attempting to run machinery before he had given sufficient research to the nature of the laws which control the operation of the force that he discovered more than twenty years ago.
Mr. Wilfred Lewis's questions show that he is ignorant of the fact that Keely is now dealing with vibratory physics, not with mechanical physics. "In the economy of nature profit and loss must balance," in mechanical conditions; but there is as much difference between mechanical physics and vibratory physics as there is between matter and mind, or between the finite and the infinite. The consumption of coal to disintegrate water for the production of steam power in the operation of engines, as cited by Mr. Harvey Spencer Lewis, cannot be compared to a force which is yielded in sympathetic vibration or by sympathetic flows. Mr. Harvey Spencer Lewis says that "no matter what the nature of the force may be, its production must necessarily be accompanied by a corresponding expenditure of force in some form or other." This is quite true in mechanical physics, but can Mr. Harvey Spencer Lewis measure the amount of force evolved by a thought from the human brain, which produces the wonderful
power that is exhibited by will force on the human organism? (A French savant is now experimenting on this line, it is true, and he states that he can weigh thought.) (see 18.07 - Thought as a thing - Hubbard
Is it necessary for the brain to receive the amount of energy which is expended by the physical, as indicated by Mr. Harvey Spencer Lewis in his illustration of mechanical forces? The energy of a thought, which it has been supposed quite impossible to measure, in grains even, produces millions of times more power on the physical than the focalization of that thought. This is the difference between the sympathetical and the mechanical. The force of thought cannot be multiplied by mechanical means, making it give pound for pound. If it could be done it would annihilate both the mental and physical.
There are some secrets which who knows not now,
Must, ere he reach them, climb the heapy Alps
Of science and devote long years to toil,
as Mr. Keely has done, accomplishing in his sixty-three years of life what, if he had lived a thousand years, he never could have done without the superhuman influence which men call "inspiration." In his experiments he is dealing entirely with mental and polar flows; he does not create, but he has made it the study of his life to comprehend the great laws of nature which govern creation instead of sneering at unknown laws.
Mr. Harvey Spencer Lewis writes as ignorantly of the "sympathetic transmitter" as a child might write of "The Birth Of A World" (the title of one of Mr. Keely's papers), when he argues that it must transmit more than it receives. The sympathetic negative transmitter is an instrument for associating by a certain order of vibration a sympathetic link with the polar magnetic and electric streams (and with all the sympathetic flows associated with gravity) for operating sympathetic machinery. It may be compared to a kite, and the polar terrestrial flow to the boy who holds the string that flies the kite - while the sympathetic link, that is established between the boy and the kite, represents the chord that controls its action. Evidently Mr. Harvey Spencer Lewis has no idea of sympathetic forces; not even the faintest idea. Therefore, he should not attempt to write upon a subject concerning which the world is as yet profoundly ignorant. Mr. Keely has never pretended that the "mass chord" is "the source" of vibratory sympathy; but he teaches that the force which controls any one chord of mass, either physical or mechanical, must be represented by the concordant of that mass, in the focalization of their neutral centres, in order to produce any action or effect on that particular mass; no two aggregations, as to the number of molecules in each, being alike in nature.
Mr. Harvey Spencer Lewis asks what the supply of sympathy costs in dollars and cents. As I am interested purely from the scientific side of Keely's discoveries, it satisfies me to know that he will give to the world what Drummond declares to be "the one hope for science," viz., "more science," but I will answer to the best of my ability Mr. Harvey Spencer Lewis question, "What does the supply cost in dollars and cents per horsepower developed?"
It costs nothing more, after the machinery is made, than the vibratory concordant impulse which associates it with the polar stream. The twanging of a taut string, the agitation of a tuning fork, as associated with the resonating condition of the sympathetic transmitter, is all that is necessary to induce the connective link, and to produce this "costless motive power." As long as the transmitter is in sympathy with the sympathetic current of the triune polar stream, the action of the sympathetic instrument or engine continues.
Again, mechanical conservation of energy is one thing; sympathetic conservation is another, and we cannot expect Keely will reveal what he has discovered concerning the forces that he is dealing with until he has himself acquired that full knowledge of their action which will protect the rights of those who are interested in the "dollars and cents" part of "the enterprise."
Some writer has said that if extreme vicissitudes of belief on the part of men of science are evidences of uncertainty, it may be affirmed that of all kinds of knowledge none is more uncertain than science; but slow as mankind is in the progress of discoveries bearing upon unknown laws of nature, men of science are still slower in recognizing truths after they have been discovered and demonstrated. Two centuries elapsed between the discoveries of Pythagoras and their revival by Copernicus. Tycho Brahe opposed the Pythagorean system until his death; Galileo, adopting it and demonstrating it in all its purity, suffered for his support of it at the hands of bigots. And so history now repeats itself. Were it possible to convince scientists en masse of the grandeur of Keely's work, they would protect him from the interruptions and law suits which have so retarded his progress that now it looks very much as though he would never be permitted to complete his system. The world is full of inventors, but there is but one man able to unfold, to this age and generation, the wonderful mysteries attendant upon vibratory physics, while there are thousands who, when a mastery of the principle has been gained, can invent machinery to apply it to commercial uses. MacVicar asks, "Who that goes so far as to make a question of all, or almost all, the data of common sense can legitimately refrain from making it a question whether the laws of phenomena which men of science discover may not be laws of thinking, merely improved upon nature as her laws? Nay, who can refrain from admitting with Kant that they can be nothing more?"
As a suggestion to those interested in psychological researches I will mention that Keely has copied nature in all his instruments from the vibrophone, which is fashioned after the human ear up to the disintegrator, in which the neutral centre represents the human heart. With the system which Keely is unfolding to us we may well say, with Buckle, "A vast and splendid career lies before us, which it will take many ages to complete. As we surpass our fathers so will our children surpass us. Waging against the forces of nature what has too often been a precarious, unsteady, and unskilled warfare, we have never yet put forth the whole of our strength, and have never united all our faculties against our common foe. We have, therefore, been often worsted, and have sustained many and grievous reverses. But, even so, such is the elasticity of
the human mind, such is the energy of that immortal and godlike principle which lives within us, that we are baffled without being discouraged, our very defeats quickening our resources, and we may hope that our descendants, benefiting by our failure, will profit by our example, and that for them is reserved that last and decisive stage of the great conflict between man and nature, in which, advancing from success to success, fresh trophies will be constantly won; every struggle issuing in a conquest, and every battle ending in a victory."
H. O. WARD.
From the Evening Telegraph, Philadelphia, April 13th, 1890.
Professor Leidy's Adherence to the New Force.
SOME RECENT EXPERIMENTS, ETC.
The following is a copy of a letter addressed to Professor Dewar, of the Royal Institution of Great Britain:-
Dear Professor Dewar.- As I have already informed you, I carried out your wishes in reference to Professor Rowland, of the John Hopkins University, as far as extending to him an invitation to witness some of Mr. Keely's experiments in sympathetic vibration was concerned. Professor Rowland was not able to witness any demonstrations whatever, on account of an accident which happened to the disintegrator; and he could not fail to have formed an unfavorable opinion of Mr. Keely from all that transpired on that occasion. I next reviewed the invitation to Professor Barker, which had already been extended to him by Professor Leidy, both these gentlemen being Professors in the Pennsylvania University. Professor Barker was not able to be present.
The series of experiments which have been given for scientists, mechanical engineers, and others, since my return, closed on the 12th. The steady progress, from week to week, since the accident to the disintegrator was repaired, has given beautiful evidence of the wisdom of the plan adopted by Mr. Keely in the winter of 88-89, which led him to turn his attention to a class of experiments of quite a different nature from those which up to that time had been made for commercial ends; experiments which have not failed to convince all who attended the entire series that Mr. Keely is dealing with an unknown force, the laws governing which he is still in partial ignorance concerning. He admits now that he cannot construct a patentable engine to use this force until he has mastered the principle, and a fund, with the approval of scientists, has been appropriated for his use to this end; upon the condition that he will waste no more time upon what is known as the Keely Motor Engine until he has demonstrated his ability to control reversions and in all points to govern the revolutions.
His last engine was built to exhibit the practical nature of his discovery to capitalists, the managers of "the Keely Motor Company" (which Company died a natural death many years since) hoping thereby to raise the price of its
stock, and in this way to furnish Mr. Keely to the end with the funds that he needed. But the exhibition of this engine was premature and did not succeed. There will be no further need of such exhibitions in future, for it is, as it always has been, in the interest of the stockholders that the stock should not rise until the engine is completed; when the stock will rise to remain raised. From this time the interests of the stockholders will not be sacrificed, as in the past, to the interest of stockjobbers. The experiments given on Saturday last surpassed preceding ones in the purity of the demonstrations, the instruments being in a better condition. In demonstrating what secures to be the overcoming of gravity, (or Aerial Navigation, Mr. Keely used a model of an air-ship weighing about eight pounds, which, when the differentiated wire of silver and platina was attached to it, communicating with the sympathetic transmitter, rose, descended, or remained stationary midway, the motion as gentle as that of thistledown floating in the air. (See frontispiece).
The experiment illustrating "chord of mass" sympathy was repeated, using a glass chamber, 40 inches in height, filled with water, standing on a slab of glass. Three metal spheres, weighing about six ounces each, rested on the glass floor of the chamber. The chord of mass of these spheres was B flat first octave; E flat second octave, and B flat, third octave. Upon sounding the note B flat on the sympathetic transmitter, the sphere with that chord of mass rose slowly to the top of the chamber, the positive end of the wire having been attached, which connected the covered jar with the transmitter. The same results followed the sound of the note in sympathy with the chord of mass of the other spheres, all of which descended as gently as they rose, upon changing the positive to the negative.
Figure 17.18 - Keely's Levitation Demonstration
"We call this the sphere of the natural; but, when we come to higher workings of natural laws, with which we are not familiar, we designate them as "supernatural;" and scientists witnessing some of Keely's experiments, like those of overcoming gravity, of rotation of the needle of a compass,* of the disintegration of water, etc., and not believing in any workings of laws unknown to them, followed in the footsteps, still unobliterated, of the narrow-minded, bigoted persecutors of Galileo; and have denounced Keely as "a modern Cagliostro." [Vibratory Physics - The Connecting Link between Mind and Matter]
Figure 19.15 - Keelys Levitation Experiment
Figure 19.16 - Keelys Levitation Experiment Showing Three Glass Jars with Weights
J. M. Wilcox, Ph.D., who was present, remarked "This experiment proves the truth of a fundamental law in scholastic philosophy, viz., that when one body attracts or seeks another body, it is not that the effect is the sum of effects produced by parts of one body upon parts of another, one aggregate of effects, but the result of the operation of one whole upon another whole."
The experiments on the 12th closed with the disintegration of water, twelve drops of which we saw dropped, drop by drop, into the small sphere attached to the disintegrator, after exhausting the air by suction. A pressure of over 20,000 pounds to the square inch was shown to the satisfaction of all present, and when Mr. Wilcox accepted Mr. Keely's invitation to take a seat on the arm of the lever, adding his 200 pounds to the weight, applause broke forth. Mr. Keely showed control of the ether (interatomic subdivision) by graduating the escape of the residue, as he allowed it to discharge itself with a noise like the rushing of steam to an expulsion as gentle as the breathings of an infant.
Keely's Etheric Generator Producing High Pressures
Etheric Cannon and Apparatus for Measuring Liberated Pressures of Etheric Vapor
"The difficulty encountered by Mr. Keely in his old generator of etheric force grew out of the fact, in part, that the vaporic power produced was so humid that he could not, when he attempted to utilize it, obtain its theoretical value in work. This difficulty has been entirely overcome by dispensing with the water which he used in liberating etheric force, by his old generator; and, by this departure, he has attained a success beyond that which was anticipated by himself, when he abandoned his original line of experiment." [Etheric Force Identified as Dynaspheric Force] (underline added)
"It is a canon of science that molecular aggregation generally involves dissipation of energy. On the contrary for more than fifteen years Keely has demonstrated that all molecular aggregation is attended with an absorption of energy; relieving by vibratory power the latent force held in a few drops of water and showing thereby a pressure of from ten to fifteen tons per square inch; claiming that resultant development of any force and of all forces is only accomplished by conditions that awaken the latent energy carried during molecular aggregation." [Vibratory Physics - The Connecting Link between Mind and Matter]
"This, Keely established in the one experiment of disintegration of water, releasing from three drops the latent energy carried, during and from the time of molecular aggregation, and showing a pressure of fifteen tons to the square inch." [Vibratory Physics - The Connecting Link between Mind and Matter]
42800 - dissociating water frequency
Browns Gas
Compound Disintegrator
Ether Generator
Ether Generator Producing High Pressures
Etheric Elements
Etheric Force Identified as Dynaspheric Force
Etheric Vapor
Figure 13.02b - Liberator or Ether Vivifier
HHO
Keelys Etheric Generator or Liberator
Keelys Etheric Vapor
Original Etheric Vapor Liberator
Pressure produced by Vibration
Syntropy
Was Keely a Fraud
3.18 - Dispersed Etheric Substance
15.18 - Keelys Process for Liberating Ether from Water
The three subdivisions acted simultaneously, showing instantaneous association and disassociation. The sympathetic globe was operated upon, 120 revolutions a second, ceasing the instant that the wire was detached.
I regret to say that Professor Ira Remsen, who wrote to me that he has a keen sense of justice, was prevented (I fear by Professor Rowland) from witnessing any one of this series of experiments as he intended doing;
nor have I been able to get the opinion of any physicist in whom I felt any confidence; but Mr. Keely is satisfied to have the support of such men as J. M. Wilcox, Ph. D., and Professor Leidy; LL.D. Dr. Leidy was awarded the Lyell Medal in 1884, when in London, and the Cuvier Prize in 1888, from the Academy of Sciences in France. He is known in America not only as possessing the broadest of minds and the gentlest of natures, but as holding in his heart that love for, and reverence of, truth and justice which alone can confer the power of forming a correct and a just judgment.
I would like to have you make known in England that Mr. Keely is indebted to Macvicar's "A Sketch of a Philosophy" for turning his attention in 1884, to researches on the structure of ether, and to Mrs. F. J. Hughes, a niece of Darwin (not Mrs. Watts-Hughes), for the suggestions in her work on "Harmonies of Tones and Colours - Developed by Evolution", which led him into the line of experiment that now enables him to show on a disc the various colours of sound (each note having its colour), and to demonstrate in various ways Mrs. Hughes own words "that the same laws which develop harmonies develop the universe."
April 8, 1890.
Always sincerely,
From the Evening Bulletin.
The Keely Motor-.
AN OFFER OF FINANCIAL AID TO THE INVENTOR FOR EXPERIMENTAL PURPOSES ONLY.
There has been placed in the hands of Professor Leidy a fund for the use of Inventor John W. Keely for the construction of a patentable engine. The stipulation attached is that no use shall be made of the financial assistance for speculative purposes. In his letter, H. O. Ward, who gives the money says: This provision, which is made in the interests of the Keely Motor Company, as well as for science, will end with the first attempt to speculate on the stock by exhibitions given of the operations of unpatentable engines. Professor Leidy holds the fund at his disposition, and will pay all bills for instruments constructed for researching purposes.
The agreement which Mr. Keely makes with Mrs. Ward is as follows:-
APRIL 5, 1890.- Being fully convinced in my own mind that I can better serve the interests of the stockholders of the Keely Motor Company shares by following the plan mapped out for me by H. 0. Ward in the autumn of 1888 (since which time I have learned more of the laws governing the operations of the force that I have discovered than in the twenty years preceding) I hereby bind myself not to give any more of my time to the construction of a commercial engine until my experimental researches have given me such
mastery of the principle as to make the construction of a patentable engine possible."
(Signed.) JOHN W. KEELY.
"In consideration of this agreement, I hereby pledge myself to furnish Mr. Keely with the funds which he needs to pursue his researches up to the time of the building of the engine for the Keely Motor Company, when that company must resume its responsibilities, or make such terms as shall be satisfactory to Mr. Keely and to me."
(Copy of Codicil to Will.)
I, etc., etc., give and bequeath to John W. Keely an annuity of two thousand five hundred dollars, payable in advance, in monthly installments, as long as he needs the money to continue his researches, and up to the time that he gains sufficient control of the unknown force that he has discovered to enable him to construct a patentable engine, machine, or instrument for the Keely Motor Company; the stockholders of which have had their interests sacrificed hitherto, in my opinion, by the action of its managers in requiring the building and operating of unpatentable engines, to exhibit the same for speculative purposes, in part, and to raise money for the support of the enterprise. Furthermore, I direct, in addition to this bequest, that all bills for instruments made for Mr. Keely's experimental researches shall be paid by my executors as long as he receives no pecuniary assistance from the Keely Motor Company, provided said bills are approved by Professor Leidy, LL.D., or James M. Wilcox, Ph. D.
From the Electrical Review.
A GREAT MYSTERY WHICH EVEN EDISON HAS BEEN UNABLE TO SOLVE.
With all the paraphernalia of the modern physical and electrical laboratory, the instruments of precision that will handle a millionth of an inch as readily as a laborer his pick and shovel, with all the evolution going on through generations of scientists and the almost incessant wresting of secrets from the bosom of nature, we doubt if science is any nearer comprehending the source of the magnet's energy. It is absurd to suppose that a primary energy is impressed on a piece of hardened steel once for all. The transfer of that energy into actual work would destroy the magnetic power, yet such destruction not only does not take place, but the very exercise of the power strengthens the magnet. A horseshoe of steel may be magnetized in ten seconds by the current of a few amperes from a battery, a ridiculously small amount of energy all told, and such magnet can lift many pounds of iron in contact. But without contact it may lift and hold a pound of iron easily. It will hold that pound for an eternity, and every second of that time without end the magnet
is expending energy until it foots up an almost inconceivable total of actual power. Not alone that, but the magnet of one pound lifting power today may and will be stronger tomorrow.
Where does all this really tremendous amount of energy come from? By what inscrutable process does the mere magnetization of a bar of steel make of it a machine for the transformation of energy? Not a reactory or storage device, which, like a steel spring, honestly gives back approximately all it has received, but a perpetual transforming or converting machine. There is a hidden process going on of some kind; energy is going into the magnet all the time it is doing work - energy in some form. Where does it come from - gravity? atmosphere? solar rays? earth currents? Who can say? It is a great problem, worthy of a lifetime of indefatigable research.
PROF. DOLBEAR TAKES ISSUE WITH THE "REVIEW" WRITER.
To the Editor of Electrical Review.
SIR,- In your issue dated November 16th you reproduce a portion of an article published over a year ago, and which you say has attracted great interest and has been frequently published by others. The subject is: "The Microbe of the Magnet." I remember seeing the original article, and imagined that it had been written by some one who either wanted to puzzle some of the uninitiated or who was in a state of unstable equilibrium himself on the mechanical question involved.
As it is stated that there is really a question of expenditure of energy in the case of an armature being held up by a magnet, I have thought it might be well to point out the error to the writer and others who have thought the statements of the article to be true.
Let me quote from the article the sentence which embodies the pith of the misstatement or misapprehension:-
"It will hold that pound for an eternity, and every second of that time without end the magnet is expending energy, until it foots up an almost inconceivable total of actual power." The words I have italicized contain the untrue statement.
Note first, that work, which is the measure of energy, is measured in foot-pounds, it is the product of a weight w into a height h. The energy, which is: the equivalent of an amount of work done, is
w v 2
-- = wh in foot pounds. In any case when h, or
the distance the weight is raised, is zero - no work is done and no energy is therefore expended. Now, in the case under consideration, the armature does not move - consequently h=0 - no work is done, and consequently no energy is expended.
Wx0=0 for the same reason that 10x0=0, and there is no more mystery
0 be accounted for than that the molecules of the magnet itself should cohere together.
Further on the inquiry is made: "By what inscrutable process does the mere magnetization of a bar of steel make of it a machine for the transformation of energy?" Why, if no energy is being transformed, it is not the machine it is supposed to be, and no inquiry needs to be made as to where it gets that which it does not get, nor how it can do that which it does not do.
A. E. DOLBEAR.
Boston, Mass., November 23rd.
PROFESSOR DOLBEAR ANSWERED
In Electrical Review of May 10th.
SIR,- In a number of the Electrical Review a writer, under this heading, asks where the energy comes from which feeds the magnet; whether "from gravity, from the atmosphere, from solar rays, or from earth currents? Who can say? It is a great problem, worthy of a lifetime of indefatigable research." Professor Dolbear, in a later number, answers these questions as only one of the "uninitiated" would answer; yet, nothing is more simple than the truth, as to the source of energy in the magnet to those who are conversant with Mr. Keely's theories and have witnessed his demonstrations. It comes from the polar stream; and, though the introductory impulse is so slight that it cannot be weighed any more than can the flow of the mind, yet, if kept up for years, it could not be computed by billions of tons in its effect. The magnet that lifts pounds today, if the load of the armature is gradually increased day by day, will lift double the amount in time. Whence comes this energy? Keely teaches that it comes from sympathetic association with one of the triune currents of the polar stream, and that its energy will increase as long as sympathetic flows last, which is through eternity.
The physicist tells you that "you cannot make something out of nothing;" that "in the economy of nature profit and loss must balance;" that "no matter what the nature of the force may be, its production must necessarily be accompanied by a corresponding expenditure of force in some form or other," etc., etc. But, in the prodigality of nature, this energy flows, without measure and without price, from the great storehouse of the Infinite, from the sympathetic portion of the etheric field, where all visible aggregations of matter emanate, and on the same order that molecular masses of all living organisms are vitalized by the sympathetic flow from the brain.
In opposition to Dolbear, Keely would contend that a force or flow of sympathy, exerted to carry a load indefinitely, whether the load it carries is in motion, or entirely quiescent, is the same substantially in the one as in the other. The mere fact of the magnet carrying its load proves conclusively the constant flow or positive action of a sympathetic force, the velocity exceeding millions of vibrations per second.
The professor, in his answer, institutes a comparison equivalent to hanging
a weight on a hook, which would make the polar magnetic flow and the suspension of the weight on the hook about one and the same thing, as regards the principle that holds them together, as if a dead body, after decapitation were held to its head by a hook and that, under such condition, the sympathetic flow which exists during life, between the head and the body, continued to pass from the brain through the hook to the body, controlling its movements as in life. This is not sound philosophy. Philosophic knowledge, in the widest acceptation of the term, is the knowledge of effects as dependent on their causes. It has been defined as the science of first principles, the science of causes. Wilcox defines science as a series of systemized reasonings deduced from facts or from other reasonings through premises furnished by evidence or authority; and going back to self-evident metaphysical truths as fundamental knowledge. But what knowledge have we? We know very little, it anything, of first causes; therefore, we have no sure basis for knowledge; and, consequently, very little true philosophy; very little true science. If, as Buckle asserts, the laws of nature have their sole seat, origin, and foundation in the human mind, then the highest of our so-called science has never had a sure foundation on which to build the edifice of pure philosophy. Our most learned men know not what magnetism is, nor electricity, nor gravity, nor cohesion, nor force. Keely, the discoverer of etheric force, and of the means of overcoming gravity, is the first man whose discovery is connected with the laws of mental science. He tells us that gravity is a certain form of etheric vibration; that electricity is a certain form of atomic vibration; that cohesive force is, like gravity, an ever existing force of sympathetic negative attractions holding together all molecular masses, and that were the vibrating velocity of this force to cease for one moment, all aggregations of matter that exist in nature would fall apart and pass back into the ether.
If Professor Dolbear's reasoning were carried out, down to molecules, we might expect to find them held together, in their different forms of invisible matter, by hooks, instead of by sympathetic association or links of sympathy. Such seems to be the philosophic range in his answer to the reasoning of the one who wrote the article on the source of the energy in the magnet.
Aerial Navigation.
June 2nd, 1890.
Among the newspaper cuttings which arrived this morning I find the following sentences which close a letter written to the Editor of The New York World:
"The whole science of naval warfare is revolutionized by Mr. Keely's rediscovery of this ancient engine of war. All we need is a few rowboats to go out as gunboats to foreign men-of-war while they lie at anchor in their own ports. The officer in charge has only to tie a silk thread to the rudder and play his mouth-organ until a slight rise of the vessel in the water shows him
that he has struck the chord of the mass, just as Keely does with his weights in his jars of water. He then notes in his book that the second stanza in the "Boulanger's March" is the chord of the mass of the French ironclad La Terrible. These books will have to be carefully indexed, and when any foreign power comes to shell New York, as soon as the name of the ironclad is signaled from Sandy Hook a monograph will be loaded with the right chord and sent in a submarine boat to the enemy's side. The ironclad will then rise out of the water just as Keely's weights do, and it can be kept up high enough to allow Mr. Keely to play the chord that will turn it upside down and drop its contents into the bay.
No. 25, Union Square.
R. F. FOSTER."
It has been said that "sneers and ridicule are the weapons of small souls and silly minds, but "to the mind of an engineer," Mr. Keely's discoveries must seem as unpractical in naval warfare, or in any branch of mechanics, as it has been, over and over again, represented to be. Still the time has passed by for sneers, now that the man with the most truly scientific mind in America has announced his belief in the discovery of an unknown force.
The Statesman, under date of May 15th, says:-
"Keely's methods, and his failures, have combined to engender distrust and even arouse ridicule, but in the light of last Saturday's display before Professor Leidy and others it will not do to deny that Keely has discovered that which no other man has discovered."
The time seems to be ripe for instructing engineers who fancy that experiments made in researching the laws of nature, which govern this unknown force, are methods which are to be used in its application to mechanics. Let Mr. Keely's method of controlling his air-ship in aerial voyages serve as a practical suggestion to those who can have no comprehension of the principle which he has, for this end, seemingly mastered. The instrument within the aerial ship which controls its ascent and descent consists of a row of bars like the keys of a piano, representing the enharmonic (or celestial) and the diatonic (or terrestrial) conditions. These bars range from 0 to l00. At 50, Mr. Keely thinks the progress of the vessel will be 500 miles an hour. At l00, gravity resumes its control. If pushed to that speed the ship would descend like a fireball to the earth. There is no known force so safe to use as the force which propels and controls the air-ship, for when the celestial and terrestrial conditions are once set up, they remain for ever; perpetual molecular action is the result. In event of meeting a cyclone, the one whose office it is to guide the course of the vessel can cause it to ascend above the cyclone by simply dampening a certain number of these vibratory bars.
Figure 19.17 - Keely's Air-ship
The instrument for guiding the ship has nothing to do with the propelling of it, which is a distinct feature of itself acting by molecular bombardments moving the molecules in the same order as in the suspension process but transversely. After the molecular mass of the vessel is sensitized, or made
concordant with the celestial and terrestrial streams, the control of it in all particulars is as easy and as simple as the control of the metal spheres, and of the metal experimenting model, which Dr. Leidy and others testify as to having witnessed on various occasions. In ascending the positive force is used (the celestial), and in descending the negative or terrestrial. Passing through a cyclone the air-ship would not be affected by it. Mr. Keely thinks that the breaking up of cyclones will open a field for future research; for, if a way is discovered for obtaining the chord of mass of the cyclone, one has only to differentiate the chord of its thirds to destroy it.
No anxiety need be felt by engineers as to the possibility of striking the "chord of mass of the City Hall or the Pulitzer building," as suggested by Mr. Foster. To disintegrate certain conditions are necessary which could not be maintained in the demolishing of such structures. One would think with the facts set before Mr. Foster it might have occurred to him that bombshells dropped from an air vessel in naval warfare would be a better way of utilizing Keely's discoveries than to use silk thread and mouth-organs in the manner that he proposes in his letter.
Every defender of the truth should remember Lavater's allegorical vignette; a hand holding a lighted torch is stung by a wasp, while gnats are consumed in its flame. Underneath are these lines -
"And although it singes the wings of the gnats,
Destroys their heads and all their little brains,
Light is still light,
And although I am stung by the angriest wasp,
I will not yield."
Quotation from a letter written by Dr. Pepper, Provost of the ((University of
Pennsylvania)), to Mrs. H. O. Ward -
Office of the Provost,
10th May, 1890.
On Sunday last I had a long and most interesting interview with Dr. Leidy, in which he went over all the details of his connection with Mr. Keely. I found fresh reason to admire his transparent integrity, and sincerity, and the perfect openness of his mind to fresh truth and scientific conviction. Nothing can be so beautiful as this in a man of his age and eminence, etc., etc., etc. It has drawn my sympathy strongly towards you, to find that you have appreciated and valued this great man at his true worth, etc., etc., etc., etc.
N.B.- Lippincott's Magazine for July will contain Keely's Contribution to Science, disclosing some of his discoveries.
Dr. John Andrews, of Belfast (25, Rugby Road), whose Pendulograph
Albums illustrate the operations of Nature by the law which develops harmonies, writes:-
"June 10th, 1890.
"I think that now at last Keely's labors are about to be honorably recognized in the world of science. May he live to rejoice in his triumphs."
A well-known English scientist writes:-
"If Mr. Keely succeeds in making his discovery practically useful, as it is said that he is demonstrating to scientists his ability to do - if this information be true, it is strange to contrast the past history of science with the present. Fancy the discoverer of electricity having succeeded in inventing the modern Dynamo machine!
"Such a fact would mean the concentration of hundreds of years of scientific discovery and invention into the single life of one man. Such a result would be simply marvelous."
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Fayemi At 54: of Service, Battles and Victories
Posted on February 10, 2019 February 10, 2019 by The Elites
By Olayinka Oyebode
Coming barely two weeks to his birthday, the judgement of the Ekiti State Election Petition Tribunal which re- affirmed Governor Kayode Fayemi as the validly elected governor of Ekiti state in the July 14, 2018 governorship election is seen in many quarters as a befitting birthday present to the Ekiti State Governor who clocks 54 years old today. For Fayemi, the tribunal’s victory- sweet as it tastes- is but another in the series of battles and triumphs that have become the hallmark of his public service life. The victories he has earned are almost in equal measure to the battles he has fought to be where he is today.
Breaking out of his shadow to contest the 2006 primaries of the Action Congress (AC), was perhaps the first major battle of his public life. Even though he had previously waged a war, alongside other pro- democracy activists, against military dictatorship in the country as a member of the external wing of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO). The 2006 primaries was for Dr Fayemi the first baptism of fire in the country’s political terrain. It was a keenly contested battle among the very best of the party in the state. The echoes of that battle of the titans had yet to fade out when the 2007 governorship election was held. The 2007 election battle in Ekiti, no doubt will have a generous mention when the political history of the country is fully written.
The powers that be at that time had decreed the direction the 2007 governorship election in Ekiti should go. But the army of the people felt otherwise. At the end of the day the powers that be had their way. But Fayemi had the last laugh after about three and a half years challenging the dubious victory given to the PDP at the tribunal, leading to a re-run of the election in April 2009. Victory however came at the eleventh hour via the Court of Appeal ruling on October 15, 2010.
Fayemi must have thought that there couldn’t have been any better way to appreciate the people of Ekiti who stood by him throughout the three and a half years battle to reclaim his mandate other than to give himself fully in their service. And that was exactly what he did for the four years he served as the Governor of Ekiti State between October 16, 2010 and October 15, 2014.
He demonstrated unparalleled penchant for development and his insatiable desire to get the government to provide for the weak and vulnerable in the society led to some policies including the social security scheme which paid N5,000 monthly stipends to elderly indigent citizens above 65 years; free and compulsory primary and secondary education; computer per child initiative in the public secondary schools; comprehensive renovation of all public schools and hospitals; free health care for the vulnerable in the society.
The need to spread development across the nooks and crannies of the state also led to the introduction of five kilometres road project implemented yearly in all the council areas. These roads complemented the networks of roads he constructed or rehabilitated for use in the urban areas. And when you add this to the structured empowerment programmes for the youths and women, you have a government that had something for everybody in terms of development and provision of good life for the citizens.
Fayemi’s administration was guided by the social democratic principle of lifting the weak and vulnerable in the society. In those four years, Ekiti State witnessed a sincere and consistent effort at banishing poverty and sickness, resulting in massive improvement in all the indices of development. His major concern has always been how institutions of state can be strengthened in order to ensure effective service delivery.
His controversial loss at the 2014 governorship election in the state was not enough to discourage him from serving his people in other areas. Moments after leaving office, he devoted his time, energy and resources towards working for the success of the APC in the 2015 presidential election. At the inauguration of the Buhari administration on May 29, 2015, Fayemi was among those tapped by the newly inaugurated government to play some crucial roles in the government. Again, there arose a massive war by a section of the party in the southwest aimed at stopping his nomination. What started as an ordinary media war later snowballed into a full scale battle. For those at the frontline of the battle, the mantra was “anybody but Fayemi”.
Again, through sheer doggedness and his own unique diplomatic approach to issues, the plot collapsed and Fayemi was named Minister in charge of the Mines and Steel Ministry. At the ministry, the battle shifted to those who hitherto had been making fortunes through illegal mining. So, while thinking through the right policy mix that would help reposition the mining sector to meet the economic diversification and job creation plan of the Federal Government, he had his eyes fixed on the economic saboteurs and he never blinked until he halted the reign of one of the most notorious among them, who was reputed to have defrauded the country of well over a hundred billion naira through illegal mining activities. The planned concession of the Ajaokuta Steel Complex after it was successfully taken over by the Federal Government also sparked off a battle between Fayemi, as minister, and the National Assembly as the latter preferred a further injection of fund into the complex. Fayemi stood his grounds.
But what is arguably the mother of all battles was one he had with the immediate past government in Ekiti, his home state, under the leadership of Ayodele Fayose. Having sensed that Fayemi might take a shot at the governorship of the state, Fayose had gone all out for him with the intent to stop him by every means possible. Fayose spared nothing in the war. His weapons included a massive manipulation of the executive, legislative and judicial processes to frustrate him. The height of it was the kangaroo judicial panel of enquiry which was programmed to nail him and bar him from the contest.
But like a cat with nine lives, Fayemi overcame all. And the crowning glory was the victory in the July 14 governorship election.
As declared by the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo “It is not life that matters but the courage you bring to it”, Fayemi, as a firm believer in the philosophy of the great nationalist, brings courage, resilience and tact to bear on every battle. The same way he drives his public service with great vision, working with imagination, insight, and boldness, his eyes fixed on the horizon, not just on the near at hand but the big picture and thinking strategically.
Perhaps, his name “Folorunso” plays a role in the way he emerges victorious even in battles that are considered high wired. As someone who served as an altar boy in his local catholic parish during his youthful years, JKF as he is fondly called, realises the divine dimension to his victories. Thus, he is ever magnanimous in victory, harbouring no bitterness against his foes both current and expired.
Born on Tuesday, February 9, 1965, Fayemi attended Christ’s School, Ado Ekiti and subsequently earned degrees in History, Politics and International Relations from the Universities of Lagos and Ife in Nigeria, and a Doctorate in War Studies from the King’s College, University of London, England.
He is a Fellow of the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Ibadan. He is also a Georgetown University Washington DC Leadership Fellow (2000). Dr. Fayemi served as Minister of Mines and Steel Development (2015-2018).He was the founding director of the Centre for Democracy & Development (CDD), a research and training institute dedicated to the study and promotion of democratic development, peace-building and human security in Africa. As a central figure in the coalition of civil society actors that resisted oppressive military rule in Nigeria, he was instrumental to the founding and running of opposition radio stations while in exile.
He has received several awards and recognitions at home and abroad, and holds the national honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON). He is married to Erelu Bisi Fayemi, the renowned women’s and children’s rights advocate, writer and social entrepreneur.
Today as we raise glasses in celebration of 54 years of impact- a life defined by battles which at the very peak always turn into victories, one of Fayemi’s favourite songs that readily comes to mind is: Oye ka dupe, ara san, ategun fe, iji ja kogbe wa lo oye ka dupe. Happy Birthday, JKF!, the victory song has just started.
• Oyebode is Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Ekiti State
Try Lifelong Studentship, Thank Me Later!, By Pius Adesanmi
Nigerian Media Declare February 14 National Peace Day
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THE PUZZLE CORNER: SEPTEMBER 11, 2010
Okay. We're back to what passes for our "regularly" scheduled programming: MORE PUZZLES!
Who was the first woman in outer space?
TRIVIA TIME
What organization has won the Nobel Peace Prize THREE times, to date?
We'll reveal all next weekend. But for now, let's peek inside THE ANSWERS BOX, to see the results of last weekend's brief EMMY QUIZ.
01. Ed Asner as Lou Grant has won the most Emmys for performing the SAME character on DIFFERENT shows. Although Richard Belzer as Detective John Munch does hold the record for playing the same character amongst different series, with TEN to date, but has yet to win an Emmy for the role.
02. Don Knotts as Deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show and Candice Bergen as Murphy Brown are tied with 5 wins each for the most Emmys performing the SAME character on the SAME show?
03. At 37, Frasier has won the most Emmys, period (to date).
04. Betty White can claim the TV trifecta with Emmy wins for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy (Life With Elizabeth, Golden Girls), Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy (Susan Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show), and Best Guest Actress in a Comedy (for an appearance on The John Larroquette Show and her recent turn as host on Saturday Night Live).
05. Hill Street Blues, West Wing, and LA Law are tied at 4 for the most Emmy wins as the best drama. But Mad Men has just won their third and is still in production, so who knows?
Posted by Lee Houston, Junior at 12:13 PM
Labels: Puzzles: September 11
THE FLINTSTONES AT 50
THE SUNDAY FUNNIES: SEPTEMBER 26, 2010
THE WEEK IN REVIEW: SEPTEMBER 19-25, 2010
BELATED SUNDAY FUNNIES: SEPTEMBER 12/13, 2010
"THEY DID NOT DIE IN VAIN"
SEPTEMBER 11 (NEWS THAT MAKES YOU THINK)
THE WEEK IN REVIEW: SEPTEMBER 5-11, 2010
STAND UP TO CANCER 2010
JERRY LEWIS AT 45
THE SUNDAY FUNNIES: SEPTEMBER 5, 2010
THE WEEK IN REVIEW: AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2010
It's the Labor Day weekend here in the United Stat...
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How Tech Is Splitting the US Workforce In Two
Automation is beginning to bite, but in ways more subtle than the fevered predictions of wholesale unemployment at first suggested. That more gentle slope does not in any way reduce its impact - or inevitability.
The Luddites weren't wrong, they were just 200 years ahead of their time. JL
Eduardo Porter reports in the New York Times:
Over the last 40 years, jobs have fallen in every single industry that introduced technologies to enhance productivity. Research has concluded robots are reducing demand for workers and weighing down wages, which have been rising more slowly than productivity. There is a small island of educated professionals making good wages at corporations which reap hundreds of thousands of dollars in profit per employee. A sea of less educated workers are stuck at businesses like hotels, restaurants and nursing homes that generate much smaller profits per employee and stay viable by keeping wages low.
It’s hard to miss the dogged technological ambition pervading this sprawling desert metropolis.
There’s Intel’s $7 billion, seven-nanometer chip plant going up in Chandler. In Scottsdale, Axon, the maker of the Taser, is hungrily snatching talent from Silicon Valley as it embraces automation to keep up with growing demand. Start-ups in fields as varied as autonomous drones and blockchain are flocking to the area, drawn in large part by light regulation and tax incentives. Arizona State University is furiously churning out engineers.
And yet for all its success in drawing and nurturing firms on the technological frontier, Phoenix cannot escape the uncomfortable pattern taking shape across the American economy: Despite all its shiny new high-tech businesses, the vast majority of new jobs are in workaday service industries, like health care, hospitality, retail and building services, where pay is mediocre.
The forecast of an America where robots do all the work while humans live off some yet-to-be-invented welfare program may be a Silicon Valley pipe dream. But automation is changing the nature of work, flushing workers without a college degree out of productive industries, like manufacturing and high-tech services, and into tasks with meager wages and no prospect for advancement.
Automation is splitting the American labor force into two worlds. There is a small island of highly educated professionals making good wages at corporations like Intel or Boeing, which reap hundreds of thousands of dollars in profit per employee. That island sits in the middle of a sea of less educated workers who are stuck at businesses like hotels, restaurants and nursing homes that generate much smaller profits per employee and stay viable primarily by keeping wages low.
Even economists are reassessing their belief that technological progress lifts all boats, and are beginning to worry about the new configuration of work.
Recent research has concluded that robots are reducing the demand for workers and weighing down wages, which have been rising more slowly than the productivity of workers. Some economists have concluded that the use of robots explains the decline in the share of national income going into workers’ paychecks over the last three decades.
Because it pushes workers to the less productive parts of the economy, automation also helps explain one of the economy’s thorniest paradoxes: Despite the spread of information technology, robots and artificial intelligence breakthroughs, overall productivity growth remains sluggish.
“The view that we should not worry about any of these things and follow technology to wherever it will go is insane,” said Daron Acemoglu, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Semiconductor companies like Intel or NXP are among the most successful in the Phoenix area. From 2010 to 2017, the productivity of workers in such firms — a measure of the dollar value of their production — grew by about 2.1 percent per year, according to an analysis by Mark Muro and Jacob Whiton of the Brookings Institution. Pay is great: $2,790 a week, on average, according to government statistics.
But the industry doesn’t generate that many jobs. In 2017, the semiconductor and related devices industry employed 16,600 people in the Phoenix area, about 10,000 fewer than three decades ago.
“We automate the pieces that can be automated,” said Paul Hart, a senior vice president running the radio-frequency power business at NXP’s plant in Chandler. “The work force grows but we need A.I. and automation to increase the throughput.”
Axon, which makes the Taser as well as body cameras used by police forces, is also automating whatever it can. Today, robots make four times as many Taser cartridges as 80 workers once did less than 10 years ago, said Bill Denzer, Axon’s vice president for manufacturing. Workers’ jobs were saved because the company brought other manufacturing work back from Mexico.
The same is true across the high-tech landscape. Aircraft manufacturing employed 4,234 people in 2017, compared to 4,028 in 2010. Computer systems design services employed 11,000 people in 2017, up from 7,000 in 2010.
Most of the growth in the Phoenix-area job market since 1990 has come in low-productivity industries, like health care. Productivity is the dollar value of the output per worker in each industry. The job sectors in the charts below represent about two-thirds of all Phoenix-area jobs.
Productivity and job growth in the Phoenix metropolitan area
LOW-PRODUCTIVITY
SHARE OF
2017 WAGE
IN WAGES
Administrative and waste services
HIGH-PRODUCTIVITY
2017 PRODUCTIVITY
IN THOUSANDS
PCT-POINT
IN SHARE
OF JOBS
and social
and waste services
and food
Finance and
and rental
and leasing
LESS PRODUCTIVE
MORE PRODUCTIVE
Productivity and job growth
in the Phoenix metropolitan area
CHG.
and food services
Health care and
Real estate and
rental and leasing
PCT-
By The New York Times | Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Brookings (productivity)
To find the bulk of jobs in Phoenix, you have to look on the other side of the economy: where productivity is low. Building services, like janitors and gardeners, employed nearly 35,000 people in the area in 2017, and health care and social services accounted for 254,000 workers. Restaurants and other eateries employed 136,000 workers, 24,000 more than at the trough of the recession in 2010. They made less than $450 a week.
The biggest single employer in town is Banner Health, which has about 50,000 workers throughout a vast network that includes hospitals, outpatient clinics and home health aides. Though it employs high-paid doctors, it relies on an army of lower paid orderlies and technicians. A nursing assistant in Phoenix makes $31,000 a year, on average. A home health aide makes $24,000. While Banner invests heavily in technology, the machines do not generally reduce demand for workers. “There are not huge opportunities to increase productivity, but technology has a significant impact on quality,” said Banner’s chief operating officer, Becky Kuhn.
The 58 most productive industries in Phoenix — where productivity ranges from $210,000 to $30 million per worker, according to Mr. Muro’s and Mr. Whiton’s analysis — employed only 162,000 people in 2017, 14,000 more than in 2010. Employment in the 58 industries with the lowest productivity, where it tops out at $65,000 per worker, grew 10 times as much over the period, to 673,000.
The same is true across the national economy. Jobs grow in health care, social assistance, accommodation, food services, building administration and waste services. Not only are some of the tasks tough to automate, employers have little financial incentive to replace low-wage workers with machines.
On the other end of the spectrum, the employment footprint of highly productive industries, like finance, manufacturing, information services and wholesale trade, has shrunk over the last 30 years.
Economists have a hard time getting their heads around this. Steeped in the belief that technology inevitably leads to better jobs and higher pay, they long resisted the notion that the Luddites of the 19th century, who famously thrashed the weaving machines that were taking their jobs, might have had a point.
“In the standard economic canon, the proposition that you can increase productivity and harm labor is bunkum,” Mr. Acemoglu said.
By reducing prices and improving quality, technology was expected to raise demand, which would require more jobs. What’s more, economists thought, more productive workers would have higher incomes. This would create demand for new, unheard-of things that somebody would have to make.
To prove their case, economists pointed confidently to one of the greatest technological leaps of the last few hundred years, when the rural economy gave way to the industrial era.
In 1900, agriculture employed 12 million Americans. By 2014, tractors, combines and other equipment had flushed 10 million people out of the sector. But as farm labor declined, the industrial economy added jobs even faster. What happened? As the new farm machines boosted food production and made produce cheaper, demand for agricultural products grew. And farmers used their higher incomes to purchase newfangled industrial goods.
The new industries were highly productive and also subject to furious technological advancement. Weavers lost their jobs to automated looms; secretaries lost their jobs to Microsoft Windows. But each new spin of the technological wheel, from plastic toys to televisions to computers, yielded higher incomes for workers and more sophisticated products and services for them to buy.
Something different is going on in our current technological revolution. In a new study, David Autor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Anna Salomons of Utrecht University found that over the last 40 years, jobs have fallen in every single industry that introduced technologies to enhance productivity.
The only reason employment didn’t fall across the entire economy is that other industries, with less productivity growth, picked up the slack. “The challenge is not the quantity of jobs,” they wrote. “The challenge is the quality of jobs available to low- and medium-skill workers.”
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Russian Parliament Rams Through Tough Protest Bill
June 6th, 2012 • Related • Filed Under
Tags: Gazeta.ru • State Duma • The Guardian Newspaper
The Russian parliament has passed a packet of amendments to the laws governing rallies, protests, and other demonstrations that raises the current maximum fine to 300 thousand rubles – about 9,280 USD. In a rare case of filibustering, deputies not from the ruling United Russia party insisted on reading off each of the approximately 500 amendments in full, hoping to delay United Russia’s attempt to fast-track the legislation. As the Guardian explains:
The upper chamber of Russia’s parliament has voted 132-1 to approve a bill that raises fines 150-fold for people taking part in unsanctioned rallies. The much-debated legislation now needs only the president’s signature to become law.
The Federation Council voted after a short debate, in contrast to the lower house, where MPs discussed it for 11 hours before the pro-Kremlin United Russia rammed it through at midnight.
The opposition factions in the Duma put forward several hundred amendments in an unprecedented attempt to stymie the bill’s passage, reflecting a new willingness to stand up to the Kremlin.
The bill raises fines from the current 2,000 rubles (£40) to 300,000 rubles (£5,970). The legislation has been seen as a response to a series of anti-government protests and aimed at discouraging further street protests challenging Vladimir Putin.
Gazeta.ru has created a helpful infographic for understanding the voting process; we’ve translated it here:
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Our Vision - Our Passion
Ashramchic
Veronica Ruelas
Warren Buffett: Do This Every Morning to Be Successful
We are so happy to be a Graduate of the Goldman Sachs 10K small business program!!!
Every entrepreneur wants to know how to succeed in business. Fortunately, luminaries like Warren Buffett, Michael Bloomberg, and Jack Dorsey are here to help.
Speaking at the 20th graduation of Goldman Sachs's 10,000 Small Businesses program at LaGuardia Community College on Tuesday, the billionaire businessmen discussed a variety of issues, including regulation, talent acquisition, and cybersecurity. But perhaps the most useful bit of advice--particularly among the program's 33 new entrepreneurial graduates--had to do with where they think the business magic happens.
For his part, Warren Buffett, the 85-year-old Berkshire Hathaway CEO, doesn't think you should just satisfy your customers; he wants you to delight them.
"Tomorrow morning, when you look in the mirror, write--or just put it in lipstick or whatever you want--'delight my customer,' not satisfy my customer," said Buffett.
"I don't remember how much I paid for my last car, but I remember the experience," Buffett continued, explaining that any business that delights customers can count them as an unpaid sales force. They'll be back to buy your product, and they'll talk about it with other people, he says.
The billionaire investor also pointed to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as the "classic example" of someone who knows how to delight his customers. "Here's a guy who 20 years ago had a very, very small business," Buffett said. "But he set out every day to delight his customer by fast delivery, by lower prices, whatever it took. And, today, he is still thinking about how to delight his customer. He never quits."
Michael Bloomberg, the founder and CEO of the eponymous financial software company, agreed with Buffett: "Customers are everything." But, he added, employees are a company's greatest asset.
"You should be sitting in the middle of your employees; get rid of any offices," the former New York City mayor advised. "Rip down the walls; make an open plan ... I've done it in the company and it's gone from one person to 20,000, and I think that's one of the big reasons."
With that in mind, you need to constantly encourage your team, suggests Jack Dorsey, who founded Twitter and Square. "Attracting great people means you have to keep an understanding of what your purpose is," Dorsey says.
You also need to be able to clearly articulate your company's purpose, and identify alignments and misalignments. To suss this out, the tech founder will often ask job candidates one question: Why are you here? "If I see passion for our purpose, I know that any skill can be taught," added Dorsey.
Click here to view the article: http://www.inc.com/helena-ball/warren-buffett-secret-to-success-entrepreneurs-startups.html
Tagged: Warren Buffett, Inc
Through The Eyes of a Visionary Wonder Woman: A Look At Veronica Ruelas’ Mission of Ambition
Written by Deborah Goldstein
Whenever I think of what a real-life Wonder Woman embodies, concepts like bravery, determination, purpose, strength, focus, fearlessness, resilience, selflessness, and adaptation each come to mind. But rarely does any single person exhibit each of these characteristics. Despite those odds, I’m about to introduce you to one who does!
In 2007, Vero Ruelas’ life steered itself in an exciting and unpredictable direction right in front of her own eyes. It was the year she had lost her job and her relationship. It was also the year she embraced her restless soul, in classic Eat, Pray, Love style. Her autumn immersion in that modern memoir of transcendence left her at a personal crossroads, and eventually led her all the way to Machu Picchu by ‘08. Her aim was to take her talent as an optometrist to those who were most desperately in need of eye care, and to tour this magical part of the world with the inspiration of her newly-embraced practice of meditation. This exploration found Vero as part of an eye care missionary team….the catalyst to the founding of her own mission.
Setting Up Shop
When Vero returned to NYC from Machu Picchu, she resumed her yoga and meditation research, with the intention to combine her vocation with her new passion. She just knew her foray into meditation wasn’t going to be a one-off, and longed to learn more. She discovered the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat, which has a NYC center, a Catskills location, and many Ashram’s in India. Attending a meditation weekend in the Catskills inspired her to buy a tent and invest in a 6-week intensive training in the Bahamas. This proved a brief stint since, upon the realization that she had the ability to help people “see” (a fateful play on words, indeed), it became clear that the ideal place to offer her services was India. The Himalayan village of Uttarkashi, an ample journey from the capital of Delhi, is the destination that called to her. It is here that her passion for yoga could be fulfilled, along with her mission towards service, for this was home to a Sivananda Ashram and an existing medical care facility where she would be able to set up shop.
When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds. Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties, and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be. - Patanjali - the Father of Yoga.
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Thirsty Ear Drum Machines
Everything you need to know about the world's most famous drum machines
The Akai 2000xl Drum Sampler
The Akai MPC 2000xl drum machine is a lesser-known model in the industry. It’s a shame really, as this might just be the drum machine you’ve been searching for. Its features seem to be centered around convenience more than anything though it certainly performs its duty well as a drum machine. Without further ado, here are three reasons your next drum machine should be the Akai MPC 2000xl.
It’s Powerful
It is said that the phone you carry in your pocket has a computer more powerful than the giant computer that sent the first man to the moon. Following the same trend, the Akai MPC 2000xl is shockingly powerful relative to its overall size. How? For starters, the sound it can produce is just as heart thumping as drum machines twice its size. Secondly, it comes with 2 MB of RAM, a 64-track MIDI and a 32-voice digital sampler. About its compact size, this is quite a bit of power to have at your fingertips.
You Can Mod It
As previously mentioned, the Akai MPC 2000xl comes with 2 MB of RAM. While a nice touch, this figure isn’t mind blowing. What is mind blowing; however, is its ability to hold an additional 30 MB for a whopping 32 MB of RAM. Of course, this will require the owner undergo some physical modifications on their new drum machine. This is relatively unheard of in other products of its type and is no doubt a refreshing feature to come across.
A Wide Variety Of Other, Smaller Features
Something I’m sure you’ve never seen before is a ‘note repeat’ button on a drum machine, such as the one on the Akai MPC 2000xl. While not a game-changer, it’s a convenient feature nonetheless. The drum machine in question also offers the use of external storage such as that of a floppy disk, another convenient feature that also helps keep your creations safe. Lastly, the Akai MPC 2000xl is a computer in and of itself, meaning it doesn’t need to be hooked up to external machinery to operate. Coupled with its compact design, this makes for great portability in all situations.
The E-Mu SP12 Drum Machine Sampler
The Emu sp-12 was one of the original samplers that combined elements of a drum machine and was inspirational to other popular sampling devices such as the Akai MPC sampling machines. This device was used heavily in the early development of rap music and was important as a way of sampling records and reorganizing them into a new sequence. The device also comes with drum machine sounds within the sampler, and this includes classic noises such as snare, kick, hi-hat, symbols and toms. The device has gotten a lot of love from individuals who enjoy lo-fi sounds, and this is due to the 12-bit sampler that is built into the machine.
The device is also limited as it has a short amount of sampling time. This means that you can only fit a small amount of audio into the device, but this was useful as it offered limitations that provided more creativity to individuals who were using the device. The device is now a collectors item and is regarded as one of the best samplers available.
Our Picks for the Best Drum Machines of All Time
When it comes to music technology, the drum machine is one of the top musical inventions of our time. It’s effective, precise, and affordable. The drum machine’s straight-forwardness and versatility make it a go-to for musicians across the genres. To help you recognize the best from the rest, we have compiled a list of the top 10 best drum machines of all time. Read on to learn which drum machines make a bang on the musical scene!
Top 10 Best Drum Machines of All Time
The Alesis HR-16/ HR-16B: Throughout the 70s and 80s, drum machines were reserved for the richer players of the music scene. With an average going price of $2000 or more, it was no surprise that drum machines belonged only to the most monetarily elite musicians. The introduction of the Alesis in 1987 changed the music world forever. It originally sold for just $600 – less than a quarter of the price of most drum machines on the market. Its affordability changed the music industry forever by making drum machines affordable for many more musicians.
Korg Mini Pops 120: The Mini Pops drum machine series was designed to be mobile; the Korg was made to provide touring musicians with a back beat to which they could play along. The Korg featured just six analogue sounds, and didn’t let users store their beats, but the sound was nice, and its rich wooden design was easy on the eyes.
E-Mu Sp-12: The E-Mu was the first of its kind, offering users a classic drum machine equipped with 24 samples, as well as a sampler that allowed users to create and save sounds of their own. It achieved musical history by combining the traditional drum machine with the new technology of the sampler.
Elektron SPS1 Machinedrum: In 2001, the Machinedrum was known as the world’s most sophisticated drum machine: it featured 4 different types of drum synthesis, took care of its programming, and offered editable sample playback.
Roland CR-78: This 1978-debuting drum machine was the first Roland ever to offer programmable and saveable drum patterns, which won it huge popularity amongst songwriters and producers alike.
Paia Programmable Drum Set (Model 3750): The Paia was the very first standalone rhythm box, and also featured the two things that would become necessities amongst the industry’s leading drum machines: analogue synthesis and programming ability.
Linn Electronics Linndrum: In 1982, the Linndrum was a drum machine revolutionary: for the first time, it offered beats sampled from real acoustic instruments- it offered real sounds.
Roland TR-909: This part-analogue, part-sample-based hybrid became the staple drum machine for early dance music. Its swing control and MIDI abilities won it fame for flexibility and had it rocking out steadily throughout the 80s.
Oberheim DMX: 1980 was the year of the Oberheim! This drum machine served up fat sample sounds that won it hip hop recognition. From its 24 fully-tunable drum sounds to its ridiculously flexible programming options, it’s no wonder this Oberheim’s kick and snare sounds are still in regular use today.
Roland TR-808: This drum machine easily tops the list of the top 10 best drum machines of all time. The Roland tr808 is the most sampled drum machine of all time and you can here these drum samples on all kinds of genres from the past to present day. With its affordable and extensive ability to generate fresh beats, its filling bass sounds, and its ability to program 12 different 32 step patterns, this Roland forever changed the course of hip-hop and dance music.
Posted on February 8, 2016 February 15, 2016
Thirsty Ear Drums is Back in Business – Watch out!
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Keith Urban Announces New Leg of “Graffiti U World Tour”
After circumnavigating the globe with more than 70 concerts in seven countries, Keith Urban is extending his Graffiti U World Tour with additional dates this summer and fall. Keith will bring his revamped show—new music, new lighting, new production—to 13 festivals and fairs, including stops in Chicago, Cheyenne, Louisville and more. “I’m always looking for…… MORE
12 of Our Favorite Photos From CMA Fest’s Nissan Stadium Shows, Including Carrie, Maren, Keith, Miranda & More
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Watch Keith Urban Team With Irish Singer/Songwriter Foy Vance for Acoustic Performance of “Burden”
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Nominations Revealed for 2019 CMT Music Awards, Including Carrie, Miranda, Luke, Jason, Kacey, Kelsea & More
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No Walls in Nature: Range Expansion in the Animal World
Challenging traditional theories on organisms' 'range expansion'
Yet more invasive species of bugs and beasties.
Honestly, it’s like the animal kingdom has no respect for the sovreignity of states. Those critters just keep crawling, hopping, flying and swimming into places they’re not wanted.
And who’s going to pay for that wall?
As climate change and biological invasions continue to impact global biodiversity, scientists at Colorado State University and the University of Colorado-Boulder have recently published work that suggests that the way organisms move to new areas, or range expansion, can be impacted directly by evolutionary changes.
Their work, published in Nature Communications, challenges the traditional theory that only demographics such as birth, death and migration determine range expansions. The researchers’ findings add evolutionary processes, which occur during the course of a range expansion, as determining factors.
Evolution is not easy to measure in a field setting, which is why Ruth Hufbauer, a professor in CSU’s Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, and her colleagues Christopher Weiss-Lehman and Brett Melbourne, from CU’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, used flour beetles (Tribolium castaneum) to observe evolutionary processes in controlled environments.
The researchers created two different kinds of range expansions — structured, where they allowed beetles to expand across a landscape generation to generation under normal conditions, and shuffled, where each individual beetle was counted in a landscape each generation and then mixed together and put back. By putting the same number of individuals at a given location in a landscape as had originally been there, the researchers were able to reproduce the demographics of the landscape as it was prior to shuffling, while mixing up any genetic structure that have developed. The shuffled beetles moved across the landscape more slowly and more predictably.
In contrast, normally structured populations moved faster on average, but with more variation in movement, making them less predictable. After eight generations of range expansion, three distinct populations of the beetles were compared including those found at the core and at the edge of the structured landscapes, and those that were shuffled into new areas.
“For populations that are expanding their range, for example due to climate change, we have found that organisms are moving faster in ways that are hard to predict,” said Hufbauer. “What this study has shown is that evolutionary processes can increase rates of movement, but also variation in how fast species move, and allow us to get a better sense of where organisms might go in the future.”
As in previous studies, the beetles were used to model ecological and evolutionary conditions because of their small size and their more rapid progression through subsequent generations. In the wild, similar evolutionary processes are seen in cane toads, which are invading across Florida and Australia, and may be occurring in other invasions, such as cheat grass in the western United States.
“The beetles certainly help us test theoretical predictions, but seeing how this range expansion plays out in the natural world is also important,” said Hufbauer. “Maintaining biodiversity and managing invasions is very much dependent on our understanding of the causes of population movement.”
Source: Eurekalert/Colorado State University
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California Wants to Reinvent the Power Grid. So What Could Go Wrong?
By Ivan Penn
Two decades ago, when California deregulated the delivery of electric power, lawmakers, regulators and even some environmentalists hailed the decision as a way to lower consumers’ bills.
The strategy proved disastrous. The plan resulted in an energy crisis that sent power bills soaring, prompted billions in penalties against utilities and banks for manipulating the new electricity market, and led Congress to enact laws to help prevent it all from happening again.
Now the state’s leaders have a new proposal for an energy makeover, this time to create a single authority to manage the electric grid for most or all of the West. This plan, too, promises to cut costs for consumers — by as much as $1.5 billion a year — while helping to bolster use of carbon-free power sources.
Gov. Jerry Brown has made the plan a signature effort in the waning months of his tenure, pressing state legislators to enact it. California already receives power produced in other states, but Mr. Brown wants to create a single authority that would manage the flow of electrons across the region.
“Implemented correctly,” he has written of the plan, “a regional grid will enable greater renewable development, lower costs and carbon emissions, and improved electricity reliability.”
Critics, invoking the earlier fiasco, warn that the latest plan will again cost consumers and may even increase, not reduce, greenhouse gases.
They worry that the proposal will actually increase the use of coal and natural gas at a time when California and hundreds of cities across the country are working toward producing 100 percent of their electricity without carbon emissions.
Their concern is based on the potential partnership with some Western states like Wyoming that rely heavily on coal for power production. “It makes us very nervous that regionalization is going to accelerate coal use,” said Matthew Freedman, the staff lawyer for the Utility Reform Network, a consumer-advocacy group based in San Francisco.
The state’s electricity grid is currently run by the California Independent System Operator. It oversees a market for companies looking to buy and sell power, and coordinates the flow of electricity by ordering utilities to put more onto the grid or to throttle back when it risks an overload.
Although it is the largest in the West, California’s electric grid manager is just one of 38 in the region. Under the new proposal, which is subject to federal approval, those that opt into the regional system would all operate under one electric grid manager.
California would surrender its governor’s right to appoint the agency’s board members and the State Senate’s role in confirming them. The current grid operator would devise a plan for selecting members of a new, wholly independent board.
While California would yield some state control, the proposed shift is meant to increase efficiencies across the region, lowering the cost of generation. And backers say a single entity could apply a uniform clean-energy policy across more territory, carrying out Mr. Brown’s vision on a wider scale.
Assemblyman Christopher Holden, a Democrat from the Los Angeles area, sponsored the bill. As he sees it, President Trump’s decision last year to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement has given California a strong leadership role in helping to curb carbon emissions and address climate change.
“To be able to address climate change, California can’t do it by itself,” Mr. Holden said. “Any other state that would want to participate, states that share our green renewable strategies, are welcome.”
It would be optional for utilities to turn their power management over to the new grid operator, but the prospect of efficiencies that could lower the cost of providing power — potentially reducing consumer rates and increasing profits — would be an incentive.
“This is not either-or, it’s not local versus regional — it’s getting the best out of both,” said Ralph Cavanagh, staff lawyer for the Natural Resources Defense Council and a longtime proponent of the measure. “You will use the existing system more efficiently.”
For example, at certain times of the year, California produces more solar and wind energy than it can use, and must pay other states to take it to avoid overloading the system and causing blackouts. A regional grid would enable better coordination with other generation sources without additional payments.
As for the potential for energy companies in coal states to send more power from fossil fuels to California customers, Mr. Cavanagh said market dynamics would preclude that, since the low cost of solar and wind energy is making other generation sources uncompetitive. “The operating cost of renewables is zero,” he said. “The Trump administration has a coal agenda, and that’s exactly why we should push back.”
But Mr. Trump’s position on coal and other fossil fuels is exactly the reason that critics say this is the worst time to risk California’s clean-energy goals by loosening its control. Because the regional operation has to be approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and California is ceding more control of the operator, the new Western grid would be more firmly in the federal government’s hands.
California law mandates that at least 50 percent of the state’s electricity generation come from carbon-free sources by 2030. Lawmakers are considering a separate bill that would increase the mandate to 100 percent.
In a regional market, a significant potential player would be a utility called PacifiCorp, a unit of Warren E. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Energy. PacifiCorp operates in a half-dozen Western states, including Wyoming, which produces more than 80 percent of its electricity from coal, and Utah, where the share is almost 70 percent.
“We see it as throwing a lifeline to those coal plants,” said Travis Ritchie, a staff lawyer for the Sierra Club. “This whole thing really caught our attention because it was PacifiCorp. They were the ones who pushed grid regionalization.”
In addition, the bill excludes power generated from carbon-free sources outside California from counting toward renewable-energy goals. Danielle Osborn Mills, director of the American Wind Energy Association California Caucus, said that language could actually impede the move away from fossil fuels, and create an opening for coal-burning producers like PacifiCorp.
“I think the way it is written now, there’s a threat to the developing as well as existing renewables,” Ms. Mills said. “It seems to run counter to the objectives to open the market.” The bill’s proponents say they are trying to address the issue, but at least for now, the provision remains.
PacifiCorp says it has no position on the legislation. “It’s not just California that would have to be comfortable, but the other states as well,” said Bob Gravely, a company spokesman. “We would not be able to join if the other states that we operate in aren’t comfortable.”
Michael J. Aguirre, a former federal prosecutor and a lawyer who worked on cases during the California energy crisis, said that with improved energy technology for individuals and businesses — through sources like rooftop and community solar arrays, along with storage — there was little advantage to consolidating grid operations.
“We need to make our system more resilient by making it decentralized,” he said. “It’s the difference between having a bunch of centralized computers and a bunch of laptops.”
Mr. Freedman, of the Utility Reform Network, said California should carefully consider such a major move, saying it could be difficult to reverse because the federal government might not allow the state to return to its current grid structure if the new system fell short.
“Once we go down this route, there’s very little California can do to change it,” he said.
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In every State, the Legislature consists of the Governor and (a) in case of Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka, V.P. and Jammu & Kashmir two Houses, namely, Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly and (b) in other States one House, viz. , Legislative Assembly.
Legislative Assembly: It is a directly elected body on the basis of adult franchise. The total number of members of the Assembly shall in no case be more than 500 or less than 60. Its normal life is fiv(. years. A candidate for election to the Legislative Assembly ofa State should be (i) a citizen of India; (li) not less than 25 years of age; and (ill) not holding an office of profit under the Government.
Legislative Council: This is a permanent body. One·third of its members l'etire every second year. Its total members should not exceed one·third of the members of State Legislative Assembly. Its minimum strength is 40. Only U.p.., Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Jammu & Kashmir have Legislative Councils.
FINANCE COMMISSION
Constitution: Under Art. 280 of the Constitution, provision has been made for the Constitution of a Finance Commission within 2 years of the commencement of the Gonstitution and thereafter after expiration of every fifth year. It consists of a chairman and four other members appointed by the President.
Functions: It is the duty of the Commission to make recommendations to the President as to:
(i) the distribution between the Union and the States, the net proceeds of taxes, which are divisible between the Union and the States;
(ii) the principles, which should govern the 241 UGC-JRF (Paper I}-31 grant-in-aid of revenues to the States out of the Consolidated Funds of India;
(iii) the measures needed to augment the Consolidated Fund of a State to supplement the resources of the Panchayats in the State on the basis of the recommendations made by the Finance Commission of the State;
(iv) the measures needed to augment the Consolidated Fund of a State to supplement the resources of Municipalities in the State on the basis of
the Finance Commission of the State; and
(v) any other matter referred to the Commission by the President in the interest of sound Finance.
Report: The President shall cause the report of the Financ;e Commission with an explanatory memorandum as to the action taken thereon, to
be laid before each House of Parliament.
ALL-INDIA SERVICES
Under Art. 312 of the Constitution, if the Rajya Sabha declared by resolution supported by not less than two-third of the members present and voting, that it is necessary or expedient to create an All-India Service, common to the Union and the States, Parliament may by law create such a service and regulate the recruitment and conditions of service of person appointed to any such service. The Indian Administrative Service and Indian Police Service, which were in existence at the commencement of Constitution, are deemed to be All-India Services created by the Parliament. The All-India Services Act was passed by Parliament and detailed rules and regulations under the Act have since been promulgated. The recruitment to All-India Services, namely. LA.S., I.F.S ., I.P.8., etc., is made by the U.P.S.C. on the basis of a competitive examination supplemented by viva-voce test. The conditions of service of persons appointed to those services have since been regulated by an act of Parliament.
Composition: It is a statutory body appointed under Article 324 of the Constitution. It consists of a Chief Election Commissioner and two other Election Commissioners. The Chief Election Commissioner is the Chairman of the Commission.
Functions: The main functions of the Election Commission are:
(i) to superintend, direct and control the preparation of electoral rolls for the elections;
(ii) to conduct all elections and by-elections to the Parliament and State Legislatures and elections to the offices of President and
Vice-President;
(iii) to advise the President! Governors regarding the disqualification of Members 243 of Parliament or Members of State Legislatures; and
(iv) to examine the return of expenses filed by the candidates nominated to various elections, disqualify the defaulting candidates and their election agents and consider the representation of such of them as apply for the removal of their disqualification.
The official language of the Union is Hindi in Devnagari script and international form of Indian numerals is used for official purposes. For a period of fifteen years from the commencement of the Constitution, English was to continue for official purposes of the Union. If at the end of 15 years, Hindi was not able to replace English, Parliament could provide for the use of English for specific purposes. The Constitution also lays down that the legislature of a State may, by law, adopt any one or more of the languages for use in the State, but Hindi is to be used for all official purposes of the Uni9n. The need for use of English in the proceedings of the Supreme Court, High Courts, etc., and in bills and enactments has been recognized. The Official Language Act of 1967 has provIded for the use of English indefinitely. It has been provided that the Centre will carry on the correspondence with non-Hindi-speaking States in English and witlJ, the Hindi-speaking States in Hindi.
According to the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution, the following 18 languages have been recognized as regional languages: (i) Assamese; (ii) Bengali; (iii) Gujarati; (iv) Hindi; (v) Kannada; (vi) Kashmiri; (vii) Malayalam; (viii) Marathi; (ix) Oriya; (x) Punjabi; (xi) Sanskrit; (xii) Sindhi; (xiii) Tamil; (xiv) Telugu; (xv) Urdu; (xvi) Gorkhali; (xvii) Manipuri; and (xviii) Konkani. The last three languages were intro:luced in the Constitution (71stAmendment) Bill, 1992.
The National Flag of India consists of three horizontal bands - saffron, white and dark green with the Asoka Wheel (having 24 spokes) in dark blue colour in the centre of the white band; all strips being equ~l in width. It ~ is rectangular in shape, the ratio of the length to breadth being 3:2. The emblem of the flag is an exact reproduction of the Dharma Chaki'a on the capitol of Asoka's pillar at Sarnath. Symbolic Representation: According to Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, the saffron colour represents the spirit of renunciation, the white stands for truth and peace, and green signifies growth.
The emblem of the Government of India is a reproduction of the Asaka's Pillar at Sarnath. It shows three standing lions at a base having a Dharma Chakra in the centre, a bull on the right and a horse to the left. The words "Satyameva Jayate" , taken from Mundaka Upanishad, meaning ''Truth Alone Triumphs", are inscribed in Devnagari at the bottom.
74TH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PANCHAYATI RAJ (1992)
It was also passed by Parliament in Dec. 1992 in order to activate Municipalities and to confer them statutory status. It provides for
(i) constitution of three types of municipalities.
(ii) Reservation of seats in every municipality for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, Women and backward classes;
(iii) Devolution of powers and responsibilities upon the municipalities with respect to preparation of plan for economic development, levy of taxes and duties, and review of finances of the municipalities; and
(iv) Conducting election to the local bodies by an independent State Election Commission.
NATIONAL LITERACY MISSION (NLM)
It was launched in 1988. It aims at attaining functional literacy for 100 million persons in the age-group of 15-35 (including age-group 9·14 . were Non·Formal education is not in operation) in a time·bound manner. The most important development has taken place Wlder NLM is the near ascending of campaign made in adult education programme in the country.
MINORITIES COMMISSION
Status: It was set up as a statutory Commission for Minorities in 1992.
Composition: It consists of a Chairman and six other members.
Functions: Its main functions are
(1) evaluation of the working of various safeguards for the minorities provided in the Constitution;
(ii) making recommendations for the effective implementation of safeguards for the protection of the interests of minorities by the Central Government or State Governments;
(iii) reviewing of implementation of policies pursued by the Un ion and State Governments;
(iv) looking into specific complaints regarding deprivation of rights and safeguards;
(v) making surveys and research;
(vi) suggesting appropriate and legal welfare measures in respect of any minority requiring special protection;
(vii) making periodic or special reports to the Central Government on any matter pertaining to t he minorities and in particular difficulties confronted by them;and
(viii) making recommendations regarding any other matter referred to it by the Central Government.
Habeas Corpus: Habeas Corpus is a writ provided in the Constitution. It gives facilities to the prisoners for obtaining speedy trial or release on bail.
Ombudsman: Ombudsman, a Swedish Jprd, stands for "an officer appointed by the legislature to handle complaints against administrative and judicial action". Although appointed by the legislature, t he office of Ombudsman is a constitutional post and the incumbent is politically independent of the legislature. Created for the redressal of citizen's grievances, the institution of·Qmbudsman is typically Scandinavian.
Writ of Mandamus: Mandamus is an order from a superior court to a lower court or tribunal or public authority to perform an act. which falls within its duty. It is issued to secure the performance of public duties and to enforce private rights withheld by the public authorities. This writ cannot be claimed as a matter of right. I t is the discretionary power of a court to issue such writs.
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Scientists have determined that a now-extinct species of giant wild cattle known as the aurochs crossbred with the ancestors of modern cattle in Britain and Ireland thousands of years ago after they arrived here from the Near East.
The study found strong evidence for gene flow from the wild aurochs into early domestic cattle in Britain. This must have happened before the aurochs was hunted to extinction in Britain more than 3,000 years ago.
Researchers made the finding after they successfully reconstructed the genome sequence from one of the extinct animals that was a representative of the north-western European population of aurochs.
The scientists used whole-genome sequencing data generated from a 6,750-year-old British aurochs bone discovered in a cave in Derbyshire, England. The study was published in the journal Genome Biology.
Pictured above: inside of cave in Derbyshire, England where the 6,750-year-old British aurochs bone was discovered. Inset: close-up image of ancient aurochs bone. (Homepage image: Aurochs via Wikimedia Commons)
The distinct genetic differences between the British aurochs and the original cattle of the Near East allowed the researchers to detect the ancient crossbreeding between British aurochs and the early domestic cattle of Britain.
As a result, the researchers conclude that the gene flow from wild aurochs in Britain has significantly shaped the genetic composition of certain breeds of modern British and Irish cattle, in contrast to breeds from mainland Europe.
Ancient heritage or landrace cattle breeds, such as Scottish Highland cattle and Irish Kerry cattle, were found to be most closely related to the British aurochs, a finding that has significant implications for genetic conservation programmes.
The research part-funded by Science Foundation Ireland also reveals a far more complex picture of cattle domestication than previously thought.
It has found that the breeding of wild aurochs with domestic cattle in Britain may have been an important factor in the evolution of these livestock, perhaps through the introduction of desirable traits that helped early domestic cattle to adapt to new environments, such as those encountered in Britain.
This crossbreeding could have been inadvertent, but it is also possible that early farmers in Britain may have purposefully restocked their domestic herds from wild aurochs populations.
The work was led by Professor David MacHugh from the UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, who said: “Our new study contradicts earlier simple models of cattle domestication and evolution that we and others proposed based on studies of uniparental genetic systems, such as mitochondrial DNA and the Y chromosome.”
“What now emerges from high-resolution studies of the nuclear genome is a more nuanced picture of crossbreeding and gene flow between domestic cattle and wild aurochs, as early European farmers moved into new habitats, such as Britain during the Neolithic.”
The aurochs genome sequence also provides an important comparative reference for a more complete understanding of the genetics underlying important behavioural, production (including milk yield) and health traits in domestic cattle.
High-resolution whole-genome sequence data from 81 animals was directly compared to the aurochs genome sequence to identify key genes that differentiate domestic cattle from their wild counterparts.
A parallel approach, using genetic marker data from 1,225 cattle, provided a broader picture of the genomic changes that have shaped the evolution of modern breeds.
This information will be particularly valuable for the genome-assisted cattle breeding programmes that underpin dairy and beef cattle breeding in Ireland and other countries.
The work ties in with Charles Darwin’s fascination about the origins of domestic animals and the dynamics of selective breeding for understanding biological evolution.
The ability to retrieve whole genome sequences from extinct ancestors of domestic animals, including cattle, fulfils, in some respects, Darwin’s goal of fully understanding the heritable traits that were shaped by early farmers, to produce the wide variety of modern breeds of cattle.
Dr Tad Sonstegard, Chief Scientific Officer for Agriculture, Recombinetics, Inc. and a co-author on the study, said: “The publication of the aurochs genome is a major landmark for bovine genetics and illustrates the importance of archaeogenomics for understanding functionally-important trait variation in domestic livestock species.”
An international team of scientists from University College Dublin (UCD), IdentiGEN Ltd., Trinity College Dublin, National University of Ireland, Galway, the University of Oxford, the University of Manchester, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Recombinetics, Inc., and the Beijing Genome Institute (BGI) contributed to the research work.
Standing over six feet tall to the shoulder and weighing more than a ton, aurochs were giant wild cattle that roamed the plains of Europe for thousands of years. The last recorded aurochs died in Poland in 1627.
European domestic cattle are thought to have descended from Asian aurochs that were domesticated at the dawn of agriculture in the region of the Near East known as the Fertile Crescent.
By: Jamie Deasy, digital journalist, University Relations
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While You Were Out
A recap of UA sports since the semester ended
Published Jun 6, 2012 12:21am
Updated Jun 6, 2012 12:57am
Kadeem Allen looking to find his place in NBA entering his third season
By Chris Vizcarra 07/15/19 11:50pm
Lauren Chamberlain tags a Wildcat out for the win over Arizona on May 26 in game 2 of the NCAA Super Regional tournament. The win over Arizona earned the Sooners a spot in the Women's College World Series. Melodie Lettkeman/ The Daily
In Eugene, Ore., the men’s and women’s track team fell to eventual Pac-12 champion Oregon in the conference tournament. Despite the loss, the Wildcats still improved both the men’s and women’s ranking to No. 3 in the country for the men, and No. 10 for the women. The men and women will combine to send 13 individuals and one relay team to NCAA championships, to be held this weekend in Des Moines, Iowa.
Men’s golf headed to Norman, Okla. for the NCAA regionals, but failed to move on, placing ninth in the three-day competition. From the women, only senior Margarita Ramos advanced past the regional round of play. Ramos concluded her collegiate career as an individual at the NCAA championships, finishing tied for 45th.
For the first time in the Mike Candrea coaching era, Arizona missed the Women’s College World Series for back-to-back seasons. Arizona swept the regional round, and never trailed against North Dakota State and Notre Dame. In the super regionals in Oklahoma, Arizona was held to just one run in two games against NCAA Player of the Year Keilani Ricketts.
The women’s tennis team advanced to the regional round of NCAA play, but fell to North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4-2. Sophomore Lacey Smyth advanced in the individual regionals and defeated the nations No. 10 player. Smyth, however, fell to Tennessee’s Natalie Pluskota in three sets and was eliminated from the single’s bracket.
Former UA center Jesse Perry is now facing three felony charges of domestic violence aggravated assault, a class four felony, stemming from an April incident in which Perry and a former girlfriend got into an argument that turned physical at Perry’s apartment. Perry’s next court date is unknown, but an arraignment is expected within a month.
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Japan Box Office: Weekend Actuals; Charts Updated! (07/15)
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Re: Japan Box Office: Weekend Actuals (09/29-30)
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Weekend Actuals (09/29-30)
01 (---) ¥173,889,460 ($1.5 million), 0, ¥173,889,460 ($1.5 million), Natsume's Book of Friends (Aniplex) NEW
02 (01) ¥154,876,400 ($1.4 million), -39%, ¥1,529,247,400 ($13.6 million), Christopher Robin (Disney) WK3
03 (02) ¥116,685,600 ($1.2 million), -43%, ¥675,641,700 ($6.0 million), Café Funiculi Funicula (Toho) WK2
04 (---) ¥112,085,000 ($1.0 million), 0, ¥150,208,100 ($1.3 million), A Quiet Place (Toho-Towa) NEW
05 (---) ¥108,000,000 ($949,000), 0, ¥154,614,900 ($1.4 million), Samurai's Promise (Toho) NEW
06 (03) ¥x56,209,000 ($493,000), -53%, ¥1,324,938,900 ($11.7 million), The Meg (Warner Bros.) WK4
07 (07) ¥x47,203,390 ($414,000), -32%, ¥2,445,878,190 ($22.0 million), One Cut of the Dead (Asmik Ace) WK15
08 (04) ¥x39,592,800 ($348,000), -54%, ¥3,494,612,300 ($31.5 million), Gintama 2 (Warner Bros.) WK7
09 (---) ¥x35,000,000 ($310,000), 0, ¥45,000,000 ($395,000), DTC: Yukemuri Junjou Hen from High & Low (Shochiku) NEW
10 (05) ¥x34,593,900 ($304,000), -56%, ¥2,720,797,800 ($24.4 million), Killing for the Prosecutors (Toho) WK6
The significant drops this weekend are due to a typhoon that severely slowed business on Sunday, thus affecting the weekend box office. I'd estimate that most films would have held 10-15% better under normal circumstances. That said...
>Natsume's Book of Friends, an animated film based on the manga/anime, managed to debut in the #1 spot over the weekend, selling a solid 118,411 admissions over the weekend frame across just 135 screens. This is a pretty impressive opening, and had the typhoon not stunted the box office, it may have broke the ¥200 million mark.
>Christopher Robin slips to second place, though continues to hold well and is well on track to exceed the ¥2 billion ($20 million) milestone. Japan will become its #1 overseas market next weekend.
>A Quiet Place enjoyed a good fourth place start, selling 81,717 admissions over the weekend frame on 194 screens; and 111,012 admissions since Friday. This is a perfect example of a delayed release strategy working well in the market, as they tend to do, versus a day-and-date release (see The Predator). Thanks to the strong reviews, WOM, and box office in the US, it was able to gain interest in Japan, and that helped with it receiving a wider release to achieve a good debut.
>A Samurai's Promise bombed, only selling 91,754 admissions over the weekend across 343 screens. Toho gave the film a big push, but audiences clearly weren't interested. It's likely the film may have been affected more than most from the typhoon since it probably skewed older (seniors), but I doubt that's enough to have given it a respectable debut.
>DTC: Yukemuri Junjou Hen from High & Low is an estimated figure based on its weekend admissions ranking. I'll update it once the figure is available.
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Re: Japan Box Office: Top Opening Weekends: 2018
2018 - Top Opening Weekends
Gross ¥ ($) / Admissions [Screen Count] - Film (Distributor)
¥1.296 billion ($12.1 million) / 1,012,000 [384] - Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (Toho)
¥1.217 billion ($10.8 million) / 833,190 [1002] - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Toho-Towa)
¥1.125 billion ($9.9 million) / 737,467 [937] - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Disney)
¥1.096 billion ($9.8 million) / 810,918 [439] - Code Blue (Toho)
¥1 billion ↨
¥843.1 million ($7.9 million) / 716,629 [381] - Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island (Toho)
¥672.4 million ($6.2 million) / 437,209 [653] - Avengers: Infinity War (Disney)
¥639.2 million ($5.7 million) / 450,315 [638] - Mission: Impossible - Fallout (Toho-Towa)
¥528.2 million ($4.8 million) / 385,058 [346] - Gintama 2 (Warner Bros.)
¥501.4 million ($4.5 million) / 440,242 [370] - Pokemon: Everyone's Story (Toho)
¥500 million ↨
¥499.4 million ($4.5 million) / 375,293 [863] - Solo: A Star Wars Story (Disney)
¥488.1 million ($4.6 million) / 368,214 [511] - Coco (Disney)
¥444.8 million ($4.1 million) / 349,950 [334] - Shoplifters (Gaga)
¥422.1 million ($3.8 million) / 331,697 [432] - Incredibles 2 (Disney)
¥415.6 million ($3.8 million) / 317,807 [335] - Killing for the Prosecutors (Toho)
¥400.1 million ($3.6 million) / 295,828 [456] - Mirai of the Future (Toho)
¥399.2 million ($3.6 million) / 355,230 [366] - Yo-Kai Watch: Shadowside - Resurrection of the Demon King (Toho)
¥390.6 million ($3.7 million) / 267,619 [405] - The Greatest Showman (Fox)
¥375.1 million ($3.4 million) / 239,215 [789] - Deadpool 2 (Fox)
¥367.8 million ($3.4 million) / 214,973 [745] - Ready Player One (Warner Bros.)
¥367.1 million ($3.4 million) / 314,648 [354] - Crayon Shin-chan: Kung-Fu Boys Ramen Rebellion (Toho)
¥359.2 million ($3.2 million) / 303,089 [331] - Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FINAL: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Riders (Toei)
¥354.3 million ($3.3 million) / 286,556 [335] - The Boss Baby (Toho-Towa)
¥332.3 million ($3.0 million) / 244,758 [501] - Christopher Robin (Disney)
¥330.1 million ($2.9 million) / 224,480 [673] - Kingsman: The Golden Circle (Fox)
¥322.2 million ($2.9 million) / 238,979 [656] - Ant-Man and the Wasp (Disney)
¥309.7 million ($2.9 million) / 199,124 [631] - Black Panther (Disney)
¥297.2 million ($2.6 million) / 231,465 [401] - Destiny: The Tale of Kakamura (Toho)
¥289.0 million ($2.6 million) / 183,000 [381] - The Meg (Warner Bros.)
¥287.1 million ($2.6 million) / 224,697 [299] - My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (Toho)
¥282.9 million ($2.6 million) / 229,281 [307] - The Legend of the Demon Cat (Toho/Kadokawa)
¥278.6 million ($2.6 million) / 192,791 [581] - Pacific Rim: Uprising (Toho-Towa)
¥277.8 million ($2.6 million) / 207,998 [323] - Laplace's Witch (Toho)
¥271.9 million ($2.6 million) / 180,315 [627] - Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (Sony)
¥266.0 million ($2.4 million) / 209,841 [329] - Recall (Shochiku)
¥264.9 million ($2.4 million) / 205,823 [335] - The Crimes That Bind (Toho)
¥264.1 million ($2.3 million) / 191,212 [441] - Fullmetal Alchemist (Warner Bros.)
¥262.9 million ($2.3 million) / 203,803 [320] - The 8-Year Engagement (Shochiku)
¥260.3 million ($2.3 million) / 213,166 [297] - Kamen Rider Build: Be the One (Toei)
¥256.5 million ($2.3 million) / 209,962 [307] - Chihayafuru: Conclusion (Toho)
¥244.6 million ($2.2 million) / 177,808 [326] - Ocean's 8 (Warner Bros.)
¥242.2 million ($2.2 million) / 170,593 [584] - Geostorm (Warner Bros.)
¥226.2 million ($2.1 million) / 202,750 [214] - Pretty Cure Super Stars! (Toei)
¥225.8 million ($2.0 million) / 169,100 [455] - Murder on the Orient Express (Fox)
¥216.0 million ($2.0 million) / 188,814 [351] - Sakura: Guardian in the North (Toei)
¥202.9 million ($1.8 million) / 156,208 [307] - Café Funiculi Funicula (Toho)
¥196.1 million ($1.8 million) / 169,095 [274] - The Seven Deadly Sins: Prisoner of the Sky (Toei)
¥185.9 million ($1.7 million) / 144,965 [463] - Peter Rabbit (Sony)
¥173.9 million ($1.5 million) / 118,411 [135] - Natsume's Book of Friends (Aniplex)
¥165.8 million ($1.5 million) / 126,490 [298] - Tonight, At the Movie (Warner Bros.)
¥164.7 million ($1.5 million) / 123,151 [329] - Last Winter, We Parted (Warner Bros.)
¥160.7 million ($1.4 million) / 109,922 [435] - The Predator (Fox)
¥159.1 million ($1.4 million) / 116,803 [285] - The Lies She Loved (Toho)
¥154.2 million ($1.4 million) / 128,412 [318] - Sunny: Strong Mind, Strong Love (Toho)
¥152.0 million ($1.4 million) / 117,873 [337] - Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (Toho-Towa)
¥148.8 million ($1.3 million) / 110,618 [334] - Detective in the Bar 3 (Toei)
¥147.1 million ($1.3 million) / 112,684 [337] - The Blood of Wolves (Toei)
¥145.9 million ($1.3 million) / 118,798 [059] - Girls und Panzer: The Finale - Part 1 (Showgate)
¥141.0 million ($1.3 million) / 96,000 [321] - 50 First Kisses (Sony)
¥140.9 million ($1.3 million) / 95,947 [654] - Rampage (Warner Bros.)
¥137.2 million ($1.2 million) / 115,215 [281] - That is Not a Child But a Minor (Toho)
¥135.0 million ($1.2 million) / 99,122 [329] - Bleach (Shochiku)
¥129.1 million ($1.2 million) / 95,156 [298] - The Scythian Lamb (Asmik Ace)
¥128.2 million ($1.2 million) / 93,045 [269] - Impossibility Defense (Showgate)
¥128.0 million ($1.2 million) / 109,840 [281] - The Post (Toho-Towa)
¥126.4 million ($1.2 million) / 112,000 [336] - What a Wonderful Family! 3 (Shochiku)
¥124.0 million ($1.2 million) / 90,102 [313] - Inuyakashi (Toho)
¥122.0 million ($1.1 million) / 101,212 [327] - Nomitori Samurai (Toho)
¥121.1 million ($1.1 million) / 112,116 [208] - Anpanman: Shine! Kurun and the Star of Life (Tokyo Theaters, Co.)
¥120.4 million ($1.1 million) / 85,867 [301] - After the Rain (Toho)
¥119.4 million ($1.1 million) / 90,854 [237] - The 15:17 to Paris (Warner Bros.)
¥116.9 million ($1.1 million) / 92,468 [297] - Sensei Kunshun (Toho)
¥116.7 million ($1.1 million) / 93,103 [382] - Paddington 2 (Kino Films)
¥111.6 million ($1.0 million) / 83,313 [296] - Hibiki (Toho)
¥110.1 million ($1.0 million) / 87,000 [319] - Rainbow Days (Shochiku)
¥108.0 million ($1.0 million) / 91,754 [343] - Samurai's Promise (Toho)
¥106.9 million ($1.0 million) / 87,206 [169] - Let Me Eat Your Pancreas (Aniplex)
¥104.1 million ($1.0 million) / 77,156 [314] - Tomb Raider (Warner Bros.)
¥102.4 million ($1.0 million) / 79,626 [260] - The Shape of Water (Fox)
¥100 million ↑
¥1 billion+ (Exemplary) / ¥500 million+ (Great) / ¥300 million+ (Good) / ¥200 million+ (Acceptable) / ¥100 million+ (Mediocre)
Re: Japan Box Office: Top Grossing Films: 2018
2018 - Top Grossing Films
Gross ¥ ($) / Admissions [Days In Release] - Film (Distributor)
¥10 billion ↨
¥9.06 billion ($81.3 million) / 7.06 million [66] - Code Blue (Toho)
¥8.69 billion ($79.4 million) / 6.64 million [E] - Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (Toho)
¥8.06 billion ($72.2 million) / 5.53 million [E] - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Toho-Towa)
¥7.50 billion ($66.2 million) / 5.05 million [F] - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Disney)
¥5.37 billion ($50.0 million) / 4.68 million [F] - Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island (Toho)
¥5.13 billion ($47.8 million) / 3.67 million [E] - The Greatest Showman (Fox)
¥4.93 billion ($46.0 million) / 3.93 million [E] - Coco (Disney)
¥4.83 billion ($43.7 million) / 4.02 million [61] - Incredibles 2 (Disney)
¥4.68 billion ($42.2 million) / 3.39 million [59] - Mission: Impossible - Fallout (Toho-Towa)
¥4.31 billion ($39.0 million) / 3.50 million [F] - Shoplifters (Gaga)
¥3.73 billion ($34.0 million) / 2.50 million [F] - Avengers: Infinity War (Disney)
¥3.49 billion ($31.5 million) / 2.71 million [45] - Gintama 2 (Warner Bros.)
¥3.43 billion ($31.8 million) / 2.93 million [F] - The Boss Baby (Toho-Towa)
¥3.21 billion ($28.6 million) / 2.54 million [F] - Destiny: The Tale of Kakamura (Toho)
¥3.00 billion ($27.2 million) / 2.64 million [E] - Pokemon: Everyone's Story (Toho)
¥2.82 billion ($25.7 million) / 2.24 million [E] - Mirai of the Future (Toho)
¥2.80 billion ($25.0 million) / 2.23 million [F] - The 8-Year Engagement (Shochiku)
¥2.72 billion ($24.4 million) / 2.16 million [37] - Killing for the Prosecutors (Toho)
¥2.50 billion ($22.8 million) / 1.53 million [E] - Ready Player One (Warner Bros.)
¥2.45 billion ($22.0 million) / 1.74 million [100] - One Cut of the Dead (Asmik Ace)
¥2.09 billion ($18.9 million) / 1.50 million [E] - Solo: A Star Wars Story (Disney)
¥2.04 billion ($18.2 million) / 1.82 million [F] - Yo-Kai Watch: Shadowside - Resurrection of the Demon King (Toho)
¥1.83 billion ($16.6 million) / 1.55 million [F] - Crayon Shin-chan: Kung-Fu Boys Ramen Rebellion (Toho)
¥1.78 billion ($16.2 million) / 1.18 million [E] - Deadpool 2 (Fox)
¥1.73 billion ($16.1 million) / 1.47 million [F] - Chihayafuru: Conclusion (Toho)
¥1.70 billion ($15.5 million) / 1.40 million [F] - Legend of the Demon Cat (Toho/Kadokawa)
¥1.70 billion ($15.3 million) / 1.22 million [F] - Kingsman: The Golden Circle (Fox)
¥1.70 billion ($15.2 million) / 1.36 million [E] - Recall (Shochiku)
¥1.64 billion ($14.8 million) / 1.25 million [E] - Ocean's 8 (Warner Bros.)
¥1.62 billion ($14.5 million) / 1.28 million [F] - Murder on the Orient Express (Fox)
¥1.59 billion ($14.5 million) / 1.27 million [F] - The Crimes That Bind (Toho)
¥1.56 billion ($14.1 million) / 1.26 million [E] - My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (Toho)
¥1.55 billion ($14.4 million) / 1.03 million [F] - Black Panther (Disney)
¥1.53 billion ($13.6 million) / 1.15 million [17] - Christopher Robin (Disney)
¥1.38 billion ($12.4 million) / 1.06 million [F] - Laplace's Witch (Toho)
¥1.32 billion ($11.7 million) / 0.87 million [24] - The Meg (Warner Bros.)
¥1.26 billion ($11.3 million) / 1.06 million [E] - Kamen Hensei Generations FINAL: Build & Ex-Aid With Legend Riders (Toei)
¥1.26 billion ($11.2 million) / 0.88 million [31] - Ant-Man and the Wasp (Disney)
¥1.23 billion ($11.2 million) / 0.90 million [E] - Geostorm (Warner Bros.)
¥1.21 billion ($11.0 million) / 0.97 million [E] - 50 First Kisses (Sony)
¥1.21 billion ($11.0 million) / 0.83 million [E] - Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (Sony)
¥1.20 billion ($11.0 million) / 0.97 million [E] - Sakura: Guardian in the North (Toei)
¥1.18 billion ($10.7 million) / 1.00 million [48] - Sensei Kunshu (Toho)
¥1.12 billion ($10.0 million) / 0.87 million [E] - Fullmetal Alchemist (Warner Bros.)
¥1.11 billion ($9.9 million) / 0.89 million [E] - Peter Rabbit (Sony)
¥1.01 billion ($9.5 million) / 0.79 million [E] - Tonight, at the Movies (Warner Bros.)
¥1 billion ↑
¥10 billion+ (Uber-Blockbuster) / ¥5 billion+ (Blockbuster) / ¥3 billion+ (Hit) / ¥2 billion+ (Respectable) / ¥1 billion+ (Commercial Success)
Re: Japan Box Office: Top 100 Grossing Films
Top 100 Highest-Grossing Films of All-Time
001. ¥30.80 billion ($249.0 million) - Spirited Away (2001)
002. ¥26.20 billion ($212.0 million) - Titanic (1997)
003. ¥25.48 billion ($249.6 million) - Frozen (2014)
004. ¥25.03 billion ($236.5 million) - Your Name. (2016)
005. ¥20.30 billion ($163.7 million) - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
006. ¥19.60 billion ($190.0 million) - Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
007. ¥19.30 billion ($165.5 million) - Princess Mononoke (1997)
008. ¥17.35 billion ($164.5 million) - Bayside Shakedown: Save the Rainbow Bridge! (2003)
009. ¥17.30 billion ($147.8 million) - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
010. ¥15.60 billion ($188.7 million) - Avatar (2009)
011. ¥15.50 billion ($156.0 million) - Ponyo (2008)
012. ¥13.70 billion ($126.7 million) - The Last Samurai (2003)
013. ¥13.50 billion ($125.1 million) - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
013. ¥13.50 billion ($66.9 million) - E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
015. ¥13.40 billion ($100.0 million) - Armageddon (1998)
016. ¥12.85 billion ($120.6 million) - Jurassic Park (1993)
017. ¥12.70 billion ($117.6 million) - Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
018. ¥12.40 billion ($109.7 million) - Beauty and the Beast (2017)
019. ¥12.02 billion ($123.5 million) - The Wind Rises (2013)
020. ¥11.80 billion ($142.8 million) - Alice in Wonderland (2010)
021. ¥11.63 billion ($96.3 million) - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
022. ¥11.00 billion ($46.0 million) - Antarctica (1983)
022. ¥11.00 billion ($88.0 million) - The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
022. ¥11.00 billion ($102.4 million) - Finding Nemo (2003)
022. ¥11.00 billion ($90.5 million) - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
026. ¥10.90 billion ($102.4 million) - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
027. ¥10.80 billion ($130.7 million) - Toy Story 3 (2010)
028. ¥10.65 billion ($92.7 million) - Independence Day (1996)
029. ¥10.32 billion ($100.2 million) - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004)
030. ¥10.10 billion ($85.0 million) - Bayside Shakedown (1998)
031. ¥10.02 billion ($82.3 million) - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
032. ¥9.70 billion ($94.1 million) - Mission: Impossible II (2000)
032. ¥9.70 billion ($78.0 million) - A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
034. ¥9.67 billion ($125.3 million) - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011)
035. ¥9.53 billion ($77.9 million) - Jurassic World (2015)
036. ¥9.50 billion ($66.0 million) - Back to the Future Part II (1989)
036. ¥9.50 billion ($85.6 million) - Jurassic Park: The Lost World (1997)
038. ¥9.40 billion ($61.0 million) - The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1986)
038. ¥9.40 billion ($80.6 million) - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
040. ¥9.37 billion ($76.8 million) - Monsters, Inc. (2002)
041. ¥9.35 billion ($78.2 million) - Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
042. ¥9.25 billion ($111.9 million) - Arrietty (2010)
043. ¥9.20 billion ($59.0 million) - Heaven and Earth (1990)
044. ¥9.18 billion ($77.7 million) - Big Hero 6 (2014)
045. ¥9.17 billion ($83.4 million) - Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
046. ¥9.07 billion ($69.2 million) - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002)
047. ¥9.06 billion ($81.3 million) - Code Blue (2018) [10 Weeks in Release]
048. ¥9.05 billion ($79.5 million) - The Da Vinci Code (2006)
049. ¥9.00 billion ($30.0 million) - Jaws (1975)
050. ¥8.96 billion ($91.3 million) - Monsters University (2013)
051. ¥8.87 billion ($114.9 million) - Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
052. ¥8.79 billion ($49.6 million) - Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
053. ¥8.76 billion ($85.1 million) - The Eternal Zero (2013)
054. ¥8.70 billion ($62.0 million) - The Matrix (1999)
055. ¥8.69 billion ($79.4 million) - Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (2018)
056. ¥8.55 billion ($94.5 million) - Rookies (2009)
057. ¥8.50 billion ($76.5 million) - Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004)
058. ¥8.38 billion ($80.2 million) - Stand By Me, Doraemon (2014)
059. ¥8.25 billion ($79.1 million) - Shin Godzilla (2016)
060. ¥8.20 billion ($54.0 million) - Back to the Future Part III (1990)
060. ¥8.20 billion ($67.9 million) - Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
060. ¥8.20 billion ($61.2 million) - The Silk Road (1988)
063. ¥8.15 billion ($74.6 million) - Hero (2007)
064. ¥8.10 billion ($56.7 million) - Deep Impact (1998)
065. ¥8.06 billion ($72.2 million) - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
066. ¥8.04 billion ($97.2 million) - Umizaru: The Last Message (2010)
067. ¥8.00 billion ($84.3 million) - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
068. ¥7.90 billion ($66.0 million) - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2003)
069. ¥7.80 billion ($66.2 million) - Yo-Kai Watch: It's the Secret of Birth, Nyan! (2014)
070. ¥7.75 billion ($72.0 million) - Boys Over Flowers: Final (2008)
071. ¥7.68 billion ($73.8 million) - The Sixth Sense (1999)
072. ¥7.65 billion ($62.5 million) - Tales from Earthsea (2006)
073. ¥7.63 billion ($70.6 million) - Zootopia (2016)
074. ¥7.54 billion ($67.8 million) - Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998)
075. ¥7.50 billion ($66.2 million) - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
075. ¥7.50 billion ($59.2 million) - Spider-Man (2002)
077. ¥7.40 billion ($49.4 million) - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
078. ¥7.34 billion ($64.8 million) - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
079. ¥7.33 billion ($93.6 million) - Umizaru: Brave Hearts (2012)
080. ¥7.31 billion ($88.4 million) - Bayside Shakedown: Set the Guys Loose! (2010)
080. ¥7.31 billion ($66.1 million) - Despicable Me 3 (2017)
082. ¥7.20 billion ($81.7 million) - Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
083. ¥7.12 billion ($66.9 million) - Spider-Man 3 (2007)
084. ¥7.10 billion ($61.7 million) - Umizaru: Limit of Love (2006)
085. ¥7.03 billion ($71.7 million) - Speed (1994)
086. ¥7.00 billion ($29.9 million) - Ghostbusters (1984)
086. ¥7.00 billion ($53.2 million) - Ocean's Eleven (2002)
088. ¥6.89 billion ($61.6 million) - Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter (2017)
089. ¥6.88 billion ($56.8 million) - Pearl Harbor (2001)
090. ¥6.87 billion ($77.1 million) - One Piece Film Z (2012)
091. ¥6.86 billion ($56.4 million) - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (2006)
091. ¥6.86 billion ($88.9 million) - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (2010)
093. ¥6.83 billion ($65.8 million) - Finding Dory (2016)
094. ¥6.80 billion ($60.3 million) - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
095. ¥6.71 billion ($60.2 million) - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
096. ¥6.70 billion ($42.0 million) - Top Gun (1986)
096. ¥6.70 billion ($61.8 million) - The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
099. ¥6.53 billion ($63.5 million) - Maleficent (2014)
100. ¥6.50 billion ($53.9 million) - Mission: Impossible (1996)
100. ¥6.50 billion ($62.5 million) - The Green Mile (2000)
Bonus 25 (101-125)
101. ¥6.48 billion ($61.0 million) - Departures (2008)
102. ¥6.46 billion ($54.4 million) - The Cat Returns (2002)
103. ¥6.45 billion ($69.8 million) - Forrest Gump (1995)
104. ¥6.36 billion ($64.8 million) - Pokemon: Revelation Lugia (1999)
105. ¥6.33 billion ($58.0 million) - Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (2016)
106. ¥6.22 billion ($21.3 million) - The Towering Inferno (1975)
107. ¥6.17 billion ($41.4 million) - Phantom of the Opera (1990)
108. ¥6.13 billion ($30.6 million) - Star Wars (1978)
109. ¥6.10 billion ($48.4 million) - The Bodyguard (1992)
110. ¥6.09 billion ($26.0 million) - Back to the Future (1985)
111. ¥6.08 billion ($49.6 million) - The Ecstasy Hotel (2006)
112. ¥6.00 billion ($53.7 million) - War of the Worlds (2005)
113. ¥5.98 billion ($76.3 million) - Thermae Romae (2012)
114. ¥5.97 billion ($75.9 million) - Bayside Shakdown: Final (2012)
115. ¥5.95 billion ($54.5 million) - Cliffhanger (1993)
116. ¥5.89 billion ($65.3 million) - Les Miserables (2012)
117. ¥5.85 billion ($47.7 million) - The Boy and the Beast (2015)
118. ¥5.83 billion ($58.8 million) - True Lies (1994)
119. ¥5.73 billion ($46.6 million) - Cinderella (2015)
120. ¥5.71 billion ($53.1 million) - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
121. ¥5.67 billion ($23.5 million) - Flashdance (1983)
122. ¥5.55 billion ($56.8 million) - Red Cliff: Part II (2009)
123. ¥5.53 billion ($46.5 million) - Yo-Kai Watch: Great King Enma and the 5 Stories, Nyan! (2015)
124. ¥5.45 billion ($39.2 million) - Men in Black (1998)
125. ¥5.42 billion ($41.3 million) - Home Alone (1991)
Note: Most films released before 1998 have estimated USD ($) totals.
Re: Japan Box Office: Most Attended Films of All Time
Most Attended Films of All-Time (5 Million+)
001. 23.50 million - Spirited Away (2001)
002. 20.03 million - Frozen (2014)
003. 19.50 million - Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
004. 19.30 million - Your Name. (2016)
005. 16.83 million - Titanic (1997)
006. 16.20 million - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
007. 15.50 million - Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
008. 14.20 million - Princess Mononoke (1997)
009. 14.00 million - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
010. 13.00 million - Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1958)
011. 12.87 million - Ponyo (2008)
012. 12.60 million - Bayside Shakedown: Save the Rainbow Bridge! (2003)
013. 12.55 million - Godzilla vs. King Kong (1962)
014. 12.10 million - The Last Samurai (2003)
015. 11.00 million - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
016. 10.69 million - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
017. 10.10 million - Avatar (2009)
018. 9.72 million - The Wind Rises (2013)
019. 9.61 million - Godzilla (1954)
020. 9.00 million - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
021. 8.95 million - Beauty and the Beast (2017)
022. 8.90 million - Armageddon (1998)
023. 8.80 million - The Sinking of Japan (1973)
024. 8.60 million - Finding Nemo (2003)
025. 8.55 million - Jurassic Park (1993)
026. 8.40 million - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
027. 8.34 million - The Return of Godzilla (1955)
028. 8.30 million - Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
029. 8.00 million - Antarctica (1983)
029. 8.00 million - The Da Vinci Code (2006)
031. 7.80 million - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
032. 7.75 million - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
033. 7.71 million - The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
034. 7.65 million - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004)
035. 7.60 million - Monsters, Inc. (2002)
036. 7.56 million - Arrietty (2010)
037. 7.50 million - The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1986)
038. 7.48 million - Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
039. 7.33 million - The Sands of Kurobe (1968)
040. 7.30 million - Alice in Wonderland (2010)
041. 7.22 million - Big Hero 6 (2014)
042. 7.20 million - Toy Story 3 (2010)
042. 7.20 million - Godzilla vs. Mothra (1964)
044. 7.16 million - The Eternal Zero (2013)
045. 7.10 million - Bayside Shakedown (1998)
046. 7.06 million - Code Blue (2018) [10 Weeks in Release]
047. 7.05 million - Monsters University (2013)
048. 7.02 million - A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
049. 7.00 million - Seven Samurai (1954)
050. 6.97 million - Yo-Kai Watch: It's the Secret of Birth, Nyan! (2014)
051. 6.95 million - Rookies (2009)
052. 6.90 million - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011)
053. 6.80 million - Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
054. 6.70 million - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002)
055. 6.67 million - A Slope in the Sun (1958)
056. 6.64 million - Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (2018)
057. 6.60 million - Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
058. 6.54 million - Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back! (1998)
059. 6.50 million - The Silk Road (1988)
059. 6.50 million - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
061. 6.46 million - Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
062. 6.40 million - Crimson Wings (1958)
063. 6.31 million - Stand By Me, Doraemon (2014)
064. 6.30 million - Boys Over Flowers: Final (2008)
065. 6.29 million - Hero (2007)
066. 6.26 million - Jurassic World (2015)
067. 6.25 million - Looking at Love and Death (1964)
068. 6.22 million - Despicable Me 3 (2017)
069. 6.23 million - Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004)
070. 6.10 million - Tales from Earthsea (2006)
071. 6.00 million - Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
072. 5.94 million - Man Who Causes A Storm (1957)
073. 5.93 million - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2003)
074. 5.91 million - Zootopia (2016)
075. 5.90 million - The Sixth Sense (1999)
076. 5.86 million - Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
077. 5.75 million - Umizaru: Brave Hearts (2012)
078. 5.70 million - Bayside Shakedown: Set the Guys Loose! (2010)
079. 5.69 million - Shin Godzilla (2016)
080. 5.67 million - One Piece Film Z (2012)
081. 5.60 million - Umizaru: The Last Message (2010)
081. 5.60 million - Pokemon: Revelation Lugia (1999)
081. 5.60 million - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2006)
085. 5.57 million - Finding Dory (2016)
086. 5.55 million - Deep Impact (1998)
087. 5.53 million - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
088. 5.50 million - The Cat Returns (2002)
088. 5.50 million - Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
090. 5.41 million - Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
091. 5.40 million - Ghostbusters (1984)
092. 5.35 million - Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter (2017)
093. 5.30 million - The Matrix (1999)
093. 5.30 million - Umizaru: The Limit of Love (2006)
095. 5.24 million - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
096. 5.20 million - Speed (1994)
097. 5.17 million - Spider-Man 3 (2007)
098. 5.14 million - Spider-Man (2002)
099. 5.13 million - Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
100. 5.10 million - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
101. 5.05 million - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
102. 5.01 million - Yo-Kai Watch: Great King Enma and the 5 Stories, Nyan! (2015)
103. 5.00 million - Departures (2008)
Re: Japan Box Office: 2018 Weekend #1 Films
2018 - Weekend #1 Films
01/06-07: ¥343 million ($3.1 million) - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Disney) WK4
01/20-21: ¥242 million ($2.2 million) - Geostorm (Warner Bros.) WK1
01/27-28: ¥265 million ($2.4 million) - The Crimes That Bind (Toho) WK1
02/10-11: ¥166 million ($1.5 million) - Tonight, At The Movies (Warner Bros.) WK1
02/17-18: ¥391 million ($3.7 million) - The Greatest Showman (Fox) WK1
03/03-04: ¥843 million ($7.9 million) - Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island (Toho) WK1
03/17-18: ¥488 million ($4.6 million) - Coco (Disney) WK1
03/31-04/01: ¥379 million ($3.6 million) - Coco (Disney) WK3
04/14-15: ¥1.296 billion ($12.1 million) - Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (Toho) WK1
04/21-22: ¥820 million ($7.6 million) - Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer (Toho) WK2
04/28-29: ¥672 million ($6.2 million) - Avengers: Infinity War (Disney) WK1
06/02-03: ¥375 million ($3.4 million) - Deadpool 2 (Fox) WK1
06/09-10: ¥445 million ($4.1 million) - Shoplifters (Gaga) WK1
06/30-07/01: ¥499 million ($4.5 million) - Solo: A Star Wars Story (Disney) WK1
07/07-08: ¥293 million ($2.6 million) - Solo: A Star Wars Story (Disney) WK2
07/14-15: ¥1.217 billion ($10.8 million) - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Toho-Towa) WK1
07/21-22: ¥757 million ($6.8 million) - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Toho-Towa) WK2
07/28-29: ¥1.096 billion ($9.8 million) - Code Blue (Toho) WK1
08/04-05: ¥698 million ($6.3 million) - Code Blue (Toho) WK2
08/18-19: ¥528 million ($4.8 million) - Gintama 2 (Warner Bros.) WK1
08/25-26: ¥416 million ($3.8 million) - Killing for the Prosecutors (Toho) WK1
09/08-09: ¥289 million ($2.6 million) - The Meg (Warner Bros.) WK1
09/15-16: ¥332 million ($3.0 million) - Christopher Robin (Disney) WK1
09/29-30: ¥174 million ($1.5 million) - Natsume's Book of Friends (Aniplex) WK1
Chaplainfan
Aspiring Director
Re: Japan Box Office: Weekend Actuals; Charts Updated!
I looked at a few pages ago the upcoming release dates for both Local and Imported animated films for the rest of 2018 and 2019, and despite Dreamworks Animation making a comeback in Japan with the Boss Baby, HTTYD 3 still does not have plans for in Japan either a release date or TBA announced.
Sorry for the lack of updates this week. I've had quite the workload recently.
I'll have this Weekend's Actuals up tomorrow, along with the usual chart updates. A new Monster Strike movie opened, and either it, Natsume's Book of Friends (Week 2) or Christoper Robin (Week 4) claimed the #1 spot. It's a very close race.
And due to last Weekend being hit by a typhoon, the holdovers recovered very well this weekend, with only one film dropping more than 20% in the Top 15 based on estimates.
(C)XFLAG
01 (---) ¥150,993,800 ($1.3 million), 0, ¥264,884,800 ($2.3 million), Monster Strike: Beyond the Sky (Warner Bros.) NEW
03 (01) ¥129,553,480 ($1.1 million), 0, ¥434,489,940 ($3.8 million), Natsume's Book of Friends (Aniplex) WK2
04 (---) ¥117,380,800 ($1.0 million), 0, ¥227,000,000 ($2.0 million), Perfect World (Shochuki) NEW
05 (04) ¥104,004,100 ($920,000), -07%, ¥385,995,700 ($3.4 million), A Quiet Place (Toho-Towa) WK2
06 (03) ¥103,210,200 ($913,000), -12%, ¥935,339,400 ($8.3 million), Café Funiculi Funicula (Toho) WK3
07 (---) ¥x91,148,000 ($806,000), 0, ¥120,835,000 ($1.1 million), RE: Zero - Memory Snow (Kadokawa Animation) NEW
08 (---) ¥x87,375,700 ($773,000), 0, ¥156,414,500 ($1.4 million), Equalizer 2 (Sony) NEW
09 (05) ¥x83,565,500 ($740,000), -23%, ¥430,538,300 ($3.8 million), Samurai's Promise (Toho) WK2
10 (07) ¥x71,697,100 ($634,000), +52%, ¥2,606,574,070 ($23.4 million), One Cut of the Dead (Asmik Ace) WK16
The strong holds for the holdovers are a result of the typhoon last weekend greatly deflating the box office.
>Monster Strike: Beyond the Sky takes the #1 spot in its debut, opening to 115,000 admissions over the weekend frame across 336 screens; and selling 207,249 admissions over the long four-day holiday weekend (Fri.-Mon.). The film opened well enough, though it does claim the title as the weakest #1 weekend film of 2018 so far.
>Christopher Robin holds very, very well, and will exceed the ¥2 billion milestone in just a few days. Japan is now its second biggest overseas market, and it'll soon overtake the U.K. to become the #1 overseas market.
>Perfect World opens in fourth place, selling 88,989 admissions over the weekend frame on 323 screens; and selling 174,000 admissions over the long four-day holiday weekend (Fri.-Mon.). Nothing worthwhile to talk about here -- it's just your typical mediocre Fall release.
>EDIT: Weekend Actuals now available for both RE: Zero - Memory Snow and Equalizer 2.
>One Cut of the Dead rounds out the Top 10, and experienced a huge increase in its sixteenth-weekend of release. The indie zombie-comedy has now earned over 860 times its budget, and isn't showing any signs of slowing down just yet. It's probably going to reach ¥3 billion before concluding its phenomenal run, which is insane for a film like this (and it's not even 30 minutes long!).
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¥151.0 million ($1.3 million) / 115,000 [336] - Monster Strike: Beyond the Sky (Warner Bros.)
¥117.4 million ($1.0 million) / 88,898 [323] - Perfect World (Shochiku)
¥4.83 billion ($43.7 million) / 4.02 million [E] - Incredibles 2 (Disney)
¥4.68 billion ($42.2 million) / 3.39 million [E] - Mission: Impossible - Fallout (Toho-Towa)
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10/06-07: ¥151 million ($1.3 million) - Monster Strike: Beyond the Sky (Warner Bros.) WK1
Re: Japan Box Office: 2018 Multipliers
2018 - Top Multipliers
↑15x+ (Phenomenal)
x13.13 - The Greatest Showman
x11.44 - Incredibles 2
x10.80 - Destiny: The Tale of Kakamura
x10.65 - The 8-Year Engagement
x10.11 - Sensei Kunshu
x10.10 - Coco
↑10x+ (Excellent)
x9.67 - Shoplifters
x9.62 - The Boss Baby
x8.58 - 50 First Kisses
x8.33 - Code Blue [11 Weeks in Release]
↑8x+ (Great)
x7.32 - Mission: Impossible - Fallout
x7.17 - Murder on the Orient Express
x7.05 - Mirai of the Future
↑7x+ (Good)
x6.80 - Ready Player One
x6.75 - Gintama 2 [8 Weeks in Release]
x6.74 - Chihayafuru: Conclusion
x6.72 - Killing for the Prosecutors [7 Weeks in Release]
x6.71 - Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer
x6.70 - Ocean's 8
x6.67 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi
x6.62 - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
x6.39 - Recall
x6.37 - Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island
x6.09 - Tonight, At The Movies
x6.01 - The Legend of the Demon Cat
x6.00 - The Crimes That Bind
↑6x+ (Average)
x5.99 - Pokemon: Everyone's Story
x5.98 - Peter Rabbit
x5.58 - My Hero Academia: Two Heroes
x5.56 - Sakura: Guardian in the North
x5.55 - Avengers: Infinity War
x5.54 - Christopher Robin [4 Weeks in Release]
x5.15 - Kingsman: The Golden Circle
x5.11 - Yo-Kai Watch Shadowside: Resurrection of the Demon King
x5.08 - Geostorm
x5.01 - Black Panther
↑5x+ (Mediocre)
x4.99 - Crayon Shin-chan: Kung-Fu Boys Ramen Rebellion
x4.97 - Laplace's Witch
x4.92 - The Meg [5 Weeks in Release]
x4.75 - Deadpool 2
x4.45 - Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
x4.24 - Fullmetal Alchemist
x4.19 - Solo: A Star Wars Story
↑4x+ (Poor)
x3.97 - Ant-Man and the Wasp [6 Weeks in Release]
x3.51 - Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FINAL: Build & Ex-Aid with Legend Riders
↑3x+ (Awful)
Wide Releases and ¥1 Billion Earners only.
(C)2018 IRH Press
01 (---) ¥166,697,400 ($1.5 million), 0, ¥220,113,150 ($2.0 million), The Laws of the Universe - Part 1 (Nikkei) NEW
02 (---) ¥x95,000,000 ($848,000), 0, ¥148,862,700 ($1.3 million), Every Day, A Good Day (Tokyo Theaters, Co.) NEW
03 (---) ¥x92,500,000 ($825,000), 0, ¥120,00,000 ($1.1 million), The House with a Clock in Its Walls (Toho-Towa) NEW
04 (02) ¥x89,963,700 ($803,000), -37%, ¥2,088,984,600 ($18.6 million), Christopher Robin (Disney) WK5
05 (03) ¥x72,106,400 ($644,000), -44%, ¥622,235,540 ($5.5 million), Natsume's Book of Friends (Aniplex) WK3
06 (05) ¥x68,390,700 ($611,000), -35%, ¥385,995,700 ($3.4 million), A Quiet Place (Toho-Towa) WK3
07 (06) ¥x66,304,100 ($592,000), -36%, ¥1,140,611,400 ($10.1 million), Café Funiculi Funicula (Toho) WK4
08 (04) ¥x61,836,600 ($552,000), -47%, ¥371,038,200 ($3.3 million), Perfect World (Shochuki) WK2
09 (01) ¥x54,070,900 ($482,000), -64%, ¥364,672,100 ($3.1 million), Monster Strike: Beyond the Sky (Warner Bros.) WK2
11 (07) ¥x41,003,900 ($366,000), -55%, ¥193,600,300 ($1.7 million), RE: Zero - Memory Snow (Kadokawa Animation) WK2
12 (08) ¥x39,943,000 ($357,000), -54%, ¥261,122,800 ($2.3 million), Equalizer 2 (Sony) WK2
Another typical slow October weekend. So far, this year's October is certainly showcasing once again why the month if the weakest of the year in the market.
>The Laws of the Universe - Part 1, the first film in a planned trilogy and sequel to the 2015 film, debuted atop the box office this weekend. The animation sold a decent 134,089 admissions over the weekend frame across 206 screens; and 176,210 admissions since opening on Friday. This opening is an impressive 42% higher than Part 0.
>Every Day, A Good Day comes in second place, opening with 79,000 admissions over the weekend frame on 153 screens; and after including some previews the film had last weekend, it has sold 124,831 admissions.
>The House with a Clock in Its Walls bombs, and appears to have missed even the ¥100 million mark in its debut. I say "appears" because, strangely, none of its weekend figures have been released yet -- just its weekend ranking. So its weekend number above, as well as its cumulative total, are just placeholders until they're available.
>Christopher Robin slips to fourth place in its fifth-weekend, and continues to perform very well for itself. It exceeded the ¥2 billion milestone over the weekend, and has now sold over 1.5 million tickets. Japan also became its #1 overseas market this weekend, surpassing its total in the United Kingdom.
>Café Funiculi Funicula exceeded the ¥1 billion milestone this past week, a mark that is proving difficult (impossible) to reach so far this Fall.
>One Cut of the Dead managed to stay in the Top 10 once again, celebrating its eleventh-consecutive weekend in the Top 10. Since reaching the Top 10 in its seventh-weekend of release, it has achieved a multiplier of 49.4. It has also now grossed 913 times its budget -- can it earn 1,000 times its budget? The numbers this half-hour indie zombie flick has achieved are stunning.
¥166.7 million ($1.5 million) / 134,089 [206] - The Laws of the Universe - Part 1 (Nikkei)
¥1.28 billion ($11.4 million) / 0.90 million [E] - Ant-Man and the Wasp (Disney)
¥1.18 billion ($10.7 million) / 1.00 million [E] - Sensei Kunshu (Toho)
¥1.14 billion ($10.1 million) / 0.90 million [24] - Café Funiculi Funicula (Toho)
I see you saying that One Cut Of The Dead is half an hour, does that mean IMDB listing it as 96 minutes is wrong? Also, if it is half an hour do people still pay full price for just half an hour?
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I admit I never properly looked up its running-time. Every article discussing it, including the film's own synopsis, always mentions the impressive single 37-minute single cut, so I assumed that was its actual length. It is indeed 96-minutes, and begins with the much talked about 37-minute opening scene. My bad for incorrectly reporting this.
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Algren
now we know
Corpse, what is Japan's most important holiday? I know you've mentioned it a thousand times, but instead of trying to track it down I thought I'd ask again. Is it Obon week? or New Year? or are those the same thing? And whatever this week or month(?) is, when is it? and is it on the same dates every year?
Japan has three major holiday period (a period being a string of national holidays), they include:
New Year (January 1st through the second Monday of January).
Golden Week (April 29th-May 5th).
Obon Festival (August 13th-19th, though exact dates vary slightly here).
As for which is the "most important", it would technically be New Year in terms of size and festivities (Jan. 1st in particular). In terms how much they boost the box-office, it's typically: Obon Festival > New Year > Golden Week.
Japan is also in the process of making mid-September (currently named Silver Week) a holiday period so that the country has a holiday period in each of the four seasons during the year (New Year - Winter, Golden Week - Spring, Obon Festival - Summer, Silver Week - Fall). Silver Week currently only occurs once or twice every decade (due to the first day of Fall changing), so the government has to either move or add a holiday in there somewhere to make it an annual holiday period.
I'll also take this time to mention that 2019's Golden Week will be exceptionally strong. During Golden Week, April 30th, May 1st and May 2nd are regular days during the holiday period, but all three days will be national holidays next year, thus making it a consecutive 8-day national holiday period next year because...
...Emperor Akihito is going to abdicate the throne on April 30th, the first time an Emperor has abdicated the throne in 200 years, ending the current Heisei Period (1989-) in Japan. His son, Crown Prince Naruhito, will ascend the throne on May 01st. The name of the next Period will be announced on April 1st, a month ahead of the transition.
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Man the Venom movie is coming out in two weeks in Japan. Interesting to see how this Spider-Man spin-off will do in Japan since Spidey is popular in Japan.
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Spider-Man films do well because of Spider-Man. I doubt Venom will do any better than the standard Marvel/DC start of ¥250/300 million and ¥1-1.5 billion ($10-15 million) finish. But don't be disappointed if it "only" does ¥1 billion or a little more -- that would be solid, maybe even impressive, because that milestone is never a guarantee for Marvel/DC in the market, as you probably know.
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Patient Stories CHARLES TALBERT: Taking Charge
Charles Talbert
These are desperate times for asbestos defense lawyers. We are accustomed to fending off the usual boilerplate motions and briefs that typically get lobbed at us when we file a lawsuit. But this beats `em all. A defense lawyer in Anchorage, Alaska has motioned the Court in Anchorage to disqualify me on grounds that I was "impolite." Specifically, I referred to another lawyer during a deposition as "Bubba."
Now let's get this straight. I represent 46 men from the Asbestos Workers Local 97 and Pipefitters Local 367 in Anchorage, Alaska. This is the first asbestos lawsuit filed in Alaska, a state which according to legend is inhabited by rugged pioneers, trappers, miners and assorted tough guys. I'm in town to take the deposition of Charles Talbert, a former pipefitter with mesothelioma. As a side note, when Charles came to Alaska in 1948, the City of Anchorage consisted of two muddy streets and a brothel. You'd imagine the language would have to get pretty rough to offend the local sourdoughs.
In truth, the deposition was rough -- but not for the 20 asbestos company lawyers sitting around the table in the Pipefitter's Union Hall. It was rough for Charles Talbert. Charles had been advised by the best and the brightest surgical oncologists from Harvard that he was not a candidate for surgical resection of his tumor. Charles, no stranger to adversity, did not skip a beat. He simply began searching for clinics that might offer non-conventional treatments. He settled on a clinic in the Bahamas.
Charles had decided to leave Alaska for the Bahamas soon after his deposition. Before the deposition began, I notified the defense counsel of Mr. Talbert's need for treatment and travel plans. The defense lawyers proceeded to turn a four hour deposition into a three day saga. Along the way, tempers flared. At one point, an obviously well fed lawyer threatened to call the judge over some petty matter, to which I responded off the record (in so many words), "Listen Bubba, you're a big boy. If you can't work it out and need to call the Judge, go right ahead."
Hardly the type of speech that runs afoul of the First Amendment. I call some of my best friends "Bubba." It has an endearing sort of resonance about it. On a more serious note, it's getting harder to explain the ways of thin-skinned, technocratic, rulebook readers -- the type of lawyers who would elevate form over substance and use the procedural rules to thwart the pursuit of justice rather than facilitate it. As usual, instead of addressing the issues on the merits, the asbestos companies want to attack the victims and their lawyers.
After his deposition, Charles spent six weeks at the IAT Clinic in the Bahamas. I wish I could report that he was cured. But on his return to Anchorage, he was evaluated by his pulmonary doctor. The tumor has grown in size. Charles' weight has dropped from 202 lbs. in March to 165 lbs. in September. He has begun to experience pain.
The trial court in Anchorage set his case for trial in July, 1997, despite the testimony of his doctor that Mr. Talbert's prognosis is poor. His doctor recommended that the trial be set immediately. This will be the first asbestos trial ever in the State of Alaska.
Charles Talbert died on December 9, 1996. He was surrounded by his five sons, each of which are union pipe fitters who live and work in and around Anchorage, Alaska.
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Two more matches added to the MITB pay-per-view
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Two more matches have been announced for the Money In The Bank pay-per-view this week, with a total of 10 matches on the card so far.
The Intercontinental title will be on the line as Seth Rollins will defend against Elias. Elias attacked Rollins with a guitar on Raw earlier this week, sending him crashing down from the announce table.
Also announced is Daniel Bryan versus Big Cass. This will be the second match between the two after wrestling at Backlash, a match which Daniel Bryan won.
Apart from the two MITB ladder matches, there’s also AJ Styles vs Shinsuke Nakamura in a last man standing match for the WWE title, Nia Jax vs Ronda Rousey for the Raw Women’s title, Carmella vs Asuka for the Smackdown Women’s title, The Bludgeon Brothers vs Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson for the Smackdown Tag Team titles, Roman Reigns vs Jinder Mahal, and Bobby Lashley vs Sami Zayn.
Starting from Money In The Bank, the WWE pay-per-views will run for four hours apart from the big four shows, which will be longer.
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Money In The Bank 2018
Money In The Bank 2018 pay-per-view results
Here are the results from the Money In The Bank pay-per-view which took place from the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. The Bludgeon Brothers defeated Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson to retain the Smackdown Tag Team titles in the Kickoff match; Daniel Bryan…
Four MITB ladder match competitors face each other on Raw tonight
Two matches have been advertised for tonight's Monday Night Raw, live from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Raw's four representatives of the Money In The Bank ladder match will be in action, with Bobby Roode taking on Braun Strowman, and Finn Balor taking…
Sasha Banks qualifies for the women’s Money In The Bank ladder match
Sasha Banks became the eighth and final member of the women's Money In The Bank ladder match when she successfully ran the gauntlet on Raw yesterday. Banks was the last person in the match and faced Ruby Riott to wrap up the match, forcing her to tap to advance…
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She & Him Announce 'Classics'
She & Him, the pop duo made up of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, have announced a new collection of covers called Classics, that they'll be releasing on December 2nd. The album, their first for their new label Columbia Records, is comprised of Brill Building era songs and was recorded live with a 20 piece orchestra.
You can hear She & Him's version of the Dusty Springfield staple "Stay Awhile" and see a full tracklist below. You can pre-order Classics here.
(10/30/14) UPDATE: She & Him have also released a video for their version of "Time After Time", a standard performed by Frank Sinatra, Chet Baker and oodles of others. You can hear that right below the video for "Stay Awhile".
01 “Stars Fell On Alabama”
02 “Oh No, Not My Baby”
03 “It’s Not For Me To Say”
04 “Stay Awhile”
05 “This Girl’s In Love With You”
06 “Time After Time”
09 “It’s Always You”
10 “Unchained Melody” (Feat. The Chapin Sisters)
11 “I’ll Never Be Free”
12 “Would You Like To Take A Walk?”
13 “We’ll Meet Again”
In new vinyl, vinyl Tags she & him, zooey deschanel, m. ward, columbia records, classics, dusty springfield, stay awhile, brill building
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Home The Passing Point The America, The United States: steamboat collision part of county history
The America, The United States: steamboat collision part of county history
Editor’s Note: Vevay Media Group is proud to share with our readers a series of articles written by former resident Don Morrison, detailing one of the most deadly steamboat collisions along this area of the Ohio River in history.
Over the next few weeks, Morrison’s series will be presented.
This article is primarily the compilation and summary of the previous work of two writers, Dr. Carl Bogardus (1977-80) of Warsaw, Kentucky, and Claude Brown (1956) of Switzerland County, Indiana, though their work was never published except in serial form in local newspapers. (See Selected Sources.)
Information was found in newspaper reports of the events of that night at Rayl’s Landing from publications as far-flung as Lawrence, Kansas; Concord, New Hampshire; New York; Philadelphia; and beyond. New facts were found in the memoir of Marcus Toney, the biography of Ole Bull and from Dan Back, steamboat historian.
Some of the material derived from these sources was found to be contradictory. For example, most sources agreed that these two steamboats made two stops on their nightly runs from Cincinnati to Louisville, and vice versa. One stop was at Madison, Indiana, but some of the references indicated the second stop was at Aurora, Indiana, while others stated it was Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Because whiskey was loaded onto the United States at this stop on this night, and Lawrenceburg was well known for its spirit distillation industry, beginning in 1847, this town was chosen as the correct location.
Also, Mary Johnson was listed by some references as being from Madison, Indiana, and others stated she was a Louisville, Kentucky girl. Eva Jones was variously reported as being from Tallahassee and Pensacola, and her mother’s name in some references was Hattie, and in others Nellie.
Some survivors found to their consternation that newspaper articles had reported their deaths in the tragedy. Ole Bull’s biography, by Haugen and Cai, claimed he and his troupe were going downriver that night, which would have been impossible if they were traveling from Louisville to their next engagement at Cincinnati.
Perhaps most unusual is the statement in Way’s Packet Directory, 1848-1994, which one reader called “the Sine Qua Non for anyone studying the steamboats of the western waters,” that the night of the disaster was “clear,” which contradicts all the other sources concerning the weather on that night. Also, the same source differs from others as to the movements of the United States immediately following the collision.
These problems should not be surprising considering the emotional state of witnesses involved in those desperate moments of the disaster, the difficulty encountered by reporters trying to get to the scene and the frailties of human memory as time passes following a tragic incident.
The author wishes to thank Linda Weaver of Alcoa, Tennessee, a retired writer and editor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Linda gave the manuscript a thorough edit, inserted the images and gave valuable advice along the way.
Don Morrison, Maryville, Tennessee, April, 2017
Passengers’ Peril
Ole Bull, on the America, had retired to his stateroom when the crash came. With the others he hurried out, but then remembered his precious violin he’d left behind. He threw off friendly hands which tried to prevent him from returning to his room, groped through the suffocating smoke, retrieved the beloved instrument that meant more than life to the old maestro and staggered out onto the guard. Nearly blind from the smoke, he stumbled over a coil of rope on the deck and fell into the river clutching his violin. Somehow he landed on his feet where the water was little more than waist deep and free of fire. Holding the instrument above his head, he was dragged by one of the America’s crew to the muddy bank, his violin remaining almost completely dry. His violin had been saved, but Maestro Bull lost his concert clothes, money, and valuables, including a golden laurel wreath the Masons in New York had given him.
The others in Bull’s troupe survived as well, including his soloist, Miss Barton, whose room had to be broken into and its occupant rescued by force. Not until she was safe on dry land did she realize the gravity of the situation.
Meanwhile, on the United States, Oliver Noble, the Mate, was awakened in his room in the Texas where he slept with his little son, Lon. From the signals exchanged between the boats, it seemed to him there was soon to be trouble. The bell cords from the pilot house to the engine room ran along just under the ceiling in Oliver Noble’s room, and the rapid jerking of the cords slapping against the ceiling alarmed him. He jumped into his clothes and ran down to the forecastle. In an instant he saw that to remain where he was would mean certain death, and that one or both boats would be sunk. He rushed back up to the Texas to awaken and save his boy.
He took his little boy downstairs, and was preparing to jump overboard with him from the stern of the United States when a lady rushed up begging him to save her. He told her to jump in the river ahead of him and he would do his best to get her to shore. She was afraid to jump so Oliver took her in his strong arms and threw her overboard. He then grabbed Lon and followed with the boy in his arms. Oliver was a powerful man and an expert swimmer. He got hold of the lady and made it to shore with both her and the boy.
A Mr. W.W. Hanley, a passenger on the United States from Cincinnati, remembered seeing the barrels of coal oil stowed on the forecastle, so he went downstairs to the lower deck near the stern and jumped in the river. He was singed by the flames on the water, which made swimming in the cold muddy river a terrible ordeal. He saw several people who were burned much worse than he carried away by the current into the darkness.
A large yawl (lifeboat) overloaded with passengers passed Mr. Hanley, going downstream. They turned and started in toward shore, but the America came backing down and they were caught under her wheel buckets, crushing the boat and its occupants.
He saw another yawl hanging from the boom at the stern of the United States. After helping others till the last minute, the deckhands started crawling out on the boom one by one and lowering themselves into the yawl, which was swinging back and forth. Too many men tried to get into the boat, and, as they lowered it into the water, one of the supporting ropes snapped, plunging the men into the water where, it was later learned, sixteen of the twenty drowned. The painter (rope) on the bow end of the yawl did not break, and the lifeboat was left swinging in a vertical position, empty.
On the United States, among those who lingered in the ballroom when the captain stopped the celebration were Eva Jones and her mother, who were enjoying a conversation with Eva’s new friend, Mary Johnson. Joe McCammant went to his stateroom.
Marcus Toney decided to take some air at the stern rail before retiring. He watched as the United States dropped down around the sharp bend past the mouth of Sugar Creek, then crossed over from the Kentucky side and lined up in the straight stretch of channel that ran down the Indiana side to Rayl’s Landing.
For Marcus Toney that night the name of his boat, the United States, and her sister, the America, represented an irony for the Confederate veteran from Nashville, Tennessee. He was also a former inmate at the draconian Union Army prison at Elmira, New York. The fact that Mr. Toney now worked for the New York Central Railroad continued his unlikely association with the Empire State, and doubled the irony. He also found that as a Confederate veteran he couldn’t vote or buy government land under the Homestead Act, but all the while he had to pay taxes.
Mr. Toney escaped death again on this night, as he had done countless times during the war. After the collision and the resulting inferno, he scrambled through the smoke and confusion, returning to his room to claim his watch and money. He then crawled some two-hundred feet along the deck beneath the smothering smoke toward the stern. He said later, “Mothers were shrieking for husbands and children, husbands calling for wives. In all my privations in life, I have never witnessed such a heart-rending scene, but it was all I could do to save myself.” He tried to jump onto the America before she pulled away in the confusion, but he was prevented by the flames. His battle instincts proved worthy, for when the America finally came near a second time, Toney leaped from the flaming boat, plummeting more than a dozen feet to the deck of the America. He was severely injured, and might have died had a man not carried him on his back to shore. He heard someone say later that 130 passengers on the United States went down – what would have been a good week’s work for the Reaper at Elmira Prison.
After being rescued and receiving the best care from his brothers in the Masonic Lodge at Warsaw, Toney was taken to Louisville on the General Lytle. Although suffering acutely, he was able to leave for home on the cars of the L & N, one of the earliest and most successful railroads in the region, chartered in 1850.
Among the many stories of heroism in the course of the disaster, there were a few tales of the dark side of human nature. The Madison Courier of December 8th contained this account: “A gentleman and his sister, a lovely young lady, were passengers on the United States. At the first shock he was thrown from his bed. He dressed and rushed to the stateroom of his sister, burst open the door, seized her in his arms and carried her down to the main deck. There he procured a door shutter and threw it overboard and leaped after it with his sister still in his arms. He placed her securely on the shutter and was pushing it with its precious burden toward the shore when to his horror a large able-bodied man swam up and pushed the sister off the board and climbed on it himself. The girl sank with a scream, and if she came to the surface it was so dark that her brother could not find her. The brother, maddened by the dastardly act, made after the man, and seizing him by the throat, engaged him in a fight to the death. The brother survived to tell the tragic story, but the sister was lost.”
As for Miss Mary Johnson of Madison, it was announced in the Louisville Courier Journal that the day following the disaster at the Madison shipyards the body of a young woman, with a life-preserver attached, was found floating in the river. In her belt was found a paper with the name Eva Jones on it, and it was first assumed it was she. The body was afterward recognized as that of Mary Johnson. It was possible to identify her because she had drowned and not burned. She had thus come back to the father who so anxiously awaited her return from her extended trip. But, instead of a welcoming celebration there was a funeral.
A surviving passenger on the United States said that Mary’s cousin Lewis, after vainly trying to find Mary after the collision, leaped from the flaming boat when at too great a distance to make the shore, and was lost.
The Reverend Lucien Rule, of Goshen, Kentucky, in a letter to the Courier Journal of September 1, 1929, told the following story:
“During the earlier celebration in honor of the two wedding parties on board the United States, the lovely young ladies, Mary Johnson and Eva Jones, had been introduced to each other by Mr. J. N. Price. He gave to each of these charming girls the address of the other, which they stuck in their belts. The merry laughter and song had just subsided when the crash came. In the ensuing panic, Miss Jones rushed to Mr. Price, asking him to save her, but with sorrow he replied that he must give his attention first to his wife and children.
“When Joe McCammant rushed from his stateroom and found Nellie Jones and her daughter Eva after the collision, both were hysterical. They clung to their escort screaming. With difficulty he freed himself and got them out on the guard. He finally calmed Eva enough to get a life preserver on her and hand her a shutter. She then moved away from him so that he could try and save her mother. He got Nellie as far as the railing, and tried to get her to jump in the river so that he could follow and try to get her ashore. He had her part of the way up on the railing when she suddenly became hysterical again and jumped to the floor. She tore loose from him and ran back toward the flames. He followed and caught her, picked her up in his arms and carried her back. He lifted her almost to the top of the rail, ready to heave her over, but she fought him like a trapped wild animal. While they struggled, his clothing caught fire and spread rapidly. This became so painful he could not bear it. He sprang over the railing and into the river just barely in time to save his own life.
“The water put out the fire on his clothing, but the pain from his burns was excruciating. He tried to swim but both his legs cramped until they were useless to keep him afloat. He was starting to go down when a familiar voice near him called, “Is that you, Joe?” It was Captain Richard Wade. He caught his friend and kept him from going down. The captain had two planks, and he helped Joe onto one of them and started paddling him to shore. But other people jumping into the river from the guards above separated the two men.
“McCammant paddled weakly on downstream, trying desperately not to lose consciousness. Somewhere farther down river he reached shore, and by a miracle got his face and one arm out on the muddy shore before he passed out. Some men watching from the riverbank above ran down to the water’s edge, pulled him out, and carried him to a nearby farmhouse.
“Meanwhile, Eva Jones had run out onto the guard. Just a short time before she had been surrounded by young men seeking to dance with her, but now when the boat was sinking in flames she sought some man to help save her life.
“Just at that time a young man and his wife came hurrying out upon the guard. He was the son of a retired minister. When they left home, the boy’s father came to the river with them to see them off. As they parted, the father asked them to promise him that in case they were in any danger, they would pause and pray and ask for Divine guidance before they made any move. They promised to do so.
“This night, as other passengers ran screaming from their rooms, this young couple knelt for a moment beside their stateroom bed and said a prayer, then rose and began to seek safety. As they came out on the guard, Eva Jones ran to them begging them to help her. She pleaded, ‘Save me! Save me! I know I’m a little rebel, but I need help.'” Earlier, she must have made no secret of her Southern sympathies. “She put her hand on the young man’s arm and her eyes were full of tears. Her voice was choking and it seemed that she was almost addressing a prayer to him. A look of pain came into the boy’s eyes. He paused to look at her, then at his wife. She pulled at her husband and gave him a look as if she thought he was endangering their own lives and wasting time. The young man hesitated just a brief moment looking at Eva, then pulled his arm free. He told her to watch for an opportunity, then jump in the river.” And so, for the third time in those desperate moments, a man turned to save others and left Eva Jones alone.
“The young couple hurried on down the guard aft of the port side wheel. Eva looked after them briefly, then prepared to take the young man’s advice. As she started to jump, had a protective friend been there, her life might have been saved, but there was no watchful person to warn her that she was jumping into the path of the America’s approaching starboard wheel.
“The America came alongside and banged into the United States. The young man and his wife climbed up on the railing and jumped the fifteen feet down to the guard of the America. Neither was seriously injured. The America backed down along the Indiana shore, and when she managed to land, the young couple was waiting on the guard next to the bank, the side of the boat mostly free of fire at that moment. When the boat touched they jumped ashore. They climbed to the top of the bank and walked upstream above the America and could see both boats burning. The flames lit up the surface of the river, its water filled with screaming passengers and crew struggling to keep afloat. Many cries of agony went up from those whose oil-soaked clothing was burning the life from them.
“If the young couple had let Eva walk down the guard with them she might now be standing beside them on the riverbank, but they never learned her fate.” No one said a prayer for Eva, and there had been no brave and strong Oliver Noble at her side.
Reverend Rule’s letter continued: “When the U. S. Mail Line’s steamer C. T. Dumont arrived at the scene from Cincinnati under orders of the company president, Mr. Pearce, all the Cincinnati victims who were able to be moved were put aboard and taken home. Captain Richard Wade had Joe McCammant put on board, and went with him to supervise his care.
“Captain John Scott and his wife placed Joe McCammant, who was badly burned about the back, face, and neck, in their own home under the care of nurses until he recovered. He was inconsolable over his failure to save the Jones ladies from the inferno on the United States. Then Mr. Scott and his wife made the trip down the river seeking information as to the fate of Nellie and Eva Jones. At the scene, someone gave the Scotts a ring they believed to be Nellie’s. They heard the story of Eva being crushed by the America’s wheel.”
In those days there were two steamboat landings in Vevay, Indiana, the Lower Grade and the Upper Grade. The wharfboat used by steamers lay at the Lower Grade. A large float for mooring and unloading coal barges was located at the Upper Grade at the foot of Washington Street. The Upper Grade was a favorite spot for retired river men to gather on summer evenings and swap yarns. Fishermen kept their boats there, and they brought their nets there to dry.
More than four months after the great disaster, on a warm and balmy day, a group of old timers sat on a bench at the top of the riverbank. The collision was still the most popular topic of conversation, but it was the general opinion that all the bodies that would ever appear had already been found.
Some boys ran up to where the old men were sitting and shouted that a woman’s body had just floated in to shore. Townspeople gathered, but the coroner was out of town. John Clendening was Justice of the Peace, and he was the designated alternate coroner. John called on Constable Vincent Bright to subpoena six jurors to hold an inquest over the body of the woman. They later signed the report, which identified the woman as Eva Jones, 20 to 25 years old. The detailed description of her fine clothing revealed her name embroidered on the band of her underwear. The jury declared that she died by drowning and was one of the victims of the collision at Rayl’s Landing on December 4, 1868.
The Vevay Reveille-Enterprise on May 20, 1869, reported, “The body of a young lady was found in the river near Vevay by Orlando Rouse. She was identified as Miss Eva Jones, of Florida, a victim of the United States and America disaster.” The report concluded with the words, “The remains were sent to friends.” To some, the friendship of these two lovely girls and their tragic deaths was the saddest incident of the whole tragedy.
Also in the summer of 1869, a report was published in the Vevay Democrat of bills paid to T. D. Wright and sons for inquests appearing in the paper. Of the 34 inquests listed, six of them, including Eva Jones, were directly attributed to the steamboat collision. This list, plus the 54 compiled by Mr. Tait at Rayl’s Landing in the days following the collision (see list at the end of this article), puts the total number of known victims at 60, but this is undoubtedly far short of the actual number of fatalities. For example, President Pearce of the Mail Line appointed Frank Carter, a company director and manager of the company office and wharf at Louisville, to come up to the wreck site and take charge of salvage operations and the search for bodies. Frank and his assistant, Andrew Harrington, the freight clerk from the United States, made their headquarters at Warsaw. Later, the Cincinnati Commercial published the following notice: “Thirty-three bodies recovered from the wrecks and from the water. Frank Carter, in charge of salvage.” It is not known if this list overlapped the one provided by coroner Tait following the disaster. For some time following the collision, bodies like those of Mary Johnson and Eva Jones were discovered at various locations downriver from the wreck, and the number of bodies lost in the river will forever be unknown. Statements of the number of fatalities from the disaster ranged from 40 to 170, the most likely estimate being 74.
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“There are two possible futures, one terrifying, the other hopeful”
Métamorphose I, Le Radeau des illusions © Gérard Rancinan
Caroline Gaudriault – It seems that Man has always felt a vital urge to travel to other lands. Some migrations have been prompted by the most rational of motifs: famine, war and natural catastrophes have forced men and women to take enormous risks and become refugees and exiles in the process. But other people have decided to migrate for different reasons, reasons intrinsic to human nature. The eternal quest for a supposedly better life in another country. Even if there is not a single tract of land on the surface of the planet that remains unexplored, they still yearn for an ideal destination, a perfect homeland of the mind.
Jean-Claude Guillebaud – Anthropologists tell us that myths about migrations and journeys feature in almost all human cultures, particularly in Oceania. This kind of mythology simultaneously speaks of rootedness and departure. Firstly, there is the foundational idea of the need to set down roots somewhere. This notion is all the more powerful in Oceania in that there is very little available land in the region. In Polynesian, the term is “fenois”, “the place on which one depends”. When a woman gives birth, the placenta is buried when the child is born. But there is also a contrary myth: the myth of departure, of the pirogue, of being torn away from one’s home island. The Maoris, or, in other words, the Polynesians, were the world’s first great seafarers. Over a thousand years ago they crossed the Pacific in their rudimentary pirogues. In most myths, especially Melanesian ones, this synergy between the wrench of leaving and the desire to set out on a great journey is expressed in a highly poetic way. If you go to that part of the world and talk to people there about contentious issues such as identity, universalism or communitarianism, they just burst out laughing. A Samoan once told me: “You Westerners think that there’s a choice between setting down roots and leaving. Between the particular and the universal. Between a tree and a pirogue. But what you don’t understand is that the tree provides the timber to make the pirogue”.
Caroline Gaudriault – … And a good education arms you for life.
Jean-Claude Guillebaud – … That’s right. And having an education and a native country also means being able to leave home. It’s troubling to see how these questions, which are as old as human culture itself, are once again the subject of so much attention. Because you’re right when you say that immigrants are willing to confront, often more than once, the risk of death and drowning in their stubbornly tireless attempts to reach the bright lights of Europe. It’s true that most of them are motivated by hunger or by political issues, for example a desire to escape the kind of oppression practiced in dictatorships. All these urgent reasons encourage them to leave home. But there’s another reason – adventure! And curiosity, too. The desire to see what’s at the other end of the horizon is as old as humanity itself. The Portuguese, who were great seafarers – one only has to think of Vasco da Gama – were also great migrants, great immigrants. They founded Brazil. There is a magnificent image in the Portuguese tradition: at least once in their lives, everyone must go on a journey to find the “arvor das patacas”. You have to cross the seas to seek the tree of fortune and bring it home.
Caroline Gaudriault – Emigrating is not just about going to live somewhere else. It’s a quest informed by the idea of finding something to bring back home: fortune, experience, love …
Jean-Claude Guillebaud – Yes, there’s often an idea of coming back home. I remember when I was a journalist with Le Monde in the 1970s, doing a report on the first wave of African immigration to France. I lived in a village in western Senegal with a group of people who emigrated to France. I lived with the same people in Paris’s 13th arrondissement. The immigrants lived with people from their own village back home, importing their own traditions. They always thought that they would eventually go back to Senegal. It was the obvious thing to do. They came to France to earn enough money to build themselves a house and buy themselves a pirogue in Africa. It’s not quite the same now. Since the policy of keeping families together was introduced, fewer immigrants have come to France with the intention of going back home. It’s a complicated subject, but I really do think that something has changed in this regard.
Caroline Gaudriault – Today, statistics tell us that over a billion people have left their countries of origin. That’s almost the entire population of China. Surely this is going to change the face of the world.
Jean-Claude Guillebaud – Yes. And yet … Those statistics don’t take into account a threat that we’re going to have to face – climate change. One of the greatest and most serious threats is the rise in sea level. Imagine if the sea level rose by three metres. It would cause massive migration involving hundreds of millions of human beings leaving their homes behind forever because, quite literally, they would have no choice. And no one knows how we would deal with a disaster of those proportions. This will probably be the next major crisis.
Caroline Gaudriault – A natural disaster of that size would render the idea of borders obsolete…
Jean-Claude Guillebaud – I don’t think the idea is obsolete in itself. But I agree that the nature of borders will probably change. Biologists tell us that there is something fascinating about borders between individual cells. In fact, they are porous. They let things pass through them while at the same time regulating themselves. They are neither closed nor impassable. Cells are able to manage circulation between two spaces, to regulate it, to increase or decrease it. What I do think is disappearing is the idea of a border in the sense of a wall. This idea is being replaced by the concept of the kind of separation we observe between living cells. But, regardless, we still seem to be building walls. We knocked down the Berlin Wall, but new ones have been put up in Israel and on the border between Mexico and the United States. The temptation remains. But, inevitably, we will have to face phenomena against which borders will afford no protection, because ecological events do not respect frontiers.
Caroline Gaudriault – And neither do diseases…
Jean-Claude Guillebaud – That’s very true. We’ve just been through the H1N1 Swine Flu crisis which originated in Mexico. Obviously, you can’t stop an epidemic with a border. The same goes for the world economy, which is largely dependent on global financial markets, which are not only free of borders but also, since they exist in cyberspace, free of all territorial constraints. We could also mention the new communication technologies (satellite antennae, satellite telephones, radio relay systems, digital TV, etc.). This technology means that you can effectively be in two places at once. For example, a Sikh from the Punjab who drives a New York cab lives in America and India at the same time. With a satellite dish he can watch Indian TV; he can use the Internet to phone members of his family for free … Physically, he’s an immigrant living in the United States, but in terms of his symbolic, cultural, day-to-day reality, he’s in a strange place. He’s simultaneously in the United States in the physical sense and back home with his people in the virtual sense.
Caroline Gaudriault – Being here and there at the same time is to be neither entirely here nor entirely there…
Jean-Claude Guillebaud – Yes. It’s a kind of friable location.
Caroline Gaudriault – A sort of non-place…
Jean-Claude Guillebaud – When you surf the Internet, where exactly are you? You’re in a strange place. From a technological point of view, you’re in your computer’s server, a place which is difficult to define. Similarly, when you communicate via the Internet, it’s hard to tell what time it is. It all depends on the person you’re communicating with. In other words, concepts like time and space become friable. They take on different aspects. They are redefined. Tiny conceptual revolutions that we don’t even notice. So, given the importance of computer technology in the modern world, it seems highly unlikely that ideas about borders won’t undergo a kind of metamorphosis. Obviously they’re changing.
Caroline Gaudriault – Nevertheless, the physical reality of a dominant place – the one in which we live – is still there. This place evokes more emotions in us than other places. We develop a particular attachment to it.
Jean-Claude Guillebaud – That’s a very European view of things. There’s a phrase that I really like: “Europe is the land of time and America is the land of space”. We are preoccupied with time. For us, space is secondary. Compared with the Americans, the Chinese and a lot of other nationalities, we Europeans tend not to move around a great deal. There are entire cultures structured around the idea of movement, of transformation, of change. America is characterised by the myth of mobility – just think of “On the Road”. It’s the new frontier. Cities are built and abandoned. The landscape is strewn with ghost towns and mobile homes.
Caroline Gaudriault – It is hardly surprising that people are thinking about borders in a new way. A lot has been said about the shock of civilisations in connection with this trend towards globalisation.
Jean-Claude Guillebaud –I think that’s all just nonsense. The idea, first mooted by Professor Samuel Huntington in 1993, caused an outcry. The nature of violence has changed. Over the last twenty years, outbreaks of violence have increasingly occurred within individual civilisations. The idea of a shock of civilisations was shot through with Islamophobia. But we shouldn’t forget that, even if there have been attacks on Western targets, the primary victims of Islamist terrorism are Muslims. Furthermore, the theory is based on the idea that civilisation is immutable and ahistorical. The Chinese, Indian, Slavic, African, Islamic and Latin American civilisations outlined by Huntington are, so he claims, unchanging. But, in reality, things are not like that at all. Civilisations – the word really doesn’t mean much – are evolving entities continually undergoing a process of metamorphosis. Far from being homogeneous, they are métisse, mixed, composite. The idea that modern day China and India continue to exist as some kind of eternal version of themselves is a fairly naïve culturalist notion. Young people in China are, on the one hand, Chinese and, on the other, highly westernized due to their education and the cultural references with which they have become entirely familiar. The students who held demonstrations in Tiananmen Square in 1989 talked about Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the Paris Commune, Montesquieu and Voltaire. They had an impressive amount of Western cultural baggage. They’ve seen the same films as we have; they live in the same globalised modern reality as we do. So Huntington’s theory, which casts great civilisations as monadic, self-contained entities is far from convincing, especially in that it basically rests on a good guy-bad guy premise.
Caroline Gaudriault – It’s a theory which reflects a certain Western mentality. The West has defined itself as the ideal model for others to follow. At one point, the notion of an “axis of evil” was even bandied about…
Jean-Claude Guillebaud – I was just coming to that. When it was first mooted, the theory of the shock of civilisations was adjudged to be mediocre and irrelevant. Then came 9/11. The attacks seemed to retrospectively vindicate Huntington’s ideas. George W. Bush and the US administration took the theory to heart and designated an axis of evil. A catastrophic error. The line taken was: "we’re good, the others are bad and we’re going on a crusade to rid the world of evil". It took America back to its old ways of thinking, its fixation with a kind of lost innocence. The conquest of the West, defeating the Indians, the incarnation of evil which had to be eliminated. The Vietnam War was informed by the idea of eradicating evil in order to save the world. The election of Obama is an expression of Vietnam syndrome vis-à-vis George W. Bush, an attempt to make amends for Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib, as well as for the defence of torture. It shouldn’t be forgotten that a substantial number of American intellectuals went on record as being in favour of the use of torture. They even invited General Aussaresses, who used torture on behalf of the French army during the Algerian War, to give them advice. The period following 9/11 was tinged with a kind of madness.
Caroline Gaudriault – It was a period in which we observed the development of a deeply questionable rhetoric which was used to rush the Western powers into war on a wave of popular support that hadn’t been seen for a long time. This rhetoric was also used to hide an old, deep-seated desire to conquer the world. It was a perfect pretext to assuage the West’s traditional imperialist tendencies…
Jean-Claude Guillebaud – Of course! It was a lure which hid something else: a clear-cut imperialist agenda based on the objective of guaranteeing America’s energy needs (oil, etc.). And there was also something more sinister and perverse – not to say dangerous – going on, namely the decision to cast the enemy as the devil, the incarnation of evil. That was the turning point. People began, imperceptibly, to persuade themselves that the end justified the means and that, when it comes to eradicating evil, anything goes. That’s what ended up happening. In order to liberate Iraq, America killed Saddam Hussein.
Caroline Gaudriault – The example provided by 9/11 shows that the initial reaction was to diabolize the Other and turn in on the Self. It took a certain amount of time to realise that this kind of irrational attitude was bound to end in tears.
Jean-Claude Guillebaud – Yes, it was a dangerous approach which, inevitably, led to more violence. It seems that we are living in a time in which people are putting up barriers, hunkering down in their respective cultures, identities and civilisations. The Hindus are taking refuge in the Hindutva. The Mayas and Aztecs are learning their ancient languages. All over the world, local dialects are getting a second wind. In the ex-Yugoslavia, micro-nationalistic rivalries between Serbs, Croatians and Bosnians are re-emerging. Everyone is aggressively brandishing their own cultural standard. Muslim fundamentalism is a communitarian retreat into a mythical Islam. All of this is creating an impression of fragmentation. One might think that people are systematically closing themselves off from one another. But, at the same time, there is an opposing trend. Anthropologists, who study deep underlying societal trends (female education, average age of marriage, number of children per woman, etc.), claim that the world’s various societies are becoming increasingly similar. This is also valid for Muslim countries, which seem at first glance to be very different from ours. For example, in the Islamist Republic of Iran, civil society has been able to negotiate at least some of the obstacles set up by the Mullahs’ regime to ensure that the country is far more modern and westernized than it was when the Shah was in power. There have never been as many women at university; there are more women doctors and engineers than ever before. On a superficial level, the ruling regime gives the impression that the opposite is true, that the country is in thrall to a narrow-minded religious obscurantism, that an anti-feminist ideology, exemplified by burqa-wearing women, holds sway. Considered together, these two trends, even if they oppose one another, function as two different levels of reality. It’s a complex phenomenon. We can’t deny that this “meeting of civilisations” – in which, at the demographic level and in terms of educational structures, different societies are becoming increasingly similar to each other – is an established, ongoing process. A process of convergence and métissage.
Caroline Gaudriault – The West’s desire for supremacy is probably at the root of two contradictory attitudes characterising the rest of the world – admiration and repulsion.
Jean-Claude Guillebaud – Yes. I think that in many parts of the world, people have a strange, love-hate relationship with the West. If you go to an isolated village in India or a Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, you’ll find people who are fascinated by the hegemonic Western lifestyle they see on the TV and who, at the same time, aggressively reject that lifestyle. What is more important is that the era of Western supremacy is over. But we haven’t yet become aware of it.
Caroline Gaudriault – In fact, considering the relative backwardness of Western civilization some five hundred years ago, it’s astonishing that that era of supremacy should ever have started in the first place.
Jean-Claude Guillebaud – The West has an extraordinary history. It’s like a detective novel. It’s still enigmatic. To cut a long story short, let’s say that until the mid-16th century, European culture was far behind its rivals. The Chinese were printing books eight hundred years before Gutenberg. Indian astronomers discovered the truth about the movement of the stars a thousand years before Galileo. The Byzantines built the first great metropolis, complete with fountains, a race course and marble esplanades in the 10th and 11th centuries when Paris was no more than a small town with wooden houses. The Arabs used the numbers we still use today to lay the foundations of algebra. But from the mid-16th to the mid-17th century, European culture more than closed the gap. In fact, it left the other great civilisations trailing in its wake, building up a massive technological advantage in a very short space of time. It acquired economic, technological, military and cultural hegemony in no more than a hundred years. That hegemony enabled it to create colonies all over the world and to impose its culture and ideas at a deep level. The concept of philosophy reached China from Europe. The Jesuits taught the Chinese Euclidian geometry. The Japanese borrowed a huge number of ideas from the Europeans. The status of the Japanese Emperor – mid-way between Man and God – was a direct swipe from the French kings consecrated at Reims. First Europe, and then, with the coming of the United States, the West, remade the world’s great cultures. It remodelled them. In fact, we had a very simple worldview involving a centre – the West and America – and a traditional periphery under the West’s influence.
Caroline Gaudriault – In fact, the West always used to be the focal point of maps of the world.
Jean-Claude Guillebaud – That’s changing now, because that approach has become obsolete. Other centres, which will, in turn, exert enormous influence, have recently emerged: China, India, Latin America … We are increasingly living in a multi-polar world even in terms of cultural influence. It’s what I call “métisse modernity”. We developed the habit of thinking of ourselves, and no one else, as the representatives of modernity. What was modern was Western; what was traditional was those other people. We are going to have to share our claims on being modern. Our monopoly on the concept of modernity is no longer valid.
Caroline Gaudriault – Would you agree with the assertion that the West is taking all this rather badly?
Jean-Claude Guillebaud – The West is taking it very badly because it feels that its hegemony is being threatened. Our reflex Occidentalist attitudes have something tragic about them. Occidentalism is the fear that the barbarians are at the gates, that we have to fight to maintain our status. It’s telling ourselves that we are the representatives of Democracy in the world. It doesn’t really matter whether the West takes it well or badly, it won’t change a thing in the long run.
Caroline Gaudriault – So are immigration quotas merely a delaying tactic?
Jean-Claude Guillebaud – No, because now you’re talking about immigration, which represents a somewhat different problematic. Migration is inevitable. We can’t stop it, but we have to regulate it and try to make sure that we don’t entirely lose control of the phenomenon. If we just stand back and let things happen we run the risk of provoking dangerous identity-based reactions. Extreme right-wing populism is still a threat. We can’t allow societies to be destabilised. In the long term, we’re involved in a process of cultural, and not simply social métissage. And this process is not necessarily linked to immigration as such. Take a look at Japanese society. In terms of its population, it’s one of the least mixed in the world, but insofar as culture is concerned, it’s highly cosmopolitan. Every aspect of society, even the counter-culture, is extremely modern and yet, at the same time, highly traditional. In this sense, it’s completely mixed. Chinese modernity is developing in the same way. We have to get used to the idea that we will no longer have a monopoly over being modern. It isn’t a tragedy. Our DNA is everywhere so we shouldn’t imagine for a moment that we’re going to lose all influence. On the contrary. We’ll only risk losing influence if we make the mistake of developing a bunker mentality.
Caroline Gaudriault – There’s been a lot of talk recently about the demise of Western values. What kind of future do you see for the West?
Jean-Claude Guillebaud – There are two possible futures, one terrifying, the other hopeful. The terrifying one would involve a form of cultural retreat consisting in the idea that we’re under siege and that we have no choice but to defend ourselves. This would be tantamount to accepting the position extolled by the extreme right. We would become a tribe amongst others, a White tribe in a world teeming with other people. The promising future would consist in returning to our true tradition, the tradition which enabled us to become dominant and exert influence in the first place; in other words, the capacity for self-criticism that European culture has always possessed. The Jewish philosopher, Éric Veil, summed it up when he said, “Europe has always been a tradition unsatisfied with its own tradition”. It has always been able to criticise itself, to call itself into question. It is loath to indulge in any form of self-celebration. That is what has given it an advantage over other cultures. The reason Chinese culture stagnated for hundreds of years is because it fell into the habit of celebrating its past achievements and consequently stopped moving forwards. The same can be said of the Islamic world which, after the period of open-mindedness represented by Averroes and Avicenna, developed a dogmatic vision of its values from around the 13th century. If the West follows the same route, then we will become just one culture amongst others. But if we manage to return to and revivify our tradition of self-criticism, then we will be able to retain our specificity in the international context and continue to exert influence by means other than military power. It’s obvious. We can easily continue to exert influence without being hegemonic: “Greece conquered has conquered its savage conqueror! Greece defeated has defeated Rome!” Defeated militarily and economically, it was Greece that fertilised, transformed and remodelled the culture of the Roman Empire …”
Interview conducted at the Editions du Seuil, Paris, May 27, 2009
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For reasons largely to do with lack of support, most families in the UK today give up breastfeeding before they want to. That means lots of children growing up in the UK not seeing breastfeeding in their communities. And this puts these children at a disadvantage when they grow up themselves and become parents.
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, among others, have called for breastfeeding to be taught in schools as one way to fill this knowledge gap and contribute to the ‘renormalisation’ of breastfeeding in the UK.
These materials were developed by a primary school teacher, ABM breastfeeding counsellor and lactation consultant alongside a volunteer from the Breastfeeding Network and are free for use in schools.
They contain lesson plans and resources for use in settings from Early Years Foundation Stage through to Key Stage 3. There is also a range of slides for use in Key Stage 2 as discussion and writing prompts if there isn’t the time for a full lesson.
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Where were you when… ?
… Gough Whitlam was deposed as Prime Minister of Australia?
Some of you will be too young to remember the furor the Whitlam sacking caused. Some will not have even been born. But I was there, and I was shocked that such a thing could happen to an elected government.
We were all shocked again in 2010 when a second Australian Prime Minister was ‘sacked’. The fact he was sacked by his own party just made the betrayal even blacker.
Last night it happened again, with the sacking of Prime Minister Julia Guillard, but this time there was an element of poetic justice about it.
For those of you unfamiliar with recent Australian politics, let me give you a quick recap of events.
2007 – Kevin Rudd led Australian Labor to a huge victory in the polls. His Deputy was Julia Guillard.
2010 – Julia Guillard, helped by a faction boss called Bill Shorten, deposed Kevin Rudd as leader of the Labor Party, and hence as Prime Minister.
2013 – Bill Shorten [yes the same man] helped Kevin Rudd to regain leadership of the Labor Party, and become Prime Minister a second time.
Those are the bald facts. Woven in and around those facts are a number of disturbing trends. Foremost amongst them is the power of opinion polls.
A drop in popularity amongst voters, and Kevin Rudd’s abrasive leadership style amongst his colleagues led to his original sacking by the party. Julia Guillard’s plummeting approval rating led directly to her sacking. And all these popularity contests were decided by opinion polls.
In one sense, the rising power of opinion polls can be seen as democracy at work. These polls purport to take the ‘pulse’ of a nation, and as a curiosity they are fine. However I take issue with opinion polls being used as the drivers of political changes such as these.
1. Because by their very nature, opinion polls can only sample public opinion. If you know anything about statistics you will know that the smaller the sample size, the less reliable the results. Have you ever been approached by a pollster asking your opinion about politics? No, me neither. The only way anyone can ever know exactly what the voters are thinking is by asking them in an election where every single voter gets to be heard.
2. Because by their very nature, polls are hypotheticals and gauge only how a particular respondent is feeling on that day. Those feelings can be influenced by a number of factors, including the slant of the news media on that day. They are also not indicative of how someone will vote during a real election. I’ve been most unhappy with Labor for a very long time, but even I do not know how I would have voted if Julia Guillard had gone to the election as PM. You see I was not happy with her, but I am and will remain even more unhappy with Tony Abbott.
3. Because I do not believe that off-the-cuff public opinion should be allowed to decide such momentous changes. It’s the equivalent of a husband and wife having a spat about who should take out the rubbish, and then having an outsider forcing them to divorce over it.
In Australia, we do not have Presidential style elections where personality plays a big role in deciding who gets elected. At least, that is not how it’s supposed to work. We are supposed to elect our governments on the basis of party policies. The reality, of course, is never quite so clear cut.
I believe both Whitlam and Rudd were elected because we saw them as men of vision… and we felt we needed visionaries in the top job. As such, they were both viewed as more than just talking heads. We felt we knew them, and could trust them. And we believed they had a blueprint for a better future instead of just more of the same old same old. In that sense, our relationship to them was much stronger than what we normally feel for our politicians. It was a marriage of sorts, and in both cases, we should have been given the opportunity to decide whether we wanted to end the marriage or not.
At its heart, Julia Guillard’s demise was predicated from the moment she sacked Kevin Rudd. She was a good politician, and under different circumstances she would have made a great Prime Minister, but her every mistake was seen through the prism of what came before. And, of course, Tony Abbott made sure that those mistakes were amplified in the public eye. Sound bites and opinion polls did the rest.
As a Rudd supporter [and Abbott skeptic] I am glad to have him back, but I do wish our first female Prime Minister could have left under better circumstances. I also wish Kevin Rudd had a better chance of leading Labor to victory in the coming election. I think he will drag the Party back from the brink of disaster, but I don’t think he will have the time to forge a victory.
I don’t have a crystal ball but these are my predictions :
1. Labor will lose at the coming election, but only by a small margin.
2. After the election, Kevin Rudd will be deposed because those within the Party who still hate him will have no further reason to support him.
3. The Abbott government will quickly become very unpopular and will lose the next election.
4. With luck, Abbott will be replaced by Malcolm Turnbull.
5. For the next three years of opposition I believe Labor will be lead by Bill Shorten. I think he fell on his sword for the good of the Party and that sacrifice will be rewarded, eventually.
6. Somewhere down the track I believe Penny Wong will become the first ethnic, gay, female Prime Minister. She has both charisma and brains. More importantly she is perceived as having integrity. By the time a couple of elections have been and gone, we will need integrity even more than we need vision.
We live in interesting times, but at least I now have someone to vote for at the coming election. 🙂
p.s. The new pc is up and running beautifully. I can’t say that setting it up was a pleasure, but it was a lot less onerous than I thought it would be. More about that when the dust settles in the political arena.
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This is why America has such a hard time relating with the world: Even people, like me, who try to know what’s going on are too under-educated about other people’s politics to make heads or tails of it.
So, here’s my attempt to understand: A political party can boot out your leader while he/she is in office without a vote from the people. Is that what you’re saying?
Yup. That’s apparently the Westminster system. It was not ‘done’ in the past for reasons of etiquette/fear of voter backlash, but it is within the rules. And that historical tradition has now been broken. As a voter I am serious displeased.
Thanks for the confirmation. Yeah, I would be displeased, too. Whether you like the person or not, it seems that the voters (not the party and certainly not the polls) should be able to make the choice.
I’m not always pleased with President Obama, and I probably wouldn’t vote for him unless there was no better (in my opinion) choice, but nor would I vote to have him impeached (unless he did something a lot more wrong than anything he’s done).
Removing someone from office seems so extreme. If there’s criminal charges, then yeah, but general dissatisfaction doesn’t seem like a good reason. Sometimes the leaders with the best (historical) legacy pissed off their people during their terms. Look at President Lincoln–very little he did was popular, but most of it was the right thing to do.
“Sometimes the leaders with the best (historical) legacy pissed off their people during their terms.”
Yes! Visionaries are rarely appreciated at the time but history is the true judge. Getting rid of a leader because of personality issues smack of a popularity contest gone wrong. Government should be above such petty and changeable whims.
I totally and completely agree. The most trying times are unpopular times, and globally we’re experiencing some pretty trying times. Making decisions based on opinion polls doesn’t solve problems.
You know I’ve discovered a real paradox within myself. On the one hand I really, truly believe in democracy – both as an ideal and as a way of governing day to day. But… If all these polls and what have you are right, the majority are not necessarily either admirable or right.So where does that leave majority rule?
Well, as you’ve said, polls are not the same thing as votes. We can be unhappy with someone and still vote for them. So, the polls really don’t mean anything when it comes right down to it.
As for majority rule…it’s complicated. The majority isn’t always good or right or admirable, otherwise the U.S. would never have tolerated slavery and we wouldn’t need civil rights legislation in any democratic country.
Human beings are inherently imperfect. So are our governing systems. Some day something better will come along, both for democracy and capitalism, but right now these are our best options available, though neither are practiced in their purest forms (for good reason). Merging the best of multiple systems is the best we can do right now, until some genius somewhere along the way comes up with something better.
I agree. I visited relatives in Hungary during the Communist era, and I hated the reality of communism in practice. Secret police in blue uniforms on the streets, an undercurrent of fear all the time, and the very same greed that I hate about Capitalism. Not good. 😦
July 31st, 2013 at 8:32 am
Of the three, communism sounds the best on paper but is the worst in practice. Socialism sounds good on paper, too, but doesn’t work on a global scale. Capitalism doesn’t really sound good on paper, but it is the most functional economy on a global scale.
Unfortunately, Capitalism leads to dramatic disparities and we still haven’t figured out a good way to deal with that.
Luckily, a lot of people–some of them very welll financed–are exploring social entrepreneurism with the hope that they’ll be able to find truly functional solutions.
After what I saw and experienced in Hungary, I’m convinced that small ‘c’ capitalism is hardwired into the human psyche, but whatever Ayn Rand may say, Capitalism as practised by large corporations and multi-nationals is something else. In a sense it can’t avoid it. Competition is what makes capitalism work on a small scale. But when you ramp it up, the natural, inevitable result of competition is that some win, some lose. The winners get bigger and hence more powerful. And so on up the pyramid until to get a monopoly or near monopoly.
Perhaps that is the life cycle of capitalism. -shrug- Or perhaps governments are not doing what they’re meant to be doing – i.e. providing the competition to keep the corps in check. In theory at least, a triangle of govt. + general public + corps should balance each other and make for a very stable and robust system. The practice is never ideal though.
Ideally, they should. But nothing is so corrupting as money, except perhaps power.
Part of the inherent problem with capitalism–or any currently devised economic system–is that the system is reliant on artificial forces. Money, for example, is nothing more than an artificial construct.
Truly pure capitalism would account for everything, including indirect costs. Thus, pollution and poverty would be a cost of doing business a certain way, which would (ideally) make it too expensive to do business that way.
Our system just isn’t natural enough to function up to any sort of ideal.
August 7th, 2013 at 10:23 pm
Oh I like that idea! Clearly very hard to implement, but if we did have such a system the market would regulate itself in a way it definitely doesn’t do now.
That is the long-term goal of many economists, but, yeah, it’s a difficult idea to even conceptualize, let alone implement.
We try to improve the artificial system through even more artificial laws. For example, taxing polluters inserts the cost of pollution into the economic process. Taxing corporations and wealthy individuals to off-set poverty is another factor.
The problem with most of these activities is that they cannot account for natural checks and balances. For example, there are people who accumulate wealth by creating businesses that build up others; yet these businesses are taxed and penalize for their accumulation of wealth the same as businesses that do not. So, you rely on human nature to want to build up others. It still happens, because there are lots of people who really do care, but those who don’t still get away with weaker penalties for victimizing behavior.
Besides, there’s little in the way of global balance. International corporations will trash “third-world” countries, profit from their lower costs and weaker rules, and take the profits back into wealthier nations. It’s a travesty, but there is not an economic system in existence that can create the necessary balance to prevent it.
Human beings are still a long, long way off from our best ideals, and who is to say that are best ideals are even close to what would be possible if human nature didn’t have such a dark side.
Your reply started me thinking about freedom. When I was a kid, social stigma was still a very powerful thing, and it was linked to our laws. So, for example, divorce was frowned up and required 7 years of pain and anguish to complete. So few people took advantage of the ability to get divorced. Now, about 50% of marriages end in divorce, including mine. Were people ‘better’ people 50 years ago? No. The only real difference is that now we have the freedom to indulge both sides of our nature. For me the lesson is that everything needs a system of checks and balances – starting with humans. 🙂
Social stigma is still a very powerful thing, it’s just directed differently.
The legal freedom to divorce is certainly a factor in the changes, but it’s far from the only factor. The more freedom women have to survive without a spouse, the less likely women are to settle for unsatisfying marriages. The more acceptable it is for men to pursue their genetic disposition to spread their seed widely, the less likely they are to stay tied to one person throughout their lives. And that’s just two examples. There are many more factors.
But social stigma is still a very powerful force. Despite our circumstances, my husband–who doesn’t feel that force as much as many people do–feels the pressure to “go out and work,” because the roles of stay at home parents are so undervalued in U.S. society, and especially the role of stay-at-home dads is undervalued.
The pressure is there. We’ve just “innoculated” ourselves against divorce stigma. Divorce is the new normal.
Very true. I wonder if we will ever have an equitable balance between the needs of individuals and the needs of society as a whole?
I suspect we won’t, not without divine, or at the very least alien, intervention.
Or some kind of benevolent AI. 😉
I suppose it’s possible, but considering our relationships with our machines I have trouble imagining us creating, either on purpose or on accident, an AI that is benevolent.
We seem to create everything in our own image – hardly surprising as our imaginations are bound by our own human traits – so any AI we were to create would have to have the potential for the same faults as us… but perhaps on a larger scale. Now that is scary.
It is. But then again, if it’s truly an AI, then it’s possible that human beings didn’t create it at all–or at least not intentionally. In such a situation, who knows what we might get.
Good point. I believe a machine intelligence will arise at some point, but I agree that it will most likely be an accident, with unexpected consequences.
August 21st, 2013 at 2:29 pm
Have you read the Ender’s Quartet by Orson Scott Card?
Yeah. I absolutely loved the first book, not so taken with the rest.
Ah, but it’s in the rest where the AI comes into play. Jane is absolutely fascinating to me!
But, Ender’s Game was definitely more focused and the others kind of wandered about a bit more.
lol – yes they did. They were still good but for me they started to edge towards fantasy a wee bit too much.
lol aw, but fantasy is the good stuff! 😉
Yeeees… but I prefer sci-fi!
lol 😉 I know. And yet, you are eager for my fiction to be published?
There’s fantasy and then there’s fantasy. I adore Robin Hobbs fantasy because it’s somehow ‘realistic’, even though it has lots of magical elements to it.
I guess it’s all in the implementation. Lasguns and Faster-than-light travel are essentially no more real than magic, it’s how the author deals with these ‘power’ tools that makes the difference, imho.
The thing that truly annoys the hell our of me with [some] fantasy is that the magic just keeps getting bigger and bigger to solve every problem. It’s as if the magical is the important part of the story instead of how people[or other creatures] work within the constraints of the magic.
Does that make any sense?
Anyway, I’m pretty sure you’d be a Robin Hobb kind of fantasy writer. 🙂
Yes, that makes sense. The way I look at fantasy is that any power system is going to function under “natural” laws. In order to write about it, you have to have a basic understanding of the natural laws and either come up with a fabulous reason for defying them without breaking them–the bumble bee is a good example of that. Or you need to use those laws to complicate things. Preferably the later or both.
I think I’ll have to get me some Robin Hobbs! 😉
In our system we don’t vote in the leader, we vote in the party. If they change leaders the party is still the same so they don’t have to ask us if it is ok. We don’t necessarily have to like it though!
Rudd is making it more of a popularity contest than ever before but it still won’t be K. Rudd on the slip come polling day, it will be the member of that party in our individual electorates.
What Metan said. Most elections, we don’t really care that much about who the leaders of the parties are, but sometimes we get fixated on personalities. Sir Robert Menzies was one, Whitlam was another. Even Keating had a certain charisma. And now K.Rudd. 😉
See, and I wouldn’t like that at all. I always vote for the people, not the party. Political parties are like corporations: soulless, conscienceless, and amoral by nature, not to mention subject to mindless groupthinking. People can choose to do the right thing, even when it’s unpopular or not in their party’s best interests, simply because it’s the right thing to do.
lol – we are talking about politicians aren’t we? Seriously though, I agree with you about the personal element. All of our most beloved Prime Ministers have been strong, dynamic people. But I also think it’s important to have that group dynamic to balance things out. Don’t forget, our Prime Ministers are not limited to 8 years in office.
From memory our longest service PM was Sir Robert Menzies, and he was in for… 26 years? Even the best of people can lose their heads after so long.
Term limits help, so I see your point. I don’t know, though. In the U.S., there are (almost always) two dominant parties. Rarely a third viable one pops up, but they don’t last.
These parties create an unhealthy dichotomy. They cater to their bases to ensure they win primaries, and then (often) get stuck in positions that are basically untenable for the bigger middle ground. Especially now, compromise is virtually impossible.
If someone were ever to come up with a truly functional system of government…well, then, human beings would still manage to screw it up.
Yup. We would screw it up without blinking an eyelid. 😦 Unfortunately I can’t think of a better way of doing things – unless perhaps we chose our elected politicians at random, sort of the way people are elected for jury duty. No parties, no allegiances and no ambition. Could such a government be fundamentally worse do you think?
It would make an interesting story. But, the problem would be that there would still be a strong bureaucracy in place, which is not elected.
lol – There’s always a fly in the ointment isn’t there? Maybe in time the bureaucrats can be replaced by AIs.
Only if they don’t share our flaws or have worse ones of their own–what are the chances?
I think your predictions might well come true! I am not a Rudd fan but after watching his press conference today I think that small margin that No 1. predicts he will lose by will get smaller and smaller….
I think Rudd will do well if he manages to keep away from the Kevin of old. I think Shorten won’t be too popular with his crowd for a while but there are many of them who have done things that they probably didn’t want to in the last few days.
I still have a mental image of Kevin with an old, crumpled, Death List, he just crossed Julia off and now he is after the next name on the list… Look out, Tony….
lmao – I was watching ABC 24 and apparently Rudd is already pulling the rug out from under Tony’s feet in Parliament. Abbott is not stupid but he’ll have to lift his game quite a bit if he expects to make some headway against the new-improved K. Rudd. 😉
Wow! My head is spinning…
There’s an old saying in the U.S. that the only poll that counts in the one on election day. But, of course, that is not entirely true. The constant up/down of the polls and the drum beat in the media make every day a popularity contest. Right now, that means almost nothing gets done in Washington. The Congress is deadlocked on “ideological” matters — AKA the need to oppose out weighs the obligation to compromise in order to govern. Here, it’s politics over governing. Sounds like you’ve got an interesting version of the same in Australia.
Politics vs government/compromise is very much what we have had for 3 long, miserable years. And yet, thanks to the independents, the government actually managed to get a lot of very good things done. It’s just that the good got lost in all the rhetoric. Sometimes I truly hate politics and politicians. 😦
What a fantastic over view of the whole sordid (and to me very uninteresting, although i know I should be) mess. I think what Julia did last night was a very brave and strong act. To be so comfortable with who she is to say and do what she did takes a very strong person. Knowing that in a few hours you might be out of a job.
Regardless of how I might vote today, tomorrow or last week, I have absolute respect for the leader as it is one of those god awful jobs that means you’re dammed if you do and dammed if you don’t. You can’t please everyone, but have to do the best you can in an often bad situation.
The coming election will be very interesting indeed, new things are a coming for our little country.
Must admit I was impressed with her speech as well. And she has left an impressive legacy for her time in office. No one can take that away from her. Interesting times indeed. 🙂
Your elections sound even more fun than ours.We had a badly discredited Labour party in charge under a disliked Prime Minister who bankrupted the Country ( as Labour always do). At the election the Tories won but not by a margin big enough to give them overall control. In step the Liberal whores willing to sell their body to the highest bidder so they could form a Government. It was the Conservatives who sold out and formed a coalition. Trouble is, they had to backtrack on promises made during their campaign- nothing new there then.
Over the last couple of years the Tories have managed to betray all the disadvantaged by attacking the benefits system rather than those who abuse it. They have given austerity measures rather than close tax loopholes which allow for offshore tax havens, mainly because so many of them use them. Only now are they pushing companies like Starbucks into paying tax here and that’s because there’s been so much public outrage about it.
When, when, when will we get our own Penny Wong who might remember she works for the people not against them.?
I don’t know David. 😦 Maybe you need a politician with as many perceived things going against him/her as Penny Wong? Or maybe what you need is someone who is incapable of using spin. Fixing what’s wrong with politics would make an angel weep!
I so much prefer reading your take on it, although I feel over saturated in political events and news reporting, and would be happy to stick my head in a bucket of sand so I don’t have to deal with it any more. I think I need to escape to Taylors Arm where there’s no internet and the radio/TV very rarely goes on.
Let’s have Penny Wong on the job now… there is scope for what you believe she has to offer… and if the powers that would be, the factions and the Media could leave her the hell alone to get on with the job that would be nice too 😉
lol – I’d vote for Penny Wong right now too! Let’s keep our fingers crossed for the future.
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Mr. Anderson is a managing partner of Anderson Alexander. Mr. Anderson focuses the majority of his time on large scale wage and hour litigation under the Fair Labor Standards Act where he represents thousands of plaintiffs nationwide. When not working, Austin spends the rest of his time with his wife, Jordan, and his two children, Harlan and Finley.
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In January 2017, Mr. Alexander joined with friend and fellow attorney, Austin Anderson, to form Anderson Alexander. With their combined experience, Anderson Alexander is able to provide aggressive and “hands-on” representation to their clients from start to finish.
A South Texas native, Mr. Alexander’s practice focuses on pursuing wage and hour violations on behalf of employees across the United States in individual and large scale collective/class actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Mr. Alexander received his undergraduate degree from Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth, Texas before attending South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas. While at TCU, Mr. Alexander was a 3-year letterman for the Horned Frog football team and a member of the Leadership Council.
In addition to his substantial wage and hour experience, Mr. Alexander also represents victims harmed by the negligence of others. These cases include commercial vehicle and 18-wheeler wrecks, refinery and other oilfield and offshore-related injuries and wrongful death claims.
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Ms. Braddy received her undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas before attending Baylor Law School in Waco, Texas. While at Baylor, Ms. Braddy worked on behalf of America’s veterans at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs at the Waco Reginal Benefit Office while maintaining her place on the Dean’s List.
Since joining the legal team of Anderson Alexander, Ms. Braddy has focused her practice on wage and hour litigation under the Fair Labor Standards Act, representing clients in collective and class actions across the United States. In addition to FLSA cases, Ms. Braddy continues to represent individuals and businesses in commercial litigation across the State of Texas.
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Allergy Advocacy Association Donates Funds for EAI devices at Roberts Wesleyan
When college students are living away from home for the first time, it becomes more of a challenge to avoid certain foods and other allergens. We were pleased to donate $1,100 to Roberts Wesleyan College recently for the purchase of three packs of epinephrine auto-injector (EAI) devices to be stocked at various locations throughout the campus. Health Center coordinator Blandine Burks was very grateful to receive our donation and describes how the pens will be used.
Our Association awards grant to stock NPS EAI devices on Campus
By Suzanne Driscoll
“Thank you for your generosity, support and breath of life!” says Blandine Burks, Coordinator of the Health Center at Roberts Wesleyan College. The Allergy Advocacy Association was pleased to award Roberts Wesleyan College $1,100 for the purchase of three packs of epinephrine auto-injector (EAI) devices to be stocked, with one for the health center, one for the athletic trainer and one for campus safety.
As authorized by New York’s Emergency Allergy Treatment Act (EATA), the college is making epinephrine available for students, staff and visitors as needed. With a non-specific epinephrine prescription, trained college staff will be able to administer epinephrine to anyone suffering from anaphylaxis.
Ms. Burks heard about the Association’s grant program while attending a training session at St. John Fisher College last fall. Previously, the health center and the athletic trainer split an Epi-PenTM pack with each person taking one pen. At the training given by Dr. Syed Mustafa, they realized in a serious anaphylaxis situation a person usually needs to receive two applications of epinephrine, so they no longer share EAI device packs.
Although there has been a large increase in peanut and other allergies in students at the college, fortunately there have only been a few instances of anaphylaxis. The students involved carried their own EAI device and one girl was able to administer it herself when she had an allergic reaction in the dining hall. Campus Safety was called and they brought her to the health center and then to the hospital. On another occasion Ms. Burks administered an EAI device kept at the health center and the girl also had her own. “She did not want to go to the hospital,” Ms. Burks recalls, “but I know there can be a second, more severe reaction after being exposed to an allergen, so we insisted that she go since that is our policy.”
Ms. Burks encouraged all the nursing students at Roberts Wesleyan to attend the training given by the Allergy Advocacy Association at the University of Rochester School of Nursing in early April. “Our main goal is to prevent serious allergic reactions in the first place. Our dining hall personnel are specifically trained and all food with potential allergens is clearly labeled.
“Your commitment to raise awareness and support to keep students safe by providing the means to treat anaphylaxis in college communities is greatly appreciated.”
© Copyright Allergy Advocacy Association 2019.
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National Tree Planting Day in Tanzania Date in the current year: April 1, 2019
National Tree Planting Day in Tanzania is celebrated on April 1. The campaign was launched in 1999 in order to fight deforestation and contain the encroachment of desert.
Tanzania is a highly biodiverse country with a wide variate of habitats. Approximately 38% of its land area is set aside in national parks, reserves, and other protected areas for conservation. Prevention of forest loss is an important aspect of Tanzania's conservation policy.
Forest land constitutes abut two thirds of Tanzania, but the country has been losing its forests over the past years. National Tree Planting Day was launched in 1999 to raise awareness of deforestation and consolidate efforts to fight it. Originally it was celebrated on January 1, but in the 2010s its date was moved to April 1.
National Tree Planting Day is mostly symbolic as rain season varies with region, and each region has its own planting season. On April 1, the Tanzania Forest Services Agency holds special events, for example, launching of new forest plantations. Numerous events are also held at Tanzanian schools. They aim at educating Tanzanians on the benefits of planting trees and the proper ways of doing it as well as raising awareness of the dangers of deforestation.
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Chase Young
Penn State’s Rahne takes responsibility for failed 4th-and-5
By RALPH D. RUSSOOctober 1, 2018
Penn State quarterback Trace McSorley (9) drops back to pass against Ohio State during the first half of an NCAA college football game in State College, Pa., Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Chris Knight)
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State offensive coordinator Ricky Rahne took responsibility Monday for calling the failed fourth-and-5 running play on the Nittany Lions’ final drive against Ohio State, saying “ultimately I didn’t give our guys the best chance to succeed.”
The play came at the Ohio State 43 with 1:22 left in the fourth quarter Saturday night and the Buckeyes leading 27-26. Quarterback Trace McSorley, who accounted for a school-record 461 total yards in the game, handed to Miles Sanders on an inside run and the tailback was stuffed for a 2-yard loss. Buckeyes defensive end Chase Young looped inside on the play and made the tackle after being virtually unblocked.
The Buckeyes ran out the clock from there.
“I was upset with (the play call) because there was a particular thing that I should have foreseen and I didn’t,” Rahne told The Associated Press. “I should have foreseen one other thing, and I didn’t. That made it a little bit more difficult than I thought it was going to be.”
Rahne, who is in his first season as No. 11 Penn State’s playcaller, said he was most upset that head coach James Franklin and McSorley were left to answer for his call after the loss to the third-ranked Buckeyes After games, Franklin’s policy is that only he and the players address the media.
Penn State took two timeouts before the decisive play and Ohio State called its own timeout in between.
Rahne said Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano was using a defensive front the Buckeyes normally use to rush the passer on the final play. Rahne said that while the inside-zone run did not have a lot of success overall against the Buckeyes, it did against those types of defensive fronts. Rahne recalled two similar long-yardage downs when Sanders picked up good gains, including 12 yards on a third-and-13 in the third quarter.
“So that was the thought process that went into it,” said Rahne said. “I felt like we had a good chance to run the ball and split it right up the hash. I went back and watched the tape. Is there a possibility for that? Yeah, maybe, but ultimately I didn’t give our guys the best chance to succeed.”
Rahne would not say specifically what Ohio State did that he failed to anticipate.
Rahne, 38, has worked for Franklin since 2011 at Vanderbilt. This is Rahne’s first season as an offensive coordinator. He was promoted by Franklin after Joe Moorhead left to become head coach of Mississippi State in December. Rahne called plays in Penn State’s Fiesta Bowl victory against Washington.
After the loss, Franklin took responsibility for the final call and he reiterated that Monday.
“At the end of the day I’m the head coach and I have to take responsibility for it,” Franklin told AP. Franklin said he could have overruled Rahne, but that is not the way he prefers to manage a game.
“That sounds good on Monday after the fact when the play isn’t successful,” Franklin said.
Franklin said he makes suggestions about whether to be more conservative or aggressive throughout a game, but he wants his coordinators on both sides of the ball to call the plays.
“A guy is into the flow of calling the game and you try to jump in and call something, I don’t think that’s in the best interest of our players and our organization,” Franklin said. “When the head coach jumps in and tries to change the call that can do more harm than good in the long-term.”
Rahne said it was not just the final play that bothered him. Penn State missed early opportunities to build a big lead when drives stalled in Ohio State territory.
“And that’s what I told my guys,” Rahne said. “Hey, I’m going to evaluate myself just as much on the other three, four plays that I didn’t love those call that I made just as much as that one.”
Rahne said the success of a play usually comes down to who wins 11 one-on-one battles on the field.
“On that play, I lost my one-on-one battle with Coach Schiano,” Rahne said.
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Home > History
Our story, like that of many churches has been an adventure full of triumphs, failures, challenges, solutions, set-backs and steps forward. Through it all God has been faithful and has helped us. It wouldn't be possible to write here about all the events of our church history but we provide a brief outline.
The Pentecostal Movement and Assemblies of God
Alsager Community Church belongs to a group of Pentecostal Churches called The Assemblies of God and so our story must include an explanation of who they are...
AoG (GB) is just one of a number of Pentecostal groups in this country and the Pentecoastal movement worldwide is a massive proportion of the worldwide church with hundreds of millions of adherants. It began around the turn of the 20th Century and spread to many countries of the world (and has continued to do so ever since).
A group of leaders from these UK churches met together in the early 1920s and decided to form a network (or in the terms they used, fellowship) of affiliated independent churches who would be connected together in relationship and cooperation. These independent churches would then have a covering of accountability whilst still preserving their autonomy. Assemblies of God groups exist all over the world but in many cases structure themselves quite differently to the UK fellowship.
In 1972, Ray and Barbara Holdcroft started what was then known as Alsager Pentecostal Church. At first it met in homes but soon after moved into a Guide Hut on the main road, where the church building now stands. The building was bought by the church in 1976 but was already past its prescribed use-by date! The decision was taken in the late 80s, to build a new building, on the same site which would provide additional facilities for the growing church.
Permanent but temporary
The challenge that the church faced was that it didn't own the land and only had a 5 year lease. They believed God would give them the land (and we now own it) but had to be responsible. The church members built a new church after virtually inventing a new construction method, in such a way that if need be, it could be dismantled and moved. They moved into the new building in 1990 and the old guide hut was sold to an angler's society and dismantled.
Ministers came and went...Names change...
Ray moved on in 1993 (He is still local, now leading the Rhema Mission Church in Rode Heath) and was succeeded by Chris Scire who changed the name of the church to Alsager Christian Ministry Centre. He continued to lead the church during which time a church was planted in Audley, until 2000.
He in turn was then suceeded by Matthew and Christine Wright who served as Pastors until 2012 after over 13 years of ministry into the church, having first become associated with the church whilst students at the Elim Bible College, then in Nantwich. They changed the name again, to Alsager Community Church.
The current Minister, Pete Howard arrived in July 2013 and in 2014 the church underwent an almost complete refurbishment to the building in preperation for the next chapter of what we believed God is going to do. This has included adding to our facilities with a new modular building on our land which serves as a community resource - Alsager Community Support Centre.
The journey continues...
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John McMillen
Catherina Barbara Klipfel
Birth 2 Jan 1804 Nehweiler, Bas-Rhin, France
Died 6 May 1856 New Orleans, Louisiana
Father Heinrich (Henry) Klipfel
b. 1781, Nehweiler, Bas-Rhin, France
Mother Catherina Barbara Meyer
b. Nehweiler, Bas-Rhin, France
Married 19 Jun 1796 Niederbronn, Bas-Rhin, France
Family 1 Charles Fields
b. Abt 1799, New York State
+ 1. Julia Fields
b. Abt 1822, New Orleans, Louisiana
2. Antoinette Fields
b. 1 Oct 1826, New Orleans, Louisiana
Family 2 John McMillen
b. 1804, New York City, New York
Married 31 May 1838 Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
1. John McMillan
2. Emma McMillan
b. Abt 1838
3. Thomas McMillan
b. 27 Dec 1839
+ 4. Ellen McMillan
b. 22 Oct 1842
Died 27 Dec 1838
Father John McMillen
Mother Catherina Barbara Klipfel
b. 2 Jan 1804, Nehweiler, Bas-Rhin, France
Emma McMillan
Abt 1838 -
Birth Abt 1838
Thomas McMillan
Ellen McMillan
Birth 22 Oct 1842
Died 5 Mar 1910 New Orleans, Louisiana
Buried Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Family Joseph H. Degrange
b. 15 Mar 1839
Married 10 Dec 1859 Notre Dame de Bon Secours Church, New Orleans, Louisiana
+ 1. Henry Snodgrass Degrange, Sr.
b. 3 Aug 1861, New Orleans, Louisiana
+ 2. Dr. Joseph Tormey Degrange
b. 25 Nov 1864, New Orleans, Louisiana
+ 3. George Edward Degrange
b. 11 Dec 1864, New Orleans, Louisiana
+ 4. Benjamin Jacques Degrange
b. Mar 1867
5. Isabella N.c. Degrange
+ 6. Helen Pauline "Weenie" Degrange
b. 11 May 1872, New Orleans, Louisiana
7. Samuel Degrange
b. 1 Dec 1881, New Orleans, Louisiana
+ 8. Marie Beatrice Louise Choisy Degrange
Name John McMillen
Born 1804 New York City, New York [1]
Alternatively, his daughter Ellen's 1880 census says that he was born in New Jersey.
Occupation a "moulder"
Died 23 Jun 1842 New Orleans, Louisiana [2]
Buried Girod St. Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana
He is on the Louisiana Mysteries page. HIs ancestry is a complete mystery to me: please let me know if you can help! His son John may have been a son by a first marriage?
There are John McMillens who immigrated or were naturalized into Baltimore and Ohio in the mid-1820s, born at about the right time.
A John McMillen enlisted in the Army for 5 years in Dec. 1819 who was aged 16; he was from New York City. According to the record, he "deserted June 2/20. Dec. 31/20 confined"; he was confined over the next year. "June 30/21 present sick"--so he was back in. This might be him.
A Margaret Ann McMillen died in New Orleans on 10 May 1842, aged 33; she was born abt. 1809.
There is John McMillan in Caddo Parish, Louisiana on the 1840 census; he has 2 males under 5, one between 5 and 10, one aged 20 to 30, and one aged 30 to 40; and one woman aged 30 to 40. This would fit if Ellen weren't born yet at the census (she technically would have been), and the man from aged 20 to 30 is an unknown relative of some sort. There are other McMillans living in Caddo Parish as well.
The 1842 City Directory, for the year he died, has three McMillens, none of which is "J."
There is a John McMullen I've seen record of at the time. A succession was filed, for instance, under this name in the Parish of Orleans First District Court (#5770) between 1846 and 1853. I think he's a ship's captain who died in an accident.
He was buried in Girod St. Cemetery. Founded in 1822, the Girod St. (Protestant) Cemetery was de-consecrated and abandoned in 1957. The remains were re-located to the Hope Mausoleum, 4841 Canal St. [3, 4]
Spouse / Partner Catherina Barbara Klipfel
d. 6 May 1856, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 52 years)
d. 27 Dec 1838 (Age 4 years)
d. 21 May 1840 (Age 0 years)
d. 5 Mar 1910, New Orleans, Louisiana (Age 67 years)
Born - 1804 - New York City, New York
Married - 31 May 1838 - Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Died - 23 Jun 1842 - New Orleans, Louisiana
Buried - - Girod St. Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Death certificate for John McMillan (d. 1842; registered 1850)
. . . "on this day, to-wit the twenty fifth of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty . . . personally appeared Mrs. Barbara Klipfel, widow by first marriage of Charles Fields and by second marriage of John McMillen, ^who by these presents declares that her second husband John McMillen,^ a native of the State of New York, died in this city of New Orleans on the twenty third day of June eighteen hundred and forty two. . . . "
Reference "John McMillen". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I3427&tree=1sttree (accessed July 17, 2019).
[S76] Certificate of Death, New Orleans. vol. 12, page 214.
[S76] Certificate of Death, New Orleans. vol 12, page 214.
[S677] U.S. Army, Regsiter of Enlistments, 1798-1914. on page 296 of 391.
[S76] Certificate of Death, New Orleans. vol. 9, page 303.
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David Ostrowski: The Thin Red Line at...
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David Ostrowski: The Thin Red Line at Sprüth Magers (London)
01/09/2019 by Alexiss Valencia
Installation view, David Ostrowski, ‘The Thin Red Line’, Sprüth Magers, London, November 28, 2018 – January 19, 2019. Photography: Voytek Ketz, London & postproduction by Hans-Georg Gaul, Berlin.
The Thin Red Line is David Ostrowski’s very first solo show with Sprüth Magers in London, for which he has developed a new body of paintings and materials that serve as a meditation on the colour red.
The series was begun earlier this year as part of a new red phase in Ostrowski’s practice, which has focused previously on minimal interventions of blue spray paint and applied elements on largely white or neutral canvases. The colour red had appeared in Ostrowski’s work as early as 2009, but it has taken nearly ten years for him to return to the colour exclusively. The cultural relativity of the colour red was an initial point of interest for the artist; it connotes affairs of the heart for some, has become almost universally synonymous with danger, and represents good luck in other cultures. Grappling with this complex personality and its cultural preconceptions was a central concern for Ostrowski in developing the current works, which have materialized as repositories of the presence and absence of the colour red. The artist applied found materials from his studio, elements such as cotton, wood and paper, to canvases which have been painted in acrylic and lacquer. F (Component), features part of the name of a German paint brand, Alpinaweiß, painted in red acrylic on a pale background, whilst F (Freischwinger) is a digital pigment print of antique chairs superimposed on a red backdrop. Paintings with large areas of paintwork signal Ostrowski’s idiosyncratic painting style – working quickly and spontaneously with fast-drying materials, adding texture and depth through collaged elements.
The accompanying catalogue The Thin Red Line explores further the complexity of the colour red, and should be viewed as part of the exhibition itself. Ostrowski commissioned a series of texts from writers and academics, with ‘red’ as his only specification. In Tenzing Barshee’s fictional text, ‘Very Idea’, the figures A, B and C pontificate on art, and in so doing, characterize red variously as ‘patriarchy’, ‘systemic violence’, ‘the red flag’, ‘lipstick’ and ‘blood vessels’. Meanwhile, Torsten Schmidt takes A Thin Red Line as the title for a fictional narrative about a car crash, whilst other texts explore the sociopolitical, psychological and biological context of the colour red.
The catalogue The Thin Red Line will be published by Mousse Publishing, Milan, in collaboration with Karma Books, New York, with further written contributions from Elisa R. Linn, Gregor Quack and Lennart Wolff.
David Ostrowski (*1981) lives and works in Cologne. Ostrowski studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Albert Oehlen from 2004–2009. He was awarded the Atelierstipendium by the Kölnischer Kunstverein and the Imhoff-Stiftung, Cologne, in 2012. Recent solo exhibitions include Bei mir geht es in den Keller hochat Blueproject Foundation, Barcelona (2017), To Lose (a two-man show with Michail Pirgelis) at the Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren (2016), The F Word at the ARKEN Museum, Copenhagen, and I want to die forever at Kunstraum Innsbruck (both 2015), as well as How to do things left at Rubell Family Collection, Miami and Just do it at the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin (both 2014). Ostrowski’s work has also been included in group exhibitions at the M Woods Museum, Beijing (2015), Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz (2014), and at the ICA, London (2014). Ostrowski’s work also featured in DONT the Music and Art Performance at Halle 9 Kirowwerk, Leipzig (2017).
Installation view, David Ostrowski, ‘The Thin Red Line’, Sprüth Magers, London, November 28, 2018 – January 19, 2019. Photography: Voytek Ketz, London & postproduction by Hans-Georg Gaul, Berlin
Tags: art blog, art blogger, contemporary art blog, David Ostrowski, Sprüth Magers, The Thin Red Line
Alexiss Valencia
Alexiss Valencia is a New York-based writer. She enjoys covering contemporary art shows and events in New York.
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Taylor Alesia Biography
Biography by Saburo Published on 24 Mar, 2017 Updated on 01 Mar, 2019
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Taylor Alesia is a well-known social media icon, popular for her Instagram account with millions of followers. She is active on the popular video social networking app, musical.ly and has a decent fan base on her Twitter account and live video streaming service, YouNow. Taylor has her own YouTube channel, where she posts her personal videos. She started gaining more popularity at such an early age. And as of 2019, she has over 2.3 million subscribers on her self-titled YouTube Channel.
Early Life Of Taylor Alesia
Taylor was born on October 13, 1999, in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States. Her ethnicity is white and belongs to American nationality. Her birth sign is Libra. She grew up in Arizona with an awesome childhood and also did her schooling from there.
Alesia has also an older sister.
Taylor Alesia's Career
Taylor first established her image on social media via Twitter and Instagram. She is popular for her pictures that are posted on her Instagram account. Her posts on Instagram and Twitter account made her even more popular and established her as a renowned social media personality.
Taylor started posting her videos in a video social networking app, musical.ly in which she gained fame as a musical.ly star. She had assisted famous social media personality Taylor Caniff with merchandise on his RV project tour. She got a lot of exposure and was rumored in the news as his girlfriend during her tour with Caniff.
Her photos on Instagram have inspired many of her fans on their fashion and lifestyle. Taylor usually shares incidents from her life in videos that are uploaded on YouTube. She showed her followers, pictures of a fan who is probably troubled with her, wearing the exact clothes as her and following her wherever she goes to one of those videos.
Taylor Alesia's Net Worth And Earnings
Taylor Alesia has collected a huge amount of net worth from her YouTube channel. The social media star has over 2.38 million subscribers on her self-titled YouTube channel as of 2019. And from her channel, her earnings range between $9.3 K to $148.8 K a year.
Alesia is also running a clothing line (merch) which is also the major source of her income. Most of her products are ranges between of $12.99-$39.99.
Her ex-boyfriend Tanner has a net worth around $800K from his YouTube career.
Taylor Alesia's Personal Life And Affairs
Taylor Alesia has reached the age of 22 now. She is beautiful, young and talented personality, who has successfully gained more popularity in the field at such an early age. Talking about her personal life, she is not married yet. The youtube star is dating Matt Freeman. Alesia was in a relationship with Tanner Fox, YouTube star.
Taylor shared her experience of dating a person in junior school who ended up the relationship leaving her in her room while she was asleep.
Her name was on the news for the first time when her friend, Taylor Caniff revealed about their relationship that they were not dating, in an interview with San Diego TV Station. They traveled around for some time and were close friends during the RV tour.
However, Caniff insisted that he is still single and not dating anyone. Alesia was not pleased with his interview as he promised to keep in touch and take her to Texas. She came out to her fans and revealed about having proof of their relationship. As proof, she posted a picture of them kissing on a beach on her Twitter account.
Taylor later had an affair with Mikey Barone and later broke up. Mikey once indirectly accused her of not being a nice person, while her fan commented on how sweet she is.
Taylor was put on a controversy when she revealed that You Now star brothers Nash Grier and Hayes Grier smoke suspicious cigarettes. Even though the whole incident stirred a controversy, some of their fans did not see it as much of an issue and criticized her for seeking attention in a cheap way.
Alesia is a dog person who often shares beautiful snaps of her dog on her Instagram account where she has over 2.3 million followers as of 2019.
Taylor Alesia's Height And Age
Taylor is beautiful and has a perfect body measurement of 32-22-33. She stands 1.6m (5 feet 4 inches) tall and weighs 105 pounds. She is also popular among her fans for her beautiful personality and awesome body figure.
Alesia's age: she is aged 22 years.
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IMF Survey, Volume 34, Issue 07
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
The Web edition of the IMF Survey is updated several times a week, and contains a wealth of articles about topical policy and economic issues in the news. Access the latest IMF research, read interviews, and listen to podcasts given by top IMF economists on important issues in the global economy. www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/home.aspx
IMF Survey Vol.34, No.7 April 2005
At a glance: IMF financial data
In the news: overview Ministers urge vigilance to safeguard global economic pickup
All nations urged to tackle global imbalances
IMF must adapt to meet strategic challenges
Research: Global growth in 2005 likely to remain robust, despite risks
Research: Oil market to remain volatile on rising demand, sluggish supply
Policy: Ministers seek to step up poverty reduction efforts
Policy: MDGs pose daunting challenges, require urgent action
Regional focus: More open markets, greater aid needed for Africa
Africa’s prospects improve, but MDGs remain out of reach
Country focus: Brazil—Achieving its vast potential
Reforms and debt relief set stage for accelerated poverty reduction in Honduras
IMF lending: Stand-By, EFF, and PRGF arrangements as of March 31
Research: Some hope from latest data on world poverty
Global outlook, risks, and policy responses
Shaping the IMF’s strategic direction
IMF support for low-income member countries
IMFC communiqué
Following is the full text of the communiqué issued by the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) after its meeting in Washington, D.C., on April 16. The meeting was chaired by Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom.
The Committee welcomes the continuing global economic expansion, underpinned by supportive macroeconomic policies, improving corporate balance sheets, and benign financial market conditions. While returning to a more sustainable pace, global growth will likely remain robust in 2005. The Committee notes, however, that widening imbalances across regions and the continued rise in oil prices and oil market volatility have increased risks. The potential for a sharper than expected rise in long-term interest rates from their very low levels and for increased exchange rate volatility also calls for vigilance. The Committee emphasizes that in the coming months IMF surveillance should focus on promoting policies for reducing global imbalances over time; addressing the impact of higher oil prices, in particular on the most vulnerable countries; managing the policy response to potential inflationary pressures; and ensuring the sustainability of medium-term fiscal frameworks.
The Committee reiterates that all countries have a shared responsibility to take advantage of the current favorable economic conditions to address key risks and vulnerabilities. To ensure orderly adjustment of global imbalances and to help achieve more sustainable external positions and stronger medium-term growth, the Committee calls for concrete actions by all to implement the agreed policy response in a timely and effective manner. This includes fiscal consolidation to increase national savings in the United States; greater exchange rate flexibility as appropriate, supported by continued financial sector reform, in emerging Asia; further structural reforms to boost growth and domestic demand in Europe; and further structural reforms, including fiscal consolidation, in Japan.
The Committee notes that conditions in the oil market will remain tight in the medium term, reflecting strong global demand, low excess capacity, and supply concerns even after investments in some countries. It underscores the importance of stability in oil markets for global prosperity, and recognizes the impact of higher oil prices especially on poorer communities. In this context, the Committee calls for efforts to remove disincentives to investment in oil production and refining capacity, and to promote energy sustainability and efficiency, including through new technologies and removing barriers to the development of alternative fuels. It encourages closer dialogue between oil exporters and importers, and further efforts to improve oil market data and transparency.
Inflation remains relatively subdued in most countries, reflecting in part greater credibility of monetary policy. However, with inflationary pressures likely to increase as the expansion matures, a smooth transition to more neutral interest rates remains a priority in many countries, although the appropriate timing and pace will vary, depending on countries’ cyclical positions. In countries receiving strong capital inflows, exchange rate flexibility would facilitate monetary management.
Steps to strengthen fiscal positions within sound frameworks and address structural weaknesses will also be critical for supporting medium-term growth and macroeconomic stability, and meeting demographic challenges. Fiscal deficits remain high in many industrial countries and should be reduced. In emerging markets, fiscal indicators have generally improved, but in countries with high levels of public debt continued efforts will be needed to reduce them to more sustainable levels. In both industrial and developing economies, structural reforms need to be advanced to remove rigidities and ensure sustainable growth. The Committee welcomes Argentina’s rapid recovery. The recent debt exchange offer represents an important step toward the long-term goal of sustainable growth. Argentina will now need to formulate a forward-looking strategy to resolve the remaining arrears outstanding to private creditors consistent with the IMF’s lending into arrears policy, and to continue with necessary structural reforms.
Poverty reduction must remain at the top of the international agenda. The Committee welcomes the strong growth performance across developing countries, particularly in sub- Saharan Africa, but notes with concern that most of them are at risk of falling well short of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). With improved macroeconomic stability in most countries, the key challenge remains to press ahead with reforms to strengthen the investment environment and foster private sector-led growth. The global community, in turn, needs to support these reform efforts through meeting commitments to increased and better coordinated financial and technical assistance, further debt relief, policies to improve remittance flows, and improved market access for developing countries.
The Committee emphasizes that successful and ambitious multilateral trade liberalization is central to sustained global growth and economic development. The immediate priority is for WTO [World Trade Organization] members to translate the mid-2004 framework agreements into a viable policy package in time for the December 2005 WTO Ministerial Conference. The Committee encourages Doha participants to aim for ambitious and comprehensive results, notably in agriculture; substantial reductions in barriers to other trade, including liberalization in financial and other services; and strengthened multilateral trade rules.
The Committee supports the IMF’s continued role in advocating trade liberalization and assisting members to benefit from it. It encourages the IMF to work with other partners in the Integrated Framework to explore further ways of easing adjustment to trade liberalization, including through the Trade Integration Mechanism, and building capacity in low-income countries. The Committee looks forward to consideration of proposals at its next meeting.
The Committee welcomes the discussions under way on the IMF’s medium-term strategy, and looks forward to reaching conclusions by the 2005 Annual Meetings and further reflection on longer-term issues. The Committee agrees that the central elements of the IMF’s mandate as set out in its Articles of Agreement remain as important as ever. The challenge is to enhance the IMF’s effectiveness in pursuing its core objectives, while continuing to adapt to changing global economic circumstances. This would ensure that the IMF remains relevant for all its members, which would further foster the coherence, credibility, and evenhandedness of the IMF.
The Committee calls for further work on the following emerging priorities that will help shape the institution’s strategic direction:
Surveillance is a central task of the IMF and determined efforts are required to enhance its effectiveness and impact, building on the conclusions of the Biennial Review of Surveillance. Surveillance should become more focused and selective in analyzing issues, in an evenhanded way across the membership. Regional and global surveillance should play an increasingly important role, and be better integrated with bilateral surveillance.
Work on financial sector issues and international capital markets should be further strengthened to reduce vulnerabilities and promote financial stability. This, including the Financial Sector Assessment Program, should be integrated more fully into surveillance and other activities, and complemented by advice to members on ways to improve access to international capital markets and on orderly capital account liberalization.
The IMF’s lending function is a central pillar of its mandate. All lending should be selective and anchored in strong country ownership and institutional frameworks, putting members firmly on the road to external viability. The Committee looks forward to further reflection on how the needs of members could be met through IMF arrangements, and whether new instruments or revisions to existing facilities are required.
The IMF has a critical role to play in helping low-income countries in their efforts to reduce poverty and achieve strong, sustainable growth through sound policies and institutions for macroeconomic stability. Efforts should continue to adapt the IMF’s activities and instruments to the special circumstances and challenges of low-income countries, based on strong cooperation and clarity of responsibilities with the World Bank.
The IMF must meet the highest standards of internal management, control, auditing, and governance. This will require further deepening of budget reforms, further work on the IMF’s finances and financial structure, and efficient deployment of resources to reflect priorities. The Committee also looks forward to further work on risk management and control, and personnel management systems.
The IMF’s effectiveness and credibility as a cooperative institution must be safeguarded and further enhanced. Adequate voice and participation by all members should be assured, and the distribution of quotas should reflect developments in the world economy. The Committee emphasizes that the period of the Thirteenth General Review of Quotas provides an opportunity for the membership to make progress toward a consensus on the issues of quotas, voice, and participation.
The Committee underscores the conclusion of this year’s Global Monitoring Report that bold actions are urgently needed by the developing countries and their partners to realize the MDGs. The UN Summit in September 2005 will mark an important milestone to review progress and lay out actions going forward. The IMF has a critical role in supporting—through policy advice, capacity building, and financial assistance, including debt relief—low-income countries’ efforts to achieve macroeconomic stability, debt sustainability, and strong, sustainable high growth needed to make progress toward the MDGs.
Work is under way to refine the operational aspects of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) approach, improve the design of [Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility] PRGF-supported programs, and enhance PRGF-PRS alignment. This will be underpinned by more extensive analyses of the sources of and obstacles to growth, and of the linkages between growth and poverty reduction. The Committee looks forward to further work to ensure adequate financing of the PRGF to meet future demands as assessed by the IMF, and other IMF instruments to assist low-income countries, including to help members deal with shocks. It also looks forward to further work on a policy monitoring arrangement to enhance the IMF’s signaling role for countries that do not need or want IMF financing.
The Committee supports work by the IMF and the World Bank on aid effectiveness and financing modalities. On innovative sources of development financing—such as the International Finance Facility (IFF) and its pilot, the IFF for immunization; global taxes, which could also refinance the IFF; the Millennium Challenge Account; and other financing measures—it welcomes the joint IMF and World Bank note outlining progress that has been made. The Committee asks to be kept informed of the further work ahead of the UN Summit.
The Committee notes the recent progress in providing debt relief under the [Heavily Indebted Poor Countries] HIPC Initiative. It encourages countries to take the necessary actions to benefit from the Initiative, and urges full creditor participation. The Committee supports the joint IMF-World Bank framework to assist low-income countries’ efforts to achieve and maintain debt sustainability while pursuing their development objectives, and a review of experience under the framework.
The Committee welcomes the IMF’s work and the preliminary discussion of key issues regarding proposals for further multilateral debt relief and its financing options, and calls for further discussion with shareholders and examination of these issues, including the possible use of the IMF’s resources, by the time of its next meeting. It notes that any possible further debt relief from the IMF should be part of a wider international effort.
The Committee welcomes progress toward meeting the objectives of IMF surveillance identified at its last meeting, including in the areas of exchange rate issues, financial sector surveillance, better integrating debt sustainability analysis and regional and global spillovers into country surveillance, and balance sheet vulnerabilities. It also welcomes the Africa Regional Economic Outlook. The Committee looks forward to the upcoming review of the Standards and Codes Initiative to assess its effectiveness in informing surveillance, enhancing crisis prevention, and strengthening countries’ institutions.
The Committee welcomes the increased adoption of collective action clauses in international sovereign bonds, and calls on the IMF to continue to promote progress in this area. It notes the “Principles for Stable Capital Flows and Fair Debt Restructuring in Emerging Markets” being developed by a number of sovereign issuers and the investor community, and encourages further efforts to improve the Principles aimed at achieving a broad consensus. The Committee looks forward to further work on the orderly resolution of financial crises, including the implementation of the IMF’s lending into arrears policy.
The Committee takes note of the recent review of IMF conditionality, including the design of IMF-supported programs. Progress has been made in streamlining conditionality and fostering national ownership. The Committee encourages the IMF to incorporate the findings of the review into its operational work and to deepen further its analysis of key elements of program design.
The Committee recommends completion of the ratification of the Fourth Amendment.
The Committee wishes to thank James Wolfensohn for his great contribution as President of the World Bank. During his time at the helm of the Bank, great strides have been made in cooperation and partnership between the IMF and the World Bank, and in progress toward realizing our dream of a world free of poverty.
It is expected that the next meeting of the IMFC will be held in Washington, D.C., on September 23, 2005.
The full text of the IMFC and the Development Committee communiqués, as well as Spring Meetings speeches and press conference transcripts, are available on the IMF’s website (http://www.imf.org).
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Asians and dyed hair
natalie_ng
I was having this little convo with a couple of people on Twitter and thought it’ll be interesting to hear your thoughts on the matter.
I tweeted that I didn’t like G-Dragon with his weirdly colored orange hair and wished that he would go back to black because imo, black hair looks the best on guys.
I mean, if I were to choose between this:
It’s obviously no contest. Black hair looks the most masculine/sexiest imo.
A couple of guys (both Asian guys) tweeted me back and said they felt the same way about Asian girls dying their hair. They prefer the girls to keep their hair black.
So we all know it’s a very common trend to see Asians, especially the girls, dying their hair. But I’m curious as to what you guys think about it? Do you prefer the opposite gender to keep their hair black, do you prefer it dyed or you don’t care either way?
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@secondstrike said in Asians and dyed hair:
@WokenUp
So I don’t know how to use the quote button properly.
Ya, this is a bit weird. The quote system only works at the first layer (a single “less than sign”). By the second layer (two “less than sign”), it acts as a spoiler hiding device.
Yeah the arrows confused me lol
The lynchings are f-king inhumane. The Chinese also got lynched in LA in the past. Basically, a mob of white men (sources vary on how much but it was large) massacred Chinese in LA, men, women, children.
You may be referring to this?
The Chinese massacre of 1871 was a racially motivated riot which occurred on October 24, 1871 in Los Angeles, California, when a mob of around 500 white men entered Chinatown to attack, rob, and murder Chinese residents of the city.[1][2] The massacre took place on Calle de los Negros (Street of the Negroes), also referred to as “Nigger Alley”, which later became part of Los Angeles Street. An estimated 17 to 20 Chinese immigrants were systematically tortured and then hanged by the mob, making the event the largest mass lynching in American history.[1][2][3]
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_massacre_of_1871
That’s exactly what I’m talking about
i can’t figure out how to send u any messages.
Click on natalie_ng’s name to see her profile then click the blue button then click chat with natalie_ng
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@natalie_ng So I don’t know how to use the quote button properly. I’ll work on that. But to answer your question, I felt like they had contempt for playing the Asian characters. The contempt directed at me was when she was talking down to me in the PM exchange and my avatar was a Japanese guy. The only interaction I’ve had with Americans is online but whenever I make it known I’m Asian or someone else makes it known they’re Asian there’s this weird change in the way they speak. Very weird. Reading stuff on the forums, well, I understand it better now.
The lynchings are f-king inhumane. The Chinese also got lynched in LA in the past. Basically, a mob of white men (sources vary on how much but it was large) massacred Chinese in LA, men, women, children. They dragged them from their homes and set their places on fire to smoke them out and hung them. You can read up on this or I don’t know, maybe it’s on the site already. But no one was spared. One guy was a doctor who was apparently well respected in the community and they dragged him out and cut off his finger and took the ring on his finger. For the lynchings for black people, the act itself is cruel but to take pleasure in it is just a whole new level of evil. I actually agree with you there about them needing to feel superior. It’s kind of brainwashing. I read about the Irish. I think the English basically starved them somehow and that led to potatoes being a staple for the Irish because they couldn’t really grow anything or they had no food resources. I read up they did look down on the Italians and it was one of the reasons why the Italian mafia was formed. This is why I don’t trust white people entirely and especially, Americans. Funny thing is, I never felt this way when I was younger but maybe it’s because I only saw America as it was portrayed in the media which was always positive.
This is good that you’ve been able to reach those places. China may possibly be one of the last East Asian countries that doesn’t have an immediate hard-on for anything western just because it is western which is why those in power wants so badly to sabotage/undermine/demonize whatever China is doing or tries to do while ignoring that the west isn’t perfect as well. I mean, have they seen the type of crap that happens in western countries? In the news, someone set a bus driver on fire and just stood there and smiled while everyone in the bus was trying to get out of a bus that was on fire. A taxi driver (who was brown) was the one that broke the back door of the bus to allow everyone to escape. And yes, the guy who set the bus driver on fire was a “mentally ill” white guy. Terrorist would’ve been the more appropriate word.
Neither her nor the white person was interested in role playing the characters at all. I could feel their contempt through the computer screen.
Do you mean that they had contempt for playing the Asian characters or was their contempt directed at you? Well, I guess it doesn’t matter whether it’s the former or the latter–their racism is still showing.
I read up on lynchings that happened in America and the glee on white peoples’ faces is horrifying.
Yeah, sometimes I suspect that their sadistic nature (plus their racism combined) has to do with some kind of mental illness or like what you said, that they were brought up to believe they were superior. I do think your mentioning of them thinking they’re always superior to others is very valid. That would explain why before there were a lot of non-white minorities, they discriminated/hated each other (they looked down on the Irish, the Jews and the Italians too I think, despite all of these groups having white faces like theirs). In other words, they always feel the need to be superior over someone else and if blacks and Asians didn’t exist, I guarantee they would exercise this superiority complex over each other like they once did with the Irish.
Say, a guy from Germany or France. But I want to say that part of it isn’t entirely the white person’s fault there.
Yep, a lot of it goes back to white-worshipping on the part of Asians.
This can be changed over time. I just don’t know how.
We’re looking to translate a lot of the stuff we write here and on other woke Asian sites to spread around Asian social networks that are commonly used in Asia. We’re hoping to at least educate them on why whites are not as great as they seem to be (by pointing out their tendency to be violent, child molesters, etc…and using a lot of sources and evidence to back it up of course). One of my friends have actually translated some stuff to Chinese and a number of Chinese in Taiwan and China were very appreciative of it, stating that they had no idea how racist/vile so many whites can be. So I think there is hope.
Btw, completely unrelated but I wanted to ask if you’ll be interested in joining our slack? The slack is a chatroom where both AMs & AFs can discuss Asian-related topics or anything else really. We’re looking to recruit more woke AFs and you seem like a great candidate. Just shoot me a private message if you’re interested ^_^
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I was followed and harrassed by a white guy who thought I was a terrorist and threatened to take me back to the bank and then the police station when it was clear I wasn’t co-operating.
That’s definitely racism at its finest. If anything, YOU should be the one to call the police on him for harassing and threatening a woman.
It was the first time it happened to me. I was kinda too shocked to do anything. I probably should’ve but I just wanted to get away from the guy because he was a psycho. He blocked my way to get out of the bank initially for some reason and kept on staring at me when we were in the bank which made me nervous. The guy was crazy. He kept on demanding what I was doing in the bank and threatened to take me to the police station himself and that he’d escort me to the police station. I was like, wtf o_0. I just didn’t want him knowing who I was.
As for the white woman that picked on me, yeah, she doesn’t know what race I am as we were communicating through the computer but the picture I had was of a Japanese guy so that is my suspicion too.
I see–that would explain it then. Having an AM as your pic does make you a prime target for white bullying/harassment, although I somehow doubt her knowing you’re an AF would lead her to treating you better. I think she just dislikes Asians in general.
Yeah the weird thing was, she role played with another white person who was playing an Asian female character but my god…it was just, you know how you can tell when people don’t give two shits? That’s what it was like. Neither her nor the white person was interested in role playing the characters at all. I could feel their contempt through the computer screen.
Because with them, a lot of the time it leads to violence.
This 100%. I frequently tell others who point out to me that there are racist blacks and hispanic folks too that it doesn’t matter blacks/hispanics are racist because A. they hold no power so their racism has little effect on us and B. racist POC are less likely to be violent than racist whites. Many may disagree with the latter statement but if you step back and take a look at history, you would see that while yes, slavery existed in all civilizations, no other race enslaved people of a different race only because they’re of different races. No other race has so much hatred in their heart that they enjoy lynching, whipping and raping people of a different race. No other race has no problems with completely wiping out the natives of a land in order to colonize it (so much evidence had shown that China had indeed come into contact with Native Americans yet the Chinese left them alone whereas the Europeans immediately sought to kill them). No other race gas chambers people based on religious disagreement. No other race enjoys hosing down people of a different race. No other race turns into Neo Nazis solely to gang up and physically beat minorities to death. And usually, it’s not just minorities they enjoy beating up, but homosexuals as well. So yes, you’re absolutely correct–they tend to be very violent.
Normal people like the rest of us will simply walk away if we don’t want to associate with someone. We don’t chase after them to beat them or kill them. Even the most nationalistic Asians in Asia I have known don’t hunt down non-Asians to beat them. Yet when you start mentioning white nationalism, everyone starts to tremble and for a very good reason. They’re uncivilized barbarians.
I agree with you there. Sometimes, the arguments come up that “hey, we’re not the only ones that had slaves!” And I think that’s true but like you said, no one other race has tried to exterminate another race of people solely based on their race. That lynching, whipping and raping thing. Yes, I agree too. I read up on lynchings that happened in America and the glee on white peoples’ faces is horrifying. The key thing that differentiates white people where is that the white settlers thought it was completely okay to do what they do because they were taught some bs that they were special and superior. That was the only way they could do it. I do think they have a conscience because they are human after all but it’s kind of warped and it’s the justifications they have. I’m talking about white Americans in this aspect because I only get this when I read up on stuff about America. I believe you about the Europeans and the Chinese. China doesn’t go around killing the natives so that they can move in and take over the land.
white parents seem to think that telling them what they want to hear instead what they [i]need[/i] to hear is going to help them in life. Then they go overseas and they can’t cope with the differences. Some manage but the majority, I’ve seen, just end up breaking apart when they figure out that not everything is about them and they have to adapt or die.
I believe Asians, as a whole, know we have to work much harder to get the same position/success in life as a white person who works half as hard. White parents can afford to raise their kids through rose-colored glasses because the entire society will cater to them. Personally, I find it very common to have a white manager who has zero expertise in what I do and doesn’t even have a degree yet is the boss of a group of people (mainly POC) who hold college degrees. How laughable is that? I even had a white boss once who was pretty much a high school failure yet I was working under him with a college degree (and so were my Asian, Latino and Arab coworkers). Society caters to white people. Their privilege is real. So white parents can afford to tell their kids, “Oh everything will be fine and dandy, the world will love you” because that’s pretty much accurate for them. That’s one of the reasons why I have zero sympathy for white people who become homeless, when they live in a society that prioritizes their success/employment so much but that’s another story for another time. My point is Asians know that we have to work our asses off and get at least a 4-year college degree to get to where a white person with a high school diploma can get to. Whether or not this is the case for just predominantly white countries or overseas as well, I can’t say for sure. I’m tempted to say the entire world worships white people, which would explain why you have dumbfuck, child-molesting white ESL teachers in Asia being hired all over the place, instead of fluent English-speaking Asian-American teachers, so I do wanna say that even in non-white countries, white people still get priority over the rest of us.
This is what’s so f-ked up about this whole thing. They say that skills, abilities, etc. are important but in reality, white people can get by with minimum effort. They don’t even get reprimanded as harshly when they’re doing something wrong. If an Asian person did the same thing, then all hell breaks loose. I can only say this is in white countries because I haven’t experienced work in Asia. Half of me wants to because I think I won’t go bat$hit crazy at least. But still, with the amount of white ESL teachers in Asia, I don’t even know if I want to. White people do get priority over Western born Asians that can speak fluent English I think, based on stuff I’ve read. They specifically ask for a white person even if that white person does not speak English. Say, a guy from Germany or France. But I want to say that part of it isn’t entirely the white person’s fault there. Asians in Asia refuse to hire a fluent English-speaking Asian-American/Australian/etc. as opposed to a white person because of perception. White person=higher social class=higher prestige=higher social status=better for kids seems to be the common belief. It goes back to the fact that pale skin is associated with wealth. And also, I think it’s because Asians in Asia aren’t used to Asians speaking English as fluently as white people. So there’s that initial assumption already built in. This can be changed over time. I just don’t know how.
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I don’t know what they were trying to do honestly. It was night. The tram had people in it and they were just there being disgusting. The girl wasn’t really responding but she wasn’t doing anything to stop him so it was still PDA. She was just smiling. And yes, I’ve noticed that dramatic thing the older I got. I agree with you about the coffee thing and suing people for that. I thought that was just…idiotic. It’s not McDonald’s fault you spilled hot coffee on yourself. I’ve never had that experience before with someone chasing me for miles over something stupid like that. I was followed and harrassed by a white guy who thought I was a terrorist and threatened to take me back to the bank and then the police station when it was clear I wasn’t co-operating. It was most wtf thing that had happened to me. As for the white woman that picked on me, yeah, she doesn’t know what race I am as we were communicating through the computer but the picture I had was of a Japanese guy so that is my suspicion too. She didn’t do that to anyone else and I know they were all white. And yes, I agree with you there based on past experiences. I just wish they would stop. Because with them, a lot of the time it leads to violence. If it didn’t lead to violence, then I wouldn’t care but they cannot take it when a POC fights back when they bully them like that and that’s when they get dangerous. Not all but a lot. I think it’s the culture and society. I wonder if a white person grew up in an Asian country, would they still be the same? I’m talking pure Asian here. Not places like Singapore or Hong Kong. I’d like to do that with them but I just don’t give a shit. Maybe if I ever go to America and encounter this kind of thing I’ll do it. But with the current climate I’d be scared.
This thing where they caricature non-white people…I think you’re right. I’ve noticed as I got older, how differently white parents treat their kids as opposed to Asian parents and I recognize this with my family too. White parents, most of them I think, seem to do that to their kids. Asian parents seem to know how to ground their kids and make them less of a princess/prince. And even if they do dote on them, they push them for education because they don’t want their kids to be out on the streets. They know the world isn’t all rainbows but white parents seem to think that telling them what they want to hear instead what they [i]need[/i] to hear is going to help them in life. Then they go overseas and they can’t cope with the differences. Some manage but the majority, I’ve seen, just end up breaking apart when they figure out that not everything is about them and they have to adapt or die. They refuse to adapt and they end up on the streets or getting arrested or making idiots out of themselves in both the local and international community. Yet they (and this is talking about white Americans) expect so much from Asians that come to America and act like they have a perpetual stick up their butts when an Asian person can’t speak perfect English or does something that they see as culturally wrong. But yet it’s ok for them to disrespect Asians in Asia? Hypocritical and arrogant to the 9th degree. And probably more words that I can’t think of atm.
@natalie_ng Yup, but style of delivery is key. Just calling them mass murderers won’t go down well, but funny stuff like below. It would be more palatable for at least other non-whites.
@secondstrike So in other words, if they think they’re the perfect race with upstanding morals that could do no wrong, we emphasize the wiping out of natives, slavery (while preaching “all is made equal before God”), the holocaust, the invention of nuclear wars, Agent Orange, Christian homophobia, pedophilia, and the list goes on.
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Asterix and the Magic Carpet (#28)
Children > Graphic Novels (Manga)
Author: René Goscinny; Albert Uderzo
Series: Asterix
The wonderful village where Asterix and Obelix live has only one drawback: its bard is the worst musician in the ancient world. Whenever Cacofonix strikes up a tune, the sun hides behind the clouds and the rain begins to fall. But, then a fakir flies in on a magic carpet asking for help in ending a terrible drought in his kingdom. Otherwise, his daughter Orinjade will be sacrificed to the gods. Suddenly, Cacofonix's talents come in mighty handy.
Global sales of Asterix outstrip Harry Potter 11,000 websites devoted to Asterix Combined UK sales of the last 5 books more than 2.2 million copies Over 300 million books sold worldwide
Rene Goscinny was born in Paris in 1926, and spent most of his childhood in Argentina, before eventually moving to Paris in 1951. He died in 1977. Albert Uderzo was born in 1927 in a small village in Marne, France. He met Rene Goscinny in 1951 and on 29 October 1959 their most famous creation, Asterix, made his first appearance on page 20 of Pilote. Asterix the Gaul, their first album, was published in 1961 and there have now been 33 Asterix albums. Rene Goscinny was born in Paris in 1926, and spent most of his childhood in Argentina, before eventually moving to Paris in 1951. He died in 1977.
Imprint : Orion
Dimensions : 287mm X 216mm X 6mm
Illustrations : 48 Colour Photo\Illu(s)
BIC subject : Comic strip fiction / graphic novels
Dewey classification : 741.5/944
Illustrator : Albert Uderzo
Author : René Goscinny; Albert Uderzo
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Robert Ethan Saylor: Death by Down syndrome –
Posted on March 23, 2013 by Kari Wagner-Peck
I was convinced before the release of the grand jury results yesterday that the officers involved would not be charged in the death of Mr. Saylor. What I had not planned on was he would be blamed for his own death. It was determined by the medical examiner that Down syndrome and obesity made Saylor more susceptible to breathing problems.
In the actual report the words are – “This individual was already compromised by his Down’s syndrome (sic) obesity, habitus and heart disease making him more susceptible to sudden death in stressful conditions which would compromise his breathing.”
The report states the officers did not hit him in the head or neck. They did however use three sets of handcuffs to subdue Mr. Saylor. They released him from the handcuffs and turned him over “when those around him noticed he was having a medical emergency.” (It does not indicate if “those around him” included any of the individuals who restrained him.)
According to his family…”Saylor had no ongoing health problems. Also, “the family has been concerned that the investigation was handled by the same sheriff’s office that employs the deputies.”
I wrote about Mr. Saylor’s death in an earlier post We Need to Own Robert Ethan Saylor that was later quoted in a New York Times editorial. In that post I made mention of the fact a national Down syndrome organization stated prior to this recent grand jury finding – “These individuals may have additional anatomical characteristics which may place them at greater risk for unintentional harm.”
Robert Ethan Saylor
At that time I did not name the organization. Today I will tell you the National Down Syndrome Congress (NDSC) joined with Family Resource, Information & Education Network for Down Syndrome F.R.I.E.N.D.S. to issue that statement on February 21st of this year. NDSC is one of the most if the not the most respected Down syndrome organization in the U.S. This is certainly the view I held. Not so much today though. F.R.I.E.N.D.S. who I was not aware of “is a voice for all individuals with Down syndrome”.
I have tremendous concerns the cause for Mr. Saylor’s death was preemptively offered and sanctioned before the conclusion of a grand jury investigation by a trusted and legitimate voice of the Down syndrome community in this country. Their initial stance was silence to Mr. Saylor’s death by being “cautiously quiet awaiting the outcome of the ongoing investigations.” Given public pressure they found “it necessary to finally break (their) silence.” Without knowing anything about the facts why did they feel it necessary to even entertain the possibility his death was related to his Down syndrome?
I am trying to think what other national advocacy organization representing any other discriminated group would portray what feels like ‘victim blaming’ as advocacy? At this point all I can ask is as a mother of a son with Down syndrome please stop speaking on behalf my of child.
The outcome of the grand jury is devastating enough but to know it was foreshadow by an organization I place my faith in to advocate for my child’s best interest is not only unacceptable it is leaving me in despair.
Robert Ethan Saylor’s death broke my heart. You took my hope.
This entry was posted in Adopting, Advocacy, By Notatypicalmom, Health, Inclusion, Medical, Parenting, Rants, Special Needs and tagged activism, advocacy, Down syndrome, Ethan Saylor, Robert Ethan Saylor by Kari Wagner-Peck. Bookmark the permalink.
13 thoughts on “Robert Ethan Saylor: Death by Down syndrome –”
Kelly Fernald on March 23, 2013 at 10:23 am said:
Kari, you are a true activist. You always ask the hard questions that push me into that uncomfortable place of having to examine difficult answers!
RachelDouglas (@RGDouglas) on March 23, 2013 at 10:25 am said:
Every single person in the Down syndrome community needs to read this! I guarantee we all know who Travon was but people in our own community don’t even know Robert Ethan Saylor. True advocacy now!
Vonda on March 23, 2013 at 10:59 am said:
Patti the comments in the paper today made me SICK. I had to stop reading them. What is wrong with people!
Kari, yes this was a wonderful post and I felt the same way. My above comment was to Ethan’s mother, as I’m sure she is reading.
notatypicalmom on March 23, 2013 at 12:24 pm said:
Is she reading my post? If she is can you tell her i didn’t know she was connected with FRIENDS and I would never do anything that would cause her or their family pain or disrespect. I feel very confused right now.
Extranjera on March 23, 2013 at 11:09 am said:
I have to say that I wasn’t prepared for there to be no repercussions. Maybe I’m an optimist? Yeah. I can’t believe I just said that either ;-) But exactly like you, what has completely pushed me over the edge to some horrifying place that makes me want to yell at neighbors “Don’t believe all of that awareness crap about Down syndrome, look at my healthy, happy child instead. She may have Down syndrome, but she’s an individual and Ds is just a part of her, not something that makes her fragile, or more susceptible to dying if you don’t pick her up just right.”
I can’t believe that in 2013 “compromised by his Down’s syndrome” isn’t causing a shit storm the size of a continent.
Yeah. I think I’m an optimist after all.
What has pushed me over the edge is what the national organizations are doing by releasing some crap that just serves to reinforce a stereotype.
Sorry. I was so angry, I forgot to finish my sentence.
Johnson on March 23, 2013 at 11:16 am said:
The “MO” of the Fraternal Order of Police is to blame the victim for their own death in police involved killings. No different here as I believe an FOP lawyer was present represented 1 or more of the Frederick County police in this matter.
I think the Saylor’s are right in being concerned the matter was investigated by the same department.
Vonda on March 27, 2013 at 1:53 pm said:
Kari, Patti Saylor started our FRIENDS group when Ethan was born. She continued with the group for years, then let others take over. My husband is the President, and we have had lots of contact with Patti in the past few weeks, and she is eager to be part of the FRIENDS group once again. NOTHING that our group releases to the press, doesn’t get approval from her first.
notatypicalmom on March 27, 2013 at 2:19 pm said:
I took out “approval” by Patti because it implied a blanket statement but nothing else is changed.
I understand. I have removed any indication that Patti would agree with my post.
Andrew on April 14, 2013 at 7:18 pm said:
Raise your voice to have Ethan’s death investigated! Petition the White House and share this link…
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/direct-doj-fbi-investigate-whether-civil-rights-violations-police-brutality-led-death-ethan-saylor/zYRrPjvc
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Charles was the successful bidder on a year-long contract for hauling freight to all government and military installations in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Without having the required authority and insurances, Charles made a business decision to partner with Orville Jackson, owner of Jackson Transfer and Cartage for a limited one-year partnership. The following year in 1969, Charles went it alone and formed Bancroft & Sons Transportation continuing his pursuit of more G.S.A. contracts.
That same year (1968) First Location.
That same year, Charles and his wife, Lena, rented a Good Luck Oil service station at 2414 E. Main Street in Grand Prairie to park their first trucks while contracting with the G.S.A. Charles drove a tractor-trailer making deliveries to military and government installations throughout the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, while Lena answered the 24-hour phone and ran the office while raising their four boys, Charles Jr., Howard, Billy, and John David J.D.
In 1973, Bancroft Becomes U.S. Mail Carrier.
Just four years after becoming independent, Charles was successful in bidding on his first U.S. Mail contract and was awarded the Dallas-Wichita Falls mail route. Little did he know at that time that many years later he would be among the southwest areas prime Postal Contractors!
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BBFC introduces new Classification Framework to help keep content on mobile phones suitable for under-12s
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is introducing a new Classification Framework to filter video and website content available to customers under the age of 12 via mobile networks. The change on the EE networks will take effect from 16th March 2015.
The self-regulatory partnership between EE and the BBFC brings trusted, transparent and consistent BBFC standards to content accessed via the mobile network helping to protect younger children by restricting certain unsuitable content for under 12’s.
EE restricts access to content classified as 18 and over on its mobile network as default for all customers, but offers three types of settings ‘Off’, ‘Moderate’ and ‘Strict’ giving customers the option to choose what content lock is right for them. The new Classification Framework is based on the BBFC’s PG standard and will be added to EE’s ‘Strict’ content setting which can be changed on the device at any time by texting the word Strict to 879. (On T-Mobile text Strict to 879 and on Orange text the word Safeguard to 150 from the device). Settings can also be changed by going through My Account or by contacting customer services.
David Austin, Assistant Director, BBFC said: “We first provided a framework for Mobile Operators to restrict access to content via mobile networks by customers aged under 18, in September 2013. We are pleased to be able to provide an additional Classification Framework for EE, to allow them to restrict content unsuitable for users under the age of 12. The Framework takes into account the same issues the BBFC considers when age rating a film or DVD and defines content which meets the BBFC’s PG Guidelines and is therefore suitable for those under 12.”
The Classification Framework is a living document and will be updated regularly to reflect evolving public attitudes and societal concerns. It has been developed using the BBFC’s Classification Guidelines, these are based on large scale public consultations involving around 10,000 people, and are revised every 4-5 years.
The Classification Framework does not cover Apps or online advertisements. It is the responsibility of the Apps store provider to enforce their own terms and conditions and online advertisements remain the responsibility of the ASA. Premium rate voice or premium rate SMS text only services, will also continue to operate under the PhonepayPlus Code of Practice.
Further information about the Classification Framework is available on the BBFC website.
For more information contact Catherine Anderson canderson@bbfc.co.uk 0207 440 3285 (out of hours: 07946 423719).
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Is your teenager spinning out of control? Looking for a Christian boarding school for him or her near Clayton, New Jersey?
There is nothing worse than living with a teen spinning out of control, and no worse feeling than the despair parents experience in the process. It is difficult to know what to do and how to react when your teen daily reaches new lows in disobedience, dishonesty, and disrespect, and chooses badly.
We know, because we went through it with our son. Raised in a Christian home and mostly home-schooled until high school, we suddenly found that we didn’t know him. He had changed seemingly overnight. His marks in school started falling and his interest in sports and old friends shifted to a new group of friends — the kind parents are wary of — the kind of kids that got kicked out of a public school, so the local private school took them in.
Little did we know, our son was already heavy into smoking pot, huffing, drinking alcohol and just about everything else his new peer group dared him to do. The downward spiral was dramatic — all the way down to holes-in-the-walls rages, running away for days at a time, and finally threatening suicide. After months in counseling, the therapist proclaimed that there was nothing more he could do. He recommended a local therapeutic school where issues could be dealt with and the influence of his negative peer group could be broken.
No one was offering to help us find the right program for our boy. We made a mistake to begin with, and that cost us dearly, but after months of research we found a good program that was able to help our son. Today, our family and even our son are thankful for that program.
Let us assist you in finding the best program near Clayton, New Jersey. We’ve made it our life goal to know all we can about every program, so we can help parents (without cost) find the best possible option for their troubled teen. We want to help you avoid the same mistake we did.
Now, every day we hear from scores of frustrated parents in towns like Clayton, New Jersey, who share how their once normal and happy child has become seriously out of control — just like our son was. They talk about how it has disrupted their family and how they fear for their child’s future and very life. “My child is no longer who she used to be,” is an often repeated cry from these parents.
If your child is out of control, he or she needs you to intervene. That’s why you’ve landed on this site, so allow us to be the help you need to help you find just the right program near Clayton, New Jersey. The downward spiral your teen is on can have tremendous destructive potential with lifelong consequences, or even bring a young life to a quick end. Don’t wait. Act today based on what you know is true – your faith, your own beliefs, and what you know is best for your teen.
Allow us to help you find a Christian boarding school closest to Clayton, New Jersey that will provide your teen with the help and mentoring he or she needs, and within your budget. We’ve visited most of these programs and we know the staff there. We know what they are good at, and what they are not so good at. We poll parents who have placed their teen in these programs, so we know how well they have done.
Avoid the temptation to put your child in a school near Clayton merely out of convenience (like we did). Rather, find the program that is most likely to help your teen, wherever it may be located in the country. Give us the chance to tell you about a few of them. Fill in the online form now to begin that process. There is NO CHARGE for this service.
More about Clayton, New Jersey:
Clayton is a Borough in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 8,179.
Jacob Fisler, who purchased much of the area that is now Clayton, established a community called Fislertown in 1850 that grew substantially after he opened a glass factory. What is now Clayton was originally formed as Clayton Township, which was created on February 5, 1858, from portions of Franklin Township. Portions of the township were taken to form Glassboro Township on March 11, 1878. Clayton was formed as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on May 9, 1887, from portions of Clayton Township. The remainder of Clayton Township was absorbed by the Borough of Clayton on April 14, 1908, and the township was dissolved.”The Story of New Jersey’s Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968″, John P. Snyder, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 137.]
Excerpt about Clayton, New Jersey, used with permission from Wikipedia.com.Christian Boarding Schools in Santa Ana, California
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