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/ Suburbia Review
Suburbia Review
By Chris / August 10, 2017
Suburbia brings a fun city building challenge to your mobile device.
@BezierGames
Asynchronous play (iOS)
Local pass-and-play
Suburbia is the classic tile placement, city/engine building game from Bézier Games. The game requires players to build their city as large as possible, ultimately to be judged by population, by purchasing and placing new buildings into their city. The game plays one to four players and takes about 10-20 minutes.
Players start off with identical set of three hex tiles to start their city and on their turn the choose from one of the available tiles in the market. The chosen tile is placed adjacent to any existing tile and provides some sort of improvement to your city's stats. This continues until the One More Round tile is drawn to trigger the last round of the game. At the conclusion of the game a few bonuses are scored and the player with the highest population wins.
Suburbia has an extremely simple “how to play the game” description, but that hides the many layers of strategic depth the game holds. The primary source of strategy comes from the city tiles. They come in four different types, denoted by color, each of which has its own general strengths. These overlap throughout the tiles, but generally green is the best way to gain population and grey are best to gain reputation, for example. The tiles frequently have instant effects and secondary effects which are based on the other tiles in your city. The blue Movie Theater tile, for example, provides an immediate +1 income boost when played and also +1 for each adjacent green tile. Having a movie theater near housing makes sense as a way to boost income. The tiles throughout the game all follow this logical approach to city building.
There are four important values that are tracked for each player throughout the game. Population is the primary value, ultimately determining the winner, there is also income, reputation, and cash. Income determines how much cash you gain (or lose) at the end of your turn and your reputation level determines an automatic gain (or loss) in population at the end of your turn. Cash is used to buy new tiles. As your population grows you will cross red lines which trigger an immediate reduction by one point of both income and reputation. As your population grows later in the game, the red lines get closer together. The balance of when to grow your population, at the detriment of income and reputation, is a crucial decision point early in the game.
One great point of the app is that it does a fantastic job of letting you know what the end result will be of placing a tile. Often a tile will increase income and population, but it might move your population past a red line which would result in an income and reputation deduction. The app simply provides a snapshot of what the end result of your turn will be if you choose to place the tile. This is incredibly helpful in simplifying all of the effects a tile will have. Because of this, the app inevitably feels a bit lighter than the physical version.
There are a handful of other game features which add important strategic elements, but I will save a few hundred words and only describe one more: tile purchasing. The game introduces tiles into a row (called the Market), the two rightmost tiles can be purchased for face value alone. After that, going left, the tiles have an added cost associated with each. When a new tile is placed, it goes to the leftmost spot of the market, with the highest extra cost. This adds strategy in which tiles you decide to purchase. Fans of Castles of Mad King Ludwig, from the same designer, will notice some similarities.
Suburbia is all about building up an economic engine in order to be able to afford the population increases necessary to win. This isn't a big secret as it is the first tip provided by the app, but it remains true. The trick of reducing income when specific population levels are reached is a nice wrench to throw in the game, as is the reputation score which, if it goes negative, can reduce your population after each turn. It sounds like a bit of a mess trying to explain how they all tie together, but rest assured that they do. Much of the game is deciding when to push your population, which isn't a terribly difficult action to pull off but if done at the wrong time can be devastating to your chances later on.
Suburbia is a highly rated game for a reason and the app does a fantastic job of porting the game to the digital world, even streamlining it a bit by simplifying the bookkeeping significantly. Let's see how it stacks up in other areas.
Suburbia comes with a tutorial, a rulebook, and reference pages for all tiles and goals. The tutorial is extremely concise covering the basics of tile purchasing and placement. This works just fine with this game because the core gameplay is quite simple. The complexity comes in with the individual tiles and their interaction with each other, so there is no need to go into great detail during the tutorial.
The rulebook follows suit, it covers the basics, much of the same ground to tutorial covers. There are references for all of the tiles and goals, so all aspects of the game are well covered.
Clean, functional menu
Local game options
Suburbia has a very clean and functional design. The menus look good and so does the game. The visuals in the game aren't overly striking, but they are presented well here. The game itself has a lot of information to keep track of at any given time and the app does a great job of presenting the information to be visible at all times. The city boards themselves get squeezed a bit with everything else going on, but scrolling and zooming is simple enough that this doesn't create a big problem. The controls are straightforward and exactly what you'd expect and want. This is a well designed implementation of the game.
On the downside, there is a notable bug with zooming. If, during a game, you zoom out so your tiles aren't visible, there is no way to get your tiles back in view. On one hand, it takes some work to get to this point, one the other, it's a fairly known bug so you would hope it would have been fixed. The app also keeps the soft buttons visible on Android, which isn't unheard of, but does eat up a precious few pixels that could have been used by the game.
Note that originally the Suburbia app was available only on tablets, but has since been opened to phones as well. It works fine on phones, but the ability to minimize and zoom allow it to work.
The iOS version of Suburbia has asynchronous online play, the Android version does not include online play. Bézier Games has stated that the low usage of this online functionality was the reasoning behind not including online play in their next app, Castles of Mad King Ludwig.
The game does include a pass and play option for up to four players, with the ability to add in AI opponents as well. The app notifies you which players to hand the device to, ensuring no hidden goal information is revealed.
Single player can be played versus AI or in the solo campaign mode. The AI game allows for one to four players. The available AI opponents aren't based on difficulty, but rather by a general strategy. The options are: Balanced, Greedy, Charismatic, Goal-Oriented, Traditional, and Unpredictable. For the most part, the AI plays a strong game and provides a decent challenge. You will get games where one of the AI players ends up significantly behind everybody else, but they frequently stay close.
The other single player option is the campaign mode. The campaign is presented as a set of cities, mostly in the USA, which have a specific challenge to meet. The game itself is similar to a standard game, except that there are no opponents. After you take your turn, the two rightmost market tiles are removed and replacements are drawn. Each of the cities in the campaign has three different difficulty levels, with the winning conditions getting tougher as the difficulty increases. Winning a city on any level will unlock a new city, if available.
As an example of solo mode, Salt Lake City starts you off with a few lake tiles and stadium tile, representing the Olympic Park. You must connect the lake tiles to the stadium while keeping the population below a certain level and reputation above a certain level. The population threshold decreases and the reputation increases as you turn up the difficulty level. This also provides an example of some confusion in campaign mode. You must connect the lake to the stadium, but the app doesn’t specifically state that ALL of the lake tiles must touch the stadium. Failing to do so will result in a loss. A few more words of explanation would have gone a long way here.
The campaign is a very welcome addition to Suburbia. It isn't a cakewalk on any level, the winning conditions on Hard can be a brutal challenge. The mode doesn't change the game all that much, but is enough to provide good depth.
The campaign mode does not allow you to save your games and return later. The local games do, so it is odd that campaign doesn't allow this.
The game keeps for both local and campaign modes. The stats are pretty basic, but it is still nice to see.
A finished city
Handy tile reference page
End of game scoring
Suburbia does not have any expansions available as in-app purchases. Notably, the Suburbia Inc. expansion is widely considered to be a very strong addition to the game, it would have been great to see that make its way to the app version.
There are three new buildings available in the Essen Spiel Expansion. This expansion is available to unlock through the campaign mode by winning the Essen levels.
Suburbia is a strong implementation of the physical game. The campaign mode adds some depth while the AI play is strong enough to provide a decent challenge. Pass-and-play mode is well done and can be used as a replacement if you don't want to break out the physical game, or just as a good way to teach the game to new players. The lack of online play for Android hurts, but the lack of users in the iOS version makes the Android omission understandable.
There are some buggy/incomplete parts of this game, but for the most part, they don’t get in the way of enjoying the game. If you can only play a few turns at a time, then the lack of a campaign mode save feature might be a deal breaker, and the zoom bug is annoying, but not very likely to occur accidentally.
Overall, this is a fun single player or pass-and-play app. The simplification of the stat tracking makes the app very accessible and reduces the decision making time considerably. The app looks and performs great. If you like Suburbia or have been interested in learning the game, the app is a great place to start.
A good implementation of the physical game, Suburbia has a few issues, but still provides a fun single player experience.
- Strong AI and fun campaign mode give the game depth
- App streamlines much of the stat tracking from the physical game
- Some bugs are present, although most can be overlooked
- Low player base (iOS) or non-existent (Android) online play
- No save option in campaign mode games
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"He is a builder – a creator. A whole State blossoms at the touch of his magic wand." - Atlanta Constitution, October 28, 1895
Henry Bradley Plant (October 27, 1819 – June 23, 1899), founder of the Plant System of railroads and steamship lines, was born into a modest farming family in Branford, Connecticut. At the age of six, he lost his father and younger sister to typhus fever and was raised by his mother, step-father and grandmother. Raised by hard work and Puritan values, he exhibited these traits throughout his life.
Henry began his professional life at a young age working as a captain’s boy for the New Haven Steamboat Company. He worked on ships running between New York and New Haven. In 1842 he married Ellen Elizabeth Blackstone. The couple had two children, but only one son, Morton Freeman Plant survived to adulthood. Plant demonstrated acuity for the express shipping business and moved up the ranks in the shipping company. He eventually secured a position in the Adams Express Company’s New York office.
In 1854, Henry and Ellen moved to Augusta, Georgia where he was placed in charge of the Adams Express Company’s southern division of express transportation running throughout South Carolina and Georgia. As the rumblings of war intensified in the early part of 1861, the Adams Express Company considered their southern holdings.Plant organized some investors and proposed that he purchase the Adams Express Company’s southern lines.An agreement was reached and Plant reorganized the division as the Southern Express Company. It was the first company Plant purchased. In that same year, Ellen succumbed to tuberculosis.
After the Civil War, Plant returned to New York.In 1873, he married Margaret Josephine Loughman. He immersed himself in his work, investing in railroads and cultivating professional connections with financiers and railroad men. In 1879, he purchased his first railroad, the Atlantic & Gulf in Savannah, GA. He reorganized the line as the Savannah, Florida & Western Railway, with a branch leading to Live Oak, FL.As he purchased more rail lines and linked them throughout the southeast, he began to work his way into Florida. He opened the Waycross Short Line in 1881, a short cut from Waycross, Georgia to Jacksonville, Florida.Plant recognized Florida’s potential that was waiting to be realized.He understood that a continuous network of railways was the key to unlocking it.
In 1882, Plant formed the Plant Investment Company (PICO) headquartered in Sanford, FL. With the investment support of PICO, whose investors included Henry Flagler, M.K. Jesup, and W.T. Walters, Plant acquired existing rail lines and laid new track, into central and western Florida. He purchased the contract to build the vital stretch of the Jacksonville, Tampa, Key West line from Kissimmee to Tampa in 1883. When he successfully completed the 70 miles of new track in early 1884, Tampa became connected to the rest of the eastern seaboard. As he linked and laid more than 1,196 miles of tracks across the state, he replaced the inconsistent wide and narrow gauge tracks with standard gauge, increasing ease and efficiency of train travel.
Rail travel wasn’t Plant’s sole focus. Plant knew that convenient transportation in Florida required water access and connections. He purchased the People’s Line of Steamboats that sailed along Florida’s rivers. But Plant had a vision to establish a continuous means of travel from the north to Cuba. By 1890, he began to develop the Plant Steamship Line sailing between Boston, Halifax, Cape Breton, and Prince Edward Island. Plant’s international transportation empire was taking shape.
Plant’s goal was to connect his rail lines to a port terminus in Florida. Tampa emerged as the ideal location. Plant extended his rail line from Tampa to Port Tampa, dug out the channel, extended the dock, and built up the port to accommodate steamships and their high volume of traffic. By 1889, the deep-water terminal secured Port Tampa’s position as a major transportation hub in the Western Hemisphere. These improvements allowed the Plant Line to sail from Tampa to Havana, Mobile, and Jamaica. Plant secured the U.S. mail contract for the West Indies route between Port Tampa, Key West, and Havana. Plant had his port to access the Gulf and Caribbean.
Plant branded his network of railroads and steamship lines The Plant System. The Plant System was the most profitable transportation network in Florida during the 1880s and 1890s, connecting Florida producers with Eastern seaboard consumers. Industries such as citrus, celery, lumber, and phosphate flourished across the state as The Plant System provided rapid, mass transportation of goods. Plant’s network of railroads and steamships enticed many industries to Tampa, most notably Vicente Martinez Ybor and the cigar industry.
Thanks to the Plant System, Florida’s young tourism industry boomed as the untamed wilderness became more accessible to travelers seeking the healing properties of the temperate climate, refuge from harsh northern winters, and a jaunt through the exotic landscape. Plant established eight hotels throughout western Florida that provided tourists with luxury accommodations and first-class amenities in a tropical haven. Plant opened his first hotel in 1888, the Inn at Port Tampa. He quickly followed with the Kissimmee Hotel in 1890, the Tampa Bay Hotel and the Seminole in 1891, the Punta Gorda Hotel in 1894, Hotel Belleview in 1895, and Ocala House and Fort Myers Hotel in 1898. His grandest and most opulent hotel was the Tampa Bay Hotel. The Plant System published thousands of promotional materials advertising Florida as a tourist destination.
Henry Plant encouraged Florida’s growth as he promoted the state’s attributes at world’s fairs and expositions. He constructed displays of Florida’s goods in Paris during the Universal Exposition in 1889, in Chicago at the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893, in Atlanta at the Cotton States and International Exposition in 1895, and in 1897 at the Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition in Nashville.
In 1898, Plant catapulted Tampa, and the Tampa Bay Hotel, onto the international stage. As the United States government was developing plans to invade Cuba during the Spanish-American War, Plant sent Franklin Q. Brown to Washington to present the argument that Tampa should be the port of embarkation for the military campaign. Due to the Plant System’s development of the railroad, port, and Hotel, Tampa was selected. The Tampa Bay Hotel became the headquarters for the U.S. Army, housing officers, foreign dignitaries, war correspondents, and Red Cross personnel.
The last 20 years of Plant’s life were his most prolific. He was actively developing new projects when he passed away on June 23, 1899 from a heart attack. He was 79 years old. Plant’s significant contributions to the development of Florida and Tampa Bay inspired Success magazine to name Henry Plant “the King of Florida” in 1898. At that time, no other person had dedicated as much time, energy, and money to the advancement of Florida. Plant’s lasting legacy was foreshadowed by J. W. Fitzgerald in 1895 when he stated, “The Plant System…a monument to [Plant’s] memory [is] more lasting than brass and more enduring than marble.”
Much of Plant’s legacy can be seen today. Cities such as Plant City, Sanford, Auburndale, Trilby, and Port Tampa attribute their development to Henry Plant. Streets in Tampa, Port Tampa, and Waycross, GA bear the names of Plant family members and Plant System officers. Waycross, Ga has a Plant Park. Many of the Amtrak and CSX rail lines that run through Tampa use the original Plant System rail line footprint. H. B. Plant High School opened in 1926. Morton Plant Hospital, the first hospital in northern Pinellas County, was named for Plant’s son. The City of Tampa seal bears a rendition of Plant’s steamship the Mascotte. The former Tampa Bay Hotel garden, known as Plant Park and Tampa’s first public park, continues to offer a relaxing, natural refuge along the Hillsborough River. The former Tampa Bay Hotel is the only Plant System hotel still standing in its entirety and the minarets have become the premiere architectural icon of the City of Tampa. In 1933, The University of Tampa moved into the building, a National Historic Landmark, and the City of Tampa established the Henry B. Plant Museum on the first floor.
For more information on Henry B. Plant and the Plant System, please visit our Chronology page.
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Gaffer Pleased With First Half Performance At Gigg Lane
Manager Simon Grayson was pleased with his side's first half performance in his side's final game of pre-season.
North End were beaten 3-2 by Bury at Gigg Lane, and the gaffer admitted it was a game of two halves, with his side lacking the enthusiasm to win the game in the second half.
"Though it's disappointing to lose, we've said all the way through pre-season that it's a means to an end. It's about getting players fit, sorting out the organisation and the discipline of the team so results aren't the 'be all and end all'.
"Of course we want to win every game but we are looking at the performances rather than the actual result.
"The overriding view when you look at the performance today was that first half I thought we played some good stuff. I thought we were good going forward, I thought they had the first ten minutes but from then on we played very well.
"Second half we were poor. We didn't have any real enthusiasm or zest to our play and we didn't defend well enough as individuals or as a team. Obviously to concede three goals, one a dubious penalty, is disappointing."
clicking here.To hear more from the manager and to hear post-match reaction from midfielder John Welsh, go to PNE PlayerHD by
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“It was a brief call, but it was a strong beginning to what is going to be a constructiverelationship,” Prime Minister Trudeau said during a news conference in Sydney, N.S., this morning.
Asked by reporters how he would explain to children that a “sexist, racist, bully” was taking office, Trudeau stressed the need to promote a strong working relationship with anyone who the American people elect.
It’s important to work constructively with whomever is President because “that’s what Canadians expect,” he said. The PM said Canada has “no closer friend, ally, and partner than the United States.” “We look forward to working very closely with President-elect Trump, his administration, and with the United States Congress in the years ahead, including on issues such as trade, investment, and international peace and security.”
He said the Canada-U.S. relationship “serves as a model for the world.” Trudeau said it is time for Canada to work with the U.S., and urged Americans to “come together.” “We share a purpose, our two countries, where we want to build places where the middle class and those working hard to join it have a chance,” he said. Our shared values, deep cultural ties, and strong integrated economies will continue to provide the basis for advancing our strong and prosperous partnership.”
And all that from Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau…a LIBERAL!
Now just a minute. Excuse me, please! I just read several paragraphs, all statements from Canada’s Prime Minister about the USA and President-elect Donald Trump and you’re telling me he is a Liberal. I did not see one scintilla of liberalism in his statements. Are we talking about the same Prime Minister or has he gone through a “political” conversion that could only happen through “Divine Intervention?” Perhaps he is a “closet” Republican? No, no, just a populist!
Without quoting President Donald Trump directly, with respect to his thoughts/views of PM Justin Trudeau or Canadians, let me say this on his behalf. “Oh, they’re nice folk, nice people, always polite and apologetic. I won’t say they are “simple” in the event it may be interpreted as being “simple minded” or a “simpleton.” I’ve already had my share of “jeers” and “barbs” here in the US when I have commented on groups or individuals!
Like so many countries around the world, Canada has it’s fair share of political pundits, media personalities, scholars, (supposedly) experts, consultants and just your average joe, who all have something to say about the 2016 USA election and President Donald Trump. Aside from the ad infinitum and ad nauseam rhetoric we have heard since the election, and possible consequences under President Trump, let us look at some of the more important issues as they relate to Canada and the USA. Without labouring through a multitude of them, the following is most likely on the top of the list…NAFTA/trade.
President Trump has said repeatedly that he wants to re-open the Canada-U.S. trade agreement and the continent-wide NAFTA deal. For example, he has often said Mexico has gained unfairly from NAFTA. On the other hand, with respect to Canada, the integration and balance of payments in Canada-U.S. trade put the present government on a better footing if the deal is reopened. Canada has a healthy balance in what is still one of the largest trading relationships between the two countries.
As Derek Burney, former ambassador to the U.S. from 1989 to 1993 under former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, has said, “We’re not running a big [trade] deficit with the United States. The countries that are, they’re the ones that are the target for some of the things that Mr. Trump has been saying. We are not the target and we should not make ourselves the target.” He goes on to say that he doesn’t give much credence to the theory Trump will tear up NAFTA, and that the Canadian government should focus on common priorities in any trade negotiations.
As noted in the Financial Post, “as Trump prepares to use those very things to make the U.S. more alluring — with plans to slash tax rates for businesses and high earners, eviscerate burdensome regulations, and unleash an oil and gas bonanza unshackled from obligations to the globalist climate crusade — the response of the Canadian government has been to assure the world that what we lack in attractiveness, we make up for in personality.” One would trust that the government is not solely relying on our personality or “good looks” to secure our trade deals!
Trudeau’s top aides, principal secretary Gerald Butts and chief of staff Katie Telford, have met with top Trump officials, including chief strategist Steve Bannon and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. In doing so, the Canadian government is trying to be proactive and work together with the Trump administration on shared goals — such as infrastructure, trade and growing the middle class.
If I may digress somewhat, Canada has nothing to fear with respect to President Trump and his administration. Canada’s historic “fear” was the possible break-up of the country when the so-called “separatist movement” in the Province of Quebec commenced in the nineteen sixties. It flourished throughout the seventies, eighties, with a final referendum to seek legal separation from Canada in the nineties. The referendum was a loss to the separatists and, consequently, the movement finally retired with some lingering attempts to resurrect.
I’m surprised that English Canada did not apologize to the Quebec “separatists” for having caused the loss of their referendum, for we are nice people, polite and apologetic. On the other hand, the separatist movement in the good ol’ USA would have been seen as “treason.” Now, isn’t that an example of the difference between Canada and the USA!
When all is said and done, President Trump will treat Canada like any other “negotiated deal” and move along to the next country to “dot the i’s and cross the t’s” on the latest deal/contract! He may have time for a traditional coffee and donut while doing business here, however, I suspect having a Quebec delicacy called “Poutine” will be for another day. Did you say “Putin?” No Mr. President, “Poutine.” “Sorry, I must be tired, I feel like I’m but a yawn away…”
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Peak District National Park Authority statement in response to the publication of the “Landscapes Review"
Peak District National Park Authority statement in response to the publication of the "Landscapes Review" led by Julian Glover
Saturday 21 September: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/designated-landscapes-national-parks-and-aonbs-2018-review
It is no co-incidence national parks celebrate our 70th year anniversary just a year after the National Health Service. Both were born from a moment of societal change to re-build Britain after the war.
National Parks were born from a movement of people here in the Peak District, campaigning to protect our most treasured landscapes for returning war heroes and campaigning for a right to access the countryside.
We stand on the shoulders of these Peak District pioneers and there is much to celebrate from the past 70 years of protection and the right to access the countryside. We want to achieve so much more.
Sarah Fowler, Chief Executive of the Peak District National Park Authority says:
“We welcome the ambition in the Glover Review. Crucially, it identifies the tools and resources required for protected landscapes to tackle locally and nationally the critical global issues of climate change and biodiversity loss. It reignites that passionate campaign that created the Peak District as Britain’s original National Park to care for our most treasured landscapes for all to enjoy forever. And it supports our ambition to re-connect a generation to nature.
“Ultimately, it offers solutions for us to tackle global challenges locally so our protected landscapes can be more diverse - in nature and in the people connecting with them - and be working models of a sustainable future.
“We are ready to take on this ambition. We will work with government and our partners to grasp the opportunities the review's recommendations provide.
“Continuing with the same passion and founding principles of 70 years ago, we will continue to be pioneers of positive and active change and work better nationally across the protected landscape network to achieve this vision.”
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Paper $19.00 ISBN: 9781861897596 Published August 2010 For sale in North and South America only
David J. Code
216 pages | 29 halftones | 5 x 7 7/8 | © 2010
Critical Lives
E-book $16.95 ISBN: 9781861899859 Published August 2010
French composer Claude Debussy (1862–1918) created music that was revolutionary, with a distinctly modern sound that highlighted the intersection of art and life. Here, in this unique biography, David J. Code explores the important moments in the development of Debussy’s literary interests that shaped his music—and in the process brings to life Debussy’s sardonic personality.
Claude Debussy presents an in-depth look at how Debussy’s love for poetry influenced his musical compositions. Code explores both Debussy’s earlier years, filled with student cantatas inspired by Verlaine and Baudelaire, as well as his later works, dominated by nationalistic pieces inspired by French Renaissance poets and composed in the lead-up to World War I. Along the way, Code looks at Debussy’s orchestral compositions and operas, inspired by Stéphane Mallarmé and Maurice Maeterlinck.
This book will give readers a fresh way of listening to Debussy’s classic music by offering the most up-to-date critical analysis of the intersection of Debussy’s literary interests and musical compositions and will appeal to any reader with a love of Debussy, as well as modern music, literature, and the arts.
1 A Music that Clothes the Poetry
2 A Dream from Which One Draws Back the Veils
3 The Art of a Curious Savage
4 Something New, Which Surprises Even Ourselves
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Franklin County birth announcements: Feb. 19-28, 2018
Hello, world! These babies were born between Feb. 19-28, 2018.
Franklin County birth announcements: Feb. 19-28, 2018 Hello, world! These babies were born between Feb. 19-28, 2018. Check out this story on publicopiniononline.com: http://ponews.co/2pA3yf0
Chambersburg Public Opinion Published 10:28 a.m. ET March 22, 2018 | Updated 2:27 p.m. ET March 23, 2018
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Birth announcements are submitted to Public Opinion by Chambersburg an Waynesboro hospitals. Announcements from elsewhere are submitted at the parents' discretion.
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Ariella Nevaeh Dawn Thomas
Waynesboro - Kendall Cheyanne Marie Barnes and Dakota Allen Thomas, Waynesboro, had a daughter, Ariella Nevaeh Dawn Thomas, at 9:19 a.m. Feb. 19, 2018 in Chambersburg Hospital. She weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces and was 19 inches long.
Cassiel Logan Rodriguez
Angel Josue Rodriguez
Chambersburg - Alejandra (Melgoza-Ruiz) and Victor P. Rodriguez, Chambersburg, had twin sons, Cassiel Logan Rodriguez and Angel Josue Rodriguez on Feb. 19, 2018 in Chambersburg Hospital. Cassiel was born at 5:53 p.m. and weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces, and was 20.25 inches long. Angel was born at 6:00 p.m. and weighed 5 pounds, 6 ounces, and was 18.5 inches long. They have a brother, Dylan and a sister, Jazzlyn.
Paislee Jean Boozel
Orbisonia - Marissa Anne (Fields) and Joseph L. Boozel, Jr., Orbisonia, had a daughter, Paislee Jean Boozel, at 9:08 p.m. Feb. 20, 2018 in Chambersburg Hospital. She weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces and was 20.25 inches long. She has a sister, Rylee.
Jenna Nichole Warren
Newburg - Katelynn Nichole (Greene) and Joshua Allen Warren, Newburg, had a daughter, Jenna Nichole Warren, at 10:26 on Feb. 20, 2018 in Chambersburg Hospital. She weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces and was 20.25 inches long. She has a brother, Jase.
Arabella Jo’lani Fortich
Chambersburg - Lindsey Jo Horridge and William Alexander Fortich, Chambersburg, had a daughter, Arabella Jo’lani Fortich, at 6:55 a.m. Feb. 21, 2018 in Chambersburg Hospital. She weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces and was 20.5 inches long.
Hudson Hayes Turner
Greencastle - Abigail R. Turner and Levi T. Deike, Greencastle, had a son, Hudson Hayes Turner, at 5:49 p.m. Feb. 21, 2018 in Chambersburg Hospital. He weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces and was 19.75 inches long.
Scout Mason Hutson
Chambersburg - Andrea Leigh (Curwood) and James Brace Hutson, Chambersburg, had a son, Scout Mason Hutson, at 5:54 p.m. Feb. 21, 2018 in Chambersburg Hospital. He weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. He has two brothers, Brace and Gavin.
Lorde Major Marshall
Chambersburg - Tiffiny Renee Sprow and Quan Vernon Marshall, Chambersburg, had a son, Lorde Major Marshall, at 7:24 p.m. Feb. 21, 2018 in Chambersburg Hospital. He weighed 8 pounds, 14 ounces and was 22 inches long. He has two brothers, Dymeir and Master and a sister, Aniah.
Deymi Ivanna Retana Argueta
Chambersburg - Selena Susely Argueta-Barrios and Deyman Manuel Retana Palma, Chambersburg, had a daughter, Deymi Ivanna Retana Argueta, at 7:58 p.m. Feb. 21, 2018 in Chambersburg Hospital. She weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces and was 19.75 inches long.
Hayleigh Adame Pulido
Chambersburg - Marlene Adame Pulido, had a daughter, Hayleigh Adame Pulido, at 3:08 a.m. Feb. 22, 2018 in Chambersburg Hospital. She weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce. She has a brother, Rolex.
Frasier Eugene Ray McMath
Doylesburg - Coral Kayla Casandra (Parson) and Levi Patrick McMath, Doylesburg, had a son, Frasier Eugene Ray McMath, at 7:34 a.m. Feb. 22, 2018 in Chambersburg Hospital. He weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces and was 21 inches long. He has a brother, Forrest.
Mary Elizabeth Richards
Westminster, Md. - Lindsay and Raymond Richards, Westminster, Md., had a daughter, Mary Elizabeth Richards, at 8:45 a.m. Feb. 22, 2018 at St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore. She weighed 9 pounds, 6 ounces and was 21.5 inches long. She has two sisters, Riley and Madeline. Her grandparents are John and Sue Ausherman, Chambersburg, and the late Paul Richards, Susan Richards Egan and Donald Egan.
Kade Anthony Bricker
St. Thomas - Vanessa Joy (Meyers) and Anthony Wayne Bricker, St. Thomas, had a son, Kade Anthony Bricker, at 9:23 a.m. Feb. 22, 2018 in Chambersburg Hospital. He weighed 9 pounds, 11 ounces and was 21.5 inches long.
Chloe Evelyse Atherton
Everett - Alana Marquis (Foor) and John Paul Atherton, Everett, had a daughter, Chloe Evelyse Atherton, at 3:16 a.m. Feb. 23, 2018 in Chambersburg Hospital. She weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces and was 21 inches long. She has two sisters, Quianna and Kinsley.
Marco Alexis Domingo Vasquez
Chambersburg - Alba Victorina Vasquez Gabriel and Mario Domingo Pablo, Chambersburg, had a son, Marco Alexis Domingo Vasquez, at 3:43 p.m. Feb. 25, 2018 in Chambersburg Hospital. He weighed 4 pounds, 9 ounces and was 18.5 inches long.
Hailee Marie Hollinger
Waynesboro - Kendra Nicole Zies and Cole Crocker Hollinger, Waynesboro, had a daughter, Hailee Marie Hollinger, at 4:32 a.m. Feb. 26, 2018 in Chambersburg Hospital. She weighed 7 pounds and was 20 inches long. She has a brother, Bentley.
Greyson Paul Beck
Chambersburg - Heather Lee (Thomas) and Paul William Beck, Chambersburg, had a son, Greyson Paul Beck, at 7:54 a.m. Feb. 26, 2018 in Chambersburg Hospital. He weighed 5 pounds, 9 ounces and was 18 inches long. He has a brother, Kyler and four sisters, Leah, Savannah, Zoey, and Mariah.
Parker Lee Gibbons
Chambersburg - Jessica Marie (Breon) and Shaun Michael Gibbons, Chambersburg, had a son, Parker Lee Gibbons, at 1:39 p.m. Feb. 26, 2018 in Chambersburg Hospital. He weighed 8 pounds, 14 ounces and was 22 inches long. He has a brother, Preston.
Kinsley Brynn Doyle
Newburg - Kiersten Nicole Doyle, Newburg, had a daughter, Kinsley Brynn Doyle, at 7:06 p.m. Feb. 26, 2018 in Chambersburg Hospital. She weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces and was 19.5 inches long.
Cayden Anthony Camacho
Shippensburg - Keara Raolynn Engle and Anthony Steven Camacho, Shippensburg, had a son, Cayden Anthony Camacho, at 5:00 a.m. Feb. 27, 2018 in Chambersburg Hospital. He weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces.
Madelyn Renee Billet
Chambersburg - Janet Lynn Poper and Joshua Lee Billet, Chambersburg, had a daughter, Madelyn Renee Billet, at 5:26 p.m. Feb. 27, 2018 in Waynesboro Hospital. She weighed 4 pounds, 14 ounces and was 17.5 inches long.
Lillian Isabelle Kraft
Chambersburg - Sierra Jayne Wetzel and Daniel Ryan Kraft, Chambersburg, had a daughter, Lillian Isabelle Kraft, at 5:48 p.m. Feb. 27, 2018 in Chambersburg Hospital. She weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces and was 21 inches long.
Alexander Nicholas Raia
Shippensburg - Alicia Pyne-Crouse and Nicholas Raia, Shippensburg, had a son, Alexander Nicholas Raia, at 1:06 p.m. Feb. 28, 2018 in Chambersburg Hospital. He weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces and was 21 inches long. He has a sister, Isabella.
Bennett Wayne Cleary
Shippensburg - Taylor Brooke Johnson and Bradley Allen Cleary, Shippensburg, had a son, Bennett Wayne Cleary, at 4:37 p.m. Feb. 28, 2018 in Chambersburg Hospital. He weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces and was 19.25 inches long.
Daphne Kate DeShong
Needmore - Megan Renee (Barton) and Keith Alan DeShong, Needmore, had a daughter, Daphne Kate DeShong, at 4:47 p.m. Feb. 28, 2018 in Chambersburg Hospital. She weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces and was 20 inches long.
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Publishing company profile: University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, United States
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The 5 best things to do in Oman
Whether it’s the vast desert of Oman that stretches from one side of the country to the other or the mountains of Hajar Oman has a range of attractions for visitors. We couldn’t decide which one we liked best, so we’ve put together our top five favourite things to do in Oman.
1. Visit the capital city of Muscat
Muscat is one of the hidden gems of the Middle East, but as soon as you arrive in this vibrant city you’ll fall instantly in love with it. At its heart is the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque. It may not be as old as some of the region’s other mosques, but this modern interpretation of traditional Arabic architecture is genuinely stunning. It embraces three of the key elements of Arabian culture – art, religion and, surprisingly, mathematics! It even has the second-largest hand-loomed Iranian carpet in the world, measuring 230ft by 200ft. As well as the mosque you’ll find ultra-modern shopping malls, entertainment, world-class dining and hotels, and a typically warm Omani welcome.
2. Explore the Wahiba Sands
Stretching across 110 miles of the country from the north to the south, the Wahiba Sands are just a four-hour drive from Muscat and everything you would expect from a picture-postcard-perfect desert landscape. It’s vast, it’s staggeringly beautiful, and is a wonderful playground for adventurous holidaymakers. Try 4x4 ‘dune bashing’, or camp for the night and see the stars as you’ve never seen them before. Film buffs will love this place too, as it’s served as the location for The Matrix and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
3. The majestic Hajar Mountains
Oman is a wonderful country for adventure travellers, and the Hajar Mountains that line the country’s northern border are a fabulous playground for those who love going off the beaten track. They’re the highest mountain range in the eastern Arabian Peninsula, so if you’re into trekking, climbing and hiking then this is definitely the destination for you. You won’t have to ‘rough it’ too much, though, as there’s some excellent luxury accommodation on offer. Our top tip: Make sure you plan at least one trek to the top of Jebel Shams, the highest mountain in the entire range, for some exceptional sunset views.
4. Diving in the Gulf of Oman
The Gulf of Oman is one of those world-class diving spots that only those in the know are aware of. Avoid the crowds at the usual hot-spots along the Med and head to the coast of Oman for waters that are filled with wildlife and are crystal-clear, making them ideal for open-water scuba diving and snorkelling. There’s also some seriously good sports fishing to be tried here, too.
5. Discover a lost city
For thousands of years, the city of Ubar was thought to be nothing but a legend. However, in 1992 Ubar was rediscovered, hidden under the desert sands. Today, this land-locked ‘Atlantis’ has been brought back to life, and archaeologists are slowly uncovering its secrets, including its distinctive octagonal fortress with eight towers, and thousands of artefacts dating back to 3000BC.
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Alain Bashung (French: [al?~ ba?u?\]; born Alain Baschung 1 December 1947 – 14 March 2009) was a French singer, songwriter and actor.
In France, he is considered one of the most famous singers in French chanson and French rock.
He rose to prominence in the early 1980s with hit songs such as "Gaby oh Gaby" and "Vertige de l'amour", and later had a string of hit successes from the 1990s onward, such as "Osez Joséphine", "Ma petite entreprise" or "La nuit je mens".
He has had an influence on many later French artists, and is the most awarded artist in the Victoires de la Musique history with 12 victoires obtained throughout his career.YouthAlain Bashung was the son of a Breton mother working in a rubber factory and an Algerian father, whom he never knew.
His mother remarried, and at the age of one, Bashung was sent to Wingersheim, near Strasbourg to live with his stepfather's parents.
He spent his childhood in the countryside, in a rather conservative environment, alongside a grandmother who did not speak French.
He discovered music during his childhood, notably Kurt Weill's Mahagonny, and began to practice with a Rosebud harmonica offered to him when he was five.
He also practiced basketball and cycling and sang in the church choir of Wingersheim.He came back to Paris in 1959, where he discovered the great chanson artists, and then rock artists such as Gene Vincent, Buddy Holly (whom he admired deeply), and Elvis Presley.
While studying (before dropping out after he was awarded a BTS in accountancy from the École nationale de commerce in 1965), he formed a band called Les Dunces playing folk music and rockabilly.Long beginningsHe later formed a band with musicians met in Royan, and then began to tour in restaurants, hotels and American military bases.
He begins his career with his first EP,"Pourquoi rêvez-vous des États-Unis ?" in 1966, which he wrote and composed.
At the same time, he joined the RCA label to become a music arranger.
He wrote songs for French artists such as Claude Channes, Évelyne Courtois (whose nom de scène was Pussy Cat) or Noël Deschamps.
In June 1967, at the Palais des Sports of Paris, he was the opening act (alongside Noël Deschamps and Ronnie Bird) of artists such as the Pretty Things, the Troggs or Cream.
In 1968, he released his first single, "Les Romantiques" (which is now extremely hard to find) which was ignored by the public.
Around that time, he dropped the "c" from his name and spent some time at the house of fellow singer Christophe.From 1972 to 1974, he composed some of the music and cowrote three albums and three singles (including "Marilou") for French rock singer Dick Rivers.
In 1973, he plays Robespierre in the musical La Révolution française by Claude-Michel Schönberg.In 11 years, he released no less than four EPs and ten singles, one under the moniker of David Bergen, and two others in 1976 and 1977 as Hendrick Darmen, composer for a band called Monkey Bizness.
All of them failed to have any impact.Boris Bergman and first successesHe then met sound engineer Andy Scott and lyricist Boris Bergman.
Together, they realized his first album Roman-photos, with a country and rockabilly sound, which was a commercial failure as punk rock was rising.In 1979, he produced another album, Roulette russe, darker and leaning more openly toward rock.
In 1980, he released the single "Gaby oh Gaby", which became his breakthrough success (selling more than a million copies).
His critical and commercial success was confirmed with his next album, Pizza, which allowed him, thanks to his second hit success, "Vertige de l'amour", to tour in prestigious locations, such as the Olympia.
However, he broke with Bergman at the time.Artistic turnIn 1982, Bashung released an album called Play blessures, written by Serge Gainsbourg.
The album, in high contrast with its immediate predecessor, is dark, not very accessible and minimalistic, as an attempt to break away from his unexpected success.
It was a commercial and, at first, critical failure, Bashung being called by some the "Johnny Hallyday of new wave".
Yet, it is now considered a classic album in France.In 1983, he produced another dark album, Figure imposée, to little success as well.
However, in 1984 he made peace with Boris Bergman, and the lyricist wrote for him "SOS Amor" which was a surprise hit.
In 1985, he sang "Touche pas à mon pote", a single for the association SOS Racisme.In the wake of the success of "SOS Amor", he released in 1986 the album Passé le Rio Grande, which allowed him to get his first Victoires de la musique award.In 1989, he went back to his dark experimentations with the album Novice, from which the singles "Bombez !", "Pyromanes" and "Étrange été" were released.
The album marked his first collaboration with lyricist Jean Fauque and his definitive breakup with Boris Bergman.Mainstream and critical successIn 1991, he released another album with Fauque as lyricist, Osez Joséphine, which also included some American classics covers.
The album helped him achieve mainstream success, selling 350.000 copies and "Osez Joséphine" became his first real popular success since "Vertige de l'amour".
On the same album is featured "Madame rêve", another classic in a different, more atmospheric style, which would be a trademark of his future releases.In 1992, he covered the French pop classic song "Les Mots bleus", from the album by the same name by Christophe, for an AIDS research support compilation.
In 1994, he released Chatterton, which he called a "new age country" album.
For this album, he worked with artists such as Sonny Landreth, Ally McErlaine, Link Wray, Marc Ribot or Stéphane Belmondo.
The single "Ma petite entreprise" was a new popular success.
Following the album, he toured for two years and in 1995 released the double live album Confessions publiques.From 1994 onwards, Bashung began to spend more time for his acting career (which he started in 1981 with Nestor Burma, détective de choc), for instance with Ma sœur chinoise by Alain Mazars.After recording a duet with Brigitte Fontaine, "City" for her Les Palaces album, he came back to music in 1998 with Fantaisie militaire.
For this album, he notably collaborated with Jean Fauque, Rodolphe Burger, Les Valentins, Jean-Marc Lederman and Adrian Utley of Portishead.
The arrangements and strings were done by Joseph Racaille.
The first single from the album was "La nuit je mens" which was another hit for Bashung.
For the album, he received 3 more Victoires de la musique awards in 1999 (and in 2005, he received another for the "best album of the last twenty years").
For Bashung, it was a huge commercial and critical success.In 2000, he released the compilation Climax, on which some songs are rerecordings as duets with notable artists from the French scene (most famously, the song "Volontaire" from Play blessures with French band Noir Désir).
That same year, he cowrote "L'Eau et le vin" for Vanessa Paradis' album Bliss.In 2002, he released another album, L'Imprudence to critical acclaim, which is considered one of the darker albums of his discography.
The album is not easily accessible and features strings and electronic arrangements, with sometimes nearly spoken lyrics, and was inspired according to Bashung by old black and white movies.
That same year, he recorded the album Cantique des cantiques with his new wife, singer Chloé Mons, the song was written for their wedding in 2001 by Rodolphe Burger, from a new translation of Solomon's Song of Songs by Olivier Cadiot.
In 2003, he sang the French chanson classic "Avec le temps" by Léo Ferré for a tribute album to the late artist, Avec Léo ! and wrote the preface to a book about that artist.In 2004, the double live album La Tournée des grands espaces was released.
In 2005, he sang "Le Sud" on a tribute album to Nino Ferrer, On dirait Nino.
In 2006, he recorded a Charles Trenet song, "Que reste-t-il de nos amours ?" as a duet with Françoise Hardy for her album (Parenthèses...).In June 2006, in the Cité de la musique in Paris, he got the opportunity to sing for several days.
There he brought on stage artists such as Christophe, Dominique A, Rodolphe Burger or Arto Lindsay.
In early 2007, after a small break, he was involved in the Les Aventuriers d'un autre monde tour alongside rock and pop artists Jean-Louis Aubert, Cali, Daniel Darc, Richard Kolinka and Raphaël.
He sang for a couple of evenings in the Salle Pleyel in Paris, and played the role of Jack the Ripper for the song "Panique Mécanique" on Dionysos' album La Mécanique du Cœur.That same year, he played with Belgian singer Arno in the movie J'ai toujours rêvé d'être un gangster, by Samuel Benchetrit.
They appear as themselves, arguing over the authorship of a song.In 2008, he sang "L.U.V." as a duet with Daniel Darc for the latter's album, Amours suprêmes.
He was also involved in Étienne Daho's Daho Show, covering "I Can't Escape from You" as a duet with Daho.
He also rerecorded Serge Gainsbourg's classic album, L'Homme à tête de chou, for a show.On 24 March 2008, he released the album Bleu pétrole, collaborating notably with Gaëtan Roussel of French band Louise Attaque, Arman Méliès, M.
Ward or Gérard Manset (covering the latter's song "Il voyage en solitaire" as the final song on the album).
He then began to tour for the album.
The 10th of June 2008, he sang several times at the Olympia although he was undergoing a chemotherapy for his lung cancer.
Jean Fauque claimed that a new album was underway.Final months and deathOn 1 January 2009, Bashung was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur.
On 28 February 2009, he received three prestigious Victoires de la Musique awards for his final album Bleu pétrole.
The 2009 award ceremony was his last public appearance.
He appeared frail, but still performed "Résidents de la République." He won the Best male artist of the year, Best album and Best tour awards.Bashung died in Paris on 14 March 2009 from lung cancer at the age of 61 at the Hôpital Saint-Joseph in Paris.
After a religious ceremony at the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, he was buried on 20 March 2009 in the Père Lachaise Cemetery.Posthumous eventsThe 12th of November 2009, the opening of a ballet using a rerecording of L'Homme à tête de chou, a 1976 Serge Gainsbourg album, by Bashung as the soundtrack, occurred at the Maison de la Culture de Grenoble, with a choreography by Jean-Claude Gallotta who approached him in 2007 to adapt the work.On the 27th of November 2009, a box set called À perte de vue, which contained the entire output of Bashung so far (on 27 discs), was released.
The box set features his twelve solo albums so far, his five live albums, his two duet albums with Chloé Mons, two albums of instrumentals and three albums of covers, duets and rarities.
Alongside this box set a double live album documenting his last tour, called Dimanches à l'Élysée and recorded at the Élysée Montmartre on the 14th of December 2008, was released on the 16th of November.
That same day, a live video recorded at the Olympia the 10th and 15 June 2008 was released.
This DVD was awarded the 2010 Victoires de la musique award for best musical DVD of the year.
At the same Victoires ceremony, French singer Benjamin Biolay, who was awarded the Best male artist of the year award, paid tribute to Bashung.The 26 April 2011, a tribute album called Tels Alain Bashung was released.
It features twelve covers of Bashung songs by various artists and bands, with a documentary called Alain Bashung - Faisons envie directed by Thierry Villeneuve.
On the 7th of November 2011, his rerecording of L'Homme à tête de chou was released on Barclay Records.InfluenceA multi-platinum artist, Bashung received three awards during the ceremony at the Paris Zenith, including best male artist, best album for "Bleu Pétrole" (Barclay/Universal) and best live show.
He spent his career singing a pop-chanson repertoire.
With 12 trophies won since 1993, he was the most awarded artist in the history of the Victoires de la Musique.
Bashung, who had cancer, had to postpone several dates of his last tour.
While receiving his award, he said he hoped that record companies would "remain in a human dimension by making people happy with records."In February 2010, the French edition of Rolling Stone magazine placed six of his albums in their list "100 disques essentiels du rock français" (100 Essential French Rock Albums) with two albums in the top 10, Osez Joséphine at number one, and Fantaisie militaire at number nine.
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US$1bn double-tracking programme to modernise Trans-Java Railway
INDONESIA: Tenders are to be called in December for double-tracking the remaining single sections of the Trans-Java Railway between Jakarta and Surabaya, the Transportation Ministry announced on November 23.
The US$1·1bn project calls for doubling of approximately 425 km of single line on the 727 route-km, 1 067 mm gauge railway between Jakarta and Surabaya via Cirebon and Serebang; four sections of single line remain while around 300 km of double track are already in place. The northern Trans-Java route would then form the backbone of the rail network on Indonesia’s most populous island, and relieve the pressure on the congested Pantura coastal highway.
Rehabilitation of the Trans-Java Railway is one of a number of projects being taken forward under the government’s Master Plan for the Acceleration & Expansion of Indonesia’s Economic Development (MP3EI). This programme also includes provision for the construction of a 33 km rail link from Manggarai to Soekarno Hatto airport, a project which is being managed by state railway PT KAI.
PT KAI has also confirmed plans to reinstate services on the suburban branch line between the port of Tanjung Priok and Jakarta Kota, which ceased in 2004. Trains are expected to resume on December 1, shortly before a major recast of the suburban network that will see 37 routes rationalised into six using a ‘hub and spoke’ model with a ring line to distribute passengers around the city centre.
The recast is expected to start on a trial basis on December 5; if successful in reducing crowding, PT KAI says the move would become permanent.
Read more about investment in the railways of the ASEAN region in the December 2011 issue of Railway Gazette International.
Jakarta – Surabaya route modernisation agreement
INDONESIA: A summary record agreement for the Java North Line Upgrading Project to provide ‘medium-speed’ operation on the 720 km Jakarta – Surabaya route on the island of Java has been signed by the Ministry of Transportation and Japan International Co-operation Agency following two years of negotiations.
News in Brief - November 2011
A feasibility study has been completed for a second railway on the Indonesian island of Kalimantan. The US$2·5bn project is being led by Russian Railways, which hopes to attract other investors. The 300 km line would link the central region of the province to ports on the ...
The Indonesian government has asked state railway PT KAI to manage construction of the long-planned rail link from Manggerai to Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatto International Airport, at an estimated cost of US$265m. The 33 km route would carry both airport express and commuter services; operations and property development ...
Cuomo proposes southern extension to New York Penn Station
The congestion at New York Penn Station has become a major political issue in recent years. USA: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo used an address at the Association for a Better New York on January 6 to announce plans for a locally funded expansion of Penn ...
Vinkovci – Vukovar electrification contract signed
CROATIA: The contract for modernisation, resignalling, electrification, level crossing upgrading and station modernisation on the Vinkovci – Vukovar line was signed by HŽ Infra, Comsa SA and Comsa Instalaciones Y Sistemas Industriales SA in Vukovar on December 20. The 18·7 km line connects the Zagreb – ...
Tenders called to rebuild San Sebastián station
SPAIN: Tenders were issued on December 12 for reconstruction of the main line station in San Sebastián as part of the ‘Basque Y’ high speed programme. The result will be the partial integration of the existing station with the adjacent, underground, bus station, and the incorporation in the finished ...
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PENDRAGON - Concerto Maximo - Live In Poland (DVD)
Pendragon recorded live in Poland in December 2008
Format: DVD / Cat No: MMPDVD0171 / Released: 23/02/2009
Track Listing: 1. Walls of Babylon / 2. A Man of Nomadic Traits / 3. Wishing Well / 4. Eraserhead / 5. Total Recall / 6. Nostradamus / 7. Learning Curve / 8. Breaking the Spell / 9. Sister Bluebird / 10. Shadow / 11. The Freak Show / 12. The Voyager / 13. It’s Only Me / 14. Masters of Illusion / 15. King of the Castle / 16. And We’ll Go Hunting Deer / 17. Queen of Hearts
More information: Neo-prog-rock giants’ outstanding come-back! Shortly after the release of their latest album “Pure”, undoubtedly one of the most noteworthy prog-rock releases of the year 2008, the legendary Pendragon for once more visited the Wyspianski Theater in Katowice, Poland, to celebrate the band’s 30th anniversary. With their outstanding performance, possibly one of the best the Polish audience had ever had a chance to witness, and with their line-up strengthened by the addition of a new drummer Scott Higham (also known from his past cooperation with Clive Nolan on the project Caamora), the band surely proved that they’re still a formidable force on the prog-rock scene! 150 minutes of Pendragon live, an exclusive bonus video featuring interviews with the band members and behind the scenes footage, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, photo gallery and more!
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In Depth Timeline Chronology of 1993 Mumbai Serial Bomb Blast Case TADA Court SC Trial Dutt Conviction
The Mumbai (Bombay) bombings case is one of India's longest-running trials.
The 1993 Bombay bombings were a series of 12 bomb explosions that took place in Bombay Maharashtra, India on Friday, 12 March 1993.
Property worth Rs. 27 crore was lost.
A special court was set up to hear the case and regular hearings have taken place over the years, with more than 600 witnesses questioned.
2-hour terror attack blasts resulted in over 250 fatalities and 700 injuries.
Below is the timeline of terror One day and 12 Bomb Blasts
Time line of Twelve coordinated blasts within two hours on March 12, 1993
Blast One, 1330 hrs. IST -- The Bombay Stock Exchange - 84 dead, 217 injured
Blast Two, 1415 hrs. IST -- Narsi Natha Street - 5 dead, 16 injured
Blast Three, 1430 hrs IST -- Shiv Sena Bhavan - 4 dead, 50 injured
Blast Four, 1433 hrs IST -- Air India Building - 20 dead, 87 injured
Blast Five, 1445 hrs IST -- Mahim Causeway - 3 dead, 6 injured
Blast Six, 1445 hrs IST -- Century Bazaar - 113 dead, 227 injured
Blast Seven, 1505 hrs IST -- Zaveri Bazar - 17 dead, 57 injured
Blast Eight, 1510 hrs IST -- Sea Rock Hotel, Bandra
Blast Nine, 1513 hrs IST -- Plaza Cinema - 10 dead, 37 injured
Blast Ten, 1520 hrs IST -- Juhu Centaur Hotel - 3 injured
Blast Eleven, 1530 hrs IST -- Sahar Airport
Blast Twelve, 1540 hrs IST -- Airport Centaur Hotel -2 dead, 8 injured
Below is the time line , chronology of TADA court trail in 1993 Mumbai Serial Blast Case
November 4, 1993:
primary chargesheet filed against 189 accused, including actor Sanjay Dutt
November 19, 1993:
The case handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation.
April 1, 1994:
The TADA court shifted from the city sessions and civil court to a separate building inside the premises of the Central Jail at Arthur Road.
26 accused discharged by the TADA court and charges framed against the remaining accused. Supreme Court discharges two more accused, travel agent Abu Asim Azmi (now Samajwadi Party member of Parliament) and Amjed Meher Baux.
Trial in the case commences.
April-June 1995:
Charges framed against the accused.
June 30, 1995:
Two accused persons, Mohammed Jameel and Usman Jhankanan, turn approvers in the case.
Sanjay Dutt (accused number 117), arrested on April 19, 1993, granted bail by the Supreme Court.
Judge J N Patel transfered and elevated as a high court judge.
P D Kode designated as a special TADA judge.
Examination of 684 prosecution witnesses ends.
March 9-July 18, 2001:
The accused persons' statements recorded.
August 9, 2001 to October 18, 2001:
Prosecution started arguments and completed arguments
November 9, 2001 to August 22, 2002:
Defence started arguments and closed the arguments
February 20, 2003:
Dawood gang member Ejaz Pathan produced in court.
Mustafa Dossa's remand proceedings and trial separated.
Trial ends, waiting for judgement.
Salem's trial separated.
Judge P D Kode said that the judgement will be pronounced on September 12.
September 12, 2006:
The court starts delivering the judgement, pronounces four members of the Memon family guilty, acquits three.
100 of the 129 finally accused were found to be guilty and were convicted by Justice PD Kode of the specially designated TADA court.
Many of the 100 are still missing including the main conspirators and masterminds of the attacks – Tiger Memon and Dawood Ibrahim
The Memons –
Yakub Memon has spent approximately 15+ years in prison.
He was sentenced to death by hanging by the Judge, Ashish Roy Pillai.
Convicted for conspiracy.
Arranging finance and managing its disbursement through co-accused, Mulchand Shah and from a firm, Tejarath International, owned by absconding accused, and brother, Ayub Memon to achieve objectives of conspiracy.
Arranged for air tickets through Altafali Mushtaqali Sayyed, East West travels for the youths who were sent for arms and ammunition training to Pakistan. Also made arrangements for their lodging and boarding.
Purchased motor vehicles which were used while planting bombs.
Requested co-accused, Amjadali Meherbux and Altafali Sayyed, to store suitcases containing arms, ammunition, hand grenades and detonators.
Essa and Yusuf Memon, brothers of Yakub.
Both were charged for allowing their flat in Al-Hussaini building, Mahim to be used for hosting conspiracy meetings as well as storage of arms and explosives.
Essa has already spent about 13 years in prison. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the bombings on October 2006
Yusuf is a chronic schizophrenia patient, but has spent less than a year in prison. He had also allowed use of his van for planting bombs. Yusuf was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the attacks, but granted bail on medical grounds stipulating that he would remain in hospital for treatment
Rubina Memon.
Her Maruti car was the first piece of evidence in the trial.
She was convicted for allowing the use of her Maruti van, registered on her name, by other accused, who had delivered the explosives and awarded a life sentence.
Three members of the Memon family – Suleiman, Hanifa and Raheen were acquitted with the judge giving them the benefit of doubt.
The Planters
Prosecution has sought the death sentence for all except Imtiaz Ghavate as he is HIV positive. The prosecution has sought a lesser sentence for him.
Shoaib Ghansar
planted an RDX-laden scooter in Zaveri Bazaar that killed 17 and injured 57 others
He was also guilty of filling RDX in the scooter the previous night at Al-Hussaini building that killed 17 people and injured 57. He is Asghar Mukadam's cousin.
He was sentenced to death by the court on the counts of murder and participating in terrorist act on 19 July 2007
Asghar Mukadam
planted an RDX-laden van in Plaza Cinema with Shahnawaz Qureshi that killed 10 and injured 37 others
Participated in the loading of RDX in vehicles, on 11 March
Collected money from Mulchand Shah and facilitating disbursement of money to other accused
Sentenced to death on 19 July 2007.
Shahnawaz Qureshi
planted an RDX-laden van at Plaza Cinema with Asghar Mukadam, killing 10 and injuring 37others
Guilty of taking arms training in Pakistan via Dubai and of loading the contraband in Al-Hussaini building on 11 March 1993.
Abdul Ghani Turk,
guilty of parking RDX-laden jeep at Century Bazaar killing 113 and injuring 227
Filling RDX in vehicles killing 113 and injuring 227
Parvez Shaikh,
guilty of parking a bomb in Katha Bazaar that killed four.
Guilty of planting bomb in Hotel Sea Rock, destroying property worth nine crores.
Mohammed Iqbal Mohammed Yusuf Shaikh,
convicted for throwing hand grenades in Sahar airport; parking an unexploded RDX-laden scooter in Naigaon
Obtaining arms training in Pakistan, loading RDX in vehicles on the night of 11 March
Sentenced to death on 20 July 2007
Naseem Barmare, guilty of hurling hand grenades at Sahar airport.
Parking unexploded scooter at Naigaum.
Acquiring weapon training in Pakistan.
Participating in conspiracy meetings
Preparing vehicle bombs.
Sentenced to life imprisonment and fined Rs. 2,30,000.
Mohammed Farooq Pawale
planted an RDX-laden car at Air-India building killing 20 and injuring 84.
Parking an RDX-laden van near Sena Bhavan with approver killing 4 and injuring 50
Participated in arms training in Pakistan
Participated in the landing of arms and ammunition at Shekhadi
Mushtaq Tarani
participated in a meeting at hotel Taj Mahal. He did a reconnaissance of the sites for the blasts.
Planting at Hotel Juhu Centaur injuring 3 and causing loss of property worth Rs 2.10 crore
Planting an unexploded scooter at Sheikh Memen street in Zaveri Bazaar
Imtiaz Ghavate was the only one who did not face death planted unexploded RDX-laden scooter at Dhanji street in South Bombay.
He also participated in the landing of RDX, arms and ammunition at Shekhadi. He was present at the Al Husseini building, where vehicle bombs were readied.
Sentenced to life imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs. 2,27,000
Accused involved
Mohammed Moin Qureshi, Feroz Amani Malik, Bashir Khairulla, Zakir Hussain and Abdul Akhtar Khan had pelted hand grendes in Mahim Causeway causing three deaths and injuring six. The driver Salim Shaikh, did not pelt any hand grenades.
Bashir Khairulla convicted for his participation in arms, ammunition and explosives training conducted by Tiger Memon in Sandheri and Bhorghat
Convicted for participating in the conspirator's meetings in the house of Mubina Baya and for participating in the filling of RDX in the vehicles.
Sentenced to life imprisonment on 20 July 2007.
Zakir Hussain was convicted for participating in the arms, ammunition and weapon training in Pakistan, for participating in conspirator's meetings and participating in the filling of RDX
Abdul Akhtar Khan convicted for taking arms, ammunition and explosives training in Pakistan.
Firoz Amani Malik convicted for taking arms, ammunition and explosives training in Pakistan
Moin Qureshi convicted for participating in the arms, ammunition and explosives training, participating in the conspirator's meeting and participating in the filling of RDX in vehicles on 11 March.
Was also found guilty for being in possession of 17 hand grenades.
Sentenced to life imprisonment on 24 July 2007
Landing agents
Dawood Phanse a.k.a. Dawood Taklya (Dawood Baldie). He is guilty of conspiracy, organising the landing of arms, ammunition and the nearly 3,000 kg of RDX in 57 gunny bags at Shekhadi in Raigad district on 3 and 7 February 1993; attending a conspiracy meeting in Dubai with Dawood Ibrahim and Tiger Memon.
Initially, the prosecution had sought the death sentences, but due to his old age, he was given two consecutive life sentences (to be served concurrently) and fined Rs 2 lakhs
Sharif Abdul Gafoor Parkar a.k.a. Dadabhai, guilty of bribing officials and police at Raigad to assist in the landing of RDX, arms and ammunition at Shekhadi, showed training camps at Sandheri and Bhor Ghat, transportation of consignment.
Sentenced to 14 years imprisonment as he was aware of the content of the contraband, but accquited of conspiracy. He was also fined Rs. 2,00,000, defaulting which he would have to serve three more years.
S.N. Thapa, former additional customs collector, preventive
Accused of being Guilty of conspiracy. Convicted for getting the information about the landing at Shekhadi and that the main exit point could be in Mhasla Shrivardhan area.
He is alleged to have laid a trap at Purarphata on Mhasla-Goregaon road on 30 January. Besides that, his team gave up the vigil after 2 February in spite of the warnings (confessions of co-accused in TADA Court shows that landing actually took place many days after team led by Thapa had left for Mumbai) and that the smugglers, in fact, postponed the landing as they heard from sources that an ambush had been laid for them by Thapa.
These accusations stand to be the same even though confessions of others convicted say otherwise.
To quote "He (Phanse) also confessed that the duo (Phanse and Parkar)bribed all Customs officers except for Thapa, who incidentally is an accused in the case."
In the 10,000 page judgement copy provided, TADA Court judge, P.D. Kode resons that even though there is no direct or in-direct evidence against Mr. S.N. Thapa, he is awarded a term of life imprisonment because he was the seniormost customs officer and thus must be knowing about the conspiracy. Till his last days, Thapa proclaimed his innocence and was confident that the greater conspiracy of his wrongful arrest,trial and conviction would be unveiled in the Supreme Court who, in 1994 granted him bail after going through all evidence stating that there is no direct or in-direct evidence to prove that Mr. S.N. Thapa was part in planning, landing or transportation of contraband substances nor that was he aware of any such conspiracy for blasts in Mumbai
S.N. Thapa died due to lung cancer on 11 April 2008.
family expressed hopes that the supreme court will entertain their quest for the truth.
R K Singh, Former assistant commissioner of customs,
convicted for facilitating RDX landing in Shekhadi after accepting bribe of more than 7.8 lakh Rupees.
Had meetings with the accused.
Sentenced to 9 years rigorous imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 3,00,000.
Mohammed Sultan Sayyed, former customs superintendent.
Convicted for facilitating RDX landing in Shekhadi after accepting bribe of more than 7.8 lakh.
Had attended meetings with the accused.
Sentenced to 7 years rigorous imprisonment and fine of Rs 1,00,000
Jaywant Gurav, former customs inspector.
Convicted for allowing passage of RDX from Raigad to Mumbai
S S Talwadekar, former customs superintendent.
Policemen Involved -
Vijay Patil, ex-police sub-inspector
Guilty of conspiracy and taking bribe to allow passage of RDX from Raigad to Mumbai
Has been sentenced to life imprisonment and 1 lakh rupees fine by TADA court on 22 May 2007
Ashok Muleshwar, P M Mahadik, Ramesh Mali and S Y Palshikar; all Police Constables
Guilty of allowing passage of RDX of arms from Raigad to Mumbai.
All four sentenced by TADA court to six years' imprisonment and a fine of Rs 25,000 each on 21 May 2007
Sanjay Dutt and co-conspirators –
Sanjay Dutt, convicted and sentenced to 6 years in prison for possessing arms.
Yusuf Nulwalla, convicted for trying to destroy Sanjay's arms.
He has been sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment with two years further for destroying the arms. Also, he has to pay Rs 25,000 as fine.
Kersi Adejania, convicted for trying to destroy Sanjay's arms. He has been sentenced to two years rigorous imprisonment. He too has been slapped with a fine of Rs. 25,000 fine.
Rusi Mulla, convicted for trying to destroy Sanjay's arms. He has been freed by the court but has to pay Rs. 1 lakh to the court.
All four have been convicted under Arms Act and had applied for release under Probation of Offenders Act
Zaibunnisa Kadri guilty for storing AK-56 and hand grenades at the instance of Anees Ibrahim and Abu Salem, she faces a minimum of five years RI.
Mansoor Ahmed convicted for carrying weapons from Sanjay Dutt's house to co-accused's house has already spent 9 years in prison
Samir Hingora convicted for conspiracy.
For supplying 3 AK-56 rifles, its magazines and ammunition, hand grenades to Sanjay Dutt's residence as told to by Anis Ibrahim. Prosecution has sought the death sentence
Ibrahim Musa Chauhan alias Baba Chauhan convicted for supplying AK-56 rifles, its magazines, ammunition, and hand grenades to Sanjay Dutt and Salim Kurla as told to by Anis Ibrahim.
He was also convicted for being in unauthorised possession of one AK 56 rifles, 635 ammunition, 10 magazines, and 25 hand grenades, which were recovered by the police
Ejaz Pathan extradited from Dubai in 2003, participated in Dubai meetings, provided men for landing of arms and ammunition at Shekhadi, for being in possession of arms and sending youth to Dubai for arms training.
On November 1, 2011, Supreme Court of India commenced final hearing on a bunch of appeals filed by convicts as well as CBI in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts case
Sanjay Dutta and CBI and Supreme Court of India
In 2007, Sanjay Dutt was convicted by a Special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act (TADA) court for illegally possessing a 9 mm pistol and an AK-56 rifle.
CBI said that before the attack, Dawood's gang members had delivered AK-56 rifles, a 9 mm pistol and grenades to Mr. Sanjay Dutt's home
CBI had said that the weapons given to Mr. Dutt were part of the stockpile used for the Mumbai blasts.
He was acquitted under the Tada Act.
CBI did not challenge the Tada Act Acquittal in Supreme Court of India.
After conviction, Sanjay Dutt filed an appeal in Supreme Court of India in August 2007.
He has spent 18 months in prison and is out on bail.
In November 2007, Sanjay Dutt was granted bail.
August 14 -In Supreme Court advocate for the Sanjay told SC bench that Mr. Dutt had only attended a dinner in Dubai hosted by Dawood before the Mumbai terror attack.
I have only attended a dinner at Dawood's house along with two film producers, which was before the blast. Other than that I do not have any relationship,"
The Supreme Court would on Thursday pronounce the verdict
A bench of Justice P Satha-sivam and Justice BS Chauhan would deliver the judgment on the appeals filed by the convicted also by CBI challenging acquittals.
The agency had also moved appeals seeking enhancement of sentence of 47 persons who were convicted of lesser offence.
CBI had filed 48 appeals of which 20 were against those who were acquitted of all the charges.
There is no CBI appeal against Dutt’s acquittal under TADA.
But still he faces six year jail term , 18 months he has already spent in Jail
Two convicts - Mohammed Iqbal, who got death sentence and SN Thapa, a former Customs officer, who was given life term – died during the pendency of case
Of the 20 who were given life sentence, one died and two got bail.
Seventeen are serving life sentence in jail along with 11 death convicts.
Updated on Thursday, March 21, 2013 1.30 PM IST
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753 Charing Cross Rd
753 Charing Cross Rd is a single family residence located in Baltimore, MD 21229. Built in 1947, this property features 1 bathroom, 3,300 sq ft lot, and 1,116 sq ft of living space. The estimated market value for 753 Charing Cross Rd is $121,000.
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Prince William honors singer M.I.A. at Buckingham Palace
Rapper and singer MIA, real name Mathangi Arulpragasam, is made an MBE by Prince William Duke of Cambridge, left, at Buckingham Palace, in London, Tuesday Jan. 14, 2020. The honorary award is conferred in recognition of contributions to the arts, sport, sciences, and charitable works. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP) less
Rapper and singer MIA, real name Mathangi Arulpragasam, is made an MBE by Prince William Duke of Cambridge, left, at Buckingham Palace, in London, Tuesday Jan. 14, 2020. The honorary award is conferred in ... more
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LONDON (AP) — British singer M.I.A. has received a prestigious award from Prince William at a Buckingham Palace.
She was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire, or MBE, at the palace ceremony Tuesday hosted by William as a representative of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.
The 44-year-old performer, who real name is Mathangi Arulpragasam, was honored for “services to music.” The honors list is published twice a year by Britain's Cabinet Office to reward people for public service, research, artistic achievement and other accomplishments.
The singer said the honor was particularly meaningful because her mother had once worked hand stitching medals distributed by the palace.
“Today I'm accepting this in honour for my mother who worked for minimum wage to give us a better life. As a working class first generation immigrant it's great to be recognized for my contribution,” she said.
“Having freedom to speak my truth and to do it through music has helped me speak for those who do not have those privileges. I will continue fight for those who are silenced or persecuted by others.”
This story has been corrected to show that the queen is Prince William's grandmother, not mother.
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Middle Way Philosophy
Migglism – sample text
Peace, we assume, is better than war. A society without slavery is better than one with. A science that shows the earth revolving around the sun is better than one that shows the sun revolving around the earth. But in what sense are they ‘better’? Religion has inspired many meaningful and saintly lives, but how can we account for this when it seems so often to be based on dogma[1]?
Middle Way Philosophy tries to answer questions like these, and it does so for a practical purpose. In order to make practical progress in our lives, we need some clarity about the theory that supports that progress: for every practical judgement we make depends on assumed beliefs of some kind. Religions and moral systems contain ideas of practical value that need to be separated from accompanying dogmas, without assuming that we can manage with no beliefs at all. Middle Way Philosophy thus brings together practically useful ideas from a range of sources, and tries to judge which are useful and which are dogmatic: a task which is always provisional and subject to further revision.
This little book is a response to requests for a more manageable and practically-focused account of the ideas that I have been developing since 1997, and which have now come to be called Middle Way Philosophy. In 2013, for the first time, I held a retreat for a small number of people in which I tried to explain the core of the philosophy systematically in a series of talks, within the wider balancing context of relaxation, meditation, conversation, and artistic activity. I am grateful to the participants of this retreat both for the overwhelmingly positive response they gave me, and for their clear feedback that they wanted more brief, practically-focused accounts of Middle Way Philosophy, as free of technicality as possible. This book is one attempt to respond to this feedback.
The title, ‘Migglism’, is an adaptation of a suggestion I owe to Peter Goble, who was looking for a shorter version of the rather lengthy term ‘Middle Way Philosophy’. Peter is, indeed, regularly using the verb “to miggle” meaning “to practise Middle Way Philosophy”, and others are also beginning to take up the term. The attraction of ‘miggle’ is its suggestion of babyish mispronunciation of ‘middle’, and it is thus a way of conveying that Middle Way Philosophy doesn’t always have to take itself too seriously. With its practical side comes humour and an acceptance of the childish within us.
Middle Way Philosophy began as an attempt to explain in what sense ethics could be ‘right’ or ‘objective’ without appeal to God or any other such absolute ideas beyond our experience. In trying to answer such a question, I made use of insights and practical experience I had gained from Buddhist practice, but rejected any appeal to traditional Buddhist authorities and was very selective in the adoption of Buddhist terminology.
These ideas have gone through several phases of evolution. They started off as a Ph.D. thesis, then for several years I was trying to develop them within Buddhism. However, I eventually recognised that they needed to stand independently of the Buddhist tradition. Although I have previously been involved in both Western and Secular forms of Buddhism, I found too many contradictions between the Middle Way and the more traditional elements in Buddhism. I am thus no longer a Buddhist, and Middle Way Philosophy involves no allegiance to the Buddhist tradition, though it acknowledges the Buddhist inspiration of the concept of the Middle Way.
Recently, I have been engaged in the substantial project of creating an updated, multi-volume account of the philosophy in depth: the Middle Way Philosophy series. This series is now not far off completion. It attempts to combine detail, comprehensiveness, a reasonable degree of accessibility, and at least a fair academic standard of referencing. It is to this series that I will constantly refer readers who want more detailed information, argument, or explanation.
However, the challenge I have set myself in this book is rather different. Setting myself a limit of 30,000 words, I have aimed to identify the key features of Middle Way Philosophy, and why it is relevant and important. Within this length, I cannot aim to convince the unconvinced. If you are unconvinced, please read my more detailed work; or better still come along to one of the further retreats that will now be held by the Middle Way Society, in which Middle Way Philosophy will be given some of the space it really requires to be understood. Instead, I aim merely to engage the curious.
Middle Way Philosophy depends on several interdependent elements, which put together provide a basis for challenging widespread unhelpful assumptions in our society: assumptions about ourselves, about ethics, about knowledge, about science, about meaning, about religion and much else. These interdependent elements are outlined in the first section of this book as “departure points”. You could also see these departure points as different inspirations that I have encountered in putting together Middle Way Philosophy, so to reflect this I will approach them with a few personal stories.
Putting these “departure points” together allows us to derive some “core theories” – the second section. The third section, “practical application”, shows how this overall approach provides a new rationale for a range of activities that can help us improve our lives. As for a final account of why I believe Middle Way Philosophy to be so important, and how you can engage with it personally, I leave that to the conclusion.
At the end of each chapter I have offered a summary, to promote clarity about the main points, and suggestions for further reading. In most cases some of this further reading is from my own work, to provide a progression of detail for those who wish to look further at any areas of argument in Middle Way Philosophy. However, I have also suggested wider reading from other sources, which may be required in some cases to understand the context of where I am coming from. Rather than using a formal reference system I have tried to give more of an explanation of further reading, with further details of each book available in the bibliography.
As one of the complaints about Middle Way Philosophy is often the use of terms in unfamiliar ways, I have also included a glossary at the end of the book.
I hope this provides an account of miggling that, though not comprehensive, is both accessible and scalable.
Robert M Ellis, December 2013
2. Departure points
In part of my earlier career I was a Religious Studies teacher in a college. I was young, newly-qualified, and influenced by Buddhism. I was working in a small department with one colleague, who was an evangelical Christian. This might potentially have been a recipe for conflict, but actually for the most part we got on well, because we were able to reach sufficient agreement on our educational goals.
However, there was one aspect of my colleague’s approach that intrigued and puzzled me. This was the way he coped with the requirement for “objectivity” in Religious Studies as an academic discipline whilst maintaining a strong personal belief in a particular Christian approach. He did this through a rigorous cut-off between the two. He would never talk about his “personal beliefs” in class, and saw his task as teaching the students about “religions” rather than in any sense teaching them religion. At the same time, of course, he favoured factual topics (such as Biblical Studies) that were more familiar to him from his own background.
There seemed to me something very odd and unsatisfactory about this approach. For one thing, it was self-deluded in the sense that his beliefs were always rather obvious from the chosen topics, the way they were framed and communicated, and the assumptions made. For another, it seemed to result in a nervous repression that obviously created tension in him, for he had to hold back his passion for much that inspired him. Gradually, I began to realise that my colleague, despite his absolute beliefs in God’s revelation through the Bible, was also effectively conforming to the expectations of relativism. In the public sphere, where these expectations ruled, no religious view could be accepted as better than another. There were just different facts about religion laid out for examination, and then (so the implicit model went) students would exercise a private personal choice in deciding which belief to select.
This way of operating was largely not the fault of my colleague, but rather the product of a set of attitudes and assumptions in modern society, which he had adapted to as best he could. Faced with clashes between incompatible absolute beliefs, modern “secular” society has often dealt with them by privatising them and making public space theoretically neutral. This disjunction is perhaps most obvious in the US, where religion is privatised by the constitution; but even in the UK, the feeble relics of established Anglican consensus co-exist inconsistently in the public sphere with a large degree of practical secularisation. The neutrality sought in this secularising approach goes too far to another extreme in its avoidance of religious dogma, tending to create depersonalisation, inner conflict, and confusion about how we should make the judgements necessary in our lives.
Based on my previous experience of Buddhism, I felt there had to be a better way. For myself, I felt that I could teach Religious Studies without the disjunctive stress that my colleague was suffering from, because I felt that religions primarily offered resources for a process of spiritual investigation and development. We do not need to relate to religions just as incompatible revelations – and indeed, the more we do so, the harder it becomes to engage in Religious Studies with one’s whole experience. Understood differently, the subject could unite the personal with the academic rather than dividing them.
Rather sketchily at that point, I felt that the way forward might have something to do with the Middle Way of the Buddha. By the time I left that teaching job, I had determined to study for a Ph.D. in Philosophy, in which I worked out what kinds of solutions the Middle Way might offer to the disjunction between absolutism and relativism. My puzzlement about my colleague and the ethos he represented thus created the roots of Middle Way Philosophy.
The Buddha is a historical figure, Siddhartha Gautama, who lived in Northern India about 2500 years ago. It is his life story before he was said to have achieved enlightenment (nirvana) that provides a symbolic account of the Middle Way in experience. Although we have this story from Buddhist scriptures of various kinds, the value of the story only needs to be understood symbolically and does not depend at all either on the historical truth of the stories about the Buddha, or on scholarly arguments about scriptures – so please lay these sorts of concerns aside.
The Buddha-to-be is said to have been brought up as a prince in a palace, where he was indulged in every pleasure and protected from all sources of pain and suffering. However, he was troubled even as a young man with a sense of dissatisfaction with this life, and was also said to have had spontaneous meditative experiences. One day, on a chariot ride out of the palace, he encountered an old person, a sick person and a corpse, which all seem to have represented a sudden recognition of suffering that he must have been denying or repressing. He is also said to have encountered a mendicant holy man, which made him aware of the possibility of an alternative way of life.
Fired by this experience, Siddhartha Gautama is said to have “gone forth”, renouncing his luxurious life in the palace, giving up all his belongings and social position, and becoming a wandering mendicant in the jungle. He is said to have been focused on finding a solution to the suffering he had suddenly become aware of, and wandered around seeking the instruction of different teachers to find the right way. After learning from two different teachers but then becoming dissatisfied with their limitations, he joined a group of five ascetics who were practising austerities: bringing suffering on themselves in the expectation that this would lead to rewards in a future life. Siddhartha tried this approach too, nearly killing himself through extreme fasting, but eventually recognised that it did not provide any solutions.
At this point, Siddhartha hit upon the Middle Way. He recognised that neither indulging in pleasure nor practising austerities would help him – but what would help him was to maintain health and meet the basic conditions of life for his mind and body. He would also not find any solutions by going along with the conventions of his closeted royal family on the one hand, nor the absolute ideas about rewards in a future life that motivated the ascetics on the other. By this means, balancing his outlook and avoiding two different types of delusion, the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment.
It has always been the Buddha’s method here that has interested me much more than his supposed results. Given their commitment to this method, I am puzzled by the obsession that many Buddhists, including Western ones, seem to have with the Buddha’s enlightenment and the revelatory authority that they believe flows from that enlightenment. I do not know whether or not the Buddha achieved nirvana, still less what that means if he did. Assertions about it lead us into a scholarly quagmire of authority claims, which is not only likely to bog us down, but is also of no practical use to us. Of much greater interest is the method that the Buddha used to make progress, the Middle Way. This method is of universal significance because it can be used flexibly at all sorts of different levels in all sorts of different contexts. It can thus be applied and checked in experience rather than being dependent on authoritative claims made about a person in a remote time and place.
Our understanding of the Middle Way can be reinforced by many other stories about the Buddha’s teachings. Perhaps the most important of these is that the Buddha, when asked questions about claims that lie beyond experience, such as whether the universe is infinite or eternal, or whether there is an eternal soul, remained silent. He neither affirmed nor denied such claims, but when pressed said that it was not useful to take a position on them.
The Buddha also used various parables and analogies that encapsulate the Middle Way. A man shot with an arrow does not ask who shot the arrow, what it is really composed of, or where it ultimately came from, before plucking out the arrow – practical requirements come first. A person crossing the River Ganges on a raft does not pick up and carry the raft on reaching the other side, but leaves it on the further bank – so, even if there are some teachings or beliefs that are useful to us, this does not mean they will always be so. A lute-string
needs to be tuned neither too tight nor too slack, but just with the right degree of tension – a direct physical analogy for the Middle Way.
So, the Buddha’s Middle Way is the first of the starting points for Middle Way Philosophy. This Middle Way is both an epistemological principle (a principal for justifying our beliefs) and a moral principle. According to the Middle Way, we make progress by avoiding different types of claims that lie beyond experience. Claims that lie beyond experience are known as metaphysical claims. Crucially, the Middle Way involves not just avoiding positive metaphysical claims (such as “The universe is infinite” or “God exists”) but also their negative counterparts (such as “The universe is finite” or “God does not exist”). Since these sets of opposed beliefs involve different types of delusion, to make any kind of progress we need to avoid getting trapped in them.
The Middle Way offers an insight that can help us resolve the problem of absolutism and relativism. We do not just have a choice between the absolute – i.e. accepting a big claim about how things are on authority – and the relative – i.e. denying these big claims and falling back on the conventions of our society. The Middle Way provides a model for how we can stretch our relative perspective without trying to jump to an absolute one, provided we constantly resist the temptation to turn the Middle Way itself either into an absolute or a relative value. How this stretching works will gradually unfold. To follow the Middle Way, we need to rest content with the ambiguity that follows when we do not accept either absolute perspective.
The Middle Way consists in the avoidance of both positive and negative types of metaphysics
Avoiding metaphysics helps us to find a way between absolutism and relativism
The Buddha’s life, and some of his recorded teachings, can provide a source of inspiration for the Middle Way, without the need to accept the authority of the Buddhist tradition
There are many introductions to the life of the Buddha available, and most of these make some reference to the Buddha’s early life and the Middle Way teachings. However, I have yet to come across a source that focuses only on the Middle Way in the Buddha’s life. A collection of early texts relating to the Buddha’s life has been made by Ñanamoli, The Life of the Buddha.
Some key references for teachings relating to the Middle Way in the Pali Canon are as follows: Majjhima Nikaya 63 for the Buddha’s ‘silence’ on metaphysical issues and the parable of the arrow; Anguttara Nikaya 3.65 for the Kalama Sutta, which applies the Middle Way to judgements about belief; Majjhima Nikaya 22 for the parable of the raft; Anguttara Nikaya 6.55 for the lute strings analogy.
For a more detailed account of how the Middle Way can be separated from Buddhism as a whole, see my book The Trouble with Buddhism.
[1] Terms that appear in the glossary at the end (of which dogma is the first) are italicised on their first appearance.
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BREAKING: Bank of America dumps coal mining in sweeping new policy
Bank once labeled “Bank of Coal” announces broad commitment scaling down financial involvement in coal mining globally
Charlotte, NC—Bank of America unveiled a new global coal mining policy today committing to reduce exposure to coal mining companies across the board. Bank of America’s Andrew Plepler announced the new policy at the bank’s annual shareholder meeting this morning in Charlotte, stating, “With regard to coal, over the past several years we have been gradually and consistently reducing our credit exposure to companies focused on coal mining. Our new policy…reflects our decision to continue to reduce our credit exposure over time to the coal mining sector globally.” The policy change comes after four years of campaigning from Rainforest Action Network and other groups, and is the strongest policy of its kind to date.
“Today’s announcement from Bank of America truly represents a sea change: it acknowledges the responsibility that the financial sector bears for supporting and profiting from the fossil fuel industry and the climate chaos it has caused,” said Rainforest Action Network Climate and Energy Program Director Amanda Starbuck. “In real terms, this means the bank is turning its back on the coal mining industry and committing to energy efficiency and renewable energy.”
In light of the new coal policy, Bank of America received a BBB grade on coal mining from Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, and the Sierra Club in the 2015 Coal Finance Report Card—the highest grade given to a bank to date in the report card. The 2015 report card, which was released Monday, cited the impending Bank of America policy change as a bright spot that other banks should emulate. The new Bank of America commitment states, “Bank of America will continue to reduce our credit exposure to coal extraction companies. This commitment applies globally, to companies focused on coal extraction and to divisions of diversified a mining companies that are focused on coal.”
“This is a challenge to other financial institutions,” said Starbuck. “We don’t need banks to change the lightbulbs at their corporate headquarters, we need them to stop bankrolling fossil fuels that are killing the climate.”
However, Bank of America received lower grades in coal-fired power and human rights, and Starbuck cautioned that Bank of America will have to live up to its commitments on coal-mining. “RAN will rigorously monitor the implementation of this policy and hold Bank of America to its word. We also hope other banks will go further than Bank of America went today. There are just a few short years left to prevent catastrophic damage from runaway climate change. We need to cut off the financial support for the coal industry—and we need to keep all fossil fuels in the ground.”
RAN announced its campaign targeting Bank of America in 2011, in light of the fact that Bank of America was considered the most resistant to changing its position on coal of all the major American investment banks. RAN, along with hundreds of allied groups, previously introduced shareholder resolutions at Bank of America annual meetings; worked with directly-impacted communities in the Powder River Basin, Appalachia, India, and Colombia to document environmental and human rights abuses related to Bank of America-backed coal mining companies; disrupted Bank of America recruitment efforts on campuses; organized direct action protests at Bank of America branch locations; and hung a “Bank of Coal” banner off the side of Bank of America stadium in Charlotte, NC, among many other tactics.
– To read the full Bank of America policy: http://bit.ly/1EXv0Ge
– 2015 Coal Finance Report Card, with grades for Bank of America: http://bit.ly/1cdZYzb
– Timeline of RAN’s campaign to push BofA, with photos and video: http://bit.ly/1FPrYEK
Claire Sandberg, Rainforest Action Network: 646-641-6431 claire@ran.org
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11.3.2016 Rap-Up TV
Exclusive: Keke Palmer Breaks Down ‘Lauren’ EP
Before introducing fans to Lauren with her visual EP, Keke Palmer breaks down the five-track project exclusively with Rap-Up.
Going on what she calls “a journey,” Lauren (her birth name) is set to explore various topics around relationship struggles, including vulnerability, jealousy, and pressure.
The intro “Doubtful” deals with internal conflict over love that helped her come to a realization. “As much as I think I’m ready for love and these things,” she says, “I’m ultimately not because I’m not ready to be vulnerable with somebody and really allow them to penetrate me.”
Next up is “GMFU (Got Me Fucked Up)” featuring Dreezy. “It’s definitely about a situation with me and a dude but it’s not exclusive to just me,” she explains. “It’s to everybody. You always be like, ‘I’ve got my stuff going on. I’m a nice young lady. Why these dudes out here actin’ foolish?’ It’s like, girl, they just got you fucked up and it’s got nothing to do with you.”
Kicking it with @kekepalmer #RapUpHQ
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You can’t talk about relationships without mentioning jealousy and Keke doesn’t shy away from that on the Lil Yachty-assisted “Jealous.” “It’s a story of where I come from,” she explains. “When a situation like this go down, this how I would handle it. But you know what? I’m better than I used to be. So I really wanted to show my world, Chicago, where I grew up.”
After taking a trip down memory lane, Keke jumps back into relationship talk with “Pressure.” “‘Pressure’ is really talking about somebody putting that pressure on you to the point where you’re feeling like you want to take that extra step to open up,” she says. “It talks about what it means when you are ready to grow and it’s time to and how you deal with it.”
Lauren ends with the dance-ready “Hands Free.” “I love ‘Hands Free’ because I love to dance,” she says. “It’s got that island feel to it, but it’s still got that throwback. I really feel like that influence is there throughout the whole EP, giving that old school ’90s type of vibe.”
Lauren arrives Friday, Nov. 4.
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Russia secures positions in the South Caucasus
Sergei Markedonov
special to RBTH
Armenia has joined the Customs Union and plans to participate in the formation of the Eurasian Economic Union. This thesis, voiced by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, could be considered the main outcome of his visit to Moscow on Sept. 3.
Click to enlarge the image. Drawing by Niyaz Karim
For many years, Russian-Armenian relations were considered an example of a strong and chaste friendship. In fact, Russian military and border guards are involved in ensuring the national security of Armenia. Russia is a member of the OSCE Minsk Group on the Nagorno–Karabakh conflict, having its own ability to conduct negotiations.
The Russian business presence in Armenia is also impressive. Last year, Russian investments accounted for half of the total volume of foreign investments in the country.
However, in the past two months, relations between Yerevan and Moscow have resembled a kind of alienation. Until the very last moment, the recent visit by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan to the Russian capital was under discussion, as well as a meeting and talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Interest in the topic has been supported by the contributions of numerous experts, journalists and politicians, both in Moscow and Yerevan.
At the same time, the leaders of the two countries refrained from comments and harsh evaluations during the Armenian president’s visit. In fact, there was a simultaneous layering of several thorny issues, ensuring their transition into a discussion about the quality of the relationship between the strategic allies.
On the one hand, Moscow, being extremely jealous about any penetration into the post-Soviet space by European and American interests, showed concern about the signing of the Association Agreement between Brussels and Yerevan, which is to take place in November at the upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit in Lithuania.
In this case, unlike its integration in security forums (i.e., the CSTO), Armenia did not show particular interest in participating in the Customs Union, and some of its officials even expressed skepticism about a union of countries that have no common state border.
On the other hand, Armenia has been worried about the growing military-technical cooperation between Moscow and Baku: Even an ordinary Armenian voter expressed dissatisfaction with rising prices for Russian gas supplied into the Caucasus republic.
It should be noted that all of these topics in the relations between the two countries have come up in the past. However, their connection in time has given the aforementioned negative effect.
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It is no secret that Moscow has used leverages to exert pressure on its ally. Yet it would be wrong to explain the current compliance of Sargsyan solely by the "maneuvers" of Moscow.
Yerevan understands as well as the others that the European vector, with all its visual appeal today, does not compensate the role that Russia provides for the security of the country and in ensuring of the status-quo in the Nagorno–Karabakh peace process.
The EU also has a serious lack of “hard power.” In addition, the European strategic partnership with a longtime rival of Armenia — Baku — in the field of energy does not incline Brussels to accept only the "truth" of Yerevan.
Considerable risks are also associated with a possible intervention in Syria and, in particular, with the potential willingness of Turkey to intervene in the civil conflict in this Middle East country. No one can guarantee that Ankara will not act tougher against Yerevan, leaving the latter without Russian support. From hence comes the rather pragmatic choice of Sarkisian.
Should Moscow be celebrating a triumph? Well, yes and no. On the one hand, it has once again proved the stability of its interests in Eurasia, in general, and in the South Caucasus, in particular.
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Russia does not need to rebuild its regional policy, and the loyalty of its strategic ally has been confirmed. On the other hand, Sarkisian’s choice in September is not the end of the history but the start of a new phase.
It will therefore be interesting to see the reaction of Europe, the United States and other neighboring countries of Armenia (i.e., Iran and Turkey). Much will depend on the tone of Russia’s subsequent discourse.
After all, keeping such an ally as Armenia is beneficial for Moscow also. It is not only in Armenia’s interests. It is extremely important that Russian politicians and diplomats refrain from reveling in victory and operating on the principle of "you can’t run away from us." It is not enough to declare an appeal. It is important to be attractive in reality—and not only in the sphere of security and defense.
Sergei Markedonov is a visiting research associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.
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Clarke takes part in Q&A at coveted JMA Awards night
Sir John Madejski hands out accolades to local youngsters
Reading manager Steve Clarke visited the John Madejski Academy, along with the co-chairman himself, to take part in an awards presentation last night.
After posing for a few photos, the new Royals boss participated in a question-and-answer session with the school’s principle Nicola Maytum, where he was questioned on his career to date.
Clarke divulged into his biggest career influences to date, his advice for the academy’s students and his interesting back-up career plan had he not managed to forge a hugely successful career in the professional game.
He said: “I worked in a factory and did an apprenticeship for four years before I went full-time in football. I was an instrument technician and if football hadn’t been kind to me then I suppose I’d still be in there working the night shift.
“It was a good profession and I enjoyed it but I managed to get lucky in football and have made a career for myself in the game.
“The best advice I was ever given was to always work hard and be enthusiastic in what you do. It’s very simple, but the best advice normally is very simple. If you work hard and enjoy it, then you can become very successful."
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Programme notes: “Fans have a massive part to play”
Skipper pens his programme notes…
Today marks the end to the home campaign in 2016/17… with the exception of the play-offs, if we can secure our spot!
A win or a draw against Wigan today would ensure our top-six spot – and in his programme notes, club captain Paul McShane has stressed the importance of your support in our remaining games. Make sure you pick up your copy today to read in full.
He writes…
“The players have to do the business, but the fans have a massive part to play. We’re coming into the part of the season where we really need everyone. When the stadium is loud and a there’s a buzz about the place, it’s a great place to play football.
“When it’s a bit quiet, you feel it as a player on the pitch. So we know we need to give the fans something to shout about… but we also need everyone to support us, push us on at a time of the season when every ounce of support matters.”
Sound advice from the skipper. Players and supporters alike want the same thing for the Royals this season… and we’ve given ourselves a great opportunity. Be loud and proud in the coming weeks – starting today!
Paul McShane
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The importance of fan focus groups
By Laura Stubbs Senior Strategist
In the past year, we’ve held fan focus groups at four professional football clubs, as well as at a wide range of other sporting organisations and brands. These have informed the digital road maps we have developed to guide their online transformation.
Why do clubs need focus groups?
By communicating with fans face-to-face in the first instance when analysing your club’s digital presence, you’ll immediately see your digital offerings through the eyes of your fans. During focus groups, we speak to a range of fans spanning a club’s supporter base, from avid season ticket holders and owners of fan social media accounts to distant fans and occasional match-goers, ensuring that we capture a comprehensive view of the attitudes surrounding and perceptions of a club’s digital channels.
Speaking to fans directly is the best form of feedback that you’ll get - fans are passionate, and they want to talk. All of our sessions have led to constructive and helpful feedback about fan’s expectations and frustrations about, and their hopes for, their club’s website, social media and other digital channels.
These comments become solid evidence to inform later decisions, negating the need for guesswork or assumptions. Focus groups don’t always reveal anything shocking or groundbreaking, but even when they support views or ideas already held by a club, having undisputed confirmation and being able to point to these views as gospel is invaluable.
Why do fans need focus groups?
Focus groups give fans a voice. They show fans that the club cares about them, and about their views and opinions. The fans feel engaged with, and that they’ve not been left in the dark.
In the world of football business, with fans wary of clubs trying to make money out of them, involving them in the first steps of forming decisions around your digital offerings reminds fans that those digital offerings are for them, first and foremost.
How to get fans involved
There are several key things to consider when encouraging fans to take part in focus groups. When organising and recruiting fans for sessions, it’s integral to be clear in informing them exactly what’s required of them, how the focus groups will work, and what they will cover.
It’s important to keep in mind that participants are giving up their time, so reward their commitment to the club. Rewards that clubs we’ve worked with have used have included vouchers for the club shop. This forms an incentive but avoids the idea that you’re buying a fan’s time.
To recruit fans, we have found that it’s best to use the channels that are most effective at engaging fans in general, whether that be via social media, email or post. We support clubs in this, as well as in ensuring that groups that include a wide range of ages and genders are gathered.
Challenges focus groups can bring
Be prepared for fans to use focus groups as a forum to air grievances, which may or may not be relevant. These should never be dismissed - it’s important to take note of their issues, and not remove their opportunity to speak out. Once these issues have been aired, and the focus of the session has returned to digital, we’ve found that fans are much more open in discussing the matter at hand.
Contact us to find out more about how we use focus groups >
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A Weekly Advocacy Message from Research!America: Are we on the right path to protecting innovation?
By researchamerica on April 10, 2014
Dear Research Advocate: The budget and appropriations process typically reveals stark differences in funding priorities among the two parties. And this year is no exception. House Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen (D-MD-08) introduced the Democrats’ 10-year budget plan this week, which stands apart from the Republican proposal introduced by Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI-01) most notably by ending sequestration. The Ryan budget, which won House approval today, is on its way to the Senate but is considered dead on arrival. Note that there’s still time to urge your Members of Congress to support medical and health research as this year’s appropriations process continues! Teen...
Statement by Research!America president and CEO Mary Woolley on Omnibus Bill
By researchamerica on January 14, 2014
We applaud portions of the omnibus bill that support the nation’s research, innovation and public health ecosystem, which works to assure our future health and economic well-being. The growth in funding for the Food and Drug Administration, fueled in part by the common-sense return of the 2013 user fees, as well as the increases for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Science Foundation are welcome news. But funding for the National Institutes of Health has been kept well below the level of scientific opportunity. We must eliminate sequestration once and for all, and grow our investment in NIH in order to slow and...
A Weekly Advocacy Message from Mary Woolley: Back to regular order, sort of?
By researchamerica on January 9, 2014
Dear Research Advocate: Following the lead of Budget Chairs Murray (D-WA) and Ryan (R-WI-01), Appropriations Chairs Mikulski (D-MD) and Rogers (R-KY-05) are trying to end the recent string of continuing resolutions and craft a funding compromise that advances the nation’s best interests. Congress may miss its January 15 deadline for appropriations, but it won’t likely shut down the government. We anticipate a short-term extension of the deadline while appropriators in both chambers work to craft an omnibus bill that reflects today’s priorities instead of blind, across-the-board cuts. It’s about time, you’re thinking (and I agree!) that Congress gets back to ’regular order.’...
Medical Research is Far-Reaching. It Saves Lives, Provides Hope, Fuels our Economy and More.
Recently, progress has been made in Congress that must not be confused for victory but is momentum to be capitalized on. For instance, the bipartisanship and compromise that we’ve seen in Congress is the first step in a long journey that is necessary for medical and health research to flourish and which provides temporary relief from sequestration. Now is the time to carry forward. Advocates cannot tiptoe around other far-reaching truths: Our global competitiveness is at risk, young scientists are leaving the profession as fewer grants are awarded, Americans are dying, health care costs are exploding, and the facts prove it. Investing in innovation, at levels set to match and exceed...
A Weekly Advocacy Message from Mary Woolley: Pope Francis is the Man of the Year; do you know what the Word of the Year is?
By researchamerica on December 19, 2013
Dear Research Advocate: Here’s a holiday surprise! I am not referring to the budget deal, but to the fact that Merriam-Webster’s 2013 word of the year ’ determined via the greatest increase in online searches ’ is “science.” I find this to be refreshing news, providing evidence that interest in science is growing, which in turn is an indication of substantial room for researchers and research advocates to contribute to public understanding and support of science. We appear to have an opportunity ready for the taking to overcome the “invisibility” problem that contributes to holding decision makers back from assigning a higher priority to science. And speaking of those decision...
Research!America president and CEO Mary Woolley on Senate Passage of Budget Agreement
December 18, 2013 ’Senate passage of the budget agreement brings us closer to restoring some of the funding lost under sequestration for medical and health research but this is a band-aid approach to solving our fiscal woes. Our nation’s research ecosystem has been a dealt a severe blow and will need robust funding to recover from steep budget cuts that slowed medical progress. We urge appropriators to adequately fund the National Institutes of Health and other agencies that advance scientific discovery and innovation to confront the many deadly and disabling diseases impacting our nation’s health and economy.’
Health R&D Spending Moves Slowly Upward, Driven by Industry, Philanthropy and Voluntary Health Associations
Federal R&D Funding Remains ’Woefully Inadequate’ to Address Health Threats and Global Competitiveness Highlights: Overall health R&D spending in the U.S. increased by $4.3 billion (3.5%). Industry, philanthropy and voluntary associations led gains in R&D spending. Federal R&D spending rose 2.2% but a considerable amount is the result of agency reorganization and reclassification. ALEXANDRIA, Va.’ December 17, 2013 ’ After declining in FY10-11, health-related research and development (R&D) spending in the U.S. increased by $4.3 billion (3.5%) in FY11-12, according to Truth and Consequences: Health R&D Spending in the U.S. (FY11-12), the 10th edition from...
A Weekly Advocacy Message from Mary Woolley: "It always seems impossible until itâs done"-- Nelson Mandela
Dear Research Advocate: As I’m sure you’ve heard, the Joint Budget Committee released a two-year budget agreement Tuesday night. The package involves $63 billion in partial sequestration relief over two years, offset by fees (not taxes!) and a wide variety of cost-sharing arrangements, AKA ’pay fors.’ While it remains unclear whether user fees will be subjected to any sequester in 2014 and 2015, the already-sequestered FDA user fees are locked up and cannot be used to accelerate medical advances. This is a missed opportunity that patients can’t afford. While not a perfect deal in many respects, the House is expected to approve the Murray-Ryan budget deal within moments, and the...
Tell Congress to Protect Medical and Health Research
By researchamerica on December 6, 2013
To protect medical and health research, policy makers must eliminate sequestration. This remains Research!America’s top-line message, because it is sequestration that poses the greatest threat to all discretionary funding, including medical and health research conducted by NIH, CDC, FDA, NSF, AHRQ, DOD ’¦ and the list goes on. Advocates for medical and health research have made a huge impact over the years on funding and policies supportive of medical and health research, including playing a key role in reducing sequestration in 2013. We are asking you to weigh in again to help address sequestration in FY14 and FY15. On Wednesday, the co-chairs of the committee charged with establishing...
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New National Poll Reveals Many Respondents Predict China will Surpass U.S. in Science and Innovation by 2020 ALEXANDRIA, Va.’December 3, 2013’Nearly two-thirds (65%) of Americans say it’s likely there will be another government shutdown in the months ahead as Congress continues to debate deficit and budget issues, according to a new national public opinion poll commissioned by Research!America and the American Society of Hematology. This sentiment is shared across party affiliations: Democrats (66%), Republicans (65%) and Independents (65%). There is also consensus across party lines that government dysfunction has consequences. A majority of Americans (57%) say the shutdown in...
Without research, there is no hope.
The Honorable Paul G. Rogers
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Thales and Safran acquire Areva's stake in Sofradir
Paris, January 30, 2012 Safran and Thales have acquired Areva's 20% stake in Sofradir, their jointly owned subsidiary and a world-class centre of excellence in infrared detector technology. Sofradir is a leading supplier of infrared detectors to the optronics industry. Its technologies are used for a wide range of commercial and military applications, particularly night vision equipment. Sofradir employed 550 people and generated revenue of around €150 million. Most of its employees are based at the company's development and production centre in Veurey-Voroize, near Grenoble, France. Safran and Thales have raised their respective stake to 50% of Sofradir, compared to 40% previously. This transaction is part of the optronics partnership between Safran and Thales that was signed on 20 December 2011.
Thales is a global technology leader for the Defence & Security and the Aerospace & Transport markets. In 2010, the company generated revenues of €13.1 billion with 68,000 employees in 50 countries. With its 22,500 engineers and researchers, Thales has a unique capability to design, develop and deploy equipment, systems and services that meet the most complex security requirements. Thales has an exceptional international footprint, with operations around the world working with customers as local partners.
For more information, www.thalesgroup.com
Safran is a leading international high-technology group with three core businesses: Aerospace (propulsion and equipment), Defence and Security. Operating worldwide, the Safran group has more than 54,000 employees and generated sales of 10.8 billion euros in 2010. Working alone or in partnership, Safran holds world or European leadership positions in its core markets. The Group invests heavily in Research & Development to meet the requirements of changing markets, including expenditures of 1.2 billion euros in 2010. Safran is listed on NYSE Euronext Paris and its share is part of the CAC 40 index.
For more information, www.safran-group.com / Follow @SAFRAN on Twitter Safran contacts
Catherine Malek
catherine.malek@safran.fr
Pascal Bantegnie
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Antoine-Pierre de Grammont
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Thales contacts
Alexandre Perra
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Jean-Claude Climeau
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Safran’s Board of Directors selects Olivier Andriès as future Chief Executive officer.
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Home » Articles » Litigating Damages and Attorne…
Litigating Damages and Attorney Fees in Section 1983 Litigation: Capitalizing on the Law
American Bar Association • Section of Litigation, Spring 2006
Section 1983 is the vehicle by which plaintiffs seek compensation for violations of their constitutionally protect- ed rights. This article addresses the framework of section 1983 claims generally and specific issues related to damages, taxation of recoveries, and attorney fees.
42 U.S.C. Section 1983 Claims Generally
“There can be no doubt that claims brought pursuant to § 1983 sound in tort. Just as common-law tort actions provide redress for interference with protected personal or property interests, Section 1983 provides relief for invasions of rights protected under federal law.”1 These claims are commonly referred to as “constitutional tort” claims.
Section 1983 originated in the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era, stemming from section 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871 and adopted to enforce the then-newly enacted Fourteenth Amendment. One main scourge the act was meant to address arose out of the conduct of the Ku Klux Klan,2 and the inability of states to tide the bad acts of such groups.
That the state courts in several states have been unable to enforce the criminal laws of their respective states or to suppress the disorders existing, and in fact the preservation of life and property in many sections of the country is beyond the power of state government, is sufficient reason why Congress, so far as it has authority under the Constitution, should enact the laws necessary for the protection of citizens of the United States.3
Section 1983 is a remedial statute authorizing a civil action against defendants who act under color of state law and violate rights otherwise secured under federal law. The statute confers no substantive rights.4 Consequently, there is no such thing as a section 1983 violation, absent a deprivation of a right secured under another law. Therefore, to be successful, a section 1983 claimant must identify the federally protected right that has been violated.
To state a cause of action under section 1983, a plaintiff must allege two elements: (1) challenged conduct by a person acting under color of law and (2) challenged conduct that deprived the plaintiff of a federal right.5 To prevail under section 1983, the plaintiff must prove that the defendant’s unconstitutional action was the “cause in fact” of the plaintiff’s injury.6
Under the statute, plaintiffs may hold individual state actors liable for violating their constitutional rights. Although the “state” itself is not a person that may be sued under section 1983,7 a municipality is a proper defendant, where the conduct complained of relates to an official municipal policy, custom, or practice causing the constitutional tort.8
Most section 1983 cases involve constitutional claims based directly or indirectly on the Fourteenth Amendment. Typically, the claims are brought against governmental officials for acts committed in their official capacity. In those cases, there is no dispute that the conduct complained of was committed under the “color of law.” The harder question arises in cases where a private individual allegedly acts in concert with governmental officials pursuant to state authority. Under concurrent jurisdiction, both state and federal courts may exercise jurisdiction over section 1983 claims.
In the 35 years since the U.S. Supreme Court decided Monroe v. Pape9—broadly delineating the nature of section 1983 claims— the number of complaints filed under the statute has increased dramatically. Cases decided after Monroe v. Pape also help delineate the damages and attorney fees available for such a claim.
A plaintiff successfully pressing a section 1983 claim may recover a broad range of both compensatory and punitive damages. Compensatory damages may include costs of medical care and supplies, lost wages (i.e., back pay and lost future earnings), physical pain and suffering, emotional pain and suffering, and10 disability/loss of normal life. Where liability is found, but compensatory damages cannot be proven, the jury will be instructed to return a nominal damage award (typically one dollar). Although a trivial sum, even a nominal damage award may open the door for an award of punitive damages or attorney fees. Courts have rejected the availability of presumed damages unless traditional damages are difficult to prove.11 In addition, a court may reduce compensatory damages where the plaintiff only offers generalized evidence of emotional pain and suffering, not rising to a level that is commensurate with the amount awarded by the jury.12 While section 1983 damages are based on common law concepts, they are not dependent on the law of the forum state.13
An often-confused area of damages is related to front pay and lost future earnings awards, which are both available under section 1983 remedies. Front pay is an equitable remedy determined by the court, but lost future earnings qualifies as a compensatory remedy to be decided by a finder of fact.14 “Front pay is an equitable remedy that is awarded in lieu of promotion when promotion is inappropriate or unavailable. Front pay is the functional equivalent of promotion because it is a substitute remedy that affords the plaintiff the same benefit (or as close an approximation as possible) as the plaintiff would have received had she been promoted.”15 Hence, front pay is limited in duration and that better replicates the effects of reinstatement because an employee is not expected to remain in that position indefinitely. An award of lost future earnings compensates a plaintiff for intangible nonpecuniary loss (i.e., reputational or other injury to professional standing). “To recover for lost earning capacity, a plaintiff must produce competent evidence suggesting that his injuries have narrowed the range of economic opportunities available to him. A plaintiff must show that his injury has caused a diminution in his ability to earn a living.”16
Punitive damages are available against individual defendants where a plaintiff establishes actions were either intentional or committed with reckless or callous disregard for the plaintiff’s rights.17 Significantly, punitive damages may be available against individual defendants even absent actual damages.18 Municipalities, however, are not subject to punitive awards.19 Consequently, joint and several liability is applicable only for compensatory damages.
In determining the amount of the punitive damages, the jury considers the reprehensibility of the defendant’s conduct, the impact of the defendant’s conduct on the plaintiff, the relationship between the plaintiff and the defendant, the likelihood that the defendant would repeat the conduct if an award of punitive damages is not made, the defendant’s financial condition and the relationship of any award of punitive damages to the amount of actual harm the plaintiff suffered.20
Under Supreme Court precedent, “[t]he most important indicium of the reasonableness of a punitive damages award is the degree of reprehensibility of the defendant’s conduct.”21 “The second and perhaps most commonly cited indicium of an unreasonable or excessive punitive damages award is its ratio to the actual harm inflicted on the plaintiff.”22 Although generally applicable, where a plaintiff’s economic damages are nominal or essentially nominal, the Supreme Court recognizes that the ratio analysis has limited relevance.23 Indeed, where “injuries are without a ready monetary value,” such as invasions of constitutional rights unaccompanied by physical injury or other compensable harm, higher compensatory to punitive damage ratios are to be expected.24 Perhaps recognizing the added cost of section 1983 claims or otherwise seeking to limit punitive damage awards, the common law of some states requires a plaintiff who seeks punitive damages to establish actual malice. Other states require the higher clear and convincing standard of proof for punitive damage claims. Finally, Ohio and Kansas only allow the jury to determine if punitive damages should be awarded, with the judge then determining the amount of such an award. These issues continue to be the subject of litigation,25 and it is currently unresolved whether such restrictions properly apply to section 1983 claims.
The Internal Revenue Code defines gross income as “all income from whatever source derived,” subject only to the exclusions specifically listed elsewhere in the Code.26 The Code excludes from gross income “the amount of any damages received (whether by suit or agreement or whether as lump sums or as periodic payments) on account of personal injuries or sickness.”27 The issue facing section 1983 plaintiffs is that the Code offers no explanation of what a taxpayer must show in order to prove that the damages were received “on account of personal injuries.”28
As noted above, generally, section 1983 claims are tort claims, meaning recoveries should be excludable from taxable income. That said, the issue of whether a section 1983 settlement or award is taxable arises in those cases where plaintiff seeks recovery for constitutional and statutory or state, nontort, theories. The potential tax issue routinely arises where a plaintiff alleges a constitutional tort as well as claims implicating lost wages or contract damages. In such cases, courts look to the true nature of the claim to determine whether the award is premised upon a claim of physical injury or sickness. By way of analogy, in a tort/employment case, back pay amounts established at trial may be presented as an evidentiary factor to assess tort damages, thereby relieving the plaintiff from any tax obligations. Depending upon how a settlement is characterized, or how a verdict is formulated, a plaintiff may be taxed on the award. “Even if a client has a good faith personal injury claim, attorneys should carefully construct the language of the complaint and settlement agreement to clearly and specifically allocate personal injury, punitive, and business-related damages.”29
Finally, courts generally “do not increase damages to compen- sate for expected tax liability on the damage award. When damages place a plaintiff in the position he would have occupied had the defendant’s obligation been fulfilled, the amount recovered would (but for the breach) have been income, and thus taxable.”30
“In the United States, parties are ordinarily required to bear their own attorney’s fees—the prevailing party is not entitled to collect from the loser. Under this American Rule, we follow a general practice of not awarding fees to a prevailing party absent explicit statutory authority. Congress, however, has authorized the award of attorney’s fees to the prevailing party in numerous statutes. . . .”31 The Civil Rights Attorney’s Fees Awards Act of 197632 provides in relevant part:
In any action or proceeding to enforce
, . . . the court, in its discretion, may allow the prevailing party, other than the United States, a reasonable attorney’s fee as part of the costs, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer’s judicial capacity such officer shall not be held liable for any costs, including attorney’s fees, unless such action was clearly in excess of such officer’s jurisdiction.
The basic purpose of a section 1983 damages award is to compensate a person for injuries caused by the deprivation of a constitutional right. Congress intended to authorize the award of attorney fees only when a party has prevailed on the merits.33 Accordingly, a party must be a “prevailing party” to qualify for a discretionary award of attorney fees under section 1988. As noted by the Supreme Court, “[l]iability on the merits and responsibility for fees go hand in hand; where a defendant has not been prevailed against, either because of legal immunity or on the merits, § 1988 does not authorize a fee award against that defendant.”34
“[T]o qualify as a prevailing party, a civil rights plaintiff must obtain at least some relief on the merits of his claim. The plaintiff must obtain an enforceable judgment against the defendant from whom fees are sought, or comparable relief through a consent decree or settlement. Whatever relief the plaintiff secures must directly benefit him at the time of the judgment or settle- ment. Otherwise the judgment or settlement cannot be said to ‘affect the behavior of the defendant toward the plaintiff.’ ”35 Attorney fees also are available pendente lite under section 1988: “Such awards are proper where a party has established his entitlement to some relief on the merits of his claims, either in the trial court or on appeal.”36
Perhaps surprisingly, attorney fees are not available under the “catalyst theory,”37 where a party achieved the desired result through a voluntary change in the defendant’s conduct brought about because of the plaintiff’s lawsuit, but without reducing those claims to judgment. The reason for this general rule is that “[a] defendant’s voluntary change in conduct, although perhaps accomplishing what the plaintiff sought to achieve by the lawsuit, lacks the necessary judicial imprimatur on the change.”38
Although easy to state in the abstract, whether a party in a specific case is a “prevailing party” can be difficult to determine. One of the most critical factors in determining reasonableness of a fee award is “the degree of success obtained.”39 Decisions by two different panels of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit demonstrate the difficulty in application. In the first, Judge Easterbrook, writing for the panel, found that a plaintiff’s failure to obtain at least 10 percent of the damages it had sought would weigh heavily against any award of attorney fees.40 In the second, then-Chief Judge Posner, writing for the panel, held that “[s]ince a defendant must take seriously a large demand and prepare its defense accordingly, it is right to penalize a plaintiff for putting the defendant to the bother of defending against a much larger claim than the plaintiff could prove.”41 Chief Judge Posner recognized that “[b]ecause the cost of litigating a claim has a fixed component, a reasonable attorney’s fee in the sense of the minimum required to establish a valid claim can exceed the value of the claim.”42 The Seventh Circuit explained that the purpose of fee shifting for a party who prevails on even a small claim is to enable such claims to be litigated, and that this purpose would be “thwarted by capping the attorneys’ fees award at the level of the damages award.”43
There are 12 factors identified by the Supreme Court to use in addressing the reasonableness of a fee award, a comprehensive discussion of which is beyond the scope of this article.44 As noted by the Supreme Court, “[h]aving considered the amount and nature of damages awarded, the court may lawfully award low fees or no fees without reciting the 12 factors bearing on reasonableness, or multiplying ‘the number of hours reasonably expended . . . by a reasonable hourly rate.’ ”45
A nominal damage award technically may qualify for prevailing party status, but often results in no fee award.
In some circumstances, even a plaintiff who formally prevails under § 1988 should receive no attorney’s fees at all. A plaintiff who seeks compensatory damages but receives no more than nominal damages is often such a prevailing party. . . [A] nominal damages award does render a plaintiff a prevailing party by allowing him to vindicate his absolute right to procedural due process through enforcement of a judgment against the defendant. In a civil rights suit for damages, however, the awarding of nominal dam- ages also highlights the plaintiff’s failure to prove actual, compensable damages. Whatever the constitutional basis for substantive liability, damages awarded in a § 1983 action must always be designed to compensate injuries caused by the constitutional deprivation. When a plaintiff recovers only nominal damages because of his failure to prove an essential element of his claim for monetary relief, the only reasonable fee is usually no fee at all.46
Therefore, to qualify for an attorney fee award, a plaintiff’s victory must be more than technical or de minimis in nature. While a “pittance is enough to render [the plaintiff] a prevailing party, it does not by itself prevent his victory from being purely technical.”47
Finally, “[t]he fact that the attorneys’ fees awarded exceed the damages awarded is not decisive either. Because the cost of litigating a claim has a fixed component, a reasonable attorney’s fee in the sense of the minimum required to establish a valid claim can exceed the value of the claim.”48
Interplay of Section 1988 with Rule 68
“Rule 68 permits a defendant to offer judgment to be taken against it in a specified amount; if the plaintiff fails to accept the offer and later obtains a judgment less favorable than the offer, then the plaintiff must pay the defendant’s cost incurred from the time of the offer.”49 “Rule 68 of the Federal Rules of Procedure can be a powerful mechanism for driving plaintiffs to a reasonable settlement.”50 Because section 1988 permits recovery of attorney fees to the prevailing party, a “defendant may argue that the plaintiff is not a ‘prevailing party’ when its recovery represents a small improvement over the Rule 68 offer.”51 Similarly, “in cases where the recoverable damages are small and recovery of attorneys’ fees is the main motivation for pursuing the cases, a Rule 68 offer in excess of what the plaintiff could recover at trial may deprive the court of jurisdiction under Article III of the Constitution.”52
According to David A. Ball, Ph.D., a trial consultant and author, “[t]he only goal of trial is to get money for your client.”53 While, admittedly, monetary damages may not be the only consideration in pursuing a section 1983 case, the only relief that can be obtained from a jury is damages. According to Dr. Ball, the purpose of a jury is to fix what can be fixed, to help what can be helped, and to make up for, or balance, what cannot be fixed or helped.54 The job of a plaintiff’s attorney is to show the jurors how they can fulfill their obligation through the assignment of damages. “Jurors cannot gauge the full weight of the harm unless [the trial attorney can] get them to walk in [the plaintiff’s] shoes.”55
“Time is money,”56 and an attorney seeking damages for a client must remember to spend significant, not just sufficient, time addressing damages. “A third to a half [of a trial] should be on harm, losses, and money.”57 It is hard enough for a jury to decide how much the verdict should be; “a trial attorney must explain to the jury how they can figure out how much it will take to make up for the harms and losses.”58 This is particularly important in the event the court limits the time for presentation of evidence. Rule 16(c)(15) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide that, at any pretrial conference held under the rule, “the court may take appropriate action, with respect to . . . an order establishing a reasonable limit on the time allowed for presenting evidence.” “Faced with crowded dockets and lim- ited judicial resources—the recurring conflict between supply and demand—courts are increasingly invoking their authority under Rule 16 to impose specific limits on the amount of time the parties are allotted to present their case at trial.”59 An attorney’s effective use of time can mean the difference between merely nominal damages and appropriate compensatory (and/or punitive) damages.
The number of section 1983 claims filed shows no indication of declining under current law. Counsel for the defense and the plaintiff must recognize the central components of these claims and must be well versed on the intricacies of the damages awardable in these cases. Only with such information is counsel prepared and able to fully and properly advise and represent the client.
1. City of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes at Monterey, Ltd., 526 U.S. 687, 119 S. Ct. 1624 (1999).
2. Monroe v. Pape, 365 U.S. 167, 175, 81 S. Ct. 473, 478 (1961).
3. Id. at 176 (citing Senator Osborn of Florida, CONG. GLOBE, 42d Cong., 1st Sess. 653).
4. Chapman v. Houston Welfare Rights Org., 441 U.S. 600, 618, 99 S. Ct. 1905, 1916 (1979).
5. Gomez v. Toledo, 446 U.S. 635, 640, 100 S. Ct. 1920, 1923 (1980).
6. Carey v. Piphus, 435 U.S. 247, 263, 98 S. Ct. 1042, 1052 (1978).
7. Will v. Michigan Dep’t of State Police, 491 U.S. 58, 66–67, 109 S. Ct. 2304, 2310 (1989).
8. Monell v. Dep’t of Soc. Servs. of New York, 436 U.S. 658, 691, 98 S. Ct. 2018 (1972).
9. 365 U.S. 167, 175, 81 S. Ct. 473, 478 (1961).
10. 7th Cir. Pattern Jury Instructions § 7.23.
11. Memphis Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. Stachura, 477 U.S. 299, 106 S. Ct. 2537 (1986)
12. Whitfield v. Melendez-Rivera, 431 F.3d 1, 47 (1st Cir. 2005).
13. Basista v. Weir, 340 F.2d 74, 86 (3d Cir. 1965).
14. Williams v. Pharmacia, Inc., 137 F.3d 944, 954 (7th Cir. 1998).
15. Miles v. Indiana, 387 F.3d 591, 601 (7th Cir. 2003) (internal cita- tion and quotes omitted).
16. Williams, 137 F.3d at 952 (internal quotes omitted).
17. Smith v. Wade, 461 U.S. 30, 51, 103 S. Ct. 1625, 1637 (1983).
18. King v. Marci, 993 F.2d 294, 297 (2d Cir. 1993).
19. City of Newport v. Fact Concerts, Inc. 453 U.S. 247, 261, 101 S. Ct. 2748, 2756 (1981).
21. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Campbell, 538 U.S. 408, 419, 123 S. Ct. 1513, 1521 (2003).
22. BMW of N. Am., Inc. v. Gore, 517 U.S. 559, 580, 116 S. Ct. 1589, 1601 (1996).
23. Lee v. Edwards, 101 F.3d 805, 810–12 (2d Cir. 1996).
24. Argentine v. United Steel Workers of Am., AFL-CIO, CLC, 287 F.3d 476, 488 (6th Cir. 2002).
25. SWORD & SHIELD REVISITED: A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO SECTION 1983 (Mary Massaron Ross ed. 1998).
26. I.R.C. § 61(a) (1994).
27. I.R.C. § 104(a) (1994).
28. Seay v. Comm’r, 58 T.C. 32, 36 (1972); Nicole Marie Mosesian, How to Avoid Unfavorable Tax Consequences for Your Personal Injury Client’s Settlement or Judgment, 30 GONZ. L. REV. 343, 344 (1995).
29. Mosesian, supra note 28, at 364.
30. Oddi v. Ayco Corp., 947 F.2d 257, 267 (7th Cir. 1991).
31. Buckhannon Bd. and Care Home, Inc. v. W. Va. Dep’t of Health and Human Res., 532 U.S. 598, 602, 121 S. Ct. 1835, 1839 (2001) (internal citation and quotes omitted).
32. 90 Stat. 2641, as amended, codified at 42 U.S.C. § 1988.
33. Hanrahan v. Hampton, 446 U.S. 754, 758, 100 S. Ct. 1987 (1980) (per curiam).
34. Farrar v. Hobby, 506 U.S. 103, 109, 113 S. Ct. 566, 572 (1992).
35. Id. at 111 (internal citations omitted).
36. Tex. State Teachers Ass’n v. Garland Indep. Sch. Dist., 489 U.S. 782, 790, 109 S. Ct. 1486, 1492 (1989).
37. Buckhannon Bd. and Care Home, Inc. v. W. Va. Dep’t of Health and Human Res., 532 U.S. 598, 605 (2001).
38. Id. at 605.
39. Farrar, 506 U.S. at 114.
40. Perlman v. Zell, 185 F.3d 850, 859–60 (7th Cir. 1999).
41. Tuf Racing Prods., Inc. v. Am. Suzuki Motor Co., 223 F.3d 585, 592 (7th Cir. 2000).
42. Id.
44. See Hensley v. Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424, 103 S. Ct. 1933 (1983) (reciting 12 factors bearing on reasonableness).
45. Farrar v. Hobby, 506 U.S. 103, 115 (1992) (internal citations omitted).
46. Id. at 115 (internal citation, quotes, and emphasis omitted).
47. Id. at 120 (internal citation omitted) (O’Connor, J., concurring).
50. Ian H. Fisher, Federal Rule 68, A Defendant’s Subtle Weapon: Its Use and Pitfalls, 14 DEPAUL BUS. L.J. 89 (Fall 2001) (describing the use of Rule 68 offers of judgment).
51. Id. at 94.
53. DAVID A. BALL, DAVID BALL ON DAMAGES—THE ESSENTIAL UPDATE, A PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY’S GUIDE FOR PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH CASES xxi (2d ed. 2005).
54. Id. at 4.
59. Martha K. Gooding and Ryan E. Lindsey, Tempus Fugit: Practical Considerations for Trying a Case Against the Clock, FED. LAW., January 2006, at 42.
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Gerald of Wales
Posted on November 10, 2011 November 9, 2011 2 Comments
Gerald of Wales was born in in Manorbier Castle, Pembrokeshire (Dyfed), South Wales in 1145 or 1146. His father was a Norman Knight, William de Barri. His mother was Angharad, granddaughter of Princess Nest, a princess of Deheubarth. She was the half Welsh – granddaughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, Prince of South Wales (on her mother’s side) her father being a Norman Knight Gerald of Windsor. Consequently Gerald was three quarters Norman, one quarter Welsh. http://www.caerleon.net/history/Gerald/index.htm
From: http://www.caerleon.net/history/Gerald/index.htm
One of the primary reasons we remember Gerald of Wales is for his journey through Wales with Archbishop Baldwin in 1188 AD, during the reign of King Henry II of England. On one hand, in his numerous writings, he spoke of the Welsh as evil, sinful, incestuous, and dishonest (and definitely didn’t have good things to say about the continuance of a Welsh law, separate from English law), but at the same time, he supported their continued quest for freedom from England. Over the centuries, the Welsh have had very few supporters in that regard.
“Gerald of Wales, Giraldus Cambrensis, Gerald the Welshman, Gerallt Cymro, he is called: Master Gerald de Barry, Gerald the Marcher, Gerald the Archdeacon, Gerald Bishop-elect of St. Davids, he more often called himself. His many names reflect the long and multi-faceted career of one of the most fascinating figures of the Middle Ages. Descended from Norman Marcher barons, and Welsh princes, Gerald was by turns scholar, churchman and reformer, courtier, diplomat and would-be crusader; Marcher propagandist, agent of English kings, champion of the Welsh church, hunted outlaw and cathedral theologian. He was also a naturalist, gossip and indefatigable traveller, but above all a most prolific writer and a tireless self-publicist. From his seventeen surviving books, therefore, we know a great deal about this determined, irascible, self-righteous and utter fearless man; more, in fact, than about any other inhabitant of early medieval Wales.” http://www.castlewales.com/gerald.html
During the period in which Gerald wrote, Wales was recovering from the death of Prince Owain Gwynedd, one of the most powerful princes in Welsh history. The Prince had been at odds with King Henry II of England since 1157, when Henry had invaded Wales. The disputes continued until Owain’s death in 1170, at which point his lands were fought over by his children, of which he had at least 13. By 1188, his lands were split between his sons, Dafydd and Rhodri, and it wasn’t until his grandson, Llywelyn ap Iowerth (child of Owain’s eldest, legitimate son) took the throne of Wales that the country was united under a single ruler again.
From the “Description of Wales“, Gerald has this to say about their perennial quest to throw off the English yoke:
“The English are striving for power, the Welsh for freedom; the English are fighting for material gain, the Welsh to avoid a disaster; the English soldiers are hired mercenaries, the Welsh are defending their homeland. The English, I say, want to drive the Welsh out of the island and to capture it all for themselves. The Welsh, who for so long ruled over the whole kingdom, want only to find refuge together in the least attractive corner of it, the woods, the mountains and the marshes. . . .
An old man living in Pencader . . . who had joined the King’s forces against his own people, because of their evil way of life, was asked what he thought of the royal army, whether it could withstand the rebel troops and what the outcome of the war would be. ‘My Lord King,’ he replied, ‘this nation may now be harassed, weakened and decimated by your soldiery, as it has so often been by others in former times; but it will never be totally destroyed by the wrath of man, unless at the same time it is punished by the wrath of God. Whatever else may come to pass, I do not think that on the Day of Direst judgment any race other than the Welsh, or any other language, will give answer to the Supreme Judge of all for this small corner of the earth.'” (p 274)
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In case you’ve not seen this before, here’s a link to a discussion about Gerald:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01n1rbn
I haven’t read Gerald for a while. I can remember being assaulted by a proliferation of names and of trying to remember who was who and their relationship to each other. The other abiding memory were his concluding chapters on “How the Britons/Welsh could best defend themselves”, or words to that effect; I think his main thought was that they should “behave like other nations’ and have but one prince to lead them. I could see his point all too clearly, the bane of the nation was the continuous internecine warfare both between and within the various principalities. The only seeming advantage, was that the death of one prince didn’t result in the whole edifice falling like a stack of cards as it did in the 1280s.
One of the great shames is that wiser counsels didn’t prevail in Gwynedd with regard to Powys in the 1200s. The latter being caught between a rock and a hard place with an expansionist Gwynedd on one side and avaricious opportunistic Marcher lords on the other. To counter balance this the only choice was an accomodation with the English king. Whereas that was beneficial in the short term, in the long term it was catastrophic not just for Gwynedd but Powys too.
Geerald’s other latter chapter was on “How the Welsh could be defeated”. That one came as a bit of a surprise as I thought he was generally sympathetic to them, and even more so considering he had hopes of being Archbishop of St. David’s one day. I think he advocated an invasion in late February or March. One because foodstocks would be running low after the long winter and two because there would be no leaf growth on the trees, therefore affording no cover from which the Welsh could ambush and retreat as they did normally. I’m not sure, but I think one other suggestion was to prevent food supplies getting through by land and I suspect he advocated a naval blockade too, to prevent the same coming across the sea from Ireland. If you couldn’t defeat them by force of arms alone, then starvation would.
Thanks for commenting! My daughter wrote her honor’s thesis about Gerald of Wales and his split personality. He was part Marcher but Welsh, and never really belonged to both.
And you’re right about Powys. 🙂
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Wot I Think: The Long Journey Home
former Deputy Editor
30th May 2017 / 8:00PM
It’s not all that long, the journey, but it is very busy. About six hours might do the trick, but you’re likely to get distracted along the way. Part Star Trek Voyager and part The Odyssey, The Long Journey Home [official site] puts you in charge of a small crew who have been stranded far from Earth due to a tech malfunction, and must make their way home, making friends and enemies along the way. Though it’s clearly inspired by the likes of Star Control and Captain Blood, I’ve found myself thinking of No Man’s Sky as I play. Here’s wot I think.
TLJH is one of those games that feels like lots of mini-games stitched together. There’s some basic resource management, Thrust-like planetary landings, conversations with alien races, combat, and star system navigation. It’s a game that could easily end up being less than the sum of its parts, but the structure of the journey itself ties everything together and makes each decision and challenge important. Whether you’re figuring out if a diversion to save a plague-ridden planet is worthwhile or even a realistic possibility given how limited the essential resources needed to keep your ship running might be.
There are four things to consider. Your crew are a primary resource and as they pick up injuries, your journey becomes more perilous. Those injuries come from rough landings, risky flying, certain encounters and ship-to-ship combat. People are your most precious resource, and are irreplaceable, though they can be healed if you find the appropriate items.
The other three resources you’ll need to trek across the stars can all be picked up along the way and the core loop of the game involves ensuring you gather enough of each at each stop along the route.
First of all, you’ll need fuel to move within systems, and to send your single-seater lander craft down to the surface of planets. It’s planetside where you’ll find the gases, metals and minerals that are used for refuelling and repair, but you might also want to visit some planets as part of a quest chain, or on the off-chance there’ll be some mystery to uncover. But, yes, fuel is of vital importance, and you’ll use it to move between planets and find it on planets.
And then there’s a second kind of fuel that lets you jump between systems. The ingredients for that are found on planets as well, and you’ll always have a fairly good idea what you’re going to find once you settle into orbit. A scan tells you what kind of resources to expect, and what quantities they might be found in, and information about inhabitants, atmosphere, weather and overall threat level.
If a planet has firestorms, high winds and scarce supplies, it’s probably not worth risking your lander and crew. You can repair both your ship and lander, and that’s where the third resource, metal, comes into play.
On one level, that’s how The Long Journey Home works; you travel from place to place, gathering enough resources to ensure you can make the next jump, or survive the next tricky landing in order to get the fuel to make the jump. That’s where it reminds me of my hours with No Man’s Sky, a game in which I never cared for the journey so much as the destination. The lure of discovering new species and biomes was powerful, for a few days, and part of the attraction was knowing that everything I saw mine and mine alone. Discoveries born of code and procedural design.
There is randomisation in The Long Journey Home as well, but it affects the order of things rather than the things themselves. The systems you’ll pass through on your way back to our solar system are different each time, but the things within them are hand-crafted. There are several species to encounter, all with their own stories, dialogues and quest chains. Those quests range from delightfully silly interstellar quiz shows and tests of strength to genocide and flirtations with transcendental beings. What they all have in common is a sense of mischievous wit in the writing, which is courtesy of RPS columnist Richard Cobbett, a man who has forgotten more about RPGs and their tropes than most of us have ever known.
The combination of resource-gathering and wordy adventures is an odd one, but it’s mostly successful. At worst, the actual business of scooping up fuel and minerals becomes busywork, interrupting the flow of a quest, and the limited number of encounters means that you’ll start to see repetition after a few playthroughs. Thankfully, running into aliens you’ve already met on a previous journey doesn’t mean you’re in for an identical story – some encounters have fairly predictable outcomes, but some branch and twist, and there are even emergent qualities to some stories, which can be derailed or unexpectedly collide with one another.
There’s a lot to like in those encounters but it’s hard to escape from the feeling that the actual machinery driving the game is simpler than I’d like it to be. If you come for the stories, you still have to do the work in between them, as if visiting a library with a byzantine membership system that requires you to sign up again every time you want to borrow a book.
Take the lander sections: they’re beautiful and simple enough, rarely taking more than five minutes to complete, even if you actually explore the surface and have a mini text adventure rather than just scooping up resources before jetting away. But they’re also repetitive and a couple of mistakes can make the cost of landing heavier than rewards. I’d describe The Long Journey Home as a difficult game, given how hard it is to get home, but it’s an oddly pitched difficulty. I’m more likely to peter out than to explode in a blaze of glory or perish in a calamitous misadventure.
Simply put, getting home is hard work and even though there are loads of amazing adventures to be had along the way, you’ll also be carrying out a lot of maintenance. Think of this more as a warning than a condemnation because I’m still enjoying the game after thirty-five hours of playing. There’s something quite soothing about the repetition that puts Long Journey Home into my Podcast Pile – which is to say, the pile of games that I play while listening to podcasts. That’s not a bad pile to be in given how many podcasts I listen to every day.
And, yes, it still reminds me of No Man’s Sky, but with these discrete mini-games instead of the arduous walking and gathering and crafting and inventory juggling. It also feels like a successor to Digital Eel’s Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space, and a stronger one than the actual sequel. There’s not quite enough here to win me over completely, but there’s more than enough to make the numerous trips I’ve made worthwhile, and part of the charm is in never knowing if there’s anything left to discover. The stars are strange and home to many mysteries and it’s tempting to stick around until I’ve seen them all. But keep in mind that there’s lots of work to do along the way.
The Long Journey Home is available now for Windows, via Steam and GOG.
Disclosure: Richard Cobbett wrote the words and has a regular column on RPS that I edit most weeks. The fact that I have to look at so many of his words as part of my day-job and actually enjoyed playing a game that was stuffed with even more of them could probably be seen as a compliment.
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Prize Stallions and Beasts of Burden:
The Horse and the English Country House
Horses are an integral part of English social, political, economic and cultural history. From the Middle Ages through to the aftermath of the WWI, they were used for agricultural development, the military, transportation, industry, and, of course, sport. Horses were crucial to sustaining and enabling life in the English country house. Horsepower brought stone to build the house, pulled the wagons filled with paintings and decorative art expressing the owner’s taste and sophistication, pulled the ploughs that farmed the estate, and most importantly carried house guests who marveled at these symbols of power, wealth and influence. Until the early years of the 20th century, without horses the country house would have ceased to function. As a result, stables were often as elegant as the main dwelling—such as the Robert Adam designed stable at Kedleston, or John Carr’s enormous equine complex at Wentworth Woodhouse. Decorative and fine art displayed in country house interiors also revealed a fascination with horses, and especially for horse racing. Horse racing has always been one of Britain’s most popular spectator sports. Portraits of these turf stars by artists such as George Stubbs held prominent positions on the walls of country houses and winnings were displayed as glittering trophies on sideboards. Indeed, horse racing attracted the full spectrum of British class and society who went to the races to gamble and socialise, to plot and scheme, and to flirt and fight.
In his richly-illustrated lecture, Oxford historian Dr. Oliver Cox, will talk about the long history of horses and the English country house, as well as describe horse racing in England from the first years of royal patronage under King James I at Newmarket, through to our present Queen’s love of the turf. He will lead the audience on a tour of some of Britain’s grandest country houses, with stops at the iconic sporting spectacles of The Derby, Royal Ascot and the Cheltenham Festival. Looking beyond the top hats and fascinators, this lecture will explore the roots of the British love for horses and horse racing while showing great houses, from Mount Stewart in Northern Ireland to Wimpole Hall in Cambridgeshire.
Thank you to our co-sponsors: Beverly Hills Women’s Club; The Gamble House; American Friends of Attingham
Additional support for Los Angeles lectures is generously provided by Robert and Roberta Young
Stable, Arlington Court and the National Trust Carriage Museum ©National Trust Images Nadia Mackenzie
Oliver Cox ©John Cairns
Oliver Cox
Heritage Engagement Fellow, Oxford
Dr Oliver Cox is Heritage Engagement Fellow at the University of Oxford, where he is responsible for developing strategic partnerships with the UK and international heritage sector. Oliver is co-lead of the Oxford University Heritage Network, and part of the team delivering the university’s strategic partnership with the National Trust. Oliver also advises privately-owned country houses on how to develop research partnerships and has recently acted as a historical advisor to Chatsworth House Trust. Oliver is a historian by training and received his undergraduate, masters and doctoral degrees from the University of Oxford. He inherited his love of horse racing from his grandfather who was racing correspondent for the Daily Herald newspaper before becoming General Manager of Doncaster Racecourse. Oliver’s recent publications include contributions to The Country House Past, Present and Future: Great Houses of the British Isles (supported by The Royal Oak Foundation), The Country House: Sport & Leisure (2019) and academic journal articles exploring the politics of horseracing in eighteenth-century Britain. He is a member of the Faculty of History (University of Oxford); Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts; a Council Member of the Oxfordshire Record Society; Heritage Officer for the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (BSECS); Governor of Compton Verney House Trust; and sits on the Education and Publications Committee of The Gardens Trust and Arts Council England’s Designation Panel. Oliver is chair of The Heritage Alliance’s Digital, Learning & Skills Advocacy Group
Wednesday, October 2 | 7:15 p.m.
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The countries of the global north and west that have enjoyed hegemonic preponderance in international affairs over the last two centuries are seeing their relative influence on the world stage decline in favour of rising powers of other regions. As the ability of the global north and west to project normative standards with regards to social organisation, international relations and the role of the state is waning, what emerging norms might guide future trajectories for global society? As human rights is a highly politicised and contentious area of discourse and practice, what future might there be for human rights in a non-western world? The London Debates 2011 workshop sought to bring together established academics and early career...
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Saudi Aramco CEO Nasser addresses future of oil at annual CeraWeek conference
HOUSTON, Texas, U.S., March 06, 2018
OIL & GAS PROCESSING
Speaking at the annual CeraWeek conference in Houston, President and CEO Amin H. Nasser said Saudi Aramco is actively pursuing and investing in several innovative and promising new technologies and initiatives, not only in oil, but also in its multiple uses, such as in transportation, petrochemicals, advanced materials, as well as in carbon emissions reduction.
He added that “oil will maintain its key role in the global energy mix for the foreseeable future, despite the increasing growth of renewables. The growth of the world’s population requires the continuing development of several types of energy sources simultaneously.”
In a special address before an audience of energy executives, experts, government officials and policymakers, Nasser noted that strong economic growth in emerging and developing markets, an additional two billion energy consumers by 2050, in addition to new non-combustible uses for oil, will continue to drive demand for hydrocarbons. He added that the resulting transition to sustainable energy will be lengthy and complex which alternative sources cannot adequately support.
“It’s particularly encouraging to see expectations of stronger economic growth in the emerging and developing markets because that’s where most oil demand growth is expected to be,” Nasser said. He also addressed growing demand for non-combustion uses for oil and gas: “We see huge potential in producing advanced materials for use in a wide range of high-growth industries like automotive, construction, and housing, as well as in our own industry,” he said.
Saudi Aramco CEO warned against some misconceptions around the future of oil, such as an impending peak demand. He explained that these erroneous and misleading notions are sending negative signals which do not encourage investment in hydrocarbons needed to meet future demand. He reassured that the market’s fundamentals are healthy, despite fluctuations, expressing his confidence that global oil demand will continue to grow and that oil will maintain its preeminence in the global energy mix for the foreseeable future.
Nasser called on the energy industry to take bold action in four key areas to ensure that global oil and gas demand continue to be met in the years ahead, which included: expanding exploration, offsetting declines in legacy fields, new and continued investment, as well as enhancing and creating new game-changing technologies.
Saudi Aramco participation at CeraWeek included Chief Technology Officer Ahmad O. Al Khowaiter, who took part in discussion sessions onOil and the Future of Mobility, Strategies for the Energy Future and Game Changing Technologies for Oil and Gas.
The theme of this year’s CeraWeek was “Tipping Point: Strategies for a New Energy Future. This year marks the 37th anniversary of CeraWeek, an energy conference ranked among the top five “corporate leader” conferences in the world, providing insights and critically important dialogue on the future of the energy industry.
CeraWeek also coincided with the 80th anniversary of the discovery of oil in Saudi Arabia, an event which led to the transformation of, not only the economic landscape in Saudi Arabia, but also of the global energy industry. And just as oil played a key role as an energy source in the 20th century, it will equally maintain its preeminence as the leading and an even more sustainable energy source in the 21st century.
"Lifting the hood on the real future facing the petroleum industry"
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Sen. Cantwell Secures Major Win for Washington Crab Fishermen
Legislation makes cooperative management of Dungeness fisheries permanent
August 4, 2017 — WASHINGTON — The following was released by the office of Senator Maria Cantwell:
A bill led by U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) strengthening Washington’s crab fishery has passed the United States Senate and will now head to the president’s desk for signature into law. The bill permanently extends a decades-long fishery management agreement that has been vital to Washington state’s Dungeness crab fishery.
Without Cantwell’s legislation, crab fisheries in the Pacific Northwest faced an uncertain future without an approved fishery management plan.
“The Dungeness crab fishery is an economic pillar of our coastal communities, supporting thousands of fishing and processing jobs,” Cantwell said. “By preserving the Tri-State Agreement, we can sustainably manage our crab fisheries for many years.”
The states of Washington, Oregon, and California cooperatively manage the West Coast crab fishery in federal waters under a tri-state agreement that Congress first authorized in 1998. The act would make that authority permanent. The agreement expired without a replacement in 2016. The Cantwell bill will help reintroduce much-needed stability to the industry, and preserve a sustainable, science-based fishery management program that keeps fishermen fishing and crab stocks thriving.
“The future of West Coast Commercial Fishing is anchored by Dungeness crab, which has added stability and vitality to coastal fish-dependent communities in the face of other struggling fisheries. The crab fleet was happy to work with Senator Maria Cantwell and Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler on this legislation making the Tri-State Agreement permanent,” said Dale Beasley, president of the Columbia River Crab Fisherman’s Association.
Crab populations vary greatly by year, depending on food availability and ocean conditions. The Dungeness crab catch tends to peak every 10 years and can fluctuate by tens of millions of pounds between years. In order to manage the fishery appropriately, managers must coordinate between states to ensure management and conservation goals are achieved.
Washington state’s Dungeness crab industry brings $61 million into the state’s economy annually. Crab fishermen in the state harvest an average of 9.5 million pounds of crab per year, supporting more than 60,000 maritime jobs.
“Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission applauds the success of Senator Cantwell and Rep. Hererra-Beutler in preserving this valuable conservation and management program. Our West Coast states have a long history of successfully managing the West Coast’s most valuable fishery,”said Randy Fisher, Executive Director of the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.
Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Diane Feinstein (D-CA) are cosponsors of the bill. Representatives Jamie Herrera-Beutler (R-WA-3) and Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6) co-sponsored companion legislation in the House.
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Global » Act Categories » Live Music And DJ » Specialist Musicians » Benedict Morris
Live Music And DJ,Acoustic Covers,Irish, Ceilidh, Folk & Country,Specialist Musicians
Reasons to book this traditional violin player
An exceptional virtuoso fiddle player and winner of BBC Radio Scotland's Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2019
One of the finest fiddle players in the country making a huge impact on the traditional music scene
Was invited to perform at the BBC Proms in the Park in Glasgow Green and has performed all over the world
Performs live with a variety of specially curated ensembles of talented musicians from a duo and trio to a full band
This young aspiring Scottish musician is available to give your guests a true taste of authentic folk and traditional music
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From winning BBC Radio Scotland's Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2019 to playing BBC Proms in the Park, Benedict Morris from Glasgow is a rising star of traditional music.
Virtuoso Scottish fiddle player
This young Scottish musician has been hailed as one of the finest fiddle players in the country and is already making a huge impact on the traditional music scene. The student of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has toured throughout the UK, Ireland, Europe and South America with a number of outfits and had sell-out shows for the launch of his duo's album. And not forgetting, he is also a fiddle player alongside the five-time world champion Irish dancer, David Geaney.
Book our traditional violin player
Benedict Morris is available with a variety of line-ups. He is available as a solo musician but usually goes out with one of his ensembles or accompaniments. The Scottish fiddle player has a trio along with fellow BBC award winners Ryan Murphy (Ímar, Manran) and Pablo Lafuente (Josie Duncan & Pablo Lafuente, Project Smok) whose music stemmed from their upbringing in Irish traditional music using a mixture of traditional tunes as well as their own stylings. He has a fantastic traditional folk duo with a Belfast-born acoustic guitarist and their album has earned a place on the Long List for the Northern Ireland Music Prize in 2019 as well as several 5-star reviews. Benedict also performs with a full band which can be seen in the videos above.
Benedict Morris' career highlights.. so far
Highlights so far have been joining Talisk on their UK Tour of 2019, performing with Ímar at one of Europe’s biggest folk festivals Tønder in August 2018 as well as playing to a sell out audience in Dublin’s 3 Arena at the beginning of that year. He has also performed at the Last Night of the Proms for Proms in the Park in Glasgow Green, accompanied by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell. This was performance was recognised as the ‘stand-out moment’ of the night by Proms Executive Producer Stephanie McWhinnie.
Exclusive to Scarlett Entertainment
This incredible Scottish fiddle player is currently only available through Scarlett Entertainment. If you would like to book a rising star on the traditional music scene or looking for a specialist in this field, please contact us and we will make all the necessary arrangements.
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https://www.sfgate.com/collegesports/article/Stanford-at-attention-for-visit-to-West-Point-4807183.php
Stanford at attention for visit to West Point
By Ron Kroichick
Updated 11:14 pm PDT, Wednesday, September 11, 2013
This is not just another road game.
The words, "West Point," command instant respect and resonate far beyond football. So Stanford will savor its first visit to Army since 1976, leaving Thursday (partly to adjust to the time change) and taking a tour of the historic West Point, N.Y., campus Friday.
"I've been hearing about this campus since I was a kid," head coach David Shaw said. "I'll be a tourist for a bit and take pictures."
Several Stanford players come from military families. Shaw brings personal connections: His grandfather served in the Navy, his father was in the Air Force and he has a cousin overseas in the Army.
The Cardinal also are looking forward to the rare opportunity to play on the East Coast. Quarterback Kevin Hogan (McLean, Va.) and wide receiver Devon Cajuste (Seaford, N.Y.) are among the players with Eastern roots expecting a large turnout of family and friends for Saturday's game.
Running back Tyler Gaffney grew up in San Diego, but still appreciates the unique dynamics of facing Army.
"Come game time, you just see another jersey," Gaffney said. "But leading up to the game and after the fact, you can't help but notice what they do. I've heard their training camp is a relief compared to what they do in boot camp. You can't help but respect everything they do."
Saturday's kickoff at Michie Stadium is set for 9 a.m. PDT, a sharp contrast with Stanford's season opener against San Jose State. That game started at 8 p.m.
Shaw isn't especially worried about the early start, insisting his players are resilient. The Cardinal practiced Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, as usual, and will hold another practice Thursday morning before heading to the airport.
Stanford is listed as a 29-point favorite. Army split its first two games, beating Morgan State 28-12 and losing to Ball State 40-14.
The Black Knights have struggled in recent years, going 3-9 in 2011 and 2-10 last season. They have had only one winning season (7-6 in 2010) in the past 16 years.
Here comes the run: Army presents an unusual challenge with its triple-option offense. The Black Knights led the nation in rushing last season, averaging nearly 370 yards per game. (Military trivia: Air Force was second and Navy was sixth.)
Army remains firmly committed to running the ball this season, averaging 329 yards in its first two games (No. 10 nationally). That quest might become more complicated Saturday, given Stanford's stout defense - fifth in the nation last year against the run - and significant size advantage.
"We're bigger on both lines, but a lot of times, those smaller guys are quicker," Shaw said. "It's paramount for our guys to learn how to play their cut blocks."
Briefly: Gaffney acknowledged his neck and shoulders were sore after he gained 104 yards against San Jose State, his first football game in nearly two years. He spent 2012 playing minor-league baseball. "I realized the last time I hit somebody it was a catcher," he said. ... Fullback Ryan Hewitt's bruised knee kept him out of practice Wednesday, leaving his availability for Saturday's game in doubt.
Ron Kroichick is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: rkroichick@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @ronkroichick
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We at Shilpi architects always believe that design excellence create meaningful connection between people and places. and design should balance aesthetic grace and ocular magnanimity when it comes to creating stunning spaces.
Our Team.
Karthik Islavath
Karthik is the founder and executive chairman of Shilpi Architects, a studio for architecture, design, rooted in sustainability. He also chairs the practice’s Design Board which provides strategic design direction to all projects. He was born in india, and after graduating in Architecture Jagannath University in 2018.
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Inspired by an interest in technology and how things work, along with the art of craftmanship, anwesh ’s architectural education has been influenced by the engineering of the Hi-Tech movement and a love of 3D design. Since joining shilpi studio in 2018 he has been involved in several major projects that range in scale from the concept to building design completion
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The Bell Jar Quotes
This hotel – the Amazon – was for women only, and they were mostly girls my age with wealthy parents [...] and they were all going to posh secretarial schools like Katy Gibbs, where they had to wear hats and stockings and gloves to class, or they had just graduated from places like Katy Gibbs and were secretaries to executives and junior executives and simply hanging around in New York waiting to get married to some career man or other. (1.15)
Esther self-consciously distances herself from the other women staying at the Amazon, which is a rather ironic name for a residence designed to keep virginal young women safe from lascivious men (think about the mythological Amazons). Her rejection of the secretarial career path is one of the reasons she can't stand her mother, who teaches shorthand, a necessary skill at the time for secretaries.
[Buddy and I] had met together under our own imaginary fig tree, and what we had seen wasn't a bird coming out of an egg but a baby coming out of a woman, and then something awful happened and we went our separate ways. (5.47)
This passage refers to a story that Esther reads where a Jewish man and a Catholic nun meet under a fig tree until one day they bond over seeing a bird hatching out of an egg. The next day, the Catholic nun is replaced by another, grouchier nun. For Esther, the story helps her understand what happened when she went to visit Buddy at medical school, where she witnessed a delivery being performed. Instead of the experience bringing her and buddy together, the experience only confirmed her reluctance to go down the motherhood route.
My trouble was I took everything Buddy Willard told me as the honest-to-God truth. (5.60)
Early in their relationship, Esther idolizes Buddy as a moral and intellectual guide.
The woman's stomach stuck up so high I couldn't see her face or the upper part of her body at all. She seemed to have nothing but an enormous spider-fat stomach and two little ugly spindly legs propped in the high stirrups and all the time the baby was being born she never stopped making this unhuman whooping noise. (6.23)
While society celebrates motherhood, Esther views maternity as something disgusting and "unhuman." The woman she witnesses in the delivery room is reduced to a horrible spider.
All I'd heard about, really, was how fine and clean Buddy was and how he was the kind of person a girl should stay fine and clean for. (6.45)
Like Quote #3, this quote shows the extent to which Esther idolized Buddy. She accepted what everybody said about Buddy: that he was an upstanding and chaste – "clean" – man who would want an equally "clean" woman to marry. Later, Esther is crushed when she discovers that Buddy isn't so clean after all; he's spent his summer sleeping with a waitress on Cape Cod. She's not bothered as much by the sex as she is by Buddy's hypocrisy, his pretense that he's such a "fine and clean" individual.
"What a man wants is a mate and what a woman wants is infinity security," and, "What a man is is an arrow into the future and what a woman is is the place the arrow shoots off from" [...] (6.79)
These fine words are the sayings of Mrs. Willard, Buddy's mother and Esther's prospective mother-in-law. "Infinite security"? "The place the arrow shoots off from"? The idea that a woman might want to be something other than her husband's biggest fan is foreign to Mrs. Willard.
The trouble was, I hated the idea of serving men in any way. I wanted to dictate my own thrilling letters. (7.14)
Here, Esther explains her resistance to learning shorthand, a secretarial skill, from her mother. Shorthand is contrasted with creative writing, which is an expression of her own individuality.
The last thing I wanted was infinite security and to be the place an arrow shoots off from. I wanted change and excitement and to shoot off in all directions myself, like the colored arrows from a Fourth of July rocket. (7.65)
In this passage, Esther rejects Mrs. Willard's views (see Quote #6). Instead of having her future defined by long years of fawning over a husband, Esther wants to open up her horizons and explore the possibilities.
I pulled up a chair opposite [Miss Norris] at the table and unfolded a napkin. We didn't speak, but sat there, in a close, sisterly silence, until the gong for supper sounded down the hall. (15.65)
At the psychiatric institution, Esther identifies particularly with Miss Norris, a patient who is described as something of a spinster, with a plain dress buttoned up to her chin and her hair arranged in a "schoolmarmish" bun (15.54). Miss Norris's silence could represent the way women's needs and desires are silenced by society, perhaps explaining Esther's "sisterly" identification with her.
Why do I attract these weird old women? [...] [T]hey all wanted to adopt me in some way, and, for the price of their care and influence, have me resemble them. (18.60)
In this passage, Esther looks back over the many older women who have attempted to mentor her in her life, and she doesn't find any of them adequate. None of them seems to have been able to enjoy a fulfilling romantic life and an intellectual life at the same time. Perhaps she resents most of all the fact that they are trying to mother her – and she's had quite enough mothering from her own mom.
My mother spoke German during her childhood in America and was stoned for it during the First World War by the children at school. My German-speaking father, dead since I was nine, came from some manic-depressive hamlet in the black heart of Prussia [...] each time I picked up a German dictionary or a German book, the very sight of those dense, black, barbed-wire letters made my mind shut like a clam. (3.57)
Esther's parents' German background contributes to her feeling like an outsider in mainstream American society. German was the language of the enemy in World War I and II.
I wish I had a mother like Jay Cee. Then I'd know what to do.
My own mother wasn't much help [...] She was always on to me to learn shorthand after college, so I'd have a practical skill as well as a college degree. (4.10)
Esther embraces Jay Cee as a possible mother figure because, unlike her own mother, Jay Cee is a successful professional who has made a life out of writing. Instead of trying to get Esther to learn shorthand, as Mrs. Greenwood does, Jay Cee tries to prepare Esther for a career in journalism by encouraging her to learn new languages.
Of course, our mothers were good friends. They had gone to school together and then both married their professors and settled down in the same town [...] (5.64)
For Esther, Mrs. Willard, her boyfriend's mother, is the mirror image of her own mother. Both mothers followed the conventional path of sacrificing their own careers for their husbands. By marrying Mrs. Willard's son Buddy, Esther would expect a similar fate.
"You oughtn't to see this," Will muttered in my ear. "You'll never want to have a baby if you do. They oughtn't to let women watch. It'll be the end of the human race." (6.19)
At the medical school Buddy attends, Esther witnesses a baby being born. Will, Buddy's fellow medical student who's in charge of delivering the baby, actually seems more freaked out by the experience than Esther is. The gross business of delivering a baby seems to be the dark secret that society is trying to cover up by promoting images of sweet domesticity, like Esther's neighbor Dodo Conway and her six children.
I thought it sounded just like the sort of drug a man would invent [...] she would go straight home and start another baby, because the drug would make her forget how bad the pain had been, when all the time, in some secret part of her, that long, blind, doorless and windowless corridor of pain was waiting to open up and shut her in again. (6.25)
Esther sees something insidious about the fact that women are knocked out before giving birth. By losing consciousness, women are denied knowledge of one of the most critical experiences in their lives. Anesthesia seems to be part of a larger social trend to get women to literally lose their minds. (You might want to compare this experience with Esther's own experience with insulin shock therapy [16.62]).
[M]aybe it was true that when you were married and had children it was like being brainwashed, and afterward you went about numb as a slave in some private, totalitarian state. (7.79)
If Buddy is trying to get Esther to marry him, he's not doing a very good job. The quote above is Esther's response to Buddy's suggestion that she won't feel like writing once she has a baby. Making your potential wife feel like a "slave in some private, totalitarian state" (and to the American public at the time, that would mean Stalin's Soviet Union) isn't too suave.
"I knew you'd decide to be all right again." (12.58)
In contrast to Dr. Nolan, Esther's mother doesn't seem to understand that Esther's mental illness is just that – an illness, not a moral failing. Depression isn't something that Esther can "decide" away. It's no wonder that Esther only gets worse in her mother's care: on top of depression, Esther has to deal with her mother's implication that Esther is somehow guilty of being depressed.
I had a great yearning, lately, to pay my father back for all the years of neglect, and start tending his grave. I had always been my father's favorite, and it seemed fitting I should take on a mourning my mother had never bothered with. (13.123)
The place of Esther's father in her life isn't really explored in the novel because he died when she was so young. But it's interesting that she decides to mourn his death right before she attempts suicide. Is it because she wishes she had a strong male figure in her life, an intellectual mentor, even a protector? Does she think her life would have been any better if he had been alive?
I was surprised to see a woman. I didn't think they had woman psychiatrists. This woman was a cross between Myrna Loy and my mother. (15.17)
For Esther, Dr. Nolan becomes a replacement for her mother – the cool mom she never had (Myrna Loy was a popular film actress at the time). Dr. Nolan listens to Esther and understands what she's going through. In contrast, Esther's mother seems to think that Esther's depression can be cured by work, even if it's not particularly fulfilling work like learning shorthand or volunteering at the local hospital.
"I hate her," I said, and waited for the blow to fall.
But Doctor Nolan only smiled at me as if something had pleased her very, very much and said, "I suppose you do." (16.93)
Dr. Nolan here lets Esther express her feelings about her mother honestly. Just getting the chance to express her feelings has therapeutic value for Esther. In the past, she's been so worried about what others think of her that she hasn't really had the chance to be honest with herself.
"Leggo you bitch!"
Lenny stooped, and Doreen went flying up on to his shoulder [...] (2.26)
It sounds like assault, but it isn't – it's just the prelude to Lenny and Doreen's hookup. This episode looks ahead to Esther's sexual encounters, which often do not seem distinguishable from violence.
There I went again, building up a glamorous picture of the man who would love me passionately the minute he met me, and all out of a few prosy nothings. (5.26)
Esther's idea of romantic love contrasts with the prevailing view of love around her as something exclusively between husbands and wives, toward the goal of creating a family.
Then he just stood there in front of me and I kept on staring at him. The only thing I could think of was turkey neck and turkey gizzards and I felt very depressed. (6.49)
Ouch. Really, just ouch. Esther is not at all impressed with Buddy's, ahem, family jewels. So much for passionate love.
[Constantin] had what no American man I've ever met has had, and that's intuition. (7.1)
In contrast to Buddy, Constantin attracts Esther because he's got something called "intuition." While Constantin isn't necessarily more attractive than Buddy, Esther feels like she can be honest with Constantin. It helps that Constantin is just as repelled by Mrs. Willard as Esther is.
The main point of the article ["In Defense of Chastity"] was that a man's world is different from a woman's world and a man's emotions are different from a woman's emotions and only marriage can bring the two worlds and the two different sets of emotions together properly [...] This woman lawyer said the best men wanted to be pure for their wives, and even if they weren't pure, they wanted to be the ones to teach their wives about sex. (7.44-5)
This article spells out the prevailing attitude toward sexuality at the time. While it seems to defend chastity, the article actually promotes the idea that the real difference between men and women is that women have to stay pure, and men do not. The best men stay pure, other men aren't, but regardless of whether they're pure or not, all men want virginal wives. Women, on the other hand, have to stay pure no matter what.
Now the one thing this article didn't seem to me to consider was how a girl felt [...] I couldn't stand the idea of a woman having to have a single pure life and a man being able to have a double life, one pure and one not. (7.48)
You said it, sister. As Esther astutely points out, the article mentioned in Quote #5 above doesn't say anything about love. The article makes sexuality sound as if it's just a question of the biological or psychological difference between men and women – there's nothing about love, passion, spiritual connection, romance, or even attraction.
Instead of the world being divided up into Catholics and Protestants or Republics and Democrats or white men and black men or even men and women, I saw the world divided into people who had slept with somebody and people who hadn't, and this seemed the only really significant difference between one person and another.
I thought a spectacular change would come over me when I crossed the boundary line. (7.50-1)
This passage reveals Esther's naiveté about sex. It's not clear exactly what sort of "spectacular change" she was expecting, but it's interesting to see her use the same language about losing her virginity as she does about suicide (see our discussion of this in "Transformation"). In fact, every time Esther seeks a sexual encounter in the novel inevitably ends in her getting hurt.
I began to see why woman-haters could make such fools of women. Woman-haters were like gods: invulnerable and chock-full of power. (9.100)
You can almost predict what's going to happen between Esther and her blind date Marco, the "woman-hater" in the quote above. As with Lenny and Doreen (see Quote #1), consensual sex is indistinguishable from violence, another way for "woman-haters" to assert their power over women. Thankfully, Esther fights back and escapes Marco.
"What does a woman see in a woman that she can't see in a man?"
Doctor Nolan paused. Then she said, "Tenderness." That shut me up. (18.53)
In the novel, Esther seems, well, rather homophobic. The relationship between DeeDee and Joan disgusts her. It's interesting here that Doctor Nolan uses the word "tenderness" because it's exactly the same word that Esther uses to describe Doreen (4.60). It would be a stretch to say Esther is a closet lesbian, but at least Esther learns to appreciate female friendship.
Then the stories of blood-stained bridal sheets and capsules of red ink bestowed on already deflowered brides floated back to me [...] I couldn't possibly be a virgin any more. I smiled into the dark. I felt part of a great tradition. (19.65)
Esther believes that she has undergone the "spectacular change" she expected when she lost her virginity (see Quote #7 above). Instead of being empowered by her experience, however, Esther's sexual encounter leaves her with a dangerous hemorrhage and she needs to be taken to the emergency room, further underscoring the connection between sex and violence in the novel.
Society and Class
It was a queer sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York. (1.1)
By identifying with the Rosenbergs, a couple executed as Soviet spies, Esther situates herself outside and in some ways opposed to American society.
I knew something was wrong with me that summer ...all the little successes I'd totted up so happily at college fizzled to nothing outside the slick marble and plate-glass fronts along Madison Avenue.
I was supposed to be having the time of my life. (1.5-6)
Madison Avenue has and still is associated with the American advertising industry (think of the recent A&E series Mad Men). Esther just can't seem to go along with the rush of advertising that celebrated American consumer culture at the time.
[I]f you do something incorrect at table with a certain arrogance, as if you knew perfectly well you were doing it properly, you can get away with it and nobody will think you are bad-mannered or poorly brought up. They will think you are original and very witty. (3.17)
We invite you to test this out at a dining hall or a restaurant or maybe your second cousin's wedding. Just go for it.
I started adding up all the things I couldn't do [...] I felt dreadfully inadequate [...] The one thing I was good at was winning scholarships and prizes, and that era was coming to an end. (7.9-18)
Up until the summer before her senior year, Esther has done a good job of being a student of literature. But the thought of entering the real world terrifies her. The world she lives in seems to be about making money or spending money; it seems to have no place for the literary ideals that she cherishes.
I saw the years of my life spaced along a road in the form of telephone poles, threaded together by wires. I counted one, two, three ... nineteen telephone poles, and then the wires dangled into space, and try as I would, I couldn't see a single pole beyond the nineteenth. (10.125)
In this passage, Esther considers all of the conventionally acceptable options for a well-educated young woman like herself, but they all bore her – literally to death, as she can't imagine her life extending past her nineteenth year.
The gray, padded roof closed over my head like the roof of a prison van, and the white, shining, identical clapboard houses with their interstices of well-groomed green proceeded past, one bar after another in a large but escape-proof cage. (10.34)
While for many the American suburb represented American affluence, Esther feels imprisoned, particularly after the hustle and bustle of New York City.
I had imagined a kind, ugly, intuitive man looking up and saying "Ah!" in an encouraging way [...] how could this Doctor Gordon help me anyway, with a beautiful wife and beautiful children and a beautiful dog haloing him like the angels on a Christmas card? (11.29)
Dr. Gordon is the psychiatrist who mucks up Esther's electroshock therapy in a terrible way. As the patriarch of the ideal American family, Dr. Gordon seems to represent American society, punishing Esther for going against social expectations and rejecting marriage and family.
For the rest of the evening, I listened to DeeDee thump out some of her own songs on the grand piano, while the other women sat around playing bridge and chatting, just the way they would do in a college dormitory, only most of them were ten years over college age. (17.23)
This passage is one of many where Esther remarks on the similarities between the asylum patients and "normal" women.
The fat bright faces of babies beamed up at me, page after page – bald babies, chocolate-colored babies, Eisenhower-faced babies [...] babies doing all the little tricky things it takes to grow up, step by step, into an anxious and unsettling world [...]
The parenting magazine Esther flips through gives us a good idea of what it was like living during the post-WWII baby boom.
What was there about us, in Belsize, so different from the girls playing bridge and studying in the college to which I would return? Those girls, too, sat under bell jars of a sort. (20.18)
Like Quote #8, this quote points out the similarities between the asylum patients and "normal" women. All women live under a bell jar in the sense that social convention requires them to suppress their individual needs and desires to support men.
[The Rosenbergs' execution] had nothing to do with me, but I couldn't help wondering what it would be like, being burned alive along your nerves.
I thought it must be the worst thing in the world. (1.1)
The Rosenbergs' death by execution looks ahead to Esther's nightmarish experience with electroshock therapy later in the novel. Their shared experience with, well, let's just call it "bad electricity" suggests that madness may not be just a physiological issue for Esther. Madness could just be another name for people who don't fit in with the values of mainstream society, like the Rosenbergs.
The silence depressed me. It wasn't the silence of silence. It was my own silence. (2.37)
This is a particularly vivid passage about Esther's descent into suicidal depression. For a girl who spends her life working with words – as a magazine intern, as a literature major – silence is terrifying.
[Buddy] was very proud of his perfect health and was always telling me it was psychosomatic when my sinuses blocked up and I couldn't breathe. (6.84)
Buddy, as a medical student, is one of the voices of the medical profession in the novel. His condescending attitude toward Esther indicates how the medical profession can be sexist in the way that it dismisses the validity of women's concerns.
I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story.
From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked [...] I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death, just because I couldn't make up my mind which of the figs I would choose. (7.20-21)
One aspect of Esther's depression is that she feels paralyzed, unable to act. The fig tree here represents all of the possibilities for action that she just can't muster up the initiative to pursue.
A small answering point in my body flew toward it. I felt my lungs inflate with the inrush of scenery – air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, "This is what it is to be happy."
I plummed down past the zigzaggers, the students, the experts, through year after year of doubleness and smiles and compromise, into my own past. (7.121-122)
While Esther is certainly mentally ill, she experiences moments of almost visionary clarity, such as the one described in this passage. It is this clarity that comes through when she makes her biting critique of the hypocrisy of modern society. Her experience suggests that her "madness" is not an either/or kind of thing, but a composite of physiological, emotional, and social factors. Simply put, both Esther and society contribute to her suicidal depression.
I made out men and women, and boys and girls who must be as young as I, but there was a uniformity to their faces, as if they had lain for a long time on a shelf, out of the sunlight, under siftings of pale, fine dust. (12.9)
The "uniformity" of these patients is distressing when you consider that Dr. Gordon, who runs the institution, also happens to be prone to uniformity, as seen when he repeats the things he said about Esther's college. These patients basically represent how even "sane" or "normal" people are trapped in habits and routines.
Then something bent down and took hold of me and shook me like the end of the world [...] with each flash a great jolt drubbed me till I thought my bones would break and the sap fly out of me like a split plant.
I wondered what terrible thing it was that I had done. (12.32-33)
This passage describes Esther's first experience with electroshock therapy, and significantly, she feels that it's a punishment. Not a cure, but a punishment. This underscores her connection to the Rosenbergs (see Quote #1).
[...] I felt dumb and subdued. Every time I tried to concentrate, my mind glided off, like a skater, into a large empty space, and pirouetted there, absently. (12.53)
Again, after her first experience with electroshock therapy at Dr. Gordon's, Esther loses, well, her mind. She's unable to put thoughts together, and she feels "dumb," another way of saying she's lost her voice (see Quote #2). The therapy seems just as bad as her illness.
If Mrs. Guinea had given me a ticket to Europe, or a round-the-world cruise, it wouldn't have made one scrap of difference to me, because wherever I sat – on the deck of a ship or at a street cafe in Paris or Bangkok – I would be sitting under the same glass bell jar, stewing in my own sour air (15.10)
The bell jar is a recurring symbol in the novel that captures how Esther feels trapped in her depression, and, as this passage emphasizes, isolated from the rest of the world. (See "What's Up with the Title?" for more on the bell jar.)
All the heat and fear had purged itself. I felt surprisingly at peace. The bell jar hung, suspended, a few feet above my head. I was open to the circulating air. (18.5)
As with Quote #9, the bell jar appears in this passage as a symbol for depression. But in this instance, after a successful bout of electroshock therapy (guided by the female Dr. Nolan), the bell jar is lifted and Esther feels relief.
I felt very still and very empty, the way the eye of a tornado must feel, moving dully along in the middle of the surrounding hullaballoo. (1.9)
In this early passage, Esther feels that she is distanced from the "hullaballoo" of New York City. Her feelings of emptiness suggest that she's lost her sense of who she is.
Doreen had intuition. Everything she said was like a secret voice speaking straight out of my own bones. (1.42)
Esther uses the term "intuition" to describe characters with whom she instantly connects. They are usually unconventional characters, such as Doreen.
I felt myself melting into the shadows like the negative of a person I'd never seen before in my life. (1.64)
This passage describes how Esther feels invisible in social situations. In the darkness of the bar, all eyes are on the beautiful Doreen in her gleaming white dress, and not on Esther.
I felt myself shrinking to a small black dot [...] I felt like a hole in the ground [...] (2.21)
The fact that Doreen and Lenny act as if Esther doesn't exist leads Esther to feel that she literally doesn't exist.
It's like watching Paris from an express caboose heading in the opposite direction – every second the city gets smaller and smaller, only you feel it's really you getting smaller and smaller and lonelier and lonelier [...] (2.23)
This passage emphasizes the way that Esther feels invisible in the eyes of society. She sees herself not through her own eyes, but from the perspective of others, in this case Paris.
"Elly, Elly, Elly," the first voice mumbled, while the other voice went on hissing, "Miss Greenwood, Miss Greenwood, Miss Greenwood," as if I had a split personality or something. (2.52)
Esther often uses aliases or pseudonyms in the novel in social situations; it gives her a certain freedom to pretend to be someone else. This feeling of having a "split personality" gets much more serious later in the novel as her depression worsens, and she loses all sense of who she really is.
"I don't really know," I heard myself say. I felt a deep shock hearing myself say that, because the minute I said it, I knew it was true. (3.52)
In this conversation with her boss, Jay Cee, Esther feels enormous pressure to pin down her identity to a definite career path, but she finds herself unable to. (Come to think of it, a lot of people have no idea what they want to do after college, so why is Jay Cee being so hard on Esther?)
The mouth in the mirror cracked into a grin.
A minute after the crash another nurse ran in. (14.76-77)
This passage is a great example of how Esther feels alienated from her own body. It's "the" mouth, not "my" mouth, as if a random pair of lips just happened to be dangling in front of a mirror. And notice that there's a paragraph break where a description of what Esther is thinking when she sees herself should be. The novel shows how Esther loses herself by literally erasing her from the page – just a paragraph break. Pretty cool, huh?
The first clipping showed a big, blown-up picture of a girl with black-shadowed eyes and black lips spread in a grin [...] The next clipping showed a picture of my mother and brother and me grouped together in our backyard and smiling [...] The last picture showed policemen lifting a long, limp blanket roll with a featureless cabbage head into the back of the ambulance. (16.34)
As we saw in Quote #8, Esther has a hard time recognizing images of herself, just as society doesn't seem to be able to see her either (see Quote #5 above, for example).
[Joan's] thoughts were not my thoughts, nor her feelings my feelings, but we were close enough so that her thoughts and feelings seemed a wry, black image of my own. (18.50)
Even as Esther feels herself splitting up into multiple personalities, she sees herself in others' situations, like the Rosenbergs and her friend Joan.
[L]ater, when I was all right again, I brought [the gifts] out, and I still have them around the house [...] last week I cut the plastic starfish off the sunglasses case for the baby to play with. (1.13)
This passage is the only glimpse we have of Esther, the narrator, after all of the events described in the novel. It suggests that she was able to get to the point where she could have a writing life (the book) and a baby at the same time.
I liked looking on at other people in crucial situations [...] I certainly learned a lot of things I never would have learned otherwise this way, and even when they surprised me or made me sick I never let on, but pretended that's the way I knew things were all the time. (1.97-98)
This passage suggests that crisis situations, such as Esther's attempted suicide, are the most revealing of a person's true nature.
The longer I lay there in the clear hot water the purer I felt, and when I stepped out at last and wrapped myself in one of the big, soft white hotel bath towels I felt pure and sweet as a new baby. (2.49)
This passage is one of many where Esther expresses her desire to feel "pure," newborn, without all of the baggage of her life.
People and trees receded on either hand like the dark sides of a tunnel as I hurtled on to the still, bright point at the end of it, the pebble at the bottom of the well, the white sweet baby cradled in its mother's belly. (7.117)
Like Quote #3, the image of the baby appears here, only this time in one of Esther's extreme situations. The baby image signals a moment where Esther feels truly alive, even as she risks her life hurtling down a ski slope.
As I paddled on, my heartbeat boomed like a dull motor in my ears.
I am I am I am. (13.53)
So, yeah, Esther thinks her heart is talking to her. A pretty weird way to think about your body, true. But it is interesting that Esther's body is no longer something that she thinks of as a sexual object (see our discussion of this theme under "Sex") or as a baby-making machine (see our discussion of this theme under "Women and Femininity"). It's just her body, pure and simple, reduced to the most essential expression of the fact that she is, that she lives.
Then I saw that my body had all sorts of little tricks, such as making my hands go limp at the crucial second, which would save it, time and again, whereas if I had the whole say, I would be dead in a flash.
I would simply have to ambush it with whatever sense I had left, or it would trap me in its stupid cage for fifty years without any sense at all. (13.62-63)
Here we have another instance where Esther has, well, an out-of-body experience in her own body, as if her body isn't really under her control but has a will of its own. Her body wants to live; she does not.
The silence drew off, baring the pebbles and shells and all the tatty wreckage of my life. Then, at the rim of vision, it gathered itself, and in one sweeping tide, rushed me to sleep. (13.)
We don't want to get all Freudian on you, but Esther's suicide scene seems very womb-ish in its set-up. She crawls into a dark tunnel? Not tough to see this as her crawling back into a metaphorical birth canal. And the rhythmic tidal imagery suggests the contractions and water breaking during labor. Too Freudian? Or just another way to stress the association between birth and death for Esther?
I lay, trying to slow the beating of my heart, as every beat pushed forth another gush of blood. (19.92)
After Esther's treatment under Dr. Nolan, we see that she's finally willing herself to live. During the hemorrhaging episode after she loses her virginity, she tries to suppress her body's natural reaction to pump blood, which is actually threatening her life.
How did I know that someday – at college, in Europe, somewhere, anywhere – the bell jar, with its stifling distortions, wouldn't descend again? (20.60)
Even though with Quote #1 we see that the narrator/Esther is speaking from the perspective of having survived this personal tragedy, this quote suggests that Esther isn't entirely free of the threat of the bell jar.
But I wasn't getting married. There ought, I thought, to be a ritual for being born twice – patched, retreaded, and approved for the road, I was trying to think of an appropriate one when Doctor Nolan appeared from nowhere and touched me on the shoulder. (20.96)
Here, Esther continues to reject marriage as the defining event in a young woman's road to maturity. She picks her own rite – the rite of being reborn, significantly not through suicide, as she attempted in the depths of her depression, but through the therapy she underwent at the institution.
The idea of being electrocuted makes me sick, and that's all there is to read about in the papers – goggle-eyed headlines staring up at me on every street corner, and at the fusty, peanut-smelling mouth of every subway. (1.1)
This passage, which is set smack dab in the middle of the first paragraph of the novel, sets the novel apart from mass media (such as newspapers and popular magazines). Unlike the sensational way that the mass media often covers suicide and adolescent angst, the novel is going to try to take a serious and personally candid look at the matter.
People were made of nothing so much as dust, and I couldn't see that doctoring all that dust was a bit better than writing poems people could remember and repeat to themselves when they were unhappy or sick and couldn't sleep. (5.60)
Here, Esther imagines her response to Buddy, who looks down on her writing aspirations as a useless hobby. The passage suggests a social function for writing, as a way of comforting people, possibly even as a form of therapy.
I had read one of Mrs. Guinea's books in the town library – the college library didn't stock them for some reason – and it was crammed from beginning to end with long, suspenseful questions: "Would Evelyn discern that Gladys knew Roger in her past? wondered Hector feverishly" and "How could Donald marry her when he learned of the child Elsie, hidden away with Mrs. Rollmop on the secluded country farm? Griselda demanded of her bleak moonlit pillow." (4.16)
Philomena Guinea, popular novelist, is also a part of the mass media culture that Esther seeks some distance from. With her soap operatic fictions, Philomena Guinea fills the need for romance of her mainly female audience.
I also remembered Buddy Willard saying in a sinister, knowing way that after I had children I would feel differently, I wouldn't want to write poems any more. (7.79)
Buddy, in a not so smooth move, once again disparages Esther's literary talent, this time suggesting that women are really only good for having children.
A feeling of tenderness filled my heart. My heroine would be myself, only in disguise. (10.99)
This is what literary critics would call a "self-reflexive" move on the part of the novel. The heroine of Esther's imaginary novel is herself, "only in disguise" – uh, like The Bell Jar is about Sylvia Plath, "only in disguise"? Kind of puts a new spin on all of those times that Esther takes on different names, hm?
I needed experience.
How could I write about a life when I'd never had a love affair or a baby or even seen anybody die? (10.109-110)
Interestingly, all three of these things happen in Esther's life. We hear about how she lost her virginity, we know that she's had a baby by the time she's written this story, and while she hasn't actually "seen" anyone dying, she did attempt suicide and her friend Joan passed away.
Words, dimly familiar but twisted all awry, like faces in a funhouse mirror, fled past, leaving no impression on the glassy surface of my brain. (10.138)
Esther describes her attempt to read what many consider to be the greatest novel of all time, James Joyce's Finnegans Wake. And yes, those are actual quotes from the book. If those quotes seem to be "dimly familiar but twisted all awry" to you, you are not alone. You are so not alone that you are in the majority. But Joyce appears in The Bell Jar to signal Esther's own hope to write great literature.
It was what my mother called a scandal sheet, full of the local murders and suicides and beatings and robbings [...] At home, all I ever saw was the Christian Science Monitor, which appeared on the doorstep at five o'clock every day but Sunday and treated suicides and sex crimes and airplane crashes as if they didn't happen. (11.127-8)
Esther here describes why she loves to read "scandal sheets," which would be roughly similar to the New York Post today, though a step above The National Enquirer. Unlike the Christian Science Monitor, which maintains an aura of social respectability, the scandal sheets get into the real dirt and grime of human experience.
The only reason I remembered this play was because it had a mad person in it, and everything I had ever read about mad people stuck in my mind, while everything else flew out. (13.13)
Although Henrik Ibsen isn't specifically mentioned, this play sounds an awful lot like his Ghosts, where a man gone mad with syphilis he inherited in the womb is (possibly) killed by his mother in a mercy killing. Ibsen was both celebrated and pilloried for his look at the dark side of human nature, and he continues to be considered one of the greatest modern playwrights.
SCHOLARSHIP GIRL MISSING. MOTHER WORRIED. (16.31)
In an ironic or not-so-ironic twist, Esther ends up fodder for the scandal sheets that her mother deplores. The headline is kind of funny because it sums up a good portion of The Bell Jar in five words.
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Where can I find data and statistics about short-term missions and their impact?
By ShortTermMissions.com Staff
Reliable data on mission trips and their effectiveness is hard to find. Here's why that is the case, and here's what we do know.
1. How many people go on mission trips?
The short-term-mission movement began in the 1960s and grew dramatically through the 1980s and 1990s. Today it draws upwards of 2 million participants each year from America alone.
More specific numbers are elusive for at least three reasons:
The Movement Is Diffused:
More than a thousand U.S. mission organizations and ministries that we are aware of send people on short-term mission trips of one kind of another, in addition to the tens of thousands of churches and more than a thousand Christian colleges, seminaries, and high schools that sponsor trips. Similar things are happening in Europe, Latin America, Australia, and a number of Asian countries. This great diversity among sending organizations, participants, destinations, and models makes it difficult to produce accurate estimates about how many people go on mission trips. Who can know?
If you are looking for statistics about U.S. participation in short-term missions, the question can be answered with somewhat greater confidence. The best study was conducted by Robert Wuthnow based on data from 2004. His findings, widely cited, estimate U.S. participant levels for that year at 2.4 million, including youth groups and those serving in the U.S. His research also states that approximately 1.6 million Americans went abroad on mission trips in 2005. Current figures would likely be similar, though we have not seen more recent studies.
The Domestic-trip Factor:
Our data from the 300 groups that send the most short-termers each year suggests that about 35% of America's short-term mission participants are serving in the U.S., not overseas. Respondents to a 2008 study by the Barna Group (see below) reported that 33% of their trips were to U.S. locations. The number of teams sent to Mexico has decreased due to safety concerns, so more teams are serving in the U.S. than were previously.
The Diversity of Sending Groups:
Although data on this question is scarce, our experience also suggests that about 60% of short-term missionaries are sent out directly to missionaries they know and through their local church (not a para-church or mission agency, though these are diverse as well). In addition, many Christians participate in service projects, international and domestic, organized by secular groups. Which ones do we "count" as mission trips or use as the basis for assessments?
2. Are mission trips worth the time, trouble, and money?
The great variety of mission trip approaches makes it difficult to answer this question as well, and explains in part why we see such widely varying assessments of the movement. The divergent views may also result in part from different ideas about what a mission trip can and should accomplish. Are mission trips primarily about the experience of those who go, or about the difference they make on the field? Most mission trips shine more in one of those spheres than the other. Keep this divide in mind as you read the articles below. Consider the assumptions each writer brings to the conversation and the extent and source of their research.
Celebrating the Short-term Missions Boom, Why You Should Consider Canceling Your Short-term Mission Trips, and Toward Better Short-term Missions (The Gospel Coalition, 2012)
Despite Benefits, Few Americans Have Experienced Short-Term Mission Trips (report from a study by the Barna Group, 2008)
The 'Great Commission' or Glorified Sightseeing? (Wall Street Journal, 2008)
Rise of Sunshine Samaritans: on a Mission or Holiday? (Christian Science Monitor, 2006)
Study Questions Whether Short-Term Missions Make a Difference and Are Short-Term Missions Good Stewardship? (Christianity Today, 2005). See also additional articles from Christianity Today dealing with topics related to short-term mission.
There is nothing short about Short-Term Mission Trips by Ramon Lull, Desiring God blog, a ministry of John Piper
Things no one tells you about short term mission trips RELEVANT Magazine
While evaluations of the movement are mixed, we can be encouraged that those who support mission trips and those who criticize them often share similar ideals for what constitutes short-term mission done well. For a good description of best practices and benchmarks, see Seven Standards of Excellence in Short-term Mission.
3. Where can I find additional research?
To dig deeper, see the following books:
Maximum Impact Short-Term Mission, by Roger P. Peterson, Gordon Aeschliman, and R. Wayne Sneed
Effective Engagement in Short Term Missions: Doing It Right!, edited by Robert Priest
Serving with Eyes Wide Open: Doing Short-Term Missions with Cultural Intelligence, by David Livermore
When Helping Hurts, by Corbett and Fikkert
Cross Cultural Servanthood, by Duane Elmer
Charity Detox, by Bob Lupton
The Need for More Vigorous Research:
Reliable academic research on this topic is limited. We find it frequently glosses over the great diversity of experiences which fall under the mission trip umbrella, and often uses very limited data to support far-reaching conclusions about the state of short-term missions and how the industry should change. Clearly, short-term missions have widely varying goals as well as varying results, so generalizations about their value can be misleading. We believe more vigorous research is needed. Please feel free to contact us to discuss these dynamics further.
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A woman who makes a request to enter the formation program of the Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate will be accompanied by a member of the formation team during each phase of her journey. The team assists the individual as she continues to discern her call to vowed religious life and coordinates the four phases of the formation process.
The Affiliate Phase
A time of mutual discernment lasting six months or longer, if necessary. The affiliate ordinarily lives outside the congregation and continues her work or study. She is invited to participate in the prayer and other activities of the community on a mutually agreed schedule.
The Pre-Novitiate Phase
When an affiliate decides to continue her discernment as a pre-novice, she is invited to live in the Formation Community house. She continues her work or study and remains financially independent. She participates in all community activities. This phase lasts from six months to two years.
The Novitiate Phase
The novitiate phase is a time of formal initiation into religious life. It is a period of more intense prayer and discernment, of studying the mission and charism of the Congregation, the religious vows and other aspects of religious life.
The Novitiate phase lasts two years. The first year, referred to as the canonical year, focuses on spiritual growth and integration into the life of the Congregation. During the second year of novitiate there is more involvement in ministry.
Temporary Profession Phase
Upon completion of the novitiate, the woman in formation becomes a member of the Congregation by making first vows of consecrated celibacy, poverty and obedience. The period of temporary profession extends from three to six years.
Sister Kathleen’s Profession of Vows Liturgy
How do you nurture your need for ongoing formation, growth and development?
Formation Team
Sister Matilda, Formation Director in Zambia
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Move to Pachuca unleashes a force in USA's Omar Gonzalez
A move from the LA Galaxy to Pachuca has worked wonders for the center back, who is back in the U.S. fold for World Cup qualifying.
Grant Wahl
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GUATEMALA CITY — It was, in hindsight, one of the more gloriously ludicrous moments in recent U.S. soccer history. When Omar Gonzalez signed with Mexican club Pachuca in December, during the global Star Wars mania, he appeared for his presentation wearing a full Darth Vader costume—replete with a mask and light saber—before his dramatic reveal to the masses.
The video went viral, and Gonzalez—who does look a lot like the Star Wars actor Adam Driver—had a fun story to tell.
“I had just signed my contract about 10 or 15 minutes before,” Gonzalez said, “and Jesús Martínez, the owner, comes up to me and says, ‘We’ve got this idea. We want you to come out as Darth Vader.’ Apparently they got the idea the night before, and they called Disney to see if it was O.K. … They showed it all over the world, so that was pretty cool. The underlying story here is I’m having fun, I’m happy, I’m playing well and I’m back with the national team.”
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He’s right. Though Gonzalez played well at World Cup 2014, starting the final two games against Germany and Belgium, his performance dipped in 2015 for the LA Galaxy and he wasn’t even called up for the USA-Mexico CONCACAF Cup last October.
What’s more, MLS salary cap and Designated Player rules conspired to put the squeeze on Gonzalez after seven seasons with LA, leading to his Pachuca move.
Gonzalez said the Galaxy told him he had to take a 50% pay cut and sign a new contract or the team couldn’t keep him.
“It was a lot of different factors,” Gonzalez said here ahead of Friday’s World Cup qualifier against Guatemala (10 p.m. ET, BeIN Sports, NBC Universo). “First of all there was the contract issue. The Galaxy said either you take a pay cut or you’re out. I didn’t want to take a pay cut … It would have been a big lifestyle change. Also, Liga MX is an incredible league. It’s competitive. The level is very high.”
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When we talk in soccer about “development,” everyone assumes you’re talking about teenagers, prospects, young players. But the 27-year-old Gonzalez makes a great point: Development shouldn’t stop once you’ve been a pro for a few years. You should always be growing and improving, and leaving his comfort zone in L.A. for Pachuca has given Gonzalez the boost to get better again.
U.S. releases roster for World Cup qualifiers vs. Guatemala
He also argues that for him, at least, playing in Mexico has advantages over being in MLS.
“For me, I think it’s more competitive [in Mexico],” Gonzalez said. “Not to say that MLS is an easy league, but it’s just a different challenge for me. In Mexico, every team has a talented attacking group … I’ve seen the players in MLS now for seven years, so I’ve kind of got a good idea of what they’re bringing to the table and how to go about defending them.
“And now I don’t know anything really about this league and about the players, so I have to be alert, I have to be ready game in and game out. And to be honest, I never felt threatened for my spot at the Galaxy. I was going to play every single game no matter what. And now there’s some guys behind me [at Pachuca] who could step in and take my spot if I don’t have a good game.”
Gonzalez has been a regular starter for Pachuca, which sits in second place in the Mexican Clausura. He hasn’t had any issues settling in with his new club, and his form has been on a big upswing from the latter half of 2015. U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann said he has been keeping a close eye on Gonzalez both from watching his games and getting reports from U.S. scouts, and the coach argued Gonzalez has earned the right to be back in the U.S. fold and competing for a starting spot this week.
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“[The scouts] came back and said, ‘He’s looking good, he’s strong, he’s determined, he’s aggressive, he looks confident, he wants to go for the ball in the midfield,’” Klinsmann said here. “I read his interviews as well and said, ‘O.K., that’s interesting.’ So it seems to be a very good positive move for him, and he confirms it these couple of days [in U.S. camp].”
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The style of the Mexican league has brought new challenges, Gonzalez said, and reinvigorated him.
“There’s a lot more possession,” he said. “The league is very physical. If you go down there and play, you definitely realize guys go in hard. There’s a lot of body-to-body, and it’s very competitive. But as a defender, I think there’s more attacking quality and more possession from the other team. So you really have to move well as a group.”
Gonzalez said his family has adjusted well to living in Mexico and doesn’t miss Los Angeles. In fact, he argued, the move has made him a better version of himself as a player.
MORE: Herculez Gomez on status of USA, Mexico, MLS, Liga MX
“If I look back on the time of the [CONCACAF Cup], was I at my best? No,” he said. “I think right now I’m playing up there near my best, and I think I still have more to give. If I continue to be consistent with my club at Pachuca, then hopefully I can have an influence on this [U.S.] team. It’s every player’s dream to step out on the field representing your country.”
You might even say that for Gonzalez the Force is strong these days. Development doesn’t stop just because you’re 27 years old.
LA Galaxy transfer Omar Gonzalez to Pachuca
The LA Galaxy have sold U.S. men's national team center back Omar Gonzalez to Liga MX club Pachuca, the club announced Tuesday.
Gonzalez dresses as Darth Vader in Pachuca welcome
Omar Gonzalez dressed as Darth Vader in his reveal to local media as the newest member of Pachuca.
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How can the LA Galaxy keep Omar Gonzalez and stay within MLS rules? Grant Wahl has the details and more Insider Notes.
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Watch: Omar Gonzalez scores first career USMNT goal in Cuba rout
Defender Omar Gonzalez gave the U.S. a 4-0 lead over Cuba in their Gold Cup quarterfinal with a goal off a corner kick just before halftime.
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Toronto FC signs USMNT defender Omar Gonzalez
Omar Gonzalez is coming back to MLS, and he'll join a Toronto FC side looking to get back to the top of the league.
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Several USMNT veterans left out of January camp
Concerns over the length of the annual camp, of which a week was originally to be spent on fitness, prompted a number of veterans to approach U.S. Soccer.
Pressure on Klinsmann after Costa Rica routs USA
Jurgen Klinsmann is facing the heat after Costa Rica destroyed the U.S. 4-0 in a World Cup qualifier in San Jose.
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/ Headlines / World News / TraderStef: The Natives Are Restless For ‘Birthright’ Jurisprudence – ‘Don’t Tread On Me’
TraderStef: The Natives Are Restless For ‘Birthright’ Jurisprudence – ‘Don’t Tread On Me’
The US Military is posted-up on the Southern Border, a caravan of illegal aliens is in Mexico headed north, and TraderStef breaks it all down for us…
by TraderStef of CrushTheStreet (connect with TraderStef via Twitter or at TraderStef’s website)
The Gadsden flag “Dont Tread On Me” motto and coiled rattlesnake is representative of today’s birthright citizenship dispute, as roughly one of every 12 newborns in the United States are “anchor babies.”
Back in 1751, Benjamin Franklin penned a sardonic commentary in his Pennsylvania Gazette suggesting that colonists should send rattlesnakes to Britain as a “thank you” for their policy of sending felons to America. In 1754, he used a rattlesnake in the “JOIN, or DIE” illustration to drive home an additional point, and that was his first known political cartoon in an American newspaper. The rattlesnake’s sections represent the colonies and the curves imply the Atlantic coastline. The states of New England are merged into the head of the snake.
A common superstition back in the day is that a snake cut into pieces might come back to life if its pieces are put back together before sunset. “JOIN, or DIE” initially had nothing to do with independence from Britain, but rather a call for unity to defend the colonies during the French and Indian War. Newspapers throughout the colonies reprinted Franklin’s political cartoon, and the Boston Gazette added the words “Unite and Conquer” flowing from the mouth of the rattlesnake. The rattlesnake became a symbol of unity and eventually appeared in art, banners, uniform buttons, caricatures, flags, newspapers, paper money, political cartoons, and a multitude of paraphernalia. Here is a newspaper header from the Massachusetts Sun:
Following the French and Indian War, Charles Townshend proposed a succession of acts in the House of Commons known as the Townshend Acts. Britain needed to raise money to pay for the seven years of war and believed the colonists were responsible for a fair share of the debt through various taxes since they benefited from Britain’s military strength. The series of acts included:
Commissioners of Customs Act
Indemnity Act
New York Restraining Act
Revenue Act
Vice Admiralty Court Act
The colonists were not happy about taxation without representation and unrest ensued. Britain dispatched the military to keep peace in the Boston region, but it turned out to be the trigger of outright rebellion. The presence of British troops on American soil angered the colonies and eventually led to the Boston Massacre in 1770. The majority of taxes were repealed immediately, but the tea tax led to the Boston Tea Party in 1773. The Townshend Acts, along with the Sugar and Stamp Acts, led to the Battle of Lexington and Concord in 1775 and a full-blown American Revolution as finality. In December 1775, an anonymous source reported to be Benjamin Franklin wrote a note to the Pennsylvania Journal. Here is an excerpt:
“I observed on one of the drums belonging to the marines now raising, there was painted a Rattle-Snake, with this modest motto under it, ‘Don’t tread on me.’ As I know it is the custom to have some device on the arms of every country, I supposed this may have been intended for the arms of America.” – Great Seal
When America defeated the British and a peace treaty was negotiated in 1782, English cartoonists depicted the patriot colonists as “The American Rattlesnake.”
Fast-forward to present day and we have Britain and Europe suffering severely from self-destructive immigration policies that have cast a deadly wave of terrorism across their continent due to embedded elements, an unknown social and monetary burden, and a lack of cultural assimilation that has led to a proliferation of “no-go zones.” European Union member states are now rebelling against their unelected globalist overlords who do not represent their best interests, and the lords have launched “judicial infringement procedures” in retaliation.
Why Poland doesn’t want refugees – A nation battles EU efforts to distribute asylum seekers – Politico, May 2017
Italy and Hungary Create ‘Anti-Immigration Axis’ – Gatestone Institute, Sep. 1
Meanwhile, the United States has a festering illegal immigrant invasion issue on its hands due to the inaction of politicos spanning decades and a demonized, newly-elected POTUS trying to sort out the uncoordinated and failed immigration policy left behind by predecessors. To make matters worse, a recent Yale and MIT study estimates there are 22 million illegal immigrants residing in the U.S. vs. the previous estimate of only 11 million, and a current wave of invader caravans en route from Central America have the audacity to sue the U.S. over rights they do not possess.
In response to the current caravan approaching the Mexican border, the U.S. military is in the process of deployment to help stem the tide and assist border patrol with security logistics.
US troops lay down barbed-wire fencing along Mexican border ahead of caravan– NYPost, Nov, 3
An underlying critical issue has arisen to the forefront just when U.S. citizens are about to vote in their Capital Hill representatives during the midterm elections on Nov. 6. Is “birthright citizenship” in the Constitution?
Trump’s Critics Are Wrong about the 14th Amendment and Birthright Citizenship – National Review, Aug. 2015
Here is Chapman University School of Law Dean Dr. John Eastman in his most recent mainstream media interview explaining why the 14th Amendment does not give the children of illegal immigrants or legal tourists automatic citizenship at birth.
The 14th Amendment does not say that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens. It actually says “[a]ll persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” The second half of the phrase is most critical and conditional and is typically ignored by advocates of blanket “birthright” citizenship. Anyone illegally present within U.S. borders does not subject themselves to the political jurisdiction of the United States, nor is citizenship extended to the children of illegal aliens, tourists, or diplomats. The conditional phrase refers to political allegiance and jurisdiction that a foreign government has over an individual. Just because an illegal alien or a tourist is subject to our laws and courts if they violate said laws, that does not place them in the political jurisdiction of the United States. The 14th Amendment language included not owing an allegiance to any other sovereign nation.
What is the financial burden on taxpaying citizens for the illegal population? Here are the estimated costs…
Yes, Immigration Hurts American Workers… “Anyone who tells you that immigration doesn’t have any negative effects doesn’t understand how it really works… Both low- and high-skilled natives are affected by the influx of immigrants. But because a disproportionate percentage of immigrants have few skills, it is low-skilled American workers, including many blacks and Hispanics, who have suffered most.” – Politico, Oct. 2016
The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on United States Taxpayers… “A continually growing population of illegal aliens, along with the federal government’s ineffective efforts to secure our borders, present significant national security and public safety threats to the United States. They also have a severely negative impact on the nation’s taxpayers… At the federal, state, and local levels, taxpayers shell out approximately $134.9 billion to cover the costs incurred by the presence of more than 12.5 million illegal aliens, and about 4.2 million citizen children of illegal aliens. That amounts to a tax burden of approximately $8,075 per illegal alien family member and a total of $115,894,597,664. The total cost of illegal immigration to U.S. taxpayers is both staggering and crippling.” – FAIR, Sep. 2017
Central American Immigrant Population Increased Nearly 28-Fold since 1970 – Poverty and welfare use double that of native-born Americans – Center for Immigration Studies, Nov. 1
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Website: https://traderstef.wordpress.com
Tags: 14th Amendment, birthright citizenship, Dont Tread On Me, illegal immigration, illegal immigration through mexico to US, Migrant caravan, TraderStef, Trump to end birthright citizen
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The Guilty Feminist at WOW
How the Hell Did I Get Here? With Sandi Toksvig
The Beauty Myth: 30 Years On
WOW – Women of the World
6 – 8 MAR 2020
In 2020 we mark the tenth anniversary of WOW – Women of the World festival, and to celebrate the WOW Foundation presents the biggest and bravest festival yet.
Over three days, WOW’s line-up of world-class speakers, activists and performers are joined by thousands to explore the state of gender equality across the globe and tackle the subjects that matter most to women and girls across the world today.
This year’s festival features Naomi Wolf, Deborah Frances-White (The Guilty Feminist), Scarlett Curtis, Sandi Toksvig, Emma Dabiri and Shazia Mirza.
We also welcome the return of WOW Speed Mentoring, WOW Bites and the WOW Market.
Keep in touch with WOW
Stay in the loop with WOW events and announcements
visit The WOW Foundation
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Day passes are available for Friday and Saturday. Each day features a different line-up, so you can buy passes for both or attend just one.
Early bird tickets have now sold out. Standard tickets are available to purchase.
buy WOW Friday Pass
buy WOW Saturday Pass
WOW festivals began in the UK in 2010, launched by Kelly at Southbank Centre London, where she was Artistic Director, to celebrate women and girls, taking a frank look at what prevents them from achieving their potential, raising awareness globally of the issues they face and discussing solutions together.
To date, WOW has reached over two million people in 17 countries on five continents across over 65 festivals – and growing – including in Australia, Brazil, China, Finland, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Somaliland, the UK and the USA. In 2018 WOW took place in Rio, Karachi, Beijing, Cardiff and Bradford, as well as London, New York, Dhaka, Pakistan Atlanta, Istanbul and China in 2019 and 2020.
Over the last nine years the Festivals have developed a reputation as a space for world renowned artists, activists, thinkers and performers including Angela Davies, Malala Yousafzai, Annie Lennox, Patrick Stewart, Baroness Doreen Lawrence and Salma Hayek, to come and participate, alongside thousands of women and girls who don’t have public profiles but are doing amazing things. WOW provides platforms for people of all kinds, changes attitudes, brings communities together and provides a unique space for people to work together towards gender equality in their own communities. One example of the impact the festival came in 2015, with the founding of the Women’s Equality Party by Sandi Toksvig and Catherine Mayer.
In 2018 Kelly left Southbank Centre to run the WOW Foundation full-time as an independent charitable entity working to build, convene and sustain a global movement that believes a gender equal world is possible and desirable through festivals and empowering women and girls. The unique festival model creates numerous pathways for participants to take part in WOW projects, amplify their own causes, or start new initiatives which have wide impact on communities. It is the biggest, most comprehensive and most significant festival dedicated to presenting work by women and promoting equality for women and girls.
As the WOW Foundation establishes itself as an independent charity with national and global reach, it will prepare and present WOW – Women of the World festivals around the world ensuring that the 10th anniversary of this important and highly respected festival is celebrated in 2020 with major events and activities.
WOW festivals are presented by arrangement with Southbank Centre.
WOW Baltimore, 7 March 2020
WOW New York, 13 – 15 March 2020
WOW Brisbane, Australia, 3 – 5 April 2020
WOW Istanbul, 25 – 27 September 2020
WOW Rio de Janeiro, 6 – 8 November 2020
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in conversation with Reni Eddo-Lodge at WOW 2018
listen to this podcast
Audio titled Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Reni Eddo-Lodge in Conversation by Southbank Centre: Think Aloud
Ruby Wax on How to be Human: video highlights from WOW 2018
Ruby Wax in conversation about her new book, How to Be Human: The Manual
Video of Ruby Wax Highlights | Women of the World Festival 2018
Why are women in politics subjected to abuse online? WOW 2018 podcast highlights
Speakers including MPs Jo Swinson, Anna Soubry, Sophie Walker and Tulip Siddiq share their experiences
Audio titled In the Line of Fire: Women politicians and online abuse by Southbank Centre: Think Aloud
Patrisse Khan-Cullors on Black Lives Matter, speaking out and Donald Trump
Ahead of her appearance at WOW - Women of the World, read our interview with the acclaimed activist and author.
Women of the World: what change can you bring?
Key change-makers and activists from our WOW festival share their tips
100 years since suffrage: women’s rights and gender equality timeline
Scroll through our interactive timeline of key moments in the fight for women’s rights and gender equality in Britain.
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Team GB select 16 swimmers for the 2019 European Youth Olympic Games in Baku
City of Glasgow Swim Team athletes, Katie Shanahan and Mark Ford, are selected to Team GB for the European Youth Olympic Festival
The British Olympic Association has today confirmed the 44 athletes selected to represent Team GB at the Baku 2019 European Olympic Festival (EYOF), which includes 16 swimmers.
Amongst the sixteen are no fewer than five swimmers who won medals at last week’s European Junior Swimming Championships in Kazan, Russia. Leading the way is Katie Shanahan who won bronze in the Women’s 400m Individual Medley last week, edging out Freya Colbert, who went on to win silver as part of the Women’s 4x200m Relay. Colbert is also named as well as another member of that quartet, Tamryn van Selm,
Ed Mildred and 14 year old Jacob Whittle also enjoyed relay success in Russia and will hope for more of the same in Azerbaijan between 21st-27th July. Baku 2019 will see around 2,500 athletes from 48 European nations come together to compete across 10 Olympic sports.
Team GB’s athletes, who will all be aged 14-17 at the event, will compete in six of those sports; cycling (six athletes), gymnastics (six), judo (10), swimming (16), tennis (four) and wrestling (two). Athletics, basketball, handball and volleyball complete the sporting programme in Azerbaijan.
With many athletes already working on the road to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as well as Paris 2024, EYOFs play an important role in their development, helping them along the route to achieving their own Olympic dreams.
The Festivals provide crucial multi-sport event experience for young athletes, with over 40 athletes graduating from a summer EYOF with Team GB going on to compete at the Beijing 2008, London 2012 or Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Becky Adlington OBE had her first taste of an Olympic-style event at an EYOF before being crowned double Olympic champion in Beijing.
Baku is the 15th edition of the summer EYOF and Team GB have enjoyed a successful Games at each, with 10 medals won two years ago in Gyor, Hungary and at least 20 medals in each of the previous 13 Festivals.
Leading the Team GB delegation as Chef de Mission at Baku 2019 will be Elaine Skilton, who acted as Deputy Chef de Mission for Team GB at last year’s Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires. Of the team selected, Skilton said:
“Wearing the Olympic rings for the first time and competing for your country is always a huge honour and I’m sure today is a proud moment for each of the 44 selected athletes and their families. Baku 2019 is set to be a great event and we have a very talented group of British athletes coming together to form Team GB for this Festival.
“The British Olympic Association is already underway with planning for Paris 2024 and no doubt a number of these athletes will already have their eyes set on those Games. Hopefully Baku 2019 can act as a great springboard for them as they develop and move through their sporting career towards the senior ranks of Olympic sport, and I wish every athlete the very best for the Festival ahead.”
Swimmers selected for EYOF:
Jemimah Berkeley, 15, from Robertsbridge
Freya Colbert, 15, from Grantham
Evelyn Davis, 15, from Bromley
Joseph Deighan, 15, from Cheshire
Caitlin Ebbage, 14, from Tonbridge
William Ellington, 16, from Beech
Mark Ford, 16, from Carluke
Sophie Freeman, 15, from Colchester
Pierce Greening, 15, from Cockermouth
Edward Mildred, 16, from Northampton
Katie Shanahan, 15, from Glasgow
Ellie Sibbald-Perkins, 15, from Birmingham
Nicholas Skelton, 16, from Abingdon
Tamryn van Selm, 15, from Orpington
Jacob Whittle, 14, from Derbyshire
Cameron Williams, 15, from Plymouth
Article courtesy of British Swimming
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Johnny Lin partners with Ted Field, Stan Lee on The Guardian Project
Taiwanese businessman and head of Studio Solutions Group Lin is partnering with veteran producer Field and comic book icon and POW! Entertainment head Lee on NHL enterprise and Lin also announced he is teaming up with Field and others on Trauma Records 2.
The Guardian Project is a multi-media initiative with the NHL that will introduce new characters in a wide-ranging portfolio encompassing video games, licensing, merchandising, digital platforms, publishing, animation and live events.
“Johnny Lin joining The Guardian Project completes our team and gives us international validation as we move toward extending Stan Lee’s international brand with an exciting group of new superheroes marketed in conjunction with a major sports league, the NHL, across multiple platforms,” said Field. “Johnny instantly understood what we are trying accomplish and will be invaluable in moving each of our verticals forward.”
“I’ve had many exciting challenges in my career, but one of the most rewarding was the task of creating 30 new superheroes, each representing a different NHL hockey team,” said Lee. “Now, having created all of the colourful superheroes, we at POW! are eagerly anticipating the next step in the development of the seemingly countless franchise opportunities – and, to make it more exciting than ever, we now have our new partner Johnny Lin on our team.”
Lin and Field are uniting with Rob Kahane, Aldo LaPietra and music industry mogul Thomas E van Dell on the music label Trauma 2 Records.
Studio Solutions Group’s theatrical distribution slate includes or has included The Hunger Games, The Expendables 2, Dredd, Midnight In Paris, The Iron Lady and The King’s Speech. Lin’s personal producing credits include Hesher and he served as executive producer on Bernie. In 2011 he closed a deal for home video and digital rights to 281 titles from the Miramax library.
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September 10, 2019 | San Diego Community College District
San Diego City, Mesa, and Miramar colleges and San Diego Continuing Education will be celebrating Latino culture and contributions with music, exhibits, discussions, and more when National Hispanic Heritage Month gets underway Sept. 15.
In addition, October 14-18 has been declared Undocumented Student Week of Action, and San Diego Community College District campuses will host events to build support for undocumented students.
All Hispanic Heritage Month events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Among the events:
Eternos Indocumentatdos: Central American Refugees in the U.S. - 12:45 to 2:10 p.m.
This film captures the stories of Central American refugees and explores the root causes of forced migration.
San Diego City College, MS-162, C and 16th streets, 92101.
Through Wednesday, September 11
Chromatic: Grounding with Color - 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Latina artist Katie Ruiz and April Rose display their work, Chromatic: Grounding with Color.
San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery, Room FA-103, 7250 Mesa College Drive, 92111.
Living Los Sures - 10 a.m. to noon
This film looks at the challenges facing Puerto Rican and Dominican community in Brooklyn that had once been called the worst ghetto in America.
San Diego City College, SUBIR Cultural Center/Dreamer Resource Center, Room AH-200-A, 1313 Park Ave., 92101.
Suicide Prevention Fair - 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
This event is aimed at reducing the stigma surrounding those seeking help for an issue that disproportionately impacts the Latinx community.
San Diego City College, Curran Plaza, 1313 Park Ave., 92101.
Latinx Monthly Speaker Series - 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Connect with Mesa Latinx faculty, staff, and administrators in a unique way. Learn about the Brazilian cultural heritage of Dean Susan Topham and how that shaped her choices and career pathways when she moved to the U.S.
San Diego Mesa College, AVANZA Engagement Center, I4-203, 7250 Mesa College Drive, 92111.
The Spitboy Rule: Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band - 11:10 a.m. - 12:35 p.m.
A reading and talk featuring Michelle Cruz Gonzales, a professor, writer, and former drummer in the 1990s punk band Spitboy.
City Loteria - 2 to 4 p.m.
Opportunity drawings will be held to inform students about resources on campus.
September 27 - October 6
Just Like Us
The play based on the book by Helen Thorpe follows four Latina girls in Denver – two of whom are undocumented – through young adulthood. Their close-knit friendships begin to unravel when immigration status dictates the girls’ opportunities, or lack thereof. September 27 and 28, and October 4 and 5 at 8 p.m.; September 29 and October 6 at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $10. Get tickets here.
San Diego City College, Black Box Theatre, AH-320, 1313 Park Ave., 92101.
“Illustrations for Latinx Children’s Literature” - 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Enjoy a discussion centering on the illustrations for contemporary Latinx children’s literature, illustrations that educate, break stereotypes, embrace diversity, and develop ethnic pride. Presented by Professor April Koch.
San Diego Miramar College, Room H-105, 10440 Black Mountain Road, 92126.
The Graduates - 10 a.m. to noon
Screening of a film exploring the challenges and perseverance of Latinx students who have overcome dropout odds.
Overcoming Stress and Anxiety through the Spirits of Our Ancestors - 2 to 3 p.m.
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Author: Monica Migliorino Miller, PhD
First Printed: 01-31-2005
Reprints: 2005, 2006
A serious, scene by scene, in-depth theological study of the Mel Gibson film The Passion of the Christ, Dr. Miller’s analysis not only focuses on the more obvious Marian, Eucharistic and Incarnational themes, but she also discusses and explains the more difficult images and gestures of the movie such as the demon child held by Satan, the donkey carcass behind Judas, the raven above the thief’s cross, etc. Written in a very reader-friendly style, the book also discusses the film’s depiction of the Jews and Romans from a theological and cultural perspective and examines the various sources of The Passion, notably theDolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Anne Catherine Emmerich. One chapter examines how the movie has changed people’s lives and an Appendix compares The Passion of the Christ to other movies about the life of Jesus.
“For the many devout Christians who were deeply moved by the film The Passion of the Christ, Dr. Monica Miller’s book will be an excellent guide to discussion. Her work is filled with serious questions, answers, and details about the film and its relationship to the traditional Christian theology on the sufferings and the death of Our Lord. If you were touched by the film, you will find this book enlightening and a source of much meditation.” Father Benedict J. Groeschel, CFR
About the Author: Monica Migliorino Miller, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Sacred Theology at St. Mary’s College of Madonna University in Orchard Lake, Michigan. This is her first book for Alba House.
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"Mel Gibson's Passion film of two years ago, besides directly affecting the millions who found it devout, also occasioned a myriad of religious artistic, and political pro-and-con reflections. Monica Migliorino Miller's The Theology of "The Passion of the Christ" considers many of these from her own conviction of the film's excellence. She has done her work well, with fairness and impressive thoroughness. She merits a good many readers, and most of those readers will find themselves appreciating the art and devotion of the film even more than before." --Philip C. Fischer, S.J. in Review for Religious, February 2006
"Monica Migliorino Miller draws on a wide range of published critical comment to present an apologia for Mel Gibson's film on the Passion, at the same time skillfully refreshing one's memory of the film. Into this, with theological competence and spiritual insight, she weaves reflection on the significance of the sacrifice of Christ for the human story." --Francis Cardinal George, OMI, Archbishop of Chicago
"For the many devout Christians who were deeply moved by the film, Dr. Monica Miller's book will be an excellent guide to discussion. Her work is filled with serious questions, answers, and details about the film and its relationship to the traditional Christian theology on the sufferings and death of Our Lord. If you were touched by the film, you will find this book enlightening and a source of much meditation." --Father Benedict J. Groeschel, CFR
"With critical as well as theological insight, Monica Miller cuts through the confusion behind much of the controversy over The Passion, from fastidious objections to its emphasis on blood and suffering to misguided complaints about its lack of concern with ordinary dramatic notions of character development and plot structure. Miller decisively refutes the critics who failed to see the religious meaning of Gibson's film, and opens new worlds of meaning for appreciative viewers wishing to enter more deeply into The Passions's mysteries." --Steven D. Greydanus, Film critic, National Catholic Register & DecentFilms.com
"Even before Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ was released on DVD, books about the film began to emerge.The Theology of 'The Passion of the Christ' by Monica Migliorino Miller, presents a serious, scene by scene, in-depth theological study of the movie. Miller writes, 'The Passion of the Christ is not simply a movie -- it is a religious experience.' Miller explores the theology underlying Gibson's use of Mary, who 'is central to the drama of the film.' She explains how Gibson uses Genesis 3:15 as the lens through which he views Jesus' mother: 'She actually contributes to the overcoming of the Evil One.' Miller continues: 'Mary is there to support her Son, even to protect Him and to aid Him to accomplish His salvific task.' In Chapter 3, Miller presents the themes of the Incarnation that she finds in the movie. But by far the most helpful chapter -- six -- presents the sources of The Passion. In painstaking detail Miller lists every scene of the movie and explains which ones come from each of the four Gospels (along with the appropriate notation), the Stations of the Cross, and Anne Catherine Emmerich's The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Emmerich, an 18th-century stigmatist, was beatified on October 3, 2004 by John Paul II. As Miller explains, Emmerich's work expresses the very popular theological perspective 'known as the satisfaction theory.' She says, 'In this theory, consistent with St. Anselm, God is a God of mercy, but also a God of justice. He cannot just forgive sin, but the balance of injustice must be 'satisfied.' Jesus takes the sins of the world upon himself and the punishment for sin -- namely death. Jesus' death is a free offering. He freely offers himself up as a sacrifice for sin.'" --Rev. Mark G. Boyer in The Priest, December 2005
Mel Gibson gave the commencement address at Loyola Marymount University in 2003, amidst brewing controversy surrounding his now famous film, The Passion of the Christ, almost a year before its actual appearance in theaters on Ash Wednesday of 2004. There were bodyguards everywhere and security was tight; threats had apparently been made on Gibson's life. Truly, when one seeks to do the will of God -- more precisely, when an artist like Gibson sets out to create a genuinely devotional work of sacred art -- the powers of darkness gather in opposition. But Gibson made his film, which has gone on to spectacular successes on all fronts, except in the profane arena of mainstream Hollywood, and, on that sunny day in early May he delivered his commencement address to a throng of graduates, their families and university faculty.
It was a unique event, dramatically different from all the other dozen-plus commencement addresses I have attended in my capacity as a professor at LMU. Gibson, obviously self-conscious and nervous, spoke to our graduating seniors not of future riches and glory but of the hardships and sufferings that life holds in store, and he spoke to them of God, of keeping the Faith, and of his own life in this regard. He spoke of his past, his sins, his wanderings, and then his return to the Faith. He spoke of God's forgiveness. He spoke of the imperative to stay with God, to keep the Faith.
He delivered his remarkable address against a backdrop of an apparent majority of cynical and condescendingly smiling faculty, and a foreground of, I imagine, largely confused students. But this was about the students' future, so Gibson's seeds of faith may, by the grace of God, flower forth some day in profound ways.
His movie similiarly stands out as a sign of contradiction vis-à-vis the prevailing genres of Hollywood movies. Here, too, Gibson answered a call to use his gifts in the service of his God and his Faith, and The Passion of the Christ will surely bear abundant spiritual fruit.
The movie defies classification in ordinary cinematographical terms, and it cannot really be judged in comparison even to other films about Christ. It is of an altogether different order. It is a devotional piece and a source for meditation on and contemplation of the Passion of Jesus Christ. And this is the central thesis of the book under review by Miller, a Catholic theologian on the faculty of St. Mary's College of Madonna University in Orchard Lake, Michigan. Her book is a compactly written and beautifully argued exposition of the theological motifs that permeate Gibson's magnificent work of devotional art, and is filled with marvelous insights. For example, the following passage: "In The Passion Jesus indeed overcomes the Devil by the pouring out of His blood. Moreover, as His whole body is covered by the wounds of His Passion, Christ literally wears a cloak of blood. On the feast days of martyrs a priest's liturgical vestments are red. Jesus, in the film, does not simply wear a symbolic color of blood. He wears blood. He is dressed in blood because He is the true priest and the true sacrifice.... Soaked with blood, carrying His cross, Jesus tells Mary, 'See, Mother, I make all things new.' This line, adapted from Revelation 21:5, is uttered about half-way through the movie and indeed it is the center, the key to the Gibson film. By His blood Christ makes all things new."
This book's effect on me was unexpected: I had imagined that, having seen Gibson's film and having been spellbound by it, I would find the book to be something along the lines of an analysis, dry in the usual academic sense. Instead, I found a sequence of crystal-clear lectures by a Catholic woman who saw so much more and who is on fire with the zeal to inform others about what Gibson's film achieves in terms of theology. She delineated surprising details of the film and charted depths I hadn't realized were present -- so much so that I must see it again and witness Gibson's rendition of the Passion at a more profound level.
Miller has done a wonderful service for all who would watch Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, whether it be for the first time or not. But those who come to it for the second time after reading the book are in the most enviable position of all. --Michael Berg in New Oxford Review, September 2005
When an artist is faithful to his subject, his art can contain depths he never sought to incorporate. Such is the case with Mel Gibson and his 2004film The Passion of the Christ. As screenwriter and film critic Barbara Nicolosi notes in her preface to Monica Migliorino Miller's The Theology of the Passion of the Christ, even Gibson himself found that he had difficulty explaining to skeptical viewers the significance of certain scenes in his film. "Explaining why the image [of the ugly baby] affected us all so strongly is the job of the theologian," Nicolosi comments.
In undertaking that job, Miller examines various theological themes of The Passion, particularly the uniquely Catholic Marian and eucharistic themes. Reading Miller's observations on these themes will enrich future viewings of the film by those who, like Gibson, know there is rich meaning to the film's images but have difficulty explaining exactly what they are seeing.
Gibson's Mary, in contrast to other cinematic portrayals of the Blessed Mother, is actively involved in her Son's Pasison, to the extent that one chagrined Evangelical Protestant pastor sarcastically noted that "they should have named the film The Passion of Jesus and Mary. Such a thought obviously horrified him, but a Catholic would nod in agreement and find the suggestion apt. As the prophet Simeon predicted (Luke 2:34-35), Mary suffered alongside her Son, a detail finally fully captured on film by Gibson and noted by Miller. Among the powerful scenes used to show Mary's suffering are her presence at Christ's scourging, her retrieval of his eucharistic blood spilled by the scourging, her accompaniment with him on the via dolorosa in counterpoint to Satan, and her active participation at the foot of the cross that culminates in her pleading with her Son to allow her to die with him.
Miller, originally mildly critical of the violence in The Passion has since pondered the film's bloodiness more deeply and drawn out more completely its theological significance. She cites a reviewer of the film who noted, "The Passion isn't just a gruesome movie but a ritual that exalts the blood of Jesus because the release of this blood released humanity from sin." Skeptical critics of the movie saw the blood as just so much blood. But the faithful recognize that the precious blood of Christ is salvific and eucharistic. Glorying in that blood is the opposite of the "sadomasochism" the film's critic allege; it reflects instead a deeply Christian joy in the source of human salvation.
Miller explains well, in opposition to the claims of critics, that the movie is biblically based, but that it also draws upon the visions of Christian mystics, especially the recently beatified Anne Catherine Emmerich, as recorded in her book The Dolorous [i.e., Sorrowful] Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Although many critics dismissed the movie because of its dependence for artistic detail on the writings attributed to Emmerich, Miller explains that interpretations of the Gospels are common to other Jesus movies and plays, such as The Last Temptation of Christ and Jesus Christ Superstar. What should matter is not that the Gospels are interepreted but whether they are interpreted in a manner faithful to orthodox Christian tradition.
Although Miller is evenhanded in her treatment of the controversial issues surrounding Emmerich -- including that Emmerich's writings were to some extent influenced by the anti-Semitism of her time and culture -- it would have been helpful from an apologetics perspective to explain the role of private revelation in the Catholic faith. It is also important to understand that the writings attributed to Emmerich are believed to have been highly embellished, perhaps even falsified, by Emmerich's secretary M. Clemens Brentano to such an extent that Emmerich's cause for sainthood was delayed for nearly a century and progressed only when the Church excluded the writings attributed to her from consideration of her life. Thus, though it is unobjectionable for Gibson to have drawn neutral material from these writings to flesh out his adaptation of the Gospel accounts of the Passion, the writings themselves cannot be considered authoritative.
Unlike many movies produced today, Mel Gibson's The Passion seems destined to become a movie classic that each new generation will experience as a cinematic rite of passage. In contract to such secular predecessors as The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind, may be the first religious movie to attain such a distinction. And when new viewers approach The Passion of the Christ, they will find The Theology of the Passion of the Christ to be a handy guide to the theological meaning of the images they experience in the movie. --Michelle Arnold in This Rock, July-August 2005
"The Passion referred to here is Mel Gibson's now famous and controversial film version. Miller, an associate professor of theology at St. Mary's College of Madonna University in Orchard Lake, Michigan, is entirely positive about Gibson's artistic rendering but wants also to provide a theological analysis of what the filmmaker has done. While readers may differ about her enthusiastic perspective, she does the service of discussing the theological implications and putting them into perspective. She also documents the fact -- often obscured in some of the discussions of the film -- that much of its inspiration and content come not from the Gospel but from medieval mystic Catherine Emmerich and other postbiblical sources." --Donald Senior, C.P. in The Bible Today, May/June 2005
"Monica Miller has done an important service to the People of God by considering The Passion of the Christ as a source of theology. Pushing beyond the political, social and even ecclesial controversies that must always accompany the Cross as the Sign of Contradiction, her book asks us all to reverentially regard the film, and allow it to deepen our understanding of the mystery of Calvary. It is a humble task for a Catholic theologian to be led by the ruminations of a contemporary artist--and, how much more, one from Hollywood?!--but, in so doing, Miller sets an example of exactly what the Pope means in calling for 'a renewal of the fruitful dialogue' between the Church and the arts.... In affirming the theology that underlies the project, Dr. Miller has listened to the voice of the artist, and to the voices of the sheep. Her work goes a long way to demonstrating that The Passion of the Christ 'worked' with believers for one reason: it brought them into an encounter with their Shepherd in His most compelling posture as the Lamb of God." --Barbara R. Nicolosi in the Preface to the book.
"Passion" scene by scene: When Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ was released last year, the theological and cinematic stir it created was felt far and wide. A deeply thoughtful and religious experience, the film is a moving picture of the historical event with which we are all familiar. Monica Migliorino Miller, Ph.D., an associate professor of Sacred Theology at St. Mary's College of Madonna University in Michigan, breaks down the movie in The Theology of "The Passion of the Christ": a serious, scene by scene, in-depth theological study of the Mel Gibson film."In the book, she discusses -- in a very readable way -- the Eucharistic and Marian imagery found throughout the film, as well as the powerful images that are part of the story (the dead donkey, the images of Satan, etc.). Not a cinematic review nor a technical discussion, the first four chapters discuss those theological meanings of the images and scenes in the film. The fifth chapter looks at the sources of the movie's theology. And the last chapter focuses on the reaction of moviegoers and why the movie provokes such a reaction." --Crux of the News, April 25, 2005
Here's an accessible exploration of the biblical basis and spiritual writings that underlay the Mel Gibson film. (Skip this review if you have to ask, "Which Mel Gibson film?") Monica Migliorino Miller, an associate professor of sacred theology at St. Mary's College of Madonna University in Orchard Lake, Michigan, "sets an example of exactly what the Pope means in calling for 'a renewal of the fruitful dialogue' between the Church and the arts," notes Barbara Nicolosi, Catholic screenwriter and Register columnist, in the Introduction. It will be plain to even casual readers that Miller, who holds a degree in theater arts, is a fan of the movie. "The Passion is a religious meditation -- celluloid is simply the medium," she writes. Her work here primarily addresses the theological ramifications of the film but she also includes a chapter on the movie's sources and one on the reactions it has engendered, along with an appendix that includes comparisons to other movies about Christ.
Miller focuses on several key points: Mary's role in Christ's passion, the biblical basis of Gibson's Passion, charges of anti-Semitism against the movie, and Gibson's reliance on the writings of mystic and stigmatic Anne Catherine Emmerich. "The Passion is a rare film because it is truly theological in the classical sense," she writes. "The word 'theology' means study of God. Classical, authentic theology is faith seeking understanding -- or intellectual worship."
The book's most powerful chapters deal with Mary's role as interpreted by Gibson. Her weakest moment comes in the honest admission that Emmerich's visions exhibit at least one anti-Semitic moment and her tepid explanation that even mystics are a product of their age. "The contributions Emmerich makes to Gibson's 21st-century movie cannot be over-emphasized," Miller writes, adding that she does not believe Emmerich was anti-Semitic. "There is very little in Emmerich's visions [indicating] that she believed in or defended the collective guilt of the Jews," she writes.
Miller's chapter dealing with Mary's role in Christ's passion demonstrates in an especially thought-provoking way that Gibson's view of Mary is radically different from that of previous filmmakers -- most of whom portrayed Mary as an overwhelmed, essentially passive bystander. "Mary, in the Gibson film, is the only other character besides Christ who actually sees Satan," Miller points out. "Mary alone sees the Devil. Their eyes meet. The moment of the ancient enmity has arrived. Mary is there to support her son, even to protect him, and to aid him in his salvific task," she continues. "Indeed, almost as soon as Mary sees the Evil One she turns her attention back to Jesus, almost as if she were aware of the danger to her son by the presence of Satan. It is then that Mary asks John to find a way to bring her closer to Christ." This understanding of Mary as active in the redemption of the world is more consistent with Catholic doctrine than the helpless icons of most previous film interpretations.
The Theology of "The Passion of the Christ" adds to our understanding and appreciation of the movie and, in doing so, helps illuminate aspects of Jesus' passion and death for us. Which is to say that, heading into Holy Week, it's an ideal read. --Valerie Schmalz in National Catholic Register, March 13-19, 2005
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Steelers rally, beat Ravens 31-24 in AFC playoffs
Alan Robinson, The Associated Press
PITTSBURGH – A most fitting comeback for Ben Roethlisberger.
With the kind of playmaking that put two Super Bowl rings on his fingers, the Steelers quarterback connected on a 58-yard pass to rookie Antonio Brown with less than two minutes to go. The go-for-broke toss set up the winning touchdown in a rough-and-tumble 31-24 victory Saturday over the archrival Baltimore Ravens.
“Let’s just chuck it deep,” Roethlisberger told offensive coordinator Bruce Arians just before he threw his biggest pass of the season. “If they pick it, it will be a pick way down there, just as good as a punt. … I just throw it as far as I can.’ “
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Rashard Mendenhall scored the winning TD from 2 yards with 1:33 left. That ended any ideas the Ravens had of finally winning a playoff game against their division rivals.
Roethlisberger took his shots early from the Ravens’ defense, but threw for 226 yards and two touchdowns before his big pass on third-and-19.
“He may not be (Tom) Brady or all those other guys, but when I see him in the huddle I know we’ve got a chance to win,” said Hines Ward, who caught a TD pass. “He’s a proven winner. And history shows he’s a proven winner against Baltimore.”
The third meeting this season between these AFC North rivals had the usual skirmishes, but also was filled with penalties and turnovers.
It’s been a rugged season for the Steelers’ quarterback. His life and reputation were in tatters 10 months ago following sexual assault allegations that weren’t prosecuted. He was suspended for the first four games of the season, and helped his team finish with 12 victories and a first-round bye.
“It’s Ben. You give this guy an opportunity to snap it; he’s capable of producing plays,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said, “It’s not always how you draw it up, but he has a no-blink mentality. He is a competitor and a winner. And those guys follow him.”
While the Steelers trailed by two TDs at the half, it was the Ravens who fell apart in the in the second half as the team they love to beat most came back to knock them out of the postseason. The Steelers are 9-0 against division teams in the postseason.
The Steelers were trailing 21-7 after turnovers created two Ravens touchdowns. But they came back with the help of three Baltimore turnovers in the third quarter. It was so bad, the Ravens’ minus-4 yards in offense wasn’t the worst of it; they ended with 28 yards in the second half.
“We knew we had to play great. We knew if we didn’t play great we were going to lose this game,” defensive end Brett Keisel said.
Baltimore was outgained 263-126 and Joe Flacco was 16 of 30 for 125 yards.
The Ravens’ last chance to beat the Steelers – they haven’t in three postseason tries – ended when T.J. Houshmandzadeh dropped Flacco’s fourth-down pass at the Steelers’ 38 with 1:03 remaining.
“We knew it would be a close game,” Houshmandzadeh said. “I didn’t think it needed to be, but it was.”
Failing to protect the ball cost the Ravens – even after they scored two touchdowns in less than 30 seconds in the first half. Defensive end Cory Redding returned a Roethlisberger fumble for a touchdown that both teams thought was an incompletion, but that wasn’t nearly enough on a day when the Ravens’ offense did so little.
“What better way to put the Ravens out of the tournament,” Ward said. “They keep asking for us and we keep putting them out of the tournament. They’re going to be ticked about this for a long time.”
With Baltimore up 21-7, Ryan Clark forced a rare fumble by Ray Rice on a screen pass, and LaMarr Woodley recovered at the 23. The play re-energized the crowd of 64,879 that had grown silent as Baltimore opened its two-TD lead.
“You know what, our offense went in there (at halftime) and said, ‘We played terrible. We gave them the ball in prime position too many times,’ ” Roethlisberger said. “We had to do something about it.”
Mendenhall ran for 14 yards before Roethlisberger’s 9-yard scoring pass to Heath Miller, who missed two games after sustaining a concussion on a hit by Jameel McClain during the Steelers’ 13-10 win in Baltimore last month.
Later in the quarter, Flacco overthrew tight end Todd Heap, and Clark returned the interception 17 yards to the 25. Three plays later, Roethlisberger found ol’ reliable Ward, absent in the offense most of the day, for an 8-yard touchdown pass and it was tied at 21.
Along the sideline, the Ravens had the look of a team that couldn’t believe it had squandered the lead – and couldn’t figure out how to get it back. They never did.
“We felt good at the half,” Rice said. “Our defense had them stopped and I thought we were going to come out and handle our business. But then the situation happened: fumble, turnover, another turnover.”
Roethlisberger went 19 of 32 in beating the Ravens for the seventh successive time in a rivalry in which both teams had won twice by 3-point margins during the last two seasons. The asterisk: Roethlisberger didn’t play in either Steelers loss.
Baltimore turned it over for the third time in 9 minutes as center Matt Birk snapped the ball early to Flacco, who never got his hands on it, and Keisel recovered at the 23.
The drive stalled, but Shaun Suisham, who had missed earlier from the 43, converted a 35-yard field goal with 12:15 remaining to give Pittsburgh its first lead, 24-21, since its opening drive.
An apparent punt return touchdown by Lardarius Webb was negated by a holding penalty on Marcus Smith, but the Ravens – with only 36 yards of offense in the half to that point – tied it at 24 on Billy Cundiff’s 24-yard field goal with 3:54 remaining. That was too much time for Roethlisberger, who excels in fourth-quarter comebacks.
Each team took advantage of a long pass interference penalty to score during a penalty-filled first quarter. Josh Wilson’s 37-yard penalty for yanking on Mike Wallace led to Mendenhall’s 1-yard touchdown run on the Steelers’ first possession.
On a third-and-15 play, Steelers backup Anthony Madison’s 33-yard pass interference penalty set up Rice’s 14-yard TD run up the middle.
Then it really got interesting.
Terrell Suggs knocked the ball loose from the quarterback as he tried to get off a pass. Roethlisberger pump-faked, but before he could bring his right arm forward, the ball came out.
As Suggs celebrated the apparent incompletion, the ball lay on the turf for one, two, three full seconds. Haloti Ngata was closest to it but no one touched it until an alert Redding – realizing the whistle hadn’t blown – picked it up and ran it into the end zone from the 13.
Mendenhall fumbled on the Steelers’ subsequent possession, Ed Reed recovered and Flacco threw a 4-yard TD pass to Heap.
Notes: Mendenhall was the game’s leading rusher with only 46 yards on 20 carries. … Pittsburgh lost to New England 39-26 and to New York 21-16 during the season. … There were 11 sacks in the game, six by Baltimore, including three by Suggs. Pittsburgh LB James Harrison also has three sacks.
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All the talk heading in to the Pinstripe Bowl was about the Miami Hurricanes top-ranked defense — just like last year.
Just like last year, the Wisconsin Badgers took it to the Hurricanes and its defense was the star of the day in a 35-3 beatdown of Miami.
UW forced five turnovers and turned two in-a-row in the second half to take a 28-3 lead. The Badgers defense also held Miami to just 121 yards rushing on 23 carries — 62 of which came on one play by quarterback Malik Rosier.
In total, Miami mustered up just 169 yards compared to UW’s 406 yards on the day.
Star running back Jonathan Taylor didn’t disappoint, going for 205 yards on 27 carries with a touchdown. Wisconsin as a team put up 333 yards on 58 carries.
Taylor finished his season with 2,194 yards and 16 touchdowns and combined for an NCAA record 4,171 yards in his first two seasons.
He also joined fellow Badger Ron Dayne and Georgia legend Herschel Walker as the only running backs in history over the 3,500-yard mark in their first two seasons.
UW’s strong run game rendered Jack Coan’s passing an afterthought, as he completed 6 of 11 passes for 73 yards and a touchdown pass to one interception.
He also showcased an ability to do things with his feet, including a naked bootleg for a 7-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.
Miami had to switch quarterbacks in the second half, but it didn’t matter much, as the two combined to go just 6 of 17 for 48 yards and four interceptions in the loss.
Wisconsin got the opening kickoff and following a steady diet of Jonathan Taylor, UW faced a 3rd and 9 at the 35-yard line. Coan took his first drop back and connected over the middle to Kendric Pryor for a touchdown and a 7-0 lead.
Miami quarterback Malik Rosier didn’t find the same success on his first pass, as UW safety Eric Burrell jumped a late throw and returned it to the Hurricanes 8-yard line.
One play later and Taylor was in the end zone and the Badgers led 14-0 in less than 4 minutes off the game clock.
Wisconsin couldn’t sustain its hot start though, as Coan made a bad decision deep in Miami territory. He threw an interception trying to loft a ball out of bounds and was picked off at the 8-yard line.
Rosier scampered for 62 yards on the first play and put the Hurricanes in prime position deep in Badgers territory. However, UW’s defense stiffened up inside the red zone and forced a 33-yard field goal for a 14-3 scoreline.
The scoreline remained the same at halftime thanks to a pair of missed field goals by Badgers kicker Rafael Gaglianone.
Wisconsin continued to control things with its run game on offense and an opportunistic defense in the second half.
After going nearly two quarters without a score, the Badgers put another touchdown on the board with 3:36 to play in the third quarter. Senior fullback Alec Ingold capped off a 59-yard drive with a two-yard touchdown run to make it 21-3.
It was a drive that started thanks to a T.J. Edwards interception at the Wisconsin 41-yard line.
That pick was the final play of the game for Rosier, who was replaced by freshman N’Kosi Perry.
Wisconsin didn’t miss a beat on defense with the new signal caller in, as Perry completed just 1 of 5 passes for 2 yards and an interception.
Perry’s interception led to another Badgers score, as Coan went in from 7 yards out to make it 28-3.
After a Miami punt with 7:20 to play, the Badgers pounded the ball 10 times for 53 yards and a score with just :08 left to play in the game and a 35-3 lead.
For the second straight offseason the Badgers go in to the offseason with big momentum on the back of a beatdown of a top-ranked defense.
The win is also Wisconsin’s fifth-straight in a bowl game and third straight bowl game win in matchups with Miami.
Wisconsin will kick off next season at USF in Tampa Bay on Aug. 31.
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Badgers fall victim to the trap, lose to Illinois
Andrew Coppens
This is why they don’t play the games on paper. On paper, the No. 6 Wisconsin Badgers should have been able to make quick work of a struggling Illinois Fighting Illini team.
Instead, it was a slog for the Badgers offense and Illinois took advantage of three turnovers for 17 points en route to a shocking 24-23 victory.
With the Badgers driving to potentially salt away a hard-fought victory, Jack Coan threw just his second interception of the season and Illinois drove the ball deep in to Wisconsin territory and kicked a game-winning 39-yard field goal as time expired.
Wisconsin’s usually rugged run game was off, and the stingy run defense was far from that. Yes, Jonathan Taylor went over the 5,000-yard mark for his career on the first carry of the game, but he would put up just 132 yards on 28 carries on the day and UW’s defense allowed a season-worst 141 yards on the ground to Illinois.
Prior to this game, Wisconsin’s worst performance on offense was 97 yards against Northwestern.
Taylor’s struggles included a brutal turnover, as he gained a first down at the Illinois 17-yard line but coughed up the football trying to fight for extra yardage a third time on the play.
Illinois drove the ball down for a touchdown in just 1:19 of game time and what could’ve been a three-score game turned in to a 23-21 lead with 5:53 to play.
Wisconsin drove the ball past midfield on the next possession appearing poised to put the game out of Illinois reach again, but stumbled near midfield.
On a 2nd and 11, Coan attempted to drop a pass to Jake Ferguson in between the zone. However, Tony Adams had backed off the underneath and picked off the pass at the Illinois 47-yard line.
From there, Illinois ripped off big run after big run to get themselves in to field goal range and the rest was history.
Ironically, it was Coan who powered the Badgers offense for most of the day, throwing for 263 yards on 24 of 32 passing.
Reggie Corbin and Dre Brown combined for 153 yards on the day for the Illini on 28 carries, and came up huge when they needed it as the game went on.
Illinois outplayed the Badgers up front on both sides of the ball and deserved this win.
This was easily the most shocking loss in the Paul Chryst era and a date with Ohio State looms large if Wisconsin wants to continue to hope to make it to Indianapolis for the Big Ten championship game.
A loss next week and all control of their own destiny goes out the window.
Badgers mid-season report card: Defense
As Saturday’s game against Illinois inches closer to kick, it’s also a good time to remind ourselves that we are at the halfway point of the 2019 Wisconsin Badgers season.
UW is 6-0 and ranked No. 6 in the country in both polls (if you want to care about those things). So, how did Wisconsin get here and who has been vital to all of that success so far?
Well, we’re taking a look back at the first half of the season for you. Earlier this week we took a look at our grades for the Badgers offense. Today, we take a look at the defensive side of the ball.
Defensive Line: A+
One of the biggest question marks coming in to the 2019 season was the UW defensive line. With no Olive Sagapolu and two starting defensive ends coming off of major injuries, how would this group look in 2019? Well, the answer is pretty damn good.
Bryson Williams, the starting nose guard, went down with a bad injury early in the season and in stepped true freshman Keannu Benton, who ripped off back-to-back performances that were rated No. 1 on the team by Pro Football Focus.
Isaiahh Loudermilk had a small injury early on and has been very good since his return, while Garrett Rand is doing work on the other side. Perhaps the biggest story is that this group has been disruptive in a major way.
We’ve had Matt Henningsen score a touchdown not once, but twice and the defensive linemen have racked up 3.0 sacks to date. Not too bad for a group of unproven, but talented players.
Linebackers: A+
Another big question mark coming in to the year was if the Badgers could get enough pressure from its linebacker group to make a difference in 2019. Last season was a dramatic drop off in sacks and tackles from loss as a team, but there has been no such issue in 2019. j
Zack Baun has been one of the best players in the country through the halfway point of the season. He’s put up 26 tackles, has one pick-six, 10.5 tackles for loss and 6.0 sacks (tied for 8th nationally) through the first six games of the season.
It’s earned him Pro Football Focus mid-season first-team All-American honors. Considering he didn’t produce at nearly this level last season, it’s been a huge start for the senior.
On the opposite side of him, we’ve seen the combination of Izayah Green-May (missed time with a broken thumb) and Noah Burks become dangerous players in their own right. As a team, Wisconsin has put up 23 sacks through six games, which is more than they had in all of 2018 (19.0).
Jack Sanborn has been great and the pairing of him with Chris Orr has unleashed one of the most athletic and dangerous combinations of inside linebackers the Badgers have had since switching to the 3-4 defense when Gary Andersen arrived.
You could not draw up a more productive start to a season from a linebacker group if you tried.
Secondary: A
If you just go by the stats, it is hard to argue that Wisconsin isn’t playing some of its best ball against the pass that we’ve ever seen. I mean, they have allowed a Big Ten low three passing touchdowns and the team has eight overall interceptions, with two going for a defensive touchdown.
But, some of the stats can be misleading, especially those eight interceptions. The good news for the secondary is that five of the eight interceptions are attributed to the defensive backs, with starting safety Eric Burrell picking off a pair of passes.
It isn’t just the starting group that has held up well either. Wisconsin has had a next man up mentality and it has worked well. Colin Wilder and John Torchio stepped up when both Burell and fellow safety Reggie Pearson got tossed for hits to the head against Michigan.
Deron Harrell is credited with four pass breakups and Wilder with five to lead the secondary group in that category.
Overall, it’s hard to pick apart this group, but if there’s one area to watch it is their inconsistency in intermediate and deep balls. Luckily, most offenses don’t have enough time to set up a deep passing game so it hasn’t been much of a worry at all.
Overall: A+
Let’s just go over these stats given up by the Badgers defense once again:
4.8 points per game — ranks 1st in the Big Ten and nationally
44.6 rushing yards per game — ranks 1st in the Big Ten and nationally
129.0 passing yards per game — ranks 1st in the Big Ten and nationally
173.7 total yards per game — ranks 1st in the Big Ten and nationally
In fact, Wisconsin’s 173.7 total yards per game given up is 60.3 yards per game better than the next best team — Ohio State — has given up this year.
Given all of that information, how could it not be an A+ so far this season? After all, Wisconsin is the first Big Ten team since the 1962 Minnesota Gophers team to pitch four shutouts in the first six games of a season.
Enough said.
Badgers mid-season report card: Offense
Believe it or not, but we have already reached the middle of the 2019 Wisconsin Badgers football season. I know, it doesn’t seem possible because there seems to be so much football ahead.
You would be right, what with Ohio State, Iowa and Minnesota still looming large on the schedule and all.
But, as we want to look forward, we need to know the foundation that future has been built on. How have the Badgers faired so far in 2019? Let’s take a look position by position.
Offensive Line: A –
All seems to be rosy for the Badgers offensive line. They’ve given up a Big Ten-low of eight sacks and are the No. 2 rushing attack in the league, trailing only Ohio State. While you could say the Buckeyes have yet to face a real defense, they still are consistently putting up better numbers than Wisconsin has.
We’ll see if that holds up, but on the whole it is hard to argue that this group hasn’t been very good. They’ve dealt with a few injuries and haven’t really missed a beat for the most part.
If there’s one area that has put them from an A to an A- in my book, it is their performance in the run game against Northwestern and Michigan State at home. In both cases, Jonathan Taylor really struggled to get going and the offensive line found themselves back on their heels quite a bit. Thus, Taylor’s struggles.
Yes, both Northwestern and MSU are very good defensive fronts, but if you want to earn the top grades, you have to win more than they did up front against those two defensive lines. That’s especially worrisome when you see the defensive fronts that both Ohio State and Iowa can put out there.
This unit is very athletic and certainly can do some special things. But, it needs to be more consistent against high level defenses if the Badgers want to prove they belong in the College Football Playoff conversation. Not having a single member of this group on the Pro Football Focus mid-season All-American list tells me this group hasn’t been as good as potentially then can be by the end of the year.
Running Backs: B
Yes, Jonathan Taylor is a Pro Football Focus and everywhere else mid-season All-American and yes, he’s en route to break all sorts of historical marks, but there’s more to this group than Taylor and for that reason we have to give this group an overall grade of B.
In fact, if you were to take Taylor away from this position group, you would be far lower on the grade. Redshirt freshman Nakia Watson has picked up 53 carries for just 238 yards and is averaging 4.5 yards a carry. While that average isn’t bad, Watson hasn’t shown any flashes of being the next big star running back at Wisconsin with ample opportunities to do so.
Bradrick Shaw and Garrett Groshek haven’t been big factors in the Badgers run game either and Julius Davis appears headed for a complete redshirt. What happens if Taylor goes down? There hasn’t been anyone producing at a high enough level to give us confidence that it’ll just be “next man up” as we’ve seen year over year over year at UW since 1990.
John Chenal and Mason Stokke (pre-injury) have been very good fullbacks in the traditional Wisconsin mold, but they could be a bit better at their blocking technique and that will come with time on the field as both are younger options at fullback.
Overall, this group is doing well, I just downgrade for a lack of a second dynamic option at running back so far this year.
Tight Ends: B+
Much was expected out of junior tight end Jake Ferguson, so much so that many believed he would showcase himself and leave for the NFL after this season. After six games, I’m not so sure that is going to happen.
Yes, Ferguson is second on the team with 15 receptions, but he’s averaging 11 yards a catch and has just one touchdown to his name. Those numbers pace far behind last season.
There just seems to be something missing from the explosive player we saw in 2018, who caught 36 passes for over 450 yards and had four touchdowns to his name.
On the bright side, Ferguson has become a more reliable blocker and that could be the thing that gets him to the NFL a year early. We’ll see what happens the second half of the season though.
As for the rest of the group, it’s been hard to grade because injuries have piled up and not a single other tight end as caught a pass for the Badgers so far this season. So, when I look at Ferguson’s play, it’s hard to not give him a solid grade, but room for improvement and impact in the second half.
Wide Receivers: B-
There is no doubt that getting Quintez Cephus back in a Badgers uniform has been huge. But, with that said, this group has not produced the big plays we’d hope to see after a few years of experience for names like Danny Davis, A.J. Taylor and Kendric Pryor.
Cephus is the only receiver with a touchdown to his name, albeit there have only been eight passing touchdowns on the season. However, the leading TD man is running back Jonathan Taylor, who has four already this year.
Pryor came up big against Michigan State and overall this group has produced well when given the opportunity. But, the inability to get separation and thus stretch the defense holds them back.
Maybe the coaching staff is also holding back what we see from this group, as by-in-large, UW hasn’t had to open up the full offense to win a game this season.
Quarterback: A –
Alright, it’s time for Badgers nation to eat some crow here. Everyone thought that Coan was the second-coming of Alex Hornibrook after his first efforts last season. But, through the first six games, Coan has been anything but the second-coming of Hornibrook. In fact, you could say he’s been the anti-Hornibrook.
He’s been clutch, he’s making the smart decisions and he’s keeping drives alive. Doing that at Wisconsin, with the best running back in college football, is exactly what is needed.
Coan is completing a ridiculous 76.3 percent of his passes, which leads the league and is second nationally only to Joe Burrow at LSU. Now, he has only thrown for 1,119 yards (8th in the B1G) and you could say that isn’t great, but consider how he’s become a complementary piece to the run game and you can see why his efficiency and clutch play matters more.
Additionally, his eight touchdowns to just one interception ratio is phenomenal. Ohio State’s Justin Fields is the only other starter in the Big Ten that has thrown just one pick through the halfway point of the season.
I wanted to give a higher grade, but Coan has struggled to hit the deep ball at times and seems most comfortable hitting the seven to 15-yard passes. That’s fine, but having someone to really stretch a defense out of eight-man boxes would be nice.
Maybe I’m nitpicking, but Coan has established himself as the rightful starter and put to bed most of the critics by becoming the go-to force in the win over Michigan State after a shaky couple of weeks against Michigan and Northwestern.
Having three multiple-touchdown games given what Jonathan Taylor is doing on the ground is impressive through six games.
Defense leads Badgers to win over Northwestern
It sure wasn’t pretty, but the Wisconsin Badgers took down reigning West division champions, the Northwestern Wildcats just the same.
UW’s defense came up big in the 24-15 victory. What happened, which players were the highlights and what needs to be worked on as the 4-0 Badgers go out of conference next week?
Our publisher, Andrew Coppens, comes to you with his full recap of UW’s win.
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World #3 – US urges Venezuela army to accept ‘peaceful’ power transfer
Tuesday's World Events — Posted on January 29, 2019
(by Agence France-Presse) – The United States urged Venezuela’s military Monday to accept a “peaceful” transfer of power as it ramped up the pressure on embattled leader Nicolas Maduro with a raft of sanctions on state oil company PDVSA (Petróleos de Venezuela).
President Donald Trump has recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s interim president, sparking a standoff with Maduro who until now has retained the crucial backing of military leaders in Caracas.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told reporters at the White House that new sanctions would prevent Maduro from diverting more resources from the crisis-wracked country until control in Caracas could be transferred to an interim or new democratically-elected government.
“The purpose of sanctions is to change behavior,” Mnuchin said. “So when there is a recognition that the company is the property of, the rightful rulers, the rightful leaders, then indeed that money will be available to Guaido.”
Ratcheting up the pressure, National Security Advisor John Bolton appealed directly to the military which has been essential to keeping Maduro in power since 2013.
“We also today call on the Venezuelan military and security forces to accept the peaceful, democratic and constitutional transfer of power,” Bolton said.
“To a certain extent, this has begun,” he said. “We’ve seen Venezuelan official and military personnel heeding this call,” he added, citing the example of the country’s military attache to Washington who broke ranks with Maduro at the weekend.
Asked whether Trump would consider getting the US military involved in Venezuela, Bolton replied: “The president has made it clear on this matter that all options are on the table.”
Washington “is holding accountable those responsible for Venezuela’s tragic decline,” Mnuchin told reporters.
“We call on our allies and partners to join the United States in recognizing interim president Guaido and blocking Maduro from being able to access funds,” he said.
Mnuchin added however that PDVSA’s US-based subsidiary Citgo would be able to continue operations, as long as its earnings were deposited into a blocked account in the United States.
The latest sanctions on PDVSA, which has been a “vehicle for corruption… will help prevent further diverting of Venezuela’s assets by Maduro and preserve these assets for the people of Venezuela,” Mnuchin said.
“The path to sanctions relief for PDVSA is through the expeditious transfer of control to the interim president or a subsequent, democratically elected government.”
The United States will issue temporary licenses to ensure US, Caribbean and European refineries that rely on Venezuelan crude can keep buying PDVSA oil, Mnuchin said, although he added that many had been taking steps to find other sources.
Published at AFP .com on January 28. Reprinted here for educational purposes only. May not be reproduced on other websites without permission from Agence France-Presse.
For background, read Friday's Daily News Article "U.S. recognizes assembly leader as interim president of Venuzeula"
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A Jew who made himself tyrant of Lysias, a district of the Lebanon. Pompey subjugated him, together with other petty rulers, on his march to Palestine in 63 B.C. (Josephus, "Ant." 14:3, § 2).
Friend of Agrippa I., whose early years of misery he shared, and who showed his gratitude by appointing his old comrade general of his troops when he became king (Josephus, "Ant." 18:6, § 7 19:6, § 3). Silas then took many liberties, however, continually reminding the king of his past sufferings that he might emphasize his own loyalty, so that Agrippa was obliged to send him to his own country as a prisoner (ib. 19:7, § 1). In honor of his birthday the king once more received Silas into favor, and invited him to be his guest but as Silas continued to insult the king he was again imprisoned ( ib. ). He was later murdered, as if at the king's command, by Helkias, who was apparently Silas' successor in office. (ib. 8, § 3).
Bibliography : Grä tz, Gesch. 4th ed., 3:349 Schü rer, Gesch. 3d ed., 1:555.
Babylonian soldier in the army of Agrippa II., but who deserted to the Jews on the outbreak of the war. He fought side by side with the kinsmen of the princely house of Adiabene, with Monobaz and Cenedeus and with Niger, and, like them, distinguished himself by his bravery in the battles with Cestius Gallus (Josephus, "B. J." 2:19, § 2). He seems to have risen quickly from the ranks for he was one of the leaders of the Jews in the disastrous attack upon Ashkelon, which was badly planned and rashly executed, and in which he himself met his death (ib. 3:2, § 2).
Confidant of Josephus, by whom he was appointed commander of Tiberias. John of Giscala, the avowed enemy of the historian, was about to incite the citizens of Tiberias to revolt against Josephus, when the latter was informed of the plot by a messenger from Silas, and he immediately hurried to the city (Josephus, "Vita," § 17 in this passage Josephus speaks as if he had previously mentioned Silas, but no further information is given, even in "B. J." 2:21, § 6).
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Silas'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/tje/s/silas.html. 1901.
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Salon: Sturgill Simpson’s Brilliant Nirvana Cover - Country singer breathes new life into “In Bloom”
Sturgill Simpson, the Kentucky-reared singer whose voice is often compared to Waylon Jennings’, is at the point of crossing over to a broader audience. He started as a cult favorite with the old-fashioned songs on “High Top Mountain” but his reputation has been building rapidly. He’s already received tons of publicity for the upcoming album, “A Sailor’s Guide to Earth,” his first on a major label, and it could be big. Read more here.
on March 24, 2016 - 5:30pm
The Wall Street Journal: Listen to Sturgill Simpson’s Country Take on Nirvana’s ‘In Bloom’
NY Times: Sturgill Simpson, a Genuine Alternative to Alt Country
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Vickers, Glenn
Thieben, Bill
Walker, Clarence “Foots”
Glenn Vickers
Category: Basketball
Location: Babylon
Glenn Vickers was inducted into the Iona College Hall of Fame following an outstanding four-year career with the men’s basketball program from 1976-80. Prior to his college career though, Vickers had a sensational career at Babylon High School.
In 1973, he became the second freshman in school history to play on the varsity basketball team and was even named a starter. As a sophomore, Vickers was named All League.
His greatest accomplishments came in 1975-1976 during his junior and senior years. Both of these years, Vickers was named All League, All County, All Long Island, Most Valuable Player of the Playoffs, and Most Valuable Player of the Long Island Championship.
Vickers was instrumental in elevating Iona basketball to national prominence, guiding the team to an 84-31 overall record and the Gaels first two appearances in the NCAA Tournament. His presence was immediately made as Iona College had the worst record in the NCAA of 2-22 in 1974. In 1976, Vickers helped the team reach a record of 15-10. Recognized as one of the best high school players in the East, Hall of Fame coach Jim Valvano claimed that signing Vickers paved the way for the Gaels recruiting successes of the late 1970s.
Vickers ended his career as Iona’s top assist man, recording 432 assists during his four-year career. He also ranked third on the all-time scoring chart with 1,644 points. Vickers scored a career-high 31 points versus St. Bonaventure his freshman season and recorded a career-high 15 assists against Wisconsin-Milwaukee during the 1977-78 season.
Vickers was named Metropolitan Rookie of the Year by the Metropolitan Writers Association after averaging a team-high 17.9 points per game during the 1976-77 campaign.
Glenn entered the Iona College Hall of Fame alongside his fellow Long Island teammate, Kevin Hamilton. Vickers and Hamilton combined to form one of the best backcourt combinations in the history of Iona College basketball.
In 1981, Vickers graduated with a degree in marketing and achieved Excellence in Marketing Recognition.
In 1987, he became the first African American to make the Dean’s List at Toro Law School. Four years later, he became the Suffolk County Assistant District Attorney.
Currently, Vickers is married and has five children. He also has a private practice where he works as a trial attorney.
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Sugarbush Golf Star Wins 2008 New England PGA Championship
Sugarbush Resort Golf Pro Nails Four Birdies to Secure Championship
Warren, VT (September 1, 2008)- Sugarbush Resort’s golf pro Ron Philo Jr. won the New England PGA Championship held last week at the Weston Golf Club in Weston, MA. After bogeying the par-3 third hole on the second-to-last day of play, the Vermont native buckled down and didn’t drop a stroke the rest of the tournament. He sank four birdies during the final round to finish the last day at three under par. Philo finished the three-round competition with a five-under-par 210 to win the championship by four strokes.
Philo has been a three-time New England PGA Player of the Year, three-time Vermont PGA Champion, and has played in eight major championships including the U.S. Open and the PGA Championship. He won the PGA Professional Championship in 2006 and became Sugarbush’s resident pro in 2007. He has been recognized by Golf Magazine as one of the sport’s Top Teachers and was named by Golf Digest as 'Best-in-State 2004-2005' for his teaching in Vermont.
For more information, visit the Golf page.
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Jun 1, 2019 — by Johnene Stebbins
When do you know the Court of Appeal just does not like your case? The first clue is when the opinion starts with them describing the Defendant in a most favorable light: “A 58-year-old legal Mexican immigrant with a sixth grade education,” who has worked the same job for 24 years and has “no notable criminal history.” Also, when the court finds the defense expert to be a “credible expert.” And the final clue is when the Court of Appeal describes the victims in a less favorable light, noting that they “live in a trailer park” and that “from the outset, the veracity of the children’s claims was open to question,” and summarizes their testimony as “less than reliable.” With the temperature for the case clearly set, the Court of Appeal in People v. Saldana (2018) 19 Cal.App.5th 432, reversed the jury’s verdict, finding that the admission of Defendant’s confession was erroneous because Defendant was in custody during the interrogation and was not given Miranda warnings.
Defendant lived in the same trailer park in San Diego County as the victims aged 11, 8 and 6. Victims accused Defendant of touching their vaginal area, sometimes under the underwear and sometimes over. After the detective reviewed the children’s interviews, he went to Defendant’s trailer to interview him. He was not home. The detective left his card asking Defendant to call him. A few days later, Defendant contacted the detective and agreed to meet at the police station. The detective conducted the interview in Spanish. Only one detective was present. He did not advise Defendant of his Miranda rights, but instead told Defendant he was not under arrest, he was free to leave when he wanted, and that “we’re not going to arrest you right now… the front door is open to go out without – without us arresting you.” However, the interview room door was closed, but not locked, during the entire interview.
Defendant was not handcuffed. The detective was polite and courteous and never yelled at the Defendant. The detective never threatened Defendant. The interview was only 53 minutes total, with the Defendant’s confession occurring 38 minutes into the interview. At the end of the interview, the Defendant did leave, and was arrested about a block from the police station.
The interview started with the detective gathering some background information, and then launched into questions geared towards eliciting Defendant’s admission that he molested the girls. The Defendant denied having touched the girls. The detective, as trained to do so, used various interview techniques to elicit the truth. The Court characterized these questioning techniques as minimizing, accusatory, false evidence, and less culpable scenario. With every denial by the Defendant, the detective suggested he was not being truthful. He never accused him directly of lying. 38 minutes into the questioning, the detective said, “Something happened. That’s why you’re here with me,” to which Defendant responded that he touched them when they would sit on his hand, but it was not his intention. Saldana claimed it happened spontaneously while they would play on the sofa. He denied a sexual intent, but said “the devil got in me, but no… no other intentions.”
Miranda warnings are required to be given when we have both interrogation and custody. Here, the detective did not give Miranda warnings, although he interrogated the suspect, because the Defendant was not in custody. Ironically, the Court of Appeal found that it was this very interrogation that caused the second prong of custody to exist. Courts have previously identified factors relevant to determining if a suspect is considered “in custody” during police questioning: (1) who initiated the contact, and if police, did person voluntarily agree to an interview; (2) is purpose of interview to question the person as a witness or suspect; (3) where the interview takes place; (4) did police tell person he was under arrest or in custody; (5) did police inform person they could terminate the interview or leave at any time; (6) were there restrictions on person’s freedom of movement during the interview; (7) how long the interrogation lasted; (8) how many officers present; (9) if officers dominated and controlled the interrogation; (10) whether they manifested a belief that the person was culpable and they had evidence to prove it; (11) were police aggressive, confrontational, and/or accusatory; (12) did police use interrogation techniques to pressure the suspect; (13) was person arrested at end of interrogation.
In this case, the Court of Appeal decided almost all these factors in a negative light, finding they created a custodial environment. It even opined that the shortness of the interview was unfavorable because the detective’s questions were no longer “open-ended questions to hear his version of what happened.” Every factor that was objectively favorable was followed by a “however.” In determining if a person is in custody, the issue is not whether he was told he could leave, but rather if a reasonable person would have felt he was at liberty to end the interrogation and leave. The Court of Appeal here often cites In re Elias V. (2015) 237 Cal.App.4th 568, an analysis of Miranda in a juvenile case. As the Court noted Defendant’s 6th grade education, the situation here tends to be treated more akin to how a juvenile interrogation might be analyzed. The Court of Appeal stated that it is appropriate for police to use these interrogation techniques. “However, when police create an atmosphere equivalent to that of formal arrest by questioning a suspect who is isolated behind closed doors in a police station interrogation room, by repeatedly confronting him with the evidence against him, repeatedly dismissing his denials, and telling him at the outset he is free to leave-when all the objective circumstances later are to the contrary – Miranda is triggered. Ironically, at the same time the Court of Appeals cites statistics on false confessions leading to wrongful convictions, they also note that the tactics used by the detective “are not unusual, nor are they unreasonable. In fact, if Saldana had been properly Mirandized and made the same confession, it might be called good police work.”
What does this mean for you? I suppose since the detective metaphorically told Defendant the door was open, he should have left the door open. Or he could have Mirandized him… but in reality, I’m not sure any of that would have helped. Reasonable minds can differ about the application of the various factors, but the more troubling the Court of Appeal finds your fact pattern, the stricter the application of those factors.
...Provides useful tools necessary for assessing the veracity of a suspected child abuser, which goes a long way in helping to protect children.
—Sunny Burgan, MSSW, LCSW, Social Work Supervisor, Santa Clara County DFCS
Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to attend the Interview and Interrogation training presented by Paul Francois and Enrique Garcia.
—Todd Almason, Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office
Your class has made the greatest and most direct impact on my assignment of any training class that I've taken.
—Ken Gelskey, National City Police Department
This was, by far, one of the most useful classes I've attended since becoming an investigator.
—Steven Aiello, Antioch Police Department
Your instructional style is engaging and your tag-team style is highly effective.
—George Laing, Fire Prevention Captain, Investigator
You two are an effective teaching team, and your presentation of the material was consistently interesting, and intelligent without being too intellectualized.
—Michele Keller, Deputy Probation Officer, County of Alameda
Your class gave me the confidence and tools to interview the suspect for over 5 hours and to bring a closure to the case.
—Daniel Phelan, San Jose Police Department
The information that they have presented is highly relevant to my job, and was presented in a manner that was highly organized and very easy to digest.
—Michael McGarvey, California State Prison, San Quentin
I highly recommend this training for any Probation staff who have the necessity to interview/interrogate individuals for investigation purposes.
—R. Bret Fidler, Santa Clara County Probation Department
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—Kimberly Meyer, Washoe County Sheriff's Department
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National Space Council Gets Report on Human Spaceflight in Low-Earth Orbit
NASA and the Departments of State and Commerce have submitted a report to the National Space Council outlining future opportunities and challenges for human spaceflight in low-Earth orbit (LEO), and its potential economic contributions to the broader field of exploration.
The National Space Council requested NASA lead an interagency effort to produce the report, entitled 'A Strategy for Human Spaceflight in Low Earth Orbit and Economic Growth in Space,' during its February meeting.
The report details four overarching goals for human spaceflight in LEO that were developed in collaboration with NASA's interagency partners:
To achieve a continuous U.S. presence in LEO – both NASA astronauts and private citizens – in order to support the use of space by U.S. citizens, companies, academia, and international partners and to maintain a permanent American foothold on the nearest part of the space frontier.
To create a regulatory environment in LEO that enables American commercial activities to thrive.
To conduct human spaceflight research in LEO that will advance the technology and systems required for long-duration spaceflight systems, including systems for interplanetary travel and permanent space habitation.
To expand and extend commercial opportunity though international partnerships and engagement.
These goals are among the priorities of NASA's exploration plans for the coming years. NASA will continue to work with its interagency partners to achieve these objectives and milestones with commercial crew and advancement of long-duration human spaceflight systems.
The report is for intra-governmental use only, due to the inclusion of sensitive information. However, an executive summary is available online at:
https://go.nasa.gov/2TdKjpN
For more information about NASA and agency programs, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov
SOURCE NASA
http://www.nasa.gov
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Check Out a New International TV Spot for Total Recall
Silas LesnickMonday, July 30, 2012
Sony Pictures has released a new international TV spot for Total Recall via Empire which runs nearly 90 seconds in length. Check it out in the player below!
The August 3 release is an action thriller about reality and memory, inspired anew by the famous short story “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick. In it, Rekall is a company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), even though he’s got a beautiful wife (Kate Beckinsale) who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life – real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police – controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston), the leader of the free world – Quaid teams up with a rebel fighter (Jessica Biel) to find the head of the underground resistance (Bill Nighy) and stop Cohaagen. The line between fantasy and reality gets blurred and the fate of his world hangs in the balance as Quaid discovers his true identity, his true love, and his true fate.
Tags: Total Recall
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NACDS Appoints Anderson as New President and CEO
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The National Association of Chain Drug Stores Executive Committee has appointed Steven C. Anderson as the president and chief executive officer of NACDS.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The National Association of Chain Drug Stores Executive Committee has appointed Steven C. Anderson as the president and chief executive officer of NACDS. Anderson has been an association executive for 27 years and comes to NACDS from the position of president and CEO of the National Restaurant Association, Washington, which he has served since 1999. Robert Hannan, NACDS interim president and CEO for the past 10 months, said he looks forward to the transition period. “Steve will be a quick study on our industry issues and is very comfortable pursuing an agenda on Capitol Hill and with other organizations. I am confident that he will continue our collaboration with industry groups and of the search committee.” Anderson will assume his new position at NACDS on Feb. 23.
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Sustainability & Challenge
Darren Bell Co-Founder
Darren holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) and is a member of CPA Australia and has over 20 years experience working in the industry.
Darren Bell started the business in 1994 with his brother Peter, having previously held positions at retail giants Brashs and Coles.
Peter Bell Co-Founder
Peter Bell Co-founded the business in 1994 with his brother Darren, bringing his passion for customer satisfaction with him.
Peter has over 20 years experience in sales, having previously held positions at Apple, Harvey Norman and Brashs. Peter’s customer focus has been instrumental in shaping the business to date and is also a key driver in the future strategic initiatives of the business.
Andrew Morison IT Group Manager
Andrew was appointed to the position of IT Group Manager in 2010. Initially joining the Techno Group in 2003 with a passion for both information technology and customer focused solutions.
Andrew is responsibility for strategic technology direction of the company and instrumental in the design of client solutions.
Damien Croarken Network Infrastructure Manager
Damien Croarken joined Techno Group as Communications Manager in 2005, formally from the Internet Service Provider industry bringing experience in networking and communication.
Damien holds a multiple qualifications including a Diploma of Information Technology (Networking) and plays a pivotal role in the management and strategic direction of the company.
Peter Hammon Asia Group Manager
Peter Hammon was appointed the role of Asia Group Manager in 2011, after many years of Service at Techno Group.
Peter had held numerous roles at Techno Group most notably as Web Services Manager for 5 years, responsible for both leading and developing that area of the company.
Joe Mercieca Client Service Manager
Joe Mercieca was appointed to the role of Client Service Manager in 2017, after many years of Service at Techno Group.
Joe has a strong client focus and is a key member in maintaining our high levels of customer satisfaction.
Matthew Parker Technical Team Leader
Matt Parker was appointed to the position of Technical Team Leader in 2012.
Matt joined the company in 2005 as a Helpdesk Technician, an insatiable thirst for knowledge and attention to detail have seen him grow into a role that ranges from internal training to managing technical outcomes for customers.
Ashley McDowall Sales and Purchasing Coordinator
Ashley Mcdowall was appointed to Sales and Purchasing Officer in 2011, after many years of service at Techno Group.
Ashley joined the company in 1998 as an Onsite Technician, this role developed a technical knowledge which is invaluable in ensuring customers receive the right solutions.
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Party Algorithm Hides Messages in Ibiza Trance Music
By varying the tempo of dance music, it is possible to encode messages without anybody noticing.
The idea of using music to send messages has a long history. The German Benedictine monk Johannes Trithemius is widely credited with founding the discipline in the 16th century. And various others have run with the idea, with techniques such as mapping notes to letters (developed by the 17th-century German priest Gaspar Schott). More recently, cryptographers have developed a wide range of electronic techniques for hiding messages in digital music.
So it’s easy to imagine that the options for developing new forms of musical steganography have been exhausted.
Not so. Today, Krzysztof Szczypiorski at the Warsaw University of Technology in Poland reveals an entirely new form of musical steganography that he developed specifically for Ibiza dance-club music. The new method exploits the trance-like rhythms that this kind of music is famous for.
Ibiza is one of several Balearic islands that sit some 100 miles off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean Sea. It is famous partly for its beautiful towns and villages but mainly for its nightlife and the electronic music that has evolved in clubs and beach raves. The music is characterized by a strong trance-like beat that encourages dancing—a beat that moves the feet!
Szczypiorski’s technique is to vary the tempo of the beat in a way that encodes information. But any changes have to be too subtle for human listeners to notice.
This kind of modification is possible because of modern digital audio workstations that allow various elements of compositions to be manipulated. For example, DJs often alter the tempo of music to mix it together, a particular feature of the Ibiza music scene.
Szczypiorski began by developing a simple Morse-like code in which he could spell out a series of dots and dashes to send messages. To indicate a dash, he speeds up the tempo for a single beat; to indicate a dot, he slows it down.
He used Apple’s Logic X Pro digital audio workstation to create covers of several popular songs without lyrics. These included “Miracle” by Queen at 92 beats per minute, “So What” by Miles Davies at 120 beats per minute, and “Rhythm Is a Dancer” by Snap at 130 beats per minute. “All original covers were prepared without any vocal parts and arranged in techno, hip-hop, or trance styles with the instruments available in Logic X Pro,” he says.
He then varied the tempo in a way that encoded the message “Steganography is a dancer!” In Morse code that looks like this:
... - . --. .- -. --- --. .-. .- .--. .... -.--
.. ... .- -.. .- -. -.-. . .-. -.-.—
The message appeared twice at random in each piece of music.
A key question is how much to change the tempo so that the message is hidden from human listeners. To find out, he asked 20 people to listen to the music at an open-air summer party. Ten of these people had backgrounds as musicians.
The results show that the method is clearly viable. When Szczypiorski changed the tempo by more than 3 percent, about half the listeners noticed the difference. But when the change was less than 2 percent, nobody noticed. “At this level the experiment was stopped, because the rest of the party did not care about the music,” he says.
He goes on to suggest that it would be a simple matter to develop software that automatically encoded or decoded messages sent this way. Szczypiorski calls it StegIbiza.
Of course, it’s unlikely that the world’s spies will converge on the dance clubs of Ibiza to send hidden messages to one another. A much more likely scenario is that musicians might use StegIbiza to send messages to fans in the know. Or the method could be used to embed meta-information about the music into a recording, which can then be read by music algorithms.
Either way, Szczypiorski has clearly had some fun coming up with and testing his idea. Trithemius would surely approve.
Ref: arxiv.org/abs/1608.02988 : StegIbiza: New Method for Information Hiding in Club Music
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The Definition of Web Service EndPoint
By: Alexis Rohlin
Web Services are given definitions with Web services description language or WDSL in order for them to be discovered by and interfaced with services and apps on computers. WDSL is one of the common languages used to write Web service interfaces. The Web service endpoint describes the point of contact for a service by stating the physical location of the service, or what computer it is coming from, and a formal definition of the interface for programs that are attempting to communicate with the service.
PCs contact websites and servers with the help of Web services.
credit: Jupiterimages/Creatas/Getty Images
Web Services Description Language is an XML language used to describe a Web service's functionality. The Web service's description tells a computer what the service is called, what its parameters are and how the data will structure its returns. It is also used with simple object access protocol, or SOAP, which specifies how structured information is exchanged over a computer network.
Web Services Addressing
The Web services addressing, or WS-Addressing, makes definitions for two constructs; message address properties and endpoint references. These definitions "normalize" or translate the information provided by Internet protocols and messaging systems. The Web service endpoint is a processor, resource or entity that a Web service can send information to.
EndPoint Definition
The endpoint is a connection point where HTML files or active server pages are exposed. Endpoints provide information needed to address a Web service endpoint. The endpoint provides a reference or specification that is used to define a group or family of message addressing properties and give end-to-end message characteristics, such as references for the source and destination of endpoints, and the identity of messages to allow for uniform addressing of "independent" messages. The endpoint can be a PC, PDA, or point-of-sale terminal.
WDSL Description Types
An endpoint definition can have an abstract description or a concrete description. An abstract description tells a program how to interface without referencing the type of technology used to host a Web service that transmits messages. This type of WDSL description is broken up into port type, operation and message. Port type sorts messages into groups of functions called operations, which is a specific action done by a service and operations, which consist of input and output parameters. A concrete description is the implemented technology used to create an abstract interface definition. It is the physical connection or physical transport protocol that defines the port, binding (requirements needed for a service to connect with the endpoint) the service or port and the physical address that a service accesses with the specified WSDL protocol.
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Actress Shahla Riahi, who was also Iran’s first female filmmaker, dies at 93
January 1, 2020 - 18:26
TEHRAN – Actress Shahla Riahi, who presented herself as Iran’s first female director in 1957 by making “Marjan”, died of Alzheimer’s in Tehran on Tuesday. She was 93.
Reports published by Persian news agencies about Riahi’s death were confirmed by her son, Manuchehr Riahi, in an interview with IRNA on Wednesday.
Riahi began her acting career at the age of 17 by a suggestion from her husband, Esmaeil Riahi, a stage director and screenwriter.
Her brilliant performance as the leading actress in director Moezzeddivan Fekri’s play “Harun al-Rashid’s Policy” presented her as a young, promising talent.
By playing a leading role in Fekri’s movie “Golden Dreams” in 1952, she was introduced to Iran’s cinema.
After working with numerous stage and screen directors, she tried her hand at filmmaking with “Marjan”, which was about a group of gypsies who settle near a village. Squeezed by pressures of life, a man from the gypsies steals a sheep from the village. The young teacher of the village traps the man, locking him up in a schoolroom. Marjan, the daughter of the man, goes to the school to visit her father and the teacher falls in love with the girl.
After “Marjan”, Riahi made no more films. “Acting was easier for me, so I put my focus on this area,” she once said in an interview.
Riahi played roles in over 70 movies, including “Delshodegan” by Ali Hatami and “Two Movies with One Ticket” Dariush Farhang.
She also played roles in several TV series, the most popular one was “At Home” co-directed by Bijan Birang and Masud Rasam in 1986.
In the children’s TV series, she portrayed Aziz Khanum, a lovely landlord who deals with the problems the children of her tenants and neighbors create during their summertime holiday.
Riahi made a cameo appearance in 2017 in director Saman Moqaddam’s comedy “Sperm Whale: Roya’s Selection”, which was her swansong.
Photo: Actress Shahla Riahi attends the Iran Film Media Celebration at the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran on January 30, 2011.
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Here's How America Is Killing Innovation
The reality is that America is not investing in human capital, the intangible from which all success emanates. University, high school and elementary school budgets are cut, financial support for student loans is reduced, teachers are underpaid. And many families in the US cannot consistently put food on the table.
Smart companies - and countries - recognize that to build for the future you have to invest in talent as early and often as possible. JL
Greg Satell reports in Digital Tonto:
Too often, we see innovation as strictly a matter of startup companies and R&D labs. So we invest in science and entrepreneurship to fuel technology. Yet those don’t drive advancement by themselves. We need normal, everyday people to make the most out of their potential. The truth is that America’s human capital is being hollowed out. Innovation a process of discovery, engineering and transformation. The transformational part is often overlooked, because it relies not on a single entrepreneur, but on an ecosystem to support it. Our most valuable resource is human capital. If we can’t feed, educate and nurture that talent, our future will not be bright.
Throughout America’s history, technological innovation has been key to security and prosperity. Whether it was through entrepreneurs like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Thomas Watson, or government programs like the Manhattan Project, the Apollo Program and the Human Genome Project, The United States has been on the cutting edge.
Today, as we enter a new era of innovation, America remains at the forefront of scientific discoveries in advanced areas such as artificial intelligence, synthetic biology, new computing architectures and materials science. Continued investment in science, both public and private, provides the “seed corn” for continued dominance in the 21st century.
Still, scientific advancement is not enough. We need entrepreneurs to start companies and mid-level technicians and engineers to implement technologies. The truth is that America’s human capital is being hollowed out and that’s becoming a serious problem that we need to address. Once we lose our competitive edge, we might never get it back.
1. Food Insecurity
Awhile back I was speaking to a group of community college administrators and I asked them what their biggest challenge was. I was shocked when every single one of them told me that it was food insecurity. Apparently, it is the number one reason that kids drop out. Only about 20% of students at community colleges earn a degree.
I was even more surprised that there are similar trends at four-year institutions. In fact, a recent study found that about half of all college students struggle with food insecurity. This number becomes even harder to stomach when you consider that there is also an unprecedented construction boom on college campuses.
So colleges are spending billions to build fancy dorms and rec centers while half of their students don’t have enough to eat. Is it any wonder that they are dropping out? In Weapons of Math Destruction, Cathy O’Neil points out that much of university spending is driven by college rankings like those published by US News & World Report. Maybe a “food insecurity index” should be included?
Any way you look at it, we are undermining a significant portion of our most ambitious young people because we can’t provide them with enough to eat. How can we expect to win the future when kids are dropping out of school to get a meal?
2. Tuition And Student Loans
One of the most important factors that led to American technological and economic dominance has been our commitment to higher education. The Morrill Acts in the 19th century created land grant universities that trained students in agriculture and engineering in every state. Later, the G.I. Bill helped an entire generation go to college and became the basis for a new era of prosperity.
This commitment to education made America the most educated country in the world. More recently, however, we’ve fallen to fifth among OECD countries for post-secondary education. This hasn’t been because less Americans are going to college, in fact, more people go to college today than in 2000. It’s just that the rest of the world is moving faster than we are.
A big factor in our decline has been tuition, which has risen from an average of $15,160 in 1988 to 34,740 in 2018. Not surprisingly, student debt is exploding. It has nearly tripled in the last decade. In fact student debt has become so onerous that it now takes about 20 years to pay off four years for college and even more to pursue a graduate degree.
So the bright young people who we don’t starve we are condemning to decades of what is essentially indentured servitude. That’s no way to run an entrepreneurial economy. In fact, a study done by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia found that student debt has a measurable negative impact on new business creation.
3. A Broken Healthcare System
There has long been a political debate about whether health care is a right or not and there are certainly moral issues that deserve attention. When I travel internationally, it is not uncommon for people to comment on how barbaric they find our healthcare system, where the uninsured die from treatable diseases and many go bankrupt due to medical costs.
Leaving the moral concerns aside though, our healthcare system represents a huge economic burden. Consider that in the US healthcare expenditures account for roughly 18% of GDP. Most countries in the OECD spend roughly half that. To add insult to injury, healthcare outcomes in the US are generally worse than the OECD average. In fact, the CDC reports that life expectancy is actually declining in America.
Think about trying to run a business that not only produces an inferior product, but also gives up 9 points of margin due to higher costs. Clearly that’s untenable. A study in the Journal of Health Economics also found that, much like student debt, concerns about health insurance inhibits entrepreneurship.
It’s important to note that each of these are uniquely American problems. No other developed country has the same issues with healthcare or student debt. While food insecurity is an issue in some developed countries, it is far more severe in the US. All of this represents a significant competitive disadvantage.
There’s Plenty Of People At The Bottom
Far too often, we see innovation as strictly a matter of startup companies and R&D labs. So we invest in science and entrepreneurship programs to fuel technology. Yet while those things are surely important, they don’t drive advancement by themselves. We need normal, everyday people to make the most out of their potential.
As I explained in Mapping Innovation, developing breakthrough technologies is a process of discovery, engineering and transformation. The transformational part is often overlooked, because it relies not on a single entrepreneur or company, but on an ecosystem to support it. That takes networks of firms working together, each forming a piece of the overall puzzle.
Most of these companies are not household names. They supply components, implement solutions, create complementary goods and so on. Many are small businesses. We need not only geniuses to create the future, but also technicians, consultants and service providers.
In 1959 the physicist Richard Feynman gave a famous talk titled There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom to alert the scientific community to the possibilities of nanotechnology. I think the same can be said of innovation in America today. Our most valuable resource is our human capital. If we can’t feed, educate and nurture that talent, our future will not be bright.
There’s plenty of people at the bottom with almost limitless potential to increase our national capacity for prosperity, security and well being. Yet instead of empowering them, we undermining them and, in doing so, assuring our own decline.
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Wealthy Democratic Donor Ed Buck Finally Arrested After Third Man ODs in His Home
Michael Harriot
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If you were participating in the betting pool on what it takes for a rich white man to face justice in America, I’m sorry if you put your money on a single dead body or even two dead black men. As it turns out, three black men must overdose at a wealthy white man’s home before police will finally say: “Enough is enough.”
At least that’s the case with Ed Buck, a wealthy white Democratic donor who was charged with running a drug den after a 37-year-old man overdosed inside Buck’s West Hollywood, Calif., apartment last week. If you’re playing at home, that’s two relatively young black men who have been found dead inside the wealthy 65-year-old tech entrepreneur’s home in two years and another who has fled Buck’s apartment and called for help after being injected with methamphetamine.
KCAL reports:
Buck, 65, was charged with one felony count each of battery causing serious injury, administering methamphetamine and maintaining a drug house.
According to the DA’s office, Buck was accused with injecting the victim with methamphetamine at the defendant’s apartment in the 1200 block of Laurel Avenue in West Hollywood. The man survived.
“I remain deeply concerned for the safety of people whose life circumstances may make them more vulnerable to criminal predators,” Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey said in a statement. “With this new evidence, I authorized the filing of criminal charges against Ed Buck.”
Lacey previously resisted charging Buck in the two prior deaths. Although she is known to be hesitant to charge white men with killing black men, her office now calls Buck a “violent, dangerous sexual predator,” who “mainly preys on men made vulnerable by addiction and homelessness.” The court motion adds that Buck used “narcotics, money, and shelter” to manipulate young black men “into participating in his sexual fetishes.”
An Arizona native, Buck relocated to Hollywood after making a small fortune with a company that provided driver’s license information. The “millionaire, self-acknowledged homosexual and registered Republican” eventually left Arizona and the GOP because of their LGBTQ intolerance and became a major political donor. Over the years, he has donated millions to Democratic candidates including Hillary Clinton and California politicians.
On July 27, 2017, Gemmel Moore was found in Buck’s bathroom after Buck allegedly injected the 26-year-old with drugs. Moore had voiced his fear of Buck to numerous friends and family members, even writing in his diary that Buck had a penchant for drugging young black men whom he had in his home.
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On January 7, 2019, 55-year-old Timothy Dean, a well-known fashion consultant for Saks Fifth Avenue, died of an overdose at Buck’s apartment. Dean’s death was ruled “accidental” and Lacey vowed to investigate.
According to the L.A. Times, the most recent victim actually left Buck’s apartment after prosecutors say Buck personally gave the man a “large dose of methamphetamine” on September 4. The man, called “John Doe” in court papers, returned to Buck’s apartment on Sept. 11, and Buck allegedly gave him another “two dangerously large” doses of meth. Authorities say Buck tried to prevent the man from calling for help but he finally escaped.
Multiple men, all young, black and gay, have come forward since Moore’s death with evidence that Buck often encourages the men with whom he keeps company to take drugs. Dean’s friends assert that he didn’t drink or do drugs. One man, Damar Love, has publicly shared pictures taken inside Buck’s apartment showing drug paraphernalia. Another provided journalist Jasmyne Cannick screenshots of himself surrounded by drug paraphernalia. In a journal entry, 26-year-old Moore wrote that Buck introduced him to illicit substances.
“I honestly don’t know what to do,” the journal excerpt reads. “I’ve became [sic] addicted to drugs and the worst one at that. Ed Buck is the one to thank he gave me my first injection of crystal meth it was very painful but after all the troubles I became addicted to the pain and fetish/fantasy.”
The charging documents also allege that Buck’s actions caused the death of Moore and Dean, explaining: “The defendant’s predatory acts and conscious disregard for human life must be stopped.”
Buck is set to be arraigned Wednesday and prosecutors have recommended $4 million bail. Buck’s attorney promised that Buck would fight the charges “vigorously.”
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Venezuelans are using music to strike back against US imperialism
The Canary is currently in Venezuela. This is the latest in our series of on-the-ground articles.
San Agustín is the beating heart of the music scene in Caracas. In the north of Venezuela’s capital city, it stretches across nearly 2km and is home to over 47,000 people. And armed with music, they’re battling US imperialism with their renowned community spirit.
The Alameda Theatre is the centrepiece of San Agustín’s music scene. Built in the 1940s, the theatre hosted some of the first dates of the community organisers who, once the theatre fell into disrepair, helped to rebuild it again. “It took weeks of lifting bags of trash out of here”, said Camelote, who can hardly walk five feet through San Agustín without somebody stopping to chat, “but we community organisers made it”.
The community got a government grant in 2013 to refurbish the building, and power was devolved to local committees to organise the theatre according to the community’s needs. Camelote pointed to a picture hanging on the theatre’s wall showing what looked like an old house, surrounded by debris and rubble. “That was what the theatre looked like before”, he said. “Look how it’s changed.”
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On the theatre’s top floor is Radio Alameda, an independent radio station with a goal to educate the community on themes of culture, music, and politics. Javier Madrid, Radio Alameda’s founder and director, told The Canary about the importance of San Agustín’s music scene:
We have our microphones and our thoughts. And they’re the weapons we’re using in this struggle against US imperialism. With this small space, we’re trying to spread the truth.
The San Agustín community
The theatre hall below the radio studio hosts children’s dance shows, plays, and community events throughout the week. “Even when there isn’t activity, there’s activity,” explained community activist José Galindo.
Galindo also told The Canary why it’s so children-orientated, saying:
We’re trying to provide for the next generation – to have a new generation of people involved in the community, involved in music.
Some of the musicians, meanwhile, offered The Canary a tour through their area; through their backstreets paved with history and memories. One house, tucked into a quiet corner, had been a central jam house for decades. As Javier continued:
It became known for this homemade lift we’d built to bring heavy equipment – instruments, amplifiers, you name it – up to the second floor.
In the evening, local artists took to the stage for a free, open-air concert. As the musicians spoke about the importance of solidarity in the face of ongoing external threats (i.e. the US-backed coup attempt), it became clear that these types of initiatives are vital to keeping communities together – to not folding under external economic pressures and threats.
Music vs imperialism
The Canary also caught up with Manuela Moreno, one of two sisters fronting music group Surconsciente. We asked her about the importance of music in the struggle against imperialism. She said:
The message of our band has always been about strengthening political consciousness. Music’s powerful as it can spark emotions that other forms of communication can’t; hit taboos that otherwise aren’t spoken about. We can teach people about our roots – about our culture – through music. That’s how music is central to anti-imperialism.
The type of grassroots organisation that visitors can see throughout Caracas represents a fundamental obstacle to US imperialism. Though the US and its allies are strangling Venezuela’s economy, community solidarity is helping to keep people together. And the more unity there is on the ground, the harder it will be for the US to impose its will on Venezuela.
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A group of young Chinese children swim in Beijing on Sept. 22, 2012. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang indicated on March 5 that China may reform its controversial one-child policy. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Is China Going to Abandon the One-Child Policy?
By Lu Chen, Epoch Times
March 9, 2015 Updated: March 9, 2015
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang appears to have softened the official tone over China’s notorious one-child policy, which forbids most families from giving birth to more than one child, in a government work report that was published recently.
The remarks, made as he presented the annual work report during current major political meetings in Beijing, were interpreted inside China to mean that the Chinese regime may be reconsidering the policy altogether.
Specifically, Li on March 5 stated that China will “promote family planning service management reform.” A bland statement, to be sure. But the next day, the influential and relatively liberal magazine Caixin published a piece with the headline: “Premier’s Report Indicates the Withdrawal of One-Child Policy,” written by Chinese economist Liang Jianzheng, a professor at the Peking University who obtained his doctorate in economics at Stanford.
Li’s analysis is based on the significant shift in the regime’s tone on the topic. The usual language is “unswervingly adhere to the basic state policy of family planning.” Compared to that approach—which involves violently induced forced abortions, extortion, and a battery of other abuses across the country—talk of promoting reform to the system is something to celebrate for many in China.
The reference to reform is a turning point, Li says, and indicates that the regime has decided that continued population control measures are no longer expedient, and that the policy may “gradually fade into history.”
The one-child policy, originally intended to artificially suppress population growth, has been implemented since the 1980s—but over the near future a rapidly rising elderly population and drop in those of working age is set to deepen China’s economic decline. The new labor force has shrunk for three years continuously, which is likely to worsen in the next couple of decades.
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Although authorities loosened the policy last year, allowing couples of whom one constituent is a single child to have two children, the number of families that actually applied for a second child was far less than officials anticipated—only one million, rather than the two million expected, applied, reports say. Many others are suspected of not having the means to raise two children.
An aging population will increase the economic burden on China’s society, given that 15.5 percent of the population is already above 60 years-old, and the number is increasing. The burden of pension payments is thus rising while funding recedes due to the absence of workers. One attempt to solve the issue has been to increase the age of retirement—but replenishing the population at a more sustainable rate is widely seen as a better solution.
Although authorities loosened the policy last year, the number of families that actually applied for a second child was far less than officials anticipated.
Li Keqiang’s remarks come as a dozen or so deputies of the National People’s Congress and members of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, the two Party auxiliary bodies that are holding meetings in Beijing currently, have submitted proposals to that call for a “two-child policy” for all families.
Adding to the momentum, early in March nearly 40 scholars from universities and research institutions around the country signed a proposal to abolish all birth restrictions.
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Belgium's defender Toby Alderweireld (L) vies with Argentina's forward Ezequiel Lavezzi during a quarter-final football match between Argentina and Belgium at the Mane Garrincha National Stadium in Brasilia during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on July 5, 2014. (EVARISTO SA/AFP/Getty Images)
Toby Alderweireld Yellow Card Today: Belgium Defender Will Miss World Cup 2014 Semi Finals if Belgium Progresses
By Larry Ong
July 5, 2014 Updated: July 5, 2014
Toby Alderweireld committed a bad foul in the 68th minute of the Argentina-Belgium World Cup quarter final match.
He will miss the semi final, if Belgium progresses.
See an AP story below.
What to Watch in Last 2 World Cup Quarterfinals
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The world’s best player goes up against perhaps the world’s best goalkeeper. The highest-scoring lineup in the World Cup takes on the tournament’s most surprising team.
There are two remaining quarterfinals to be played Saturday at the World Cup and both create intriguing matchups as Argentina faces Belgium and the Netherlands plays Costa Rica.
The winners will meet in the semifinals next week.
What to watch on Saturday:
ARGENTINA vs. BELGIUM
Lionel Messi has faced Thibaut Courtois plenty of times in club competitions, and the Belgium goalkeeper has a habit of getting the better of the four-time player of the year.
In fact, Courtois has kept Messi scoreless the last seven times his Atletico Madrid faced Barcelona. If he can do it again, Belgium will have every chance of reaching the semifinals for the first time since 1986 — when it was eliminated by Argentina.
Messi has scored four of Argentina’s seven goals in the tournament so far and set up two of the others — including Angel Di Maria’s extra-time winner against Switzerland in the second round.
Belgium is hoping a collective effort will be able to outshine one outstanding individual.
“I don’t want to depend on a single player, I want to depend on many,” Belgium coach Marc Wilmots said. “That is one of our strengths.”
Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella also insists there are more players who can make the difference for his team, even though striker Gonzalo Higuain is scoreless in Brazil and Sergio Aguero is injured.
“Obviously he (Messi) is the best player in the world but there is teamwork,” Sabella said. “It’s a team that supports Messi, makes him stronger, makes him feel well. And, therefore, Messi performs as he’s doing.”
And while Argentina vs. Belgium is about much more than Messi vs. Courtois, the winner of that matchup will go a long way toward deciding which team reaches the last four.
Venue: Brasilia. Kickoff 1 p.m. local time (noon in New York, 5 p.m. London, 1 a.m. Tokyo)
NETHERLANDS vs. COSTA RICA
Few outsiders give Costa Rica much of a chance of knocking off the free-scoring Netherlands and extending its best-ever run at a World Cup. Then again, few people gave it much of a chance of getting out of the group stage, much less into the quarterfinals.
Costa Rica has been the little team that could at this World Cup, beating Uruguay and Italy to advance from a tough Group D and then ousting Greece in a penalty shootout.
Can it pull off yet another upset win?
“We want to keep writing history,” Costa Rica midfielder Johnny Acosta said. “In 90 or 120 minutes, we will see which is the better team.”
Most would say that’s the Netherlands, which reached the final in 2010 and stunned defending champion Spain with a 5-1 win in their opening match in Brazil. While the Dutch haven’t been quite as rampant since then, they’ve racked up a tournament-leading 12 goals so far despite often playing in a formation with five defenders.
Costa Rica, though, has only allowed two goals en route to its first quarterfinal appearance, despite facing three former world champions in the group stage.
“We should not underestimate Costa Rica at all. I think it’s going to be a very tough match,” injured midfielder Nigel de Jong said. “Costa Rica got here with a lot of passion and belief and, of course, they’re playing without pressure, so we should not take them lightly.”
Venue: Salvador. Kickoff 5 p.m. local time (4 p.m. in New York, 9 p.m. London, 5 a.m. Tokyo)
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Knowledge Book Radio with Marge Ptaszek: Encore: Memory: physical mechanics of memory
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Dr. Rachel Herz
Rachel Herz, Ph.D. is a neuroscientist and leading world expert on the psychological science of smell. She has been conducting research on the sense of smell, emotion, perception, motivated behavior and cognition since 1990. Dr. Herz has published 82 original research papers, received numerous awards and grants, co-authored scholarly handbooks, and is an adjunct professor in the Medical School of Brown University and part-time faculty in the Department of Psychology at Boston College. She is also a professional consultant to various industries regarding smell, taste, food and flavor, and is frequently called upon as an expert witness in legal cases involving olfaction.
Dr. Herz is the author of several academic and popular science books including the college textbook Sensation & Perception (Oxford University Press) now in its 5th edition, The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell (2007; Harper Collins,) which was selected as a finalist for the “2009 AAAS Prize for Excellence in Science Books,” That’s Disgusting: Unraveling the Mysteries of Repulsion (2012; W.W. Norton & Co), which analyzes the emotion of disgust from culture to neuroscience, and her latest book Why You Eat What You Eat: The Science Behind Our Relationship with Food (2017; W.W. Norton & Co), which explores how our senses and psychology govern our perception of food, and the experiences and consequences of eating.
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Mormon Tabernacle Choir & Friends CD (2017)
Amy Grant, one of the leading recording artists of her generation and a gifted singer/songwriter and producer. As the Choir and Grant join forces in this performance of her 1984 song “Thy Word,” Grant and the Choir forge a new musical friendship.
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Amy Grant has built a long, successful career on music that matters. Ever since she burst on the scene as a fresh-faced teenager bringing contemporary Christian music to the forefront of American culture, the Nashville native gained a reputation for creating potent songs that examined life’s complexities with an open heart and keen eye. She became the first artist in Christian music to have a platinum record and went on to become a crossover sensation, her musical gifts transcending genre boundaries to make her a household name.
She’s earned six Grammy Awards and numerous Gospel Music Association Dove Awards as well as three multi-platinum albums, six platinum albums and four gold albums. She’s achieved 10 Top 40 pop singles and placed 17 hits on the Top 40 Adult Contemporary chart as well as scoring numerous hits on the contemporary Christian charts. A longtime and active Nashville resident, Grant is as well known for her philanthropy as her music. She and husband, Vince Gill, are tireless in their efforts to aid worthy causes.
For more information about Amy Grant see: www.amygrant.com
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Wonder Woman Speaks! Gal Gadot’s First Comments on Joining ‘Batman vs. Superman’ (Video)
The Israeli model-actress has already started training for the physical role by studying Kung Fu, Jujutsu, kickboxing and swords
Jeff Sneider | December 26, 2013 @ 11:37 AM Last Updated: July 10, 2014 @ 7:37 PM
Israel’s top entertainment show “Good Evening with Gai Pines” landed a huge get when Israeli model-actress Gal Gadot stopped by to give her first public comments since being cast as Wonder Woman in “Batman vs. Superman.” While the interview was conducted in Hebrew, a helpful reader at Batman News translated the comments to share with the world. We’ve edited them for clarity.
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Where were you when you heard the news that you’d been cast as Wonder Woman?
I was just on my way to shooting in LA. I landed in NY on a connection flight when my agent, Hadas Lichtenstein, called me. She says to me “Wonder Woman!” and I’m like “What?” – “The role is yours… and it’s a secret and the news is not yet announced and you can’t tell anyone.” I’m saying to her “Are you serious?” — and we both scream! Now it’s a plane from Israel to NY and I can’t make loud noise, so I lean on a window, bending down to my legs and just try to understand. Long story short — I was totally alone in NY. I got to a hotel at 12 a.m. and needed to wake up in the morning for shootings. I remember laying in the darkness by myself, staring at the ceiling, telling myself “It’s not real!” It shouldn’t be like that, I’m supposed to be like, “where’s the champagne?”
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It’s been said that you’re too skinny for the part. Wonder Woman is large-breasted, is that going to change?
Hmm. I represent the Wonder Woman of the new world. Breasts… anyone can buy for 9,000 shekels and everything is fine. By the way, Wonder Woman is Amazonian, and historically accurate Amazonian women actually had only one breast. So, if I’d really go “by the book,” it’d be problematic.
So you’re not going to gain a little weight and start eating carbs before filming begins?
It’s the physical preparations that I’m starting now. A very serious training regimen – Kung Fu, kickboxing, swords, Jujutsu, Brazilian… 1,000 and 1 things. I’ll gain body mass.
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There you have it, folks! While comic book fans have been quick to criticize Gadot’s appearance, I don’t anticipate that being a problem. I’m more concerned with whether she has the dramatic chops to make audiences emotionally invest in her relationship with Batman, who will be played by Ben Affleck.
Also of note is the physical training that Gadot mentions, which begs the question of whether Wonder Woman will be merely introduced in “Batman vs. Superman,” or if she’ll actually see combat. Despite her small statute, Gadot should be able to handle herself around her muscular male co-stars, having served two years as a solider in Israeli Defense Forces.
Warner Bros. will release Zack Snyder’s as-yet-untitled “Man of Steel” sequel on July 15, 2015.
Watch the interview from Israeli TV (Editor’s note: It’s in Hebrew):
Gal Gadot’s first Wonder Woman interview… by BatmanNewsCom
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December Art Picks: “Looking Forward”
by Alec Jordan
December’s museum picks focus on two future-oriented exhibits and the reopening of one of Tokyo’s landmark museums.
By Sarah Custen
“17th Domani: The Art of Tomorrow”
As forward-looking and future-oriented as “17th Domani: The Art of Tomorrow” tries to be, the exhibition has a very strong foothold in the past. And that’s a good thing. This diverse and novel group show has a long-standing history of supporting new and emerging artists since 1967 through its Overseas Study Program for Artists. The basic premise, according to PR representative Arika Suminaga, “is to support the artists who would be the next leading figures in Japan’s art world.”
Through the Agency for Cultural Affairs, a select group of up-and-coming artists are offered the opportunity to gain training in their specialized fields through personalized overseas study. “Some pursue research at universities, some are involved in specific art organizations, some study under master artists through apprenticeship, while others get into specific studios to acquire certain techniques,” explained Suminaga.
Though the ACA has been dispatching Conservation and Restoration artists for years, this 17th Domani marks the first time that work in this under-represented but essential discipline will be made public. “As a first time attempt, we hope to introduce and promote this aspect of the program,” said Suminaga. “Conservation and Restoration is necessary and critical for the artworks to last for centuries to come.”
In addition to the three C&R artists, this year’s show features twelve other Japanese-born specialists representing a wide array of media—from painting to engraving, photography, pottery, casting, animation, and installation—all under the theme of “Density and Purity of Japan Contemporary Art,” and each bringing their own unique interpretation of this concept. “However,” said Suminaga, “If the audience looks at the highly delicate and sophisticated artworks presented in the exhibition, I’m sure they will be able to see the connecting thread.”
Asuka IRIE, Le Petit Cardinal, 2014. Collection of the Marunuma Art Park, photo by Koichi Hayakawa
The National Art Center, Tokyo
December 13, 2014–January 15, 2015
Open 11:00–18:00, Fridays until 20:00, closed Tuesdays
http://www.nact.jp/english/exhibitions/2014/17thdomani/index.html
“Group Show of Contemporary Artists 2014” at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
An equally varied and modern exhibition, Tokyo Met’s “Group Show of Contemporary Artists” is now in its third run, poised to set up a different sort of legacy and reflection of contemporary art and exploration. Comprised of six distinct, overlapping but non-simultaneous exhibitions, this show is designed to be “viewed together, but as six full exhibitions of young artists,” said curator Kumi Shimokura.
Furthermore, each individual exhibition is made up of its own small group of three or more people whose work has been carried out together in the past. The idea is “to challenge the new expressions which have been [the group’s] own point of view,” said Shimokura.
In this year’s show, these forms of expression include film, Japanese painting, sculpture, printmaking, and calligraphy. Shimokura compares the group dynamic to a chemical reaction, with the opportunity to exhibit publicly providing the possibility for further cooperation and exploration.
“Group Show of Contemporary Artists 2014”
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
November 2014–January 2015
Open 9:30-17:30, Fridays until 20:00, closed 1st and 3rd Mondays
http://www.tobikan.jp/en/exhibition/h26_groupshow.html
Reopening of the Teien Art Museum
Originally opened in 1933, The Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum is available once again to the public, newly renovated and restored after a 3-year closure. During this suspension, the main building—the former Prince Asaka Residence—has been restored to its full Art Deco glory, down to the last meticulous detail and with no expense spared, in order to replicate its original luxury and beauty as closely as possible while preserving it for future generations.
The Teien Museum’s new building, foreground, with the restored main building in the background. (Photo courtesy of the Teien Museum)
Additionally, a series of “white cube galleries” have been added in an annex to the original grounds, based on a concept by contemporary artist Sugimoto Hiroshi. This addition enables Teien to maintain its foothold in Japan’s past, while also extending its reach towards the future—exhibitions to come include performing arts such as music and dance, as well as contemporary art and film.
Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum
Open 10:00–18:00, closed 2nd and 4th Wednesdays
http://www.teien-art-museum.ne.jp/en/
Main Image: Ken KITANO, day light, Mojave Barstow Highway, March 20, 2013.
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Toddler left to die in filth, says DA
Brandy Rose Lee Devine is on trial for murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter. - photo by Photo Contributed
Sabra Stafford
Updated: Nov. 5, 2013, 4:29 p.m.
Put in her crib and shut away in a room with cats for three days, 2-year-old Stephanie Torres died a slow death from dehydration and malnutrition while her mother camped out on a couch in the living room with a case of PediaSure sitting untouched feet away from her in the kitchen.
The Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office is presenting a jury with this image of willful neglect and indifference as they seek a guilty verdict against Brandy Rose Lee Devine for murder in the death of her daughter.
The defense says Devine was a woman overwhelmed by the responsibility of caring for four young children on her own after her boyfriend was deported and that she was felled by an illness over those three days that left her unable to care for Stephanie. The defense also believes Stephanie’s cerebral palsy was a contributing factor in her death.
“She didn’t murder her daughter. She loved her daughter,” Marcus Mumford, Devine’s public defender told the jury Monday during opening statements.
Devine, 26, is facing a charge of murder, felony willful cruelty to a child and a misdemeanor charge of being under the influence of a controlled substance.
Stephanie was put into her crib on the afternoon of July 13, 2012, and was found dead on the afternoon of July 16, 2012. During that time she was kept in a filthy room with several cats and was not given any food or water, according to the prosecution.
The prosecution began their case against Devine on Monday by calling to the stand several of her duplex neighbors from the 1119 N. Denair residence.
Husband and wife Carlton and Lydia Whitworth and neighbor Elena Salazar all testified that in the months after Devine’s boyfriend was deported to Mexico they saw a marked decline of Devine’s oldest daughters — a 6-year-old and a 4-year-old — and that they rarely ever saw 2-year-old Stephanie or Devine’s youngest, a 7-month-old boy.
Lydia Whitworth testified that the two older girls almost always were bedraggled and barefoot and asking for food. She said the one time she let her granddaughter play at Devine’s home she came back “smelling like a barn.”
The Whitworths both testified that they saw multiple vehicles coming to Devine’s home at all times of the day and night and that they never stayed very long. They also said they saw several different men coming and going from the home.
Lydia Whitworth was one of the first people to rush to Devine’s aid on the afternoon of July 16, 2012, when she burst from her home screaming, “My baby! My baby! Something has happened to my baby! Call 911!”
Lydia Whitworth testified that she ran into the house and into a bedroom, where she was immediately overwhelmed by a strong stench of urine and feces. She testified she could see Stephanie laying in the crib and knew instinctually she was dead.
“There was nothing to do,” Lydia Whitworth said. “She was so gray.”
Turlock Police Detective Amy Beebe was the first law enforcement to arrive at the scene and she tried to resuscitate the child for about 30 seconds before deciding her efforts were futile.
“It was fairly clear that she was dead,” Beebe testified.
Medical examiner Dr. Eugene Carpenter testified Tuesday that Stephanie showed several signs of acute dehydration and malnutrition, including a pronounced rib cage and spine, lips that were crusty and peeling, and an abdomen that looked “like a hollowed out ship.”
Carpenter said Stephanie weighed around 17 pounds at her last doctor’s visit in April and that she was between 13 and 14 pounds at the time of her death. Carpenter testified that Stephanie had signs of a failure to thrive that could have existed weeks to months prior to her death.
Under cross examination by Mumford, Carpenter stated the cerebral palsy and Stephanie’s premature birth could have been contributing factors in her low weight and slow grow rate.
The medical examiner was not able to pinpoint an exact time of death, but said it had to have happened sometime soon before she was discovered because the body did not show many signs of decomposition.
During testimony presented on Tuesday, the prosecution introduced into evidence the video recording of Devine being interviewed by Turlock Police Detective Justin Williamson — about an hour after her daughter was found dead. In the interview Devine says she was feeding her infant son, but that she assumed her 6-year-old daughter was looking in on Stephanie.
“I don’t know why I didn’t just do it myself,” Devine told the detective. “That’s not her job.”
In the interview she said she had been texting and phoning friends over the three days and that on Sunday night she had a male friend come over with methamphetamine that she used.
“I only took one hit and then I went to bed because it wasn’t doing anything for me,” Devine said in her interview.
A criminalist from the Department of Justice testified Devine’s blood had tested positive for methamphetamine.
The prosecution will continue showing the video recording when testimony resumes today.
Hayward man, 22, leads Ceres Police on high-speed pursuit to Keyes
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Alumna Charlie Blair wins E-Factor 2019 with business that counters loneliness through hip-hop dance
Charlie Blair wins 2019 E-Factor business competition with her plan to combat loneliness with hip-hop dance workshops and events.
A University of East London (UEL) alumna who turned her experience of being homeless into a hip-hop dance business aimed at combatting loneliness has won the University’s prestigious E-Factor entrepreneur competition.
Charlie Blair, who graduated from the Dance: Urban Practice course in 2017, took the crown over five competitors at the Natwest Conference Centre in Bishopsgate. Charlie receives £6,000 to help get her The Blair Academy up and running, as well as free working space for a year in the University’s Knowledge Dock business centre.
Charlie said, “I am completely emotionally overwhelmed that I’ve won. I want to thank UEL’s enterprise team for this incredible opportunity to invest in my dream. Thank you so much.”
University of East London Vice-chancellor and President, Professor Amanda Broderick, said, “We live in a world of the continuous next. It is critical that the University of East London provides our students with the tools and methodology required to sustain creativity and innovation and to become pioneers in an ever-changing world.
“Events such as E-Factor, which is hosted by our excellent enterprise team, are essential for our students to not only survive but thrive in their careers post-university.”
E-Factor is designed so that finalists, who are selected during a competitive application process, pitch their business ideas in front of a panel of industry professionals, who then select a winner. One of the judges was Nick Howe, the regional enterprise manager for NatWest Business. NatWest is a supporter of E-Factor.
Charlie’s The Blair Academy is aimed at helping adults and children in the UK who face social isolation and loneliness.
She explained that the idea for The Blair Academy was inspired from her experiences of being homeless. One of the hostels she stayed in had a dance studio, she said, and she spent hours there to escape her feeling of loneliness and isolation.
The Blair Academy will run hip-hop dance workshops and events to engage diverse groups of people, ranging from older adults to those with disabilities – and the homeless, as well.
Ultimately, Charlie said she hopes to turn the academy into a franchise, and to build a wide-reaching community initiative that will eliminate loneliness within vulnerable groups.
Rebecca Moodie, the University of East London’s enterprise manager, said, “Our finalists were selected from over 100 applications and have undergone a rigorous, competitive development programme. We are overwhelmed by the innovation, passion and tenacity they have shown. I am thrilled that Charlie has won and we look forward to seeing the fruits of her investment in the year to come.”
James Firkins, who graduated from UEL in 2018 and studied creative and professional writing, took second place. He was awarded £1,500 and will receive a year of free space at Knowledge Dock.
James’ business idea, Man Age, is a communications initiative designed to help provide mental health support for men and prevent male suicide.
James said, “I’ve already had a lot of interest from academics and businesses who want to work on projects with me and who have attended the final tonight. It’s pretty awesome. It doesn’t end here, it starts here.”
The four other finalists, Abigail Joanne Lennox of Bread & Roses; Laetitia Zanga of Back in Time; Dan Sharp and Arela Williams of Sharp Training; and Warren Kent of Veritas Technologies, were each awarded £500.
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"No one wants to be like you, Henry, so how are you a role model?" Benavidez said.
If that comment wasn't bad enough, Benavidez raised the stakes once again when his head coach Duane "Bang" Ludwig arrived in Las Vegas to help out for a few days. Ludwig is one of the people responsible for getting Benavidez ready before all of his fights so it only made sense that he would show up to offer assistance to his team as well.
Ludwig is not only a multi-time veteran of the UFC, but he's turned into one of the most sought after coaches in the industry while working with fighters like Benavidez and former bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw. Thanks to Ludwig's vast knowledge, Benavidez decided that it was only fair to offer his help to the entire cast of the show this season rather than just giving lessons to his squad.
So during an open gym day on Sunday, Benavidez invited all of the fighters from Team Cejudo to come learn under Ludwig but there was one very special condition - Henry Cejudo could not make an appearance during the session.
Benavidez justified the move by saying that he didn't want Cejudo to pick up on any of the techniques that Ludwig would be teaching that could also be used in their fight when they meet in December. Cejudo's assistant coaches fought against the idea because they took this as Benavidez making some kind of power play while also looking to turn fighters against their coach by going to train with the other team. Ultimately, Cejudo conceded to the request to stay out of the gym that day while allowing his fighters to go train under Ludwig.
Cejudo looked at the entire situation as Benavidez being rather childish while trying to exert his own agenda by using the rest of the fighters in the house to do it. Cejudo promised he'll have his revenge when they meet in the Octagon at The Ultimate Fighter Finale.
"He's a bully. You've got to humble a bully," Cejudo said of Benavidez.
Once Ludwig finished teaching class, everybody's attention turned to the fight this week between Pantoja and France, who were squaring off while also training under Cejudo this season. As the No. 1 seed in the tournament, Pantoja had a lot of expectations heaped on his shoulders as the season started, but the Brazilian was confident that he could live up to the hype. Meanwhile, France was a dark horse as a No. 9 seed but he made quite an impact with his first round drubbing of Terrence Mitchell.
Pantoja couldn't help but acknowledge the war he endured to get to the quarterfinals after facing off with a very tough and gritty Brandon Moreno in the opening round. Fighters all have to be concerned about health to make it all the way through this tournament, but Pantoja promised that he would sacrifice everything to make sure he got through France this week.
"If I have to go to war again and give my life again, that is what I'm going to do. That is why I'm here," Pantoja said.
As for France, he might be one of the most devastating strikers in the house, but he's also one of the most respectful competitors on the show. France had nothing personal with Pantoja and treated him like a teammate all season long, but this was about realizing his dream and nothing was going to stand in the way of that.
"It's just business. This is my goal and you're in my way," France said.
ALEXANDRE PANTOJA VS. KAI KARA-FRANCE
As the fight got underway, it was clear that Pantoja wasn't going to waste any time dragging France to the mat to avoid his lightning quick striking arsenal. Pantoja is a world-class grappler, so he had no problem getting France down early, but to his credit the New Zealand native did a great job working back to his feet several times. Unfortunately, France spent a majority of the round defending the takedowns and trying to stay off the ground, so he wasn't able to produce a lot of offense. It was also clear by the end of the round while the two fighters were standing that those early takedowns forced France to reassess his game plan, as he was very tentative to engage on the feet.
The second round saw France start to stop Pantoja's takedown attempts, but it still didn't open the floodgates for him to unleash any real damage on the feet. Instead, it was Pantoja who fired off a steady diet of leg kicks both to the inside and outside of the thigh that started to slow France down a bit. While the round was much slower in terms of overall action, Pantoja was definitely landing the better shots while France just couldn't pull the trigger to mount any kind of comeback.
When it was over, the judges all agreed that Pantoja had done more than enough to earn the victory in the first decision of the season.
With that fight finished, next week will see Team Benavidez fighter Hiromasa Ogikubo take on upstart Team Cejudo contender Adam Antolin in the next quartefinal matchup.
Don't miss a minute when The Ultimate Fighter returns on Wednesday night at 10pm ET on FS1.
UFC 25: Beast Mode
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Excellent start for Kovsies and Mamburu
Khomotso Mamburu (right on photo) has been the star for the Kovsies in their first two matches of the Varsity Netball Series.
The Kovsie netball team – Khomotso Mamburu in particular – has had an excellent start to Varsity Netball 2018. Mamburu, who plays goal defence and wing defence, became the first Kovsie player in the history of the series to bag two Player of the Match awards consecutively.
The Kovsies won both their opening matches with ease. Their big win over the defending champions, Tuks, by 68-43 in August, was the biggest defeat the Pretoria students have ever suffered in the competition.
The Kovsie netball team, who are the two-time champions of 2013 and 2014, also earned a bonus-point victory in August when they drubbed the University of Johannesburg by 69-29. The Kovsies are now joint first on the log.
They faced the Vaal University of Technology in the Callie Human Centre this past Sunday, followed by a meeting against the University of the Western Cape on Monday afternoon.
Khomotso, an LLB Law student who was voted Player of the Varsity Series last year, has received three Player of the Match awards, which is just one less than the Kovsie record of four held by Karla Pretorius, playing for the team from 2013 to 2015.
Meanwhile Karla, a postgraduate student, is making huge strides overseas. Her club, Sunshine Coast Lightning, won the Australian league for a second consecutive year on Sunday. She was named in the Team of the Tournament as goal defence. Karla finished the tournament with 50 incepts, which were the most in the tournament.
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Bright future for Two Oceans winner and former Kovsie Gerda Steyn
18 April 2018 Photo Facebook
Gerda Steyn, former Kovsie student and winner of the Two Oceans ultramarathon this year, with her trophy.
Gerda Steyn, female winner of this year’s Two Oceans ultramarathon, says her life has changed for the better in a very short time.
The former Kovsie received an invitation to a world-renowned marathon at the end of the year. She may not reveal the details yet.
Steyn, who studied Quantity Surveying and Construction Management at the University of the Free State (UFS) between 2009 and 2012, was just the third South African to win the Two Oceans since 1994. Her time of 3:39:31 was the second-best in the past seven years. For many she was a surprise winner because she didn’t compete last year and only managed a 14th place in 2016.
“Things really took off since the race (in Cape Town at the end of March). I received a lot of exposure. People say you must try and win the race, but they don’t tell you what will happen after that with all the media attention.
“My next goal is the Comrades for which I started training in the third week of April. I will only decide on my specific goals for the race two weeks beforehand.” She obtained a fourth place last year.
According to Steyn, who is a full-time athlete, she only did a couple of cross country races while she was studying.
“I played a bit of soccer and hockey for my hostel (Soetdoring). I have very fond memories from my university days. A couple of our hostel friends had a reunion after the race in Cape Town and had reason to have a big party.”
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The University of Idaho, our state’s leading national research university, has always embraced a broad mission. We generate and disseminate knowledge on a large scale, and partner with communities across the state through outreach and Extension. While those are critical roles, we can agree that there is no function more important than educating students and preparing them for a career and life as an educated citizen.
All too often, colleges seek to mold students to the institution’s practices, only secondarily regarding student needs and challenges. Higher education institutions assume students can intuit how to succeed in a setting where policies, procedures and expectations are often entirely new. A better approach, one we try to embody at UI, is to understand what’s needed for student success — motivational, academic, social, financial or procedural factors — and deliver on those needs as a partner. Without lessening standards, we facilitate greatly enhanced outcomes in academic achievement, personal growth and self-efficacy.
Many students come to college hoping to find their path, discover new interests and realize potential that they never knew they had. In this issue, we’re proud to showcase the experiences of students who have blazed their own trail at UI, nurturing academic and career interests, unlocking leadership potential and participating in organizations and activities they’d find no place else.
Two students profiled here are shining examples of our student-centered approach to higher education. One is a student from southern Idaho, majoring in mechanical engineering. He’s come into his own at the University of Idaho, recharging UI’s chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, mentoring others on campus and reaching out to southern Idaho high school students to get them excited about college.
Another student you’ll meet in this issue is a history major. Her UI experience has helped cultivate a passion for museum work. Our institution has partnered in that progress, opening up opportunities with internships and hands-on class work. That practical experience gives students a lens through which to make decisions about career choices. It also means students can enhance their classroom experiences with practical applications of skills and concepts, while making connections and learning about themselves.
Why is it important to focus on the student, and not the institution? Harvard University professor Clayton Christensen, known for his theory of disruptive innovation, offers an instructive analogy about drills. It goes like this: One does not buy a drill because it is a great deal; one buys a drill for the potential to make holes. It is the hole that interests the consumer, not the drill. In education, it is the graduate prepared for an extraordinary life as an educated citizen, not the institution, which must occupy our concern. We admire colleges that routinely mold such students, as we have done for 125 years at the University of Idaho. But our success as an institution comes from our students’ success, not the other way around.
Of course, college students are made, not born. Through the years, UI has evolved as a partner alongside our state’s K-12 system, taking a leadership role in training generations of educators and offering opportunities for K-12 students. You’ll see plenty of examples of our K-12 partnership efforts in the pages that follow — work that we are proud to take up to help meet our state’s goals and provide chances for students from many different walks of life, ranges of interests and degrees of preparation.
In the past year, we have positioned ourselves well to build on that legacy. The Inspiring Futures: Invest in the University of Idaho campaign recently concluded as a resounding success, with $261 million gifted — well over our original $225 million goal — including more than $90 million for student support. The generosity of donors resulted in 153 new student scholarships and the bolstering of many more existing scholarships. That is a profound investment in the success of students and the future of our world.
Vandals have a proud history of making the world a better place. One student at a time, and one graduate at a time, we’ll build on that success in the 125 years to come.
Chuck Staben, University of Idaho's 18th president.
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The Elements: A Very Short Introduction
Philip Ball
The Elements: A Very Short Introduction traces the history and cultural impact of the elements on humankind, and examines why people have long sought to identify the substances around them. Looking beyond the Periodic Table, our relationship with matter is examined, from the uncomplicated vision of the Greek philosophers who believed there were four elements — earth, air, fire, and water — to the work of modern–day scientists in creating elements such as hassium and meitnerium. This VSI is an exploration of the fundamental question: what is the world made from?
Keywords: atom, atomic weight, Big Bang, element, gold, heavy water, isotope, Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, noble gases, oxygen, Periodic Table, quantum mechanics, quantum theory, transuranic elements, water
Philip Ball, author Freelance science writer and Consultant Editor of Nature
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Molecules: A Very Short Introduction
1. Aristotle's quartet: the elements in antiquity
2. Revolution: how oxygen changed the world
3. Gold: the glorious and accursed element
4. The eightfold path: organizing the elements
5. The atom factories: making new elements
6. The chemical brothers: why isotopes are useful
7. For all practical purposes: technologies of the elements
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Queenswood now the Ocean-Climate Building
Maia Hoeberechts, project lead at ONC, discussed oceans research with BC MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert at the Jan. 10 announcement. UVic Photo Services
When UVic bought the Queenswood property from the Sisters of St. Ann in 2010, the site was envisioned as a special location for the university’s growth over the ensuing decades.
Now, UVic’s world-leading ocean and climate researchers have a new centre where they can continue producing the critical knowledge used nationally and internationally for sustainable ocean management and to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
The $9.5 million Ocean-Climate Building officially opened Jan. 10 with an event attended by staff, faculty, politicians and media that acknowledged the funding support to significantly renovate and reconfigure the former residential care facility. Funding included $3.5 million from the Government of Canada’s Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund, $850,000 from the Province of BC and $5.15 million from UVic.
UVic president Jamie Cassels thanked the Sisters of St. Ann, and federal and provincial governments for making possible the Ocean-Climate Building where work will deepen the world’s knowledge for a sustainable future.
“Our programs of research and education respond to our planet’s major issues, including those related to our ‘air, water and land’—the vital elements of our planet, fundamental to our future. Knowledge about those three ingredients of life—how they are changing, how they are interacting within complex ecosystems and how we interact with them—is essential to the world,” said Cassels.
$12.6 million funding announced for ONC
At the opening, the Government of Canada announced $12.6 million over four years for Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), the anchor group in the building. Jonathan Wilkinson, minister of Oceans, Fisheries, and Canadian Coast Guard, said the investment will support ONC’s work to monitor ocean health and factors that affect endangered Orca whales, and to expand its ability to provide real-time data on ocean surface currents, better informing navigation and emergency response.
Upgrades to the nearly 30,000 square-foot facility includes new fibre optic networks, a flexible interior wall system to create large, collaborative workspaces for interdisciplinary work, individual offices configured to serve specific needs, and extensive seismic upgrades.
The new complex provides physical space for collaborations among one of Canada’s largest concentrations of climate and ocean researchers. This research happens across UVic—in biology, geography, earth and ocean sciences, environmental studies, biochemistry, business, law, history, and electrical, computer, mechanical and civil engineering.
UVic also hosts three research and knowledge-sharing institutes focused exclusively on ocean and climate: ONC, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium and the Institute for Integrated Energy Systems as well as Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions—a collaboration with BC’s three other research-intensive universities hosted and led by UVic.
In addition, UVic is home to two Environment Canada labs—the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, a flagship, internationally recognized climate modelling laboratory, and the Water and Climate Impacts Research Centre, specializing in hydro-climatology and the hydrologic and ecological impacts of atmospheric change and variability.
UVic media release
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Province of British Columbia release
L-R: UVic President Jamie Cassels, Minister Jonathan Wilkinson and (at podium) BC MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert. UVic Photo Services
Keywords: research, oceans, climate, Ocean Networks Canada, environment, science, government, environment, sustainability, administrative
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Funding boosts innovative partnerships
The Digital Technology Supercluster is funding the Fresh Water Data Commons project, involving biochemist Caren Helbing, and the Women's Entrepreneurship Program—a first of its kind for UVic—overseen by Jerome Etwaroo of UVic's Coast Capital Savings Innovation Centre.
Media release: Tech consortium funds UVic research, innovation
Changes have recently been made to My page in order to ensure that student, staff and faculty biographic and emergency contact information is kept up to date. Providing emergency contact information is now mandatory for all university community members.
The university community is saddened to hear that a female first-year student from the University of Victoria is among the victims of the Tehran air crash Wednesday.
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Trump’s New National Security Adviser Is…Mohammed Bin Salman?
Days after firing John Bolton, Trump is awaiting Saudi Arabia’s orders to launch a strike against Iran.
By Pete Marovich/Abaca/Bloomberg/Getty Images.
With John Bolton handed his walking papers, the title of White House national security adviser technically belongs to Charles Kupperman, who is holding down the fort until Donald Trump finds a new whipping boy. But at the moment, it’s not exactly clear whose hand is guiding Trump’s when it comes to foreign policy, particularly following a series of drone strikes on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, which the Trump administration has blamed on Iran. According to his Twitter account, Trump is waiting on the Saudis to tell him what to do. “Saudi Arabia oil supply was attacked,” the president tweeted on Sunday evening. “There is reason to believe that we know the culprit, are locked and loaded depending on verification, but are waiting to hear from the Kingdom as to who they believe was the cause of this attack, and under what terms we would proceed!”
Bolton is surely going out of his mind, watching his old boss outsource the powers of the presidency to Mohammed bin Salman. But one imagines he’s experiencing some acute FOMO too. Bolton, after all, has been hankering after a war with Iran for years—“To Stop Iran’s Bomb, Bomb Iran,” he famously declared in the New York Times op-ed page—while Trump has mostly shied away from foreign entanglements. Indeed, Bolton’s bloodlust was ostensibly a key factor in Trump’s decision to boot him from the White House earlier this month. As Axios reported over the weekend, Bolton allegedly offered his resignation after Trump suggested dialing back the administration’s “maximum pressure” sanctions strategy against Iran. (For what it’s worth, Bolton and his allies were often suspected of leaking news that made the president look bad, such as his efforts to bring Taliban leaders to Camp David.) Iranian president Hassan Rouhani celebrated Bolton’s departure, urging America to recognize that “warmongering and warmongers are not to their benefit.”
So what to make of Trump’s sudden post-Bolton belligerence? Trump might be bluffing to improve his bargaining position, or he might be getting manipulated by the Saudis. As with any news involving the Trump administration, the official position of the White House is to be taken with a shaker-full of salt. Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed responsibility for the weekend’s attacks, although U.S. officials said that the drones had come from the north-northwest, and could not have been executed by the Houthis without sophisticated military assistance—assistance, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hinted, was from Iran. Several experts on the Revolutionary Guards told the Times that Iran was likely behind the attacks, even though the country’s leadership publicly denied any responsibility, as retaliation for U.S. sanctions on their oil exports. “Iran wants to show that instead of a win-lose contest, Iran can turn this into a lose-lose dynamic for everyone,” said Ali Vaez, head of the Iran Project at the International Crisis Group.“Plausible deniability is a trademark of Iran’s pushback strategy.”
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“He Is Trying to Play a Very Difficult Game”: The Once and Future Imran Khan
After a hard-partying life as a cricket star and sex symbol, Pakistan’s prime minister has transformed himself from revered sportsman into international statesman. Now, as he seeks to navigate the crisis over Kashmir, Khan remains torn between his years as an Oxford-educated playboy and his growing role as a critic of Western decadence.
By Aatish Taseer
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Florida Arts and History
City of Hawkinsville: See the Sunken Steamboat in the Suwannee
- Kevin Mims
By Gary McKechnie
In rural Florida, before there were cars, there were steamboats. And before highways, there were waterways.
One of those steamboats was called the City of Hawkinsville and one of those waterways was the Suwannee River. And like a car that’s broken down and left on the side of the road, the old sunken steamboat still rests at the bottom of the Suwannee River near Old Town and Fanning Springs, easily visible to anyone who wants to take a look.
Built in Georgia in 1896, the two-deck ship was 141 feet long and she steamed to Florida to lend a hand during the lumber boom around 1900. As she worked, she traveled to Branford, Clay's Landing, Old Town, and Cedar Key.
Legend has it that the City of Hawkinsville helped carry the supplies needed to build the rail bridge at Old Town – a task that moved people and products to the railroads and left steamboats high and dry. She sailed until 1922, when the captain abandoned the vessel in the river and sent her to the bottom.
Nearly a century later, the City of Hawkinsville remains where she was left. Surprisingly intact, she is still in the shallow waters of the Suwannee River near Old Town. To see an historic example of the steamboating age of Florida, you can swim above her or take a virtual underwater tour.
Built in Georgia in 1896, the City of Hawkinsville sailed to Florida in 1900 to assist with the lumber industry.
- Florida Memory
One of hundreds of steamboats navigating Florida waterways, the City of Hawkinsville now rests at the bottom of the Suwannee River.
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Family of teen hit by car seek to clear up false information
by: Courtney Bunting
MATTOON, Ill. (WCIA) — Family members of the girl hit by a car Saturday afternoon say they want people to know the truth about what happened.
“It’s been a nightmare. It’s like a bad dream you keep waiting to wake up from,” said uncle Christopher McCleary.
Reilea McCleary and her dog were hit on Dewitt Avenue near North 26th Street. Her family says a lot of wrong information was spread after it happened. They want to set the record straight.
The girl is in critical condition, but her family says she’s stable. She has a broken pelvis, fractured skull, fractured sternum, punctured lung, bruised heart, and bruised lung. Her dog also has a long recovery ahead, but her family says they’re hopeful.
“We’re praying. A lot of prayers,” said McCleary. “She’s still not awake or speaking. She’s still on a ventilator. She’s still in pretty bad shape right now.”
The teen and her dog were hit on Dewitt Avenue near North 26th Street in Mattoon. On top of that, her family says people don’t know what happened and are being judgmental.
“A lot of misinformation going on,” said McCleary.
Early in the investigation, police said the 15-year-old’s dog lunged into the street when the teenager was walking her, but her uncle says that’s not true. He says they weren’t walking at all.
“Someone had had some puppies across the street, Luna had seen them so she had jumped out of the car, tried to run over,” said McCleary. “She ran out, got ahold of the dog’s collar on the side of the road, and basically the dog had lunged once, she got Luna back. Reilea was holding on still. She lunged again, and that’s when she got pulled out into the road.”
But that’s not what he’s most concerned about. He says his family feels the driver who hit her could have avoided it.
“A lot of the family feels maybe he wasn’t paying attention like he should’ve been.”
Mattoon police say state police are still reconstructing the accident, but right now they don’t have any reason to believe the 85-year-old driver was speeding or not paying attention. They say there was probably a driver in front of him blocking his view of her and the dog. While police handle those details, McCleary says the family is holding out hope that the 15-year-old will be her old self again soon.
“She’s got her whole life ahead of her, and she means the world to us.”
Luna is at the vet in Mattoon, but McCleary says the plan is for her to be taken to U of I Vet Med. The family is trying to raise money to pay for those vet and doctor bills.
To learn more and donate to the family, go here.
Girl hit by car after dog pulls her into street
Business owners talk changes on Main Street
by Courtney Bunting / Jan 20, 2020
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) -- A downtown drum shop is closing its doors after more than 30 years in the business. Skins 'N Tins opened in 1989. The shop sits downtown at the corner of Main and Walnut. The owners announced they're closing because it's time for them to retire.
Another example of a big change happening in that part of town is The Venue CU, A wedding venue which is taking over 51 Main and Memphis on Main. The Venue at CU just announced that change in October. 51 Main was a nightclub. In February, the owners announced it would be moving to Bradley Avenue where Rafters used to be. Memphis on Main closed in October 2018.
Firefighters battle morning car fire
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) -- With the frigid cold, many of us start our car and let it run to warm up; however, that may not be a good idea.
In Champaign, the owner of one car did that Friday morning and it caught fire. Firefighters say it happened near Oakwood Trace Apartments. No one was hurt, but the car was destroyed.
School board president apologizes for Open Meetings Act violation
by Jennifer Jensen / Jan 16, 2020
RANTOUL, Ill. (WCIA) -- The Illinois Attorney General has ruled the school board broke the law after the board president silenced a man who tried to speak during public comment at an open meeting.
In October, Wendell Golston was cut off by the board president while trying to talk about violence and the district's disciplinary policy. Months later, after an investigation, the state Attorney General's office announced the school board violated the Open Meetings Act.
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List Words : Sarah Baxter | 12 July 2019
20 of the best cultural UNESCO sites around the world
From rock-hewn cities to Welsh castles; mountaintop temples to island prisons, we celebrate the UNESCO-listed wonders that make the world a more cultured place...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was born out of the horrors of the Second World War, with the remit of spreading peace.
The idea of designating and conserving World Heritage sites – places deemed of great import for their cultural, historical or scientific value – was ratified in 1972.
Just six years later, the first 12 were announced, ranging from Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands to Germany’s Aachen Cathedral.
Today, 1,073 sites have been listed and protected for posterity, with a new batch added each July. The variety is staggering. But the idea is that each one makes the world a more enriching, more fascinating, more united place.
Here are just some of the more remarkable cultural sites from around the globe…
1. Ancient Kyoto, Japan
The Golden Pavilion, Kinkaku-ji Temple, Kyoto, Japan (Dreamstime)
It was 150 years ago that Japan’s capital began to shift to Edo (modern-day Tokyo), but Kyoto – its imperial capital for over 1,000 years – remains the country’s cultural and spiritual heart.
Some 17 elements make up UNESCO’s Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto site, spanning the evolution of Japanese wooden architecture and landscape gardens from the tenth to the 17th centuries.
This collection includes the golden tiers of Kinkaku-ji, the Zen garden of Ryoan-ji and the towering pagoda of To-ji, Japan’s tallest. Spring visitors should head for the serene Ninna-ji, renowned for its late-blooming cherry trees, while the autumn colours are especially spectacular at the mountain-tucked Tenryu-ji.
Get there: Kyoto is around 2.5 hours by train from Tokyo.
Why? Revel in the country's former capital
2. Lalibela, Ethiopia
Unique monolithic rock-hewn Church of St. George, Lalibela, Ethiopia
The medieval rock-hewn churches of this ‘New Jerusalem’ in the highlands of Ethiopia were among the first 12 sites designated by UNESCO in 1978 – a nod to their splendour.
With the help of angels (allegedly), these sunken chapels were chiselled from monolithic blocks, with windows, floors, doors and decoration subsequently carved in.
Colonnaded Bet Medhane Alem, the biggest, is more than 11.5m high; some are only accessible via tunnels or ropes. Despite its age, Lalibela remains a place of devotion, alive with pilgrims, swirling incense and hypnotic chants. It’s like stepping back 900 years.
Get there: Lalibela is a 90-minute flight from Addis Ababa.
Why? Find living faith buried in ancient architecture
3. Sambor Prei Kuk, Cambodia
Pre-Angkorian temple complex ruins, Sambor Prei Kuk, Kampong Thom, Cambodia (Dreamstime)
Newly inscribed on the UNESCO list in 2017, the impressive, forest-cloaked complex of Sambor Prei Kuk comprises over 100 temples yet sees precious few visitors.
Predating Angkor, this archaeological site on the eastern bank of Tonle Sap lake was once capital of the Chenla Empire, which thrived in the late sixth and early seventh centuries, and helped inspire the Khmer-style architecture seen at Cambodia’s more famous UNESCO site.
Hire a guide, both for greater insight and protection again unexploded ordnance, and explore a quiet mix of still-standing temples, sandstone carvings and crumbling ruins that are slowly being swallowed by the jungle.
Get there: Sambor Prei Kuk is 30km north of Kampong Thom and 175km east of Angkor.
Why? Seek an 'alternative Angkor'
4. Robben Island, South Africa
African penguins on Robben Island, Cape Town, South Africa (Dreamstime)
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born in the Eastern Cape village of Mvezo on 18 July 1918 but spent 18 years, from 1964 to 1982, incarcerated on this small outcrop just off Cape Town.
Robben Island is now a living museum, where a former prisoner-turned-guide will take you on a tour. Visit the old leper graveyard, the African penguin colony, the lime quarry where Mandela and the other inmates were forced to toil, and the Maximum Security Prison, where you can walk the corridors, ascend the watchtowers and finish your explorations at Mandela’s two-metre by three-metre cell.
Get there: Robben Island is roughly a 30-to-60-minute ferry ride from Cape Town’s Victoria & Alfred Waterfront.
Why? Sail out on Mandela's centenary
5. Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal (Dreamstime)
The devastating earthquake of April 2015 devastated UNESCO’s Kathmandu Valley site, with the Durbar Squares of Patan, Hanuman Dhoka (Kathmandu) and Bhaktapur almost completely destroyed.
But all’s not lost. UNESCO has proposed a plan to restore the whole site and repairs are beginning – museums have reopened and the cracks in Boudhanath’s vast stupa have been filled.
Though work is well behind schedule, the plan to ‘build back better’ should ensure that when the valley’s tiered temples and Buddhist shrines are finally restored, they’re still worthy of their World Heritage status.
Get there: Kathmandu is about a 12-hour flight from the UK, plus stopover.
Why? Support heritage that is slowly edging its way back from the brink
6. Rajasthan hill forts, India
Amer and Jaigarh Forts and Kesar Kyari Garden, Maotha Lake, Rajasthan, India (Dreamstime)
The Rajput princes knew how to live. These rulers, who flourished in northern India from the eighth to the 18th centuries, built some truly magnificent fortresses, a handful of which were jointly recognised by UNESCO five years ago.
They are a varied sextet: Jaipur’s Amer Fort (pictured), desert-flung Jaisalmer Fort and Sawai Madhopur, which sits within tiger-prowled Ranthambhore National Park, are well-known on the tourist circuit. Lesser-visited are the riverside Gagron Fort, in the Jhalawar district, and Kumbhalgarh, near Udaipur, which has walls measuring 38km long.
Top pick, though, has to be the majestic Mewar fortress of Chittorgarh, an enormous clifftop cluster of gates, palaces, towers and temples comprising the country’s biggest walled complex.
Get there: Railways connect Jaipur, Udaipur and Chittorgarh.
Why? Explore six for the price of one flight
7. Skellig Michael, Republic of Ireland
Skelling Michael, Republic of Ireland (Dreamstime)
Clinging onto a scatter of pyramidal rocks off the Irish coast, this Gaelic Christian monastic settlement is thought to have been founded in the sixth century.
Monks lived precipitously, moving between the hermitage, beehive-shaped huts and the man-made terraces via steep stone steps.
These remote islands was abandoned in the late 12th century, but soon became a pilgrimage site, first for Catholics, then for movie-lovers when it played the home of Luke Skywalker in the recent Star Wars films.
Get there: Skellig Michael is 12km off Portmagee, south-west Kerry; boat trips run to the islands.
Why? Take a trip to Luke Skywalker's home
8. Mesa Verde National Park, USA
Spruce Tree House, Mesa Verde National Park, USA (Dreamstime)
UNESCO designated its first batch of World Heritage sites in 1978, and this cluster of Ancestral Puebloan ruins in south-west Colorado was one of that original dozen.
The only US national park focused solely on archeology, Mesa Verde comprises a massive concentration of Native American dwellings built from the sixth to the 12th centuries on a verdant plateau, 2,600m above sea level.
Within the park, 4,400 sites have been recorded, ranging from simple pits and hollows to elaborate multi-storey cliff mansions with more than 100 rooms.
Get there: Mesa Verde is located off Route 160, 14km east of Cortez; it lies around 600km south-west of Denver.
Why? Admire American and UNESCO roots
9. Troy, Turkey
City walls in the ruins of Troy, Turkey (Dreamstime)
Turkey has declared 2018 the ‘Year of Troy’, in honour of the site’s entry onto the UNESCO list in 1998.
And quite right, too: the ancient Anatolian city is easily one of the world’s most famous archaeological treasures, founded in the third millennium BC by the Hittites and made a household name by Homer’s Iliad.
The ruins, rediscovered in the 1870s, are extensive, and span millennia of occupation. You can see the early defensive walls and later Greek and Roman temples; also, the surrounding plains are littered with human history, from prehistoric settlements and Ottoman bridges to monuments to the First World War Battle of Gallipoli. An incredible site.
Get there: Troy is a 45-minute minibus ride from the city of Çanakkale, which has an airport.
Why? Mark the 20th UNESCO anniversary of this incredible 5,000-year-old city
10. Petra, Jordan
Ancient Petra at night, Jordan (Dreamstime)
Jordan has suffered by Middle Eastern association in recent years; the US government still urges travellers to ‘exercise increased caution’ here.
Visitor numbers are creeping up, but it remains a good time to see the country’s headline site minus the crowds. Petra, which was carved by the Nabataeans in the third century BC, is a wonder, and more extensive than many assume.
Spend time here, squeezing through the Siq, marvelling at the Treasury, climbing up to the monastery and exploring the old city. Or better still, combine with the new 650km Jordan Trail that winds the nation.
Get there: Petra is a 2.5-hour drive south of Amman; buses run to Wadi Musa (Petra’s gateway).
Why? For a huge heritage hit without the crowds
11. Old Havana, Cuba
Singing in the streets of Havana, Cuba (Dreamstime)
Havana was founded in 1519 by the Spanish, so next year sees Cuba’s capital celebrating its 500th. However, years don’t pass in a regular way in this time-warp city, beloved for its dishevelled mansions, leafy plazas, salsa-swaying streets, vintage cars and general state of appealing disrepair.
Listed by UNESCO in 1982, Habana Vieja (Old Havana) is undergoing a long restoration to ensure it remains the most impressive historic city centre in the Caribbean.
Explore on foot, weaving between the five large plazas, the cathedral and out to the fortifications that protected this once-key port, including one of the largest colonial fortresses in the Americas.
Get there: Havana is around a ten-hour flight from the UK.
Why? To gear up for its big birthday
12. Churches of Chiloé, Chile
Wooden church at sunset, Chiloé Island, Chile (Dreamstime)
The Chiloé Archipelago, south of the Chilean Lake District, was once the preserve of the native Chono and Huilliche peoples; then came the Spanish conquistadores and, from the 17th century, Jesuits and then Franciscans, eager to convert the locals.
To that end, a ring of churches was constructed across the islands; today, 70 mission churches remain, 16 of them recognised by UNESCO for their wooden architecture and neat fusion of European and local traditions.
Plan a church-hop: highlights include the tri-towered sky-blue Tenaún and 53m-long Quinchao.
Get there: Chiloé Island is around two hours from Puerto Montt airport; buses run via the Chacao Channel ferry.
Why? For a resplendent religious circuit
13. Prague, Czech Republic
View from a tower window, Prague, Czech Republic (Dreamstime)
It’s a big year for Prague: 2018 marks both 100 years since Czechoslovakia’s formation and the 25th anniversary of the Velvet Divorce, when it split peacefully into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Of course, this fairytale, riverside city, with its perfectly preserved, UNESCO-listed centre of medieval streets and Gothic houses, is good to visit at any time.
But this year sees it at its finest and there will also be special exhibitions at the castle in 2018, while the Old Town Square’s astronomical clock will finally emerge from under scaffolding in August, restored to its fully working, 15th-century glory.
Get there: Prague is connected to many UK airports; flight time is from around two hours.
Why? See a spruced-up capital in a historic year
14. Gwynedd castles, Wales
Beaumaris Castle, Anglesey, Wales (Dreamstime)
After his invasion of North Wales was completed in 1283, Edward I embarked on the era’s most ambitious building project: a network of new castles, to secure the territory for the English crown.
With 2018 designated the Welsh Year of the Sea, it’s a good time to visit the four coastal bastions encompassed in UNESCO’s ‘Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd’. This includes beautifully symmetrical Beaumaris, rock-top Harlech, the beefily fortified town of Caernarfon and the well-preserved ramparts and turrets of Conwy.
Get there: Harlech and Conwy have mainline train stations. You can link all four by walking the Wales Coast Path (a stately 1,400km).
Why? Celebrate the coastal strongholds of Wales during the Year of the Sea
15. Ravenna, Italy
Ceiling mosaic of the Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy (Dreamstime)
Italy has more UNESCO sites than any other country, and the Emilia Romagna city of Ravenna, one-time capital of the Western Roman Empire, has eight of them, known as the ‘Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna’.
All date from the fifth and sixth centuries, and chief among them is the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, built for the sister of Emperor Honorius who made Ravenna the capital in 402 AD.
Austere outside, its interior is a kaleidoscope of rich, elegant mosaics, including a cupola sparkling with stars. Combine the sites with dips in the Adriatic and indulging in the fine regional cuisine and a glass of Sangiovese wine.
Get there: Ravenna is 70km from Bologna; trains and buses connect the two.
Why? Go mad for mosaics
16. Tsodilo Hills, Botswana
Sunset at Tsodilo Hills, Botswana (Dreamstime)
Safari buffs descend on Botswana for its wonderful wildlife. But less lauded is the country’s wealth of rock art.
The Tsodilo Hills have been dubbed the ‘Louvre of the Desert’ – over 4,500 paintings are clustered in a small patch of quartzite rocks in the Kalahari, in the country’s north-west.
San people view this as the site of first Creation, a place frequented by ancestral spirits, and have daubed the rocks with various figures, animals, shapes and geometric patterns. While some were painted as recently as the 19th century, others are thought to date back more than 20,000 years.
Get there: Tsodilo is a four-hour 4WD trip from the village of Shakawe, about 370km from Maun.
Why? See the highest rock art in the world
17. Caral-Supe, Peru
Ruins in Caral-Supe, Peru (Dreamstime)
Fellow Peruvian UNESCO site Machu Picchu might get more of the plaudits and punters, but for historical heft, Caral-Supe wins hands down.
This sacred city, once capital of the Norte Chico peoples, is around 5,000 years old, making it the oldest centre of civilisation in the Americas.
Its ceremonial pyramids were in use 500 years before the Egyptians built those at Giza. Set on an arid desert terrace above the lush Supe Valley, the extensive site incorporates both public and private buildings, including circular sunken plazas, an amphitheatre and six large pyramidal structures; the largest, the Templo Mayor, measures 150m long and 28m high.
Get there: Caral-Supe is 200km north of Lima.
Why? To go back to where it all began
18. Valletta, Malta
Sunrise view of St. Paul's Cathedral, Valletta, Malta (Dreamstime)
Strategically sited Malta has been ruled by Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs and the Order of the Knights of St John.
Thus its diminutive capital Valletta, perched on a hill between two natural harbours, is a dense layer cake of monuments – according to UNESCO, ‘one of the most concentrated historic areas in the world’.
The best way to get a sense of the fortified city is aboard a dghajsa (traditional boat), then visit the Baroque dazzle of St John’s Co-Cathedral and the opulent Grand Master’s Palace, a centre of power from the 16th century on.
On top of that, this year sees Valletta named European Capital of Culture; check out all its upcoming events.
Get there: Valletta is connected to many UK airports; flight time is from around three hours.
Why? Embrace the European Capital of Culture
19. Tikal National Park, Guatemala
Mayan temple, Tikal National Park, Guatemala (Dreamstime)
The Maya ruins at Tikal – and across the Petén region – are vast.
What’s more, research this year using LiDAR laser technology, which digitally removes the forest from aerial images, indicates the ruins are far more complex than first thought, revealing previously unknown structures and links between sites that were inhabited for 1,400 years from the 6th century BC.
This all adds to the ‘what else could be here?’ frisson as you roam a Maya metropolis of temples, squares and palaces.
Get there: Tikal is around 75 minutes’ drive from the town of Flores.
Why? For a tiny taste of Maya magnificence
20. Abu Simbel, Egypt
Great Temple, Abu Simbel, Egypt (Dreamstime)
Rescuing the ancient Nubian temples of Abu Simbel from the rising Nile wasn’t just important for Egypt, it revolutionised the global approach to safeguarding heritage.
In 1968, the complex built for Ramses II in around 1260 BC was cut into 2,000 pieces and moved – brick by brick – to higher ground. Now it’s the headline act of a UNESCO site that includes other Nubian Monuments, such as the Sanctuary of Isis at Philae, and a powerful symbol of conservation.
Get there: Abu Simbel is 280km south of Aswan; 30 minutes by plane, about three hours by bus.
Why? Celebrate 50 years of salvation.
Check out more incredible UNESCO-listed sites around the world:
UNESCO's 18 new Biosphere Reserves
17 World Heritage wonders in South-East Asia
21 World Heritage wonders in Latin America
Our favourite new UNESCO World Heritage Sites
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Charity Box: Cats Protection
Anita Hall interviews Deputy Manager Tania Marsh
How did the charity come about?
It was started in 1927 by animal campaigner Jessey Wade and a small group of like-minded people. Back then, cats were seen very differently, and we didn’t have the relationship with them that we have now. They were viewed almost as pests. Jessey wanted to change that and to improve the status of cats. It started on a very small scale in her back garden, and gradually advanced to where we are now, with over 256 branches and 30 adoption centres throughout the UK.
How about the Cat Centre in Chelwood Gate?
We are the largest centre in the Cats Protection organisation, and the only one with a veterinary centre on site. In fact, at the time of build in 2004, we were the largest cattery in Europe. We have 202 pens and seven different wings – two are homing wings and the others are for admissions, maternity and isolation. We typically have around 200 cats and kittens at any one time, with that number fluctuating as cats leave and come in.
What does the charity do?
We rehome cats and kittens, provide information on their health and needs, and campaign on issues such as neutering and micro-chipping. At the time of our 90th anniversary in 2017, Cats Protection had rehomed over 1.5 million cats, and, here at the Cat Centre, we found homes for 1,057 cats and kittens in 2018.
Around 95 per cent of the cats here come from homes where something has happened so that they can no longer keep the cat. Someone might have lost their job, become ill or had to go into care, or to move into rented accommodation where they aren’t allowed pets. There can be all sorts of different reasons, and we are here to help, not judge.
The remaining five per cent are strays. They are often in a bad state of health and may not have been socialised with other animals or people. Our current Cat of the Month, Blackjack (pictured), was a stray – you can see from his ears that he’s had a hard time – and he’s the sweetest boy. He just wants to stay inside and sleep!
How can people get involved?
We don’t get any funding, so we rely entirely on donations and the support of volunteers. We run regular fundraising events, and we welcome volunteers here at the Centre. People can also donate food, cat toys and towels, or sponsor a pen and the cats that go through it. Or they can come along to our shop and café, or enjoy our nature trail. There’s plenty to do on site, even if you don’t want to adopt a cat – and, if you do, it’s much better to come to us than go to a private breeder or dealer. The difference is that we’re doing it for love, while they’re doing it for money…
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Nation’s top military leaders have Fort Bragg connection
Written by Jeff Thompson
Two prominent Army generals with ties to Fort Bragg have become the nation’s top military leaders.
During the Clinton administration, former 18th Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg Commanding Gen. Hugh Shelton was the first airborne officer to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Gen. Mark Milley served as commanding general of Army Forces Command at Fort Bragg before being named chief of staff.
President Donald Trump tapped Milley, 60, to lead the Joint Chiefs. Milley will replace Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, who was named to the post in 2015. Trump nominated Dunford for a second two-year term last year.
Trump tweeted, “I am pleased to announce my nomination of four-star General Mark Milley, Chief of Staff of the United States Army — as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, replacing Gen. Joe Dunford, who will be retiring.
“I am thankful to both of these incredible men for their service to our country! Date of transition to be determined.”
Milley’s military career has spanned numerous commands and staff positions in Special Forces and eight divisions, according to his Defense Department biography. Before being named chief of staff in 2015, Milley served in command and leadership positions in the 82nd Airborne Division and the 5th Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg.
Highly decorated, his awards include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal and the Army Distinguished Service Medal. A native of Winchester, Massachusetts, Milley graduated and received his commission from Princeton University in 1980.
In 2018, Milley was involved in deciding whether the Army would publish a controversial report on the Iraq War, a two volume, 1,300-page study. Milley reportedly decided that he wanted to read the entire 500,000-word study before deciding on publication. Milley also directed that an external panel of scholars review the work before he made a decision. The panel returned glowing reviews on the study, including one that described it as “the gold standard in official history.”
In September 2018, Secretary of the Army Mark Esper and other Army officials decided to distance themselves from the study by casting it as an independent work of the authors, instead of being described as a project by the chief of staff of the Army’s Operation Iraqi Freedom Study Group.
When confronted by a reporter with The Wall Street Journal in October 2018, Milley reversed the decisions and directed that the report be published officially with a foreword that he would write. He declared the team that wrote the study “did a damn good job,” that the study itself was “a solid work” and noted that he aimed to publish the study by the holidays (2018).
Within days of this revelation, two members of Congress who sit on the House Armed Services Committee, Reps. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., and Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., sent a letter to Army leadership expressing their anger with the Army’s delay of publication of the report. The study was published in January 2019.
Pictured: Gen. Mark Milley
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Fort Point Lighthouse
Liverpool, Nova Scotia - 1855 (1855**)
History of the Fort Point Lighthouse
Dennis Kent has provided some history of this lighthouse:
This light is the fourth oldest in Nova Scotia and in remarkably good shape.
As shipping interests increased the transportation of lumber from this port, the need for an additional light became apparent and this was built in 1855. The modest light was only 30 feet high and was outfitted with three brass seal oil lanterns with a range of only 8 miles. Seal oil was later replaced with kerosene in 1864. By 1951 the constant polishing of the reflectors wore off the silver coating until it was down to the copper. Electricity allowed the automation of the light and an upgrade to a Sixth Order Fresnel Lens. It was shut down in 1989.
This small light had the lantern room in the top floor, the ground floor held supplies and lamp oil. The second floor served as quarters for the Keeper and his family but was so small that the first keeper moved to town and commuted to work. A kitchen was added around 1900 and helped a little. During WWII weather forecasters were assigned to this station also. To make room for them, the keeper gave up the tower room and his family of 5 lived in the small kitchen. The keeper was paid an extra $36 per year to operate the hand cranked fog horn from 1901 ot 1951.
Directions: Fort Point Lighthouse Park is located at the end of Main Street in Liverpool.
View more Fort Point Lighthouse pictures
Focal Plane: 30'
Active Aid to Navigation: Deactivated (1989)
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USGA CHAMPIONS
Woods Returns to Hero’s Welcome December 4, 2017 By David Shefter, USGA
Tiger Woods had a promising performance in the Bahamas, and is hoping to play in his first U.S. Open since 2015. (USGA/J.D. Cuban)
December golf doesn’t generally generate a lot of buzz in the mainstream sports world. But that wasn’t the case this past week when 14-time major champion Tiger Woods returned from a 301-day layoff following his fourth back surgery. Woods, a nine-time USGA champion whose last competitive round had been at the Dubai Desert Classic in February, decided that the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas, an event that benefits his foundation, was the right time to test his skills against 17 other world-class players, all of whom were ranked No. 32 or higher in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR).
While Woods, who entered the week No. 1,199 in the OWGR, tied for ninth, 10 strokes behind winner Rickie Fowler, his performance – he briefly held the lead during the second round – over the four days provided plenty of positive signs as he gears up for 2018.
“I had the adrenaline going and overall I’m very pleased,” said Woods, whose last major championship victory was in the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. “I knew I was going to be able to play all four rounds, that wasn't going to be an issue. The issue was how was my scoring going to be, how was my feel, how am I going to get used to the adrenaline in my system for the first time in a while.”
.@TigerWoods closed out his return to competitive golf with a 6⃣8⃣ in the final round of the Hero World Challenge. pic.twitter.com/GuqaCjJ0zH
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) December 4, 2017
As long as his health continues on an upward tick, Woods’ schedule will likely include the 118th U.S. Open, June 14-17, at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y.,, the site where he made his first U.S. Open start in 1995. Woods, coming off his first of three consecutive U.S. Amateur triumphs, was forced to withdraw that week after suffering a wrist injury during the second round, but he did go on to claim three U.S. Open titles.
“I think we’re going to sit down here and we’re going to figure out what’s the best way for me to build my schedule for the major championships,” said Woods after carding a 4-under 68 on Sunday to post a 72-hole total of 8-under 280.Woods’ riveting start to the Hero World Challenge had many people reminiscing about his past dominance. He opened with a 69 on Thursday and backed it up with a Friday 68. But he struggled in the breezy conditions on Saturday, shooting a 75, on a day when nobody in the elite field broke 70, before rallying with a strong finish on Sunday.
“I was still good with my irons, I drove it pretty well all week, made some good putts. I showed some good signs, I hit some really good shots out there and (it’s) a bright future.”
Added Fowler, who started with seven straight birdies on his way to a closing 61 to win by four strokes over 54-hole leader Charley Hoffman: “If his [health] holds up and he keeps swinging the way he does, there's no doubt that he can go out and win. Tiger's still going to have that similar effect when you see his name on the board coming down the last nine holes and being in the mix. You know he’s not scared. He’s done it, he’s been there before.
“I think we're all looking forward to having the chance to play with Tiger down the stretch.”
Five other USGA champions were in the Hero field, with 2015 U.S. Open champion Jordan Spieth topping that group with a tie for third at 12-under 276. Justin Rose, the 2013 U.S. Open champion, tied for fifth and 1997 U.S. Amateur champion Matt Kuchar shared ninth with Woods. Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka, the last two U.S. Open champions, finished tied for 14th, and 18th, respectively.
Argentina Bound
Four USGA champions have been chosen by the USGA to represent the United States in the South American Amateur next month at Martindale Country Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jan. 13-16. Scott Harvey and Matt Parziale, winners of the 2014 and 2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur, respectively, will join U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur champions Julia Potter (2013 and 2016) and Kelsey Chugg (2017) to compete in the 72-hole, stroke-play competition. Harvey, who competed in this year’s U.S. Open and was a member of the 2015 USA Walker Cup Team, won the men’s event in 2015.
Left to right: Matt Parziale, Kelsey Chugg, Julia Potter, Scott Harvey. (USGA/Donna Brannigan)
The LPGA Tour conducted its final stage of Qualifying School in Daytona Beach, Fla., this past week, to determine playing privileges for the 2018 season.
Southern Californian Brianna Do, the 2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links champion, was the lone USGA champion to finish among the top 20 to garner full status. Do, 27, carded a final-round 68 on the Hills Course at LPGA International to tie for 16th in the 90-hole competition. Her 3-under-par total of 357 was nine strokes back of medalist and 2016 U.S. Women’s Amateur quarterfinalist Nasa Hataoka, of Japan.
Congratulations to Brianna Do for earning her full 2018 @lpga tour card! #GoBruins pic.twitter.com/raoX5I9gBM
— UCLA Women's Golf (@UCLAWomensGolf) December 3, 2017
Another Southern Californian, 2013 U.S. Girls’ Junior champion Gabriella Then, made the 72-hole cut, but came up three strokes short of earning a conditional card.
The low 20 players earned full status, with the next 29 garnering conditional cards. The remaining players in the field of 165 will have Symetra Tour status for 2018.
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Gold in America: Do You Live in a Gold-Rich State?
2019-09-19 GoldBy John Rothans
Swarms of people headed to California during the gold rush of the mid 1800s in search of great fortune. But did you know that gold has been found in every state in the U.S.?
The Gold Bullion Act of 1985 directed the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue gold coins in $50, $25, $10, and $5 denominations, and the gold for such coins had to be mined from natural deposits in the U.S. or in a U.S. territory. These gold coins continue to be minted, and gold continues to be mined in America. Find out where gold is mined in the U.S. and see whether you live in a gold-rich state.
Which State Produces the Most Gold?
While California was the epicenter of the 1800s gold rush, it no longer holds the title of the Golden State, although that remains its nickname.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) crowns Nevada (known as the Silver State) as the top gold-producing state. The Goldstrike mining complex in sparsely populated north central Nevada is the number-one gold-mining operation in the U.S., followed by the Cortez Gold Mine Complex and the Carlin complex, both of which are also in north-central Nevada. Other major mines are in Alaska and Colorado.
In the 1960s, Newmont Goldcorp became the first company to take advantage of “invisible” gold deposits in Nevada, according to the book Going for Gold: The History of Newmont Mining Corporation, published in 2010.
“The birth and growth of modern gold mining have all the excitement and historical significance of the metal’s colorful past,” says the book, authored by Jack H. Morris.
“Instead of panning for nuggets, today’s corporate miners face heavy odds by having to extract value from ores containing as little as one hundredth of an ounce per ton, as 240-ton trucks ascend beetle-like from half-mile deep pits and where the capital cost of a new mine can top $2 billion.”
In 2019, Newmont and another major gold producer, Barrick Gold Corporation, formed a joint venture—Nevada Gold Mines LLC—that they say will rank as the largest gold-mining operation in the world (more than 124 metric tons mined in 2018). Nevada Gold Mines has set a production target of between 56 and 59 metric tons for the second half of 2019.
Which Other States Are Rich in Gold?
Aside from Nevada, Alaska, and California, states where gold often is mined, according to Geology.com, are:
In 2016, Nevada outpaced all other states for gold production, representing 170 metric tons of the precious metal. In second place was Alaska, at a little more than 1.6 metric tons.
Gold Mining Across the Country
Americans have been mining gold in the U.S. since 1799, when the precious metal was discovered in North Carolina, according to Business Insider.
Globally, the U.S. ranks fourth for gold production behind China, Australia, and Russia. Nevada makes up roughly three fourths of the gold production in the U.S. In 2018, the U.S. produced an estimated 210 metric tons of gold, according to the USGS. That’s down from 237 metric tons in 2017.
A considerable amount of the gold mined in the U.S. winds up in government-issued gold coins, and they’re available through U.S. Money Reserve. In a way, buying gold from U.S. Money Reserve supports the good ol’ USA. U.S. coins made of U.S.-mined gold include the Gold American Eagle Coin and the Gold American Buffalo Coin.
Thanks to U.S. Money Reserve, you can find gold wherever you live—online or over the phone! Buy gold coins made from natural U.S. gold deposits today.
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Books by William H. Joiner, Jr.
Don't Let THE MAN Keep You Down: How To Start & Operate Your Own Business
Are you fed up with bad bosses, low pay and no recognition for your achievements? Get out from under The Man’s heel and let William Joiner show you how to get a leg up in your own business!
How—and why—to write a business plan
How to raise start-up money
How to protect your assets
How to find your top salesperson
How to increase sales
Most of all, you’ll learn whether owning a business is right for you in the first place—before you invest a cent.
Joiner has founded and operated numerous businesses, and he shares his 45+ years of experiences—good and bad—to help you achieve success as an independent entrepreneur!
Life Begins at Sunrise
Vane Carson was a good-looking young man with a hard edge and a soft heart. Follow his adventures as he leaves college for the chance to train bird dogs. From apprentice to partner, he masters the business and learns what it takes to be a man, all through the excitement of field trials. Vane’s quest to overcome betrayals and anger is a mythic story of inspiration as he finds true love—and God’s forgiveness—through the touch of an honest young woman.
Recollections: Gunsmoke, Wildcats & The Day I Whooped The TV Preacher
Short stories from a life lived on the edge.
The J0urney of Blood Warrior
This book is a revision of The Blood Warrior Trilogy: The Revenge of the Timber Wolf. The Journey of Blood Warrior is more suitable for younger readers.
Experience the thrilling and harsh wilderness life through the eyes of timber wolves Thunder, Shadow, Tasha and Blood Warrior—the most legendary wolf of them all—as they strive to protect their family of pups and the honor of the pack. Being hunter and hunted is natural, but when viciousness and cruelty invade the natural order, a price must be paid. And when predator fights predator, it’s always a battle to the death.
It's Not Your Fault! True Stories of Abused Women
When William Joiner was asked to write the true story of an abused woman, he put out a call for the personal experiences of other women who had suffered abuse. Stunned by the vast, gut-wrenching responses, he vowed to write this broader account of their stories, in order to give hope, courage and resources to women in need.
90% of the net profits from this book will be donated to organizations which help abused women.
What My Dog Means To Me: Real People And The Dogs Who Own Them
Maybe it's no accident that "dog" is "God" spelled backwards. Dogs offer unconditional love, usually much more than we deserve, and all we have to do is accept the gift. Dogs don't care if we're rich, smart, or popular. They care only that we get through this life reassured that love is out there for each of us.
If you've ever owned a dog, you'll relate to these true stories contributed by real-life dog owners, each recounting a special canine bond. In tough and troubled times, it's often the family dog that holds our lives together.
Best Short Stories: Vol. 1
The best of William Joiner's short stories
American Entrepreneur: An autobiography of William Henry Joiner, Jr.
American Entrepreneur follows the amazing life of Bill Joiner, a true self-made businessman in the best American tradition. From wild early days in Texas to a life of service to God and his church, Joiner blazes his own path through hunting, sports, adventure and his love of life.
Joiner’s say-yes, can-do attitude leads to adventures across the United States, Japan and Europe. He creates businesses from home construction to insurance to oil, and each contributes lessons through the ups and downs of fortune as he develops his personal moral compass.
Throughout all, God’s love and guidance keep him on a path of service, just as his love for his own children is rewarded through his pride in their successes.
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Vant to suck your blood
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 preview: A cult classic returns refreshed
After 15 years Bloodlines is back and it's gotten an update.
Carli Velocci
Photos provided by Paradox Interactive.
Everything old is new again, especially when it comes to legacy role-playing games.
Paradox Interactive, the publisher behind Crusader Kings II, Stellaris, and other games you've probably spent way too much time playing, announced at GDC Thursday that it'll be releasing Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines II, the sequel to the cult classic action game that debuted in 2004.
The game is being developed by Hardsuit Labs, the company behind the free-to-play Blacklight: Retribution. It's based on the World of Darkness tabletop RPG of the same name, which has thrust players into the political world of immortal vampires, clans, and moral ambiguity since 1991.
Oddly, fans have been expecting an official announcement after an ARG released by Paradox seemed to tease the game.
"Keeping this game a secret for the last few years has been quite the Masquerade for us!" Ebba Ljungerud, CEO of Paradox Interactive, said in a press release. "It's both exciting and relieving to finally let everybody know what we have in store for them."
We got the opportunity to check out a small sampling of the game, which is set to release in Q1 2020. Paradox showed off the first 30 minutes of the pre-alpha build, so things including story elements, gameplay, and key art are subject to change
You wake up in a courtroom
The first thing you experience in Bloodlines II is a courtroom and you're the one on trial. A bald man in a suit tells you that two weeks prior, you were created in a vampire attack and he wants to know why. A flashback shows that you were walking around Pioneer Square in Seattle when a group of vampires started attacking random citizens and siring new kindred (the series' name for vampires) without the go-ahead of a clan.
But you don't know much more than that and as you recount your story, the upper brass — representing warring clans — start fighting and the whole place goes up in flames. You escape into the Seattle Underground and discover that you have heightened senses and new powers. This is where the game introduces the three play styles you can choose from: Chiropteran, which relies on the power of bats; Nebulation, where you have control over mist; and Mentalism where you use abilities like telekineses to fight and move.
You escape but are confronted by a man with a cellphone. You find out he's being controlled by a mysterious woman who's on the other line and tells you what you are and what you need to do. There's a man on the pier that can help, she says. She also tells you that you need to feed, so you drain blood from the poor man in front of you.
You arrive at the pier after your first combat encounter and come across a man named Dominic. He tells you that there is something mysterious at work in the underbelly of the city and gives you an address to an apartment, but he's soon decapitated by a gray-haired assassin. He's also about to kill you but says that you aren't on his list and he lets you go.
You go to the apartment where you meet another vampire named Dale. He gives you some basics on the world — that there are warring clans and that as a clanless vampire, you're in immediate danger. He tells you to stay out of sunlight and out of the way of normal humans. This is where the "Masquerade" comes in. Vampires must not reveal themselves to humans and to do so is a major violation. He gives you the key to the apartment and lets you go.
At this point, your character can go out exploring, whether it's to feed, fight enemies, find clues to the larger mystery, or to try out your powers. There is a main storyline, but the rest is up to you.
How do you follow up after so long?
It's been 15 years since Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines. The action role-playing game, developed by the now-defunct Troika, became a cult classic post-release and it's easy to see why. Compared to other games at the time, it offered this unique blend of role-playing, narrative, and combat — encapsulating all the best parts of the pen-and-paper tabletop game.
Nowadays, games are extremely good at balancing multiple elements, genres, and play styles so on paper, Bloodlines 2 isn't particularly innovative. However, there are key elements that Paradox and Hardsuit showed off in the pre-alpha build that developers hope will pay tribute to the older game, but expand on it.
For one, key pieces are returning. Hardsuit managed to hook up with Brian Mitsoda, who worked on the original game and is returning as the lead narrative designer. The dark, noir tone is also present, as is the fog.
At the preview, developers explained that they used the last game as a stepping stone, taking elements that might not have been ideal and attempting to perfect them. In the first Bloodlines, for example, you're put immediately into the thick of all the clan and political intrigue that defines the World of Darkness RPGs. The issue is that people entering the game might not be familiar.
"The first game you're just dumped into character creation without a full understanding of what you're getting into," Rachel Leiker, the lead UX and UI designer for Hardsuit, said. "For this game we wanted you to focus on building up your vampire-ness first before we bring you into the whole clan environment because those two can be two different experiences for gameplay."
Fans more familiar with the series won't be missing out on any intricacies. The beginning character creator will allow you to choose how you look cosmetically, but it'll also let you choose who you were before coming down with a case of vampirism. As the game goes on, you'll be able to choose your place out of five clans, figure out the mystery of why you got turned, and how the political climate is changing Seattle.
Those with series experience know that your outer appearance is not only great for cementing your character but also informs how others in the world interact with you. The same goes for Bloodlines II. As you decide whether to feed constantly, what clan to join, your play style, and other factors, it'll change what quests you encounter, dialogue choices you'll get, and generally how people react to you.
Player choice was a key part of the first Bloodlines, and developers wanted to maintain that here. Everything adds to what story you'll get as you progress — things as small as dialogue choices to events in the main story can be impacted by your decisions. It's unclear just how many different play styles, character types, and tracks there are but Leiker said there was "a lot."
"We have built systems and experiences around making sure the player has utter control over the kind of stuff they want to do in the game," she said.
Seattle is great for vampires. It rains all the time
A huge change between the two games is location. The first took place in various places around Los Angeles, while the second takes place in Seattle. The latter city doesn't feature prominently in any of the pen-and-paper campaigns but was chosen because that's where Hardsuit is based. It's also just a great setting for Vampire: The Masquerade, a story that's intrinsically about political conflict and progress vs. tradition.
"There's actually a lot of history there," Martin Ka'ai Cluney, creative director at Hardsuit told me. "Seattle historically is a very pioneer, progressive, traditional town and over the last few years, Microsoft, Amazon, the whole tech thing is affecting Seattle. There's definitely a constant push and pull between progress and tradition. it reflected larger themes that are going on throughout the country and throughout the world ... That constant tension, where there's really no give, was a really good bed for the story."
Plus it looks great at night. And in the rain. Isn't that all a vampire wants?
The deep history and lore is also something you might want. Dominic — that poor sap who got decapitated — has been researching the vampire clans, but also Seattle's history as a city run by criminals. You essentially find a starter pack of research in his apartment. In the world of Bloodlines II, real-world events have supernatural twists, and you can find these bits as you explore. There's also a side quest where you can find all the other humans that were turned the night you were. Everything about this is optional, but it's a huge part of the game not only in terms of gameplay but of depth and meaning. Bloodlines II seems to be a game that's as much about its location as it is about the protagonist.
It's always tough to say what a game will look like at release when all you have is a pre-alpha build. That being said, there's a lot of promise for fans of RPGs and player choice. World of Darkness has fans not just because you get to play as supernatural creatures (although that's definitely a part of it) but because you can engage with a much larger system of political intrigue and social strategy. Hardsuit seems to understand that freedom and a complex narrative is key to Vampire: The Masquerade and that's incorporated into the game's foundation.
It's unclear how large this game will be, how many tracks there are for players, or even what clans are involved (that'll be revealed at a later date), but based on what's here, there's a lot to look forward to, even for people new to the series.
Bloodlines 2 is now available for pre-order on Steam, the Epic Games Store, GOG, and the Paradox Store for $60. Paradox is also offering a "Season of the Wolf" season pass for $90, which gives players access to additional story content expected to be released after launch. The game is expected to debut in Q1 2020 on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
Are you excited for a new Vampire: The Masquerade game? Did you play the first installment? Sound off in the comments below.
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UW scientists win 'Amazing Race'
A team of "Sweet Scientists" from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has become the latest winner of "The Amazing Race."Amy DeJong and Maya Warren won $1 million and beat out three other teams in the last leg of the race from Manila in the Philippines to Los Angeles.The finale of the CBS show's 25th season was broadcast Friday night. In the show, Warren jumped from a window like a stunt actor, and DeJong competed in a grueling memorization challenge.Warren told the Wisconsin State Journal she wanted to inspire people and show others that she and DeJong were "much more than lab coats and goggles."The "Sweet Scientists" team is named for DeJong and Warren's research topics of candy and ice cream.
A team of "Sweet Scientists" from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has become the latest winner of "The Amazing Race."
Amy DeJong and Maya Warren won $1 million and beat out three other teams in the last leg of the race from Manila in the Philippines to Los Angeles.
The finale of the CBS show's 25th season was broadcast Friday night. In the show, Warren jumped from a window like a stunt actor, and DeJong competed in a grueling memorization challenge.
Warren told the Wisconsin State Journal she wanted to inspire people and show others that she and DeJong were "much more than lab coats and goggles."
The "Sweet Scientists" team is named for DeJong and Warren's research topics of candy and ice cream.
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Caroline Wojtaszek to run for Niagara County Court judge
Thu, Nov 7th 2019 09:45 am
District Attorney Caroline Wojtaszek has announced her candidacy for Niagara County Court judge.
Wojtaszek is seeking the position that will be left vacant in January 2021 by Judge Sara Sheldon’s retirement. The primary will be held in June 2020. Sheldon handles more than half of Niagara County’s felony cases.
In January 2017, Wojtaszek became the first woman to serve as Niagara County’s district attorney. She has over 20 years’ experience in criminal law, including seven years as Sheldon’s confidential law clerk.
As DA, Wojtaszek has instituted numerous improvements to the organization and operation of her department. She started the “front-end prosecution” program in Niagara Falls City Court by restructuring her staff to handle domestic violence, homicides, gun-related offenses, assaults and home invasion prosecutions from arrest through trial. She has enhanced the use and capabilities of the Niagara Intelligence Crime Analysis Center by hiring a criminal intelligence officer, as well as using asset forfeiture money to purchase pole cameras for local municipalities. She started the “SafeCam” program to locate private business and residential cameras so that they can assist law enforcement.
Along with the Niagara County Office of the Aging, she has worked to improve the screening and prosecution of financial, sexual and physical abuse crimes against the elderly. Wojtaszek has worked with the Niagara County Sexual Assault Response Team to improve the investigation of sexual assaults on college campuses and to provide trauma-informed training to local law enforcement agencies.
Wojtaszek personally reviews all animal abuse cases in Niagara County and works closely with the SPCA to enhance animal cruelty investigations. Since becoming DA, she has worked to triple the number offenders placed on the Animal Abuse Registry. She is the recent recipient of the Taylor Award from the Niagara County SPCA for her work on animal cruelty cases.
Wojtaszek also was named one of Western New York’s “Legal Elite” of 2018 and 2019 and one of the “Power 125 Women” by Buffalo Business First. This past year she was awarded the Women Lamplighters in the Law Award received from the Gender and Racial Fairness Committee for the Eighth Judicial District. She also received the 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award for Public Service from the University of Buffalo School of Law, Prosecutor of the Year by the Prosecutors Association of Western New York, and the Emerging Leader Award from the YWCA of the Niagara Frontier.
Before becoming DA, Wojtaszek was a top prosecutor during the 12 years she worked as a Niagara County assistant district attorney in the special victims unit. She earned convictions in numerous high-profile cases, concentrating on domestic violence, child abuse and sexual assault cases.
Among the many others she successfully prosecuted during this time, she convicted an elementary school teacher whom molested six students in North Tonawanda. As one of the first women in Niagara County to lead the prosecution of a murder case, she gained the convictions of three defendants for the murder of 16-year-old Jennifer Bolender in Niagara Falls. Wojtaszek successfully prosecuted a defendant for raping and terrorizing a young girl and slitting the throat of her younger brother in Wheatfield and convicted a serial rapist in Lockport.
Wojtaszek has long been a leader in the fight against domestic violence. She helped develop Niagara County's domestic violence protocols that later served as a model for district attorneys statewide. She coordinated training for lawyers and others working in the criminal justice system in dealing with those suffering from mental health problems. Additionally, she coordinated specialized training in the investigation and prosecution of cases involving shaken baby syndrome.
Wojtaszek also served on several committees, including the Child Abuse Intervention Project, the Family Violence Intervention Project, the Domestic Violence Intervention Program and the Rape Crisis Advisory Board. She previously served on the board of the YWCA of the Niagara Frontier and was a member of its domestic violence committee.
While earning her law degree at the State University at Buffalo she was head coordinator of the law school's domestic violence task force. She also worked as acting domestic violence coordinator for Niagara County while still a law student.
Before entering law school Wojtaszek graduated magna cum laude from the State University College at Brockport with dual majors in political science and sociology. As an undergraduate, she studied abroad at Oxford University in England and worked as a congressional intern in Washington, D.C.
Wojtaszek is 47 years old and lives in North Tonawanda with husband, Henry, and their three children.
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Tax breaks could come for homeowners who build in city
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — A new plan would offer tax breaks for homeowners who build in any city neighborhood in Rochester.
The plan was unveiled by Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren on Tuesday and would be an expansion of the city's "CHOICE" program. The city is now seeking approval for the plan from Imagine Monroe.
It would offer tax breaks from 10% to 90% for homeowners who agree to live in the one or two family home they build. The tax break would range from the 90% for the first year to 10% for the ninth year.
Warren says the goal is to close the gap between the cost of new construction and the assessed property values in many city neighborhoods.
"We have people who want to live, work and play in our city and we want to give them that opportunity and giving them that opportunity to actually build and design their home the way that they want, to design it on some of the land that we have available in many of our neighborhoods," she said. "We want to make sure they understand that we want you here."
The mayor hopes that they can go a step further and make sure people have the money to upkeep their homes.
Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo has also announced her support of the plan.
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Old soldiers' home
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Many of the old soldiers' homes in the United States were constructed in high Victorian style, like the New Hampshire Soldiers' Home in Tilton, New Hampshire.
An old soldiers' home is a military veteran's retirement home, nursing home, or hospital, or sometimes even an institution for the care of the widows and orphans of a nation's soldiers, sailors, and marines, etc.
1 United Kingdom
2.1 Federal homes
2.2 State homes
2.3 City homes
2.4 US Sanitary Commission homes, lodges, and rest
2.5 List of historic old soldiers' and sailors' homes in the United States
The Painted Hall, Old Royal Naval College
In the United Kingdom the Royal Hospital Chelsea was established by King Charles II in 1682 as a retreat for veterans.[1] The provision of a hostel rather than the payment of pensions was inspired by Les Invalides in Paris.[1]
The Royal Hospital Chelsea, often called simply Chelsea Hospital,[2] is a retirement home and nursing home for some 300 veterans of the British Army. It is a 66-acre site located on Royal Hospital Road in Chelsea, London. It is an independent charity and relies partly upon donations to cover day-to-day running costs to provide care and accommodation for veterans.
Any man or woman who is over the age of 65 and served as a regular soldier may apply to become a Chelsea Pensioner (i.e. a resident), on the basis they have found themselves in a time of need and are "of good character". They must not, however, have any dependent spouse or family and former Officers must have served at least 12 years in the ranks before receiving a commission.
The site for the Royal Hospital was an area of Chelsea which held an incomplete building "Chelsey College", a theological college James I founded in 1609.[1] The Royal Hospital opened its doors to the Chelsea Pensioners in 1692 for "the relief and succour" of veterans. Some of the first soldiers admitted included those injured at the Battle of Sedgemoor.[3]
The hospital maintains a 'military-based culture which puts a premium on comradeship'. The in-pensioners are formed into three companies, each headed by a Captain of Invalids (an ex-Army officer responsible for the 'day to day welfare, management and administration' of the pensioners under his charge).[4]
There is also a Secretary who traditionally was responsible for paying the Army pensions, but today they look after the annual budget, staff, buildings and grounds. Further senior staff include the Physician & Surgeon, the Matron, the Quartermaster, the Chaplain and the Adjutant.[5]
A Board of Commissioners has governed the Royal Hospital since 1702. The ex-officio chairman of the board is HM Paymaster General (whose predecessor Sir Stephen Fox was instrumental in founding the Hospital in the seventeenth century). The purpose of the Board is 'to guide the development of The Royal Hospital, ensuring the care and well-being of the Chelsea Pensioners who live there and safeguarding the historic buildings and grounds, which it owns in trust'.[6]
Royal Hospital is also a ward of the Kensington and Chelsea Council. The population at the 2011 Census was 7,252.[7]
Greenwich Hospital was a permanent home for retired sailors of the Royal Navy, which operated from 1692 to 1869. Its buildings were later used by the Royal Naval College, Greenwich and the University of Greenwich, and are now known as the Old Royal Naval College. The word "hospital" was used in its original sense of a place providing hospitality for those in need of it, and did not refer to medical care, although the buildings included an infirmary which, after Greenwich Hospital closed, operated as Dreadnought Seaman's Hospital until 1986. The foundation which operated the hospital still exists, for the benefit of former Royal Navy personnel and their dependants. It now provides sheltered housing on other sites.
The hospital was created as the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich on the instructions of Queen Mary II, who had been inspired by the sight of wounded sailors returning from the Battle of La Hogue in 1692. She ordered the King Charles wing of the palace—originally designed by architect John Webb for King Charles II in 1664—to be remodelled as a naval hospital to provide a counterpart for the Chelsea Hospital for soldiers. Sir Christopher Wren and his assistant Nicholas Hawksmoor gave their services free of charge as architects of the new Royal Hospital. Sir John Vanbrugh succeeded Wren as architect, completing the complex to Wren's original plans.[8]
Construction was financed through an endowment, financed through the transfer of £19,500 in fines paid by merchants convicted of smuggling in 1695, a public fundraising appeal which brought in £9,000, and a £2,000 annual contribution from Treasury. In 1705 an additional £6,472 was paid into the fund, comprising the liquidated value of estates belonging to the recently hanged pirate Captain William Kidd[9]
The first of the principal buildings constructed was the King Charles Court (the oldest part dating back to the restoration), completed in 1705. The first governor, Sir William Gifford, took up office in 1708.[10]
Federal homes[edit]
The first national veterans' home in the United States was the United States Naval Home approved in 1811 but not opened until 1834 in the Philadelphia Naval Yard. The Naval Home was moved to Gulfport, Mississippi in 1976.[11] It was subsequently opened to veterans of other services and is now the Gulfport Campus of the Armed Forces Retirement Home.[12]
The first Army national old soldiers' home in the U.S. was established in Washington, D.C. in 1851.[13] General Winfield Scott founded the Soldier's Home in Washington DC and another (since fallen into disuse) in Harrodsburgh, Kentucky with about $118,000 in leftover proceeds of assessments on occupied Mexican towns and the sale of captured tobacco in the Mexican–American War (1846–48).[14] The Old Soldier's Home (Washington), now known as the Armed Forces Retirement Home, was the site of President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home, which served as Abraham Lincoln's summer home during the Civil War and is adjacent to National Cemetery, the first federal military cemetery in the US. President Lincoln's Cottage has been designated a National Monument, and recently underwent renovation. It reopened to the public on President's Day, 18 February 2008. The Home has remained in continuous use since its establishment in 1851. It is located on a beautiful 250-acre (1.0 km2) wooded campus overlooking the U.S. Capitol in the heart of D.C. and continues to serve as a retirement home for U.S. enlisted men and women. Both the Washington D.C. and Gulfport soldiers' and sailors' homes are funded through a small monthly contribution from the pay of members of the U.S. Armed Services.
Following the American Civil War the federal government increased the number of National Military Homes, and took over a few formerly state-run old soldiers' homes. By 1933 there were 17 federally managed veterans homes. All except the first two of these homes were eventually combined with other federal government agencies to become part of what is now called the Veterans Administration, or U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs established in 1930.
State homes[edit]
Caring for the disabled and elderly, and the widows and orphans of men who died in the war became a concern even before the Civil War ended. For example, in 1864 Fitch's Home for Soldiers and Their Orphans was opened with private donations in Connecticut. Various female benevolent societies pushed for the creation of a long-term care federal or state soldier home system at the end of the war.[15] Large veterans organizations like the Grand Army of the Republic and United Confederate Veterans eventually also worked for the creation of federal and state homes to care for disabled or elderly veterans. In a few cases veterans organizations on their own raised the money to buy property and build veterans homes. Most of these were quickly turned over to the state government to fund and manage. The majority of state legislatures established veterans homes paid for by state monies from the start. 43 states managed 55 functioning state veterans homes before 1933. Fourteen of those states also had a federal veterans home open at the same time as their state veterans home.
Eleven states had two or more state veterans homes in operation at the same time (two of which also had a federal home). Some states simply had several homes at once. A few states admitted veterans' widows, and a few other states established separate homes for the widows and orphans. A few states had separate Union and Confederate old soldiers' homes. The first of 16 Confederate homes was opened in 1881 in Georgetown, Kentucky.[16] Confederate soldiers' homes were supported entirely by subscribers or by the states, with no funds from the federal government against which the Confederates had fought.
A few state-run old soldiers' homes were eventually folded into the federal veterans home system. As their last few Civil War veterans were dying in the 1930s, some states chose to close their old soldiers' homes, and other states began admission of veterans from more recent wars. Several of these state old soldiers' homes have been modernized and stop serve veterans.
City homes[edit]
Soldier homes in major cities were among the earliest, usually starting more as hotels for men passing through town, but increasingly taking on disabled servicemen. These were usually operated as paying businesses rather than being fully funded by the government.[15] Philadelphia had two soldiers' homes which were associated with nearby saloons and got their start as a part of the refreshment and lodging business.[17] Women activists also helped establish disabled soldiers' homes in Boston, Chicago, and Milwaukee, or in conjunction with the U.S. Sanitary Commission in 25 other cities. The Boston home closed in 1869, the Philadelphia homes closed in 1872, the Chicago Soldiers' Home lasted until 1877, and Milwaukee turned into a federal home.
US Sanitary Commission homes, lodges, and rest[edit]
During the Civil War, the US Sanitary Commission provided Union servicemen "Temporary aid and protection,—food, lodging, care, etc.,—for soldiers in transitn[sic], chiefly the discharged, disabled, and furloughed." By 1865 the Commission operated 18 "soldiers' homes," 11 "lodges," and one "rest" in 15 states north and south (for a list see Commission bulletin, 3:1279). Most of their homes were war-time facilities and were closed at war's end. They are not included in the following list.
List of historic old soldiers' and sailors' homes in the United States[edit]
(by state)[18]
Alabama Confederate Soldiers Home a.k.a. Jefferson Manly Falkner Soldiers' Home, Mountain Creek, Alabama[19]
Tuskegee Home a.k.a. Veterans Administration Hospital and Nursing Home, Tuskegee, Alabama[20]
Arkansas Confederate Soldiers' Home, Sweet Home, Arkansas[21]
Los Angeles Disabled Veterans Home a.k.a. Pacific Branch National Military Home, Sawtelle, Los Angeles, California[22]
Veterans Home of California Yountville, Yountville, California[23][24]
Colorado State Soldiers and Sailors Home, Homelake, Colorado[25]
Fitch's Home for Soldiers and Their Orphans, Darien, Connecticut[26]
United States Soldiers' Home a.k.a. Armed Forces Retirement Home, Washington, D.C.[27]
Many old soldiers lived out their old age and died under the institutional care of the home, as at the Soldiers' Home in Sawtelle, Los Angeles, California.
Florida Old Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Home, Jacksonville, Florida[28]
St. Petersburg [National] Home (Bay Pines), St. Petersburg, Florida[29]
Confederate Soldiers' Home a.k.a. Georgia Soldiers' Home, Atlanta, Georgia[30]
Idaho State Soldiers Home, Boise, Idaho[31]
Soldiers' Home, Chicago, Illinois[32]
Danville Branch National Military Home, Danville, Illinois[33]
Logan Home a.k.a. Maywood Home for Soldiers' Widows, Maywood, Illinois[34]
Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Home a.k.a. Illinois Veterans Home, Quincy, Illinois[35]
Soldiers' Widows' Home, Wilmington, Illinois[36]
Marion Branch National Military Home, Marion, Indiana[33]
Indiana State Soldiers Home, West Lafayette, Indiana[37]
Iowa Veterans Home, Marshalltown, Iowa[38]
Kansas Soldiers' Home, Fort Dodge, Kansas[39]
Kansas State Soldiers' Home a.k.a. Western Branch National Military Home, Leavenworth, Kansas[33]
Confederate Soldiers' Home and Widows' and Orphans' Asylum, Georgetown, Kentucky[40]
Kentucky Confederate Soldiers' Home, Pewee Valley, Kentucky[41]
Soldiers' Home at Harrodsburg, Kentucky[14]
Soldiers' Home of Louisiana a.k.a. Camp Nicholls Soldier's Home, New Orleans, Louisiana[42]
Eastern Branch National Military Home, Togus, Maine[43]
Maryland Line Confederate Soldiers' Home, Pikesville, Maryland[44]
Discharged Soldiers' Home, Boston, Massachusetts[45]
Soldiers' Home, Chelsea, Massachusetts[46]
Soldiers' Home, Holyoke, Massachusetts[47]
Grand Rapids Home for Veterans, Grand Rapids, Michigan[48]
Minnesota Veterans Home, Minneapolis, Minnesota[49]
Beauvoir Confederate Soldiers' Home a.k.a. Jefferson Davis Beauvoir Memorial Soldiers' Home, Biloxi, Mississippi[50]
Biloxi Home [National Home] a.k.a. VA Medical Center, Biloxi, Mississippi[51]
Missouri Confederate Home, Higginsville, Missouri[52]
Missouri State Federal Soldiers' Home, St. James, Missouri[53]
Montana State Soldiers' Home, Columbia Falls, Montana[54]
Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Grand Island, Nebraska[55]
Soldiers and Sailors' Home, Milford, Nebraska[53]
New Hampshire Soldiers' Home, Tilton, New Hampshire[56]
Home for Disabled Soldiers, Kearny, New Jersey[57]
Veterans Memorial Home, Menlo Park, New Jersey[58]
Home for Disabled Soldiers, Newark, New Jersey[59]
Veterans Memorial Home, Vineland, New Jersey[60]
New York State Soldiers' and Sailors' Home a.k.a. Bath Branch National Military Home, Bath, New York[33]
State Women's Relief Corps Home a.k.a. New York State Veterans Home, Oxford, New York[61]
Confederate Woman's Home, Fayetteville, North Carolina[62]
North Carolina Soldiers' Home, Raleigh, North Carolina[63]
Soldiers Home, Lisbon, North Dakota[64]
Soldiers home in Dayton, Ohio
Central Branch National Soldiers' Home, Dayton, Ohio[33]
Soldiers' Home, Sandusky, Ohio[65]
Oklahoma Confederate Home a.k.a. Oklahoma Veterans Center, Ardmore, Oklahoma[66]
Oklahoma Union Soldiers' Home, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma[67]
Oregon State Soldiers' Home a.k.a. Roseburg Branch National Military Home, Roseburg, Oregon[68]
Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Erie, Pennsylvania[69]
Cooper Shop Soldiers' Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[70]
Soldiers' Home of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[71]
United States Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[11]
Rhode Island Soldiers' Home, Bristol, Rhode Island[72]
Confederate Home for Soldiers and Sailors a.k.a. South Carolina Confederate Infirmary, Columbia, South Carolina[73]
Battle Mountain Sanitarium National Military Home, Hot Springs, South Dakota[74]
South Dakota State Soldiers' Home a.k.a. Michael J. Fitzmaurice Veterans Home, Hot Springs, South Dakota[75]
Mountain Branch National Military Home, Johnson City, Tennessee[33]
Confederate Soldiers' Home a.k.a. Tennessee Soldiers' Home, Hermitage (Nashville), Tennessee[76]
Texas Confederate Home for Men, Austin, Texas[77]
Texas Confederate Woman's Home, north of Austin, Texas[78]
Vermont Soldiers' Home, Bennington, Vermont[79]
Soldier's Home, Hampton, Va
Southern Branch National Military Home, Hampton, Virginia[33]
Virginia Confederate Soldiers' Home a.k.a. Lee Camp Soldiers' Home, Richmond, Virginia[80]
Washington State Soldiers' Home, and Washington State Soldiers' Colony, Orting, Washington[81]
Washington Veterans' Home, Retsil, Washington[82]
Grand Army Home, a.k.a. Wisconsin Veterans' Home, King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin[83]
Milwaukee Soldiers Home, in the 90 acres (36 ha) Milwaukee Soldiers Home National Historic Landmark District—Northwestern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District, on the 400 acres (160 ha) Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center grounds in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[84][85][86] The most intact Soldiers Home in the country and the only one with the majority of its surrounding recuperative village remaining.[33][87]
Wyoming State Home for Soldiers and Sailors, Cheyenne, Wyoming (1895–1903),[88] It was relocated to Buffalo, Wyoming in 1903, where it continues to serve in the present day.[89]
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^ Weinreb, Ben and Hibbert, Christopher (1992). The London Encyclopaedia (reprint ed.). Macmillan. p. 149. CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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^ "Kensington and Chelsea Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
^ J. Bold, P. Guillery, D. Kendall, Greenwich: an architectural history of the Royal Hospital for Seamen and the Queen's House (Yale University Press) 2001.
^ Kemp, Peter (1970). The British Sailor: a Social History of the Lower Deck. Aldine Press. p. 64. ISBN 0460039571.
^ "Memorial: M2378". Maritime Memorials. National Maritime Museum. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
^ a b "US History Encyclopedia: Soldiers' Home" in Answers.com at http://www.answers.com/topic/old-soldiers-home (Retrieved 4 January 2010), and Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL), "Views of the U.S. Naval Asylum and Hospital, Philadelphia" in Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries at http://archives.pacscl.org/shows/navalhome/index.html (Retrieved 4 January 2010).
^ https://www.afrh.gov/afrh/gulf/gulfcampus.htm
^ Ellis, Angela; Carl S. McCarthy. "Soldiers' Home." Dictionary of American History. The Gale Group Inc. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (29 December 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401803936.html
^ a b Ulysses S. Grant (1 November 2007). Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant. Cosimo, Inc. pp. 58–9 (note). ISBN 978-1-60206-918-3.
^ a b Trevor K. Plante, "Genealogy Notes: The National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers" in Prologue Magazine [Online] Spring 2004, Vol. 36, No. 1 at https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2004/spring/soldiers-home.html (Retrieved 17 December 2009).
^ R. B. Rosenburg, Living Monuments: Confederate Soldier's Homes in the New South (Chapel Hill, N.C.: Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1993), 28–29, citing Georgetown Weekly Times, 13 July; 30 November 1881; 14 November 1883; "Confederate Soldiers' Home," "Subscribers to Confederate Soldiers' Home and Widows' and Orphans' Asylum," Kentucky State Archives, Frankfort; Southern Historical Society Papers, 11 (1883): 432.
^ Library Company of Philadelphia, "McA 5778.F Civil War Volunteer Saloons and Hospitals Ephemera Collection 1861‐1868" ([Philadelphia, Pa.: LCP, 2006), 5. Digitized at http://www.librarycompany.org/mcallister/pdf/saloons.pdf (Retrieved 16 December 2009).
^ This list does not include soldiers' orphans' homes separate from the old soldiers' home, nor U.S. Sanitary Commission soldiers' homes.
^ R. B. Rosenburg, Living Monuments: Confederate Soldier's Homes in the New South (Chapel Hill, N.C.: Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1993), 215, says the Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, Montgomery, has cemetery rosters, insurance papers, and superintendent reports.
^ "VA Hospital Began with 250 Beds, Now Has 2,307" in The Tuskegee News, 8 February 1973. At archived on 27 January 2010
^ Rosenburg, 215, says the Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, has applications for admission, Board of Managers reports, and superintendent's reports.
^ National Archives and Records Administration, "15.3 Records Relating to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and the National Homes Service, Veterans Administration 1866–1938," in Guide to Federal Records at https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/015.html#15.3 (Retrieved 2 January 2010).
^ California Dept. of Veterans Affairs, "The Veterans Home of California, Yountville" in California Dept. of Veterans Affairs [Internet site] at http://www.cdva.ca.gov/Homes/Yountville.aspx (Retrieved 24 November 2009).
^ O'DEA GAUGHAN, Timothy (22 March 2009). "Veterans Home marks 125 years". Napa Valley Register. Napa, CA: Lee Enterprises, Inc. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
^ Colorado Dept. of Humans Services, "Colorado State and Veterans Nursing Homes" at http://www.cdhs.state.co.us/svnh/FacilityLocations.htm (Retrieved 25 November 2009).
^ Connecticut Department of Veterans' Affairs, "History of Connecticut Veterans' Home" [Internet site] at http://www.ct.gov/ctva/cwp/view.asp?A=2005&Q=290842 (Retrieved 15 January 2010).
^ U.S. Soldiers' and Airmens' Home (USSAH), "History of the U.S. Soldiers' Home" at http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/heroes/history1.html (Retrieved 3 December 2009).
^ Rosenburg, 215 and 218, says the Jacksonville Public Library, Jacksonville, has applications for admission, Board of Directors letters received, and Florida Soldiers' Home Papers.
^ National Archives, "The National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers-Branches of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers," in Prologue Magazine Spring 2004, Vol. 36, No. 1 at https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2004/spring/nhdvs-sidebar1.html (Retrieved 25 November 2009).
^ Rosenburg, 215 and 218, says the Georgia Dept. of Archives and History, Atlanta, has applications for admission, Board of Trustees letters received, minutes, and reports, hospital record book, invoices, list of persons subscribing contributions, payrolls, record of miscellaneous functions, record of admissions, discharges and deaths, record of donations, register of inmates, George N. Saussey Diary, and visitors' register, and the Atlanta Historical Society, Atlanta, has a Confederate veterans file.
^ Boise Idaho Veterans Home at http://www.veteransareheroes.com/BoiseVetHomes.aspx (Retrieved 2 December 2009).
^ A.T. Andreas, History of Chicago: from the Earliest Period to the Present Time (Chicago: A.T. Andreas, 1884–1886; Digitized by BYU Family History Archives) 2:310-13.
^ a b c d e f g h Ancestry.com, "U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866–1938" in Ancestry.com at http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1200 (Retrieved 29 December 2009).
^ University of Illinois at Chicago, University Library, "Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War: An inventory of the collection at the University of Illinois at Chicago" in Special Collections Finding Aids at http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/specialcoll/services/rjd/findingaids/DUVf.html (Retrieved 31 December 2009).
^ Illinois Veterans' Home [Internet site] at http://www.quincynet.com/ivh/ (Retrieved 30 December 2009).
^ Oakwood Cemetery Association of Wilmington, Illinois, "Soldiers' Widows' Home," in Oakwood Cemetery, Wilmington, Illinois at http://wilmingtonil-oakwood.com/2.htm (Retrieved 4 December 2009).
^ Friends of the Indiana State Archives, "Indiana State Soldiers' Home" in Friends of the Indiana State Archives Archives Collections at http://www.fisa-in.org/news/articles/soldiers_home.html (Retrieved 1 January 2010).
^ "Iowa Veterans Home > Home". Retrieved 16 January 2010.
^ Ford County Historical Society, "4th of July, 1890 Fort Dodge, Kansas Soldiers Home" at http://www.skyways.org/orgs/fordco/july.html (Retrieved 4 December 2009).
^ Rosenburg, 216, says the Kentucky State Archives, Frankfort, has a list of Subscribers to the Confederate Soldiers' Home and Widows' and Orphans' Asylum.
^ Rosenburg, 216, says the Kentucky State Archives, Frankfort, has Board of Trustees minutes, clothing issue book, commandant reports, hospital register, inmates register, miscellaneous reports, officer and employee payroll, physician and undertaker records, purchase ledgers, and rules and regulations.
^ Rosenburg, 216, says the Louisiana Historical Association Collection at the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane Univ., New Orleans, has Board of Directors correspondence, House Committee reports, Investigating Committee reports, membership lists, minutes, President reports, reports 1886–1938, Secretary reports; clippings and pamphlets, financial reports, rules and regulations, Superintendent reports, and Surgeon reports.
^ "The National Home For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers A Memorandum 1917" in Dayton History Books Online at http://www.daytonhistorybooks.com/page/page/2810506.htm (Retrieved 4 December 2009).
^ Maryland Historical Society, "Maryland Line Confederate Soldiers' Home Collection" at http://www.mdhs.org/Library/fotofind/PP0159lnk.html (Retrieved 4 December 2009).
^ Associated Topeka Libraries Automated System catalog description citing Discharged Soldiers' Home (Boston, Mass.), "Sixth Annual Report of the Discharged Soldiers' Home [microform] : with the Constitution, By-laws, and a List of the Officers" (Boston: Press of Geo. C. Rand and Avery, 1868) at http://lib.wuacc.edu/search/o?19691777 (Retrieved 18 December 2009), and "Sixth Annual Report of the Board of State Charities of Massachusetts" (Boston, Mass.: Wright and Potter, 1870). Digitized by Google Books at https://books.google.com/books?id=APTJAAAAMAAJ (Retrieved 18 December 2009), 111–13.]
^ Gerard W. Brown, Chapter 7: "The Soldiers' Home" in Chelsea, Postcard history series (Charleston, S.C.: Archadia Publishing, 2004), 99–108. Digitized by Google Books at https://books.google.com/books?id=cRs1pqiCcP0C&pg=PA99&lpg=PA99&dq=soldiers'+home+chelsea&source=bl&ots=vtU9d5PAtM&sig=0q-8ksoQQNRDh9AqYZ7q0q1RiEs&hl=en&ei=W51DS63XD438MIi1tY4J&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CAwQ6AEwAjge#v=onepage&q=soldiers'%20home%20chelsea&f=false= (Retrieved 5 January 2010).
^ "Soldiers' Home in Holyoke". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
^ Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, "Soldier's and Sailor's Homes Records" at http://bentley.umich.edu/research/genealogy/cw/soldiershome.php (Retrieved 7 January 2010).
^ "Minnesota Soldiers Home, 5101 Minnehaha Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota - Placeography". Retrieved 16 January 2010{{inconsistent citations}}
^ Rosenburg, 216, says the William D. McCain Library, Univ. of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, has Board of Directors correspondence, minute books 1920–1936, and reports, and the Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History, Jackson, has the register of inmates.
^ United States Department of Veterans Affairs, "VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System-About this Facility" at http://www.biloxi.va.gov/about/index.asp (Retrieved 7 January 2010).
^ State Historical Society of Missouri, "Missouri. Confederate Home, Higginsville, Records, 1897–1944 (C0066" at http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/invent/0066.pdf (Retrieved 25 June 2013).
^ a b National Archives, "The National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers-State Run Homes (in 1922)," in Prologue Magazine Spring 2004, Vol. 36, No. 1 at https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2004/spring/nhdvs-sidebar3.html (Retrieved 25 November 2009).
^ http://montanahistorywiki.pbworks.com/National+Register+-+Flathead#MontanaStateSoldiersnbspHomenbspHistoricDistrict (Retrieved 8 January 2010).
^ "Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Grand Island, Neb.- Historical Notes" in Nebraska Memories at http://memories.ne.gov/cdm/ref/collection/opl/id/293 (Retrieved 8 January 2010).
^ Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Department of New Hampshire, "Veterans Helping Veterans Group at NH Home" at https://web.archive.org/web/20091203113403/http://www.vfwwebcom.org/newhampshire/33400/Veterans+Helping+Vetrans+Group+at+NH+Veterans+Home+.html (Retrieved 9 January 2010).
^ Kearny High School "Home for Disabled Soldiers" in Kearny Photos: Landmarks [Internet site] at "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011. CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) (Retrieved 5 December 2009), and Deborah Fitts, "Kearny Veterans Home Statue Will Be Replaced" in Civil War News [Internet site] at "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011. CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) (Retrieved 5 December 2009).
^ Deborah Fitts, "Kearny Veterans Home Statue Will Be Replaced" in Civil War News [Internet site] at "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011. CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) (Retrieved 5 December 2009).
^ Frank John Urquhart, History of the City of Newark, New Jersey (New York: Lewis Historical Publ., 1913; digitized by Google Book, 2006), 2:719.
^ State of New Jersey, Dept. of Military and Veterans Affairs, "New Jersey Veterans Memorial Homes" at http://www.state.nj.us/military/veterans/health.html (Retrieved 5 December 2009).
^ New York State Legislature, Documents of the Senate of the State of New York – One Hundred and Fortieth Session (Albany, N.Y.: J.B. Lyon Co., 1917; Digitized by Google Books), 133 (Retrieved 12 January 2010).
^ "18. Confederate Women's Home Historical Marker" in Fayetteville, N.C. Military Sites Tour Map at http://www.visitfayettevillenc.com/images/military/sites/Fayetteville_MilitarySites.pdf (Retrieved 13 January 2010). The home's ending date can be estimated from an article discussing the use of the Home's chapel by others in 1945: Haymount United Methodist Church, "Church History" at http://www.haymountumc.com/HUMCHIistory.html (Retrieved 13 January 2010).
^ Rosenburg, 216-17, says the North Carolina Div. of Archives and History, Raleigh, has Board of Incorporators minutes, building and maintenance expenses, drug and whiskey account, hospital record of patients, hospital register, inmate expenses, inmate record, inmate register, inmate roll book, ledger accounts paid, record of clothing issued, Superintendent's inmate behavior log, visitors' register, and warrants and weekly payroll.
^ North Dakota Veterans Home, "History of the North Dakota Veterans Home" at http://www.nd.gov/ndvh/about/history.html (Retrieved 5 December 2009).
^ "Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home" in Ohio History Central: An Online encyclopedia of Ohio History at http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2172 (Retrieved 18 January 2010).
^ "Oklahoma Veterans Center, Ardmore, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Confederate Home, 1911–1942)" in CivilWarAlbum.com at http://www.civilwaralbum.com/indian/ardmore_vet1.htm (Retrieved 15 December 2009).
^ Doug Loudenback, "The Union Soldier's Home" in Doug Dawgz Blog at http://dougdawg.blogspot.com/2007/08/okc-street-map-history.html (Retrieved 15 December 2009), citing The Oklahoman's [newspaper?] archives.
^ United States, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, "Cemeteries – Roseburg National Cemetery" at http://www.cem.va.gov/CEMs/nchp/roseburg.asp (Retrieved 15 December 2009).
^ Ray, Wm. Stanley (1904). Report of Trustees of the Pennsylvania Soldiers and Sailors Home at Erie. State Printer of Pennsylvania. p. 17. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
^ Library Company of Philadelphia, "McA 5778.F Civil War Volunteer Saloons and Hospitals Ephemera Collection 1861‐1868" (Philadelphia, Pa.: LCP, 2006; Digitized by LCP), 5.
^ "Philadelphia City National Cemetery Haines Street and Limekiln Pike Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19138" at "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2009. CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) (Retrieved 16 December 2009), page 223.
^ Rhode Island. Dept. of State, "Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home" in Manual, with rules and orders, for the use of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, 1912 (Providence, R.I.: E.L. Freeman, 1912; Digitized by Google Books), 278 at https://books.google.com/books?id=OMcGAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA278&lpg=PA278&dq=Rhode+Island+Soldiers'+Home&source=bl&ots=JH6He0Zofu&sig=UqZ_E4tDsHPzLanYBHUg7TZ9P4U&hl=en&ei=utNUS-jwHoiWtgefs4yoCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CBQQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Rhode%20Island%20Soldiers'%20Home&f=false (Retrieved 18 January 2010).
^ South Carolina Department of Archives and History, "Confederate Home and Infirmary Applications" in Research at the Archives at http://archives.sc.gov/CmsPortal/AgencyPostingTemplate.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID= (Retrieved 16 December 2009).
^ United States, National Archives, "Sample Case Files of Members, Battle Mountain Sanitarium, 1907–1934" in Selected Military Personnel Records in ARC at www.archives.gov/research/arc/topics/personnel-files (Retrieved 16 December 2009).
^ Hikenutty, "State Soldiers' Home – Hot Springs, South Dakota" at http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM22V2_State_Soldiers_Home_Hot_Springs_South_Dakota (Retrieved 18 January 2010).
^ "Confederate Soldiers' Home and Cemetery" in The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture at http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=C133 (Retrieved 16 December 2009).
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^ "Confederate Woman's Home" in The Handbook of Texas Online at http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ync06 (Retrieved 16 December 2009).
^ "A Brief History of the Soldiers' Home of Vermont" in Vermont Veterans' Home at http://vvh.vermont.gov/About+Our+Home/History (Retrieved 18 January 2010).
^ Library of Virginia, "About the Robert E. Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers' Home" in Library of Virginia at http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/opac/campabout.htm (Retrieved 16 December 2009).
^ Washington State Dept. of Veterans Affairs, "WA Veterans Home" at http://www.dva.wa.gov/soldiers_home.html (Retrieved 16 December 2009).
^ Washington State Dept. of Veterans Affairs, "Washington Veterans Home" at http://www.dva.wa.gov/veterans_home_retsil.html (Retrieved 16 December 2009).
^ Ancestry.com: "Grand Army Home, King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin" . retrieved 18 January 2010.
^ National Trust for Historic Preservation: Milwaukee VA Soldiers Home
^ National Trust for Historic Preservation: National Soldiers Home Historic District, NTHP List of 11 Most Endangered Historic Places (2015).
^ National Park Service: Veterans Affairs National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, Milwaukee, NPS Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary.
^ Savethesoldiershome.com: About the Milwaukee Soldiers Home
^ Grace Raymond Hebard, Government of Wyoming: The History, Constitution, and Administration of Affairs, 8th ed. (San Francisco, Calif.: C.F. Weber, 1919; Digitized by Google Books), page 265 footnote (a).
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This article is about the C.S. state of Texas between 1861 and 1865. For the ships, see CSS Texas. For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation).
Nickname(s): "The Lone Star State" 28th state of the United States of America*
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Texas declared its secession from the Union on February 1, 1861, and joined the Confederate States on March 2, 1861, after it replaced its governor, Sam Houston, when he refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy. As with those of other States, the Declaration was not recognized by the United States government at Washington. Some Texan military units fought in the Civil War east of the Mississippi River, but Texas was most useful for supplying soldiers and horses for Confederate forces. Texas' supply role lasted until mid-1863, after which time Union gunboats controlled the Mississippi River, making large transfers of men, horses or cattle impossible. Some cotton was sold in Mexico, but most of the crop became useless because of the Union naval blockade of Galveston, Houston, and other ports.
1 Secession
1.1 Secession convention and the Confederacy
1.2 Seizure of federal property and arms
2 Unionist sentiment and opposition to the Confederacy
2.1 Sam Houston
4 Battles in Texas
5 Texas occupation
6 Collapse of Confederate authority in Texas
7 Restoration to the Union
8 Notable Civil War leaders from Texas
8.1 Notable Civil War leaders (Confederacy) from Texas
8.2 Notable Civil War leaders (Union) from Texas
Secession[edit]
In the early winter of 1860, Texan counties sent delegates to a special convention to debate the merits of secession. The convention adopted an "Ordinance of Secession" by a vote of 166 to 8, which was ratified by a popular referendum on February 23.[1][2]
Separately from the Ordinance of Secession, which was considered a legal document, Texas also issued a declaration of causes spelling out the rationale for declaring secession.[3] The document specifies several reasons for secession, including its solidarity with its "sister slave-holding States," the U.S. government's inability to prevent Indian attacks, slave-stealing raids, and other border-crossing acts of banditry. It accuses northern politicians and abolitionists of committing a variety of outrages upon Texans. The bulk of the document offers justifications for slavery saying that remaining a part of the United States would jeopardize the security of the two. The declaration includes this extract praising slavery, in which the Union itself is referred to as the "confederacy":
We hold as undeniable truths that the governments of the various States, and of the confederacy itself, were established exclusively by the white race, for themselves and their posterity; that the African race had no agency in their establishment; that they were rightfully held and regarded as an inferior and dependent race, and in that condition only could their existence in this country be rendered beneficial or tolerable.
— Texas Secession Convention, A Declaration of the Causes which Impel the State of Texas to Secede from the Federal Union, (February 1861).[3]
At this time, African Americans comprised around 30 percent of the state's population, and they were overwhelmingly enslaved.[4] According to one Texan, keeping them enslaved was the primary goal of the state in joining the Confederacy:
Independence without slavery, would be valueless... The South without slavery would not be worth a mess of pottage.
— Caleb Cutwell, letter to the Galveston Tri-Weekly, (February 22, 1865).[5]
Secession convention and the Confederacy[edit]
Following the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, public opinion in the cotton states of the Lower South (South Carolina through Texas) swung in favor of secession. By February 1861, the other six states of the sub-region had separately passed ordinances of secession. However, events in Texas were delayed, largely due to the resistance of Southern Unionist governor, Sam Houston. Unlike the other "cotton states"' chief executives, who took the initiative in secessionist efforts, Houston refused to call the Texas Legislature into special session to consider the question, relenting only when it became apparent citizens were prepared to act without him.
In early December 1860, before South Carolina even seceded, a group of State officials published via newspaper a call for a statewide election of convention delegates on January 8, 1861. This election was highly irregular, even for the standards of the day. It often relied on voice vote at public meetings, although "viva voce" (voice) voting for popular elections had been used since at least March 1846, less than three months after statehood.[6] Unionists were often discouraged from attending or chose not to participate. This resulted in lopsided representation of secessionists delegates.[1]
The election call had stipulated for the delegates to assemble in convention on January 28. Houston called the Legislature into session, hoping that the elected body would declare the unauthorized convention illegal.[1] Though he expressed reservations about the election of Abraham Lincoln, he urged the State of Texas to reject secession, citing the horrors of war and a probable defeat of the South. The convention removed Houston from the governorship, then promoted the Lieutenant Governor, Edward Clark.[7] However, the Texas Legislature voted the delegates' expense money and supplies and—over Houston's veto—made a pledge to uphold the legality of the Convention's actions. The only stipulation was that the people of Texas have the final say in referendum.[citation needed]
With gubernatorial forces routed, the Secession Convention convened on January 28 and, in the first order of business, voted to back the legislature 140–28 in that an ordinance of secession, if adopted, be submitted for statewide consideration. The following day, convention president Oran Roberts introduced a resolution suggesting Texas leave the Union. The ordinance was read on the floor the next day, citing the failures of the federal government to protect the lives and property of Texas citizens and accusing the Northern states of using the same as a weapon to "strike down the interests and prosperity"[2] of the Southern people.
After the grievances were listed, the ordinance repealed the one of July 4, 1845, in which Texas approved annexation by the United States and the Constitution of the United States, and revoked all powers of, obligations to, and allegiance to, the U.S. federal government and the U.S. Constitution.[2]
In the interests of historical significance and posterity, the ordinance was written to take effect on March 2, the date of Texas Declaration of Independence (and, coincidentally, Houston's birthday).
On February 1, members of the Legislature, and a huge crowd of private citizens, packed the House galleries and balcony to watch the final vote on the question of secession. Seventy "yea" votes were recorded before there was a single "nay." One of the negative votes is enshrined in Texas history books. James Webb Throckmorton, from Collin County in North Texas, in response to the roar of hisses and boos and catcalls which greeted his decision, retorted, "When the rabble hiss, well may patriots tremble." Appreciating his style, the crowd afforded him a grudging round of applause (like many Texans who initially opposed secession, Throckmorton accepted the result and served his state, rising to the rank of brigadier-general in the Confederate army).[8]
The final tally for secession was 166–7, a vote whose legality was upheld by the Texas Legislature on February 7[citation needed]. Other than in South Carolina, where the vote was unanimous, this was the highest percentage of any other state of the Lower South. On February 7, the Legislature ordered a referendum to be held on the ordinance under the direction of the convention.[9] The decision was further affirmed on February 23 when a statewide referendum resulted in Texas voters approving the measure, 46,129 to 14,697.
The last order of business was to appoint a delegation to represent Texas in Montgomery, Alabama, where their counterparts from the other six seceding states were meeting to form a new Confederacy. On March 4, the convention assembled again to formally declare Texas out of the Union and to approve the "Constitution of the Confederate States of America", which had been drawn up by its "Provisional Congress" (as it turned out, Texas had already been admitted into the fold on March 1).
In March, George Williamson, the Louisianan state commissioner, addressed the Texan secession convention, where he called upon Texas and the slave states of the U.S. to declare secession from the Union in order to continue the institution of slavery:
With the social balance wheel of slavery to regulate its machinery, we may fondly indulge the hope that our Southern government will be perpetual... Louisiana looks to the formation of a Southern confederacy to preserve the blessings of African slavery...
— George Williamson, speech to the Texan secession convention, (March 1861).[10]
Governor Sam Houston accepted secession but asserted that the Convention had no power to link the state with the new Southern Confederacy. Instead, he urged that Texas revert to its former status as an independent republic and stay neutral. Houston took his seat on March 16, the date state officials were scheduled to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy. He remained silent as his name was called out three times and, after failing to respond, the office of governor was declared vacant and Houston was deposed from office.
Seizure of federal property and arms[edit]
After Texas passed its Ordinance of Secession, the state government appointed four men as "Commissioners of Public Safety" to negotiate with the federal government for the safe transfer of military installations and bases in Texas to the Confederates. Along with land baron Samuel A. Maverick and Thomas J. Devine, Dr. Philip N. Luckett met with U.S. Army General David E. Twiggs on February 8, 1861, to arrange the surrender of the federal property in San Antonio, including the military stores being housed in the old Alamo mission.
As a result of the negotiations, Twiggs delivered his entire command and its associated Army property (10,000 rifled muskets) to the Confederacy, an act that brought cries of treason from Unionists throughout the state.[11] Almost immediately, Twiggs was dismissed from the U.S. Army by President Buchanan for "treachery to the flag of his country." Shortly afterwards, he accepted a commission as general in the Confederate Army but was so upset by being branded a traitor that he wrote a letter to Buchanan stating the intention to call upon him for a "personal interview" (then a common euphemism to fight a duel).[12] Future Confederate general Robert E. Lee, then still a colonel in the U.S. Army, was in San Antonio at the time and when he heard the news of the surrender to Texas authorities, responded, "Has it come so soon as this?"[13]
Unionist sentiment and opposition to the Confederacy[edit]
Despite the prevailing view of the vast majority of the state's politicians and the delegates to the Secession Convention, there were a significant number of Texans who opposed secession. The referendum on the issue indicated that some 25% favored remaining in the Union at the time the question was originally considered.
The largest concentration of anti-secession sentiment was among the German Texan population in the Texas Hill Country, and in some of the counties of North Texas. In the latter region, most of the residents were originally from states of the Upper South. Some of the leaders initially opposed to secession accepted the Confederate cause once the matter was decided, some withdrew from public life, others left the state, and a few even joined the Union army.[14] Confederate conscription laws forced most men of military age into the Confederate army, regardless of their sentiment. However, at least 2000 Texans joined the Union ranks.[15]
Many Unionists were executed.[14][16] Conscription into the Confederate Army was unacceptable to many Unionists and some attempted to flee from Texas. Capt. James Duff, Confederate provost marshal for the Hill Country, executed two Unionists, prompting flight.[17] In August 1862, Confederate soldiers under Lt. Colin D. McRae tracked down a band of German Texans headed out of state and attacked their camp in a bend of the Nueces River. After a pitched battle that resulted in the deaths of two Confederates and the wounding of McRae and eighteen of his men, the Unionists were routed. Approximately 19 Unionists were killed in the fighting.[18] After the battle 9 to 11 of the wounded Unionists were murdered with shots to the head in what became known as the Nueces massacre. Another nine Unionists were pursued and executed in the following weeks.[19] Future Republican congressman Edward Degener was the father of two men who were murdered in the massacre.[20] The German population around Austin County, led by Paul Machemehl, was successful in reaching Mexico.
In October 1862, approximately 150 settlers in and around Cooke County on the Red River were arrested by the 11th Texas Cavalry led by Colonel William C. Young on the orders of Colonel James Bourland, Confederate Provost Marshal for northern Texas. A court was convened in Gainesville to try them for allegedly plotting to seize the arsenals at Sherman and Gainesville and to kill their Confederate neighbors, seize their property, and to cooperate with Union army forces poised to invade northern Texas from Arkansas and/or Indian Territory. Several of the settlers were hanged in what is now downtown Gainesville during the first week of October. Nineteen additional men were found guilty and hanged before the end of the month. A total of about forty Unionists were hanged in Gainesville, two were shot while trying to escape, and two more were hanged elsewhere after being turned over to a military tribunal. Under the primitive conditions on the Texas frontier during the Civil War, evidence against the accused was questionable, and the legal proceedings were highly imperfect. A granite monument in a small park marks the spot where the hangings took place.[16]
The Confederacy's conscription act proved controversial, not only in Texas but all across the South. Despite the referendum result, some opponents argued that the war was being fought by poor people on behalf of a few wealthy slave owners. The Act exempted from the draft men who owned fifteen or more slaves.[21] Draft resistance was widespread especially among Texans of German or Mexican descent; many of the latter went to Mexico. Potential draftees went into hiding, Confederate officials hunted them down, and many were shot or captured and forced into the army.[22]
Sam Houston[edit]
Sam Houston was the premier Southern Unionist in Texas. While he argued for slave property rights and deplored the election of the Lincoln Administration, he considered secession unconstitutional and thought secession at that moment in time was a "rash action" that was certain to lead to a conflict favoring the industrial and populated North. He predicted: "Let me tell you what is coming. After the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives, you may win Southern independence if God be not against you, but I doubt it. I tell you that, while I believe with you in the doctrine of states rights, the North is determined to preserve this Union. They are not a fiery, impulsive people as you are, for they live in colder climates. But when they begin to move in a given direction, they move with the steady momentum and perseverance of a mighty avalanche; and what I fear is, they will overwhelm the South."[23][24]
Houston rejected the actions of the Texas Secession Convention, believing it had overstepped its authority in becoming a member state of the newly formed Confederacy. He refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy and was deposed from office. In a speech he wrote, but did not deliver, he said:
Fellow-Citizens, in the name of your rights and liberties, which I believe have been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath. In the name of the nationality of Texas, which has been betrayed by the Convention, I refuse to take this oath. In the name of the Constitution of Texas, I refuse to take this oath. In the name of my own conscience and manhood, which this Convention would degrade by dragging me before it, to pander to the malice of my enemies, I refuse to take this oath. I deny the power of this Convention to speak for Texas....I protest....against all the acts and doings of this convention and I declare them null and void.[24]
After his ouster from the governor's office, Houston maintained a low public profile until his death in July 1863. Before he died, Houston wrote a friend: "There comes a time a man's section is his country...I stand with mine. I was a conservative citizen of the United States...I am now a conservative citizen of the Southern Confederacy."[25]
Over 70,000 Texans served in the Confederate army and Texas regiments fought in every major battle throughout the war. Some men were veterans of the Mexican–American War; a few had served in the earlier Texas Revolution. The state furnished the Confederacy with 45 regiments of cavalry, 23 regiments of infantry, 12 battalions of cavalry, 4 battalions of infantry, 5 regiments of heavy artillery, and 30 batteries of light artillery. The state maintained at its own expense some additional troops that were for home defense. These included 5 regiments and 4 battalions of cavalry, and 4 regiments and one battalion of infantry. In 1862 the Confederate Congress in Richmond, Virginia, passed a conscription law that ordered all men from 18 to 45 years of age to be placed into military service except ministers, state, city, county officers, and certain slave owners; all persons holding 20 slaves or more were exempt from Confederate conscription under the "Twenty Negro Law".[26]
When the first companies of Texas soldiers reached Richmond, Virginia, Confederate President Jefferson Davis greeted them with the words: "Texans! The troops of other states have their reputations to gain, but the sons of the defenders of the Alamo have theirs to maintain. I am assured that you will be faithful to the trust."[27]
"The Texas Brigade" (also known as "Hood's Brigade") was a unit composed of the 1st, 4th and 5th Texas infantry regiments augmented at times by the 18th Georgia Infantry and Hampton's (South Carolina) Legion until they were permanently teamed with the 3rd Arkansas Infantry. Often serving as "shock troops" of General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, the Texas Brigade was "always favorites" of General Lee and on more than one occasion Lee praised their fighting qualities, remarking that none had brought greater honor to their native state than "my Texans." Hood's men suffered severe casualties in a number of fights, most notably at the Battle of Antietam, where they faced off with Wisconsin's Iron Brigade, and at Gettysburg, where they assaulted Houck's Ridge and then Little Round Top.
"Walker's Greyhound Division" was a division composed of four brigades with Texan units; the only division in the Confederate States Army that maintained its single-state composition throughout the War. Formed in 1862 under command of Major General John George Walker it fought in the Western Theater and the Trans-Mississippi Department, and was considered an elite backbone of the army. Detached from the division in 1863, the 4th brigade fought at the Battle of Arkansas Post, where it became isolated and was forced to surrender. A new fourth brigade was added the division in 1865.
Among the most famous mounted units were Terry's Texas Rangers, a militia of former rangers and frontiersmen, many of whom later became peacekeepers in the Old West; and the 33rd Texas Cavalry Regiment of Colonel Santos Benavides, which guarded the Confederate cotton trade lines from Texas into northern Mexico.
Over 2,000 Texas men joined the Union Army. Notable among them was future Texas governor Edmund J. Davis who initially commanded the Union Army's 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment and rose to the rank of brigadier general.
Texas's relatively large German population around Austin County led by Paul Machemehl tried to remain neutral in the War but eventually left Confederate Texas for Mexico. East Texas gave the most support to secession, and the only East Texas counties in which significant numbers of people opposed secession were Angelina County, Fannin County, and Lamar County, although these counties supplied many men to Texas regiments, including the 9th Texas Infantry Regiment; the 1st Partisan Rangers; 3rd, 4th, 9th, 27th, and 29th Texas Cavalry; and the 9th Texas Field Battery.
In 1862, Abraham Lincoln named a former United States Congressman, Andrew J. Hamilton, as the Military Governor of Texas. Hamilton held the title throughout the War. During the early stages of Reconstruction Hamilton was named as the first provisional civilian governor. For a time thereafter, active-duty U.S. Army officers served as military governors of Texas.
Years into the war, one Confederate soldier from Texas gave his reasons for fighting for the Confederacy, stating that "we are fighting for our property", whereas Union soldiers were fighting for the "flimsy and abstract idea that a negro is equal to an Anglo".[28]
Battles in Texas[edit]
Operations to Blockade the Texas Coast
First Battle of Sabine Pass
Battle of Corpus Christi
Battle of Galveston Harbor
Battle of Galveston
Action off Galveston Light
Second Battle of Sabine Pass
Operations Against Galveston
Expedition from Brazos Santiago
Palmito Ranch
Texas did not experience many significant battles. However, the Union mounted several attempts to capture the "Trans-Mississippi" regions of Texas and Louisiana from 1862 until the war's end. With ports to the east captured or under blockade, Texas in particular became a blockade-running haven. Referred to as the "backdoor" of the Confederacy, Texas and western Louisiana continued to provide loads of harvested cotton that were transported overland to the Mexican border town of Matamoros, Tamaulipas and shipped to Europe in exchange for supplies. Determined to shut off this trade, the Union mounted several attacks, each of them unsuccessful.
Texas occupation[edit]
The Union Navy blockaded the principal seaport, Galveston, for four years, and federal troops occupied the city for three months in late 1862. Confederate troops under Gen. John B. Magruder recaptured the city on January 1, 1863 and it remained in Confederate hands until the end of the war. A few days later the Confederate raider CSS Alabama attacked and sank the USS Hatteras in a naval engagement off the coast of Galveston.
A few other cities also fell to Union troops at times during the war, including Port Lavaca, Indianola, and Brownsville. Federal attempts to seize control of Laredo, Corpus Christi, and Sabine Pass failed. By the end of the war no territory but Brazos Island and El Paso was in Union hands. The California Column occupied the region around El Paso from 1862 to the end of the war.
The most notable military battle in Texas during the war happened on September 8, 1863. At the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small garrison of 46 Confederates from the mostly-Irish Davis Guards under Lt. Richard W. Dowling, 1st Texas Heavy Artillery, defeated a much larger Union force from New Orleans under Gen. William B. Franklin. Skilled gunnery by Dowling's troops disabled the lead ships in Franklin's flotilla, prompting the remainder—4,000 men on 27 ships—to retreat back to New Orleans. This victory against such overwhelming odds resulted in the Confederate Congress passing a special resolution of recognition, and the only contemporary military decoration of the South, the Davis Guard Medal.[29] CSA President Jefferson Davis stated, "Sabine Pass will stand, perhaps for all time, as the greatest military victory in the history of the world."
In 1864, many Texas forces, including a division under Camille de Polignac, a French prince and Confederate general, moved into Northwestern Louisiana to stall Union Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign, which was intended to advance into Texas from its eastern border. Confederate forces halted the expedition at the Battle of Mansfield, just east of the Texas border.
Union forces from Brazos Island launched the Brazos Santiago Expedition, leading to the last battle of the Civil War, the Battle of Palmito Ranch, fought in Texas on May 12, 1865, well after Robert E. Lee's surrender on April 9, 1865, at Old Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
Collapse of Confederate authority in Texas[edit]
In the spring of 1865, Texas contained over 60,000 soldiers of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi under General Edmund Kirby Smith. As garrison troops far removed from the main theaters of the war, morale had deteriorated to the point of frequent desertion and thievery. News of the surrender of Lee and other Confederate generals east of the Mississippi finally reached Texas around April 20. Local Confederate authorities had mixed opinions on their future course of action. Most senior military leaders vowed to press on with the war, including commanding general Kirby Smith. Many soldiers, however, greeted frequent speeches whose theme was "fight on, boys" with derision, or simply failed to attend them.
The month of May brought increasing rates of desertion. News of Joseph E. Johnston's and Richard Taylor's surrenders confirmed that Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas were now essentially alone to continue the Confederate cause. On May 14, troops in Galveston briefly mutinied, but were persuaded to remain under arms. However, morale continued to sink. Generals John B. Magruder and Kirby Smith (who had already corresponded with Union Maj. Gen. John Pope regarding surrender terms on May 9) no longer sought to rally their demoralized troops, but rather began discussing the distribution of Confederate government property. Magruder pleaded that the rapid disbanding of the army would prevent depredations by disgruntled soldiers against the civilian population.
The haste to disband the army, combined with the pressing need to protect Confederate property from Union confiscation, created general mayhem. Soldiers began openly pillaging the Galveston quartermasters stores on May 21. Over the next few days, a mob demanded that a government warehouse be opened to them, and soldiers detained and plundered a train. Several hundred civilians sacked the blockade runner Lark when it docked on May 24, and troops sent to pacify the crowd soon joined in the plunder. On May 23, residents in Houston sacked the ordnance building and the clothing bureau. Riots continued in the city until May 26. Both government and private stores were raided extensively in Tyler, Marshall, Huntsville, Gonzales, Hempstead, La Grange, and Brownsville. In Navasota, a powder explosion cost eight lives and flattened twenty buildings. In Austin, the State Treasury was raided and $17,000 in gold was stolen. By May 27, half of the original Confederate forces in Texas had deserted or been disbanded, and formal order had disappeared into lawlessness in many areas of Texas.
The formal remnants of Kirby Smith's army had finally disintegrated by the end of May. Upon his arrival in Houston from Shreveport, the general called a court of inquiry to investigate the "causes and manner of the disbandment of the troops in the District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona." The May 30 findings laid the blame primarily on the civilian population. Kirby Smith addressed his few remaining soldiers and condemned those that had fled for not struggling to the last and leaving him "a commander without an army– a General without troops." On June 2, he formally surrendered what was left of the Army of the "Trans-Mississippi".
Restoration to the Union[edit]
Federal troops did not arrive in Texas to restore order until June 19, 1865, when Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger and 2,000 Union soldiers arrived on Galveston Island to take possession of the state and enforce the new freedoms of former slaves. The Texas holiday Juneteenth commemorates this date. The Stars and Stripes were not raised over Austin until June 25.[30]
President Andrew Johnson appointed Union General Andrew J. Hamilton, a prominent politician before the war, as the provisional governor on June 17. He granted amnesty to ex-Confederates if they promised to support the Union in the future, appointing some to office. On March 30, 1870, the United States Congress permitted Texas' representatives to take their seat in Congress,[31] although Texas did not meet all the formal requirements for readmission.
Notable Civil War leaders from Texas[edit]
A number of notable leaders were associated with Texas during the Civil War. John Bell Hood gained fame as the commander of the Texas Brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia and played a prominent role as an army commander late in the war. "Sul" Ross was a significant leader in a number of "Trans-Mississippi" Confederate armies. Felix Huston Robertson was the only native Texan Confederate general. Capt. TJ Goree was one of Lt. General James Longstreet's most trusted aides. John H. Reagan was an influential member of Jefferson Davis's cabinet. Col. Santos Benavides was a Confederate colonel during the American Civil War. Benavides was the highest-ranking Tejano soldier to serve in the Confederate military.
The office of Governor of Texas was in flux throughout the war, with several men in power at various times. Sam Houston was governor when Texas seceded from the United States, but refused to declare any loyalty to the new Confederacy. He was replaced by Lieutenant Governor Edward Clark. Clark filled the rest of Houston's term in 1861, and narrowly lost re-election by just 124 votes to Francis Lubbock. During his tenure, Lubbock supported Confederate conscription, working to draft all able-bodied men, including resident aliens, into the Confederate army. When Lubbock's term ended in 1863, he joined the military. Ardent secessionist Pendleton Murrah replaced him in office. Even after Robert E. Lee surrendered in 1865, Murrah encouraged Texans to continue the revolution, and he and several supporters fled to Mexico.
Notable Civil War leaders (Confederacy) from Texas[edit]
John Henninger Reagan
Lt. Gen.
John Bell Hood
Lawrence Sullivan Ross
John A. Wharton
Hiram B. Granbury
Jerome B. Robertson
Felix Huston Robertson
Benjamin McCulloch
Henry E. McCulloch
Lt. Col.
Santos Benavides
Notable Civil War leaders (Union) from Texas[edit]
Sam Houston (Union)
Andrew J. Hamilton
Edmund J. Davis
Although one of the original members of the Confederate States of America, much of Texas was not settled until after the Civil War. However, Confederate Heroes Day is an official state holiday, and the month of April is recognized by the Texas Senate as Confederate History Month.[32] Although not an official holiday, April 26 is, among Southern historical organizations within the state, often observed as "Confederate Memorial Day." On the south lawn of the state capital in Austin is a Confederate monument, and several other memorials to individual Texas Confederate military units are nearby. In addition, most Texas county courthouse grounds feature a Confederate memorial.[33] Texas' largest city, Houston, features a monument to the Confederacy at its oldest city park, Sam Houston Park, titled "Spirit of the Confederacy." It was sculpted in bronze by Louis Amateis in 1908.[34]
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Philadelphia Eagles coach Doug Pederson has voided a guarantee of a win vs. the Dallas Cowboys. He says he was just showing confidence in his team.
Philadelphia Eagles coach Doug Pederson voids his guarantee of a win vs. Dallas Cowboys Philadelphia Eagles coach Doug Pederson has voided a guarantee of a win vs. the Dallas Cowboys. He says he was just showing confidence in his team. Check out this story on yorkdispatch.com: https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/sports/nfl/2019/10/14/philadelphia-head-coach-doug-pederson-says-eagles-beat-cowboys/3977630002/
LES BOWEN, The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS) Published 3:00 p.m. ET Oct. 14, 2019 | Updated 4:50 p.m. ET Oct. 14, 2019
Philadelphia Eagles head coach Doug Pederson, seen here in a file photo, says his team will beat the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday to take over sole possession first place in the NFC East. (Photo: Ron Schwane, AP)
That wasn’t a guarantee Monday morning, Doug Pederson said, but an expression of confidence in his team to bounce back from Sunday’s embarrassing 38-20 loss at Minnesota.
In his noon news conference, Pederson tried to give context to his words from his weekly morning radio appearance on 94WIP, during which the Eagles coach said: “We’re going down to Dallas and our guys are gonna be ready to play. We’re gonna win that football game and when we do, we’re in first place in the NFC East.”
This was interpreted widely as Pederson guaranteeing a victory this coming Sunday night, in a showdown between two rivals that entered the season viewed as top NFC contenders and are both now 3-3.
“I also said that on the outside, people really think the sky is falling and everything is just crumbling,” Pederson said later. “We’re tied for first place in the NFC East. We have a great opportunity against a great football team on Sunday night to attempt to win a football game. … You put the tape on this morning and you watch it, and we’re just missing on a couple little detail things. … There’s enough good, positive that came out of this game, from that standpoint, to continue to get better.”
Pederson said the Cowboys, who started 3-0 but lost their third in a row Sunday at the Jets, are “reeling like we are. They’re going to come out and play hard. They always have; they beat us twice last year. We’ve got a lot of things stacked against us going down there.
“But as the head football coach, I’m going to stand here and show confidence in our football team, because that’s what I have.”
Asked specifically if he felt he had guaranteed a victory, Pederson said: “Never said that. I never said ‘guarantee a win.’ I’d never do that.”
Pressed for further explanation of why he said “we’re gonna win that football game,” Pederson said: “I’m not going to stand up here, or go on record as saying, ‘We’re going to go down there and try to win a game.’ … It just doesn’t show confidence. I want to show confidence in our players.”
Pederson said Jalen Mills, eligible to return this week from the physically-unable-to-perform list, will practice Wednesday and the team will go from there, with a cornerback who hasn’t played since suffering a foot injury last Oct. 28. He said corner Ronald Darby also will see some practice work, as Darby attempts to return from a quadriceps injury.
Pederson said wide receiver DeSean Jackson will not practice Wednesday but will continue to run and work toward returning from his abdominal injury.
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