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Measured and Simulated Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Ryegrass- and Ryegrass/White Clover-Based Grasslands in a Moist Temperate Climate
Dejun Li, Gary Lanigan & James Humphreys
http://www.mendeley.com/research/measured-simulated-nitrous-oxide-emissions-ryegrass-ryegrasswhite-cloverbased-grasslands-moist-tempe
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Ballard Pritchett, M.B.A. '92
Supporting Sudan's rebirth
April 01, 2011 | Mar - Apr 2011 issue
From South Africa to Iraq to Tunisia, the birth of a new government is fraught with false starts, fresh bursts of violence, and seemingly insurmountable structural challenges. Sudan has endured decades of conflict, and the resulting toll on its people and its economic infrastructure has been devastating. South Sudan voted this January to secede from North Sudan—an outgrowth of a 2005 peace agreement to end decades of war between the Arab-dominated northern government and the rebel forces from the mostly Christian southern region—and there is hope that the northern African country can change its fortunes for the better.
Ballard Pritchett is among those who claim equal parts optimism and clear-eyed realism about what the secession might bring. Through the Leadership Institute of New Sudan (LIONS), a nonprofit organization with offices in the U.S. and Sudan, Pritchett and others are helping to train South Sudanese men and women—those who have stayed throughout the civil war and expatriates who long to return—to lead the world’s newest emerging democracy.
Pritchett says he is encouraged by the nearly unanimous vote in January and by the country’s rich resources, which, if managed properly, can bring sorely needed investments in education and job creation. But the leadership of South Sudan president Salva Kiir is what makes Pritchett hopeful. He calls Kiir “a generous man of faith and peace who has a deep commitment to his people. He has resisted every call to retaliation. He is a powerful, ethical leader, and I will always place my bet on ethical leadership,” he says.
Yet Pritchett knows that the obstacles to peace and prosperity are many. North Sudan leader Omar al-Bashir, charged last year by the International Criminal Court in The Hague with crimes against humanity (most notably in the country’s western Darfur region), is an unpredictable figure who doesn’t share Kiir’s record for seeking reconciliation. Because of the disruptions caused by war, many of the country’s people are poorly educated. In some villages, he says, the illiteracy rate can be as high as 85 percent, particularly among women. And with expatriates poised to go back to the country they left as long as a decade ago, there’s bound to be friction.
“By and large those who stayed behind carried guns and fought in the bush and didn’t have the opportunity for education, and they now feel rightly entitled to desk jobs,” he says. “At the same time, the people who have competencies to actually run a sewer system or maintain a well or teach a class or pave roads have been slow to be welcomed back. But that’s beginning to change.”
On the ground: Pritchett in Juba, South Sudan, in 2010.
Anita Sanborn
Founded in early 2008 by Mangar Gordon Amerdid, a Sudanese who came to the U.S. in 1999, LIONS offers a three-week, three-part curriculum for Sudanese people interested in helping rebuild their country. Pritchett, who is president of the consulting firm MarketLeadership, was hired to develop the leadership component; the other subjects are democracy and economic development.
The inaugural LIONS Leadership Training Institute was held in 2009 at the University of Denver’s Korbel School of International Studies. The second, held this past November, took place in the South Sudan capital of Juba. Sudanese participants met six days a week with daytime classes augmented by evening presentations on important issues, practical applications, and cultural awareness. The final celebration attracted local dignitaries, members of various non-governmental organizations, and families and friends.
During the trip, Pritchett recalls, he stood on the banks of the Nile and reflected on the historic importance of the moment. “Ultimately, we are all from Africa,” he says. “So to be standing there, reunited with those who live there now, at a time of rebirth for the country, was inspirational. It felt like riding a wave, something bigger than all of us that was carrying us along.”
—Bridget Booher
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Unfortunately the law firm is no longer accepting this case.
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History of Levaquin Lawsuits
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Sous-fonds, 261 résultats 261
Série organique, 153 résultats 153
Sous-série, 86 résultats 86
Archive Group, 16 résultats 16
Collection, 14 résultats 14
Affichage de 14796 résultats
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Agreement between the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland and UNESCO to support the activities of the International Programme for the Development of Communication, IPDC
Funds-in -Trust project agreement between UNESCO and the government of Ireland
In annex : Project proposal "Our rights, our Lives, our Future. Making positive sexual and repoductive health and education outcomes a reality for adolescents and young people in Sub-Saharan Africa"
Memorandum of Understanding the Intergovernmental oceanographic commission of the UNESCO and the ministry of oceans and fisheries of the Republica of Korea - Cooperation on the United Nations decade of ocean science for sustainable development (2021-2030) and the global ocean science report
FR PUNES AG 8-LEG-A-1172-83
Specific agreement between UNESCO and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs - financial support to results areas in UNESCO's Programme and Budget
Annex included :The results framework
Agreement between the UNESCO and the Government of Ukraine - Creation of the Junior Academy of Sciences
Full title: Agreement between the UNESCO and the Government of Ukraine About Creation on the basis of "Junior Academy of Sciences" in Kiev, Ukraine, as a Category 2 Center under the Auspices of Unesco
Memorandum of Understanding between the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and UNESCO concerning the Programme for Heritage Emergency Preparedness and Response
Annexes included :1/Financial regulations of the Heritage Emergency Fund2/Programme3/Terms of Reference of the Donors
Agreement between UNESCO and the Baku state University concerning the establishment of a UNESCO chair on Human rights and Information law
Memorandum of understanding between Unesco and Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Avenant à l'accord cadre de coopération entre l'UNESCO et le gouvernement de son altesse sérénissime le prince de Monaco
FR PUNES AG 8-LEG-A-1196--3
Accord-cadre de coopération entre l'UNESCO et le Gouvernement de Son Altesse Sérénissime le Prince de Monaco
Uzbekistan - Instrument of Ratification - Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
FR PUNES AG 8-LEG-A-896-184
Aghanistan - Instrument of acceptance - Convention against Discrimination in Education
Protocol to the Agreement between UNESCO and the Russian Federation concerning the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE)
Memorandum of understanding between Unesco and ministry of education of the People's Republic of China - The great wall co-sponsored fellowships programme
Basic Texts of the 1972 World Heritage Convention
FR PUNES AG 7-WHC/PUB
Fait partie de UNESCO Publications
FR PUNES AG 7-WHC/PUB-2016-04
World Heritage Convention
USA Withdrawal 1984
Fait partie de Publications, documents and records on UNESCO
Relations with United States
FR PUNES AG 14-1-2
Collection of research on UNESCO
FR PUNES AG 14-1
Collection consists of relevant research on the Organization (dissertations, papers, articles etc.), mostly done by scholars who used the archives for their research work. Researchers are asked to send a copy of their work back to the Archives wh...
FR PUNES AG 8-LEG
In the course of its activities, UNESCO enters into legal agreements with member states, international and regional organizations, non-governmental organizations, universities, foundations, private companies and individuals. UNESCO’s General Confe...
Ireland - Instruments of Ratification and Accession - Convention and Second (2nd) Protocol for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
Ireland - Instruments of Ratification and Accession - Second (2nd) Protocol for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
FR PUNES AG 8-LEG-A-114-349-2
Ireland - Instruments of Ratification and Accession - Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
Monaco - Instrument of Ratification - Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property
Portugal - Instrument of Accession - Second Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
FR PUNES AG 8-LEG-A-114-B-163
Sweden - Instrument of Ratification - Second Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
United Arab Emirates - Instrument of Accession - Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property
Togolese Republic - Instrument of Ratification - Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property
Palestine - Instrument of Accession - Convention against Discrimination in Education
Turkey - Instrument of Accession - Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
Includes Reservations and Declarations to the Convention.
Republic of Cabo Verde - Instrument of Ratification - Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage
Bolivia - Instrument of Ratification - Convention against Discrimination in Education
Mali - Instrument of Accession - Agreement and Protocol on the importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials
FR PUNES AG 8-LEG-A-1-53
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia - Instrument of Ratification - Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property
Palestine - Instrument of Accession - Convention against Doping in Sport
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste - Instrument of Accession - Convention against Doping in Sport
United Republic of Tanzania - Instrument of Ratification - Convention against Doping in Sport
Republic of Kiribati - Instrument of Ratification - Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
Republic of Suriname - Instrument of Ratification - Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
Kuwait - Instrument of Accession - Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
Includes original and copy of Instrument, plus its translation from Arabic to English.
Republic of Djibouti - Instrument of Ratification - Convention, 1954 Protocol and 1999 (2nd) Protocol for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
Includes copy of cover letter; and original and copy of Instrument of Ratification for the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its two Protocols.
Turkmenistan - Instrument of Accession - Convention, 1954 Protocol and 1999 (2nd) Protocol for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
File includes cover letter and Instruments of Accession for the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, the 1954 Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Co...
Afghanistan - Instrument of Accession - First and Second Protocols to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (1954 + 1999 Protocols)
Afghanistan - Instrument of Accession - Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (The Hague, 1954)
Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Instrument of Accession - Convention, Protocol and Amendment on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar)
Includes maps of wetland area in Korean and English.
Royaume de Belgique - Instrument d'adhésion - Protocole sur les privilèges et immunités de l'Organisation européene pour la recherche nucléaire
FR PUNES AG 8-LEG-A-19-A/29
Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between UNESCO and the Government of the People's Republic of China 2017-2020
Agreement between the Republic of Venezuela and UNESCO Concerning the Headquarters of the Office of the Regional Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean
UNESCO/Republic of Korea Funds-in-Trust Cooperation: Funds-in-Trust Agreement for the Project "East Asian Biosphere Reserve Network (EABRN): Advancing the Lima Action Plan" Letter
Agreement between UNESCO and the Cultural Heritage Administration of the Government of the Republic of Korea
Agreement between UNESCO and the Republic of South Africa Regarding the African World Heritage Fund in South Africa as a Category 2 Centre Under the Auspices of UNESCO
Agreement between UNESCO and the Republic of Bulgaria Concerning the Continuation of the Regional Centre for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in South-Eastern Europe Under the Auspices of UNESCO (Category 2)
Agreement between UNESCO and the Latin American Parliament
Amendment No 1 to the Project Grant Agreement between UNESCO and Agence française pour la biodiversité for the 1972 World Heritage Convention for the Protection of Marine Protected Areas Phase II
Includes appendix with project schedule.
Agreement between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Italian Republic and UNESCO for the Project Empowering Young People
Agreement between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Italian Republic and UNESCO for the Jordanian and Syrian Youth
Agreement between UNESCO and the Government of His Highness Serenissime the Prince of Monaco
Purpose of the agreement is related to: "Strengthening the protection of UNESCO World Heritage marine sites."
Funds-in-Trust Agreement between UNESCO and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic
Partnership Agreement between UNESCO and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic
Partnership Agreement and Funds-In-Trust Project Agreement between UNESCO and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic
Partnership Agreement between UNESCO and Union International of Architects (UIA) for Designation of UIA Host Cities as Architectural Capitals
Memorandum of Cooperation between the Republic of Haiti and UNESCO
Agreement between UNESCO and the Republic of India concerning the Establishment of the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences as an International Training Centre
FR PUNES AG 8-LEG-A-1172-76-2
Partnership Agreement between the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and the Velux Foundations, including the Villum Fonden and Velux Fonden
Cooperation Protocol in the Framework of the L'Oreal-UNESCO Awards Program "For Women in Science"
The African Development Fund - Agreement - Republic of the Niger
Copy, includes annexes.
Memorandum of Understanding between UNESCO and the Department of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Paris France
Includes copy of Memorandum of Understanding with terms of reference.
Russia - Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) - National Schools - Memorandum on Cooperation, Communication and Mission Report
Includes copies of Memorandum on Cooperation between UNESCO Moscow Bureau, the Ministry of Education and the National Committee for UNESCO of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Transmission Slip, Telefax regarding National Schools in Russia-Sakha-Ya...
Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation Between the Government of the People's Republic of China and UNESCO
Agreement between UNESCO and the Government of the United Mexican States Concerning the Eighth Teacher Task Force Policy Dialogue Forum and the Annual Meetings
Agreement between UNESCO and the Royal Thai Government Regarding the Establishment of an International Training Centre in Astronomy in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Agreement between UNESCO and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam Concerning the Establishment in Hanoi, Viet Nam, of the International Centre of Physics
Agreement between UNESCO and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam Concerning the Establishment in Hanoi, Viet Nam, of the International Centre of Research and Postgraduate Training in Mathematics
Agreement between UNESCO and the People's Republic of China Concerning the Establishment of an International Centre for Theoretical Physics Asia-Pacific (ICTP-AP) in Beijing, China
Agreement between UNESCO and the Republic of Cameroon on the Creation of the Centre of Excellence in Microscience (CEM) in Yaounde, Under the Auspices of UNESCO (Category 2)
Agreement between UNESCO and the Government of Rwanda Concerning the Establishment in Kigali, Rwanda of the East Africa Institute for Fundamental Research
Islamic Republic of Mauritania - Instrument of Ratification - Revised Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Certificates, Diplomas, Degrees and Other Academic Qualifications in Higher Education in African States
FR PUNES AG 8-LEG-A-468-A-29-3
République islamique de Mauritanie - Pouvoirs
FR PUNES AG 8-LEG-A-468-A-29
File contains Instrument of Full Powers, procès-verbal for the signature under reserve of ratification, and several letters of transmission.
Botswana - Instrument of Acceptance - Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property
Botswana - Instrument of Accession - Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, 1954
Includes letter dated 31 July 2017 from Embassy of Botswana; however, the enclosures described in the letter do not correspond to the actual enclosed Instrument. The letter instead refers to the Instrument of Accession to the Convention for the Pr...
Convention pour la protection des biens culturels en cas de conflit armé - Réunion des Hautes Parties contractantes, 1ère, Paris, 16-26 juillet 1962 [et le Premier Protocole]
FR PUNES AG 8-LEG-A-114-A
Sous-sous-série
Subsubseries contains legal instruments concerning both the First Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict which took place in Paris, 1962, as well as ratifica...
Republic of Sierra Leone - Instrument of Ratification - Convention against Doping in Sport
Sierra Leone - Instrument of Ratification - Convention against Doping in Sport
Includes copy of previous Instrument of Ratification dated 22 Jul 2015.
Timor-Leste - Instrument of Accession - Convention concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage
Bahrain/UNESCO - cooperation in the field of education - Extended Agreement for the project in support of the "Establishment of Technical and Vocational Education Centre of Excellence in Bahrain - Phase I"
FR PUNES AG 8-LEG-A-372-28-4
Includes, unsigned agreement dated 26 Apr 2004, copy of signed agreement dated 29 Apr 2004, email correspondence regarding budget and project extension letter dated 10 Dec 2006. Project extended until Dec 2008.
Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
The subseries consists of legal instruments and supporting documents exchanged with regard to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property, agreed at The Hague, 14 May 1954, and its Final Act and Regulations, as well as its First Protoco...
United Kingdom - Declarations - Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and Protocols to the Hague Conventions of 1954 (1954 and 1999)
United Kingdom - Instrument of Ratification - Second Protocol to the Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict 1999
United Kingdom - Instrument of Ratification - Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict 1954
United Kingdom - Instrument of Ratification - 1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict with Regulations for the Execution of the Regulation
United Kingdom - Ratifications and Declarations - Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict; 1954 Protocol and Second Protocol for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (1954, 1999)
Includes:Cover letter;Instrument of Ratification, Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict with Regulations for the Execution of the Convention;Instrument of Ratification, 1954 Protocol to the Convention fo...
Convention against Discrimination in Education
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UNEP, 41 résultats 41
GOOS: Global Ocean Observing System, 13 résultats 13
World Meteorological Organization, 10 résultats 10
ICSU, 9 résultats 9
International Atomic Energy Agency, 7 résultats 7
USA. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 6 résultats 6
International Ocean Institute (Malta), 5 résultats 5
University of Copenhagen, 4 résultats 4
Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (Kuwait), 3 résultats 3
Amériques et Caraïbes, 43 résultats 43
Europe, 38 résultats 38
Belgique, 7 résultats 7
États-Unis, 7 résultats 7
Canada, 7 résultats 7
Australie, 6 résultats 6
Espagne, 5 résultats 5
Fédération de Russie, 4 résultats 4
Dossier, 104 résultats 104
IOC Anglais
Memoranda of Understanding between the International Hydrographic Organization and the IOC
Nota CPPS/SG/327/2012 - Extension of the Memorandum of Understanding between IOC and CPPS
Implementation Partnership Agreement between UNESCO and the Comisión Permanente del Pacifico Sur "CPPS" on the role and tasks of the partner in the implementation of the project entitled 'Southeast Pacific data and Information Network in support of Integrated Coastal Area Management' (SPINCAM)
Acuerdo de Cooperación entre la COI de la UNESCO y la Comisión Permanente del Pacífico Sur (CPPS)
Cooperation Agreement between the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and the Permanent Commission for the South Pacific (CPPS)
Protocolo de acuerdo entre la Comisión Oceanográfica Intergubernamental y la Comisión Permanente del Pacifíco Sur
Acuerdo entre la Comisión Oceanográfica Intergubernamental y la Comisión Permanente del Pacifíco Sur
Protocole d'accord entre la Commission internationale pour l'exploration scientifique de la mer Méditerranée
Letter of Cooperation between the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO and the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
Memorandum of Understanding between the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
Memorandum of Understanding between the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
Memoranda of Understanding between the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
IAEA - IOC/UNESCO Agreement on the Cooperative Joint Programme for 1999-2000
Memorandum of Understanding between the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission on Marine Environmental Protection
Copy.
Statement of Interest - [Proposal for Improving the Capacity of Regional Laboratories to Assess Marine Pollutants]
Agreements between the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Cooperation Agreement between the UN agencies and programmes members of the ACC/SC on Oceans and Coastal Areas for the collaborative development of a UN Atlas of the Oceans - Agreement between IOC and FAO
Agreements between IOC and FAO
Aide-Memoire between IOC and FAO
Protocol of Understanding [between IOC and the Russian State Hydrometeorological University (RSHU)]
Agreements between IOC and organizations, companies and private individuals
Subseries consists of agreements signed between UNESCO-IOC and non-governmental organizations, universities, foundations, private companies and individuals. All UNESCO Chair agreements are filed in this sub-series. The agreements are arranged by...
Agreements between IOC and the International Ocean Institute
Lettre d'entente entre La Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS), la COI, et le World Ocean Network (WON)
Agreements between UNESCO and NAUSICAÁ
[1998], 2014
Letter of Cooperation between the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO and "Fonds TARA"
Letter of Cooperation between the IOC and Cornell Sailing Events
Accord de partenariat entre la COI et Océanopolis, Parc de découverte des océans
Participation Contract for the Ocean and Coast Best Practice Area of International Exposition Yeosu Korea 2012 between UNESCO-IOC and the Organizing Committee for the International Exposition Yeosu Korea 2012
FR PUNES AG 8-LEG-B-324-20-1
Memorandum of Agreement between UNESCO and Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Memorandum of Agreement between UNESCO-IOC and the International Maritime University of Panama
Agreement between UNESCO-IOC and the Natural History Museum of Denmark concerning the operation and the use of facilities granted to the IOC Science and Communication Centre on Harmful Algae and its functions as the decentralized programme office for the IOC Harmful Algal Bloom Programme of the IOC Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms (IPHAB)
Agreement between UNESCO-IOC and the Institute of Biology, University of Copenhagen, concerning the occupancy of premises and the use of facilities granted to the IOC Science and Communication Centre on Harmful Algae and its functions as the decentralized programme office for the IOC Harmful Algal Bloom Programme of the IOC Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms (IPHAB)
Agreement between UNESCO-IOC and Collecte-Localisation-Satellite concerning the occupancy of premises and the use of facilities granted to the in situ observing platform support and operations centre of the Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology
Memorandum of Agreement between the Centre for the Analysis of Time Series and IOC for the establishment of the LSE/IOC Business Programme for Observing Systems, 24 October 2005
Letter of Agreement on ICOM indicators between UNESCO-IOC and the Baltic Sea Research Institute Warnemünde
Memorandum of Agreement concerning the establishment of a UNITWIN Cooperation Programme between UNESCO through its Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO/IOC) and the Regional-Europe capacity-building and research Network on Integrated Coastal Area Management ("WICOP-Europe")
Memorandum of Understanding between the IOC and the International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers
Membership Agreement No. 22 EVR1-CT-2001-20010 between IMC-Centro Marino Internazionale and IOC
Agreement on Co-operation between UNESCO, represented by its IOC, and the ACOPS on the Partial Implementation of the GEF Project "Development and Protection of the Coastal Marine Environment in Sub-Saharan Africa"
FR PUNES AG 8-LEG-B-324-8-2
Memorandum of Understanding between the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO and The Advisory Committee on the Protection of the Sea
Convenio Marco de Colaboración entre la COI de UNESCO, la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria y la Fundación Universitaria de Las Palmas para el Desarrollo de Programas de Actuación Conjunta de Caracter Educativo, Cientifico y Cientifico-Technologico en el Campo de las Ciencias del Mar
Memorandum de coopération entre l'UNESCO et la Fédération européenne des réseaux européens de coopération scientifique et technique de coordination (FER)
Memorandum of Understanding between the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO and the International Ocean Institute regarding the establishment of a partnership for promoting integrated marine and coastal management and sustainable development
Agreement between the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and the International Ocean Institute (IOI)
Letter of Agreement on the web interfacing of the IOI alumni database on the IOI website
Memorandum of Understanding between the International Ocean Institute and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Memorandum of Understanding between the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and IUCN-The World Conservation Union
Letter of Agreement between the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and the International Council for Science (ICSU)
Letter of Agreement on GLOBEC Sponsorship between the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), the Scientific Committee for the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (SC-IGBP), and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
Memorandum of Understanding between IOC and LOICZ
Memorandum of Understanding signed with the Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) Core Project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Global Change Programme of ICSU.
Memorandum of Understanding between the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (of UNESCO) and the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (of ICSU)
Principles governing co-operation between UNESCO and the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) on the development of the oceanographic component of the World Climate Research Programme, through the IOC and SCOR
Agreements between UNESCO-IOC and the University of Copenhagen
Memoranda of Understanding between the IOC and the International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers
Agreements between IOC and the Advisory Committee on the Protection of the Sea (ACOPS)
Agreements between IOC and IUCN-The World Conservation Union
Agreements between IOC and ICSU
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Termination for Cause (Part 3)
Posted on March 30, 2017 by auroraroschen
The main purpose of middle managers, in my opinion, is to lead, guide, motivate and coach their direct reports. Vision casting is the job of senior management, and doing the day-to-day operational work is the role of individual contributors. Middle managers so focused on becoming visionary leaders that they don’t invest in their staff are a bane to organizations, as are micromanaging middle managers who who create a disconnect from their staff with their meddling.
My team at work has recurring meetings with our primary vendor every Tuesday from 7:00AM until 9:00AM. Every week, we spent two hours talking through status updates for each of the various projects on which we collaborate. If an employee were to resign and this was her last Tuesday team meeting (hypothetically speaking, of course), this would be a great time for her manager to give a small speech or simple public farewell thanking said employee for her eight years of service.
Did this hypothetical manager publicly thank this hypothetical employee during her final group meeting? No. Has she privately wished me well? No. Did she even take the opportunity to let everyone know it was my last meeting? Yes. But all she said was, “This is Aurora’s last time to join this meeting, so if you have any questions, now is the time to ask them for purposes of transition. No? Okay. Then we can go ahead and end the meeting. The rest of us will talk next week.”
Thankfully, one of the vendor representatives inadvertently shamed my boss by interjecting and saying how very nice it’s been to work with me for the past two years and that he wishes me all the best. The vendor initiated this comment. Not my boss. Not even one of my teammates. A vendor who lives in Germany and just dials in to the meeting, who had no responsibility to step into this leadership role and bid me a fond farewell – he was the one who did what my own boss could not. I wasn’t expecting my boss to take me out to a goodbye lunch or goodbye coffee (in fact, I preferred that she didn’t), but I did think my boss would at least give lip service to her managerial responsibilities.
On Wednesday mornings, we have another team call, but this one is purely internal with no vendors admitted. Thinking she may have learned from the way the vendor shamed her in the Tuesday call, I figured my boss may at least thank me for my service during this gathering of just our four immediate teammates. No. She didn’t. And I realized that, in order to be shamed by the vendor’s behavior, she would have had to be socially adept enough to realize that there was shame to be had.
Fortunately, some of my other coworkers are thoughtful and clued in to the social niceties of fond farewells. However, though most of my coworkers are friendlier and more attentive than my boss, several of them struggled a bit with the whole social intelligence thing, too.
A surprising number of my colleagues who normally have no trouble booking meetings and conference calls seemed to suddenly forget that we have visibility to each other’s Outlook calendars. Conversations like this one happened an unfathomable number of times:
I appreciated that my colleagues wanted to meet up for one last coffee, and I know they were probably just being informal and talking out the scheduling rather than looking at my Outlook calendar to book a formal meeting, but the number of times I had this same kind of conversation made me wish people would just check my calendar so I didn’t have to tell eight different people per day that I was out of office Wednesday, already had lunch plans Monday, was in back-to-back meetings Tuesday morning but was free at time X, Y or Z.
But the catch up coffees and lunches were nice. And in just a few days now, I’m about to be really free – with no Outlook calendar or vendor meetings or team meetings or anything. I can’t wait!
This entry was posted in Corporate America and tagged boss, bye, career, coffee, goodbye, job, leadership, lunch, management, middle management, office, organization, resignation, team, termination, work by auroraroschen. Bookmark the permalink.
9 thoughts on “Termination for Cause (Part 3)”
Salvageable on March 31, 2017 at 8:27 am said:
I’m glad the vendor said some kind things. I’m not surprised your manager missed the boat.
Forty or fifty years ago, someone named Laurence Peter wrote a book called The Peter Principle, describing what was wrong (and evidently still is) with American business. The premise was that, in a typical American business, people who do well in their job are rewarded with a promotion to a higher position. This continues to happen until they reach a job they can’t handle. At that point, where they are incompetent, there are no more rewards, no more promotions. The result is that most businesses are rife with people stuck in jobs they cannot handle. I don’t have enough information to know what your manager did well in her previous position, but I sense that she is probably stuck in her current position, and miserable to boot. Good for you to escape this type of company. (Sorry that you’ve been stuck there eight years, but in the future you will probably look back and realize what you learned from it all.) J.
auroraroschen on March 31, 2017 at 12:38 pm said:
YES! This is exactly what I see around me – although, from my perspective, almost every single person who has been promoted to a “job they can’t handle” is someone who would be a brilliant subject matter expert and individual contributor but was promoted to a management role, despite the fact that they have absolutely no leadership skills, no emotional intelligence and a complete inability to manage people well.
Salvageable on April 3, 2017 at 8:28 am said:
There is something to be said for the idea that people need to know what they company is doing from the inside before they become managers. But skill in management is vital also, as you have perceived. Perhaps every seven years a large company should shut down for a month and assess its structure and personnel, putting workers where they are best suited without regard for promotions, demotions, rewards, or punishments. J.
auroraroschen on April 14, 2017 at 8:14 am said:
I definitely think something like this needs to be implemented – especially at major companies where people slip through the cracks.
Ally on March 31, 2017 at 9:56 am said:
I’m so happy for you and your new adventure! 🙂
Thanks, Ally!!!!!!!! 😀 😀 😀
bensbitterblog on March 31, 2017 at 3:29 pm said:
I swear that lady is going out of her way to make you miserable from the time you started being under her management (management being a loose term) to the time you leave. Hopefully, she doesn’t get her claws in you after you leave. Ugghh.
auroraroschen on March 31, 2017 at 3:32 pm said:
Since I’m completely changing careers and industries, I can’t imagine she would be at all involved in my life after I leave the company. I didn’t include her name on any of my applications or list her as a reference anywhere; I always used my prior supervisor, who has agreed to be my reference going forward!
Now that is awesome. I know they are always asking me for at least two or three references. But I’m glad you got your previous supervisor to be your reference. I’m sure he misses you.
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Home > Blog-post > Salmonella-concerns-triggers-a-recall-of-banquet-frozen-chicken-nuggets-due-to-tainted-desert
Salmonella Concerns Triggers a Recall of Banquet Frozen Chicken Nuggets due to Tainted Desert
Banquet Chicken Nuggets with Mac & Cheese
Banquet Chicken Nuggets with Mac & Cheese has been recalled due to possible salmonella contamination. Frozen dinners contain Chicken Nuggets, mac and cheese and brownies. It is the brownies flour mix that might be the culprit of the Salmonella contamination.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)alerted consumers that the brownie mix dessert included in the breaded chicken nugget meal trays produced by Conagra Brands, Inc., of Marshall, Mo, may be contaminated with Salmonella.
The recall affects 110,817 pounds of frozen meals, was done out of an abundance of caution after the company notified FSIS that the source ingredient used in the brownie mix may be contaminated with Salmonella. The problem was discovered when Conagra Brands Inc. received a notification from a supplier that an ingredient used in the brownie mix may be contaminated with Salmonella.
7.4 oz. vacuum-packed trays containing “BANQUET Chicken Nuggets with Mac & Cheese” with Code 3100080921 and with a “BEST IF USED BY” date of July 20, 2018. The products bear FSIS establishment number “P-9” printed on the side of the box.
There have been no confirmed reports of illnesses yet, and the recall is issued out of caution for consumers’ safety. According to the release the meals were produced by Conagra Brands in Missouri and sold nationwide,. The brownie mix used to make the desserts in the meals may have been contaminated with salmonella, the agency said.
Mango Popsicles Recalled Due to the Risk of Salmonella Enteritidis
The FDA announced the recall of 4000 units of Hand crafted Paleteria, Mango Flavored Ice cream because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis.
The ice cream was distributed in Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina through retail stores, by direct delivery. It comes in a clear bag with La Granja logo, Mango Flavor Ice Cream and the dates of expiration are 210218 (February 21, 2018) and 280218 (February 28, 2018). UPC code 0010439212.
No illnesses have been reported to date. The recall was a result of a routine sampling program by The Georgia Department of Agriculture. The company has ceased the production and distribution of the product as the FDA and the company continues their investigation as to what caused the problem.
Lay’s Kettle Cooked Potato Chips Re Recalled due to Potential Presence of Salmonella
The FDA reported that Frito-Lay announced that it voluntarily recalls select Jalapeño Flavored Lay’s Kettle Cooked potato chips and Jalapeño Flavored Miss Vickie’s Kettle Cooked potato chips due to the potential presence of Salmonella in the seasoning.
The recall is the direct result of a supplier’s recent recall of a seasoning blend which includes jalapeño powder that could contain Salmonella. Although no Salmonella was found in the seasoning supplied to Frito-Lay, the company has decided to recall these products out of an abundance of caution.
No illness related to this matter has been confirmed to date. The products have been distributed in retail stores and via foodservice, vending and other channels throughout the U.S.
We see more and more recalls due to suppliers notifications. This is a result of the FSMA regulations, that requires every food distributor and food manufacturer to track the products they manufacture and distribute and be able to quickly recall them.
The ability to remove products from the market quickly and effectively is imperative to all food producer and distributor. A written recall program with an action plan that is carefully constructed, tested and evaluated to ensure efficiency must be available. It is seen as the safety net that can prevent consumers from buying or consuming a potentially harmful food product.
Most of the recalls, however, are still not happening fast enough to eliminate defective product to end up in new products. This is a very wasteful way to keep the food supply safe. As shown in the Banquet Chicken Nuggets with Mac & Cheese frozen dinners tons of perfectly good chicken nuggets are being thrown away because of the contaminated flour used in the small desert portion.
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Assoc Research Professor
Associate Research Professor, CLAS-NS: Earth and Space Exploration, School of (SESE)
Scholarly Works (52)
Grants (12)
Numerical algorithms for the hypercube concurrent processor
Patterson, J. E., Manshadi, F., Calalo, R. H., Liewer, P. C., Imbriale, W. A. & Lyons, J., Jan 1 1988, In : Mathematical and Computer Modelling. 11, C, p. 55-57 3 p.
Parallel architectures
Maxwell equations
Method of moments
Numerical Algorithms
Finite difference time domain solution of electromagnetic scattering on the hypercube
Calaio, R. H., Lyons, J. & Imbriale, W. A., Jan 3 1989, Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Hypercube Concurrent Computers and Applications, C3P 1988. Fox, G. (ed.). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, Vol. 2. p. 1088-1100 13 p.
Finite difference time domain method
Data storage equipment
Voyager radio science observations of Neptune and Triton
Tyler, G. L., Sweetnam, D. N., Anderson, J. D., Borutzki, S. E., Campbell, J. K., Eshleman, V. R., Gresh, D. L., Gurrola, E. M., Hinson, D. P., Kawashima, N., Kursinski, E. R., Levy, G. S., Lindal, G. F., Lyons, J., Marouf, E. A., Rosen, P. A., Simpson, R. A. & Wood, G. E., Jan 1 1989, In : Science. 246, 4936, p. 1466-1473 8 p.
Neptune (planet)
ionospheres
mixing ratios
The atmosphere of Neptune: Results of radio occultation measurements with the Voyager 2 spacecraft
Lindal, G. F., Lyons, J., Sweetnam, D. N., Eshleman, V. R., Hinson, D. P. & Tyler, G. L., Jan 1 1990, In : Geophysical Research Letters. 17, 10, p. 1733-1736 4 p.
Voyager 2 spacecraft
radio occultation
Triton: Topside ionosphere and nitrogen escape
Yung, Y. L. & Lyons, J., Jan 1 1990, In : Geophysical Research Letters. 17, 10, p. 1717-1720 4 p.
Solar control of the upper atmosphere of Triton
Lyons, J., Yung, Y. L. & Allen, M., Jan 1 1992, In : Science. 256, 5054, p. 204-206 3 p.
Chemical Phenomena
Physical Phenomena
Metal ions in the atmosphere of Neptune
Lyons, J., Jan 1 1995, In : Science. 267, 5198, p. 648-651 4 p.
Meteoroids
Flash heating on the early earth
Lyons, J. & Vasavada, A. R., Mar 1 1999, In : Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere. 29, 2, p. 123-138 16 p.
bolides
Transfer of mass-independent fractionation in ozone to other oxygen-containing radicals in the atmosphere
Lyons, J., Sep 1 2001, In : Geophysical Research Letters. 28, 17, p. 3231-3234 4 p.
CO self-shielding as the origin of oxygen isotope anomalies in the early solar nebula
Lyons, J. & Young, E. D., May 19 2005, In : Nature. 435, 7040, p. 317-320 4 p.
Oxygen Isotopes
Formation of methane on Mars by fluid-rock interaction in the crust
Lyons, J., Manning, C. & Nimmo, F., Jul 16 2005, In : Geophysical Research Letters. 32, 13, p. 1-4 4 p.
High-level ab initio studies of the structure, vibrational spectra, and energetics of S 3
Francisco, J. S., Lyons, J. & Williams, I. H., Sep 5 2005, In : Journal of Chemical Physics. 123, 5, 054302.
Vibrational spectra
An ab initio study of the low-lying electronic states of S 3
Peterson, K. A., Lyons, J. & Francisco, J. S., Sep 8 2006, In : Journal of Chemical Physics. 125, 8, 084314.
Potential energy surfaces
Is Mars alive?
Allen, M., Sherwood Lollar, B., Runneggar, B., Oehler, D. Z., Lyons, J., Manning, C. E. & Summers, M. E., Oct 10 2006, In : Eos. 87, 41
Martian atmosphere
Mass-independent fractionation of sulfur isotopes by isotope-selective photodissociation of SO2
Lyons, J., Nov 28 2007, In : Geophysical Research Letters. 34, 22, L22811.
sulfur isotopes
sulfur isotope
An estimate of the equilibrium speciation of sulfur vapor over solid sulfur and implications for planetary atmospheres
Lyons, J., Jun 1 2008, In : Journal of Sulfur Chemistry. 29, 3-4, p. 269-279 11 p.
Atmospheric temperature
Chapter 5 Photolysis of Long-Lived Predissociative Molecules as a Source of Mass-Independent Isotope Fractionation: The Example of SO2
Lyons, J., May 6 2008, Applications of Theoretical Methods to Atmospheric Science. Goodsite, M. & Johnson, M. (eds.). p. 57-74 18 p. (Advances in Quantum Chemistry; vol. 55).
Photolysis
Oxygen isotope anomalies of the sun and the original environment of the solar system
Lee, J. E., Bergin, E. A. & Lyons, J., Jan 1 2008, In : Meteoritics and Planetary Science. 43, 8, p. 1351-1362 12 p.
oxygen isotope
Triple oxygen isotope evidence for elevated CO2 levels after a Neoproterozoic glaciation
Bao, H., Lyons, J. & Zhou, C., May 22 2008, In : Nature. 453, 7194, p. 504-506 3 p.
Atmospherically-derived mass-independent sulfur isotope signatures, and incorporation into sediments
Lyons, J., Sep 30 2009, In : Chemical Geology. 267, 3-4, p. 164-174 11 p.
Comment on "Experimental Test of Self-Shielding in Vacuum Ultraviolet Photodissociation of CO"
Lyons, J., Lewis, R. S. & Clayton, R. N., Jun 19 2009, In : Science. 324, 5934
Timescales for the evolution of oxygen isotope compositions in the solar nebula
Lyons, J., Bergin, E. A., Ciesla, F. J., Davis, A. M., Desch, S., Hashizume, K. & Lee, J. E., Sep 1 2009, In : Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 73, 17, p. 4998-5017 20 p.
A carbon isotope challenge to the snowball Earth
Sansjofre, P., Ader, M., Trindade, R. I. F., Elie, M., Lyons, J., Cartigny, P. & Nogueira, A. C. R., Oct 6 2011, In : Nature. 478, 7367, p. 93-96 4 p.
Carbon Isotopes
High resolution molecular spectroscopy with the imperial college UV FT spectrometer
Blackie, D., Pickering, J. C., Rufus, J., Thorne, A., Stark, G., Lyons, J., Blackwell-Whitehead, R. & Smith, P. L., Dec 1 2011, Fourier Transform Spectroscopy, FTS 2011.
Ultraviolet spectrometers
The kinetics study of the S + S2 → S3 reaction by the chaperone mechanism
Du, S., Germann, T. C., Francisco, J. S., Peterson, K. A., Yu, H. G. & Lyons, J., Apr 21 2011, In : Journal of Chemical Physics. 134, 15, 154508.
High-resolution study of oscillator strengths and predissociation rates for 12C 16O: W-X bands and Rydberg complexes between 92.9 and 93.4 nm
Eidelsberg, M., Lemaire, J. L., Federman, S. R., Stark, G., Heays, A. N., Sheffer, Y., Gavilan, L., Fillion, J. H., Rostas, F., Lyons, J., Smith, P. L., De Oliveira, N., Joyeux, D., Roudjane, M. & Nahon, L., Jul 2 2012, In : Astronomy and Astrophysics. 543, A69.
superhigh frequencies
oscillator strengths
absorption spectrum
Contribution of isotopologue self-shielding to sulfur mass-independent fractionation during sulfur dioxide photolysis
Ono, S., Whitehill, A. R. & Lyons, J., Mar 16 2013, In : Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 118, 5, p. 2444-2454 11 p.
Sulfur Dioxide
sulfur dioxides
High-resolution study of 13C16O A-X(v' = 0-9) bands using the VUV-FTS at SOLEIL: Revised term values
Gavilan, L., Lemaire, J. L., Eidelsberg, M., Federman, S. R., Stark, G., Heays, A. N., Fillion, J. H., Lyons, J. & De Oliveira, N., Oct 3 2013, In : Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 117, 39, p. 9644-9652 9 p.
Is the sun lighter than the earth? Isotopic co in the photosphere, viewed through the lens of three-dimensional spectrum synthesis
Ayres, T. R., Lyons, J., Ludwig, H. G., Caffau, E. & Wedemeyer-Böhm, S., Mar 1 2013, In : Astrophysical Journal. 765, 1, 46.
Oxygen isotope anomaly observed in water vapor from Alert, Canada and the implication for the stratosphere
Lin, Y., Clayton, R. N., Huang, L., Nakamura, N. & Lyons, J., Sep 24 2013, In : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110, 39, p. 15608-15613 6 p.
Reply to Miller: Concerning the oxygen isotope anomaly observed in water vapor from Alert, Canada, and its stratospheric source
Lin, Y., Clayton, R. N., Huang, L., Nakamura, N. & Lyons, J., Nov 26 2013, In : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110, 48
Room temperature photoabsorption cross section measurements of CO2 between 91,000 and 115,000cm-1
Archer, L. E., Stark, G., Smith, P. L., Lyons, J., De Oliveira, N., Nahon, L., Joyeux, D. & Blackie, D., Mar 1 2013, In : Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 117, p. 88-92 5 p.
photoabsorption
Earth atmosphere
Spectral resolution
Solar carbon monoxide: Poster child for 3D effects
Ayres, T. R., Lyons, J., Ludwig, H. G., Caffau, E. & Wedemeyer-Böhm, S., Jan 1 2013, In : Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana - Journal of the Italian Astronomical Society. 24, p. 85-95 11 p.
Unique Hg stable isotope signatures of compact fluorescent lamp-sourced Hg
Mead, C., Lyons, J., Johnson, T. M. & Anbar, A., Mar 19 2013, In : Environmental Science and Technology. 47, 6, p. 2542-2547 6 p.
stable isotope
Early inner solar system origin for anomalous sulfur isotopes in differentiated protoplanets
Antonelli, M. A., Kim, S. T., Peters, M., Labidi, J., Cartigny, P., Walkera, R. J., Lyons, J., Hoek, J. & Farquhar, J., Dec 16 2014, In : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111, 50, p. 17749-17754 6 p.
achondrite
High-resolution oscillator strength measurements of the v′ = 0,1 bands of the B-X, C-X, and E-X systems in five isotopologues of carbon monoxide
Stark, G., Heays, A. N., Lyons, J., Smith, P. L., Eidelsberg, M., Federman, S. R., Lemaire, J. L., Gavilan, L., De Oliveira, N., Joyeux, D. & Nahon, L., Jun 10 2014, In : Astrophysical Journal. 788, 1, 67.
High-resolution study of oscillator strengths and predissociation rates for 13C16O and 12C18O: W - X bands and Rydberg complexes in the 92.5-97.5 nm range
Eidelsberg, M., Lemaire, J. L., Federman, S. R., Stark, G., Heays, A. N., Gavilan, L., Lyons, J., Smith, P. L., De Oliveira, N. & Joyeux, D., Jan 1 2014, In : Astronomy and Astrophysics. 566, A96.
Observation of a new electronic state of CO perturbing W1Π (v=1)
Heays, A. N., Eidelsberg, M., Stark, G., Lemaire, J. L., Gavilan, L., Federman, S. R., Lewis, B. R., Lyons, J., De Oliveira, N. & Joyeux, D., Jan 1 2014, In : Journal of Chemical Physics. 141, 14, 144311.
Linewidth
Synchrotron radiation
Photodissociation of CO isotopologues: Models of laboratory experiments and implications for the solar nebula
Lyons, J., Jan 1 2014, In : Meteoritics and Planetary Science. 49, 3, p. 373-393 21 p.
solar nebula
CO isotopologue ratios in the solar photosphere
Lyons, J., Gharib-Nezhad, E. & Ayres, T. R., Jan 1 2015, In : Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 11, A29A, p. 307-308 2 p.
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY for ASTROPHYSICISTS: A SELF-CONSISTENT FORMALISM and ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS for ARBITRARY C/O
Heng, K., Lyons, J. & Tsai, S. M., Jan 10 2016, In : Astrophysical Journal. 816, 2, 96.
formalism
Gibbs free energy
CARBON DIOXIDE in EXOPLANETARY ATMOSPHERES: RARELY DOMINANT COMPARED to CARBON MONOXIDE and WATER in HOT, HYDROGEN-DOMINATED ATMOSPHERES
Heng, K. & Lyons, J., Feb 1 2016, In : Astrophysical Journal. 817, 2, 149.
VIS and VUV spectroscopy of 12C17O and deperturbation analysis of the A1Π, ν = 1-5 levels
Hakalla, R., Niu, M. L., Field, R. W., Salumbides, E. J., Heays, A. N., Stark, G., Lyons, J., Eidelsberg, M., Lemaire, J. L., Federman, S. R., Zachwieja, M., Szajna, W., Kolek, P., Piotrowska, I., Ostrowska-Kopeć, M., Kepa, R., De Oliveira, N. & Ubachs, W., Jan 1 2016, In : RSC Advances. 6, 38, p. 31588-31606 19 p.
Ultraviolet spectroscopy
Fourier-transform spectroscopy of 13C17O and deperturbation analysis of the A1Π (υ=0–3) levels
Hakalla, R., Niu, M. L., Field, R. W., Heays, A. N., Salumbides, E. J., Stark, G., Lyons, J., Eidelsberg, M., Lemaire, J. L., Federman, S. R., de Oliveira, N. & Ubachs, W., Mar 1 2017, In : Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 189, p. 312-328 17 p.
High-resolution study of oscillator strengths and predissociation rates for 13 C 18 O: W-X bands and Rydberg complexes between 92.9 and 93.5 nm
Eidelsberg, M., Lemaire, J. L., Federman, S. R., Heays, A. N., Stark, G., Lyons, J., Gavilan, L. & De Oliveira, N., Jun 1 2017, In : Astronomy and Astrophysics. 602, A76.
Fourier transform
VULCAN: An Open-source, Validated Chemical Kinetics Python Code for Exoplanetary Atmospheres
Tsai, S. M., Lyons, J., Grosheintz, L., Rimmer, P. B., Kitzmann, D. & Heng, K., Feb 1 2017, In : Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series. 228, 2, 20.
A light carbon isotope composition for the Sun
Lyons, J., Gharib-Nezhad, E. & Ayres, T. R., Dec 1 2018, In : Nature Communications. 9, 1, 908.
Atlas of new and revised high-resolution spectroscopy of six CO isotopologues in the 101-115 nm range: Transition energies of the v ′ = 0, 1, 2, and 3 to v ′′ = 0 bands of the B 1 σ+, C1σ+, and E1 II to X1 σ+ states, related term values, and molecular constants
Lemaire, J. L., Heays, A. N., Eidelsberg, M., Gavilan, L., Stark, G., Federman, S. R., Lyons, J. & De Oliveira, N., Jun 1 2018, In : Astronomy and Astrophysics. 614, A114.
Fourier-transform-spectroscopic photoabsorption cross sections and oscillator strengths for the S2 B Σ u - 3 - X Σ g - 3 system
Stark, G., Herde, H., Lyons, J., Heays, A. N., De Oliveira, N., Nave, G., Lewis, B. R. & Gibson, S. T., Jun 28 2018, In : Journal of Chemical Physics. 148, 24, 244302.
Toward Consistent Modeling of Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics in Exoplanets: Validation and Generalization of the Chemical Relaxation Method
Tsai, S. M., Kitzmann, D., Lyons, J., Mendonca, J., Grimm, S. L. & Heng, K., Jul 20 2018, In : Astrophysical Journal. 862, 1, 31.
atmospheric dynamics
chemical method
molecular relaxation
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ExpressVPN Review 2020 | Is This The Best Fast and Secure VPN?
Last Updated: January 17, 2020 by Lewis Ogden
Today we’re going to review one of the VPN industry’s top dogs…ExpresVPN, and pick it apart piece by piece to see if it stands up to all the hype.
ExpressVPN is often touted as being one of the ‘fastest’ VPNs, which is a rather overused claim I’ve seen the vast majority of VPN services make.
However, it consistently gets good reviews and delivers a reliable service.
But is ExpressVPN worth it, or are there some drawbacks to making this provider unfit to secure your most personal and priceless data?
Let’s take a closer look, starting with a little background information regarding the company.
ExpressVPN – The Background
ExpressVPN is based out of the British Virgin Islands, which is advantageous for several key reasons.
It is generally undesirable to use a VPN service located in a country known for wiretapping scandals on the domestic population.
Coercing domestic businesses to forfeit sensitive customer records to governmental agencies, and sharing information international intelligence programs, such as the FiveEyes program.
As such, many users try to avoid VPN services based in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
It seems that of these five countries, people generally fear companies originating from the US the most due to the scandalous information leaked by Edward Snowden.
Fortunately, ExpressVPN is based outside the jurisdiction and subjugation of these countries and is headquartered in the British Virgin Islands.
At first glance, I was worried that the UK would have some manner of control over this VPN since the British Virgin Islands are a British overseas territory.
However, it seems that there is a lot of gray area regarding the power of outside influences since the BVI tends to maintain some degree of autonomy by creating its own laws and regulations.
In fact, the BVI doesn’t have mandatory data retention laws, which is one reason why this VPN can get away without logging users’ data (we’ll talk about this in much greater detail in a later section), which is great for privacy.
The key takeaway here is that ExpressVPN is headquartered in an extremely favorable location with lax data regulations with a very little governmental meddling.
Expressvpn Price
Next up, we’re going to take a look at the pricing model of ExpressVPN, including payment methods and money back guarantees. But first, let’s look at monthly costs. This VPN offers three different payment options, as follows:
Monthly subscription – $12.95
Six-month subscription – $9.99
Annual subscription – $8.32
I’d also like to take a moment to offer my opinion on this Expressvpn review to talk about the price. Compared to the rest of the market, it is, admittedly, more highly priced than its competition.
Consider that some providers, such as Private Internet Access VPN, only cost a mere $3.33 per month with an annual subscription.
I really think that $12.95 per month is a bit too high for a VPN tunnel, especially when there are cost savings with longer-term subscriptions.
Honestly, I think that $9.99 a month is still a little high, and greater than the majority of other services cost. $8.32 per month isn’t terrible, but it’s still in the middle and high end of the spectrum.
Express VPN Free Trial
Furthermore, there isn’t a free version or a free trial of ExpressVPN. A few competitors do offer free trials or completely free versions.
ExpressVPN, however, makes do with a 30-day money back guarantee, which is better than nothing.
I suppose you could view it as a free trial, but instead of consciously subscribing at the end of the free trial.
You simply need to contact customer support to get your money back if you disliked the service before its too late.
Still, this 30-day guarantee is longer than others. I’ve seen many that only lasted for a week or two, so 30 days feels pretty generous.
At the very least, it’s a great way to remove risk for new subscribers and to give them a chance to test out the application and server speeds. Next, I wanted to talk about payment options as well.
Bitcoin has become a semi-standard payment option over the last few years and is frequently accepted as a valid means of payment, especially with digital services.
This VPN does accept anonymous Bitcoin payments, which might be a necessity in countries that track citizens’ online purchases of VPNs and security tools.
There are, however, all of the normal payment options as well, including Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, JCB, PayPal, and several other less common alternatives.
To sum it up, ExpressVPN accepts all the normal payment options you would expect, as well as several unlikely payment methods.
ExpressVPN Key Features
The first feature I wanted to discuss was the relative size of ExpressVPN’s network of servers, which is more expansive than most other alternatives.
In fact, I think I’ve only seen two or three other providers who had servers in more countries around the world.
HideMyAss VPN is the leader, with servers in approximately 200 countries around the world, though it varies from month to month as servers are decommissioned and new servers are brought online.
It’s more typical for the average service to have somewhere around 30 or 40 countries in which servers are hosted, so ExpressVPN definitely surpasses standard services with regards to global connection options.
In fact, unless you’re from a remote corner of the Internet, I’d wager that ExpressVPN hosts a server in every location users who simply want to unblock websites would want to connect.
In addition, I adore the fact that the software comes with a built-in kill-switch. A kill-switch will halt Internet traffic and downloads in the case of a VPN failure.
After all, if a VPN tunnel crashed and your traffic and downloads resumed shortly thereafter, all of your data would be sent through your local ISP in an unencrypted format.
Such an occurrence is potentially disastrous if you’re downloading files via BitTorrent in an unforgiving region.
I was also moderately pleased to see users are afforded up to three simultaneous connections per account. This feature would allow an individual user to secure a laptop, smartphone, and tablet at the same time.
Or a user could share the simultaneous connections with family members. However, be aware ExpressVPN lags behind the rest of the market in terms of simultaneous connections.
Although it didn’t use to be so, these days providers are frequently offering five simultaneous connections per account.
I’ve even seen a small handful offer six simultaneous connections or more. Still, having said that, I do genuinely think that three connections are more than adequate for most people.
In summary, the following outlines ExpressVPN’s list of general features:
Servers in over 148 locations in 94 countries
Kill-switch included in the client
Up to three simultaneous connections per account
Split tunneling features
Available on Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, Routers (i.e. DD-WRT), and Linux
ExpressVPN Connections: OpenVPN – TCP vs. UDP
ExpressVPN offers a variety of connection protocols; in fact, I think this VPN offers more connection protocol options than the average competitor.
It’s fairly typical to see competitors use between one and three different protocols, but this VPN technically has five. The greatest of which, and the one I would recommend using, is OpenVPN.
However, there are two different types of OpenVPN: UDP and TCP. On ExpressVPN’s website, it recommends trying UDP connections before TCP connections.
Why is that? Well, UDP connections are typically faster than TCP connections because the underlying protocol has less overhead.
When data is sent via UDP, if a unit of data is lost along the way, it’s lost for good. The UDP protocol will not retransmit that data.
That’s great if the data was inconsequential anyway.
For instance, if the data in question was a sliver of voice data, it wouldn’t do too much good to retransmit the datagram and have it arrive at the receiver out of order; otherwise, the voice quality would suffer and the call would sound garbled and unintelligible.
On the other hand, some types of data are incapable of tolerating packet loss, such as a file download. Unless each and every iota of data is successfully transmitted to the receiver, the file download would become corrupt.
Do note, however, that a VPN tunnel encapsulates other protocols like a wrapper.
Even if you use OpenVPN with UDP, the VPN tunnel may be encapsulating a TCP session, in which the encapsulated protocol would retransmit data if there was packet loss.
The key takeaway here is that OpenVPN over UDP is generally faster than OpenVPN over TCP, which is why it’s recommended as the default option.
ExpressVPN Connections: PPTP
The next protocol offered by ExpressVPN I wanted to discuss is PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol), which is a rather archaic and antiquated protocol.
PPTP was originally designed by a Microsoft consortium way back in 1999 (in computer years, that’s about as old as a velociraptor fossil).
And even though PPTP still has its uses (though they are few and far between), I would advise to just avoid this protocol altogether.
The problem with PPTP is that it currently only offers weak security. Hackers and researchers found holes and flaws in this protocol’s security algorithms and found ways to break it.
True enough, this protocol does encrypt data, but it isn’t the strongest form of encryption in use today.
In fact, using fairly inexpensive software, PPTP can be cracked, and all of the data sent through the PPTP tunnel could potentially be seen by a malicious third party.
How is PPTP useful, then? Well, PPTP has less overhead than other protocols, like OpenVPN. PPTP is actually a very lightweight protocol, so some folks prefer to use it on account of reduced overhead and a faster connection.
The catch is that the data sent through the tunnel cannot (or at least should not) be sensitive personal information.
So, for instance, if all a user wants to do is unblock a foreign on-demand streaming site to watch the documentary Planet Earth, PPTP is likely an acceptable option.
After all, who really cares if a hacker gets their hands on your streaming video data and breaks the PPTP protocol, only to reconstruct the data and see an image of a fish or a bear?
The problem, however, is that users may inadvertently send other types of personal data through the PPTP tunnel while streaming their favorite shows.
Besides, OpenVPN over UDP is more than adequate for streaming, so I’d caution you from ever using PPTP.
ExpressVPN Connections: SSTP
Unlike PPTP, SSTP (Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol) is a perfectly suitable and viable option to use in favor of OpenVPN.
Yet again, since OpenVPN is open source software and platform independent, chances are just about any system you use will have OpenVPN available.
But if you wanted to try another protocol just to see if you could get a superior connection, then SSTP isn’t a bad choice.
This protocol employs a type of encryption based on the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) 3.0 protocol, which is standard and very secure. In fact, whether you knew it or not, you’ve already used an SSL-based protocol before, namely HTTPS.
Believe it or not, one of the great advantages of SSTP is the fact that it’s well suited for evading censorship imposed by firewalls and other networking devices.
For instance, it's possible to run a VPN connection over port 443 with SSTP, which would look like any other plain and boring HTTPS connection to a firewall.
And also note that it’s highly impractical for any given network to block port 443 because just about everyone uses HTTPS these days.
Blocking port 443 would cause all sorts of web pages to stop functioning, from online banking sites to social media.
However, SSTP is very different from OpenVPN in one key regard: SSTP is not an open standard. Rather, it is a closed-source protocol developed by Microsoft. For some folks, that’s a huge red flag for a couple reasons.
Because OpenVPN is open source, any old average Joe or third party can view the source code. As such, OpenVPN lends itself well to security audits by independent third-party organizations.
In contrast, SSTP does not, and Microsoft has a dark and dismal history of complying with Federal US agencies like the NSA.
Microsoft was infamously included in a long list of domestic corporations who enabled the NSA to spy on US citizens, as evidenced by Edward Snowden.
For that matter, Skype – which is under Microsoft ownership now – even allowed the NSA to spy on conversations.
For these reasons, people are still a little wary of SSTP encryption. Yet again, I would recommend sticking with OpenVPN, but I would prefer SSTP over PPTP.
ExpressVPN Connections: L2TP/IPsec
The last ExpressVPN protocol bearing consideration is L2TP/IPsec. This protocol, like PPTP, is readily available by default on most operating systems and is widely used.
It is worth noting, however, that L2TP/IPsec is really two technology combined like Russian nesting dolls.
L2TP encapsulates IPsec; though on it’s own, L2TP offers no encryption. Instead, the IPsec protocol provides encryption.
Furthermore, note that IPsec encryption can utilize AES encryption, which can be 128, 256, 512-bits or longer in length.
In reality, it’s fairly common to see AES-128 or AES-256 encryption used, which is strong enough encryption that the cipher cannot be broken – at least, not with modern technology. But, this protocol does have some drawbacks.
The first of which is the fact that it is fairly simple to block. While SSTP and OpenVPN are a little more malleable and configurable, L2TP/IPsec is not. Plus, it carries extra overhead with it since the data has to be encapsulated twice.
But the most glaring issue is yet another suspicion of governmental tampering.
In fact, it is thought that the IPsec protocol was intentionally designed with some flaws due to governmental influence, though the details of cryptography are pretty heavy reading for the average user.
There does seem to be a lot of gray areas and lacks a definitive conclusion, so at best I’d call it reasonable speculation.
Nevertheless, I do think that L2TP/IPsec is a reasonable alternative to OpenVPN. In fact, if OpenVPN isn’t available, I’d say that L2TP/IPsec is your next best option, over SSTP and PPTP. In my experience, however.
I haven’t run into a situation where OpenVPN failed or encountered significant problems.
In summary, the following outlines the types of connections offered by ExpressVPN:
OpenVPN, using both TCP and UDP (preferred)
SSTP (preferred when OpenVPN and L2TP/IPsec are unavailable)
L2TP/IPsec (preferred when OpenVPN is unavailable)
PPTP (avoid using if possible)
Logging Policy and Privacy Features
I did want to take a moment to talk about logging as well, as it is one of the most important features of any VPN service.
Most people think that VPN service providers have a 100% zero logging policy, and sometimes VPN providers make extravagant claims regarding a strict stance against logging.
But the reality is that any service is going to have to log some data – that’s just the nature of IT. Syslog data is often kept on servers for troubleshooting purposes, and even mainstream services commonly log metadata.
If you’re starting to feel paranoid, don’t worry – this VPN, like most other providers, doesn’t log any user activities.
In fact, you can feel reassured with the peace of mind you aren’t being spied upon by reading the following line from ExpressVPN’s privacy policy:
“We do not collect logs of your activity, including no logging of browsing history, traffic destination, data content, or DNS queries.
We also never store connection logs, meaning no logs of your IP address, your outgoing VPN IP address, connection timestamp, or session duration.”
So, if ExpressVPN doesn’t log users’ activities or connection data, what does it log? The following list summarizes the information that ExpressVPN does a record about its users:
Name, email address and payment information – required to set up an account
VPN connection summary statistics, such as the number of active connections on a server and the amount of data being sent through a server to measure its capacity
VPN connection diagnostics and crash reports, but users can opt out of this monitoring anytime if they so choose
Which build version of the app a user has active, for the purpose of aiding troubleshooting scenarios with the support department
Whether or not VPN connections are successfully established, but not your source IP address or what time of the day a user tries to connect
A quantity recording the total amount of traffic sent, yet not the contents of that traffic (basically a meter to see the volume of data users are sending through the tunnels)
And before moving on to the next section, I did want to describe in great detail the data which ExpressVPN does not record about its users:
Which websites you visit
The user’s true IP addresses
Which individual users connect to which specific VPN server locations, or at which time a user was connected
As you can see, even though ExpressVPN logs data (like every other provider), the data that does get logged isn’t really consequential.
I would love to have a VPN service with a pure no-logging policy, but it just isn’t possible because the service needs to record some data for account management and billing purposes.
Still, rest assured that it won’t be able to see what you’re doing online and that it won’t share your email address with third parties either.
Doing so would be an invasion of privacy and betrayal of trust that would diminish the trust users have in ExpressVPN.
That said, this VPN does have to comply with the authorities, as would any other company in any other country. ExpressVPN’s Privacy Policy clearly states the following:
The BVI has no data retention laws, and any legal order requiring a BVI company to disclose customer records must come from the BVI High Court. Under BVI law, information requests from foreign courts or law enforcement are subject to a ‘dual criminality’ provision, meaning that the request is upheld by the BVI High Court only if the same crime is punishable by at least a one-year prison sentence under BVI law, had it taken place in the BVI. Should we receive a valid legal order from the BVI High Court, it is important to note that ExpressVPN does not collect any IP addresses, browsing history, traffic data, or DNS queries that could be used to identify any specific user.
ExpressVPN Speed Test
I did also want to take the time to run a speed test, too. However, do note that your mileage may vary, and the ultimate speed of any connection depends on a great many factors.
Some of the factors include which country you’re connecting to, how far away the VPN server from your current location, your personal Internet connection bandwidth, which protocol you’re using, whether or not your data travels through networks that impose rate limiting, and a whole variety of other factors.
More often than not, however, with the exception of countries imposing harsh Internet censorship and restrictions, connections are pretty darn fast.
I’m personally using Google Fibre, although it’s not the full Gigabit connection, but rather the 5Mbps connection.
I tested several servers and found that I more or less had a speed consistent with my connection when not using a VPN tunnel.
I’m curious to see what the upper threshold for these VPN servers is on faster connections. At any rate, the following two results show my speed tests for Hong Kong and London:
Hong Kong – Download: 5.05Mbps; Upload: 0.98Mbps; Ping: 202ms;
London – Download: 5.07Mbps; Upload: 0.99Mbps; Ping: 100ms;
The last component of ExpressVPN’s service left to be addressed is customer support. Customer support is 24/7 and can be initiated via a live chat system (my favorite) or by email, but email is almost always the slowest option.
These days, I do feel a little strange using live chat because more often than not, some portion of the conversation (and in some cases all of it), is handled by a bot.
Still, I was able to ping the support department via live chat and get a response within 15 seconds. The support staff (or bot) seemed to be pretty knowledgeable, too.
I asked several questions regarding the strength of different security protocols and got detailed answers, as well as answers to general knowledge questions regarding the features of the service.
But there’s also more to the support department. I was impressed with the number of articles, how-to’s, and troubleshooting guides detailing steps to solving the most common problems.
I’m certain that the knowledge base can’t account for every eventuality and error, but ExpressVPN sure did do a great job of providing solutions to the majority of common issues.
Final Thoughts – Is ExpressVPN Worth It?
Overall, ExpressVPN is a fantastic provider with a well-rounded set of features. It’s no wonder this service a clear industry leader.
In particular, I was pleased with the scope of server locations and the choice between UDP/TCP when using OpenVPN. I also thought the support was great, and that the online knowledgeable was more than adequate.
I also admired the integrity of the privacy policy and the no-logs policy, and couldn’t be happier that it is based in the British Virgin Islands.
There is no such thing as a perfect provider, however, and there was one thing that I really didn’t care for: the price. I think this service is too expensive unless you opt for the annual subscription plan.
Sure, paying $12.95 per month when you could get another ‘similar' service for $5.00 or $6.00 per month may seem expensive, but when considering that you are trusting your entire online privacy to one of these companies…you really do get what you pay for.
In the case of ExpressVPN, that is 24/7 customer support AND the piece of mind that your data is secure. This is a quality service, so the slightly increased costs are justified by the “you get what you pay for” mentality. We showed you in our Expressvpn review why this VPN is at the top. Do you agree?
TheThe User Datagram Protocol (UDP) – rg.abdn.ac.uk
TCP Definition – SearchNetworking
PPTP Protocols – ExpressVPN
Understanding IPSec – ComputerHope
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Awesome People, Theatre
I Wrote a Thing for TCG
The wonderful Edgardo de la Cruz, my undergrad directing teacher/cult leader
I was asked by the wonderful Jacqueline E. Lawton to participate in the latest TCG blog salon, “Artistic Leadership: How Do We Change the Game?” She sent me a series of questions wickedly difficult to answer:
What was the most game-changing production you’ve seen or created, and why?
Who was the most game-changing theatre leader/artist you’ve met, and what do you carry forward from their example?
What is the most significant opportunity—or challenge—facing the theatre field, and how can we address it together?
My answers reference the late Edgardo de la Cruz, African American Shakespeare Company, Lauren Gunderson, Howard Sherman, Annoyance Theatre, and Lawton herself, along with issues of representation, money, and empathy.
Please check it out! You can find it here.
Tagged a life in the theatre, actors, directing, diversity, dramaturgy, feminism, funding, indie theatre, new plays, playwrights, producing
That Religious Person Next to You in Rehearsal
I looked for ages for a photo credit for this. If anyone knows this super-adorable kid, or the photographer, drop me a line. I found it on beautyofhijabs.tumblr.com.
Theatre has a certain . . . reputation, no? That professional theatremakers are an iconoclastic, irreverent community that ignores or even outright disrespects religion?
The reality is, as reality always tends to be, much more complex. It’s not uncommon, however, for religion to be invisible, or even denigrated, in some professional theatre circles.
People who grow up in Christian heritage families (and note that that isn’t the same as being Christian or practicing Christianity) have massive privilege in this country. Privilege creates a certain world view that, when left unexamined, deeply marginalizes people outside that privilege. Christian heritage privilege functions no differently than any other kind of privilege. It’s not that people with Christian heritage privilege overtly believe that Christianity is superior to all other faiths. Obviously, some do, but that’s not what I’m discussing here. What I’m talking about is unconscious bias.
Most people with Christian heritage privilege who have not examined that privilege have an unconscious bias that all religion functions like American Christianity (privilege believes “my experience = reality”); that all religion shares certain basic characteristics, beliefs, or principles with American Christianity (privilege believes “my understanding = truth”), and that Christianity is the dominant religion in the world (while Christians make up 70% of the US, they’re just 32% of the world).
Even people who have no real contact with religion apart from what they glean from popular culture, but who have unexamined Christian heritage privilege or have internalized its world view just from living in this culture often have this bias. Conservative Christianity is the most highly publicized religion in the nation. Every other type of Christianity is so completely overshadowed in popular culture as to be rendered invisible or tainted by association. Every other religion is either ignored or represented in wildly inaccurate or reductivist ways that are deeply colored by the world view of Christian heritage privilege. Conservative Christianity, the public face of religion in America, is taken by those with unexamined Christian heritage privilege and those who have internalized that world view as the basic definition of “religion.”
A certain kind of morality (anti-LGBT, anti-feminist, “pro-life”), certain political stances (anti-public assistance, pro-death penalty, anti-separation clause), certain practices (evangelizing, praying as wish fulfillment, tithing), and certain religious beliefs (male god in the sky, eternal hell for nonbelievers, original sin) are taken together as all the defining factors of “religion” rather than a certain type of Christianity.
This is a great example. Not all religions are exclusive like conservative Christianity. Not even all the religions depicted on this meme are exclusive.
Therefore, it’s no surprise that some people who don’t come from observant families and aren’t observant themselves– an enormous, ever-increasing percentage of Americans– conflate this public, conservative Christianity with “religion” and conclude that “religion” is bad, whether they personally believe in a god (or gods) or not. And while most “nones,” (people who claim no religious affiliation) including atheists, are accepting of difference, a small but unfortunately vocal subset are actively hostile to all religion.
While there are certainly people who have come to an intolerantly anti-religion stance from non-Christian families, assuming all religions are like the ones they (or their forebears) left, the vast majority of anti-religious people in America, like the vast majority of people in America in general, come from Christian heritage privilege. Anyone who grew up in this country grew up surrounded by the erroneous concept that Christianity = “religion,” and that all religions function like Christianity in most ways. Some examine that world view and discover that it’s inaccurate, while others never examine it, some even expressing extreme fragility around the idea that Christian heritage privilege and its attendant world view exist at all. I’ve heard any number of people talk about all the “studying” they’ve done about “world religions,” yet claiming they’re “all alike,” a sure sign that their “studying” amounted to a Buzzfeed article on The Craft and half a documentary on Netflix about Orthodox Jews before they got bored and fired up Bloodborne.
Open hostility to religion and religious people is one of the few acceptable public bigotries left to liberals, so people will go to great lengths to protect it by crafting all sorts of justifications, asserting that religious people are all hateful of nonbelievers, “stupid,” “delusional,” and responsible for the majority of society’s ills, bolstered by unexamined Christian heritage privilege bias that unquestioningly sees “religion” as identical in form and function to conservative Christianity. This point of view highlights where that’s the case (as in fundamentalist Islam’s anti-LGBT stance) and minimizes or ignores where it’s not, rather than accepts that “religion” is a category so diverse that there’s not a single thing that could be said to define it across the board, not even a belief in a god or gods.
The impact in the theatre community is clear when you begin to look for it. More professional theatremakers than you think are religiously observant, and it’s no surprise that many hide that fact because they worry about their colleagues’ potential reactions.
I’ve been thinking about these issues for awhile. When you start to look for something, you see it everywhere, and it became clear to me that there is a large, but largely invisible, segment of our community that is religiously observant and, in many cases, hiding it, or hiding its full extent, anxious about their colleagues’ reactions. And while I’m not advocating for pushing this issue to the forefront past other issues of privilege and inclusion like race and gender, I am advocating for deeper thought around this issue, more kindness, and more acceptance, from everyone, on all sides, religious, atheist, and everyone in between.
A number of religiously observant theatre professionals volunteered to be part of this blog post. I wanted to give these people a voice, but allow them to retain their anonymity if they so chose, so some of the names below are real, and some are pseudonyms, but they are all real answers from real people. So here you go, theatre community. The religiously observant people with whom you’re already working, in their own words, discussing theatre and their faiths.
A Wiccan wedding, called a “handfasting.” Photo cred: leavemetomyprojects.com
What are the largest challenges you face as a religiously observant theatre professional?
Rowan, Wiccan director, Chicago:
Scheduling around events. Sometimes there are just unavoidable conflicts, and most of the time, I let my career come first. Discrimination against Wiccans is common, so most of us are in the broom closet, as we say. You can’t be open unless you know you’re in a safe space.
Larissa, Christian playwright, Santa Monica:
Scheduling during Christmas and Easter. I have performed shows on both holidays, but when it is a matter of rehearsal I let them know up front that I am one of two altos in our choir so if it is possible to give me an hour on Sundays to come in later if everyone isn’t always called, I would appreciate it. Sometime people are cool with it, often not, which is fine. I made the choice to accept the job so I don’t press it. However it is hard to hear the snide remarks about my being a Christian and missing church, which I never mention in the work place unless asked directly.
Nick, Quaker actor, San Francisco Bay Area:
I used to be really challenged whenever taking on roles. My concern was not so much about whether or not I am going to do something bad or sinful in a performance, but whether or not the piece of art as a whole that I am helping to create is creating goodness and beauty in the world. I am less concerned about that now, because my values have changed and I have more faith in the goodness of people than I used to. I was never super fundamentalist and felt like if it wasn’t a Christian message then it is evil, but I leaned more in that direction. However, this does still matter to me. I feel like my job as an artist is to create goodness and beauty in the world, to create the new heaven and new earth. For that reason I try to join artists who are doing that. The most important role I’ve been in was 8, a staged reading of the overturning of Proposition 8.
Linda, Buddhist stage manager, San Francisco Bay Area:
SCHEDULING. The best and the worst thing about being a Buddhist juggling production schedules is one and the same: how I practice is flexible. (The biggest challenge is not specific to theatre: the general public is very confused about Buddhism.) When a schedule conflict unexpectedly arises, I am more likely than not automatically expected to forego my commitment to my practice just because I can and just because ultimately I “only” answer to myself. Most productions have been good about keeping to a previously agreed upon schedule and being accommodating when schedules change. (Most, but not all.)
Andy, Christian playwright, Rhode Island:
I would probably say my biggest challenge is translating what are essentially religious themes into a modern idiom that is accessible to people from diverse backgrounds. This doesn’t mean watering down the religious content of my plays, but it does mean grounding them in real human emotions. What religion essentially is to me is a deep affirmation of the dignity and worthiness of each human, and as such is provides a very useful frame to examine long-standing conflicts of the human condition.
Alona, Jewish actor and director, New York:
I am a modern orthodox Jew. Every Friday night at sundown, until three stars appear on Saturday, I go into full-out Sabbath-mode: no using electricity, no driving or using public transportation, no cooking, no listening to or making music, no money, no writing, no carrying items outside of buildings. The list goes on and on, and it doesn’t mix with the world of professional theatre.
By acting in professional theatre, you are agreeing to a life of of Saturdays spent using microphones, being lit by stage lights, getting paid for working. You are also probably agreeing to work in theatres that are not a walkable distance from your home, and even if they are, you are agreeing to come to rehearsals prepared, which often means carrying your script (and food and a water bottle) outside. Usually you are expected to be ready to write down blocking or line changes, to be reachable by phone or email for last-minute schedule changes, and to listen to whatever music is included in the show or rehearsal or workshops. And while some theaters don’t perform on Sunday, I can name only one theater that never has Friday night/Saturday shows or rehearsals (shoutout to 24/6 in NYC). All of these things become extremely problematic very quickly.
In sixth grade, I moved to New Jersey and auditioned for Paper Mill Playhouse’s summer conservatory. At the time, my family and I were incredibly naive about all things theatre: my father answered the call and gave the casting director a grateful thanks-but-no-thanks. I wouldn’t be able to go to rehearsals or do shows on the Sabbath, he explained, and besides, opening night would be on Shavuot, a Jewish holiday. The casting director thanked my father and hung up. I was devastated. Fortunately, she called back, promising to work around any conflicts with Judaism. Looking back, I see how incredibly rare and accommodating that second phone call was; it’s a gesture I’m not going to forget. Paper Mill was wonderful about everything. They set up the double casting schedule so I’d have as few Sabbath performances as possible. That press opening coinciding with Shavuot was an unavoidable conflict, but they let me and my mother stay in an apartment just across the street from the theatre so I could walk over, and continued to let me do so for every Shabbat throughout the run.
I thought I’d solved the dilemma. But I was wrong. As I did more and more theatere, the conflict got harder and harder to deal with. Each show presented a new set of obstacles, a new set of decisions to navigate and compromises to make. Because where do you draw the line? If you’re signed on to a show and suddenly you have to eat onstage, do you ask the stage manager to buy (often more expensive) kosher food? What if painting or writing is written into a part? I can decide to listen to the orchestra playing, but what happens I’m asked to accompany myself with an instrument onstage? It’s a very tenuous balance to strike — and potentially destructive, too, because making too many compromises on either side has the potential to alienate you from either community. Taking on a high-profile role at a local theater could mean publicizing the fact that you’re breaking Shabbat, which could mean that some people in the Jewish community might stop trusting your standards of keeping kosher, and no longer feel comfortable eating at your house. Conversely, it’s easy to be “too difficult to work with” in the theater: being associated with a set of mysterious rules and conflicts could raise red flags for companies who don’t know what to expect. So there’s a balance between being up-front about potential conflicts and not scaring off theatre companies. If I anticipate any big problems or conflicts I’ll note it on the audition form — holidays like Rosh Hashana or Passover, for example. Sometimes I’ll even write something like: “talk to me about the Sabbath — some restrictions but shouldn’t be a big issue.” Being reassuring is important – people who are dealing with this situation for the first time might think it will be impossible. Part of my side of the bargain is letting them know that I’ve successfully struck a workable balance in the past, and that this can work out this time too. In fact, it will hopefully (probably?) be barely noticeable to them.
Jerry, Christian playwright and actor, San Francisco Bay Area:
I feel that I have been fortunate that my theater practice and Christianity have not been much in conflict, except the occasional timing issue between church letting out on Sunday morning and a tech rehearsal or performance. Belonging to a Lutheran church, there has been no onus about working in the theatre, and as a devout Christian, my writing is primarily focused on good and evil with good being an active verb rather than a responsive partner. Does that make sense? Based in my Christian faith, I believe that good is something one does, not merely something one is. As an actor, I have never been asked to do a part that was in conflict with my faith. Of course, I am not so sure it is the same for more dedicated actors. There are more of them than roles, and desperation can be a mighty powerful influence. I suppose it all comes down to values, and are we as artists true to them, whether they are faith-based or general personal ethics. I know what my values are, what kind of work I want to be a part of and what kind I don’t. For example, I don’t think I could be involved in a theater production of any kind where evil acts or evil people are glorified. Even for good money.
Ariel, Muslim actor, San Francisco Bay Area:
I think as a woman who wears the hijab, and a convert who is also a theatre professional, the biggest challenge so far has been more internal, figuring out what MY line is. For me having graduated college and immediately jumping into work in the city while at the exact same time jumping in and embracing my newfound faith has really had my brain cooking as to where do I set the line. We as women are so hypersexualized that it is constantly in the back of my head. I ask myself questions like, Should I wear my hijab when I audition? Will they feel weird? Should I tell them no, I don’t feel comfortable doing this? Will that hurt my chances? How will my castmates react to me? Was taking my hijab off in the audition room a good idea or not? If I show my hair will that give me a better chance? The questions sound silly, even to me, but as a woman in theatre who used to think “I’m always going to be sexualized in this game, so why turn down roles just because I feel uncomfortable,” these questions are real.
Photographer: Kris Krüg
Have you ever had to compromise either your faith or your art due to your commitment to living as a religiously observant theatremaker?
Rowan:
I turned down a show because it had a stereotypical caricature of a Wiccan in it, just there for laughs. Just mockery. And I couldn’t say why. I faked a response about scheduling. I would have loved to do the show. I don’t know what their relationship with the playwright was. I didn’t feel like I could ask for changes to the script. I’d rather not stick my neck out about it and get labeled a problem or deal with bigotry.
Larissa:
I keep my mouth closed a lot when people are Christian bashing at work because I don’t want to become a target. I am often amazed that the same theatre people who are intolerant of hate speech toward Muslims or Jews will openly tear apart ALL Christians during work and think nothing of it. That kind of hate speech is completely tolerated at our theatre work places.
When I was less progressive, I used to believe that homosexuality was a sin. The first show I did with [company] was Merchant of Venice, and Antonio was directed to be openly gay. Even though I believed homosexuality in particular was a sin, that was such a small piece of the beautiful piece of work the director created. His Merchant was above forgiveness and terrifying consequences of rumors and prejudice. It didn’t matter what my beliefs about homosexuality were. It doesn’t matter that I may disagree with this director on one particular, because overall I know that he is making the world better. If there are scheduling conflicts between rehearsals and religious meetings or holidays, I will let rehearsal win. I view my art as a religious practice, so there is no compromise for me in creating art instead of going to church.
I rarely compromise in theatre, which means I do often compromise going to temple. Working in theatre also involves late nights, which makes getting to temple early the next day more a chore than the joyful chance to recharge it usually is. What this usually means is I compromise on recreation and keeping up with pop culture.
I will refuse to do any theatre that conflicts with my religious beliefs, but in a very general sense. That is, I will refuse to do plays that do not affirm the basic dignity of human beings. This doesn’t feel like a compromise to me.
Alona:
The hardest thing for me was the realization that it was impossible to practice modern Orthodox Judaism and also do professional theatre. I would have to compromise one or both, and I think that’s the saddest thing. But in the world of inevitable-compromise-making, I have been incredibly lucky to work with amazingly understanding people: directors and SMs and castmates and techs who will go out of their way to print their notes instead of emailing them, to coordinate schedules so that I’m not called on Shabbat, to make sure I’m not walking home alone without a phone at night, to sign my name on the callboard.
But there are still trade-offs. The biggest compromise I’ve ever had: a role I’d been dreaming of playing for ages, a fantastic director, a great cast. There was just one problem — one of the performances was on Yom Kippur. By that point I’d come to terms with performing on Shabbat, but Yom Kippur, the Holiest of Holy Days — that was on another level entirely. So when I got the call that I’d been cast, the classic rush of excitement was tainted by apprehension. I tentatively brought up the subject of Yom Kippur: was there any conceivable way to work around my conflict for that single date? The answer was (understandably) no.
Reconciling Judaism and theater had always happened on fluid spectrum; the decisions I’d had to make were always how-much-how-little, never either-or. Suddenly they were pitted against each other. I imagined, for the first time in my life, not observing Yom Kippur: not being in synagogue to hear the shofar blow, not fasting, not being with my family. I also imagined the pang of regret I’d feel every time I looked back at the road not traveled, the role never played. I talked myself out of taking the part, and I talked myself back in. In the end, I took the role.
The show ended up being a lot of fun, and I don’t regret signing on. But I do regret performing the night of Yom Kippur. First of all, though I was there in body, as I’d agreed to be when I’d signed the contract, I wasn’t there in mind. Ironically, though, my performance wasn’t the only thing that was a disaster that night. At two minutes to curtain, paramedics rushed into the theatre to take an elderly audience member to the hospital (she ended up being fine). During the show, lights broke, props broke, cues were missed, lines were dropped. Disaster upon disaster. It was, objectively, the worst performance of the run. And all through the performance that night, I thought about the story of Jonah and the whale, which we read in the synagogue every Yom Kippur. In part of the story, Jonah tries to flee God by boarding a ship. God sees through Jonah’s plan and creates a storm to destroy the ship: the ship’s crew panics, and Jonah, realizing that the storm is his own fault, his own punishment, tells them to toss him into the sea. So they do, the storm stops, and they are saved. I’m not usually particularly spiritual or superstitious, and my agnosticism remained (and continues to remain) sound, but that night, as the show (sometimes literally) crumbled around me, the irony of the situation was overwhelming. I wanted to shout to my fellow actors: “It’s my fault! Toss me off the stage and you’ll be saved!” Now I know: no more performing on Yom Kippur for me.
Jerry:
Pardon me for being a bit obnoxious about this one, but life is full of compromises. Still, I have never given up my core faith or artistic bearing for the other. I have never been in the position where I actually had to turn down or refuse anything because of my faith, or take part in something that was contrary to my faith. Doing good is who I try to be. Writing/theatre is my vocation. Being Christian is who I am. At least for me, all of these are interconnected. I sometimes have remarked in serious jest that as a writer/theatre artist, I have a higher calling than a minister has. (My pastor doesn’t like when I say that.) Where the pastoral calling is generally (but not always) for a specific congregation, an artist’s calling is to spread goodness, and even the good news of God’s grace (in a variety of ways, some of them very subtle) to the world.
I have been very fortunate to not have come across a scenario where I had to compromise my art or faith. Despite my own internal anxieties, the Bay Area theatre community in which I have been blessed to work has been really awesome in not putting me in a situation where I feel uncomfortable. I’ve also done my homework to avoid anything that won’t mesh well. I’m honestly figuring it all out along with everyone else, what I do or do not want to do. I will say this, though– when prayer time is the same as performance it does get a little tricky.
A Yiddish theatre poster, New York, 1891.
Has your faith impacted your approach to your art?
We get to truths through storytelling that we can’t get to any other way. Theatre is magic, I believe that. I think people who see it as entertainment or just a job are missing out. Wicca impacts the way I see the world. I feel like the social justice focus I bring to my work is a big part of my faith. Even when the play isn’t specifically about a social justice issue, who you cast and how you treat them are.
I believe in a God that has a plan for my life, so I am able to be fearless and walk though doors that many theatre people cannot because of the lack of a safety net, but I always have one, God. I love that I have a place I can go to every week to remember that there are bigger issues in the world than a light cue or line rewrite. I get to go to church and think about things that are bigger than my life and share that peace with people who have nothing to do with my job. I love that time to unplug and refocus. I don’t know how non-religious people do it. I pray for God’s will in my life and walk forward with every path that is put in front of me, knowing that He will make it work out. I’m also very aware of needing my art to do something positive in the world. I don’t convert people through my art, but I need it to make a real life difference to people. To change things. I think that’s part of what draws people to my work, the desire to do something more than entertain.
I am really biblically literate and I also do a lot of Shakespeare. It’s always fun knowing all of the Biblical references that he makes. “O Jephtha, judge of Israel, what a treasure hadst thou!” Fucking Jephtha. Each Quaker meeting (“church”) has a book called “Faith and Practice” which outlines what they try to believe and how they try to live. Being a Quaker is so much about living and practicing your faith. Like I said before, I try to create beauty in the world, so my work in the theatre (and all the work) that I do, I see as a religious practice. Even though I am a Quaker, I was raised Catholic and still love the liturgical language of the Catholic and mainline churches. I often think of theatre artists working together as communion.
Spirituality and art are integral parts of a benevolent cycle. By cultivating compassion, sympathy, and empathy I “hear” the resonance better and that can only make me a better storyteller.
I’ve always thought of people’s warm-ups and pre-show rituals as a kind of religion. There’s lots of tradition and spirituality in doing a sequence of stretches and repeating certain phrases – and also in holding hands in a circle before opening night, in what you’re not allowed to say backstage, and how to respond to stage managers (at the risk of sounding irreverent – I mean it very reverently, in fact – is a “thank you, five” really so different from an “amen”?). And also both theatre and religion tend to be simultaneously very communal and very internal – they both rely very much on participating with a group, be it a cast or congregation, while at the same time eliciting (and sometimes requiring) a parallel inner experience.
I also have a lot of plays in my head about Judaism and Jewish identity that have yet to be written, and I’d love to start getting them on paper to see what sort of dialogue comes out of them in rehearsal rooms and in audiences. The few times I’ve gotten to be in spaces where theatre and Judaism overlap (watching shows like Body Awareness, for example, or parts of Fires in the Mirror, and yes, also Fiddler) have been really exciting for me: theatre is a medium that I feel very at home with, and Judaism is such a huge yet completely mysterious part of who I am, so it’s exciting to see theatre used to tackle some of the questions I still have about that whole side of life. Tradition, tradition.
As a Christian, I am a disciple, and part of being that disciple is to love my neighbor. Who is my neighbor? The great theologian Martin Luther defined the neighbor is anyone who needs what I have to give. So I get to give my storytelling, my love of stories, my love of my fellow human beings, my dedication to the marginalized, my love of the wonderfulness of life to the world—through making theatre. I get to truly be a Christian, and spread the good news that we are all valuable, beautiful human beings through live-action stories. I get to serve my sisters and brothers. Golly, I could go on and on.
I love the stories of my faith, and I love the parables of Jesus Christ. As an artist, I am dedicated to doing good in the world. In the theatre I get to do this by telling stories about how wonderful and beautiful human beings are.
I have access to an incredibly rich store of images and stories that all deal with the most profound questions of human existence. Being religious puts me in contact with people I would otherwise rarely know. I have friends who are 80. I have friends who are homeless. I have friends who are special needs. These are people I probably would never have met if we weren’t united by our faith. But the history of Christianity is also a great inspiration. Being religious in the way I am forces me to understand our present moment in its historical context, which is still deeply Christian, so I think in a way being Christian helps me understand how we got where we are. It’s a great resource, my faith.
I’ve been able to meet people of other faiths who share their stories and it’s been really enlightening. The most important thing for me, especially at this time where Islam in particular is being portrayed in the media as evil, and Muslims are being associated with murder, terror, evil, and radicalism, is to be able to say, “no, that is not who we are,” and it’s nice to have met people who have said, “yeah, I know,” or are just willing to listen. To debunk even the smallest of things or explain why we believe this or that, especially as a woman where there are all these misconceptions about how we are treated in Islam. It’s been nice to be able to have discussions and answer questions.
My faith has impacted my art in that I have been able to be more aware of the human condition, being able to take a piece or a character and look at it more deeply. It’s inspired me to engage more in pieces that challenge government, examine the “roles” of women and men, embrace color, sexuality, all points of view. In a way my faith as made me pickier, more selective. Thinking less “me” and more “us.”
People gathered for a Quaker meeting. Photo cred: Philip Greenspun
Has your art impacted your approach to your faith?
I love props and costumes and I use them in ritual all the time. Wicca can be very theatrical. It doesn’t have to be, but being a director, I think I have a visual, spatial approach to ritual, and how its theatrical aspects can impact people.
I’m definitely very aware that I work with non-Christians most of the time, and that makes me super aware of the bubble a lot of Christian live in. They really have no clue how the rest of the world thinks. That ignorance grows into intolerance. I see it happening all the time and it makes me so frustrated with being a Christian. It’s embarrassing.
I think that Hamlet’s words to Horatio at the end of Hamlet have probably become as central of a religious text in my life as the Bible. “Not a whit. We defy augury. There’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, tis not to come, if it be not to come it will be now, if it be not now yet it will come. Since no man knows aught he leaves what is’t to leave betimes? Let be.” Hamlet is also referencing Jesus in Matthew’s Gospel, so it’s fitting that I dig that.
Working in the theatre has also further instilled in me that idea that we live our faith in the world in our daily lives. Sometimes when I go to meeting (church), I see a bunch of people singing songs, pretending they feel a certain way, and listening to a very intellectual heady sermon, pretending they believe certain things (defining belief not as your practice in life or even what’s in your heart but intellectual assent to ideas), and I think what the fuck is the point? Then I go to the theatre and I see a group of people working together, supporting one another, to create beauty in the world, and I think, “This is the Church.”
Deepening the understanding of humanity in all its many facets enlightens my understanding of my own foibles and what I might be able to do about them. A lot of Buddhism revolves around not giving one’s own ego free rein and one way to do that is putting yourself in someone else’s shoe, which is a skill storytelling can hone.
Aside from helping me recognize that tradition can be dynamic on a personal level (as opposed to just societal), I don’t think it has….Hm, I’ve never really thought about this before! Maybe it’s something I’m still figuring out. I do know that I ironically hate “performing” in religious contexts – on the rare occasions that I go to an all-women’s minyan, I try to stay away from reading from the megillah and things like that.
I think they are intertwined; one impacts the other. But I believe I think more deeply about my faith because I am a writer. I apply (and when I teach Christian education relate) a basic premise I use in theater to the stories of my faith: What is it about? Not just what happens, but what is the story about. I also think a lot about truths – from my art to my faith, which is a different way of saying what I just did. Is this a true story? Do I believe it? Not do I believe it is factual, but does it tell me something important about human nature, or in the case of Christianity, God’s relationship to us and our relationships to each other?
The Thai Buddhist temple in my hometown of Fremont, CA. More info at watbuddha.org.
What would you like the theatre community to know about your faith?
There are people out there who try to debunk Wicca by saying it’s less than 100 years old, which is both true and not true. The loosely organized theology of Wicca as an alternative faith has developed over the past 100 years, but the pagan traditions it’s based on are thousands of years old. My grandparents on my mom’s side came here from eastern Europe. They were Catholic. My grandmother taught us all kinds of things that she believed were Catholic traditions from the old country. House blessings, little rituals she said were for “good luck” or to ward off “bad luck.” But they weren’t Catholic at all. Hang this herb above the door, stuff like that. She claimed that this was our tradition as Catholics. I later read about the Christianizing of eastern Europe, and how Slavic peasants practiced their old religion and Christianity at the same time for centuries. Some of her traditions had to come from that. I wish people had more respect for Wicca. I’d love to be able to live more openly.
It’s the base of all the things you like about me. It’s why I’m such an optimistic person. It’s why I have real joy in my life. It’s why I take risks and fall and keep getting up. I approach every day with an intentional desire to show love and forgiveness to everyone, in the same way I believe Christ forgives everyone. We are all equal sinners in his eyes and all equally forgiven, so I don’t judge anyone. That intention is directly from my faith and, when I’m doing well at it, makes all of our days better.
Not all Christians are homophobic. There is a huge growing number of Christians who believe that homosexuality is not sinful. I don’t want people to know that because the opinion of Christians matters at all. What Christians believe about people’s’ sex lives is completely irrelevant, and no one needs approval from Christians. I only say that because I want LGBTQ people to know that there are less people in the world that hate them and more and more who love and accept them. Also I kind of want people to know that I really really love to talk about religion and I have no interest at all in converting you, but I wouldn’t apply that as a rule to Christians. Don’t talk to them about religion. They totally want to convert you.
Competing with other religion/faith/spirituality does not have to be part of all religions and in fact, it’s not part of Buddhism. This is inconceivable to most Americans. Buddhist services are not on the same day of the week every week. This is also inconceivable to most Americans. Gravity is not a bitch therefore neither is Karma.
I would like the theatre community know that there is beauty, wisdom, and nuance in these traditions. Religious people are not crazy, we just have a different way of making sense of the world that secular people do. And I don’t think that’s because we ignore or denegrate anything about the secular world. I think it’s because we see the secular world as infinitely valuable because it is the creation of a loving God. This conception of the structure of the universe forms our mind in indelible ways, and asking us to translate these ideas into secular terms does them irrevocable violence. Theatre could do a better job understanding that, but then again we could do a better job explaining. They should all read Augustine’s Confessions and Teresa of Avila’s Life and then tell me what they think about Christians.
There is no single set of rules for Judaism. Even just within Modern Orthodoxy, there are countless different traditions based on ancestry and family and what is available for you to practice where you currently live. And even within that, I’ve picked and chosen and molded what works for me – and even THEN, tradition itself isn’t static. So there’s no definitive set of rules I can point to and say “these are the rules I live by and this is exactly how they’ll affect this theatre-making process.” In practice I often have to decide ahead of time what rules I’ll keep and what I’ll let slide, since it can be confusing to change midway through, even if I see the change as being more accommodating by deciding that I’m okay with doing something I might normally feel iffy about. But most of the time the “…But last week you said you couldn’t do that!” and possible “Can you do this also then?” isn’t worth the confusion.
When I was a child doing theatre, most of the sacrifices were on my parent’s end. I just found an email my mother cc’d me on from years ago (sent to another mother asking about balancing Shabbat and theatre for her own child). The email said: “Your eyes would pop out if you knew some of the crazy things we have done to make things like this work. Worth it???? Overall, yes. And, it helps your kids see that it is okay to let people know (and how to talk about) what your boundaries and needs are – and most of the time a balance can be reached.” When I got older, they talked me through the tough decisions. They never said: “This is what you should do,” or even “This is what I would do” — not even when I begged them to give me an answer, any answer. There was no answer, they said, just finding out what I myself was comfortable with.
To me it is a great shame that so much of our media, which so many of us think is full of exaggeration and falsehoods in so many other areas, has become so “true” when it comes, in particular, to Christians. Golly, if I only thought of Christians as being those who pontificate about others’ “sins” and wrongnesses, or how God is full of hatred toward certain kinds of people who were not like they, I don’t think I’d want to be a Christian either. Really, folks, Christians, like gay people, are everywhere. We are your neighbors, your restaurant servers, your doctors, your bus drivers, your actors, your designers, your playwrights. We are frail human people who are trying to do some good in the world, trying to share the love that God has blessed us with—with others around us. We bicycle, install solar panels, eat healthy, clean our parks. We are trying to make our world a better place. We are not on television talking about our superiority or how we want to condemn our fellow human beings. We don’t separate the sinner from the sin, because we know we are all blessed human creations of a loving God. This is who we are.
Don’t believe what you see or hear about Islam. It’s not about hate or killing; it’s about love and respect for the human being, for oneself, for the plants, the earth, the animals. I think every faith reaches that same consensus, love, we just get there in different ways.
Are you a religiously observant theatremaker? Feel free to answer my questions in the comments!
My boys lighting the Chanukah menorah at my parents’ house, 2006.
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British Pro-EU MP murdered in the street by man shouting "Britain first!"
Jo Cox was an outspoken, left-leaning Labour MP who supported the "Remain" side in the upcoming referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union.
Yesterday, a man walked up to her in her home constituency of West Yorkshire and shot her three times with a gun resembling a musket, then stabbed her repeatedly while shouting "Britain first." Britain First is a UK neo-fascist party that supports the "Leave" side in the EU referendum, its name and slogan reminiscent of Trump's "America First" (which was also the name of an American movement that opposed US intervention against the Nazis in Europe).
Cox, who formerly worked for Oxfam, had campaigned for a diverse, tolerant UK, supporting admission for Syrian refugees. Earlier this week, she and her children were hosed down by pro-Leave supporters during a bizarre naval battle on the Thames with duelling Leave and Remain flotillas. She leaves behind a husband and two children, aged 3 and 5.
Thomas Mair, 51, has been arrested for the murder.
The Britain First party says that the murderer was probably just shouting the words because of his patriotism, and not because he was a member of their movement.
The murder is reminiscent of the "self-radicalised" jihadis who hacked Drummer Lee Rigby to death in 2013. The UK press and political classes treated that attack as proof that Islamic extremism was an existential threat to the nation. It remains to be seen whether this latest expression of the rise of the racist right will be treated with the same alarm.
On Thursday afternoon, the leader of Britain First, Paul Golding, condemned the attack on Cox but seized on the account of a single witness who said that it looked to him as if she had not been the target of the gunman but had been shot after intervening in a confrontation between the man who shot her and another man who was also injured. That witness also claimed, incorrectly, that the witnesses who said that they had heard “Britain First” being shouted by the killer had not been named.
“This attack on a public official cannot be viewed in isolation,” the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee argued. “It occurs against a backdrop of an ugly public mood in which we have been told to despise the political class, to distrust those who serve, to dehumanise those with whom we do not readily identify.”
British Referendum Campaign Suspended After Killing of Pro-EU Lawmaker Jo Cox
[Robert Mackey/The Intercept]
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A song about the Tories, for anyone confused about this Thursday's election
Andy Moore writes, "My friend the marvelous Ms. Truelove Waits made a song containing election advice for anyone in the UK confused about who to vote for this Thursday." (I am a member of the Labour Party and a donor to the 2019 campaign).
US pharma and biotech lobbyists' documents reveal their plan to gouge Britons in any post-Brexit trade-deal
Both Phrma (the lobby for the global pharmaceutical industry) and Biotechnology Innovation Organization (biotech lobbyists) provided letters to a US-UK government meeting to discuss post-Brexit trade terms, in which both organisations called for substantially higher British prices for essential medicines after Brexit.
Opendemocracy: the Libdems tried to censor our article about their sale of voter data, then used a forged email to intimidate us
There's not really any dispute that the UK Liberal Democrats party sold voter data for £100,000 to the Remain campaign in 2016, though the Information Commissioner's Office tried to suppress that revelation until after the coming election; the Libdems say they did nothing wrong, but when Opendemocracy's Jim Cusick approached the party for a statement […]
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Easy Guide to the Tarot: Understanding the Tarot Cards and Their Meanings (Unabridged)
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The tarot is a pack of 78 playing cards used by mystics and occultists for foretelling the future as well as for giving you a peek into your spiritual and mental pathway. Tarot cards have existed since the mid-15th century in various parts of the European continent. However, at that point it was basically used to play card games such as French tarot or the Italian tarocchini.
The word itself is derived from the Italian word tarocchi, a word which has no known origin. Some believe that the word is related to the Taro River in northern Italy. Others believe that the word originated from an Arabic word, turuq, which means "ways".
The cards seem to have come from Mamluk, Egypt, in the 14th century. At that point in time, the suits were Staves, Cups, Coins, and Swords - quite similar to the suits that exist these days.
In Europe the first tarot card deck was created in Milan, Ferrara, and Bologna in Northern Italy. This was between the years 1430 and 1450. The original purpose of the tarot was to play games. In the 18th century, the tarot began to be used for divination purposes. Manuscripts from the era reveal that there was a specific way of laying out the cards, and there was a divinatory meaning associated with each card.
The tarot has four suits, but this can vary depending on the region. Jean-Baptiste Alliette, popularly known as Etteilla, was the first to create a tarot deck especially for the purposes of divination. This 78-card deck has two distinct parts.
Take advantage of this great opportunity to understand the tarot quickly and easily!
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Playbill: A Touch of the Poet [Wrapper title]
O'Neill, Eugene
New York: Playbill Incorporated, 1958. 8vo (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches; 228 x 165 mm), 52 pages in stapled pictorial wrappers. Crease to upper wrapper at lower right corner, tiny nick at upper left corner, a bit of soiling to wrappers. A Very Good or better copy. SIGNED on the upper wrapper by four members of the original Broadway cast of Eugene O'Neill's "A Touch of the Poet": Helen Hayes, Betty Field, Kim Stanley, and Eric Portman. "A Touch of the Poet" was the last play that O'Neill wrote and completed. Harold Clurman, the director, says in this Playbill that the play "was to be the first of a series of plays that would trace the history of an American family through the generations from 1828 to the present." The play opened on October 2, 1958, at the Helen Hayes Theatre and marked the first time that Hayes had played in the theatre named for her. "Given Eugene O'Neill and a cast of superb actors, the effect on the stage is electric," according to New York Times theatre critic Brooks Atkinson. Later in his review, he says: "Mr. Clurman has made a thunderbolt out of O'Neill's writing." (The New York Times, October 3, 1958, page 23). Signed copies of this Playbill are scarce to the market. No others in commerce as of July 6, 2018. SCARCE. First Edition.
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"We only charge for very measurable results. Some things have worked really well, and we have launched things that have been less successful." Carsten Pedersen, CSO Dental Media.
Danish software startup boosts turnover 700 per cent in a year by trial-and-error
Software for the business community is big business, and the Danish growth company Dental Media has found a niche in that industry. Backed by a Nordic growth programme, the three founders are now testing if American dentists can be persuaded to use their product to land more patients.
Esben Vest 7. February 2018, kl. 09:11
Translated by Caroline Burchardt 7. February 2018, kl. 09:11
There are balloons in different colours, and a mix of wrinkled shirts, round specs, worn-out sneakers, and suits. Land of the entrepreneur.
We are at the tenth Nordic Growth Hackers event in the shared workspace community Founders House. After the first three presentations they serve birthday cakes to celebrate the anniversary, and people from the wine-app Vivino have brought champagne – of course.
Carsten Pedersen walks onto the stage, and after his presentation several in the audience are interested, but also a bit puzzled.
“Why dentists? Can’t your software be used in other industries?”
Numbers show an increase in turnover of 700 per cent from 2 million DKK to about 15 million DKK in just one year.
The question lingers for a few seconds before Carsten Pedersen offers a somewhat enigmatic answer. He has built some software to get people to climb into a dentist’s chair, which he sells to dental clinics. His company recently submitted their first annual report, and the numbers show an increase in turnover of 700 per cent from 2 million DKK to about 15 million DKK in just one year.
Surely it must be adaptable to other industries, a member of the audience says.
From simple sale to full service
That it can, but for now Carsten Pedersen is sticking with dentists.
He is the CSO of Dental Media, and has previously worked with dentists in the start-up of another business. And herein lies the reason why the dentist’s chair is the focal point for Dental Media. What started as simple marketing on social media is now going to be a service which optimises work processes, and marketing, and ensures that dental clinics are fully booked.
Instead of focusing so much on patients, we can help the dentists optimising their clinic.
“Instead of focusing so much on patients, we can help the dentists optimising their clinic. One of the things we do is that we make sure capacity is for example 90 per cent,” Carsten Pedersen says.
Dental Media wants to be software as a service, SaaS.
Software is not what it used to be
Once, software was something you put in your PC with a floppydisc or a CD-ROM. Today it is often something you subscribe to that a technology company regularly improves and updates (and cashes in on).
Enterprise software and SaaS, was among the highest funded industries in Danish startup tech-funding in 2017 with combined investments for 156 million DKK ($26 mio.). It is also a massive industry on a global scale.
It is an industry which is radically changing the way companies work, get clients, and streamline themselves.
Some of the major international success stories of Saas are Dropbox, Slack, and SalesForce. Optimisation and streamlining. Faster, bigger. As for the companies mentioned, their software is applicable across industries.
The American giants have received investments worth billions. But it is also possible to create software for just one industry and be successful. That is the case for Dental Media, which is trying to make life easier for dentists.
From Denmark to the US in four months
Dental Media was recently chosen amongst 700 companies to be a part of Nordic Scalers, the Nordic Council of Ministers accelerator programme. Its aim is companies that have had a turnover exceeding 2 million euros, and have succeeded with a proof of product in at least one market.
The accelerator programme is now getting Dental Media ready to expand their dental success to the United States. However, Nordic Scalers is not the reason why Dental Media has chosen the US as its next growth market.
According to their own analyses, Dental Media’s products are a really good fit with five markets globally. The first three, Denmark, Norway and Sweden, Dental Media is already pursuing. The fourth, which they are keeping secret, they have no plans to expand to just yet, and the fifth market is the US.
“Here at home we have to teach our customers to think commercially. That is not a problem in the US. On the other hand it is a market with a lot of competitors,” Carsten Pedersen says.
Here at home we have to teach our customers to think commercially. That is not a problem in the US.
That is why it is extremely beneficial that Dental Media has been chosen to participate in the Nordic Scalers programme, he believes.
“The attending companies are more mature than in many other programmes. But you can easily be mature and have a hard time pulling yourself up, and that’s where it’s so great to have them to hold your hand and take you to the next level,” Carsten Pedersen says.
The programme already ends on 31 May, after which Dental Media will attempt to use the knowledge from Nordic Scalers to get into the American market and open a branch office in New York.
Bootstrapping has brought them this far
Dental Media is a bootstrap company. It has not taken on investors, though it is a constant dilemma because the company has great growth ambitions.
“Maybe we’ll look into taking on investors some time. But I know a lot of companies that have received funding, and it isn’t always a bed of roses. Plus we like being three partners, and not having to ask for anyone’s permission,” Carsten Pedersen says.
I know a lot of companies that have received funding, and it isn’t always a bed of roses.
However, he will not confirm or deny that they are considering external financing.
At the moment, the company has 19 employees and three founders, and in connection with the venture into the American market the plan is to open a branch office in New York in the third quarter of 2018. Branches in Sweden and Norway are already open.
“Our mistakes have taught us to say no”
At Dental Media, at first, the customers, i.e. dentists, have been embraced as the most important critics as well as those who were to design the product.
When the dentists were unsure whether the marketing could pay off, Dental Media found the numbers and showed the dentists exactly what profit a single campaign made. When the dentists thought that it gave a lot of extra work to the receptionist that there were so many new patients, they added a call center. That approach has also posed challenges.
“We have tested a lot of things, and in hindsight there are some things that haven’t gone so well,” says Carsten Pedersen.
But how has your approach been? How much have you tested things?
“We have tested everything in the market. We don’t have a lab. We have made different campaigns, aimed at getting normal patients to go to the dentist. A lot of people want to go to the dentist, but, as you may know from personal experience, first thing you have to do is find a dentist, and then it kind of ends there. So we’ve made some campaigns on different social media: ‘Hey! If you need a dentist, we’ll give you a call and offer you an appointment with one.’”
And then you sell that service to the dentists?
“Yes, ‘no cure, no pay’. If you don’t get any patients, you don’t pay. We only charge for very measurable results. Some things have worked really well, and we have launched things that have been less successful. For instance, we have tried getting patients for highly specialised treatments. It turned out that we could get patients to go to the clinic, but we couldn’t get the patients to undergo treatment. And that has been negative and expensive. That was something we thought was good, and invested a lot to do, but it turned out not to work.”
We have become more focused on what the core business is. We have actually started saying no.
What have you learned from this?
“It has meant that we will be far less risky in the future, because we are constantly being met by customers who say, “Can’t you just…?,” and then we say, “Of course.” We have become more focused on what the core business is. We have actually started saying no.”
Carsten Pedersen does not think their approach has been wrong, but their trial and error method has acted as a funnel where they have come closer and closer to what the main focus of the company should be.
“It has been a natural process where we have been able to see what didn’t work. Really, we’re just throwing away a lot of money, and wasting our customers’ time with things that don’t work. So in that sense, it has not been difficult to try to focus on the things we know work for us.”
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Malcolm Little, ‘X’-busboy
June 12, 2017 blaservations Leave a comment
“I became a busboy at the Parker House in Boston. I wore a starched white jacket out in the dining room, where the waiters would put the customers’ dirty plates on silver on big aluminum trays which I would take back to the kitchen’s dishwashers.”
In the summer of 1940, fifteen year old Malcolm Little boarded a Greyhound bus in Lansing bound for Boston. Born in Omaha, Malcolm had spent most of his life in foster homes in Mason, Michigan until his half sister Ella invited him to spend a summer with her on the East Coast, the first trip Malcolm X would ever take out of the Midwest. From the back of the bus, Malcolm watched “white man’s America rolling past for what felt like a month.”
As Malcolm X recounted in his autobiography, Ella was “the first really proud black woman I had ever seen in my life.” Ella lived in Roxbury, a community Malcolm X would describe as effervescing with blackness. In central Michigan, Malcolm had only known life as a black person in white spaces, bound by the de facto Jim Crow framework in competition for evil with the official Jim Crow laws of the South. Roxbury was everything that the small, white community of Mason was not. Malcolm X would return to Mason at the end of the summer, but would settle in Boston for good at the end of the school year as Ella arranged for full custody.
Once he was enrolled in a private school, Ella encouraged Malcolm to postpone getting a job until he got a feel for his new home, so he observed the comings and goings of Roxbury, but soon branched out and began to explore the entire city of Boston. According to The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Malcolm gawked at the historic buildings, with plaques and markers and statues for famous events and famous men. Malcolm wrote at length to his extended family in Lansing about the cobblestone streets and the department stores. In Boston Common, he was astonished to see a statue of a black man, Crispus Attucks, the first to fall in the Boston Massacre.
In the fall of 1941, Malcolm found himself a job at one of Boston’s most storied institutions, the Parker House. Established in 1855, the Parker House Restaurant claimed to be the first to serve Boston Cream Pie, Parker House Rolls, and scrod, and was a famous haunt of local politicians and writers like Charles Dickens and Edith Wharton. At the Parker House, Malcolm held the benchmark of restaurant jobs: the busboy.
Bus Station, Parker House Restaurant
The Parker House, now run by Omni Hotels & Restaurants, looks, feels and smells like an institution that thrives on inherited wealth. Its consistency makes a strong selling point to those accustomed to an old fashioned notion of luxury, and little has changed. It is proudly past its prime.
The Parker House is the type of restaurant interior one might imagine being underdressed in, until you arrive and realize that guests are happily getting along in flip-flops and Disney sweatshirts. The same 1856 Boston Creme Pie recipe is still as venerated as it once was, yet now it’s woefully overshared on social media as a key component in the Boston experience.
This was my experience, though, from a position of privilege that couldn’t have been more opposite from Malcolm X’s. I draw extensively from my experience as a blue collar worker but disconnect in further comparisons both here and in my head. I’m a white women with means, able to move about spaces out of bounds for others. I assume racism is everywhere, everyday, but I have never been a figure to ground against an unjust center of power.
The crisp white shirts Malcolm X wore are now gold vests and ties, but classism and racism continues to subvert and resist challenges in exhaustive ways. As a restaurant worker, I cannot say that I challenged each and every coworker when racism was implied or overt. At the Parker House, all of the guests were white, and the staff was black and hispanic. Bussers were present, but anonymous, encouraged to fade into the background and expected to maintain a complementary demeanor. They are the only component of a restaurant that exists comfortably among the table linens and silver trays of the dining room, and the dish bins and sinks in the kitchen, the most vital connectors between the front of house and back of house. They clean up after the servers and vacuum the crumbs from the carpet. They lift heavy bus bins, take out the trash and are responsible for what is often a restaurant’s most thankless, labor-intensive work. The colloquial job title is still woefully, pejoratively gendered, as the term ‘busboy’ is fundamentally belittling.
Associate Entrance, Omni Parker House Hotel
Service industry professionals build a thick skin against the criticisms of both their guests and co-workers. You learn to internalize anger, as being agreeable and non-confrontational are seen as not only positive attributes, but traits that will get you the biggest tip percentages and the best table sections. You brush off disparaging comments and harassment, and learn to keep your head down. I spent a considerable amount of time loitering outside the associate entrance, trying to determine if the physicality of the doorway had any common traits with the one that Malcolm X used while he worked there, and if so, how he . While the Parker House wasn’t Malcolm X’s first service industry job or his last; he washed dishes at a restaurant in Mason and would go on to shine shoes at the Roseland Ballroom in Roxbury, perhaps it played a roll in the development of the revolutionary American he would become. Was he talked down to by white customers and staff? Did he see fellow black employees struggling to make ends meet at menial jobs? While Malcolm X wrote little about his time at the Parker House or in the service industry, he borrowed generously from personal experiences throughout his life, allowing them to inform his refusal to cooperate with the white status quo. Perhaps it was this job, the first outside of his hometown, that incited him to action.
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The Mysterious Architecture of Fraternal Organizations
May 20, 2016 blaservations Leave a comment
Masonic Lodge #272, Camp Douglas, Wisconsin
Knights of Pythias, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Knights of the Maccabees, the Fraternal Order of the Free and Accepted Masons. These American fraternal organizations, many with unfamiliar and almost Medieval sounding names, had memberships in the millions at the beginning of the 20th century, and had a ubiquitous presence in the social life of people across the country. In urban areas, they served as an anchor for neighborhoods, and in small American towns, they operated as community centers for families and business owners, as well as gathering places along Main Street, hosting fish frys, rummage sales and bingo nights. Membership in a fraternal organization was the original social network.
Tripoli Shrine Temple, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The architecture of American fraternal organizations is one of classicism, mystery and allegory, with an occasional splash of Revivalism that brings a Mughal influence to Milwaukee and the rustic features of a Mayan temple to Aurora, Illinois. The buildings themselves are covered in symbols and emblems, but many are meant to symbols themselves, a testament to the morality, timelessness, and brotherhood that membership in these organizations represented. Their dedication to the intellectual development of members is obvious in their inspiration from high classical architecture, in the same way that houses of worship use the design language and iconography of antiquity to inspire the praise of a higher power. Complex rituals and rites dictated the interior design of these buildings, and many are filled with ante-rooms and chambers for confidential communication. In Masonic lodges, rooms had entrances for different degrees of membership, whether one was an apprentice or Master Mason, with spaces designated specifically for business, ritual or committee.
Plan for an entered apprenticeship, from Duncan’s Ritual and Monitor of Freemasonry, 1866.
In communities where vernacular buildings were the norm, fraternal organization buildings were the true stunners. Even some of the simplest temples, housed in common two-story buildings may feature decorative columns flanking the entrance, or a hand-painted annunciator lamp covered in depictions of squares and compasses, five-pointed stars or the letter “G”, representing the role that every act is governed by geometry as well as the “Great Architect of the Universe.”
Annunciator Lamp, Masonic Temple, Pekin, Illinois
Aurora Elks Lodge No. 705, Aurora, Illinois
Louisville Scottish Rite Temple, Louisville, Illinois
Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge 191, Jackson, Ohio
Many temples, shrines and lodges of fraternal organizations have experienced the same problems that have befallen houses of worship in the mid and late 20th century. With membership declining and stewardship the responsibility of an aging population, large-scale temples, like the South Side Masonic Temple in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, no longer made sense for the Masons to continue to operate. Constructed in 1921 and designed by Clarence Hatzfield, the South Side Masonic Temple was used as an auditorium and clubhouse through the 1950s until its ownership was transferred to the Department of Human Services. The temple’s second life continued to serve the community until the 1980s, when the Department of Human Services relocated. While redevelopment plans have been presented, the South Side Masonic Temple has slowly deteriorated over its thirty year period of uncertainty, leaving the physical fabric exposed to the elements and leading to numerous building code violations. The South Side Masonic Temple was featured on Landmarks Illinois statewide endangered list in 2015 and Preservation Chicago’s “Chicago 7” most threatened buildings in 2004.
South Side Masonic Temple, Chicago, Illinois
While the current state of the South Side Masonic Temple is a worse case scenario, the Logan Square Masonic Temple in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood has fared far better. Constructed in 1923 and also designed by Clarence Hatzfield, the Logan Square Masonic Temple was sold and converted to a house of worship in the 1960s. The Armitage Baptist Church purchased the building in 1982 and has remained there ever since.
Former Logan Square Masonic Temple, Chicago, Illinois, (Armitage Baptist Church)
Large urban areas have a greater percentage of adaptively reused temples and shrines, while many fraternal organizations in rural areas and small towns are still running out of buildings constructed for their exclusive use. The role that these organizations play within a cultural landscape is largely determined by the size of the population that it serves.
The exclusivity of these organizations has made a sweeping contribution to their decreasing impact. Women are not permitted to join most Masonic lodges, and until the 1970s, the Fraternal Order of Eagles required all members to be Caucasian. While the architectural character of the buildings that fraternal organizations built gives them a reason to be celebrated, their legacy of selectivity and discrimination decreases the emotional significance of these buildings as they were originally intended. A second life as a residential development, event space or house of worship allows them to serve a greater percentage of people in a community, and in many cases makes them not only viable, but neutral.
Former Knights Templar Hall, Chicago, Illinois, now operating as a mixed-use event space.
Former Masonic Temple, East Lansing Michigan, converted to a residential development.
The former Eagles Building, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, now a concert venue.
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Here Dwells No Sense of Guilt: Ideas on Reinterpreting Confederate Memorials
August 12, 2015 blaservations Leave a comment
In 1877, New Orleanians recristened a traffic circle, known by locals as Place de Tivoli to honor Civil War Confederate General Robert E. Lee. In 1884, a 62 foot monument to Lee was constructed at the center of the circle, topped off with a double scaled statue of the general in bronze, arms crossed and facing north.
General Robert E. Lee Memorial, 2015.
This monument was the result of a campaign by the Children of the Confederacy, one of many organizations of its type that had emerged out of the South nearing the turn of the 20th century. Confederate organizations, like the Robert E. Lee Monumental Association, the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the United Confederate Veterans were formed principally to create memorials to Confederate soldiers during the Civil War, but also to assist in preserving the cultural history of Dixie that Secession and Lee’s surrender had served to tarnish. They were also not so subtile in their push for segregation. These organizations commissioned statues and memorials, and held meetings and gatherings, and at their peek had thousands of members. Patriotism towards the Confederacy was the prevalent attitude in New Orleans and all over the South. An 1884 editorial in the Daily Picayune echoes some of the sentiment of the time: “We cannot ignore the fact that the Secession has been stigmatized as treason and that the purest and bravest men in the South have been denounced as guilty of shameful crime. By every appliance of literature and art, we must show to all coming ages that with us, at least, there dwells no sense of guilt.”
In 2015 it is guilt of a different kind that has compelled the call for the removal of monuments that memorialize Confederate culture in a public setting-within parks, squares and traffic circles. Civic and religious figures as well as politicians like New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu have made bold suggestions on how to reinterpret this part of our heritage. Changes to the names of streets, schools, parishes and parks from Beauregard, Stephens, Forrest and Davis have been proposed in places like Houston and Little Rock, as far north as St. Louis, and as far west as California. Governers in South Carolina and Alabama have removed the Confederate flag from their statehouses, with more states to surely follow.
This rapid reinterpretation of Confederate symbols is perhaps the most challenging and sensitive restructuring of how we as Americans see our past, and its a been a long time coming in former slave holding states and elsewhere. A memorial to Confederate soldiers in St. Louis became a canvas to express that “Black Lives Matter,” with the anonymous individuals being branded as vandals by some and activists by others. Support has come from some unexpected places, like South Carolina Republican Paul Thurmond, who has been a strong voice in acknowledging a misalignment with history. As the son of Strom Thurmond, America’s oldest running segregationist, Paul has called for both rolling back the Confederate flag and dismantling Confederate monuments.
These monuments are a significant part of our history, but their original message does not align with our national message. But how do we separate the stately Georgian columns of a historic plantation house, or the robust carving of a statue atop a towering obelisk with the negative acts that these parts of our built world embed? Can we find a way to commemorate the past, without celebrating its brutality?
The senseless killing of parishioners at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church was a tragedy of almost unthinkable proportions. Dylan Roof’s hate was fueled by the powerful words of the Council of Conservative Citizens and the League of the South. In a photo circulating the internet, Roof poses proudly behind a Confederate flag, and the power of the stars and bars as a symbol is undeniable and hard hitting. In a reported manifesto, Roof had this to say: “We are told to accept what is happening to us because of our ancestors wrong doing, but it is all based on historical lies, exaggerations an myths.” In a lot of ways, Dylan is right. Much about how we look in America’s rear-view mirror in terms of our history of oppression is based on exaggerations and myths.
Enslavement in America began when America began, with the first slaves brought over in 1619. That’s a nearly 250 year history of bondage prior to abolition by the Thirteenth Amendment, in 1865. But the catch to freedom for African-Americans was a big one. Until 1964, Black people lived under the legalized oppression and institutional discrimination of Jim Crow laws in the south, and cultural oppression in places up north. Doing the math, the concept of a free America for everyone has only existed under the law for fifty years. Less than a lifetime ago, black people were told where they could live, where they could learn, where they could eat, and where they had to sit on the bus that took them there. Americans have created the myth within our culture that this is in our past, when we have left an obvious paper trail of this effect on the present. We are afraid to directly confront this history with the physical remains that represent a time where we were willing to accept that owning another human being was not only legal, but celebrated as a part of the culture. This has had a psychological impact on our thinking and behavior.
The Robert E. Lee Memorial, the Confederate flags hung in statehouses, the Antebellum tobacco plantations and the thousands of memorials throughout the country on public land that bare the names of Confederate societies are the physical remains that we have allowed to exist in an “as is” state for long enough. They are symbols of oppression, dressed with column capitals, urns and statues that we have allowed to linger under the vagaries of history, or impactful architecture. We have not reinterpreted the narratives of these objects to reflect who we are, or who we want to be. Would controlling the narrative of these physical remains have been a key in preventing the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner and Reverend Clementa C. Pinckney? Not directly, but they were not free, neither were the hundreds of minority arrestees in St. Louis County, or Americans across this country that have been affected by racism, in ways both large and small.
We are only a few generations removed from holding African-Americans in bondage, and a scant fifty years, and within recent past memory; of “Colored” and “White” drinking fountains. So what are we allowing these monuments to speak for us, when we should be telling them what to say?
Along with the calls to dismantle monuments, are numerous calls for retaining memorials. These need additional consideration, so let’s not pull Lee off his pedestal just yet.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans is actively advocating for the preservation of the history and legacy of the citizen-soldiers that animated the Southern Cause, and they are working hard to keep monuments of the Confederate dead intact and the Confederate flag flying out of respect for their ancestors. For organizations such as the SCV, these symbols represent family, honor, sacrifice, and they are quick to distance themselves from the idea that these symbols are oppressive. They cite their connections with memorials as a familial or personal one. But how can these monuments continue to honor the sacrifice of dead Confederate relatives and simultaneously reminding us of our 300 year history of oppression? What is the next step? If one thing is clear, the existing story is a reminder of our folly. It has to change.
The first step in asserting our authority over the “as is” narrative of Confederate monuments might be to crowdsource ideas directly from communities, and asking questions that would lead to developing specific solutions. Who interfaces with these monuments? Do they reflect the culture of the community they are in? In many cases, public memorials and monuments become such a ubiquitous part of the urban environment that community members might not have ever the learned the full story. In 1972, the Lee Monument was the sight of clashes between the Black Panther Party and the Klu Klux Clan, among them New Orleans Segregationist mayor Addison Thompson, yet this event isn’t a part of the discussion on why the monument is significant.
The message of objects within our built world changes as the world around us changes, and the cultural fabric of a community has the ability to bring about new interpretations of older sites. Cities are dynamic. We retrofit buildings as we need them, and we have learned to adaptively re-use almost any structure. Perhaps in retrofitting the Lee Monument for 2015, a successful plan would include additional information on the Black Panther’s fight for fair housing in New Orleans in the 1970s, along with the usual discussion of Robert E. Lee. The Lee Memorial has also been the site of other recent events. On November 30, 2014, people rallied in support of Mike Brown and the community of Ferguson, Missouri at the Lee Memorial, marching peacefully from Lee Circle to Congo Square. This alternative history as a place of protest could be shared via a public rededication or with the construction of additional markers beside the memorial. The University of Texas at Austin, faced with the repeated vandalization of their statues of Confederate leaders created a task force to review options, including adding an explanatory plaque to each monument, and moving monuments outright.
Like many Confederate monuments across the country, the Lee Monument is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. While physical integrity is a key factor in arguing for a historic resource’s significance, historians and preservationists will have to address this issue separately.
While the Children of the Confederacy no longer exists, other social and historical organizations are active, and might be interested in acquiring whole monuments or portions of a monument to keep in their private collections. Providing organizations with the opportunity to keep these monuments close to home to could serve to break their power down to a personal scale and allow them to be displayed away from public view.
Mayor Landrieu has suggested that the Lee Monument may be better served in a museum. Curation of these monuments off site might provide them with the space and the context to allow for a more organic reinterpretation. A collection of monuments in this type of setting would be groundbreaking in terms of a collection, but would also be a place of reflection and learning. Imagine an open air museum full of salvaged Confederate monuments as a possible solution.
Some memorials might be candidates for a complete physical reinterpretation. The statue of Lee could be removed from its pedestal and reinstalled at the plinth of the monument, bringing the statue and the outdated ideas it represents to dialogue directly with people and objects at street level.
Monuments have dense layers of meaning, and by nature those layers serve history in a dynamic way. They are designed to be beautiful, aspirational and educational. They drive our imagination, allow us solemn reflection, and give us places to lament the past. It is time that we take authority over our choices and tell them how they can serve our future.
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Blasius Across America: Water Towers of the Midwest
February 8, 2015 blaservations Leave a comment
Water towers are everywhere. You can find them overlooking a small riverfront town, like Savanna, Illinois. You can find them at the World’s Largest Truckstop in Walcott, Iowa, and sandwiched between the fire station and the public works office in suburban Ohio. You can find them atop buildings in neighborhoods all over Chicago. They serve as navigational tools, often proudly announcing their location in contrasting colors and active fonts. Painted graphics like houses or trees serve as further clues to the characteristics of a community, as does the presence of graffiti. They can be painted to look like fruit, or shaped to look like a ketchup bottle.
They also hold water! If you’re unsure about how this happens, let the City of Bloomington, Minnesota’s Public Works Department explain.
While the spheroid towers make a big impression, my favorite has to be multi-column elevated towers. The more legs one has, the more it looks like its alien inhabitants have decided to stay awhile.
Here is a sampling of water tower types from communities throughout the Midwest:
Multi-column elevated, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Built 1928.
Multi-column elevated, Sabula, Iowa. Built circa 1930.
Multi-column elevated, St. Paul, Indiana. Built circa 1920.
Fluted column, Alsip, Illinois. Built circa 1965.
Standpipe, Lena, Illinois. Built 1896.
Standpipe, Albany, Ohio. Built circa 1950.
Rooftop tank, Chicago, Illinois. Date unknown.
Multi-column elevated, Des Plaines, Illinois. Built 1957.
Spheroid, Hazel Crest, Illinois. Built circa 1975.
Multi-column elevated, Machesney Park, Illinois. Built 1956.
Standpipe, Gary Indiana. Built circa 1910.
Multi-column elevated, Clark’s Hill, Indiana. Built circa 1940.
Fluted column, Broadview, Illinois. Built 1967.
Multi-column elevated, Homewood, Illinois. Built circa 1950.
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Blasius Across America: The Reed Niland Corner in Colo, Iowa
August 4, 2014 blaservations 1 Comment
Blaservations spent most of the past week driving through southeastern Iowa, traveling heavily on Interstate 80, looking for the Hartland’s best taquerias, and blasting the Marshall Tucker Band’s Greatest Hits. And looking at old buildings, of course.
Lincoln Highway, Colo, Iowa
In the nineteen-teens, Indiana entrepreneur (and perhaps the original “Car Guy”) Carl G. Fisher envisioned a highway that would carry Americans from Times Square to San Francisco. Fisher had made a fortune developing acetylene headlights, used on every make and model of automobile across brands for almost ten years, and would later go on to co-develop the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The wider use of the automobile brought the conditions of American roads to a contentious point, particularly in rural areas. While the Good Roads Movement had set the groundwork for private industry (bicycle manufacturers and enthusiasts’ groups) to invest in improving roads, the modern motorcar required a smooth, even traveling path or risk cracked axles or other damage to futuristic machinery. Using private funds from the likes of Woodrow Wilson, Thomas Edison and Teddy Roosevelt, Fisher seeded the first stretch of the “Lincoln Highway” in 1913 and developed the Lincoln Highway Association to promote it, headquartered in Detroit. The Lincoln Highway Association is still in existence, and now serves as a watchdog organization for the preservation of the highway’s historic character.
America’s first transcontinental highway for automobiles would eventually bumble through thirteen states east to west; New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and California, helping develop nearly every community along the roadway. By the time the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 was enacted and national roadway standards were established, roadways were marked and numbered. By the time state and national highways were designated in the 1920s, service stations and roadside respites had popped up everywhere along the Lincoln Highway, including the Reed Niland Corner in Colo, Iowa.
The Reed Niland Corner, Colo, Iowa
In the 1920s, travelers along the Lincoln Highway (or the Jefferson Highway, which bisects the Lincoln Highway in Colo, and travels roughly from Winnipeg to New Orleans) could gas up the Ford, grab an egg salad sandwich or stop for the night at a one stop Mom-and-Pop known as the Reed Niland Corner, after the owner of the service station, Charlie Reed, and the family that ran the restaurant and the motel, the Niland’s. The service station operated as such until 1967, and the restaurant and hotel closed in 1995. The site was sold to the City of Colo by a Niland family member and was restored and reopened in 2008.
Reed’s Standard Service Station, built circa 1925
Niland’s Cafe, built circa 1925
The Colo Motel, built circa 1925
The Reed Niland Corner, a grouping of simple wood framed structures located in rural Iowa, is an exceptional and rare example of a building typology that was literally everywhere prior to the development of the modern freeway system. Sites like this seem to further emphasize the shift between travel by automobile in the 1920s and 30s, where roadside culture was built upon stops that would serve as a place to relax and refuel, and today, where convenience and speed is king. Unfortunately, most of our built heritage capturing this time in America has been lost. Small privatized rural highways often became a part of a larger highway system, and historic roadways that ran parallel to super highways found a limited need for a two pump service station, or a roadside diner. These factors, along with the holistic re-use of the Reed Niland Corner’s cafe and motel as just that, a cafe and motel, make the site even more special, and worthy of listing on the National Register of Historic Places.
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A Tender Story About the Power of Letters
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Kaitlin’s Wish: How to Make a Wish Come True
Because Kaitlin was a child fighting a terminal disease, she was granted one special wish. But Kaitlin was no ordinary young woman and her one wish will allow the wishes of children around the world to come true for generations.
Never More Loved
Leah looked for more and more reasons to stay away from her abusive home. She ended up joining a gang and did what they did just to have a sense of family.
From Negative to Positive Motivation
Rowel kept telling himself, “I’m going to be rich someday, and when I grow up I am going to show everyone in my neighborhood, especially my father, that I am good for something.”
The Day Big Papi Came to Town
Carl was the last to get on his horse, and he realized that the entire village had come out to watch him mount up. “Big Papi!” they chanted as they all laughed.
Kaitlin’s Legacy
Kaitlin was just a normal 16-year-old girl living in Alberta, Canada, when she was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor. So when the Children’s Wish Foundation approached her to make a wish — a wish that would bring just a little relief and light into a girl’s days that were marked by trial — her wish was shocking.
A Big-picture Perspective
Becky is going through a difficult time right now. Her husband has survived cancer twice, but the doctors have found another spot on his lung. Scared that the cancer has returned, she described her feelings to me.
“I remember walking around the office and thinking ‘Does anyone know that my world has collapsed today? Does anyone even care?’”
Global Food Crisis: Hope in the Midst of Turmoil
After a two-hour bus trip through chaotic traffic, I arrive at a child development center located in the northwestern part of Lima City.
The center is in a quiet place far from the noisy avenues, although the homes of squatters surround the church mission. The houses are built with precarious materials that show the poverty this community has to face. The mission is on a large property with buildings built long ago.
As I walk through the church’s wide, dusty dirt-floor patio, the center director greets me. With a wide smile and wearing blue jeans and a black hat, she looks ready to film the perfect Western TV series. Her name is Miss Pino and she is a graduate psychologist who has also studied at a Bible institute and has specialized in child advocacy and child evangelism. She has been appointed by her mission authorities as center director for Semillero de Campeones Student Center, which started in June 2008.
In this position, Miss Pino has to deal with many things she never thought she would, such as trying to keep the center open. The rising costs of household items – cooking oil, chicken, milk, etc. – has led to a 20 percent increase in food costs for all student centers in Peru.
For Semillero de Campeones, this has made it difficult to manage a program with 166 young children to feed, from which 40 percent do not have a sponsor yet.
Because of the rise in prices, many student centers have had to stop some activities such as camps, retreats and extracurricular activities. The budgets for each center are simply not enough.
Development centers with less than 160 registered children, such as Semillero de Campeones, have been more affected as they have fewer resources to face the crisis. Therefore, in order to continue serving the vital meals to the children, Semillero de Campeones received a special assistance through our Complementary Interventions Program (CIV).
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Help decide the new face of the $10 bill
Jun 19, 2015 | General Discussion, News & Alerts, Personal Finance
The $10 bill is getting a face lift and the U.S. Secretary of Treasury Jack Lew would like your help. The Obama administration recently announced a huge overhaul of the bill with Alexander Hamilton now sharing the spotlight with an historic female. While it hasn’t been determined if they’ll both appear on the front or have separate bills, women are certainly making progress in the world. This will be the first time since the 1800s that a woman has appeared on U.S. paper currency.
So who’s the lucky lady? We don’t know. That’s where you come in. The Secretary is open to ideas about who will appear on the bill along with its design. All you have to do is use the hashtag #TheNew10 on any of your social media platforms to let your voice be heard. I’m telling you right now that Kim Kardashian, Beyoncé and Oprah don’t meet the qualifications. The candidate must be deceased and they have to embody the theme of democracy. The selection will also gather input from town hall meetings and roundtable discussions but the Secretary will make the final decision. Although the winner won’t be announced until the end of the year, there is one woman who already has a leg up on the competition.
In early spring, a non-profit organization called Women on 20s launched a campaign to get a woman put on the $20 bill. After 10 weeks of voting, abolitionist Harriet Tubman won and the petition was presented to President Obama. While they didn’t quite get their wish, Secretary Lew called it “happy coincidence” that the $10 bill was already up for redesign. Not only will the bills now depict a woman, it will also include a tactile feature to help the blind differentiate between denominations.
The new bills will be released in 2020 to mark the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment which gave women the right to vote.
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Family Promise of Berks County
Family Promise of Berks County is located in the heart of downtown Reading, Pennsylvania. Our organization is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and affiliate of Family Promise National.We partner with local… read more
Family Promise of Berks County is located in the heart of downtown Reading, Pennsylvania. Our organization is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and affiliate of Family Promise National.We partner with local communities and networks of volunteers to provide services to homeless families and unaccompanied youth throughout Berks county. Current programs focus on rapid rehousing, homelessness prevention, mediation, advocacy and emergency assistance. Our doors opened in July of 2006 and we have been graciously serving communities in need ever since.
Our unique model recognizes that maintaining family units increases successful outcomes. The latter allows for a single father or mother to remain with his or her children while being sheltered. An average week at Family Promise of Berks serves 3 families and 5 teens while providing families with 168 meals and 84 bed nights. The volunteers we work with spend an average of 274 hours providing these services while case managers work with families on gaining independence.
Our door is always open! Get to know us, like our page and stop by to see how you can lend a helping hand.
Support our mission to help homeless families achieve sustainable independence by donating to Family Promise.
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Texas’ Vaccaro can be used in every-downs role
Posted by Vic Ketchman, packers.com editor on February 24, 2013 – 12:52 pm
INDIANAPOLIS–Texas safety Kenny Vaccaro is an ideal fit in today’s style of football. Vaccaro can be used in several roles, which means he’s an every-downs defensive back.
“I can play both safeties, nickel, dime and, in some instances, I can play corner,” Vaccaro told reporters at the scouting combine on Sunday.
At 6-0, 215, Vaccaro is big enough to support against the run and his 4.5 speed gives him the range to be a dependable back-end coverage guy. There are few red flags on Vaccaro, which has him ticketed for the first round of this year’s draft.
“Texas is in a pass-happy conference. I play in space,” he said. “I think I can bring a lot to a team, being able to play a lot of positions.”
Vaccaro and LSU free safety Eric Reid are considered to be the top two safeties in this year’s draft.
Tags: kenny vaccaro, nfl scouting combine
Georgia’s Rambo is ball hawk at free safety
INDIANAPOLIS–Georgia’s Bacarri Rambo is ranked by draftniks as one of the top safeties in this draft. Rambo says he’s the best.
“I consider myself the best. I’ve been getting better every year,” Rambo said at the scouting combine on Sunday, as the defensive backs class began a process that will lead to their workout at Lucas Oil Stadium on Tuesday.
Rambo is a strong prospect for teams seeking a ball-hawking free safety. He intercepted 16 passes in his college career, including eight in 2011. He returned two picks for touchdowns and intercepted a pass in the Senior Bowl a month ago.
“The past couple of years I had a lot of interceptions. I didn’t have too many big hits so I consider myself a cover safety,” Rambo said. “I describe myself as the quarterback of our defense at Georgia.”
Rambo is thought to project as a third or fourth-round pick.
Tags: bacarri rambo, nfl scouting combine
Alabama’s Williams perfect prospect for 3-4 teams
Posted by Vic Ketchman, packers.com editor on February 23, 2013 – 3:08 pm
INDIANAPOLIS–Defensive lineman Jesse Williams is a perfect candidate for a team in need of a defensive lineman in a 3-4 scheme.
“I like stopping the run, being physical. The 3-4 is suited for me,” Williams said at the scouting combine.
A native of Australia who used junior college football as a stepping stone to Alabama and two national championships, measured out at 6-3, 323, and figures to impress scouts with his dominant strength.
“I just want to get through the medical stuff and then show them how I move,” he said.
Williams’ body is covered by tattoos that “are little reminders of things I’ve had to get through,” and he spoke with a thick Australian accent. He’s a prospect to be drafted late in the first round, but he could move his stock upward with an athletic workout on Monday that would also project him as a defensive end in a 3-4.
Tags: jesse williams, nfl scouting combine
Hankins says he can play any position in 3-4 defense
INDIANAPOLIS–Ohio State’s Johnathan “Big Hank” Hankins is one of the top prospects in a deep crop of defensive linemen in this draft. Hankins might be especially tempting to the Packers because it’s believed his talents lend themselves to a 3-4 defense.
“In a 3-4, I can play end or the nose,” Hankins said.
Hankins measured in at 6-2, 320, and will workout at the scouting combine on Monday. He will not participate in the bench press drill, as he will leave that for his pro day.
“I’m going to show my motor, let my efforts speak for themselves,” he said.
Tags: johnathan hankins, nfl scouting combine
Ansah poised for lights-out workout on Monday
INDIANAPOLIS–Brigham Young’s Ziggy Ansah is arguably the fastest-rising player in this draft class, and he’s poised to crack the top 10 picks should he turn in a lights-out workout on Monday.
“I have a lot to do to catch up with everybody,” Ansah told reporters at the scouting combine on Saturday.
Ansah left Africa to play basketball at BYU. He had never watched an American football game until he arrived at BYU.
“Since basketball didn’t work out, I said go do football,” he said.
Now he’s coming off an MVP performance in the Senior Bowl and he’s being compared to Jason Pierre-Paul. Is Ansah a defensive end or an outside linebacker? That’s the big question that has to be answered.
There’s no question that he’s a rare talent who should excel in the gym-class type workouts that define the combine. Ansah is also an engaging personality who entertained reporters.
When asked who was the best lineman he faced at the Senior Bowl, Ansah said it was the tackle from Oregon State. “I got held a lot in that game and it was never called, so I guess it was him,” he said, drawing a big laugh.
Ansah knows next to nothing about the history of professional football and its legendary names.
“I have no idea who they are, but this is going to be my lilfe so I try to soak it all in,” he said.
Tags: nfl scouting combine, ziggy ansah
NFL considering moving schedule back in 2014
Posted by Vic Ketchman, packers.com editor on February 23, 2013 – 10:03 am
INDIANAPOLIS–The NFL is considering a plan to move offseason events back in the calendar next year. For example, the scouting combine would be moved to March, the start of free agency to April and the draft to May.
“Whatever the league thinks is best, count me in,” New York Giants GM Jerry Reese told reporters at the scouting combine on Saturday.
Reese heads the personnel department of a team facing salary cap problems similar to those confronting a lot of teams with star-quality players: A flat cap is forcing tough decisions.
“The cap stays flat and the dollars don’t make sense. You have to make tough decisions. When your cap is flat for 3-4 years, it’s tough to keep a lot of high salaries,” Reese said.
The Packers faced that situation recently when they released Charles Woodson; Greg Jennings continues to head toward free agency. The Giants released Ahmad Bradshaw. All of that puts an increased burden on teams to replace those types of esteemed veterans with young, affordable talent, but drafting near the bottom of the order increases the degree of difficulty, as the league’s system for parity prevails.
“When you’re picking 32nd in the draft, a lot of the players you’re picking are developmental,” Reese said. “Old-fashioned scouting is what we hang out hat on. We depend on our scouts. They see them practice. They see them play. They talk to the coaches.
“There are always good players in the draft. You have to see who fits your system.”
Tags: jerry reese, nfl scouting combine
Ball should be big hit in interviews
INDIANAPOLIS–Wisconsin running back Montee Ball spoke eloquently to reporters on Friday, leaving little doubt he’ll be a big hit in interviews with interested teams.
“I know I can help a team win. My films show that,” Ball said, then adding of the possibility of being picked by the Packers, “It would mean a lot.”
Ball entertained reporters with a calm and confident presentation.
“I’m really looking forward to the interviews and showing teams how I can apply my intelligence to the playbook,” he said.
He compared his running style to that of Hall of Fame running back Curtis Martin, which is to say nothing flashy but very steady and productive.
Tags: montee ball, nfl scouting combine, wisconsin badgers
There’s no next week in the postseason
INDIANAPOLIS–Broncos GM John Elway knows something about playing quarterback, and he’s not of the mind that NFL-ready quarterbacks are getting harder to find.
“I think the quarterbacks are better. We’re getting guys that are much more prepared to play the position when they get to the NFL,” Elway said at the scouting combine on Friday.
Elway has quickly turned the Broncos into a Super Bowl contender. They were 13-3 last season but lost their first game in the playoffs.
“We make our money in the regular season, we make our legacy in the postseason. You don’t have next week. In the postseason, you have to be able to play in sudden death,” Elway added.
Tags: denver broncos, john elway, nfl scouting combine
Rules make it tough for coaches to be tough
INDIANAPOLIS–At times last season, the New York Giants flashed the talent that made them Super Bowl champions in 2011. So why did they miss the playoffs?
The popular theory is the Giants let success go to their head. Did league rules limiting contact in practices hamstring Coach Tom Coughlin in what he could do to deal with his team’s malaise?
“How do we make the players understand that even though it’s a jog-through, it’s an important practice?” Coughlin said of the impact of rules limiting the demands coaches can place on players.
What the Giants appear to be doing in this offseason is using change to send a message of urgency. The release of running back Ahmad Bradshaw may have sent that message.
“He said it best when he said it broke his heart, but he understands it’s a business,” Coughlin said. “The direction is to get better.”
Tags: new york giants, nfl scouting combine, tom coughlin
Aging Falcons have big decisions to make
INDIANAPOLIS–The Atlanta Falcons have gone full cycle and GM Thomas Dimitroff said this year’s draft and free agency period will be critical in reshaping the team’s roster and keeping the Falcons at the top of the NFC South.
“In 2008, we were the youngest team in the league and now we’re one of the oldest. We have difficult decisions to be made. We’re here to see how the talent compares to our talent,” Dimitroff said at the scouting combine on Friday.
“It seems like there’s a nice group of players on both fronts. There’s a nice safety group. There’s solid talent all the way down to 32,” Dimitroff said in evaluating this year’s draft class.
Tags: atlanta falcons, nfl scouting combine, thomas dimitroff
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Reflections from the Packers’ 10th anniversary Tailgate Tour
Posted by Aaron Popkey on April 22, 2015 – 6:25 am
Some aspects of the Packers Tailgate Tour were easily quantifiable: 832 miles, 18 cities, five tailgate parties, 3,000 autographs and thousands of dollars raised for great organizations.
Other highlights would be quite a challenge to count: bright smiles, deep laughs and vivid, lasting memories.
Regardless of whether it was an autographed picture, a selfie with a player or simply a good-luck-this-season high five, the experiences – both by the players and the fans – are what make the tour special.
“The fans really had a great time,” said Mark Murphy. “I thought it was a very successful tour and we definitely had, by far, the best weather.”
In addition to the parties and the surprise stops, Murphy enjoyed seeing the players appreciate each other’s company and insight.
“I enjoy that the most, the interaction between alumni and current players,” he said. “With Jerry and Dave, it was unique opportunity to hear from Lombardi players. At the start, there was not so much mingling, but by the end of week, the guys were eating together and spending time together. They have so much in common. It’s 50 years of Packers history and players.”
Murphy also liked the new setup employed at a few of the school stops, where the current players and recent alumni visited with the students while Murphy, Kramer and Robinson had the opportunity to visit with a local civic group, along with others.
“We had a little different approach and met with business leaders and teachers from the school,” he said. “Having Jerry and Dave there, it was really fascinating to see how riveted people were, to hear directly from Dave and Jerry about the Lombardi era.”
Murphy also reflected on other tour highlights: “Children’s Hospital really stood out for me today. The kids were so excited to see the players.
“The veterans clinic also was special. The residents there were so sharp. You can tell they really follow the Packers. It meant a lot to see the younger players thank them for what they did for our country.
“The history and tradition of the organization is so significant, to bring Jerry and Dave and more recent alumni along is important. It helps down the road for another generation of fans to hear the history directly.”
Although the final totals haven’t been tallied, the monies raised for nonprofit organizations has climbed past $1.8 million over the 10 years of the tour, a great show of support from Packers fans for outstanding causes in their local communities.
As Jerry Kramer reflected on the tour, he was impressed with the enthusiasm of the fans.
“I’ve certainly experienced the great support of the fans over the years,” he said. “But we got another look at them. We helped out, but they were doing things to help out in their communities. That’s wonderful and the way the world should be.”
He recalled a Lombardi quote that today could apply to the tour’s mission as it features the players and the fans essentially working together for the good of the community.
“When the game is over, the lights are out, the parking lot is empty and the story has been written,” Kramer recalled Lombardi saying, “and in the quiet of your room, you take off the championship ring and put it on the dresser. The only thing left at that time is the quest for excellence and trying to make the world a little bit better place because you were in it.”
Tour members reflected very fondly about the experiences of the week. Here are some of their thoughts.
Micah Hyde: “Meeting the guys was awesome, and hanging out with everyone. Surprising the kids at school was fun and spending time with the people at the nursing home was a blast.
“The kids at the hospital were special. I’m glad we had the opportunity there.
“Everything is the same with the players, no matter the age. It’s the same stuff, just 50 years older.”
Casey Hayward: “I really enjoyed the trip, especially the Children’s Hospital visit and the veterans home.
“It was very interesting to see perspective from each generation of players. Big Gil and his big personality. I really enjoyed everyone. Free (Antonio Freeman) even though he was late. All he talked about was his catch.
“And the Lombardi era. Those guys can really tell stories. Thank you, Jerry and Dave.”
Andrew Quarless: “I enjoyed Children’s Hospital. The talk about bullying: the girl apologizing was a touching moment for me.
“It was great to interact with the alumni. To hear about Lombardi. Enjoyed Jerry and Dave the most. They still active and enjoying life, and really funny, which is encouraging to me.
“And of course, interacting with the fans.”
Dave Robinson: “Thought it was great. It was my first time, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. Pleasantly surprised day after day. Tony Fisher (Packers alumni coordinator) kept us in line all week. Kudos to him.
“Anyone from the Packers that hasn’t been on a tour needs to be on one.
“Refreshing on how in the small towns, these people turn out. Packed in to see the guys. I didn’t’ realize how deep-rooted the support for the team is in the state. I had been away from some of these places for so long. I got excited every day.
“And I came to know that Andrew is a fellow Penn State alumnus. Great to get to know him, and the other guys. Amazing how many things we have in common with these guys.”
Jerry Kramer: “I had a great time. Very glad I came. The Wisconsin fans responded as expected. Tour is well organized. They’ve got a good handle on it. Mark (Murphy) and Cathy (Dworak, the Packers’ director of community outreach and player/alumni relations).
“It was fun to hang out with the younger guys and experience the antics that still go on in the locker room. Casey and Micah whacking each other verbally. That was fun. Little bit of everything.
Antonio Freeman: “Great to do it with the guys: former, past and present. Hospital visit was humbling. Awesome to see the smiles and excitement of all the Packers fans where we went.
“The tour gave us the locker room feeling we all missed so much these five days. That made it fun. Thanks to everyone who had a hand: sponsors, staff and players. It was first class.”
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Surprise at Suster’s
The tour’s practice of making stops in Wisconsin’s small towns continued Saturday as the motor coach made a surprise stop at Suster’s Arcade in Denmark.
While the restaurant’s famous broasted chicken was reason enough to visit, Mark Murphy and the Packers also wanted to recognize the restaurant’s proprietor with Packers ties, Ed Schuster. Schuster served on the team’s board of directors for 54 years (1931-85), the third-longest tenure in club history.
Murphy presented the family a plaque to be hung in honor Schuster, and then the group settled in to enjoy a spread that included chicken, potatoes, slaw and other tasty offerings.
“Now that was some good food,” Gilbert Brown declared.
“I wish I had a hot box. I’d take some with me,” added Antonio Freeman.
Tags: #TailgateTour, tailgate tour
Wish granted in Sheboygan
Posted by Aaron Popkey on April 18, 2015 – 4:43 pm
With an escort from a very talented and energetic drumline, the Packers Tailgate Tour members experienced a rousing entrance to the party at the Blue Harbor Resort in Sheboygan.
The final get together of the 10th anniversary tour benefitted Make-A-Wish Wisconsin, an organization dedicated to granting the wishes of seriously ill children in Wisconsin.
The Packers already enjoy a heartwarming relationship with Make-A-Wish, as the Packers host the wish visits nearly every home-game Friday at Lambeau Field. Today’s event supports the organization even further.
“We are unparalleled partners in making wishes come true, but this event is a nod to be part of the fan base and an amazing opportunity to share our mission,” said Patti Gorsky, Make-A-Wish’s president and CEO. “Together, with the partnership of this event, it takes us to new heights.”
Photo gallery: Packers hold final tailgate party in Sheboygan
During the stage portion of the event, Gilbert Brown got the crowd on their feet when he discussed the appreciation he gained this week for Jerry Kramer and Dave Robinson.
“These two guys are the Packers’ national treasure,” he said as the crowd responded enthusiastically.
Antonio Freeman was asked about the Monday Night Miracle, the overtime, on-the-ground TD catch at Lambeau Field that beat the Minnesota Vikings. It was a story he enjoyed telling more than once this week.
For Mark Murphy, this event and the tour across Wisconsin are important for the organization in a number of ways.
“It highlights the uniqueness of the organization,” he said. “We’re community owned and viewed as state’s team. For us, giving back is high priority for organization. Fans are so supportive and so loyal, we can’t take them for granted. To get out across the state and thank them, it makes good sense.”
After leaving the beautiful, lakeside resort, the Tailgate Tour motor coach made its way north, with one more surprise stop in store before returning to Green Bay.
Back-to-school night for the Tailgate Tour
Elkhorn Middle School was the site of the Packers Tailgate Tour Friday night, where a sold-out gathering of more than 600 enjoyed the opportunity to connect with the players.
The walk down the hallway toward the gym brought back memories of Casey Hayward’s own middle school experience.
“We had to walk a line in the hallways at my school,” he said. “It wasn’t a bad thing, just some structure.”
The event benefitted VIP Services, a nonprofit that empowers people with disabilities to explore and experience endless possibilities. It offers employment opportunities, life skills development, transportation service and other assistance to people in the community with disabilities.
Photo gallery: Elkhorn tailgate party
Live music kept the crowd entertained while they waited in line for autographs or enjoyed the tasty tailgate food. Associated Bank was on hand to present a check in support of VIP Services as well.
The question-and-answer session again featured some insight into the players careers, with Micah Hyde describing the various ways he contributes to the Packers, including corner, slot defender, safety, return man and a possible new wrinkle.
“I’m trying to put on some weight so I can play linebacker,” he quipped.
Jerry Kramer gave the crowd some insight into Vince Lombardi’s legendary ability to motivate players as he recalled a day at practice when he missed a block and then had a false start.
“He got four inches from my face and said, ‘Mister, college students have a concentration span of five minutes, high school is three, kindergarten is 30 seconds. Where does that put you?’ ”
Later, as a dejected Kramer sat in his locker and pondered his now seemingly dubious future, Lombardi approached.
“He patted me on the shoulders and neck and said, ‘Son, one of these days you’re going to be the best guard in the league.’ Talk about being ready to go.”
Prior to the party, the players had the opportunity to meet several individuals who work for VIP Services when they surprised them during a pizza party. It was clear the group was touched by the visit as smiles as wide as the room accompanied the many hugs and pictures.
“That was fun,” said Bill Schroeder. “I really like how emotional the clients are. You can tell they appreciated the visit.”
Mark Murphy appreciated the opportunity to help VIP and its mission. Over the course of the tours, stops have been made at a handful of such organizations.
“It’s a great program,” Murphy said. “I’m really impressed with VIP. Organizations like this are so valuable to the individuals as it gives them a sense of purpose and have a job and contribute. It’s helpful to the families, too.”
At the post-event dinner, Gilbert Brown wasn’t around to defend himself when Dave Robinson considered the all-you-can-eat items on the menu.
“You’re lucky Gilbert Brown isn’t here,” he said to the restaurant staff.
As the conversation turned to other subjects, Robinson was describing what it’s like to be color blind when Hayward pulled up on his smart phone the famous picture of the “the dress” that was all the rage on the Internet recently. As he passed it around the table, most of those in attendance thought it was either blue and black or white and gold. But Robinson had his own take.
“That dress is red,” he insisted, as the others laughed heartily.
The members of the tour are looking forward to the final day.
Hand me that sledgehammer, please
Posted by Aaron Popkey on April 17, 2015 – 12:45 pm
Who said the Packers Tailgate Tour is all play?
The members of the tour traded in their Sharpies for work gloves Friday morning in Sun Prairie and helped the Hammer with a Heart program with a home-improvement project at the home of Madelyn Link. The players demolished an old storage shed and built a raised garden bed to pitch in.
Photo gallery: Tailgate Tour stops to fix up a home
“It was fun,” said Micah Hyde. “I’ve done that before and have really enjoyed it.”
Hyde also reflected on the impressive hammer swinging of his teammate, Andrew Quarless.
“It’s about time he used his strength for something, since he doesn’t use it on the field.”
Link was very excited, not only to have the work being done on the home, but also to have the Packers take part.
“Excited is an understatement,” she said. “I blew a gasket when I heard they were coming. With the house, I was to a point where I didn’t know what to do. Jason (Hafeman) and Project Home came and looked at the house and said it was something they could do. I could give them all a bear hug.”
For Hafeman, the organization’s outreach manager, Link is exactly the type of person the program seeks to help.
“She’s got an amazing story,” Hafeman said. “She’s been in this house since she was born and a crossing guard at the school five blocks away for 31 years. To make it safe and keep her in her home is great.”
The Hammer with a Heart program, which is run through Project Home and supported financially by the Packers, assists approximately 1,000 households each year with a variety of no-cost and low-cost home improvement programs. Hammer with a Heart provides major home repairs and maintenance, and improves the families’ safety, comfort and health in their homes through the help of sponsors, volunteers and staff.
While the younger members were at the home site, Mark Murphy, Antonio Freeman, Dave Robinson and Jerry Kramer paid a visit to the Colonial Club to play Wii bowling and toss the bean bag with the residents. The visit included a discussion of some of the great moments of the Lombardi Era with Kramer and Robinson.
“It was a lot of fun,” Murphy said of the visit with approximately 70 residents. “They definitely know their history about the Ice Bowl.”
Afterward, the tour enjoyed a delicious lunch at the Sweet Spot in Whitewater as they continued their route south to Elkhorn for tonight’s party to benefit VIP Services Inc.
Rock stars – Packers style
The setup Thursday night in the Upper Dells Ballroom of the Ho-Chunk Casino in Baraboo was fitting for a rock concert, complete with a stage, lights, sound system and video screens.
To the nearly 1,000 Packers fans in attendance, the members of the Tailgate Tour were their rock stars. And they greeted them appropriately.
Photo gallery: Tailgate Tour stops in Baraboo for party
The Tailgate Tour team was at full strength, too, with the return of Antonio Freeman. The former wide receiver had to stay in Green Bay Tuesday when he experienced some issues with his shoulder. After a series of tests revealed no serious concerns and the level of discomfort subsided, Freeman was able to catch up with his teammates.
“It’s great to be here because it was killing me having to stay back in Green Bay,” Freeman said. “The camaraderie with my old teammates was something I looked forward to, and putting some smiles on some faces.”
When the event settled in, the attendees heard from the members on a variety of subjects. Micah Hyde spoke about one of his early moments in the NFL, an experience that revealed the level of talent that exists in the pro league that is a huge step up from the college ranks.
“It was in a practice and Aaron Rodgers had this no-look pass for a touchdown,” he recalled. “And it wasn’t just a short throw, either. It was a corner route that he threw while looking the other way. I was thinking, ‘What did I get myself into?’ I hoped that not all NFL quarterbacks would be able to do that.”
Jerry Kramer was asked if he was going to write another book to complement the four successful writings he’s authored.
“I am considering maybe it’s time for another book,” he said. “I’ve been approached by a few publishers. Maybe I can do a final book and tie the experiences all together.”
The benefit was a huge boost to Benefit People Helping People, an organization which applies the time and talents of its members directly toward needs within the local community by conducting fundraisers, food drives, bake sales, sidewalk sales and fall festivals in order to support local food banks and other help centers. It also coordinates the “Adopt-a-family” outreach program and the School Supply Program.
Bill Harris, the organization’s founder and president, was extremely pleased with the evening’s success.
“Wow…wow!” he exclaimed. “It is unreal to have this night. Who would have thought we’d have a visit from the Packers. It’s a huge benefit for us. We’ll be able to better serve the broken hearts and those in need in our community. We’ll bring them back up.”
Away from events and visits, the players simply enjoy each other’s company and the playful banter that comes with the relationships. A late-night dinner featured such conversations, and Freeman was a target when he was offering some observations on the event.
“Johnny Come Lately be quiet!” Gilbert Brown commanded, perhaps making up for some of Freeman’s lost time.
Bill Schroeder was discussing some frustrations with his smart phone when Dave Robinson offered a solution as he held out his old-style, flip phone.
“Throw that away and try a real phone,” Robinson quipped.
Also at the dinner, the current players reported that they got a workout in during the afternoon’s break time, an effort that included some swimming in the hotel’s lap pool.
The tour is now officially over the hump and Day 4 will see the motor coach head south toward Elkhorn.
I’ve got $400, can I get $500
Live auctions typically are a great way to raise money, but a surprise stop at SpringBrook Assisted Living in Onalaska featured an auction simply as a way for the more than 50 residents to have fun.
In a first for the Tailgate Tour, players and Mark Murphy participated by signing Packers items as a way to increase the bids. There was a question in players’ minds, though: were they using real money?
“At first I was thinking, ‘Wait a minute. These people shouldn’t be spending this kind of money on an auction,’ ” said Andrew Quarless.
Soon he and the others saw that it was strictly an in-house, SpringBrook currency.
“Then I knew it was OK,” said Bill Schroeder with a laugh.
Jerry Kramer and Dave Robinson took turns with the microphone, each trying to have his autographed item raise the highest price.
“I don’t know how to do this,” Kramer finally admitted. “But I’ll keep going anyway.”
The stop at SpringBrook followed a tasty lunch at Features Sports Bar & Grill in Holmen and a quick pit stop to a nearby Festival Foods where Gilbert Brown and Casey Hayward picked up a few provisions and briefly mingled with shoppers and staff.
The Tailgate Tour motor coach continues south along the beautiful Mississippi River toward tonight’s destination, Prairie du Chien.
Photo Gallery: Going once, going twice…
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Students urged to sack bullying
Bullying was the subject and Gilbert Brown delivered the message with emphatic intensity, much like he did on the football field when he felled Packers opponents.
“Bullies are cowards,” he said to 450 students at Durand Middle and High School. “They need an audience and don’t give them that. Also, if you’re being bullied, try not to show any fear, because when you do, the bully gets stronger.”
Brown went on to describe how bullying is now a 24/7 activity with social media. Prior to the onset of the online culture, victims would have a brief respite when they were away from school or other social settings, but now worry about the constant putdowns that can take place through the web.
“There are kids that cry themselves to sleep each night because of it,” Brown continued. “Don’t be any part of bullying. Put a stop to it. Stand up for those that are being bullied. Tell a teacher, tell a parent. Put a stop to it.”
Andrew Quarless added to the effort, too, when he said, “dare to be different.”
The students, who sat in focused attention, participated fully with thoughtful questions. One young lady became particularly emotional when asking how one apologizes to someone for being a bully.
There were light moments, too. Brown chastised three students who were wearing Minnesota Vikings jerseys. Maybe Brown forgot that the state border was close by.
“How can we have three idiots in this crowd,” Brown said with a laugh.
Photo gallery: Tailgate Tour surprises Durand Middle & High School students
Energy-filled event caps first day
An electric atmosphere with more than 1,400 Packers fans capped the kickoff day of the Packers 10th anniversary Tailgate Tour Tuesday night at the Dunn County Fairgrounds Ice Arena in Menomonie.
The event benefited the Bridge to Hope, a nonprofit dedicated to ending domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking. Bridge to Hope aims to empower those who have been affected by violence, provide options and give support to individuals for a fresh start.
“It was awesome seeing the community coming together,” said Naomi Cummings, executive director at Bridge to Hope. “The joy at the event and the happiness was outstanding.”
After the fanfare-filled entrance, the group, led by Mark Murphy, spoke to the fans about a variety of topics and answered questions. Everything was game, including the upcoming season, rules changes and favorite players.
Fans can expect to learn some interesting tidbits about the players during the sessions. And in a humorous way.
Photo Gallery: Menomonie tailgate party
For instance, when players were asked about when they started playing football, Gilbert Brown had a lighthearted way of saying he had to wait until high school to begin.
“I was too fat for little league,” he said, to the laughter of the audience. “Something about being safe for the other players. They wouldn’t let me play. I played in high school.”
Micah Hyde spoke about his disappointment in how rules changes seem to benefit the offense.
“You can’t even touch the receivers,” he said.
In addition to the money raised, the awareness garnered for the hosting nonprofits by the Tailgate Tour parties in the local community is as valuable. That was certainly the case for Bridge to Hope as well.
“It was awesome to put the word out in the community about what we do,” said Cummings.
Day 2 of the tour awaits!
This is Andrew Quarless with your morning announcements
Posted by Aaron Popkey on April 14, 2015 – 11:01 am
Instead of regular morning announcements by a member of the staff, more than 760 students at Shawano Community High School heard tight end Andrew Quarless read through the day’s important notes. Most importantly, he revealed this year’s prom court.
“It was cool,” remarked Quarless. “Some of those names were hard, though.”
Quarless then invited the students to the gymnasium where they spoke about the importance of respect – for fellow students, staff and community.
Later, during a question-and-answer session, Micah Hyde received an invitation from a student to the aforementioned prom.
“I’ll get back to you,” Hyde said with a laugh.
Across the commons, Mark Murphy, Dave Robinson and Jerry Kramer, spoke with about 30 members of the local Rotary and Optimist Clubs.
Photo gallery: Tailgate Tour opens at Shawano High School
The Tour continues west toward Menomonie.
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OBAMA VS. TRUMP—IN FICTION
In Bureaucracy, History, Politics, Social commentary on January 10, 2020 at 12:04 am
Presidential legacies live on in unexpected ways.
Right now, the legacies of Barack Obama and Donald Trump are vying for the attention of—fiction readers.
In Hope Never Dies: An Obama-Biden Mystery, author Andrew Shaffer has fashioned a novel that is half-mystery, half-bromance.
Vice President Joe Biden has just left the Obama White House and doesn’t know what he wants to do with the rest of his life. Then Finn Donnelly, his favorite railroad conductor, dies in a suspicious accident, leaving behind an ailing wife and a trail of clues.
To unravel the mystery, “Amtrak Joe” calls on the skills of his former boss: The 44th President of the United States. Together they scour biker bars, cheap motels and other memorable haunts throughout Delaware.
Then Biden unearths a disturbing truth about his longtime—and now dead—friend. This, in turn, leads Biden and Obama to uncover the sinister forces behind America’s opioid epidemic.
The book is pure fantasy fun, as evidenced from this review by Alexandra Alter in The New York Times:
“[Hope Never Dies is] a roughly 300-page work of political fanfiction, an escapist fantasy that will likely appeal to liberals pining for the previous administration, longing for the Obama-Biden team to emerge from political retirement as action heroes. But it’s also at times a surprisingly earnest story about estranged friends who are reunited under strange circumstances.”
A reader named Casey, reviewing the novel for Goodreads, writes: “While Shaffer could have leaned into nostalgia alone, he’s written a solid mystery with the characters fleshed out as more than just cliches.
“The reader really feels Biden’s longing to be helpful and his anguish over seeing 44’s legacy undone so quickly by an individual who shall remain nameless. (The presidential zings in this book are incredible, truly.)
“The tension between the two rings as true as it did when they were in office….By all means, this book shouldn’t work as well as it does. For a few hours, I got to enjoy the company of politicians who behaved like adults (mostly). It sure was nice.”
Contrasting with the relatively lighthearted fictional image of Barack Obama is the immensely darker one of Donald Trump.
Don Winslow offers Trump an extended cameo appearance in The Border, his massive, 736-page novel about America’s war on drugs—and the horrific violence it has spawned in Mexico. It’s the third of a trilogy of novels vividly portraying the violent costs of an unwinnable conflict.
Art Keller is a dedicated agent of the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). For over 40 years, he has waged all-out war on Adán Barrera, the godfather of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel.
Appointed director of the DEA, Keller now faces a series of deadly enemies:
A heroin epidemic surging across America;
Hitmen who want to kill him;
Politicians who want to sabotage his agenda; and
An incoming administration that’s allied with the very drug traffickers he’s trying to destroy.
And heading this administration is John Dennison—Donald Trump in all but name—who:
Gratuitously insults people on Twitter;
Fires a Special Counsel;
Gets blackmailed by a woman he once bedded; and
Colludes with drug traffickers for a multi-million dollar loan to finance his Presidential campaign.
Whereas the reviews for Hope Never Dies were as upbeat as the book itself, those of The Border reflect the novel’s mercilessly grim take on a war that can’t be won.
Los Angeles Times: “The Border is intricate, mean and swift, a sprawling canvass of characters including narco kingpins, a Guatemalan stowaway, a Staten Island heroin addict, a kinky hit woman, a barely veiled Donald Trump and DEA agent Art Keller, who….has been noble and merciless, a conflicted wanderer who makes America face the transgressions committed in its name.”
Rolling Stone: “Clocking in at over 700 pages, it is his most overtly political installment yet. He takes on the Trump administration directly, creating a fictional candidate, then president, who stokes racist fears of Mexicans, campaigns on ‘building the wall’ and, along with his venal son-in-law, gets caught up in a shady real estate deal involving Cartel money.”
NPR: “The Border becomes a book for our times. Like Shakespeare, it makes a three-act drama of our modern moment. Like Shakespeare’s plays, it shows us a world that is our own, a history that is our own, a burden that is our own, rendered out into the rhythm of scenes and arcs, chapters and parts.”
The signature slogan of Obama’s 2008 Presidential campaign was: “Yes, We Can!” The slogan of Trump’s 2016 effort could have been: “No, You Can’t.”
Obama concentrated the full force of his attention on reforming American healthcare—by making it available to millions whose insurance refused to provide coverage.
Trump’s top priority is to separate the United States from Mexico with an impenetrable wall—and he has even diverted $3.6 billion from Pentagon funding to pay for it.
Like John F. Kennedy, Barack Obama will likely be positively remembered as much for what he tried to do as what he succeeded at doing.
Like Richard M. Nixon, Donald Trump will likely be remembered as a menacing stain on American history.
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Home Multifamily Boston Mayor Walsh Commits $20.6 Million to Support Housing Efforts
Boston Mayor Walsh Commits $20.6 Million to Support Housing Efforts
Mayor Walsh
BOSTON – Building on his commitment to expanding access to affordable housing opportunities and combating chronic homelessness in Boston, Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced $20.6 million in City funds to support housing efforts as part of the Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) operating budget proposal.
The City investments to sustain and expand its housing goals represent an increase of approximately $6.4 million, or 45 percent, in the FY20 operating budget for housing over last year. Five million dollars of this investment will be generated as part of implementing the Commonwealth’s new Room Occupancy Excise Law and in accordance with the City’s local ordinances. The Department of Neighborhood Development’s total budget also includes $64.9 million from external grants and $20.1 million in anticipated spending from the Inclusionary Development Program.
“Housing affordability remains one of our top priorities in Boston, and I am proud that through our proposed budget we are doubling down on our efforts to create and preserve more affordable housing for residents,” said Mayor Walsh. “Over the last four years, Boston has built more income-restricted housing than in any similar period on record. Through the new tools and funding in our budget, we will be able to further build upon the progress we have made, and expand our reach to offer more housing options to residents.”
As Boston continues to look for ways to address its housing needs, the City has identified an opportunity to increase its limited revenue and permanently target the funds to enhance housing and homelessness efforts. As part of implementing the Commonwealth’s new Room Occupancy Excise Law, $5 million will be generated through increasing Boston’s Room Occupancy Local Excise Tax by 0.5 percentage points to 6.5 percent for all lodging establishments. In the first year, $4 million will be targeted towards creating 50 new units of permanent supportive housing and $1 million to create pathways for youth and young adults experiencing homelessness.
“This budget reflects the Walsh Administration’s continued commitment to identifying additional resources for affordable housing,” said Sheila Dillon, Boston’s Chief of Housing. “It also shows our willingness to explore and fund new ideas to increase the supply of affordable housing and programs that protect the most vulnerable members of our community.”
These new investments are in addition to the many other housing investments contained in the Mayor’s FY20 operating budget that target the full spectrum of housing needs in Boston. Departments across the entire City will implement new FY20 investments that will help address homelessness, create and preserve affordable housing, and support homeowners and renters.
The following investments target the three priorities outlined in the City’s housing plan Housing a Changing City: production of new housing, preservation of existing affordable housing, and protection of those households most at risk. To accomplish these goals, Mayor Walsh has committed to help create 69,000 new units of housing at a variety of income levels across the City, including nearly 16,000 new units of income-restricted housing that will bring Boston’s total number of income-restricted units to 70,000 by 2030.
Ending Chronic and Youth Homelessness
Mayor Walsh’s FY20 recommended budget includes $4 million to support the creation of approximately 50 new units of permanent supportive housing each year. Permanent supportive housing combines subsidized rental housing with individualized support services so that people can receive the assistance they need to stay housed. Creating new permanent supportive housing is a critical component of Boston’s Way Home, the City’s plan to end chronic homelessness. The services are designed to build independent living skills and to connect people with services such as community-based health care, help with mental health issues, substance use counseling, and employment services.
By definition, chronically homeless individuals have barriers that create challenges to remaining housed. These barriers can include physical disabilities, substance use disorder, and mental health issues, among others. Without additional assistance, some chronically homeless men and women are not able to maintain their homes. Since the launch of Boston’s Way Home, the City has:
Housed 721 chronically homeless individuals, representing more than 4,000 years of homelessness ended.
Reduced chronic homelessness in Boston by 22 percent from 2016 to 2018, and by 48 percent from 2008 to 2018
Housed 915 homeless veterans and ended chronic homelessness among veterans
Reduced the number of homeless veterans in Boston on a single night by 37 percent since 2015 and by 48 percent over the past 4 years
Partnered with six affordable housing owners in Boston to create a homeless veteran preference within their housing
Received $5 million in donations to build 200 new units of supportive, long-term housing for chronically homeless men in women through Boston’s Way Home Fund
“Pine Street Inn is extremely pleased to partner with Mayor Walsh and the City of Boston on its commitment to end chronic homelessness,” said Lyndia Downie, president and executive director of Pine Street Inn. “We know that having a home – a safe, stable place to go every day – can make all the difference in a person’s life. We are very fortunate to have the kind of leadership in Boston that puts its resources behind solving a challenge that affects not just those who are homeless, but all of us who live or work in Boston. Providing housing with support services is not just the “right” thing to do – it is also cost-effective, saving over $10,000 per person/per year on emergency systems.”
The FY20 recommended budget also includes $1 million to provide connections to employment, rental assistance, and supportive services for youth, building on the City’s action plan to support young Bostonians experiencing homelessness. These funds will help support early identification and outreach, increase access to effective supports, and to develop a collaborative system to create pathways to opportunity for those experiencing homelessness. This investment is on top of a $4.9 million Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
In addition, the FY20 budget includes a $300,000 investment that will fund four formerly homeless individuals to work as peer navigators across shelters in Boston connecting individuals currently experiencing chronic homelessness with permanent housing pathways. Peer housing navigators will help clients with their housing applications, gathering documentation needed for housing, and mentoring others as they transition from homelessness to housing.
The budget also includes a $100,000 expansion in outreach services to provide assessment, crisis intervention, and intensive case management services to unsheltered individuals drawn to the spaces and resources of the Boston Public Library (BPL).
Launched in 2017, the current program, in which a full-time outreach worker is embedded at the BPL’s Central Library in Copley Square, comprises, on average, approximately 126 unique client interactions per month. These interactions, which include placements in housing and treatment programs, are expected to double with the additional capacity provided in the FY20 budget. The proposed new capacity will add social work interns to the program, enabling additional interactions at branch locations, which could include the South End, West End, Uphams Corner, and Dudley. Services will also be dispatched to additional locations as needed.
Creating and Preserving Affordable Housing
Building and preserving affordable housing continues to be a cornerstone of the Administration’s efforts to address the City’s housing needs. To that end, the recommended FY20 budget includes funding for the expansion of the Additional Dwelling Units (ADUs) program. This $650,000 investment will provide zero-interest loans for income-eligible homeowners. The program allows owner-occupants to carve out space within their homes to create smaller, independent units in East Boston, Mattapan and Jamaica Plain, developing more naturally occurring affordable housing options while creating rental income for homeowners. Since the pilot launched in 2017, 12 ADU permits have been issued, and the City is planning to expand the program to all neighborhoods this spring. No-interest loans of up to $30,000 for income-eligible homeowners will help more owners across Boston create ADUs.
Earlier this year, Mayor Walsh and the City’s Community Preservation Committee (CPC) allocated more than $18 million from Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds to create and preserve hundreds of units of housing, and to contribute to affordable housing programming like the Acquisition Opportunity Program (AOP) and the Boston Home Center. The AOP provides funding to community development corporations and others to purchase rental housing units from the speculative market and income-restrict them.
In an effort to preserve Boston’s housing stock while providing economic opportunities for residents and temporary accommodations for visitors, Mayor Walsh signed an ordinance in 2018 establishing guidelines and regulations to better track and regulate short-term rentals in the City of Boston. The regulations, which went into effect on January 1, 2019, allow for the growth of the home-sharing industry, while including deterrents to prevent operators from monopolizing Boston’s housing market with short-term rentals.
In his FY20 budget proposal, Mayor Walsh is investing more than $105,000 in the Boston’s Inspectional Services Department for two additional staff members to regulate short-term rentals. These inspectors will assist with the enforcement of the regulations, working to ensure that the owners are abiding by the regulations that classify short-term rental units: limited share unit, home share unit, and owner-adjacent unit.
The regulations provide protection for the occupants of the short-term rental unit by prohibiting any property with outstanding housing, sanitary, building, fire or zoning-code violations from being listed. The regulations require the unit to register with the City of Boston each year to verify compliance with the provisions of the ordinance, and pay an annual license fee.
Supporting Homeowners and Renters
The FY20 budget includes $100,000 to expand the Intergenerational Homeshare Program. Launched as a pilot in 2017 as a collaboration between the Age Strong Commission and the Mayor’s Housing Innovation Lab, the program leverages technology to match older adults with an extra room with a responsible young person looking for affordable rent. Some agreements even include exchanging basic help with daily living for lower rent. Funding will allow the program to pair 100 matches in FY20 by hiring a vendor to recruit and assist hosts, vet applicants, and provide ongoing support for participants.
In addition, the FY20 budget will provide $25,000 to fund a housing court navigator. While there are nonprofit resources available at Housing Court, they are often hard to find and navigate. This effort will fund staff to greet and direct families and individuals facing eviction to appropriate onsite services.
The City’s FY20 budget will be formally released on Wednesday, April 10, 2019.
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Wildest Dreamers
July 14, 2015 May 11, 2016 John ChapmanA Midsummer Night's Dream, A Play For The Nation, Barbican Theatre, Facebook, Royal Shakespeare Company, RSC, Tower Theatre Company, William Shakespeare3 Comments
In the world of am dram we’re used to meeting and interacting with our fellow cast members pretty quickly. The geographical spread of those involved in the RSC’s Play For The Nation project (98 amateur actors and their team directors), however, makes this a practical impossibility.
So, once again it’s social media to the rescue. After the intensive Twitter upskilling described in my last post I turned my attention to Facebook. Now I’ve had a Facebook account for some years and like many am drammers I had used it to promote shows I was doing, keep an eye on audition opportunities for things I was interested in doing and generally used it to follow theatrical trends. Little did I know that a new opportunity to get properly organised was about to present itself.
Dawn French’s Bottom (sorry)
Wind back the clock to the #dream2016 poetry “competition”. Via this I had fallen into tweeting several Bottoms other than my own (sorry). Chris from the Nonentities in Kiddermister, Becky from the Lovelace Theatre Group in Nottingham and Trevor from the Belvoir Players of Belfast all got lucky like me and are due to play Bottom next year (yes, there are going to be a couple of female Bottoms and why not? Dawn French did it very successfully a few years back). We reached the conclusion that Twitter with its 140 character limit wasn’t conducive to in depth discussion and debate so we tweeted about setting up a Facebook group to fulfil this function. Gradually the talk evolved of a group open to all 98 of the amateurs who were going to be involved. So, fine in theory, but who was going to do the donkey work (!!!) in setting up the group? At that point I rather rashly admitted that I had set groups up in the past (actually just one group and it was some ten years ago) and that was enough to secure me the deal. No problem though; I was looking to properly reacquaint myself with Facebook anyway and here was a project that would allow me to do just that.
Firstly a group name. Originally I’d suggested The Bottom Line but clearly that would be too exclusive now we were hoping to get everyone involved. Fortunately inspiration was very near at hand. I’m a great devotee of the plays of Alan Ayckbourn (shout out to Simon who masterminds one of the best theatre websites around www.alanayckbourn.net) and just above my desk is a framed poster of an Ayckbourn play called Wildest Dreams. That was it, of course! And so the Wildest Dreamers Facebook group was born because as the tag line states “Never in our wildest dreams…..” This summed up nicely the feeling of how fortunate we all feel about being chosen for the RSC’s mind-boggling project.
Arthur Rackham’s illustration for Act 1, Scene 2 showing the Mechanical’s at Quince’s house
During a long Sunday morning, with the help of some on-line “How to do it” blogs and Facebook’s own notes (plus, if I’m honest some straightforward guesswork) I managed to pull something presentable together. One of Arthur Rackham’s famous Dream illustrations would serve instead of a group photo – the one depicting Act 1, Scene 2, part of the play we would all know well as it was the first audition piece set by the RSC. Next upload the 14 group photos ready for tagging as people joined the group. Then some lists of key RSC personnel and the names and other details of the lucky 98. A tweak here and tweak there (actually about two hours of tweaking, all told) and finally it was ready to be shown to the world. I sent out invites to Chris, Becky and Trevor to come and join me. Then it snowballed. I invited the other six Tower members while the other three initiators (now officially given Admin status) invited their groups and we set about tweeting to get as many of the others as possible to join us. By Monday evening half of the individual drama groups were represented and the “discussion” could begin in earnest. Of course at this stage it was mainly getting to know one’s fellows and exchanging repeated cries of “Aren’t we lucky?”, uploading daft videos (did you know that in 1964 the Beatles performed a version of the Pyramus and Thisbe scene in a TV special?)
There were also plenty of bad puns about donkeys, walls and lions. Soon, however, a more serious note took hold as we contemplated the enormity of the task before us, enquired how other people set about learning (and more importantly remembering) lines and what overall project director Erica Whyman might be expecting from us.
At time of writing, just over a week later, about 50% of the participants have joined the group and when things really get started in the autumn it will, no doubt, be an invaluable tool in sharing experiences, raising questions and boosting confidence. As with Twitter I have soon discovered how good it is to be talking to like-minded people across the country even if I have never met them. It is clearly going to be a supportive and friendly experience – just as well with 98+ possible voices contributing. Unlike with the auditions there is now no competition to win; we will all be doing our own thing in our own areas but ultimately contributing to something that is going to be greater than the sum of its parts.
Most importantly the “wrap” party has already been established – very kindly hosted by the Belvoir Players of Belfast. 98 of us (not to mention partners, etc.) descending on Northern Ireland for the last night of the tour; that will, indeed be “a most rare vision”!
(P.S. To anyone reading this looking for the Twittericks mentioned in the last post, they haven’t been forgotten. Keep watching this space!)
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Iain Torquil MacPhail
This year’s Guest of Honour at the Association AGM will be one of Scottish Dance music’s most recognizable characters – Iain MacPhail. I was tempted there as I looked at the cover of their first album from 1975 (see photo) to say ‘flamboyant’ but I recall we all looked a bit different back then, so that observation from almost 30 years on may not be entirely fair. Without doubt though, the sound that was unleashed on the listening enthusiast in that album did deserve that title. Although that first album, recorded at the Wick Studios of Grampian Records, lacked any of Iain’s distinctive compositions, the blend of Iain, Brian Griffin, Allan Johnston, Davy Flockhart, Alasdair MacLeod and George Darling (all pictured below) produced a sound that was to become instantly recognisable and which has stayed with us till the present day. Like one of Iain’s favourite malt whiskies, it has matured along the way.
Iain MacPhail SDB
Consistency and loyalty, as regards band personnel, is in itself a theme with Iain. With his roots firmly anchored in the closing scenes of the ‘great’ days of Scottish Dance music, when four and five piece bands were the norm and each was on the road several times a week, Iain endeavours whenever possible to field a consistent team. Indeed, even after all this time, it’s quite possible that you’ll get Brian and Davy, while fiddle and drums have been in the very capable hands of Ron Kerr and Graeme Jamieson for the best part of the last twenty years.
Kilberry Bay
The road to the top has not always been an easy one however, especially in the early years. Iain was born in Argyllshire, the family home being Kilberry, famed for a piping competition run by the local laird, Campbell of Kilberry, which was a sort of ‘Glenfiddich’ of its day. Dad, Dugald, was a very competent button accordion player and had passed his audition with the BBC before being stricken with TB which forced his to relinquish his Civil Service job in Edinburgh and return to the village. He died when Iain was only seven. To make matters worse Iain himself contracted the disease that same year and spent the next three years in Robroyston Hospital, Glasgow with no education whatsoever and, because of the distances involved, only occasional visits from mum and a weekly visit from his grandmother, Mrs Mary Printy. An altogether daunting event for any young lad. Iain’s interrupted primary education at Dunmore and Kilberry primary schools was followed by a period as a ‘boarder’ at Tarbert Academy, but at the age of sixteen he won two bursaries to attend school in Edinburgh. The closest school to where his grandparents stayed in Edinburgh was Broughton and here ‘Fate’ intervened for the first, and certainly not the last time in the form of the School Secretary, Dorothy Leurs, and music teacher Ronald Stevenson. Both were to have considerable influence on the way young Iain’s musical career developed. Ronald, a conventional music teacher of the day, had never touched an accordion but was able to point out possibilities on the instrument that had, up until that point, never even crossed Iain’s mind. More of Dorothy later.
The Hen’s March
Iain’s musical career had started back in Argyll with a wee melodeon at the age of four and the pipes as a member of the Tarbert Scout Pipe Band. Practice for the latter often took place at Ivy Cottage, outdoors and along the path which ran beside his mother’s ‘hen run’ with upwards of a hundred of the inquisitive creatures keeping pace as his first audience. Music had been forbidden during his hospital years but in Edinburgh granddad got things on the move again by purchasing an accordion – unfortunately not knowing the difference he bought a piano keyed Settemio Soprani. No matter, it was sufficient but finding a teacher proved to be more of a problem. Eventually a travelling teacher, Motherwell based Mr McCann, was contacted and lessons began.
By this stage Iain had an excellent ear and could ‘lug’ almost any tune after hearing it once. As was the norm at the time however, classics were the order of the day as far as tuition went. Asked one day by his teacher if he liked other types of music he cautiously replied yes, he liked Scottish traditional music. This was an unknown idiom to Mr McCann who asked Iain to show him such a piece. The High Level Hornpipe was duly produced and immediately played at sight, note perfect, by his teacher. Once again the significance of this was not lost on young Iain who saw new importance in the classical tuition he was receiving.
Keys of the Flat
A year down the line he was made aware of another, more local, teacher, Chrissie Leatham, so lessons moved there. Again, although unaware of their significance at the time, two new factors entered the equation. First was Chrissie’s usage of flat keys, the love of which Iain was to inherit, and secondly was an introduction to playing parts in the Accordion Orchestra and more importantly the art of writing these ’arrangements’. It intrigued Iain, who, also pulling on his school music education saw how various parts for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th accordions and rhythm instruments blended into the whole.
Back at Broughton School, Iain formed his first band with Derek Flynn on piano and Norman Springford on drums. With the encouragement of Dorothy Leurs he began playing for Scottish Country Dance demonstrations. This interest in playing for Country Dancing in turn led to an invitation to join the band of Jim Nicholson, with Jim and Iain on accordions, Roy Dick on fiddle, Ken MacDonald on piano, and the first appearance of one. Gordon Young. on drums. Once again playing only for Country Dancing they travelled widely doing many jobs across the UK and making two EPs.
When Jim retired, Roy took over the band as ‘The Strathedin Dance Band’ until his untimely death. Ken retired, leaving Iain and Gordon who were joined by Allan Johnston on fiddle, Davy Flockhart on piano and Robin Brock on bass. The latter three had played in Jim Johnstone’s Band and their experience was invaluable to the fledgling band leader.
It was Robin Brock who introduced Iain to Jim MacLeod, of Dunblane Hydro fame, and they have been close friends ever since. Last year (2002) Iain and the band were invited to play their inaugural Gillies Ball at Balmoral, at Jim’s recommendation. Along the way he also played with other great names from the scene including Andrew Rankine, Jim Johnstone, Jimmy Shand Jnr and on three memorable occasion Sir Jimmy himself.
All of this served to crystallize ideas already forming about what he wanted for the sound of his own band. In particular ‘second box’ is a term that finds little favour with Iain – particularly after he met Jack Delaney and heard and appreciated what Mickie Ainsworth was doing with the great Powrie band. Thereafter it was to be ‘harmony accordion’ and there can be no finer exponent of that role than long standing colleague, Brian Griffin.
The new band did their first broadcast c1972. I have to say that Iain lives for the future and that dates of past landmarks are all a bit vague. He does recall that the letter from the BBC advising them that they had passed their audition, also contained a warning to avoid non-traditional harmonies i.e. minor seventh chords – for the time being anyway. Their first LP, previously referred to, followed in 1975 with Allan, Davy, Brian, Alasdair MacLeod, George Darling and vocalist George Hamilton as the line up.
Playin’ Awa’ Fae Hame
The years between then and now have passed in a blur for the band. While enjoying, as we all do, the one-off gig, the band’s professional attitude, appearance and presentation have resulted in some remarkably long-standing engagements. From 1974 until 1992 (eighteen years if my arithmetic is correct) the band appeared in the Larry Marshall Show at the King James Hotel in Edinburgh, during which, over the years they met and backed many of the then biggest names in UK show-business (e.g. Rolf Harris, Matt Munro, the Bachelors, Kathie Kay, Dickie Henderson etc). Larry’s preferred singing key was A flat, which would be a problem to many of us, but thanks to the expertise developed by Chrissie’s tuition it presented no difficulties. Another bonus in this regard was the ability to play the melody along with the Show’s pipers on chanters correctly tuned to B flat.
For the last thirty years Iain and friends have played on a Tuesday night for The Atholl Country Dance Club at The Churchill Theater in Edinburgh. Over the last twenty years Iain and the band have made around sixteen visit to South America to play for various Caledonian Societies and other functions (last year taking in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and, for the first time, Chile) and Iain himself annually joins Stuart Forbes, Graeme Hamilton and Alistair Forbes to play St Andrew’s Nights in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
The other great love of his musical life are the Shetland Islands where he has played regularly for many years, with great friends Cecil Hughson, Douglas Johnstone, Ronnie Jamieson, Allan Gifford and the Da Fustra Band and often with other bands made up of local players – and we all know what they’re like! – the best of the best. Friends from Shetland regularly drop in when they’re in town.
But new challenges also are what keeps Iain going and he cites as an example the band’s recent recordings for Books 36 and 37 of the R.S.C.D.S. It took Iain six months work to research and arrange tunes from the period of the Original, arrange the band parts and practice with each player individually before the band came together for the recording itself. Have a listen to these if you get a chance – as we would expect, the music has that MacPhail swing and the arrangements, while not overpowering, are none the less captivating.
All of the aforementioned, and much more, were achieved while Iain held down a very responsible Civil Service job as Chief Welfare Officer of the Scottish Prison Service. Having taken early retirement he is presently putting the finishing touches to a Dissertation for a Masters Degree – a long-standing ambition.
So what has a lifetime spent in Scottish Dance music meant to Iain? He emphasizes the “wonderful experiences” gained from traveling the world; venues and locations on the one hand , which would never have been possible otherwise and, importantly, on the other hand “communicating with other people from different walks of life through the medium of music”. It has also enabled him to express creativity through composing and arranging, in a way that creates an instantly recognizable sound.
When we gather in Perth on the afternoon of Sunday 29th June, we do so to recognize the achievements of one of the truly great figures of our music scene – Iain MacPhail.
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The Haunted Ledger
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A 1915 shop ledger found bricked up in a jeweller’s wall in Brighton’s East Street has been formally acquired by Preston Manor, following reports that it is haunted.
The Haunted Ledger cover
The ledger was donated by Josephine Benyovits – who now lives in Maidstone but grew up in Hove – and discovered by her father Tony Benyovits in 1988, when he was demolishing the Shorland Fooks shop (which closed in 1984). Having taken it home, the father and daughter believe they suffered a number of spirit visitations.
Josephine reports that images appeared in her rug, including a group of men, woman and children and a soldier with a horse. She says that one of the spirits told her that the ledger must be returned to Brighton for the centenary of its first entry – prompting a call to the city’s spookiest site, Preston Manor.
Preston Manor Venue Officer Paula Wrightson said: “At first we weren’t sure whether we’d take this apparently ordinary, 100-year-old shop ledger – until the family impressed on us quite how scared they were of having the book in their keeping. When I had a phone conversation with Josephine she seemed petrified!
“I had the family deliver the book to Preston Manor, which they did immediately from Kent, and it sat on my desk for a couple of weeks. During that time I had a meeting with a spiritual medium who was taking part in an event here, and she said she felt the book had ‘bad things’ emanating from it.
“For me personally, the most interesting aspect of the book is that the entries show what was sold in the shop exactly 100 years ago – but it remains to be seen whether there’s more to it than that.”
A photo of Shorland Fooks on the day before it closed in September 1984 is available to buy online.
Paula with the ledger
Preston Manor can lay claim to being Brighton’s most-haunted house, a reputation which dates back to its days as a private home. Over the last decade it has hosted regular paranormal-themed tours, talks and events, continuing a trend started in the 1880s when séances were conducted in the house.
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Tag: The Clergy Project
LET THE CHURCH CHANGE
Published on November 27, 2018 by smitch4517Leave a comment
As long ago as 2002, it was reported that a quarter of Church of England members did not believe in the Virgin Birth. (see here)
In 2017, a survey revealed that 31% of Christians did not believe in life after death. (here)
Four years later The Clergy Project was launched to support clergy who no longer held supernatural beliefs.
In the light of these statistics, an assumption might be made that the church is in decline and no doubt the 57% of Christians who believe the bible word for word will claim that these doubters are not true believers and should be expelled from the church. From my standpoint, these figures are in fact a sign of hope that the church is evolving and changing.
In the 1662 Book of Common Prayer we find prayers for rain and protection against the plague, yet I have never heard these prayers used, since only a tiny minority believes this is how the world operates. In forty of years of ministry I have never heard anyone preach a sermon on the threat of hell.
It vexes me whenever I encounter individuals holding forth on the subject of Christianity who haven’t set foot in a church for years and who imagine its members still believe what was taught fifty years ago in Sunday School. Most Christians are intelligent and well-read; it’s naive and patronising to afford them ideas and beliefs that cannot be considered and articulated in a meaningful way.
Why must a belief in prescribed fundamental principles be a prerequisite for belonging to a Christian community at all? In 2000 years we have seen an astonishing diversity within Christian thinking and practice and during that time the way we understand the world, the way we make meaning and interpret texts has changed, so it is hardly surprising our understanding of faith has changed accordingly.
As for the clergy who say God does not exist, Thomas Aquinus, one of the founding theologians of the church himself asserted that God is not a being that exists but existence itself; does that belittle his faith in any way? What does that say about his belief that God exists?
If the church is to thrive today, its clergy and people must continue to be honest about the things they believe (or not!) and indeed about the very nature of faith. Is it really, for example, a matter of giving assent to supernatural (whatever the word supernatural might mean today) propositions, or about living according to certain principles? At the same time, those outside the church should allow that church to change and furthermore acknowledge when it does.
Tags Changing faith, Existence of God, Life after death, Religion, The Clergy Project, Virgin Birth
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Irish Sports: Gaelic Football and Hurling
Feb 16, 2018 10:30:00 AM / by Irene Kanthan
In this week's post, Brandon visits Croke Park and writes about two beloved Irish sports: Gaelic football and hurling.
Here in Ireland there are two especially popular, national sports: Gaelic football and hurling. Before coming to Dublin, I had never heard of either, but apparently, they are the most popular and common sports in the country. One Dubliner put it as, "Every county may have a rugby team, but every village has a hurling and Gaelic football team."
Holding a replica of the Sam Maguire Cup in Croke Park, which is the trophy awarded to the winner of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Our guide said that "this cup is what every Irish child goes to bed dreaming of after playing a game of football."
Gaelic football is played on a rectangular field between two teams of fifteen players. The object of the game is to move the spherical ball up the field by carrying, kicking, bouncing, passing, and soloing (which is a difficult skill involving toe-kicking the ball back up to oneself). The goal is shaped identically to a rugby goal, with three points being scored if you get it through the opposing team's two uprights and one point being scored if you hit it over the crossbar.
Hurling is over 3,000 years old and is the fastest field sport in the world. Much like in Gaelic football, teams of fifteen move a small ball down the field using wooden sticks called hurleys through a combination of balancing the ball on their sticks, carrying, hitting, and kicking. Once again, as in Gaelic football, three points are scored if you hit the ball under the crossbar and one point is scored if you hit the ball over the crossbar.
This wall lists all of the hurling and Gaelic football teams (along with their coat of arms) in Ireland and beyond. There is an entire section devoted to those in England, South America, and the U.S.
During our CAPA-provided tour of Croke Park in Dublin, we were told how Gaelic football and hurling are amateur sports. This means that no players or coaching staff can make any salary from participation in the sport. The entire operation is run on the love for the game and the opportunity to win glory for your home village, town, or county. I find this to be extremely commendable in a world where sports players receive excessive earnings in the millions. I cannot imagine any American football players, basketball players, or other sports figures devoting their lives and schedules to a sport in which they never received a penny for their hard work. Although it is true that some especially famous players may make a small salary from endorsements or advertising, our guide at Croke Park told us that all of the players in Gaelic football or hurling have very normal lives outside of the sport, working regular jobs, going to college, etc...
A picture of me and the official jersey of Galway, who are not only (technically) my home team, but also won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship last year for the first time in over 20 years.
In addition to not receiving an income for playing, it is strictly forbidden in Ireland to play on any Gaelic football or hurling that is not your home village or county. For instance, if one was born in Galway, you could only play hurling for Galway. There are no trades in these Irish sports. You play for your home or not at all. I think this mentality perfectly reflects the sense of belonging that I have found in my short time in Ireland. Everyone is loyal to and proud of where they come from, and this is seen in their rules around native sports.
A view of Croke Park from the highest stands in the stadium. Croke Park is the third largest sports stadium in Europe, and one can see the entirety of Dublin and out to the Wicklow Mountains from these higher stands.
I was invited to watch one of the security guards at Griffith College, Shane, play Gaelic football for his village team in Bray on Saturday, but the bus took far longer than expected and I missed the match. It was not a total loss, however, as I was officially offered a place on Shane's Gaelic football team if I decided to play. Although I was not born in Shane's village and should technically have to play for Galway (where my Irish ancestors hail from), his village only has a few hundred people and their sports teams are therefore in desperate need of fresh recruits. This sort of opportunity echoes both the openness of Irish culture, which embraces outsiders, and the opportunities afforded by the CAPA program by putting students in touch with locals such as Shane and giving a once-in-a-lifetime tour of Croke Park.
I hope you enjoyed my blog post about Irish sports, and I look forward to writing more about my experiences next week!
Topics: Dublin, Ireland, Sports Abroad
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Japan and U.S. Perspectives on Southeast Asia Development
Masahiro Kawai, Takashi Shiraishi, Murray Hiebert, Craig Steffensen, Marc Mealy, Muthiah Alagappa, Uri Dadush, Douglas H. Paal, James L. Schoff
Summary: Seventy years after World War II, Southeast Asia stands at a crossroads amid multilateral trade negotiations, economic integration initiatives, political turmoil, and the establishment of new development institutions and regional governance frameworks.
Event Slides (PDF)
Seventy years after World War II, Southeast Asia stands at a crossroads amid multilateral trade negotiations, economic integration initiatives, political turmoil, and the establishment of new development institutions and regional governance frameworks. How should the United States and Japan respond and contribute constructively? Are the lessons of the past relevant to the challenges ahead? Carnegie hosted a half-day conference bringing together a diverse group of specialists, and combining a retrospective look at U.S. and Japanese involvement in Southeast Asia with a future-oriented view
This conference was followed by a light reception.
Registration and Seating
Introduction and Opening Remarks
Douglas H. Paal
Japanese and U.S. Approaches to Support Asia-Pacific Development: Past as Prologue?
Masahiro Kawai, Murray Hiebert, Uri Dadush
Moderator: James L. Schoff
Opportunities, Challenges, and Priorities for Asia-Pacific Development in the Future
Takashi Shiraishi, Muthiah Alagappa, Marc Mealy, Craig Steffensen
Masahiro Kawai
Masahiro Kawai is a professor in the Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Tokyo. He previously served as dean and CEO of the Asian Development Bank Institute.
Takashi Shiraishi
Takashi Shiraishi is president of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and president of the Institute of Developing Economies-Japan External Trade Organization. He previously served in Japan’s Cabinet Office Council for Science and Technology Policy as both an execitive member and non-standing executive member.
Murray Hiebert
Murray Hiebert serves as senior fellow and deputy director of the Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining CSIS, he was senior director for Southeast Asia at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Craig Steffensen
Craig Steffensen is the Representative to the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) North American Representative Office. Previously he served as country director to ADB’s Thailand Resident Mission from 2010 to 2013, during which he helped engineer ADB's re-engagement with Myanmar in 2012.
Marc Mealy
Marc Mealy is the vice president-policy at the US-ASEAN Business Council. Prior to joining the Council Marc spent four years inside the U.S. Congress as international economic and foreign policy advisor to Congressmen Gregory Meeks of New York and a member of the professional staff of the House International Relations Committee.
Muthiah Alagappa
Muthiah Alagappa is a nonresident senior associate in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His research focuses primarily on Asian security, the political legitimacy of governments, civil society and political change, and the political role of the military in Asia.
Uri Dadush
Uri Dadush is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He focuses on trends in the global economy and is currently tracking developments in the eurozone crisis.
Douglas H. Paal is vice president for studies and director of the Asia Pprogram at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He previously served as vice chairman of JPMorgan Chase International and as unofficial U.S. representative to Taiwan as director of the American Institute in Taiwan.
James L. Schoff
James L. Schoff is a senior associate in the Carnegie Asia Program. His research focuses on U.S.-Japanese relations and regional engagement, Japanese politics and security, and the private sector’s role in Japanese policymaking.
About the Asia Program
The Carnegie Asia Program in Washington and Beijing studies disruptive security, governance, and technological risks that threaten peace and growth in the Asia Pacific region.
The U.S.-Japan Alliance: Past Is Prologue
Japan’s Indo-Pacific Policy
ASEAN’s Recent Economic Development: A Japanese Perspective
The Global Think Tank
What Myanmar Means for the U.S.-Japan Alliance
Malaysia Beset with Challenges as it Takes ASEAN Helm
Global Asia
Asia’s Next Great Challenge: To Balance Growth and Political Development
Thailand and the Changing Geopolitical Dynamics of Southeast Asia
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Benjamin Herrington for School Committee
“Knowledge talks, wisdom listens”
Meet Ben Herrington
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Ben Herrington is a hard working single father, residing in Southpoint with his 10 year old son. He has written, compiled and edited a few books, including The Power Of Words, and several music business guides. Ben is also a veteran of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, a Human Rights Commissioner, and Amherst Education Foundation board member, and participated in the Fort River School Building Committee feasibility study.
I grew up in Hartford, CT and the surrounding area, in urban, suburban, and even rural settings. From a very young age, my parents encouraged me to be civic minded and to always stand up for my values and principles. These are lessons I pass on to my son every chance I get.
After graduating from high school, I enlisted in the US Army as a Combat Engineer in the Army Corps of Engineers. I learned a great deal while serving, not only about life and engineering, but I also learned a great deal about myself along the way. Upon being honorably discharged from active duty service, I returned home to Connecticut and began working for a residential developer building subdivisions. Over the course of nearly a decade, I was able to extract several unexpected life lessons. Not only was I able to understand building principles and concepts, I learned a great deal about civic responsibility and the value of taking a genuine interest in the communities you are a part of.
My time working at JH Scelza, Inc. had a great deal of influence in terms of shaping who I am today. I was afforded the opportunity to work for one of the most successful, family owned, home builders in central Connecticut. While the owner of the company I worked for was certainly financially successful, it was the measures of success he valued above and beyond income that were most impressive to me. He and the rest of the employees in the company (all of whom had worked for Mr. Scelza for at least 2 and a half decades each) had a commitment to something far beyond just customer service. My supervisor was on the school board, the secretary was chairperson of the Newington Educational Fund, another coworker was a Rotary member. Basically, all of the people who influenced me, at that time, had some degree of civic engagement that I could admire and learn from.
Towards the end of my employment, I enrolled as a double major (Communications and Journalism) at Manchester Community College. I was a full-time employee and a full-time student and, somehow, worked in time for an internship at WFSB-3 in Hartford (now located in Rocky Hill). I went from interning on the assignment desk, to procuring a temporary position as an assignment editor at the station. In the middle of all of that, I moved to Amherst and immediately fell in love with this small town with enormous personality (and a silent H).
From WFSB, I moved on to reporting and producing radio and television traffic for Metro Networks (who provided traffic reports and information services for major radio and tv stations throughout Connecticut). After almost a year, news of an impending office closure (the company consolidated 72 offices, nationwide, into 13) as well as news of a pregnancy, I figured that this was as good a time as any to seek employment in my new hometown. After exploring my options and finding work where I could, I landed at a position at the Center for Extended Care at Amherst, as Lead Maintenance Foreman.
I now live in South Point Apartments with my 10 year old son. He attends Crocker Farm Elementary (as did his older brother) and I work for ARPS, as a custodian at Wildwood Elementary School.
“Hope is never silent” -Harvey Milk
Candidate Statement From The Amherst Bulletin
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News about the collections, services, events, exhibits, and more at the C. V. Starr East Asian Library
Author Archives: Ria Koopmans-Debruijn
New Japanese Studies Librarian
by Ria Koopmans-Debruijn on October 7, 2019
We are delighted to welcome our new Japanese Studies Librarian, Chiaki Sakai. She started on October 1, 2019.
Ms. Sakai has more than 20 years of experience in the library profession. Most recently she worked at the Library of the Japan Foundation in Urawa, Saitama, Japan. Before that she was the Japanese Studies Librarian at the University of Iowa for twelve years.
You can contact her by phone at 212-854-1506, or by email at cs3948@columbia.edu. Her office address is 308M Kent Hall.
This entry was posted in East Asian Events on October 7, 2019 by Ria Koopmans-Debruijn.
PhD Reception 2019
by Ria Koopmans-Debruijn on September 30, 2019
The Libraries will be hosting a reception especially for all PhD students. Come and join us. Eat, drink, have fun, and meet students from all across campus, as well as many friendly librarians.
You can RSVP at https://events.columbia.edu/go/CULPhD2019
The reception takes place on Thursday, October 3, from 4:00-6:00 PM, in room 319 of Lehman Library. We hope to see you there!
This entry was posted in East Asian Events on September 30, 2019 by Ria Koopmans-Debruijn.
BI sessions schedule
Fall 2019 Language-specific orientation sessions
Chinese Studies Resources
Korean Studies Resources
Tibetan Studies Resources
All sessions take place in the Kress Seminar Room (access via the 200-level stacks)
More sessions may be scheduled as needed.
Japanese Studies Resources sessions will be scheduled as soon as the new Japanese Studies Librarian arrives.
Watch our blog (https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/starr/) for further updates.
An American Missionary and Her ‘Paper Gods’
Dr. Mingjie Li, professor in the Folklore Institute, School of Social Development at East China Norma University, as part of her research project on our Paper God Collection, has just published an English-language article on Anne Swann Goodrich, the original collector, and subsequent donor of the collection. The article, along with other pieces by Dr. Li, appeared in Sixth Tone, a reputable Chinese Academic Online Journal.
Starr Library Orientation Tours
by Ria Koopmans-Debruijn on August 22, 2019
Every weekday (except Labor Day) from Monday, August 26 through Friday, September 6 we offer one-hour orientation sessions, including a tour of the library.
Closed (Labor Day)
Come find out how Starr Library works, and what services are available to you.
Join us and learn to find your way around!
No advance sign-up necessary.
All sessions start at 4:00 PM at the library’s front desk.
This entry was posted in East Asian Events on August 22, 2019 by Ria Koopmans-Debruijn.
Starr Library stacks re-opened
I am very happy to inform you that the book stacks at C.V. Starr East Asian Library are now officially open to all library patrons and staff .
Following the flooding that occurred in the stacks in September 2018, over 52,000 damaged volumes were immediately removed for treatment. We are extremely pleased to report that no books were permanently damaged in this process, and all books have now been placed back in their original locations.
I would like to thank the staff in the Starr East Asian Library and our colleagues across Columbia University Libraries and University Facilities for their extraordinary joint efforts to rescue these books, to repair and thoroughly clean stacks spaces, and for maintaining library and collection services to our users. We would also like to thank all faculty and students for your patience, understanding, and support during this period.
Now I would like to cordially welcome you back to use our library and our collections!
Jim Cheng
Director, C.V. Starr East Asian Library
A Newly-Discovered Catalogue by Desi Sanggye Gyatso (1653-1705)
by Ria Koopmans-Debruijn on May 6, 2019
The Ethnic Library of China at the Cultural Palace of Nationalities in Beijing holds some 4,000 rare Tibetan manuscript and print books. Mr. Jampa, a graduate of the Northwest Nationalities University (Lanzhou), spent several years cataloging these materials and as Associate Research Librarian is now coordinating efforts to publicize the collection. In this talk, he will discuss a heretofore unknown catalog by Desi Sanggyé Gyatso (1653-1705), famous for his role as regent of the Fifth Dalai Lama and effective ruler of the Ganden government following the latter’s concealed death. The catalog serves as evidence of plans for a widescale woodblock printing project, which never fully materialized but nevertheless records the titles of many manuscripts brought to the Potala Palace for the purposes of this endeavor.
Please note the early starting time: 10:30am. We hope you can join us!
Lauran Hartley
This entry was posted in East Asian Events on May 6, 2019 by Ria Koopmans-Debruijn.
Update on Collections at C.V. Starr East Asian Library 1/18/2019
by Ria Koopmans-Debruijn on January 18, 2019
Dear Faculty and Students in East Asian Studies:
As I reported to you earlier, the C.V. Starr East Asian Library experienced a water leak in the stacks in the early morning of Sunday, September 16. Over the course of the four days that followed, over 100 volunteers from across CUL Libraries and University Facilities joined the staff of the Starr Library and Preservation & Digital Conversion Division to immediately remove over 51,000 wet volumes in over 3,900 boxes to our disaster recovery contractor for treatment. The timely manner in which all of this assistance was offered to Starr, as well as the capacity that so many volunteers provided, ensured that permanent damage to the collections was minimal.
Our contractor, Polygon, has been freeze-drying, dehumidifying, and cleaning the volumes we sent at their preservation facility in Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, in Starr, University Facilities and other contractors had been busy repairing and cleaning the four affected floors of the stacks, and completed their work in the end of December 2018. We have now begun the final process of returning the affected volumes back to their home in Starr. We are working toward a goal of receiving all treated materials and reopening our stacks in the end of March, 2019. Before reopening our stacks, we will continue to provide the following services:
The main reading room in Starr remains open, as do all reference, consultation, and Interlibrary loan services. However, all stacks areas will remain closed for several weeks. Please check our library blog (https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/starr/) regularly, where we will post updates on progress, specific timelines as they become better known, and any other information affecting the use of library spaces and collections.
Starr has implemented paging services that will allow users to request items currently in the stacks. These services will remain in effect until the stacks can be reopened to Library users. Paging will be performed according to the following regular schedule:
Requests received by 11am (Monday-Friday) will be available at the circulation desk by 1pm
Requests received by 6pm (Sunday-Thursday) will be available at the circulation desk by 8pm
Requests received by 10pm (Monday-Thursday) will be available at the circulation desk the next day at 10am
Requests received by 2pm (Saturday and Sunday) will be available at the circulation desk by 4pm
For items that remain in the stacks: records are marked in CLIO with the alert “Please contact Starr East Asian Library staff for assistance in paging this item.” Requests to have these items paged from the stacks can be submitted as follows: in the CLIO record for the item, go to the ‘Requests’ tab above the CLIO record, and select “Item not on shelf?” (see image below):
For items that were removed from Starr for treatment: records are marked in CLIO with the alert “Temporarily unavailable. Try ILL.” These items may still be available through our BorrowDirect and Interlibrary Loan partners, and Starr library circulation desk staff will assist faculty and students in locating and requesting such items.
Thank you for your patience and cooperation as we work with University Facilities to ensure that the affected spaces are clean and safe for faculty and student to once again access and use.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly, or email starr@library.columbia.edu, and we will respond as soon as possible.
Email: jc3685@columbia.edu
This entry was posted in East Asian Events on January 18, 2019 by Ria Koopmans-Debruijn.
Reminder of Temporary Book Access Services
by Ria Koopmans-Debruijn on November 16, 2018
Cleaning and repair work in the stacks is progressing. The dehumidification process mentioned in an earlier blog post has finished. Unfortunately, all subsequent cleaning and repair work was delayed by a necessary asbestos abatement process, but is now again in progress. Once all cleaning and repair is done the books that had to be shipped out for drying and cleaning will gradually be returned and reshelved. We are working to complete all of these tasks as quickly as possible so the stacks and study spaces can be reopened. We will continue to communicate with you as timelines become clearer.
In the meantime all stacks will remain closed until further notice. The main reading room in Starr remains open, as do all reference, consultation, and Interlibrary loan services. Please check our library blog (https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/starr/) regularly, where we will post updates on progress, specific timelines as they become better known, and any other information affecting the use of library spaces and collections.
We would like to remind you that we have implemented paging services that will allow users to request items currently in the stacks, even as cleaning, and space repair are being conducted. These services will remain in effect until the stacks can be reopened to Library users. Paging will be performed according to the following regular schedule:
For items that remain in the stacks: records are marked in CLIO with the alert “Please contact Starr East Asian Library staff for assistance in paging this item.” Requests to have these items paged from the stacks can be submitted as follows: in the CLIO record for the item, go to the „Requests‟ tab above the CLIO record, and select “Item not on shelf?” (see image below):
For access to the rare books, archives, and special collections material, please report to the front desk during rare book room hours, and a librarian will accompany you to that room.
Thank you for your understanding and continued patience and cooperation as we work with University Facilities to ensure that the affected spaces are clean and safe for faculty and students to once again access and use.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us by email at starr@library.columbia.edu, and we will respond as soon as possible.
This entry was posted in East Asian Events on November 16, 2018 by Ria Koopmans-Debruijn.
Toshi Ichiyanagi to receive the Order of Culture
by Ria Koopmans-Debruijn on November 1, 2018
The Japanese government announced on Oct. 26 (Friday) that it has selected five people to receive the country’s top cultural award this year, including composer Toshi Ichiyanagi, 85.
Toshi Ichiyanagi, notable Japanese composer, was born in. Kobe, Feb. 4, 1933. He studied composition with Kishio Hirao and piano with Chieko Hara. He pursued training in New York at the Juilliard School of Music (1954-58), receiving instruction in composition from John Cage and in piano from Beveridge Webster. In 1967 he received a Rockefeller Foundation grant and was active in N.Y. as composer-in-residence. In 1976 he was the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst composer-in-residence in Berlin. In 1989 he founded and became artistic director of the Tokyo International Music Ensemble, a traditional Japanese orchestra with Buddhist chanting shomyo. He led the ensemble on many tours abroad, including visits to Europe and the U.S. Ichiyanagi’s compositions reflect his penchant for exploring both Western and non-Western musical traditions, as well as for a willingness to pursue experimental paths in both traditions.
Beginning with his first prize at 16 in the Mainichi/NHK composition competition, which he won again in 1951, he has been awarded many prizes including the Koussevitzky Prize at the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood (summer, 1956) In 1981, 1984, 1989, and 1990 he won the Otaka Prize, in 1985 he was made a member of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France, and in 1989 he won the Kyoto Music Grand Prize. The Order of Culture will be presented to the recipients at the Imperial Palace on Nov. 3, 2018.
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This entry was posted in East Asian Events on November 1, 2018 by Ria Koopmans-Debruijn.
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by Jency Williams | May 23, 2014 · 9:06 am
David Madden. Pleasure-Dome. Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1979.
Desperate to get his little brother Bucky off a chain gang, Lucius Hutchfield attempts to rescue his brother from his misdeeds. Newly released from reform school, Bucky got caught for passing a string of bad checks. Now Lucius has taken responsibility for talking Bucky’s way out of a whole mess of trouble. Lucius tracks down each of Bucky’s ‘victims’ and negotiates that Bucky will make restitution (eventually – he notes the loophole of not arranging a deadline), if they will drop charges. Lucius is training to be a teacher, but his true passion rests in writing. Stories bubble up from within Lucius’s mind. His story-telling urge is now put to the test as Lucius must learn to twist his words to benefit Bucky’s case. However, the antics of their older brother Earl, a dedicated con man, is a corrupting influence on Bucky.
In the midst of trying to redeem Bucky, Lucius learns of old Zara Jane Ransom, the sole resident of the Blue Goose Hotel, in the small town of Sweetwater. Zara purports that in her youth she was Jesse James’s lover. The novel then transitions to Lucius convincing Zara to share her stories of Jesse James. Lucius is intent on using her recollection to inspire a story for publication in Harper’s Bazaar. After settling on cash payment in exchange for her memories, the pair meets for three sessions and Zara shares the details of her possible (but unproven) relationship with Jesse James and another man, Davis Woodring, who was interested in gaining Zara’s attention. While Lucius transcribes the story, he becomes acquainted with Hart Woodring who is obsessed with a beauty named Sabra Van Ness, and dangerously intrigued by Lucius’s story of Zara and Jesse James.
Novelist David Madden presents a character-driven story with a balance of humor and pathos. The novel opens conversationally, from Lucius’s perspective, as part of one long, winding quest that meanders around two major stories filled with a number of different plotlines and characters. The Southern influence is prominent; Madden includes dialect and an intense level of detail. The novel is set in Tennessee and North Carolina during the 1950s. Pleasure-Dome is a sequel to Madden’s earlier work, Bijou (1974), although Madden considers Pleasure-Dome as a sequel in the loosest sense of the word. In an interview, Madden explains that he originally conceptualized the novel with five separate story lines, which he later cut down to two for length. Read more here and here in a series of interviews compiled by the University of Tennessee’s Newfound Press. In Pleasure-Dome, Madden tackles concepts of truth and reality versus myth and illusion through the Lucius’s story-telling.
Filed under 1970-1979, 1979, Madden, David, Mountains, Watauga
Tagged as Dialect, Families, Small towns
by Jency Williams | April 11, 2014 · 8:44 am
Lights, Camera, Novel: Alexander Key’s Escape to Witch Mountain.
If you’re in the right age bracket, you might remember Escape to Witch Mountain from your childhood. Which format and version you recall depends on your generation. Novelist Alexander Key first wrote the book in 1967. Key began his career as a well-known illustrator who eventually transitioned into writing. His writing can be described as science fiction for kids. Key was born in Maryland and spent many years in Florida before moving to the mountains of North Carolina with his wife and son. A fan page on Key says that he and his family made the move after they “decided Florida was growing too fast.” Much of Key’s work is currently out-of-print. Escape to Witch Mountain is one of Key’s best known titles. The book tells the story of orphans Tony and Tia who possess supernatural gifts and are on the hunt to figure out their origins before the evil Lucas Deranian reaches them first.
In 1975, Disney released a film adaptation of the novel directed by John Hough, which, at the time, became one of their most popular live-action movies. The movie follows the basic plot from beginning to end with some noticeable modifications. First, the setting was relocated from the East coast to the West coast, where the movie was filmed. In the novel, Father O’Day helps the children on their quest and protects them from Deranian. In the movie, O’Day plays the same role, but his character is a widower named Jason O’Day. Deranian is the central villain in the novel, whereas in the movie he becomes ancillary to his mastermind boss, Aristotle Bolt. The child actors who play Tony and Tia aren’t perfect physical matches for their book counterparts who are supposed to look unearthly with their olive-skin and light hair. Instead, they look like wholesome child actors.
The movie’s portrayal is much lighter and more innocent: Miss. Grindley is kinder and Truck, a bully at the orphanage, is much less threatening. Yet the most surprising change is Tia speaking. Muteness is a major feature of her character. In the novel, Tia is seen as an oddity because she does not speak out loud. Instead, she carries a pad and pen around to communicate with other people. She is able to converse with her brother telepathically.
Disney created a sequel called Return from Witch Mountain in 1978, also directed by John Hough. The same child actors, Ike (now known as Iake) Eisenmann and Kim Richards, reprized their roles as slightly older Tony and Tia. Bette Davis and Christopher Lee starred as the movie’s villains who hoped to manipulate the siblings’ powers. Four years later, Disney released yet another sequel, Beyond Witch Mountain with a new director. By this time, the original Tony and Tia has grown out of the roles and were recast. The plot appears to pick up from after the original 1975 Escape from Witch Mountain adaptation and it ignores the story-line from the 1978 Return from Witch Mountain. This second sequel was created as a pilot for a possible TV series. But since no networks expressed interest, no other episodes were filmed.
Over a decade later, in 1995, Disney remade Escape to Witch Mountain as a made-for-TV movie. The movie shared some elements with Key’s story, like orphaned siblings with powers (renamed Danny and Anna). Most of the TV movie departed from the original plot though, for instance Danny and Anna are initially separated. Finally, in 2009 Disney produced its latest rendition, called Race to Witch Mountain with Dwayne Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb and Carla Gugino. Like the 1995 adaptation, Race only shares some passing similarities to Key’s novel and the 1975 film. Adolescent Tony and Tia were remodeled as teenaged Seth and Sara. As the years passed, it seems that each revision departed further from the original, maybe as a means to refresh and modernize the story, while still maintaining essential characters and motivations.
Escape to Witch Mountain and its many adaptations are nostalgic classics. Alexander Key’s novel is available through the UNC-Chapel Hill Library catalog and has been previously blogged on here. The film and TV adaptations are not available through the UNC-Chapel Hill Library catalog. If you’re local to the area, Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) and Race to Witch Mountain (2009) are available at the Chapel Hill and the Durham Public Libraries and could make an interesting back-to-back screening of two adaptations thirty-four years apart.
Sources consulted here: The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, Jenny’s Wonderland of Books blog, Los Angeles Times (on the child actors from the 1975 & 1978 films), New York Times, Roger Ebert, TCM, TCMDb, Thru the Forgotten Door: Into Alexander Key’s Magical Worlds (Alexander Key Fan Site, hasn’t been updated since about 2004), Wikipedia (Alexander Key, Escape to Witch Mountain — Novel, Escape to Witch Mountain — 1975 Film, Return from Witch Mountain, Beyond Witch Mountain, Escape to Witch Mountain — 1995 Film, Race to Witch Mountain), The Witch Mountain Experience (Fan Site, hasn’t been updated since about 2007)
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Filed under 1970-1979, 1975, 1978, 1980-1989, 1982, 1990-1999, 1995, 2000-2009, 2009, Children & Young Adults, Key, Alexander, Mountains, Novels Set in Fictional Places, Science Fiction/Fantasy
Tagged as Movies & TV
by Eileen McGrath | March 8, 2010 · 8:33 am
Alex Haley. Roots. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1976.
This blockbuster novel, and the television mini-series made from it, are widely acknowledged as the sparks that ignited the genealogical craze in America in the 1970s. It also started a national conversation on topics that had been off limits for most Americans–slavery and race.
Working from his own family’s history, Alex Haley tells the story of Kunta Kinte and his descendants. Kunta Kinte’s early life in Africa, his capture and sale to slave traders, and the horrific sea voyage to America hold the reader’s attention for the first third of the book. In America, Kunta is sold to a plantation owner in Virginia. As the years go on, Kunta attempts escapes, but freedom will not be his. Yet Africa remains alive in his mind, and he passes words and stories of his homeland on.
The scholar Michael Eric Dyson, writing in the introduction to the thirtieth anniversary edition of Roots says that the novel “helped convince the nation that the black story is the American story.” It is also a North Carolina story. Kunta’s daughter Kizzy is sold to a cockfighting ne’er-do-well in Caswell County. That man rapes Kizzy, fathering her only child, “Chicken George” Lea. George works with the master’s birds and becomes so valuable to the master that George is allowed to bring his love, Matilda, onto the farm. Their family grows, but the master’s bad bet at a cockfight breaks the family apart. George is sent to England and the rest of the family is sold to a more prosperous plantation in Alamance County. There they remain until after the Civil War, when the family moves west into Tennessee.
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Filed under 1970-1979, 1976, Alamance, Caswell, Historical, Piedmont
Tagged as African Americans, Slavery
by Jenny McElroy | March 13, 2008 · 9:58 am
Doris Betts. The River to Pickle Beach. New York: Harper & Row, 1972.
In the turbulent summer of 1968, Jack and Bebe Sellars take over the management of Pickerel Beach on the North Carolina coast. Hoping for a peaceful, easy summer, their plans are disrupted by the arrival of several difficult people, including a violent, racist former Army buddy of Jack’s. The story, though written in third-person, is told from the alternating viewpoints of Bebe and Jack, with the events of the summer triggering memories of their past together. Throughout the novel, the racial violence and volatile national political struggles never seem far from the surface.
Check this title’s availability in the UNC Library Catalog.
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Filed under 1970-1979, 1972, Betts, Dorris, Brunswick, Coast
Tagged as Politics, Race relations
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Daphne Athas. Entering Ephesus. New York: Viking, 1971.
The Bishop family has fallen on hard times. Forced to leave their large and comfortable house in Connecticut, they move to the small, provincial town of Ephesus, a fictional Piedmont town based on Chapel Hill. In the midst of the chaos of relocating and adjusting to life in the south, the lively Bishop daughters — Irene, Urie, and Loco Poco — are just entering adolescence. Their thoughts and observations enliven the novel, which is set amidst depression and war in the 1930s and 1940s. There is a small community named Ephesus in Davie County, but this novel is clearly set in a Piedmont college town. Entering Ephesus won the Sir Walter Raleigh Award for the best work of fiction by a North Carolinian in 1972.
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Filed under 1970-1979, 1971, Athas, Daphne, Historical, Novels Set in Fictional Places, Orange, Piedmont
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In his first State of the Union Address since America went to war, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made it clear earlier that the country will be on the offensive in this global conflict.
Speaking in front of Congress on Jan. 7, the president assured those before him, as well as the American people, that the United States is ready for war.
“I am proud to say to you that the spirit of the American people was never higher than it is today – the Union was never more closely knit together – this country was never more deeply determined to face the solemn tasks before it,” he said. “The response of the American people has been instantaneous, and it will be sustained until our security is assured.”
It was only a year ago that Roosevelt was preparing the country for the possibility of war. The United States had not yet officially entered the war, but the nation was showing support for the Allies, sending weapons and other goods across the Atlantic to help combat the Axis aggressors.
Roosevelt said it would be those aggressors who determined when the United States would enter the war. That time has arrived.
“When the dictators are ready to make war upon us, they will not wait for an act of war on our part,” Roosevelt said in his 1941 State of the Union Address. “They – not we – will choose the time and the place and the method of their attack.”
Roosevelt’s prediction came true on Dec. 7, 1941 when the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the Pearl Harbor Naval base in Hawaii. The act immediately forced the United States into war as they aligned with Britain and the communist-controlled Soviet Union.
Now, Roosevelt is prepared to take on the Japanese, as well as Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany and Benito Mussolini’s fascist Italy. In order to do so, the Commander-in-Chief is calling upon America’s allies.
“Our own objectives are clear; the objective of smashing the militarism imposed by war lords upon their enslaved peoples the objective of liberating the subjugated nations—the objective of establishing and securing freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear everywhere in the world,” Roosevelt said. “We shall not stop short of these objectives—nor shall we be satisfied merely to gain them and then call it a day. I know that I speak for the American people—and I have good reason to believe that I speak also for all the other peoples who fight with us—when I say that this time we are determined not only to win the war, but also to maintain the security of the peace that will follow.”
The president’s speech drew praise from most everybody, as Republicans and Democrats alike made it a point to support the liberal Roosevelt in a time of war.
Sen. Arthur Vandenberg (Rep., Mich.) saw the address as “a tremendous dedication to victory, which must be won not only with all our resources, but with all the efficiency which can be put to work.”
Sen. Wayland Brooks (Dem., Ill.), appreciated Roosevelt’s attempt to bring the country together.
“The president’s address was expressive of the unity and determination of the American people to win a war thrust upon us,” he said.
Sen. Brown (Dem., Mich.) found the president’s speech to be intimidating. He hopes America’s enemies get a chance to hear Roosevelt’s forceful, confident tone.
“I hope they hear that speech in Japan and Germany,” he said.
“Text of President Roosevelt’s Message to Congress” (January 7, 1942). Chicago Tribune, p. 4.
Associated Press, “Senator Hopes Nazis and Japs Heard it, Too.” The Washington Post, Jan 07 1942, p. 7.
Thefilmarchives. “Franklin D. Roosevelt: State of the Union Address (1942).” YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLM7P9fa6ww>, accessed Dec. 13, 2016.
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DAY, WILLIAM L.
DAY, WILLIAM L. (13 Aug. 1876-15 July 1936), lawyer, U.S. district attorney, and federal judge, was born in Canton to William R. and Mary E. (Schaeffer) Day. He attended Williston Academy in E. Hampton, Mass.,and received his LL.B. degree from the University of Michigan in 1900. He was then admitted to the Ohio bar and practiced law in the firm of Lynch, Day & Day in Canton. In 1908 Day moved to Cleveland, having been appointed the U.S. district attorney for northern Ohio by Pres. Theodore Roosevelt. He served in that office until 1911, when he was appointed U.S. district court judge. Day resigned the bench in 1914 because the low salary did not allow him to adequately support his family. Day joined the firm of SQUIRE, SANDERS & DEMPSEY, remaining until 1919, when he left to join the firm of Day, Day & Wilkin. From 1925 until his death, Day practiced with his brother Luther in the firm of Day & Day. In 1919, Day & Wilkin were appointed special assistants to the Ohio attorney general to investigate CRIME in Cleveland. Conducting thousands of interviews with people involved in gambling, vice, and other criminal activities, Day & Wilkin were instrumental in uncovering bail-bond scandals and securing an indictment for the murder of a Cleveland police patrolman. Day married Elizabeth E. McKay on 10 Sept. 1902 and had 2 children, Wm. R. and Jean C. He died in Cleveland and was buried in Canton, Ohio.
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President-elect says he will promote birth control in Philippines
President-elect Rodrigo Duterte campaigning earlier this year (AP)
The president-elect of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, has pledged to promote contraception, a month after downplaying reports that he would pursue an aggressive family planning programme.
Duterte reiterated his belief that three children should be the maximum number for families, and joked about amputating men’s genitalia.
“I will reinstall the program of family planning. Three’s enough,” Duterte said in a speech after a flag-raising ceremony in front of the Davao city hall. “I’ve also been colliding with the Church because it’s no longer realistic.”
He also alluded to his policies as mayor of Davao, when he energetically promoted birth control and paid men to undergo sterilisation.
A month ago, Duterte said: “I cannot force the people to follow. We are just suggesting that you are in good hands if you just limit the number of your children.”
But he had previously said he would “bring back family planning” and that he had been angered by hearing about a woman who had given birth to ten children. “I am a Christian, but I am a realist and we have to do something about our population,” he said.
Duterte, whose inauguration will take place on Thursday, has clashed with the country’s bishops over the death penalty – which Duterte wants to reintroduce – and over the new president’s style. Duterte has joked about wanting to rape an Australian missionary who was gang raped and killed by inmates in a 1989 Davao jail riot.
Duterte has also addressed those who carry out organised crime, saying: “If you resist, show violent resistance, my order to police (will be) to shoot to kill. Shoot to kill for organised crime. You heard that? Shoot to kill for every organised crime.”
He has also referred to the Pope and the Philippine bishops as “sons of whores”, and said the Church is “the most hypocritical institution”.
In 2012, Congress passed a law requiring public health centres to hand out contraceptives for free. It also made sex education compulsory in schools.
There are likely to be further clashes with the country’s bishops. Archbishop Ramón Cabrera Argüelles of Lipa has said he will volunteer to die in place of those condemned to the death penalty.
Mgr Oliver Mendoza, spokesman for the Archdiocese of Lingayen, whose archbishop is the president of the bishops’ conference, has said the Church would speak out against policies which contradicted Catholic teaching: “Because if we fail to do that, if we close our eyes, if we close our lips, we close our ears, what will be the role of the Church?”
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• The name given to the intellectual, literary, and scientific movement of the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries, which aimed at basing every branch of learning on the literature and culture of classical antiquity
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Humanism is the name given to the intellectual, literary, and scientific movement of the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries, a movement which aimed at basing every branch of learning on the literature and culture of classical antiquity.
Believing that a classical training alone could form a perfect man, the Humanists so called themselves in opposition to the Scholastics, and adopted the term humaniora (the humanities) as signifying the scholarship of the ancients. Though the interval between the classical period and their own days was regarded by the Humanists as barbarous and destructive alike of art and science, Humanism (like every other historical phenomenon) was connected with the past. The use of Latin in the Liturgy of the Church had already prepared Europe for the humanistic movement. In the Middle Ages, however, classical literature was regarded merely as a means of education; it was known through secondary sources only, and the Church saw in the worldly conception of life that had prevailed among the ancients an allurement to sin. On the rise of secularism these views underwent a change, especially in Italy. In that country the body politic had grown powerful, the cities had amassed great wealth, and civic liberty was widespread. Worldly pleasure became a strong factor in life and freer play was given to sensory impulse. The transcendental, unworldly concept of life, which had till then been dominant, now came into conflict with a mundane, human, and naturalistic view, which centred on nature and man. These new ideas found their prototypes in antiquity, whose writers cherished and extolled the enjoyment of life, the claims of individuality, literary art and fame, the beauty of nature. Not only ancient Roman culture but also the hitherto neglected Greek culture was taken up by the movement. The new spirit broke away from theology and Church. The principle of free, scientific inquiry gained ground. It was quite natural that the value of the new ideal should be exaggerated while the medieval national culture was undervalued.
It is customary to begin the history of Humanism with Dante (1265-1321), and Petrarch (1304-74). Of the two Dante, by reason of his poetic sublimity, was undoubtedly the greater; but, as regards Humanism Dante was merely its precursor while Petrarch initiated the movement and led it on to success. Dante certainly shows traces of the coming change; in his great epic classical and Christian materials are found side by side, while poetic renown, an aim so characteristic of the pagan writers yet so foreign to the Christian ideal, is what he seeks. In matters of real importance, however, he takes the Scholastics as his guides. Petrarch, on the other hand, is the first Humanist; he is interested only in the ancients and in poetry. He unearths long-lost manuscripts of the classics, and collects ancient medals and coins. If Dante ignored the monuments of Rome and regarded its ancient statues as idolatrous images, Petrarch views the Eternal City with the enthusiasm of a Humanist, not with that of a pious Christian. The ancient classics — especially his lodestars, Virgil and Cicero — serve not merely to instruct and to charm him; they also incite him to imitation. With the philosophers of old he declared virtue and truth to be the highest goal of human endeavour, although in practice he was not always fastidious in cultivating them. However, it was only in his third aim, eloquence, that he rivalled the ancients. His ascent of Mont Ventoux marks an epoch in the history of literature. His joy in the beauty of nature, his susceptibility to the influence of landscape, his deep sympathy with, and glorious portrayal of, the charms of the world around him were a break with the traditions of the past. In 1341 he gained at Rome the much coveted crown of the poet laureate. His Latin writings were most highly prized by his contemporaries, who ranked his "Africa" with the "Æneid" of Virgil, but posterity prefers his sweet, melodious sonnets and canzoni. His chief merit was the impulse he gave to the search for the lost treasures of classical antiquity. His chief disciple and friend, Boccaccio (1313-75), was honoured in his lifetime not for his erotic and lewd, though elegant and clever, "Decameron" (by which, however, posterity remembers him), but for his Latin works which helped to spread Humanism. The classical studies of Petrarch and Boccaccio were shared by Coluccio Salutato (d. 1406), the Florentine chancellor. By introducing the epistolary style of the ancients he brought classical wisdom into the service of the State, and by his tastes and his prominence greatly promoted the cause of literature.
The men of the revival were soon followed by a generation of itinerant teachers and their scholars. Grammarians and rhetoricians journeyed from city to city, and spread the enthusiasm for antiquity to ever-widening circles; students travelled from place to place to become acquainted with the niceties of an author's style and his interpretation. Petrarch lived to see Giovanni di Conversino set out on his journey as itinerant professor. From Ravenna came Giovanni Malpaghini, gifted with a marvellous memory and a burning zeal for the new studies, though more skilled in imparting inherited and acquired knowledge than in the elaboration of original thought. In another way the soul of literary research was Poggio (1380-1459), a papal secretary and later Florentine chancellor. During the sessions of the Council of Constance (1414-18) he ransacked the monasteries and institutions of the neighbourhood, made valuable discoveries, and "saved many works" from the "cells" (ergastula). He found and transcribed Quintilian with his own hand, had the first copies made of Lucretius, Silius Italicus, and Ammianus Marcellinus, and, probably, he discovered the first books of the "Annals" of Tacitus. About 1430 practically all the Latin works now known had been collected, and scholars could devote themselves to the revision of the text. But the real source of classic beauty was Greek literature. Italians had already gone to Greece to study the language, and since 1396 Manuel Chrysoloras, the first teacher of Greek in the West, was busily engaged at Florence and elsewhere. His example was followed by others. In Greece also, a zealous search was instituted for literary remains, and in 1423 Aurispa brought two hundred and thirty-eight volumes to Italy. The most diligent collector of inscriptions, coins, gems, and medals was the merchant Ciriaco of Ancona. Among those present from Greece at the Council of Florence were Archbishop (afterwards Cardinal) Bessarion, who presented to Venice his valuable collection of nine hundred volumes, also Gemistos Plethon, the celebrated teacher of Platonic philosophy, who subsequently relapsed into paganism. The capture of Constantinople by the Turks (1453) drove the learned Greeks, George of Trebizond, Theodorus Gaza, Constantine Lascaris, etc., into Italy. One of the most successful critics and editors of the classics was Lorenzo Valla (1407-57). He pointed out the defects in the Vulgate, and declared the Donation of Constantine a fable. Despite his vehement attacks on the papacy, Nicholas V brought him to Rome. Within a short period, the new studies claimed a still wider circle of votaries.
The princely houses were generous in their support of the movement. Under the Medici, Cosimo (1429-64) and Lorenzo the Magnificent (1469-92), Florence was pre-eminently the seat of the new learning. Its worthy statesman Mannetti, a man of great culture, piety, and purity, was an excellent Greek and Latin scholar, and a brilliant orator. The Camaldolese monk Ambrogio Traversari was also a profound scholar, especially versed in Greek; he possessed a magnificent collection of the Greek authors, and was one of the first monks of modern times to learn Hebrew. Marsuppini (Carlo Aretino), renowned and beloved as professor and municipal chancellor, quoted from the Latin and Greek authors with such facility that his readiness was a source of wonder, even to an age sated with constant citation. Although in matters of religion Marsuppini was a notorious heathen, Nicholas V sought to attract him to Rome to translate Homer. Among his contemporaries, Leonardo Bruni, a pupil of Chrysoloras, enjoyed great fame as a Greek scholar and a unique reputation for his political and literary activity. He was, moreover, the author of a history of Florence. Niccolo Niccoli was also a citizen of Florence; a patron of learning, he assisted and instructed young men, dispatched agents to collect ancient manuscripts and remains, and amassed a collection of eight hundred codices (valued at six thousand gold gulden), which on his death were, through the mediation of Cosimo, donated to the monastery of San Marco, to form a public library, and are to-day one of the most valued possessions of the Laurentiana Library at Florence. The aforesaid Poggio, a versatile and influential writer, also resided for a long time at Florence, published a history of that city, and ridiculed the clergy and nobility in his witty, libellous "Facetiæ". He was distinguished for his extensive classical learning, translated some of the Greek authors (e.g. Lucian, Diodorus Siculus, Xenophon), appended scholarly and clever notes, collected inscriptions, busts, and medals, and wrote a valuable description of the ruins of Rome. His success in seeking and unearthing manuscripts has already been mentioned. Plethon, also mentioned above, taught Platonic philosophy at Florence.
Bessarion was another panegyrist of Plato, who now began to displace Aristotle; this, together with the influx of Greek scholars, led to the foundation of the Platonic academy which included among its members all the more prominent citizens. Marsilio Ficino (d. 1499), a Platonic philosopher in the full sense of the term, was one of its members, and by his works and letters exerted an extraordinary influence on his contemporaries. Along with his other literary labours he undertook the gigantic task of translating the writings of Plato into elegant Latin, and accomplished it successfully. Cristoforo Landino, a pupil of Marsuppini, without sharing his religious ideas, taught rhetoric and poetry at Florence and was also a statesman. His commentary on Dante, in which he gives the most detailed explanation of the allegorical meaning of the great poet, is of lasting value. Under Lorenzo de' Medici, the most important man of letters in Florence was Angelo Poliziano (d. 1494), first the tutor of the Medici princes and subsequently a professor and a versatile writer. He was pre-eminently a philologist, and gave scholarly translations and commentaries on the classical authors, devoting special attention to Homer and Horace. He was, however, surpassed by the youthful and celebrated Count Pico della Mirandola (1462-94), who, to use Poliziano's phrase, "was eloquent and virtuous, a hero rather than a man". He noticed the relations between Hellenism and Judaism, studied the Cabbala, combated astrology, and composed an immortal work on the dignity of man. An active literary movement was also fostered by the Visconti and the Sforza in Milan, where the vain and unprincipled Filelfo (1398-1481) resided; by the Gonzaga in Mantua, where the noble Vittorino da Feltre (d. 1446) conducted his excellent school; by the kings of Naples; by the Este in Ferrara, who enjoyed the services of Guarino, after Vittorino the most celebrated educationist of Italian Humanism; by Duke Federigo of Urbino, and even by the profligate Malatesta in Rimini. Humanism was also favoured by the popes. Nicholas V (1447-55) sought by the erection of buildings and the collection of books to restore the glory of Rome. The ablest intellects of Italy were attracted to the city; to Nicholas mankind and learning are indebted for the foundation of the Vatican Library, which in the number and value of its manuscripts (particularly Greek) surpassed all others. The pope encouraged, especially, translations from the Greek, and with important results, although no one won the prize of ten thousand gulden offered for a complete translation of Homer.
Pius II (1458-64) was a Humanist himself and had won fame as poet, orator, interpreter of antiquity, jurist, and statesman; after his election, however, he did not fulfil all the expectations of his earlier associates, although he showed himself in various ways a patron of literature and art. Sixtus IV (1471-84) re-established the Vatican Library, neglected by his predecessors, and appointed Platina librarian. "Here reigns an incredible freedom of thought", was Filelfo's description of the Roman Academy of Pomponio Leto (d. 1498), an institute which was the boldest champion of antiquity in the capital of Christendom. Under Leo X (1513-21) Humanism and art enjoyed a second golden age. Of the illustrious circle of literati which surrounded him may be mentioned Pietro Bembo (d. 1547) — famous as a writer of prose and poetry, as a Latin and Italian author, as philologist and historian, and yet, in spite of his high ecclesiastical rank, a true worldling. To the same group belonged Jacopo Sadoleto, also versed in the various branches of Latin and Italian culture. The chief merit of Italian Humanism, as indeed of Humanism in general, was that it opened up the real sources of ancient culture and drew from these, as a subject of study for its own sake, the classic literature which till then had been used in a merely fragmentary way. Philological and scientific criticism was inaugurated, and historical research advanced. The uncouth Latin of the Scholastics and the monastic writers was replaced by classic elegance. More influential still, but not to good effect, were the religious and moral views of pagan antiquity. Christianity and its ethical system suffered a serious shock. Moral relations, especially marriage, became the subject of ribald jest. In their private lives many Humanists were deficient in moral sense, while the morals of the upper classes degenerated into a pitiable excess of unrestrained individualism. A political expression of the humanistic spirit is "The Prince" (Il Principe) of Niccolo Machiavelli (d. 1527), the gospel of brute force, of contempt for all morality, and of cynical selfishness.
The pillaging of Rome in 1527 gave the death-blow to Italian Humanism, the serious political and ecclesiastical complications that ensued prevented its recovery. "Barbarian Germany" had long since become its heir, but here Humanism never penetrated so deeply. The religious and moral earnestness of the Germans kept them from going too far in their devotion to antiquity, beauty, and the pleasures of sense, and gave the humanistic movement in Germany a practical and educational character. The real directors of the German movement were upright scholars and professors. Only Celtes and a few others are reminiscent of Italian Humanism. School and university reform was the chief aim and the chief service of German Humanism. Although German interest in ancient literature began under Charles IV (1347-78), the spread of Humanism in German countries dates from the fifteenth century. Æneas Sylvius Piccolomini, afterwards Pius II, was the apostle of the new movement at the court of Frederick III (1440-93). The renowned scholar Nicholas of Cusa (d. 1464) was versed in the classics, while his friend Georg Peuerbach studied in Italy and subsequently lectured on the ancient poets at Vienna. Johann Müller of Königsberg (Regiomontanus), a pupil of Peuerbach's, was familiar with Greek, but was chiefly renowned as an astronomer and mathematician. Though Germany could not boast of as many powerful patrons of learning as Italy, the new movement did not lack supporters. The Emperor Maximilian I, Elector Philip of the Palatinate, and his chancellor, Johann von Dalberg (later Bishop of Worms), Duke Eberhard of Würtemberg, Elector Frederick the Wise, Duke George of Saxony, Elector Joachim I of Brandenburg, and Archbishop Albrecht of Mainz were all supporters of Humanism.
Among the citizens, too, the movement met with favour and encouragement. In Nuremberg it was supported by the above-mentioned Regiomontanus, the historians, Hartmann Schedel and Sigmund Meisterlein, and also by Willibald Pirkheimer (1470-1528), who had been educated in Italy, and was an indefatigable worker in the antiquarian and historical field. His sister, Charitas, the gentle nun, united with true piety a cultivated intellect. Konrad Peutinger (1465-1547), town clerk of Augsburg, devoted his leisure to the service of the arts and sciences, by collecting inscriptions and ancient remains and publishing, or having published by others, the sources of German history. The map of Ancient Rome, named after him "Tabula Peutingeriana", was bequeathed to him by its discoverer, Conrad Celtes, but was not published until after his death. Strasburg was the earliest German stronghold of humanistic ideas. Jacob Wimpheling (d. 1528), a champion of German sentiment and nationality, and Sebastian Brant were the chief representatives of the movement, and attained a wide reputation owing to their quarrel with Murner, who had published a paper in opposition to Wimpheling's "Germania", and owing to the controversy concerning the Immaculate Conception. As in Italy so in Germany learned societies sprang up, such as the "Donaugesellschaft" (Danubiana) in Vienna — the most prominent member of which, Johann Spiessheimer (Cuspinian, 1473-1529), distinguished himself as an editor and an historian — and the "Rheinische Gesellschaft" (Rhenana), under the above-mentioned Johann von Dalberg. Closely associated with the latter was Abbot Johannes Trithemius (1462-1516), a man of universal attainments. The life of these two chief societies was Conrad Celtes, the fearless and unwearying apostle and itinerant preacher of Humanism, a man of the most varied talents — a philosopher, mathematician, historian, publisher of classical and medieval writings, and a clever Latin poet, who celebrated in ardent verse his ever changing lady-loves and led a life of worldly indulgence.
Into the universities, too, the representatives of the "languages and belles-lettres" soon found their way. In Basle, which, in 1474, had appointed a professor of the liberal arts and poetry, the movement was represented chiefly by Heinrich Glareanus (1488-1563), celebrated as geographer and musician. The best known Humanist of Tübingen was the poet Heinrich Bebel (1472-1518), an ardent patriot and an enthusiastic admirer of style and eloquence. His most widely-known work is the obscene "Facetiæ". Agricola (d. 1485), in the opinion of Erasmus a perfect stylist and Latinist, taught at Heidelberg. The inaugurator of Humanism in Mainz was the prolific author, Dietrich Gresemund (1477-1512). The movement secured official recognition at the university in 1502 under Elector Berthold, and found in Joannes Rhagius Æsticampianus its most influential supporter. In the itinerant poet Peter Luder, Erfurt had in 1460 one of the earliest representatives of Humanism, and in Jodokus Trutfetter (1460-1519), the teacher of Luther, a diligent writer and conscientious professor of theology and philosophy. The real guide of the youth of Erfurt was, however, Konrad Mutianus Rufus (1471-1526), a canon at Gotha, educated in Italy. A zeal for teaching coupled with a pugnacious temperament, a delight in books but not in their making, religious latitudinarianism, and enthusiasm for the antique were his chief characteristics. The satirist Crotus Rubianus Euricius Cordus, the witty epigrammatist, and the elegant poet and merry companion, Eobanus Hessus, belonged also to the Erfurt circle.
In Leipzig also, the first traces of humanistic activity date back to the middle of the fifteenth century. In 1503, when the Westphalian Hermann von dem Busche settled in the city, Humanism had there a notable representation. From 1507 to 1511 Æsticampianus also laboured in Leipzig, but in the former year von dem Busche removed to Cologne. From the beginning (1502) Wittenberg was under humanistic influence. Many were the collisions between the champions of the old philosophy and theology and "the poets", who adopted a somewhat arrogant attitude. About 1520 all the German universities had been modernized in the humanistic sense; attendance at the lectures on poetry and oratory was obligatory, Greek chairs were founded, and the scholastic commentaries on Aristotle were replaced by new translations. The most influential of the humanistic schools were, that of Schlettstadt under the Westphalian Ludwig Dringenberg (d. 1477), the teacher of Wimpheling, that of Deventer under Alexander Hegius (1433-98), the teacher of Erasmus of Rotterdam, Hermann von dem Busche, and Murmellius, and that of Münster, which underwent humanistic reformation in 1500 under the provost Rudolf von Langen (1438-1519), and which under the co-rector, Joannes Murmellius (1480-1517), the author of numerous and widely-adopted textbooks, attracted pupils from such distant parts as Pomerania and Silesia. Good academic institutions also existed in Nuremberg, Augsburg, Strasburg, Basle, etc.
The humanistic movement reached its zenith during the first two decades of the sixteenth century in Reuchlin, Erasmus, and Hutten. Johann Reuchlin (1455-1522), the "phoenix of Germany", was skilled in all the branches of knowledge that were then cultivated. Primarily a jurist, an expert in Greek, a first-rate authority on Roman authors, an historian, and a poet, he nevertheless attained his chief renown through his philosophical and Hebrew works — especially through his "Rudimenta Hebraica" (grammar and lexicon) — in the composition of which he secured the assistance of Jewish scholars. His model was Pico della Mirandola, the "wise count, the most learned of our age". He studied the esoteric doctrine of the Cabbala, but lost himself in the maze of its abstruse problems, and, after having become, in academic retirement, the pride and glory of his nation, was suddenly forced by a peculiar incident into European notoriety. This occurrence has been not unjustly termed the culminating point of Humanism. Johann Pfefferkorn, a baptized Jew, had declared the Talmud a deliberate insult to Christianity, and had procured from the emperor a mandate suppressing Hebrew works. Asked for his opinion, Reuchlin on scientific and legal grounds expressed his personal disapprobation of this action. Enraged at this opposition, Pfefferkorn, in his "Handspiegel", attacked Reuchlin, in reply to which the latter composed the "Augenspiegel". The theologians of Cologne, particularly Hochstraten, declared against Reuchlin, who then appealed to Rome. The Bishop of Speier, entrusted with the settlement of the strife, declared himself in favour of Reuchlin. Hochstraten, however, now proceeded to Rome; in 1516 a papal mandate postponing the case was issued, but finally in 1520, under the pressure of the Lutheran movement, Reuchlin was condemned to preserve silence on the matter in future and to pay full costs.
But more important than the lawsuit was the literary warfare that accompanied it. This strife was a prelude to the Reformation. All Germany was divided into two camps. The Reuchlinists, the "fosterers of the arts and of the study of humanity", the "bright, renowned men" (clari viri), whose approving letters (Epistolæ clarorum virorum) Reuchlin had published in 1514, predominated in numbers and intellect; the Cologne party, styled by their opponents "the obscurantists" (viri obscuri), were more intent on defence than attack. The most important document of this literary feud is the classical satire of the Humanists, "The Letters of the Obscurantists" (Epistolæ obscurorum virorum, 1515-17), of which the first part was composed by Crotus Rubianus, the second substantially by Hutten. Ostensibly these letters were written by various partisans of the Cologne University to Ortwin Gratius, their poet and master, and were couched in barbarous Latin. They purport to describe the life and doings of the obscurantists, their opinions and doubts, their debaucheries and love affairs. The lack of culture, the obsolete methods of instruction and study, the perverse expenditure of ingenuity, the pedantry of the obscurantists, are mercilessly ridiculed. Although the pamphlet was dictated by hatred and was full of reckless exaggeration, an inimitable originality and power of caricature secured its success. The Humanists regarded the dispute as decided, and sang the "Triumph of Reuchlin". The latter, however, ever remained a true supporter of the Church and the pope.
Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (1467-1536) was termed the "second eye of Germany". Vivacious, acute, and witty, he was the leader and literary oracle of the century, while his name, according to the testimony of a contemporary, had passed into proverb: "Whatever is ingenious, scholarly, and wisely written, is termed erasmic, that is, unerring and perfect." His extraordinarily fruitful and versatile literary activity as profound Latinist and incomparable revivalist of Greek, as critic and commentator, as educator, satirist, theologian, and Biblical exegete, it is impossible to dwell upon here (see ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS). Ulrich von Hutten (1488-1523), a Franconian knight, and enthusiastic champion of the liberal sciences, was still better known as politician and agitator. The strengthening of the emperor's power and war against Rome were the chief items of his political programme, which he preached first in Latin and subsequently in German dialogues, poems, and pamphlets. The jurists and the Roman Law, the immorality and illiteracy of the clergy, the fatuity of unpractical pedantry, were mercilessly scourged by him, his aim being of course to make himself conspicuous. Finally, he enlisted in the service of Luther and celebrated him in his last writings as a "hero of the Word", a prophet and a priest, though Luther always maintained towards him an attitude of reserve. Hutten's death may be regarded as the end of German Humanism properly speaking. A still more serious movement, the Reformation, took its place. The majority of the Humanists set themselves in opposition to the new movement, though it cannot be denied that they, especially the younger generation under the leadership of Erasmus and Mutianus Rufus, had in many ways paved the way for it.
The progress of Humanism in other lands may be reviewed more briefly. In France the University of Paris exerted a powerful influence. By the end of the fourteenth century the students of this institution were already conversant with the ancient authors. Nicolas de Clémanges (1360-1434) lectured on Ciceronian rhetoric, but the earliest real Humanist in France was Jean de Montreuil (d. 1418). In 1455 Gregorio of Città di Castello, who had resided in Greece, was installed in the university to lecture on Greek and rhetoric. Subsequently, there came from Italy scholars and poets — e.g. Andreas Joannes Lascaris, Julius Cæsar Scaliger, and Andreas Alciati — who made France the docile daughter of Italy. Among the leading scholars in France may be mentioned Budé (Budæus), the first Hellenist of his age (1467-1540), the accomplished printers Robert (1503-59) and Henri (1528-98) Estienne (Stephanus), to whom we are indebted for the "Thesaurus linguæ Latinæ" and the "Thesaurus linguæ Græcæ"; Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540-1609), famed for his knowledge of epigraphy, numismatics, and especially of chronology; the philologist Isaac Casaubon (1559-1614), well known for his excellent edition of the classics, and Petrus Ramus (1515-72), a profound student of Greek and medieval philosophy.
Classical learning was naturalized in Spain through Queen Isabella (1474-1504). The school system was reorganized, and the universities entered on a new era of intellectual prosperity. Of Spanish scholars Juan Luis Vives (1492-1540) enjoyed a European reputation. In England Humanism was received with less favour. Poggio, indeed, passed some time in that country, and young Englishmen, like William Grey, a pupil of Guarino's, later Bishop of Ely and privy councillor in 1454, sought instruction in Italy. But the troubled conditions of English life in the fifteenth century did not favour the new movement. In the spread of classical learning William Caxton (1421-91), the first English printer, played an important part. The learned, refined, charitable, and courageous chancellor Thomas More (1478-1535) was in a way an intellectual counterpart of Erasmus, with whom he was on terms of closest intimacy. Of special importance was the foundation of such excellent schools as Eton in 1440, and St. Paul's (London) in 1508. The founder of the latter was the accomplished Dean John Colet (1466-1519); the first rector was William Lilly (1468-1523), who had studied Greek in the Island of Rhodes, and Latin in Italy, and was the pioneer of Greek education in England. During the sojourn of Erasmus at Oxford (1497-9) he found kindred hellenistic spirits in William Grocyn and Thomas Linacre, both of whom had been educated in Italy. From 1510 to 1513 Erasmus taught Greek at Cambridge.
BURCKHARDT, Die Kultur der Renaissance in Italien (Leipzig, 1908), I, II; VOIGT, Die Wiederbelebung des klassischen Altertums (Berlin, 1893), I, II; GEIGER, Renaissance und Humanismus in Italien und Deutschland (Berlin, 1882); PAULSEN, Geschichte des gelehrten Unterrichts, I (Leipzig, 1896); BRANDI, Die Renaissance in Florenz und Rom (Leipzig, 1909); SYMONDS, Renaissance in Italy, I-V (London, 1875-81); GEBHART, Les Origines de la Renaissance en Italie (Paris, 1879); LINDNER, Weltgeschichte, IV (Stuttgart and Berlin, 1905); The Cambridge Modern History, I, The Renaissance (Cambridge, 1902). On the German Renaissance see JANSSEN, History of the German People since the Middle Ages, tr., I (St. Louis, 1896); and for Italy, SHAHAN, On the Italian Renaissance in The Middle Ages (New York, 1904).
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‘Indian Horse’ Canadian hockey movie finally makes it to the U.S. big screen
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“Nobody wants to see an Indian movie.”
That was the general response director Stephen Campanelli and the makers of “Indian Horse” initially received from the Canadian and Hollywood movie industry when they pitched the idea of bringing the fictional story of a First Nations boy – a survivor of Canada’s notorious Catholic residential schools – and his difficult path to adulthood and hockey fame to the big screen.
“‘Does the general public really want to see this?’ That was the attitude. ‘Why bring up the bad past,’ which really wasn’t that long ago.” Campanelli told me recently. “But it’s a great story that people connect with. And if you don’t connect with the part about the racism and horrible things that happened to the indigenous people, you connect with the hockey – you see the resilience and the power of a sport like hockey to change people’s lives.”
AJ Kapasheist is one of three actors who portrays Saul Indian Horse, a hockey-playing survivor of Canada’s residential schools, at various stages in his life (Photo/Elevation Pictures).
American audiences now have the chance to see “Indian Horse” as the Canadian-made film executive produced by Academy Award-winning actor/director Clint Eastwood has finally crossed the border.
It took five years before the film was finally made and released in Canada in April. And it took months to get distribution interest in the United States. But for a product that folks allegedly wouldn’t see, “Indian Horse” has done alright, collecting 16 film awards.
“We work in an industry where indigenous stories and characters on the screen do not reach mainstream audiences,” said Christine Haebler, one of the film’s producers. “An all-Native or indigenous acted movie is not what distributors or theaters are used to seeing and selling on their screens even in 2018.”
But the timing seems right for “Indian Horse” – for positive and negative reasons.
The film comes at a time when a growing number Native American/First Nations players are achieving success at all levels of hockey – from Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price giving a nod to his heritage in accepting the Vezina Trophy in 2015 to the Ditidaht First Nation’s Maryna Macdonald playing defense for Harvard University this season.
It also comes at a time when indigenous hockey players are still experiencing a disturbing number of racist incidents and continue to endure hateful taunts about their heritage.
Last Friday, a pee wee hockey game near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, ended before the third period after players and parents allegedly hurled racially and culturally insensitive remarks toward the opposing team, the Waywayseecappo Wolverines.
“We heard many parents saying ‘Those boys are just going to get drunk, maybe they’re drunk now. They’re probably hung over…,” Tanis Brandon, the mother of a Wolverines player and the team’s assistant manager, told CBC. “I felt like crying…As an adult, I didn’t even know how to handle it if someone called me a dirty Indian or a savage.”
In May, members of the First Nation Elite Bantam AAA team endured racist slurs and taunts at the Coupe Challenge Quebec in Quebec City, Canada.
“Indian Horse,” based on the late author Richard Wagamese’s best-selling novel of the same name, will be screened in Tempe, Arizona, on Friday and will be shown in other theaters nationwide later this month.
Actor Forrest Goodluck plays a young Saul Indian Horse, who hones his hockey skill at a Canadian residential school (Photo/Elevation Pictures).
It was shown at the Yakama Nation Heritage Theater in Toppenish, Washington, and at the 23rd annual Red Nation International Film Festival in Los Angeles last month.
The movie doesn’t pull punches. Through the eyes of protagonist Saul Indian Horse, the film gives an unvarnished portrayal of life for Indigenous youth who were plucked from their families and shipped to residential schools, which were established under the premise of helping the children assimilate to white Canadian culture.
Between the 1880s and 1996, more than 150,000 indigenous children attended residential schools. Many of them reported being sexually, physically and psychologically abused by priests, nuns, and other teachers.
The Canadian government formally apologized for the schools in 2008 and a Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established out of a negotiated settlement that included monetary compensation for survivors.
Fred Sasakamoose, a residential school survivor, became the NHL’s first indigenous player with treaty status when he skated for the Chicago Black Hawks in 1953-54(Photo/Courtesy Hockey Hall of Fame) and Getty Embed.
Fred Sasakamoose cried as he watched “Indian Horse” at a screening in April. Sasakamoose, who is Ahtahkakoop Cree, became the first indigenous player with treaty status to play in the National Hockey League, accomplishing the feat when he skated for the Chicago Black Hawks against the Toronto Maple Leafs on February 27, 1954.
Like Saul Indian Horse, Sasakamoose found an escape from the horrors of the residential schools in hockey.
Harvard University defenseman Maryna Macdonald.
“It hit back the pain,” Sasakamoose said of the film. “The impact of that movie – it was my life. It is a good movie, but it is also painful.”
While there are some similarities between Sasakamoose and the movie’s lead character, Haebler notes that “Saul Indian Horse took a divergent path of Fred Sasakamoose’s life.”
“Without spoiling the movie, Saul Indian Horses experience differs greatly,” said said.
Harvard’s Macdonald, whose grandmother attended a residential school, said “Indian Horse” is “a great movie that, obviously touches on a heavy topic.”
“The depiction they have in the movie is pretty powerful,” she told me. “It kind of gives light for a lot of people who might not understand a lot about residential schools.”
And it gives light to how hard it was for players like Sasakamoose to make their way in a mostly-white hockey world. Sasakamoose’s NHL career spanned only 11 games in the 1953-54 season in which the talented center failed to score.
Harvard University defenseman Maryna Macdonald in action (Photo/Gil Talbot).
But his brief presence blazed the trail for other indigenous players like Reggie Leach, the high-scoring Philadelphia Flyers right wing who won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the best Stanley Cup Playoffs performer in 1976, and center Bryan Trottier, a seven-time Stanley Cup champion on three different teams and the NHL’s Most Valuable Player in 1979.
Now, a new generation of Native American/First Nations players, like Macdonald, are at the dawn of their careers, helping to further break down barriers and debunk myths.
Brandon Montour, patrols the blue line for the Anaheim Ducks; Edmonton Oilers defensive prospect Ethan Bear skates for the Bakersfield Condors of the American Hockey League; and Devin Buffalo has gone from being a standout netminder at Ivy League Dartmouth College to a rookie for the Greenville Swamp Rabbits of the ECHL.
Greenville Swamp Rabbits goaltender Devin Buffalo hopes his play will help shatter stereotypes against Native American/First Nations hockey players (Photo/Greenville Swamp Rabbits).
Buffalo told CBC in October that his dream “to show people where a Native hockey player could go and overcome these obstacles and stereotypes.”
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Calgary Flames-Edmonton Oilers game showcases hockey’s diversity
Al Montoya, Calgary Flames, Darnell Nurse, Edmonton Oilers, Ethan Bear, Jujhar Khaira, Paul Jerrard, Spencer Foo
The Calgary Flames‘ 3-2 win Saturday over the Edmonton Oilers had little impact on the standings – neither National Hockey League Western Conference team is within Stanley CupPlayoffs range.
However, the game at Calgary’s Saddledome was meaningful in terms of the diversity that was on display, further showing that the face of hockey is steadily changing.
The game featured the NHL debut of Flames forward Spencer Foo, a high-scoring former star at NCAA Division I Union College. An Edmonton native, Foo played 12:45 minutes, including 1:20 minutes on the power play, and registered a shot on goal.
Giving instructions to Foo and other Flames players was assistant coach Paul Jerrard, currently the only black NHL coach who stands the bench during games. He traded a stick for a clipboard after a minor league hockey career that spanned from 1987-88 to 1996-97. He did appear in five games for the Minnesota North Stars in 1988-89.
“There isn’t anybody of color I emulated in coaching, I just wanted to push hard and work and see where it would take me,” Jerrard told Canada’s Sportsnet in February. “It would be interesting to see what would happen if there was a black coach in the league. There might be one someday, I don’t know.”
Trying to keep Foo and the youthful Flames at bay on the Oilers back end Saturday night were defensemen Darnell Nurse and Ethan Bear and goaltender Al Montoya.
Nurse was the seventh overall pick in the 2014 NHL draft, one of two black blue-liners chosen in the first round. The other was Columbus Blue Jackets defender Seth Jones (chosen fourth overall by the Nashville Predators). Nurse has 6 goals and 19 assists in 79 games for the Oilers.
Bear, who is from the Ochapowace First Nation in southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada, was an Edmonton 2015 fifth-round draft pick. The NHL rookie has a goal and 3 assists in 15 games with the Oilers.
Montoya, who was traded to the Oilers by the Montreal Canadiens, became the NHL’s first Cuban-American player when the New York Rangers chose him with the sixth overall pick in the 2004 NHL Draft.
Oilers left wing Jujhar Khaira, a Canadian of South Asian heritage, logged 11:02 minutes of ice time Saturday night, including 59 seconds on the power play and 1:15 minutes killing penalties.
Khaira, an Oilers 2013 third-round pick, has 11 goals and 10 assists in 66 games for Edmonton.
Diversity in Saturday’s game wasn’t limited to players and coaches. Shandor Alphonso, a black Canadian, was one of the two linesmen working the game.
And, of course, David Amber manned the broadcast studio as host of Hockey Night in Canada’s late game.
Hockey Night in Canada hosts David Amber (L) and Ron MacLean (Photo/CNW Group/Sportsnet).
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Players of color power their teams to Mastercard Memorial Cup tournament
Bokondji Imama, Columbus Blue Jackets, Edmonton Oilers, Ethan Bear, Keegan Kolesar, Mathieu Joseph, Saint John Sea Dogs, Seattle Thunderbirds, Tampa Bay Lightning
The 2017 Mastercard Memorial Cup begins Friday and players of color are poised to play starring roles at the major junior hockey championship.
The Saint John Sea Dogs, champs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, Seattle Thunderbirds, winners of the Western Hockey League crown, Erie Otters, kings of the Ontario Hockey League, and the Windsor Spitfires, the tournament’s host, vie for the coveted Cup.
Saint John Sea Dogs forward Mathieu Joseph was second on his team in scoring in 2016-17 (Photo/David Connell/Saint John Sea Dogs).
The offensively-potent Sea Dogs are powered by right wing Mathieu Joseph and left wing Bokondji Imama.
Joseph, 20, a 2015 Tampa Bay Lightning fourth-round draft pick and a member of the Silver Medal-winning 2017 Canadian World Juniors team, was the Sea Dogs second-leading scorer in 2016-17 with 36 goals and 44 assists in 54 games.
Saint John Sea Dogs’ Bokondji Imama showed he’s more than a fighter by scoring 41 goals in 2016-17 (Photo/David Connell/Saint John Sea Dogs).
Imama, a Tampa Bay sixth-round selection in 2015, accepted the Lightning organization’s challenge to prove that he’s more than the feared fighter that he’s been throughout his QMJHL career.
The 20-year old showed that his shot is as hard as his fists by being the Sea Dogs’ fourth-leading scorer with 41 goals and 14 assists, all while accumulating 105 penalty minutes in 66 games.
Seattle Thunderbirds defenseman Ethan Bear was a scoring threat from the blue line in 2016-17 (Photo/Brian Liesse/Seattle Thunderbirds).
The Thunderbirds also reached the Memorial Cup tournament because of their impressive offense – from the blue line by defenseman Ethan Bear and up front by right wing Keegan Kolesar.
This was the view a lot of Western Hockey League goaltenders got of Seattle Thunderbirds forward Keegan Kolesar during the regular season (Photo/Brian Liesse/Seattle Thunderbirds).
Bear, 19, who is Ochapowace First Nation, was the definition of an offensive defenseman. He finished third on the Thunderbirds in scoring with 28 goals and 42 assists in 67 regular season games. The Edmonton Oilers 2015 fifth-round draft pick also tallied 6 goals and 20 assists in 17 WHL playoff games.
Kolesar, 20, a third-round draft pick by the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2015, was the Thunderbirds fourth-leading scorer in 2016-17 with 26 goals and 34 assists in 54 games. He had 12 goals and 19 assists in 19 WHL playoff contests.
Jeremiah Addison of the Windsor Spitfires. (Photo/Aaron Bell/OHL Images).
When it comes to leadership on the Windsor Spitfires, there’s “Addy” and “Chatty.” Left wing Jeremiah Addison, 20, and defenseman Jalen Chatfield are such integral parts of their team that they both were voted captain toward the end of the regular season and alternated wearing the “C’ on their jerseys every other game.
“Our players selected these guys equally. They’re two great people,” Spitfires Head Coach Rocky Thompson said in March. “They are both deserving and both represent what it takes to be a leader.”
Windsor Spitfires defenseman Jalen Chatfield provided offensive pop from the blue line (Photo/Aaron Bell/OHL Images).
Addison was the team’s third-leading scorer with 24 goals and 19 assists in 51 games. Addison, a seventh-round draft pick of the Montreal Canadiens in 2015, pitched in 5 goals in five OHL playoff games.
Though not as prolific as Seattle’s Bear, defenseman Chatfield, 21, provided some offensive pop from the Windsor blue line. He had 8 goals and 20 assists in 61 regular season games and 2 assists in seven playoff games.
The Vancouver Canucks were impressed enough with Chatfield’s game to sign him to a three-year entry level contract in March.
Windsor’s Cole Purboo, left, is ranked as the 189th-best North American skater eligible for the 2017 NHL Draft (Photo/Terry Wilson/OHL Images)
Windsor right wing Cole Purboo contributed 11 goals and 6 assists in 68 regular season games. The National Hockey League’s Central Scouting ranks Purboo, 17, as the 189th-best North American prospect eligible for the 2017 NHL Draft June 23-24 at Chicago’s United Center.
There are no minority players on the Erie Otters roster.
The 2017 Mastercard Memorial Cup games will be televised live in Canada on Rogers Sportsnet and on tape delay on the NHL Network in the United States. However, the network will carry the championship game live on Sunday, May 28.
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What a difference a year makes for diverse 2015 NHL draft class: Part 2
Andong Song, Bokondji Imama, Buffalo Sabres, Ethan Bear, Evander Kane, Rochester Americans, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals
The brain trust of the Buffalo Sabres has lots of talent down on the farm with the AHL Rochester Americans who’ll soon join Jack Eichel and sniper Evander Kane in terrorizing NHL goaltenders.
Forwards Justin Bailey, Nick Baptiste, and Evan Rodrigues are biding their time and getting better with the Americans. If they don’t make the Sabres roster in 2016-17, they’ll have company in Rochester: WHL Kelowna Rockets defenseman Devante Stephens.
Kelowna builds defensemen – Nashville Predators’ Shea Weber, Chicago Blackhawks’ Duncan Keith and Washington Capitals 2013 second round draft pick Madison Bowey.
Kelowna Rockets defenseman Devante Stephens hopes to be part of the Buffalo Sabres rebuilding process after the team drafted him in 2015 (Photo by Marissa Baecker/Kelowna Rockets).
The Sabres think they have another Kelowna defensive stud in Stephens, who was chosen in the fifth round with the 122nd overall pick. He scored 2 goals and 9 assists in 72 regular season games for the Rockets in 2015-16.
Edmonton feels it got a steal of the 2015 draft when the team selected Seattle Thunderbirds defenseman Ethan Bear in the fifth round with the 124th pick. The 19-year-old high-scoring Ochapowace First Nation member tallied 19 goals and 46 assists in 69 regular season games.
He’s maintained his scoring touch in the WHL playoffs with 3 goals and 8 assists in 11 games. In March, he was named a WHL Western Conference first-team all-star. If all goes well, the Oilers in the not-too-distant-future will have a defensive lineup that includes Bear, Caleb Jones and 2013 first-round pick Darnell Nurse.
Seattle Thunderbirds’ D-man Ethan Bear hopes to patrol the Edmonton Oilers blue line someday (Photo/Brian Liesse/Seattle Thunderbirds).
If all goes as defenseman Andong “Misha” Song and about a billion other folks in China hope, he’ll be patrolling the blue line for his country in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Song became the NHL’s first draft pick born in China when the New York Islanders chose him in the 172nd over pick in the sixth round in 2015.
New York Islanders draftee Andong Song wants to play in the NHL – and in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing (Photo/David Fricke/Phillips Academy).
He skated for Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., where he had 1 goal and 7 assists in 27 games in 2015-16. Song is doing for hockey in China what Yao Ming did for basketball – helping trigger interest in a sport that many in the country previously hadn’t watched or played.
“When Misha Song got drafted, it just blew up,” Wei Zhong, a friend of Song’s who plays hockey for Hinsdale Central High School in Illinois told The New York Times in January. “He inspired all these kids to start playing , and some of my friends who were with hockey before to dust off their skates and start playing again.”
The Tampa Bay Lightning went for toughness when it drafted Bokondji Imama in 2015.
Bokondji Imama, who was chosen by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the sixth round with the 180th overall pick in 2015, is poised to punch and hit his way to the NHL.
The Montreal-born son of immigrants from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Imama, 19, is one of the most-feared enforcers in the QMJHL and hardest body checkers. He had 7 goals, 12 assists and 86 penalty minutes in 48 games for the Saint John Sea Dogs.
He would have had more PIMs but he was suspended 15 games by the QMJHL in December for leaving the bench to defend a 15-year-old teammate who was being roughed up by a 20-year-old member of the Halifax Mooseheads.
Though the league punished Imama, Sea Dogs management praiseed him for his actions.
“As an organization, we fully support Boko through this difficult situation,” Sea Dogs General Manager Darrell Young said in a statement in December. “He sacrificed himself to come to the aid of a young teammate. Once again, he proved to be the ultimate teammate and team comes first with us. Boko will be a big loss for our hockey club. He is a valuable member of our team both on and off the ice.”
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Key To The Universe: A Guide To The Heroes Of Gold Key Comics
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White, C. (In Press). Exploring the Role of Private Sector Corporatoins in Public Diplomacy. Public Relations Inquiry.
White, C., & Kolesnicov I. (In Press). Nation Branding in Transitional Democracy: The Role of Corporate Diplomacy in Promoting National Identity. Place Branding and Public Diplomacy.
White, C. (2015). Public Diplomacy and Corporrate Communications: Interplay and INfluence on National Identity and Image.. International Studies Association.
White, C., Ingenhoff D., & Klein S. (2015). Why Relationship Management Matters: Impact of OPR and Crisis Response Strategies on Perceived Crisis Responsibility.. International PR Conference.
White, C. (2014). The Building Blocks of Country Reputation: How Corporate Communication Helps Brand Countries.. International Communication Association.
White, C., & Radic D. (2014). Comparative Public Diplomacy: Message Strategies of Countries in Transition. Public Relations Review. 40,
White, C., & Kolesnicov I. (2014). Nation Branding in a Transitional Democracy: A Case study of ROM Candy.. European Public Relations Research and Education Association Congress.
White, C. (2014). Studying Communication Abroad in the Global Economy. . American Academy of Advertising.
White, C., & Imre I. (2013). Acceptance of democracy and public relations: Attitudes in a transitional country.. Public Relations Review. 39,
White, C. (2013). Cause-related Marketing. Encyclopedia of Public Relations (2nd ed.) Robert Heath, editor. I, 102-103.
White, C., & Radic D. (2013). Comparative Public Diplomacy: International Public Relations of Countries in Transition. European Public Relations Research and Education Association Congress.
White, C. (2013). Cultural Flows and Public Relations. Encyclopedia of Public Relations (2nd ed.) Robert Heath, editor. I, 233-234.
White, C. (2013). Cultural Sensitivity in Transnational Corporate Social Responsibility. 2nd Annual CSR Communication Conference. Proceedings of the 2nd Annual CSR Communication Conference, Aarhus, Denmark.,
Hazelton, V., Sha B-L., White C., & Graham M. (2013). Generalizing from PR Research to Public Relations 2012. 16th International Public Relations Research Conference.
Park, J., White C., & Lounsbury J. (2013). Mapping and Measuring the Dimensions of Trust: Scale Development to Measure Trust in Organizations. International Communication Association.
White, C. (2013). Video News Releases. Encyclopedia of Public Relations (2nd ed.) Robert Heath, editor. 2, 960-962.
White, C. (2013). What Is The Role of the Private Sector in Public Diplomacy? A Research Agenda for the Study of Global Public Relations as Diplomacy. International Communication Association.
White, C. (2012). Activist Efforts of the Center for Media and Democracy to affect FCC policy for video news releases. Public Relations Review. 38(1), 76-82.
White, C. (2012). Brands and National Image: An Exploration of Inverse Country-of-Origin Effect. Place Branding and Public Diplomacy . 8, 110-118.
Imre, I., & White C. (2012). Exploring the Liberal Model of Journalism in Croatia. College of Communication and Information Research Symposium.
Lambert, C. A., & White C. (2012). Feminization of the Film? Occupation Roles of Public Relations Characters in Film. Public Relations Journal. 6(4),
White, C. (2012). Global Corporate Citizenship and Social Responsibility: Insights from the C-Suite. 15th annual International Public Relations Research Conference.
Brown, K., White C., & Waymer D. (2011). African-American Students' Perceptions of Public Relations Education and Practice: Implications for Minority Recruitment. AEJMC.
White, C. (2011). Brands and National Image: The Potential of Corporate Diplomacy. European Public Relations Research and Education Association Congress.
White, C., Vanc A. M., & Coman I. (2011). Corporate Social Responsibility in Transitional Countries: Public Relations as a Component of Public Diplomacy in Romania. International Journal of Strategic Communication. 5(4), 1-12.
Vanc, A. M., & White C. (2011). Cultural Perceptions of Public Relations Gender Roles in Romania. Public Relations Review. 37, 103-105.
Lambert, C. A., & White C. (2011). Feminization of the Film? Occupation Roles of Public Relations Characters in Film. International Communication Association.
Brown, K., & White C. (2011). Organization-Public Relationships and Crisis Response Strategies: Impact on Attribution of Responsibility. Journal of Public Relations Research. 23 (1), 75-92.
White, C. (2010). Anti-American attitudes among young Europeans: The mitigating influence of soft power. American Journal of Media Psychology. 3(3-4), 119-140.
White, C., Vanc A. M., & Stafford G. (2010). Internal Communication, Information Satisfaction and Sense of Community: The Effect of Personal Influence. Journal of Public Relations Research. 22(1), 65-84.
White, C., & Park J. (2010). Public Perceptions of Public Relations. Public Relations Review. 36, 319-324.
White, C., Vanc A. M., & Coman I. (2009). American Corporate Responsibility in Romania: Corporate Diplomacy as a Component of Public Diplomacy. European Public Relations Research and Education Association Congress.
White, C. (2009). Examining a Crisis Communication Void: The Role of Context to Mitigate Issues. Journal of Communication Management. 13 (2),
Rumsey, G. C., & White C. (2009). Strategic Corporate Philanthropic Relationships: Nonprofits' Perceptions of Benefits and Corporate Motives. Public Relations Review. 35,
White, C., Vanc A. M., & Stafford G. (2008). Internal Communication, Information Satisfaction and Sense of Community: The Effect of Personal Influence. European Public Relations Research and Education Association Congress.
Saylor, B., & White C. (2007). Consumers’ perceptions of green cause-related marketing. International Public Relations Research Conference.
Kim, S., & White C. (2007). How Korean Female Public Relations Practitioners’ Perception of Confucian Values Affects Professional Experiences. National Communication Association Annual Convention PR Division.
Rumsey, G. C., & White C. (2007). Strategic Corporate Philanthropic Relationships: Nonprofits’ Perceptions of Benefits and Corporate Motives. AEJMC - PR Division.
White, C., & Lambert C. A. (2006). Creating a cultural definition of public relations: A textual analysis of The New York Times. Public Relations Division of AEJMC.
White, C. (2006). When the media are used to create a crisis: Lessons in What Not To Do. Annual conference of the International Communication Association.
White, C., & Shaw T. (2005). Portrayal of public relations in mass communication textbooks. Public Relations Division of AEJMC.
White, C. (2004). Cause-related Marketing. (Heath, R. L., Ed.).Encyclopedia of Public Relations. 1, 118-120.
White, C., Taylor R. E., & Alsemi I. (2004). Inside the IAP: A qualitative analysis of Italian advertising self-regulation. Annual Conference of the American Academy of Advertising. 86-93.
Shaw, T., & White C. (2004). Public relations and journalism educators’ perceptions of public relations. Public Relations Review. 30, 493-502.
White, C., & Russell K M. (2004). What’s so funny about public relations? An analysis of PR jokes and cartoons. 7th annual International Public Relations Research Conference.
White, C., McMillan S. J., & Hwang J-S. (2003). Dot.com Fever: Deconstructing the boom and the bust. International Communication Association Annual Conference.
Shaw, T., & White C. (2003). Is media relations all there is to public relations? differences in perceptions between public relations and journalism educators. Public Relations Division of AEJMC.
White, C., McMillan S. J., & Hwang J-S. (2002). The media and the mindset: media coverage of Dot.com performance. 24th Annual College of Communication Research Symposium.
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125 Moments: 030 Isaac Stern
December 22, 2015 in Uncategorized | Tags: 125Moments, Carlo Maria Giulini, CBS Records, Claudia Cassidy, Claudio Abbado, CSO125th, Daniel Barenboim, Eugene Ormandy, Frederick Stock, Fritz Busch, Fritz Reiner, Helsingfors Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, International Olympic Committee, Isaac Stern, Jean Martinon, Josef Krips, Leonard Slatkin, Olympic Games, Otto Klemperer, Pabst Theater, Pierre Monteux, Rafael Kubelík, Ravinia Festival, Second Sino-Japanese War, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Andrew Davis, Sir Georg Solti, World War II, Yo-Yo Ma
Nineteen-year-old Isaac Stern first appeared with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on January 11 and 12, 1940. Frederick Stock conducted an all-Sibelius program, and Stern was soloist in the Violin Concerto.
According to the Chicago Daily News, “Dr. Frederick Stock had been invited to conduct the Sibelius concert with the Helsingfors Orchestra [arranged when Stock visited Sibelius in Finland the previous summer] as a special feature of the Olympic Games.* But Finland has had to abandon peacetime pursuits and now Isaac can thank the Russian regime for both his American citizenship and the chance to play the Sibelius D minor concerto with one of the world’s great orchestras.”
“True to the topsy-turvy condition of the world we live in, while the Finns are playing havoc with the Russians, at home a Russian-born violinist, young Isaac Stern, was the sensation of Mr. Stock’s memorable Sibelius concert at Orchestra Hall last night,” wrote Claudia Cassidy in the Journal of Commerce. “[Stern] has a commanding and comprehensive technique, a bold and beautiful tone never blatant and he has an urgent intensity of projection that seems to start in his firmly planted heels and flow like fire into the hands that make his music. . . . Stock’s accompaniment was brilliant in the perceptive richness that makes so many soloists prefer him to any other conductor.”
Isaac Stern and music director designate Daniel Barenboim after the Centennial Gala concert on October 6, 1990 (Jim Steere photo)
Over the course of the next fifty-two years, Stern was one of the Orchestra’s most frequent guests at Orchestra Hall, the Ravinia Festival, and at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, performing under six music directors (Stock, Rafael Kubelík, Fritz Reiner, Jean Martinon, Sir Georg Solti, and Daniel Barenboim) and a variety of guest conductors, including Fritz Busch, Andrew Davis, Carlo Maria Giulini, Otto Klemperer, Josef Krips, Pierre Monteux, Eugene Ormandy, Seiji Ozawa, and Leonard Slatkin. In 1986, Stern and Yo-Yo Ma recorded Brahms’s Concerto for Violin and Cello with Claudio Abbado for CBS.
*On July 16, 1938, a year after the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War, it was announced that the 1940 Summer Olympics would not be held in Tokyo, as originally scheduled. The International Olympic Committee then awarded the games to Helsinki, the runner-up city in the original bidding process. However, following the outbreak of World War II on September 1, 1939, the Olympic Games were indefinitely suspended and did not resume until 1948.
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Photographer Chaimaa Medhat ’19 turns her lens on a fragile world
Environmental science major is armed with knowledge — and a camera
By Rosie Nguyen '19
“Clark has given me the space to explore all of my many interests. I’m the kind of person who enjoys doing so many things, from art to science,” says Chaimaa Medhat.
The United Nations calls climate change “the defining issue of our time,” with impacts that are “global in scope and unprecedented in scale.” But how do you explain such a complex issue to people around the world so they take action?
For Chaimaa Medhat ’19, an environmental science major at Clark University, the answer is through photography.
“After graduation I plan to find a job that mixes my love for photography and art with my passion for educating people on what it means to be environmentally cautious,” Medhat says. “I want to try to bring understanding and awareness of the impacts of climate change to the everyday person, because we all are affected by climate change.”
A native of Casablanca, Morocco, and graduate of Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Medhat discovered her passion for conservation and photography at Clark.
“Clark has given me the space to explore all of my many interests. I’m the kind of person who enjoys doing so many things, from art to science,” she says.
Two key mentors have guided Medhat along the way: Professor John Baker, adviser for her major and concentration, environmental and conservation biology; and Professor Stephen DiRado, adviser for her minor in studio art.
“Professor Baker has been great in helping me find classes that fit my interests. I have found incredible classes with wonderful professors because of him,” Medhat says.
“Stephen DiRado has helped me refine my photographs, exposing me to new artists and opportunities, and also has been a person I turn to,” she says. “He has made being at Clark such a warm and impactful experience.”
DiRado connected Medhat to a job as a photography teaching assistant at Clark. She manages the digital photography lab, prepares and maintains chemicals in the darkroom, and assists students.
Medhat has gotten plenty of exposure as a photographer at Clark. Her work has twice been selected for the Annual College Show at ArtsWorcester’s Aurora Gallery, and like many modern artists, she also displays much of her work on her Instagram account. And last fall, she teamed up with her friend Linda Mindaye ’19, a poet, to launch an art show at the Traina Center for the Arts. The show highlighted black identity, Medhat says, and examined “the vast complexities of people of color in a space where vulnerability, pain, love, and laughter are welcome.”
Outside of her photography, Medhat served as a yearbook editor for two years and was a member of the Caribbean African Student Association, which she calls her “home away from home.”
“I love being able to create events about who we are, having conversations about real issues that impact our homes and us as citizens of the world,” she explains. “Sharing our culture with the Clark community is wonderful.”
In summer 2018, Medhat interned at Breakthrough Greater Boston, teaching a class on American agriculture. Part of a national collaborative, the Cambridge affiliate offers summer and after-school programs to prepare low-income students for college and to train urban teachers.
Recently, Medhat was a research assistant in Clark’s Education Department, working with Professor Sarah Michaels and her team on a National Science Foundation-funded project to develop, pilot, and refine the high school biology curriculum in Worcester and other schools across the United States, as part of the Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards. Medhat translated biology readings for English language learners, interviewed students, completed classroom observations, and transcribed videos.
Now, she’s ready to graduate, and she’s confident she’ll find a job. “Clark has taught me self-advocacy — that being yourself, being your best self, will help you in the long run,” Medhat says. “Sharing your passion, sharing what drives you to do what you do, will help guide you to your perfect job.”
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The Sad Case of Alexander Cockburn
He’s one of the most respected journalists of the left – but he is also a science-denying crank who insists that global warming is a hoax.
Transcript of a Radio Ecoshock broadcast, June 18, 2007.
Published by permission of the author, Alex Smith.
When some right wing pseudo fascist nut is convicted, or discovered in the bedroom of a little boy, something inside me accepts. I want to cheer, but I don’t, because it shows we are all kind of crazy, in some way. But at least all their hurtful rants become sidelined, in the great debates of the day. Thank God, if there is one, we don’t have to listen to Jerry Falwell anymore.
When an icon of the Left falls – someone who has warned and enlightened us, it is much harder. That’s what makes it so painful to announce the virtual death of one Alexander Cockburn – or at least the passing of his credibility.
This transplanted Irish/Scottish writer has blasted malfeasance, and authoritarian violence, from the pages of CounterPunch, the Nation, and many mainstream publications. He has been chums with Noam Chomsky, and pals with many of the gonzo journalists who keep us all honest.
But now Cockburn has joined the Exxon-funded cranks, who deny that humans are heating up the planet with their pollution.
Go ahead and fill that gas guzzler, people. Don’t worry about a thing. Alexander Cockburn believes the oil is infinite. It will never run out, because all the geologists in the world are wrong. Oil wasn’t made from compressed plant life – the whole core of the Earth is filled with oil, and it will ooze out forever. He knows this because one scientist, building on theories from Stalinist Russia, says it is so. Cockburn steadfastly believes in abiotic oil, the endless supply.[www.counterpunch.org/cockburn10152005.html]
And, you don’t have to worry about global warming either. Pump up your coal plants, and gun that Hummer, baby, because humans have nothing to do with climate change. If the world is warming at all, Cockburn tells us in a series of recent articles, Nature is doing it, not us.
He knows this because he once met a man on a boat who told him – and that is enough to trump all the climate scientists. You don’t even have to believe your own eyes. Never mind the super storms, the arctic melting, the winter that never was. You can relax about all that, because Alexander Cockburn has discovered an alternative reality, a new truth, that only he, and few desperate souls on the far Left, can see.
I feel better already. Millions of Americans, Canadians, and fossil-fans everywhere, will cite the writing of Alexander Cockburn as a source. The pro-oil web sites and right-wingers like the Heartland Institute have already linked to Cockburn’s new denial literature.
Today, we mourn the credibility of one of our own, Alexander Cockburn.
I take this personally, and I’ll tell you why. In my beloved British Columbia, in this chain of mountains by the sea, huge and wondrous pine forests are dying, and already dead. From space you can see the red swaths of dead trees, mile after pitiless mile, killed off by global warming. Where winters were cold enough to kill off the pine bark beetle, suddenly they are not. And this pest is killing every pine of the Rockies, and threatens to invade the Northern Prairies as well.
We’ve lost a magnificent realm of forests, because the winters just aren’t as cold as they have been for thousands of years. I’m sad about that, and angry about the intellectual fools who spin out skimpy lies, to divert us from saving what is left of the ecosphere, as humans have known it, during our short stay here.
Former friends and admirers have tried to reason with Mr. Cockburn. UK columnist George Monbiot has pleaded for an explanation, or at least a dialogue. All that comes out is more craziness, a hole dug deeper in denial. Monbiot, and many others have given up, realizing Cockburn has become a crank, with fixated ideas that cannot be changed by reality.
Actually, Alexander Cockburn is part of a trio of new additions to the climate deniers Hall of Shame. He is assisted by two Canadian intellectuals, University Professors who are battling their own schools, and all of science. These are David Noble and Denis Rancourt – and we’ll get to them in our next radio feature. Unlike Cockburn, these academics have something worthwhile to add to the debate.
Let’s investigate the investigator, Alexander Cockburn.
Born a Scot, but raised in Ireland, Alexander Cockburn brought the rebel outsider’s view to a number of American publications. He was published in the New York Review of Books, Esquire, and Harpers.
He started a column in The Village Voice called “Press Clips” – but was kicked out in 1983. The Voice claimed he accepted, quote, “a $10,000 grant from an Arab studies organization in 1982.” Cockburn has been very critical about Israel, Zionists, and the treatment of the Palestinian people. Some Jewish writers and intellectuals call Cockburn anti-Semitic, but the label hasn’t stuck in the Left, where criticism of Israel is allowed.
Thereafter Cockburn picked up a regular column in the political paper The Nation. It was titled “Beat the Devil.” He is co-editor of an online journal called Counterpunch.
Along with Noam Chomsky, Cockburn has blasted U.S. foreign policy in Central America, and militarism generally. He roasts the leadership of the Democratic Party as too tame. In the year 2000, when he supported the Presidential candidate Ralph Nader, Cockburn and co-editor Jeffrey St. Clair brought out an anti-Gore book called Al Gore: A User’s Manual. You can buy it from Amazon for $1.26.
This loathing of Al Gore may be behind his persistent attack on the science of climate change. In his Counterpunch article May 12th, titled “Hot Air, Cold Cash, Who are the Merchants of Fear” Cockburn writes:
“The world’s best known hysteric, and self promoter on the topic of man’s physical and moral responsibility for global warming, is Al Gore, a shill for the nuclear industry, and the coal barons from the first day he stepped into Congress, entrusted with the sacred duty to protect the budgetary and regulatory interests of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Oakridge National Lab. White House ‘task forces’ on climate change in the Clinton-Gore years were always well freighted by Gore and his adviser John Holdren, with nukers like John Papay of Bechtel.”
Too bad he cited John Holdren, the President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a top Harvard scholar. Who doesn’t know that Holdren, unlike Cockburn, is just a dupe, with no scientific credibility? He’s just a spokesperson for those, quote, “grant-guzzling climate modelers and their Internationale, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.” And they are all pawns in Al Gore’s game.
In fact, we shouldn’t be surprised by the recent series of strange articles with his one man theory climate change. Cockburn has been consistently nutty on this subject. In March 2001, Cockburn’s article in The Free Press was titled “Greenhouse Gas and Global Warming: The Great Delusion.” He finds climate change is nothing to worry about, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC, are a bunch of extremist doomsters. His deep throat source is one “Pierre Sprey, former government analyst, statistical expert, and veteran of many battles over inflated eco-catastrophic predictions.”
Actually, Pierre Sprey, the climate expert, turns out to be one of Robert McNamara’s whiz kids at the Pentagon, deeply involved in the design of the F-16 fighter plane. He quit in 1986 for a new career, recording jazz music. Who couldn’t fall for those credentials?
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/15/AR2006051501518.html
His August 23rd, 2001 “Beat the Devil” followed up with more of global warming plots, somehow cooked up by a combination of bad Democrats and, wait for it, the Bush administration. Somehow, Cockburn managed to link climate modelers to biological warfare research.
He reassures us, once again, that humans have nothing to do with climate change. We might as well fill up our gas tanks, and rev up our motors, he advises us in another column, October 15th, 2005, titled: “The Virtues of Gas Guzzling: Why I Don’t Believe in Peak Oil.” For this wild theory, Cockburn has yet another personal expert, the radio physicist Dr. Thomas Gold. Dr. Gold says oil is a renewable resource, constantly replenished by the Earth. Sadly, the dead and dying oil fields of the United States have yet to be refilled by this magical process.
So, what is Cockburn saying now?
It started with an article in Counterpunch of May 2nd, 2007 titled:
“From Papal Indulgences to Carbon Credits Is Global Warming a Sin?”
[www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=57&ItemID=12728]
“There is still zero empirical evidence that anthropogenic production of CO2 is making any measurable contribution to the world’s present warming trend.
“The greenhouse fearmongers rely entirely on unverified, crudely oversimplified computer models to finger mankind’s sinful contribution. Devoid of any sustaining scientific basis, carbon trafficking is powered by guilt, credulity, cynicism and greed, just like the old indulgences, though at least the latter produced beautiful monuments.”
He then goes into a pseudo-scientific supposed proof that “it is impossible to assert that the increase in atmospheric CO2 stems from human burning of fossil fuels.” Unfortunately, his array of facts is so skewed that the folks at realscience.org, who debate actual climate science, hardly know where to begin, to unravel all the errors.
Where did he get this stuff? He met a man on a boat who told him so.
“I met Dr. Martin Hertzberg, the man who drew that graph and those conclusions, on a Nation cruise back in 2001. He remarked that while he shared many of the Nation’s editorial positions, he approved of my reservations on the issue of supposed human contributions to global warming, as outlined in columns I wrote at that time. Hertzberg was a meteorologist for three years in the U.S. Navy, an occupation which gave him a lifelong mistrust of climate modeling. Trained in chemistry and physics, a combustion research scientist for most of his career, he’s retired now in Copper Mountain, Colorado, still consulting from time to time.”
Who is this wonder scientist that confounds the experts world-over?
Hertzberg is an ex Navy man who later worked as an explosions expert for the Bureau of Mines. So he would know. He has been hired as an expert witness by Big Coal, especially when mine workers are killed by explosions. He’s been paid by the coal industry.
According to Hertzberg, and utterly believed by Cockburn, water vapor is the force melting the glaciers of the world, and wrecking outdoor ice hockey in Canada, last winter. Yes, there is much more water vapor in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. Yes, water vapor is a powerful greenhouse gas in its own right. But scientists know that water vapor operates in known cycles, within certain bounds, and cannot by itself force a change in the climate.
Water vapor reacts to changes in the Earth’s temperature. As the Earth heats up, the air will become generally more humid. But that increase in water vapor doesn’t cause itself. Something else changes, namely, all the industrial and agricultural pollution we pour into the atmosphere.
But wait, Cockburn has another explanation. It’s the Sun. He drags out the old idea of the Serbian physicist, Milutin Milankovitch, who proposed that tiny alterations in the Earth’s rotation are responsible for the alteration of Ice Ages and hot tropical periods. This may or may not be true, over vast ages, but it doesn’t explain the rocket-fast changes we are seeing now.
It doesn’t seem to occur to Alexander Cockburn, the newly minted authority on climate, that whole herds of scientists all over the world have carefully considered, and rejected, all these arguments. That is because, wait for it, the world scientific community is just part of a conspiracy, likely led by Al Gore, and maybe even the Jewish bankers behind everything, to fleece the gullible public, with wild stories about climate change.
These scientists, Cockburn claims, wade out into the swamps, and huddle in Antarctic huts, because they are, quote, “the beneficiaries of the $2 billion-a-year global warming grant industry”. Well, it hasn’t been much of an industry up until now. Exxon makes a billion dollars a day, and they have paid out much better money to other climate deniers like Patrick Michaels, who at least was originally a real scientist, rather than an aging political pundit.
[www.counterpunch.org/cockburn05122007.html]
When even his friends on the Left ask Cockburn for answers, all they get back is more name-calling, and even weirder claims to fringe science. Pushed to find another expert, beyond Mr. Hertzberg, Cockburn goes dumpster diving through the Net for backers from the denier camp. He finds Professor Zbigniew Jaworowski, who doubts that ice cores can tell us anything about the previous history of the atmosphere. The paper Cockburn cites was published in 21st century Science and Technology. Despite the impressive name, that isn’t a scientific journal at all, but the long-standing mouthpiece for the Lyndon Larouche organization. Larouche is the grand-daddy of conspiracy nuts, claiming the British Queen heads an international drug organization, and Jewish bankers control the world, presumably including China, India, and Japan.
As each article becomes more strident and defensive, Cockburn finds, quote, a “conspiracy of interest between the Greenhouser fearmongers and the nuclear industry”. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is, for Cockburn, an “army of functionaries and grant farmers, and the merest sprinkling of actual scientists”.
Then, Cockburn cites the work of Dr. Patrick Michaels – an American scientist paid by the electricity providers, and big coal, who has fudged other people’s scientific papers, in testimony to Congress. Cockburn believes Michaels, now at the Cato Institute, rather than any of his old friends, or those international experts. We don’t need peer-reviewed scientific papers – that’s all a fixed game for suckers, Cockburn tells us. He throws around figures and isotopes, as though he is the real scientist, lately trained by what he found on the Web.
As evidence that peer-reviewed science is all a crock, Cockburn steers readers to Canadian University professor David Noble at climateguy.blogspot.com, and Denis Rancourt. A self proclaimed activist whose first year courses were recently dropped, Rancourt argues we can’t really know anything by science, even though he is a physics professor teaching at the University of Ottawa. More on these two will follow in a separate piece.
Cockburn’s other big source is Frederick Seitz, Chairman of the right-wing George C Marshall Institute – funded by Exxon Mobil. Seitz also worked for RJ Reynolds tobacco company, to “refute the criticisms of cigarettes”.
Anyone will do as his witness, so long as Cockburn is right, whatever he says, and you, all of you experts and fools, are wrong.
You can find all the gory details in a column by George Monbiot, published
May 31, 2007, and available either at monbiot.com, or at http://www.zmag.org/.
[http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=57&ItemID=12951
Z Magazine online has a great summary of the Cockburn articles, his two Canadian supporters, and the rebuttals from people like Michael Mann, Justin Podur, and Joshua Frank. That’s at zmag.org/debatesglobalwarming.
[www.zmag.org/debatesglobalwarming.html]
[Podur: www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=57&ItemID=12796]
[Michael Mann: www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=57&ItemID=12763]
[O’Keefe: www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=57&ItemID=13015]
Obviously, Cockburn isn’t just skating on thin ice, the heat has melted everything out from under him. He’s drowning in a ridiculous pose, thrown out, perhaps, to gain more attention. The problem is Cockburn isn’t likely being paid by Exxon, despite his past links to Arab funders. He really believes that whatever he says is true, no matter that the whole world disagrees. That, my friends, is the definition of a crank.
Following weeks of public and private requests for a bit of scientific proof to back up the Cockburn anti-warming rants, columnist George Monbiot has given up. In a June 13th article he writes:
[www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2007-06/13monbiot.cfm]
“I have now learnt that it is pointless to seek to argue with Cockburn. Because he cannot admit that he got the science wrong, he merely raises the volume and widens the scope of his attack. Resorting to grapeshot, he now invokes just about every crazy theory ever raised by those who say that manmade global warming is not happening. It would require an entire website to answer them all. Happily, it already exists – http://www.realclimate.org/ – and, over the years, it has dealt with every new issue he raises, drawing on peer-reviewed papers. But Cockburn will not read these refutations. He has answered none of his critics; he has not even listened to them. For this reason, this will be my last posting in this debate.”I sign off with sadness. I have followed Alexander Cockburn’s writing for many years and I have admired it. His has been an important and persuasive voice on many progressive issues. But I can no longer trust it. I realize that he is blinded by a conviction that he remains right whatever the facts might say. In his determination to admit nothing, he will cling to any straw, including the craziest fulminations of the ultra-right, and he will abandon the rigor and skepticism that once informed his journalism. I feel this as a loss. I am sure I am not the only one.”
Really, I think Alexander Cockburn wrote his own virtual obituary in one of his own columns – this one skewering those who think the Bush administration knew, or benefited from, the 9/11 attacks on America. He speaks of theologian David Ray Griffin as the “high priest” of “conspiracy nuts” whose cult members “disdain all answers but their own.”
Sadly, that is a fitting self-description of this one-time icon, now floundering on the edge, and grabbing for any right-wing supporter he can find. Is Alexander Cockburn falling down the well-oiled slope that took Christopher Hitchens, and former comedian Dennis Miller, into the super-patriotic Camp of Bush supporters?
These pundits always fall to the Right, because that is where the real power, and money, lives.
How strange that a man who began in the 1980’s with a book on wrecking the Amazon Rainforest, now uses his mind and pen to paste over the climatic death of forests right here in North America. It is not Al Gore who issues Papal Indulgences for carbon sins, but Alexander Cockburn.
We need some kind of clinic to bring these old-time intellectuals back to reality, where droughts,floods, and heat determine people’s lives. A kind of Betty Ford clinic for all those pundits who made a buck, or re-stimulated a failing career, by denying the obvious truth.
I’m Alex Smith for Radio Ecoshock. Find my weekly radio show on various college and community radio stations, or download it from our website at ecoshock.org.
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Darron Collins ’92, PhD, President
College of the Atlantic
Darron Collins is a second-generation Irish-American and the first in his family to graduate from college. Darron grew up in New Jersey where his mother Dee Sadauskas encouraged his curiosity with nature. He developed a passion for rivers as a COA student and as a Watson Fellow from 1992 to 1993. His Watson adventures brought him to the headwaters of the Bio-Bio and Amazon rivers where he kindled an interest in indigenous Americans.
That interest, some luck and a generous grant brought him to Tulane University in New Orleans where Darron received a PhD in anthropology. Darron also fell in love with his wife Karen there. The two “honeymooned” in Guatemala doing fieldwork among the Q’eqchi’-Maya where they were affectionately known as Jose and Karina.
Darron then began work at World Wildlife Fund where he designed, implemented and raised funds for conservation programs throughout Latin America and in the Russian Far East, northeast China and Mongolia.
During that time Darron and Karen brought Maggie and Molly into the world. They are the light of their lives. Darron came home to COA on July 15, 2011 and the family is now happily settled in Bar Harbor.
Dr. Paul W. Ferguson, President
Paul W. Ferguson became the 19th president of the University of Maine in July 2011.
A Southern California native, President Ferguson is a Whittier College graduate who earned a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of California, Davis in 1981. He is an accomplished health scientist with a 30-year record of scholarship as an award-winning professor in the fields of toxicology and public health. President Ferguson rose through the academic ranks, leading research and outreach efforts in four states to assess and reduce potential health risks from chemical exposures. During this time, Dr. Ferguson also worked as a senior toxicologist for Unocal Corporation, a Los Angeles-based international energy resources company.
Since 1993, Dr. Ferguson has progressed through academic administration, initially serving as Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at the University of Louisiana, Monroe. At the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, he was Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies. Prior to joining the University of Maine, Dr. Ferguson was at the Edwardsville campus of Southern Illinois University, where he was Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.
As a campus leader highly regarded for his commitment to engagement, inclusivity and quality, President Ferguson has a demonstrated record of university transformations in the areas of increased research and economic development, university-community partnerships, student success, faculty development and academic quality.
Currently, President Ferguson is leading an inclusive, campus-wide planning and implementation process through the Blue Sky Project to elevate the University of Maine to new levels of excellence as the most distinctively student-centered and community-engaged of the American research universities.
Kathryn A. (“Kate”) Foster, President
University of Maine at Farmington
Since July 2012 Kathryn Foster has served as president of the University of Maine at Farmington. Comfortable with one foot in the policy world and one in the academy, Dr. Foster came to Maine from a position as Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution where she was on leave from the State University of New York at Buffalo, her academic home since 1993. A
n expert on governance, regional economies and planning, Foster served as Principal Investigator for the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Building Resilient Regions. She earned her B.A. in Geography from Johns Hopkins University, her M.C.P. (city planning) from the University of California at Berkeley, and her Ph.D. in public and international affairs from Princeton University.
Dr. Richard R. Hopper, President
Kennebec Valley Community College Fairfield and Hinckley
Dr. Hopper has come to KVCC from the World Bank where he was most recently Senior Education Specialist for the Europe and Central Asia Region. A technical specialist in education reform with the World Bank since 1999, Dr. Hopper has 27 years of professional experience in teaching, higher education administration and international development.
His formal academic training is in economics (George Washington University), international affairs (Geneva, Switzerland), and education policy (Harvard University). In addition to teaching for several years each in France, Switzerland, and Japan, he has managed US higher education programs abroad, assisted in the establishment of new universities, and advised governments and individual institutions on reforms. He is a recognized expert in higher education governance, finance and quality assurance.
During his graduate studies Dr. Hopper was a teaching fellow in statistics (Harvard), a Fulbright Scholar in the office of Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus at Grameen Bank (Bangladesh), an Aspen Institute Fellow (Washington), a Harvard Advanced Doctoral Fellow, a Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) Traveling Fellow (Bangladesh), and a Mombusho Fellow with the Japanese Ministry of Education (Japan). He was an HIID researcher for the World Bank- UNESCO Task Force on Higher Education which published its 2000 report entitled Higher Education in Developing Countries: Peril and Promise.
Dr. Hopper has well over a decade of experience with World Bank project preparation, implementation and supervision in countries of South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia, and Latin America, and most recently in Europe and Central Asia. He has overseen stakeholder consultations for higher education reforms in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, and Thailand. He was also a key contributor to the World Bank’s 2003 report on tertiary education entitled Constructing Knowledge Societies: New Challenges for Tertiary Education. He has published and spoken widely on higher education in developing countries.
As Task Manager at the World Bank he was responsible for preparing and launching the Indonesia Managing Higher Education for Relevance and Efficiency (IMHERE) project, a reform program for $80 million approved by the World Bank Board of Executive Directors in June 2005 to help Indonesian universities develop management capacities needed to handle greater autonomy from government regulation. He guided the government of Tunisia in the development of a new competitive funding scheme to improve quality, now being implemented with $76 million in World Bank support approved in June 2006 (PARES II). He is also the initiator and project manager for the nearly $10 million Global Initiative for Quality Assurance Capacity (GIQAC), financed by the World Bank’s Development Grant Facility (DGF) which supports a fund for the development of global and regional networks of quality assurance (accreditation) agencies that is implemented now by UNESCO.
Most recently in the Europe and Central Asia Region, Dr. Hopper was in charge of the multi-donor Albania Education Excellence and Equity Project, a $75 million effort to improve basic education infrastructure across Albania and prepare the university sector to meet the challenges of the Bologna Process. He was Team Leader for the $25 million Georgia Education System Realignment and Strengthening Project and led stakeholder dialogue on higher education reform
in Azerbaijan. Dr. Hopper was also the project leader for the World Bank’s Joint Economic Research Program (JERP) with Kazakhstan, delivering a 3-year technical assistance package to the Ministry of Education and Science to guide Kakhstan in the development of the emerging Nursultan Nazarbaev University in Astana. He also served as Chief Academic Officer at the University of Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan as part of a one-year World Bank professional development secondment financed by the Aga Khan Foundation.
In 2010-2011 Dr. Hopper spent a year in Paris as Senior Education Analyst at the Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Development (OECD) leading the program on Strong Performers, Successful Reformers to analyze and disseminate information on education policies associated with the highest performing countries in the Programme for International Education Assessment (PISA). This included producing policy experience films showcasing the education systems of 12 countries to communicate complex policy information in a dynamic manner to both education experts and the general public.
He is fluent in English, French, Swiss German, and Japanese.
Laurie G. Lachance M.B.A.’92, President
On July 1, 2012, Laurie G. Lachance M.B.A. ’92 became the 5th president of Thomas College. Her appointment to this position made history at Thomas as she is the first woman and first alum of the College to hold this position. Laurie’s reputation as a visionary, ambassador, and hard worker make people from throughout Maine and beyond respect, admire, and want to partner with her. That standing is solidified by her friendliness, optimism, and honest approach to everything she does.
Before joining Thomas College, Laurie served as the President and CEO of the Maine Development Foundation (MDF), a highly regarded, nonprofit, membership organization established in 1978. MDF has earned a statewide reputation as a trusted source of economic information and as an independent, non-partisan advocate for long-term economic growth.
Laurie earned her BA in economics from Bowdoin College, her MBA at Thomas College, and has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Maine at Presque Isle. Professionally, she has held various roles in economic forecasting and development, including as the Corporate Economist at Central Maine Power; as State Economist for three Maine governors; and, as President and CEO for the Maine Development Foundation. She serves on several boards including Educate Maine and is the Chair of Educare Central Maine.
A frequent author and speaker on the economic status of Maine, she has received several awards, including the Governor Kenneth M. Curtis Leadership Award, the Dr. Mary Chandler Lowell Award, the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow, the Thomas College Distinguished Alumna Award, and the Deborah Morton Award. She joined the Thomas Board of Trustees in 2010.
Laurie and her husband Dave Lachance reside in Manchester with their two boys, Michael and Andrew.
Dr. Stephen Mulkey, President
Unity College
Unity is the first college in the U.S. to divest from investments in fossil fuels. Through his leadership the college developed its central focus on sustainability science, the leading-edge of transdisciplinary 21st century environmental problem solving.
A climate change scientist with study and publishing spanning over three decades, Dr.Mulkey has pursued research in Eastern Amazonia, Central Panama, and East Africa. He holds a bachelor’s degree in fisheries and wildlife, a master’s degree in ecology, and earned his doctorate’s degree in ecology from the University of Pennsylvania.
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“Crooked Beam” Xie Yanyi
Liang Xiaojun, July 25, 2016
Xie Yanyi (谢燕益) is a human rights lawyer, and one of the 709 detainees. – The Editors
Xie Yanyi
It was probably somewhere around the end of 2008 that I started receiving occasional group emails from someone writing under the name Liang Buzheng (梁不正)—“Crooked Beam.” Sometimes the emails would contain this person’s views on politics, while other times they would describe the actions he was taking in the legal sphere. In those days much of my time was spent handling commercial cases in order to make a living, so I wasn’t paying a lot of attention to public interest law or human rights issues. As a result, I would often simply skip over those emails from “Crooked Beam” without really reading them. But I did take note of the author’s rather unusual name.
It was probably around that same time that I began to hear the name “Xie Yanyi” mentioned by different people in different circumstances. It was only then that I drew the link between that name and the “Crooked Beam” of the emails I had been getting. I’d heard that this Xie Yanyi had filed suit against former leader Jiang Zemin for violating the constitution by refusing to resign as chairman of the Central Military Commission in 2003, and I became interested to find out what sort of a person this “Crooked Beam” was.
I asked the head of Xie’s law firm at the time about him. He was in a terrible fix in those days, since Xie’s employment there was preventing his firm from passing its annual review. He told me that Xie was “just like Li Kui” (李逵), the tough and temperamental character from the classic novel, Outlaws of the Marsh. I wasn’t sure exactly what he meant by that, but I took the image I had of Li Kui from the novel and its television adaptions and pictured Xie Yanyi as a big, strong fellow with a full beard.
Then, in May 2009, I attended a meeting of lawyers gathered to condemn police in Chongqing for beating lawyers Li Chunfu (李春富) and Zhang Kai (张凯)* over their investigation into the death of a Falun Gong practitioner in a labor camp. At the meeting, I was approached by a fellow with deep-seated eyes, delicate features, and a well-proportioned physique who asked me if I was a reporter. When I told him I wasn’t, he turned and walked away. I asked the person next to me who he was, and he told me: “That’s Xie Yanyi.” That was the first time I’d ever set eyes on Xie Yanyi.
From the end of that year, I gradually started getting involved in more public interest and human rights cases. Those of us working on these cases would often meet up for dinner, but since Xie Yanyi lived way out in Miyun County he was often unable to join us or else would only have a few bites and say a few words before rushing off. Our paths didn’t cross much back then, and we never had a chance to talk in any depth.
Later on, though, we would come to work together on a few cases. I would listen in great admiration to his flowing defense arguments, which were always strong, reasoned, and well documented, knowing that my own arguments were never as theoretically strong. These days, whenever my colleague Dong Qianyong (董前勇) takes on a case involving religious belief, I will give him a photocopy of one of Xie’s defense arguments for his reference. But in my own mind, I can’t shake the image of Xie Yanyi as a “barefoot lawyer,” wearing sandals, dressed in everyday attire, and toting a huge backpack.
It was probably around 2012 that he began telling me about his belief that China’s future transition to democracy could only come through the peaceful development of a democratic culture. Those days I was terribly busy with my work, running here and there to handle one case after another. I simply had neither time nor energy to think about the direction or path of China’s future development. I had no idea how to respond to his ideas, and he didn’t seem interested in trying to convince me. So we usually ended up simply laughing off those discussions.
Later, he gave me a copy of his self-published book entitled Roads of Faith, which was a collection of articles and essays he’d written over the previous few years. The epigraph read: “The power of peace and reason is unstoppable! This is the age when citizens will demonstrate their will.” I’m not much for reading books and I’d already read some of his articles before, so I merely paged through the book before placing it on my bookshelf, where it would remain untouched.
When the “709” crackdown on lawyers was launched last year, my friends and I were all living in fear, not knowing whose turn it would be to be arrested next. When I heard that Xie Yanyi had been arrested, I wasn’t at all surprised.
Through our previous work together, I’d come to know Xie’s mother, a remarkably spry old woman who was also a lawyer down in Gaobeidian (高碑店) in Hebei. I tried to contact her a number of times to find out what plans there were for Xie Yanyi’s legal defense, but no one ever answered and later her mobile just shut off, so I had to drop it. Besides Xie’s mother, I didn’t know any of his other relatives and didn’t know how else to help.
Late last year, a friend took me out to Xie Yanyi’s home in Miyun County, where I met Xie’s wife, Yuan Shanshan (原珊珊). She was six or seven months pregnant at the time, but she still took her electric bicycle out to buy groceries so she could cook for her two sons. There were two plaques hanging on the wall of their home, one reading “Peace and Democracy” and the other reading “The World Belongs to Everyone.” I knew that these were things that Xie Yanyi truly believed in.
On January 8, when Xie Yanyi was formally arrested on charges of “inciting subversion,” Yuan Shanshan appointed me to be his defense attorney. Given the blatant illegality of what the police have done, I don’t know how much I can really accomplish, but I’m grateful for the confidence that Yuan Shanshan and Xie’s older brother have shown in me.
It’s through our conversations that I’ve come to have a better understanding of who Xie Yanyi is. He had all sorts of advantages growing up, and could have been set for life if he’d simply relied on his parents. But he had much more respect for those who made their own way in the world. He gave up a chance to study overseas in Singapore and returned home to Gaobeidian, where he lived alone and devoted himself to studying to pass the bar exam.
After becoming a lawyer in Beijing, he encountered so many miscarriages of justice and observed so much of society’s darker side that his thinking changed and he began to think in terms of problems with the way the system was set up. After he filed his “first suit on behalf of constitutionalism” against Jiang Zemin in 2003, he became the object of heavy police surveillance but never gave up his aspiration to use his efforts to secure a peaceful, democratic future for future generations.
Xie made a point of getting to know people from all walks of life during his trips to handle cases or through his social encounters and would talk with them about his own beliefs and ways of thinking in an effort to persuade them. After the police shooting of a man in the Qing’an railway station in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, he paid his own way to go up to Heilongjiang and provide legal assistance to the man’s family and seek the truth about the case.
After Wang Yu (王宇) and her husband and son were taken into custody on July 9 of last year, Xie Yanyi was one of the first to go online and call for assistance. Even though he was also taken in by the police for questioning in the middle of the night, he refused to compromise. Instead, he stated: Even though he was put under tremendous pressure, he insisted on speaking up for Wang Yu and the Fengrui Law Firm. Soon his house was raided and he himself was “disappeared.” In August 2015, Xie’s mother passed away; in March 2016, his daughter was born . . .
Because I’m handling Xie Yanyi’s case and have come to have a much deeper understanding of his past, I’ve thought a lot and had countless discussions with friends about the choices we make in life as well as life’s meaning and value. I was paging through the copy of Roads of Faith that Xie gave me in an attempt to understand the trajectory of his thinking when I happened to notice the date of his inscription to me—July 11, 2012. Three years and one day later, he would be taken away from his home by police in the early morning hours and “disappeared” until this very day. Several hundred copies of Roads of Faith were confiscated from his home, perhaps becoming evidence for the authorities’ charge that he had engaged in “inciting subversion.”
While most of us might anticipate that China’s transition to democracy will come about as a result of elite power struggles, economic recession, or popular protest, people like Xie Yanyi long ago started to think and put into practice ways to make this transition possible. In this day and age, when there is so much cynicism and resignation in the face of tyranny, people like Xie Yanyi are really valuable. He represents the conscience, the courage, and the future of our nation’s people. Though we may have all faced the same kinds of difficulties as Xie Yanyi in the past, we have shrunk back from them whereas he stood firm. This willingness to stand firm makes his yearlong enforced disappearance a distillation of all the joys and sorrows others have experienced for over a decade. Through his loss of freedom, Xie Yanyi bears witness to the absurdity of claims to “govern the state in accordance with the law.”
It’s his family and children who have paid the most for these ideals, but the realization of those ideals will be a precious gift that he will bestow upon them.
Of all my interactions with Xie Yanyi, one scene is as clear in my mind as if it were yesterday: One summer day, we are standing on the sandy banks of the Tuo River in Luzhou, Sichuan, watching the sun set to west as the river flowed eastward toward the Yangtze. I sigh to think of the passage of time, the vastness of the universe, and how insignificant we humans ultimately are . . .
Liang Xiaojun
*Li Chunfu is also among the 709 detained lawyers. Zhang Kai was detained last August for representing churches in Wenzhou. He was released in March, 2016, following persistent international pressure.
Photo: Epoch Times.
Liang Xiaojun (梁小军) is a human rights lawyer in China.
America and Europe’s Failure in Securing the Release of Lawyers and Activists in Connection With the ‘709 Incident’, Jiang Tianyong, July 17, 2016.
After Four Detainees of the ‘709 Incident’ Are Indicted, Chinese State Media Name Foreign News Organizations, a US Congressman, & Three Embassies in Beijing as ‘Foreign Anti-China Forces’, China Change, July 15, 2016.
The ‘709 Incident:’ some testimony from the human rights lawyer community, Eva Pils, July 8, 2016.
Biographies of Lawyers, Staffers and Activists Detained or Disappeared in the July 10 Nationwide Raid Against Rights Lawyers, July 23, 2015.
14 Cases Exemplify the Role Played by Lawyers in the Rights Defense Movement, 2003–2015, August 19, 2015.
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Our “Wine and Film” Podcast This Week: The Lives of Carrie Fisher & Debbie Reynolds
Posted on January 3, 2017 January 3, 2017 by gmcogill
This week on our “Wine and Film, A Perfect Pairing” Podcast on reVolver Podcasts, we took a break from new releases and great pairings, instead to celebrate the lives of two incredible women, lost tragically over the holidays. Listen to the show here, clicking “episode 28,” and be sure to subscribe through iTunes, Google, Spotify or IHeartRadio. More notes on each of their lives below.
The back to back loss of Carrie Fisher and her mother Debbie Reynolds was so sudden it’s taken me a few days to shake off the unexpected sadness so I can thoughtfully reflect on and admire their remarkable careers. Both had personal issues and demons to overcome but I never felt they were “tortured” artists trying to find their way, just complicated, accomplished women.
I spent quality time interviewing Carrie and Debbie over the years apart from each other, over movies, books, and public appearances and at some point the conversation would always roll around admirably to each other. Both achieved super star status at a young age (19) never resting on past accomplishments. They were talkers, doers, intense, funny, and always generous in conversation. They laughed a lot and they always made eye contact.
I was in Tyler Texas in 1977 when I saw the first “Star Wars” film and couldn’t get it out of my head, returning multiple times and becoming culturally enraptured with Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, and Princess Leia. Carrie would write candidly about her honey bun experiences in books, on talk shows, and on stage in HBO’s painfully direct, “Wishful Drinking.” In her latest book, “The Princess Diarist,” she admitted to having an affair with Harrison Ford during filming. I wasn’t surprised.
Carrie Fisher was briefly married to Paul Simon, was engaged to Dan Akyroyd, and served as a”script doctor” for “The Wedding Singer.” She suffered from depression, was admittedly bi-polar, and participated willingly in a certain form of shock therapy called ECT.
She worked with Woody Allen in one of his best films, “Hannah And Her Sisters,” played a therapist in, “Austin Powers,” worked with Tom Hanks in, “The Burbs,” and I loved her opposite Meg Ryan in, “Sleepless In Seattle.”
Last night we re-watched, “The Force Awakens,” and I was reminded how some actors transcend age or personal drama to remain iconic. It felt satisfying and bittersweet to see an older Princess Leia greeting Han Solo by caressing his face and I think for the first time I understood how much affection goes into these films.
Two days after Christmas, Carrie Fisher, died much too young at the age of 60.
Sadly, her mother, Debbie Reynolds, immediately followed compounding the experience for most of us because a child passing before a parent always hits you in the gut.
Debbie grew up Mary Francis Reynolds in El Paso, Texas. Her mother took in laundry, her father was a ditch digger, and at the age of 7 they moved to California where 9 years later she would win the 1948 “Miss Burbank Beauty Contest.” She entered because they gave away “a silk scarf, a blouse, and a screen test to the winner.”
Two talent scouts served as judges, they flipped a coin, and it was on to Warner Brothers where Jack Warner re-named her “Debbie” because, “it was a cute name for a little girl.” She started working in the studio system, tried to get rid of her Texas accent, and her life changed at 19 when she landed the role opposite Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor in, “Singing In The Rain.”
It is an astounding film to watch and if you focus on Debbie Reynolds’ performance you’ll see she plays it stride for stride as one of the boys. “Singing In The Rain” was not critically acclaimed in 1952 as Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds weren’t even nominated for an Academy Award. Currently AFI lists “Singing In The Rain” as the #1 Musical of all time and #5 on the “Best Films” of all time.
Debbie Reynolds was nominated for an Academy Award for, “The Unsinkable Molly Brown,” was popular as, “The Singing Nun,” played Albert Brooks’ mother in, “Mother,” Liberace’s mom in, “Behind The Candelabra,” and provided the voice of Charlotte in, “Charlotte’s Web.” She also sang the Oscar-nominated title song in “Tammy & The Bachelor” topping the Billboard music charts for 5 weeks and making Debbie Reynolds the best selling female musical artist of 1957.
She half owned with NBC, “The Debbie Reynolds Show,” in 1969 and walked away from a two year contract after one year because she was personally against cigarette ads (Pall Mall) on her show and NBC wouldn’t budge. The ratings were enormous and at the time Debbie Reynolds was the highest paid female performer on television. She later called it, “one of the dumbest things she ever did in her life.”
Debbie Reynolds married Eddie Fisher in 1955 and were instantly labled “America’s Sweethearts.” They had two children (Carrie & Todd) but it ended in a widely publicized divorced (1959) as Eddie ran off with Elizabeth Taylor. She lost millions in her next two marriages to businessman Harry Karl (1960-1973) and real estate developer Richard Hamlet (1984-1996).
She bought the “Clarion Hotel & Casino” in Vegas in 1992, re-named it the “Debbie Reynolds Hollywood Hotel,” and the hotel filed for bankruptcy five years later. At one time she also owned one of the largest collections of movie memorabilia in the world, selling off most of her collection before her death.
I choose to remember her as a tiny, talkative, Hollywood legend, who couldn’t stop smiling. She knew more about movies and movie history than most of us and then there’s, “Singing In The Rain.”
She died the day after her daughter at the age of 84 on December 28th.
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Team of Volleyball Club of the RMUTL Phitsanulok
Publish : Friday 13 September 2019 By APINYA POOLTRUB จำนวนผู้เข้าชม 220 คน
Volleyball is a kind of sports which is considered as one of the most popular sports. In the past ten years, the volleyball society had been continuously developed both in national level having ongoing competitions and Male Volleyball Thailand League. These were the professional volleyball leagues in highest rank of Thailand established in 2006 which were under the management of Thailand Volleyball Association and Thai Volleyball Company Limited. In present, there are eight teams attending the competitions. One of them is the team of Volleyball Club of the RMUTL Phitsanulok. A part of the players were the students of the RMUTL Phitsanulok taking part in the first competition in 2014. In that year, they delivered an excellent performance and awarded the Volleyball Championship Thailand League which were the combination of talented students in sports and outstanding performance. They had an opportunity to join the main Thai national team to make the reputation for the university. Not only were the students of the team responsible for their study, but they also needed to manage the time to be professional athletes which they needed to do these two things at the same time.
We have so far had many athletes who graduated. In this issue, we will pursue the path of success in the Volleyball Club of the RMUTL Phitsanulok Province. It is the time to explore how the club formed and what is the future goal. The first one is the Team Manager, Associate Professor Decha Navanukroh.
Q: Can you tell me the beginning of the volleyball team of the Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna? How can this team be formed?
A: “The volleyball team of the Rajamagala University of Technology Lanna began in 2014. The team had 4 athletes who were Nara Chankaew, Amornthep Khonharn, Natthaphol Khambao, and Thanasak Pasanatae. All of them were the students of the Rajamagala University of Technology Lanna in Phitsanulok Province. At the same time, all of these four students were the athletes of the Volleyball Club Wing 46 Phitsanulok. The university promoted cooperation and announced support to the club which led to the Volleyball Championship of Thailand League. After that, there were an increase in the number of athletes started coming to study in the Rajamagala University of Technology Lanna in Phitsanulok Province. The team entered several competitions of the university which won many awards including the bronze medal in the exhibition round of the university’s sports at Suranaree University of Technology. For the excellent record, there were Championship and the gold medal in the university’s sports of the Rajamagala University of Technology consecutively for three years, and the University Games of Thailand in exhibition round at “Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University Game”. The most importance was that we were proud of our athletes who were our students. They had opportunity to join in the national team to participate in many competitions to gain reputation to the university.”.
Q: What is the goal of forming this team?
A: “In present, some athletes graduated. The Rajamagala University of Technology in Phitsanulok Province and the club created new athletes to replace the ones graduated. The undergraduate students from the Sport School of Phitsanulok continue their study with us. The Rajamagala University of Technology in Phitsanulok Province is still in coordination with the volleyball club and to support the students to have an opportunity to continuously take part in several competitions. If the goals of the team have been asked, we wish the team to succeed in both sport competition and in their graduation. We want the team to be a role model of attempt and responsibility. If we have intended and tried to do our best to all responsibilities, the success is not too far to reach. Today, we have the senior athletes; for example, Nara and Natthaphol, who were graduated students. They are the role models showing that they did the best for their responsibilities. They also believed that the ones having strong intention to do something will succeed.”.
Q: Why did you form this volleyball team since the last four years?
A: “Previously, I was a volleyball player of the Rajamagala which it was called Sports of Technology and Vocational Education. I started playing with Pathum Thani Provincial Agriculture Office in the first and the second time. When I was assigned to the post in Phitsanulok Province, I became the trainer to the volleyball players here. I truly love playing volleyball. I think the Rajamagala University of Technology in Phitsanulok has potential in forming the team. Therefore, I intend to support this team to gain reputation and to be well known so that the team can support athletes who are looking for the place to study to be the students here. The athletes studying here will study and play sports together.”.
Q: The proud of the volleyball team
A: “I want to make students to have discipline by using sports as a medium. All athletes in the volleyball team must have discipline and high responsibility in their routine. In each day, they wake up at 5 a.m. to practice, and take a shower at 7 a.m. after that they will get dress and go to study. They will start practicing after the school from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. They rarely have time for a break. I am so proud of them that they all have an opportunity to work in government agencies after they graduate, and have their own careers. Some of them have become sport players of the national team. They also make the reputation for the university and their families.”.
Q: In your opinion, what is the future of the team?
A: “I still intend to create students who love playing volleyball. Even though there are some issues such as, scholarship, the team supporter which the university has tried to provide the financial sources to the students for their future. I will try the best because the volleyball team is at least a dream for the talented students who have pay attention and attempt to do something. I believed that the success of practical graduates in the volleyball team will show that they are not only good at academic field, but they also have life experience gained from the competitions. Finally, they can adapt and apply in their future and be an important factor to develop country in the future.”.
Q: The support from the university is an important factor to form this team. How does the university support the Volleyball Club of the Rajamagala University of Technology Lanna in Phitsanulok Province?
A: “Assistant Professor Noppadol Trirat, Assistant Dean of the Rajamagala University of Lanna said that “The policy of the Volleyball Club of the Rajamagala University of Lanna in Phitsanulok Province has been continuously supported in the place for competition, the training place including the students who are the athletes of the club holding the competitions during the school term. The university supports the studying hours so that the athletes could finish their graduation in time and could fully spend their time on playing the sports. Today, we see that our students in the first badge who are the athletes has already graduated. This means the students could do both in studying and playing sports at the same time. The university supports students who are interested in joining the team. They can apply to study in the fields of their interests which the university will provide fully support to them.”.
Mr. Nara Chankaew, a newly graduated student, Major in Management, Faculty of Business Administration and Liberal Arts, the University of Rajamagala University of Lanna, was a former athlete of male volleyball in the national team in the Male Volleyball Competition in Asia for aged not over 23 years, the Universiade in 2014, and Championship in the 45th University Games of Thailand.
Q: What do you plan to do with the volleyball after you graduate in the future?
A: “After graduated, I pay attention more about the family business regarding the accommodation in Phetchabun Province. However, I have not yet abandoned playing volleyball.”.
Q: What experience do you gain while you are an athlete?
A: “Actually, we have to thank to being athletes because professional athlete makes us to have more discipline and responsibility. It is a very hard time when we need to study and be an athlete at the same time. We need to practice in every morning and evening, and need to go the study during the day. We have to attend every class and need to submit all assignments to the lecturers. It can be said that we are tired and feel it doubled when compared to our friends. My mother is worried and afraid that I could not study properly, but we proved that the result of our study was not bad. My mother gives me an opportunity to continue playing sports. Today, I am proud of our capability that I could succeed in everything I did. Many team members have already employed and obtained the military rank although they have not graduated yet, meaning that many of them have good opportunity from playing volleyball.”.
Q: What is the message that you would like to tell ones who have the same dream as you?
A: “I would like to share to everyone who has the same dream as mine that being an athlete and a student at the same time is not easy. You must have more responsibility than other peoples because an athlete is needed to be punctual, disciplined, and responsible. I believed that whoever you are – either an academic student or an activity student, and an athlete, you just need to fully pay attention and focus on your responsibilities. The capability of having responsibility and time management is important, and success is not far away from your dream.
Today, I am so proud that I graduated from this institute. I think that this place is a warm big family for life in university. I will apply a wide knowledge of my courses to my family business both in marketing plan in accommodation, work management, and living everyday life.”.
Amornthape Khonharn or June is a person who the Volleyball Club of the Rajamalaga University of Technology Lanna in Phitsanulok Province is very proud of him. He is an athlete in the national team who has a bright future and shows his talent in several competitions. He is currently studying in the Faculty of Business Administration and Liberal Arts, Majoring in Management, the Rajamagala University of Technology Lanna in Phitsanulok Province.
Q: How can you manage the time to study and to practice volleyball?
A: Both study and sport are the things that help people get developed to acquire knowledge and capability to achieve the goal of our future. Being a “good athlete” must strictly have discipline in time management. For example, you wake up at 5.30 a.m. to prepare yourself, and to practice sport between 6 a.m. and 7.30 a.m. After that, you will go to classes from 8.30 a.m. to 4 p.m. During the day, you will have to finish the assignments or projects assigned by the lecturers and do not procrastinate. We need to do practice again from 4.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Lastly, we can have some rest for relaxing to be ready for the next day.
Q: June has succeeded in a step of being an athlete. What would you like to tell the junior athletes?
Anyone who is interested in sports and would like to be a part of the Volleyball Club of the Rajamagala University of Technology Lanna in Phitsanulok Province can joint the team. Anyone who loves playing sports and wants to improve their skills can be a part of the team to strengthen the team together.
Educational management is the main mission of the university that need to be processed for creating qualified graduates to society. Sport is a part to support the educational management to be more effective. According to the speech of the King Rama IX “Sports do people, people do the nation”. This is because that sport is aimed to train people to be disciplined and to respect the rules of the society. Forming the Volleyball Club of the Rajamagala University of Technology Lanna in Phitsanulok Province has a clear objective to use the sports as a part of the learning activities outside the classes. The group of athletes could be represented as the role models of graduated students who are qualified and can adapt knowledge from the classes and experience from the competition field to develop the society and nation; and also, they can be good citizen and role models for the next generation of graduated students in the Rajamagala University of Technology Lanna.
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DOD's acquisition reform effort focuses on cybersecurity
By Mark Pomerleau
Kendall says cybersecurity is a “pervasive problem” for DOD.
With the latest version of its acquisition reform effort, the Defense Department is putting a sharper focus on cybersecurity while trying to maintain the unites States’ technological edge in the world.
The Defense Department released its Better Buying Power 3.0 in late 2014 with the idea of continuing its incremental improvements to acquisition and getting the most bang for the buck. Or as Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work recently described it, “the original goal of Better Buying Power, which was to do more without more, remains our overriding focus.”
At a keynote address at the Brookings Institute in Washington on Monday, Under Secretary of Defense Frank Kendall talked about the program’s evolution, saying that the Better Buying Power 1.0 was about best practices, 2.0 built upon these best practices and gave personnel the tools to make better judgements, and 3.0 includes a focus on technical excellence.
With technical excellence in mind, Kendall acknowledged in his address that DOD has a problem with cybersecurity, which was a key factor in issuing a third installment of Better Buying Power. “Cybersecurity is a pervasive problem for the department,” Kendall told reporters at the Pentagon last week. “It's a pervasive problem in the sense that it affects and is a danger, if you will, a source of risk for our programs from inception all the way through retirement.”
“[W]e are under attack in the cyber world, and we've got to do a better job protecting our things” such as the industrial base that houses databases and information, logistics support information, sustainment information, design information and tactical information Kendall said.
A few key points regarding cybersecurity outlined in a DOD memo released last week are focuses on securing the unclassified controlled technical information, which is potentially accessible through commercial interface, identifying the acquisition and technology programs that are most critical to “enabling U.S. technological superiority in order to focus our cybersecurity and protection resource” and the education of the DOD workforce on best practices in system security.
The notion of maintaining superiority is not new, but much of the cyber realm is still uncharted waters for DOD. Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has previously said that the military superiority of the United States does not carry over into the cyber realm, which is not to say that DOD isn’t taking steps to address this.
Kendall said changing the cyber landscape could start with education. Lauding the importance of science, technology, math and engineering education, Kendall stressed the necessity of fostering younger generations to be able to contribute to the security of the nation. “If we’re looking longer term, but for the sake of the country, for our economy, for our quality of life, as well as for our national security, it is very important that this country develop and nurture people who are going to go into these fields and contribute to our society,” he said. “The department has a limited role but it is a role that matters. You need to capture people young or you’re not going to capture them….It’s best if you start out and get those courses that you need to put you on the track to be a technical field early on.”
Mark Pomerleau is a former editorial fellow with GCN and Defense Systems.
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Following up on those Senate fundraising numbers
On February 15, 2012 By Dan KennedyIn Media, Politics
I have figured out why there is a disparity between the U.S. Senate fundraising numbers in Brian Mooney’s Boston Globe story today and in the chart that accompanies his story. It involves the difference between itemized contributions (those of $200 or more) and non-itemized contributions. (My earlier item.)
Mooney’s story mentions it, but it’s unclear from the context what the significance is. Now I understand it, thanks to some labeling that’s been added to the chart since this morning. The Globe’s metro editor, Jen Peter, walked me through it as well.
I’ll explain this with the numbers reported for Sen. Scott Brown’s Democratic challenger, Elizabeth Warren. Warren reported raising $5.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2011. That number comprises both itemized and non-itemized contributions. Mooney reported that 61.3 percent of Warren’s itemized contributions were from out of state.
Now let’s turn to the chart, to which the phrase “Itemized donations available from FEC” was appended sometime after my first post. Here we learn that Warren raised $1.2 million in itemized in-state contributions during the fourth quarter and $1.9 million in itemized out-of-state contributions. That’s a total of $3.1 million. And yes, $1.9 million is 61.3 percent of $3.1 million.
What you can’t do, as I did earlier today, is take that 61.3 percent and apply it to Warren’s $5.7 million total. That’s because $2.6 million of that total is non-itemized, and thus there’s no way of knowing how much came from out of state and how much came from Massachusetts residents.
Bottom line: Brown beat Warren in itemized, in-state contributions by a margin of $1.5 million to $1.2 million. And we just have no way of knowing with respect to non-itemized contributions of less than $200.
Both Mooney’s story and the chart are accurate, but they are reporting different facts. Mooney does not mention Brown and Warren’s itemized totals; the chart does not mention their overall totals.
Much ado about not much? Yes. But it was a puzzle, and it reached a point where I was determined to solve it. So there you go.
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4 thoughts on “Following up on those Senate fundraising numbers”
Tony Schinella
I still think he should have used the comparative percentages in the sentence so they would be equal terms and the reader would understand the dynamic.
Scott Lazarowitz
Dan, why are you spending (or perhaps wasting) so much time on how much money is being donated to these politicians? I can’t believe all the time it must be taking you to go through all those numbers.
It doesn’t matter how much money these bureaucrats (or wannabe bureaucrats) receive or spend on the campaign trail. Let George Soros or some other left-winger fund Elizabeth Warren’s defeat of Scott Brown, and let Rupert Murdoch or some other “conservative” fund Scott Brown’s loss, oh well. They’re all the same, these politicians.
Both Warren and Brown supported the Dodd-Frank atrocity, in which many new business-stifling bureaucracies were created to stifle smaller businesses and protect the established ones, further pushing back economic growth.
And Scott Brown voted for the NDAA bill that Obama signed into law, that gives the President the power to arrest and detain indefinitely any American he chooses, without charges or even evidence to prove his accusations. Only in a banana republic can that happen. And I’m sure that Warren would have voted for it too, like most of her fellow Democrats in the Senate did.
So, I say, who the hell cares what their fundraising numbers are. Most people don’t even know about the NDAA policy, because the hacks of the mainstream media do not inform the people of what’s really being done to their freedom.
And I doubt that Jim and Margery will be discussing these politicians’ fundraising numbers, as they go lovey-dovey with Liz while Michael Graham and Jay Severin continue their man-crush love affair with Mr. Handsome-Face Scott Brown.
Christian Avard
Sounds like it came in under the wire and the copy editor didn’t have enough time to really read through it. How many times have been through that scenario?
C.E. Stead
FWIW, I have advocated for years for instant reporting. Why should you be able to accept ‘non-itemized’ contributions in the first place? It was different before there was on-line reporting, or before campaigns took credit cards which allow full reporting for even a $5 donation. We need transparancy, and it’s well within our reach.
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Dartmouth's Great War Fallen
Researching the Dartmouth men who died in the First World War
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Frederick John Widdicombe
Frederick John Widdicombe was born on 2nd December 1891 and baptised at St Saviours on 21st April 1891. He was the eighth of ten children of George Henry Widdicombe and his wife Margaret Pym.
George and Margaret married in St Saviours on 21st September 1871. He was a shipwright, the sixth child of Thomas Widdicombe and his wife Mary Ann. In 1851, Thomas farmed twelve acres at Swannaton, between Dartmouth and Stoke Fleming, and the family lived at Warfleet. Margaret was the eldest daughter of Daniel Pym, a river Pilot and fisherman, and his wife Sarah Ann, and came from Topsham.
All George and Margaret's children were baptised at St Saviours:
Sarah Ann, on 29th December 1873
Maud Eliza, on 5th July 1876
Albert George, on 30th January 1878 (born 24th December 1877)
th May 1880), William George (born 4th February 1883), and George Thomas (born 30th November 1885), all baptised together on 17th February 1886
Beatrice Margaret, on 26th August 1888 (born 1st August 1888)
Frederick John, as above
Herbert Victor, on 19th April 1894 (born 14th February 1894)
Leslie Alfred, baptised privately on 20th May 1895, and buried seven days later at St Clements Townstal, aged 5 months
Frederick was first recorded in the 1901 Census. By that time the family had moved to Coombe, to the north of the town. Although three of the girls had left home, Frederick's three elder brothers were still at home. All worked as shipwrights or (in George's case) as a labourer in a shipyard (the census does not specify which yard).
George died in January 1903, soon after Frederick's twelfth birthday. However, Margaret kept her family together; by the time of the 1911 Census, they lived in Coombe Yard, and all five of her sons were still at home. Frederick was the only one who did not work in a shipyard; he was a gentlemen's servant, at the Royal Naval College at the top of the hill above Coombe.
Frederick's service papers have not survived, but his name is listed in the Dartmouth Chronicle in their very first list of "Dartmouth patriots who have responded to the National Call to Arms during the present great European War", published on 11th September 1914. Along with a large group of men who came forward at a recruiting meeting held in Dartmouth on 3rd September 1914, Frederick joined the 8th Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment, the first of the "Kitchener" or Service Battalions to be formed by the Regiment. Also in the group was John Samuel Webber, also killed in action during the Battle of Broodseinde (though by that time, Frederick was no longer in the 8th Devons).
Because of the large numbers of Dartmouth men joining them, both early in the war and later, the 8th Devons' experiences may be followed through stories we have published so far:
from their formation to early September 1915: Andrew Prettyjohn
the Battle of Loos, 25th September 1915 in which eight Dartmouth men died
from Loos to early February 1916: George Burnell
the Battle of the Somme, to September 1916: William Marks Carpenter and Charles Chase
On 5th September 1916, while still in the Devonshire Regiment, Frederick's name appeared in a casualty list published in The Times, as "wounded - shellshock". (This cannot have been the incident of the same date in which William Marks Carpenter was killed, but must have occurred earlier, presumably during the fighting in July - the 8th Devons had a long rest period during August 1916). How seriously he was affected, where he was treated, and how long he was out of the fighting, is not known. It is likely, however, that he was transferred to the 1st Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry on recovery.
The 1st Somerset Light Infantry, as a regular battalion, went to France in August 1914. They had fought in the Battle of the Marne and of the Aisne in September 1914, in the first battle of Ypres in 1914, the second battle of Ypres in 1916, and had taken part in the first day of the Battle of the Somme, when they sustained very heavy casualties. They were then sent back to Ypres, where on 10th August 1916 they suffered yet further casualties from a phosgene attack at very short range.
In October 1916, they returned to the Somme, where they spent the winter; in 1917, they fought in the Battle of Arras, remaining in the Arras sector for several months, before moving back to Flanders in October 1917.
On 30th August 1917, whilst on a period of leave, Frederick married Elizabeth Jane Saunders, at St Saviours. They both gave their address at the time of their marriage as 43 Clarence Street.
Elizabeth was the youngest daughter of James Saunders and Ann Maria Beal, and was born in Marldon, near Paignton. She had a Dartmouth connection through her mother - James, a labourer, from Denbury, and Ann Maria, from Dartmouth, had married at St Saviours in 1878. At the time of the 1911 Census, Elizabeth, aged 15, was already at work. She was the maid to Miss Heroine Davy and her companion, at "Capodimonte", Paignton, Devon.
Frederick and Elizabeth's married life can have been only a few weeks at most.
The Third Battle of Ypres
The Third Battle of Ypres had begun on 31st July 1917 - for the background to this offensive, see the story of William John Farrow Bates, of the 2nd Devons, killed on the first day while attacking east of the city.
On 25th August, General Haig transferred responsibility for planning the next stage of the offensive to General Plumer, commanding Second Army, from General Gough, commanding Fifth Army. General Plumer first wanted three weeks preparation, before a series of "bite and hold" attacks, in four steps, each followed by a six-day pause, to allow for consolidation, defence against any counter-attack, and preparation of the next step.
The first step, now called the Battle of Menin Road, had begun on 20th September, in good weather, and - broadly - achieved its objectives. After the requisite six days, the next step, now called the Battle of Polygon Wood, was launched on 26th September. Although an attack by the Germans intended to disrupt preparations had some success, the front was pushed forward another 1000-1250 yards. In the third step on 4th October, the Second Army attacked the Broodseinde Ridge, the Zonnebeke Spur and Gravenstafel Spur, whilst the Fifth Army (including 1st Somerset Light Infatnry) alongside them to the north moved on Poelcappelle.
Battle of Broodseinde
The Somerset Light Infantry were part of 4th Division, which attacked towards Poelcapelle, east of Langemarck. From the correspondence published in the Dartmouth Chronicle after his death, we know that, by the time of the battle, Frederick was attached to the Machine Gun Corps. Further research is required to establish which Machine Gun company was involved - it evidently sustained heavy casualties (see below).
On 26th October 1917, the Dartmouth Chronicle carried the news of Frederick's death. The news arrived at the same time as that of another double bereavement, that of the Hearn family (Leonard Hearn was killed on 18th October 1917), and also at the same time as the death of John Samuel Webber, already referred to. News of yet further bereavements were to come, in what was called "Dartmouth's Terrible Week", with a treble bereavement in the Burnell family (see the story of Edwin Burnell, referred to above). The newspaper commented:
During the past week the sad side of war has been brought home to us as it never has before. Several Dartmothians have laid down their lives, and in two instances families have sustained double bereavements, losing two sons each within the last fifteen months. These are terrible days, and the sympathy of everyone in the town will go out to the bereaved ones, although language will fail in the adequate expression of it.
Frederick's death was reported separately:
Gunner Frederick Widdicombe
The circumstances relative to the death in action on October 4th of Gunner Fred Widdicombe of 43 Clarence Street are very poignant, owing to the fact that it is only two months ago since he came home on leave and was married. He was one of the first to join up in Dartmouth, as he offered his services to his King and country at that memorable meeting on the New Ground in September 1914. He was only 25 years of age, and was before the war on the personal service staff at the Royal Naval College. He was a member of an old Dartmouth family, his father, the late Mr George Widdicombe, having resided in Coombe Yard for many years. No particulars as to Gunner Widdicombe's death have yet been received beyond the bare official announcement. Sympathy is being everywhere expressed with his mother, young widow, four brothers and three sisters, all of whom (with the exception of a brother in East Cowes) are residing in Dartmouth.
Elizabeth's announcement read:
Widdicombe: October 4th, killed in action, Pte Frederick Widdicombe, --- Somerset LI, husband of Elizabeth Widdicombe, 43 Clarence St, Dartmouth, aged 25.
We cannot tell who next may fall
Beneath thy chastening rod
One must be first, but let us all
Prepare to meet our God.
The more particular information sought by the newspaper was provided on 23rd November 1917:
Neath the Roar of the Guns
Gallant Dartmothian's Last Resting Place
Mrs Widdicombe, of 43 Clarence Street has received the following letter from Lieut. Everard Manning concerning her husband, Private F Widdicombe ...
"I enclose a packet containing some of the personal belongings of your late husband. I must apologise for not writing sooner, but I myself was slightly wounded, and was unable to write until we came back to rest. It is with sincere regret and sympathy that I write to you concerning the death of your husband, Priv. F Widdicombe, No 30191, Somerset Light Infantry, attached Machine Gun Corps. He was attached to my section, and was a most promising gunner. He was admired and respected throughout the company as a soldier above the ordinary stamp. He was in every sense of the word a soldier and a gentleman. On October 4th the company took part in the battle of Broodseinde, and by the end of the day we had gained all our objectives, which enabled us to have the much-coveted Passchendaele Ridge. Your husband was on the way from company headquarters to join my section when he was killed by a large piece of high-explosive shell. He was buried close to where he fell, and he lies there with the roar of artillery overhead, near the village of Langemarck, in muddy Flanders. Alas! of my section of 40 gallant fellows, only eight came out alive. The officer commanding and officers of the company wish me to convey to you their deepest sympathy in your sad bereavement".
Frederick's grave was either later destroyed or not identified, for he is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial Wall to the Missing, which surrounds the Tyne Cot Cemetery. Tyne Cot was originally a barn, around which were several fortified "pill boxes"; it was captured by the 3rd Australian Division on 4th October 1917, during the Battle of Broodseinde, on the day Frederick died.
After the war, most surviving pill-boxes were dynamited by specialist contractors, and the material used to improve local road surfaces. However, the pill-boxes near Tyne Cot Cemetery were not destroyed, to prevent damage to graves, and were subsequently incorporated into the design of the Memorial.
Tyne Cot Memorial
In Dartmouth, Frederick is commemorated on the Town War Memorial and on the St Saviours Memorial Board.
Dartmouth Town Memorial
St Saviour's Memorial Board
History of the 1st Bn Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) July 1st 1916 to the end of the War, by Major V H B Majendie DSO, publ Taunton, 1921
Soldiers Died in the Great War refers to Frederick Widdicombe as "Frank" Widdicombe, which appears to be incorrect.
Frederick John Widdicombe is not the elder brother of Henry A Widdicombe (as suggested by another website).
Information Held on Database
Surname: Widdicombe
Forenames: Frederick John
Military Unit: 1st Bn Somerset Light Infantry
Date of Death: 04 Oct 1917
Age at Death: 25
Cause of Death: Killed in action
Action Resulting in Death: Third Battle of Ypres
Place of Death: Langemarck
Place of Burial: Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
Born or Lived in Dartmouth? Yes
On Dartmouth War Memorial? Yes
On St Saviour's Memorials? Yes
On St Petrox Memorials? No
On Flavel Church Memorials? No
In Longcross Cemetery? No
In St Clement's Churchyard? No
On a Private Memorial? No
On Another Memorial? No
This information was last updated on Saturday 07 October 2017 at 12:41:34.
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What Men Want Full Movie, Synopsis, Cast and Release
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Initial release:February 8, 2019 (USA)
Director:Adam Shankman
Screenplay: Tina Gordon Chism
Producer: Will Packer
Production companies: Paramount Players, Will Packer Productions
Abandoned for a deserved promotion, sports agent Ali Davis wonders what else she must do to succeed in a man’s world. Hoping to find the answers of a psychic, Ali drinks a strange mixture that suddenly allows him to listen to what men are thinking. Using his new skill, Ali begins to change the tables of his obnoxious male colleagues as he runs to sign the next basketball superstar.
1. Taraji P. Henson as Ali Davis
Taraji Penda Henso (/ tərɑːdʒi / tə-RAH-jee, born September 11, 1970) is an American actress, singer and author. He studied acting at Howard University and began his career in Hollywood in guest roles in several television programs before making his breakthrough in Baby Boy (2001). He received praise for playing a se x worker in Hustle & Flow (2005) and a single mother of a disabled child in David Curin’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; for the latter, he received nominations for the Academy Award, the SAG Award and the Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress; for the former, he received a Screen Actors Syndicate Award for outstanding performance by a cast in a film nomination. In 2010, he appeared in the action comedy Date Night and co-starred in the remake of The Karate Kid. Henson has also had an extensive and successful television career in series such as The Division, Boston Legal and Eli Stone. In 2011, Henson starred in the Lifetime Television movie Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story, which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for best leading actress in a limited series or movie. From 2011 to 2013, she co-starred Detective Jocelyn Carter in the CBS drama Person of Interest, for which she won an NAACP Image Award. Henson starred in the film Think Like a Man (2012) and its sequel to 2014. In 2015, she began acting as Cookie Lyon in Fox’s drama series Empire, making her the first African-American woman to win a Prize. of the Television of the Selection of the Critics for the Best Actress in a Drama Series. She also won a Golden Globe Award, and was nominated for two Emmy Awards, in 2015 and 2016.
2. Aldis Hodge
Aldis Alexander Basil Hodge (nacido el 20 de septiembre de 1986) es un actor estadounidense, mejor conocido por su interpretación de Alec Hardison en la serie de TNT. 2016 Figuras Ocultas, como Noah en la serie WGN America Underground….Hodge was born on September 20, 1986 in Onslow County, North Carolina. Both of their parents, Aldis Basil Hodge and Yolette Evangeline Richardson, served in the United States Marine Corps. Hodge’s
mother is from Florida, while his father is originally from Dominica. Aldis is the younger brother of actor Edwin Hodge. Hodge played the clarinet and the violin as a child, but as an adult, his attention is focused on the violin; He bought the first one at 18 years old. In addition to acting, Hodge designs watches, writings and paintings. In 2007, Hodge received the role of Alec Hardison on his 21st birthday. In 2010, he received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in Television for this role in Leverage. He is also one of the two actors who plays two different roles in two Die Hard films, the other is Anthony Peck. Wendy Anne McLendon was born in Bellflower, California, the daughter of Carolyn (née Lewis), an accountant, and David Robert McLendon, a former Coca-Cola casting conductor. She has a younger sister who is a therapist in Portland, Oregon. She was raised Baptist, and has Scottish and English ancestry. McLendon-Covey was raised in Long Beach, where he graduated from high school in 1987. He worked in a number of different retail jobs while attending Long Beach City College and Golden West College before enrolling at California State University, Long Beach, where He graduated with a degree in Liberal Studies and Creative Writing in 2000. “I did not graduate from college until I was thirty,” he told Marc Maron in 2017. “I had many stops and starts.”
3. Tracy Morgan
Tracy Jamel Morgan (born November 10, 1968) is an American actor and comedian best known for his seven seasons as a cast member on Saturday Night Live (1996-2003) and 30 Rock (2006-2013). He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2009 for his work on 30 Rock. He has appeared in numerous films as an actor and voice actor.
4. Wendi McLendon-Covey as Olivia
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5. Brian Bosworth as Nick
Brian Keith Bosworth (born March 9, 1965), nicknamed “The Boz”, is a former football player who played as a Seattle Seahawks linebacker in the National Football League (NFL).Bosworth played college football for the University of Okla homa, and it was a two-time All-American consensus. He gained fame and notoriety through his extravagant personality, controversial comments about the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and radical haircuts. Bosworth was less successful in the NFL, and injuries forced him to retire after three seasons.Bosworth attended the University of Oklahoma, where he played from 1984 to 1986. He was recognized as a first All-American team in 1985 and again in 1986. Known for his radical hairstyles and criticism of the NCAA, as well as for his game in the field, Bosworth embraced publicity and controversy. On more than one occasion, Bosworth referred to the NCAA as “national communists against athletes.” He wore a T-shirt with that slogan during the 1987 Orange Bowl game after the 1986 season. Unable to play in the game due to a positive steroid test, Bosworth revealed the shirt while staying away from the shock and indignation of the game. many, including his own coach, Barry Switzer. He stated that his use of steroids was medically prescribed by his doctor because of his injuries. While Switzer was known to handle a loose ship, this incident was too close for him, and dismissed Bosworth from the team.
6.Erykah Badu as Sister
Erica Abi Wright (born February 26, 1971), known professionally as Erykah Badu (/ ɛrɪkə bɑːduː /), is an American singer-songwriter. Badu’s career began after opening a show for D’Angelo in 1994 in Fort Worth; The executive of the record label Kedar Massenburg was very impressed with his performance and signed for Kedar Entertainment. Their first album
, Baduizm, was released in February 1997. It spawned three singles: “On & On”, “Next Lifetime” and “Otherside of the Game”. The album was triple platinum certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His first live album, Live, was released in November 1997 and was certified double platinum by the RIAA.
His second studio album, Mama’s Gun, was released in 2000. He generated three singles: “Bag Lady”, which became his first top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 reaching number 6, “Did not Cha know? ” and “Cleva.” The album was certified Platinum by the third album of RIAA.Badu, Worldwide Underground, was released in 2003. It generated three singles: “Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)”, “Danger” and “Back in the Day (Puff) “with ‘Love’ becoming their second song to reach the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, reaching the # 9 spot. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA. Badu’s fourth album, New Amerykah Part One, was released in 2008. It generated two singles: “Honey” and “Soldier”. The new second part of Amerykah was launched in 2010 and did well both critically and commercially. It contained the main simple of the album, “Window Seat”, that took to the controversy.
Paramount announced that it would be developing a remake of the 2000 Nancy Meyers film What Women Want.On November 14, 2017, it was announced that Taraji P. Henson would star in the lead role. On February 2, 2018, Adam Shankman signed on to direct the film. Max Greenfield and Tracy Morgan were also added to the cast.
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The Sheffields are on the verge of divorce, a traumatic event that is pushing their 16-year-old son to fall in love with an older woman, Odessa.
Initial launch: January 17, 2019 (USA)
Director: Melissa B. Miller
Music composed by: Dan Lipton.
Distributed by: Orion Pictures
There are no fireworks in all these little moments. A teenager named Howie becomes obsessed with an enigmatic blonde who sees every day on the bus. At home, his astute younger brother points to the bedding in a closet and says, “Dad went back to sleep on the couch last night.” But this film is up to the discreet ambition of its title. In her first feature film, screenwriter and director Melissa Miller Costanzo plays the finer narrations of Howie’s coming of age and the outcome of her marriage to unhappy and sad parents, and in sharp scenes makes those common stories feel fresh and real.
All these small moments
The adults in the cast are as nuanced and credible as the script. Molly Ringwald plays the mother, Carla, with a stern expression that signals all her pain and resignation while trying, without any success, to pretend to her children that the family is fine. Brian D’Arcy James creates a sympathetic portrait of a man who could have been the villain. He plays his errant but troubled husband, Tom, who seems to be mourning the way they have lost their romantic past, a genuine but useless feeling. Together, they contain a low-profile but heartbreaking scene in which Tom says he regrets messing things up, and Clara says she regrets that she stopped worrying about marriage a long time ago.
Like the mysterious woman on the bus, Jemima Kirke, with a boho look, silently records an underlying sadness. It turns out that his name is exotic enough to foster Howie’s dreams: Odessa.
One day, Howie (Brendan Meyer) catches her crying in silence. We can see in his face how alarmed he is, how much is out of his depth. It is one of the best scenes of Meyer, in a performance that is sometimes too restricted for its own sake.
Miller Costanzo gives all these characters little quirks and an off-center dialogue, enough to be distinctive and not enough to seem forced. That balance is one of the great strengths of the film. Tom agrees to meet his wife in a hairdressing salon. She appears, but then leaves when she learns that a hairdresser is her place of choice to talk about her marriage in ruins.
Howie shows the paradoxical combination of insecurity and will so typical of youth. Make a list of conversation topics for a possible meeting with Odessa. “Marina Abramovic?” Says the slightly smaller brother, Simon (Sam McCarthy), tearing the list out of Howie’s hands. Simon is not embarrassed by the name. “I can read a poster,” he says. But he knows better than his brother who is a stretch to start a conversation. McCarthy gives such natural and clever readings that he almost steals the film.
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“Either it ends or not,” Simon yells later to his parents. “I’ve been holding my breath for months.” McCarthy makes all this sound spontaneous. (I would like to see a sequel with him like that little brother with no sense.)
The most extravagant scenes are simply this part of the improbable. Howie’s friends spread the rumor that Lindsay (Harley Quinn Smith), a girl with whom she has been exchanging glances and short conversations at school, has impetigo, what they call “a meat-eating disease.” the stares, and for Lindsay to pull up her sweater, revealing her orange bra with polka dots, but not a single mark of flesh in her stomach.
Finally, Howie meets Odessa, whom he has been almost harassing, and who seems flattered by his obvious attention. After the meeting, a relationship that seems to be heading in a predictable direction takes a few different turns. Obsession, of course, is just a symptom of Howie’s unhappy mood and the precarious stage of life.
Miller Costanzo has worked in art departments in many films, and creates an experienced look, from the family home in Brooklyn with its ramshackle railing to the farmers’ market where Odessa sells vegetables grown on its roof. The fluid camera work of Adam Bricker introduces us to the life of the characters and the seemingly insignificant moments that mean everything, like the scene in which Howie and Odessa are side by side at a bus stop. He brushes her hand briefly, and she does not flinch.
There are some small lapses. Clara and Tom each have a scene, in the extreme foreground, in which they confront the camera and talk about their marriage. We can guess that they are in the office of a counselor, but the scenes are unnecessary. This is Howie’s voice-over hitting the end.
In a long episode, Lindsay tells Howie the truth behind the rumor about her. It’s a brutal story and Smith handles it well, but that’s the kind of flat exposure you fear in a small first movie. Here is a rare misstep.
Even if Howie is as good as Everyman, or Everyboy, which sometimes pales with the more vivid characters around him, those others are the perfect safety net for the movie. The debut of Miller Costanzo is more than promising. It should be a wonderfully made pitch for a brilliant career.
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olly Kathleen Ringwald is an American actress, singer, and author. She was cast in her first major role as Molly in the NBC sitcom The Facts of Life after a casting director saw her playing an orphan in a stage production of the musical Annie.
Born: February 18, 1968 (age 50 years), Roseville, California, United States
Children: Mathilda Ereni Gianopoulos, Roman Stylianos Gianopoulos, Adele Georgiana Gianopoulos
Spouse: Panio Gianopoulos (m. 2007), Valery Lameignère (m. 1999–2002)
MJemima Kirke is an English-American artist and actress.
She played Jessa Johansson on the television series Girls. She made her feature-length debut in the independent film Tiny Furniture, as a favour for her childhood friend Lena Dunham, although her actual film debut was in the indie short film Smile for the Camera.
Born: April 26, 1985 (age 33 years), London, United Kingdom
Spouse: Michael Mosberg (m. 2009–2017)
Children: Rafella Israel Mosberg, Memphis Kirke Mosberg
Parents: Simon Kirke, Lorraine Kirke
Harley Quinn Smith is an American actress.
Smith has appeared in the film Tusk and its spin-off Yoga Hosers, both written and directed by her father, filmmaker Kevin Smith. Wikipedia
Born: June 26, 1999 (age 19 years), Red Bank, New Jersey, United States
Residence: Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States
TV shows: DC Daily
Parents: Kevin Smith, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith
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Release. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 24, 2018. OnOctober 18, 2018, Orion Classics acquired distribution rights to the film. The film is scheduled to be released on January 17, 2019, by Orion Classics.
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Rating: 6.6/10 – 85 votes
A teenage boy’s infatuation with a woman he sees on the bus further complicates his already tumultuous adolescence.
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Molly Ringwald as Carla Sheffield.
Brian d’Arcy James as Tom Sheffield.
Brendan Meyer as Howie Sheffield.
Sam McCarthy as Simon Sheffield.
Harley Quinn Smith as Lindsay.
Jemima Kirke as Odessa.
Roscoe Orman as Dr. Rogers.
David Joseph Craig as Customer.
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A veteran of the Iraq war makes an energetic motorcycle trip across the United States and collects parts of his life that have been lost since he entered combat.
Initial release: January 11, 2019 (USA)
Director: Max Martini
Script: max martini
Producers: Max Martini, Michael Hagerty
Executive producers: Josh Duhon, Roger S. Haber.
Sergeant Will Gardner is an upcoming American film directed and written by Max Martini. The film stars Martini, Dermot Mulroney, Gary Sinise and Robert Patrick, telling the story of a disabled veteran of the Iraq War, Will Gardner, who suffers a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). who suffered while fighting. After a series of setbacks, he embarks on a motorcycle trip across the country to reunite his life and his family.
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“He had a purpose there.” “You also have one here.” FS is proud to present exclusively the official trailer for a film entitled Sgt. Will Gardner, another emotional drama about soldiers returning home from the war with post-traumatic stress disorder, struggling to reintegrate into society. The actor Max Martini writes, directs, produces and stars in this film as Will Gardner, a veteran of the Iraq war who undertakes a motorcycle trip across the country with the plan to meet his young son.
“My hope with Sergeant Will Gardner is to raise awareness about the ongoing battles facing the returning soldiers,” said Martini, whose production company, Mona Vista Productions, will donate a portion of the film’s proceeds to three charities that support Veterans who suffer from Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), PTSD and veteran homeless people: Higher Ground, Warriors Heart and the Gary Sinise Foundation. The film is also co-starring Lily Rabe, Bordonada Luis, Dermot Mulroney, Elisabeth Röhm, Omari Hardwick, Gary Sinise, JoBeth Williams, Holt McCallany and Robert Patrick. Look down.
Sergeant Will Gardner tells the story of Iraq war veteran Will Gardner (Max Martini) who suffers a traumatic brain injury (TBI) suffered with his platoon while in combat. His injuries make it difficult for him to reintegrate into society. After a series of setbacks, he embarks on a motorcycle trip across America with the goal of reuniting with his son. Throughout his journey, he tries to collect the pieces of life he has lost since returning from combat. His post-traumatic stress disorder causes frequent flashbacks to the Iraq war, which he survives by having frequent conversations with Sam (Omari Hardwick), his best friend and warmate. Sergeant Will Gardner is written, directed and produced by American actor-turned-filmmaker Max Martini, directing his second feature film after having done Desert Son in 1999 before. Cinedigm will launch Martini’s sergeant. Will Gardner in select theater + in VOD from January 11 right at the beginning of the New Year.
Cinedigm has unleashed this poster and this new trailer of this harrowing film of perseverance and redemption, “Sergeant. Will Gardner “, starring Max Martini and Omari Hardwick
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From Cinedigm Corp comes the inspiring new drama, SGT. GARDNER Movie stars, Max Martini (13 HOURS, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS) as Will Gardner, a veteran of the Iraq war, who embarks on a motorcycle trip across America hoping to reconcile with his young son and his former wife (Elisabeth Röhm (“Law & Order”) Written and directed by Martini, the film expertly describes the challenges and setbacks that many veterans experience once they return home, while Gardner navigates the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder and a traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Omari Hardwick (Power, SORRY TO BOTHER YOU) joins Martini to lead a talented cast, which includes strong performances by Lily Rabe (“American Horror Story”), Dermot Mulroney (INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 3), Robert Patrick (“Scorpion” , TERMINATOR 2), JoBeth Williams (POLTERGEIST), Luis Bordonada (BARRACUDA), Leo Martini (EDGE) and Gary Sinise (“CSI: New York”, FORREST GUMP).
“My hope with the SGT. WILL GARDNER is raising awareness about the ongoing battles facing returning soldiers, “said Martini, whose production company, Mona Vista Productions, will donate a portion of the film’s proceeds to three charities that support veterans who suffer injuries. Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Homeless Veterans: Higher Ground, Warriors Heart and the Gary Sinise Foundation.
SGT. Will Gardner tells the story of Iraq war veteran Will Gardner (Max Martini) who suffers a traumatic brain injury (TBI) suffered with his platoon while in combat. His injuries make it difficult for him to reintegrate into society. After a series of setbacks, he embarks on a motorcycle trip across America with the goal of reuniting with his son. Throughout his journey, he tries to collect the pieces of life he has lost since returning from combat. His post-traumatic stress disorder causes frequent flashbacks to the Iraq war, which he survives by having frequent conversations with Sam (Omari Hardwick), his best friend and warmate. Martini (13 hours, Captain Phillips) also wrote the script and directs the film.
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Born October 31, 1963 (age 55)
Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Residence Los Angeles, California
Occupation Actor
Years active 1986–present
Spouse(s) Catherine Keener
(m. 1990; div. 2007)
Tharita Cesaroni-Catulle (m. 2008)
Lily Rabe is an American actress. She received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance as Portia in The Merchant of Venice.
Born: June 29, 1982 (age 36 years), New York City, New York, United States
Children: 1
Partner: Hamish Linklater (2013–)
Parents: Jill Clayburgh, David Rabe
Maximilian Carlo “Max” Martini is an American film, theater and television actor known for his roles as Corporal Fred Henderson in Saving Private Ryan, Wiley in Level 9, First Sergeant Sid Wojo in The Great Raid, and as Master Sergeant Mack Gerhardt on the military television drama, The Unit.
Born: December 11, 1969 (age 49 years), Woodstock, New York, United States
Spouse: Kim Restell (m. 1997)
Children: Sean Carlo Martini, Leo Martini
Upcoming movies: Sgt. Will Gardner, Eli
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Will Gardner” is being released in select theaters and VOD/Digital on January 11, 2019. synopsis: SGT. Will Gardner tells the story of Will (Max Martini), an Iraq War veteran who suffers from a traumatic brain injury (TBI) sustained in combat that is making it difficult for him to reintegrate into society.
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Rating: 2.5 – 6 votes
A troubled Iraq War veteran struggling to reintegrate into society sets out on a cross-country journey with the hope of reuniting with his young son.
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Lily Rabe … Mary-Anne Mackey
Gary Sinise … Larry
Max Martini … Will Gardner
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After being diagnosed with serious health problems, a woman goes on a road trip in her motorized wheelchair to look for her estranged son. His life changes when he meets a handsome cowboy.
Initial launch: January 4, 2019 (USA)
Director: Rod McCall
Script: Rod McCall
Music composed by: Brian Ralston
Cinematography: Colemar Nichols
Producers: J. Todd Harris, Greg Clonts
Being Rose
Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to Rod McCall’s romance “Being Rose,” starring Cybill Shepherd, James Brolin and Pam Grier, which Variety has exclusively learned.
The movie will be available in theaters and on request on January 4. Shepherd plays a former policeman who is diagnosed with serious health problems and goes on a wheelchair trip to find his estranged son. On the way, she falls in love with the cowboy character of Brolin, who has reached a crossroads of his own.
“I consider ‘Being Rose’ to be the crown jewel of my career,” said Shepherd. “Rod McCall, who wrote and directed the film, is one of the best directors I’ve had the privilege to work with.”
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Born Cybill Lynne Shepherd
February 18, 1950 (age 68)
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Occupation Actress, singer
Spouse(s) David Ford
Bruce Oppenheim
Children 3, including Clementine Ford
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Born Craig Kenneth Bruderlin
July 18, 1940 (age 78)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Residence Malibu, California, U.S.
James M. Brolin
Craig J. Brolin
Alma mater University High School
Occupation Actor, producer, director
Home town Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Spouse(s) Jane Cameron Agee
Jan Smithers
(m. 1998)
Children 3, including Josh Brolin
Born Pamela Suzette Grier
May 26, 1949 (age 69)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
Education East High School
Metropolitan State College
Occupation Actress
Known for Coffy, Foxy Brown, Sheba Baby, Friday Foster, Jackie Brown
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Partner(s) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar[1]
Freddie Prinze[2][1]
Awards San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress – Jackie Brown
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Initial release: January 4, 2019 (USA)
McCall said: “When I started” Being Pink, “the comedic and dramatic possibilities of an ex-cop’s story on a road trip seemed delicious: the cast of seasoned professionals, Cybill Shepherd, James Brolin and Pam Grier, and the superb location from New Mexico, they made the film a real pleasure, we are very excited to partner with Gravitas Ventures to bring the film to such a broad audience. ”
The Czech central state budget will be balanced at the end of the year, beating forecasts for a deficit of 50 billion crowns ($2.22 billion), Finance Minister Alena Schillerova said.
The budget has been boosted by a growing economy and unemployment at a two-decade low, increasing wages. The government, though, has faced criticism from some economists for running deficits and adding higher spending commitments to future budgets.
A widowed ex-cop discovers that she may have a life threatening illness, and decides to go on a solo road trip in a motorized wheelchair to explore the beauty of the Southwest. On her journey, Rose discovers more than just the simple beauty of New Mexico when she meets — and falls in love with — Max, an old cowboy who comes to a crossroads of his own. Sometimes love takes the backroads.
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Pam Grier … Lily
Cybill Shepherd … Rose
Amy Davidson … Ashley
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“For the new season both Cameran and Shep got a big bump in their salary,” a show insider snitched to Radar about the Bravolebrities.
“Before this everyone was making the same amount, $25,000 an episode, which came out to $425,000 for the last season. But after the drama of last season Cameran and Shep each got a huge raise.”
Gravitas Ventures acquires the Irish comedy ‘Lost & Found’
Cybill Shepherd says that Leslie Moonves made romantic advances
Tony Piantedosi, director of acquisitions at Gravitas Ventures, negotiated the deal with Greg Clonts on behalf of the filmmakers.
Booboo Stewart has been chosen for the lead role in the independent thriller “Ryder,” with the launch of the main photography in the early summer of 2019 in Lucerne Valley and Big Bear, California.
“Ryder” is directed by Ian Clay from his own script about an outcast teenager from Texas looking for revenge after a horrible attack on his girlfriend by a city bully. Ken Morris of Cineglitch Entertainment will produce.
The project is based on Clay’s childhood in rural Alberta (including time spent on a First Nations Reserve) and fuses Western traditions with a contemporary young adult thriller set in a remote Texas town in the 1990s .
“The tone of the film really intrigued me and led me to the project,” Stewart said. “I love the stories with a ‘slow burn’ and really connected with Ian, I loved his version.
Stewart, of Blackfoot descent, is known for playing the werewolf Seth Clearwater in the “Twilight Saga” movies and Jay, Jafar’s son, in the Disney films “Descendents.”
Broadway Danny Rose is a 1984 black and white American comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen. Follow an unfortunate theatrical agent who, by helping a client, is dragged into a love triangle that involves the mafia. The film stars Allen as the titular character, as well as Mia Farrow and Nick Apollo Forte.
Broadway Danny Rose was exhibited out of competition at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival and received critical reviews from critics. It is considered one of Allen’s strongest efforts, being especially praised for Farrow’s performance.
The movie hits theaters on January 4 and I really hope it goes well. I do not know what the budget was for the film, but it was much less than the misery “Mortal Motors” that is currently accumulating at the box office. Large and swept is not always better than small and personal.
Before we got to the story some congratulations for the photography, the guys behind the goal did a spectacular job. In general, I have fun in the world of books, there is a term I use, “The Hook”. This is the device to keep the reader busy and you want to read the entire book. Being Rose employs the “The Hook” strategy in a spectacular way. The initial credits attract you and you are “hooked” on the trip.
The genre is cataloged as a comedy, and yes, some parts will make you smile, but it’s also a pretty sad movie.
At the center of the action is Rose Jones (retired police officer), her health is failing and we learn she is between 2 and 4 months old. Like John Belushi in Animal House, Rose decides she needs a road trip. Rose does not have a Cadillac, her choice of mode of transport is an electric wheelchair. ,
Love can happen in unlikely places and, indeed, Rose meets the farmer Max Hightower.
Okay, I hear you all whine that I have not named the actors, I think it does not matter who is in a movie, the important thing is the story and the flow. But for your movie the hawks.
Cybill Shepherd), goes on a road trip in a wheelchair to look for his separated son. On the way, she falls in love with Max (James Brolin), a handsome old cowboy, who has reached a crossroads of his own.
I give a very high note to this movie, if you have the opportunity, go see it. Even the trailer is function.
They have silenced me, “says Rose McGowan at the beginning of the trailer for her new television series, which premiered when black-clad actors began to fill the red carpet of the Golden Globes.” They have harassed me. They have embarrassed me. Like you.”Citizen Rose, one of E! S upcoming documentations, will offer viewers an intimate look into the life of the actress-bar-activist. As the #MeToo movement continues to gain strength in Hollywood, this project is extremely timely, especially considering that, as explained in the trailer, Rose McGowan was one of the first women to accuse former studio titan Harvey of raping Weinstein. (Weinstein has denied the accusations).
“I’m thrilled to partner with E to amplify my message of bravery, art, joy and survival,” McGowan said in a statement on the series’ initial press release, “When I prepared my book, Brave, I realized that I wanted to show how we can be cured through art, even when being persecuted by evil.I want to have a conversation with everyone, and especially with you, about seeing things differently and seeing beauty everywhere. And its impressive platform allows me to globally communicate the importance of living a brave life. “
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Sawyer is an ambitious university student with an excessive performance that has a seemingly bright future. While on her way to a job interview, a wrong turn leaves her trapped in the frozen forest. Suddenly, the young woman who has everything to live for is facing her own mortality when punished by the elements and persecuted by a band of ruthless outlaws. With no place to run, she is forced into an uneasy alliance with an enigmatic loner who has somber intentions.
Director: Jen McGowan
Screenplay: Julie Lipson
Music composed by: H. Scott Salinas
Story by: Stu Pollard
Producer: Stu Pollard
IFC Midnight has acquired the American rights to the thriller “Rust Creek,” starring British actress Hermione Corfield in her first leading role.
Jen McGowan, directed from a screenplay by Julie Lipson, based on a story by Stu Pollard from Lunacy Productions, which also produced the thriller.
The stars of “Rust Creek”, Jay Paulson, Sean O’Bryan, John Marshall Jones, Micah Hauptman, Daniel R. Hill and Jeremy Glazer. IFC Midnight is planning a theatrical release in January.
Corfield, whose credits include “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” plays an ambitious, high-performing college student with a seemingly bright future. While on her way to a job interview, a wrong turn leaves her trapped deep in the frozen forests of Kentucky, where she is punished by the elements and persecuted by a gang of ruthless outlaws. Now that she has no place to run, she is forced into an uneasy alliance with Paulson’s enigmatic solitaire.
According to the mandate of Lunacy Productions to support the filmmakers, most of the key roles in the film are occupied by women, such as the director of photography, production designer, colorist and sound mixer. The production was awarded a grant to the LA women’s fund.
“We are delighted to partner with IFC Films in the launch of this very special film,” said Pollard. “The whole team, with Jen at the helm, did an incredible job in very extreme conditions. We are very excited about the audience from all over the country to see the incredible performances of our cast. ”
The agreement for the film was negotiated by Arianna Bocco and Aijah Keith for IFC with Jay Cohen in Gersh and Elsa Ramo of Ramo Law working on behalf of Lunacy and the filmmakers.
“I’ll take you to a safe place” are the words you hear talking to Jay Paulson when you think he’s a bad guy. This sentence leaves you breathless and crossing your fingers so that he will take Hermione Corfield to a safe place and help her in the new “Rust Creek” trailer.
Corfield plays a college student, Sawyer, who gets lost on his way to a job interview. A wrong turn leaves her trapped deep in the Kentucky forest, where she finds a band of ruthless outlaws. Sawyer must defend against the hard elements until Paulson’s character, Lowell, comes to his rescue . She is forced into an uneasy alliance with Lowell, even though she has unknown intentions. It seems that he is on her side, telling her that if her cousins hear her scream from her trailer they will kill her, but we will have to watch the movie to discover who she really is.
The story of “Rust Creek” was written by Stu Pollard, with the script written by Julie Lipson. The film is directed by Jen McGowan, who is best known for directing “Kelly and Cal,” which premiered at SXSW, where she won the Gamechanger Director Award.
With a release date of January 2019, this is one of the first films of the year that is directed by a woman, although 2019 is shaping up as a great year for the directors. While McGowan was not on our list of 15 filmmakers who could direct horror in response to Jason Blum’s comments, based on this breakthrough, he’s definitely showing Blum how it’s done.
Starring alongside Corfield and Paulson are Jeremy Glazer, Denise Dal Vera, Micah Hauptman, Daniel R. Hill and Jake Kidwell.
“Rust Creek” hits theaters and VOD on January 4, 2019.
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Hermione Isla Conyngham Corfield is an English actress.
She has appeared in such movies as Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Mr. Holmes, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, xXx: Return of Xander Cage, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
Born: December 19, 1993 (age 25 years), London, United Kingdom
TV shows: The Halcyon
Parents: Richard Corfield, Emma Willis
Siblings: Kai Corfield, Isadora Corfield
Sean O’Bryan
Sean Michael O’Bryan is an American film and television actor from Louisville, Kentucky. He attended and graduated from St. Xavier High School.
Born: September 10, 1963 (age 55 years), Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Spouse: Samantha Follows (m. 1995)
Education: Saint Xavier High School
Children: Rowan O’Bryan, McKayla O’Bryan
TV shows: Brother’s Keeper, Persons Unknown, Pig Sty, Abby
John Marshall Jones is an American actor.
Born: July 5, 1962 (age 56 years), Detroit, Michigan, United States
Height: 1.9 m
Spouse: Vanessa A. Williams (m. 2007)
Upcoming movie: The Curse of La Llorona
Children: John Marshall Jones Jr
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Rust Creek is an upcoming 2019 independent thriller directed by Jen McGowan, based on an original story by Stu Pollard. The film stars Hermione Corfield in her first role as a central character in a feature film. The film is scheduled for release on4 January 2019.
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Rating: 7.5/10 – 30 votes.
An overachieving college student gets lost on her way to a job interview. A wrong turn leaves her stranded deep in the Kentucky forest. The woman must defend herself against the harsh
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Alexie Gilmore. as Kelly.
Bryce Johnson. as Jim.
Laura Montagna. as Missing Woman.
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A kidnapping, broadcast live on social networks, becomes the judgment of a judge who presided over a failed criminal case. This time, however, the public plays a judge and jury, deciding whether the judge himself lives or dies.
Director: Wilson Coneybeare
American Hangman is a thriller built around a relentless ticking clock and a deadline and verdict that are fast approaching. A kidnapping, broadcast live on social networks, becomes the judgment of a judge who presided over a failed criminal case. This time, however, the public plays a judge and jury, deciding whether the judge himself lives or dies.
You have no right to prove this case! “Aqute Media & Vertical Entertainment has unveiled the first trailer for a psychological thriller called American Hangman, another game on the web that is the perfect place to take advantage of viewers who also want to see something.” The movie is a thriller based on a “Tick-tock clock and a deadline and verdict that is fast approaching.” A kidnapping, broadcast live over the Internet, becomes the judgment of a judge who presided over a failed criminal case.The public plays the judge and the jury , deciding if the judge himself lives or dies, Donald Sutherland stars, with Vincent Kartheiser, Oliver Dennis and Paul Braunstein, it seems convincing and terrifying.
An unidentified man publishes a feed live on social networks that shows he has kidnapped two strangers and intends to kill one before the end of the day. Your intention is to have a “trial” of online capital. As the authorities recognize what is happening, it becomes clear that the online public will act as judge and jury.
American Hangman is written and directed by writer / filmmaker Wilson Coneybeare, makes his second feature film after directing A Ted Named Gooby before and creates the television series “Timeblazers”, “Monster Warriors” and “Majority Rules” above. Aqute media and vertical ent. will launch Coneybeare’s American Hangman in selected theaters + on VOD from January 4, 2019 at the beginning of next year.
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Donald McNichol Sutherland OC is a Canadian actor whose film career spans more than five decades.
Sutherland rose to fame after starring in a series of successful films including The Dirty Dozen, M*A*S*H, … Wikipedia
Born: July 17, 1935 (age 83 years), Saint John, Canada
Spouse: Francine Racette (m. 1972), Shirley Douglas (m. 1966–1970), Lois Hardwick (m. 1959–1966)
Children: Kiefer Sutherland, Rossif Sutherland, Rachel Sutherland, Angus Sutherland, Roeg Sutherland
Upcoming movie: Ad Astra
Vincent Paul Kartheiser is an American actor.
He is best known for his roles as Connor on The WB television series Angel and as Pete Campbell on the AMC television series Mad Men, for which he received … Wikipedia
Born: May 5, 1979 (age 39 years), Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Spouse: Alexis Bledel (m. 2014)
Awards: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series,
Joanne Boland
Born: November 27, 1975 (age 43 years), Brampton, Canada
Spouse: Dylan Trowbridge (m. 2003)
American Hangman is set for release on January 4th. The post Poster and trailer for political thriller American Hangman starring Donald Sutherland appeared first on Flickering Myth.
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A homicide detective teams up with a criminal profiler to catch a serial killer whose crimes are inspired by the children’s game Hangman.
Director: Johnny Martin
Writers: Michael Caissie, Charles Huttinger
Stars: Al Pacino, Karl Urban, Brittany Snow
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Vincent Kartheiser … Henry David Cole
Oliver Dennis … Lieutenant Roy
Paul Braunstein … Ron
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Initial release: February 14, 2019 (USA)
Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson
Music composed by: Jon Brion, John Debney.
Screenplay: Erin Cardillo, Dana Fox
Producers: Todd Garner, Gina Matthews
Natalie is an architect from New York who works hard to get noticed in her work, but is more likely to deliver coffee and rolls than to design the next skyscraper in the city. Things go wrong in strangers when they knock her unconscious during a subway robbery and wake up magically to find herself in an alternate universe. Always cynical about love, Natalie’s worst nightmare soon becomes a reality when she suddenly discovers that she is playing the protagonist of a real-life romantic comedy.
For a long time, Natalie, an Australian architect living in New York City, had always believed that she had seen in rom-coms is all fantasy. But after thwarting a mugger at a subway station only to be knocked out while fleeing, Natalie wakes up and discovers that she is self-aware of her existence in a “PG-13 Universe” and must escape every cliché in order to finally fall in love and achieve the happily ever after that will bring her back to reality.
1. Rebel Wilson as Natalie, an Australian architect from New York
Rebel Melanie Elizabeth Wilson (born 2 March 1980) is an Australian actress, writer, and producer. After graduating from the Australian Theatre for Young People in 2003, she began appearing as Toula on the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) comedy series Pizza and the sketch comedy series The Wedge. In 2008, Wilson wrote, produced and starred in the musical comedy series Bogan Pride. The following year, she won the Tropfest best actress award for her role in Bargain and made a guest appearance in City Homicide. Shortly after moving to the United States, Wilson was cast as Brynn in the feature film Bridesmaids. Wilson also appeared in A Few Best Men, What to Expect When You’re Expecting and Struck by Lightning, leading Variety to name her one of their “Top Ten Comics to Watch for 2011”. She also appeared as Becky in Bachelorette and starred in the musical comedy Pitch Perfect film series as Fat Amy, a role that earned her several award nominations and wins, including the MTV Best Breakthrough Performance Award and a Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress. She has also created and starred in Super Fun Night, a television comedy that aired for one season on ABC.
2. Liam Hemsworth as Blake, a client and one of two love interests in Natalie’s life.
Liam Hemsworth (born 13 January 1990) is an Australian actor. He played the roles of Josh Taylor in the soap opera Neighbours and Marcus in the children’s television series The Elephant Princess. In American films, Hemsworth starred as Will Blakelee in The Last Song (2010), as Gale Hawthorne in The Hunger Games film series (2012–2015), and as Jake Morrison in Independence Day: Resurgence (2016).
Hemsworth was born in Melbourne, Australia, to Leonie (née van Os), an English teacher, and Craig Hemsworth, a social services consultant. His two older brothers are Chris and Luke Hemsworth, who also work as actors. His maternal grandfather is a Dutch immigrant, and his other ancestry is English, Irish, Scottish and German. Hemsworth has said that although there is competition for jobs among them, it is friendly: “We are brothers and we are always competitive, but it is a good thing, it pushes us and we are always happy when someone reserves something”.
When Hemsworth was in year 8, he and his family moved to Phillip Island, a small Australian island southeast of Melbourne. Hemsworth says he spent much of his time there surfing with his brothers. In March 2009, Hemsworth moved to the United States to continue his career there. He and his brother Chris stayed in the guesthouse of Chris’s manager, William Ward, before renting his own apartment in Los Angeles.
3. Adam DeVine as Josh, Natalie’s best friend and one of two love interests in Natalie’s life
Adam Patrick DeVine (born November 7, 1983) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and singer. He is one of the protagonists and co-creators of the series Comedy Central Workaholics, as well as House Party, by Adam DeVine.
He plays the role of Bumper in the musical films Pitch Perfect and Pitch Perfect 2 and Andy in the comedy Modern Family. Her other roles include Neighbors, The Intern, The Final Girls, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Game Over, Man! and when we met. He has expressed characters in films such as Ice Age: Collision Course and The Lego Batman Movie. DeVine has expressed characters in animated series Uncle Grandpa, Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero and Vampirina.
DeVine was born in Waterloo, Iowa, on November 7, 1983, the son of Dennis and Penny DeVine. In 2002, she graduated from Millard South High School in Omaha, Nebraska, where she grew up. [Citation needed] DeVine attended Orange Coast University, along with his friend and future co-star Blake Anderson. Later he moved to Los Angeles, where he began to work as a comedian and actor.
In June 1995, when he was 11 years old, DeVine was riding his bicycle down a street in . After waiting for three cement trucks to pass, a fourth truck, previously blocked by the opposite traffic, hit him. It went under the first two wheels of the 42-ton truck and slid 500 feet. He was unconscious, suffered a sharp shock and fell into a coma. He was taken to intensive care, where he woke up two weeks later.
4. Priyanka Chopra as Isabella, a yoga ambassador.
Priyanka Chopra (pronounced [prɪjaːŋkaː tʃoːpɽaː]; born on July 18, 1982), also known by her married name Priyanka Chopra Jonas, is an actress, singer, film producer, Indian philanthropist and Miss World winner. 2000. One of India’s best-paid and most popular celebrities, Chopra has received numerous awards, including a National Film Award and five Filmfare Awards. In 2016, the Indian government honored her with Padma Shri, and Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2017 and 2018, Forbes included her among the 100 most powerful women in the world.
Although Chopra initially aspired to study aeronautical engineering, he accepted offers to join the Indian film industry, which emerged as a result of the triumphs in his contest, making his Bollywood debut in The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (2003). She portrayed the protagonist of box office successes Andaaz (2003) and Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004) and received critical acclaim for her role in the 2004 thriller Aitraaz. In 2006, Chopra established herself as a leading actress of Indian cinema with leading roles in the highest-grossing productions Krrish and Don. After a brief setback, she was praised for playing a model with problems in the drama Fashion (2008), which earned her the National Film Award for best actress. Chopra won a broader recognition for portraying a variety of characters in the films Kaminey (2009), 7 Khoon Maaf (2011), Barfi! (2012), Mary Kom (2014) and Bajirao Mastani (2015), and appear in the commercially successful sequels Don 2 (2011) and Krrish 3 (2013). From 2015 to 2018, she played Alex Parrish on the ABC Quantico suspense series, becoming the first South Asian to headline an American drama series. Since then, Chopra has appeared in the Hollywood movies Baywatch (2017) and A Kid Like Jake (2018).
On May 23, 2016, it was reported that Rebel Wilson would act as Natalie in an untitled romantic comedy film by New Line Cinema, from an original screenplay by Erin Cardillo and rewritten by Dana Fox and Katie Silberman, while the producers it would be Todd Garner. , Grant Scharbo, and Gina Matthews. On March 22, 2017, Todd Strauss-Schulson was hired to direct the film, entitled Is not It Romantic, while it was revealed that a final draft of the script was made by Paula Pell. On May 10, Adam DeVine, who previously co-starred with Wilson in the first two films of Pitch Perfect, and Liam Hemsworth were chosen to interpret the love interests in Natalie’s life. Priyanka Chopra also participated in the film in May. On June 14, 2017, Betty Gilpin was chosen to play Natalie’s assistant, Whitney, and one of her best friends.
Isn’t It Romantic is scheduled to be released on February 13, 2019, by Warner Bros. Pictures.
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Isnt It Romantic Full Movie Watch Online, and Download, Film
Isn’t It Romantic es una próxima comedia de fantasía estadounidense-australiana 2019, dirigida por Todd Strauss-Schulson y escrita por Erin Cardillo, Dana Fox y Katie Silberman. La película está protagonizada por Rebel Wilson, Liam Hemsworth, Adam DeVine y Priyanka Chopra, y sigue a una mujer que, después de recibir un golpe en la cabeza, se despierta en un mundo donde todo se desarrolla como una comedia romántica. La película está programada para estrenarse en los Estados Unidos el 14 de febrero de 2019.
There is a magical alternative reality, a place where the most romantic comedies are located, where the apartments are always huge and the City of New York never smells like garbage. It is a mystical land full of comedic misunderstandings and improvised musical numbers, where everyone works as editors of magazines or architects.
The next Isnt it Romantic comedy is a return to that world, although with a twist: Rebel Wilson plays Natalie, a cynical architect who actively despises comedians and has considered them a fantasy. But when a fight with a thief knocks him unconscious, she wakes up in the middle of one, and is the protagonist.
“It’s like [Natalie’s] worst nightmare and I spent the rest of the movie discovering how the hell I’m going to get out of that,” Wilson, 38, tells EW with a smil
In true rom-com fashion, Natalie quickly finds herself in a love triangle entangled with a strange stranger, Blake (Liam Hemsworth), and her best friend, Josh (Adam DeVine), who is in love with a yoga ambassador played by Priyanka Chopra. . (What’s worse, Natalie is trapped in a Roman comedy PG-13: All curse and nudity is self-censorship). For Wilson, who is best known for stealing scenes in comedies like Bridesmaids and Pitch Perfect, this is an opportunity to finally get the spotlight.
“I do not think there have been romantic comedies where there’s a big girl as a protagonist,” she says. “They are usually chosen as the cheeky friend or partner.”
Wilson and director Todd Strauss-Schulson watched and returned to see dozens of romantic comedies to prepare; The film includes winks to classics like Pretty Woman, When Harry Met Sally and Notting Hill.
“It’s a romantic comedy about falling in love with yourself,” says Strauss-Schulson. “And it’s a romantic comedy about romantic comedies and the romantic stories we tell ourselves.”
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The Lego Movie 2 Full Movie – Watch Online On 4K™ MKV, HD
The citizens of Bricksburg face a new and dangerous threat when the LEGO DUPLO invaders of outer space begin to destroy everything in their path. The battle to defeat the enemy and restore harmony in the LEGO universe takes Emmet, Lucy, Batman and the rest of their friends to distant and unexplored worlds that test their bravery and creativity.
Initial release: February 8, 2019 (USA)
Director: Mike Mitchell
Producers: Dan Lin, Roy Lee
Production Companies: Warner Bros. Animation, Vertigo Entertainment, Warner Animation Group
Screenplay: Chris Miller, Phil Lord, Raphael Bob-Waksberg
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part is an upcoming computer-animated science fiction comedy movie [5] produced by the Warner Animation Group and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Direct sequel to The Lego Movie (2014), will be the fourth film of the franchise, which will follow the releases of the two spin-offs of the first film, The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Ninjago Movie (both released in 2017). Animal Logic returns, which provided the animation for all the movies in the franchise.
The film is directed by Mike Mitchell, [6] with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (writers and directors of the first film) who return as producers and writers. The direction of the animation is by Trisha Gum. [7] It will include the played roles of Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Charlie Day, Alison Brie and Nick Offerman, along with new additions to the cast, such as Tiffany Haddish, Stephanie Beatriz and Maya Rudolph.
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part will be released in the United States on February 8, 2019 in
Emmet, Wyldstyle and the rest of the LEGO Movie gang encounter strange new worlds and characters in the trailer and posters of The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part. The original LEGO movie hit theaters in 2014 and became a surprise commercial and critical success. Warner Bros. has since expanded the franchise to a cinematic universe that has yielded mixed returns so far. Case in point: last year’s split The LEGO Batman movie thrived at the box office and was good with criticism, but the LEGO Ninjago movie (which also came out in 2017) disappointed both critically and definitively.
Next up is The LEGO Movie 2, a direct sequel to the original LEGO adventure that was written by the LEGO Movie screenwriters / directors duo, Phil Lord and Chris Miller. The duo shares the credit of the writing in The Second Part with Matthew Fogel (Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son), but this time they could not make the attempts due to their commitment to Solo: A Star Wars Story at the time of the production. Mike Mitchell (Shrek Forever After, Trolls) directed the sequel in his place, with Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett and Alison Brie among those who repeat their voice roles of LEGO Movie for The Second Part. WB has released a full trailer for the film, before its release next February.
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Cold Pursuit | 2019 Full Movie Watch Online or Download
Cold Pursuit is an upcoming American black comedy action thriller directed by Hans Petter Moland, based on a script by Frank Baldwin. The film is a loose remake of the Norwegian film In Order of Disappearance, also directed by Moland, and starring Liam Neeson, Laura Dern, Emmy Rossum and Tom Bateman. The plot follows a snowplow driver who tries to take revenge on the gangsters who killed his son.
The film is scheduled to premiere on February 8, 2019.
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Based on: In order of disappearance; by Kim Fupz Aakeson
Distributed by: Summit Entertainment
Music composed by: George Howe
Nels Coxman’s quiet life comes crashing down when his beloved son dies under mysterious circumstances. His search for the truth soon becomes a quest for revenge as he seeks coldblooded justice against a drug lord and his inner circle.
Snowplower Nelson Coxman seeks revenge against a drug cartel in his Rocky Mountains hometown after his son is murdered by the gang.
Liam Neeson returns to action in the upcoming thriller, “Cold Pursuit.” The film marks the debut in the English language of the Norwegian filmmaker Hans Petter Moland and is a loose adaptation of his 2014 film “In Order of Disappearance”.
“Cold Pursuit”, originally titled “Hard Powder”, stars Neeson as Nelson Coxman, a snow plow who is responsible for avenging the death of his son after being killed by a drug cartel located in the Rockies. The cast includes Laura Dern, Emmy Rossum, Tom Bateman and William Forsythe. The role of Neeson in the original Moland film was played by Stellan Skarsgård.
Liam Neeson is convinced that his horse “Ballad of Buster Scruggs” recognized him
Neeson paused an action movie between “Cold Pursuit” and his latest star vehicle, “The Commuter”, to star in one of the stories from the Coen brothers’ Netflix anthology “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.” The movie will be Available in selected theaters and on Netflix next month. Neeson, 66, has become a defining facet of the action genre since “Taken” revitalized his career. The actor can be seen in a supporting role with Viola Davis in “Widows” by Steve McQueen, in theaters on November 16.
1. Liam Neeson as Nelson “Nels” Coxman
Liam John Neeson OBE (born June 7, 1952) is an actor from Northern Ireland. He has been nominated for several awards, including an Academy Award for Best Actor, a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leader Role, and three Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama. Empire magazine ranked Neeson among the “100 Most Attractive Stars in Film History” and “The 100 Best Movie Stars of All Time.” In 1976, Neeson joined the Lyric Players Theater in Belfast for two years. Then he starred in Arthur’s film, Excalibur (1981). Between 1982 and 1987, Neeson starred in five films, including Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins in The Bounty (1984), and Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons in The Mission (1986). He obtained a leading role with Patrick Swayze in Next of Kin (1989).
Neeson stood out when he starred in the title role in the Academy Award-winning film Steven Spielberg, Schindler’s List (1993). Since then he has starred in other successful films, including the lead role in the historical biopic Michael Collins (1996), the 1998 film adaptation of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, the epic space opera Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999 ), The biographical drama Kinsey (2004), the superhero film Batman Begins (2005), the suspense and action series Taken (2008-2014), the thriller and survival film The Gray (2011) and the historical drama Silence ( 2016). He also provided the voices of Aslan in the trilogy The Chronicles of Narnia (2005-2010) and the titular monster in A Monster Calls (2016).
2. Laura Dern as Grace Coxman
Laura Elizabeth Dern (born February 10, 1967) is an American actress. He received several awards, including four Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards.
Born to the actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd, Dern began a career as a full-time actor in the 1980s with roles in the dramas Foxes (1980) with Jodie Foster and Mask (1985). He continued to collaborate with David Lynch in several films, including Blue Velvet (1986), Wild at Heart (1990) and Inland Empire (2006), as well as the revival of Twin Peaks (2017). Dern received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for playing the titular orphan in Rambling Rose (1991) and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Movie for the film Afterburn of 1992. He received international recognition for his role in the adventure film Jurassic Park (1993). In 1997, Dern starred in the episode “Puppy Episode” of the comedy Ellen, in which Ellen DeGeneres appeared publicly.
After roles in films such as Citizen Ruth (1997), October Sky (1999) and I Am Sam (2001), Dern won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in Television for playing Katherine Harris in the television movie Recount (2008) and the 2012 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical Series for her role as Amy Jellicoe in the HBO Enlightened series (2011-2013). Dern continued to assume supporting roles in several successful films, including The Master (2012), The Fault in Our Stars (2014) and Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017); and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the biopic Wild (2014). Dern won the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and received another Golden Globe for her role as Renata Klein in the HBO series Big Little Lies (2017-present).
3.Tom Bateman as Viking
Thomas Jonathan Bateman (born March 15, 1989) is an English actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the television series Da Vinci’s Demons (2013-2015), Jekyll and Hyde (2015) and in the film Murder on the Orient Express (2017). Guatemala was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire. He acted in Sky TV’s 2013 television series, The Tunnel. He has 13 brothers, including a twin brother, named Merlin.
He appeared as Giuliano de ‘Medici in the television series 2013 – 2015 Da Vinci’s Demons. In 2015 he starred in the main character in the 10-episode British television series Jekyll and Hyde.
In 2017, he appeared in the comedy Snatched and as Bouc in the mystery film Murder on the Orient Express. In August 2018, he was announced as the main character of ITV’s Beecham House, which will air in 2019. His next film will be in February 2019, Cold Pursuit. He created the lead role in the original London production of Shakespeare in Love in 2014.
4. John Doman as Gip
John Doman (born January 9, 1945) is an American actor best known for playing Assistant Police Commissioner / Major William Rawls on the HBO series The Wire from 2002 to 2008, Colonel Edward Galson on Oz in 2001, Rodrigo Borgia on the international television series Borgia from 2011 to 2014, and Don Carmine Falcone on Fox’s Gotham show in 2014.
Doman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is a student at Northeast Catholic High School. [1] He graduated from North in 1962, was a football player of the Catholic League and a member of the school’s Hall of Fame. He received a bachelor’s degree in English literature from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966. While at Penn, he was a scholar for three years and began to defend himself with the Quakers football team from 1963 to 1965. He also obtained a master’s degree in business Marketing Administration from the Pennsylvania State University in 1972. Between his time at Penn and Penn State, he served in the United States Marine Corps, beginning with his enrollment at the Officer Candidate School in Quantico, Virginia. In March 1967 he was commissioned a second lieutenant and served in the 3rd Marine Division in the Vietnam War.
After graduating, he spent almost two decades in the advertising business, starting with SSC & B Advertising and Norman Craig & Kummel. He was one of the first six employees at TBWA New York when he debuted in 1977. He ended his 14 years at TBWA as Executive Vice President, Chief of Business Development, responsible for a new business program that resulted in honors from the Adweek Agency of the Year. in 1990. He went from advertising executive to full-time actor when he was released in an AT & T commercial in 1991.
In January of 2017, it was announced that Liam Neeson had joined the cast of the film, with Hans Petter Moland in charge of a screenplay by Frank Baldwin. Michael Shamberg will produce the film, while StudioCanal will also produce the film. In March 2017, Domenick Lombardozzi, Emmy Rossum, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Laura Dern, William Forsythe, Julia Jones and John Doman joined the cast of the film.
In November 2017, Summit Entertainment acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film. It is scheduled to be released on February 8, 2019 in the United States and on February 22, 2019 in the United Kingdom.
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Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church building
Part of Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church collection, 1940-2015
The Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church stands on the southeast corner of N. Vancouver Ave. and Fargo Street. It was originally built in 1909 for the Central Methodist Episcopal Church. Vancouver Avenue (established in 1944) purchased the building in 1951 and inhabits it still. The church was renovated and enlarged in 1957-1958.
World Forestry Center, Lewis and Clark Exposition, 1905
Footpath by roses, Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, Portland, Oregon, 1905
Handcolored photograph of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, Portland, Oregon, 1905
Dekum Building, Oregon Journal, Portland, circa 1906
Pioneer Post Office, Portland, Oregon, circa 1906
First Congregational Church, Portland, Oregon
H. W. Corbett house, SW 5th and SW Yamhill, Portland, Oregon, circa 1907
Henry Hahn house, 2636 NW Cornell Drive, Portland, Oregon
W. S. Ladd house, SW 6th and SW Columbia, Portland, Oregon, circa 1907
St. Stephen Catholic Church, Portland
Photograph of St. Stephen Catholic Church in Portland at what is now SE 41st Avenue and SE Salmon Street. The photograph was taken from the southwest corner of the church.
Mount Olivet Baptist Church
Photograph of the exterior of Mount Olivet Baptist Church at the corner of NE 1st Avenue and NE Schuyler Avenue in Portland. The building is now occupied by The Well Community Church.
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Portland
Photograph of the exterior of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, taken from the southeast corner. The church is located at what is now North Williams Avenue and North Rosa Parks Way.
Laurelwood Methodist Episcopal Church
Photograph of the exterior of Laurelwood Methodist Episcopal Church at what is now SE 62nd Avenue and SE Holgate Boulevard in Portland. The building is now the Mount Scott Learning Center.
First Unitarian Church, Portland
Photograph, taken from the side, showing the entrance to the First Unitarian Church at Southwest 12th Avenue and Southwest Salmon Street in Portland. The text “Unitarian Church” is written on the negative and is partially visible in the lower right corner of the image. Also see related image Nos. 372A1261 and 372A1262.
Photograph showing the First Unitarian Church at Southwest 12th Avenue and Southwest Salmon Street in Portland. Cars are parked on the street outside the church. The photograph was taken from Southwest 12th Avenue and the view is to the north. The text “Unitarian Church” is written on the negative and is partially visible in the lower right corner of the image. Also see related image Nos. 372A1260 and 372A1262.
First Presbyterian Church, Portland
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Photograph, possibly from a copy negative, showing First Presbyterian Church at 3rd and Washington in Portland. At the front of a church is a three-story square tower. Visible in the upper left corner is the handwritten text “First Presbyterian Church. / N. W. cor. 3rd & Washington sts.” Below that is a date that could be either “July, 1881” or “July, 1887.” Image note: Light leak on negative.
St. David’s Parish House, East Morrison Street, Portland
Photograph showing St. David’s Parish House, a wooden church with a spire. The church was on East Morrison Street (now Southeast Morrison Street) in Portland, just east of the intersection with 12th Street (now Southeast 12th Avenue).
Ross Island Bridge under construction
Photograph of the Ross Island Bridge in Portland during construction, probably in 1926.
St. Johns Bridge under construction
Photograph of the St. Johns Bridge in Portland during construction. The bridge opened on June 13, 1931. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.
Ship passing Steel Bridge
Photograph of a ship passing under the Steel Bridge in Portland.
View of 6th Street, downtown Portland
Photograph, taken from the middle of the road, showing streetcar tracks running down what is probably 6th Street, now Southwest 6th Avenue, in Portland. At left center is Terwilliger Garage. The number 3 is written on the negative and is visible in the bottom right corner of the image.
Building at 16th and Yamhill, Portland
Photograph of a seven-story building at the corner of 16th and Yamhill streets (now Southwest 16th Avenue and Southwest Yamhill Street) in Portland. A sign for the Hotel Mallory is visible at upper right. Image note: Photograph quality is poor due to extensive deterioration of the negative.
United States National Bank building, Portland
Photograph showing the front of the United States National Bank building in Portland and cars passing on the street. The photograph was taken from the corner of 6th and Stark streets, now Southwest 6th Avenue and Southwest Stark Street. The number 7 is written on the negative and is partially visible at the top of the image.
View of downtown Portland from top of Public Service Building
Photograph, taken from the top of the Public Service Building, showing downtown buildings in southwest Portland. A cropped version of this photograph was one of four published on Page 1, Section 3, of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, August 19, 1928. The photographs were published under the headline “Around-the-Weather-Vane Views of Down Town Portland.” They had the caption: “Portland’s imposing skyline when viewed from the top of the Public Service building, has many points of interest.” This photograph had the following additional caption information: “1—Looking to the northwest, with The Journal tower, the Portland hotel and the American Bank building in the foreground.” The Journal tower is now known as the Jackson Tower. See related image Nos. 371N5419, 371N5435, and 371N5484, which were published with this photograph.
Unidentified building at corner of 11th Street, Portland?
Photograph showing an unidentified eight-story building with bas-relief figures at the top corners. A street sign on the pole at left may read “11th St.”
Kress Building under construction, 5th and Morrison, Portland
Photograph showing the five-story Kress Building under construction at the corner of 5th and Morrison streets (now Southwest 5th Avenue and Southwest Morrison Street) in Portland.
Esmond rooming house, Front and Morrison, Portland
Photograph showing a four-story building on Front and Morrison streets (now Southwest Morrison Street) in Portland. The building has bay windows on the second and third floors. On the ground floor is a sign for Oregon Sheet Metal Works. The 1905 Morrison Bridge is partially visible in the background. A cropped version of this photograph was part of a two-page spread in the Oregon Journal’s Sunday magazine on February 26, 1928. The spread, on Pages 4 and 5, was devoted to a story by Wallace S. Wharton about the history of the Portland waterfront and the buildings on First and Front streets. Wharton reflected on the changes that would occur as a result of the construction, then in progress, of Portland’s west-side harbor wall and redevelopment of the waterfront. He noted that many of the “stately old buildings along First and Front streets face destruction, or remodeling to such an extent that the reminiscent charm of their present environment will be lost.” Accompanying the story were 15 photos, primarily of buildings in the area. Across the top of the spread was the headline “IN THE PATH OF CIVIC PROGRESS — STRUCTURES OF ANOTHER DAY.” Below the headline on Page 4 was the subheading “Splendid Bits of Old Architecture Once Called Equal of Finest in Gotham of the Same Period.” Below the headline on Page 5 was the subheading “Waterfront Development Gives New Significance to Portland’s Old-Time Business Center.” This photograph had the following caption: “Last wing of the New Esmond Hotel - Front & Morrison Sts.” The story reported that the hotel opened in 1878, but only the portion of the building shown in this photograph remained in 1928, and it operated as the Esmond rooming house. See related image Nos. 371N5379, 371N5384, 371N5385, 371N5397, 371N5418, 371N5470, and 371N5857, which were published on the same spread.
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Mayer Building, 12th and Morrison, Portland
Photograph showing the six-story Mayer Building at 12th and Morrison streets (now Southwest 12th Avenue and Southwest Morrison Street) in Portland. The view is of the northwest corner of the building. On the ground floor is the Robinson-Hays Co. pharmacy.
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G M
Re: Law Enforcement issues and LE in action
I've seen some stabbings and trauma to the abdomen, but you'd have to sever the stomach at both ends as well as the surrounding viscera (sp? Correct term?)
I called a contact there and the media report seems correct.
The victim is circling the drain and the suspect is still in the wind.
Both are flequent fliers in the criminal justice system, from what I was told.
Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=q0jTJq_VfS8[/youtube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=q0jTJq_VfS8
I remember you.
Cranewings
Here is a link with some video of the recent Fullerton California killing of a homeless man by their police. This is sickening.
http://educate-yourself.org/cn/fullertonpolicemurderkellythomas28jul11.shtml
I sent them a letter for their pile. I hope they bring these clowns to justice.
Quote from: Cranewings on August 03, 2011, 06:27:59 PM
Oh, were you there? Or did the voices tell you what happpened like what they told you about the 9/11 conspiracy?
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/07/30/18686492.php
Here is a blog written by a someone claiming to be an eye witness. It is scary to imagine being put in the position of stopping police in the heat on an attack like that, and short of finding a machine gun, you would probably just die as well. We have to be able to trust police because we give them so much power. An abuse like this isn't just the crime, but the betrayal of public trust.
If you saw a cop beating a man to death, would you try to stop him? Citizens at this incident just taped it and asked for justice later. If someone shot at the cops to get them to stop, wouldn't that be a drama?
Edit - here is the MSNBC report on this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNvcxStDE_I
« Last Edit: August 04, 2011, 01:22:39 PM by Cranewings »
Lots of loons claim utterly bogus things on the net and there are the dumbasses that buy into it because it fits their ignorant bias.
Quote from: G M on August 04, 2011, 08:04:06 AM
GM, that is always a major problem with any medium of communication. Many people are so lazy, that they simply believe whatever it is that they are told and rarely bother to verify the source or validity of what it is that they are ingesting mentally.
Fullerton Police
I thought I posted something about this subject before, but I can't find it. It seems I'm not the only one who thinks the Police stepped out of line.
"Ramos faces a maximum sentence of 15 years to life if convicted, authorities said. Cicinelli, who is 39 years old and a 12-year Fullerton police veteran, faces a maximum of four years in prison if convicted."
http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/21/justice/california-homeless-death/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Re: Fullerton Police
Quote from: JDN on September 21, 2011, 06:57:58 PM
Yes, you had your opinion based on nothing.
http://www.aele.org/law/2009all01/2009-01MLJ101.pdf
Police trainers must be aware of potential deaths from compressional asphyxia. Officers must be taught to avoid putting their body weight on a confined person as soon as active resistance has ended or the person has been adequately restrained from causing harm to himself or others. Dr. Reay’s article in the May, 1996 FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin emphasized:
“Instructors must stress vigilance in monitoring the subject’s condition. The process of hypoxia is insidious, and subjects might not exhibit any clear symptoms before they simply stop breathing. Generally, it takes several minutes for significant hypoxia to occur, but it can happen more quickly if the subject has been violently active and is already out of breath. If the subject experiences extreme difficulty breathing or stops breathing altogether, officers must take steps to resuscitate the subject and obtain medical care immediately.”
Deaths will still occur because of substance abuse, or pre-existing coronary or respiratory conditions. But if a dashboard video camera shows officers putting their weight on a person shortly before he stops breathing, a civil suit and a disciplinary investigation are likely to follow. The outcome of both might be adversely influenced by media bias, political posturing, or racial overtones.
Caution – from a policy and training perspective, officers are admonished to cease aggressively restraining persons who appear to have abandoned their resistance. As a practical matter, due to the influence of abused substances or other reasons, people sometimes resist, submit, and then renew their resistance with increased vigor. “It ain’t over ‘til it’s over” is more than a cute phrase.
Not so quiet and gentle
**Funny, doesn't look so quiet and gentle here.
http://fullertonstories.com/kelly-thomas-a-quiet-gentle-soul/
Although he moved between cities, Kelly Thomas would often show up unannounced at his mother’s and grandparents’ home to shower, eat, get cleaned up, and then he’d disappear again. If it was raining, he would sleep in the car parked in their driveway, Cathy Thomas said.
A 2009 Fullerton Police booking photo.
In December 2010, Kelly Thomas had been staying at their house for a few months. At the direction of the Placentia Police Department, Cathy Thomas filed a restraining order against her son so that he would be taken into custody for 72 hours. They told her it was the only way to get him help. Then, options for helping him could be determined, but the police never picked him up that day, Cathy Thomas said.
“It was a tough love move, I didn’t know what else to do. He was living on my parents’ porch so I was trying to get him help again,” she said. “The police did not pick him up that day. Instead they say he was old enough to be on his own and that he could make his own decisions, but I knew he needed help because he was not in his right mind. They said he had to become violent, but he was never violent.”
Kelly Thomas remained on the streets, becoming a fixture on the streets of Downtown Fullerton. He received citations for illegal camping and trespassing, Ron Thomas said, but Fullerton residents and business owners knew him, and his death saddened and angered many.
For some, though, Kelly Thomas’s presence downtown was a problem. “Most of my staff was very scared and intimidated by him. They were reluctant to ask him to move along,” said Jeremy Popoff, owner of the Slidebar Rock-N-Roll Kitchen. “Two or three days before [the arrest] he was bumming cigarettes, and the manager said to him ‘Kelly, you can’t do that here, you gotta move on.’ And Kelly screamed back at him ‘Don’t call me by my first name!’ ”
GM said, "Yes, you had your opinion based on nothing."
Hmmm the District Attorney seems to disagree....
"The actions of Ramos "were reckless and created a high risk of death and great bodily injury," District Attorney Tony Rackauckas told reporters."
So did the Judge who set bail at $1,000.000 dollars!
"Ramos was being held Wednesday after Orange County Superior Court Judge Erick L. Larsh set his bail at $1 million."
Yes, after all the protests and outcry from the leech community and sheltered douchbags like you. What would you do if confronted by a street person like Kelly Thomas? Most likely shove your wife in front of you and run.
« Last Edit: September 21, 2011, 08:45:28 PM by G M »
Poor little lamb....
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-08-04/news/29870061_1_surveillance-video-police-officers-fullerton-police
Ron Thomas said his son was diagnosed with mental illness after he was arrested for a minor violation. He went to a live in facility that monitored his medication.
He did well when he was on his medication and briefly held jobs at a gas station and a printing facility, his father said.
But when he was feeling well, Thomas would stop taking his drugs and soon was back on the streets and in and out of jail for violations that ranged from public urination to assault with a deadly weapon.
Ahhh I think in the same article you posted it said....
"Surveillance video taken on an Orange County Transportation Authority bus showed passengers describing the alleged assault.
"They beat him up and then all the cops came and they hogtied him and he was like, 'Please God, Please Dad!'" said one witness."
"Where were his rights? Listen to my son beg those officers, 'Please, please, God, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.' And the last words of his life, 'Dad! Dad!' I want you to hear that for the rest of your life like I will."
Police are NOT above the law...
Obviously the District Attorney agrees. Officer Ramos is charged with 2nd Degree Murder. If convicted, Officer Ramos will serve 15 years to LIFE in Prison.
Sounds pretty serious to me...
Yeah, were you privy to the investigation when you were spouting off on it? Were you at the scene of the arrest?
So, tell me JDN, what's your experience taking on violent street people in real physical confrontations?
Oh, I forgot. You let others do your fighting for you while you cower at a safe distance.
So, here is a little dose of reality:
Even in boxing/football/martial arts or any other competition where there is an element of physical force, serious injury and death can result. Well trained and conditioned in a safe environment with a referee and protective equipment and no desire to kill can still result in bad things happening.
Real life violence doesn't have those safeguards. No one is going to be "friends at the end of the day" and street people don't care what your IQ is or if you get to leave with it.
Show him the money
http://articles.ocregister.com/2011-07-30/news/29836698_1_fullerton-police-police-station-stun-gun
Kelly Thomas’ dad: $900,000 offered to settle
July 30, 2011|By JEFF OVERLEY and VIK JOLLY
FULLERTON – The father of a man who died after a violent confrontation with Fullerton police said Saturday that he has been offered $900,000 to settle any civil claims against the city.
Ron Thomas' 37-year-old son Kelly Thomas, who was homeless and schizophrenic, died July 10, five days after clashing with police investigating reports of attempted car burglary. An autopsy failed to determine a cause of death, and further tests are being conducted.
Controversy surrounding the circumstances is building, and more than 200 people turned out Saturday to demonstrate at the Fullerton police station. About the same number participated in a candlelight vigil on the City Hall lawn in the evening.
"It's fantastic," Ron Thomas said amid a sea of picketers. "We've had tremendous support."
The FBI and the Orange County District Attorney are investigating the death, and separately, an attorney representing the city on Friday offered $900,000 to resolve the civil side of the case, Ron Thomas said.
Thomas first disclosed the possible six-figure deal on the Jon and Ken Show at KFI-AM 640. Neither city officials nor the attorney could be reached for comment, and the offer could not be confirmed.
Ron Thomas said he is considering accepting the payment, and that the money would primarily go to a foundation set up in Kelly Thomas' name to assist the homeless. Some money would go to Kelly Thomas' brother and sister and their children, Ron Thomas said.
"I'm willing to listen, but I'm not signing anything at this time," Ron Thomas said.
As for the inquiries being conducted, Thomas said he has "always thought that the District Attorney would do a fair investigation."
Amateur video said to have captured the incident includes audio of Kelly Thomas screaming and being hit repeatedly with a stun gun.
Sgt. Andrew Goodrich, Fullerton police spokesman, said his department "wants this transparent investigation to take place" and that it is "fully cooperating."
One of the six officers involved in the July 5 incident is on administrative leave, and the other five have been temporarily reassigned away from front-line patrol.
Kelly Thomas had a long list of run-ins with police. His convictions were mostly misdemeanors and infractions but include felony assault with a deadly weapon.
**Let's see, Kelly Thomas had a restraining order placed on him by his family, but now they care.
Beat up, with fellow officers helping, hog tied, and killed a homeless man.
Sounds like Officer Ramos is a real class act. Wow he doesn't cower does he? Maybe the blue helps? And the other Officers? And the gun? Yep, Officer Ramos is pretty brave.
Let's see how brave he is in jail? And prison if he is convicted.
And unlike any other private citizen, Officer Ramos will be given a first class defense; not some overworked public defender. All at the Tax Payer's Expense. I thought we were trying to cut back?
Maybe Officer Ramos should pay for his own defense like everyone else?
Then again, you are right; I'ld probably cower at a safe distance if Officer Ramos was around. "To Protect and To Serve" Kinda scary
The District Attorney found Officer Ramos crime so bad (and I'm sure he IS privy to the investigation) that he charged Officer Ramos with 2nd Degree MURDER.
The Orange County coroner listed the manner of death as a homicide and the cause of death to be "anoxic encephalopathy with acute bronchopneumonia," asphyxia caused by "mechanical chest compression with blunt cranial-facial injuries during physical altercation with law enforcement," prosecutors said.
Pretty serious huh? WAY beyond "friends at the end of the day".
Whatever, keyboard warrior. You could never do the job.
The next time law enforcement needs to take someone like Kelly Thomas into custody, are you going to step up and snap on the bracelets?
Let's see how "warrior" Ramos does in Prison without his friends, his blue uniform, his stick, and his gun.
2nd Degree MURDER. The coroner even says "HOMICIDE".
I bet you are a good cop GM. How can you defend that....
And unlike the average citizen, Ramos will get a first class EXPENSIVE defense, not some overworked public defender with no budget.
All paid for by us the taxpayer....
Do you understand the difference between murder and homicide?
Without a clear understanding all the elements, there is no way to give an informed decision as to if this was a lawful use of force or not. The media, as usual is pushing it's narrative rather than delivering unbiased facts.
Crafty_Dog
GM:
"sheltered douchbags like you"? "while you cower at a safe distance"?
I love ya man and I know you and JDN sometimes bump heads strongly, but you know that we seek to avoid this kind of personal commentary around here.
Please do better on this.
Returning now to the merits of the conversation, as usual GM does a very good job of bringing out the LEO POV. I know I certainly have seen indiginant news reports on TV showing LEO behavior with great indignation that at earlier points in my life I would have shared but now look at and shout back at the Barbie & Ken doll teleprompter readers about what clueless morons they are (as inwardly I realize what a moron I had been earlier in my life ).
That said, the point remains that there ARE times police get out of line, sometimes quite a bit out of line. Given the charges being brought here, it seems reasonable to me to think that perhaps this may have been such a case; even while keeping in mind that political charges are not unknown either.
Crafty,
I remember when UFC first started and the media hype was about "human cockfighting" and how horrible and evil it was. Good thing stickfighting was under their radar at that time? Can you imagine how things could have spun out if a gathering resulted in a critical injury or death at that time?
DA's are elected. What are the top three priorities of any politician? To get re-elected, to get re-elected and to get re-elected.
It's really tiresome when people who have never done the job and could never do the job and would be the first to call law enforcement for anything sit in judgement of officers that may well have done nothing wrong.
I guess Fullerton PD should get some scrutiny and protests, given the 200 Mexicans that have died in the past few years because of their actions.
Oh wait, that's the ATF and everyone else hooked into "Gunwalker/Fast and Furious' with the paper trail that leads to Holder and Obama.
Hmmmm....
Where are the lefty protesters? Where are the professional "Razaists"? Where is the MSM with the profiles of the murdered Mexicans, the sobbing family members and the sad instrumental music playing in the background?
Does Fullerton PD have lots of fatal uses of force/Officer involved shootings?
Nice rhetorical flourishes and not without merit, but it seems like you have a hard time acknowledging that sometimes an LEO can be a real dick and here I AM speaking from personal experience. Not that I am going to discuss the details-- you will have to take my word for it or not-- I have had an LEO commit direct and deliberate perjury in an effort to put me in prison. In a separate matter WHILE ALL OF US WERE COMPLETELY COOPERATING I have been part of a group that was slammed up against the wall. I confess it crosses my mind to note that except for me all of us were black and the police were white.
Have I ever said there are no bad cops? No.
If I saw evidence that said the FPD cops in question met beforehand and said "Hey, let's kill a homeless person tonight", it would be a different story. If I saw evidence that they acted with a depraved indifference towards the decedent, that's again a different story.
Thus far we have media hype and uninformed speculation.
I'll point out that I personally have ended two law enforcement officer's careers for domestic violence and slugged it out with a corrupt police administration, resulting in an early retirement for a chief of police and made some serious political enemies within a powerful political entity.
I have bled on my uniform more than a few times and put my life and career on the line to do the right thing more than a few times and gotten not much in the way of reward and recognition for doing so. Not that my intention was to seek a reward in this life, but just pointing out that fighting the good fight doesn't mean you get the Hollywood ending.
My point being:
Most people in law enforcement are good people, trying to do the right thing under very difficult circumstances and accordingly deserve the benefit of the doubt. Wait for a definitive investigation and due process to determined what happened in this case and the others that will occur in the future.
Amen to that and Amen to you.
Do know however that sometimes you do not effectively communicate an awareness that there are cops who do wrong, either purposively, or under the stress of a bad moment.
Should I preface every posting on law enforcement with a disclaimer stating there are indeed bad cops? Does someone confronting an anti-semite have to initially state that indeed there are some bad Jews before condemning the protocals of the elders of Zion?
C'mon GM, you really think that's my point?
I address each point on it's merits. A lot of criticism is unwarranted and based on misinformation. A lot of people love to bash cops. People that could not and would not walk in those shoes. People who have no clue as to the suffering and sacrifice involved in the job.
OTOH sometimes you read like you aren't willing to consider the possibility that an officer misbehaved.
Anyway, moving along, here's this-- it's on point to our discussion but it is from this morning's Left Angeles Times, and is written as to be expected.
By Robert Faturechi, Los Angeles Times
Almost half the people shot at by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies after reaching toward their waistbands turned out to be unarmed, according to a study released Thursday.
"Waistband shootings" are particularly controversial because the justification for the shootings can conceivably be fabricated after the fact, according to the county monitor's report, which was commissioned by the county Board of Supervisors and which analyzed six years of shooting data. The monitor was careful to point out that the report wasn't indicating that deputies were being dishonest, simply that those shootings left the department vulnerable to criticism.
Interactive: Officer-involved killings since 2007
Merrick Bobb, who was hired as a special counsel to county supervisors after a 1992 report exposed serious problems in the department, also found an increase in shootings in which deputies didn't see an actual gun before firing. In those cases, the suspects may have had a weapon but never brandished it.
Those shootings jumped from nine in 2009 to 15 last year, according to the report. Last year also saw the highest proportion of people shot by deputies who turned out to be unarmed altogether.
The Sheriff's Department already requires its patrol deputies to do scenario-based shooting training every two years. According to the report, though, almost a third of the deputies who shot at people before seeing an actual gun failed to meet that training requirement.
According to the report, the number of officer-involved shootings generally correlates with the criminal homicide rate. But in the last two years, as the homicide rate in Los Angeles County has fallen, the number of Sheriff's Department shootings has risen.
In one case, deputies came across a narcotics suspect sitting in his car outside his house. When the 35-year-old man saw the deputies, he appeared to reach under his seat. One of the deputies thought he saw a gun, covered by a piece of cloth. The man then sat up, holding the object to his chest, prompting the deputy to shoot him. The man was killed but no drugs or weapons were found, only a pair of jeans. The county eventually paid $750,000 to the victim's family.
The analysis also found that 61% of suspects who were shot at by deputies were Latino, 29% black and 10% white. Even compared to Sheriff's Department arrest rates, Latinos and blacks are overrepresented, the study concluded.
In shootings in which deputies shot at a suspect before seeing an actual gun, all but two of the suspects were black or Latino.
The report expressed "deep concerns" specifically about the sheriff's Century Station, which is responsible for one of the rougher swaths of the department's jurisdiction, spanning Lynwood and unincorporated areas of Florence, Firestone, Walnut Park, Willowbrook and Athens Park.
Over the last 15 years, that station's deputies have fired their guns the most frequently, almost twice as often as those at any other station. More than a quarter of the sheriff's deputies who have been involved in multiple shootings work at Century, according to the report, even though the station represents only 8% of the department's sworn patrol force.
Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said that the department takes the report seriously and that Sheriff Lee Baca is studying its findings with his executive staff.
Whitmore said that the training issue raised in the report is "a real one" but that a massive budget cut and subsequent overtime cuts are partly to blame.
The racial breakdown of suspects in deputy shootings, he said, also has the potential for misinterpretation.
"Even Merrick Bobb says … it will be a serious error for anyone to conclude from this report that LASD deputies intentionally shot any individual because that person was black or Latino. The conclusion that this is raced-based is erroneous and shouldn't even be hinted at."
The concerns the monitor raised with the Century station, Whitmore said, can be attributed to the highly concentrated, gang-ridden neighborhoods that deputies must patrol.
"These communities include some of the most volatile in the county," Whitmore said.
Among the report's other findings:
• Deputies firing their guns off duty are more likely to be fresh out of the academy. More than half of off-duty shootings involved deputies with less than three years on the job.
• Deputies shooting at animals spiked recently, with 62 last year, more than double the number several years before.
• All deputies involved in multiple shootings in recent years were men.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vl9FniemlE[/youtube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vl9FniemlE
A quick reminder just how fast a gunfight can go down. Note that a single-action revolver is used here, which must be manually cocked before a shot can be fired.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA-xIssgT-o&feature=related[/youtube]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA-xIssgT-o&feature=related
It can go down that fast.
Yeah, and I can run the 100 meter dash in 9.6 seconds too. Yes, it has been done, but......
Although I have always been impressed with those fast draw competitions (I've gone to watch a couple of times), it's not as easy as it looks. Nor is running a sub 10.0 100 meter dash.
Further, what's impressive is the ability to draw fast AND hit the target.
The troubling thing in the article was;
"Almost half the people shot at by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies after reaching toward their waistbands turned out to be unarmed, according to a study released Thursday."
Basically they shot an unarmed man. They weren't in immediate danger for their life. If you and I did that, we would be on trial for murder.
That said, as GM has succinctly pointed out, being a police officer is NOT an easy job. Nor are these particular officers patrolling Beverly Hills.
Frankly, I think (GM can rightfully correct me; this is just my guess) the adrenalin and fear (police are human too) take over and sh#t happens.. Given that they
"thought" the bad guy was going for a gun, well..... and if they truly were going for a gun.... better him than me...
To make another point;
"More than half of off-duty shootings involved deputies with less than three years on the job."
I think experience, in that split second, enables you to make the right choice. But it's not easy.
More training? More??? No one wants to kill an "innocent" man.
Frankly, as a generalization, without knowing the details, IMHO these shootings, while truly unfortunate and sad, are understandable. The Officer did in fact, albeit incorrectly, fear for his life.
My problem with the Thomas situation is that he had no weapon. Officer Ramos didn't even think it was necessary to pat him down. Instead, with other Officers nearly,
Officer Ramos "put on Latex gloves",
And then, Officer Ramos said clearly, ""Now see my fists? They're getting ready to 'F' you up."
Somehow that's not right in my book.
**The courts use the standard of what you reasonably believe at the moment in time when you make the decision to use force. This standard does apply to both LEOs and armed citizens. Say a badguy uses a replica handgun to carjack a citizen and the citizen instead/shoots/stabs/runs over the badguy. It's lawful if the citizen reasonably believes it was a deadly weapon as part of ability/opportunity/jeopardy.
**Again, it's a matter of "reasonableness" based on the officer's perceptions and the totality of the circumstances. The article points out how the majority of the shootings are by deputies with 3 or less years on the job. From memory, the majority of officers killed by suspects typically have 5 or more years on the job. So, after 5 years, the lessons from the academy fade and complacency develops. Complacency kills.
**These days, if you have to touch anyone, especially a street person, you better glove up when you have a chance.
**Do you think Thomas was just standing there quietly, like a meek little lamb? I doubt it. It looks like Thomas was a "frequent flyer" and I'm guessing that part of Fullerton isn't Rodeo Drive-like. Sometimes one must alter one's presentation to the audience. Sometimes clearly explaining that resistance will result in force, using terminology understood by the subject results in the force not having to be used.
I'm assuming they do ride-alongs.
LASD's Century Station
11703 Alameda St.
Lynwood, CA 90262
Business Phone: (323)568-4800
Quote from: G M on September 24, 2011, 12:17:41 PM
"a standard of what you believe is reasonable". Yes, if a bad guy pulled out a toy gun and I couldn't tell the difference, and therefore reasonably believed my life was in danger, I have a pretty good defense. But in most of the instances, they didn't pull out a toy gun, they merely went to their waist, pulling out nothing except maybe their d$%^. I think in most states if I shot a unarmed man who had not hit or attacked me, and my defense was, well, "he was going for his waist" I would be locked up as a private citizen for a long time.... Police get off, and maybe rightfully so.
As for killed on the job, of course "the majority of officers killed by suspects typically have 5 or more years on the job." the average LAPD Officer has 12 years on the job. There are more officers by far with over 5 years, therefore more of them will die. I"m not sure it can be proven that it has a lot to do with complacency.
As for Ramos, his actions were so egregious in my opinion that he should be locked up for a long time. Did you read what he did? So I say, Take away his gun, his stick, and blue uniform and put him in a common room with other criminals. Then let's see how tough he is. He deserves whatever he gets. And it probably won't be much; in the end, it's rare that a police officer is convicted of a crime. Too bad.
I've gone on ride alongs before. Most, by far the majority of police do an outstanding job. But there are a few bad apples that need to be culled out. Everyone is better off.
http://www.fletc.gov/training/programs/legal-division/podcasts/fletc-legal-division-use-of-force/use-of-force-part-1-transcript.html/
Bobby: Let’s move on. We’ve defined a seizure. We said that if a plaintiff sues a defendant for using excessive force, the issue in the case is whether the force was objectively reasonable. That’s from the Supreme Court case, Graham v. Connor. The Supreme Court told us that a seizure under the Fourth Amendment must be objectively reasonable. That is the key to the Fourth Amendment -- reasonableness.
Tim: Did the Court say we had to be perfect, Bobby?
Bobby: No; we know better than that. None of us are perfect. The force must be reasonable. The Court acknowledged that seizures are made under circumstances that are tense, uncertain, and rapidly evolving. The Court will not require us to be perfect; just reasonable.
Tim: And just how is a court supposed to make that determination?
Bobby: By examining the totality of the facts and circumstances. If a plaintiff sues a defendant police officer for excessive force, the court must look at all the facts. It will examine the facts presented by the plaintiff. It will consider the facts presented by the defendant officer. The issue will be whether based on the totality of the facts and circumstances, the force was reasonable.
Tim: The court recognized that the test of reasonableness under the Fourth Amendment is not capable of precise definition or mechanical application. So, proper application requires careful attention to the facts and circumstances of each case. Bobby, you said objective reasonableness. Explain that.
Bobby: The court looks at the facts through the eyes of an objectively reasonable officer. Could a reasonable officer find that the force used was reasonable, based on the totality of the facts and circumstances. An objective standard is based on fact.
Tim: I think it’s important to remember our roles in the courtroom. Cops state the facts. Judges make conclusions, based on those facts. The court doesn’t care that the police officer believed that “the suspect was dangerous” or that “the officer felt his life was in danger.” Those are mere conclusions. What are the facts that would allow the judge to come to those conclusions?
Bobby: The court looks at the totality of the facts and circumstances from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene. It examines the facts the officer had up until the moment of the seizure. What facts justified the initial stop? What facts justified handcuffing? Spraying the suspect with OC? What facts justified pulling the trigger? We ask whether each of those seizures was reasonable. The court examines the facts that were available to the officer. The court doesn’t judge the officer based on 20/20 hindsight.
Tim: What’s 20/20 hindsight, Bobby? Tell us a little about that.
Bobby: Courts don’t look at the facts that the officer learns later. The facts might be that the officer shot a robbery suspect after the suspect pulled a pistol from his pocket and pointed it at the officer. It’s not relevant that the officer later learned that the handgun was unloaded – or a toy.
Tim: When a LEO uses force, it’s typically done under situations that are tense, uncertain, and rapidly evolving.
Bobby: And the Supreme Court told the lower courts to take THAT into consideration. In determining the reasonableness of force, courts must allow for the fact that law enforcement officers are often forced to make split-second decisions – and like Tim said -- under circumstances that are tense, uncertain, and rapidly evolving.
Tim: What else does a court take into account in determining the reasonableness of force?
Bobby: In Graham v. Connor, the Supreme Court gave us four major factors that may be used in determining what level of force is justified in a use of force encounter. We sometimes refer to them as the Graham factors.
Those factors are:
• The severity of the crime
• Whether the suspect is an immediate threat to the safety of officers or others
• Whether the suspect is actively resisting arrest
• And whether the suspect is evading arrest by flight
Later, after Graham v. Connor, the courts added additional factors to determine whether the force used in a particular situation was reasonable. These additional factors included such things as:
• The number of suspects and officers involved.
• The size, age, and condition of the officer and suspect
• The duration of the action
• Previous violent history of the suspect, known by the officer at the time
• The suspect’s mental or psychiatric history, known by the officer at the time
• The use of alcohol or drugs by the suspect
• The presence of innocent bystanders
• The availability of other weapons (chemical sprays, batons, tasers)
Tim: Let’s look at Graham v. Connor. Bobby and I are going to change some of the facts so that you can better understand how a court might determine whether the force is reasonable. You be the judge. Consider the facts we give you. First, listen to Mr. Graham’s side of the story as I tell it. Then listen to Officer Conner.
I’ll be Mr. Graham. I’m a diabetic. One day I felt the onset of an insulin reaction, so I called my friend Berry and asked Berry to take me to a convenience store to buy some OJ. The OJ counteracts the insulin reaction. Berry came over and we sped off to a convenience store. Once at the store, I jumped out and ran inside. But, the line was too long. I couldn’t wait. So I ran back outside, jumped in Berry’s car, and we sped off for a friend’s house.
Then a police car pulled us over. The officer felt that we might have robbed or stole something from the convenience store. Berry tried to explain my condition; but the officer wouldn’t listen. The officer said he was going to hold me until backup could go back to the convenience store and determine whether a crime had been committed.
I guess I panicked. I got out of the car and ran around it. The next thing I knew I was being handcuffed and thrown into a police car. I got hurt. I sustained a broken bone in my foot, cuts on my wrists, bruised forehead, and a persistent ringing in my ears.
Bobby: Don’t make up your mind, yet. Now look at the facts from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene. Connor saw Graham run into the convenience store and rush back out. Police reports stated that there had been several robberies and shoplifting incidents in convenience stores in the area over the past three months. Based on those facts, could a reasonable officer conclude that Mr. Graham had committed a crime. If so, the officer could stop or seize him – and use reasonable force to do so.
Tim: And with facts to justify the stop, the officer can also hold a suspect for a reasonable period of time to confirm or deny the suspicion.
Bobby: And that’s what the officer did. Officer Conner held Mr. Graham and his friend Berry for about 20 or 30 minutes, a reasonable period of time for a backup officer to go back to the convenience store and see if the store was robbed.
Tim: Now, Officer Conner could also order Mr. Graham and his friend to remain in the car.
Bobby: And Mr. Graham disobeyed that order. Mr. Graham got out the car and ran around it. Officer Conner also smelled an odor on Mr. Graham’s breath that Conner believed was alcohol. (Incidentally, a diabetic’s breath may smell sweet, or similar to alcohol.)
Tim: Police statistics have stated that as many as 80% of the assaults on police officers are by suspects under the influence of alcohol or narcotics.
Bobby: With those facts, Officer Conner could use reasonable force to control Mr. Graham. Conner grabbed Mr. Graham, pushed him against the car, and handcuffed him.
Tim: So, you be the judge. Was the INITIAL stop reasonable? In other words, could a reasonable officer on the scene believe that Mr. Graham committed a crime at the convenience store? And, could the officer hold Graham for a reasonable time for backup to check out the convenience store? Based on the facts that I’ve presented, I think so.
Bobby: And what about the handcuffing. Could a reasonable officer on the scene believe that grabbing and handcuffing Graham was reasonable, after Conner ordered Graham to remain in the car and Graham jumped out? I think so. Let’s look at some factors to consider:
• The officer had facts to believe the suspect committed a crime – maybe larceny or even robbery.
• When Graham jumped out of the car, the officer had facts to believe that Graham was a threat to the officer.
Tim: Look at some additional factors:
• Consider the number of suspects and number of officers at the scene.
• Consider the fact that Officer Conner smelled what he believed was alcohol on Graham’s breath.
Tim: Bobby, let’s talk about a couple of myths. Does an officer need PC to arrest a suspect before the officer can use handcuffs?
Bobby: No. I’ve heard people say that putting handcuffs on a suspect automatically turns a seizure into an arrest. That’s not true. Handcuffing someone is a seizure. And, the seizure must be reasonable. Handcuffs, alone, will not convert a seizure into an arrest requiring PC.
Tim: What if a police officer points a weapon at someone. Does an officer need PC to pull his weapon?
Bobby: That’s another myth. Pointing a weapon at someone is a seizure, assuming the suspect stops and submits to the officer’s control. The seizure has to be reasonable. Many times officers will pull their weapons when they have a reasonable suspicion (NOT PC) that someone is armed and dangerous.
Tim: Bobby, was Mr. Graham actually a diabetic? In other words, when Mr. Graham told Officer Conner that he was simply suffering from an insulin reaction and that he needed the Orange juice to counteract the reaction, was he telling the truth?
Bobby: Yes; Mr. Graham was telling the truth. Mr. Graham was actually a good guy. However, we don’t judge the officer based on what he learns after the fact.
Tim: I’ve had students argue in class that if they were the officer on the scene, they would have looked at Mr. Graham’s medical card -- indicating that he was a diabetic -- and that if they saw the medical card -- they might have believed Mr. Graham’s story. That’s a subjective standard. What you would have done is subjective, and not relevant. The issue is whether a reasonable officer on the scene COULD have believed that the force was reasonable.
Bobby: That’s enough for now. We’ll see you when we come back. Next we will talk about deadly force and when it is objectively reasonable.
Interesting reading, but your point is?
Bobby: No; we know better than that. None of us are perfect. The force must be reasonable. The Court acknowledged that seizures are made under circumstances that are tense, uncertain, and rapidly evolving. The Court will not require us to be perfect; just reasonable.Tim: And just how is a court supposed to make that determination?
Furtive movement shooting: the Robert Bauthues case - The Ayoob Files
by Massad Ayoob
Situation: The man peering into your window is fully masked and dressed like a ninja. You confront him and he spins toward you with his hand rising as if to shoot.
Lesson: You do the right thing, yet still get indicted. The key to your survival -- an attorney with a sense of justice and an understanding of the dynamics of deadly force.
Nighttime, shortly after nine in Anchorage, Alaska. The brief span of winter daylight has fled. In the pitch dark the temperature drops to 15 degrees below zero.
A dark-clad figure stealthily enters the outside storm door of a modest mobile home parked on the city's edge. The neighborhood has become increasingly dangerous. This particular home was already burglarized once; the damage done to the door so extensive it needed new locks.
The figure stands inside the room known in the northlands as an Arctic entry, a buffer zone between the frigid outdoors and a house, similar to a farm's mud-room. He sees boots and heavy outer garments, and up the stairs, a laundry room and the front door of the house. If he reads the sign hanging in the house that reads "Burglars Beware," he takes no notice.
With a full ski mask hiding his face, he quietly climbs the stairs. Outside the front door, he sees the lights switched on and the occupants inside, including the object of his intentions. Nervous, he waits silently, trying to calm himself before doing what he has come here to do.
The Guy's Got a Gun -- I'm Dead
The trailer is the home of Cloudia Logan, her boyfriend Robert Bauthues and Cloudia's attractive teenage granddaughter Michelle. Bob Bauthues (pronounced "Buh-thooz") is in his early seventies. Serving his country in war left him almost completely deaf. His career as a truck driver behind him, he lives unpretentiously, a proud law-abiding citizen. Yet, the neighborhood's rampant crime concerns him and Cloudia. Anchorage Daily News columnist Mike Doogan noted in 1993 the neighborhood" ... had a crime story on the front page of the Metro section three out of every four days."
Anchorage's Police Department is one of the country's best, but it doesn't have enough cops. Roughly 260 officers serve a thousand times that many citizens within sprawling city limits that stretch more than 90 miles from border to border. Response time cannot always be as quick as the officers would like. Bob bought a couple of dogs for security and, since the burglary, made sure his handgun rested, accessible, in his bedroom drawer.
He and Cloudia sit in the small living room, reading and watching television. Young Michelie rushes in. While coming out of the bathroom, she tells her grandmother, urgently, that a masked man dressed in black stood at the inner door peering through the window.
Bob reacts. Even with hearing aids he is too deaf to communicate with police dispatchers over the phone. He tells Cloudia to call 911, and then makes his way to the bedroom and opens a drawer. His gun is a Ruger Blackhawk old model single action, clean, with a pristine bore, bearing a few rust spots from hard use in the Alaskan elements. It is loaded with Remington's .357 Magnum cartridge that shoots three triple-ought buckshot pellets. Holding the revolver in his right hand, Bauthues opens the door with his left.
The figure turns and bolts toward the stairs. Bob Bauthues shouts either "Halt" or "Stop," with the big Ruger's 6.5-inch barrel pointed at the lower part of the intruder's body. If Bob shoots, he wants to stop, not kill.
The figure spins toward him suddenly and Bob Bauthues sees two things in rapid succession. One is a faceless mask staring at him impassively, without emotion, without care. The other is the man's right hand, flashing upward towards Bob in the classic movement of draw and fire.
In that split instant, Robert Bauthues thinks: "The guy's got a gun. I'm dead!" He pulls the trigger and the blast and the orange flash of the .357 Magnum fill the small entryway. The figure jackknifes and Bauthues sees that the man holds no weapon while he clutches himself between the legs with both hands. The threat of danger to himself and his loved ones is over, but Bauthues' troubles have just begun.
Alaska vs. Bauthues
Anchorage Police arrive quickly. The intruder sat in a chair, crying and holding himself. He is a juvenile who lived nearby, aged 14. He stood at the entryway working up his courage before knocking on the door and then asking to talk with the pretty, older Michelle. He is unarmed. He does not say why he spun toward Bauthues, his hand flashing upward like the quick draw of a pistol. He wore the full-face ski mask, he said, because he was snowboarding in the sub-zero cold.
The boy went to the hospital, where trauma surgeons had both good and bad news. The youth would live. But those three fast-moving .36 caliber lead balls had centered on the boy's genitals and done considerable damage. One testicle was destroyed. Two projectiles tore through the penis, causing severe damage. It was uncertain, the doctors said, whether normal function would resume. Time would tell.
Anchorage's District Attorney works for Alaska's Department of Law. The district attorney takes orders from the attorney general, the attorney general takes orders from the governor, and the governor at the time was not what anyone would call pro-gun. In this shooting, the powers-that-be apparently saw only a paranoid old man who inflicted the most horrible injury imaginable on a mere boy who had done him no harm. The case was immediately submitted to the grand jury.
The grand jury did not hear from Bob Bauthues. Working solely with what the prosecutor gave them, they indicted Bauthues for Assault in the First Degree. Under Alaska law, a conviction for this serious felony carries a minimum mandatory penalty of eight years incarceration. If he was not acquitted, it was safe to assume Bauthues would die in prison.
Bauthues found his way to attorney Wayne Anthony Ross. A member of the National Rifle Association's board of directors since 1980, Ross is a prominent pro-gun figure throughout Alaska. He provided a sympathetic ear. He knew he would never be paid a fee commensurate with the work the case required.
"When I was young, my father told me to be kind to old guys because with God's help, I might be one someday," Ross explains now. "Basically, it was pro bono, as the bill will never be paid. But it was a battle that had to be fought."
Some say it's more than coincidence that Wayne Anthony Ross's initials spell WAR.
Double Victims
Wayne called me and filled me in. I could see it was a tragedy for the boy and his family, but that didn't make Bob Bauthues a felon. Whereas something in American values seems to say, "If there is a victim, there must be a villain," this, I felt, was a matter of two victims.
The shooting of the juvenile was a classic example of what is called a furtive movement shooting. At law, the furtive movement -- a movement consistent with reaching for a weapon, but not reasonably consistent with anything else under the circumstances -- creates the reasonable belief that an opponent is armed.
A furtive movement does not justify deadly force; it must be taken in context with the prevailing circumstances. In this case, the appearance of a masked man entering the house and peering through the door without announcing himself had created what most people would consider a reasonable and prudent belief that he was someone dangerous to the occupants, dangerous enough to warrant those occupants arming themselves with a handgun.
Bauthues hadn't shot him for wearing a mask, nor for peering through the window, nor for fleeing despite his lawful command to stop or halt. It was only after a person doing a perfect imitation of a masked criminal spun on him and did another perfect imitation, to wit someone going for a gun, that the householder fired the fateful shot.
After reviewing the complete discovery file, I agreed with Ross that Bauthues was blameless under the circumstances. If the boy had donned a moose suit and moose antlers during moose season, and gone sniffing around the moose hunters' camp, it would not have been negligent for moose hunters to shoot him. It was simply a human tragedy, a predictable mistake, caused by a young person with limited life experience who did not think about what he was doing.
SNIP______________________________________________________
Why couldn't Bauthues have waited to be sure the juvenile had a gun? Once the young man's movement mimicked drawing a gun and pointing it at Bauthues, no waiting time existed. The draw to the shot takes only a small fraction of a second. I explained if you wait to see the gun, particularly in imperfect light, you'll probably see what comes out of it.
"As for Ramos, his actions were so egregious in my opinion that he should be locked up for a long time."
Based on what, exactly?You've read the discovery file? Your years of law enforcement experience and training?
I'm still waiting for your point.... No one disagrees "that force must be reasonable". Or that an "objective standard is based on fact."
And if the facts show that force was unreasonable, well.....
As for your Bauthues example, I'm also missing your point. It looked like a home invasion situation; the law is different and gives greater leeway. Still, Bauthues was arrested. He spent a fortune on his criminal defense and/or time was donated, and in the end he pleaded out to a lessor crime. And wait to hear what he will spend on his civil lawsuit defense; I bet he will lose and pay the big bucks therefore losing his home, savings, etc.. It doesn't sound like an outcome I would like.
As for Ramos,
The OCDA assumed the investigation into the death of Thomas on July 7, 2011. A team of six full-time OCDA Investigators and one Supervising Investigator has been assigned to this case. Approximately 12 additional OCDA Investigators, trained in custodial death investigations, provided assistance as needed. Senior Assistant District Attorney Jim Tanizaki, Assistant District Attorney Bruce Moore, and other senior OCDA managers provided legal analysis and direction in the investigation.
http://orangecountyda.com/home/index.asp?page=8&recordid=2581
http://www.policemag.com/Channel/Recruit/Articles/2011/09/Force-of-Habits/Page/2.aspx
Bad Tactics Can Get You Killed
It's easy for officers to fall into complacency and get lazy, and laziness can get you killed.
September 15, 2011 | by Howard Webb
An officer was shot in the head and killed by a pedestrian he had stopped for routine questioning. It was late in the afternoon when the officer pulled alongside a man and began to ask him a question. A moment later, the man took a step back, pulled out a handgun, and fired three shots at the officer at nearly point-blank range. "The shooting happened so suddenly that the officer did not have time to draw his weapon. That's how quickly the whole thing occurred," a local prosecutor said, calling the attack "an execution-style killing."
Sitting Behind the Steering Wheel While Running Warrants or Writing Citations
You may have been trained to sit behind the steering wheel to check a driver's status, check for warrants, or operate your computer. You may even have placed a driver in your patrol car's passenger seat while you wrote the citation. If you have developed any or all of these bad officer safety habits, reevaluate your traffic stop tactics.
Sure, these bad habits have not killed you...yet. But as several officers have found out too late, they can be fatal.
One sunny afternoon, an officer stopped a vehicle for speeding. The vehicle contained the driver and two passengers. As the officer sat behind his patrol car's steering wheel to check the driver's DMV status and run the passengers for warrants on the computer, a passenger exited the suspect vehicle, walked back to the patrol car, and shot and killed the officer. When the killer was arrested, he confessed that the officer was completely unaware of his presence when he shot the officer in the head.
In a similar incident, a deputy stopped a vehicle for speeding. Unfortunately, unbeknownst to the deputy, the driver was wanted for a shooting spree that had occurred a few hours prior in a town several hundred miles away. As the deputy sat behind the steering wheel of his patrol car to check the driver's status, the driver exited his vehicle and shot the deputy through the windshield multiple times. By the grace of God, the deputy's soft body armor stopped the bullets. With the deputy stunned from the blunt trauma of the bullets' impact, the driver was able to return to his vehicle and escape.
Meaningless Habits
Adopting and deploying tactics without first contemplating their legitimacy or evaluating their effectiveness can get you killed.
Let me give you a scenario: You see me standing on a street corner with my hands in my pockets and you think that I look suspicious. When you contact me, what is the first thing you ask me to do?
I have given this scenario to thousands of officers who have attended my training classes and instructor courses. Without exception, the officers answer: "Show me your hands." At which point, I pull a small training pistol from my pocket and point it at the officers. Their response is a wide-eyed "Oh shit" look on their faces.
We don't know the facts yet, do we? A press release isn't a discovery file. You do not have any law enforcement experience or training and have nothing but press hype to go on.
Quote from: G M on September 25, 2011, 10:08:29 AM
Maybe "We" don't know all the facts, but "A team of six full-time OCDA Investigators and one Supervising Investigator has been assigned to this case. Approximately 12 additional OCDA Investigators, trained in custodial death investigations, provided assistance as needed" have seen/wrote the the discovery file.
It seems the DA based upon their report thought there were enough "facts" to indict for Murder 2. Does that speak to you a little?
And can you guess how many millions of tax payer's dollars will be paid out because of Ramos? Bad apples belong in the garbage.
Do you remember how this turned out?
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/156093/
DURHAM, N.C. — Starting Monday, it's Sexual Assault Prevention Week at Duke University. The news comes on the heels of a gang rape investigation involving Duke University's men's lacrosse team.
No one has been charged, and no one on the team is talking, but neighbors are now breaking the silence. The beat of outrage was heard loud and clear in Durham on Sunday.
"We're making this kind of noise because we're standing in solidarity with women who've gone through this horrible atrocity," said protest organizer Manju Rajendran.
Some Duke lacrosse players reportedly hired two exotic dancers from an escort service to dance at a house party earlier in March. One of the women says three men raped, strangled and robbed her.
"I'm enraged and disgusted and embarrassed that something like this has happened," said Duke graduate student Leigh Campoamor.
Police collected DNA samples from 46 Duke lacrosse players. Now, protesters say it's time to come together and demand the truth from the men who were at the home.
"They haven't been convicted, but 30-something kids are remaining silent," said Duke student Jack Bury.
So the group is breaking that silence, with instruments of percussion serving as instruments of change. The banging of pots and pans is a practice that started in Latin America and spread to other countries. They're the tools women have in their kitchens, and they're what they use when they want to make some noise protesting domestic violence.
The noise created by the 150 protestors was loud enough to attract onlookers, but not too loud to warrant police interference. With no one home at the residence where the alleged rape reportedly occurred, the only thing to do was post signs on the house, and hope the message reverberates.
Events are planned every day this week at the university, including a "Take Back the Night" rally Wednesday night to honor survivors.
The lacrosse team was forced to forfeit two games because of the controversy. Fans showed up for Saturday's game and found out it was forfeited, along with Tuesday's match. They were also greeted by protesters, carrying signs that said "Don't be a fan of rapists."
http://www.forcescience.org/articles/study%20shoot-or-not.pdf
The results of these studies, taken together, reveal several crucial points:
1. Contrary to much popular opinion, average people exhibited extreme difficulty in
distinguishing a handgun from an innocuous object such as a power tool.
2. This difficulty was observed even under ideal viewing conditions, far superior to those in
actual crime situations.
3. Average people indicated an overwhelmingly strong tendency to shoot, or at least to decide
to shoot, an armed perpetrator themselves if given the opportunity, and did so at the same
levels even if the perpetrator was “armed” only with a power tool which was evidently
readily mistaken for a weapon.
4. However, even though the vast majority of the civilian respondents indicated a readiness to
shoot the perpetrator themselves, only about 1 person in 10 felt it would be appropriate for
the police to do so under the same circumstances.
These results reveal a substantial disparity between the actions, attitudes, and beliefs of typical
adults and the practical realities of police work in violent situations. It is suggested, as a matter
for further research, that much of this disparity may lie in public perceptions garnered from
popular media depictions of crime and police work, and probably from unrealistic expectations
concerning the workings and capabilities of the human nervous system in terms of such
processing tasks as distinguishing actual firearms from, for example, screwdrivers. A substantial
body of future research will be needed to address the underlying mechanisms and the
ramifications of the findings obtained in these initial studies. For the present, however, it is clear
that these effects assume special significance for the real-world courtroom circumstances under
which actual witnesses, jurors, and public constituencies consider and testify as to the actions of
law enforcement personnel in application to real-world violent crime.
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Posted on August 21, 2019 August 21, 2019 by destevez
Galileo outage revisited
A few weeks ago, a presentation by Octavian Andrei, of the Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, appeared in YouTube showing technical details about the Galileo constellation outage that happened between July 12 and 16. In the presentation, Octavian studies the navigation data gathered by a geodetic receiver in Metsähovi, showing anomalies in some of the parameters of the navigation message, such as the \(\text{IOD}_{\text{nav}}\), the SISA (signal in space accuracy) and the DVS (data validity status).
Back in July, I looked at the navigation data from the outage in this post, where I used navigation RINEX files collected by the IGS MGEX to study changes and anomalies in the navigation message. In that post I concentrated on July 16 and 17, to show what happened as the system was coming back online. Octavian has discovered some very interesting anomalies that happened before the incident, on July 10 and 11. Indeed, the first anomaly happened at 13:40 GST on July 10, well before July 11 21:50 GST, when the navigation message stopped being updated.
Thus, in view of Octavian’s discoveries, I have revisited my study, including also data from July 10 and 11, and paying special attention to the \(\text{IOD}_{\text{nav}}\) parameter, which can be seen to have the most interesting behaviour in Octavian’s presentation.
In my original study, I didn’t pay so much attention to the \(\text{IOD}_{\text{nav}}\) because it behaved rather normally on July 16 and 17. However, since it seems that it plays a key role in how the outage started, I have started by plotting the \(\text{IOD}_{\text{nav}}\) in a very similar manner as to how Octavian does. The figure below shows the evolution of the \(\text{IOD}_{\text{nav}}\) on June 29, which was used as a control day (i.e., a day without anomalies) for my study. We can see the behaviour that Octavian remarks: even thought the \(\text{IOD}_{\text{nav}}\) is a 10 bit number, it increases by one every ten minutes and rolls over after reaching 127.
The figure below shows the \(\text{IOD}_{\text{nav}}\) evolution on July 10 and 11, before the outage happened. All the anomalous details are best seen in Octavian’s video, but here I’ll summarise the most important.
There is a gap where no updated ephemerides are transmitted shortly after the rollover on July 10.
At the end of the gap, the \(\text{IOD}_{\text{nav}}\) jumps back up briefly.
Then it continues updating as if nothing had happened.
At some point, the ephemeris update rate changes from 10 minutes to 3 hours, and the \(\text{IOD}_{\text{nav}}\) increases a lot with each update.
This continues until 21:50 GST on July 11, when the last batch is transmitted. Around 12:00 UTC on July 11, some of the satellites transmit batches out of the normal sequence, at an update rate faster than 3 hours.
It is interesting to note that, should the increasing trend of the \(\text{IOD}_{\text{nav}}\) had continued at the same rate every 3 hours, the value would had overflown after 21:50 UTC. Maybe this is just a coincidence, but it might explain why the batch at 21:50 was the last one.
The satellites transmitting anomalous \(\text{IOD}_{\text{nav}}\)’s around 12:00 UTC will be studied in more detail below.
Finally, the figure below shows the evolution of the \(\text{IOD}_{\text{nav}}\) on July 16 and 17, as the system was coming back to normal. Everything looks OK except for a point which doesn’t belong to the normal evolution.
Closer inspection shows that that point correspond to SVN E07, which transmitted an \(\text{IOD}_{\text{nav}}\) of 157 at 20:20 GST on July 17. Below we see that this is the only anomaly. The evolution of the \(\text{IOD}_{\text{nav}}\) of E07 is completely normal if we ignore this unusual jump.
Now we turn our attention to the ephemeris availability during July 10 and 11. The plot, which was first introduced in my study, is show below.
There are two interesting things in this graph. The first is that E21 doesn’t update its navigation message through most of July 10. This is rather unusual and I think no one had noticed it before. The other interesting thing is that we are able to see the satellite that transmit a batch outside of the regular 3 hour pattern. These are E03, E04, E07, E09, E11, E12, E14, E18, E19, E21, E24, E25 and E27. We see that each of these satellites only transmits one or two batches outside of the 3 hour pattern. This is rather interesting, but the reasons for this behaviour are completely unknown to me.
Now we turn to the study of the SISA. Whereas in the previous studies only the values NAPA, 0 (probably a receiver bug) and 3.12m appeared, before the outage we also have the values 3.28m, 3.44m and 3.6m. These are shown in red, purple and brown, respectively. The SISA for the frequency pair E5a,E1 is shown below. The SISA for E5b,E1 behaves very similarly.
The first anomaly in the SISA happens at around 18:00 GST on July 10, when E05 and E08 broadcast 3.6m for a few batches. Then, at around 00:00 GST on July 11 we have all satellites transmitting 3.28m briefly. The 3 hour batches use a SISA of 3.44m. The satellites that break the 3 hour pattern transmit the usual SISA of 3.12m, except for E09, which transmits 3.28m.
The evolution of the DVS is shown below for the E5a signal. The other signals have a very similar behaviour.
The first interesting thing is that satellites E14 and E18 broadcast working without guarantee briefly before 18:00 GST on July 10. These are the eccentric satellites. It seems that Octavian hasn’t consider them in his study. Since they transmit a health status of “in test”, it is possible that the receiver at Metsähovi doesn’t track them.
The second interesting thing is that, after the 3 hour pattern starts, some of the satellites switch to working without guarantee, but not at the same time. These are, the eccentric E14 and E18, which switch on immediately, E11, E12 and E19, which switch at the third batch, and E05, E31 and E33, that switch at the fourth batch.
Gossip is that some satellites have an updated software that detects when the onboard ephemeris expire and sets the DVS to working without guarantee automatically. Presumably, this kind of updates were first installed into the eccentric satellites, due to their unusual orbit. I don’t know how much of this story is true, but it is interesting to note the following: the eccentric satellites switch first, and then all the three IOV satellites E11, E12 and E19. However, there doesn’t seem to be any chronological relation between E05, E31 and E33.
The behaviour of the HS (health status) bits is not very interesting. As usual, the eccentric satellites broadcast “in test”, while the remaining satellites broadcast “OK”.
In summary, this post shows that all the anomalies observed by Octavian can also be seen in the IGS BRDC files. Also, there are some interesting aspects that I haven’t seen that anyone had noticed before:
E07 transmitting a spurious \(\text{IOD}_{\text{nav}}\) on 2019-07-17 20:20 GST.
E21 not updating its message during most of 2019-07-10.
The relation between the SISA and the batches that break the 3 hour pattern.
The groups of satellites that switched the DVS when the 3 hour pattern started: first the eccentrics, then the IOVs, then E05, E31 and E33.
The plots shown in this post have been made in this Jupyter notebook.
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Akira Jimbo
Amazing Drumming Akira Jimbo Drum Solo
Musical. Exciting. Dynamic. Blazing. Solid. Astonishing. All these words can be used to describe Akira Jimbo. He has been a leading figure in the Japanese music scene for more than 15 years and continues gaining well-deserved international recognition. Although he did not start playing drums until he was 17, Akira has become a master of his art form and is practically a household name in his home country of Japan.
Akira started playing drums in college (Keio University in Tokyo) and was a member of the Keio Light Music Society, the school's 18-piece big band. In 1980, he became the full-time drummer in the internationally renowned group, Casiopea. In his 10-year tenure with the band, he became recognized for his unique playing style and intricate techniques. With Casiopea, Akira released over a dozen albums, toured the world three times, and quickly established himself as something of a musical phenomenon in Japan. It was during this period that he refined his abilities as a composer and studio artist. After Casiopea, Akira formed Jimsaku in 1989 to explore new and different musical possibilities.
Along with the groups with whom he has performed and recorded, Akira has also maintained a high profile in the area of solo album work. He has released over 10 solo albums to date such as "Palette" (1991), "Slow Boat" (1992), "Lime Pie" (1994), "Panama Man"(1995)and "Flower"(1997).
In addition to the studio and solo projects, he has also released four instructional videos through DCI Music Video/Warner Bros. Publications: "Metamorphosis" (1992), "Pulse" (1995), "Independence" (1998)and "Evolution" (1999).
Throughout his career, Akira Jimbo has utilized his Yamaha drums and electronics exclusively as tools to channel his creative energy. Yamaha drums is proud to be associated with such a talented performer for over 30 years.
[Video on 'I Play Yamaha' website]
DTX900 Serien
Elektronisk trommeteknologi udstyret med DTX-PAD, næste generations elektroniske trommepads som Yamaha har specialdesignet til trommefolket.
DFP9500C
Double foot pedal version of FP9500C
HS1200D
Direct link and 2 double braced legs.
New ball clamp tilter, heavy weight, double-braced legs with new spikes, 3 arms.
Other Drum Artists
Teddy Campbell
Dafnis Prieto
Dafnis Prieto´s arrival in the U.S has been compared by to that of an asteroid hitting New York.
Dizzy Gillespie//McCoy Tyner,//Chick Corea,//Wynton Marsalis
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Dareck Mckay Music
Welcome to Dareck Mckay Music
Dareck Mckay was born October 6, 1988 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Moving to Ladner, B.C at the age of 3 he found a new place to call home. Dareck began playing guitar in his highschool music class and immediately connected to the art of music. He then started writing his own songs and recorded his first EP in April 2017 with Cory Woodward of Lion Bear Fox.
Dareck, being raised by a single father and an absent mother struggling with addictions, sought comfort in listening and playing music.
Dareck grew up listening to Rock and Roll music with his father who "rocked" a curly mullet and a 1980's Trans Am. Inspired by this he grew his hair long and joined a metal band in 2005. Seeing success through tours and fans he decided to continue with music even after the band split, only this time he went in a different direction in terms of style. Influenced by the vocals of Incubus and City and Color, he began his journey into alternative rock music. Dareck combines emotion with the catchy melodies of today's music.
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Nigel Cooper
Nigel began his association with brass banding at the age of 11 in the Salvation Army where he learned to play the Euphonium in the YP Band at Blackpool Citadel. Various moves around the country saw him playing principle Euphonium in the Salvation Army Bands at Maidenhead, Wood Green and eventually Chelmsford Citadel where he was also appointed deputy bandmaster and where his interest in conducting really took off. His playing has taken him around the country and abroad as both a member of a band or as a soloist and has allowed him to play under the baton of some of the great Salvation Army conductors and composers including Ray Steadman-Allen, Ray Bowes and Norman Bearcroft.
Having left the Salvation Army in 2010 he returned to brass banding playing Euphonium with Thundersley Brass Band competing at both regional and national brass band competitions and having the privilege to play under the musical direction of some of our most successful conductors including Jeremy Wise and Nigel Taken.
His interest in conducting led him to accept an invitation to audition for the Musical Director role for the Essex Police Band and he was appointed Musical Director in May 2012. Having spent 4 fantastic years with the Essex Police Band performing concerts across the country, he was invited to audition for the Musical Director role with the East of England Co-op Band (Ipswich and Norwich Co-op Band at the time) where he is now thoroughly enjoying the challenge of competition banding again and working with this brilliant group of musicians.
Outside of brass banding, Nigel lives and works in Essex and is married with two children who are both at university and he plays trombone with the Real Swing Band and the Colne Philharmonic Orchestra whenever his diary will allow.
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What country am I in?
As you probably all have seen or heard by now, we had some pretty significant marches over the weekend in protest of the bill that passed through the house about illegal immigrants. Being so close to the action and seeing the effects of this around me, I thought I’d offer my thoughts.
1. I think it tells us something that throughout the entire protest, one could sparsely find an American flag amongst them. Now remind me, but aren’t they marching because they want to be legal and citizens, yet they’re marching through the streets waving the flags of the countries that they are here illegally from. hmmm…..
2. People are taking a small part of the bill and saying that they could get arrested because on of their friends is illegal and they aren’t turning them in. Not only is that NEVER going to happen, but there won’t ever be a church charged for feeding an illegal immigrant. Now if they go and hire one, that’s another issue. The bill is constructed to go after the ones who employ illegals, not churches. Its just a case of opponents pulling wording out and twisting it to create fear. Unfortunately, Californians have been notorious for falling for such rhetoric.
3. There were many students that got called to march. This should mean almost nothing. Lets think about it. So word is going through innercity schools saying we’re going to ‘walk out’ and how many of them are really concerned with the cause. Come on! It’s a walk out! Most of them are just looking for an excuse to get out. And these are maybe the people that should be affected most by this, because the classes are so overbooked as a result of the illegal immigration. The hospitals are overflowing and running down because of the masses that flow through that have no insurance, i.e. illegals.
4. These kids started walking out on the freeways and then one news said kids were walking through pools to symbolize the struggle of an immigrant coming to the US. what’s that supposed to mean?! What about the struggle it is for those that decide to do it legally?
5. This whole march thing was just being fed by the media. We were watching the news and they were basically challenging people to show up the next day. It was a big 4 minute advertisement for the march the following day. Then the local spanish speaking radio personalities were pushing it with their shows. They have a huge following, and were able to draw out so many.
6. I heard that California’s own Senator Diane Feinstien lawded these illegal immigrants by saying they were ‘good citizens’. Ummm…. should someone let Diane know that the whole problem is that they AREN’T citizens?
7. These pictures should impact the people in the middle of the country to awaken them to the major problem of illegal immigration is here and will be in other parts of the country.
8. There is one town around here that has proclaimed itself as a safe-haven for illegal immigrants. The mayor, who suprisingly was a young guy, probably just wanting to make a name for himself, said that they won’t be towing the cars or penalizing immigrants who drive without a license. This is a freedom that I’M not granted. So they’re telling me if I get pulled over without a license I’d get prosecuted, but an ILLEGAL immigrant wouldn’t. Brilliant. The mayor was asked about how they plan on dealing with the mass of illegals who won’t be paying taxes, and he said the plan was to increase business and increase sales taxes. Great, penalize the people that have done things honestly.
9. This is a great insult to the people that have gone through the process legally and correctly. Even discussing things like amnesty is only encouraging people to get here enmass before the amnesty starts. Of course they’re saying that they need to prove that they’ve been in the country for a certain amount of time. Yeah, sure.
How Tall Was Goliath?
J. Daniel Hays of Ouachita Baptist University has presented a paper suggesting that Goliath may have really been 4 cubits & a span [6’9″] and not 6 cubits & a span [9’9″](1Sam.17:4-7). His conclusion is primarily based on the following:
1. The Hebrew text of 1-2 Samuel contains numerous copyists’ errors in other places, so seems to be a poorly transmitted text overall.
2. The reading “four cubits and a span” is the height of Goliath found in the oldest extant Hebrew manuscript, one of the Dead Sea Scrolls. This manuscript is at least 1,000 years earlier than any other manuscript of the passage.
3. The reading “four cubits and a span” is attested by Josephus in the 1st century AD, and by several important early Greek manuscripts, suggesting this was the original reading of the Septuagint (OT in Greek).
4. The height “four cubits and a span” fits better with the literary context, keeping the focus of the story on the contrast between David and Saul. [Saul was also very tall, but he would not fight Goliath. Saul looked at the problem from a human POV; David looked at it from God’s POV.]
A blog I read imagined that if this were true, Goliath would have been about the size of offensive tackle Flozell Adams of the Dallas Cowboys (America’s Team!!) who at 6’7″ and 345# would be pretty formidable to contend with.
While I find it interesting to link the Cowboys and theology ;), I have some reservations. 2Sam.21:16-22 (and its companion passage 1Chron.20:4-8) mention three brothers of Goliath, said to be sons of “the giant”. The word for giant is “Rapha”, they are the Rephaim. The Rephaim are mentioned in Gen.14:5-6, and King Og of Bashan (Deut.3:1-11) is said to be the last of the Rephaim in that area. His “bed” (probably his coffin) is said to be 9 cubits in length (13’6″)!
Since King Og needed a bed/coffin 13 1/2 feet long, and since that account is in Deuteronomy, NOT 1-2 Samuel, would they suggest THAT number is also a copyist’s error?
[Another thought: Before entering the Land, the 10 spies reported seeing “giants” [“nephilim”] in the land and they are stated as being descendents of Anak, i.e. of the Anakim (Numb.13:32-33) The Anakim are mentioned in Deut.2:10 as being exceptionally tall. Could they be the same race as the Rephaim?]
To view the blog see: http://www.foolishblog.com/2006/03/08/dallas-cowboys-make-jets/
The Tenets of the Church of ‘T’
I know I’ve been posting a lot the last few days, but a lot has come up. I found these little comments, thought some of you would like them:
Mr T wrote the Pentateuch. “Shut up fool before I redact you, sucka! There ain’t no J, Y, E or P. There’s only a T source!”
Mr T was at the centre of the 1843 Disruption. “Some fools were talkin’ jibba-jabba so I disrupted them.”
Mr T has been elected Moderator Designate of the Free Church every year since 1984. T, however, refuses to take time out of his duties pitying fools, so various Free Church ministers have deputised as Moderator.
Mr T favours presuppositional apologetics. “My presupposition is you a fool, and I don’t apologise for that, fool!”
Mr T refused ordination in the Free Church because he was unwilling to have his ‘Mr’ title replaced by ‘Rev’.
Mr T refuses to endorse the Free Church Youth Camps programme because they don’t have a strong enough emphasis on teaching kids the value of drinking milk. “Fool, if you don’t drink milk you’ll never grow strong. Even Hebrews says so!”
The Free Church College building, situated on the Mound in Edinburgh, was carved out of the rock by Mr T’s Mohawk.
Mr T destroyed the language of Biblical Hebrew because its alphabet contains two T letters: tau and teth. “There’s only one T in my alphabet, sucka!”
Mr T rarely worships in the Free Church because he doesn’t acknowledge the validity of the NIV Bible. “I only use the NIT Bible, fool!”
Mr T’s modified ‘Shorter T-Catechism’ begins with the question, “What is the chief end of van?” in reference to the A Team’s black GMC van.
Mr T is a Calvinist, rather than an Arminian, “because the five points of Calvinism begin with T, which is the basis of all good theology, sucka.”
Mr T thinks John the Baptist was a “crazy fool”. “Crazy fool, he only ate locusts and wild honey. Why didn’t he drink his milk?”
Mr T believes formal church membership is important. “You gotta be somebody or somebody’s fool, fool.”
Mr T can be seen flexing his biceps near the centre of Hill’s famous Disruption painting, sandwiched between Thomas Chalmers and Hugh Miller. “Thomas and Hugh are my brothers, sucka!”
In 1529, when Philip of Hesse summoned the various Reformation leaders to Marburg to discuss the Eucharist, Luther famously carved ‘this is my body’ into the table, after which Mr T carved, ‘yeah, fool’.
Mr T’s ordination to the eldership disastrously ended up with the most violent beating of Presbyters in Free Church history. “I ain’t lettin’ no sucka lay a hand on me.”
Mr T has the entire ESV Bible, Westminster Confession of Faith and the Three Forms of Unity tattooed in large font on the underside of his right forearm.
After reading the complete works of Greg Bahnsen, Mr T obliterated theonomy and replaced it with T-onomy.
When the 16th century heretic Servetus was burned at the stake in Switzerland, Mr T was present: his folded arms and intense pity actually caused Servetus to ignite.
The real reason 16th century Geneva didn’t return to Roman Catholicism wasn’t because of Calvin’s influence. It was because Mr T told the Pope, “you got two choices; ‘leave Geneva alone’, or ‘hurt’, sucka.”
After cruising through his first year Church History exam, Mr T punched his way back through time to punish Marcion for his heresy by removing him from ever having existed.
Mr T wrote the Epistle to the Hebrews. Have you ever heard of a New Testament scholar who openly denied this? No. That’s because Mr T has denied all doubters their right to exist.
While Peter once walked on water, Mr T has oft walked on fools.
The phrase ‘intertestamental period’ is now universally understood to refer to the period between Mr T’s career as a movie actor and then as a TV actor. “I claimed that phrase as my own, sucka.”
Mr T’s response to transubstantiationists is, “ain’t no literal change, fool!” His response to those with a purely symbolic view of the sacrament is, “Zwingli was a fool on crack, it ain’t no mere symbol, sucka.”
Mr T’s FC College dissertation was written in the Practical Theology department. “Its title was, ‘The Theological Ramifications of Bustin’ a Fool’s Head’, fool.” The external examiner gave Mr T a B. He no longer exists.
Mr T offers the following thought on the Emergent Church movement. “What’s emerging is, a lotta fools are talkin’ a lotta jibba-jabba. I pity myself that I gotta even talk about the Emergent Church. Fool.”
Mr T recently told a Sunday School class that his favourite book of the Bible is Proverbs. “It has the most to say about fools, fools,” he told the kids.
Mr T even pities fools on the Sabbath. “It’s a work of necessity, though it ain’t no work of mercy.”
In response to the Word of Knowledge movement, Mr T says, “Yeah I got a word of knowledge: shut up fool”.
At a mass rally in Miami last year, Mr T walked up to Benny Hinn, punched him in the face and said, “I wanna see you heal yourself! Fool.”
Before Mr T appeared on TBN, it was only called BN.
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The Unbelievable Power of Prayer!
I was listening to the radio late the other night and heard an ad for a prayer service that one could ‘subscribe’ to, and the description of such prayer and the provision of a website made me check it out. You should check it out, who knows, it might be what you’ve been missing in your life.
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What to do with Lent…
I don’t know how many of you have heard about the conflict many Catholics find themselves having to deal with, but St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Friday this year, which is a Friday in Lent. Fridays during Lent are conventionally observed by abstaining from eating meat. Obviously many Catholics are also very Irish, and the main dish for such a holiday is Corned Beef and Cabbage. What to do?
Well, aparently the diocese in charge of San Bernadino and Riverside county out here is making an allowance for one to eat meat, but only the parishoners in those counties can eat the meat. LA county is still not allowing it. This is so wrong on so many levels. How can a church take such a hard stand on something and just say, oh, well, you don’t have to follow it this year. But then how could for one group on one side of a county line ‘sin’ by eating meat, but your neighbor on the otherside of the county line can. unbelievable.
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Discern All Things
This last week has been an eye opening time for me. It seems like I have been discovering particular beliefs about teachers I had a lot of respect for that have largely disappointed me. First, I ran across some pretty inflamatory comments from Ergun Caner, who I had a lot of respect for. He spoke in chapel when I was in chapel and is the Dean at Liberty. And here I thought Liberty was making some good strides. But he comes out and makes his anti-Calvinism very clear, calling it a virus. He went on to blast Calvinists for not caring about evangelism, which isn’t exactly a new accusation, but is also one that is usually blown out of proportion.
Then I was doing some reading for my NTI class and was reading about the Two-Source Theory of the synoptic Gospels. Basically what this says is that Matthew and Luke used Mark as a source in writing their Gospels (imagine Matthew using Mark to write down how he got saved). Almost all of Mark is found in those two and many NT scholars want to say that Matthew and Luke were dependent upon Mark. Then they say that there is this infamous ‘Q’ text that they also relied on, where they don’t agree with Mark. This is completely made up and a creation of their own imagination. It has done to the point to where there is a concordance on ‘Q’ and a ‘Theology of Q’ even though no Q text actually exists. I could write on this more later if you guys have an interest in learning more about it, but this is enough to show you that they are tearing away at the inerrancy of Scripture.
But they don’t see it that way. They see it that way. They see it as completely acceptable that God could have inspired the writers in this way, but as you investigate this in a deeper way, you see how insulting this view really is. The sad thing is, that this view is the majority view today. A quick look at history clearly shows that NO church father thought this. In fact, there is almost a unanimous agreement that Matthew wrote his Gospel first. It wasn’t until Source and Historical Criticism spawned around the 18th century that these views started to be tossed around.
Sure, maybe these people don’t think this is attacking inerrancy, but I shutter to think what it will do to future generations who are raised to think its ok to think that the Gospels aren’t completely true. Its ok to think that Matthew was actually the author of the Sermon on the Mount, not Jesus. Its ok to think that Jesus’ words as he sent out the disciples weren’t actually from that time, but words from a larger span of time. They even talk about how Mark is more ‘archaic’ than the others and Matthew and Luke are improvements on it. Explain to me how one can even think that you can improve upon the Word of God. This may jive with the way that you think, but if you raise the next generation of the church with this state of mind, where are they going to run with it. Next thing you know, radical groups like ‘The Jesus Seminar’, who took it upon themselves to find the real words of Christ in the Gospels, will be much more common.
The men who I discovered believe in this Two-Source theory are D.A. Carson, Douglas Moo, and Lean Morris, all leading NT scholars today.
These discoveries and revelations have led me to remind myself that it is not in these particular men that I have put my trust, but in Christ alone. It is my personal responsibility to study all things out, to invest myself in the Word, and to discern all things.
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Glad we finally found out that Bush knew Katrina was going to be bad. He’s the president, he should have stopped the hurricane. Maybe if our army wasn’t in Iraq and Afghanistan it could have fought the hurricane. He at least could have said something ahead of time to let people know that they should leave the city.
Seriously, though, I can’t believe Bush came out and said that the cartoons shouldn’t have been published. What is he expecting to gain by sucking up to the Arabs like this? They’re still rioting and burning him in effigy even though he didn’t print them. That got him nowhere.
Did you hear about that Ferrari Enzo (a price tag of $1 million) that crashed in Malibu after hitting a pole going 162 mph? This German guy owned it and said that he wasn’t the driver and a guy named Deitrich owned it and ran away after the crash. Uh huh…. But Stefan the owner and purported ‘passenger’ was legally intoxicated and had a bloody lip. It seems that the passenger air bag lacked a spot of blood on it, but the drivers side did. So, Stefan, you’re telling us a guy got up and ran away after crashing at 162 mph? To make it even more odd, a couple guys showed up after the accident and showed police badges, claiming to be Homeland Security. It turns out they weren’t. Good luck, Stefan.
Speaking of Ferrari’s, Dr Phil’s is on sale. And the license plate says ‘Dr. Phil’, just in case somewhat thought it was another tall, bald guy in a Ferrari.
When did people start believing that the Bill of Rights gives them the right to say anything anywhere? Don’t people realize that if they are working for someone their employer can tell them not to say something? People get so upset if they get fired from a radio station or teaching job, but the employers set the rules. No one is saying you can’t say those things in your own time, you just have to follow the wishes of your boss.
On that note, censorship. John Milton wrote a very good piece on censorship and I think that this word is being tossed around a bit too much. Censorship isn’t someone deciding not to run your movie, print your book, air your words, or remove your art. That is their freedom. Censorship is someone changing your words, editing your movie, or repainting your art. Censorship is a post-production change to your product apart from the artist/author’s wishes. Seems like everyone loves to cry wolf about someone not running their piece, but they don’t realize it isn’t their right.
There are no good movies out. Beth called me the other day, saying she wanted to go to the movies and asked what was good to see. I said, “that’s presuming there IS anything good out.” She asked about ‘Transamerica’ and if that was good. I said, “Other than it being about a guy becoming a female?” I sort of wish I told her it was great and she needed to see it.
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writer: Destin Daniel Cretton
Dove Approved for 18+
Bryan Stevenson’s memoir, about becoming a pro bono lawyer for those wrongly convicted on death row and the Walter McMillian case, powerfully conveys the manner in which the Southern Center for Human Rights tackled racial inequality in Alabama and beyond. Destin Daniel Cretton’s cinematic [...]
Based on Jeannette Walls’ 2005 memoir of the same name, “The Glass Castle” is a thoughtful drama that expertly tackles issues like abuse, trauma, unconditional love, and the power of forgiveness. It’s beautifully shot and acted, boasting of a stellar cast including Brie Larson, Woody [...]
Dove Approved for Ages 12+
"The Shack" is a profound and creative way of revealing the unconditional love of God. Mackenzie "Mack" (Sam Worthington) has an encounter with the Holy Trinity at a shack following the death of his beloved daughter. The movie is heartwrenching at times, but it reveals the compassion and mercy of [...]
- Dove Approved for 18+
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Cal Major - Paddleboarding from Land's End to John O'Groats
Cal Major, a dryrobe ambassador and veterinary surgeon from North Devon, will attempt to be the first person to Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP) from Lands End to John O’Groats; the whole length of the UK. The journey will take in over 1000 miles of paddling and is estimated to take 4 months.
A surfer and ocean-lover, Cal wanted to do something about the problem of plastic pollution and the harm it causes the wildlife and the natural world. In 2016, she stand up paddle boarded 300 miles around the Cornish coast, encouraging people to ditch plastic water bottles in favour of a refillable alternative. In 2017, she became the first woman to SUP around the Isle of Skye, Scotland, highlighting that even remote and wild places are no less vulnerable to the issue. Seeing animals affected by marine litter cemented her need to reach people with her message.
She is now setting off on her biggest expedition yet, which will serve to highlight the plastic pollution the length of the UK. More importantly, Cal wants the adventure to bring positivity to the solutions and open up the discussion as to how we can all be a part of the efforts to tackle it.
“The immensity of plastic pollution can seem quite overwhelming. I want to help people see how it is relevant to them, and how really simply they can be part of the solution” says Cal.
As a Surfers Against Sewage Plastic Free Coastlines Ambassador, Cal will be linking up Plastic Free Coastlines communities along the way. These community campaigns are helping to bring people together and positively tackle plastic pollution at source.
The expedition will be mostly coastal paddling, which carries a high risk from wind, waves and tide. It will also incorporate some inland paddling of estuaries and canals.
“Since 80% of marine litter originates from land based sources, by paddling inland too I hope to demonstrate the connection between the plastic we use in land, and that out to sea. I want to connect those dots so that people living in land can relate to the issue too.” says Cal
“People are crying out for solutions. They want to know how they can help and I would like them to understand that small changes, such as giving up plastic water bottles, makes a big difference.”
The expedition is in honour of Cal’s closest friend who lost her battle with depression last year. Cal will be raising funds for VetLife and The Samaritans, two charities offering support to those in their darkest times. She also hopes to show how time spent in nature is valuable to physical and mental wellbeing.
“I feel that as a society we are disconnected from nature. I hope to encourage people to spend more time outdoors enjoying the incredible wild spaces we have in this country, and hope that through developing a love for the outdoors and its wildlife, we can nurture a desire to protect it.”
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Celebrity Photographer Maarten de Boer '00's new exhibit "Het Gezicht/The Face" in the May Gallery beginning Sept. 6.
Maarten is an LA-based photographer, alumnus of Webster University and recipient of “Distinguished Alumnae of the Year” in 2017. Maarten’s photographic subjects are a Who’s Who of Hollywood’s film and television A-List. He has photographed Morgan Freeman, James McAvoy, Rebel Wilson, George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lady Gaga and countless others.
Born in a small coastal town in Scotland, Maarten was raised in a Dutch household. He has strong ties to his Scottish upbringing and his family’s Dutch roots. His exhibit “Het Gezicht” (Dutch for “The Face”) aptly explains this artist’s striking assemblage of celebrity portrait photography. De Boer’s images are beautifully composed with expert use of motion, lighting and expression to capture the subtle nuances of the celebrity subjects’ personality.
His exhibit of Celebrity Portraits “Het Gezicht” will be on view at the Webster University May Gallery on Sept. 6-27, 2019. A reception and artist talk with Maarten de Boer will be held on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, from 5-7 p.m. The May Gallery and May Gallery Events are free and open to the public. Gallery Hours: Monday- Friday 9 a.m.-9 p.m. & Sat-Sun 12-5 p.m.
Friday, September 27, 2019 at 9:00am to 9:00pm
8300 Big Bend Boulevard, 63119
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http://webster.edu/maygallery
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Home Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education Leadership Decision Making: Optimizing Organizational Performance
Leadership Decision Making: Optimizing Organizational Performance
SchoolHarvard Kennedy School Executive Education
All dates June 7-12, 2020
LocationHarvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, US
CategoryLeadership
Wise judgment and effective decision-making have always been essential skills for leaders across all professional settings. Today, leaders have access to mountains of data from endless sources. The question is, how can they leverage this abundance of information to make smarter decisions?
Leadership Decision Making features hands-on learning experiences that help leaders like you improve decision analysis and leadership effectiveness. During this six-day program, you'll discover how to recognize biases in judgment that affect even the most intelligent individuals and to incorporate structured decision-making techniques empirically shown to enhance decision making. You'll also receive customized, confidential feedback on your decision-making style from the Harvard Decision Science Laboratory—one of the most popular aspects of the program.
Leadership Decision Making is designed for senior-level executives in the public, nonprofit, and corporate sectors. Past participants have included elected politicians, corporate executives, military officers, diplomats, law enforcement officers, scholars, intelligence analysts, a diverse set of senior managers, and some emerging leaders.
The program places a high priority on participant diversity. Our intention is for participants to interact with colleagues from across geographic boundaries and professional sectors to gain insight into the human dynamics that make or break the effectiveness of decision environments within their own organizations.
The curriculum focuses on key areas that drive organizational performance, including:
Reducing decision biases in your organization
Communicating risk accurately and effectively
Sharpening negotiation skills
Increasing forecast accuracy, especially for low-probability, potentially catastrophic events
Understanding the role of emotion in judgment and decision making
Designing smart accountability systems for judgment and decision making
Gaining support for your decisions
Leveraging big data to improve judgments and decisions
Course information from Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education
Jennifer Lerner
Thornton Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy, Decision Science, and Management
Dr. Jennifer Lerner is the Thornton F. Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy, Decision Science, and Management at the Harvard Kennedy School and Co-Founder of the Harvard Decision Science Laboratory. She is the first psychologist in the history of the Harvard Kennedy School to receive tenure. Professor Lerner also holds appointments in Harvard’s Department of Psychology and Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences. In addition to her roles at Harvard, Professor Lerner holds an appointment as Special Advisor to the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations and as the Navy’s Chief Decision Scientist.
Research: Drawing insights from psychology, economics, and neuroscience, her research examines human judgment and decision making. Together with colleagues, she developed a theoretical framework that successfully predicts the effects of specific emotions on specific judgment and choice outcomes. Applied widely, the framework has been especially useful in predicting emotion effects on perceptions of risk, economic decisions, and attributions of responsibility. For example, she has discovered and explained why fear and anger - although both negative emotions – exert opposing effects on the perception of risk. Lerner also pursues two related programs of research, examining (a) mechanisms through which accountability and other authority systems shape judgment and choice outcomes; and (b) causes and consequences of stress. Published in leading scientific journals, and cited over 21,000 times in scholarly publications alone, Lerner’s research also regularly receives coverage in popular media outlets (e.g., Good Morning, America; National Public Radio; NOVA; the Wall Street Journal; the Washington Post; and The New York Times).
Selected awards: In a White House ceremony, Lerner received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government to scientists and engineers in early stages of their careers. She has also received the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Award and the National Science Foundation’s "Sensational 60” designation. (The 60 members in this latter group are designated as the most prominent American scientists whose first grants were graduate school fellowships from the NSF.)
Teaching: As devoted to teaching as she is to research, Lerner has received multiple teaching awards including: the Harvard Kennedy School’s “Dinner on the Dean” award for outstanding teaching (many times), the Harvard “Innovations in Learning and Teaching Award” for curricular innovation, the Harvard Graduate Student Government’s “Lectures That Last Award,” and the Raymond Vernon Commemorative Award for mentoring junior faculty. Notably, she is also the founding faculty director of Harvard’s popular “Leadership Decision Making” executive education program.
Advisory Boards and Steering Committee: Lerner presently serves on a diverse array of boards, including the scientific advisory boards for two corporations in the machine learning and decision making space (Accolade, Inc. and OnCorps, Inc.) as well as the Faculty Steering Committee for Harvard’s Mind-Brain-Behavior Initiative. Previously, she served for two years on an expert panel within the National Institutes of Health and for three years as the first behavioral scientist ever appointed to the United States Secretary of the Navy’s Advisory Panel. In this role, she provided input to the Secretary on critical matters faced by the Navy and the Marine Corps.
Education and employment history: In 1998, Lerner received her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California – Berkeley. After a National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA, Lerner joined the Carnegie Mellon University faculty. She served as Assistant Professor of Social and Decision Science, and later the Estella Loomis McCandless Associate Professor of Social and Decision Science. Lerner joined the Harvard faculty and received tenure in 2007.
Personal: Lerner lives in Cambridge, MA, with her husband (Brian P. Gill), their daughter, and their dog. Having had Systemic Lupus Erythematosus without remission since childhood, Lerner is a strong advocate of increasing employment for persons with disabilities. In her spare time, Lerner leads a double life as a zealous sports mom, cheering for her daughter’s team at meets across the country.
Max H. Bazerman is the Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Centering his research on decision making, ethics, and negotiation, he has authored, coauthored, or co-edited more than 180 articles and 16 books, including Negotiation Genius (with Deepak Malhotra, Bantam Books, in press), Predictable Surprises: The Disasters You Should Have Seen Coming, and How to Prevent Them (with M. Watkins) and the sixth edition of Judgment in Managerial Decision Making. Bazerman has conducted projects in more than 25 countries, including more than 50 with companies in the United States. His recent awards include an honorary doctorate from the University of London (London Business School), the Kulp-Wright Book Award from the American Risk and Insurance Association for Predictable Surprises (with Michael Watkins), and the Life Achievement Award from the Aspen Institute’s Business and Society Program.
Julia Minson
Associate Professor of Public Policy
Julia Minson is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of government. She is a social psychologist with research interests in conflict, negotiations and judgment and decision making. Her primary line of research addresses the “psychology of disagreement” – How do people engage with opinions, judgments and decisions that are different from their own?
She explores this theme in the context of group decision making to uncover the psychological biases that prevent managers, consumers, and policy-makers from maximizing the benefits of collaboration. She also studies the conditions that make people willing to listen and be receptive to views and opinions they strongly oppose on political and social topics.
Much of Julia’s research is conducted in collaboration with the graduate and post-doctoral members of MC² – the Minson Conflict and Collaboration Lab.
At the Kennedy School Julia is affiliated with the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and the Center for Public Leadership. Julia teaches courses on negotiations and decision-making as part of the Management, Leadership and Decision Science area, as well as through HKS Executive Education.
Julia is the organizer of the Colloquium on Research Results in Advancing Leadership (CORRAL) speaker series, sponsored by the Center for Public Leadership and the Management Leadership and Decision Sciences Area. She is also the Faculty Director of the Harvard Decision Science Laboratory.
Prior to coming to the Kennedy School, Julia served as a Lecturer at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where she taught Negotiations at both the MBA and the undergraduate levels. She received her PhD in Social Psychology from Stanford University and her BA in Psychology from Harvard University.
Christopher Robichaud
Lecturer in Ethics and Public Policy
Christopher Robichaud is Lecturer in Ethics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He received his doctorate in philosophy from MIT. His work focuses on areas in ethics, political philosophy, and social epistemology. Dr. Robichaud has been a member of the faculty since 2006. He also teaches at the Harvard Extension School and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Previously, he has taught philosophy courses at Texas A&M University, the University of Vermont in Burlington, and Tufts University.
Currently, his research interests include exploring what a "post-truth" age of politics might be, and what, if anything, can be said for or against such an age. He is also interested in examining what kind of intellectual virtue is captured by the idea of healthy skepticism, and what place such a virtue has within a democratic society.
Dr. Robichaud is also dedicated to bringing philosophical ideas to a wider audience, and pursues this goal by looking at issues in moral and political philosophy that arise in pop culture stories, especially superhero narratives. His articles can be found in the volumes Superheroes and Philosophy, Supervillains and Philosophy, Batman and Philosophy, Iron Man and Philosophy, X-Men and Philosophy,Spider-Man and Philosophy, Superman and Philosophy,Watchmen and Philosophy, The Avengers and Philosophy, Heroes and Philosophy, True Blood and Philosophy, Walking Dead and Philosophy, Game of Thrones and Philosophy and Dungeons & Dragons and Philosophy. He recently contributed online content to the EdX Smithsonian course, "The Rise of Superheroes and Their Impact on Pop Culture."
In addition to his academic pursuits, Dr. Robichaud is currently pursuing the pedagogical goal of "gamifying" certain components of the curriculum at the Harvard Kennedy School. His efforts in using gameplay to facilitate learning have been incorporated into areas ranging from the core MPP curriculum to some Executive Education programs.
Todd Rogers is a behavioral scientist who is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is the Director of the Student Social Support R&D Lab (www.s3rd.org).
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English wine cask units
(Redirected from Tun (volume))
This article is about historic units of volume measurement for wine in England until 1824 and later under the imperial and US customary systems. For beer and ale units of the same, see English brewery cask units.
Capacities of wine casks were formerly measured and standardised according to a specific system of English units. The various units were historically defined in terms of the wine gallon so varied according to the definition of the gallon until the adoption of the Queen Anne wine gallon in 1707. In the United Kingdom and its colonies the units were redefined with the introduction of the imperial system whilst the Queen Anne wine gallon was adopted as the standard US liquid gallon.
The major wine producing countries use barrels extensively and have developed standards at variance with the traditional English volumes are commonly used in the wine and wine cooperage industries.[clarification needed] Examples include a hogshead of 300 L (66 imp gal; 79 US gal), a barrique of 220 L (48 imp gal; 58 US gal) (Bordeaux), a barrel of 225 L (49 imp gal; 59 US gal) (Australia), a barrel of 230 L (51 imp gal; 61 US gal) (Burgundy) and a puncheon of 465 L (102 imp gal; 123 US gal).[1]
1 Casks
1.1 Tun
1.2 Pipe or butt
1.3 Puncheon or tertian
1.4 Hogshead
1.5 Tierce
1.6 Barrel
1.7 Rundlet
CasksEdit
TunEdit
The tun (Old English: tunne, Latin: tunellus, Middle Latin: tunna) is an English unit of liquid volume (not weight), used for measuring wine, oil or honey. Typically a large vat or vessel, most often holding 252 wine gallons, but occasionally other sizes (e.g. 256, 240 and 208 gallons) were also used.[2]
In one example from 1507, a tun is defined as 240 gallons.
Early Modern English: "He that ys a gawner owght to understonde there ys in a tunne lx systerns and every systern ys iiii galons be yt wyne or oylle."
Translation: "He that is a gauger ought to understand that there is in a tunne 60 sesters, and every sester is 4 gallons, be it wine or oil."
— Untitled manuscript, consisting of a list of various customs duties, dated 15 July 1507[2][3][4]
Pipe or buttEdit
The butt (from the medieval French and Italian botte) or pipe was half a tun, or 1008 pints. Tradition has it that George, Duke of Clarence, the brother of Edward IV of England, was drowned in a butt of malmsey on 18 February 1478.[5][6] (However, Josephine Tey in The Daughter of Time suggests that "drowned in a butt of malmsey" means rather that George, Duke of Clarence, drank himself to death rather than literally drowning in a container of wine.) In Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado", the narrator claims he has received "a pipe of what passes for Amontillado". In Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novel "Paul Clifford", Lord Mauleverer states to Lawyer William Brandon "Because he sent me, in the handsomest manner possible, a pipe of that wonderful Madeira, which you know I consider the chief grace of my cellars, and he gave up a canal navigation bill, which would have enriched his whole county, when he knew that it would injure my property."
Puncheon or tertianEdit
The puncheon was a third of a tun. The term puncheon, shortened to pon in the United States, is thought to derive from the fact that it would have been marked by use of a punch to denote its contents. The unit was also known as a tertian (from the Latin word for "third").[2]
HogsheadEdit
Main article: Hogshead
Of comparable size to the beer hogshead, the wine hogshead was equal to half a butt or a quarter of a tun.
TierceEdit
Main article: Tierce (unit)
Closely related to the modern oil barrel, the tierce was half a puncheon, a third of a butt or a sixth of a tun.
BarrelEdit
The wine barrel was half a wine hogshead or an eighth of a tun.
RundletEdit
The rundlet was a seventh of a butt or a fourteenth of a tun.
Originally, the tun was defined as 256 wine gallons;[nb 1] this is the basis for the name of the quarter of 64 corn gallons. At some time before the 15th century, it was reduced to 252 gallons, so as to be evenly divisible by other small integers, including seven.[nb 2] Note that a 252-gallon tun of wine has an approximate mass of one long ton.
With the adoption of the Queen Anne wine gallon of 231 cubic inches the tun approximated the volume of a cylinder with both diameter and height of 42 inches.[nb 3] These were adopted as the standard US liquid gallon and tun.
When the imperial system was introduced the tun was redefined in the UK and colonies as 210 imperial gallons. The imperial tun remained evenly divisible by small integers.[nb 4] There was also little change in the actual value the tun.[nb 5]
historically
imperial definitions
US definitions
puncheons
hogsheads
tierces
rundlets
litres[nb 6]
1 1⁄2 1⁄3 1⁄4 1⁄6 1⁄8 1⁄14 950–960 210 954.7 252 954.0
2 1 2⁄3 1⁄2 1⁄3 1⁄4 1⁄7 475–480 105 477.3 126 477.0
puncheon
3 1 1⁄2 1 3⁄4 1⁄2 3⁄8 3⁄14 316–320 70 318.2 84 318.0
hogshead
4 2 1 1⁄3 1 2⁄3 1⁄2 2⁄7 237–240 52 1⁄2 238.7 63 238.5
6 3 2 1 1⁄2 1 3⁄4 3⁄7 158–160 35 159.1 42 159.0
8 4 2 2⁄3 2 1 1⁄3 1 4⁄7 118–120 26 1⁄4 119.3 31 1⁄2 119.3
rundlet
14 7 4 2⁄3 3 1⁄2 2 1⁄3 1 3⁄4 1 68– 69 15 68.19 18 68.14
Barrel (unit)
Cubic ton
English brewery cask units
List of unusual units of measurement
^ 256=28
^ 252 = 22×32×7
^ The volume, V, of this cylinder may be approximated from the height, h, and the radius, r, as follows.
V = πr2h
≈ 22⁄7×(21 in)2×42 in since π ≈ 22⁄7
= (22×32×7)×(3×7×11) cu in
= 252×231 cu in
^ 210 = 2×3×5×7
^ The imperial tun is only about 0.0792% larger than the US tun assuming current definitions. Note that 5 imp gal ≈ 6 US gal.
^ The conversion to litres is approximate and given as a range to reflect the varying definitions of the gallon and the tun in terms of the gallon.
^ The conversion to litres shown in tooltips is exact assuming the current 4.54609-litre definition of the imperial gallon.
^ The conversion to litres shown in tooltips is exact assuming the current 25.4-millimetre definition of the international inch.
^ http://www.apjohn.com.au/Upload/PrintPages/AP%20John_Technical_Specifications.pdf[permanent dead link] Web Archive
^ a b c Zupko, Ronald E. (1985). "A Dictionary of Weights and Measures for the British Isles: The Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century, Volume 168". Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society. American Philosophical Society. 168. ISBN 9780871691682. Quoting Gras (1918), p. 706
^ Gras, Norman S.B. (1918). Early English Customs Systems. Cambridge. p. 706. Quoting Forgon (1507)
^ Forgon, T. (15 July 1507). Untitled manuscript, consisting of a list of various customs duties. Reproduced at sizes.com.
^ "Dukes of Great Britain". Archived from the original on 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
^ Biography Channel Duke of Clarence
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Western fiction
"As Wild felled one of the redskins by a blow from the butt of his revolver, and sprang for the one with the tomahawk, the chief's daughter suddenly appeared. Raising her hands, she exclaimed, 'Go back, Young Wild West. I will save her!'" (1908)
Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West frontier and typically set from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century. Well-known writers of Western fiction include Zane Grey from the early 20th century and Louis L'Amour from the mid-20th century. The genre peaked around the early 1960s, largely due to the popularity of televised Westerns such as Bonanza. Readership began to drop off in the mid- to late 1970s and has reached a new low in the 2000s. Most bookstores, outside a few west American states, only carry a small number of Western fiction books.
1.1 Pre-1850s
1.2 1850s–1900
1.3 1900s–1930s
1.4.1 Western comics
1.5 1970s and 1980s
2 Organizations
Pre-1850sEdit
The predecessor of the western in American literature emerged early with tales of the frontier. The most famous of the early 19th-century frontier novels were James Fenimore Cooper's five novels comprising the Leatherstocking Tales. Cooper's novels were largely set in what was at the time the American frontier: the Appalachian Mountains and areas west of there. As did his novel The Prairie (1824), most later westerns would typically take place west of the Mississippi River.[citation needed]
1850s–1900Edit
The Western as a specialized genre got its start in the "penny dreadfuls" and later the "dime novels". Published in June 1860, Malaeska; the Indian Wife of the White Hunter is considered the first dime novel.[1] These cheaply made books were hugely successful and capitalized on the many stories that were being told about the mountain men, outlaws, settlers, and lawmen who were taming the western frontier. Many of these novels were fictionalized stories based on actual people, such as Billy the Kid, Buffalo Bill, Wyatt Earp (who was still alive at the time), Wild Bill Hickok, and Jesse James.
1900s–1930sEdit
By 1900, the new medium of pulp magazines helped to relate these adventures to easterners. Meanwhile, non-American authors, like the German Karl May, picked up the genre, went to full novel length, and made it hugely popular and successful in continental Europe from about 1880 on, though they were generally dismissed as trivial by the literary critics of the day.[2]
Popularity grew with the publication of Owen Wister's novel The Virginian (1902) and especially Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage (1912). The first Hopalong Cassidy stories by Clarence Mulford appeared in 1904, both as dime novels and in pulp magazines. When pulp magazines exploded in popularity in the 1920s, Western fiction greatly benefited (as did the author Max Brand, who excelled at the western short story). Pulp magazines that specialised in Westerns include Cowboy Stories, Ranch Romances, Star Western, West, and Western Story Magazine.[3] The simultaneous popularity of Western movies in the 1920s also helped the genre.
In the 1940s several seminal Westerns were published, including The Ox-Bow Incident (1940) by Walter van Tilburg Clark, The Big Sky (1947) and The Way West (1949) by A.B. Guthrie, Jr., and Shane (1949) by Jack Schaefer. Many other Western authors gained readership in the 1950s, such as Ray Hogan, Louis L'Amour, and Luke Short.
The genre peaked around the early 1960s, largely due to the tremendous number of Westerns on television. The burnout of the American public on television Westerns in the late 1960s seemed to have an effect on the literature as well, and interest in Western literature began to wane.[citation needed]
Western comicsEdit
Main article: Western comics
Western novels, films and pulps gave birth to Western comics, which were very popular, particularly from the late 1940s until circa 1967, when the comics began to turn to reprints. This can particularly be seen at Marvel Comics, where Westerns began circa 1948 and thrived until 1967, when one of their flagship titles, Kid Colt Outlaw (1949–1979), ceased to have new stories and entered the reprint phase. Other notable long-running Marvel Western comics included Rawhide Kid (1955–1957, 1960–1979) Two-Gun Kid (1948–1962), and Marvel Wild Western (1948–1957).
DC Comics published the long-running series All-Star Western (1951–1961) and Western Comics (1948–1961), and Charlton Comics published Billy the Kid (1957–1983) and Cheyenne Kid (1957–1973). Magazine Enterprises' Straight Arrow ran from 1950 to 1956, and Prize Comics' Prize Comics Western ran from 1948 to 1956.
Fawcett Comics published a number of Western titles, including Hopalong Cassidy from 1948 to 1953. They also published comics starring actors known for their Western roles, including Tom Mix Western (1948–1953) and Gabby Hayes Western (1948–1953). Similarly, Dell Comics published Roy Rogers comics from 1948 to 1961, and Magazine Enterprises published Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid from 1949 to 1955.
The popular Western comic strip Red Ryder was syndicated in hundreds of American newspapers from 1938 to 1964.
1970s and 1980sEdit
In the 1970s, the work of Louis L'Amour began to catch hold of most western readers and he has tended to dominate the western reader lists ever since. George G. Gilman also maintained a cult following for several years in the 1970s and 1980s. Larry McMurtry's and Cormac McCarthy's works remain notable. Specifically, McMurtry's Lonesome Dove and McCarthy's Blood Meridian (both published in 1985) are recognized as major masterpieces both within and beyond the genre. Elmer Kelton, mostly noted for his novels The Good Old Boys and The Time it Never Rained, was voted by the Western Writers of America as the "Best Western Writer of All Time". Early in the 1970s Indiana novelist Marilyn Durham wrote two popular Western novels, The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing and Dutch Uncle.
Western readership as a whole began to drop off in the mid- to late 1970s. A partial exception was an innovation, the so-called "adult western". As one practitioner puts it, "What's an Adult Western? It's a western novel with sex in it. That's right, the cowboy has sex with women. A new idea? Probably not, but heretofore this had not been seen in western novels (certainly not by Max Brand, Zane Grey, Owen Wister or Louis L'Amour). What these books actually showed was that men and women really did have sex in the old west. (Back when I started the series a rigidly traditional western writer of my acquaintance insisted to me that "women did not have orgasms in the old west.")."[4]
Readership of western fiction reached a new low in the first decade of the twenty-first century, and most bookstores, outside a few western states, only carry a small number of Western fiction books. Nevertheless, several Western fiction series are published monthly, such as The Trailsman, Slocum, Longarm and The Gunsmith; these are all "adult westerns". The genre has seen the rumblings of a revival, and 2008 saw the publication of an all-Western short story magazine Great Western Fiction which was published by Dry River Publishing in Colorado. Nevertheless, the magazine was short-lived and folded after only two issues.[5]
OrganizationsEdit
Western authors are represented by the Western Writers of America, who present the annual Spur Awards and Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Achievement. The organization was founded in 1953 to promote the literature of the American West. While the founding members were mostly western fiction writers, the organization began getting a number of other members from other backgrounds such as historians, regional history buffs, and writers from other genres.
Western Fictioneers, founded in 2010, is a professional writers' group that encourages and promotes the traditional Westerns. It is the only professional writers' organization composed entirely of authors who have written Western fiction. Fans of the genre may join as patron members. The Western Fictioneers' annual Peacemakers competition awards prizes in many categories of Western writing.[6]
List of Western fiction authors
^ Roberts, Garyn G. (1990). Old Sleuth's Freaky Female Detectives: (from the Dime Novels). Bowling Green, OH: Popular Press. p. 2. ISBN 0879724757. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
^ Novak, Ben (2014). Hitler and Abductive Logic: The Strategy of a Tyrant. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. pp. 104–05. ISBN 0739192248. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
^ Dinan, John A. (1983). The Pulp Western: A Popular History of the Western Fiction Magazine in America. Borgo Pres. ISBN 0-89370-161-0.
^ Randisi, Robert J. "50 Shades of Gunsmith" Piccadilly Publishing website
^ "Great Western Fiction Has Folded," The Tainted Archive (August 31, 2008).
^ Westernfictioneers.com
BibliographyEdit
Boatright, Mody C. "The Formula in Cowboy Fiction and Drama." Western Folklore (1969): 136–145. in JSTOR
Davis, David B. "Ten-Gallon Hero." American Quarterly (1954) 6#2 pp: 111–125. in JSTOR
Durham, Philip. "The Cowboy and the Myth Makers." The Journal of Popular Culture (1967) 1#1 pp: 58–62.
Estleman, Loren D. The Wister trace: classic novels of the American frontier (Jameson Books, 1987)
Fleming, Robert E (October 1979). The Dime Novel Western. Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association.
Hamilton, Cynthia S. Western and hard-boiled detective fiction in America: from high noon to midnight (Macmillan, 1987)
Jones, Daryl (c. 1978). The dime novel western. Bowling Green, Ohio: Popular Press, Bowling Green State University. ISBN 0879720980.
Jones, Daryl Emrys (January 1974). The Dime Novel Western: The Evolution of a Popular Formula. Michigan State University: ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing.
McVeigh, Stephen. The American Western (Edinburgh University Press, 2007.)
Marsden, Michael T. "The Popular Western Novel as a Cultural Artifact." Arizona and the West (1978): 203–214. in JSTOR
Stauffer, Helen Winter, and Susan J. Rosowski, eds. Women and western American literature (Whitston Publishing Company, 1982)
The Western Writers of America website
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Otero County, Colorado
U.S. county in Colorado
Otero County Courthouse in La Junta, Colorado
Location within the U.S. state of Colorado
Colorado's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 37°54′N 103°43′W / 37.9°N 103.71°W / 37.9; -103.71
Miguel Antonio Otero
1,270 sq mi (3,300 km2)
7.7 sq mi (20 km2) 0.6%%
15/sq mi (6/km2)
UTC−7 (Mountain)
UTC−6 (MDT)
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Otero Museum and Fine Arts League in La Junta
Cattle feedlot in Otero County west of Rocky Ford
Otero County is one of the 64 counties of the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2010 census, the population was 18,831.[1] The county seat is La Junta.[2] The county was named for Miguel Antonio Otero, one of the founders of the town of La Junta and a member of a prominent Hispanic family.
1.2 National protected areas
1.3 Trails and byways
4.2 Towns
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,270 square miles (3,300 km2), of which 1,262 square miles (3,270 km2) is land and 7.7 square miles (20 km2) (0.6%) is water.[3]
Adjacent counties[edit]
Crowley County - north
Kiowa County - northeast
Bent County - east
Las Animas County - south
Pueblo County - west
National protected areas[edit]
Comanche National Grassland
Santa Fe National Historic Trail
Trails and byways[edit]
American Discovery Trail
Santa Fe Trail National Scenic Byway
1990 20,185 −10.6%
Est. 2018 18,432 [4] −2.1%
As of the census[9] of 2000, there were 20,311 people, 7,920 households, and 5,472 families living in the county. The population density was 16 people per square mile (6/km²). There were 8,813 housing units at an average density of 7 per square mile (3/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 79.02% White, 0.76% Black or African American, 1.43% Native American, 0.70% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 15.06% from other races, and 2.96% from two or more races. 37.62% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 7,920 households out of which 32.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.70% were married couples living together, 12.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.90% were non-families. 27.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.04.
The median income for a household in the county was $29,738, and the median income for a family was $35,906. Males had a median income of $26,996 versus $21,001 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,113. About 14.20% of families and 18.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.90% of those under age 18 and 11.80% of those age 65 or over.
Politics[edit]
Otero is a strongly Republican county, although less so than the counties of the Colorado High Plains. It was last won for the Democratic Party by Bill Clinton in 1996. Before that, Otero tended to be a Republican-leaning county at the Presidential level, although it did vote for Wilson twice, FDR in 1932 and 1936, Truman in 1948 and Lyndon Johnson in 1964.
Presidential elections results
Otero County vote
by party in presidential elections[10]
2016 58.3% 4,928 34.8% 2,943 6.9% 581
2004 60.5% 4,947 38.7% 3,164 0.8% 69
1992 37.5% 3,120 41.9% 3,485 20.6% 1,708
1956 61.5% 5,964 38.4% 3,722 0.1% 7
Communities[edit]
City[edit]
Towns[edit]
Cheraw
Census-designated places[edit]
La Junta Gardens
North La Junta
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G.W. Swink, pioneer county commissioner
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Otero County, Colorado
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^ a b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved December 12, 2019.
^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
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Places adjacent to Otero County, Colorado
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The First-Ever MDMA Therapy Training for Communities of Color Was Vital
Alexander Lekhtman
The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) hosted the first-ever MDMA Therapy Training for Communities of Color between August 10-17 in Louisville, Kentucky. It was designed for mental health professionals who work primarily with people of color and in marginalized communities.
MDMA is a psychedelic, and the active ingredient in the recreational drugs known as “molly” or “ecstasy.” It has also shown excellent therapeutic value for conditions such as alcohol use disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder, and MAPS is currently conducting FDA Phase III clinical trials of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD.
The eight-day event consisted of an opening workshop followed by a six-day MDMA therapist training.
“It’s as if it opens a magic portal in their minds.”
“We’re changing the landscape of who is able and available to offer this treatment,” Dr. Monnica T. Williams, a clinical psychologist, told Filter. She led the training along with Marcela Ot’alora, a counselor. “Up until this point it’s been almost exclusively white people researching MDMA, so there’s been very few who have taken this treatment to communities of color. We hope that increasing the diversity of the therapists will increase the diversity of those receiving the therapy.”
Attendees came from all over the country and included both licensed therapists and people finishing their education. MAPS provided financial assistance for some, and the event was funded in part by the Open Society Foundations and other foundations and private donors.
“It can take clients years to have the kind of transformation they can have in two or three sessions of MDMA psychotherapy,” said Dr. NiCole T. Buchanan, an associate professor at Michigan State University, who completed the training. “It’s as if it opens a magic portal in their minds. It allows them to process and put away the trauma as something they don’t need to be constantly worried about.”
Training participants relax by the river. Photo courtesy of Ismail Ali.
The Barriers to Accessing MDMA Therapy
Therapists seeking to provide MDMA therapy in a research setting have to complete a five-part program, including online courses, an apprenticeship and supervised work. The training provided by MAPS did not involve working directly with patients, but satisfied the training retreat element of the required program.
“Dr. Williams estimated that overall treatment costs ranged from $12,000-20,000.”
Besides the under-representation of people of color among providers and patients, there are also financial barriers to patients accessing legal MDMA therapy. The protocol requires two licensed therapists, about 20 psychotherapy sessions and possible overnight hospital stays; Dr. Williams estimated in 2018 that overall treatment costs ranged from $12,000-20,000.
One remedy MAPS has proposed is to allow one of the therapist team members to be a non-licensed student completing their education. “The FDA isn’t happy about that idea, and they want both therapists to be licensed,” Williams said. “But that would make the costs prohibitive to all but the wealthiest patients, which is not our goal.”
Currently, qualified therapists would need to work at a MAPS research site to provide this treatment. But they may soon be able to offer it independently, via the FDA’s Expanded Access program. This program allows healthcare providers to offer a medication not yet approved for market but recognized as beneficial by the FDA.
“We’re still waiting on the FDA to approve MDMA through Expanded Access,” said Williams, who is trying to pursue this route at her practice in Connecticut. “No one has been able to move forward with that, though we’re all ready to go. It seems they want to start with a small number of clinics and patients at first to ensure safety.”
A growing chorus has highlighted the severe under-representation of people of color in MDMA research—and psychedelic research overall. Williams was the principal investigator on the first and only MDMA clinical study focused on people of color and other minority populations. Her study at the University of Connecticut (UConn) ran throughout 2018. It was discontinued before reaching the randomized, placebo-controlled stage due to conflicts between the research team and university.
The Consequences of Exclusion
Dr. Williams’ work has emphasized the unique challenges of involving people of color in psychedelic therapy. This includes combatting racial stigmas of the War on Drugs, a white male-centric approach to the treatment, and systemic barriers to healthcare access in minority communities.
“We have enough anecdotal evidence to know this treatment will be equally effective for people of color,” said Dr. Buchanan. “But the fact that so little research has centered on these populations is unacceptable. And the basic study protocol itself has not been adjusted much to be culturally sensitive or responsive.”
Buchanan explained how researchers like Williams modified different aspects of the therapy—including language in the informed consent documents, the physical layout of the patient room and even music played during therapy—in an effort to make it more welcoming for people from diverse backgrounds.
Filter has reported previously on the disappointing demographics of ongoing MDMA research. Only two principle investigators across 14 MDMA study sites worldwide in 2017 were women of color. Among study participants, white and Asian people were over-represented relative to the general population, while Black and Latinox people were under-represented.
Williams has shown that these trends exist right across psychedelic research. In a 2018 24-year literature review of psychedelic research, she and her co-authors showed that participants in psychedelic studies were overwhelmingly white (82.3 percent).
And without understanding the specific concerns and needs of people of color, psychedelic research findings will be skewed. “The conceptualization of psychopathologies rarely include important cultural considerations such as the importance of including race-based trauma when recruiting participants of color for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD,” the authors wrote.
Diversity Essential as a Movement Gains Steam
The recent MDMA training comes at a unique time for the psychedelic movement. By MAPS’ own estimates, MDMA will be a federally-approved medical treatment by the end of 2021. The FDA has already approved psychedelic-derived medications such as Epidiolex (from cannabis, which is sometimes considered a psychedelic) and Spravato (from ketamine). It is therefore a critical moment for psychedelic practitioners and activists to remove financial, social or cultural barriers to these treatments.
“We have to go above and beyond if we want to create environments where people of color will come forward for research trials.”
“What we’ve been doing is talking to people in our communities and through forums to educate and dispel some of their concerns,” Dr. Buchanan said. “We do this work now so by the time this is an open-label treatment, our communities have already been saturated with information about the safety and impact of these medications. And we want them to be familiar that there are people who look like them who will be guiding this work for them, whom they already have a level of trust with.”
MAPS executive director and founder Rick Doblin with two of the training participants. Photo courtesy of Dr. Monica Williams.
With political progress on psychedelic research only inching forward, psychedelic activists must not wait for the government to ensure people of color and low-income people have access to these treatments, but instead take the initiative.
“There is a long legacy of people of color being used as guinea pigs and being mistreated in medical research,” Buchanan said. “We have to go above and beyond if we want to create environments where people of color will come forward for research trials. Especially when we’re talking about a drug that’s so highly stigmatized in these communities.”
The top photo shows participants at MAPS’ MDMA therapy training, courtesy of Dr. NiCole Buchanan.
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Bluespot Butterflyfish, Chaetodon plebeius Cuvier 1831
Other Names: Blueblotch Butterflyfish, Blue-blotched Butterfly-fish, Blue-dash Butterflyfish, Blue-spot Butterflyfish, Coral Butterflyfish, Grey Blotched Butterflyfish, Two-spot Coralfish
A Bluespot Butterflyfish, Chaetodon plebeius, on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Source: Rick Stuart-Smith / Reef Life Survey. License: CC By Attribution
A bright yellow butterflyfish with a broad blue streak on the upper side, a black spot on the caudal peduncle and a blue-edged black bar through the eye.
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Rottnest Island to the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia, and from the northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, to at least Arrawarra, New South Wales, including reefs in the Coral Sea, and Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs and Lord Howe Island. Elsewhere, the species occurs in the tropical West Pacific.
Found in a range of coral reef habitats, from shallow coastal and lagoon environments to outer reef slopes in depths to about 14 m - either solitary or in pairs.
Adults are obligate corallivores, feeding mostly on Pocillopora corals. Juveniles may remove ectoparasites from other fishes.
This species relies on live corals for food and recruitment.
Species Citation
Chaetodon plebeius Cuvier 1831, Hist. Nat. Poiss. 7: 68. Type locality: South Seas (as Mers du Sud).
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Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls.
Allen, G.R., Hoese, D.F., Paxton, J.R., Randall, J.E., Russell, B.C., Starck, W.A., Talbot, F.H. & Whitley, G.P. 1976. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 30(15): 365-454.
Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The Marine Fishes of North-Western Australia. A field guide for anglers and divers. Perth, WA : Western Australian Museum vi 201 pp., 70 pls.
Burgess, W.E. 1978. Butterflyfishes of the World. New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications Inc. 832 pp.
Coleman, N. 1981. Australian Sea Fishes North of 30°S. Lane Cove, NSW : Doubleday Australia Pty Ltd 297 pp.
Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1831. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 7 531 pp. pls 170-208.
Francis, M. 1993. Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk, and Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean. Pacific Science 47(2): 136-170 figs 1-2
Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp.
Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Biodiversity of shallow reef fish assemblages in Western Australia using a rapid censusing technique. Records of the Western Australian Museum 20: 247-270.
Hutchins, J.B. & Thompson, M. 1983. The Marine and Estuarine Fishes of South-western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 103 pp. 345 figs.
Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3)
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp.
Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp.
Ogilby, J.D. 1910. On new or insufficiently described fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 23(1): 1-55 (p. 14, as Megaprotodon maculiceps)
Oxley, W.G., Ayling, A.M., Cheal, A.J. & Osborne, K. 2004. Marine surveys undertaken in the Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve, December 2003. Townsville : Australian Institute of Marine Sciences 64 pp.
Pratchett, M.S. 2005. Dietary overlap among coral-feeding butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae) at Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef. Marine Biology 148: 373-382.
Pratchett, M.S. and Berumen, M.L. 2008. Interspecific variation in ditributions and diets of coral reef butterflyfishes (Teleostei: Chaetodontidae). Journal of Fish Biology 73: 1730-1747.
Pratchett, M.S., Munday, P.L., Wilson, S.K., Graham, N.A.J., Cinner, J.E., Bellwood, D.R., Jones, G.P., Polunin, N.V.C. & McClanahan, T.R. 2008. Effects of climate-induced coral bleaching on coral reef fishes - Ecological and economic consequences. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 46: 251-296..
Pratchett, M.S., Wilson, S.K. & Baird, A.H. 2006. Declines in the abundance of Chaetodon butterflyfishes following extensive coral depletion. Journal of Fish Biology 69: 1269-1280.
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PERCIFORMES Perches and allies
CHAETODONTIDAE Butterflyfishes
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Conservation:IUCN Least Concern
Depth:1-14 m
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Zeppelin Mysteries Hosted by Steve A. Jones
By SteveAJones, November 22, 2007 in Led Zeppelin Master Forum
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It's also hard to say Thank You was his first lyrical contribution when Whole Lotta Love, The Lemon Song, WIAWSNB and Heartbreaker all made their live debuts during the recording process for Zep II and its unclear as to when Thank You was penned in the fluid recording process.
Certainly, 'Thank You' is his first significant lyrical contribution. The points you've raised here are valid and require further examination.
I'm not sure why I should, considering the disprespectful way you've treated me in this thread. But why not? You're on the losing end of this one.
I'm well aware that a quote exists from Jimmy Page that 'Thank You' was the first song Robert wrote all the way through by himself. But that's not what you're trying to claim, you say that 'Thank You' was Robert's first attempt as a lyricist for Led Zeppelin, which would imply that Robert made no contribution to the lyrics of Led Zeppelin I.
For what it's worth, the story about Robert being under contract to CBS is all over the web, including on Robert's Wikipedia entry. Substantiating it in a book will have to happen when I'm home from work.
I don't know about the rest of you, but "It feels good to have you back again
And I know that one day baby, it's really gonna grow, yes it is.
We gonna go walkin' through the park every day." sure sounds pretty Robert to me.
Quote from Wikipedia Robert Plant Entry:
Plant and Page immediately hit it off with a shared musical passion and after Plant joined the band, they began their writing collaboration with reworkings of earlier blues songs, although Plant would receive no songwriting credits on the band's first album, allegedly because he was still under contract to CBS Records at the time.
Article sitations:
^ Led Zeppelin In Their Own Words compiled by Paul Kendall (1981), London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-86001-932-2, p. 14.
^ Dave Lewis and Simon Pallett (1997) Led Zeppelin: The Concert File, London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-5307-4, p. 10.
^ Hammer Of the Gods, by Stephen Davis ISBN 1-57297-306-4 (p.48-49)
^ Gilmore, Mikal (August 10, 2006). "The Long Shadow of Led Zeppelin". Rolling Stone (1006). Retrieved on 2007-12-09.
^ The History of Rock 'n' Roll: The '70s: Have a Nice Decade
^ http://www.superseventies.com/ssrobertplant.html
^ "Stairway to Heaven, Paved with Gold: Led Zeppelin’s Snowdonia." The Independent, 6th April, 1991.
Also sited on the Led Zeppelin Infrequently Murmured Trivia List
" Robert Plant did not receive any songwriting credits on 'Led
Zeppelin' as he was still under contract to CBS at the time."
Excellent substantiation on the matter of his contractual obligation to CBS Records.
Which would proclude him from receiving a writing credit from Atlantic for the length of the contract. Are you trying to claim it isn't germaine to the subject?
This has either become a matter of semantics or your reading in to what I posted.
I never said he made no contribution to the lyrics of Led Zeppelin I. I did say 'Thank You' was his first attempt as Led Zeppelin's lyricist. Meaning on his own. Jimmy does agree and that's good enough for me.
Semantics it may be, but you said as A lyricist, not THE lyricist. If that's what you meant, why the hell did you get your knickers in a twist when I said it was highly dubious that it was his first lyrical contribution to the band?
As far as stage ad libs not being writing Bong Man, would you say the same for the riffs Jimmy discovered ad libbing on stage? Whole Lotta Love was only one of those. There is more than one way to write, and on stage discoveries through improvisation definitely count.
Bong-Man
Good point. But let me shoot this at ya'....If he really should be credited for lyrics on Zep 1, why isn't he now ? If Jake Holmes eventually got his due, why not Robert ?
I abolutely agree it would preclude him from receiving a writing credit. It's germaine insofar as it muddies the water as to what the depth and breadth of his lyrical
contributions to the first album are.
Quite frankly, I went off because of the discourteous manner in which you replied,
and not to the underlying point being made. Anyone can pull off a drive-by around
here but it's better to hit the brakes and talk it thru, as has been done here. Thank
you for your continued interest in and worthwhile contributions to this thread.
Edited February 29, 2008 by SteveAJones
swandown
Plant received no songwriting credits on Led Zeppelin I because of contractual obligations to CBS, but to claim that he had no involvement in the lyrics prior to 'Thank You' is highly dubious at best.
As a purely impartial observer here, I would say that this is an accurate statement. It's also worth noting that the revised credits for BIGLY and Baby Come On Home both credit Plant as co-writer, and ASCAP and the 2002 Atlantic Records lawsuit both credit Plant as co-writer for all the original songs on the first album.
Also, John Paul Jones was recently quoted as saying something to the effect of "Every lyric in every song was written by Plant". Personally I don't believe that to be true, but it's worth noting regardless.
It is accurate with the exception that no claim was ever made here that he had nothing to do with the first album's lyrics. I think that misunderstanding has been cleared up.
I don't believe JPJ's recollection either (and neither would Willie Dixon LOL!) unless what JPJ meant was every lyric with the exception of those he "borrowed" from
others for the first album.
Robert Plant's CBS Records Recording Contract
In 1966 a talent scout with CBS Records signed 18-year-old Robert Plant to a recording contract.
Autumn '66, Plant proceeded to Regent Sound Studios on Denmark Street in London intent on recording a cover version of 'Incense' by The Angelos, however CBS had other ideas for the session.
Late '66, CBS Records released Plant's first single, 'You Better Run' b/w 'Everybody's Gonna Say' (co-written by Plant).
In Jan '67, The Band of Joy began a Sunday night residency at The Ship and Rainbow in Wolverhampton arranged thru Nita Anderson Presentations. This residency came to an end after a dispute over lyrics. Soonafter, Plant was fired from the original Band of Joy lineup for telling the drummer he was slowing down.
In Mar '67 CBS Records released Plant's second single, 'Our Song' b/w 'Laughing, Crying, Laughing'.
Summer '67 Bonham joined Plant in The Band of Joy and they toured the UK extensively.
In Sep '67 CBS Records released Plant's third single, 'Long Time Coming' b/w 'I've Got A Secret'.
Spring '68 Robert Plant and The Band of Joy recorded 8-track demos; 'Adriatic Sea View', 'Sweet Mary', 'Hey Joe', & 'What's That Sound?' at Regent Sound Studios in London.
The Band of Joy disbanded in May 1968.
Edited March 1, 2008 by SteveAJones
I recall two quotes in a similar vein, although they had different contexts:
1. there was some initial uncertainty about Plant, but the fears were eased by the time the first album was recorded.
2. there was some concern that Plant wouldn't be able to handle being the primary lyricist, but those concerns were eliminated when Plant wrote "Thank You"
Again I may be wrong but,...I believe the article I read had Jimmy stating that near the end of the first tour, he was thinking of a possible replacement for Robert. I think because something like Robert was feeling homesick and wanted to see his wife.
The reason I remember this is because the interviewer made a big deal about it saying he couldn't believe Jimmy was thinking that way, after their initial success etc etc until Jimmy said it was time to move along with the interview.
It may have been a flippant remark but I'm sure it started with Page saying something to the effect of 'it almost was all for naught,' meaning Zeppelin almost never took off because the reasons above.
I don't know guys. There is a 100% chance I may be wrong but I have tons of Page and Zep interviews and near certain I read that. I even remember telling a friend about it at the time I read it.
I will look for the needle in the hay stack.
You'll have to for it to be examined any further.
Steve, a few questions/corrections:
1. I thought Plant wanted to record "Incense" as the second single (not the first)?
2. I thought Bonham didn't join the Band Of Joy until much later, possibly as late as January 1968.
3. What's your source for the song "Sweet Mary"? I only know of "Adriatic Sea View", "Hey Joe" and "For What It's Worth", plus an unreleased song known as "Memory Lane" or "Dagger Lane".
I will follow up on this inquiry within the next 24 hours as I'm working off of a thumb drive at the moment and it does not contain the notes I need to reference. We'll get
it sorted.
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Hey Steve, I've got one for you:
WHEN, EXACTLY, DID JIMMY PAGE ATTEND ART SCHOOL?
The "common" story was that Jimmy enrolled at Sutton Art College (does this place exist anymore?) shortly after leaving Neil Christian & The Crusaders in 1962. However, there is handwritten evidence from Jimmy himself (link) that he did not enroll in school until September 1963:
"In September I am going to Art School which will probably come as a surprise to you. But the truth of the matter is that lately all I want to do is paint and make sculptures so I want to further my education in Art."
Now, I suppose that Jimmy could have meant that he was returning to art school.....but then why not write "In September I am going back to Art School"?
And while I'm at it, here's another question for the Zepophiles:
WHEN, EXACTLY, DID JIMMY PAGE PLAY WITH NEIL CHRISTIAN?
Again, the traditional lore tells us that Jimmy played with Neil Christian for about 18 months from 1960 to early 1962. However, fellow bandmember Jumbo Spicer is on the record as stating that Jimmy joined much earlier than that -- as early as March 1959. Add 18 months to that and you end up with September 1961. And that begs the question: what was Jimmy doing from September 1961 to September 1963?
First off-Great thread! I have only made it about 7 pages in. but I had to comment on your question (Steve Jones: I have also read your observation below...thank you).....I had been trying to figure out this same mystery. this is what I have came up with:(by the way great question)
according to Zacron (the artist who made the Zeppelin #3 cover. and also long-time friend with Jimmy Page) claims that he/Zacron attended 'Kingston College of Art' at the dawn of the 60's, and also attended 'Studio35 in Surbiton' from 1957-1960. now he claims he met Jimmy while he was attending Kingston. and remained close friends with Jimmy all the way to his graduation into the Royal Academy, and some time after. (about 1964) that's when Page went back into music full time....He even speaks about Jimmy's Mother's Afghan Hound that used to sit on his lap in the front room of the Page family home....
Zacron said that Jimmy Page attended 'Epsom School Of Art'. and claimed that he first met Page while he/Zacron was attending Kingston, which was in the dawn of the 60's.... and also it is well known that Page left The Crusaders sometime in 62 because of Glandular Fever.
I also have never heard of or seen a 'Sutton Art College in Surrey' either? even though just about ever common Bio on Page all seem to claim it... (but they all seem to be the same Bio as well......lol)
as I am writing this, I can clearly see that this has not helped one bit at all. but this is how far I have got so far, and I hope to slove this mystery soon!
Edited March 1, 2008 by Fresh Garbage
Can you cite more specifically where you are pulling Zacron's comments from? Jimmy
lived with his parents at 34 Miles Road in Epsom and yes, he normally entertained his
friends in the living room...jamming there with Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck etc. so Zacron's comment about the Afghan Hound in the living room makes perfect sense.
Zosologist
There has been speculation that "Zacron" is a psuedonym for Page himself - is there any proof that Zacron exists?
Also I would like to put my 2 cents in here and say that in my view, this thread is for the sharing of/examination of information & facts regarding Led Zeppelin. It is not a competition for determining who is the most right.
If someone is wrong - and you can prove that they are wrong, then set them right. But don't attack the man, attack their argument.
Also, citing a Wikipedia article, dubious enough as it is - when that article only says, "allegedly" anyway - does not constitute a proper argument.
Perhaps he meant that RP was the only one who ever wrote down the lyrics....haha
Edited March 1, 2008 by Cactus
He's been running his own website (zacron.com) for several years now. He even sells autographed reprints of the 3rd album cover.
Here's a picture of Zacron playing the flute while Jimmy strums some kind of dulcimer-type instrument:
http://www.zacron.com/view-item.asp?iid=82
Edited March 1, 2008 by swandown
I couldn't agree more! Some of the topics we'll explore here may well remain unsolved despite our best efforts. Viewpoints may also differ. Jimmy and Jeff can't agree on who wrote Beck's Bolero so what hope have we got for reaching a consensus?!
Point 1: According to Chris Welch's book 'Power & Glory', Robert proceeded to the studio intent on recording a cover version of 'Incense' by The Angelos but CBS had other ideas for the session. I believe my original post is consistent with Welch and this refers to his
first session.
Point 2: According to Chris Welch's book 'Power & Glory' as well as 'John Bonham: A Thunder of Drums' John Bonham joined Robert Plant in The Band of Joy in Summer 1967
after getting drunk one night. According to 'Thunder of Drums', John quit The Band of Joy (who disbanded) in May '68 to team up with bassist Dave Pegg to back Tim Rose on a full UK Tour (for 40 pounds a week wages).
Point 3:According to Chris Welch's book 'Power & Glory', Robert Plant and The Band of Joy recorded 8-track demos at Regent Sound Studios in London (circa March '68); 'Adriatic Sea View' & 'Sweet Mary', 'Hey Joe', 'What's That Sound?'. I should also add
Welch states Robert cut some demos as a solo vocalist around the same time, to
include a cover of Elvis Presley's 'One Night'.
If you find any of these points to be incorrect or inconsistent with your findings please
reply accordingly. Thank you, swandown.
In Plant's 2005 "Uncut" magazine interview, he says "I wanted to do 'Incense' by the Anglos. But they gave me ballads. They were trying to market me as a blue-eyed soul singer like Long John Baldry. I was embarrassed about it."
I'm inclined to think that the ballad reference was to "Our Song".
Here's my convoluted theory: Kevyn Gammond was in the Shakedown Sound just prior to joining the Band Of Joy, and I recall reading somewhere that he had been with the group through September 1967. So that means that the "classic" Band Of Joy lineup (Plant/Bonham/Gammond/Lockey/Brown) came together in September, right? But, Paul Lockey says that Bonham wasn't the first drummer in this lineup. So he must have joined sometime afterwards.
Then again, band lineups were hardly stable in these days, so it's quite possible that Gammond could have played with both bands in the summer & fall of 1967.
Point 3:According to Chris Welch's book 'Power & Glory', Robert Plant and The Band of Joy recorded 8-track demos at Regent Sound Studios in London (circa March '68); 'Adriatic Sea View' & 'Sweet Mary', 'Hey Joe', 'What's That Sound?'.
Hmmm. Very interesting. Did Welch really get the wrong title for Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth"? That would make me wonder if he got the wrong title for "Sweet Mary" as well. Or perhaps it was a cover of the Leadbelly song? And he doesn't mention "Dagger/Memory Lane", which Robert has mentioned in at least 2 interviews.
This must be the Denny Cordell demos mentioned by Dave Lewis' "A Celebration". Interesting that Robert would record the same song with Zep 5 years later.
So its The Anglos as opposed to The Angelos and clearly, Plant intended to record their song 'Incense' at that session but was pushed to do a ballad instead, 'Our Song'.
The band lineups are a bit of a train wreck. For one thing, Bonham had joined Plant as far back as '65 in The Crawling King Snakes. Perhaps Chris Welch or my notes on his work are mistaken concerning when Bonham joined The Band of Joy, but Chris states
Plant put together a Band of Joy lineup in Jan '67 and at least two others afterward.
It does make more sense that perhaps he JOINED a new lineup in Aug 67 (Summer)
and they began GIGGING in Sept 67 (as the "classic" line-up). Insofar as bandmate
recollections we know how unreliable those can sometimes be.
I agree Welch may have mistitled 'For What It's Worth' as 'What's That Sound?', which
is the chorus! I'm not certain if 'Sweet Mary' is a Leadbelly song, but I can look into
that. I agree 'Dagger/Memory Lane' may very well have been cut as solo demos with
Denny Cordell.
I sure can Steve:....My Son was Christmas shoping and found a magazine from the Uk titled "Classic ROCK" it was a special collector's edittion DEC.2007 issue with the Zeppelin#3 cover on the front page with a 20+ page write up on Jimmy Page and Led-Zeppelin..... many folks gave stories like:Ian Anderson/Ritchie Blackmore/Marky Ramone/Joe Perry/Eddie Kramer/Tony Iommi/Roy Harper/Paul Stanley/Alice cooper/Danny Goldberge/and many others......
there is also a write up-interview with Zacron himself
Cecil.
Location:Osaka
About the robbery well good luck on that one!
On the run off to ITTOD "strawberry" I have always wondered about that ,any ideas?
Swandown may be able to nail this one a bit better as far as the specifics but basically it is the name of someone who was involved in the manufacturing of the album on vinyl.
Steve is correct. It just means that the record was mastered by Strawberry Studios. Other records carried the inscription of "PECKO DUCK" or "PORKY" (because they were mastered by George Peckham). Jimmy had nothing to do with those inscriptions.
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“Anniversary, which we forgot entirely,” Olive Byrne wrote in her secret diary in 1936. (The diary remains in family hands.) During the years when she lived with Marston and Holloway, she wore, instead of a wedding ring, a pair of bracelets. Wonder Woman wears those same cuffs. Byrne died in 1990, at the age of 86. She and Holloway had been living together in an apartment in Tampa. While Byrne was in the hospital, dying, Holloway fell and broke her hip; she was admitted to the same hospital. They were in separate rooms. They’d lived together for 64 years. When Holloway, in her hospital bed, was told that Byrne had died, she sang a poem by Tennyson: “Sunset and the evening star, / And one clear call for me! / And may there be no moaning of the bar, / When I put out to sea.” No newspaper ran an obituary.
Would DC Comics introduce Diana's twin brother only to dispatch him so soon? And would he be defeated by Diana, after being manipulated by the Dark Gods? We would wager that Jason sees reason at some point - Diana's greatest superpower is love, compassion, and truth, after all - but anything is possible. Especially with the final splash page promising a war between gods that lives up to the name.
Earning a total of $103.3 million on its opening weekend, the film recorded a number of records: the biggest domestic opening of all time for a female director (surpassing previous record holder Fifty Shades of Grey), the biggest DC Comics release without Batman or Superman (ahead of Constantine), the sixth-biggest non-sequel comic book superhero debut ever, as well as the sixth-biggest June debut weekend.[184] Its three-day opening alone made it the highest-grossing woman-led comic book superhero film ever (surpassing Ghost in the Shell).[185] It was also the 16th superhero film to cross $100 million in its domestic box office launch.[186] About 9% ($9 million) of the opening weekend came from IMAX screenings from 343 theaters.[187] In its second week the film grossed $58.5 million, again topping the box office. It marked a 43.3% drop for its second weekend at the box office, better than the average 50–60% decline superhero films tend to see, and was a better second weekend than Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ($51.3 million) and Suicide Squad ($43.5 million).[188] In its third weekend it grossed $40.8 million, finishing second behind newcomer Cars 3 ($53.5 million). It was the second-best third weekend ever for Warner Bros. and was nearly double what Batman v Superman ($23.3 million), Suicide Squad ($20.9 million) and Man of Steel ($20.7 million) made in their third weekends. It earned $24.9 million and $15.7 million in its fourth and fifth weekends, respectively, dropping just 39% and 36% despite facing rough competition from opening films Transformers: The Last Knight and Despicable Me 3.[189] It eventually became the highest-grossing film directed by a woman, surpassing the previous records of Jennifer Yuh Nelson's Kung Fu Panda 2 and Phyllida Lloyd's Mamma Mia!.[9] By August 8, the film had garnered $400 million in ticket sales, becoming the second female-fueled film (after Disney's Beauty and the Beast), Warner Bros.' third-biggest movie (after Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises), holding the record of the highest-earning superhero origin film, replacing the previous record held by Spider-Man (2002). It also becoming the highest-earning film with a female director in terms of domestic earnings—surpassing Frozen (2013).[190][191][192]
Additional music featured in the film are: "Another Little Drink Wouldn't Do Us Any Harm" by Clifford Grey and Nat Ayer and performed by Edgar Trevor and Cecil Cooper; "Molly O'Morgan" written by Fred Godfrey and Will Letters and performed by Ella Retford; "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" written by Jack Judge and Harry Williams; "Sous les ponts de Paris" written by Jean Rodor and Vincent Scotto and performed by Lucienne Delyle; "I'll Walk Beside You" written by Edward Lockton and Alan Murray and performed by Ewen Bremner; "Green Grow the Rushes, O" written by Robert Burns and performed by Ewen Bremner; and "Schatzwalzer Op. 4" written by Johann Strauss II and performed by the Berlin String Quartet.[145]
Never prone to stewing in solitude, and taking more notes from Richard Donner than from Christopher Nolan, Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman provides a welcome respite from DC's house style of grim darkness—boisterous, earnest, sometimes sloppy, yet consistently entertaining—with star Gal Gadot proving an inspired choice for this avatar of truth, justice, and the Amazonian way.[209]
In August 2010 (issue #600), J. Michael Straczynski took over the series' writing duties and introduced Wonder Woman to an alternate timeline created by the Gods in which Paradise Island had been destroyed and the Amazons scattered around the world.[41] In this timeline, Diana is an orphan raised in New York. The entire world has forgotten Wonder Woman's existence and the main story of this run was of Diana trying to restore reality even though she does not properly remember it herself. A trio of Death Goddesses called The Morrigan acted as the main enemy of Wonder Woman.[42][43] In this run, Wonder Woman wears a new costume designed by Jim Lee.[44] Straczynski determined the plot and continued writing duties until Wonder Woman #605; writer Phil Hester then continued his run, which ultimately concluded in Wonder Woman #614.[45]
Wonder Woman has also appeared in the 2013 NetherRealm Studios fighting game, INJUSTICE: Gods Among Us, as a playable character with her own set of super moves and alternate constumes, one of which was a New 52 skin. In the game, Wonder Woman is summoned alongside Aquaman, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Batman, and the Joker into a world where Superman rules with an iron fist and said world's Wonder Woman is his second-in-command. Wonder Woman must unite with the others and this world's Batman to defeat Regime Superman for good. She is voiced by Susan Eisenberg.
Marston’s sexual fantasies, or an outlet for readers of the comics, who were teenagers developing their sexuality. Marston had worked as a prison psychologist and bondage and submission were two themes of his comics and they were intertwined with theories of the rehabilitation of criminals. Wonder Woman of course, being a superhero wanted to change the ways of the criminals. Even a rehabilitation center was built on a small island near concept of Marston was the “loving submission” where kindness would allow people to surrender. Parodies have been written with this concept, as male criminals may give up only to spend time with her.
Hermes attacked Wonder Woman there, refusing to simply give up the child, but during their battle, War ripped the baby from Demeter's womb and disappeared. Unable to let a grave wound such as that go unattended, Diana saw to Demeter first, and the goddess warned that War could not be trusted. Worriedly, Diana and Orion returned to Manhattan to find that War had returned the baby to Zola. At last, the baby and his mother were reunited - and Orion would not have to look any further for the child he needed to kill.[31]
In late 2013, Zack Snyder cast Gal Gadot in the role of Wonder Woman for the 2016 film, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice over Élodie Yung and Olga Kurylenko.[102][103][104][105] Some fans initially reacted to this choice by criticizing Gadot's appearance.[106] Snyder would later comment on his decision to cast Gadot, stating that he tested a "bunch of actresses, as you can imagine. But the thing with Gal is that she's strong, she's beautiful, and she's a kind person, which is interesting, but fierce at the same time. It's that combination of being fierce but kind at the same time that we were looking for.[107] Gadot described Diana as having "the heart of a human so she can be emotional, she's curious, she's compassionate, she loves people. And then she has the powers of a goddess. She's all for good, she fights for good."[7] She also said that Diana has "many strengths and powers, but at the end of the day she's a woman with a lot of emotional intelligence".[108] As to how her character is different from her appearance in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Gadot said "We go back 100 years to when she's more naive", further explaining, "She's this young idealist. She's pure. Very different to the experienced, super-confident, grown-up woman you've seen".[109] Gadot underwent a diet and training regimen, practiced different martial arts and gained 17 pounds of muscle for the role.[110][111] Gadot was previously offered a different role (as a villain) in Man of Steel, which she declined because she was pregnant at the time; this allowed her to later be cast as Wonder Woman in the film's follow-up.[112] Gadot signed a three-picture deal.[104] She was paid a base salary of $300,000 for the film itself.[113]
While Superman watched out for Zod, Diana visited the deserted Themyscira to speak to her mother, still a clay statue. In her absence, a demon from Tartarus had escaped from its prison and roamed free on the island. Wonder Woman destroyed the creature and sealed the gates to Tartarus with her lasso. Leaving the island, she received word from Batman that Superman was engaging Zod and Faora in battle. Reaching Superman’s side, Wonder Woman steadily overwhelmed Faora until Zod threatened Superman’s life. Wonder Woman was forced to let the criminals go.[61]
"Gods and Mortals" collects the first seven issues of Perez's 1980's run. Together, these issues are regarded as the definitive account of Diana Prince's origin story, exploring her creation on Paradise Island, her first journey into man's world and her first clash with Ares, the god of war. There have been many new takes on that story since, but it's hard to touch this one (especially with an artist as talented as Perez at the helm).
The character has appeared occasionally on live television. In 1966 a short film was made to pitch the character to television studios, but was ultimately unsuccessful. There was also an attempt at a TV movie starring Cathy Lee Crosby, but it failed to launch a TV show. The most famous television show was the 1975 Wonder Woman show starring Lynda Carter. The series was a hit and ran until 1979, becoming a pop culture sensation in the process. Today, the show is largely responsible for the public perception of the character.
Mikos delivers Ventouras's dead son to him, presumably killed by the rebel faction. This causes him to seek revenge against the Rebels and Diana. They turn into monsters and attack Diana. Diana fights the witch's forces but is overpowered by the witch herself, but only after retrieving the scroll from Stavros who was already attacked and severely wounded. The scrolls ends up in Julia's hands, and she immediately goes to work decoding it in an effort to save Diana and discover the witch's weakness. Diana is taken to the witch's stronghold, where she is revealed to be Circe, a sorceress possessing the soul of Hecate, the moon god after they had entered into a pact to drive the world into chaos. She tells Diana what became of her aunt Antiope, who was killed by Circe herself after manipulating Antiope's husband Theseus's former wife. Circe explains to Diana that her existence is a threat to her mission, due to Diana's goal of promoting peace and equality among mankind, and therefore she must be eliminated. Circe is about to kill Diana when she is interrupted by Julia and the rebels. Julia had decoded the scroll and knew how to stave off the witch's attacks. But they are beaten by Circe and almost killed when Circe herself is suspiciously summoned off from the island by an unknown force, later revealed to be the god Hermes.
This is a magnificent movie, well deserving all the praise heaped upon it. I am 65 years old, growing up with WWII veterans--soldiers, sailors and marines--all of them strong men in their prime, simple, humble and all of them joining the colors in 1941; men who saw horrors beyond belief ( I managed to steal a peek at the photos my dad brought home from the Pacific islands in the aftermath of a Japanese defeat--burned and mutilated corpses everywhere). As a result I spent many years studying the war in great detail. I mention all this to show that I grew up with a tremendous sense history and hope that I have some modicum of wisdom and gravitas after all these years. Along with this I became a 1st generation Trekkie in 1966, read Tolkien before it became a vast commercial success with games, comic books, and movies etc. I have always possessed a sense of wonder and fantasy.
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On November 3, 2016, Rupert Gregson-Williams was hired to write and compose the film's music.[138][139] He was joined by Evan Jolly, Tom Howe,[140] Paul Mounsey,[141] and Andrew Kawczynski,[142] who provided additional music. The soundtrack was released on CD, digital, and vinyl the same day as the film.[143] Australian musician Sia sang a song for the film, titled "To Be Human", featuring English musician Labrinth. Written by Florence Welch and Rick Nowels, the track is also featured on the soundtrack.[144] The soundtrack also features samples from Wonder Woman's theme "Is She with You" from the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice soundtrack composed by Hans Zimmer and Junkie XL.
Development of a live action Wonder Woman film began in 1996, with Ivan Reitman slated to produce and possibly direct. The project floundered in development hell for many years; Jon Cohen, Todd Alcott, and Joss Whedon, among others, were also attached to the project at various points. Warner Bros. announced the film in 2010 and Jenkins signed on to direct in 2015. Inspiration for Wonder Woman was drawn from Wonder Woman creator William Moulton Marston's 1940s stories and George Pérez's 1980s stories about Wonder Woman, as well as the New 52 incarnation of the character. Principal photography began on November 21, 2015, with filming taking place in the United Kingdom, France, and Italy before finishing on May 6, 2016, the 123rd anniversary of Marston's birth. Additional filming took place in November 2016.
Upon their arrival, the Dark Gods waste no time in making their presence felt. Right off the bat, we see Cheetah snap out of her slumber in a daze of rage, swearing off Urzkartaga, the god she once worshiped and now hates. Unable to be contained or controlled, she lashes out at anyone who stands in her way, making them pay with their blood. As she does so, she warns that new, dark gods are coming, and she needs to purge her connection to Urzkartaga in order to face them.
Voiced by Roasrio Dawson.,Wonder Woman makes an appearance in Justice League Throne of Atlantis. A story based on Geoff Johns’ Throne of Atlantis. The movie came out in January, 2015. In this film, she first starts out in Athens, Greece, meeting Superman. They passionately kiss and are later seen eating at a cafe, in civilain guise. They bump into Lois Lane and after a small conversation, are spotted by Shazam and Cyborg, taking them away from their date on the grounds that the League needs a meeting.
After taking on the mantle God of War after killing her mentor War. Diana have shown some new abilities. She can now telepathically communicate and control all soldiers on the planet since she is their greatest leader. She hasn't shown the ability, but as her predecessor was able to bring back dead soldiers to fight alongside him, she might be able to do so as well.
The Crime Syndicate imprisoned the Justice Leagues inside the Firestorm Matrix[71] which psychologically placed them in situations that depicted their greatest failures. Wonder Woman was placed in a situation where she was forced to do battle against both Amazons and humans for the lives of Superman and Steve Trevor. Martian Manhunter and Stargirl attempted to break her out but Wonder Woman ignored them.[72][73]
Zeus has made a woman called Zola pregnant. Hera, due to this, is furious. She sets out to kill Zola, but Hermes finds her first, only to find out that Zola does not want to come with Hermes. Zola opens the door, and an arrow is shot at her direction; Hermes pushes her away in time, and gives her a key, as assassins sent by Hera and it teleports to Wonder Woman’s apartment, because Hermes enlisted Wonder Woman to protect Zola. Zola gives Wonder Woman the key, and it teleports both Wonder Woman and Zola back to Zola’s house. After Zola finds out that she is pregnant with Zeus, it gets revealed that one of Zeus’ children is going to take his place, by Zeus’ own will. Wonder Woman takes Zola, along with Hermes, to Themiscyra where Diana explains to her Mother, Queen Hippolyta, why she took with herself Zola and Hermes to Themiscyra. Alongside all of this, Hippolyta tells Diana about her true origins; that her real father is Zeus. Diana’s reaction to this isn’t very well, so she decides to abandon Themiscyra. Hera is aware of the fact that Wonder Woman is Zeus’ daughter, and she arrives to Themiscyra, furiously. Wonder Woman realized she did a mistake by leaving her home, so she went back to Themiscyra where she sees that everyone has been turned into snakes by Hera, except for Hippolyta, she was turned into stone. Apollo arrives in a bar searching for War (Ares), and explains to him that Zeus doesn’t even exist from what he’s sources says. Apollo takes this as his chance to become the king of Olympus and the Gods.
Hidden behind this controversy is one reason for all those chains and ropes, which has to do with the history of the fight for women’s rights. Because Marston kept his true relationship with Olive Byrne a secret, he kept his family’s ties to Margaret Sanger a secret, too. Marston, Byrne and Holloway, and even Harry G. Peter, the artist who drew Wonder Woman, had all been powerfully influenced by the suffrage, feminism and birth control movements. And each of those movements had used chains as a centerpiece of its iconography.
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Later, in London, Diana talked with Hessia about what being Queen really meant. Hessia told her the changes she was trying to impose were hard, and it might take a long time for the Amazons to accept them. Wonder Woman was called by the Justice League to look for the survivors of another missing village. As part of the operation, Superman explored the interior of a volcano until he was attacked by insects and lost contact with the League.[52] Wonder Woman and Batman were next to enter the volcano and found Superman safe and sound. Exploring the volcano further, the heroes found the missing villagers dead and their remains encased in cocoons by one of the volcano’s insectoid denizens. Wonder Woman almost killed one of these creatures, until the League intervened and took the creature to the Watchtower for medical attention. Upon returning to Paradise Island, Diana spoke to the spirit of Hippolyta. Comforting her daughter, Hippolyta motivated Diana into accepting her duty as God of War. Diana also learnt that relations between Amazons and the Sons of Themyscira had gone sour and the Amazons had created Donna Troy from magical clay, an Amazon who sought to replace Diana as Queen.[53]
Although she initially forbids Diana to be trained as a warrior, Hippolyta reluctantly agrees to let General Antiope, Hippolyta's sister and Diana's aunt, train her, only more rigorously than any other warrior. In 1918, Diana, now a young woman, rescues US pilot Captain Steve Trevor when his plane crashes off the Themysciran coast. The island is soon invaded by German soldiers that had been pursuing Trevor. The Amazons kill the crew, but Antiope sacrifices herself to save Diana. Steve is interrogated with the Lasso of Hestia and reveals that a great war is consuming the outside world and that he is an Allied spy. He has stolen a notebook of the chief chemist Dr. Isabel Maru, who is attempting to engineer a deadlier form of mustard gas under the orders of General Erich Ludendorff from a weapon facility in the Ottoman Empire. Believing Ares to be responsible for the war, Diana arms herself with the "Godkiller" sword, the lasso, and armor before leaving Themyscira with Steve to locate and stop Ares for good.
Wonder Woman’s appearance in the early golden age of comics made her the first prominent female superheroine. The psychologist William Moulton Marston created Wonder Woman somewhat as a counter reaction to the presence of prominent male superheroes (at this time Superman, Batman and Captain America), as well as a counterbalance to the "blood curdling masculinity" that was dominant at the time, with the hopes that the character could serve as an inspiration for young children (though in certain ways it was geared more towards female readers.) Marston had been partially motivated to create this character because of the accomplishments of his own wife, who was also an accomplished academic at a time when it was difficult for women to fulfill this role. As a result, the first Wonder Woman series contained many complementary articles and features which sought to highlight the inner power of women. There were articles for instance on the different career paths that women could pursue (according to the standards of the 1940s) as well as a series of stories on famous and accomplished women, called the Wonder Women of History. Marston introduced the character in All-Star Comics #8 in 1941. She became the lead character in Sensation Comics in 1941, and got her first solo book in 1942.
The team learns that a gala will be held at the nearby German High Command. Steve and Diana separately infiltrate the party, with Steve intending to locate the gas and destroy it, and Diana hoping to kill Ludendorff, believing that he is Ares and thus killing him will end the war. Steve stops her to avoid jeopardizing his mission, but this allows Ludendorff to unleash the gas on Veld, killing its inhabitants. Blaming Steve for intervening, Diana pursues Ludendorff to a base where the gas is being loaded into a bomber aircraft bound for London. Diana fights and kills him, but is confused and disillusioned when his death does not stop the war.
Wonder Woman has been the subject of a discussion regarding the appearance and representation of female power in general, and of female action heroes in particular[225] since her initial 1941 appearance in Sensation Comics,[225] as she was created to document "the growth in the power of women", while wearing "a golden tiara, a red bustier, blue underpants and knee-high, red leather boots."[226] She was blacklisted a year later in 1942 in the "Publications Disapproved for Youth" because, the group behind the list argued, she was "not sufficiently dressed".[226][227]
Wonder Woman returns in Injustice 2 as a playable character. She is voiced by the same voice actress whom had voiced her before, Susan Eisenberg. Just like the previous game, she sides with the regime. Later when Supergirl landed on earth, she mentored her. later, her Supergirl Tried to free Superman from his prison, but were stop by Blue Beetle and Firestorm. Because he needed help to fight Brainiac, Batman decide to free Superman himself. When Brainiac invaded the earth, she was among many whom were fighting against his army.
After the death of Superman, Wonder Woman became depressed and began to remember her origins differently, questioning aspects of her past such as whether she truly was mocked as a child and her relationship with Ares. In a fit of rage Diana crushed the helmet of War. Realizing that she shouldn't have been able to do that, she used the Lasso of Truth on herself and discovered that she had been deceived. Diana traveled to Olympus for answers, but found it abandoned. She also found herself unable to return to her home of Themyscira.[7]
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Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3 – Robert Matzen
Aviation is truly one of the world’s modern marvels. To say that it has made the world smaller is an understatement. There is something mystical and surreal about moving through the air at 39,000 feet, at speeds in excess of 500mph. Every flyer knows that there are inherent dangers when we take to the skies. Pilots are incredibly skilled and make the experience seem like magic to those of us in the cabin. And air travel is safer today that at any point in history but there many tragedies over the years that we have learned from in order to make air travel as safe as possible. Seasoned pilots will tell you that the early days of aviation were quite dangerous and flying literally was like rolling the dice. On January 16, 1942, movie star Carole Lombard (1908-1942) was a passenger on TWA Flight 3, a flight that began in New York and had a final destination of Burbank, California. Most of the trip was routine, but a sudden change of events in Las Vegas, changed the course of history and resulted in one of the deadliest aviation accidents of the 1940s. Shortly after takeoff, the plane crashed full speed into Mt. Potosi, causing the aircraft to disintegrate upon impact. There were no survivors.
The official cause of the disaster is still a mystery. At the time, flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders did not exist in the form that they do now. The pilot, Wayne Clark Williams and co-pilot Stillman-Morgan Atherton Gillette, took what they knew with them to the grave. For decades, the case remained dormant but author Robert Matzen brings the past back to life in this gripping account of the life of Carole Lombard, her husband and legendary film star William Clark Gable (1901-1960) and the plane crash that shocked a nation. Matzen has visited the crash site which is still littered with debris and other grisly finds. He has reviewed thousand of pages of records including FBI files and official investigation records by the Civil Aeronautics Board (1939-1985). And what he has compiled is a thorough investigative report into the accident that rob Hollywood of one of its brightest stars.
Flight 3’s demise of the crux of the book but the author also tells the story of Lombard’s life, from her humble beginnings in Fort Wayne, Indiana to her success in Hollywood during the golden age. Matzen leaves no stone unearthed, revealing the very private side of Lombard’s life, replete with romances, tragedy and and a near-death experience many years before she met her fate on Flight 3. The author captures the aura of the golden era in Hollywood, a time unlike anything the world had seen previously. Some of the greatest names in Hollywood history appear in the story, coming into and going out of Lombard’s life as she moves through Hollywood’s upper echelon. She eventually crossed paths with Gable and Matzen provides an inside look into their marriage and the changes that took place in their lives after tying the knot. Hollywood has dark secrets and stars sometimes come with many shortcomings carefully guarded behind a thoughtfully crafted facade. Matzen looks past that showing the very human side of both. The result is an honest an intimate portrait of two stars at the height of their careers whose relationship was on borrowed time.
Matzen wrote the book in a slightly different style. In the first half of the book, the chapters alternate between Lombard’s life story and the reaction to the crash itself. Towards the middle of the book, the seam is merged and the story moves forward as emergency personnel formulate plans to visit the crash site and recover what they can. Readers sensitive to graphic descriptions of accidents may find this part of the book difficult to get through. The accident was nothing short of devastating. As Matzen explained the violent nature of the collision, I felt a chill go down my spine. I was also speechless as I read descriptions of the carnage that awaited personnel as they made their way to the crash site. At the end of the book, there are photographs included which help to give the reader a visual image of the crash site. Pictures sometimes do speak a thousand words.
Clark Gable remains one of Hollywood’s most iconic stars. But what the public did not see was the struggle he waged in the wake of his wife’s death. Matzen discusses Gable’s life after the crash and up until his death in 1960 at the age of fifty-nine. Apart from the crash, this part of the book is also a tough read. We witness the emotional and physical descent by Gable as he struggles to move on in life following the loss of Lombard whom he affectionately referred to as “Ma”. His sorrow is strong and his life was never the same again. The author focuses on his emotional state and his surprising decision to enlist in the military during World War II. Gable is a man apart and fans of the late star will find this part of the book to be equally heartbreaking.
As the book moves towards its conclusion, the author gives us yet another surprise with regards to the crash of Flight 2793 on November 8, 2007. The Cessna was a T182t single-engine aircraft piloted by Civil Air Patrol. Col. Ed Lewis and copilot Dion DeCamp. Shortly after takeoff, the plane crashed directly into the same mountain as TWA Flight 3. The coincidence was beyond creepy but did both flights crash for the same reason? And why did two planes, piloted by experienced captains slam full speed into a mountain that by all accounts, should have been seen? Matzen provides a very thorough and likely explanation for Flight 3’s crash and reveals interesting facts about 2793’s final moments. Perhaps the final truth will never be known about each flight but we do have an abundance of information about both crashes. They each highlight the dangers of flying at night without proper visual aids and pre-flight planning. May the souls on board of each rest in peace.
Before reading this book, I was not aware of Flight 3 and the sad ending to the life of Carole Lombard. The book came as a recommendation on Amazon and for some reason the cover pulled me in. It was truly a fascinating read and the pace of the book never let up. Matzen has done an outstanding job. Highly recommended.
If you want to learn more about TWA Flight 3, researcher Mike McComb has an informative post on the tragedy titled January 16, 1942: Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA), Douglas DC-3 (NC1946) Potosi Mountain, NV. The post includes more photographs of Mt. Potosi, the crew and some of the passengers. If you like this book, you will find the website to be highly informative and just as thought provoking as Matzen’s work.
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Article 76 expressly states that the discussions of the Board shall be confidential where the Board deems it necessary, as provided for in its rules of procedure.
Access to documents submitted to members of the Board, experts and representatives of third parties shall be governed by Regulation (EC) No. 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (paragraph 2).
In its first version, paragraph 3 of Article 76 imposed on the Chair the requirement to ensure that the members of the Board, the experts and the representatives of third parties are made aware of their duty to comply with the rule of confidentiality. However, this provision has not been maintained.
The Directive did not provide for confidentiality of the discussions of the Article 29 Working Party.
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1. The discussions of the Board shall be confidential where the Board deems it necessary, as provided for in its rules of procedure.
2. Access to documents submitted to members of the Board, experts and representatives of third parties shall be governed by Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council (21).
1. The discussions of the European Data Protection Board shall be confidential.
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Epson Marks Construction of New Inkjet Printhead Factory
Rendering of new factory
- TOKYO, Japan, October 28, 2016 -
Seiko Epson Corporation (TSE: 6724, "Epson") has held a ceremony to launch the construction of a new factory at its Hirooka Office in Shiojiri, Japan. The event was attended by members of the local community, local government, related construction companies and Epson management.
The new factory, which is scheduled to begin operations in the first half of the 2018 fiscal year, is part of the company's mid- to long range strategic plans for its printing solutions (inkjet printer) business. The plant will produce state-of-the-art PrecisionCore printheads, the core devices in Epson's inkjet printers. Epson will conduct R&D and drive advances in production engineering and other areas at the facility, which, in the future, will roughly triple Epson's current printhead production capacity.
As both an R&D and production center for core devices used in the printing solutions business, and the location of Epson's inkjet printer planning and design functions, the Hirooka Office works closely with Epson's production sites worldwide. It shares the advanced production technology and expertise it gains through the development and production of core devices with Epson's overseas production sites to help maximize manufacturing capabilities across the Epson Group. The investment in the new factory is part of Epson's plans to further reinforce its R&D and production platform through the 2020 fiscal year.
Epson's printing solutions business leverages original Micro Piezo inkjet technology to provide products and services to customers in the home, office, commercial, and industrial markets. The new factory will handle the front-end manufacturing process for PrecisionCore printheads, the core devices in Epson's business inkjet printers, high-capacity ink tank printers, and commercial and industrial printers. Epson's high-speed business inkjet printers produce sharp text and outstanding images at a fraction of the cost per print and energy consumption of laser printers. These quality and cost advantages are behind the steady annual growth in demand from the office market. High-capacity ink tank printers meet the needs of customers for low-cost prints with genuine Epson print quality. Initially launched in October 2010, sales of these products had reached as many as 15 million units worldwide as of June 2016. In the commercial and industrial sectors, an accelerating shift from traditional analog printing to digital printing solutions is expected to generate heavy demand for printers used for things such as signage, textiles and product labels.
Epson is committed to continuously enhancing its original technologies and leveraging its original core devices to delight customers with products and services that exceed their expectations.
Outline of new inkjet printhead factory (planned)
80 Harashinden, Hirooka, Shiojiri-shi, Nagano-ken 399-0785
Manufacturing (front end processes) and R&D of PrecisionCore printheads
Operations start
First half of FY2018
Five-floor earthquake resistant steel framed building
See the attachment for information about state-of-the-art PrecisionCore printheads (54KB)
Epson is a global technology leader dedicated to connecting people, things and information with its original efficient, compact and precision technologies. With a lineup that ranges from inkjet printers and digital printing systems to 3LCD projectors, smart glasses, sensing systems and industrial robots, the company is focused on driving innovations and exceeding customer expectations in inkjet, visual communications, wearables and robotics.
Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the Epson Group comprises more than 73,000 employees in 91 companies around the world, and is proud of its contributions to the communities in which it operates and its ongoing efforts to reduce environmental impacts.
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Rare Disease Report: Making Progress in Rare Diseases
After 30 years, the Orphan Drug Act is helping small companies innovate in small patient populations.
While rare diseases are, by definition, rare, they are hardly uncommon. Nearly one in 10 Americans suffers from one of the 7,000 diseases or conditions known as rare diseases, meaning they affect a population of 200,000 or fewer people. So while each disease in and of itself may be considered rare, the collective group of rare diseases impacts more of our family, friends, neighbors and colleagues than most of us realize.
Unfortunately, due to a variety of factors, the availability of treatments for rare diseases has, until recently, been scarce, denying hope to millions and cutting the lives of far too many far too short.
Orphan Drug Development is Challenging
Historically, even if a pharmaceutical company had a promising target drug for a rare disease, they might not pursue it. The costs of developing new treatments are extremely high. The number of patients living with a single rare disease is small, making it hard to even find participants for clinical trials. The costs of clinical trials are high. And the small patient population of each rare disease makes it hard for pharmaceutical companies to recoup those investments when a drug is approved for marketing. With those challenges, companies would often walk away from a development program for a drug that treated a rare disease, leaving the drug an ‘orphan.’
In other words, investing in orphan drugs is a risky business.
Recognizing these challenges, and spurred on by the work of tireless patient advocates, Congress enacted the Orphan Drug Act in 1983, which established several incentives to spur innovation in research, development and delivery of new therapies for rare diseases. These incentives include a tax credit for clinical trial costs and seven years of market exclusivity.
A Critically Important Piece of Health Care Legislation
Thirty years on, and the Orphan Drug Act is, in the FDA’s own words, “a critically important piece of health care legislation.” Between 1967 and 1983, prior to the Act’s passage, the FDA had approved just 34 drugs for the treatment of rare diseases. In 2015 alone, the FDA approved 41.
In fact, the decade of the 2010s is the most fertile period of orphan drug development we have yet seen, and that is a tremendous service to patients and the health care providers who care for them. In the first five years of this decade, the FDA received more requests for orphan drug designations, granted more of those requests, and approved more orphan drugs than in any prior decade. And we’re only halfway through. That is tremendous progress for the rare disease community who, for too long, saw little progress in the development of new treatments.
The Orphan Drug Act has allowed for more players into the field – namely, small companies and private companies with limited capital who in the past could not afford to develop therapies for such small patient populations. In fact, many small and private companies have now developed niche markets in the rare disease space, driving innovation and progress. For small companies, incentives from the Orphan Drug Act counteract a limit in capital. For many private companies, they do not have to answer to investors as to why they are focusing on developing therapies for such a small patient population, essential latitude when undertaking high-risk efforts.
Of the 39 orphan drugs approved by the FDA in 2016, 12 were developed by small public or private companies. This includes drugs for treatment of hereditary and acquired methemoglobinemia (by privately held Provepharm SAS), for treatment of keratoconus (by privately held Avedro, Inc.), for treatment of tyroseinemia type 1 (by publicly held Swedish Orphan), and for treatment of primary billary cirrhosis (by publicly held Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.).
Drug development in rare diseases can transform patient care as well as dramatically improve the quality of life for patients. Take cystic fibrosis, for example. There are now six approved therapies for cystic fibrosis patients, up from just one two decades ago. There is also a robust pipeline of drugs in development that target different elements of the disease: drugs that restore CFTR function, anti-infectives, anti-inflammatories and drugs that aid mucociliary clearance. As a result, many of the more than 30,000 cystic fibrosis patients in the U.S. have new options – and the hope of new therapies still to come.
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VLOS
Military drone market to register a double-digit CAGR over 2017-2024, rising prevalence of government-controlled operations to stimulate the industry landscape
The changing face of warfare in the recent years has been a pivotal factor stimulating military drone market. Aided by cumulative product demand and rapidly progressive technological advancements, this vertical is expected to add a new dimension to the evolving smart industry. Ironically, the latest news about the U.S. military having developed drones that can decide who to kill has created major undulations in military drone industry. As a potential aftermath, the world is still debating over what such a technology can mean for the future of warfare and war ethics. However, it would be fair to state that the advantages of using drones in warfare and military operations have surpassed all debatable boundaries. This is quite evident from the estimates that claim military UAV market share to register a CAGR of 12% over 2017-2024.
U.S. Military Drone Market Share, By Product, 2016
Military drones: a popular weapon in modern warfare
It has been anticipated that North America, by 2024, will be accounting for 70% of the overall military drone market share. This expansive growth can be aptly credited to the heavy adaptation of drones in civil applications and the ongoing ‘War on Terror’ that the U.S. is current involved in. Till date, the United States has carried out several lethal drone strikes in Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen. Incidentally, these are the countries that the U.S. and its allies are not openly at war with, as is the case with Afghanistan, Libya and Iraq. As a measure to extend the reach of the war against terrorism, the U.S. has also concentrated its drone campaigns in North Africa, using Predator drones for surveillance and targeting radical terrorist groups. Undeniably, U.S. has emerged as a viable revenue pocket for North America military drone market.
Of late, drones are being designed with an element of human intelligence that make for highly effective weapons to locate and targeting terrorist operations and have effectively shifted the cost calculation for battles. Drones can be deployed for longer period of time and with less inconvenience to human resource. Specialized military drones in fact, are more lethal at reduced financial cost and potentially diminish the risk of life for those who control these drones as compared to ground forces or piloted aircraft. Driven by their highly commendable advantages, it has been forecast that military UAV market outlook looks rather promising for the future, where there are chances for increased covert drone warfare and less declared warfare.
The effectiveness of military drones, as demonstrated by the United States, has caught the attention of nations that have been aiming to achieve a robust arsenal of weapons. Thus, countries like China, Russia, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey have invested in research and development of drone programs, a trend indicating the strong growth of the military drone industry in future. China recently set a world record in its demonstration of drone swarm, a topic of much discussion for its implications in the future of warfare. China has used the popular notion of using an overwhelming number of drones to gain tactical advantage over a target and flown 1108 dronebots as a single unit to exhibit the skill of its drones in autonomous flight capabilities and intelligent use of instruments.
Beyond military uses
Apart from purely military uses, these UAVs have been successfully deployed to carry out other government-controlled operations like search and rescue, wildfire containment, surveillance and law enforcement, further adding stimulus to military drone market. For instance, the Police Aviation Administration Office in China have put 300 police drones to patrol areas that are too difficult for the police to access. These drones have successfully collected information about drug manufacturing dens and have facilitated police raids in these areas. In the U.S., Predator B drones have been deployed for US Mexico border patrol to stop illegal border crossing across the remote mountains, rivers and canyons. These instances provide pivotal evidence that military UAV industry is here to stay.
With the proliferation of advancements in military drone market and the changing implications these developments will have on warfare, regional governments plan to establish a common ground to discuss and set guidelines for the sustainable and beneficial use of military drones while safeguarding human interests. As the use of drones have far reaching consequences that are not limited to warfare, the trend for developing and using military drones across myriad applications will continue to remain consistent in the next few years. As per estimates, military drone market size will be pegged at USD 13 billion by 2024.
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‘Many African countries not ready for AfCFTA implementation’
By Femi Adekoya
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Despite receiving necessary ratifications needed for execution, the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), having become a binding international legal instrument, may not be implemented soon, as many nations move to address critical parts of the agreement.
Citing the non-readiness of many African countries for the implementation stage that is expected to kick off later this year, the President of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Mrs. Toki Mabogunje, noted that it took the European Union a long time to create a Union that has stood the test of time.
The operational phase of the agreement is expected to be launched in July this year at the Africa Union summit.
While meeting the minimum ratifications does not mean immediate commencement of implementation of the agreement, it is the penultimate step towards implementation.
The agreement is still subject to negotiations on a number of implementation aspects and modalities.
Mabogunje in a chat with The Guardian, said: “I do not think any African country is ready for the AfCFTA. I think when you want to do regional integration like this, it is the spirit, passion and the will to do it that is important, because I lived through the European Union (EU) being formed, and it was not easy at all for all of them to get together.
“They started as a really small group and later started to expand over time. I do not think anybody is ready; but I think that if we have the will to make it happen, we should all work hard at making it happen. There will be conflicts, disagreements, problems, but we have to make it work”.
Recall that Xenophobic acts and use of non-tariff barriers have increased since the ratification of the trade deal, setting its implementation back, with many countries reviewing extant rules on the movement of people and goods.
Nigeria, for instance, had since last year, closed its land borders in efforts to check the smuggling of goods from neighbouring countries.
Indeed, the extent to which the AfCFTA will reduce intra-African trade barriers is largely linked to the ongoing negotiations, including countries’ schedules of tariff concessions and services commitments, rules of origin, investment, intellectual property, competition, and possible protocol on e-commerce.
Specifically, national legal regimes must also be updated to reflect interstate agreements. International trade agreements are not self-executing; they are implemented through domestic measures such as new customs procedures and domestic regulations for Foreign Service providers and investors.
Similarly, stakeholders in Nigeria’s real sector have identified the need for the country to address its market challenges, to realise the benefits of the historic agreement.
The AfCFTA Forum, which held in Lagos, brought together representatives of the private sector, key government institutions, and experts, who highlighted among other things, the need for the country to conduct a gap analysis on its readiness to the AfCFTA for a successful implementation of the agreement.
Indeed, discussions revolved around the issue of implementation and capacity constraints within which governments have to operate.
They highlighted that the Nigerian economy was faced with challenging domestic realities, which need to be overcome to ensure that the private sector is able to compete under a liberalised African market. These challenges include high-interest rates, corruption, unreliable power supply, and inadequate infrastructure.
Participants pointed out that a study conducted in Nigeria had indicated clearly that the cost of doing business and physical infrastructure were some of the key priority areas that needed to be addressed by the government as the clock continues to tick towards AfCFTA implementation.
Small to medium scale enterprises, they agreed, should be capacitated with awareness and sensitisation workshops being held on what the AfCFTA is, with emphasis being put on what can be done to enter regional and global value chains.
According to industry observers, the implementation of the trade deal will be incremental.
There will be one overarching trade arrangement, but specific commitments and opportunities will depend on the detail contained in the respective schedules. The private sector (the real traders) will need access to the correct information.
The negotiations for the AfCFTA protocols on trade in goods and services are well-advanced, but tariff schedules, rules of origin, and specific services sector commitments remain outstanding. The AfCFTA envisages liberalisation and integration of the services market. Priority sectors are transport, communications, financial services, tourism, and business services.
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Adjustment Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury
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WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Brian Duncan doesn't know why his brain still works as well as it does.
Duncan, 67, got his bell rung more than once during his life -- as a professional football player, an amateur boxer and a bull rider at Texas rodeos.
He remembers one time he got slammed into the ground by L.C. Greenwood, a 6-foot, 6-inch defensive end for the Pittsburgh Steelers, so hard that he hallucinated he was back playing high school football.
"We used to play a team that had a feed lot behind their football stadium," Duncan said. "I'm all of a sudden thinking I'm in high school. I'm seeing cows and stuff behind the stadium, and I'm thinking, what in the world? I'm in Three Rivers Stadium. I was in a different world."
Despite that history, Duncan is one of the lucky athletes whose past punishment has not caught up to him.
Duncan and players like him highlight what continues to be a point of ferocious debate among brain researchers -- the effect of repeated head trauma on both brain structure and the brain's ability to think, remember and reason.
He's part of a recent study of National Football League (NFL) players that found no link between impaired brain function and either the number of concussions players received or the number of years they played in the NFL.
Study co-author Nyaz Didehbani said, "There was no relation between the number of concussions or years they played with poor performance on these types of cognitive measures." Didehbani is a neuropsychologist with the Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute at the UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
Findings questioned
However, the study faces criticism from other brain researchers who noted that these findings run counter to a growing mound of evidence linking brain damage to the number of years a person plays football.
"You see the same sentence repeated [in the study], almost as if they're trying to lull us with a bedtime story -- 'We did not find a significant linear association,' over and over," said Kristen Dams-O'Connor. She directs the Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center of Mount Sinai, in New York City.
But, "I don't think the methods of the study support that statement nearly as well as these authors seem to think," she said.
Duncan is one of more than 80 former NFL players participating in the long-range UT Southwestern study that tracks their ongoing brain health, Didehbani said.
Duncan played one season with the short-lived World Football League, and then served as a running back and kick returner for the Cleveland Browns and Houston Oilers from 1976 to 1978.
"I was a special teams player, for the most part," Duncan said. "I was the wedge buster on the kickoff team, and I was the kick return man on the receiving team. Primarily I made the football team because of my tenacity and my ability to play special teams."
The kickoff is one of the most dangerous plays in football, and Duncan took his share of damage.
"I had a lot of head trauma, so many times you couldn't count them all," Duncan said.
"There's different feelings. Sometimes you get a numbness in your eye. Sometimes you get this massive headache. Sometimes it's a dull, 'Man, that hurt,' and sometimes it's just this sharp pain that stings real bad," Duncan said. "It depends on what kind of hit you take and what kind of impact."
Duncan has paid a physical price, in the form of surgeries to fix his back, knees and hernias. But, so far, his mind has remained sharp.
Study found no link between playing time, thinking skills
He's one of 35 retired NFL players older than 50 included in the UT Southwestern study, which was published recently in the Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.
These players underwent a battery of tests that measured their memory, processing speed, language skills and other brain abilities.
The researchers found that the number of concussions a player had sustained with the NFL or the number of years spent in the league had no relationship with how well they performed on brain tests.
Didehbani stressed that, "none of us believe concussions are good for the brain. Some people do have problems after multiple or even single concussions. But it's not as simple as playing football equals impairment. It's not a simple one-to-one."
But experts criticizing the study noted that Didehbani and her colleagues only counted the years players spent in the NFL in their calculations.
Other research has found that the hits a player takes in Pop Warner, high school and college football all contribute to brain injury, and that those effects stack up over time.
For example, a 2015 study found that former NFL players who participated in tackle football before age 12 were significantly more likely to suffer memory loss and mental health issues than those who entered football at a later age.
Chris Nowinski is co-founder and CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation. He said, "I would argue that they didn't measure exposure, and so I would argue they should not have published the study as is. They should have gone back to those players and asked them how long they played football. That is the question, and that is the relationship that has been observed in other studies. To me, this study is meaningless without additional data regarding how many years they played."
Didehbani said her research team did not collect such information when they first started their project, but that they are going back and gathering it now.
Study weaknesses
Dams-O'Connor also criticized the small sample size of 35 players. She noted that the study's own statistics initially show a weak correlation between years played and loss of brain function, although that relationship washes out when corrected for other factors.
"I am pretty confident that if the sample size was larger, then that would have been a statistically significant association," Dams-O'Connor said.
Repeated concussions have been linked to a brain disorder called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is marked by structural degeneration of the brain and abnormal clusters of toxic tau protein clusters.
A 2017 study found that about 87% of former football players had signs of CTE in their brains, including 110 out of 111 NFL players. That study examined the brains of 202 deceased people who'd played football at various levels, from high school to the NFL.
But the link between CTE and a person's ability to think and remember remains murky, all experts agree.
"We know that not all NFL players are going to be suffering from consequences of head trauma," Dams-O'Connor said. "I think there's no reason to think that every single person who plays football is going to have these poor outcomes later in life."
Didehbani said that research needs to move forward to focus on individual factors that might increase the risk that a person's brain function would suffer as a result of repeated concussions.
"There are a lot of other factors and a lot of unknowns still," Didehbani said. "We're kind of jumping the gun a little too early and assuming that playing a contact sport will cause problems down the road. There are other factors we need to look at."
For his part, Duncan thinks "there's no question that head trauma causes some people to have some severe, long-term lasting injuries. To say that it's 100%, that's not correct, but on the other hand I think it probably is a good thing that awareness was brought to the situation because it's caused the NFL to recognize these problems," he added.
"There's still a lot to learn," Duncan continued. "I don't think people ought to panic about playing football, but they should be aware of the issues."
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more about chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
SOURCES: Brian Duncan, 67, Graham, Texas; Nyaz Didehbani, Ph.D., neuropsychologist, Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas; Kristen Dams-O'Connor, Ph.D., director, Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center of Mount Sinai, New York City; Chris Nowinski, Ph.D., co-founder and CEO, Concussion Legacy Foundation; March 7, 2019, Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
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Dec 29, 2017 by Alyssa Duvall
Billy Graham's Granddaughter Rebukes Franklin Graham And "Hypocritical" Evangelical Trump Supporters
Jerushah Armfield, granddaughter of evangelist Billy Graham, rebuked her uncle Franklin Graham and other "hypocritical" evangelicals who she believes should curb their support of President Donald Trump. Trump, Armfield says, has proven himself not to be a Christian through his words and deeds.
"I think my uncle...has an incredible humanitarian ministry that's been on the front lines often before a lot of ministries have been there," Armfield told CNN in the Tuesday interview. "I think he probably needs to stick to doing that. I think he believes he's speaking to a larger audience than he is."
Armfield objected to the political co-opt of the evangelical movement and the seeming willingness to compromise personal morals in order to support Trump and other controversial figures, such as former Senate candidate Roy Moore.
Armfield noted that the "evangelical" movement was meant to distinguish its members from fundamentalists and liberals, but has "started to really represent, actually, a branch of Christians that seemed to be a little more conservative and a little bit more hypocritical, a little bit more willing to compromise on the personal morals of a candidate in lieu of what politically they could gain for their party."
Armfield, who is an author and pastor's wife in South Carolina, also dismissed Trump's claims of a "war on Christmas." She further argued that the president "has not shown" himself to be a Christian.
"My Jesus that I follow was really somebody who fought for the outliers, and I think that Trump has actually done the opposite in kind of ostracizing them," she asserted.
This isn't Armfield's first public criticism of her uncle's support for Trump. In January, she told The Washington Post that Graham's claim that Trump is an ambassador for Jesus "diminishes not only my Jesus but all he stood for and came to Earth to fight against" and that Trump "encouraged racism, sexism and intolerance, exactly what Jesus taught against."
Graham, who encouraged values-voters to support Trump in the 2016 election, said in a December Facebook post, "Never in my lifetime have we had a president willing to take a strong, outspoken stand for the Christian faith like President Donald J. Trump has."
"Whether you are Protestant, evangelical, Orthodox, Catholic — all Christians need to get behind him with our prayers," he added.
Billy Graham's extended family, including his many grandsons and granddaughters, have often shared differing opinions regarding Trump, politics, and evangelicalism.
Boz Tchividjian, executive director of Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment and one of Billy Graham's grandsons, said in November that he no longer identifies as an evangelical.
"Words matter," Tchividjian said. "And evangelical isn't like Baptist or Episcopalian, which can be clearly defined. The minute you use that term to someone, you're defined by how they interpret it."
Tchividjian laments that contemporary culture has given mixed connotations to the label and that, ultimately, faith should not be dictated by politics: "We're looking at faith through a political lens, and that's unfortunate and dangerous."
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Property Tax: Residential
Notices of Assessment are mailed each year on or before July 1st to all taxpayers regardless of whether the Board of Assessors increased, decreased, or left your property’s value the same from the previous year. You have forty-five (45) days from the date the Notice of Assessment is mailed to file an appeal with the Board of Assessors. When you file your tax appeal, you will have various decisions to make, which can be complicated. These decisions can have unforeseen impacts on your ultimate tax savings. See the Property Tax FAQ below, or contact The Hillis Firm today for more information on your residential property tax appeal.
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Residential Property Tax FAQ
How long do I have to file my tax appeal?
You have 45 days to file an appeal with the Board of Assessors from the date the Notice of Assessment was mailed. O.C.G.A. § 48-5-311(e)(2)(A). To appeal a Fulton County assessment, click here.
What are the grounds for a tax appeal?
You may appeal your assessment on the grounds of taxability, uniformity of assessment, and improper valuation. O.C.G.A. §48-5-311(e).
Taxability: the determination of whether your property is subject to ad valorem property tax. See O.C.G.A. § 48-5-41 for a list of exemptions.
Uniformity of Assessment: the Board of Assessors has an obligation to ensure all values for tax purposes as between the individual taxpayers are fairly and justly equalized so that each taxpayer shall pay as nearly as possible only such taxpayer’s proportionate share of taxes. O.C.G.A. § 48-5-306; Thorpe v. Benham, 161 Ga. App. 116 (1982).
Valuation: the amount a knowledgeable, willing buyer would pay for the property and a willing seller would accept for the property at an arm’s length bona fide sale. In determining the fair market value of real property, the following is considered: (1) the existing zoning of the property, (2) the existing use of the property, (3) the existing covenants or restrictions in a deed dedicating the property to a particular use, and (4) any other factors deemed pertinent in arriving at fair market value, including the “highest and best use” of the property. O.C.G.A. § 48-5-2; Sibley v. Cobb Co. Board of Tax Assessors, 171 Ga. App. 65 (1984).
What is the process for a residential tax appeal?
The Board of Assessors will mail a Notice of Assessment to you each year on or before July 1st. You then have 45 days from the date of the Notice of Assessment to file your appeal. The Board of Assessors will then review your appeal. This initial review often takes a significant amount of time, e.g. O.C.G.A. 48-5-311 allows the Board of Assessors 180 days for their review, plus additional time based on the number appeals filed. O.C.G.A. §48-5-311(e)(2)(A).
If changes or corrections are made to your assessment by the Board of Assessors, they will send you a “30 Day Change Letter.” If the changes are acceptable, you need to do nothing further except pay your temporary tax bill. However, if you remain unsatisfied with the Board of Assessor’s alternative assessment, you must notify the Board of Assessors within 30 days of the date of mailing the 30 Day Change Letter to continue your appeal to the Board of Equalization. The Board of Assessors will then forward your appeal file to the Board of Equalization. O.C.G.A. § 48-5-311(e)(2)(C).
If no changes are made by the Board of Assessors to your assessment, they will send you a written “No Change Letter” and automatically forward your appeal on to the Board of Equalization. O.C.G.A. § 48-5-311(e)(2)(B).
After your appeal is forwarded to the Board of Equalization, within 15 days of receipt of your appeal, the Board of Equalization will set a hearing date and send you a notification with the date and time. O.C.G.A. § 48-5-311(e)(6)(A).
At the Board of Equalization hearing you may present evidence and witnesses. You may also cross-examine the appraiser defending the Board of Assessors’ assessment. The Board of Equalization will then deliberate and render a decision. The Board of Equalization will put its decision in writing and hand deliver it to each party. O.C.G.A. § 48-5-311(e)(6)(D).
If you remain unsatisfied, you may appeal to Superior Court within 30 days of the Board of Equalization decision. O.C.G.A. § 48-5-311(g)(2).
Can I seek reimbursement of my attorney fees from the Board of Assessors?
Yes, “[i]f the final determination of value on appeal is 85 percent or less of the valuation set by the county board of equalization, hearing officer, or arbitrator as to any real property, the taxpayer, in addition to the interest provided for in subsection (m) of this Code section, shall recover costs of litigation and reasonable attorney’s fees incurred in the action.” O.C.G.A. § 48-5-311(g)(4)(B)(ii)(III).
If I appeal, can the Board of Assessors raise my assessment again next year?
Generally no, subject to few exceptions. SeeC.G.A. §48-5-299(c), which provides:
When the value of real property is reduced or is unchanged from the value on the initial annual notice of assessment and such valuation is established as the result of either an appeal decision rendered pursuant to Code Section 48-5-311 or stipulated by agreement of the parties to such an appeal that this subsection shall apply in any year, the valuation so established by appeal decision or agreement may not be increased by the board of tax assessors during the next two successive years, subject to the following exceptions:
(1) This subsection shall not apply to a valuation established by an appeal decision if the taxpayer or his or her authorized representative failed to attend the appeal hearing or provide the board of equalization, hearing officer, or arbitrator with some written evidence supporting the taxpayer’s opinion of value;
(2) This subsection shall not apply to a valuation established by an appeal decision or agreement if the taxpayer files a return at a different valuation during the next two successive years;
(3) If the taxpayer files an appeal pursuant to Code Section 48-5-311 during the next two successive years, the board of equalization, hearing officer, or arbitrator may increase or decrease the value of the real property based on the evidence presented by the parties during the appeal process; and
(4) The board of tax assessors may increase or decrease the value of the real property if, after a visual on-site inspection of the property, it is found that there have been substantial additions, deletions, or improvements to such property or that there are errors in the board of tax assessors’ records as to the description or characterization of the property, or the board of tax assessors finds an occurrence of other material factors that substantially affect the current fair market value of such property.
While the exceptions may seem broad, generally the Courts have interpreted the Board of Assessors’ ability to increase assessments for the next two years under O.C.G.A. §48-5-299(c) narrowly.
If I purchased my property last year, can the Board of Assessors assess my property higher than the sale price?
No, if you purchased your property during the last calendar year, it cannot be assessed higher than your sale price. SeeC.G.A 48-5-2(3):
Fair market value of property” means the amount a knowledgeable buyer would pay for the property and a willing seller would accept for the property at an arm’s length, bona fide sale. . . Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, the transaction amount of the most recent arm’s length, bona fide sale in any year shall be the maximum allowable fair market value for the next taxable year.”
Per O.C.G.A. § 48-5-2 (.1) “arm’s length, bona fide sale” means:
a transaction which has occurred in good faith without fraud or deceit carried out by unrelated or unaffiliated parties, as by a willing buyer and a willing seller, each acting in his or her own self-interest, including but not limited to a distress sale, short sale, bank sale, or sale at public auction.
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“Indeed, God loves those who put their trust (in Him).” (Surah Imran 3:159)
The following narrative is taken from a discourse of Shaikh Nazim al Haqqani al Qibrisi (r) (1922-2014).
Once, Ubaydullah al-Ahrar called one of his murids (a seeker of knowledge) and said: “Oh Abdullah, go climb that mountain and wait there for me. I will come later.”
The murid climbed the mountain and began to wait. The morning passed, then the afternoon. The sun set and still there was no sign of the Shaikh. The next day the dervish waited patiently, but still the Shaikh did not come. But his orders were clear, so he waited, a week, a month, a year, five years, and seven years. He survived on that mountain as a beast would survive. In the summer he fed himself with berries and in the winter from the bark of trees. When he prayed, the birds would alight on his shoulders, and at night, when he chanted his Dhikr, the animals would gather around him in a circle.
There he waited for seven years without any news from his Grand Shaikh. But the Grand Shaikh had originally received the order from the Prophet (pbuh) to send that murid to the mountain and he was awaiting the order to go up, after the murid. When the order arrived, the Shaikh went up to the murid’s perch and said to him: “Oh my son, why have you been waiting here so long? I told you that I was coming, so when I didn’t come, why didn’t you come and see what had happened to me? I could have died or been hurt; I could have been lost on the mountain, so why didn’t you search for me?” The murid answered: “Oh my Master, I was ordered to wait for you, not to look for you. You ordered me to wait here until you came, and, as the saying goes, whatever a noble person promises, that he will fulfil, so what about you, Oh most noble of mankind”! Is it possible for you to promise something and then fail to fulfil it? I would have waited here for you even until the Last Day. A dog will wait for you if you tell him to, so how shall I be less loyal and obedient? Besides, it was not too difficult for me to wait here, at least you came before I died, when you could have left me until that time too. I relied on your word, not on my mind’s judgement, as I know that you are caring for me.”
The murid had understood that his Shaikh was not really scolding him for staying there but that he was testing him by repeating the same arguments and objections that his ego had brought forward when the Shaikh had not appeared when expected. That murid attained the same level of reliance upon his Shaikh and through his Shaikh on the Prophet and ultimately on his Lord, that Abraham attained in reliance on his Lord. When Abraham was thrown in the fire by Nimrod, the Angel Gabriel came and asked him: “Are you in need of help?” I need my Lord’s help, not yours,” replied Abraham. Then Gabriel said: “Then ask your Lord for help.” “There is no need for me to ask, for He sees me, looks after me and knows well, where I am and of what I am in need.’”
That murid was on exactly the same level of trust to his Shaikh. He knew that his Grand Shaikh, was not a blind person, and that, therefore, he must be aware of his condition. This is why he answered his Shaikh’s queries by saying “Oh my Shaikh, I have no doubt that you are keeping me within the scope of your spiritual vision, so why should I apply my mind and will when I have given the reins of my will to you trusting that you will guide me to my Lord’s pleasure. I am in your hands like a dead body in the hands of those who wash it before burial.”
Then there appeared a flock of wild doves as an escort for a. very large green bird, a bird which appears to murids who have successfully completed their seclusion. That is a sign that the murid is ready to be escorted to the presence of the Holy Prophet and the Grand Shaikhs of his assembly. The Holy Prophet ordered Ubaydullah: “Now I have witnessed that your murid is absolutely in control of his ego. you may give him his powers.
The powers received at this point are six:
1) Haqiqat ul-Jadhbah (The Secret of Attraction)
2) Haqiqat ul-Faiz (The Secret of Emanation or Outpouring)
3) Haqiqat ut-Tawassul (The Secret of Connection)
4) Haqiqat ut-Tawajjuh (The Secret of Alignment)
5) Haqiqat ul-Irshad (The Secret of Guidance)
6) Haqiqat ut-Tayy (The Secret of Flight)
Until the Prophet (pbuh) appears to the Grand Shaikh and takes upon himself responsibility for the murid, no powers are given. But at that time the floodgates are thrown open.
In our way we must never claim to know anything or to be anything, because dissolution in Unity Oceans requires the abandonment of all pretentiousness. Most people, on the contrary spend their life energy on futile attempts to grasp something in their hands. However, when they open their hands to see what they have, they realize that they never caught it, or even if they did, it flies away as soon as they open their hands. Even seekers of truth sometimes attempt a “catch” by trying to reach a spiritual station for the sake of their egos. In this case, seekers have not completely renounced self-aggrandizement, but in accordance with their level they may attain good in this life and the next, but not that ultimate station of Ahadiyya. Only he who abandons the covetousness of this life and the next will be given pleasure that no one can imagine.
A murid becomes eligible for these powers Then he becomes free of his ego’s tyranny. When they are granted he is a free man, forever free of the limitations of time and space. Time and space are the illusions which now bind us. When we are free they are at our command.
The Power of Attraction is the power which enabled the saintly advisor of King Solomon to bring the throne of the Queen of Sheba to Jerusalem, from Yemen in the time it takes for an eye to blink, or less (Holy Qur’an, Chapter 34). This is the power that enables one to draw anything to himself. Inanimate objects are the easiest, people the most difficult.
The Power of Emanation or Outpouring is the power to be the means for the transfer of the experience of the Divine Presence to the murid. It is all embracing light that overflows the brim of the vessel. The Holy Prophet is the vessel in which these Divine favors are poured and, as they are without end, they flow from his heart to the hearts of Saints and from theirs to those of murids.
The Power of Connection is the power to connect at all times to this chain of transmission of Divine power and favors. For Saints it is the intimate knowledge of the Prophet’s realities and those of the chain of Shaikhs leading to him. For those who are yet aspiring to that station it is the daily invocation of the names of those Grand Shaikhs leading up to the Holy Prophet.
The Power of Alignment enables the Shaikh to turn his heart towards the hearts of his murids at any given time, and to turn their hearts towards their destinations. If he can’t do this then it is meaningless to say that he is a Shaikh. The first step is in his turning the heart of the murid towards his own, after this it will be possible to turn it onwards.
The Power of Guidance is the power to lead one on his way to his destination once he has been turned toward the direction through the Power of Alignment. For example, if you arrive at Heathrow Airport it is not enough, you must be led or given directions to arrive at your specific destination in London. Therefore, being turned in the direction is only the first step, the door of the maze; you must be helped on through it.
The Power of Flight is the power to travel at will anywhere in the Universe without actually travelling the distance, but rather by “rolling it up” like a parchment. Such a thing is unattainable except for those, who have subdued the physical body absolutely. Presently our souls are encased in our physical bodies. The secret of this power is that, by bringing the physical body under control it becomes encased in the spiritual body, and the movement of the spiritual body is not cumbersome like that of this body. What is the speed of a donkey compared to the speed of Light? The speed of light is like a donkey compared to the speed of the spiritual body.
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France - Paris - Opera Garnier staircase
Detail of one of the beautifully-designed and ornate backroom staircase in the Palais Garnier, Paris. Original railings and stairs take dancers from their dressing rooms to other parts of the building, such as rehearsal rooms. The Palais Garnier is a 1,979-seat opera house, which was built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera. It was originally called the Salle des Capucines because of its location on the Boulevard des Capucines in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, but soon became known as the Palais Garnier in recognition of its opulence and its architect, Charles Garnier.
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Grappling with inequality in food, energy and water research
by Daniel Strain | May 1, 2017
A new area of research that scientists call the food, energy, water nexus revolves around questions of inequality and power
People collecting drinking water from a truck in India. (Photo by Jankie)
As the world’s cities, from Mumbai to Nairobi, grow at explosive rates, governments are struggling to provide residents with necessities, ensuring that those living in informal settlements, where sewage system are sparse and power is patchy, get access to clean drinking water and reliable electricity.
Such challenges have helped give rise to a new area of research that scientists call the food, energy, water nexus, or “the nexus.” This field of study recognises that these three resources are not just important for human livelihood and economic vitality but are also deeply connected. Decisions affecting one can impact on the others. It’s become a popular subject over the last decade: Research institutions addressing food, energy and water have sprung up around the world, and the nexus is now the focus of large-scale funding programmes from nations like the United States and Japan.
Some experts argue, however, that nexus research may be growing too fast. In a new commentary published in Nature Climate Change, urban researchers have raised several issues that they say are critical for the nexus research community to address. In many cases, these issues revolve around questions of inequality and power: Who wins and who loses when leaders make decisions about food, energy and water?
“We felt like it was important to interject some of the most important issues to be taken up in the nexus research community before this research advances further — before this wave of funding moves onto some other area of focus,” says Timon McPhearson, an urban ecologist at The New School in New York and a co-author of the new commentary.
Security for whom?
These issues are important because, he says, nexus research has huge potential. In part, that is because food, energy and water are inseparable from human wellbeing, explains Paty Romero Lankao, an urban researcher at the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, United States. “Just consider not having water to shower in or water to drink. Just consider not having electricity,” says Lankao, a co-author of the commentary. “If you don’t have any of these, then you are not part of society as we are used to it.”
These resources can be linked to each other in surprising ways. Romero Lankao points to Mexico City. This sprawling metropolis draws in hundreds of millions of cubic metres of water every year from nearby regions, including the Lerma and Cutzamala river basins to the west and southwest — in some cases pumping water hundreds of metres uphill at a massive energy cost and displacing water from agricultural areas. In the drive to secure one resource, water, Mexico City has wide-ranging impacts on others, from crops that people eat to the electricity that powers their homes.
It is a case that also highlights the inequalities at the heart of food, energy and water resources, Romero Lankao says: “If we want to bring water from other basins to provide for the needs of a city, we will need to consider that sometimes we will affect the livelihoods of farmers.”
Both Romero Lankao and McPhearson contend that the nexus research community has largely failed to address such issues of social and political power. When researchers say that they want to protect food, energy and water security, McPhearson says, they need to ask: “Security for whom?”
Debra Davidson agrees. She’s an environmental sociologist at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, and also helped to write the new commentary. She says that scientists often look at resources like an equation: You have a certain amount of water going to a certain number of people, and you either meet their needs or not. But reality is not that simple.
“Understanding what constitutes food, water or energy security in a given city means not just looking at those material resources themselves but how they’re getting consumed and who’s doing the consuming,” Davidson says. “And all of that makes science really messy.”
To grapple with that messiness, Davidson and her colleagues suggest that researchers should ask three questions before launching new projects focusing on the food, energy, water (FEW) nexus: “When and where is FEW security being examined and pursued? What interacting FEW systems are being considered? By and for whom are these systems being secured?”
In practical terms, that may involve defining what researchers mean by resource “security”: Is it national security, focusing on the stability of nation states, or a more holistic type of security? Davidson explains that in Canada, many indigenous groups have a long history of hunting caribou for food. But today, caribou populations are plummeting, in part because of warming temperatures in the Arctic. “If we only think of food security in terms of caloric intake, we can just say, ‘Fine, ship up some replacement calories for those communities,’” she says. “But that would not be considered a sufficient solution for the sake of those communities and what’s important to them.”
To get to the bottom of challenges like that, Davidson says that nexus research can’t just revolve around the work of natural scientists like ecologists and geologists. It also has to involve social scientists who are trained in studying human messiness: how people make decisions and how those decisions are influenced by inequality.
Romero Lankao goes one step further. “You need to engage in dialogues whereby all the disciplines have an equal say. There is no discipline that’s better than others,” she says. “But it’s equally important to engage with those stakeholders who are involved in the nexus, not only those who make the decisions but also those who are affected by the decisions.”
In the case of Mexico City, a nexus researcher might partner with government officials to answer key questions, but also urban residents who get their water from taps or rural farmers. Lankao says that in her own research, she often holds two sets of workshops to gather information about how people use resources: One with the people in power, and another set of workshops for those who don’t usually get a say in big decisions.
Such a scientific strategy, often called transdisciplinary research, is notoriously difficult to carry out. Davidson, however, says that the wave of enthusiasm and funding for nexus research provides the natural and social science communities with a unique opportunity to do it well. They can design numerous, small-scale projects that each approach studying the nexus in different ways — discovering what works and what doesn’t.
“We need to learn how to do nexus-based research,” she says. “We need someone who is going to take a bottom-up approach in Lethbridge, Alberta, that maybe involves a set of six different disciplines. Maybe somewhere else we need to do something that is maybe a bit more structured and includes a different set of disciplines. And let’s see what comes out of those different approaches.”
This was first published in futureearthblog.
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Haid Haid
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Haid Haid is a Syrian columnist and a consulting research fellow of the Chatham House Middle East and North Africa Programme. He is also a non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Centre for the Middle East. He focuses on security policies, governance, conflict resolution, and Kurdish and Islamist movements.
Previously, he was a programme manager on Syria and Iraq at the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Middle East Office in Beirut. He also worked as a senior community services protection assistant at UNHCR’s Damascus office. He has a bachelor’s degree in sociology, a postgraduate diploma in counselling, and master’s degrees in social development and in conflict resolution.
‘Reintegrating ISIS Supporters in Syria: Efforts, Priorities and Challenges’ (London: ICSR 2018); available here
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Notre Dame International
Hong Kong Global Center
From seaside views to skyscraper skylines, Hong Kong offers a unique experience for students, faculty, and visitors.
Established in 2014, the Hong Kong Global Center is ideally located in the Greater Bay Area to extend Notre Dame’s network within Asia, along with the Beijing Global Gateway. In its short tenure, the Global Center has fostered a number of new relationships with top local universities and corporations, facilitated student exchanges, identified several summer internship opportunities for undergraduates, and hosted Notre Dame’s inaugural Global Forum, which brought together hundreds of Notre Dame leadership, alumni, and partners. Notre Dame International also offers research grants for faculty interested in working in Hong Kong, or in greater China.
Along with Notre Dame’s alumni club in Hong Kong, the Center has built a robust and active community who is eager to welcome visitors, admitted students, undergraduates, and faculty, to their branch of the Notre Dame family. The pair has been instrumental in expanding the University’s reach in Asia, recruiting undergraduate applicants, and helping with career development for those in Hong Kong.
‘Bridge building’ with the East: Provost’s visit marks 40 years of Notre Dame in China
Provost Tom Burish visited China to mark 40 years of Notre Dame building bridges with leaders in higher education that could lead to better relations between East and West.
An international student’s perspective on taking advantage of undergraduate research opportunities
James Luk writes about his experience on campus as an international student from Hong Kong, and why it’s important to seek out opportunities as an undergraduate student.
Encounter ND: New collaboration strengthens ties in Asia, welcomes new students
“Encounter ND” is a series of events and lectures meant to engage the Notre Dame community in Asia, reach out to University partners, and welcome incoming students.
3 University exchange partners in Hong Kong
30 ND faculty visit every year
300+ active alumni and parents living in Hong Kong
10 undergraduates complete summer internships every year
Notre Dame suspends spring 2020 programming in Hong Kong
Notre Dame International introduces two new faculty research grants for 2019-2020
Hong Kong Global Center hongkong@nd.edu
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A$AP Ferg's Tips for Short People
Did you ever think wearing a poncho could stop you from landing a first date with a statuesque beauty? Well, the 25-year-old A$AP Mob member is here to tell you it will. Check out A$AP Ferg's Tips for Short People.
Slang Editorial: A$AP Ferg Gives Vocabulary Lessons
Swag. Yolo. Twerk. Hip-hop vernacular has gifted us with remarkable words like these, which have slowly become part of everyday conversation -- whether you like it or not. Some have even made it into the Oxford English Dictionary due to their cultural popularity. Rappers tend to be the creators of t…
BET Hip Hop Awards 2013 Winners List
Hip-hop's biggest crews gathered for the 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards, which aired on Tuesday (Oct. 15) night. The event, hosted by the Cali O.G. Snoop Lion -- a.k.a. Uncle Snoop -- is an annual celebration of the biggest and brightest stars in the rap game today and also tips a hat to the…
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Hip-Hop Award Winners
Rap pioneer MC Lyte was honored with the prestigious I Am Hip Hop Award at the 2013 BET Hip-Hop Awards Saturday (Sept. 28) in Atlanta. Rapper Eve was on hand to present the 42-year-old artist her trophy.
Listen to A$AP Ferg’s Anticipated Debut Album ‘Trap Lord’
After a few delays, A$AP Ferg's debut album is finally available to the public. The A$AP Mob consigliere made 'Trap Lord' available for streaming on a page specially dedicated to the project.
A$AP Ferg Gets Spiritual on ‘Hood Pope’
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A$AP Rocky Speaks on His Instrumental LP, A$AP Ferg’s Artistic Growth
A$AP Rocky made plenty of noise earlier this year with his debut album, 'Long. Live. A$AP.' Now the Harlem spitfire is working on an instrumental album called 'Beauty and the Beats: The Slow-Down Sessions, Vol 1.'
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Before the likes of A$AP Rocky, Kendrick Lamar and Wu Tang Clan took the Summer Jam XX main stage at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., hip-hop's rising stars gave fans who decided to attend the Festival Village event earlier a good show and more of a reason to party it up on a blazing h…
Lauryn Hill vs. A$AP Ferg – Rap Battle
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7 Days - 7 Women: Gina Lollobrigida
On Day 3 of our week-long series, 7 Days - 7 Women, in which we are showcasing seven strong, talented women working as filmmakers, writers or visual artists, we celebrate the forceful, creative energy of living legend Gina Lollobrigida.
She has been called the most beautiful woman in the world and at 87 years old, she is still a sight to behold as all that outer beauty mirrors the talent and inner beauty of this true, complete artist.
Gina Lollobrigida, the iconic actress, the photojournalist and the sculptress, was born Luigina Lollobrigida on the 4th of July, 1932 in Subiaco, Italy, a town located in the Province of Rome, near the picturesque tourist destination of Tivoli. Adored by fans all over the world, Lollobrigida has worked with some of the biggest names in Hollywood including Humphrey Bogart, Rock Hudson, Frank Sinatra, Anthony Quinn and Shelly Winters. She acted opposite Bob Hope in his 1968 comedy, The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell and even joined him on one of his many visits to the military troops overseas.
Lollobrigida and Bogart
Like many of her Italian screen siren counterparts, Lollobrigida got her start in local beauty contests and from there went into modeling before trying her hand at acting. In 1946, she made her onscreen debut with a small role in Riccardo Freda's Aquila Nera (Return of the Black Eagle) starring the endearing Gino Cervi, grandfather of actress, Valentina Cervi. After that, it was one film after another for Lollobrigida. Then in 1953, she made her Hollywood debut in John Huston's, Beat the Devil with Humphrey Bogart and Jennifer Jones. Her role as Maria Dannreuther caught the attention of American audiences and she became an instant Hollywood star. Just two years later, she was nicknamed, "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World," with the release of her trademark movie, La donna più bella del mondo (Beautiful But Dangerous), in which she played the infamous role of Lina Cavalieri, the Italian peasant who becomes a world-renowned opera singer. She costarred with the equally iconic Vittorio Gassman and Robert Alda. Lollogrigida actually did her own singing in this film while maestro, Mario Bava, created a rich feast for our eyes with his decadent cinematography.
A scene with Vittorio Gassman from La donna più bella del mondo
Gina Lollobrigida went on to appear in a whirlwind of hit films including Carol Reed's circus drama, Trapeze with Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis in 1956 and also that year, starred in Jean Delannoy's The Hunchback of Notre Dame with Anthony Quinn. In 1959 she co-starred with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Steve McQueen, Peter Lawford and Charles Bronson in the warfare drama, Never So Few. She worked non-stop throughout the 60's but started to slow down a bit in the 70's and thereafter. She's entertained a number of different projects in the years following her cinema heyday including politics in which she actually ran for one of Italy's European Parliament seats from her hometown of Subiaco. She pursued her interest in photojournalism and shot a number of interesting personalities including Paul Newman, Salvador Dalí and Fidel Castro.
Lollobrigida with her sculpture, "Living Together"
During the last decade, she has become a talented sculptress, creating larger than life figures in her Roman studio. Many of her works possess a quality that seems to be in motion, like they are dancing with their fabrics are flowing in the wind. Perhaps that quality represents her own free spirit. In an interview with Parade Magazine, she revealed her true passion as an artist. "I studied painting and sculpting at school and became an actress by mistake."
Gina Lollobrigida is forever emblazoned in the hearts of admirers all over the world and we are still enjoying the eternal talents of this classic symbol of grace and style as her zest for life continues to this day.
Thanks to Lollobrigida's vast international success, many of her films are still available today. Amazon is a great source that has currently carries a wide range of her films. You can also visit her online at www.ginalollobrigida.com.
Labels: Gina Lollobrigida, Golden Age of Italian Cinema, Humphrey Bogart, La donna più bella del mondo, Vittorio Gassman
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IETF meetings are held three times a year. The first IETF meeting was held in San Diego in January, 1986.
IETF 106
November 16-22, 2019, Singapore; Hosted by Nokia
1004 onsite attendees
607 remote attendees
July 20-26, 2019, Montreal, Canada; Hosted by Comcast and NBCUniversal
March 22-29, 2019, Prague, Czech Republic; Hosted by Cisco and CZ.NIC
November 3-9, 2018, Bangkok, Thailand; Hosted by Huawei and Cisco
879 onsite attendees
July 14-20, 2018, Montreal, Quebec, CA; Hosted by Juniper Networks
101st IETF
March 17-23, 2018, London, UK; Hosted by Google and ICANN
100th IETF
November 11-17, 2017, Singapore; Hosted by Cisco
99th IETF
July 16-21, 2017, Prague, Czech Republic; Hosted by Comcast, NBC Universal and CZ.NIC
March 26-31; Chicago, IL, USA; Hosted by Ericsson
November 13-18, 2016; Seoul, South Korea; Hosted by Huawei
July 17-22, 2016; Berlin, Germany; Hosted by Juniper Networks
April 3-8, 2016; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Hosted by LACNIC and the Internet Society
1043 attendees
November 1-6, 2015; Yokohama, Japan; Hosted by WIDE
93rd IETF
July 19-24, 2015; Prague, Czech Republic; Hosted by Brocade and CZ.NIC
92nd IETF
March 22 - 27, 2015; Dallas, TX, USA; Hosted by Google
91st IETF
November 9 - 14, 2014; Honolulu, HI, USA; Hosted by Cisco
July 20-25, 2014; Toronto, ON, Canada; Hosted by Ericsson
March 2-7, 2014; London, UK; Hosted by ICANN
November 3-8, 2013; Vancouver, BC, Canada; Hosted by Huawei
July 28 - August 2, 2013; Berlin, Germany; Sponsored by DENIC, EURid, Deutsche Telekom, Dyn and eco
March 10-15, 2013; Orlando, FL, USA; Hosted by Comcast and NBC Universal
November 4-9, 2012; Atlanta, GA, USA; Hosted by North American Cable Industry.
July 29 - August 3, 2012; Vancouver, BC, Canada; Hosted by Google
March 25-30, 2012; Paris, France; Hosted by Cisco
November 13-18, 2011; Taipei, Taiwan; Hosted by TWNIC
948 attendees
July 24 - 29, 2011; Quebec City, Canada; Hosted by RIM
March 27 - April 1, 2011; Prague, Czech Republic; Hosted by CZ.NIC
November 7-12, 2010; Beijing, China; Hosted by Tsinghua University
July 25-30, 2010; Maastricht, Netherlands; Hosted by SIDN
March 21-26, 2010; Anaheim, CA, USA
November 8-13, 2009; Hiroshima, Japan; Hosted by WIDE
July 26-31, 2009; Stockholm, Sweden; Hosted by .SE
March 22-27, 2009; San Francisco, CA, USA; Hosted by Juniper
November 16-21, 2008; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Hosted by Google
July 27-August 1, 2008; Dublin, Ireland; Hosted by Alcatel-Lucent
March 9-14, 2008; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Hosted by Comcast
December 2-7, 2007; Vancouver, BC, Canada; Hosted by Cisco Research and Microsoft
July 22-27, 2007; Chicago, IL, USA; Hosted by Motorola
March 18-23, 2007; Prague, Czech Republic; Hosted by NeuStar
November 5-10, 2006; San Diego, CA, USA; Hosted by Siemens
July 9-14, 2006; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Hosted by Ericsson
March 19-24, 2006; Dallas, TX, USA; Hosted by Nokia
November 6-11, 2005; Vancouver, BC, Canada; Hosted by Nortel
July 31-August 5, 2005; Paris, France; Hosted by France Telecom
March 6-11, 2005; Minneapolis, MN, USA
November 7-12, 2004; Washington, DC, USA; Hosted by Alcatel
August 1-6, 2004; San Diego, CA, USA
February 29-March 4, 2004; Seoul, South Korea; Hosted by KT (Korea Telcom) and Samsung
November 9-14, 2003; Minneapolis, MN, USA
July 13-18, 2003; Vienna, Austria; Hosted by Austria Telekom
March 16-21, 2003; San Francisco, California, USA
November 17-21, 2002; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Hosted by Nokia
July 14-19, 2002; Yokohama, Japan; Hosted by Fujitsu and The WIDE Project
March 17-22, 2002; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Hosted by Cable & Wireless
December 9-14, 2001; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Hosted by Novell
August 5-10, 2001; London, England; Hosted by BTexact Technologies
March 18-25, 2001; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Hosted by Lucent Technologies
December 10-15, 2000; San Diego, CA, USA; Hosted by Cisco Systems and Qualcomm
July 31-August 4, 2000; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Hosted by Marconi
March 26-31, 2000; Adelaide, Australia; Hosted by connect.com.au
November 7-12, 1999; Washington, DC, USA; Hosted by Nortel Networks, Inc.
July 11-16, 1999; Oslo, Norway; Hosted by Uninett
March 14-19, 1999; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Hosted by Ascend Communications
December 7-11, 1998; Orlando, FL, USA; Hosted by Microsoft Corporation
August 24-28, 1998; Chicago, IL, USA; Hosted by Motorola
March 30-April 3, 1998; Los Angeles, CA, USA
December 8-12, 1997; Washington, DC, USA; Hosted by Newbridge Networks, Inc.
August 11-15, 1997; Munich, Germany; Hosted by ISOC-Germany Chapter
April 7-11, 1997; Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Hosted by Federal Express
December 9-13, 1996; San Jose, California, USA; Hosted by Cisco Systems
June 24-28, 1996; Montreal, Quebec, CANADA.
March 4-8, 1996; Los Angeles, California, USA.
December 4-8, 1995; Dallas, Texas, USA; Hosted by MCI.
July 17-21, 1995; Stockholm, Sweden; Hosted by the Royal Institute of Technology and NORDUnet.
April 3-7, 1995; Danvers, Massachusetts, USA; Hosted by FTP Software and NEARnet.
December 5-9, 1994; San Jose, California, USA; Hosted by Sun Microsystems.
July 25-29, 1994; Toronto, Ontario, CANADA; Hosted by University of Toronto.
March 28 - April 1, 1994; Seattle, Washington, USA; Hosted by NorthWestNet.
November 1-5, 1993; Houston, Texas, USA; Hosted by SESQUINET and Rice University.
Proceedings (PDF)
July 12-16, 1993; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Hosted by Surfnet and RARE.
March 29 - April 2, 1993; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Hosted by OARnet and The Ohio State University.
November 16-20, 1992; Washington, DC, USA; Hosted by US Sprint.
July 13-17, 1992; Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; Hosted by NEARnet.
March 16-20, 1992; San Diego, California, USA; Hosted by San Diego Supercomputer Center.
November 18-22, 1991; Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA; Hosted by Los Alamos National Laboratory.
July 29 - August 2, 1991; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Hosted by BellSouth.
March 11-15, 1991; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Washington University.
December 3-7, 1990; Boulder, Colorado, USA; University of Colorado.
July 30 - August 3, 1990; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; University of British Columbia.
May 1-4, 1990; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center.
244 Attendees.
February 6-9, 1990; Tallahassee, Florida, USA; Florida State University Supercomputer Center.
October 31 - November 3, 1989; Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; University of Hawaii.
July 25-28, 1989; Stanford, California, USA; Stanford University.
April 11-14, 1989; Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA; Kennedy Space Center.
January 18-20, 1989; Austin, Texas, USA; University of Texas.
October 17-19, 1988; Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; University of Michigan.
June 15-17, 1988; Annapolis, Maryland, USA; US Naval Academy.
9th IETF
March 1-3, 1988; San Diego, California, USA; San Diego Supercomputer Center.
November 2-4, 1987; Boulder, Colorado, USA; NCAR.
July 27-29, 1987; McLean, Virginia, USA; MITRE.
April 22-24, 1987; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; BBN.
February 4-6, 1987; Moffett Field, California, USA; NASA Ames Research Center.
October 15-17, 1986; Menlo Park, California, USA; SRI.
3rd IETF
July 23-24, 1986; Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; University of Michigan.
2nd IETF
April 8-9, 1986; Aberdeen, Maryland, USA; Army Ballistics Research Lab.
1st IETF
January 16-17, 1986; San Diego, California, USA; Linkabit.
IETF 106 Singapore
IETF 108 Madrid
IETF 109 Bangkok
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How Google’s Doodles celebrate International Women’s Day
iFactory | March 26, 2017
With women making up half of the total internet users, how do the iconic Google’s Doodles celebrate International Women’s Day?
The month of March celebrates both International Woman’s Day and Women’s History Month, a commemoration of the achievements of women all across history and throughout the globe. With women making up half of the total internet users and 53% of those using social media, it is important to see notable women represented in high traffic sites such as Google. On International Women’s Day, and for years prior, Google Doodle’s wants women to feel empowered to follow in the footsteps of the strong women who have paved the way.
This year’s International Women’s Day 2017 doodle is a slideshow that features a young girl and her grandmother reading a story, and when clicked on opens a flip-book of illustrations that span centuries and continents. We see the little girl immerse herself in the stories and achievements of real-life heroines, featuring familiar faces such as Ida Wells, Frida Kahlo, and Sally Ride, as well as the lesser known names of Cecilia Greirson and Lotifa El Nadi, who excelled in their respective fields of medicine and aviation. Feeling inspired, the little girl dreams of what the future holds for her.
Google’s 2015 and 2011 doodles also featured these world-changing women, celebrating the accomplishments and success they gained against all odds. 2012 marked the centennial celebration of International Woman’s Day, and the doodle featured a young woman in a graduation cap and another with a stethoscope. This serves as a way of commenting on the remarkable progress women have made in the past century.
2013 and 2014’s doodles, on the other hand, celebrate complete diversity. Featuring over 100 inspiring women of today, the video that plays inside the 2014’s doodle is host to women across the globe, encompassing the ideas of unity and inclusion.
In 2016, however, Google went one step further and created the hashtag #OneDayIWill. They asked both women and girls all around the world to complete the sentence and made a video to celebrate this next generation of ‘doodle-worthy’ women. Even well-achieved women appeared to promote women everywhere to keep on dreaming. Jane Goodall expressed her wishes to discuss the environment with the pope, and Malala Yousafzai dreamed of a future where she would see every girl in school. Hopefully, it will only be a matter of time before we see these amazing women featured on their own doodles.
About Google Doodles
Google Doodles are fun, surprising and sometimes spontaneous changes that are made to the Google logo on the Google homepage to celebrate holidays, anniversaries and the lives of famous artists, pioneers and scientists. In 1998, he concept of the doodle was born when Google founders Larry and Sergey played with the corporate logo to indicate their attendance at the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert. While the first doodle was simple, the idea of modifying the company logo to celebrate notable events was born. To date, The team has created over 2,000 doodles for the Google homepages around the world.
To add your own voice to the conversation about Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, follow the hashtags #IWD2017, #GettingToEqual and #BeBoldForChange across all social media channels.
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The Virtues of the Islamic Month of Rajab [Fadaa’il Rajab] by Shaykh Luqman Ahmad
“BEHOLD, the number of months, in the sight of Allah, is twelve months, [laid down] in Allah’s decree on the day when He created the heavens and the earth; [and] out of these, four are sacred: this is the ever-true law [of Allah]. Do not, then, sin against yourselves with regard to these [months].”[1] According to the shariah[2] of Islam, years are properly reckoned by the cycles of the moon and not the sun; “They ask you concerning the crescent moons; say: they are time determinants for people and for the Hajj.[3]”
The names of the Muslim lunar months:
1. Muharram 7. Rajab
2. Safar 8. Sha’ban
3. Rabi’ al-awwal (Rabi’ I) 9. Ramadan
4. Rabi’ al-thani (Rabi’ II) 10. Shawwal
5. Jumada al-awwal (Jumada I) 11. Dhu al-Qi’dah
6. Jumada al-thani (Jumada II) 12. Dhu al-Hijjah
The Muslim Hijri calendar was first introduced by the Caliph and companion of the Prophet (SAWS) Umar ibn al-Khattaab in the year 628 C.E[4]. It consists of 12 lunar months. The beginning of each month is determined by the sighting of the crescent moon. Each lunar month lasts approximately 29 or 30 days. The month of Rajab is one of the sacred months of the Islamic calendar. The other three sacred months are the consecutive months of Dhul Qi`da, Dhul Hijja, and Muharram. Thus we have just entered into the sacred month of Rajab, the seventh month of the Hijri calendar as of May 11th 2013. It is a good idea to keep track of the Islamic months because during each month, there are recommended and sometimes compulsory actions which are recorded in the Sunna of the Prophet (SAWS).
There are many areas of ah’kaam (jurisprudence) related to the month of Rajab. Some of the reported traditions of Rajab trace back to the days of jaahiliyyah[5] (pre-Islamic period) and continued after the dawn of Islam. Others were prohibited by the Prophet (SAWS). Scholars differ as to which of these traditions continued after Islam. So in response to a question by one of the sisters about the month of Rajab and what are the recommended actions of the month, I have prepared the following.
Animal Sacrifices: During the days of jaahiliyyah, people used to make animal sacrifices of sheep and called it al-ateerah[6]; scholars differ whether the practice is still permissible. It was reported the hadith of Abu Hurraira that the Prophet (SAWS) said: “There is no far’a[7] and no ateerah”[8]. Other scholars say that the practice of ateerah is permissible, among them is ibn Seereen and it was related about Imam Ahmad that the people of Basra used to do it. It was related that the Prophet (SAWS) said while standing of the mountain of Arafat: “each year, every household should slaughter a sacrifice and that is what they call al-ateerah”[9]. In another tradition it was reported about Abu Razeen[10]; he said: “I said: O Messenger of Allah, we used to perform animal sacrifices during the days of jaahiliyyah (during Rajab), we would eat it and feed whoever came to us” the Prophet (SAWS) replied: “there is nothing wrong with that.”[11] In another tradition reported by ibn Abbaas, he said: “The Quraish sought permission from the Prophet (SAWS) continue the ateerah and he said: “You may do the sheep slaughter of jaahiliyyah; however, if you sacrifice for the sake of Allah and want to eat it and give some away as charity then you may do so.[12]” scholars of Islam reconcile the prohibition in the hadith of Abu Hurraira and the permissibility of the practice reported in the other hadith by saying that the prohibition relates to the pre-Islamic practice of offering sacrifices to gods other than Allah. Sufyaan ibn Uyyaina says that what’s meant by the prohibition here is the removal of wujoob (obligation). Other scholars say that the hadith of Abu Hurraira is the most authentic narration available on the topic and should provide the standard on how the action is mitigated[13]. It was related about Hasan al-Basri that he said: “There is no ateerah in Islam. Ateerah is something that existed in jaahiliyyah. Some of them used to fast the whole month of Rajab and perform an ateerah during it and the sacrifice would resemble a religious rite or holiday.[14]” it was related about ibn Abbaas that he used to dislike that people take Rajab for a holiday. [15] The conclusion is that if a person wants to slaughter a sheep during the month of Rajab for the sake of Allah and eat some and distribute or feed some to others; that is permissible. However, they shouldn’t take a specific day or make into a holiday occasion for that would not be consistent with the Sunna. And Allah knows best.
Prayer on particular days of Rajab: There are no authentic narrations about the Prophet (SAWS) regarding a specific prayer designated for the month of Rajab. There are several narrations regarding ‘salaatul raghaa’ib’ during the first Jum’ah night of Rajab but they are weak narrations with no validity. Such a prayer is considered an innovation by the majority of scholars but not all of them. Ibn Jawzee[16] and Abu Bakr as-Sam’aani are amongst the latter-day scholars who mention this. The rulings on salaatul raghaa’ib were not mentioned by earlier scholars because the practice did not appear until about the fifth century of the Hijra.
Fasting during Rajab: There is nothing authentic reported directly from or about the Prophet (SAWS) or any of the companions regarding fasting during specific days of the month of Rajab. However, there is a report about Abu Qalaaba that he said: “There is a castle in paradise for those who fast during the month of Rajab.” According to al-Baihaqi, Abu Qalaaba being one of the luminaries of the taabi’een would not have said such a thing unless he received it from one of the companions.[17] It was reported in a narration Mujeeba al-Baahiliyyah about her father that the Prophet (SAWS) said: “fast some days of the sacred months and leave some days.[18]” Some of the Salaf[19] used to fast the entirety of the sacred months; among them Abdullah ibn Umar, and al-Hasan al-Basri, and Abu Is’haaq as-Sabee’i. Ibn Abbaas and Anas ibn Malik used to dislike that people fast the entire month of Rajab and in another narration about ibn Umar and ibn Abbaas; they used to prefer that if people fasted Rajab, they break their fast at least some of the days. It was also reported about imam Ahmad, Sa’eed ibn Jubair and Imam Shaafi’ee that they used to dislike that people would fast the entire month of Rajab. Imam Shaafi’ee was reported to have said in a former opinion; “I dislike that people complete the fast of Rajab like they would the fast of Ramadan.” His argument for this was the hadith of Aisha; “I never saw the Prophet (SAWS) complete a month (of fasting) ever, except for Ramadan.[20]” Some of the Hanbali scholars view that fasting the complete month of Rajab is not disliked if they also fast another month before or after it in its entirety as well. I already mentioned that Ibn Umar and others used to fast the entirety of all the sacred months. There is no harm for a person to fast the entirety of the month of Rajab if it is incorporated as part of a perpetual fast (siyaamul dahr[21]) Some fasts are customary in the sunna of the Prophet (SAWS) and can and should be incorporated into Rajab: Such as fasting three consecutive days of the month, as reported in the hadith of Aisha, she reported: “the Prophet (SAWS) used to fast three consecutive days out of each month.” Or fasting Mondays and Thursdays as recorded in the Sunna. According to Imam Nawawi; “Neither prohibition nor praiseworthiness has been established for the month of Rajab in itself, however, the principle concerning fasting is that it is praiseworthy in itself, and in the Sunan of Abu Dawud, the Prophet has made the fasting of the sacred months praiseworthy, and Rajab is one of them. And Allah knows best”.[22] I also like the statement of my late Sheikh, Sayyid Saabiq; “Fasting during Rajab contains no more virtue than during any other month. There is no sound report from the Sunna that states that it has a special reward. All that has been related concerning it is not strong enough to be used as a proof. Ibn Hajar says: “There is no authentic hadith related to its virtues, nor fasting during it or on certain days of it, nor concerning exclusively making night prayers during that month.” Thus fasting during Rajab particularly has no special bearing in Islam but fasting during the sacred months is acceptable and was practiced by some of the companions. Fasting three days of the month and on Mondays and Thursdays is a Sunna of the Prophet (SAWS) and a praiseworthy act.
Zakaat during the Month of Rajab: Some Muslim countries and communities have become accustomed to collecting and paying zakaat during the month of Rajab. Such a practice is permissible as the zakaat is due annually and needs to be paid. However, here is no basis for singling out Rajab for zakaat in the Sunna of the Prophet (SAWS). This alone does not make it prohibited to do so because zakaat is due annually and its payment is based upon reaching the nisaab of a year and not a particular date. However it was reported about Uthmaan ibn Afaan that during his term as Caliph that he ascended the pulpit and said: “Oh people, this is the month of your zakaat, so whoever amongst you has a debt, then he should pay his debt.[23]” Other scholars say that zakaat should be paid in the month of Muharram because it marks the beginning of the year and some of the jurists say the Muharram is the time when the imam should dispatch the people to collect the zakaat. Others say that zakaat should be paid during the month of Ramadan because of the sheer virtue of Ramadan and the virtue of charity during the month of Ramadan. The fact of the matter is that zakaat is due after the nisaab has reached a year. According to Abu Saud, the basic definition of nisaab is that amount which is sufficient to sustain the minimum average family for one year. In some modern Muslim countries, nisaab is often interpreted to equate a governmentally determined poverty threshold. Once a person’s holdings have reached the level of nisaab, the zakaat is due on that wealth, regardless of the month. The issue of zakaat is a lengthy subject and not the central topic of our discussion. Please refer to the books of fiqh for more detail.
Umrah[24] during Rajab: Once ibn Umar narrated that the Prophet (SAWS) performed umrah during Rajab, Aisha was present and repudiated what Ibn Umar said, he heard her repudiate it and didn’t object[25]. Umar ibn al-Khattaab and other companions used to like to perform umrah during Rajab. Aisha used to do it as well as Abdullah ibn Umar. Ibn Seereen reports that the Salaf used to do it. Thus there is no harm performing Umrah during the month of Rajab or any other month.
Conclusion: Rajab is indeed a sacred month and on should increase acts of goodness during the sacred months as in other months. It was reported in the hadith of Anas that the Prophet (SAWS) said: “Oh Allah, bless us in our Rajab and Sha’baan for they deliver us into Ramadan.” The hadith although it has weakness in its chain, shows that it is permissible to ask Allah to prolong your life to a more blessed time so that you can perform good deeds during that time. It’s like saying; oh Allah keep me going until Ramadan. The Salaf used to like that when they died, it would happen at the end of a good deed; right after Ramadan, or on the way back from hajj and they used to think that if someone died in that manner their sins would be forgiven. It was also reported that the Prophet (SAWS) said: “verily deeds are reckoned according to one’s final acts”. And Allah knows best. Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad
Imam, Masjid Ibrahim Islamic Center
Sacramento, California, imamabulaith@yahoo.com
[1]Quran, 9:36
[2] Sacred law.
[3] Quran, 2:189
[4] Christian era.
[5] Jaahiliyyah refers to the period that existed before Islam. It also refers to practices which contradict Islam and the principles of Islam.
[6] Ateerah: a sheep sacrifice.
[7] Far’a: the first born of a she camel which during the days of jaahiliyyah they used to slaughter n the name of the pagan gods.
[8] A sound hadith (sahih) collected by Bukhaari and Muslim.
[9] A good hadith, collected by Abu Dawud
[10] His name was Laqeet ibn Sabira, a well known companion of the Prophet (SAWS)
[11] A sound hadith collected by Al-Nissa’i
[12] Collected by Tabaraani with his own chain except that the chain of this particular hadith contains Ibrahim ibn Ismaa’eel ibn Abi Habeeba, who was considered trustworthy by Ibn Ma’een but a weak transmitter by most others.
[13] Lataa’if al-Ma’aarif by Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali, page 207
[14] Lataa’if al-Ma’aarif, page 206
[15] Collected by Abdul-Razaaq with a broken chain
[16] Abu Faraj Ibn Jawzi; his name was Abdul-Rahmaan ibn Ali Ibn Muhammad, one of the great Hanbali scholars of Baghdad; he died in the Hijri year of 597.
[17] This alone does not validate the hadith as authentic, but it does according to some scholars lend marginal credence to the narration.
[18] A weak hadith collected by Abu Dawud and others.
[19] Righteous people and scholars of the frst three generations of Islam.
[20] Collected by Bukhaari and Muslim.
[21] Perpetual fast; this is when you fast every single day perpetually.
[22] Imam Nawawi, Explanation of Sahih Muslim, Kitab 13 Bab 34
[23] Collected by Imam Malik in the Muwatta.
[24] The lessor Hajj.
[25] This story is related in sahih al-Bukhaari.
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Lifelong Learning and Learned Societies
by Howard Gardner
Even if you are involved in education, you may know very little about academic learned societies. Perhaps you have heard about the Royal Society (London), or the National Academy of Sciences (Washington). And you may even have heard of the American Academy of Arts and Science in Cambridge (to which I am fortunate to belong), though I doubt that you have heard of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia (to which I also am fortunate to belong).
If I were going to caricature these learned societies—often called academies—I’d say that they are composed of accomplished scholars who have been elected to an honorary group and who now congratulate themselves for this honor. The mean age in such societies is very high (60-70 or more) and, in Western societies, the membership is overwhelmingly white, male, and coming from a few elite institutions. (Alas, I fit the profile all too well.) I am reminded of what physicist Richard Feynmann allegedly quipped: “I don’t want to belong to an organization whose main purpose is to keep other people out”; or what comedian Groucho Marx supposedly said: “I don’t want to belong to any club that would have me as a member.”
But there are other important features about the aforementioned societies. The National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society study complex scientific issues; compose reports carefully; and, as appropriate, make recommendations that represent the consensus of the team that prepared these materials. The American Philosophical Society awards about 200 fellowships a year to worthy scholars, most of them young; and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences commissions studies on a wide range of topics, issues reports that are comprehensive and clear, and also publishes Daedalus, a wide-ranging quarterly. Learned societies bring together scholars from a wide range of disciplines and specialties; these gatherings enrich the intellectual lives of members and, in the best scenarios, draw on this breadth in their subsequent scholarly work and in their communications with students and with the broader public.
For the most part, these learned societies remain below the radar screen and are pleased to do so. They’d prefer to be private and prestigious, rather than public and controversial. The mix of self-congratulation, periodic meetings, and public good seems about right.
But not since the Enlightenment, two centuries ago, has the pursuit of knowledge, of truth, of objective and disinterested study been as much under attack, across both developed and developing nations. We discern these disturbing trends in the vocal critiques of colleges and universities, the challenges to scientific consensus on topics like climate change, the administering of vaccines, and even Darwinian evolution. As one interested in education across all levels, and convinced of the importance of scholarship within and across the disciplines, I find this situation most disturbing—indeed alarming.
For these reasons, I welcomed the chance to attend a meeting with leaders of over 20 learned societies from around the world—ranging from Australia and India to Estonia and Peru. While I don’t occupy a leadership role in any such organization, I am an enthusiastic member of the American Philosophical Society, which hosted the gathering, and so I was allowed to attend as a mostly silent observer.
In due course, a skilled rapporteur will provide a summary of the two days of discussions. Conversation encompassed a wide range of topics, including criteria for membership (expulsion was not discussed), sources of funding, communication of reports to the general public, the role of technology, and prospects for collaboration. No need for me to anticipate this report. But I did have one major takeaway as well as one self-assigned task.
Whether the learned academics are large or small, old or new, there is a big difference between those that focus on explicitly on science (or science and technology or STEM) and those that seek to cover a broader scholarly terrain. Science is as close to a universal language as exists in the world. Accordingly, the scientific academies cover similar range of topics, have similar criteria for membership, and are concerned with many of the same issues. As a result, scientific academies can communicate readily with one another—they are members of the same species, so to speak.
But once a learned academy extends beyond science and technology, or concerns itself with the arts, the humanities, or even the “softer” social sciences, then the differences across academies becomes much more noticeable, if not occasionally unfordable. If not only scientific excellence, then what are the criteria for membership, awards, topics for discussion, debate, reporting—indeed, even mode of presentation (a slide show vs. a paper read aloud). What’s NOT on the radar screen? If the arts are featured, does this include performers or painters, or only those who study or critique the arts? And if the scholarly front covers the humanities, what to do when, unlike the sciences, no consensual method exists—where, for example, a post-modern approach is one branch’s ideal and another branch’s anathema; or where the study of language or literature is conducted entirely differently in different communities around the world?
We may assume that whatever their differences, scientific academies can make common cause. No analogous assumption obtains to different or broader learned academies.
If these learned academies from around the world are going to attempt more collaboration, rather than simply occasional meetings, it’s important to identify the features on which they may differ. Some divergences may be consequential, others less so. It might be useful to have a taxonomy of the key features of several dozen learned societies that exist today. Here’s a sacrificial opening.
The criteria on which one might classify the societies:
Are they organized around a single discipline, several disciplines, or do they cover the academic waterfront?
Are they restricted in membership and if so, on what criteria? Are members only from one nation or one region, or can they come from around the globe? Are meetings open or closed? Private or publicized?
Are there associated organizations or collections of younger individuals and, if so, how do they relate to the “parent” organization?
For both full members, and young affiliates, are there special efforts to diversify the population—by gender, ethnic, racial, or other criteria?
Are these academies restricted to scholarship (as carried out in universities or research centers), or do they include performers, members of diverse professions, individuals who are accomplished in different sectors or careers? What about individuals prominent in business or politics?
Are the academies certified by the government, supported by the government, or completely independent of the government? If connected to the government, in what ways, if any, does this connection restrict what they can do, whether it is made public, and, if so, in what forms?
Do they have an affiliation with a university or with some kind of professional organization? What are the benefits or drawbacks of such an affiliation?
With what other entities (including other learned societies) do they have an ongoing relation? What’s the nature of that relationship?
Do they have some kind of charter, and if so, who issued the charter, can it be altered, and, if so, in which ways?
Do members have any responsibilities (ranging from yearly fees to attendance at meetings) or can membership be entirely honorific?
On what grounds, if any, can an individual be expelled from the organization? Is there a “senior” status and, if so, what are the rights and obligations of “senior” members?
Final Comments
In and of itself, such a taxonomy is just an exercise, useful perhaps to someone like me (an inveterate taxonomist and synthesizer) but not to many others. But if the societies are to work together, then it’s important to understand the opportunities and the constraints, and such a taxonomy could be a useful first step—indicating possible incommensurabilities and how one might circumvent them.
Why is this essay relevant to a blog on “lifelong learning?” We tend to think of learning as restricted to formal educational institutions (K-12, college, professional school) or to courses offered online or to residents of a nearby community. But if learning is truly to be lifelong, the knowledge and contributions of illustrious scholars becomes important. It’s wrong—especially in these fraught times—for such scholars simply to congratulate one another and to congregate with one another. They should be “giving away” what they know and have learned and help others to join in this enterprise. Some of these activities can and should be carried out in universities and other research centers. But the learned societies have a breadth and sweep—and even a longevity—that transcends that of most institutions of higher education.
Importantly, if, as I fear, scholarship is under threat around the world, it is no longer appropriate for these organizations to stay below the firing line. They need to be public, and they ought to work together. At the meeting that I attended in Philadelphia, those in attendance sat underneath the portrait of Benjamin Franklin, who founded the American Philosophical Society in 1743. As Franklin memorably uttered after signing the Declaration of Independence, “We must, indeed, hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.”
I thank Robert Hauser for his insights about learned societies.
© 2019 Howard Gardner
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2 Comments on “Lifelong Learning and Learned Societies”
Rocio September 27, 2019 at 1:00 am #
Great article. We love the blog. We are agree about all. How can we change the academic organization in Argentina? Do you think that it’s possible? Thank you. Regards.
Students of Argentina
Howard Gardner October 3, 2019 at 7:58 pm #
It’s never easy to change an organization, and especially not colleges and universities which are very conservative. If you have a good idea, you should discuss it with peers and colleagues and see whether others share your beliefs and recommendations. And if you can find consensus, then you need to approach individuals in authority and see whether they will ‘bless’ your implementation of the idea. If there is no hunger on the part of leaders to bring about the change, then it’s probably a hopeless undertaking– unless you can change the leadership.
My colleagues David Perkins and Jim Reese have written insightfully about the three kinds of leaders needed to bring about change: Conceptual visionary, political visionary, and practical visionary. Some of their work is based on their experiences in Latin America
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“Astrology is a reflection of you and your life. The whole thing can be seen through the lens of what makes you beautiful and what makes this life of yours beautiful. There's one way to look at your [birth] chart where it's just you and your psyche. And the other way to look at the chart is to see how your life is set up: to see what's challenging, what's going to be easy for you, what are your gifts. What I've learned from being with my chart and living it out and giving myself some decades to really understand what it's about, is that the really challenging parts of my chart have demanded that I develop myself the most. They've demanded that I not be lazy, to not stay in places that are easy for me. What I thought was really ugly or what I was ashamed of astrologically when I first started learning, has actually been the thing carrying me thus far.
[In astrology] there's the rising sign and the first house. The rising sign and the first house is ‘the self,’ so it's how we're seen by the world and what our style, in a sense, will be. And then there's Venus and the moon, and the moon is our body; it's our emotional life and our connection to the person who birthed us. There is a physicality to the moon that it is home to our spirit. Then there's the sun, which is part of our identity and life's purpose and how we shine, and that's also a part of our beauty. Each planet, in relationship to one of those things, Venus or the first house, possibly the sun and the moon, will help to curate the type of beauty that a person walks around with.
I've had a contentious relationship with beauty my entire life. I really resented being harassed in my teens and 20s and 30s. It made me so angry that I wanted to rebel against beauty. It’s a complicated thing, living in patriarchy, because of course beauty is essential, beauty is connective, beauty is to be celebrated, beauty is in so many things, but patriarchy wants to own beauty, and sell it to you. It tells you to devour beauty, and it throws you away the moment you don't hit those standards. Street harassment is one thing, but then there’s also the covert, structural power that diminishes you at every turn in micro ways that are less obvious, but just as threatening. It's a setup, it's a pyramid scheme! And I think we all know that.
Living within the patriarchy, Saturn return is a time for folks who maybe have been able to rely on their youth and the beauty that comes with it, to have a reckoning with the fact that they're not going to be young forever.
I've been really into skin routines lately—toner has been this thing that I'm kind of obsessed with. I use ESPA’s balancing toner. The experience of a good toner is one of the most refreshing things—I feel so clean! It tightens you in the right ways, it cleans in a way that's not too harsh. I'm super into the Chantecaille Vital Essence; it's like water meets a face mask on your skin. Then I use their Lifting Cream very sparingly—it makes you a little sticky in good way. I put it right on my skin so it doesn't get wasted on my hands. It's like makeup for me now. Although I do like some makeup; I'm obsessed with Brow Flick.
I don't do a ton for my hair. I rarely wash it, I'll wet it, it depends. You never know what it's going to be like. Sometimes it looks dry and frizzy and shitty, other days it looks amazing and hydrated and happy, and I’ve done the same things! Sometimes I just rehydrate the ends with a little bit of conditioner. Once in a while I'll do a full scalp treatment. I do oil it. My wife has a nonprofit called FreeFrom, and they work at the nexus of economic justice and gender-based violence. One of the many things they do is an entrepreneurship program for survivors. A bunch of survivors have developed beauty lines, and one of the businesses was started by this incredible chemist who does this special herbal blend of hair oil that I use. I don't think she's packaged it quite yet, but it's incredible and it helps.
I just want every 20-year-old person—especially young women and femmes and queers—to know their 30s are phenomenally rich with creative juice, and a lot of the chaos of the 20s starts to recede.
Saturn is the planet of aging, responsibility, discipline, structure, and boundaries. At Saturn return, it’s a time for us to come into our own as adults. Even if we've had big jobs and big successes in our 20s, there's usually something that happens psychologically around that turning point from 20s to 30s that is us recognizing the ways in which we still might be wanting someone, like family, to take care of us, or the way we might be giving our power over to a power structure. That's the time we're supposed to reclaim that. In the reclamation of that we are defining who we are. If we've just fucked around for our 20s its a real kick in the head.
Living within the patriarchy, Saturn return is a time for folks who maybe have been able to rely on their youth and the beauty that comes with it, to have a reckoning with the fact that they're not going to be young forever. In our youth we get to wear beauty externally because everyone’s beautiful in their youth. As we get older that beauty has got to be internalized. And we've got to be deepening ourselves and deepening our connection to ourselves and our life. Culture is shifting, but for so long anything that was aging was hidden. It's a horror. We're terrified of getting older, we're terrified of dying. The Saturn return is a time to say, ‘I can choose this differently. I can be in relationship to myself in a much different way, and what would it mean for me to be a boss bitch in my own life?’ It's a very transformational time. Sometimes for people it's filled with crisis because Saturn makes things real. We can get away with a lot in our 20s, and that can be really fun and that can be really horrific. We can feel lost or we can feel really lucky, but around 30 we're like, 'how am I actually shaping my life?' Because if I don't shape my life, I'm letting other people or systems shape it. And then it's not mine and that is the nightmare, that we are living someone else's life. So that first Saturn return is a wakeup call. But there's so much creative juice in your 30s. I just want every 20-year-old person—especially young women and femmes and queers—to know their 30s are phenomenally rich with creative juice and a lot of the chaos of the 20s starts to recede, and it gets to work with your creative energy in a way that's incredible.
I wish I would have known earlier in life that everything that I went through, everything that I was interested in, and everything I studied, I use every day. I had this idea that I had to move in a specific direction, and in the end, at least for me, it's really been about an amalgamation of all of those experiences. When I look at my chart, which is part of why I wrote my book, I see it so clearly now. When I was younger I looked at my chart like, ‘Oh my God, what do I do with this?’ And now it's like, ‘Of course that goes there, that goes here.’ The journey of that self-discovery through both my chart and through living life has been such a blessing because I doubted it so much in the beginning. It's been such a wild ride and a wonderfully humbling experience to see how wrong I was, to be proven wrong by my own life.”
Illustration by Lucy Han.
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Inspirational, Spiritual
Don’t Go for Gold
February 19, 2010 Souls and Sweatbands Leave a comment
Weeping as she clutched the cold gold medal, Olympian Lindsay Vonn, the USA women’s champion downhill skier in the 2010 Vancouver Winter games, was quoted as saying “I gave up everything for this.” At the age of 25, she has achieved everything she worked for. In a very similar story, eight time consecutive gold medalist in the 2008 Summer Olympic games, Michael Phelps, America’s swimming hero and Olympic great, was quoted as saying, “This is everything I’ve ever wanted to do, everything I’ve dreamed of.” Shortly following, in an interview he gave to Matt Lauer on NBC’s Today Show, Michael fumbled when asked about his future; he was at a loss on what to do. He knew that his focus was his body and told Matt that at the next Olympics, his body will be older and he could probably never replicate his hero status again. At the age of 23, Michael Phelps had achieved everything he desired. Following his rise to fame and his status as history’s greatest Olympian, we saw his very public fall from grace when photos of him doing drugs surfaced.
History tells us that Alexander the great, King of Greece in the times before Christ, had conquered his known world by the age of 28 and wept bitterly because achieving his goals and dreams didn’t give him whatever it was that he was looking for. Repeatedly both in pop culture and throughout history, we view icons of sports, fashion, government, and music with awe and wonder, never realizing the sorrow that many of them feel once they have achieved everything they set out within themselves to achieve. The demons of self have the ability to torture both the great achievers and the under reachers. Drugs, alcohol, promiscuity, and depression run rampant in the lives of those striving to achieve great things in this life. Countless examples could be shared of those with great wealth and fame who have not found happiness, and sadly, have taken their own lives through suicide or drug overdose when they discover that the glittery pull of self centered, pleasure seeking lives bring with them no earthly reward.
The Bible tells us that life is a race. This race isn’t about who crosses the finish line first, but rather about who is able to endure to the end. Our goal is not to pick up a gold medal and put it across our necks, but rather to take up a wooden, rugged cross, and put it on our backs. The apostle Paul tells us that bodily exercise profits little. This isn’t to say that God doesn’t want us to have healthy, physically fit bodies, but instead to not let the goals and achievements of this life overshadow our eternal purpose. Through our human eyes, the gold is much more attractive than splintered wood, but we are called to serve. Matthew 10:39(NIV) tells us “Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” There is no life without Christ. Sure, you breathe oxygen in and expel Carbon dioxide out, but that isn’t truly living.
Are you willing to be an Olympian for Christ? Are you willing to stand in the ranks of Saints, who like Lindsay Vonn in the physical, stood up in the spiritual with a cross instead of a medal and say “I gave up everything for this”? No one ever won a gold medal without intense dedication and the constant denial of self. The same can be said for winning the ultimate prize, eternal life. Purpose in your heart today to take up your cross, follow Jesus, and get some endurance in your spirit. You will not be disappointed if this is the path you take!
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By Edno November 14, 2016 July 26th, 2017 No Comments
Corona del Mar – Cedars-Sinai is expanding its radiation oncology services in the Los Angeles area with the addition of a treatment center that offers state-of-the-art cancer therapies in a comfortable and convenient location less than a mile from the hospital campus. The center will be a collaboration with Integrated Oncology Network, LLC (“ION”) and gives Beverly Hills residents local access to the center’s vast resources and leading-edge treatments.
The treatment center adds to a growing roster of Cedars-Sinai radiation oncology services. Cedars-Sinai already offers radiation oncology at its main hospital campus and at its affiliate, The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute in Santa Monica.
The 8,500-square-foot facility, at 8929 Wilshire Blvd. in Beverly Hills, will be fully integrated into the Cedars-Sinai medical record system. Lab tests, X-rays and reports will flow seamlessly between the center and the hospital.
“Patients will receive the same level of care that’s delivered at all of our locations,” said Howard M. Sandler, MD, chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Cedars-Sinai’s Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute.
Cedars-Sinai physicians and employees will staff the treatment center. Mitchell Kamrava, MD, a radiation oncologist joining Cedars-Sinai from UCLA Health, will lead the team and report to Sandler.
The center offers Varian TrueBeam linear accelerator technology, a radiotherapy system that delivers fast cancer treatments with pinpoint accuracy and precision while protecting nearby healthy tissue and organs.
“State-of-the-art radiation machines and contemporary and comfortable surroundings will help Cedars-Sinai patients and their families feel at home,” Sandler said. “We look forward to providing this important treatment option for those who need it.”
“ION has been focused on expanding our physician networks across the United States and affiliating with larger healthcare systems to provide quality and cost-efficient patient care. We are honored to be affiliated with Cedars Sinai, which is one of the largest, most prestigious nonprofit academic medical centers in the U.S.,” said Jeffrey Goffman, ION’s CEO.
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Integrated Oncology Network Holdings, LLC and its subsidiaries (“ION” or the “Company”) is a radiation oncology management and cancer center development company that partners with hospitals and physicians that seek strategic, financial and management expertise. ION provides strategic solutions, development for cancer centers, financing and management services with expertise in radiation oncology operations including accounting compliance, IT, M&A, physics and dosimetry, and billing & collection. ION’s senior management team has over 150 years of combined health care expertise, including working as a trusted resource with several of the most prestigious oncology groups and hospital systems in the country. ION is a partner in 21 radiation cancer centers across the United States. For more information on ION, please visit our web site at www.ion-llc.com.
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Education Outside The Classroom
Life’s lessons are learnt in – and beyond – the classroom.
Iona’s extensive range of co-curricular experiences in sports, culture and the arts, encourage leadership, teamwork and personal growth. Our girls are able to explore new opportunities and confidently express themselves as individuals.
We have a vibrant programme of outdoor learning opportunities that build our girls’ appreciation for both the natural world and environment, and importantly – for themselves.
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award programme is offered to girls from the age of 14.
It is a part of a worldwide network that provides young people with a balanced, non-competitive programme of individual challenge through which they can make constructive use of their leisure time.
The Award programme provides a framework for personal discovery and growth through Service, Skills, Physical Recreation and Adventurous Journeys: developing perseverance, responsibility to self and to the community. Individuals or organisations can use this framework, with its three levels, to provide individual challenge and achievement for young people between the ages of 14 and 25.
The flexibility of content within the programme structure, and the national and international recognition that the Award attracts make it an effective and challenging opportunity for young people with a wide range of backgrounds and interests. Increasingly, employers and interviewers are recognising the Award as an indicator of responsibility and achievement.
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Vathi, Meganisi
A step back in time to visit the Island of Meganisi is a must for anyone sailing in the Greek Islands. With a population of less than 2000 people, this enchanting Greek island is only 20 square kilometres. Unspoilt Meganisi is a miniature island, covered in olive groves and pine trees and enclosed by crystal clear waters.
It has two main harbours, Vathi and Port Spiglia (more commonly known as Spartakhori). High above are two quaint villages offering visitors a glimpse of a traditional Greek way of life. Here you will find a maze of whitewashed houses, village tavernas and churches, with streets so narrow even a donkey cart would have difficulty making its way through. It is worth the ten minute climb from Spilia to Spartakhori village for the spectacular views. From here you can see the Greek Islands of Nydri and Skorpios of Onassis fame.
There are secluded and picturesque bays around Meganissi . Also some interesting and beautiful caves. On the south-west coast there is a 30 metres deep cave known as the Cave of Papanikolis. Tradition says that it got its name from a submarine that sheltered there during World War II.
Water is available from the quayside in Vathi and fresh provisions are available from the small mini-markets in the village. There are plenty of good Greek tavernas within the port of Vathi to satisfy all tastes.
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Parliamentary Legal: The President of the Republic may act as the Prime Minister
[Baghdad-Ain]
Deputy Chairman of the Legal Committee in the House of Representatives, Mohammed Al-Ghazi, affirmed today, Friday, that the President of the Republic as the Prime Minister is the scenario that the country will proceed in case the constitutional period expires tomorrow without assigning the President of the Republic a candidate to form the new government.
Al-Ghazi said in a press statement that, “According to the constitutional law, if the President of the Republic does not succeed in assigning a candidate to form a government within 15 days, the President of the Republic will act as Prime Minister until a new prime minister is chosen or assigned,” noting that “most likely a president will be assigned The Republic is personal in forming the government tomorrow, and it may not succeed, but the goal is not to have a constitutional vacuum or a violation of the articles of the constitution. ”
The Deputy Chairman of the Legal Committee in the House of Representatives added, “The voice of the people was very loud in clarifying the specifications that should be described by the Prime Minister.”
Parliament Speaker Mohamed Al-Halbousi addressed the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, by obtaining approval to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi submitted on 11/29/2019, stating that “according to Article (76) of the constitution, you are kindly requested to appoint a candidate to head the cabinet within 15 Days. ”
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PDP, NC Uncertain Over BDC Poll Participation
On October 7, 2019 by Agencies
Cong Says Without Opposition’s Participation, It Will Merely Be ‘Selection Process’
JAMMU – Ahead of the block development council (BDC) polls in Jammu and Kashmir scheduled for October 24, the main regional parties – People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the National Conference (NC) – are yet to decide on their involvement in the exercise in the absence of their top leadership which has been under house arrest since August 5 following the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution from the erstwhile state.
The BJP and the Congress on the other hand have announced that they will participate in the local elections. The Congress also alleged that without the participation of opposition parties it cannot be called an election, but it will merely be a selection process.
PDP General Secretary R.K. Bali said, “The political activity of our party is completely zero as all of our senior leaders have been detained or put under house arrest.”
Bali was referring to the house arrest of party chief and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who has been kept in a guest house in Srinagar since August 5.
The PDP leader said that in absence of their senior party leader, no major decisions can be taken in view of the BDC elections.
The PDP leader said the meeting of the senior leaders with Mufti was scheduled on Monday, but it was deferred due to some reasons and now another meeting will be arranged in the coming days.
To a question over how the party was keeping its flock together in view of the abrogation of Article 370, Bali said “we are uable to take any political decisions and all political activities are completely zero in last two months.”
Another senior PDP leader Narinder Singh Raina said that in absence of senior leadership following their house arrest, the party in Jammu has formed a committee of few people to help those coming to party offices for administration-related work.
Raina said that when Mufti comes out of the house arrest then only a proper decision will be taken on contesting in the BDC polls and further action of the party.
The PDP leader also said that “till that time we have asked our leaders to keep on working at the grassroot level.”
Charging the Modi government for the abrogation of Article 370, Raina said that it will have an adverse effect for the people of Jammu and Kashmir as the reservation for students in the educational institutions will go as students from other parts of the country will also participate in the examinations here.
The PDP leader said that Section 43, which ensured jobs to the kin of the government emplyees in case of their deaths has also been scrapped.
When asked about the magic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Jammu and Kashmir, Raina replied, the magic of both the leaders are fading in the rural areas.
“Before the Lok Sabha elections, rural Jammu was with Modi and Shah. But things have changed now following the abrogation of Article 370 as people are angry for the clampdown here for past two months,” Raina added.
On the other hand NC, which has also faced the house arrest of its senior leaders Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah is also uncertain on participating in the BDC polls scheduled later this month.
The J&K administration has released its Jammu provincial president Devender Singh Rana on October 2. He was also put under house arrest after Article 370 was revoked on August 5.
Rana, along with 14 other party leaders on Sunday met the Abdullahs in Srinagar.
At his Jammu’s party office, Rana said: “Without the senior leadership we cannot decide on our own if we will participate in the polls or not.”
He further said that there has ben a complete lockdown in Kashmir.
To a question about his views on the clampdown in the state for last 60 days, Rana said, “All the sections of the society has been hit badly in the state in last two months.”
“And if the political process has to be started here then these members have to be released first,” the NC leader said.
Rana held a meeting with the party leaders on Thursday and submitted a memorandum to Governor Satya Pal Malik seeking his permission meet the NC President and Vice President in Srinagar.
Commenting on party’s stand on BDC elections, Rana said “for any political process to start in the state, the mainstream political leaders should be released first”.
He further said that if the NC wants to contest the BDC elections, the mandate has to be signed by the party President (Farooq Abdullah), who has been detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA).
Rana said that the fruit traders have been adversely affected by the clampdown in the state.
“Earlier thousands of trucks used to arrive in Jammu with the apples and other fruits from Kashmir, but that has also been hit hard as only a few hundred trucks are coming,” he said.
State Congress chief Ghulam Ahmed Mir, who was also released on October 2, said that the party being a national political party cannot boycott polls.
“So we will participate in the polls, but before that the government has to ensure that we are allowed to move across the entire Jammu and Kashmir, as I have been only allowed to move in and around Jammu,” Mir said.
“I am not allowed to go to my own assembly constituency,” Mir, who represents Doru assembly from Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Slamming the government, the Congress leader said, “If the government really wants to hold elections in J&K, then they need to free all the political leaders and ease the clampdown in the state.”
“And without that this it cannot be called an election but it will be merely a selection process,” he said.
Mir also said that when opposition leaders are not allowed to campaign then how could elections be free and fair.
Kulgam Killings: Mamata Questions Security Arrangements In Valley
Envoys Brought To Endorse Centre’s Normalcy Claims: NC
Will Fight ‘Oppressive’ Policies Of UT Admin: JK Congress
Situation In Valley Inching Back To Normalcy
Transport Service Resumes In Civil Lines, Shops Close For 2nd Half
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Foreclosed U.S. Homeowners Got $300, Bank’s Consultants Got $2 Billion
Posted by John Loeffler in Americans, Banks, Corruption, Deception, Foreclosures, Fraud, Homes, Lies, Mega-Banks, Mortgages, Robbery, Theft, U.S., U.S. Citizens, Uncategorized, United States
Bank of America, banks, corruption, deception, Federal Reserve System, foreclosures, fraud, homes, JPMorgan Chase, lies, mega-banks, mortgages, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Promontory Financial Group, robbery, Senator Elizabeth Warren, theft, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal, Wells Fargo
obscene greed-and-arrogance stories emanating from Wall Street are piling up so fast, it’s getting hard to keep up. This one is from last week, but I missed it – it’s about the foreclosure/robo-signing settlement that was concluded earlier this year.
The upshot of this story is that in advance of that notorious settlement, the government ordered banks to hire “independent” consultants to examine their loan files to see just exactly how corrupt they were.
Now it comes out that not only were these consultants not so independent, not only did they very likely skew the numbers seriously in favor of the banks, and not only were these few consultants paid over $2 billion (over 20 percent of the entire settlement amount) while the average homeowner only received $300 in the deal – in addition to all of that, it appears that federal regulators will not turn over the evidence of impropriety they discovered during these reviews to homeowners who may want to sue the banks.
In other words, the government not only ordered the banks to hire consultants who may have gamed the foreclosure settlement in favor of the banks, but the regulators themselves are hiding the information from the public in order to shield the banks from further lawsuits.
To recap: in the foreclosure deal, 13 banks agreed to pay a total of $9.3 billion to settle their liability in a number of areas, including robo-signing, which is just a euphemism for mass-perjury – robo-signing is the practice of having low-level bank employees sign documents attesting to full knowledge of case files in court foreclosure actions, when in fact they were signing hundreds of files per day, often having no idea whether the paperwork was correct or not.
It was done across the industry and turned housing cases across America into nightmares of jumbled and/or forged paperwork, in which even people who did not deserve to be thrown out of their homes were uprooted thanks to systematic errors by faceless bureaucrats who cut legal corners purely to save money.
All the major banks were guilty on a mass scale, but they worked with federal regulators like the Fed and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to secure this wide-ranging, industry-saving settlement, which not only covered the robosigning epidemic but a host of other bad or illegal practices, like the wrongful denial of modifications and the improper levying of (often hidden) fees.
Minus this crucial settlement, banks would have faced enormous uncertainty about their legal liability going forward, and getting a deal that not only gave these companies some legal closure but allowed them to pay pennies on the dollar for their illegal activity was a massive coup for the whole finance sector.
Only $3.6 billion was earmarked for cash payments to the nearly 4 million homeowners covered in the settlement. Most of the remainder of the deal was in other forms of non-cash relief, i.e. modifications or principal reductions.
Now, at the time of the deal, press releases by the Fed and the OCC stated that part of the reason they’d fixed on that particular settlement amount was that regulators had uncovered that banks had made errors or committed illegal acts in about 6.5 percent of the mortgage files reviewed. In other words, the error rate was an important component of this calculation.
But it turned out that this error rate had been calculated with the help of several consultant firms regulators had ordered the banks to hire. Regulators had mandated the hiring of these “independent” consultants back in 2011, and the list of companies included Promontory Financial Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, and Deloitte & Touche. These private firms were hired to review the banks’ loan files in search of errors, and collectively were paid by the banks over $2 billion, a staggering sum which ultimately worked out to over $20,000 per file.
With such highly-paid help, it would seem impossible that these consultants could screw up so simple a task as figuring out how many of these mortgage files were corrupt. Regulators came up with the 6.5 percent number this past January, then shortly afterward revised the number downward, saying that only 4.2 percent of some 100,000 mortgage files reviewed were compromised.
But that low number stank so badly that even the Wall Street Journal was moved to check it out, and in late February, in a story called “Foreclosure Files Detail Error Gap,” the paper discovered that the error numbers were almost certainly very much higher. From that piece:
A breakdown of the information provided to the regulator shows that more than 11% of files examined for Wells Fargo WFC+0.39% & Co. and 9% of those for Bank of America Corp. had errors that would have required compensation for homeowners, said people who have reviewed the figures. A narrower sample of files – representing cases selected by outside consultants – showed error ratios of 21% for Wells Fargo and 16% for Bank of America, the people said.
The OCC findings appear skewed by the outsize contribution of one bank, J.P. Morgan Chase JPM-0.39% & Co., which reported an error rate far below rivals that oversaw a much larger universe of loans.
J.P Morgan was responsible for more than half of the completed files counted in the OCC review and reported compensation-worthy errors in just 0.6% of cases, according to people familiar with the figures.
So you have numbers from all of these other banks coming in at 9 percent, 11 percent, even 21 percent, and yet somehow J.P. Morgan Chase came in at 0.6 percent. The OCC just took the Chase numbers and averaged them together with the rest and ultimately came up with the 4.2 percent number.
So how did Chase come out so squeaky clean? Well, it seems they developed quite a rapport with the government-mandated consultants who were hired to review their loan files. This is from that WSJ report:
Two Deloitte employees who performed the review for J.P. Morgan in a Brooklyn office building said workers were encouraged by supervisors to examine pools of loans they knew would be less time-consuming or error-prone as they tried to hit loan quotas.
One of these employees said that at an event last year known in the Brooklyn office as “March Madness,” Deloitte officials encouraged reviewers to avoid problematic loans originated by EMC Mortgage, a troubled mortgage lender J.P. Morgan acquired in 2008.
So basically Chase allegedly warned the consultants off their problem loans and incentivized the consultants to examine the less-fucked-up loans. Employees of another of Chase’s auditors, Promontory, were reportedly given gift cards of up to $500 for “completing a certain number of files quickly.”
The whole thing was a joke. Government orders banks to hire auditors to investigate robosigning, then banks induce said auditors to robosign the investigation! Because that’s exactly what that would mean, if there were financial incentives to finish masses of files quickly. It’s horrible, obviously, but on another level, it’s so ingeniously corrupt, one almost has to tip a cap to whoever thought of it.
Incidentally, what were Chase’s real numbers? I mean, if it hadn’t been a consulting firm hired by Chase for buttloads of cash to do the study, what might an auditor have concluded? Well, as reported by (among others) David Dayen at Naked Capitalism, we got a glimpse into one possible truth when the HUD Inspector General released a report that included an ad-hoc survey of Chase loans:
For Chase, we also reviewed 36 affidavits for foreclosures in judicial States to determine whether the amounts of borrowers’ indebtedness were supported. Chase was unable to provide documentation to support the amounts of borrowers’ indebtedness listed on the affidavits for all except four. When we reviewed the four affidavits, three were inaccurate. Specifically, the amounts of the borrowers’ late charges and accumulated interest did not reconcile with the information in Chase’s mortgage servicing system.
As Dayen jokingly pointed out, that means the gap in the stats was relatively small – Chase’s loans were either 97.2 percent fucked (as HUD found), or 0.6 percent (as Chase/OCC found). Somewhere in between there.
Anyway: In March, a Washington law firm called Williams and Connolly sued the OCC for failing to properly ensure that the auditors would be truly “independent.” The firm declined to say on whose behalf it was suing. Around the same time, members of congress like the House’s Elijah Cummings and new Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren started to become interested in these consulting arrangements, expressing concern that perhaps the settlement number had been reached in error.
Fast forward a few weeks. It’s April 11th, and Warren, along with Sherrod Brown and Jack Reed, held hearings on this whole issue, bringing in officials from the OCC along with some of these consultants to get to the bottom of a number of issues, including, most importantly, how the settlement was calculated, and who decided who would receive how much compensation.
There were two major revelations from these hearings, in addition to the ongoing revelation that the suits who people the country’s financial regulators are sniveling, obfuscatory weasels who clearly view the banks they’re supposed to be regulating as a bunch of stand-up dudes while the taxpayers who are always demanding this or that (and the politicians who represent them) are humorless pains in the ass.
In terms of new revelations, the first was this one, a real shocker: that apparently, it was not even the obscenely overpaid, lapdog consultants who made the final decisions about which homeowners fell into which boxes in terms of settlement compensation. Incredibly, it appears that the banks themselves were allowed to do that sorting process!
This came out when Warren was interviewing private consultants from PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Promontory, and Deloitte and Touche:
Senator Warren: I just want to take a look at the Independent Foreclosure Review Payment Agreement details. I think you’ve probably all seen this one page agreement that lists all of the things that the banks did wrong and then boxes for how many people fall into each category and how much money they’re going to be paid. Is that right? You’ve all seen this? [Panel indicates they have seen it.] And this was put out – who put this out? I think this is put out by the OCC and Federal Reserve. Is that right? As part of the settlement details.
In the settlement there is a one-page document that lists all the various misdeeds the banks engaged in during the foreclosure process, then goes on to list how many homeowners were victimized by each activity. Warren is showing this document to these consultants and she’s asking them, did you prepare these statistics? She goes on – listen to the answers from the auditors:
Senator Warren: So I just want to ask you about this. It has some pretty amazing categories here. The first category is about service members who were protected by Federal law whose homes were unlawfully foreclosed. It’s got people who were current on their payments whose homes were foreclosed. It’s got people who were performing all of the requirements under a modification who lost their homes to foreclosure. And it tells how many people fall into each category and how much money the people in that category will receive. And, it ultimately resolves what will happen to 3,949,896 families. So the question I have is having resolved this for nearly 4 million families, who put the people, the families, into each of these boxes. Is that what your firms did, Mr. Ryan?
Owen Ryan, Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP: No, Senator, we did not.
Senator Warren: So who put them in?
Ryan: I’m not sure how that schedule is prepared. I saw it for the first time yesterday.
Senator Warren: Mr. Flanagan?
James Flanagan, Leader, U.S. Financial Services Practice, Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP: Same response. We were not involved in the accumulation of that information.
Senator Warren: Mr. Alt?
Konrad Alt, Managing Director, Promontory Financial Group: Senator, I’ve seen the schedule but I’m not familiar with the basis for its preparation.
Having established that the consulting firms did not do this sorting, Warren presses toward the obvious conclusion:
Senator Warren: So that leaves us with the banks that broke the law, were then the banks that decided how many people lost their homes because of their lawbreaking. And, as a result, how many people would collect money in each of these categories. Is that right,Mr. Alt?
Alt: Senator, I’m not familiar with the basis for the scheduling.
Senator Warren: So far as you know, there’s no independent review of the banks’ analysis . . . You looked at 100,000 cases, and the banks have now put 4 million people into categories and resolved finally how much they will get from this review by the OCC and the Federal Reserve.
So that’s bombshell Number One – it wasn’t the auditors who decided which homeowners fell into which categories, it appears to have been the banks themselves. Bombshell Number Two? The representatives of the OCC and the Fed – remember, federal regulators whose job it is supposedly to protect ordinary people – flatly refused to give any information about the real results of their surveys, i.e. their inquiries into what the real error rates were.
Even worse, when pressed on the question of whether they would deliver any evidence of wrongdoing they uncovered to private parties who might want to sue, they hedged.
In these exchanges, Warren questions Daniel Stipano, deputy chief counsel from the OCC, and Richard Ashton, Associate General Counsel for the Board of Governors at the Fed. There are two key sequences.
In the first, Warren asks both men if they will make public what they know about the extent of the illegality and errors – whether the real error rate was, as she put it, 1 percent or 90 percent. But the two officials respond in gibberish legalese (if you watch the video, Ashton in particular seems to take pleasure in dicking the Senate around with his verbose non-answers), repeatedly forcing Warren to pin him down to their actual concrete position, which turns out to be, “Fuck you.” For example:
Senator Warren. So let me just make sure I understand this completely. I want to know on a bank-by-bank basis the number of families that were illegally foreclosed on. Will you give me that information?
Mr. Stipano. Eventually, we are going to issue a statement to the public where we provide additional information, but if we go through the processes that I described previously, we can share it to Congress in its oversight capacity.
Huh? I have no idea what that means, but it sounds positive – it did to Warren, too:
Senator Warren. So you are saying you will make that information publicly available?
Mr. Stipano. I did not say that. I said that we are planning on issuing a public statement that wraps up the IFR that provides additional information . . .
Ultimately, both the Fed and the OCC turned out to be united on the issue. They’ll release something, but it won’t be the real numbers. Frustrated, Warren asked them where the public is supposed to get the numbers, if not from them. Their answer is, well, they can maybe pull it out of their butts, if they get lucky – not our problem:
Mr. Stipano. Well, sometimes you get information through third parties, through outside sources. But in this case, that is not the case.
Senator Warren. So unless someone throws a rock through the window with this information tied to it, you will not release it, is that what you are saying?
Stipano here replies with more gibberish:
Mr. Stipano. To the extent that the information is confidential supervisory information derived from the exam process, it is subject to privilege.
From there, Warren asks a more specific question. What if someone wants to sue a bank for illegally tossing them out of their home? And what if you have evidence in such a case? Wouldn’t such evidence be, you know, helpful to those people? Stipano helpfully agrees, yes, it would be helpful:
Senator Warren. All right. So let me ask it from the other point of view. You now have evidence in your files of illegal activity, I take it, for some of these banks. I get that from the evidence you have released about the charts, who is going to get paid what. So if someone believes that they have been illegally foreclosed against, will they still have a right under this settlement to bring a lawsuit against the bank?
Mr. Stipano. Yes.
Senator Warren. All right. Now, if a family wants to bring a lawsuit–you are both lawyers–would it be helpful, if you are going against one of these big banks, would it be helpful for these families to have the information about their case that is in your files? Mr. Ashton?
Mr. Ashton. It would be helpful, obviously, to have information related to the injury. Yes, it would.
Which leads to the next question – having acknowledged that it would be helpful, will you help?
This seems like it should be an easy answer, but it isn’t:
Senator Warren. Okay. So do you plan to give the families this information? That is, those families that have been victims of illegal foreclosures, will you be giving them the information that is in your possession about how the banks illegally foreclosed against them? Mr. Ashton?
Mr. Ashton. I think that is a decision that we are still considering. We have not made a final decision yet.
Senator Warren. So you have made a decision to protect the banks but not a decision to tell the families who were illegally foreclosed against?
Mr. Ashton. We have not made a decision about what information we would provide to individuals, that is true. Yes.
Senator Warren. Mr. Stipano?
Mr. Stipano. We are in the same position.
Obviously these guys can’t come out and say, “We’re not giving anybody anything. Blow us.” That would cause too much of an uproar. So they just say they haven’t decided, and we all know what that means. Warren tries to frame the issue in the most embarrassing way possible, but the witnesses prove immune to such embarrassment:
Senator Warren. So I want to just make sure I get this straight. Families get pennies on the dollar in this settlement for having been the victims of illegal activities or mistakes in the banks’ activities. You let the banks, and you now know individual cases where the banks violated the law and you are not going to tell the homeowners, or at least it is not clear yet whether or not you are going to do that?
Mr. Stipano. We have not made a decision on what we are going to tell the homeowners.
All of this just confirms what we already suspected about the foreclosure settlement. This whole enterprise was conceived by the government solely as a means of dealing with the explosive problem of containing the private liability of these “systemically important” companies. Not only are we not prosecuting these firms anymore, we’re also actively in the business of protecting them from litigation.
No other conclusion is possible from this testimony, which shows that our two primary regulators not only withheld information about bank illegality and errors prior to the settlement, but plan on continuing to do so going forward. There can be only one reason for concealing that information from the people affected by those “errors.”
Source: http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/17181-foreclosed-homeowners-got-300-banks-consultants-got-2-billion
Banks Plan On Stealing YOUR Money From YOUR Bank Account!
Posted by John Loeffler in abuse, America, Americans, Bankruptcy, Banks, Billionaires, Canada, Consumers, Corruption, covert, covert operations, crime, criminal, Deception, Derivative Bubble, Derivatives, Dirty Politics, Economy, Elite, EU, European Union, Federal Government, Federal Reserve, Fraud, Global, Governments, Great Britain, Greed, IMF, Insider Trading, International Monetary Fund, Lies, Major Banks, media blackout, Mega-Banks, Millionaires, Money, Oligarchs, Politicians, Politics, power abuse, Power-hungry, Scandal, Special Interests, Stealing, Stock Market, the Elite, Theft, tyranny, U.S., U.S. Citizens, U.S. Government, Uncategorized, Unconstitutional, United States, Unlawful, Wall St., Washington D.C., Wealthy
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Cyprus-style confiscation of depositor funds has been called the “new normal.” Bail-in policies are appearing in multiple countries directing failing TBTF banks to convert the funds of “unsecured creditors” into capital; and those creditors, it turns out, include ordinary depositors. Even “secured” creditors, including state and local governments, may be at risk. Derivatives have “super-priority” status in bankruptcy, and Dodd Frank precludes further taxpayer bailouts. In a big derivatives bust, there may be no collateral left for the creditors who are next in line.
Shock waves went around the world when the IMF, the EU, and the ECB not only approved but mandated the confiscation of depositor funds to “bail in” two bankrupt banks in Cyprus. A “bail in” is a quantum leap beyond a “bail out.” When governments are no longer willing to use taxpayer money to bail out banks that have gambled away their capital, the banks are now being instructed to “recapitalize” themselves by confiscating the funds of their creditors, turning debt into equity, or stock; and the “creditors” include the depositors who put their money in the bank thinking it was a secure place to store their savings.
The Cyprus bail-in was not a one-off emergency measure but was consistent with similar policies already in the works for the US, UK, EU, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia, as detailed in my earlier articles here and here. “Too big to fail” now trumps all. Rather than banks being put into bankruptcy to salvage the deposits of their customers, the customers will be put into bankruptcy to save the banks.
Read more here: http://www.nationofchange.org/winner-takes-all-super-priority-status-derivatives-1365860752
SECRET FDIC PLAN TO LOOT U.S. AND EUROPEAN BANK ACCOUNTS!
Posted by John Loeffler in America, Americans, Banks, Bilderberg Group, Billionaires, Canada, Corruption, Economic Collapse, Economy, Elite, EU, European Union, FDIC, Federal Reserve, Fraud, Greed, IMF, media blackout, Mega-Banks, middle class, Money, Oligarchs, Poor, Power, power abuse, Power-hungry, Stealing, Theft, U.S., U.S. Citizens, U.S. Dollars, U.S. Government, Uncategorized, Unconstitutional, United States, Washington D.C., Wealthy
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It shouldn’t surprise. It’s already policy. Market analyst Graham Summers explained. Depositor theft is coming. Europe is banker occupied territory. So is America.
Finance is a new form of warfare. It’s more powerful than standing armies. Banking giants run things. Money power has final say.
Economies are strip-mined for profit. Communities are laid waste. Ordinary people are impoverished. Even their bank accounts aren’t safe.
Cypriot officials agreed to tax them. Canada, New Zealand, and Euroland member states plan doing the same thing. So does America.
Officially they’re called “bail-ins.” It’s code language for grand theft. Instead of breaking up, nationalizing, or closing down failed banks, depositor funds will keep them operating.
Money printing madness can’t go on forever. Regulators, like FDIC, haven’t enough money to insure depositors. It’s simple mathematical logic.
Ordinary people and richer ones have trillions in bank accounts. It’s low-hanging fruit. It’s a treasure trove begging to be looted. Legislative shenanigans legitimize it.
It’s happening offshore. It’s approved in Canada. It’s coming to America. “What happened in Cyprus isn’t a ‘one-off,’ ” said Summers. When systemic crisis hits, things happen “FAST and FURIOUS.”
Cpyriot bailout talks continued for months. “And then the entire system came unhinged in one weekend.”
Banks closed. Capital controls were imposed. People couldn’t write checks. They lost access to their money. Limited amounts only were permitted. Insiders were tipped off. They exited early. Others uninformed now suffer.
Think it can’t happen here? Think again. It’s coming. Proposed FDIC legislation lets it “TAKE CONTROL OF BANKS IT DEEMS SYSTEMATICALLY IMPORTANT AND WRITE DOWN YOUR SAVINGS (AND OTHER BANK ACCOUNTS) AS PART OF THE BAIL-IN.”
Dodd Frank financial reform capitulated to Wall Street. It did so at the expense of the economy, states, local communities, and ordinary people hit hardest.
It’s wrongheaded. It provides a veneer of regulatory cover. It’s a scam. It’s laden with false diagnoses and fatal flaws. It lets Wall Street continue business as usual.
It’s secret provision permits looting depositor bank accounts. Four months ago, formal strategy was drafted. It’s ready when America’s next crisis hits. Graham outlined three steps:
(1) Designate systematically important banks.
(2) Control those deemed at risk of default.
(3) Write-down depositor savings in value. In other words, loot them. Money thought safe is gone.
Few Americans understand. It’s not publicly acknowledged. Legislation already was drafted. FDIC implementation rules are ready. Eventual crisis is virtually certain. Only its timing is unknown.
Now’s the time to protect assets too important to lose. Forewarned is forearmed.
Source: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34557.htm
Sand Fracking Causes Lung Disease and Cancer!
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When workplace safety expert Eric Esswein got a chance to see fracking in action not too long ago, what he noticed was all the dust.
It was coming off big machines used to haul around huge loads of sand. The sand is a critical part of the hydraulic fracturing method of oil and gas extraction. After workers drill down into rock, they create fractures in that rock by pumping in a mixture of water, chemicals and sand. The sand keeps the cracks propped open so that oil and gas are released.
But sand is basically silica — and breathing in silica is one of the oldest known workplace dangers. Inside the lungs, exposure to the tiny particles has been shown to sometimes lead to serious diseases like silicosis and cancer.
Traditionally, silica exposure has been associated with jobs like mining, manufacturing and construction. But, as Esswein, a researcher with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and other safety experts have started to realize, some workers in the newly burgeoning fracking industry may be at risk, too, because of their exposure to silica dust.
“When sand was handled — that is, when it was transported by machines on site, or whenever these machines that move sand were refilled — dust, visible dust was created,” Esswein says.
He was visiting fracking sites because he wanted to study the potential chemical hazards for oil and gas workers, and he initially figured he and his colleagues would probably assess workers’ exposures to chemicals like drilling fluids. But when he saw the plumes of dust coming off the sand-handling machines and surrounding workers, he realized it could be a real hazard. The government has long set limits on how much workers can inhale.
“Knowing what I know about silica and respirable dust, that was the particular chemical that we chose to look at,” Esswein says.
He and his colleagues visited 11 fracking sites in five states: Arkansas, Colorado, North Dakota, Pennsylvania and Texas. At every site, the researchers found high levels of silica in the air. It turned out that 79 percent of the collected samples exceeded the recommended exposure limit set by Esswein’s agency.
There were some controls in place, says Esswein, who notes that “at every site that we went to, workers wore respirators.”
But about one-third of the air samples they collected had such high levels of silica, the type of respirators typically worn wouldn’t offer enough protection.
These unexpected findings have come just as federal safety officials are trying to set stricter controls on silica for all industries. Some proposed new rules have been under review at the White House Office of Management and Budget for more than two years.
Peg Seminario, director of safety and health with the AFL-CIO, a group of unions that has been pushing for stronger silica regulation, says the situation with fracking is a wake-up call.
“Hopefully it will give some impetus for the need for the silica regulation — that there is a whole other population at risk and those numbers are potentially growing,” says Seminario.
Workplace inspectors with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration wouldn’t have been aware of this potential risk for fracking workers before this recent study because, unless they receive a complaint or there’s an accident, they generally don’t see the process of hydraulic fracturing. That part of setting up a well happens quickly — and once a well is up and running, contractors move on to the next one.
Government officials and the fracking industry say they’re now working together to reduce workers’ exposures. They started with quick fixes, like putting up warning signs and simply closing hatches on sand-moving machines.
Some oil and gas companies are also testing new technologies. Tim Hicks, a safety expert with Encana Corp., says they’ve been trying vacuum systems that attach to sand-moving machines and suck up the dust.
The results so far are encouraging, Hicks says, but his company is still testing to see how much of a reduction in airborne silica is reasonably achievable.
“We’d like to envision a site that, you know, we could handle sand and sequester it all, and perhaps someday not need to use respirators,” says Hicks.
He says he’s not sure whether that goal is possible, or how long it would take to get to that point. “But I can say that at the rate we’re going,” Hicks says, “we’re much more likely to hit that [target] than we were prior to this issue being recognized.”
Hicks says he has only been working in this part of the oil and gas business for a few years and couldn’t speculate as to why the industry didn’t recognize this potential health risk earlier. People, he says, seemed to think the dust was basically just dirt.
Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/03/29/175042708/Sand-From-Fracking-Operations-Poses-Silicosis-Risk
Imperialism is Destroying America!
Posted by John Loeffler in Koch Brothers, Uncategorized
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Are you wondering why the elitists who run the U.S. and the rest of the world get away with what is tantamount to outright theft, fraud and genocide? Oligarchs rule our corporations which in turn control our entire government! The elite of the elite are running America into a brick wall, and they do not care as long as they continue to rake in massive amounts of money! Once greed starts it just feeds itself, thus creating a vicious cycle of greed and power-hungriness that is sucking the life out of our country and other countries across the world.
Here is a link to an excellent read from Truthout.org on the extreme wealth inequality that exists in the U.S., and a wake-up call to action before the demise of a once great nation:
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/15319-that-giant-sucking-soundits-the-oligarchs#.UVEuO7Rkcwk.email
Has The Start Of The EU Collapse Begun?
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Cyprus government’s ‘great bank robbery‘ of private accounts may set off bank runs across Europe
There’s only one reason people leave money in a bank: because they think it’s safe there. They think they can get their money back out when they ask for it. This trust is what makes bank accounts possible, and without this trust, there is no longer any reason to put money in any bank.
The government of Cyprus just destroyed that trust across the entire EU. How did it accomplish this feat of destruction? By raiding the private bank accounts of everyone with a checking or savings account. In a surprise act of nationwide government theft, the government of Cyprus — under orders from the IMF and German bureaucrats — simply looted private bank accounts, stealing up to 10% of private account deposits.
It’s being called “the great EU bank robbery.”
Let it be known that governments can now directly loot your checking accounts without permission
This act should not necessarily surprise us. We all know that governments are voracious thieves that steal savings and wealth from the productive working class of society. But what’s really shocking here is the wave of distrust now being set off across the Eurozone.
If Cyprus can suddenly and without any warning loot private bank accounts and steal money away from people who have rightly earned it, then what’s to stop the same thing from happening in Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal or any other country?
“I believe it could be the beginning of the end for the Eurozone as this is an unbelievable blow to the already challenged trust that might be left among investors,” wrote Lars Seier Christensen, CEO of Saxo Bank. (SOURCE)
He continues: “If you can confiscate 10 percent of a bank customer’s money, you can confiscate 25, 50 or even 100 percent. I now believe we will see worse as the panic increases, with politicians desperately trying to keep the EUR alive.”
And that’s the point here. If a government can instantly steal 10% of your savings, it can also steal 100%. So what’s the point of putting money in a bank at all? The only people who didn’t get ripped off by the Cyprus government were people who had nothing in bank deposits!
Banks even went to great lengths to stop customers from getting away with their own money. “Cypriot banks banned online transfers and emptied cashpoints to stop withdrawals,” reports the Daily Mail. “Economists warned the move would fatally undermine confidence in the safety of money being held in banks in other countries, risking bank runs across the eurozone.”
Is this the beginning of the great EU bank run fiasco?
Right now, depositors across the EU are thinking to themselves, “Gee, this could happen here next. I’d better get my money out while I still can…” That’s the kind of thinking that causes bank runs, of course. Given that the banks in nations like Greece and Spain are already on the verge of financial collapse, any run on deposits will likely set off a cascade of liquidity implosions that ripple across the EU and eventually make their way to the shores of America.
Get ready for the announcement of “bank holidays” across the EU. A bank holiday means the bank closes its doors and refuses to allow you access to your own money. Bank holidays are the last red alert warning sign before a systemic banking system collapse. If you hear an announcement of a bank holiday at your bank, you’re already too late. The only way to protect your savings is to get it out of the banks before they declare bank holidays.
“The raid on bank accounts risks triggering new convulsions in the financial crisis that began in 2009 in Greece,” reports Bloomberg.com. It continues:
The [looting] is “a worrying precedent with potentially systemic consequences if depositors in other periphery countries fear a similar treatment in the future,” Joachim Fels, chief economist at Morgan Stanley in London, wrote in a client note.
FDIC insurance is a mathematical hoax: here’s why
When most Americans read this, they will mistakenly think to themselves, “Oh, this won’t affect me. My accounts are insured by the FDIC.”
FDIC insurance is a mathematical hoax… a delusion. The FDIC only has a tiny fraction of the funds it would need to bail out account holders in a systemic banking failure. If just 5% of the banking institutions in the USA went belly up, the FDIC would be bankrupt itself.
The FDIC, accordingly, is no protection against systemic failure. It can only really protect account holders of isolated, rare bank failures that do not happen as part of a systemic collapse. And yet the collapse that’s coming is, of course, a systemic collapse of the global debt-based banking system which is deeply tied in with government spending and global debt instruments like derivatives. The only way to be safe from that inevitable implosion is to have no money in the bank. In other words, have your assets in other real things like land, gold, food, etc.
For the record, a systemic financial failure of U.S. banking institutions is not yet imminent, but it is inevitable. The timing is the real question, but with European governments now directly looting — stealing! — deposits from the accounts of private citizens, we are quite clearly one step closer to a systemic, global implosion of the failed debt cartels.
The banksters are getting very, very desperate and it’s clear they are going to steal everything from the citizens in a bid to save themselves. If the global debt-based banking system is the Titanic, the banksters just motored away with all the rescue boats and left the passengers standing around with their d!*#s in their hands.
Source: http://www.naturalnews.com/039523_Cyprus_bank_robbery_runs.html
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