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Houseprices rose 3.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2015-16 compared to the same periodin the previous year, according to official statistics published today by Registersof Scotland (RoS).
Theaverage house price in Scotland from April to June was £167,765, the highestfigure recorded for this quarter since RoS began compiling quarterly statisticsin 2003.
RoS'commercial services director, Kenny Crawford, said: "The City of Edinburghrecorded the highest average house price at £237,286, a rise of 4.4 per cent onthe previous year. This percentage increase is slightly higher than theScotland average of 3.5 per cent.
"AcrossScotland's local authority areas the picture is more mixed. The highestpercentage rise was recorded in West Dunbartonshire, where the average price increased10.1 per cent to £120,822, while the largest percentage fall in price was inEast Renfrewshire, which showed a 7.0 per cent drop to £216,565."
Thetotal volume of sales across Scotland was 24,685, an increase of 1.6 per centon the same quarter in the previous year. This is the highest volume of salesfor this quarter since 2008.
GlasgowCity showed the largest percentage rise in the number of sales, with anincrease of 17.6 per cent. This brought Glasgow City above the City ofEdinburgh in terms of volume, with 3,035 residential house sales compared toEdinburgh's 3,002. This is the first time that the volume of Glasgow sales haveexceeded those in Edinburgh since quarter four of 2012-13.
Thebiggest percentage decrease in the number of sales was seen in Aberdeen, whichfell 18 per cent to 1,263.
Thetotal value of sales across Scotland increased by 5.1 per cent compared to theprevious year to over £4.14 billion. The City of Edinburgh remains the largestmarket, with sales of over £712 million for the quarter, up 6.4 per cent. WestDunbartonshire recorded the highest increase in value, up 27 per cent to over£45 million.
Flatsshowed the biggest increase in both average price and sales volume; prices rose4.7 per cent to £133,790, while the number of sales increased by 6.9 per cent.Meanwhile, detached and terraced properties both saw decreases in average priceand volume. Detached prices fell by 0.2 per cent, with volumes down 2.9 percent, while terraced properties showed a 0.3 per cent fall in price and thelargest decrease in volume of sales at 3.7 per cent.
Thesestatistics cover all residential sales, including those that did not involve amortgage.
Communications, Registers ofScotland, Meadowbank House, 153 London Road, Edinburgh, EH8 7AU
For further information,please telephone Barry Connolly on 0131 528 3792 or email communications@ros.gov.uk
Notesto editors
For the full picture and detail, read the Registers of Scotland Official Statistical Report. Information available for comparison includes average house price, median price, number of sales and value of sales by local authority area during the quarter (April to June 2015), as well as the previous quarter and the same period in 2014.
The statistics have been produced in accordance with the Code of Practice for official statistics. The method of calculating the figures has been independently audited to ensure that the information is accurate and comprehensive.
RoS has developed a methodology for delivering statistics based on house type. This covers four house types: detached, semi-detached, terraced, and flatted (encompassing all types of flats, maisonettes, tenements and four-in-a-block properties).
RoS began compiling quarterly statistics on the housing market with the completion of the extension of the Land Register to all counties in Scotland in April 2003.
Registers of Scotland (RoS) is the government department responsible for compiling and maintaining registers relating to property and other legal documents in Scotland. RoS records and safeguards the rights of the individual while providing open access to information on the registers.
These figures cover all residential sales, including sales for cash not involving a mortgage. Approximately 25 per cent of sales fall into this category.
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Safran groups companies under a single brand
Paris, May 19, 2016.
Safran is changing its companies' names and its visual identity to bolster the Group's position as a global industrial leader and accelerate its international growth.
Effective today, all Group companies will be communicating under a single brand name and logo: Safran. At the same time, Safran is launching its new brand tagline, "Powered by trust", which reflects the confidence delivered by Safran's people, over and above the technologies invented across the Group.
All company names now include the Safran brand name, along with a description of their business.
(* The name change will take effect following the merger of the launcher businesses of Airbus Group and Safran)
Safran is therefore taking a major step forward in its brand evolution, for the benefit of its customers, partners, shareholders and employees. The changeover will:
further enhance Safran's recognition in all markets and with all publics in countries where the Group is present;
more clearly identify Safran's businesses, products and services;
strengthen employees' feeling of belonging to a single enterprise, while helping to knock down barriers and support Group-wide projects, partnerships and mobility.
"Consolidating our Group under a single name is a powerful vehicle for bolstering the feeling of all of our 70,000 employees that they belong to the same global enterprise and share the same values," said Philippe Petitcolin, Chief Executive Officer of Safran. "This change will allow us to unite our efforts and focus our investments on a single brand, to the greater benefit of all of our businesses worldwide. Our unique brand will be nurtured even more strongly in the future by the success of our companies, and our companies in turn will be nurtured by Safran's image and renown."
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Allowing blood donations from gay men could help save over a million lives - U.S. study
Jennifer Chaussee
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Lifting a ban on blood donations from gay men would increase the amount of available blood by hundreds of thousands of pints (liters) each year and save more than a million lives a year, a California study showed on Friday.
A nurse inserts a needle into the arm of a man donating blood at a blood drive of the German red cross (DRK) in Berlin, June 6, 2011. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/Files
The U.S. Federal Drug Administration has banned gay men from donating blood since 1983, when it was discovered that HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, was being transmitted through transfusions.
Eliminating the ban could bring in roughly 615,300 pints (291,145 liters) of blood annually, while allowing donations from gay men who had not had a sexual partner in a year could yield 317,000 pints (150,000 liters), the study estimated.
With a five-year policy, nearly 300,000 pints (142,000 liters) could be collected, according to the study by the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law at the University of California, Los Angeles.
“The American Red Cross suggests that each blood donation has the potential to be used in life-saving procedures on three individuals,” said study co-author Ayako Miyashita. “Our estimates suggest that lifting the blood donation ban ... could be used to help save the lives of more than 1.8 million people.”
The American Medical Association, the American Red Cross and the American Association of Blood Banks in a statement this summer called the FDA ban discriminatory and not based on sound science.”
HIV has targeted a disproportionate number of gay men since the 1970s, with 72 percent of new HIV infections in 2010 affecting gay and bisexual male youth.
The United Kingdom allows gay men to donate blood if they have not had a sexual partner in 12 months. In Canada, the cut-off is five years.
An FDA spokeswoman said the agency was continuing to re-evaluate policies but does not plan to lift the ban until scientific evidence can show that won’t increase the risk of infection for patients receiving blood transfusions.
“We applaud the critical contributions made by blood donors and we are sensitive to the concerns of potential donors and other individuals affected by current blood safety policies,” said the spokeswoman, Jennifer Rodriguez.
The study analyzed data collected in 2008, 2010 and 2012 through the General Social Survey, a national poll conducted by University of Chicago researchers, with a sampling error of plus or minus one percent. It also relied on data from the American Red Cross.
Editing by Cynthia Johnston; Editing by Sandra Maler
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5-Star's crisis threatens Italian government's survival
Gavin Jones
ROME (Reuters) - The 5-Star Movement, senior partner in two coalitions since last year’s national election, is struggling with internal strife and falling support which threaten the survival of Italy’s two-month old government.
FILE PHOTO: 5-Star Movement leader Luigi di Maio speaks to the media after consultations with Italian President Sergio Mattarella in Rome, Italy, August 28, 2019. REUTERS/Ciro de Luca
The anti-establishment party won 34% in the March 2018 election, twice that of its nearest rival, but is now polling at half that level. Surveys show a downward trend that is fuelling party anxiety and dissent towards its leader, Luigi Di Maio.
Investors are becoming jittery. The spread between Italian benchmark government bonds and German Bunds, which had narrowed sharply after the government was formed, increased last week to its widest for three months.
Fourteen 5-Star lawmakers defied Di Maio last month by voting down a government plan to save a heavily polluting steel plant in southern Italy by granting legal immunity to its owners while they carried out a clean-up plan.
Di Maio, who is Italy’s foreign minister, said last week that his internal critics who speak anonymously to the press were driven by personal ambition and should leave the party.
The lack of discipline in 5-Star’s ranks and a trickle of lawmaker defections are a danger to the government, which has only a thin majority in the upper house Senate.
5-Star’s problems are also hurting relations with its coalition partners - the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) and small centrist and leftist groups - as Di Maio, 33, tries to dictate policy to regain support. The ensuing tensions undermine coalition cohesion and reduce support for all its parties.
“My baseline scenario is that the government will fall in the spring and there will be new elections,” said Francesco Galietti, head of political risk consultancy Policy Sonar.
“The coalition’s only clear aim seems to be to keep the (main opposition) League out of power but that may not be enough to hold it together.”
“DECLINING PATH”
5-Star steadily shed support in coalition with Matteo Salvini’s hard-right League and briefly recovered when Salvini brought down the government in August. The slide has now resumed in its partnership with the PD.
5-Star was founded 10 years ago by comedian Beppe Grillo as a grassroots protest movement against the corruption and cronyism of Italy’s political and business elite. It seems that for many voters it has lost its purpose since it became a part of that elite.
“My concern is that they are now on a very severe declining path,” said Lorenzo Pregliasco, head of polling and political analysis firm YouTrend.
“With the League they at least had in common that they were both seen as challengers of the old political system, but the PD is a symbol of the establishment 5-Star has always fought. I think this will be very damaging for them.”
5-Star calls itself post-ideological. It attracts left and right-wing voters alike, setting it apart from other European anti-system parties such as the leftist Podemos in Spain or the far-right National Front in France.
This was an advantage in opposition, but to gain power it had to ally itself first with the right and then with the left, alienating much of its voter base on both occasions.
It has pushed through flagship measures such as a “citizens’ income” poverty relief scheme, curbs on temporary contracts and a cut in the number of parliamentarians, but most Italians remain unimpressed.
Italy’s chronically sluggish economy has stagnated and voters have proved far more receptive to the League’s relentless focus on immigration and promises of tax cuts.
DI MAIO PROBLEM?
Di Maio has been overshadowed by the more charismatic Salvini, whose League is now polling at about 33%.
Technocrat Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte was always seen as close to 5-Star, though he is not a party member. His approval ratings have grown as Di Maio’s have fallen, but his link with the party has weakened and he is now more popular with PD voters.
“We have become too similar to the other parties, we need to be bolder,” 5-Star’s Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti told Reuters, suggesting the party revive its once-strong environmentalist platform that has faded since it took office.
However, some party insiders say the main problem is not policy but Di Maio himself, and a lack of structure for which he is largely responsible.
FILE PHOTO: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte presents his government's programme as 5-Star Movement leader Luigi di Maio sits next to him, ahead of confidence vote at the Parliament in Rome, Italy, September 9, 2019 REUTERS/Remo Casilli
Di Maio decides policy with a small group of advisers, said a party official who asked not be named. Di Maio did not respond to a request to comment for this article.
He has promised to share more power and has begun a party overhaul to create 12 policy departments made up of local and national representatives. But critics say it is too little, too late.
“I don’t think a fresh start for 5-Star is possible under Di Maio,” said YouTrend’s Pregliasco.
additional reporting by Giuseppe Fonte; Editing by Gareth Jones
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April 23, 2019 / Work
Is a 401(k) Withdrawal a Good Way to Pay Off Debt?
By Gretchen Brown
Madison and her husband had just gotten married and moved to Boston for grad school when the bills started adding up.
The rent was steep. And she had to find some way to pay tuition.
“We just found out that our supply of money ran out really really fast,” she said. “As kind of a stop gap to not pay more loans, we ended up cashing out my 401(k).”
Stories like Madison’s — using retirement savings just to pay the bills — might seem drastic. But they’re common.
One in four Americans age 18 to 34 have made an early withdrawal from their 401(k), according to a new Merrill Lynch/Age Wave survey.
At 27, Madison only had about $5,000 in her 401(k) account. She used the money to pay rent and other bills, as well as some of her grad school tuition.
“I totally thought it was worth it at the time,” said Madison, who asked to use a pseudonym for privacy. “We had to take out more student loans anyway, but at least $5,000 isn’t $10,000.”
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Any money you take out of your retirement account now won’t be around when you actually need to retire.
In 2015, 30 million Americans tapped their 401(k) accounts to pay for an unexpected expense, according to a Bankrate.com survey that year.
The problem? Because 401(k) accounts are meant for retirement, you’ll get penalized for withdrawing the money any time before age 59 and a half. Typically, the penalty is 10 percent of whatever you’re withdrawing.
Like any income, you’ll also get taxed on it. That amount depends on your tax bracket.
Pretty soon, that $10,000 withdrawal isn’t adding up to much at all.
Only option?
Liz found this out the hard way.
In her 30s, she was married to a man battling gambling and alcohol addictions.
She racked up $40,000 in credit card debt, because there wasn’t enough money in the bank to cover their expenses.
Liz called the credit card company to negotiate the balance. Their agreement: they’ll forgive half, if she can pay the other half.
She decided to withdraw the money from her 401(k). She ended up needing more money than she originally anticipated.
“The trick no one tells you about is that you need to specifically tell them to take out enough for what you’re trying to purchase and then enough for the taxes,” she said. “That was a lot of paperwork and crying over telling them exactly what I needed.”
Taking money out of her retirement felt like her only choice at the time.
But a few years later, she found herself in the same boat.
Her husband had a large amount of debt she hadn’t known about. Collection companies threatened to seize everything they owned.
“I was like, okay, well, I have this leftover from the plan that I robbed, let’s just close it,” she said. “Because I had been through the process, it was easier.”
Liz, who asked to use a pseudonym to protect her privacy, said that taking money out of her 401(k) the first time might have set her up to do it again and again.
Looking back, she would have been better off paying that initial debt with a payment plan, she said.
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Something to consider
Liz is now 48, divorced, and a single mom to two teenagers. She hasn’t had a credit card in eight years.
While that alone has made it easier to manage her money, it doesn’t mean there’s always enough.
She’s thinking about withdrawing from her 401(k) account again.
Her car is aging. She doesn’t think she’d have enough discretionary income for both a car payment and an insurance payment on a newer vehicle, and her son is set to start driver’s education classes soon.
She could pull $10,000 to buy a used car. She still hasn’t decided.
“I don’t know. That’s why I haven’t done anything. I don’t want to cry at tax time,” she said.
Madison’s husband cashed out his 401(k) account just five months after she had so they could buy a second car.
Before he did it, they ran the idea by an employer-provided financial advisor. Because they were still relatively young, he told them, they’d have plenty of time to make that money back.
“He said because we were using it to prevent a loan, it was a good decision,” Madison said. “It was totally worth it. We have two vehicles that are totally paid off.”
Madison, now 32, is looking into withdrawing from her retirement account again, this time by taking a loan from it. Her current account doesn’t allow her to cash it out for financial hardship, and a loan doesn’t come with the same tax penalties.
She’d use the money to pay off credit card debt.
Is retirement unrealistic?
The other consideration, of course, is that any money you take out of your retirement account now won’t be around when you actually need to retire.
Liz and Madison both felt OK with with it, in part, because they don’t see themselves being able to retire in the future, with or without the money.
“I don’t think Social Security will be there when I’m able to retire,” Madison said. “So whether or not I’m able to live off of my 401(k), I don’t think that’s possible without supplemental income. I’m gonna have to be working anyway.”
Liz said similar.
“I’m gonna have to work forever, sad to say.”
While she wouldn’t necessarily tell someone not to withdraw from their retirement account, Liz said you should consider all your options first.
A loan from a bank might be a better fit for your situation.
No matter what, make sure you have a plan in place to replace the money, so you’re not left worse off in the long run, she said.
Gretchen is an editor for Rewire. She’s into public media, music and really good coffee. Email her at [email protected], or follow her on Twitter @gretch_brown.
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Alien Message Detected: Proof We’re Not Alone, Hidden In The Sun & Moon (Pt. 2 of 2)
By Richard Cassaro September 26, 2012 Category: Sacred Sites & Symbols
In Part I we decoded an alien “message” woven into our Sun & Moon billions of years ago by an ancient cosmic intelligence. We saw how the Sun & Moon cause Day & Night, which in turn cause all the “opposites” we experience (Light & Dark, Hot & Cold, Dry & Moist, etc.). The Sun & Moon appear the same size in our sky, and both shine average 12 of 24 hours daily―half each. The ancients knew this was no coincidence; they celebrated these “Mysteries.” When Christianity outlawed this information, Secret Societies arose to safeguard it. We’ll examine the Sun & Moon’s duality and unravel the third force of “balance” which teaches us who we are inside.
Sun & Moon flanking a Masonic Compass & Square. The Sun & Moon feature
throughout Masonic ritual, symbol and ceremony. This is not an accident.
In Part I, we learned the Great Secret that lies hidden in our Sun & Moon; a secret known to the Ancients, but later outlawed by Christianity and now mostly forgotten.
In the Middle Ages this secret became safeguarded by the Freemasons―history’s so-called “oldest Secret Society.” For centuries the fraternity possessed this secret, passing it onto new generations of spiritually-gifted and freethinking individuals, who sought to use the secret to benefit humanity.
Unfortunately, about 150 years ago the secret was stripped away from Freemasonry by the corporate powers that began to emerge, and that are now wreaking havoc on our world. Little by little these corporate powers infiltrated Freemasonry, until the secret was ultimately stolen by them. Freemasonry today has become an empty shell, a shadow of its former glory; in some cases even a haven for subversive activities.
Amateur researchers thus err when they blame Freemasonry and similar secret societies for the world’s ills―not knowing these were once magnificent and beneficent Orders, but have deteriorated in relatively recent times, due to infiltration, corporate rape and control.Space
Sun & Moon On Masonic Documents
Fortunately, we can piece together the true lost wisdom of Freemasonry, which is one-and-the-same as the lost secret of the Sun & Moon. We can do this by looking at Masonic documents and regalia, like the so-called “Tracing Boards” (designed to teach new initiates spiritual lessons). Note how an image of the Sun shines atop the so-called “Jachin” pillar and an image of the Moon shines atop the “Boaz” pillar:
The “Masters Carpet,” from The Masonic Monitor in 1820, includes
Freemasonry’s key symbols: the Sun & Moon flanking a Mystical Eye.
The secret lies hidden in this arrangement, though modern Freemasons don’t realize it (again because the Order’s secrets were stripped away long ago).
“Not only are the origins of Freemasonry no longer known, but the ‘true secrets’ of the order are admitted to have been lost, with ‘substituted secrets’ being used in their place in Masonic ceremony….’”
―Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas, The Hiram Key
Using this Masonic Tracing Board as our guide, think about the two “powers” that rule the sky. The Sun rules the Day, the Moon rules the Night―so we are told in the Masonic ritual. Ponder the effect these twin heavenly bodies have on your life.
After hours, or weeks, or months or even years of contemplation, we eventually realize that there are 3 outstanding facts regarding our Sun & Moon; facts that seem to show their existence has been manipulated by the hand of some very wise intellect―an intellect that is older and far more powerful and superior than man on earth.Space
The Sun & Moon Decoded
Here are the three facts, as detailed in Part I:
FACT #1:
SUN & MOON SYMBOLIZE “DAY & NIGHT” WHICH CAUSE “OPPOSITES”
The Sun & Moon engender and denote all the “pairs of opposites” in our world through the following situation:
-The Sun causes DAY—but the Moon causes NIGHT (opposites).
-During the Day it’s HOT—but at Night it’s COLD (opposites).
-The Day is Hot and filled with LIGHT—but the Night is Cold and DARK (opposites).
-The Hot of the Day causes DRY—but the Cold of the Night causes WET (opposites).
By this chain of associations, the Sun & Moon can be said to cause all the “pairs of opposites” we humans experience on earth.
The next two facts exist to support this.
SUN & MOON APPEAR THE SAME SIZE IN OUR SKY
When viewed from earth, the sun and moon appear exactly the same size in our sky—as if they were perfect opposites!
The Sun & Moon appear to be the same size in our sky―not a coincidence.
Of course, the sun’s diameter is much larger (400 times larger) than that of the moon; but, due to the moon’s close proximity, both orbs appear the same size in the sky. This is exceedingly unlikely, and astronomers of all ages have marveled at what they call this “strikingly odd coincidence.”
That’s not all…
SUN & MOON SHINE ON AVERAGE 12 OF 24 HOURS DAILY―EXACTLY HALF EACH
Both heavenly bodies show their faces for average 12 out of 24 hours daily. That’s exactly half each! This fits perfectly with the “opposites” being “equal” and “opposing” yet complementary and balancing.
The idea that both the Sun & Moon show their faces on average 12 hours out of a 24 hour day (half each) is more than “just a bit odd.” It’s an impossible coincidence!
Faced with these three amazing and intertwining facts, an awakened and thinking mind thus concludes that the Sun & Moon are not a natural occurrence; the Sun & Moon must have been “spun into position” this way, to convey an important teaching to man. This teaching is about “duality” and “opposites”; namely, that opposites are the building blocks and fabric of the material world.
Otherwise said, millions and perhaps even billions of years ago a very powerful cosmic and alien intellect purposely manipulated our sun, our moon, and our earth to teach us an important spiritual lesson. The foundation of this lesson is the Doctrine of Duality―the idea that everything in the universe has an equal and antithetical “opposite” (see Part I).
But there’s more to the lesson. Much more.space
Freemasonry’s Number Three―Balance Of Opposites
Ancient cultures fully understood this “more” part to which I am referring. To understand it, let’s look at ancient China, where the Doctrine of Duality was conveyed by the Tai-Chi or Yin-Yang symbol, which stands in part for the “pairs of opposites” teaching:
The white half, yang, symbolizes the world’s active, aggressive or “male” forces. The black half, yin, symbolizes the world’s passive, receptive or “female” forces.
Like Freemasonry’s twin Jachin (sun) and Boaz (moon) pillars, the yin and yang are of equal size and shape; this highlights the equality of their duality. It also highlights the ideal state of equilibrium latent within them.
“The Sun is the chief visible manifestation of the yang, as the moon is of the yin.”
—Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan
Thus the Ying-Yang conveys the concept of opposites. However, it conveys something more; namely, the idea that the source of these twin opposites is a third power―the power of balance. In the Yin-Yang symbol, this third power of balance, or unity, is visibly depicted by the circle. (With no beginning and no end the circle is a symbol of eternity.) Notice how the circle encompasses and contains both yin and yang within its perimeter.
For this reason, the Yin-Yang symbol (as we call it) is known by the Chinese to symbolize more than just duality; it is, in fact, the symbol of a trinity or three-in-one doctrine:
“The Chinese trinity, being the duality of yang and yin organized into a higher unity under the harmonious influence of Ch’i, is regarded as the source of all existence, and its symbol…possesses a deep religious significance for the Chinese heart.”
―Táo Teh King
This ancient three-in-one teaching, often expressed simply by the number Three―the number that “balances” opposites―is tremendously important. It is the key to every great religious tradition in Antiquity, and it forms the spiritual support behind every indigenous culture. Later in history it became the secret doctrine of every esoteric and occult school.
The concept of the three-in-one is no less than the lost secret of the Freemasons:
“Everywhere among the ancients the number three was deemed the most sacred of numbers…In all the mysteries, from Egypt to Scandinavia, we find a sacred regard for the number three…”
It was…a general character of the mysteries to have three principal officers and three grades of initiation. In Freemasonry, the ternary is the most sacred of all the mystical numbers.”
―Albert Mackey, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Rite for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States, Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, 1879
“The number 3 is very important in Masonry and the occult…Thus we have three degrees, three great lights, three lesser lights, three principle officers, three assistant officers, three sets of three working tools, three steps… three who rule a lodge, three Grand Masters, and three orders of architecture.”
―John T. Lawrence in Perfect Ashalar and Other Masonic Symbols, 1912
Masonic Triangle―Balance Of Opposites
In Freemasonry, the Triangle expresses the number Three and the Three-In-One in geometric form. The Triangle stands not only for the Doctrine of Duality, but also the Third power that balances duality. Note the Triangle on Giordano Bruno’s Grand Master Certificate. Look at how the twin points that form the Triangle’s base are actually the tops of a male sun pillar (Jachin) and female moon pillar (Boaz):
Grand Master Certificate of the 16th century “heretic” and Freemason Giordano Bruno.
The male pillar is crowned with the sun, the female pillar is crowned with the moon.
“Jachin—the white pillar of light…Boaz—the shadowy pillar of darkness… the active and the passive…the sun and the moon.”
—Manly Hall, The Secret Teachings of All Ages
In ancient Greece, as in Freemasonry, the balance of opposites was conveyed by this same Triangle, which was built architecturally onto the facade of Greek temples:
The Temple of Concord in Agrigento, Sicily, depicts a massive Triangle at its apex.
“The unity of opposites was first suggested by Heraclitus (ca. 535–475 BC) a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher.”
―Wikipedia
Sun & Moon In The Human Blueprint
The ancients believed that we humans, since we live inside the universe and not apart from it, are composed of the same duality or “pairs of opposites” as the Universe. As above so below, they said. They believed this duality was manifested in the perfect left/right symmetry of the human body. We have two hands, two arms, two legs, two feet, two eyes, two ears, and so on—in other words, a sun half and a moon half:
The right side of our bodies is male / solar. Our left side is female / lunar.
Our right side is male, our left is female. Ancient societies always recognized a balance here.
“The axis, which divides the world into two halves, one radiant and the other dark, also cuts through the human body and divides it between the empire of light and darkness.”
—Robert Hertz, The Pre-eminence of the Right Hand, 1909
Manly Hall wrote:
“In ancient times men fought with their right arms and defended the vital centers with their left arms…The right half of the body was regarded…as offensive and the left half defensive…the right side of the body was considered masculine and the left side feminine.”
The ancient Maya believed the same:
“For the Classic Maya, as with contemporary Maya peoples, the right hand or side of the body often signified “pure, powerful, or superordinate,” and the left frequently symbolized “weaker, lame, or subordinate” in particular cultural contexts.”
―Dr. Joel W. Palka (Assistant Professor of Anthropology & Latin American Studies at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee)
Incredibly, the ancient Egyptians, like the ancient Mayans, also believed the right and left halves of the human body are formed by opposites:
“As is the case in many ancient and modern cultures, the right side was deemed to be more auspicious than the left…The texts speak of the king’s powerful right hand; the right ear is associated with hearing and wisdom; and the right eye is the more important, with the right eye of the god of the heavens being the sun and the moon the left…During the Old Kingdom, the male figure often stands or sits to the right of the female…”
―Richard Wilkinson, Symbol & Magic in Egyptian Art
“…the Egyptian word for right is closely related to their word for west, and the word for left relates to east….It is thus interesting that the right (i.e., west) side of the body should be associated with life, and the left (i.e. east) side with death.”
―John Francis Nunn, Ancient Egyptian Medicine
Later in history this doctrine was inherited by the Freemasons. Famous magician (and Freemason) Harry Houdini wrote:
“…the Sun represents the right half of the body and the Moon the left half…”
―Harry Houdini
This male/female breakdown has secretly been expressed in countless Renaissance portraits and esoteric sketches:
Esoteric Human Portrait (1400s). This person is you—half solar male, half lunar female.
The idea that our physical bodies are composed of opposites explains the age-old idea that there’s a “devil” on our left shoulder (tempting us to do evil) and an “angel” on our right (telling us to do good):
The classic angel-on-our-right-shoulder and devil-on-our-left-shoulder design.
If the Doctrine of Duality teaches that we have a male/right side and a female/left side, then where does the number Three come into play?
Just as the circle is older than the yin and the yang which it generates and encompasses, so the number Three teaches that we are older than the body which we temporarily possess. That is to say, we humans are more than just twin opposing halves of an animal body. There is an older part of us, an eternal part that “generates” the twin dualities. Deep inside, we are this older part—it is our eternal spiritual soul at the core of our being. Think of your spiritual soul as being the Circle (the Tao) while the material twin halves of your body are the yin on one side and yang on the other:
“You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.”
Just as the the Circle (Tao) is older than the Yin-Yang duality inside it, so we—our souls—are older than the left/right duality of our physical body; we existed before the body’s birth and we’ll live on after its death:
“Platonists believed in a pre-existent state, in which all souls had sinned, and thus lost their wings… and so they sunk into these bodies partly as a punishment…”
—Olinthus Gregory
The ancients believed that, having fallen from our eternal spiritual home in “heaven,” we now suffer amnesia; we are unaware of our eternal spiritual nature, cut off from our powerful inner spiritual identity. The soul should be thought of as an immortal god, according to the ancients.
“Man is a god in the body of an animal according to…ancient philosophy…”
—Alvin Boyd Kuhn
NOW, HERE IS THE KEY: Though fallen temporarily into the body of an animal, we are still eternal souls! We still possess our eternal powers. Our souls never lost these powers. They have merely been “covered” by the body. Freemasonry was founded not just to put Man in touch with his soul, but to help him rediscover its higher powers, powers now temporarily covered up by the body. How does man rediscover his soul? By perfectly balancing our own twin animal halves—our right and left.space
Masonic Triangle Revealed
This idea of “balancing” our opposites (balancing our duality) is the great and age-old “Secret of Three” and the “Lost Secret of the Freemasons”:
“…only by the reconciliation of opposing forces is the Pathway made to true occult knowledge and practical power…”
This “balance” of “Three” is expressed in Freemasonry geometrically by a Triangle―the same Triangle we saw earlier on Freemason Giordano Bruno’s Grand Master Certificate. Below we see the Triangle decorate the focal point of a Masonic Lodge room in New York City:
The Jacobean Room is a Masonic lodge room located at 23rd Street
in New York City inside a Masonic lodge. A powerful Triangle graces
the all-important East side of this and many similar Masonic lodges.
A Triangle’s apex is higher than, and centered midway between, its twin lower points. Similarly, your soul is higher than, and centered midway between, your opposing animal halves:
As the triangle’s apex transcends its two lower points, so your soul transcends your two lower animal halves, your sun half and moon half. Whereas duality (Two) signifies your physical body, the greater triangle (Three) signifies your soul (a.k.a. your higher Self in the center that rests eternal behind your temporary bodily right / left self.)
Your soul is older than the twin dualities of your physical body. You find your apex—your “soul within”—by putting your two bodily halves in balance.
“By the mere fact of being in this dualistic world every living being, whether a Mason or not, walks upon the square pavement of mingled good and evil in every action of his life…he who aspires to be master of his fate and captain of his soul must walk upon these opposites in the sense of transcending and dominating them… He must become able to rise above the motley of good and evil, to be superior and indifferent to the ups and downs of fortune, the attractions and fears governing ordinary men and swaying their thoughts and actions this way or that. His object is the development of his innate spiritual potencies, and it is impossible that these should develop so long as he is over-ruled by his material tendencies and the fluctuating emotions of pleasure and pain that they give birth to.”
―W.L. Wilmshurst, The Meaning of Masonry
We see this idea illustrated on the Tracing Board below, which takes the form of an ancient Pagan temple, a fitting design since this is an ancient Pagan teaching:
Masonic Tracing Board designed to look like a
Pagan temple, from Union Lodge in Boston, MA, 1796.
First, note the black and white checkerboard floor, which as Wilmshurst tells us symbolizes “the square pavement of mingled good and evil” that each of us must “walk upon” during life.
Second, see how the Twin Pillars align with the sun and moon above them, denoting the “pairs of opposites.”
Third, see how the tops of the Twin Pillars form the two lower halves of a triangle.
Fourth, look at the apex of that triangle, and notice the luminous Eye pattern above it.
Why an Eye? What does the Eye stand for?space
Forming The Triangle & Awakening Our Third Eye
The answer is, when you are able to live a life in which you have perfectly balanced your opposites, you become illuminated or awakened. When this happens, a mysterious, hidden Eye opens in you. Plato called it the “Eye of the Soul,” and we see it here in Masonic architecture inside a Triangle:
The image of an Eye inside a triangle graces a Masonic lodge
in Prague from the 18th Century. This is the Eye of the Soul,
as described by Plato (i.e., the Third Eye we all possess).
“.. in every man there is an Eye of the soul which…is far more precious than ten thousand bodily eyes, for by it alone is truth seen.”
“The Eye of the soul… is alone naturally adapted to be resuscitated and excited by the mathematical disciplines.”
—Plato, The Republic
Located in the center of our brains, Plato’s “Eye of the Soul” has historically been called the Mind’s Eye, Inner Eye and Third Eye (Third = Masonic Three). This Mind’s Eye or Third Eye is still not recognized by Western medicine. Most medical books carry only a brief description, referring to it as the “pineal gland”; however, our ancestors knew much more about it, depicting it symbolically on the human forehead in art and literature.
Ancient Third Eye imagery from a mosaic in Sicily, Italy.
Our two eyes see outward at physical things, but our Mind’s Eye looks inward to spiritual things. When our Third Eye opens, we are able to “see” our soul within. It’s then that you discover a conscious “deity” held captive within you—your true Self!
We term this deity our “soul,” but it’s really a fallen god, fallen because we don’t realize we are eternal gods who are only temporarily clothed as animals. Thus, whereas the Masonic Triangle (below left) symbolizes the union or balancing of opposites, the Masonic “Eye in the Triangle” (below right) symbolizes the awakening of our Mind’s Eye that occurs when these opposites are united or balanced:
The Triangle symbolizes the balance of opposites.
The Eye inside the triangle symbolizes the Third
Eye that opens when our opposites are balanced.
An age-old spiritual custom, the act of “Awakening Our Third Eye” is still practiced in the East: recall the sacred Third Eye (bindi) dot mystically worn by Hindus:
The dot on the forehead symbolizes the Third Eye we all possess.
The dot on the forehead symbolizes the Third Eye, the organ of mystical power that we all possess. The image below depicts a statue that exists in an ancient cave in Bombay, India. The Buddha is shown awakening his Third Eye. Flanking him on either side are male and female profiles; a male on his right (symbolizing male / solar forces) and a female on his left (symbolizing female / lunar forces):
The eternal, flanked by male and female figures.
The statue teaches that between your temporary right/male and left/female physical halves you have an eternal spiritual soul in the center. Here the soul is depicted as the Buddha (who symbolizes your “soul within” or “god within”). We can see this eternal “god within” by using our symbolic Third Eye in the middle of our foreheads. Note how his two eyes are closed; it’s because his single Eye is opened.
In the following video, the great 20th century philosopher Joseph Campbell explains that when the soul incarnates into human form (moving out of the field of the transcendent) it leaves unity and enters into duality, which he calls a “field of opposites”:
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The Third Eye in the Triangle thus signifies an illuminated human being who has united his opposites and found the middle path; and who is thus able to see his “soul within” and consequently knows he is a “god” temporarily wearing animal clothing. This is what the age-old system of Freemasonry is all about―teaching man to become the spiritual soul / eternal god that each one of us is deep inside.
Now, all this may sound strange to many of us in the West. But deep thinkers like psychologist Carl Jung (1875 – 1961) knew it well:
The great Carl Jung (1875 – 1961)
“Unfortunately our Western mind, lacking all culture in this respect, has never yet devised a concept, nor even a name, for the union of opposites through the middle path, that most fundamental item of inward experience…”
—Carl Jung, Anima and Animus
Sun & Moon In Kundalini Yoga
In the ancient system of Yoga, the awakening of the Mind’s Eye is depicted in Kundalini Yoga, with its famous “chakra” system. The Third Eye or “ajna” chakra is the sixth of seven chakras and is awakened when we balance our solar “pingala” channel on our body’s right side with our lunar “ida” channel on our body’s left side:
Kundalini Yoga, the Third Eye yoga. Note the sun on
the right-hand side and moon on the left-hand side.
With the image above in mind, let’s look again at the Masonic Tracing Board. We can see that the Tracing Board is nothing more than a roadmap to one’s Ida, Pingala, and Third Eye. This is why the single Eye—i.e., the Third Eye—is usually drawn centered between the sun (pingala) and moon (ida) on the Tracing Board:
Masonic Tracing Board, 1820
Interestingly, the rare coincidence of the Sun & Moon being equal size in our heavens (discussed earlier) allows us to enjoy solar eclipses, an event where the sun’s disk becomes covered or “occulted” by the moon’s disk. The two briefly appear united; a “union of opposites,” you might say, which circumstance seems to form a single, giant radiant Eye:
A total eclipse of the sun, when the Sun & Moon can be said
to “unite” for a moment, appears to us on earth as a giant
all-Seeing Eye staring down at us.
Doesn’t the solar eclipse look exactly like an eye? If you agree it does, then you’re not alone. Astronomers of all ages have cited the illustrious “Eye” effect of eclipses, and many say it looks like some mysterious kind of All-Seeing Eye staring down at us.
The solar eclipse looks exactly like a single giant Eye radiating in the sky.
During a solar eclipse, then the Sun & Moon seem to unite as one. This pairing is meant to convey the idea of balance―as if there is a third harmonizing force at work.
And this is the final piece of the puzzle!
The alien intelligence who manipulated the Sun & Moon in our sky purposely engineered the solar eclipse for us, giving us the instruction that when we unite the opposites (when Sun & Moon are one) we can awaken our own Third Eye! The alien intelligence was giving us a hint of our cosmic Third Eye power, the awakening of which shows us who we are deep inside.space
Ancient sages, priests, and priestesses understood that our Sun & Moon have been manipulated by the hand of an ancient and vastly superior spiritual intellect on purpose. The goal of this intelligence has been to teach man spiritual concepts about the universe, our world, and our physical and spiritual selves.
Our wise ancestors encoded their precious wisdom and discoveries surrounding the Sun & Moon into their sacred symbolism, art, and architecture and they orally transmitted it down the generations via the so-called “Ancient Mystery Schools” and “Ancient Mystery School Teachings.”
Unfortunately, about 2,000 years ago this ancient knowledge was banned and outlawed by the Catholic Church and other organized religions. Luckily, the wisdom was preserved for posterity through the formation of Secret Societies, like the Freemasons.
Today, the wisdom of the Sun & Moon is purposely being hidden from us―or, rather, forbidden from our view―by the Elite, who fear empowering the masses with authentic spiritual knowledge. However, we can rediscover the ancient lost knowledge for ourselves, simply by observation. To make things easier to follow, we can simply use Masonic symbolism as our guide, which is what we’ve done in the present article.
Richard Cassaro’s new book, The Missing Link, explores the meaning, transformations and propagation of the ancient world’s most important religious icon. His first book, Written in Stone, is a wide-ranging exploration of hitherto-unknown connections among Freemasons, medieval cathedral builders and the creators of important ancient monuments, in support of his theory that a spiritually advanced mother culture, lost to history, is behind many of the world’s architectural and artistic traditions.
Prior to the publication of Written in Stone, Cassaro enjoyed a successful career as a U.S. correspondent, professional journalist, and photo researcher for Rizzoli Publications, one of the world’s leading media organizations. Cassaro, who is a graduate of Pace University in New York City, has examined first-hand the ancient ruins and mystical traditions of Egypt, Mexico, Greece, Italy, Sicily, France, England, India, Peru and Spain; he has lectured on his theories to great acclaim in the United States, Egypt, Italy, Spain and Peru.
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Awakening Our Third Eye – Freemasonry’s Ancient “Universal Religion” Revealed
By Richard Cassaro September 19, 2011 Category: Featured Articles
The “Eye-In-The-Triangle” above a truncated pyramid on the back of the $1 bill is a Masonic “memorial” to an ancient “Universal Religion” that flourished worldwide. The remnants of this religion are still visible in the eerily parallel ruins of truncated Pyramids and Eye symbols among many civilizations. Pyramids were temples where believers engaged in a powerful mystical practice called “Awakening Our Third Eye,” long banned by the Church, yet long safeguarded by Western Secret Societies.
Left: Freemason George Washington wearing Masonic apron with Third Eye in the center: Right: Luminous Third-Eye-In-A-Triangle forms the Great Seal of the U.S.
America’s Founders—who were either Freemasons or familiar with the Order’s principles—memorialized the fraternity’s “Lost Secret” in the icons of The Great Seal of the United States.
This “Lost Secret” is an ancient Universal Religion, now lost to time, but still visible in the ruins of the first civilizations, where we see a clear and consistent pattern of pyramids and disembodied Eye symbols:
PHOTO OF RUINED PYRAMID OF THE SUN + SINGLE EYE WALL CARVING, TEOTIAHUACAN, MEXICO
PHOTO OF RUINED PYRAMIDS + SINGLE EYE ART SYMBOL, SAQQARA, EGYPT
PHOTO OF RUINED PYRAMID + SINGLE EYE ART SYMBOL, OHIO MOUND CULTURE, OHIO, USA
PHOTO OF RUINED PYRAMID + SINGLE EYE ART SYMBOL, NAZCA CULTURE, NAZCA, PERU
PHOTO OF RUINED EL CASTILLO PYRAMID + SINGLE EYE “OLLAN” ART SYMBOL, CHICHEN ITZA, MEXICO
PHOTO OF RUINED PYRAMID + SINGLE THIRD EYE ART SYMBOL, SICILY, ITALY
PHOTO OF RUINED PYRAMID OF THE SUN + SINGLE THIRD EYE ART IN TRUJILLO, PERU
As shown by the researches of past scholars, combined with powerful discoveries revealed in the new book Written In Stone: Decoding The Secret Masonic Religion Hidden In Gothic Cathedrals and World Architecture, these symbols point to a “Universal Religion” that was once practiced globally.
Practitioners focused on trying to open a luminous and mystical “Third Eye,” said to be hidden in the human forehead.
This Third Eye is believed to be the remnant organ from a higher, more sophisticated, and more spiritual form of humanity that lived on earth during an antediluvian “Golden Age,” attested to by the ancients and by classical historians as “Babel,” “Shambhala” and “Atlantis.”
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As “postdiluvian” humans we still have access to this atrophied organ of our ancestors, which was identified by some 19th and 20th century scientists as the pineal gland:
“A small usu. conical appendage of the brain of all craniate vertebrates that in a few reptiles has the essential structure of an eye, that functions in some birds as part of a time-measuring system, and that is variously postulated to be a vestigial third eye, an endocrine organ, or the seat of the soul…”
—Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary
The “Seat of the Soul” is how French philosopher René Descartes (1596-1650) described the pineal gland; he called it the bridge that connects man’s soul to his body.
Readers familiar with Eastern religions will recall the Third Eye as having a long history in India, China, and Southeast Asia, where Hinduism, Buddhism and Taoism hold sway.
More than a “religious” idea, the Third Eye is an archaic “spiritual” custom.spacespace
Third Eye Bindi Dot On The Hindu Forehead
The Third Eye, called “urna” or “trinetra,” is marked by a dot in the middle of the forehead, above and between the eyes.
With two eyes closed you can open your Third Eye—the dot on the forehead—and see your spiritual inner Self or soul within.
In the East, Awakening Our Third Eye is achievable through Yoga, and particularly Kundalini Yoga, which teaches the existence of the so-called ajna chakra or Third Eye chakra.
Kundalini in ancient Sanskrit means “illumination,” “enlightenment,” and refers to the light you experience when you awaken your Third Eye and remember who you are (i.e., commune with your soul within).
This “union with God” was considered blasphemy in the Christian West for a thousand years, punishable by death under the Inquisition.
Above Left: Awakening the Third Eye through Kundalini Yoga. Above Right: The Caduceus, popular throughout medieval Europe, is an arcane symbol of Kundalini Yoga.
Tradition holds that the proper way to activate the Third Eye is to “balance” two “opposite” channels in the body (ida and pingala) around a central vertical axis / spinal cord called the sushumna.
This balance of opposites creates a third force that unites the opposites and awakens the Third Eye and allows you to see your true essence, your Self, who you are.
“You don’t HAVE a soul, you ARE a soul. You HAVE a body.
This third force of “center” and “balance” is the number Three, the AOUM sound, chanted by Eastern mystics. The AOUM symbol is shaped like the number Three itself—as scholars say—denoting the balance of opposites:
Above: The Aum symbol is shaped like the number 3, which is also the chief number of the Freemasons.
The number 3 is also the chief number of the Freemasons:
“…in Freemasonry the number three is the most important…and we find it pervading our whole ritual …”
—Jeremiah How, The Freemason’s Manual, 1881
“Everywhere among the ancients the number three was deemed the most sacred of numbers…
In all the mysteries, from Egypt to Scandinavia,we find a sacred regard for the number three…
In Freemasonry, the ternary is the most sacred of all the mystical numbers.”
—Albert Mackey, Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, 1879
The Third Eye is used extensively in the east, appearing in varied disciplines (Yoga, Ch’an Buddhism, Karate, Qigong, and Aikido). The idea of the Third Eye, however, is quite foreign to the West. Despite living in the “information age” of globalization, it is still treated as something strange and alien, an enigma unique to the Eastern religions.
How is this possible? Could it be that there has been an intentional effort to conceal it?
Freemasonry’s Great “Third Eye” Secret
The image of a single Eye is common to Western Secret Societies. A single Eye is one of the key symbols in Freemasonry. The Eye is visible on Masonic temples and aprons, among other places, but it does not stand for God; it stands for the hidden Third Eye in your forehead.
The Eye is also featured on Masonic “Tracing Boards,” age-old instructional designs that are present in all lodges, used to teach initiates (see below).
Dating back more than two centuries, the “Tracing Board” is one of the last vestiges of authentic untouched and unchanged Masonic wisdom.
Above: The “Masters Carpet,” from The Masonic Monitor in 1820, includes Freemasonry’s key symbols: the Sun, Moon, and Mystical Eye.
We are immediately drawn to the single disembodied Eye at the top and center of the portrait.
But few of us notice the two sides, right and left, marked by the twin pillars capped by sun and moon; in Kundalini Yoga, the Ida and Pingala channels.
Isn’t the message here that we have a powerful Third Eye hidden in our foreheads? And that we can awaken this central Eye?space
The Geometric Third Eye” Triangle
Isn’t the Masonic All-Seeing-Eye-in-the-Triangle over a truncated pyramid reminiscent of the ancient pyramids and Third Eye symbols in ruins worldwide?
In her fascinating 1924 book, Mystic Americanism, the obscure American author Grace Morey explained:
“The All-Seeing Eye…emblematic of the pineal gland or third eye of the human being…has been found amid the ruins of every civilization upon the globe, thereby attesting the fact of a universal religion over all the earth at some remote period. As we now restore this universal religion, we set the All-Seeing eye upon the pyramid.”
Above: The obverse of the Great Seals shows how “Awakening Our Third Eye” was the Universal Religion of the world’s ancient pyramid cultures.
Masons call the single Eye the “all-seeing Eye” but have little understanding of what this means. Others oversimplify it by calling it the “Eye of God”; either way, these modern descriptions provide us with little enlightenment.
More than a handful of authors and researchers have set forth the thesis that the All-Seeing-Eye signifies man and woman’s Third Eye, available for us to use.
Famous American Author and Freemason Mark Twain, writing in 1899, referred to the All Seeing Eye not as the Eye of some distant heavenly deity or “old man upstairs,” but as a tangible gift that any person can use:
“The common eye sees only the outside of things, and judges by that, but the ‘all seeing eye’ pierces through, and reads the heart and the soul, finding there capacities which the outside didn’t indicate or promise, and which the other kind couldn’t detect.”
Freemason Dr. Buck (1838-1916) gave a physical description of the Third Eye and connected its “mastery” to Freemasonry’s third degree of “Master Mason”:
“It has been called “The Third Eye.” The Ancient Hindus called it the Eye of Siva, and it should be borne in mind that Siva is the third person in the Hindu Trinity…It is atrophied, and therefore dormant in the average individual…The Eye of Siva is, in fact, an All-Seeing-Eye; for it practically annuls Space and Time as concepts on the physical plane…
A real Master [Mason], then, has the Eye of Siva; the pineal gland, dormant in others, is active in him…”
If Buck is correct, and practicing this “occult” system was part of Masonic adherence, then Masonry’s forced secrecy in Europe becomes clear. Due to the power and brutality of the Inquisition, Masons had no choice but to hide themselves in order to preserve their traditions, knowledge, and rites.
The Freemasons, by implementing Third Eye “magic,” ran the risk of being executed by the Church for heresy, and is thus the ultimate, obvious reason for Masonic secrecy. As many Westerners now believe, the lengths to which the Inquisition persecuted perceived “heretics” reflected the desire of the Church to retain much of its hegemony over the masses. The church hierarchy knew that if heaven could be attained by every individual, then what import do priests, churches, and scriptures possess?
In his 1918 book, The Wonders of the Human Body, Dr. George Washington Carey tells us:
“…the All-seeing eye…This is the eye of freemasonry, the third eye. While I am credibly formed that few Masons understand their own symbols, the fact remains that they use them…”
The idea that the so-called “All Seeing Eye” is really the Third Eye continues today.
In their well-researched book, The Uncommon Vision of Sergei Konenkov,1874-1971, published by Rutgers University Press in 2000, scholars John Bowlt, Wendy Salmond, and Marie Turbow explain:
“The Great Pyramid is a central occult symbol that is often depicted with the “all-seeing-eye” or “third eye” inside it. In this form it is the symbol of mystical Freemasonry.”
In her 2006 book, Eden, contemporary author of the esoteric, Dr. Joye Jeffries Pugh, explains:
“The Order of Freemasonry acknowledges the ‘All Seeing Eye’ as the ‘Eye of Great Wisdom.’
This ‘Great Wisdom’ is said to offer those who seek the sacred mysteries an understanding of illumination, inner vision, and intuitive knowledge. Contact with this great wisdom occurs through the ‘Third Eye’ (pineal gland) located inside the forehead.”
Freemasonry is often called a “Science of the Soul”; it is likely, then, that such an inward-facing order is in fact a repository for instructions on how to awaken the Third Eye, endowing an initiate with powers born of his own eternal nature.space
Today, unfortunately, Freemasonry derides and disassociates itself from these ideas; the Third Eye and any related mystical / esoteric concepts are dismissed and pejoratively labeled “the occult”. Why?
The answer is simple; it is because these doctrines appear to remove the Old Testament “God” from the equation completely, by empowering man with the strength of his own divinity. This does not sit well with many modern Freemasons, but, as we now know, many highly trained and educated Masons of the past, including several noted authors and scholars, were convinced that such Third Eye ideas were integral to their order and that the modern system of Freemasonry is in fact corrupted.
Desperate that mankind should never lose sight of this knowledge, and yet knowing that its truths were forbidden in the atmosphere of intellectual intolerance that marked the Dark and Middle Ages, the Freemasons designed Third Eye gnosis into the architectural facades of churches, castles and cathedrals all over the world, as demonstrated in Written In Stone:
The Masonic Square & Compasses—Decoded
By Richard Cassaro April 19, 2011 Category: Featured Articles
Freemasonry’s Square and Compasses symbol is a mystery to the media, scholars, historians, and even to most Freemasons. No one knows where it came from or what it means. We’ll see how this symbol actually holds an ancient, mystical, and magical meaning that can “illuminate” initiates.
The Masonic Square & Compasses with a “G” in the middle,
capped by the Mind’s Eye (Third Eye) in the Triangle.
Most Freemasons, when asked the meaning of their Square & Compasses logo, state:
“Both…are architect’s tools…to teach symbolic lessons…”
However, the Square and Compasses logo has a meaning that goes much deeper than merely teaching lessons. Notice how the Compasses tool on top draws a “circular” shape:
The Square tool on the bottom draws a “square” shape:
When placed together, as in the logo of the Freemasons, the Compasses tool and the Square tool form a square and circle:
The square and circle shapes are related in Euclid’s 47th problem of “Squaring The Circle,” said to be the primary goal of the Masonic craft.
Squaring the circle, however, does not in this case refer to a mathematical problem: it is a spiritual reference to man’s instinctive quest to harmonize our physical and spiritual natures.
Since Antiquity, the square has represented the physical body. The circle, on the other hand, has always represented the soul.
The Square & Compasses thus symbolize Man’s state as an eternal soul manifesting in a temporary body. The circle is our spiritual side that cannot be seen, heard, touched, tasted, or smelled. It is our true, inner, and perfect Self, the part we feel when we close our eyes and think “me”.
“In Renaissance poetry generally, the circle was a symbol of perfection and…a symbol of the human soul.”
—J. Douglas Canfield, University of Arizona
The Compasses, however, are bounded by the Square; our circle is bounded by our body. Think here of a four-sided square, and of how we experience Nature in “fours”:
The Four Cardinal Points (North, South, East, West)
The Four Seasons (Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall)
The Four Elements (Earth, Air, Water, Fire)
The Four States of Matter (Solid, Liquid, Gas, Plasma)
Four represents the imperfect, physical body, as well as earthly desires and carnal appetites that “weigh” the body down. Human life is vulnerable and temporary, in stark contrast with the invulnerable and permanent soul.
“There is one sign which has never changed its meaning anywhere in the civilized world—the Compass and the Square. A sign of the union of the body and soul.”
—Deman Wagstaff, Wagstaff’s Standard Masonry (1922)
“…the compasses stand for…the spiritual side of man, while the square appertains to the material world…the square represents matter. In the case of the compasses… they represent…the Spiritual.”
—J. S. Ward, Interpretation of Our Masonic Symbols
“A man is a god in ruins.”
Above: William Rimmer, Evening, Fall of Day (1869). This is an esoteric portrait that depicts the history of what has happened to each one of us when the “god within” or “soul within” Incarnated as Man.
We are fallen angels, sparks of the divine now experiencing the material world, as William Rimmer’s wonderfully esoteric portrait “Evening, Fall of Day” illustrates.
We have all fallen and descended into matter, which is the material world in which we now live. The two tools Square and Compass symbolize Man’s “double nature” after the Fall:
“The Compass, as the Symbol of the Heavens, represents the spiritual portion of this double nature of Humanity…and the Square, as the Symbol of the Earth, its material, sensual, and baser portion.”
—Albert Pike, Morals & Dogma
Interestingly, many scholars and philosophers have remarked upon this type of symbolism in the Square & Compasses:
“According to this mystic doctrine…all souls have pre-existence and have descended from the spiritual world into the earthly prison of the body…”
—John Yarker, The Arcane Schools, late 1800s
“…ancient mythicism considered and named those souls incarnated on earth as “the dead.” “To die” was to incarnate; “death” was…the “tomb” of the flesh.”
—Alvin Kuhn, mid 1900s
“The human body is the “tomb of transformation” ; the grave into which the soul descends for the purpose of working out its own salvation, for transforming and improving itself, and ascending out of it the stronger and wiser for the experience.”
—W.L. Wilmshurst, early 1900s
The Greek philosophers understood this concept and even went as far as to say the soul is “imprisoned” in the body, because the body must be cared for, and must constantly:
Maintain A Constant Temperature
Fight Disease
The body cannot endure forever, and will eventually be destroyed by death, at which point the soul is free again.
The soul, though trapped in the human body as we are today, is far from powerless. Because it is eternal, the soul comes complete with its own inherent powers—powers that can be rediscovered and exercised right here in the material world.
Though in a “fallen state” the soul never lost these powers; they have merely been “covered up” by the body, rendering them unrecognizable.
Masonry exists not only to reveal to Man the presence of his inner soul, but to help him rediscover its higher powers, powers that have been covered up by the very body he inhabits.pace
The Vitruvian Man
The recognition of these inner powers is the key to squaring your circle, or becoming a god living on earth as a mortal rather than a mortal striving to become a god. This idea is what the ancients call the Vitruvian Man:
Above: Leonardo da Vinci’s world-renowned Vitruvian Man (1487).
Note how da Vinci draws The Vitrivian Man inside a squared circle: he understood the implications of the Masonic doctrine.
Da Vinci was not the only famous artist to create a Vitruvian Man, neither was he the only artist to associate it with both a circle and square:
From Top Left to Right Bottom: Fra Giovanni Giocondo (1435-1515); Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) Cesare Cesariano, Vitruvian Man (1521)Francesco Giorgi, Vitruvian Man, (1525); One Euro Coin; Francesco Giorgi, Vitruvian Man, (1525); Francesco di Giorgio, contemporary of Leonardo, Vitruvian Man; Albrecht Durer, Study on anatomy and geometrical proportions (1528)
The Vitruvian Man lives in a perfect state of balance, enjoying a well-intentioned life, esoteric, stable, kind, capable and abundant. The circle is his eternal soul. The square is his temporary body. He knows this; he is illuminated into its gnosis.
The great Freemasons of past eras were Vitruvian Men, including Washington and Franklin. This is because they understood Freemasonry, unlike the modern Freemasons who have lost the depth and symbolism of their tradition.
Notice the massive circle behind Washington:
Above: The Apotheosis of Washington is a masterful piece of artwork that appears inside the dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C.
This apotheosis is not “man becoming a god” or “Washington becoming a god.” That’s a critical misinterpretation. It’s more like “man realizing he is a god already”, a soul manifesting as a body—or, in symbolic terms, a circle surrounded by a square.
This “heretical thinking” of Freemasonry is much different than mainstream Christianity; which is why the Freemasons have historically been a Secret Society.
All of this Square and Compass wisdom is based on ancient wisdom, and not just from one ancient culture. The Egyptians and Chinese, two ancient cultures that scholars believe were never in contact, both used a circle symbol to denote the “soul within”:
Left: Egypt’s Aten glyph is formed by a circle with a dot in the center. Right: China’s ancient Yin Yang symbol is a circle with twin fish symbols inside.
The Tai Chi is the eternal Self. The Self sprouts “pairs of opposites” during manifestation—the twin fish symbols inside, one black the other white.
The Egyptian Aten is the eternal Self also. It was often drawn as a winged disk (see below) sprouting twin serpents and wings.
Both the Tai Chi and Aten symbolize our perfect eternal “soul within” or circle within. Both symbols often appeared above the main entrance to temples and important religious and spiritual buildings in ancient Egypt:
Above: Egypt’s “winged sun-disk” (Aten) by Secret Societies like the Freemasons, Spiritists, Theosophists, and Rosicrucians.
They symbolize the perfected, eternal soul, a state that every human being must achieve (i.e., Buddhahood, Christhood)
“For the Egyptians, the meaning of life was to recognize that we are not the physical body that incarnates in world of matter, but the still, silent soul “point” within the body that predates the body and that survives the body’s death.
“The circle…represents the omniscient state of the soul when it has attained full consciousness, is liberated, and lives apart from matter.”
—Thomas Wilson, Swastika the Earliest Known Symbol and Its Migrations
This idea is conveyed in the Gothic cathedral facade—the rose window in the center, which symbolizes the perfect circular “soul within” us.
“the rose window is… a representation of perfection, balance and harmony of the purified soul”
—Michael S. Rose
Note how in Rose Windows the Square and Circle are blended together, the “squaring of the circle,” the goal of every Freemason:
Above: Exterior shot of the southern rose window (a gigantic, circular stained glass window) of the Cathédrale de Notre Dame de Paris
Above: Exterior of the west rose window, carved in the 12th century
Above: Detail of the Gothic facade of the Orvieto Cathedral, the rose window.
Masonic buildings are sacred structures of initiation, encoded with intricate patterns and artwork that speak to squaring the circle; they are heavily laden with a language of symbolism that modern scholars have yet to decode.
It’s not just the Gothic cathedrals. In all Masonic buildings we see the interplay of squares and circles. This is a constant Masonic geometric theme, the spiritual / divine light (our soul) manifesting in the physical / material world (our body).
Above: These pictures showing Masonic square and circle symbols interlaced were taken inside of Reid Hall, a Masonic-built castle which was constructed in 1864 and is now home to Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY.
These are not just squares and circles. These are squares and circles in balance, united in harmonious rhythm, a reunion of opposites.space
This article, then, has laid bare the lost secret of Freemasonry: It is that man is both a Square (body) and Compass (soul). This secret, once a common doctrine in the ancient pagan cultures, had to be hidden away and kept secret from the Holy Inquisition for fear of reprisal.
Its wisdom teaches the forbidden doctrine that each of us deep down is a “god” encased in matter, a soul inside a body. We can clearly see our body; but the Compass teaches us about the part we can’t see, the soul. This is the whole idea of initiation into a lost sacred wisdom.
The Compass & Square symbolize—they are symbols of—your soul and your body. Your Soul inside your body. You can learn more by reading Written In Stone:
Richard Cassaro is a Madrid-based author, lecturer, filmmaker, and tour guide from New York City. His published books Written in Stone (2011), The Missing Link (2016), and Mayan Masonry (2018) offer rare insights into ancient megaliths, spirituality, mythology, magic, symbolism, secret societies, comparative religion and occult archaeology. Cassaro has discussed his work on the History Channel, and in documentary films like Magical Egypt 2. His articles have appeared in print journals and web media around the globe; and he has delivered well-received lectures about his findings in the UK, Italy, Peru, Egypt, Spain, Mexico, Cyprus, and the U.S. In his capacity as a field investigator, he hosts travel adventures to archaeological sites worldwide.
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A firing line of Syrian Democratic Forces soldiers take aim and fire at targets during a marksmanship training exercise to prepare for Operation Roundup, an SDF-led campaign to clear the last ISIS strongholds in the country, near Shaddadi, Syria, May 27, 2018. The training consisted of marksmanship fundamentals followed by a course in combat medical treatment. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy R. Koster)
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This September, the Syrian Democratic Forces began the final push to retake the last vestige of territory held by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or ISIS. After previous territorial concessions, the Islamic State has reorganized and consolidated their forces for a final stand in Hajin, a sliver of Syrian territory bordering the Euphrates River.
This final battle is a critical moment. Much like a wounded animal backed into a corner, it is expected that the remaining ISIS fighters, who are likely some of the most fanatical, will fight to the death without any intention to surrender. Regardless of how difficult the fight will be, coalition forces and security analysts are confident that Hajin will be retaken in a matter of months, and such an outcome would be a great victory for many reasons.
First, ISIS will lose the ability to tax Hajin’s inhabitants, limiting their ability to pay fighters. Second, they will lack any operational space to train new recruits into combatants. Most importantly, a victory would mark the end of ISIS’ ability to establish a Caliphate, one of the group’s primary political objectives. Since the organization’s inception, the group has focused on taking large swaths of territory in the Middle East. However, while this would certainly be a win, there is still the question of what happens next.
ISIS membership is estimated to be anywhere from 25,000 to 30,000, and fighters are spread throughout the world. The capture of Haijin will not result in the disappearance of these members, so there is a question as to how the organization will change after the loss of its territories.
Increasing devotion to counter-terrorism efforts by governments around the world will also pose an issue. Face-recognition and biometric technology at ports of entry have made it increasingly difficult for ISIS fighters to gain access to Western nations, and the terrorist group must now adapt to the changing situation to avoid detection by state governments. Accordingly, they have decreased their emphasis on hierarchy and relied less upon territory, focusing instead on unconventional tactics. ISIS once used conventional military force to conquer its territories, whereas now, the group has lost that capability and must adapt a clandestine strategy in order to survive.
This shift in organizational structure has significant implications for ISIS’ future strategy. ISIS-inspired lone wolf attacks have increased substantially, and will likely become even more common in the future. Internet-savvy campaigns to spread ISIS propaganda have inspired attackers around the world to commit acts of terror.
These solo attackers, or “lone wolves,” are difficult to pinpoint because they either have no direct affiliation with the group or operate within a small, cellular structure which has little to no communication with other group members. The Pulse Nightclub shooting, the NYC truck attack, and the Las Vegas mass shooting are all examples of lone-wolf attacks; for example, though he was not an official member of the Islamic State hierarchy, Omar Mateen still claimed allegiance to ISIS before going into Pulse Nightclub and killing nearly 50 people. These types of incidents are exactly what ISIS wants.
Many of these lone wolves do not have the training and resources needed to pull off a 9/11-scale attack, so instead, they turn to terrorism on a smaller scale. It is disturbingly easy for an ISIS-inspired individual to rent a U-Haul and run people over by the Hudson River, but incredibly difficult for a group of official members of a terrorist organization to hijack four planes and fly them into the Twin Towers. Focusing on recruiting and radicalizing lone wolves is, therefore, the easiest and most effective way for ISIS to ensure that their mission is carried on in the future.
Notably, the greatest impact of lone wolf attacks lies in their ability to incite fear and hysteria. Though the concrete impact of a lone wolf attack pales in comparison to the carnage of a large-scale incident, the possibility of a lone wolf attack still gravely concerns millions of people around the world.
The conventional capabilities of ISIS have been reduced dramatically, but people around the world should not turn a blind eye. In the words of an ISIS spokesman encouraging lone wolves to enter the fight, “the smallest action you do in the heart of their land is dearer to us than the largest action by us and more effective and more damaging to them.”
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1 July 2011 , by Intercultural Resources , MATHEWS Rohan D.
The Koel Karo Struggle remains a testament to the will of the indigenous people in the eastern part of India, who used various means to resist a hydroelectric project that threatened to destroy their lives, livelihood and cultural roots.
The two dams proposed for the project would have submerged not only villages, but also sources of livelihood and sites of historical significance. The resistance is widely lauded for having forced the government to withdraw a hydroelectric project, a rare event in India. More tragically, it is remembered for the Tapkara firing, which has become a symbol of the violence perpetrated by the police forces against non-violent agitators.
The Koel Karo basin is in Jharkhand, an eastern Indian state that was carved out of the state of Bihar in 20001. The Koel Karo basin is nestled between the Kaimoor hills, the Raj Mahal hills and the Vindhayachal Mountains, straddles the river basins of the Sone Ganga and the Mahanadi rivers. The inhabitants of the area are largely adivasis (indigenous populations) belonging to the Munda and Oraon peoples.
In 1955, when Jharkhand was still part of Bihar, the Koel Karo hydroelectric project was conceptualized, with subsequent surveys in the 1950s conducted by the Bihar State Electricity Board. By 1972-73, the project report had been prepared, and land acquisition began. The intention was to generate 710 megawatts of electricity. The rivers would be dammed at two points: Basia on the South Koel River and Lowajimi on the North Karo River. The two reservoirs would be connected through an inter-basin channel with a length of 34.7 kilometers.
The estimated displacement has been widely contested, with official estimates pegging it at 7,063 families from 112 villages, but community estimates going as high as 200,000 people. It is believed that 135 to 140 villages would be completely submerged, while 66 acres of cultivated land would be permanently flooded. Further, several sacred sites of the local population would be submerged by the project, estimated at about 152 sarnas (sites for ritual festivities) and 300 sasandhris (burial sites).
In the initial period of the project, access roads began to be built to the Karo area, but the labourers building the roads were brought in from other areas, and the locals were kept unaware of the intentions of the government. In 1974-75, following the creation of a blueprint for the project, an office was established at Torpa, a small city near the project sites. The Torpa office began to acquire land for the project. Only at this point did the local people become aware of the planned dams.
The villagers were troubled by the corruption pervading the process of acquisition, and united against cheating in the “measurement of land, in payment of compensation and giving of jobs.” They began mobilizing, and two organizations were formed: the Jan Sanyojan Samiti (People’s Coordination Committee) in the Karo area, and the Jan Sangarsh Samiti (People’s Struggle Committee) in the Koel area. Initially, the tribal and non-tribal cultivators had differing opinions about the mode of agitation, but by 1976, the two resistance organizations united to form the Koel Karo Jan Sangathan (Koel Karo People’s Organization) KKJS, with Moses Gudia elected as the Chairperson, and Halim Kujur as the General Secretary.
There had been reports by many villagers of poor survey work and destruction of crops during surveys, leading to a general demand that survey work be entrusted to locals, not outsiders. In 1977-78, this culminated in a significant agitation, the kam roko andolan (stop work agitation), which primarily focused on not allowing work to continue in the project area. The villagers successfully constructed a barricade at the village of Derang, and were able to stop the unloading of cement and steel by the Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) at the train station in Pakra. On January 5th, 1979, the BSEB invited the KKJS for negotiations. At this meeting, the KKJS presented a 16-point charter, following which it was agreed to unload the materials at the station. In return, the government was required to delay construction until a mutually-acceptable solution to the issue had been found.
In 1980, the project was brought under the National Hydroelectric Power Cooperation, which meant that the new head of the project was far less approachable. The struggle intensified, with protesters damaging a vehicle used by land acquisition officials. Women also joined the struggle. The government was forced to initiate discussions with KKJS, and several rounds of discussions took place between July 1983 and May 1984, but bore no fruit. By July 1984, the Bihar state government sent in armed forces to secure the area, but they were resisted by the villagers. Women blocked access routes to the area, and prevented any access to drinking water, firewood and so on. In fact, rumours began to spread that the water meant for the troops was being poisoned by the villagers, leading to great panic among the troops.
In August 1984, B. P. Lakra of the Xavier Institute of Social Service submitted a petition to the Supreme Court. The Court responded favorably, issuing an injunction stating that the government was not permitted to use force to acquire land until a mutual agreement had been reached. This was a shot in the arm for the movement, and the armed forces had to retreat. The next ten years saw relatively limited activity on the project front, with mere official dithering. In 1985, the Government of Bihar announced that it would build two model villages, meant as rehabilitation villages, and then the villagers were free to choose if the new habitation was suitable; however, the government never fulfilled its promise. In October 1986, all developmental activities in the area were halted.
However, near a decade later, activity intensified when the government announced that Prime Minister Narasimha Rao would lay the foundation stone of the project on July 5th, 1995. This announcement was met with strong opposition in the area, with thousands participating in protests and demonstrations. On June 10th, 5000 protesters gathered in Torpa. On June 26th, 15,000 marched in Tapkara. This demonstration culminated in the declaration of a people’s curfew in the area, which meant that government and project officials were barred from entering the vicinity. In fact, the KKJS had declared July 5th to be a Sankalp Diwas (Day of Commitment). This led to the prime minister canceling his attendance. The state’s chief minister Laloo Prasad then announced that he would inaugurate the project, only to be met with similar protests. Backed by opposition political groups, the KKJS declared that it would prevent the Chief Minister from coming to the project site, and more than 25,000 people blocked the road by lying on it, preventing the Chief Minister’s helicopter from landing anywhere, leading to the cancellation of the event. This massive rejection of the Chief Minister’s entourage received solidarity from several NGOs and human rights organizations from across the world.
In December 2000, the new state of Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar, and the opposition party (the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha) told the newly-formed government, led by the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), to expect dire consequences if the Koel Karo Project was resumed.
The Tapkara Firing
On February 1, 2001, on the pretext of a search operation for members of a Maoist guerilla group, armed troops were sent to the site of the project in Tapkara, where they removed the barricade that had been erected by the KKJS. Amrit Gudia, a villager who was passing by, protested to the police contingent about their removal of the barricade, following which he was assaulted until he lost consciousness. Another villager, Lorentius Gudia, then accosted the policemen, only to be assaulted himself, following which the policemen fled the site. The KKJS held a meeting in the evening, to review the immediate steps that needed to be taken to deal with the situation. They decided to hold a peaceful sit-in at the same site where the barricade had been placed. The next day, February 2, a crowd of about four and a half thousand gathered at Tapkara. Under the leadership of Raja Poulush Gudia, Soma Munda, Vijay Gudia, Poulush Gudia, and Sader Kandulna, they submitted a memorandum of their demands to a police officer present on the site. The demands were as follows: “The police officials must replace the uprooted barrier back…with due respect and in accordance with tribal customs. Both the injured victims – Amrit Gudia and Lorentus Gudia – must be paid compensation of 50,000 rupees each. The twin guilty officers-in-charge R.N. Singh [from the Tapkara Observation Post] and Akhshay Kumar [from the Rania Police Station] must be suspended with immediate effect and be removed from the area.”
This last demand was important because the two offending officers were not from tribal communities. As organizations like the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) have argued, only tribal police officers should be posted in tribal areas.
After some time, a local BJP politician, Koche Munda, arrived and addressed the gathering. He left the site for some time, at which point, a sudden police firing took place, leading to the death of 8 people (seven adivasis and one Muslim) and the injury of some 30 people on the site. There are several contesting versions of what happened. The official police version claims that the crowd got agitated after being incited by a local timber merchant, after which they were warned several times, then tear gas shells were released into the mob, following which the shoot order was given. Several eyewitnesses and policemen, after a fact-finding team visited the site, revealed that the two policemen involved in the thrashing the previous day began assaulting women and youth who were sitting in front, following which some of the local youth got enraged and began pelting stones at the crowd. The police fired some shots in the air, after which the crowd began dispersing, and the police started firing indiscriminately at the retreating crowd. The site of the firing was immediately renamed the Shaheed Sthal (Martyrdom Site). The firing was met with outrage across the country.
Every year, henceforth, February 1, 2 and 3 are days when members of the community gather at Tapkara, the site of the martyrdom, to remember the supreme loss undertaken by many against the repression of the police forces. On August 29, 2003, Arjun Munda, the Chief Minister of Jharkhand, announced that the Koel Karo project was being scrapped. The reason stated was financial difficulty, and exorbitant rise in the project costs and estimates, since the initial formulation of the project. Following this momentous announcement, on February 1, 2 and 3, 2004 the KKJS organized a large programme at the Tapkara martyrdom site, and February 3rd was declared as Vijay Diwas (Victory Day).
On July 21th, 2010, the Governor finally completed the closing of the Koel Karo project, giving official sanction to the announcement made about seven years earlier. All offices of the project were closed, and all employees promised rehabilitory employment in other government agencies.
The KKJS has maintained its role as a social organization, involving itself in the day to day affairs of the members of the community, and has taken initiatives to run cooperatives in several villages. They have also involved themselves in developmental activities of all villages in the area.
The Koel Karo movement represents the focused struggle of both adivasis and non-adivasi populations in the face of sustained pressure by the government. The movement responded strongly to the threat of displacement by a project that had been initiated without their consent, which, in fact, they learnt of only after planning was complete and construction work was underway. The resistance that the people mounted represents the community’s ability to form active organizations, to resist a variety of government machinations, to exhibit the strength of community solidarity, and finally, to remain uncompromising in its aim of closing down the project. Its success remains an inspiration for other social movements in India and beyond.
1The movement for a separate Jharkhand state, which has a large adivasi (indigenous) population, was closely linked to demands for more local control over land and natural resources. It thus shares important ideological similarities with the Koel Karo movement.
This article is available in French: Le Mouvement social Koel Karo dans l’Est de l’Inde
Further readings:
Kiro, V., Smitu Kothari and Savyasaachi, “Culture, Creative Opposition and Alternative Development: Sustaining Struggle in the Koel-Karo Valleys,” in P.T. George et al (eds.) Dissent, Self-Determination and Resilience: Social Movements in India, New Delhi: Intercultural Resources, 2010
Shukla, N. “Under people’s protest Jharkhand closes Koel-Karo project”, in Coal Geology, 2010
Claus, Martina and Sebastian Hartig,The Koel Karo Hydel Project – an empirical study of the resistance movement of the Adivasi in Jharkhand / India, University of Kassel, Germany, 2004
People’s Union for Civil Liberties, “The adivasi struggle for land rights at Koel-Karo: Jharkhand PUCL Report on Killing of eight tribal villagers police firing at Tapkara Jharkhand on 02.02.2001,” in PUCL Bulletin, September 2002
Koel-Karo project, Central Chronicle, December 22, 2000
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Home•UK and France Clash Over Equity
“Europe is about to set in stone a first set of standards designed to strengthen banks” reports Le Figaro. Finance ministers from the 27 member states are meeting today (May 2) put into law the international standards, known as “Basel 3”, developed to strengthen the banking sector. The daily newspaper says:
The directive drastically tightens the definition of a bank’s capital reserves and hugely increases the level they are required to have, so that each institution has a cushion of funds to absorb violent economic shocks. According to the European Banking Authority, the hundred largest European banks would need to find some 485 billion euros of capital in order to comply with the new Basel 3 requirements.
The bill provides that each bank keeps 7% of its equity capital in reserve. The UK wants to increase this requirement to solidify its deposit banks. France, however, wants the funds involved in insurance subsidiaries to be excluded. Le Figaro says:
The debates will likely be very heated and may lead to adoption of the text being postponed until May 15. However, failure seems forbidden, as Europe needs to prove today that it is moving forward on the path to strengthen its banking system.
Last week, Le Monde reported that the European Commissioner for Internal Market, Michel Barnier, wants to ask banks how they have used the 1,000 billion euros, which were injected by the European Central Bank to avoid the credit crunch.
Courtesy of Press Europe: http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1911441-london-and-paris-clash-over-banks
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AC Milan Thumped 5-0 By Atalanta
by David on December 22, 2019
Alejandro Gomez scored a stunning individual goal and Josip Ilicic notched a second-half brace as Atalanta thrashed a rudderless AC Milan 5-0 on Sunday, handing their opponents their joint-heaviest Serie A defeat. Former Milan player Mario Pasalic rubbed further salt into their wounds by also scoring. It was the fourth time Milan have lost a [...]
Champions League Draw:Napoli v Barcelona
Napoli are drawn Barcelona in the last 16 of the Champions League, whilst Juventus get Olympique Lyonnais and Atalanta are rewarded with Valencia. Napoli finished second in their Champions League group and have therefore been dealt a tough draw in the Round of 16 as they could only be paired with seeded teams. Although they [...]
Champions League Draw Preview
Juventus could face the likes of Real Madrid, Chelsea and Tottenham in the Champions League Round of 16, while Napoli and Atalanta risk PSG and Barcelona. There are three Italian teams going into the draw for the first knockout round, while Inter drop into the Europa League. It will be held on Monday at 11.00 [...]
Atalanta Reach Champions League Knockout Stages
There will be knockout Champions League football at the San Siro after all as champion League debutants Atalanta reached the knockout stages with victory at Shakhtar Donetsk after recovering from losing their first three games. Atalanta have been playing their home Champions League matches at the San Siro, home to AC Milan and Inter Milan. [...]
Can All Four Italian Teams Reach Champions League Knockout Stages?
by David on November 28, 2019
Juventus are already qualified for the next phase of the Champions League, but we take a look at how Napoli, Inter and Atalanta could follow them through to the last 16. One matchday remains of the group stage in the Champions League and all the Italian teams can still qualify for the Round of 16, [...]
Champions League State Of Play
The Champions League returns this week, with three clubs, Bayern Munich, Juventus and Paris St-Germain are the teams already through to the last 16 with two group games to play. Several other teams can book their place in the round of 16 and we take a look at some of the big games this week [...]
Atalanta 2019-2020 Fixtures
by David on November 1, 2019
Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly known as just Atalanta, is an Italian football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy. The club currently plays in Serie A, having gained the promotion from Serie B in 2010–11. They are nicknamed the Nerazzurri and the Orobici. Atalanta play in blue-and-black vertically striped shirts, black shorts and black socks. The club [...]
Tough Champions League Draw For Serie A Clubs
by David on August 29, 2019
The Champions League draw pits Juventus against Atletico Madrid, while Napoli face Liverpool, Inter take on Barcelona and Atalanta are in a group with Manchester City. The 2019-20 tournament begins with the group phase on September 17-18, with games on October 1-2, October 22-23, November 5-6, November 26-27 and December 10-11. Juventus continue their attempts [...]
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With Juventus, Inter and Napoli expected to battle it out for the Scudetto this season, who are the best of the rest in Serie A? Who will claim the fourth Champions League place and who will be playing in the Europa League in 2020-21? We take a look at the Champions League contenders. ATALANTA Manager: [...]
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by David on July 12, 2019
The top seeds for next season’s Champions League group stages will be Liverpool, Chelsea, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain and FC Zenit. Napoli will be in pot 2 alongside the likes of Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Tottenham and Shakthar Donetsk with Ajax and Porto likely to join them via the [...]
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Player spotlight update
Erste Bank Open, Austria
[CR136] Alexander Zverev, a 17 year old German player, is putting in the hard work to improve his game and his ranking by playing in the qualifying rounds of ATP World Tour tournaments and also in ATP Challenger tournaments.
He was hoping to make it into the main draw at the 2014 Erste Bank Open, Austria; however, he was beaten in the last round of qualifying by a fellow German, [CR207] Daniel Brands. Zverev had nine opportunities to break, unfortunately he only converted once and it was not enough to secure the victory. The good news for him, he is in the main draw in doubles and he can still make it to the singles main draw if he gets a lucky loser spot.
Player Spotlight 2014 Erste Bank Open, Alexander Zverev, ATP results, Daniel Brands
The joy of victory and the agony of defeat
What’s wrong with Young’s game?
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The Irish Washerwoman - LYCO Sheet Music Archive
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The Irish Washerwoman
Composer Traditional
Tags Celtic, Folk, Jig, Solo
Revised 5th September 2013
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(MIDI) The Irish Washerwoman
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From The Fiddler's Companion:
Although the tune has popularly been known as an old, and perhaps quintessential Irish jig, it has been proposed by some writers to have been an English country dance tune that was published in the 17th century and probably known in the late 16th century. Samuel Bayard (1981), for example, concludes it probably was English in origin rather than Irish, being derived from the air called "Dargason," or "Sedany" as it is sometimes called. Fuld (1966) disagrees, believing "Dargason" (which he gives under the title "Scotch Bagpipe Melody") and "The Irish Washerwoman" developed independently. "Dargason" was first printed in Ravenscroft's Pammelia (1609) and appears in the Playford's Dancing Master editions from 1651 to 1690, but subsequently the "folk process" melded the strain to other parts, thus making other tunes (see "The Green Garters" for example) including the precursors to the Washerwoman tune. One of these precursors was the English tune "Country Courtship" which dates from at least 1715 and probably to 1688, in which latter mentioned year it was first entered at Stationers' Hall. "The Irish Washerwoman" appears to have developed from "The Country Courtship," which was extremely popular in the 19th century, as the tune under the "Washerwoman" title was to become a little later. The ending of the jig is the same as the endings of "In Bartholemew Fair" and "The Free Masons." Breathnach (1976) finds the second part identical to that of "Star at Liwis or The Scheme" printed by Walsh in Caledonian Country Dances (c. 1730, pg. 59).
This tune is also listed at The Session.
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The Door to January (Hardcover)
By Gillian French
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2017 Bram Stoker Awards Final Ballot Nominee for Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel
Ever since sixteen-year-old Natalie Payson moved away from her hometown of Bernier, Maine, she's had nightmares. And not just the usual ones. These are inside her, pulling her, calling her back, drawing her to a door, a house, a place, a time. Full of fear, full of danger. So this summer, Natalie's going back to Bernier to face up to a few things: the reason she left town in the first place; the boy she's trying hard not to trust; and the door in her dreams. But once she goes through the door, into a murky past, she's entangled in someone else's world. And only Natalie can help right the wrongs of both the past and the present. Breakthrough author Gillian French skillfully weaves together themes of small town bullies, unsolved murders, time travel, and the force of the spirit in this gripping paranormal thriller.
Growing up in rural Maine led Gillian French to believe that the mystery of the past is all around. She uses her surroundings as a setting for her dark stories that often have a creepy twist. While she's never seen a ghost, she's pretty sure she's heard ghostly footsteps in the night. French's short fiction has appeared in various publications and anthologies. The Door to January is her second YA novel; her first, Grit, was released by HarperTeen in May 2017. French holds a B.A. in English from the University of Maine and is perpetually at work on her next novel.
Publisher: Islandport Press
Publication Date: September 5th, 2017
Maximum Grade Level: 12
Social Themes - Bullying
Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain (Hardcover)
By Abby Norman
Abby Norman's Ask Me About My Uterus is a perfect example of a new voice with wisdom beyond her years. The experience of being a woman in the medical system is ridden with not being believed, being quesitoned, and mistreated/misdiagnosed. Devastatingly truthful and insightful. Not ot mention, Norman is a Mainer!
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To schedule an appointment with one of our attorneys, please call our office at (707)822-1771. We look forward to meeting you.
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Upon his death in 2001, Mr. Stokes was memorialized by Mike Thompson in a congressional tribute:
“John Stokes grew up in Southern California and received his undergraduate education at Santa Barbara State College. In 1942 he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps and was trained to fly the Martin B-26 Marauder. Stationed in England, he flew many missions over France. His 29th mission was the D-Day bombing of the Normandy Coast. After the liberation of Paris, Group Commander Stokes, based in France, made his last combat flight on March 13, 1945. He served with valor and distinction and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with ten Oak Leaf Clusters. Throughout his life, he stayed in touch with survivors of the 344th Bomb Group with whom he had shared the perils of war. He returned often to France to visit with French comrades.
John Stokes returned to California and entered Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley. After graduation in 1948, he moved to Arcata, California with his wife Edith where he practiced law for more than fifty years. He served that community as City Attorney from 1950 to 1983. He was a member of the State Bar Board of Governors from 1979 to 1982 and was Chairman of the Committee of Bar Examiners from 1985 to 1986. Many young lawyers, new to the practice of law, were grateful for his guidance and counsel.”
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Gerry Adams TD welcomes Taoiseach’s commitment to convene ‘all-Ireland conversation’ in November
27 September, 2016 - by Gerry Adams TD
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams TD, speaking in the Dáil this afternoon, has welcomed a commitment made by the Taoiseach to establish an “all-Ireland, all-island conversation to which businesspeople, members of civic society and political parties will be invited” to consider the implications for the entire island in aftermath of the ‘Brexit’ referendum result.
Raising the issue during during Leaders’ Questions, Teachta Adams said:
“I welcome the Taoiseach's commitment to an island-wide process to discuss the implications of Brexit. It would be useful if he would bring forward the details and an indicative date for the plan he has in mind.”
The Taoiseach confirmed later confirmed later in his contribution that it would take place in November.
Teachta Adams said:
“Before and during the summer, the Taoiseach quite rightly acknowledged the unique and unprecedented challenges for the people of the island of Ireland as a result of the outcome of June’s so-called ‘Brexit’ referendum.
“Based on the meeting of party leaders in July, we all agreed that Brexit is the biggest issue facing the island at present, and the Taoiseach agreed to convene an all-Ireland forum to discuss the serious issues involved.
“All of us agreed on this very necessary process of consultation. Not least because of the potential implications for the nature of the border, for citizens, families and communities, both north and south.
“As a result of the British government’s insistence on dragging the north out of the EU against the wishes of a majority of citizens, the entire post-Good Friday Agreement architecture of the island is under threat, including its human rights protocols.
“There is widespread concern across the north, and the south, about such a course of action and the economic consequences for the island”.
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Fox News’ Neil Cavuto Predicts Trump Might Call (SkyWatch TV & Tom Horn Friend) Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis To Take The National Security Advisor Job
Fox News host Neil Cavuto ended a Sept. 10 interview with a prediction that President Trump might be calling Lt. Colonel Robert Maginnis to take on the National Security Advisor position vacated by John Bolton.
Bob Maginnis is a Washington, DC-based broadcast national security and foreign policy analyst with 24 years of extensive experience speaking on tough issues with most major broadcast and cable television and radio outlets including CNN and Fox News. He is an author and columnist with more than 800 published articles on national security and geopolitical issues.
Bob’s book Never Submit, from Defender Publishing, outlines how a very fanatical militarized Islamist region that soon might be armed with nuclear weapons threatens the world with atomic terrorism and the same insidious conditions that promote Christian genocide there could spread to America. In another newer work from Defender, Future War: Super Soldiers, Terminators, Cyberspace & the National Security Strategy for 21st Century Combat, a sobering portrayal of the future chaotic world order details the most daunting of threats and a detailed recommendation on tackling these overpowering challenges. And his latest book, Alliance of Evil, is a must-read for military personnel and civilians alike.
Robert Maginnis was a network news analyst during Operation Iraqi Freedom and served as a member of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s retired military analyst program from 2002 to 2006. Bob is a long-time Pentagon insider having served as an active duty officer on the task force that wrote the homosexual exclusion policy in 1993, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and for the past 14 years he is back in the Pentagon as a project manager supervising a team of international affairs experts as well as directing an Army War College-hosted course training Army officers to plan engagements with foreign partners.
Extensive work experience in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East provides a backdrop for his current service as the vice president for operations and project manager at the Pentagon for MESMO Inc., a Maryland-based small business that specializes in language services, intelligence analysis and security cooperation for the U.S. Government.
Bob has extensive policy experience having served as a vice president for policy at the Washington, DC-based Family Research Council where he focused on human rights, religious freedom, illicit drug policy, foreign affairs and national security. In that capacity he advised senior government officials, spoke internationally and worked with international bodies such as the United Nations. He remains the FRC senior fellow for national security.
He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and the Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey. His special military training includes Ranger and airborne schools, Command & General Staff College and the U.S. Army War College Strategist Course as well as the Defense Language Institute.
Bob and his wife have two grown children.
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Archaeology U.S. History World History Video Newsletter
WANTED: The Limping Lady
The intriguing and unexpected true story of America’s most heroic—and most dangerous—female spy
Unveiled at a recent ceremony in Washington honoring Virginia Hall, this portrait will be added to the CIA's Fine Arts Collection. Painted by artist Jeff Bass, it shows her transmitting messages from occupied France using her suitcase radio. The painting was underwritten by a donation from attorney Robert Guggenhime. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Bass)
By Cate Lineberry
smithsonianmag.com
The Nazi secret police were hunting her. They had distributed "wanted" posters throughout Vichy France, posters with a sketch of a sharp-featured woman with shoulder-length hair and wide-set eyes, details provided by French double agents. They were determined to stop her, an unknown "woman with a limp" who had established resistance networks, located drop zones for money and weapons and helped downed airmen and escaped POWs travel to safety. The Gestapo's orders were clear and merciless: "She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her."
Virginia Hall, the daughter of a wealthy family in Baltimore, Maryland, wanted to become a United States Foreign Service officer, but was turned down by the State Department. Instead, she became one of World War II's most heroic female spies, saving countless Allied lives while working for both Britain and the United States. Now, more than two decades after her death at age 78, Hall's extraordinary actions are in the spotlight once again. In December, the French and British ambassadors honored her at a ceremony in Washington, DC attended by Hall's family. "Virginia Hall is a true hero of the French Resistance," wrote French President Jacques Chirac in a letter read by the French ambassador. The British ambassador presented Hall's family with a certificate to accompany the Order of the British Empire medal Hall received from King George VI in 1943.
Despite their relentless efforts, the Gestapo never captured Hall, who was then working for the British secret paramilitary force Special Operations Executive (SOE). The SOE had recruited her after she had a chance meeting with an SOE member on a train out of France soon after the country fell to the Nazis in 1940. In joining, she became the SOE’s first female operative sent into France. For two years, she worked in Lyon as a spy, initially under the guise of a stringer for the New York Post, then, after the United States entered the war, she was forced to go underground. She knew that as an enemy she would be tortured and killed if she were caught, but she continued her work for another 14 months.
Hall fled France only after the Allies landed in North Africa and Nazis started flooding the country. To escape, she had to cross the Pyrenees mountains by foot into Spain, a difficult task for a woman who had lost her left leg in a hunting accident years before and used an artificial leg she had nicknamed "Cuthbert." As her guide led her across the frozen landscape in mid-winter, she transmitted a message to SOE headquarters in London saying she was having trouble with her leg. The reply: "If Cuthbert is giving you difficulty, have him eliminated."
After the grueling trek, Hall arrived in Spain without entry papers. Officials immediately threw her into Figueres Prison, where she remained for six weeks. She was released only after a freed inmate smuggled a letter written by Hall to the American consul in Barcelona, alerting them to her situation.
She spent the next four months in Madrid working undercover as a correspondent for the Chicago Times before asking SOE headquarters for a transfer. "I thought I could help in Spain, but I’m not doing a job," Hall wrote, as noted in Elizabeth P. McIntosh's book Sisterhood of Spies. "I am living pleasantly and wasting time. It isn’t worthwhile and after all, my neck is my own. If I am willing to get a crick in it, I think that’s my prerogative."
This studio shot of Virginia Hall, circa 1941, was likely taken for her passport. (Photo courtesy of Lorna Catling)
Maj. Gen. William J. Donovan, founder of the OSS, gave Hall the Distinguished Service Cross, the second highest military award for bravery, in 1945. (Photo courtesy of Lorna Catling)
Virginia broadcast radio transmissions in July 1944 from this barn in Le Chambon sur Lignon in the Haute-Loire region. It also served as the setting for Jeff Bass's portrait. (Photo courtesy of Judith L. Pearson)
Virginia lived and worked in this Salvation Army building in Le Chambon sur Lignon in August 1944. (Photo courtesy of Judith L. Pearson)
Hall located fields and coordinated parachute drops of metal tubes, like this one that landed in Le Chambon sur Lignon in 1944, carrying weapons, ammunition and supplies. (Photo courtesy of Judith L. Pearson)
Taken in Le Chambon sur Lignon in 1944, this photo includes Hall and Paul Goillot (far right), a member of the OSS who would later become Hall's husband in 1950. (Photo courtesy of Judith L. Pearson)
King George VI presented Hall with the Order of the British Empire Medal in 1943 for her undercover work in France. (Photo courtesy of International Spy Museum)
A fellow member of OSS, Peter Harrat drew this sketch of Virginia Hall, who worked with Harrat while undercover in the Haute-Loire region of central France. (Photo courtesy of Judith L. Pearson)
Hall used this suitcase radio to transmit messages about German troop movements to London and to coordinate parachute drops of needed supplies for the French Resistance. (Photo courtesy of Judith L. Pearson)
The resistance circuit organized by Virginia Hall destroyed this railroad bridge Pont de Chamalieres on August 2, 1944. (Photo courtesy of Judith L. Pearson)
While the SOE trained her as a wireless radio operator in London, she learned of the newly formed Office of Strategic Services (OSS), America's wartime precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency. She quickly joined, and, at her request, the OSS sent her back into occupied France, an incredibly dangerous mission given her high profile. Unable to parachute in because of her artificial leg, she arrived in France by British torpedo boat.
Her assignment was as a radio operator in the Haute-Loire region of central France. To avoid detection, she disguised herself as an elderly milkmaid, dying her hair grey, shuffling her feet to hide her limp and wearing full skirts to add weight to her frame. While undercover, she coordinated parachute drops of arms and supplies for resistance groups and reported German troop movements to London. By staying on the move, camping out in barns and attics, she was able to avoid the Germans who were desperately trying to track her radio signals.
D-Day loomed. Everyone, including the Germans, knew an Allied landing was imminent, but they didn't know when or where it would take place. Hall armed and trained three battalions of French resistance fighters for sabotage missions against the retreating Germans. As part of the resistance circuit, Hall was ready to put her team into action at any moment. In her final report to headquarters, Hall stated that her team had destroyed four bridges, derailed freight trains, severed a key rail line in multiple places and downed telephone lines. They were also credited with killing some 150 Germans and capturing 500 more.
Soon after the war ended, President Harry Truman wished to present Hall with the Distinguished Service Cross, the second highest U.S. military award for bravery. Hall, however, requested that Maj. Gen. William J. Donovan, founder of the OSS, give her the medal in a small ceremony in his office, attended only by her mother.
"She always avoided publicity," Hall's niece, Lorna Catling, said recently from her home in Baltimore. “She would say, 'It was just six years of my life.'"
Hall also rarely talked about her clandestine work, even to her family. "I do remember one letter [Hall] sent home during the war," Catling says. "She said that the Germans had caught some people and hung them up by a butcher's hook. It was a terrifying letter."
"I think she was concerned about capitalizing on her experiences," says Judith L. Pearson, author of Wolves at the Door, a recent biography of Hall. "People she knew died. She felt obligated to them and wanted to be respectful of their deaths."
Peter Earnest, executive director of the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC and a 35-year veteran of the CIA, says Hall was an extraordinarily brave woman. The museum houses a permanent exhibit on Hall, which includes the suitcase radio she used to send messages to London in Morse code, along with the British Empire medal and some of her identification papers. Her Distinguished Service Cross resides at the CIA Museum in McLean, Virginia.
"She was in imminent danger of being arrested virtually the whole time that she was in France," says Earnest. "She was very aware of the consequences if the Germans picked her up."
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Book Review: Calculated Risk – The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom
Jason Rhian
Image Credit: NASA
Whenever the subject of U.S. space flight is mentioned, the names John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, Sally Ride, and perhaps Alan Shepard come to mind. Gus Grissom is unlikely to top that list, but perhaps he should. A new review of the astronaut’s life, Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom, came out last month (June) and highlights a career, and a life, of someone willing to take risks to achieve great things.
This book is a welcome addition to the scant information about Grissom’s life. Moreover, in the age of internet journalism where writers state everything in the definitive – even when those statements are only loosely verified – George Leopold doesn’t have this issue.
Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom laughs while getting suited up in preparation for his flight on Liberty Bell 7 in 1961. Photo Credit: NASA
Where there are parts of Grissom’s life that can be directly corroborated, Leopold states what is commonly viewed as being true, and also denotes first-hand reports that counter these views.
Even more importantly – the author has obviously done his homework – Grissom’s formative years in Mitchell, Indiana, are covered at length as is the Korean War veteran’s military and NASA years.
“The historical record is incomplete regarding Gus and his career. This was apparent to me and many who have followed the history of manned spaceflight. My goal was to place Gus’s contributions in the context of the history of manned spaceflight and the Cold War. Ultimately, Grissom was a Cold Warrior,” Leopold told SpaceFlight Insider.
Each stage of the aviator and two-time space flight veteran’s career and personal experiences is covered in citations, something which helps provide the reader with sources that validate the accuracy of what they are reading. While this might seem like a common procedure in writing, it isn’t always so.
Moreover, rather than just reuse the tried and true images that the public has seen. One photo, which shows Grissom’s mischievous nature very clearly, has him giving the “single finger salute” to a member of the “media”.
Grissom suited up during training for Apollo 1. Photo Credit: NASA
Grissom’s career at NASA, in some ways, was “guided” – for want of a better word – by the hatches of the spacecraft that he commanded. At the end of his first suborbital trip in Liberty Bell 7 (Mercury-Redstone 4) on July 21, 1961, shortly after splashdown, what appears to have been a short circuit caused the hatch to blow – flooding Liberty Bell 7 with the salty water of the Atlantic.
Six years later on Jan. 27, 1967, it is believed that the exposed wiring inside the Block I spacecraft, tasked with carrying the Apollo 1 crew to orbit, interacted with the 100 percent pure oxygen environment and ignited.
The crew of Grissom, Edward White, and rookie astronaut Roger Chaffee fought to the end – but it was hopeless. The hatch prevented the crew from escaping to safety. The trio lost their lives and provided NASA with the agency’s most public tragedy at that time. NASA would recover and within a year-and-a-half, the Apollo spacecraft – new and improved – would take to the skies.
What Grissom should have been remembered for is his solid work ethic. What those who don’t know about the inner office politics at play during the time might not be aware of is that, in the beginning, the first man on the Moon’s name.
Gus earned everything he achieved. Nothing was given to him. He worked. He also played hard, but mostly he worked his entire life – all 40 years and 9 months. He was happiest solving problems, flying and preparing for his next flight in space, caring not a whit about personal prestige but understanding completely the political and technological significance of being first on the Moon and doing it all in full view of the entire world.
The book Leopold produced works to correct misperceptions about Grissom. Rather than the “hard luck” astronaut, one who could not catch a break. Rather than work from this angle, Leopold takes the view that Grissom, himself, likely had. That the astronaut knew the risks and determined or “calculated” what would likely be the best trajectory.
“Sacrificing the self to a greater cause is still a worthy goal. I think this is why Americans admire Gus so much: He never called attention to himself, would have been amused by all the attention my book has received, focusing instead on getting the job done and moving on to the next challenge,” Leopold said. “America needs heroes, and that is what Gus Grissom represented.”
Retailing for around $29.95, Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom provides insights into one of the astronauts who was there at the beginning of the Space Age. Published by the Purdue University Press, the book is an exceptional read and well worth the investment.
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The honour of the Habsburgs was all that mattered to the imperial Austrian army
Talleyrand should not have sneered at the Austrian regiments — they actually won a surprising number of battles, as Richard Bassett’s For God and Kaiser shows
John Jolliffe
The new Imperial Royal Austrian Light Infantry c.1820
For God and Kaiser: The Imperial Austrian Army Richard Bassett
Yale, pp.568, £25
John Keegan, perhaps the greatest British military historian of recent years, felt that the most important book (because of its vast scope) that remained unwritten was a history of the Austrian army. Richard Bassett has now successfully filled the gap, and few could be better qualified to do so. During many years as the Times’s correspondent in Vienna, Rome and Warsaw, he made friends with most of the leading local experts, as his acknowledgements testify.
The Habsburg army had a reputation for inefficiency and bureaucratic control, which led to Talleyrand’s sneer that it had ‘an unfortunate taste for being beaten’ — a view not borne out by the fact that in the course of three centuries it won more than 350 major victories, far more numerous than its defeats, even though by 1914 it had not fired a shot in anger for a whole generation.
Like Napoleon’s armies with their battle cry of ‘Vive l’Empereur!’, the Austrian regiments’ loyalty was to the Habsburg dynasty, and not to the multiracial empire. Its commanders never pushed their victories too far, and never sought to annihilate their enemies. What mattered was the honour and prestige of the Habsburgs, first and most clearly shown by the last-minute rescue by the Imperial Cuirassiers of the Emperor Ferdinand II from the Bohemian rebels in the Hofburg in 1619. Equally remarkable was its composition. By 1918, various highly decorated regiments contained Bosnian Muslims, Alpine Catholics and Orthodox Serbs, sometimes commanded by Jewish officers (under Franz Joseph, anti-Semitism was a penal offence). Without the element of personal dedication, it is hard to see how such a mixture could have held together.
The first great set piece is the defeat of an immense Ottoman army at the gates of Vienna in 1683, chiefly organised by Count Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg. The arrival of the cavalry under Charles of Lorraine, and of a further 25,000 under Jan Sobieski, the King of Poland, saved the day. But without the heroic defence conducted by those within the city, there would not have been a day to save.
Next came the defeat of Louis XIV in the War of the Spanish Succession, led by the brilliant Prince Eugene of Savoy, culminating in his alliance with Marlborough, and his later recapture of Belgrade from the Sultan. After Eugene’s death the Emperor Charles VI was keener on preserving the empire through diplomacy than with having a strong army, but the Empress Maria Theresa’s reforms gave the army new life for the forthcoming struggle against Frederick the Great, who was always quick to blame others for his own considerable mistakes. If Frederick was great, this book shows that Maria Theresa was greater.
The reform of the Austrian artillery under Prince Liechtenstein, and similar reorganisation of the infantry and cavalry, led to the crushing defeat of the Prussians at Daun in 1756, followed by further decisive victories at Kunersdorf and Maxen, where the Austrians captured 14,800 men, including 16 generals, together with 71 pieces of artillery, for the loss of 900 casualties. So much for Talleyrand.
In the following century the victories and ultimate destruction of Napoleon are too familiar to need summarising. After its earlier defeats, Napoleon could not believe that the Austrian army would emerge, phoenix-like, to prevail at Aspern-Essling.
The new war with Prussia in 1866 was a disaster, however, owing partly to the complexity and duplication of the army’s functions, and Austria took some years to recover. In 1914 came the treachery of Colonel Redl, who betrayed the entire Austrian order of battle to the Russians, and committed suicide when found out. (There is no better guide to the Austrian military atmosphere at the time than Joseph Roth’s brilliant novel TheRadetzky March.) But the mingled politico-military lead up to Sarajevo makes for fascinating reading. Splendid personal details emerge, such as the British delaying the declaration of war to enable Franz Joseph to remove his cash reserves from the Bank of England where he had always kept them.
This book has one shortcoming. Apart from seven small plans of battles, the lack of maps makes it often almost impossible to work out what is going on, or where. A table of dates would also have been helpful. Nevertheless, the determined reader will find the book an eye-opener.
Available from the Spectator Bookshop, £20 Tel: 08430 600033. John Jolliffe is the translator of Froissart’s Chronicles and the editor of Raymond Asquith: Life and Letters.
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This work attempts to create a semi-automated algorithm (called SPARTA) to calculate height, width and slope of surface breaks produced by earthquakes on faults. We developed the Python algorithm using synthetic catalogues, which can include noise features such as vegetation, hills and ditches, which mimic natural environments. We then apply the algorithm to four fault scarps in southern Malawi, at the southern end of the East African Rift system, to understand their earthquake potential.
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SouthworldNews March 2017India. A newspaper by street kids
‘Balaknama’, a newspaper that highlights the problems faced by Indian street children, but not only, the tabloid is also a tool to change their lives.
Damayanti, 12, moves fast along the queue of cars waiting for the green light in one of the busiest streets near the New Delhi railway station. She sells copies of ‘Balaknama’ (the voice of children) newspaper to the drivers, which for more than five years now, has become the voice of street children of New Delhi, who write and produce it and make some money by selling it. The newspaper costs two rupees (10 rupees are 12 Euro cents) and it is currently selling five thousand copies in Hindi and three thousand copies in English. Five thousand street children are involved as writers, producers, photographers and distributors of ‘Balaknama’.
The newspaper director, Chandni, is only 18 years old. She says: ” ‘Balaknama’ has become my identity. When I started to work for the creation of this newspaper, my relatives were rather sceptical, now they are amazed by the results I have reached”.
Chandni was only five when her parents decided to emigrate to New Delhi from Bardilly in Uttar Pradesh, Northern India, in search of work. Being the oldest among her brothers and sisters, Chandni was the one supposed to work in order to support her family economically, therefore she was denied the education that could enable her to escape the poverty trap, even though studying was her great dream.
She tried to sell flowers on the streets, but the police forbade her to do so. In 2010, some members of a non-governmental organization, the Childhood Enhancement Through Training and Action, (CHETNA) arrived at the place where Chandni lived, a slum consisting of a hundred sheet metal and mud small houses, and they offered tuition free to the children living there. Chandni was willing to start studying, but her parents were against this initiative. After long talks with the CHETNA members, Chandni’ s parents allowed her to attend classes.
The NGO also promoted the creation of the newspaper run by street kids; a few months later ‘Balaknama’ was already being sold on the streets of New Dehli and Chandni became the newspaper director. ‘Balaknama’ was officially launched in 2012 not only to provide kids with an economic support, but to let their voices be heard in order to denounce the abuses that street children suffer by the police and the several merchants who exploit them. Gowri is a kid who sells peanuts at the Nizamuddin railway station in the morning and collaborates as a ‘Balaknanma’ reporter in the afternoon. He says: “It’s important to listen to the voice of kids. Adults often do not tell the complete truth”. Kadam, after attending a photography course, has become the ‘Balaknama’ photographer. “The pictures I take on the streets reflect deep feelings and real situations, I am able to capture emotions, feelings much more than just images because I know how it is like out there”. Shanno, a young ‘Balaknanma’ reporter, says: “I ran away from home when I was eight years old, because I didn’t want to marry a man who was 30 years older than me. I suffered many bad experiences when I lived on the streets but the newspaper and the other kids’ stories gave me the strength to react”.
Not just a newspaper
No one knows the exact number of the street children in New Delhi. Some NGOs estimate that they are about 51 thousand. About 23% of street children work as rag pickers to earn a few rupees. They sell materials they collect from dumpsites, bins and from along the roadsides. One can see them carrying their heavy load in a large bag over their shoulder. Another 15% of kids work as street vendors and as many others do not work and make their living by begging.
A relevant part of the newspaper is dedicated to stories of missing children. According to the Association of Human Rights in Delhi, every eight minutes a child disappears in India, and these disappearances are related to human trafficking. “Parents often ask us to publish their children’s pictures in our newspaper”, says Kalidas, one of the young editors of ‘Balaknama’.
The dominant themes of the newspaper are: child exploitation, police abuses and forced marriages. The newspaper not only wants to denounce but it also wants to promote proposals, such as dignified jobs, in order to face street children’s problems. “ ‘Balaknama’ is not just a newspaper, but it is a tool to solve street children difficulties as well as a tool of socialization. Thanks to this newspaper street kids can feel accepted and respected”, says Chandni. (F.L.)
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Home » My Campaigns » Injustice in the financial system
It was in 2000 that I first discovered a systematic explanation of boom-bust business cycles, one of which has caused so much misery around the world: it is the monetary theory of the trade cycle.
I had left the RAF to pursue a career in software at the height of the dot-com boom. While I was investing in an MSc in Computer Science at Oxford, the bust came. I wanted an explanation of why so many entrepreneurs and investors had been misled at once.
A friend mentioned the work of the “Austrian School” economists Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek and others. That school accepts that interest rates are an important price signal about how people value goods in time. A loaf of bread is worth more on the table today than in a year, but by how much? Unfortunately, the financial system is set up to produce massive distortions in the market for credit, whether through direct interest rate manipulation by central banks or by allowing banks to extend credit far in excess of what their assets would support, and with the risks forced onto the public too.
As Mises wrote in Human Action:
The wavelike movement affecting the economic system, the recurrence of periods of boom which are followed by periods of depression, is the unavoidable outcome of the attempts, repeated again and again, to lower the gross market rate of interest by means of credit expansion. There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit expansion, or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved.
We are today in the aftermath of a crisis produced above all by a long period of artificial credit expansion, stoked by the central banks and exacerbated by other flawed state interventions, such as bad accounting standards, deposit insurance, limited liability for bank directors and fiat money.
The UK money supply tripled between 1997 and 2010, widening wealth inequality, raising house prices out of the reach of young people and reorienting the economy towards the City, the South East and housing. Arguably, such an inflation will have destroyed real capital too. Sadly, this chronic inflation has been going on for 40 years since the Bretton Woods monetary system broke down.
The measures taken by the central banks and the Government, including ultra-low interest rates, quantitative easing and “credit easing” will create further problems including increased disincentives to saving, atrocious terms on annuities for those about to retire and further distortions to the structure of the economy. And all the while the Bank of England’s QE programme, and the prospect of it being repeated, is propping up bond prices to keep long term interest rates low, we risk a bursting of that bond market bubble and a further economic shock.
The key issue is systematic state intervention in the financial system. That’s why I joined Toby Baxendale to co-found The Cobden Centre, an educational charity for social progress through honest money, free trade and peace. I also founded Parliament’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Economics, Money and Banking, which held a series of events in collaboration with six partner think tanks. I went on to serve on the Treasury Select Committee, where I advanced these ideas.
I work hard to change the terms of the debate on money, banking and the crisis and to remove the injustice currently inherent in the operation of the financial system. For example, I have:
Fought unjust bank bonuses arising from illusory profits manufactured by poor accounting standards. I brought forward a Bill in May 2011, explaining how bankers are able to unjustly award themselves huge bonuses and setting out measures to deal with the problem. The issue is gaining increasing traction with figures including former Chancellor Lord Lawson and the Bank of England’s Andy Haldane criticising accounting standards. You can find more on this subject here.
Called for increased liability for bank directors and treating bonuses as capital for five years. Those measures would mean bank executives and staff carrying their own commercial risks. I brought forward a related bill in February 2012.
Spoken on the financial crisis with a range of think tanks, voluntary groups and other organisations across and apart from party affiliation, including for example Positive Money.
Consistently spoken in Parliament for substantial reform, beginning with my maiden speech and culminating in the recent debate on money creation and society.
Written many articles on economics on this site, for The Cobden Centre and at Conservative Home (previously here).
Produced supporting material including reading lists, quick guides and presentations on the crisis and what to do about it, including ten plans for reform. I contributed to the IEA’s Ludwig von Mises Primer and the Adam Smith Institute/Cobden Centre paper The law of opposites: Illusory profits in the financial sector written by my Cobden Partners colleague, Gordon Kerr. Please browse this site and The Cobden Centre for more.
A developed society based on the division of labour such as ours needs a good medium of exchange, unit of account and store of value: that is, a good money. It also needs a good system for intermediating that money between savers and entrepreneurs, home buyers and other borrowers.
Unfortunately, as Sir Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, said, “Of all the many ways of organising banking, the worst is the one we have today.” That is what must change if we are to build just and sustainable prosperity for all in our society.
If you wish to learn more about this area, please see the short books in this primer or this longer list.
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Kawhi Leonard’s inspiring resilience essential to Raptors’ Finals chase
Fred VanVleet scored 21 points off the bench and the Toronto Raptors defeated the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 5 to take a 3-2 series lead.
Arden Zwelling | @ardenzwelling May 24, 2019, 2:21 AM
Arden Zwelling @ardenzwelling May 24, 2019, 2:21 AM
MILWAUKEE — Nick Nurse gave Kawhi Leonard the option: want to skip Thursday morning’s shootaround? Get a little more sleep, a little more treatment, a little more time off your feet? Your call.
After all, in rounding out his sixth week of high-intensity, high-leverage, high-usage basketball, Leonard was starting to show the effects. He’d dominated these playoffs through 15 games, but in his 16th, only 48 hours after a 52-minute shift in Game 3’s double-overtime thriller, he looked like his knees had cemented. Sometimes it was his left leg bothering him, sometimes his right. He was constantly grimacing. He walked away from a couple of hard landings with the fluidity of one of those Boston Dynamics robots.
Yeah, by all means, take a morning. But Leonard didn’t want it.
“He said, ‘No, I’m going.’ He wanted to come. He wanted to get out and do some stuff,” Nurse said a few hours prior to Game 5. “So, I think we’ll be okay.”
It’s certainly a reassuring feeling for a head coach. And a reassuring sight as Leonard, whose shootaround energy level typically hovers somewhere between subdued and comatose, was actually pretty lively, joking around with staff and teammates, and graciously providing a foam-rolling demonstration while cameras ran:
Foam rolling 101 with Kawhi pic.twitter.com/63DMRTjSEj
— Toronto Raptors (@Raptors) May 23, 2019
So, in hindsight, we all should have seen it coming. Leonard’s latest transcendent, commanding, can’t-take-your-eyes-off-it performance. A comprehensive 35-point, nine-assist, seven-rebound, two-steal takeover in the other team’s building. A further escalation of the indelible standard he’s set for himself. Just another night at the office, when you trade in domination and your business card reads destroyer of worlds.
“You’re watching a superstar. You have a superstar on your team,” Norman Powell said after the Toronto Raptors snatched Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals from the Milwaukee Bucks Thursday, 105-99. “It’s amazing what he’s doing. We follow behind him. Everything he’s doing from on the floor to off the floor. His leadership. His voice has been amazing for us. It really helped us stay focused on the task at hand.”
Thursday, Leonard was that steadying presence from the start. Energized on their home court and determined not to lose a third-consecutive game for the first time all season, the Bucks came out hot, and pieced the Raptors up over the game’s first five minutes. But in between absorbing those blows, the Raptors found an effective method for staying in the game by simply putting the ball in Leonard’s massive hands.
Down 14 after Eric Bledsoe’s third bucket in the first five minutes? Just run a couple of actions, get Milwaukee’s defence in rotation, and find Leonard in the corner, where he drilled a three, his second — and Toronto’s second — bucket of the game.
Still reeling after Giannis Antetokounmpo drills a jumper for Milwaukee’s 19 and 20th points midway through the quarter? Just play a little two-man ball with Marc Gasol at the other end and watch Leonard step-through into the paint, where he got a bucket and the foul.
Feeling discouraged after George Hill sneaks behind the defence for an uncontested lay-up at the rim, pushing Milwaukee’s lead back up to double-digits? Just jog up the floor, give Leonard space to drive and draw help defenders, and be ready when he kicks it out, as Powell was for a big three.
Leonard scored nine crucial points in that first — the rest of Toronto’s starters combined for two — to help keep things from spiralling out of control. And he might have had more had he not picked up a second foul eight minutes in and headed to the bench.
But it was on that bench where Leonard kept making his impact, talking to his teammates, encouraging them to stand firm in the face of Milwaukee’s blistering start.
“At timeouts, he’s walking back to the bench saying, ‘Play through the adversity, weather the storm,’” Powell said. “Guys were really locked in and not getting out of themselves because of him.”
From the end of the bench, where he had to go sit after picking up two fouls only 90 seconds into the game, Pascal Siakam soaked up everything he could.
“He’s been there. He’s won a championship before. He knows what it takes. And I think that experience definitely helped us just calm down,” Siakam said. “When we’re in the toughest situations, he always comes out and he’s always cool, calm, collected. It’s definitely something that I’m watching. It’s inspiring.”
In nearly 11 second-quarter minutes, the Bucks endeavoured to take Leonard’s offence away, throwing double-team combinations of Antetokounmpo, Khris Middleton, and Brook Lopez at him, collapsing his space. So, Leonard started passing, dishing out three assists in the quarter — remember, playmaking for others is supposed to be his weakness — while Toronto’s defence stiffened at the opposite end. That the Raptors got into halftime down only three was a victory in and of itself.
“I’ve got to give credit to my teammates — they knocked down shots tonight when I gave it to them,” Leonard said. “I’m not a guy that really controls the ball the whole game. I pretty much play off the ball and just try to give other people opportunities. I try not to be, like, a dominant ball player.”
So, what would it look like it he did try? Maybe something like his fourth quarter, which was immense. Four of Toronto’s first five possessions ended with a Leonard attempt, as he slowly seized the game. Four minutes in, he hit a pull-up three in Lopez’s face that vacuumed the life right out of the building. On Toronto’s very next possession, he stepped back and did it again.
Leonard ended up with 15 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter alone — only nine fewer than Milwaukee scored collectively. He played all 12 minutes and had an absurd usage rate of 44.2 per cent in the period. He was everywhere.
“It’s incredible, man. The guy is up there with the greats. Just seeing how he operates and the way he plays the game, it’s amazing,” Siakam said. “His level, man — his level just keeps rising. Every day you see something new.”
That Leonard was primarily guarding Antetokounmpo through this all should not be overlooked. He funnelled the marauding Bucks forward left and right towards help, preventing him from picking up heads of steam and helping force him into a pair of turnovers.
Antetokounmpo now has 23 turnovers in the series. And, after shooting 58 per cent during the regular season, and 52 per cent over the first two rounds of the playoffs, he’s hitting only 46 per cent of his attempts from the field over five games with Leonard primarily in front of him.
Raptors prevail over Bucks in Game 5, take 3-2 lead in Conference Finals
Kawhi Leonard's brilliance has Raptors one win away from NBA Finals
“As impressive as his offence is — and it’s impressive — I get more impressed when he’s down there guarding and making plays and blocking shots and flying in for rebounds,” Nurse said of Leonard’s defence. “My favourite thing is when he just decides once or twice a game to just go take it from somebody and go the other way. Those are huge momentum plays.
“He’s just super competitive, man. He couldn’t wait for the playoffs to get here. And I think he’s played a lot of minutes and he’s banged up. And he says, ‘Everybody’s banged up but I want to play. I’m going to play and I’m ready to play.’ I, again, give him a lot of credit for that.”
You really have to. The load Leonard’s carried this postseason is considerable. You know he’s not feeling great physically. You know he’s tired, run down. But he just keeps taking the floor and raising the bar. He keeps being a source of inspiration for his teammates — a calming, inspiring presence on the court and off. He just keeps going. He won’t even skip a shootaround.
“You’ve just got to have fun with it and enjoy it. Like I told [my teammates] tonight — we were down 10, I told them to enjoy the moment and embrace it. Let’s have fun and love it. This is why we’re here,” Leonard said. “It’s the same mindset I’ve been having throughout the playoffs: just come in, have fun, try to execute the best I can, and play confident. Whatever happens after that is what happens. I know that I put the work in. I can live with the results because I’m having fun and I’m putting my all out on the floor.”
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Sprouse Honored for Legal Contributions
While Harlow Sprouse was never large in stature, he was a giant in the legal field. Sprouse was known for his ethics, his determination, and above all his love of law. Since his passing on April 5th, the legal community has continued to honor his legacy.
In April, the Texas State Senate prepared a Resolution in honor of Sprouse commemorating his life’s work and accomplishments.
The Resolution states, “This venerable gentleman had a far-reaching influence on the Texas legal system, and his firm, Sprouse Shrader Smith, is today one of the foremost law firms in the Southwest.”
It spoke about Sprouse’s many successes, “This proud Texan was a towering figure in legal ethics and jurisprudence; as a civil trial lawyer, as a leader in the State Bar of Texas and as an author, he made a profound and lasting impact on Texas law.”
“For more than 20 years, Harlow served as a board member for the Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism, and his colleagues in the law profession honored him by asking him to run for president of the State Bar of Texas seven times.”
On Tuesday, April 23rd, the Texas State Senate adjourned in memory of Sprouse.
Another tribute to Sprouse came during the Amarillo Area Bara Association annual Spring Institute dinner on May 4th. He was honored with the Chief Justice Charles Reynolds Lifetime Achievement Award. This honor is only given to area lawyers or judges, who have, over the course of their careers, made substantial contributions to the legal profession, community and the Amarillo Area Bar Association. The award was founded as a statement of achievements and memory.
Mark White of Sprouse Shrader Smith, P.C. presented the achievement award to Sprouse’s wife, Jerre, and daughter, Leslie Carson.
Both of these recognitions for achievement distinguish Sprouse for the valued contributions he made in the legal field.
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Tax Court Invalidates Treasury Regulation on Cost-Sharing Arrangements: Tax Court Strikes Down Treasury Rule Requiring Sharing of Stock-Based Compensation Costs in Qualified Cost-Sharing Arrangements Because the Rule Failed the Reasoned Decision-Making Standard
On July 27, 2015, in Altera Corporation v. Commissioner, the United States Tax Court (the “Tax Court”) held that a Treasury Regulation requiring controlled parties that enter into qualified cost-sharing arrangements (“QCSAs”) to share stock-based compensation costs (the “SBC rule”) fails the reasoned decision-making standard enunciated by the Supreme Court in Motor Vehicles Mfrs. Ass’n of the U.S. v. State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co. (“State Farm”) and, as a result, is invalid. Specifically, the Tax Court determined that Treasury had engaged in arbitrary and capricious decision-making in that (i) the SBC rule lacked a basis in fact, (ii) Treasury failed to rationally connect the choice it made in enacting the SBC rule with the facts found, (iii) Treasury failed to respond to significant comments when it issued the SBC rule, and (iv) Treasury’s conclusion that the SBC rule is consistent with the arm’s-length standard of Section 482 of the Code runs contrary to the evidence before Treasury. As a result, the Tax Court invalidated the SBC rule and ruled that Altera was not required to share stock-based compensation costs with a Cayman Islands subsidiary pursuant to a QCSA between those entities. Among the implications of the Tax Court’s decision is that Treasury Regulations are susceptible to challenge as violating the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), particularly those Regulations which were enacted without being subject to the notice and comment rulemaking process.
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Konstantinos Tsiklitiras Biography, Life, Interesting Facts
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The Unfinished Story of the Valiant Greek Athlete
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras was a Greek Athlete. He is best remembered for winning a Gold Medal in the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games in the category of the now defunct standing long jump.
Konstantinos “Kostas” Tsiklitiras was born on 30th October 1888. His birthplace is in the Pylos region of Messinia, Greece. He was from a wealthy and distinguished family. Not much information is available about his parents.
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras moved to Athens from Peloponnese, Pylos after completion of his schooling. In Athens, he started studying commerce at the Merchant Academy. But he did not continue his study. Embracing sports as a career option, Kostas started playing soccer and water polo initially. He also became a member of the Panhellenic Gymnastic society. As a member of the society, Kostas practiced as a track and field athlete. Konstantinos was very much fond of playing soccer in his early days. He played football for his old club of Panathinaikos, called the POA. He played mainly as a goalkeeper in this club.
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, in his formative years, was a track and field athlete. His exploits in this field quickly made him a well-admired field star of Athens. As a member of the Panhellenic Gymnastics Society, he participated in different field events and jumps. He was the Greek Champion 19 times.
In 1906, Konstantinos Tsiklitiras took part in the Intermediate Olympic Games which was held in Athens. He was just a 17-year-old boy at that time. In 1908 London Olympics, Konstantinos made his first appearance. Subsequently, he won silver medals both in the category of standing long jump and standing high jump.
In the 1912 Stockholm Olympic, Konstantinos won a gold medal in standing long jump. The event was discontinued in future Olympics thus making him the last athlete to have won a gold medal in that category of athletics in Olympic Games. He also won a Bronze medal in standing high jump category of that Olympics.
Emerging as the gold medalist in Olympic Games made him a hero in the eyes of Athenians. Thousands of people gathered at the city center to welcome the champion. They celebrated his victory by lifting him up in their arms and carried him from the Omonoia Square to Panhellenios where his sporting club was located. Konstantinos Tsiklitiras was gifted a golden watch by the members of his association. The watch was more special as it had the date of his victory engraved on it. Kostas was also offered a post at the Bank of Athens. The Greek champion willingly accepted the offer.
In 1913 his career in sports came to a sudden stop when he voluntarily decided to participate in the First Balkan Wars. Konstantinos Tsiklitiras was commissioned as a sergeant in the Greek Army and fought at the battle of Bizani. He did have the option of avoiding the conscription in the war. But he insisted on fighting for the country.
PERSONAL LIFE AND LEGACY
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras contracted Meningitis during fighting for the Greek Army in the First Balkan Wars. He died due to Meningitis on February 10, 1913. He was only 24 years of age when he died.
His original family home in Peloponnesos, Pylos has been transformed into a Museum. The Museum highlighted his athletic achievements. A towering marble statue of Konstantinos is adorned in front of the Museum.
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Uncontacted Indians face extinction
'They killed my mother, my brothers and my sisters, and my wife.' Karapiru Awá, survivor of a massacre
Unless the Brazilian government, the World Bank and the mining company CVRD take urgent action, uncontacted Awá Indians in Brazil could soon be wiped out.
In 1982 the Brazilian government and the mining company CVRD received over US$900 million from the World Bank and European Union to develop the iron ore deposits in the Carajás mountains. One condition of the World Bank loan was that all Indian territories within the sphere of the Carajás project should be officially recognised by the Brazilian government, having their boundaries demarcated by FUNAI, the government's Indian agency. Two decades on, and despite the availability of this money, the Awá in Maranhão state are still waiting for their land rights to be recognised. The demarcation has been blocked largely by politicians and businessmen, some of whom have large landholdings on Awá land.
The delay in demarcation has left the Indians' land unprotected, and led to the massive invasion and devastation of the land by loggers, ranchers, and settlers. Even worse, Awá groups have been attacked and killed as the scramble to steal their land and resources intensifies. There are now 276 properties settled in the Awá area, the centre of which has reportedly been heavily invaded. Much of this has happened since 1990, years after the project to protect Indian lands was established by FUNAI and CVRD. Survival fears that the government may try to reduce the size of the Awá area – originally defined as 247,000 hectares. It is crucial that all their land is recognised: the Awá's territory is very important to them (as it is to all tribal peoples) and is necessary to sustain their nomadic way of life.
Moreover, the Awá area is critical as it links two other indigenous areas, the Carú to the south, and the Alto Turiaçu to the north, where Awá also live. There are clear indications that the Awá area is inhabited by uncontacted groups which, according to local FUNAI employees, number at least 50 people. These groups are extremely vulnerable. In December 1998, six of a group of 10 uncontacted Awá died, probably from disease transmitted by outsiders. The survivors now live in Juriti village with other Awá families. Contacted Awá and non-Indian hunters have reported regular sightings of small, uncontacted Awá groups over the last few years.
The Awá people are one of the last nomadic hunter gatherer peoples in Brazil. In 1950 their population was estimated at 800. Today they number less than 400, of whom about 150 are uncontacted. They are widely spread, inhabiting at least four Indian territories in Maranhão. It is believed that 200-300 years ago they were agriculturalists who were forced into nomadism to survive waves of Portuguese and Brazilian settlers invading their land. Now they live in small, mobile groups moving from shelter to shelter in the Amazon forest. They hunt game such as tapir, peccary and monkeys and gather fruits and nuts, especially from the babassu palm. Most of the Awá who have been contacted and live in villages are the survivors of brutal massacres.
The Brazilian government, CVRD and the World Bank are guilty of violating both the Brazilian constitution and the World Bank's operational directive on indigenous peoples by ignoring the Awá's land rights. Failure to act has led to the deaths of unknown numbers of uncontacted Awá and the invasion and destruction of a large part of their land. Survival is calling for the immediate recognition and protection of their land which is the only hope for the survival of Brazil's last nomadic people.
You can help the Awá Indians of Brazil. Click here to write a letter of complaint to the Brazilian government.
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Search - Undeclared - The Complete Series on DVD
Undeclared - The Complete Series
Actors: Seth Rogan, Jay Baruchel, Charlie Hunnam, Carla Gallo, Monica Keena
Director: Jake Kasdan;Judd Apatow;Jon Favreau;Paul Feig
From Judd Apatow, Producer of Freaks And Geeks and Staring Jay Baruchel (Million Dollar Baby ), Seth Rogan (Knocked Up) & Charlie Hunnam ( Children Of Men). Experience college life as seen through the eyes of Steven Karp ... more »a freshman determined to reinvent himself at a new school. Faced with dilemmas as miserable as being "sexiled" to the rec room while roommates use the bedroom and as dire as confronting a girlfriend s jealous stalker-ex-boyfriend Steven and his new friends tackle the challenges of higher education. Named one of Time Magazine's top ten television shows of 2001 and praised for its "pitch perfect" casting. Undeclared is "one of the cum laude comedies of the new season... sneaky funny hoot with endearingly offbeat characters." (Los Angeles Times)All 17 episodes are included! Special Features
5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound
A never-before-seen episode
Director's cut of popular episode with Ted Nugent
18 commentaries with directors, writers & cast
Deleted scenes, auditions, outtakes,rehearsals and extended takes
Loudon Wainwright live concert footage
Museum of Television & Radio Q&A
28-page booklet
Script for unproduced episode « less
Sub-Genres: Lawrence Kasdan, Comedy
Studio: Shout! Factory
Run Time: 10hr 15min
Members Wishing: 13
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My College Experience
Andrew | Chicago, IL, USA | 08/28/2005
"First off, I have to credit this show for its accuracy. I finished my freshmen year of college a few months ago, and I have to say that many of the things that happened in this show either happened to me or someone I knew. The writers must have really done their homework for this show (or didn't do a lot of homework in college and instead lived out these episodes), and the result is a pitch-perfect and hilarious look at college life.
The show is centered around the undeclared Steven Karp (Jay Baruchel), a tall and thin kid (who is actually built very similarly to myself) who was a bit of a geek in high school. He says the word wicked a lot, has a tendency to talk with his hands, and looks uncomfortable in any situation. He lives in a suite style dorm, so he has a roommate, a private lounge, and two other people he shares the lounge with. Lloyd Haythe (Charlie Hunnam), his roommate, is a British pretty boy who is a theater major. In the room on the other side of the lounge lives spacey music major Marshall Nesbitt (Timm Sharp) and calculating Ron Garner (Seth Rogen). The four guys become fast friends, yet they never pass up an opportunity to make fun of each other. Across the hall lives their female companions, Lizzie Exley (Carla Gallo), Rachel Lindquist (Monica Keena), and later Tina Ellroy (Christina Payono). Lizzie is a somewhat hyperactive girl who always tends to have the upper hand in relationships (her boyfriend Eric, played by Jason Segel, is always afraid that she will dump him, even though he's older than her by at least 10 years). Rachel, on the other hand, is more subdued. She is prone to anxiety attacks from being away from home, and she lets it all out by going a little nuts at parties. Tina, who joins the group later, is a bit of a loser, but she doesn't know it. She likes to listen to old songs on an endless loop and is "holding out" for Lloyd. Finally, Steven's dad Hal Karp (Louden Wainwright) is a recently divorced wreck who always seems to end up looking cooler than his son. Lloyd even invites Hal to party with them from time to time.
The side characters are also great. Perry (Jarrett Grode) is sort of the jack-of-all-trades in the dorm, and he really knows how to rub it in. Books (Samm Levine) is a vindictive frat president who takes out his rage on Steven and his fellow pledges, Lucien (Kevin Rankin) is the floor's goofy RA, Hilary (Amy Poehler) is the head RA who isn't quite right, and Eric is a lovable loser who just can't seem to get things to go his way.
The stories and jokes are hilarious. I especially liked the fraternity episodes. I didn't rush, but I remember going to frat parties, and all of the brothers were really nice to me and wanted me to pledge. However, I heard awful things about hell week. In the episodes, Steven decides to pledge, and is in for a surprise when Books pulls a Jeckyll and Hyde on him. In another episode, Marshall hooks up with a Japanese girl named Kikuki (Youki Kudoh) who doesn't speak any English. The two have to communicate using a pair of English/Japanese translaters. Finally, the guys actually write a detailed script in order to "spontaneously" start a game of truth or dare with the girls.
One of the most innovative and original things about Undeclared is the way the characters were written. Unlike every other show, the characters were not written at all before the actors were cast, and the pilot episode was only partially completed prior to casting. While they always knew that they wanted someone to be a Steven-esque character, no other character was planned. Then, they hired the actors who, among other things, were good at improv, and wrote the characters around the actors.
Improv was a big part of this show. There were solid scripts, but the actors were pretty much allowed to make up their own lines as they went along, provided they followed the overarching story. In the extensive extras section, we can watch some of the rehersal footage and see the different lines that were thought up.
We are treated to plenty of extras in this set. Each episode has a commentary track and unaired footage. There is a director's cut of one episode, a panel discussion with the cast, a script, and a booklet with essays from creator Judd Apatow and actor Jay Baruchel.
It's too bad that this show was cancelled so quickly. Time Magazine named it one of the Top 10 New Shows of 2001, and with good reason. Sadly, the show was on FOX, the network that unjustly cancelled Firefly, Wonderfalls, Tru Calling, Greg the Bunny, Andy Richter Controls the Universe and so on. Now that Apatow is making movies, maybe we will get a big-screen version, but it is unlikely. Anyway, enjoy these 18 episodes from a lost TV gem."
Chicken Parmigiana and the Last Boy Scout
Joshua Spaulding | Ossipee, New Hampshire | 10/11/2005
"There are certain television shows that please critics and receive praise from those in the television industry, yet never find a big enough fan base to become truly popular. Arrested Development is such a show today, Freaks and Geeks was another that fit this bill.
Undeclared was certainly a show that was never quite appreciated by audiences, and watching this DVD, it is apparent that people who weren't watching were truly missing out on one of the great looks at college life in modern television.
The show was created by Judd Apatow, the man behind Freaks and Geeks, and now known better as the man behind The 40 Year Old Virgin. Undeclared became his second show in just a few years to last only one year before being cancelled. And it's too bad, because this show really gave a great look at college life.
The show centered around Steven Karp (Jay Baruchel) the typical, nervous freshman, looking to reinvent himself in college, and trying to figure out just who he wanted to be. Baruchel is absolutely perfect in this role. His skinny frame helps his appearance of nervousness and apprehension at every new experience he finds in college. I find myself thinking about people I knew in college, and even of myself a little, and seeing pieces of that in Steven. This was a truly great piece of casting.
Carla Gallo plays Lizzie Exley, the girl of Steven's dreams who happens to live across the hall. While Lizzie is a little more outgoing than Steven, she also is encountering a number of the same problems Steven faces as she enters college. Her biggest issue is her boyfriend, played to perfection by guest star Jason Segel. His jealousness over her friendship and eventual relationship with Steven is a great plot line, one that helps the show stay not only on the college campus, but off it as well.
Monica Keena, who earned distinction as being the first character killed off on Dawson's Creek (Abby Morgan) plays Lizzie's roomate Rachel, the girl who knows she's attractive and uses it to her advantage. Yet at the same time, she can also be the girl next door, much as Lizzie is.
Steven's roomates Lloyd (Charlie Hunnam), Ron (Seth Rogen) and Marshall (Timm Sharp) are truly an eclectic bunch. Lloyd is the charming ladies' man from England, who has absolutely no problems finding ladies. Ron is the resident prankster, often teaming with the others to pick on Steven (in a friendly way). Marshall is the lonely guy, looking for a girl, but really only seeing one, Rachel. The four roomates work very well off each other, each bringing something different to the table.
Christina Payano stars for part of the season as Tina, Lizzie and Rachel''s other roommate. Her character doesn't get a lot of time to develop, as the cancellation stopped any hope for season two.
Legendary folk singer Loudon Wainwright plays Steven's dad, Hal, who breaks the news of his divorce on his son soon after he moves into college. Hal moves close by and eventually starts taking classes on campus, and at one point, even dates one of the RAs in Steven's dorm. He is a constant source of embarrasment for Steven, but at the same time, he is encouraging and supportive of his son.
The show featured guest appearances by a number of great actors. Adam Sandler, Allen Covert, Ben Stiller, Fred Willard, Kevin Hart, Amy Poehler, Will Ferrell, David Krumholtz, Samm Levine, Martin Starr, Busy Phillips, Kimberly Stewart and many others made apperances throughout the season. An obvious connection to Freaks and Geeks is made, as Levine, Phillips, Segel, Starr and Rogen were all regulars on Apatow's former show. These guest characters however, are used very well and make for a well rounded ensemble.
Possibly the best part about this four disc set is the commentaries. Every single regular cast member sat down for at least one commentary, many did more. Apatow and a number of directors and writers also were featured, as were many of the supporting actors who made guest appearances on the show. Like the Freaks and Geeks set, there is a lot of information in these commentaries, and Shout Factory should be commended for getting all the actors together to do these commentaries.
Additionally, there is a Loudon Wainwright concert, a question and answer with cast and crew at the Museum of Television, a script for a second season episode that never existed and audition tapes for the main actors.
This truly is a fine set, with great extras. The high quality of the show made for great television and that fact was captured well in this DVD set."
TOTALLY HYSTERICAL!!!!!!!
S. Schraeder | Scottsdale AZ | 03/30/2007
"This is just as good as Freaks and Geeks. I loved both shows SO MUCH!!! If you ever went to college it will make you laugh and cry, mostly laugh. I hope Judd Apatow and Paul Feig never ever ever give up making great shows, even though they keep geting screwed by the networks. They are GENIUSES!!!! Please do yourself a favor and buy this - I swear it will make you happy!"
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The data which proves socialism – not 'foreign meddling – is behind Venezuela's crisis
Daniel Mahoney
Venezuelan economic crisis
6 September 2017 • 2:29pm
An opposition activist during a protest against the newly inaugurated Constituent Assembly in Caracas on August 4, 2017 Credit: Ronald Schemidt/AFP Photo
This week Parliament debated the deepening chaos in Venezuela. Even today, many Labour MPs, including Jeremy Corbyn himself, continue to apologise for the legacy of Hugo Chavez. Some on the British Left blame the current crisis on meddling by Western powers; others say it is the work of Chavez's successor President Maduro.
If either of these things is true, then those who supported Chavez when he was alive need not apologise or rethink their position. But as we at the Centre for Policy Studies have laid out in a report this week, Chavez's reform agenda was always doomed to disaster – and so, by extension, would Corbynism. Here's how.
During the 14 years that Chavez was president of Venezuela, mass nationalisations and widespread price controls led to Venezuela going from average in terms of economic freedom to having one of the most repressive systems in the world. Chavez apologists argue that these interventions were justified as poverty fell over his term. World Bank figures do indeed show that absolute poverty fell from 50 per cent to 30 per cent from 1998 to 2013.
However, this was only achieved because Venezuela – which has the largest proven oil reserves in the world – saw its oil export revenue increase by 600 per cent over this period. These booming oil revenues came not from any increases in productivity or output, but from an exponential growth in global oil prices. The drop in poverty over the Chavez era therefore masked a series of structural problems that were emerging in Venezuela.
As early as 2006, price controls were producing food shortages as wholesalers stopped deliveries. Chavez was forced to increase imports nearly 100 per cent to fill the gap – a strange policy for someone that advocated the exproporiation of farmland "to end dependence on food imports". Price controls were also giving perverse incentives to government officials and private individuals to game the system and siphon off public money for private gain. Subsidies for food created a thriving smuggling economy, whereby goods would be bought in Venezuela under the controlled prices and sold in neighbouring countries for an easy profit. Even President Maduro conceded in 2014 that nearly 30-40 per cent of domestic goods were being smuggled to Colombia.
Venezuela's unrestrained spending was also evident since 2006. Ricardo Hausmann, a professor at Harvard Kennedy School, commented that Venezuela's government "were spending as if the price of oil was $200 a barrel". This is supported by the evidence. In 1999, Venezuela ran a budget surplus. By the end of President Chavez's tenure in 2013, Venezuela's budget deficit hit a whopping 14.3 per cent of GDP (compared to Britain's 2.6 per cent in March 2017). This was despite the 600 per cent growth in oil export revenues. Some defenders of the regime point to the recent fall in Venezuela's debt to GDP ratio, but this is only occurring due large sell offs of foreign reserves and, more recently, gold reserves.
Mass nationalisation and expropriation has also been hugely problematic, often coming at a big cost to Venezuela. The Arbitration Tribunal of International Centre Disputes has ordered a succession of compensation agreements from the Venezuelan government. Productivity has collapsed in the oil industry and there is now no accurate record of the amount of income flowing into the Treasury. Steel production has fallen by 92 per cent following the nationalisation of the leading producer. A similar story is observed in the sugar industry: in 2006, Chavez nationalised ten of the 16 privately owned sugar refineries, and since then production has collapsed by two thirds.
Profile | Hugo Chávez
Then, of course, there is the rampant corruption arising from the reforms. Skilled technicians and managers in the oil industry were sacked and replaced with Chavez's supporters. Specific examples of foul play are numerous. For instance, it was reported that $500m from the state-run oil company found its way into a pyramid scheme run by government-linked financiers, none of whom were faced prosecution.
Chavez showed us that there is a different and a better way of doing things… It’s called socialism, it’s called social justice, and it’s something that Venezuela has made a big step towards Jeremy Corbyn
It did not have to be this way. Venezuela’s regional competitor Chile – sometimes referred to as "the lonely success story" – is now Latin America's wealthiest country, and its poverty headcount has plunged over the past decade. This is particularly impressive given that demand for copper, which is Chile's largest export, has recently dampened. The OECD attributes the extraordinary success to economic reforms such as trade and investment liberalisation and sound macroeconomic policies.
So, will Venezuela reverse the tragedy of the Chavez era? Quite the opposite. Unable to pay for the array of subsidies and welfare programes, President Maduro is doubling down. In response to the crisis he printed more money, which inevitably led to extraordinary inflationary pressures. Further price and currency controls have made imports even more expensive, causing them to slump by 34 per cent from 2013 to 2015. A vicious cycle is in the making.
Apologists for the Chavez regime argue that, along with "external influences", Venezuela's over-reliance on oil is the major cause of the current crisis. While it is a cause, it is not the only one. Price controls, mass nationalisation, profligate fiscal policy and ever-growing corruption under the Chavez era – followed on by Maduro – have sown the seeds of the current major economic and political calamity.
This makes Corbyn’s pronouncement that President Chavez "showed us a better way of doing things" deeply disturbing, particularly given that all of his key allies have been lavishing praise on the regime. Chillingly, it could be an insight into some of the plans that a Corbyn government would have for the UK.
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Bride 'cons fiance and his friends out of £13,000 stag fund'
Rachel Doran and Chris Mahone Credit: Facebook
Victoria Ward
9 September 2017 • 12:42am
A bride-to-be has been accused of conning up to £13,000 from her fiance and his friends by pretending she had booked them a stag do in Ibiza.
Rachel Doran, 29, is said to have told Chris Mahone, 27, she had arranged a four-day stag party, taking a reported £440 from each of the group of 30.
But when Mr Mahone arrived at the airport to meet his friends, he discovered they had been duped.
Miss Doran, a factory worker, is said to have fled the couple's home near Whitehaven, Cumbria.
It is claimed that she was seeking revenge after mistakenly believing her fiance had cheated on her.
One of the furious stags told the Sun: “She’s taken £13,000 from us for a stag do that didn’t even exist.
“Some of us only earn £200 a week and have been saving since March. It’s scandalous.”
Mr Mahone, who works at the Sellafield nuclear power plant, wrote to friends on Facebook: “I can’t apologise enough. I’m sorry boys, I really am.”
It is claimed that the stags were asked for a £120 deposit in March and had until July to find the rest.
They were then given authentic-looking travel documents, apparently from a local tour company, before heading to Leeds-Bradford Airport.
One said: “We got there with the boarding passes, with Jet2 on the top and Cumbria Travel at the bottom. There was a reference number and everything.
“We handed it in at the check-in desk but there was no record of us. We then phoned the hotel in Ibiza and they’d never heard of us.
Chris Mahone and Rachel Doran Credit: Facebook
“We contacted Rachel and she was adamant it was genuine. Then she offered to pay for flights there and then. After that we couldn’t get hold of her. She just vanished.”
Reports suggest that Miss Doran's own family have turned against her after hearing about the alleged deception.
Her grandmother, Monica McKee, 81, said: “Her parents are just devastated, embarrassed and disgusted — they won’t even come out the house."
Miss Doran and Mr Mahone, who had been together three years, were reportedly planning to get married in their home town of Cleator Moor at Christmas.
Miss Doran could not be contacted for comment.
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Bernece Berkman (1911–1988)
Jews Fleeing War, 1939
39 ½ x 29 ½ in. (100.3 x 74.9 cm)
Collection of Bernard Friedman
Photo: Jamie Stukenberg
Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012)
And A Special Fear For My Loved Ones, 1946-47
Linocut on cream wove paper
Image: 8.4 x 6 in. (213 x 153 mm)
Sheet: 15.2 x 11.2 in. (385 x 285 mm)
The Art Institute of Chicago, restricted gift of the Leadership Advisory Committee, 2005.142.3.
Art © Catlett Mora Family Trust/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
José Clemente Orozco (1883–1949)
78 ¼ x 48 ¼ in. (198.8 x 122.6 cm)
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Joseph Winterbotham Collection, 1941.35
© 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico City
Reproduction, including downloading of Jose Clemente Orozco works is prohibited by copyright laws and international conventions without the express written permission of Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
William McBride (1913–2000)
Robert Abbott Founds the Chicago Defender, 1963
36 x 46 ½ in. (91.4 x 118.1 cm)
DuSable Museum of African American History, 1987.15.22
Migrations to Chicago: Push and Pull Factors for Chicago Immigrants, 1890 – 1950
Rick Cardis, Evanston Township High School
This lesson will deal with the experience of immigrants in Chicago from 1890-1950. Students will analyze artwork and primary sources to compare and contrast the way various texts address the factors that pushed and pulled immigrants and migrants to Chicago and other U.S. cities in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Students will consider why African Americans in the South, Mexicans, and Eastern European Jews left their homes. They will also analyze why Chicago and other U.S. cities were desirable destinations. Students will share their findings in oral presentations and will create a Venn diagram that compares the push and pull factors encountered by these different groups. As a concluding activity, students will write narratives that illustrate the push and pull factors that led migrants and immigrants to Chicago.
Please note: Some of the primary sources for this lesson use racially offensive language and describe violent acts motivated by racism and prejudice. One of the artworks used in this lesson depicts the aftermath of a lynching. Review the materials ahead of time so you know what to expect. Prepare students by discussing why it is important to examine these sources even though they are troubling. You may wish to describe their historical and social context and explain that the goal of this lesson is to examine the hardships that pushed people to leave their homes, which included experiences of racism and violent persecution.
Grade Levels: 9–11
Time Needed: 5 class periods, 40–50 minutes each
Background Needed
The following lesson may be a useful preparation for this lesson, since it will introduce the topic of the Great Migration and will help students learn to closely analyze a work of art:
The Great Migration and Walter Ellison’s Train Station
What factors can cause people to leave their homes and move to a new and different place?
What hopes and expectations do immigrants carry with them upon arrival in a new place?
Enduring Understandings
Immigrants and migrants moved to Chicago and other American cities, pushed by economic and social strife, and pulled by hopes and expectations of freedom and economic opportunity.
Immigrants and migrants came to Chicago and other American cities from many different places. They had some common motivations and expectations and some that were unique.
Students will read closely to determine what a text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it.
Students will cite specific textual evidence when writing to support conclusions drawn from a text.
Students will analyze how two or more texts address similar themes and topics in order to build knowledge.
Students will write narratives to develop imagined experiences and events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
Students will present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Key Vocabulary
the Pale of Settlement
racial etiquette
sharecropper/tenant farmer
Zapata/Zapatista
Standards Connections
Anchor Standards in Reading: http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/CCRA/R/
CCSS-ELA Reading Anchor Standard 1: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1
CCSS-ELA Reading Anchor Standard 9: ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.9
Anchor Standards in Writing: http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/CCRA/W/
CCSS-ELA Writing Anchor Standard 3: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.3
Anchor Standards in Speaking and Listening: http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/CCRA/SL/
CCSS-ELA Speaking and Listening Anchor Standard 4: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.4
chart paper and markers
writing journals or paper
self-stick notes in two colors
a computer with Internet access
an interactive whiteboard or another classroom projector
Elizabeth Catlett, And a Special Fear for My Loved Ones
Bernece Berkman, Jews Fleeing War
José Clemente Orozco, Zapata
William McBride, Robert Abbott Founds the Chicago Defender
Art Study: And a Special Fear for My Loved Ones, Read to Build Knowledge
Art Study: Jews Fleeing War, Read to Build Knowledge
Art Study: Zapata, Read to Build Knowledge
Art Study: Robert Abbott Founds the Chicago Defender, Read to Build Knowledge
Push and Pull Factors, Document Sets 1-3
Push and Pull Factors Graphic Organizer
Venn Diagram of Push and Pull Factors
Lesson Steps
Lead a “What would you take?” activity: Tell students to imagine that they must leave their home, possibly forever, and they can only bring what will fit into a backpack. Ask the questions below to help prompt the students. You may wish to make this a homework assignment prior to beginning the lesson:
What would you want to take? What would you need to take?
What might you have to leave behind that would be difficult?
How would you feel as you made these decisions?
Write down a list of the items you would bring with you. Be prepared to discuss why you would bring them.
Have students briefly study three works of art: Project these images or provide copies of them to students:
Elizabeth Catlett: And a Special Fear for my Loved Ones
Please note that the first image, And a Special Fear for my Loved Ones, directly reveals the violence of a lynching. The other two images suggest violence without portraying it as directly. Be sure to inform students that all three images were created by artists who came from the racial and ethnic groups that experienced this violence. The artists were expressing what they knew to be true. While it is difficult to view these artworks, it is also a way to honor those who suffered and endured during these terrible events.
Tell students to study each image for a few minutes to see if they can identify what’s going on in the image. Have them record their initial responses, using vivid words to describe what they see. To provide more guidance, pose questions such as the following as students are studying the images:
What is happening in the image? How do you know?
Where do you think this scene is taking place? What kind of place is shown in the image? What clues make you say that?
In what time period might the scene in the image take place? What do you see that makes you think that?
What do you notice about the people in this image?
What motive might the artist have for showing this scene?
Have students share their observations: Pair students and have them discuss their ideas about each image with their partners. Then have the class discuss how each image represents part of a violent series of events in the twentieth century that forced many to flee their homelands.
Have students become “experts” on an image: Depending on the size of your class, divide students into three or six groups and assign an image to each group. Distribute copies of the related “Read to Build Knowledge” Art Study text to each student in the group—for either And a Special Fear for My Loved Ones , Jews Fleeing War, or Zapata. Members of each group should read the text together and note the additional insights they gain from the text about the image and the difficult situation it portrays. Then have representatives from each group present what they have learned about the image and how it portrays a situation that might make people decide to leave their homeland.
Revisit the “What would you take?” activity: Ask questions like the following:
Put yourself in one of the situations represented in the images. What factors would motivate you to leave?
Imagine that you were fleeing from the situation depicted in the image. How would you change the packing list that you prepared earlier?
What problems and dangers do you think you would face as you were fleeing?
What thoughts and feelings would go through your mind as you prepared to leave?
Introduce William McBride’s painting Robert Abbott Founds the Chicago Defender: Project the image and give students a minute to study it. Then discuss the image with questions like the following:
What are the first things you notice about this painting?
How would you describe the setting?
What do you notice about the man’s appearance?
The title of this painting is Robert Abbott Founds the Chicago Defender. What further insights does this give you about the painting?
Share an informational text about the painting: Distribute copies of the Art Study: Robert Abbott Founds the Chicago Defender, Read to Build Knowledge. Have students work with partners to closely read this text and to find more information about the painting. Then discuss the painting and the text with questions like these:
What does the painting show about the early days of this newspaper?
In the painting, consider the expression on Robert Abbott’s face. After reading the text, what do you imagine he might be thinking at this moment?
Based on what you’ve learned from this Art Study and the Art Study: And a Special Fear for My Loved Ones, what do you think the Chicago Defender meant to African Americans?
Discuss push and pull factors related to migration and immigration: Explain to students that although the Chicago Defender was published in Chicago, it quickly became a national newspaper as African American train workers, mostly porters on Pullman Sleeping Cars, smuggled it into the South. The Pullman Company was once the largest employer of African American men in the age before most people traveled by car or airplane. Thanks to the many train workers who brought copies of the Chicago Defender to the South, the paper was influential in encouraging black people to leave the South and migrate north to Chicago.
Remind students that they have already examined the motivations that people have had for leaving their homelands, such as racism in the South, times of war in Mexico, and religious persecution in Eastern Europe. Explain that these motivations can be called “push factors” because they push people from their homes. When people go to a new place, they have expectations about how life in their new home will be better. These expectations can be called “pull factors” because they pull people toward the new place.
Ask students to consider why Robert Abbott might have wanted African Americans to move to Chicago. If needed, point out that the newspaper was important in publicizing the brutality of racism and violence black people faced in the South, and it publicized the opportunities Chicago provided, especially jobs. The Chicago Defender provided an ongoing commentary highlighting the push and pull factors around migration to the North.
Introduce the document sets: Explain that students will work in small groups, and each group will examine one set of primary source documents. They will look for evidence in the documents that helps them identify push and pull factors for people moving to Chicago and other U.S. cities from the American South, Eastern Europe, or Mexico. Then they will share their findings with the rest of the class.
As background, provide more context for African American migration and immigration from Eastern Europe and Mexico in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
African-American migration: Beginning with a slow trickle of migrants in the early 1900s, African Americans moved to the North in much larger numbers when defense factories needed workers during World War I. The opportunity to escape the prejudice, discrimination, racial violence, and poverty of the South was welcomed by many African Americans. Large northern industrial cities, like Chicago, were the destination.
Immigration of European Jews: In the 1800s and early 1900s, large numbers of Jewish immigrants left Eastern Europe and moved to U.S. cities such as Boston and Chicago. They were escaping violent anti-Semitism, or discrimination against Jewish people. In the Russian Empire, for example, Russian rulers had confined Jews to a geographic area known as the Pale of Settlement, and they were not allowed to move freely throughout the empire. From the 1800s through the early 1920s, Jews were the victims of large, organized, brutally violent riots known as pogroms, which resulted in the murder of many Jews and the displacement of millions.
Mexican immigration: The border between the U.S. and Mexico has shifted over time and movement was often fluid in both directions. Political instability, revolution, and poor economic conditions in the late 1800s and early 1900s caused many Mexicans to move to the U.S. While work in agriculture was common, many Mexican immigrants moved to Chicago and other cities when offered better paid jobs in factories.
Have students analyze primary sources: Depending on the size of your class, form three or six groups of students. Distribute one document set from Push and Pull Factors, Document Sets 1-3 to each group, with each member receiving a copy. Note that some documents must be accessed online for permissions reasons. The document sets are:
Document Set 1: The Great Migration
Document Set 2: Mexican Immigrants in Chicago
Document Set 3: European Jews in Chicago
Distribute copies of the Push and Pull Factors Graphic Organizer. If the groups designate a student to record their notes, each group will need one graphic organizer per primary source document. Alternately, each student can complete a graphic organizer for each document in the set. Tell students they should work together to analyze the primary sources in their document set. They should record the push and pull factors that led people to Chicago and other U.S. cities, citing evidence from the documents to support their identification and analysis.
If students need more support, you could begin by conducting a close reading of one of the sources for the class, modeling how to identify and record the push and pull factors. You can also ensure that the groups include students at various ability levels. Allow more time for students to examine and discuss each document. Circulate among the groups providing additional modeling and support as needed.
Point out that some of the sources have offensive language and/or describe acts of violence. Remind students that analyzing these sources will give them a deeper sense of the difficulties that forced people to leave their homelands.
Have the groups present their findings: Distribute chart paper and markers to the groups. After each group has analyzed one of the document sets, the group members should prepare a visual on the chart paper that shows the push factors and pull factors that they discovered in their analysis. They should use the visual in an “expert” oral presentation that explains these factors to the rest of the class and presents evidence from the texts that supports their ideas.
Have students compare push and pull factors with a Venn diagram: Tell students that after hearing their classmates’ responses and after looking at the documents and artworks over the past days, they should be getting the sense that people moved to Chicago from Eastern Europe, Mexico, and the American South for many of the same reasons. Yet people also had unique reasons for moving. Explain that students will now work in groups to compare the motivations and expectations of people moving to Chicago in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Form groups of students that include “experts” for each document set. Distribute self-stick notes in two colors to each group. Have students identify the push and pull factors that led Jews from Eastern Europe, Mexicans, and African Americans to Chicago and other U.S. cities. Push factors should be recorded on one color of the notes, while pull factors should be recorded on another color. Students should record as many push and pull factors as they can for each group. On the self-stick note, they should identify and describe the factor and the group it applies to. On the board or on chart paper, create a large Venn diagram like the one shown on the Venn Diagram of Push and Pull Factors. Have students place the self-stick notes in the proper area of the diagram.
Discuss the results: Have students examine the completed Venn diagram and discuss it with questions such as the following:
Based on your work identifying the motivations and expectations of different groups of people moving to places like Chicago, would you say they have more common reasons or unique reasons for moving?
Do any of the results in this comparison surprise you? Why?
Think of other people who have come to live in Chicago from different parts of the world. Can you give examples of push and pull factors for them? In what ways are their motivations and expectations the same as the groups that you have studied? In what ways are they unique?
Revisit the images: Divide students into small groups of three or four. Display the four images for this lesson again. Ask students to study the images again, and as a group, list three things they now know about what could be going on in each artwork. Have them list one or more questions they still have about the images. Then invite the groups to share their ideas.
Have students write narratives about the images: Tell students to compose a narrative about one or more of the images that reveals the push and pull factors behind someone’s decision to leave his or her homeland. Students might choose to write a first-person narrative, a poem, a dialogue, or use another format to express the motivations and expectations of people who are migrating. They may work alone, with a partner, or in small groups of three or four depending on the format they choose. Invite students to share their narratives with the class.
Write About a Move: Ask students to write a description of a move that they or someone in their family had to make. What were the push and pull factors that influenced this move? Alternately, students can write about where they would like to move and why, mentioning the push and pull factors that would influence their decision to go somewhere else.
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Reynolds proposes individual tax cuts
Amid revenue shortfall
BARBARA RODRIGUEZ
DES MOINES, Iowa — Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday said she envisions a multi-year tax plan for Iowa that would reduce taxes on individuals immediately but hold off on corporate tax cuts for later, an effort she’ll push despite lower-than-expected state revenue that keeps creating budget shortfalls.
The Republican governor gave few details of the tax plan during her Condition of the State address, a major annual speech to lawmakers at the state Capitol. Formal legislation isn’t expected for several weeks, according to her staff.
Reynolds highlighted an interest in eliminating an existing provision in Iowa tax code, known as federal deductibility, which allows Iowans to deduct what they paid in federal income taxes from their state income taxes. Reynolds wants to get rid of the provision because the new federal tax cuts approved in Congress will trigger automatic tax increases for Iowans, creating a windfall to the state.
“It creates complexity and worse, it means that when your federal taxes go down, your Iowa taxes go up,” she said.
Reynolds’ remarks clash with her plan to use the immediate extra money from the federal tax law — about $11 million for the current spending year — to offset an existing budget shortfall of about $35 million.
The Republican-controlled Iowa Legislature, which convened Monday, borrowed about $144 million last year to offset two previous budget shortfalls. Republicans have indicated they want to pay back the borrowing within two years, though Reynolds’ staff said Tuesday she wants to extend that timeline by a year.
How lawmakers manage the state budget while maintaining services in the future will be scrutinized if the eventual tax cut proposal results in a reduction to state revenue. Republicans have vowed to make it work.
“We’ve always said we’re going to be pragmatic about it,” said House Speaker Linda Upmeyer, a Clear Lake Republican. “We are not going to find ourselves in a position where we can’t take care of the things that Iowans expect us to.”
Some Republican-led states such as Kansas have cut taxes hoping to spur economic growth, with disastrous results. Revenue in Kansas fell far short of expectations after tax cuts and the Legislature last year repealed some of the cuts.
Reynolds acknowledged the budget limitations by saying her tax proposal won’t include corporate tax cuts for now.
Iowa’s state income taxes for individuals range up to 8.98 percent and corporate rates up to 12 percent.
“It may take a multi-year effort, but we’re going to completely reform our tax code,” she said.
Reynolds said she wants a bipartisan task force to study state tax credits and offer recommendations before the next legislative session in 2019. The credits are expected to cost the state more than $400 million in the current budget year, which Democrats say shows poor spending priorities within the state’s roughly $7.2 billion budget. Republicans say some programs were created with Democratic support.
Reynolds got multiple rounds of applause during her roughly 44-minute speech, including during a reference to the state’s highly criticized Medicaid program. The program, privatized in 2016, has been plagued by complaints from health care providers and patients about reduced services.
Reynolds defended the program, and reiterated mistakes were made in the transition.
“My promise to you is we will make this right,” she said.
Reynolds has said she wants a state agency to work out issues instead of the Legislature.
Peaceful protests were held at the state Capitol after the governor’s address, with one event focused on raising the state’s minimum hourly wage beyond the $7.25 federal level. Reynolds did not bring up the topic in her speech, instead focusing on workforce training opportunities.
Sonya Sayers, of Des Moines, was one of the protesters. The 54-year-old said she works at McDonald’s and makes $9 an hour. She and others want to raise Iowa’s minimum wage to $15 an hour.
“We’re not thinking crazy. We’re thinking about our lives and surviving,” Sayers said.
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LifestyleHoliday
New Year's Eve by the numbers: 175M in the U.S. will watch the ball drop
Data reveals the next day is big for auto thefts
By: Scripps National
Stephanie Keith
<p>People throw confetti on New Year's Eve in Times Square on January 1, 2018 in New York City. </p>
About 15 percent of Americans will go to public events or parties this New Year's Eve. Others will celebrate with family or at home.
Data from WalletHub shows that at least 3 percent won't celebrate it at all (and 12 percent fall asleep before midnight in their time zone). It's not America's favorite holiday ... in fact, WalletHub says it's fourth in line behind Christmas, Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July.
For folks who plan to travel somewhere to celebrate New Year's Eve, the top destinations are Orlando, Florida; Anaheim, California and Honolulu, Hawaii — perhaps signaling that northerners are ready to forget about a White Christmas and are dreaming of warmer weather.
Revelers in Times Square, where the largest of televised NYE celebrations that evening will occur, will be there with 1 million others. There will be more than 5,000 police officers patrolling the event.
And the ball that drops at midnight — made of 2,688 Waterford Crystal triangles — weighs as much as three large pickup trucks, or about 11,800 pounds.
An estimated 175 million people in the U.S. will watch the ball drop at midnight, and more than 1 billion worldwide will watch, WalletHub says.
The next day: Sanitation workers sweeping through Times Square will clean up 1.5 tons of confetti that gets dropped at midnight, and 50 tons of trash left by the folks who hung out there the night before.
WalletHub reports it takes more than half a day for those sanitation workers to clean up Times Square.
No matter where you celebrate, make sure on Jan. 1 you lock up your vehicles: Statistics show New Year's Day is the most popular holiday for car thefts, just above President's Day in February and Halloween in October.
See more about New Year's Eve from WalletHub.
Source: WalletHub
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What's on this weekend across Calderdale in 60 seconds
Abigail Kellett
Published: 12:00 Thursday 28 November 2019
There's plenty to get involved in this weekend and throughout next week in Calderdale. Here are ten of the best things to do across the borough:
Halifax Minster Christmas Tree Festival: Halifax Minster, November 29-December 2 - www.halifaxminster.org.uk
Halifax Minster will be filled with the wonderful scent and magical sight of over 30 Christmas Trees for this annual event. The Festival runs from November 29 to December 2 from 10am to 5pm Friday, Saturday and Monday and 12pm to 5pm on Sunday. Refreshments will be on sale and the Minster shop will be open. £2 entry for adults and children free.
Halifax Minster Christmas Tree Festival
Todmorden Christmas Lights Switch On and Market: Todmorden, November 30, 5pm - www.visittodmorden.co.uk
The ever-popular annual Christmas Lights Switch On event in Todmorden will take place on Saturday, November 30. The switch on, which will take place at 5pm this year, is being carried out by a local child under the age of 11 who will be selected from a raffle entry with all monies raised going to the Mayor of Todmorden’s nominated Charity ‘Music for the Many’.
There’ll be plenty to do on the day including children’s fairground rides, face painting, a Punch and Judy Show, a walkabout Magician, a Santa’s Grotto, a Santa’s Workshop and more.
Todmorden Brass Band will lead some seasonal carol singin in the run up to the switch on and there will also be a full Saturday market to enjoy.
Santa at Westgate Arcade: Westgate Arcade, Halifax, November 30-December 1, 11am-5pm - www.westgatearcade.co.uk
Youngsters can meet Santa and his elves at the Westgate Arcade from Saturday, November 30 from 11am. Santa will be greeting visitors in his magical grotto, where they can hand over their wish lists and receive a gift. Every Saturday and Sunday Santa will be making an appearance in Halifax from Saturday, November 30 to Sunday, December 50 between 11am and 5pm. He will then visit every day from December 16 to December 24 between 11am and 5pm. Tickets cost £5 per child which includes meeting Santa and his elves, a gift and a wonderful certificate.
Elf Jr The Musical: St Michael’s Church Hall, Mytholmroyd, November 28-30, 7.15pm nightly, 2.15pm Saturday matinee - 07716 408196
St Michael’s Amateur Juniors in Concert are proud to present “Elf Jr. the Musical”. Performed by children for children, this is the perfect way to introduce youngsters to live theatre. Based on the classic film starring Will Ferrell, this production follows Buddy on his musical adventure from the North Pole to NYC as he meets his father and restores Christmas Spirit. Suitable for all ages and the perfect way to get into the Christmas spirit. The performances will take place St Michael’s Church Hall, Mytholmroyd.
Christmas ARTfair: The Waterfront Hall, Hebden Bridge Town Hall, November 30-December 1, 11am-4pm - www.artbound.co.uk
Visit Hebden Bridge Town Hall for two days of family-friendly Christmas shopping. The event will celebrate affordable gifts by local and regional artists, jewellers, sculptors and more. With Christmas shopping in mind, they’ll be something for everybody located within the picturesque Waterfront Hall of The Town Hall, including an onsite Cafe brewing warming drinks and serving tasty treats. There will also be the chance to see the ‘Winter Showcase’ exhibition throughout the foyer and cafe area until December 21.
Christmas at Kershaw’s: Kershaw’s Garden Centre, Brighouse, November 30, 1.30pm-4pm - www.kershawgardencentre.co.uk
Visitors to a Brighouse Garden Centre are in for a treat this weekend when Father Christmas will make for an appearance. On Saturday, November 30 at Kershaw’s Garden Shopping Centre Santa will arrive on a sleigh pulled by Rudolph the vintage tractor and joined by Dapple the unicorn. There will be something for everyone to get involved in at the festive event. Activities will include free face painting and mince pies, fun and games, competitions, balloon magic, Christmas crafts and special offers for mums and dads, with music from a Brass Band. The family fun day will begin at 1.30pm with Father Christmas opening the doors of his Grotto between 2pm and 4pm.
Todmorden Town Hall Tour: Todmorden Town Hall, December 1, 2pm - www.calderdale.gov.uk
The next free taster tour of Todmorden Town Hall will be on Sunday, December 1, highlighting the many festive events that have taken place in the building. Town Hall volunteers will guide visitors around the building and share stories from its Christmas past, present and future. Todmorden Town Hall has been host to many grand festive balls, concerts and parties over its long history. Less festive is the story of how the Town Hall became a central point to support people in the aftermath of the Boxing Day floods in the Upper Valley in 2015. Visitors will hear how the town pulled together during this difficult time. The tour will begin at 2pm at the banner outside the Town Hall. It will last for about an hour and there will be no charge for admission.
Christmas Fair: Halifax Town Hall, November 30, 11am-4pm - 01422 393022
The Mayor of Calderdale, Councillor Dot Foster, invites you to a Christmas Fair at Halifax Town Hall. Proceeds from the event will go to the Mayor’s Charity Appeal, Happy Days and Calderdale Music Service Trust. There will be refreshments, Santa’s Grotto, musical entertainment, Christmas stalls and more.
Start advent with a festive tour of Todmorden Town Hall
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Halifax Choral Society present Carols and Brass: The Victoria Theatre, Halifax, December 1, 6.30pm - www.victoriatheatre.co.uk
The Halifax Choral Society return to the Victoria Theatre Halifax to present the ever popular Carols and Brass Concert with special Guest Conductor Darius Battiwalla.
Featuring the world-famous Black Dyke Band and seasonal music old and new to awaken that Christmas feeling.
David Smith Exhibition at Harrison Lord Gallery: Harrison Lord Gallery, Brighouse, until December 7 - www.harrisonlord.co.uk
Calderdale artist David Smith has opened his new exhibition at the Harrison Lord Gallery in Brighouse. David, a well-established Halifax artist, has created a new style of work for the show. It is inspired by the great LS Lowry, famous for his stick men and mill scenes. The exhibition runs until December 7 at the Harrison Lord Gallery on Bradford Road. The exhibition is free to enter.
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The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah- Feature and Review
Alaska, 1974.
Unpredictable. Unforgiving. Untamed.
For a family in crisis, the ultimate test of survival.
Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: he will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live off the grid in America’s last true frontier.
Thirteen-year-old Leni, a girl coming of age in a tumultuous time, caught in the riptide of her parents’ passionate, stormy relationship, dares to hope that a new land will lead to a better future for her family. She is desperate for a place to belong. Her mother, Cora, will do anything and go anywhere for the man she loves, even if it means following him into the unknown
At first, Alaska seems to be the answer to their prayers. In a wild, remote corner of the state, they find a fiercely independent community of strong men and even stronger women. The long, sunlit days and the generosity of the locals make up for the Allbrights’ lack of preparation and dwindling resources.
But as winter approaches and darkness descends on Alaska, Ernt’s fragile mental state deteriorates and the family begins to fracture. Soon the perils outside pale in comparison to threats from within. In their small cabin, covered in snow, blanketed in eighteen hours of night, Leni and her mother learn the terrible truth: they are on their own. In the wild, there is no one to save them but themselves.
In this unforgettable portrait of human frailty and resilience, Kristin Hannah reveals the indomitable character of the modern American pioneer and the spirit of a vanishing Alaska―a place of incomparable beauty and danger. The Great Alone is a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night story about love and loss, the fight for survival, and the wildness that lives in both man and nature.
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CAUTION: THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah is a 2018 St. Main’s Press publication.
Alaska- beautiful, harsh, dangerous, addictive-
After Ernst comes home from Vietnam, he flounders, suffering from what we would now term, PTSD. His wife, Cora, sees a much different man in front of her than the one she married. But, she is determined to help him, and so when he inherits a home in Alaska, she and their thirteen -year old daughter, Leni, follow him into unchartered territory. As they begin their journey they are filled with renewed hope and optimism, but simmering underneath that forced enthusiasm, is a great deal of nervousness and trepidation.
However, they could not have possibly prepared themselves for living ‘off grid’, in this raw, startlingly beautiful landscape, which is sharply juxtaposed against the harsh, brutal winters, the intensity of mother nature, and the terrifying odds of surviving in such extreme isolation. Yet for Cora and Leni, the danger that lurks around every corner, is within the confines of their own four walls.
As a voracious reader, I am always surprised by how many amazing books and authors I have yet to sample. I have three or four Kristin Hannah novels languishing on my bookshelves that I am always meaning to read. I have heard such great things about this author, and of course, she was catapulted into the ‘household name’ club with her knock out hit- ‘The Nightingale” a couple of years back. Anyway, long story short, I received an advance copy of this book from the publisher, which, of course, meant I had to read it and then review it, which is how this book, despite countless others to choose from, became my first Kristin Hannah novel.
I started this book a very long time ago, with the best of intentions of reading it prior to the release date, but became very frustrated with it almost immediately. As the awesome reviews began to trickle in, I started to get a little nervous. I wasn’t feeling it. So, I put it aside for a while. I ended up reading this novel in fits and starts until I got tired of seeing it on my bedside table, and decided to plow through until the end, whether I wanted to or not.
The subject matter is very difficult to read about, and Hannah doesn’t hold back in her depictions of abuse. It is very graphic, and I admit, as much as I enjoy a good dark and twisted tale, there are some topics I just can’t take, domestic violence being one of them. The taut atmosphere, being completely isolated, living in a cabin out in the middle of such extremes, with no one to call for help, never knowing when the next explosive confrontation would come, made this a hard book for me to consume in large quantities. It was just too nerve wracking and intense. I started to dread turning the next page.
Growing up in an era where women fought to bring these subjects out in the open, to educate the public on the patterns of abuse, I still argued with myself over Cora’s decisions to stay with Ernst. If not for herself, for her daughter!! I know, I know, Cora exhibited the classic, textbook cycle of abuse. However, I still can’t quite get past subjecting her child to that environment. Don’t judge me. I still think I’m right, although, on paper, I ‘get’ the psychology of it all. But, Leni deserved better than that. Therefore, I found myself running that loop in my head, chiding myself for judging, but unapologetic for my feelings, and ended up getting myself all upset and stressed out, as a result.
I’m no expert on PTSD, and I am not making light of it, nor am I suggesting Ernst didn’t suffer from it. He did have many of the hallmark symptoms, but frankly, I’m not sure you can blame ALL his behavior on that. His was classic abusive behavior, and I suspect it might have developed no matter what. Cora was so young when she married, and I think she mythologized the ‘before and after’ scenario to make excuses to stay in the marriage, claiming her husband was ‘sick’. Oh, he was sick, all right, but not only from the effects of the war.
This was all swirling around in my head as I embarked on the second half of the book. It was dark, intense, edgy, suspenseful, but not in a way I normally like. In fact, it was downright depressing. But, then a miracle happened-
The wrinkles ironed out a little, and I was able to focus on Leni and Matthew, which was the story’s saving grace. I ended up liking the way everything turned out, even though it was sad on so many levels.
While I had been turning and tossing and fretting over this review, worrying about this 'critical' kick I’ve been experiencing lately, as I turned the last page, I had an epiphany! It hit me like a ton of bricks. I was experiencing many of the same emotions I normally feel after reading a romance novel.
This quote-
“She knew fact from fiction but couldn’t give up her love stories. They made her feel as if women could be in control of their own destinies. Even in a cruel, dark world that tested women to the very limits of their endurance, the heroines of these novels could prevail and find true love.”
OMG!! This is an epic LOVE STORY!! All this time I was focused on Alaska, the landscape, the environment, the seventies, the domestic violence, the PTSD, all the points everyone spoke of in all the reviews I’d read., Love is mentioned a lot too, the mother/daughter bond, the friendships, but no one wanted to say anything about THE LOVE STORY!! No one wanted to hint around that there is romance in this story. But....
Leni was tested to the brink of her endurance, yet she prevailed and found true love and despite everything she gets her happily ever after!! It’s romance 101!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PERFECT!!
And that, my fine friends why I read love stories.
Seriously though, please, stop saying you don’t like romance, or love stories, because, yes, yes you do! It just had to be labeled as something else, so you didn’t realize that’s what you’ve been reading all along- An EPIC love story!! Leni and Matthew! Belonging, finding your tribe,family, separations, hardships, endurance, survival against all odds, true love, and happy ever afters!! Yep! It’s all there. All the elements of a great love story! No, it is certainly not a warm and fuzzy, heartwarming story, that’s for sure, But, it is highly emotional, sentimental, redeeming, and so very satisfying.
‘Her’
If Matthew didn't melt your heart, check your pulse, because you might be dead. And, of course, no one deserved that HEA more than Leni!! Sure, of course, it's not JUST a love story, as I've made clear at the beginning of this review, but at the end of the day, after all is said and done, that's the part of story that endures, the part that burrowed into my heart.
So, Kristin Hannah did what she does best, apparently, and pulled off a NYT bestseller, to boot. Kudos! I do understand the homage to Alaska, all of which was described beautifully. I do ‘get’ the importance of the story, the messages embedded within, and appreciated the characterizations, especially that of the supporting cast, the pacing and all the other spectacular parts of this book that resonated with so many people, not just the parts that made an impression on me.
I am SO glad, despite the initial emotional drain, that I eventually finished it. It turned out to be a rewarding read. These characters will pass through my thoughts on many occasions in the future and I will wonder how they are doing from time to time, but I know they are going to make it just fine!!
https://www.amazon.com/Great-Alone-Novel-Kristin-Hannah-ebook/dp/B06Y5WRS2C/
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-great-alone-kristin-hannah/1126244807
Kristin Hannah is an award-winning and bestselling author of more than 20 novels including the international blockbuster, The Nightingale, which was named Goodreads Best Historical fiction novel for 2015 and won the coveted People's Choice award for best fiction in the same year. Additionally, it was named a Best Book of the Year by Amazon, iTunes, Buzzfeed, the Wall Street Journal, Paste, and The Week.
Kristin's newest new release, The Great Alone, was published on February 6, 2018 (St. Martin's Press) and became an instant New York Times #1 bestseller. The novel, an epic love story and intimate family drama set in Alaska in the turbulent 1970's is a daring, stay-up-all-night story about love and loss, the fight for survival and the wildness that lives in both nature and man. It was listed as one of the most anticipated novels of the year by The Seattle Times, Bustle.com, PopSugar, Working Mother, Southern Living, and Goodreads. Tri Star has optioned the film rights.
The Nightingale is currently in production at Tri Star, with award-winning director Michelle MacLaren set to direct. Home Front was optioned for film by 1492 Films (produced the Oscar-nominated The Help) with Chris Columbus attached to write, produce, and direct. Movie news on The Great Alone is coming soon.
Posted by gpangel at 1:00 AM
Labels: Alaska, feature and review, historical fiction, Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press
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Gaffe Track
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Every presidential campaign is full of unpredictable twists and turns. After a brief moment where it looked like the nation might slouch into a Bush-Clinton rematch, the 2016 election is taking its place in that line of strange journeys. The one sure thing: There will be gaffes.
Knowing that the range of gaffes is wide, and that the import of a gaffe is often inflated (or overlooked) early on, Gaffe Track is The Atlantic’s bid to cover these gaffes with a consistent approach, creating a nearly real-time chronological inventory of the missteps, miscalculations, and misstatements of the 2016 presidential campaign.
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11:18 PM / September 28, 2016
Gary Johnson's Foreign-Leader Fail
The candidate: Gary Johnson
The gaffe: At a town hall on MSNBC, Chris Matthews asked the Libertarian nominee, “Who’s your favorite foreign leader?” That’s a pretty weird question, and one that might be useless. If, you know, Johnson could have answered it. “Anywhere, any continent,” Matthews prodded. “I guess I’m having an Aleppo moment,” Johnson said, referring to his recent failure to recall the Syrian city and center of slaughter. “I’m giving you the whole world!” Matthews said. “I know,” Johnson replied ruefully. He offered “the former president of Mexico” but couldn’t name him.
The defense: William Weld, his running mate and a Bill Clinton nominee for ambassador to Mexico in the ’90s, offered Angela Merkel, with full teutonic pronunciation.
Why it matters (or doesn’t): For so many voters, this election is a choice between two undesirable options. Set aside whether Clinton and Trump are equally distasteful for the moment; just recognize that Johnson has an exceptionally low bar to clear. And yet again, he has shown that he’s unable to clear it.
The moral: It’s Sisi as pie, but if you’re un-Abe-le to name a single leader, you May be Putin your candidacy in danger—it might even be the Enda the road.
1:06 PM / October 3, 2016
Trump Says PTSD Patients Aren't 'Strong'
The candidate: Donald Trump
The gaffe: Speaking about veterans’ issues Monday morning, Trump was discussing suicides among ex-servicemembers. “When people come back from war and combat and they see maybe what a lot of the folks in this room have seen many times over, and you’re strong and you can handle it, but a lot of people can’t handle it,” he said, implying that PTSD victims were weak.
The defense: Trump, who likes to project strength in all circumstances, looks to have been trying to flatter his audience. It didn’t appear Trump was trying to ridicule victims; it was just a thoughtless comment.
Why it matters (or doesn’t): Let us count the ways this remark is bad. First, it blames those suffering for PTSD, suggesting they are not strong. Second, it’s scientifically bankrupt: No doctor would agree that PTSD is a sign of weakness. Third, it spotlights the fact that Trump avoided facing combat to test his own “strength,” obtaining draft deferments. Fourth, it fits in a string of comments ridiculing veterans, starting with saying he didn’t like John McCain because he was captured. Fifth, it’s another example of Trump’s insensitivity about mental illness. (“If I looked like Rosie [O’Donnell], I’d struggle with depression too,” he once said.)
The lesson: A politician who didn’t fight in battle should not question the mental strength of those who won their Purple Hearts the hard way.
10:02 AM / October 6, 2016
Trump's Nevadasplaining Moment
The gaffe: Here’s the Republican candidate in Reno Wednesday: “Heroin overdoses are surging and meth overdoses in Nev-ah-duh. Nev-AHH-duh. And you know what I said? You know what I said? I said when I came out here, I said, ‘Nobody says it the other way, it has to be Nev-ah-da.’ And If you don’t say it correctly—and it didn’t happen to me, but it happened to a friend of mine, he was killed.”
The defense: They do in fact pronounce this word wrong, as famed champion of Hispanophone culture Donald Trump was right to point out. Then again, it’s their state, man.
Why it matters (or doesn’t): Have you ever talked to a Nevadan about this? It’s worse than getting between a Tar Heel and a Texan arguing about barbecue. Besides, who goes to a swing state and tells voters there that they pronounce their own state wrong? Jon Ralston reports it may be a joke, and indeed, Trump obviously understood the sensitivity or he wouldn’t have gone on the riff—which only raises the question of why he thought the joke was funny.
The lesson: Mispronouncing the Silver State’s name is the worst gamble in a state where casinos are legal.
1:11 PM / October 12, 2016
What Day Is Election Day?
The gaffe: “Make sure you get out and vote November 28,” the Republican nominee told voters in Panama City, Florida, on Tuesday. Small problem: Election Day is November 8, 20 days earlier. Hundreds of political reporters’ hearts stopped for a moment as they considered the idea there were three extra weeks of this to go.
The defense: Two words: 57 states.
Why it matters (or doesn’t): Hey, it’s an old-school, slip-of-the-tongue gaffe for Trump, who has been more prone to the unwise or outrageous than the simply mistaken! It doesn’t matter at all, though it’s hard not to think about Trump’s get-out-the-vote operation, which by all indications is much smaller and more challenged than Hillary Clinton’s. Given that, it’s all the more important that he give supporters the right date.
The lesson: If you can’t count days, you can’t count on votes.
Trump's '5-Point Plan to Defeat Islam'
The gaffe: Speaking on MSNBC, Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway ticked off some of her candidate’s proposals: “a ten-point Veterans Administration reform plan, five-point plan to defeat Islam...” Wait, hold on a second.
You guys, @realDonaldTrump has a "five-point plan to defeat Islam" according to @KellyannePolls pic.twitter.com/svt8XmwqPZ
— Matt Wilstein (@TheMattWilstein) October 19, 2016
The defense: She’s presumably referring to shahada, salat, zakat, sawm, and hajj. Wait, no, those are the five pillars of Islam.
Why it matters (or doesn’t): Conway had a slip of the tongue, and she presumably meant ISIS, but because Trump has repeatedly demonized Muslims—calling for a ban on Muslim immigration, for example—it looks like a Kinsley gaffe, that treasured tradition where a candidate, or in this case an aide, accidentally tells the truth.
The lesson: Kellyanne Conway is the friendly public face of the Trump campaign, but Shia can’t mosque his policy toward Islam with a Sunni disposition.
10:47 AM / October 25, 2016
Does Trump Understand What Obamacare Is?
Donald Trump poses with employees at his Doral Country Club Tuesday morning. Jonathan Ernst / Reuters
The gaffe: During a campaign swing on Tuesday morning in Miami, the Republican tried to capitalize on the news that insurance premiums under the Affordable Care Act are set to rise by as much as 25 percent next year.
Trump: "All of my employees are having a tremendous problem with Obamacare."
— Reid J. Epstein (@reidepstein) October 25, 2016
Later, Eli Stokols says, a reporters asked if Trump’s employees were covered by Obamacare or by employer-sponsored coverage, and he replied, “Some of them, but most of them no.” Here’s the problem: Employers are required to provide insurance to anyone working more than 30 hours a week. So either Trump is lying, or he doesn’t understand what Obamacare is, or both.
The defense: Really, hardly anyone understands Obamacare, right? I’ve asked both the Trump campaign and the Trump Organization to explain if they have employees who are purchasing insurance through the markets created by Obamacare. (No one is “on” Obamacare, which, unlike Medicare or Medicaid, is not an actual insurance plan.) Meanwhile, Trump later told Fox News, “We don’t use Obamacare,” which is obviously true, because no employer “uses” Obamacare.
Why it matters (or doesn’t): Obamacare has been a remarkable non-factor in the race this year, although policy has largely been a sideshow overall. One reason is that for all the ACA’s flaws, Trump’s proposal for a replacement doesn’t really do anything to explain how he would replace the law. One reason for that might be that Trump has no idea what the law does and would rather offer empty, nonsensical jabs at it.
The lesson: Refusal to understand the law is one preexisting condition the Affordable Care Act doesn’t cover.
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Image above: Workers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center's biocontainment unit practicing safe procedure on a mannequin
At 6 o’clock in the morning, shortly after the sun spills over the horizon, the city of Kikwit doesn’t so much wake up as ignite. Loud music blares from car radios. Shops fly open along the main street. Dust-sprayed jeeps and motorcycles zoom eastward toward the town’s bustling markets or westward toward Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s capital city. The air starts to heat up, its molecules vibrating with absorbed energy. So, too, the city.
By late morning, I am away from the bustle, on a quiet, exposed hilltop some five miles down a pothole-ridden road. As I walk, desiccated shrubs crunch underfoot and butterflies flit past. The only shade is cast by two lines of trees, which mark the edges of a site where more than 200 people are buried, their bodies piled into three mass graves, each about 15 feet wide and 70 feet long. Nearby, a large blue sign says in memory of the victims of the ebola epidemic in may 1995. The sign is partly obscured by overgrown grass, just as the memory itself has been occluded by time. The ordeal that Kikwit suffered has been crowded out by the continual eruption of deadly diseases elsewhere in the Congo, and around the globe.
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Why Manhattan’s Skyscrapers Are Empty
Approximately half of the luxury-condo units that have come onto the market in the past five years are still unsold.
In Manhattan, the homeless shelters are full, and the luxury skyscrapers are vacant.
Such is the tale of two cities within America’s largest metro. Even as 80,000 people sleep in New York City’s shelters or on its streets, Manhattan residents have watched skinny condominium skyscrapers rise across the island. These colossal stalagmites initially transformed not only the city’s skyline but also the real-estate market for new homes. From 2011 to 2019, the average price of a newly listed condo in New York soared from $1.15 million to $3.77 million.
But the bust is upon us. Today, nearly half of the Manhattan luxury-condo units that have come onto the market in the past five years are still unsold, according to The New York Times.
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Hong Kong’s Protesters Finally Have (Some) Power
Timothy McLaughlin
Newly-elected representatives are among those trying to turn the demonstrations into a permanent prodemocracy movement.
HONG KONG—Prior to his second-ever district-council meeting last week, Napo Wong, elected just a couple of months ago, chatted with constituents who voiced concern for protesters arrested during recent demonstrations here. The residents who remembered Hong Kong’s wildly corrupt police force of decades ago worried about what might be happening to demonstrators once they were loaded onto vans or detained for processing, out of sight of onlookers and journalists. They suggested that Wong address the issue at the upcoming meeting.
Wong agreed, but before heading to the council offices, he stopped by a local market where his parents work as vegetable vendors. He wanted to ensure his questioning of the police would be memorable, so he procured a prop—a hunk of raw pork.
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What a Billionaire Thinks Every Kid Should Know
Joe Pinsker
And what a child thinks of that advice
What has made Ray Dalio, the billionaire who founded the biggest hedge fund in the world, so financially successful? Dalio himself has offered an explanation: In 2017, he summed up his accumulated wisdom in a book called Principles: Life & Work, which was purchased by more than 2 million people worldwide and received testimonials from a phalanx of other billionaires, including Bill Gates, Mark Cuban, and Michael Bloomberg.
Now, so that an even broader audience may access his insights, Dalio has condensed the nearly 600 pages of Principles down to 157, in the form of a picture book released late last year called Principles for Success. This simpler version—a mostly abstract blueprint for accomplishing one’s goals—is intended, Dalio told me, for readers ages 6 to 60, and beyond.
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The Solemn Absurdity of Trump’s Impeachment Trial
As senators embarked on their first day of proceedings, the occasional yawn and rubbing of the eyes emphasized the pointlessness of the whole affair.
The impeachment trial of the century had barely begun when word came down that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had softened his initial plan to make the House managers and President Donald Trump’s lawyers present their cases in marathon 12-hour sessions over four days. He’ll allow each team a more civilized eight hours over six days instead.
And a good thing, too—if the first afternoon’s deliberations were any sign. One hundred senators accustomed to talking at length were silenced by the trial rules, and by sundown they were visibly chafing, frustrated by the unbridgeable gap between the 18th-century gravity of the proceedings and the universal assumptions about its forgone conclusion.
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The Way We Write History Has Changed
A deep dive into an archive will never be the same.
History, as a discipline, comes out of the archive. The archive is not the library, but something else entirely. Libraries spread knowledge that’s been compressed into books and other media. Archives are where collections of papers are stored, usually within a library’s inner sanctum: Nathaniel Hawthorne’s papers, say, at the New York Public Library. Or Record Group 31 at the National Archives—a set of Federal Housing Administration documents from the 1930s to the ’70s. Usually, an archive contains materials from the people and institutions near it. So, the Silicon Valley Archives at Stanford contains everything from Atari’s business plans to HP co-founder William Hewlett’s correspondence.
While libraries have become central actors in the digitization of knowledge, archives have generally resisted this trend. They are still almost overwhelmingly paper. Traditionally, you’d go to a place like this and sit there, day after day, “turning every page,” as the master biographer Robert Caro put it. You might spend weeks, months, or, like Caro, years working through all the boxes, taking extensive notes and making some (relatively expensive) photo copies. Fewer and fewer people have the time, money, or patience to do that. (If they ever did.)
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Herbert Fingarette once argued that there was no reason to fear death. At 97, his own mortality began to haunt him.
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Joan Baez performs the mournful song in a new animated video that remembers Obama’s visit to Charleston.
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An Exodus From Congress Tests the Lure of Lobbying
There’s a wave of lawmakers fleeing Capitol Hill this year, but if recent history is a guide, many of them will put down roots in the D.C. swamp.
Russell Berman
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There’s a particular moment Representative Tom Rooney can see in his mind, when his fifth and final term in the House comes to an end and he leaves Washington, D.C., for the last time as a member of Congress. He’ll drive south toward Georgia, crossing over into Florida north of Jacksonville.
He’ll pass that familiar sign, the blue one that says “Welcome to the Sunshine State,” when he reaches the border.
“I made it,” he’ll think to himself.
Every two years, retiring lawmakers like Rooney face a choice: Do they return home to their states and districts, or stay where the political action—and the money—is in Washington? The last several months have seen a rush to the Capitol exits like none other in more than a quarter century: Rooney, a Republican, is one of three dozen members of the House and Senate who aren’t running for reelection or another office this fall. About 20 others are taking a risk on campaigns for the Senate or state governorships, and relinquishing their seats in the process.
In all, more members of the House are forgoing reelection than in any year since 1992, when 65 representatives called it quits, according to the Pew Research Center. Among Republicans, it’s an even bigger exodus—the most since before World War II. Some in this year’s class of retirees are more junior members who’ve grown disenchanted with national politics. Rooney, 47, is one of them: “The D.C. rat race has run its course for me,” he told me in a recent interview.
But if recent history is a guide, many of Rooney’s fellow congressional retirees won’t be leaving the Beltway at all. As candidates, Republicans and Democrats alike win over voters with jeremiads against Washington, pledging to bring their hometown values to a capital city overrun by lobbyists and special interests. But once their terms are up, a surprising number of these same politicians don’t return home. They stick around town, joining law firms, think tanks, and lobbying shops. On any given day, ex-lawmakers stalk the corridors of the Capitol complex, kibitzing with their old colleagues as they prod them for votes.
Of the nearly four dozen lawmakers who left office after the 2016 election, one-fourth stayed in Washington, and one in six became lobbyists, according to an analysis by The Atlantic. The numbers were even higher for those who departed after the 2014 midterms: About half of those former members stuck around, and around one in four became lobbyists.
Lobbying remains the single most popular post-Congress career choice for retiring members. There’s little to suggest that will drastically change among the 2018 class of retirees, even in an era when politicians in both parties have seized on pay-to-play scandals and stigmatized the profession as the epitome of the capital’s culture of corruption—Nancy Pelosi led Democrats to the House majority in 2006 on a pledge to “drain the swamp” 10 years before Donald Trump purloined the phrase on his way to the presidency.
What Are Former Members of Congress Doing Now?
Credit: Lena Felton and Taylor Hosking
“It’s kind of a scarlet letter that you wear around if you’re a lobbyist,” said former Representative Jim Moran of Virginia, a Democrat who joined the D.C. firm McDermott, Will & Emery after retiring from the House in 2014. Ex-lawmakers can cash in on their policy expertise and friendships in the Capitol, earning two or three times their $174,000 base salary as a member of Congress.
Moran, for his part, wears the badge without shame: After 24 years as a congressman from Northern Virginia, becoming a lobbyist seemed like a logical move to Moran since he represented so many of them in D.C. “It was basically one of my industries,” he told me.
In interviews, ex-lawmakers and soon-to-be retirees expressed attitudes toward lobbying and Washington life that were as polarized as their voting records in Congress (though the divide did not fall along party lines). One long-serving member-turned-lobbyist candidly admitted that he enjoyed the D.C. politics that Rooney derided as a “rat race,” while another likened his chances of lobbying to hell freezing over. Others were in the middle, balancing their desire for a wealthy lifestyle with the constraints that affixing the “scarlet letter” of lobbying might put on their future political ambitions.
Members point out that lobbying allows them to use the experience and issue expertise they’ve built over many years in Congress to continue to advocate for causes they believe in. But while that might attract ex-lawmakers to lobbying, it’s not what draws high-paying companies to them: They want the relationships. “Policy wonks and knowledgable people are out there,” said former Representative Jack Kingston of Georgia, a Republican lawmaker-turned-lobbyist who left in 2015 after 24 years in the House. “The question is, can you get a door opened, and are you going to work?”
The so-called revolving door between Capitol Hill and K Street, the downtown D.C. home of many lobbying shops, has been spinning for decades. But it sped up dramatically during the 1990s and peaked early in the next decade, according to studies conducted by the liberal advocacy group Public Citizen and researchers at Georgia State and Exeter universities. In the 1970s, just a handful of retired lawmakers were lobbying. Between 1998 and 2004, however, 43 percent of the nearly 200 House members who left office became lobbyists, Public Citizen found; among departing senators, the percentage reached 50 percent. This increase coincided with the rise of corporate lobbying as a whole. As Lee Drutman wrote in The Atlantic in 2015, between the middle of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st, the industry grew “from a sparse reactive force into a ubiquitous and increasingly proactive one” totaling more than $2.5 billion in annual revenue.
The practice became particularly popular—and lucrative—for the most powerful congressional retirees. During points in the early and mid-2000s, the ranks of D.C. lobbyists included ex-House speakers (Democrat Tom Foley and Republican Newt Gingrich) and former Senate majority leaders from both parties (Democrats Tom Daschle and George Mitchell, and Republicans Trent Lott and Bob Dole).
But the widely publicized Jack Abramoff scandal in 2005 led to a push for reform. The prominent lobbyist was convicted of bribing members of Congress and defrauding Native American tribes, and the investigation into his activities led to the conviction of former Representative Bob Ney of Ohio and cast a shadow over other lawmakers and their senior aides. New restrictions in the Honest Leadership and Government Reform Act, enacted two years later in response to the scandals, led to a decline in registrations. Congress extended a one-year “cooling off” period barring former members from lobbying their former colleagues to two years for senators, and it added new disclosure requirements for lobbyists and increased penalties for breaking them. When Barack Obama became president in 2009, he signed an executive order banning lobbyists who joined his administration from working on issues on which they lobbied and prohibiting ex-officials from lobbying the White House after they left (although he quickly made exceptions).
But while these restrictions may have served their purpose in some ways—by making lobbying somewhat less attractive and accessible to former members—they also spawned a new practice. Critics call it “shadow lobbying”: An ex-lawmaker will join a big law or lobbying firm as a consultant and do everything short of formally registering as a lobbyist and calling up his or her former colleagues. Either they’re still bound by the cooling-off period, or they’re trying to avoid the stigma of being a lobbyist. “They organize the entire lobbying campaign, they identify who has to be contacted and what messages to say, and then they have someone else on the lobby team make the contact,” said Craig Holman, the government-affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen, a D.C.-based, liberal group that advocates for consumer rights and government reform, among other issues. “So it’s just a very porous policy,” Holman added. Former Speakers Newt Gingrich and John Boehner have both joined lobbying firms over the years without registering as one.
Congressional gridlock after Republicans won the House majority in 2010 put a further damper on official lobbying; with hardly any legislation moving through the Capitol, corporations cut back on their spending for federal advocacy. Yet there have been signs of a rebound in recent years, which accelerated despite President Trump’s early moves to slow down the revolving door. Like Obama, Trump in the first days of his presidency signed an executive order on lobbying, which required appointees to sign a pledge swearing they would not accept gifts from lobbyists. The pledge also stated that appointees would not lobby their former agency or on behalf of a foreign government for five years after leaving the administration.
But Trump has since populated his administration with lobbyists—at least 187 of his political appointees are former federal lobbyists, according to ProPublica—and ethics watchdogs said there has been little enforcement of his executive order. “It’s become a field day for lobbyists,” Holman said. “For Trump, it was really just campaign rhetoric. He isn’t enforcing it.” By reopening the government door to K Street, the president appears to be sending the signal that becoming a lobbyist is no longer a barrier to getting senior federal positions.
For critics of lobbying and D.C.’s revolving door, it’s not the advocacy alone that’s problematic—it’s the understanding that the lobbyists with the most influence are those who write the biggest campaign checks. Nothing underscored that concern more than comments made this week to a ballroom full of lobbyists by Mick Mulvaney, the White House budget director and former Republican congressman from South Carolina. “We had a hierarchy in my office in Congress,” Mulvaney said at an American Bankers Association conference in Washington. “If you’re a lobbyist who never gave us money, I didn’t talk to you. If you’re a lobbyist who gave us money, I might talk to you.”
The lure of lobbying can be stronger for members tossed out by their constituents than for those who leave Congress voluntarily. They have less time to figure out what to do next, and they’re often not ready to leave—physically or mentally. Many long-serving lawmakers have made their homes in D.C., bringing their families and living in the same house or apartment for decades. Once they lose, it’s all over very quickly, forcing them to pack up their congressional offices during the post-election lame-duck session in November and decide whether to go for good when their term formally ends in early January. “They have to go back in a month and get thrown out of a building,” said former Representative Jim McDermott, a Democrat who moved back to Seattle after he left the House following the 2016 election.
McDermott, then 79, announced his retirement a full year before the end of his term and spent the next few months fielding offers before deciding what he wanted to do: teach and travel. “The first question they asked me when I announced my retirement: Are you going to become a lobbyist?” he recalled, before answering the question with a loud cackle. “I said, ‘I don’t think the ice in hell is ever going to freeze over quick enough to carry me.’”
McDermott had lived in the same house in D.C’s Eastern Market neighborhood for all 28 years he served in Congress. But when he returned to the West Coast, he downsized to a 965-square-foot apartment in Seattle where he can see Mount Rainier from his breakfast table. He donated 1,500 books to the Library of Congress on his way out of town. “People offered me stuff, offered me this and that,” McDermott told me. “A six-figure salary would be nice, but with it comes a certain kind of pressure that you had in Congress. I wanted the freedom.”
Jack Kingston, on the other hand, was one of those members who didn’t want to leave. The 11-term Republican congressman from Georgia narrowly lost a Senate primary runoff to David Perdue in July 2014. Having given up his House seat to run for the Senate, Kingston joined the lobbying giant Squire Patton Boggs and signed on with CNN as a contributor after campaigning for Trump as a surrogate. “One of the things about politics is that it’s an itch that you have to keep scratching,” he said. “Most people want to keep a finger in the pie of policy or the politics.”
Safely out of office, Kingston was able to admit something few officeholders in this drain-the-swamp era would acknowledge. “I did like D.C. politics,” he confessed, “and I knew that I could stay involved with national politics easier being in Washington than I could do it from Atlanta or Savannah.”
Kingston had more time to plan than members who lose unexpectedly in November elections. Still, he said, it’s awkward for lawmakers to hunt for private-sectors jobs as a hedge against losing. (Senate rules bar current members from negotiating for a future lobbying position until their successor is chosen, although House rules are not as specific.) “If you know you’re going to leave, you’re ready to leave—you’re out of the closet,” Kingston said. “Whereas if you’re an incumbent member running for reelection and you’re job-hunting, you’ve got to hold it close to your vest like a super-secret nuclear code. Because you don’t want people to know you’re job-hunting, because if they think you’re getting out, why should they donate to you?”
Some members hire headhunters to help them find a job. Others barely have to lift a finger before the offers start flooding in. Former Representative Reid Ribble of Wisconsin recalled that he tweeted the news of his retirement on a Sunday in early 2016. By the end of the coming week, the three-term Republican estimated he had seven to 10 job offers, mostly from lobbying firms or trade associations wanting him to lobby. He turned them down.
“Some of the jobs that were offered would have required me to live in D.C., so I just hat-in-hand rejected those,” Ribble told me. “I didn’t really enjoy my time there. I didn’t enjoy living there personally.”
Ribble, 62, had owned a roofing company before coming to Congress and had planned to retire with his wife to Tennessee, near where his grandchildren live. But he ended up taking a job as president of the National Roofing Contractors Association, the trade group for which he had volunteered long before he entered politics. The organization employs lobbyists, and Ribble attends their yearly D.C. fly-ins, but he told me he doesn’t lobby himself. His main focus is on creating a first-ever national certification program for roofers. “I have no interest in registering as a lobbyist,” he said.
Not that Ribble has a problem with the profession—like other retired lawmakers I interviewed, he said the public often has a misunderstanding of what lobbyists do and who they represent. “Virtually every American has a lobbyist,” he said. “If you’re employed in this country, that industry is represented in Washington, D.C.”
The many varied interests with lobbyists advocating on their behalf include both labor unions and the business owners that employ their members; environmental groups; state and local governments; advocacy groups on the political left, right, and center; and arts organizations like the ones Moran represents. In an ironic twist, they also include the government-reform groups that lobby for reining in the influence of lobbyists. “I’m part of the revolving door as well,” said Aaron Scherb, a former Hill staffer who as legislative director for the watchdog group Common Cause is now a registered lobbyist.
But Scherb said Ribble’s statement that “virtually every American” has a lobbyist is misleading—it assumes that business groups are advocating on behalf of their workers rather than their bottom line. “There are certainly plenty of trade associations who work against their employees’ best interests in many cases,” Scherb said, citing opposition to minimum-wage increases or mandatory health insurance as examples. “It’s somewhat of a contradiction.”
It can be tricky to figure out how many members of Congress stay in D.C. after retirement, because many of them keep one foot in the capital and one in their home states, just as they did as lawmakers. Some get hired by companies that have offices both in D.C. and near their old districts, or take jobs with big firms that allow them to work remotely.
Boehner is a good example of this. In March 2016, the former speaker tweeted a photo of himself mowing his lawn in Ohio, the picture of a man happily retired and far removed from the stress of congressional life. But Boehner also signed on with the D.C-based Squire Patton Boggs, and while the firm has an office in Cincinnati, he’s spotted frequently at his old haunts around the capital. More recently, Boehner joined the board of advisers of the New York-based marijuana-producer Acreage Holdings, where he’s expected to advocate—if not formally lobby—for the drug’s legalization.
For its analysis of congressional retirees from 2014 and 2016, The Atlantic combined data on D.C.’s revolving door published by the Center for Responsive Politics on OpenSecrets.org with information gleaned from other internet sources and phone calls to ex-lawmakers and companies. Overall, members who lost their elections were more likely to stay in Washington than those who retired voluntarily, and most who stayed behind became lobbyists. But the percentage of retirees who stayed in D.C. after the 2016 elections was significantly lower than those who stuck around after 2014.
About 60 percent of the lawmakers who quit in 2016 were Republicans. They included a number from the Tea Party wave of 2010 who, like Ribble, had not previously held elected office and quickly grew disheartened by Congress and the GOP’s inability to deliver on its small-government promises. Others who got out early may have thought Hillary Clinton would win the presidency and bring either more congressional gridlock or Democratic majorities to Washington.
It’s too early to say whether the large retiree class of 2018 will look to escape the capital or cash in by sticking around. An even higher percentage of those leaving this year are Republicans, and they include several House committee chairmen who would be in high demand as lobbyists. Rooney, who’s part of the rank-and file, knows more about what he doesn’t want to do next than what he does want to do.
“I absolutely do not want to walk the halls of Congress and try to get meetings with my former colleagues. I have no interest in that,” Rooney said. He added that he has had nothing more than a few informal conversations with law firms back in Florida, where he had worked as a criminal lawyer before getting into politics.
Rooney is fortunate, however. As a grandson of Pittsburgh Steelers founder Art Rooney, he is worth millions and wealthy even for a congressman. Lawmakers are reluctant to talk about it while they’re in office, but many privately complain about their congressional salaries, which haven’t gone up in nearly a decade. The pay starts at $174,000 and goes up for committee chairmen and members of leadership. While that surely sounds comfy compared with the median U.S. income of under $60,000 a year, it doesn’t go far, members say, after they shell out money for housing both in their districts and D.C. (if they don’t sleep in their offices) and put their kids through college.
The private sector—and particularly lobbying—simply pays a lot more. With the extra cash that came from becoming a lobbyist, “I was finally able to buy my own house and my own automobile,” Moran told me. “So it was a substantial change from my prior lifestyle.”
Moran said he gave up the potential for an even higher salary by joining a firm that allowed him to pick and choose the issues on which he would lobby his former colleagues. He declined, for example, to push policies he used to oppose while in office. Moran pointed out that, in addition to representing defense contractors and the tech industry, he lobbies for a collective of 19 local arts organizations in D.C.—including the Kennedy Center and the Shakespeare Theater—that pays the firm $10,000 a month to advocate on their behalf. “I don’t have the conflicts of conscience that I was afraid I might,” Moran told me.
The money more than anything might be why some members are so eager to get out of Congress that they leave before their terms are up. Boehner resigned his seat once he quit as speaker, and former Majority Leader Eric Cantor left office a few months after he lost his June 2014 primary in a surprise upset. Former Representative Pat Tiberi of Ohio, a senior GOP member of the Ways and Means Committee, left the House in January to become president of the Ohio Business Roundtable.
One often unspoken benefit of leaving Congress early is that an ex-lawmaker can get a head start running the clock on the one-year lobbying ban. Representative Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania, a Republican, announced his retirement last fall but earlier this month said he would resign “in the coming weeks” rather than serve out his term. When I asked him if he had a job lined up, Dent said he hadn’t finalized anything and was a bit cagey about his immediate plans. He wouldn’t rule out an eventual career in lobbying. “I learned a long time ago never to say what you’re never going to do,” Dent told me.
As if to sharpen the point, he called me back a little while later to make another observation about the unexpected turns an ex-congressman’s career can take. “If you had told me a few years ago that John Boehner would be on the board of a marijuana company,” Dent quipped, “I would have said you’re on dope!”
Lena Felton and Taylor Hosking contributed reporting.
Russell Berman is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he covers politics.
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20 Best Abduction Movies of All Time
Gautam Anand
“Kidnapping” or “abduction” is one of the most heinous crimes there is. And certainly, it would be grotesque to derive any pleasure out of someone’s kidnapping. Having said that, we humans are complex beings. While we (any decent human being) don’t enjoy kidnapping or for that matter any crime in real life, there is an adrenaline rush in watching crime-related (or for that matter violence heavy) movies. More often than not we are rooting for the victim to pull through and we think that’s what we enjoy watching: the good’s win over evil. Though, in many instances, that’s not the case: we also enjoy bad guys winning, especially if he (or she) is charismatic.
In any case, let’s not get into human psychology anymore. Here is the list of top movies about abduction ever that you should watch, if you haven’t already. You can also classify these as best hostage movies and watch several of these kidnapping movies on Hulu, YouTube, or Amazon Prime. Many of these are kidnapping movies based on true stories.
20. Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
An action-packed thriller starring Gerard Butler, ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ follows a kidnapping and hostage plot against the President of the United States. In the film, President Asher is kidnapped and kept hostage within the White House bunker after a militant group of North-Korean terrorists attacks the White House. Starring ‘300’ star Gerard Butler in another thrilling adventure-filled with combat and gun battles, ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ was a more aggressive and chilling take on the “Rescue POTUS” genre of Hollywood. Though the film lacked plot and exciting storyline, Butler’s blunt character attitude and the film’s action sequences are enough to pass your time for a couple of hours. Despite mixed to negative reception, the film has spawned a sequel, ‘London Has Fallen’ and is now set to become a trilogy with a third film slated to release next year.
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19. The Missing (2003)
Set in 19th-Century America, the film follows Maggie Gilkeson, who is left in a broken state after her young daughter is abducted by a group of slavers, who also kills her boyfriend in an invasion. Left with no help and aid, she reunited with her estranged father and embarked upon a dangerous journey to retrieve her daughter. Starring Cate Blanchett in the lead role, ‘The Missing’ serves as a Western–thriller film with elements of drama perfectly mixed in specific sequences. The film offers expertly acted performances, especially from Tommy Lee Jones, who plays Samuel, Maggie’s father. The film is also praised among critics for its accurate depiction of the Native American culture, as well as its use of the traditional Apache dialect, which is also adopted expertly by Tommy Lee Jones.
However, the story’s authenticity and acting performances were not able to drive the audience as expected and failed to set its mark on the box office. Even director Ron Howard failed to provide the excitement and thrill as he had done with previous of his films. The only good thing about ‘The Missing’ remains Tommy Lee Jones, and if you have a taste for his kinda films, then ‘The Missing’ would not be a disappointment for you.
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18. Taken 2 (2012)
Yes, its much more acclaimed and thrilling prequel is already on the list, but ‘Taken 2’ deserves its special position on the list, as it had the audience relive the “dark and dangerous side of Qui-Gon” when he finds himself and his wife in the middle of another “taking”, only this time, its him they are here to take. Set in Istanbul, ‘Taken 2’ follow-up the previous film, wherein the families of the Albanian traffickers Bryan killed exact revenge by taking him and his estranged ex-wife during their vacation.
Despite similarities in theme and a predictable storyline, Liam Neeson‘s newly found persona of an ass-kicker makes ‘Taken 2’ an awe-inspiring piece of cinema, while simultaneously adding another remarkable achievement in Neeson’s list of “awesome work.” A final installment followed the film in the trilogy, which failed to reach the same mark as set by its predecessors.
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17. 12 Years A Slave (2013)
Solomon Northup, a free African-American living in 1841 New York is kidnapped and sold by two con-men to a white slave trader in Washington D.C.. ’12 Years A Slave’ follows Northup’s next twelve years of life as a forced slave working in New Orleans cotton plantations, as a “property” of a cruel owner and slave master.
Though primarily a biographical drama, ’12 Years A Slave’ is a true depiction of abduction and illegal trafficking of free black men in the 18th-century America when the nation not only promoted but also legally supported the exploitation of the black people, regardless they were born free. The film stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as Northup, along with an ensemble including Paul Dano, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Lupita Nyong’O, and Brad Pitt. Winner of Best Picture Oscar, ’12 Years A Slave’ is a heartfelt showcase of the racism in Western civilization and the barbaric deeds of inhumanity the black folks were subjected to.
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16. A Perfect World (1993)
Exploring the concept of Stockholm Syndrome, ‘A Perfect World’ brings the viewers a story of a 7-year old kid who sparks an unusual bond of friendship with his abductor. The film is not a core kidnapping thriller, but a softcore take on the genre, whereby an escaped convict learns the value of relationships and life from his young victim. While the two goes on an unexpected road trip to try a new way of life, a Texas ranger takes it upon himself to bring the boy home.
‘A Perfect World,’ despite a studded cast and beautiful direction, is forgotten in the shadows of blockbusters of the 90s. The film is filled with subtle but bravo performances from Kevin Costner, who plays the escaped convict and kidnapper, while a young T.J. Lowther bravely marks his presence among a famed cast by his ambiguous and smart acting delivery. Director Clint Eastwood co-stars as Red, the Texas Ranger assigned with the kidnapping case. Eastwood reduced his screen-time to focus on the direction and exploring the main theme of the film. Regarded as one of the finest films of the year, ‘A Perfect World’ is a heartfelt tale, often acknowledged as the most satisfying storylines of all time.
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15. Alpha Dog (2006)
‘Alpha Dog’ is actually young and talented star cast presenting the true accounts of one of the most unfortunate events of abduction and murder of the century. The film tells the story of Zack Mazrusky, a 15-year old who is kidnapped by a bunch of young dealers including his half-brother over a feud of drug money. Zack, who at first was only taken to be held until his brother had paid his debt to the group’s leader begins to enjoy his abductors’ company, away from his troubles back home. As the story unfolds, the tension in the group rises, as they fear the legal ramifications of their doing, leading Zack to face an early and unfortunate demise.
The film is inspired by the true accounts of the murder and kidnapping of Nicholas Markowitz in the year 2000. The film’s cast plays the important characters involved in the incident with their names changed for the film. ‘Alpha Dog’ is a pack of young artists, which includes, Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Ben Foster, Amanda Seyfried, and a young Anton Yelchin as Zack. This young team is joined by veterans Olivia Wilde, Bruce Willis, and Sharon Stone in supporting roles. A moderate success, ‘Alpha Dog’ is a must watch to commemorate Nicholas, who, unbeknownst to him, suffered a fate he was never meant to.
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14. Taken (2009)
An ex-soldier traveling through Europe embarks on a frantic quest to rescue his daughter after the young girl is abducted by slave traders in this contemporary thriller. This briskly paced movie delivers a full payload of action especially due to Liam Neeson’s fantastic screen presence.
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13. Captain Phillips (2013)
One can argue it is a hijacking story. And that it is. But it ends as a kidnapping story when the pirates kidnap captain Philips and hold him hostage. In hands of Paul Greengrass, a director fully aware that convincing crisis stories involve conflicting interests and passions (Watch ‘United 93’, arguably, the best hostage film ever made) ‘Captain Phillips’ never loses the grip of audience’s attention.
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12. Saw (2004)
When death knocks at one’s door and he waits for it to embrace, probably the only thought that comes to mind that how well one has lived this life. But how many have truly understood the purpose of this life? John Kramer at his death bed, thinks of this and concludes that until put into adverse situations, no one truly values this life. And to inculcate this knowledge to value one’s life, he kidnaps a set of people and then tests their worth to live. The film is unquestionably gory, but at the same it offers thrills in abundance.
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11. The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009)
Widely regarded as the best ever performance by Gemma Arterton, ‘The Disappearance of Alice Creed’ is a story of young Alice Creed, who is kidnapped by two ex-convicts and is subjected to meticulous torture at the hands of her abductors. What chronicles further are the unexpected and nail-biting events that uncover the mysterious truth behind Alice’s kidnapping.
Shot in a limited set space with a tight budget, ‘The Disappearance of Alice Creed’ is one of the most mind-twisting hostage-standoff thriller, which is executed by a cast of only three with an impressive show of intelligent and well-fabricated performances. The film’s short running time of 9 minutes provides the viewers with a no-nonsense and no-fuss horror full of violence, terror, and fright. Director, J. Blakeson (who also directed BBC miniseries Gunpowder) displays profound impeccability in his aesthetically shot sequences of Alice’s torture, that perfectly balances the film’s multiple themes. Adding up to this profoundness is the spectacular performance by Arterton in her most demanding and complex role.
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10. Misery (1990)
When it comes to films adapted from Stephen King‘s novels, you can always expect a fine thrilling adventure. ‘Misery’ is one such work, which follows a famous novelist who is saved from a car crash by one his fans, only to find that her psychopathic fan’s caring nature is just the beginning of harsh abuse and nightmares of captivity. Directed by Rob Reiner, ‘Misery’ is a frightening, but astonishing film, which is elevated by the appealing performances from James Caan and Kathy Bates.
Many of the film’s sequences received acclaim for their intensity and their aesthetic and realistic direction. In this psychological-horror film, Kathy Bates shines as the villainous Annie Wilkes, who won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role, making ‘Misery’ the only Stephen King adaptation to grab an Oscar.
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9. An American Crime (2007)
Based on a true story, ‘An American Crime’ is one of the most horrific and harrowing depictions of abduction, forced house-arrest, and kidnapping in Hollywood’s history. The film is based on the true account of house arrest, torture, and gruesome murder of Sylvia Likens, a 16-year old teenager, that took place in Indiana state in 1965. Sylvia Likens was tortured to death by her temporary nanny cum babysitter, Gertrude Baniszewski. ‘An American Crime’ stars a young Ellen Page as Likens, whereas Catherine Keener plays Baniszewski.
‘An American Crime’ is a hard and painful film to watch, but the story of Sylvia deserves to have an opportunity to be heard, and ‘An American Crime’ stand high in doing that. As far as the performances are concerned, the film belongs to Ellen Page and Keener. While Ellen Page found fame the same year in her titular role in the drama film, ‘Juno,’ her role in ‘An American Crime’ was left unnoticed, which is a far better proof of her talent and acting skills. On the other hand, Keener brilliantly succeeds in making every viewer hate her guts, which also earned her an Emmy and Golden Globe nomination in Best Supporting Actress in a Television Movie category. Though the film failed to attract viewers and critics during its release, it has since gained immense popularity and following among the young audiences.
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8. Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Ben Affleck‘s adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s novel Gone Baby Gone stars Casey Affleck as Patrick Kenzie, a private investigator from working-class Boston who takes on a case involving a kidnapped girl. A tense meditation on morality in the modern world, the film is a superb crime thriller. ‘Gone Baby Gone’ isn’t only hard-hitting, it’s also meaningful, emotional and resonating.
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7. Prisoners (2013)
Fear has such power over minds that it can paralyze those, like a tarantula, does to its prey. Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Prisoners’ effectively explores the fear of the unknown, the boundaries of morality, and the dilemmas of human conscience. Let me warn you right away – It’s disturbing and makes you shiver to the marrows. And you wonder, what if it happens to me?
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6. Oldboy (2003)
Think of the person who might have caused you the pain of a lifetime, though inadvertently. What would you do? Will you forgive him and move on? Or will you make him suffer through hell and leave him scarred till the end of times ? Lee Woo Jin chose the second and what unfurled over fifteen years and subsequent five days, can be best described as ghastly, terrible and devastating. Once avenged, Lee Woo Jin keeps his part of the promise and dies but spare a thought for Oh Dae Su, who is left alive, cursing himself till eternity. Yoo-Ji Tae plays Lee Woo Jin in this epic saga of revenge.
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5. All The Money in the World (2017)
Ridley Scott‘s ‘All the Money in the World’ is the true ordeal of the events revolving around the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III, the grandson of business magnate and once, the richest man in the world, J. Paul Getty. The film covers the search for 16-year old Getty III after his rich grandad publicly refused to pay for the ransom amount asked by his abductors in order to grant his safe release from captivity. ‘All the Money in the World’ is a captivating drama which enthralls the viewers with its dark but effective tone and, as well as the detrimental, but heart-throbbing direction of Sir Scott. The film stars Christopher Plummer, Michelle Williams, and Mark Wahlberg, among whom, Plummer easily and expansively shines the most with his entertaining, scary, and far from a subtle portrayal of J. Paul.
The film gained widespread media attention due to a major change in the cast a month before its release, as the studio fired Kevin Spacey (originally cast and introduced as J. Paul in trailers) after the sexual harassment allegations against him, and re-shot his scenes with Plummer. Ironically, Plummer was nominated for an Academy Award for his portrayal of Getty that year.
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4. High and Low (1963)
A wealthy industrialist’s son gets kidnapped but soon he realizes that it was his chauffeur’s son that was kidnapped, he actually begins to balk at the amount of money he wants to pay. The film is more of a moral examination of how you value one human life more than others. It’s a melodramatic morality play that only an immensely subtle director like Akira Kurosawa could pull off.
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3. Blue Velvet (1986)
David Lynch’s crime thriller ‘Blue Velvet’ is a slippery journey through the dark corridors of psychopathic criminals. The film narrates the story of a young man who deliberately gets caught in a web of crime involving a gorgeous nightclub singer nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child. The film is basically a hallucinogenic mystery-thriller that probes beneath the cheerful surface of suburban America to discover sadomasochistic violence, corruption, drug abuse, crime and perversion.
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2. Fargo (1996)
Upon repeated viewings, the craft gone in the making of this masterpiece becomes perfectly clear. Remember the noir epics of the 40s (‘The Maltese Falcon’, ‘The Third Man’ etc) and how they achieved great tension, and artfully used black as a medium to portray the darkness at the heart of their story and the characters? Well, ‘Fargo’ achieves the same, albeit with white. The plot is complex, but the storytelling isn’t; the situations are complex, but the characters aren’t. That’s film-making gold for you, and that is how you make a kidnapping comic-thriller.
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One of the finest thrillers ever made, this film swept the Academy Awards, deserving each Oscar it won, and possibly deserving of a couple of others. The majority of film is about getting hold of Buffalo Bill, the serial killer, who has kidnapped US Senator’s daughter before he kills her too. Smart and taut, it teeters on the edge between psychological study and all-out horror, while also encompassing stellar performances by Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster.
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Patriots Videographer Suspended for Violating NFL Filming Policy
Updated Dec. 15, 2019 5:55PM ET / Published Dec. 15, 2019 4:15PM ET
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A longtime producer/videographer for the New England Patriots was suspended for filming the Cincinnati Bengals’ sideline without permission, which is a violation of NFL rules, a league source tells The Boston Globe. The video footage was aired on Fox Sports’ pregame show less than a half hour before the Patriots-Bengals game last week. New England claimed that its film crew—in Cleveland to work on a documentary about one of the team’s scouts—was unaware of the NFL’s rule that prohibits teams from filming opponents’ sidelines during games. The violations could reportedly cost the Patriots hundreds of thousands of dollars once the NFL completes its investigation into the incident. The Patriots said they were granted permission by the Cleveland Browns but did not inform the Bengals or the NFL.
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Why Michelle Wolf Quit Telling Trump Jokes—and Got Even Funnier
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After her controversial set at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Michelle Wolf is back with her best material yet. She tells us why that doesn’t include jokes about Trump.
Michelle Wolf mentions the current president of the United States just once in her new Netflix special Joke Show. The punchline comes near the end of her masterful hour-long set—and she doesn’t say his name.
It’s been almost two years since Wolf broke into the stand-up mainstream with Nice Lady on HBO (deemed the best special of 2017 by this website) and just about a year and a half since she broke Washington, D.C., with her scathing White House Correspondents’ Dinner speech.
After Wolf joked that she loved Sarah Huckabee Sanders “as Aunt Lydia in The Handmaid’s Tale” and complimented her “resourceful” approach to makeup by saying, “She burns facts, and then she uses that ash to create a perfect smokey eye,” prominent media figures on both sides of the partisan divide denounced her and even the White House Correspondents’ Association tried to distance themselves from her. They haven’t invited a comedian back since.
The controversial performance dramatically raised Wolf’s profile and drew outsized attention to her “late night”-style series The Break, which premiered exactly one month later. But when Netflix prematurely canceled it after just 10 episodes, Wolf decided to rededicate her energy toward stand-up.
After years spent writing for Late Night with Seth Meyers, helping Chris Rock with his “sorority racist” Oscars monologue, and then serving as a contributor on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, 2019 was the first year during which she only did stand-up comedy.
“It’s probably been the best year of my life,” Wolf says.
Ahead of the new special’s release on Dec. 10, we talked to Wolf about everything that has gone down over the past two years and why she decided to stop telling Trump jokes after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
So it’s been about two years since your last special, you had a very big 2018, and then we haven’t seen you for a while. Does this new special feel like a comeback of sorts?
Maybe a little bit. I’ve gotten to spend this last year just doing stand-up for the first time in my career. And I’ve had so much fun. It’s probably been the best year of my life. And I think it’s also reflected in the special. I think you can tell I’m having a good time. I know a lot of people loved me from the Correspondents’ Dinner, I know a lot of people hated me from the Correspondents’ Dinner, and I just hope when people watch this special they just get converted to fans of my comedy.
Your new special opens with a joke about otters raping seals, which is very funny but also makes a larger point about outrage culture, which has become such a big topic in comedy right now. Why did you want to open the special with that?
After I shot my last special, I went away for a week and that’s when I actually saw otters. And I put something in my Instagram story and that woman replied with what I say in the special. And as soon as she did that, I was like, right after taping my last special, I guess I have my first new joke. So it felt sort of fated. But then the more I worked on the joke the more it felt like an appropriate way to introduce comedy right now. We can’t wait to get angry at people. And I get it. I get why people get mad. I get why people like to scold. It gives you a sense of power. This “cancel culture” or whatever it is, this isn’t new. It’s literally been happening forever. There used to be stonings, beheadings, burnings at the stake, gladiators. We’ve always liked watching people die, whether it be literally or now more figuratively. And I think part of it is because in those moments, when you’re watching someone’s head get chopped off, you’re thinking, “Well, my life is terrible, but at least I’m not that guy.’”
You’ve obviously had that experience yourself of being, if not “canceled” then at least having people go after you for something you’ve said. What does that feel like for you?
Honestly, it was kind of nice. I think I spent too much time hoping everyone would like me. And then as soon as people hated me, there was so much freedom in that. Because you’re like, right, I’m not going to try to make everyone happy. That’s a crazy thing to do. So I’m just going to do the stuff that makes me laugh and hopefully the people that have similar sense of humor or appreciate jokes, that it also makes them laugh. But it’s really made me less cautious and more bold.
In this new special, you deliberately don’t tell jokes about Trump or really politics more broadly. What prompted that decision?
Doing the Correspondents’ Dinner, people just assumed that I was a political comedian. And it’s a weird thing to make an assumption about, because I was hired to do a job; a job I’m still very proud of, and a job that—I don’t think they thought I was going to do it that way. But I can write jokes about any subject. You give me a subject and a half-hour, I’ll give you 10 jokes. It doesn’t mean I’m a political comedian, it just means I know how to write political jokes. But they’re also not my favorite type of jokes to write. I like more social commentary, and of course those end up being political issues as well but that’s only because life is political. I also find political jokes, at this point, to be kind of boring and just so one-note. I’m just so sick of hearing about it. It doesn’t interest me to do it right now. I’m not saying it won’t in the future but it’s not my favorite topic.
You worked on Late Night with Seth Meyers and then The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and both of those shows, along with Stephen Colbert and Samantha Bee and John Oliver and so many others, are almost all politics now and commenting on the news of the day. Now that you have some distance from it, what do you make of that at this point in the Trump administration?
I don’t really watch that much of it anymore. But I actually feel like late-night shows actually became the most accurate news sources at some point. The Daily Show went from making fun of the news in its original Jon Stewart form to now being a format that several shows do. Instead of making fun of the news, they’re actually giving you the news and just writing punchlines throughout it. I know people that work at those shows that are fact-checkers. Those shows are trying very hard not to say something that’s inaccurate. And that is not something the news is doing right now. We’re just in this political soap opera right now. There are things that are happening that the news is refusing to talk about. I brought up at the Correspondents’ Dinner that Flint still doesn’t have clean water. That was a year and a half ago and Flint still doesn’t have clean water. We shouldn’t be dissecting three hours worth of what Trump tweeted. We have 24-hour news networks, we have enough time to cover everything.
“The environment at the Correspondents’ Dinner was one of the most disgusting things I’ve seen. [CNN President] Jeff Zucker saw Kellyanne Conway from across the room and they both greeted each other like they were old friends having some sort of joyous reunion. He’s like, ‘Kellyanne!’ and gave her a big hug.”
Yeah, I mean, this is something that you talked a lot about in the Correspondents’ Dinner speech but it did get overlooked because of the controversy surrounding the Sarah Huckabee Sanders jokes. Why do you think that played out the way that it did?
I honestly think the media heard what I said [about them] toward the end of the speech and wanted to avoid making that the story. So they made it about the joke about Sarah’s eye shadow. I think they were trying to distract from the fact that I said they are profiting off of [Trump]. He is helping them sell everything, from TV to books. The environment at the Correspondents’ Dinner was one of the most disgusting things I’ve seen. [CNN President] Jeff Zucker saw Kellyanne Conway from across the room and they both greeted each other like they were old friends having some sort of joyous reunion. He’s like, “Kellyanne!” and gave her a big hug. You guys pretend to hate each other, but you’re making so much money off of this relationship at the detriment to everyone else. It would be nice if they were willing to put their morals and values before money.
And seeing that, did you feel a little bit better about what you were about to say?
Oh yeah, as soon as I saw that I was like, I could have been meaner.
Yeah, I still maintain that your Kellyanne Conway jokes were just as mean as your Sarah Huckabee Sanders jokes.
First of all, I literally said I hope you get stuck under a tree. [The full joke: “It’s like that old saying, if a tree falls in the woods, how do we get Kellyanne under that tree? I’m not suggesting she gets hurt. Just stuck. Stuck under a tree.”] But I also specifically took out a joke about Kellyanne Conway’s looks because I didn’t want to make it about her looks. Had I known they were going to have a pretend outrage over a joke about looks that wasn’t about looks, I would have kept it in.
And it wasn’t just the right that was outraged about it. There were all these tweets that got a lot of attention from reporters like Maggie Haberman and Mika Brzezinski and Andrea Mitchell really criticizing. How did you take that at the time?
To me, that was so transparent. Of course Maggie needs to be outraged by this, because how else is she going to maintain her access? She’s working on a book right now. She’s doing all of this so she can raise her profile and make more money. Same with Andrea Mitchell. They needed to say that to keep their position. And also, I think I responded to Maggie; I said something along the lines of, this is about her eye makeup and her ingenuity of materials, but it sounds like you thought it was about her looks. I said she has nice eye shadow and everyone heard, she’s a pig! You heard that because you wanted to hear that. I did not say those words and my intonation didn’t even imply that. You want to look at some ugly people, there’s plenty of other people we could point out in the administration that are very, very bad-looking.
I actually interviewed Ann Dowd, who plays Aunt Lydia on The Handmaid’s Tale, a couple of months after the dinner. And she basically said she was totally unaware of it at first and then found the whole thing “completely surreal.”
I felt so bad because I was like, “Oh my God, I hope Ann Dowd doesn’t think I’m saying she’s unattractive!” I think Ann Dowd is, first of all, beautiful, but also an amazing actress. And I saw her at the Emmys and it was the first time I’d seen her since any of this happened and I was like, “I’m so sorry, I love you!” And she was just laughing about the whole thing, saying, “I didn’t take it badly at all.” Her character is horrendous, but she’s beautiful.
After you did this, the White House Correspondents’ Dinner has been effectively killed or rather you killed it, because they haven’t invited a comedian back since. What was your reaction to that when they announced they wouldn’t be having a comedian anymore?
I thought, good. First of all, there’s no point in doing it if the president’s not going to be there. And roasts in general aren’t good if the home team’s not on board. The whole point of a roast is that everyone’s in on it. And this administration isn’t one that likes to be in on it. And honestly, they don’t deserve to be. If they had done the Alec Baldwin roast and he had been sitting with his arms crossed with a mean look on his face the whole time, it wouldn’t have been a fun event. But he got made fun of, he laughed, he made fun of people. That’s how roasts work. And maybe that’s what the Correspondents’ Dinner used to be, but I think we’ve moved so far away from that and the relationship between the media and the White House has gotten so perverted almost that I don’t think they should have it at all. I was very happy to burn it down.
Your performance at the dinner really propelled you into your Netflix show The Break, which was then prematurely canceled after just 10 episodes. What do you think happened and would you do anything differently if you could do it over again?
I think one of the big things with that show is, we always knew 10 episodes wasn’t going to be enough. So we just kind of tried to have the most fun that we could in the time that we had. Had we originally been given more episodes—had we been given 32 like Hasan [Minhaj] had—I think we could have really figured out more of what exactly the show was. But it takes time for a show like that to find its feet. I’ve worked on Late Night, I know for Seth we were still figuring out after a year and a half what works and what doesn’t. It’s an evolutionary process. After the Correspondents’ Dinner, I let that seep in to the show more than I wanted it to. I genuinely wanted the show to be a “break” and just be silly and funny but that didn’t seem to be what people wanted at the time. People wanted me to talk about politics and those big, hot-button issues. That being said, I’m not unhappy with anything we did. I look back on some of the stuff and I think it’s very, very funny.
Well, now you get to be back doing stand-up and talking about whatever you want.
Yeah, the show ended and people were like, she’s over! You mean I get to go back to my favorite job in the world?
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Sheikh Hasina sworn in as Bangladesh PM
(Dhaka) - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was sworn in as Bangladesh’s prime minister for a third spell, after a deadly election boycotted by the opposition amid a worsening political crisis. Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid administered…
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Abdul Hamid Elected as Bangladesh's New President
(Dhaka) - The speaker of Bangladesh's parliament Abdul Hamid was elected unopposed as president, a potentially crucial role as the restive country heads for elections next year, officials said. Hamid is a 69-year-old stalwart of the ruling…
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US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (L) and Mongolian Defense Minister Dashdemberal Bat-Erdene (R) participate in a signing ceremony of a joint vision statement at the Mongolian Ministry of Defense on April 10, 2014, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Mongolia has in recent years sought closer ties and cooperation in security matters with the United States. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Chinese Leader Xi Jinping Visits Mongolia
By Apollo News
Chinese Communist Party head Xi Jinping is visiting Mongolia on Aug. 21 and 22, his first since assuming office two years ago, also the visit from a Chinese regime leader in over a decade. Analysts predict trade and security discussions to top the agenda.
In light of China’s recent territorial disputes with countries to its south and east, i.e. Japan, Korea and India, Xi may seek closer collaboration with its northern neighbor to strengthen its influence in the region.
China’s official press Xinhua describes Xi’s trip as “akin to visiting a relative”. Liu Jianchao, China’s Assistant Foreign Minister said during a press briefing held earlier this month, “Chinese government attaches high importance to China-Mongolia relations and takes developing relations with Mongolia as a priority in its policy of neighborhood diplomacy.”
Xi’s visit has been in the works for several months. Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj traveled to China in May for the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit in Shanghai. While in China, Elbegdorj met with Xi Jinping and invited him to visit Mongolia. In June, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi traveled to Mongolia, and arrangements for Xi’s visit were presumed to be high on the agenda.
China has good reasons to be interested in Mongolia. They share a long border and Mongolia exports much of its coal and copper to China. The China Coal Industry Association’s vice president Lu Yaohua predicts China will import around 300 million tons of coal this year, 1/10 of which will come from Mongolia. According to Info Mongolia, three Mongolian coal-mining companies recently became signatories to a memorandum of understanding ensuring the export of 1 billion tons of coal to Shenhua Energy Group of China in the next 20 years.
China has been Mongolia’s largest investor and trading partner for the past decade. Bilateral trade has soared to US$6 billion in 2013 from just US$120 million in 1994 and makes up more than half of Mongolia’s total foreign trade.
Growing US interest may have also nudged China into forging closer ties. With U.S. Department of Defense assistance and cooperation, Mongolia and the U.S. jointly hosted “Khan Quest 06,” a peace-keeping exercise involving troops from Mongolia, the United States, and 5 Asian-Pacific nations, in the summer of 2006 and “Khan Quest 07” a year later.
US Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel visited Mongolia in April and signed a “joint vision” statement with Defense Minister Dashdemberel Bat-Erdene, calling for expanding military cooperation through joint training and assistance.
However, Bat-Erdene ruled out the possibility of hosting U.S. bases, which currently exist in Japan and South Korea.
When Mongolian president Elbegdorj met with Chinese president Xi Jinping in May, Xi mentioned his hope that China and Mongolia could move beyond economics, increasing the number of political and military exchanges, which is seen by some as China’s response to the “joint vision” statement from one month earlier.
Mongolia has also reached out to East Asia. On the 40th anniversary of establishing bilateral diplomatic relations, Mongolia’s President Tsakhia Elbegdorj and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met in Tokyo on July 22, 2014, to sign a Joint Statement on affirming the final roadmap toward instituting an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
In 2012, Mongolia passed the Strategic Entities Foreign Investment Law, though later amended, it was aimed at preventing Chinese state-owned company Chalco from taking majority ownership of a Mongolian coal miner.
China and Mongolia signed a border treaty in 1962. After the Sino-Soviet split, Mongolia aligned itself with the Soviet Union and as a result, bilateral ties between China and Mongolia remained tense until after the cold war. Mongolia has since emerged as a parliamentary democracy and the two countries have had mostly normalized relations over the past 20 years.
Ulan Bator has long sought membership in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), and as this year’s host of the APEC summit, China has the power to further Mongolia’s bid with a high-level invitation. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already received such an invitation; Mongolia is likely hoping to snag one as well. Xi Jinping has already pledged to support Mongolia in joining APEC.
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GMOs and Biotech
DNA From GMOs Can Pass Directly Into Humans
By Jonathan Benson, www.naturalnews.com
June 27, 2014 Updated: June 27, 2014
By Jonathan Benson, contributing writer to Natural News
The idea that DNA from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is broken down in the digestive tract and rendered innocuous, a common industry claim, is patently false. A recent study published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE found that large, meal-derived DNA fragments from GMOs, are fully capable of transferring their genes directly into the bloodstream, deconstructing the myth that transgenic foods act on the body in the same way as natural foods.
A combined analysis of four other independent studies involving more than 1,000 human samples and a team of researchers from universities in Hungary, Denmark and the U.S. looked at the assimilation process for GMOs as they are currently consumed throughout the world. This includes derivatives of GM crops such as high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) from GM corn, for instance, and soy protein from GM soybeans, as well as meat derived from animals fed a GM-based diet.
After looking at the data on how the human body processes these and other forms of GMOs, the team discovered that DNA from GMOs is not completely broken down by the body during the digestion process. What would normally be degraded into smaller constituents like amino acids and nucleic acids was found to remain whole. Not only this, but these larger DNA fragments were found to pass directly into the circulatory system, sometimes at a level higher than actual human DNA.
“Based on the analysis of over 1000 human samples from four independent studies, we report evidence that meal-derived DNA fragments which are large enough to carry complete genes can avoid degradation and through an unknown mechanism enter the human circulation system,” explained the authors in their study abstract.
“In one of the blood samples the relative concentration of plant DNA is higher than the human DNA.”
Genes From GMOs Transfer Into Small Intestine, Alter Composition of Beneficial Bacteria
This is an astounding discovery that proves false claims made by Monsanto and others that GMOs are no different from non-GMOs as far as the body is concerned. Monsanto even claims on its “Food Safety” page for GMOs that the DNA from GMOs is “extensively digested” and “present[s] no hazards,” both of which have now been shown to be lies.
Based on this latest analysis of how food genes are transferred from the digestive tract into the bloodstream, it is now apparent that the genes of GMOs pass into the bloodstream whole. Their presence is also associated with major inflammatory conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease, adenoma and colorectal cancer.
The presence of transgenic genes in the small intestine was also found to affect the composition of beneficial bacteria, which are responsible for protecting the gut against foreign invaders and helping the body absorb nutrients from food. Individuals with ileostomies, or perforations in their abdominal walls as a result of surgery, were found to literally be harboring full DNA sequences from GMOs in their intestinal tracts.
None of this is really all that surprising, of course, as the biological activities behind how GMOs are processed by the human body have never been legitimately studied. Biotechnology companies have always just claimed that GMOs are the same as real food, without any evidence to back this up, and this has been enough for the government to keep them on the market for nearly 20 years.
“One small mutation in a human being can determine so much, the point is when you move a gene, one gene, one tiny gene out of an organism into a different one you completely change its context,” said David Suzuki, co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. “There is no way to predict how it’s going to behave and what the outcome will be.”
*Image of “DNA” via Shutterstock
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Paris Saint-Germain's Uruguayan forward Edinson Cavani celebrates after scoring during the French L1 football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Bastia on August 16, 2014 at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris. (THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images)
Evian TG vs PSG: Live Stream, TV Channel, Betting Odds, Start Time of Paris Saint-Germain Ligue 1 Match
By Larry Ong
Evian TV and Paris Saint Germain are set to play in a Ligue 1 match on Friday, August 22.
Kick-off time is 2:30 p.m. EDT (8:30 p.m. CET) at Parc des Sports.
The game will be broadcast on beIN Sports 1 in France.
The game will also air on SiriusXM FC, beIN Sports en Español and beIN Sports USA in the United States.
Live streaming is available on beIN SPORTS CONNECT (FRA, US).
Evian are 9/1 to win the match, as compared to 2/5 for PSG as per OddsChecker.
See an AP preview of the weekend’s Ligue 1 action.
5 Things to Know About the French League
PARIS (AP) — Monaco coach Leonardo Jardim and Marseille counterpart Marcelo Bielsa don’t have much time left to adapt to the French league.
Monaco, a title contender, has zero points after two matches, while Marseille has one point.
Jardim and Bielsa had successful spells at Sporting and Athletic Bilbao, respectively, but they still have to prove themselves in France.
Both coaches are still waiting for reinforcements. In the meantime, their tactical approach will be under heavy scrutiny again.
Here are five things to know about this weekend’s games:
Monaco’s poor results have prompted Vadim Vasilyev, the club’s vice president, to publicly support Jardim this week.
“It’s not a choice for one season. We are not going to change strategy because of two bad results,” Vasilyev said. “If we believe in our project, we will stick to our strategy. And we believe in Jardim.”
Jardim replaced Italian coach Claudio Ranieri, who led Monaco to a runner-up finish last season. Monaco visits Nantes on Sunday.
ALPINE WORRIES
Paris Saint-Germain was undefeated last season until it lost 2-0 at Evian in December. That memory will keep the defending champions on their toes when they travel on Friday to the Parc des Sports d’Annecy at the foot of the Alps.
“It was very cold each time we played there,” PSG playmaker Javier Pastore said. “It’s my fourth season at PSG, and it’s the first time that we’ll go and play there in the summer. I hope that will tip the scales in our favor so that we can win.”
INSTANT HIT
Willy Sagnol has quickly found the way to success in his first coaching stint at club level. Bordeaux has won its first two games and visits Nice on Saturday.
“He’s a coach who makes players feel confident,” Bordeaux defender Lamine Sane said. “He knows the words to motivate us. We believe in his method and it shows on the field.”
As a player, Sagnol won the Champions League with Bayern Munich in 2001 and was part of the France team that lost the 2006 World Cup final to Italy. He coached France’s under-21 team before joining Bordeaux.
STABILITY PAYS OFF
The key to Saint-Etienne’s good start has been the stability in its squad. In the 3-1 win over Reims last weekend, 10 players in Saint-Etienne’s starting lineup were at the club last season.
“Stability is necessary and we have it,” Saint-Etienne coach Christophe Galtier said. “Therefore we have an advantage over other clubs where there are a lot of moves.”
Saint-Etienne wound up fourth in the league last season, its best finish since 1988. It hosts Rennes on Sunday.
Marseille’s campaign has been undermined by the uncertainty about its squad and differences of opinion between Bielsa and the management.
Marseille hasn’t signed a defender while center backs Lucas Mendes and Souleymane Diawara left and the club is also trying to offload fullback Rod Fanni.
The 2010 champions will seek their first victory of the season when they face Guingamp on Saturday.
“We’ve worked a lot in the pre-season,” Marseille winger Romain Alessandrini said. “I think it should be fine in the next two or three games.”
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Female Celebrities Who Are 5'2" (157 cm) Tall
The list of female celebrities who are 5'2" (157 cm) tall includes Emilia Clarke, Kamala Harris, Lisa Bonet, Camila Cabello, Helena Bonham Carter. Famous personalities featured on this list, include actresses, models, pop singers, lyricists & songwriters and from other domains of life. This list of female celebrities who are 5 feet 2 inches includes people from United States, England, Japan, India and many more countries.
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DraftKings is Official PGA Tour Daily Fantasy Sports Partner
By Dave Golokhov
July 26th, 2019 - 11:50am
The PGA Tour and DraftKings Inc. have struck a multi-year content and marketing deal which will see DraftKings become the first-ever “Official Daily Fantasy Game" of the PGA Tour, according to a tour press release. It’s a big win for DraftKings, which is neck-in-neck with FanDuel, fighting for fantasy territory.
In February, the PGA Tour changed its policy to allow marketing partnerships with gambling brands. On the heels of that announcement, it didn’t take long for the tour to welcome an official daily fantasy sports sponsor as they’ve now partnered with DraftKings.
Game Called PGA Tour DraftKings Fantasy Golf
With the agreement being reached, DraftKings will call its daily fantasy golf contest "PGA TOUR DraftKings Fantasy Golf," according to a DraftKings press release. It doesn’t mean that FanDuel will have to stop offering its golf games, which are similar to DraftKings. What it does mean is that is that DraftKings will get exposure and branding across all of the PGA products, including events and online.
DraftKings customers should see an elevated experience playing DFS golf in the DraftKings app as they’ll be able to receive real-time video highlights for players they’ve chosen in their lineup.
In the future, there could be collaboration on a number of other real-time products to enhance the experience in the app, such as providing ShotLink data that will be useful to DFS players. Those are just a couple of the many opportunities where DraftKings and integrate PGA content and vice-versa.
DraftKings Prizes for Fantasy Golf
In the past, players entered these contests with the opportunity to win cash prizes. That will still be the case but now there will be PGA Tour prizes on the line as well.
As far as contest specifics, there will be a Classic contest where players will have to choose six golfers who are participating in the weekly PGA Tour event. There’s a salary cap, so DFS players will have to consider how to spend that money into a budget. The player whose six golfers cumulatively perform the best wins the contest.
Alternately, there will also be Showdown contests, which are similar but focus on a single round of the tournament. In both cases, players have the option to play against other DraftKings customers, in private leagues or in custom leagues with friends and coworkers.
Daily Fantasy Action Underway
With the partnership now made public, players are official able to dive into the fun with DraftKings. The first PGA TOUR DraftKings Fantasy Golf event is the World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, which started Thursday.
Although full-tournament contests are already closed (since it has started), daily fantasy sports players will still be able to participate in individual round Showdown contests.
PGA daily fantasy is available on the DraftKings desktop website, as well as the apps for iOS in the Apple App Store or for Android in the Google Play Store.
Dave Golokhov
@davegolokhov
Veteran journalist and writer Dave Golokhov, whose work has appeared in publications and websites ranging from AskMen to FOXSports, covers sports betting news for TopUSBets.com.
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An Attorney General Chris Christie Could Shut Down Recreational Cannabis Industry
On Friday, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced his endorsement of Donald Trump for the next President of the United States. The New York Times reported this development to be “a major turn in a wild race” that is sure to give Trump some extra power coming into Super Tuesday, adding that Christie’s pledge of support could become “a catalyst for other leading Republicans to back” “The Donald” as their candidate of choice.
The word on the street is that Chris Christie has jumped aboard team Trump in hopes of securing the position as the next U.S. Attorney General if the reality star takes his sideshow to the White House in 2017. Matt Katz, author of “American Governor: Chris Christie’s Bridge to Redemption” posted to his Twitter account that it was “Time to talk about Attorney General Chris Christie. Much more likely than veep,” while Tom Angell of the Marijuana Majority pointed out the potential tragedy from such a happening – the end of legal weed.
“The phrase “U.S. Attorney General Chris Christie” should send waves of fear through the legal marijuana industry. Not good, folks. Not good,” Angell wrote in a Twitter post.
Although Donald Trump has remained mostly on the side of allowing states to legalize marijuana however they see fit, the man has not exactly been the most stable of the breed when it comes to his politics. In 1990, Trump told the Sarasota Herald Tribune that “we’re losing the War on Drugs,” and “that you have to legalize drugs to win that war.” But then he turned around last year and told attendees of a Conservative Political Action Conference “they’ve got a lot of problems going on right now in Colorado, some big problems.” Yet, he still claims to support medical marijuana “100 percent,” at least for now.
Chris Christie, the man now apparently positioning himself to control the Department of Justice, has been one of legal marijuana’s most vocal opposing forces, saying earlier last year, “As President of the United States, I will enforce the marijuana laws, because I believe marijuana is a gateway drug that causes our children and adults to use other drugs. I think it lowers productivity. I’m against recreational use… And I am for limited medical use not mandated by the federal government, but permitted by the federal government.”
Unfortunately, this means if the next President of the United States is Donald Trump and he appoints Chris Christie to take over as Attorney General, the four states that have legalized marijuana for recreational purposes stand a relatively good chance at being forced to shut down. Also, states like Arizona, California, Maine, and Massachusetts, all seeking to legalize in 2016 through ballot measures, those developments, if passed by the voters, could be forbade to even take effect under a Trump regime. In short, the cannabis industry is in serious jeopardy. As it stands, the federal government simply considers statewide legalization an “experiment,” and there are no laws in place to stop the next administration from bringing it all to a screeching halt.
Of course, Trump still has to win before the threat becomes real, which may be as good as a done deal if Bernie Sanders doesn’t take the Democratic nomination. A recent article in Current Affairs suggests “If Democrats honestly believe, as they say they do, that Trump poses a serious threat to the wellbeing of the country… they must make absolutely sure that Bernie Sanders is the Democratic nominee for President.” This, the article claims, is because “every one of Clinton’s (considerable) weaknesses plays to every one of Trump’s strengths, whereas every one of Trump’s (few) weaknesses plays to every one of Sanders’s strengths.” While the cards may be stacked against Sanders for the Democratic nomination, the Vermont Senator is highly electable in a ticket against Trump. A nomination for Clinton will almost inevitably put Trump in the White House, Christie in the Attorney General’s seat, and lead to the destruction of the cannabis trade, as we know it.
Source – HighTimes
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TTC fare hike a low blow, commuters say
By Tess Kalinowski
Katie DaubsStaff reporters
Wed., Nov. 18, 2009timer5 min. read
As the line to buy a token ran 35 deep at Union Station, transit users reacted with disgust to Tuesday's decision to hike TTC fares – calling it a low blow during the recession.
"I'm sure they could have found some other ways to cut costs," Edmund Persad said before getting on the University line. "Most people are working class who use it, and it's taking advantage of their vulnerability."
Cash fares and tokens will cost 25 cents more as of Jan. 3.
But loyalty and lobbying minimized the impact on the Metropass, which will rise to $121 a month – up from $109, but still less than the $126 transit commissioners had considered. And in a new provision, starting September, college and university students regardless of age will get the same monthly pass prices as high school students.
Some schools, such as York, Ryerson and the University of Toronto, offer a discounted $96 Metropass through their student unions.
Also, as of Jan. 3, student and senior passes go to $99 a month from $91.25, and to $89 a month for MDP pass users (who commit to buying a pass for an entire calendar year).
Despite some minor victories, the increase still incensed riders already fed up with token rationing. By the dozens at Union Station, they tried in vain to shove $20 bills into the token machine, but the box would only accept exact change for one token – a measure taken by the TTC to prevent stockpiling before the new prices kick in.
"The working class has to pay more for a system that's broken," said Andrea Miliauskas after she was told Union Station had run out of tokens. "The system hasn't gotten any better."
Staff ran out of tokens during the rush hour at Union Station, but by 7 p.m. they had more available.
Spokesman Brad Ross said the TTC is "doing its best" to ensure there's no shortage. Ross said delivery of tokens to collector booths has increased by 40 per cent. "With the approval of the fare hike (Tuesday), we will assess through the week and see how token sales progress. We'll do our best to ensure they are stocked to meet demand," he said.
"If a customer (is unable to buy tokens) we are permitting them to pay the equivalent token price (of) $2.25 instead of the actual fare."
The new prices are expected to raise $45.5 million toward the $106 million shortfall projected for the TTC's 2010 operating budget – $16.5 million less than the original proposal would have raised.
How the rest of the shortfall is covered won't be determined until at least next month, when the TTC expects to adopt a $1.3 billion operating budget, said chair Adam Giambrone. "We feel the commission and riders have done their part," he told reporters, adding post-secondary students are a target market.
"We know that if we can keep people around in their early 20s they'll become lifetime transit riders. Other groups already have a discount," he said. "Obviously there's going to be a lot of people who have trouble coming up with transit fare. We know this is an issue."
The TTC, which has one of the lowest subsidies among North American transit systems, plans to go after all three levels of government for a commitment to long-term operating funds.
A sustainable funding plan is imperative to keep the TTC from having to implement a 25-cent increase every year for the foreseeable future, said TTC chief general manager Gary Webster.
"Without that you're going to lurch from year to year, and every year we'll come back and we'll be talking about another 25 cents. That's not what we want."
Even so, the increase approved Tuesday means risking the loss of at least 11 million riders, Webster said.
"Over time we know that when you have a fare increase you lose a certain percentage of your riders. For every 10-cent fare increase you get a 3 per cent loss of ridership," he said. The results of a 25-cent hike are less predictable, he added.
Between 1990 and 1996, the TTC lost 90 million riders after a 40 per cent cut in its subsidy necessitated fare hikes and service cuts.
Waiting for a train on the Yonge line, Daniel Xiao said he could become part of statistics like that because he'll probably drive more.
Anila Sunnak was one of the rare riders feeling sympathy for the TTC's woes. "The system has to be funded somehow," she said as she fumbled through her wallet looking for exact change to buy a token. "But the transitions between fare increases could be handled better."
Commissioners and TTC staff stressed their commitment to service. They set aside $3.4 million of the increased fare revenue to move ahead on ensuring 10-minute-or-better service to some of the busiest bus routes next year.
TTC staff will report back next month on potential nonservice cuts to save another $5 million to $20 million. Staff and fuel account for more than 80 per cent of costs.
About 20 people, including student groups from around the city, spoke at the TTC meeting Tuesday, some suggesting that poor service and overcrowding made the fare hike hard to swallow.
But most stressed that the effects of the recession are just now hitting home for many residents. "One out of every 10 of our neighbours are jobless," said John Cartwright, head of the Toronto and York Region District Labour Council. "If it's not affordable, it's not right."
"None of you would dream of walking into the budget and saying there will be an 11 per cent increase in property taxes," he said.
"The TTC is an essential service," said Jennifer Foulds of South Riverdale Community Health Centre. "If the fare goes up ... more people will not be able to get to our centre and access health services."
The TTC has long suggested it is a victim of its own success. One of the few transit agencies on the continent that has seen ridership grow through the recession, it is nevertheless drawing lower-than-expected revenue per ride, partly due to the Metropass's success; it accounts for about 40 per cent of all fares. Instead of the $1.80 average it had expected to collect, each ride generates only about $1.78, leaving an overall shortfall of $16 million on this year's projections, said chief financial officer Mike Roche.
Combined with somewhat flatter ridership gains than expected – up from last year's 469 million rides but still 2 million under the projected 473 million – the largest possible fare increase was virtually the only option left to the TTC if it didn't want to cut service, he said.
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Beer case gives Supreme Court a chance to correct past mistakes
By Malcolm Lavoie
Fri., May 5, 2017timer3 min. read
The Supreme Court of Canada this week agreed to hear a case that could have major constitutional and economic implications. R v Comeau is sometimes referred to as the “New Brunswick beer case,” but it is about a lot more than just beer.
As some may recall, Gérard Comeau is a New Brunswick man who was charged under the province’s Liquor Control Act for purchasing cheap beer in Quebec and then driving across the border. The act makes it an offence to possess more than 12 pints of beer not purchased from the New Brunswick Liquor Corporation.
Comeau’s lawyers argued successfully at trial that the New Brunswick legislation violates the free trade clause found at section 121 of Canada’s Constitution Act, 1867. It states that “[a]LL Articles of the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of any one of the Provinces shall … be admitted free into each of the other Provinces.” The trial judge held that New Brunswick’s ban on out-of-province beer violated this free trade guarantee.
Read more: Supreme Court will hear case on interprovincial alcohol purchases
Readers may find this result unsurprising. The plain meaning of section 121 would seem to clearly prohibit one province from banning the possession of goods purchased in another province. How can goods from out of province be said to be “admitted free” if it is against the law to possess them?
In fact, despite what the constitutional text says, the Comeau trial decision was rather surprising. If upheld, it would amount to a major constitutional development.
This is because a line of previous Supreme Court cases held that the Constitution’s free trade clause doesn’t mean quite what it says. Put simply, these cases held that the clause prohibits only interprovincial tariffs. So-called “nontariff barriers,” including even outright bans on out-of-province goods, are not tariffs, and so are said to be permitted.
Recent scholarship has cast serious doubt on this restrictive interpretation of section 121. Work by Ian Blue (one of Comeau’s lawyers on the case) has shown that the broad language of section 121 was chosen by the framers for a reason. They were quite familiar with nontariff trade barriers of the kind that the United States had imposed on Canadian goods under its Reciprocity Treaty with British North American colonies, and this may have influenced the constitutional drafting process. The trial judge in Comeau accepted this evidence as part of his ruling that section 121 must be interpreted more broadly than previous courts had held.
The Comeau case comes just as the provinces and the federal government are inching toward freer interprovincial trade under the new Canada Free Trade Agreement. The political and judicial branches of government thus seem to be moving in a similar direction. Yet there are reasons to suspect that the Supreme Court might hesitate in giving full effect to Canada’s constitutional free trade clause.
For instance, some might worry that a robust interpretation of section 121 could interfere unduly with provincial autonomy and local democratic decision-making on economic matters. Indeed, any instance in which one province has a different regulatory regime from another could be seen as a “nontariff barrier,” since it gives rise to increased compliance costs. Surely, section 121 doesn’t mandate regulatory uniformity across provinces. What, then, is the court to do?
There is a way to give a robust interpretation to section 121 while still respecting provincial autonomy and regulatory difference. And Canada does not need to reinvent the wheel to do this.
Both Australia and the United States are federations with constitutional guarantees of internal free trade. And courts in both countries have managed to reconcile free trade with their countries’ federal structure. They have done this by allowing for local regulatory differences while requiring that governments not discriminate against products from other jurisdictions.
A similar standard could work in Canada, and would at least put a stop to police sting operations targeting thirsty cross-border shoppers, like the one that caught Comeau. More broadly, an anti-discrimination standard would prevent provinces from enacting protectionist measures that do not involve tariffs.
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Giving full effect to Canada’s constitutional free trade clause does not necessarily mean undermining our federal structure or interfering with local economic regulation. But it does require a Supreme Court willing to correct its own past mistakes.
Malcolm Lavoie is an assistant professor at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law.
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European Parliamentary Elections Etc. (Repeal, Revocation, Amendment and Saving Provisions) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 - Motion to Approve
– in the House of Lords at 6:47 pm on 23rd October 2019.
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Earl Howe:
Moved by Earl Howe
That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 23 July be approved.
Relevant document: 69th Report, Session 2017-19, from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (special attention drawn to the instrument)
(Citation: HL Deb, 23 October 2019, c660)
Earl Howe The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence, Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
My Lords, the instrument that we are now considering is designed to make sensible provision to ensure that, in consequence of our participation in the European parliamentary elections earlier this year, the necessary administrative processes that are required following the poll are able to be carried out and completed. I shall go into more detail on the actions and processes that are required in a moment, but one example is the requirement for relevant electoral officers to store ballot papers and other election-related documents for 12 months after the poll.
The proposed changes will provide for legislation governing European parliamentary elections to remain in place until 31 December 2020. We consider that this will provide sufficient time for post-poll processes to be completed. The Government are acting responsibly in bringing forward the instrument, which is essential to maintain the integrity of our electoral process. The instrument brought before the House today applies to the United Kingdom and Gibraltar.
I turn to the detail of the proposed changes. The intention had previously been that the UK would leave the European Union before the European parliamentary elections in May 2019. As a result, the European Parliamentary Elections Etc. (Repeal, Revocation, Amendment and Saving Provisions) (United Kingdom and Gibraltar) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018—which I will call the 2018 regulations—were made to come into force on exit day. Those regulations repeal, revoke or amend legislation relating to European parliamentary elections which would no longer be required. Therefore, as things stand, under the 2018 regulations the legislation will be repealed when we leave the EU.
However, as a result of not having left the European Union before the European parliamentary electoral period, the UK took part in the European parliamentary elections on 23 May 2019. As I have indicated, as a consequence of holding the poll, there are a number of post-poll actions and processes set out in legislation which need to be completed. It is therefore necessary for European parliamentary elections legislation to stay in place after exit day—whenever that is—in order to ensure that the electoral process runs smoothly.
I now turn to the detail of the proposed changes. The instrument is being made under powers in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. It amends the 2018 regulations concerning European parliamentary elections that I referred to earlier, in order to delay the repeal of the European parliamentary elections legislation until 31 December 2020. We consider that this will provide sufficient time for the post-poll processes that I referred to to be completed. The instrument does not make any substantive changes to any of the provisions in the 2018 regulations but changes the date that the regulations come into force from exit day to 31 December 2020.
That means that necessary functions and processes that are required following the European Parliament poll on 23 May of this year can be carried out and completed. I will give some examples. The SI will allow for the relevant electoral officers to store ballot papers and other election documents for 12 months from the date of the poll, or longer in certain circumstances. Without the law remaining in force, electoral officers will have no legal authority to keep the ballot papers or other documents. The police may need to refer to the documents in the event of an investigation and would not be able to do so if the documents were no longer stored. Political parties will be able to inspect and obtain the marked register throughout this 12-month period. There are also provisions concerning payments to returning officers for the costs of running the poll. If these provisions were not in force, the Government would no longer have legal authority to reimburse returning officers for costs incurred in running the poll.
The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 repeals the two main pieces of legislation governing European parliamentary elections: the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 and the European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003. The repeal of these two Acts in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 will come into effect on a day set out in commencement regulations. In line with the approach we are taking today in relation to this instrument, we similarly intend not to commence the repeal of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 and the European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 until after exit day.
I should also highlight that the 2018 regulations include provisions that are not linked solely to the holding of European parliamentary elections. The approach that we have taken in the instrument before us is to leave these provisions on the statute book for a limited period. The Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments drew this instrument to the attention of both Houses on the basis that it required elucidation. The Cabinet Office provided details to the committee to explain further why we have taken this approach. It was explained that we carefully considered a number of options and concluded that this approach was the most appropriate because it has the benefit of being clear and simple for electoral administrators to understand and implement. It also ensures that all necessary legislation stays in force, minimising the risk of any adverse unintended consequences.
The committee accepted that these reasons were a reasonable justification for taking the approach in the SI, specifically keeping in force the provisions that are not to do with the European parliamentary elections. I reassure noble Lords that, if it emerges that there are provisions left on the statute book that will cause practical difficulty, we will of course take steps to commence repeal of those provisions.
Once we have left the EU, the UK will no longer have any MEPs or take part in European parliamentary elections—either scheduled elections or by-elections—since the EU law obligation to do so will have fallen away. I can give reassurance that the instrument does not change that position.
Finally, on the wider engagement we have undertaken, the Cabinet Office has engaged on the proposed change with the Electoral Commission, representatives of the Association of Electoral Administrators, the Electoral Management Board for Scotland, the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives, the Wales Electoral Coordination Board, the devolved Administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the Government of Gibraltar. The Electoral Commission and other bodies agree with the Government’s approach in the instrument and consider that the proposed approach is sensible, given that the UK took part in the European parliamentary elections in May of this year. We have also kept the Parliamentary Parties Panel informed of the position with the instrument. I commend the instrument to the House.
Lord Tyler Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Constitutional and Political Reform)
My Lords, I am particularly delighted that it is the noble Earl who has brought this measure to the House for a reason that I will come to in a moment. However, I am not sure whether he is adding to his already substantial portfolio of responsibilities, because I do not know whether he is now permanently accountable to the House for the Cabinet Office. If so, he is of course warmly welcome, but he already carries a great many responsibilities. It might be that he is only temporary.
I and, I think, many other Members of the House feel that the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, is truly irreplaceable. Nobody could compete with his command of the issues that the Cabinet Office deals with. He was in the House only a few minutes ago, but perhaps he will read Hansard in due course.
We are in urgent need of a Minister with particular responsibility for these issues. The Cabinet Office has some important jobs to do at the moment. I am not clear whether the noble Earl is now permanently taking up residence there, or whether some other Member will be given full-time responsibility. Maybe, since the noble Earl is Deputy Leader of the House, he will be able to tell us when there might be a Cabinet Office Minister responsible to your Lordships for the exercise of the many important duties that department has.
We think that this SI is very necessary and very appropriate. In its relative clarity, it is perhaps rather easier to understand than some of the SIs that the House looked at earlier. I pay tribute to the noble Earl’s clear exposition and to the excellent Explanatory Memorandum. Like many other Members of your Lordships’ House, I always go there first rather than to the SI.
I want in particular to draw attention to paragraph 9.1 of the Explanatory Memorandum on consolidation, because it goes beyond the SI’s particular area of responsibility and has incredibly important significance for the work being done by the Cabinet Office and the Law Commission. It says:
“The Law Commissions have conducted a review into the desirability and feasibility of reforming and consolidating electoral law. The Government is continuing to work with the Law Commissions, as well as other stakeholders such as the Electoral Commission, to consider ways to streamline and clarify our electoral system in order to make elections easier to administer and therefore more resilient to errors or fraud. We will consider their proposals in full once we receive the Law Commissions’ final report”.
That paragraph has much wider significance because it relates not just to recent elections, but to any future—perhaps near future—elections. As I keep reminding Ministers, there is an urgent need to make our electoral law fit for purpose. It would surely be irresponsible to trigger an early general election before many of the defects identified have been attended to. For example, it would leave candidates and their agents at the mercy of a legal minefield if the Electoral Commission’s new codes of practice had not been considered and approved by Parliament. The same is obviously true for the lack of effective transparency for online political campaigning, its origin and funding, particularly over whether some of that is from foreign shores.
I know that the Cabinet Office must be well aware of the authoritative warnings—there were more this very morning—of the threat to the integrity of our elections in this respect. In the run-up to the poll in May this was an issue, too. I welcome the point made in the Explanatory Memorandum that reviewing what took place in May is a critical aspect of the opportunities given to the Electoral Commission under this SI. Paragraph 7.3 states that it will be,
“able to investigate any potential offences in relation to breaches of the rules in electoral legislation”.
It will not be just breaches; it will be whether the integrity of the election in May was at risk and whether it has important lessons for any future poll, be it a general election or indeed a referendum.
The SI very properly reminds us that the process and outcome of those parliamentary elections on 23 May require appropriate examination, analysis and follow-up. As the Minister said, that will take a bit of time, and I welcome the fact that the SI sets a reasonable period for that to take place.
It is rather nice to have an opportunity quickly to look back at the events of May 2019. I am reminded that the Conservative Party came fifth in Great Britain, with just a 9.1% share of the poll; the Labour Party had 14.1% and the Liberal Democrats 20.3%. Some of the Minister’s colleagues have spent some time in recent months—the noble Earl certainly would not have been guilty of it—teasing us on these Benches that we were perhaps not terribly representative of our support in the country. I gently remind them that the boot may now be on the other foot. They were temporarily converted to the issue of proportional representation. Not only does a procession of new Conservative Peers rip up the No. 10 agreement to the Burns scheme for reducing the size of the House but, on the basis of the most recent national poll, they must surely recognise that they are totally disproportionate.
The extensive references in the Explanatory Memorandum —I emphasise, in the memorandum rather than in the SI—to “exit day” as taking place on 31 October 2019 are now likely to be totally irrelevant. That is good news, but I would like assurance from the Minister that the fact that the date appears in the Explanatory Memorandum does not mean that the SI could be in any way defective. I am sure he will place on record unambiguously that the current “pause” in the progress of the Brexit Bill does not invalidate the terms of this statutory instrument.
Of course, we recognise that the effect of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 makes it necessary to preserve and implement various ongoing responsibilities. These are helpfully spelt out in paragraph 7.3 of the memorandum. This may also provide an opportunity for co-operation with both the Electoral Commission and the Information Commissioner’s Office on the transparency of online campaigning, which undoubtedly became an issue in the run-up to the 23 May poll. I know that important advice on this has been given to the Government and Parliament. I hope that the Cabinet Office, which has consulted widely on this matter, will now take action to ensure that the lessons are learned.
Paragraph 7.6 of Explanatory Memorandum is a statement of the obvious:
“Once the UK leaves the EU, there will be no obligation for the UK to hold European Parliamentary elections and we will no longer have MEPs”.
It was interesting in the previous debate to learn of the extent to which MEPs and Ministers from this country—I see one before me—made a major, positive contribution to important developments in the EU on plant health and other issues where we were looking for protection, which could have been achieved only on an international basis.
It is a sad day where we have to record that, in future, that contribution will not be made. However, just as a reminder that it is impossible to completely future-proof legislation, we should perhaps note that it is still just possible that Parliament could decide to support a confirmatory referendum on Brexit and that the current opinion polls—from today—show that the remain cause has a 10% lead over leave. For those who say that this SI is a realistic, completely up-to-date, factual presentation to your Lordships, I simply note that it relies in detail on very substantial and significant personal assurances from the right honourable David Lidington CBE MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office. Whatever happened to him?
Lord Deben Conservative 7:00 pm, 23rd October 2019
My Lords, this is of course a necessary SI. I say to my noble friend that I am not going to object to the nature of the SI, which is necessary, but I would like to make two principled points.
The first, in which I am to some extent following the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, is that it is remarkable, is it not, how we find time to bring forward necessary bits of legislation like this, which tidy things up—we have all sorts of discussions with all kinds of people about how it should be tidied up and then we make sure that those who are looking into statutory instruments are happy on the various elements—but we still have not found time, not for tidying up, but actually putting right our electoral system and the threats to it. It seems that, once again, we are spending time that we should never have to spend on tidying up, which we should not have had to do, but we cannot find time—nor the energy or enthusiasm—to make the changes necessary for the protection of our electoral system. Earlier this month, I suggested that now there is no question that we can possibly claim to be an exemplar of governance to the rest of the world, we might as well at least try to get an electoral system that is an exemplar for the rest of the world but, at the snail’s pace with which we are moving at the moment, it seems, sadly, that we are just not going to do that. Yet we do find time to tidy things up. In that sense, I am very happy that we should do the tidying but not that we should miss the fact that we do not have the energy to make the changes that are manifestly necessary, which all parties agree on, which the Cabinet Office has pointed to in what it says, but which we cannot manage to do.
My second point of principle is that I do not want this SI to go through without reminding the House of the serious damage that we have done to this nation by removing ourselves not just from the European Union but from the European Parliament. We have just had a debate, which I know my noble friend Lord Howe was sitting through, when my noble friend Lord Gardiner explained that the only way that we could handle the biosecurity of this nation is to do all the things that we have always done along the same lines as the rest of the European Union. That is what he told us: there is no way whatever that we are going to move aside from the European Union—and why? Because it is 22 miles away, and because we have to do that because there is no way whatever, except jointly, that we can protect ourselves. The only difference is that we will not be able to discuss it in the European Parliament. These decisions will be made by the European Union and the European Parliament and Britain will just take them. Oh, yes, we will take back control. We will take back control in order to say yes to everything that the European Union does. We have just had precisely that discussion. So when we pass this SI, what we are saying to the world is that we have been stupid enough to shoot ourselves in the foot by saying that we will now accept that we will have to do all those things that we are doing together now, only we are going to pass control to other people.
Members know that I do not normally allow these SIs to go through without reminding the House of the seriousness and the stupidity of what we have done. I hope that everyone here will go home and try to explain to their grandchildren what this ridiculous series of Bills and SIs do. What we have done is to give our grandchildren less control over the future, less opportunity to change things for good, less chance to be a real power in the world, and we have done it for the least satisfactory of reasons. We have lied to people—I do not talk about this House, of course—by saying that we are taking back control. No, we are giving up control, and this SI reminds us of the seriousness, the degree and the extent of giving that control to other people.
Baroness Hooper Conservative
My Lords, I recognise that these regulations are a necessary formality, as so clearly explained by my noble friend, but I am someone who campaigned long and hard for the right of the people of Gibraltar to have the vote. It may be remembered that, when we had our first direct elections to the European Parliament in 1979, the people of Gibraltar were actually disfranchised until the single-member constituency system was changed to a regional list system, which enabled them to vote in the south-west region of England. As a result, the people of Gibraltar exercised their right very adequately—in fact, rather better than the people of this country.
I simply wish, at this stage, to express my deep regret and sadness—I fully support everything my noble friend Lord Deben just said—that, as a result, we have lost our right, and not just the right of the people of this country but the right of the people of Gibraltar, to have a democratic voice in the European Union after Brexit, or after 31 December 2020, as has been stated. I deeply regret the necessity for these regulations.
Lord Kennedy of Southwark Opposition Whip (Lords), Shadow Spokesperson (Home Affairs), Shadow Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government), Shadow Spokesperson (Housing)
My Lords, I welcome the noble Earl to his Cabinet Office brief and look forward to our exchanges in the future. I join the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, in paying tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham. He certainly had an encyclopaedic knowledge of these matters and was always very courteous in all our dealings. He will be missed from the Government Front Bench.
I thank the noble Earl for going through the regulations. He explained them very carefully and I read them and the report of the JCSI carefully. He elucidated them well for the House and I thank him for that: it was very helpful. I agree with everything said by all noble Lords who have spoken. A number of points were raised, and I know that the noble Earl will come back to us on those points. It is very regrettable that we find ourselves in this situation. The noble Lord, Lord Tyler, made reference to the work of the Law Commission in respect of electoral law. This is slightly different from the main body of the regulations, but he said that it is looking at our electoral legislation.
I have raised these matters many times standing here. Usually the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, would answer them. I would say that our law is not fit for purpose, and he would say, “I agree entirely with the noble Lord that it is not fit for purpose”. The noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, has been great; we have had meetings with the noble Lords, Lord Tyler, Lord Rennard, Lord Hayward and Lord Gilbert, from the Conservative Benches, and my noble friend Lady Kennedy of Cradley. We have sat there in meetings, including with Chloe Smith, and everybody agreed that our laws are not fit for purpose and we have to do something about it. However, as the noble Lord, Lord Deben, says, we do nothing about it.
In the Queen’s Speech we have one tiny Bill about needing identification to come along and vote. We have a massive problem here, including what is going on with online campaigning. Who is behind these adverts, who is funding them and who is paying for them? What is going on? Is it foreign Governments? We do not know. We have the Prime Minister saying, “I want a general election”, but he is not prepared to do anything about this. Some time in the next few months or whenever it will be, we will have a general election, and there is no attempt from the Government to do anything about the state of electoral law.
We have an analogue electoral law system in a digital world, and that cannot be right. The Government really should talk to the other parties, then we could agree a Bill in both Houses that could go through very quickly to start to put some of this stuff right. That is the important thing. If we are to elect Governments, they have to be elected properly and fairly and everybody has to know that they have been elected properly and fairly. That is the tragedy of all this. That needs to be done but so far—I hope I am wrong—there seems to be no evidence that the Prime Minister wants to do that.
I will leave that there, but I hope that the noble Earl can take it back to his colleagues in government. On all sides of the House, we have to deal with the whole question of ensuring that our elections are free and fair and properly run so that we know that when we elect people, they will have been elected properly and fairly, and they can get the respect they deserve.
Earl Howe The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence, Deputy Leader of the House of Lords 7:15 pm, 23rd October 2019
My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have commented on these regulations and I thank them for accepting that we need them, regardless of whether we should be in this position in the first place—I note in particular the comments of my noble friends.
Completely understandably, the noble Lords, Lord Tyler and Lord Kennedy, asked me about the Law Commission’s recommendations on electoral law. As they both will be aware, the final report has not been published yet; it is due to be published early next year. The Government will consider it as expeditiously as possible, and any actions that they need to take. It is therefore not fair to say that we are doing nothing about the reform of electoral law. No responsible Government would wish to proceed with reform in an area such as this without having the benefit of the Law Commission’s final report. I appreciate that a lot of discussion has happened, and I am grateful to noble Lords opposite and around the House for participating in that. We would like to proceed as quickly as we may, but it has to be done on a properly informed basis.
I noted the comments of my noble friend Lord Deben in particular. He and the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, asked me about the lessons that we have learned collectively from past elections, but the noble Lord asked me in particular whether the May election was open to any kind of abuse, what we know that arises from that, whether lessons were learned, and so on. That is the subject of the report from the Electoral Commission, and the report by the Association of Electoral Administrators called The Electoral Landscape in 2019. We will obviously wish to give careful consideration to both those reports on the matters raised. As we have done previously, we will look to consider the Electoral Commission’s report in conjunction with the AEA report, and we will respond formally as appropriate.
There is a specific issue about transparency of online campaign messaging, which was a major issue in May and was a big issue in the referendum and the subsequent general election. The Cabinet Office consulted about it many months ago. Evidence was taken from the Information Commissioner’s Office; the Electoral Commission also looked into it. I would be grateful if the Minister could take back to the Cabinet Office the concern from all over your Lordships’ House that there seems to be very little action taking place on this. It remains a very sensitive issue, not least because of the important report from the DCMS Select Committee.
I take the point that the Minister made about the work of the Law Commission. It is doing its work and will come back with some comprehensive reports. However, when I have sat in a room with Chloe Smith and the noble Lord, Lord Young, we have all agreed that there are things we can do now. They have never said, “We can’t do anything because we need this Bill going forward”. There are things that can be done. I would ask the Minister to talk to his officials. He would certainly be encouraged by all of us around this House to sort this out quickly, notwithstanding the much more detailed work of the Law Commission; that cannot be used as an excuse for saying, “We do not know enough about that, so we have to leave the electoral system as inadequate as it is now”.
I take the points made by both noble Lords. There are some tremendously important areas that we need to address. The online issue is one of them. All I can say at the moment is that the strength of feeling that has been articulated this evening will not be lost on my officials: I shall make sure of that. We are committed to implementing an imprints regime for digital election material. This will ensure greater transparency. It will make it clearer to the electorate who has produced and who has promoted online political materials. I assure the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, that we will be bringing forward proposals in this area in the coming months.
The noble Lord asked me whether the progress of the withdrawal Bill might invalidate this statutory instrument. I can reassure him that it will have no effect at all. We simply need to ensure that the European parliamentary elections legislation is not repealed on exit day, in all circumstances—or in any circumstances—so we still require this statutory instrument to be agreed. If it is, the correct result will be achieved, namely that the repeal of the European parliamentary elections legislation will happen not on exit day but rather, as I said either, on 31 December 2020. The SI is needed simply to provide certainty to electoral administrators and to maintain the integrity of our domestic electoral processes.
The noble Lord, Lord Tyler, asked whether I was a permanent or temporary spokesman for the Cabinet Office. I wish I could quantify the length of the piece of string that we are dealing with here. I am but a pale imitation of my noble friend Lord Young, whose presence on the Front Benches is sorely missed. Currently, I respond for the Cabinet Office. It is my privilege to do so and I will continue to do so until requested not to.
House adjourned at 7.23 pm.
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Cynthia B. Tracy graduated from Cornell University in 1983 and received her law degree from the Syracuse University School of Law in 1987.
She was admitted to the State Bar of New York in 1988 and admitted to practice before the United States Southern District of New York federal court in 1990.
Cynthia was admitted to the State Bar of Ohio in 1992. In 1995, she was admitted to the State Bar of Texas, and in 2005, she was admitted to practice before the United States Southern District of Texas federal court.
Cynthia has an extensive background in divorce and family law, having practiced in that area in New York, Ohio, and Texas. Before practicing in Texas, Cynthia worked in the Ohio Butler County Courts as an associate judge (referee) for almost three years.
She also worked for the Attorney General of the State of Texas for a decade. She was a managing attorney of 4 different child support offices and oversaw 20,000 cases per office. She was a recognized expert in the subject matters of medical support and the child support review process.
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11 William Lloyd 1952 AUS 1575 02:29:16 00:42:53 00:02:03 01:18:36 00:01:30 00:24:12
12 Steven Rue 1952 GBR 1583 02:31:07 00:46:13 00:02:03 01:14:27 00:01:39 00:26:44
13 Richard Hardy 1954 GBR 1581 02:33:09 00:49:18 00:02:10 01:12:40 00:01:43 00:27:16
14 Kiyoshi Kawasaki 1953 JPN 1584 02:35:56 00:47:01 00:02:27 01:20:19 00:01:31 00:24:35
15 Alan Ellis 1955 AUS 1571 02:35:57 00:46:10 00:02:37 01:18:51 00:02:03 00:26:15
16 David Aggett 1955 CAN 1578 02:37:03 00:47:45 00:02:59 01:14:44 00:02:07 00:29:25
17 Gustaf Cilliers 1954 RSA 1591 02:37:11 00:46:32 00:02:40 01:20:55 00:01:55 00:25:08
18 Dana Reihman 1953 USA 1596 02:37:42 00:49:48 00:02:36 01:17:26 00:01:51 00:25:58
19 Mark Dawson 1953 AUS 1569 02:38:38 00:52:16 00:02:20 01:14:04 00:01:40 00:28:16
20 Errol Schmidt 1955 AUS 1577 02:38:39 00:51:29 00:02:07 01:09:56 00:01:26 00:33:37
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25 Rick Tollakson 1953 USA 1598 03:25:18 01:07:34 00:03:09 01:29:02 00:03:25 00:42:06
26 Hisanao Kojima 1953 JPN 1585 03:27:06 01:02:50 00:03:22 01:37:00 00:02:40 00:41:11
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Though Zombieland: Double Tap is far from being as fresh as the original, this sequel still features its likeable cast in all their zombie killing glory with some killer laughs along the way.
Oscar nominated film Pain and Glory is available on DVD and Blu-ray today! Click here to see all the details on all six films available to buy today.
The 26th annual SAG Awards took place in Los Angeles last night. The SAG-AFTRA presented awards in 15 categories, honoring the year’s best in film and TV.
Bad Boys are back on top at the weekend box office
Bad Boys came for the top of the box office after years of delays and came away with one of the top performances over the Martin Luther King Day weekend.
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The Best Time to Visit Las Vegas
United States Nevada Las Vegas
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Zeke Quezada
Zeke Quezada is a travel writer specializing in Las Vegas and the author of "Restaurants in Las Vegas: The Best for Less."
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When examining the weather in Las Vegas is one season better than another? Is it too hot? Is it too cold? There is no wrong time to go to Las Vegas, but if you are planning on sitting by the pool and you want at least average temperature in the 70s, the best time to visit Las Vegas is between April and October. Of course, plenty of other months offer great weather too—if you're visiting from the Great White North, a 60-degree day in February might feel downright balmy!
The very best time to visit Las Vegas depends on what you are going to do. If you are headed to the pool, avoid November, December, and January. If you despise the heat stay home during June, July, and August. If you want to watch hockey, you'll be there during the NHL season, and if you love college basketball, March Madness is mad in Las Vegas during, you guessed it, March.
Weather in Las Vegas
Las Vegas has an overall warm climate, with scorching summers and winters that are cool but not cold. For most people, much of their time in Las Vegas is spent indoors, gambling, shopping, or dining, but pool parties are very much a part of the Vegas experience as well. For the best pool weather, visit during early spring or fall. Temperatures in Vegas can often exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit, but very rarely drop below 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
Peak Season in Las Vegas
Vegas is popular year-round, but you can expect maximum crowds around large expos and conferences, such as the Consumer Electronics Show that's held in January. School holidays and three-day weekends are also popular times when you'll see increased room rates.
January is the coldest month in Vegas, but cold is a relative term: Most visitors will still find temperatures pleasant. This typically isn't a super crowded month, but double-check the conference calendar to avoid overpaying for hotel rooms.
Events to check out
CES, the Consumer Electronics Show, is held in January each year, as is the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo.
New Year's Eve on the Strip is a massive party celebrated by various nightclubs, restaurants, and hotels.
February is mild and usually sunny. Las Vegas does receive about 300 days of sunshine per year, after all. While you might not be lounging by the pool, temperatures are warm enough for golf and other outdoor activities.
The Las Vegas Golden Knights play at the T-Mobile Arena throughout February.
Valentine's Day is a huge holiday in Las Vegas. Many restaurants and hotels offer special packages for lovebirds.
March just might convince you that Las Vegas has the best weather on earth. Mild temperatures dominate the weather forecast, and every day is just about perfect. Pools are pleasant but not warm, and if you enjoy the outdoors, you will never break a sweat no matter what you are doing.
St. Patrick's Day in downtown Las Vegas is a rowdy affair that includes a parade, and events are various casinos and hotels, such as Irish dancing at the Mandalay Bay Resort.
The Pennzoil 400 is typically held in March. It kicks off the racing season with three days of NASCAR in Las Vegas.
April in Las Vegas has great weather, but it's still one of our least favorite times to visit. Why? The crowds. April is spring break, which means that the pools, the shops, the casinos, and the restaurants are all jammed with people.
The Las Vegas 51's, the city's minor league baseball team, typically kick off their season in early April. Games are held Cashman Field.
March Madness, the NCAA basketball tournament, lasts well into April. Find your favorite sportsbook and make a wager!
May is perfect weather for golf, with temperatures usually in the 80s Fahrenheit. This is also the month when it regularly becomes "pool weather." If you can, go early in the month before kids start getting out of school for the summer.
Las Vegas Science and Technology Festival is a free event held in late April or May. It typically offers free, behind-the-scenes access to some of Vegas's coolest sites, like the Bellagio fountains or the shark reef at Mandalay Bay.
The Kentucky Derby takes place on the first Saturday in May. While the race is held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., it's a big day for gamblers in Vegas.
June is full-on pool weather with averages in the low 100s Fahrenheit. However, evenings are perfect for walking along the Las Vegas strip. Crowds can be a bit higher in this month since kids are out of school.
The Las Vegas Film Festival takes place in June and showcases independent filmmakers and their work. Films are presented at the Brenden Theaters at the Palms.
Las Vegas Restaurant Week lets diners sample some of the city's most exquisite dining at a discount. Benefits from the prix-fixe menus support local charities.
July is hot, but it's a dry heat. If you can bear it, it's a great time of year to visit: Prices are lower, and the pools have plenty of action.
The World Series of Poker typically hosts its BIG One for One Drop in July. This $1 million buy-in tournament is capped at a maximum of 48 players and is poker's most charitable initiative.
The Rio hotel hosts the annual StarTrek Convention, a long-running event that hosts fan and many celebrities.
Temperatures are still in the triple-digits during August, but it's a great time to find a refreshing pool with shaded cabanas to hang out in. Crowds die down later in the month when kids go back to school.
American Poolplayers Association typically host their National Team Championships in August in Vegas. The event is the world's largest amateur pool tournament.
The Tejano Music National Convention includes dance instruction, great food, and naturally, great music. It's typically held at the Rio Hotel.
If you don't have children, this is the best time to visit Las Vegas. The kids are no longer at the pool, but temperatures are perfect for long days with a drink in your hand and your body in the water.
Burning Man, perhaps the most popular event in the Vegas metro, takes place throughout a few days in early September. More than 50,000 people attend.
The Las Vegas Greek Food Festival has been held for more than 45 years. Held at St. John Greek Orthodox Church, admission is just a few dollars and lets you sample tons of delicious Greek cuisine.
October still has some great pool days, and the weather begins to look like a Las Vegas interpretation of fall. Don't expect any significant changes unless you walk into the Bellagio Gardens.
The Las Vegas Food & Wine Festival features delectable dishes from top Vegas chefs and tastings of top wines. It's typically held in early October.
Art in the Park in Boulder City is a two-day festival that showcases the work of more than 300 artists. More than 100,000 visitors attend.
Temperatures cool down in Vegas in the fall, so while you still can enjoy plenty of outdoor activities, most visitors to the Strip will want to spend their time indoors. Luckily, there's no shortage of events and activities to keep you busy.
In early November, the T-Mobile Arena hosts the PBR National Bull Riding World Finals. This annual bull riding championship includes plenty of concerts, parties, and celebrations at venues around the city affiliated with the finals.
If you like wine, don't miss Lee's Discount Liquor Wine Experience, held at the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV. The event features more than 1,000 wines from around the world.
Weather is all relative, so if you experience severe winters in your hometown, you will be so happy to find out that December weather in Las Vegas is not at all something to be too concerned with. You will still be able to walk around outside, and you can be sure that your snow boots will not have to travel with you.
The Las Vegas Marathon is held in December to take advantage of the month's cooler temperatures.
The holiday lights and Christmas tree at the Fremont Street Experience is a great way to get into the mood of the season.
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Diabetes and Pregnancy
About seven out of every 100 pregnant women in the United States get diabetes when pregnant (gestational diabetes). Diabetes is a disease in which the body's blood glucose, or sugar, levels are too high.
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Women’s Care - OB/GYN
Tufts Medical Center's Women’s Care is the only program in the Boston area to provide obstetrical and gynecological care to women of all ages, at different stages of their lives, and in one convenient place. Learn more and request an appointment today.
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Tufts Medical Center Women's Care South offers Ob/Gyn services for women in Braintree and the surrounding area. All OB/GYN services are provided on site, eliminating the need to drive into Boston. Learn more and request an appointment today.
Doctors + Care Team
Edward Saltzman, MD
Title(s): Chief, Division of Clinical Nutrition; Director, Adult Nutrition Support Services; Associate Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine; Dean for Education, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
Department(s): Medicine, Clinical Nutrition
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Andrea L. Zuckerman, MD
Title(s): Chief, Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology; Vice Chair of Gynecology; Obstetrician and Gynecologist; Associate Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women's Care, Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Appt. Phone: 617-636-2229
Pediatric and adolescent gynecology, adult obstetrics and gynecology
Andrew S. Greenberg, MD
Title(s): Endocrinologist; Dr. Robert and Veronica Atkins Professor in Metabolism and Nutrition, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Medicine, Clinical Nutrition, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Obesity, lipid disorders, diabetes, general endocrinology
Hong-Thao N. Thieu, MD
Title(s): Obstetrician and Gynecologist; OB/GYN Residency Program Director; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women's Care
General obstetrics and gynecology, pediatric and adolescent gynecology, minimally invasive surgery, robotically assisted surgery, abnormal uterine bleeding
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Title(s): Chief, Women’s Care South; Obstetrician and Gynecologist; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
General ob/gyn, abnormal uterine bleeding, abnormal pap smear, surgical treatment of benign disease, complex OB
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Title(s): Gastroenterologist; Professor, Tufts University Schools of Medicine and Friedman School of Nutritional Science and Policy; Senior Scientist and Director, Vitamins and Carcinogenesis Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University
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Malabsorption and unintentional weight loss, Inflammatory bowel disease, nutritional aspects of gastrointestinal disease, home nutritional therapy, enteral and parenteral nutrition
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Title(s): Obstetrician and Gynecologist; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
General OB/GYN, abnormal pap smear, birth control
Laura Baecher-Lind, MD, MPH
Title(s): Director, Women's Care of Tufts Medical Center; Obstetrician and Gynecologist; Associate Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Obstetrics and gynecology, clinical research, contraception, cervical dysplasia and colposcopy, medical and public health ethics, postmenopause issues
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General OB/GYN, management of abnormal pap smears, minimally invasive treatments for abnormal uterine bleeding, laparoscopic surgery
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2000 NEP: Assessment of the Health System in Nepal with a Special Focus on Immunization - Programme implementation
Author: Fielden, R.; BASICS
After a period of expanding the number of facilities at the periphery and recruiting female volunteers to work in their communities, the emphasis is now on ensuring that resources allocated to the health sector are used to address Nepal’s health priorities more effectively. The process of operationalizing the Second Long Term Health Plan is still in progress, and includes a concerted effort to prioritise interventions in the health sector within a framework that is agreed between the major stake-holders.
It is anticipated that His Majesty's Government (HMG) of Nepal will apply to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI). GAVI requests countries to provide background information on the status of their health systems. The Ministry of Health (MoH), WHO, UNICEF and USAID were involved in recruiting an Advance Team of two national and two international consultants to help prepare for an assessment of immunization services, and to carry out a broad assessment of the health system within which immunization is carried out. This assessment has at least three objectives:
- to provide the requested information on the development of Nepal's health system, in preparation for HMG's anticipated application to GAVI
- to contribute to the Advantage Team's development of a feasible approach to the overall assessment of immunization
- to pretest Part II and provide feedback to WHO/HQ
- Desk review (analysis of existing data)
- Collection of primary data (desk review, interview, observation, group discussion)
- Collection of secondary data with different line agencies, donors, NGOs/INGOs.
- Field visit (the latest assessment methodology from WHO [B23] was used)
- Data analysis and reporting (focussing on sustainability, effectiveness and efficiency)
Public sector spending on health in Nepal, including external sources, is less than US$3 per capita per year. Yet, during the past decade, there have been problems with underspending of allocated budget, reallocation of funds and off-budget expenditure. In the MoH, connections between allocation of budget and control of expenditure appear to have been weak, and donor partners have funded some of their activities outside the budget framework. In an effort to improve the health gain that might be achieved from allocated resources, a sector-wide framework has been developed for planning, choosing priorities, and committing funds in accordance with agreed priorities. In order to support this effort, any proposed support to the health sector should be programmed through the planning and financial framework. This process should include an assessment of the medium- to long-term financial and programmatic implications of the proposal.
Human resources management has been characterized by very frequent changes in staff, at all levels. The MoH has taken measures to address this. Its own excellent human resources database (HuRDIS) can be used to monitor the expected reduction in the frequency of transfers for key categories of staff. The proposed approach is outlined in Section 5.3.2.
Rearrangement of organizational structures, integration of functions, dismantling of vertical programs, and the cutbacks in development budgets and staff that accompanied these changes have placed the remaining staff under unenviable pressures. Not only must they co-ordinate with many separate units at central level, which takes more time; the accumulation of technical experience has also been hindered and dissipated by frequent transfers into and out of key posts. There is evidence that the technical and operational requirements of immunization are not always recognized within the more generalized, integrated systems, and that for immunization, the allocated staffing level is insufficient for the task at hand. There is also evidence from Nepal's success at achieving international standards for polio eradication indicators that adding staff, nurturing their skills, and supporting them with good management and appropriate resources have produced outcomes that exceed the minimum requirements. Lessons learned from positive experiences (such as Vitamin A distribution and surveillance for polio) should be examined for their approaches, to identify key elements and processes for improving service quality and sustaining it in Nepal.
The integrated health information system has been running for several years, but reporting is only one aspect of using information. Research shows that health workers in Nepal know how to report satisfactory results; discrepancies between immunization coverage from monthly reports and cross-sectional surveys indicate that information is not put into use at the point of service delivery. Immunization has powerful indicators of service quality; staff and community should be supported in discovering the messages in the data, interpreting them and applying them in practical ways. Section 5.8 includes a recommendation for building on existing developments in community participation in monitoring, to use information for improving services.
The health sector's planning framework provides an opportunity for addressing cross-cutting issues such as the safety of injections, and other parenteral procedures and infection control. This topic involves many of the essential functions of the health system discussed in Section 5. That section ends with a recommendation to carry out an independent assessment of injection safety. The methodology should serve as: (a) a needs assessment of skills, preceding any training activities, (b) an indication of equipment, spare parts and supplies needed, (c) a basis for supportive, technical supervision, and (d) an exploration of alternative strategies (including use of drums instead of racks). The approach should be participatory, problem solving, competency based and practical, and should pretest how to convey information to health staff effectively, and how best to support them in adhering to safe injection practices.
Proposals to include additional components of the prioritized main interventions should be considered within the framework for health sector planning and financing, giving highest priority to those additional components that are feasible and will lead to the most cost-effective improvement in the population's health status.
Any new financial support that may be obtained from GAVI should be programmed through the planning and financing framework.
An assessment of the medium- to long-term financial implications of adding a new vaccine to the immunization schedule is needed before accepting a short-term donation of a vaccine.
Additional staff must be allocated to cover specific technical aspects of immunization. Mapping of key posts should be extended to all 75 districts.
USAID, Ministry of Health, WHO, World Bank
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Anderson, IN (View All Cities)
America/Indiana/Indianapolis (3:58am)
ZIP code 46016 is located in eastern Indiana and covers a slightly less than average land area compared to other ZIP codes in the United States. It also has a slightly higher than average population density.
The people living in ZIP code 46016 are primarily white. The number of people in their late 20s to early 40s is extremely large while the number of young adults is large. There are also an extremely small number of families and an extremely large number of single parents. The percentage of children under 18 living in the 46016 ZIP code is large compared to other areas of the country.
For more information, see Anderson, IN population.
Male 827 671 675 745 711 748 620 690 672 756 641 522 368 320 203 151 111 82
Female 719 687 630 735 716 671 664 636 615 666 653 551 447 357 295 235 188 247
Total 1,546 1,358 1,305 1,480 1,427 1,419 1,284 1,326 1,287 1,422 1,294 1,073 815 677 498 386 299 329
Under 5 827 719 1,546
5-9 671 687 1,358
10-14 675 630 1,305
85 Plus 82 247 329
9,513 49%
Owner 65 345 556 748 675 526 346 136
Renter 441 936 869 859 546 309 180 124
Total 506 1,281 1,425 1,607 1,221 835 526 260
15-24 65 441 506
85 Plus 136 124 260
Male 157 171 169 155 148 132 129 134 128 137 116 136 133 153 149 137 144 153 162 138
Female 143 143 143 152 137 148 139 141 122 112 134 144 124 116 150 129 158 158 140 139
Total 300 314 312 307 285 280 268 275 250 249 250 280 257 269 299 266 302 311 302 277
ZIP code 46016 has a slightly higher than average percentage of vacancies. The Census also indicates that there are one or more correctional facilities and nursing homes nearby.
The majority of household are rented. Homes in ZIP code 46016 were primarily built in 1939 or earlier. Looking at 46016 real estate data, the median home value of $45,200 is low compared to the rest of the country. It is also extremely low compared to nearby ZIP codes. 46016 could be an area to look for cheap housing compared to surrounding areas. Rentals in 46016 are most commonly 2 bedrooms. The rent for 2 bedrooms is normally $500-$749/month including utilities. 3+ bedrooms are also common and rent for $750-$999/month. Prices for rental property include ZIP code 46016 apartments, townhouses, and homes that are primary residences.
Rental Properties by Number of Rooms
Cost of Monthly Rent Including Utilities
Cost of a Studio Apartment
Cost of a 1 Bedroom
Cost of a 3+ Bedroom
The median household income of $22,964 is compared to the rest of the country. It is also compared to nearby ZIP codes. While money isn't everything, ZIP code 46016 may not be as nice as other parts of town.
As with most parts of the country, vehicles are the most common form of transportation to places of employment. In most parts of the country, the majority of commuters get to work in under half an hour. A slightly higher than average number of commuters in 46016 can expect to fall in that range. There are a slightly smaller percentage of employees that have to travel over 45 minutes to reach their place of employment.
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Percent of Households Receiving Income
Average Income per Household by Income Source
* Only taxable income is reported.
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The percentage of people that did not graduate high school is among the highest in the nation. The area has a less than average percentage of people who have a college degree.
ZIP Code 46016 is in the following school districts: Anderson Preparatory Academy, Excel Center - Anderson School District, and Private. There are 5 different elementary schools and high schools with mailing addresses in ZIP code 46016.
Anderson Preparatory Academy
Grade Level: Other/Combined or Ungraded
District: Anderson Preparatory Academy
Excel Center - Anderson
630 Nichols Ave
District: Excel Center - Anderson School District
St Ambrose School
2825 Lincoln St
Grade Level: Primary/Elementary
District: Private
St Mary School
Liberty Christian School
2323 Columbus Ave
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ViON CEO Tom Frana Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Hitachi Data Systems
HERNDON, Va. – December 14, 2016 – ViON Corporation, a market leader in the design, delivery and maintenance of mission-critical IT infrastructure solutions, announced today that CEO and founder Tom Frana has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), for his 36 years of collaboration with the company and commitment to innovation, excellence in delivering desired outcomes, and a constant focus on meeting ever-changing customer needs.
2019-01-13T16:31:54+00:00December 14th, 2016|
ViON Gains Microsoft Azure Government Managed Service Provider Status to Deliver Robust Government-Focused Hybrid Cloud Solutions
ViON Corporation, a market leader in the design, delivery and maintenance of mission critical IT infrastructure solutions, announced today it is now a Microsoft Azure Government Managed Service Provider (MSP). This allows ViON to provide compliant hybrid cloud solutions along with monitoring and managed services specifically designed to support IT management within government organizations.
2016-10-25T00:00:00+00:00October 25th, 2016|
ViON to Demo New Hitachi Video Management Platform with Leading-Edge Surveillance and Analytics Solutions at IACP 2016
ViON Corporation, a market leader in the design, delivery and maintenance of mission critical IT infrastructure solutions, announced today it will be demonstrating leading edge video surveillance technologies at the 2016 International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Conference and Exposition. Located at booth #3144, ViON will showcase a wide range of public safety solutions, including the new Hitachi Video Management Platform (VMP) for video surveillance storage and compute, as well as Hitachi Visualization Suite, which supports geospatial video surveillance deployments, data integration from the internet of things (IoT) and other sources, and provides predictive analytics.
ViON Among Top Private Companies in D.C. Area
ViON Corporation, a market leader in the design, delivery and maintenance of mission critical IT infrastructure solutions, today announced they have been selected as one of the top privately-held companies in the Washington D.C. area, according to the Washington Business Journal. The list is based on 2015 revenue and ranks ViON number 51 among the top companies featured.
2019-01-13T16:20:27+00:00September 27th, 2016|
ViON Appoints Clint Green as Director of Advanced Analytic Strategy and Development
ViON Corporation, a market leader in the design, delivery and maintenance of mission critical IT infrastructure solutions, today announced the appointment of Clint Green as the company’s Director of Advanced Analytic Strategy and Development.
2019-01-09T19:12:26+00:00July 27th, 2016|
Jeff Henry Joins ViON as Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives
ViON Corporation, a market leader in the design, delivery and maintenance of mission critical IT infrastructure solutions, today announced that it has added Mr. Jeff Henry to its executive leadership team as the company’s Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives.
2019-01-09T19:12:26+00:00May 18th, 2016|
ViON Senior VP of Marketing, Elizabeth Anthony, Addresses Future of the Solution Provider Business Model at Women of the Channel West 2016
ViON Corporation, a market leader in the design, delivery and maintenance of mission critical IT infrastructure solutions, today announced that Senior Vice President of Marketing Elizabeth Anthony will be a featured speaker at the Women of the Channel West 2016, May 17th, at the Silverado Resort in Napa, California.
Lee Shabe Joins ViON as Vice President of Cloud Solutions
As ViON’s Vice President of Cloud Program Office, Lee Shabe will oversee pricing, delivery and program management for ViON’s portfolio of Cloud and As-A-Service offerings. He brings over 20 years of leadership experience within the Intelligence and Defense industry to the position, including proven expertise in managing large, complex programs and Cloud solutions for Federal customers.
2019-01-09T19:13:21+00:00March 23rd, 2016|
ViON Showcases Solutions at Rocky Mountain Cyberspace Symposium
ViON experts will be on hand at the Symposium to show attendees how they can leverage ViON’s Big Data and Cyber Analytics solutions, including ViON’s DataAdapt Platform, to prevent cyber threats, unlock the value of Big Data and make data more actionable. They will also demonstrate and answer questions about ViON’s leading-edge Video Surveillance and Analytics solutions, including Hitachi Visualization, the first truly integrated, end-to-end video surveillance solution built specifically for public safety. ViON offers its advanced Big Data, Video Surveillance and Cyber Analytics solutions as a service and accompanies all solutions with professional and managed service options to help customers maximize their IT investments.
2016-02-01T00:00:00+00:00February 1st, 2016|
ViON Launches New Enterprise Cloud Solution
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Economic Participation Rights and the All-Affected Principle
Annette Zimmermann Nuffield College University of Oxford http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8214-550X
Keywords: all-affected principle, democratic boundary problem, economic participation, non-citizens, transnational democratic inclusion.
The democratic boundary problem raises the question of who has democratic participation rights in a given polity and why. One possible solution to this problem is the all-affected principle (AAP), according to which a polity ought to enfranchise all persons whose interests are affected by the polity’s decisions in a morally significant way. While AAP offers a plausible principle of democratic enfranchisement, its supporters have so far not paid sufficient attention to economic participation rights. I argue that if one commits oneself to AAP, one must also commit oneself to the view that political participation rights are not necessarily the only, and not necessarily the best, way to protect morally weighty interests. I also argue that economic participation rights raise important worries about democratic accountability, which is why their exercise must be constrained by a number of moral duties.
Annette Zimmermann, Nuffield College University of Oxford
Annette Zimmermann is a DPhil candidate in political philosophy at Nuffield College and at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford.
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A head sculpture of German philosopher Karl Marx, made by his great-grandson French artist Karl-Jean Longuet is displayed in front of Karl Marx’s birth house in Trier, southwestern Germany on May 3, 2018. | Photo Credit: AFP
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A utopian vision of a just society for some, a blueprint for totalitarian regimes for others, Marxist thought is laid out in the Communist Manifesto and the three-volume Das Kapital.
Karl Marx’s work “can be explained in five minutes, five hours, in five years or in a half century”, wrote French political thinker Raymond Aron.
Here are five core ideas of the influential and highly divisive German thinker, on the 200th anniversary of his birthday.
‘Class struggle’
“The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle,” says the Communist Manifesto, co-written with Friedrich Engels and published in 1848.
Marx believed that humanity’s core conflict rages between the ruling class, or bourgeoisie, that controls the means of production such as factories, farms and mines, and the working class, or proletariat, which is forced to sell their labour.
A man adjusts a portrait of German philosopher Karl Marx made by German artist Walter Womacka at Karl Marx’s birth house in Trier, southwestern Germany on May 3, 2018. | Photo Credit: AFP
According to Marx, this conflict at the heart of capitalism -- of slaves against masters, serfs against landlords, workers against bosses — would inevitably cause it to self-destruct, to be followed by socialism and eventually communism.
‘Dictatorship of the proletariat’
This idea — coined by early socialist revolutionary Joseph Weydemeyer and adopted by Marx and Engels — refers to the goal of the working class gaining control of political power.
It is the stage of transition from capitalism to communism where the means of production pass from private to collective ownership while the state still exists.
The concept, including suppressing “counter-revolutionaries”, was proclaimed by the Russian Bolsheviks in 1918.
Vladimir Lenin wrote that it is “won and maintained by the use of violence”, signalling the authoritarian drift that began after Russia’s 1917 October Revolution.
Marx and Engels wrote the “Manifesto of the Communist Party” in 1848, at a time of revolutionary turmoil in Europe.
It only reached a wide readership in 1872 but became part of the canon of the Soviet Bloc in the 20th century.
For Marx, the goal was the conquest of political power by workers, the abolition of private property, and the eventual establishment of a classless and stateless communist society.
A copy of “Das Kapital” is seen on May 3, 2018 ahead of the opening of an exhibition exploring the works and life of German philosopher Karl Marx at his birth house in Trier, southwestern Germany. | Photo Credit: AFP
According to Marx’s theory of historical materialism, societies pass through six stages — primitive communism, slave society, feudalism, capitalism, socialism and finally global, stateless communism.
In reality, the abolition of private property and the collectivisation of land resulted in millions of deaths, especially under Russia’s Joseph Stalin and China’s Mao Zedong.
‘Internationalism’
“Workers of the world unite!” is the famous rallying cry that concludes the Manifesto and seeks to create a political structure that transcends national borders.
Visitors look at a statue of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels at a public park in Berlin on May 4, 2018. | Photo Credit: Getty Images
The idea lay at the heart of Soviet internationalism, uniting the destiny of countries as geographically distant as the USSR, Vietnam and Cuba, and revolutionary groups including the Colombian FARC or the Kurdish Workers’ Party PKK, as well as anti-globalisation movements.
‘Opium of the people’
Marx believed that religion, like a drug, helps the exploited to suppress their immediate pain and misery with pleasant illusions, to the benefit of their oppressors.
The quote usually paraphrased as “religion is the opium of the people” originates from the introduction of Marx’s work “A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right”.
Participants stand as The Internationale anthem is played at an event to mark the bicentennial of Karl Marx’s birth at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 4, 2018. During the event, Chinese President Xi Jinping praised Marx as “the greatest thinker of modern times”, calling his theories a tool for China to “win the future”. | Photo Credit: AP
In full, it reads: “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.”
The idea was used to justify brutal purges of religions in Russia, China and across eastern Europe.
Some scholars point out that Marx saw religion as only one of many elements explaining the enslavement of the proletariat and may have been surprised to see radical atheism become a core tenet of communist regimes.
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Australia's iconic Indigenous entertainer, Christine Anu, is returning to stages nationwide to celebrate the life and legacy of legendary soul diva Aretha Franklin in her hugely successful show, REWIND - The Aretha Franklin Songbook. In this must-see show, Anu delivers a passionate and energetic performance to pay tribute to her idol, the Queen of Soul, who passed away on the August 16 last year. During the show, Anue will sing Aretha's most memorable and powerful tunes, including (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Angel, Today I Sing The Blues and many more unforgettable classics. Anue will also sing songs from her own incredible back catalogue of hits, including the iconic My Island Home and Sunshine On A Rainy Day. "I'm thrilled to be bringing my REWIND - The Aretha Franklin Songbook show to the Brass Monkey," Anu told the Leader. "I grew up listening to Aretha. She is one of my greatest influences and an idol. "I believe she is the greatest soul singer of our time and I'm truly grateful to have the opportunity to pay tribute to this wonderful woman in this way." Anu provides the big vocals, the glitz and the glamour of a true diva in the Songbook show which was initially performed in 2012 to coincide with Aretha's 70th birthday and the release of Anu's album of the same title. The show has been brought back in 2019 after popular demand and a number of sold out performances. Anu recently wrapped-up her two-and- a-half year tour of her In Conversation and Song show, which saw her perform to approximately 45,000 people in intimate settings at theatres, galleries, festivals and schools. Anu's illustrious career spans more than 20-years in theatre, dance, music and children's entertainment. During this time, she's amassed multiple awards, including five ARIAs, eight Deadlys, a Green Room Award for Best Actress in a Musical and she's won Song of the Year for her chart-topping hit, My Island Home. She has appeared in Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge, as well as in The Matrix Reloaded, Dating the Enemy and most recently, in the Australian film, UNSOUND. Anu has also had roles in a number of TV series including Wildside, The Alice, Playschool, Outland, Black Comedy, Kiki and Kitty and many more. Currently, she is the host of the national radio show, Evenings across Australia, on Friday and Saturday nights on ABC Radio. Anu will perform The Aretha Franklin Songbook, at the Brass Monkey Cronulla on Thursday, September 19, from 8pm.
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Anu pays tribute to a legendary soul diva
Soul sister: Christine Anu pays powerful tribute to Aretha Franklin in 'REWIND - The Aretha Franklin Songbook'. Picture: Supplied
Australia's iconic Indigenous entertainer, Christine Anu, is returning to stages nationwide to celebrate the life and legacy of legendary soul diva Aretha Franklin in her hugely successful show, REWIND - The Aretha Franklin Songbook.
In this must-see show, Anu delivers a passionate and energetic performance to pay tribute to her idol, the Queen of Soul, who passed away on the August 16 last year.
During the show, Anue will sing Aretha's most memorable and powerful tunes, including (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Angel, Today I Sing The Blues and many more unforgettable classics.
Anue will also sing songs from her own incredible back catalogue of hits, including the iconic My Island Home and Sunshine On A Rainy Day.
"I'm thrilled to be bringing my REWIND - The Aretha Franklin Songbook show to the Brass Monkey," Anu told the Leader.
"I grew up listening to Aretha. She is one of my greatest influences and an idol.
"I believe she is the greatest soul singer of our time and I'm truly grateful to have the opportunity to pay tribute to this wonderful woman in this way."
Anu provides the big vocals, the glitz and the glamour of a true diva in the Songbook show which was initially performed in 2012 to coincide with Aretha's 70th birthday and the release of Anu's album of the same title.
The show has been brought back in 2019 after popular demand and a number of sold out performances.
Anu recently wrapped-up her two-and- a-half year tour of her In Conversation and Song show, which saw her perform to approximately 45,000 people in intimate settings at theatres, galleries, festivals and schools.
Anu's illustrious career spans more than 20-years in theatre, dance, music and children's entertainment. During this time, she's amassed multiple awards, including five ARIAs, eight Deadlys, a Green Room Award for Best Actress in a Musical and she's won Song of the Year for her chart-topping hit, My Island Home.
She has appeared in Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge, as well as in The Matrix Reloaded, Dating the Enemy and most recently, in the Australian film, UNSOUND.
Anu has also had roles in a number of TV series including Wildside, The Alice, Playschool, Outland, Black Comedy, Kiki and Kitty and many more.
Currently, she is the host of the national radio show, Evenings across Australia, on Friday and Saturday nights on ABC Radio.
Anu will perform The Aretha Franklin Songbook, at the Brass Monkey Cronulla on Thursday, September 19, from 8pm.
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Can’t wait to see the new trailer? You shouldn’t.
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Love, discipline fuel Neil Diamond’s latest album
Neil Diamond wrote and recorded his first studio album of new material in six years floating in the heady glow of new love.
Love, discipline fuel Neil Diamond’s latest album Neil Diamond wrote and recorded his first studio album of new material in six years floating in the heady glow of new love. Check out this story on thenorthwestern.com: http://oshko.sh/1wiKfDJ
AP Published 3:55 p.m. CT Oct. 21, 2014
In this Oct. 20, 2014, file photo, Neil Diamond performs on NBC's "Today" show in New York. The 73-year-old entertainer, who married for the third time in 2012, says happiness with his new bride fueled his work on “Melody Road,” out Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. (Photo: Charles Sykes/Invision/AP )
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Neil Diamond wrote and recorded his first studio album of new material in six years floating in the heady glow of new love.
The 73-year-old entertainer, who married for the third time in 2012, says happiness with his new bride fueled his work on “Melody Road,” out Tuesday.
“There’s no better inspiration or motivation for work than being in love. It’s what you dream of as a creative person,” Diamond said in a recent interview. “I was able to complete this album — start it, write it and complete it — under the spell of love, and I think it shows somehow.”
Not that he allowed his wife, Katie McNeil, in on the making of the songs.
A songwriter since the early 1960s, Diamond has become extremely disciplined about his process. He writes every day, regardless of inspiration or deadlines. He doesn’t listen to, or play, any other music while working on his own material, and he doesn’t preview his songs for anyone until they’ve been recorded.
His wife didn’t hear the album — even the songs he wrote for her — until it was finished.
“I’m very strict with myself now because I’m the only one who’s looking over my shoulder,” Diamond said. “Each song is a puzzle, and I’ve chosen to stay with it until it makes its incremental advance toward completion.”
He spent 18 months holed up making “Melody Road,” a collection of 12 tracks he says tells the story of his life over the past 20 years. There are songs about heartache, about family, and several about finding love.
Diamond is thoughtful and measured as he discusses his work. He takes it seriously and says he really does suffer for his art.
“It’s terrible because you’re forgoing real life,” he said. “I’m locked in a room and I should be with my grandson or granddaughters and I can’t be. I’ve had that for the last 45 or 50 years. … I’ve missed out for the sake of my music and I understand that, but it doesn’t make it any easier to do.”
And then there’s performing, his favorite part of the job. Diamond has five months of concerts scheduled in North America and Europe next year.
“I love performing. There’s no discipline involved. It’s the only time nobody can reach me on the phone. It’s got all kinds of benefits, not the least of which is having an audience that’s enthusiastic and that’s come from all over to hear what you’ve got to sing that night. It’s an amazing process,” he said. “So I adore the performance. I can’t say I adore songwriting. That’s hard work, and I don’t mind hard work, but that’s really hard work and it’s self-discipline. The only time you enjoy writing a song is when you finish it.”
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WWE Divas Championship
Vacated
Kelly Kelly
Night of Champions
Fatal 4-Way
Raw 20th Anniversary Special
1 McCool defeated Natalya to become the inaugural champion.
2 This episode aired on tape delay on December 26, 2008. The championship became exclusive to the Raw brand on April 13, 2009 when Maryse was drafted from SmackDown.
- WWE vacated the title after Melina sustained a torn anterior cruciate ligament, which sidelined her from in-ring competition.
6 Maryse defeated Gail Kim in the finals of an eight diva tournament to win the vacant title.
8 This was contested in a Fatal four-way match that also involved Gail Kim and Maryse. Fox pinned Maryse to win the title.
10 This was a unification match, where the title was unified with the WWE Women's Championship. The title, which was referred to as the WWE Unified Divas Championship for weeks afterward, took the lineage of the WWE Divas Championship and became accessible on both Raw and SmackDown brands. Layla subsequently claimed to be the co-champion with McCool, but it is not recognized by WWE, though she defended the belt in McCool's place on some occasions.
11 This was a handicap match also involving Layla as Michelle McCool's tag team partner.
12 This was contested in a Fatal four-way match also involving Layla and Michelle McCool. Eve pinned Layla to win the championship.
14 This was a Power To The People edition. Kelly Kelly received the highest number of votes. Other nominees were Beth Phoenix and Eve Torres
16 This was contested in a lumberjill match.
17 Beth Phoenix was the opponent for the match, but Layla replaced her as Phoenix wasn't medically cleared to wrestle. With the win, Layla became the first English Divas Champion, and first Diva Search winner to hold both the WWE Women's Championship and the Divas Championship.
19 Title would have also changed hands on a disqualification or countout
21 This was Paige debut match on Raw
22 This was AJ Lee return to WWE after losing her title to Paige.
24 This was a triple threat match also involving Nikki Bella.
26 Had Nikki been counted out or disqualified, she would have lost the title.
- WWE Hall of Famer Lita announced that the winner of the triple threat match between Charlotte, Becky Lynch, and Sasha Banks would be crowned the new WWE Women's Champion, subsequently retiring the WWE Divas Championship.
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TheReligionofPeace.com
The truth of an idea is never
determined by desire.
What if Islam really is different?
TheReligionofPeace.com (TROP) is a pluralistic, non-partisan site concerned with Islam's political and religious teachings according to its own texts. The purpose is to counter whitewashing and explain the threat that Islam truly poses to human dignity and freedom, as well as the violence and dysfunction that ensues as a direct consequence of this religion's supremacist ideology.
Islam is not defined by anyone's opinion, but by the Quran, Hadith and Sira. These historical texts are readily available in the information age, meaning that anyone can go straight to the source from any referenced article on this site.
While apologists of Islam generally use fragments of Quran verses, weaker hadith (Islam's version of "fake news") and contemporary opinion to lower Western defenses, TROP explains the context, cites early biographers, and posts references to those Hadith collections deemed most reliable (Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim and Abu Dawud).
TROP is not associated with any organization. The site does not promote any religion, but it is not hostile to religion. We generally support the rights of atheists, Christians, Hindus, Jews, women, consenting adults, Muslims and anyone else on the planet to live as they wish without violating the rights of others.
TheReligionofPeace.com strongly condemns any attempt to harm or harass any Muslim anywhere in the world over their religion. Every person is entitled to be treated as an individual and judged only by his or her own words and deeds (see About Muslims).
TROP also denounces any act of vandalism against mosques or other property, including juvenile attempts to offend Muslims by desecrating copies of the Quran. (The best way of discrediting the Quran is to tell non-Muslims what it actually says about them).
The world we share is at a critical moment. After holding back Muslim conquests for 1400 years, Western borders are being thrown open to an irreversible flow of migration from the Islamic world. At the same time, important questions about Islam are being stigmatized and deliberately mischaracterized as "bigotry."
One reason is that many Muslims get offended when their religion is questioned, and this seems like a bad thing. Another is the false conflating of persons with ideology. Most Muslims are obviously not bad people. Most are "like us." The lazy conclusion is that "true" Islam must not be significantly different or dangerous.
But, tolerance doesn't mean denying truth. Our culture has benefited greatly from the freedom to criticize dogma. Holding Islam to a different standard not only risks hard-fought social progress, but denies an Age of Enlightenment to those desperately in need of it. The mere fact that Islam requires special protection from scrutiny proves how necessary it really is.
The main purpose of this site is to challenge the assumption that all religion is the same, which is easily belied by common sense. Over 99% of religiously-motivated terror is committed explicitly in the name of this one faith. How can that be if it is just like all the others?
How is that we so often hear of converts to Islam turning to terror, but never the same with converts from Islam? Why are only ex-Muslims killed? If 'ignorance of Islam' is the culprit, then why don't other religions have this problem, and why there are so many Islamic clerics, imams and preachers actively involved in terror cells and recruitment across the globe?
Lift the cloak of religion and it becomes obvious that there is a tremendous amount of social dysfunction tied to Islam's core texts and teachings. Polls show that large minorities - or even majorities - in the Islamic world approve of amputations, stonings, violence in defense of Islam, and draconian rules prohibiting other religions equal rights and freedom.
Acts of discrimination, hate and terror that would be shocking in the name of any other faith are so commonplace in the Muslim world that it barely registers in Western media. The very fact that the bar of expectation is set so low for "the Religion of Peace" underscores just how different it really is.
No one uses the term "self-radicalization" with any other faith or attaches an "ism" to the end (Islamism) to project false hope that the "real thing" is something other than what it appears. Islam is the only ideology, religious or otherwise, in which critics are bullied into silence and told they have a "phobia" (or are "racist" for challenging a supremacist religion that speaks far worse of them, along with everyone else outside the group identity).
Yet, where Islam dominates, there is systematic discrimination and oppression of non-believers. Where Muslims are a minority, there is a trend toward peevish self-interest and eventual violence when demands for special privilege and entitlements are not met. No other religion is so demanding of respect while doing so little to earn it.
Rather than great humanitarian accomplishment or true peace, Islam appears to breed arrogance and self-absorption: the collective petulance, narcissism and perpetual grievance that broadly characterizes Muslim populations. Hinduism has very little in common with Western religion, for example, yet Hindus generally assimilate and contribute positively to host countries while Muslim migration is accompanied by social strain and a net budgetary loss.
It is hard to deny Islam's remarkable unwillingness to extend equal moral consideration to those outside of the faith. More innocent lives were snuffed out in just two hours by devout Muslims on 9/11 than by the Ku Klux Klan in its entire 145-year history (source), yet, there was never one massed protest against Osama bin Laden in the entire Muslim world (many actually condemned his killing). No matter how atrocious the act perpetrated in the name of Allah, it is always followed by rhetorical distraction and claims of victimization.
Should we be surprised to find that this disregard for others is rooted in the supremacist ideology of the Quran and Sharia? These texts unashamedly draw the sharpest distinction between those within the group of believers and those outside - toward whom arbitrary denigration is cast and hatred, harsh treatment and eternal punishment is prescribed. It isn't the victims who need lessons in tolerance and understanding - it is the Islamic world.
Islam is more than just a different sort of religion. It is a rigid political and cultural system with a mandate to conquer and govern the lives of others via necessary force "until religion is only for Allah." The enemy of this orthodoxy is not just intellectual dissent and free speech, but human freedom. The divine charter of Islam is to impose itself and thus prevent the individual from discovering a different meaning for their own lives.
Rather than make the West a "safe space" for Islam, we should be challenging Muslims to make Islam safe for the world. Until then, it is not in our interest to accommodate that which has no intention of accommodating us. Neither should we assist the expansion within our borders of a religion that is consistently incapable of building countries in which even Muslims themselves want to live.
Tolerance is a good thing, but not when we allow it to be used cynically against us by those who have no use for it once they obtain power. We need to throw out political correctness and embrace critical thinking.
The truth is that Islam is not like other religion and it is certainly not a religion of peace. Sometimes the truth isn't comfortable. Sometimes the truth offends. But it is far better that we offend others with the truth than lose our own freedom.
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Denise Parker Chosen as World Archery's Athlete of the Week
USA Archery CEO Denise Parker has been selected as the Athlete of the Week by World Archery, the international federation for the sport. Following is the article, courtesy of World Archery Communications:
Denise PARKER was the youngest member (14 years) of the entire US Olympic Team at the 1988 Seoul Games, where she won a bronze medal with her team. Now CEO at USA Archery, she is a successful example of a transformation from an athlete to a sports executive.
Denise PARKER was just 10 years old when her father, who was involved in bowhunting, asked her if she wanted to accompany him to an archery range not far from their Utah home. Two years later, aged 12, she competed in her first Junior Indoor National Championships, which she won. Her score was higher than all of the women in the senior competition-this made her realise how gifted she was.
PARKER's first international victory came in 1987 when at age 13 she won the team and individual gold medals at the Pan American Games.
She went to her first Olympics in Seoul 1988 as the youngest member of the entire US Olympic team at 14 years and 9 months. There, she won a bronze medal with her team and placed 21st in the individual competition.
PARKER excelled in the years following the Seoul Olympics, with two top-10 individual finishes at the World Championships, including a bronze in 1989. In 1991 she became the first ever Junior World Champion.
As an 18-year-old, she competed in the Barcelona 1992, placing 5th individually and 8th with her team. However, in 1996 she failed to make the team for Atlanta and quit shooting.
In 1997, PARKER graduated from Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah with a marketing degree. Her first job was working for an advertising agency, and she then became the editor of the bimonthly publication of the National Archery Association,Archery Focus. Being on the journalistic side of the sport gave her a different perspective, and in 1998 she started shooting again, determined to write a different ending to her story as an athlete. She went on to represent the United States at the 2000 Olympic Games.
The Sydney Games were her last competition but she always stayed involved in the sport on the work side. She worked for the archery equipment maker Hoyt, before joining the Archery Trade Association as Vice President and running the ATA Trade Show.
Then, in 2008 PARKER became the CEO of USA Archery. She manages national events, team and training, along with promoting the US team and USA archery. As CEO of USA Archery, she also oversees major archery events organised in the United States. She was involved in the organisation of the 2009 Youth World Archery Championships, of the 2010 World Cup in Ogden, the first ever World Cup event held in the United States. While she hopes that the exposure brings new eyes to the talented US archers, her true desire is for it to inspire potential young athletes to join the sport.
The American recently took part in the first ever World Archery Management Seminar in Lausanne, and is currently working on the organisation of the Indoor World Archery Championships 2012. She still looks fondly upon her experiences and has learned countless lessons from them. "Winning the bronze medal at the 1988 Olympics was my best moment as an archer," she says. "Part of the reason it meant so much is that we weren't supposed to achieve this as a team. It was a surprise."
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"Police Stand By As Colleagues in Plain Clothes Break Windows"
At 5.54 of this BBC footage, an 'anarchist' shows his pass to police and moves through the lines.
We are already seeing the first indications that plain clothes officers were moving between the violent protesters and the police at Saturday's demonstration. The police have infiltrated anarchist and revolutionary communist groups for decades.
One undercover officer, Mark Kennedy, has spoken at length about his work. Those he targeted have complained that he was inciting them to be more violent:
They allege that he also made visits to Dublin to help train protesters and encouraged other activists to attack the police. This raises further questions about his role as an undercover officer and backs up suggestions he acted as an agent provocateur. [from the Guardian, emphasis added]
The police don't simply infiltrate these groups to gather information about them, they seek to shape their dynamics. They encourage splits and they promote those whose agenda suits their own. They endeavour always to have the extra-parliamentary left they want, the kind of left that can be relied on to distract attention from issues of substance and matters of general concern.
And at the weekend to some extent they got what they wanted. On the BBC and in much of the press we saw the familiar narrative, of a peaceful demonstration being 'overshadowed' or even 'hijacked' but a minority of 'mindless yobs'. The newspapers could print stories about how the West End was terrorised, about the spectre of communism or anarchism. Journalists could accuse those who had broken windows and thrown paint bombs of distracting attention from the peaceful majority. They could make the point repeatedly and so minimise serious discussion of the march and its objectives. The coverage was almost entirely predictable. It was predictable because it was in important respects stage managed by the police.
(There was one innovation. The UK Uncut movement has been handily confused in some people's minds with the Black and Red groups - something that must have been high on the Metropolitan police's list of Things to Do.)
Those who were on the march will know that the images splashed all over the papers had little or nothing to do with their experience. The demonstration was not derailed. But they might want to ask their friends what they made of it all, based on the coverage in the newspapers and on television. My guess is that their perceptions won't seem anything like the event as it appeared at first hand.
And the reason for that is simple enough. The state seeks to manipulate the media in order to protect the status quo from serious challenge. The spectacle of violent disorder is part of its repertoire of control. And the established media are eager to be manipulated in this way. The narrative is, as I say, familiar. Everyone knows what is required of them. The danger that the weird unanimity of the political establishment might come into focus is averted once more, as 'moderates' bravely denounce 'extremists'.
If we want to do something about this, then we have to become more communicative. We need to start talking about our experiences and try to explain to others how far removed from reality media coverage can be. And we need to start the conversation about political economy that the country needs and that the political class is hellbent on avoiding.
Part of that conversation should touch on reform of the systems of communication on which we rely and which, as at the weekend, so regularly betray our trust. March 26th matters for many reasons. For one thing it reveals to those who were there the gap between reality and the news agenda. It is up to us now to explore that gap and to take steps to close it.
Dan Hind's The Return of the Public explores the political significance of the media industry and argues for its wholesale reform as a necessary step towards effectual democracy. It has been shortlisted for the 2011 Bristol Festival of Ideas 'Best Book of Ideas' Prize.
Hind blogs at The Return of the Public.
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Loewe Is Celebrating the Art of David Wojnarowicz With a Capsule Collection Benefitting Visual AIDS
By Steff Yotka
Photo: Courtesy of Loewe
“I’ve been on this crusade, kind of, to build instead of a luxury brand, a cultural brand. Cultural brands have to have responsibility, but that doesn’t mean that they have to be boring,” says Jonathan Anderson over the phone. He’s just arrived in New York to celebrate his latest—very not boring!—project for Loewe: a series of T-shirts printed with the artwork of David Wojnarowicz whose profits will benefit Visual AIDS, an organization that supports HIV+ artists. At $99 each, the three styles of tees will be on sale from today at Printed Matter in New York and on Loewe’s own website.
The project is one of many Anderson has undertaken at Loewe—if you’ve been following his Instagram you’ve seen his new Resort 2019 collection for the label featuring a Charles Rennie Mackintosh collaboration—but it’s one of the most personal yet. The designer first fell for Wojnarowicz’s artwork years ago while a student at university. “I remember going to Montreal, going into a bookshop, and picking up a book of Peter Hujar’s that has that incredible portrait of Wojnarowicz because they were friends,” Anderson begins. “I bought the book for about $10 and I became, like, obsessed. That moment in American art is so incredible. You have Peter Hujar, you have Wojnarowicz, you’ve got Paul Thek. It’s something you can kind of see today, where there is a real response to what’s happening in society. Where we are in today’s political landscape and cultural landscape, it is necessary to remember that speaking out is important.”
Anderson’s method of getting the word out and raising money draws on his belief in the importance of “cross-pollinating in terms of creativity and different fields to help to bring awareness to things.” Loewe worked closely with P.P.O.W., the gallery that represents Wojnarowicz’s work and archive, to make the capsule collection more of a collaboration than a mere stamping on of some art images on white tees. As a longtime fan, Anderson used his own understanding of Wojnarowicz’s work to select primarily his stencil pieces, which the artist occasionally made on t-shirts in his lifetime.
The exception is one shirt with a photographic self portrait. “The image of him buried in the ground, for me, is this idea of taking iconography and kind of introducing it to people who may not know his work. I think that’s always the most important thing in doing this: to really bring awareness to people that others don’t know about,” Anderson says.
The collaboration with Wojnarowicz’s estate will be feted tonight at Printed Matter, a store that holds a special place in this project’s birth. “There was an amazing man who used to work at Printed Matter called Shannon, who passed away last year, and I used to go to him and he made me completely obsessed by David Wojnarowicz,” Anderson explains. “When Shannon introduced me to Wojnarowicz’s work, it enlightened me, and then every time I would come over to shoot with Steven [Meisel] I would go into Printed Matter, and I would hound the team there, like, ‘Do you have any other books? Do you have other ephemera?’” Consider this project Anderson’s way of paying it forward for a new generation of creatives—and a way to raise money for a foundation close to Wojnarowicz’s heart.
Shop Loewe's David Wojnarowicz shirts here.
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PETITCLERC ADDITION HUGE BOOST FOR GB PARALYMPIANS
Chantal Petitclerc
Five-time Paralympian Chantal Petitclerc, one of the most decorated athletes of all time with 14 Paralympic gold medals, will join the ParalympicsGB athletics team as a coach and mentor for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
Petitclerc will attend all key preparation camps and competitions from January 2012. She will work directly with Britain’s wheelchair racers alongside her own former coach Peter Eriksson - UKA’s Paralympic Head Coach - and Kelly Smith, a marathon silver medallist for Canada in the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens. In addition, she will act as a mentor for young athletes in the build up to, and during the Games.
Petitclerc won two bronze medals on her Paralympic Games debut in Barcelona in 1992 but went onto win a total of 21 Paralympic Games medals throughout her extraordinary career in all distances from T54 100m through to 1500m.
“When Peter first approached me I knew it was an opportunity I couldn’t miss,” said the well respected public speaker who previously held positions on the board of the Canadian Paralympic Committee and Athletics Canada.
“I have a great passion for the sport and as an athlete I wanted to be the best in the world. As a coach I also want to work with the best in the world and I think that Peter and I, as well as the rest of the staff, share a real determination to succeed. I hope that in addition to offering advice in preparation and competition based on my own experiences, I can also share some of what I’ve learned along the way to help motivate and inspire our athletes to be the best they can be.”
Peter Eriksson, Athletics Team Leader for the 2012 Paralympic Games, said: “We continue to value the importance of attention to detail and throughout my time at UKA that has been integral to everything we’ve done.
“We achieved our target of a top ten finish in the medal table in the IPC Athletics World Championships in January and in order to repeat that performance in London we must continue to work hard.
”In addition to building the best possible squad of athletes - which I believe we currently have following a strict funding review - we need to have a top class coaching team in place and with the addition of Chantal I think we’re making that happen. Not only can she offer first rate coaching advice, but she can motivate, inspire and guide our athletes after a successful and lengthy career of her own.”
Penny Briscoe, ParalympicsGB Performance Director, said: “We have high standards across all our sports and our mission statement is clear that we aim to send the best prepared team to every summer and winter Paralympic Games. The addition of Chantal completes a strong staff team for athletics both on and off the track; London 2012 offers us an incredible opportunity to inspire and deliver lasting change in Paralympic sport in Great Britain and an athlete of Chantal’s calibre can play a significant role by inspiring and advising athletes based on her own competition experiences, both good and bad.”
Shelly Woods, a double medallist in the Beijing Paralympic Games and runner up in both London and New York marathons in 2011, is excited about Petitclerc’s involvement: “I think it’s fantastic, when I heard I just said ‘no freakin’ way!’. I’m so amazed!
“Peter has been building this team for some time and when he brought in Kelly (Kelly Smith) that was brilliant. He asked if there was still something missing and I said the only person that could make it even better was Chantal. I’m really excited and I’m still totally shocked. I’ve got so many questions to ask her. She’s one of my idols and although she was one of my rivals when she was racing I really looked up to her.
“You just can’t get better than having Kelly and Chantal involved; they’ll be fantastic working together. They have so much to offer and they’ll bring so much energy to everything we do.”
ATHLETICS TEAM COACH SELECTION: LONDON 2012 PARALYMPIC GAMES
The London 2012 Paralympic Games Team Coach selection (athletics) is as follows:
Peter Eriksson (Head Coach); Keith Antoine (Ambulant Track); Jonas Dodoo (Ambulant Track); Paula Dunn (Ambulant Track); Rob Ellchuk (Ambulant Track); Anthony Hughes (Throws); Phil Peat (Throws); Shaun Pickering (Throws); Chantal Petitclerc (Wheelchair Racers - WCR); Kelly Smith (WCR)
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The compilation box set Highway: 30 Years of America is allegedly considered the "best" of this folk rock band’s output. To be honest, a more appropriate "best of" collection for America would be a vinyl single with "Horse With No Name" on one side and "Tin Man" on the other. Even those two songs aren't all that interesting, but they do have at least a little camp-humor value. The other 62 tracks on this three-disc box set include typical odes to "Woman Power" such as "I Need You," "Baby It’s Up to You," "Only in Your Heart," and "My Dear."
There’s nothing wrong with uplifting songs about womanhood, but they all sound pretty forced when sung by a group of guys. Highway also includes quite a few songs with themes that still seem to be stuck in the ‘60s. How else could you explain song titles like "Nothing’s So Far Away (As Yesterday)," "You Can Do Magic," "The Last Unicorn," "Sister Golden Hair," and "Daisy Jane"?
Some of these songs were recorded well after the band’s heyday – America continued to record will into the mid-Eighties, even though no one really cared about them after the mid-Seventies. Their last album "Here and Now" was released in 2007. Halfway through the second disc of this box set, you begin to realize that America really only wrote five songs. They just re-arranged each of these songs a few times and changed the words around a bit.
Still, I can understood why someone would like to own a few songs by America – these songs are relaxing, smooth and non-challenging. It’s fine music for listening to when you’re in the lounge at a Holiday Inn, for example. But for the life of me, I cannot understand why anyone would want to own SIXTY-FREAKING-FOUR songs by America.
Posted by Websnacker at 1:04 PM
Labels: 60s, 70s, Country, Folk, Folk Rock, Music, Music Reviews, Rock
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a star Dec. 11, 2019
Turns Out Lizzo Is 100% the Time Entertainer of the Year
By Zoe Haylock@zoe_alliyah
The 31-year-old earned eight Grammy nominations this year. Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for dcp
Lizzo spent all of 2019 making sure we know her name. The singer-songwriter-rapper-flutist dropped an album, Cuz I Love You, reinvested in her previous music, and watched the fame and glory come to her. She’s been working (“doing calisthenics!”) and now she’s being rewarded. Time magazine has named Lizzo 2019’s Entertainer of the Year. Known for her inspirational lyrics and beats that make you wanna move, some of Lizzo’s biggest hits, like 2016’s “Good As Hell,” came out years ago. Why are we just now catching on? “I’ve been doing positive music for a long-ass time,” she said in Time. “Then the culture changed. There were a lot of things that weren’t popular but existed, like body positivity, which at first was a form of protest for fat bodies and black women and has now become a trendy, commercialized thing. Now I’ve seen it reach the mainstream. Suddenly I’m mainstream!”
How mainstream is she? Lizzo is so mainstream, she leads Grammy nominations with eight nods. So mainstream that she’s a mainstay on the Billboard charts. And so mainstream that she set the internet ablaze with debate over her outfit just this week. Lizzo topped the Billboard Hot 100 with “Truth Hurts,” a two-year-old song, and covered British Vogue, Elle, Essence, Billboard, Allure, and the Cut with enough confidence to boost every fat black girl who sees it. Yes, she’s Time’s Entertainer of the Year, but at this rate she’ll be around, yelling at us to love ourselves, for decades to come.
On Lizzo’s Cuz I Love You, Finally, a Star Is Born
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Wilde Life: the official Kim Wilde fansite
Herald Sun (Australia)
When Madonna and Cyndi Lauper were big in the 1980s, a British singer named Kim Wilde gave them a run for their money. Wilde had hit after hit in the 1980s, including Kids in America, Cambodia and a cover of You keep me hangin' on. In the early 1990s, she had a mini-comeback with If I can't have you.
The 41-year-old has two children, Harry, 4, and Rose, 2.
In November last year, she released a thumping dance tune called Loved in Britain that is playing around some nightclubs. If you're a Wilde fan, the track is one of her best.
Go to www.kimwilde.com for more information.
She also is a celebrity gardener on a British television show.
However, Wilde says she has no plans to return to the recording studio, because she doesn't want to become a "sad type like Cher".
Good call, Kim.
6 of the best plants for your garden
A touch of the tropics
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Opinion Analysis
Oleson made world more interesting
This article was published 17/5/2012 (2805 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The Winnipeg Free Press lost one of its most fearless voices - and one of its most loyal friends — Thursday. Longtime editorial writer Tom Oleson died in hospital just after dawn. He was 66 years old.
In his wake are a lifetime of well-chosen words, polished sentences and great stories. He was at the Free Press for 45 years, and there's a story behind each and every one.
Longtime Free Press editorial writer Tom Oleson, who died Thursday morning at 66, left a legacy of erudite, forthright opinions expressed in well-chosen words.
It started almost by accident. Oleson was born a professor's son in 1946 and grew up buried in books. After graduating high school, he enrolled at the University of Manitoba, where he studied archeology and anthropology.
He might have stayed on that academic path, but his mother Elva had a friend who worked for the Free Press and thought that Tom might be well-served by meeting him. So in 1967, Tom landed a job as a copy boy. Within months, he was hooked: Although he took a brief sojourn to Europe and back to university, he "clung to (the Free Press) like a barnacle," he wrote last year.
Two years after starting, Oleson was promoted to the foreign desk, where he bonded with former Free Press editor Bob Saunders — the "grandfather he never had," Tom's cousin, Bob Oleson, recalled. Under Saunders's wing, Oleson learned the newspaper biz inside and out and began to hone his strong and distinctly literary voice.
Over time, Oleson would hold a number of positions within the paper, including literary editor. But he was best known for the editorials and columns he wrote after being named literary editor and a member of the editorial board in 1974.
The sum total of those writings is challenging. Nothing was hidden from Oleson's purview: He wrote about everything from cosy Winnipeg watering holes to daunting foreign boondoggles, Berlusconi to Bellamy's Restaurant. He thrived on politics and delved deeply into poetry. But whatever he wrote, he penned with a certain self-effacing humour and sharp, acerbic flair.
True, Oleson's opinions didn't always land on the right side of history — for instance, many in Winnipeg still remember the sting of his 1990s columns critiquing same-sex marriage, though recent columns on the subject showed he had long since changed his view.
Most importantly, whether readers agreed or disagreed, Tom held his job with the gravity that it was due: He never shied away from what he perceived to be the truth. His dad was a straight-shooter; Tom Oleson was certainly that, too.
"Tom was a gifted writer, but he was also fearless," said Free Press comment editor Gerald Flood, who worked with Oleson for 15 years. "He had no qualms about being politically incorrect, and what he believed, he believed fiercely."
On that note, his last column for the Free Press, an April 28 call to continue debating abortion law, left little doubt on which side of the debate he stood. "(Tory MP Stephen) Woodworth's motion may be hopeless, but it does not have to be useless if it can unlock the shackles of political correctness that have bound us for so many years," he wrote. "We should be able to debate publicly about abortion without one side being damned as dinosaurs and the other evangelized as angels."
Tom was no angel either, and he'd insist on the unvarnished truth in an obituary. He suffered from depression, did not take good care of his health and once mocked those who claimed problems were really opportunities by writing that meant he had an opportunity with alcohol.
His colleagues on the Free Press editorial board were optimistic when he recently was admitted to hospital, hoping it would help him get his health on track. It was not to be: He died at 6 57 a.m. Thursday of multiple organ failure.
There had been hard knocks in recent years. In March, after 32 years of marriage, Tom buried his wife Laurie, who died suddenly of a stroke; she'd been battling terminal cancer. Two years earlier, in March 2010, the couple's son Kristofer was killed in a tragic accident at the age of 24. Oleson captured the loss of these two loves in a poignant column on April 15, one in which he quoted Rudyard Kipling and British rhymester Harry Graham. It was a beautiful piece of writing. With Tom, it usually was.
It was family first with him, Bob Oleson recalled, and intellectual curiosity second. He had a wicked sense of humour and was a regular at the old Winnipeg Press Club, where he'd keep his fellow journalists laughing long into the night. (It was also, memorably, where he met his wife.)
"In some ways, Tom is the end of an era," Flood said.
Tom lives on in the hearts of his two sisters, his cousins, his children — daughters Kaitlyn and Jennifer, sons Michael and Kristjan and stepson Michael — and his grandchildren.
At the Free Press, friends and colleagues remember a mentor and editor, and most of all a gifted writer committed to his craft. In recent years, he moved quietly amongst us, ready with a nod and a kind word about a story or a sentence or a lede.
And, of course, Tom will be remembered by thousands of readers, many of whom probably hated to love him.
"There were," Bob Oleson said, "a lot of happy times."
Those happy times live on best in Tom's own words, in the columns that increasingly turned to his family and friends and to the joy he took in watching the next generation spread its wings and take flight. It was a generation he often thought of — and often with the distinct hint of an otherwise uncharacteristic pride.
"The baby boomers' legacy consists mainly of a considerable financial burden for our children and the coming society to bear, or so our heirs might think," he wrote on New Year's Eve 2010. "But as we fade away, we can take solace in the fact that if we didn't actually leave the world a better place, we left it a far more interesting one."
May 19, 2012: Shy, kind and soft-spoken -- with the power to infuriate
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Study: Film industry brings $54M boost to Cincinnati economy over past two years
Study released Saturday at Sundance Film Festival
Updated: 12:02 AM EST Jan 24, 2016
The Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky Film Commission has generated more than $54 million for the Greater Cincinnati economy and created more than 8,800 jobs through motion picture and television productions over the last two years, according to a study conducted by the Economics Center at University of Cincinnati.The study was released Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival.The study analyzed the impact that the film industry has had on the Cincinnati metropolitan area through the 10 major projects filmed in the region over the last two years. Those projects include the Oscar-nominated “Carol” and three productions screened this year at the Sundance Film Festival: “Miles Ahead,” “Goat" and “The Fits.”The study found that the direct spending through the three projects in 2014 and seven projects in 2015 totaled $22,621,891, and indirect spending activity was $31,451,596 for a total economic impact over the two years at $54,073,487.Direct employment through the projects was 4,331 and indirect employment totaled 4,501, for an employment total of 8,832 over two years, according to the study.The productions received tax credits through the Ohio Motion Picture Tax Credit program of approximately $6.5 million in 2014 and $5.3 million in 2015, paid by Ohio taxpayers. The Cincinnati-area share of that total is $1.65 million.
The Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky Film Commission has generated more than $54 million for the Greater Cincinnati economy and created more than 8,800 jobs through motion picture and television productions over the last two years, according to a study conducted by the Economics Center at University of Cincinnati.
The study was released Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival.
Emilio Estevez says he wants to live in Over the Rhine
The study analyzed the impact that the film industry has had on the Cincinnati metropolitan area through the 10 major projects filmed in the region over the last two years. Those projects include the Oscar-nominated “Carol” and three productions screened this year at the Sundance Film Festival: “Miles Ahead,” “Goat" and “The Fits.”
The study found that the direct spending through the three projects in 2014 and seven projects in 2015 totaled $22,621,891, and indirect spending activity was $31,451,596 for a total economic impact over the two years at $54,073,487.
Direct employment through the projects was 4,331 and indirect employment totaled 4,501, for an employment total of 8,832 over two years, according to the study.
The productions received tax credits through the Ohio Motion Picture Tax Credit program of approximately $6.5 million in 2014 and $5.3 million in 2015, paid by Ohio taxpayers. The Cincinnati-area share of that total is $1.65 million.
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Hackett, Clarissa
Hackett, John
Hahn, Alfred
Hawkesville - The death of Alfred Hahn, second son of Mr. Jacob Hahn, occurred last week. The young man has been sickly since his childhood and his end was not unexpected.
Wellesley Maple Leaf, 1907-07-25
Hahn, Henry K.
Heidelberg – Death has again visited our burg and chose for its victim Mr. Henry K. Hahn. The deceased had been ailing for about four weeks with heart disease. Death relieved him of his sufferings on Friday morning. The funeral took place here on Sunday afternoon, when the remains were followed by a large concourse of people to the Methodist cemetery for interment. Wellesley Maple Leaf, 1902-01-15
Halling, Christian
Word was received in the village this week of the sudden death of Mr. Chris. Halling of Linwood. Mr. Halling was at one time a resident of Wellesley but moved to Linwood a few years ago. Heart failure was the cause of his death and be expired on his way from his house to the barn. Deceased was somewhere near 60 years of age and leaves a widow and grown up family of three sons and one daughter. Wellesley Maple Leaf, 1906-01-11
Hammond, Phoebe
The death of Miss Phoebe Hammond occurred on Tuesday morning at the home of her father Mr. John Hammond, Fifth Line Wellesley, in her 28th year, after a lingering illness. A wide circle of friends sympathize with the family in their bereavement. The funeral occurs this (Thursday) afternoon at two o’clock. The interment being in the third Line cemetery.
Harrison, John
The death of Mr. Thos. Wilford, aged 84, and Mr. John Harrison, aged 86, pioneers of 9th line, W. S. Wellesley, occurred last week. Both were highly respected farmers.
Hartung, George
Philipsburg - It is our sad duty to report the death of Mr. George Hartung, who died at his home here on Wednesday August 8th, after a short illness of only two days with lockjaw. The funeral took place Iast Saturday. The bereaved family have the sympathy of this community. Wellesley Maple Leaf, 1906-08-16
Hartung, Mary
Philipsburg - It is our sad duty to report the death of Mrs. Philips Hartung which occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Adam Hartung at Wiebe [?] on Saturday , 12th Sept.
Hastings, John
CROSSHILL.
Once more the angel of death has visited our neighborhood and culled to his last resting place, Mr. John Hastings. He passed peacefully away on Thursday morning after a long and severe illness. It is hard to part with those we love, but it is a comfort to know he is at rest from all suffering and pain. Johnnie will be much missed throughout the community and especially in the Presbyterian church and Sunday school, where he has been an active worker for many years. He leaves to mourn his loss, one sister and five brothers: Miss Bella, Joseph, and Alexander, at home; William in the village; Allen, of Exeter, and James, of Port Huron. The sympathy of the community is extended to the family in their sad bereavement.
Heipel, Catherine
It is our painful duty to record the death of Mrs. (widow) Heipel, which occurred [sic] on Friday evening last, shortly after six o’clock. She had been in her usual good health until the preceding evening while visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ottmann, when she was suddenly stricken with paralysis of a fatal type and from which she never rallied. Her only absent child, Prof. Chas Heipel , of the Nashua (New Hampshire) business college, was at once telegraphed for, but she had passed away before his arrival. The funeral occured on Monday afternoon, the remains being laid away to rest in the Lutheran cemetery north of the village, in the presence of an immense concourse of friends, after which services were held in the church by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Holm. Deceased was born in Germany on Feb. [?]th, 1835, and, three months later in that year her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Doering, imigrated [sic] to Canada and settled at Philipsburg. Here the deceased lived with her parents until 185[?] when she was married to the late John Heipel, the younng couple taking up the bush lot, now on fine farm of their eldest son William at Doering’s corners. Many years later they removed to the farm at New Pussia [sic], now owned by a younger son, Mr. Geo. Heipel, remaining on this farm until 1893, when they retired from farming moving to this village, where Mr. Heipel died about five years ago. Their family consisted of William at Doering’s Corners; Adam (Councillor) ; Elizabeth, who died when three, years old; Andrew; Christina (Mrs. Peter Ottmann); John George, and Charles. She was of a kind, loveable disposition, and had a wide circle of warm friends, especially among the elder people of this section. The bereaved family have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community in their loss. Wellesley Maple Leaf, 1902-06-05
Helwig, Caroline
MRS. HELWIG . There died, at her home between Neustadt and Hanover, on Friday last, Mrs. Helwig, mother of Mrs. Yendt, of Wellesley. Deceased was formerly the wife of the late Mr. Foerster [?] (who was accidentally killed in Mr. Jacob Streicher's woods many years ago.) She was a resident of Wellesley village for a quarter of a century, until she married Mr. Mr. Helwig and removed with him to his farm. Wellesley Maple Leaf, 1901-07-25
Hensall, Jacob
The death of a former resident of Waterloo occurred at Kenton Ohio, on Saturday in the person of Mr. Jacob Hensall. Deceased was a son of late Peter Hensall and was horn in Blenheim Township 52 years ago. When he was fifteen years of age his family moved lo Waterloo where deceased learned the trade of machinist with the Waterloo Mfg. Co. Several years earlier he married Miss Mary Egle, who died five years later. After the death of his wife he moved to Buffalo and later to Kenton, Ohio, where he was a member of a company engaged in the manufacture of implements, etc. He had been unwell for several years past. Deceased was an uncle of Messrs. Julius H. Roos and Peter H. Roos of this town and was a visitor to this vicinity last summer. He was also a member of the Waterloo Musical Society for some years. The funeral will take place in Kenton, Ohio. One son. Oscar Hensall, survives. Waterloo. Wellesley Maple Leaf, 1908-04-16
Heron, John
JOHN HERON
One of Wellesley’s pioneers passed away a week ago Thursday in the person of John Heron. Esq., of lot 2. con.[?] west section, after a short illness. He was born in Ireland in 1835 [?], and came to Canada in ’43, settling at once upon the farm upon which he died. Notwithstanding the hard, rugged work he endured as a pioneer he enjoyed good health almost until the end. In 1853 [?] he was married, and his wife and three sons survive him. His remains were interred in the cemetery of the English church at Millbank, with the honor of the L. O. F. society, of which he has for many years been an honored member. Wellesley Maple Leaf, 1901-07-25
Hill (infant)
The death of the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hill, born on the 16th inst., occurred on Monday morning last after a brief illness. Wellesley Maple Leaf, 1902-01-23
Hill, George
The announcement on Saturday last of the death of Mr. Geo. Hill, of Spokane, Wash., came as a shock to his friends here, who wore not aware of his illness. It is particularly sad as Mr. Hill had written only a few days before to some of his relatives saying he would visit Wellesley in July. He has been in the shoe business in Spokane since leaving Wellesley about 18 years ago. Erysipelas was the cause of his death at the early age of 41 [?] years. He leaves a wife (formerly Miss Schmidt, of Seabringsville [sic]) and two children to whom the sympathy of Wellesley is extended and also to the brothers and sisters of deceased.
Hinshberger, Romanius
Romeo, son of Mr. John Hinshberger, Bamberg, died on Monday after a very short illness with appendicitis. He was about 21 years old and had only keen ill a couple of days. An operation was performed as a last resort, but it was too Iate and death was the result of peritonitis. Deceased was a well known and a well liked young man.
Hoelscher, Elizabeth
On Saturday night, Aug. 12th, the death occurred of Mrs. John Hochtscher[sic] of the 13th line. East Zorra. She bad been unwell for several years and had undergone an operation. She was the youngest daughter of the late Conrad Wettlaufer, of the 12th line, East Zorra, near Tavistock. The funeral took place on the 15th inst. Wellesley Maple Leaf, 1905-08-24
Hoerle, Gertrude
We are sorry to report the death of Mrs. Conrad Hoerle, sen., which occurred at the home of her son, Mr. Henry Hoerle, on Monday morning last, in her 87th year. Her husband died about ten years ago. She was one of our oldest settlers, having helped her husband in hewing their home out of the original forest. The remains are to be interred in the Philipsburg cemetery on Thursday. Wellesley Maple Leaf, 1901-11-14
Hoerle, Mary
DIED SUDDENLY.
The very unexpected death of Miss Mary Hoerle, occurred at the home of Mrs. Glaister, east of Crosshill last Monday evening, in her 30th year. The young woman had been in the employ of Mrs. Glaister for the past six years and was apparently in the best of health. About two o'clock in the afternoon she was seized with a severe headache, and later in the day the physician saw her but found no symptoms beyond the headache to which she was subject. Shortly after he had gone, however, she became alarmingly ill and he was again sent for, but before his arrival she had passed away. Deceased was born on her father’s homestead just north of Greenwood’s hill and had lived in the vicinity all her life. Her funeral occurs this (Thursday) morning at 10 o'clock. Wellesley Maple Leaf, 1903-10-22
Hoffman, Henry
DROPPED DEAD.
Henry Hoffman, of Wellesley, Called Without a Moment’s Warning.
Mr. Henry Hoffman, a well known and highly respected farmer, aged 48 years, whose home is on the section line about three miles north of this village, received a terribly swift summons to enter the unknown world, at noon on Monday last. He had been assisting his brother, Jacob, and Mr. Winkler, of Bamberg, to adjust a new pump in the well, and the three men walked to the house, a few rods away, for dinner. Deceased entered the woodshed and passed on to the kitchen, and was opening the door when he suddenly dropped forward onto the kitchen floor and instantly expired. The other two men entered by another door, having carried the tools from the pump. Jacob sprang to his brother’s aid the moment he fell but the vital spark had already fled. Henry had just entered his forty-ninth year and was unmarried. He was always considered a healthy man except for a dyspeptic trouble which has been bothering him for some years. On this account he went to Parry Sound for a few months last fall, and since his return has always taken his share of work on the farm until last Friday when a severe cold confined him to the house for a day or two. He was well known in the village, and the dreadful news of his death came as a shock here. The funeral will take place at 1.30 tomorrow (Friday) afternoon. After a service at the house the remains are to be interred in Rush’s cemetery, across the road from the Hoffman family homestead. Wellesley Maple Leaf, 1902-01-30
Hoffman, John
As we go to press we learn of the death of John Hoffman which took place at his home yesterday (Wednesday. [sic] Deceased who reached the advanced age of 82 years and 7 months was well known throughout the district having lived in this vicinity for many years. The funeral will take place from residence of Jacob Hoffmann, section line, on Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Interment in Rush’s cemetery. Wellesley Maple Leaf, 1908-01-16
Hoffman, Peter
The death of Peter Hoffman, in his 70th year, occurred at the home of his son-in-law Mr. August Kelterborn on Monday morning. Deceased was an old resident of this section and was highly respected. The funeral occurred yesterday afternoon, the remains being interred in the cemetery of the North Easthope Lutheran Church in the presence of a large number of friends und relations, after which the pastor. Rev. Mr. Helm preached an impressive memorial sermon. Wellesley Maple Leaf, 1903-06-25
Hogg, Lottie
The death of Miss Lottie Hogg, early yesterday morning, created a profound sensation of sorrow in town. She was the younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Win. Hogg, and had spent nearly all her life here. For the past couple of years she had been attending the Collegiate Institute at Stratford until a few months ago when she contracted a heavy cold which developed into a pulmonary disease under which she gradually sank in spite of all that could be done for her. She was in her twenty-first year and was a clever scholar, while her personal character gave her a warm place in the hearts of all her friends. The funeral occurs at 2 o’clock to-morrow (Friday) afternoon. Wellesley Maple Leaf, 1903-09-17
CARD OF THANKS. Oh behalf of myself and family, I wish through the Maple Leaf, to thank friends for their many acts of kindness and sympathy shown during the illness and death of my daughter, Lottie. Wm. Hogg. Wellesley Maple Leaf, 190310-01
Hohner, John
The death occurred in Tavistock on Feb. 29th of Mr. John Hohner in his seventy-eighted [sic] year. Deceased kept a blacksmith shop at Petersburg in 1847.
Holzshuch, Adeline
(nee Axt)
Hostetler, Moses
DEATH OF MOSES HOSTETLER
The following from the Independent refers to the father of Mr. Henry Hostetler, “Meadow Farm," Fifth line.
One by one the old pioneers of the township are being called away and in the death of Moses Hostetler, which occurred at his home on Wednesday evening, Aug. 25 Wilmot loses one of its very early settlers and also one of the few last ones to remain. Mr. Hostetler reached the ripe old age of 95 years, 7 months and 14 days, and was at the time of his death, the oldest man in Wilmot, and perhaps in the County of Waterloo.
The late Mr. Hostetler was born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania on the 12th day of January, 1813, and came to Canada in 1834. He settled in Wilmot Township in 1836, when this part of the country was yet a dense forest, and with ambition and perseverance, characteristic of those early settlers, he yewed [sic] our a home for himself adjoining the present village of New Hamburg, and transformed it into one of the best farms in the county. On this he carried on his agricultural pursuits and live continually thereon until death claimed him on Wednesday last, covering a period of over 70 years. On the 4th of July 1842 he was married to Margaret Latchaw, and the union was blessed with 12 children, eight sons and four daughters, four of whom predeceased him: they were Lavina, William, Moses and Matilda (Mrs. Jonathan Kropf). His wife died about 21 years ago. The remaining children are: David, Christian, Levi, Mrs. Solomon Shantz and Mrs. Emanuel Hamacher, Wilmot; Isaac, New Hamburg; Daniel, Berlin and Henry, Wellesley. The late Mr. Hostetler was in active service during the rebellion of 1837 and took part in several skirmishes on Pelee Island and in the Western Peninsula of Ontario. In politics he was a life long liberal. His remains were interred in Christner’s Cemetery. Wellesley Maple Leaf, 1908-09-03
Huehn, Anna Maria
(nee Mess)
Hesse Straus [sic]
The death of Mrs. Huehn, wife of Mr. George Huehn, occurred last Thursday morning. Although Mrs. Huehn had been ailing for some time she had been in her usual health until a few hours previous to her death. Mrs. Huehn was very highly respected in this community and her sudden demise was a shock to all. Besides a sorrowing husband she leaves a family of four. What makes this death doubly sad is the fact that a son was buried just two months before. The funeral which was held on Sunday was largely attended. The remains were interred in the Lutheran cemetery at Heidelberg. Friends and neighbors extend their deepest sympathy to the bereaved family. Wellesley Maple Leaf, 1907-06-06
Huehn, Luella
With deep regret we chronicle the sudden departure of one of our former young ladies, in the person of Miss Luella Huehn, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry N. Huehn. The deceased was born here and spent all her youthful days, hale and hearty, with her parents at home. She was a general favorite in social circles, a teacher in the Sunday School for a period of ten years, occupying the position of organist for five years, and with her cultured voice was always a great aid in the choir. Having entered the bonds of matrimony about 16 months ago, to Mr. Ira Weber the happy couple took up a commodious home in Berlin where they resided up to the time of her death which took place on Sunday evening, February 28th. The funeral was held the following Wednesday when the remains were taken to Zion church where an appreciative sermon was given by Rev. Knechtel, assisted by Rev. Waggner. Berlin, and Rev. Schmidt, St. Jacobs, after which the remains were taken to the Heidelburg Luth. cemetery for interment where Rev. Petschke officiated. A special memorial service was also held in the Luth. church on Sunday. The sympathy of the entire community goes out in unlimited measure to the mourners in their bereavement. Wellesley Maple Leaf, 1904-03-10
Huras, Ida
(nee Neumeister)
MRS. GEO. HURAS.
The death of Mrs. Geo. Huras, whose illness was reported in last week's Leaf, occurred on Saturday morning last from dysentery. Deceased was well and favorably known in this community, being a daughter of Mr. Jobst Neumeister, of Poole. During the past year she has not been in robust health but it was not thought to be anything serious until a couple of weeks ago, when she was forced to call in medical attendance. Deceased was in her 32nd year and leaves to mourn her loss a husband and a little daughter of seven years old. The funeral took place Tuesday afternoon and was very largely attended, the remains being laid to rest in the Missouri Lutheran cemetery, Rev. Mr. Battenberg, pastor of the church, conducting the services. Wellesley Maple Leaf, 1908-05-21
Hyde, Isabella
Death of Mrs. Hyde.—The death of Isabella, wife of the late Robert Hvde, occurred on the old homestead, lot 13. Con. 4. North Easthope, last Thursday, in her 70th year. About four months ago she had a slight stroke of paralysis, and an attack of la grippe hastened the end. Deceased was born on the border of Scotland on October 27th 1831 and came to Canada when quite young. She was married to Mr. Hyde in 1858 and then the young couple came at once to North Easthope, and settled on the farm upon which they both lived the rest of their lives, her husband having passed away eleven years ago. She was always of a kind disposition and had a wide circle of warm friends. She leaves a family of nine living children: Robert, at Ratzbnrg; James, at Binscarth, Man.; Adam and William, at home Mrs. W. A. Falk and Mrs. Malcolm Rennie, North Easthope, and Misses Grace, Jean, and Janet, at home. The late Mrs. S. Wiederhold (who died about, eight years ago) was also a daughter. Mr. Wm. Patterson, collector of taxes, and Mrs. Campbell, of “Avonhead” farm are a brother and sister of deceased. The funeral occurred at St. Andrews’ church cemetery last Saturday afternoon, Rev. Mr. Cowan, of Shakespeare, conducting the services in the presence of a large concourse of sorrowing friends who had come to pay the last tribute to a lady whose many virtues had endeared her to all who knew her. Wellesley Maple Leaf, 1901-02-21
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Western Capital Resources
John Quandahl
John Quandahl is President and Chief Executive Officer of Western Capital Resources. Mr. Quandahl is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (inactive registrant) and has been with the company since its founding in 2007. An experienced operator, he is focused on the integration and operational improvement of acquired businesses.
Mr. Quandahl is an alumnus of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln where he received a BSBA degree in accounting.
Angel Donchev
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer
Angel Donchev is the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Western Capital Resources and is focused on financial oversight and the sourcing, acquisition and financing of new businesses. Mr. Donchev was previously a Principal at Blackstreet Capital, a private equity fund, and has more than 10 years experience investing in lower middle market businesses. Prior to Blackstreet Capital, Mr. Donchev was a generalist at Stephens, Inc., a middle-market investment bank.
Mr. Donchev is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School and received a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Texas at Austin.
Steve Irlbeck
Director of Accounting and Tax
Steve Irlbeck is focused on the integration of acquired companies and their financial monitoring and controls. Mr. Irlbeck is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (inactive registrant) with more than 20 years of public accounting experience. He was a tax partner with Lutz & Company PC prior to joining WCR in 2009.
Mr. Irlbeck is an alumnus of the Creighton University where he received a BSBA degree in accounting.
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The Louvre Abu Dhabi Finally Sees its Opening
Elena Martinique
A philosophy graduate interested in critical theory, politics and art. Alias of Jelena Martinović.
After ten years in the making, the Louvre Abu Dhabi will finally open its doors this November, becoming the first universal museum in the Arab world.
Located on the Saadiyat Island at the Arabian Gulf’s coastline, the Louvre Abu Dhabi is the first museum outside France that bears the name of the original Louvre museum in Paris, which opened in 1793, after the French Revolution.
Designed by the architect Jean Nouvel, the museum building itself is a true work of art. Having a certain liminal feel between land and water, it is covered by a silvery Arabian-style dome that measures 180 meters in diameter, crisscrossed with thousands of overlapping star shapes that create a shower of lights across the gallery spaces.
Inside, there is a collection of 23 permanent galleries across 6,400 square meters where a total of 600 works of art are on display during the inaugural weeks.
Louvre Abu Dhabi, Photography Mohamed Somji
The Louvre Abu Dhabi – A New Cultural Beacon
The ambition of the Louvre Abu Dhabi is to showcase the shared human stories across civilizations and cultures. Spanning millennia, the items on display will range from jewelry to statuary, medieval maps to opaque watercolors, drawing out the universal human experience of family divinity, commerce, exploration and death.
The dazzling building further highlights this general concept. As he explains, he wanted to create something that would be a meeting place for people, between people and works of art, and between the works of art themselves.
It is an architecture that is protective of its treasures, it is a homage to the Arab city, to its poetry in geometry and light, and, under the large cupola, it is an evocation of the temporalities which inexorably punctuate the hours, days, and the passing of our lives.
Four Days of Celebration
The historic opening of Louvre Abu Dhabi will be marked with four days of celebration. During this period, the museum will be alive with workshops, tours, music, international performances and a few surprises along the way.
The visitors will have an opportunity to see 600 works of art spanning 23 permanent galleries, half of which is on loan from 13 partner museums in France. Among the artwork highlights are Vincent van Gogh‘s Self-Portrait, Auguste Rodin‘s Jean d’Aire, the sculpture Apollo Belvedere by Primatice, Piet Mondrian’s Composition with Blue, Red, Yellow and Black from 1922, René Magritte’s The Subjugated Reader from 1928, and Cy Twombly’s Untitled (I-IX) from 2008, among others.
Ancient masterpieces include a white marble Head of Buddha from China and a red Chinese lacquer chest of drawers produces in France by Bernard II van Risenburgh.
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The Louvre Abu Dhabi Finally Opens
Rooted in universal human values, the Louvre Abu Dhabi represents the dynamic nature of contemporary Arab world, while celebrating region’s vibrant multicultural heritage. It will host four temporary exhibitions per year, following the same thematic approach as the permanent collections in the Museum Galleries.
The Louvre Abu Dhabi will open on November 11th, 2017 at 10 a.m. with the Al Ayyala performance, one of the best known cultural traditions across the UAE. The museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. from Saturdays to Wednesdays, and from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays. After the opening weeks, the museum will be closed on Mondays.
Featured image: Louvre Abu Dhabi. Photo Courtesy Mohamed Somji, via telegraph.co.uk.
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Rebecca J Baldassarri
Rebecca J. Baldassarri, MD
Rebecca Baldassarri, MD, is a pathologist who works within a subspecialty called cytopathology, which means the study of individual cells. Pathologists in other subspecialties more frequently work with biopsies, or tissue samples, from patients. Cytopathology can help pathologists diagnosis a range of conditions throughout the body, from the cervix (Pap smear) to the lungs.
“The procedures used to get patient specimens for cytology can vary, but it usually involves fine-needle aspiration,” Dr. Baldassarri says. This means a physician will insert a thin needle into an area on the body where a problem is suspected, such as a lump or a build-up of extra fluid.
On any given day, Dr. Baldassarri might examine cell samples from the genitourinary system, including the prostate for cancer screening, or the lungs.
“I think our primary role as pathologists is to communicate a diagnosis very clearly to the treating physician,” she says. “And to understand the different dimensions of a patient’s care and his or her medical history.
At Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Baldassarri is an assistant professor of pathology.
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Somewhere In The Jungle
this is one of my favourite songs from the album dragontown!;)
guitar one:
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the second time,the first guitar plays the rhythm above,there is a guitar fill:
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when alice begins to sing i think there is only bass and drums but you can play this too:
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there is a small part with drums and effects and then:
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Alice Cooper - Somewhere In The Jungle :: indexed at Ultimate Guitar.
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Alice Cooper (born Vincent Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans five decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood and boa constrictors, Cooper drew equally from horror movies, vaudeville, heavy metal and garage rock to create a theatrical brand of rock music that would come to be known as shock rock.[1] He was ranked #20 on VH1's Greatest Artists of Hard Rock program.[2]
Alice Cooper was originally a band consisting of Furnier on vocals and harmonica, lead guitarist Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce on rhythm guitar, Dennis Dunaway on bass guitar, and drummer Neal Smith. The original Alice Cooper band broke into the international music mainstream with 1971's monster hit "I'm Eighteen" from the album Love it to Death, which was followed by the even bigger single "School's Out" in 1972. The band reached their commercial peak with the 1973 album Billion Dollar Babies. Cooper's solo career began with the 1975 concept album Welcome to My Nightmare. Expanding from his Detroit garage rock[3] and glam rock[4] roots, over the years Cooper has experimented with many different musical styles, including conceptual rock, art rock, hard rock, pop rock, experimental rock and industrial rock. In recent times he has returned more to his garage rock roots.[5]
Alice Cooper is known for his social and witty persona offstage, The Rolling Stone Album Guide going so far as to refer to him as the world's most "beloved heavy metal entertainer".[6] He helped to shape the sound and look of heavy metal, and is also credited as being the man who "first introduced horror imagery to rock'n'roll, and whose stagecraft and showmanship have permanently transformed the genre".[7] Away from music, Cooper is a film actor, a golfing celebrity, a restauranteur and, since 2004, a popular radio DJ with his classic rock shows Nights with Alice Cooper.
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A Look Inside The Spider-Man: Homecoming NYC Conference
Last Sunday, ZayZay.com attended a press conference to promote the new. It was a huge conference attended by director Jon Watts, producers Amy Pascal and Kevin Faige, as well as all the main and supporting cast, including Tom Holland, Robert Downey Jr., and Michael Keaton.
It was clear from their interactions that the cast and crew held a lot of genuine affection for each other; they joked through the entire press conference like one large, famous family. Jacob Batalon, who plays Ned Leeds, was ribbed multiple times and gave back his fair share after the cast voted him as the biggest clown on set. Tom Holland also added that after Batalon’s part had wrapped he kept showing up on set and essentially moved in.
There was a lot of talk about the diversity of the film’s cast, but when directly asked what the inspiration for the diversity was, Amy Pascal answered in the most matter-of-fact way, “I would say the inspiration for it was reality.” This attitude was one of the most amazing things about both the cast and the film itself. There was no veiled apology for the casting decisions and the film didn’t try to explain anything, it just entertained. Tony Revolori, who plays Flash Thompson, perhaps said it best. He briefly thanked the director and producers for “casting a 5-foot-8 brown guy to play a 6-foot-2 blond-haired, blue-eyed guy,” and later added, “When you see the film, there isn’t a single line of exposition to explain why I look the way I look, and I think that’s wonderful. I think that’s the kind of diversity we need in Hollywood now.”
Another overarching theme of the movie itself is self-acceptance, and many of the younger cast members spoke about it at length. Batalon said, “Our message is that you don’t have to be the cool person in high school to be yourself, you know. The coolest version of yourself is yourself. We’re like nerds, and we love to be smart, and that’s ok.” Laura Harrier, who plays Liz Allen, also added, “You don’t have to apologize for who you are. Everyone in this movie is so different, but genuinely kind of themselves.” Finally, Zendaya chimed in while discussing her character—who is unique, to say the least. She talked about embracing the weird to make her character Michelle different and then added, “Young people, it’s ok to be weird, that is okay and it’s okay to be exactly who you are. And if you make things awkward and uncomfortable, as long as you cool, that’s the most important thing.”
Spider-Man: Homecoming is in theaters everywhere July 7th. Have a look at the livestream of the press conference down below, and come see the film to experience Spider-Man as you’ve never seen him before!
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Author Beckerman makes his living with a bad attitude
by Zach Brokenrope
Aurora, Nebraska, UNITED STATES — Author Marty Beckerman, 22, has two published books and a third in the works.
Death to All Cheerleaders: One Adolescent Journalist’s Cheerful Diatribe Against Teenage Plasticity, came out in 2000. Generation S.L.U.T. (sexually liberated urban teens): A Brutal Feel-Up Session with Today’s Sex-Crazed Adolescent Populace, came out in 2004.
His third book, Nation of Retards: America’s Sexxxiest Young Journalist Exposes the Bastardly Forces Keeping You Stupid, is due out next year.
Beckerman recently spoke with The Tattoo.
What initially inspired Generation S.L.U.T.?
Well, I wanted to write a really personal book and I kind of wanted to expand on the last chapter of the early book (Death to All Cheerleaders).
Towards the end of high school, I had all these friends who had problems and it just seemed like I couldn’t find happy people, you know, it seems like everyone I knew at the time wasn’t happy and that the whole idea of your high school years being the best time of your life wasn’t true for somany people. Then I went to college and I met all these new people who were unhappy, too, and then I made the connection between the fact that nobody really believed in love anymore.
They told me all these stories about their little 14- and 15-year-old siblings having sex and everything and that love didn’t exist anymore. People would use the classic excuse of “I don’t get emotionally attached because I don’t want to be emotionally hurt.”
So that’s what why I wrote it, and plus I wanted to write about some blowjobs.
Do you think the quotes and statistics in your book represent the state of American teen culture as a whole?
Well, Mark Twain once said that there are three kinds of lies, “Lies, damn lies, and statistics.”
You see, I could’ve written a book with less sex, but that’s not reality. There are two ways to write a book about a generation – journalistic or fiction – in Generation S.L.U.T. I used both, which isn’t very common. But yeah, I mean, some of the statistics in the book were wrong, but in latereditions they’ll be taken out, but when numbers overlap in research it’s a pretty sure thing.
See, the thing about statistics is you have to use them, but you can’t always believe them.
What really bugs me though is when 40-year-olds tell me the book is inaccurate. I mean, I wrote this book when I was 18, 19, 20 and I experienced it. I know what is going on.
Has your book been banned in any schools?
I’ve heard it was confiscated in a few schools, but the book has a pretty conservative message and I think most people don’t realize that. They think it’s about kids having sex, which it kinda is, but it’s really about love and not just kids having anonymous sex every day of the week.
It’s about stepping back and criticizing sexual liberation. Parents really should like that message despite the graphic sex scenes.
Do adults respond well to Generation S.L.U.T.?
Adults really don’t like the book but the people that give me the best feedback are teenagers, but that’s who I wrote it for. I don’t really care as long as teenagers are reading it. I think real teens get what I’m saying, which is that teen sex is inevitable. It happened less in the past but it still happened.
You published your first book, Death to All Cheerleaders, at a pretty young age.Has that impacted your life greatly?
I think publishing it then was one of the best career moves I ever made. I wouldn’t self-publish again, but I was a 16-year-old kid in Alaska – I didn’t know anything about publishing. I wouldn’t be where I am without doing it. It got me noticed in New York, and now I’ve got a book deal.
So what’s next for Marty Beckerman?
Nation of Retards, it should come out in February of 2006. It’s about the culture war between Jesus freaks and stupid hippies and how they’re both targeting young minds more then ever.
One last question, are you optimistic or pessimistic about the next generation of teenagers?
I’m optimistic about the fact that I can make money about being pessimistic. I think Generation S.L.U.T. is a pretty pessimistic book; I have a character raped, and a character dead, so I’d say it’s pretty pessimistic.
I think a lot of kids are out there looking for a deeper meaning in their life. They’re looking for something real, people that are real, anything that is real. And I think people are gonna find it.
When I wrote the book, I don’t think I realized how many people are looking for the real thing, so I’m definitely more optimistic now.
Zach Brokenrope is a Reporter for Youth Journalism International.
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Statutes at Large
That Never Existed
1 USC 106b
An Act of Law to transfer the duties of issuing Proclamations of Ratifications of proposed Constitutional Amendments to the Archivist of the United States.
THIRTY-NINTH
CONGRESS,
Sess. II, Ch. 28
"An Act to amend 'An Act to establish the judicial Courts of the United States'."
FORTIETH CONGRESS,
"An Act to amend "An Act supplementary to 'An Act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States"."
Sess. II Ch. 70
"That each of the States ... shall be entitled and admitted to representation in Congress as a State in the Union when the legislature of such State shall have duly ratified the Amendment to the Constitution of the United States proposed by the Thirty-Ninth Congress."
FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS,
"An Act to admit the State of Texas to Representation in the Congress of the United States."
65 Stat. 710
An Act of Law to transfer the duties of issuing Proclamations of Ratifications of proposed Constitutional Amendments to the General Services Administration and for other purposes.
Sess. II, Ch. 153
"An Act to provide for the more efficient government of the Rebel States."
"An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend the Judiciary Act"."
"An Act concerning the Rights of American Citizens in foreign States."
(Rights of Expatriation)
"An Act to admit the State of Mississippi to Representation in the Congress of the United States."
FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
Sess. 1. Ch. 80
"An Act to provide for the publication of the laws of the United States, and for other purposes."
Sess. I, Ch. 30
An Act supplementary to an Act entitled:
Sess. II. Ch. 69
"An Act to admit the State of Arkansas to Representation in Congress."
"An Act to admit the State of Virginia to Representation in the Congress of the United States."
Sess. III, Ch. 62
"An Act to incorporate the District of Columbia."
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“Open Access (OA) is the free, immediate, online availability of research articles coupled with the rights to use these articles fully in the digital environment. Open Access ensures that anyone can access and use these results - to turn ideas into industries and breakthroughs into better lives” (SPARC).
OA outputs can be delivered through two main, complementary channels: gold road built on OA journals and green road built on OA repositories. Authors or other copyright holders can manifest their adherence to OA by using one of the Creative Commons licenses or other open-content licenses.
OA in scholarly publishing (from datasets to digitally native research outputs) has forced all stakeholders in the research life cycle to rethink how they disseminate and consume scholarly information.
A number of tools for OA, self-archiving policies (see: SHERPA/ROMEO), good practices for OA policies (for the adoption of OA policies see: Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and Policies) and ongoing OA initiatives worldwide (e.g. International OA Week) demonstrate awareness and wide support for OA as a constituent part of Open Science (see: Open Science Taxonomy) at a global level.
According to a joint statement of European Union member states, all European scientific articles should be freely accessible by 2020. For this reason, the European Commission is firmly focused on enforcing the OA requirements of HORIZON 2020 and on the development of new business models for OA publications, making 'Open Data' FAIR and fostering Scientific Integrity through the Open Science Policy Platform (OSPP).
On 4 September 2018, a group of national research funding organizations, with the support of the European Commission and the European Research Council (ERC), announced the launch of COAlition S, an initiative to make full and immediate Open Access (OA) to research publications a reality. It is built around Plan S, which consists of one target and 10 principles (Science Europe, 2019). The target is: "By 2020 scientific publications that result from research funded by public grants provided by participating national and European research councils and funding bodies, must be published in compliant Open Access Journals or on compliant Open Access Platforms"
AIMS works on OA issues in many ways:
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A trip to India is pretty incomplete without visiting its most famous landmark: The Taj Mahal! It isn’t only a famous place to visit in India, it’s famous all around the globe, with millions of visitors every year.
Taj Mahal looms fairytale-like from the banks of the Yamuna River. It’s India’s most recognized monument and is also one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The monument dates back 1630 and is actually a tomb that contains the body of Mumtaz Mahal, the wife of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. He had it built as an ode to his love for her. It’s made out of marble and took 22 years and 20.000 workers to complete.
“There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who have seen the Taj Mahal and love it and those who have not seen the Taj and love it.” – Former US President Bill Clinton
Taj Mahal located in Agra, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, approximately 200 kilometers (125 miles) from Delhi. Get there early. It opens at 6 am and you should be there right then! I didn’t make it at that time, and it was quite crowded while I was there.
Know ahead of time that although it’s gorgeous from the outside, the walk inside is not. It was like herding cattle and being pushed through the walkways of the Taj. It was quite stinky, hot, and crowded.
While there’s no specific dress code at the Taj Mahal, you do want to be mindful of your outfits in general. Dress appropriately, despite the heat. On a more fun note, wear something colorful. Since the Taj is all white marble, it’s the perfect place to wear your bright reds, yellows, purples, and blues.
The best time is from November to February, otherwise it can be unbearably hot or rainy. You’ll be able to get some excellent off-season discounts though.
Taj Mahal appears to gradually alter its color in the changing light of the day. It’s well worth the effort to get up early and spend sunrise there (gate open at 6 am), as it majestically reveals itself. Visiting around dawn will also enable you to beat the huge crowds that start arriving later in the morning.
Enjoying India’s most recognized monument of Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal can be visited on a day trip from Delhi. Agra is well connected by rail. The main railway station is Agra Cantt. High speed Shatabdi Express services operate from Delhi, Varanasi, and cities in Rajasthan. The Yamuna Expressway opened in August 2012 and has reduced the travel time by road from Delhi to Agra to under three hours.
The bus is a good option if getting a train isn’t possible. Comfortable, air-conditioned Volvo buses depart from Anand Vihar terminal in New Delhi every hour during the day. The cost is about 700 rupees per person. The buses go via the Yamuna Expressway and stop at Vango restaurant for a 30 minute snack and restroom break. Alternatively you can take a tour from Delhi.
6 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day except Friday when it’s closed for prayer. Taj Mahal is also open for night viewing every full moon from 8.30 p.m. until 12.30 a.m., plus two days before and two days after the full moon (a total of five days). Night viewing is suspended during the holy month of Ramadan every year.
The east gate of Taj Mahal, popularly used by foreign tourists
Entry fees and gates
The price of entry tickets for the Taj Mahal increased in August 2018 and a discount is provided on cashless payments. For foreigners, the cash ticket price is now 1,100 rupees, and 1,050 rupees cashless. Indians only pay 50 rupees cash, and 45 rupees cashless. Children younger than 15 years can enter free.
Tickets can be purchased at ticket offices near the entry gates or online. The foreigner’s ticket includes shoe covers, bottle of water, tourist map of Agra, and bus or golf cart service to the entry gate. It also enables ticket holders to enter the Taj Mahal ahead of any Indian ticket holders already waiting in line.
Vehicles aren’t allowed within 500 meters of the Taj Mahal because of pollution. There are three entry gates: South, East, and West.
A garden near east-gate of Taj Mahal
The West gate is the main gate that the majority of local Indian visitors enter through, and it generally has the longest lines throughout the day. However, it’s the preferred option at sunrise to avoid the crowds at the East gate.
The East gate is popularly used by foreign tourists, as it’s closest to a number of well-known hotels. It usually has shorter queues except for at sunrise, when large groups tend to arrive there. If you buy your ticket in advance the day before, it’s still the best entry point though.
The South gate is the least-used gate. It’s close to a congested market area where many of the cheap hotels are situated, making it favored by budget and independent travelers. However, it doesn’t open until 8 a.m. A huge sandstone gateway provides access to the inner compound there.
Different view of Taj Mahal from Yamuna River
Security at the Taj Mahal
Strict security is in place at the Taj Mahal, and there are checkpoints at the entrances. Your bag will be scanned and searched. Large bags and day packs aren’t allowed to be taken inside. Only small bags containing essential items are permitted. This includes one cell phone, a camera, and a water bottle per person. You can’t bring edibles, tobacco products or lighters, electrical items (including phone chargers, headphones, iPads, torches), knives, or camera tripods inside. Luggage storage facilities are provided at the entry gates.
Most people think that Agra is only about the Taj Mahal, but it is not. Undoubtedly, Taj Mahal is the most famous place in the city, but there are many more places to visit here after you are done visiting the Taj.
The chief architect of the Taj Mahal, was not Indian; he was a Persian
10 Unique facts about Taj Mahal
India’s most iconic mausoleum, inspired by love, has awed millions of visitors with its serene beauty. Over seven million visitors a year come to see the magnificent structure.
Taj Mahal is India’s most popular tourist attraction, however, many visitors leave without knowing the real story. Many interesting Taj Mahal facts and myths have surfaced over the years, but the real history is much more fascinating than any fiction.
Unsurprisingly, the popularity of the Taj Mahal means that the surrounding neighborhood has turned into a tourist trap. Be prepared to run the gauntlet but don’t worry: the reward is worth the effort.
1. Sick with grief, Shah Jahan was first inspired to build the Taj Mahal after his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal, died while giving birth to their 14th child. His wife was in labor for 30 hours before she died at age 40. Following the Taj Mahal’s completion, Shah Jahan was put under house arrest in 1658 by his son, Aurangzeb. Shah Jahan was only able to view the Taj Mahal from his window for the last eight years of his life before being entombed there.
2. The four minarets (towers) surrounding the Taj Mahal were constructed farther away from the main structure than usual. The minarets also lean slightly outward rather than stand straight. This was done as a safety measure so that if any of them fell, they would fall away from the tomb rather than crash into the central structure.
3. Ustad Ahmad Lahauri, generally regarded as the chief architect of the Taj Mahal, was not Indian; he was a Persian from Iran. Islamic tradition forbids the decoration of graves, so Shah Jahan and his wife are actually buried in a plain crypt beneath the main inner chamber of the Taj Mahal. Shah Jahan’s other wives and even his favorite servant are buried in mausoleums just outside of the Taj Mahal.
4. With construction beginning around 1632 and finishing in 1653, the Taj Mahal took an estimated 22 years to build. There is no proof to support the long standing myth that artists and architects involved with the construction of the Taj Mahal were later put to death so that they could never “repeat such a beautiful feat.” Instead, historians believe that they were required to sign contracts.
A mosque inside Taj Mahal, it’s closed on Fridays for prayer
5. Construction of the Taj Mahal cost an estimated 32 million Indian rupees (the equivalent of over US $1 billion at the time). A total of 28 types of precious and semiprecious jewels are set in the marble. The turquoise came from Tibet, and jade came from China. Heavy white marble, the principal building material, was transported from Rajasthan.
6. Over 1000 elephants were used to transport heavy materials and supplies for construction. An estimated 20.000 laborers were recruited from all over Asia to contribute to the massive project. Remnants of their massive encampment, bazaar, and living quarters are now a nearby neighborhood.
7. During British rule in India, the garden was landscaped to look more like the manicured lawns in London. The original garden was adorned with lots of roses and daffodils
8. Taj Mahal contains a mosque and is closed on Fridays for prayer. Respect should be shown while visiting because it is an active religious structure. Dress appropriately, despite the heat. Excluding Fridays and the Ramadan holy month, the Taj Mahal is open two nights before, during, and after the full moon every month. On a clear night, the full moon provides a soft, eerie light for enjoying the Taj Mahal.
Taj Mahal was declared one of the New Seven Wonders in 2007
9. The Taj Mahal’s white marble is rapidly turning yellow because of terrible air pollution in Agra. Only electric vehicles are allowed near the structure, and a 4,000-square-mile environmental radius was declared around the monument to help control emissions. Visitors must walk or take electric buses from the parking area to the Taj Mahal.
10. The Taj Mahal was declared one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in 2007, receiving more than 100 million votes. Voting for the Taj Mahal actually helped push the controversial internet and phone-based poll into the world spotlight.
11. In 2008, a Bangladeshi filmmaker constructed a replica of the Taj Mahal at a cost of US $56 million dollars so that his impoverished countrymen in Bangladesh could enjoy the famous monument without traveling to India. The replication took five years to complete with modern equipment.
12. A Taj-inspired luxury hotel, event, and shopping complex is under construction in Dubai. The Taj Arabia, as the replica is called, will be four times the size of the original and will cost an estimated US $1 billion. The 20-story glass hotel will contain 350 luxury rooms.
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Rosický syndrome – how market worth is being mistaken for on pitch value
May 2, 2015 by Isaak Bowers
As the saying goes, “we live in an age where people know the price of everything, and the value of nothing”, and nowhere is that more true than in the modern world of football.
Take for instance a player of the highest quality. A player who, when given the chance, always performs – often excellent, never falling below the solid and useful.
The problem is that this player has such physical issues that he has not started 20 or more league games for his club in any of the last five seasons, which means that he, quite rightly, will never be voted – and thus generally accepted – as the best player at the club, or in the league; and nor will he be valued at, never mind bought for, £40m, or £30m, or even £20m for that matter.
Also, the player has long since passed the 30 years mark, so sadly the chances of him overcoming his physical issues are slim.
Our player finds himself in a precarious situation, he might be a very good player, but he is not a very good product.
He is a very weak asset from a market perspective – a market that seems to get a tighter grip on the sport itself for every passing day, directing the media attention and influencing the general perceptions and reputations of teams and players.
And this is the situation Arsenal’s Tomáš Rosický has found himself in since his serious hamstring injury in 2008, which kept him out of the game for one and a half seasons – at a stage in his career when he should have been at his best – and left his body vulnerable to the physical pressures at the top of the game.
Everyone that is watching a game experiences it through a filter of the general perception and reputation of the players, as well as your personal knowledge and opinions.
For instance, we all know who is a superstar and sell shirts all over the world, and filter his performance though that knowledge.
We all know which player cost the club £40m to buy and is still in his mid-20s, which programmes us to look for small signals of improvement; of a bright future and a repayment of the investment.
We all know who the talented local 20-somethings are; the players who provide the link to the fans and are looked upon as the backbone of the team for a decade to come.
And we know who is over 30 and desperately injury-prone, who is in his last years at the club, and might not even be available for the big match next month.
It is a human phenomenon, and as such applies to supporters, reporters, experts and managers alike. Which does not mean that it is not problematic.
It is worrying, not to say deeply symbolic of where the commercialization has left the sport, when a player’s market worth is taken as his on-pitch value. Product value instead of performance level.
When watching Arsenal play and analyzing the team’s performances during any of the Czech international’s injury-free periods in the last couple of seasons, a lot of supporters and experts agree that the Rosický despite his lack of superstar-status and hefty price-tag was, with very few exceptions, one of their top performers.
Also, many argue that he is the most complete player at the club. And his range of skills are truly impressive – silky technique and quick feet; great passing ability, being able to vary between the solid and metronomic and the sharp vertical passes that cuts thought he opponents lines; superb vision, always finding spaces for himself and always with a clear picture of where his teammates are; good work-rate and defensive positional play; as well as a first-rate mentality and leadership-qualities.
Despite this you have to go back a number of years in time to find the last big game where Arsenal had all their best players available and still found a place for Rosický in their starting 11. And this despite Rosicky being very highly thought of and respected at Arsenal, no one more so than Arsene Wenger.
Arsene Wenger’s most unique quality in todays footballing landscape is probably his humility and total lack of ego; the way he completely sacrifices himself to the club and his players, regardless of how it affects own reputation.
This manifests itself in different ways. The way he gives a player he truly believes in chance after chance to develop and prove himself, or the way he will refuse to give in and work himself to the bone for the club to get as much as possible back from their heavy investments.
Or his insistence on always – parallel to the reality of the here and now – planning and grooming for five or even ten years ahead, regardless if he will still be at the club.
Or, for an extra relevant example – despite the criticism in this article – how many other managers would, as in the case of Rosický, keep backing and believing in a player after a decade of injury after injury after injury?
For a number of years now, Arsenal supporters have urged Wenger to go against his instinct and splash the cash. But now it is May, the window is long-since closed, and Arsenal are in the final of the FA Cup, as well as trying to push Chelsea as much as they can from their position second in the league.
So instead, Arsenal have to make do with what they have got when trying to continue their run of form and fight to the wire on both fronts – probably to the liking of Arsene Wenger, the outspoken critic of modern football’s superstar obsession, and the sport’s transformation into a giant, global marketplace.
And he could certainly do much worse than turn to the soft and silky feet of Tomáš Rosický who, sadly, is just a very good player.
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Isaak Bowers
Sweden-based sportswriter for amongst others Howler, Ourgame, Womenssoccerunited and TennisView Magazine – as well as for Swedish football website SvenskaFans and Sportbladet (of the countries largest newspaper, Aftonbladet). Plays, follows and covers a number of sports, but with football as the undisputed number one; also where personal playing ambitions can be found. Studies journalism and international politics.
5 thoughts on “Rosický syndrome – how market worth is being mistaken for on pitch value”
anotherfootpod says:
This piece could have done with a serious edit. I’m not sure what it was. An ode to a talented veteran masquerading as analysis? In the end it neither. When prose wasn’t wild the facts were themselves wrong. Rosiky has been a big game player and first choice player in huge games – Derby games to European nights. This year Cazorla and Ozil have simply been better. Secondly Rosicky was a significant transfer for us. He was a big star in German and European football. You make him sound historically under rated. He’s not Diaby – he’s just in his mid thirties now. Let’s not be sentimental – Rosicky is still in the squad because of his renaissance three years back which he’s contained after an initial 5 years of bad injury and bad form. As long Lil Mozart still makes the music – Wenger will let him play.
soberaswansamar says:
Rosicky is BETTER than Ozil.
I don’t understand the point of your article. Rosicky is a great player when healthy, and not worth much on the market due to his age and injury problems. Is that what you mean? How is that a bad thing? My car is a great drive when it works, but it breaks down every six months, so is not so valuable on the used market. Same principle. It has nothing to do with modern-day “commercialization”.
Oh, and I don’t believe that Arsene Wenger is humble and lacks an ego. Even we Wenger fans can see that.
Ali Seid says:
Most of the game Arsenal lose or possession is taken by opponent, I wish Rosicky is better and to see him in the pitch. I don’t want to see Arsenal playing like Chealsea or to see them defending. No one in Arsenal players list compete with him when he is the pitch. He is a great player.
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George Heyman previously served as the Executive Director of Sierra Club of BC, one of the province’s oldest environmental advocacy and education organizations. He also served three terms as president of the BC Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU). In both organizations, George was a respected and solutions-oriented negotiator.
George has been a faculty member of Simon Fraser University’s Dialogue and Negotiation program, teaching courses in multi-party negotiations and collaborative decision-making. He has guest lectured at a number of universities in B.C. & abroad and served on advisory committees for post-graduate and undergraduate degree programs at three B.C. universities.
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Federal pre-emption, Federal Regulation (U.S.), State regulation
Are California foie gras, oil train court cases on parallel tracks?
January 15, 2015 Roger Straw
Repost from McClatchyDC News
[Editor: Despite the curious analogy to foie gras, this is a SERIOUS discussion of Federal pre-emption and California’s attempt to regulate crude by rail. Apologies for the auto-play video. – RS]
By Curtis Tate, January 15, 2015
On April 30, 2014, a CSX train carrying Bakken crude oil derailed in downtown Lynchburg, Va. No one was injured or killed but three tank cars went into the James River, spilling 30,000 gallons of oil and igniting a fire. CURTIS TATE — TNS
WASHINGTON — Perhaps the only imaginable connection between trains and foie gras, the famous French delicacy obtained by force-feeding duck or geese to fatten up their livers, would be as an appetizer in the dining car of the luxury Orient Express.
Ah. Pas vrai.
A California court recently overturned the state law against selling foie gras because poultry regulation is a federal concern. And that’s just what the railroad industry is arguing about a state law enacted last year requiring it to develop oil spill response plans.
The law came about as an expected increase in crude oil transported to California by rail raised concerns about public safety and emergency response.
Like the restaurants that serve foie gras and the industry that supplies it, railroads have decided they won’t be forced to swallow a state law that they think is pre-empted by a federal one.
In the foie gras case, a producer and a restaurant that served it argued that California’s attempt to choke off sales ran afoul of the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act. Last week, a U.S. district judge agreed, citing the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, which gives Congress the ability to displace state laws.
Similarly, the Association of American Railroads, the rail industry’s principal advocacy organization, and two of California’s major railroads, Union Pacific and BNSF, argue that the Federal Rail Safety Act derails the state’s oil spill response requirements.
According to some attorneys who know the issue well, California’s law is heading to the end of the line.
“I don’t think the court will struggle with this,” said Kevin Sheys, a Washington attorney who advises railroads but has no involvement in the California case. “The law will be struck down.”
Environmental groups, however, argue that other federal laws apply to the railroads. Patti Goldman, a Seattle-based attorney with Earthjustice, an environmental group, said the Clean Water Act and the Oil Pollution Act, the latter passed in response to the Exxon Valdez oil tanker disaster, gave states the power to enact stricter oil spill response requirements than federal ones.
That’s in contrast to the Federal Rail Safety Act, which doesn’t allow states much room to exceed what’s required at the federal level. A court decision that weighs more heavily on the rail safety act would favor the railroads. A reliance on federal water pollution laws would favor the state.
“The structures for pre-emption in there are almost polar opposite,” Goldman said. “The federal government sets a minimum standard, and the states can go further. All of that is a structure that is meant to preserve state authority.”
Sometimes pre-emption works in California’s favor. Opponents of the state’s $68 billion high-speed rail system tried to slow down the project by arguing that it was subject to the California Environmental Quality Act and required extensive impact reviews.
But in a 2-1 ruling last month, the federal Surface Transportation Board said the project was exempt from the state law. Last week, state and federal officials, including Gov. Jerry Brown, broke ground on the project in Fresno.
As a more practical matter, railroads have largely prevailed in pre-emption cases because courts have been sympathetic to the notion that a patchwork of 50 different state laws could unreasonably burden interstate commerce.
In a notable case in Washington, D.C., a decade ago, a federal court struck down a local law that prohibited the shipment of hazardous materials by rail within two miles of the Capitol. A busy CSX freight line runs only blocks away, and the law would have forced lengthy and expensive detours of hazardous cargo.
But a massive increase in the transportation of crude oil by rail in recent years, and with it an increase in high-profile accidents, has exposed gaps in safety and emergency preparedness. California is bracing for a big increase in crude by rail, and last year the legislature extended the state’s oil spill response requirements to cover inland waterways.
That, naturally, affected railroads, which historically followed rivers because of the level terrain for heavy trains, including California’s Feather and Sacramento rivers.
The Association of American Railroads declined to comment on the California case, but spokesman Ed Greenberg noted that railroads “have extensive emergency plans in place, which include procedures in working with local first responders” and have “stepped-up emergency response capability planning and training.”
David Beltran, a spokesman for California Attorney General Kamala Harris, who’s defending the law, wouldn’t comment on the case beyond what’s in court filings.
State Sen. Jerry Hill, a San Mateo Democrat, said the attorney general’s office had assured him that the law wouldn’t be pre-empted when it came before his committee last year.
“We feel comfortable based on the legal opinions we have,” Hill said.
He thinks it’s premature to predict that the law will be invalidated. But Hill said that he and others who supported it should be prepared for that outcome.
“Everyone would regroup and try to find a way to meet the goals that we’re trying to achieve,” he said.
Harris, who’s said she’ll run next year for the U.S. Senate seat of retiring Democrat Barbara Boxer, also defended the foie gras ban. She tried to have that suit dismissed by arguing that she had no present intent on enforcing the law while reserving the right to do so.
That prompted a quip from Judge Stephen Wilson in his 15-page ruling striking it down: “Defendant seeks to have her paté and eat it, too.”
Harris made a similar argument in the rail case.
“I think it’s going to be decided the same way,” said Mike Mills, an oil and gas attorney in Sacramento. “I don’t see a different outcome.”
Mills said the California case might put a federal solution on a faster track.
The U.S. Department of Transportation issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in August for a new regulation that would require railroads hauling crude oil to have comprehensive oil spill response plans. The rule would apply uniformly across all states, and it would achieve what California tried to do on its own.
“Oftentimes, litigation will produce a decision that forms the basis for new legislation,” Mills said. “Potentially, it could happen.”
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Letter from railroad attorneys to Governor Brown: in effect, ‘You can do nothing’
September 16, 2014 Roger Straw
Letter from Union Pacific & BNSF attorneys to Governor Brown
By Roger Straw, Editor, The Benicia Independent
On September 15, 2014, San Francisco Baykeeper offered highly critical comments to the City of Benicia on Valero’s Draft EIR. With their comments, Baykeeper attached a VERY interesting letter from attorneys for the two railroads that operate in California, claiming that preemption under The Federal Rail Safety Act and the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act render the State of California pretty much helpless in protecting against oil spill prevention and emergency response.
The letter specifically holds that the Federal Clean Water Act is useless as a preemption workaround.
Addressed to Dana Williamson, Cabinet Secretary in Governor Brown’s office and dated July 3, 2014, the letter addresses issues discussed in a June 18, 2014 meeting between Ms. Williamson and the lawfirm Latham & Watkins. The letter is signed by Maureen E. Mahoney of Latham & Watkins LLP, Counsel for Union Pacific Railroad Co. and BNSF Railway Co.
Note that this document is lawyer-talk, and I am not versed in legalese, so I hope my interpretation in the previous paragraph is accurate. I’m advised by a local activist attorney that the document is significant, so am posting it here to highlight the rail industry’s views and their efforts to influence decision-makers in Benicia and elsewhere in California.
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Chairwoman and CEO of Valmo Ventures
Valerie Mosley is Chairwoman and CEO of Valmo Ventures, which creates, collaborates and invests in companies, assets, and efforts that have significant potential to grow, profit and add value to society.
Prior to Valmo Ventures, Valerie was Partner, Senior Vice President and Investment Strategist at Wellington Management Company, LLP, an $800 billion global money management firm. Over a 20 year investment tenure at the firm, she personally managed billions of fixed income portfolios for corporate and public pension funds, insurance company general accounts, endowment funds and mutual funds. Valerie chaired Wellington’s Industry Strategy Group, which was comprised of equity and fixed income experts and identified key, secular headwinds and tailwinds impacting specific industries. Unlike the quarterly earnings focus typical of research analysts, the Industry Strategy Group applied a three to five-year perspective, comprised thought leaders from across the firm, and provided a big picture investment framework and firm-wide discussion platform. Valerie was also a member of two of the firm’s key investment strategy groups, which established investment decisions and parameters for several of the firm’s fixed income mandates.
Valerie began her career at Chase Manhattan Bank, where she was a Commercial Lending Officer for financial institutions (1982 – 1984). After graduate school, Valerie worked in institutional corporate bond sales at Kidder Peabody (1986 – 1990). Prior to joining Wellington Management in 1992, she spent two years as Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager at P.G. Corbin Asset Management (1990 – 1992).
Valerie is a director of The Eaton Vance Fund Family, Dynex Capital (NYSE: DX), and Progress Investment Management Company, a privately-held fund of funds. She is an advisor to both the New York State Common Retirement Fund and the Risk Audit Committee of the United Auto Workers Retiree Medical Benefits Trust. She serves on the board of New Profit, a venture philanthropy fund, and also funds early-stage technology companies through Mass Ventures, a public-private venture capital fund in Massachusetts.
Valerie formerly served on the Presidential Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities and the statewide Public-Private Partnership Infrastructure Commission to explore creative financing options for infrastructure needs in Massachusetts. She is a member of the Harvard Women’s Leadership Board of the Harvard Kennedy School.
Valerie graduated in 1982 with a BA in History from Duke University, where she served as President and Vice President of the student body. She received her MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in 1986, and served as President of The Wharton Club of Atlanta. Valerie has been honored several times by Black Enterprise Magazine, as one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business in the country and one of the Top 50 and 75 African Americans on Wall Street.
With a passion and calling to share messages globally, Valerie speaks on issues related to the economy and investments, personal empowerment, and financial literacy. She co-founded the Financial Fluency Program, which empowers teachers to infuse personal finance into core math classes and simultaneously help prepare students for national testing standards. Valerie is proud to be the mother of three children: Taylor, Ryan, and Amanda.
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Mona Eltahawy is a freelance Egyptian journalist based in America who for a long period wrote a weekly column for the Saudi-owned international Arab publication Asharq Al-Awsat.
Her articles were discontinued for being 'too critical' of the Egyptian regime, she claimed in an article she wrote for the International Herald Tribune.
However, the ban imposed by Asharq Al-Awsat helped Eltahawy gain more credibility and she now writes essays and op-eds for different publications worldwide, typically on Egypt and the Islamic world, including women's issues and Muslim political and social affairs.
Eltahawy is active in the Progressive Muslim Union, and has been a strong critic of the Egypt-based Muslim Brotherhood. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, and the Miami Herald among others.
Eltahawy is a frequent guest analyst on U.S. radio and television news shows. She also speaks publicly at universities, panel discussions and interfaith gatherings on Egypt, the Middle East, human rights and reform in the Islamic world, feminism and Egyptian Muslim-Christian relations.
From 2002 to 2004, she was managing editor of the Arabic-language version of Women's eNews, an independent, non-profit news website that covers women's issues from around the world.
Before moving from her native Egypt to the United States in 2000, Eltahawy was a news reporter for 10 years. She was a correspondent for Reuters News Agency in Cairo and Jerusalem, reported from the Middle East for the UK's The Guardian newspaper and was a stringer for U.S. News and World Report.
Eltahawy has a Master of Arts in Journalism from the American University in Cairo.
The Economist credits Eltahawy with coining the phrase "the opium of the Arabs," referring to "an intoxicating way for (Arab leaders) to forget their own failings or at least blame them on (Israel.) Arab leaders have long practice of using Israel as a pretext for maintaining states of emergency at home and putting off reform."
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By Adam C. Better| December 11, 2019| News
The Back to the Future cast, including Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson and franchise co-creator Bob Gale, are reuniting for a 35 Anniversary screening of the classic time traveling adventure. The reunion is a part of the 11 annual TCM Classic Film Festival.
From Hollywood Reporter:
A remastered 35th anniversary screening of Back to the Future, with Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson and screenwriter-producer Bob Gale set to attend, will kick off the 11th annual TCM Classic Film Festival, it was announced Wednesday.
The fan-friendly festival returns to Hollywood April 16-19 with the theme “Grand Illusions: Fantastic Worlds on Film.”
More From Hollywood Reporter:
“Like virtually everyone else of my generation, I saw Back to the Future when it was released in 1985, and within an instant, the story, the characters, the music and the car, of course, became critical touchstones in my personal cinematic universe,” Ben Mankiewicz, TCM primetime anchor and host of the festival, said in a statement.
Learn more about the event at the Hollywood Reporter.
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by Andrea James | Apr 2, 2011 | Curiosity, That's Life | 16 comments
We’ve lived through the tech and real estate bubbles. What’s next?
How about college?
University cost increases long ago outstripped the wage benefit of going. Or so, I’ve read.
Thus, demand will eventually reflect this fact and fall, and the cost of attending college will have to come down. Right?
Undergraduate tuition has no doubt skyrocketed. Take NYU — it costs about $20,000 per semester to go — that comes out to $160,000 for four years. And that’s just tuition. It doesn’t count the stuff you need to survive. You know, like food and shelter.
Let’s take three 18-year-olds with wealthy parents. Each has $160,000 with which to do whatever he wants. (This is more common than you might think: I seem to have many friends with zero student loans.)
Annie goes to college. Her $160,000 goes poof, for now. Paul invests his money and goes to work in a trade. Jim starts his own business. (For simplicity’s sake, I don’t give Jim equity in his own business. Ha.)
Here’s where they are after 20 years:
But wait. Jim’s business could be wildly successful, allowing him to pay himself (and his employees) more. Annie could major in art history, thus depressing her average annual salary. Paul’s investments could do really well.
Or, Annie could major in business or technology, thus increasing her earnings power in the information age. Paul could work his way up to management or work in a region with trade-union-boosted wages. Jim’s business could flop after year three. Now how did that initial decision play out over 20 years?
One. You can’t model out life in an Excel spreadsheet.
Two. Life won’t be so bad for anyone who starts out at age 18 with $160,000.
Three. College doesn’t seem to make sense unless you get a degree that is useful. With a useful degree, college still seems worthwhile, even at today’s escalated tuition costs.
I was a first-generation college student — and that was the best thing that could’ve happened to me in the late 1990s. Especially because I didn’t start out with $160,000 to play around with and because I majored in computer information systems — which gave me a marketable skill.
I grew up in a scrappy blue-collar suburb of New York. My formal education threw me in with a mix of people I wouldn’t otherwise have met and catapulted my career way beyond what I could’ve imagined at 18. I could only afford college because I got a ginormous merit-based scholarship from American University plus need-based aid. (I took on debt for graduate school at Northwestern U.)
Also: A few key professors stepped in with wise advise throughout my life. They’re worth their weight in gold to me. How do you put a dollar value on a good mentor?
No question, the cost of an elite school draws a distinctive line between have and have-not. The system works only for those fortunate enough to have been born on the “have” side, or who’ve hard-work-and-lucked themselves over to it.
More and more smart people are questioning the university system. Education was the great equalizer for my generation and many before it.
But will it be for the next generation?
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Now it’s your turn. What do YOU think?
mike snyder on April 2, 2011 at 3:25 pm
“College doesn’t seem to make sense unless you get a degree that is useful.” Hard to disagree with that, but what does “useful” mean? Exposure and insight into great literary expression, profound philosophical reflection, rigorous scientific inquiry — even the much-derided art history — “useful,” surely, even if not always remunerative. Your calculations examine college as a tool for financial success, which it certainly should be. But it is more than that, I hope.
Alexis Grant on April 2, 2011 at 5:53 pm
College taught me to think for myself, and it helped me figure out who I wanted to become. But my liberal arts degree only became as valuable as it is today because I added a master’s in journalism — a specific skill, like you mention — on top of it. I didn’t major in business, but I’m far more entrepreneurial than my friends who didn’t go to great colleges.
But. The cost of college is outrageous now. I don’t quite get how we as a society allow that to continue.
For work, I’ve been looking at the unemployment rates by education level, and it really shows how education is the best investment you can make. Uneducated workers not only make less, they’re far more likely to be unemployed than educated workers. The recession hit that group MUCH harder than their educated counterparts. Just having a college education — forget graduate degrees — makes you far more likely to weather economic storms well.
So many more thoughts on this, but that’s a start. Thanks for bringing it up!
Ben W. on April 2, 2011 at 6:36 pm
The headline doesn’t really match the content.
Your analysis is whether it makes financial sense for students to attend college, but then you concede the underlying thesis that the degree has outstripped its utility.
But the bubble isn’t tied to these metrics, I’ve never met a college freshman who was pursuing a degree based on future earnings laid out like this. Either they trust that such predictions are subject to too much change over the time periods involved, they believe they will rise to the top of any pyramid scheme structured niche field, or they just don’t care about the math.
The bubble of college is predicated on: 1) the intense marketing/mindset created by the perpetual “you have to have a degree” mantra and 2) the ability of recent grads to generally service their debt when its subsidized by Uncle Sam.
When grads are unable to service that debt, which is happening now to an extent, one will start to see changes. When colleges get less applicants, and actually realize they’re getting less applicants, because of their insane pricing, things will slowly change.
But the real change will be when businesses stop caring about having a degree for entry-level work, or when a credible DeVry-like alternative arises to supplant degrees as a useful barometer of competence. When no one hires you because of a b.s. b.a., and instead looks to another source, that will be, in my humble opinion, the tectonic shift that will really cause the bubble to burst.
The largest graduating high school class was in 2008. The numbers don’t bode well for the future of the current collegiate market.
Even those high-talented hard-working people, like yourself, who received merit scholarships to places like AU only serve to hide the problem — those universities are still charging, spending and wasting incredible amounts of resources that can’t be justified for the final product delivered.
The bubble will burst, but it will take more than the math of spreadsheets to move social and political change.
Andrea James on April 2, 2011 at 7:08 pm
Mike: Yes it is more than that — it’s an alumni network, a valued mentor, a friendship circle, four fun years, a really good time. Heck, I met my husband in grad school. But, couldn’t other institutions and communities solve a similar purpose? I’d argue that a softer degree, while it may have intrinsic value, is harder to value cash-wise, and thus, an arts degree of any type is a luxury that best serves those who are already privileged.
Lexi: Can’t wait to see your next article on this!! I think it’s because the degree, as Ben points out, represents a “barometer of competence.”
Ben: You’ve given some of the best commentary I’ve read on this. I want a human resources expert to weigh in. It seems like, for many jobs in the information age, there is a checklist for new hires and a bachelor’s is at the top of the checklist.
Kelsey on April 3, 2011 at 10:18 am
I think this is a great point to make. My schooling cost $240k by the time I was done, and I currently make an income well under the poverty line. I learned things in college, but the most helpful thing was the people I met. However, if I had taken that $240k and used it to travel the world for 10 years, I likely would have met people just as helpful and would have been much further along in my photojournalism career by now. And really, people don’t realize how much money a trade or craft can make you, if you’re good. The highest-paid person that I know personally is a friend who is a welder. He never even finished high school or got a GED, and yet he makes over $120k a year!
nickelle on August 16, 2011 at 8:01 am
thanks for the post, very informative. very helpful for my current study 🙂 nice one!
bakokangmax on August 29, 2011 at 12:51 am
College will really help someone to grow and to mature! it taught me to me responsible from a happy-go-luck teen to a future-family-oriented adult! i do not mean to brag but my school MSU-IIT is really great!
Marivic on September 10, 2011 at 2:12 am
Hello Andria
You really put a good balance sheet there. And for me having a college degree is really worth it.Because as what my father always said ” Proper Education is something that can’t be taken from you”. Knowledge is the only investment that cannot be taken by any thief. So it really pays to have a college degree.
rogerpana on September 13, 2011 at 12:44 am
You really good at accounting. You said it right, going to universities entails a large amount of expenses. My son is going for his post graduate course and we have to buck him up 50% of his school bills because it is really expensive.
Kimberly on September 22, 2011 at 6:46 am
College is where we make the biggest decisions in our lives. Because this is where we pick jobs. We must choose wisely. Thanks for sharing this post…
kurenai on September 22, 2011 at 8:19 pm
I’ve been looking at the unemployment rates by education level, and it really shows how education is the best investment you can make. Uneducated workers not only make less, they’re far more likely to be unemployed than educated workers. | 😛
conan0506 on October 16, 2011 at 8:13 am
Knowledge is the only investment that cannot be taken by any thief. So it really pays to have a college degree. | 😛
colbie5 on October 20, 2011 at 12:51 pm
zean123 on October 24, 2011 at 2:08 pm
i used to think the education it the great investment that our parents give to us so i suggest if you parents work hard and bring you to school please treasure it not all people can go to school.thanks for the great insight.
tanya on October 31, 2011 at 8:49 am
I likely would have met people just as helpful and would have been much further along in my photojournalism career by now.
hunterX0506 on November 4, 2011 at 9:33 am
I likely would have met people just as helpful and would have been much further along in my photojournalism career by now. | 😛
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Violinist Valerie Li will Perform with CSQ October 2017 to May 2018
From October 2017 to May 2018, the CSQ is happy to welcome violinist Valerie Li, who will perform with the quartet and take part in teaching and other CSQ activities at the University of Toronto. Ms. Li will perform in place of violinist Min-Jeong Koh, who will depart the quartet in October 2017 to honour personal project commitments. The CSQ considers Ms. Li a long time friend of the quartet, and looks forward to sharing their final performances with this brilliant artist!
Ms. Li is well known to Canadian and international audiences through her work in the JUNO-nominated Afiara Quartet. With this award-winning ensemble, Ms. Li has toured througout the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia, performing at such venues as Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Wigmore Hall, the Kennedy Center, Amsterdam’s Muziekgebouw, and the Royal Library in Copenhagen. She currently tours extensively with DJ Kid Koala int he multidisciplinary live production of Nufonia Must Fall.
Ms. Li received her Bachelor of Music from the Peabody Institute, her Master of Music from the New England Conservatory, and her Artist Diploma from the Juilliard School. Her teachers include Miriam Fried, Herbert Greenberg, and Gwen Thompson, with whom she studied in her hometown of Vancouver.
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The historical Shakespeare
A Biography Offers New Facts About the Bard’s Life and Faith
“This Shakespeare biography is a fruit of a decade of research of labors”
Author: Andreas Kramarz | Source: https://es.scribd.com/document/246014617/In-formarse-Octubre-2014
Is Prince William, the current heir to the British throne, a direct descendant of William Shakespeare? Prince William’s mother is the late Diana Spencer, whose family can be traced to Baron William Spencer of Wormleighton, who, in 1615, married Penelope, the (illegitimate) child of Elizabeth Vernon and… William Shakespeare. That none other than Shakespeare was Penelope’s father is only one of the many breathtaking disclosures found in a biography of William Shakespeare, issued in 2007 in an updated English translation by Chaucer Press.
In a previous article about new proof regarding the hypothesis that Shakespeare was an underground Catholic (titled “The Shakespeare Code”), I quoted Hildegard Hammerschmidt Hummel, professor of English literature and cultural studies at the University of Mainz, Germany. The book I referred to most was The Hidden Existence of William Shakespeare: Poet and Rebel in the Catholic Underground, published in 2001 in German and never translated into English. Now I would like to point at Hammerschmidt-Hummel’s extensive biography of the English poet, which is available for the English reader under the title The Life and Times of William Shakespeare.
The impressive volume contains 420 atlas-size pages and 195 mostly-color photos and illustrations. Its extensive chronological outline of Shakespeare’s life includes valuable historical background information, but above all a very detailed exposé of what recent research has revealed about the English playwright. The author shares step by step the result of meticulous studies of historical documents, pieces of art and Shakespeare’s own works.
For instance Hammerschmidt-Hummel unveils how the mysterious “Dark Lady” of Shakespeare’s sonnets can be identified with Elizabeth Vernon, who married Henry Wriothesley, the Earl of Southampton, although she was already pregnant. Besides textual hints in the sonnets and historical data, the author has discovered the face of a man in the Portrait of Countess Elizabeth on the subject’s right elbow a hidden hint by the (unknown) painter “at the presence of a lover.” His facial features have been identified by a German criminologist “as identical with those of William Shakespeare.”
Moreover, an analysis shows that the woman in this portrait is identical with another painting called The Persian Lady, which has written on it the text of a sonnet. “Linguistic and literary analysis has revealed that it must have been written by William Shakespeare,” she writes, “turning out to be the hitherto missing final sonnet of the ‘Dark Lady’ sequence.” And this would then identify Shakespeare as her unhappy lover, Penelope his daughter, and Prince William his descendant.
Apart from these and many other surprising discoveries, the whole work provides an abundance of material to substantiate the theory that Shakespeare was and remained a Catholic throughout his life, a fact that offers “conclusive answers to many of the unresolved problems of the Bard’s life” and allows “unexpected insights into Shakespeare’s plays,” she writes.
Robert Miola, professor of English at Loyola College in Maryland, states in his article “Shakespeare’s Religion” (May 2008 issue of First Things): “The evidence for Shakespeare’s biographical Catholicity presents nothing like proof but only intriguing possibility.” While Miola illustrates plenty of Catholic tendencies within Shakespeare’s works, he is reluctant to admit the substantial historical evidence.
Much less credit is given to this cause by Alan Jacobs, professor of English at Wheaton College. In a spirited article titled “The Code Breakers,” published in the August/September 2006 issue of First Things, Jacobs takes a very critical stand. While he cannot be blamed for not having actually read the Catholic Underground book by Hammerschmidt-Hummel in German, this should not lead him to assume that she is offering little more evidence about Shakespeare’s Catholicity than some obscure “codes” á la Dan Brown in his works. Jacobs ridicules some examples of naive “code-breaking” attempts in Harry Potter or the Bible, and rightly so.
Insinuating, however, that Hammerschmidt-Hummel is among those who are falling into a “ceaseless over-reading of trivia” and lacking true understanding that “is achievable only by years, even decades, of scrupulous attentiveness to work after work after work,” and those who “tell us that we don’t need to read carefully or think hard or labor for years on end” — this would not do justice to the scholarship she has shown in her present work.
“This Shakespeare biography is a fruit of a decade of research of labors,” she reports in the afterword. A careful review of her study will certainly come across hypotheses and theories, but the weight of the arguments as a whole, “applying interdisciplinary research methods from fields including medicine, physics, botany, criminology, architecture, history of art, archaeology, paleography, jurisprudence, theology, historiography, linguistics, and cultural and literary studies,” lead to conclusions that can’t be dismissed. Its many small pieces make up a mosaic. This is not a petitio principii (that one only finds what one has previously decided to find) work.
It is interesting that Jacobs accuses the “code breakers” of “supposing something to be true that there is simply no reason even to suspect is true” and then looking “for any evidence that might be construed as supportive of that supposal while resolutely ignoring any evidence that might be construed as refuting that supposal.” Doesn’t it sound like a contradiction when a few paragraphs later, Jacob himself concedes that there are “good reasons, biographical and even textual, to suspect that Shakespeare was a Catholic”? And then he enumerates data about the Catholic environment and relatives among which Shakespeare grew up. He will be pleased to find many more of these good reasons in The Life and Times.
The one “textual reason” Jacobs himself quotes and seems to consider acceptable (or, at least, as he writes, “telling”), is from Hamlet with a reference to purgatory. There are many more, as Hammerschmidt-Hummel and Robert Miola can show. But if there are any “codes” or hidden messages in Shakespeare’s works, the fact that they are often overlooked (or interpreted in contradictory ways) is not an argument against them. What makes a code a code is precisely that it cannot be easily detected, and the ambiguity of a text reveals rather the genius of the codemaker. Literary texts, especially if fictional and written in a time of religious warfare, in themselves are certainly not sufficient for knowing what the author really thinks. But if Shakespeare was a Catholic, this would be reflected in some way in his work, be it intentionally (encoded) or not. And if his works contain elements and passages that can best (or better) be understood by supposing that the writer was Catholic, why not admit them as an additional clue that he actually was?
Jacobs makes the following comment at the Anglican blog TitusOneNine: “The Da Vinci Code, the Gospel of Judas, and the new Shakespeare-was-a-closet-Catholic books all demonstrate just how eager readers are to believe in secret meanings. I am always amazed at how ready people are to accept claims that every single reader of the most-read books in history — every artist, every scholar — has managed to miss the real truth … until today. Give me a break.”
Break granted. During the break, Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel’s new Shakespeare biography might make for very profitable reading.
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Electric Current And Electric Circuits
An electric current is a flow of electric charge. In electric circuits this charge is often caused by moving electrons in a wire.
An electrical circuit is a path or line through which an electrical current flows. The path may be closed (joined at both ends), making it a loop. A closed circuit makes electrical current flow possible. It may also be an open circuit where the electron flow is cut short because the path is broken. An open circuit does not allow electrical current to flow.
The SI unit for measuring an electric current is the ampere, which is the amount of flow of electric charge and is measured using a device called an ammeter.
The diagram below shows how a basic circuit looks like.
Below is a basic set of symbols that you may find on circuit diagrams.
It is very important to know the basic parts of a simple circuit and the symbols that relate to them. Please find them described below with their functions:
These are usually copper wires with no insulation. They make the path through which the electricity flows. One piece of the wire connects the current from the power source (cell) to the load. The other piece connects the load back to the power source.
The Load:
The load is a small light bulb or buzzer that lights when the circuit is turned on. The load is also known as a resistor.
The switch is simply a small gap in the conductor where you can close or open the circuit. When the switch is closed, the circuit is closed and electricity flows.
The power source is a cell.
Insulators:
Materials which do not allow electric current to pass through them are called insulators. Most of the non-metals are insulators, e.g. asbestos, rubber, wood, etc.
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