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New Delhi, India — The Global Launch of the Social, Emotional and Ethical Learning (SEEL) officially inaugurated by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, stepping up his effort to make this world more peaceful through education include ways to reinforce and encourages inner peace, compassion, respect and warm-heartedness.
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Towards this effort, a large part of the world believes that the spiritual leader of Tibet minted the idea of universal secular ethics; enshrining the values of compassion, human dignity, empathy, warmheartedness, genuine sense of concern for others in our vision of prosperity and progress.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama was in India's Capital City New Delhi for the Global Launch of the Social, Emotional and Ethical Learning (SEEL) program developed at Emory University, in partnership with The Dalai Lama Trust and the Vana Foundation of India.
The program, which is available in 12 languages including English and 6 UN languages, formally launched by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New Delhi, in the presence of more than 1000 educational and policy leaders from around the world.
Nobel Peace Laureate met with his old friend Richard Moore shortly after entering the room where members of the press were assembled, in New Delhi on April 4, 2019. Referring to him as ‘his hero’, His Holiness explained that Moore is a living example that human nature is compassionate.
The spiritual leader recounted that as a young boy in Northern Ireland Moore had been struck by a rubber bullet and rendered blind. In due course he found the British soldier who had shot him and forgave him. As friends the two have worked to help other children caught in crossfire.
His Holiness unveiled the "Social Emotional Ethical Learning" curriculum with Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi at its global launch in New Delhi, India on April 5, 2019.
Speaking about the program on Friday, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said, "The main reason (for the introduction of SEE Learning) is because of the existing education system, which is not adequate and does not guarantee happiness. Children from the kindergarten stage should be taught about basic human values, which are grounded in common sense, common experience and scientific evidence to which everyone can relate to."
The Nobel Peace Laureate also said he was looking forward to the discussions about the program over the next few days and was hoping to get "practical ideas". While answering a question as to why India was chosen for the global launch of the program, the Tibetan leader said, "India is a special country and its ancient knowledge deals with inner emotion which helps retain mental comfort and inner peace."
Answering questions to members of the Tibetan language media on Thursday, His Holiness told them that the practices of loving kindness and wisdom that are part of the Nalanda Tradition are something to be proud of. They are kept alive through study and practice as can be seen in the Seats of Learning re-established in South India.
Dr Brenda Ozawa de Silva, moderator of the press meeting, gave an introduction in lieu of Dr Lobsang Tenzin Negi. He mentioned that His Holiness’s relationship with Emory University goes back to 1998 and the launch of Cognitive Based Compassion Training (CBCT). Later, there was collaboration in developing science training for Tibetan monasteries. SEE Learning is the latest program which seeks to provide a comprehensive approach to holistic education. He invited His Holiness to make his remarks.
“The existing education system is inadequate,” His Holiness replied, “with no guarantees that it will bring happiness. Education should include ways to reinforce warm-heartedness. All religious traditions convey such a message, but in today’s world at least 1 billion have no interest in religion. From kindergarten upwards we need education to strengthen inner values not just pursue material goals. We need to introduce steps towards emotional hygiene, much as we teach physical hygiene. This way we can address some of the problems we face, in the hope of making this a century of non-violence.”
A key advisor, Dr Daniel Goleman, addressed the gathering via a videolink. “I’m sad not to be there with you,” he began. “When I wrote ‘Emotional Intelligence’ I discussed self-management, in SEEL this has become cultivating emotional hygiene, reducing negative emotions and boosting positive ones. This involves education of the heart, attention training and the development of compassion.
“I recently was struck to see a group of young children each of whom had a toy animal, who at a given point in their class time lay down with the animal on their abdomens. They watched and counted as the animal rose and fell with their breathing and so developed calm and control. This kind of technique has far-reaching effects on the children’s ability to learn and equalizes their potential.
“A combination of wisdom and compassion is what the world urgently needs right now. For the human species to survive will require a mixture of compassion and teamwork. I congratulate Your Holiness on achieving SEE Learning after 20 years work.”
Linda Lantieri from Columbia University addressed the meeting by videolink. “I have had a long involvement with the SEEL program that goes towards an education of the heart. We need such a non-violent approach in the world today. We are going to see a transformation in children being able to develop their hearts as well as their minds. They will have inner resilience enabling them to prepare for challenges and opportunities.”
To illustrate this she told a story about a group of teenagers she’d been working with in a poor part of New York. All of them had lost a friend or relative to violence. Their teacher asked them to share a goal for when they were 21 and she remembered one, Eugene, who said, “To be alive at 21". Not long afterwards the teacher called her with sad news about Eugene. He’d been shot from a passing car and would never walk again.
When she went to visit him in a care facility she found him in a corner talking to a group of other wheelchair users. “I was telling some of the guys what you taught me,” he informed her. She asked how he was and he replied, “I’m good. When I woke up today, I decided to forgive the shooter and I’m feeling much better for it.” Self-regulation begins with the urge to make a difference. This gathering for the launch of SEEL will help the world, which will be so much the richer for it.”
Prof Dr Kimberly Schonert-Reichl turned to His Holiness, saying, “Your dream of an education of the heart is coming to fruition. These programs can make a difference. I started out as a teacher before I became a researcher and found I had nothing to depend on. I didn’t know what to do. Then I discovered that with SEL students are more likely to graduate and go on to other achievements. Richie Davidson has shown that these skills can be taught and can be seen to be effective in neuroplasticity. Now, SEEL with its education of the heart, compassion, systems training and attention training fills a gap—it’ll be so valuable.”
Among questions from the floor, the first was about why India had been chosen for the Global Launch of SEEL. Brendan Ozawa de Silva replied that the program was the result of a 20 year collaboration with His Holiness and this is where he lives.
His Holiness added: “Among the ancient civilizations such as those in Egypt and China, the Indus Valley civilization gave rise to a rich knowledge of the workings of the mind and views of reality. The Buddha as a product of Indian tradition. Nowadays, India has the potential to help humanity by combining ancient learning with modern education.”
Regarding devices like mobile phones, His Holiness stated that by itself technology is wonderful, but it depends how people use it. He observed that leaders tend to reflect the communities they come from. Since education today tends to focus on material development, it’s not surprising if that’s what motivates contemporary leaders. He suggested it can take a whole generation to change a community’s way of thinking.
“We are social animals—anger pushes us apart, but compassion brings us together. It’s such a shame that our wonderful human intelligence is squandered on developing and then marketing weapons that can only be used for destruction.”
His Holiness mentioned his admiration for Jacinda Ardern and her skilful handling of the situation after the recent attack in New Zealand. He appreciated her stance of non-violence and mutual respect, something everyone can learn from.
A questioner who wondered if interreligious harmony was as well-founded as His Holiness seems to think was told that he prefers to look at things from a wider perspective. He conceded that there are mischievous people everywhere and untoward incidents do occur, but they are infrequent. His Holiness cited the example of the Parsee community, Zoroastrians from Persia, who now number fewer than 100,000, but who live among millions of Hindus, Muslims, Christians and Sikhs in Bombay completely without fear—illustrating India’s tolerant pluralism.
With regard to his own reincarnation His Holiness suggested that if he lives another 10-15 years, the political situation in China will have changed. If, on the other hand, he dies next year the Chinese government may recognise their own candidate to succeed him. He expressed appreciation for the 1st Dalai Lama’s wish to be born wherever he could help relieve the suffering of others.
The Nobel Peace Laureate constantly express his hope and wish is that, one day, formal education will pay attention to what I call education of the heart. I look forward to a day when children and students will be more aware of their feeling and emotions and feel a greater sense of responsibility both towards themselves and towards the wider world.
SEE Learning provides educators with a comprehensive framework for the cultivation of social, emotional and ethical competencies that can be used in K–12 education as well as higher education and professional education. The program is part of Emory’s newly established Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics.
SEE Learning Associate Director Brendan Ozawa-de Silwa said that the program brings the latest innovations in social and emotional learning, systems thinking, compassion and ethics, attention training, and trauma and resilience together in a single comprehensive package for teachers and schools with the intention of realising the 14th Dalai Lama's vision for a holistic education of heart and mind.
"SEE Learning consists of a framework that communicates the philosophical and pedagogical foundations of the program as well as a curriculum that is tailored for different age levels and an online platform for preparing and supporting educators and schools. All these materials are made globally available for free, thanks to the generous support of his holiness," he added.
Over 600 educators in various countries have attended SEE Learning workshops. A high school curriculum is planned for 2020. Many of them provide ongoing feedback in evaluating, enhancing and refining the pedagogical framework for the program and are contributing to the development of curricula designed for early elementary, late elementary and middle schools. The three-day event, which concludes on Saturday, attended by child rights activist and Nobel Peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Piramal Group chairman Ajay Piramal among others.
Meanwhile, Dr Daniel Goleman, an expert in social and emotional learning and one of the senior advisors for the program, said: "A study of two hundred and seventy thousand students found SEEL lowers anti-social problems like fights and bullying by 10%, it increases pro-social attitudes like liking school by 10%, and boosts academic achievement stories by 11%. And in a more recent study, advantage in the academic achievement by 14% was found. And these benefits last upto 18 years." He further said that the combination of wisdom and compassion was what the world needs now and will need increasingly in the future.
Veer Singh, Founder of Vana Foundation expressed his blessedness to be a part of the launch of a remarkable work. He commended the framework and curriculum of SEE learning for its practicality, academic rigor, and its application and thanked the team of Emory University. He further lauded the vision and wisdom of His Holiness for a compassionate and ethical world for all and expressed his sincere gratitude.
While calling the gathering to embrace SEE learning and asserted it was what the world needed more than ever for the well being of humanity,“ Veer Singh said "As an Indian, I cannot but feel immense gratitude to His Holiness who constantly remind us of our profound heritage of wisdom. There is no better time to begin a thoughtful journey to help cultivate the right values in our young and prepare their minds for a lifetime ahead."
While delivering congratulatory remarks on the new project, Dr Robert Paul, Dean of Emory University again celebrated the glorification of His Holiness’s enlightened approach to a better education. “It is that mission to educate both heart and mind so tirelessly and eloquently as aspired by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.”
He declared that the younger generation is the resource that has the potential to liberate the challenges facing today’s world. “What the world will become in the coming years will be determined by the choices these next generation will make and the actions they take,” he said. Emory University as Dr Robert alleged was necessitated to develop an educational system to address both heart and the mind catering the needs for both knowledge and the emotional, social and ethical understanding of self and others. He maintained that SEE learning resonates the motto of Emory University as he quoted, “The wise heart seeks knowledge”.
The SEEL framework is organized into three dimensions which broadly encompass the types of knowledge and competencies it seeks to foster in students: (1) Awareness, (2) Compassion, and (3) Engagement. Furthermore, these three dimensions can be approached in three domains: that of (1) the Personal; (2) the Social; and (3) Systems—all of which should take place within an educational context that is based on compassion and with teachers who strive to embody this underlying value.
An online platform is available for educator preparation, and the curriculum is currently being translated into fourteen languages including Hindi, English, French, Russian, German and Chinese.
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Chicago Cubs by Month
February is another slow month for baseball and the Cubs. The Cubs do part ways with Sammy Sosa and get Mike Fontenot back in return. The Bartman ball is destroyed and a legendary announcer, Harry Caray passes away.
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Harry Carey's funeral
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Name: TADLOW
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DRACULA / THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (CD)
Composed by: James Bernard
Main Title From The Curse of Frankenstein 01
The Gibbet 03
Get Up / Final Confrontation / The Guillotine 08
Main Title From Dracula 09
Sleep Well / Dracula Seduces Lucy 14
The Final Battle 20
Rhapsody for Lucy (Lucie) 21
World Premiere Recordings of the Complete Scores from Two Classic Hammer Films of the 1950s.
THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN starred Peter Cushing as Baron Victor Frankenstein and Christopher Lee as The Creature. This outstanding 1957 horror film began a whole series of films starring these two great icons of terror and was one of the best movies from Hammer Productions.
DRACULA, made in 1958, also starred Peter Cushing (as Doctor Van Helsing) and Christopher Lee (as Count Dracula). It is difficult to overestimate the significance of DRACULA as it set the tone for Hammer’s movie output over the next two decades when British horror films were among the most admired and popular films. DRACULA created international stars out of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.
The music for both these films was composed by James Bernard, who created music for many more classic Hammer films including: SHE * THE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT * THE DAMNED * DRACULA: PRINCE OF DARKNESS * THE DEVIL RIDES OUT * TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA * THE LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES.
A distinctive trait in Bernard’s Hammer scores is their use of clashing harmonies, often created by doubling a motif a tone higher, as in his famous Dracula theme. His music is also frenzied and pacey at times, frequently making use of percussion such as timpani and snares. He could also write lush, romantic melodies, however. such as appearing in FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMEN, TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA and SCARS OF DRACULA. -TADLOW MUSIC
• Newly Recorded in Stunning and Dynamic Digital Sound
• Performed by the Acclaimed and Award-Winning City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Nic Raine
• New Score and Bernard’s own Orchestrations Reconstructed by Leigh Phillips
• 20-Page Full-Colour Booklet with Informative Sleeve Notes by Hammer Film Music Expert David Huckvale, plus numerous original film stills and posters.
• OVER 70 MINUTES OF MUSIC • Includes Bonus Track “Rhapsody for Lucy” Composed by Leigh Phillips from the Dracula Theme by James Bernard
THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN
1. Main Title From The Curse of Frankenstein (1:48)
2. A Brilliant Intellect / It’s Alive (4:31)
3. The Gibbet (3:39)
4. An Offer of Help / Goodnight Professor / The Professor’s Brain (4:56)
5. The Creature / He’s Gone (2:48)
6. The Creature and the Blind Man / You Shoot Well / I’ll Give You Life Again (2:59)
7. Justine’s Fate (4:12)
8. Get Up / Final Confrontation / The Guillotine (9:06)
9. Main Title From Dracula (1:53)<
11. Plan Revealed / Plea for Help / Dracula’s Rage (5:22)
12. The Mausoleum / Harker Stakes the Bride / Empty Casket (4:58)
13. The Diary / Van Helsing Finds Harker (2:06)
14. Sleep Well / Dracula Seduces Lucy (2:07)
15. Lucy’s Second Encounter / Garlic Flowers (2:36)
16. Aunt Lucy / Lucy Is Released (3:29)
17. Mina Ensnared / It Was There (1:09)
18. Allergic Reaction / Mina’s Submission (2:55)
19. Bloodstained Mina / The Cellar (1:00)
20. The Final Battle (4:34)
21. Rhapsody for Lucy (Lucie) (4:14)
Composed by Leigh Phillips based on a theme by James Bernard
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Winery considers closing after losing entertainment permit
Piper neighborhood residents protest mom-and-pop winery’s music
by Mary Rupert
The Wine Barn lost its live entertainment special use permit Thursday night after neighbors protested about noise.
Now, the small business in Kansas City, Kan., is considering closing, according to Celeste Mikijanis, who owns the business with her husband, Brian.
The small mom-and-pop winery is at 2850 N. 119th St., Kansas City, Kan., in the Piper area. It is a tourist spot in Wyandotte County that is listed on the state of Kansas’ agribusiness tourism website.
It was still open this past weekend to sell wine, but events with music are no longer allowed.
“Live music events were a very significant portion of our business and made up at least 40 percent of our income,” Mikijanis said on Saturday. “What’s going to happen in our business is we’re going to close because of it. They said ‘you can still sell wine.’ That’s like saying to a hair salon, ‘You can cut hair and not color it.’”
While the Wine Barn could still stay open, that may not be a wise long-term business decision, she said. The income from it probably would not support a family, and the winery couldn’t compete with other wineries, she added.
For the immediate future, the Wine Barn doesn’t have a timeline for closing, she added. She plans to have a meeting with her parents, who are business partners, and figure out where to go from here, she said.
The Wine Barn, built in 2008, opened as a commercial farm winery in 2009, and started holding music events in 2010. It had been holding live music events for three years before a new resident moved in, who spoke against it at the recent UG meeting.
The restrictions placed on live music cover just about all sorts of music that would be offered, including live bands and music with disc jockeys, according to the UG. It also covers music at weddings and receptions.
Mikijanis said the Wine Barn did everything that was required of them, including keeping the music level down, controlling the type of music, hiring off-duty police officers to witness the music decibel levels, and picking up trash on the street.
A substantial amount of their own money was invested in their business, she added.
“This was set to be my kids’ future and retirement, and it’s been taken away because of one person complaining,” Mikijanis said. “It’s just not right.”
Neighbors protest noise levels
A protest petition was filed about the noise, and two residents appeared at the Unified Government Commission meeting Jan. 28 to speak against the permit for live music. Previously, the UG Planning Commission had voted 5-2 to deny the permit for live music, and the UG staff had recommended denial.
Neighbors claimed the music was too loud. A neighbor made a video of what they called noise and other issues, and it was shown at the meeting. Three neighbors signed the protest petition, which made up 40 percent of the nearby residents.
Anne Seeberger, 2810 N. 119th St., who lives nearby, said persons drive through the neighborhood, sometimes to her driveway, and occasionally park in her yard. She is a Unified Government employee working for the Kansas City, Kan., Fire Department.
“There’s beer cans all over that street right now,” she said at the meeting. Also, liquor bottles are thrown in the street, she added.
She said there are safety concerns because people spend long, extended periods of time at a drinking place and are on a dark, narrow street in a residential area.
Also speaking against it was Larry Reynolds, another neighbor. He said it was the fourth or fifth time the neighbors had been to planning and zoning meetings, and he disputed that there was 100 percent compliance.
“I moved out there to be in a quiet neighborhood, with acreage, with no intention that somebody was going to be playing music,” Reynolds said. “I don’t mind the neighbors, I just don’t like the music. I just don’t think it’s fair for the neighbors that are there.”
“I don’t think it’s fair just because somebody wants to make money, that the rest of us around there have to suffer,” Reynolds said.
Commissioners learned that a former agreement among the neighbors fell apart when Sal Coco, a next-door neighbor to the Wine Barn, and a former co-owner and supporter of it, sold his home to a new owner, Seeberger. The new owner led a petition drive against the noise, with the help of some of the other neighbors. Those speaking for the Wine Barn said the home’s new owners knew about the special use permit and music when they bought the property.
Appearing in support of the Wine Barn were the owners, as well as Sal Coco (who was a previous co-owner), the director of a business group, the owner of the nearby Rowe Ridge Winery, and attorney Ryan Denk.
Mark Rowe, who owns the Rowe Ridge Winery nearby on Leavenworth Road, during the UG meeting said he talked with the people who bought the property next door before they bought it, and he made sure he told them there was live music every Friday night or whatever nights scheduled. Events are important to the Wine Barn’s business.
“The point of it being, is it controls their business plan for their business,” Rowe said. “I just came from a statewide conference in Manhattan for Kansas grape growers and wineries. We’ve all had these problems. Some are different than others as we go along. But one thing we found, to get the people out and the families out and to let them enjoy it, is the live music. They really seem to enjoy it. Wine is a social thing.
“Let them build their business plan and let them run their business. It’s a family business, this is generational now,” Rowe said.
Many nonprofit benefits have been held at the Wine Barn in the past several years.
Murrel Bland, executive director of Business West, spoke in favor of the 10-year special use permit. Business West had benefit events there, he said.
“It speaks to the quality of life, and it’s an asset to the community,” he said.
UG Commissioners Melissa Bynum and Jane Philbrook said they had attended meetings of the Kiwanis Club and Business West at the Wine Barn, during the past year, and they didn’t think those meetings were loud at all.
The owner of the Wine Barn said live entertainment was essential for the business’s operation.
The Wine Barn is in the Fifth District, represented by Commissioner Mike Kane. Kane said he was tired of the same issue being brought back to the UG commission. It had been there numerous times previously, he said.
Some commissioners wanted to get the two sides together again to meet and work out their differences, but after talking to each of them at the meeting, the commissioners felt they were too far apart to come to an agreement.
A little pond sits on the Wine Barn property on North 119th. (File photo from 2014 by William Crum)
The Wine Barn is located on North 119th between Leavenworth Road and Parallel Parkway. It is zoned agricultural, according to UG information, and around it are expensive properties, suburban residences on large lots.
The Wine Barn is a farm on 15.2 acres that grows grapes and produces wine. Like a lot of farm wineries, it holds special events with music to produce income.
Surrounding the Wine Barn on three sides are residences with acreage, and on the east side, a large acreage. The master plan for the area says it is in a suburban residential area.
Except for a sign marking the entrance, those who drive through the neighborhood would see nothing of the Wine Barn from the street. It is set back far from the road, with trees surrounding a small narrow drive.
Under state law, according to UG officials, the Wine Barn and other wineries do not need a local permit to operate. But they need a special use permit for live entertainment concerning noise.
Rob Richardson, UG planning director, at the commission meeting said “the subject of the live entertainment has been at issue for some time.” He said there were about 13 to 14 issues with the permit.
Last year, the UG placed stipulations on the Wine Barn concerning the loudness of music and the number of events, along with other items.
Previously they had talked about a closed back at the stage area to direct the sound toward the lake, Commissioner Brian McKiernan mentioned. Richardson said instead they decided to take a sound decibel reading at a point at the Reynolds’ property. McKiernan pointed out that a wraparound back and side to the stage would mitigate the noise levels.
“I invite you to come down to my neighborhood, we’ve got more noise than that on a quiet night,” Commissioner McKiernan remarked.
At the UG meeting, Richardson said he earlier recommended denial, and the planning commission voted for denial, largely because the video showed rock music being played, and the stipulations said there could be no rock music. Another reason concerned a fence, and a portion of it that was not constructed, he said.
At the meeting, the two sides did not agree on some of the basic facts discussed, including whether the music was too loud, and also how many events were held.
Commissioner Kane, at the meeting, said two families had moved in the past because of it, and he had received calls in the past about it. There had been meetings between the neighbors and the owners, and an agreement had been worked out in the past, but apparently it was not working out. He said there was a “non-trust factor on both sides.”
Commissioner Ann Murguia said on these planning issues, she often votes the same way as the commissioner in whose district the business is located. “I don’t think anybody wins when neighbors fight with one another, and not when you put government in charge of resolving those disputes,” she said. She suggested sending it back to the Planning Commission for more work, but said she would defer to the commissioner in whose district it was located.
She added that like Commissioner McKiernan, she lives in the city and this noise would be a normal day for them, and that 14 events a year are not very much compared to that.
Commissioner Bynum, the 1st District at large commissioner, which also includes the area of the Wine Barn, said she was at two of the events, including a Kiwanis event and a Business West event. She pointed out that the decibel levels were being monitored by the off-duty police officers.
“I wouldn’t deliberately attend a gathering someone would call disruptive,” Commissioner Bynum said. “In my estimation they were rather quiet gatherings and very delightful gatherings.”
“Sometimes you cannot make people like each other, you cannot make people get along, no matter how we would like that to happen,” Commissioner Jane Philbrook said. “I worked long and hard at this and so did everybody else, trying to get it set up so everybody could live well together, and it just doesn’t seem to be working. I was also at two of those gatherings deemed to be disruptive. I didn’t feel disruptive, we didn’t have music and it wasn’t loud.”
Commissioner Hal Walker, 2nd District at large commissioner, pointed out that he also represents that area since he is elected countywide, and said he didn’t see any evidence for not granting the special use permit. He was in favor of extending the permit for a long period of time.
“Define a rock band for me,” Commissioner Walker said. “How do you differentiate ZZ Top from Led Zeppelin?
“There’s fundamental problems here. I’m not seeing a preponderance of evidence of violation,” Commissioner Walker said, referring to the situation as “Hatfield and McCoy.”
The vote was 7-2 with Commissioner Kane, Angela Markley, Ann Murguia, Jane Philbrook, Gayle Townsend, Brian McKiernan and Harold Johnson voting in favor of denial of the permit, and Commissioners Melissa Bynum and Hal Walker voting against denial of the permit.
The Wine Barn has won several awards for its wine. (File photo from 2014 by William Crum)
An indoor events building
The Wine Barn had been requesting a 10-year permit because it wanted to get a loan to construct a building to hold events indoors, Mikijanis said. That could have solved complaints about music levels.
A banker told her that she could not get a loan unless she had a long-term 10-year permit, not the one-year or five-year permits that the UG was granting, she said.
Since Thursday night, a lot of people have said she could move the business to Johnson County or Leavenworth County, Mikijanis said.
But the grape vines were planted in 2000, and have been here 16 years.
“You just can’t up and pick up your grape vines and move,” Mikijanis said on Saturday. “This is my county, I grew up here and spent my whole life here. This is why I built here, not in Johnson County because I wanted a winery. I built in Wyandotte County because I wanted a business in Wyandotte County. This is my home and now I’m being pushed out.”
To see a video of the UG Commission meeting, visit youtube.com and search under “Unified Government,” for Jan. 28. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJZgEoODfTk
Author Mary RupertPosted on Feb 1, 2016 Feb 2, 2016 Categories Business, Kansas City Kansas, News, Wyandotte County
11 thoughts on “Winery considers closing after losing entertainment permit”
Regina Wilson says:
Since when did a winery start selling beer and liquor? These neighbors need to get a life. Have they ever stopped to consider that the music was coming from Sandstone? And if you moved out there for peace and quiet you are not going to get it with the Speedway so close.
Loyd Smith says:
This so much political BS! Kane and his Mini Me’s that can’t vote on their own. Beer cans and liqueur bottles? C’mon, it’s a winery. 119th is a through street. Ever thought it was kids throwing out their bottles and cans? For a Commissioner to say he’s tired of hearing about it is wrong. If he’s not a problem solver maybe it’s time for him to resign and quit playing favorites to his FD cronies!
Staci Burton says:
I’ve been several times to an event at the Wine Barn and it’s not loud like a rock concert! It’s not an on going thing! Only Friday nights during the spring and summer and an occasional event!! It’s ridiculous that a family owned business is being forced out! What if the neighbors of the Kansas Speedway, Sporting KC, TBones etc. complained about the noise levels, would the County commissioners deny their permits ??? I think not! There should be support from our county. A few neighbors should not determine the fate of a family! So disappointed in WYANDOTTE County once again. This county blows!
Nancy Denney says:
Please don’t run out a business in the Dotte, we need them. The neighbors moved in after the winery let them figure it out. You can’t please everyone.
Marty Bohannon says:
We are so disappointed that The Wine Barn couldn’t get their permit extended. We drive from Ottawa, KS (an hour drive for us) because we love their wine and it’s nice to just sit back and enjoy the outside while we listen to some music and make new friends. If the owners decide to shut down the entertainment part of the business we dearly hope they will continue to sell their wine. They make such wonderful wines and are such nice people. It’s too bad something couldn’t be worked out so they could stay in business. We live in the rural area and have a motocross business with dirt bikes from all over the country racing within 2 miles of us – in the country. This is all so sad. A lot of hard work and planning that the owners of The Wine Barn have done and now they have to shut it down. I would certainly rather have a winery with some music instead of motocross racers forming a long line with their campers blocking our road, making us slow down to get through. But – it’s their property and they have a right to their business. I’d never live in KC,KS! Too many busy bodies that *choose not to get along.
Patricia Stewart says:
I have visited the Wine Barn winery several times over the years; I currently live in Springfield, MO and it is a very nice place to visit and buy bottles of wine. It is a shame that this is happening to this family business. I know they don’t want to move because of the established grape vines, but if they want to continue their family business I say move to another county in Kansas or jump the state line where their contributions to the economy will be appreciated. Wyandotte County is foolish to just throw away tax revenue because some person who moved in after the fact is throwing a temper tantrum and the UG is tired of dealing with the complainant coming back.
William Gates says:
Politics as usual in KCK. Three neighbor complaints dictate what a business can do or not do, one being a UG employee. Another sad day for our city, we have many more problems facing our area than a little “noise pollution”. With commissioners favoring their own, doesn’t look like any of the real work will get done.
I think it’s time to get rid of Good ol-boy Kane if he can’t handle the complaining.
Sandie Messer says:
This is so sad. It is apparent that the only commissioners that really care about small family owned businesses in Wyandotte County is commissioners Byrum and Walker. I emailed commissioner Kane and received an email back that said and I quote “I have read your email”. Is this an actual answer to a problem. Is I am tired of hearing or seeing this issue an answer to a problem? Wyandotte County, as long as this type of things continues to happen in Wyandotte County, you will always be at least fourth from the top counties in Kansas. So sorry for the Wine Barn. Celeste and Brian, move your business operation for a live venue to Johnson or Miami county. These counties actually support first class operations such as yours. Grow your grapes in Wyandotte County but do all selling etc in Johnson or Miami Counties.
Jennifer Nolen says:
This is exceptionally heartbreaking for me since the wine barn is a special place for my family. My parents have been regulars there for the last 5 years or so, and I have enjoyed a handful of events right along side them. In September of 2013 my mother was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer (she never smoked a day in her life), thus giving her a six month life expectancy. Well, during her fight with cancer when things got bad, Dad would tell her to go to her “Happy Place”. She never ever said where, but when she would describe it, there would be a gazebo and a pond, and we knew right where she was. She was at the Wine Barn. The peace she found while there, as well as just thinking about it, kept her fighting not just the six months the doctors gave her, but for twenty-five months. This was where I spent the last Mother’s Day with my mom, where I would meet my parents on a random Friday night to distress from a rough week, where I like to go to feel close to my Mom now that she’s gone, and where come spring (the picture perfect happy place day), her life celebration is to be held. The thought of them having to close because someone(s) can’t handle a little noise angers me to tears. They are taking away one of the few pieces of my mother I have left.
Carol Petty says:
Two thoiughts stick out like a sore thumb in this issue. The fact the neighbors are complaining about beer bottles and liquor bottles being thrown in their yards has nothing to do with the Wine Barn. Neither is sold there. Chances are – these are kids in the area who will continue to toss out their empties. Second issue – you have a member of this commission who is tired of the issue so this leads to a vote against the Wine Barn. Since when did a member vote based on being “tired” of an issue? Youth ball parks have lights on well past 9:00. The fireworks from the Legends are after 9:00. What happens to being grandfathered in? Since when can one person – who knew they were moving in front of a business that would have traffic and noise – dictate the neighborhood? Wyandotte county is getting a lot of bad press. I think they should revisit this issue and resolve it to the benefit of those who have tried to make a buisness functional in Wyandotte County. No more being “tired” of the discussion. Issue a permit for this year. Spend some time going to this business and developing your own opinion. Do not punish a business without experiencing the noise level yourself. I hope everyone continues to email and call the UG. One of their employees certainly isn’t presenting the facts as I know them to be.
Frank Felich says:
Do these people complain about lakeside speedway? I know everybody can hear them every Friday nite during the summer. I know our council man can hear it also from his residence. When will they be told they are too loud.
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The ‘Kick It Out’ Campaign And The Trouble With T-Shirts
22nd, October 2012
By Chris Wright
Over the course of the weekend’s Premier League games, more than 30 players from eight different clubs refused to carry the logo of the Kick It Out campaign across their chests during their respective warm-ups in protest at a perceived lack of action on the anti-racism charity’s behalf following another stormy footballing fortnight with racial taunting at the fore once again.
Having gone on record questioning the wisdom of Reading’s Jason Roberts’ plans to boycott the t-shirt parade before the weekend’s fixtures, Sir Alex Ferguson was up in arms when a sheep from his own flock, Rio Ferdinand, did likewise – undermining the overlord’s will, breaking rank and challenging the imposed gestalt at Old Trafford.
It looks, if tabloid reports are to be believed, that Rio’s show of defiance may cost him heavily with one paper (The Sun, if you must know) prophesising that Ferdinand will be stung for £220,000 – two weeks’ wages and, coincidentally, exactly the same amount John Terry was fined for ‘racially insulting’ his younger brother.
While the magnitude of Ferdinand’s punishment is yet to be decided, it’s more than likely that the size of the fine will be determined by the fact that he publicly disobeyed the Almighty Fergie, rather than him refusing to back one of the Premier League’s ordained charities of choice.
“I always knew you’d betray me Rio”
Ironically, the decision of many players to wear their ‘Kick It Out’ garb has bought more exposure, for better or worse, to the cause than it would had the weekend passed without note. What would have been players milling around in yellow t-shirts suddenly became a sticking point – worthy of a second look.
From experience, most fans couldn’t care less what the players are wearing during the pre-match amble. It could be a ‘Kick It Out’ t-shirt, it could be a ‘REO Speedwagon World Tour ’80’ t-shirt. They all look the same from 100 yards away. In stark terms, the slogans printed and displayed on players’ shirts were and are never really going to make any difference in the plight to eradicate the blight.
Of course the t-shirts are just the ‘coal face’ of an organisation that continues to beaver away behind the scenes, but a t-shirt is not enough. They may be a quick, efficient method of informing the world that you thoroughly enjoyed your time in New York, admire the work of The Ramones or indeed wish to broadcast that the person to your immediate left is intellectually deficient in some way, but it’s not a potent way to change people’s attitudes toward racial discrimination and the like. Never has been, never will be.
Call it a show of solidarity if you will, but it’s little more than a cheap, easy and largely void gesture made by a campaign that doesn’t appear to have the sufficient power, opportunity or funding (FA or otherwise) to do anything more aggressive and/or effective to get its message across.
Of course, it’s not easy to criticise a campaign which is geared toward such a noble cause, but now is as good an opportunity as ever to give the ‘Kick It Out’ campaign an appraisal and a much-needed kick up the arse. They’ve done some fine work so far – football, especially in England, is so much more tolerant and encompassing than it was a depressingly short while ago – but that shouldn’t make them indelible to scrutiny.
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drags says:
Is it just me or does it seem as though these football players are really above the law in some aspects.
This whole court case with terry was a total farce really, i mean the money he was fined was basically his toilet paper. These guys can only be punished by not allowing them to play the game. If youre found guilty of being racist or swearing into a camera or abusing the referee, you should be banned for a while (a time that makes it seem like a punishment not a joke). also docked your wages for that time you are banned for.
Watch the behaviour improve then, suddenly the game will actually have a bit of “manners” to it as opposed to guys doing whatever they want whenever they want.
if cricket and rugby can get it right then why not football? Im a huge FAPL fan, but occasionally the guys behaviour is seriously shameful. nobody has the right to act like these guys, and especially guys whom so many young people look up to.
Fnarf says:
If you’re looking for people who are above the law, it’s not footballers you want.
In a nutshell: Lazio fined £32,500 for their fans’ appalling racist chanting; Ferdinand fined £220,000 for not wearing a t-shirt. You tell me where the priorities are in that.
The problem with the t-shirts is the same with all of these “raising awareness” publicity campaigns. Racism in football doesn’t need “awareness”; it needs action. Even the simplest football fan knows what’s going on with the fans from Lazio and Serbia, the John Terry and Luis Suarez cases, etc. But nothing ever happens besides some almost casual scapegoating. I hate John Terry, but he’s being made to carry the brunt of a world-wide problem that isn’t much his fault, while the people who ARE at fault get off free.
And Ferdinand? Come on. Completely pointless fine, for going against Fergie — which, as we can see, is a much, much more serious offense to the powers that be than any kind of racism. Which just goes to show that Ferdinand was right to not wear the shirt. Ferguson ought to pay his fine.
Papa Dopp says:
Great article and agree with drags response aswel. I suppose its the only logical outcome from giving lots of stupid people lots of money?
Mr. Chopper says:
It’s a tricky one. Obviously as a nation we’ve come much further than some other countries (I’ll say Spain and Italy), so we wouldn’t really want to do stuff that might be detrimental towards the movement. However, on the other hand, a t-shirt isn’t going to change much.
All this seems to have come directly off the back of the Terry thing, hasn’t it?
Karan says:
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/alex-ferguson-and-rio-ferdinand-resolve-dispute-over-kick-it-out-tshirt-8220780.html
No issue, no fine. Fergie was annoyed cause he was made to look like an ass after Rio refused to wear the t-shirt last minute.
Amusing to see the speculation here though. So pissed your favourite clubs have won next to nothing for a while now,eh?
Also,as for the issue itself, i don’t really know why the Kick it Out Campaign is being criticised. It’s not like it has the power of the British Parliament. Might as well criticise yourself for doing nothing about it.
What? says:
Are you stupid Fnarf? The fine to be paid by Rio is being levied by Ferguson, so if he paid it he’d be paying his own fine? The fine on Rio is made by the club/manager for disobeying his manager. It has nothing to do with the shirt. The shirt which remained clean, unsoiled, unwashed and ready to be given to charity is not the issue here. None of the Lazio fans were at Saturday’s game. Nor were the Serbian fans.
And now Ferguson has realised that he was barking up the wrong issue and has let it all go. He’s been told what it’s all about by someone who understands it – Rio – and he needs Rio for a while longer so he’s backed out. End of.
No, I’m not stupid. Apparently you are, because apparently you can’t fathom how disparate events are related. I didn’t say the Lazio fans were at the Man Utd match, meathead; I said that the levels of the fines shows what’s really important in football: disobeying the mighty Ferguson is a serious offense; racism is not. And that is why players like Ferdinand don’t want to wear the shirt, because it is hypocritical window-dressing. The FA, like UEFA, like FIFA, have no interest in doing anything real about racism, only in buffing up their public image.
usrick says:
As the article pointed out, the refusal of some players to wear the t-shirts caused more focus on the issue of racism in football than the t-shirts themselves ever would have. I have a lot of respect for SAF and much less for Rio Ferdinand, but in this case the player was in the right and the manager in the wrong.
T-shirts and Tantrums – Huffington Post UK | Screen print news says:
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Nil says:
I suppose if some good is to come out of this is that people are talking about it and perhaps we will get to a point where actions do indeed start speaking louder than words and the likes of UEFA will start getting their priorities right and giving fairer punishments. It can’t be right that a team is fined more for turning up 30 seconds late for the second half than allowing racist abuse. Having said that, i don’t think this weekend’s actions will change much…
What gets me about this, however, is how Roberts, Ferdinand et al seem to be making this gesture without any real goal. I have yet to see any of those not wearing t-shirts make some sort of reasoned rationale for their actions and a proposal for what Kick it Out or anyone else should be doing. Without that, it smacks of toys being thrown out of the pram and these players need to start being a bit more pro-active and considered if they are to be taken seriously. All i can see at present is a lot of bemusement rather than concern and a willingness to move things forward. I suppose that’s what you get when you have football players leading a political movement…
Jarren says:
Personally I just don’t see the real need for it in the UK.
Having grown up in Northern Ireland, we didn’t really get immigrants until the late 90’s (when the troubles stopped) and people actually wanted to come and live in Belfast instead of escaping it.
Once they did, we got all different kinds of people. African, Asian, European, you name it.
Now, I never noticed one bit of racism. Not before the immigrants arrived, not once they had settled, and not before I had left to make a new life here in Canada a few years ago.
I am certain the situation has not changed, and I am also certain the rest of the UK and Ireland are equally accepting of all races, religions etc.
So what’s with this campaign?
I mean, I just don’t get it because I don’t see racism in the UK.
To me it’s rather ironic that the UK makes such a big deal of a problem which quite frankly is not an issue to 99.9% of the population, while there are other countries (both within the EU and beyond) that have SERIOUS racism issues that are basically ignored.
Some good responses here. I’m not entirely sure why the UK makes a real song and dance about every racial slur, when as Jarren said, countries like Serbia and Poland have serious issues. A number of black players didn’t take their families to one of the biggest football events in the world this summer, for fear of their safety. Instead of trying to fix that, we’re busy fining John Terry.
This is a stunningly accurate summary of my thoughts on Kick It Out.
Keep up the good work Pies.
Mikey C says:
Football has a funny sense of morals anyway.
A single shout to another player of “F**king black c*nt” is disgraceful, racist, must be severly punished etc, thereas
“F**king c*nt” is normal on the pitch banter.
Spitting is the worst crime a player can do on the pitch, players (like Jason Roberts) deny they’ve ever dived, but reserve the right to collapse if they receive the slightest trip or nudge in the penalty box.
T shirts are all PR gestures anyway, when will players wear T shirts against drink driving and speeding, seeing that far more British players will commit these crimes?
Perhaps someone has already suggested this, but my girlfriend (who is not a football follower) had the brilliant idea of, instead of making everyone wear meaningless anti-racism T-shirts for one warm-up, make racist OFFENDERS wear a T-shirt/headband/snood/whatever that says “Racist Asshole Douchebag” or the like for an extended period of time following the pocket-change fines and brief FA ban. Genius.
@El Guapo: Wearing the slogan “Racist Asshole Douchebag” really wouldn’t work in the UK, as it sounds incredibly twee to British ears.
You know, like something the Teenage Mutant Turtles would say.
Better to have them wear clothing with a slogan like “I AM A RACIST CUNT”.
Perhaps best to have “…as alleged by the F.A. Tribunal Hearing” in smaller print afterwards though.
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E-bikes are wildly popular in the Bay Area. Can they really replace cars? – San Francisco Chronicle
Posted on January 11, 2020 Author Winter Cycling Comments Off on E-bikes are wildly popular in the Bay Area. Can they really replace cars? – San Francisco Chronicle
When Liza Lutzker threw her daughters a back-to-school party at the Berkeley Rose Garden, she and her husband packed all the provisions on their electric cargo bikes: two boxes of firewood, food for 30 people, a water dispenser, plates, napkins, glasses and two kids.
Then they rode 2 miles from their home on Milvia Street to the terraced amphitheater on Euclid Avenue, high in the leafy-green hills. Six years ago, Lutzker would have hauled everything in a car. Now she travels almost exclusively by foot and bike.
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Her family illustrates a culture shift in the Bay Area, where e-bikes, once conceived as a luxury item, are becoming a widely accepted form of transport. Enthusiasts view them as an option for commuting or for weekend warriors who want speed and distance with less work. In the case of cargo e-bikes, they’re a solution for the types of trips that suburban parents once made in minivans: grocery shopping, school drop-off, squiring kids to soccer games — even getting to BART, which has begun filling its parking lots with housing.
The trend is picking up globally, though it’s become particularly noticeable in places like Marin, Berkeley and San Francisco. That pleases e-bike riders and merchants, even as it highlights the deficiencies of local roads, where collisions are frequent and some bicycle lanes are only marked with a picture of a bicycle.
In December, the research and auditing firm Deloitte predicted that 130 million e-bikes will be sold internationally between 2020 and 2023. By the end of the year, these motor-powered devices will outnumber other electric vehicles on streets and roads, said Paul Lee, global head of technology, media and telecommunications research at Deloitte.
This surge has emboldened people like Rob Allen, owner of Blue Heron Bike Shop in North Berkeley. Since opening the store in 2012, he’s increased his stock of electric bikes from one to 50, and steadily tried to debunk the myth that distance cycling is solely for a rarefied group of athletes.
“There was this perception that you can’t ride far without pretending you’re a bike racer — that you have to wear some type of aerodynamic outfit,” Allen said. That’s no longer true; he and others noted that with the advent of electric-assist motors that kick in after a person starts pedaling, it’s become easy for elderly people to surmount hills or for office workers to ride to business meetings. Many of Allen’s customers are families seeking to shed a car.
But the e-bike renaissance faces challenges. Mainly, infrastructure. Many local streets lack protected bike lanes — or even painted bike lanes — and bike injuries and fatalities on the streets of San Francisco and other cities remain a stubborn problem. Secure parking is scarce. Not everyone has a private garage to store an e-bike, and the vehicles are too heavy to lift up flights of stairs. Some BART elevators are too small for larger e-bikes, which inhibits people from taking them on transit. Cost is an issue: at $3,000 to $5,000, they’re too expensive for many people.
Then, there’s the social aspect. Even as more parents, families and commuters gravitate to e-bikes, many other people still see cars as a way of life.
“We’ve been a very car-oriented culture, and there’s a lot of inertia (toward) changing your daily life patterns,” said Berkeley transportation planner Tom Lent. “Bikes have been considered toys more than a useful form of transportation,” he added. One hurdle for the electric versions is “getting people to take them seriously.”
The barriers seem steeper in low-income neighborhoods that tend to be far from the urban core.
Najari Smith, founder of the Rich City Rides bike nonprofit and worker-owned shop in Richmond, said his team keeps several e-bikes in stock. In January, they had a few models priced between $1,000 and $2,000, about half the cost of an average pedal-assist bicycle. Among them: an e-tricycle that could be outfitted to carry groceries, and a couple Espin electric bikes, each equipped with a mid-drive motor.
As a cycling evangelist who leads Sunday rides and camping trips for kids, Smith sees the potential of e-bikes to cut pollution, get cars off the road and convert the uninitiated. Richmond is a working-class city where bikes are starting to catch on as a lifestyle choice, particularly with the Greenway that curls along the waterfront, and the Bay Trail that feeds the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge bike path. Some activists pitch electric bikes as an alternative for teachers, food service workers and janitors making the hellish commute from Contra Costa to Marin County.
Still, Smith understands why someone with a tight budget might choose a car, instead.
“I hate it when people who still kind of embrace car culture get demonized, because there are a lot of class dynamics with that,” he said. “We have e-bikes for $1,000, but you can find a used car for $500. And I’ve met folks for whom a car is another place to live.”
In San Francisco, where City Hall leaders are bullish about reducing automobile traffic and building protected bike lanes, many residents have gravitated to e-bikes. Ed Parillon is one of them. After “a lot of hemming and hawing” he bought a cargo e-bike last summer — race car orange, with a double seat in back to carry his two children to school. It’s small enough to store in the basement of their 700-square-foot cottage in the Mission District.
“I’ll take them to school and back, and then if I need to pick up groceries or dog food, or take stuff to the UPS store in Bernal Heights, I’ll do that, too,” Parillon said.
He represents a new subset of bike advocates in the city — parents with errands to do, shopping lists to fill and two kids to drop off in the morning, who then don’t want to be stuck driving to work in a car. For some, the rental e-bikes from Jump and Baywheels served as a gateway drug. Riders who fell in love with the pedal-assist two-wheelers are now buying their own.
“E-bikes are just so nimble,” said Paul Supawanich, transportation adviser to Mayor London Breed. He envisions a future in which these devices could be instrumental for parcel delivery or for companies like Postmates and Door Dash. Gig workers in New York have traded cars for electric bicycles, a transition that’s helped unclog city streets.
“Is a vehicle that can carry four passengers and a trunk really needed to deliver take-out Chinese?” Supawanich asked. He and other policymakers have become fixated on tailoring mobility to meet “the size of the trip.”
That idea resonates with Lutzker. She and her husband use a cargo e-bike for just about everything: trips to Tilden Regional Park, hauling their daughter’s cello to a music lesson, transporting a desk that they found on the street, and attached to the bike with bungee cords. They’ll pedal the kids to school in a downpour, placing a waterproof backpack cover over the seat cushion to keep it dry.
On weekday mornings in Berkeley, the streets are full of parents on cargo e-bikes, Lutzker said. Occasionally, they’ll encounter opposition. Every once in a while a driver will yell at Lutzker from a car window, scolding her for “carrying my kids like that.”
She ignores the criticism and keeps riding.
Rachel Swan is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: rswan@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @rachelswan
Report: Wyo ranks worst for bicycle, pedestrian safety – Oil City News
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Tweet of the Day: Ineos Signs Rohan Dennis – Road Bike Action
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American Quinn Simmons Is the Junior Road Race World Champion – Bicycling
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[Review] New Pro and XC Mountain Bike Tire Inserts from Cushcore Protect with Pleasure, but Aren’t Without Pain – Singletracks.com
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Tired of Being Recognized, Thief Returns $5,000 Bike Stolen During Test Ride – Bicycling
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COA: no error in noting Domestic Abuse on JOC even though surcharge waived
State v. Amanuel A. Ayele, 2019AP432, 11/7/19, District 4 (one-judge decision; ineligible for publication); case activity (including briefs) Ayele pleaded to a battery after an attack on his father, with whom he lived. The state had charged the crime as an incident of domestic abuse carrying a surcharge under Wis. Stat. § 973.o55 but moved… Read More
COA affirms domestic abuse modifier and domestic abuse surcharge
State v. Marvin Frank Robinson, 2019AP105-106-CR; 9/24/19; District 1 (1-judge opinion, ineligible for publication); case activity (including briefs) Robinson pled to misdemeanor battery with domestic abuse assessements and to knowingly violating a temporary restraining order in one case. He also pled to misdemeanor bail jumping (violation of the TRO) and other crimes in a second… Read More
Challenges re right to self-representation and domestic abuse assessment fail on appeal
State v. Sandra D. Solomon, 2018AP298-CR, 9/25/18, District 1 (1-judge opinion, ineligible for publication); case activity (including briefs) Solomon sought plea withdrawal arguing that the circuit court had denied her request to represent herself and insisted on proceeding with the scheduled trial date, so her newly-retained lawyer was not prepared to defend her. The court… Read More
Plea hearing courts don’t have to inform defendants about the mandatory DNA surcharge
State v. Arthur Allen Freiboth, 2018 WI App 46; case activity (including briefs) In light of the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s May 2018 decisions in State v. Muldrow, 2018 WI 52, 381 Wis. 2d 492, 912 N.W.2d 74, and State v. Williams, 2018 WI 59, 381 Wis. 2d 661, 912 N.W.2d 373, the court of appeals now… Read More
SCOW: Circuit courts can’t waive the DNA surcharge for crimes committed after January 1, 2014
State v. Michael L. Cox, 2018 WI 67, 6/15/18, on certification from the court of appeals; case activity (including briefs) For years the DNA surcharge statute said that a court “shall” impose a surcharge on certain felony sex offenses and “may” impose a surcharge on any other felony offense. See § 973.046 (1g) and (1r) (2011-12). That changed… Read More
Inconsistent (unpublished) decisions on what’s required for domestic abuse surcharge
State v. Anthony Iven Jones, A/K/A Hashim Hasan, 2017AP364, 6/5/18, District 1 (one-judge decision; ineligible for publication); case activity (including briefs) A jury found Jones guilty of bail jumping. one of his bond conditions had been that he stay 500 feet away from his former wife. He made a threatening phone call to her and… Read More
SCOW overrules Elward and Radaj; mandatory DNA surcharge doesn’t violate ex post facto clause
State v. Jamal L. Williams, 2016AP883-CR, 2018 WI 59, 5/30/18, reversing in part, a published court of appeals opinion, 2017 WI App 46, case activity (including briefs) In a 5-0 opinion (Roggensack and A.W. Bradley did not participate) SCOW overruled two court of appeals decisions, State v. Elward and State v. Radaj, which had held… Read More
Court of Appeals certifies new case addressing whether court must advise defendant of DNA surcharge during plea colloquy
State v. Arthur Allen Freiboth, 2015AP2535-CR, District IV, 2/26/18; case activity (including briefs) Issue: …[W]e certify the present appeal to the Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide whether a defendant who was not advised at the time of the plea that he or she faced multiple mandatory DNA surcharges has grounds for plea withdrawal. Sound familiar… Read More
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The Association for Hispanic Classical Theater, Inc. was chartered as a non-profit organization in 1984 to promote and foster greater appreciation for Spain’s classical drama in production. An international organization, the Association counts among its members literary scholars, theatrical directors and producers, teachers, and other aficionados of Spain’s Golden Age of Theater.
The Association maintains a rare collection of Spanish Renaissance and Baroque plays on film and videotape. The materials in the Association’s visual library are available to its members and serve as resources for scholarly investigations, an invaluable repertoire for theatrical companies, exciting tools for the classroom, and delightful entertainment for the general public.
The AHCT:
•Videotapes dramas presented in the Siglo de Oro Drama Festival at El Chamizal National Memorial.
•Maintains an archive of video-taped plays from around the world and makes them available to AHCT members for borrowing.
•Has developed and continues to add to a series ofvideotaped lectures and studies of Golden Age drama available to AHCT members.
•Publishes a catalog of the videotaped plays, lectures and studies for our members.
•Sponsors and encourages live presentations of the Golden Age plays in English translation via the Walker M. Reid award.
•Encourages members and others to create English-language translations of Golden Age drama by offering the Franklin G. Smith award to a translator who works with a stage company to prepare a production of the work.
•Organizes sessions on comedia performance at the MLA and other professional meetings.
•Links AHCT members via a newsletter, an e-mail list, and a website.
•Maintains an electonic library of searchable and downloadable texts of more than two hundred comedias,autos sacramentales, and entremeses in Spanish, comedias in English translation, several useful biliographies, including a lengthy list of plays available in English translation, and various other teaching and study informational materials.
•Assists members in the acquisition of grants pertaining to comedia performance
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Top 5: The Best Jason Boland & The Stragglers Songs Of-All-Time
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Despite their massive popularity and years of continuing success, Jason Boland & The Stragglers are one of the most underappreciated bands of all time.
The Stragglers are easily one of the best country bands ever assembled, but not enough folks know this. As far as we're concerned the entire damn world oughta be singing along to "Somewhere Down in Texas." Hell, if all was right then "When I'm Stoned" would be over-played on country radio.
For two decades Boland hasn't changed his style, his delivery, not even the central theme for most of his music - but it's always good. Often it's great. Yet, his music is under-served to country music lovers. These poor, poor people.
Here are our Top 5 Jason Boland & The Straggler songs of-all-time
5. Comal County Blue
It's the title track from his '09 album and there's just no argument -- another home run from Boland.
4. Dark & Dirty Mile
The title track off his '13 Shooter Jennings produced album is outstanding, and it was co-written with Stoney LaRue.
3. Proud Souls
As a young jock in 2002, I began playing this song off of a burned CD a friend gave me. The only problem was I didn't know the title, so I took a stab at it and went with "Passion and Losing Friends." C'mon now, you can't be held up from sharing greatness by something as trivial as the proper title. Y'all truly take the internet for granted.
2. Telephone Romeo
You know it's good if Kid Rock steals ruins covers it.
1. Somewhere Down in Texas
The song is so soft yet smacks so hard -- and in the manliest voice I can muster it's beautiful. Originally included on his Pearl Snaps album, it may be the best example of a song that could make the most hardened bagel-loving-Yankee wanna move to the Lone Star State. Not an easy task for an Okie.
Now it's your turn. Which ones make your Top 5 Jason Boland & The Stragglers songs of all time?
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SNOW JOKE – LETTERKENNY THROWS BOOK AT FREEZING CONDITIONS!
by admin, December 26, 2019
Letterkenny Town Council has produced a brochure to help people tackle the possibility of a huge snowfall this winter.The brochure will be distributed to the public and resident’s association during a special winter information evening.The date of the meeting is expected to be announced at tonight’s monthly town council meeting. The brochure contains practical advice on clearing footpaths as well as such things as the council’s gritting policy.The meeting is also expected to hear from the council on its plans for tackling any possible cold snap similar to the past couple of years.A council source said “We certainly cannot be accused of not being ready for a heavy snowfall such as last year.“A lot of work has gone into this. Some people are saying we may not have the freezing winter some are predicting but we are prepared. “It’s a matter of educating the public and putting the correct procedures in place in the event of such freezing conditions.”SNOW JOKE – LETTERKENNY THROWS BOOK AT FREEZING CONDITIONS! was last modified: November 13th, 2011 by StephenShare this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Tags:brochureLetterkenny Town Councilsnow read more
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Growing West to forge new power plans
PORTLAND, Ore. – There is one thing that everybody agrees has to be done about the thousands of miles of electricity transmission lines that crisscross the West – build more of them. The big question is, who pays for them? Another is, who controls them? And finally, how much should it cost to use them? Utility managers and regulators say those questions need to be answered soon – before demand outstrips the power supply to some of the fastest-growing areas of the nation. Otherwise, the risk of a blackout like the one that left the East Coast in the dark in 2003 keeps rising. But all that generating capacity has to have a way to reach new businesses and homes – meaning more high-voltage wires, McDonald said. “So it’s very important to have additional infrastructure in the West because of the way the region is growing,” McDonald said. “And there hasn’t been a substantial investment in that transmission infrastructure.” On Nov. 17, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proposed transmission pricing reforms to promote what commissioners said was long overdue investment in energy infrastructure. The Energy Policy Act of 2005, which President Bush signed in August, directed FERC to develop incentive-based rates for interstate power transmission. The reforms adopted on Nov. 17 will implement those incentives and provide regulatory certainty needed to reassure utilities and investors, officials said. The goal is to increase power-grid reliability and lower costs by reducing transmission congestion between states, commissioners said. “No one is looking at the lights going out,” said U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore. “But what we’re looking at now is how do you make the system work better, and how do you avoid duplicate investment in very expensive transmission lines.” Reliability and congestion are issues that have been a struggle for utility managers and regulators across the West for more than a decade, as they have watched transmission line construction fail to keep pace with electricity demand. “We should have been making plans to build out the transmission system years ago,” said David Kvamme, spokesman for PacifiCorp. The Portland-based utility serves 1.6 million customers in six Western states and must balance regulatory demands in each state with the need for additional transmission capacity. But transmission investment actually declined for 23 years from 1975 to 1998, according to FERC figures. And over that same period, electricity demand more than doubled, resulting in a significant decrease in transmission capacity. Investment has been up and down since, but still trails well behind demand, say regulators. “We’re in the midst of a historic shift in the way this country regulates electric utilities,” said Bryan Lee, FERC spokesman in Washington, D.C. Some of the problems the West faced in 1992 when Congress first began to deregulate the energy industry still frustrate utility managers and policymakers. One of them is how to balance electricity generation and transmission. Building more plants to generate more electricity does little good unless the extra power can be distributed to the cities and towns that need it. But that raises a conflict over whether the individual utilities that produce the power should also control the transmission grid, or whether it should fall to an independent agency or perhaps to an organization created by the industry. Robert Kahn, executive director of the Northwest Independent Power Producers Coalition, said his group supports the creation of an independent agency to manage the transmission grid across the West. Without it, there is a risk of “pancaking,” or tacking on costs as power is routed from one state to another, Kahn said. “I would argue it’s like the tragedy of the commons,” Kahn said. “They’re all pursuing their own interests but in ways that are damaging to their neighbors, and in ways that are not beneficial to the entire grid.” The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission had ordered the development of a regional transmission organization, or an RTO, but the effort was abandoned by the Bonneville Power Administration and large investor-owned utilities after the Western energy crisis of 2001 – when rates skyrocketed because drought reduced hydroelectricity generation, deregulation failed in California and Enron Corp. tried to rig the market. “Following the energy crisis when it was apparent there was illegal manipulation of the interstate transmission system and illegal sales of power across high voltage power lines, FERC said there had to be a better system for handling bulk transmission of power,” said John Harrison, spokesman for the Northwest Power Council, the agency that plans for energy development in Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Washington state. The solution may lie with Bonneville, the federal power marketing agency which controls much of the transmission system in the Northwest and other parts of the West – a unique situation among the four such agencies nationally. “The BPA is the 800-pound gorilla,” said Kvamme, the PacifiCorp spokesman. But the agency has dropped out of the latest proposal for a regional organization, called Grid West, and left it up to the utilities to discuss the next step. DeFazio, the congressman who has devoted years to energy policy, says it may take a major effort to finally settle on the right system for the West, but it appears that utilities and regulators are headed in the right direction. “I don’t think it’s as big a problem as it was two years ago,” the Oregon Democrat said. “We got beyond the profiteering and price-gouging model of Enron, which is where this whole thing started. Things have changed since then.” 160Want local news?Sign up for the Localist and stay informed Something went wrong. Please try again.subscribeCongratulations! You’re all set! AD Quality Auto 360p 720p 1080p Top articles1/5READ MOREBlues bury Kings early with four first-period goals The Bonneville Power Administration two years ago completed a transmission system expansion project in the Seattle area, reducing the risk of massive power failures there. “It reinforced a key link that would have, for sure, put the Seattle area in danger of blackouts had it not been constructed,” said Ed Mosey, spokesman for the Portland-based federal power marketing agency. In Arizona, the largest utility in the state is proposing a new $3 billion pair of 500,000-volt lines to bring power 600 miles from coal and wind turbine plants in Wyoming. It would also let the Arizona Public Service Co. send excess power from the Southwest to the north. “Arizona’s one of the two fastest-growing areas of the country, along with Nevada,” said Jim McDonald, spokesman for Arizona Public Service. The utility relies on coal, nuclear and natural gas-fired generating plants for electricity to accommodate growth that includes Arizona cities like Gilbert, which topped the U.S. Census Bureau’s list of fastest-growing cities with at least 100,000 new people from April 2000 to July 2004. read more
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Gor Mahia release former Vipers striker Ssekisambu
Tags: erisa ssekisambuGor Mahia FCHashim Sempalavipers sc Ssekisambu scored five goals for Gor Mahia, last season. (PHOTOS/Courtesy)Former Vipers SC striker Erisa Ssekisambu will not be able to see out his two-year contract at Gor Mahia.The Kenyan giants have decided to part ways with Ssekisambu after only a year into his two-year deal.It is understood that the former Venom failed to impress in his first season and that is the reason he is being offloaded.“Ssekisambu failed to impress during the short time he has been with us and the coach does not want him to stay,” a source told Goal.com.The move was also taken to clear space for incoming foreign players as Gor Mahia already has six foreign players in their ranks, more than what is permitted by the foreign quota rule by the Kenyan Premier League Limited.The quota rule permits each Kenyan Premier League club to have a maximum of five foreign players in their teams.Sekisambu who was unveiled in November 2018 managed five goals in the half season.David Mapigano, Dickson Ambundo, Francis Mustapha, Hashim Sempala and Shafiq Batambuze remain as foreign players at Gor Mahia.Not only Ssekisambu will be leaving Gor Mahia. Castro Ogendo, Pascal Ogweno, Cercidy Okeyo, Shaban Odhoji, and Francis Kahata will also not be part of thier squad next season.Francis Kahata was signed by Simba SC of Tanzania while Jacques Tuyisenge joined Angolan side Petro Atletico.Reports coming from Kenya also indicate that another Ugandan, Hashim Sempala is on his way out of Gor Mahia.The Ugandan midfielder is reported to have asked to be released.Sempala is also on his way out of Gor Mahi.“It is true that Sempala wants out, he has already demanded the release letter and the club is considering his demands, maybe this will also help them to balance the foreign quota rule.” A source narrated to Goal.comGor Mahia have already seen three key players depart as George Odhiambo, Francis Kahata and Jacques Tuyisenge have moved on.The K’Ogalo have also signed Dickson Ambundo, David Mapigano, Tobias Otieno, Dennis Oalo and Elvis Ronack.Comments read more
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SA expertise for new UK gold mine
23 January 2012 A new gold mine set to open in the United Kingdom will be processing its ore using South African technology and expertise – an indication of how SA’s economy could benefit from new mining operations internationally, reports the Mail & Guardian. The newspaper reported on Friday that Australian-owned Scotgold Resources had secured environmental approval to start operations at the new Cononish gold mine in midwestern Scotland in 2013 – and had ordered a turnkey ore-processing plant from South African engineering firm Consulmet Metals. The Johannesburg firm would “design the plant, have it built locally, partially disassemble it before shipment, and commission it at the mine near Loch Lomond in Scotland,” the Mail & Guardian reported. “It may be a small deal in the world of mining, but the $10-million gold extraction plant … casts the spotlight on South Africa’s readiness to capitalise on local mining expertise. “Extensive mining opportunities opening up in Africa have deepened the experience of local engineering houses such as Consulmet Metals in building ready-to-use processing plants in hostile terrain. “This, and an emotional preference to do business with fellow Africans, ensures that South Africa will benefit from the African mining boom in particular.” An additional incentive for foreign firms to make use of South African expertise, the Mail & Guardian points out, comes from South Africa’s state-owned Export Credit Insurance Corporation, which provides guarantees to banks to finance orders for South African capital equipment. Consulmet Metals CEO Rupert Swanepoel told the newspaper that the Scotgold project was the first – but certainly not the last – in which it would be using the Export Credit Insurance Corporation to “sweeten” its offering to its foreign clients. SAinfo reporter read more
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Developing a strong marketing strategy
Share Facebook Twitter Google + LinkedIn Pinterest Iowa State University just reported their 2017 corn and bean breakeven points. It showed that the average Iowa bean farmer can lock in 2017 crop profits with current fall market prices. That is not necessarily the case for corn. Corn on corn farmers would likely lose with today’s prices, while corn on beans are showing some profitability.I think many farmers will take notice and plant more beans in 2017. Still, South American bean production is an unknown. If we assume a small issue in South America supply, which leads to increases for U.S. prices, the added bean acres in 2017 may be offset. However, if bean acres exceed 90 million acres and South America doesn’t have a reduced supply, then substantially lower values are a real concern. Market ActionWith corn prices so low, I’m always looking for ways to add additional premium to my corn prices. Rather than wait around for prices to go up, which they may not, I manufacture trades that allow me to add premium to my corn prices, while minimizing risk. In the following example I detail out several trades I have done recently that show how premium can sometimes be added even during a sideways market. Trade Detail #1 — SepSep – Sold $3.30 calls against Dec futures for a 15 cent premiumHindsight — this was a little early and the price was low. So, I wanted to increase this price to profitable levels with the next trade. Trade Detail #2 — NovExpected market direction back in Nov ’16 — Sideways through JanTrade Detail — On 11/22/16 sold $3.60 straddle for 23 cents (selling a put and call at the same price)Potential Benefit — increase potential premium (23 cents) if market stays close to $3.60 at the end of JanuaryPotential Concern — reduced or no premium if the market moves significantly from that levelWhat happened — Option expired 1/27 at $3.61Action — I bought back both straddles for 2 cents totalWhy buy them back? One of the options is exercised if I don’t buy them back. I don’t want that. I just want the premium from the trade.Result — Net premium 21 cents and position unchanged.Current PositionSold Dec Futures: $3.30+ 15 cents — Trade #1 above, call premium+ 21 cents – Trade #2 above, straddle+ 11 cents – Market carry, rolling Dec futures to Mar+ 14 cents – Market carry, will roll from Mar to JulyCurrent Position Value Against July Futures ($3.30 + 61 cents of premium): $3.91Trade Detail #3 – 1/27/17Expected market direction today — Probably sideways with some upside potential into early summerTrade Detail — 1/27/17 sold July $3.90 straddle for 43 centsExpires 6/23/17 right when there is the best chance for a weather rallyPotential Benefit — If July futures close at $3.90 on 6/23, I keep the 43 cent premiumPotential concern — reduced or no premium if the market moves significantlyWith this, every penny lower than $3.90 I get less premium until $3.47 and at $3.47 or lower the original corn sale is removed, but I keep the 61 cents above to be added to another sale. For every penny higher than $3.90 I get less premium until $4.33. With $4.33 or higher I have to make another sale at $4.33 and my $3.90 sale is stalled at $3.90. Developing a strong marketing strategyThis trade is most profitable if the market goes nowhere (basically staying between $3.70 to $4.10 is optimal) through June. If that happens, I will have taken a trade that started in September at $3.30 a turned it into something between $4.10 and $4.30.However, I have to understand the potential concerns of each trade I do. While this trade is mostly betting the market will be sideways, the market can always go up or down too. While I don’t want to take a sale back at $3.47, I know it is a possibility. However, historically usually the market doesn’t trade significantly lower in the middle of June when weather conditions are still unknown and drought could still happen. I hope the market is above $4.30 in June, as I would be perfectly happy to be forced to sell at $4.30.I don’t like putting all my kernels in one bucket. I prefer to have multiple trades based upon many likely market outcomes throughout the year. I think a sideways market is a real possibility with what I know today, so this trade capitalizes on that. But, I also have protections in place in case something unforeseen happens.As I’ve said before, “hoping the market goes up” is not a marketing strategy. Neither is “make the most money I can.” The most profitable AND least risky marketing strategies include different trades that take into consideration likely scenarios while balancing unforeseen circumstances.Jon grew up raising corn and soybeans on a farm near Beatrice, NE. Upon graduation from The University of Nebraska in Lincoln, he became a grain merchandiser and has been trading corn, soybeans and other grains for the last 18 years, building relationships with end-users in the process. After successfully marketing his father’s grain and getting his MBA, 10 years ago he started helping farmer clients market their grain based upon his principals of farmer education, reducing risk, understanding storage potential and using basis strategy to maximize individual farm operation profits. A big believer in farmer education of futures trading, Jon writes a weekly commentary to farmers interested in learning more and growing their farm operations.Trading of futures, options, swaps and other derivatives is risky and is not suitable for all persons. All of these investment products are leveraged, and you can lose more than your initial deposit. Each investment product is offered only to and from jurisdictions where solicitation and sale are lawful, and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations in such jurisdiction. The information provided here should not be relied upon as a substitute for independent research before making your investment decisions. Superior Feed Ingredients, LLC is merely providing this information for your general information and the information does not take into account any particular individual’s investment objectives, financial situation, or needs. All investors should obtain advice based on their unique situation before making any investment decision. The contents of this communication and any attachments are for informational purposes only and under no circumstances should they be construed as an offer to buy or sell, or a solicitation to buy or sell any future, option, swap or other derivative. The sources for the information and any opinions in this communication are believed to be reliable, but Superior Feed Ingredients, LLC does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of such information or opinions. Superior Feed Ingredients, LLC and its principals and employees may take positions different from any positions described in this communication. Past results are not necessarily indicative of future results. He can be contacted at jon@superiorfeed.com. read more
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It’s Lalu’s ‘Ram’ vs Paswan’s ‘Lakshman’
“Pashupati mera Lakshman hain… woh bhi aapka khyal waise hi rakhega jaise main (Pashupati is my Lakshman… he will take care of you like I have),” Lok Janshakti Party chief and eight-time MP from Hajipur Ram Vilas Paswan has been telling people in the constituency while campaigning for his younger brother Pashupati Kumar Paras who is contesting against Mahagathbandhan candidate Shivchandra Ram of the Rashtriya Janata Dal. Citing poor health, Ram Vilas Paswan this time opted out of the Lok Sabha poll and fielded his brother from his traditional Hajipur (reserved) constituency but his ‘Lakshman’ is apparently locked in a tough battle against RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s Shivchandra ‘Ram’.Local vs outsider Mr. Ram is a local from Mahua block of Vaishali district, while Mr. Paras comes from Alauli of Khagaria district. The three Assembly constituencies of Hajipur Lok Sabha seat — Lalganj, Mahnar and Hajipur — are currently held by the NDA while three others — Mahua, Raghopur and Rajapakar — are with the RJD. Lalu Prasad’s two sons — Tej Pratap Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav — represent Mahua and Raghopur constituencies respectively, and Mr. Ram is a legislator from Rajapakar. “It’s a battle between Lalu’s Ram and Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lakshman… it’s also a contest between local versus outsider,” said sexagenarian Jagdish Rai of Raghopur.Since 1977, Mr. Paswan has won the Hajipur parliamentary seat eight times. In 2009 LS election, he lost to JD(U)’s Ram Sundar Das. He has done some development work including opening zonal office of Food Corporation of India and East Central Railway zonal HQ. This time, Mr. Paswan is working hard to make his younger brother win the seat. Recently, he gave full-page advertisement in local dailies telling the Hajipur residents that he was “dedicating his younger brother Pashupati Paras for the services of his mother, Hajipur”, and would himself continue to serve them from the other side. He also had outlined the development works he undertook for the constituency.‘Father’s prestige’On the other hand, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav too has been telling voters that his father’s prestige is at stake in Hajipur and they should help Mr. Ram win. Mr Ram, who is said to be close to Mr. Tejashwi and Mr. Lalu, was a Minister in the previous grand alliance government in the State. Mr. Lalu’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav’s Lalu-Rabri Morcha too has fielded Balinder Ram, a local leader. “Shivchandra is the son of the soil, while Paras is not Paswan, and he also comes from Khagaria,” Madho Singh, a retired LIC employee, said in Mahua. He added that a section of the people may vote for the NDA candidate in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Caste calculations of the Hajipur seat suggest that the contest between the NDA and the Mahagathbandhan candidates appears to be tough and the victory margin might not be like “what Ram Vilas Paswan has been bagging”. With 3.5 lakh Yadavs, 1 lakh Muslims,1.40 lakh Kushwahas and 1.10 lakh Ravidas, the Mahagathbandhan candidate appears to be on a strong pitch, while the NDA nominee seems to be equally strong with 2.5 lakh EBC (Extremely Backward Caste), 1.40 lakh Bhumihars, 2.5 lakh Rajputs, over 60,000 Brahmins and 1.30 lakh Paswans. read more
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Till Ethnicity Do us Part
Bobby Jindal is running for governor of Louisiana. If you are desi and haven’t heard this yet, then you’ve been either out of the country or too preoccupied with your life to care. I’m inclined toward the latter, but with G.W. Bush in the White House and with this constant state of fear produced by his administration, we must get involved.One of the expectations from our community is that if “one of our own” runs for office, we must support that person, regardless of their politics. I reject this line of thought. Ethnicity is important to all of us, but it does not determine our politics. I like Bobby Jindal, but I don’t support him for governor.Brown’s Latur GenerationOn the morning of September 30, 1993, a terrible earthquake (magnitude 6.3) struck the Latur and Osmanabad districts of Maharashtra. The government later told us that close to 8,000 people had died and that over 30,000 homes had been destroyed. The scale of the earthquake was very significant. A few hours after the earthquake had struck, I received a phone call from a student at Brown University, Pooja Sarin. Several months before the call, Pooja and Raj Dave of the South Asian Students Association (SASA) from Brown had contacted me. Since I worked in Providence at Direct Action for Rights and Equality (DARE) on a campaign to remove tobacco advertisements from the areas of the working class as well as to challenge police brutality, these students had expressed an interest in being involved.I remember when a group of them led by Pooja Sarin and Raj Dave came to my office at DARE to ask how the SASA could get involved in the struggles for social justice being fought by our polycultural community (made up of Black folk from the U.S. South, from the Dominican Republic, Hmong hrefugees and poor Whites). They brought a fiery sense of the injustice in the world to my office located in one of the more battered parts of the city of Providence, but one that housed the most resilient and hopeful population to which I have been introduced in the United States. Now Pooja wanted to do something, anything, to help those who had survived the earthquake and whose lives needed to be rebuilt.In the typically organized fashion of college students, the SASA gathered for a daily fund-drive in the Brown post office and collected money, as well as held a fund-raiser dinner one evening not long after the earthquake. The money was sent to a relief agency in India and it turns out that some homes had been built for their effort. When I remember these Brown students, I think of them as the Latur generation: they had already held numerous political workshops on campus, many of them had been involved in the effort to make Brown more democratic (to allow community people to use the library, for instance, and to ensure that it admit people independent of their means to pay). When they hosted the 8th Annual SASA Conference in March 1996 they made sure to include political discussions that are often not heard at the mainly social, partying SASA.I remember many of these students with joy. Even as I don’t remember Bobby Jindal, I feel that he belongs to this Latur Generation.He was a smart aleck, who when once asked by his elementary school teacher, “Why is it that all Indians are so smart and well-behaved,” answered, “It was the food.” Jindal left Brown for Oxford, then went on to help rescue the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, work as executive director of the National Bipartisan Commission the Future of Medicare (also known as the Breaux-Thomas Commission) to try and help save the health care program for the 40 million elderly and disabled, run the University of Louisiana system as its youngest president, and finally, to serve in the George W. Bush administration as health policy advisor in the Department of Health and Human Services. This is an extraordinary resume for someone who is only 32. His commitment to public service certainly puts him in Brown’s Latur Generation.Foot Soldier in the Bush CrusadeWhy is this smart, energetic, well-intentioned and generous young man a foot soldier in the Bush crusade? Why would he join-up with a political movement that is generally committed to the very wealthy, that has a disregard for ethnic minorities, and that has put forward laws against immigrants that stifle the life-blood of our communities? What has brought Bobby Jindal to the Grand Old Party, the GOP, the Republicans?My disregard for his candidacy is not over his own personal integrity, his talents or his accomplishments. I am dismayed by his political loyalties.The GOP, unlike the Democratic Party, is a genuine political organization. It has a closely controlled group of operatives, a very disciplined cadre of Congressional representatives who actually follow the Whip in the House, and it tends to be very focused and regimented in its message. There is no wavering from the message, and as the right wing of the GOP is now in dominance, that message is decidedly right wing and hardly mainstream.Take a look at some of the campaign positions that Jindal is forced to take as a result of his being under the GOP tent:Jindal opposes the right of a woman to have control over her body. The test for this control is generally fought on the battlefield of abortion, but the real issue at stake is not abortion itself, but who gets to tell a woman what she can and cannot do with her body. “I am pro-life,” Jindal points out, but because there are 15,000 abortions in the state of Louisiana (a pro-life state), he proposes to regulate abortion. He considers the medical professionals that offer a woman the right to choose, “an abortion industry” and hopes to use “informed consent” and other such laws to ensure that pressure is put on women to accede to others for decisions about their persons.Jindal hinders modern scientific research. While modern science breaks many barriers, one of the most astounding areas for research has been in biology. The use of genes has provided a vast sum of knowledge and, for lesser or worse, we have learnt all kinds of things from it.“Our society must do all that we can to help alleviate human suffering,” Jindal says, “and that certainly includes more scientific research.” On this point, Jindal calls for a ban on human cloning. Under the term “human cloning,” however, the administration includes stem cell research, whose benefits include organ regeneration (according to Dr. Mick Bhatia director of stem cell research at London’s Robarts Research Institute), brain therapy (according to Professor Svitlana Garbuzova-Davis of the University of South Florida’s Center for Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair), reversal of paralysis (according to Professor Douglas Kerr of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine). To take a doctrinaire position on stem cells (“human cloning”) is to miss out on very important areas of medicine, including in the field of gene therapy.Jindal threatens the secular American state. Along with his GOP counterparts, Jindal has pledged to promote “faith-based” initiatives in human services that the government provides. This is contrary to the wonderfully secular Constitution whose dispensation allows many of us of different faiths space to live freely in the United States.There are many who have taken Jindal to task for his own conversion to Christianity. I do not join with them. Jindal has the right to make any decision about his spiritual faith that his conscience allows. Indeed, I celebrate when a human being is able to find an ideology that gives him or her some comfort in this cruel world.However, the GOP is currently in the mood to foster its evangelical fervor on the rest of us. The mainstream (68% of those surveyed by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press) opposed the President’s Faith-based initiative for its erosion of the secular principles of the state.Reverend C. Weldon Gaddy, a Baptist head of the Interfaith Alliance, told the media on January 30, 2001, “This whole thing is a religious-liberty nightmare. You can’t have federal funds supporting sectarian proselytizing.” Reverend Jesse Jackson told the AME Church on February 4, 2001, “I’m all for faith-based programs, after-school programs, senior citizen programs, transportation ministries. But I fear federally funded, faith-based initiatives. Don’t let them get into your books, because they are wolves in sheep’s clothing. Money is seductive; the church needs money, but it needs independence even more!” For more on the right-wing evangelical agenda of the GOP and the Bush administration, I recommend as a primer Michael Lind’s Made in Texas. George W. Bush and the Southern Takeover of American Politics, Basic Books, 2002.Jindal supports an armed society. If you’ve seen Michael Moore’s Bowling for Columbine, you’ll know that a society with guns is one that has a terminal illness. The epidemic of gun violence in our society calls for some drastic solution. How can a man who champions medicine and well being not see that guns are an enemy to public health? Because of the ease with which children can get handguns, the Centers for Disease Control reports that the rate of death among kids under 15 is almost 12 times higher in the United States than in other industrialized countries. These kids are more than 16 times more likely to be murdered with a gun, 11 times more likely to commit suicide with a gun, and 9 times more likely to die from a firearm accident than the combined rate of death for children in 25 other advanced industrialized states. In 1992, children died from handguns in the following numbers: Australia (13), Great Britain (33), Sweden (36), Japan (60), Switzerland (97), Canada (128) and the United States (13,200).Yet, Jindal calls those who promote gun control the “radical gun control lobby” and he pledges to “be vigilant in protecting our Second Amendment rights in Louisiana.”These are just a handful of issues with which many of us radically depart from Jindal. And yet we are told, we must support him because he is desi… Hum Tum Ek Kamare Mein Bundh Ho.In 1996, I got into a debate in the pages of an Indian newspaper in California with Asha Knott of southern California’s GOP about the candidacy of Nimmi McConigley for the Senate. You may remember the full-page ads in our community papers that appealed to desis to send “one of us” to the “most powerful body in the country,” to “create history by putting a first India-born person in the U.S. Senate.”Nimi McConigley, a Wyoming state representative, is a founding patron of the Asian-American Republican Club, and had this to say of her long tenure in the GOP, “Twenty years ago, I was proud to become an American because I believed in the values and principles on which this nation was founded. The Republican Party offers the hope to make America the nation that so many of us from other countries saw as the land of freedom, opportunity and hope.” Keep in mind that this comment was made in 1995, while the Gingrich House tried its best to squelch all opportunity for immigrants and as it pushed the Clinton administration to pass the draconian 1996 immigration act. McConigley’s most egregious position was her support for English-Only, cold comfort for most of us immigrants: even if we speak English (with an accent), we benefit from the liberal climate created toward all immigrants by such policies as bilingual education. The English-Only movement was a thinly veiled attack on all immigrants. She also displayed impatience toward the poor, “people who use lack of money as an excuse for their inability to get the job done.” When McConigley said that her hero is Gandhi, one could only wonder what the great man would have thought about her heartlessness to those who are less fortunate?Fortunately she lost the election.The compulsion to support someone because of ethnicity is false. No one assumes that an ethnic community shares a singular politics. The reason there is this compulsion is because we are a small community in the United States: only 2 million out of 300 million (just more than half a percent). There is a belief any modern society that political office is a mark of social acceptance: if a desi gets elected to high office this means that the “native” population has finally seen desis as those who belong. I sympathize with this feeling, but it is not one that I subscribe to.To believe that we must support any desi is to lock ourselves in a small room, making us suffocate from the claustrophobia of ethnicity. Blood or ethnicity does not automatically make for good politics. Just because Jindal is a desi does not mean he earns our support. We have to read his positions, see what he plans to do on the issues that are meaningful to us, and then take a political not a sentimental position on his candidacy. Without such scrupulousness, we’ll end up promoting candidates that operate against the general tenor of the desi community.From the mid-1960s till recently, the Democratic Party has been the party of choice for desis who could vote. Nevertheless, as Mira Kamdar of the World Policy Institute points out in the recent issue of The Subcontinental (“A Move to the Right? The Shifting Sands of South Asian American Politics,” www.sub continental.org), well off, professional desis seem to be gravitating toward the GOP.But the move is gradual. The most affluent Indian Americans who live in Silicon Valley donate vast sums of money to Democratic candidates: Jessie Singh of BJS electronics, for instance, was a major donor to Mike Honda’s successful run for Congress in 2000. Among the 25 desi candidates who ran for public office in 2000, most of the credible candidates came from the Democratic Party: these included Kumar Barve (Maryland House of Delegates), Satveer Chaudhary (Minnesota State Senate), Swati Dandekar (Iowa State Assembly). Others who held a Democratic ticket and made a strong showing include Ayesha Nariman, Vij Pawar, Stuart John, G. Nanjundappa and Shawn Aranha (Rahul Mahajan ran on the Green ticket for Governor of Texas).The GOP did not field any desi candidate who had a ghost of a chance to win. Indeed, the GOP’s Karen Balderston who stood against Dandekar revealed the racism of many in her party, “While I was growing up in Iowa, learning and reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag, Swati was growing up in India under the still existent caste system. How can that prepare her for legislating in Iowa or any other part of our great United States?”Bobby Jindal seems to be a decent man. Whatever his personal achievements, he is going to conform to the discipline of the GOP and he is going to be used as a false symbol of the GOP’s “inclusiveness.” Let us not promote someone who stands with those who want to make mayhem in our world, just because they share an ethnicity with us. That is the crudest, most vulgar form of politics. Related Items read more
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8 vehicles of Supriya Sule’s convoy found in no-parking zone, fined
Eight vehicles, which were part of NCP MP Supriya Sule’s convoy, were fined after being found parked in a no-parking area in Solapur city, the police said on Sunday.Ms. Sule on Tuesday evening participated in an event, ‘Sanvad Taishi’, a mass outreach campaign, ahead of the Assembly polls, at the Indian Medical Association’s hall at Dufferin Chowk in Solapur.As the programme started, there was a traffic jam in the area following which the police asked the event organisers to remove some vehicles parked in the no-parking area outside the premises, a traffic police official said. However, despite repeated warnings, the vehicles were not removed.Subsequently, eight vehicles, including some SUVs, which were part of Ms. Sule’s convoy, were fined under provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act.These included a four-wheeler registered in the NCP’s name and another vehicle in which Ms. Sule, the Lok Sabha member from Baramati (Pune district), arrived for the event, he said. “We are not sure if any of the vehicles belonged to the MP,” the official said.However, some members of the NCP’s youth wing claimed there was no other place in the area to park the vehicles and alleged the action was taken “deliberately” by the police.Ms. Sule on Friday launched her ‘Sanvad’ (dialogue) campaign to reach out to the public ahead of the Assembly elections. In the first phase, Ms. Sule, who is the daughter of NCP chief and former Union Minister Sharad Pawar, will cover Ahmednagar, Solapur, Jalgon, Nashik, Thane and Navi Mumbai, a party leader said. read more
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Brighton 2018-19 season: Fixtures, transfers & squad
by admin, November 19, 2019
Brighton avoided relegation from the Premier League last term and they are now embarking on a second successive campaign in England’s top division.Chris Hughton masterminded crucial victories over the likes of Manchester United and Arsenal as the East Sussex outfit tallied 40 points in all to steer clear of the drop zone.Players such as Pascal Gross and Glenn Murray shone for the club last season, but they will need to take things to a higher level again in 2018-19 if they wish to preserve their status. Editors’ Picks Man Utd ready to spend big on Sancho and Haaland in January Who is Marcus Thuram? Lilian’s son who is top of the Bundesliga with Borussia Monchengladbach Brazil, beware! Messi and Argentina out for revenge after Copa controversy Best player in MLS? Zlatan wasn’t even the best player in LA! Goal brings you everything you need to know about the Seagulls’ season ahead, including squad numbers, transfer business and their complete Premier League schedule.Brighton 2018-19 squad numbers Squad No. Position Player 1 GK Mathew Ryan 2 DF Bruno Saltor 3 DF Gaetan Bong 4 DF Shane Duffy 5 DF Lewis Dunk 6 MF Dale Stephens 7 MF Beram Kayal 8 MF Yves Bissouma 9 FW Jurgen Locadia 10 FW Florin Andone 11 MF Anthony Knockaert 13 MF Pascal Gross 14 DF Leon Balogun 16 MF Alireza Jahanbakhsh 17 FW Glenn Murray 19 MF Jose Izquierdo 20 MF Solly March 21 DF Ezequiel Schelotto 22 DF Martin Montoya 23 GK Jason Steele 24 MF Davy Propper 25 FW Tomer Hemed 26 FW Percy Tau 27 GK David Button 29 DF Markus Suttner 30 DF Bernardo Brighton 2018-19 transfer activity The task which lies ahead of Brighton in 2018-19 is arguably greater than last season and they understandably sought to add reinforcements to their squad during the transfer window.Club records were smashed to sign the likes of Yves Bissouma from Lille and Alireza Jahanbakhsh from AZ, while Leon Balogun and Bernardo have joined from Bundesliga sides Mainz and RB Leipzig respectively.A host of club stalwarts have moved on too, with Steve Sidwell being released and Liam Rosenior retiring, while deadline-day deals included the addition of former Barcelona defender Martin Montoya.Transfer activity in Player Transferred from Fee Date Florin Andone Deportivo La Coruna £5m July 1 Leon Balogun Mainz Free July 1 Jason Steele Sunderland Free July 1 Bernardo RB Leipzig £9m July 5 David Button Fulham Undisc. July 16 Yves Bissouma Lille £17m July 17 Percy Tau Mamelodi Sundowns Undisc. July 20 Alireza Jahanbakhsh AZ £17m July 25 Dan Burn Wigan Athletic £3m August 9 Martin Montoya Valencia £6m August 9 Transfer activity out Player Transferred to Fee Date Connor Goldson Rangers £3m July 1 Uwe Hunemeier Paderborn Free July 1 Tim Krul Norwich City Free July 1 Nick Maenpaa Bristol City Free July 1 Jamie Murphy Rangers £1m July 1 Liam Rosenior Retired N/A July 1 Steve Sidwell Released Free July 1 Sam Baldock Reading £3.5m July 30 Jiri Skalak Millwall Undisc. August 2 Dan Burn Wigan Athletic Loan August 9 Brighton 2018-19 Premier League fixtures Brighton kicked off the 2018-19 Premier League season away from home against Watford but they struggled to make an impact in a 2-0 defeat.Things don’t get much easier for the Seagulls, with games against Manchester United, Liverpool, Fulham and Southampton completing their opening five matches.The first M23 Derby of the season is set to take place December, when Crystal Palace visit the Amex Stadium and the return fixture will happen in March next year.December will be a particularly testing month, with games Chelsea, Arsenal and Everton also scheduled.Depending on how results pan out during the season, the final run-in could be seriously hazardous, with Newcastle United, then Arsenal at home and away trip to Man City to top it all off.You can see the full list of Brighton’s Premier League fixtures for 2018-19 below. 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Afghans head to polls in key parliamentary election
By Nasir Salehi
An Afghan police officer stands guard October 18 in Herat city, two days before Afghanistan's parliamentary elections. [Nasir Salehi]
An Afghan police officer questions a man on a motorbike in Herat city on October 18, two days before the parliamentary elections. [Nasir Salehi]
Afghan security forces secure election materials to be transferred to polling centres in districts of Herat Province on October 16. [Nasir Salehi]
Afghan security forces pose for a picture on Thursday (October 18) in Herat city as they prepare for Saturday's elections. [Nasir Salehi]
Two IEC employees carry ballot boxes at a warehouse in Herat city on October 13. [Nasir Salehi]
Election materials can be seen in an IEC warehouse in Herat Province on October 13. [Nasir Salehi]
Herat provincial Governor Mohammad Asif Rahimi (2nd left), provincial Police Chief Gen. Aminullah Amarkhil (left) and officials from IEC and Independent Electoral Complaints Commission speak to the media regarding preparations for Saturday's elections October 18 in Herat city. [Nasir Salehi]
HERAT -- Afghans are prepared to vote this Saturday (October 20) to choose their representatives for the next Wolesi Jirga (the lower house of parliament).
More than 2,500 candidates contesting for 249 seats campaigned for 20 days between from September 28 and October 17 followed by a two-day silent period before the vote. Candidates are not allowed to campaign two days before election day, according to the elections law.
The Afghan National Defence and Security Forces (ANDSF) have prepared a plan based on which security will be provided to nearly 5,100 polling stations across the country.
Employees of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) carry ballot boxes at a warehouse in Herat Province October 17. [HOSHANG HASHIMI / AFP]
Ghazni and Kandahar are the only two provinces that will not have elections due to security concerns and will be held at a later date yet to be scheduled.
President Ashraf Ghani, with a request from the Independent Election Commission (IEC), postponed elections in Kandahar Friday (October 19) for at least one week after the provincial police chief Gen. Abdul Raziq was killed in a shooting, Ghani's office said in a statement Friday.
The IEC would announce a new date for elections in Kandahar, said the statement.
Nearly 9 million Afghans, including 3.5 million women, have registered to vote on Saturday. In Herat Province alone, around 550,000 people have registered to cast their ballots.
The IEC has given credentials to at least 18 civil society organisations, 28 political parties and 36 media outlets in order to monitor the electoral process.
Pictured in this article are the election preparations in Herat Province.
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In photos: Afghans prepare to head to the polls
More than 100,000 troops and police will be deployed to protect voters.
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Iraq PM confirms receiving ‘signed’ US pullout letter
Press TV – January 7, 2020
Amid confusion over a reported US letter to Iraq announcing the steps its military would take to move out of Iraq, Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi confirms that Baghdad has actually received “signed and translated” copies from the US Army concerning the withdrawal.
In a televised cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Abdul Mahdi clearly refuted all US claims that the letter had been sent by mistake or it had been inauthentic.
On Sunday, the Iraqi Parliament voted unanimously in favor of a bill demanding the withdrawal of all foreign military forces led by the United States from the country.
The vote came only two days after US airstrikes assassinated senior Iranian commander Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, and the second-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) anti-terror group, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in the Iraqi capital.
Earlier, various news agencies reported that Brigadier General William Seely, who oversees US Task Force Iraq, had sent a letter to the head of Iraq’s Joint Operations Command on Monday, suggesting potential withdrawal of the forces belonging to a US-led coalition, which has been operating in Iraq since 2014 under the pretext of fighting Daesh.
‘Signed and translated’
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper later denied that the US military had announced preparation for “movement out of Iraq,” and the Pentagon claimed that an unsigned draft version of the letter had been sent by mistake.
Abdel Mahdi, however, said he had received signed and translated copies at 8:00 p.m. local time (1700 GMT) on Monday.
The letter discussed “redeploying with an aim to withdraw from the country. The expressions were very clear,” he said. “It was an official letter written in such a manner,” the premier told ministers.
“It’s not a piece of paper that fell off the printer or reached us by coincidence,” he added. The letters only contained a translation mistake that the US military corrected and provided Baghdad with new versions, Abdul Mahdi noted.
The AFP said it had received a copy of the letter late Monday and verified its authenticity with both US and Iraqi officials, the agency added.
In it, Seely informed his Iraqi counterparts that American troops were preparing to leave Iraq. Seely wrote the US-led coalition would “be re-positioning forces in the coming days and weeks to prepare for onward movement.”
“In order to conduct this task, Coalition Forces are required to take certain measures to ensure that the movement out of Iraq is conducted in a safe and efficient manner,” said the letter.
It said helicopters would be travelling in and around Baghdad’s heavily-fortified Green Zone, where the US Embassy is located as part of the preparations.
The AFP, meanwhile, said its reporters could hear helicopters flying low over Baghdad throughout the night on Monday as well as Tuesday.
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Rarely does the world get a true look inside the corrupt world of Western oligarchs and the brazen manipulations they use to enhance their fortunes at the expense of the public good. The following comes from correspondence of the Hungarian-born billionaire, now naturalized American speculator, George Soros. The hacker group CyberBerkut has published online letters allegedly written by Soros that reveal him not only as puppet master of the US-backed Ukraine regime. They also reveal his machinations with the US Government and the officials of the European Union in a scheme where, if he succeeds, he could win billions in the plunder of Ukraine assets. All, of course, would be at the expense of Ukrainian citizens and of EU taxpayers.
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Developer: Avalanche Studios
Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Platforms: Xbox One, Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch, Playstation 3, Xbox 360, WiiU
Tested on: Xbox One
Cars: Driven to Win – Review
July 30, 2017 - Vitalskills - No Comments
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Good: Graphics, sound, gameplay
Bad: unnessesary adding of tricks
Get ready to step into the world of Cars once again. The funny talking vehicles are back to present you with an all new racer game, based on the movie. With death defying car stunts and cool cars, you can go any way you want to. So start your engines, and may the best racer win!
You start the game off with an intro video showing Lightning Mcqueen, Cruz Ramirez and two other drivers. This short video is an excellent beginning to show the setting and the track. After the clip, you get the first instructions on how to drive. First you learn how to jump and drift, while in the meantime some other cars get introduced.
The story from the game goes on where the movie left off, so it is hard to guess what some things are about when you haven’t seen the movie yet. The next clip shows the real beginning of the story. Lightning gets told he’d be too old to race by a newscaster and a newer racing car called Jackson Storm, because his statistics aren’t what they used to be. Mcqueen tells them he wants to show them they’re wrong, that racing isn’t all numbers, but also comes from the heart. As a result, he challenges Jackson Storm to race. Jackson agrees and says that he wants to be a good sport by giving Mcqueen time to get ready. Nathalie is a car that is going to support you getting ready by keeping up records of how you are doing. Using the simulator, you need to get to the last level in order to race against Jackson, to show him racing does come from the heart.
Since the Disney studios closed in 2016, Disney hasn’t released a new game yet. For Cars 3, they went hand in hand with Avalanche Studios. This is the first Disney game that is published by a non-Disney publisher. Avalanche Studios had to show their best in order to be able to work with them again, and they certainly knocked the ball out of the park when it comes to graphics. It is commonly know that Disney is a master at animation, and Avalanche certainly kept up their name. The short in-game clips are beautifully rendered, and the graphics during the game itself are brilliant too. Of course there are a couple glitches here and there, but really, the tracks and characters are beautifully rendered and really give soul to the game.
As expected, all voice actors of the movie stepped in to voice their characters in the game. Every car has its own unique voice and looks. Next to the main theme, each racing track has its own music, fitting the environment. It is well thought out and well done.
Cars 3: Driven to Win is a racing game by Avalanche Studios. The goal is to train as hard as you can in order to win the final race against a modern racer called Jackson Storm. The game starts off with a handy tutorial, in which you learn to drift and jump. While you advance in the game, you learn some new things, like bashing, driving backwards and air tricks. The idea of the game is that you train in a top-notch simulator, to train for the real race. You can choose a racing track, and try to finish first in each race. You are being monitored by a car named Nathalie, which shows you your skills and statistics. For every race you complete and skill you complete, you can earn new cars and racing tracks. There are over 20 characters and tracks to unlock. There are a few different racing modes, which are as followed:
Race: compete with other cars to see who can get to the finish line first
Battle race: racing, but with weapons.
Takedown: use weapons and power-ups to take out as many racers as possible to earn points. When the time runs out, the one with the most points will win.
Stunt showcase: perform jumps and tricks to earn as many points as possible.
Best lap challenge: get the best lap time over a given course.
Playground: a sandbox mode that allows you to race, perform stunts complete challenges or just cruise around.
One of the great things about the tracks is that you can go off track to take some shortcuts. It does not count as much of a shortcut, but it can be fun to take a bit of the scenic route.
The power-ups and weapons can be handy, but only if you are behind other racers. Also, the controls are sometimes hard to use, like riding backwards and shooting at the same time, which is almost impossible to achieve.
The gameplay itself is pretty well done, but it raises some questions. The movie is only about racing, so why all the fuss about tricks? It seems a bit illogical.
Overall, Cars 3: Driven to Win is a pretty good game to play for all ages. The name ‘’Cars’’ makes it especially attractive to youngsters, but it can also be fun for other gamers to play. The graphics and sound are done very well, making the game as visually appealing as the movie. The story does run a bit short. If you have not seen the movie yet, it can become a bit confusing as to who the characters are and why they do what they do. Also, as said before, it is a bit silly that they induced the tricks in the game. It feels a bit like they added useless whistles and bells.
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Florida woman seeks justice after fiance killed in Philadelphia
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By Rick Williams
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A Florida couple in town for less than two hours is hit by tragedy outside their relative's home.
Now a grieving woman has traveled back to the area to ask for your help.
On Saturday, September 1, Antonio Ashby, and his family had just arrived in Philadelphia from their home in Boynton Beach, Florida.
Sabine Freeman, Ashby's fiancé said, "We got here probably a little after 8 p.m. We stopped and got gas and then Antonio just had to have a Philly cheesesteak.
The family got food then proceeded to Ashby's aunt's home at Green Street and Abbottsford Avenue in Philadelphia's Germantown section.
No one answered at the door so Ashby and his family decided to wait and eat in their car. This was closing in on 10 p.m.
"After he had eaten his sandwich he went to roll it up and put it back in the bag, so he had his body twisted a little bit, and I heard pop pop pop pop pop and I'm like oh my God somebody's shooting," said Freeman.
Ashby gets hit multiple times.
"I said did you get hit and he just leaned back in his seat and he said baby I can't breathe," said Freeman.
Ashby's fiancé and the two children in the car were not hurt.
Ashby died at the hospital.
Freeman says her daughter saw the shooting happen.
"She seen the car stopped, a person sitting in the backseat behind the driver, the window came down a man's arm came out and she said it was a black guy with tattoos and a silver watch," added Freeman.
The City of Philadelphia is offering up to $20,000 in reward money for the arrest and conviction of the person responsible.
All you have to do is call the Citizens Crime Commission at 215-546-TIPS.
All calls will remain anonymous.
"I mean we were here for an hour and a half. We were talking and in minutes he was just gone like my whole life was over," Freeman said.
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The 7 Most Underrated Anime With Beautiful Art Styles
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Anime has become a very broad genre of art and animation. With so many series and movies releasing each season nowadays it is becoming harder and harder to add the same amount of effort and quality into all of them. So you might have overlooked some of the most beautiful of them out there. Beautiful is of course a subjective term, but most would agree that it includes appealing character designs, smooth animation and detailed backgrounds. In this post we focus on lesser known Anime series and movies with all of these aspects, and hey, you might find a series or two you will have to check out afterwards!
Princess Tutu (2003)
Starting out with one of my personal favorite anime, ‘Princess Tutu’ is a classic fairy tale with ballet as a central focus. The animation and choreography in the dancing scenes are just amazing and smooth. The art style is very cute and expressive and though it may look like an anime for children, it deals with at times very heavy topics of belonging and destiny. Give this one a watch for sure!
Ef : A Tale of Memories / Melodies (2007)
From studio Shaft we have ‘Ef : A Tale of Memories’ and the sequel ‘Ef : A Tale of Melodies’. A heavy anime centered around relationships, romance and drama with stunning visuals, which is very typical of studio Shaft – who has delivered such anime as ‘Bakemonogatari’, ‘Puella Magi Madoka Magica’ and ‘3-gatsu no Lion’. The soundtrack sets the tone for this anime especially well with a strong focus on violins and very unique pieces suiting the often tense and dramatic situations. Beware of feels if you decide to give this one a watch.
Mononoke (2007)
This stunning anime was made by the legendary studio ‘Toei Animation’ and has a very unique art style compared to most anime we see. Inspired by old Japanese art mixed with monochromatic colors and shading, this anime has a very surreal look and feel to it, that matches the occult elements of the show. The animation is smooth and at times really impressive and complex. It’s an adult anime with horror themes and dark subjects set in the old ages of Japan. So if you want to see the trials of this “medicine Salesman” facing the occult troubles of the people on his way, you should definitely check this one out.
Based on the manga of the father of Anime, Osamu Tezuka, creator of such iconic characters as AstroBoy, and made by studio Madhouse (One Punch Man, Paprika, Death Parade) this movie is a true masterpiece in animation. The touching story of a robot and a boy facing the harsh reality of this Metropolis is only enhanced by the stunning animation and highly detailed art. I can’t recommend this movie enough. The amount of Sakuga moments (highly detailed and intricate animation sequences) in this movie is jaw dropping, so if you are at all interested in art and animation, this is a must to watch.
Flip Flappers (2016)
One of the newer anime on this list, this is also a show filled with beautiful Sakuga moments and a very light and fast paced animation style mostly responsible by Oshiyama Kiyotaka, who has worked on key animation for shows like ‘Devilman: Crybaby’, ‘Evangelion 2.0’ and ‘Karigurashi no Arrietty’. Flip Flappers has many fairy tale and magical girl aspects to it’s adventure comedy setting and it has a very cute aesthetic and adorable transformation sequences!
Satsuriku no Tenshi (2018)
When you think about this anime being adapted from a video game, you might not think it’s very great in the visual department, taken most of video game adaptations are there to promote the game rather than telling the full story from the game, but not this one. The art and animation is really pretty and you get drawn into the story of the tragic protagonists very easily. Being the newest anime on this list, you might have seen it around, but if you haven’t touched it, thinking it was just another video game anime, I advise to give this a chance.
Aku no Hana (2013)
A very controversial pick when the topic is “beautiful”. The anime uses and animation technique called “rotoscoping” where the animators draw off filmed footage of real actors. When the series was released there was a huge uproar from people hating this style, and I think it very much comes down to taste. I personally think it suits the very real themes of humanity in this anime and make the uncomfortable situations the protagonists go through even more real. The animation is very smooth to add to the realism effect. Another series utilizing this animation style is ‘Kowabon’ from 2015, which is a horror anime. Again this style works to make the horrible situations seem very real.
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Roy Scranton Interview for Wrath-Bearing Tree
This week the website Wrath-Bearing Tree published my interview with veteran-author Roy Scranton in advance of publication of his scholarly study Total Mobilization: World War II and American Literature. In Total Mobilization, Scranton expands upon the concept of “the trauma hero,” which he first articulated in a provocative 2015 Los Angeles Review of Books article titled “The Trauma Hero: From Wilfred Owen to “Redeployment” and “American Sniper.” The LARB article rankled many with its less-than-hallowed regard for classic and contemporary war writing and in particular its willingness to name names among Scranton’s peers in the modern war-writing scene who Scranton claims are unwittingly or too heavily invested in privileging American veterans emotionally bruised by war. I commented on some of that on Time Now at the time, but an unspoken thought was that the article was too short and that there had to be more to understand about how the trauma hero motif originated and operated. Now, Total Mobilization, the book from which the LARB essay was extracted, provides that background and more expansive explanation. In my interview, I’ve tried to give Scranton room to explain the major points of his larger argument while also probing him about personal connections to the trauma hero concept and the issues it raises.
Many thanks to Scranton for sitting for the interview and also thanks to Wrath-Bearing Tree for publishing it. While striving to make WBT the preeminent place on the web for fresh critical commentary and imaginative writing about contemporary war and conflict, the talented crew of editors and staff-authors–Adrian Bonenberger, Michael Carson, David James, Matthew Hefti, Andria Williams, Mary Doyle, Drew Pham, Amalie Flynn, and Rachel Kambury, by name—have also opened publication doors for exciting new voices too many to name.
As partial evidence of Wrath-Bearing Tree’s intellectual energy, be sure to check out Michael Carson and Matthew Hefti’s interview with Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk author Ben Fountain in the current issue, as well as Carson’s review of Fountain’s latest work, the non-fiction journalistic account of the 2016 election Beautiful Country Burn Again. To attract authors of the magnitude of Fountain and Scranton to generously offer their thoughts about writing and war is proof-positive that Wrath-Bearing Tree is on to something good, and I’m honored to have played a role in the proceedings.
Finally, my interview with Scranton will not resolve arguments about “the trauma hero”; if anything it will instigate ever more trenchant discussions about veterans and war-writing. Scranton’s assertions and evidence hit hard, but are not, as is nothing, beyond criticism or complication, and nothing is ever the last word on its subject. Scranton’s claims raise real challenges to abiding premises and assumptions that govern war-writing and thinking about war-writing, and, like the Twitterati often proclaim, my RTing of them does not necessarily imply (full) endorsement. A generative follow-on discussion about the trauma hero appeared relatively unnoticed in 2018 on a Sundress Blog post associated with the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP), available here. In a joint interview moderated by Jane Rosenberg LaForge, Seth Brady Tucker, Jesse Goolsby, Helen Benedict, and Samuel Snoek-Brown offer perspectives on the trauma hero from a number of interesting angles. Please read their roundtable discussion, along with my interview with Scranton, and then read Total Mobilization, and let the conversation continue.
Roy Scranton, Total Mobilization: World War II and American Literature. University of Chicago, 2019.
Tags: Adrian Bonenberger, Roy Scranton, War literature
Three weeks have scarcely passed, at any time between then and now, that I have not unfolded within myself. -Herman Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne, while writing Moby-Dick.
Since I began Time Now eight years ago, easily a hundred books, films, plays, musical compositions, and other artworks about America’s post-9/11 wars written-and-composed by veterans and interested civilians have appeared, and much has been published online, too. Here I catalog and comment on six author-artists whose individual output has been robust, often across a variety of genres and artistic mediums, and I mention several more who have been almost but not quite as active. I’ve limited myself to US military veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan and used books published by major publishing houses as the primary (but not only) criteria for inclusion.
Elliot Ackerman (USMC) arrived late to the war-writing party, but has quickly made up lost time by publishing three novels since 2015: Green on Blue (2015), Dark at the Crossing (2017), and Waiting for Eden (2018). A memoir titled Places and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning (2019) will appear later this year. Ackerman also contributed a story titled “Two Grenades” to The Road Ahead (2017) anthology of veteran-authored fiction. Links to Ackerman’s journalism and other occasional writing can be found at http://elliotackerman.com.
The characteristic subject of Ackerman’s novels is a fringe-actor on the margins of America’s 21st-century wars: a Pashtun militiaman on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, an Iraqi who formerly interpreted for American forces now trying to join the Syrian civil war, the wife of a severely wounded Marine who keeps a lonely vigil over her disabled husband, both largely abandoned or neglected by the greater America. In his published work so far, then, Ackerman has avoided the solipsistic trap of writing about his own (substantial) war experience as if it were the only thing that matters. In his upcoming memoir Places and Names, however, Ackerman begins to stitch together autobiographical elements and his interest in the people who fight the wars that, to paraphrase a John Milton quote on the cover of Places and Names,“hath determined them.”
Benjamin Busch (USMC) was arguably the first contemporary veteran to turn war experience into aesthetic expression, as the photos-and-commentary that would eventually comprise The Art in War first began appearing in 2003. Befitting his college background as a fine arts major, Busch also displays, again arguably, the most artistic diversity: he has acted in The Wire (2004) and Generation Kill (2008), directed films such as Bright (2011), authored a memoir titled Dust to Dust (2012), written a striking set of nature poems for the journal Epiphany (2016), and contributed both a short story (“Into the Land of Dogs”) and hand-drawn illustrations to The Road Ahead (2017) anthology. Busch has also written incisive reviews of the movie Lone Survivor and contemporary war fiction, long-form journalism for Harper’s about a return visit to Iraq, a poignant contribution to the vet-writing anthology Incoming titled “Home Invasion,” and an eloquent introduction to another anthology titled Standing Down. Oh, and let’s not forget a pre-Marine life as the singer in a hair-metal band.
A superb stylist, Busch is the master of the apt image and the well-turned line, sentence, passage, or short poem, with his memoir Dust to Dust being the book-length exception that proves the rule. Busch’s thematic impulse is to find order and meaning in randomness, disorder, and chaos. The urge is on full display in The Art in War and manifests itself even more intensely in Dust to Dust and “Home Invasion”; in these works, loss, ruination, and mortality emerge as the most salient organizing imperatives to be found, save for the author’s own imagination. War, irrational and death-soaked, was Busch’s subject starting out, but more recent poems such as “Madness in the Wild” suggest that Mother Nature is now the most fertile source of material for Busch’s “blessed rage for order,” to borrow from Wallace Stevens.
Brian Castner’s (USAF) first published book was the war memoir The Long Walk (2012), followed by a second book titled All the Ways We Kill and Die (2016) that combines more war memoir with journalistic investigation. A third work, not (directly) related to war, Disappointment River: Finding and Losing the Northwest Passage (2018), joins travel-memoir and historical research. An opera has been made of The Long Walk, and Castner, with Adrian Boneberger, edited The Road Ahead (2017), an anthology of veteran-authored fiction to which he also contributed a story called “The Wild Hunt.” Journalism, essays, and reviews by Castner can be found at https://briancastner.com/.
While Castner’s memoir The Long Walk contains elements of artistic heightening that appealed to the opera composers who adapted it, the next two books are the ones that best illustrate Castner’s forte: extensive historical and journalistic research that supplements the lived experiences of his own life—first serving as an EOD-technician in the case of All the Ways We Kill and Die and then making a thousand-mile canoe journey in the case of Disappointment River. The influence of war on Disappointment River may bubble below the surface (pun intended), but the surface impression is that Castner more so than most other war-writers can find subjects beyond war-and-mil ones that still command the full measure of his interest and talent.
Matt Gallagher (US Army), with Colby Buzzell, pioneered the use of the Internet as a means of literary arrival when his war-blog appeared in book form as Kaboom (2010). Gallagher next edited the seminal vet-fiction anthology Fire and Forget (2013) with Roy Scranton and contributed to it a story titled “Bugs Don’t Bleed.” Then arrived the novel Youngblood (2016) and two short stories, “Babylon” (2016), published in Playboy, and “Know Your Enemy” (2016), published in Wired. Gallagher also has served at the forefront of the veterans writing scene, as a prime mover in first the NYU Veterans Writing Workshop that gave birth to Fire and Forget and then the New York-based collective Words After War. A number of Gallagher’s occasional pieces can be found at http://www.mattgallagherauthor.com/disc.htm and a second novel will arrive soon.
A consistent tone connecting Gallagher’s own voice and that of his fictional characters is sardonic detachment from the full negative import of the events they experience; in other words, Gallagher tests the limits of irony and perspective as means of dealing with the confusion of war and the resultant damage to self and society. Bemusement would seem to be an underpowered coping strategy in these troubled times, but Gallagher’s amiable prose surfaces welcome readers to consider his point-of-view long enough that the darker cynicism and deeper commitment lurking within eventually reveal themselves and grab hold.
Roy Scranton (US Army) published short stories and poems in small journals before co-editing Fire and Forget (2013) with Matt Gallagher and contributing a story to it titled “Red Steel India.” Next came the philosophical treatise Learning to Die in the Anthropocene (2015), the novel War Porn (2016), an anthology titled What Future: The Year’s Best Ideas to Reclaim, Reanimate, and Reinvent Our Future (2017) for which he served as editor, and a collected edition of essays and journalism titled We’re Doomed, Now What? (2018). Later this year will arrive a literary history titled Total Mobilization: World War II and American Literature (2019) and a novel called I ♥ Oklahoma (2019). More journalism, essays, short stories, and reviews can be found at http://royscranton.com.
There’s busy, and then there’s Roy Scranton busy, but the extraordinary rate of production and the prickly integrity of the viewpoint are endearing counterpoints to the starkness of the message: Scranton is ruthless in his indictment of the Iraq War in which he served, and he’s not letting anyone from enlisted “Joe’s” to generals to civilian war architects to a passive citizenry off the hook for their complicity in the debacle. Though he’s never quite said so bluntly, the implication is that vet-authors, whose ink might well be the blood of war dead, should seriously consider their own culpability, too. Scranton unsparingly connects America’s spastic post-9/11 response to Islamic fundamentalist violence with a host of other social, political, and environmental ills brought about by what academics like to call “the cultural logic of late capitalism.”
Brian Turner (US Army) arrived on the literary-artistic scene seemingly fully-formed, as his first poetry volume Here, Bullet (2005) won enormous acclaim from critics, readers, and poetry insiders alike. Next came a second volume of poems titled Phantom Noise (2010), an anthology of writing about poetry he co-edited titled The Strangest of Theaters (2013), a contribution to the Fire and Forget (2013) anthology titled “The Wave That Takes Us Under,” the memoir My Life as a Foreign Country (2014), and another co-edited anthology titled The Kiss (2018). Turner has also had a number of his poems set to music, perhaps most significant of which is a collaboration with composer Rob Deemer on Turner’s poem “Eulogy.” Turner makes music himself, first as a member of The Dead Quimbys and more recently as the leader of The Interplanetary Acoustic Team. Occasional writing can be found at http://www.brianturner.org.
A wise, inspirational senior-statesman within the war-writing community, Turner combines encouragement of fledgling writers with an uncanny ability to stay one or more steps ahead of the pack in terms of vision, craft, and surprising shifts of direction. The artistic tension manifest in Turner’s work is the product of two imperatives: the martial heritage bequeathed to him by family, culture, and history, and his natural impulse to be empathetic, curious, kind, and helpful. His latest works each in their way represent solutions or, better, absolutions, for the tension; the music of The Interplanetary Acoustic Team invokes a collective cosmic spirit and consciousness, while The Kiss sanctifies physical intimacy as a hallowed form of human connection.
Several veteran writers are one or two published works short of joining the author-artists I name above. For these writers, their NEXT work will be most interesting for how it confirms previous inclinations and preoccupations, modifies them, or points in new directions:
David Abrams (US Army) has published two novels, Fobbit (2012) and Brave Deeds (2017), and he contributed “Roll Call” to the Fire and Forget (2013) anthology. Shorter pieces can be found at http://www.davidabramsbooks.com. Abrams’ gift for creating characters, sketching scenes, and writing pleasing and often very funny sentences is substantial. So far, his interest seems to be the cultural divide separating rear-echelon soldiers from their hardened warrior-brethren in the combat arms; given his comic and warm-hearted sensibility, his modus inclines to exposing foibles associated with military masculinity rather than harshly judging and accusing their owners.
Colby Buzzell (US Army) pioneered the blog-to-book trend with My War: Killing Time in Iraq (2005) and he later published two books of essays and journalism: Lost in America: A Dead End Journey (2011) and Thank You for Being Expendable, and Other Experiences (2015). The only work of fiction of which I’m aware of is his story “Play the Game” in the Fire and Forget anthology (2013), but Buzzell’s hostility toward authority and power, his affinity for oddballs and misfits, and the verve of his sentences create the impression of a distinctly “punk” literary sensibility–one that has proven very popular and influential. Buzzell’s webpage contains links to his writing that can be found online: http://www.colbybuzzell.com/stories.
Phil Klay (USMC) contributed the short story “Redeployment” to Fire and Forget (2013), which later became the title story of his National Book Award-winning short-story collection Redeployment (2014). A large number of essays and long-form journalism pieces are at http://www.philklay.com. Klay’s characteristic concern is the moral culpability of soldiers who joined the military and did their bit in Iraq or Afghanistan without too much post-war mental anguish or blood on their hands—to what extent should they (be made to) feel worse (in another word, guiltier) than they do about their decisions and actions? For me, that’s the subject of two representative stories in Redeployment, “Ten Klicks South” and “Prayer in the Furnace,” as well as that of the long, trenchant essay Klay published for the Brookings Institute titled “The Citizen-Soldier: Moral Risk and the Modern Military.” Finally, although I’m not sure when Klay’s next book will appear or what it will be about, while we wait for it, I recommend listening to the intellectually-knotty podcast Manifesto! Klay hosts with fellow vet-writer and Fire and Forget contributor Jacob Siegel.
Kevin Powers (US Army)’s first novel was The Yellow Birds (2012). Next came the poetry volume Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting, followed by a second novel A Shout in the Ruins (2018). Journalism, essays, and reviews can be found at http://kevincpowers.com. It’s easy to forget the hullabaloo that greeted The Yellow Birds upon arrival. Following upon Brian Turner’s Here, Bullet and Army spouse Siobhan Fallon’s short-story collection You Know When the Men Are Gone (2011), The Yellow Birds reinforced the notion that 21st-century American writing about the war was going to cook at a very high literary level. But the backlash against The Yellow Birds arrived just as quickly, as for many it promoted and even celebrated the idea that modern American soldiers were easily-traumatized snowflakes too tender to win wars. In the wake of The Yellow Birds, a counter-formation of memoirs and short-stories appeared, stories of war by ex-combat-arms bubbas seemingly delighted to assert that they were hard men capable of doing hard things. I’m not inclined to be harsh in my assessment of The Yellow Birds, but Powers seems to have distanced himself from his poetry volume, and I haven’t yet read A Shout in the Ruins, so categorical statements about the arc of his career will have to wait.
Kayla Williams (US Army) has written two memoirs, Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the US Army (2005) and Plenty of Time When We Get Home: Love and Recovery in the Aftermath of War (2014). Williams has also contributed a short-story, “There’s Always One,” to the veteran-writer short-story anthology The Road Ahead (2017). Given her job as a Washington DC think-tank analyst and the impression she renders that she’s bound for big things in the public sector, it’s not hard to imagine a third memoir might be needed someday to document further chapters in Williams’ life. Detailing the long story of any vet’s life (especially a woman vet’s) after war will be immensely interesting and valuable, but I hope in the future Williams finds time to write more fiction, too.
Quite a few other writers merit consideration for inclusion on this list. Among them are Adrian Bonenberger (US Army, Afghan Post, memoir; The Road Ahead, fiction anthology editor (with Brian Castner); “American Fapper,” story in The Road Ahead); Maurice Decaul (USMC, Dijla Was Furat: Between the Tigris and the Euphrates, play; multiple poems published in small journals and online; a musical collaboration with contemporary jazz great Vijay Iyer); Colin Halloran (US Army, Shortly Thereafter and Icarian Flux, poetry); Hugh Martin (Stick Soldiers and In Country, poetry); Brian Van Reet (US Army, “Big Two-Hearted Hunting Creek,” short-story contribution to Fire and Forget and much short-fiction published in literary journals; Spoils, novel). Three women Iraq-Afghanistan veterans, Teresa Fazio (USMC), Kristen Rouse (US Army), and Supriya Venkatesan (US Army), write with distinctive voice and great eye for the telling subject and detail, and each has published widely, though more in the vein of journalism, memoir, and essay than fiction or poetry (the exceptions being Fazio’s and Rouse’s stories “Little” and “Pawns,” respectively, both included in The Road Ahead anthology), and none has yet found book-length publication.
My judgments about each author’s body-of-work are far from beyond dispute, and I welcome discussion, as well as any factual corrections to the record. An extended contemplation about the collective import of these writers is in order, but I’ll end with just two brief points: 1) The accomplishment of these vet writers is substantial and the potential for further achievement is strong; barring misfortune, everyone I’ve mentioned still has decades of productive creative life to come. 2) Women veteran-authors and male or female African-American, Hispanic, and Asian-American vet-writers are noticeably missing. If I’ve overlooked a worthy candidate to add to the list, let me know, and if conversation about publishing trends and marketplace dynamics interests you, let’s talk about that, too. Though my focus here is the unfolding of a writer-artist’s characteristic concerns over multiple works, the story is also one of professional ambition, literary politics, and publishing biz calculation. What I’m describing as the birthing of an estimable generation of veteran-writers, another may see as the solidifying of a literary establishment limited by its own blinders and mostly interested in preserving its own prerogatives. That’s not how I feel about it, but I hope that should I compile this list again in another eight years, the demographic make-up will reflect the military in which I served and the overall achievement so much the better.
Khost Province, Afghanistan, 2009.
Tags: Benjamin Busch, Brian Castner, Brian Turner, David Abrams, Elliot Ackerman, Kayla Williams, Kevin Powers, Matt Gallagher, Phil Klay, Roy Scranton, War literature
Back to School at NYU and Wesleyan
Back to School I: Time Now at NYU
The invitation from New York University’s Patrick Deer to speak at his Cultures of War interdisciplinary seminar was simple: What is the story of Time Now? Deer asked. Why did you begin it? Where did you get ideas for what it could be? What has the experience of “live-blogging” the contemporary war lit scene been like? I’m not especially given to writing about myself, but if you ask me I’ll be glad to talk about such things. I was flattered by the invitation and welcomed the chance to think meta-reflectively about a project that’s been a big part of my life for the last six years. Here’s a snippet from my notes for my opening remarks:
Why I started Time Now. Because my old blog 15-Month Adventure about my deployment to Afghanistan had run its course. Because I heard Matt Gallagher at a conference state that he couldn’t imagine being a contemporary vet-and-mil writer without having an online presence. Because I thought I had a unique personal angle: a PhD in American Lit who served a pretty intense year’s deployment in Afghanistan. Because my boss in the Department of English and Philosophy at West Point, where I taught at the time, put me in charge of a program designed to bring veteran artists and writers to West Point and the blog seemed congruent with that. Mostly because I had a sense that something good was happening—Brian Turner, Benjamin Busch, Matt Gallagher, and Siobhan Fallon were writers already on my radar and I’d heard-tell that novels about Iraq and Afghanistan by David Abrams, Ben Fountain, Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya, and Kevin Powers were enroute… and I wanted to be part of it all….
Once I stopped blabbing, the conversation and Q&A opened up in interesting, wide-ranging ways. I was honored to have in the audience Teresa Fazio, who held forth with more insight and credibility than I could ever muster about the status of women war-mil-vet authors in the publishing biz, and I was delighted when Matt Gallagher arrived to walk back a little his statement that an online presence was essential for an aspiring writer—his own very solid Twitter-game notwithstanding. Many thanks to Patrick Deer and all who attended, especially those who chimed in with questions and comments, all of which continue to bubble in my mind and will certainly find expression in Time Now posts to come. Keep an eye out for Patrick Deer’s own books—Culture in Camouflage: War, Empire, and Modern British Literature (2009) and the forthcoming Surge and Silence: Understanding America’s Cultures of War, and if you’re ever so lucky to get an invitation to speak at or attend a Cultures of War event, grab it.
Back to School II: Time Now at Wesleyan
A week later I was the guest of college friend William “Vijay” Pinch on the campus of Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Pinch grew up in India and Pakistan and now is a professor of South Asian history at Wesleyan. This semester he is teaching a course on “The Great Game”: the centuries-long battle by imperial powers (first England and Russia, now largely supplanted by the US and China) for control of Afghanistan. Last fall, Pinch asked me for a recommendation for a novel about 21st-century war in Afghanistan that might appeal to his students, and I quickly nominated Elliot Ackerman’s Green on Blue, about a young Pashtun militia member’s toughening by endless war on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Pinch thought that was a great idea, and to further liven up things, he invited Ackerman to Wesleyan to meet his class and participate in a series of related events. Lucky me, Pinch was kind enough to ask his old college basketball-buddy to tag along.
The day was full of excellent things, with Ackerman in fine form at every event. In Pinch’s class he proclaimed that his rationale for writing Green on Blue was to answer the question “What type of war was Afghanistan?”, with the answer being, “It was being fought for every reason except one… to win it.” And THIS was Ackerman’s expression of the view of things held by the Afghans, who he explained are just as caught up in “forever war” cycles-of-violence as is America. At a writing workshop, Ackerman had wise, funny advice for students (many of them vets) seeking careers in journalism, and at a reading that night he spoke of creating the characters who populate his latest novel Waiting for Eden and the implications of the John Milton quote—“War hath determined us”–on the dust-jacket of his forthcoming memoir Places and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning. Ackerman apparently is incapable of saying dull things, and he has the added virtue of answering questions in individualized and personalized ways so that their askers feel the full force of his empathy and intellectual curiosity for why they might have posed the question they did.
I’ll close with an anecdote that occurred while we were walking about Wesleyan. Inspired by his own return to a collegiate setting, Ackerman began riffing on scenes from the classic Rodney Dangerfield film comedy Back to School. I don’t know if Pinch knows the movie, but I do, kind of. Unfortunately, though I can remember every song I’ve heard since 1964, I have a horrible memory for remembering film dialogue, which puts me at odds with most military folks I’ve known, for whom reeling off lines from shared favorites serves as great fun and folk wisdom. So, I wasn’t able to exchange funnies with Ackerman, but the mere mention of Back to School brought back memories of my first sergeant when I commanded a company in the 82ndAirborne Division and how much pleasure he got from reciting lines and recalling scenes from the film. Upon returning home, I spent an evening on YouTube chuckling over Back to School videos, including this great one featuring Sam Kinison that reminds us that Back to School was in fact a post-war film:
And so the work of defining the contours of vet-writing about Iraq and Afghanistan and what it means to live as a veteran afterwards proceeds on many levels and in many places, but with special trenchancy at places like NYU and Wesleyan. If the link below works, it will take you to a slide show of pictures I took in Afghanistan that offer some sense of the world described by Ackerman in Green on Blue.
The Look of War, Afghanistan 2009
Tags: Elliot Ackerman, War film, War literature
Yale, the Great War and Modern War-Writing
Many thanks to the Yale University Veterans Association for the invitation to moderate a World War I Armistice Day Commemoration panel on WWI literature and film. The event was coordinated and hosted by Adrian Bonenberger, a Yale graduate, 173rd Airborne paratrooper, author of the memoir Afghan Post, co-editor (with Brian Castner) of the collection of contemporary war short-fiction The Road Ahead, and currently an editor of a Yale medical-science journal. Bonenberger invited an eclectic group of war artists and scholars to participate in a very cool endeavor: linking contemporary war-writing to precedents established by veterans and talented artists during and after “The Great War.” Joining me on the panel, which served as the capstone for a week of commemorative events, were Benjamin Busch, Jennifer Orth-Veillon, and Brianne Bilsky. Busch, well-known to readers of Time Now, is a film-maker, poet, photographer, actor, and memoirist of very high order. Orth-Veillon is the editor of the fantastic WWriteBlog, where she has published reflections on World War I by many modern war-writers. Bilsky, now a dean of one of Yale’s residential colleges, is a former colleague on the faculty of the Department of English and Philosophy at West Point, where we frequently taught World War I writing to cadets.
The set-up for the occasion was intriguing, as it demonstrated the appetite of the Yale community for honoring veterans and for thinking about war-related issues in serious, complex ways. After an informative and enjoyable lecture by Yale historian Paul Kennedy on World War I memorials, we, along with our audience, watched Stanley Kubrick’s 1957 movie Paths of Glory, about French soldiers court-martialed for cowardice in World War I, and then discussed it in relation to the post-World War I artistic tradition. Next, we segued into discussion of World War I writing to which we felt personally connected. Finally, we tried to suggest the wider impact of World War I writing on contemporary veteran-authors and culture-wide thinking about war.
A broad charge, to be sure, one perhaps too broad for the time allotted, save for the acuity of the panelists, each of whom is apparently incapable of saying a dull thing. Watching Paths of Glory was galvanizing, as it offered chance to admire Kubrick’s superb direction and Kirk Douglas’s riveting acting, but the film in my opinion is a bit of a counterpoint to the general trend of World War I art. Not so much concerned with the impact of war on individual soldiers as with the moral bankruptcy of the chain-of-command that keeps the war machine going, Paths of Glory is a late-stage addition to the Great War artistic legacy. Arguably, it is as much about post-World War II Cold War conformity as it is about the historical work performed by World War I in erasing 19th-century modes-of-thought and bringing our modern era into being. Still, discussion of Paths of Glory set the stage for return to the canonical literary works of World War I, as well as the publicizing of voices neglected by the decades but resonant now. Here are the works each panelist read from and commented on:
Jennifer Orth-Veillon: Ernest Hemingway’s novel A Farewell to Arms
Benjamin Busch: Wilfred Owen’s poem “The Parable of the Old Man and the Young,” followed by Hemingway’s short-story “Soldier Home”
Brianne Bilsky: Siegfried Sassoon’s poem “Counter-Attack”
Me: Aline Kilmer’s poem “To a Young Aviator”
What can be said about World War I writing that hasn’t been said before? To some extent, perhaps not much, because that’s some very well-trod critical ground. The better question is what rings particularly true today? Below are some of my thoughts on the matter, inspired by our panel.
One is the general truth that World War I veteran-writers and contemporary war-writers are both well-read participants in the literary traditions they hope to join. Each cohort has gone to war and then written about it with a swirl of precursor works in mind, the Western tradition of classics for World War I writers and the 20th-century body of war writing-and-film for modern veteran authors. Another link is a characteristic subject: the disillusionment of the individual soldier, caused not just by the slaughter and stupidity he (or she) witnesses, but in the collapse of the dream of heroism, inflected with huge amounts of survivor guilt. This morphing of heroic possibility into lacerating self-reproach is related to the way that soldiers were randomly and unglamorously killed in the two wars: by gas, artillery barrage, and mowed down by machine-gun in World War I, and blasted instantly off the face-of-the-earth by IED explosions in Iraq or Afghanistan. A third is a similarity in tone, different from the hard-boiled feel of the great World War II novels and the moral outrage of Vietnam War fiction—a tone more elegiac or hesitant or softer or somehow regretful. While World War II and Vietnam writing often seems testosterone-soaked, few World War I or Iraq/Afghanistan authors come off as tough guys, and most give the impression that he or she would view extreme masculine competitive aggressiveness as a pathetic pose in the face of circumstance. Connected to this last notion is a shared sense of futility about the respective war efforts, and a distancing from responsibility or even care for strategic goals and national aspirations, which are typically categorized as vain, foolish, or irrelevant to the individual soldier experience.
These are just some ideas, surely there are others. Not every aspect of contemporary war-writing need have an antecedent in World War I, and the World War I canon is not beyond criticism—in fact, the canon cries out for “problematizing,” to use academic-speak, on several grounds. Still, it would be a foolish contemporary war-writer who set pen to paper without first reading the works authored by World War I combatants and interested non-combatants touched by the war, and it would be a very good one who surpasses or transforms the marks they established.
The event had a special family significance for me: My grandmother’s brother left Yale during World War I to fight in France, where he suffered wounds in a gas attack from which he never fully recovered.
Jennifer Orth-Vellion, Brianne Bilsky, Benjamin Busch, Adrian Bonenberger, me.
Tags: Adrian Bonenberger, Benjamin Busch, Brianne Bilsky, Jennifer Orth-Veillon, War film, War literature
A Veterans Day Photo Anthology
Phil Klay, USMC.
Benjamin Busch, USMC.
Matt Gallagher, US Army.
John Renehan, US Army.
Elyse Fenton, US Army spouse.
Siobhan Fallon, US Army spouse.
Brian Van Reet, US Army.
Bill Putnam, US Army.
Jan Barry, US Army.
Brian Turner, US Army.
John Myer, US Army.
Brandon Willitts, US Navy,
Chris Wolfe, US Army.
Roy Scranton, US Army, and Jacob Siegel, US Army.
Maurice Decaul, USMC, with Alex Mallory.
Emily Yates, US Army, and Jenny Pacanowski, US Army.
Elyse Fenton, US Army spouse, and Andria Williams, US Navy spouse.
Jay Moad II (USAF) and Jesse Goolsby (USAF)
Matt Gallagher, US Army, Andrew Slater, US Army, Fred Marchant, USMC.
Benjamin Busch, USMC, Siobhan Fallon, US Army spouse, and Brian Turner, US Army.
Hugh Martin, US Army, Matt Gallagher, US Army, Chantelle Bateman, USMC, and Mariette Kalinowski, USMC.
Ron Capps, US Army, Peter Molin, US Army, Kayla Williams, US Army, Maurice Decaul, USMC, and Colby Buzzell, US Army.
Brandon Willitts, US Navy, Matt Gallagher, US Army, Peter Molin, US Army, Teresa Fazio, USMC, and Chris Wolfe.
Adrian Bonenberger, US Army, Roxana Robinson, David Abrams, US Army, and Matt Gallagher, US Army.
Roman Baca, USMC, Siobhan Fallon, US Army spouse, Brian Turner, US Army, and Benjamin Busch, USMC.
Nate Bethea, US Army, Eric Nelson, US Army, Adrian Bonenberger, US Army, Brandon Willitts, US Navy, Mariette Kalinowski, USMC, Vic Zlatonovic, US Army, Lisbeth Prifogle, USMC, Peter Molin, US Army, and Jacob Sotak, US Army.
I took all the pictures except for the group photos in which I am included. The pictures of me with Matt Gallagher, Chris Wolfe, Brandon Willitts, and Teresa Fazio and with Nate Bethea, Eric Nelson, and others were taken by Sang Hui Molin. I can’t remember exactly who took the picture of me with Ron Capps, Maurice Decaul, Kayla Williams, and Colby Buzzell, but it was probably Andria Williams. The picture of Andria Williams and Elyse Fenton was taken by me with Andria Williams’ camera and first displayed on her blogpost here.
Tags: War literature
Terminal Lance in the Art Museum
I wandered into Rutgers University’s Zimmerli Art Museum recently and was pleased to see the work of Marine Iraq veteran-turned-cartoonist-and-graphic-novelist Maximilian Uriarte unexpectedly featured. Part of an exhibit titled Self-Confessed! The Inappropriately Intimate Comics of Alison Bechdel, Uriarte is grouped with two other artists in support of the main attraction, Bechdel, a graphic-novel pioneer whose work explores the difficulty of growing up gay in small-town America. Alongside Bechdel and Uriarte are Thi Bui, who writes about her experience as a second-generation American, and Elle Forney, whose subjects grow out of her own life-wrestle with disability and a medical profession that struggles to help her.
That’s an odd grouping on the face of it—Uriarte might be an alienated, disgruntled, and traumatized vet, but I don’t think of the politics of his Terminal Lance comic strips and his graphic novel The White Donkey as radically left-progressive as Bechdel’s, Bui’s, and Forney’s clearly are. Still, there’s no denying his skill or his influence, more so based on the achievement of Terminal Lance than The White Donkey. While The White Donkey portrays in-service disillusionment and post-deployment despair in relatively conventional melodramatic and moralistic tones, Terminal Lance practically invented the snarky “view-from-below” humor that dominates soldier and veteran online rhetoric today. Where the Terminal Lance character of The White Donkey is a hapless victim of the Marines’ dehumanizing processes, the Terminal Lance in the cartoon strips is a wily counterpuncher against the Corps’ assaults on his intelligence and his dignity, with slacking, shamming, and acts of petty insubordination his primary tactics. Taking aim at a bloated, outdated military culture and an officer corps stuck on auto-pilot, the raunchy-and-blasphemous Terminal Lance first-and-most-cleverly expressed the contempt of junior enlisted soldiers for a military machinery badly in need of not just a tune-up, but a complete overhaul. And yet, it’s not entirely clear that Uriarte, or Terminal Lance, hates the Marines. It’s as if he loves the Corps most when it shows its warts, when it deviates from its stated ideals and goals, and he feels fortunate, not unfortunate, that he is there to witness or endure it, because at some level it strikes him as funny.
One of the least blasphemous and raunchy Terminal Lance strips I could find.
Uriarte was the pioneering original, and those in his wake continue to score many direct hits, but zinging military absurdities can be a little like shooting fish in a barrel: taking pot-shots at guppies in a tank is not quite the same thing as landing a marlin in the open sea. In other words, the modern brand of “GI humor” launched by Terminal Lance and now finding its fullest expression on Twitter often settles for knocking down easy targets, not in good fun but as if its aggrieved outrage and witty hot-takes were beyond reproach and really accomplishing something. Whether a similar sense of inflated achievement might also be true of graphic novels is open for discussion, but there’s little denying their popularity and synchronicity with the times. Whatever the message, it’s probably more about the artwork and the medium, and Self-Confessed! offers great opportunity to view full-scale versions and blow-ups of Uriarte’s work, rough drafts, and storyboards and outlines for longer works. The Self-Confessed! exhibit prospectus had some neat things to say about graphic novels as a genre:
In recent decades, comics and graphic novels have embraced history, medical and self-help literature, stories of war and history…. Each revisits the past to re-imagine not only what occurred, but also how it looked as it was happening. The process of remembering and reconstructing the past is well-served by the graphic narrative in that the structure of comics—the framing of moments, the breaks between panels, the rhythm and pacing that creates the flow of the book—are all part of remembering and telling. And for the reader, the combination of words and pictures slows down the process of reading, complicates the structure of time, and provides an opportunity to linger.
Randy Brown, better known as the gifted military humorist and poet “Charlie Sherpa,” offers his own musings about graphic novels in a recent review published in Army magazine titled “Graphic Novels Present War Panel by Panel.” Examining two graphic novels about war in Afghanistan, Brown notes that the genre’s name is often a misnomer: “Despite the … inclusion of the term ‘novel,’ these are works of nonfiction–memoirs–and are based on factual events and reporting, or at least personal recollections”–i.e., “Self-Confessed!” That basic-but-necessary point made, Brown reminds us that “American military history is full of cartoons and comic books–from Bill Mauldin’s Willie and Joe to Sgt. Rock to PS, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly” and that “Comics are more than pictures and words: Intangibles can be communicated via color palette choices, in character facial expressions, in dialogue, and even in the number and shapes of panels on the page.” Combined with the ease with which graphic novels can present scenes “flashing between memories and present-day conversations,” Brown notes the form “delivers immediate rapport and opportunities for empathy.”
Theorizing aside, Brown makes the two graphic novels he reviews (their covers pictured below) sound well-worth checking out. Here’s to the progeny of Uriarte, Terminal Lance, and The White Donkey.
Self-Confessed! The Inappropriately Intimate Comics of Alison Bechdel is on display at the Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey through Saturday, December 30.
Tags: Charlie Sherpa, Graphic novels, Maximilian Uriarte, Terminal Lance, War literature
Epigraphs
“An epigraph is an effective literary tool that some writers utilize to focus the reader toward the theme, purpose, or concerns behind the work. It is included at the beginning of the piece of literature to offer insight into the motivation behind the artist’s vision. Generally a brief quotation taken from another piece of literature, the epigraph is oftentimes not a direct commentary upon the work but used to establish a mindset or offer insight into the factors that contributed to the manifestation of the work.”
-University of Michigan English 217 student website
Epigraphs are curious. First of all, I have trouble remembering the word and often confuse it with “epigram” and “epitaph.” Second, if I bother to read an epigraph before starting a book, I rarely remember it while reading the narrative proper. If an epigraph is too long, I mostly just let my eyes glaze over it. This is unusual, because epigraphs clearly have an important relation to the story that follows, and authors obviously go to some care to choose them and place them in front of us for consideration. But lots of books don’t have epigraphs. I recently pulled the Iraq and Afghanistan war fiction and poetry I own off the shelf and checked them for epigraphs. Most of the fiction employs epigraphs, but not all of it. Ben Fountain’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, Phil Klay’s Redeployment, Atticus Lish’s Preparation for the Next Life, Matthew Hefti’s A Hard and Heavy Thing, and Hassan Blasim’s The Corpse Exhibition are five that don’t, for instance. As if to make up for the books that don’t feature epigraphs, some authors provide two. Overall, reading a number of epigraphs in this way–very quickly, back-to-back–was enjoyable. The epigraphs definitely brought back strong memories of the book to which they were attached and together they created a thick literary web of intertextual references and signals. They made me think that epigraphs might be better read after reading the main text, not before.
Of the fiction that does include epigraphs, the most frequent source for them are the Greek classics. Many works, from Siobhan Fallon’s You Know When the Men Are Gone, published in 2011, to Brian Van Reet’s Spoils, published last year, quote Homer, Socrates, Aeschylus, or another writer from antiquity. Of the non-Greeks, many are from American and English canonical authors, some known as war-writers and some not. W.H. Auden provides epigraphs for Lea Carpenter’s Eleven Days and Helen Benedict’s Wolf Season. Stephen Crane is quoted by both David Abrams in Fobbit and by Matt Gallagher in Youngblood. The rest are from here-and-there, ranging in surprising exoticness from Sir Thomas Browne, used by Kevin Powers’ The Yellow Birds, to Jean Baudrillard, quoted by Odie Lindsey in We Come to Our Senses. Not to play favorites, but the one that jumped out at me as being both unexpected and particularly apt for the story the author tells is Jesse Goolsby’s use of Whitman for I’d Walk With My Friends If I Knew Where to Find Them. Whitman’s insistence on the procreative urge of the world seems very near to the American-flavored cosmic force Goolsby suggests shapes the lives of his protagonists, not in a crude sexual way, but in terms of existential yearning only half-understood.
For some reason, not as many volumes of contemporary poetry employ epigraphs. Hugh Martin’s The Stick Soldiers quotes Crane, so that’s three for the author of The Red Badge of Courage. Jehanne Dubrow’s Dots & Dashes includes an epigraph, but her Stateside doesn’t. Nor do Brian Turner’s Here, Bullet and Phantom Noise, Elyse Fenton’s Clamor and Sweet Insurgent, Colin Halloran’s Shortly Thereafter and Icarian Flux, Eric Chandler’s Hugging This Rock, and Charlie Sherpa’s Welcome to FOB Haiku, to name a few more.
I haven’t surveyed the dozens of memoirs I’ve read for epigraphs, but do note their presence in two of the more literary-minded of them, Benjamin Busch’s Dust to Dust (the epigraph quotes his father, the novelist Frederick Busch, who is also referenced by David Abrams in Fobbit) and Brian Turner’s My Life as a Foreign Country, which draws from the Italian poet Eugenio Montale.
Retire the Colors, an excellent anthology of war-themed essays by veterans and non-veterans edited by Dario DiBattista, uses a quote from Jennifer Percy’s Demon Camp for an epigraph, which is the only case I know of a contemporary war work quoting another. On the hunt, I tracked down Demon Camp to see what the always-interesting Percy might have used for an epigraph. I found two, one by Kierkegaard and the other by one of my favorite authors, James Salter, from a book I just finished reading and loved, his memoir Burning the Days. That was cool.
Fobbit, David Abrams (2012)
Wars are nothing, in the end, but stories.
-Frederick Busch, The Night Inspector
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.
-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
Brave Deeds, David Abrams (2017)
“Tell brave deeds of war.”
Then they recounted tales,—
“There were stern stands
And better runs for glory.”
Ah, I think there were braver
deeds.
-Stephen Crane, The Black Riders and Other Lines
Green on Blue, Elliot Ackerman (2015)
Allah’s Apostle said, “War is deceit.”
-Iman Al-Bukhari, 846 AD
The Corpse Washer, Sinan Antoon (2013)
In both gardens are fruit, palm trees, and pomegranates
-The Qur’an
Sand Queen, Helen Benedict (2011)
For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds;
Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.
-Shakespeare, “Sonnet 94”
Wolf Season, Helen Benedict (2017)
Behind each sociable home-loving eye
The private massacres are taking place…
-W.H. Auden, “In a Time of War,” 1939
Mothers have been stolen from their own tears.
-Kareem Shugaidil, “Flour Below Zero,” 2005
A Big Enough Lie, Eric Bennet (2015)
I thought about Tolstoy and about what a great advantage an experience of war was to a writer. It was one of the major subjects and certainly one of the hardest to write truly of, and those writers who had not seen it were always very jealous and tried to make it seem unimportant, or abnormal, or a disease as a subject, while, really it was just something quite irreplaceable that they had missed.
-Ernest Hemingway, Green Hills of Africa
mundus vult decripi ergo decipiatur [the world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived]
-Petronius
The Watch, Joydeep-Roy Bhattacharya (2012)
I know that I must die,
E’en hadst thou not proclaimed it; and if death
Is thereby hastened, I shall count it gain.
For death is gain to him whose life, like mine,
Is full of misery. Thus my lot appears
Not sad, but blissful; for had I endured
To leave my mother’s son unburied there,
I should have grieved with reason, but not now.
-Sophocles, Antigone
Eleven Days, Lea Carpenter (2013)
She looked over his shoulder
For vines and olive trees,
Marble well-governed cities
And ships upon untamed seas,
But there on the shining metal
His hands had put instead
An artificial wilderness
And a sky like lead
-W.H. Auden, “The Shield of Achilles”
You Know When the Men Are Gone, Siobhan Fallon (2011)
She turned to descend the stair, her heart
in tumult. Had she better keep her distance
and question him, her husband? Should she run
up to him, take his hands, kiss him now?
…And she, for a long time, sat deathly still
in wonderment—for sometimes as she gazed
she found him—yes, clearly—like her husband,
but sometimes blood and rags were all she saw.
-Penelope upon recognizing Odysseus, The Odyssey
Youngblood, Matt Gallagher (2016)
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said, “Is it good, friend?”
“It is bitter—bitter,” he answered;
“But I like it
“Because it is bitter,
“And because it is my heart.”
-Stephen Crane
I’d Walk With My Friends If I Could Find Them, Jesse Goolsby (2015)
There was never any more inception than there is now,
Nor any more youth or age than there is now,
And will never be any more perfection than there is now
Nor any more heaven or hell than there is now.
Urge and urge and urge,
Always the procreant urge of the world.
-Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself”
Wynne’s War, Aaron Gwyn (2014)
He spoke of his campaigns in the deserts of Mexico and he told them of horses killed under him and he said that the souls of horses mirror the souls of men more closely than men suppose and that horses also love war. Men say they only learn this but he said that no creature can learn that which his heart has no shpe to hold. His own father said that no man who has not to war horseback can ever truly understand the horse and he said that supposed he wished that this were not so but that it was so.
-Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses
What Changes Everything, Masha Hamilton (2013)
You don’t need a war.
You don’t need to go anywhere.
It’s a myth: if you hurl
Yourself at chaos
Chaos will catch you.
-Eliza Griswold
Beirut. Bagdad. Sarajevo.
Bethlehem. Kabul. Not of
course here.
-Adrienne Rich
Be Safe, I Love You, Cara Hoffman (2014)
Even from ten or fifteen miles away you get a good view of a burning village. It was a merry sight. A tiny hamlet that you wouldn’t even notice in the daytime, with ugly, uninteresting country around it, you can’t imagine how impressive it can be when it’s on fire at night! You’d think it was Notre-Dame! A village, even a small one, takes at least all night to burn, in the end it looks like an enormous flower, then there’s only a bud, after that nothing.
-Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Journey to the End of the Night
We Come to Our Senses, Odie Lindsey (2016)
But, ultimately, what have you got against aphrodisiacs?
-J. Baudrillard, The Gulf War Did Not Take Place
Bring Out the Dog, Will Mackin (2018)
We saw victory and defeat
and they were both wonderful.
-Barry Hannah, “Midnight and I’m Not Famous Yet”
These Heroic, Happy Dead, Luke Mogelson (2016)
…why talk of beauty what could be more beaut-
iful than these heroic happy dead
who rushed like lions to the roaring slaughter
they did not stop to think they died instead…
-e.e. cummings, “next to of course god america i”
The Yellow Birds, Kevin Powers (2012)
A yellow bird
With a yellow bill
Was perched upon
My windowsill
I lured him in
With a piece of bread
And then I smashed
His fucking head…
-Traditional U.S. Army Marching Cadence
To be ignorant of evils to come, and forgetful of evils past, is a merciful provision in nature, whereby we digest the mixture of our few and evil dayes, and our delivered senses not relapsing into cutting remembrances, our sorrows are not kept raw by the edge of repetitions.
-Sir Thomas Browne
War of the Encyclopaedists, Christopher Robinson and Gavin Kovite (2015)
Nor do we doubt that many things have escaped us also,
for we are but human, and beset with duties…
-Pliny the Elder, the Original Encyclopaedist
Sparta, Roxana Robinson (2013)
The man who does not wear the armour of the lie cannot
Experience force without being touched by it to the very soul.
-Simone Weil, The Iliad, or, the Poem of Force
War Porn, Roy Scranton (2016)
-Wallace Stevens
Spoils, Brian Van Reet (2017)
Low lie the shattered towers whereas they fell,
And I—ah burning heart!—shall soon lie low as well.
-Aeschylus
Dots & Dashes, Jehanne Dubrow (2017)
War feels to me an oblique place
the dear sound of your footstep
and light dancing in your eyes
would move me more than glitter
of Lydian horse or armored
tread of mainland infantry
-Sappho
The Stick Soldiers, Hugh Martin (2013)
He could not accept with assurance an omen that he was about to mingle in one of those great affairs of the earth.
Dust to Dust, Benjamin Busch (2012)
Stories are … in a sense, about ending and about endings, and of course they are also the heartfelt prayer, the valiant promise, that what we have loved might live forever.
-Frederick Busch, “Deaths”
My Life as a Foreign Country, Brian Turner (2014)
Too many lives go into the making of just one.
-Eugenio Montale
Retire the Colors: Veterans and Civilians on Iraq and Afghanistan, edited by Dario DiBattista (2016)
“They spent millions training me but they never taught me to come home.”
-Army Sergeant Caleb Joseph from Demon Camp by Jennifer Percy
Demon Camp: A Soldier’s Exorcism, Jennifer Percy (2014)
To understand original sin is to understand Adam, which is to understand that one is an individual and one is also part of the whole race.
-Kierkegaard, The Concept of the Dead
Dreams remained. For years afterwards in nightmares stark as archive footage. I was what I had been.
-James Salter, Burning the Days
War Songs: Khost, Afghanistan in the Western Musical Imagination
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March 9, 2015 Michael M. Barrick
Environmental Groups target W.Va. DEP over Mountaintop Removal Permitting
‘The People’s Foot’ rally cites adverse health impacts as well as environmental damage
By Michael M. Barrick
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Several environmental preservation groups are joining forces to hold a rally Monday, March 16 to call upon the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to quit issuing permits for Mountaintop Removal (MTR). The groups cite adverse public health impacts as well as environmental damage. The permitted rally will be held at the DEP headquarters at 601 57th St. SE in Charleston.
The rally, which is called “The People’s Foot,” is a challenge to West Virginians and others to symbolically put their foot down to further permitting for MTR.
Allen Johnson with Christians For The Mountains explained, “The West Virginia DEP issues permits for mining operations. Its mission is to promote a healthy environment. Plentiful scientific research points strongly to high correlations between mountaintop removal operations and significantly worse health indices in nearby communities. We are pressing West Virginia DEP to acknowledge the science and stop issuing MTR permits immediately. We are calling upon them to ‘Stop the poisoning of people!’”
Johnson said that the concept originated with the Appalachian Community Health Emergency Coalition, led by Bo Webb. In addition to Christians For The Mountains, sponsoring organizations include the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Coal River Mountain Watch, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, the West Virginia chapter of the Sierra Club, and others.
The DEP is the state agency responsible for issuing permits to companies seeking to operate or expand MTR enterprises. Allen revealed, “Several of our groups have joined together to ask the United States Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation to strip West Virginia DEP of authority and take over permitting itself under existing provisions, as the West Virginia DEP is not doing their job to protect the public and our lands and waters and air from harmful pollution.”
Johnson explained, “Water pollution comes from the exposure of heavy-metal laden rock that during blasting is exposed to water and then leaches the heavy metals into the streams. This can be measured by conductivity meters. High concentrations of Selenium, arsenic, magnesium, and others are carcinogenic as well as detrimental to the food chain in water systems. But perhaps an even more insidious pollutant is that of ultra-fine air particulates, sub-micron, smaller by far than the EPA standards of 2.5 and 10 microns.” He explained that the explosions resulting from the MTR process create “…very high concentrations of ultrafines, made up of silica, aluminum compounds, and blasting materials. These are absorbed through the lungs and into the circulatory system, including the placenta barrier, and are highly toxic for those living in these communities.”
Johnson explained his group’s involvement, sharing, “Isaiah 6:3 in the Bible says that ‘the whole Earth is filled with God’s glory.’ Numerous other scriptures can be cited, along with thousands of years of theology. Simply speaking, to degrade God’s handiwork in a permanent way is sin. Pollution of water, air, and stunting the fruitfulness – or sustainable viability – of earth is out of God’s order for creation. Humans are given the responsibility to nurture and protect creation, and in so doing to gain the privilege of sustenance, but within the boundaries of not assuming hubris and self-idolatry, which we are warned against in Genesis 2:15-17.”
Explaining the purpose of the rally, Johnson said, “We want to inspire, motivate, and equip people to really push for justice on this issue. That public policymakers and regulatory organizations would have such contempt upon their citizenry to permit, even aid and abet, their poisoning, is irresponsible and criminal. We are smoking them out from behind the coal industry’s smokescreens and keeping the lights on.”
The organizations also want rally participants to educate others. “We want them to push for the national Appalachian Community Health Emergency Act, since state policymakers are hip-strapped to the coal industry. We are at a time when people power must rise up strongly all across the nation to break the neck – metaphorically – of moneyed power that is breaking apart our democracy and fleecing the treasury and destroying the future viability of our planet.” He continued, “Pollution simply cannot be acceptable. Full-cost accounting – that is, honest accounting of negative externalities – shows that the coal industry costs more in net sum that it adds.”
He added, “We’re going to pressure the West Virginia DEP on health and MTR. So far they and almost all legislators and congressional representatives refuse to even publicly acknowledge the two dozen peer-reviewed studies even exist. We are going to relentlessly push them.”
Johnson pointed out also that the message about MTR is shifting. “The message on MTR has changed since it first hit the media 15 or so years ago. Then it was about how ugly MTR is, how destructive it is to the ecology. Then we had no research on human health. Now we do and it’s devastating. So we are shifting MTR focus from an environmental justice issue to a health issue.”
Not mincing words, Johnson asserted. “The West Virginia DEP is a fraud if it does not address its most important mandate to protect the health of people from environmental pollution.”
He added, though, “On the other hand, we must give it room to change its heart, so to speak. So our event will be firm but civil. We hold the moral high ground. We want to win the hearts and minds of our fellow citizenry in the face of ‘fear mongering’ propaganda that says our state is sunk without the coal industry.”
For those who are unable to make it to the rally, the groups anticipate having a video available for streaming or downloading. Also a ride share board has been set up online for those seeking transportation.
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The Appalachian Preservation Project is also handling planning for the “Preserving Sacred Appalachia” Earth Day conference scheduled for April 20-21 in Charleston, W.Va. Learn about it here. Johnson will be speaking at the conference.
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Nonogram Madness review
Nonograms, Paint by Numbers, Griddlers, whatever you want to call them, they’re definitely an up and coming puzzle type which could easily be the next big thing. Puzzles may not seem like an especially hip and happening scene, but just think about the way sudoku exploded not so very long ago, it’s worth sitting up and paying attention.
Nonograms have been described as a combination of sudoku and crosswords, but you really have to try it out to understand how it works. What you should know is that it does require a little trial and error and a lot of logical thinking, so if you want to give you brain a satisfying mental workout, nonograms are definitely worth a try. Nonogram Madness in particular is ideal for the beginner or for the Paint By Number purist who doesn’t want to be distracted by rainbow-hued pictures of dolphins and birthday cakes.
As an introduction to the genre, Nonogram Madness is actually a quite fantastic, because it really strips down the puzzles to the very basics. Don’t be put off by the relatively bland looking monochrome graphics, because that actually makes the puzzles far more approachable than the candy-colored hues of the more complicated Picross games.
The fill interface takes a bit of getting used to, as you must manipulate a couple of orange cursors to line up at the appropriate square, but once you’ve gotten that down, it’s actually very easy to fill in the grid, and it helps sidestep the issue of false tapping which plagues many of these games. Unfortunately, there is no landscape mode or ability to zoom, which does make it a little harder to see at times, but the grid always stays the same size, so you’re never squinting that badly.
While the puzzles themselves are quite enjoyable, veterans will likely be a little frustrated by the level select interface. Although you do not have to slog through the early puzzles in order to access the more challenging ones, it does take awhile to cycle through them one by one to reach the higher difficulty levels. A better option would have been to have the puzzles grouped by difficulty for easier access.
One thing that really surprised me about Nonogram Madness was the fun chiptune soundtrack. It’s perfectly suited to the pixelated nature of the picture puzzles and also gives the game a lot of retro character and flair.
At $2.99, the price might seem a little high for such a simple puzzle game, but Nonogram Madness really offers hours of entertainment broken down into 5-minute chunks. If you’re a sudoku fiend in need of a new fix, I would highly recommend checking out Nonogram Madness.
DONE 4/5
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Overall vehicle affordability has actually been improving steadily, according to monthly estimates by Comerica Bank. In 2004, the average new vehicle cost $28,050, approximately 22.4 weeks of median family income. On average, new vehicles were more affordable in 2004 than they'd been in the previous 25 years.
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DR TANIA SUNDRA BSc.(Hons) BVMS
Dr Tania Sundra’s passion for horses began at an early age as she grew up in the Swan Valley of Western Australia
In 2009, she graduated from Murdoch University with a Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery
Upon completion of her degree, Dr Sundra completed an internship at an elite, performance horse hospital in the USA where she focussed on lameness, surgery and internal medicine
Dr Sundra returned to Australia in 2011 and worked at a predominantly racetrack practice south of Perth
In 2013, she moved further north to develop her skills in equine reproduction at a clinic in Bullsbrook
During that time, Dr Sundra completed training in veterinary acupuncture at the Chi Institute
In 2015, Dr Sundra founded Avon Ridge Equine Veterinary Services – a fully mobile equine practice which focusses on delivering an exceptional veterinary service to horse owners throughout Western Australia
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Her current horse is a handsome Quarter Horse gelding, named Jet. The two have tried their hand at a bit of everything, and most recently eventing – which they’ve had a lot of success!
Jaimie is one of our veterinary technicians and manages the Avon Ridge Laboratory Services department
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Mon Jul 12th 2010 by abagond
A Rented Negro is a black person who is paid or otherwise helped by whites for putting a black face on white opinion and power. An Uncle Tom with stock options.
For example, the second black mayor of St Louis, Clarence Harmon, a Democrat, was called a “rented Negro” before his election in 1997. He was also called the “white man’s candidate” and a “race traitor”. He was seen as serving the interests of whites over those of blacks for his own political gain.
The black talking heads you see on American television news are mostly Rented Negroes: unlike most blacks few are to the left. That cannot be an accident. In the blogosphere you can see the black left in all its glory – but on television it is strangely absent.
Well, not so strangely when you think about it: unlike the blogosphere, nearly everything you see on television was put there by white men, by white news editors, producers, screenwriters and so on. Even BET is white-owned.
That means blacks who pretty much agree with whites – or, even worse, play to their stereotypes – will have a much easier time getting on television than those who do not. So even though you see black faces on television, it is still pretty much the World According to White People.
And you know this because every now and then something breaks through the White Space-Time Continuum that is American television: Rodney King, Katrina, Reverend Wright, Michelle Obama’s pride, etc. Briefly you see into another world before the break in the Continuum closes up again and the Rented Negroes resume their places.
Rented Negroes can be on the left, like Harmon, or on the right, like Alan Keyes. It is not the opinions that make you rented but renting them to white people for their benefit, giving them a black face to hide behind.
Are Rented Negroes sell-outs?
Some clearly are, like Amy Holmes and Booker T. Washington, who changed their public opinions to suit whites.
Others, though, did not have to change their opinion. After all, blacks have all kinds of opinions just like everyone else, so some are bound to have Rentable Opinions – like Juan Williams, Clarence Thomas, John McWhorter and Alan Keyes. And yet they cannot be so unworldly as to not see that they are rented.
As to Booker T. Washington, he did not openly push for equal rights, even though most blacks could not vote. He did not push for an end to Jim Crow, even though blacks were being hanged from trees. Instead he said blacks must first pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Education, hard work, saving money and patience were the way.
That was just what white people thought too! Like the rich white people who gave money to his school, Tuskegee.
So did Washington truly believe what he was saying or was he a bought man? We have his private letters so now we know the answer: he was bought.
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on Thu Jul 15th 2010 at 00:34:45 Anna Renee
Abagond, I wonder about the “rented Negro”. Is it that they fully understand their rented status, and have no qualms about renting themselves out—or is it that they have no mind of their own, fully believing what their owners tell them is reality, thereby not really selling out themselves in their own minds?
Or is it somewhere in the middle?
Ouch, concerning Booker T. Washington. I prefer not to think so, but who knows?
Personally, I would say they are all sell-outs.
However, why they choose to sell out makes sense. Humans generally wanted to be accepted by ‘society’ which is the status quo, and perhaps most of all people do not like ‘struggle’.
The only time these individuals ‘understand’ the ‘reality’ of the game is when the system turns on them. And usually when the system does its usually in a very brutal way.
As for Washington, what I would say is that yu have those who are ‘reformists’ and those who are ‘revolutionary’ and sometimes you have those who are ‘pragmatic’.
More often than not with regard to peoples’ oppression you will find reformists, pragmatists but the ‘revolutionary’ is a very elusive figure that is hard to be found.
on Thu Jul 15th 2010 at 01:36:34 Uncle Milton
In the blogosphere you can see the black left in all its glory – but on television it is strangely absent.
One can also say:
In the blogosphere you can see the White left in all its glory – but on television it is strangely absent.
The far left, sure, but the liberal left, no way.
Anna Renee:
I wonder about that too.
John McWhorter, for example, says that racism is over. If he is right then there is no need for Rented Negroes and so he cannot be one. But for me it is hard to shake the idea that he is just fooling himself and that deep down he knows it.
on Thu Jul 15th 2010 at 02:20:25 Kit (Keep It Trill)
on Thu Jul 15th 2010 at 03:18:13 Y
Abagond, am I having deja vu or have you posted about rented negroes before?
sorry I confused this for native informant. LMAO @ Uncle Tome with stock options.
John McWhorter doesnt believe racism is over… he may be rented, but he isnt stupid.
on Thu Jul 15th 2010 at 08:12:49 Aiyo
Whoopi Goldberg is a rented negro or at least an apologist for white racist.
And then there was that whole Ted Danson blackface incident
As for Booker T washington and the whole bootstrap thing that pisses me off because he is a native informant to white people “see even one of your own thinks so.”And the Thing is not everyone has straps on their boots
on Thu Jul 15th 2010 at 11:06:16 Anton A.
For many whites, the election of Barack Obama proves that racism doesn’t exist anymore. Because of this, shouldn’t he be considered a rented negro?
on Thu Jul 15th 2010 at 11:26:34 Oyan
Amy Holmes is of Nigerian and anglo ancestry. She possibly does not perceive herself as a ‘Black American’, and thus, does not see her pontificating as ‘sell-out’ .
on Thu Jul 15th 2010 at 13:22:55 Darth Paul
I hear you, Aiyo. WTH happened to Whoopi?
Anton A – good question. I’m inclined to say yes due to the backpaddling Obama has performed on many issues to suit the (white) status quo of his party; whether said issues are black issues or not. It’s the embracing of white appeasement that qualifies.
on Thu Jul 15th 2010 at 13:51:20 Hathor
The thing about Booker T Washington, regardless of who he was, he actually did something to advance Black folk. These modern rented Negroes do absolutely nothing. Tuskegee is a premier institution and has advanced science in Agriculture and Biology.
I wouldn’t say I’m a liberal/leftist, I’m more of a moderate, though I’ve been accused of being both a liberal and a conservative, depending on the particular views I’m espousing at the time.
“Amy Holmes is of Nigerian and anglo ancestry. She possibly does not perceive herself as a ‘Black American’, and thus, does not see her pontificating as ‘sell-out’.
Amy Holmes is of Zambian (and Anglo) ancestry. But I agree that she might not see herself as a black American,even moreso since she grew up with the white side of her family.
Y said:
‘John McWhorter doesnt believe racism is over… he may be rented, but he isnt stupid.”
on Thu Jul 15th 2010 at 17:29:13 dee
Education, hard work, saving money and patience gets you farther than complaining about racism. I’m black btw.
dee, I am a believer in education and hard work as well. I’ve seen how education and perserverance can change circumstances. However, that doesn’t mean racism and discrimination are not issues, or that they no longer need to be confronted and discussed (and I don’t think doing such amounts to “complaining”). I tend to agree with this quote from Barack Obama’s Dreams from My Father: “You might be locked into a world of your own making…but you still have a claim on how it is shaped. You still have responsibilities.”
on Thu Jul 15th 2010 at 18:22:14 JGreyden
@dee
Education, hard work, saving money and patience .. any poc can do that.
Then what’s gonna make the difference between PoC A and PoC B ?
on Thu Jul 15th 2010 at 18:59:41 Angie
I say that they are only sell-outs, if they change their opinions to suits whites. Black Americans clings too much on the us vs. them mentality and “sticking” together. I hate the way The Tea Party is going it, it seems some BP tend to follow whatever “seems” positive. I hate when people act like Obama’s God. I think he’s doing a decent job, but I don’t agree with everything he’ doing. No. We shouldn’t be treating each other like a beehive. Black people tend to really dislike it when other BP speaks about their personal opinions. Rented Negro itself is a racist term because it implies that all Black people are alike and if they don’t then they’re traitors. Kissing up to please someone makes you a stupid puppet Having a different take on racism doesn’t make you a traitor, either.
The problem with this “rented negro” thing is that it’s too often used by lazy analysts to dismiss black people who hold different political views without asking oneself “why would they do that”?
It is, in other words, in most cases an ad hominem.
I don’t like certain black people’s opinions and I think that they are being used as tools (to wit, J’s views on race and how these are informed by classic Aryanism). I would hesitate to call such people “rented negros” or “Uncle Toms”, however.
By the way, how did “Uncle Tom” become a synonym for “race traitor”? I’ve read Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Beecher-Stowe’s work is melodramatic, certainly, but Uncle Tom a race traitor?
Tom is beaten to death by his cruel master but he never reveals the whereabouts of two escaped female slaves.
This character’s name has become synonymous with “race traitor” and “rented negro”.
How and why?
“Black Americans clings too much on the us vs. them mentality and “sticking” together.”
Could it be a natural reaction to that exact fortress mentality that white hegemony has embraced since colonizing this country? I agree that it gets damaging (in that it’s severely limiting) over time, but failure to do so would’ve spelled the demise of any black American community very shortly after emancipation. If anything, it is white middle class christians who have THE edge on that mentality. Why else would we have the atrocious laws that AZ has enacted and an obnoxious horde of fools who think suddenly that they don’t have to pay their taxes (incidentally when we have a black president)?
And I personally don’t know a single person that voted for Obama who believed he was some sort of superhuman/messiah/whatever. THAT fabrication was entirely the product of the astroturf conservatives that were trying to create a “magic negro” caricature out of Obama.
Forgive me here, this is just nonsense, and if it is true then it would explain why you are trying to convince us here there is no such thing as ‘race’ and a host of other spurious arguments.
When people disagree with you, then you choose to revert to insults or the suggestion, that the other person is disagreeing because it does not fit his/her world view.
These are classic style of Thad’s reasoning.
Do not ‘Rented Negroes’ also have their own terms, just like you have your own of ‘aryan’ (even though you seem to be confused about the term, the ideology etc), but you use the term nonetheless.
I do not understand your last comments. You are defending ‘rented negroes’ on the basis of their ideology and rejecting another group of Blacks with a different ideology, because it does not meet your world view.
I contend this would be consistent with your world view regarding ‘race’.
Thaddeus,
That “Uncle Tom” characterization is very old. It wouldn’t have to be reference to the character in Uncle Toms Cabin.
What does “hard work, education, saving money and patience” got to do with racism? One can do those things and be passed over for promotions, unable to get the best mortgage, the car you want or other things one might strive for without it being about race.
What racism does is take you out of the position to be passed over, get the best mortgage, loan or included in the competition? For example if you have graduated with top honors and a person throws out your resume, because you were named Khadija and not Morgan or your zip code(known to be a predominately Black neighborhood) was flagged in a career database.
The rented Negro in my estimation is not a Black person that holds a conservative view, is that their view is accompanied by Black bashing. They portray themselves as unique and that the other Negroes are the ones to be watched, for they are suspicious, free loading, baby making, immoral and degenerate human beings. That the others fit all of the true stereotypes the white man had said all along.
J, I’ll say it again as you obviously didn’t get it through your skull the first 58 times I’ve said it on this board:
RACE EXISTS. It exists, however, as a socio-political and historical construct, NOT as a biological construct, which is what you seem to think it is (otherwide, why give is this crap from the racist Metapedia about how Indians are descended from Mongoloids, as if these “races” existed in the biological sesne?)
Got that? Let me repeat it, because I know you have a hard time with this concept: race is not a “blood” thing, it’s a socio-political thing constructed in a given historical matrix. It exists, but it is not determined by biology.
Got it?
As to why I think you’re beliefs are based on aryanism, that’s because it’s quite clearly where their intellectual roots lie.
The people who believed that a certain band of white folks had a given kind of biology which made them far and away more notable than any other people on the planet were the Aryanists, led by Gobineau and going down in an unbroken line to your buddy Michael Bradley today.
The only difference between your beliefs and that of classical Aryanists, as far as you’ve expressed them here, is that they would substitute “notable” with “noble” and “superior” and you would subsitute “notable” with “barbaric” and “bloodthirsty”.
So congratulations, J: if this is afrocentric thought, all it has done is take what Gobineau believed in 1870 and swap out good adjectives for bad. The underlying beliefs – that blood is politics, that there are coherent subspecies among human beings and that these subspecies can be “ranked” from positive to negative – those beliefs are exactly the same.
Now I’ve been explaining this for close to a month now and not once have you taken umbrage with it or bothered to try to show how your views are distinct from those of the aryanists.
Simplifying, J: the aryanists believed in biological race and that white was good and black was bad. You believe in biological race and that black is good and white is bad. Both of you believe that blood is destiny and should rightly rule politics.
You think am making an incorrect assessment of your beliefs? Fine, J: tell us where I’m getting it wrong.
I do not understand your last comments.
Improve you’re English comprehension skills then. Those comments are quite clear. In uncle Tom’s Cabin, Uncle Tom died under torture rather than reveal the whereabouts of two escaped slaves. Why then do we use “Uncle Tom” as a negative term for black sell-outs?
Pretty damned clear, J.
What other “Uncle Tom” is being referenced then, Hathor?
1. Race did exist as a ‘biological construct’, all it is that Whites have decided post-World War 2 that it would no longer exists, even though the world is still constructed along racial lines nevertheless (ie White Supremacy).
2. The more you write the more you reveal your ignorance here. What Gobineau’s theory ended up doing was suggesting where White people were superior to POC. Now Whites could be classified in exactly the same way, with some Whites being superior to other inferior Whites. This was a first. And this is where the concept of ‘Aryanism’ begins to develop, and what Hitler was utilising.
3. Whether I improve my English you will always be the ‘fool’ here, so that is not going to help matters.
For instance you confuse me with Hathor. Since I never spoke or addressed you concerning the subject of Uncle Tom’s cabin.
The nature of race is off topic here.
The proper post is this one:
https://abagond.wordpress.com/2010/01/06/race-is-social/
OK. Abagond. No more comments about the nature of race, then.
@J re: Uncle Tom.
You said: “I do not understand your last comments.”
My last comments on the immediately preceding post were a question regarding the use of the term “Uncle Tom”.
If you weren’t refering to those, then what “last comments” were you referring to?
on Thu Jul 15th 2010 at 23:03:58 FG
Dismissing all of these people as “rented Negros” is a facile way of avoiding challenging opinions. What they say may be pleasing to some whites, but that does not mean that their message is not beneficial to blacks.
In what sense was Booker T. Washington bought? He believed in political equality for blacks but did not raise the issue much. However, favoring political equality is not inconsistent with also believing in self-development and uplift.
The penultiate paragraph, states, and it also identifies the subject matter also:
I think the black protest culture that developed during the 50s and 60s served its purpose well; it gained political equality for African Americans. But how can economic and social equality be achieved? That’s trickier than gaining the right to vote. I think this is where Washington’s philosophy becomes useful.
Without trying to minimise or take away from the essence of the post.
“But how can economic and social equality be achieved? That’s trickier than gaining the right to vote. I think this is where Washington’s philosophy becomes useful”.
Was Washington fightimg for ‘social equality’??
Yes, indirectly. He thought that as African Americans accumulated economic power, their social status would rise. Sort the strategy Asians are using in the US these days.
Cheers FG,
Though I do not know what strategy the Asians are using specifically in the US
No, J. That is most certainly not what I am doing. I would not call any group of blacks “rented”. I disagree with your essentially fascist philosophy. I think it makes you a tool of white supremacists more than it does anything positive in this world. In short, I probably feel about you like you feel about john McWhorter.
What I DON’T do is call you a “Uncle Tom” or a “Rented Black” because it takes all kinds. Black people have a right to have political oppinions all across the spectrum, just like white people. So even though I oppose your fascist take on afro-centrism and even though I think it gives succor to white supremacists because it ultimately supports the notion that political action in this world is and should be exclusively directed by race and each race should have essentially a single political position on any issue, I wouldn’t call you a “sell out” or an”Uncle Tom”.
In other words, I’d rather attack your politics and expose them for what they are then simply toss ad hominems at you and claim that your political position “sets the race back”.
Cheers for the clarification.
Just to point out that our conversation is ‘diverging’ quite a bit since some of what you say here I did not suggest, of you like:
1.”What I DON’T do is call you a “Uncle Tom” or a “Rented Black”
2. I would not call any group of blacks “rented”
on Fri Jul 16th 2010 at 00:04:45 Hathor
You act as if Black folk do not believe in economic development and uplift. Even Black Democrats and liberals believe that.
What you are saying is one of the talking points that the rented Negro focuses on. It compares all Black people to the least productive person.
Actually conservative philosophy has never been diametrical opposed by most people. Most people are politically in the center. What composes conservative philosophy now is wingnuttery.
Strom Thurman had a more cohesive argument and philosophy than cable news pundits and talk show host.
on Fri Jul 16th 2010 at 00:13:13 FG
I don’t think I made any generalizing statement about “Black folk.” And saying that certain values should be emphasized more isn’t saying that those values are completely absent at the present time.
Thad said: ““The problem with this “rented negro” thing is that it’s too often used by lazy analysts to dismiss black people who hold different political views .”
J replied: “Forgive me here, this is just nonsense.”
So you believe, apparently, that there are many”rented blacks” because to say that this term is abused, to you, is nonsense.
And yet now you say: “I would not call any group of blacks ‘rented’.”
So what is it, J? Are there or aren’t there “rented blacks”?
Because if you buy Abagond’s opinion, right-wing blacks are rented. And yet you have one of the most reactionary philosophies of anyone on this board. You can’t get much more “conservative”, J, than preaching that 19th century views on race were essentially correct.
Protest was a tactic, not a culture. It is also a right. There was much more going on with Black people than marching and still is.
Most people are not entrepreneurs, so they look for jobs. Black people have many skill sets, but where are the jobs. They get educated in mostly two year schools. The health care industry is the largest employer in my city. You see Black people in all aspects of the industry, from phlebotomist to medical doctor.
The problem is that there are not enough jobs to employ all people and the market is mostly saturated with small business and corporations hire off shore.
Employers are driving up the entry requirements and their are not many Black people that handle $30,000/year college tuition. This is not include housing, books and supplies and food. It seems that employers are pre-selecting a certain group of people since they can’t outright discriminate
on Fri Jul 16th 2010 at 01:43:54 abagond
It is not your opinion that makes you rented.
Bill Cosby, for example, said that blacks are their own worst enemies, not racism. It is a very rentable opinion, but as far as I know he said it of his own accord. He was not trying to seek the favour of whites. He was just speaking his mind. So he is not rented.
On the other hand, Clarence Harmon, one of the main examples in the post, was a Democrat and yet he was called a rented Negro because he was seen as acting in the interests of whites against blacks.
“Rented” speaks to motive and who is pulling the strings, not to the opinions themselves.
It seems though that your definition of Harmon is based on the PERCEPTION that he was acting in white’s favor. The preception of who, exactly?
Not supporting Harmon, here, Abagond, but you seem to be claiming that there’s some sort of singular “black interest” that people like Harmon are violating.
In regard to Booker T. Washington:
1. He did great material good for blacks through Tuskegee and through raising money for other HBCUs.
2. He is right to urge blacks to get an education, work hard and all that. After all, who in their right mind would urge anyone they cared about to drop out of school and lay about?
3. He never said anything in public that his white donors would object to. They had, in effect, bought his silence. We know because in private he was for equal rights and secretly gave money to fight for them in the courts. But in public he just said what the white man wanted him to say.
He was letting white people believe that everything was all right – black people just have to pull themselves up by their bootstraps. White people on this blog are STILL saying that stuff a hundred years later:
Bill: “It’s a shame to watch an entire race stew in poverty, crime and self-pity. The answer is…yes, pull yourself up by your bootstraps.” – July 13th 2010.
i mean, let’s presume that there’re some other factors at work in this world than race, OK? I mean just for sh**s and giggles. Factors like, oh, say, class (and realize that I’m just taking a wild stab in the dark here, because no one would ever DREAM that control of capital could actually impact on your life chances, right?)
Let’s say Mr. X is black and a capitalist. And because of racism, that means he’s going to be one of the relatively few black capitalists. So Mr. X decides to do what’s in his CLASS interest. Of course, this will benefit far many more white people than black people (even if we look at it proportionately).
So is Mr. X a race traitor or a class supporter? Or both? In any case, there’s no necessary reason to believe that he’s been “rented” by white people if what he’s doing is in his interest or in the collective interest of another group he belongs to.
Race does not always trump other collective interests, Abagond.
on Fri Jul 16th 2010 at 02:45:33 Eurasian Sensation
Re: Booker T Washington:
I have a lot of sympathy for him, because particularly in his day, he would have likely achieved little by railing against the system. He had to play the game and make compromises, but ultimately accomplished things that improved the lot of black people.
I do agree with Hathor’s earlier comment that this is what separates Washington from todays rented negroes – actually achieving things, rather than just cosying up to white folks.
Your last post has nothing to do with a rented Negro.
As I said earlier, the modern rented Negro does nothing. Being a pundit or host on TV isn’t promoting their capitalist interest. They are earning a salary, not creating wealth.
Hathor, how do you know they “do nothing”? I used class as a “ferinstance”: not as a be all and end all example.
Profession is another interest. There’s a boat-load of interests out there that these guys could be following instead of – as Abagond implies – being rented.
If all would have the same self interest, then why wouldn’t race be the motivating factor, because that would be what each would have in common? If profession is a class then why are not all Black people rented Negroes?
on Fri Jul 16th 2010 at 10:17:27 JGreyden
Aye,
‘Rented negro’ are people who unconditionally loves their country and have the misfortune of living in a country that does not love them back.
They would be a fine breed of people if they were living in a fine country.
But not in this case.
They struggle until they find some bizarre balance in life , safekeeping their mental sanity.
I think it is some kind of delusional madness, but for them, it is righteousness.
And they would have no rest until they convert and save us all.
Problems arise with the frustration and anger when they realize that they can’t, when they suspect that a certain population’s behavior might be the reason for which their love for the country remains unrequited.
on Fri Jul 16th 2010 at 10:50:05 Ms. Dominican Republic
Why can’t Black have their own political opinions without there being a problem? This reminds me about how some Black people say “Black people don’t do this or that” or “that’s White people stuff.” Growing up I would hear things like:
“Black people don’t speak like that”
“Black people don’t listen to rock or pop”
“There are no Black Catholics most of us are Baptist”
“Black people don’t play lacrosse that’s for white people”
“A Black Republican is an oxymoron”
Black people are not a monolithic or Homogeneous group! We are not all the same. We have different upbringings, tax brackets, religious affiliations, nationalities, etc. I’m a Black Latina, I play lacrosse, I’m Catholic, I like all music but rap. It’s not fair that Black people have to fit a certain stereotype to be accepted by even their own people.
I consider myself a “liberal” and there is nothing wrong with people having their own political opinions. It was my choice to become a liberal because the ideals fit my personality and had nothing to do with my race. Just like I choose to listen to System of the Down, Green Day, The Killers, Blink 182, and Nine Inch Nails. Just like these so called “rented Negroes” choose to be Moderate and Conservative it suited their personality.
I don’t agree with many liberal policies myself. I think the government should get rid of Affirmative Action, Welfare/Section 8, I think they should give the death and penalty to Rapists, Child Molesters and Child Killers.
Why do we all as Black people have to do the same thing just because other Black people to do it? Why is it that if a Black person chooses to think for themselves or does something different they are labelled a “rented Negro” or a “uncle tom”? All Black people are not the same.
I find in funny, in Florida, the Cuban population almost always votes Republican, as do some Asian/Middle Eastern populations around the country as well. But no one makes a big deal out of it and I don’t see their race tearing them down for having different opinions.
Sorry for the long and angry rant. But your post kinda offended me.
It appears that quite a few people missed the point, but I think those same people would have called some people “brown noses” at some time in their lives. It could have been a relative, a co-worker , a subordinate or a boss. Most of us know what type of person you mean when you say a “brown nose”, but somehow when it comes to the term rented Negro, we hear about diversity of opinion.
Let me just say a rented Negroes are “brown nosers” only their noses are up the white supremacist ass.
Ms Dominican Republic,
Section 8 keeps a lot of low income working people and elderly people from being homeless. You should also investigate how welfare works in each state.
@ Hathor
I agree that the elderly should have section 8. But I think it should be temporary for those young enough to work and get jobs. Section 8/Welfare in America has become a generational cycle of poverty that needs to break. Too many people are dependent on it and they take advantage of the system. They should be having programs that help people get off section 8 not stay on it. The amount of money they use to pour into the failed Welfare/Section 8 system they could be using to make jobs for some of these people and nationalizing the public school system so they these welfare/section children can get a equal education just like every other public school kid in America so they they will be on the same level and they would get out of the cycle by gaining a higher education.
Most of us know what type of person you mean when you say a “brown nose”, but somehow when it comes to the term rented Negro, we hear about diversity of opinion
he he he he
on Fri Jul 16th 2010 at 15:22:30 DerfDaSmurf
That’s the point. I live in Miami too and because they “stick together” politically, they have POWER; political, economic, and otherwise. They may not all think the same, but they are wise enough to recognize the common good when the need arises.
Why? IMHO, I believe the difference is having a quantifiable culture that is shared by all. No one is ever accused of being too Cuban or not Cuban enough. They are all Cubans, period. That allows for the wide swing in political and cultural views.
Being Black Americans, we are still struggling to even *define* our culture. We are not African. We are not Blacker-White Americans. We certainly are not the stereotype that others see us. So who are we, culturally? That’s the question that keeps us bickering about who is “really” Black.
In ANY group of people you will always have those that succeed (in a variety of ways) and those that fail. And a lot in the middle. We seem to despise those at the top, making it hard (for a variety of reasons) for them to reach back and provide more opportunities and we celebrate those at the bottom, giving them no incentive to better themselves. A vicious cycle ensues.
Ms Dominican Republic:
Hathor has it right. “Brown-noser” is way closer in meaning to “Rented Negro” than “conservative” or whatever.
In the post I said:
“After all, blacks have all kinds of opinions just like everyone else, so some are bound to have Rentable Opinions.”
The opinion itself does not make you a Rented Negro – it is whether you rent it out to white people for their benefit.
Saying all blacks with right-wing opinions are Rented Negroes would be like saying all blacks with guns are criminals. Some people might see it that way, but they are presuming stuff they should not be presuming. I presumed nothing of the kind in my post.
One could argue that many people are, Hathor. One could argue that capitalism is just a more clever way of milking people than slavery. And one could argue that most people – white and black – recognize this in their heart of hearts and that’s why the more egregious examples of lining one’s own nest at the expence of others become seen as “selling out”.
But I’d say it’s mostly a function of where you stand. Middle-class and wealthy blacks with a college education who work for mostly white companies and have managed to claw their way up to a certain point in life are liable to be seen as “sell outs” and “rented negroes” by less fortunate blacks living in the projects, aren’t they?
I would hazard a guess that many of the people here tsk-tsking about “rented blacks” have indeed been called the same at one point or another in their lives.
on Fri Jul 16th 2010 at 15:49:42 Jasmin
I think the post is getting at (and this is something I would agree with) the idea of a rented Negro as someone who, in part, posits him/herself up as an “exception” to the general (negative) rule about Blacks. I think the “rented Negroes” do this to appease Whites, either personally or professionally. I guess I understand the “rented” part to indicate “acting against one’s own self-interest”–to be a “rented Negro” you have to claim your inferiority, then work to prove that you are doing your best to overcome it. At least, that’s how I distinguish a “rented Negro” from a “Black person with an opinion that is stereotypically thought of as against the majority opinion”.
Ms. DR,
I don’t know any Cuban people who disparage Republican Cubans, but I do know people who don’t consider Cubans (and Argentinians, often–sometimes Puerto Ricans) “real” Latinos/Hispanics. I think the idea of some people not being “down with the cause” isn’t unique to Black folks.
I’d also add that I believe most of these people KNOW they are being rented and WHY they are so valuable.
They make a choice to turn on their own.
LOL, many of times I’ve been watching the news and said to myself “I could make a fortune!”, but I just couldn’t live with myself. I guess they can.
on Fri Jul 16th 2010 at 16:44:15 Patricia Kayden
What was in Washington’s private letters which show that he was bought? When I have time, I’ll read over the other letters to see if this has been brought up and addressed already.
I guess there’s a thin line between “Black conservative” and sell out, as they often seem to be the same thing.
I don’t think they are mutually exclusive. I have many “conservative” views myself. I can agree with a lot of the Republican economic platform.
But I would never go on T.V. to help further the (not to) subtle smear campaign that the media has been running for POC in general and Black Americans in particular.
Just my point. Thank you.
You are beginning to sound like one yourself. The welfare system was reformed during the Clinton administration and the application in many states will not allow for someone to continue to get benefits without working. Most of those jobs are only paying minimum wage so how would you pay for rent on a decent house or an apartment if you have one child to take care of.
Your description of the welfare recipient is a rehash of the last thirty years of speaking about Blacks on welfare and a talking point of the rented Negro. No matter if laws have changed or if it is true for the majority of Blacks..
Reading over the post I can see how it can be misleading since I put so much weight on right-wing blacks on television. So I changed the post somewhat to make it a bit clearer that it is not right-wing views in and of themselves that would make anyone rented.
on Fri Jul 16th 2010 at 19:34:04 dee
@JGreyden I don’t get what you mean.. I still don’t get what’s wrong with Booker T Washington saying that.
on Fri Jul 16th 2010 at 20:17:16 Linda
“Rented Negro”…LOL, that’s funny…
I guess when white Americans say,” I even have a black friend who comes to my house” …this is the person they are talking about…
I sometimes watch Fox to remind myself how stupid these people are and it’s a shame when I see Juan Williams there…even though sometimes he put’s himself in danger of getting his contract cancelled by saying something that makes sense i.e. contradicts Sean Hannity or Bill O’Reilly
As for Booker T. Washington, I don’t know much about him but it sounds as if he had to do the song and dance to get what he wanted, (you know the saying “you can’t bite the hand that feeds you”)….black people today still have to play the game at work if they wish to move ahead their careers (at least in the US)
Hathor most people on Welfare are whites. I never said anything about Black people on welfare. Why are you assuming that the majority of welfare recipients are Black? I think you making the conclusion that welfare equals black seems very rented negro also.
I don’t agree with welfare at all plain in simple. It should be reformed and mad completely temporary. I think the government should get rid of the system and raise the wages so that these people can afford rent, food, healthcare.
People should stop having children out of wedlock or having children when they know they are economically destitute. Why bring children in this world when you can’t feed them with your own hands? If you can’t feed them than don’t breed them.
The only POC on tv I see actually working for white people is Michelle Malkin. She’s crazy. I remember watching FAUX NEWS(FOX NEWS) and she talked about how Japanese internment was positive. WTF? Michelle is crazy, Japanese interment was a crime against humanity. Michelle is the attractive and Asian version of Ann Coulter.
i just found funny that while there was seemingly an emphasis on education and stuff etc, what really did matter was the acceptance of the established order.
With that kind of attitude, for an identical level of education for two oppressed persons, the person who endures the less discrimination always end up on top.
I don’t think the statement is wrong, but there is some kind of logical trap in it.. well that’s what i think
Sorry i think Natasha explained it better.
on Fri Jul 16th 2010 at 23:32:28 Color O' Luv
It is easy to judge others. It is easy to classify and categorize. Why is it that we as Americans seem so quick to judge – to separate, classify, segregate, politicize, etc???
There are many people who judge without first understanding. Of course, public figures will always be targets by their very nature. But what about those that do not make that choice?
Ex: Kenneth Gladney is an entrepreneur. Kenneth Gladney has a fairly successful business selling items at political events such as buttons, shirts, hats, etc… Kenneth Gladney was selling items at a Tea-Party event when he started getting harrassed and eventually beaten up – landing him in the hospital.
1. Kenneth Gladney is Black
2. He was publicly humiliated by being called an ‘Uncle Tom’.
3. Those comments exposed on national television made towards Kenneth Gladney are being refused retraction. No apologies!!!
4. Kenneth Gladney also sold many Pro-Obama items at many political events. As a successful businessman would do, he sold as many products at as many events as possible in order to increase his profits. The majority of his items sold during the presidential campaign were marketed towards Obama Supporters.
So, this man was called an Uncle Tom for selling items to consumers at a Tea Party political event? Moreover, he was physically assaulted and BEATEN (at a Tea Party event by people opposing the Tea Party)
Judgement: I ask why? Why is he called an Uncle Tom? Why is he beaten? The biggest question of all: Why is he still being called an Uncle Tom? What an ugly thing to say to this man.
Was this man a sellout? I think not. I think this man is a victim of those too quick to judge, too filled with misdirected anger to take the Higher road.
“We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It’s one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it’s another to think that yours is the only path.”
@ Linda,
Juan Williams has actually made A LOT of great points when discussing/debating with many leading Conservative Commenters. He’s great at not allowing them to ‘misdirect’ him away with distractionary tactics.
Magicians are masters of slight of hand, and so are many of the people we see in the media, regardless of their political stance.
on Sat Jul 17th 2010 at 00:01:52 abagond
I have to agree with Linda on Juan Williams.
I used to watch him on “Fox News Sunday”, this roundtable news talk show on Sunday afternoons on Fox News. It was hosted by Chris Wallace. Juan Williams was the only black person there.
Every now and then one of the white commentators would say something extremely boneheaded and Juan would just sit there. Sometimes he would get this look on his face – BUT HE NEVER WENT IN FOR THE KILL! At best he would say something like, “Well, that’s not quite fair…” but then not stand his ground. It gets me upset even now thinking about it. Even within the Republican framework of Fox News and his own conservatism he was being overly deferential to white opinion.
I have done that too at work – but I am not a POLITICAL COMMENTATOR being broadcast coast to coast.
on Sat Jul 17th 2010 at 00:08:24 Thaddeus
Again, why is Uncle Tom even a term that’s used in situations like this?
on Sat Jul 17th 2010 at 00:22:01 Color O' Luv
@ Thad
C’mon now. You brought up the term to as if adding some spice to a molotov cocktail: So as to when you partake of the drink, all the more burning satisfaction you should have! LOL
Just kidding…. It was used previously so I latched on to it. I guess the way I make sense of it without “derailing” is that we’re talking about “Race for Rent”, essentially: Judgements, preconceived ideas, prejudice, political ideas, public figures – but what about non-public figures? I guess I mentioned it because I thought it was noteworthy.
As individuals we all have ideas. Public ideas and figures are one thing, but the sad thing it that this can spill over into “our private” lives and innocent people suffer for the judgement and ignorance of others.
As for “NAME CALLING”, it seems no matter how mature we think we are, we still can’t shake that innate nature we had as children to do the very same. (We just substitute the rudeness for more politically correct terms – or do we?)
on Sat Jul 17th 2010 at 00:33:41 dee
@ JGreyden But realistically, its easier to do that and make the best of the present situation than to try and change society’s elements you can’t control. Couldn’t what Booker T Washington said be applied to today? Instead of people complaining so much they should just hit the books and then black people would be stereotyped as being smart and hard working, cause more black people would reflect that.
on Sat Jul 17th 2010 at 03:08:12 Jasmin
Again with the post on stereotype formation! 🙂
Since that’s not forthcoming, I’ll give the preview:
You have stereotype formation backward. Many people think that stereotypes come out of partial truths, but really, stereotypes come out of confirmation bias (i.e., we see what we want to see). When this bias is combined with negative thoughts about a certain ethnic group, you end up with people who “can’t win for losing”.
Example: Asian American men. The (seemingly) positive “model minority” stereotype says that they are smart, good with computers, etc., but that intelligence is coupled with nerdiness, awkwardness, etc. People who cling to the idea of White superiority aren’t going to take well to Asians who are “smarter” (according to a system designed by and for White people), so what seems like a definite positive quality gets twisted until it appears it has a drawback. Stereotyping works backwards–you find the point you want to “prove”, then look for the evidence that supports your conclusion. Examples to the contrary are usually dismissed as anomalies.
Jasmin:
I started work on the post for stereotype formation but I am a bit stuck. I sent you email about it.
@ Natasha W I agree. But I guess there’s different jobs for everyone. Some people prefer to spend more time being activists while some would rather just try to make the best of things.. but they’d have to work harder to get further in life than someone who was white. Sorry this response is late btw, I missed your post til JGreyden pointed it out.
on Sat Jul 17th 2010 at 11:43:38 DerfDaSmurf
@SW6 and @Color O Love
My answer to both would be: Juan Williams is a Rented Negros (I just love that term now!) and Kenneth Gladney is the *definition* of a Sellout.
1. Kenneth Gladney. He choose to try and do business with a group that many Blacks and POC think is a quasi White Party Movement. He did that FOR PROFIT. Unless he sides with the Teabaggers, he *sold out* to make money.
Someones thinking: Well, we all “sell out” at our job everyday…to make my money.
No. Not all of us. If my boss asked me to attend a KKK rally to try to hawk our new bedsheet line, I’d tell him to take that job and shove it.
2. Juan Williams. If he is “dull and not insightful at all” and he’s just sitting there looking like “what?”…THEN WHY IS HE EVEN THERE?!?!
To give a Black face to Fox News’ agenda. They rented him for the day.
Hey, Marcus Garvey once tried to ally himself with the KKK.
@ Jasmin I don’t think people should prejudge other people based on stereotypes, cause everyone is different. I personally wouldn’t want to be given that treatment so I try not to do that w/ somebody else. But aren’t some stereotypes based on trends? Like when they show the SAT scores per race.. how come its a trend for black people to not do as well as other races? Is the data false? Just because someone’s poorer doesn’t mean they can’t work hard in school and stuff. If your poor that seems like more motivation to want to succeed actually
There are people in far worse situations who get scholarships to top universities because of their hard work. People should appreciate what they have cause someone always has less. Obviously its going to be easier to get the best education if you’re rich and go to a top notch school but why does that always have to be an excuse to not try and beat the odds. The only way people are gonna get richer is if they work harder so they can get out of the poverty situation or its just gonna repeat. white people are more privileged and they have more trust funds and stuff cause of unfairness in society for hundreds of years, so instead of waiting for the govt to do something about it people should take it into their own hands so they can provide a better life for their kids. making the best of their situation
And African immigrants to the U.S. are actually the “model minority”, not Asian immigrants
Oh Dee…
I can’t even begin to address the fail in that comment–the best thing I can suggest is that you a) read the comment I wrote to you above again (I can’t figure out where you went wrong), b) Google “stereotype formation” or “confirmation bias”, c) rinse and repeat.
Out of curiosity, are you from the US? You seem to have a limited understanding of the American education system, which is why I ask.
on Sun Jul 18th 2010 at 00:50:05 Ankhesen Mié
“Rented Negro” – thanks, Abagond! Total Ankhesenology moment here!
Ankhesenology: where sarcasm is seen as an excuse to reify and anthropomorphize abstract concepts.
Forgive me here, is this an attempt to use big words on the presumption, it will not be understood by those on the blogs here??
Otherwise why would you attempt to state it otherwise??
What you say here does not really make much sense, except as a veiled put down, which is its real function
Is it not??
on Sun Jul 18th 2010 at 11:08:17 Hathor
Ms DR,
Why would I think you are speaking about white people when those who utter those same words aren’t.
Remember the first rule of dealing with the infected:
Do. Not. Engage.
Th-Ankh-s…
I am aware of this philosophy, but sometimes the best way to take on a ‘bully’ whether on this blog or anywhere else in life is to stand up to them.
Otherwise they just think they can continue to address anyone in a condescending and offensive way.
But I will take on board your suggestion nevertherless
Aw…you really are a sweetie. However, we must remember to distinguish someone who thinks of themselves as a bully from someone who actually matters.
The way I see it, there are two kinds of trolls: the ones who simply try to trigger an outburst, and the others who think they’re actually “doing” something when they submit their comments. Despite this tiny difference, both are merely sound and fury signifying absolutely nothing.
*kisses*
What you say here does not really make much sense, except as a veiled put down, which is its real function.
Perish the thought, J! I honestly think Mié uses sarcasm to cover up her lack of substance.
on Mon Jul 19th 2010 at 14:07:44 phoenix
Do you think Will Smith is a “rented negro,” or did he just basically grow up and decided to speak like an adult and carry himself like one ?
@ DerfdaSmurf
I disagree about Gladney being a sell out, but I respect your opinion. My main contention is that even if one were to establish him as a sell out, that doesn’t “make it right” that he is called a racist name and publicly humiiliated. If one wants to condemn racism and prejudice in any of its ugly forms, it probably should not be done so utilizing the very same type of hate speech.
That was my whole point about rushing to judgement: especially towards an individual we really know very little about. It is actually quite sad.
Let me preface by openly saying, Welcome to the Devil’s Advocate: Ironic that an alleged “racist political’ group would be supporting Gladney’s business ( I mean, why not boycott and buy from the White vendors?). Furthermore, there was no harrassment from what we know. Instead, the harrassment and following beating came from a Liberal group there to protest the Tea Party. Somehow, I just find that far too ironic.
on Wed Jul 21st 2010 at 15:53:18 DerfDaSmurf
@Color,
I too, see your point.
I guess I’ve put Gladney in MY shoes. In which I mean: *I* think the Teabaggers are a veiled White Power Movement (just smart enough not to be openly racist). So to try to make a quick buck off of their movement, seems like selling out. To me it does’t “look” political. Neither did the TownHall meetings. I’ve seen that look before. I looks like seething hate.
*He* may not see them that way and so, may not see that as going against his own. I think to really sellout, you have to be aware that that’s indeed what you are doing.
I believe *most* Black people feel uneasy, at the very least, with the Tea Party and those that beat him up made that same rush to judgement I did.
on Tue Jul 27th 2010 at 16:04:13 Angie
And see, we got Bush for 8 years because of it. Stupid white christians that liked his dad voted him. If you side with someone just because that person belongs to a same group as you, then you’re an idoit. Just because someone is vaguely from the same continent doesn’t mean they have your best interests at mind. The white people that supported Bush and the black people that support Obama because he’s going let bp rule everything share the same brain cell.
“I agree that it gets damaging (in that it’s severely limiting) over time, but failure to do so would’ve spelled the demise of any black American community very shortly after emancipation.”
Yes, it did work…….back then. We need to move on from tatics that don’t serve us anymore.
on Thu Oct 28th 2010 at 19:37:37 Iron Theurge
Is this what Brit Hume of FOX News would refer to as a “Bill Cosby liberal’?
on Fri Jan 27th 2012 at 01:56:24 "Atlanta a black mecca...oh wow, I need to move there." - City-Data Forum
@ M S
I deleted your comment for using Mock Ebonics.
on Tue Nov 20th 2012 at 19:10:48 Jefe
Do we have any examples of where Amy Holmes’s changed her public opinion so that it differs from her private opinion? I know that we do have evidence that Booker T. Washington did so.
on Sat Dec 29th 2012 at 02:57:08 mary burrell
An uncle tom with stock options thats funny. And yes Whoopi Goldberg is a rented negro. I have been feeling some kind of way about her for tears didn’t know what to make of her. But this describes her perfectly. And when I read about Booker T. Washington in depth I was so disappointed in him. He was a sell out i thought as well. Rented Negroe describes these individual to a tee.
*years*
on Wed Jan 23rd 2013 at 02:39:09 Tai
True im glad you said that only black people I see on fox are doing just that
on Tue Feb 26th 2013 at 03:12:21 BadNewsBear
Say what you want people.The fact is racism is alive and well and will continue to thrive as long as humans are humans.This whole “rented negro” is just more evidence. Though some people may genuinely be good people they will always see color and will either be-little or praise it.This has gone on for centuries. People lack the ability to see others for who they are if color is a component of that other person.Our history ( not just America but everywhere) is far too dark to forget and will forever add any needed spark to the fire of racism. Basically what I am saying is we are not good enough people to ever squash our racial differences and our horrible past that despised race. It may appear to get better but when it does we will either twist the truth or create another vehicle to drive racism. Fair enough?
on Tue Feb 26th 2013 at 21:11:00 abagond
@ BadNewsBear
No, not fair enough.
The us v them and ingroup/outgroup stuff is probably natural to the human condition, but not the levels of racism seen in America. That stuff is sick and twisted and off the chain. White people are SCREWED UP but, because they control the mainstream culture they can NORMALIZE it and make themselves seem Basically Good. They judge everything according to themselves. Whatever they do is “natural”. So their racial caste system is seen as part of human nature, even though their One Drop Rule is pretty strange stuff.
Racism – dividing the world into a handful of races based on physical appearance and then excusing an unequal society based on that – is not more than 500 years old in the West. The Ancient Greeks certainly did not think like that. Nor the Jews. The word “whites” only goes back to the early 1600s.
This idea that racism is natural IS part of racism, part of what keeps it in place.
No matter how bad things are, they can always be made better. America has proved it can do that with the civil war and the civil rights movement.
https://abagond.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/racism-is-unnatural/
https://abagond.wordpress.com/2011/06/16/bell-hooks-talking-race-and-racism/
https://abagond.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/colour-blind-racism-the-four-frames/
on Sun May 25th 2014 at 18:11:04 Roland
Would love to read your thoughts on Mia Love from Utah. There is a high likelihood she will make it to Congress this year. Thanks.
on Fri Aug 15th 2014 at 00:58:47 Unlocking The African American Mind | Riverglider.com
[…] Repetition – Every decade since colonial times, one or more of these brainwashing methods have been used against Aframs. They have been used over and over again in mass media (books, magazines, newspapers and films) and now in electronic media such as the Internet. Brainwashing Aframs has become a highly sophisticated endeavor utilizing twenty-four hour television news cycles, talk radio programming and Rented Negroes. […]
on Wed Jul 29th 2015 at 13:14:11 H.A. Jabar
I understand, in a way, many people’s issue with Booker T. In his defense, he did what few have ever done, leave an institution dedicated to educating Our people – with an education that helps them build their own society. He did it with white money, but for our benefit (it’s called strategy ). Who else has been an institution?
on Sun Sep 6th 2015 at 15:57:14 Frederic Wells
Other than the RENTED NEGRO phrase, can somebody say “HOs” ?
on Sat Jun 8th 2019 at 01:33:10 Sajid Javid: An ethnic politician who has internalised the racism of the colonial masters | 5Pillars
[…] racist stereotypes of their own ethnic group? Is he a self-hating native informant akin to “rented negroes”, feted by the establishment to put a brown face on contentious white […]
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Work, Oral Tradition, Mesopotamian Mythology
Mesopotamian Mythology
The term "Mespotamian mythology" covers the ancient religions of Sumer, the Akkadian Empire, Assyria and Babylon. Obviously, Mespotamia figures heavily in the Bible; Abraham and his kin were, mostly likely, natives of the Sumerian city of Ur.
Sumer, as you might have learned in your World History classes, is probably the oldest human civilization, that flourished from the 5th to the 3rd milennia BCE. Sumer began and ended as a collection of city-states in what is now Iraq. It's usually assumed that Sumerians were responsible for the invention of year-around agriculture, writing, the wheel, irrigation, and beer. Since the Sumerian language has no known cognates, it's anyone's guess where they came from. Some writers take this a step further and argue that the Sumerians were either assisted by aliens or aliens themselves.
In the 3rd millenia BC, Sumer began to decline. Like the collapse of any superpower, there were a lot of reasons for this, but the primary reason, it seems, is that they were just plain displaced by Akkadians and various other Semitic people. After Sumer's decline, it was displaced by the Akkadian Empire, who borrowed the Sumerians' gods in the way that the Romans borrowed the Greek gods. The Akkadian Empire was not as fortunate as Sumer had been, though, and its rule collapsed after about a century. But the Akkadians proved to be a plucky lot, and they managed to recoup and build new cities. They kept this up until they were all conquered in 539 BCE by the Persians, which rendered the whole thing pretty moot.
Studying Mesopotamian mythology in general is a little bit easier than studying most Indo-European mythologies, because the Mesopotamians were literate, but even so, there's a lot of conflicting information. The most likely reason is simple evolution of the religion as time went on.
Major characters of Mesopotamian Mythology include:
Anu, god of heaven and the stars.
Enlil (Ellil) The god of wind and the sky. Often identified with Jupiter.
Enki (Ea) The god of water and wisdom. Enki was much more fond of humanity than most other gods and was generally a pretty groovy guy. Often identified with Mercury.
Ishkur (Adad), god of storms. He is either the brother of Enki or a son of Nanna and Ningal.
Nammu, (Tiamat) goddess of the primeval waters.
Ki, goddess of the earth.
Ninhursag (Ninmah, Nintu, Mamma, Aruru, Belet-Ili), goddess of nature and earth, and the wife of Enki. May or may not be the same as Ki, above.
Ninlil (Sud, Mulittu), the wife of Enlil and usually the mother of Nanna, Nergal, Ninazu, Ninurta and Enbilulu.
Nanna (Suen, Sin), god of the moon. His wife is Ningal, goddess of the reeds.
Nergal, god of fire, destruction, war, plagues, and occasionally, the sun. Often identified with Mars.
Ninurta, god of agriculture, healing and destruction. Often identified with Saturn.
Ereshkigal (Allatu, Irkalla), the ruler of the underworld, older sister of Inanna and wife of Nergal. They're the daughters of either Anu or Nanna.
Inanna (Ishtar, Inana), goddess of warfare, love, and fertility. Often identified with Venus.
Utu (Shamash), god of justice and the sun, son of Nanna and Ningal.
Marduk, water, vegetation, judgment and magic; son of Enki and Damkina. As the patron deity of Babylon who was created to justify the Babylonians' dominance, you could call him an Ur Example of a Marty Stu.
Tropes found in Mesopotamian mythology:
Always Chaotic Evil: The Allu, Asakku, Gallu and Rabisu
Back From the Dead: Dumuzi, Inanna's husband, in a Just-So Story about the origin of the seasons.
Belligerent Sexual Tension: The courtship of Ereshkigal, Queen of the Netherworld and Nergal, god of plagues and fire.
Blow You Away: Enlil, god of wind and air. Also Ishkur, god of storms.
Bottle Fairy: Ninkasi, Siris and Siduri, goddesses of beer.
Canon Immigrant: Many religious scholars believe that Inanna, due to the difficulty in deciphering the origin of her name, her constantly changing parentage, and the fact that she explicitly had no responsibilities at first, was originally a Proto-Euphratean goddess incorporated into the Sumerian pantheon.
Chickification: Can be observed from looking at the oldest Sumerian myths to its later derivatives. One example is Nammu, who went from the sole creator goddess in Sumerian myths to her more well-known Babylonian version Tiamat, a co-creatrix who after the death of her husband became a tyrant who is probably the Ur Example of God Save Us From the Queen. Sumerian Ereshkigal was the sole ruler of the underworld, but in later Assyro-Babylonian myths she was subdued by Nergal and forced to cede her power to him. Several other goddesses known to us mainly as Shallow Love Interests are also believed to have held more prominent roles in prehistory.
Child Eater: Dimme and Dimme-kur (Akhkhazu). Sometimes Lilitu as well.
Copy Cat Stu: In the lost Sumerian version of Enuma Elish, Enlil was probably responsible for vanquishing Nammu/Tiamat. In the Babylonian version, this honor was given to Marduk.
Crapsack World: Humans were created to be slaves to the gods and when they died, they all went to the same gloomy underworld. Any wonder why their scribes wrote stuff like this:
"Tears, lament, anguish, and depression are within me. Suffering overwhelms me. Evil fate holds me and carries off my life. Malignant sickness bathes me."
Dark Is Not Evil: Though moody and demanding, most of the gods of the Netherworld weren't really evil, per se.
Death by Sex: Happens to all of Inanna's lovers eventually. This is why Gilgamesh turns her down.
Divine Parentage: The only humans who figure at all in the myths have this.
Eldritch Abomination: Though often described as dragons, Tiamat, Apsu, Kingu and Mummu fit this trope much better.
Evil Versus Evil: The demon, Pazuzu was often invoked to ward off Dimme.
Expy: Inverted. The Greek goddess, Aphrodite, is usually assumed to an expy of Astarte, a Canaanite version of Inanna.
Ereshkigal herself appears to be an underworld expy of her twin, Inanna (and some believe they may have even been the same goddess at one point!)
Femme Fatale: Inanna, of course.
The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry: Inanna and Ereshkigal
The Great Flood: Possibly the Trope Maker
Hermaphrodite: Depending on the Writer, the supreme god, Anu, was sometimes portrayed as this.
Horny Devils: Lilitu, Dimme and Dimme-kur were sometimes portrayed this way as well.
I Have Many Names: Nearly all of the gods, which was somewhat inevitable when their worshipers spoke a variety of languages.
Jerkass Gods: Indeed.
Les Yay: Inanna and Ninshubur, full stop.
Loads and Loads of Characters: There were about six main gods and hundreds of minor, local deities.
Lovable Sex Maniac: Enki had the rather disturbing habit of seducing his own (grand)daughters, but was usually one of the friendlier and more good-natured gods.
Making a Splash: Enki, god of rivers and lakes. Also his daughter, Nanshe.
Mister Seahorse: In the myth of Enki and Ninhursag, Enki becomes pregnant after consuming his own semen.
Mix-and-Match Critters: Aqrabuamelu (scorpion men), Shedu (winged lions and bulls), Sirrush (dragon-like creature with eagle talons and the forelegs of a cat), Zu (eagles with lion heads)
Offing the Offspring: Apsu and later Tiamat attempt this in the Enuma Elish. It doesn't work out.
Our Demons Are Different: Most Middle Eastern demons in general are flat-out nasty, though they can Pet the Dog now and then.
Our Ghosts Are Different: Classified as Alû, Edimmu or Gidim; they were usually not very nice.
Our Giants Are Bigger: Humbaba, among others.
Parental Incest: A bit of that, yes.
Rape Is Love: Probably Values Dissonance in action; the god, Enlil raped the maiden, Sud (later Ninlil). He was punished for it by being exiled to Irkalla, but she followed him into exile and later, married him and had some more children with him.
Servant Race: Humanity were explicitly created to be slaves to the gods.
Shallow Love Interest: Many goddesses (Aya, Sarpanit, etc.) have little-to-no roles outside of being some god's wife.
She's a Man In Japan: Inverted. Inanna's second-in-command, Ninshubur, is female in the Sumerian myths, but was turned into a male in the later Assyro-Babylonian versions.
Sibling Yin-Yang: Among others, Utu and Nergal.
Slap Slap Kiss: The Courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi
Star-Crossed Lovers: Inanna and Dumuzi
The Nothing After Death: The Mesopotamian Netherworld, Irkalla, was not a happy place.
To Hell and Back: Inannas Descent to The Netherworld is an Ur Example, if not the Trope Maker.
Tsundere: Inanna was usually Type A.
She also seems to cross over into Yandere territory
The Vamp: Lilitu, who was ordered by the gods to attempt to lead men astray.
Works that reference and/or derive from Mesopotamian mythology
The Courtship Of Inanna And Dumuzi
Inannas Descent to The Netherworld
Cthulhu Mythos (sort of)
Stay Night and its franchise.
Enuma Elish
Storm Constantine's Grigori Trilogy
Clive Barker's Jericho, in which you battle Ninlil, Ki, Inanna, Enlil, Nanna and Utu
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NEWS ARCHIVE - MARCH 2013
Samaras prepares for return of Troika investigators - eKathimerini
"Prime Minister Antonis Samaras met with Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras on Thursday as the government tries to wrap up several loose ends regarding structural reforms ahead of the troika’s return to Athens, which is scheduled for April 3 or 4.
Fearing a worsening climate in the eurozone after the tense negotiations over the Cyprus bailout, Samaras held the talks with the aim of finalizing Greece’s position on sackings and transfers in the civil service, how the emergency property tax will be levied, how the burden on loan holders can be alleviated and what kind of payment plan will be offered to Greeks who owe taxes."
Cypriot banks open again - NY Times
"While some jittery depositors said they had withdrawn the bulk of their savings, others appeared unruffled, saying they were just going about their usual banking business.
As well they might. Piraeus Bank, one of the largest Greek financial institutions, this week took over the local branches of the Cypriot lenders Bank of Cyprus, Hellenic Bank and Laiki Bank, also known as Cyprus Popular Bank. As a result, the deposits in those branches, which total about €15 billion, or $19 billion, roughly 10 percent of the total savings in Greece, will not be subject to any of the losses or capital controls that will hit some bank deposits in Cyprus.
Even so, the Cypriot debacle has rattled some savers enough for them to want their money back, regardless of who now owns their banks. Outside the main branch of Bank of Cyprus in central Athens, Panagiotis, a 40-year-old salesman who has been unemployed for three years, and who did not want to give his last name, said he had just withdrawn €1,000, the bulk of his savings.
“I left €20 so they don’t close the account,” he said, adding that he planned to stash the money in a bookcase at his home. “I don’t trust banks anymore.”
Bombing near Acropolis, no injuries - Washington Post
"There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast, which follows a string of bomb attacks in the financially-struggling country by anarchist groups that have caused no major injuries or loss of life.
Police spokesman Panagiotis Papapetropoulos said officers were able before the blast to evacuate one or two people from the building and to seal off the area.
“Judging by the minor extent of the damage, it can’t have been a very strong explosive device,” he said.
The house belongs to a member of the Tsakos ship owning family, police said."
Rehhagel picked for mission as a goodwill ambassador to Greeks - BBC
"Rehhagel, who led Greece to victory at the Euro 2004, is holding talks in Athens as a goodwill ambassador.
The 74-year-old was reportedly picked out for the delicate mission by Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Many Greeks hold Mrs Merkel responsible for tough austerity measures being implemented by the Greek government.
Over the past few days, the German chancellor has also been blamed by protesters in Cyprus for the stringent terms of its EU bailout. "
Piraeus buys Cyprus bank units in Greece for 524 million euros - ddd
"The transfer of the branches, which represent about a tenth of Greece's banking market, was part of Cyprus's international bailout deal to help shield Greek lenders from the island's crisis and allow Cyprus to shrink its bloated banking sector.
Piraeus beat out rival Alpha Bank to acquire the Greek operations of Bank of Cyprus, Cyprus Popular Bank and Hellenic Bank."
60 Australians died in Greece last year - Sydney Morning Herald
"From an article titled "Why Thailand and Greece spell tragedy for travellers"
While the deaths in Thailand were largely due to illness or accident, most in Greece were from what the Department of Foreign Affairs calls ‘‘natural causes’’, pointing to a much older group travelling there. "
Eurozone Official: bank raids on Spain and Italy (and others) possible - UK Telegraph
This is an interesting strategy: In an effort to calm markets and reassure banks, eurozone chief Dijsselbloem has scared everyone else with plans for using Cyprus as a template on how to handle bank crisis in the future:
"Savings accounts in Spain, Italy and other European countries will be raided if needed to preserve Europe's single currency by propping up failing banks, a senior eurozone official has announced.
The euro fell on global markets after Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Dutch chairman of the eurozone, announced that the heavy losses inflicted on depositors in Cyprus would be the template for future banking crises across Europe.
"If there is a risk in a bank, our first question should be 'Okay, what are you in the bank going to do about that? What can you do to recapitalise yourself?'," he said.
"If the bank can't do it, then we'll talk to the shareholders and the bondholders, we'll ask them to contribute in recapitalising the bank, and if necessary the uninsured deposit holders."
Ditching a three-year-old policy of protecting senior bondholders and large depositors, over €100,000, in banks, Mr Dijsselbloem argued that the lack of market contagion surrounding Cyprus showed that private investors could now be hit to pay for bad banking debts"
Meanwhile, in Cyprus - Telegraph UK
"Maybe the Cyprus bail-out is a template, after all. The European Commission has given the markets another shake by saying large depositors could be "bailed in" (i.e. their savings could be raided) for future bank rescues. Speaking at a press briefing, Commission spokeswoman Chantal Hughes said:
Quote In the Commission's proposal, which is under discussion, it is not excluded that deposits over €100,000 could be instruments eligible for bail-in.
...Confusing messages are coming from the European Commission, whose spokesman is being reported as saying that insured deposits (those under €100,000) cannot be raided to prop up failing banks, despite such an option being contained in the original proposal rejected by the Cypriot parliament last week."
Piraeus Bank oficially taking over collapsed Cyprus units - Reuters
"Greece's Piraeus bank has signed a deal to take over the branches of Cypriot banks in Greece, a banking source told Reuters on Monday."
Cyprus bank deal clobbers large-account holders - BBC
"Eurozone finance ministers have agreed a 10bn-euro bailout deal for Cyprus to prevent its banking system collapsing and keep the country in the eurozone.
Laiki (Popular) Bank - the country's second-biggest - will be wound down and deposit-holders with more than 100,000 euros ($130,000; £85,000) will face big losses.
However, all deposits under 100,000 euros will be "fully guaranteed".
Officials warn the island faces a deep recession with many businesses to shut."
Mixed reaction in Greece to 'painful' bailout deal for Cyprus - eKathimerini
"The agreement stops the slide towards a eurozone exit and the chaos that would come with that," said the government spokesman.
"Cyprus has produced miracles many times. It will do it again,” added Kedikoglou. “It has the ability to make use of its unique position and its wealth-producing resources to return to prosperity and growth soon."
In his statement, he also warned that other countries should not seek to take advantage of Cyprus’s economic weakness. The comment comes after the Turkish Foreign Ministry warned on Saturday of a "new crisis" in the Mediterranean if Cyprus collateralizes gas revenues as part of plans to form a solidarity fund.
SYRIZA condemned the agreement in Brussels, where it said that Cyprus had succumbed to “blackmail” and "threats."
Greece marks Independence Day anniversary, highlights unity and Cyprus crisis - Global News China
Cyprus passes bills for EU bailout; Greece to take over bank branches - World News
"Lawmakers in Cyprus approved three bills late Friday aimed at securing a bailout for its troubled banks from the European Union and averting a financial meltdown.
The legislation includes one bill that allows the government to divide the wobbling lenders into good and bad banks -- a law that would likely to be applied first to Cyprus Popular Bank. The goal is to restructure without hurting small depositors.
A second law puts in place restrictions on financial transactions in times of crisis and a third sets up a "solidarity fund."
The country is expected to adopt more legislation in an effort to raise the 5.8 billion euros Cyprus needs to get an EU bailout.
...Earlier Friday a Greek Bank was chosen to take over the local branches of Cyprus's troubled banks in a bid to shelter Greek customers of those institutions and help Cyprus shrink its bloated banking sector."
Vice-President of EU in Thessaloniki - neurope
"Vice-President of the European Commission, Viviane Reding will travel to Thessaloniki, Greece tomorrow in order to participate in a debate with over 500 citizens about the impact of the crisis and their expectations for the future of the European Union.
As Vice-President Reding said, "There must be more discussions with the Greek people – and not just about them. I am going to Greece as a friend. And friends must be frank: there is no alternative to the difficult reforms. They are needed in order to ensure that future generations won't pick up the bill for past generations' mistakes. The EU is helping in this difficult process."
Greece serves as abstract inspiration - News Leader
"If you’re expecting paintings of columned buildings and idealized nude statues, you’ll be both surprised and disappointed, because “Stratografia” is a collection of abstract pieces. Lowery had an exhibit of more realistic works at Drury in December 2009, titled “Into the Pyre,” that focused on Greece’s troubles. At the time, I wrote that he was dealing with a nation “living with a 2,500-year-old identity crisis.”
“This work came after (that) show,” Lowery said. “It’s even more abstract, focusing on layering and hand-painted geometrics. That body of work largely focused on the riots of the time.”
With these paintings, Lowery added, he wanted to experiment with Greece’s “sense of color, luminosity, light. That’s something that works well.”
Even though the show is abstract, it’s still about “a sense of place,” Lowery said, “about the Greece that I love. It’s not about the turmoil; it’s about the deep sense of history and the crazy modern structure of Athens.”
“Greece gets a bad rap, and it shouldn’t,” he added. “It’s beautiful.”
George Papandreou: A Growth Strategy for Greece - Council on Foreign Relations
Interview with Papandreou covering a variety of subjects on the crisis in Greece. Example:
"High unemployment and a deepening recession have fueled political extremism on the right and left in Greece. Can you explain this tendency and how to address it?
We have a rise of extremism because we need to give a sense that we are targeting some of the deeper problems in Greece, the injustices. For example, a tax system which helped the tax evaders at the top echelons--the richer part of society--and put the burden on the middle and lower class wage earners. That has been revamped, up to a point, and we are fighting tax evasion. [Greece should] give a sense of empowerment.
For example, when I asked for a referendum [on the European bailout program in 2011], I wanted to have our citizens decide on the future of Greece. We see very often populism and a rise in extremism when people feel disempowered. So we need to find ways to bring in our citizens to participate more. And I think we absolutely need to cut down on the austerity measures and move toward a slower adjustment, sort of a grand bargain from inside the European Union, which says, 'These countries are under this adjustment program, we'll give them more time. They can cut their deficits, but they can do it over a longer period of time. Maybe their debt should be restructured in a way that gives them a longer time to pay it back. Or maybe with even better terms for loans.'
If we do that on one side, then also prioritize the structural issues of institution building, creating transparency, making us more innovative, making us more capable in our administration, in the end it will make us a more sustainable economy. We need to make sure there is light at the end of the tunnel if we want to fight extremism and frustration in our society."
Cypriot Bank may have buyer - Cyprus News
"The three Cypriot banks with operations in Greece - Bank of Cyprus, Cyprus Popular Bank (CPB) and Hellenic Bank - have about a 10 per cent share of the banking market based on loans and about 8 per cent of deposits.
They operate as branches of their Cypriot parents and not as subsidiaries, meaning they are regulated by Cyprus's central bank, which also provides them with funding through its emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) facility.
Their ELA exposure stems primarily from their Greek operations and covers their funding gap - the difference between assets and liabilities. The Greek units have higher loan-to-deposit ratios compared to their Cypriot parents.
Together they run a network of just over 300 branches in Greece and employ about 5,000 people. Their combined loan portfolio tops 20 billion euros, according to analysts.
The biggest of the three is Bank of Cyprus, which has a network of 181 branches in Greece."
Greece has Plan B regarding Cypriot banks - Xinhua News
"Greece has a Plan B regarding Cypriot banks operating in the country to minimize any repercussions from the Cyprus financial crisis, Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras said on Wednesday in Athens.
"Cypriot banks cannot remain closed for a long time; otherwise the Cypriot economy will be destroyed. A solution needs to be clinched within the next few hours, otherwise Greece will do what it must do," Stournaras stressed, addressing the Greek parliament."
Greek markets recover losses from Cyprus crisis - Miami Herald
"Shares on the Athens Stock exchange rebounded Wednesday from heavy losses suffered over Cyprus' financial crisis, as a political spat erupted in Greece over whether the government is being too compliant with demands by its own rescue lenders.
Banking stocks rose nearly 5 percent, as the general share index closed up 0.8 percent higher at 930.73.
The market had slumped on Tuesday, with bank share loses nearing 10 percent, in the first trading session since it was announced early Saturday that Cyprus would raid bank deposits to fund its bailout. "
Greek banks hurt by Cyprus news, no sign of runs - Miami Herald
"However, the deposit grab sets a dangerous precedent. "It creates a problem of trust in the European banking system as a whole."
Greek officials have made repeated assurances that all deposits in the country are not in danger.
"The deposits at all Greek banks and at the branches of Cypriot banks in Greece are totally safeguarded," Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Kourkoulas told state-run NET television.
He noted that Cyprus' problems were completely different from Greece's. Cyprus has a huge banking system that will collapse without rescue money. In Greece, the problem was overspending by the government.
To help in Cyprus' rescue operation, Greek banks are expected to purchase the operations of Cypriot banks in Greece. Those operations have estimated combined deposits worth (EURO)13 billion and loans totaling more than (EURO)20 billion, with more than 300 branches and more than 4,500 staff.
Asked about the expected acquisitions, Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras said: "We are ready," but refused to elaborate."
In crisis-ravaged Greece, ‘laughter clubs’ are booming - Washington Post
“A friend of mine and I were looking for activities to do without having to pay the cost of enrollment fees,” he tells me. “We checked into the Athens laughter club about a year ago, and ever since my life has changed.”
“As soon as I see myself sinking in despair,” he explains, adjusting his tight Mr. America T-shirt, “I crack even the tiniest of smiles, and that helps a feel-good emotion kick in, wiping out any and every shred of negativity.”
Pioneered by a physician in India just under a decade ago, laughter yoga has taken much of the world by storm, making its way even into repressive countries such as Iran, where Tehran’s city council has set up classes in a seemingly Orwellian attempt to combat widespread discontent there.
Greece, though, is different. At any other point in time, psychologists say, the blockbuster trend would have bombed in a country known for its sun-kissed, mirthful and free-spirited folk. Instead, laughter clubs are sprouting here like Tupperware parties, in part, perhaps, because of their non-centralized direction; just about anyone, trained or not, can become a laughing guru within a session or two."
Malandrino Prison Siege over - BBC
"Greek commandos are said to have freed one captive during the siege.
Smoke bombs were hurled during the operation, according to Greek news website Parapolitika. BBC News
Rizaj decided to surrender when he realised he would be overwhelmed by the police's special forces, Greece's Ekathimerini newspaper reports, quoting officials."
10% Levy on Cyprus bank accounts not required of mainland branches - China People Daily
"Cypriot bank branches operating in Greece have been excluded from the emergency "haircut" imposed on deposits at the Mediterranean Sea island's banking system as part of a bailout deal to address the economic crisis, Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras said on Saturday.
The management of Greece's debt crisis is not affected by Euro group's decision to implement a special depositor tax at the island's banking sector, he stressed in a statement in Athens upon his return from Brussels."
Athens seeks new ownership of Cypriot Bank - FoxNews
"Athens has started exploring local lenders' interest in taking over the Greek units of Cypriot banks, as part of the island's international bailout agreed earlier on Saturday, Greece's finance minister said.
Cypriot banks will receive the bulk of the 10 billion euros ($13 billion) that Nicosia will get from euro zone countries to stave off bankruptcy. Unlike in previous bailouts for other nations, the rescue package is co-funded by levies on bank deposits."
Bank lobby group says Greece needs time - Irish Times
"Sorting out Greece is going to take more than further reform and spending cuts they argue. It will also have to include the “readjustment of Greece’s programme fiscal targets to incorporate the lessons of Ireland’s useful example.
“Using the fiscal space gained from spreading out the remaining adjustment needed over a longer period of time should do much to stem the downward course of economic activity and renew growth,” they argue. Stretching out the time-table will require additional financing, possibly through lower interest rates on bailout funds Anderson proposes – one suspects a little hopefully."
Hostages held at Malandrino Prison - Greek Reporter
"...well-known Albanian convicted murderer took prison employees hostage at a central Greece jail late Saturday. Rijai has been incarcerated in the Malandrino jail since 2003 after being convected of murder.
The convict clams that he has explosives, including a grenade, and threatens to blow up the prison if his demands are not met."
Compared to Greece, American Great Depression Looks Good
"For the year as a whole, the Greek economy, measured in 2005 euros, fell to 168.5 billion euros, down 6.4 percent from the previous year. That was a little better than the 7.1 percent decline in 2011. The last time the Greek economy was smaller than in 2012 was in 2001. The cumulative decline since 2007 was 20.1 percent.
In December, the unemployment rate was 26.4 percent, and that figure actually looked a little encouraging because it was lower than the 26.6 percent reported for November. Not since May 2008, when the rate fell half a percentage point to 7.3 percent, had there been a single month when the unemployment rate was reported to have fallen."
Monthly T-Bill sale set for March 19
"Greece will auction 1.0 billion euros ($1.3 billion) of three-month treasury bills on March 19 to roll over maturing debt, the country's debt agency PDMA said on Friday."
Once Again, Lenders Ask Greece for Additional Cuts - NYT
"It has been so elaborately repeated that it almost borders on ritual: Greece’s troika of lenders leaves Athens with disagreement over whether the country should receive billions of euros in fresh financial aid.
Poul Thomsen of the International Monetary Fund, left, Klaus Masuch, center top, of the European Central Bank, and Matthias Morse of the European Commission, the mission chiefs for the lenders, were in Athens on Wednesday.
Greek officials scramble to tackle demands for more austerity to obtain the money, even as social distress deepens.
The cycle was staged again Thursday as the Greek government tried to figure out how to meet one of the troika’s toughest requirements: designating 25,000 of the country’s 650,000 or so civil servants for eventual dismissal.
That was one of the international creditors’ demands late Wednesday as their inspectors suspended the latest examination of Greece’s economic overhaul program, leaving town and leaving Greek officials to sharpen their pencils and steel their resolve to find more budget cuts. "
Dispute over job cuts imperils Greece's hopes of more aid - UK Guardian
"After extending their trip by several days, troika inspectors said they would return in April to finish their review.
Insiders confirmed that progress on an agreement to unlock the country's next €2.8bn aid instalment, vital to public coffers, had been impeded by creditors' demands to cut 25,000 civil servants from the state payroll by the end of the year.
Athens's fragile government had hoped to convince lenders of the need to gradually transfer the employees into a special labour reserve by 2014, citing record levels of unemployment, anger with austerity and growing social unease. None of the mission chiefs was persuaded, however, given the reluctance of past administrations to shed staff who under the constitution enjoy jobs for life. Other disagreements included a relief plan for overindebted households and a controversial property tax levied through electricity bills."
Greece Counts on Gas, Gambling to Revive Asset Sales Tied to Aid - Bloomberg
"The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund expects to receive binding bids for lottery operator Opap SA (OPAP), gas monopoly Depa SA and grid operator Desfa SA by the end of April, said Ioannis Emiris, the privatization agency’s chief executive officer. The proceeds will make up the bulk of the 2.3 billion euros Greece needs to raise from sales this year, he said.
“There is no turning back,” Emiris said in an interview at his Athens office on March 13. “It’s a program that must proceed. It has been decided by law, and it has already begun. There’s no stopping it.”
The program has been stop-start since international creditors including the International Monetary Fund pushed the government to pledge 50 billion euros rather than 7 billion euros by selling assets ranging from island properties to airplanes. The plan is central to paying down a debt load that threatened to push Greece out of the euro last year."
Greece to probe foreign firm over Iran shipping network ties - Reuters
...On Thursday ordered a probe into an unnamed foreign company to see if its license to operate in the country should be revoked over its involvement in an alleged covert shipping network operated on behalf of the Iranian government.
Unemployment in Greece reaches new high of 26 per cent
"The national statistical authority said Thursday that 1.29 million people were out of a job in October-December 2012. In the under 25 age group, unemployment was 57.8 per cent. The rate for women was 29.7 per cent, compared with 23.3 per cent for men. "
Thessaloniki subway compromised by major archeological find - BBC
"Six metres below ground, archaeologists found what they say exceeded even their wildest dreams: the commercial heart of the ancient city below the commercial heart of the modern one - marked by a crossroads built by Caesar Galerius in the 4th Century and reconstructed two centuries later, when Thessaloniki had become the second city not of a nation-state, but of the multinational Byzantine Empire.
Descending the staircase to reach the closed-to-the-public dig site, you can see an incredibly well-preserved marble-paved road, complete with the remains of what used to be shops, workshops and public buildings and spaces. The road is still visibly etched by the passing of carriages, while the accompanying archaeologist even points to a marble block showing the markings of a noughts-and-crosses game, presumably carved by children playing in the open air market 17 centuries earlier.
Archaeologists and city authorities dream of a metro station combined with a subterranean museum, that will become a major tourist attraction and a constant reminder of the city's glorious past - a past lamentably hidden today by decades of anarchical construction and disastrous city plannin
Engineers with the company implementing the metro project, Attic Metro SA, however, say the two cannot exist together.
Keeping the ruins would mean scrapping the central subway station - and jeopardising the entire 3.5bn-euro (£3bn) EU-co-financed project - one of the few major public works under way in Greece's moribund economy."
Greek military cuts unlikely - Los Angeles Times
"A 1,325-ton Turkish warship had strayed twice into Greek territorial waters, according to naval officials in Athens. In the past, officials said, it would have been met by an equal if not larger response.
But in this case, the warship was tailed by a 500-ton fast-attack Greek naval craft, and a 2,000-ton frigate was dispatched to the region.
"At any other point in time, incidents like these would have met a rapid and relative Greek response," said Yiorgos Glistis, a retired submarine commander. "Now we're seeing dinghies dogging frigates… [and] no really flexing of the muscle."
Biting budget cuts spurred by Greece's recession-ravaged economy have resulted in the military's operational costs being reduced by 29% since 2010. Politicians and defense experts say the cuts are strangling the nation's defense capabilities, sapping military morale and feeding far-right nationalism, even murmurs of a possible military rebellion."
Debt inspectors delay meeting with Samaras after talks stall on tax arrears, state jobs - Wash Post
"The talks between Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and the inspectors from the European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund — known as the Troika — were postponed by one day until Wednesday, following hours of negotiations involving members of his Cabinet.
“We are working to finalize as many issues as we can ... I don’t think we’ll get to all of them,” Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras said."
Greece Faces 150,000 Job-Cut Hurdle to Aid Payment: Euro Credit - Bloomberg
"Greece is locked in talks with international creditors in Athens about shrinking the government workforce by enough to keep bailout payments flowing.
Identifying redundant positions and putting in place a system that will lead to mandatory exits for about 150,000 civil servants by 2015 is a so-called milestone that will determine whether the country gets a 2.8 billion-euro ($3.6 billion) aid instalment due this month. More than a week of talks on that has so far failed to clinch an agreement.
Greece’s 10-year bond yield has dropped 20 percentage points since reaching almost 31 percent in May, after euro area finance ministers revamped the country’s second aid program. Policy makers gave Prime Minister Antonis Samaras two extra years until 2016 to meet budget-reduction targets after he forged a coalition government following two elections that jeopardized the country’s survival as a euro member."
Life-Support drugs running short - CNN
"Having to skip cancer therapy twice in the last two months due to a lack of drugs normally available through Greece's national health system, 45-year-old Morfo Karadona says a new fear has entered her life.
"I have been battling cancer for the last six years. Now I can't find the drugs I need. Ensuring I get my treatment every two weeks is a matter of life and death for me."
Karadona is one of thousands of Greeks trapped in a vicious circle involving a cash-strapped government unable to pay its bills."
Stavridis new Privatization chief - Reuters
"Greece named the head of Athens water utility EYDAP as its new privatisation chief on Monday, moving quickly to fill the post in a bid to show it is determined to avoid new delays in its sell-off programme.
The previous privatisation agency chairman, Takis Athanasopoulos, resigned from his post on Saturday after being charged for breach of duty as chief executive of state utility PPC in 2007.
...Athanasopoulos will be replaced by Stelios Stavridis, a Swiss-trained engineer who held management posts at several Greek companies, including refiner Hellenic Petroleum , before being appointed head of EYDAP last November.
An outspoken economic liberal, he is an ardent supporter of privatisations and of the use of state property to attract foreign investment."
Greek government buildings to be sold - USA Today
"Greece's cash-strapped government detailed Monday its plans to sell 28 state-owned buildings on long-term lease, including tax offices, ministry buildings, and the main police headquarters in Athens.
A government privatization fund said it hoped to make €30 million ($39 million) annually from the lease agreements lasting 20-25 years.
Included on the list of buildings for sale are the main properties used by the ministries of justice, education and culture, 12 tax offices and the greater Athens police headquarters."
Greece defies its creditors: 'No more austerity measures,' says Samaras - American Thinker
"With the IMF, the EU, and the European Central Bank all in Athens to check on the progress of Greece in implementing agreed upon austerity measures in return for bail out money, Prime Minister Samaras has chosen this moment to declare an end to austerity measures.
This leaves vital reforms undone, including scaling down public sector employment by 150,000 workers by the end of 2015. With 20% of the country employed by government, and the private economy still in recession, Samaras is challenging his creditors to give him bail out money anyway or face a Greek collapse."
Italy, UK, Greece confirm Nigeria hostage deaths - CNN
"Britain, Italy and Greece on Sunday confirmed that hostages from their countries were among seven construction workers reported killed in Nigeria over the weekend."
Greece in talks with creditors amid resignations - Reuters
"On Saturday, Greece's privatisation chief and the finance ministry general secretary both stepped down over an investigation into alleged breach of duty at the country's main power group PPC where both were previously members of the board.
The blow came as the troubled Greek privatisation drive was beginning to hit a stride after years of delays.
In January, the privatisation agency completed Greece's first public land international deal in 15 years with a 99-year lease of a plot on the popular tourist island of Corfu for 23 million euros ($30 million)."
Israel, U.S. and Greece launch joint naval exercise - JTA Agency
"An Israel Defense Forces statement said the operation, named "Noble Dina," was a scheduled annual exercise for its Navy and is part of the security cooperation between the Israeli Navy and foreign naval forces.
The joint maneuver, from March 7 to 21, will involve helicopters, ships, and search-and-rescue boats from the three nations."
Greece's privatisation chief quits - India Times
"The head of Greece's privatisation fund quit on Saturday after less than a year at the post, the finance ministry said.
...Takis Athanassopoulos said he was stepping down over an investigation into his previous position as head of Greece's main power group PPC.
...The blow came as Greece was in the midst of an audit by its international creditors over reforms, including privatisations, necessary to unlock a new slice of loans this month."
Greece toughening stance on corruption - Global Post
"Greece has finally begun to crack down on corrupt politicians but anti-graft experts say much remains to be done to end decades of impunity.
Greek courts recently sent two veteran politicians, one conservative and one socialist, behind bars in the same week.
Vassilis Papageorgopoulos, former mayor of Greece's second largest city Thessaloniki, was handed a life sentence last month for turning a blind eye to the embezzlement of nearly 18 million euros ($23.5 million) from municipal coffers between 1999 and 2008.
A few days later, Akis Tsochatzopoulos, former minister in a succession of socialist governments, was sentenced to eight years for hiding revenue in the first of a series of trials related to his stint as defence minister. "
Greece should still leave the euro - UK Telegraph
"...Alexander Dobrindt, the general secretary of [Merkel's] Christian Social Union (CSU) said Europe should continue working on an exit strategy for Greece.
“The greatest risk for the euro is still Greece,” he told German newspaper Die Welt am Sonntag.
Mr Dobrindt, whose political party, the CSU, is Bavaria’s sister party to Mrs Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU), urged the European Commission to prepare the legal ground work to allow a eurozone member to become bankrupt and exit the common currency. "
Greece may still have to quit euro - Reuters
"Greece remains the biggest risk for the euro zone despite a calming of its economic and political crisis and may still have to leave the common currency, a senior conservative ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
Alexander Dobrindt, general secretary of the Christian Social Union (CSU), the Bavaria-based sister party of Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU), has long argued that Greece would be better off outside the euro zone.
But German conservatives' criticism of Greece has eased since the conservative-led government of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras accelerated harsh austerity measures demanded by Germany and the EU as part of its bailout programme."
Archaeological sites shut due to strike - Miami Herald
"Archaeological sites and museums across Greece have shut down for 24 hours due to a strike by Culture Ministry employees protesting planned reforms that aim to streamline the ministry's operations.
Tourists arriving at the country's most famous monument, the Acropolis, on Friday morning found the gates padlocked and a sign saying the site would be closed for the day."
Greece to Tourists: We're Open for Business - Fox News
"Tourism in Greece is bouncing back this year in an otherwise flat European market, held back by the weak economic climate, travel industry executives said.
The desire for a beach holiday closer to home for cost-conscious consumers in Europe is helping to revive tourism demand in the country, battling recession and a debt crisis. "
Ex-Public Power Corporation managers face charges - eKathimerini
"An unspecified number of former managers of Greek state utility Public Power Corporation were charged with breach of duty on Friday for commissioning a power plant that lost the company about 100 million euros, a court source said."
Merkel tells Germans to spend vacations in Greece - eKathimerini
"Tourism bookings from Germany are showing an increase of more than 15 percent compared to this time last year, the head of the Association of Hellenic Tourism Enterprises (SETE), Andreas Andreadis, said from the international tourism fair in Berlin (ITB) that opened to the public on Wednesday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel inaugurated the exhibition late on Tuesday, asking her compatriots to spend their vacations in Greece. After opening the event for the first time, Merkel visited the Greek representatives upon her own initiative and offered wishes of good luck for Greek tourism. "
Greece confident aid tranche to be paid, denies talks deadlocked - Yahoo News
"Greece is confident of getting an aid tranche due this month, its finance minister said on Wednesday, dismissing speculation that talks with foreign lenders on cutting its bloated public sector were deadlocked.
The European Union and International Monetary Fund - whose officials began their latest inspection visit to Athens on Sunday - agreed in December to give 49.1 billion euros in aid to Greece, easing fears of a Greek bankruptcy and euro zone exit. "
House Buying in Greece - Cash is king - NY Times
A severe recession compounded by a national debt crisis has had a profound impact on Greece’s real estate market. According to Mr. Bosdas, property prices have dropped an average of 35 to 50 percent since their peak in 2008. He said about 150,000 properties were sold annually in Greece from 2002 to 2008. “But in 2011, which are the latest figures, only 11,000 properties were sold,” he added, “so the market shrank by 95 percent.” Greece is therefore the perfect buyers’ market, as prices can now be negotiated and “cash buyers are kings.”
Qatari emir buys six Greek islands for a €8.5m - UK Telegraph
"Closure of the deal – the latest in a global shopping spree that has seen the sheikh's property portfolio spread from London to Beijing – has been met with glee in Greece, the west's most bankrupt state, and Doha, where the royal household experienced 18 months of excruciating drama to take possession of the outcrops.
"Greece is that kind of place," said Ioannis Kassianos, Ithaca's straight-talking Greek-American mayor. "Even when you buy an island, even if you are the emir of Qatar, it takes a year and a half for all the paperwork to go through."
The isles, known as the Echinades, caught the oil-rich monarch's fancy when he moored his super-yacht in the turquoise waters off Ithaca, took in the view and liked what he saw. That was four summers ago. "
Farmer protest from across country gathers in Athens - Miami Herald
"We are taxing everything now. It takes a month's income just to fill up the tractor with gasoline," said Giogas, who joined the peaceful rally. "My father and grandfather worked the same land that I do. But farmers will have to sell their land."
A series of tax exemptions have been scrapped for farmers under the latest reforms that took effect this year and were demanded by the eurozone and International Monetary Fund in exchange for rescue loans that have kept the country afloat for nearly three years.
The bailout funds are worth a total of (EURO)240 billion ($312 billion) - greater than the size of the country's annual gross domestic product, which is about (EURO)200 billion ($260 billion). National debt continues to rise and is expected to exceed (EURO)330 billion ($429 billion) in 2013 despite a major restructuring of privately-held debt last year.
Turkey and Greece sign 25 cooperation deals - Fox News
Turkey's PM calls cooperation with Greece "strategic" - World Bulletin
Greece begins more bailout talks - City AM
"International auditors reviewing Greece’s bailout are demanding Greece makes more public sector layoffs before they will agree further lending. Greece’s creditors – the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund – yesterday held a two-hour meeting with Greece’s finance minister Yannis Stournaras in Athens at the beginning of a week of discussions. The talks will affect the disbursement of €2.8bn (£2.4bn) in financial aid to Athens during March. Under the bailout conditions adopted last year, Greece needs to cut public sector workers by 25,000 in 2013 and a total of 150,000 by the end of 2015."
Aussies the biggest spenders in cash-strapped Greece - Sydney Morning Herald
"Australians are the biggest spenders of any holidaymakers in cash-strapped Greece.
On average, they fork out €1420 ($1820) each per trip and stay about 12 days longer than most other nationalities. The next biggest spenders are Canadians (€1207), Americans (€1098) and Russians (€1005), according to figures from the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises.
Free-spending Australians are being urged to continue to travel to Greece despite occasional protests over tough austerity measures imposed on the population because of the country's ailing economy."
Troika pressure for public sector job cuts continues - Fox News USA
"Three Finance Ministry officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record, say the creditors insist civil servant layoffs are needed as part of a reorganization plan to make the Greek state more efficient. The creditors also would like to see progress in privatizations and tax collection.
The talks, expected to last a week, will affect the disbursement of €2.8 billion in financial aid to Athens during March."
Troika investigation commission starts work Sunday - Reuters
"Officials from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund return to Athens on Sunday to assess Greece's performance under a bailout plan as the government plays down the prospect of public sector job cuts.
The heads of the "troika" mission from the EU, IMF and the European Central Bank will meet Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras to review progress on privatizations, tax administration reforms, bank recapitalization and steps to shrink the public sector."
Troika to focus on civil service - e Kathimerini
"The government is bracing for a difficult week as the leaders of the troika mission to Greece are back for fresh talks that are expected to focus on the streamlining of the civil service – and the possibility of layoffs – as well as tax collection, both areas where Greek authorities have failed to meet targets set by international creditors. "
Russell Investments reclassifies Greece as "Emerging Market" - UK Telegraph
"A major fund manager has reclassified Greece from a developed to an emerging market, in an unprecedented move reflecting the "unfortunate economic tailspin" of the Greek economy, which has threatened the future of the euro.
Russell Investments, which advises funds with $2.4 trillion (£1.6 trillion) in assets, said the Greek economy has been a "world concern" since it revealed unsustainable levels of public debt in 2009.
The American-based company said Greece, which Russell designated as a developed market in 2001, has been on a path towards reclassification as an emerging market since 2010, having failed Russell's operational and macro risk tests, including per-capita income, total market capitalisation and the level of trading volume, which determine the economic health and status of countries.
Managers at Russell will be forced to buy and sell shares to align holdings with their funds' criteria, following the reclassification."
Greece to sell €875 mln eur 6-month T-Bills on March 5 - Reuters
"...Monthly T-bill sales are Greece's sole remaining source of market funding. Greek banks buy the bulk of the issues and deposit them as collateral to draw liquidity from the central bank."
VAT exemption for companies using Piraeus hub - eKathimerini
"Major groups that opt to ship their products to Greece and use the port of Piraeus as a hub from which to distribute them to other countries in the region will be exempt from paying value-added tax, according to a draft law amendment submitted in Parliament on Thursday by the Finance Ministry."
French Military and sea-based mining forging ties with Athens - eKathimerini
"French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is in favor of strengthening Franco-Greek cooperation in defense strategy and operations, he told Kathimerini ahead of traveling to Athens today, just a few days after French President Francois Hollande paid a lightning visit to the Greek capital to discuss, among other things, the leasing of French multipurpose frigates to Greece to help with gas and oil exploration."
Ottoman-era mosques may reopen - World Bulletin
"Mayor of Thessaloniki, Yiannis Boutaris on Thursday said that Ottoman mosques in Thessaloniki may be opened to prayers. Speaking to reporters in Ankara as part of the Turkish-Greek Tourism Forum, Mayor Boutaris indicated that it was up to the Greek government to open mosques to prayers.
...Expressing that the issue of mosques is a task of the government, Boutaris said “As far as I know, a decision has been made in the direction of a mosque in Athens.”
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Lorenzo Colombo marks his turf at Monza
With the best time on a wet track in the morning then in the dry this afternoon, Lorenzo Colombo (MP Motorsport) was the man to beat in the Formula Renault Eurocup collective tests at Monza. The Italian, on his home circuit, led Sebastián Fernández (Arden Motorsport) and rookie Kush Maini (M2 Competition) ahead of the first qualifying session of the season. With 17 drivers in the same second, qualifying promises to be extremely competitive!
The drivers had three hours of testing divided into four sessions on Thursday. In constant rain conditions, Lorenzo Colombo posted the fastest lap of the day in 2:03.818s.
Session 1 - Session 2 - Session 3 - Session 4
This morning, the showers continued for the opening collective test. The R-ace GP trio led the way before the Italian drivers responded. With a lap of 2:04.677s before the red flag caused by Alessio Deledda (Global Racing Service), Lorenzo Colombo got the edge over Leonardo Lorandi (JD Motorsport), Alexander Smolyar (R-ace GP), Ugo de Wilde (JD Motorsport) and Caio Collet (R-ace GP).
The conditions improved in the afternoon and the Hankook slick tyres were shod for the first time this week.
Alexander Smolyar quickly lowered the morning reference time before swapping the top spot with Victor Martins (MP Motorsport), Leonardo Lorandi and Lorenzo Colombo. With 15 minutes remaining, Sebastián Fernández launched the final sprint, but Lorenzo Colombo got the upper hand with a lap of 1:49.426s. Kush Maini, Victor Martins and Callan O’Keeffe (FA Racing by Drivex) completed the top five in a session where the top 17 were covered by less than a second.
Collective tests 1 - Collective tests 2
Tomorrow, the drivers will contest the first qualifying session of the season at 9:00. The first race for the Formula Renault FR-19 will start at 14:05.
Lorenzo Colombo (MP Motorsport): “I like driving in my country and it has gone well since yesterday! We have done a good job with the team, but we have to keep our heads down and continue to work together with my team mates to find the limits and continue to progress. Today we saw just how tight the gaps are in the dry and the smallest thing can make the difference. Qualifying is going to be important, but it will be especially important to pull away in the race to avoid wasting time fighting in traffic... This is something the spectators always like, but the drivers not so much!”
Sebastián Fernández (Arden Motorsport): “Our performance wasn’t too bad in the rain, but it could have been better. However, we were on good pace straight away on used tyres for our first session in the dry. This was confirmed when we switched to new tyres and we were leading before a minor issue in the waning minutes. Our discovery of the car was enormously facilitated by the fact that I know this circuit. It is always a huge help, but we have to see how the weekend will go... A race in the rain could be very difficult and fun!"
Kush Maini (M2 Competition): “It was a good day, but it was only testing and we never know who really benefits from a good tow. We had solid pace on the wet track as we were consistently in the top five, but also in the dry with consistent times over several laps. The target now is to repeat this form in qualifying while making the most of the data of my team mates to see where we can be faster and pick up those crucial tenths. We are still in the learning process, we continue to learn each lap, but I would be really happy if we get the same place tomorrow morning."
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DJ Cuppy having regrets after buying a lion cub
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Looks like popular Nigerian disc jockey, Cuppy is regretting the purchase of her new lion pet barely a week after announcing the new addition to her family.
The ‘Gelato’ crooner reacted to a viral cartoon sketch of a man feeding a Lion Cub and after maturity, the Lion ate him up.
Why do I feel like this is the story of me and baby lion #Mashallah
Recall that days ago, she has shared an adorable video of herself feeding a baby lion which was named after her in Dubai.
The billionaire heiress on a visit to Dubai with her father, Femi Otedola visited the Fame park today, and there she met with ‘Little Cuppy’, a baby lion in the park.
Sharing the video, Cuppy wrote;
“Introducing the world to Cuppy, Baby lion named after me by @Sb Belhaza, owner of Fame park, I’ve always wanted to be a mother”.
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The idea of domestic work is still thought of as something that women should do’ – Chimamanda Adichie
Chimamanda Adichie says in many countries across the world, the idea of domestic work is still seen as something that women should do.
The award-winning author made this known during a conference in the Chilean capital Santiago. According to her, women may be making strides in the workplace and public life, but still bear the lion’s share of domestic work.
“The #MeToo movement in many parts of the world made it possible for women to start talking about things that women couldn’t talk about, so for me, that’s progress of sorts. Often, it feels as though it’s two steps forward and one step backward. We are talking about it but we haven’t quite found the solutions yet.
Chimamanda Adichie says in many countries across the world, the idea of domestic work is still seen as something that women should do. [Instagram/ChimamandaAdichie]
“The idea of domestic work, for example, who does it, is it something people should be paid for? In many countries across the world, it’s still thought of as something that women should do. Because of that, women are doing domestic work at home and also working outside the home. Women are now doubly burdened and so what can seem like equality really isn’t. In the future, we have to address that; otherwise, it will take women back even more,” she said.
Chimamanda Adichie remains one of the most vocal public figures in modern times who has never shied away from advancing and protecting the rights of women across the world. [Instagram/ChimamamdaAdichie]
Chimamanda Adichie remains one of the most vocal public figures in modern times who has never shied away from advancing and protecting the rights of women across the world. Times without number, she has blatantly or sometimes used some not so nice words to express her desires and aspirations for women.
“I’m not going to shut the f*ck up!” – Chimamanda Adichie on advocating for feminism
The award-winning author made this known on Wednesday, November 20, 2019, while receiving an award at the ‘Equality Now.’ According to the author, regardless of race, age, gender, or nationality dismantling gender oppression through feminism is for everyone.
“I was a feminist long before I knew what the word meant. Not because I read books but because I observed the world around me and saw how women were treated. Sometimes it can feel very lonely trying to prove that sexism exists, that we haven’t achieved basic equality for women around the world. Tonight is an oomph that shows me that it truly matters. I’m going to remember this night when people tell me to shut up. I’m not going to shut the f*ck up!” she said.
Rapper Drake set to visit Nigeria and other African countries in March 2020
Canadian Grammy-winning rapper, Drake will visit Nigeria in 2020. This is part of a six-countries tour of Africa, including Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa.
He will be visiting three South African cities, 2 cities In Nigeria, and in Ghana, he will visit one city.
Schedule for the performances and city stops below;
South Africa (Johannesburg) on March 18, 2020
South Africa (Durban) on March 20, 2020
South Africa (Cape Town) on March 22, 2020
Ghana (Accra) on March 27, 2020
Nigeria (Lagos) on March 29, 2020
Nigeria (Abuja) March 30, 2020
Alleged mastermind of Buhari’s fake wedding arraigned, faces 3 years imprisonment
Kabiru Muhammad, the alleged mastermind of President Buhari’s fake wedding to a second wife has been arraigned before a Kano Magistrate court.
The suspect was arraigned by the DSS before the court on Tuesday January 14, on a two-count charge of defamation and injurious falsehood contrary to section 392 and 393 of the Kano Panel Code.
Kabiru is currently facing three years imprisonment without fines if found guilty of the charges. It is also speculated that securing the jail sentence will serve as a warning to other social media users.
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ABOUT BALA
Film 'Bala' has a satirical take on the Indian Culture treating Premature Balding and Bodyshaming as a taboo. It is an another entertaining film by director Amar Kaushik after thriller Stree.
About the story, Ayushmann Khurrana plays Balmukund Shukla, a 25-year-old young man who works as a full time Marketing & Sales Executive for a fairness cream company in Kanpur. Balmukund also follows the passion of a stand up artist. As a victim of Premature Balding, he is always in denial about his weakness. To experience the journey of Bala being ridiculed at his Premature Balding from the society and how he embraces his weakness, you need to view the movie. Balmukund Shukla aka Bala (Ayushmann Khurrana) tries all sorts of hacks to grow back his silky smooth hair, but to no avail. Finally, he finds a fix, but will that bring him permanent happiness?
About the movie's plot and screenplay, in the first half the movie moves on a quite slow pace in establishing Ayushmann's character. The situational comedy brings ample opportunities for the first half to be high on fun with witty one-liners that will leave you in splits. There has been overemphasis on Ayushmann's struggles to get rid of his balding through countless remedies. The second half of the movie starts picking pace.
There are so many scenes in the second half which seem predictive, but then the director surprises you by adding an interesting angle to the scenes. The movie's lengthy screenplay has been compensated with the most sarcastic dialogues which will leave you in splits throughout the movie. The movie's last scene will unquestionably leave a smile on your face.
Ayushmann has done again remarkable job with his fabulous voice modulation once again after Dream Girl. Ayushmann owns every scene making Bala’s plight look believable as well as hilarious. He has also effortlessly got into the skin of a Kanpur local by nailing the U.P Accent. Bhumi Pednekar is impactful as the strong-headed lawyer Latika, who has always faced bias due to her dark skin. Yami Gautam looks beautiful and is quite impressive as Kanpur ki superstar Pari Mishra, a famous Tiktoker of Kanpur who gives you dose of laughter with her melodrama. Other star cast as Saurabh Shukla, Abhishek Banerjee, Seema Pahwa and Javed Jaffrey are good in their parts and often bring in the laughs.
The movie has been completely shot in Kanpur, a less explored place by filmmakers. The audiences get fresh and a beautiful visual tour of the small town Kanpur. The film’s music plays mostly in the background and blends well with the narrative.
Director Amar Kaushik attempts to drive home the message about how our society mocks those who are different. It has a strong social message with good entertainment values.
Overall, film Bala is worthy to watch once for good performances of star cast and its hilarious quotients.
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Article - Fishing; 7/12/18
Folks in a fishing village on the Arabian Peninsula definitely had more reason than we did to complain about last week’s heat.
In the town of Quriyat in Oman, the mercury set a record, plunging to 108.7 degrees on the night of June 26, marking the hottest low temperature in recorded history. During the day, it was 121.6 degrees. Those recordings combined to give the town of 50,000 another record, the hottest 24-hour period ever.
The United States still holds the record for the highest temperature on record: 134.1 degrees, recorded on July 10, 1913, at Furnace Creek Ranch in Death Valley, Calif., according to the World Meteorological Association.
Article - Things; by Ellie Pesetsky - 7/12/18
The Michael D. Schrodel Golf Classic
Play to remember — and repay
After Michael Schrodel’s early death in 2001, his family and brothers of Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity of Frostburg State University hosted a golf tournament to celebrate his life and memory.
“He wanted to give back to organizations that helped him when he was sick,” says his daughter Carmen, a student at James Madison University. “My dad liked to golf, so we figured a golf tournament would be a good way to bring people together for such a great cause.”
In 15 years, the Michael D. Schrodel Golf Classic has raised more than $100,000. All proceeds from the Classic benefit Calvert Hospice and the Michael D. Schrodel Endowed Scholarship Fund at Frostburg, his alma mater.
As well as supporting causes dear to Schrodel, it is, his daughter says, “such a fun day, a reunion of new and old friends!”
Friday, July 20, at Compass Pointe Golf Course, Pasadena. Sign up to play or sponsor until July 15: https://birdeasepro.com/Event/Register/8885.
Article - Places; by Keri Luise - 7/12/18
Cooling off on the Dog Days of Summer
SPCA reprises its two-species Cruise on the Bay
Annapolis is one dog-friendly town, from water bowls and treats outside of Main Street stores to events made just for furry friends.
On July 19, Annapolis further appreciates its dogs when the Anne Arundel Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals partners with Watermark Cruises for its sixth dog Cruise on the Bay.
“A cruise,” says Watermark’s Katie Redmiles “because the dogs can get the breeze from the water and we don’t have to worry about problems with getting them into places.”
Dogs and their people board Watermark’s Harbor Queen boat at City Dock to cruise 6:00 to 7:30pm. Both decks are open air, so the dogs have a lot of room.
Half of the ticket price benefits AASPCA dogs in need.
Liz Herrick of Glen Burnie and her Chihuahua-Pomeranian mix Bodhi and Pomeranian Pippa will be aboard. “My favorite activities are those that contribute to causes that I care about, so this was a perfect choice for my two pups and me,” she said.
Karisa Josephson of Dunkirk is boarding for the first time to help the cause. She is, she says, looking forward to “spending time with my friend [her dog] and the many people who love doing things with their pets as I do.”
Doggie pools afloat with hot dogs add to the fun for pups who can cool off in the water and go bobbing for a snack.
“I bring my dog every year, and he really loves it,” Redmiles said. “Dogs, believe it or not, like to get out on the water, so I’d say it’s more for the dogs, and they happen to bring their people along.”
Humans will have fun, too, with light food donated by Graul’s Market, an open bar, raffles and silent auction items, the latter two going to the dogs.
Article - Creature Feature; by story and photos by Wayne Bierbaum - 7/12/18
Snapping Turtles Hatching
Watch for babies and respect elders
The common snapping turtle’s life history shows extreme longevity and perseverance.
They begin their life by cutting through an eggshell, digging through a half foot of dirt, then crawling up to a half mile to water. Many eggs are eaten by raccoons, and the tiny young are food for many animals, even other turtles. Living on a diet of insects, tadpoles and minnows, the young spend most of their time hiding in dense pond weeds.
The first two years of life are the hardest. Very few, maybe one percent, survive.
Snapping turtles grow slowly, taking 15 years to reach maturity. Their lifespan is unknown, but some tagged individuals have been over 100 years old and weigh close to 90 pounds. Locally, some have been up to 75 pounds. A large common snapping Turtle may well be older than you.
They are ambush predators, eating almost anything that comes along — and that list is quite long. They have been witnessed killing a raccoon, but generally they eat fish that swim too close to gaping mouths.
Through winter, snappers hibernate under water and frequently under mud.
In the warm seasons, they mate. The female can store live sperm for several years, waiting until the conditions are right for egg laying. Starting in the late spring, female common snapping turtles laden with up to 75 eggs haul themselves out of the safety of water to find an area suitable for laying eggs. The nesting area can be up to a half-mile from water and uphill.
On their journey, you might see them crossing roads, laying eggs in gardens, hissing at pets and blocking trails. As for human contact, for the most part they are shy, but when cornered they can be very aggressive. Their strong jaws can cause serious damage to hands and feet.
To rescue a large snapping turtle crossing a road, either use a shovel to lift it or toss a towel onto the head and back and pick it up by the sides of the shell. Picking it up by the tail can tear the artery going into the tail and cause the animal to perish. Some people are able to pick them up by the shell at the area where the back legs go in, but there is a risk of getting bitten or scratched. Move the turtle in the direction that the turtle was already going.
Mid to late summer is the time the turtles hatch from their underground nests. They are a little more than an inch long and look like a clump of dirt or a partially smashed acorn. The hatchlings are usually only noticed when they move or are discovered by a pet. If you find a baby turtle, move it to a nearby body of fresh or brackish water. Snappers cannot survive the salinity of the ocean.
Article - News; by Cassi Whitehead - 7/12/18
Riding Past Polio
Team Rotary RAAMs Polio raced across America with local support
The race to end polio has stretched farther than Race Across America’s 3,000 miles, all around the world. It has lasted longer, 39 years instead of a week. But this year’s race brings the killer closer to eradication. In its third year racing, Team Rotary Race Across America’s Polio raised an all-time high of $1 million to destroy the dread disease in its last strongholds, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Team Rotary RAAMs Polio reached new personal bests in both time and sponsorship. As well as raising more money for polio vaccinations, the four international RAAM racers reached Annapolis less than seven days after setting out from California.
Two racers from Austria, Ruth Brandstaetter and Markus Mayr, and one racer from Germany, Kurt Matzler, joined Tulsa’s Bob McKenzie in the United States for the race. McKenzie has ridden in Race Across America with Rotary for three years running. “I tell the team every year in Oceanside that we’ve already won because we have provided immunization for the kids against polio,” McKenzie says.
Rotary, an international organization, has been focused on eradicating polio since 1979, thanks to John L. Sever. In 1979, the year when the final case of polio was diagnosed in the United States, Sever was both a Rotarian and head of the National Institutes of Health’s infectious diseases branch. Awed by the conquest over smallpox, Rotary International president Clem Renouf challenged Sever to find Rotary an equal task. Sever suggested polio as the Rotary target.
The challenge succeeded. Incidences of polio around the world have decreased by 99.9 percent. As the vice chair of the Rotary International PolioPlus Committee, Sever is after the last of the germ. Low vaccination rates and unexpected occurrences still keep the disease alive. Ukraine, for example, was declared polio-free in 2002 — until two cases were reported there three years ago. Only 50 percent of that nation’s children had been vaccinated against polio. The disease won’t stay down if people are not vaccinated against it.
Local Rotary clubs have supported the campaign since its beginning. For this year’s Race Across America, the Rotary clubs of Parole, Annapolis and North Shore contributed, raising $4,000.
“The club tries to contribute $2,500 to the PolioPlus campaign each year,” said Bob Smith, president of the Parole Rotary Club. This year, the contribution went higher, thanks to the additional efforts of the Annapolis and North Shore Rotary clubs.
It cost $60,000 in equipment and maintenance for Team Rotary RAAMs Polio to compete. In their arduous race, they were able to raise enough money to deliver more than 1.6 million polio vaccines.
“It’s pretty spectacular when you think about it,” Smith says.
Article - Creature Feature; by Wayne Bierbaum - 6/28/18
Singing Like a Grasshopper
Maybe that's because it's what this sparrow eats?
Many animals are named by the sounds they make or the food that they eat. The grasshopper sparrow is named for both. These little birds live in grasslands from Canada to Florida, where they like to perch on any stick or fence and sing a song that sounds like a flying grasshopper. They also feed on grasshopper and other grasshopper-like insects.
In the summer, they make nests by clumping grass near the ground. Thus their nests are at risk during hay cutting. Some farmers purposefully put off cutting while the birds are nesting. With fewer open grass fields, more grass cutting and many other reasons, the population has dropped 75 percent since 1968. The Florida sub-species is almost extinct.
To help protect populations of grass-nesting birds and animals, most states have established large tracts of grasslands that are not cut until after nesting is finished. In Maryland, the largest tracts are at Fair Hill and Soldiers Delight, with a smaller grassland at Sands Road Park.
Article - News; 6/28/18
Join a July 4th Parade
Cape St. Claire Celebration
10am from the Fire Department to the Main Beach for fun from 11am-2pm: tug-of war, sand-castle building contest, water-balloon toss, spoon and egg races, watermelon-eating contest and the Cape’s BBQ ribs and patriotic dessert contest: 410-757-1223; www.cscia.org/cape-st-claire/cape-st-claires-annual-july-4th-celebration
Severna Park Parade
10am from St. Martin’s in-the-Field Church, to Severna Park High School, to Evergreen Road to B&A Blvd to Cypress Creek Park: 410-647-3900.
Shady Side Parade
10am from Cedarhurst to the Shady Side Community Center on Snug Harbor Road. Roads close to traffic at 9:45am. Eddy Boarman: 443-370-8720.
Galesville Parade
1pm down Main Street, which closes to traffic around 12:45pm. Parking $5/car on the athletic field at Anchors Way and Main St.: [email protected]; 703-328-6669.
Annapolis Parade
6:30pm down West Street from Amos Garrett Blvd., around Church Circle, down Main Street, then on Randall Street to Market House: www.annapolis.gov.
Under the Rockets’ Red Glare
Your guide to fireworks, parades and celebrations
Historic St. Mary’s Fireworks: Pyrotechnics follow Chesapeake Orchestra’s birthday concert in honor of Leonard Bernstein, with music of Sousa, Tchaikovsky and more. Bring lawn seating and a picnic or buy from food trucks. Arrive early at this thronged summer favorite. 7pm, Townhouse Green, St. Mary’s College, St. Mary’s City: www.chesapeakeorchestra.org.
Chesapeake Beach Fireworks go up from two barges anchored beyond the town jetties, visible from the water and from land along the Bayfront from as far south as Willow Beach to north of North Beach. Watch the 25-minute spectacular from North Beach Boardwalk; at Rod ‘N’ Reel, where Split 2nd performs 5-9pm; on water onboard the Miss Lizzy (8pm, Chesapeake Beach Resort, $35, rsvp: www.cbresortspa.ticketleap.com); or take in the view from Chesapeake Beach Water Park (www.chesapeakebeachwaterpark.com). Fireworks 9pm, Chesapeake Beach: www.chesapeake-beach.md.us.
St. Michael’s Fireworks: The Shades of Blue Orchestra plays at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (7-10pm) for Big Band Night and St. Michaels’ fireworks. The orchestra performs at the historic Tolchester Beach Bandstand with dancing under the tent, and fireworks beginning at dusk over the Miles River (rain date July 1). Bring chairs, picnic blankets, food and drinks, but leave non-service dogs at home. Food, ice cream and non-alcoholic beverages sold; sponsored by Eastern Shore Tents & Events: www.cbmm.org/bigband.
Tuesday July 3
Sherwood Forest Fireworks: See this private community show from the Severn River from your boat. Or book on the Harbor Queen, with light snacks and cash bar. 7:30-10:30pm from Annapolis City Docks, $50 w/discounts, rsvp: www.watermarkjourney.com.
Herrington Harbour Fireworks: Fireworks set off from a barge illuminate Herring Bay. Marina grounds are reserved for members. But the view is great from boats, private docks, lawns or beaches. About 9:15pm, Herrington Harbour South, Rose Haven: www.herringtonharbour.com.
Baysox Fireworks: With an extended finale follow the Bowie Baysox baseball game against the Harrisburg Senators; rsvp for barbecue picnic buffet ($40 w/discounts). Picnic 5:30pm, game 6:35pm, Prince George’s Stadium, game tickets $7-$17, rsvp: www.baysox.com.
Annapolis Fireworks rise from a barge anchored in Spa Creek, illuminating Annapolis Harbor. Spa Creek Bridge closes to traffic at 6pm and local garages may fill up early; $1 shuttles run from Navy-Marine Corps Stadium to Lawyers Mall 5pm-midnight. Town and water views including from the Harbor Queen (7:30-10:30pm, Annapolis City Dock, $55 w/discounts, rsvp: www.watermarkjourney.com) or Schooner Woodwind (6:30-10pm, Annapolis Waterfront Hotel dock, $89 w/discounts, rsvp: www.schoonerwoodwind.com ): 9pm over the Severn River: 410-293-2291.
Solomons Fireworks shoot from a barge anchored in the Patuxent River, giving the entire island — plus boaters — front row seats. Arrive early for the boat parade (noon); stay to stroll the Riverwalk and see the town. Rsvp by June 30 to watch aboard the Wm. B. Tennison on a Calvert Marine Museum cruise (8pm, $35: 410-326-2042, x41). 9pm, Solomons: 443-324-8235.
Greater Baltimore’s Fourth of July fireworks illuminate the Inner Harbor, where the fun starts with the Commodores U.S. Navy Jazz Ensemble playing at the amphitheater (7pm). Come early for a heightened view on land or water, watch from the Top of the World observation floor, World Trade Center ($50 w/discounts, rsvp: 410-837-8439) or from a Watermark yacht (8-11pm, $59 w/discounts, rsvp: www.watermarkjourney.com) or on the Spirit of Baltimore (7-10:30pm, Inner Harbor, $115-$200, rsvp: www.spiritcruises.com). Fireworks begin 9:30pm over Inner Harbor, Baltimore: www.promotionandarts.org.
Washington, D.C. Fireworks: Celebrate America with high drama, music and special effects as the United States Army Presidential Salute Battery blasts cannons as fireworks burst over the capital. Tens of thousands of celebrants gather early on the National Mall for the National Symphony Orchestra’s annual concert (8pm). The nation’s capital begins the day at 11:45am with the Independence Day parade down Constitution Ave. and 7th St., traveling toward the Lincoln Memorial. Prime views include the Capitol, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, FDR Memorial, Iwo Jima Memorial and the Ellipse: 9:09pm on the National Mall: www.nps.gov/foju.
Saturday, July 7
Laurel Fireworks: Arrive early for parade (11am), then visit food and craft vendors, a classic car show, hot-dog eating contest and field events; Oracle plays music. Then settle in for fireworks set to music shot from the far side of Laurel Lakes. 9:15pm at Granville Gude Park (Laurel Lakes), 8300 Mulberry St., Laurel: www.laurel4th.org.
Article - Features; by Wayne Bierbaum - 6/14/18
The Piping Plover
Don’t crowd this little bird off the beach
“The birds are taking over the beach.”
I heard that complaint as parts of a beach were being roped off because of nesting birds.
The bird under protection is likely the tiny piping plover.
In the 1850s, piping plovers were very common along the East Coast and the shores of the Great Lakes. The population collapsed as they were hunted so their feathers could decorate women’s hats. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 stopped the hunting, and the population stabilized.
With human development along the coast, the population was again threatened. By 1986, just 790 breeding pairs survived on the Atlantic Coast. That is when they gained protection under the Endangered Species Act. Even with protection, the most recent surveys still place the Atlantic population at fewer than 2,000 pairs.
Piping plovers nest in small depressions in beach sand. They lay their speckled, sand-colored eggs in depressions about the size of a footprint. The eggs are very hard to see.
The eggs take 25 days to hatch, emerging at about the size and shape of a miniature marshmallow. The tiny chicks hide by freezing in place, as they cannot fly for another 30 days. Eggs and young are very vulnerable to predatory animals and to being stepped on or run over by motor vehicles and bikes.
Adults also have difficulty feeding the chicks when people are too close. After the chicks have learned to fly, they are no longer as vulnerable. By September, the plovers start their migration south along the Florida coastline to the Bahamas.
These little birds need space to survive as a species. Four thousand birds along the hundreds of miles of Atlantic coastline is not very many. Help them out by avoiding nesting areas, and keeping your pets out, too.
Article - Features; by Kathy Knotts - 6/14/18
African Americans take center stage
Many diverse cultures melded to make the people of Chesapeake Country. Celebrate African American heritage, history and culture at two summer events this week as we also recognize Juneteenth, commemorating the June 19, 1865, announcement of the abolition of slavery in the state of Texas.
Before you make any plans for the weekend, rsvp for limited seats at the Rise Above Exhibit. This mobile theater has been touring the country and makes a stop in Annapolis June 13 to 16. Inside the immersive panoramic movie theater, you’ll learn more about the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II, see memorabilia and soar with the Red Tail Squadron in an IMAX video about these war heroes who broke down color barriers. 9am-4:15pm, Rockwell Collins parking lot, Annapolis, free, rsvp: https://bit.ly/2M09Ejt.
Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum in St. Leonard joins with the Calvert chapter of the NAACP to celebrate our patchwork of cultures at the 23rd annual African-American Family Community Day. Watch living history presentations, see a talent show with performers of all ages, check your well-being at a mini health fair, tour Sukeeks Cabin and see exhibits on display in the museum and at the lab. Live music plays all day around the picnic area. Sat., June 16, 11am-5pm, Jefferson Patterson Park, St. Leonard, free: www.jefpat.org.
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Dr. Anandasabapathy leads global initiatives at Baylor
BCM Office of Communications / October 1, 2014
Dr. Sharmila Anandasabapathy, a noted gastroenterologist and scientist, has been named to lead global initiatives at Baylor College of Medicine.
Sharmila Anandasabapathy
Anandasabapathy comes to Baylor from the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, where she served as director of the Endoscopy Center. She also held an associate professor of medicine appointment at Mount Sinai Medical School.
“Dr. Anandasabapathy is a skilled gastroenterologist and administrator, who has expanded her interests into technological innovation and global health,” said Dr. Paul Klotman, president, CEO and executive dean at Baylor. “She is the perfect fit to lead a growing global initiative at Baylor, which will combine the College’s strength in innovation and discovery with its impressive track record in global health.”
In addition to providing clinical services at the Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Dr. Anandasabapathy will also hold the appointment of professor of medicine in gastroenterology and direct the Global Innovation Center where her NIH-funded research will be based. Since 2009, she has been the principal investigator or co-PI on four grants from the National Cancer Institute totaling more than $12M in total costs. Dr. Anandasabapathy’s research centers on the development, validation, and commercialization of novel diagnostic and therapeutic devices for use in low-resource settings, such as rural Mexico or Sub-Saharan Africa. Her current NIH grants have clinical components in Africa, China, Honduras and Mexico.
Dr. Anandasabapathy received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from Yale University and her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She completed residency training at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Cornell Medical Center, and completed a fellowship in gastroenterology at The Mount Sinai Medical Center.
October 1, 2014 in College news. Tags: Baylor global health, boxes, Sharmila Anandasabapathy
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Home / Stories / Latest News / Former Michael Vick dogs living happy lives now
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By Best Friends staff | March 4, 2013
Their photos could be from any pet-loving family's album. They show dogs doing what dogs do: helping toddlers learn to stand, flopping out on the couch next to the cat, enjoying time with the family in front of a Christmas tree, running on the beach, stretching out in the grass on a sunny day, and sleeping in their person's bed under the covers. To look at their lives now, it's unimaginable that five years ago these dogs were the topic of national news and debate. Many thought they were dangerous fighting pit bulls that should be put to death for everyone's safety. Others looked at them and saw hope. Luckily for the dogs and the many lives they have touched, hope won.
Pit bull terrier dogs from Michael Vick's Bad Newz Kennels
Since arriving at Best Friends in January of 2008, the 22 dogs from Michael Vick's Bad Newz Kennels (dubbed the Vicktory dogs) have come a long way. It was a massive undertaking for Sanctuary staff to ensure the dogs' happiness and safety, considering the case's national media attention. But also top of mind was what life would look like for the dogs. Could they be turned around? Could they lead normal lives? Could they ever be adopted into homes?
Michelle Besmehn, Dogtown manager at Best Friends, says, "There were people early on who had an idea of what these dogs would be like; some people were nervous or scared. But we've shown that they're just like any other dogs." They crave safety and comfort and companionship; they like playing with toys and going for walks. Many of them get along with other dogs, cats and other animals. "There are always going to be people who are afraid of the idea of 'fighting pit bulls,' or dogs coming from fighting situations," Michelle says. "But these dogs have really opened up the opportunity to show people that, look, they're just individual dogs with individual needs and different personalities."
At different points along the road to home: Hope and healing for abused dogs
Ten of the dogs have gone home; others are working toward that goal. Michelle says that most of the dogs still at the Sanctuary were court-ordered to pass the Canine Good Citizen (CGC) test before they can be adopted. She explains, "That just takes a long time to accomplish with really unsocialized dogs, which so many of these guys were." It means spending time in staff offices, meeting volunteers, interacting with other dogs and learning basic manners. The biggest task for most is to help them understand that no one will ever hurt them again. And that can't be rushed.
But they're getting there. Michelle reports that Mya is great with other dogs - so great that she helps with puppy socialization classes. "She's very appropriate with them," Michelle adds. Layla has been living at Parrot Garden and recently passed her CGC test. Lance has a home waiting for him and is nearly ready for his test, too. They're making progress, and whether new homes are in their future soon or someday, Michelle says, "We're not giving up on them and will keep working until as many as possible are in homes."
Where are the Vicktory dogs now?
Meryl and Lucas call the Sanctuary their forever home (per court order). While everyone would prefer that they too could go to regular homes, Sanctuary staff is making sure that they live full lives. Michelle says, "Meryl likes agility; she has playdates with other dogs, gets to run at the dog park on site and goes for golf cart rides." And Lucas has become something of a celebrity. He spends time in staff offices and, due to his gentle nature, can interact with visitors and volunteers. Michelle says, "He's had so many visitors wanting to see him that we actually had to limit it because he was getting overwhelmed."
Note from Best Friends: We are sad to announce that Lucas passed away on June 19, three months after this story was written. There is a big void in Best Friends' world without Lucas. Read more here.
And then there are the 10 Vicktory dogs who have gone to forever homes. How to describe the people who have adopted these dogs? Loving, enthusiastic, patient and fiercely dedicated is a start, but it really only scratches the surface.
To read more about these dogs in the words of their new families, click on their photos below:
When the dogs were seized from Bad Newz Kennels over five years ago, it began a new chapter not just for them but potentially for other dogs like them. If it could be shown that Vick's pit bulls could be rehabilitated, if they could recover from their former world of violence, then perhaps in the future, other dogs from fighting rings would be given a chance instead of a death sentence.
If nothing else, their stories have shown that in every news story about pit bulls seized from a fighting ring, there could very well be a toddler babysitter, champion cuddler, or devoted companion just waiting for the chance to show his or her true colors, if only given the chance.
Photos by Best Friends staff
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5 Benefits of Riding a Stationary Bike (Plus Ways to Crush Spin Class)
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by Meghan Rabbitt
I took my first spin class years ago, when I was living in New York City. It was 2001, when spin classes were just starting to get popular, and the promise of all the benefits of riding a bike — minus the risks of navigating Manhattan traffic — was very appealing.
One hour-long ride in the safe confines of a spin studio later, and I was hooked. While I would go on to buy a road bike (and even brave riding along 5th Avenue to get to car-free Central Park), I’ve never given up spinning. In fact, my indoor cycling workouts have improved my fitness so much, I can push myself harder and longer when I ride outside.
Here, Kristen Hislop, a USA Cycling Level 3 and USAT Level 1 certified triathlon coach, shares her thoughts on why, like me, cyclists often get so much from stationary bike workouts. Even better, Hislop dishes some insider advice on how to take your spin session to the next level.
From learning how to clip in and out of the pedals to getting used to time spent in the saddle (and the ensuing inevitable bum discomfort), riding a stationary bike is a great way to get started, says Hislop. “Stationary bikes tend to be more comfortable than riding an outdoor bike, so it can be a great way to ease into the sport,” she says.
When you’re on your road or mountain bike, you’ve got to keep safety in mind at all times — which means that while you can play with training strategies like intervals and hill repeats, you’ll have to slow down if, say, a car cuts you off. “On a stationary bike, you can do drills designed to make you stronger and faster,” says Hislop. “When you’re riding outside, you’re at the whim of what the roads give you.”
No matter how many pieces of fluorescent clothing you put on and other precautionary measures you take when riding on traffic-filled roads, the bottom line is there is a chance of having an accident. Even if you’re riding on trails or gravel roads without cars, there’s always the risk of crashing — or of inclement weather rolling in and presenting safety threats. “When you’re riding inside, these risks just don’t exist,” says Hislop.
In an ideal world, you’d head out on your bike for hours. In the real world, there are likely days when the 30 minutes you have for a bike workout means logging fewer miles than your training plan calls for and riding on less-than-desirable roads. An indoor trainer or stationary bike fixes this problem, helping you maximize the time you have for a workout on days when those hours-long rides just can’t happen.
Let’s say you’re training for a race, like a triathlon, and it’s important to log miles on your bike — but you want all of these benefits of riding indoors every so often. There’s a great solution, says Hislop: Put your bike on an indoor trainer, which essentially transforms your own ride into a stationary bike. “The beauty of this is that you can do very specific workouts on a trainer, but do them on your bike so you’re comfortable in your saddle or in an aerodynamic position,” she says. “Even if you’re not training for a race, getting used to your bike indoors, on a trainer, is a huge benefit when it comes to feeling more comfortable when you take it outside.”
Want to make the most of your indoor rides? Follow these five tips:
DON’T ONLY TRAIN INSIDE
Sure, there are some spin class devotees who have no desire to ride outside. And that’s fine! But if you’re a cyclist who enjoys riding outside, try not to let a sweet stationary bike or fun spin class prevent you from actually hitting the open road and honing those bike-handling skills. “If you only train inside, you’re not getting the sun, wind and undulating road that’s ever-changing with puddles and potholes,” says Hislop. “If you’re going to ride outside, and especially if you’re going to race, you want to train outside to get used to it and so you’re well able to handle whatever comes your way.”
BE WARY OF “DRILLS” THAT DON’T MAKE SENSE ON THE BIKE
These days, there are so many different indoor cycling classes available — both in gyms and spin studios as well as streaming on fitness apps. If you find yourself taking a class and the instructor is asking you to do things like pushups off the handlebars or dance while you’re out of the saddle, be wary says Hislop. “You can really injure yourself doing things like this,” she says. “If you want to do pushups, it’s much safer to get off the bike and do some pushups.”
VARY YOUR DRILLS
High-intensity interval training may be all the rage these days, but if you’re only doing HIIT intervals, you’re missing out, says Hislop. “Ideally, you’ll have a day when you do some tempo work by holding a particular cadence or power, another day where you focus on speed, and another day where you tackle hills,” she says. “If you don’t work all the ends of the spectrum, you won’t see real changes.”
IT’S OK TO SEEK PASSIVE ENTERTAINMENT FOR LONG RIDES
If you’re training for any endurance activity, your training plan likely calls for at least one day a week where you’re covering lots of distance at a low heart rate. On those days when time in the saddle matters most, go ahead and watch a movie or TV show while you’re on the bike, or listen to podcasts as you ride. “These can be great ways to really help you pass the time on rides where you don’t have to focus,” says Hislop.
Whatever you do, don’t let stationary bike rides make you complacent. “It can be really easy and tempting to live in the middle ground on a stationary bike where you feel like you’re working hard but your heart rate never really spikes,” Hislop says. Remember, if you want to use your indoor rides as a chance to build your aerobic fitness, you have to push yourself. This is where a spin class can be great as the instructor can cue intervals. You can also make yourself an inspiring playlist that includes a few well-placed songs that really motivate you to go harder.
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Meghan Rabbitt
Meghan is a freelance writer whose work is published in national magazines and websites, including Women’s Health, Dr. Oz The Good Life, Yoga Journal, Prevention, Runner’s World, Well + Good, Refinery29 and many more. When she’s not writing, she’s doing yoga, swimming or riding her bike in Boulder, Colorado.
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December 3-9, 2018 (Week 49 of 52): Tremendous Numbers of Ducks Overwinter on the Great Lakes and Niagara River
December 5, 2018 December 9, 2018 cprosenb Leave a comment
Large raft of diving ducks, mostly canvasback and scaup (photo by Jacquie Walters, NYSDEC)
Large raft of diving ducks, mostly canvasback and scaup plus a few redheads (photo by Jacquie Walters, NYSDEC)
Cranberry Viburnum fruits
Canvasback hens (photo by Paul Bigelow)
Long-tailed duck (photo by Paul Bigelow)
Red-breasted merganser (photo by Paul Bigelow)
Tundra swans with a variety of ducks and Bonaparte’s gulls (photo by Jacquie Walters, NYSDEC)
Pileated woodpecker visiting feeding station
American goldfinches feeding on sunflower chips
Common redpolls feeding on sunflower chips.
Southern flying squirrels visiting sunflower feeder in dead of night
A little-known natural phenomenon associated with the Buffalo-Niagara Region is the tremendous concentration of ducks that overwinter on the Great Lakes and Niagara River. In fact, our Region serves as one of the most important waterfowl wintering areas in the northeastern United States, especially for diving ducks. Already, early in December, thousands of diving ducks (e.g., canvasback, scaup, common goldeneye, common merganser) and over 300 tundra swans have arrived here from Canada and Midwest Prairie Potholes. Most will spend the winter in our Region. Their ranks will swell to tens-of-thousands later this month, as the majority of wintering ducks typically arrives during December. Total numbers may exceed 100,000 ducks in January and February. For example, a February 2, 2017 winter waterfowl survey from shoreline observation points conducted by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) documented the presence of >110,000 ducks along the Buffalo Waterfront and Upper Niagara River.
Waterfowl are attracted to the Great Lakes and Niagara River during winter months by the extensive areas of open water (i.e., unfrozen) and abundant food resources, both plant and animal. The following species feed mostly on aquatic plants such as eel-grass: canvasback, redhead, and tundra swan. Crustaceans such as crayfish are the primary prey of common goldeneye and long-tailed duck. The following species feed mostly on mollusks such as mussels and aquatic snails: greater and lesser scaup, bufflehead, and white-winged scoter. Common and red-breasted mergansers feed primarily on fish.
The Buffalo Waterfront (both inside and outside the breakwalls) typically supports large and compact rafts (i.e., flocks of ducks floating together) of diving ducks, especially early in the winter before Lake Erie freezes. Rafts of thousands (sometimes tens-of-thousands) of greater scaup, lesser scaup, canvasback, redhead, common goldeneye, bufflehead, and common merganser have been recorded there. Such rafts can often be observed from public viewing areas such as Gallagher Beach State Park, Buffalo Harbor State Park, Erie Basin Marina, and LaSalle Park.
Extensive areas of open water attract large rafts of ducks to the Niagara River throughout the winter, especially when ice forms on Lake Erie and (occasionally) Lake Ontario. Assuming Lake Erie will freeze this winter, as it usually does, large numbers of ducks will move from there to the open waters of the Niagara River creating even more impressive concentrations. The critical open water and food resources provided by the Niagara River for overwintering waterfowl and other waterbirds is a significant reason why the River is listed as an Important Bird Area by the National Audubon Society.
Large rafts (thousands and sometimes tens-of-thousands) of greater scaup, lesser scaup, canvasback, redhead, common goldeneye, bufflehead, and common merganser can often be seen on the Upper Niagara River during winter months. Fruitful public viewing areas include Aqua Lane Park, Beaver Island State Park, Buckhorn Island State Park, LaSalle Waterfront Park in Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls State Park, and waterfowl overlooks along the Robert Moses Parkway upstream of the falls. Watch for migrant tundra swans that frequently congregate along the upper Niagara River, especially offshore from Beaver Island and Buckhorn Island State Parks and upstream of Niagara Falls. On the Canadian side, pull-offs along the Niagara Parkway between Fort Erie and Niagara Falls offer excellent waterfowl viewing opportunities.
It is well worth a winter visit to Goat Island (within Niagara Falls State Park) to view a particularly amazing feat performed daily by common goldeneye. Scan the rapids above Niagara Falls and you will see individual goldeneye maneuver the rapids, both on and below the water surface, as they forage for crayfish and other prey. How they avoid being dashed against the rocks in those turbulent waters is a wonder! They often come to the surface right above the brink of the falls just to fly back upstream to repeat the performance.
The Lower Niagara River typically supports medium to large rafts (hundreds and sometimes >1,000) of common goldeneye, white-winged scoter, long-tailed duck, common merganser, and red-breasted merganser. When winds gust across Lake Ontario, many more ducks enter the Lower River, upstream to Lewiston and farther. Valuable public viewing areas include the Lewiston Landing Waterfront Park, Joseph Davis State Park boat launch, and Fort Niagara State Park.
The Lewiston Reservoir, which typically freezes by early to mid-January, occasionally serves an important migratory feeding and resting area in late fall and early winter for greater and lesser scaup, as well as canvasback. Rafts of >5,000 scaup and >2,000 canvasback have been recorded there. Viewing areas are limited mostly to Reservoir State Park.
Lake Ontario does not freeze in a typical winter, although shore ice may extend well out into the lake (i.e., 0.5 mile or more) during the dead of winter. Large numbers (hundreds and sometimes >1,000) of the following species can be observed from shoreline overlooks: common goldeneye, white-winged scoter, long-tailed duck, common merganser, and red-breasted merganser. Occasional common loons, red-throated loons, and red-necked grebes may also be seen. It is noteworthy that very large rafts of long-tailed ducks and white-winged scoters often occur well offshore in Lake Ontario, out of sight and beyond NYSDEC survey limits. In addition to scoping out rafts of ducks at various waterfowl concentration areas, some birders choose a good overlook along the Lake Ontario shore (e.g., Wilson-Tuscarora State Park, Wilson Public Pier, Krull Park, and Golden Hill State Park) to observe flights of waterfowl and other waterbirds traveling east and west, close to shore, over an hour or more. Remarkable numbers of the birds listed above can be observed in this manner.
Extensive open water and an abundance of prey attracts other birds to the Great Lakes and Niagara River. Snowy owls frequently feed on ducks and other waterbirds concentrated close to shore. Bald eagles do the same, and also hunt and scavenge fish where open water is found. A few great blue herons and belted kingfishers, two species that mostly leave our Region in winter, can often be found foraging for fish and other prey in these productive habitats. Considering this abundance and diversity of birdlife, open water areas of the Great Lakes and Niagara River can be exciting places to visit during winter months.
Below are highlights of what you can expect to find outdoors in the Buffalo-Niagara Region this week. Those in bold/italics are new or substantially revised highlights to watch for this week. Check out the list of 300 publicly accessible sites at https://bnnatureblog.com/nature-sites/site-lists/alphabetical-list/ to find areas to explore in your neighborhood and throughout the Buffalo-Niagara Region.
Average Sunrise/Sunset (Day Length):
7:32 AM/4:41 PM EST (9 Hours, 1 Minutes)
6 Hours, 12 minutes of daylight shorter than at Summer Solstice
Typical Weather:
Normal High Temperature: 39.1° F Normal Low Temperature: 27.1° F
Lake effect snow is forecast for this week.
Lake, Pond, Stream & Wetland Conditions:
The Lake Erie water temperature off Buffalo was 43°F and the Lake Ontario water temperature off Greece (Monroe County) was 43°F as of December 5, 2018.
Water levels in most interior wetlands and vernal pools is continuing to rise in response to recent precipitation and greatly reduced evapotranspiration rates.
Similarly, the water level in many ponds is continuing to rise.
Most streams will exhibit moderate flow levels this week.
Fungi:
The hard frost/freeze we experienced over the past few weeks extinguished most fungal fruiting bodies. The fungal “roots” (mycelium network) will survive the winter and produce new fruiting bodies during the appropriate season next year. Interestingly, fruiting bodies of some species of fungi (e.g., oyster mushrooms) remain viable during the winter and may disseminate spores during warm periods or in early spring.
Ferns and Grasses/Sedges/Rushes:
The hard frost/freeze we experienced over the past few weeks killed remnant grass, sedge, and rush stems (thus known as a killing frost). The roots of these perennial plants will survive and sprout next spring.
Broad-leaf and narrow-leaf cattail fruits are disintegrating, releasing thousands of tiny fluffy seeds to the wind.
Wildflowers:
The hard frost/freeze we experienced over the past few weeks killed remnant wildflower stems (thus known as a killing frost). Roots and rhizomes of perennial wildflowers will survive and sprout next spring. Seeds of annual wildflowers will do the same.
Trees and Shrubs:
While a few northern red and pin oak trees continue to retain some leaves, most dropped them following the hard frost/freeze we experienced over the past few weeks.
Many American beech leaves remain clinging to limbs but have now changed to brown. Some beech trees will hold their leaves the rest of the winter.
The availability of hard and soft mast is noticeably less abundant now as squirrels, chipmunks, white-tailed deer, wild turkey, and other wildlife have consumed a large amount over the past several weeks.
Several native trees, shrubs, and vines continue to provide fruit (soft mast) that is an important winter food source for a variety of birds and mammals: winterberry, cranberry viburnum, staghorn sumac, swamp rose, and wild grape.
In addition, two non-native species provide fruit (soft mast) consumed by wildlife: multiflora rose and common buckthorn.
Insects & Other Invertebrates:
The hard frost/freeze we experienced over the past few weeks killed most adult insects and other invertebrates that have not migrated or entered hibernation. The vast majority of insect species in our Region over-winter as eggs or larvae/nymphs, although some species over-winter as adults.
Many species of fish have moved into shallower areas and are feeding more heavily as water temperatures have cooled, including muskellunge, walleye, smallmouth bass and schools of yellow perch.
Steelhead continue to run up Great Lakes tributaries and the Lower Niagara River at this time. Spawning does not occur until late winter and early spring. Steelhead are an anadromous form of rainbow trout that spawn in streams but live most of their lives in Lakes Erie and Ontario. All forms of rainbow trout are native to Pacific coast watersheds.
Brown trout continue to run up Great Lakes tributaries and the Lower Niagara River. Spawning typically occurs from late October to December in these tributaries. In headwater streams, where brown trout have been stocked, they typically spawn a little later than brook trout. Brown trout were introduced from Europe.
Amphibians & Reptiles:
With the onset of winter weather, essentially all amphibians and reptiles are now hibernating.
Water & Shore Birds, Gulls & Terns:
With cold temperatures across the Buffalo-Niagara Region three weeks ago, most of our inland lakes and ponds were frozen. The ice cover drove most dabbling ducks (e.g., mallard, wood duck, American wigeon) and Canada geese south, out of our Region. Many of those that remained, primarily mallards and Canada geese, relocated to open waters of the Niagara River and Great Lakes.
The annual buildup of “sea ducks” and similar waterbirds that over-winter in the Great Lakes and Niagara River continues with additional arrivals of greater scaup, lesser scaup, canvasback, redhead, common goldeneye, bufflehead, white-winged scoter, surf scoter, black scoter, long-tailed duck, common merganser, and red-breasted merganser.
Watch for migrant tundra swans congregating in open waters along the upper Niagara River (especially off Beaver Island, Buckhorn, and Niagara Falls State Parks).
This continues to be a good time to look for purple sandpipers feeding in rocky habitats above Niagara Falls.
Bonaparte’s gull numbers will continue to build in the region this week, using the Niagara River as a significant stop-over feeding area along their migration route south. This species typically reaches its peak fall numbers in the region in November and December when thousands may be observed along the Niagara River.
This is an excellent time to watch for rare species of gulls such as Franklin’s, little, black-headed, California, Iceland, lesser black-backed, Glaucous, Sabine’s, and black-legged kittiwake among more common species such as recent arrivals of Bonaparte’s and greater black-backed gulls. Such rarities add to the remarkable diversity of gull species – 19 species total – that have been observed along the Niagara River and bordering Great Lakes. The peak time is typically between mid-November and mid-January.
Birds of Prey:
Bald eagles can be found along the upper and lower Niagara River where good numbers will over-winter.
Winter resident raptors will continue to arrive in the region, especially in areas with extensive open grassland habitat, including northern harriers, rough-legged hawks, snowy owls, short-eared owls, and long-eared owls.
Snowy owls are frequently found along Great Lakes shorelines, such as the Buffalo waterfront, where they feed on ducks and other waterbirds.
Upland Game Birds:
Watch for wild turkey flocks in farm fields, along forest edges, and near bird feeders.
Songbirds:
Watch bird feeders for the following songbird species that are part of this year’s “winter finch” irruption: purple finch, red crossbill, white-winged crossbill, common redpoll, hoary redpoll, pine siskin, evening grosbeak, and red-breasted nuthatch. Nyjer (AKA thistle) and black oil sunflower are the best seeds for attracting these species.
Bird feeders are also excellent locations to watch for arrivals of more typical migrant and over-wintering feeder birds such as dark-eyed junco, white-throated sparrow, song sparrow, and American tree sparrow. Place seed such as white millet in ground feeders or directly on the ground to attract many of these migrants.
Bird feeders will continue to be active with year-round resident birds such as mourning dove, downy woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, red-bellied woodpecker, black-capped chickadee, tufted titmouse, white-breasted nuthatch, blue jay, northern cardinal, house finch, and American goldfinch.
Good tips for feeding birds are available from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, online at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/notes/BirdNote01_WinterFeeding.pdf
If you don’t have a feeder of your own, consider visiting a local nature center (see the 2nd to last column in the tables of nature viewing sites found under the “B-N Region & Sites” tab on this web page).
The following “short-distance” migrant songbirds are passing through on their journey south or over-wintering in our region: brown creeper, red-breasted nuthatch, golden-crowned kinglet, dark-eyed junco, white-throated sparrow, American tree sparrow, and pine siskin.
The northern shrike, a predatory passerine that breeds in Canada and Alaska, will continue to arrive in the Region. Watch for them on prominent perches overlooking open and brushy habitats.
Most eastern bluebirds, American robins, eastern meadowlarks, red-winged blackbirds, common grackles, brown-headed cowbirds, and summer resident sparrows have now left the Region for southern climes.
While most American robins have migrated south, small to medium sized flocks may still be encountered.
Small flocks of horned larks are being joined in open farmland and other tundra-like habitats by snow buntings and Lapland longspurs. Many will over-winter in our region.
To stay abreast of bird sightings in the region, consult eBird, Genesee Birds, and Dial-a-Bird (see the “Resources” tab on this web page for more details).
Mammals:
Resident species of cave bats (big brown, little brown, and eastern pipistrelle [tri-colored] bats) have entered hibernation. Most woodchucks have also started their winter hibernation. Two other species of true hibernators, meadow jumping mouse and woodland jumping mouse, have also begun hibernation.
Most eastern chipmunks have now entered a state of torpor. In this state, which is not a true form of hibernation, chipmunks sleep but arouse frequently to feed on hoarded food. They may forage aboveground during mild weather.
Gray squirrels and southern flying squirrels continue to actively gather and store acorns and other mast for winter. Similarly, red squirrels form middens of pine and spruce cones.
Watch bird feeders after dark for nocturnal visits by southern flying squirrels.
White-footed mice and deer mice prepare for winter by building nests in woodpecker holes, bird houses, and squirrel leaf-nests. Some rehab old bird nests by adding a roof and insulation. These mice often cross paths with homeowners this time of year as they seek shelter in sheds, garages, and houses – along with non-native house mice.
Beavers cut more trees this time of year, in preparation for winter. They will cut, transport, and cache cut branches in shallow water near their lodges for wintertime feeding.
Beavers are also actively building and repairing dams and lodges at this time.
Ermine (AKA short-tailed weasel) have molted from brown to white pelage for winter months.
Continue to watch for white-tailed deer buck rubs. Bucks actively rub saplings and small trees, depositing scent from forehead glands.
Bucks will continue to make scrapes by pawing away leaves to expose soil, then urinating over the scraped area to deposit scent from tarsal glands. They typically mouth and rub their antlers on an overhanging branch, depositing even more scent.
Deer courtship (the “rut”) continues this week. Does become more active as they start estrus and bucks are often seen following them. As a result, the frequency of deer-car collisions increases sharply during the rut, from mid-October through December.
Black bears, an uncommon species in the Buffalo-Niagara Region but increasingly common to our south, typically have mostly entered carnivorous lethargy by now. In this state, which is not a true form of hibernation, a bear’s heart rate is significantly lowered but body temperature falls only about 10°F (substantially smaller drop than for true hibernators).
Be sure to find an opportunity to get outside this week to discover signs of the season.
Chuck Rosenburg
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by Brandon Clark
If you’ve been advertising online in the last 10 years, or you’re just starting, you’ve likely heard the phrase landing page optimization being used by your SEM experts. Having a great landing page experience will [notice we didn’t say can or might] make or break your Pay Per Click campaigns. It’s the foundation for most PPC advertising and industry leaders tend to focus on it heavily. But when considering advertising on Google Ads, landing page optimization needs to provide more than just a beautifully designed website.
In order to succeed in the digital marketplace, your landing page needs to reflect your PPC campaign and vice versa, it needs synergy.How do you get synergy between your website and your online advertising? Well, there are multiple options one can pursue for their website or PPC campaign in order to get the best performance but before we get into that let’s review how Google evaluates a successful keyword to landing page experience.
The metric Google uses to evaluate whether or not a keyword and landing page has synergy is Quality Score. There are several factors that are used to determine quality score such as:
Expected Clickthrough rate(CTR) - Google’s prediction on how likely a keyword will lead to a click on your ads. It factors in the historical performance of the keyword based on your ad’s position when someone’s search triggers one of your ads.
Ad Relevance - How closely your ad matches the intent behind a user’s search. This metric determines whether or not the keyword you’re paying for is relevant to the ad copy it’s associated with. Having an average or above average status means your keyword matches the ad copy. Below average, then your keyword needs new ad copy or you need a different keyword.
Landing Page Experience - This is how Google estimates how relevant and useful your website’s landing page will be to the users. Higher ranking landing pages are well organized and have text related to the person's search terms.
Now how does this relate to PPC landing page optimization? It’s a combination of these elements that we can influence in different ways to get the same result: synergy between our Google Ads advertising and website. We will break down some simple optimization strategies to make this synergy happen.
Aligning Landing Page To Ad Copy
One of the biggest mistakes advertiser’s make is creating a competitive advantage or promotion in their ad copy and failing to deliver that same language on the landing page.
For example, An ad displays a specific “buy one, get one free” promotion for your product. When the user sees (and clicks) your ad they are expecting that promotion to be on the landing page. Updating ad copy on the PPC side is easy and when advertisers want to change the brand language or make special offers it’s the first place they make the change.
But not updating your landing page content to match your ad copy is one of the factors that create a poor landing page experience. If a user comes to your site and the ad that brought them there doesn’t match the intentions set by the ad copy, then the user leaves. Giving the advertiser no conversions and a wasted click.
Use PPC Keywords As Fuel For Landing Page Content
Similar to aligning the landing page to ad copy, the keywords advertisers are paying for and users are searching need to be found on the landing page. Say you are a user in need of an emergency plumber at 2:00 a.m., the first ad you click on has the keyword in the ad copy and the landing page takes you to a plumber’s website but 'emergency plumber' is nowhere to be found. In most cases, the user will simply bounce back to the results and click on a different ad.
Why waste time contacting the business in an emergency if there is some uncertainty? We have multiple ads to click on and one of those landing page experience will have what we are looking for. This is why it’s important to either have your PPC keywords providing content for your landing pages or vice versa. Simply put, don’t advertise what you’re not selling.
This is a big factor Google considers when determining Ad Relevance and Landing Page Experience. If both of these are “below average” than the keyword will trigger less frequently in searches and have a higher cost, reducing your return on ad spend for your campaign. Want to advertise with a new keyword relevant to your business? Make sure you have the landing page and content made for it.
Determining Landing Page Goals
What is the goal of your website? Is it to generate subscriptions, sale your product, or highlight your services? Determining what your landing page goals are, what you want the user to do, is one of the most critical factors for PPC to landing page strategy. If form fill applications are what you consider a successful conversion, then the form fill needs to be on the landing page.
Users have already made their intent by the search they entered and the ad they clicked. The final step is simply converting. The option to convert should be constantly available to the user. Having the user’s convert on other pages creates less engagement and interest in what the advertiser is providing. Whether that is a form fill on the front page or a buy now option, user’s are more likely to convert compared to a multi-page journey.
Building Landing Page Trust
This is is more of a no-brainer for most advertisers but something it does get missed occasionally. If you have followed the advice provided above, your landing page should have an experience that builds a lot of trust with the user. That being said, there’s always more you can do. Things that should be prevalent (at least included) on a landing page are reviews, social links, contact information, etc.
This also has the added benefit of creating content for your landing page, improving the experience for the user. In some cases, these additions can contrast the theme or style of an advertiser’s website but it’s still recommended to have some form of social links and contact information.
Your PPC to Landing Page strategy should follow a connected path that reflects a user’s search intention. Essentially the keywords should be found in the ad copy and the ad copy should be found on the website. Once the user gets to the landing page the goals should be transparent and relevant. All these factors together create a linear path from a user’s intent to their final conversion actions, converting visitors into leads.
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Crime · Exploitation & Erotica · Reviews
The Di Blasio Grime Revival: Ms. 45 (1981), Little Nicky (2000)
Erich Kuersten
When I first moved to New York City in 1992, let me tell ya, it was a real party town: open beers in brown paper bags and dancing in the street were all okay. The entirety of the East and West Village became a giant tailgate; areas of Times Square were still… well, rough enough in spots to spook even the most hardened Chicago tourist. Oh, and there was indoor smoking.
So many memories, barely, but after two conservative anti-fun mayors, NYC has become the capital of PG-rated commercial tie-ins, with a cabaret law that would have seemed absurd even in 1983’s Footloose! Bloomberg’s now dictating where we can smoke outdoors and how much soda we can drink and fighting for the right to search people on the street just because they’re black. “a Policeman’s job is only easy in a police state!” – that’s from Touch of Evil and I think of it every time I see a Stop and Frisk item on NY1 as I dress for work. BANG BANG!
But now… Bill Di Blasio has been elected. His rivals used the idea of a BDB NYC as a cesspool of crime where black thugs ran amok without stop and frisk. In other words, the republicans promise democrat Di Blasio will bring us back to the wretched 70s. Heh heh. What a shame… that’s why I voted for him (or would have if I wasn’t too wasted). A Bloomberg political orchestrator, Deputy Mayor Harold Wolfson noted: “He has a very 1960s, 1970s vision for the city…. If you prefer the version of the city that existed then, he’s your guy,”
And as if you forgot about it, here’s the increasingly indispensable Drafthouse films rereleasing Abel Ferrara’s bold classic, Ms. 45. (above) get screening dates here. What’s interesting in Ferrara’s film is that it is the New York City of before even I got there, the horrific 70s horror, but it’s not Death Wish for Girls, it’s a very grimy subjective scene. Zoe Tamerlis Lund plays a mute garment worker, enduring all sorts of petty sexual harassment ‘cuz she’s hot and just wants to be left alone, and can’t yell for help, ‘cuz she’s mute. What a combo, but she’s raped on her way home, twice. Killing the last guy (Abel Ferrara himself, in a terrifying mask) she winds up in his possession of his firearm, and from there it’s a spiral into escalating madness that’s a million miles from the bizarre anachronistic mixed messaging of Jodi Foster in The Brave One. This is a film from the era of Bernhard Goetz, Curtis Sliwa and the Guardian Angels, and of course, Charles Bronson Death Wish-ing muggers wherever he may go.
But more importantly the 70s NY is a city of the mind, of a narrowing subjective scope. Once Zoe starts killing people she comes into her own, dressing nicer, but the city around her gets slimier – every man she sees can’t possibly be a slavering rapist in real life, but she sees them all that way, and so they are –and then finally, as a holy nun, blessing her bullets and kissing them with much lipstick for a Halloween party, everyone but her is a debased animal, even her only friends or those nice to her (I think — it’s been awhile). There’s no catharsis in Ms. 45, beyond watching a good film go off the rails into madness and becoming great, it’s Repulsion on wheels, armed and psychotic, wherein wherever one is in the city becomes your own headspace, you draw from the constant throb and flow of people through the city a kind of tarot card future of exactly what you want, never what you need.
This collapsed space is a zone for horror in Ms. 45 but a zone for comedy via Hell itself in Little Nicky, which I recently saw for the first time on FX, and was too weak and tired to change the channel. Although it’s from the year 2000 and is full of crass moments, it’s also pretty funny and occasionally inspired in it’s use of the city as a dirty, grungy place wherein people you meet by chance wind up bringing you marijuana cakes and hailing you as their true dark lord and falling in love with you even though you’re clearly a creep. A chance meeting between two genial metalheads and Nicky, dressed in terrible powder blue puffy coat and red K-Mart slacks, snoring fire on a rock in Central Park results into repeat bumping into each other, in ways that would in actuality be impossible, and this I know from experience. If you chance an encounter with the love of your life and don’t get their phone number or address or arrange a future meeting, you will never see them again. And that’s not just Hell, it’s NYC.
But amazingly, and one of the reasons the film works, is that the New York envisioned for Little Nicky isn’t the NY of the Giuliani or Bloomberg administrations, with their buzzkill nanny state rulebooks, but the NYC of Dinkins and Koch, the Hellscape NY, with crime, neighborhood police groups in red berets, cocaine, discos, singles bars, Plato’s Retreat, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, and a sense that people’s private lives and public are interchangeable, going to drop in on friends via fire escape windows is easy, and the fantasia that if you find a roommate on Craigslist they’re liable to be less crazy than you are. It’s less like New York City and more like Altman’s Nashville. The public space has collapsed into one dimension, so if you see someone you know on TV during a Harlem Globetrotters game at Madison Square Garden (itself a ridiculous idea) you can show up courtside in a matter of moments and take the free-throw and wind up in a brawl with Dana Carvey as an insidious referee. Y’all can then pull Tiny Lister out of your flask, cause a bystander’s ‘fro to grow, then just float off and freak out Quentin Tarantino as a flammable street preacher.
For all its crassness, Little Nicky is light-hearted (and thankfully edited for FX when I saw it) and studded with celebrities and SNL cast members. Even if the script is ultimately aimed at all ages, from 7-12… and all types… of grubby suburbanite dirt bag boys…. it’s packed with cameos: Reese Witherspoon (as an angel), Ozzy Osborne (a look-alike), the Harlem Globetrotters (as themselves), Harvey Keitel, great as an even-keeled devil, Patricia Arquette as an endearingly quirky art student, Rhys Ifans stealing whole reels as Nicky’s eloquent grandly evil brother/ aspirant to the throne. Most rewarding are scenes where he and other brother Tiny Lister occupying the bodies of a New York mayor and the St. Patrick’s cathedral cardinal announcing they’re giving up on God and embracing doing whatever the hell they want, including lowering the drinking age to ten, had me ready to go dance in the streets. What this film really dares imagine is what New York in about two years under Bill Di Blasio. So yeah, I’m rooting for the devil, because surface good can’t be trusted. With evil you know where you stand.
So sure, while I sneered at Nicky when it came out back in 2000, sight unseen, times have changed, and while segments are cringe-worthy, the whole messy camaraderie of it, the lack of private space, the idea that whomever you bump into on the throbbing street is either a friend or foe in disguise, all adds up to feel like the walls of your fortress of solitude apartment are suddenly missing and your smelly neighbors are breathing down your neck. Sure it’s unpleasant, but it’s also necessary, and hilarious. When all of us are an island, connected only by the most digital of threads, then the Other has won, the public space has collapsed, and all we have to unite us are Twitter and Facebook, too ls of the devil if ever there were some (I don’t recall a single computer present anywhere in Little Nicky).
The ultimate lesson for Nicky in the film is not that he’s meant to replace his father Satan on the throne, or ascend to heaven with his mom, but to balance good and evil there in the city. That’s the secret dread-hope combo for the Di Blasio future: evil and good in perfect grimy collapsed space harmony. It’s not what we want, but anything’s better than all this… safety.
For further reading, check out my piece on Saturday Night Fever and Looking for Mr. Goodbar (Blades in the Apple) and The Warriors (Manhattan Sinking Like a Rock)
Tags: 1970sAbel Ferraraadam sandlerBill Di BlasioCrimeDemocratsNew York CityRape RevengeReese WitherspoonVigilante
— Erich Kuersten
Erich Kuersten is the gonzo-theorist behind the Acidemic Journal of Film and Media as well as an award-skipping filmmaker and freelance film and music critic whose work can be found in Bright Lights, The Weeklings, Slant, Modern Drunkard, McSweeney's, Scarlet Street, VHJ, Daily Om, Muze, Divinorum Psychonauticus, and Midnight Marquee. Write him at [email protected]. He lives in Brooklyn.
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EU Referendum – City Of London Corporation Views
As your elected representatives we want to ensure that the City Corporation plays a full and proactive role in securing the best exit terms possible, representing the interests of all of London’s stakeholders, including yours. Please contact us if there are any specific aspects that you would like us to put forward on your behalf. The City’s position:
“The City of London has thrived as a financial and trading centre for more than a thousand years and will continue to do so.
“There will be no mass exit of banks and financial institutions from the Square Mile.
“While there will be uncertainty as Brexit negotiations go on we are still the financial centre of the fifth-largest economy in the world.
“The task now is to respect the will of the British people and secure the best deal we can in the negotiations that will follow this vote.
“Financial services contribute £66.5bn in taxes to the Treasury – 11% of total government receipts – and City businesses we have consulted believe they must be allowed access to the single market without discrimination.
“Financial and professional services account for 2.1million jobs in the UK – 7.2% of workers – and City businesses I have consulted believe we must be allowed to trade with passporting rights with the 27 member states of the EU.
“The Government should now engage in a period of consultation to ensure we can keep creating jobs both in London and throughout the country.
“The general view of the City is that the Government should push for the UK to retain our access to the Single Market.
“Any other option will fail to provide proper arrangements for financial services and risks damaging this vital industry.
“There is also a clear view in the City of London that our labour market must be kept flexible. European nations have provided much of the highly-skilled talent we need to succeed and this level of support given to the British economy must continue.
“For our part the City of London Corporation will continue to engage with EU policy makers and continue to promote London as Europe’s international financial and business centre.
“We have had a thorough, open and democratic debate.
“All sides of this debate must now put aside their differences to do what is in the best interests of ensuring the UK remains a success on the international stage.”
We are working with other stakeholders to preserve the City’s position. The Chairman of Policy, Mark Boleat, has chaired meetings of the major trade associations and spoken with the Mayor of London and the Treasury. Further meetings are being arranged. There is common agreement on the need to maintain access to the single market. Our own Common Councilman, Chris Hayward, as Chairman of the Corporation’s Planning Committee, is meeting with the development community to reassure them and to secure continued investment in City wide projects.
The referendum decision will have significant implications for the City’s work in a number of areas.
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Cop Who Shot Walter Scott In The Back Walks Free; Judge Declares Mistrial
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A judge in South Carolina was forced to declared a mistrial on Monday, in the trial of a former cop who shot an unarmed Black man in the back. The former cop was set free because the jury informed the judge that they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict.
After four days of deliberations, the judge declared a mistrial in the murder trial of Michael Slager, a former cop in the North Charleston police department.
“We will try Michael Slager again,” 9th Judicial Circuit Solicitor Scarlett A. Wilson said in a statement. The judge expressed disappointment at the fact Slager wasn’t convicted after a 5-week trial for murder in state court.
Slager executed Walter Scott, 50, after an April 4, 2015, traffic stop. The shooting was caught on a cell phone video by a bystander who witnessed the incident. The video clearly showed Scott running away from Slager, who then still proceeded to fired eight times, hitting Scott with three rounds of ammunition in the back.
The jury which consisted of 11 white people and one Black person, said they struggled to reach a unanimous verdict. They went back to deliberate three separate times on Friday, after informing the judge that they were deadlocked. One juror sent a note to the judge stating, “I can’t vote for a conviction and wouldn’t change my mind.”
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Bleach: WE DO knot ALWAYS LOVE YOU
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Japanese Release December 27, 2016
Type Light novel
Bleach: WE DO knot ALWAYS LOVE YOU, often abbreviated as WDKALY, is a Bleach light novel series written by Makoto Matsubara with content provided by Tite Kubo.[1] It is centered on the marriage of Rukia Kuchiki and Renji Abarai. The novel was released on December 27, 2016.
WDKALY is split into three parts: "Announcement/Report (of Marriage)", "Marriage Registration", and "The Ceremony".[2]
The novel begins with a Captains meeting in the 1st Division squad barracks. Nanao Ise starts with a report regarding the reconstruction efforts for the Seireitei in the aftermath of the war with the Wandenreich. The most significant damage during the battles was in the central 1st ward, commonly known as Shinō, which includes the barracks of the 1st Division and several administrative faculties. As a special authorization during wartime, Rukongai citizens were permitted access to the Seijōtōkyorin, the personal living quarters of Central 46. When reconstruction began, Nayura Amakado led the efforts. In the aftermath of the war, over half of the people that comprised Central 46 were killed while others were trauamtized by the atrocities they witnessed, leading them to resigning. Nayura, however, rallied the other sages and worked together with Shunsui Kyōraku in making changes to the Soul Society and Central 46 as a whole.[3]
Nayura established a law that simplifies the procedure for obtaining a travel permit to the Seireitei, which is given to a gatekeeper of one of the four main gates when entering Seireitei from Rukongai. Originally, the process required several weeks, but Nayura managed to simplify the process through the establishment of special entry record management offices stationed at each of the gates. Because of this, it became easier to import materials from Rukongai, while also welcoming Rukongai citizens as a workforce during the reconstruction. In addition, at each of these offices, fingerprints were registered and checked for reiryoku. Among those that possessed a considerable amount, they were invited to Shinō Academy. This concluded Nanao's report.[3]
Following this report, Kyōraku mentions that there is some more 'good news' as he calls for two individuals to step out of line so as to announce their news. They are Rukia Kuchiki, the acting Captain of the 13th Division, and Renji Abarai, the lieutenant of the 6th Division. As they both stand before the Captains, they both have nervous expressions.[3]
In a large lecture hall of the Shinō Academy, fourth year students are gathered together at the tail end of their summer vacation. The headmaster of the academy, Genji Isawa, addresses them by first explaining how in the war with the Quincy, officially referred to as the "Protection of the Soul King Great War", the Gotei 13 lost half of their soldiers. He mentions how Shinō Academy is a six year program, however, due to the Shinigami Apprentice Program established two years ago, graduate students of the academy were assigned to divisions of the Gotei 13 to gain site experience on Shinigami duties. This program was developed as a response to the waning number of soldiers in the past conflicts. As he wraps up, he invites the lieutenant of the 3rd Division, Izuru Kira, to now speak to them. [4]
I’d never have guessed that a dead man would be preaching a Shinigami’s pride to young people in the future...
— Izuru as he looks over the student body.
After his lecture, the scene shifts to a guest room where Izuru leans against a sofa. Genji thanks Izuru for giving the talk to the students, with Izuru commenting that he did not want to refuse on account of Renji giving a similar lecture the year before, and Momo Hinamori, the lieutenant of the 5th Division, giving one the year before that. Much like Izuru and Renji, Genji is also a graduate of the academy's class of 2066. While Izuru was assigned to the first class, Genji was in the second class for six years. However, they had become friends due to sharing the same living quarters. Genji was once a part of the 5th Division, as the 3rd Seat officer where he was known as the "hawk of paperwork", while in those days, Momo was known as the "tiger of paperwork" and Sōsuke Aizen was the "dragon of paperwork". During the Wandenreich war, he lost both of his legs, and had to be fitted with prosthetics. After that, he became unable to use Shunpo, and as such, could no longer perform the duties of a Shinigami which led to him submitting a request to be demoted to a lower seated rank to Shinji Hirako, the Captain at the time. However, it was suggested that he instead take up the post of headmaster for the Shinō Academy. [4]
As they continue talking, Genji brings up how Izuru was declared to be killed in action. He died due to a fatal injury in which thirty percent of his body was lost, but thankfully, his life was restored thanks to the body modelling technology of Mayuri Kurotsuchi; allowing Izuru to continue living while in a condition of death. Mayuri later put out a research paper on the experiement, entitled "The successful surgical procedure of a departed soul on vice captain Kira Izuru! Relief even though he lost his life! The secrets of the surgical procedure of a departed soul is now made widely public!", in the Seireitei Communication magazine. Genji expresses his relief that, whether Izuru is alive or dead, he was able to see him again. They are later interrupted by the buzzing of the Denreishinki in Izuru's pocket, which displayed a new message sent to him by Renji.[4]
Renji had sent a request for a gathering to both Izuru and Momo. Izuru then asks if Genji was also invited, to which he silently replies by holding up the stack of paperwork he still has to finish. Before he leaves, the two of them are greeted by Yoruichi Shihōin, whom is addressed as "Shihōin-sensei". She mentions that it has been at least half a year since she last saw Izuru, and asks him if he is getting along well with Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi, the Captain of the 3rd Division. It is offhandedly mentioned that when Yoruchi was head of the Shihōin clan, Rōjūrō sometimes commissioned the Gagaku band of the clan to repair the musical instruments that he obtained from the Present World. Yoruichi and Rōjūrō have an old friendship together as a result of this, with Yoruichi often bringing by gifts to the 3rd Divisiont from the Present World. Izuru replies by saying he has grown accustomed to the musical performances that are often played during their division duties. Genji voices his disappointment with Izuru for condoning such a thing. Genji then asks how Yoruichi feels about her work as a lecturer. She states that it is mostly just teasing youngsters, and then passes him a form with several names written onto it; certain names have been circled, which she remarks are students with limited Hakuda aptitude but are intelligent with a keen interest in writing. She recommends those particular students be invited into the 9th Division.[4]
Like I've said, since I'm a genius and all, I don't know what teaching methods to use towards average people, but I was told to either undertake the responsibilities of guest lecturer once every half a moon, or restore the 8th Division by becoming its Captain. Naturally, I decided that I probably had no choice but to take up responsibilities in this place.
— Yoruichi speaking to Izuru.[4]
Izuru jokes how Yoruichi is really taking her job as a teacher seriously, to which she asks if he's making fun of her. She had been told by Captain-Commander Kyōraku that she would either have to be a guest lecturer for the academy or help restore the 8th Division by becoming its Captain. If she refused the role of Captain, she would have to teach the 5th and 6th year students special lectures on Hakuda and Hohō. Izuru remarks how they cannot have such talented individuals like Yoruichi simply being idle, especially with the original tutors having been killed en masse during the Wandenreich conflict. During the war, several Soldat foot soldiers of the Quincy invading army attacked the dormitories of Shinō Academy. Each of the tutors present, stated to have experience rivaling seated officers, were all killed one by one in a severe life-or-death struggle. Thankfully, they were later saved by Mashiro Kuna, the lieutenant of the 9th Division, who entered into the fight to defeat the Soldat. She had been sent there by her Captain, Kensei Muguruma, albeit reluctantly; telling her to go and protect the future of the Shinigami. Thanks to her efforts, the students had been protected, but over two-thirds of the teachers were killed.[4]
Yoruichi then mentions how the name given to the conflict, the "Protection of the Soul King Great War", was nauseating and full of lies. Izuru agrees but mentions that they had no choice because the truth would cause a panic. When Ichigo Kurosaki defeated Yhwach, the leader of the Wandenreich, the corpse which contained a vast amount of Reiryoku even in death was brought to the Soul King Palace and sealed under hundreds of bindings by the Royal Guard. They sealed Yhwach as the new Soul King to the replace the one that was killed, protecting the world from collapse. However, in the public eye, it was declared that they managed to successfully protect the Soul King and that he had never been killed, with the conflict being referred to as the "Protection of the Soul King Great War". The official statement was that the Soul King was not assassinated and the palace was safeguarded, which is currently being taught in the history of Soul Society to all academy students. Izuru then ponders if there were other aspects of history falsified in this way when they had been taught in the academy several years ago. Genji responds by saying that all history is like that; distortion at the convenience of the hand that is spinning it.[4]
Izuru has a solemn expression on his face at the thought of it, while Yoruichi tells him he should cheer up, before they are interrupted by a knock at the door. One of the male students is there with paperwork for Genji, to which he excuses himself to go deal with the formal enlistment. While he leaves, Yoruichi jokingly mentions how they're alone now, eyeing Izuru mischievously as he shuddered. "A frog being glared at by a snake... no, in this case, perhaps it’s a mouse being glared at by the cat...?" Izuru thinks to himself, as Yoruichi leans in closer, which makes him retreat backwards against the armrest of the sofa. She asks him about the hole in his chest from when he was shot to death. Originally, he had to leave the hole exposed to allow the heat of the body to dissipate, lest his body overheat. But after some upgrades following the war, he could keep it covered with his shihakushō. It is remarked that Nemu Kurotsuchi is a masterpiece of artificial soul technology, while Izuru is a masterpiece of body remodeling technology. Yoruichi is interested in seeing the hole and tries to remove his shihakushō while Izuru is struggling to keep her back. Genji then returns and witnesses Yoruichi on top of Izuru, immediately excusing himself from the room with an embarrassed tone. Izuru tries to call out to him, saying it is not what it looks like, running out the room to track him down. Without a hint of shame, Yoruichi escapes the room through the window the same way she entered. The next day, rumors start circulating that there is a forbidden romantic relationship between Yoruichi and Izuru. Upon hearing said rumors, Suì-Fēng, the Captain of the 2nd Division who greatly admires Yoruichi, would glare intensely at Izuru every time they crossed paths, as if she were trying to put a deadly curse onto him.[4]
↑ Interview with Matsubara Makoto, concerning Tite Kubo's involvement with CFYOW and WDKALY.
↑ English Translation for WE DO knot ALWAYS LOVE YOU
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Bleach light novel; WE DO knot ALWAYS LOVE YOU, Prologue
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Bleach light novel; WE DO knot ALWAYS LOVE YOU, Report 1
v • d • eStory Arcs
Bleach manga Shinigami Agent Arc · Soul Society Arc · Arrancar Arc · Fake Karakura Town Arc · Lost Agent Arc · Thousand-Year Blood War Arc
Bleach anime Bount Arc · New Captain Shūsuke Amagai Arc · Zanpakutō Unknown Tales Arc · Gotei 13 Invading Army Arc
Bleach movies Bleach: Memories of Nobody · Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion · Bleach: Fade to Black · Bleach: Hell Verse
Bleach one-shots not be, but be · Burn the Witch
Bleach light novels Bleach: Spirits Are Forever With You · Bleach: WE DO knot ALWAYS LOVE YOU · Bleach: Can't Fear Your Own World
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XPDTN3: Catalan Pyrenees Loop
The Pyrenees in all their splendour
I’ve done many bike-packing trips here and there, but for my first XPDTN3 trip I wanted to do something special. So, I decided to go to the place where I feel the most alive: the Pyrenees.
Text by Anna Barrero , photos by Oriol Simon - 04 July 2019
The Pyrenean mountain range, the biggest high mountain ecosystem in the Iberian Peninsula, has something special. They are the mountains where I grew up. The mountains where I put on my first skis when I was 4 years old. The mountains that taught me how to climb. The mountains where I did my first 3000m summit. The mountains that I crossed with a bike from coast to coast completely self-sufficiently.
This mountain range saw me laugh, cry, hungry, thirsty and suffer a whole roller coaster of emotions. And they are still the mountains where I enjoy most of my adventures. I never get tired of them. I particularly like watching sunrises and sunsets from their peaks and I really love watching the stars from my sleeping bag with that feeling of a cold nose but a warm heart: the pleas of my soul to experience life authentically and through vulnerability.
The Pyrenees are huge, but one of the most iconic places is Aigüestortes National Park, located in the northwestern part of the province of Lleida, in Catalonia, northern Spain. For this trip, we did a 3 days-loop which circles around this amazing Park starting and finishing in Vielha.
Early in the morning, the day before the first stage, we drove there (Vielha) to check-in in the hotel and to pack everything and get our bikes ready for the adventure. As we had some time left before dinner (it doesn’t happen often) and we had spent most of the day sitting and driving, we took a stroll on one of the most emblematic waterfalls of the Aran Valley to relax our legs; the Saut deth Pish.
The falls are located at an elevation of 1.553m above the sea level (12kms from Vielha), and from there, besides enjoying the spectacular waterfall itself, you can also see on the other side of the valley the Posets-Maladeta Nature Reserve with its majestic highest peak, the Aneto at 3404m… a place to feel free and get lost.
STAGE 1 (77km, +1.964m)
When we stop struggling, we float. It is the law.
After a huge breakfast in the hotel (one of those that leave you without energy and you ask yourself “Why did I eat so much?”), we drove to the initial point which is right after crossing the Tunnel of Vielha, in the south part where we would park and start the route.
For the first 19kms in the saddle, there were two options depending on whether we wished to ease our way to the next village (Vilaller), or to start with a bang! Both routes go in parallel down the vibrant green landscape of the Barrabés valley. We took the hard way, but it was just a matter of time or kms that we decided to take the tarmac to get down to Vilaller, as the route was very nasty (as expected).
Once in Vilaller we took a gravel route to climb the col the Serreres. An easy and short one compared to the ones that were about to come and that helped us to cross the mountain and change the valley. In fact, from now on, all the climbs would be to change valleys.
Once in the top, we gently rolled down towards Llesp. On our way there, some cows made us reduce speed. In Llesp a steep single track (Cami de l’aigua), very beautiful but very narrow (perfect for hiking) awaited us; …we carried the bike in our backs the whole time. But if you want to skip this section, there’s a parallel road to be taken in Llesp that will join the next climb where the rocky single-track transforms into a path. After this little hiking, we rolled up towards the Ermita de Sant Salvador de Irgo (the top of this climb) with amazing views.
We stopped to contemplate the views and we took our time to imagine how cool it would be to fly from there. Sometimes I wish I could fly like a bird. And sometimes we have nonsense conversations like how cool it would be to put wings to our bikes and this kind of random –or not so much- stuff.
Luckily, after a big climb, there is usually a descend. In this case, a well-deserved one that would take us to Gotarta where we filled up our water bottles. From there, there is an intersection where you can go to the capital of the county town with less inhabitants of Catalonia (Pont de Suert) or to another road towards Malpas (an even smaller village) which is the one that we took.
We gently rolled down until this village (Malpas) where there was no one nor any place to eat. We already had 50 km in our legs and we were hungry. We checked on the GPS where we could find a restaurant and apparently in the next small village (Castellàs) there was one bike-friendly restaurant. The problem was that they closed at 15:30h and we arrived there at 15:40h.
Imagine the emptiness we (and our stomachs felt), and there were no other places around to eat anything or to buy any kind of food. Moreover, we were not done climbing, as the route still held a demanding section up to its sleeve. First, a 12km climb with a short break at km 9 for a short descend crossing 2 villages with no inhabitants (Erta and Sas) and then 3 more km up to the mountains.
The emptiness of our stomachs was filled with stunning views. On top of the mountain, we could enjoy the views of Vall de Manyanet. There, I let myself die in the grass and had a short rest. Gotta say that I hit the wall… luckily the rest of the route was a downhill towards Sentís and Les Esglèsies where we had planned to sleep. In that descend we were imagining what could one eat in an extreme situation… like eating each other and all this.
Once we reached the village, we headed to Casa Batlle, a cozy rural house. And right before asking for a room, we asked for whatever they had to eat. We filled up our poor stomachs with all they gave us for that late (8pm) lunch. Things with full stomachs looked different…like brighter. Then a relaxing shower and some nice time in the balcony while waiting for dinner made things look beautiful. When we stop struggling, we float. It is the law. We closed the day with a generous dinner 2 hours later and a shot of the most typical liquor of this valley -Cassis- while discussing with the owners about the (great) taste of it. A must if you go there.
Paradise among horses
We woke up tired after yesterday’s mountain stage but when we got our breakfast served with a big coffee we recharged all batteries.
To start we headed to the Coll de l’Oli, an 8km climb ranging 8-13%. The last kilometer was the toughest as it was averaging almost 25%: it was a pure hike-a-bike section. The top had very nice views, but we immediately saw that the descent was a very narrow single track. Indeed, it was another hike-a-bike section during 3 km until Aguiró, a small, beautiful empty village typical from the Pyrenees. From there a gentle descent would take us down the valley.
Straight after the descent, the route continued on a false flat towards the villages of La Torre de Cabdella, Aiguabella and Espui. We knew that Espui was the last village before the biggest climb of this adventure. There, we decided to stop wherever to eat and drink as much as possible to avoid the (non-existent) nutrition of the day before. The village was nice, the sun was shining, and the cokes were cold. Three facts that made us stay there longer than expected. At 2pm (not the best time of the day!) with 30ºC we decided to tackle THE CLIMB (Coll del Triador): a mountain pass at an elevation of 2.108m (6,916ft) above the sea level.
The Pista del Triador is 12 km long and the gradient averages 7.5 %. It’s one of the highest roads in Spain. It is a great trail for experienced wheelers. Once we reached the top, the views were stunning. We could see the huge “snake” that we just climbed and enjoy the fresh air and views. I remember looking at the valley and telling Oriol “That is what life is all about”.
But the reward was not only this. The following 20 crested km had one of the most impressive views in the Pyrenees. With Montsent de Pallars on our left and the exceptional panoramic views of the territory in our right, we enjoyed that trail like kids that see the Pyrenees for the first time. Avoid riding in this area if mountain roads aren’t your strong point and if you are scared of heights!
We were there completely alone when suddenly a bunch of horses crossed our path to greet us. Those wild horses were extremely lovely. I could feel their inner peace and I guess they could feel mine. They came to us and I hugged one of them and I could feel her head on my back. How cute is that?!
The 20 km ended at 2300m, the highest point of the route. From there, the following descent towards Espot Ski resort was a gift for any downhiller (not me) were you better have your breaks in good shape. 13kms of pure adrenaline!
In Espot we had a delicious late lunch (6pm) and a small break.
Job done? Not at all. We had another climb to get to Son, a very small and cozy village, where we had planned to sleep. But the hotel we were looking forward to sleeping in was for sale! Ops!
We looked at the telephone the nearest hotels and we descended 400 meters (for 5 km) towards Valencia d’Àneu where both (and only ones) hotels were closed too. We descended an extra 130 meters (5 km more) to the next village (Esterri d’Àneu). We knew that these 530 extra meters of elevation were going to be our breakfast for the following day. But the decision was worth the deviation, as we ate and slept in Hotel/Restaurant Bruna, the best one of our adventure. Not only because of the place, but the woman in charge of it was super gentle with us. We got there at 9pm. Maybe the breaks we took during the day were too long. Maybe… but hey, you know what? Riding at this time of the day allowed us to enjoy the golden hour.
STAGE 3 (74km, + 1.798m)
Gerdar Forest and green landscapes
We woke up at 6am in order to leave early as the rain was in the forecast for the afternoon. We had a huge and delicious breakfast and when we finished, and we were about to jump to our bikes a nice storm welcomed us. Oh boy! no way to ride under this universal flood. We went back to the hotel room and had a 60 minutes nap until the rain stopped a little bit.
At 8:30am we restarted the plan. To begin with, 6 km of a paved road towards the small village of Son was in the menu. But this time we did not arrive there as we saw an alternative route towards Gerdar Forest (our first objective of the day). This alternative path was an 8km steep climb at 6% but as we were still fresh we did it quite fast (I got a QOM!).
The Gerdar Forest is the largest spruce forest in the area on the southern slopes of the Pyrenees. It is unique in forming an unbroken body of forest and despite centuries of exploitation, it is one of the best-preserved.
It is a magical place where we thought that an Ewok from Star Wars could appear at any moment. It was as well the place where we mastered the art of carrying our bikes.
Following this magical place, a long and gradual drop took us to what would be our last break before a long and grueling climb of almost 35 kilometers that would take us to Baqueira, the highest point of the day with its 1880m.
On our way up there we found Isil, a village where we filled up our bottles, knowing that we would not find any other place to eat/drink in kilometers and that we would be left in the wilderness again. The first part of the climb was a paved road following the valley, but the road turned into a wild trail very soon where the cows and horses were our only company.
With just 7 km from Pla de Beret, we found Montgarri where we stopped. Montgarri is a picturesque abandoned town where a mountain refuge (where we had lunch) has been habilitated in the old town rectory. Next, to it there is the church “Mare de Deu de Montgarri” from the XVI century, built on an old Romanic chapel from the XII century. We can hardly find any remains of the old town in the surrounding area anymore.
After a quick lunch (the expected storm was on its way) we continued climbing towards Pla de Beret. The gradients from now on were not as gentle as before, but the scenery was exceptional towards the top, making it really enjoyable despite the fatigue.
The last part of the ride was a long descent towards Vielha with amazing views and some rain that made us take some paved roads instead of unpaved ones to extreme precaution.
We arrived at Vielha soaked and tired, but extremely happy.
Thanks to all our partners for making these trips possible!:
3T, THM, WTB, Buff, PEdALED, Fizik, Komoot
Location Vielha, Spain
Ascent 5.420 m
Best Time June – September. Check the weather, especially in Coll de Triador where there may be snow till late June and where thunderstorm activity can quickly happen.
Terrain Highly challenging. Technical – with hike-a-bike sections and pretty steep climbs. Extreme care required at times. Avoid riding in this area if mountain roads aren’t your strong point.
Tires Knobby 27,5×2.0 mountain bike tires (WTB Ranger)
Gearing 42T in front; 10-42 cassette in back if you want to make your legs burn like mine. A 38T chainring in the front would have been better!
Food/lodging Hotel Riu Nere
Carrèr Major, 4, 25530 Vielha, Lleida
L’Abadia de Castellars
Lloc Castellars, S/N, 25529 Castellars, Lleida
Casa Batlle
Únic s/n (Casa Batlle), 25555 Las Iglesias, Lleida
Calle Com s/n, 25515 Espui, Lleida
Cafè & Bistro E BO
Plaça Dr. Benavent, 3, 25597 Espot, Lleida
Hotel Bruna
Carrer Major, 71, 25580 Esterri d’Àneu, Lleida
Refugi de Montgarri
25598, Lleida
Eth Refugi d’Aran
Avinguda Garona, 27, 25530 Vielha, Lleida
All i Oli
Carrer Major, 9, 25530 Vielha, Lleida
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5 responses to “XPDTN3: Catalan Pyrenees Loop”
Montse Sala says:
Preciós Anna! Impressionant!
I les fotos són meravelloses!
Gràcies per compartir-ho amb nosaltres! 💜
Anna Barrero says:
Jim Thomas says:
Way cool! Wonderful pictures and insightful fun commentary…loved your adventure Anna!!!
Thanks Jim. Glad that you liked it!
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The right to be forgotten by Google, only in Europe
Google only has to remove links from the search results only in Europe, after a request. This is the verdict of the European Court of Justice, after the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL) from France asked the giant to remove search result listings to pages containing false information about individuals, four years ago. Then, Google added the geoblocking feature to prevent European users see delisted links. But Google did not censor the search results for people outside Europe and challanged a 100,000 euro fine that the French privacy regulator had tried to impose.
“Currently, there is no obligation under EU law, for a search engine operator who grants a request for de-referencing made by a data subject, as the case may be, following an injunction from a supervisory or judicial authority of a Member State, to carry out such a de-referencing on all the versions of its search engine,” the European Court of Justice ruling said.
The right to be forgotten or “the right to erasure” gives the European citizens the right to control data about them and ask to be deleted. Then, GDPR added further obligations, so that users can ask any organisation “verbally or in writing” to do this and they have a range of considerations to decide whether they would comply or not.
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The tech giant has applied the right since May 2014, after an ECJ’s deicision, in order to hide sensitive information if the details are “inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant or excessive”. Since then, Google has received almost 850,000 separate requests to remove 3.3 million web addresses and 45% of them were delisted.
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Mr. Pepys' Small Change
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Humphrey Vaughan of White Hart Yard, Westminster
A half penny tradesman’s token issued by Humphrey Vaughan at White Hart Yard, Westminster
The above copper half penny token measures 18.3 mm and weighs 1.70 grams. It was issued in 1666 by Humphrey Vaughan a tradesman of White Hart Yard off Covent Garden in Westminster. Its design may be formally described as follows;
Obverse: (sexfoil) HVMPHRY . VAVGHAN . IN . , around a beaded inner border, within the depiction of a man wearing a hat walking left carrying a sack over his shoulder.
Reverse: (sexfoil) WHITE . HART . YARD. 1666, around a beaded inner border. Within the legend HIS / HALF / PENY in three lines.
The portrayal of a man carrying a sack found on the obverse of this token is not unique as at least two other examples are known from the London area. These were issued by a coal and lime merchant respectively. This could act as a clue to Humphrey Vaughan’s trade.
There were several White Hart Yards in and around 17th century London including examples in Stepney, Holborn, Drury Lane, St. Martin’s Lane, Tothill Street, Bermondsey, and Southwark. Research into this token’s issuer (as outlined below) has confirmed that the White Hart Yard in question in this case was that which lead west off Drury Lane in the south-east part of the parish of St. Paul’s in Covent Garden. The street derived its name from its location immediately behind the White Hart Inn which fronted onto the Strand and is recorded as early as 1570(1).
White Hart Yard, Covent Garden, c.1720
White Hart Yard no longer exists in Westminster’s modern street plan. It ran to the south of, and in a parallel alignment to that of, today’s Tavistock Street along the stretch leading into Drury Lane. Its course is now lost under the Waldorf Hilton Hotel.
In Search of Humphrey Vaughan
Humphrey Vaughan’s half penny token offers very little information about its issuer. While it clearly states the address of his premises in 1666 as White Hart Yard it is unclear as to which of the various locations of this name, in and around 17th century London, is being referred to. Often the obverse pictorial design selected for such tradesman’s tokens offers an indication as to the issuer’s trade. In this case we are left unclear although, as has previously pointed out, this particular design is known from at least two other similar London tokens whose issuers were coal and lime merchants respectively. Fortunately sufficient references to Humphrey Vaughan remain in the historical record to allow us to further address these questions and many others relating to his family’s history.
The following partial life history of Humphrey Vaughan has been constructed from contemporary parish registers, rate book entries, various tax return registers and probate records. While there is always the chance of confusing the historical records relating to different individuals who share the same name, the use of specific time line, family relationship and geographical identifiers can often be used to help eliminate or minimise the risk. Where available such criteria have been applied in this case (Note 1 and 2).
The first clear record of Humphrey Vaughan, the token issuer, appears in 1646 in the parish registers of St. Botolph’s Aldersgate in the city of London.
3rd December 1646 – Marriage of Humphrey Vaughan and Rachell Clarke
Humphrey’s age or home parish are not recorded but on the assumption that this was his first marriage we might estimate his then age as being early 21 to 25. This gives us an estimated period for his birth as 1621 to 1625. Assuming the couple followed tradition their marriage was likely held in the bride’s home parish.
Just over 9 months later the couple’s names again appear, this time in the parish registers for St. Martin-in-the-fields, Westminster, within a record of the christening of their daughter Jane;
5th September 1647 – Christening of Jana, the daughter of Humphridi Vaughan and Rachellae
Humphrey’s association with this parish thereafter continues for the rest of his recorded life.
The same set of parish resisters go on to record the birth and death of further children to Humphrey and Rachel over the next 9 years;
16th October 1648 – Christening of Elizabeth, the daughter of Humphridi Vaughan and Rachellae
21st September 1651 – Christening of Rachel Vaughan, daughter of Humphridi Vaughan and Rachelis
3rd April 1654 – Christening of Humphrey, son of Humphrey Vaughan and Rachell (born on 2nd April 1654)
31st July 1656 – Burial of Humphrey, son of Humphrey Vaughan and Rachell
In the same year as the death of his son (i.e. 1656) Humphrey Vaughan is recorded as living in Russell Street, Covent Garden in the parish of St. Martin in the Fields. A series of entries in the Westminster rate returns books record him, and we can presume the rest of his family, in this street until at least 1663(2). Interestingly this is further backed up by the numismatic evidence from the following tradesman’s token.
A farthing tradesman’s token issued by Humphrey Vaughan at or by the sign of the Goat in Russell Street, Westminster
The design of this brass farthing may be described as follows;
Obverse: (cinquefoil) HVMPHRY . VAVGHAN , around the depiction of a goat walking left.
Reverse: (cinquefoil) IN . RVSSELL . STREET , around a twisted wire inner circle, within a triad of initials comprising H | (mullet) V (mullet) | R , with a (mullet) blow.
The style and denomination of the token arguably suggests an issue date of the mid-1650s to early 1660s. The triad of issuers’ initials on the reverse of the token are those of Humphrey and Rachel Vaughan. The token clearly confirms Humphrey Vaughan’s business address as being at or by the sign of the goat in Russell Street. However, it falls short in confirming his occupation.
In a time before the formal address numbering of buildings the use of ornate and memorable trade signs, in association with specific street names, were the standard means of expressing a location’s address. Trade signs were typically suspended from support rods at an elevated position on the street facing outer wall of their owner’s business premises. After the great fire of 1666 many of the new brick built buildings and business premises in London incorporated trade signs in the form of carved stone reliefs which were built at height into the outer wall of the buildings’ fabric.
An analysis of Humphrey’s trade sign (i.e. the goat) offers few clues as to his trade. The first record of this sign in London is recorded in Cheapside in 1260(3). No particular set of tradesmen appear to have adopted the sign as being representative of their occupation although the image of a goat or a goat’s head does appear in the crest or as a supporter in the coats of arms of several of the city’s Livery Companies including the Haberdashers, Curriers and the Cordwainers. This particular example of the use of the sign might have a more locational and historical significance. Russell Street, variously built between c.1610 and c.1632, was named after Francis Russell, the 4th Earl of Bedford, who was largely responsible for developing his family’s earlier grants of land in and around Covent Garden(4). The image of a goat had been adopted by the Russell family as an armorial badge. As such the goat may well have been adopted by some of the tenant tradesmen in the area in honour of their landlord’s family.
As stated above it is possible that Humphrey Vaughan’s business premises were by and not necessarily at the sign of the goat. If this were the case then the trade sign depicted on his token may not have been his own. Between 1633 and 1634 a well-documented Covent Garden vintner by the name of William Clifton, was the proprietor of the Goat tavern at the north-west corner of Russell with Bow Street. If this were the sign referred to in Humphrey’s token it would arguably put his premises very close by, if not adjacent to, the tavern. As an alternative conclusion of the evidence presented is that at the time he issued his farthing trade token Humphrey Vaughan was the proprietor of the Goat tavern in Russell Street. However, subsequent reviews of the master and apprentice records of the Worshipful Company of Vintners for the early to mid-17th century has failed to identify any mention of a Humphrey Vaughan(5) .
A map of the Covent Garden area (c.1720) showing White Hart Yard and Russell Street plus the location of the Goat Tavern (in red)
While unaffected by the Great Fire of London of 1666 the Covent Garden area was hit hard by the Great Plague of the previous year. It is not known how the Vaughan family fared during this tumultuous period in the city’s history but by Lady Day of 1666 it appears that they had moved out of Russell Street into alternative premises close by. This is apparent from the Hearth Tax returns for this year which record Humphrey as paying tax on a property with three hearths in White Hart Yard (6).
A further series of entries in the Westminster rate returns books, plus a listing in a tax return list for 1693 (Note 3) record Humphrey Vaughan, and presumably his remaining family, in White Hart Yard from 1672 to 1705(7)(8). The 1693 tax listing referred to above records Humphrey’s property in White Hart Yard as having a rental value of £25 and the value of his stock as £50.
At some time prior to 1686 it would appear that Rachael Vaughan died as indicated by the following entry from the parish registers of Holy Trinity, Minories.
24th June 1686 – Humphrey Vaughan, widower of St. Martin Fields, and Elizabeth Bowman, spinster of St. James, Westminster, married by Mr. Anderson.
No further records of Humphrey Vaughan have been found after 1705 and it can only be assumed that he died sometime shortly after this date. A copy of Humphrey’s Will, dated 22 July 1698, exists in the London Metropolitan Archives(9). This throws considerably more light on his occupation and later life.
At the time Humphrey made his Will in 1698 he describes himself as being in good physical and mental health. He confirms his home parish as being St. Martin-in-the-Fields and states his occupation as a “coals seller”, i.e. the seller of lump wood charcoal and sea-coal. In the 16th to 18th century London all mineral coal would have been referred to as “sea-coal” as it was almost exclusively brought into the capital by sea via fleets of collier vessels. Cargo from the latter would have been brought into wharves and stockyards distributed along the north bank of the River Thames via barge. Such small boats were used to transfer coal from the collier vessels which were moored downstream of Old London Bridge. At this time most coal supplied into London was shipped out of the north-east coalfield via the River Tyne.
A late 17th century or early 18th century trade card belonging to Philip Fruchard, Coal Merchant at the Golden Heart in All Hallows Lane off Thames Street. The image depicts porters transferring bags of sea-coal off a barge into an awaiting cart
It is not clear if by the term “coals seller” Humphrey Vaughan was a small-scale fuel seller or if he was a fully established woodmonger trading in larger quantities of domestic fuels from his own wharf and or stockyard. Unfortunately most of the records of the Worshipful Company of London Woodmongers (which would have included sea-coal traders) have not survived and so we are unable to search them for any mention of Humphrey Vaughan.
The central obverse detail of Humphrey Vaughan’s half penny token compared with that of a coal seller from a mid-17th century copy of “The Cries of London”. The latter could possibly have been the die sinkers source for the former token design.
The size of Humphrey Vaughan’s estate, as outlined in his Will, is unclear but appears very modest as do his monetary bequests. The will mentions no surviving children only three grandchildren the bequests to which were as follows;
Thomas Caton – £20 to be paid to him on his 21st birthday and that Humphrey’s wife Elizabeth should provide and help in his upbringing until such time as he can be bound into a suitable trade apprenticeship which Elizabeth was to assist in finding for him.
Humphrey Hodge – 40 shillings.
Elizabeth Hodge – 20 shillings in addition to what Humphrey had already given to her prior to making his Will.
The remains of Humphrey’s estate and goods were to be left to his wife Elizabeth and then for the bequest of a final sum of 40 shillings to his friend, fellow parishioner and supervisor of his Will, Thomas Roades. This bequest was intended for the purchase of a mourning ring by which Thomas could remember him by.
A mid 17th Century Deaths Head Type Funerary Ring from London
1) During the research for this article several other references to a Humphrey Vaughan were made in various other London parish registers. As they do not appear to be related to Humphrey Vaughan the token issuer of St. Martin-in-the-Fields they have been omitted from the above partial life history. However, for completeness they are recorded below;
(a) 4th May 1664 – Burial of Humphrey Vaughan, aged 1 year, at the parish church of St. Botolph-without-Bishopsgate.
(b) 22nd July 1674 – Baptism of Humphrey Vaughan son of Humphrey at the church of St. Katherine-by-the-Tower.
(c) 7th January 1694 – Birth and christening of Rebecca daughter of Humphrey and Anne Vaughan at the parish church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
As Humphrey Vaughan the token issuer is recorded as marrying Elizabeth Bowman in 1686 and an Elizabeth is recorded as Humphrey’s wife in his Will of 1698 it is difficult to see how he could have been married to a lady called Anne in 1694. It is also noted that there is no reference to either an Anne or a Rebecca in Humphrey’s Will.
2) The Four Shillings in the Pound Aid (Note 3) tax listings for Westminster list a second record for a Humphrey Vaughan in Sheer Lane Ward of the parish of St. Clement Danes(10). The tax assessment records his property’s rental value as £20 and the value of his stock as £0. It is assumed that this tax assessment is either for a different Humphrey Vaughan to that of our token issuer or alternatively for a second property belonging to the token issuer.
3) The Four Shillings in the Pound Aid – This Aid or Assessment was collected in London and Westminster in order to finance the wars fought by King William between 1689 and 1697. Two Acts of Parliament passed in 1692 and 1693 specified the collection of four shillings in every pound (a 20 per cent tax) on the rental value of all property, income earned in public service, and stock or ready money held as part of a personal estate. Individuals whose property was worth less than 20 shillings were exempt. The tax was administered by the City Chamberlain, and raised £296,160 8s 10 3/4d, in 1693 from the metropolis as a whole.
1) Way, A. – Letter from ALBERT WAY, Esq. Director S.A., to Sir HENRY ELLIS, Secretary, accompanying an Indenture of Lease from the Earl of Bedford to Sir William Cecil, of a portion of pasture in Covent Garden. Read 25th January 1844. Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity: Volume 30. (The Society of Antiquaries of London, 1844).
2) Westminster Rate Books 1634-1900 Transcription – Entries for Humphrey Vaughan for 1656, 1663, 1666, 1672 and 1705.
3) Lillywhite, B. – London Signs: A Reference Book of London Signs from Earliest Times to about the Mid Nineteenth Century. (London, 1972).
4) Bow Street and Russell Street Area: Russell Street. Survey of London: Volume 36, Covent Garden. (London, 1970).
5) Webb, C. – London Livery Company Apprenticeship Registers. Volume 43. Vintners’ Company 1609-1800. (2006).
6) Davies, M.; Ferguson, C.; Harding, V.; Parkinson, E. & Wareham, A. – London and Middlesex Hearth Tax. The British Record Society. Hearth Tax Series Volume IX, Part II. (London, 2014).
7) Ibid 2.
8) City of Westminster, St Martin in the Fields, Drury Lane Ward, White Hart Yard – Four Shillings in the Pound Aid 1693/4. Centre for Metropolitan History (London, 1992).
9) London Metropolitan Archives and Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, Clerkenwell, London, England; Reference Number: AM/PW/1704/086.
10) City of Westminster, St Clement Danes, Sheere lane Ward, – Four Shillings in the Pound Aid 1693/4. Centre for Metropolitan History (London, 1992).
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Tagged as 17th century, 17th century token, Covent Garden, exonumia, Hearth Tax, History, London, London History, numismatics, Paranumismatics, Russell Street, token, Westminster, White Hart Yard
6 responses to “Humphrey Vaughan of White Hart Yard, Westminster”
jonasyoule
Excellent Post as always, Do you think that Humphrey issued his farthing token at the same time as his halfpenny token? if so you would think that the goat sign was probably the sign he operated from or as you say very close by. Thanks for a other great post.
Thanks for the kind words. I pleased you liked the article. I was pleased myself when I proved the link between the issuer and the coal merchants/woodmongers trade. London woodmongers and sea-coal sellers’ tokens are always favourites of mine.
Personally I think the Humphrey actually moved his trade address from Russell Street to White Hart Yard sometime after 1662/3 and that his penny token is later to his farthing. The Westminster Rate books contain at least half a dozen entries to him. Prior to 1663 his address is given as Russell Street and after that date, and up until 1705, his address is White Hart Yard.
One of the things I found most interesting about the penny token’s obverse design was how close the depiction of the coal merchant was to that of the contemporary depiction of the same from a pamphlet entitled “London Cries”, a copy of which is in the British Museum. Could the die sinker have used this pamphlet as the source for the token’s obverse design?
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Sophie Wogden
Would you be able to advise where the images of the trade card came from? I’d be really interested in using it in a short film I’m currently making.
I think there are several examples of this tradesman’s card still in existence. The image above came from a friend (possibly from their private collection). Another couple examples are in the British Museum and can be ordered for free at; http://www.britishmuseum.org/join_in/using_digital_images/using_digital_images.aspx?asset_id=31191001&objectId=1456923&partId=1
That’s really helpful, many thanks.
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Guest Post, David Klose: On Falling In & Out of Love with Writing
July 14, 2016 July 12, 2016 David Klose
I start out wanting to write a Blog Post for Superstition Review. I want to make it funny. Knowledgeable. Relate-able. The reader should laugh and think “I would like to talk with this writer.” All great writing is getting people to think they know you, that they would want to talk with you.
But I have no idea what to write about. I just graduated from college and that is about as boring and overdone a topic as any. I might as well write about golfing, or about the time I played flag football at a local park and discovered I am not the sort of person who should be playing flag football at a local park.
I like to write, but have written nothing of tremendous value. That isn’t fishing for compliments, just speaking objectively. Therefore I can’t offer advice to writers, though I have in the past done this very thing and, to this day, I still feel guilty about it. My writing is not terrible and has made some money in academic contests but I know, what everyone knows, but no one likes to say, that undergrad academic contests aren’t worth anything except the prize money. So I can’t write about being a professional writer, because I am not a professional writer.
I’ve had great experiences through my time as a Blogger/Non-Fiction Editor/Student Editor in Chief at Superstition Review, but others, in ways I cannot top, have written about those very experiences for this very Blog. Others, in ways I have yet to mimic, have taken those experiences and grown because of them. I have been to a writing conference but already have, in a previous post, beaten that horse to death with a very small club. I have been to AWP but spent more time touring the city than touring the Book Fair (shameful, I know, but who could have guessed I was to fall in love with cold beautiful grey Minneapolis?).
Bloggers tell you to write what you know, to relate to your audience through what you know. Good with dogs? Write about dogs. Write about how finishing a short story is similar to teaching a new puppy how to piss outside. It’s all about consistency. Go on a lot of hikes? Write something about the writing process and compare it to hiking a new trail, a harder trail than usual. It’s all about persistence. But my dog still sometimes pees on the living room rug, and the last trail I hiked ended with a whimper, not a bang. I thought maybe I could write about how to make the world’s best macaroni and cheese, but then I remembered, halfway through that ill fated blog post, that the best mac and cheese I ever had was made by a girl named Beth one drunken night six years ago at a friend’s house where we were all drinking wine out of plastic red cups and that recipe, like my connection to Beth, was completely lost after that night.
Telling me to write about what I know has always been a sort of cruel task; because I want to write about what I don’t know, and about that which makes me question my sense of authority. I am reminded of a writing professor who, in a soft rant against ‘trigger warnings’, asked our small workshop circle “Isn’t getting triggered the point?” For me, it goes like this: isn’t admitting you don’t know the point?
Here’s what I don’t know: the value of writing and whether or not I am a writer. I have loved books from a young age and can point to moments in my life that were shaped directly by the works of Salinger (specifically his collection of short stories revolving around the Glass family), to Tolstoy’s War and Peace (one of the first books that genuinely made me want to be a better person) to Dubliners by James Joyce which made me first think about becoming a writer. There are more recent examples, as well. In Matt Bell’s Scrapper there is a scene, where our protagonist finds a stolen boy and the snow is falling overhead, and where I, the reader, was so completely transported into that scene that my heart skipped a beat. But the more I work on Social Media for my job, the more I interact with other readers, with other writers, the more new books and new styles of writing I read, the more the doubt inside me grows. As valuable as stories have been to me, how can we properly value them? There have been blog posts in the past about how writers should be paid, for their stories, their poems, and that magazines shouldn’t expect writers to be content with just getting published. But can we really make that case? I would argue the opposite. That now in this sea of media, where everyone, through so many mediums, has the ability to share their voice, the value in stories is dropping or, at the very least, leveling off in an over saturated market.
This makes me doubt my writing. Do I really just want to be another voice in the market? Is there anything I can say that someone couldn’t say better? I honestly don’t know. That’s why I wanted to write this blog post, because I have no idea. What I see, through Social Media, are countless writers celebrating the fact that they are just writing. And this gets me a little depressed. It isn’t enough that we are just writing. It isn’t enough that we can take photos of our notebooks next to coffee cups and filter the image to look antique and post it. Perhaps this is the result of working in a book store and seeing just how many books get published and how few new writers actually get read. It isn’t enough that you have a story to tell. But now I am giving advice to writers, which is something I already said I wasn’t going to do. So let me stop while I am ahead.
Here’s where the title of my blog comes from: I saw Ira Glass perform at the Mesa Arts Center a few years ago in the show “Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host.” It was one of my favorite things I have ever seen and in that performance, Ira Glass quoted a friend who said “when we choose to be with one person for the rest of our lives, we are choosing the person we will spend the rest of our lives falling in and out of love with.”
I think it’s safe to say I’ve fallen out of love with writing. Like any great relationship, falling out of love makes me think of our earliest moments. I remember the first real Creative Writing class I had, where the teacher wrote the words “blue boot” on the whiteboard and asked us, rhetorically, what we were thinking of in that moment. Of course the answer was: a blue boot. Wow, the teacher said quietly, isn’t that amazing? Just by putting two words together, an image was created in our mind. What if, instead of a boot, we did that with a town? Instead a town, a world? Instead of a world, an emotion? What if, through words, we could create the idea of love, of loss, of fear, inside our reader? Wow, all of us students quietly said to ourselves.
This is all to say I still love reading good work. There were two writers I met at Bread Loaf whose writing I loved. One of them had already published a book and I read it in a matter of days. The other one hadn’t published a novel yet, but was certainly almost finished with their first draft. I look up their names every now and then in the usual places. Linkedin. Twitter. Instagram. They aren’t there. They don’t exist on Social Media and this makes me so goddamn happy. Now I can tell myself that, wherever they are, they are focusing on their work. Nothing else. And that one day soon their next book, their next story, their next finished product is going to be put out into the world, and whatever they have created with their words will be stirred within me.
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#ArtLitPhx: Spillers No. 4
Spillers is Phoenix’s premier short fiction storytelling event. Spillers organizers pick 6 of Phoenix’s best writers, put them on a stage, feature them in 2 episodes of the Spillers After Show podcast, and publish their stories in a collectible book available the night of the event.
The event takes place Monday, May 2nd, 2016 @ 7:30 PM in the Crescent Ballroom.
Spillers is cohosted by Robert Hoekman Jr and Brian Dunn.
The Spillers are:
1. Joel Salcido: Joel translates the poetry of the barrio pigeons into surrealist prophecies. He is an MFA candidate in poetry at Arizona State University, and a member of the Gutta Collective, ARTRATs, and Chronic Illness.
2. Michael Holladay: Michael was born and raised in Kentucky. He is an MFA candidate at Arizona State University. His fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in The Saint Ann’s Review, Paper Darts, Fiction Southeast, and elsewhere.
3. David Waid: David has two published short stories available on Amazon: Wicked and Loving Lies and Festival of Rogues. His debut novel, The Conjurers, is currently available for pre-order and publishes on June 1st.
4. Tara Ison: Tara is the author of the novels, A Child out of Alcatraz, The List, and Rockaway, the award-winning essay collection, Reeling Through Life: How I Learned to Live, Love, and Die at the Movies, and the short story collection Ball. She is an Associate Professor of Fiction at ASU.
5. Paul Mosier: Paul’s fourth novel was acquired by HarperCollins as part of a two-book deal. The middle-grade Train I Ride will appear everywhere on January 10, 2017, and an even more depressing novel will come a year after that.
6. Matt Bell: Matt is the author of the novels Scrapper and In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods, as well as several other books. His next story collection, A Tree or a Person or a Wall, will be published in Fall 2016. A native of Michigan, he now teaches creative writing at Arizona State University.
Crescent Ballroom is a 21+ venue, so review the entrance policies on their website. The event is ticketed.
All ticket sale proceeds go to the Harmony Mosier GoFundMe campaign.
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#ArtLitPhx: Tara Ison and Matt Bell Reading from Latest Books
January 17, 2016 January 17, 2016 Superstition Review
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Tara Ison presents Ball: Stories and Matt Bell presents Scrapper at Tempe Changing Hands Bookstore.
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#ArtLitPhx: Matt Bell Signs Scrapper at Poisoned Pen
Kelly scavenges for scrap metal from the hundred thousand abandoned buildings in a part of Detroit known as “the zone,” an increasingly wild landscape where one day he finds something far more valuable than the copper he’s come to steal: a kidnapped boy, crying out for rescue. Briefly celebrated as a hero, Kelly secretly takes on the responsibility of avenging the boy’s unsolved kidnapping, a task that will take him deeper into the zone and into a confrontation with his own past, his long-buried trauma, memories made dangerous again.
Scrapper is a devastating reimagining of one of America’s greatest cities, its beautiful architecture, Its lost houses and its shuttered factories, its boxing gyms and storefront churches, anywhere hope lingers. With precise and powerful prose, it asks: What transgressions would we allow if we believed they would ensure the safety of the people we loved? What do we owe for our crimes, even those committed to protect our charges from harm?
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Congratulations Matt Bell
Congratulations to Matt Bell, whose second novel Scrapper is out in hardcover from Soho Press, available wherever you buy your books, including your local independent bookstore, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Powell’s.
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How to Make Profits Scalping Volatile Nasdaq Futures
Posted by TopstepTrader on May 14, 2018
Nasdaq futures ($NQ) are one of the more volatile trading instruments. In fact, many traders might think that keeping a sub-10 point stop in them would be a challenge not worth taking. Yet, as we know, more risk does not equal more reward. And Z.S., one of TopstepTrader’s more than 170 active funded traders, proves it. Looking to make just 10 points as his target, he has to keep his stop lower, set at just six points.
That doesn't leave him much room for error, which means that he has to be very choosy with his entries. And he has been, averaging more than $100 in profits on every trading day — winning and losing days included.
While Z.S. points out that he still has a lot to learn, he also has seen success. A look at his approach may help new traders fine tune their own.
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Transition to Futures Trading
Z.S., from New Jersey, traded individual stocks off and on for many years. But a little over eight years ago, he caught the futures bug. At first, he says that he assumed trading futures would be easier than trading stocks because he figured there were “far fewer variables to worry about.” However, he quickly discovered that was a “costly error.”
“Trading futures certainly proved to be the most challenging endeavor I’ve ever taken,” says Z.S. “Though neither stocks nor futures is easy, what makes futures even harder is it offers much higher leverage, which can destroy your account very fast.”
Z.S. says he bounced between a number of products and approaches when he first tried futures. “I’ve traded Euro ($6E), Crude Oil, Natural Gas ($NG), Copper ($HG), Bonds ($ZB) and Soybeans ($ZS), switching between various time frames and indicators. I traded any combination of products from a few days to one or two years trying to find my niche,” says Z.S.
Recently, he’s settled on Nasdaq futures using only 3-minute and 10-minute charts.
NOTE: If you're looking to take a deep dive into the Nasdaq, check out our Limit Up! interview with the former CEO of Nasdaq, Robert Greifeld.
Keep More Profits in Your Pocket
The choice to trade Nasdaq futures appears to be working for him. Here are a few of his stats:
Average losing trade: -$126.78
Average winning trade: $198.96
Winning trade percentage: 45%
Winning day percentage: 59%
Averaging just $126 on losing trades with NQ shows that Z.S. keeps his risk tight. With each point in NQ costing $20, Z.S. lets his trades move just six points against him before he decides that he's wrong on direction and needs to get out of the trade.
But the winning trade percentage versus winning day percentage also reveals some insights into Z.S.'s trading style. Being right on just 45% of trades, but profiting on 59% of trading days suggests that Z.S. doesn't let his profits slip away.
In fact, he says he is still working on keeping more of his profit when he’s up. Long story short? Z.S. manages his risk to come out ahead.
Learn How to Identify Market State
Switching to futures caused a few difficulties for Z.S. First, he says, the stock market has an “inherent daily routine” that makes it easier for traders to get a feel of the market’s condition. He also had trouble with intraday price movement in futures, which can swing heavily inside ranges.
“I struggled with identifying a trend vs. a cycle,” he says. In a trend, the market will continue to move in one direction, making, for example, higher highs and higher lows over a period of time. In a range-bound or cycling market, prices bounce from range highs to range lows.
“I still get confused nowadays, but I’ve gotten much better at reading the market.”
When trying to identify whether he’s in a range-bound cycle or a directional trend, Z.S. says he goes through a checklist that includes:
His chart. Z.S. plots pivot points as well as one- and two-standard deviation extension lines from the prior day. He also looks at the 15-minute opening ranges.
Relative volume. He assumes it’s a range day if price is trading between R1/ S1, SD1, and opening range on average or below average volume. He will then look to enter trades at these levels at strength (rising) or weakness (dropping).
His favorite indicator, the Average Directional Index (ADX). Z.S. uses ADX to detect strength and weakness. If price can sustain these levels, Z.S. assumes it’s a directional market and tries to enter at pull-backs.
His usual stop is six points, and his target is 10 points, although he says he may set a larger target on strong trend days. That flexibility is an important key towards allowing him to make significant gains on days where he is trading well. As a result, his best trading day is more than twice as large as his worst trading day — a gain of $1,002.26 versus a loss of $433.22.
Great work Z.S! Keep it up!
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More bucks than brains: James Ramey and the ruination of the University of Louisville
University of Louisville president James Ramsey posed for photo in sombrero, poncho at the his 2015 Halloween party
In the late 1990s, Kentucky’s legislature initiated a program to upgrade and reform the state’s postsecondary education system, it was called “Bucks for Brains.” (The state’s promotional tagline at the time was “Open for Business.”)
I was recruited to the University of Louisville in 2001 and spent two-and-a-half years on the faculty there as a department chair and distinguished university scholar, which gave me an up close and personal experience with a university administration that’s, as they say where my family’s from, sigogglin.
John W. Shumaker, a classics scholar, was UofL president when I arrived and he proved to be an incredible fund raiser, increasing the university’s endowment from under $200 million to $550 million.
Of course, the UofL has long been the recipient of corporate largesse, especially from the Louisville’s corporate giants Brown-Forman (one of America’s largest spirits and wine companies); Brown & Williamson (which chemically enhanced the addictiveness of cigarettes, remember whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand? No? Well I’m sure you remember Russell Crowe playing Wigand the blockbuster movie The Insider); Papa John’s Pizza (UofL football Cardinals play in Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium); and Yum! Brands (“feeding the world” crap food via KFC, Pizza Hut, and, of course, Taco Bell, more on the Mexican connection later).
The Brown & Williamson Club at the University of Louisville’s Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium
After Shumaker left to head up the University of Tennessee (where he resigned in disgrace after 3 years), he was replaced by James R. Ramsey, who had been Kentucky’s state budget director under Gov. Paul E. Patton (who became wealthy by exploiting Kentucky’s coal miners).
Patton’s major achievement as governor was overhauling postsecondary education in the Kentucky. But Patton’s political career was de-railed by duelling scandals: (1) an extramarital affair and a sex-for-favors scandal; and (2) pardoning four of his political advisers who were indicted for violating Kentucky’s campaign finance laws and for allegedly abusing his patronage powers.
All of this is just everyday Kentucky politics, so Patton wasn’t distracted enough to forget he had to find a soft-landing for his budget director, thus Ramsey, with no university administration experience, became the 17th president of the University of Louisville.
Since Ramsey has been in office the UofL, in endowment has continued to grow and is now pushing the $1 billion mark, which is really the only logical explanation for why he hasn’t been bounced because Ramsey’s administration has more ethical lapses than Carter has liver pills, pretty much proving that the UofL has more bucks than brains.
Robert Felner: Former Dean, Convicted Felon
Felner arrived in Louisville with some spiffy credentials: PhD in psychology from Yale; former head of the department of psychology at the University of Illinois; a CV packed with pages upon pages listing his publications in top journals and, most importantly for the UofL administration, a staggering number of grants.
Despite several red flags about Felner’s candidacy for dean of UofL’s College of Education and Human Development, Ramsey and his long time provost, Shirley Willihnganz, couldn’t wait to get Felner on campus.
Ramsey was in such as rush to land Felner he and Willihnganz forgot to tell the interim dean (and other finalist for the position) they hired Felner, so he was left to discover the decision when Felner call his secretary and started giving her instructions. So much for that HR seminar!
Things in CEHD soon started to fall apart.
I resigned from my department chair position two weeks after Felner took over as dean and later moved to UBC.
Within a few years, there had been 30 grievances filed by faculty and students against Felner for a wide range of abusive managerial practices and a faculty vote of no-confidence in Felner’s leadership of the CEHD. Reasons given by faculty for the vote of non-confidence included:
Public humiliation of faculty, work place harassment, retaliation for voicing opinions, little or no governance, decisions that hurt College, unacceptable and unfair hiring practice; rude, offensive, unethical behavior by CEHD representatives; denial of support for research to those who differ in opinion; and extreme inequity of pay. (See CEHD meeting notes published here.)
Despite the abominable conditions in CEHD, UofL Provost Willihnganz and Ramsey both supported Felner publicly.
One year after the vote of no-confidence, Felner announced he was leaving the UofL to become president of the University of Wisconsin, Parkside.
The Chronicle of Higher Education described Felner as “riding high” a couple of years into his deanship at UofL, well-paid, and having secured a $700,000 grant from the US Department of Education. However, he “pressed his luck” during his last weeks in Louisville.
Even though only $96,000 remained in the account, he implored Louisville officials to approve a $200,000 subcontract with a nonprofit organization in Illinois that had already received $450,000 from the grant. Perhaps, he suggested, the university could draw on a special fund that had been established by the daughter of a former trustee.
The Illinois group, Mr. Felner said, had been surveying students and teachers in Kentucky. That survey would “let us give the feds something that should make them very happy about the efficiency and joint commitment of the university to doing a good job with an earmark, as I know we will want more from this agency,” he wrote in an e-mail message on June 18.
But on June 20, his last day as Dean of CEHD before he headed off to Wisconsin, those big black SUVs with government plates (like the ones you see on Criminal Minds) rolled into the CEHD parking lot. US Secret Service, US Postal Inspectors, and UofL Police questioned Felner and escorted him off campus, along with his computers and records.
There was a simultaneous raid on UW-Parkside to confiscate material Felner had shipped ahead of his arrival there.
In October 2008, a federal grand jury indicted Felner on nine counts of mail fraud, money laundering, and tax evasion. According to the indictment,
the Illinois nonprofit group, known as the National Center on Public Education and Prevention, was simply a shell that funneled money into the personal bank accounts of Mr. Felner and Thomas Schroeder, a former student of his and the group’s “executive director.” Prosecutors say the two men siphoned away not only the $694,000 earmarked grant, but also $1.7-million in payments from three urban school districts, money that ought to have gone to the legitimate public-education center that Mr. Felner had created in Rhode Island.
In January 2010, Felner pleaded guilty to nine Federal charges, including income tax evasion.
In May 2010, Felner was sentenced to 63 months in US Federal Prison for his role in defrauding defrauding the UofL and the University of Rhode Island, where he had been director of the School of Education, of $2.3 million of US Department of Education funds earmarked for No Child Left Behind Act research.
10775-033 aka Robert Felner was released from US Prison in May 2014
For a a short course on the felonious Felner see the PageOneKentucky.com summary of events. For a full course on the Felonious Felner and the incompetence and ethical lapses of Ramsey’s UofL administration click here. (Shout out to Jake at PageOneKentucky for excellent investigative reporting on Felner and the UofL.)
For Workplace Blog coverage of Felner click here.
And here is a Louisville Courier-Journal profile of Felner that pretty much sums up the guy that Ramsey defended until he pleaded guilty: Robert Felner profile: Arrogant, outrageous, abusive and duplicitous.
Felner Footnotes: Indians, John Deasy, Non-Disclosure Agreements & Ramsey as the Frito Bandito
(1) When Felner announced his resignation, UofL president Ramsey wroted to Felner and said he was worried about “letting the Indians get back in control of the reservation.” That’s some serious respect for university faculty and the idea of shared governance, eh?
(2) Los Angeles school superintendent, John Deasy, has had his academic credentials called into question. Deasy was given a PhD by the University of Louisville after he was enrolled for four months and received a total of nine credits.
Deasy’s doctoral advisor was, surprise, Robert Felner! Deasy had previously awarded $375,000 in consulting contracts to Felner, while Deasy was Superintendent of Santa Monica schools.
Ramsey appointed a “blue-ribbon” panel to investigate Deasy’s degree. The panel found that getting a PhD in four months at the UofL was not cause for concern, thus plunging the UofL’s academic reputation down into the neighbourhood of fly-by-night for-profit “higher” education.
Deasy is now working in an unaccredited training program sponsored by educational de-formers the Broad Foundation, which teaches school leaders business methods and supports charter schools and closing public schools.
(3) Ramsey has been making double retirement payouts to UofL administrators for their silence.
Records show that the school paid a full year’s salary to outgoing vice presidents Michael Curtin ($252,350) and Larry Owsley ($248,255) and to assistant to the president Vivian Hibbs ($66,391) to induce them not to “disparage, demean or impugn the university or its senior leadership.”
In March 2014, UofL made a $346,000.00 settlement with university counsel Angela Kosawha:
The University of Louisville is paying another large settlement in connection with the retirement of a high-ranking official — this time, $346,844 to its top lawyer. University counsel Angela Koshewa is on a three-month leave of absence before she officially retires June 1. Documents obtained under the Kentucky Open Records Act show the university is paying Koshewa — who has questioned some expenditures and proposals backed by President James Ramsey and Dr. David Dunn, the executive vice president for Health Affairs — twice her final salary.
It costs a lot for Ramsey to cover up details of his administration’s incompetence and shenanigans, but remember there are lots of bucks at UofL.
(4) Provost Shirley Willihnganz stepped down as UofL provost earlier this year. The Louisville Courier-Journal reported that
Under her watch, however, university employees have stole, misspent or mishandled at least $7.6 million in schemes at the health science campus, the law school, the business school and the athletic department’s ticket office.
Willihnganz also was criticized for approving about $1 million in buyouts for former high-ranking employees, some of which included agreements not to disparage the university or its leaders.
She also was forced to apologize to CEHD faculty in 2008 for failing to take any common-sense action against Felner for his intimidation, harassment, humiliation and retaliation against faculty, staff, students and alumni.
Willihnganz said at the time that she tended to dismiss the early complaints against Felner — including a no-confidence vote by faculty — because he was a “high performer” and because the complaints came from professors and staff “entrenched in their ways and resistant to change.”
She later told faculty at a meeting that she was sorry. “Mostly what I think I want to say is people have been hurt and something very bad happened, and as provost I feel like I am ultimately responsible for that,” she said.
No duh! She actually is directly responsible for the Felner disaster (along with Ramsey), that’s probably why she feels that way. And speaking of resistance to change …
(5) This next item has nothing to do with Felner, except that his former boss and advocate, James Ramsey, is also the long time boss of UofL basketball coach Rick Pitino who admitted to having sex with a woman in a swanky Italian restaurant in Louisville. Apparently that’s not a problem with Ramsey and the UofL because Pitino said it wasn’t rape.
And, now Pitino is using hookers and strippers to recruit high school basketball players to come to the UofL. See Dave Zirin’s pieces on the latest Ramsey supervised scandal:
Louisville Basketball and the NCAA’s Political Economy of Misogyny
Pimps All Around: In Defense of ‘Louisville Madam’ Katina Powell
(6) And I almost forgot. Remember the Taco Bell/Mexican connection. This week Ramsey had a little halloween party at the UofL. Ramsey goes racist (again). Yes, he dressed up like the Frito Bandito.
UofL President James Ramsey says “Yo quiero Taco Bell.”
And you thought the HR training at UofL was bad, get that guy to the diversity office and cross your fingers that they’re better than the university’s accounting folks.
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If you open up your inbox and see:
Due to a recent upgrade, your account must be reactivated […] Click on this link–
–DELETE.
I might not even get to the end of the message before hitting the delete button. It’s the same email patterns screaming red flags for scam: asking to click a link to your bank account or a package waiting for you, or offering an interesting business product or job offer where you need to reply with your personal information. It’s so simple, but such phishing attempts have been around for so long that you guess it has to be working.
Something similar has spread in academic publishing. I receive unsolicited emails from scientific journals with a “call for papers.” Given that it came soon after my first publication, the first time it seemed flattering that they invited me to submit to their journal, but wait… do I believe it when an automated voice says on the phone “Congratulations! You won [insert prize]. Claim your prize by calling us now…”? Nope, I’d stop and hang up.
There are suspicious publishers and academic journals that trick researchers into paying high costs to publish their paper quickly, only later to reveal that the authors had handed off copyrights to their hard research work to a journal or publisher with no credibility. Given the variety of academic journals, it might not be as straight forward as those general scam emails to single out a journal as illegitimate — or a “predatory journal” as we call it — but once you start looking closely, you’ll recognize some recurring warning signs.
Using guidelines to identify predatory journals suggested by Scientific Writing instructor Dr. Nelson-McDermott*, here’s my selection of 5 examples I came across recently where odd – and even entertaining – warning signs made me suspect predatory journals:
#1. Spelling its own name wrong
Spelling mistakes or grammar mistakes in official communications are just some initial signs that you may not want your written work to be published through them…but can it get any better than a careless typo in the title, and in the very first word?
#2. The look-alike
Some predatory journals will call themselves a name incredibly similar to an existing reputable journal. It may only differ from the original by a few words, or it may share an abbreviation like the International Journal of Information Research and Review (IJIRR) and another journal called International Journal of Information Retrieval Research (IJIRR), a subscription journal based in the UK.
However, the potentially predatory IJIRR goes a step further. I took a look at some of their published articles, and the format of the paper looked very familiar, but slightly “off”. I looked up a paper from a major publisher Elsevier, and it confirmed my suspicions. Here is just the header, and the near-identical tree logo and formatting:
On a quick look, IJIRR may look like it is one of Elsevier’s journals, adding some extra credibility (though being with a credible publisher doesn’t necessarily mean a journal is not predatory).
#3. The jack of all trades (master of none)
Usually, an academic journal has a clearly defined scope that focuses its subject matter. This attracts researchers in that field to contribute articles to help advance the academic discourse within their field. It also reflects the expertise of the editors who would lead a critical peer review of submitted works. However, the extreme opposite case is here – the link speaks for itself:
http://allsubjectjournal.com
When this journal says they will accept papers for 100 subjects and “etc.” (an indefinite number of topics) and have only a handful of editors to cover all those subjects, does the journal get the “best of all,” or just the worst of all, best of none?
#4. Editor-in-Chief profile image is taken from someone else’s
One journal was caught modifying a professors’s profile image to pose as their Editor-in-Chief with a completely different name. This was covered in the Beall’s List: a compilation of potentially predatory journals and publishers, maintained by a dedicated librarian at the University of Colorado Denver, and one of several key references to evaluate possibly predatory journals.
I revisited this questionable journal‘s editorial board page to find that now the profile photo has been replaced to a photo of 4 people together, the Editor-in-Chief unidentified in the photo and lacking an affiliation. When looking at a journal, you want to be able to identify the Editor-in-Chief or other editorial board members to a legitimate affiliation and address.
#5. Journal accepts an absurd article
There was once a crazy news that an article titled “Get me off Your F**king Mailing List” got accepted to a journal. Regardless of the hype and unlikeliness of seeing such an absurd paper in another journal, when the journal publishes questionable papers and claims “fast publication” within a few days to 2 weeks, you really question the quality of peer review and research presented by that journal.
Note about the current situation of open access
*Recently, a course in Scientific Writing challenged me to evaluate the growing trend towards “open-access”, which refers to academic papers that are freely available to the public (instead of subscription-based). When executed well, the shift to open access have their benefits for fast and broadly accessible research. However, unfortunately predatory journals like the ones discussed above have taken advantage of open access online publications and have spread an impression of low quality research and an unethical academic environment. Open access also poses new challenges for financial and behavioral adaptations required by authors (researchers), publishing conglomerates, funding agencies, institutional libraries who pay for subscription, and public readers of research. It is intriguing to follow how open access is developing in different regions, most recently in Canada.
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Tales From The Land Of Fire
Posted on June 6, 2019 by Chris Axon
Arsenal vs. Chelsea : 29 May 2019.
Saturday 25 May : 7.30pm – Heathrow Airport Terminal Two.
It had been a relaxing Saturday thus far. I had driven up to my mate Russ’ house in Shepperton, where my car would be safe for a week, and he then took me over to Heathrow for just after 7pm. The season had, in fact, begun in the very same way; Glenn and I drove to Russ’ place before our jaunt to see Chelsea in Australia back in July. Two things struck me. The game in Perth seemed relatively recent. Yet the away game at Leicester City – what a yawn fest – seemed comparatively distant. It was, perhaps, typical of the strangeness of this season that times and places seemed to be swirling in a bewildering and confusing fashion. This was, undoubtedly, one of the oddest seasons I had ever experienced. Eight goals were conceded in ninety minutes of football in consecutive away games; the second-half at Bournemouth and then the first-half at Manchester City. A generally disliked manager attempted to implement a new brand of football against a baying and increasingly unappreciative support. The league form just about recovered in time as we stumbled to third place and guaranteed Champions League Football next season. And two out of our three cup competitions were to end in final appearances. The jury was out in many minds as to whether or not it had been a “good” season.
My thoughts were : “not enjoyable, but successful.”
Sometimes life is like that.
Russ, with his wife Kim, waved me off as I pulled my two bags towards the terminal. This was a rare departure place for me. My 2016/17 season had begun here with a trip to Vienna for the Rapid friendly, but I could not recollect another T2 / CFC trip. As I crossed the threshold into the departure zone, I looked to my right and just caught sight of a concrete tablet which stated that the terminal was opened by Her Majesty the Queen in late 1955.
I liked that. 1955. An omen. I liked that a lot. I was grabbing at anything. At work the previous day, as before Munich in 2012 and Amsterdam in 2013, I had bought breakfasts for the office team. It was one of a few superstitions that would hopefully play out. There was lucky bird shit on my car too; again a repeat of those two trips.
I was on my own now, for the first time this season. I will be perfectly honest; ever since I had booked my flights and accommodation, fortuitously, and the dream of six days in Baku became real, there was a strong element of guilt inside me. It did not feel right that many close friends – some who had travelled to all other European away games this season – had been priced out of this trip. This feeling was with me for a large part of these first few hours of travel.
Inside the building, there were the usual little tremors of concern that accompany modern travel; had I packed all the essentials, had I overlooked one key ingredient, had I remembered all the chargers, leads and adaptors, had I packed the Nurofen and Imodium?
In the line to check in, I spotted a chap of around my age in an Arsenal shirt from around 1993. In the interests of goodwill – and with a nod to the feeling that, with the final being played so bloody far away from anywhere, we were in some respects “all in this together” I approached him, and his son, and shook their hands. I was wearing a Chelsea polo – rare for me – which enabled them to see straight away that my allegiances were with the other team. We chatted away and instantly clicked. They were from the Isle of Wight, went to a few games each season, but told me of their huge problems, for example, in getting back to their home after midweek games in London. Will, the father, and Noah, the son, soon started asking me about my thoughts about the game, of Baku, of my experiences this season, of my past travels with Chelsea in Europe.
Not long into our chit-chat, Noah – who is fifteen I think – came out with a beautiful line.
“Of course, Chelsea are European royalty aren’t they?”
This stopped me in my tracks for a moment.
“The boy is being tactically naive, there” I thought to myself.
Will was momentarily speechless.
I could not resist piling in.
“Do you two want to close ranks and have a moment? Bloody hell. Should he be saying that in public?”
We all laughed.
European royalty, eh? Bloody hell. Is that how – some – others see us? Of course Arsenal’s last final was in Paris in 2006 and so this was their first one for thirteen years. It might explain why Arsenal had allegedly sold more tickets for Baku than us. Since 2006, we have experienced European finals in 2008, 2012 and 2013.
European royalty? Perhaps Noah was right.
(…mmm, Paris 2006, Arsenal versus Barcelona…they almost became the first London team to win the European Cup, leading 1-0 until very late on…I immediately had trouble remembering the name of Juliano Beletti, who poached the winner, as my memory failed me for a few annoying minutes).
At the check-in, the first scare of the trip. The woman seemed to be struggling with my e-ticket and after a few minutes she shot off to see her supervisor. Panic. Blind panic. For three minutes I was left in limbo, with many gruesome scenarios hurtling through my brain. But all was good. She soon processed my details and even let me off with heavier-than-allowed hand luggage. Phew. I was on my way.
Sunday 26 May : 10am – Istanbul Airport.
The Turkish Airlines flight from Heathrow, due to depart at 10.15pm, eventually left at 11pm. I only had a few moments of fitful sleep. We landed at Istanbul’s swish new airport to the north of the city at 4am. On the bus to the terminal, I chatted to three other Arsenal supporters. We sat and killed time by chatting away. Our flight to Baku was due to leave at 8.15am. Sanjay, who was with his son Chris, was from Crouch End but worked in Tottenham. He had visited the new Tottenham stadium, on a freebie through work, at the end of the season and was brutally honest as he extolled its virtues. It was so noisy. It was such a great stadium. His honesty was refreshing. Over the two or three hours of waiting at the airport, the prospect of “that lot” winning against Liverpool in Madrid was a dark, dark shadow which haunted us all. We all agreed how every team in London hates Tottenham.
The biggest London rivalries, involving the “big four”? Here is my ranking.
1 – Arsenal vs. Tottenham.
2 – Chelsea vs. Tottenham.
3 – West Ham vs. Tottenham.
4 – Chelsea vs. Arsenal.
5 – Chelsea vs. West Ham.
6 – Arsenal vs. West Ham.
Anyone disagree with that?
Sanjay bought me an orange juice. He was another good lad. The other Arsenal supporter was from Northampton, though I did not catch her name. I was outnumbered five to one. We spoke of loyalty points, season tickets, membership schemes, how our two clubs ride roughshod over our emotions. Interestingly, there would be no beam back at Arsenal either. There was ground improvements penciled in for the week. So, beam backs at Liverpool and Tottenham, but not at Arsenal or Chelsea.
Maybe it is a Europa League thing.
Will and Noah departed as they were on their way to Tblisi where they were staying for two nights before getting a coach to Baku. I wished them well, though wondered if I would bump into them again on this trip. At the departure gate, I spotted a young lad wearing a CP top and a Chelsea badge. I smiled and approached him. He was Alex, with his mate Alan, and both from Moscow. It was my first Chelsea interaction of the trip. About bloody time.
Sunday 26 May : 12.45pm – Heydar Aliyev Avenue, Baku.
The flight from Istanbul to Baku, again on Turkish Airlines – no complaints, two great meals on the two flights – took three hours and the last ten minutes will live with me for a while. Approaching from the west, and above the bay, I was able to look out to my left and see the distant, dreamlike, sandy buildings of Baku. The sweep of the bay. The flame towers. The curved peek of the Heyday Aliyev Centre, which beguiled me as we drove past it in a cab on my first visit to Baku in 2017, and which I so wanted to visit in 2019. As the plane swung north, the dry earth of the land below.
We landed on time at midday. There was a little nervousness when I handed over my visa at passport control, but all was fine.
Stamp.
The small arrivals hall was bedecked with UEFA Europa League signage and I made a conscious decision to descend the escalator which was next to the roof column covered in photos of Chelsea players. I was taking no chances. It was the one to the left. I was happy. On my ascent up the stairs of the Matthew Harding, I always keep to the left. Oh those superstitions.
I exchanged some money and easily battled a cab driver down from forty manat to thirty manat. A cab to the city for £15? Perfect. On the way in, on Heydar Aliyev Avenue, I recognised a few landmarks from my early morning cab ride in with my friend Nick in 2017. We glided past the Olympic Stadium. Next up was the flame-like Socar Tower. As I mentioned in my Baku 2017 trip report, the furniture company for whom I work fitted out all forty-two floors back in 2014. Because of the complexities of the accompanying export paperwork, it caused me much grief. It almost saw the end of me if I am honest, as it added a massive workload to my already busy demands. Driving past it once more – on a wide boulevard with lamp posts covered in Chelsea colours – did raise a wry smile.
It was magical to be back in Baku.
Sunday 26 May : 1.30pm, Kichik Qala Street, Old City, Baku.
The cab ride in to the city only took twenty-five minutes. The sun was shining. The traffic grew busier with each passing mile. The cab driver, his mouth full of odd-shaped teeth, had been given my hotel address in the old city, but was struggling with its whereabouts. His driving style was rather erratic. He kept using his mobile phone. He changed lanes constantly. Into the city centre we went, curving south past the modern additions, past the designer shops, onto the boulevard where the Formula One race hugs the Caspian Sea. The city was festooned with the yellow and orange of UEFA. I recognised so much. The Maiden Tower, up the hill, past the glass prism of Icharishahar metro station, and we landed right outside the old Gosha Gala city gates.
“I’ll walk from here.”
Within a few seconds, my spirits had dropped. The row of three or four old-style restaurants, no more than wooden shacks, within one of which I enjoyed a £6 meal in 2017, had been pulled down and it looked like modern versions were taking their place. My heart dropped. It was the one abiding memory of my last visit; a huge stone oven, the smell of smoke, the wooden shutters clattering in the wind. I had planned a return for old time’s sake. Alas it was not possible.
“Progress” I thought.
My hotel was entombed within the old city. The sun was beating down as I pulled my two suitcases up and down Kichik Qala Street. Nobody had heard of my hotel. Up and down I went. I asked many locals. My bags were getting heavier. I immediately thought of our cossetted players – the image of Eden swanning onto the Chelsea plane that took the squad to Boston recently was centre stage in my mind – and wondered if they had any inkling of the tribulations we go through. Eventually, I stumbled across two friendly policemen. One of them ‘phoned my hotel, as had the cab driver en route to the city, but the number was not known.
An invisible hotel and a ‘phone number that does not work.
Fackinell.
The policemen then took me to a nearby hotel, only ten yards away, where I presumed they would ask for directions.
Fackinell again.
It was my hotel.
With a name change.
Phew.
My booking, via Expedia, did not immediately feature on the lovely receptionist’s computer – I wanted to marry her there and then – but I have to be honest I suspect that there was a double-booking involved. There seemed to be genuine surprise at my appearance. After five minutes of double-checking, I was shown my room in the adjacent annex.
I had made it.
Sunday 26 May : 9pm – 360 Bar, Hilton Hotel, Baku.
Being sleep deficient, I crashed out for four hours. I dreamed of work spreadsheets and I dreamed of work routines. The subconscious was not letting me forget work.
I was awoken by an English voice. It must have touched an inner trigger. A shadow of a memory of another time, a whisper from my father –
“Come on Chris, time to get up.”
In fact, my father’s stock waking call was not this at all. It was a standard Royal Air Force line, which my father used to constantly use to get me out of bed on work days. It is a typically quirky and whimsical phrase that RAF pals would utter to others, enjoying deep sleep, and at any time during the night.
“Want to buy a battleship?”
I had no need of battleships in Baku, nor anywhere else, but I quickly came to the conclusion that, by God, I had needed this holiday. Within seconds the feelings of guilt that had been pecking away at me for ages quickly evaporated. Although I would miss the immediate company of my usual laughter buddies, perhaps I needed to be alone – certainly on the first two days of this trip before others would start rolling in – so that I could be left to unwind and relax.
I could be my own boss.
I love the company of others, but my own company is a true joy. I have the best of both worlds.
That first evening, I had one goal; to locate the 360 Bar atop the Hilton.
I was out at 7.30pm. It took me an hour of idle meanderings to reach the hotel, but I was in no rush. I enjoyed the Baku evening and quickly dipped into the fan park next to the Caspian. I couldn’t see many Chelsea from the UK participating at this. It was far too regulated. Far too happy-clappy. We like to hide in the pubs and bars, inside the deepest cracks and fissures of host cities, only emerging at the last minute to head on to the stadium.
I made my way east and soon found my goal. I noted lots of UEFA signage at the hotel reception and I was whisked up to the twenty-fifth floor. I settled in a comfy chair, ordered the first of five local Xirdalan lagers. They were only seven manat – just £3.50 – and were served with some crisps and popcorn. I booked a table for Tuesday when some friends would be in town.
And I relaxed. The revolving bar offered fantastical views of the city. My camera had trouble getting clear images, but my memories remain strong. The Flame Towers were the obvious stars and the lights flickered and danced with varying images…the red, blue and green of the national flag on individual towers, the flames, the Azerbaijani flag over the three towers, three figures waving national flags, sparking stars, and – oddly – the three towers as vessels filling up with water,
I was enchanted.
With wifi, I was able to toast absent friends on Facebook.
I left at midnight, took a cab into town, slowly guzzled three more bottles of lager in a bar called “Room” and relaxed some more. I chatted to a Serb from Belgrade – a Red Star fan – who remembered, and loved, Petar Borota who played for Chelsea from 1979 to 1982 and for Red Star’s great rivals Partizan Belgrade before joining us. It had been a chilled-out evening, just what my brain needed, but I felt that I was just touching the surface of Baku.
Monday 27 May : 7pm – Mugam Club, Old City, Baku.
There was more – beautiful – sleep on Monday. I did not wake early. Thankfully there was just enough cold air emanating from the air-conditioning unit to allow for a pleasant rest. Suffice to say, I missed breakfast.
Over the past year, I have watched “The Art Lovers Guide – Baku” on three occasions. I caught up with it again on iPlayer a few weeks back. The two guides – a troubling mix of excellent informative analysis but awful pretension – visited the “Mugam Club” where indigenous music is played while local food is served. The one song featured briefly in the programme was magical and my interest was piqued. Luckily, this was only five minutes from my hotel. I visited it, and enjoyed it all. Several musicians played. Some local music was mixed in with Western music, which spoilt it a little. A salad, some chicken in pomegranate sauce and some rice, all washed down with a bottle of Xirdalan. A lovely little distraction from the football-themed mayhem that would soon envelope the city.
Outside, my next goal was to get up close and personal with the Flame Towers. On the way, on the main square to the west of the Old City (I have to keep reminding myself how close everything is in Baku, it is a wonderful place to leisurely walk between sites), I spotted a Sky Sports reporter doing a live piece to camera. I chatted to him briefly. He had heard that the players were staying at the nearby Four Seasons Hotel. He also spoke to me about Frank Lampard, who I was sad to see had just lost to Aston Villa at Wembley.
Aston Villa, Norwich City and Sheffield United next season then. Two good trips there. Villa is just a bit tedious.
Monday 27 May – 11pm, Harry’s Bar, Baku.
Alas the funicular railway had closed, so at 9pm I ascended the six-hundred steps to the area by the Flame Towers. I spent a good ninety minutes or so underneath the dancing lights, and I was in my element. On the ascent I had spotted a terraced walkway lit up with pure white lights. A real stairway to heaven. The city was charming me with every turn of the eye. Adjacent to the towers was a beautifully constructed area – Highland Park – with a war memorial, fountains, and with outstanding views of the city. The minuets of the Sehidler Xiyabani Mosque contrasted wildly with the flickering LED of the towers. Baku was beguiling me again.
Very soon I found myself in the heart of the city, and I wandered south of Fountain Square into the quarter of a mile block that holds most of the city centre’s bars.
I passed a cellar bar – “Harry’s Bar” – and an English chap was coming up for air.
“Any good?”
“Yeah, it’s alright.”
It was 11pm. I needed a drink as I was gasping. I enjoyed it so much that I stayed until 8am.
For the most part, there were no more than five or six people inside. I got talking to Bob and his son Chris – from Swindon, Arsenal – and we again had a great laugh. I was still yet to spot another Chelsea supporter in Baku. The pub was next to the “Red Lion” and I kept calling in to see if any friends had yet arrived. They hadn’t. That pub was pretty quiet too. But I was in no mood to travel too far. The first beer I was served was a five manat bottle of Efes, but I soon learned that Bob and Chris were on three manat pints. So I soon joined them. Within ten minutes of my arrival “Blue is the Colour” was booming around the small bar.
The night continued, the beers flowed steadily. We bought beers for the barman and his charming wife. Locals occasionally dropped in but for hours the cast involved just five people. Bob chatted to a local girl – the girl with no name, I would continually bump into her over the next few days – and I just sat at the bar with Chris, drinking away. Three o’clock came and went. Seeing Bob attempt to walk back down the steps into the bar from an excursion into the open air was the funniest thing I have seen for ages. Four o’clock came and went. I was in still no mood to leave.
“More tea, vicar?”
Five o’clock.
There was then a very intense “domestic” between the barman and his wife. Then the bar owner showed up and things started to unravel. There was a tense moment of monies being counted and recounted and it all got a bit heated. It was as if Bob, Chris and I were watching some great Shakespearean tragedy unfold in front of our eyes. At about six o’clock – light outside now of course – and after the two Arsenal lads left, I was alone with a beer.
In walked Carl and Ryan from my old haunting ground of Stoke-on-Trent (last featured in the Barcelona away report from last season, another ridiculous night) and three lads from Gloucester. They were newly arrived in town, and had to kill a few hours before being able to book in.
“Carl!”
I wasn’t sure who was more surprised to see each other. Chelsea laughs and Chelsea giggles all over. A Chelsea / Gloucester flag was draped from the bar ceiling. At last I had met some Chelsea fans in Baku. The drinking continued – at a slow pace, I hasten to add, I was in no rush – and the night didn’t want to end. Eventually, I made my way back to the hotel with the early morning sun warming my back.
Tuesday 28 May : 11pm – The William Shakespeare, Baku.
My hotel room had “occasional wifi” and I was able to observe during Tuesday how many friends and acquaintances were arriving into town. I trotted down to the centre and it was just so odd to be in Europe with Chelsea yet to hear another English team’s songs echoing around the streets. I aimed for “The William Shakespeare” on the main street for bars in Baku. On the intersection of this street and another, I spotted Will and Noah about to tuck in to some food in a street side café.
“Good to see you!”
They had thoroughly enjoyed Tblisi, but were now relishing the delights of Baku.
Just after, I bumped into Cathy and Dog.
At last, a time for the gathering of the clans.
The “Shakespeare” pub was busy and getting busier by the minute.
Virtually the first people that I met were Andy and his daughter Sophie. I was especially pleased to see them because – I am sure they will not mind me mentioning it – Andy’s wife Karen passed away just after Christmas. If anyone remembers, I heard about it just minutes before the start of our game at Selhurst Park. I was just so pleased that they had been able to make it. I first met Andy – to talk to – on Wenceslas Square in Prague right after our afternoon game in Jablonec twenty-five years ago, although I had recognised him from my train journeys to London from the midlands as way back as 1985. I have known Sophie since she was a very young girl.
Bless them both.
I soon met up with Luke and Aroha and their pals, then Dave and Neil. Then Russ, Albert, Nathan and Shari from Australia. Callum. Eva. Carl and Ryan, the two Stokies. Nick from Weymouth. Martin from Gloucester. Calvin. A few more. I bumped into Orlin, another good lad who has featured in these tales for many years. I first met him before an Arsenal away game in April 2012, ironically in “The Shakespeare Tavern” at Victoria, and we would meet up again in Turin, Tokyo, Bucharest, Istanbul, Porto, Vienna and – er – Sunderland. We very rarely see each other at Stamford Bridge. He lives partly in San Francisco and partly in Serbia. He is a lovely bloke. There were a few fellow Chelsea Bulgaria in the pub. They are quite well known to the regulars at Chelsea. They are good lads.
Respect to the four Chelsea fans based in Australia, who I met out in Perth, who had travelled.
Albert – Brisbane.
Nathan – Perth.
Russ – Melbourne.
Shari – Brisbane.
They would be part of a little band – of ten – who were in Perth and would be in Baku.
From the UK – Cathy, Rich, Scott, Paul, myself.
From Vietnam – Steve.
From Australia to Azerbaijan. Fackinell.
A few of us jumped into cabs and headed off to the 360 Bar for 9pm. My booth was waiting for me. Ruslan, the barman who looked after me on Sunday, welcomed me and we ordered some drinks and a little food. The others – Aroha, Doreen, Luke, Russ, plus three of Luke’s mates – loved it. The views were again stunning. We all then met up at “The Shakespeare” for community singing. We had heard that Arsenal had commandeered two pubs – “Finnegans” and the smaller “Red Lion.” As far as we could tell, we just had “The Shakespeare.” I don’t think this was anything official. It just transpired to be like this. All three pubs were within fifty yards of each other, like the trenches in the First World War. Throughout the evening, there were no police mobbed up outside our pub, unlike many European aways. There was a very laid back – surreal – atmosphere. I am not so sure there would have been the same vibe if Tottenham had been in town. In the pub, one song dominated the night. At one stage, with me trying to order a beer at the bar, it went on for bloody ever.
“They’ve been to Rotterdam and Maribor.
Lyon and to Rome.
Tottenham get battered.
Everywhere they go.
I was just surprised Seville wasn’t included.
The song continued on.
“Everywhere they go. Everywhere they go.”
There was a fantastic rendition of “Blue Day” too. Everyone singing. Very emotional. Magical. And – of course – “The Liquidator.”
I bumped into, quite unintentionally, four Chelsea fans from the US; Jean, who I had met in “Simmons” at a European game during the season, Robert, James and Paul. Three from Texas and one from new Jersey. Three new acquaintances, and one re-connection. In fact, there was a gentle influx of Chelsea fans from outside the UK. Lots of scarves. Lots of replica shirts. They looked both amazed and bemused at the same time. We moved next-door, and downstairs, to another bar, and I then traipsed over to see how the two bartenders at “Harry’s Bar” were shaping up. All was good, but it was desperately quiet. I wondered how on earth they survived on such little turnover. I bought some pizzas for us and left there at 5am. Bloody hell.
Wednesday 29 May : 5pm – Fan Festival, Baku.
Match ticket in hand, obtained from the Landmark Hotel, I made my way back in to town. I walked in the shade as the sun was still beating down. I met up with Steve down at the Fan Festival. He had popped into the Hilton earlier, had spotted Florent Malouda and Deco, but also the extremely well packaged UEFA Cup (sorry, Europa League Trophy) as it arrived from Nyon in Switzerland. He hoped that the spotting of it was a good sign for him, for Chelsea, for all of us.
I had strolled into the Hilton too, just after the collection of the ticket, and used their wifi again. There were UEFA signs everywhere. I was half-hoping to bump into a famous player from the past, but I saw nobody of note. But you can just imagine what high-level schmoozing had been happening in this building over the past few days. Of course there had been much wailing about the decision to reward Azerbaijan with this year’s final. I have tried to be as objective as possible. Isn’t it right that every member nation within UEFA should host a major final at least once in their existence?
Er, yes.
But then it gets cloudy. I have always advocated the placing of the major finals to be within a central area of Europe, with the majority of host cities to run from Lisbon and Porto in the west to Glasgow and Edinburgh, and up as far as Copenhagen or Stockholm in the north, down through to Warsaw to Budapest in the east and down as far as Rome and Naples in the south. Ninety-five percent of likely finalists would be encompassed within that area. With the emergence of formerly Soviet states and the splintered Balkan states, maybe the odd and occasional flit – as has happened – to Istanbul, Kiev and Moscow.
But Baku?
It is the most easterly outpost of UEFA, not taking into the vast hinterland of Russia which lies east of Moscow.
It always was a mad decision.
But it was all about money, wasn’t it? It was all about Baku fancying itself as a Dubai on the Caspian Sea – oil rich and eager to impress on the global stage – and UEFA went hand-in-hand with it all. The final straw was UEFA’s awful explanation for the awarding of so few tickets to the finalists. They themselves admitted that it would be a ridiculously difficult place for most fans to reach. It is enough to make anyone want to cry. UEFA might be financially rich but they are morally bankrupt.
I took some photos of the huge Azerbaijan flag which fluttering away like a flame. Its colours are horizontal bars of green, red and blue. Although the colours represent Islam, progress and its Turkic heritage – thank you Wikipedia – my take on it is this.
Blue – sky
Red – fire
Green – earth
In footballing terms, I found it easy to work it all out.
Blue – Chelsea – above red – Arsenal – above green – the pitch.
Back at the hotel, a quick freshen up and out again.
I had, unremarkably, not thought too much about the game at all. The match would take care of itself. If pressed, I would say that we were slight if not firm favourites. There certainly wasn’t the fear of Munich in 2012. The vibe matched that of Stockholm in 1998 and Amsterdam in 2013. I was quietly confident.
The game was at 11pm, and I hit “The Shakespeare” at 7pm. I took it easy. I had enjoyed a few “cokes” during the day. I only had three beers before the game. I had a wry smile at the sight of a few working girls trying to muster up some business in the pub. On the night of a European Cup Final, with the kick-off approaching, they had surely miss-read their customer base? The crowds started drifting towards the stadium. About ten of us – all together, looking after each other – walked the fifteen minutes to Sahil metro station. We were on our way.
Wednesday 29 May : 10pm – Koroghlu Metro Station, Baku.
Out into the warm Baku night, and the stadium, burning with the orange and yellow hues of UEFA’s newest trophy just a few hundred yards ahead, we walked on. There were Arsenal voices and Chelsea voices now. The most voluble ones were from the UK. But of course there were other fans from near and far too. And I began to notice other club shirts. I had seen one or two Eintracht Frankfurt shirts in the city; it was obvious many had gambled, like me, but had lost. But there were Galatasary and Fenerbahce shirts. There were Juventus, Real Madrid and Barcelona shirts. There were shirts from the local Azerbaijani league. It was all very strange. I walked on, but then excused myself from the others as I tried to capture a few photos of the stadium’s striking exterior. Just eighteen months previously, the stadium’s shell was more delicately coloured with shades of pink, lavender, red, purple and white. On that night, I circumnavigated the stadium alone and took some photos too. I am nothing if not a creature of habit.
Who should walk past me but Orlin, who I had bumped into the previous day just outside my hotel in the old city. It was typical of the week that I would keep seeing the same faces. In addition to the girl with no name, I also kept bumping into a local who I had asked for directions while looking for my hotel, and also a policeman who kept appearing near my hotel. I called them my guardian angels. Orlin had taken the free bus from the muster point near Sahil Park, but had been dropped off a good fifteen-minute walk away from the stadium. He was far from impressed. I think our choice of the metro – free for three days with use of a match ticket – was the better option.
The photographs continued.
Wednesday 29 May : 11pm – Section 114, Row 20, Seat 29, Olympic Stadium, Baku.
I had reached my seat with about fifteen minutes to go. On the pitch, the last few moments of a quite inappropriate musical sequence were taking place. It was all very “Superbowl” and all very tedious. Where is my “go to” comment about modern football? Ah, there it is.
I hate modern football.
The booming noise emanating from the speakers meant that there was simply no point in us even attempting any Chelsea songs and chants. It seemed that the event was bigger than us, far bigger. It felt like we were just pawns rather than kings. I looked around the stadium. There were empty seats everywhere. I glanced over at the Arsenal section. The thin sliver was pretty packed apart from a half-full upper deck, not too far from where we had watched the Qarabag game – getting increasingly colder – not so long ago. There was a mixture of fans in jeans and shorts. It was a warm night and very pleasant, despite the late kick-off slot. I spotted a few familiar faces. Kev from Port Talbot – one of those on the two Thomas Cook flights from Luton – was down below me. Kisses and handshakes for the “Bristol lot” as they walked past me. I had chosen the most expensive seat available – as had many people I know by the look of it – and I was rewarded with a seat in line with the goal line. It would prove to be a treasure, a gift from the footballing Gods.
Fireworks on the pitch and from atop the stand.
The pre-match paraphernalia was cleared away.
Through the smoke of the fireworks, I was just able to take a photograph of the teams on the far side.
Phew. Here it is then.
My game number fifty-six, from Australia to Azerbaijan.
The team was not a surprise, but we were of course greatly relieved to see N’Golo Kante starting. Emerson and not Alonso, a big game for the lad. Giroud upfront, good. Pedro instead of Willian.
Azpilicueta – Christensen – Luiz – Emerson
Kante – Kovacic
Pedro – Giroud – Hazard
For Arsenal, I was only interested to see if Petr Cech was playing.
He was.
Before the match, before the trip, I had been quite sincere with a prediction of a “0-0 then penalties”.
The game began and I had to make my first decision. Although the section to my left – behind the goal – was standing, most in my section were sat. I saw that Kev and Gary were stood a few rows in front, but it looked like I would be forced to sit. I felt terrible about sitting. It felt like I had lost the battle. I didn’t sit in Stockholm, nor Moscow, nor Munich, nor Amsterdam. I glanced across at the Arsenal section. They all seemed to be standing.
Bollocks.
Not long into the game, I saw a chap wearing a black Manchester United jersey file past me and I could not resist a few words of abuse. In front of me was a bloke in a Galatasaray shirt. To my right, no more than ten seats away, was a bloke in an Arsenal shirt.
Fucking hell.
What has this become?
And how on Earth had these fools managed to get tickets in the 6,000 Chelsea section? I would really love to know that.
A large stadium that was barely two-thirds full. Other team supporters sitting in our section. Chelsea supporters from the UK split up over three tiers. Chelsea fans sitting. Hardly any noise, nor songs, nor chants, nor laughter, nor atmosphere. Because of the factors mentioned, it was a truly agonising first-half. It was horrible. It was one of the worst halves of my footballing life. It was a totally shameful atmosphere. It honestly felt like a summer tour game in the US or Thailand or Australia. I will be honest, the pre-season game against Arsenal in Beijing in 2017 was way louder.
The word “surreal” does not do it justice.
Many times during the first forty-five minutes, I felt that this was the end of the road for me. It was that upsetting.
On the pitch, it was a very quiet start, with lots of shadow boxing. Arsenal had more possession, though, and Aubameyang’s shot flashed wide of Kepa’s post after ten minutes. There were general mutterings of unrest in the seats around me as Arsenal continued to dominate. However, a penalty appeal involving Lacazette as he lept over Kepa never looked like resulting in a penalty, despite the audible howls from the Arsenal section. In that first-half, I could discern a few chants from that end. Our end seemed to be ball watching, not involved, distant. Slowly, Chelsea woke up and began to get involved. Kante, who had worried me in the first quarter of the game with a few odd errors, broke down the right and his cross towards the near post towards Giroud had us on our feet. sadly, the Frenchmen’s feet got tangled and the chance was lost. Pedro had been free just behind him.
Xhaka struck a very fine effort towards goal, and the rising drive clipped the top of our bar.
At last the game was evolving, slowly, into a final worthy of the name.
But still there was hardly any noise anywhere.
Emerson and Hazard were linking up well on the far side. Occasionally, Eden would wander over to the other flank. A turn, a spin and a twist would result in Arsenal defenders reaching for their sat nav. Emerson forced a block from Cech. With five minutes to go before half-time, a fine move involving Jorginho and Hazard ended with the ball at Giroud’s feet. He pushed the ball into space and shot low with his left foot – not a clean strike – but Cech was able to drop to his left and push the ball around the post.
I met up with Kev and Gary at half-time and we formed “The Baku Half-Time Moaners Club.”
You can imagine our chat. Back at my seat, I wondered if we were in for another second-half implosion, our motif of the whole season.
Thursday 30 May : Midnight – Section 114, Row 20, Seat 29, Olympic Stadium, Baku.
The second-half began with Kovacic and Giroud in the centre-circle. A push of the ball backwards and we were away again. Eden was immediately a live-wire and he seemed to suddenly have more space than before. After just five minutes, the ball was played to Emerson, not so far away from me, about ten yards in from the touchline. I snapped my camera as he struck a cross towards the waiting Giroud. The ball was waist high and our striker fell to his knees to meet it, some fifteen yards out, reaching the flight of the ball just before Koscielny could react. His header was perfection. I watched as it flew low into the corner of the net past Cech’s hopeless dive.
Chelsea 1 Arsenal 0.
GET IN YOU BEAUTY.
My camera did not capture the header but although I was boiling over inside, I remained calm enough to capture the scorer drop to his knees and point both forefingers to the skies, eyes closed. Giroud had found his footballing nirvana.
Section 114 was going doolally.
Team mates swarmed around. Some dropped to their knees too. A kiss from Jorginho for Emerson, the supplier of the killer cross. Photos taken, I was able to punch the air and scream and shout.
GET IN.
It was the Frenchman’s eleventh goal in Europe this year. Thoughts of him being a former Arsenal player fizzed through my mind.
It was all Chelsea now. Prompted by Jorginho, Kovacic and Hazard ran at the troubled Arsenal rear guard. The Chelsea section, on life-support in the first-half, was now roaring back to life. And for the rest of the game I stood. This was more like it, Chelsea. Then minutes after the first goal, Hazard was allowed too much time and space in the Arsenal final third – “table for one, sir?” – and spotted Pedro lurking on the edge of the box. He rolled the ball square. Pedro clipped it in.
FUCKINGGETINYOUBASTARD.
More photographs of pure delirium.
Pete suddenly appeared next to me, holding two plastic glasses of “Amstel.”
“Let’s have a sip mate.”
“Have it, Chris.”
“Top man.”
Lager never tasted sweeter. I gulped my pint down pronto. I had to, since I was worried about missing another goal and another photo. My very next photo was of Pedro holding off a challenge in the “D”, the next was of him pushing the ball through to Giroud, the next the challenge by Maitland-Niles.
Snap, snap, snap.
A penalty to Chelsea.
The mood in our section was now of euphoria.
But we waited and waited.
Eden Hazard vs. Peter Cech, team mates from 2012 to 2015, squared-up against each other.
Eden drilled it home.
Snap, snap, snap, snap, snap, snap, snap, snap, snap, snap, snap, snap.
“Smelling salts please nurse.”
The bloke in front of me commented “your voice has gone” and I smiled. I felt like saying “that is because I have been singing all second-half unlike you, you twat” but I felt better of it. The two gents to my immediate right – from the UK, dressed in the monstrosity of next season’s home shirt – hardly sang all night. Why do these people fucking bother?
Four minutes later, the substitute Iwobi unleashed a fierce rising volley – I was right behind the flight of the ball, it was a stunner – that flew into our goal.
“Great goal” I said, completely seriously.
Yet only three minutes later, a wonderful break from Chelsea saw Hazard exchange passes with Giroud in the box – the lofted “dink” from Giroud was world class, the highlight of the match for me – and this allowed Eden to smash the ball home.
We roared again.
I photographed the immediate aftermath. I knew straight away that my photo of Hazard, arms spread, and Cech, crestfallen, was a winner. That £121 seat was paying dividends alright. Only from that vantage point could I have taken that photo. I was a happy man.
There was a song for Gianfranco Zola and he responded with a wave from the bench.
In the last part of the game, Maurizio Sarri made some changes. Just before our fourth goal, Willian replaced Pedro. Then Ross Barkley came on for Kovacic. Willian twice went close with efforts, Cech saved from Hazard. Eden was then fouled, he looked injured, and he was substituted. I captured virtually every step of his last few seconds as a Chelsea player. A hug from Willian, an embrace from Giroud.
The last step.
Snap.
Eden was replaced by Davide Zappacosta.
With the local time at 00.50am, the referee from Italy blew the final whistle.
We had only bloody won it.
Thursday 30 May : 1.30am – Section 114, Row 20, Seat 29, Olympic Stadium, Baku.
The cup was lifted at 1.05am. There was no Wembley-style ascent to a balcony that happened in Munich and Amsterdam, but the same on-the-pitch presentation of Stockholm. Dave and Gary – how English, like two van drivers – lifted the iconic trophy. It really is a beauty. Dave then spent the next twenty minutes kissing the trophy and I was tempted to shout “get a room.” These were joyous times in deepest Baku.
We usually squeak by in Cup Finals. Four bloody one. Unbelievable. We heard that Eden was, quite rightly, the man of the match. They all played well. Special mentions for Kovacic, Jorginho, and even David Luiz did well. I just bathed in the glory of it all. These nights do not come around too often. After that odd first-half, in which we gradually became stronger, we just exploded in the second-half. We were afforded so much space in the middle of the pitch and in the attacking third. Jorginho was in the middle of all of it, and once balls were released to our runners, I could not believe the ease with which we found each other. Arsenal seemed unwilling to challenge, or – to be blunt – even compete. At times we were miles too good for them. Maybe, here in Baku, almost three thousand miles from home, we had seen the season’s high water mark of our beleaguered manager’s playing style.
Regardless, the European trophy was our’s.
It now stood at five.
1971 : Athens.
1998 : Stockholm.
2012 : Munich.
2013 : Amsterdam.
2019 : Baku.
“Our biggest-ever Cup Final win.”
“And Arsenal don’t get Champions League football next season.”
“What a second-half.”
In my mind I was thinking all sorts of odd things.
…”bloody hell, I have never seen Chelsea play in Ipswich, but I have seen us play in Baku twice.”
…”God, that first-half was awful, though.”
…”thinking of Parky and PD and Gal and Al and Glenn and Daryl and Ed.”
…”we always score four in Baku.”
…”God, how many photos am I going to have to sift through from that game?”
I took blissful snaps of Kev and Gary, Dave, Leigh and JD.
Everyone smiling.
At last the players walked over to the Chelsea section. They massed by the curving area behind the goal then – again, so lucky – chose to hoist the cup once more right in front of myself and others in section 114. I was a lucky man once more. It will surprise nobody to hear that I was one of the last out of the stadium. At 1.30am, I took a single photograph of my seat in Baku and collected my, unused, souvenir flag, and stuffed it in my camera bag. I made my way to the exits, I was a happy man.
Incidentally, the attendance would be announced as 51,000 in a 67,000 capacity stadium.
A ridiculous figure really. It should have been packed to the rafters.
However, chew on this. At Liverpool’s first-ever European Cup Final in Rome in 1977, involving Borussia Mönchengladbach, the attendance was just 52,000 in a 65,000 stadium.
Thursday 30 May : 5am – The William Shakespeare, Baku.
Outside the stadium, Steve came bounding over.
“I told you seeing the cup at The Hilton was a sign.”
We hugged.
I met up with Calvin, who had just been separated from his father, at the long line for the metro. I had been on my feet for a couple of hours and I was starting to tire. Calvin was good company on that painful journey back in to town. Just like in Munich, I think I was on the last train. In 2017, it was a much easier – and quicker – journey. On that day, with tickets more keenly priced – ours were £4.50 – over 67,000 attended. Crucially, though, we were well ahead at half-time and many left early. But tonight, damn, the movement out and onto the tube took forever.
At about 2.30am, we flopped on the red line into town. We scowled at a lad who was wearing both a Liverpool shirt and scarf.
“Prick.”
We hit all the stations.
Koroglu.
Ulduz.
Narimanov.
Ganclik.
Sahil.
Exhausted, we plodded back to Chelsea Central; we reached “The Shakespeare” at about 3am. Back with all the people that I had met over the past few days, this was a magical time. Drinks were consumed, songs were sung, all the old favourites. I loved a Jam and then a Style Council segment at about 4am.
“I was half in mind I was half in need
And as the rain came down I dropped to my knees and I prayed.
I said “oh heavenly thing please cleanse my soul
I’ve seen all on offer and I’m not impressed at all.”
I was halfway home I was half insane
And every shop window I looked in just looked the same.
I said send me a sign to save my life
‘Cause at this moment in time there is nothing certain in these days of mine.
We see, it’s a frightening thing when it dawns upon you
That I know as much as the day I was born
And though I wasn’t asked (I might as well stay)
And promise myself each and every day that is
That when you’re knocked on your back an’ your life’s a flop
And when you’re down on the bottom there’s nothing else
But to shout to the top shout.
Well, we’re gonna shout to the top.”
I had not spotted Luke and Aroha since before the game and when I saw them enter the pub, I shouted over to them. This made the person next to me turn around to see who was shouting. Bloody hell, it was Orlin.
“Bloody hell man, how long have you been stood there?”
We crumpled with laughter. I then spotted Alex and Alan from Moscow, the first Chelsea that I had met on this trip way back in Istanbul. Everyone together. Just right. I did not want this night to end. There are photographs of these hours on the internet and they will become priceless reminders of “that night in Baku.” Eventually, the bar turfed us out at 6am.
“I could murder a McDonald’s Breakfast.”
It opened at 8am.
I made do with my second hot dog of the trip on Fountain Square. I returned to the hotel, but my head was still buzzing. I uploaded some photographs from my camera to share on Facebook. I shared the one of Eden Hazard and Peter Cech on Instagram. I was just glad the wifi had decided to work. At 7.30am I was still chatting to pals all over the world. Eventually, I fell asleep.
Thursday 30 May : 8pm – Qazmac Restaurant, Old City, Baku.
I was out in the evening again, relaxing at my own pace in a lovely restaurant opposite where those antiquated huts used to stand on Kickik Qala. I had chosen a light salad and some mutton kebabs. The waiter suggested some bread – fine – but he also recommended some local butter and some caviar. I thought “why not, when in Rome.” Imagine my surprise when he brought out a sizeable pot of the stuff. I asked him “how much is that?” just at the exact moment that he pierced the top of the sealed container.
“Oh, it’s two hundred manat, sir.”
Gulp.
£100.
“Whooooah, hang on one minute, I’m not paying that.”
I remember having caviar – for the only time in my life – on a little French stick in Vienna in 1987. It was just a taste then, and I had visions of a very small portion this time too. I clearly wasn’t prepared to pay £100 for a great pot of the bloody stuff. Thankfully, the waiter understood and that was that. But I enjoyed my meal. It was wonderful. With a beer and some lovely ice-cream it came to £12.50. Superb. It had been a relaxing day. No surprises, I had slept well. As my father might have said of my bed in room 304, “it has a lot of sleep in it.”
My main objective on this day was to head over to visit the splendour of the Heydar Aliyev Centre. It was an hour’s walk – I was tempted, I Iove a good walk in a foreign city – but as my match ticket enabled me to travel for free on the city’s metro for one further day, I made use of it. Rain was spotting as walked up to Icarisharer tube, but it soon stopped. I spent an hour or so walking around the curves of the building. This structure was also featured in that TV programme about Baku. I felt as if I knew all about it. Sadly, as there was a concert taking place, I was unable to go inside. Along with a visit to the Palace of the Shirvanshahs in the old city, and that odd site of Yanar Dag to the north-east of the city where there is an eternal flame burning non-stop from natural gasses from deep inside the earth, it will have to wait until my next visit to Baku.
On the second day of my 2018/19 season, I found myself walking around the famous curves of the Sydney Opera House. On this second-from-last day of the season, here I was outside the equally sublime and beautiful curves of the Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku.
Where next? The iconic lines of Preston Bus Station? Watch this space.
I loved it there. I loved the use of space. The undulating roof of the building is wonderful. And the whole structure sits on top of a gentle incline, and there is subtle use of grass and reflecting ponds. Typically, there was a large replica of the Europa League trophy at the base of the hill. It combined well with a “I Love Baku” sign. On this visit, the sky above was full of brilliantly fluffy clouds. Dotted around the grass lawns were odd concrete casts of snails and rabbits. It was like a surreal dream. It was bloody fantastic. It is no surprise that it is placed right on the main road into the city. It is surely Baku’s most stunning building.
To cap off another memorable day, I dived in to see a few pals – a couple of pints with Dave who was soon to be heading off to Kiev for one night – in “The Shakespeare” and made another trip down for some beers at “Harry’s Bar.” There were warm welcomes in both. I could hear some Arsenal chants from inside “The Red Lion.”
“Shit club no history.”
“Arsenal in Baku, this city is red.”
I’ll be honest. I bumped into two small parties of Arsenal that night – from Amersham, and then from Manchester – and they were fine. They were just so fed up with their team and their club.
Friday 31 May : 11.30am – Gobustan National Park.
On my last day in Baku, I was out on a half-day tour in a little mini-bus, to see the ancient cave etchings of the Gobustan National Park. I had booked this back in England. Imagine the look on my face when I saw Will and Noah waiting outside the travel agency.
“Of all the people we wanted to see. Hello, Chris.”
What a small world, eh? From a plane at Heathrow to a fifteen-seater in Baku. As I clambered aboard the mini-bus, who else should be on the vehicle but Margaret and Roy, two of the most loyal Chelsea supporters ever. They follow all of Chelsea’s teams, not just the first team like me, all over. I remember bumping into Roy at Bristol City’s training ground in around 2009 when we both watched a couple of Chelsea academy games on a Saturday morning. Again, what a small world. It was a four-hour trip. Alongside Will, Noah and myself was a chap called Tommy – an Arsenal supporter, from London – who turned out to be one of the most boring football supporters that I have ever met. I could not help bristling every time he referred to his team as “The Arsenal.” It is a pet hate of my good pal Alan too, and I thought of him every time I heard it. It did make me smile, though, when Tommy admitted to me “I wish we had Abramovich.”
Game. Set. Match.
The tour took us out on an hour drive to the south west of the city. The Gobustan stone carvings were quite fascinating, but it also gave me a chance to see a little of the scenery outside the city. There were oil rigs in the Caspian Sea and new houses being constructed alongside the roads. There was an abandoned Azerbaijani version of Dubai’s Burj Khalifa and an unappetising beach resort. There were oil, water and gas pipelines snaking over the arid landscape, and the inevitable oil refineries. Two companies dominate; BP and Socar. The tour guide was an interesting character; formerly an army captain, formerly an off-shore worker, and a hater of caviar. In his youth, caviar was cheaper than meat and his mother used to feed him it daily. He now can’t stand the stuff.
We were given a tour of the caves. At the end, he led us to the oldest carving of the morning.
“This one is seventeen thousand years old.”
I muttered to Will and Noah –
“Yeah, it depicts the Tottenham captain lifting their last league trophy.”
Friday 31 May : 7.30pm – Fountain Square, Baku.
After a meal in a pleasant restaurant – more salad, more kebabs – I was walking back through Fountain Square. I walked past a local father and son. I overheard the young boy mention Chelsea and Arsenal. I turned around and smiled. I intimated that I was Chelsea and gave the boy a thumbs up. The father explained –
“He wants to know of the history of Chelsea.”
I felt like stopping them, marching them into a café, sitting them down, turning on Google-translate, and entertaining them for three hours.
Later that evening, well aware that I had booked a cab to take me to the airport at 2am, I took it easy. There were some more photographs. I took around 1,750 over the week. My camera is my great companion on these trips around the world with Chelsea. There was time for an iconic shot of a roadside poster of the competing teams and UEFA logos right next to the historic, twelfth century Maiden Tower. Hopefully, another winner.
I sat next to some fountains in a little park on the main boulevard on the shore of the Caspian. I sat alone with my thoughts for many a minute. I tried to take it all in. One moment touched me. A toddler reached out for her mother’s hand and they walked off together. It was a sweet moment, a lovely moment. I have no children and I do not generally harbour regrets. But this little moment obviously stirred me. At that moment, although not life-defining, I did ponder how different my life might have been had I become a father at some stage.
Would I still be in Baku?
Yes, probably.
I made one last tour of my two favourite watering holes of the trip. I shared some laughs and some drinks – Cokes for me, I wanted to stay fresh – with Martin from Gloucester in “The Shakespeare” which was returning to some sort of normality after the recent madness.
After a quick visit to “Harry’s Bar”, I decided to head back to the hotel at about 11.30pm. The girl with no name raced after me after she saw me walking past “The Shakespeare.”
“When are you coming back?”
“Not sure, maybe when Chelsea play here again.”
“Have good livings.”
“You too, take care.”
And so, the trip was nearing its end.
I would indeed take a cab from the hotel to the Baku airport. There would be a 5am flight to Moscow, a two-and-a-half hour wait at the city’s Sheremetyevo Airport, another Aeroflot flight back to Heathrow. I would land early at just before midday on the Saturday morning and Russ would soon be there to meet me.
It would soon be all over; the trip, the travels, and the season.
Postcards From Baku
One last tale though, held over from Game One.
Tuesday 18 July : 6.00pm – Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia.
Glenn and I had spent three days in Sydney, and had picked up a car on the fourth day of the trip. We set off to see the Blue Mountains, stopping off at the windy town of Katoomba. We were headed later that afternoon towards Coonabarabran, a good four-hour drive. With the light just starting to fade a little, we made the wrong turning in an old-style outpost called Gulgong, and soon found ourselves on what is known in Australia as a corrugated road. It means that it is not tarmac, not asphalt, not concrete, not paved, but simply a dirt track that has become rutted through use. With the fuel tank showing a red light, I was starting to get a little agitated. I had visions of us running out of fuel on a farm track, miles from anywhere. The road conditions deteriorated a little. I was keen to head back to Gulgong, but Glenn was more gung-ho. After about twenty minutes of lonely driving, we spotted a chap – a farmer – on a quad bike, towing some sort of contraption, away to our right in a field full of alpacas. We slowed down and shouted over to him. He bounded over.
Glenn shouted out to him.
“We’re lost!”
The grizzled old farmer’s reply was wonderful.
“No you’re not. You’re here.”
Indeed, we were. His statement made us chuckle, but it reassured us. As long as he knew where we were, we were evidently not lost.
We were here.
Panic over.
And it has certainly seemed that, on many occasions this season that we – Chelsea Football Club in a very broad sense, but its supporters on various levels too – have been “lost.” It has felt like our journey was going nowhere. That we had no leadership at any level. That we were rudderless. And at times beyond hope.
But we were never lost.
We were a top six club, and would end up a top three club. At the end of it all, we would reach two cup finals. We would end up with silverware for the third consecutive season. We would end up with our fifteenth major trophy since 2000.
Altogether now.
Chelsea Four Arsenal One.
Chelsea Won Arsenal Lost.
See you next season.
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Louisiana Jayhawker said:
Now lets take time and allow General Benjamin Butler speak by way of the wonderful book: BUTLER'S BOOK:
"From an interview with Sheridan (see Feb 25th), I (Butler) learned what Lee and Grant had done in the march from the Rapides. The position of Grant's army and its distance from Richmond, contradicted all the dispatches I had received from Washington, and I judged that it was impossible for him to do otherwise than to take the alternative in the plan agreed upon between us (the infamous suppressed meeting on 04/01/1864 at Fort Monroe), in case he failed to turn Lee's left and drive him back into Richmond (the infamous boxing of Bobby Lee), where I was to meet him (Grant) in TEN DAYS. Evidently Grant was not coming to Richmond (per the secreted talk with Sheridan) but had marched by his left flank to join me at City Point, intending to continue his operations on the south side (of James River). I had PERFORMED MY PART by being around Richmond, holding its outer defences (at Fort Durery) on the south side of the James River, and now --------- I concluded that I would not continue to hold my position more than a day or two longer, long enough to hold a road open for Kautz (only cavalry force available to Butler) to find his way back to join in if he had met with disaster (while attacking rebel railroads). The fortifications of our INTRENCHED CAMP at BERMUDA (HUNDREDS) were by no means in such condition as they needed to be, to be thoroughly impregnable to the attack of the WHOLE OF LEE'S ARMY, he having the interior or shorter line. He might attempt to carry them and thus force Grant, whom he had learned was to make this (BERMUDA HUNDRED'S) his NEW BASE, into the position in which McClellan was at Harrison's landing. Accordingly it was IMPERATIVE that I should NO LONGER PERIL THE SAFETY OF GRANT'S NEW BASE, AND ALSO PROBABLY THE SAFETY OF HIS ARMY."
Ben Butler was many things, but an insightful military analyst was not one of them. He had a long record of military incompetence any time he came close to commanding troops in the field. This extract from his book seems to show a complete lack of understanding of the military situation in Virginia in 1864.
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OK you dislike Butler, let us try some of Grant to prove my point!
From General U.S. Grant
CONFIDENTIAL FORT MONROE, VA. APRIL 2, 1864
MAJOR GENL. BENJ. F. BUTLER, Comdg. Dept. of VA. & N. C., FORT MONROE, VA.
“Lee’s army and Richmond being the greater objects toward which our attention must be directed in the next campaign, it is desirable to unite all the force against them.”------“The fact that HAS ALREADY BEEN STATED (yesterday 04/01/1864), that is, that RICHMOND IS TO BE YOUR OBJECTIVE POINT, and that there is to be cooperation between your force and the Army of Potomac, must be your guide.”------“THEN SHOULD THE ENEMY BE FORCED INTO HIS INTRENCHMENTS IN RICHMOND, THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC WOULD FOLLOW, AND BY ANY MEANS OF TRANSPORTS THE TWO ARMIES WOULD BECOME A UNIT (at Richmond). All the minor details of your advance are left entirely to your directions.”
U.S. GRANT, Lieut. General
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Grant's first idea was to take the AoP, load 10 days supplies into the wagons, cut loose from his supply lines, and move south along the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge -- then turn west to strike at Richmond, forcing Lee to fight west of the city. This would avoid the 3 years worth of fortifications defending the northern and eastern approaches to Richmond. To put it mildly, this is a wild and woolly proposal that would scare the daylights out of most commanders.
Grant would later say he would have actually followed through on this idea if he had known how good an army the AoP was and they had known enough about him.
Of course, another one of Grant's first ideas when he was put in command was to make better use of resources by bringing generals McClellan, Buell and Franklin back to active service. Political reality reared its' ugly head and only Franklin came back (Grant wanted him to command the AoP cavalry, but Grant could not manage that and Halleck suggested Sheridan). Not all of Grant's ideas come out looking good in hindsight.
Of course, Robert E. Lee might have had some interesting ideas of his own if the AoP cut loose from their LOC and came down around Gordonsville-Charlottesville.
It may have been his original idea, but once he got to Washington he quickly realized that Lincoln, Stanton, etc. would NEVER have allowed him to do that, and he as quickly dropped it. The defense of Washington was the albatross around every Federal commanders' neck throughout the war. He chose to advance via the Wilderness instead of Culpeper for that very reason among others, including having a shorter supply line to protect.
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Grant's main decision for the AOTP was whether to advance around Lee's left or right flanks. Given that a movement by the left flank would have left Washington exposed, the choice pretty much ended up being made for him.
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James N. said:
Yes, absolutely, his first idea. It is a pretty good one in some ways -- assuming you really think you are going to be able to beat Bobby Lee in a lightning campaign of maneuver in the first 10 days (either beating him in the field or forcing him back so you can re-open your supply line). If you can't do that, well, things are going to start to look pretty bad ...
This is General Grant's actual opinion of Ben Butler's position at Bermuda Hundred.
Butler embarked at Fort Monroe with all his command except the cavalry and some artillery which moved up the south bank of the James River His steamers moved first up Chesapeake Bay and York River as if threatening the rear of Lee's army At midnight they turned back and Butler by daylight was far up the James River He seized City Point and Bermuda Hundred early in the day without loss and no doubt very much to the surprise of the enemy.
This was the accomplishment of the first step contemplated in my instructions to Butler He was to act from here looking to Richmond as his objective point I had given him to understand that I should aim to fight Lee between the Rapidan and Richmond if he would stand but should Lee fall back into Richmond I would follow up and make a junction of the armies of the Potomac and the James on the James River He was directed to secure a footing as far up the south side of the river as he could at as early a date as possible.
Butler was in position by the 6th of May and had begun intrenching and on the 7th he sent out his cavalry from Suffolk to cut the Weldon Railroad He also sent out detachments to destroy the railroad between Petersburg and Richmond but no great success attended these latter efforts. He made no great effort to establish himself on that road and neglected to attack Petersburg which was almost defenceless. About the 11th he advanced slowly until he reached the works at Drury's Bluff about half way between Bermuda Hundred and Richmond. In the mean time Beauregard had been gathering reinforcements. On the 16th he attacked Butler with great vigor and with such success as to limit very materially the further usefulness of the Army of the James as a distinct factor in the campaign. I afterward ordered a portion of it to join the Army of the Potomac leaving a sufficient force with Butler to man his works hold securely the footing he had already gained and maintain a threatening front toward the rear of the Confederate capital.
The position which General Butler had chosen between the two rivers the James and Appomattox was one of great natural strength one where a large area of ground might be thoroughly inclosed by means of a single intrenched line and that a very short one in comparison with the extent of territory which it thoroughly protected His right was protected by the James River his left by the Appomattox and his rear by their junction the two streams uniting near by. The bends of the two streams shortened the line that had been chosen for intrenchments while it increased the area which the line inclosed.
Previous to ordering any troops from Butler I sent my chief engineer General Barnard from the Army of the Potomac to that of the James to inspect Butler's position and ascertain whether I could again safely make an order for General Butler's movement in co operation with mine now that I was getting so near Richmond or if I could not wether his position was strong enough to justify me in withdrawing some of his troops and having them brought round by water to White House to join me and reinforce the Army of the Potomac General Barnard reported the position very strong for defensive purposes and that I could do the latter with great security but that General Butler could not move from where he was in co operation to produce any effect He said that the general occupied a place between the James and Appomattox rivers which was of great strength and where with an inferior force he could hold it for an indefinite length of time against a superior but that he could do nothing offensively. I then asked him why Butler could not move out from his lines and push across the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad to the rear and on the south side of Richmond. He replied that it was impracticable because the enemy had substantially the same line across the neck of land that General Butler had. He then took out his pencil and drew a sketch of the locality remarking that the position was like a bottle and that Butler's line of intrenchments across the neck represented the cork that the enemy had built an equally strong line immediately in front of him across the neck and it was therefore as if Butler was in a bottle He was perfectly safe against an attack but as Barnard expressed it the enemy had corked the bottle and with a small force could hold the cork in its place. This struck me as being very expressive of his position particularly when I saw the hasty sketch which General Barnard had drawn and in making my subsequent report I used that expression without adding quotation marks never thinking that anything had been said that would attract attention as this did very much to the annoyance no doubt of General Butler and I know very much to my own. I found afterwards that this was mentioned in the notes of General Badeau's book which when they were shown to me I asked to have stricken out yet it was retained there though against my wishes.
I make this statement here because although I have often made it before it has never been in my power until now to place it where it will correct history and I desire to rectify all injustice that I may have done to individuals particularly to officers who were gallantly serving their country during the trying period of the war for the preservation of the Union. General Butler certainly gave his very earnest support to the war and he gave his own best efforts personally to the suppression of the rebellion.
— Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs
Jamieva
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ANV is Grant's target. All of the other Union forces in Virginia are working in conjunction with the AotP to rob Lee of the vital items he needs to fight: room to move, men and material. Butler is threatening his flank and rear and vital railroads that supply Lee from the south. That means Beauregard's forces can't all go to join Lee. Sigel/Hunter threaten his flank, rob him of the ability to collect supplies from the Valley at will. same for the force working in SW VA. The Union plan in VA in 1864 is a smaller version of the anaconda plan when you look at it on a map.
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New to this forum and this thread. Scrolled though it and didn't see this one: 6th Florida Infantry Regiment. My maternal great,great,great grandfather in my mom's branch of the family served in that regiment. Last Friday,I ordered a copy of his military record from The National Archives.
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Thanks for sharing that @east tennessee roots . Such additions help to bring the campaign alive and, IMO, make it more meaningful.
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From General Grant
Head Quarters, Armies in the Field, Culpepper C.H. Va., April 19, 1864
Maj. Gen. B. F. BUTLER, Comd’g. Dept., of N. C. & Va.
“I will, as you understand (from the meeting of 04/01/1864), expect you to move from Fort Monroe the same day Gen. Meade starts from here.”------ “You also understand that with the forces here I shall aim to fight Lee between here and Richmond if he will stand. Should Lee, however, fall back into Richmond, I will follow up and make a JUNCTION WITH YOUR ARMY on the James River (at Richmond). Could I be certain that you will be able to invest RICHMOND ON THE SOUTH SIDE, SO AS TO HAVE YOUR LEFT (flank) resting on the James, above the city, I would form the junction there. Circumstances may make this course advisable anyhow. I would say, therefore, use every exertion to secure footing as far UP THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RIVER (above Richmond) AS YOU CAN, and as soon as possible. “---------
“The enemy will unquestionably, however, bring everything to Richmond the moment we begin to move (on May 4, 1864). When I telegraph we will start, rain or shine we will start, and hope that from all points I have made preparations, or am making them, FOR A FULL SIEGE EQUIPMENT TO USE IF THE ENEMY FALL WITHIN THE INTRENCHMENTS AT RICHMOND.”
Your OBT. SVT. U.S. GRANT, Lt. Genl.
Thank you for the presentation of the section of Grant’s Memoirs cited above as it is related to the time period in discussion. Note it is written after the War and Grant maybe guilty of some revision and self- improvement, in that it alters the historical record. Right from the start Grant states Butler “had no great success” in cutting the railroad between Petersburg and Richmond, when in fact that railroad was cut but had to be abandoned back to the Confederate repair crews, once Grant failed to appear at Richmond to meet Butler. The point being the railroad was cut as ordered, but due to Grant’s failure to appear at Richmond it had to be returned to the Confederates. Second disingenuous statement is as follows, “he made no great effort to establish himself on that road and neglected to attack Petersburg.” The historical record is clear that Butler’s entire Army was on the ordered route and reached the southern outer most defense line of Richmond at the Drury’s Hill entrenchment complex. The maneuver failed due to Grant/Meade Army failed to meet Butler’s Army at Richmond. Additionally, why does Grant say “neglected to attack Petersburg” when Grant never gave orders for Butler to attack Petersburg?
trice continued
Thirdly, why does Grant deflect from Grant’s failure to appear at Richmond in the Overland Campaign by saying Beauregard drove Butler into the entrenchments of Bermuda Hundred; thusly making Butler useless in the Overland Campaign? Butler was rendered useless in the Overland Campaign because Grant/Meade failure to appear at Richmond to meet Butler. It made no difference if Beauregard had attacked or not, because Butler was being forced to retreat to Bermuda Hundred, due to Grant/Meade failure to appear at Richmond. If Butler does not retreat, he is exposed to destruction, because he is isolated and exposed south of Richmond. Fourth, is Grant claimed that he sent Chief Engineer Barnard “too see if I could again make an order for General Butler’s movement in cooperation with mine now that I am getting so close to Richmond”, or remove a part of Butler’s Army to come to Grant. This is again very disingenuous, as Grant has lost too many troops at Wilderness and Spotsylvania to continue to try to force and maneuver Lee into Richmond, with a two-prong assault with Grant on north bank and Butler on the south bank, as originally planned. The truthful plan is that Grant sent Barnard to ascertain if Butler can hold Bermuda Hundred stronghold, without being destroyed, while Grant removes Butler’s most effective force: Baldy Smith’s Corp. Grant is planning the battle at Cold Harbor and still trying to force Lee into Richmond. Due to Grant’s manpower shortage, Grant is now removing Butler’s only effective offensive power in Baldy Smith’s Corp to come to the Cold Harbor planned battle. Butler is made ineffective offensively due to Grant’s instructions not the silly Corked Bottle.
You need to read up more about Butler's actions if you want to put all of his failures on Grant. He had all the advantages and allowed a smaller force to drive him back and bottle him up. Butler half heartedly went after Petersburg, had a chance after a fight at Swift Creek but again lost his opportunity. This is a pattern of Butler throughout the campaign
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Grant resolved early on in the war to never criticize the President. He never produced a letter that criticized Lincoln. Therefore, whatever he thought of Lincoln's ideas has to be deduced from Grant's actions. The written record reflects Grant parroting Lincoln.
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The first co-ordinated offensive did not accomplish the end of the war. Banks, Butler and Sigel/Crook did not contribute much.
But in the second co-ordinated offensive, Sheridan is assigned to the valley command, and he is assigned an overwhelming tactical force.
Canby assigns Granger to support Farragut, and Grant can be in City Point and command Butler directly. In the second co-ordinated defense, Meade and Grant manage the details of Warren's movement to that Warren's corp is primarily on the defensive.
What happened? Mobile Bay was closed. Warren cut the Weldon railroad and Lee was further separated from Hood. Grant was not able to move around Lee, but Sherman took that risk instead and his professional commanders made it work. Sheridan jockeyed with Early in the valley until the intelligence reports were favorable. Early outfought Sheridan tactically, but Sheridan had a huge and experienced cavalry arm which defeated Early.
I think this second offensive showed that Grant's ideas were based on logistical control, and the power of mobility.
Thus the Overland Campaign was bad and Grant knew it was bad. And he never repeated it.
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Grant was a professional soldier who was dealing with political appointed general officers and the vasty majority of which were incompatent. I would offer these as examples of poor military leaders who had political pull.
Benjamin Butler
Franz Siegel
Ole Dan Sickles
John Alexander McClernand
John Floyd
William "Extra Billy" Smith
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The war ended based on closing Mobile Bay, which Grant had advocated for. He also formed very heavy cavalry units, commanded by Sheridan, Wilson and Stoneham. Butler's failure to take Fort Fisher was addressed immediately. 3 weeks after Butler's failure, before the Confederates could restore the Weldon railroad, Terry and Porter were back at Fort Fisher.
The Overland Campaign failed and Grant's subsequent actions demonstrate that his ideas on how to win the war were very different than what was demonstrated in the Overland Campaign.
The United States had an enormous advantage in combined arms operations. It also had a large and growing advantage in forming, mounting and equipping cavalry units. When both advantages were pressed to the fullest, there was nothing much the Confederates could do about it.
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My gr - gr grandfather ( on my father's side ) fought with the 39th NY Infantry. He was wounded at the Battle of Jerusalem Plank Rd. AKA the 1st Battle of the Weldon Railroad on June 22, 1864. The Federals were held off with my grandfather being wounded that day. he suffered a minor leg wound and was listed as Absent Without Leave while he was in the hospital ( real nice ). He returned to the regiment in August, 1864.
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Nice try but I find nothing convincing in your post to change my position. If you had been well-read you would know that most of the Army of James/Ben Butler seasoned dependable troops were those of the Baldy Smith Corps which constitutes about half of Butler’s force. While technically correct that Beauregard had the lesser number of troops, Beauregard had a suspected higher number of seasoned troops and they had better leadership. Beauregard had the advantage of attacking in the fog and there was an alinement error in the Federal disposition. Therefore, I submit that Beauregard’s force was superior to Butler’s force. I will repeat forever that the phrase “bottle him up” is a political slur of no value or relation to the historical fact on the ground. Again, Butler had no orders from Grant to go “half-hearted” or whole-hearted after Petersburg. Grant had no interest in Petersburg until Grant went south of the James later. Swift Creek was definitely not an “opportunity” as it was outside the objective of Grant’s instructions. Secondly, like the Beauregard successful assault, it does not matter if it occurs or not, as Butler is forced to withdraw, because of Grant’s failure to appear to join Butler at Richmond. Thirdly, the engagement you wrongly seek did not happen because Gillmore and/or Smith did not want it to happen. The only “pattern” I observe is the one in which Butler is shortchanged and limited so as to prevent any positive noteworthy event to improve his political suspected ambitions. Finally, I do not support anyone attempting to put all of Butler’s faults solely on Grant.
We are much in agreement but let me engage in a few details. While I have been critical at points in the Overland Campaign, overall, I mostly uphold Grant’s performance, except for the Cold Harbor event. I would describe it as mainly a draw between Lee and Grant/Meade, with Lee wining short term but Grant wining long term. Regardless of your saying this campaign “did not accomplish the end of the War”, and that “Butler and Sigel/Crook did not contribute much”, may be too hard judgement upon it. If one sees the ‘first coordinated offensive” (Overland) and the “second coordinated offensive” (Petersburg) as rightfully one coordinated offensive that encircled and choke too death Richmond/Confederacy, then I say you may redeem yourself and become more optimistic. Butler and Sigel/Crook did cause Lee to detach troops to confront them and these were not confronting Meade. I believe it is wrong to speak of Butler/Army of James as a separate operation, as Grant always made it contingent and secondary upon what Meade was to do. Therefore, when one speaks of “Butler’s failure” it is more correct to say: Grant/Meade/Butler failure. I think again you are being hard upon yourself in saying Grant only attained “logistical control” and “power of mobility” in the “second coordination offensive” (Petersburg). I submit an opinion that Grant had these also in the Overland Campaign to a degree acceptable. Grant left the railroad and successful used the rivers of East Coast Virginia; therefore, he maintained “logistical control”. Grant mostly kept his “power of mobility”, which Lee caused to be restricted around time of Cold Harbor, but Grant recovered by going south of the James River.
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THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS review: Awash in Sadness
by CinemaSiren August 30, 2016 August 30, 2016
When a movie’s tag lines includes “love demands everything” and “let love lie”, you’ve been warned. While those words declare the film a love story, they are also code for “bring tissues”.
When that movie stars three Oscar nominees, the idea is it will be worth it. THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS, based on the bestselling novel by M. L. Stedman, hopes to start the awards consideration a bit early and act as counter-programming for the glut of summer superhero and comedy flicks in theaters. It is written for the screen and directed by Derek Cianfrance, who helmed acclaimed Indie bummer BLUE VALENTINE and studio bummer THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES, so he knows a thing or two about bleakness on film. Alicia Vikander, Michael Fassbender, and Rachel Weisz are three actors also known for fearlessly approaching dark subject matter. Do they bring enough thespian star power to attract “serious” film fans in the last dog-days of summer?
It’s 1918. Shellshocked WWI soldier Tom Shelbourne (Fassbender) takes on the solitary job of lighthouse caretaker off the coast of Australian, and for months sits alone weeping from his memories of battle. Into this darkness a light is introduced in the form of Isabel (Vikander), a local girl who seems to seek new joy, despite mourning the loss of her two brothers. They fall in love and marry. At this point in the film, the audience can enjoy a brief respite between heartbreaks, a sort of light between two oceans of tears. All too quickly we are submerged is sadness again, when Isabel unsuccessfully tries to bear children. When a small boat carrying a dead man and a baby drifts within reach of the lighthouse, they decide to keep the little girl as their own. Tom wants to report it, but when Isabel asks “Can we just leave it a while?”, we know no ultimate good can come of where they’re headed…Sure enough, after a few years of guarded joy for the makeshift family, everything goes to pieces. Weisz plays Hanna Roennfeldt, the woman who can put an end to their happy family life. Sadness and sacrifice, regret and recriminations, and copious tears shed with alarming frequency ensue.
While there’s repeated heartbreak, THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS is not as tortuous as you might imagine… All the characters are driven by loss and loneliness and love. Though at its heart the story is simple, the characters, and their motivations are complicated.
As such, it is imperative that many of the morally ambiguous choices the audience watches these people make be, if not justifiable, certainly understandable. We don’t, however, get to see Isabel’s suffering or mental deterioration enough to really get why Tom makes the decisions he does later in the story. Without imposing our own perceptions of her suffering, the way she is represented might make Isabel seem less fragile and more self-absorbed. Indeed a number of the choices these characters make seem questionable, in the way viewers might shout at the screen for them to pull themselves together and for god’s sake make better choices! It’s hard for a story with this level of predictability not to devolve into a sort of movie-of-the-week. If, regardless of the gorgeous, naturalistic backdrop of sea and sky, it becomes less like Oscar bait and more like a B-list BBC miniseries with an A-list cast, it is through no fault of the actors.
Fassbender portrays Tom Shelbourne the same way he does many of his roles. It seems he subscribes to the Ingrid Bergman school of acting. She famously told her daughter Isabella Rossellini to “keep it simple. Make a blank face, and the music and the story will fill it in.” Up to this point in his career, his stillness and simplicity have worked as choices, so perhaps Bergman is right. Thank goodness for the chemistry between the two stars. Vikander Fassbender are beautiful together. Also, she and Weisz are both authentic and believable. They raise the material beyond what it might deserve, as do perennial Australian film favorites Brian Brown and Jack Thompson, who co-star.
As romantic tragedies go, THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS fits the bill pretty well, if one is looking for such a thing, and is greatly benefitted by the actors and landscape. Certainly the visual reference to Heathcliff of WUTHERING HEIGHTS is intentional, as exampled by a scowling Fassbender climbing hundreds of stairs to the lighthouse, the wind whipping his long-tailed overcoat up around him. Swoon? Perhaps. But it’s too hot for swooning without a really good reason right now.
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Ryanair Announces 13 New Seville S19 Routes 53 Routes In Total, 2.8m Customers, 10% Growth
Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (22 Nov) launched its biggest ever Seville Summer schedule (2019) adding 13 new routes to Alicante, Bristol, Budapest, Cagliari, Catania, Edinburgh, Fuerteventura, Luxembourg, Nantes, Porto, Rabat, Tangier and Venice Treviso, with 53 routes in total, which will help deliver 2.8m customers p.a. through Seville airport next year, as it grows its traffic by 10%.
Ryanair’s Seville S19 schedule will deliver:
13 new routes: Alicante (3 wkly), Bristol (2), Budapest (2), Cagliari (2), Catania (2), Edinburgh (2), Fuerteventura (2), Luxembourg (2), Nantes (2), Porto (3), Rabat (2), Tangier (2) & Venice Treviso (3)
53 routes in total
8m customers p.a. (+10%)
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Seville consumers and visitors can now book their holidays on 53 routes for summer 2019 on the lowest fares. To celebrate the launch of its Seville S2019 schedule, Ryanair has launched a seat sale with fares from Seville on sale from just €12.99, for travel between November and February, which must be booked by midnight Saturday (24 Nov) only on the Ryanair.com website.
In Seville, Ryanair’s Chief Marketing Officer, Kenny Jacobs said:
“We are pleased to launch our biggest ever Seville Summer schedule, with 13 new routes and 53 routes in total, which will deliver 2.8m customers through Seville airport next year. We will also open our first Spanish C-check maintenance hangar at Seville Airport in early 2019 (an investment of $8m) creating up to 150 high-tech jobs, with provision for further extension, as we continue to grow traffic, routes, tourism and jobs in the Andalusian region.
To celebrate the launch of our Seville Summer 2019 schedule we are releasing seats for sale from just €12.99 for travel between November and February, which are available for booking until midnight Saturday (24 Nov). Since these amazing low prices will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out.”
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#1220 Glossary
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Glossary is one of those bands that several other bands have mentioned in interviews as being their favorite band. Oddly, that’s become Glossary’s calling card: your favorite band’s favorite band…that you’ve never heard of. Songwriter Joey Kneiser even sums it up, “Your fans are out there. They just don’t know you exist yet.” For a band who has been together at its core since the mid-1990’s and released several albums to critical acclaim, Glossary just cannot escape “cult band” status. Their writing is straightforward and solid, their playing is top-notch, and their sound is influenced by many genres, but maintains a cohesive rock-based sound without varying so much as to lose its identity nor being so overly influenced as to become neo-anything. Glossary records sound like Glossary.
As someone into emerging music, even I did not discover Glossary until The Avery Set mentioned their (at that time) upcoming album, Feral Fire. I began to follow Glossary online, with several near-misses at live shows, and did not track them down officially until Americana Festival 2012 in Nashville. One unusually hot Saturday afternoon in the Basement’s parking lot, Glossary delivered on a set that was just what I hoped for–rocking, danceable, and packed with fans. I briefly introduced myself after the set to Kelly Kneiser, gave her my card, and helped carry some gear. Several months later, Joey and I chatted via telephone for the radio show.
Glossary’s current album, Long Live All of Us, brings in their Muscle Shoals to Memphis musical interests, all balanced on top of the early songs of Bruce Springsteen and The Replacements. The entire album makes you want to move, and came from a desire to find the positive in music in an economy that seems bleak. No matter what, you have yourself and your friends, and music can be your fun. Glossary’s network of friends in music help them sustain their creative path, and mutually support one another along their journey. It’s really pretty cool. With a gig at Bonnaroo 2012, hopefully a great booking agent will help them bring their music to a much broader fanbase.
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Songs in this episode include:
Glossary Long Live All of Us: “Keep It Coming,” “Trouble Won’t Last Always,” “A Shoulder to Cry On”
South San Gabriel (side project of Centro-Matic) “Trust to Lose”
Deer Tick “Born at Zero”
Lucero “Sometimes”
The Replacements S***, Shower, Shave (Live in 1989, official release) “(Un)Satisfied”
Next week’s episode Lake Street Dive “Hello, Goodbye!”
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Progressive PR Firm FitzGibbon Media Shuts Down After Sexual Harassment Claims
Sadly, even progressive firms can fall prey to sexual predators.
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Unfortunately, even the progressive space isn't immune to the disease of sexual harassment. Employees and staff of FitzGibbon Media were informed yesterday that the firm would be shutting its doors after at least six female employees came forward with allegations of sexual harassment and in a couple of cases, sexual assault by Trevor FitzGibbon.
Multiple female employees came forward with accusations of sexual harassment and assault against FitzGibbon, according to employees who spoke with The Huffington Post.
A joint statement from former FitzGibbon media staffers Thursday evening confirmed HuffPost's report from earlier in the day.
"The team that comprised FitzGibbon Media is incredibly sad and disappointed to confirm that allegations have been made against Trevor FitzGibbon, FitzGibbon Media founder and President, for sexual assault and harassment of multiple female staffers," the statement said.
"Staffers reported over a half dozen incidents of sexual harassment and at least two involving sexual assault committed by Trevor FitzGibbon against his own employees."
The allegations come from women who are not just millennials, but whose ages span decades.
There are details from one woman who was trying to get a job with the firm that will raise the hackles on your neck. It did mine.
After employees refused to work with Fitzgibbon, he chose to close the doors.
It is with tremendous regret that we had to close FitzGibbon Media. Our team was at the helm of many of the most important policy debates of our time. We were the undisputed communications leader for the progressive movement. Although the company is closing, our talents and our mission remain unchanged.
The allegations against me are a distraction to the mission at hand. In order to do what is best for the company, I took a leave of absence. However, it is abundantly clear that an irreconcilable difference has arisen between the FitzGibbon team and me. We had no choice but to make the difficult decision to close FitzGibbon Media.
I apologize to my team and our clients for the impact this closing will have on them. I will work to once again regain the trust that was lost.
For women, this kind of harassment is something we live with every day. It is especially painful to me to see this happening in the progressive space, because as progressives we claim to respect women and treat them as equals.
But the reality of that is something else again. The FitzGibbon story is horrifying, but I'd be willing to bet money on the fact that it's not isolated.
It's not enough to pay lip service to policies that help women. Women deserve equal respect, equal pay, and assurance that they can go to work every day without worrying about their male boss and/or colleagues feeling them up and exerting power over their careers.
Lord knows there's few enough jobs in the progressive space as it is, without this kind of harassment taking place. It's painful to me to see this kind of treatment of women by men still goes on just like it did when I was in the workplace. The privilege and abuse of power here is horrifying.
There are no angels, particularly in politics.
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Interfaith Seminary Exploration — Yazidism
April 16, 2017 .Reading time 13 minutes.
As a part of my Interfaith Seminary homework this semester, I was instructed to pick a religion not covered in our curriculum and write a brief summary of the basic beliefs and rites of that religion. I chose one that I have been fascinated with for quite a few years, Yazidism. I apologize to any Yazidi who read this and find it incorrect or too simplistic an overview of your ancient culture and traditions. I wrote this with nothing but the greatest respect for Yazidism and the Yazidi people.
Yazidism
Yazidism is the religion of the Yezidi people, an ethnically Kurdish religious community indigenous to Northern Mesopotamia. They live primarily in Northern Iraq/Kurdistan and speak Kurmanji, the Northern Kurdish language. They have migrated throughout the region into Armenia, Turkey, Syria and Iran though most have continued to migrate into Europe. They have been persecuted by neighbors for centuries, with the most recent persecution and genocide starting in 2014 by the Islamic State group in the campaign to cleanse the area of all non-Islamic influences. The Yazidi trace themselves back to the Garden of Eden and consider themselves to be the descendants of the son of Adam, with their present religion dating back to the last Floods or approximately 6,000 years ago. At that time, they moved throughout India, Afghanistan, and North Africa before returning to their homeland in Northern Iraq. They consider themselves to have helped create the Sumerian, Babylonian and Assyrian civilizations. In the 11th Century, the Yazidi culture and religion was reformed by the Sufi, Sheikh Adi. With the guidance of the Peacock Angel, Tawsi Melek, Sheikh Adi created scripture, hymns and prayers and established the current caste system consisting of the Mir or Prince (the religious head of the Yazidis) and his caste, the Sheikh caste, the Pir and the Murid (the commoners). Within these castes are also the orders of mystics, Faqirs, Qewels and Kocheks. The role of Mir is hereditary and is considered the official representation of Tawsi Melek on Earth.
Basic Tenets and beliefs
The Yazidis believe in one static, inactive and transcendent God who resided ‘across the water’ and out of a pearl, created the earth, planet and stars. He then created the Seven Great Angels, the leader or Archangel of which is Tawsi Melek or Melek Taus, the Peacock Angel. They believe that good and evil both reside within human beings and it depends on humans themselves to choose, just as Tawsi Melek chose. An important facet of Yazidism is the belief in reincarnation, meaning the soul is not destroyed and changes body after death. This is called Kiras Guhorin (changing of garments). This concept applies even to Divine beings, as they believe the Seven Angels periodically reincarnate into human form or koasasa. The Yazidi see hell and heaven quite differently than many of their neighboring religions. They believe that Tawsi Melek saw the suffering of the world and cried. His tears fell onto the fires of hell and extinguished them. With hell extinguished, and reincarnation, a soul would be reborn repeatedly until rejoining heaven. Another important facet of the Yezidi faith is their oneness with nature. They pray three to five times each day towards the sun, seen as the ultimate truth, sacred and an emanation of God. In Yazidism today, practice or careful adherence to the rules that govern all aspects of life, are more important than scriptures, dogma or personal beliefs. This religious purity, along with reincarnation, are the two keys of Yazidism. Some of these rules are, the caste system, food laws, a variety of taboos, and the preference for living within Yazidi communities and marrying only another Yazidi. One cannot become a Yazidi, they must be born into the religion and ethnic group.
Leaders/Teachers
Sheikh Adi is the Sufi reformer who lived among the Yazidi in the 11th century and reformed it into what is looks like today. He is considered a divine being and possibly an incarnation of Tawsi Melek. It is believed that as the same time as he was incarnate, the other six Great Angels were also incarnate. Sheikh Adi once stated: “I was present when Adam was living in Paradise, and also when Nimrod threw Abraham in fire. I was present when God said to me: You are the ruler and Lord of the Earth. God, the compassionate gave me seven earths and the throne of heaven.” Sheikh Adi ibn Mustafa was of Umayyad Muslim descent and spent many years among Sufi adepts in Baghdad before settling into the valley of Lalish (northeast of Mosul), after visions instructed him to move north and help save the Yazidis. Part of his reformation was to mandate that Yazidi could not convert to another religion nor could someone from another religion become Yazidi. Sheikh Adi created the caste system of Murid, Pir and Sheikh as well as the Order of Faqirs. Upon his death, he was entombed in Lalish, the spiritual Heartland of the Yazidi and where they find spiritual solace as well as physical protection during times of persecution. Lalish is also considered the landing place of Tawsi Melek. Yazidi pilgrims from around the world travel to Lalish to visit his tomb and receive his blessings. There are also tombs dedicated to six Great Angels who were incarnated with Sheikh Adi, shrines to the miracles of Sheikh Aid and landmarks said to have been transferred from Mecca.
Scriptures and sacred writing
For most of the history of Yazidism, the scriptures have been transferred orally rather than in writing. The books that exist now have much controversy surrounding their authenticity and authorship. These are: Cilwe (The Book of Revelation) and Meshefe Res (The Black Scripture). These are both composed in the southern Kurdish dialect but their stories are the same as the oral stories in the northern Kurmandji dialect. The funeral prayer – Talqina Ezdiyan – warns those who do not accept ‘The Black Scripture’ that the time will come when people would not utter the names of Jesus, Moses or Muhammad; they would ask Sheikh Adi to be merciful upon them. So, even though these books fail to meet criteria normally used to judge authenticity, the contents seem to be validated by the oral tradition. The core religious texts are the qawls, hymns in Kurmanji which make allusions to events and persons not explained in the texts. These have been orally transmitted, with the recitation and knowledge of them kept by the Qewels, Now, various Yazidi communities around the world are attempting to collect and transcribe these qawls for the education of the children.
The Yezidi religious year includes four Holy festivals: The New Year, The Feast of Sacrifice, The Feast of Seven Days September 23-30, and The First Friday of December feast following three days of fasting. The New Year is celebrated on a Wednesday in April and commemorates when Tawsi Melek first came to Earth. Part of this celebration is the coloring of eggs, which represent Tawsi Meleks rainbow colors displayed in his form as the Peacock Angel. Women also place blood red flowers and shells of colored eggs above their doors so that Tawsi Melek can recognize their homes. New Years day starts with a feast for the dead, in which women mourn the dead and feast between the graves. One of the most important events of the New Year is the Parade of the Peacock. Bronze lamps or Sanjaks are paraded through the villages. Of the seven original Sanjaks only two remain. In mid-February is a forty day fast observed only by the Yazidi holy men in Lalish. At the completion is the Feast of Sacrifice, which commemorates when Abraham attempted to sacrifice his son Ishmael but replaced with a sheep. The holy Men make a pilgrimage to Mt. Arafat, sacrifice a sheep and then light sacred fires all over the valley. At the beginning of October, the Feast of Seven Days is a sacred time when the Yazidi make the pilgrimage to Lalish to unite as one people at their holiest shrine. They believe that there is an upper, heavenly Lalish where the Seven Great Angels shower blessings down on those in the lower, earthy Lalish at this time. The Sacrifice of the Bull takes place on the 5th day and signals the arrival of Fall. During this week there are continual baptisms of children and holy objects. The Three Day Fast of December is expected to be observed by all Yazidi from dawn to sunset, with nights of feasting and prayer.
The Yazidi are concerned with religious purity and are concerned with the mixing of things seen as incompatible, which is seen in their caste system as well as taboos affecting everyday life. Some of these taboos are: the prohibition of eating lettuce or wearing the the color blue. The purity of the four elements are also protected by taboos such as no spitting on earth, water or fire. They consider too much contact with non-Yazidi to be polluting and avoided military service to avoid living among Muslims. This aversion to mixing with non-Yazidi maybe be what lead to the taboo against writing and reading, preventing the literary transmission of their religious tales in books and manuscripts. Yazidi pray between three and five times a day, though prayer is a personal choice and not a mandate.
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November 28, 2018 Nathan Jones
Saints make winning a “Brees”, but can they continue their dominance against the Dallas Cowboys?
The Saints are rolling past their competition. After losing in week one, the New Orleans Saints have gone on a 10-game winning streak. The national media has a fun time deciding which team has the greatest offense. People love to debate whether Pat Mahomes, Jared Goff, or Drew Brees is the MVP. Whatever you find yourself on that argument, one thing is certain: the New Orleans Saints has been the most impressive team through week 12.
The Cowboys are finally getting respect by the country as well. After a rough start to the season, Jerry replaced the offensive line coach and traded for Amari Cooper. Cooper has made life for Dak Prescott a lot less stressful. Cooper is a consistent option on third down, which for a run first team, is essential. People were writing Dak Prescott out, in the beginning, criticizing everything about the quarterback (which to be fair, he needed a lot of criticism). However, since acquiring Amari Cooper, Dak Prescott has improved tremendously. He still has room to grow (every quarterback does), but overall his game looks vastly different than without Cooper.
Before Amari Cooper, here were Dak’s stats:
202 passing yards per game
2 to 1 pass touchdown to interception ratio
QB rating of 88.56
With Amari Cooper, here are Dak’s stats:
QB rating of 102.55
To put these numbers in perspective, if Dak averaged this for one season, he would end up with over 4,000 passing yards, 20 pass touchdowns, and four interceptions. These are not jaw-dropping stats, but with a great defense and run game, these numbers can win big games.
Can they beat New Orleans? Maybe…
New Orleans enters this match as the 5th overall offense in yards per game with 416.16, and 1st in points per game with 37.1.
Drew Brees is on pace to set many records, including holding a completion percentage of 76.3%. Many teams have a “three-headed monster”. The Saints have a “four-headed monster” in Brees, running backs Kamara and Ingram, and receiver Michael Thomas. The Saints can move the ball with ease on the ground and through the air. They use Kamara from the backfield, at the X spot, in the slot, he is basically everywhere expect the bench. Michael Thomas has solidified his standing among the best receivers in the NFL.
Their offense is exceptional, but the reason they are the best team in the league is that they have mastered “complementary football”. They score early on offense, and their defense does their part. They pose the best run defense in the league, though the numbers may be skewed because of the lead they have early in games, as well as playmakers on the back side that do a decent job of taking turnovers and limiting touchdowns. They are just in the middle of the pack on points allowed (23.3 points/game). But, second-year cornerback Marshon Lattimore is rebounding in the second half of the season, returning to his rookie year form. He has one interception against the Eagles in week 11 and has given up only 27.6 yards in his last three games.
Besides Lattimore, the scariest part of their defense is DE Cameron Jordan. Like the Cowboys’ Demarcus Lawrence, Jordan is more than just a top-tier pass rusher. He plays the run at an elite level as well. He does not allow offensive tackles to hook him and seal the edge. He uses his strength and leverage to beat the running back outside, forcing a cutback into DT Sheldon Rankins.
The Key for a Cowboys’ win
If the Cowboys win, it will because of 3 things:
They have to slow the game down to their speed. The Cowboys are not built to win a 40-45 ball game. Even the Rams fell short in a shootout with New Orleans. They must stick to what works for them. Run with Ezekiel Elliott, give him 25+ touches, preferably 30+. And they need to find ways to move the chains. Cole Beasley has been a non-factor as of late, so look for ways the Cowboys can find him on quick out routes. Amari Cooper can factor in with screens, the occasional deep route, but mostly quick stuff underneath.
Win the red-zone battle. The Cowboys defense has been fantastic in forcing teams to settle for field goals. The Saints have been fantastic in scoring touchdowns. The Cowboys’ defense is battling against a very crafty offense called by Sean Payton. Expect wildcat formations, trick plays, etc. The Cowboys offense can not afford to only come away with a field goal. The motto for the offense should be: “TDs not 3s”. Scott Linehan has been persecuted for his wretched play calling in the red zone, and with rumors surrounding his job security, he must call a perfect game.
Win the turnover battle: The Cowboys have yet to lose a game where they have not turned the ball over to the opposing team’s defense. Dak Prescott has been playing great football and will have to continue to know when to take a sack or throw the ball away. The Saints’ defense craves opportunities to take the ball away, and another Dak dribble situation cannot happen. Also, Drew Brees rarely throws an interception, an incompletion for that matter. However, to beat Brees we must have an exceptional pass rush and get hands in passing lanes. Tipped balls have to be capitalized on by the Cowboys’ defense. They have found ways to take the ball away recently, and this must continue on Thursday. The more possessions for Dallas’ offense, the more they can dictate how the game is played.
Football is a chess match. Every play call is calculated plays, or even drives in advance. The Cowboys are at a disadvantage with Tyron Smith most likely missing the game due to injury. It is time for players such as Ezekiel Elliott, Dak Prescott, Demarcus Lawrence, Jaylon Smith, and Leighton Vander Esch to take charge and lead the team to victory.
Vander Esch
Published by Nathan Jones
I attend Texas A&M University. I have been a Cowboys fan since I was an embryo. I have lived through the terrible 8-8 days and hope to one day witness a Superbowl. I'm also a contributing writer for the Landry Hat and Locked on Texans. View all posts by Nathan Jones
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Companhia de Danca Deborah Colker – Tatyana – London
By Jann Parry on February 6, 2013 in Reviews · 0 Comments
Deborah Colker’s Tatyana.
© Walter Carvalho. (Click image for larger version)
Companhia de Dança Deborah Colker
London, Barbican Theatre
www.ciadeborahcolker.com.br
Deborah Colker’s Brazilian Tatyana is a maverick alternative to the ballet and opera versions of Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin. For those who didn’t already know the story and couldn’t afford the souvenir programme, the Barbican provided a synopsis sheet, complete with a guide to the colour-coding of the 16 dancers representing the four main characters, plus two Pushkins. Good luck with that.
Colker is more concerned with emotional drama than narrative exegesis. Her Tatyana is all about thwarted love: delirium, then disillusion; dreams of what was meant to be but which fate prevented. The action takes place in two different surreal contexts, designed by Colker’s frequent collaborator, Gringo Cardia.
Act I is dominated by a stylised wooden tree, from whose branches dangle books as leaves. The stage picture looks spectacular, with multiple Tatyanas (in pink) perched on high, numerous Olgas (in green) dancing below with virile Lenskys (yellow), while Onegins (blue) twirl their canes superciliously. An acrobatic Pushkin in black leather clambers amongst them, part voyeur, part Svengali. A Russian-themed score of chunks of Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and others selected by music director Berna Ceppas batters the eardrums.
A hefty clue to where we’ve reached in the plot is the introduction of huge black quills: aha, the letter-writing scene. One Tatyana, tall Amalia Alzueta, writhes lasciviously like an animal on heat in the middle of the tree, while three others on upper levels brush the feathers longingly across their bodies. When the quills are dropped, Pushkin picks them up tidily and twines himself around a green Olga, presumably dooming her innocent happiness. Dielson Pessoa as the male Pushkin has bleached his hair to resemble blonde Colker as his female counterpart. The unfortunate result is that he resembles Jimmy Savile on the prowl. (Pushkin the poet was dark, thanks to a slave forebear who had been a page to Peter the Great.)
© Walter Carvalho.
After some feisty folk dances, the fatal duel is signalled by Lensky(s) parading with a fan, whose snapped closure sounds like a pistol shot. Onegin is meanwhile armed with a top hat and sword stick. Very confusing, these ‘symbolic’ props. Pessoa-Pushkin hurls himself in distress into a manège of barrel turns: is the author upset by his plot or foretelling his own death in a duel?
Colker’s choreography in the first act uses Pessoa and Alzueta balletically, contrasting their long lines with tight unison routines for the others. Men move martially while barefoot women writhe sinuously or fling themselves in daredevil plunges from the branches of the set.
Everything changes for the second half. The tree has gone, replaced by an elevated platform at the back of the stage. Eight veiled Tatyanas appear on pointe in frilly white leotards: bayadères in knee pads – not a good look. They reproach eight Onegins in black capes down below, to Rachmaninov’s second piano concerto. There’s no Gremin in this limbo to explain Tatyana’s dilemma. Instead, the two Pushkins take turns to express anguish: Pessoa is a gymnastically tortured soul, Colker a sensitive one. Undulating and flickering her fingers, she’s partially shielded from view by laser beams darting across mesh screens; her age was all too apparent in her Act I solo, surrounded by lithe young dancers.
Colker’s inadequacies as a choreographer are exposed in agonised pas de deux for mature Tatyana (in unfortunate long white gloves) and multiple Onegins. The central duet is a parody of Cranko’s inventive pas de deux. The Tatyana dancer is manhandled into splay-legged positions, spun like a top in dizzying pirouettes, heaved upside-down.Versatile though these dancers are, they can’t accomplish searingly romantic lifts. No wonder all the Tatyanas come to their senses if this is what true love does to them. They retreat to their shelf and rise upwards at the end, leaving Onegin(s) to fall apart.
By abstracting and generalising the emotions in Pushkin’s verse-novel, Colker has rendered her account of the story completely incoherent. The 18 scenes listed in the synopsis are indistinguishable, as are most of the characters in terms of the way they move. Her bids at ‘contemporary ballet’ choreography are execrable. On past form, she’s better at assembling unrelated sequences of acrobatic skills, using ingenious props and not bothering with narrative.
Tags: Amalia Alzueta, Barbican Theatre, Berna Ceppas, Companhia de Danca Deborah Colker, Deborah Colker, Dielson Pessoa, Eugene Onegin, Gringo Cardia, John Cranko, London, Onegin, Prokofiev, Pushkin, Tatyana, Tchaikovsky
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The Royal Ballet – Onegin – London
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Royal Ballet – The Prince of the Pagodas – London
Jann Parry
A long-established dance writer, Jann Parry was dance critic for The Observer from 1983 to 2004 and wrote the award-winning biography of choreographer Kenneth MacMillan: 'Different Drummer', Faber and Faber, 2009. She has written for publications including The Spectator, The Listener, About the House (Royal Opera House magazine), Dance Now, Dance Magazine (USA), Stage Bill (USA) and Dancing Times. As a writer/producer she worked for the BBC World Service from 1970 to 1989, covering current affairs and the arts. As well as producing radio programmes she has contributed to television and radio documentaries about dance and dancers.
Australian Ballet – Onegin – Melbourne
23rd International Ballet Festival of Havana, 2012
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Rahul Acharya, Vidhya Subramanian, Shambhavi Dandekar and Janaki Rangarajan – Dancing the Gods – New York
By Marina Harss on May 2, 2014 in Reviews · 3 Comments
Vidhya Subramanian.
© World Music Institute. (Click image for larger version)
World Music Institute, Dancing the Gods season
Program 1: Rahul Acharya and Vidhya Subramanian
Program 2: Shambhavi Dandekar and Janaki Rangarajan
New York, Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
26, 27 April 2014
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In New York we are lucky to see quite a bit of Indian classical dance. The local crowd has developed a taste for it, and thus has been spoiled with some memorable performances, including not infrequent visits by the extraordinary Nrityagram ensemble, led by the choreographer Surupa Sen. Sen, who for the last two decades has been expanding the choreographic range of odissi, will be at the Baryshnikov Arts Center May 1-2 with her longest-running collaborator, Bijayini Satpathy. They are both powerhouses. But there have been others, too: in 2012, the bharata natyam dancer Malavika Sarukkai performed an extraordinary program in which, among other things, she accomplished radical shifts of perspective, from embodying a bird flying through the sky to showing the bird’s path as seen from the ground, to revealing the bird’s point of view. And I will never forget a performance by the kuchipudi dancer, Shantala Shivalingappa, in which she depicted the Goddess Padmavati awaking from a dream; as she turned toward her (invisible) husband, still sleeping soundly, she smiled with the recognition that what she had experienced was a product of her sleeping mind. All of this was completely clear from her mime and expression. At once, she was the goddess, and one of us.
What do all these performances have in common? An uncanny musicality, in which the steps and the music seem to arise from the same impulse, a dramatic ability that transports the viewer directly into the story, without any conscious suspension of disbelief and sophisticated choreography that, while remaining within the classical canon, looks new and consistently surprising.
Rahul Acharya.
There are various festivals that bring Indian dance to New York – Erasing Borders and Drive East! are just two – but the World Music Institute’s Dancing the Gods series, co-curated by Rajika Puri, is among the most probing and serious. Puri is an indefatigable promoter and researcher, as well as a performer. Before each show, she gives informative, lively introductions. This past week the festival returned for the third time; the organizers went out on a limb, inviting a quartet of younger, lesser-known dancers, who shared two double-bills. One, Rahul Acharya, was an anomaly: a male practitioner of the predominantly female-style odissi (which originated as a devotional dance performed by devadasis in temples.)
This mixed format presented some complications. Without the opportunity to develop a full evening, it’s harder for the artists to bring the audience into their world. Each evening felt a little like a collection of greatest hits. How were the individual pieces supposed to fit together? More problematic, not all were accompanied by live music. This is something the organizers should reconsider in the future, if at all possible. Indian dance, like flamenco, lives in the little variations of rhythm and constant interplay of musicians and dancers. The two are inextricably linked.
The artist who suffered the most in this respect was Rahul Acharya, the lone male. He has a beautiful, lithe body and handsome face and, because he dances bare-chested, one is made even more aware of the sinuous curve in his back. Because his legs are so strong – he’s a man, after all – he can create particularly striking, wide shapes with his lower body. Acharya finished off his performance with an exciting series of acrobatic feats – backbends, explosive jumps, high extensions of the leg, none of which are typical features of a female odissi concert. (Such feats come from the related male gotipua tradition, preserved by troupes of young boys who performed outside of temples.) But fluid and elegant as they were, his solos had an evenness of tone that dulled their effect. They felt slightly canned, like the music. Nor were the rhythms of his feet as thrillingly precise as those of some odissi dancers. (Again, this may have been the result of the recorded music.) And because he did not give any introductions to the songs – odissi is performed to vocal music from Orissa – it was difficult to make out what he was dancing about, even in passages of vivid mime.
Vidhya Subramanian, the bharata natyam dancer who performed after the break, had the advantage of being accompanied by a thrilling ensemble – almost all young women, another anomaly – including the virtuoso percussionist Rajna Swaminathan. Swaminathan spun intricate rhythms with her fingers on the mridangam drum. (My eye was often pulled away from the dance to watch the dancing of her fingers.) Subramanian gave a simple, poetic introductions to each solo, explaining the essence of the lyrics, which were mellifluously sung by young Roopa Mahadevan. The first piece was a dance drama recounting a series of events from the Ramayana with a huge cast of characters, impossible to follow. But Subramanian’s characterisations were vivid, particularly when she became an elderly servant scheming against her masters. Here, she became almost monstrous. But her triumph was a slow song, “Sakhi He” to which she performed a dance representing Radha’s longing for Krishna. Here, her imagination overflowed – we could see her eyes and body burning with desire for physical union with the god, her lover. One of the great pleasures of Indian dance is this unabashed view of female desire. Sexual union – and the anticipation of it – is taken to a cosmic level. But in general Subramanian’s choreography was lacking in tension and variety; you weren’t waiting with bated breath to see what would happen next.
Shambhavi Dandekar.
On the second day, a young kathak dancer, Shambhavi Dandekar, was again forced to perform to a recording, a real shame since kathak is even more closely linked to the music than bharata natyam or odissi. This dance from Northern India is more abstract, more upright, less full-bodied than the others; the arms are more of a decoration than an integral element in the movement. The focus is on the feet. As in tap dance and flamenco, rhythmic footwork is central. The dancer vocalizes a series of rhythmic, syllabic tongue-twisters punctuated by accents and pauses. Then the feet repeat the pattern verbatim, or spin further variations. The tiny Dandekar, almost child-like in build and demeanor, threw off each rhythmic sequence with absolute precision and charm. An Indian man sitting near me was in ecstasy, following along with taps of his hand. But without live music it just wasn’t the same.
Janaki Rangarajan.
The most striking dancer of all was the last, Janaki Rangarajan, another bharata natyam specialist. The excellent musical ensemble returned. With her tall, imposing body, large face, and enormous, intelligent eyes, Rangarajan made an immediate impression, both in stillness and in movement. There was something almost male – less ingratiating, more muscular – about her dancing. The crossed-over poses were more crossed, the curves more monumental, her arms at times more angular, the jumps at once explosive and pliant. She started off strong, with a long solo that alternated lyrical passages and strong footwork. But then, as with Acharya, a certain monotony set in; the second piece was hard to follow, rambling and repetitive. The dancing itself was spectacular, but it needed more rigorous choreographic structure.
Which just goes to show that in Dehli as in Bangalore, Seville, Rio de Janeiro or New York, choreographic variety and imagination is essential. Just look at ballet – it is almost always pleasant to look at, but without a great choreographic mind behind it, it becomes dull. The greatest dancer-choreographers are never dull.
Tags: Baryshnikov Arts Center, Bijayini Satpathy, Dancing the Gods, Drive East!, Erasing Borders, Janaki Rangarajan, Malavika Sarukkai, New York, Nrityagram, Rahul Acharya, Rajika Puri, Rajna Swaminathan, Roopa Mahadevan, Shambhavi Dandekar, Shantala Shivalingappa, Skirball Center, Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, Surupa Sen, Vidhya Subramanian, World Music Institute
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Marina Harss
Marina Harss is a free-lance dance writer and translator in New York. Her dance writing has appeared in the New Yorker, The Nation, Playbill, The Faster Times, DanceView, The Forward, Pointe, and Ballet Review. Her translations, which include Irène Némirovsky’s “The Mirador,” Dino Buzzati’s “Poem Strip,” and Pasolini’s “Stories from the City of God” have been published by FSG, Other Press, and New York Review Books. You can check her updates on Twitter at: @MarinaHarss
2 total comments on this postSubmit yours
Rajika Puri
Thanks for the thoughtful review (& for the mention!). All the points you make are so worth thinking of, I’m including them in a newsletter to Indian dancers all over the world.
I am so aware, (having given a lecture demonstrating the inter-connectedness between Indian dance & its music) of the disservice we do when we present Indian dance without live music. Alas, our alternative, given financial constraints, was to NOT present them at all, for while South Indian musicians can be found in the US, we have none for Odissi, & Kathak’s not easy given the complexity of dance compositions.
But point taken. For next year we should start fund-raising NOW!!!
Dear Rajika,
I can imagine how hard it is to gather the funds to pay for musicians, but how extraordinary that there are no musical ensembles to accmpany Odissi or Kathak in the United States. I wonder why that is? In any case, the festival is a joy, and we’re already looking forward to the next one. All best, Marina.
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Networking, Small Business
Linksys continues relaunch with new fully managed switches
by Mark Cox • August 1, 2014
Linksys continues the rebuilding of its brand in the SMB market with the announcement of the first fully managed gigabit switches in its Linksys Business product lineup.
Wayne Newton, Americas sales leader for Belkin International’s B2B business
Linksys is continuing the rebuilding of its brand in the SMB market with the announcement of the first fully managed gigabit switches in its Linksys Business product lineup. It’s part of a multi-stage strategy to woo customers and channel partners back from the moribund state the brand fell into in the latter stages of Cisco’s stewardship.
Small business-focused networking vendor Belkin acquired the Linksys brand and engineering assets from Cisco last year, and has since been rolling out brand new and aggressively-priced products for the SMB market. While the Belkin brand will be used for a variety of cabling, KVM, docking and surge products, the Linksys brand will be used for the company’s networking products. Rebuilding that brand, and undoing the damage done in the latter Cisco days is a top priority
“There is still affinity for the Linksys brand,” said Wayne Newton, Americas sales leader for Belkin International’s B2B business. “But relaunches are harder than initial launches. There had been years of steady de-emphasis of the Linksys brand by Cisco. This made sense as a strategy for Cisco, but for the Linksys brand it was devastating. We lost all our SMB line, and just had the consumer line left, and the emphasis there was not on the channel. SMB used to be our biggest component and Cisco made it weaker and weaker.”
The rebuild strategy of the Linksys brand under Belkin involved developing an entirely new state-of-the-art for SMBs product line on the one hand, and on the other, it involved reaching out to a reseller community that had been alienated, and providing it with messaging why it made good sense to come back to Linksys.
“Most of our sales and marketing so far has been reseller outreach, because that’s the most effective way to get back into the business,” Newton said. “The real work has been getting awareness out there to our reseller community, and just getting people to try our product again after a long absence. We are actively recruiting to our new partner program, which we launched at Interop. So far we are happy with the results, and have a couple thousand resellers recruited into the program.”
Linksys has moved aggressively to get resellers back who had moved on to other vendors.
“We introduced a very active demo program, and more training, both face to face and through the Web,” Newton said. “We get them to compare to the things they have moved on to, because we have a richer set of services they can take advantage of as an end user or a reseller.
“We have plans to moderate and balance the marketing effort to provide for more end user demand generation,” Newton added. “So long term, it’s a blend, but short-term it was critical to re-establish a strong foundation to reseller partners.”
Re-establishing that foundation has been hard work, Newton acknowledged.
“Sales overall are pretty small still, but that wasn’t unexpected,” he said. “We knew it wasn’t going to be a matter of flipping on switch and immediately going 60 [mph]. It’s a long strategic shift to get back into the business.”
On the product side, the new smart switches being announced are part of a much more comprehensive long term Smart Business Product Strategy. It begins with a Connectivity stage, providing a full roster of switches and access points for small business. It will be followed by easy management of all these devices through the cloud, which should happen relatively soon. Long-term will see the leveraging for business of the Belkin WeMo platform for consumers, which uses the Wi-Fi network and mobile internet to control home electronics from a smartphone. This Linksys Business Automation is still over a year away.
“Today we offer smart Wi-Fi with WeMo, and we are bringing that consumer product into the channel as an option for small business to manage things,” Newton said. “Our vision is to be that service hub and unify it all in a seamless way.”
It all had to start with new products, however.
“The first thing we had to do is bring back a foundational group of products,” Newton said. “The knowhow is there. We have the engineers, and now their shackles have come off. They are excited because they can do some real development for the first time in a number of years.”
Newton said the new managed switches have the same design philosophy as the entire new line of Linksys products – reattract consumers and resellers by offering more features than are typically found in SMB products, at prices which are highly aggressive.
These new switches are available in a 28 and 52-port rack mountable chassis, with and without Power over Ethernet Plus.
“We are building enterprise quality switches at SMB prices,” Newton said. “They are commoditized, so there is only so much you can do. But we went back to the drawing board and looked for ways to do things to tweak, and add value, like moving to the newest PoE+ functionality more quickly than some competitors, and having more ports than competitors, so you can connect more devices for the same price.”
The PoE+ models support the latest IEEE 802.3at (PoE+) standard and provide up to a 30W power budget per Ethernet port while offering IEEE 802.3af (PoE) backward compatibility.
“Feature by feature, we feel we have a very competitive offering, and are being very aggressive about pricing,” Newton said. “We are inviting the channel to check out these high performance products. There’s a future by switching to Linksys. We feel we are really back in business.”
The Linksys Managed Gigabit Switches are available now.
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Live viewers for top chess events
What is the average number of live viewers (online and TV) for top chess events like the world championship match and the candidates tournament? Are there some statistics publicly available?
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http://web.archive.org/web/20100605121529/http://www.dnevnik.bg/sport/2010/05/31/909514_organizatorite_na_macha_topalov_-_anand_ochakvat_pone/
It says (in Bulgarian): "The match Topalov - Anand (2010) made an absolute record on the Internet. For all 12 games together recorded 2 million links to the live broadcast of individual computers, but for just the last party - 300 000. Usually it is assumed that three people on average watched on a computer..."
For Anand - Carlsen 2014: https://www.chess.com/news/an-interview-with-ilya-merenzon-organizer-of-anand-carlsen-4530
"The total number of unique visitors was 10.5 million with the highest traffic on the last day of the match: 2 million visitors."
I make no warranty as to the validity of the accounting of these numbers.
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Conservative Today
Teacher Gives Students Shocking Poem Blasting God, Parents Fired Back
Middle school students in Georgia were given a poem entitled, "Unicorn" that blasts belief in God, calling our Creator a "lie" and a "mythical creature."
Michael Cantrell
It’s no secret that our modern day culture is absolutely, 100 percent hostile toward God and hates anything that reflects His goodness, holiness, and truth.
All you have to do to see this is true is take a look at how the left is going to bat around the clock to trample on the religious liberties of Christians across America, whether it’s forcing institutions to remove plaques of the Ten Commandments or shutting down bakeries that refuse to make cakes for homosexual marriage ceremonies.
Nowhere is the hostility toward our Creator more clearly seen than in the realm of academia, and I’m not just talking about college campuses.
Just yesterday we published a piece about how a group of students were reprimanded and a letter sent home to parents for simply having a conversation about God, Jesus, and the Devil.
There have been tons of stories of children who have pulled out a Bible during their down time and been told doing so is against the rules.
In a land where freedom of religion and expression are guaranteed rights as recorded in the Constitution — though their basis is in God Himself — these things ought not be so.
Unfortunately, as bad as these incidents are, progressives are determined to up the ante and undermine the values and beliefs Christian parents are trying to teach their children, doing their best to make the state the authority and parent in the relationship.
Middle school students in Georgia were given a poem entitled, “Unicorn” that blasts belief in God, calling our Creator a “lie” and a “mythical creature.”
Parents were none too happy and decided to let the school know exactly what they thought of this atheistic propaganda being forced on their children.
via TheBlaze:
The poem is titled “Unicorn,” and it begins like this: “God is like a mythical creature / A unicorn with silver blood / If you drink the blood you will live forever / It makes a good story in a book like Harry Potter …”
“Unicorn” goes on to declare that God “is revealed in all his foolishness / a naked lie / a childish dream / a mythical creature like the unicorn.”
Teachers at Cedartown Middle School said the poem was used for a sixth-grade Greek mythology lesson to show how a unicorn is supposed to represent a happy and safe place, WAGA-TV reported.
But while the poem’s title is indeed “Unicorn,” the subject matter instead takes direct aim at God — and now school officials are apologizing.
“We just admitted this was a mistake,” Principal Shannon Hulsey told the station. “In no way whatsoever would we want to defame God or go anywhere in that direction here at the school.”
A statement from the school said that the language arts teacher who used the poem got it from a folder full of all kinds of materials and they aren’t sure who put this particular piece in the mix.
One possible explanation for the origin of the poems comes from a collection of works dated back in 2013 called “Reflections on God, Islam, and Life” by Johar Mohammad.
Mohammad was a teenager when the poem was penned, and it seems the majority of the works in the collection were also written by teens.
I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m not buying the whole “we don’t know how it got in there” line either. It seems to me the teacher likely collected the various materials in the folder and planned to use them in some capacity.
If this was truly accidental, why did the teacher not review the material before passing it out and allowing the students to read it? Surely this educator is professional enough to know what is in the material being used for their class, right?
Could this just be a teacher doing a really poor job of educating their students? I don’t think so. Given all of the negligence that would have to happen for that to take place that isn’t a likely scenario.
What is immensely frustrating about atheists today is that they get super angry with Christians or anyone of faith for sharing their beliefs, saying it’s “shoving it down the throats of others,” yet how many times have they attempted to silence Christians or force schools and the government to enact policies that line up with their atheistic worldview?
Notice how hard atheists pushed back in the day for evolution to be taught in schools. They didn’t just want this taught as another possible explanation for creation, but as the only explanation. Creationism is not welcome in the classroom at all.
Is this not forcing their worldview on others? Or how about the push for legal and on demand abortion? The idea of a fetus not being human comes directly out of an evolutionary, humanistic worldview. Yet they have no problem forcing those values on the rest of us.
It would be a breath of fresh air if liberals and atheists would just admit that they think their worldview is superior and believe everyone should adopt their way of thinking and living, because the bottom line is, that is what they truly want.
Christian parents need to be more actively involved in teaching and sharing the biblical worldview with their kids and engaging with them about what they are being taught in class, as much of it will be in conflict with the values they are attempting to pass on.
The key solution to all of this which doesn’t violate anyone’s rights, the atheists’ included, is to get rid of the Department of Education and return control of schools to local communities and parents.
Privatization of education would provide solutions in the form of schools that teach a particular worldview and families that hold to that worldview can send their children to an institution that will support their values.
See? Everyone’s happy. Less government is always a good answer to just about any problem.
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It was sweet justice for Lady Gaga in the Original Song category as her track “Shallow” from Warner Bros.’ A Star Is Born took home the Oscar tonight.
Three years ago after bringing the Dolby Theatre Oscar crowd to its knees with the performance of her Best Song nomination “Til It Happens to You” from the documentary The Hunting Ground, she lost the Academy Award to Sam Smith and James Napier’s “Writing’s on the Wall” from the James Bond pic Spectre. Tonight Gaga (with Bradley Cooper) brought the Dolby crowd to their knees again, this time with a winning end-result.
“I worked hard for a long time, and it’s not about winning, but it’s about not giving up. If you have a dream, fight for it,” Gaga said to those sitting on the couch at home watching. “It’s not how many times you stand up, but how brave you are to keep going.” Original song was one of her two noms tonight including Best Actress.
Gaga wrote the music and lyrics to the country-folk pop ballad with Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt and she sang the song tonight with her A Star Is Born director and star Bradley Cooper. It was the first nomination and the first win for Ronson, Rossomondo and Wyatt.
“Shallow” is performed during a pivotal moment in the movie, and speaks to the conversations between Gaga and Cooper’s characters, Ally and Jack. Gaga wrote the lyrics with the characters asking if either is content. “Shallow” went platinum in the U.S. and respectively hit the No. 1 and No. 5 spots on Billboard’s Dance Club Songs chart and Hot 100.
A Star Is Born has grossed over $424M at the global B.O.
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Scene-munching referee Karl Hess worked a Samford-East Tennessee State overtime game Thursday night, eventually won by ETSU, 81–72. Hess, you may recall, was shitcanned by the ACC in January 2015 after an ugly taunt of a former Wake Forest board of trustees chairman broke the camel’s back, but he’s been working for other conferences in the years since.
Hess is a boob. He famously once ejected Nebraska head coach Tim Miles from an NCAA tournament game for the crime of alerting officials to a shot clock malfunction. In 2012 he ejected Tom Gugliotta from a game Gugs was watching from the stands. He once gave Rick Pitino a technical foul for yelling at his own player. In 2013 he had Marquette and UConn shooting at the wrong baskets in one of the most bizarre and mangled overtime periods you will ever see. He took over and ruined the final moments of a Final Four game in 2013 with inexplicable and inexplicably quick whistles. He stinks.
Back to Thursday night. Samford was down four with just under two minutes left in the second half, and their head coach, the extremely large Scott Padgett, was unhappy with the officiating, as happens. As does not happen, Karl Hess responded to Padgett’s bitching from the sidelines by aggressively rushing the coach in what for a moment looked like a prelude to a fist-fight:
After the loss, Padgett gave his recollection of events, and they contain the excellent unspoken threat of Padgett lifting Hess bodily and lowering his head into a flushing toilet:
“If we’re out on the street, he’s running the other way just if he sees me walking by.” Probably true! Do not step to Scott Padgett, shrimpy refs of America.
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Refs Botched Last Night's UConn-Marquette Overtime, Had Teams Shoot At Wrong Baskets, May Have Cost UConn The Game
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World War I service record for Ames Scribner Albro, p. 2
Albro, Ames Scribner
World War I Service Records, 1919-1922, Special Collections & Archives, Box 1, Folder 1 (A)
WAR RECORD Entered service on ................. ,1igven‘eer 8,1917 , at El Paso, Texas (date) (place) as 2 Private lst .Class ’ (rank) in the Aviat
Show moreWAR RECORD Entered service on ................. ,1igven‘eer 8,1917 , at El Paso, Texas (date) (place) as 2 Private lst .Class ’ (rank) in the Aviat ion section of (infantry, artillery, aviation, etc.) the Signal Enli 51:96. Re serve Corp 3 . (regular Army, National Guard. Home Guard, National Army, Navy, Naval Reserve, Marine Corps, or Allied Army) or in the ...... _. (name civilian organization, such as Red Cross, Y. M. C. A., etc.) Assigned originally in Officers Training, School (company) (regiment) (division) (or) i - at _____ "Kelly"..Fiel.d..,_San._.Ant_oni.o,,......Iexasr. rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr _. (ship) (place) Trained or stationed before going to Europe: —— School, camp, station, ship From (date) to (date) Trained at Kellsr Field and Georgia Institute of Technology and comissioned 2nd.Lt. Air Service Aeronautics, Mar-ch 18,1918. Transferred to: —— Company Regiment Division Ship Date New Location Rich Field,Waco.Texas ‘ March 25,1918. Air Service Mechanics .... May 10th.,1918. Promotgffiice Director Air Service,Wash1ngton,D.c. February 63h.’1:918. From (rank) to (rank) Date Embarked from I on (port) (ship) and arrived at (date) (foreign port) (date) Proceeded from to (datE) From . to .. \ (date) From _ to (date) Trained or stationed abroad:— Country Place From (date) to (date) NOTE—Write additional information on separate sheet of same size.
WAR RECORD First went into action (date) (place) Participated in the following engagements, and in what capacity Cited, decorated, or otherwise
Show moreWAR RECORD First went into action (date) (place) Participated in the following engagements, and in what capacity Cited, decorated, or otherwise honored for distinguished services (give circumstantial accounts of exploits, includ- ing dates and places Where performed, also by whom and in what manner the honors were bestowed): Killed in action, killed by accident, died of wounds, died of disease, wounded, gassed, shell~shocked, taken prisoner: Nature of casualty Place Date Under medical care: — Name of hospital Location From (date) to (date) Permanently disabled (through loss of limb, eyesight, etc.) (specify disability) Arrived at .................................. .. . on (American port) (ship) (date) (from) Located at ,. engaged in till (name place in U. S.) (kind of duty) (date) Located at I ‘, engaged in till (name place in L'. S.) (kind of duty) (date) Discharged from service at ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 7. 7. 7 7 (place) (date) as a (rank) (unit) RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE Occupation after the war I ....................................................................... ., _ . .7 ,,,, .. If a change of occupation was occasioned by reason of disability acquired in the service, describe the process of re-education and readjustment, and indicate the agencies or individuals chiefly instrumental in furnishing the new occupation. Expect to return to Civil Life at an early date. renewi115...,Epaim.ering--¥[9ngg ______________ .. NOTE—Write additional information on separate sheet of same size.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION What was your attitude toward military service in general and toward your call in particular? _______________ "Exempt"
Show moreADDITIONAL INFORMATION What was your attitude toward military service in general and toward your call in particular? _______________ "Exempt","lavage_,__angi..._gc_cnpation- Voluntary enlistment. What were the mental and physical effects of your army experience on yourself? Highly beneficial. What elements of your college life and work were most valuable to you in service? ............... i -. ._i _ .v c. I-. - ~ 7 - r-v . — u A... . Advantages of ability to grasp an entirely new situation. due largely to a liberal literary and technical education. What is your present feeling regarding universal military training, etc. ? Highly essential to a program of preparedness. If you took part in the fighting, what impressions were made upon you by this experience? Photographs—If possible, enclose one taken before entering the service and one taken afterwards in uniform, both signed and dated—also interesting snapshots taken in camps or overseas, Additional data, Signed at ................ Washingtonrnmc... on September 30. 1 919 a ( (plaCe) ~ / ,1 7 (date) Q/Law 'QM Locum» v i” '> __________________________________________ _AneemScxibnerwa1bro 2nd.Lieut. A.S.A. (full name) (rank) (branch of service) The information contained in this record, unless otherwise indicated, was obtained from the following persons 01‘ sources ' NOTE—Write additional information on separate sheet of same size.
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01.001.001 Form letter, August 27, 1919, from Roy B. Chamberlin (World War I service records, Box 01, Folder 001)
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01.001.002 World War I service record for Lyndon Travis Abbot
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World War I Service Records, 1919-1922, Special Collections & ArchivesBox 1, Folder 1 (A)
01.001.003 World War I service record for Alan Chichester Abeel
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World War I Service Records, 1919-1922, Special Collections & Archives1000-148, Box 01, Folder 001 (A)
01.001.004 World War I service record for Horace Mills Abrams
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01.001.005 World War I service record for George Asa Ackerly
Ackerly, George Asa
01.001.005 World War I service record for George Asa Ackerly, p. 1
Show moreNote - This document is to be bound and preserved as a permanent record. Please fill it out completely, accurately, and neatly, either in ink or by typewriter. Leave blank space where nothing is to be entered. Wesleyan University Service Record Compiled by the Wesleyan Alumni Council, to be printed in book form, originals to be filed in The Wesleyan Library as a permanent memorial of the deeds of Wesleyan men in the service of the United States or Allied governments during the World War. This questionnaire should be completed so far as possible and sent at once, with photographs and additional notes and letters, to the Wesleyan Alumni Council, Middletown, Conn. Name in full: Ackerly (family name) George (first name) Asa (middle names) Class: 1920 Date of birth: October 13 1897 Place of birth: Brooklyn (town) Kings (county) New York (state) U.S.A. (country) Name of father: George Briggs Ackerly Birthplace: U.S.A. Maiden name of mother: Marie S. Brown Birthplace: U.S.A. Relatives who are Wesleyan men, and class: S. Spafford Ackerly ex. 1918 Prepared for college at: Boys High School Brooklyn, N.Y. Entered college: Sept 1916; graduated (or left): Fraternity: Alpha Chi Rho; Class Societies: Academic degrees: (degree) (institution) (date) Honors and distinctions after graduation Married to of on Children born Occupation before entry into service: Student; employer: Residence before entry into the service: 647 Monroe St, Brooklyn, Kings N.Y. Present address: 47 Monroe St Brooklyn Kings N.Y. Permanent address: NOTE - Write additional information on separate sheet of same size.
WAR RECORD Entered service on: June 1, 1918, at Plattsburg N.Y. , as a: private in the: R.O.T.C. Corp (infantry) section of the: R.O.T.C. or in the:
Show moreWAR RECORD Entered service on: June 1, 1918, at Plattsburg N.Y. , as a: private in the: R.O.T.C. Corp (infantry) section of the: R.O.T.C. or in the: Assigned originally to: (or) Trained or stationed before going to Europe: - School, camp, station, ship From: (date) to: (date) Plattsburg R.O.T.C. June 3 - June 30 Plattsburg S.A.T.C. June 3 - Sept 18 Camp Grant, Illinois, Sept 18 - Dec 3 Transferred to: - Company Regiment Division Ship Date New Location Promoted to:- From (rank) To (rank) Date private Corporal Corporal 2nd Lieut. 9/18/18 Embarked from: on: and arrived at: Proceeded from: to: From: to: From: to: Trained or stationed abroad:- Country Place From(date) to(date) NOTE-Write additional information on separate sheet of same size.
WAR RECORD First went into action Participated in the following engagements, and in what capacity Cited, decorated, or otherwise honored for
Show moreWAR RECORD First went into action Participated in the following engagements, and in what capacity Cited, decorated, or otherwise honored for distinguished services (give circumstantial accounts of exploits including dates and places where performed, also by whom and in what manner the honors were bestowed): Killed in action, killed by accident, died of wounds, died of disease, wounded, gassed, shell-shocked, taken prisoner: Under medical care:- Name of hospital Location From(date) to(date) Permanently disabled (through loss of limb, eyesight, etc.) Arrived at: on: Located at: engaged in: till: Located at engaged in till: Discharged from service at: as a: RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE Occupation after the war: Student at Wesleyan If a change of occupation was occasioned by reason of disability acquired in the service, describe the process of re-education and readjustment, and indicate the agencies or individuals chiefly instrumental in furnishing the new occupation. NOTE-Write additional information on separate sheet of same size.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION What was your attitude toward military service in general and toward your call in particular? An experience at be endured with
Show moreADDITIONAL INFORMATION What was your attitude toward military service in general and toward your call in particular? An experience at be endured with patience, determination, and endurance. An effort to equal the responsibilities placed upon me. What were the mental and physical effects of your army experience on yourself? It was a big lesson in mental discipline. I was discharged in the best condition that I had ever been in. What elements of your college life and work were most valuable to you in service? Association especially in a society where I had some responsibility. The ability to study and grasp things quickly What is your present feeling regarding universal military training, etc.? Fine physical training for youth, as well as creating the desire to serve the state in time of need. If you took part in the fighting, what impressions were made upon you by this experience? Photographs -If possible, enclose one taken before entering the service and one taken afterwards in uniform, both signed and dated-also interesting snapshots taken in camps or overseas Additional data, Signed at: Middletown, Conn. on: 10/14/19 1919 George Asa Ackerly 2nd Lieut. Inafantry The information contained in the record, unless otherwise indicated, was obtained from the following persons or sources: NOTE-Write additional information on separate sheet of same size.
01.001.006 World War I service record for Samuel Spafford Ackerly
Ackerly, Samuel Spafford
01.001.007 World War I service record for Arlon Taylor Adams
Adams, Arlon Taylor
01.001.008 World War I service record for Samuel Franklin Adams
Adams, Samuel Franklin
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← Fear And Loathing (Hearts And Minds #3).
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Send In The Clowns.
Posted on June 30, 2016 by twochances
I once had the honour of working with the British actor and satirist Peter Cook.
I was an advertising copywriter in London then and I was recording a radio spot for Network SouthEast, a part of the then still publicly owned British Rail.
Client and actor were, as it was to turn out, both coming to the end of the line.
And taking a coffee and chain smoking that morning together in Soho our conversation turned from the specifics of script and direction to a more general discussion of the many merits of radio as an advertising medium.
And from the practical to the surreal: “Do you think that it would be possible” he asked “to record a dog food advert in a frequency that only dogs could hear?”
It would be another twenty years, of course, before the expression ‘dog whistle politics’ would enter popular use but then the man who once famously described himself as ‘born to be on holiday’ was certainly nothing if not visionary.
Last night watching Guardian Live, another brave and useful step into online video content from the often derided newspaper group by the way, our conversation came back to me. The brexit campaign has been as Gary Younge put it: “like watching a dog running after a car”.
You know that even in the unlikely event of the dog ever catching the car its victory is pointless. Dogs can’t drive.
We are told, in the popular phrase of the moment, ‘we are where we are’ but in truth i’ve yet to hear anyone describe to me even vaguely where that is in reference to anywhere I know. Let alone to show me a map or an app with a pin on it.
There seems little doubt that we’re at the start of something not at the end of it. And that brexit will stand as the inciting incident of a chain of unpredictable events that will shape the rest of my life. And a significant part of the lives of my children.
We are at the moment that the bullet was fired in Sarajevo in 1914 perhaps. Or the day that the Berlin Wall came down maybe.The end of the gold standard? The Suez crisis? Who knows. All of them and none of them too most likely.
On Friday Britain woke to the cold hard truth that not only did their leaders now have no plan but that they never had one. The Vote Leave press conference that morning had all the celebratory air of a hostage video.
Boris eulogised the man he fought to succeed but never dreamed he could topple.
A Prime Minister who only an hour or so earlier, it is said, had rhetorically demanded of his aides: “Why should I have to do all the hard shit?”
David Cameron, statesman to the last.
If anything Gove looked even more terrified. ‘What’s done cannot be undone’ right enough but Lady MacBeth never mentioned this over the Bran Flakes.
Britain woke also to the dawning realisation that brexit is not the silver bullet that those who voted for it had hoped. And indeed were promised.
By Sunday the extra 350 million sterling that could now be spent every week on the country’s National Heath Service had vanished. It had been ‘a mistake’ apparently.
A mistake now also vanished from the Vote Leave website leaving only a message of thanks in its place. They might as well have posted: ‘So Long Suckers’.
Nor is it likely that immigration will fall in the immediate future. If at all.
Yesterday’s EU summit underlined once more that Britain’s future access to the European single market will be conditional on it accepting continuing freedom of movement for European citizens.
And that any possible trade deal outside of European Economic Area membership will not be negotiated until after the conclusion of the Article 50 separation.
“Hard shit” indeed. But someone will have to do it.Though even as I write news breaks that it will not be Boris. And I find that it gives me mixed feelings.
There’s a part of me that would pay hard earned euros to see the man who was fired from his job as European Correspondent of The Times for fabricating his reports on the European Commission ride into battle with the subjects of his lies.
You really couldn’t make it up.
Unless that is you’re the sort of man, and it is invariably a man, who, and pardon me for repeating this again so soon, has always assumed that his birthright of class trumps everyone else’s efforts, abilities or merits.
In a country whose social and political structures totter shakily on little else.
In the end, of course, Britain will have to learn to live with Europe and vice versa.
It’s said that the French could live with a compromise on freedom of movement, for example, in exchange for the end of ‘passports’ for the City of London’s banks.
Or that the Germans might swallow a similar sort of deal the other way around so Britain can keep the City intact but only if it accepts freedom of movement.
Whatever happens Britain will be a poorer place for it. And not just economically. As its more lumpen yeomen lose the last of their inhibitions to threaten Polish children and intimidate native Muslims. Well they’ve not got the football to enjoy.
And then there’s the Scots. At least Good Queen Nicola moved swiftly to reassure “those EU citizens who have done us the honour of making Scotland their home” that they would “continue to be welcome.” Little wonder Martin Schulz is said to be a fan.
We like migrants you see. We’re migrants ourselves. And, like Germany, we could be doing with some more people. Wherever they come from. Whatever god they worship. And whatever the colour of their skin.
And the Irelands.
And the very real possibility that history might yet record the man I’ve described before as ‘the last Prime Minister of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’ as the man who both united the Irish and freed the Scots.
Chapeau David.
But we’ll come back to that another day. I promise. For now if you’re feeling the need to whistle to keep your spirits up there’s really only one tune that’ll do:
Don’t you love farce? My fault, I fear
I thought that you’d want what I want Sorry, my dear
But where are the clowns? There ought to be clowns
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Tag Archives: Oak Team
Under The Radar: The Yayhoos
Yep, despite their rock-solid pedigrees and irresistable nut-crunching rock’n’roll, we Yayhoos fans must admit that our heroes do, indeed, fly under the radar. Apparently we’re a cult, except without the sick twisted part (that’s for Terry to put in the lyrics when he sees fit…)
But dammit, we’re stubborn! So since Terry Anderson just announced a new album is on the way from his other band of gypsies, The Olympic Ass Kicking Team, I thought I’d use that flimsy excuse to wave my flags and banners for these Yayhoos again. And despite what my 2006 review (below, from the UK magazine Bucketful of Brains) said at the time, you can now find most solo and band Yayhoo albums here.
And don’t worry…you’ll be reading about the new OAKteam album here very soon.
All Dressed Up for the Love Train...
The Yayhoos: Put the Hammer Down
The “American Rockpile” strikes again with a solid follow-up to Fear Not the Obvious. And yes, astute fans of both, there were Dan Baird and Terry Anderson and Eric Ambel releases since then to keep us going just like Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds used to do. I wish there was an album a month from these guys, because the pure joy of making music together that bleeds from the speakers is so palpable it’s only exceeded by their collective musical talent.
If you’re familiar with the pedigree of Dan and Terry and Eric and ex-Satellite Keith Christopher, buying this immediately is a no-brainer. For those with more mainstream blood, mix the swagger of vintage Rolling Stones with the sloppy charm of The Replacements and the unbridled alcoholic cool of The Faces…with a little more twang, of course. Songs about getting sloppy, drunk and naked. Self-deprecating band namechecking song. Semi-pensive rock ballads and greasy guitar romps with hillbilly harmony. A love song called “Where’s Your Boyfriend At?” – now that’s a special Yayhoo kind of love. And for you jukebox jimmies, raucous covers of “Love Train” (a song they were covering live long before the Coors commercials, by the way) and the B-52’s “Roam”. The Yayhoos prove that having fun and making great music are not mutually exclusive efforts.
Tough to find, since it was recorded in Brooklyn and released on the small label named after Eric’s swank Alphabet City watering hole Lakeside Lounge. But the hunt brings a great reward. Go get it.
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Cocktail 101: How to Make Cocktail Onions
All the basics of the bar.
Michael Dietsch
Published: July 21, 2011 Last Updated: August 9, 2018
[Photograph: Jennifer Hess]
Lemon-Scented Cocktail Onions
Consider the Gibson. Cousin to the martini, its only distinguishing characteristic is the use of a cocktail onion as its garnish. A great cocktail onion is crisp and carries a hint of other flavors, beyond just the piquant onion. Cocktail onions, being small, are generally sweeter and less bracing than their full-sized counterparts. When you buy cocktail onions in the store, you have several choices. But many of them include additives and preservatives that would embalm a horse.
Making your own is easy. At least, it's as easy as pickling, which—let's face it—isn't terribly challenging. Make a brine, very briefly cook the onions in it, bring them down to room temperature, and place onions and brine into jars.
The worst bit of trouble you might have is finding suitable onions. Small pearl onions are ideal, but I cannot always find fresh pearl onions at my grocery. When I can find them, they're often larger than I prefer, sometimes approaching the size of a walnut or even a golf ball. Those are just too damn big. They could work in a bloody mary, I suppose, but they're way too much for a Gibson.
At those times, I fall back on the freezer section. Frozen pearl onions are always the right size for a cocktail, and they have another enormous advantage: you don't have to peel them.
In the end, it's up to you. What you use will depend on what you can find, and how much work you're willing to put in. I generally prefer to use fresh, not frozen, when I can find suitable varieties. I find that the flavor is fresher, and the onions are crisper and crunchier.
I'll be honest. I don't always have pickled onions on hand. Often, I borrow a trick from Ernest Hemingway, who was said to garnish his Gibsons with plain frozen onions. At least they help to keep your drink cold.
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About the Author: Michael Dietsch writes A Dash of Bitters. He is an accidental bartender, boozologist, and cocktail curmudgeon. He lives with a spirited female and crazy felines in Providence.
Michael Dietsch Cocktail Contributor
Michael Dietsch is a barfly, booze hound, book hoarder, jazz fiend, and technographer. He lives with his wife, kids, and cats in the D.C. suburbs. When he's not out on the town, he's usually at home doing laundry and writing.
Dietsch has written two books: Shrubs: An Old Fashioned Drink for Modern Times, and Whiskey: A Spirited Story with 75 Classic and Original Cocktails.
He'll save your life if you ask nicely enough.
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Get A Free Radon Test Kit, It Could Save Your Life
By Karen Morfitt January 3, 2019 at 11:17 pm
Filed Under:Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, EPA, National Radon Action Month, Radon
DENVER (CBS4)– A simple test that could save lives is being offered free from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. It is part of National Radon Action Month in January.
In Colorado, radon is estimated to cause 500 lung cancer deaths each year and about half of all homes in Colorado have an unacceptable level, according to the state health department.
“They came in and just cut a hole in the slab which I think was about 18 inches or so,” homeowner Rick Varela said.
He moved into his brand new home four years ago but was not able to convince the builder to test for radon. When a neighbor found high levels in their home while trying to sell, he knew it had to be done.
Rick Varela (credit: CBS)
“We were told that a reading as high as we had is the equivalent of smoking several packs of cigarettes a day.”
His average level was a 22.
“You can’t see it, you can’t smell it, you don’t know it’s there unless you measure for it,” Varela said.
He immediately signed up with ace radon to get a mitigation system put in.
Mike Scroggins (credit: CBS)
“They say the EPA says there’s no acceptable level of radon, the World Health Organization says 2.7,” ACE Radon technician Mike Scroggins said.
Scroggins says radon is everywhere, but levels can be hit or miss.
“Some houses right next door, one will be at 4, one will be at 20… everybody should test,” he said.
According to the Surgeon General the second leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S — and drawing more attention. To help protect Coloradans the state health department is offering free tests and low-income mitigation assistance.
Varela says after his experience it is a cause he can get behind, “A free test is a savings of 150 dollars so i think a lot of people would do it and be motivated to make a change.”
You can sign up for your free radon test here, or for mitigation assistance by visiting the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s website.
Karen Morfitt
Karen Morfitt joined the CBS4 team as a reporter in 2013. She covers a variety of stories in and around the Denver metro area.More from Karen Morfitt
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rently shall be treated for administrative purposes as a single, aggregate term of imprisonment. "§ 3585. Calculation of a term of imprisonment "(a) COMMENCEMENT OF SENTENCE.—A sentence to a term of imprisonment commences on the date the defendant is received in custody awaiting transportation to, or arrives voluntarily to commence service of sentence at, the official detention facility at which the sentence is to be served. "(b) CREDIT FOR PRIOR CUSTODY.—A defendant shall be given credit toward the service of a term of imprisonment for any time he has spent in official detention prior to the date the sentence commences— "(1) as a result of the offense for which the sentence was imposed; or "(2) as a result of any other charge for which the defendant was arrested after the commission of the offense for which the sentence was imposed; that has not been credited against another sentence. "§ 3586. Implementation of a sentence of imprisonment "The implementation of a sentence of imprisonment is governed by the provisions of subchapter C of chapter 229 and, if the sentence includes a term of supervised release, by the provisions of subchapter A of chapter 229.
18 USC 3585.
18 USC 3586. Post, p. 2007.
"CHAPTER 229—POSTSENTENCE ADMINISTRATION "Subchapter "A. Probation "B. Fines "C. Imprisonment
3601 3611 3621 "SUBCHAPTER A—PROBATION
"3601. Supervision of probation. "3602. Appointment of probation officers. "3603. Duties of probation officers. "3604. Transportation of a probationer. "3605. Transfer of jurisdiction over a probationer. "3606. Arrest and return of a probationer. "3607. Special probation and expungement procedures for drug possessor.
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Hundreds of Thousands of Hungarians Would Still Live if Orbán Were to Treat Healthcare as Sport
Ujhelyi: Instead of Series of Condemnations, Finally Real Action Needed!
MSZP Would Give Public Servants Two-Digit Raise
MSZP's Position on Erdogan’s Visit
MSZP's position is clear: our parliamentary group has presented two proposals for resolutions to the National Assembly. One seeks to suspend Turkish-Hungarian arms trade and the other condemns Turkey for its aggression against the Kurdish people.
11/11/2019 10:22 • mszp.hu
István Ujhelyi Promoted in European Parliament
At today's meeting, István Ujhelyi was elected 1st vice-president of the EP's Committee on Transport and Tourism, thus promoting the Hungarian MEP from his 3rd vice-presidential position.
Mesterházy: Orbán's Foreign Relations System A Dead End!
The practice of robbing Hungarian people blind is also contrary to our international commitments, but MSZP has several ideas to improve the situation, said Socialist MP and NATO Parliament Vice-President Attila Mesterházy on ATV's ‘Straightforward Talk’ Monday evening.
Orbán Government Has No Money for Hospitals While Buying Arms for Billions
The Orbán government bought a British-Austrian arms company from a loan, while the debts of collapsing hospitals in Hungary reach unprecedented levels.
Blackmailing Viktor Orbán You Must Not Fear Will Be Good
The transliteration in the title refers to the famous letter of the Archbishop of Esztergom John of Merania and the conspiracy phrased therein with Dodonian ambiguity, but it also perfectly illustrates our foreign relations today.
Szakács: European Court of Justice’s Forex Loans Rulings Indeed Applicable in Hungary
The Chamber of Debtors has sent a letter with its proposals concerning forex debtors to the president of the Supreme Court and is awaiting a response together with MSZP. In Hungary, despite the rulings of the European Court of Justice, the debtor cannot win court cases against the banks, even if he evidences his case with facts - said deputy president of MSZP László Szakács on Wednesday.
In Orbán's 9 years, Only His Family and Friends Have Prospered, Not Hungary
Fidesz proved that family indeed comes first to them, Viktor Orbán's family anyway, as the prime minister's father’s and son-in-law’s firm were both included in Forbes' 100 most valuable Hungarian businesses. Of course, there also are a large number of oligarchs on the list with a thousand ties to Orbán.
Shame on you, Kásler!
Miklós Kásler and Fidesz do not have a problem with the shortage of doctors and teachers, as they are treated at expensive private clinics and their children study in elite schools that are unaffordable for ordinary people.
Parliamentary Resolution Proposal Initiating Immediate Termination of Arms Trade with Turkey
Hungary cannot trade with a weapon manufacturer whose military equipment serves the killing machinery of an unjustifiable war without declaration.
Fidesz in Trouble: We Bring EU Stance on Turkey before Hungarian National Assembly!
Enough of the childish explanations and peacock dance of Fidesz: Hungarian voters deserve to know the true values of Fidesz.
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Review of Long-Term Impacts of Cash Transfer Programs
Cash transfer programs are interventions that directly provide cash to target specific populations with the aim of reducing poverty and supporting a variety of development outcomes. Low- and middle-income countries have increasingly adopted cash transfer programs as central elements of their poverty reduction and social protection strategies. Bastagli et al. (2016) report that around 130 low- and middle-income countries have at least one UCT program, and 63 countries have at least one CCT program (up from 27 countries in 2008). Through a comprehensive review of literature, this report primarily considers the evidence of the long-term impacts of cash transfer programs in low- and lower middle-income countries. A review of 54 reviews that aggregate and summarize findings from multiple studies of cash transfer programs reveals largely positive evidence on long-term outcomes related to general health, reproductive health, nutrition, labor markets, poverty, and gender and intra-household dynamics, though findings vary by context and in many cases overall conclusions on the long-term impacts of cash transfers are mixed. In addition, evidence on long-term impacts for many outcome measures is limited, and few studies explicitly aim to measure long-term impacts distinctly from immediate or short-term impacts of cash transfers.
Technical Report, Results Coding
Review of Land Tenure Technologies and Indicators
Land tenure refers to a set of land rights and land governance institutions which can be informal (customary, traditional) or formal (legally recognized), that define relationships between people and land and natural resources (FAO, 2002). These land relationships may include, but are not limited to, rights to use land for cultivation and production, rights to control how land should be used including for cultivation, resource extraction, conservation, or construction, and rights to transfer – through sale, gift, or inheritance – those land use and control rights (FAO, 2002). In this project, we review 38 land tenure technologies currently being applied to support land tenure security across the globe, and calculate summary statistics for indicators of land tenure in Tanzania and Ethiopia.
Technical Report - Land Tenure Technologies, Summary Profiles - Land Tenure Technologies, Results Coding - Land Tenure Technologies, Research Brief - Plot Ownership Summary Statistics for Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Tanzania, Research Brief - Land Tenure Indicator Summary Statistics for Ethiopia and Tanzania
Funding of Agricultural and Health R&D Public Goods
This research considers how public good characteristics of different types of research and development (R&D) and the motivations of different providers of R&D funding affect the relative advantages of alternative funding sources. We summarize the public good characteristics of R&D for agriculture in general and for commodity and subsistence crops in particular, as well as R&D for health in general and for neglected diseases in particular, with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Finally, we present rationales for which funders are predicted to fund which R&D types based on these funder and R&D characteristics. We then compile available statistics on funding for agricultural and health R&D from private, public and philanthropic sources, and compare trends in funding from these sources against expectations. We find private agricultural R&D spending focuses on commodity crops (as expected). However contrary to expectations we find public and philanthropic spending also goes largely towards these same crops rather than staples not targeted by private funds. For health R&D private funders similarly concentrate on diseases with higher potential financial returns. However unlike in agricultural R&D, in health R&D we observe some specialization across funders – especially for neglected diseases R&D - consistent with funders’ expected relative advantages.
Presentation Slides - ICABR 2017, Technical Report - ICABR 2017
Economic Benefits of Empowering Women in Agriculture: Assumptions and Evidence
A growing body of evidence suggests that empowering women may lead to economic benefits (The World Bank, 2011; Duflo, 2012; Kabeer & Natali, 2013). Little work, however, focuses specifically on the potential impacts of women’s empowerment in agricultural settings. Through a comprehensive review of literature this report considers how prioritizing women’s empowerment in agriculture might lead to economic benefits. With an intentionally narrow focus on economic empowerment, we draw on the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI)’s indicators of women’s empowerment in agriculture to consider the potential economic rewards to increasing women’s control over agricultural productive resources (including their own time and labor), over agricultural production decisions, and over agricultural income. While we recognize that there may be quantifiable benefits of improving women’s empowerment in and of itself, we focus on potential longer-term economic benefits of improvements in these empowerment measures.
Financial Pathways out of Poverty: Evidence from Bangladesh and Tanzania
In this report, we analyze the evidence that improved and expanded access to financial services can be a pathway out of poverty in Bangladesh and Tanzania. A brief background review of finance and poverty reduction evidence at the country, household, and individual level emphasizes the importance of a functioning financial system and the need to remove individual and household barriers to capital accumulation. We follow with an in-depth literature review on studies that link poverty reduction in Bangladesh or Tanzania with one or more of five financial intervention categories: remittances; government subsidies; conditional and unconditional cash transfers; credit; and combination programs. The resulting empirical evidence from these sources reveal a high share (61%) of positive reported associations between a financial intervention and outcome measure related to our five chosen financial interventions. The remaining studies found insignificant or mixed associations, but very few (3 out of 56) indicate that access to a financial mechanism was associated with worsened poverty. The heterogeneity of study types and interventions makes it difficult to draw conclusions about the efficacy of one intervention over another, and more research is needed on whether such approaches constitute a durable, long-term exit from poverty.
Full Report, Results Coding Spreadsheet
Pathways out of Poverty: Outcomes Associated with Poverty Alleviation in Developing Countries
The literature on poverty’s causes and cures in developing countries posits a variety of contributing factors. Most researchers acknowledge that a sustained exit from poverty is complex and no single causal pathway from poverty to non-poverty exists. In this review, we present a summary framework for categorizing the various theorized pathways out of poverty, and evaluate the empirical evidence for which interventions and resulting outcomes are most frequently and most strongly associated with poverty alleviation. We conducted a literature review on pathways out of poverty for low-income households in developing countries and identified and categorized general strategies and outcomes demonstrated to be empirically associated with poverty alleviation. We organized the general strategies into four asset groups that could be targeted to alleviate poverty: human, natural, built / financial, and social / political. Much of the literature presents positive results on poverty alleviation, but it is difficult to compare across studies because many of the studies were conducted in different countries and at different scales, and use a variety of outcome measures.
Research Brief, Results Coding Spreadsheet
Maize Yield Trends and Agricultural Policy in East Africa
Cereal yield variability is influenced by initial conditions such as suitability of the farming system for cereal cultivation, current production quantities and yields, and zone-specific potential yields limited by water availability. However, exogenous factors such as national policies, climate, and international market conditions also impact farm-level yields directly or provide incentives or disincentives for farmers to intensify production. We conduct a selective literature review of policy-related drivers of maize yields in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda and pair the findings with FAOSTAT data on yield and productivity. This report presents our cumulative findings along with contextual evidence of the hypothesized drivers behind maize yield trends over the past 20 years for the focus countries.
Evaluating Donor-Level Results Measurement Systems
This report reviews approaches to results measurement used by multilateral and bilateral donor organizations and highlights trends and gaps in how donors measure and report on their performance. Our review consists of assessing donor organizations in terms of their institutional design and levels of evaluation for results measurement, their organizational processes for measuring types of results including coordination and alignment with recipients, outputs and implementation, outcomes and impacts, and costs and effectiveness, and their processes for reporting and using results information. We collect evidence on 12 bilateral organizations and 10 multilateral organizations. The evidence review includes multi-country reviews of aid effectiveness, peer reviews by other donor organizations, donor evaluation plans and frameworks, and donor results and reporting documents. The report is based on an accompanying spreadsheet that contains the coded information from the 22 donor organizations. We find that donors report several types of results, but that there are challenges to measuring certain results at the aggregate donor level, due to challenges with funding and coordination for results measurement at the project, country, portfolio, and donor levels. Approaches to results measurement vary across donor organizations. We identify some trends and differences among groups of donors, notably between bilateral and multilateral donors, but overall there are no clear delineations in how donors approach results measurement.
Evaluating Country-Level Government Monitoring & Evaluation Systems
Aid results information is often not comparable, since monitoring and evaluation frameworks, information gathering processes, and definitions of “results” differ across donors and governments. This report reviews approaches to results monitoring and evaluation used by governments in developing countries, and highlights trends and gaps in national monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems. We collect evidence on 42 separate government M&E systems in 23 developing countries, including 17 general national M&E systems and 25 sector-specific national M&E systems, with 14 focused on HIV/AIDS, 8 on health, and 3 on agriculture. The evidence review includes external case studies and evaluations of M&E systems, government M&E assessments, M&E plans, strategic plans with an M&E component, and multi-country reviews of M&E, accountability, and aid effectiveness. We evaluate harmonization of government and development partner M&E systems, coordination and institutionalization of government M&E, challenges in data collection and monitoring, and analysis and use of results information. We also report on key characteristics of M&E systems in different sectors.
Full Report, Results Coding Spreadsheet, Poster Presentation
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Crop Value Chains: Sweet Potatoes in Tanzania
This report provides a general overview of the sweet potato value chain in Tanzania. The first section describes trends in sweet potato production and consumption since 1990. The second section describes the uses and importance of sweet potatoes in Tanzania. The final section outlines current practices and constraints in production, post-production, and marketing. Tanzania ranks fifth in the world in quantity of sweet potatoes produced. Production and consumption of sweet potatoes have been relatively constant over the past 10 years, although both production and consumption in this period have been high in comparison to earlier decades. We find that sweet potato yields increased in the early 2000s, but have stagnated since, and are far short of potential yields. Sweet potato consumption is almost entirely domestic and plays an important role in nutrition and food security for smallholder farmers. Sweet potato production faces a variety of constraints, including pests and disease, short shelf life, lack of planting materials, damage during handling, and lack of market access.
Drivers of Inorganic Fertilizer Use in Tanzania: A Comparison of the TZNPS and FF Datasets
This brief explores how two datasets – The Tanzania National Panel Survey (TZNPS) and the TNS-Research International Farmer Focus (FF) – predict the determinants of inorganic fertilizer use among smallholder farmers in Tanzania by using regression analysis. The (TZNPS) was implemented by the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics, with support from the World Bank Living Standards Measurement Study – Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) team and includes extensive information on crop productivity and input use. The FF survey was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and implemented by TNS Research International and focuses on the on the behaviors and attitudes of smallholder farmers in Tanzania. The two datasets produce relatively comparable results for the primary predictors of inorganic fertilizer use: agricultural extension and whether or not a household grows cash crops. However, other factors influencing input use produce results that vary in magnitude and direction of the effect across the two datasets. Distinct survey instrument designs make it difficult to test the robustness of the models on input use other than inorganic fertilizer. This brief uses data inorganic fertilizer use, rather than adoption per se. The TZNPS did not ask households how recently they began using a certain product and although the FF survey asked respondents how many new inputs were tried in the past four planting seasons, they did not ask specifically about inorganic fertilizer.
Crop Value Chains: Wheat Global Analysis
Over the past 20 years, global wheat production and consumption have increased significantly. Production has increased 28%, or about 1.3% annually, and consumption has increased about 24%, or 1.1% annually. A small number of countries consistently account for over 90% of the export market, but the import market is more diversified and involves many more countries. Wheat is primarily used for food, seed, and industry; only 20% of wheat production is used for animal feed. This brief provides a global overview of the wheat value chain, but with specific attention to three focus countries: Ethiopia, India (specifically the Bihar region), and Bangladesh. While these three countries currently have a limited impact in the global wheat market, projections of wheat production and demand suggest that over the next 20 years demand in Bangladesh and Ethiopia will increasingly exceed supply, while India will become a net importer by 2030.
Crop Value Chains: Wheat in Ethiopia
This report provides a general overview of the wheat market in Ethiopia. The first section describes trends in wheat production and consumption over the past twenty years and summarizes recent trade policy related to wheat. The second section presents the findings of a literature review of the wheat value chain in Ethiopia, beginning with seed research and ending with sales. The third section outlines the nutritional content of wheat as well as potential substitutes. Finally, wheat consumption in Ethiopia is discussed in more depth, including the role of wheat in Ethiopian diets, substitute grain markets, and projected consumption in 2030. We find that over the past twenty years, wheat production and consumption have both increased in Ethiopia despite the existence of strong markets for potential substitute grains. The Ethiopian government has played an active role in wheat markets, such as making large investments in extension programs and adopting protectionist policies to ensure government control of all commercial grain imports. Despite these efforts, Ethiopia is expected to face a growing supply deficit in the absence of increased domestic productivity and/or changes to government policy.
LSMS-ISA Tanzania: Input Use
This brief presents our analysis of agricultural input usage in Tanzania using data from the 2008/2009 wave of the Tanzania National Panel Survey (TZNPS), part of the Living Standards Measurement Study – Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA). We find that a minority of farmers used inputs during the survey period, with 45% of farmers using at least one of inorganic or organic fertilizer, persticides, herbicides, or fungicides, or improved variety seed. A separate appendix includes details on our analyses.
Full Brief, Appendix to the Brief
LSMS-ISA Tanzania: National and Zonal Highlights
This brief provides an overview of the national and zonal characteristics of agricultural production in Tanzania using the 2008/2009 wave of the Tanzania National Panel Survey (TZNPS), part of the Living Standards Measurement Study – Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA). More detailed information and analysis is available in the separate EPAR Tanzania LSMS-ISA Reference Report, Sections A-G.
Full Report, Poster Presentation
LSMS-ISA Tanzania: Maize Cultivation
This brief present our analysis of maize cultivation in Tanzania using data from the 2008/2009 wave of the Tanzania National Panel Survey (TZNPS), part of the Living Standards Measurement Study – Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA). We find that Maize was the most commonly grown crop in Tanzania – cultivated by 83% of farming households. Eighty-two percent of agricultural households reported consuming maize flour during the week prior to being surveyed. About half of those households grew nearly all of the maize they consumed, making maize production an integral part of the farming household diet. A separate appendix includes details on our analyses.
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Art, Media and Design student Mackenzie Underwood addresses San Marcos city officials at City Hall during a presentation last month as part of the Democracy in Action program./Chandler Oriente
Posted By: Brian Hiro January 14, 2020
When San Marcos city officials were looking for guidance on how to proceed with their plan to install public art in the emerging North City neighborhood, they knew just where to turn.
They went to their trusted community partner in Cal State San Marcos and tapped into the collective brainpower of 25 Art, Media and Design majors.
Last month, members of the upper-division class Art and Social Change, taught by professor Kristin Moss, culminated a semester-long project by presenting to city officials and North City developers their 74-page plan that will serve as a blueprint as San Marcos begins thinking about how to beautify the neighborhood that’s springing up across Barham Drive from the university.
“I think a lot of our students want to be involved in their communities, they see social problems that they’re facing, but they don’t have a real understanding of how to become involved, how city government works,” Moss said. “This kind of civic learning really expands their horizons, shows them the kind of jobs and fields they could be a part of.”
That, in a nutshell, is the mission of Democracy in Action, a program through which CSUSM faculty and students team with a local city government to conduct research, gathering qualitative and quantitative data to benefit city projects that are backlogged or need extra attention.
Democracy in Action is the brainchild of Scott Gross, CSUSM’s associate vice president for community partnerships, who modeled it after a University of Oregon initiative called the Sustainable City Year Program(SCYP). In the SCYP, Oregon picks a different government partner each year and selects professors and students to lend their talents to up to 50 separate projects that require assistance.
Gross knew that CSUSM couldn’t match the scope of the SCYP, but he appreciated the concept behind the program. And instead of sustainability, he decided to focus on civic engagement.
“When we talked to the city of San Marcos and other cities in our area when we were initially conceiving of the program, they all talked about how no one thinks about working in city government. It’s an invisible sort of thing,” Gross said. “It became clear that they were looking for two things: a career pipeline and for students to become more involved in the process of city government.
“It’s not that we dislike sustainability. It’s just that this is what the cities articulated as their need.”
Democracy in Action launched in spring 2017 with San Marcos as the partner and four class projects as the pilot, including ones involving emergency medical services and storm water. Two more classes followed in each of the next two semesters, but then the program took a hiatus as Gross tried to shop it to a different city, as the Oregon model had established.
When that didn’t work out, the original partners came together again after Tess Sangster, San Marcos’ economic development manager, approached Gross with a fresh idea. The city had more than $1 million to spend on public art through a fund supplied by developers, and her boss, city manager Jack Griffin, was keen on returning to the Democracy in Action well. Why not revive an arrangement that had served both parties so richly?
Students in professor Kristin Moss’ class titled Art and Social Change toured San Marcos City Hall last semester as part of Democracy in Action./Courtesy
“I hemmed and hawed about it because it’s not the program model,” Gross said. “If you look at the University of Oregon, they have a partner and after a year, they’re done. But when I thought more about it, these types of programs and the work that we do in Community Engagement is all contextual. It depends on the circumstances of our partner. If the city has a project and they’re interested, why wouldn’t we do it? It doesn’t make sense to say no.”
As with previous iterations of Democracy in Action, the one last semester kicked off with a launch event in which Moss and her students met San Marcos Mayor Rebecca Jones and members of the City Council and toured City Hall while learning about the functions of local government in small-group conversations with city representatives. At the outset, the class also huddled with Griffin and the two chief developers behind North City to get a better feel for the area and the direction of the public art project.
Moss estimated that 70 percent of the course syllabus was devoted to Democracy in Action work. Students were separated into groups to tackle the issue from multiple perspectives; there were categories for artistic practices and approach, project management, community involvement, environment and resources, and site and context.
Under Moss’ guidance, they conducted a survey that reached both the campus and surrounding community, they examined the public art plans of other cities, and they even did some design work. In October, Sangster and one of the developers came to the classroom for a project check-in.
“It was very much how it works with real consultancy, where they had gone in some directions that were great and some that were maybe a little off base from what we were looking for,” Moss said. “So they adjusted and tweaked the scope of the project.”
Said Sangster: “I think that pushback was healthy for them. Because that’s what happens in real life. Not everything is going to be exactly right the first time.”
Now armed with the final report from the art class, Sangster said city officials will meet this month to start plotting out what the North City public art plan might look like. Students got what they were seeking from the project as well.
“I’m very grateful for the chance to work with Democracy in Action as a college student and see how being an art major can also correlate with city planning,” said Addalee Lyon, a third-year student who helped present the report to city officials last month. “It was a great opportunity to start the conversation of how we can enhance the city while taking the public’s opinion into consideration.”
Democracy in Action will resume this semester with a partnership between liberal studies professor Elizabeth Ridder, who teaches a course about national parks, and the San Marcos parks and recreation department.
“What makes me most excited about Democracy in Action is that students are reticent and a little skeptical at the beginning of the semester when they hear what they’re about to engage in,” Gross said. “And by the time they get to the end, they are often more passionate about the project and about city government than they ever imagined they could be. There’s this little fire that’s been lit inside them.”
It was a great opportunity to start the conversation of how we can enhance the city,” said Addalee Lyon, a CSUSM Art, Media and Design student pictured giving a presentation to San Marcos city officials last month./Chandler Oriente
Brian Hiro, CSUSM communications specialist prepared this report that was used by permission. For more, contact: bhiro@csusm.edu | Office: 760-750-7306.
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Man survives weeks in remote Alaska wilderness after cabin burns down
Meaghan Wray GlobalNews.ca
WATCH: (Warning — sensitive content. Discretion advised.) An Alaska man was rescued from Alaska in subzero temperatures after his cabin burned to the ground.
A man who survived 23 days in the below-freezing Alaskan wilderness after his cabin burned down was rescued by state troopers who spotted his “SOS” message written in the snow.
In video footage shared by Alaska State Troopers, 30-year-old Tyson Steele was discovered living in a makeshift shelter at his remote home around 112 kilometres northwest of Anchorage on Jan. 9.
Steele hadn’t been heard from for “several weeks” and the group of Alaska State Troopers were conducting a welfare check on him. In a recap of the rescue, Steele was compared to a Tom Hanks movie character.
Steele waves his arms up at the troopers who hover in a helicopter — manned by Cliff Gilliland and Zac Johnson — above him in the video.
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“Steele’s shoulder-length hair, chestnut brown near the roots fading to golden blond near its frayed tips, hung matted and dreadlocks-like over his neck,” the recap, written by writer Ken Marsh, reads.
“His auburn hair flowed untrimmed to his chest. The combination made him seem vaguely reminiscent of actor Tom Hanks’ character in the movie Cast Away.”
Officials say that Steele’s cabin burned down at around 1 or 2 a.m. one mid-December night, after he tried to burn a cardboard box inside his stove. The fire killed his dog and left him without shelter or warmth, and no means of communication, for 23 days.
The homesteader had been living alone since September 2019 in Sustina Valley. He was living completely remotely, over 30 kilometres away from his closest neighbour.
Perhaps even more heartbreaking than losing his home, however, was losing his dog, Phil.
“Best dog in the world,” Steele told Marsh. “He was so scared of the fire … I grabbed everything that was on my bed … and I tell Phil, ‘Get out of here! Get out of here!’ And he jumps off the bed and I think it’s good, right? I think he’s left, and so I go outside.”
“I stepped outside and everything’s on fire. I’ve got to think of what to do next … and my dog starts howling … inside. I was hysterical. I had no logic … Just a visceral — not angry, not sad — just scream.”
Everything he owned was destroyed in the fire along with Phil, he continued. All of his bullets and ammo exploded, along with his oil and propane tanks.
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Steele recounted that after working well into the morning, throwing shovels of snow onto the cabin, he switched gears to keep the fire going.
“I remember throwing a few logs on one of the corners to keep it going,” he said, adding that he then made an inventory of his salvaged food, noting that he had some peanut butter, beans and mayonnaise.
Before being saved, the outdoorsman had created two new smaller shelters, keeping a fire going perpetually to heat up his food and keep himself warm. He stamped out the big “SOS” signed, sprinkling ashes inside to make it black, and waited.
Walking to safety wasn’t an option, given that he had very little idea of his own whereabouts or which waterways stayed frozen long enough.
Steele plans to head back to civilization and family in Salt Lake City.
“They’ve got a dog,” he told Marsh. “That would be some therapy.”
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Exhibition | Showpiece from the Palmwood Wreck
Posted in exhibitions, on site by Editor on March 15, 2019
I’m posting this seventeenth-century exhibition, showcasing what may be a late sixteenth-century cup, to draw attention to the Museum Kaap Skil more generally; Texel, located some 50 miles north of Amsterdam, was a crucial anchorage, particularly for large VOC vessels. Visiting the Vasa Museum in Stockholm a few years ago (many of you have been there) helped me grasp just how much ‘material culture’ was taken up by ships in the early modern period. Inventory lists—indeed, even seascapes crowded with ships—now come to life for me in a way that they didn’t previously. On the grounds of the Kaap Skil museum, there’s also a working windmill used to process grain: the Traanroeier, which dates to 1727 (originally located on the Weer, at the intersection with the Traanroeyer ditch, it was moved to Texel in 1902). –CH
Now on view at Museum Kaap Skil, from the press release:
Diving in Details: Showpiece from the Palmwood Wreck
Museum Kaap Skil, Texel, Netherlands, 9 March — 9 September 2019
Gilt silver cup, likely made in Neurenberg around the end of the 16th century; it was recovered in 2016 from the Palmwood wreck.
An exceptional object from the Palmwood wreck [palmhout, or boxwood] can be seen for the next six months at Museum Kaap Skil—in Oudeschild on the island of Texel. A gilt silver cup, expertly restored after almost four centuries on the sea bottom, is being displayed in the exhibit Diving in Details. Expert Jan Beekhuizen, known from the television program Kunst & Kitsch (Art & Fake), notes that it is “exceptional, if not unique, that such a find surfaces from a ship wreck.”
A specially designed showcase allows the viewer to observe the gilt cup from all sides. Details can be seen and enlarged on a touchscreen. The cup is decorated with driven flower patterns and mascarons, ornaments representing faces. The cup was unveiled at the Rijksmuseum on March 7 by deputy Jack van der Hoek and museum manager Corina Hordijk, together with the presentation of a report on the Palmwood wreck collection.
The discovery of the Palmwood wreck by divers from Texel and the unusually rich finds surfaced from this wreck created a worldwide sensation in 2016. The lovely silk dress and other luxury garments and personal belongings from the wreck made it clear that the cargo being transported by the ship belonged to very wealthy, perhaps even royal people. Even the gilt silver cup fits this picture. Only the richest could afford such an object.
The wreck of the ship and almost four centuries lying in the sea bottom have taken their toll: the cup surfaced partially flattened and broken into three parts. In addition, there were dark corrosive bumps on the surface. Experts from the restoration workshop Restaura have carefully removed the deposits, reattached the loose parts, and restored the cup to its original shape. The war god Mars, standing on the lid of the cup, has lost his shield, but otherwise the cup is more or less whole.
The exhibition Diving in Details also features a 17th-century painting depicting such a cup, showing how such objects were used to display wealth. The Palmwood wreck was once a heavily armed fluyt (‘straatvaarder’), destined for trade in the Mediterranean. The ship sank in the 17th century on the Roads of Texel. It is still unknown who the owner of the ship and the cargo was.
Documentation of the recovered objects has just been published; from the Museum Kaap Skil:
Arent D. Vos et al., edited by Birgit van den Hoven and Iris Toussaint, Wereldvondsten uit een Hollands schip: Basisrapportage BZN17/Palmhoutwrak (Haarlem: Provincie Noord-Holland, 2019), 443 pages, ISBN: 978-9492428134, €20.
More information about the discovery of the ship—including its mistaken association in 2016 with a ship that was in 1642 part of a royal British fleet—comes from Jessamyn Hatcher, “Treasure Island: The Extraordinary Finds of an Amateur Diving Club in Holland,” The New Yorker (19 September 2017). Hatcher quotes “Arent Vos, a marine archeologist who specializes in the Texel Roads, [who] estimates that up to a thousand ships wrecked off the island’s coast between 1500 and 1800.”
Also see, Tracy Robey, “Global Cargo,” Archaeology (May/June 2018), where the Palmwood Wreck (Burgzand Noord 17) is described as “the richest cargo of seventeenth-century luxury goods ever found underwater,” owing to its “stunning collection of silk garments and velvet textiles, leather book covers, and pottery.”
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Beccles celebrates 40 years of friendship with French 'twin town'
James Carr
Beccles celebrated 40 years of twnning with Petit-Couronne last weekend. Photo: Beccles Twinning Association.
Beccles has celebrated 40 years of friendship, memories and travel with its twin town from across The Channel.
Beccles celebrated 40 years of twnning with Petit-Couronne last weekend. Photo: James Carr
The town officially joined forces with Petit-Couronne in 1978.
And last weekend Beccles Twinning Association hosted a series of events to celebrate the momentous occasion.
In total the town welcomed 77 visitors; 65 from Petit-Couronne and 12 from Ahlem, Germany – which is also twinned with the French town and acts as “Beccles big sister”.
Michelle Golding, chairmen of the twinning association, said: “It’s not just about visiting the town, it’s about visiting the people.
“It was set up in 1978 to promote understanding with different cultures in Europe.
“By staying at family homes you really get to know and understand different cultures.
“We all have personal and national problems but when we get together we can find solutions.”
Ms Golding added: “I think we all feel very proud we have kept it going this long and we are now focused on getting more young people involved to keep this link going.”
The guests arrived on Thursday evening and stayed with various Beccles residents while enjoying the festivities.
On Friday the younger visitors spent time at Sir John Leman High School and Worlingham Primary School to learn more about English school life while the adults enjoyed the town.
A meeting was held at the town hall to discuss the future of the twinning relationship and it was decided more focus will be placed on encouraging young people to join.
The Bell Tower was open for guests to enjoy spectacular views of the town and the Rumpus Ukulele Experience performance of English and French songs proved especially popular.
However for Ms Golding the highlight of the weekend was the bilingual performance of Hark to the Bells at St Michael’s Church on Saturday.
Actors from both Beccles and Petit-Couronne came together to deliver the performance.
She said: “I was particularly proud of Hark to the Bells which included actors aged from 16 to 93.
“People from two countries, with two languages, coming together to form a cohesive whole.”
After a packed weekend the visitors left for home on Sunday.
She added: “It was a great success – twinning goes on.”
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Planetary Sciences News
Deadly Collision Blows an Asteroid Apart
Active asteroids lurk in the asteroid belt, unseen until they’re blown to smithereens.
When asteroids break up, they leave a telltale trail of dusty debris in their wake. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
By Nola Taylor Redd 20 November 2019
Most members of the asteroid belt are primitive celestial bodies, almost unchanged from the early days of the solar system. But a small handful of objects are surprisingly active, streaming debris in their wake. A new, close-up look at one of these active asteroids has revealed the impact that triggered its activity, providing a rare glimpse of real-time collisions in the asteroid belt.
On 1 April 2016, the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) discovered a comet-like object inside the asteroid belt. A massive survey based out of Hawaii, Pan-STARRS’s primary mission is hunting down objects that might eventually collide with Earth. Along the way, the enormous survey has discovered new astronomical objects and events, including active asteroids.
Tracing how the dust moved as it interacted with the Sun’s gravity and radiation, astronomers established that the new object, P/2016 G1, became activated on 6 March 2016.
“We can safely conclude that the cloud of dust that we observed continued to disperse into nothingness—it’s gone.”
“Because of the speed of things in the asteroid belt, that impact was really dramatic,” said Olivier Hainaut, an astronomer at European Southern Observatory who works to understand how cometary dust behaves.
Hainaut led observations of the new active asteroid with the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) over the 3 months after the object was discovered. These observations allowed researchers to follow the collision and trace how the impact created a crater and shattered the tiny asteroid. The research was published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics.
By 2017, P/2016 G1 was completely gone, most likely blown apart by the collision.
“We can safely conclude that the cloud of dust that we observed continued to disperse into nothingness—it’s gone,” Hainaut said. “Most likely, we will never know whether there is one or a few largish chunks left, representing the bulk of the original body, or if it was completely disintegrated into pebbles and dust.”
Too Small to See
Active asteroids come in several flavors. Some act like comets, material streaming from them only when they draw close to the Sun. Others suddenly produce plumes of debris after a collision with another object or after they’ve begun to slowly break apart on their own. But with only about 30 active asteroids known to date, what causes most of the asteroid belt’s activity remains a mystery.
“For practical reasons, it’s hard to get a lot of data on these objects, and we need quite a lot of data to understand what causes them,” said David Jewitt, an astronomer at the University of California, Los Angeles. Jewitt, who studies active asteroids, was not part of the new research.
Dust grains in our solar system suffer primarily from two opposing forces. Gravitational forces tug the grains toward the Sun, whereas solar radiation pushes them away. The forces affect dust grains differently on the basis of their radii.
“If you take a small asteroid and instantly destroy it into dust, then you will see a line forming, all of the dust grains sorted by size,” Hainaut said. The smaller grains drift the fastest, midsized grains less so, and the largest barely move at all. Rewinding the drift of the grains allowed Hainaut and his colleagues to narrow down the start of the disintegration process to within a few days.
Most active asteroids suffer from another problem: They are incredibly small. P/2016 G1 was no more than 400 meters across before its collision put it in the spotlight, and Hainaut suspects it was closer to 200 meters. At this size, it remained hidden from modern telescopes.
Only after something slammed into the tiny asteroid did the billowing cloud of dust make it large and bright enough to be seen. That’s par for the course; “a lot of them are too small to [be seen] until they become active,” said Henry Hsieh, a senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute who was not part of the current study.
A review of Pan-STARRS images prior to the impact revealed no sign of P/2016 G1. It became visible only on 7 March, the day after the suspected impact.
This animation displays changes in asteroid P/2016 G1 over time. Credit: Hainaut (ESO); Kleyna, Meech (IfA Hawaii)
Although scientists have been simulating asteroid impacts in the laboratory on small scales, the glimpse of an almost-real-time collision can help validate the way they have scaled up the process.
Understanding how impacts work can make a difference in programs that hope to, one day, use collisions or explosions to move asteroids out of the way of a potential impact with Earth.
“It’s much better to see the real thing,” Jewitt said.
“We’re learning that a lot of things can happen with impacts,” Hsieh said.
At the same time, understanding active asteroids can help planetary scientists to better glean how asteroids evolve and change over time, especially when they experience a collision.
“With this story, we can really rebuild the movie of what happened,” Hainaut said.
—Nola Taylor Redd (@nolatredd), Freelance Science Journalist
Citation: Redd, N. T. (2019), Deadly collision blows an asteroid apart, Eos, 100, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EO130555. Published on 20 November 2019.
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Hey, guys. Welcome back to another review. I’m super excited to be reviewing this figure in particular for you guys. His name is Eugene Brecht, and he is another GEAR+ figure from Sicily 1943, and he is a Mediterranean FJ Sniper. Now, this figure is definitely a hard one to track down. It took me a pretty long time, so I’m very happy to finally have him in my collection. He’s really awesome, and comes with a lot of stuff, obviously, hence the name GEAR+.
But let’s take a look at the box here. Great picture of the figure there. Okay, on top, you can see, there he is holding his sniper rifle. And here’s the back of the box. A lot of equipment with this guy, and those are the two weapons that you get. You get the Kar 98k sniper rifle and then the other gun. So, great looking box as always.
Here is the figure, and I’ve got him equipped with his sniper rifle. That’s my preferred weapon. I think he looks great with that. All right, so awesome looking figure. He’s really cool. The FJ figures are always really nice. He holds his sniper rifle really well. Let’s go ahead and take that out. Nicely detailed. The scope doesn’t pop off on that one, but you can pull this piece back, and then you got the strap on there.
Then, here is his other weapon, which once again, I won’t try to pronounce. You can take the clip out of there, and then you can see the strap, which unfortunately has snapped off, but cool weapon. And there he is holding that one. I personally prefer the sniper rifle, but always cool to have different options for the figure.
All right, so here’s the figure’s head sculpt with his helmet on. You can see he’s got the goggles on top, which looks really awesome. Let me go ahead and take off the helmet very carefully. These FJ helmets are always… the lining for these are very delicate, so you’ve got to be careful with these straps. They usually tear really easily. I’ve torn a few of mine already. Okay, so there’s a better look at his helmet. Great detail on that. It looks like it’s got scratches on it and a lot of dirt, so good detail, and then there’s a look without the goggles on.
Here is the figure’s head sculpt, which is really nice. I really like this one in particular, nicely detailed. All right, let me put this back on the figure, since it fell off, but there that is. That’s his bandolier for his sniper rifle. He’s got extra clips in there, and only the top four pouches open up. These ones don’t open up at all, but there are some extra clips that you can put inside of there.
So you can see this guy has a lot of equipment packed onto his belt. Starting in the front, we’ve got his ammo pouch for the 739, and there are some extra clips that I’ve actually put inside of there already. Then we’ve got his sniper scope case. Okay, on the back, we’ve got his knife. There’s his gas mask canister, nicely detailed. Then, of course, his other equipment there, bread basket, mess tin, and canteen, all nicely detailed, especially these two. I like how they look very weathered.
Okay, and then you got his belt, which everything fits pretty snugly. It’s definitely a tight fit trying to get everything on there, but it looks good once you get everything on. Okay, you can see the figure has a scarf that you can put on. Let me take that out. Then underneath of his FJ jump smock, you can see he’s got a tan shirt, and then some tan pants, which kind of puff out over his boots, and that looks really nice.
I think that’s everything to show for the figure. The jump smock is really nice as well. Just thought I’d mention that. But overall, a great figure, really nicely detailed. I forgot to mention earlier, the release date on this one was 2010, so this is a later figure, but he’s really nice, and he comes with a ton of stuff. Yeah, I’m really loving these GEAR+ figures. This is like the third one that I’ve gotten, and yeah, this one’s one of my favorites.
He’s super nice. The FJ figures are always really cool, so I’m so happy to finally own this guy in my collection, and I do highly recommend picking him up if you can find him. I got him off eBay for… I think I paid around $70, so I think that’s a fair price for him, considering the stuff you get and considering the rarity of this one. Hope you guys enjoyed this review. This is an awesome figure, so thanks a lot for watching, and I’ll see you next time.
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This two-way linear fireplace offers a clean and sleek look. Supplied / Postmedia
Fireplaces are becoming a hot commodity.
They’re no longer just for the family room. They’re popping up in ensuites or outdoor spaces and homes are now sporting multiple versions including two- or three-sided styles. Manufacturers are also playing with lighting within the firebox, with different options for log sets or rock colours and configurations.
“On average, there is at least one fireplace in a house,” said Jason Chaba, owner of Edmonton Fireplaces.
“Larger homes may have as many as five to six fireplaces.”
While the traditional wood-burning version might still be the king of the hill if you take into account older, existing housing stock, gas and electric versions are making inroads while providing homeowners with multiple options and design choices.
Based on some 20 years of industry experience, Chaba, who sells, installs and also services fireplaces — he started in the business working with his father when he was a teenager before eventually deciding to open his own fireplace company — estimates that about 50 per cent of Edmonton-area homes would have wood burning versions, 40 per cent would be gas fuelled and 10 per cent would be electric. But going forward, he expects the vast majority of fireplaces will be gas-based units.
“Electric fireplaces are not as popular due to a lack of heat output and their cost of operation,” said Chaba, who pegs that cost at approximately 27 cents per hour. Gas fireplaces, he notes, would provide about four times the heat and only cost some 13 cents per hour to use. Wood, however, easily outpaces gas when it comes to heating a room but there are annual maintenance needs that could push the cost above $600.
Evolving Choices
It would seem that today’s new homeowner is opting for a combination of stylishness and convenience when it comes to fireplaces.
These homeowners are looking for both elegance and style, according to Chaba.
“Most new homes are using contemporary linear gas fireplaces but clean face (no louvres) traditional gas fireplaces are also popular,” he said. “It’s more convenient to flip a switch and use the gas fireplace for zone heating.”
In older homes, Chaba said fireplace conversions are popular, in part to bring up the efficiency of the fireplace as well as to change its look — his company also takes care of the tiling and finishes as well as the install.
When it comes to custom homes, Birkholz Homes, an Edmonton luxury custom home builder, echoes the statement that design has become a much more important component when it comes to fireplaces.
“Fireplaces have evolved to include such a diverse range of sizes and functional qualities,” said Kevin Birkholz, the company’s principal. “We used to install the same version of fireplace in the great room as we installed in the master bedroom, which from a heat output standpoint was severely oversized. Today, there are neat electric fireplace options, either linear or rectangular, that produce minimal heat as well as a diverse range of gas units to choose from.”
In the Birkholz new builds, the company estimates that 80 per cent of fireplaces they install are gas, 10 per cent electric and 10 per cent are wood burners.
“For many, wood is inconvenient and messy,” said Birkholz. “Having said that, there are some energy efficient wood burning fireplaces that push heat generated back into the house and also seal really well to the outside when not being used.”
Electric fireplaces, said Birkholz, are carving out their own niche becoming more popular for areas where individuals want a TV over the fireplace but do not want the TV to be uncomfortably high relative to the seating arrangement in the room.
“The electric fireplaces are interesting with rock set options, different flame heights, and lighting,” added Birkholz.
Electric fireplaces are also excellent choices for spaces like a home office where you may want to have a fire but don’t really want any heat, said Chaba.
For outdoor spaces, Birkholz is seeing wood-burning fireplaces or gas units are used in either screened spaces or deck areas.
“Most clients are surprised when they realize the number of features and options that come with selecting a new fireplace for their home,” said Birkholz. “Today, there are options for any space or heat requirement.”
Most homeowners with wood-burning fireplaces tend to know that maintenance is required on an annual basis. But when it comes to gas fireplaces, Chaba said it’s a completely different story.
“Most of my customers are surprised to know that preventive maintenance of a gas fireplace should be a yearly routine,” said Chaba. “They say, ‘nobody ever told me that.’ People are also unaware that there is special gas fireplace glass cleaner and that they are not to use Windex.”
Another need to know tip, comes from Birkholz, this one regarding the home-building process.
“Before finalizing the plans and starting construction, the fireplace should be decided on,” said Birkholz. “Some units require a larger width or depth of cavity which has to be known prior to framing exterior walls.”
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by Andrew Williams | September 21, 2013
It is with a heavy heart that I have to break the bad news to you - we've just had our first delivery of winter woollens. Yes, it is that time of year again. We're really pleased to be stocking the new season's designs from Here Today Here Tomorrow, who proved so popular with the residents of Hay (and online) last year. We love the new slouchy hats, mini mittens and of course their amazing woolly headbands. Look out for them online in the next few days - they're available in store now.
But before we get on to winter, and the dreaded "C" word, let's try to bask in the last few rays of our fair trade summer. We still have the great new range from Rapanui to drool over (and everyone always needs tee shirts, right?) as well as ongoing reductions on some of our most popular ceramic lines - our eye catching Line Vases are now just £22 online.
Other new arrivals include our amazing, colourful bamboo chopping boards, designed by Bambu Home in Portland Oregon and made under fair trade conditions in China. A versatile, sustainable addition to any kitchen. We'll have more of the range coming soon.
Let's not get too down-hearted at the darker nights drawing in, we still have lots of fun to look forward to - Halloween and some cool new lines to tie in with the Mexican "Day of the Dead" celebrations to name just one. Stay warm out there!
Tagged: 2013, apparel, Christmas, eighteen rabbit, fair trade, fairtrade, headband, knitwear
A ray of fair trade sunshine
We've been making some changes to the front of the shop this week - getting ready for autumn while doing our best to accentuate the last of the summer sun! What do you think?
We've mixed some of our favourite copper pieces from Nepal with a range of our best-selling yellow ceramics which are designed in Holland and made in Thailand. We love the combination of rich, deep, earthy tones from the copper and the bright sunshine of the pottery. Hope you agree!
As always, provenance is key :)
Tagged: 2013, autumn, ceramics, copper, eighteen rabbit, hay castle, nepal, Thailand
Fair trade gifts from around the world
by Andrew Williams | August 26, 2013
We have a big map of the world in our shop in Hay on Wye and one of our favourite jobs is filling in new suppliers from around the world as another interesting delivery of unusual items arrives. So far this year we have added some amazing new lines to the shop, including:
Cana Flecha jewellery and clutches from Colombia;
Pachacuti Panama hats from Ecuador;
Intricate ceramic skulls from Mexico;
Delightful floating candles from Thailand;
Exclusive soft toys from Argentina.
We are constantly on the look out for new suppliers who have interesting and inspiring stories. If you have a suggestion for a line you'd like to see us stocking, please get in touch - we'd love to hear from you!
Tagged: 2013, Argentina, colombia, Ecuador, eighteen rabbit, fair trade, fairtrade, mexico, Pachacuti, Panama hats, Thailand
Give your kids a fair trade summer holiday
by Andrew Williams | July 22, 2013
"I believe that children are our future," as the late, great Whitney sang. Kids today already learn a lot more about fair trade than they would have twenty years ago - and thanks to classroom projects up and down the land we are gradually turning Britain into a fair trade nation. We've pulled together a cool selection of kid-friendly bits and pieces to help your little ones stay occupied during the summer holidays...
First there's our new range of exclusive toys from Argentina. These are sure to be a hit with little (and big) kids of all ages, and are available in a wide number of animals. They're going fast, and while we hope to have more before Christmas, you may want to pick one up now to be on the safe side.
Then there's our firm favourites from Pebble, made by women's cooperatives in Bangladesh which offer flexible working and a self sufficient lifestyle for the people making them.
New from our designers in Holland is our Little Fair Bag, a cool plain bag complete with crayons your budding Leonardo can use to colour in and create their very own work of art.
We hope to have more clothes and products for teenagers in the next few months, so keep checking back to see what cool new items have been added. We also have a range of leaflets and cards explaining more about fair trade - if you'd like us to include some of these with your next order just let us know and we'll pop some in for you!
Tagged: 2013, eighteen rabbit, hay on wye, kids
by Andrew Williams | June 10, 2013
We had an amazing time over the Hay Festival. If you couldn't make it this year, or are curious to find out more, we've rounded up some of our personal highlights below. Let us know if you saw an amazing event which we missed! Here's Louise talking about her favourite moments...
"My festival experience started with a session on sustainable fashion with author and academic, Sandy Black. It didn't inspire me with confidence about the future of fair trade to be honest, and made me wonder if the concept of sustainability has helped or hindered the fair trade movement. Much of the questioning was around the recent Rana Plaza tragedy, but brands seemed to be excused for making changes to their environmental policies. Can you offset poor welfare behaviour with a good recycling policy?
Next was Cath Kidston and the audience were eagerly anticipating her tips for success. Alas we didn't come away armed with any finger clicking magic, but did get that the willingness to work hard and to love what you do is important.
The next morning started with an emotional tour through some key historical papers around the suffragettes movement, now housed in the LSE womens library. Some incredibly inspiring stuff, and startling to think that only 100 years ago women didn't have the vote.
I recently read the Great Gatsby with the Hay book group so was keen to hear what Sarah Churchwell, author of Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby had to say about this much talked about novel. She was an energetic and interesting speaker who spoke of issues at the time that might have influenced Fitzgerald. She's a self confessed 'word geek' and explained that GG is the first time the phrase 'wicked' is used to mean something good, and 'party' is used as a verb, e.g. "I partied hard at the weekend and it was wicked!".
The Telegraph Question Time was an all women affair (Jenny Abramsky, Joan Bakewell, Allison Pearson & Katy Brand), and boy, didn't we know it! Because of the unusual gender balance on the panel, feminism was the topic of the day. All very interesting, but it does frustrate me that women have to always be the topic of a debate involving women. Couldn't we have discussed the news of the day like a 'normal' panel would have?!
I'll let Andrew talk more about the Safraz Manzoor session, but his fanatacism for Bruce Springsteen knows no bounds!
Early the next morning, ex UN Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, John Holmes, spoke about the difficulties surrounding humanitarian aid. He'd faced some tough challenges during his few years in this post, and often questioned whether supplying aid was ultimately allowing despots to continue the status quo. All particularly relevant given the situation in Syria, which Holmes said would be the Rwanda of these times.
Ian Goldin's session followed which talked about the necessity of a global approach to counter international challenges. We have a great global structure for things like the postal service and air travel, so why can't we have a similarly linked up approach to tackling things like pandemics, cyber attacks and climate change. All made perfect sense, but I'm not sure how or if he'll make it happen!
That evening Peter Hook spoke about his time with Joy Division. He's a great raconteur, and said that contrary to appearances it was actually a really happy time.
I helped to organised a debate around the link between the twin towns of Hay and Timbuktu, for local charity Hay2Timbuktu. We had representatives from the council and local charities in Hay along with the Malian Consul and Lindsey Hilsum from Channel 4 News. It was great to hear Mark Saade, the Consul, talk about the importance of the work Hay2Timbuktu are doing, and what it means to the people in Timbuktu. The Telegraph did a good write up of the session here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/hay-festival/10087581/Hay-Festival-2013-Saving-Timbuktu-Library.html
There was so much more I would have loved to go to, but there was also loads happening in town and, of course, a very busy shop to run! It was a fantastic 10 days and we met some wonderful people in the shop. Thanks to all of our new customers and for the Groucho and Tomatitos for keeping the cocktails and wine flowing!"
And here are some of my own thoughts on an incredible week and a half...
My festival journey began on the first day and appropriately enough revolved around all things local. Rob Hopkins is the co-founder of the Transition Network and he was speaking to festival sustainability guru Andy Fryers about how communities can adapt to the challenges of a changing climate and economy. There were a lot of lessons for Hay and who knows, perhaps by the next festival you will be able to buy your medium latte with a Hay Pound note!
Oscar Guardiola Rivera wrote one of my favourite books of last year, "What if Latin America Ruled the World?" We saw him speak at the Hay Festival in Xalapa, Mexico, so it was great to see him chairing a session at the Welsh event. Sarfraz Manzoor also gave a hugely entertaining personal account of his lifelong obsession with Bruce Springsteen accompanied by some amazing slides of his musical journey with The Boss. I saw him on the shuttle bus the next night and we compared notes on our respective fan antics. I've seen Oasis 29 times - he said he lost count of his Springsteen gigs after 110. That's devotion for you.
Stephanie Flanders, the BBC economics editor, was an unusual star turn at Hay as she had nothing to sell - no book, no queue in the signing tent, nothing. What she did have was an incredible insight into the current financial playing field in the UK, which she delivered in an even handed yet entertaining way. She held the huge Barclay's Pavilion in the palm of her hand, as did Marcus du Sautoy, Kate Humble and Mark Watson who took part in an amazing hour long experiment chaired by Mark Lynas to try to work out how to keep the lights on in the UK in a sustainable way. The short answer is there is no short answer, and the long answer seemed to be that you'd need a bit of everything to make it work.
My personal highlight of the festival, and perhaps one of the most moving experiences I've had in recent years, was seeing Jim Swire, whose daughter died in the Lockerbie disaster, talk about his 25 year search for justice. A modest, unassuming man, Swire had faced (and continues to face) seemingly insurmountable opposition from the establishment in his quest for the truth, yet continues to pursue his cause with quiet dignity and calm analysis. A standing ovation, and not a dry eye in the house, were his reward from a passionately vocal Hay crowd. No-one who saw him speak would dismiss his Lockerbie Truth campaign.
Philip Glass is probably the biggest name I've ever seen at Hay and he didn't disappoint. His wry, deadpan tone was inflected with an unexpected humour, and his 45 minute solo recital was unforgettable.
I spent the last weekend at the Globe taking in some of the "How the Light Gets In" festival of philosophy and culture. This was a very different scene, and had a more grass roots feel, a pleasant change made all the better for being based in the town rather than out on the perimeter. Highlights here were Joe Volk, a brooding, atmospheric presence who reminded me of Elliott Smith being portrayed by the baddie from Terminator 2, and Stealing Sheep, a Liverpool threesome with a folky, psychedelic take on songs about sharks. Great stuff all round, and we saw Esther Rantzen so that was cool.
I wasn't sure what to expect from our first festival as residents/business owners, but I already can't wait for next year. Until then, don't forget about our next Sixteen Tambourines night on 20th July, thanks to Kate and Hannah for hosting us at the Old Electric shop which looked amazing, and cheers to Derek for all the sausage rolls!
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Ultimate Valentines
On top of water polished rocks on a habitable moon, far out in the galaxy, a loving couple stands enjoying their greatest romantic experience. The blue star of the binary solar system slowly emerges behind the moon’s mother planet, a great Venus-like world shrouded in thick clouds. Between the moon and the planet, in the moon's core shadow, shaped by the yellow sun in the system, another moon is passing by. This interaction creates a gigantic diamond ring, and the perfect accompaniment of a bright heart-shaped red nebula, creates the ultimate romantic event in the blue night.
Precious Moment
A cool breeze drives inwardly a rugged landscape, while hot colors take over a dazzling daylight. Nature stage one of its spectacular light shows for us who are so lucky to be present. A sun that is darkened by a planet with atmosphere, is an experience we can get from our own moon, but this is special. The planet is a habitable world but larger than our own, and with a thicker atmosphere. Besides, the sun it darkens has a far more powerful brightness than our own sun. In addition, the light from the eclipse is broken again, in the atmosphere of another moon between the planet and the moon where we are. This creates an extra bright circle in the sky and enriches the beauty of the performance.
Lake of Desire
The night falls and the sky is colored again by the dense nebula. The weakest sun in the binary system has not yet reached under the horizon and illuminates the tallest mountain peaks in the landscape, but the thin atmosphere only receives an almost unnoticeable blue tone from the light. The only moon of the planet receives a weaker light from this star in the upper sector, and witnesses that a brighter sun is also in the family. We can see some hunters enjoying the beautiful night while preparing their prey by a campfire on a peninsula in the lake that reflects every adventurer's endless cosmic hunting ground.
Evolution in Harmony
We have entered a sector in a solar system with an unknown civilization. Gently on a safe distance we see their big home planet with a flame-like nebula in the background. We catch the view from its habitable moon during spring time and the little elliptic shadow on the planet testifies that the planet has at least two moons. Everything we’re seeing so far is a sign of peace, harmony and balance. The planet's citizens seem to be at our own technological level when we had completed our moon landings, but something suggests that neither any kind of economy, nor power barriers has hindered a far more amazing establishment in space. The wild life on the moon, which is completely unaffected by their perfection in technology gives a good sense of respect and natural balance.
Uncompromising Welcome
On our journey, we arrive at a complex solar system. The red giant in the center is accompanied by one of the biggest among brown dwarfs, which in turn moves around a white dwarf in its brightest phase of life, and we are honored to visit this seductive cosmic family while the stars fall into almost a straight line. When we arrive on our chosen moon of a large gas planet, which also moves into this magical line, we realize that this is an event more perfect than we could predict. Another moon in the shadow of the planet, illuminated by a magic blue light from a bright star in the background, also enjoys the party. We hurry out of the craft just in time to see the moon gently dip its body into the light from the red star which dominates the landscape around us. Bluish shadows and reflective dust clouds after a sandstorm in the thin atmosphere, makes an accomplishment to this perfect welcome.
Purple Wind
A majestic ring planet rises behind elongated trees, ribbed for its summer splendour. We are guests at one of the giant's many moons, where the autumn in the temperate zone is in its very active phase. The atmosphere is thin, but there is enough wind in the air to spread the fine violet powder from the ever-dried crops of the trees, a substance that provides the basis for new violet trees to root. The white sun of the system, a member of a small star clusters on the edge of a galaxy arm will soon get a close visit from a comet in its perihelium.
Yet another star in our infinite universe has expanded, showing its last powers and dominance before its incorruptible death. Our curiosity has led us to a planet we assumed could have been inhabited a few million years ago, and quite right, a few thousand feet above the burnt surface we see the remains of solid structures that refuse to give up their pride. A far younger star in the system is darkened by the planet's only moon, and soon we’re in the core shadow, only illuminated by the red giant that has chased out a whole civilization. Or maybe they never left their world, but perished in their stubbornness.
Passion of Elements
In a world that has all the weather we know, and where two suns compete for dominance, it’s tempting to stay for a while. We fly over huge seas reflecting a bluish-white and a much larger red sun. The big star with its elliptical profile due to its fast rotation, rests over thick cotton-like clouds colored by the two stars. The purpose of today’s flight is to enjoy the sight of the planet's three biggest moons as they pass by the red star, while small and large tornadoes create action by dancing in the light show.
Majestic Night
We have traveled deep into a large Globular cluster of old reddish stars. Here the neighborhood is tight, and the night is lit up by millions of stars. Many shines like our own full moon, creating a golden light. We are honored to visit a very peaceful civilization, which physically somewhat deviates from humanoids. They are lightweights and move by jumping up the hillsides using a muscular snap-shaped lower body, and a kind of cloak to float down the valleys. With their unique body, they are highly functional and constitute a highly developed breed. Their cosmic home is adorned with an unknown but beautiful nature, which excites our curiosity. Along with another moon, they follow an orbit that gives a wonderful view of the rings to the big gas planet.
Twilight in Daylight
The landscape comes to rest after a storm has passed on this otherwise quiet planet.The light from a blue and a red star unites in an artistic duo when the red giant creates a twilight and the blue sun insists on maintaining the continuation of the day. Blue light shines through the clouds, wander over the sea and the land, and create violet and purple effects in the landscape. An impressive city full of life and pleasure created by a peaceful civilization decorates the horizon with additional colors beside an advanced architecture. A view like this inspires a social approach. Shall we try? Hopefully they will ignore our dark origins.
Silent Backyard
On the edge of a small irregular satellite galaxy to a large beautiful spiral galaxy far far away from our milky way, a populated planet very similar to our own, orbit around a star with also the same size and nature as our sun. We have landed on its only moon and our minds fly back in time millions of years while we are watching the mighty galaxy in the background of the planet. If the inhabitants of this planet have a telescope that makes it possible to see the landscape on the surfaces of the planets in the galaxy, they will see many tens of millions of years back in the history of these worlds.
Golden Desert
A warm day is soon over, and the great earth-like planet is rowing over one of its two moons in one of the universe's many binary star systems. We could not have chosen a better place to see this double sunset, where these stars paints the sky with flaming red clouds over a desert landscape decorated with colorful plants and golden leaves.
We are in a strange world but with a feeling of home. Had it not been for the big moon and the ring planet that is about to dominate the darkening evening sky, and indicates that we are on a habitable moon and not a planet, we would almost feel like home. The flying dragon-like creatures make us more associate with a time travel to the Dinosaurs era, but they don’t match the archaeological finds so far. No, we’re far from home, but in a similar phase to our own prehistoric age in a near-parallel world, when the Pterosaurs were mastering the airspace. We witness a typical confrontation between two beings of the same race fighting for dominance and survival.
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