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Tugwell Room
The Tugwell Room is located at the Greenbelt Branch. The Tugwell Room is accessible whenever the Greenbelt Library is open.
If you come to the Greenbelt Library and see that the Tugwell Room door is closed, please ask a Librarian at the Information Desk to open the room for you. The Tugwell Room is reserved for users of Tugwell Room materials only.
11 Crescent Road
Monday 1pm-9pm
Sunday 1pm-5pm
About Rexford G. Tugwell
Born on June 10, 1891, Rexford G. Tugwell grew up in Sinclairville and Wilson, NY. Tugwell’s father was a farmer and a cannery owner. Tugwell attended the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received his Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral degrees. After completing his studies at UPenn, Tugwell taught economics at UPenn, the University of Washington, and Columbia University.
While at Columbia University, Tugwell became a member of the “brain trust” - a group known as Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s inner circle of advisors. Roosevelt was then governor of NY. This group initially helped Roosevelt plan his campaign to become the president of the United States and later advised him on issues during his presidency.
In 1933, Tugwell moved to Washington, DC, where he began working for the United States Department of Agriculture. After serving as the assistant secretary of Agriculture, Tugwell became the head of the Resettlement Administration.
Tugwell strongly believed in government economic planning. While at the Resettlement Administration, he worked on many New Deal programs, such as tax reform, relief public works, and federally planned communities. Tugwell is connected to Greenbelt, MD through his instrumental work with the Greenbelt Towns program. While he was head of the Resettlement Administration, he dedicated much of his time in the creation and development of the Greenbelt Towns project.
Access to the collection
The hours of operation for the Tugwell Special Collection are the same as the Greenbelt Branch hours. Everyone is welcome to use the Tugwell Special Collection for studying, researching, or browsing. All visitors are asked to sign the guest book. If any assistance is needed, please ask the librarian at the Information Desk (301-345-5800)
The Greenbelt Branch is wheelchair accessible from the lower level entrance of the library, where there is ample parking. Follow the signs for the elevator to the second floor.
Circulation and Loan policy:
The Tugwell Special Collection is a reference collection, and the materials must be used within the Greenbelt branch. Whenever possible, materials should be photocopied.
The Tugwell Special Collection serves as a resource for researchers who are interested in studying city and urban planning, sociology, architecture, American history of the New Deal era, consumer cooperatives, and the city of Greenbelt, MD.
The mission of the collection is to provide reference materials on those subjects to any interested researcher, whether it be an elementary student studying his hometown, or a doctoral student collecting primary sources for a dissertation.
500+ books and periodicals
Pamphlets, advertisements, and other textual materials
Vertical Files - Subject Listings
Online database - Newspaper Clippings Index
Audio cassettes (oral histories)
Photographs, Albums, and Scrapbooks
Maps & Blueprints (1938-1990s)
Display Case!
Books in the Collection
The books in the Tugwell Special Collection are cataloged in the library books catalog. Books may be identified as being a part of the Tugwell Special Collection by the call number which will include a C before the Dewey Decimal classification number. Example: C 711.4
Newspaper Clippings Index
The Newspaper Clippings Index is an online database that provides bibliographic information, and brief summaries about newspaper clippings within the Tugwell Special Collection.
National and local newspaper articles since 1935 on Greenbelt have been collected. Articles may be searched by keyword, publication, year, author, or subject heading. Articles are still in the process of being indexed into this database.
Tugwell Room Pamphlets about Greenbelt
Greenbelt, Maryland & Greenbelt TownsPublic Affairs Pamphlet No. 32, The Cooperatives Look Ahead, Jerry Voorhis, 1952
Cooperation and Nationality, George W. Russell, First printed in 1912, reprinted in 1940
Bulletin No. 1024: “Organization and Management of Consumers’ Cooperatives”. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, 1951.
Daniels, John. American Cooperatives: Yesterday - Today - Tomorrow. New York: the New Leader Publishing Association, 1945.
Syrjala, Savele. The Story of a Cooperative. Massachusetts: United Co-Operative Society, 1947.
The Cooperative League of the USA. In a Big Co-Op, Can Members Really Control Policies?
Gunterman, Joseph. “Work Together”. NY, Washington, Chicago: The Cooperative League of the USA. 1948.
Public Affairs Pamphlet No. 32
Public Affairs Pamphlet No. 32, The Cooperatives Look Ahead, by Jerry Voorhis (formerly a Congressman from California, then Executive Secretary of The Cooperative League of the U.S.A.)
First edition, Copyright, 1952, by the Public Affairs Committee, Inc., NY
Pamphlet, property of PGCMLS-Greenbelt Branch, Tugwell Room collection
Cooperation and Nationality
Cooperation and Nationality: A Guide For Rural Reformers From This To The Next Generation, by George W. Russell (AE)
First printed in 1912, reprinted in 1940 by the Cooperative League, Chicago, IL
Pamphlet, property of PGCMLS - Greenbelt Branch, Tugwell Room collection.
Greenbelt: by Subject and Place
Bicentennial Committee
Beltway Plaza
Budgetary Reports
Citizens for Greenbelt, Inc.
Citizens for a Planned Greenbelt
City News (newspaper)
Community Relations Advisory
Cooperative Nursery School
Democratic Club
Greenbelt biographies: by Person
Bomberger, Hilda
Bowman, Bruce
Braden, Roy
Castaldi, Richard J.
Comproni, Joseph
Dudley, Tiford E.
Ellington, Douglas D.
Goldfaden, Ben
Granahan, Lolita
Harrington, Elizabeth
Herling, Alfred Konrad
Howard, Sir Ebenezer
Huffman family
Madden, Anthony
McCarl Family
McDonald, Charles T.
McFarland, Kathleen
Rosenzweig, Benjamin
Schwan, Charles F., Sr.
Stein, Clarence S.
Straus, Lenore Thomas
Tugwell, Rexford Guy
Vinton, Warren R.
Walker, Samuel L.
Weindenfeld, Gil
Warner family
Use the Newsclippings Database to search for articles about these individuals.
Planned Communities Files (as of November 14, 2000
Publications on Planned Communities (2 large green folders)
Arcosanti, AZ
Articles (3 files)
Bannockburn, Bethesda, MD
Bibliographies (2 files)
Cedar Riverside, MN
Celebration, FL
clear Lake City, TX
Cold Spring New Town (Baltimore, MD)
Columbia, MD (2 files)
Cumberland Homesteads,
Fort Lincoln New Town,
(Wash, DC)
Hampstead Garden Suburb, England
Jonathan, MN
Konterra, MD
Langston Dwellings, (Wash., DC)
Letchworth, England
Litchfield Park, AZ
Mattawoma Town,
Miami Lakes, FL
Norris, TN
Park Forest South, IL
Radbur, Fair Lawn, NJ
Roosevelt Island,
(New York City, NY)
Seaside, FL
St. Charles, MN
Stevenage, England
Welwyn Garden City, England
Greenbelt Towns: by Subject and Place
John Lansill Papers
Resettlement Administration
Bound Brook, Greenbrook, NJ
Greendale, WI --
Town Anniversaries
Greenhills, OH --
Town Council Minutes
Maps & Blueprints for Greenbelt
Map of Greenbelt, January 1, 1938
Aerial Photo of Greenbelt, MD,ca. 1941
Greenbelt, MD. Aerial view, probably early Fall, 1941.
Photo credit: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Farm Security Administration, Neg. #7789-ZB
Copy Photo, property of the PGCMLS-Greenbelt Branch,
Tugwell Room Collection
Zoning District Map, City Greenhills
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← And then, there was Marshall: It all comes down to high-noon on Friday
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Mano-a-Mano will rule the day: A look at four battles to watch on Friday
Break out the black gear for Black Friday…because the Pirates need to be brawlers to win the East division of C-USA. I hope we can pull that off.
As I was blah-blah-blahing in the last post, I truly believe that Friday will come down to individual battles, more specifically, whichever team wins more of the one-on-one fights will win the game. This means that each Pirates must be accountable to his job on any given play…no waiting for someone else to pick up the slack. Our guys should go in with the idea that they are taking names and kicking ass from opening whistle to final whistle.
So, I present today, a closer look at some of those positional battles.
1 Damon Magazu and Chip Thomas vs Gator Hoskins and Tommy Shuler
Big Gator…Hoskins makes plays and must be contained.
Watching Shuler and Hoskins is a bit like what we had with Justin Hardy and Justin Jones, only these two receivers are on the field at the same time. Shuler is the main guy in terms of big plays and oft-looked at by QB Rakeem Cato. He and Cato have been hooking up since they were in high school together at Miami Central HS in Florida. They have unbelievable rapport and chemistry and – as we know with our own dynamic duo (Justin Hardy and Shane Carden) – that is a very dangerous combination that must be given ultimate attention. Hoskins presents a real threat in terms of mismatch. He is big, athletic and let’s face it, with a name like “Gator” and those shades he wears to help with the migraines, they guy is cool (and confident) and it shows in his play. Seriously, he plays much taller than his 6-2 frame, perhaps because of his leaping ability and his determination to make the catch. Third down and red zone are his forte and it’s not like opposing teams haven’t known that the ball is going to him and they still have not been able to really contain him. While they move these two around, the operate most efficiently out of the slot, matching them up on linebackers and safeties – ala our attack, pitting Hardy and Bryce Williams against the same ilk.
This is a huge challenge for our guys at linebacker and particularly at safety, IMO. It no doubt is going to take the village to put the clamps on these guys as our front seven is and should be focused on shutting down the run phase of the Marshall attack. This will put big-pressure on Damon Magazu and Chip Thompson to recognize and jump on these two receivers early and often. Additionally, our front three need to get hands up quickly when Cato is doing the quick passing. Cato is only 6-0 tall, gotta jam up his lanes. By now, IMO, Magz and CT should be dreaming about Nos. 1 & 26. The two of them represent 45% of the passing offense and more importantly, 66% of the pass receiving TDs on the season. While our guys can’t sleep on Penn State transfer Devon Smith or Craig Wilkins, the Pirates have to put a crimp in the routes for #1 and #26 consistently. Magz and CT have to get on these guys quick when they are in routes and bring a pounding each time they go for a catch and when it is 3rd down…Hoskins shouldn’t EVER be alone at any point from snap to end of play…he should get hit by the end, the LB and then have the safety glued to him. This will be a battle to watch on a down-by-down basis.
2. Will Simmons (ROG) and Jordan Davis (LOG) vs James Rouse (DT) and Brandon Sparrow (NT)
Rouse is a beast on the inside who plays with big passion on every snap.
Marshall’s defense has gotten better too. And among the things they have excelled at is putting some pressure on the passer and a lot of that pressure comes right up the middle courtesy of defensive tackle Rouse and Sparrow. Through in the additional blitz threat from MLB Jermaine Holmes (MLB) and the Thundering Herd have the makings of a fight-club night for Will and Jordan (and center C.J.Struyk, as well). Rouse and Sparrow have combined to generate 59 tackles, 16 TFLs, and 5.5 sacks from the interior on the season. Those numbers represent set-backs our offense cannot afford to have. These two beasts in the Marshall defensive middle will be a big test for our two seasoned veterans. For Simmons, it should be just what the doctor ordered. His M.O. is that he is a pit bull on the field and he will need to let that dog out in a way he has not yet done if the Pirates are to achieve the running game they need to in this battle. Jordan, on the other side, will need the same dimension in his game. This is one of those scorecard affairs where we can watch each down and tally up scored punches and at the end of each period award the round, ala boxing…because neither guard can afford to take a play off.
The key will be extending drives. If our offense can move down the field consistently, your scorecard will show high scores for Simmons/Jordan and of course they will get stronger as the game goes. If the offense sputters at times, you will see the opposite. This is a big battle to be waged and one I will be zeroed in on.
3. Ike Harris (LT) and Tre Robertson (RT) vs Alex Bazzie (DE)
Hunting down a QB…Pirates must be aware of Bazzie…he causes backfield chaos.
Trust me…QB Shane Carden has already memorized #53, Bazzie. He is the Herd’s disrupter on the DL. The edge-guy who gets QBs all screwed up. Yes, he has only registered one sack this season, it is more because teams work away from him than something in his abilities. He puts PRESSURE on the pocket helping his big guys in the middle clean up with sacks and chases plays to his counterpart on the opposite end (Ra’Shawde Myers who is a more than adequate clean-up guy with 4.5 sacks and 5.5 TFLs). Make no mistakes…Bazzie (with 8.5 TFLs and 5 QB hurries) is the catalyst in the outside pressure scheme. He is not overly big at 6-2, 228, but he is elusive, fast and sure tackler who sets the edge well. He bounces around some and so Ike and Tre both need to be ready for this guy. In the pass pro face of the game, our tackles can’t just engage, they have to prepare for a night of major shoe shuffling out there to stay in his face. In the run game, IMO, we need to go right at him and so Ike and Tre need to break out the anger and physicality.
If they can subdue him, it will force the linebackers to get more involved in LOS play which will allow our offense to flow as it normally does. If not, then they will establish pressure with four man rush and we will be in a bind offensively.
4. Lance Ray (OWR) and Cam Worthy vs. Monterious Lovett (CB) and Darryl Roberts (CB)
Like ourselves, Marshall’s D is planning to find a way to shut down Justin Hardy and Isaiah Jones…just a fact. They will look to employ their safeties and linebackers to jump them early and disrupt them, forcing Carden to look elsewhere. Marshall’s CBs are going to try to break up the quick strike offense by playing hard-press, man-to-man on the outside. They have to. They have no doubt watched team after team lay off our guys and us kill them so they will take that chance, betting that their speed guys at the corner can one-on-one cover our OWRs and that they can get enough pressure on Carden to not allow the OWRs to get down field.
Lovett and Roberts are both 5-11 guys who rely on speed and athleticism to make plays. I would have added Reese Wiggins to the mix in this analysis and I think he will be important down field, but I zero in on Lance and Cam. Both are 6-2, physical guys who can go up and out jump the shorter corners whether on a slant, an out, in the seam or on the fade. It really helps that Lance has had an emergence here since the UNC game and has played himself into being a factor and Cam, every time he makes a catch, it looks like he simply out-fought the other guy for it. These two, IMO, are going to be big factors in this game if Marshall’s defensive game play is working. Carden will get his OWRs in one-on-one opportunities – providing he has time to dial in on them – and with the one v one scenario, Lance and Cam give us an edge against the smaller corners. But be aware, these smaller corners are also very good corners who have shown the ability to press up and cover tight (13 PBUs and 4 INTs between them). Our bigger OWRs need to bring their A games and an attitude with them on Friday. where every opportunity has to be converted into a catch.
So, there you have my thoughts on the biggest match-ups to watch in this game. I hope to have some more thoughts on the game tomorrow.
Please let me know your thoughts guys…always love to hear them.
8 responses to “Mano-a-Mano will rule the day: A look at four battles to watch on Friday”
Great job RC. I will also be watching our linebackers. Johnson needs a big game and Overton needs to continue to play over his head. stopping the run, blitzing Cato and snuffing out screens and short intermediates, forcing them to be one dimensional so Williams can make up for lost time.
I agree with that Chris.
Our front 7 have to be able to put pressure on and contain Cato. I wonder if we will spy him at all? I wish our corners were able to play press man.
Hopefully our offense keeps its rhythm going from the first drive to the end.
So excited for this game.
Ed Keller
Really enjoyed the analysis. Agree we need to score early and with speed…get two TDs before they can adjust. Excited (and nervous)…let’s get this kicked off! Go Pirates!
Hi Ed…
With you…kick off already!
RC – Another great piece. This is developing into the biggest game in our program’s history. Of course if we get the job done today, next week’s game will carry that title.
I don’t get the CBSSN with my cable subscription. So, I’ll be cheering them on at the Buffalo Wild Wings in East Gwillimbury, Ontario. They’ve promised me the biggest TV in the joint….with audio. Go Pirates!!!!!
I don’t get the CBSSN on my cable subscription. So, I’ll be cheering them on at the Buffalo Wild Wings in East Gwillimbury, Ontario this afternoon. I dare say I’ll be the only Pirate fan there….but, they’ve promised me the biggest TV in teh joint with audi. one there whocares…..but
My cable provider doesn’t offer CBSSN, so I’ll be cheering them on from the Buffalo Wil
Carry the big chip with you to BW3s up there in the hinterlands.
Thanks for checking Greg…hope you and your clan are well.
DC Pirate 28
Thanks Ron after reading this you are giving me great concern. I think the formula to beat us has been simple. First get to Carden and that is done with pressure or shutting down Hardy. We have given up 27 sacks on the year and 13 of those came against VT and Tulane. Another factor has been in time of possession. VT held the ball 13 minuets longer and FIU who we beat but made a game of it had it for over 40 minuets compared to our 19. I think Tulane also held an advantage. Third turnovers, penalties, and execution in the kicking game each element there is critical in determining a winner especially when 4 of the past 8 games were decided in overtime. On the other side they could beat us with the run, the pass, or with Catos legs. I think we need to make him a pocket passer be solid wrapping up and get off the field quickly. Our team has not had to play under the gun for several weeks nor have they been tested. I hope they will be ready to go and play a complete 60 minuets. Go Pirates
Hey DCP…nothing but positive vibes, good Karma, the right MoJo from here on out for the Pirates.
Going to be interesting to see if our kids can put it into high gear again. They have it in them to win and win from the jump, but will they do so.
More than ever, that fast start you mention – which we have had consistently – is key, IMO, given being on the road, cold weather, and their stadium being full (as much as they can get it).
Should be a great game either way but we do need that full 60 minutes. Today is a chance for our Defense to make a big statement.
Let’s get em!
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The effect of sleep deprivation on surgical skill can be measured
A study performed in the United States lends support to the recommendations made by the European Working Time Directive regarding "ring fencing" of rest times for surgical trainees. In that study the effect of daytime sleepiness(measured on the Epworth Sleepiness Scale(ESS) was measured in 19 surgical trainees in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery programmes in 2 academic institution. ESS was documented, and surgical skill(in performig septoplasty) was evaluated by attending physicians using a global assessment tool and a skill-based visual analog scale. The attending physicians were unaware of the trainees' report on the ESS. Trainees, themselves, were also required to rate their own performance. The outcome was that , in regression analysis, there was a statistically significant inverse association between ESS scores and attending physician-rated technical skill both for the global assessment tool(p < 0.001), and for the visual analog scale(p=0.03)(1). Using both parameters the self-rated scores obtained by the trainees did not reach statistical significance(1). In other words, the trainees did not recognise the effect that daytime sleepiness was having on their surgical performance.
The wider inference that can be drawn is as follows:-
Daytime sleepiness impairs performance even though the trainee may be unaware of this adverse effect
These observations are generalisable both to trainees and to consultant staff
Consultan...
Consultant surgeons(who are role models for trainees) who combine a gruelling NHS workload with "out of hours" private work are at risk of underperforming if they do not comply with the European Working Time Directive
(1)Tseng YW., Vedula S., Malpani A et al
Association between surgical trainee daytime sleepiness and intraoperative technical skill when performing septoplasty
JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery doi10.1001/amafacial.2018.117
The tension between "gestalt" and the checklist
The tension between head, heart and checklist is strikingly exemplified by the clinical decision process involved in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism(PE). Currently, this process is characterised by a proliferation of clinical decision rules which involve mind numbingly long lists of items, and their associated calculations, the latter intended to generate numerical scores(1)(2) which confer a semblance of scientific credibility to the process. By contrast, a school of thought has emerged which posits that clinical acumen, defined as unstructured clinical impression or "gestalt" is, at the very least, as reliable a sole reliance on clinical prediction rules for discriminating among patients who have a low, moderate, or high pretest probability of PE(1). Over time, gestalt, itself, appears progressively to confer increasing diagnostic accuracy, judging by the diagnostic performance of senior physicians(postgraduate year 4 plus) vs interns(postgraduate year 1) working in the emergency department of a large teaching hospital(3). Concurrently, we have seen the emergence of gestalt-based clinical decision strategies such as the PERC rule(4) and the YEARS algorithm(5). as an attempt to resolve the tension between underdiagnosis and overdiagnosis of PE.
Clinical acumen, itself, performs best when it is informed, not only by the numerical score of years since obtaining one's medical qualification, but also by interaction(through the medium of case co...
Clinical acumen, itself, performs best when it is informed, not only by the numerical score of years since obtaining one's medical qualification, but also by interaction(through the medium of case conferences, "grand" rounds, and clinico-pathological discussions) with colleagues who have addressed similar diagnostic challenges in the workplace. Clinical acumen is also enhanced by mining the immensely rich treasure trove of the published literature of typical as well as atypical cases of PE. In that fullest sense unstructured clinical acumen is likely to outrank even the mot ingeniously devised clinical decision rule in its diagnostic performance.
(1) Chunilal SD., Eikelboom JW., Attia J et al
Does this patient have pulmonary embolism?
JAMA2003;290;2849-2858. Also see conclusion by Ginsberg that clinical gestalt strategies and clinical prediction rules have similar discriminate pretest probabilities of pulmonary embolism in www.evidence-basedmedicine.com)
(2)Wahsh RA., Agha MA
Clinical probability of pulmonary embolism: Comparison of different scoring systems
Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis 2012;61:419-424
(3) Kabrhel C., Camargo CA., Goldhaber SZ
Clinical gestalt and the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: does experience matter?
CHEST 2005;127:1727-1630
(4)Kline JA., Mitchell AM., Kabrhel C., Richman PB., Courtney DM
Clinical criteria to prevent unnecessary diagnostic testing in emergency department patients with suspected pulmonary embolism
J Thromb Haemost 2004;2:1247-1255
(5)van der Hulle T., Cheung WY., Kaoij S et al
Simplified diagnostic management of suspected pulmonary embolism(the YEARS study): a prospective, multicentre, cohort study
Lancet 2017;390:1890197
Review:clinical gestalt strategies and clinical prediction rules have similar discriminate pretest probabilities of pulmonary embolism
S1Q3T3R3 left arm – V2 ECG lead misplacement
We read with interest Thomson et al’s article “ECG in suspected pulmonary embolism” which was published in Postgraduate Medical Journal in January 2019. We would like to bring to your attention another important but little-known cause of S1Q3T3, namely left arm – V2 ECG lead misplacement. This occurs when the yellow ECG cables are misplaced and can easily be misdiagnosed as a pulmonary embolism. A characteristic appearance occurs which we believe is pathognomonic for LA – V2 misplacement. In addition to S1Q3T3, a tall R wave in lead III is seen (1). In a study of 62 patients in whom we recorded both a normal and an LA V2 ECG lead misplacement, we observed that the presence of S1Q3T3R3 is highly statistically significant for left arm -V2 lead misplacement (P=0) (1). It is important to exclude lead misplacement, or the patient may have incorrect treatment administered or the correct treatment withheld because of an error in recording an ECG. Of 230 unrecognised ECG lead misplacements in our hospital, 10.9% were left arm – V2 (2).
After a thorough search of the literature we have identified only 2 brief reports on this topic (3,4). Therefore, it is highly likely that if it does occur then ECG features will inadvertently be attributed to pulmonary embolism and managed inappropriately.
1. Lynch R, Ballesty L, Kuan SC, Ponnambolam Y. Left arm – V2 ECG Lead Misplacement by Colour: a largely unknown entity which can easily be Misdiagnosed as a Pulmo...
1. Lynch R, Ballesty L, Kuan SC, Ponnambolam Y. Left arm – V2 ECG Lead Misplacement by Colour: a largely unknown entity which can easily be Misdiagnosed as a Pulmonary Embolism. J Electrocardiol 2019; 53: e18. DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2019.01.064. Presented at the International Conference on Electrocardiology, Chiba, Japan, 2018.
2. Lynch RM. ECG Lead Misplacement: Experience from an Irish District Hospital. Abstract accepted for International Conference in Emergency Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, June 2019.
3. Javier García-Niebla, Pablo Llontop García. An unusual case of electrode misplacement: left arm and V2 electrode reversal. J Electrocardiol 2008; 41:380-381.
4. Lynch RM. ECG lead misplacement by colour: what difference does it make? Sud J Med Sci 2014; 9 (3):145-150.
Overuse of imaging might be attributable to suboptimal clinical decision rules
The judgment that imaging studies were over-utilised (1) should not be based on the degree of compliance with the Wells clinical decision rule (CDR), given the fact that the Wells score is not necessarily the optimal one for PE. In a study which compared 7 CDRs, namely, the Wells score, simplified Wells score, original Geneva score, revised Geneva score, Charlotte score and the Pisa model, diagnostic accuracy amounted to 0.44, 0.61, and 0.76 for simplified Wells score, Wells score, and Pisa model, respectively (2). The Wells score was tested in 598 primary care patients presenting with symptoms including cough, unexpected or sudden dyspnoea, deterioration in existing dyspnoea, and pleuritic pain, singly or in combination. These patients were referred to secondary care with suspected PE, where they were subsequently rigorously evaluated and investigated according to hospital guidelines. The diagnosis of PE was subsequently confirmed in 73 cases. However, in as many as 44 of those cases where PE was ruled out, the presenting Wells score amounted to >4 points (3), a score that is taken to signify "PE likely" in the simplified Wells score. In the evaluation of PE diagnostic confusion is compounded by the fact that PE can be an incidental finding, for example, during CT imaging in the oncological context (4). In the latter study, 25% of 52 patients with incidental PE had no PE-related symptoms (4). In the entire group of 52 patients with incidental PE, eight had m...
The judgment that imaging studies were over-utilised (1) should not be based on the degree of compliance with the Wells clinical decision rule (CDR), given the fact that the Wells score is not necessarily the optimal one for PE. In a study which compared 7 CDRs, namely, the Wells score, simplified Wells score, original Geneva score, revised Geneva score, Charlotte score and the Pisa model, diagnostic accuracy amounted to 0.44, 0.61, and 0.76 for simplified Wells score, Wells score, and Pisa model, respectively (2). The Wells score was tested in 598 primary care patients presenting with symptoms including cough, unexpected or sudden dyspnoea, deterioration in existing dyspnoea, and pleuritic pain, singly or in combination. These patients were referred to secondary care with suspected PE, where they were subsequently rigorously evaluated and investigated according to hospital guidelines. The diagnosis of PE was subsequently confirmed in 73 cases. However, in as many as 44 of those cases where PE was ruled out, the presenting Wells score amounted to >4 points (3), a score that is taken to signify "PE likely" in the simplified Wells score. In the evaluation of PE diagnostic confusion is compounded by the fact that PE can be an incidental finding, for example, during CT imaging in the oncological context (4). In the latter study, 25% of 52 patients with incidental PE had no PE-related symptoms (4). In the entire group of 52 patients with incidental PE, eight had main pulmonary artery thrombi, 19 had lobar thrombi, 11 had segmental thrombi, and 14 had subsegmental thrombi (4).
(1) Dhakal P., Iftikhar MH., Wang L., Atti V., Panthi S., Ling X et al
Overutilisation of imaging studies for diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: are we following the guidelines?
Postgrad Med J Jan 2019 doi;10.1136/postgradmedj-2018-135995
(2)Wahsh RA,, Agha MA Clinical probability of pulmonary embolism: comparison of different scoring systems
Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis 2012;61:4190424
(3)Erkens PMG., Lucassen WAM., Geerding G-J., van Weert HCP., Kuijs-Augustijn M., van Heugten M et al
Alternative diagnoses in patients in whom the GP considered the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism
Family Practice 2014;31:670-677
(4)O'Connell CL., Boswell WD., Duddalwar V., Canton A., Mark LS., Vigen C., Liebman HA
Unsuspected pulmonary emboli in cancer patients: Clinical correlates and relevance
Journal of Clinical Oncology 2006;24:4828-4832
Terminology can be life-threatening
The terminology of the chest x-ray report can, indeed, impact on the timeliness of the eventual validation of the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis, as shown by the case report of a 75 year old man who was originally admitted with fever and backache. Chest x-ray showed "fibronodular infiltration of the left apex of the lung" (1). On the basis of magnetic resonance imaging, backache was attributed to osteomyelitis, and he was treated with antibiotics, and there was no "work-up" of the fibronodular infiltration of the lung apex. Over a period of two weeks fever persisted, and he became pancytopenic. However, it was only after a further 3 weeks, when pancytopenia became more severe, that bone marrow aspiration and bone marrow biopsy was performed. The latter showed epitheloid granulomas and acid fast bacilli. Polymerase chain reaction analysis of the bone marrow specimens was positive for M tuberculosis DNA, and his sputum was culture positive for M tuberculosis. Although antituberculous chemotherapy was initiated immediately after the bone marrow results he died 3 days after commencing treatment (2).
Arguably, if the term "tuberculosis" had been used to qualify the nodular infiltration seen on chest x-ray, that would have raised the index of suspicion for tuberculosis (TB), and computed tomography might have been utilised to characterise the nodularity as being TB-related (2). Two weeks later, in the light of that heightene...
Arguably, if the term "tuberculosis" had been used to qualify the nodular infiltration seen on chest x-ray, that would have raised the index of suspicion for tuberculosis (TB), and computed tomography might have been utilised to characterise the nodularity as being TB-related (2). Two weeks later, in the light of that heightened index of suspicion for TB, the subsequent development of pancytopenia might have raised the index of suspicion for disseminated tuberculosis, and bone marrow studies would have been initiated at that stage. Instead there was a further 3 weeks delay before the appropriate work-up for TB "kicked in" (1).
In the United States it is already recognised that delays in diagnosis of pulmonary TB are, in part, responsible for the paradox whereby population subgroups, such as white Americans, those in employment, and the US-born (all of them with background pulmonary TB rates of < 2 per 100,000 of the 2006 population) had higher 13-year increases in prevalence of cavitating tuberculosis than counterparts with higher background pulmonary TB rate (3). Might this phenomenon be attributable to greater prevalence of non-specific characterisation of chest x-ray images antedating cavitation in white, affluent, US-born citizens?
(1) Chien C-C., Chiou T-J., Lee M-Y., Hsiao L-T., Kwang W-K
Tuberculosis associated hemopahgocytic syndrome in a hemodialysis patient with protracted fever
International Journal of Hematology 2004;79:334-336
(2) Yoy M., Ellis S
Radiological diagnosis and follow up of pulmonary tuberculosis
Thorax 2010;86;663-674
(3)Wallace RM., Kammerer JS., Iademarco MF. et al
Increasing proportions of advanced pulmonary tuberculosis reported in the United States. Are delays in diagnosis on the rise?
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009;180:1016-1022
role of new oral anticoagulants in mitigating the risk of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in cancer patients
Given the fact that the risk of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is higher with prolonged therapy, the new oral anticoagulants (NOACs) might have a role in shortening the duration of low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) thromboprophylaxis in cancer patients from its currently recommended minimum of 3 months (1) to a much shorter duration by facilitating a transition to NOACSs( 2). That strategy might mitigate the risk of occurrence of HIT.
Currently, international guidelines recommend LMWH instead of warfarin for management of cancer-related venous thromboembolism (1), but the duration of that management strategy puts patients at risk of HIT, with all its attendant consequences. In an open-label, noninferiority trial, patients with cancer-associated venous thromboembolism were randomly assigned to LMWH for at least 5 days followed by oral edoxaban (60 mg/day) (edoxaban group) or subcutaneous dalteparin at an appropriate dose. Treatment duration in both cases was at least 6 months. In that study, recurrent venous thromboembolism occurred in 7.9% of the edoxaban group vs. 11.3% of the dalteparin group (P=0.09). Major bleeding occurred in 6.9% of the edoxaban group vs. 4% of the dalteparin group (P=0.04). The increase in major bleeding was principally attributable to upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients who had gastric cancer (2). A criticism of that study is that the 60 mg/day of edoxaban is inherently associated with significantly (P=0.03) greater risk of...
Currently, international guidelines recommend LMWH instead of warfarin for management of cancer-related venous thromboembolism (1), but the duration of that management strategy puts patients at risk of HIT, with all its attendant consequences. In an open-label, noninferiority trial, patients with cancer-associated venous thromboembolism were randomly assigned to LMWH for at least 5 days followed by oral edoxaban (60 mg/day) (edoxaban group) or subcutaneous dalteparin at an appropriate dose. Treatment duration in both cases was at least 6 months. In that study, recurrent venous thromboembolism occurred in 7.9% of the edoxaban group vs. 11.3% of the dalteparin group (P=0.09). Major bleeding occurred in 6.9% of the edoxaban group vs. 4% of the dalteparin group (P=0.04). The increase in major bleeding was principally attributable to upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients who had gastric cancer (2). A criticism of that study is that the 60 mg/day of edoxaban is inherently associated with significantly (P=0.03) greater risk of gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) than vitamin K antagonists (VKA) therapy, but apixaban does not incur greater risk in that respect (3). For those patients who are eligible for the 30 mg/day dose of edoxaban, that preparation is an even better choice because it is associated with a significantly (p<0.001) lower risk of GIB than VKAs (3). Arguably, a NOAC with lower risk of GIB than VKAs might have a correspondingly lower risk of GIB than LWMH, but that hypothesis needs validating. Nevertheless, arguably with that hypothesis in mind, Al-Samkari et al. proposed a strategy for use of NOACs in cancer-related venous thromboembolism, whereby the most eligible patients would be those with no gastrointestinal malignancy, low risk of major bleeding, and no strong drug-drug interactions, especially if ease of treatment was a priority for that patient (4). I would add "especially if avoidance of HIT was also a priority".
(1)Farge D., Debourdeau P., Beckers P et al
International clinical practice guidelines for treatment and prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer
J Thromb. Haemostat 2013;11:56-70
(2)Raskob GE., van Es N., Verhamme P et al
Edoxaban for the treatment of cancer-associated venous thromboembolism
N Engl J Med 2018;378:615-624
(3)Eikelboom J., Merli G
Bleeding with direct oral anticoagulants vs warfarin: Clinical experience
Am J Med 2016;129:S33-S40
(4)Al-Samkari H., Connors JM
The role of direct oral anticoagulants in treatment of cancer-associated thrombosis
Cancers 2018;10:271;doi:10.3390/cancers10080271
The emerging role of new oral anticoagulants in HIT
In their excellent review the authors drew attention to alternative oral anticoagulants to manage heparin-induced thrombocytopenia(HIT)(1). The American College of Chest Physicians guideline for HIT and HIT-associated thrombosis(HITT) cautions against premature transition to vitamin K antagonist therapy due to significant risk of warfarin-induced skin necrosis or development of venous limb gangrene(2). According to a recent review, the new oral anticoagulants(NOACs) are not burdened with that disadvantage, and their rapid onset of action generates a smooth transition to forward anticoagulation in patients with HIT/HITT. Furthermore, NOACs do not cross-react with HIT antibodies(3). That review encompassed data from 56 HIT/HITT patients subsequently treated with NOACs. Data were derived from 3 studies and 8 case reports. Mean age of the 56 patients was 70, twenty four had HIT, and thirty two had HITT. At the time of HIT/HITT diagnosis a nonheparin parenteral agent was initiated in 42, and the remaining 14 transitioned to NOACs straightaway. The NOACS used in the 56 patients were rivaroxaban, apixaban, and dabigatran in 54%, 29%, and 18% of cases, respectively. There were only 2 instances of recurrent thrombosis with NOAC therapy. Major bleeding occurred in 3 patients who did not appear to be on NOAC therapy at the time of the bleed.
(1) Prince M., Wenham T
Heparin-induced thrombocytopemia
Postgrad Med J 2018;94:453-547
(2)Linkins L-A....
(2)Linkins L-A., Dans AL., Moores LK et al
American College of Chest Physicians. Treatment and prevention of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: antithrombotic therapy and prevention of thrombosis: American College of Chest Physicians evidence-based clinical practice guidelines
CHEST 2012;141(2 suppl) e4958-5308
(3) Trands PN., Trans M-H
Emerging role of direct oral anticoagulants in the management of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis 2018;24:201-209
A point of view: Diuretics and many dietary components significantly increase the risk of uric acid stone formation--Our major concern
A point of view:
Diuretics and many dietary components significantly increase the risk of uric acid stone formation--Our major concern.
We read with interest and applauded the authors of the review article that mentions adjustment of potential pathophysiologic defects by pharmacotherapy and strongly recommends dietary modification for the prevention of uric stone recurrence (1).
Two thirds of urate excretion occurs at the kidney, the remainder being excreted by the gut. Earlier studies have suggested that the urate is almost fully reabsorbed and that the urate excreted by the kidney is the result of tubular secretion. But more recent data suggests that secretion plays little part, and that excreted urate largely represents the filtered urate which escapes reabsorption. (2)
Different diuretics are likely to have different effects on the renal handling of urate, but this has not been critically ascertained; patients receiving more powerful loop diuretics have a higher risk of developing gout than those receiving the weaker thiazides (3)
Conceptually, a visit to a beer garden is dangerous for two reasons, the intake of purine rich food and drinks (beer) and the intake of fructose-rich soft drinks that blocks certain urate transporters that facilitate urate excretion (4).
These are also associated with a number of common situations, such as the metabolic syndrome, which is correctable by changing to a low caloric diet, essential hypertensio...
These are also associated with a number of common situations, such as the metabolic syndrome, which is correctable by changing to a low caloric diet, essential hypertension, decompensated heart failure, saturnine gout, which is correctable by lead chelation, and alcohol consumption (3).
Recently gained insight into the mechanisms of urate transport through tubular cells is the identification of four proteins which act as urate transporters at that level. These are UAT (urate transporter/channel), two members of the of the family of organic anion transporters (OAT1 and OAT3) related to the tubular secretion of urate, and the main protein responsible for tubular reabsorption of urate (URAT1), located at the apical membrane of the proximal tubular cells (5, 6).
However, as we learn to what extent hyperuricaemia associated with diuretics is due to a direct and specific action of these drugs on the tubular wall or whether they act more generally by reducing the vascular volumes, this will undoubtedly increase our understanding of the association (3). Meanwhile, we need to be careful about dietary components which may also be responsible for the menace.
1. Qi Ma,Li Fang,Rui Su et al, Review: Uric acid stones, clinical manifestations and therapeutic considerations. https://pmj.bmj.com/content/early/2018/07/12/postgradmedj-2017-135332
2. Roch-Ramel F, Guisan B. Renal transport of urate in humans. News Physiol Sci1999; 14:80–4.
3. E Pascual, M Perdiguero. Editorial: Gout, diuretics and the kidney. Annals of the Rheumatic diseases. Volume 65, Issue 8
4. H.-J. Anders. Crystal arthritis: SP0125 Renal Handling of Urate and Gout. Annals of Reumatic diseases. Volume 75, Issue Suppl 2
5. Hediger MA, Johnson RJ, Miyazaki H, Endou H. Molecular physiology of urate transport. Physiology (Bethesda) 2005; 20:125–33.
6. Enomoto A, Endou H. Roles of organic anion transporters (OATs) and a urate transporter (URAT1) in the pathophysiology of human disease. Clin Exp Nephrol2005; 9:195–205.
Secondary syphilis in the context of HIV-related immunosuppression
The secondary syphilis we see today is potentially different from the secondary syphilis which belongs to the era antedating the presently high incidence and prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Sexually active subjects who harbour the coexistence of HIV infection (with attendant immune suppression) and syphilis are also at risk of opportunistic infections such as tuberculosis and cryptococcosis (1)(2)(3). In one HIV-positive patient aged 43, neurosyphilis coexisted with both cryptococcal meningitis and tuberculous meningitis. The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was characterised by lymphocyte predominance low glucose and high protein. Furthermore, in the CSF, cryptococcal antigen amounted to 1;640, and the VDRL from the CSF was also reactive. CSF culture grew M. tuberculosis, and this was confirmed by the polymerase chain reaction (1). In another instance, a 37 year old man with past medical history of HIV infection had neurosyphilis coexisting with cryptococcal meningitis. The CSF was characterised by lymphocyte predominance, positive fluorescent treponemal antibody test and cryptococcal antigen titre of 1:640 (2). Another report involved a 40 year old man with coexisting neurosyphilis and cryptococcal meningitis. The CSF showed lymphocyte predominance and high protein concentration. Cryptococcus was cultured from the CSF and both serum serology and CSF were positive for syphilis (3). These anecdotal reports might underestimate the true prevalence of coe...
The secondary syphilis we see today is potentially different from the secondary syphilis which belongs to the era antedating the presently high incidence and prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Sexually active subjects who harbour the coexistence of HIV infection (with attendant immune suppression) and syphilis are also at risk of opportunistic infections such as tuberculosis and cryptococcosis (1)(2)(3). In one HIV-positive patient aged 43, neurosyphilis coexisted with both cryptococcal meningitis and tuberculous meningitis. The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was characterised by lymphocyte predominance low glucose and high protein. Furthermore, in the CSF, cryptococcal antigen amounted to 1;640, and the VDRL from the CSF was also reactive. CSF culture grew M. tuberculosis, and this was confirmed by the polymerase chain reaction (1). In another instance, a 37 year old man with past medical history of HIV infection had neurosyphilis coexisting with cryptococcal meningitis. The CSF was characterised by lymphocyte predominance, positive fluorescent treponemal antibody test and cryptococcal antigen titre of 1:640 (2). Another report involved a 40 year old man with coexisting neurosyphilis and cryptococcal meningitis. The CSF showed lymphocyte predominance and high protein concentration. Cryptococcus was cultured from the CSF and both serum serology and CSF were positive for syphilis (3). These anecdotal reports might underestimate the true prevalence of coexistence of neurosyphilis and other meningeal infections in HIV-positive patients. In order to obtain a true measure of this subtype of mixed meningitis, the recommendation to test for cryptococcal meningitis in all cases of suspected tuberculous meningitis evaluated in HIV-positive patients (4) should be extended to include testing for neurosyphilis in all HIV-positive patients with suspected tuberculous meningitis or suspected cryptococcal meningitis.
(1) Zamora JA., Espinoza LA., Nwanyanwu RN
Neurosyphilis with concomitant cryptococcal and tuberculous meningitis in a patient with AIDS: report of a unique case
Case reports in Infectious diseases 2017;doi.org/10.1155/2017/410.3558
(2)Swe T., Laurent BP., Shah NN
Concurrent central nervous system infective pathology in a severely immunocompromised patient
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2016;5:685-687
(3) Silber E., Sonnenberg P., Koornof HJ., Morris L., Saffer D
Dual infective pathology in patients with cryptococcal meningitis
Neurology 1998;51:1213-1215
(4)Thwaites G., Fisher M., Hemingway C., Scott G., Solomon T., Innes J
british Infection society guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis of the central nervous system in adults and children
Journal of Infection 2009;59;167-187
Exercise training does reverse left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in high risk subjects
While it is true, as the authors assert, that there is limited data on exercise-induced reversal of cardiac remodeling, a recent study suggests that the cardiac effects of sedentary aging(in middle age) can be reversed by exercise training(1). In that study sixty one(48% male) healthy sedentary participants of mean age 53 were randomly assigned to either 2 years of exercise training(n=34) or attention control(control=27). In each subject measurements were taken to evaluate left ventricular stiffness. Maximal oxygen uptake was measured to quantify changes in fitness. Fifty three participants completed the study. Adherence to prescribed exercise sessions was 88% on average. As a result of exercise training left ventricular stiffness was significantly(p=0.0018)reduced(right/ downward shift in the end-diastolic pressure-volume relationships) in comparison with its pre-exercise value. This parameter did not change in the control group. Exercise significantly(p<0.001)increased the left ventricular end diastolic volume , whereas pulmonary capillary wedge pressure was unchanged, thereby generating significantly(p=0.007) greater stroke volume for any given filling pressure. The authors concluded that regular exercise training could provide protection against the future risk of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction by mitigating the risk of increase in cardiac stiffness attributable to a sedentary lifestyle(1). Accordingly, although we cannot influence the natu...
While it is true, as the authors assert, that there is limited data on exercise-induced reversal of cardiac remodeling, a recent study suggests that the cardiac effects of sedentary aging(in middle age) can be reversed by exercise training(1). In that study sixty one(48% male) healthy sedentary participants of mean age 53 were randomly assigned to either 2 years of exercise training(n=34) or attention control(control=27). In each subject measurements were taken to evaluate left ventricular stiffness. Maximal oxygen uptake was measured to quantify changes in fitness. Fifty three participants completed the study. Adherence to prescribed exercise sessions was 88% on average. As a result of exercise training left ventricular stiffness was significantly(p=0.0018)reduced(right/ downward shift in the end-diastolic pressure-volume relationships) in comparison with its pre-exercise value. This parameter did not change in the control group. Exercise significantly(p<0.001)increased the left ventricular end diastolic volume , whereas pulmonary capillary wedge pressure was unchanged, thereby generating significantly(p=0.007) greater stroke volume for any given filling pressure. The authors concluded that regular exercise training could provide protection against the future risk of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction by mitigating the risk of increase in cardiac stiffness attributable to a sedentary lifestyle(1). Accordingly, although we cannot influence the natural history of diastolic heart failure we can mitigate the risk of its occurence.
Howden EJ., Sarma S., Lawley JS., Opondo M., Cornwell W., Stoller D et al
Reversing the cardiac effects of sedentary aging in middle age-A randomised controlled trial
Circulation 2018;137:DOI 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.030617
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Talk: Nine Red Scabbards
I think it's safe to conclude that the rest of the retainers are members:
The group was said to be comprised of the Kozuki Family's retainers, who were tasked with opening the borders of Wano. (chap 919 page 6)
The retainers we know were tasked the same thing. (chap 819 page 4)
Both groups are lead by Kin'emon.
Is that enough of a prove? Rhavkin (talk) 22:53, February 7, 2019 (UTC)
I would say no. We are sure to get more information in the near future, and we do not want to speculate. Montblanc Noland :: Talk 23:05, February 7, 2019 (UTC)
"10th" Red Scabbard Edit
There are only nine red scabbards. That "10th" one is obviously Kikunojo in her younger years. Mugiwara1994 (talk) 19:53, October 14, 2019 (UTC)
Oda confirmed otherwise in SBS 94. Rhavkin (talk) 20:03, October 14, 2019 (UTC)
No he didn't. He said that Izou and Kiku look similar and the answer will be revealed one day. He never said it was a different character either way. SeaTerror (talk) 06:23, October 15, 2019 (UTC)
That "10th Scabbard" was definitely just kiku. (GoldenOath20 (talk) 06:35, October 15, 2019 (UTC))
The only translation we have says "Huh? thought it was Okiku...but the person feels a little different..." Rhavkin (talk) 06:50, October 15, 2019 (UTC)
What does that even mean? (GoldenOath20 (talk) 08:29, October 15, 2019 (UTC))
That this a person different from Kiku. Rhavkin (talk) 08:30, October 15, 2019 (UTC)
He never directly said they were different. He hinted at it and said everything would be revealed later. SeaTerror (talk) 08:46, October 15, 2019 (UTC)
"Huh? thought it was Okiku...but the person feels a little different..." Rhavkin (talk) 09:21, October 15, 2019 (UTC)
I'm not going to post the definitions of feels and is for you. SeaTerror (talk) 18:11, October 15, 2019 (UTC)
Feels a little different is the whole thing about Kiku being a guy or a girl.--Nightmare Pirates (talk) 19:34, October 15, 2019 (UTC)
Oda also said in his answer "One day the answer to this question will be revealed, so just continue reading." He left the question hanging with zero confirmation that it's Kiku, thus we should not claim otherwise. Kaido King of the Beasts (talk) 20:17, October 15, 2019 (UTC)
That's fine by me. But at the same time, do we really need to add a single appearance character with no significance. If we add this character and it turns out that it is Kiku, then the wiki would have had wrong and misleading info of a secret 10th scabbard. On the other hand, us leaving it out would have no mistakes to it whether it is proved to be Kiku or not. We gotta stop adding random characters that appeared in one scene for one second.Nightmare Pirates (talk) 20:23, October 15, 2019 (UTC)
"Feels a little different is the whole thing about Kiku being a guy or a girl" That makes no sense whatsoever. Also Oda left the question hanging as in if it wasn't Kiku or it was so they shouldn't even be on the template at all. SeaTerror (talk) 09:17, October 16, 2019 (UTC)
I agree with removing them from the template. Kaido King of the Beasts (talk) 14:38, October 16, 2019 (UTC)
Why? If it isn't Kiku, the character should be included. And we had several case with the Charlotte Family\Big Mom Pirates and Wano Country characters where we had a character appear twice, once as mentioned and another as an unnamed character until it was confirmed otherwise, so even if it is Kiku, until confirmed we shouldn't assume it is. Rhavkin (talk) 14:45, October 16, 2019 (UTC)
Thing is we don't know if he is actually a Scabbard. It's kinda speculating to say that, there used to be ten based on the existence on what may or may not be a new character.--Nightmare Pirates (talk) 23:40, October 16, 2019 (UTC)
We don't know when they started to be called by that name, and they always appeared as nine people, at most Kiku replaced that person. Rhavkin (talk) 04:21, October 17, 2019 (UTC)
Exactly my point. No one said in that chapter that that character was a Scabbard at all. And, as you said, "we don't know when they started to be called by that name," which means they might have only started being called that after Kiku joined (assuming that's not Kiku). This page is about the "Nine Red Scabbards," not "Nine First Followers of Oden." Even if that person was part of a nine-person group and was replaced by Kiku later on, he still wouldn't be a Scabbard and in the Scabbard gallery because, as you have said, "we don't know when they started to be called by that name."Nightmare Pirates (talk) 06:33, October 18, 2019 (UTC)
And it does make sense to say "Feels a little different is the whole thing about Kiku being a guy or a girl." That character feels a little different from Kiku, because the Kiku that we see right now looks nothing like him. Why? Because Kiku dresses like a woman now.Nightmare Pirates (talk) 06:35, October 18, 2019 (UTC)
The time of the naming is irrelevant, even if an official name was decided upon at a later date, the group history stays the same.
The whole argument of "feels a little different" = "Kiku's gender" is speculative at best, and insensitive at worst, and should be discussed on Kiku's page, if at all. Rhavkin (talk) 07:02, October 18, 2019 (UTC)
The naming isn't irrelevant because literally "Nine Red Scabbards" is the group with Kiku in it. It's an assumption to say that it can be extended to some random character (if it isn't even Kiku). Group history is of course the same because this page is about the Scabbards. But if that is not Kiku, then there is absolutely no concrete evidence that that character is part of the Scabbards. Maybe a retainer of Kozuki, but literally cannot be the 10th member of a 9-person group. Or the former 9th member - because this is speculative that some dude existed and vanished and was replaced by Kiku as the 9th Scabbard.Nightmare Pirates (talk) 01:06, October 19, 2019 (UTC)
Look at the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance, the group has a history and members before the naming or all current members being part of it. Rhavkin (talk) 04:32, October 19, 2019 (UTC)
That's irrelevant to his point. By your logic if Luffy was actually called a Yonkou then he should be put on the template without accurately renaming it. SeaTerror (talk) 16:51, October 25, 2019 (UTC)
"Members before the naming" - those members became "members" specifically because they were part of the Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance after it was officially formed. You can't be a member of that specific group if you didn't join it after it was formed. For someone to be a "member", we must actually know they were a member. We don't know if that random, supposed unknown, character became a member. Maybe he was in a different group called the "Nine Red Beetles" or whatever, he still wouldn't be a "Scabbard" member until it is actually confirmed.--Nightmare Pirates (talk) 08:18, October 27, 2019 (UTC)
That is true if you can find proof that they weren't named then. Rhavkin (talk) 08:28, October 27, 2019 (UTC)
I may not have proof that they weren't named then, but likewise, there is no proof they were named then (because they aren't called the Nine Red Scabbards in that scene). If we can assume that they were already named the "Nine Red Scabbards" then because it is a nine-person group that serves under Oden and that basically has all the members of the Scabbards we see today, then that is no different than assuming that that is actually Kiku (because that would make the most sense as it is a nine person group serving under Oden). Nightmare Pirates (talk) 08:36, October 27, 2019 (UTC)
Assuming that was Kiku was what we did Until Oda said it isn't necessarily the case. The asuumption that that group, which include Ashura Doji and the minks, and the fact they were said to be Oden's followers in the flashback indicate that it happened after Oden took over Kuri, thus became its ruler and they are his retainers. Rhavkin (talk) 08:48, October 27, 2019 (UTC)
Well, who's to say Oden didn't have other retainers? Those other retainers wouldn't be Scabbards either. When did it say that the Nine Red Scabbards were nine retainers from the beginning of Oden's rule? Because it didn't and since we cannot assume that that is Kiku, we also can't assume that that person was part of the Nine Red Scabbards that Kiku is in. If we can't assume its Kiku, we also can't assume it's not Kiku either since Oda never said "There was a person that was part of the group before Kiku". Leaving it out avoids confusion and assumption.Nightmare Pirates (talk) 09:23, October 27, 2019 (UTC)
Here is what we do know:
There was a group of nine people that followed Oden.
Eight of the nine are also confirmed to be Scabbards.
The former ninth member is implied to not be Kiku.
The question is whether the official naming determine the start of the group:
The straw Hat Pirates were officially named after Luffy started his journey, Zoro was recruited, Nami joined, and the Merry acquired.
The NPMSA has a history of Law's past, long before the Straw Hat and Heart Pirates were formed, and before Momonosuke group arrived to the present.
Rhavkin (talk) 09:34, October 27, 2019 (UTC)
Well I would argue that it wasn't implied that wasn't Kiku, as all Oda said was "it feels a little different". This could mean anything because literally when you look at the young versions of the Scabbards they all feel (and look) different than they are now. And also, any history of characters before a group is formed is relevant because those eventual group members all become part of said group. So none of your examples to prove otherwise of "the official naming determin[ing] the start of the group" help to disprove this claim, specifically because those in your examples all actually become part of the group (Luffy, Zoro, and Nami all become part of the Straw Hats; Law becomes part of the NPMSA). That unknown character (if not Kiku) is not known to eventually be part of the group (if not already), so we can't say he is. For example, Koby hung out with Luffy and Zoro before the Straw Hats were founded, this doesn't mean he is a Straw Hat just because he was with them. You only become part of a group (and have your picture in the gallery) if you end up actually being in the group. And also, I would add on to "Here is what we do know" that the nine person group includes only the people we see today as far as we know. That is what we know. We don't know if it included someone before Kiku and frankly, thats a big assumption.Nightmare Pirates (talk) 09:54, October 27, 2019 (UTC)
how is this even a freaking discussion they lirteally called the nine scabbords not the ten when scabbords first mention a background picture shows nine people only kiku was one of those people there no one else hinted or ever mentioned there shred of evidence that there were other members of this group all the current inforamtaion revealed shows that current nine people are the og memebers and only memebers every been part of this group , all oda said " Oh... You guys noticed another small detail. Young Kin’emon and the others in the flashback scene. If you count them no doubt there’re 9 people. Huh? thought it was Okiku...but the person feels a little different...By the way, “Izo” is one of the commanders that appeared in the Summit War arc. It’s true that they look similar since Izo also wore a kimono. And in vol 82 chapter 820, it did said that some people from “Wano Country” joined Whitebeard’s ship~. One day the answer to this question will be revealed, so just continue reading. You’ll notice it, right" this not oda saying that was a totally differnt character those this cause some speuclation yes it those but thats all it is specualtion until he clealry shows or out right says so this pure speculation that is all .also this what i be talking about there clealry a rule that said until decision is made any edit and all edit must remain the same until concession is made the character group box for them was changed the discussion for them is still going on and most of people here disagree with this change so why is it allowed stay this wayTo love this (talk) 05:44, October 30, 2019 (UTC) To love this (talk) 05:56, October 30, 2019 (UTC)
There's just a clear majority at this point with only one person wanting the person to stay on the template. So no point in keeping this open any longer. SeaTerror (talk) 06:12, October 30, 2019 (UTC)
To love this, the Shichibukai at times had less then seven members, as were to Yonko for at least one year, and the Three Sweet commanders were once a group of four. Numbers in group name does not mean that much.
We are in the middle of a flashback of Oden history, so majority or not, we will probably have a real confirmed answer soon, and if not there are SBSs. Rhavkin (talk) 08:20, October 30, 2019 (UTC)
dude when admirals warlords and yonkou first introduce there numbers were compelte and set and established there wasnt no eight warlord no 0 yonkou no fourth admiral there were the 3 admirals 7 warlords and 4 emeperors just like there only nine scabbards the three sweet commanders orginal name was the four sweet commanders they list are member the fourth postion was got rid of doesnt matter if there once was another memeber the postion was abolished every time they have been mentioned they have been called the nine nothing else u have no proof there was a tenth member all u have is specualtionsTo love this (talk) 20:16, October 30, 2019 (UTC)
Not a dude.
The admirals never had a number in their title.
We don't use the "warlord" and "emporer" translation.
I'm not saying there were ten members at a certain point, and that the name was changed like the Sweet commanders, just that Kiku and the person in the flashback are not the same, and that the nine we know now weren't the starting nine.
1they are called the three admirals three at a time dude
2 the lirteal tranlastion for the warlords are "Royal Seven Warriors (of the) Sea" the lirteal tranlastion
3 the lirteal translastion for yonkou is four emperors yon means four and yes we do use that translation
4 you have zero proof that isnt kiku as a child all u have is amboigous repsonse from oda that neither denies that is young kiku or confirms that it is kiku for right now all you are doing is trying make specualtion sound like fact do u have any real proof that isnt kiku anything?To love this (talk) 05:50, October 31, 2019 (UTC)
Stop calling me a dude.
The wiki do not use literal translation, accept it and stop talking about that here, this is neither the place nor the topic. The discussion ended with the person not confirmed to be Kiku nor a scabbard, don't get the two arguments confuse. Rhavkin (talk) 06:04, October 31, 2019 (UTC)
i am not about have this discussion with you the wiki use lirteal translastion for info boxes japanese 四天皇 Shi ten'nō romanized yon(4) kõ (emperor) english four Emperors those are lirteral translastions used and shown on the page flr them for example and yes the decison was made so stop trying change gallery boxs here and for wano character boxTo love this (talk) 06:21, October 31, 2019 (UTC)
Learn the difference between used on page, and page name. Rhavkin (talk) 06:45, October 31, 2019 (UTC)
learn what a trnalastion is and stop putting that info box under red scabbord sections and kozuki family pages07:06, October 31, 2019 (UTC)
Chapter 963 Edit
Hey! Let's talk this out!
This is an active talk page. Please participate if you wish to make changes to the subject at hand. Remember to remain calm and civil throughout the discussion!
So either the Hakumi robbery was before the nameing or Izo is confirmed as member. Rhavkin (talk) 07:03, November 22, 2019 (UTC)
I guess I support, since it is Izo and he and Kikunojo joined at same time.--Nightmare Pirates (talk) 07:41, November 22, 2019 (UTC)
They have not been referred to as the Nine Red Scabbards at any point in the past yet. At this point only the ones confirmed in the present are part of the group. Kaido King of the Beasts (talk) 07:42, November 22, 2019 (UTC)
So the Hakumi robbery should be removed. Rhavkin (talk) 11:33, November 22, 2019 (UTC)
Why would Hakumi robbery need to be removed? Those 9 Scabbards that still exist still participated in them. That would be history of how the Scabbards came to be. It isn't affected by whether we need to include Izo. If anything, it would be "Back then yada yada yada, the (future) Nine Scabbards and Izo blah blah blah"Nightmare Pirates (talk) 04:18, November 23, 2019 (UTC)
Because as Kaido said, the group was not confirmed to have been named, so that is part of their personal histories, not the group. Rhavkin (talk) 05:24, November 23, 2019 (UTC)
Yes, it's is part of personal history but it is also part of the Scabbards history. Because if it wasn't, then none of the "Past" section where they encountered Oden would be included, because your argument would be that the group was not confirmed to be named then. History is a background of the group. Plus, it is clear that the Scabbards evolved from that group plus Izo, since all of them are in it. If the Hakumai incident was just done by two people in this group, then that might be debatable as to whether it belongs here, but as I see it now, ALL members of the Scabbards took part of it.Nightmare Pirates (talk) 06:36, November 23, 2019 (UTC)
That is exactly my original point. If the group, named or not, did something then it is relevant for the group. That is why Izo should be consider part of the group since he took part in the group activities. Also, we do not put individual's history on a group before formation (again, named or not) just like brook history before joining the Straw Hats isn't mention on their page until their meeting in the Florian Triangle. Rhavkin (talk) 07:25, November 23, 2019 (UTC)
Brook's history is his individual history because he was the only one that experienced it. In contrast, everyone in the "Nine Red Scabbards" experienced what happened in Hakumai together. Sure, Izo was there and he is a retainer of the Kozuki Family, but him taking part doesn't mean he is part of the Nine Red Scabbards. Him being there doesn't conflict with every (current) Nine Red Scabbard being there, which does not conflict with it being part of the group history, because everyone in the Nine Red Scabbards was there back then. Now I think Izo should be included, but even if he isn't, this does not affect Hakumai incident being part of history, because these nine people experienced it with each other.Nightmare Pirates (talk) 09:10, November 23, 2019 (UTC)
Kiku wasn't there, and joining one by one means that not everyone was at each recruitment\joining of everyone else. And to clarify, I only said Hakumi should be removed because Kaido said they were not confirmed to be officially named at that time. Rhavkin (talk) 09:36, November 23, 2019 (UTC)
Izo is not a member of Nine Red Scabbards there not even sign of credible proof he is one every other member was clearly said to be a member of the groupTo love this (talk) 21:38, November 24, 2019 (UTC)
So far there is nothing that differ him from the confirmed members. He share their history, training, beliefs, and for several years home. Rhavkin (talk) 21:57, November 24, 2019 (UTC)
there is a big differnce one that you seem to just want to ignore every one else has been confirmed to be one izo has not he is a retainer just like them he is just. not part of the group why is that so hard to understand that? And really (history, training, beliefs, and for several years home) so because that criteria we should added him to the group of people who actually confirmed to be part of the group ok sense thats all that is need we mark the Charlotte kids Perospero Compote Daifuku Oven etc as sweet commanders sense they each share the same history, training, beliefs, and home as there three siblings actually confirmed to be sweet commandersTo love this (talk) 22:32, November 24, 2019 (UTC)
Why do I even talk to you. I edited the gallery and listed his as an ally until confirmation but you removed that based on nothing. This discussion started based on Izo (then unconfirmed) appearing with them. If the only thing that count on a group page is their history since being named, and we do not know when they were named, they can't have a proper History section. Izo is just an example of a problem that arise from that. When we saw the event from Yasuie point, no one doubt that they were the nine, and since the SBS and the recent flashback, every one say that they are not the nine, but eight plus one, yet it stays on the page despite not being the group's history, but a shared event of some of them that might occurred before there even was a named group, making it a personal history.
If this discussion will in "He\That doesn't count since it was before they were named" so until a naming point is confirmed, the past section should only read "At a certain point in time, the group was formed from among Oden's retainers, and Kin'emon was made the group leader" and Toki sanding to the future. Rhavkin (talk) 04:41, November 25, 2019 (UTC)
i am say this one last time and i am done because talking to u is harder then explaining to people luffys freaking teeth can strech as well they are called the Nine Red Scabbards when group first appeared in the manga nine people were said to be members and all were named no one was every said to have replaced any one or that a number was dropped there has been no hints or any thing like that you just specualating izo is retainer just like them the kozuki family had other retainers then the nine not every one was freaking member of the group if we go by your logic of oh well it said its a group of people who worked for the family if any more people appear who are n retainers of kozuki family were going have add every last one to gallery box so until more information or evidnce is shown let it goTo love this (talk) 06:15, November 25, 2019 (UTC)
You are the one over-complicating things. It is very simple: Izo was with the 8/9 Scabbards in Hakumi. Saying that doesn't count because "They were not confirmed to be named at that time" means most of their past in the history section should be removed. If it counts as part of the entire group history, so Izo was a part of them. Rhavkin (talk) 06:46, November 25, 2019 (UTC)
no becauss u are not understanding one thing YOU HAVE NO PROOF HE IS OR WAS A EVER A MEMBER OF THE GROUPTo love this (talk) 23:25, November 25, 2019 (UTC)
do they needed ally section ? Edit
all of the allies shown are already listed under kozuki family section as subordinates or allie section under kozuki family page zo why is it needed to repeat thisTo love this (talk) 06:26, November 25, 2019 (UTC)
That was also my point. It is kinda repetitive. I feel like back then, we used "Allies" very sparingly, for like when there was a formal alliance.Nightmare Pirates (talk) 07:47, November 25, 2019 (UTC)
Tsuru knew Kiku's identity but stayed silent for the sake of a plan she knows nothing about, an act that might brought her death. This kind of blind loyalty is note worthy.
Shinobu was the only ally that walk with them to Tokage port, and the narration specified the group cast nine shadows, signifying her importance.
Hitetsu provide them shelter and waited for them to bring Momonosuke to claim his sword.
Yasuie could be consider their mentor, as he is the one that inspired them to improve themselves for Oden's sake, and he sacrificed himself for their plan.
Izo, if not a former member replaced by Kiku, was their equal and partner in crime at least until joining the Whitebeard Pirates for a yet unknown reason.
If there is a reason other then "friendship" so it should be considered. Rhavkin (talk) 08:43, November 25, 2019 (UTC)
really ok then added Hyogoro,Tama and al those unamed guys as well then added every one who helped them to allie sectionTo love this (talk) 19:35, November 25, 2019 (UTC)
Tama didn't really interacted with them, she just were at the same place as some of them, and we don't add a mass of unnamed characters without reason. If you are so keen on adding Hyo, that's a little thin since he only fought with three of them in Udon, but he did followed Kin'emon's order as part of the NPMSA. Rhavkin (talk) 19:56, November 25, 2019 (UTC)
tama who went to udon prison with momosuke chopper and kiku who help take it over with kawamastu raizo kiku hyo luffy and chopper hasnt had interactions with them 😑😑 really ok wow tell me again what has kinemon wife done extacly for them?To love this (talk) 20:26, November 25, 2019 (UTC)
Tama traveling with Kiku make her as much of an ally to the Scabbards as to the Big Mom Pirates, and "help take it over"? How? by watching from the back with Momonosuke? did u really just ask how the girl who controls animals help take over place controlled by freakeing half animal people why do u think old maid lied to orochi and queen!!!!To love this (talk) 23:32, November 25, 2019 (UTC)
Tsuru confirmed she knew of Kiku's true identity, and kept quit, showing faith in her husband's plan, and took the blame for the alliance stealing food, causing her town to be burned down and presumably, gave her life for their plan without being asked. That kind of loyalty is not seen every day, even in fiction. Rhavkin (talk) 20:42, November 25, 2019 (UTC)
omg she took the blame for stealing food and knew who kiku a person she knew for years was all along you right she dersve the title of ally just for that know what why dont u go make every one from left over town an ally sense all it takes is now lieing about who stole foodTo love this (talk) 23:32, November 25, 2019 (UTC)
If presumably giving her life for the group's cause without them even knowing she did it to cover for them is not being their ally, what is it? Rhavkin (talk) 19:53, December 2, 2019 (UTC)
dude do you hear your self if doing that makes her ally of the group then every freaking person in ebisu town would fall under that catergory
so to you thats worthy of makeing someone an ally but the little girl who helped take over prison holding most of the rebel army isnt?To love this (talk) 05:21, December 5, 2019 (UTC)
Please stop calling me dude.
You can't say Ebisu Town is an ally, because even with the few people that were there when Holdem questioned them, Tsuru was the only one who spoke up with the rest talked among themselves, and the even fewer who claim Tsuru cover for are unnamed. How does that make the whole town an ally?
If you truly believe Tama should be added to the ally section, them make your case on a separate discussion. This is a talk about "whether" and not "who".
Rhavkin (talk) 07:03, December 5, 2019 (UTC)
what are you talking about lirteally half of that entire village spoke up lied and said they took the food as well u lirteally want to make her ally just for doing that but the ebisu people who did the same thing as her shouldnt get the same privilage and it doesnt matter if they dont have names half of freaking people under kozuki family ally section still dont have names.
i am not advocateing for tama to be under there ally section she shouldnt be there she already under ally of section the of kozuki family that is enough same goes for every one else who already under the kozuki family section the Nine Red Scabbards do not need a ally section i am useing her as example of how it makes zero sense that u want add a woman just because she lied for them but not the kid who acfually did somethimg for themTo love this (talk) 21:52, December 5, 2019 (UTC)
You should re-read the chapter, we've seen five people in the panel where other residents, an we can't be sure how many of them spoke based on facial expressions, and we don't add a mass of unnamed characters to a gallery without a unique reason. If you have problems with multiple other galleries with unnamed characters, start a forum regarding the subject instead of opening a discussion on one gallery or each of them.
Tsuru, Shinobu, and Hitetsu have only been seen interacting with the Scabbards, and with this section, they should be removed from the family gallery. Izo and Yasuie have a unique connection to the Scabbards unrelated to their connection to the family.
ok i dont onow where u read this chapater but no we didnt we lirteally saw entire group pf people whispiering about the family then we see five people there interrupt tsuru as she is lieing and then just see a bunch of people saying they stole food but never who extacly says it.
what are u talking about this yes we do half of the time people introduced unless they imporant enough to be named right there in the manga they get a blank manga character box the Whitebeard Pirates Red Hair Pirates Big Mom Pirates Revolutionary Army Marines are just some of examples of times there were gallery boxes rows juat fulled with no named people we juat wait to give them there own pages until they axtually have names
ok no they havent Shinobu, and Hitetsu have lirteally been shown talking to momo and lirteally both of them includeing tsuru have said they are loyal to Kozuki Family no one has ever said i am loyal to nine Red Scabbards. izo and yasuie do not have a unique connection to them there connection lirteally comes from the family same with any one else u want put in a ally box for them every one is loyal to famliy not the sub group of samuri that serve themTo love this (talk) 03:12, December 8, 2019 (UTC)
[1] Three unnamed character talking among themselves about the rumors, debating whether or not to hide them from Holdem.
[2] Tsuru "confesses" and then at most three other characters (by their outfit) yell something with two others cheering in the background.
You really should check your examples, WP and the Marines do not have unnamed characters in their galleries, and with the rest of them, and many other galleries, have significance unnamed characters. Let me be clear: I am not against removing the vast majority of unnamed characters from galleries. Some better example are the galleries of the Drake Pirates, Bonney Pirates, Fallen Monk Pirates, and other where the majority of portraits are unnamed, but this is not the place for this discussion. This is a major wiki change and should be in the form of a forum if it wasn't already.
I listed the specific reasons why each of them should be included in a previous comment. Being loyal to a group does not mean you can't be loyal to another. Luffy fought with several Revolutionaries, but he is in no way an ally of the RA, while subordinate crew are loyal to their captain, and when the captain became a follower of a Yonko, for example, the entire crew also becomes followers, yet only in rare cases, like the Spade Pirates, does the crew became part of the crew, other wise, the crew members are loyal only the a part of a larger group, despite also working with the bigger group.
So maybe time to backtrack to the original question. I do not think it is necessary for an ally section, simply cuz it is (basically) an extension of the ally section in Kozuki Family page.--Nightmare Pirates (talk) 07:10, December 8, 2019 (UTC)
I think that adding the ally section here would remove most of those characters from the family gallery. Rhavkin (talk) 08:26, December 8, 2019 (UTC)
Well, the family gallery is a problem in and of itself. Because a lot of those allies are "allies" by extension. Onimaru to Kawamatsu. Toko to Hiyori. Tsuru to Kin'emon. So yes, it would make sense to move/remove them, but do we really need to mark "minor" allies everywhere. Like God forbid anyone decide to just add allies to the Nefertari Family gallery or the Riku Family gallery, because they definitely can if based on what's occurring on Kozuki Family page lmao.Nightmare Pirates (talk) 09:40, December 8, 2019 (UTC)
did you even read what i typed and be honest because i said and i quote "introduced unless they imporant enough to be named right there in the manga they get a blank manga character box the Whitebeard Pirates Red Hair Pirates Big Mom Pirates Revolutionary Army Marines are just some of examples of times there were gallery boxes rows just fulled with no named people " because yes there was a time when half of members of those crews were unamed and looked like those examples you just used the red haired pirates still has this right now. and let me be clear no one is asking for a major wiki change you made a false comment i said you were wrong and gave example thats all.
ok 2 things 1.The reason you listed were inncorrect or so ambigous they could be used for any unnamed unimporant backgorund fodder be able to be put under other affilated sections (because lirteally your argument for adding tsuru is that she lied for them thats all).2 The people you listed are loyal and affilates of family not soldiers has any one said you are right about "Being loyal to a group does not mean you can't be loyal to another" but have u seen any one say oh i am loyal to kozuki family and the nine samurai?no u havent because its clearl any one loyal to nine samuria is loyal to family
so why would we need to give both of them affilated boxes if it just same people and over who again are allies of the family not the nine. ok lets say vinsmoke family were offical allies of straw hats would you want put the them under the germa 66 another group who lirteally serves the vinsmoke family affilated section or would be enough just have them under the vinsmoke section?
no they dontTo love this (talk) 09:20, December 8, 2019 (UTC)
Tlt, seriously, learn to comment on a talk page. Your entire comment should be added after the latest comment. Do not comment in between comments.
I am going to ignore your first point because it is off topic. If we'll decide to have an ally section, then we can discuses who, including which unnamed characters, belong there.
As for the second point, a character doesn't need to say "I am loyal to..." to show loyalty, it is all based on evidences from the manga.Rhavkin
NP, the "allies by extension" is exactly way they should be here and not on the family page. Rhavkin (talk) 09:45, December 8, 2019 (UTC)
omg if ally section is added every one from kozuki page would be added here you cant say some one is a ally of the main group but not the sub group that what sense would it make to say oh well this person is ally of the main group but he isnt ally of the sub one.They do not need a section it would be totally pointlessTo love this (talk) 11:06, December 8, 2019 (UTC)
The Straw Hats were allied of the Fire Tank Pirates while they were subordinates of Big Mom =, but were far from her allies. You can be an ally of a person who is part of a group, but not the group. Rhavkin (talk) 11:17, December 8, 2019 (UTC)
what are you talking about they were lirteally allied woth them to betray big mama what sense would it make to put the straw hats as allies for big mama the woman who they lirteally aiming to killTo love this (talk) 23:12, December 8, 2019 (UTC)
Of course their not allies with BMP, but they are allies with a small group within the BMP. This is an example of being allies with a sub-group and not the main group. Rhavkin (talk) 06:33, December 9, 2019 (UTC)
NO IT IS NOT Bege was lirteally only ally to kill her he was basically a spy they were never truly allies06:00, December 11, 2019 (UTC)
No, he was an ally:
Married into the family.
Followed orders.
Disposed of people who shown signs of betrayal.
He just had ulterior motives. If one or more of the following didn't happened:
Marring anyone other then Chiffon, who sees her mother as a monster.
Haven't discovered about Big Mom's trauma.
Didn't have access to Caesar.
Wasn't in charge of security for the Tea Party.
Didn't have Brûlée as an exit strategy.
Then he might have still be an ally. The fact that he is an opportunist, doesn't mean he wasn't an ally. Rhavkin (talk) 06:11, December 11, 2019 (UTC)
Bege himself said he only did all of that in preperation of betraying her. SeaTerror (talk) 09:46, December 11, 2019 (UTC)
Again, ulterior motives. That still doesn't mean he wasn't a faithful ally until then. The New Fish-Man Pirates and Flying Pirates alliance ended with betrayal, but you can't say they weren't allies, and even if it was his plan all along and not, as Brûlée said in the beginning of WCI, a computerize after being defeated by the BMP, we still list Apoo as Kid ally where we know he went in the alliance as a ruse. Rhavkin (talk) 09:53, December 11, 2019 (UTC)
If you planned to betray somebody from the very beginning then they are not an ally by definition. SeaTerror (talk) 19:44, December 11, 2019 (UTC)
So Robin, who never intended to reveal Pluton's whereabouts to Crocodile isn't in Baroque Works? Should Lucci, Kaku, and Kalifa be removed from Galley-La Company and Water seven templates? Is Stussy not part of the Underworld? Rhavkin (talk) 19:58, December 11, 2019 (UTC)
Well, hold on, those are completely different situations. It's not comparable. We def shouldn't have Apoo, Kid and Hawkins as allies tho. They were "allied" for like two seconds.--Nightmare Pirates (talk) 22:31, December 11, 2019 (UTC)
Apoo and Hawkins are still allies by association, and we do not know if Kid knows about the whole thing being a ruse. Hawkins might have learned about it after joining, so from Kid's perspective, they were allies. And as for the duration of the alliance, their meeting started during Punk Hazard, was established about a day later, when the morning paper about Doflamingo's apparent resigning, and was dissolved a little after Dressrosa when Kaido showed up, so at least three days total, depending on the amount of time reaching Dressrosa from Punk Hazard, and when after Dressrosa did Kaido dropped in, while the New Fish-Men and Flying Pirates alliance was less then a day. Rhavkin (talk) 22:54, December 11, 2019 (UTC)
being member of family and being ally are two differnt things bege and aladdin are still married into the familys that didnt stop
bege did not follow orders he lirteally only took sanji back for his plans to work
HE WAS NEVER ALLY HE LIRTEALLY SAID HE ONLY JOINED TO KILL BIG MAMA NO MATTER IF ANY OF THOSE THINGS DIDNT HAPPEN HE STILL WOULD BEEN PLAANING TO KILL KILL HER.
THE New Fish-Man Pirates and Flying Pirates situation was no way similar they did not go into alliances planning to betray each other. nor do we know why exatcly apoo went to meeting with kidd and basil he could went to help take down shanks for kaido we do not know if he went there to betray them. and ok none of those peoples you menitoned were were never allies of those groups groups lucci,kalifa and kaku were lirteally working undercover at galley-law robin was second in command of Baroque Works and the underworld isnt a singular organzations no one is loyal to any one so no one can be called a traitor or a allyTo love this (talk) 09:39, December 13, 2019 (UTC)
No one said they aren't family members.
+ 3. He earned enough trust to be made a Rook and in charge of security, if he didn't follow orders until that point how would you explain that? Not to mention that he couldn't have planned for it ahead of time because getting excess to Caesar was a recent development. Things just worked out to make this Tea Party the perfect opportunity.
You are throwing many speculative and irrelevant thing into the air here:
The New Fish-Man and Flying Pirates alliance was brought up to show bad end and duration does not affect the "allied" relationship.
The whole Apoo reasoning is your speculations.
The undercover agents and Robin was brought up to show mal-intent when coming together does not affect the "allied" relationship.
Rhavkin (talk) 15:25, December 13, 2019 (UTC)
Omg he earned rook postions because he freaking brought back the two people big mama wanted most that how he gained the freaking postions
ok why is this so hard for understand Bege only joined allied with that crew to kill big mama he was always planning to kill her
omg the new fish and flying fish ALLIED TOGETHER TO HELP EACH OTHER THEY DID NOT NOT GO INTO IT TO BETRAY EACH OTHER as soon as they betrayed each other they stop being allies.
ok again robin and them were not allies in those groups they were lirteally considered members and yes it those matter if u allied with group with the purpose of freaking betraying them from beginningTo love this (talk) 21:09, December 13, 2019 (UTC)
Re-read chapter 857, where it said he was promoted due to his proven skills on multiple occasions, not recent achievements.
The fact Bege only join to betray is clear, but that does not mean he was not an ally until that happened.
Again, clear fact. But they are still appear as allies with the {{status|former}} tag. The end of the alliance does not negate the alliance existence.
So what you are saying is the group members aren't allies?
Look, this is getting way off topic:
Can a person and\or group be allied with another sub group and not the whole group? Yes. Example: Straw Hats allies with Fire Tanks but not BMP, Straw and Heart alliance allies with G-5 but not Marines...
Can a person and\or group be allied with another group if they plan on betraying them? Yes. Example: Fire Tanks and BMP, Blackbeard and Shichibukai, Vergo and Marines, Rosinante and Donquixote Pirates...
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===The Art of Edward F. Burak, Dean of American Pipe Designers===
The Art of Edward F. Burak, Dean of American Pipe Designers
Ed Burak is the dean of American pipe designers whose work has had a worldwide influence on the thinking and the work of contemporary pipe makers. Born in the Bronx, New York in 1943, his first love was painting. His promise as an artist led to a scholarship to the School of Visual Arts.
Ed Burak is the dean of American pipe designers whose work has had a worldwide influence on the thinking and the work of contemporary pipe makers. Born in the Bronx, New York in 1943, his first love was painting. His promise as an artist led to a scholarship to the School of Visual.
[[File:Ed Burak.jpg|thumb|left|Ed Burak, courtesy Doug Valitchka]]
[[Image:Gallery.jpg|thumb|Ed Burak Connoisseur, courtesy Rob Denholtz]]
[[Image:Burak_swoop.jpg|thumb|Ed Burak Swoop, courtesy Rob Denholtz]]In 1966, needing to have a meerschaum pipe repaired, he met and subsequently began working with meerschaum master Paul [[Fisher]], with whom he stayed with for 5 years. During that time he produced a small number of meerschaum pipes, a few of which are still extant in collections. He also worked for Wally Frank as a pipe designer. In 1968 he bought the Connoisseur Pipe Shop, where he was able to concentrate on his own designs. Burak's pipes have been carved by a number of well-regarded pipe makers, among them Joe Corteggione and Tony Passante. Several of his freehands are in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and have been part of a traveling exhibit of the American Craft Museum.
In 1966, needing to have a Meerschaum pipe repaired, he met and subsequently began working with Meerschaum master Paul Fisher, with whom he stayed with for 5 years. During that time he produced a small number of Meerschaum pipes, a few of which are still exigent in collections. He also worked for Wally Frank as a pipe designer. In 1968 he bought the Connoisseur Pipe Shop, where he was able to concentrate on his own designs. Burak's pipes have been carved a number of well-regarded pipe makers, among them Joe Corteggione and Tony Passante. Several of his freehands are in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and have been part of a traveling exhibit of the American Craft Museum.
Burak's work is best known as "pipe design as fine art." He admires and pays tribute to the classic English designs of the old Barlings and Comoy's and offers a line of "Classics" which begin with these traditional values yet reflect his own interpretations. He is best known for his freehands with some higher end "art pieces" as well as one-of-a-kinds, selling for thousands of dollars.
Burak's work is best known as pipe design as fine art. He admires pays tribute to the classic English designs of the old Barlings and Comoy's and offers a line of "Classics" which begin with these traditional values yet reflect his own interpretations. He is best know for his freehands, with some higher end "Art Pieces" selling for thousands of dollars.
Burak's gallery is the Connoisseur Pipe Shop, Ltd., USB Building, 1285 Avenue of the Americas (corner 51st St.), New York, NY 10019, 212-247-6054.
His work is now available online at ConnoisseurPipeShopOnline.com.
Recently, prominent figures in the pipe collecting community have applauded Burak's work:
“Edward Burak is a pipe designer. And an artist. A purist, an art instructor, a historian—all held together with a childlike joy in everything around him. The Connoisseur Pipe Shop is … filled with pipes like you have never seen elsewhere. Except, perhaps, in museums. The American Craft Museum included Connoisseur pipes in its 1990 tour, so Burak’s work has been seen in France, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Spain, Greece …. 14 of his designs can be found in the [New York] Museum of Modern Art as well.
"Edward Burak is a pipe designer. And an artist. A purist, an art instructor, a historian — all held together with a childlike joy in everything around him. The Connoisseur Pipe Shop is ... filled with pipes like you have never seen elsewhere. Except, perhaps, in museums ... Burak's work has been seen in France, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Spain, Greece ... 14 of his designs in the Museum of Modern Art ....
"Because these pipes are different, so carefully crafted, they not only please the eye, but educate it. Most pipe makers will start with an idea and work the wood toward that goal, but will change their original design to accommodate the briar. Burak does not allow the medium to modify the intent. Minor surface flaws are left on the pipes. No staining is permitted; all Connoisseurs have a natural finish, with only carnauba wax added. That is not to say that the briar is unimportant to Burak. “I don’t even bother with anything but the finest materials…” Although Burak is highly concerned with design, he is also acutely aware of the characteristics of his briar. ’The difference between art and not art,’ says Burak, ‘is ethics. In every great work of art you see ethics … The quality is there because it should be there.’”
- Chuck Stanion, “Fine Art,” Pipes and tobaccos magazine,
[[Image:Burak_horn.jpg|thumb|Ed Burak Horn, courtesy Rob Denholtz]]
Vol.3, No.1, Spring 1998.
[[Image:Burak_bowl.L.jpg|thumb|Ed Burak, courtesy Rob Denholtz]]"Because these pipes are different, so carefully crafted, they not only please the eye, but educate it. Most pipe makers will start with an idea and work the wood toward that goal, but will change their original design to accommodate the briar. Burak does not allow the medium to modify the intent. Minor surface flaws are left on the pipes. No staining is permitted; all Connoisseurs have a natural finish, with only carnauba was added. That is not to say that the briar is unimportant to Burak. "I don't even bother with anything but the finest materials ..."
"As I had been told, [Ed Burak’s] pipes are different. The man is different and the shop is different. [the Connoisseur Pipe Shop] is a god damned art gallery of Ed’s pipes. Ed has a reputation for bluntness. Some people mistake that for meanness. He was not mean to me; he was only kind, even sweet in his way, and pedagogical, with a passion. The passion was for good pipes and good art. … the 11:00 -2:00 session was a marvelous educational experience for me, and I’ll never look at pipes the same way again.
Although Burak is highly concerned with design, he is also acutely aware of the characteristics of his briar. "The difference between art and not art," say Burak, "is ethics. In every great work of art you see ethics ... the quality is there because it should be there." '''''Chuck Stanion, “Fine Art,” Pipes and tobaccos magazine, Vol.3, No.1, Spring 1998.'''''
"Ed Burak is primarily a designer, although he can make pipes. His executed designs achieve a number of goals, and I’ll try to remember and relate what some of those goals are. One element for Ed is his profound respect for the worth of the classic shapes of the early English and French tradition. He insists that these designs became classics for good reasons and deserve that homage be paid to them. If you look at Ed’s designs, you can see how he realizes his inspiration from the classic shapes and takes off from them. Fine jazz music comes to mind, like Art Tatum on the piano, or Stephane Grappelli on the violin. They don’t just make noise to titillate themselves. They take classics (or standards, if you prefer) and constantly depart and return to them, always respecting and reminding you of their original and intrinsic worth. That’s what Ed’s pipes remind me of, …, he wants to find out through exploration--controlled, planned exploration--'what a pipe can be.'
"As I had been told, Ed Burak's pipes are different. The man is different and the shop is different. The Connoisseur Pipe Shop is a god damned art gallery of Ed's pipes. Ed has a reputation for bluntness. Some people mistake that for meanness. He was not mean to me; he was only kind, even sweet in his way, and pedagogical with a passion. The passion was for good pipes and good art. The 11:00-2:00 session was a marvelous educational experience for me, and I'll never look at pipes the same way again.
"What he may not tell you, though, is that his pipes, combined, represent a body of work, as should any true artist’s compiled works. He doesn’t like to talk about his works because he thinks that the pipes speak for themselves and that each true collector of his pipes will come to that realization on their own. I think Ed lives by a philosophy of honesty. … And I believe his pipes are developed in the same way. I’m pretty sure it’s a reflection of his honesty that his pipes come completely naked. They are just what they are. They’re not stained to cover flaws or highlight grain. They are never adorned with silver or plastic. I find it entirely
[[Image:Burak_818.paneling.3.jpg|thumb|Ed Burak, courtesy Rob Denholtz]]
possible that, when future generations look at briar pipes from this era worth saving, worth displaying, worth reflecting upon, the pipes they most value, by a long shot, will be Ed Burak’s. … I could see shucking all of these pedestrian looking pipes and devoting myself to Connoisseur pipes."
[[Image:Burak_R.front.1.gallery.jpg|thumb|Ed Burak, courtesy Rob Denholtz]]
[[Image:Burak_gallery.jpg|thumb|Ed Burak, courtesy Rob Denholtz]]"Ed Burak is primarily a designer, although he can make pipes. His executed designs achieve a number of goals, and I'll try to remember and relate what some of those goals are. One element for Ed is his profound respect for the worth of the classic shapes of the early English and French tradition. He insists that these designs became classics for good reasons and deserve that homage be paid to them. If you look at Ed's designs, you can see how he realizes his inspiration from the classic shapes and takes off them. Fine jazz music comes to mind, like Art Tatum on the piano, or Stephane Grappelli on the violin. They don't just make noise to titillate themselves. They take classics and constantly depart and return to them, always respecting and reminding you of their original and intrinsic worth. That's what Ed's pipes remind me of ... he wants to find out through exploration — controlled, planned exploration — what a pipe can be.
- Marty Pulvers, “Marty Returns to New York and Meets Ed Burak,”
"What he may not tell you, though, is that his pipes, combined, represent a body of work, as should any true artist's compiled works. He doesn't like to talk about his works because he thinks that the pipes speak for themselves and that each true collector of his pipes will come to that realization on their own. I think Ed lives by a philosophy of honesty. And I believe his pipes are developed in the same way. I'm pretty sure it's a reflection of his honesty that his pipes come completely naked. They are just what they are. They're not stained to cover flaws or highlight grain. They are never adorned with silver or plastic. I find it entirely possible that, when future generations look at briar pipes from this era worth saving, worth displaying, worth reflecting upon, the pipes they most value, by a long shot, will be Ed Burak's. I could see shucking all of these pedestrian looking pipes and devoting myself to Connoisseur pipes." '''''Marty Pulvers, "Marty Returns to New York and Meets Ed Burak," The Pipe Collector, Vol.9, No.5, Oct. 2001'''''
The Pipe Collector, Vol.9, No.5, Oct. 2001
In an article, called [[Go West]], which originally appeared in the French Pipe Mag, Erwin Van Hove has this to say about the dramatic influence Ed Burak has had on the American Pipe making scene:
"Artist and pipe smoker Ed Burak walked into the New York shop of Austrian born Paul Fischer to have his meerschaum repaired. They fraternized and Burak ended up as an apprentice in the workshop of this meerschaum manufacturer. He was later engaged by Wally Frank, where he designed pipes for that popular brand. Then, In 1968, he took over New York’s Connoisseur Pipe Shop. It was there that he revolutionized the American pipe. Not as a pipe maker, but as a designer. There are obvious striking similarities between Burak and the mythical Italian pipe pope Alberto Paronelli. Like Paronelli, Ed Burak focuses on creating pipes on paper, but for the execution in briar of his designs he engages mercenary hands. From the start his designs have astounded. He relegated the notion of the pipe as a mere smoking tool, utilitarian and boring, to the attic. Under his guidance the pipe was transformed into an object of art, collection, and passion. As refined and sensual sculptures, his pipes ended up in museum exhibits. And what’s more, the Connoisseurs of Burak opened the eyes of both the collectors and his colleagues : an American made pipe was not condemned to be mediocre and cheap, lacking personality and beauty. It could be original, innovative and seductive. Last but not least, the success of his enterprise demonstrated that there existed a niche for higher end pipes stamped Made in U.S.A.!"
As a significant footnote, the reader should note that Ed Burak's pipes are NOT made by Paul Perri, nor Weber, nor Jobey, as erroneously stated in Lopes's book "Pipes: Artisans and Trademarks." Burak prefers not to disclose the name of his current pipe carver.
Submitted by Rob Denholtz
After the Connoisseur Pipe Shop was closed in early 2009, the remaining inventory of Ed Burak Pipes have become available through Ebay Auctions in limited quantities. The auctions are arranged by Hank Saatchi, a member of the NYC Pipe Club, under Ebay User ID Ebuyer1932.=== http://www.newyorkpipeclub.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=415823&module_id=77397 ====Auctions usually start on Thursdays for a 10 day cycle, or on Sundays for a 7 day cycle. Paragraph added by Hank Saatchi on August 19, 2010 and edited on October 3, 2010
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Ed Burak, courtesy Doug Valitchka
Ed Burak Connoisseur, courtesy Rob Denholtz
Ed Burak Swoop, courtesy Rob Denholtz
In 1966, needing to have a meerschaum pipe repaired, he met and subsequently began working with meerschaum master Paul Fisher, with whom he stayed with for 5 years. During that time he produced a small number of meerschaum pipes, a few of which are still extant in collections. He also worked for Wally Frank as a pipe designer. In 1968 he bought the Connoisseur Pipe Shop, where he was able to concentrate on his own designs. Burak's pipes have been carved by a number of well-regarded pipe makers, among them Joe Corteggione and Tony Passante. Several of his freehands are in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and have been part of a traveling exhibit of the American Craft Museum.
"Edward Burak is a pipe designer. And an artist. A purist, an art instructor, a historian — all held together with a childlike joy in everything around him. The Connoisseur Pipe Shop is ... filled with pipes like you have never seen elsewhere. Except, perhaps, in museums ... Burak's work has been seen in France, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Spain, Greece ... 14 of his designs in the Museum of Modern Art ....
Ed Burak Horn, courtesy Rob Denholtz
Ed Burak, courtesy Rob Denholtz
"Because these pipes are different, so carefully crafted, they not only please the eye, but educate it. Most pipe makers will start with an idea and work the wood toward that goal, but will change their original design to accommodate the briar. Burak does not allow the medium to modify the intent. Minor surface flaws are left on the pipes. No staining is permitted; all Connoisseurs have a natural finish, with only carnauba was added. That is not to say that the briar is unimportant to Burak. "I don't even bother with anything but the finest materials ..."
Although Burak is highly concerned with design, he is also acutely aware of the characteristics of his briar. "The difference between art and not art," say Burak, "is ethics. In every great work of art you see ethics ... the quality is there because it should be there." Chuck Stanion, “Fine Art,” Pipes and tobaccos magazine, Vol.3, No.1, Spring 1998.
"Ed Burak is primarily a designer, although he can make pipes. His executed designs achieve a number of goals, and I'll try to remember and relate what some of those goals are. One element for Ed is his profound respect for the worth of the classic shapes of the early English and French tradition. He insists that these designs became classics for good reasons and deserve that homage be paid to them. If you look at Ed's designs, you can see how he realizes his inspiration from the classic shapes and takes off them. Fine jazz music comes to mind, like Art Tatum on the piano, or Stephane Grappelli on the violin. They don't just make noise to titillate themselves. They take classics and constantly depart and return to them, always respecting and reminding you of their original and intrinsic worth. That's what Ed's pipes remind me of ... he wants to find out through exploration — controlled, planned exploration — what a pipe can be.
"What he may not tell you, though, is that his pipes, combined, represent a body of work, as should any true artist's compiled works. He doesn't like to talk about his works because he thinks that the pipes speak for themselves and that each true collector of his pipes will come to that realization on their own. I think Ed lives by a philosophy of honesty. And I believe his pipes are developed in the same way. I'm pretty sure it's a reflection of his honesty that his pipes come completely naked. They are just what they are. They're not stained to cover flaws or highlight grain. They are never adorned with silver or plastic. I find it entirely possible that, when future generations look at briar pipes from this era worth saving, worth displaying, worth reflecting upon, the pipes they most value, by a long shot, will be Ed Burak's. I could see shucking all of these pedestrian looking pipes and devoting myself to Connoisseur pipes." Marty Pulvers, "Marty Returns to New York and Meets Ed Burak," The Pipe Collector, Vol.9, No.5, Oct. 2001
In an article, called Go West, which originally appeared in the French Pipe Mag, Erwin Van Hove has this to say about the dramatic influence Ed Burak has had on the American Pipe making scene:
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Identities Of Those Killed, Injured In Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Starting To Be Released
Filed Under:Local TV, Pittsburgh, Squirrel Hill, Synagogue Shooting, Tree of Life Synagogue
PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) — The identities of those killed and injured in a mass shooting at Squirrel Hill’s Tree of Life Synagogue on Saturday morning are beginning to be released.
KDKA-TV has learned that one victim was Daniel Stein. Friends describe Stein as a family man and a new grandfather.
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The other 10 victims have not yet been identified. Mayor Bill Peduto says their identities will be released at 9 a.m. Sunday.
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In addition to those killed, at least six others were injured.
In all, five patients came to UPMC Presbyterian.
“The first patient was a 61-year-old female who had extremity soft tissue injuries that required cleaning in the operative room,” Dr. Daniel Yealy, UPMC Chief of Emergency Medicine, said.
She is stable and improving.
“Next was a 70-year-old male who had gunshot wounds in his torso involving major organs inside of his abdomen,” Yealy said.
His name is Daniel Leger, a nurse and chaplain at UPMC. He has had two operations and was last reported to be in critical condition. His brother tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that Daniel was in critical condition Saturday after undergoing surgery at UPMC Presbyterian in Oakland, Pennsylvania.
Daniel Leger, who is married and has two sons, was scheduled to lead a service Saturday morning at the Tree of Life synagogue.
“A 55-year-old officer was also seen who had multiple extremity wounds, went to the OR for repair and cleaning of those wounds,” Yealy said.
That man is in the ICU in critical condition.
“Another officer had essentially soft tissue injuries and grazing and was having a complete evaluation,” Yealy said.
That victim is a 40-year-old SWAT officer who is listed in critical condition.
“Another officer went to UPMC Mercy, had an extremity injury that required intervention and evaluation in the operating room,” Yealy said.
He suffered a hand injury, underwent surgery and is stable and doing well.
One other officer arrived at Presbyterian with injuries that were handled by the emergency room and he was released.
PITTSBURGH, PA – OCTOBER 27: Flowers are left in Squirrel Hill near the Tree of Life Synagogue, where a gunman killed at least eight people. (Photo Credit: KDKA Photojournalist Fletcher Rumbaugh)
Another person was taken to Allegheny General Hospital. According to multiple sources, that person is the suspect in the shooting. The suspect, who has been identified as Robert Bowers, was reportedly shot multiple times and was last listed in fair condition.
Bowers opened fire at the synagogue on Saturday morning, reportedly yelling, “All Jews must die.”
Federal charges were filed against Bowers on Saturday evening. The shooting is being considered a hate crime.
A GoFundMe page has also been set up to benefit the victims, their families and the synagogue. If you would like to donate, click here.
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Dheeraj talks about how he thinks about evolving as a leader and discusses the criticality of breathing and staying present even during challenging times. He describes his approach to pause and remind himself of the key elements that are core to him and his effectiveness. An interesting insight in the context of the overloaded lives that a lot of leaders are living.
Staying relevant in the future
Anu talks about her take on Leadership Development in the context of the Future of the workplace. She discusses the need for "start-up like" projects and initiatives that need to cut across functions and hierarchies.
More from Anu Madgavkar
Staying relevant Leadership development
Message to graduating women
Anu shares her perspectives on how aspiring women leaders should think about their careers. She underscores the point about the need for having the right mentors and sponsors along the way.
Women leadership Early career
Transitioning effectively across generations
Meher talks about how the baton of leadership passed to her mother (Anu Aga) when her father passed away and how things changed even further when her brother passed away shortly after. She also reflects on the subsequent transition when her mother decided to retire as the Chairperson suddenly that pushed Meher to the saddle.
More from Meher Pudumjee
Business continuity across generations
Meher discusses her approach towards her children getting involved in Thermax moving forward. She talks about the distinction between responsible ownership and day to day management. She also talks about the criticality of external experience before starting within the company (something she misses in hindsight) in case the child wants to get into the management of the company.
Grooming more women leaders
Meher shares her perspectives on what it would take to have more women leaders at the top. She starts with the challenges in basic education and sanitation and how that severely restricts the number of women who start a corporate journey. She goes on to talk about what organizations and women can do to ensure that we have more women at the top.
Developing as a leader
KV Sridhar (Pops) talks about the downside of being competitive in a space like Advertising where it is critical to create a climate where the members of the team can be creative and come up with impactful ideas that work. He also talks about how he has approached learning and his self-development as he has gone through his career.
More from KV Sridhar (Pops)
Being effective in the Gig Economy
Devdutt talks about what it takes to thrive in the Gig Economy. At the surface level, quitting a steady job and taking the plunge to be a player in the Gig Economy can be attractive and seductive. Devdutt cautions people against the peril of ignoring Goddess Lakshmi in the pursuit of passion. He talks about the criticality of securing of a Gomata before diving into the wild world of marketplaces and gigs.
More from Devdutt Pattanaik
Gig Economy Leadership development
Building Habits vs Enhancing Awareness
Devdutt talks about the distinction between building habits and enhancing awareness. He mentions that habits are often relevant only in a certain context and it is critical not to become a slave of the habit. He also elaborates on the notion of “Darshan” and “Para-jiva” and makes the distinction between self-awareness and awareness towards the other. He urges us to think about what we would do when presented with Sophie’s choice (where you have to pick between two equally deserving alternatives).
Leadership development Mindfulness Habits
Understanding fear to decipher beliefs
Coaching is often about understanding the deeply wired beliefs that drive leadership behavior. Devdutt shares that understanding people’s fears might provide insights into people’s beliefs. He talks about the fears that often puts people on a hedonistic treadmill with materialistic markers along the way. He also talks about the notion of staying relevant and talks about the notion of rendering yourself irrelevant consciously as we move through life, something that people are often not open to dealing with.
Institution building - Leading Type As
Amit discusses how he thinks about hiring and creating a nurturing climate for his team to deliver performance. He also shares how he invests time with each of his colleagues and help build their capability. He also talks about how he handles exits from Bain Capital. He talks about the realities of a corporate pyramid and stresses the importance of handling the people that don’t go up the pyramid with empathy.
More from Amit Chandra
Context based Leadership Effective hiring Culture
Turbocharging your growth – TMRR
Mouli talks the fact that the time people put in a job is not an appropriate indication of the experience they have gained. He outlines TMRR (Target, Measure, Review and Reflect) as a process through which people could derive a lot more experience than what the average person might get in that time period. He also talks about how people can build in the habit so that they practice it on a regular basis.
More from Chandramouli Venkatesan
Leadership Development Deliberate practice Excellence Habits
Raising the game when it matters
Mouli talks about the concept of Learning Cycles and how it is critical for people to focus on completing large learning cycles to build significant distinctive capability. He also makes the distinction between major and minor learning cycles and talks about how effective leaders often kick their game up a notch when it comes to a major learning cycle. The concept of learning cycle is also relevant when we think about processing opportunities that come along in our journey.
Leadership Development Navigational principles
Playing the 1st half of career to win the 2nd half
Mouli discusses that a lot of the wins in the first half of the career are often on the back of low hanging fruit but the wins in the second half are often harder. He mentions that apart from solving for successes in the first half, we should all build the muscle and resilience to be able to go after the complex win or the high hanging fruit. And that sometimes might require us to go slow and learn than run fast and miss out on building this muscle.
Mid Career Inflection Points Leadership Development
Early formative years
Roopa talks about how she grew up amidst nature in the North Eastern part of India and how some of her perspectives on working women started getting shaped right from an age of around 10\. She also talks about her first brush with Mumbai when she comes to pursue a B.Com in Sydenham College but quickly find the city overwhelming and goes back to Guwahati to pursue B.Sc in Mathematics. She also talks about the peculiar situation where despite clearing the entrance process for IIMA, she is unable to join. She decides to teach in a primary school and appears for CAT yet again.
More from Roopa Kudva
Formative years Women Leadership Resilience
Growing through the ranks at CRISIL
Roopa talks about how she drifted into CRISIL and how she was not necessarily career oriented in the early years of her professional life. She talks about the notion of focusing on excellence and on topics that are outside the realm of responsibility and how the culture at CRISIL ensured that her efforts were noticed and rewarded. She also talks about the transformative impact that one of her overseas stints had on her in terms of developing a “bird’s eye view”.
Leadership Development Culture Early Career
Transitioning to a General Management role
Roopa talks about the transition to the role of a Chief Rating Officer being the defining transition in her journey at CRISIL. She talks about how the profile of her responsibilities and stakeholders significantly changed when she moved into that role. She also talks at length about how she recalibrated the relationship with her peers when she got promoted, something that a lot of people struggle with.
Settling into a new context Leadership Transitions Inflection points
Flexing leadership style at Omidyar Network
Roopa talks about how she had to adjust her leadership style when she moved from leading a team of 4000 plus people in CRISIL to Omidyar Network which had about 150 people globally and about 15-20 people in India. She discusses the power of listening, learning and tapping into the internal network to come upto speed and build credibility with the organization.
Settling into a new context Context based Leadership Reinventing self
Developing a sense of judgment
Roopa talks about she developed a sense of judgment in the new context when she moved to Omidyar Network. She talks about the fact that she now has to exercise judgment on entrepreneurs who in turn will exercise judgment on several topics that are relevant to them. She discusses how she went about acquiring that nuanced sense of judgment by understanding the world of the start-up entrepreneur and the world of technology.
Judgment Settling into a new context Leadership Transitions
Women Leadership - The barrier no one speaks about as much
Roopa talks about the fact that there is a lot of commentary around women coming back to the work force after they start a family. She mentions that support structures and corporate policies are evolving and this problem is slowly being addressed. She discusses the barrier that shows up when women are in senior management roles. She talks about the notion of self-belief which often comes in the way of women raising their hand for top jobs and for a seat at the table.
Managing time, unfettered curiosity and resilience
Vinay talks about Narasimha Rao spent his time at various points in his career. More specifically, he breaks down the pie chart of time across different phases - when you are campaigning, when you are in power and when you are in opposition. He talks about how Narasimha Rao had unfettered curiosity that helped him indulge his curiosity when he was in opposition which helped him evolve as a person but also ensured that he did not make any hasty decisions in the short-term out of anxiety that would hurt him in the long run.
More from Vinay Sitapati
Leadership Development Managing time Resilience Curiosity
Leadership under extreme constraints - Lion, Fox and Mouse
Vinay talks about how Narasimha Rao combined the notion of intellectual agility (ability to fundamentally shift one’s beliefs when new data presents itself) and implementation agility (knowing how to drive change through a complex system). He talks about how Narasimha Rao could play Lion, Fox or Mouse and the criticality of timing in these situations.
Judgment Context based Leadership Politics
Staying relevant through transitions
Vinay talks about how Narasimha Rao stayed relevant through the various transitions that he went through in his journey. He also talks about how he learns and grows when he did not gets a transition wrong. He also talks about how Narasimha Rao re-invented himself when Congress moved from the Indira Gandhi phase to the Rajiv Gandhi where the core group had several people from an Oxbridge background (far from Narasimha Rao’s comfort zone).
Reinventing self Resilience Leadership Transitions
Transitioning roles within Dasra
Neera talks about how she has thought about her role as Dasra has grown and her plans for governance as we look to the future. She talks about the interconnect between the personal and professional life and how the role she has played in Dasra has been in the context of her personal context.
More from Neera Nundy
Work & Life Leadership Transitions Inflection points
Leadership Development in Social Impact space
Neera talks about some of the common challenges that entrepreneurs in the Social Impact space face. She talks about founders often being “too mission driven” and thereby coming in the way of systems and processes that could build the organization sustainably. She also talks about the Founders not spending enough time on what they are distinctive in leading to spreading themselves across too many areas.
Leadership transitions Social impact Context based Leadership
Getting people comfortable with the context
Deepa shares her thoughts on the trade-off between seen as a “different person” versus being seen as just another individual who can do most of the things that a regular person can. She talks about how it is about her taking the onus and putting the other person at ease rather than expecting the other person to react to her situation. She says “if I am OK with it, they are OK with it”.
More from Deepa Malik
Resilience Women leadership
Training for the Olympics
Deepa talks about her pursuit of excellence led her from one place to another and eventually to a medal in the Olympics. She talks about the 68 National Golds and 21 International Medals including medals from Asian Games, Para Olympics, World Championships and Common Wealth Games.
Excellence Leadership Development
Picking an effective Coach
Deepa discusses her approach to picking a Coach while training for Rio Olympics. She mentions that given the uniqueness of her body condition and the training need, the traditional coaching approaches did not work. She talks about how she worked with a biomechanics gym trainer, watched her diet and worked on her psychology as preparation for the Olympics.
Balancing work and life
Jayashri talks about the challenges of being a performer who has to travel around the world and how she is often split between the two worlds. She talks about the criticality of the ecosystem around her including her family that has provided her the support.
More from Bombay Jayashri
Women leadership Work & Life
Having deep conversations at scale
Arun talks about how the depth of insight and intimacy gets compromised when we start having conversations across a large number of people. However, he shares his insights around how we could still make such conversations enriching by moving from the layer of data to the layer of how people form their opinions on the data.
More from Arun Maira
Listening Context based Leadership
Reinventing oneself at 45
Arun talks about how he was a cross-roads when he had to move from a successful stint as an executive in Tata Motors to a role as a consultant with Arthur D Little in the United States. He talks about the circumstances in which he took the decision (including a nudge from JRD Tata) and how he had to adjust his style to be effective in a new professional and cultural context. It is not very often that you see a leader transition from being a Business Leader to a Business Consultant.
Reinventing self Inflection points Leadership transitions
Leadership in an open system
Arun talks about his perspectives on Leading in an Open System where you do not have money, authority or power to wield as a source of influence. As we move towards a world where more and more value is being added by an ecosystem of players around a corporation (rather than value chains residing fully inside the company), how CEOs of today navigate this shift and create the right culture in the organization is critical.
Leadership Development Culture
CEO connect with end consumer
Ambi talks about how leaders like Karsanbhai Patel of Nirma have an intuitive understanding of the customer need. He specifically talks about the “chaiwalla test”, a concept he discusses in his book, to talk about how some leaders find smart ways of getting a quick pulse from the real demographic rather than making misleading assumptions.
More from Ambi Parameswaran
Judgment Context Based Leadership
Being an effective Chairperson
Mr Bhatt talks about the criticality of the Chairperson to build good one-on-one relationships with each of the Board members so that he/she can facilitate effectively during a Board discussion. He mentions that the biggest contribution a Chairperson can make is to orchestrate the discussion in the room effectively to ensure that all the relevant voices are heard and the group makes a robust decision.
More from OP Bhatt
Effective Board Leadership
Making good Board decisions
Mr OP Bhatt talks about the role of a Chairperson in ensuring that good decisions are made. He talks about the situations where sometimes not making a decision and seeking more information is better than suboptimal decisions. He also discusses how he would handle divergent opinions on the Board by facilitating a more nuanced conversation that embellishes the issue and the nuances come out.
Effective Board Leadership Judgment
Chairperson versus CEO - Leadership nuances
Mr OP Bhatt talks about how the leadership context for a Chairperson in a Board is very different from that of a Chief Executive in a Company. He talks about the hierarchy in an organization with KPIs, Metrics and other variables that gives the CEO control over outcomes. He contrasts that to the context in the Board where individuals have to be nudged and cajoled to carry on tasks that might be critical for the Board.
Effective Board Leadership Exective to NED
Ensuring Board members add value
Mr. Bhatt talks about the criticality of a Board review to ensure Board members get tailored, actionable feedback that can raise the bar on the performance of the Board. He talks about the importance of the role of a Chairman in processing the feedback that he/she is given as part of the process and in how he/she leverages that to get the most out of each Board member.
Leadership Development Effective Board Leadership
Seeking and giving feedback
Mr Bhatt talks about the tact with which Board member should provide and seek feedback. He specifically underscores the criticality of the role of the Chairperson in ensuring that he/she doesn’t have a blind-spot in the way he/she is performing. He discusses how some effective Chairpersons find the subtle opportunity and timing to elicit timely feedback from some select Board Members.
Attitudes that have driven his career
Mr Bhatt talks about how in every role he has done, he has tried to look for a “plus” which is an additional dimension beyond what is expected in the role. He also talks about the importance of understanding the criticality of the service you provide in the life of the consumer.
Leadership Development Attitudes
Leadership Development in the Digital economy
Rich talks about how Google things about spotting potential and about Leadership Development. He quotes an interesting statistic from a piece of research by Corporate Leadership Council. He said that they found that that in 71% of the time people who are high performers were not high potentials but conversely 93% percent of high potentials are also high performers. He also goes on to talk about “Googliness” a term that encapsulates some of the softer aspects of an individual that flourishes inside Google.
More from Rich Fernandez
Origins of SIY
Rich talks about the origins of the Search Inside Yourself programme. It started out as a quest for Googlers looking for a solution to stay agile and resilient while you are on a “rocket-ship”. He also goes on to talk about how SIY brings in wisdom from multiple domains ranging across Neuroscience, Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence to help people develop a new kind of intelligence that enables them to cope with the roller-coaster ride of a tech driven company
Entrepreneurship Mindfulness Leadership Development
Positivity and Psychological Safety
Rich speaks about why we have a negativity bias as a default setting. He traces it back to human evolution and talks about the fact that for us to survive, it was critical to attach a higher weightage to negative signals in the environment than the positive ones. He links it to the criticality of ensuring psychological safety in a team (results of Project Aristotle in Google) to drive business performance.
Digital Leadership Development
Women and intense careers
Falguni speaks about how she juggled her family and her career at various points in time. She specifically speaks about the Maternity transition and says that women shouldn’t treat it as a P&L discussion where they are trading off the income with the opportunity cost of being with the child. She urges the women to look it as an investment in oneself that pays out over the future.
More from Falguni Nayar
Maternity Transition Women Leadership Investment Banking
Rewiring the leadership approach
Falguni speaks about the key shifts that she has made to her leadership style as she moved from a Senior Leadership role in an institution like Kotak to starting Nykaa from the ground. She specifically refers to the poem Ithaka that had daughter had shared with her at that point. It talks about the criticality of focusing on the journey than the destination.
Entrepreneurship Settling into a new context Context based Leadership
Leadership at McKinsey across 3 terms
Rajat speaks at length about how he led McKinsey over the 3 terms when he was the Managing Partner. He says that during the first term he co-created the future strategy of the firm and started executing on it. The second term, he says, was largely around driving expansion around the world while establishing key governance processes. The third term, he says, was largely around navigating the dot com crisis after the bubble had burst.
More from Rajat Gupta
Context based Leadership
Evolution as a leader
Rajat speaks about how he grew as a leader through his tenure in the firm. He speaks about the combination of mentorship, apprenticeship and entrepreneurial space where there is a vacuum that one has to rise upto as a recipe for developing leaders effectively and speaks about how that played out in Scandinavia for him.
Mentorship Leadership Development
CXO to CEO transition
Michael speaks about the key shift when a leader transitions from functional leadership to General Management. He speaks about the default anchoring that people often come with when they move from a function to a General Management role. He specifically speaks about adjusting the unit of analysis and the notion of managing in the white spaces which becomes critical as a General Manager.
More from Michael Watkins
Warrior to diplomat
Michael speaks about the criticality of leaders transitioning from a competitive mindset to a collaborative mindset where they focus on building alliances and identify opportunities for cross-company collaboration, often even reaching out to rivals to co-create opportunities for the organization.
Influencing Leadership transitions
Leading former peers
Michael lays out the key challenges involved when a leader gets promoted and transitions to a context where he/she has to lead a team with several individuals who used to be his/her peers earlier. He gives some useful insights on how leaders could think about re-engineering the relationships while walking the tight rope between being a “Napoleon” and a “Super-peer”.
Entrepreneur bringing in an experienced CEO
Michael speaks about the specific challenge when start up entrepreneurs bring in seasoned leaders as they transition from a start-up context to a scale up context. He talks about some of the elements that the entrepreneur and the incoming leader need to bear in mind.
Entrepreneurship Leadership transitions
Forced growth - plugging the weaknesses
Matt speaks about how athletes come to him with excellence in one or two domains (cycling, running, swimming) but have to quickly come upto speed in a totally different area to be competitive in a multi-sport context. We discuss the parallels between this and how Functional leaders need to transition to General Managers.
More from Matt Dixon
Work and Life Leadership transitions
Dealing with aberrant geniuses
Alan speaks about how Bill and leaders at Google deal with super-star performers who can have enormous impact given their talent can be leveraged and multiplied with technology. He specifically speaks about what to watch out for as determine if we should put up with the complexity or the toxicity that is caused by the employee.
More from Alan Eagle
Context based leadership Spotting Potential
Influencing Eric Schmidt's key transitions
Alan speaks about Bill’s role during some of his key transitions in his stellar career at Google. He speaks about the fact that despite his clarity of thought on the business front, when it came to making decisions for himself, there was an element of irrationality. Alan goes on to speak about Bill’s role in ensuring that Eric made sound choices at those crucial moments.
Leadership Transitions Coaching
HR - a department with teeth
Sudhir speaks about what makes the HR function in HUL effective. He speaks about the structure of HR where it is an independent function but is embedded in the business. He also speaks about why HUL doesn’t label people as heroes or villains too quickly. He speaks about a process where for about 10-12 years, people grow gradually but subsequently, they accelerate or decelerate based on their potential.
More from Sudhir Sitapati
Leadership Development Insights on career path Consumer Goods
Identifying and nurturing potential
Sudhir speaks about Judgment, Influence and Drive as the three markers of potential and how the emphasis shifts across these three during the career of a professional in HUL. For the first few years it is Drive, then it moves to Influence and eventually in senior management it is judgment. He also speaks about how HUL thinks about what is a considered a good hit rate with judgment. He goes on to speak about how HUL filters for caliber and character, often two orthogonal dimensions.
Spotting potential Effective hiring Leadership Development
Mavericks, Company men and Rogues
Sudhir speaks about these three types of people and goes onto say that one of the secret sauces of HUL is its treatment of Mavericks. He speaks about the output-oriented nature of KPIs that let some of these mavericks flourish despite not conforming to the “play-book”. He also speaks about HUL being an empathetic meritocracy where people are given some latitude if they are delivering the results (as long as they are not rogues and have issues with ethics and integrity).
Culture Leadership development
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Don't Be Fooled By Russell Moore's Video on Socialism
Don’t Be Fooled By Russell Moore’s Video on Socialism
By News Division / June 24, 2019
He is a double-minded man, unstable in all of his ways. – James 1:8
Russell Moore, the communitarian leader of the Southern Baptist Convention’s ERLC, recently made a video denouncing socialism by name. The problem is, Moore is a Democratic operative who has been advocating for Socialism for years. Don’t be fooled by this common tactic of the theological left.
Let me explain how this works. Theological subversives, like Russell Moore, will (1) spend years advocating for an ideology, but not necessarily by name. When criticized for holding to the aforementioned ideology, they (2) will put out a social media post, blog post, or video post denouncing the technical name of their ideology, while yet holding to its textbook definition. They will, therefore, be able to (3) reference back to their public denunciation of the term, while yet holding to the idea. From now on, when someone accuses the former Democratic staffer of being a Socialist, they’ll be called a conspiracy wonk (at best) or (at worst) accused of violating the 9th Commandment.
What Moore is doing, and what many theological leftists do, is a spin-off of the Word -Concept Fallacy. The Word-Concept Fallacy is a derivative of, but not identical to, the Etymological Fallacy (which embraces or rejects an idea based off of a definition that has changed over time). In the Word-Concept spin-off, the subversive ideologue will denigrate a term, while defending the definition. Or, in reverse, they will promote a term, while denigrating its definition.
In Marxism, this is called subversion. It is the means by which institutions are infiltrated and taken off guard by those who are believed to hold to conventional ideologies, but who behind-the-scenes are secretly and quietly subverting the assumed or established positions.
We have seen Danny Akin, for example, tweet much material over the last several months that directly refute the leftist ideology being promoted by Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he is president. Many undiscerning people, who see his 280 character tweets, will simply not do the work of researching SEBTS’ Kingdom Diversity Department to consider that the two do not align. Likewise, we’ve seen Albert Mohler recently do a podcast against Critical Race Theory, even though that’s exactly what is promoted by a good deal of the material coming out of Southern Seminary and by those who (like Russell Moore) are promoted by Albert Mohler.
Moore’s video, in which he said that socialism has a “faulty view of human nature,” accomplished its purpose. The video of his poorly-watched YouTube channel made The Christian Post and other publications, which painted his position as “clarified.”
However, being double-minded is not “clarification.” It is obfuscation.
Moore is a Communitarian, which he acknowledges. In fact, even his Wikipedia page notes the fact. This isn’t a conspiracy; this is by Moore’s own repeated confessions. While different than Communism, Communitarianism is the ideological underpinning of both Socialism and Communism. Chiefly, it’s the notion that individual rights (including the right to property) must be subordinate to that of the society.
As Cody Libolt pointed in his post, Russell Moore’s Lobotomized Critique of Socialism Does More Harm Than Good, Moore did not define Socialism or really talk about what it is in the video. This should be a red flag to those who will hail Moore as being against things defined as Socialism just because he rejects the term.
Libolt writes…
Russell Moore calls himself a convinced capitalist, but something is missing. Does a convinced capitalist buy into the economic myth that the recent widening of income inequality in the US is due to free market capitalism? Does a convinced capitalist buy into the moral myth that sometimes inequality — as such — can be unjust?
Moore thinks the Christian scripture does not mandate a particular economic system. But what he omits is that the scripture does rule out 100% socialistic systems. And it does rule out semi-socialistic systems such as what the US has become (see here and here).
Dr. Moore rightly acknowledges that private property and individual rights are biblical. While we can appreciate Moore’s correct reading of scripture, his reading is general enough to be useless. Thus he avoids the ire of the political moderates and leftists he is often seen legitimizing and praising. Do Moore or his fans understand the meaning of private property and individual rights? Likely not.
Libolt is correct. Moore regularly argues for what amounts to wealth redistribution via taxation, but still opines negatively of what he calls Socialism. But, a rose by any other name still smells as sweet, and Socialism by any other name is still theft.
Moore goes on in his video to express the need for “reforms” to Capitalism. Which, as any good student of Capitalism knows, is code for “government interference.” And this, any good Capitalist knows, is not really Capitalism.
Read Libolt’s article for a more in-depth critique of Moore’s deflections on Socialism, but in the meantime, please learn an important lesson about subversive ideology. These men are double-minded. Machen warned us about this tendency by theological liberals a generation ago, and we should have listened.
“The plain fact is that liberalism, whether it be true or false, is no mere ‘heresy’ – no mere divergence at isolated points from Christian teaching. On the contrary, it proceeds from a totally different root, and it constitutes, in essentials, a unitary system of its own…Christianity is being attacked from within by a movement which is anti-Christian to the core.” J. Gresham Machen
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NCF seeks environmental protection for migratory birds
Published June 3, 2019 June 3, 2019
Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi
In commemoration of this year’s World Migratory Bird Day, the Nigerian Conservation Foundation says there is a need for people to pay more attention to the protection of the environment.
The NCF joined the rest of the world to commemorate the 2019 WMBD at five locations in Lekki, Lagos; Calabar, Cross River State; Nguru, Yobe State; Omo Forest, Ogun State and Finima, Rivers State.
The foundation’s Lagos event featured school pupils, teachers, environmental volunteers, conservationists and representatives of corporate organisations in beach clean-up, string art and environmental education talk, in line with the theme: ‘Protect bird: Be the solution to plastic pollution’.
The NCF encouraged participants to clean-up beaches to get rid of plastics while the plastics collected were separated into different categories of bottle caps, spoons, plastic bottles and plastic bags among others.
The school pupils were also engaged in string art, an art of using strings to create or make drawings.
According to the NCF, at Nguru, students of the State College of Health Science and Technology, public and private-owned secondary and primary schools, members of the Natioanl Youth Service Corpss and community people united for vulture conservation while commemorating the WMBD.
It added that at Omo forest, it celebrated WMBD through arts and crafts competition, stakeholders meeting, bird watching session, community awareness campaign and WMBD assembly while in Calabar, participants gathered for an environmental talk on the need to protect the bird species and their habitat.
“However, at Finima, after the bird watching, and interactive sessions, participants explored the splendour of the Finima Nature Park,” the NCF said.
The foundation added, “The World Migratory Bird Day is an annual event used to raise awareness on bird migration and the importance of protecting the flyways, which is the route they utilise for these trips and habitats utilised by birds during this seasonal experience.
“Migration is a regular and seasonal movement of birds between their breeding sites, which is where they give birth to their young and their wintering sites. The north to the southern ends of Nigeria always host these wintering birds, thus, in addition to raising awareness for protecting habitats for resident birds, we must also do same for these migrants.”
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Chuck Hagel said something about Sarah Palin that caught my eye.
"She doesn't have any foreign policy credentials," Hagel said in an interview. "You get a passport for the first time in your life last year? I mean, I don't know what you can say. You can't say anything."...
"I think they ought to be just honest about it and stop the nonsense about, 'I look out my window and I see Russia and so therefore I know something about Russia,'" he said. "That kind of thing is insulting to the American people."
Yeah except Palin didn't say that. Palin said "you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska -- from an island in Alaska." Tina Fey, doing her impression of Palin, said "I can see Russia from my house."
So I guess you could say Fey nailed it, since Hagel is now quoting Fey as Palin to explain why Palin lacks experience.
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Ray Butler’s 2017 Midseason Top 100 MLB Prospects
Written by: Ray Butler (@CoachRayButler)
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It’s been a long time coming.
If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you spend too much time thinking/worrying about baseball prospects. Heck, it took a month of tinkering and adjusting before I finalized the rankings you’re about to read. As an industry, we really should form some sort of help group.
Before you dive in, allow me to inform you of a couple of things: No player taken in the 2017 MLB Draft is ranked below. They’ll probably be included in my end of the season update. Within these rankings, I attempted to think both in terms of what advanced stats/scouting reports say about an individual player and how an individual player projects from a fantasy baseball standpoint. That combination of thinking led me to rank these prospects in the fashion that I did.
If you keep that in mind, I don’t see how anyone in this entire world could possibly disagree with any part of these rankings (wink).
Without further ado…. here’s the latest edition of my top 100 MLB prospect rankings:
Rank Pos. Name, Team Age at End of 2017
1 SS/2B Brendan Rodgers, COL 21
2 2B/3B Yoan Moncada, CHW 22
3 SS Amed Rosario, NYM 22
4 3B/SS Gleyber Torres, NYY 21
5 OF Eloy Jimenez, CHC 21
Thoughts on 1-5: We’ll never be afraid to go against the grain here at Prospects 365, and I hope that’s evident by my pick as top prospect. Look, Moncada has the chance to be a special player, without question. He also as a chance to be a super frustrating player that never reaches his full potential because of his jaw-dropping strikeout rate. Rodgers being ranked first isn’t a knock on Moncada; it’s high-praise for Rodgers. He’ll always benefit from playing in hitter-friendly environments in the minor leagues, but Rodgers has all the makings of an absolute stud. I’m hopeful that Tommy John surgery doesn’t derail Torres’ projection. I had him ranked second before the injury news was publicized. There’s a chance that Rosario is a better real-life player than fantasy contributor, but a .300 AVG, 10 HR, 15 SB shortstop will still be lovely. Jimenez has some of the rawest power at any level of the minor leagues, but some scouts believe he’ll also develop into a .300 hitter too.
6 3B Rafael Devers, BOS 21
7 OF Ronald Acuna, ATL 20
8 OF Victor Robles, WAS 20
9 3B Vladimir Guerrero Jr, TOR 18
10 OF Lewis Brinson, MIL 23
Thoughts on 6-10: These five are just as solid as the first five. What we’ve seen from Brinson in the big leagues so far is the rock-bottom floor. Don’t let a small sample derail your confidence in him. Devers’ power is developing just as scouts thought it would; he’s got .300, 30 HR potential. I’ve never been shy about my thoughts on Acuna. He’s scuffling a bit in AA at the moment, but he should be a 20 year old big leaguer next season. Robles is progressing nicely, and he has more speed than his 2017 stolen base numbers would suggest. Vlad Jr. has hall-of-fame potential, period. The power will develop with age, but the hit tool is about as advanced as it gets for his age.
11 OF Clint Frazier, NYY 23
12 3B Nick Senzel, CIN 22
13 OF Kyle Tucker, HOU 20
14 OF Austin Meadows, PIT 22
15 P Alex Reyes, STL 23
Thoughts on 11-15: I had Reyes ranked in the top five of my preseason rankings before news broke of him needing Tommy John surgery. His stuff will help him maintain top prospect status, and I think we’ll see him in the bullpen in 2018 before he returns to starting in 2019. This time next season, Tucker’s MLB floor could very well be 20 HR, 10 SB. There’s also a chance he’s traded at the deadline. Where exactly does Frazier fit in the Yankees’ current outfield? That’s really the only thing keeping him in AAA. Senzel should compete for an everyday spot in the Reds lineup next season, though I wish the power had played a little more so far in 2017. If the Pirates decide to sell at the deadline (McCutchen’s trade value is suddenly beginning to bounce back), Meadows will finish the year in Pittsburgh. I’m concerned with his ability to reach base enough for his 20 SB potential to play.
16 P Michael Kopech, CHW 21
17 C Francisco Mejia, CLE 22
18 P Brent Honeywell, TB 22
19 SS/2B Ozzie Albies, ATL 20
20 P Triston McKenzie, CLE 20
Thoughts on 16-20: McKenzie’s stuff is so pure, and he’s struck out 91 batters in 71.1 IP despite lacking premium velocity. I think he has 96-97 mph potential as he continues to fill out, so imagine what those strikeout numbers would look like. Kopech is learning how to pitch this season, and the development of his off-speed will be absolutely crucial in him reaching his ridiculous ceiling. Albies will be a .300 AVG, 25 SB guy that will hit just enough home runs to keep you happy. It’s only a matter of time before we see Honeywell, but Jacob Faria and Blake Snell make the timeline a little fuzzier than it should be. Mejia is one of my favorite prospects; he might also be the safest prospect on this list. Also, it may be nothing, but Mejia’s stolen a handful of bases in AA so far this season.
21 OF Corey Ray, MIL 23
22 OF Kyle Lewis, SEA 22
23 1B Dominic Smith, NYM 22
24 P A.J. Puk, OAK 22
25 P Mitch Keller, PIT 21
Thoughts on 21-25: I feel like Ray and Lewis will progress throughout the minor leagues together, even to the point where one name becomes synonymous with the other. Both got a late start to the season thanks to injuries. Ray’s ceiling may be higher, but the high K-Rate so far this season is something to keep an eye on. Puk is a big riser thanks to exhibiting better command than expected. I don’t think he gets a look this season, but he should compete for a rotation spot in 2018. Dom Smith is ripping Vegas a new one; he’s got .300 AVG, 20 HR potential. We haven’t seen enough of Keller this season thanks to a long stint on the DL, so a strong second half will be key in him maintaining top 25 prospect status.
26 C Carson Kelly, STL 23
27 OF Alex Verdugo, LAD 21
28 P Francis Martes, HOU 22
29 P Josh Hader, MIL 23
30 P Jay Groome, BOS 19
Thoughts on 26-30: Kelly has quietly put together a strong first half of the 2017 season. I think there’s a strong chance he gets moved in a deadline deal. Verdugo would probably be in the big leagues if he played for a lot of teams not named the Dodgers. Let’s hope he flashes more power at some point this season to go with the lovely OBP. Like Corey Ray and Kyle Lewis, I’ll always associate Francis Martes to Josh Hader in the world of prospects. I think both have a chance to eventually end up in the bullpen, but they’ll get plenty of chances to thrive as starting pitchers first. Groome has been on the shelf for most of the first half of the 2017 season, but he’ll have a chance to move up quite a bit before next year’s preseason rankings.
31 OF Blake Rutherford, NYY 20
32 P Kolby Allard, ATL 20
33 P Anderson Espinoza, SD 19
34 SS/2B Franklin Barreto, OAK 21
35 P Yadier Alvarez, LAD 21
Thoughts on 31-35: I worry that Allard’s frame could eventually hinder his workload over a full season with no reins, but it’s hard to question what he’s done this season in AA. He could potentially be a #2. I’m worried about Espinoza and his elbow. We’ll see him before too long, but there will be rightful caution from here on out when projecting his floor and ceiling. The K% and BB% are concerning for Barreto seeing as he’s so close to the big leagues, but he still projects as a solid middle infielder. Alvarez has an FIP and xFIP that’s nearly a run and a half lower than his ERA, and he’s striking out more than a batter per inning. Reports I’ve read seem to indicate that Alvarez has been completely unable to locate any pitch other than his fastball, so that’ll be the next step in his long progression. The ceiling remains incredibly high (a top end #2 for me). Rutherford has a ton of developing left to do, but I’m a strong believer that the plus-athlete will soon develop into an five-tool terror.
36 OF Luis Robert, CHW 20
37 1B Rhys Hoskins, PHI 24
38 P Reynaldo Lopez, CHW 23
39 OF Juan Soto, WAS 19
40 P David Paulino, HOU 23
Thoughts on 36-40: Soto would have probably been even higher on this list had he not been sidelined relatively early in the regular season. He’ll be back soon, and he’s freakin’ legit. The industry (myself included) was late on Hoskins, but the undeniable truth is that he’s raked at every level he’s been at. Only a matter of time before he dethrones Tommy Joseph in Philadelphia. After a long, long layoff, Robert is back to playing competitive baseball. He’ll have some rust, but the tools certainly seem to be there. The numbers aren’t overly amazing for Lopez so far this season in AAA, but he’s developing as a pitcher and I think he’ll be a fixture in the White Sox’ rotation as early as Opening Day next season. Like a couple of other guys on this list, Paulino may be moved if the Astros trade for an ace at the deadline. He’s struggled so far in the big leagues, but the ceiling is still that of a #3.
41 P Sean Newcomb, ATL 24
42 SS Kevin Maitan, ATL 17
43 P Luke Weaver, STL 24
44 OF Leody Taveras, TEX 19
45 P Lucas Giolito, CHW 23
Thoughts on 41-45: What we’ve seen from Newcomb in the big leagues so far is fairly close to his ceiling. He’ll likely regress a bit, but depending on how the command develops, he can be a legit #2. Personally, I thought Weaver was close to being called up before an injury. No timetable has been announced. Taveras hasn’t found his way on base as much as he’d like, but he’s shown a surprising amount of power and will always be a sure-bet to steal bases. Maitan is such a wild card at this point, but we’ll finally get a decent look during the second half of the regular season. Maitan’s ceiling is “a face of the game” at this point. Giolito shouldn’t be ranked as the top 10 prospect he was once universally considered, but he has shown some positive signs as of late. He’s a hold-and-wait guy for me.
46 2B/SS Nick Gordon, MIN 22
47 OF Raimel Tapia, COL 23
48 P Walker Buehler, LAD 23
49 P Cal Quantrill, SD 22
50 SS Fernando Tatis Jr., SD 18
Thoughts on 46-50: It’s nearly a consensus amongst the people I trust in the world of prospects: Quantrill has the stuff to someday be a #2. He should end the season in AA. Gordon isn’t the same player as his brother Dee, but he has potential to someday be a better overall player. Like Quantrill, Buehler has the ceiling of a #2. I think there’s an outside shot he ends the regular season as a key piece in the Dodgers’ bullpen (this would be a temporary move to help monitor his innings, he’s a starting pitcher in the long-term). Tapia may be more hit tool than power tool, but he should thrive in Denver once he sees everyday playing time. I’ve seen some scouts give Tatis Jr. a 65 or 70 grade future. The most popular comp amongst those guys? Manny Machado.
51 P Mike Soroka, ATL 20
52 SS Willy Adames, TB 22
53 OF Derek Fisher, HOU 24
54 SS J.P. Crawford, PHI 22
55 P Yohander Mendez, TEX 22
Thoughts on 51-55: Adames has made some adjustments at the plate, and I think he’ll have a huge second-half that could eventually lead to him being called up to Tampa Bay. How much longer can we be patient with Crawford? He’s another half-season of poor offensive performance away from being at the bottom or completely off of top 100 prospect lists. Fisher has benefited from the friendly hitter confines of the PCL, but his tools will still play just fine once he’s in Houston (or traded) for good. I’ve always been a big fan of Mendez, and I’ve heard some positive reports about the progression of his changeup. He should be promoted soon. What Soroka and teammate Kolby Allard have done in AA as teenagers has been nothing short of remarkable. I’m hoping Soroka gains some fastball velocity as he continues to mature.
56 OF Tyler O’Neill, SEA 23
57 OF Mickey Moniak, PHI 19
58 2B/SS Luis Urias, SD 20
59 1B/OF Jake Bauers, TB 22
60 P Dylan Cease, CHC 22
Thoughts on 56-60: There may be no larger contrast in all the minor leagues than how analysts and scouts view Urias. If the differing opinions meet in the middle, Urias will easily be an above-average middle infielder at the big league level. O’Neill showed some holes in his swing during the WBC, and it carried over to the first half of the regular season. The power potential is great enough to demand patience, though, so let’s hold our horses instead of jumping ship. Moniak struck out way too much early in the season, but he’s seemingly steadied the ship since then. There’s some risk that he’ll be in real life than the world of fantasy baseball, but he’ll be a valuable player regardless. Bauers is an athletic first baseman, and I think he’ll eventually be a 20 HR hitter. He’s also stolen nine bases so far in AAA. I’m thinking Cease will be promoted to High-A soon, and he should be a top 50 prospect before the start of the 2018 regular season.
61 OF Anthony Alford, TOR 23
62 P Jose De Leon, TB 25
63 2B/OF Willie Calhoun, LAD 23
64 2B/SS Isan Diaz, MIL 21
65 P Franklin Perez, HOU 20
Thoughts on 61-65: The great Willie Calhoun: Outfielder experiment has officially begun, which means he may make his MLB debut sooner than expected. Alford’s early-season promotion to Toronto shows how much confidence the organization has in his ability; I’m hopeful he’ll show no ill-effects once he returns from injury. Perez will be one of the main topics of discussion in any trade talks the Astros have before the deadline, and the talent is undeniable. I’m a big fan. Diaz’s batting average is rough (as is the strikeout rate), but the BABIP is due to positively regress, so I’ll evaluate in September before panicking. I’m not buying any stock in De Leon right now. The drop in velocity and overall performance are concerning (to say the least), but he has the pedigree to eventually rebound.
66 P Adrian Morejon, SD 18
67 C Zack Collins, CHW 22
68 P Chance Adams, NYY 23
69 P Thomas Szapucki, NYM 21
70 2B/SS Mauricio Dubon, MIL 23
Thoughts on 66-70: Remember the hype surrounding Jorge Mateo prior to the 2016 season? I think Dubon will be everything we hoped Mateo would be. He’ll steal 30 bases in the big leagues without breaking a sweat, and he’ll hit more than enough to be a top-of-the-lineup guy. A lot of scouts who have seen Morejon think he’ll be better than fellow Padres farmhands Anderson Espinoza or Cal Quantrill; we just need to see it on the field first before becoming too giddy. Collins has improved as a defensive catcher, and I think there’s now some genuine belief that he’ll stick at the position. He will be much more valuable in an OBP league than an AVG league. Adams should be sporting pinstripes before the end of the 2017 season, and he should eventually be a solid middle-of-the-rotation guy. Szapucki’s beautiful strikeout rate in 2016 hasn’t materialized since returning from injury this season, but I’m willing to be patient and evaluate more closely in September. He should get promoted to High-A relatively soon.
71 OF Harrison Bader, STL 23
72 P Jack Flaherty, STL 22
73 P Brandon Woodruff, MIL 24
74 2B/SS Bo Bichette. TOR 19
75 P Sean Reid-Foley, TOR 22
Thoughts on 71-75: Reid-Foley is an innings-eater that is currently striking out over a batter per inning in AA. The FIP and xFIP both suggest that his 5.33 ERA isn’t as bad as it seems. Woodruff’s numbers in 2017 aren’t worth writing home about until you consider he’s been pitching in Colorado Springs. He’s developed into a pitching prospect that has a chance to be a solid #3. Bichette has been absolutely ridiculous alongside VGJ in Low-A, but I’m extremely interested to see how his unorthodox swing holds up against better competition. The past few seasons, the Cardinals have had a farm-arm to breakthrough and become a mainstay on prospect lists. This year it’s been Flaherty, whose numbers haven’t suffered too much since being promoted to AAA. BAEder has put together a solid first half in AAA; I think he’s a sneaky bet to steal ten or more bases each season as a big leaguer.
76 P Ian Anderson, ATL 19
77 P Stephen Gonsalves, MIN 23
78 P Erick Fedde, WAS 24
79 SP Sixto Sanchez, PHI 19
80 P Justus Sheffield, NYY 21
Thoughts on 76-80: He doesn’t get the publicity because he’s only in Low-A, but out of all the quality arms the Braves have in their farm system, Anderson might be the best. Fedde will be promoted to D.C. as a reliever within the next month or two. Sadly, I think there’s a chance he stays there. Sanchez is a triple-digit flamethrower, and I think the odds are at least decent that he’s the Phillies top prospect this time next season. Gonsalves’ 2017 campaign got off to a late start, but early returns suggest he’s the same top-of-the-rotation prospect he was projected to be at the start of the season. Sheffield hasn’t been quite as good as the peripherals suggest (2.99 ERA, 4.06 FIP, 3.91 xFIP, 7.65 K/9), but I’m going to see how the second half shakes out before worrying too much.
81 P Matt Manning, DET 19
82 2B Shedric Long, CIN 22
83 P Luis Ortiz, MIL 22
84 1B/2B/3B Ryan McMahon, COL 23
85 OF Christin Stewart, DET 24
Thoughts on 81-85: I was skeptical of Long’s power coming into the 2017 season; I am skeptical no more. He could be a top 50 prospect heading into next season if everything breaks right. Ortiz has been fantastic so far, and he’ll be next in line once Josh Hader and Brandon Woodruff are up for good. Manning just got started in Short Season A ball, but he’s got potential to be a #2. If the Tigers sell at the deadline, Stewart’s path to the big leagues should become crystal clear. Despite the power profile, the mediocre batting average will always limit his ceiling a bit. After a disappointing 2016 campaign, McMahon has been everything we ever hoped he would be this season. He’s seen time at three different defensive positions, and that versatility will hope him get on the field once he’s in Denver.
86 P Luis Castillo, CIN 25
87 P Tyler Mahle, CIN 23
88 C Chance Sisco, BAL 22
89 P Riley Pint, COL 20
90 1B Ronald Guzman, TEX 23
Thoughts on 86-90: I’m a gigantic fan of Ronald Guzman; I think he’ll be a player that will hit for more power in the big leagues than he ever did while on the farm. That’s good news when you consider he should be a .300 hitter. Castillo just got called up to make his big league debut, and Mahle shouldn’t be too far behind him. Thanks to Castillo’s devastating changeup and Mahle’s velocity increase, both have front-end stuff. Sisco will always be a high-average hitter, but he’s never hit more than 6 homeruns in any professional season, which will always limit his ceiling if it continues to hold true. Pint’s been extremely confusing to me as a professional so far. A 70 grade fastball should be striking out more than 6.4 batters per nine innings regardless of how bad the command is. Hopefully that improves soon.
91 P Max Fried, ATL 23
92 1B Bobby Bradley, CLE 21
93 OF Dustin Fowler, NYY 23
94 OF Jesus Sanchez, TB 20
95 2B Scott Kingery, PHI 23
Thoughts on 91-95: I was all-in on Fried before the season, but he’s had a rough go of it in the first half. A couple of scouts I’ve talked to still prefer his arm to that of Soroka and Allard. Kingery has been a huge riser thanks to an incredible first half; I’m skeptical he’ll ever hit more than 20 HRs in the big leagues, but that number paired with a .300 AVG (which is realistic for him) makes him an extremely valuable asset at second base. Bradley’s contact rate has improved this season, but the power has gone down. I’m interested to see what he does in the second half of the season. Fowler’s fantastic first half has his stock on the rise, but where does he fit in a crowded Yankees outfield with Clint Frazier ready for a promotion as well? The reports on Sanchez this season have been gaudy; he’s got some loud tools with some projection still remaining.
96 OF Jesse Winker, CIN 24
97 C Jorge Alfaro, PHI 24
98 SS/OF Lourdes Gurriel Jr., TOR 24
99 OF Taylor Trammell, CIN 20
100 P Domingo Acevedo, NYY 23
Thoughts on 96-100: Acevedo is currently playing in his third level of the season, and I wouldn’t be too surprised if he gets a shot in the Bronx before the end of the season. We keep waiting and waiting on Alfaro to get a shot and finally stick in the big leagues, but the truth is that his bat really hasn’t warranted a move being made by the Phillies. Winker will be a better real-life player than fantasy player, but I’m hopeful he eventually recaptures some of the power that you would think a 6’3, 215 lb. player would have. Trammell is a freak athlete that is still maturing physically. If his power continues to develop… oh boy. There are some incredibly savvy people that think Lourdes Gurriel Jr. will be an absolute star, but injury has kept him from flashing much of anything so far this season.
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The Legal Significance of a Bill of Lading
The term bill of lading means “a list of the cargo.” While often thought of as a shipping document, it is also very much a legal document.
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Killing Floor 2 For PC, Is It Worth Adding To Your Library?
By Colton P | June 21, 2015 - 3:21 pm | June 28, 2015 PC Gaming
So I just picked up Killing Floor 2 for PC a couple of days ago during Steam’s current summer sale and I must say that it is a pretty awesome game!
Being a fan of the first Killing Floor game, I had a feeling that I was going to be instantly hooked. Right now at the time of writing this there are only 4 maps available in the vanilla game but there are some servers that have custom maps and they are pretty well made as well.
There is a load of content that is being planned by the dev team behind KF2, at E3 they shared some news of an upcoming content update that adds a custom map made by a community member and a new weapon as well as a better gore system backed by Nvidia’s power for detail.
First map I got into I noticed the polished details that the game offered. The maps are extremely detailed, overall the graphics of everything are great! I am able to run the game on high graphics settings with a Radeon 7770 video card (1GB memory) and it runs pretty smoothly so the game is very well optimized for us PC players.
Each mutant in the previous game got a complete do over, they are now extremely detailed and the animations are spot on, the dev team really hit the spot with this major sequel upgrade for Killing Floor!
The first game that I joined was very intense, and very bloody. Team mates were instantly chatting through text and voice chat, teamwork and communication is key for survival, especially at the harder difficulty levels. Thankfully this first round that I played was at normal difficulty that way I could not only get used to the game better and faster but I was also able to take a gander at the amazing graphics of the game as well. 🙂
Customizing Your Character
This is a pretty nice feature.
Just like in the last game, you are able to choose your character before you enter the Killing Floor.
In the last game there was a bunch of playable characters, many of which were optional DLC packs. Killing Floor 2 has 9 characters right now and then there are some customization options that are available for each character. Some unique options, some are universal options.
For example each character can wear the same pair of sunglasses, they are available for each character in the game but each character also has their own unique customization features like bandanas and fedoras which also all have different color options as well.
I picked Mr. Foster for my first character and changed up his gas mask color and outfit color around a bit and played as him for a while, I then changed to a different character to customize. Each customization that you make for each character saves for you for the next time that you might use that character.
It’s awesome being able to do this and I’m pretty excited for what kind of customization options and characters will be available through the development of this game!
The Weapons And Gameplay
There isn’t too much of a weapon choice right now but as I stated earlier, there is a bunch of content that is planned for this game and weapons is a definite thing that the dev team will be putting a focus on. Besides, the last game had a pretty good amount of weapons so to me it is inevitable that they’ll do the same with this installment.
So far there are 4 perks, some people look at these perks as classes, the perks are Brawler, Commando, Support and Medic. There are more perks that are planned such as Firebug like in the first game and I’m pretty sure that they plan on adding some new ones as well.
Each perk has a set of skills that can be acquired as you level up in the given perk. For example, as a medic you can heal faster and more often as you level up the medic class, commandos and support have skills that will help them reload faster and the brawler can hit harder over time. Each perk has its advantages and disadvantages and it is up to the player to decide which one is the perfect fit for them.
Personally, I really like playing as the Medic. This perk starts with a medic pistol and a regular pistol, you’re able to heal allies from afar, you have better self healing and they have a grenade that goes into a blue smoke that heals anyone that is submerged in it. Medic is a crucial perk to be played with any team in this game!
That, and the weapons that are available for the Medic are very good weapons. You can get the pistol, a shotgun, a sub machine gun and an assault rifle. I mean, you can buy any weapon available at the trader but each perk has their own set of weapons that are specifically tailored for that perk.
Some weapons are better than others, I tend to try to save my money that I gain two grab two primary weapons, as a Medic I typically go for the assault rifle and the SMG before the boss round comes up.
The Boss Round Is Crazy, Can’t Wait For More Battles
Right now there is only one boss battle in the game, his name is Hans Volter.
He’s a pretty tough boss. Complete with explosive grenades, smoke grenades, poison grenades, the ability to suck players health to gain lost health, his super duper fast running speed and high damage melee attacks makes him a worthy opponent.
Players must communicate and use team work to care take of Hans Volter otherwise he will take advantage of you and your team and kill all of you.
It’s best to try and stray away from him but to keep closer to your team mates as well. If he charges in for some melee and health regain then the team needs to work on blasting him away, though keep in mind then when he grabs a player (see above) for health then it is best to just try and heal your team mate, he is going to heal to full health inevitably.
As Hans gets closer to death his aura of whatever is hooked up to him will start changing to red and electricity will be going crazy off of him. When you see this, it’s time to get in there and make the kill happen. The faster, the better!
Chuck grenades and always be shooting at him, Medics need to concentrate on watching team mates health and healing as they see fit, always healing players that get grabbed.
He’s a pretty hard boss to beat but he is at the exact difficulty that he should be, it’s a boss battle after all. He can take quite the hit but with enough team work and fire power he’ll go down.
There are more boss battles that are planned for this game along with the boss from the first Killing Floor, the Patriarch.
Are are some pretty cool screen shots in game, the game looks insane!
All in all, Killing Floor 2 is and will be a great game going forward into development.
If you have played the first Killing Floor then this is going to be a complete gem for your library!
So what do you guys think of Killing Floor 2? Do you like the game? Are you excited for the new upcoming content?
Let me know in the comments are below! 😀
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2 Responses to Killing Floor 2 For PC, Is It Worth Adding To Your Library?
MikeCarmine says:
Completely awesome, I recommend this game to anyone who played KF1. Even if it’s on early access, this game have so much things to give in a future. You’ll have a lot of fun even when not playing with friends!
And they just had a content update for two more perks, two more maps and more weapons! It’s a great game!
I’m actually going to be writing a new post up about the content update today because it’s that great 🙂
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Office 365 Supervision Improvements
March 13, 2019 by Vasil Michev 4 Comments
The Supervision Review feature has been available for a while in Office 365, even its “V2” version is two years old by now. Recently, Microsoft announced a refresh of the feature, introducing multiple improvements in both the setup and review processes. Some of these improvements have already been rolled out in your tenants, so in this article I will talk you through some of the updates. But first, here’s a quick refresher.
A quick refresher on Supervision
In a nutshell, the Supervision Review feature gives you the tools to monitor some, or all, of your employees' communications. The reasons why you would want to do this vary from internal regulations to strict compliance requirements such as the FINRA rule 3110.
To configure Supervision in your tenant, you must create at least one Supervision policy, specifying the types of communication you want to monitor, which users or groups will fall under the scope of the policy and who will be responsible for conducting the review. Policy configuration is performed via the Security and Compliance Center (SCC), under the Supervision tab. Behind the scenes, a policy object and a rule associated with it are created and then pushed to the corresponding workloads. Once the policy has been successfully published, copies of the communication items will be stored in a special mailbox.
To check whether your employees are communicating in accordance with the regulatory requirements, the reviewers access the data stored in the supervision mailbox and upon inspecting each item, take an appropriate action. For additional information on configuring and using Supervision refer to the official documentation here.
New Supervision Review Policies
Now we’re up to speed on Supervision Review, let’s find out what’s new in the process of configuring Supervision policies. One major improvement is the ability to configure more granular conditions and exceptions, both in terms of the users that will be covered by the policy, as well as the actual items captured. The UI now features no less than 16 different conditions, in addition to the “directionality” (inbound, outbound or internal) controls, as shown on the screenshot below:
Microsoft listened to their customer feedback prior to this release and have introduced some new, useful capabilities. For example, the ability to scope supervision based on: the domain, the retention label applied to an item, or based on both pre-defined or custom sensitive information types. This makes it much easier for reviewers to focus on the items that matter most. Notably however, the UI could use some improvements when it comes to using the custom sensitive information types.
Another new improvement, currently only available in private preview, targets scenarios with offensive language use and seeks to solve any profanity issues by leveraging AI and ML models. The feature is called Intelligent filters and is far more advanced than the policies you can configure by leveraging the “Message contains any of these words” condition.
If you’re interested in participating in this preview, you can do so by sending an email to supervisionolpreview@service.microsoft.com and describe the scenario you’re trying to solve.
Lastly, and probably most important, Supervision policies now support messages exchanged in Microsoft Teams channels and private chats. By default, this is an enabled featured, however you do have the option to turn it on or off on a per-user basis. A screenshot is demonstrated below of how you can do so.
The local copy of Teams messages from the Team Chats folder in the user’s mailbox is used to capture those items. This is the reason why you can see a “msg” file type, and why they all have the subject as “IM”. An example item is shown in the next section. It is important to note that latency can be expected, unlike email communications which are captured in near real-time, Teams items are being processed once every 24 hours.
Improved reviewer experience
The other area Microsoft has focused on is the reviewer experience. Until recently, reviewers were only able to examine and act upon captured items via the Supervisory review add-in in Outlook or OWA. Apart from the fact that the new OWA version doesn’t support the Supervisory Review add-in yet, the OWA experience was spot on, the Supervisory Review mailbox is added automatically and all relevant content and actions are present.
The experience in Outlook still has a lot of room for improvement. The main issue resides in the special recipient type used by the Supervisory Review mailboxes (SupervisoryReviewPolicyMailbox) and that the mailboxes are hidden from the GAL by default. Because of this, Outlook is not able to display these mailboxes. This combined with the fact that only folder-level permissions are granted to the reviewer, and Microsoft’s initial guidance instructions were incorrect, makes this a frustrating experience in Outlook for Admins. Microsoft have since corrected the erroneous instructions, however the process still remains tedious because it requires admin intervention to get the identity of the Supervisory mailbox and to update its properties and permissions.
To address the issues with the review experience, Microsoft have now released an Integrated review dashboard. This allows you to review items directly from the SCC UI (or the new Microsoft 365 Compliance Center). To access the new experience, select any of the Supervision policies you’ve created and press Open. You will then be taken to the Supervision dashboard where you will get a quick summary for the given policy on the Home page. On each panel, you can see the number of items pending review or already resolved, the list of users and groups under the scope of the policy, which workloads does the policy cover and who are the corresponding reviewers:
Under the Review tab, you will receive a list of all items that are still pending review. The items can be filtered out by tag: pending, compliant, non-compliant, and questionable, but you’ll notice that no other filtering options are exposed here. So this part of the experience appears to be inferior when using the Supervisory review add-in for OWA or Outlook, both of which allow you to perform searches against items stored in the corresponding Supervisory Review mailbox.
You can sort items by Type, Subject, Sender and Date. Selecting an item allows you to preview its content, including metadata. And, if additional details are needed, such as full header information, you can use the Download button to get a full copy of the item. You can use the navigation buttons to switch to the next or previous items, and of course this can also be done by selecting the corresponding item from the item list.
In the Review pane, you can tag an item and add a comment. After pressing Save, the item will be moved to the corresponding Compliant, Non-Compliant or Questionable filter view. Alternatively, you can directly Resolve the item by pressing the corresponding button on top of the Review UI. It’s important to note that there is a change in behavior compared to the experience in OWA and Outlook – once an item has been marked as resolved here, no actions can be performed on it.
The biggest improvement in the review experience is the ability to perform bulk actions by using the checkboxes to select some or all items, then pressing the corresponding button. In contrast, the experience in OWA or Outlook requires you to first select an item, press the add-in button to perform an action, then rinse and repeat for each item individually. Available bulk actions in the new experience include: tagging items, adding comments on items, resolving items.
The last part of the new review experience is the Resolved items tab, where you can see a list of all the items marked as resolved. You are again presented with the option to preview the message content, including metadata, and download a full copy if needed. In addition, a history of any actions performed against the item is also shown, which can also be found under the review tab.
As previously mentioned, the Resolve action is final in the new UI, meaning once an item is marked as resolved it cannot be tagged or commented on. These actions are still available when using the add-in-based review experience in OWA or Outlook. Another difference with the new experience is that any “view” actions are not being displayed in the History pane.
The last set of improvements are focused on reporting and auditing the Supervisory review functionality. Like other sections in the SCC, basic insights are displayed in small widgets on top of the Supervision page. However, in my experience, the information provided isn’t always reliable, fresh data insights appear to take a few days to complete and for some reason it chooses to ignore the 2-year-old policy I have in my tenant. Since you can get those details via the Review experience we covered above, this is not a major issue.
The more important data is exposed via the Supervision report, which you can access by clicking the Supervision widget or directly using this link. The report gives you a daily view of the number of items at each stage of the review process, and unlike most of the reports we can generate in Office 365, it allows you to export few years’ worth of data. If you’re not fan of the UI, you can also use PowerShell to get some of the data via the corresponding Get-Supervisory*Report cmdlets.
On the auditing side of things, actions related to management of Supervision policies now flow to the Unified Audit Log in Office 365. Below is an example on how to query the Unified Audit log for actions:
Actions performed by reviewers do not flow into the unified audit log but can be examined via the reports or via the Get-SupervisoryReviewActivity cmdlet.
In this article, we did a quick review of some new and exciting additions to the Supervision feature in Office 365. The most significant of these additions is arguably the added support for capturing Teams communications, although numerous other improvements have been made to management of Supervision policies, reporting and auditing. On the reviewer side of things, some of the pains of the add-in-based review experience have been addressed by introducing a new UI in the SCC, allowing you to perform the review directly from the browser. That is, if you have the necessary permissions to access the corresponding section of the SCC.
As some organizations might not feel inclined to grant reviewers certain permissions, using the Supervisory Review add-in to work with the review items in either OWA or Outlook remains a viable option. Unfortunately, no improvements have been made for the latter scenario, and accessing Supervisory Review mailboxes in Outlook remains a multi-step process, with many of the steps requiring admin intervention.
Vasil Michev
Vasil Michev is an Office Servers and Services MVP, specializing in Office 365. He's currently employed as a Cloud Technical Consultant, and in his free time he can be found helping others in the Office 365 community.
Security Supervision Improvements, Supervision Review
Stefan Nagy says
Thank you Vasil!
Sahil says
Any idea if the OWA review feature would be back anytime?
Vasil.Michev says
Not sure. Apparently they’re working on it, but that was the answer I got few months back…
Oleg K says
Great overview of new features!
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Coyne, K. J., Countway, P. D., Pilditch, C. A., Lee, C. K., Caron, D. A., & Cary, S. C. (2013). Diversity and Distributional Patterns of Ciliates in Guaymas Basin Hydrothermal Vent Sediments. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, published online 11 June 2013.
Little is known about protists at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. The vent sites at Guaymas Basin in the Gulf of California are characterized by dense mats of filamentous pigmented or nonpigmented Beggiatoa that serve as markers of subsurface thermochemical gradients. We constructed 18S rRNA libraries to investigate ciliate assemblages in Beggiatoa mats and from bare sediments at the Guaymas vent site. Results indicated a high diversity of ciliates, with 156 operational taxonomic units identified in 548 sequences. Comparison between mat environments demonstrated that ciliate and bacterial assemblages from pigmented mats, nonpigmented mats, and bare sediments were significantly different and highly correlated with bacterial assemblages. Neither bacterial nor ciliate assemblages were correlated with environmental factors. The most abundant ciliates at Guaymas were more likely to be represented in clone libraries from other hydrothermal, deep-sea, and/or anoxic or microaerophilic environments, supporting the hypothesis that these ciliate species are broadly distributed. The orange mat environment included a higher proportion of ciliate sequences that were more similar to those from other environmental studies than to cultured ciliate species, whereas clone libraries from bare sediments included sequences that were the most highly divergent from all other sequences and may represent species that are endemic to Guaymas.
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Why haven’t CPG giants figured out what makes small brands so popular?
Photo: Dirty Lemon
Amazon Brand Management Campbell Soup Category Management New Products Online Retail Products Brands The Hershey Company
by Matthew Stern
Titans of the consumer packaged goods industry may be in trouble as they continue to face significant competition from smaller counterparts. In fact, small CPGs are now leading the industry’s growth if not outright market share.
Since 2013, $17 billion in sales have shifted from major CPG players to small ones, according to Forbes. And the fastest growing CPG segment this year was “extra small” brands, defined as making less than $100 million per year, with growth of 4.9 percent. Large players, defined as making more than $5.5 billion per year, lagged behind with only 0.6 percent growth. There is a confluence of factors responsible for the spike in small CPG success and the waning market domination of conglomerates that once had only each other to worry about.
Direct-to-consumer e-commerce has allowed customers to discover and begin buying from brands they’re interested in without needing to visit grocers where big name brands may be more prominent. And with some direct-to-consumer brands, like “active” drink company Dirty Lemon Beverages, offering direct-to-consumer subscription services, the convenience creates an element of brand lock-in that may keep potential customers from trying competitors in the category.
Large CPGs may also be suffering from an inability to move quickly enough to address market trends. It took a while for big CPG companies to move into areas like coconut water and whey protein bars, which were long dominated by independents.
The widespread use of Amazon.com’s marketplace by customers is also playing a role, as Forbes notes, with small brands becoming top sellers on the platform.
But bigger CPGs have been making moves to get in on these markets, often by acquisition rather than innovation.
For instance, in 2016 Unilever acquired the subscription-based direct-to-consumer pioneer, Dollar Shave Club, for $1 billion.
And last December saw a spate of acquisitions of smaller “better for you” brands by major CPGs. Hershey acquired Amplify Snack Brands, maker of brands like Oatmega whey protein bars and SkinnyPop popcorn, after earlier acquisitions of Krave Jerky, Brookside Foods and BarkThins. Campbell Soup acquired Snyder’s-Lance, owner of Snyder’s of Hannover pretzels, Kettle Chips and other snack brands.
Small CPG Brands Are Gaining Upper Hand On Giants — And Now The Big Want To Get Even Bigger –Forbes
New-gen D2C brands get more personal with consumers – RetailWire
Hershey and Campbell splurge big on better for you acquisitions – RetailWire
What does Unilever’s acquisition of Dollar Shave Club mean? – RetailWire
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Why do you think small CPG brands are doing so well in today’s shopping landscape? What will this mean for larger CPGs going forward?
"The real open question at this stage is whether the new demand patterns are compatible with big, traditional CPGs’ business models."
Keith AndersonSVP, Strategy & Insight, Profitero
"In today’s post-mass consumption society, scale does not translate well into desirable consumer sentiment and purchase."
Mohamed AmerIndependent Board Member, Investor and Startup Advisor
"Ubiquity in modern retail can be a death sentence. Supreme drops, Yeezy launches, and limited edition releases are driving retail, and CPG is no different."
Ray RileyChief Executive Officer, Progress Retail
23 Comments on "Why haven’t CPG giants figured out what makes small brands so popular?"
Managing Director, GlobalData
A lot of this has to do with culture. Compared to smaller firms, large CPG companies are nowhere near as good at innovating; they tend to be more incremental than radical in their innovations. When consumers want to be excited by newness, this means they migrate to more niche brands.
From consumer research we have done, it is also the case that while large brands have better recall than smaller brands, those smaller brands are seen as more trustworthy and authentic. This is especially true for younger shoppers.
Aside from how brands make consumers feel, a critical factor in the success of smaller labels is that the retail environment is now more conducive to the showcasing and discovery of new products.
Principal, Anne Howe Associates
Your retail environment comment is right on the mark!
SVP, Strategy & Insight, Profitero
“Emerging” or “insurgent” brands are simply more responsive to new and fast-growing pools of demand. With nothing to defend, they’re able to invest and act more aggressively.
Large brands actually do understand this. Between 15 percent and 20 percent have even launched brand or technology incubators/accelerators, some as independently operating companies, to try to replicate small brands’ success.
The real open question at this stage is whether the new demand patterns are compatible with big, traditional CPGs’ business models.
They are probably formed by a younger generation which is, by definition, more in tune with its target audience of consumers. The large CPGs are smart to go on the acquisition path because they can provide certain expertise and economies of scale to the “upstarts” while the smaller CPGs can show the parent how to perform nimbly in today’s market.
David Weinand
Chief Customer Officer, Incisiv
As you point out – the barriers to entry for small brands have been eased with the advent of direct-to-consumer options. In addition, consumer preferences are changing to lead with healthier options, more transparent sourcing and more efficient means to acquire. Big CPGs have been stuck in the traditional distribution channels and rely heavily on brand extensions rather than new, innovative products (how many more different kinds of Oreos can they make?). Legacy CPGs, like so many of the large enterprise companies across industries, are stuck in heavily process-oriented cultures where innovation is difficult. As we’ve seen, many have realized this and have gone on acquisition sprees of smaller, more nimble brands. That is the way to go forward for them so that they can start to better understand new distribution channels and new ways to appeal to today’s consumer.
Whether direct-to-consumer or not, smaller brands have figured out how to “punch above their weight” by trading online and looking like the big brands. Similarly, big brands can also create the perspective of a boutique brand as some have done successfully with the creation of new labels that cater to that audience.
Dr. Stephen Needel
Managing Partner, Advanced Simulations
A couple of points here. First, it’s much easier for a small brand to grow, on a percentage basis than for a large brand. If my math is right, you’re looking a 5 million in growth for a small brand, 33 million in growth for a large brand. Scale matters. Second is that small brands can appeal to niches and don’t have to generate the revenues and profits that a larger brand does. They tend not to advertise or to advertise inexpensively and they don’t have to deal to the trade as much. What does it mean for large brands? Not much.
Culture and nimble action are the markers of success for small brands. And consumers can’t help but chase new! In a big CPG, new means line extension. Not sexy enough to turn on a shopper’s innate desire for something really different or innovative.
Adrian Weidmann
Managing Director, StoreStream Metrics, LLC
Many consumers want to discover something new and innovative for themselves. We want to have a sense of being unique, different, individual — as opposed to simply buying a commodity that everyone can get at Walmart. These small brands cater to that mindset. As they get acquired by these mega brands and are absorbed, they’ll lose that edge that made them attractive to their customers in the first place. These small brands want commercial success but get there through hard work, innovation and wanting to bring their customer something unique. The CPG giants are just driven by numbers — period.
Zel Bianco
President, founder and CEO Interactive Edge
Some have commented that it is a good thing that big CPG has acquired the smaller brands because they will show them the ropes and help them grow. To some degree, this may be the wrong approach as the founder of Function of Beauty has stated, “if we were to partner with Sephora, we would become just like every other shampoo brand.” He knows that what makes his brand special is that it remains independent and laser focused on the personalized manufacturing process he has created. Yes, it makes sense from a financial perspective for the smaller brands to sell out to the large, but will they be gaining wealth and losing their “special sauce” in the process?
Smaller CPG brands are simply more agile, innovative, and increasingly connected to the local communities. They are far more responsive to the changing consumer tastes, industry trends, and willing to experiment. These local community-based CPG brands go out of their way to keep their customers happy, across both physical and digital as well as social media channels.
Simply put, larger more established firms are far more focused on economic scalability, distribution and efficiencies. Some larger brands have made incremental changes to improve their offerings. Yet more significant innovations seem to happen via acquisitions, especially the smaller CPG brands. The larger brands are adjusting their strategies with their own internal incubation and creativity labs.
Ryan Mathews
Founder, CEO, Black Monk Consulting
Part of the problem is that, in today’s market, David is seemingly always more popular than Goliath. Today’s consumers see their personal values reflected better in boutique, entrepreneurial brands. Part of the problem centers around the willingness to embrace risk. If I, as Rasta Ryan’s Coconut and Chia Seed Wellness Pops, fail I go on to my next project. If Coca-Cola takes on a similar product and fails — they fail very publicly, at scale, in front of the analysts, upset the shareholders, etc. While entrepreneurial companies might have everything they own on the line, “everything” is generally measured in terms of sweat equity and cash. Big brands simply have more ways to fail — loss of reputation, impact on existing portfolios, the size of investment needed for a national run, etc. And there is the issue of return on investment. If I’m an entrepreneur and I clear say $300,000 a year, I’m ecstatic. A big brand offering that generates a return of 1 percent on a trial product may be great in terms of… Read more »
Ray Riley
Chief Executive Officer, Progress Retail
Ubiquity in modern retail can be a death sentence. Supreme drops, Yeezy launches, and limited edition releases are driving retail, and CPG is no different. Scarcity is a powerful factor.
Size and scale are extremely powerful in driving product and delivered cost per unit as low as possible. In today’s post-mass consumption society, that scale does not translate well into desirable consumer sentiment and purchase. Today’s perceptions expands the “small is beautiful” adage to small is simple, clean, healthy, and in tune with nature.
What once was an enviable advantage, size and scale have become a liability unless the titans of industry can change the narrative through deliberate actions along tangible dimensions such as ethical products, transparency of ingredients, higher nutritional value and better environmentally-sensitive packaging.
James Tenser
Principal, VSN Strategies
Large CPG brands have always leveraged scale to achieve returns and market power. Huge ingredient orders. Long manufacturing runs. Car-load deliveries to the distribution centers and truck-load deliveries to thousands of stores. Mass advertising and promotions.
You are quite correct, Mohamed. We are in a “post-mass consumption” era where these sources of market power may be devalued. I think the advent of digital commerce has had a relatively small amplifying effect.
Start-up brands have long leveraged their creative advantages by appealing to niche market segments that are often overlooked by mass marketing. The goal is to build enough of a brand following and profit story that the giant CPGs feel the need to buy them out.
A notable success story in this regard is Annie’s Homegrown, an organic packaged foods business that was acquired in 2014 by General Mills. Its founder, Annie Withey, had previously created the Smartfood snacks business, which was sold to Frito-Lay.
Camille P. Schuster, PhD.
President, Global Collaborations, Inc.
Small CPGs are offering alternatives that appeal to consumers. With e-commerce small CPGs have been able to make themselves known to consumers. If large CPGs are responding by purchasing small, successful companies rather than introducing new products themselves, they do not understand their consumers well and will be also-rans with consumers rather than leaders in the category.
Andrew Blatherwick
Chairman Emeritus, Relex Solutions
There are two major factors that play a part in small brands becoming more popular and seeing higher growth than major CPG brands. First, the internet has opened access to startup brands that could never have hoped to get on the shelves at major retailers because they did not have the required investment in sales forces and marketing. Second, consumers are looking for their own identity moving away from the aspirational me too generation where mass market was appealing. People rarely watch TV in real time now so the massive advertising campaigns employed by the large CPG companies are less relevant. What will happen as these small CPG companies grow and become large? Will they lose their appeal? Will customers look for new brands again? One thing that is for sure is that not all brands can go direct to the public or we will not have enough room on the planet for the vans needed to make deliveries, nor the oil to keep them on the road, not to mention the damage that would… Read more »
Since 2015 I’ve collaborated with a company that connects huge retailers to small, popular brands, so I see this trend firsthand. Smaller brands excel at listening to consumers, pinpointing market opportunities CPG giants ignore and quickly adapting to changing consumer trends. Smaller brands aren’t encumbered by stagnant legacy systems and obsolete mindsets.
Such adaptability makes money. Consumer demand has evolved from CPG leaders with a mass-market mindset to smaller disruptors who adapt to fragmented consumer tastes (e.g. local, organic, free-from, sustainable and keto vs. foods laden with sugar, salt and fat).
To remain competitive, CPG leaders continue to acquire smaller brands (e.g. Kellogg bought RXBar for $600 million) or launch new product lines that address these new niche to stay relevant.
That Fobes article overstates the situation. As we see many other places, the digital information and sales channels allow niche players reasonable success but the costs to scale are so massive that the big players continue to dominate.
For example, P&Gs latest numbers show revenue AND profit growth.
My sense is that there are investors who want the myth of anti-brand to be true and are funding the ability of these small brands to appear more successful than they are.
Vice President, Marketing Strategy
This one’s pretty easy when you start to analyze TODAY’s burgeoning consumer marketplace. Today’s shoppers (especially Millennials) have a voracious appetite for “what’s new” and they have a lightning fast social media apparatus to research and find out what’s “hot” today! Large CPG’s are not set up to innovate. They are set up to produce vast volumes of product and to collect on what we used to call “Cash Cows”. They are generally slow and risk averse (because of their monolithic production and distribution investments). And they still make most of their money through traditional retail channels (chain grocery stores secured with paid shelf allowances). Once a disruptive, independent product proves itself, it behooves a behemoth CPG brand to simply acquire it. Once it’s acquired though, it’s probably not new anymore and so the growth cycle continues to favor the latest category disruptors. This phenomenon gets compounded when savvy Millennials drop the new “corporate brands” simply because they are suddenly “bottom-line corporate” and no longer true to the causes that attracted them to begin with.… Read more »
Craig Sundstrom
CFO, Weisner Steel
With all respect to Matt, the main point — small brands have higher growth than big brands — is a “duh!” moment: it’s not hard (relatively speaking) to reach more people when you’re currently reaching almost no one then when you’re reaching everyone … or at least a large fraction of everyone.
So are small brands doing well? I’m not sure. Certainly there are success stories that we hear a lot about, but I’m sure there are plenty of failures too (that we don’t hear about), and there are lot’s of old, established, but small(er) brands that fade away … even Ivory soap, by some accounts, is on the ropes. My thought is, it’s just the ole (product) cycle-of-life at work.
It’s a perfect environment for the rise of small CPG brands, and frankly for all small brands as well in areas of fashion, technology, etc. The public has built up a basic distrust in large enterprises including government and large companies. The consumer is easily exposed to the latest trends via digital platforms and influencer recommendations. Technology has enabled small companies to immediate act as if they were large in everything from supply chain, finance and product development and marketing. Investors have turned their attention on the outsized returns available in fast growing startups, thus giving these companies significant leverage to invest in quick ramping up of sales and profits.
In the end, all this leads to today’s reality: consumer demand and a plethora of small companies ready to deliver against those demands.
The large CPG companies are indeed investing in incubators and acquisitions, but it remains to be seen if that strategy can create returns that slow drawn the trend of investment in more and more small brands.
Director of Marketing, OceanX
Large CPGs have just been way too slow to react to change. The food, beverage and skincare verticals are probably the most impacted. There are still smart people leading these huge CPG companies who assume that the 3% historical growth rate will continue, even though the opening of new retail stores which created the lion’s share of this growth is now heading in the other direction. Small CPGs can now use easy-to-use platforms (Shopify), marketplaces (Amazon), media (Instagram) to build to a decent size without spending massive investment on TV media, inventory to stock 1,000 doors, and in-store marketing.
Which of the following is the biggest factor in the mounting success of small CPGs?
Direct-to-consumer sales
Nimbler response to consumer demand
Subscription lock-in
Amazon’s marketplace
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Dragon Tiger Gate
All hail the great and mighty Donnie Yen! All become confused by the content of Dragon Tiger Gate! This film had a whole lotta promise and became strange as it progressed. It almost feels like some strange live action tribute to an anime. Oh well, Donnie Yen is in it. In this film of a powerful martial arts dojo and the threat looming over them of an evil master fighter, a handful of scenes redeems what was otherwise a comedic endeavor.
The film centers around two brothers in combat, Dragon Wong (Donnie Yen) and Tiger Wong (Nicholas Tse). After a long history of brotherhood between the two as a couple of wig-haired ruffians, these two go on to bigger and better things, in opposite directions. Dragon becomes the hard brawler of the Triads and Tiger fights for the justice of their dojo, Dragon Tiger Gate. The two worlds collide when the two cross dukes in a restaurant when a deal goes horribly wrong.
They have the same hair as children…
The gang is led by Ma Kun (Chen Kuan-tai), this old badass whose daughter and himself can send a softball yard with one swing. Connected to the Luocha cult, led by Shibumi (Louis Koo), it all starts with the exchanging of the Luocha plaque. And then all Hell breaks loose. From the very beginning, there is a shed of light. There are some big fights scenes with a lot of stunts and falls. It’s lookin’ ballin’s and fine. And then there’s some lulls in the action. And then a scene or two of fighting. And it goes this way for a while, culminating in the strangest of boss fights I’ve ever scene. But what can you expect from this anime/Dragonball Z inspired film?
Pretty good, eh?
It’s disappointing to me that Netflix chooses not to show certain foreign films in their original language with subtitles. This is a movie that desperately needed the original voices to save it from the mockery it got in English. This film has some great locations and sets combined with a B-C rated plot, but it just becomes moderately laughable when its done in English. The voice actors (which, I think some of who are the original actors…) don’t have the ability to match the emotions of the character’s facial expressions and actions. It sends a shiver of shame down my spine.
I did like the three main characters though. There’s Dragon and Tiger, half brothers til the end. And my personal favorite, Turbo. Shawn Yue plays this supremely comedic action hero named Turbo who specializes in nun-chucks, is the weaker of the three, but he has all the heart in the world. The Asian version of Rudy. Master Wong may defeat him one too many times, but he vows to become a great warrior. There’s lots of defeat, a strange power gaining scene in this tall pagoda tower with anal beads and an old man, and some cheesy CG effects towards the end.
Good old Turbo.
The movie ends worse than it began, but there’s a great use of weapons and martial arts skills. I was impressed with Donnie Yen’s stunt coordination and fight scenes, which was well worth the watch. I recommend the original version and avoid all the classic hilarity of a dubbed. All-in-all, it’s an entertaining dramatic martial arts film with a plot. Those are sorta rare, so check this one out. A decent 5.5 out of 10.
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Eve no Jikan: Time of Eve
Wow, it’s been a long time in the making, but this is my 201st post, just passing my 200th. I am now, after this, completely caught up and ready to go on to new up to the minute update sort of things. What I mean is my posts will be more raw and fresh in my mind because I just watched it. My list of updates/posts is done and it’s time to revitalize this old beast. So strap in for this last amazing little anime review and then get ready for Misfits Season 3 afterwards. You’re gonna have no idea what hit you with that one.
In Eve no Jikan/ Time of Eve, the world has been revitalized by robots. And, most recently, it has upgraded to androids who can act and look like humans. It’s your basic I, Robot issue right here. Right down to the 3 laws that govern robots. This might have taken some cues from the novel I, Robot was based on. Anyways, Rikuo Sakisaka is a
There’s only one rule here in this saloon.
teenage high school boy who has an android at home, Sammy. She cooks and cleans and makes one mean coffee. Upon updating her one day, Rikuo comes across some odd place that Sammy went in his phone. Inviting his friend Masakazu Masaki to come along, they both stumble on something that it taboo for both of them.
All the wonderful characters and images!
Time of Eve, this hip little cafe is made for robots and humans. And the only rule is that you are not allowed to discriminate between them or call the other out. The only real difference between the two of them is that androids have halos above their heads. But in the Time of Eve cafe, it goes away and both become human (in a way).
At first, Rikuo and Masaki are horrified at what they find. They know that treating a robot like a human is a stigma among humans, known as dori-kei or adnroid-philia. To treat or love a robot like a human is wrong to these boys, and that’s what makes this cafe so frightening. Over time Rikuo finds he likes coming to the cafe and a gap is bridged between robots and humans. Analyzing the loopholes of the laws that govern robots and what it means to “protect humans”, Rikuo and Masaki’s lives are changed by the Time of Eve.
Can there be love? Or constant separation?
This anime is very character driven and very touching. It has its funny moments when the music stops and the camera zooms in on an awkward moment or something, but overall heartwarming. The regulars of the cafe are humans and robots, and there’s no need to try to tell the difference. Every episode focuses on a different regular, eventually coming full circle. There’s a wonderful little girl named Chie who thinks she’s a cat. Some wonderfully old school robots who just want to be treated like humans, and Sammy, a robot who just loves her master.
I’m glad to see a movie was created after this anime came out. Found only on the internet as an ONA, this anime has been lucky enough to become popular enough to be made into a full length feature. (I have yet to watch it, but I would probably say the same things about this that I would about the movie.) It’s one of those quick anime that
A touching scene, one right after the other.
passes you by, but leaves a warm spot in your heart that stays with you, long after you may forget the character’s names. This anime sends a message about the future of our world and whether or not it is okay to discriminate now and in the future as well. And I would say that’s an emphatic no.
It’s quirky at the same time that every episode ends on a small tear streak down your cheek. The animation style is fluid and breathtaking, combining 3-D animation with 2-D humans and characters. This technique makes the characters stand out being flat in this futuristic world. The camera rotates around the cafe as if it is a real life scene, speaking to the movie lovers in all of us. Coming from a sci-fi background that has only seen flat and unemotional characters, this future set sci-fi genre anime breaks the rules and makes you feel. There may be hunks of cold metal onscreen, but they have warm hearts. That’s what I found cute and appealing about this 6 episode anime. It sucks you in with these short episodes with a trilling and romantically inclined music score, and leaves you feeling good at the end. Any anime like that deserves an 8.8 out of 10.
And here’s a cool AMV to prove my point.
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Casshern Sins: Robotic Humans, or Human Robots?
Hey all you readers out there! It’s been too long, so now I’ve returned in full force! Expect over the next few days to be reading over 10 new posts! I’m pumped and I hope you all are too. So let’s get down to this.
A little while ago, I watched Casshern Sins, the story of a mecha dramatic tragedy in which the world is ending and there’s no glimmer of hope in sight. And who is this tragedy all due to? Casshern. The misunderstood tragic hero of this tale is said to be invincible. By destroying the Sun Called Moon, Luna, Casshern has gained invincibility and is now sought by all robots to be consumed. Why he is sought to be cannibalized, you may ask? Casshern, with his everlasting life, appears to be the only cure in a world that now is overrun with the Ruin. The Ruin is a disease of sorts that begins to slowly errode the machines. With their metallic bodies rusting, it seemed as if the immortality that had been achieved by humans and robots alike. With the meshing of these two races into one race against time, Casshern must rediscover his murder of Luna and the world in which he has destroyed.
Now, to tell the truth, this anime threw me for a loop. I had caught the first 4 episodes at Anime Boston and I found it to be dark and interesting. With a sort of
The interesting art of Casshern.
animation and drawing style I’d never seen before, the first 4 episodes seemed to flow with a slow undercurrent slowly building. Never having seen what Masaki Takei has done before (it seems as if he’s written/created smaller works dealing with sci-fi/fantasy) I was intrigued with the way in which this anime looked. With swooping hairstyles and slender, fluid characters up against the blocky, brutal masses, this sci-fi drama blends the worlds of what’s real and what is seen as the apocalyptic future into one.
Eric Vale gives a stirring performance as Casshern.
What really caught my eye about this anime was some of the voice acting. Not knowing which characters would remain constant after the first 4 episodes, I found Eric Vale, the voice of Casshern, to be a compelling and distant character. His innocent voice withholding power to end lives creates a construct in a character often show in control, but that’s the last thing that Casshern is. Lyuze (Brina Palencia) gave another angle to Casshern Sins with a character with a soft side and revengeful edge. Another few actors that round out the top actors of this anime are Jerry Jewell, Shelley Calene-Black, and Jason Douglas, characters that’re introduced later in the anime.
And now I come to the bad point about this anime. The cyclical nature of this anime is its downfall. Despite the draw of the first four episodes, the following 20 episodes follow in the same fashion. Casshern, on his journey of discovery, comes across characters with tragic and emotional pasts. And what happens? He passes on past them and continues on his way. Either through destruction or heartbreak, Casshern can’t seem to come to terms with those around him and his uncontrollable power. But this anime, if you can get past its monotonous pace, really makes up for this in its art style and fluid animation in a rigidly dying world. So I encourage you to check it out. I give Casshern Sins a 5.8 out of 10. The Abyss is back in full force!
If anything, the fluidity may blow you away.
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South Carolina and Kansas GOP Scrap 2020 Presidential Primary, Caucus
Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=51566"><span class="small">Meg Kinnard, Associated Press</span></a>
Kinnard writes: "Republican leaders in South Carolina and Kansas have voted to scrap their presidential nominating contests in 2020, while party officials Nevada were deciding whether to follow suit as the GOP erects more hurdles for the long shots challenging President Donald Trump."
Walsh told CNN after the South Carolina vote that his campaign would 'Fight South Carolina and any other state that considers doing this.' (photo: The Joe Walsh Campaign)
By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press
epublican leaders in South Carolina and Kansas have voted to scrap their presidential nominating contests in 2020, while party officials Nevada were deciding whether to follow suit as the GOP erects more hurdles for the long shots challenging President Donald Trump.
Canceling primaries, caucuses and other voting is not an unusual move for the party of the White House incumbent seeking a second term, and allows Trump to try to consolidate his support as Democrats work to winnow down their large field of candidates.
A spokesman for the South Carolina Republican Party, Joe Jackson, confirmed that the party voted Saturday against holding a presidential primary next year. The Kansas GOP tweeted on Friday that it will not organize a caucus “because President Trump is an elected incumbent from the Republican Party.” Its state committee planned to approve rules Saturday for an “internal party process” for selecting convention delegates, according to Kelly Arnold, the party’s former state chairman, and Helen Van Etten, a member of the Republican National Committee from Topeka.
Officials in Nevada scheduled meetings later Saturday to determine the fate of their contests. A decision in Arizona is expected later in the month.
Challengers have emerged to Trump, including Bill Weld , a former Massachusetts governor, and Joe Walsh , a former Illinois congressman. Others may join them.
Walsh told CNN after the South Carolina vote that his campaign would “fight South Carolina and any other state that considers doing this.” He also noted that Trump complained during the 2016 election “about how the Democrats were rigging the system to get Hillary (Clinton) elected. Well, look what he’s doing now. You talk about rigging a system.”
Primary challenges to incumbents are rarely successful, and Trump’s poll numbers among Republican voters have proved resilient. Nonetheless, Trump aides are looking to prevent a repeat of the convention discord that highlighted the electoral weaknesses of Presidents George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter in their failed reelection campaigns
Since last year, Trump’s campaign has worked to monitor and at times control the process by which delegates to next year’s Republican National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, are selected. His campaign wants the convention to be a four-night “infomercial” for Trump by sidelining the president’s detractors within the party.
The effort is an acknowledgment that Trump hasn’t completely cemented his grip on the GOP and might not coast to the nomination without some opposition. To that end, the campaign has worked over the past year to scuttle any attempts at a Trump challenge by party dissidents, mindful that a serious primary opponent could weaken Trump heading into the general election.
In January, the Republican National Committee voted to express its “undivided support” for Trump and his “effective presidency.”
In years past, both Republicans and Democrats have cut state nominating contests when an incumbent president from their party ran for a second term. In 1984, South Carolina GOP leaders opted to call off their primary as President Ronald Reagan sought a second term. In 2004, the GOP again canceled the state’s primary with leaders deciding instead to endorse President George W. Bush’s reelection bid.
The South Carolina Democratic Party didn’t hold presidential primaries in 1996 or in 2012, when Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were their incumbents.
The Nevada Republican Party was expected to hold a vote on possibly changing its rules to allow a bypass of its presidential nominating caucuses in 2020 and endorse Trump outright. The move would allow the state’s central committee members to hold a vote and commit the state’s GOP delegates to the president, shielding him from a primary challenge.
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An A-Z of Short Fiction Shorthand: S-Z
An A-Z of Short Fiction Shorthand: E-K
An A-Z of Short Fiction Shorthand: L-R
Posted by: may1366 on: October 28, 2011
In: Dinesh Allirajah | Short Fiction Shorthand A-Z | The writer
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L is for C.S. Lewis’ 5 Tips for Clear Writing
I was reminded of this list when it was posted on a Facebook page for creative writing students at Liverpool John Moores University, where I’ve been luxuriating in short story pursuits since the end of September. The notable thing is not just how much good sense there is in each of these tips, but that Lewis was directing his advice at children, the assumption being that writers will then reach adulthood having dispensed with the bad habits counterposed here. Either they’re starting adulthood a lot later these days or the message needs to get louder:
1. Always try to use the language so as to make quite clear what you mean and make sure your sentence couldn’t mean anything else.
2. Always prefer the clean direct word to the long, vague one. Don’t implement promises, but keep them.
3. Never use abstract nouns when concrete ones will do. If you mean “More people died” don’t say “Mortality rose.”
4. In writing, don’t use adjectives which merely tell us how you want us to feel about the things you are describing. I mean, instead of telling us the thing is “terrible,” describe it so that we’ll be terrified. Don’t say it was “delightful”; make us say “delightful” when we’ve read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers “Please, will you do my job for me.”
5. Don’t use words too big for the subject. Don’t say “infinitely” when you mean “very”; otherwise you’ll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
M is for Mr Benn
On holiday in Madrid and Toledo in 1996, only the second time I’d been abroad since moving to Liverpool over ten years earlier, my writing brain started finding points of connection with David McKee’s fancy dress time-travelling adventurer. I was writing predominantly about cultural identity at the time, for performance poetry and for an MA, and the pivotal narrative mechanism in each Mr Benn story – he changes his clothes; steps through a doorway and becomes embroiled in the dramas of a strange foreign environment; changes their lives; then he gets reminded who he really is and he returns with only a memory – seemed to offer a loose parable for the co-mingling of ‘otherness’ and belonging experienced when a second generation immigrant becomes a British tourist abroad. The thoughts found concrete expression when I introduced a Mr Benn twist to the story of San Miguel de los Helados, written after going for an ice cream in Toledo and representing the first time my increasingly prose-shaped poetry took off its bowler hat and donned the apparel of a short story.
Aside from the delightful stories, brilliant illustrations, the iconic cartoon it spawned with Ray Brooks’ narration and a soundtrack by some of Britain’s finest jazz musicians of the time, Mr Benn provides handy shorthand for a number of narrative tropes and archetypes. Festive Road is a terraced row of pathetic fallacy, in which the mood of the street and its inhabitants echoes something in the fantasy world Mr Benn will find. Our hero may as well be carrying a loaf of bread in his briefcase, sitting in the park all day feeding the ducks, and then going home at 5 o’clock to tell his wife (if we’re allowed to speculate that he has a wife) he’s been hard at work, when in reality he was laid off months ago: what does he do in his bowler hat, suit and tie other than take it off in the fancy dress shop? But this sense of him being as escapee from office and suburban humdrum is a huge part of his appeal. The device of the shopkeeper popping up “as if from nowhere” is, at first glance, textbook deus ex machina but this is a text in which Mr Benn too steps out of a machine to resolve the crises he encounters. His role is typically that of a Dr Who bringer of knowledge from other worlds or a mellower version of the ghostly inspector in J.B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls, forcing the community to examine itself. The shopkeeper’s intervention, then, is not to impose an artificial or divine solution but to represent reality’s yoke, leading Mr Benn back to that terraced treadmill.
Don’t get me started on the psychosexual undertones in Judith Kerr’s The Tiger Who Came To Tea!
N is for Pablo Neruda
from I’m Explaining A Few Things
You are going to ask: and where are the lilacs?
and the poppy-petalled metaphysics?
and the rain repeatedly spattering
its words and drilling them full
of apertures and birds?
I’ll tell you all the news.
I lived in a suburb,
a suburb of Madrid, with bells,
and clocks, and trees.
[…full poem here…]
And you’ll ask: why doesn’t his poetry
speak of dreams and leaves
and the great volcanoes of his native land?
Come and see the blood in the streets.
The blood in the streets.
Come and see the blood
In the streets!
O is for Osiris
Because when you’re in the world of words and stories and ideas about words and stories, you sometimes need a purgative, a palate-cleanser, and joining in the chorus of this funk monster should do the trick:
P is for Periphery
What’s everybody looking at? That’s not where your story is.
Q is for Quite
Or fairly, a number of, several, a few…
The trouble with omniscient narrators is that they think they know it all. No, actually, we think they know it all, we depend on that – it’s what we trade our hard-earned suspension of disbelief for. So when the narrative tells us that a place is “quite far away” or that there were “a few” people in the bar, there’s got to be a pretty good reason why we’re not being told the precise distance or number of customers. There was a pretty good reason for me using “pretty” to modify good in that last sentence – two, in fact: one, because it gives the tone of the blog the sense of motivational speaker urgency that seems to go down well; and two, because it sets off a little Larry David in my head, saying “Pret-tay, pret-tay, pret-tay good!” and that makes me smile. All these weak adjectives have their place, of course, when you need an adjective to express a personal attitude towards a quality or quantity being described, but if you want to give your reader information, and you want them to pay attention to that information, then if it’s quite important that it’s quite accurate, you’re diminishing your intended impact.
R is for Rainy Day In The Park
Bruce Robinson’s 1987 film, Withnail and I, ends with this, the moment Richard E. Grant will carry with him as evidence when he’s claiming a comfortable seat with which to see out the afterlife. Forget everything you know and have ever quoted from this film. Go to that park, stand in that rain, see that man with the umbrella, hear him shouting, and then listen to what he’s saying – your story starts where this one stops.
S-Z >
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I’m enjoying these posts, thanks Dinesh. I keep the CS Lewis advice, as a cutting from The Guardian, by my desk at work. Points 1 to 3 are perfect advice for people writing reports as well as creative writers; point 4 is the really hard one, at least if, like me, one is a good report writer, but overwhelmed by the Evil Axis of Overcooked Adverb, Adjective and Cliché trying to write one line of anything creative.
I hadn’t thought about Mr Benn for ages, and it made me smile to do so, with your drawing in Dr Who and the laid-off worker who puts on his suit every morning because he can’t tell his wife. And to round off, Withnail’s I have of late lost all my mirth.
Quite nice in a few ways.
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Fairly nice of you to say so, DP.
Yes, R could have stood for Rowlingly, the adverb representing the overcooking of adverbs in pursuit of language that sounds intense but whose meaning withers under close scrutiny. And in fairness, if you’re constructing a page-turner, close scrutiny isn’t the name of the game. But then you look at that list and ask yourself, “Who was writing the page-turning children’s adventure stories playing out in epic scale over several novels, in CS Lewis’ day?”
I’m inclined to like adverbs in children’s books, maybe if they’re used in a playful way they’re like new toys ? My first thought was A Bear Called Paddington which appeared in 1958, I think two years after CS Lewis wrote that advice, and five years before he died. I happen to have the second book, More About Paddington to hand, and within the opening paragraph we know that the house is “unusually quiet” because Paddington has “mysteriously disappeared”. But I wouldn’t change a thing about Michael Bond’s style. The two adverbs seem to mirror each other, and the second phrase points back to and explains the first in an economical way, that one doesn’t associate with Rowling’s adverbs.
Not quite the “epic page-turner” though, did you have one in mind ?
Agree entirely about the Paddington, bearing in mind also that these are very likely to be books written for the purposes of oral storytelling, whereby the phrase does go past in a moment and it’s enough to draw the listener in (Rowling’s motivation too , no doubt, since she was initially aiming at a reader not much older than those hearing stories like the Paddington – or, more likely in our times, Dahl, who can also lay on the adjectives and adverbs). The type of prose we use here in the conversational atmosphere of a blog is also exempt, I would think, from the strictures Lewis lays down and I endorse. Heartily. Like that means anything.
The epic page-turner question was a wee bit rhetorical – I was thinking of Lewis himself! There are many reasons I wouldn’t be bothered with the Narnia books now but I don’t reckon inattention to good prose technique would be one of them (and, in fairness, he also anticipated Mr Benn’s stepping-through-a-doorway schtick).
Yes, it popped into my head at some point this morning that of course you meant Narnia. Silly me. I think I found the Narnia books a bit dense to be ‘page-turners’ exactly. My reading was well ahead of my ’emotional literacy’ when I was growing up, and I was caught between books which seemed to simple in their language, and books I could read but couldn’t ‘grasp’. Cheers for a good natter.
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Review: “The Iraqi Christ” (Hassan Blasim, Comma Press, 2013)
Posted by: may1366 on: April 5, 2013
In: Dinesh Allirajah | Hermetic Spaces | Reviews | The reading
Ten years ago, the particular context in which the British government chose to make April Fools of its citizens was the war in Iraq. This year, Iraq would seem a very exotic focal point for our denigration when the current government is so busy reducing our domestic certainties – a health service, a welfare state, a justice system – to the status of a blooper reel among the Extras on Michael Gove’s History of Great Britain DVD. When we’re losing track of who we are, of why we even exist as social animals, it is a challenge to contemplate the experience of Iraqis, by whom reality has, during these ten years, been viewed in a perpetual nightmarish REM. Yet Hassan Blasim‘s second collection for Comma Press speaks to our own, particularlised sensations of powerlessness, as much as to the self-evident contexts of war, exile and the way these narratives of suffering become absorbed into a nation’s culture and myths.
A simple summary of The Iraqi Christ: this is the most urgent writing you will read in short fiction or any other literary format this year. To read these stories is to immerse yourself in tragedy and horror. The imprint of real lives – Blasim’s and those he has encountered – is as evident on the printed page here as lipstick traces on a cigarette, exacerbating the sense of grief that accompanies each story. Blasim’s debut collection for Comma, 2009’s The Madman Of Freedom Square (from which “The Reality and the Record” provided a previous post for this site), was an eloquent, retching cry of disgust; The Iraqi Christ seems to be steeped more in sorrow. And the incredible part is that, from this unimaginable sorrow, what emerges is a savage, unbearable beauty.
The stories portray characters locked in states of fretful, at times lurid, sensory dissonance. If you knew nothing of this book or Blasim’s literary antecedents other than David Eckersall’s cover design, pictured above, you might guess that Franz Kafka sits somewhere in the frame of reference. Short fiction routinely converses with its ghosts and Kafka’s presence is almost that of a recurring character, most conspicuously in The Dung Beetle, an overt reference to Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, with the concerns of the changeling Gregor Samsa, conceived during the First World War, transposed onto those of an Iraqi now residing in Finland, inside a ball of dung. In relating his fictional counterpoint’s story, Blasim makes what I take to be a more direct authorial interjection:
A young Finnish novelist once asked me, with a look of genuine curiosity, ‘How did you read Kafka? Did you read him in Arabic? How could you discover Kafka that way?’ I felt as if I were a suspect in a crime and the Finnish novelist was the detective, and that Kafka was a Western treasure that Ali Baba, the Iraqi, had stolen. In the same way, I might have asked, ‘Did you read Kafka in Finnish?’
Such is the sense of dislocation and depersonalisation, of inurement to brutality and reduction to absurdity, reading Kafka seems less of a choice or privilege than a routine motor function. The Dung Beetle quotes in full Kafka’s Little Fable in which a mouse articulates the essential condition of the Kafkaesque protagonist:
The mouse said, ‘Alas, the world gets smaller every day. It used to be so big that I was frightened. I would run and run, and I was pleased when I finally saw the walls appear on the horizon in every direction, but these long walls run fast to meet each other, and here I am at the end of the room, and in front of me I can see a trap that I must run into.,
‘You only have to change direction,’ said the cat, and tore the mouse up.
The earlier Ali Baba reference directs us to Blasim’s coupling of Kafka with Sheherazade and the One Thousand and One Nights tales, for which the narrative of the young bride using her powers of storytelling to stave off the daily threat of execution is the framing device, an appropriate analogy when claiming asylum. The deadpan depravity in The Hole exemplifies how these strands become twisted together. The narrator, on the run from masked gunmen as chaos greets the collapse of the government, falls into a hole and encounters a “decrepit old man”, claiming to be a djinni (genie) and calmly carving chunks of flesh to eat from the corpse of a soldier who has previously fallen down the hole. There is no escape and the company only emphasises how divorced this place is from the reality the narrator has known.
In the 1001 Nights tale of Sinbad’s fourth voyage – several years into his latest enforced sojourn in a land in which he has initially been made to feel welcome and has become happily married – he learns of the bizarre local custom that, when a married man or woman dies, the living spouse is also thrown into the huge pit, that serves as a mass grave, accompanied by the humane provision of a spartan packed lunch for pre-death nourishment. Sinbad’s wife falls ill and dies and, sure enough, both her body and the breathing, protesting form of Sinbad are thrown in the pit. Sinbad survives in his pit of corpses by clubbing any newly-widowed arrival to death with a leg-bone and taking their bread and water for sustenance. These echoes cement Blasim’s storytelling within the traditions of the region but the stories that fuel his writing are timeless and universal, relating to the stark choices facing humans when everything that betokens their humanity has been stripped away. Italo Calvino is another writer cited, via his Mr Palomar character, who painstakingly seeks to quantify the contents of a disparate universe; when ‘Hassan Blasim’ appears as a character, shifting the boundaries of reality in Why Don’t You Write A Novel Instead Of Talking About All These Characters?, there are shades of Paul Auster’s introspections about the nature of truth and story. Where – in, for example, the meta-gumshoe story City Of Glass, itself Edgar Allen Poe’s The Man Of The Crowd by way of, yes, Kafka – Auster will use a character called ‘Paul Auster’ to interrogate the identity of the “I” in whose Point of View the story is being told, it’s couched within the ‘what-if?’ framework we might expect to find in any fictional narrative. Blasim operates from a starting-point in which life has already become that fiction. This is an object lesson for those who assume that it would be enough to transcribe and dust-jacket the extraordinary circumstances of their own lives in order to produce a compelling narrative. Blasim’s life enters Blasim’s fiction as a kind of exorcism: you don’t want to explore how much is actually a record of the truth because you can’t bear to look. In Why Don’t You Write A Novel…?, the narrator makes a prison visit to the man with whom he made the journey to escape Iraq and claim asylum in Europe. Along the way, this companion, Adel Salim, inexplicably murdered a drowning man whom they had met on the refugee trail:
‘Okay, I don’t understand, Adel,’ I said. ‘What were you thinking? Why did you strangle him? What I’m saying may be mad, but why didn’t you let him drown by himself?’
After a short while, he answered hatefully from behind the bars. ‘You’re an arsehole and a fraud. Your name’s Hassan Blasim and you claim to be Salem Hussein. You come here and lecture me. Go fuck yourself, you prick.’
The narrator, aware only of his work as a translator working in the reception centre for asylum seekers, retreats in confusion and struggles to recover memories from before his border crossing. In an encounter on a train, a man, carrying a mouse, identifies him as the author of several stories, including some of those contained in this collection. I don’t know whether Blasim was setting out to articulate this but there’s a particular bleakness to the writing life when you feel you’re holding the weight of all the blood and bones in the world but the only place you have to set it down is something so light and flimsy as the page of a book.
For all the postmodernism and the literary conversations, and the insect and, for Dear Beto, canine narrators, we are taken goosebump-close to what happens in everyday human lives in a protracted war situation, with Jonathan Wright’s translations ensuring no walls remain between these characters and the reader. The Iraqi Christ is eye-catchingly provocative as a title for the book but the story bearing that name provides a more straightforward explanation: it’s a reference to Daniel, an Iraqi soldier who’s a practising Christian and committed gum-chewer so known to his fellow soldiers as the Chewgum Christ, Christ for short. The story, though, we come to realise, is a kind of gospel told by a beyond-the-grave narrator who relates the miraculous, almost unconscious prescience with which this Iraqi Christ manages to evade death, to the point that he takes on a talismanic role among his comrades. A life avoiding death isn’t quite the same as a life, though, and there is sacrifice and redemption to follow in an ending that is built on tragic irony but has a strangely uplifting choreography to it.
Further evidence of unexpected uplift comes in the final story, A Thousand and One Knives, a magic realist story of a team of street magicians whose ability to make knives disappear into thin air and then bring them back operates as a twin process of exorcism (again) and healing. The team have found one another through their gifts and rub along as a dysfunctional family group. In an attempt to understand what the trick of disappearing and reappearing knives might mean, the narrator is charged with researching the subject:
It was religious books that I first examined to find references to the trick. Most of the houses in our sector and around had a handful of books and other publications, primarily the Quran, the sayings of the Prophet, stories about Heaven and Hell, and texts about prophets and infidels. It’s true I found many references to knives in these books but they struck me as just laughable. They only had knives for jihad, for treachery, for torture and terror. Swords and blood. Symbols of desert battles and the battles of the future. Victory banners stamped with the name of God, and knives of war.
In the face of this understanding of knives, the group use their skills very little for show and not at all for profit but as a compulsion, like the stories of Sheherazade, because there are things that need to happen, because not doing it is too horrific to contemplate. When we learn of the baby born to the narrator and Souad, the only woman in the group and the only one able to make knives reappear, we see that they have cut themselves into one another’s flesh as well, in acts of transformative love and friendship that – remarkably, by the end of this remarkable collection – allow the reader to emerge with hope still intact, battered, but somehow reinforced.
The Iraqi Christ by Hassan Blasim, translated by Jonathan Wright, supported by the English PEN Writers In Translation programme, is published by Comma Press and available in book and e-book form.
Tags: comma, edgar allen poe, English PEN, hassan blasim, italo calvino, kafka, paul auster, POV, sheherazade
Real Time Reads: “The Story Of An Hour” by Kate Chopin
Posted by: may1366 on: December 31, 2012
In: Dinesh Allirajah | The reading | The writer
It’s time for some closure.
We’re in the pickled hush at the end of a year, when the life that drags you from place to place and kicks you from one task to the next (though not, in my case, to the task of writing this blog terribly much of late), finally eases up and lets you look upwards. The fantasy we cultivate is that the weeks and months to come will provide some renewal, repair or escape, when what we really know we’ll get is continuation of the routine, the onward trudge. Putting a year to bed, consigning a period of our life to history – even when we know tomorrow offers no change – well, it’s a nice fiction to add to all the other treats we’ve been giving ourselves.
I’ve been reading a short story collection, Cold Sea Stories, by the Polish writer, Pawel Huelle , one of a barrage of Autumn and Winter releases from Comma Press, also including collections by David Constantine, Jane Rogers, Adam Marek, Guy Ware and The Iraqi Christ, Hassan Blasim‘s feverishly-anticipated follow-up to The Madman Of Freedom Square. I’ll be discussing some of those works at length on here in 2013’s gleaming corridors of newness and spare time, though will add for full disclosure that I’ve recently become a director at Comma but I think we’re a long way from a literary Payola scandal. At Huelle’s Liverpool launch for Cold Sea Stories at Toxteth Library in October, he summed up his attitude to the short story by suggesting that, if he was wealthy and had no cause to earn money from his writing, then the novels, journalism and drama would be deposited in the Baltic and he’d spend his time writing two short stories a year. Why? Because longer forms are inevitably messy and never achieve perfection in the way a short story can. When a comment like that makes me think about perfection in a short story, one of the stories I go on to think about is Kate Chopin‘s 1894 subversive take on bereavement in a marriage, The Story Of An Hour (read the story because there are spoilers below).
At just over 1000 words, Chopin’s story is a prototype of flash fiction – perhaps the greatest story of that length in the English language – and enriched by the sensibility that made her life and work a prototype of 20th century feminism.
To emancipate woman is to refuse to confine her to the relations she bears to man, not to deny them to her; let her have her independent existence and she will continue none the less to exist to him also; mutually recognizing each other as subject, each will yet remain for the other an other.
Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex
Chopin anticipates de Beauvoir’s theory of emancipation but gives it a human identity, breathing (just) enough life into Mrs Louise Mallard to make the epiphany we witness at once transgressive and utterly logical. Logic is also a factor in the characterisation of Sarah Lund, pictured at the top of this post, the lynchpin of Søren Sveistrup’s Forbrydelsen (The Killing) trilogy of TV crime thriller series. Lund, described here by Emma Kennedy as the “finest fictional feminist icon ever created”, earns such billing because her “independent existence” as a woman is not relational; it doesn’t require the context of a man who might make her existence other than independent. That says much about the appeal of the character, and her portrayal by Sofie Gråbøl, but to attempt to follow a feminist trail leading back from Sarah Lund, through de Beauvoir and back to Louise Mallard in 1894, would be a procedural exercise too far even for Lund herself. Lund and Mrs Mallard work, first and last, as characters and it is in the context of their separate stories, and the theme of how stories work, that I find room for comparison, and a reason to frame them together.
The clue is in the title as to the timeframe of The Story Of An Hour. Specifically, it is the hour that follows Mrs Louise Mallard being told the reports of her husband’s death in a railway accident. Over the course of that hour, Louise comes to see her widowhood as an emancipation. I’ve read this story with students and several have responded to this process as a commentary on the Mallards’ marriage. It’s worth drawing a line in the sand here: there is no evidence that Brently and Louise were anything other than happily married, whether in terms of what would have been considered a happy marriage in middle class American society at that time or in the sense that any marriage is happy, as Louise muses:
And yet she had loved him–sometimes. Often she had not.
That’s neither unloving nor callous. It’s honest. And it doesn’t equate to an absence of grief. We see her grief almost as soon as she receives the news, weeping “with sudden, wild abandonment” in her sister’s arms before proceeding upstairs to her room. So we’re clear on this: Louise Mallard didn’t want her husband dead and she’s not happy because of what has happened to him; the change in her, the reason she latches onto the mantra proclaiming that she is “free”, comes from within. Or rather, we understand it to have come from within, for her freedom and independence to have been her own discovery when facing a future without the companionship of marriage but logically without its confinement as well. What Chopin does with magnificent economy is signal the change in Louise’s world. After the gentle breaking of the news, after the wild sobbing and the sad ascent, we see “facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair” into which she sinks, which then provides her with a view of more openness:
She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves.
There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing her window.
These are not the colours a widow would be expected to wear in the spring of her grief. Before it has become a thought in her head, let alone the word itself, Louise has taken in this scene and sensed that she is “free”. Her response thereafter is merely the euphoric embrace of this truth.
Louise Mallard, though, has a fatal flaw. It is flagged up in the opening sentence, which refers to her “heart trouble”, and it provides the second of the not one but two twists with which Chopin rounds off the story. In my opinion, Louise’s heart condition is also the fatal flaw of the story, whose perfection otherwise is enough to break any other writer’s heart. I can live with the first twist – the appearance at the door of a ruffled but demonstrably not dead Brently Mallard – but that this shock causes Louise to drop dead is a metaphorical flourish that denies us an ending as beautifully linked to the duration of the human life as the story so far has been. The thought of how Louise would have to deal with Brently’s return, knowing how that happy event would kill off her emancipation as soon as it awoke; the prospect of those years – it’s not the closure a dead body provides but surely it would have been a better ending?
Of course, my quibble about Chopin’s ending is a measure of how comprehensively she has communicated Louise’s character and situation to me, so that I believe in her emotional life and would like to think it will present her with new struggles following the resumption of her marriage. But this could only ever have been fancy on my part, regardless of whether Chopin killed her off or not. If the writer chose to end her story at a particular point, that’s the end of Louise Mallard and (leaving aside the possibility of a Kate Chopin fan-fic tribute act on the short fiction circuit) there’s nothing anyone can do about it.
The ending of Sarah Lund’s story, which unravelled over five years on Danish television but held UK BBC4 viewers transfixed across a more intense two years, raises an interesting counterpoint to the notion of closure we might take from a story such as Chopin’s. The Story Of An Hour double-bluff and dead end can be set against contemporaneous work by Guy de Maupassant, with his own artfully crafted twists, or the 1903 novella by Henry James, The Beast In The Jungle in which the central character, John Marcher, alive almost exclusively in his mind, is followed not quite to death but to utter abasement when he throws himself on the grave of the woman whose love (which would have saved him) he failed to recognise. This dispensation of somewhat rough-hewn irony doesn’t suit our times or tastes. We can cope with ambivalence, even at the end of a narrative which has absorbed our time, energy and emotion. Nevertheless, the decision by Søren Sveistrup to assign a nominal continuation of existence beyond the closure of her story was not universally welcomed by fans. It brought to mind the grumbling that accompanied the end of an earlier, great novelistic TV series. David Chase’s HBO series The Sopranos bowed out in 2007, the same year Lund slipped on her first jumper on Denmark’s DR1 channel. Having spent six seasons building towards getting whacked, James Gandolfini’s crimelord Tony Soprano was last seen sharing a meal in a diner with his wife and son, putting Journey’s Don’t Stop Believing on the jukebox – and the way the cool kids do irony these days, that’s not even social death.
Lund too, having committed an act that could never see her restored to her CID desk, had done enough to round off The Killing 3 with her death – certainly more than poor Louise Mallard – but the objection to Chase and Sveistrup’s respective decisions stemmed perhaps from a difficulty on the part of viewers to accept that these characters never belonged to us in the first place. I wonder about that, though. For a series that occupied 40 hour-long episodes over its three seasons, The Killing moved in fairly tight revolutions around its central idea: a crime whose resolution is ultimately shaped by the repercussions from the loss and grief suffered by the victim’s family. It seems bizarre to talk of a character so exquisitely drawn as Lund simply as a conduit for this process but she is there to drive the more routinely generic aspect of the thriller as an embodiment of the Raymond Chandler line – “Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid” – who becomes with each investigation more intricately woven into that tapestry of loss and grief, and the audience wouldn’t want it any other way. Unlike Chopin, whose deadlines wouldn’t have permitted her sticking around 120 years to find out my take on her ending, Sveistrup is balancing his own writerly concerns with the knowledge that his audience really does have a stake in his creation. The closure, then, is his, the opportunity to end something, to regain possession of his art and to find a new way to tell the old story.
Sarah Lund may walk through his door one day, armed with a persuasive commission from a production company, or accompanied by the trumpets of “popular demand”, as he walks from his room, repeating the word, “Free, free, free…” Let’s hope his heart is in decent condition.
Tags: comma, confinement, david constantine, emma kennedy, forbrydelsen, hassan blasim, kate chopin, pawel huelle, raymond chandler, Søren Sveistrup, simone de beauvoir
Review: “Once You Break A Knuckle” (D.W. Wilson, Bloomsbury 2011)
There is currently no indication in the Wikipedia entry on Invermere, British Columbia, a destination for summer retreats held like a slingshot by the Rocky Mountains around Windermere Lake, of the town’s literary significance. We may not be operating on the level of pilgrimages to addresses on Baker Street or for dérives through Dublin, but the small Canadian town has made an emphatic claim to a place on the short fiction map. The backdrop to D.W Wilson’s 2011 BBC National Short Story Award-winner, The Dead Roads, which I looked at back in October and which is included here, is examined in closer detail throughout Wilson’s debut collection. Invermere, the town out from which The Dead Road‘s protagonists are taking a road trip, is a constant presence throughout. The primary subject matter, though, is less the town, more its menfolk.
Each of the stories in Once You Break A Knuckle features a male protagonist, and Wilson very often examines them within their relationship with other men: fathers and sons, childhood friends, brothers, mentors, employers. Some characters recur at different moments in their lives while others unfold over years within the one story. An example of the latter is Winch, who emerges from the shadow, and initial narrative Point of View, of his father, Conner, in Valley Echo. The father here, as elsewhere in the story cycle, represents at various times – and often simultaneously – an aspirational role model and a booby trap to avoid. Conner and Winch have in common abandonment by Winch’s mother and, when the sixteen year-old Winch develops a crush on a teacher, Miss Hawk, he is disturbed to discover more common ground with his father. Miss Hawk’s presence in this story is typical of the way women feature throughout the collection. Neither irrelevant nor invisble, Invermere’s women represent additional spurs and challenges to the men, occasional comforts and somewhat baffling certainty alongside the other constants of their lives, like the trucks, the beer, the frozen lake, the condominiums in construction and the slippage of time. This is perhaps articulated most clearly in The Persistence, where women are central to the gaze of the protagonist, Ray, as can be seen in the memorable economy of this description of Alex, the attractive wife of Ray’s friend and current employer, Mud:
She wore track pants and a windbreaker, had probably been out running – one of those fitness women with legs like nautical rope.
Ray has returned to the area from what seems to have been a self-imposed exile following the breakdown of his relationship with Tracey, who left him for a rival building contractor. Now, with Mud and Alex in support, he begins to consider a new start and a possible relationship with a co-worker, Kelly. The reason for leaving and the reason for staying: the women are irrevocably linked to the emotions the men associate with the town itself.
The machinery of the town is wrought from masculinity. This is best exemplified in the person of John Crease, mounted policeman, security ‘consultant’ in post-war Kosovo, single father, martial artist, a man who, we learn in the opening story, The Elasticity of Bone:
[has] fists…named “Six Months in the Hospital” and “Instant Death”, and he referred to himself as the Kid of Granite, though the last was a bit of humour most people don’t quite get. He wore jeans and a sweatshirt with a picture of two bears in bandanas gnawing human bones. The caption read: Don’t Write Cheques Your Body Can’t Cash.
The description is courtesy of Will, John’s son. Their relationship is claustrophobic, the tenderness expressed in verbal and often physical sparring, and the impression grows across the various stories in which they appear that the bond is built on a stand-off between each man’s occult adherence to his own concept of male-ness. Although his father’s profession beckons, Will is, could be, might become a writer. It’s the time-honoured route out of the small town so much fiction and drama has taken, and which was so wonderfully lampooned by the Monty Python Working-class Playwright sketch (“Aye, ‘ampstead wasn’t good enough for you, was it? … you had to go poncing off to Barnsley, you and yer coal-mining friends.”). Wilson never targets the obvious dramatic flashpoint, never takes a Billy Elliot path by making Will’s writing a fetishised focal point – he just allows the slow resolution to roll into view. When this happens – as with other characters when we catch up with them after encountering their younger selves in earlier stories – the effect is slightly shocking but feels true. This may be because, while the where of these stories is unchanging, the when dances about, evading scrutiny of its larger contemporary narratives and instead presenting the community in moments of temporal suspension: what, in the title story, Will’s loyal friend Mitch describes as “days like these with Will and his dad, looking forward in time or something, just the bullshit of it.” It’s a pretty workable summary of what I mean by real time short stories, and certainly what is a particular trait of short fiction: presenting moments that may be lifted out of the specifics of time and space in their settings but that manage to illuminate something more elemental about the human condition.
The small town location provides the grammar for this story cycle. We’ve seen how other contemporary writers have pursued unifying themes for their short story collections – Hassan Blasim and Zoe Lambert‘s variations on war; Anthony Doerr‘s employment of memory as a framing device – but this thematic approach, while it offers publishers of single author collections the selling point of a hook, that makes it very much suited to our times, has a formidable history. With his story cycle based around one location, Wilson is making a connection with James Joyce’s The Dubliners or, more specifically in the small town context, Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio where –
The town lies in the midst of open fields, but beyond the fields are pleasant patches of woodlands. In the wooded places are many little cloistered nooks, quiet places where lovers go to sit on Sunday afternoons.
– but where, in this story, Adventure, Anderson tells of a young woman, Alice, who does not join her contemporaries in the woods but instead –
As she stood looking out over the land something, perhaps the thought of never ceasing life as it expresses itself in the flow of the seasons, fixed her mind on the passing years.
Such is the inevitable fictional loop of the small town narrative, where characters are defined by place, and thereby defined by their bond to or desire to liberate themselves from the “never ceasing life” with its circular dramas and choreographed quirks.
The men in Invermere push and pull one another in various directions but, in the main, they seem scooped up from the same gravel. Difference relates to disorder in a context like this, as in Frode Grytten’s Sing Me To Sleep, where the alienation endured by the middle-aged Smiths fan mounts, through grief at his mother’s long illness and death, and his own quiff-kitemarked loneliness, to a beautiful, baleful crescendo of resolution. In Wilson’s The Mathematics of Friedrich Gauss, the first person narrative builds up a similar momentum, though the emotional surge at the end merely serves to clear away the narrator’s denial and reveal his truth to devastating effect. Along the way, we learn about the narrator’s inability, as the local mathematics teacher, to live up to the physical expectations of the manually proficient locals – such as his eminently capable wife – and we learn of his project, writing a biography of Carl Friedrich Gauss, the inventor of the heliotrope, who managed to combine mathematical genius with a labourer’s physicality:
The day after we met, on that beach near Saskatoon, my wife showed me how to gather barnacles for protein. She shanked a pocket knife between the rock and the shell and popped the creature off like a coat snap, this grin on her face like nothing could be more fun. I never got the hang of it. She has stopped showing me how.
– We’re not unhappy, I tell my wife.
– Don’t you ever wonder if you could have done better? she says, and she looks at me with eyes grown wide and disappointed.
Gauss’s first wife died in 1809, complications from childbirth. A number of people have recounted the scene on her deathbed – how he squandered her final moments, how he spent precious hours preoccupied with a new puzzle in number theory. These tales are all apocryphal. These are the tales of a lonely man. Picture them, Gauss, with his labourer’s shoulders juddering, Johanna in bed with her angel’s hair around her like a skimmer dress, his cheek on the bedside, snub nose grazing her ribs.
It’s one thing to write about the business of being a man with prose that strides into the room, waves its Jeremy Clarkson arse in your face by way of manly humour, and makes a Charlton Heston grab for Chekhov’s gun, placing it in the grip of its cold, dead narrative – but a writer who understands men will be able to depict emotion the way Wilson does in the passage above, and throughout Once You Break A Knuckle. There are versions of being a man here so alien to my sensibilities, Bruce Parry‘s inductions into shamanism in Borneo seem, in comparision, as complicated as setting up a Twitter account. Yet the alchemy at work in D.W. Wilson’s writing is such that, when I think about each of the characters in each of the stories, I can’t help feeling that I have been, at some point in life, some small part of every one of them.
D.W. Wilson‘s Once You Break A Knuckle is published by Bloomsbury Press.
Tags: anthony doerr, bbc national short story award 2011, bloomsbury, Canada, d w wilson, frode grytten, hassan blasim, james joyce, publications, sherwood anderson, small town, zoe lambert
Review: “The War Tour” (Zoe Lambert, Comma Press 2011)
Posted by: may1366 on: March 9, 2012
Zoe Lambert’s debut collection, The War Tour, places horror and banality in uncomfortable proximity. The title suggests this: if we are not the direct participants or, for the sake of greater moral comfort, the victims in warfare, how do we stand in relation to the horror? As tourists, turning the bloodshed into a photo opportunity? As writers, notebooks and dictaphones poised so we might appropriate the voices of those who were actually there? The book is not designed to offer a settling response to this queasy feeling that we are somehow implicated in the actions that shape Lambert’s narratives.
In her opening story, These Words are No More Than a Story About a Woman on a Bus, Lambert deploys the second person narrative voice – “you” – to place the reader inside the crawling skin of a suited, briefcase-wielding commuter latched onto by an elderly Lithuanian woman, keen to share her memories of her country’s invasion by the Russian army. “You’re not sure what to do with this story,” the narrative tells you. It’s a pertinent observation. The woman’s story does not belong to us – none of these stories does – so what is going on when we take possession of them? Lambert acknowledges that her literary ventriloquism could be interpreted as an unwarranted, even imperialist, intervention. The collection ends with a chapter of Notes, in which Lambert responds to (her own, as much as anyone else’s) concerns that her approach risks being seen in terms of Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak‘s objection to the well-meaning idea of “speaking for” the disempowered. The Notes then snake away from the theoretical question to give an illuminating picture of Lambert’s poetics. She considers the notion of appropriating the voices of historical figures by considering the diaries of the imperialist Captain John Hanning Speke and the botanist Charlotte Manning. The diaries serve as fictions – not everything is told or understood by their writers; they remain versions within which Lambert weaves her own imaginings as a writer, experiencing the process as a profound collaboration. If appropriation is taking place, that’s because that’s what writers do. I’ll do it to you if we ever met, and I do it to myself every time I write.
I do, however, find truth in Spivak’s point when reading a story like Road Song, by Joanne Harris, which appears in a 2010 Vintage collection, Because I Am A Girl, for which seven renowned authors spoke to young girls in different continents in order to represent their stories and situations. The proceeds from the collection support the charity, Plan, which aims to support self-empowerment in the developing world so the stories can be accepted as an elegant stump for a worthy cause. However, in a passage like this, set in her character Adjo’s local market, I find the prose Harris constructs less of a vehicle for the young girl’s cultural experience and more a giddy, exotic rickshaw ride for a tourist sensibility:
Adjo likes the market. There are so many things to see there. Young men riding mopeds; women riding pillion. Sellers of manioc and fried plantain. Flatbed trucks bearing timber. Vaudou men selling spells and charms. Dough-ball stands by the roadside. Pancakes and foufou; yams and bananas; mountains of millet and peppers and rice. Fabrics of all colours; sarongs and scarves and dupattas. Bead necklaces, bronze earrings; tins of harissa; bangles; pottery dishes; bottles and gourds; spices and salt; garlands of chillies; cooking pots; brooms; baskets; plastic buckets; knives; Coca-Cola; engine oil and sandals made from plaited grass.
Lambert is not concerned with the thrilling wordiness of her diverse subjects: she is concerned with character. What bothers her, as a short story obsessive, is the problem of collapsing War – that emesis of human struggle, conflict, which shatters life in half a second and hangs onto lives for years and through generations; that pitches your street against mine in the next block along and then follows us across oceans and sets itself up in a new continent – into the tidy sealed boxes we call stories. The collection takes its cue from Trotsky’s assertion that “You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.” Though there was a point when I was wondering how many more ways Lambert could find to write the sudden explosion or hail of gunfire that seemed to arrive like a narrative epiphany in a succession of the stories, the collection as a whole examines war – and shows how war examines us – from many more angles than just direct armed conflict.
The characters, conflicts and locations manouevre around one another in the stories. Two stories cross paths on Manchester’s Langworthy Road: in From Kandahar, squaddie Phil returns from a tour of duty, decorated but unable to reconcile his hero’s status with the knowledge he has acquired; in We’ll Meet Again, Rwandan care home assistant Leon leads an ordinary life yet it is one consistently shadowed by genocide. As a Manchester writer, the setting and therefore the stories are available to Lambert; she also allows the reader to detect an autobiographical veracity in the snapshots of the squabbling interrailing couple, Yvonne and James, traipsing around central Europe’s ancient and recent war zones in the title story and Our Backs To The Fort. If Lambert’s city and travel history have Hitchcockian cameos in these stories, it is the level of research, the desire to bring to light hidden, forgotten or sidelined stories of war, and the willingness to showcase her writerly concerns that form the basis of Lambert’s personal hallmark.
The effect can be polemic. There is, in 33 Bullets a welcome if shaming illustration of the conditions in which failed asylum seekers are detained in Britain, and the intractable barriers they face during the appeals process. This would not work if the characters were ciphers for a political argument. As it is, the central character of 33 Bullets, Devrim, is one of the most compelling in the book, an academic of insufficient standing to be considered at risk should he be returned to Iran, desperate to finish and publish a study of the Kurdish poet, Ahmed Arif, in order to demonstrate his credentials:
No-one understood that if his work was accepted by a journal, he might get a book contract, and when he was recognised as an authority on Kurdish literature he might get special dispensation to stay in the UK. ‘With this,’ he said, holding up his work, ‘they won’t deport me!’
Japhet [his cellmate] frowned. ‘Deport,’ he said. ‘They deport you…me… ‘ He gestured around the room. ‘Tout le monde. Est-ce que vous comprendez?’
Ultimately, Devrim finds a purpose in his futile paper-chase, influenced by Japhet’s steely pragmatism. There is a conversation between Arif’s words and Devrim’s attempts to write about them (“Poems are necessary to survival. We all make them out of the words we have.“) and there is a conversation between the words already written and the words Lambert is trying to find to map and make sense of these experiences. It’s a bold writer who works in full acceptance of the inevitable failure of her project, but failure in this case is also the most honorable and necessary response: to completely understand the workings of people’s minds in wartime would demand from us madness or monstrosity. We encounter Japhet again in When The Truck Came, a tense and powerful rites of passage from the schoolboy stumbling into and then through the ranks of a militia to being one of the personal bodyguards of the unit’s leader,’The General’, a figure who will, from this week on, inevitably bring to mind Joseph Kony. Here’s where the gap with full understanding comes in, though. What we now know of Kony exceeds even the sickening demonstrations of nihilism to which Japhet is privy, just as, in From Kandahar, Phil’s existential turbulence couldn’t compete for horror with the latest news of British casualties in Afghanistan. War is interested in you, but it’s more interested in excising the pus from its own scabs, using a rusty nail, than with attending to your emotional bruises. And Lambert is attempting to take on neither Andy McNabb nor Sun Tzu here: as the collection progresses, the observation of how a writer finds points of contact and communication with her subjects becomes increasingly engrossing.
Some of Lambert’s characters offer easy skins into which a contemporary British writer may slip: both Senka, the Serbian narrator of Turbofolk, and Phil, disembarking the bus on Langworthy Road, are every prodigal child returning home after growing to adulthood elsewhere, and having to deal with overbearing relations and hometown ghosts. Without experience of the Balkan conflict, we still can recognise Senka’s response to her mother’s anxiety over the post-war recriminations directed at journalists seen as having supported genocide – journalists like Senka’s seriously ill father:
I really want to lie down, drink some beer, check my email. But I sigh and pick up the print out of the article: ‘Media Warmongers Should Face Prosecution at the ICTY.’
Even more ambitious are the stories based on primary source material from major episodes in the lives of two women who would have been extraordinary figures for their work alone, but are all the more so because each was operating in a male-dominated environment. One of the pioneers of nuclear fission, Lise Meitner, struggles to emerge as a proactive character in Crystal Night, though dynamism and resolve must have been facets of her personality. The period covered by the story, though, is when Meitner, an Austrian Jew in pre-war Berlin, was belatedly forced into exile having, by her own admission, been so wrapped up in the work that she failed to respond to the Nazi regime’s growing menace. Her disconnection as a character has therefore some consistency. More rounded is the characterisation of the German revolutionary Marxist, Rosa Luxemburg, in The Spartacist League. This captures her during the momentary promise of a sweeping social revolution in Germany, following the end of World War One and the removal of the Kaiser, which was brutally put down by the government of erstwhile radicals, the Social Democrats. I confess that my view of this story was tinted by the memory of the theoretical arguments I used to stage when I was studying for my History degree in the 80s. The debates would pit Lenin against Trotsky – and Luxemburg would always win, nipping in with a tract from The Mass Strike, so I felt oddly starstruck to be in her company during the story. Lambert’s methodology – when she wrote what she wrote, this is the scene I see – is clear in this passage, where we can feel history trickling through the cracks in the woodwork:
It is nearly 2a.m. and Rosa is working in the attic room on Friedrichstraße. She is sitting at a large desk with an oil lamp burning beside her. She picks at a plate of cheese and rye bread, which Mathilde bought a few hours ago. She will ironically call the article: ‘Order Prevails In Berlin.’ The tone must be defiant and angry about the Ebert government’s so called victory when even now she can hear gunfire on the street.
The War Tour offers repeated encounters like this, between the intimate bodily experience of war and the remote writer’s imagination about its characters and situations. It is the nature of a themed collection that larger narratives are hinted at. In the short story business, we need a strong cadre of the willing to fight the cause. The novel-writing careers of Ali Smith or Michel Faber are developments I’d only ever praise through gritted teeth. Yet it’s possible to detect in Lambert, despite her dedication to the short form, the novelistic skills of research and organisation of her material that would serve her well should she ever decide to abandon the virtue of concision.
The War Tour by Zoe Lambert is published by Comma Press in paperback and for Kindle.
Reviews of short story collections are a new, occasional feature on Real Time Short Stories. Authors and publishers are invited to get in touch to arrange reviews of new work
Tags: collections, comma, hassan blasim, joanne harris, poetics, POV, real time, rosa luxemburg, trotsky, war, zoe lambert
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Justia Regulation Tracker Department Of Commerce International Trade Administration Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Mexico: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Rescission of Review, in Part; 2017-2018, 48907-48909 [2019-20085]
Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Mexico: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Rescission of Review, in Part; 2017-2018, 48907-48909 [2019-20085]
Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 180 / Tuesday, September 17, 2019 / Notices Comments should be sent to the address in the preamble. Dated: September 4, 2019. Simon Y. Liu, Associate Administrator, ARS. [FR Doc. 2019–20094 Filed 9–16–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–03–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bureau of Economic Analysis jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with NOTICES Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Agency: Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Commerce. Title: Quarterly Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad—Transactions of U.S. Reporter with Foreign Affiliate. OMB Control Number: 0608–0004. Form Number: BE–577. Type of Request: Regular submission. 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Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to OIRA_Submission@ omb.eop.gov or fax to (202)395–5806. Sheleen Dumas, Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Commerce Department. [FR Doc. 2019–20021 Filed 9–16–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–06–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–201–805] Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Mexico: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Rescission of Review, in Part; 2017–2018 Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from Mexico. The period of review (POR) is November 1, 2017 through October 31, 2018. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results. DATES: Applicable September 17, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Flessner, AD/CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–6312. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: Background On February 29, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of the initiation of the administrative review of the PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 48907 antidumping duty (AD) order 1 on certain circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from Mexico for 37 companies.2 For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this administrative review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.3 The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance’s AD and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https:// access.trade.gov, and to all parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content. A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as Appendix I to this notice. On May 7, 2019, all requests for administrative review were timely withdrawn with regard to 34 companies (listed in Appendix II to this notice), leaving only Conduit, S.A. de C.V. (Conduit), Mueller Comercial de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. (Mueller), and RYMCO subject to the administrative review.4 On June 28, 2019, we received a timely filed certification of no shipments of subject merchandise from Mueller.5 On July 8, 2019, we received a timely filed certification of no shipments of subject 1 See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Brazil, the Republic of Korea (Korea), Mexico, and Venezuela and Amendment to Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Korea, 57 FR 49453 (November 2, 1992) (Order). 2 See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 2159 (February 6, 2019) (Initiation Notice); see also Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 9297 (March 14, 2019) (containing a correction to the listing of the names in the Initiation Notice). 3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Mexico: 2017–2018,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 4 See Petitioner’s, ‘‘Certain Circular Welded NonAlloy Steel Pipes and Tubes from Mexico: Partial Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,’’ dated May 7, 2019; see also Domestic Interested Parties’ Letter, ‘‘Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Mexico: Partial Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,’’ dated May 7, 2019. 5 See Mueller’s Letter, ‘‘Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Mexico: Mueller Certification of No Shipments,’’ dated June 28, 2019 (Mueller Statement of No Shipments). E:\FR\FM\17SEN1.SGM 17SEN1 48908 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 180 / Tuesday, September 17, 2019 / Notices merchandise from Conduit and RYMCO in lieu of a questionnaire response.6 Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines affected by the partial federal government closure from December 22, 2018 through the resumption of operations on January 29, 2019.7 The revised deadline for the preliminary results is September 11, 2019. Scope of the Order The merchandise under review is circular welded non-alloy steel pipes and tubes. The merchandise covered by the Order and subject to this review is currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) at subheadings: 7306.30.10.00, 7306.30.50.25, 7306.30.50.32, 7306.30.50.40, 7306.30.50.55, 7306.30.50.85, and 7306.30.50.90. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, our written description of the scope of these proceedings is dispositive. A full description of the scope of the Order is contained in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Methodology Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For a full description of the methodology underlying our preliminary results of review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments Prior to the issuance of the questionnaire, Conduit reported that it made no sales of subject merchandise during the POR.8 On May 8, 2019, we placed the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) port inquiry instructions on the record that we sent to CBP regarding each company that submitted a statement of no shipments. We received no information from CBP contrary to the statements of no jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with NOTICES 6 See Conduit/RYMCO’s Letter, ‘‘Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Mexico: Conduit/RYMCO Response to Department Questionnaire—Statement of No Sales of Subject Merchandise,’’ dated July 8, 2019 (Conduit/RYMCO Statement of No Shipments). 7 See Memorandum to the Record from Gary Taverman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ‘‘Deadlines Affected by the Partial Shutdown of the Federal Government,’’ dated January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been extended by 40 days. 8 See Conduit’s Letter, ‘‘Circular Welded NonAlloy Steel Pipe from Mexico: Response to Comments on Notice of No Sales and Confirmation of No Sales, dated April 19, 2019. This statement included RYMCO. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:05 Sep 16, 2019 Jkt 247001 shipments from the companies contained in the attachments to the CBP Information Memorandum.9 On July 8, 2019, we received a certification of no shipments of subject merchandise from Conduit and RYMCO which contained documentation supporting their contentions that they had no prior knowledge of subject merchandise exported to the United States during the POR, and that the products listed in the CBP data were not subject merchandise in any case.10 Based on this evidence, we preliminarily determine that Conduit and RYMCO made no shipments of subject merchandise into the United States during the POR. As stated above, we received a certification of no shipments of subject merchandise from Mueller which contained documentation in support of its contention that it had no prior knowledge of the entry of products it had sold into the United States.11 Based on this evidence, we preliminarily determine that Mueller made no shipments of subject merchandise into the United States during the POR. Therefore, based on the claims of no shipments by Mueller, and because the record currently contains no information to the contrary, we preliminarily determine that Conduit had no shipments of subject merchandise, and therefore no reviewable transactions, during the POR. Consistent with our practice, we are not rescinding this review with respect to Conduit, RYMCO and Mueller, but we intend to complete the review of Conduit, RYMCO and Mueller and issue appropriate instructions to CBP based on the final results of this review. For a complete analysis of this statement of no shipments, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.12 Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party or parties that requested a review withdraw the request within 90 days of the publication date of the notice of initiation of the requested review. As noted above, all requests for administrative review were timely withdrawn for certain 9 The port inquiries were for: Conduit, ITISA, Lamina y Placa, Mach 1 Aero, Mach 1 Global, Regiopytsa, Tubacero, and TUMEX. 10 See Conduit/RYMCO Statement of No Shipments. 11 See Mueller Statement of No Shipments. 12 See Preliminary Decision Memorandum, at 6– 8. PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 companies. Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding this administrative review with respect to 34 of the 37 companies named in the Initiation Notice.13 See Appendix II for a list of these companies. Disclosure and Public Comment No calculations were performed for these preliminary results. Interested parties may submit case briefs no later than 30 days after the date of publication of these preliminary results of review.14 Rebuttal briefs may be filed no later than five days after case briefs are due and may respond only to arguments raised in the case briefs.15 Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue, (2) a brief summary of the argument, and (3) a table of authorities.16 Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received successfully in its entirety by Commerce’s electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.17 Requests should contain: (1) The party’s name, address and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case briefs. Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative review, which will include the results of its analysis of issues raised in any briefs, within 120 days of publication of these preliminary results of review, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. Assessment Upon issuing the final results, Commerce will determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review.18 In the case of changes in the methodology used in the final results from those in these preliminary results, if the respondent’s weighted-average dumping margin is above de minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent) in the final results of 13 See Initiation Notice, 84 FR at 2160–2161. 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii). 15 See 19 CFR 351.309(d). 16 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 17 See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 18 See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 14 See E:\FR\FM\17SEN1.SGM 17SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 180 / Tuesday, September 17, 2019 / Notices this review, we intend to calculate an importer-specific assessment rate on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the importer’s examined sales and the total entered value of the sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).19 If the respondent’s weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis in the final results, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.20 The final results of this administrative review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise under review and for future deposits of estimated duties, where applicable. In the case of no change in the methodology used in the final results from these preliminary results, for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Conduit, Mueller, or RYMCO for which that producer did not know its merchandise was destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of the final results of this review. jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with NOTICES Cash Deposit Requirements The following deposit requirements for estimated antidumping duties will be effective upon publication of the notice of final results of this review for all shipments of certain circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from Mexico entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication as provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Conduit, Mueller, and RYMCO, subject to this review, will be the rate established in the final results of the review; (2) for merchandise exported by producers or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original investigation but the producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period for the producer of the 19 In these preliminary results, Commerce applied the assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012). 20 Id., 77 FR at 8102. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:05 Sep 16, 2019 Jkt 247001 merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be 36.62 percent,21 the allothers rate established in the less-thanfair-value investigation. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice. Notification to Importers This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce’s presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties. Administrative Protective Orders This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation. Notification to Interested Parties Commerce is issuing and publishing these results in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4). Dated: September 11, 2019. Jeffrey I. Kessler, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Appendix I List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum I. Summary II. Background III. Scope of the Order IV. Analysis V. Conclusion Appendix II Companies for Which This Administrative Review Is Being Rescinded 1. Abastecedora y Perfiles y Tubos, S.A. de C.V. 2. ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Monterrey, S.A. de C.V. 3. Arceros El Aguila y 4. Arco Metal, S.A. de C.V. 5. Burner Systems International De Mexico, 21 See PO 00000 Order. Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 48909 S.A. de C.V. 6. fischer Mexicana Stainless Steel Tubing S.A. de C.V. 7. fischer Tubtech S.A. de C.V. 8. Fabricaciones Industriales Tumex, S.A. de C. V. 9. Forza Steel, S.A. de C.V. 10. Galvak, S.A. de C.V. 11. Impulsora Tlaxcalteca de Industrias, S.A. de C.V. 12. Industrias Monterrey S.A. de C.V. 13. La Metalica, S.A. de C.V 14. Lamina y Placa Comercial, S.A. de C.V. 15. Mach 1 Aero Servicios, S. de R.L. de C.V. 16. Mach 1 Global Services, Inc. 17. Maquilacero, S.A. de C.V. 18. Nacional de Acero, S.A. de C.V. 19. Nova Tube and Coil de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. 20. Perfiles y Herrajes LM, S.A. de C.V. 21. Precitubo S.A. de C.V. 22. Productos Especializados de Acero, S.A. de C.V. 23. Productos Laminados de Monterrey, S.A. de C.V. 24. PYTCO, S.A. de C.V. 25. Regiomontana de Perfiles y Tubos, S.A. de C.V. 26. Servicios Swecomex, S.A. de C.V. 27. Talleres Acerorey, S.A. de C.V. 28. Ternium Mexico, S.A. de C.V. 29. Tubac, S.A. de C.V. 30. Tubacero S. de R.L. de C.V. 31. Tuberia Laguna, S.A. de C.V. 32. Tuberias Procarsa, S.A. de C.V. 33. Tubesa, S.A. de C.V. 34. Tubos Omega [FR Doc. 2019–20085 Filed 9–16–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–570–053, A–570–073, C–570–054, C–570– 074] Certain Aluminum Foil and Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From the People’s Republic of China: Notice of Initiation and Preliminary Determination of Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Reviews Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating changed circumstances reviews (CCRs) and preliminarily determines that Shanghai Huafon Aluminium Corporation (Shanghai Huafon) is the successor-ininterest to Huafon Nikkei Aluminium Corporation (Huafon Nikkei) and, accordingly, that Shanghai Huafon should be assigned the cash deposit rates established for Huafon Nikkei for purposes of the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on certain aluminum foil (aluminum foil) and common alloy aluminum sheet AGENCY: E:\FR\FM\17SEN1.SGM 17SEN1
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 17, 2019)]
[A-201-805]
Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Mexico:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and
Rescission of Review, in Part; 2017-2018
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain circular
welded non-alloy steel pipe from Mexico. The period of review (POR) is
November 1, 2017 through October 31, 2018. We invite interested parties
to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable September 17, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Flessner, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6312.
On February 29, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a
notice of the initiation of the administrative review of the
antidumping duty (AD) order \1\ on certain circular welded non-alloy
steel pipe from Mexico for 37 companies.\2\ For a complete description
of the events that followed the initiation of this administrative
review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\3\ The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically
via Enforcement and Compliance's AD and Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered
users at https://access.trade.gov, and to all parties in the Central
Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The
signed and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content. A list of topics included in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as Appendix I to this
\1\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Circular
Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Brazil, the Republic of Korea
(Korea), Mexico, and Venezuela and Amendment to Final Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Welded Non-Alloy Steel
Pipe from Korea, 57 FR 49453 (November 2, 1992) (Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 2159 (February 6, 2019) (Initiation
Notice); see also Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 9297 (March 14, 2019) (containing a
correction to the listing of the names in the Initiation Notice).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Circular
Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Mexico: 2017-2018,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
On May 7, 2019, all requests for administrative review were timely
withdrawn with regard to 34 companies (listed in Appendix II to this
notice), leaving only Conduit, S.A. de C.V. (Conduit), Mueller
Comercial de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. (Mueller), and RYMCO subject to
the administrative review.\4\ On June 28, 2019, we received a timely
filed certification of no shipments of subject merchandise from
Mueller.\5\ On July 8, 2019, we received a timely filed certification
of no shipments of subject
merchandise from Conduit and RYMCO in lieu of a questionnaire
response.\6\
\4\ See Petitioner's, ``Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel
Pipes and Tubes from Mexico: Partial Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review,'' dated May 7, 2019; see also Domestic
Interested Parties' Letter, ``Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy
Steel Pipe from Mexico: Partial Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review,'' dated May 7, 2019.
\5\ See Mueller's Letter, ``Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy
Steel Pipe from Mexico: Mueller Certification of No Shipments,''
dated June 28, 2019 (Mueller Statement of No Shipments).
\6\ See Conduit/RYMCO's Letter, ``Certain Circular Welded Non-
Alloy Steel Pipe from Mexico: Conduit/RYMCO Response to Department
Questionnaire--Statement of No Sales of Subject Merchandise,'' dated
July 8, 2019 (Conduit/RYMCO Statement of No Shipments).
Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines affected by
the partial federal government closure from December 22, 2018 through
the resumption of operations on January 29, 2019.\7\ The revised
deadline for the preliminary results is September 11, 2019.
\7\ See Memorandum to the Record from Gary Taverman, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines
Affected by the Partial Shutdown of the Federal Government,'' dated
January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding
have been extended by 40 days.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise under review is circular welded non-alloy steel
pipes and tubes. The merchandise covered by the Order and subject to
this review is currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule
of the United States (HTSUS) at subheadings: 7306.30.10.00,
7306.30.50.25, 7306.30.50.32, 7306.30.50.40, 7306.30.50.55,
7306.30.50.85, and 7306.30.50.90. Although the HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs purposes, our written description
of the scope of these proceedings is dispositive. A full description of
the scope of the Order is contained in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For a
full description of the methodology underlying our preliminary results
of review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
Prior to the issuance of the questionnaire, Conduit reported that
it made no sales of subject merchandise during the POR.\8\ On May 8,
2019, we placed the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) port
inquiry instructions on the record that we sent to CBP regarding each
company that submitted a statement of no shipments. We received no
information from CBP contrary to the statements of no shipments from
the companies contained in the attachments to the CBP Information
\8\ See Conduit's Letter, ``Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe
from Mexico: Response to Comments on Notice of No Sales and
Confirmation of No Sales, dated April 19, 2019. This statement
included RYMCO.
\9\ The port inquiries were for: Conduit, ITISA, Lamina y Placa,
Mach 1 Aero, Mach 1 Global, Regiopytsa, Tubacero, and TUMEX.
On July 8, 2019, we received a certification of no shipments of
subject merchandise from Conduit and RYMCO which contained
documentation supporting their contentions that they had no prior
knowledge of subject merchandise exported to the United States during
the POR, and that the products listed in the CBP data were not subject
merchandise in any case.\10\ Based on this evidence, we preliminarily
determine that Conduit and RYMCO made no shipments of subject
merchandise into the United States during the POR.
\10\ See Conduit/RYMCO Statement of No Shipments.
As stated above, we received a certification of no shipments of
subject merchandise from Mueller which contained documentation in
support of its contention that it had no prior knowledge of the entry
of products it had sold into the United States.\11\ Based on this
evidence, we preliminarily determine that Mueller made no shipments of
subject merchandise into the United States during the POR. Therefore,
based on the claims of no shipments by Mueller, and because the record
currently contains no information to the contrary, we preliminarily
determine that Conduit had no shipments of subject merchandise, and
therefore no reviewable transactions, during the POR.
\11\ See Mueller Statement of No Shipments.
Consistent with our practice, we are not rescinding this review
with respect to Conduit, RYMCO and Mueller, but we intend to complete
the review of Conduit, RYMCO and Mueller and issue appropriate
instructions to CBP based on the final results of this review. For a
complete analysis of this statement of no shipments, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\12\
\12\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum, at 6-8.
Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party or parties
that requested a review withdraw the request within 90 days of the
publication date of the notice of initiation of the requested review.
As noted above, all requests for administrative review were timely
withdrawn for certain companies. Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding this administrative review with
respect to 34 of the 37 companies named in the Initiation Notice.\13\
See Appendix II for a list of these companies.
\13\ See Initiation Notice, 84 FR at 2160-2161.
Disclosure and Public Comment
No calculations were performed for these preliminary results.
Interested parties may submit case briefs no later than 30 days after
the date of publication of these preliminary results of review.\14\
Rebuttal briefs may be filed no later than five days after case briefs
are due and may respond only to arguments raised in the case
briefs.\15\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this
proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement
of the issue, (2) a brief summary of the argument, and (3) a table of
authorities.\16\
\14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii).
\15\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
\16\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received successfully
in its entirety by Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of
this notice.\17\ Requests should contain: (1) The party's name, address
and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of
issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to
those raised in the respective case briefs.
\17\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, which will include the results
of its analysis of issues raised in any briefs, within 120 days of
publication of these preliminary results of review, pursuant to section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Upon issuing the final results, Commerce will determine, and CBP
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by
this review.\18\ In the case of changes in the methodology used in the
final results from those in these preliminary results, if the
respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is above de minimis (i.e.,
0.50 percent) in the final results of
this review, we intend to calculate an importer-specific assessment
rate on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of antidumping
duties calculated for the importer's examined sales and the total
entered value of the sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\19\
If the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de
minimis in the final results, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\20\ The final
results of this administrative review shall be the basis for the
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise under review
and for future deposits of estimated duties, where applicable.
\18\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\19\ In these preliminary results, Commerce applied the
assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping
Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty Proceedings; Final
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012).
\20\ Id., 77 FR at 8102.
In the case of no change in the methodology used in the final
results from these preliminary results, for entries of subject
merchandise during the POR produced by Conduit, Mueller, or RYMCO for
which that producer did not know its merchandise was destined for the
United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at
the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate
company(ies) involved in the transaction.
We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements for estimated antidumping duties
will be effective upon publication of the notice of final results of
this review for all shipments of certain circular welded non-alloy
steel pipe from Mexico entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of publication as provided by section
751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Conduit, Mueller,
and RYMCO, subject to this review, will be the rate established in the
final results of the review; (2) for merchandise exported by producers
or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a prior segment
of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the
company-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the
exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the
original investigation but the producer is, the cash deposit rate will
be the rate established for the most recent period for the producer of
the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or
exporters will continue to be 36.62 percent,\21\ the all-others rate
established in the less-than-fair-value investigation. These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
\21\ See Order.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
Commerce is issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: September 11, 2019.
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Analysis
Companies for Which This Administrative Review Is Being Rescinded
1. Abastecedora y Perfiles y Tubos, S.A. de C.V.
2. ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Monterrey, S.A. de C.V.
3. Arceros El Aguila y
4. Arco Metal, S.A. de C.V.
5. Burner Systems International De Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
6. fischer Mexicana Stainless Steel Tubing S.A. de C.V.
7. fischer Tubtech S.A. de C.V.
8. Fabricaciones Industriales Tumex, S.A. de C. V.
9. Forza Steel, S.A. de C.V.
10. Galvak, S.A. de C.V.
11. Impulsora Tlaxcalteca de Industrias, S.A. de C.V.
12. Industrias Monterrey S.A. de C.V.
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Some studies on the salivary anticoagulant components of the black fly Simulium vittatum (Diptera: Simuliidae).
Abebe, Makonnen.
Cupp, Eddie W.
Three major experiments on the anticoagulant components of the saliva of some black fly species were conducted. These included investigations on anticoagulant activities against factor Xa and thrombin in the salivary gland extracts (SGE) of Simulium argus Williston, S. vittatum Zettersted, S. metallicum Bellardi, and S. ochraceum Walker using in vitro, chromogenic substrate assays, biochemical and molecular characterization of the anti-thrombin from the saliva of S. vittatum and determination of the target enzyme in the vertebrate coagulation cascade of a novel anticoagulant from the saliva of S. vittatum. The study on anticoagulant activities in the four simuliid species revealed factor Xa inhibition to be common in all four species while thrombin inhibition was detected only in S. argus and S. vittatum. Both bovine and human α-thrombins were inhibited with the highest activity occurring with S. argus SGE. Factor Xa inhibition was highest in S. ochraceum which is an anthropophilic species and vector of Onchocerca volvulus, and lowest in S. vittatum, a primiparous autogenous species that is also zoophilic. Total soluble SGE protein also varied among the four species with the highest concentration measured in S. ochraceum and the lowest in S. vittatum. In the second experiment, the anti-thrombin component of the saliva of S. vittatum was purified using a two-step reverse phase (RP) high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) involving a C-8 macrosphere column. The molecular weight of the HPLC purified inhibitor was determined by laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry (LDI-MS) and was found to be 11,333 daltons. Studies on the effect of the molecule on other serine proteinases such as α-chymotrypsin, human neutrophil elastase, and human neutrophil cathepsin G showed that they are inhibited by the salivary anticoagulant. The N-terminal sequence for the first 35 amino acids was determined. The molecule has been named Simulidin. In the third experiment, a novel anticoagulant from the saliva of S. vittatum, with activities on factor V, was demonstrated using the activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) in HPLC partially purified salivary lysate. Factor Xa and thrombin were unaffected by the inhibitor.
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Cal Grant Information & Policies
How to apply for a Cal Grant
Step 1: Complete either a FAFSA or Dream Act Application:
U.S. Citizens, Permanent Residents, or Other Eligible Non-Citizens: Must complete and submit the online Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA.gov). The FAFSA must be completed and filed with the federal processor to be considered for Cal Grant. To e-sign the FAFSA, students must request an FSA ID. When completing the dependency questions on the FAFSA, students who are determined to be a “dependent" must also have one of their parents request a FSA ID to e-sign the student's FAFSA.
Dream Act: Students who meet the definition of an AB540 student: Must complete the California Dream Act Application (https://dream.csac.ca.gov/) by the March 2 deadline to be considered for a Dream Act Cal Grant. Students will be able to e-sign the Dream Act Application at the time of submission. When completing the dependency questions on the Dream Act Application, student who are determined to be a “dependent student" must have one of their parents request a pin # from the California Student aid Commission (CSAC).
Step 2: File a verified grade point average (GPA) with the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) (see section “Cal Grant GPA Requirement" below, for important information for this requirement)
Deadlines: (see section “Cal Grant Application Cycles" below, for important information regarding these deadlines)
March 2 – for California Community Colleges, CSU's, UC's or eligible private colleges.
September 2 - is only for students who have completed 16+ units and will be attending a California Community College (CCC)
For more information about the Cal Grant Application process, and to see who qualifies please go to https://www.csac.ca.gov/students:
General Cal Grant Eligibility Requirements
Students must:
Be a California Resident or AB 540 eligible
Not be in grant repayment or in default on a student loan
Be a U.S. citizen or eligible non-citizen or AB-540 eligible
Maintain satisfactory academic progress to receive payment
Not be incarcerated
Attend a Cal Grant eligible school
Meet Selective Service requirements if male
Not have earned a bachelor's degree
Enroll at least half-time to receive payment
For more information about the Cal Grant eligibility requirements, go to https://www.csac.ca.gov/students
Types of Cal Grant
There are three types of Cal Grant. Based on a student's responses while completing the FAFSA or Dream Act Application, the GPA Verification, and type of California College listed on the FAFSA or Dream Act Application will determine which Cal Grant they may be eligible.
Cal Grant A: Provides low-middle income students with tuition/fee assistance up to $12,630 at a University of California campus, up to $5,742 at a California State University campus, and up to $9,084 at independent colleges. Cal Grant A is for an academic program that is 2-4 years in length. If awarded at a California Community College, Cal Grant A will be held in reserve for up to two years until student transfers to a 4-year school while attending a California Community College.
Please note: It is the student's responsibility to make sure their Cal Grant A is on California Community College Reserve status with the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) if they are only attending classes at a California Community College. To find your status log in at https://mygrantinfo.csac.ca.gov/logon.asp.
Cal Grant B: Provides low-income students with a living allowance and assistance with tuition and fees. Most first-year students receive an allowance of up to $1,672 for books and living expenses. After the freshman year, Cal Grant B also helps pay tuition and fees (at universities) in the same amount as a Cal Grant A. For a Cal Grant B, student's coursework must be for at least one academic year. Cal Grant B is for an academic program that is at least 1 year in length. Sophomore through senior years the student will receive tuition and fees plus Access Award at tuition charging institution.
Cal Grant C: Provides up to $1,094 for books, tools, and equipment for non-transfer California Community College students ($2,462 more in tuition and fees for students who are attending a school other than a California Community College). Cal Grant C is for students who are pursuing an approved occupational Associate Degree or Certificate at a vocational, occupational or technical school. Cal Grant C is available for up to two years. Students selected by CSAC to receive a Cal Grant C are required to complete a Cal Grant C Supplement form. Cal Grant C is only offered only prior to the March 2 deadline.
For more information about the Cal Grant A, B, and C go to https://www.csac.ca.gov/students
Cal Grant Application Cycles
There are three distinct application cycles, which will determine if a student meets the High School Entitlement, Transfer Entitlement or Competitive.
High School Entitlement: Deadline is March 2, for current high school seniors, or prior year high school graduates who meet the general Cal Grant eligibility requirements. Students are required to have their high school submit their GPA by March 2.
New Entitlement Cal Grant A & B students must submit to CSAC on-line:
their High School Verification
confirm which school they will be attending (may start this process in February)
Transfer Entitlement: Deadline is March 2, for students who:
meet the Cal Grant eligibility requirements and plan to transfer directly from a California Community College (CCC) to a 4-year University that offers a bachelor degree in the award year
have a verified GPA electronically reported from a California Community College of 2.4
graduated from a California high school or have achieve the equivalent
are a California Resident at the time of high school graduation
are under the age of 28
have completed the Transfer Entitlement Verification form on https://mygrantinfo.csac.ca.gov/logon.asp
*Competitive: For students who are not awarded a Cal Grant Entitlement, who meet the Cal Grant eligibility requirements, and meet one of the following deadlines:
California Community College, CSU, UC or eligible Private College is March 2nd
California Community College Only is September 2nd
*Please note: there is a limit number of competitive awards offered each deadline. For more information about the Cal Grant A, B, and C go to https://www.csac.ca.gov/students
Cal Grant GPA Requirement
In addition to the FAFSA or Dream Act Application, a school certified Grade Point Average (GPA) must be submitted to the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) by the filing deadlines, in order to be considered for a Cal Grant award:
March 2 Deadline – for California Community Colleges, CSU's, UC's or eligible private colleges. It is for consideration of the Entitlement, the first competitive Cal Grant cycle, or Cal Grant C programs.
September 2 Deadline - is only for students who will be attending a CCC. It is for the second competitive cycle
CSAC will only accept GPAs by one of the following methods:
Certified by high school or college electronically. The fastest and most secure way for a student to submit his or her Cal Grant GPA is to have their school electronically upload the GPA directly to the California Student Aid Commission's system.
Certified by a school official on the paper GPA Verification form. The paper Cal Grant GPA Verification form must be certified by the school if the school cannot submit it electronically. Click on the following link to download the Cal Grant GPA Verification Form and have the registrar in Admissions & Records certify the GPA. The GPA Verification form must be postmarked no later than the deadline date(s) as describe above. No transcripts are accepted.
Please note: Students who have less than 16 completed college units are required to have their High School submit their GPA. An applicant who does not have a High School GPA or whose GPA is more than 5 years old may submit a test score from the General Educational Development Test (GED), the American College Test (ACT) or the SAT Reasoning Test (SATI), in order to be considered for a Cal grant Award.
Santiago Canyon College (SCC) Policy for submitting GPA Records: SCC will automatically submit GPAs to the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) for California Resident Students who are attending/has attended classes at SCC and their last semester was completed no later than 3 years from the GPA deadline date, and have completed at least 16 units. Transfer units will be included only if the official transcript was evaluated before the time SCC submits the GPA electronically.
Student's Responsibility: In order for a GPA submission record to be valid, it is the student's responsibility to make sure that Admissions & Records is reflecting their correct social security number and High School Graduation Date at least three weeks prior to submission deadline. If either one of the components are invalid by the GPA Submission Date; the record will be rejected by CSAC. Students can inquire about the details of submitted GPAs after the submission deadline in the Financial Aid Office. Students who change enrollment status from the Career Advance Placement Program (CAP) into a first year freshman college student, must make sure to complete a new Admission Application with their High School Graduation Status updated. Students in the CAP Program will not have their GPA submitted to CSAC by Santiago Canyon College.
Students identified as AB 540 Dreamer & Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA) who meet the AB 540 requirements, will have other data matches submitted to CSAC such as address, date of birth, e-mail address, etc. in lieu of a social security number, along with their GPA by the March 2nd Deadline. AB 540 & DACA students must make sure that these data elements match between Admissions & Records and their Dream Act Application.
SCC's Process for Awarding/Disbursing Cal Grant Awards
Awarding: Students offered a Cal Grant by the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) must have a completed financial aid file before the Santiago Canyon College Financial Aid Office (SCC FAO) processes the student's Cal Grant. This means that all the required documentation must be turned in and the Financial Aid Analyst assigned the file finalizes the file as "Awarded."
Determination of required documents:
Selected for Verification by the Department of Education – The student must submit all of the required documents in order for the SCC FAO to complete the verification process. Please note: California Dream Act Application Verification Status will be selected by (CSAC) - not the Department of Education.
Not selected for Verification/Conflicting Information – The student must submit all required documentation that SCC is requesting to resolve any conflicting information.
Not selected for Verification/No conflicting information – The SCC FAO has determined that there are no additional documents required. In this case, the student's financial aid file will be automatically awarded.
All Cal Grant students may check for any required documents, their SAP Status, and the status of their Financial Aid File by logging on to Web Advisor under the Financial Aid Menu. In addition, Dream Act students must also file an affidavit with the college stating that he or she has filed an application to legalize his or her immigration status, or will file an application as soon as he or she is eligible to do so.
Upon completion of the financial aid file, the SCC FAO will add the Cal Grant award to the student's award as long as the student meets the income and asset ceiling as outlined by the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC). A revised Financial Aid Office Notification will be emailed at that time. If the student no longer meets the income and assets ceiling requirements, the SCC FAO will inform CSAC to have the Cal Grant award withdrawn.
Following is the Income & Asset Ceilings:
Cal Grant Disbursement Policy & Census Date: The Santiago Canyon College Financial Aid Office (SCC FAO) only disburses Cal Grant B Access Funds and Cal Grant C Book & Supplies awards to eligible students. The SCC FAO does not disburse any Cal Grant funds for tuition. Generally, the SCC FAO only disburses Cal Grant one time during the semester. The SCC FAO will not disburse Cal Grant prior to the Admissions & Records Add/Drop Census Date at the beginning of each semester (see A&R's instructional calendar for these dates on their website: Admissions & Records). This policy of disbursing after the A&R Census Date is to prevent the student from having to pay back Cal Grant funds that would have been received as an overpayment for classes that were cancelled. The SCC FAO will disburse funds for all units that student is actively attending a the time of disbursement, in order to assist Cal Grant eligible students to be able to retain their Cal Grant lifetime remaining eligibility percentage if they drop a class with a "W." Within the semester, the SCC FAO may increase a Cal Grant disbursement only when the student adds units for second 8 week classes. Disbursements for second 8 week classes will take place after the A & R Census Date in order to reflect the maximum eligibility of earned units during the semester. The SCC FAO only disburses Cal Grant for the Fall and Spring semesters.
Student Success Completion Grant (SSCG): Full-Time California Community College students who are eligible for Cal Grant B & C and are attending full-time (12+ units) may also be eligible to receive an SSCG of up to $4,000 per academic year, sponsored by the California Community College Chancellor's Office (CCCCO). The Student Success Completion Grant (SSCG) follows the same policy guidelines as Cal Grant. SSCG Funds are limited; therefore, disbursement is not guaranteed.
For disbursement dates, refer to the disbursement schedule. All Cal Grant fund will funded through the Rancho Santiago Community College District's 3rd Party Service BankMobile. Students must make a refund selection via WebAdvisor by clicking on “Choose your disbursement option (BankMobile)"
Additional Considerations / Requirements When Accepting Cal Grant Award Funds:
New Cal Grant Entitlement – Before Cal Grant funds can be disbursed, students must submit their High School Verification to the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC). Besides confirming the High School Verification, students must confirm which school they will be attending beginning the month of February. Students must go online to submit their high school graduation status and confirm their school of attendance at https://mygrantinfo.csac.ca.gov/logon.asp
All Cal Grant Renewals – Students must complete the FAFSA Application or California Dream Act Application annually in order for CSAC to determine their renewal eligibility. Students must meet the annual income & asset ceilings as set by CSAC. It is a student's responsibility to track their own remaining Cal Grant eligibility, and renewal is not guaranteed even if a student places their Cal Grant on a Leave of Absence (LOA). A student can do this online at https://mygrantinfo.csac.ca.gov/logon.asp. Cal Grant B pays part or all of your tuition (depending on if the institution is public or non-public) at a four-year California institution. Students who transfer to a four-year institution with less than 200% of their eligibility can significantly reduce the amount of Cal Grant funds that they will receive once they transfer. Cal Grant B students with 200% or less remaining eligibility should consider taking a Leave of Absence if they are not able to transfer to a university. Leave of Absences are a maximum of two years.
Additional Cal Grant Information:
Grade Level Certification: Santiago Canyon College will certify grade levels for students who are awarded Cal Grant for the first time. They are as follows:
Grade Level 1 (Freshman) Completed <30 units beginning the academic year
Grade Level 2 (Sophomore) Completed 30+ units beginning the academic year
Assembly Bill-2248 Notification: Cal Grant award is limited to four academic years, except for students enrolled in an institutionally required five-year undergraduate program or for student with baccalaureate degrees admitted to and enrolled in a program of professional teach preparation. A student needs to take 15 units per semester or quarter, or 30 semester units or the equivalent quarter units per academic year, in order to graduate within four years.
Confidentiality: “The California Student Aid Commission has strict security and confidentiality policies and procedures to protect the integrity and confidentiality of student records."
Questions & Contacts:
SCC Financial Aid office (714) 628-4876
California Student Aid Commission (CSAC) (888) 224-7268
*Student link to sign-in to WebGrants: https://mygrantinfo.csac.ca.gov/
(*supports PC and Laptops using Internet Explorer 7 and higher & Mozilla Firefox 2 and higher)
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Barricading the Body
milhayser | January 20, 2010
If not always wieldy, armor offers great protection against teeth, talons and pincers--not to mention blades, bullets and shrapnel. On Not Exactly Rocket Science, Ed Yong reports that a deep sea snail has evolved one of the toughest shells on the planet, a three-layer system that has scientists rethinking the possibilities of human armor. These creatures must survive "highly acidic water, scorching temperatures and crushing pressures"—as well as prying crabs—and have made the most of their unique environment in doing so. Brian Switek shows us a mammalian version of armor on Laelaps, in…
Intimidating the Soviets: A Hiroshima Anniversary Memorial
Physical Sciences emjohnson | August 5, 2009
Japanese artists' depiction of the horrors at Hiroshima.Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum On August 6, 1945 the United States dropped "Little Boy," the first of only two nuclear bombs ever used in warfare, on the Japanese civilians at Hiroshima. In an instant flash of light an estimated 140,000 people were either incinerated or suffered an agonizing death that lasted several days. The standard mythology is that President Truman dropped the bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (three days later on August 9) in order to avoid having to send half a million American soliders to their deaths in a…
The Buzz: The Accuracy of PTSD Diagnosis
amillikan | April 9, 2009
How accurately can medical professionals distinguish post-traumatic stress disorder from related conditions? Is it better to be safe than sorry, or is overdiagnosis hurting patients rather than helping them? These are some questions that ScienceBlogger and freelance journalist David Dobbs addressed in his article in the April edition of Scientific American, bringing light to data that suggests PTSD may be grossly overdiagnosed in soldiers returning from combat. The article's publication has prompted thoughtful discussion with counter examples that led Dobbs to the conclusion that PTSD is…
Bloggingheads.tv: Paging Sarah Connor [Science Saturday]
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When will humans turn over the job of war to robot slaves? According to Peter W Singer, author of the new book Wired for War, it's happening already. In this week's Science Saturday, Peter and John Horgan discuss the role of robots in the success of the Iraq surge and whether America is starting to look like a bit like Skynet to the people of the Middle East. They also discuss reasons to fear the coming of cyborgs and whether robots might not someday bring about the end of war.
The Buzz: Preparing for Biological Battle
amillikan | December 12, 2008
What should humanity anticipate from WWIII? To find out, check out the Invitrogen-sponsored ScienceBlog, What's New in Life Science Research. This week our group of experts and seasoned ScienceBloggers will explore the way biological warfare is developing in our modern world as new technologies emerge—and what we should do to defend ourselves.
Pimp My Tactical Biorefinery!
sarahdasher | February 8, 2007
Researchers at Purdue University have created a portable refinery that converts food, paper and plastic trash into electricity. The prototype biorefinery generates approximately 90 percent more energy than it consumes. Its efficiency owes to a series of steps: 1. Separate organic food material from residual trash, such as paper, plastic, Styrofoam and cardboard. 2. Ferment food waste into ethanol with industrial yeast. 3. Transfer non-food waste to a gasifier, where it is heated under low-oxygen conditions until it breaks down into low-grade propane gas and methane. 4. Combust gas (from non-…
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more in Experiment Blog
Science On The Set of Little Fockers
One of the best parts of sharing experiments on this website is hearing back from people that get to try them out. I was happy to recently find out that the young actors that appear in the movie, The Little Fockers were fans of sciencebob.com.
Even famous child actors have to go to school every day, so film and TV productions set up a special room or trailer that gets used as the classroom while the filming is going on. A teacher is on the movie set every day to teach lessons in between filming scenes. While this film is targeted for adults, we were happy that some great science lessons were going on behind the scenes with the young actors. The lessons were led an amazing teacher named Maura who enjoys exploring hands on science and bringing learning to life. Maura was kind enough to contact me and send us some behind-the scenes photos from the set of the movie.
Daisy Tahan plays Samantha Focker in the film. She’s been acting since she was just 4 years old. In this picture she is trying out our experiment titled “The Fizz Inflator” which allows you to inflate a balloon using only the power of chemistry. As you can see it was quite a success for Daisy. To try out the experiment yourself, just click HERE.
Daisy also experiment with non-newtonian fluids when she created oobleck using corn starch and water. In the right combination, these two ingredients make very unique goo that can act like both a solid and a liquid. (If Daisy’s hands look a little blue in any scenes of the movie, now you will know why.)
Daisy and fellow actor Colin Baiocchi, who plays Henry Focker in the movie, confirm what famous scientist Archimedes observed hundreds of years ago regarding the displacement of water when an object is placed in it. The graduated cylinder with the green water allowed them to measure how much the water was raised when different objects were placed in it.
Maura reports the two actors also got to try out our film canister rockets. We’re happy that our experiments were able to provide some fun and learning on a backlot in Hollywood as much as they are in classrooms and living rooms around the world. Thanks again, Maura!
We’d love to see YOUR pictures of our experiments in action. We may post them right here on our blog. You can email them to comment@sciencebob.com.
Happy exploring!
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Out of Line: The UK and US Response to Kidnap-For-Ransom
Tom Keatinge
Commentary, 6 July 2015
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, United States, Americas, Iraq, Syria, Terrorism, UK, Organised Crime, Terrorism, Europe, Middle East and North Africa
Until last week, the UK government’s position on terrorist-related kidnap-for-ransom (KfR) mirrored that of the United States: no payments and no concessions. But the result of a six month White House review of US hostage response has created a dilemma for the prime minister.
Throughout his first term as prime minister, David Cameron returned repeatedly to the issue of ransom payments made to designated terrorist groups and the actions of some fellow European nations. The coalition government’s revised CONTEST strategy published in 2011 committed ‘to seek to prevent ransom payments to al-Qaeda and its affiliates, including by working with international partners to demonstrate the consequences of ransom payments.’ The prime minister reiterated his position at the London-hosted Somalia conference in early 2012. Payment of ransoms was a key item at the Lough Erne G8 summit in 2013, the communique from which noted that the ‘international community has made significant progress in combating the flow of funds to terrorist organisations’ but also drew attention to the substantial financial benefit being earned by terrorist groups from KfR and the incentive this provided for further kidnappings. In September 2014 he again returned to the issue, reminding NATO leaders of their commitment not to pay ransoms.
One leader he had not been addressing was President Obama. Until last week, the policy of the United States towards hostage-taking by designated terrorist organisations was, like that of the UK, clear. The safe release of hostages was to be achieved without ransom payments or political concessions for, in the view of the US, ‘hostage-takers looking for ransoms distinguish between those governments that pay ransoms and those that do not and…make a point of not taking hostages from those countries that refuse to make concessions.’ Yet last week, President Obama announced Presidential Policy Directive/PPD-30 – Hostage Recovery Activities, introducing ambiguity into this previously strongly articulated belief.
Compounding the Pain
Since August 2014, a number of US citizens have died at the hands of their captors. First the murder of James Foley was broadcast by Daesh (otherwise knows as ISIS, or Islamic State), then that of fellow journalist Steve Sotloff and aid worker Peter Kassig. Kayla Mueller also died in Islamic State captivity. In Yemen, journalist Luke Somers and South African teacher Pierre Korkie were killed by Al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) during a US military rescue attempt and in January this year aid worker Warren Weinstein and Italian Giovanni Lo Porto were inadvertently killed by a US drone strike.
The death of a family member in this fashion is unimaginable, yet the US government succeeded in compounding the pain via a management process characterised by poor communication with the families and poor coordination between those agencies responsible for responding to such crises. Announcing PPD-30, President Obama acknowledged the extent to which the US government had let down these families, noting their frequent frustrations in dealing with their own government, the confusion and conflicting information about what the government is prepared to do to help, and even that in some cases, families felt that they’d been threatened for exploring certain options to bring their loved ones home.
PPD-30 announced a range of measures aimed at addressing these shortcomings in coordination and communication that were broadly welcomed, but the clarification of the position of the US Government on the payment of ransoms drew considerable comment. Reiterating that the US would not make concessions, the President did however open the door to payment of ransoms by families, observing that ‘no family of an American hostage has ever been prosecuted for paying a ransom for the return of their loved ones.’ He also drew attention to the role that third parties can play in communicating with hostage-takers.
A Precious Treasure
Not all agreed with this presidential nuance. House Speaker John Boehner expressed concern that the President could be endangering Americans and House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte echoed the previous, unambiguous US line accusing the President of doing ‘more harm than good’ and emboldening and incentivising violent extremists ‘to capture and hold more Americans hostage for ransom.’
One other individual who is perhaps left wondering about the implications of President Obama’s statement is David Cameron. Like President Obama, he too has witnessed the murder of British citizens Alan Henning and David Haines at the hands of Daesh. Yet the prime minister has staked much on his strong opposition to the payment of ransoms, speaking out regularly against those nations that favour the swift and safe return of their citizens via the payment of ransoms over the risk that such payments finance terrorists and perpetuate the scourge of hostage-taking.
The value terrorist groups place on kidnapping as a form of funding is considerable. Nasser Al-Wuhayshi, former leader of Yemen-based AQAP that is estimated to have earned US$20 million from kidnap-for-ransom in 2011-2013, called the kidnapping of hostages ‘an easy spoil…a profitable trade and a precious treasure.’ And in several recorded messages, Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri has called for supporters worldwide to kidnap Westerners. ISIS is estimated to have raised up to US$45 million in 2014.
The prime minister and home secretary also used the recent Counter-Terrorism and Security Act to clarify the position of third parties, specifically insurance companies, in terrorist-related KfR situations ‘to make sure UK-based insurance firms do not provide cover for the payment of terrorist ransoms.’ Whilst President Obama made no suggestion that insurance companies should consider reimbursing payments, he did include ‘third parties’ who help families amongst those cleared to communicate with hostage-takers.
In announcing PPD-30, President Obama is attempting the impossible task of balancing two uncomfortable truths: paying ransoms may encourage further kidnapping and when it involves designated terrorist groups it is against international law. But paying ransoms may increase the likelihood that hostages return home alive: something that any family would wish to do. YouGov research starkly reveals this conflict with a majority of those polled in the UK strongly opposing the payment of ransoms but with a majority also saying they would pay to free a relative.
A study by The New York Times of 23 hostages held in Syria revealed that those from countries that were willing to pay ransoms have been freed and returned home alive. Those from countries that were not, have died. Following President Obama’s statement last week, the prime minister’s position, when next faced with this equation, looks increasingly lonely.
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South Bruce Branch News
Welcome to the RWTO South Bruce Branch
South Bruce Branch has approximately 50 members which includes four life members. Although small in number, we continue to care and share while having fun. We invite retired women teachers from Kincardine, Walkerton, Hanover, Port Elgin, Southampton, Paisley and Ripley or surrounding areas to join our branch.
We meet for two lunches and a Christmas tea each year at different venues throughout the area. A business meeting is conducted before lunch followed by some form of program: an inspirational speaker, a healthcare specialist, or perhaps a craft making session.
At each of our meetings we have a raffle with three prizes. We support the Saugeen Grannies with jewellery donations, the Kincardine and District Food Bank and Bruce Grey Kids Are Special. We also have a book exchange at our fall meeting.
President Pat Emmerton randp@bmts.com.
Treasurer Carole Machan cmachon@tnt21.com
Secretary Christine Roberts roberts@hurontel.on.ca
Insurance Convenor Christina Weylie cweylie@gmail.com
Goodwill Dianne Simpson simpsond@hurontel.on.ca
South Bruce Retired Women Teachers of Ontario Christmas Tea 2019
Christine Roberts
The wintry weather was in contrast to the warmth and cheer of the 30 members of the South Bruce Retired Women Teachers of Ontario (RWTO) branch who gathered at the Kincardine Baptist Church November 14th for their annual Christmas Tea.
Adorned in festive holiday fashion, the ladies enjoyed a delicious lunch of soups, sandwiches and squares followed by presentations and a carol sing.
Francesca Dobbyn, on behalf of the Grey Bruce United Way, accepted a $400 donation from Treasurer Carole Machan for the Hope for Our Kids fund. In thanking the group, she reaffirmed the need for financial support that in 2018 provided winter coats and outerwear to 801 children, emergency food supplies to 360 families and sent 177 kids to summer camp.
After lunch, President Pat Emmerton welcomed another new member, Cathy Ellis, with a rose and RWTO pin.
She then turned to floor over the Linda Somerville to introduce the 2019 RWTO/OERO Cora Bailey Award winner, Christine Roberts, in recognition of her service to the branch. Somerville outlined Roberts’ teaching career, her contributions to the South Bruce branch and her volunteerism since moving to the area in 2012. Christine was presented with the Cora Bailey certificate and pin.
The perfect ending to an enjoyable Christmas gathering was a carol sing directed by Dianne Simpson and Janet Browne, accompanied on piano by Jean MacDonald.
President Pat Emmerton wished everyone a safe and happy holiday season and winter. The next RWTO meeting will take place in May. Details will be posted on the RWTO website: rwto.org; look for South Bruce in the Branches and Branch News menu.
Fall Meeting 2019
After an enjoyable “back-to-school” breakfast in early September, the South Bruce branch of the Retired Women Teachers of Ontario/ Organisation des enseignantes retraitées de l’Ontario (RWTO/OERO) followed up with a capacity crowd of 35 members to the meeting October 16th at the Ripley Legion.
Four new members were welcomed and recognized with roses and RWTO pins: Jacqueline McGillivray, Marilyn Preston, Linda Werstine and JoAnn Ruetz.
Audrey MacDonald and Betty Johnson reported on their experiences as branch delegates at the annual provincial convention held in June and details of the 2020 convention were discussed.
Nancy Campbell performed a memorial service for Eileen Morris and Mary Fleming highlighting details of their lives and accomplishments before reading a moving poem, The Next Place.
Karen Mussen, Provincial Assistant Insurance Convenor, presented members with updates on RWTO’s supplemental insurance program and explained the different benefits in detail.
Following a delicious turkey dinner expertly prepared by the Ripley Legion Ladies Auxiliary, guest speaker, Patt Lowry, was introduced.
Patt shared memories of an itinerant childhood with frequent moves in which music helped break the ice and make new friends. When she eventually settled in Huron-Kinloss she taught piano and became a fixture at the Pine River United Church. In 1992 she took over directorship of the Kincardine Community Singers, a Kincardine and area choral group which performs annual spring and Christmas concerts. In the intervening years the choir has grown from roughly 30 members to 100.
Lowry explained that the concert themes serve to generate interest and to give boundaries to the program. Suggestions come from choir members, friends, family or are sometimes a reflection of broader cultural moods. Some, such as the Canada 150 concert, are celebratory but in each program some songs are chosen for their familiarity which is comforting to audiences, especially at Christmas. Patt is always open to new ideas and welcomes suggestions.
To end her presentation, Patt performed a cleverly written song which had the audience’s rapt attention.
As the meeting adjourned, members were reminded of the next gathering, the Christmas Tea November 14th at the Kincardine Baptist Church. As pre-registration is required, interested members or any retired woman teacher in southern Bruce County should contact Pat Emmerton at 519-396-1120.
South Bruce RWTO Makes Donation to Huron Shores Hospice
At their final meeting in June members of the South Bruce branch of the Retired Women Teachers of Ontario voted to make a substantial donation to the Huron Shores Hospice. On Thursday, July 25th, executive members Pat Emmerton, Carole Machan and Christine Roberts traveled to Tiverton Park Manor to meet with hospice board co-chairs Cheryl Cottrill and Carol Rencheck for a tour of the facility.
With great passion and enthusiasm Cheryl Cottrill described the holistic philosophy and background of the non-profit, community-based hospice which provides quality end-of-life care to residents of Kincardine, Huron-Kinloss and Saugeen Shores.
Following many years of consultation, research and fundraising, the single suite opened in Tiverton Park Manor in May 2018.
With a focus on the whole family the suite provides a homey, comfortable space which includes a kitchenette, an adjoining bedroom and even activities for visiting youngsters. Much of the furnishings, décor and many of the renovation services were donated by businesses and members of the highly supportive surrounding communities.
Government funding falls far short of the cost of maintaining the service making sustainability of paramount concern to the board. Handbags for Hospice is the premier fundraising event raising $187,000 in 2018. This year’s event takes place September 19 with tickets available August 7th. A new promotion is a Catch the Ace raffle lottery in partnership with the Tiverton Lions.
Huron Shores Hospice also has plans to provide education and support for people experiencing loss or needing counseling on how to prepare for death or plan their legacy. Many interesting programs will be introduced in the coming year. To learn more visit the Huron Shores Hospice Facebook page or their website www.huronshoreshospice.ca.
South Bruce Retired Women Teachers of Ontario June Meeting
A soggy day did little to dampen the spirits of 17 members of the South Bruce branch of the Retired Women Teachers of Ontario (RWTO) who gathered at President Pat Emmerton’s home June 20th for the final meeting of the 2018/19 season.
After visiting and enjoying a delicious communal meal, the group turned its attention to branch business.
All agreed that it was a good year with an interesting mix of events, speakers and outings. The theme of the October meeting was wellness and featured 3 speakers. In November while celebrating the Christmas season the group learned about a local initiative to help girls in Haiti gain access to reusable feminine hygiene products. A bus tour of the Bruce Power site was the highlight of April’s gathering. Throughout the year a small group attended movies in various locations and 3 theatre outings are planned for the summer months.
As evidence of RWTO’s commitment to caring and sharing, a great deal of time and discussion was dedicated to choosing charitable organizations to support in the coming year with emphasis given to benefiting local youth, women and seniors.
Committee reports were received and the finances were reviewed. Member Ann Collins was congratulated for receiving the Bluewater District School Board’s Award of Excellence.
As the meeting adjourned, members wished each other a safe and happy summer and marked Thursday, September 5th, 9:30 am in their calendars for the back to school breakfast at the Ainsdale Golf Course. Retired women teachers in the area who are not RWTO members but are interested in learning more about the local branch are invited to attend free of charge. Please contact South Bruce RWTO President Pat Emmerton at 519-396-1120.
South Bruce RWTO Christmas Tea 2018
The weather outside was frightful but the company was delightful as 20 members of the South Bruce RWTO branch gathered at the Kincardine Baptist Church November 15th for their annual Christmas Tea.
Adorned in their most festive holiday headgear and gloves, the ladies enjoyed a delicious lunch of soups, sandwiches and squares followed by presentations, gift exchange and a carol sing.
Francesca Dobbyn, on behalf of the Grey Bruce United Way, accepted a $400 donation from Treasurer Carole Machan. In thanking the group, she reaffirmed the need for financial support that in 2017 provided winter coats and outerwear to 800 children and sent approximately 150 kids to summer camp.
Karen McLelland, June Slessor and Lori Alexander did double duty preparing and serving lunch and afterward presenting their humanitarian project to the gathered RWTO members. On service trips to Haiti, these ladies noticed the periodic absence of girls at school. When they discovered that a lack access to feminine hygiene products was preventing girls from fulfilling their academic potential, they resolved to work on a solution. After a period of learning about similar initiatives and experimenting with designs, they were confident in their model and began producing menstrual care kits in drawstring bags containing reusable fabric pads, liners and panties.
The academic success of girls is an issue that really resonated with the retired teachers who responded with generous donations of fabric and $100 for other necessary supplies.
In the final presentation President Pat Emmerton was given the RWTO/OERO Cora Bailey Award in recognition of outstanding service to her branch. Long-time friend and colleague Barb Ross outlined Pat’s teaching career and her dedication to the RWTO ideals of caring and sharing as demonstrated in her work as branch president and in other volunteer organizations. Barb presented Pat with the Cora Bailey certificate and pin.
With business and lunch taken care of, the ladies enjoyed a raucous gift exchange game followed by a carol sing directed by Dianne Simpson and Jean MacDonald.
South Bruce RWTO Health and Wellness Meeting
Have you ever heard someone joke that if they’d known they would live so long they would have taken better care of themselves? Living well in retirement is about more than having enough money; good health is also a critical factor.
With that in mind, twenty-six members of the South Bruce Retired Women Teachers of Ontario/ Organisation des enseignantes retraitées de l’Ontario (RWTO/OERO) met in Southampton October 25th to socialize, conduct business and enjoy a mini wellness fair.
South Bruce branch President Pat Emmerton welcomed the ladies including visiting RWTO/OERO Provincial President Sharron Colter.
In her address to the group, Colter emphasized the benefits of belonging to RWTO which include maintaining social connections, community outreach opportunities and additional health insurance benefits.
Retired teachers know that social interaction and personal relationships are very important to a happy retirement. That’s why each meeting of the South Bruce branch incorporates ample time for casual visiting to give members a chance to catch up on personal news.
In the business portion of the meeting, Betty Johnson was recognized and thanked for her many years of service as the branch’s insurance convenor. Christina Weylie was welcomed as the new convenor.
Another warm welcome was extended to new member Gail Hughes.
Lynda Cerson and Christine Roberts reported on their experiences at the RWTO/OERO 2018 convention held in early June in Alliston. Roberts highlighted the vital roles performed by members of the branch which was one of seven who organized and hosted the annual provincial gathering.
In a touching memorial service, Audrey MacDonald paid tribute to the lives of two South Bruce members who died in the past months: Leona Cavanaugh of Southampton and Margaret Ferguson of Ripley.
After taking care of business, there was more social time and a delicious lunch served by the staff of the Walker House Restaurant.
The program following the meal consisted of three short wellness presentations on the topics of nutrition, falls prevention and pain relief through acupuncture.
Nicole Ruff, a registered dietician with the Grey Bruce Health Services, stressed measures to prevent loss of independence by maintaining muscle mass through exercise and proper nutrition. She explained the changing nutritional requirements of older adults and provided handouts to help plan meals that contain enough vital protein.
Emily Powell, a Health Promoter with the Grey Bruce Health Unit, focussed on risk factors that lead to falls, ensuing loss of independence and often, hospitalization. In her address, dehydration was identified as one of many common and easily remedied risk factors. She also provided many useful materials including safety checklists for the home and exercises that can easily be done at the kitchen sink.
Tessa Shier is a self-employed registered acupuncturist in Kincardine. She chronicled her personal and professional journey from massage therapist to her embrace of Chinese medicine and subsequent training and accreditation to become an acupuncturist. Although pain relief is the most common treatment application, Shier outlined many other conditions that can be alleviated through acupuncture.
With instructions for the November 15th Christmas Tea at the Kincardine Baptist Church and inspired by the passion of the presenters, the ladies of the South Bruce RWTO left the meeting armed with new knowledge and tools to make improvements in their healthy and happy retirement.
Retired women teachers throughout South Bruce County whether newly retired, new to their community or new to RWTO, are always welcome as a guest or new member. Interested ladies should contact President Pat Emmerton, 519-396-1120 or Treasurer Carole Machan, 519-395-6589.
After a long winter apart, the members of the South Bruce branch of the Retired Women Teachers of Ontario (RWTO) enjoyed gathering Thursday, April 26th at the Lucknow United Church for socializing, business and fun.
President Pat Emmerton promised to maximize social time by keeping the business portion short. Items included updates on insurance, finances, goodwill and the provincial convention jointly organized by RWTO branches in Grey-Bruce being held June 5th – 7th. In the break between business and lunch, members were encouraged to sign up for interest groups, browse the photo albums and patronize the raffle.
After enjoying soups, sandwiches and more social time, the group was ready for some fun. Past President Leslie Uttley introduced the guest presenter, Anne Cameron, former teacher with the Waterloo Region School Board and belly dancing instructor.
Cameron was introduced to the ancient expressive dance form in her youth but became more devoted as life allowed her more time. She offers dance workshops in the Waterloo/Wellington area as a fundraiser for the non-profit group, Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan (www.CW4WAfghan.ca) . Her particular interest lies in supporting teachers’ salaries which in Afghanistan averages approximately $750 every six months. She will host a belly dancing workshop at the 2018 RWTO convention in June.
Following a brief explanation of the origins of the dance form and Hollywood’s influence on the costume pieces, Cameron had the group on its feet and dressed to move in gaily coloured coin belts and veils.
Hand and hip movements were explained using evocative and familiar Canadian descriptors such as waterfall, snake, hip check, wrist shot and washer agitator. Against the backdrop of a rhythmic soundtrack, Cameron led the South Bruce teachers in a joyful, flowing celebration of movement and a surprisingly vigorous workout.
Judging by the smiles and enthusiasm, the ladies thoroughly enjoyed the experience; the unfamiliar moves, hypnotic music and the beauty of the colours and all in support of a cause near to a teacher’s heart.
Cora Bailey and Past President Pins
Joyce Scammel of Port Elgin proudly displays her Cora Bailey and Past President pins.
South Bruce RWTO Christmas Tea
A blustery day outside only served to enhance the collegial warmth inside as the South Bruce branch of the Retired Women Teachers of Ontario met for their Christmas Tea November 16th. Area 1 Director Shirley Greenwood joined 26 South Bruce members at the Kincardine Baptist Church for a delicious lunch and entertaining program.
Francesca Dobbyn, Executive Director for the United Way of Grey Bruce, was on hand to accept a sizable donation to the “For Our Kids” fund which endeavours to mitigate poverty related issues for children in Grey and Bruce counties.
Two new members, Cheryl Wilken and Janet Browne, were welcomed to the group.
Canadian trivia knowledge was tested in a team competition and then several members shared their talents with poetry readings, stories and musical accompaniment and direction for a carol sing.
Chair of the event, Barb Ross, wished everyone a Merry Christmas and a safe and healthy new year until the next meeting April 26, 2018.
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Fall Meeting Ripley Legion
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Pine River United Church Huron-Kinloss
May 7, 2020…….. Details TBA
Thursday, September 5th – Back to School Breakfast
Celebrate the start on another year of retirement at Ainsdale Golf Club, 2264 Huron Township Concession 12, Kincardine, ON
Arrive at 9:30 am, meal at 10:00.
Cost is $15, gratuity extra
Potential new members enjoy a complementary meal.
Bring donations of peanut-free school snacks for the Kincardine food bank’s school “grub tubs”.
Fall Meeting – October 17, 2019. Guest speaker Patt Lowry, director of Kincardine Community Singers.
Location and details to be determined.
Christmas Tea – November 14 at Kincardine Baptist Church, Kincardine.
Registration: at 11:30,
Lunch: at noon. Cost is $13.
Wear your best ugly Christmas sweater.
Contact: Carole Machan 519-396-6589
May 9, 2019 – Tour of the Bruce Nuclear Power site
You will need to bring with you a piece of identification that includes your picture (passport, driver’s licence, or any other government document that includes your picture). When registering for this event you must include your complete name as it is written on the ID you are bringing with you. You will also need to give your complete address. This information is used by Bruce Power for a security check and must be submitted two weeks before the tour. It is vitally important that we receive this information by April 23rd.
Cost: $12 for cold lunch of sandwich fixings, buns, cheese, vegetables and fruit, dessert, tea and juices.
Meet at the Bruce Power Visitors Centre (3394 Bruce County Rd 20, Tiverton, ON) at 11:30 am. We will eat lunch and view a short film before beginning the tour at 1 pm to 3 pm.
Contact: Pat Emmerton, 48 Boiler Beach Rd, Kincardine, On., N2Z 0B3; 519-396-1120; randp@tnt21.com by April 23.
Thursday, June 20, 2019 – Pot Luck Dinner at the home of Pat Emmerton, 48 Boiler Beach Rd., Kincardine. Happy Hour (BYOB) – 4:30-5:30 pm followed by dinner.
Bring: plate, cutlery, lawn chair and something to share
A short business meeting will follow dinner.
November 15, 2018 – Christmas Tea
Place: Kincardine Baptist Church,
559 Queen St, Kincardine
Registration – 11:30 Lunch-12:00 pm.
Cost -$13
Menu – Soup, sandwiches, dessert, tea & coffee.
There will be an opportunity to donate to United Way (Christmas projects) .
Bring a wrapped gift worth $10 for a fun game.
Wear your best Christmas hat or fascinator and gloves. There will be a carol sing.
Friday, September 7, 2018:
“School’s In, We’re Out” Breakfast.
October 25, 2018 – Fall Meeting
April 26, 2018 – Spring Meeting
Carol Machan – 519-396-6589 cmachan@tnt21.com
South Bruce Newsletter
Mary Fleming (nee Ferguson)
Mary Fleming (nee Ferguson) passed away peacefully at South Bruce Grey Health Centre, Walkerton on Thursday, November 8, 2018 in her 105th year with her family by her side.
Loving aunt of Marg (Dave) O’Reilly, Mary (Ray) Mercey, Kathleen (Allan) Fox, Helen (Jim) McGrath, Hugh (Darlene) Ferguson and Tom (Terry) Ferguson. Mary is also survived by her nephew-in-law John Wallace as well as 28 grand nieces and nephews and 36 great-grand nieces and nephews.
Mary was predeceased by her husband James Fleming, parents Hugh and Alice (nee Sweeney) Ferguson, brother and sister-in-law Hugh and Mary Ferguson, nieces Theresa Ferguson and Ann Wallace, nephew Michael Ferguson and grandnephew Mark Ferguson.
Family will receive friends and relatives for visitation on Friday at the Cameron Funeral Home, Walkerton from 4:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. with parish prayers at 3:45 p.m.
The funeral mass to celebrate Mary’s life will be held on Saturday, November 10, 2018 at Sacred Heart Church, Walkerton at 11:00 a.m. Fr. Les Szczygiel officiating.
Interment in Calvary Cemetery, Walkerton.
As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Walkerton & District Hospital Foundation – CT Scan or WES For Youth Online would be appreciated. www.cameronfuneralhomes.com
EILEEN MORRIS
The family of Gladys Eileen Morris is saddened to announce her passing on Friday, February 8, 2019 at Trillium Court, Kincardine.
Wife of the late Andrew Morris. Beloved mother of Jim (Josie) Morris of Glammis, Helen (Steve Crossley) Tovey of Kincardine Township, and Lorna (Clayton Lemay) Carston of Bolton. Grandma to Lauren, Katie, Michael (Samantha Bester), Heather, Andrew, Kailey, John, and Rachel. Great-grandma of Darren, Bentley, and Cian. Eileen will be remembered by her sisters; Teeny Garland of Pinkerton and Shirley (Bob) Bourgeois of Walkerton, in-laws; Shirley Thompson of Glammis, Eleanor Thompson of Kincardine, and Felix Brockway of Brampton. Eileen is predeceased by her beloved daughter, Anne Brockway and Anne-Marie in-infancy. Brothers; Howard, Ron, Lloyd and Stewart (Vina) Thompson, and sister Belva (Bob) Agar. Brother-in-law Arthur Garland.
At 17, Eileen finished high school in Walkerton and moved to her sister, Belva’s in Stratford to attend Normal School to obtain her teaching certification. By 19 she was teaching in a one room schoolhouse back in Glammis. She taught until retirement 40 years later, much of that in the Bruce Central School, and Kincardine Township School. In 1956, she married Andrew Morris and moved to the farm on the 10th concession of Kincardine. Teaching, farming, raising 4 children and obtaining her university degree occupied the next 25 years. Mom put her heart into everything she did. We were repeatedly reminded, “Anything worth doing, is worth doing well.”
She loved teaching and in return she was loved by many children she taught. One of these children that she taught in the late 50’s, Sandy Bill Henderson, called mom every year on her birthday. How she loved to get that call. After retirement, Eileen kept every bit as busy as before caring for her grandchildren, volunteering for the Heart and Stroke Association, and helping write the history of Glammis.
When her health declined, Eileen moved into Tiverton Park Manor where she reconnected with old friends and made new ones. For the past 2 years, as her Alzheimers significantly progressed, Eileen was blessed by being cared for by the staff at Trillium Court. Our family is so appreciative of the love and respect that mom was treated with by all members of the long term care staff. And we marvel at the kindness of those palliative care volunteers who are so generous with their time and love .
We also want to express our gratitude to those friends and relatives who continued to visit Mom even as those visits became increasingly difficult. Marg McKinnon, a dear neighbour and old friend, visited regularly until the end. Ever gentle and kind, the last words I heard Mom say after months of silence were “Thank You” when one of her caregivers made her more comfortable last week.
Friends and relatives are invited for a casual memorial visitation from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 17, 2019 at Cameron Funeral Home, Walkerton.
A service celebrating Eileen’s life will be held at later date.
As expressions of sympathy, donations to Heart & Stroke Foundation and Alzheimer Society, would be appreciated by the family. Cards available at the funeral home (519-881-1273) Donations and condolences may also be made online at www.cameronfuneralhomes.com
MARGARET J. FERGUSON
Margaret J. Ferguson (MacMurchy) died peacefully, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, at the Kincardine hospital, in her 95th year.Survived by children, Glen (Doreen), Grant (Diann), Wayne (Diane), Mary Lynne (Murray), Kevin, and Carol (Bill). Also greatly missed by grandchildren, Doug, Julie, Kerry, Sarah and Jenna; great-grandson, Everest; sister, Audrey; and several nieces and nephews. Predeceased by husband, William; sons, Ron and Roy; and sister, Norma. Margaret was an avid reader, gardener, and a retired teacher who had a life-long joy of learning. She was a member of the Retired Women Teachers of Ontario (RWTO) which celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2016. At that time, she told the South Bruce branch that she was teaching in Kingsbridge in 1956 and remembered being storm-stayed at the school. “It was so cold, we took the heavy curtains off the windows and rolled them up like blankets. I enjoyed teaching, and I still meet some of my pupils which is a real joy.” She will be missed by her family and many friends. A Celebration of Margaret’s Life will be held at the Pine River United Church, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018, at 11 a.m., with visitation two hours prior. Interment Lochalsh Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Kincardine and Community Health Care Foundation, the Pine River United Church or a charity of your own choice, would be appreciated as expressions of sympathy.
Leona Cavanaugh
Date: Monday, July 23, 2018
Service Summary: Visitation at the Eagleson Funeral Home, Southampton on Friday July 27, 2018 from 7:30-9:00 p.m. A Funeral Mass for Leona Cavanaugh will be held at St. Joseph Church, 920 Wellington St., Port Elgin on Saturday July 28, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. Followed by luncheon in the Parish Hall.
Cavanaugh, Leona T. (nee Connelly), passed away peacefully at the Southampton Care Centre on July 23, 2018 at the age of 96. Cherished mother of Sharon and her husband George Carere, Shiela and her husband Robert D’Aoust, and Mary Jane Low. Proud and loving grandmother of Harlan (Erica), Gian (Amanda), Alexis (John), Patricia (Matthew), Pierre (Rebecca), Andrew (Angela), and Kaitlin (Paul). Delighted great grandmother of Camilla, Nico, Ava, Cecilia, Timothy, Joseph, George, Nora, Alyssa, Nicole, Brigitte, Francis, Kinley, Felicity, Jett, Myles, and Calvin. Survived by her nieces Linda and Suzanne, and by her nephew Martin. Predeceased by her parents Joseph & Mary, by her sisters Marie, Theresa, and Kathleen, by her brothers Montcalm, Ernest, Nelson, and Oliver, and by her son-in-law Philip Low. Leona’s life-long love of learning enriched her teaching career over more than 30 years. Visitation at the Eagleson Funeral Home, Southampton on Friday July 27, 2018 from 7:30-9:00 p.m. A Funeral Mass for Leona Cavanaugh will be held at St. Joseph Church, 920 Wellington St., Port Elgin on Saturday July 28, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. Followed by luncheon in the Parish Hall. If desired, memorial donations may be made to the Saugeen Memorial Hospital Foundation or to the Children’s Hospital at the London Health Sciences Centre.
HARGRAVE, Jean
Jean Hargrave, of R #1 Hanover, passed away at South Bruce Grey Health Centre – Durham Site, on Thursday, August 31, 2017. She was in her 92nd year. Born in Walkerton on March 24, 1926 to the late Harvey and Emma (nee Loughleen) Grice. Jean was a beloved public school teacher in rural Ontario for many years. She was a devoted member of Crawford United Church. She will be remembered as their organist. Survived by daughter Emilie Whitefield of R #1 Hanover, step children Russ (Darlene) Hargrave of Humphrey, Shirley Neff of Oakville, Dene (Bryan) Forrest of Vancouver, Bob (Barbara) Hargrave of Utopia and Donna (Garry) Kuehl of Kitchener. She will be missed by her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Predeceased by her husband Carman A. (2000) and sister Elsie Grice. Visitation was at Knox United Church, Durham, Tuesday, September 5, 2017 from 10 am – 11 am, followed by the Funeral Service at 11 am. Rev. Tessica Hackshaw officiated. Interment in Durham Cemetery. Memorial donations to the South Bruce Grey Health Centre – Durham are appreciated as expressions of sympathy. Arrangements entrusted to MIGHTON FUNERAL HOME , Hanover. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.mightonfuneralhome.ca
DEVITT, Althea
DEVITT, Althea Of Tiverton , passed away at the Kincardine Hospital on Wednesday January 11, 2017 in her 98th year. She was born on October 18, 1919 to the late Melvina Shantz and Emerson Bock. Beloved wife of the late Homer Devitt who predeceased her in 1991. Greatly missed by her children Sylvia (Erv)Nixdorf of Vancouver Island, Graham (Carol) Devitt of Waterloo, Blake (Patty) Devitt of Ripley, Brad (Marla) Devitt of Florida and Lavonne (Brian) Robinson of London. Also survived by 9 grandchildren, 9 great grandchildren, sister-in-law Grace Bock of Toronto and several nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her son Dennis in 1957 and siblings Ronald Bock, Cameron Bock and Marjorie Sherk. Althea had a deep faith that sustained her throughout her life. She was a gentle and caring person who made everyone she met feel special. She was a gifted artist and writer who took pleasure in sharing her artwork and memoirs with family and friends. A Funeral Service will be held at the MACKENZIE & MCCREATH FUNERAL HOME, Ripley, on Thursday January 19, 2017 at 2 PM with visitation 2 hours prior. Interment Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener. The family wishes to thank the staff at Tiverton Park Manor for their support and compassionate care given to Althea. Donations to the Alzheimer Society, Heart & Stroke or the charity of your own choice are greatly appreciated as expressions of sympathy. Memorial online at www.mackenzieandmccreath.com
McFARLAN, Betty Thelma (née Elliott)
Betty Thelma McFarlan (née Elliott) of Kincardine, passed away peacefully, with family by her side, at the South Bruce Grey Health Centre, Kincardine on Sunday, February 12th, 2017, at the age of 83. Born in Huron Township on October 20th, 1933 to the late Earl and Margaret (née Byers). Beloved wife of Ken McFarlan. Dear Mother of Andy McFarlan of Stittsville and Steve (Joanne) McFarlan of Kincardine. Missed by grandchildren, John, Amanda, Anna, David and Scott McFarlan. Survived by her brother Bill (Betty) Elliott and sister-in-law Donna Elliott all of Kincardine. Fondly remembered by nieces, nephews, friends and members of the McFarlan family. Predeceased by her brothers, Joe Elliott, Jim Elliott, Bert Elliott (Marjorie) and sister Edith Simpson (Donald). Betty’s focus was always family and friends. She loved entertaining, cooking and baking for the numerous people she welcomed to her home over the years. She was a notoriously great cook and her butter tarts are remembered by many. Betty also enjoyed music, gardening, spending time at the cottage, and a good game of cards. The funeral service to celebrate Betty’s life was conducted from the Kincardine United Church on Wednesday, February 15th, 2017 at 11:00 a.m., with Betty Elliott and Pastor Judy Zarubick officiating. Serving as pallbearers were John, David and Scott McFarlan, Brent and Jim Holroyd and Robert Elliott. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the Kincardine Hospital Foundation appreciated as expressions of sympathy. Portrait and memorial online at www.daveylinklaterfuneralhome.com
ELLIOTT, June E.
ELLIOTT, June E.–Beloved wife of the late Gordon J. Elliott, passed away peacefully at Pinecrest Manor, Lucknow on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 in her 92nd year. She was born in Kincardine on June 2, 1925 to the late Emma (Wilson) and Jim Farrell. Greatly missed by sons Rick (Susan) Elliott of Point Clark and Terry (Mary Ann) of Alberta, grandchildren Kristen, Erin, Mark, Josh and Diane (Chris) and great-grandchildren Connor, Tyler, Dean, Kent, Kaylan, Miles and Nyla. Also survived by sister Marion McLeod of Lucknow. Predeceased by daughter Jill, granddaughter Melissa and brothers Wilson, Gordon and Murray Farrell. Cremation has taken place and a celebration of June’s life will be held at a later date. Interment Lurgan Cemetery. Donations to the Canadian Cancer Society are greatly appreciated as expressions of sympathy. Arrangements have been entrusted to the MacKENZIE & McCREATH
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Gallery August 11, 2016 rowenariley Leave a comment
Creating interpretation – some of the projects
Torbryan Holy Trinity 15th Century Church stands in a tiny Devon village, with its old church house inn still selling beers beyond the lych-gate. This is not a chance relationship. The pub is older than the present church, and built for the purpose of brewing church ales over the almighty hearth to raise money so that the villagers could pay for the upkeep of the nave and tower. Partying was the economic way of devotion and the beers were strong.
Open the weighty door of Holy Trinity and step down onto the stone flags of the church, and rows of 18th century box pews lead to a russet and gilded roodscreen still standing from the 1470s. Better still the screen is faced with painted saints that have mysteriously survived the ravages of the Protestant Reformation. In 2013 two saints were stolen by thieves, who discovered that selling rare medieval art is near impossible. After futile attempts they put them on eBay to be instantly recognised, and now the Saints are back in the screen and the vandals in the clink.
If I were inclined to think as a 15th century inhabitant of Torbryan, I would credit the panels’ miraculous recovery to St Margaret of Antioch, with her dragon, and St Vincent with his millstone.
Now there was a 12th C Siva, stolen from a temple site in Tamil Nadu, which was seized by the British police when he/it passed through London en route to the collection of a Canadian oil magnate. The oil magnate and the state of Tamil Nadu sued the police, who had to interplead between the contesting parties. As a consecrated idol, Siva was a sacred being with specific powers and rights, and under Indian law had to plead his own case; there being no statute there for the recovery of cultural property.
The English courts however, could not recognise a God as a plaintiff, as he would be ‘at best, Almighty God, or at worst, a piece of stone’. Eventually a compromise was found and the temple in Tamil Nadu pleaded and recovered the Siva.
It may be that St. Margaret of Antioch had a hand in her recovery, as this remarkable lady was regurgitated from the stomach of a dragon after she tickled his throat with her cross, but I know St. Vincent of Marseilles did not. His claim to sainthood was his refusal to worship all idols. When the authorties insisted that he burn incense before Jupiter, this Roman soldier kicked the statue over, so they flattened him with the millstone.
Considering which, we chose a new alarm, and set to stimulate support for the church by creating interpretation, schools projects and events with HLF funding. The interpretation theme is the battle between old ideas and new.
There is neither lighting nor heating. The Georgians added box pews, building them over the oak medieval benches. In the early 19th century a very careful restoration was undertaken, changing little. In Holy Trinity you really do step back in time.
Not intruding on that experience was crucial to the design of the interpretation. Chris Jones of Smith & Jones Design installed dark furniture echoing the square panels of the pews and the colour of the Jacobean font cover. He wrapped a free standing framework around the corners of the tower to minimise its impact in the nave.
I sourced illuminations from medieval manuscripts in the British and Bodleian Libraries, and from the Ranworth Antiphoner in Norfolk, to immerse visitors in the imagery of the time. Artwork they rarely have the chance to see. The text I wrote as story-telling, in varied layers; and created interactive elements, through local school projects to ensure a good fit for their interests and curriculum.
The history of a church is essentially an abstract account of changing ideas ferociously fought over the centuries. The material evidence is there in paint, wood and stone, but it was what people thought that created and damaged the fabric. Few of the public today have any grasp of its complexity. The exhibition in Holy Trinity church tells that story as it was acted out through Torbryan and South Devon.
The story of the Battle between Old Ideas and New in Holy Trinity begins with the medieval village and how the villagers used the roodscreen. Then the furious fires of the Reformation take hold and while someone there was protecting the roodscreen saints, everything changed. No more were painted pictures venerated and the words of the Bible became all. The next upheaveal was when mammoths emerged from the permafrost and dinosaur mania took hold of everyone’s imagination in the 19th century. Again a local man in Torbryan was right in the heart of the debate, and his discoveries form the subject of Widger’s Dig.
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Appeals court rules against former Texas Health and Human Services Commission employee
By Marian Johns | Sep 26, 2019
AUSTIN — A Texas appeals court has dismissed a whistleblower's lawsuit against the Texas Health and Human Services Commission filed by a former employee who alleged he was fired in retaliation for expressing concern over alleged state law violations and bad case management practices.
According to the Sept. 10 Texas Third District Court of Appeals ruling, the commission filed the appeal against Jose Antonio Carrizal, Jr., asking the court to overturn a district court's denial of their plea to jurisdiction.
"Because the allegations do not meet the required elements of an abuse of official capacity, it was unreasonable for Carrizal, a law enforcement officer, to believe that he was reporting a violation of law," the court stated in its decision. "We reverse the order of the district court and render judgment dismissing Carrizal’s lawsuit."
Carrizal, who worked as a special investigator for the commission and in the commission's Office of Inspector General Internal Affairs alleges that right after he sent a letter and a 50-page brief to his supervisor, the deputy inspector general, alleging poor case management and illegal handling of vital statistics by the Commission staff, he faced retaliation and was eventually fired. The commission challenged Carrizal's protection under the Whistleblower Act and argued he was fired for "borderline insubordination" and inappropriate conduct. This argument was was rejected by the district court.
The Texas Third District Appeals Court stated "Carrizal’s vital-statistics complaint does not support a whistleblower claim" and that "further, there is no allegation that the inspector general of the commission was an appropriate law enforcement authority to receive complaints for abuse of official capacity premised on vital statistics fraud."
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Category Archives: SMCSO Det. Rosemerry Blankswade
SMCDA Inspectors Jamie Draper and John Warren should be on the Brady List.
By Michael G. Stogner
A reasonable person would expect the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office Lead Investigator and his boss to provide Honest & Accurate Information at all times. In the Chinedu Okobi In-Custody Homicide Investigation involving SIX Sheriff Employees that is not the case.
Inspector Jamie Draper identifies CSO Joseph Gonzales as a Witness not a Participant. Why? He’s the one spraying the O.C. spray in the video.
The statement below was provided (Unknown date) by SMCDA Inspector Jamie Draper and approved by SMCDA John Warren.
OMMISSION: Homicide
December 31, 2018 Deputy Coroner Heather Diaz #21
“I have determined the manner of death to be Homicide.”
CORONERS REPORT SUMMARY
On December 31, 2018 I received the Coroner’s Office Report, prepared by Coroner’s Investigator Heather Diaz. The report included redacted sections related to Decedent Chinedu Okobi’s medical treatment on October 3, 2018 as well as redacted sections related to his previous medical and mental treatments pursuant to 56.10 of the California Civil Code. The “Conclusion Report” by Coroner’s Investigator Diaz included a summary of the attempts by San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office personnel to detain Decedent Okobi and noted Okobi was found be “unresponsive” upon the arrival of paramedics and fire personnel on the scene. It should be noted that this information is contrary to what was scene upon review of the Mobile Audio Video (MAV) footage at the scene and from the statements provided by fire department paramedics who stated they had determined Decedent Okobi had a pulse and was breathing when they arrived on scene to begin treatment.
prepared by Coroner’s Investigator Heather Diaz. Heather Diaz is Deputy Coroner.
The “Conclusion Report” by Coroner’s Investigator Diaz. Heather Diaz is Deputy Coroner.
“unresponsive” upon the arrival of paramedics and fire personnel on the scene. It should be noted that this information is contrary to what was scene upon review of the Mobile Audio Video (MAV) footage at the scene. The video provided to the public by District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe CONFIRMS Deputy Coroner Heather Diaz’s statement.
and from the statements provided by fire department paramedics who stated they had determined Decedent Okobi had a pulse and was breathing when they arrived on scene to begin treatment. Jamie Draper should identify the Fire Department Paramedics by name and what time on the video did that take place, there are NO CAPTIONS and the video DOES NOT support his statement.
On March 1, 2019 San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe held a private Press Conference announcing his decision not to charge the Five Sheriff Employees with any criminal charges. During his 26 minute presentation he Omitted the SIXTH Sheriff Employee CSO Joseph Gonzales and Omitted the word Homicide. That only popped out at the 47:40 mark when KQED Reporter Julie Small asked what was the manner of Death?
That doesn’t seem very Honest does it?
Steve Wagstaffe also stated:“From that point on” approaching the 9 minute mark on the video.” “The Sheriff Office and our review of their conduct is done. Sheriff Office turned him over to AMR.”
The video that Mr. Wagstaffe provided the public does NOT SUPPORT that statement, it shows AMR people at 17:54 mark. not approaching the 9 minute mark. That is a 9 minute difference, not a couple of seconds.
Video By SMC Government
Filed under #Blacklivesmatter, #SanMateoCountyNews, AMR, Attorney Generals Office, AXON, Board of Supervisors, Body Camera Video, Carlos G. Bolanos, Carole Groom, Chinedu Okobi, Citizen Journalist, Citizens Oversight Committee, City of Millbrae, CSO Joseph Gonzales, D.J. Wozniak, Dave Canepa, Dave Pine, David Burruto, David Silberman, DDA Albert Serrato, Deputy Alyssa Lorenzatti, Deputy Bryan Watt, Deputy John DeMartini, Deputy Joshua Wang, DOJ, Don Horsley, Evidence Tampering, Grand Jury, Jamie Draper, John Beiers, John Warren, Michael G. Stogner, Mike Callagy, Millbrae City Manager Tom Williams, Organized Crime, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Rick Decker, San Mateo County District Attorney Office, San Mateo County Firefighters, San Mateo County Manager, San Mateo County Sheriff Office, Sheriff Carlos G. Bolanos, SMC, SMCSO Det. Rosemerry Blankswade, SMCSO Sgt. Irfan Zaidi, SMCSO Sgt. Weidner, Steve Wagstaffe, Those Who Matter, Victim's Advocate, Warren Slocum, Whistleblowers
San Mateo County Supervisor Don Horsley opposes Citizen Oversight Committee. I’m not surprised.
The reason I said I’m not surprised is Don Horsley is dedicated to supporting Sheriff Carlos G. Bolanos the employer of his son. Some readers might recall that I am the citizen that saved San Mateo County Tax Payers at least $250,000 when I encouraged Supervisor Don Horsley to get back on track and keep his political campaign promise that he reneged on which was to not accept the Supervisor salary if elected. The reason I was so interested in it was he said it several times sitting next to me when we both were campaigning for Supervisor.
When asked by Bay City News whether they supported a new citizens’ oversight body, only one of five of the county supervisors, former Sheriff Don Horsley, responded to say that he unequivocally opposed the idea. Why did the other Supervisors refuse to answer the question?
“I just don’t think that having an oversight body adds anything other than more conflict and I don’t think it would have solved anything” in Chinedu Okobi’s case, Horsley said. How would Supervisor Horsley know?
October 3, 2018 News Release: Below is a list of the names of the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office Personnel who were involved in the critical incident on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018. Deputy John DeMartini, Deputy Alyssa Lorenzatti, Deputy Joshua Wang, Deputy Bryan Watt, Sergeant Weidner. OMITTED from this list is the SIXTH Employee CSO Joseph Gonzales, Why?
Supervisor Don Horsley is unconcerned with Dishonest behavior by the Sheriff.
One thing Supervisor Don Horsley refuses to address is why did Sheriff Carlos G. Bolanos produce this False statement on October 3, 2018. “The deputy exited his vehicle to contact the suspect and the suspect immediately assaulted the deputy.”
This subject was never mentioned over the radio, on the video, or in any reports. Where did Sheriff Carlos G. Bolanos get this FALSE INFORMATION and why did he approve it and allow it to remain on the County’s website for 5 months until I asked Steve Wagstaffe about it at his March 1, 2019 Press Conference. He told me “You’ll have to ask the Sheriff Bolanos.” I have and he refuses to respond.
Horsley said that he thinks that the sheriff’s office has been transparent through the investigation and was unconcerned that it took five months for the inaccurate information to be corrected. It was not inaccurate information it was FALSE INFORMATION approved by Sheriff Carlos G. Bolanos, It was a LIE.
“I think it was good of them to correct the statement,” he said.
The Sheriff’s Office did not correct the statement they simply removed it from the Website and produced another false statement dated March 1, 2019
Horsley said that in addition to the use of force policy changes, the sheriff’s office has added implicit bias training and the county has expanded its mental health outreach.
“It’s understandable why the sheriff’s deputy thought they had to stop him,” Horsley said.
Stopping a person is one thing Killing a person and offering NO CPR for almost 10 minutes is something entirely different.
Chinedu Okobi was killed while In-Custody by SIX NOT FIVE San Mateo County Sheriff Employees.
San Mateo County Coroner’s Office ruled Chinedu Okobi’s death a Homicide.
San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe at his March 1, 2019 Press Conference confirmed it was a Homicide. He said “The Coroner of this County Labeled it a Homicide.” He went on to say Homicide occurring during interaction with that individual.” That means the SIX Sheriff Employees.
Supervisor Don Horsley knows all of this information and he is Unconcerned and Uninterested.
The March 1, 2019 Lie by San Mateo County Government was Chinedu Okobi died after he was turned over to the Medics and they had him for Several Minutes, Both Sheriff Carlos G, Bolanos and Steve Wagstaffe are promoting that Lie.
I have asked Sheriff Carlos G. Bolanos to identify the MEDICS, He has refused.
Filed under #Blacklivesmatter, #SanMateoCountyNews, #SMCJUSTICE, AXON, Board of Supervisors, Body Camera Video, Carole Groom, Charles Stone, Chinedu Okobi, Chris Hunter, Citizen Journalist, Citizens Oversight Committee, City of Millbrae, Community Service Officer Joseph Gonzales, CSO Joseph Gonzales, D.J. Wozniak, Dave Canepa, Dave Pine, Deputy Alyssa Lorenzatti, Deputy Bryan Watt, Deputy John DeMartini, Deputy Joshua Wang, Don Horsley, John Beiers, John Burris, Jordan Boyd, Judicial Misconduct, Michael G. Stogner, Mike Callagy, NAACP, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Rick Decker, San Mateo County District Attorney Office, San Mateo County News, San Mateo County Sheriff Office, San Mateo County Supervisors, Sergeant David Weidner, Sheriff Carlos G. Bolanos, SMCSO Det. Rosemerry Blankswade, SMCSO Sgt. Weidner, Those Who Matter, Victim's Advocate
SMC Sheriff Sgt. Lou Aquino Arrested for DUI, by Redwood City Police
Next Court Date is March 2, 2020 9:00
Update 11/4/2019: Sheriff Carlos G. Bolanos & PIO Rosemerry Blankswade refuse to respond. Why?
Michael Stogner <michaelgstogner@yahoo.com>
Booking Photo of Sergeant Lou Aquino DUI arrest
To:SHERIFFS_PIO
Cc:Dave Pine,David Canepa, Don Horsley, Carole Groom,Warren Slocum and 1 more…
Oct 28 at 7:27 AM
Hello Rosemerry,
Could you please provide me with that photo or an explanation as to why the Sheriff’s Office does not think they need to.
Can you confirm his Driver’s License has been suspended for refusing the chemical test?
Is he on Administrative Leave or is he on his normal duty?
Michael G. Stogner
San Mateo County News.com
Update: 10/24/2019 Congratulations to the Palo Alto Daily Post for their Front Page Story on Sheriff Sergeant Lou Aquino’s DUI Arrest on September 14, 2019. That is 23 days after the SMCN.com article. They are the only one of 7 Print Media in San Mateo County to inform the public. The San Mateo Daily Journal placed it on the Website version I asked Jon Mays if he published it in print copy he has not responded. Sheriff Carlos G. Bolanos and PIO Rosemary Blankswade refuse to even respond to my request for his Booking Photo.
Update 10/21/2019 There is no blood alcohol result because he refused to submit to a chemical test as required by law. This means for the ordinary resident your Drivers License is suspended for 1 year.
Update: 10/17/2019 Sheriff Bolanos and PIO Rosemerry refuse to even respond to my e-mail request for Booking Photo. Why? It’s public information.
Update: 10/02/2019 9:40PM The court appearance date is October 23, 2019
I know when you read the date below you are going to think this is old News and you are correct. I will say that I am the first News Media to inform the public about it, this is an example of a Those Who Matter case. Special Treatment, What the public doesn’t know won’t hurt them etc. No statement from Sheriff Carlos G. Bolanos, No statement and even more important No Charges by District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe, Why?
Steve Wagstaffe informed me this morning 10/02/2019 that his office has not received the case from Redwood City Police Department and that would explain why No Charges if it were true, so I sent RWCP an e-mail. Gary Kirk responded RCPD filed the case with the DA’s Office on September 23rd. On September 27th, we received a request for additional information for prosecution from the issuing DA. You may want to call them back to clarify the information they provided. The DA’s case number is 0811082.
September 14, 2019 The Redwood City Police Department arrested San Mateo County Sheriff Sergeant Luis Dejesus Aquino for DUI last week after he crashed a car (not his) the car belonged to San Mateo County Sheriff Lieutenant Victoria A. O’Brian. Location of arrest was Broadway/Arguello St, which just happens to be where the DSA building is located. The arresting Officers transported him to First Chance in Burlingame where he was refused acceptance reason being he was to “Belligerent”. He was than transported to Maguire Jail where he was booked. He had attended a retirement celebration at the Deputy Sheriff Association (DSA) Building on Broadway Street Redwood City, prior to being arrested. So much for “Friends don’t let Friends Drive Drunk.” or “Let me call an UBER, Lyft or a Cab for you.” Better yet “I’ll drive you home.”
His attorney is Josh Bentley. You might ask why do you need an attorney if No Criminal charges are filed? Who called Mr. Bentley and When?
Redwood City Police did respond to my inquiry of the DUI Arrest of Sergeant Lou Aquino and confirmed it. Thank you RWCPD.
SMC Sheriff Carlos G. Bolanos has refused to provide me with the Booking photo. He has remained Silent on Sheriff Sergeant Lou Aquinos’ arrest. Here is what he was saying just two weeks before the arrest.
“Labor Day should be a time for friends and family to come together to enjoy the last days of summer,” said Sheriff Carlos Bolanos. “We need commitment from our community members that they’ll keep the streets free of drunk drivers so that everyone can have a safe holiday. This is a campaign to get the message out that drunk driving is illegal and it takes lives. Help us put an end to this senseless behavior,” he said.
The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office and NHTSA are reminding citizens of the many resources available to get them home safely. “Drunk driving is not acceptable behavior,” said Sheriff Carlos Bolanos. “It is essential to plan a sober ride home before you ever leave for the party. That’s why, during the Labor Day holiday, we will make zero exceptions for drunk driving. There are just no excuses,” he said.
San Mateo County Sheriff Det. Rosemerry Blankswade Press Release 2 weeks before Sgt. Aquino’s Arrest.
Filed under #SanMateoCounty, #SanMateoCountyNews, #SMCJUSTICE, Attorney Josh Bentley, Carole Groom, Citizen Journalist, Citizens Oversight Committee, City of Redwood City, D.J. Wozniak, Dave Canepa, Dave Pine, Don Horsley, First Chance, Michael G. Stogner, Mike Callagy, Palo Alto Daily Post, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Redwood City Police Chief Dan Mulholland, Redwood City Police Department, San Mateo County District Attorney Office, San Mateo County Sheriff Office, San Mateo County Supervisors, Sheriff Carlos G. Bolanos, Sheriff Lieutenant Victoria A. O'Brian, Sheriff's Public Information Officer, SMCSO Det. Rosemerry Blankswade, SMCSO Sergeant Lou Aquino, Those Who Matter, Victim's Advocate, Warren Slocum
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12302. NEW DELHI HOWRAH KOLKATA RAJDHANI EXPRESS TRAIN FROM NEW DELHI TO HOWRAH RUNS DAILY EXCEPT FRIDAY
12302 New Delhi Howrah Kolkata Rajdhani Express train from New Delhi to Howrah runs on daily basis except for Friday, covering 1453 kms in 17 hours, running at a speed of 87.97 km/hr, making 7 stoppages of 29 minutes in total.
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NEW DELHI HOWRAH KOLKATA RAJDHANI EXPRESS TIMETABLE
1 NEW DELHI (NDLS) 16:55 0 km
2 KANPUR CENTRAL (CNB) 21:35 21:40 05:00 447 km
3 ALLAHABAD JN (ALD) 23:40 23:42 02:00 642 km
4 PTDEEN DAYAL UPADHYAYA JN (DDU) 01:44 01:54 10:00 791 km
5 GAYA JN (GAYA) 03:47 03:50 03:00 995 km
6 PARASNATH (PNME) 05:45 05:47 02:00 1146 km
7 DHANBAD JN (DHN) 06:35 06:40 05:00 1193 km
8 ASANSOL JN (ASN) 07:28 07:30 02:00 1252 km
9 HOWRAH JN (HWH) 09:55 1453 km
Route map of New Delhi to Howrah trains,
12302 NEW DELHI HOWRAH KOLKATA RAJDHANI FARE
New Delhi Howrah Kolkata Rajdhani Express has AC1, AC2, AC3
Basic Fare
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Total Fare
1st AC 4234 60 75 191 4560
2nd AC 2437 50 45 110 2642
3rd AC 1673 40 45 76 1834
12302 New Delhi Howrah Kolkata Rajdhani Express is the fastest train from New Delhi to Howrah railway station. (Compare Train Speeds)
Returning train number 12301. New Delhi Howrah Kolkata Rajdhani Express commences from Howrah Jn at 16:55 and reaches New Delhi at 09:55. It runs on daily except friday.
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Home FOOD & DRINK Food News & Trends Garnett's at The Valentine Opens This Spring
Garnett's at The Valentine Opens This Spring
The beloved Fan café will serve sandwiches, soups, salads and more from the courtyard of the downtown museum
by Stephanie Breijo
Expect Garnett's Café menu favorites, as well as a few new surprises, when the Fan restaurant opens its second location this spring. (Photo by Molly Scott Photo & Video Inc. courtesy Garnett's at The Valentine)
There's nothing quite like a spring stroll through The Valentine museum's gardens and courtyard, a lush 15,000 square feet perfect for an afternoon escape from the office. The only thing that could improve this scene, of course, is a perfect lunch to enjoy there. Previously, guests could enjoy cupcakes, deviled eggs and boxed lunches from Sally Bell's, which occupied the small brick café there until last month. This spring, guests will find a new tenant in the space: Garnett's Café is moving in this May.
"Kendra [Feather]'s new venture at The Valentine is a perfect match," museum Director Bill Martin says in a news release. "We both share a commitment to the revitalization of the city and creating an amazing experience for our guests."
Between Garnett's in the Fan, Laura Lee's in Forest Hill, The Roosevelt in Church Hill and Ipanema near VCU, Feather keeps busy keeping Richmond well fed. But according to her husband and business partner, John Murden Jr., who'll be managing Garnett's at The Valentine, the decision was an easy one.
"The conversation was like, 'Oh my god, could we do another place?' But it just is a special opportunity," he says. "I'm a history geek, and we adore Bill Martin. The Valentine is such a great place, and to come in after Sally Bell's feels like a historic opportunity as well."
Murden and Feather face a few kitchen limitations in their second Garnett's location; there's no ventilation in the café at The Valentine, which means there will be no panini press. Even so, the menu there will be recognizable to Garnett's-in-the-Fan's fans, with a few surprises: Roughly half of the menu from 2001 Park Ave. will carry over to the new downtown outpost, with a bit of Ipanema's menu to boot, plus a few completely new items. "We see it as a chance to try out some new things that would fit with Garnett's, but [that] might be a more modern-type idea," Murden says, noting that he and Feather are looking at adapting the classic boxed-lunch concept to include more modern and healthy options.
Garnett's at The Valentine will focus on lunch, serving from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, but should the team hear demand for mornings and early after-work hours, it's possible the hours may extend to accommodate. Expect similar price points to the Fan's Garnett's Café, as well as the same baked goods, supplied by Laura Lee's. Murden estimates a late-May opening, but guarantees a launch by the first weekend in June, when the museum's summer concert series begins.
"We're so excited to get into downtown like this," says Feather in a news release. "The garden is beautiful, and The Valentine is such an amazing Richmond institution — this is a dream."
Garnett's at The Valentine is slated to open in the museum's courtyard in late May, serving lunch from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday. The Valentine is located at 1015 E. Clay St. For updates, follow Garnett's at The Valentine on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
The Valentine Garnett's Cafe Sally Bell's Kitchen Garnett's at The Valentine Kendra Feather Bill Martin John Murden
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Suppose your party’s candidate is going to lose the election in a landslide. What follows? A resounding mandate for the other side. Lots of effective policy from the office of the widely supported President.
Why just sit and take it? One way to be a spoiler is to delegitimize the other candidate. I believe the FBI passed on Clinton to avoid stepping into a political turd. First, FBI employees would be vilified and attacked in the mainstream media without mercy. Second, the resulting Trump victory would be viewed by many as not an endorsement of his policies but as the inevitable result of an undemocratic criminal prosecution. Even if you think Hillary personally committed crimes, you probably do not want all the people who believe in her positions disenfranchised. If there were time for the Democratic Party to put up a replacement candidate you would be perfectly happy with the contest, but there is not.
Now of course you can say she should have thought of that before she betrayed her supporters. In a way, however, people who believe in her politics shouldn’t pay for supporting the only representative of their views on offer.
Much more important is that disqualifying her candidacy delegitimizes her opponent’s victory. Do you want the President selected by the discretionary decision of an FBI director, even if you agree with his conclusion? What of the people who do not agree with his decision? You cannot tell them they lost fair and square in a vote, except with a very sophisticated argument with many logical steps (don’t run criminals and you should know if your candidate is a criminal). Surely a victory at the ballot box without indictment of your opponent is the better foundation for a successful Presidency.
So now it appears criminal investigations of the email server, the foundation, the Dept of State grind onwards towards what? Do these Democrat controlled bureaus really want to bring charges against their candidate three months before the election with no possibility of resolution before the public is asked to decide? Are they impartial dispensers of justice or strategists trying to at least spoil the other side’s victory?
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What is to be done with the actually-existing Marxist left?
An interview with Jodi Dean
The Communist Horizon (2012) Platypus Review 54 | March 2013
. On October 13th, 2012, Ross Wolfe of the Platypus Affiliated Society interviewed Jodi Dean, Professor of Political Science at Hobart and William Smith College, and author of The Communist Horizon (New York: Verso, 2012). What follows is an edited transcript of their conversation. Ross Wolfe: Your new book, The Communist Horizon, builds upon a body of literature that has accumulated around the concept of communism over the last decade. What is the significance of this renewed emphasis on communism? Jodi Dean: The shift towards communism puts leftist thought into a distinct political horizon. It is no longer a sort of touchy-feely, identity issue-based, and fragmented emphasis on each persons unique specificity. It is no longer a generic, attitudinal lifestyle, preoccupation with awareness or the spontaneous, and momentary reduction of politics to the minuteness of the everyday. Communism returns politics to grand, revolutionary possibilities to projects of political power. And that change is absolutely, crucially enormous, even if forty years out of date. RW: Where does your own work on the communist horizon fit in relation to the work of other major leftist theorists on the subject? JD: My writing intersects iek as well as Hardt and Negri, with alliance to (and inspiration from) Bruno Bosteels. I get the account of communication as the fundamental aspect of economic change from Hardt and Negri. It is from them I get the account of contemporary capitalism and its political economy. I also disagree with them because they get rid of the notion of antagonism and that is the problem. Their diagnosis of informatization and communicative subsumption in capitalism is right, but theyre too positive about it, without providing the force that negativity carries in critique. I get the critical aspect from iek. On the importance of the party, iek says, a politics without the Party is a politics without politics. I fully agree with that. Also, Bosteels and I have talked about the similarity between ieks account of the party in the Afterword to Revolution at the Gates and Alain Badious account in Theory of the Subject. The party is an association rooted in fidelity to an event. It holds open the space for this fidelity. The implication is that the party is not rightly understood in terms of its program or doctrine, but rather in terms of holding open the space for the subject
faithful to the event, in this case, the event of 1917. This is where there is a similarity or resonance in terms of thinking about communism. RW: In your book, you write: The problem of the Left hasnt been our adherence to a Marxist critique of capitalism. Its that we have lost sight of the communist horizon ( The Communist Horizon, 6). What does communism provide that is missing from the Marxist critique of capitalism? JD: Communism provides a positive moment: It is something that makes you do more than criticize and constantly subject everything to a ruthless critique. It provides a purpose and a direction for that sort of negativity to have a positivity in mind. Leftist intellectuals in particular often get lost in critique. We fetishize critique. We enjoy it, in the psychoanalytic sense, but the question is: What to do with the critique or how to use it to move forward to galvanize and organize the masses? What communism provides is an orientation for critique. That is what Marx had, too. Yet, when Marxism moved so strongly into the academy that critique became viewed as beneficial for its own sake, it lost the orientation to a politics that would be willing to take power. RW: Though he may have been its most celebrated interlocutor, one of Marxs most enduring contributions to revolutionary thought arguably consists in his sustained polemic against rival theories of communism (those of Cabet, Dzamy, Weitling, Fourier, Proudhon) that existed during his time. So would you say that Marxs critical intervention into the history of communist discourse is irreducible? Or is this legacy of immanent critique of other leftists dispensable? JD: I dont think this legacy is dispensable. It just shouldnt be a fetish-object, right? It shouldnt be some kind of all or nothing. My friend James Martel has a trilogy of books on Walter Benjamin. In the first of these, Textual Conspiracies, he criticizes what he calls idolatry, using Benjamins discussion of Baudelaire. James is an anarchist, and we disagree there, but his critique of idolatry as a mode of left attachment is really good. So as to your question, it doesnt need to be one thing or the other. RW: More broadly, what is the relationship between Marxism and communism? Does one have priority over the other? JD: I think they have to go together. RW: Is it still possible to imagine the creation of a communist society with a pre- or postMarxist lens? JD: Communism without Marxism can become weird primitivism. Some of the anarchist approaches to sustainability seem to have in mind something positively prehistoric in their rejection of anything that could be a city even medieval cities, which didnt require everyone to live in a subsistence mode of existence. Marxism recognizes that important things happened with industrialization, and communism comes out of or has to be dragged out of a particular kind of capitalist development.
RW: Oppositely, what is Marxism without communism as its goal, as with Bernstein or Kautsky? Or, as with Badiou, without the revolutionary implementation of the state as its means? JD: Marxism without communism loses its radical goal and direction. That is what the problem with socialism is. Let me say a little more about this: I wasnt sure at the beginning about communism. In the United States, it made sense from the 1990s through the first half of the last decade to think in terms of socialism. For us, socialism would be an amazing achievement, given the hideous trend of neoliberalism. However, I became more favorable to communism after reading the critiques of European social democracy, and I recognized it was a sellout to capitalism that sacrificed Marxisms revolutionary edge and, in fact, had betrayed the revolution. Of course, I feared that the same could be said for parties claiming to be communist, such as the Italian Communist Party, which has co-opted and betrayed revolutionary Marxism just as much as some of the social-democratic parties of Europe. But in the contemporary political and intellectual turn, communism is important because it says Look, were not sanguine. We think social-democracy sold out, that socialism is accommodationist. That approach has to be rejected. Another reason for communism comes from the American context. No other word symbolizes anti-capitalism like communism. And thats reason enough to claim it, hold onto it, and organize around it. I disagree with Badiou on his rejection of the state and of the party, which is tantamount to a rejection of power, and results in a bizarre condemnation of communism as some weird mental attitude. His book, The Communist Hypothesis, ends up promoting communism as the contemplation of this Ideal Form. We have to think in terms of a state and of a party. We need to push ourselves to imagine different forms and modes of organization and realize them differently. We cant think that every possibility has been used up. RW: On the subject of the state, you propose a state guided by the sovereignty of the people rather than the dictatorship of the proletariat. Can you explain the reasoning behind this terminological shift? JD: There are a couple of reasons I argue for the sovereignty of the people instead of the dictatorship of the proletariat. The reason I moved to sovereignty from dictatorship is not simply because dictatorship has a bad reputation or that its a difficult political position to organize people around (though these are good reasons, too). It is because dictatorship connotes a provisional form, whereas sovereignty of the people lets us know that we must always be collectively governing ourselves. We have to always be steering ourselves, always mindful of a struggle against those who would attempt to oppress, exploit, or expropriate us. RW: Does your notion of the sovereignty of the people allow for Lenins (and Engels) doctrine of the withering away of the state? JD: No, I dont think so. I am not sure if it makes sense for us. What makes sense for us is to think of different modes of power that we continue to exert over ourselves. Here is how I would put it: I am interested in the different modes and different ways in which we can be selfsovereign. For Lenin, there is a lot of withering away, which means that with everyone getting new skills and being able to do the same things bureaucratically, the state apparatus will become
unnecessary. In some ways I think that is right. We might think of that today in terms of various distributive forms of government or governance, but overall the language of withering away doesnt capture how we would continually need forms through which to steer or govern ourselves in complex societies. RW: Insofar as Marx, Engels, and Lenin characterized the modern state as expressing the domination of one class over all others, doesnt the continued existence of the state suggest that classes continue to exist? Does this imply that a classless society is impossible? JD: It depends on how we understand the state and how we understand classes. I want to defend an idea of communism against a bunch of the common-sense criticisms that are given, the kind raised by democrats and progressives. They tend to criticize it along the following lines: Oh, you communists think that youll get to an end of history where theres no more politics, and everything is just wonderful, touchy-feely unity. Laclau also has a version of this critique. The reason they have that criticism owes to the language of the withering away of the state, as if we could have forms of human sociality that would be completely without violence or oppression. We shouldnt be utopians in the sense that we believe in a classless society there will be no more conflict. There wont be class conflict, but therell be different kinds of conflict, and we will need the state in some form in order to abolish capitalism, in order to take things and redistribute them. RW: Besides sovereignty, the other component in your reformulation of the dictatorship of the proletariat as the sovereignty of the people is the people. Following Hardt and Negri and Badiou, you distance yourself from the classical Marxist notion, elaborated by Lukcs, of the proletariat as the subject of communism or history. Instead, you offer the notion of the people as the rest of us, the people as a divided and divisive force, as an alternative to some of the other names for the subject of communism proletariat, multitude, part-of-no-part (18 19). How does this amendment to the traditional concept of the subject of communism or history help to improve Marxs theory, or at least bring it up to date? JD: One of the ways it brings Marxs theory up to date is really pragmatic. When youre talking to a bunch of people today, almost no one says that hes a member of the proletariat. They may say theyre part of the people. (This, even though Marx and Lenin are very clear that the proletariat is not an empirical category). The term proletarianization is still accurate and useful, however, so I think its important to keep that concept and think of the people as the proletarianized people. For folks in the US, proletariat suggests factory labor too strongly. There are many people who dont feel like theyre proletarians, even as they might recognize their existence as proletarianized, especially today because weve lost so many manufacturing jobs. There are so many precarious workers, fragile workers, so many non-workers widespread unemployment, people who are underemployed. Its hard for those folks to think of themselves as the proletariat. The sense of the people as a divided group better encompasses our own time. Frankly, I also think it includes more of the reserve army of the unemployed, the Lumpenproletariat that classical communism had mistakenly abandoned. Now I dont mean this in any way as a rejection of the category of the worker. Recognizing the people as a revolutionary subject also brings communist theory up to date, because in Russia
and in China there were discussions of alliances between the proletariat and the peasantry, both as segments of the revolutionary people. There was a realization in Russia and China that the category of the the proletariat risked being too narrow and exclusive and wouldnt account for a huge segment of the people. Both Lenin and Mao had ideas of the people as a revolutionary grouping and both used this language. Lukcs is very clear in his book Lenin: A Study in the Unity of His Thought how Lenin evolved the notion of the people to give it this revolutionary, divided, and divisive sense. So there are good Marxist reasons to make this rhetorical move in emphasizing the people rather than the proletariat. They recognized the utility of a militant account of the people, not as a totality or unity, but as a divided group. RW: How does your category of the people as the rest of us work to address the problem of revolutionary consciousness? What would something like false consciousness look like in this model? JD: This is where iek is very helpful. In ieks account, ideology is not a matter of what we know but what we do. So false consciousness isnt the problem. The problem is what youre doing, and how your actions repeat. We all know capitalism is a system that exploits the many for the benefit of the very few, and yet we continue in it. Its not like we are deluded about it. Our contemporary problem is not that we are unaware that capitalism is unjust and wrecking the lives of billions. The problem is that we either dont have the will to get out, or arent quite sure how to do so. Its not a matter of changing peoples minds. Its about changing their actions. RW: I would like to go over your rejection of democracy in the name of communism. This may just be tactical, given the political vocabulary today. Taking a broader historical purview, however, didnt Marx and others view communism as simply a higher realization of the democratic principle? JD: That is because they didnt live in democracies. They were struggling for democracy. They didnt have universal suffrage, democratic governments, and so on. So it makes sense that they thought they were for that. Maybe not toward the end of his life, but Marx for the most part believed that once there was a workers party and universal suffrage you could possibly install an elected version of something like communism. That seems likely in some of his writings. But that view is ridiculous. The bourgeoisie is not going to give up without a fight. That is why I think Lenin is so much better. In Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder Lenin argues that democracy is the highest form of bourgeois government it is a vehicle for bourgeois rule. We need to ask ourselves: What is the attachment to democracy? What does that mean in leftwing discussions these days? I think its a failure of will, and even an attachment to the form of our subjection. Why do we keep arguing in terms of democracy when we live in a democracy that is the source of unbelievable inequality and capitalist exploitation? Why are we so attached to this? It makes no sense. Of course, its not like we should have a system where nobody votes. The most fundamental things namely, control over the economy should be for the common, in the name of the common, and by the common (without being determined by something like voting). It should be known that there is no private property. Everything we own and produce is for the common good, and that is not up for grabs, it is a condition for the possibility of democracy. It shouldnt itself be subject to democracy, the same way that any kind
of revolutionary moment or transition to communism cant be understood as a democratic move. If we can get twenty percent of the people, we could do it. But its not democratic. Eighty percent of people dont care. Badiou is brilliant when he asks, Why are people so intrigued by the so-called independent voters? Why are people without a political opinion even allowed to decide, when they dont even care? RW: Like Bosteels, you object to Badious treatment of communism as a quasi-Platonic eternal political idea (37). What is at stake in this objection? If communist politics arose historically, what were the historical conditions that first made it possible? JD: In a very banal Marxist sense, what makes communism possible has to do with the level of development of forces of production under capitalism. And then the question is, as always: Is communism yet possible? Is the fact that we havent achieved it yet a sign that it has not yet been possible, in terms of the level of development of forces of production? Or have we just lacked the political will? RW: Insofar as communism can thus be seen as bound up with the historical emergence and continued development of capital, what role does capital play in history in determining what you call the communist horizon? Does the image of communism vary from age to age depending on the social conditions that are present? If so, how? JD: There would be things that vary and things that dont vary. The image of communism would also vary with respect to the specificities of the relations of production in different societies. The image of communism for Mao was not the same as the image of communism for Lenin. So there are all sorts of ways that one could parse this and contextualize it with rich historical detail. But even some of the abstractions about communism are helpful. My favorite of Marxs definitions of communism is From each according to ability, to each according to need. However, one can also get very properly specific on how something like equality would manifest under communism, just as Marx criticizes equality as a bourgeois notion, particularly if its going to be limited to certain abstract rights. RW: As in his Critique of the Gotha Program? JD: Right. Both notions are there in that text. You have both the critique of a certain form of equality and another image of equality. So what would be better than the abstract question of How does it change? Questions that are much more historically specific. RW: How does the communist horizon appear under the aegis of what you call communicative capitalism (a term that encompasses both Fordist and neoliberal capitalism)? Is this any different from how it appeared under previous phases of capitalism monopoly capitalism, classical liberalism, or mercantilism? JD: There is something about the communicative common that makes things different. In communicative capitalism, we see a mode of subsumption and expropriation of the social substance that goes beyond the commodity form, and also beyond the labor theory of value. We see this in the way that Google and Facebook seize our relationships directly without having
to commodify any kind of social substance and search them for their own purposes. There is something about the way that communicative networks exceed the commodity form that is important for the critique of capitalism and in terms of how communism might unfold or what it can be. RW: Discussing the predominant picture of socialism and the USSR furnished by Western historiography, you note that, there is not yet a credible and established body of historical literature on communism, socialism, or the Soviet Union. Most of the histories we have were produced in the context of a hegemonic anticommunism (33). Beyond repairing communisms poor public image by correcting tendentious accounts of its history, is there a need for a Marxist history of historical Marxism itself? JD: What I would really like to see, in terms of my own interests, is a history (or maybe a political science) that provides a Marxist approach to learning from the Soviet experience. What are the positive things that can be taken from Soviet history? There have been all sorts of great models and different ways of approaching the question of the workers control of the economy, particularly the Yugoslav experience, and we need to have positive histories and reassessments of these. I am really much more interested in what we can learn for building a better party, for modeling different states, and for putting together a positive vision that is politically relevant. RW: Toward the end of your book, you introduce the figure of Lenin in connection with your concept of the party. This takes place within the context of a discussion of the Occupy movement in 2011-12. Countering the common conception of political parties as inherently authoritarian and unrepresentative, you maintain that the party is a vehicle for maintaining a specific gap of desire, the collective desire for collectivity (207). What would you say is the relevance of Lenin today, in light of Occupy? Does Occupy invalidate or perhaps complicate Leninist conceptions of party and organization? JD: In the book I emphasize that with Occupy Wall Street, the folks who were sleeping in the parks were a vanguard. Even if their larger movement didnt like to use the term vanguard, they acted like a vanguard. Their activities also helped galvanize people and organize resistance. So to that extent, they were acting somewhat like Lenin, even though they might have eschewed describing themselves that way. RW: Since the party you propose is patterned after Lenins notion of a vanguard party, how would you approach existing political organizations that still lay claim to this legacy who maintain, moreover, that they alone hold the little red thread of continuity connecting them with October 1917? What is to be done with the actually existing Marxist left? JD: There has been a debate, by either the International Socialist Organization or some other website, about whether the sectarian parties should try to form one big party or exist as a kind of united front. And there are interesting positions on this. But there has got to be a way to split the difference, perhaps using SYRIZA as a model, since SYRIZA is a coalition for the radical left. So a radical left coalition, something like SYRIZA, could be very cool to try out. It would be something more stable than just affinity groups flowing together but less unified than just one party with one line.
RW: Must these parties simply set aside their differences and unite? How would you distinguish between historically meaningful, principled splits and historically meaningless, arbitrary splits? JD: The question is: How much are we divided together? And how much are we divided apart? And the answer to that question comes through practice. Which divisions do we maintain? And where do we decide to split? I dont think a lot about the historical arguments. What matters today is what we identify as the primary enemy. Is the primary enemy capitalism or is the primary enemy the state? Communists and socialists rightly recognize the primary enemy as capitalism. The problem with anarchists is that many of them see the primary enemy as the state or the state form. So they dont think that seizing the state or trying to expropriate it in various sorts of ways by winning parts of it matters. They think more about just abolishing it completely. That is a mistake. Whether or not anarchists and communists can work together, because we recognize that the current state is the state of capital, is an open question. If nonaffiliated communists can build themselves into a party, or proto-party, that is strong and attractive enough, it would draw the schismatic parties into a kind of divided alliance an alliance that uses its divisions to strengthen itself. Lets face it, though: Were not Greeks. We dont have a radical history of hundreds of thousands of people in the streets in the last fifty years in the United States. We dont have it as part of our regular practice that folks can throw firebombs at the police and the police just stand by. So given where we are, it makes infinitely more sense to ask what we can pragmatically do to organize against capitalism, and replace it with something more egalitarian. RW: As with iek, the history of political Marxism you draw upon has a kind of cutoff point with Lenins death, after which Stalinism took hold. Beyond that point, the versions of Marxism that migrated or took shape outside of the sphere of Soviet Marxism Trotskyism after Trotskys exile, Western Marxism with the Frankfurt School and elsewhere, Maoism after the Sino-Soviet split appear to be orphaned in the account you trace in The Communist Horizon. Discourse on the party ends with Lenin. JD: Yeah, that is a totally fair point, and I think it is totally true. Where I would like to go next involves studying the German Communist Party toward the beginning of the 20th century. They were advocating forms of horizontal participation in small political structures. |P
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REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS
KAGAWARAN NG PANANALAPI
KAWANIHAN NG RENTAS INTERNAS
REVENUE REGULATIONS NO. 16-2005
SUBJECT: Consolidated Value-Added Tax Regulations of 2005
TO: All Internal Revenue Officers and Others Concerned
Pursuant to the provisions of Secs. 244 and 245 of the National Internal Revenue Code
of 1997, as last amended by Republic Act No. 9337 (Tax Code), in relation to Sec. 23 of the
said Republic Act, these Regulations are hereby promulgated to implement Title IV of the Tax
Code, as well as other provisions pertaining to Value-Added Tax (VAT). These Regulations
supersedes Revenue Regulations No. 14-2005 dated June 22, 2005.
COVERAGE, NATURE, BASIS, AND RATE OF
SECTION 4.105-1. Persons Liable. Any person who, in the course of his trade or
business, sells, barters, exchanges or leases goods or properties, or renders services, and any
person who imports goods, shall be liable to VAT imposed in Secs. 106 to 108 of the Tax
However, in the case of importation of taxable goods, the importer, whether an
individual or corporation and whether or not made in the course of his trade or business, shall
be liable to VAT imposed in Sec. 107 of the Tax Code.
Person refers to any individual, trust, estate, partnership, corporation, joint venture,
cooperative or association.
Taxable person refers to any person liable for the payment of VAT, whether
registered or registrable in accordance with Sec. 236 of the Tax Code.
VAT-registered person refers to any person who is registered as a VAT taxpayer
under Sec. 236 of the Tax Code. His status as a VAT-registered person shall continue until the
cancellation of such registration.
Taxable sale refers to the sale, barter, exchange and/or lease of goods or properties,
including transactions deemed sale and the performance of service for a consideration,
whether in cash or in kind, all of which are subject to tax under Secs. 106 and 108 of the Tax
SEC. 4.105-2. Nature and Characteristics of VAT. VAT is a tax on consumption
levied on the sale, barter, exchange or lease of goods or properties and services in the
Philippines and on importation of goods into the Philippines. The seller is the one statutorily
liable for the payment of the tax but the amount of the tax may be shifted or passed on to the
buyer, transferee or lessee of the goods, properties or services. This rule shall likewise apply
to existing contracts of sale or lease of goods, properties or services at the time of the
effectivity of RA No. 9337. However, in the case of importation, the importer is the one liable
for the VAT.
SEC. 4.105-3. Meaning of In the Course of Trade or Business. The term in the
course of trade or business means the regular conduct or pursuit of a commercial or
economic activity, including transactions incidental thereto, by any person regardless of
whether or not the person engaged therein is a non-stock, non-profit private organization
(irrespective of the disposition of its net income and whether or not it sells exclusively to
members or their guests), or government entity.
Non-resident persons who perform services in the Philippines are deemed to be making
sales in the course of trade or business, even if the performance of services is not regular.
SEC. 4.106-1. VAT on Sale of Goods or Properties. VAT is imposed and collected
on every sale, barter or exchange, or transactions deemed sale of taxable goods or properties
at the rate of 10% of the gross selling price or gross value in money of the goods or properties
sold, bartered, or exchanged, or deemed sold in the Philippines.
SEC. 4.106-2. Meaning of the Term Goods or Properties. The term goods or
properties refers to all tangible and intangible objects which are capable of pecuniary
estimation and shall include, among others:
(1) Real properties held primarily for sale to customers or held for lease in the ordinary
course of trade or business;
(2) The right or the privilege to use patent, copyright, design or model, plan, secret
formula or process, goodwill, trademark, trade brand or other like property or right;
(3) The right or the privilege to use any industrial commercial or scientific equipment;
(4) The right or the privilege to use motion picture films, films, tapes and discs; and
(5) Radio, television, satellite transmission and cable television time.
SEC. 4.106-3. Sale of Real Properties. Sale of real properties held primarily for
sale to customers or held for lease in the ordinary course of trade or business of the seller shall
be subject to VAT.
In the case of sale of real properties on the installment plan, the real estate dealer shall
be subject to VAT on the installment payments, including interest and penalties, actually
and/or constructively received by the seller.
Sale of residential lot exceeding P1,500,000.00, residential house and lot or other
residential dwellings exceeding P2,500,000.00, where the instrument of sale (whether the
instrument is nominated as a deed of absolute sale, deed of conditional sale or otherwise) is
executed on or after July 1, 2005, shall be subject to 10% VAT.
Installment sale of residential house and lot or other residential dwellings exceeding
P1,000,000.00, where the instrument of sale (whether the instrument is nominated as a deed of
absolute sale, deed of conditional sale or otherwise) was executed prior to July 1, 2005, shall
be subject to 10% VAT.
Sale of real property on installment plan means sale of real property by a real estate
dealer, the initial payments of which in the year of sale do not exceed twenty-five percent
(25%) of the gross selling price.
However, in the case of sale of real properties on the deferred-payment basis, not on the
installment plan, the transaction shall be treated as cash sale which makes the entire selling
price taxable in month of sale.
Sale of real property by a real estate dealer on a deferred payment basis, not on the
installment plan means sale of real property, the initial payments of which in the year of sale
exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the gross selling price.
Initial payments means payment or payments which the seller receives before or
upon execution of the instrument of sale and payments which he expects or is scheduled to
receive in cash or property (other than evidence of indebtedness of the purchaser) during the
year when the sale or disposition of the real property was made. It covers any down payment
made and includes all payments actually or constructively received during the year of sale, the
aggregate of which determines the limit set by law.
Initial payments do not include the amount of mortgage on the real property sold except
when such mortgage exceeds the cost or other basis of the property to the seller, in which case,
the excess shall be considered part of the initial payments.
Also excluded from initial payments are notes or other evidence of indebtedness issued
by the purchaser to the seller at the time of the sale.
Pre-selling of real estate properties by real estate dealers shall be subject to VAT in
accordance with rules prescribed above.
Real estate dealer includes any person engaged in the business of buying,
developing, selling, exchanging real properties as principal and holding himself out as a full or
part-time dealer in real estate.
Transmission of property to a trustee shall not be subject to VAT if the property is to be
merely held in trust for the trustor and/or beneficiary. However, if the property transferred is
one for sale, lease or use in the ordinary course of trade or business and the transfer constitutes
a completed gift, the transfer is subject to VAT as a deemed sale transaction pursuant to Sec.
4.106-7(a)(1) of these Regulations. The transfer is a completed gift if the transferor divests
himself absolutely of control over the property, i.e., irrevocable transfer of corpus and/or
irrevocable designation of beneficiary.
SEC. 4.106-4. Meaning of the Term Gross Selling Price. The term gross selling
price means the total amount of money or its equivalent which the purchaser pays or is
obligated to pay to the seller in consideration of the sale, barter or exchange of the goods or
properties, excluding VAT. The excise tax, if any, on such goods or properties shall form part
of the gross selling price.
In the case of sale, barter or exchange of real property subject to VAT, gross selling
price shall mean the consideration stated in the sales document or the fair market value
whichever is higher. The term fair market value shall mean whichever is the higher of: 1) the
fair market value as determined by the Commissioner (zonal value), or 2) the fair market value
as shown in schedule of values of the Provincial and City Assessors (real property tax
declaration). However, in the absence of zonal value, gross selling price refers to the market
value shown in the latest real property tax declaration or the consideration, whichever is
higher. If the gross selling price is based on the zonal value or market value of the property,
the zonal or market value shall be deemed inclusive of VAT. If the VAT is not billed
separately, the selling price stated in the sales document shall be deemed to be inclusive of
SEC. 4.106-5. Zero-Rated Sales of Goods or Properties. A zero-rated sale of goods
or properties (by a VAT-registered person) is a taxable transaction for VAT purposes, but shall
not result in any output tax. However, the input tax on purchases of goods, properties or
services, related to such zero-rated sale, shall be available as tax credit or refund in accordance
with these Regulations.
The following sales by VAT-registered persons shall be subject to zero percent (0%)
(a) Export sales. Export Sales shall mean:
(1) The sale and actual shipment of goods from the Philippines to a foreign country,
irrespective of any shipping arrangement that may be agreed upon which may influence or
determine the transfer of ownership of the goods so exported, paid for in acceptable foreign
currency or its equivalent in goods or services, and accounted for in accordance with the rules
and regulations of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP);
(2) The sale of raw materials or packaging materials to a non-resident buyer for
delivery to a resident local export-oriented enterprise to be used in manufacturing, processing,
packing or repacking in the Philippines of the said buyers goods, paid for in acceptable
foreign currency, and accounted for in accordance with the rules and regulations of the BSP;
(3) The sale of raw materials or packaging materials to an export-oriented enterprise
whose export sales exceed seventy percent (70%) of total annual production;
Any enterprise whose export sales exceed 70% of the total annual production of the
preceding taxable year shall be considered an export-oriented enterprise.
(4) Sale of gold to the BSP; and
(5) Transactions considered export sales under Executive Order No. 226, otherwise
known as the Omnibus Investments Code of 1987, and other special laws.
Considered export sales under Executive Order No. 226 shall mean the Philippine
port F.O.B. value determined from invoices, bills of lading, inward letters of credit, landing
certificates, and other commercial documents, of export products exported directly by a
registered export producer, or the net selling price of export products sold by a registered
export producer to another export producer, or to an export trader that subsequently exports the
same; Provided, That sales of export products to another producer or to an export trader shall
only be deemed export sales when actually exported by the latter, as evidenced by landing
certificates or similar commercial documents; Provided, further, That without actual
exportation the following shall be considered constructively exported for purposes of these
provisions: (1) sales to bonded manufacturing warehouses of export-oriented manufacturers;
(2) sales to export processing zones; (3) sales to registered export traders operating bonded
trading warehouses supplying raw materials in the manufacture of export products under
guidelines to be set by the Board in consultation with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)
and the Bureau of Customs (BOC); (4) sales to diplomatic missions and other agencies and/or
instrumentalities granted tax immunities, of locally manufactured, assembled or repacked
products whether paid for in foreign currency or not.
For purposes of zero-rating, the export sales of registered export traders shall include
commission income. The exportation of goods on consignment shall not be deemed export
sales until the export products consigned are in fact sold by the consignee; and Provided,
finally, that sales of goods, properties or services made by a VAT-registered supplier to a BOI-
registered manufacturer/producer whose products are 100% exported are considered export
sales. A certification to this effect must be issued by the Board of Investment (BOI) which
shall be good for one year unless subsequently re-issued by the BOI.
(6) The sale of goods, supplies, equipment and fuel to persons engaged in international
shipping or international air transport operations; Provided, That the same is limited to goods,
supplies, equipment and fuel pertaining to or attributable to the transport of goods and
passengers from a port in the Philippines directly to a foreign port without docking or stopping
at any other port in the Philippines; Provided, further, that if any portion of such fuel, goods or
supplies is used for purposes other than that mentioned in this paragraph, such portion of fuel,
goods and supplies shall be subject to 10% VAT.
(b) Foreign Currency Denominated Sale. Foreign Currency Denominated Sale
means the sale to a non-resident of goods, except those mentioned in Secs. 149 and 150 of the
Tax Code, assembled or manufactured in the Philippines for delivery to a resident in the
Philippines, paid for in acceptable foreign currency and accounted for in accordance with the
rules and regulations of the BSP.
Sales of locally manufactured or assembled goods for household and personal use to
Filipinos abroad and other non-residents of the Philippines as well as returning Overseas
Filipinos under the Internal Export Program of the government paid for in convertible foreign
currency and accounted for in accordance with the rules and regulations of the BSP shall also
be considered export sales.
(c) Sales to Persons or Entities Deemed Tax-exempt under Special Law or
International Agreement. - Sales of goods or property to persons or entities who are tax-
exempt under special laws, e.g. sales to enterprises duly registered and accredited with the
Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) pursuant to R.A. No. 7227, sales to enterprises
duly registered and accredited with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) or
international agreements to which the Philippines is signatory, such as, Asian Development
Bank (ADB), International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), etc., shall be effectively subject to
VAT at zero-rate.
SEC. 4.106-6. Meaning of the Term Effectively Zero-rated Sale of Goods and
Properties. The term effectively zero-rated sale of goods and properties shall refer to
the local sale of goods and properties by a VAT-registered person to a person or entity who
was granted indirect tax exemption under special laws or international agreement. Under these
Regulations, transactions which, although not involving actual export, are considered as
constructive export shall be entitled to the benefit of zero-rating, such as local sales of goods
and properties to persons or entities covered under pars. (a) no. (3) - (sale to export-oriented
enterprises), (a) no. (6) - (sale of goods, supplies, equipment and fuel to persons engaged in
international shipping or international air transport operations), (b) (Foreign Currency
Denominated Sale) and (c) (Sales to Tax-Exempt Persons or Entities) of the preceding section.
Except for Export Sale under Sec. 4.106-5(a) and Foreign Currency Denominated Sale
under Sec. 4.106-5(b), other cases of zero-rated sales shall require prior application with the
appropriate BIR office for effective zero-rating. Without an approved application for effective
zero-rating, the transaction otherwise entitled to zero-rating shall be considered exempt. The
foregoing rule notwithstanding, the Commissioner may prescribe such rules to effectively
implement the processing of applications for effective zero-rating.
SEC. 4.106-7. Transactions Deemed Sale.
(a) The following transactions shall be deemed sale pursuant to Sec. 106 (B) of the
Tax Code:
(1) Transfer, use or consumption not in the course of business of goods or properties
originally intended for sale or for use in the course of business. Transfer of goods or properties
not in the course of business can take place when VAT-registered person withdraws goods
from his business for his personal use;
(2) Distribution or transfer to:
i. Shareholders or investors share in the profits of VAT-registered person;
Property dividends which constitute stocks in trade or properties primarily held for sale
or lease declared out of retained earnings on or after January 1, 1996 and distributed by the
company to its shareholders shall be subject to VAT based on the zonal value or fair market
value at the time of distribution, whichever is applicable.
ii. Creditors in payment of debt or obligation.
(3) Consignment of goods if actual sale is not made within 60 days following the date
such goods were consigned. Consigned goods returned by the consignee within the 60-day
period are not deemed sold;
(4) Retirement from or cessation of business with respect to all goods on hand, whether
capital goods, stock-in-trade, supplies or materials as of the date of such retirement or
cessation, whether or not the business is continued by the new owner or successor. The
following circumstances shall, among others, give rise to transactions deemed sale for
purposes of this Section;
i. Change of ownership of the business. There is a change in the ownership of the
business when a single proprietorship incorporates; or the proprietor of a single proprietorship
sells his entire business.
ii. Dissolution of a partnership and creation of a new partnership which takes over the
(b) The Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall determine the appropriate tax base in
cases where a transaction is deemed a sale, barter or exchange of goods or properties under
Sec. 4.106-7 paragraph (a) hereof, or where the gross selling price is unreasonably lower than
the actual market value. The gross selling price is unreasonably lower than the actual market
value if it is lower by more than 30% of the actual market value of the same goods of the same
quantity and quality sold in the immediate locality on or nearest the date of sale.
For transactions deemed sale, the output tax shall be based on the market value of the
goods deemed sold as of the time of the occurrence of the transactions enumerated in Sec.
4.106-7(a)(1),(2), and (3) of these Regulations. However, in the case of retirement or cessation
of business, the tax base shall be the acquisition cost or the current market price of the goods or
properties, whichever is lower.
In the case of a sale where the gross selling price is unreasonably lower than the fair
market value, the actual market value shall be the tax base.
SEC. 4.106-8. Change or Cessation of Status as VAT-registered Person.
(a) Subject to output tax
The VAT provided for in Sec. 106 of the Tax Code shall apply to goods or properties
originally intended for sale or use in business, and capital goods which are existing as of the
occurrence of the following:
(1) Change of business activity from VAT taxable status to VAT-exempt status. An
example is a VAT-registered person engaged in a taxable activity like wholesaler or retailer
who decides to discontinue such activity and engages instead in life insurance business or in
any other business not subject to VAT;
(2) Approval of a request for cancellation of registration due to reversion to exempt
(3) Approval of a request for cancellation of registration due to a desire to revert to
exempt status after the lapse of three (3) consecutive years from the time of registration by a
person who voluntarily registered despite being exempt under Sec. 109 (2) of the Tax Code.
(4) Approval of a request for cancellation of registration of one who commenced
business with the expectation of gross sales or receipts exceeding P1,500,000.00, but who
failed to exceed this amount during the first twelve months of operation.
(b) Not subject to output tax
The VAT shall not apply to goods or properties existing as of the occurrence of the
(1) Change of control of a corporation by the acquisition of the controlling interest of
such corporation by another stockholder or group of stockholders. The goods or properties
used in business or those comprising the stock-in-trade of the corporation, having a change in
corporate control, will not be considered sold, bartered or exchanged despite the change in the
ownership interest in the said corporation.
Illustration: Abel Corporation is a merchandising concern and has an inventory
of goods for sale amounting to Php1 million. Nel Corporation, a real estate
developer, exchanged its real estate properties for the shares of stocks of Abel
Corporation resulting to the acquisition of corporate control. The inventory of
goods owned by Abel Corporation (Php1 million worth) is not subject to output
tax despite the change in corporate control because the same corporation still
owns them. This is in recognition of the separate and distinct personality of the
corporation from its stockholders. However, the exchange of real estate properties
held for sale or for lease, for shares of stocks, whether resulting to corporate
control or not, is subject to VAT. This is an actual exchange of properties which
makes the transaction taxable.
(2) Change in the trade or corporate name of the business;
(3) Merger or consolidation of corporations. The unused input tax of the dissolved
corporation, as of the date of merger or consolidation, shall be absorbed by the surviving or
new corporation.
SEC. 4.106-9. Allowable Deductions from Gross Selling Price. In computing the
taxable base during the month or quarter, the following shall be allowed as deductions from
gross selling price:
(a) Discounts determined and granted at the time of sale, which are expressly indicated
in the invoice, the amount thereof forming part of the gross sales duly recorded in the books of
Sales discount indicated in the invoice at the time of sale, the grant of which is not
dependent upon the happening of a future event, may be excluded from the gross sales within
the same month/quarter it was given.
(b) Sales returns and allowances for which a proper credit or refund was made during
the month or quarter to the buyer for sales previously recorded as taxable sales.
SEC. 4.107-1. VAT on Importation of Goods.
(a) In general. VAT is imposed on goods brought into the Philippines, whether for
use in business or not. The tax shall be based on the total value used by the BOC in
determining tariff and customs duties, plus customs duties, excise tax, if any, and other
charges, such as postage, commission, and similar charges, prior to the release of the goods
from customs custody.
In case the valuation used by the BOC in computing customs duties is based on volume
or quantity of the imported goods, the landed cost shall be the basis for computing VAT.
Landed cost consists of the invoice amount, customs duties, freight, insurance and other
charges. If the goods imported are subject to excise tax, the excise tax shall form part of the tax
The same rule applies to technical importation of goods sold by a person located in a
Special Economic Zone to a customer located in a customs territory.
No VAT shall be collected on importation of goods which are specifically exempted
under Sec. 109 (1) of the Tax Code.
(b) Applicability and payment. The rates prescribed under Sec. 107 (A) of the Tax
Code shall be applicable to all importations withdrawn from customs custody.
The VAT on importation shall be paid by the importer prior to the release of such
goods from customs custody.
Importer refers to any person who brings goods into the Philippines, whether or not
made in the course of his trade or business. It includes non-exempt persons or entities who
acquire tax-free imported goods from exempt persons, entities or agencies.
(c) Sale, transfer or exchange of imported goods by tax-exempt persons. In the
case of goods imported into the Philippines by VAT-exempt persons, entities or agencies
which are subsequently sold, transferred or exchanged in the Philippines to non-exempt
persons or entities, the latter shall be considered the importers thereof and shall be liable for
VAT due on such importation. The tax due on such importation shall constitute a lien on the
goods, superior to all charges/or liens, irrespective of the possessor of said goods.
SEC. 4.108-1. VAT on the Sale of Services and Use or Lease of Properties. Sale or
exchange of services, as well as the use or lease of properties, as defined in Sec. 108 (A) of the
Tax Code shall be subject to VAT, equivalent to 10% of the gross receipts (excluding VAT).
SEC. 4.108-2. Meaning of Sale or Exchange of Services. The term sale or
exchange of services means the performance of all kind of services in the Philippines for
others for a fee, remuneration or consideration, whether in kind or in cash, including those
performed or rendered by the following:
(1) construction and service contractors;
(2) stock, real estate, commercial, customs and immigration brokers;
(3) lessors of property, whether personal or real;
(4) persons engaged in warehousing services;
(5) lessors or distributors of cinematographic films;
(6) persons engaged in milling, processing, manufacturing or repacking goods for
others;
(7) proprietors, operators, or keepers of hotels, motels, rest houses, pension houses,
inns, resorts, theaters, and movie houses;
(8) proprietors or operators of restaurants, refreshment parlors, cafes and other eating
places, including clubs and caterers;
(9) dealers in securities;
(10) lending investors;
(11) transportation contractors on their transport of goods or cargoes, including persons
who transport goods or cargoes for hire and other domestic common carriers by land relative to
their transport of goods or cargoes;
(12) common carriers by air and sea relative to their transport of passengers, goods or
cargoes from one place in the Philippines to another place in the Philippines;
(13) sales of electricity by generation, transmission, and/or distribution companies;
(14) franchise grantees of electric utilities, telephone and telegraph, radio and/or
television broadcasting and all other franchise grantees, except franchise grantees of radio
and/or television broadcasting whose annual gross receipts of the preceding year do not exceed
Ten Million Pesos (P10,000,000.00), and franchise grantees of gas and water utilities;
(15) non-life insurance companies (except their crop insurances), including surety,
fidelity, indemnity and bonding companies; and
(16) similar services regardless of whether or not the performance thereof calls for the
exercise or use of the physical or mental faculties.
The phrase sale or exchange of services shall likewise include:
(1) The lease or the use of or the right or privilege to use any copyright, patent, design
or model, plan, secret formula or process, goodwill, trademark, trade brand or other like
property or right;
(2) The lease or the use of, or the right to use any industrial, commercial or scientific
equipment;
(3) The supply of scientific, technical industrial or commercial knowledge or
information;
(4) The supply of any assistance that is ancillary and subsidiary to and is furnished as a
means of enabling the application or enjoyment of any such property, or right as is mentioned
in subparagraph (2) hereof or any such knowledge or information as is mentioned in
subparagraph (3) hereof;
(5) The supply of services by a non-resident person or his employee in connection with
the use of property or rights belonging to, or the installation or operation of any brand,
machinery or other apparatus purchased from such nonresident person;
(6) The supply of technical advice, assistance or services rendered in connection with
technical management or administration of any scientific, industrial or commercial
undertaking, venture, project or scheme;
(7) The lease of motion picture films, films, tapes, and discs; and
(8) The lease or the use of, or the right to use, radio, television, satellite transmission
and cable television time.
SEC. 4.108-3. Definitions and Specific Rules on Selected Services.
a. Lessors of Property. All forms of property for lease, whether real or personal,
are liable to VAT subject to the provisions of Sec. 4.109-1(B)(1)(v) of these Regulations.
Real estate lessor includes any person engaged in the business of leasing or
subleasing real property.
Lease of property shall be subject to VAT regardless of the place where the contract of
lease or licensing agreement was executed if the property leased or used is located in the
Philippines.
VAT on rental and/or royalties payable to non-resident foreign corporations or owners
for the sale of services and use or lease of properties in the Philippines shall be based on the
contract price agreed upon by the licensor and the licensee. The licensee shall be responsible
for the payment of VAT on such rentals and/or royalties in behalf of the non-resident foreign
corporation or owner in the manner prescribed in Sec. 4.114-2(b) hereof.
Non-resident lessor/owner refers to any person, natural or juridical, an alien, or a
citizen who establishes to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue the fact of
his physical presence abroad with a definite intention to reside therein, and who owns/leases
properties, real or personal, whether tangible or intangible, located in the Philippines.
In a lease contract, the advance payment by the lessee may be:
(i) a loan to the lessor from the lessee, or
(ii) an option money for the property, or
(iii) a security deposit to insure the faithful performance of certain obligations of the
lessee to the lessor, or
(iv) pre-paid rental.
If the advance payment is actually a loan to the lessor, or an option money for the
property, or a security deposit for the faithful performance of certain obligations of the lessee,
such advance payment is not subject to VAT. However, a security deposit that is applied to
rental shall be subject to VAT at the time of its application.
If the advance payment constitutes a pre-paid rental, then such payment is taxable to
the lessor in the month when received, irrespective of the accounting method employed by the
lessor.
(b) Warehousing service means rendering personal services of a warehouseman such
(1) engaging in the business of receiving and storing goods of others for compensation
or profit;
(2) receiving goods and merchandise to be stored in his warehouse for hire; or
(3) keeping and storing goods for others, as a business and for use.
(c) A miller, who is a person engaged in milling for others (except palay into rice, corn
into corn grits, and sugarcane into raw sugar), is subject to VAT on sale of services. If the
miller is paid in cash for his services, VAT shall be based on his gross receipts for the month or
quarter. If he receives a share of the milled products instead of cash, VAT shall be based on the
actual market value of his share in the milled products. Sale by the owner or the miller of his
share of the milled product (except rice, corn grits and raw sugar) shall be subject to VAT.
(d) All receipts from service, hire, or operating lease of transportation equipment not
subject to the percentage tax on domestic common carriers and keepers of garages imposed
under Sec. 117 of the Tax Code shall be subject to VAT.
Common carrier refers to persons, corporations, firms or associations engaged in the
business of carrying or transporting passengers or goods or both, by land, water, or air, for
compensation, offering their services to the public and shall include transportation contractors.
Common carriers by land with respect to their gross receipts from the transport of
passengers including operators of taxicabs, utility cars for rent or hire driven by the lessees
(rent-a-car companies), and tourist buses used for the transport of passengers shall be subject to
the percentage tax imposed under Sec. 117 of the Tax Code, but shall not be liable for VAT.
(e) Domestic common carriers by air and sea are subject to 10% VAT on their gross
receipts from their transport of passengers, goods or cargoes from one place in the Philippines
to another place in the Philippines.
(f) Sale of electricity by generation, transmission, and distribution companies shall be
subject to 10% VAT on their gross receipts; Provided, That sale of power or fuel generated
through renewable sources of energy such as, but not limited to, biomass, solar, wind,
hydropower, geothermal, ocean energy, and other emerging energy sources using technologies
such as fuel cells and hydrogen fuels shall be subject to 0% VAT.
Generation companies refers to persons or entities authorized by the Energy
Regulatory Commission (ERC) to operate facilities used in the generation of electricity. For
this purpose, generation of electricity refers to the production of electricity by a generation
company or a co-generation facility pursuant to the provisions of the RA No. 9136 (EPIRA).
They shall include all Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and NPC/Power Sector Assets and
Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM)-owned generation facilities.
Transmission companies refers to any person or entity that owns and conveys
electricity through the high voltage backbone system and/or subtransmission assets, e.g. NPC
or TRANSCO. Subtransmission assets shall refer to the facilities related to the power
delivery service below the transmission voltages and based on the functional assignment of
asset including, but not limited to step-down transformers used solely by load customers,
associated switchyard/substation, control and protective equipment, reactive compensation
equipment to improve power factor, overhead lines, and the land where such
facilities/equipments are located. These include NPC assets linking the transmission system
and the distribution system which are neither classified as generation or transmission.
Distribution companies refer to persons or entities which operate a distribution
system in accordance with the provisions of the EPIRA. They shall include any distribution
utility such as an electric cooperative organized pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 269, as
amended, and/or under RA No. 6938, or as otherwise provided in the EPIRA, a private
corporation, or a government-owned utility or existing local government unit which has an
exclusive franchise to operate a distribution system in accordance with the EPIRA.
For this purpose, a distribution system refers to the system of wires and associated
facilities belonging to a franchised distribution utility extending between the delivery points on
the transmission or subtransmission system or generator connection and the point of
connection to the premises of the end-users.
Gross Receipts under this Subsection (f) shall refer to the following:
(a) Total amount charged by generation companies for the sale of electricity and
related ancillary services; and/or
(b) Total amount charged by transmission companies for transmission of electricity
and related ancillary services; and/or
(c) Total amount charged by distribution companies and electric cooperatives for
distribution and supply of electricity, and related electric service. The universal
charge passed on and collected by distribution companies and electric
cooperatives shall be excluded from the computation of the Gross Receipts.
(g) Dealers in securities and lending investors shall be subject to VAT on the basis
of their gross receipts. However, for Dealer in Securities, the term gross receipts means gross
selling price less cost of the securities sold..
Dealer in securities means a merchant of stock or securities, whether an individual
partnership or corporation, with an established place of business, regularly engaged in the
purchase of securities and their resale to customers, that is, one who as a merchant buys
securities and sells them to customers with a view to the gains and profits that may be derived
therefrom.
Lending investor includes all persons other than banks, non-bank financial
intermediaries, finance companies and other financial intermediaries not performing quasi-
banking functions who make a practice of lending money for themselves or others at interest.
(h) Services of franchise grantees of telephone and telegraph, radio and/or television
broadcasting, toll road operations and all other franchise grantees, except gas and water
utilities, shall be subject to VAT in lieu of franchise tax, pursuant to Sec. 20 of RA No.7716, as
amended. However, franchise grantees of radio and/or television broadcasting whose annual
gross receipts of the preceding year do not exceed Ten Million Pesos (P10,000,000.00) shall
not be subject to VAT, but to the three percent (3%) franchise tax imposed under Sec. 119 of
the Tax Code, subject to the optional registration provisions under Sec. 9.236-1(c) hereof.
Likewise, franchise grantees of gas and water utilities shall be subject to two percent
(2%) franchise tax on their gross receipts derived from the business covered by the law
granting the franchise pursuant to Sec. 119 of the Tax Code.
Gross receipts of all other franchisees, other than those covered by Sec. 119 of the Tax
Code, regardless of how their franchises may have been granted, shall be subject to the 10%
VAT imposed under Sec. 108 of the Tax Code. This includes among others, the Philippine and
Amusement Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), and its licensees or franchisees.
Franchise grantees of telephone and telegraph shall be subject to VAT on their gross
receipts derived from their telephone, telegraph, telewriter exchange, wireless and other
communication equipment services. However, amounts received for overseas dispatch,
message, or conversation originating from the Philippines are subject to the percentage tax
under Sec. 120 of the Tax Code and hence exempt from VAT.
(i) Non-life insurance companies including surety, fidelity, indemnity and bonding
companies are subject to VAT. They are not liable to the payment of the premium tax under
Sec. 123 of the Tax Code.
Non-life insurance companies including surety, fidelity, indemnity and bonding
companies, shall include all individuals, partnerships, associations, or corporations, including
professional reinsurers defined in Sec. 280 of PD 612, otherwise known as The Insurance Code
of the Philippines, mutual benefit associations and government-owned or controlled
corporations, engaging in the business of property insurance, as distinguished from insurance
on human lives, health, accident and insurance appertaining thereto or connected therewith
which shall be subject to the percentage tax under Sec. 123 of the Tax Code.
The gross receipts from non-life insurance shall mean total premiums collected,
whether paid in money, notes, credits or any substitute for money.
Non-life reinsurance premiums are subject to VAT. Insurance and reinsurance
commissions, whether life or non-life, are subject to VAT.
VAT due from the foreign reinsurance company is to be withheld by the local insurance
company and to be remitted to the BIR in accordance with Sec. 4.114-2(b)(2) hereof by filing
the Monthly Remittance Return of Value-Added Tax Withheld (BIR Form 1600).
(j) Pre-need Companies are corporations registered with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and authorized/licensed to sell or offer for sale pre-need plans, whether a single
plan or multi-plan. They are engaged in business as seller of services providing services to plan
holders by managing the funds provided by them and making payments at the time of need or
maturity of the contract.
As service providers, the compensation for their services is the premiums or payments
received from the plan holders.
(k) Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) are entities, organized in
accordance with the provisions of the Corporation Code of the Philippines and licensed by the
appropriate government agency, which arranges for coverage or designated managed care
services needed by plan holders/members for fixed prepaid membership fees and for a
specified period of time.
HMOs gross receipts shall be the total amount of money or its equivalent representing
the service fee actually or constructively received during the taxable period for the services
performed or to be performed for another person, excluding the value-added tax. The
compensation for their services representing their service fee, is presumed to be the total
amount received as enrollment fee from their members plus other charges received .
SEC. 4.108-4. Definition of Gross Receipts. -Gross receipts refers to the total
amount of money or its equivalent representing the contract price, compensation, service fee,
rental or royalty, including the amount charged for materials supplied with the services and
deposits applied as payments for services rendered and advance payments actually or
constructively received during the taxable period for the services performed or to be performed
for another person, excluding VAT.
Constructive receipt occurs when the money consideration or its equivalent is placed at
the control of the person who rendered the service without restrictions by the payor. The
following are examples of constructive receipts:
(1) deposit in banks which are made available to the seller of services without
restrictions;
(2) issuance by the debtor of a notice to offset any debt or obligation and acceptance
thereof by the seller as payment for services rendered; and
(3) transfer of the amounts retained by the payor to the account of the contractor.
SEC. 4.108-5. Zero-Rated Sale of Services. -
(a) In general. - A zero-rated sale of service (by a VAT-registered person) is a taxable
transaction for VAT purposes, but shall not result in any output tax. However, the input tax on
purchases of goods, properties or services related to such zero-rated sale shall be available as
tax credit or refund in accordance with these Regulations.
(b) Transactions Subject to Zero Percent (0%) VAT Rate. - The following services
performed in the Philippines by a VAT-registered person shall be subject to zero percent (0%)
VAT rate:
(1) Processing, manufacturing or repacking goods for other persons doing business
outside the Philippines, which goods are subsequently exported, where the services are paid for
in acceptable foreign currency and accounted for in accordance with the rules and regulations
of the BSP;
(2) Services other than processing, manufacturing or repacking rendered to a person
engaged in business conducted outside the Philippines or to a non-resident person not engaged
in business who is outside the Philippines when the services are performed, the consideration
for which is paid for in acceptable foreign currency and accounted for in accordance with the
rules and regulations of the BSP;
(3) Services rendered to persons or entities whose exemption under special laws or
international agreements to which the Philippines is a signatory effectively subjects the supply
of such services to zero percent (0%) rate;
(4) Services rendered to persons engaged in international shipping or air transport
operations, including leases of property for use thereof; Provided, however, that the services
referred to herein shall not pertain to those made to common carriers by air and sea relative to
their transport of passengers, goods or cargoes from one place in the Philippines to another
place in the Philippines, the same being subject to 10% VAT under Sec. 108 of the Tax Code;
(5) Services performed by subcontractors and/or contractors in processing, converting,
or manufacturing goods for an enterprise whose export sales exceed seventy percent (70%) of
the total annual production;
(6) Transport of passengers and cargo by domestic air or sea carriers from the
Philippines to a foreign country. Gross receipts of international air carriers doing business in
the Philippines and international sea carriers doing business in the Philippines are still liable to
a percentage tax of three percent (3%) based on their gross receipts as provided for in Sec. 118
of the Tax Code but shall not to be liable to VAT; and
(7) Sale of power or fuel generated through renewable sources of energy such as, but
not limited to, biomass, solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal and steam, ocean energy, and
other emerging sources using technologies such as fuel cells and hydrogen fuels; Provided,
however, that zero-rating shall apply strictly to the sale of power or fuel generated through
renewable sources of energy, and shall not extend to the sale of services related to the
maintenance or operation of plants generating said power.
SEC. 4.108-6. Effectively Zero-Rated Sale of Services. The term effectively zero-
rated sales of services shall refer to the local sale of services by a VAT-registered person to a
person or entity who was granted indirect tax exemption under special laws or international
agreement. Under these Regulations, effectively zero-rated sale of services shall be limited to
local sales to persons or entities that enjoy exemptions from indirect taxes under subparagraph
(b) nos. (3), (4) and (5) of this Section. The concerned taxpayer must seek prior approval or
prior confirmation from the appropriate offices of the BIR so that a transaction is qualified for
effective zero-rating. Without an approved application for effective zero-rating, the transaction
otherwise entitled to zero-rating shall be considered exempt. The foregoing rule
notwithstanding, the Commissioner may prescribe such rules to effectively implement the
processing of applications for effective zero-rating.
SEC. 4.109-1. VAT-Exempt Transactions.
(A) In general. VAT-exempt transactions refer to the sale of goods or properties
and/or services and the use or lease of properties that is not subject to VAT (output tax) and the
seller is not allowed any tax credit of VAT (input tax) on purchases.
The person making the exempt sale of goods, properties or services shall not bill any
output tax to his customers because the said transaction is not subject to VAT.
(B) Exempt transactions.
(1) Subject to the provisions of Subsection (2) hereof, the following transactions shall
be exempt from VAT:
(a) Sale or importation of agricultural and marine food products in their original state,
livestock and poultry of a kind generally used as, or yielding or producing foods for human
consumption; and breeding stock and genetic materials therefor.
Livestock shall include cows, bulls and calves, pigs, sheep, goats and rabbits. Poultry
shall include fowls, ducks, geese and turkey. Livestock or poultry does not include fighting
cocks, race horses, zoo animals and other animals generally considered as pets.
Marine food products shall include fish and crustaceans, such as, but not limited to,
eels, trout, lobster, shrimps, prawns, oysters, mussels and clams.
Meat, fruit, fish, vegetables and other agricultural and marine food products classified
under this paragraph shall be considered in their original date even if they have undergone the
simple processes of preparation or preservation for the market, such as freezing, drying,
salting, broiling, roasting, smoking or stripping, including those using advanced technological
means of packaging, such as shrink wrapping in plastics, vacuum packing, tetra-pack, and
other similar packaging methods.
Polished and/or husked rice, corn grits, raw cane sugar and molasses, ordinary salt and
copra shall be considered as agricultural food products in their original state.
Sugar whose content of sucrose by weight, in the dry state, has a polarimeter reading of
and above are presumed to be refined sugar.
Cane sugar produced from the following shall be presumed, for internal revenue
purposes, to be refined sugar:
(1) product of a refining process,
(2) products of a sugar refinery, or
(3) product of a production line of a sugar mill accredited by the BIR to be producing
and/or capable of producing sugar with polarimeter reading of 99.5
and above, and for which
the quedan issued therefor, and verified by the Sugar Regulatory Administration, identifies the
same to be of a polarimeter reading of 99.5
and above.
Bagasse is not included in the exemption provided for under this section.
(b) Sale or importation of fertilizers, seeds, seedlings and fingerlings, fish, prawn,
livestock and poultry feeds, including ingredients, whether locally produced or imported, used
in the manufacture of finished feeds (except specialty feeds for race horses, fighting cocks,
aquarium fish, zoo animals and other animals generally considered as pets);
Specialty feeds refers to non-agricultural feeds or food for race horses, fighting
cocks, aquarium fish, zoo animals and other animals generally considered as pets.
(c) Importation of personal and household effects belonging to residents of the
Philippines returning from abroad and non-resident citizens coming to resettle in the
Philippines; Provided, that such goods are exempt from customs duties under the Tariff and
Customs Code of the Philippines;
(d) Importation of professional instruments and implements, wearing apparel, domestic
animals, and personal household effects (except any vehicle, vessel, aircraft, machinery and
other goods for use in the manufacture and merchandise of any kind in commercial quantity)
belonging to persons coming to settle in the Philippines, for their own use and not for sale,
barter or exchange, accompanying such persons, or arriving within ninety (90) days before or
after their arrival, upon the production of evidence satisfactory to the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, that such persons are actually coming to settle in the Philippines and that the change
of residence is bonafide;
(e) Services subject to percentage tax under Title V of the Tax Code, as enumerated
(1) Sale or lease of goods or properties or the performance of services of non-VAT-
registered persons, other than the transactions mentioned in paragraphs (A) to (U) of Sec.
109(1) of the Tax Code, the gross annual sales and/or receipts of which does not exceed the
amount of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P1,500,000.00); Provided, That not
later than January 31, 2009 and every three (3) years thereafter, the amount herein stated shall
be adjusted to its present value using the Consumer Price Index, as published by the National
Statistics Office (NSO) (Sec. 116 of the Tax Code);
(2) Services rendered by domestic common carriers by land, for the transport of
passengers and keepers of garages (Sec. 117);
(3) Services rendered by international air / shipping carriers (Sec. 118);
(4) Services rendered by franchise grantees of radio and/or television broadcasting
whose annual gross receipts of the preceding year do not exceed Ten Million Pesos
(P10,000,000.00), and by franchise grantees of gas and water utilities (Sec. 119);
(5) Service rendered for overseas dispatch, message or conversation originating from
the Philippines (Sec. 120);
(6) Services rendered by any person, company or corporation (except purely
cooperative companies or associations) doing life insurance business of any sort in the
Philippines (Sec. 123);
(7) Services rendered by fire, marine or miscellaneous insurance agents of foreign
insurance companies (Sec. 124);
(8) Services of proprietors, lessees or operators of cockpits, cabarets, night or day
clubs, boxing exhibitions, professional basketball games, Jai-Alai and race tracks (Sec. 125);
(9) Receipts on sale, barter or exchange of shares of stock listed and traded through the
local stock exchange or through initial public offering (Sec. 127).
(f) Services by agricultural contract growers and milling for others of palay into rice,
corn into grits, and sugar cane into raw sugar;
Agricultural contract growers refers to those persons producing for others poultry,
livestock or other agricultural and marine food products in their original state.
(g) Medical, dental, hospital and veterinary services, except those rendered by
professionals.
Laboratory services are exempted. If the hospital or clinic operates a pharmacy or drug
store, the sale of drugs and medicine is subject to VAT.
(h) Educational services rendered by private educational institutions duly accredited by
the Department of Education (DepED), the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and
the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and those rendered by
government educational institutions;
Educational services shall refer to academic, technical or vocational education
provided by private educational institutions duly accredited by the DepED, the CHED and
TESDA and those rendered by government educational institutions and it does not include
seminars, in-service training, review classes and other similar services rendered by persons
who are not accredited by the DepED, the CHED and/or the TESDA;
(i) Services rendered by individuals pursuant to an employer-employee relationship;
(j) Services rendered by regional or area headquarters established in the Philippines by
multinational corporations which act as supervisory, communications and coordinating centers
for their affiliates, subsidiaries or branches in the Asia Pacific Region and do not earn or derive
income from the Philippines;
(k) Transactions which are exempt under international agreements to which the
Philippines is a signatory or under special laws except those granted under PD No. 529
Petroleum Exploration Concessionaires under the Petroleum Act of 1949; and
(l) Sales by agricultural cooperatives duly registered and in good standing with the
Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) to their members, as well as sale of their produce,
whether in its original state or processed form, to non-members; their importation of direct
farm inputs, machineries and equipment, including spare parts thereof, to be used directly and
exclusively in the production and/or processing of their produce;
(m) Gross receipts from lending activities by credit or multi-purpose cooperatives duly
registered and in good standing with the Cooperative Development Authority,
(n) Sales by non-agricultural, non-electric and non-credit cooperatives duly registered
with and in good standing with the CDA; Provided, That the share capital contribution of each
member does not exceed Fifteen Thousand Pesos (P15,000.00) and regardless of the aggregate
capital and net surplus ratably distributed among the members.
Importation by non-agricultural, non-electric and non-credit cooperatives of
machineries and equipment, including spare parts thereof, to be used by them are subject to
(o) Export sales by persons who are not VAT-registered;
(p) The following sales of real properties are exempt from VAT, namely:
(1) Sale of real properties not primarily held for sale to customers or held for lease
in the ordinary course of trade or business.
(2) Sale of real properties utilized for low-cost housing as defined by RA No. 7279,
otherwise known as the Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992 and other related
laws, such as RA No. 7835 and RA No. 8763.
Low-cost housing refers to housing projects intended for homeless low-income
family beneficiaries, undertaken by the Government or private developers, which may either be
a subdivision or a condominium registered and licensed by the Housing and Land Use
Regulatory Board/Housing (HLURB) under BP Blg. 220, PD No. 957 or any other similar law,
wherein the unit selling price is within the selling price ceiling per unit of P750,000.00 under
RA No. 7279, otherwise known as the Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992 and
other laws, such as RA No. 7835 and RA No. 8763.
(3) Sale of real properties utilized for socialized housing as defined under RA No.
7279, and other related laws, such as RA No. 7835 and RA No. 8763, wherein the price ceiling
per unit is P225,000.00 or as may from time to time be determined by the HUDCC and the
NEDA and other related laws.
Socialized housing refers to housing programs and projects covering houses and lots
or home lots only undertaken by the Government or the private sector for the underprivileged
and homeless citizens which shall include sites and services development, long-term financing,
liberated terms on interest payments, and such other benefits in accordance with the provisions
of RA No. 7279, otherwise known as the Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992 and
RA No. 7835 and RA No. 8763. Socialized housing shall also refer to projects intended for
the underprivileged and homeless wherein the housing package selling price is within the
lowest interest rates under the Unified Home Lending Program (UHLP) or any equivalent
housing program of the Government, the private sector or non-government organizations.
(4) Sale of residential lot valued at One Million Five Hundred Thousand Pesos
(P1,500,000.00) and below, or house & lot and other residential dwellings valued at Two
Million Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P2,500,000.00) and below where the instrument of
sale/transfer/disposition was executed on or after November 1, 2005; Provided, That not later
than January 31, 2009 and every three (3) years thereafter, the amounts stated herein shall be
adjusted to its present value using the Consumer Price Index, as published by the National
Statistics Office (NSO); Provided, further, that such adjustment shall be published through
revenue regulations to be issued not later than March 31 of each year;
If two or more adjacent residential lots are sold or disposed in favor of one buyer, for
the purpose of utilizing the lots as one residential lot, the sale shall be exempt from VAT only
if the aggregate value of the lots do not exceed P1,500,000.00. Adjacent residential lots,
although covered by separate titles and/or separate tax declarations, when sold or disposed to
one and the same buyer, whether covered by one or separate Deed of Conveyance, shall be
presumed as a sale of one residential lot.
(q) Lease of residential units with a monthly rental per unit not exceeding Ten
Thousand Pesos (P10,000.00), regardless of the amount of aggregate rentals received by the
lessor during the year; Provided, that not later than January 31, 2009 and every three (3) years
thereafter, the amount of P10,000.00 shall be adjusted to its present value using the Consumer
Price Index, as published by the NSO;
The foregoing notwithstanding, lease of residential units where the monthly rental per
unit exceeds Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000.00) but the aggregate of such rentals of the lessor
during the year do not exceed One Million Five Hundred Pesos (P1,500,000.00) shall likewise
be exempt from VAT, however, the same shall be subjected to three percent (3%) percentage
tax.
In cases where a lessor has several residential units for lease, some are leased out for a
monthly rental per unit of not exceeding P10,000.00 while others are leased out for more than
P10,000.00 per unit, his tax liability will be as follows:
1. The gross receipts from rentals not exceeding P10,000.00 per month per unit shall
be exempt from VAT regardless of the aggregate annual gross receipts.
2. The gross receipts from rentals exceeding P10,000.00 per month per unit shall be
subject to VAT if the aggregate annual gross receipts from said units only (not
including the gross receipts from units leased for not more than P10,000.00)
exceeds P1,500,000.00. Otherwise, the gross receipts will be subject to the 3% tax
imposed under Section 116 of the Tax Code.
The term residential units shall refer to apartments and houses & lots used for
residential purposes, and buildings or parts or units thereof used solely as dwelling places (e.g.,
dormitories, rooms and bed spaces) except motels, motel rooms, hotels and hotel rooms.
The term unit shall mean an apartment unit in the case of apartments, house in the
case of residential houses; per person in the case of dormitories, boarding houses and bed
spaces; and per room in case of rooms for rent.
(r) Sale, importation, printing or publication of books and any newspaper, magazine,
review, or bulletin which appears at regular intervals with fixed prices for subscription and sale
and which is not devoted principally to the publication of paid advertisements;
(s) Sale, importation or lease of passenger or cargo vessels and aircraft, including
engine, equipment and spare parts thereof for domestic or international transport operations;
Provided, that the exemption from VAT on the importation and local purchase of passenger
and/or cargo vessels shall be limited to those of one hundred fifty (150) tons and above,
including engine and spare parts of said vessels; Provided, further, that the vessels to be
imported shall comply with the age limit requirement, at the time of acquisition counted from
the date of the vessels original commissioning, as follows: (i) for passenger and/or cargo
vessels, the age limit is fifteen (15) years old, (ii) for tankers, the age limit is ten (10) years old,
and (iii) For high-speed passenger crafts, the age limit is five (5) years old; Provided, finally,
that exemption shall be subject to the provisions of Section 4 of Republic Act No. 9295,
otherwise known as The Domestic Shipping Development Act of 2004;
(t) Importation of fuel, goods and supplies by persons engaged in international
shipping or air transport operations; Provided, that the said fuel, goods and supplies shall be
used exclusively or shall pertain to the transport of goods and/or passenger from a port in the
Philippines directly to a foreign port without stopping at any other port in the Philippines;
Provided, further, that if any portion of such fuel, goods or supplies is used for purposes other
than that mentioned in this paragraph, such portion of fuel, goods and supplies shall be subject
to 10% VAT;
(u) Services of banks, non-bank financial intermediaries performing quasi-banking
functions, and other non-bank financial intermediaries subject to percentage tax under Secs.
121 and 122 of the Tax Code, such as money changers and pawnshops; and
(v) Sale or lease of goods or properties or the performance of services other than the
transactions mentioned in the preceding paragraphs, the gross annual sales and/or receipts do
not exceed the amount of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P1,500,000.00);
Provided, That not later than January 31, 2009 and every three (3) years thereafter, the
amount of P1,500,000.00 shall be adjusted to its present value using the Consumer Price
Index, as published by the NSO.
For purposes of the threshold of P1,500,000.00, the husband and the wife shall be
considered separate taxpayers. However, the aggregation rule for each taxpayer shall apply.
For instance, if a professional, aside from the practice of his profession, also derives revenue
from other lines of business which are otherwise subject to VAT, the same shall be combined
for purposes of determining whether the threshold has been exceeded. Thus, the VAT-exempt
sales shall not be included in determining the threshold.
SEC. 4.109-2 A VAT-registered person may, in relation to Sec. 9.236-1(c) of these
Regulations, elect that the exemption in Subsection (1) hereof shall not apply to his sales of
goods or properties or services. Once the election is made, it shall be irrevocable for a period
of three (3) years counted from the quarter when the election was made.
SEC. 4.110-1. Credits For Input Tax. -- Input tax means the VAT due on or paid
by a VAT-registered person on importation of goods or local purchases of goods, properties, or
services, including lease or use of properties, in the course of his trade or business. It shall also
include the transitional input tax and the presumptive input tax determined in accordance with
It includes input taxes which can be directly attributed to transactions subject to the
VAT plus a ratable portion of any input tax which cannot be directly attributed to either the
taxable or exempt activity.
Any input tax on the following transactions evidenced by a VAT invoice or official
receipt issued by a VAT-registered person in accordance with Secs. 113 and 237 of the Tax
Code shall be creditable against the output tax:
(a) Purchase or importation of goods
(1) For sale; or
(2) For conversion into or intended to form part of a finished product for sale,
including packaging materials; or
(3) For use as supplies in the course of business; or
(4) For use as raw materials supplied in the sale of services; or
(5) For use in trade or business for which deduction for depreciation or
amortization is allowed under the Tax Code,
(b) Purchase of real properties for which a VAT has actually been paid;
(c) Purchase of services in which a VAT has actually been paid;
(d) Transactions deemed sale under Sec. 106 (B) of the Tax Code;
(e) Transitional input tax allowed under Sec. 4.111 (a) of these Regulations;
(f) Presumptive input tax allowed under Sec. 4.111 (b) of these Regulations;
(g) Transitional input tax credits allowed under the transitory and other provisions of
these Regulations.
SEC. 4.110-2. Persons Who Can Avail of the Input Tax Credit. -- The input tax
credit on importation of goods or local purchases of goods, properties or services by a VAT-
registered person shall be creditable:
(a) To the importer upon payment of VAT prior to the release of goods from customs
custody;
(b) To the purchaser of the domestic goods or properties upon consummation of the
sale; or
(c) To the purchaser of services or the lessee or licensee upon payment of the
compensation, rental, royalty or fee.
SEC. 4.110-3. Claim for Input Tax on Depreciable Goods. -- Where a VAT-
registered person purchases or imports capital goods, which are depreciable assets for income
tax purposes, the aggregate acquisition cost of which (exclusive of VAT) in a calendar month
exceeds One Million pesos (P1,000,000.00), regardless of the acquisition cost of each capital
good, shall be claimed as credit against output tax in the following manner:
(a) If the estimated useful life of a capital good is five (5) years or more The input tax
shall be spread evenly over a period of sixty (60) months and the claim for input tax credit will
commence in the calendar month when the capital good is acquired. The total input taxes on
purchases or importations of this type of capital goods shall be divided by 60 and the quotient
will be the amount to be claimed monthly.
(b) If the estimated useful life of a capital good is less than five (5) years The input
tax shall be spread evenly on a monthly basis by dividing the input tax by the actual number of
months comprising the estimated useful life of the capital good. The claim for input tax credit
shall commence in the calendar month that the capital goods were acquired.
Where the aggregate acquisition cost (exclusive of VAT) of the existing or finished
depreciable capital goods purchased or imported during any calendar month does not exceed
One million pesos (P 1,000,000.00), the total input taxes will be allowable as credit against
output tax in the month of acquisition; Provided, however, that the total amount of input taxes
(input tax on depreciable capital goods plus other allowable input taxes) allowed to be claimed
against the output tax in the quarterly VAT Returns shall be subject to the limitation
prescribed under Sec. 4.110-7 of these Regulations.
The aggregate acquisition cost of a depreciable asset in any calendar month refers to the
total price agreed upon for one or more assets acquired and not on the payments actually made
during the calendar month. Thus, an asset acquired in instalment for an acquisition cost of
more than P 1,000,000.00 will be subject to the amortization of input tax despite the fact that
the monthly payments/installments may not exceed P 1,000,000.00.
Illustration: LBH Corporation sold capital goods on installment on October 1, 2005. It is
agreed that the selling price, including the VAT, shall be payable in five (5) equal monthly installments.
The data pertinent to the sold assets are as follows:
Selling Price - P 5,000,000.00 (exclusive of VAT)
Passed-on VAT - 500,000.00
Original Cost of Asset - 3,000,000.00
Accumulated Depreciation
at the time of sale - 1,000,000.00
Unutilized Input Tax (Sold Asset) - 100,000.00
Accounting Entries:
SELLER BUYER
Cash P 1,100,000.00
Installment Receivable 4,400,000.00
Accumulated Depreciation 1,000,000.00
Output Tax 500,000.00
Asset 3,000,000.00
Gain on sale of asset 3,000,000.00
To Record VAT Liability:
Input Tax 100,000.00
VAT Payable 400,000.00
Periodic Receipt of Installment:
Cash 1,100,000.00
Asset P 5,000,000.00
Installment Payable 4,400,000.00
Periodic Subsequent Payment:
* The input tax of P 500,000.00 on the bought capital goods worth P 5,000,000.00 shall be
spread evenly over a period of 60 months starting the month of purchase.
If the depreciable capital good is sold/transferred within a period of five (5) years or
prior to the exhaustion of the amortizable input tax thereon, the entire unamortized input tax on
the capital goods sold/transferred can be claimed as input tax credit during the month/quarter
when the sale or transfer was made but subject to the limitation prescribed under Sec. 4.110-7
of these Regulations.
SEC. 4.110-4. Apportionment of Input Tax on Mixed Transactions. -- A VAT-
registered person who is also engaged in transactions not subject to VAT shall be allowed to
recognize input tax credit on transactions subject to VAT as follows:
1. All the input taxes that can be directly attributed to transactions subject to VAT
may be recognized for input tax credit; Provided, that input taxes that can be directly
attributable to VAT taxable sales of goods and services to the Government or any of its
political subdivisions, instrumentalities or agencies, including government-owned or controlled
corporations (GOCCs) shall not be credited against output taxes arising from sales to non-
Government entities; and
2. If any input tax cannot be directly attributed to either a VAT taxable or VAT-
exempt transaction, the input tax shall be pro-rated to the VAT taxable and VAT-exempt
transactions and only the ratable portion pertaining to transactions subject to VAT may be
recognized for input tax credit.
Illustration: ERA Corporation has the following sales during the month:
Sale to private entities subject to 10% - P100,000.00
Sale to private entities subject to 0% - 100,000.00
Sale of exempt goods - 100,000.00
Sale to govt. subjected to
5% final VAT Withholding - 100,000.00
Total sales for the month - P400,000.00
The following input taxes were passed on by its VAT suppliers:
Input tax on taxable goods (10%) - P 5,000.00
Input tax on zero-rated sales - 3,000.00
Input tax on sale of exempt goods - 2,000.00
Input tax on sale to government - 4,000.00
Input tax on depreciable capital good
not attributable to any specific activity - P20,000.00
(monthly amortization for 60 months)
A. The creditable input tax for the month shall be computed as follows:
Input tax on sale subject to 10% - P 5,000.00
Input tax on zero-rated sale - 3,000.00
Ratable portion of the input tax not
directly attributable to any activity:
Taxable sales (0% and 10%) X Amount of
Total Sales input tax
not directly
attributable
P200,000.00 X P20,000.00 - P 10,000.00
Total creditable input tax for the month - P18,000.00
B. The input tax attributable to sales to government for the month shall be
computed as follows:
Input tax on sale to govt. - P 4,000.00
Taxable sales to government X Amount of
P100,000.00 X P20,000.00 - P 5,000.00
Total input tax attributable to sales - P 9,000.00
to government
C. The input tax attributable to VAT-exempt sales for the month shall be
Input tax on VAT-exempt sales - P 2,000.00
VAT-exempt sales X Amount of
Total input tax attributable to - P 7,000.00
VAT-exempt sales
The table below shows a summary of the foregoing transactions of ERA Corporation:
Input VAT
Input VAT not
to any Activity
Credit-
Net VAT
VAT for
carry-
over/
Unrecove
rable
Sale Subject to 10%
VAT 10,000 5,000 5,000 10,000 10,000 0 0 0 0
Sale Subject to 0%
VAT 0 3,000 5,000 8,000 8,000 0 0 8,000 0
Sale of Exempt
Goods 0 2,000 5,000 7,000 0 0 0 0 7,000*
Sale to Government
subject to 5% Final
withholding VAT 10,000 4,000 5,000 9,000 5,000** 5,000*** 0 0 4,000*
* These amounts are not available for input tax credit but may be recognized as cost or expense.
** Standard input VAT of 5% on sales to Government as provided in SEC. 4.114-2(a)
*** Withheld by Government entity as Final Withholding VAT
The input tax attributable to VAT-exempt sales shall not be allowed as credit against
the output tax but should be treated as part of cost or expense.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, for persons engaged in both zero-rated sales
under Sec. 108(B)(6) of the Tax Code and non-zero rated sales, the aggregate input taxes shall
be allocated ratably between the zero-rated sale and non-zero-rated sale.
SEC. 4.110-5. Determination of Input Tax Creditable during a Taxable Month or
Quarter. -- The amount of input taxes creditable during a month or quarter shall be determined
in the manner illustrated above by adding all creditable input taxes arising from the
transactions enumerated under the preceding subsections of Sec. 4.110 during the month or
quarter plus any amount of input tax carried-over from the preceding month or quarter, reduced
by the amount of claim for VAT refund or tax credit certificate (whether filed with the BIR, the
Department of Finance, the Board of Investments or the BOC) and other adjustments, such as
purchases returns or allowances, input tax attributable to exempt sales and input tax
attributable to sales subject to final VAT withholding.
SEC. 4.110-6. Determination of the Output Tax and VAT Payable and Computation
of VAT Payable or Excess Tax Credits. -- In a sale of goods or properties, the output tax is
computed by multiplying the gross selling price as defined in these Regulations by the regular
rate of VAT. For sellers of services, the output tax is computed by multiplying the gross
receipts as defined in these Regulations by the regular rate of VAT.
In all cases where the basis for computing the output tax is either the gross selling price
or the gross receipts, but the amount of VAT is erroneously billed in the invoice, the total
invoice amount shall be presumed to be comprised of the gross selling price/gross receipts plus
the correct amount of VAT. Hence, the output tax shall be computed by multiplying the total
invoice amount by a fraction using the rate of VAT as numerator and one hundred percent
(100%) plus rate of VAT as the denominator. Accordingly, the input tax that can be claimed by
the buyer shall be the corrected amount of VAT computed in accordance with the formula
herein prescribed.
There shall be allowed as a deduction from the output tax the amount of input tax
deductible as determined under Sec. 4.110-1 to 4.110-5 of these Regulations to arrive at VAT
payable on the monthly VAT declaration and the quarterly VAT returns, subject to the
limitations set forth in Section 4.110-7.
SEC. 4.110-7. VAT Payable (Excess Output)t or Excess Input Tax.
(a) If at the end of any taxable quarter the output tax exceeds the input tax, the excess
shall be paid by the VAT-registered person.
Illustration:
For a given taxable quarter ABC Corp. has output VAT of 100 and input VAT of 80.
Since output tax exceeds the input tax for such taxable quarter, all of the input tax may be
utilized to offset against the output tax. Thus, the net VAT payable is 100 minus 80 = 20.
(b) If the input tax inclusive of input tax carried over from the previous quarter
exceeds the output tax, the input tax inclusive of input tax carried over from the previous
quarter that may be credited in every quarter shall not exceed seventy percent (70%) of the
output tax; Provided, That, the excess input tax shall be carried over to the succeeding quarter
or quarters; Provided, however, that any input tax attributable to zero-rated sales by a VAT-
registered person may at his option be refunded or applied for a tax credit certificate which
may be used in the payment of internal revenue taxes, subject to the limitations as may be
provided for by law, as well as, other implementing rules.
For a given taxable quarter XYZ Corp. has output VAT of 100 and input VAT of 110.
Since input tax exceeds the output tax for such taxable quarter, the 70% limitation is imposed
to compute the amount of input tax which may be utilized. The total allowable input tax which
may be utilized is 70 (70% of the output tax). Thus, the net VAT payable is 100 less 70 = 30.
The unutilized input tax amounting to 40 is carried over to the succeeding month.
SEC. 4.110-8. Substantiation of Input Tax Credits. --
(a) Input taxes for the importation of goods or the domestic purchase of goods,
properties or services is made in the course of trade or business, whether such input taxes shall
be credited against zero-rated sale, non-zero-rated sales, or subjected to the 5% Final
Withholding VAT, must be substantiated and supported by the following documents, and must
be reported in the information returns required to be submitted to the Bureau:
(1) For the importation of goods - import entry or other equivalent document showing
actual payment of VAT on the imported goods.
(2) For the domestic purchase of goods and properties invoice showing the
information required under Secs. 113 and 237 of the Tax Code.
(3) For the purchase of real property public instrument i.e., deed of absolute sale,
deed of conditional sale, contract/agreement to sell, etc., together with VAT invoice issued by
the seller.
(4) For the purchase of services official receipt showing the information required
under Secs. 113 and 237 of the Tax Code.
A cash register machine tape issued to a registered buyer shall constitute valid proof of
substantiation of tax credit only if it shows the information required under Secs. 113 and 237
of the Tax Code.
(b) Transitional input tax shall be supported by an inventory of goods as shown in a
detailed list to be submitted to the BIR.
(c) Input tax on deemed sale transactions shall be substantiated with the invoice
required under Sec. 4.113-2 of these Regulations.
(d) Input tax from payments made to non-residents (such as for services, rentals and
royalties) shall be supported by a copy of the Monthly Remittance Return of Value Added Tax
Withheld (BIR Form 1600) filed by the resident payor in behalf of the non-resident evidencing
remittance of VAT due which was withheld by the payor.
(e) Advance VAT on sugar shall be supported by the Payment Order showing payment
of the advance VAT.
SEC. 4.111-1. Transitional/Presumptive Input Tax Credits.--
(a) Transitional Input Tax Credits on Beginning Inventories
Taxpayers who became VAT-registered persons upon exceeding the minimum turnover
of P1,500,000.00 in any 12-month period, or who voluntarily register even if their turnover
does not exceed P1,500,000.00 (except franchise grantees of radio and television broadcasting
whose threshold is P10,000,000.00) shall be entitled to a transitional input tax on the inventory
on hand as of the effectivity of their VAT registration, on the following:
(1) goods purchased for resale in their present condition;
(2) materials purchased for further processing, but which have not yet undergone
processing;
(3) goods which have been manufactured by the taxpayer;
(4) goods in process for sale; or
(5) goods and supplies for use in the course of the taxpayers trade or business as a
VAT-registered person.
The transitional input tax shall be two percent (2%) of the value of the beginning
inventory on hand or actual VAT paid on such, goods, materials and supplies, whichever is
higher, which amount shall be creditable against the output tax of VAT-registered person. The
value allowed for income tax purposes on inventories shall be the basis for the computation of
the 2% transitional input tax, excluding goods that are exempt from VAT under Sec. 109 of the
Tax Code.
The threshold amount of P1,500,000.00 shall be adjusted, not later than January 31,
2009 and every three years thereafter, to its present value using the Consumer Price Index as
published by the NSO.
(b) Presumptive Input Tax Credits
Persons or firms engaged in the processing of sardines, mackerel, and milk, and in
manufacturing refined sugar, cooking oil and packed noodle-based instant meals, shall be
allowed a presumptive input tax, creditable against the output tax, equivalent to four percent
(4%) of the gross value in money of their purchases of primary agricultural products which are
used as inputs to their production.
As used in this paragraph, the term processing shall mean pasteurization, canning and
activities which through physical or chemical process alter the exterior texture or form or inner
substance of a product in such manner as to prepare it for special use to which it could not have
been put in its original form or condition.
SEC. 4.112-1. Claims for Refund/Tax Credit Certificate of Input Tax. --
(a) Zero-rated and Effectively Zero-rated Sales of Goods, Properties or Services
A VAT-registered person whose sales of goods, properties or services are zero-rated or
effectively zero-rated may apply for the issuance of a tax credit certificate/refund of input tax
attributable to such sales. The input tax that may be subject of the claim shall exclude the
portion of input tax that has been applied against the output tax. The application should be filed
within two (2) years after the close of the taxable quarter when such sales were made.
In case of zero-rated sales under Secs. 106(A)(2)(a)(1) and (2), and Sec. 106(A)(2)(b)
and Sec. 108(B)(1) and (2) of the Tax Code, the payments for the sales must have been made
in acceptable foreign currency duly accounted for in accordance with the BSP rules and
regulations.
Where the taxpayer is engaged in both zero-rated or effectively zero-rated sales and in
taxable (including sales subject to final withholding VAT) or exempt sales of goods, properties
or services, and the amount of creditable input tax due or paid cannot be directly and entirely
attributed to any one of the transactions, only the proportionate share of input taxes allocated to
zero-rated or effectively zero-rated sales can be claimed for refund or issuance of a tax credit
In the case of a person engaged in the transport of passenger and cargo by air or sea
vessels from the Philippines to a foreign country, the input taxes shall be allocated ratably
between his zero-rated sales and non-zero-rated sales (sales subject to regular rate, subject to
final VAT withholding and VAT-exempt sales).
(b) Cancellation of VAT registration
A VAT-registered person whose registration has been cancelled due to retirement from
or cessation of business, or due to changes in or cessation of status under Sec. 106 (C) of the
Tax Code may, within two (2) years from the date of cancellation, apply for the issuance of a
tax credit certificate for any unused input tax which he may use in payment of his other
internal revenue taxes; Provided, however, that he shall be entitled to a refund if he has no
internal revenue tax liabilities against which the tax credit certificate may be utilized.
(c) Where to file the claim for refund/tax credit certificate
Claims for refunds/tax credit certificate shall be filed with the appropriate BIR office
(Large Taxpayers Service (LTS) or Revenue District Office (RDO)) having jurisdiction over
the principal place of business of the taxpayer; Provided, however, that direct exporters may
also file their claim for tax credit certificate with the One Stop Shop Center of the Department
of Finance; Provided, finally, that the filing of the claim with one office shall preclude the
filing of the same claim with another office.
(d) Period within which refund or tax credit certificate/refund of input taxes shall
be made
In proper cases, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall grant a tax credit
certificate/refund for creditable input taxes within one hundred twenty (120) days from the date
of submission of complete documents in support of the application filed in accordance with
subparagraph (a) above.
In case of full or partial denial of the claim for tax credit certificate/refund as decided
by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, the taxpayer may appeal to the Court of Tax
Appeals (CTA) within thirty (30) days from the receipt of said denial, otherwise the decision
shall become final. However, if no action on the claim for tax credit certificate/refund has been
taken by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue after the one hundred twenty (120) day period
from the date of submission of the application with complete documents, the taxpayer may
appeal to the CTA within 30 days from the lapse of the 120-day period.
(e) Manner of giving refund
Refund shall be made upon warrants drawn by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
or by his duly authorized representative without the necessity of being countersigned by the
Chairman, Commission on Audit (COA), the provision of the Revised Administrative Code to
the contrary notwithstanding; Provided, that refunds under this paragraph shall be subject to
post audit by the COA.
SEC. 4.113-1. Invoicing Requirements. --
(A) A VAT-registered person shall issue: --
(1) A VAT invoice for every sale, barter or exchange of goods or properties; and
(2) A VAT official receipt for every lease of goods or properties, and for every sale,
barter or exchange of services.
Only VAT-registered persons are required to print their TIN followed by the word
VAT in their invoice or official receipts. Said documents shall be considered as a VAT
Invoice or VAT official receipt. All purchases covered by invoices/receipts other than VAT
Invoice/VAT Official Receipt shall not give rise to any input tax.
VAT invoice /official receipt shall be prepared at least in duplicate, the original to be
given to the buyer and the duplicate to be retained by the seller as part of his accounting
(B) Information contained in VAT invoice or VAT official receipt. The following
information shall be indicated in VAT invoice or VAT official receipt:
(1) A statement that the seller is a VAT-registered person, followed by his TIN;
(2) The total amount which the purchaser pays or is obligated to pay to the seller with
the indication that such amount includes the VAT; Provided, That:
(a) The amount of tax shall be shown as a separate item in the invoice or receipt;
(b) If the sale is exempt from VAT, the term VAT-exempt sale shall be written or
printed prominently on the invoice or receipt;
(c) If the sale is subject to zero percent (0%) VAT, the term zero-rated sale shall
be written or printed prominently on the invoice or receipt;
(d) If the sale involves goods, properties or services some of which are subject to
and some of which are VAT zero-rated or VAT-exempt, the invoice or receipt shall clearly
indicate the break-down of the sale price between its taxable, exempt and zero-rated
components, and the calculation of the VAT on each portion of the sale shall be shown on the
invoice or receipt. The seller has the option to issue separate invoices or receipts for the
taxable, exempt, and zero-rated components of the sale.
(3) In the case of sales in the amount of one thousand pesos (P1,000.00) or more where
the sale or transfer is made to a VAT-registered person, the name, business style, if any,
address and TIN of the purchaser, customer or client, shall be indicated in addition to the
information required in (1) and (2) of this Section.
SEC. 4.113-2. Invoicing and Recording Deemed Sale Transactions.-- In the case of
Sec. 4.106-7(a) (1) of these Regulations, a memorandum entry in the subsidiary sales journal to
record withdrawal of goods for personal use is required. In the case of Sec. 4.106-7(a) (2) and
(3) of these Regulations, an invoice shall be prepared at the time of the occurrence of the
transaction, which should include, all the information prescribed in Sec. 4.113-1. The data
appearing in the invoice shall be duly recorded in the subsidiary sales journal. The total amount
of deemed sale shall be included in the return to be filed for the month or quarter.
In the case of Sec. 4.106-7(a) (4) an inventory shall be prepared and submitted to the
RDO who has jurisdiction over the taxpayers principal place of business not later than 30 days
after retirement or cessation from business.
An invoice shall be prepared for the entire inventory, which shall be the basis of the
entry into the subsidiary sales journal. The invoice need not enumerate the specific items
appearing in the inventory, but it must show the total amount. It is sufficient to just make a
reference to the inventory regarding the description of the goods. However, the sales invoice
number should be indicated in the inventory filed and a copy thereof shall form part of this
invoice. If the business is to be continued by the new owners or successors, the entire amount
of output tax on the amount deemed sold shall be allowed as input taxes. If the business is to be
liquidated and the goods in the inventory are sold or disposed of to VAT-registered buyers, an
invoice or instrument of sale or transfer shall to prepared citing the invoice number wherein the
tax was imposed on the deemed sale. At the same time the tax paid corresponding to the goods
sold should be separately indicated in the instrument of sale.
Example: A, at the time of retirement, had 1,000 pieces of merchandise which was
deemed sold at a value of P20,000.00 with an output tax of P2,000.00. After retirement, A
sold to B, 500 pieces for P12,000.00. In the contract of sale or invoice, A should state the
sales invoice number wherein the output tax on deemed sale was imposed and the
corresponding tax paid on the 500 pieces is P1,000.00, which is included in the P12,000.00, or
he should indicate it separately as follows:
Gross selling price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P 11,000.00
VAT previously paid on deemed sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P 12,000.00
In this case, B shall be entitled only to P1,000 as input tax and not 1/11 of P12,000.00
SEC. 4.113-3. Accounting Requirements. -- Notwithstanding the provisions of Sec.
233, all persons subject to VAT under Sec. 106 and 108 of the Tax Code shall, in addition to
the regular accounting records required, maintain a subsidiary sales journal and subsidiary
purchase journal on which every sale or purchase on any given day is recorded. The subsidiary
journal shall contain such information as may be required by the Commissioner of Internal
A subsidiary record in ledger form shall be maintained for the acquisition, purchase or
importation of depreciable assets or capital goods which shall contain, among others,
information on the total input tax thereon as well as the monthly input tax claimed in VAT
declaration or return.
SEC. 4. 113-4. Consequences of Issuing Erroneous VAT Invoice or VAT Official
Receipt. --
(A) Issuance of a VAT Invoice or VAT Receipt by a non-VAT person. If a person
who is not VAT-registered issues an invoice or receipt showing his TIN, followed by the word
VAT, the erroneous issuance shall result to the following:
(1) The non-VAT person shall be liable to:
(i) the percentage taxes applicable to his transactions;
(ii) VAT due on the transactions under Sec. 106 or 108 of the Tax Code, without
the benefit of any input tax credit; and
(iii) a 50% surcharge under Sec. 248 (B) of the Tax Code;
(2) VAT shall be recognized as an input tax credit to the purchaser under Sec. 110 of
the Tax Code, provided the requisite information required under Subsection 4.113 (B)
of these Regulations is shown on the invoice or receipt.
(B) Issuance of a VAT Invoice or VAT Receipt on an Exempt Transaction by a
VAT-registered Person If a VAT-registered person issues a VAT invoice or VAT official
receipt for a VAT-exempt transaction, but fails to display prominently on the invoice or receipt
the words VAT-exempt sale, the transaction shall become taxable and the issuer shall be
liable to pay VAT thereon. The purchaser shall be entitled to claim an input tax credit on his
SEC. 4.113-5. Transitional Period. Notwithstanding Sec. 4.113-1 (B) hereof,
taxpayers may continue to issue VAT invoices and VAT official receipts for the period July 1,
2005 to December 31, 2005, in accordance with BIR administrative practices that existed as of
December 31, 2004 but subject to the Transitory and Other Provisions of these Regulations
SEC. 4.114-1. Filing of Return and Payment of VAT. --
(A) Filing of Return. Every person liable to pay VAT shall file a quarterly return of
the amount of his quarterly gross sales or receipts within twenty five (25) days following the
close of taxable quarter using the latest version of Quarterly VAT Return. The term taxable
quarter shall mean the quarter that is synchronized to the income tax quarter of the taxpayer
(i.e., the calendar quarter or fiscal quarter).
Amounts reflected in the monthly VAT declarations for the first two (2) months of the
quarter shall still be included in the quarterly VAT return which reflects the cumulative figures
for the taxable quarter. Payments in the monthly VAT declarations shall, however, be credited
in the quarterly VAT return to arrive at the net VAT payable or excess input tax/over-payment
as of the end of a quarter.
Example. Suppose the accounting period adopted by the taxpayer is fiscal year
ending October 2003, the taxpayer has to file monthly VAT declarations for the
months of November 2002, December 2002, and for the months of February,
March, May, June, August, and September for Year 2003, on or before the 20th
day of the month following the close of the taxable month. His quarterly VAT
returns corresponding to the quarters ending January, April, July, and October
2003 shall, on the other hand, be filed and taxes due thereon be paid, after
crediting payments reflected in the Monthly VAT declarations, on or before
February 25, May 25, August 25, and November 25, 2003, respectively.
The monthly VAT Declarations (BIR Form 2550M) of taxpayers whether large or non-
large shall be filed and the taxes paid not later than the 20
day following the end of each
month.
For purposes of filing returns under the Electronic Filing and Payment System (EFPS)
the taxpayers classified under the following business industries shall be required to file
Monthly VAT Declarations on or before the dates prescribed as follows:
Business Industry Period for filing of
Monthly VAT Declarations
Insurance and Pension Funding 25 days following
Activities Auxiliary to Financial Intermediation the end of the
Construction month
Manufacture & Repair of Furniture 24 days following
Manufacture of Basic Metals the end of the
Manufacture of Chemicals and Chemical Products month
Manufacture of Coke, Refined Petroleum & Fuel Products
Manufacture of Electrical Machinery & Apparatus N.E.C.
Manufacture of Fabricated Metal Products
Manufacture of Food, Products & Beverages
Manufacture of Machinery & Equipment NEC
Manufacture of Medical, Precision, Optical Instruments
Manufacture of Motor Vehicles, Trailers & Semi-Trailers
Manufacture of Office, Accounting & Computing Machinery
Manufacture of Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products
Manufacture of Other Transport Equipment
Manufacture of Other Wearing Apparel
Manufacture of Paper and Paper Products
Manufacture of Radio, TV & Communication Equipment/Apparatus
Manufacture of Rubber & Plastic Products
Manufacture of Textiles
Manufacture of Tobacco Products
Manufacture of Wood & Wood Products
Manufacturing N.E.C.
Metallic Ore Mining
Non-Metallic Mining & Quarrying
Retail Sale 23 days following
Wholesale Trade and Commission Trade the end of the
Sale, Maintenance, Repair of Motor Vehicle, month
Sale of Automotive Fuel
Collection, Purification And Distribution of Water
Computer and Related Activities
Air Transport 22 days following
Electricity, Gas, Steam & Hot Water Supply the end of the
Postal & Telecommunications month
Publishing, Printing & Reproduction of Recorded Media
Recreational, Cultural & Sporting Activities
Renting of Goods & Equipment
Supporting & Auxiliary Transport Activities
Activities of Membership Organizations Inc. 21 days following
Health and Social Work the end of the
Public Admin & Defense Compulsory Social Security month
Agricultural, Hunting, and Forestry
Farming of Animals
Other Service Activities
Miscellaneous Business Activities
It is reiterated and clarified, however, that the return for withholding of VAT shall be
filed on or before the tenth (10th) day of the following month, which is likewise the due date
for the payment of this type of withholding tax.
To erase any doubt and to ensure receipt by the BIR before midnight of the due dates
prescribed above for the filing of a return, the electronic return shall be filed on or before 10:00
p.m. of the above prescribed due dates.
For the electronic payment of tax for the returns required to be filed earlier under the
staggered filing system, the taxpayer upon e-filing shall, still using the facilities of EFPS,
likewise give instruction to the Authorized Agent Bank (AAB) to debit its account for the
amount of tax on or before the due date for payment thereof as prescribed under the
prevailing/applicable laws/regulations.
For purposes of these Regulations, the industry of the taxpayer is its primary line of
business or the primary purpose of its existence as stated in the Articles of Incorporation, for
corporate taxpayers.
(B) Payment of VAT
I. Advance Payment The following are subject to the advance payment of VAT:
1. Sale of Refined Sugar.
a. Requirement to Pay Advance VAT on Sale of Refined Sugar. An advance
VAT on the sale of refined sugar shall be paid by the owner/seller to the BIR through an AAB
or to the Revenue Collection Officer (RCO) or deputized City or Municipal Treasurer in places
where there are no AABs before any refined sugar can be withdrawn from any sugar
refinery/mill.
b. Prohibition of Withdrawal/Transfer of Ownership. The proprietor or operator
of a sugar mill/refinery shall not allow any withdrawal of refined sugar from its premises
without the advance payment of VAT and submission of proof of such payment, except when
the refined sugar is owned and withdrawn by the cooperative, in which case the evidence of
ownership, Authorization Allowing the Release and Sworn Statements provided in these
Regulations must be presented.
The Regional Director, upon the recommendation of the RDO of the district having
jurisdiction over the physical location of the sugar mill/refinery, may direct an internal revenue
officer to be present during the withdrawal of refined sugar from the premises of the sugar
mill/refinery in order to confirm and/or verify that the requirements of this Section are
complied with.
c. Basis for Determining the Amount of Advance VAT Payment.
i. Base Price. - The amount of advance VAT payment shall be determined by applying
VAT rate of 10% on the applicable base price of P850.00 per 50 kg. bag for refined sugar
produced by a sugar refinery, and P 760.00 per 50 kg. bag for refined sugar produced by a
sugar mill.
ii. Subsequent Base Price Adjustments. The base price upon which the advance
payment of VAT will be computed under the preceding paragraph shall be adjusted when
deemed necessary by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, upon consultation with the
Chairman of the Sugar Regulatory Administration.
d. Proof of Advance Payment. The RDO concerned or the duly constituted unit in
its place such as the Regional Task Force on Sugar, as the Regional Director may decide, shall
issue a Certificate of Advance Payment of VAT. This certificate shall serve as the authority of
the sugar mill/refinery to release the refined sugar described therein, and together with the
payment form (BIR Form No. 0605 or its equivalent) and the BIR-prescribed deposit slip duly
validated by the AAB, or the Revenue Official Receipt (ROR) issued by the RCO or the duly
authorized City or Municipal Treasurer, as the case may be, shall serve as proof of the payment
for the advance VAT which can be credited against VAT liability/payable in VAT return/s to
be filed.
e. Proof of exemption from the advance payment. If a duly-registered agricultural
cooperative claims ownership of refined sugar stocked in the sugar mill/refinery, the latter shall
not release the said refined sugar unless an Authorization Allowing the Release of Refined
Sugar is first secured from the RDO or any duly constituted unit in its place such as the
Regional Task Force on Sugar created by the Regional Director as the latter may decide, of the
BIR office having jurisdiction over the physical location of the sugar mill/refinery. In securing
such authorization, the cooperative shall, in addition to that of satisfying VAT-exemption
requirements under RR No. 20-2001, submit to the RDO or Regional Task Force concerned a
Sworn Statement to the effect that-
(1) The sugar has not been bid, sold or otherwise transferred in ownership, at
anytime prior to the removal from the refinery, to a trader or another entity; and
(2) The refined sugar is the property of the cooperative at the time of removal and it
will not charge advance VAT or any other tax to the future buyer.
If the cooperative invokes ownership over the sugar cane and the milled/refined sugar,
the sugar quedans must be in the name of the cooperative.
In the event the refined sugar is owned and/or withdrawn from the mill/refinery by a
duly accredited and registered agricultural cooperative of good standing and said cooperative
presents the Authorization Allowing the Release of Refined Sugar, the mill/refinery shall
release the same but only after notifying the RDO or the assigned duty officer with jurisdiction
over the mill of the time and date of the release from the mill and the names and plate numbers
of the carrying trucks so that the release can be given proper supervision and that advance
VAT is collected from the transferee/buyer/customer should evidence show that the refined
sugar has already been sold by the cooperative.
f. Information Returns to be Filed by the Proprietor or Operator of a Sugar
Refinery and Cooperatives.
Every proprietor or operator of a sugar refinery or mill with production line accredited
by the BIR to be capable of producing sugar with a polarimeter reading of 99.5
or above, or
mill producing sugar with polarimeter reading of 99.5
or above shall render an Information
Return to the RDO having jurisdiction over the physical location of the said sugar refinery/mill
which issues the Certificate of Advance Payment of VAT or Authorization Allowing the Release
of Refined Sugar not later than the 10
day following the end of the month. The aforesaid
Information Return shall reflect the following information:
i. Name, TIN and RDO number of the Owner of the Refined Sugar;
ii. Number of bags of refined sugar released;
iii. Amount of Advance VAT Paid.
Likewise, every cooperative shall submit to RDO where it is registered a List of Buyers
of Sugar together with a copy of the Certificate of Advance Payment of VAT, made by each of
the respective buyer appearing in the list, not later than the 10
day following the end of the
month with the following information:
i. Name, address, TIN and RDO No. of the Buyer;
ii. Number of bags of refined sugar sold/LKG;
iii. Amount of sales.
iv. Amount of Advance VAT paid by the buyer.
2. Sale of Flour. --
a. Requirement to Pay in Advance VAT on Sale of Flour and Time of Payment of
Advance VAT.
i. VAT on the sale of flour milled from imported wheat shall be paid prior to the
release from the Bureau of Customs custody of the wheat, which is imported and declared for
flour milling.
ii. Purchases by flour millers of imported wheat from traders shall also be subjected to
advance VAT and shall be paid by the flour miller prior to delivery.
b. Prohibition of Withdrawal of Shipment Before Payment of Advance VAT.-
Withdrawal, either partial or full of imported wheat to be used in the milling of flour
from customs custody shall not be allowed prior to payment of the Advance VAT and
submission of documentary proof of payment such as the Authority to Release Imported Goods
(ATRIG) issued by the BIR and the BIR Payment Form No. 0605 together with the deposit slip
issued by the AAB or the ROR issued by the RCO in the absence of an AAB.
Importation of wheat by any trader shall still be exempt from the payment of VAT.
However, in order to monitor all importation of wheat regardless of its intended use, the
importer, whether miller or trader, shall be required to secure ATRIG from the BIR.
The BOC will require the submission of the ATRIG by the importer before releasing
the imported wheat from its custody. For this purpose, importation of wheat shall be treated as
an exception to the list of imported articles exempted from the issuance of ATRIG as contained
in the BIR-BOC Joint Memorandum Circular No. 1-2002 dated September 16, 2002.
c. Securing the ATRIG and the Payment Form of the Advance VAT.
To afford expediency and to minimize delay in the processing of ATRIG, the flour
miller shall compute the Advance VAT payable and fill up the Payment Form Order (BIR
Form No. 0605). The flour miller shall pay the amount indicated in the Payment Order to the
AAB of the LTS/Large Taxpayers District Office (LTDO)/RDO where the flour miller is
registered. In the absence of an AAB in the RDO where the flour miller is registered, the
payment shall be made to the RCO of said district.
Upon payment, the flour miller will then present a copy of the duly validated payment
form to the RDO having jurisdiction over the port of entry. Upon receipt of the properly
validated and stamped Payment Order, the RDO having jurisdiction over the port of entry shall
issue the ATRIG covering the importation of wheat by the flour miller in accordance with
Revenue Memorandum Order No. 35-2002, which prescribes the guidelines for the issuance of
ATRIG for Excise and VAT purposes.
For purchases of wheat from traders, the flour miller shall be required to present proof
of payment of advance VAT to the trader prior to delivery or withdrawal of wheat from the
latters premises.
d. Basis for Determining the Amount of Advance VAT Payment.
i. Determination of advance VAT. The amount of advance VAT payment shall be
determined by applying VAT rate of 10% on the tax base.
ii. Tax Base Considering that in the course of the milling process, not all wheat is
turned into flour, the tax base shall be as follows:
For wheat imported by the flour millers 75% of the sum of: (a) the invoice value
multiplied by the currency exchange rate on the date of payment; (b) estimated customs duties
and other charges prior to the release of the imported wheat from customs custody, except for
the advance VAT; and (c) Five percent (5%) on the sum of (a) and (b).
iii. Subsequent tax base adjustments The tax base shall be adjusted whenever deemed
necessary by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, after proper prior consultations with the
flour milling industry associations and upon approval by the Secretary of Finance.
e. Credit for Advance VAT Payments The amount of advance VAT payments
made by the flour miller shall be allowed as tax credit against VAT liability/payable of the
flour miller. The Payment Order, together with the deposit slip issued by the AAB or the
ROR issued by the RCO, shall serve as proof for the credit of such advance payment.
f. Reporting Requirements All importers of wheat regardless of use, whether miller
or trader, shall submit quarterly summary list of sales, purchases and importations.
(C) Short Period Return
Any person who retires from business with due notice to the BIR office where the
taxpayer (head office) is registered or whose VAT registration has been cancelled shall file a
final quarterly return and pay the tax due thereon within twenty five (25) days from the end of
the month when the business ceases to operate or when VAT registration has been officially
cancelled; Provided, however, that subsequent monthly declarations/quarterly returns are still
required to be filed if the results of the winding up of the affairs/business of the taxpayer reveal
taxable transactions. All persons first registered under Secs. 9.236-1 of these Regulations shall
be liable to VAT on the effective date of registration stated in their Certificates of Registration;
i.e., the first day of the month following their registration. If the effective date of registration
falls on the first or second month of the taxable quarter, initial monthly VAT declaration shall
be filed within twenty (20) days after the end of the month, and the initial quarterly return shall
be filed on or before the 25th day after the end of the taxable quarter. On the other hand, if the
effective date of registration falls on the third month of the taxable quarter the quarterly returns
shall be filed on or before the 25
day of the month following the end of the taxable quarter,
and no monthly VAT declaration need be filed for the initial quarter.
(D) Where to File and Pay
The monthly VAT declaration and quarterly return shall be filed with, and VAT due
thereon paid to, an AAB under the jurisdiction of the Revenue District/BIR Office where the
taxpayer (head office of the business establishment) is required to be registered.
In cases where there are no duly accredited agent banks within the municipality or city,
the monthly VAT declaration and quarterly VAT return, shall be filed with and any amount
due shall be paid to the RDO, Collection Agent or duly authorized Treasurer of the
Municipality/City where such taxpayer (head office of the business establishment) is required
to be registered.
The quarterly VAT return and the monthly VAT declaration, where no payment is
involved, shall be filed with the RDO/LTDO/Large Taxpayers Assistance Division (LTAD),
Collection Agent, duly authorized Municipal/City Treasurer of Municipality/City where the
taxpayer (head office of the business establishment) is registered or required to be registered.
Taxpayers filing via EFPS shall comply with the provisions of the EFPS Regulations.
Only one consolidated quarterly VAT return or monthly VAT declaration covering the
results of operation of the head office as well as the branches for all lines of business subject to
VAT shall be filed by the taxpayer, for every return period, with the BIR office where said
taxpayer is required to be registered.
SEC. 4.114-2. Withholding of VAT on Government Money Payments and Payments
to Non-Residents.
(a) The government or any of its political subdivisions, instrumentalities or agencies,
including government-owned or controlled corporations (GOCCs) shall, before making
payment on account of each purchase of goods and/or of services taxed at 10% VAT pursuant
to Secs. 106 and 108 of the Tax Code, deduct and withhold a final VAT due at the rate of five
percent (5%) of the gross payment thereof.
The five percent (5%) final VAT withholding rate shall represent the net VAT payable of
the seller. The remaining five percent (5%) effectively accounts for the standard input VAT
for sales of goods or services to government or any of its political subdivisions,
instrumentalities or agencies including GOCCs, in lieu of the actual input VAT directly
attributable or ratably apportioned to such sales. Should actual input VAT exceed five percent
(5%) of gross payments, the excess may form part of the sellers expense or cost. On the other
hand, if actual input VAT is less than 5% of gross payment, the difference must be closed to
expense or cost.
(b) The government or any of its political subdivisions, instrumentalities or agencies,
including GOCCs, as well as private corporations, individuals, estates and trusts, whether large
or non-large taxpayers, shall withhold ten percent (10%) VAT with respect to the following
(1) Lease or use of properties or property rights owned by non-residents;
(2) Services rendered to local insurance companies, with respect to reinsurance
premiums payable to non-residents; and
(3) Other services rendered in the Philippines by non-residents.
In remitting VAT withheld, the withholding agent shall use BIR Form No. 1600-
Remittance Return of VAT and Other Percentage Taxes Withheld.
VAT withheld and paid for the non-resident recipient (remitted using BIR Form No.
1600), which VAT is passed on to the resident withholding agent by the non-resident recipient
of the income, may be claimed as input tax by said VAT-registered withholding agent upon
filing his own VAT Return, subject to the rule on allocation of input tax among taxable sales,
zero-rated sales and exempt sales. The duly filed BIR Form No. 1600 is the proof or
documentary substantiation for the claimed input tax or input VAT.
Nonetheless, if the resident withholding agent is a non-VAT taxpayer, said passed-on
VAT by the non-resident recipient of the income, evidenced by the duly filed BIR Form No.
1600, shall form part of the cost of purchased services, which may be treated either as an
"asset" or "expense", whichever is applicable, of the resident withholding agent.
VAT withheld under this Section shall be remitted within ten (10) days following the
end of the month the withholding was made.
SEC.4.114-3. Submission of Quarterly Summary List of Sales and Purchases.
a. Persons Required to Submit Summary Lists of Sales/Purchases.
(1) Persons Required to Submit Summary Lists of Sales. All persons liable for VAT
such as manufacturers, wholesalers, service-providers, among others, with quarterly total
sales/receipts (net of VAT) exceeding Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Pesos
(P2,500,000.00).
(2) Persons Required to Submit Summary Lists of Purchases. All persons liable for
VAT such as manufacturers, service-providers, among others, with quarterly total purchases
(net of VAT) exceeding One Million Pesos (P 1,000,000.00).
b. When and Where to File the Summary Lists of Sales/Purchases. The
quarterly summary list of sales or purchases, whichever is applicable, shall be submitted in
diskette form to the RDO or LTDO or LTAD having jurisdiction over the taxpayer, on or
before the twenty-fifth (25th) day of the month following the close of the taxable quarter (VAT
quarter)-calendar quarter or fiscal quarter. However, taxpayers under the jurisdiction of the
LTS, and those enrolled under the EFPS, shall, through electronic filing facility submit their
Summary List of Sales/Purchases to the RDO/LTDO/LTAD, on or before the thirtieth (30
day of the month following the close of the taxable quarter.
c. Information that Must be Contained in the Quarterly Summary List of Sales
to be Submitted. The quarterly summary list must contain the monthly total sales generated
from regular buyers/customers, regardless of the amount of sale per buyer/customer, as well as
from casual buyers/customers with individual sales amounting to P100,000.00 or more. For
this purpose, the term "regular buyers/customers" shall refer to buyers/customers who are
engaged in business or exercise of profession and those with whom the taxpayer has transacted
at least six (6) transactions regardless of amount per transaction either in the previous year or
current year. The term "casual buyers/customers", on the other hand, shall refer to
buyers/customers who are engaged in business or exercise of profession but did not qualify as
regular buyers/customers as defined in the preceding statement.
The foregoing paragraph, notwithstanding, information pertaining to sales made to
buyers not engaged in business or practice of profession (e.g., foreign embassies) may still be
required from the seller.
The Quarterly Summary List of Sales to Regular Buyers/Customers and Casual
Buyers/Customers and Output Tax shall reflect the following:
(1) BIR-registered name of the buyer who is engaged in business/exercise of
profession;
(2) TIN of the buyer (Only for sales that are subject to VAT);
(3) Exempt Sales;
(4) Zero-rated Sales;
(5) Sales Subject to VAT (exclusive of VAT);
(6) Sales Subject to Final VAT Withheld; and
(7) Output Tax (VAT on sales subject to 10%).
(The total amount of sales shall be system-generated)
d. Information that must be Contained in the Quarterly Summary List of
Purchases. The following information must be indicated in the following quarterly
summary schedules of purchases:
(1) The Quarterly Summary List of Local Purchases and Input Tax.
a. BIR-registered name of the seller/supplier/service-provider;
b. Address of seller/supplier/service-provider;
c. TIN of the seller;
d. Exempt Purchases;
e. Zero-rated Purchases;
f. (i) Purchases Subject to VAT (exclusive of VAT) on services;
(ii) Purchases Subject to VAT (exclusive of VAT) on capital goods; and
(iii) Purchases Subject to VAT (exclusive of VAT) on goods other than
(iv) Purchases Subject to Final VAT Withheld
g. Creditable Input Tax; and }
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h. Non-Creditable Input Tax.} on a per supplier basis
but on a per month basis)
(The total amount of purchases shall be system-generated)
(2) The Quarterly Summary List of Importations.
(a) The import entry declaration number;
(b) Assessment/Release Date;
(c) The date of importation;
(d) The name of the seller;
(e) Country of Origin;
(f) Dutiable Value;
(g) All Charges Before Release From Customs' Custody;
(h) Landed cost:
(i) Exempt;
(ii) Taxable (Subject to VAT);
(i) VAT paid;
(j) Official Receipt (OR) Number of the OR evidencing payment of the tax; and
(k) Date of VAT payment
For the claimed input tax arising from services rendered in the Philippines by non-
residents, no summary list is required to be submitted.
e. Rules in the Presentation of the Required Information in the Summary
Schedules.
(1) The summary schedules of sales to regular buyers/customers shall not only refer to
sales subject to VAT but shall likewise include sales subject to final VAT withheld, exempt
and zero-rated sales.
(2) The summary schedule of purchases likewise shall not only refer to purchases
subject to VAT but also to exempt and zero-rated purchases.
(3) The names of sellers/suppliers/service-providers and the buyers/customers shall be
alphabetically arranged and presented in the schedules.
(4) All the summary lists or schedules mentioned above for submission to the BIR shall
mention as heading or caption of the report/list/schedule the BIR-registered name, trade name,
address and TIN of the taxpayer-filer and the covered period of the report/list/schedule.
(5) Failure to mention the TIN of the buyer in the "Schedule of Sales" may be a ground
for the audit of the records of the buyer or of both the buyer and the seller.
(6) The quarterly summary lists shall reflect the consolidated monthly transactions per
seller/supplier or buyer for each of the three (3) months of VAT taxable quarter of the taxpayer
as reflected in the quarterly VAT return except the summary list of importation which shall
show the individual transactions for the month for each month of the taxable quarter/VAT
quarter. Thus, the period covered by the aforementioned summary list required to be submitted
to the BIR shall be the covered period of the corresponding quarterly VAT return.
(7) The Quarterly Summary List of Sales and Purchases shall be submitted in magnetic
form using 3.5-inch floppy diskettes following the format provided in Subsection (g) hereof.
To provide for a clear-cut rule on the mandatory submission of the said summary lists in
diskette form, the following shall be observed:
(a) Submission of said summary lists in diskette form shall be required for the taxable
quarter where the total sales (taxable-net of VAT, zero-rated, exempt) exceed Two Million
Five Hundred Thousand (P2,500,000.00) or total purchases (taxable-net of VAT, zero-rated,
exempt) exceed One Million Pesos (P1,000,000.00). Thus, if the total quarterly sales amounted
to P3,000,000.00 and the total quarterly purchases amounted to P900,000.00, the quarterly
summary list to be submitted shall only be for sales and not for purchases. On the other hand, if
the total quarterly sales amounted to P2,000,000.00 and the total quarterly purchases amounted
to P1,500,000 then the quarterly summary list to be submitted shall only be for purchases and
not for sales.
(b) Once any of the taxable quarters total sales and/or purchases exceed the threshold
amounts as provided above, VAT taxpayer, in addition to the requirement that the summary list
for such quarter be submitted in accordance with the herein prescribed electronic format, shall
be further required to submit the summary lists for the next three (3) succeeding quarters, still
in accordance with the herein prescribed electronic format, regardless of whether or not such
succeeding taxable quarter sales and/or purchases exceed the herein set threshold amounts of
P2,500,000.00 for sales and P1,000,000.00 for purchases.
f. The threshold amounts as herein set for sales and purchases may be
increased/modified by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue if it is necessary for the
improvement in tax administration.
g. Required Procedure and Format in the Submission of Quarterly List of
Sales/Purchases.
The Quarterly Summary List of Sales and Purchases as required above shall be
submitted directly to the RDO or LTDO or LTAD having jurisdiction over the taxpayer on the
same date when the Quarterly VAT return is due for filing with and the tax thereon due for
payment to the appropriate AAB or BIR Office, whichever is applicable. The list shall contain
all the information required in the preceding paragraphs and shall conform to the electronic
format to be prescribed in a Revenue Memorandum Circular (RMC), using any of the
(1) Excel format;
(2) Taxpayer's own extract program; or
(3) The Data Entry Module developed by the BIR that will be available upon request or
by downloading from the BIR's web site at http://www.bir.gov.ph, with the corresponding job
aid.
For those who would choose either option 1 or option 2, such taxpayers shall use a
validation module developed by the BIR, which can either be downloaded from the BIR
website or made available in diskette form upon request.
Only diskettes readable upon submission shall be considered as duly filed/submitted
Quarterly Summary List of Sales and Output Tax/Purchases and Input Tax/importations.
Failure to submit the aforementioned quarterly summary lists in the manner prescribed above
shall be punishable under the pertinent provisions of the Tax Code and regulations and shall
trigger an audit of taxpayer's VAT liabilities.
(h) Issuance of Certificate of VAT Withheld at Source
The certificate or statement to be issued is the Certificate of Final Tax Withheld at
Source (BIR Form No. 2306), a copy of which should be issued to the payee.
(i) Penalty Clause
(1) In addition to the penalties imposed for other violations of the withholding tax
regulation, payors reported by the payees for not having issued the Certificate of Tax Withheld
at Source, which report has been validated to be correct, shall be subject to mandatory audit on
their withholding tax liabilities and to other appropriate sanctions under the Tax Code and
applicable regulations.
(2) Penalties in case of failure to submit quarterly summary list of sales and purchases.
- In accordance with the provisions of the Tax Code of 1997, a person who fails to file, keep
or supply a statement, list, or information required herein on the date prescribed therefor shall
pay, upon notice and demand by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, an administrative
penalty of One Thousand Pesos (P1,000.00) for each such failure, unless it is shown that such
failure is due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect. For this purpose, the failure to
supply the required information for each buyer or seller of goods and services shall constitute a
single act or omission punishable hereof. However, the aggregate amount to be imposed for all
such failures during a taxable year shall not exceed Twenty-five Thousand Pesos (P25,000.00).
(3) In addition to the imposition of the administrative penalty, willful failure by such
person to keep any record and to supply the correct and accurate information at the time or
times as required herein, shall be subject to the criminal penalty under the relevant provisions
of the Tax Code (e.g., Sec. 255, Sec. 256, etc.,), upon conviction of the offender.
(4) The imposition of any of the penalties under the Tax Code and the compromise of
the criminal penalty on such violations, notwithstanding, shall not in any manner relieve the
violating taxpayer from the obligation to submit the required documents.
(5) Finally, the administrative penalty shall be imposed at all times, upon due notice
and demand by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. A subpoena duces tecum for the
submission of the required documents shall be issued on the second offense. A third offense
shall set the motion for a criminal prosecution of the offender.
SEC. 4.115-1. Administrative and Penal Provisions. --
(a) Suspension of business operations. In addition to other administrative and penal
sanctions provided for in the Tax Code and implementing regulations, the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue or his duly authorized representative may order suspension or closure of a
business establishment for a period of not less than five (5) days for any of the following
(1) Failure to issue receipts and invoices.
(2) Failure to file VAT return as required under the provisions of Sec. 114 of the Tax
(3) Understatement of taxable sales or receipts by 30% or more of his correct taxable
sales or receipt for the taxable quarter.
(4) Failure of any person to register as required under the provisions of Sec. 236 of the
(b) Surcharge, interest and other penalties. The interest on unpaid amount of tax,
civil penalties and criminal penalties imposed in Title XI of the Tax Code shall also apply to
violations of the provisions of Title IV of the Tax Code.
SEC. 4.116-1. Tax on Persons Exempt from VAT. -- Any person, whose sales or
receipts are exempt under Sec. 109 (1) (V) of the Tax Code from the payment of VAT and who
is not a VAT-registered person shall pay a tax equivalent to three percent (3%) of his gross
monthly sales or receipts; Provided, that cooperatives shall be exempt from the three (3%)
gross receipts tax herein imposed.
SEC. 9.236-1. Registration of VAT Taxpayers. --
(a) In general. Any person who, in the course of trade or business, sells, barters,
exchanges goods or properties, or engages in the sale of services subject to VAT imposed in
Secs. 106 and 108 of the Tax Code shall register with the appropriate RDO using the
appropriate BIR forms and pay an annual registration fee in the amount of Five Hundred Pesos
(P500) using BIR Form No. 0605 for every separate or distinct establishment or place of
business (save a warehouse without sale transactions) before the start of such business and
every year thereafter on or before the 31st day of January.
Separate or distinct establishment shall mean any branch or facility where sale
transactions occur.
Branch means a fixed establishment in a locality which conducts sales operation of
the business as an extension of the principal office.
Principal place of business refers to the place where the head or main office is
located as appearing in the corporations Articles of Incorporation. In the case of an individual,
the principal place of business shall be the place where the head or main office is located and
where the books of accounts are kept.
Warehouse means the place or premises where the inventory of goods for sale are
kept and from which such goods are withdrawn for delivery to customers, dealers, or persons
acting in behalf of the business.
Any person who maintains a head or main office and branches in different places shall
register with the RDO which has jurisdiction over the place wherein the main or head office or
branch is located. However, the registration fee shall be paid to any accredited bank in the
Revenue District where the head office or branch is registered provided that in areas where
there are no accredited banks, the same shall be paid to the RDO, collection agent, or duly
authorized treasurer of the municipality where each place of business or branch is situated.
Each VAT-registered person shall be assigned only one TIN. The branch shall use the
9-digit TIN of the Head Office plus a 3-digit Branch Code.
VAT-registered person refers to any person registered in accordance with this
VAT-registrable person refers to any person who is required to register under the
provisions of this section but failed to register.
(b) Mandatory:
Any person who, in the course of trade or business, sells, barters or exchanges goods or
properties or engages in the sale or exchange of services shall be liable to register if:
i. His gross sales or receipts for the past twelve (12) months, other than those
that are exempt under Sec. 109 (1)(A) to (U) of the Tax Code, have
exceeded One million five hundred thousand pesos (P1,500,000.00); or
ii. There are reasonable grounds to believe that his gross sales or receipts for
the next twelve (12) months, other than those that are exempt under Sec.
109 (1)(A) to (U) of the Tax Code, will exceed One million five hundred
thousand pesos (P1,500,000.00).
Every person who becomes liable to be registered under paragraph (1) of this
subsection shall register with the RDO which has jurisdiction over the head office or branch of
that person, and shall pay the annual registration fee prescribed in subsection 9.236-1(a)
hereof. If he fails to register, he shall be liable to pay the output tax under Secs. 106 and/or
108 of the Tax Code as if he were a VAT-registered person, but without the benefit of input tax
credits for the period in which he was not properly registered.
Moreover, franchise grantees of radio and television broadcasting, whose gross annual
receipt for the preceding calendar year exceeded P10,000,000.00, shall register within thirty
(30) days from the end of the calendar year.
(c) Optional VAT Registration.
(1) Any person who is VAT-exempt under Sec. 4.109-1 (B) (1) (V) not required to
register for VAT may, in relation to Sec. 4.109-2, elect to be VAT-registered by registering
with the RDO that has jurisdiction over the head office of that person, and pay the annual
registration fee of P500.00 for every separate and distinct establishment.
(2) Any person who is VAT-registered but enters into transactions which are exempt
from VAT (mixed transactions) may opt that the VAT apply to his transactions which would
have been exempt under Section 109(1) of the Tax Code, as amended. [Sec. 109(2)]
(3) Franchise grantees of radio and/or television broadcasting whose annual gross
receipts of the preceding year do not exceed ten million pesos (P10,000,000.00) derived from
the business covered by the law granting the franchise may opt for VAT registration. This
option, once exercised, shall be irrevocable. (Sec. 119, Tax Code)
Any person who elects to register under this subsections (1) and (2) above shall not be
allowed to cancel his registration for the next three (3) years.
The above-stated taxpayers may apply for VAT registration not later than ten (10) days
before the beginning of the calendar quarter and shall pay the registration fee prescribed under
sub-paragraph (a) of this Section, unless they have already paid at the beginning of the year. In
any case, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may, for administrative reason deny any
application for registration. Once registered as a VAT person, the taxpayer shall be liable to
output tax and be entitled to input tax credit beginning on the first day of the month following
SEC. 9.236-2. Registration of Non-VAT or Exempt Taxpayer. Every person, other
than those required to be registered as VAT persons, engaged in any business, shall, on or
before the commencement of his business, or whenever he transfers to another revenue district,
register with the RDO concerned within 10 days from the commencement of business or
transfer in the manner prescribed under this Section and shall pay the applicable registration
fee of Five Hundred Pesos (P500.00) for every separate or distinct establishment or place of
business, if he has not paid the registration fee in the beginning of the taxable year. The fee
shall be paid to any AAB, where each place of business or branch is situated. In areas where
there is no AAB, such person shall pay the fee prescribed herein with the RDO, RCO, or
authorized municipal treasurer. The registration shall contain his name or style, place of
residence, business, the place where such business is carried on, and such information as may
be required by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in the form prescribed therefor.
The following are required to register as non-VAT persons and pay the applicable registration
1) VAT-exempt persons under Sec. 109 of the Tax Code who did not opt to register as
VAT taxpayers;
2) Individuals engaged in business where the gross sales or receipts do not exceed One
Hundred Thousand Pesos P100,000.00 during any 12-month period. They are required to
register but will not be made to pay the registration fee of FIVE HUNDRED PESOS
(P500.00).
3) Non-stock, non-profit organizations and associations engaged in trade or business
whose gross sales or receipts do not exceed P1,500,000.00 for any 12-month period or in an
amount as adjusted thereafter every three (3) years depending on the annual Consumer Price
Index as published by the NSO;
4) Cooperatives other than electric cooperatives. However, they are not required to
pay the registration fee imposed in these Regulations.
SEC. 9.236-3. Application for Registration. -- The application shall be filed with the
RDO where the principal place of business, branch, storage place or premises is located, as the
case may be, before commencement of business or production or qualification as a withholding
agent. In the case of storage places, the application shall be filed within thirty (30) days from
the date the aforesaid premises have been used for storage.
In any case, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may, for administrative and
meritorious reasons, deny or revoke any application for registration.
SEC. 9.236-4. Certificate of Registration. -- The certificate shall be issued to the
applicant by the BIR office concerned upon compliance with the requirements for registration.
SEC. 9-236-5. Posting of Registration Certificate. -- Every registered taxpayer shall
post or exhibit his Registration Certificate and duly validated Registration Fee Return at a
conspicuous place in his principal place of business and at each branch in such a way that is
clearly and easily visible to the public.
SEC. 9.236-6. Cancellation of VAT Registration. -- A VAT-Registered person may
cancel his registration for VAT if:
a. He makes written application and can demonstrate to the Commissioner of Internal
Revenues satisfaction that his gross sales or receipts for the following twelve (12) months,
other than those that are exempt under Sec. 109 (1) (A) to (U) of the Tax Code, will not
exceed One Million Five Hundred Thousand pesos (P1,500,000.00); or
b. He has ceased to carry on his trade or business, and does not expect to recommence
any trade or business within the next twelve (12) months.
Some other instances where a VAT-registered person may apply for cancellation of
registration are:
1. A change of ownership, in the case of a single proprietorship;
2. Dissolution of a partnership or corporation;
3. Merger or consolidation with respect to the dissolved corporation(s);
4. A person who has registered prior to planned business commencement, but failed to
actually start his business;
Some instances where taxpayer will update his registration by submitting a duly
accomplished Registration Update Form (BIR Form No. 1905):
1. A persons business has become exempt in accordance with Sec. 4.109-1(B) (1) of
these Regulations,
2. A change in the nature of the business itself from sale of taxable goods and/or
services to exempt sales and/or services;
3. A person whose transactions are exempt from VAT who voluntarily registered
under VAT system, who after the lapse of three years after his registration, applies
for cancellation of his registration as such; and
4. A VAT-registered person whose gross sales or receipts for three consecutive years
did not exceed P1,500,000.00 beginning November 1, 2005, which amount shall be
adjusted to its present value every three years using the Consumer Price Index, as
published by the NSO. Upon updating his registration, the taxpayer shall become
liable to the percentage tax imposed in Sec. 116 of the Tax Code. A short period
return for the remaining period that he was VAT-registered shall be filed within
twenty five (25) days from the date of cancellation of his registration.
For purposes of the percentage tax, the taxpayer shall file a monthly return. An initial
return shall be filed for the month following the month of cancellation / update of his
All applications for cancellation of registration due to closure/cessation or termination
of business shall be subjected to immediate investigation by the BIR office concerned to
determine the taxpayers tax liabilities.
Any minor change in the original registration (such as change of address within the
same RDO, typographical errors, and etc.) which may not necessitate cancellation of the
registration shall be effected by accomplishing the Registration Update Form (BIR Form No.
Any person, who opted to be registered as a VAT taxpayer, may apply for cancellation
of such registration. However, the optional registration as a VAT taxpayer of a franchise
grantee of radio and/or television broadcasting whose gross receipts for the preceding year did
not exceed P10,000,000.00 shall not be revocable.
TRANSITORY AND OTHER PROVISIONS
(a) Transitional Input Tax Credit
(i) For goods, materials or supplies not for sale but purchased for use in business in
their present condition, which are not intended for further processing and are on hand as of the
last day immediately preceding the effectivity of RA No. 9337, a transitional input tax
equivalent to 2% of the value of the beginning inventory on hand or actual VAT paid on such
goods, materials or supplies, whichever is higher, shall be allowed.
(ii) For goods purchased with the object of resale in their present condition, the same
transitional input tax equivalent to 2% of the value of such goods unsold or actual VAT paid
thereon whichever is higher, as of the day immediately preceding the effectivity of RA No.
9337 shall be allowed which amount may also be credited against the output tax of a VAT-
registered person.
For this purpose, an inventory as of the day immediately preceding the effectivity of
RA No. 9337of such goods or supplies showing the quantity, description and amount should be
filed with the RDO or concerned BIR office not later than thirty (30) days from the effectivity
of RA No. 9337.
In recognizing transitional input tax as of the day immediately preceding the effectivity
of RA No. 9337, a journal entry should be made in the books debiting the input tax account
and crediting the inventory account.
The term goods herein mentioned does not include capital goods.
(b) Unused invoice or receipts. Taxpayers who changed status from NON-VAT to
VAT or from VAT to NON-VAT as a result of the implementation of RA No. 9337 should
submit within thirty (30) days from effectivity of the law an inventory of unused invoices or
receipts as of the day immediately preceding the effectivity of RA No. 9337 indicating the
number of booklets and the corresponding serial numbers. Unused non-VAT invoices/receipts
shall be allowed for use in transactions subject to VAT provided the phrase VAT registered
as of [effectivity date of RA No. 9337] is stamped on all copies thereof. Likewise, unused
VAT invoices/receipts shall be allowed in VAT-exempt transactions provided the phrase
Non-VAT-registered as of _________________ is stamped on all copies thereof. These
unused invoices or receipts with the proper stamp shall be allowed for use in transactions
subject to VAT/Non-VAT up to December 31, 2005.
(c) Billed but uncollected sale of services. Amounts due on sale of services becoming
liable to VAT under RA No. 9337 rendered before the effectivity of RA No. 9337, payments
of which are receivable on or after the effectivity of RA No. 9337, shall be considered as
accrued as of the day immediately preceding the effectivity of RA No. 9337 for the purpose
of VAT exemption and payment of any applicable percentage tax, if any, or VAT exemption as
the case may be, subject to the following conditions:
(i) Information return to be filed on or before sixty (60) days from the effectivity of
RA No. 9337 showing the name(s) of the contractor(s), client(s), customer(s) and the
amount(s) of the contract price outstanding as of the day immediately preceding the
effectivity of RA No. 9337, and containing a declaration of the obligation to pay the applicable
percentage tax due if any;
(ii) The seller billed the unpaid amount before the effectivity of RA No. 9337, and a
copy of such billing is attached to the information return required in (i) hereof;
(iii)The seller has recorded in his books of accounts as of the day immediately
preceding the effectivity of RA No. 9337 the amount receivable; and
(iv) The seller files on or before the 20
day after each month, the regular percentage
tax return for the payment of the percentage tax on payments received after the effectivity of
RA No. 9337.
In the case of sale of electricity, if a billing period covers power consumption for the
period before and after the effectivity of RA No. 9337, 10% VAT shall be applied only to
electricity consumption for the period on or after the effectivity of RA No. 9337. The
electricity consumption before the effectivity of RA No. 9337 shall not be subject to 10%
VAT but to the applicable franchise/percentage tax.
Failure to comply with the above-stated conditions shall automatically subject the gross
receipts to the VAT.
(d) Importation. -- Goods previously VAT-exempt but became subject to VAT under
RA No. 9337 imported into the Philippines prior to the effectivity of RA No. 9337 shall
remain VAT-exempt. On the other hand, goods previously VAT taxable but became VAT-
exempt under RA No. 9337 imported into the Philippines prior to the effectivity of RA No.
9337 shall, upon withdrawal from customs custody, be subject to VAT.
(e) Clarificatory Rules to be Issued through Revenue Memorandum Circulars
(RMCs)- The Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall issue Revenue Memorandum Circulars
to clarify the rules of implementation affecting certain peculiarities of each industry groupings
such as but not limited to the power sector, oil and petroleum, and telecommunications.
REPEALING CLAUSE
All other laws, acts, decrees, executive orders, issuances and rules and regulations or
parts thereof which are contrary to and inconsistent with any provisions of R.A. No. 9337 are
deemed repealed, amended or modified. All other issuances and rules and regulations or parts
thereof which are contrary to and inconsistent with any provisions of these Regulations are
deemed repealed, amended or modified.
No VAT exemptions may be granted by the BIR except those explicitly stated in Sec.
109(1) of the Tax Code, as amended by RA No. 9337. All previous exemptions granted
through laws, acts, decrees, executive orders, issuances and rules and regulations or parts
thereof promulgated or issued prior to the effectivity of RA No. 9337 are deemed repealed,
amended or modified accordingly.
SEPARABILITY CLAUSE
If any of the provisions of these regulations is subsequently declared unconstitutional,
the validity of the remaining provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect
EFFECTIVITY
These Regulations shall take effect on November 1, 2005.
(Original Signed)
MARGARITO B. TEVES
Recommending Approval:
JOSE MARIO C. BUAG
OIC-Commissioner of Internal Revenue
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We have seen many new stories about the app in previous some days with their own assumptions about the app. After in-depth research of the app we had found some interesting details about it which are as follows:
There is a very thin line between the illegal and legality of Showbox apk over the internet. The application is partly legal and partly illegal. How? let me show you!
Showbox is an app which gives you the freedom to surf torrent links of shows & movies and it doesn’t host any of them. It is just providing an easy medium to download the movies and view them. Even if you search for those torrents then you can find them on google. That doesn’t mean Google is illegal right? I hope you got an idea about it.
The application just gives you a medium to surf between torrent links and you download the content from those torrent websites and not from Showbox. It doesn’t host those files. It is just a free app to search the torrent link for movies & shows. Thus, movie & TV studios can’t directly sue the app developers.
But! According to the policy of the application, Showbox can take all the details of the users and hand it over to the movie studios if they ask for it. That means the movie studios will get all information about your viewing history and likes/dislikes.
Downloading movies from torrents is illegal so, you aren’t on the safer side too. You are lying on the thin line while using this app. So, better use this app with extra precautions like VPNs as it can harm your privacy.
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Showbox latest Update (Info)
Now, You can’t open a Showbox app without internet. It means if you don’t have a working internet connection, the app won’t work.
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As promised by the developers, the latest version is up in the market which is v5.35 and it is the latest one on the internet.
Now, Showbox is back with the new interface and its working fine. Now you can easily access Showbox all features like news, sports, tv shows, movies. earlier you had to face some technical issue in Showbox like internet connection error. But now this error has been solved so you can enjoy Showbox features. But there is some problem you should keep in your mind Showbox doesn’t own the rights of the copyrighted content uploaded on it. Please don’t install this app as it can be risky for you as well. You can get sued for watching copyrighted content without proper viewing rights. Please enjoy your favorite movies & TV shows from legitimate software like Netflix or Amazon Prime.
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This website isn’t affiliated with Showbox and we are just providing the latest information about Showbox updates and features. We don’t encourage copyright infringement.
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Why does Showbox ask for age & Gender?
Have you ever thought why does Showbox asks for your age & gender when you open the app for the first time? Mostly the answer will be no, As we don’t bother much about it.
But it is a very important aspect of the app. Recently, the news was rumored by many big websites that Showbox shares its data with movie studios. But in reality, the truth is different.
Showbox app doesn’t share any data with anyone but yes it can share it if they are asked for. They keep the data private until no questions are raised against them. The age & gender are asked for giving you better-personalized content. It is also used as a survey material for checking the Showbox app using age groups.
This is for better personalization of the users and their experience. It doesn’t affect user privacy.
Good news for the cherry on the top. Showbox is going to launch for IOS also in the near future so they don’t have to use it on their Android devices for unlimited tv shows & movies.
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This is going to be sad news for you because there is no update of Showbox available for you guys. So, you should have to find some alternative app for streaming movies for free as it’s good to save money and time while rushing on google to get some high-quality movies streaming link.
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But you can try using some other alternative apps which works similarly as Showbox app. You can go with Terrarium TV or MegaBox HD, as they are cross-platform apps and have surpassed priority if you’re an iPhone user.
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It’s a free tool, depends on your needs and the way you’re going to use that Emulators. However, it’s free of cost and has a couple of features like installing android apps and let them maintain your accounts easily without any lag.
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Is Showbox Apk Free?
Yes, it’s all free, even you don’t have to sign up on this app. You can stream or download any of its content as a guest without sharing your personal details.
Why Showbox isn’t available on the play store?
This question has been asked many times in our comment section so we are writing it down here. The app deals with pirated content which is absolutely against laws. thus, the application can’t be uploaded on google play store.
Does this mean the app is unsafe to use?
The answer is NO, You can’t judge an app from its availability on play store. This app has won so many hearts. Rumors are present that the app traces the IPs and send them to movie studios. But there are no proper proofs for it.
Is Showbox safe/legal?
It isn’t authorized by the government and is illegal to use. On the other side, this app won’t allow pornography here because of users resorts for adult content against children’s policy.
According to the latest news, Showbox will now only show movies in 480p or better qualities. They won’t be showing those latest shows which are found in hall print when searched. Hall or theatre prints are not found in search queries when you will search for it. This is the reason why the latest videos are not found in the app.
The app only consists of prints in HD or 480p and not lower than it. You can find hall print or other videos in its alternatives. Servers are getting updated and new updates are going to launch soon. So, stay tuned for them.
Here is a brief summary of the features of the latest version 5.35 app. You can read them below:
Multiple language support.
Free subtitles.
Multiple resolutions at a tap.
Clean user interface.
Customized navigation button.
Unlimited download to phone storage.
Hall brightness settings.
11 new languages added.
App size optimisation.
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Rottie
Male 50–60 kg (110–132 lb)
Female 35–48 kg (77–106 lb)
Male 61–69 cm (24–27 in)
Female 56–63 cm (22–25 in)
Double-coated, short, hard and thick
Black and tan or black and mahogany
average 8 to 12 although larger litters are known
Classification / standards
Group 2, Section 2.1 Molossian: Mastiff type #147 standard
Working standard
ANKC
Group 6 (Utility) standard
Group 3 – Working standard
KC (UK)
NZKC
Utility standard
Guardian Dog standard
Domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris)
The Rottweiler (UK: /ˈrɒtvaɪlə/ or /ˈrɒtwaɪlə/, US: /rɒtwaɪlər/)[1][2] is a breed of domestic dog, regarded as medium-to-large[3][4] or large.[5][6] Their coat of fur is mostly black, with brown on the legs and face. They are excellent guard dogs, as well as herding, and companion dogs.
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The Rottweiler is one of the oldest of herding breeds.[7] With a history possibly dating back to the Roman Empire,[8] the Rottweiler may be a descendant of ancient Roman drover dogs; a mastiff-type dog that was a dependable, rugged dog with great intelligence and guarding instincts.
Behaviour[change | change source]
Dogs are pack animals. When they feel threatened, they will defend themselves. They will also protect other members of the pack to a certain extent. How they defend themselves, and how close they feel to the rest of the pack (their owners) depends on the dog's nature. It also depends on how they were raised. Since dogs judge dangerous situations differently, they should not be left unattended near a place where people are arguing. They may also judge unattended moves of a child as an attack. Therefore, dogs should not be left alone near children.
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There is no specific weight for a Rottweiler to qualify to be judged in dog shows. The dog must be neither too thin or too fat for its size. Both males and females must be "medium-large" in size for the American Kennel Club.[9] The General German Rottweiler Club (ADRK) lists 50 kilograms (110 pounds) for males and 42 kilograms (93 pounds) for females .[10]
Considerations[change | change source]
When the Rottweilers' owners are not experienced, problems arise. Sometimes humans, mostly children, are attacked by these dogs. The attacks are often a result of irresponsible owners. Rottweilers are very intelligent and need equally smart handlers to raise them.
In some areas, breeding certain dogs has been restricted or forbidden.[11]
↑ "Oxford Dictionaries". Retrieved 18 July 2016.
↑ "Oxford Dictionaries-US". Retrieved 29 September 2016.
↑ "Rottweiler breed standard" (PDF). FCI. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
↑ "Rottweiler". Australian National Kennel Council. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
↑ "Rottweiler". The Kennel Club. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
↑ "Rottweiler". New Zealand Kennel Club. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
↑ Manfred Schanzle, Studies in The Breed History of The Rottweiler. DVM thesis, University of Munich, 1969.
↑ American Kennel Club (2006). The Complete Dog Book. 3 (20 ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0-307-41699-5. Retrieved 2012-03-13. The origin of the Rottweiler is not a documented record. Once this is recognized, actual history tempered by reasonable supposition indicates the likelihood he is descended from one of the drover dogs indigenous to ancient Rome.
↑ "Rottweiler Official Breed Standard". American Kennel Club. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
↑ "Rottweiler - Breed standard". ADRK: General German Rottweiler Club. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
↑ "Rottweilers, dog control and the law" (in English). BBC News. 2006-09-25. pp. 1–3. Retrieved 2007-02-09. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
Further reading[change | change source]
Blackmore, Joan. A Dog Owners Guide to the Rottweiler
Brace, Andrew H. (Ed), The Ultimate Rottweiler, Ringpress Books, Surrey, 2003. ISBN 1-86054-263-8
Coren,Stanley. The Intelligence of Dogs, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. (1994).
Chardets: Know your Rottweiler
Fédération Cynologique Internationale-Standard N° 147/ 19. 06. 2000 / GB The Rottweiler. Translated by – Mrs C. Seidler Country of Origin – Germany.
Kaneene JB, Mostosky UV, Miller R. Update of a retrospective cohort study of changes in hip joint phenotype of dogs evaluated by the OFA in the United States, 1989–2003. Vet Surg 2009;38:398–405, Interscience.wiley.com, abstract
National Dog – The Ringleader Way, Volume 12 Number 1 & 2, Jan/Feb 2009 Breed Feature "Bernese Mountain Dogs, Leonbergers & Rottweilers".
Pettengell, Jim. The Rottweiler
Pienkoss, Adolf. The Rottweiler, 3rd revised and updated edition, Internationale Foederation der Rottweilerfreunde (IFR) Wilhelmitenstr. 15a, 46354 Borken, Germany, 2008
Price, Les. Rottweilers: an owner's companion. Macmillan Publishing Company, New York 1991. ISBN 0-87605-297-9
Schanzle, Manfred, Studies In The Breed History Of The Rottweiler. German edition Published by Allgemeiner Deutscher Rottweiller – Klub (ADRK) E.V. 1967 English edition published jointly by Colonial Rottweiler Club & Medallion Rottweiler Club – Sept 1969. 1981 Printing (updated) – Published by Powderhorn Press 3320 Wonderview Plaza, Hollywood, CA90068.
Yrjola, J.A.U. & Tikka, Elvi. Our Friend the Rottweiler.
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Rottweilers at the Open Directory Project
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Le Paradox's gang, Villains
Ah, the humble recon photo, the unsung hero of many a caper.
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Leader/s
Member/s
Grizz
Penelope (Black Knight)
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Le Paradox's gang was a group of criminals led by Cyrille Le Paradox that traveled through time to commit crimes, with the primary goals of proving Le Paradox to be a better thief than the Coopers, and establishing a false line of royalty for Le Paradox. The five lieutenants of the gang also each had secondary objectives that they tried to complete in their own time.
Long before Conner Cooper was killed by the Fiendish Five, he stole the world's largets diamond from a museum. But, the father of a French skunk named Cyrille Le Paradox, members of the Le Paradox clan of thieves, plotted to steal the diamond first and frame Conner Cooper for the crime. Unfortunately for Cyrille's father, he was to slow to act when Conner stole the diamond before him. Cyrille's father was instead arrested and received a life sentence in prison for his crime. His son, Cyrille, now did not have a mentor to teach him thieving, and after a string of failed jobs, he himself got arrested and was thrown in prison.
At some point, following the events of Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves and the release of Cyrille Le Paradox from prison, Cyrille created his own global crime syndicate, where he masterminded thefts of art. Overtime, this made Le Paradox a billionaire and he opened his own museum in Paris to showcase some of the stolen art. However, the skunk had held a grudge against the Cooper Clan because of what happened to his father. Coupled witth his own ego of proving himself to be the best thief ever, he masterminded a plan that would get his revenge upon the Coopers and give himself power in society. This plan would leave the Le Paradoxes with the status as the greatest thieves in history and the Coopers with nothing.
Setting his plan into motion Edit
Le Paradox created a plan, where he would time travel to different time periods and steal different Cooper canes, a vital source to their success as thieves. However, instead of doing it himself, Le Paradox hired five different criminals from around the world to assist him in his plan as his trusted lietunants. These five were: the tiger El Jefe, the armadillo Toothpick, the black bear Grizz, the mouse Penelope and the elephant Miss Decibel. Penelope was an integral part of his plan, since she was a member of the Cooper Gang, and girlfriend of Bentley. Together with Bentley, they had been working on a time machine to see the future of the Cooper Gang. Le Paradox however manipulated Penelope into promises of power and money, coupled with her own growing hatred and jealousy of Sly Cooper. She thought Bentley's continued focus on Sly was holding his potential back and she planned to get rid of Sly, permanently. Le Paradox promised her this help, in return of the plans for the time machine. Penelope stole the plans and built Le Paradox his own time machine, in the shape of a blimp. A key difference between this time machine and the time machine Bentley was building, was that the user did not need an object from a time period, in order to travel to that time period. Instead, the date could simply be inputted. With his time machine complete, Le Paradox transported his lietunants to their respective time periods, so they could begin their work.
Cyrille Le Paradox - The leader. Travels to different time periods as needed. Wants to prove he is the greatest thief in the world by stealing the Cooper canes and establish himself as royalty by forging documents in the past. Defeated by Sly Cooper and serving a life sentence in prison.
El Jefe - A mercenary commander. Traveled to Feudal Japan, 1603 AD. Assigned to steal Rioichi Cooper's cane for Le Paradox. Wanted to rule Feudal Japan as a dictator. Defeated by Sly Cooper, returned to the present day and serving his time in a South American prison.
Toothpick - A Russian mobster. Traveled to Cotton Mouth Bluff, 1884 AD. Assigned to steal Tennessee "Kid" Cooper's cane. Wanted to rob the gold from Cotton Mouth Bluff to become a billionaire in the present day. Defeated by Sly Cooper, but never returned to the present. He was arrested and sentenced to work on the railroads in a chain gang, but unknowingly stepped in the path of moving train, which he could not hear, due to being deafened by Sly using his train whistles against him, and was ran over.
Grizz - A gangster/graffiti artist. Traveled to Gungathal Valley, 10,000 BC. Assigned to steal Bob Cooper's cane. Wanted to forge art in the past and hide it, only to dig it up in the present day to become rich and famous. Defeated by Murray, returned the present day, and serving a lengthy prison sentence, where he decided to become a rapper and paint portraits of his fellow inmates.
Penelope (Black Knight) - An inventor, former Cooper Gang member, and Bentley's girlfriend. Traveled to Medieval England, 1301 AD. Assigned to steal Sir Galleth Cooper's cane. She left the Cooper Gang because desired to use Le Paradox's resources to eliminate Sly Cooper, so she and Bentley could become billionaires by making weapons for the highest bidder. Defeated by Bentley, returned to the present day, and sent to Europe's highest-security prison. She quickly escaped, and sent Bentley mysterious postcards with her symbol spray-painted on the photographed locations.
Miss Decibel - A musician and hypnotist. Traveled to Ancient Arabia, 1001 AD. Assigned to steal Salim al-Kupar's cane and forge documents to establish a fake royal ancestry line for Le Paradox to use in the Present day. Wanted to do Le Paradox's bidding, so she could earn his love. Le Paradox promptly betrayed and left Miss Decibel in Arabia, after she was defeated by Sly Cooper. She was brought back to the present and incarcerated. After being sent to prison, Miss Decibel decided to have the trumpet removed from her trunk, then she enrolled in anger management classes and began a music class in the prison. With continued good behavior, Miss Decibel may be eligible for early parole.
Le Paradox's museum, Paris, Present day
El Jefe's fortress, Japanese village, 1603 AD
Saloon, Cotton Mouth Bluff, 1884 AD
Grizz's fortress, Gungathal Valley, 10,000 BC
Black Knight's castle, English town, 1301 AD
Miss Decibel's palace, Arabian city, 1001 AD
Le Paradox's blimp (mobile headquarters)
Guards Edit
Each member of Le Paradox's gang employed a number of guards to protect and patrol around their various facilities:
"Wildman" Weezner
Mammoth guard
Miniature robot dragons
There were originally going to be several more lieutenants, including a mole and an alligator.
This is the only group of major villains where all of the members are mammals.
Cooper Gang
Cooper Van
Cooper Clan
Rioichi Cooper
"Tennessee Kid" Cooper
Sir Galleth Cooper
Black Knight (Penelope)
Moat Monster
Go West Young Raccoon
Clan of the Cave Raccoon
Of Mice and Mechs
Paris (Le Paradox's museum)
Japanese village (El Jefe's fortress
Imperial Prison
Rioichi's Sushi House
Sashimi Caverns)
Cotton Mouth Bluff (Saloon)
Gungathal Valley (The Grizz's fortress)
English town (Black Knight's castle)
Le Paradox's blimp
Egypt (cut content)
Terms and gameplay
Binocucom
Clue bottle
Guards (flashlight
rooftop)
Hacking (Avatar
System Cracker
Spark Runner)
Holographic marker
RC chopper
Sly Mask
Stealth aura
Thief Meter
Thievius Raccoonus
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Project Lead: Dean Koyanagi, Shaun Bluethenthal
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Welcome to the Farm Ops project page. You can learn about the program, scholarships, events, resources, and training here. To avoid missed opportunities, sign up for the E-Newsletter and check "Farm Ops".
Host a Veteran through On-the-Job Training on YOUR farm!
Project staff are working with the New York Division of Veterans Affairs as well as other state agencies to identify five NY farms that are willing and can be approved to to provide on-the-job training (OJT) opportunities for veterans. Achieving approval for this is not a lengthy process and could allow veterans to access OJT/apprenticeship funds provided by VA/GI benefits. Traditionally, OJT has been focused on trades but this novel strategy will link traditional VA support to agricultural training. If you are a farmer interested in hosting a veteran employee for on-the-job training, please contact us and we will be happy to explain the process to you!
For questions or further details, please check out our handy Veteran Rack Card Or contact Project Coordinator Dean Koyanagi by email, or call 607-255-9911.
This work is supported by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets.
Veteran Scholarships for Educational Workshops and Online Courses
Farm OPS strives to provide access to resources and training events for veterans pursuing careers in agriculture in New York State. With funding from the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, we currently are offering scholarships to veterans and active duty military personnel who attend educational events and workshops. The program currently offers up to $100 in reimbursement on eligible costs for agricultural trainings on a first come, first serve basis, while funds are available. At this time, eligible costs include travel expenses and registration for trainings (i.e. hotel, mileage, event registration).
To learn more about this opportunity, and determine if you are eligible for a scholarship to a specific event, please contact Dean Koyanagi by email or at 607-255-9911.
Should the event be eligible, you will be asked to complete and return a travel reimbursement form, copies of receipts, and an event evaluation form. Please note that reimbursements are based on actual expenses, up to, but not automatically totaling $100. Intensive, several-day training events may be eligible for a higher reimbursement rate.
Through this program the Cornell Small Farms Program is also pleased to offer partial scholarships for military veterans to take our online courses. The courses, normally $250, will be offered to veterans for $125. In order to be eligible a person must be a veteran or active duty military, a resident of New York State, and have plans to begin selling farm products (filing a Schedule F) in 2017 or 2018. The course offerings and schedules can be viewed here. If you are eligible and would like to apply for a scholarship, contact Erica.
Registration is limited and will be offered first come, first served. Participants will be asked to complete a targeted survey at the end of the course as well as 6 months from completion, to determine the effect on their operation.
Farm Tour Brings Veteran Families to Wind Swept Meadows
By Kacey Deamer | September 24, 2018
For veterans and military families interested in learning about a variety of farming techniques and farm business management, tours of working farms can offer important insight and inspiration. On September…
Operation Mountain Grown: Veterans Growing Food, Jobs and Futures in Coal Country
By Suzanne Pender | July 2, 2018
For a remote, mountainous area in West Virginia, McDowell County has gotten a lot of attention lately. The late celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain filmed a segment of his television show…
Veterans and Their Families Learn about Local Agriculture Straight from the Farmer’s Mouth
By Alyssa Couse | January 8, 2018
Attendees toured Cross Island Farms to gain inspiration from a diverse farm operation. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Jefferson County recently hosted its second farm tour for veterans, active duty military…
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About Farm Ops
Veterans often encounter unique obstacles when considering entering into farming. There are over 800,000 military veterans in New York State, but they exist in a dispersed population, varying from 3-15% of the total population of each county. Because they do not have a dominant presence in any one location, specialized resources are often lacking, ultimately presenting a high barrier to entering agricultural jobs and further marginalizing these veterans.
Agriculture is not directly supported by Veterans Affairs – veterans cannot use education funds for most farm training and often cannot use vocational training funds for farm-related occupations. In addition, many veterans have unique disabilities (e.g. amputations, PTSD) and training and resources need to include mechanisms to address these issues.
Over the last two years, the Northeast Beginning Farmer Program has begun receiving an increasing number of requests each month from veterans seeking assistance.
To enhance the resources and training available to military veterans interested in farming, we will team with established Veterans groups to:
Create a statewide service provider network for organizations to support agriculture training for veterans
Implement multiple education strategies to engage and train military/ veterans who want to farm
About Dean Koyanagi
Dean came to the Small Farms Program in 2015 to work with fellow veterans interested in agriculture. He and his wife have been farming in Ithaca for the past 10 years, and he is excited to share the experience of learning to farm with others. Dean continues to support a statewide effort to work with extension, veteran’s organizations, and our veteran farming community to support veterans in achieving their agricultural goals.
Read Articles by Dean Koyanagi
Shaun Bluethenthal
Shaun joined the Small Farms Program in 2018 shortly after graduating from Cornell University. As the newest addition to the FarmOps team, he works to support both current and future farmer-veteran programming efforts. Shaun’s formal academic background is in Agricultural Science with a concentration in Crop Production and Management. His approach to agronomy combines elements of institutional academia, cultural knowledge, historical wisdom, and technologies of antiquity and bleeding-edge alike, to create lasting agricultural solutions.
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Authors benefit - Why piracy brings up a whole new idea of the shape of copyright
Is it possible that authors might benefit from people who share their books without authorization? You think that is confusing? For Neil Gaiman it's not a contradiction anymore.
GigaOM :: What some call “piracy” can actually be free marketing, as noted by some prominent authors. Neil Gaiman, for example, has said he was initially outraged by unauthorized sharing of his books, and tried to help his publisher stop it, but eventually he came to the conclusion that what piracy really amounts to is “people lending books.” As he put it in a video interview earlier this year:
[Neil Gaiman:] [U]nderstanding that gave me a whole new idea of the shape of copyright and what the web was doing. Because the biggest thing the web was doing is allowing people to hear things, allowing people to read things, allowing people to see things they might never have otherwise seen. And I think, basically, that’s an incredibly good thing.
Continue to read Mathew Ingram, gigaom.com
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Twitter as story: a work in progress
Stephen Colbert mocking the national Christmas tree’s Twitter account shows that the frivolousness of the plucky social media tool is still up for debate. No doubt Twitter’s popularity offsets some of the mockery, and it has contributed to newsgathering and crisis reporting. But does it have any storytelling potential?
Twitter has been a home for crowdsourced fiction, sometimes with involvement from storytelling superstars. Neil Gaiman launched a Twitter story more than a year ago in partnership with BBC Audiobooks America. Even before that, comic bloggers and artists over at Monkey on My Back solicited text for comics via Twitter, and then created the visuals to complete the story. More recently, the Toronto International Film Festival has joined with Tim Burton to launch a Tworror story that is currently being crowdsourced to completion.*
We’ve previously noted conceptual artist and Storyboard contributor Peggy Nelson’s development of a “Twitter movie.” And a few users, such as @VeryShortStory, have created truly minimalist stories in 140 characters or less on Twitter:
On the nonfiction side, news organizations are learning how to use Twitter not only as a newsgathering tool to troll for sources or to find specialized information but also to curate tweets for a kind of snapshot of a moment in time. (See The Washington Post’s coverage of victory and concession speeches after the November elections.) These collected tweets tend to reflect a series of opinions or to recreate the experience of a community without necessarily telling a story in which there is movement from A to B.
But in October, TBD used Storify to show how curated tweets can engage the devices of fiction – suspense, forward motion and characters – in a story that unfolds close on the heels of real events. Images paired with tweets reconstructed the first hours of confusion after a death outside a nightclub in D.C. This TBD piece may be a game-changer in showing the narrative potential of social media.
So what are the differences between the fictional and the nonfiction storytelling on Twitter? The self-consciousness of doing crowdsourced fiction in a fixed time period tends toward action narratives – or maybe that’s ACTION! NARATIVES! – without much breathing space or opportunity for future readers to enter the story by making connections themselves. As contributors compete for the attention of project curators, their tweets tend to drive stories toward ever more improbable and outrageous outcomes.
The encapsulated nature of shared Tweets does lend itself to projects audiences are used to reading in book form with minimal text-per-page ratios, like children’s stories and adventure comics. But it will likely take a while to suss out how to apply Twitter to stories that need a slow-building, longer arc.
Crowdsourcing tweets that already exist seems to have more immediate potential for nonfiction storytelling. Curating tweets in the wake of news events fosters creation of a story with less self-consciousness in the voices that emerge. And the real-time nature of Twitter preserves reactions from newsmakers and audiences to events, sometimes before they’ve been swamped by a common interpretation or spun out of self-interest. Twitter’s conversational language provides some of the material for the natural trivia that can make fiction work (humorous asides, what’s for breakfast, what’s on TV), fleshing out the action and surprises necessary to any story.
If Twitter continues to build its user base, journalists will have an expanding pool of millions of voices and characters on hand with individual stories authors can weave into a larger nonfiction narrative. We’re not there yet, but as more and more people get used to watching news unfold via feeds, it’s easier and easier to imagine.
And as for that Tim Burton project, it ends today. If you don’t read this post in time to contribute yourself, you can at least find out how the story ends.
*Hat tip to Megan Garber at Nieman Lab for pointing out the Burton project to us.
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Magic City Brigade
NOTE: I recorded a podcast with Collin Barnwell, Vice President of the Magic City Brigade, the Birmingham Hammers’ Supporters Group ahead of the Atlanta Silverbacks/Birmingham Hammers game at Silverbacks Park. The recording didn’t turn out as well as I had hoped so I transcribed it. Enjoy.
Collin, thanks for joining me. Talk about the formation of the Birmingham Hammers.
MCB Founder Forrest Collins and Hammers Founder Morgan Copes
Photo via Magic City Brigade
The club was founded in 2013 by Morgan Copes and John Killian. They played a non league season in 2015 and then joined the NPSL in 2016. (There is a great appearance by John Killian on Flakoglost podcast)
Last year we didn’t do that great, only won two games but it was our first season. We had some first year woes, and fired our coach after the season. We hired another coach Wulf Koch, who is an experienced collegiate coach and has done very well at the University of Auburn at Montgomery. We’ve got a very charismatic coach who has a great staff. This year it’s looking up.
So the team is formed and then Forrest gets involved and the Magic City Brigade come to be. Talk about that.
Forrest started it in his dorm room. He enjoyed watching the Supporter Groups of Portland and Orlando and Seattle and figured if Birmingham was going to have a team, why not have a Supporters Group like that or one that mimics that style and choreography.
I got into the party a little late so to speak. I came to the Hammers in late 2014/early 2015. When I heard about Forrest and the Magic City Brigade I started coming out and joining them at events.
Just been a work in progress ever since. Started as a couple of guys who wanted to watch the game together and is now formed into group that goes to matches home and away. We are Hammers supporters and we enjoy football, that’s the biggest thing.
Touching on that, I came to the first official game for the Hammers when they played Chattanooga FC in Birmingham. I reached out to you guys and joined you at the tailgate. Nice big spot to tailgate, and although the Chattahooligans were there and much bigger, they have a several year head start, but you guys were there, had some pizzas and some food and some beer, just hanging out. It was great.
Another thing I wanted to mention is that you guys had a great tifo for the first game. It had a couple of stars and smokestacks from the ironworks. Talk about that and your inspirations.
The tifo was a rendition of what makes Birmingham iconic and that would be Sloss Furnaces and the iron industry at the turn of the century. It displayed the stacks of Sloss Furnace and the Birmingham city flag, which is a tri-color flag, red/white/red with a red star in the middle of it and the seal of Birmingham. It was our take on that, and we got our first tifo done and we wanted to make it about the city and not about us.
The Hammers play at Sicard Hollow. There is no rigging, there are no barriers, there are just bleachers, there is nothing to unfurl as it were. However the facility has a nice hill in one corner and you guys staked the tifo down and it was up for the whole game, which I think is better, and at halftime I was able to get some pictures.
We were talking earlier about in tifo in general. You guys have a lot of DIY flags that are hanging on the fences of the facility. Talk about tifo for a fourth division club. How do you execute that?
There’s teams to look up to in the fourth division from a creative and inspiration standpoint like Chattanooga and Detroit City. All of our tifos are homemade. We buy the fabric at supermarkets, wherever we can find it, we buy the paint at the supermarket. It’s very free hand, very do it ourselves, it looks crude, it looks rough, but that’s who we are. We’re new to this, we’re not trying to make a publication out of this. We’re just doing things our way and people seem to enjoy it.
Going back to the first game, the Chattahooligans had close to a hundred fans and you guys didn’t have as many. I did like that you were on the opposite end of the field, little give and take, and you guys just did your thing. Had a nice big drum, a couple of chants, very organized. I like your attitude: we’re new, we’re trying and we do what we can.
That’s one of the biggest things. We are not here to please the front office, we are not here to please other people. I have had several conversations with the owner and they have told me to stop bugging them with questions/permission about this and that. Everything about our club is very grassroots and it’s very do it yourself.
My wife and I live about an hour and a half north east of Birmingham, so we are not close and can’t get 30 people together to paint a tifo, so all the tifos that are constructed at my house are done on the kitchen table or the parking lot our apartment complex. All the others are done a combination of driveways and parking lots. It’s very do it yourself, get some dirt on your knees and paint.
Talk about 2017 season for the Magic City Brigade. Do you guys plan to have watch parties.
Being that streaming has become more of a thing for lower division clubs, we’ll probably have some watch parties for some our away games.
One thing I talk about with lower division supporters is that you guys get to travel. For Atlanta United, I get to go to one game this season, but for the other 16 I’ll be at a bar or home or whatever. For NPSL, especially the Southeast Conference, it’s pretty doable if you really commit you can go to every game.
I know for me, my plan is to attend about 85% of the away matches, with two of them being a six hour drive from my apartment, so it’s not feasible. If I had more resources I would go to all the games. The format makes it ideal for travelling and they are close drives. It’s very regional. That’s what I like. If you’re willing to commit to those seven to eight hour drives, you can go to every match.
We’re planning on having someone at every game, whether it’s one person or it’s like today here in Atlanta, it’s seven to ten of us. We will have at least one member of the Brigade at each game and that speaks volumes to who we are in the fourth division.
Let’s talk about the 2017 season. Who is in your division?
Southeast Conference is split into two division–East and West. The Birmingham Hammers are in the West with Chattanooga FC, Inter Nashville FC, Memphis City FC and New Orleans Jesters.
I know you’ve started blogging, done a couple of previews. What can fans or neutrals look for from the Birmingham Hammers this season.
I run a completely fan oriented blog, https://bhamhammersblog.wordpress.com/ and it’s a 100% fan take on the experience, so it’s completely biased. We had one fan from another team who said that the blog was not an accurate reflection and I told him yeah.
This season we are in better form than last season. With a new coach and a new staff who are chomping at the bit to get started. We had one preseason match and in that match we played the Alabama ODP team and they were excellent. I don’t know how ODP teams are across the country but they were quality and we beat them 6-0. I don’t think that’s 100% comparable to the NPSL but this season I can see us making the playoffs. We have to win our home games and get some points and I think that’s doable.
Who are some players to watch out for?
Photo via Birmingham Hammers
Our keeper Bradley Louis. He’s been with us for three seasons.
We also have a new face, Jorge Delgado. He’s a forward who played at Mississippi College, and his career stats are impressive.
So expectations for the season? What would you be happy with?
I really don’t care what the record is. It’s bringing amateur soccer to Birmingham. I could see us winning every game but also I could see us dropping a couple.
How can readers find out more about Magic City Brigade and the blog.
We are on facebook and twitter (@MCBrigade14). You can find me on twitter (@BhamForeman) and the blog is https://bhamhammersblog.wordpress.com/.
I’ve been joined by Collin Barnwell from the Magic City Brigade and we have been tailgating before the Atlanta Silverbacks/Birmingham Hammers game. Collin, thanks for taking a couple of minutes to talk and have a great season.
The Birmingham Hammers defeated the Atlanta Silverbacks 2-1.
Der Klassiker with Mia San Atlanta
Get the podcast here: Der Klassiker with Mia San Atlanta
Follow along with the show notes:
Atlanta based Bayern Munich Supporter Group Mia San Atlanta hosted Der Klassiker at Der Biergarten, with fans coming dressed in Bayern kits and lederhosen to support Die Roten. I caught up with Heather and Jon Cooke about Mia San Atlanta, their trip to Charlotte to see Bayern, their support of ATL Champions League and we even talked kits. This is a great group of fans and I hope you enjoy our conversation.
You can stay up to date with Mia San Atlanta on social media.
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Read my SoccerNomad blog post on Bayern Munich home shirts.
First Bayern Munich kit
Bayern Munich kits through the years
14/15 Champions League shirt (Heather’s favorite)
2011-13 home shirt (My favorite)
16/17 Home, Away, Third shirts
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ATL Gooners
SoccerNomad podcast: ATL Gooners
Some of the Atlanta Gooners came on the SoccerNomad podcast to talk about the Supporters Group and the club. From the 2016 Summer Tour to Highbury to the classic Manchester United/Arsenal games of the late 90s/early 2000s to kits, we covered a lot of ground and had a great conversation.
Find out more about the group on their various platforms:
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Guest Post: JR Francis on Atlanta United 2017 Home Kit
It’s… fine.
The best assessment I’ve heard of the kit goes like this, “Its exactly what you thought it was going to be.” In many ways, this is a good thing, but when it comes right down to it, there is simply nothing, design-wise, to get excited about.
It is thrilling to HAVE a kit now. A coach, many players, a world-class training facility and a soccer specific stadium on its way for the coming season. These are all things for the fans to celebrate and get excited about. The team we have all been waiting for is coming, and with each passing landmark, actual games are creeping closer and closer.
We are incredibly lucky that the team was able to partner with a company that allowed their logo to be rendered in gold. So many teams around the world have their kits ruined by a terrible sponsor logo, a clashing color, or by having to sport a pyramid scheme across their chest. We have a respectable company, with heartfelt commercials. They have a simple, clean, horizontal version of their logo, and it’s in beautiful gold across the front. Three cheers to American Family for being a great partner.
But overall, it’s a vertical striped kit.
My complaints are really just nitpicks and some are even more about Adidas templates than this particular design. It’s a red shirt. Bah. I’m in the camp for minimizing red, and using it as a pin stripe or highlight. Think how Philly uses baby blue. I was really hoping for a black base with red stripes, as this would provide the richness and severity of aggression. Red is an entirely overused color in sport to the point of being cheap. The collar is just a plain black ringer with a sewn V-neck treatment; no stripes, lines, no work-friendly golf collar.
The stripes, as one likely could have predicted, are simple. Thick black, thick red, clean edges, no pin stripes, no texture within the stripe, no design along the edges. I’m assuming we will get all of those additional features in future years, as they are required to update a jersey every year.
The plain red back is bad. It looks like two different shirts were sewn together, one striped, one plain. There have certainly been some awful back treatments on striped designs, but to not even try is a fail. The widest two black stripes could have been run down the back, leaving room for the numbers. The stripes could terminate above and continue below the number. Something. At least the back got a jock tag with the cool 2017 logo from one of the first t-shirt designs.
The Adidas stripes stopping at the sleeve hem is wonky. I would have preferred it having a gap for the MLS logo, and going all the way down the sleeve. The MLS logos and badge in their plastisized, textured style on the authentic are really nice and the only spot we’ve added much of any personality.
The jersey is fine. It looks nice. I will scream at the top of my lungs for the guys wearing it. But it certainly ain’t “lit” or “fire” or anything of the like. Its’ simple, clean, and good.
More than anything else, this jersey reminds me of how bad the name is and how much I despise red and black. We will never be the Oregon Ducks of MLS, we will never have a huge stylistic play, we will never be the boldest or most distinctive design in the store. It can certainly be argued that classic and plain are a good thing and we don’t want to look wild and crazy. But it certainly isn’t an option. And our name SO means absolutely nothing to anyone. In a city full of incredible history, we certainly cheaped out and picked a name with zero visualization.
Here is looking forward to seeing what the away brings. I’m hoping for zero white on it at all, like the majority of ATL UTD marketing. My fingers are crossed for a real collared shirt and LOTS of gold!
JR is a frequent guest on the SoccerNomad podcast and you can follow him on twitter @paynomind.
Atlanta United 2017 Home Kit
Atlanta United unveiled their 2017 home kit last night in a big celebration at the Tabernacle in downtown Atlanta. Susannah Collins from MLS emceed the event, which included Arthur Blank, Darren Eales, Carlos Bocanegra, and Mayor Kasim Reed.
Recently I became a season ticket holder and an email hit my inbox last week about an upcoming event: the unveiling of Atlanta United’s inaugural home kit. This has been one of the most talked items about the team since the announcement. Once the logo and color scheme were released, fans and designers have been posting concept kits and discussing possible looks. I was honored to be part of the Design Football.com Atlanta United concept kit contest and fans from all over the world came up with some really great designs. On top of that, Dirty South Soccer has been accumulating designs and has made it a big topic on the Mouths of the South podcast.
The general consensus was that the shirt would be similar to the AC Milan home shirt and their iconic black and red vertical stripes. After that, speculation focused on all the permutations: thickness of the stripes, striped or solid sleeves, collar/no collar, solid or striped back, trim and accent color, and finally the placement of the trademarked three Adidas stripes.
Speaking of Adidas, ahead of Euro 2016, the company made a major design change, moving their three stripes from the shoulder to the torso. Adidas has a contract with MLS through 2017 and most of the kits released for the 2016 season incorporated this change, so I wondered. . . 1) where would the stripes be and b) what color would they be?
After a series of speeches and cheering, Tito Villlaba, Chris McCann and Andrew Carleton stepped forward in the new strip.
I loved it. Five broad stripes with gold Adidas striping on the shoulders. I would have preferred the mark on the torso but I’m over it. Two things really grabbed me: the red sleeves and the crest. Most mock ups had striped or black sleeves. The red lightens the tone of the kit and this really works for me. The A, which is the focal point of the crest, has texture on the authentic shirt, created by a series of diagonal lines. Close up the logo really jumps out and this is a wonderful feature. Another feature of the authentic shirt is the cuff, which has Atlanta United on it. Something to keep in mind when deciding between authentic and replica.
Finally, American Family Insurance altered their logo to gold to complement the shirt. Had they kept their standard branding, the shirt could have gone sideways very quickly.
For everything on the kit, check out these resources:
Close up of shirt
Official marketing release
I pre-ordered my shirt ahead of the event. Didn’t even need to see it. This is the first shirt ever for the club so that in itself made it worth having. Plus I didn’t want to stand in line. (I admit I was jealous of those that wait in line and were able to walk out of the event with the shirt on.)
To wrap up, I asked some Atlanta United fans their thoughts and here’s what they had to say.
Heather McBrayer Cooke After some reflection, I think it’s fine. Not great, but fine. I’m never a fan of the broad vertical stripes but I do absolutely love the black shorts with the gold stripes. The detail on the back is a very nice touch as well. I honestly think the unveiling was so stinking dramatic that it set you up for a let down.
Robyn Saghini ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ it!
Jorge E. Alonso 200% on board. Absolutely love it. And it looks beautiful with our (Terminus Legion) scarf on it.
Cristoforo Romano Classy!
Justin Koehn Not too shabby. I like it untucked much more for some reason with the solid black shorts. Not a huge fan of the solid color back, but overall I’d say i’m happy with it.
Charles Phillips It’s exactly what we expected, but it’s executed perfectly. I like the broad bars as opposed to thinner stripes. I also think the red field on the back in place of stripes is going to look great with the number sets. The Inaugural Season flair on the back of the neck is a great touch that’ll make this particular shirt special. Part of me was hoping for the new Adidas style stripes down the torso, but the shoulder stripes work great too. I would’ve preferred some accents or design on the socks, but I can appreciate them going clean and elegant.
Kelly Carter Love it. Prices are fair and comparable to the league. Design was expected but desired. Sizing runs small for authentic per usual. I’m glad the AmFam logo isn’t bigger like other sponsors in the league. Yes, it does look quite similar to the MetroStars jersey, but that was bound to happen given the color scheme.
Jon Hicks Pretty damn cool. I concur with Charles the Adidas strips down the torso would have been awesome but I can live without it. The inaugural season on the back is killer.
Matheus Gonçalves Some might say the kit is kind of too basic, or that Atlanta United stayed in the comfort zone and haven’t been innovative or creative enough. I understand the point but we’re not talking about Apple, Microsoft, Google that needs to innovate and be disruptive or, you know… this is a soccer team kit. Maybe, for the future, or for the 3rd kit we could have some fading lines down the torso, or some different design but still the Atlanta United kit is classy, It’s sharp, the golden and black stripes are solid and the kit is awesome, I love it.
Andy Hollums I love it! Executed perfectly. And in really glad they went solid on back. The only thing I don’t like about Montreal’s shirt is that they have short stripes at the bottom on back. I’m really glad we didn’t do that.
Charlie Flint I think it’s safe and relatively what everyone expected – but a great design and looks good!
Jen Pahl I really like it. It is sharp and we will stand out on the pitch.
Let me know your thoughts below. You can follow me on twitter @austinlong1974 and make sure to check out the rest of the SoccerNomad blog. Also check out the SoccerNomad podcast on podomatic or on iTunes, just search SoccerNomad. I appreciate all feedback, so please leave a rating and review.
SoccerNomad podcast: Liverpool v Manchester United
I joined supporters of Liverpool and Manchester United to watch the big game at Anfield. After meeting at Fado Midtown, home of the Atlanta Manchester United Supporters Club, we marched into Meehan’s downtown to settle in at the LFC Atlanta bar. A tense and exciting 90 minutes followed with the match ending in a 0-0 draw. I was able to interview several fans from each side and get updates on the each supporter group, memories from previous matches and thoughts on the teams thus far. Thanks to both groups for their time and a great atmosphere.
Find out more about Atlanta Manchester United Supporters Club and LFC Atlanta.
Atlanta Manchester United Supporters Club
Twitter @ATLMUFC
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ATL Spurs
ATL Spurs podcast
Matt Gragg, Vice President of ATL Spurs, and I talked about Tottenham Hotspur on the latest SoccerNomad podcast. From the formation of the club to the origins of the Supporters Group to the big win against City to kits and the new stadium, we discussed a lot about the Lilywhites. If you have love Spurs or want to experience a great game day atmosphere, join ATL Spurs at Meehan’s Atlantic Station.
Find out more about the group at their website and on twitter (@ATLSpurs). Look them on facebook as well.
My post on the 2000/01 Spurs away kit can be found here on the SoccerNomad blog.
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Election 2016 and “Russian Hacking”: Pointing Fingers at the Wrong Culprit —What’s Behind the Justice Department’s Witch-Hunt
By the Editorial Board of The Organizer Newspaper
On Feb. 16, the U.S. Justice Department indicted 13 Russian nationals and three organizations for allegedly entering into a conspiracy to “interfere in the U.S. political system.” The indictments are the first charges related to the 2016 elections filed by the investigation headed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the former head of the FBI.
At least 20 U.S. citizens were listed as “unindicted conspirators” because they allegedly “interacted” with the Russians at one point or another during the 2016 presidential campaign. According to the New York Times, the Justice Department uncovered “a sophisticated network designed to subvert the 2016 election and to support the Trump campaign.”
What kind of meddling was this exactly?
According to the indictment, the Russian government is alleged to have spent about $100,000 in ads on Facebook and Twitter during the 2016 election campaign to promote the Trump candidacy.
Whether these charges are true or not has not been proven – but even if they were true, the $100,000 is a paltry sum when you consider that an estimated $6.5 billion were spent in the 2016 U.S. elections. How such an insignificant sum could have altered the outcome of the U.S. presidential election defies all logic.
Intervening in the internal affairs, or elections, of other countries — which the U.S. government has done without interruption for more than a century to promote U.S. corporate interests — cannot be countenanced in any form. But what needs to be exposed for all to see is the shady use of this alleged “Russia-gate” operation for political aims contrary to the interests of the U.S. working class majority and to all elementary democratic rights.
“Woke Blacks”
In announcing the indictment, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein declared that, “Russian conspirators want to promote discord in the United States and undermine public confidence in democracy.”
According to the Justice Department, the main U.S. co-conspirators involved in promoting this “discord” operation are Black advocates of independent politics and a break with twin parties of Big Business. A New York Times article by Charles Blow on Feb. 18 quotes Mueller’s document as follows:
“In or around the latter half of 2016, defendants and their co-conspirators, through their personas, began to encourage U.S. minority groups not to vote in the 2016 U.S. presidential election or to vote for a third-party U.S. presidential candidate. … They used the Instagram account ‘Woke Blacks’ to post the following message: ‘Particular hype and hatred for Trump is misleading the people and forcing Blacks to vote Killary. We cannot resort to the lesser of two devils. Then we’d surely be better off without voting AT ALL.’”
Ignoring the real crime
Glen Ford commented on this New York Times hit piece in the Feb. 22 issue of Black Agenda Report, of which he is executive director:
“For Blow, it is heresy and devilment to urge Black people to vote for third parties, or to refrain from voting. … Blacks that refuse to forgive the Clintons for mass incarcerating and dehumanizing our people are guilty of Black voter suppression and deemed dupes of both Trump and the Kremlin.
“[B]oth Trump and Hillary Clinton are corporate capitalist politicians and warmongering racists that don’t deserve the vote of any decent person. But, saying so can now be construed as giving ‘aid and comfort’ to a foreign ‘enemy’ – either directly to Putin or to his “surrogate,” Trump. It must be a crime, because ‘the Russians’ were indicted for it, right?”
Glen Ford goes on to point out, correctly, that Mueller, the Democrats and their pundits in the corporate media have all failed to note the real crime committed against democratic rights in this country: the massive suppression of Black votes in the 2016 presidential. He writes:
“Funny thing, though: the Democrats refused to cite the Republicans’ systematic, mass suppression of Black voters through the Cross Check scheme, which caused 400,000 heavily Black votes to disappear in Michigan. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein called for a recount in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, and found that Black voter suppression was a major factor, particularly in Detroit.
“But the Democrats have never confronted the GOP’s blatant theft of elections through massive suppression of Black votes. They are bound, apparently, by a gentleman’s agreement among the two parties.”
“They are preparing the landscape for a regime of permanent austerity and war, and plan to suppress all opposition on the Left. That’s why Black Agenda Report and a dozen other Left web sites were named and defamed as Russian fellow travelers and purveyors of ‘fake news’ by the Washington Post.”
The U.S. ruling class is pointing its fingers at the wrong culprit to hide its own failed two-party system and to hide its own real crimes against working people and against basic democratic rights.
It is time to build a growing and united movement to stop this witch-hunt and to proclaim, loud and clear, that the struggle for independent Black politics and independent working class political action are not only legitimate, but are urgently needed means to advance the interests of the working class majority and all the oppressed.
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Coming together to overcome FEMA failures
Monique Dols explains how self-organized relief projects of left activists in Puerto Rico show an alternative from below in the face of the federal government's failures.
DONALD TRUMP'S hateful tweet that the residents of Puerto Rico "want everything to done for them" made people's blood boil around the world--but nowhere more than in Puerto Rico itself, where conditions are desperate after the devastation of two powerful hurricanes that was made worse by man-made factors.
In glaring contrast to Trump's racist twitter rant, the island's people are stepping up and organizing themselves, filling the vacuum left by the mismanagement of the federal government and some local authorities.
One example of self-organization to meet the needs of people still reeling from the disaster is Caguas, a city in a mountainous area south of San Juan, where members of Comedores Sociales de Puerto Rico (Community Kitchens of Puerto Rico) and Urbe Apie (City Rising), a group of activists working for the revitalization of Caguas, organized the Centro de Apoyo Mutuo (Mutual Aid Center, or CAM).
Basing itself on the need for food and other critical supplies and services to reach the people who need them, CAM was formed a week after the hurricane and quickly became a hub of activity, with people pouring in to help each other through the crisis.
A community-run kitchen serves food in Caguas (Daniel Orsini Velez | Centro de Ayuda Mutua)
Organizers estimate the center feeds about 500 to 700 people per day and exists entirely on volunteer labor, donated food and food bought with monetary donations made directly to the project. At the center, people eat and cook together--and, just as importantly, find companionship and solidarity at a moment when millions are desperate and in despair, unsure of what will happen next.
Daniel Orsini, a CAM organizer in Caguas, says that solidarity activists outside of Puerto Rico wishing to send support to the island should donate directly to the CAM project. According to Orsini, the federal government's FEMA operation is badly mismanaged, and supplies sent to Puerto Rico, including through mainstream NGOs, aren't getting to the people who need them.
INDEED, THE center of operations for the federal government at the over-air-conditioned Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan looks like an elaborate photo-opportunity.
Meanwhile, people across the island continue to struggle with issues related to daily survival--supermarkets have gone unstocked, clean water is difficult to come by, and a developing underground market is driving up prices of necessities such as water, food and diesel.
Several grassroots organizations are taking donations to support ongoing efforts to bring immediate relief in Puerto Rico, reach the most vulnerable populations and foster an equitable rebuilding of the island. SW urges its readers to prioritize these grassroots efforts over mainstream NGOs.
-- Comedores Sociales de Puerto Rico (donate via Paypal to [email protected]).
-- Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico
-- Hurricane Maria Community Relief and Recovery Fund
-- Feminist Solidarity Post-Hurricane Relief Fund organized by Colectiva Feminista
The demand to "release the relief" is growing louder as desperation grows. On October 10, Gov. Ricardo Roselló asked for a federal investigation into the growing complaints of mismanagement of relief from municipalities across the island.
Nurses from California who traveled to Puerto Rico on a relief mission organized by their union reported planning a march over the weekend to FEMA's headquarters to demand that the agency release bottled water for distribution.
"The water that we were drinking is now killing people [because] of a bacteria called leptospirosis," one National Nurses United member wrote in a Facebook post. "We are out of water ourselves now. FEMA hasn't released one supply since they got here...FEMA needs to release the supplies to us so we can start distributing ourselves into the outskirts."
Nurses reported later that city officials were able to get an agreement with FEMA to release seven truckloads of water to volunteer Teamster drivers, so the march was called off. "We get shit done," another nurse wrote with pride.
But even so, not enough food and critical life-saving supplies are getting to communities that need them, and that's not to mention the repairs and reconstruction that will be necessary to prevent the outbreak of epidemics caused by lack of clean water and the destruction of sanitation systems.
This underlines the need for initiatives like Centro de Apoyo Mutuo.
REPORTS FROM Comedores Sociales organizers, along with a handful of mainstream media reports, highlight the self-organization and resilience of the Puerto Rican people on display at the center every day.
An Al Jazeera report shows dozens of people waiting in line for lunch, while in the distance, a singer and guitarist play a song of resistance, as others follow along, clap and smile. Children can be heard crying in the distance while their mother attends to their needs over the din of lunch being served and eaten.
Another mother of a young child sorts through piles of children's clothes arranged on a table, while a volunteer goes through the crowd, asking if anyone has unmet medical needs. Another organizer leads a chant of resistance: "Yo no como austeridad! Yo cocino dignidad!" ("I can't eat austerity! I cook dignity!")
The network of community kitchens were founded by Roberto and others before the hurricane hit as years of intensifying austerity took their toll. CAM consciously links the current not-so-natural disaster of Hurricane Maria with the years-long debt crisis--while showing how the generosity and talents of ordinary people can be organized to meet the needs of people who have been neglected by FEMA or every other government agency.
As another CAM organizer, Giovanni Roberto, told Al Jazeera: "Before this crisis, the people that we are attending were already in a crisis. What we are seeing right now is that crisis coming out of the [background]...and being more public. People already were starving, people already were not getting medicine or proper medical attention."
As Roberto explained in an interview, CAM fashions itself as a new kind of organization, one that can build new institutions to meet the needs of people in the context of a crumbling infrastructure and distribution system.
The example of CAM in feeding people despite limited resources has inspired others to launch similar initiatives. As of the writing of this article, the CAM model was being repeated in Humacao and other municipalities on the island.
According to Roberto, "The rich who have always wanted Puerto Rico are celebrating. They are starving people to force more migration, so they can reorganize the country for their interests. CAM is a concrete idea of how we can build institutions from below that are for and by the people. In Caguas, CAM is representing a glimpse of a new political power."
Gia Berrios
Cuántas más? How many more?
Neoliberalism and natural disasters have worsened gender-based violence in Puerto Rico — but activists are mobilizing against it.
Gabriel Casal Nazario
Puerto Rico is criminalizing student protest
Leaders of last year’s student strike at the University of Puerto Rico are continuing to fight against trumped-up charges.
Puerto Rico’s year of recovery and resistance
The 12 months since Hurricane María battered Puerto Rico have seen cynical attempts at profiteering — but also inspiring displays of solidarity.
Standing against the privatization storm
The start of school in Puerto Rico has been a disaster — but educators will set a different tone with a one-day strike to save public education.
Rafael Bernabe and Manuel Rodríguez Banchs
The NAACP does a disservice to Puerto Rico
The civil rights organization gave a warm welcome to Puerto Rico’s repressive governor and passed a resolution entirely to his liking.
Ferguson is fighting back
SocialistWorker.org writers report from a Missouri city that is rising up against police murder, despite every effort by authorities to silence them.
SYRIZA, socialists and the struggles ahead
Two revolutionary socialists from Greece answer questions about the historic victory of the left and the tests that will come soon for the new government.
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101 with Rob Hes
In 101 tagged with Tronic Techno Sci+tec Rob hes Pursuit Octopus Interview Electronic music Dubfire Article 101 Dutch
Rob Hes is a Dutch producer, DJ and label owner, that has been actively building his music career for the last fifteen years. He managed to craft his unique techno sound which can be described as raw, energetic but very musical at the same time. While Rob definitely isn't a newcomer to the scene, it's been the last few years that propelled him amongst fastest rising talents within techno community.
With more than a decade of studio experience which resulted in releases on Dubfire's "SCI+TEC", Christian Smith's "Tronic", the infamous "Bedrock" label and his own Pursuit imprint, Rob Hes is a name to remember. We've invited him to share some of his interesting experiences in our 101 article.
What was the funniest / most bizarre request you’ve ever had while playing?
I was playing in Tbilisi, Georgia for NYE a couple years ago and there where some rich dudes who were offering money to request a track. I can’t remember which track or song because it was definitely NOT techno.
And a funny story was when I've played in China last year, there was a girl from the UK on the dance floor and she was screaming my name all the time. Every time I looked over she pulled off her shirt and showed her boobs haha.
Can you describe your studio setup for us?
I’m working with Ableton on my iMac with a lot of software. For my hardware base, I work with the Korg Minilogue, Toraiz, TR-8 and the System-1 from Roland.
All these are going into my Soundcraft Ghost mixer wired back to the computer. Some of the software that I use in every track includes the Vintagewarmer, Ferox from ToneBoosters, Arturia synths and a lot of stereo plugins.
Could you tell us the story about your first gig?
My first gig was already 19 years ago in a small town in the Netherlands. Of course, I've played with vinyl because at that time there wasn't anything else. As a vinyl lover, I still miss it sometimes. The good old days. :) To tell you more about this gig... hmm...
well, I know I was really nervous, and I had to open the party that night. I can’t remember if it was even good or not! So a little bit of a boring first gig memory.
Name three artists that currently inspire you.
I will name some of the "new" generation ones. The guys who made it already don’t need the attention, and it's always nice to discover new artists, right? First up there are two very talented guys from Poland called Duss. I have been in touch with them for the last year or so, and they were also the first artist that I've signed to my new label Pursuit. They haven't really released much, but I promise you, I think they will be a duo you’ll hear a lot about this year, including their awesome collab with me :)
Italian artist, The Southern is also the part of the Pursuit family and he's someone who is growing fast. I just released an amazing track from him on our Soundcloud page. "Malox" is the name and you can download it for free! The last artist is LAAT from Amsterdam, who is also a good friend of mine. We did a lot of collaborations last year that were released on Tronic, Octopus, Bedrock and Elevate.
Recall the worst experience of ‘killing the vibe’ in the club.
One time in Helsinki, a warm-up DJ before me played at a speed of 145 BPM! Do I need to say more? :)
What do you do before and after your set?
Most of the time I always go to dinner with the promoter and after that, I rest a bit in my hotel room. In the club, I will get some drinks before I start my set. After the set, I always stay for a while since I can’t sleep because of the adrenaline. Plus it's nice to hang out especially if you have some friends on the same show playing too.
What’s the worst job you’ve ever had?
Worst and funny one: You know those dating sites? Most of them are one big scam. So I was working for one of them. Behind my laptop, at home, I had to answer messages from guys who thought I was that beautiful girl in all the photos. So just imagine all the dick pics etc. This is NOT a joke by the way!! I stopped after 2 months, as it was just plain weird and the pay was terrible.
What are your favourite labels at the moment?
Tronic, Senso, Noir, SCI+TEC, Kraftek, Octopus and of course if I can say my own label Pursuit… then I will!! :)
Imagine a cold winter, a fireplace and two glasses of wine—what song would you play?
First up, I hate wine, and am I outside or inside? Let’s say I am outside, then I would opt for Pleasurekraft’s new album. I just got the promo and I'm in love with a track called "G.O.D (Gospel of Doubt) Part 2 ft Casey Gerald". So I would play this one because you will get warm from dancing that's for sure…
Last but not least. What's the best advice you've ever received? A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success.
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Le Tour de France 2018 – Stage 13 Preview
A relatively simple Stage 13 takes the riders from Bourg d’Oisans, at the foot of yesterday’s epic Alpe d’Huez finale, to Valence some 169.5km later. With the top line of sprinters having seen its ranks devastated (Mark Cavendish, André Greipel, Dylan Groenewegen and Fernando Gaviria now all absent from the race) it will be more difficult to control the breakaway for the originally anticipated sprint finish. With so many absentees, it is a great chance for the lesser known quick men to place themselves onto the podium, though such diminished numbers could prove irresistible for riders to chance their luck in the day’s move instead. The run into Valence is extremely technical, where a dominant leadout train could snap the bunch in two, depending on their ability to smoothly navigate the roundabouts and turns.
Contenders:
Peter Sagan must already feel as if another green jersey victory in Paris is assured, his lead upon the contest as strong as ever, with many of his potential rivals having now left the race. At the very least we can expect to see the world champion take a podium place, though the win is certainly possible, depending on his condition off the back of yesterday’s tough stage.
Arnaud Démare possesses a full team, one which is there entirely for him and will be extremely confident of ensuring the day ends with a sprint victory for himself. This is a golden opportunity to make their presence here worthwhile, and having only looked second best in the leadouts to masterminds Quick Step, Démare could be the man to beat.
Christophe Laporte has seen the pack thinned down sufficiently for him to begin considering himself a threat upon the stage honours. A consistent rider who perhaps only requires better support to really succeed, he can place himself in the shop window today if chasing home the bigger name riders.
Alexander Kristoff will not have an entire team to help him due to their interest in protecting Dan Martin, but the Norwegian hard man is used to fending for himself. Given that the final kilometres are likely to be a messy affair, this should prove beneficial for him and certainly improve his odds of challenging for the win.
John Degenkolb is no stranger to bunch sprints, though given his time away due to injury and increased focus upon the classics, it is easy to forget he has 10 Vuelta a España victories for a good reason. Having perfectly executed his plan upon the cobblestones during the opening week, confidence will be high and his form is more than enough evidence to argue for greater support from his teammates in guaranteeing a sprint finish in Valence.
1st Arnaud Démare 2nd John Degenkolb 3rd Alexander Kristoff
Posted on July 20, 2018 by Spokenforks Posted in Le Tour de France, News Tagged 2018, Le Tour de France, Race Preview, Stage 13 Leave a comment
La Vuelta a España – Stage 13 Preview
As the peloton closes in on the two week mark of this year’s Vuelta a España, the impetus to chase down moves on a day such as this (which lacks general classification importance and enough committed sprinters’ team), should leave Stage 13 perfect for the breakaway to take it all the way to the line. The day’s 177km journey from Calatayud to Tarazona offering up considerably rolling terrain which will favour a well drilled breakaway group, rather than the more cumbersome peloton and its sprinters. The riders begin climbing a short ascent immediately from the start, but really the opening 30km are predominately downhill or gently rolling. From here they begin heading upwards to and begin the first of two consecutive categorised climbs, the Category 3 Alto Collado de Oseja (8.2km avg 3.7%) which drags upwards to the following task.
The Category 1 Alto de Beraton (10.9km avg 4.7%) will be another slog, who’s beginning was only momentarily interrupted by several kilometres of downhill respite. After the summit, life becomes a lot easier as a long and steady descent takes them to the start of the day’s final climb with 135km having been completed. Only the Category 3 Alto del Moncayo (8.5km, avg 4.5%) will now separate the frontrunners from the finish line, a simple enough challenge which should be tackled at a steady pace considering its modest gradient. It is nearly downhill all the way to the line from the summit of this last climb, though the road does kick upwards with around 5km left to ride, but the finish is ultimately flat and free of obstacles.
Jens Keukeleire has the required skill set to perform convincingly here on Stage 13, the Belgian rider looking comfortable at La Vuelta when he has decided to go on the attack. Assuming he paces life in the breakaway well, he is bound to be the fastest man in a group which comes to the line together.
Gianluca Brambilla is eager to convert his efforts at the race so far into a stage victory, with today possibly offering him such an opportunity. Brambilla’s climbing has been very strong up to this point and he will no doubt survive the course if he targets the day, relying on his fantastic turn of speed to dominant the sprint from a large breakaway or to establish solo move late on.
Sylvain Chavanel is a habitual breakaway rider and there is a strong chance that he will feature in any move which tries to establish itself today. The Frenchman may be in his twilight years, but his racing nous and ability to calculate his efforts on the fly always mark the IAM Cycling rider out as a contender.
Alessandro De Marchi is another similarly breakaway obsessed rider and has already been quite active in that respect during the first half of this race. BMC are on the hunt for stage victories since their hopes of a general classification battle faded in the wake of Tejay Van Garderen and Stage 13 is an ideal springboard to allow De Marchi to attempt such a move.
Ruben Plaza is once again in a similar mould as to the previous couple of riders mentioned above and has demonstrated his strength in the break on several occasions during La Vuelta already. Victory has slipped from his fingers on these previous attempts, but there is no reason to rule him out of contention here because of these failings.
José Joaquín Rojas possesses a great blend of sprinting ability and climbing strength, a deadly combination on a day such as this which is so suited to the breakaway. Should he choose to join a move, it will be difficult to drop him and subsequently earmark him as the favourite to win a reduced sprint. Even if he decides he is better off hiding in the peloton all day in an attempt to conserve his energy, Rojas remains one of the biggest threats to a rider such as John Degenkolb in a bigger bunch kick.
Tosh Van Der Sande has been riding extremely impressively so far and warrants inclusion here as a possible breakaway or sprint contender. His strength will catch many by surprise right now and underestimating him here could prove a costly error.
Stephen Cummings has demonstrated his affinity for breakaways throughout two grand tours this year and Stage 13 will certainly catch his eye as an opportunity to take another win. The power which he provides such a move with is always welcomed by other riders, but he will have to go it alone at the perfect moment to stand a chance of winning upon today’s finish.
1st Gianluca Brambilla 2nd José Joaquín Rojas 3rd Alessandro De Marchi
Posted on September 4, 2015 September 4, 2015 by Spokenforks Posted in La Vuelta a España 2015, News Tagged 2015, Alessandro De Marchi, Gianluca Brambilla, Jens Keukeleire, José Joaquin Rojas, La Vuelta a Espana, Preview, Ruben Plaza, Spokenforks, Stage 13, Stephen Cummings, Sylvain Chavanel, Tosh Van Der Sande Leave a comment
Le Tour de France – Stage 13 Preview
The majority of the peloton will be happy to have exited the Pyrenees at last, switching the attention from the climbers and the battle for the general classification, back to a broader spectrum of contenders on Stage 13. For those averse to the mountain passes, they will have to savour this brief detour from the big climbs, as it will not be long until they are into the Alps and battling huge passes once again.
It will be a 198.5km journey which threads the riders from the start in Muret to the day’s finale in Rodez, a familiar touchstone for Le Tour throughout its history. Gentle enough rolling terrain will be the order of play during the opening 90km – 100km of racing, the only real instigator of interest coming with the intermediate sprint which appears at 92.5km. The road begins to build upwards after this upon an unrecognised climb, before then dropping down sharply and turning onto the first categorised ascent of Stage 13.
From here on in, the real battle for today’s outcome is lit, the Category 3 Côte de Saint-Cirgue opening the legs up during its average gradient of 5.8% which lasts for a total of 3.8km. Concentration will remain an imperative right the way to the line, the roads posing a testing task to navigate as the parcours consistently wind their way through ascents and descents from one moment to the next. The second summit will be reached by 156.5km, Côte de la Pomparie offering an easier challenge at 2.8km in length and an average gradient of 5% which ticks over steadily. The final official climb’s summit is reached at the 167km marker, the longer Côte de la Selve (3.9km, avg 3.7%) closing the book upon Stage 13’s recognised ascents.
A momentary lull is likely to follow the final climb, but it will not last long as the road kicks up once again to tackle an unrecognised ascent which tops out only 10.5km from the line. It is bound to play host to some feisty exchanges as puncheurs attempt to go clear ahead of the descent to the finish line. The road does not flatten out again until 2.5km from home, this will take them though a series of reasonably technical bends and place them upon the unrecognised Côte Saint-Pierre drag which should crown the victor. Though only 570m in total, its average of 9.6% gradient offers the powerful puncheurs an opportunity to empty the tank and burst clear for the line.
Dan Martin is in fantastic form at the moment and is unlucky to have fallen victim of mistiming his attacks twice already, currently bolstering a pair of second place finishes. Though the finale here is tough enough in regards to gradient for a puncheur such as Martin, it may not last long enough to see him come to the fore. Regardless, given his current condition and motivation to not leave Le Tour empty handed, he must be considered for the win here on Stage 13.
The eye of many shall be caught by Peter Sagan on a finish which is likely to leave him the strongest of the sprinters and fastest of the puncheurs. As ever at Le Tour, Sagan has demonstrated a diverse range of talents which allow him to consistently collect points for the Green Jersey competition beyond that of the drag races favoured by André Greipel and Mark Cavendish. Assuming he is well positioned as the fireworks begin exploding in the final kilometre, Sagan possesses the best of both worlds, making him a clear favourite to (finally) win at 2015’s Le Tour de France.
Another obvious contender for stage honours today is Spaniard Alejandro Valverde, who is demonstrating his ability to ride into form despite beginning this contest somewhat undercooked. He did not perform as well as expected on his favoured Mur de Huy, but has started to appear a strong frontrunner during the difficult Pyrenees. If he has truly timed his blossoming form as well as many are stating, then he is possibly the fastest puncheur on this almost 10% finishing gradient and has what is required to beat power based rivals such as Sagan.
The finish does suit Tony Gallopin well, though he might now be focused more intently on securing a top ten general classification lacing, so investing his efforts here might be a struggle to justify. He has a quick sprint and goes well on these sharp inclines, but is likely to have fancied a more arduous finale in order to get the best from him; such as the Mur de Huy on Stage 3.
Greg Van Avermaet should view Stage 13 as a real chance for glory, the finale itself almost tailor-made to his attributes. As ever, he is strong if joining the day’s breakaway or biding his time in the bunch, ensuring he remains a threat despite lacking team support due to the needs of Tejay Van Garderen. Though plenty of faster men could beat him in a normal sprint, this difficult drag up the line will play perfectly into the hands of Greg Van Avermaet and he could easily secure a podium place if feeling fresh.
Given his likely team support in the final moments and the power required to overcome the uphill run to the line, John Degenkolb is a natural contender for the win on Stage 13. The German certainly has the strength to overcome this battle and has form in the last year for beating the puncheurs on similar terrain; even getting the better of Alejandro Valverde on a more difficult climb than this recently. Perhaps most favourably for Degenkolb is how good his condition tends to be upon exiting the first run of mountains at Le Tour, likely to surprise some heading into a sprint on day thirteen.
Another sprinter worth mentioning on a day such as this is Europcar’s Bryan Coquard, a lightweight rider with a frightening turn of pace in the final run to the line. His performances on these climbs to the line are well documented and he has made no secret of his intentions to feature here as long as he enters the day in good condition. That is the key factor for the diminutive sprinter, he has not appeared to cope well with the Pyrenees and could have seen his legs weaken too greatly to contest the win. Regardless, he is worth mentioning considering his strengths align well with the likely requirements of a winner on Stage 13.
A battle between Alejandro Valverde and Peter Sagan could prove an exciting possibility at the end of Stage 13, the battle of puncheur and strongman sprinter likely to decide the winner here. Both men are in brilliant form at this year’s race and looked to have coped particularly well with everything the Pyrenees had to throw at them. Sagan consistently goes beyond expectation and sticks with the best on terrain which does not always suit him, but comes up short so frequently it just seems that Valverde is likely to get the better of him. Though the Spaniard was several lacking on his favourite Mur de Huy finale of Stage 3, he has so far ridden himself into ever improving condition and looks incredibly aggressive right now alongside the major overall contenders. John Degenkolb is possibly the next best sprinter to feature here given his power, while the puncheurs such as Dan Martin, Greg Van Avermaet and Tony Gallopin have the skills required to get the better of the faster finishing riders. The possibility of a breakaway making it all the way to the line is actually quite high here given the terrain of Stage 13’s second half, but the broad selection of riders who suit today’s finale should ensure that the chase behind is strong enough to reel anyone back late on.
1st Alejandro Valverde 2nd Peter Sagan 3rd Dan Martin
Outsider: John Degenkolb
Posted on July 17, 2015 by Spokenforks Posted in Le Tour de France, News Tagged 2015, Alejandro Valverde, Bryan Coquard, Dan Martin, Greg Van Avermaet, John Degenkolb, Le Tour de France, Peter Sagan, Preview, Stage 13, Tony Gallopin Leave a comment
Giro d’Italia – Stage 13 Preview
BMC finally converted their efforts into a stage win as Philippe Gilbert caught Tanel Kangert at the death, before then motoring up to the line and finishing several bike lengths ahead of maglia rosa Alberto Contador. Stage 13 is the most clear cut chance for the sprinters to make their presence here worthwhile, especially having learnt a harsh lesson on Stage 10 when beginning the chase to the breakaway far too late. Without the slightest kink of tarmac during the day, the likes of Lotto-Soudal, Trek Factory Racing and Lampre-Merida will do their upmost to control the race as best as possible and guarantee them a sprint finish on this occasion.
The course for Stage 13 offers little to discuss, starting in Montecchio Maggiore it rolls steadily towards the coast yet again during this year’s Giro d’Italia, finishing some 147km later in Jesolo. A short and simple affair which will allow the major general classification rivals to turn their legs over with little stress, with the big mountains appearing in the coming days for them. Some anxieties will remain present as ever however, the sprinters and their squads will have to stay alert to the varied threats of road furniture which can scupper a rider’s chances in an instant. Positioning will be key in the finale as the leaders trace their way around two roundabouts in the last kilometre, before then making their final turn and exiting on to the 500m long finishing straight which shall crown the winner in Jesolo.
Attention will once again turn to the riders who are synonymous with these fierce gallops to the line, but the fastest on paper might not win here after several days which proved more testing than expected. Freshness will play a key part, those who have limited their exertions since Stage 10 will view the day has an opportunity to restore the natural order of things at the Giro. André Greipel has already proven during this tour that he is the fastest in a flat out drag race to the line, but Stage 13 is not quite the type of finale which he will have fancied in order to double his tally so far. The technical finish does not suit his attributes at all, even though his lead out at this Giro has been far better than expected given the limited personnel available to him. Perhaps most importantly of all for the German’s chances of winning in Jesolo is the likelihood of a strong downpour as they approach the finale, a slippery surface could deter Greipel from committing wholeheartedly at the risk of injury and an awareness that at least two further sprint stages remain. If conditions are favourable however and the Lotto-Soudal lead out nullifies the technical finish somewhat, André Greipel remains the man to beat in a straight up sprint.
Lampre-Merida know that Sacha Modolo has a penchant for tricky finishes and will do their upmost to place him in contention for the win on Stage 13. It is widely agreed that the Italian wields the most potent lead out in this race and has already clearly benefited from a team which almost guarantees him a good position when having to follow the likes of Greipel at full gas. Factoring in the likelihood of the weather and the final two kilometres of racing being technical, Modolo could dominate from a slightly slower sprint and win thanks to a solid lead out from his Lampre-Merida teammates.
An eternal nearly man at this race, Trek Factory Racing’s Giacomo Nizzolo could finally throw the form book out the window and secure his debut Giro d’Italia win at last. He appears to be one of the freshest sprinters in this race, despite his repeated efforts during the intermediate sprints, a fact which could see him brought right to the fore once again. Like Modolo, Nizzolo also performs better on these tricky finishes, but would have preferred an even more technical conclusion to this stage like his compatriot. Trek Factory Racing offer reasonable support to Nizzolo and are reliable when it comes to dropping him off in a good position with 750m remaing; though he has no issues with following wheels if need be. Ultimately, Giacomo Nizzolo is a real contender for this stage, a day which could be historic for the Italian finally breaking his duck at the Giro d’Italia.
Quite possibly the next fastest man after André Greipel is Team Sky’s Elia Viviani, but he has not demonstrated this well beyond his win on the opening sprinters’ stage. Though fast, he desperately lacks anything in the shape of a lead out, while also not really suiting this finale in the slightest. It is both technical and likely to be wet, with this in mind, Viviani’s chances of doubling up in Josolo are markedly reduced. Given his innate turn of speed, he will remain a danger, though a lot will need to go right for him, or wrong for the others in order to win.
Nicola Ruffoni has been working away very hard for his team in the sprints and is sure to be part of the top riders to decide the podium at the end of the day. The Italian youngster is incredibly fast, but does not have much in the way of teammates to protect his interests when it matters most. Bardiani-CSF rely on his ability to pick the best wheel ahead of him on his quest for a stage win and he certainly stands a chance on a finish which reshuffles the order of contenders considerably.
Though possessing a reasonable lead out at this race, Luka Mezgec simply has not performed to a standard now expected from the Slovenian sprinter. The Giant-Alpecin riders assigned to him in the sprints are not as well oiled under his leadership compared to that of John Degenkolb or Marcel Kittel, but they should still be helping their man chart higher in the sprints. Much like Viviani, Mezgec has plenty of pace to have a serious tilt at taking the win, but with little support and little having gone right so far, his chances remain less likely than those above.
With the lesson learnt from Stage 10, an agreement will surely be made between several teams during Stage 13 to ensure that any breakaway is given a very tight leash indeed. Lotto-Soudal, Trek Factory Racing, Lampre-Merida, Giant-Alpecin and even Bardiani-CSF will want to reel in those up the road and bring it back for a hectic finale in Jesolo. A reasonably technical finish which could be worsened by poor weather conditions makes it likely that André Greipel and Elia Viviani will not be able to decide the win with a simple enough drag race all the way to the line. Instead, those who possess a knack for these tricky run ins to the finish will come to the fore and use a short and sharp acceleration to secure the win. In this situation it could be a tale of two Italians with Giacomo Nizzolo and Sacha Modolo both having a great chance to take their first ever Giro d’Italia stage wins here. Nizzolo has been in these positions before but still remains winless at his home tour and it looks to be Modolo who will prolong this nightmare once again. Lampre-Merida are stronger in the leadout and also appear fresher after several testing days as of late, assuming they ratchet up the speed in the final kilometre before letting Modolo attack the line, the winner in Jesolo could be clad in the neon tones of Lampre-Merida.
1st Sacha Modolo 2nd Giacomo Nizzolo 3rd Nicola Ruffoni
Posted on May 22, 2015 by Spokenforks Posted in Giro d'Italia 2015, News Tagged Andre Greipel, Bardiani CSF, Elia Viviani, Giacomo Nizzolo, Giant-Alpecin, Giro, Giro d'Italia, Jesolo, Lotto-Soudal, Luka Mezgec, Nicola Ruffoni, Preview, Sacha Modolo. Lampre-Merida, Spokenforks, Stage 13, Team Sky, Trek Factory Racing Leave a comment
Make A Break For It – La Vuelta a España Stage 13 Preview
Stage 13 is a day for the opportunists, with no summit finishes for the red jersey hopefuls and far from any guarantee of a sprint finish, the breakaway could succeed today. Though the 188.7km route includes three categorised climbs, they do no appear tough enough to cause much panic in a well organised breakaway, but nor do they offer an advantage to attack upon as the final climbs finishes 37km shy of the finish in Obregón. Parque de Cabárceno.
Anyone with plans of an escape will be confident today.
Opening upon long stretches of flat road will be fertile ground for a hectic start as many riders try to get into the day’s break – their chances here could be the best of the entire race for an unexpected win. As mentioned of the climbs, they do not instil much fear into the rider’s legs when looking at what they have already overcome during this tour, gradual gradients will be manageable for any breakaway. The conclusion to the day however is a tricker affair with the final 5km veering from steep uphill ramps to sharp descents in a very short period of time, choosing the right time to attack here will win the stage for a canny breakaway rider.
A jagged conclusion for the victory to play out upon.
Pot luck, Lottery, Hit & Hope – Call it whatever you like, a day which favours the break is always a difficult task to even estimate who may be in the final deciding group. A big indicator of what may happen will which teams lead the peloton in their pursuit of the escapees – if anyone does at all. Orica-GreenEDGE will happily sit on the front if they think it is realistic to pull everything together once more late on and set Michael Matthews up for another stage win. If they do so, BMC are likely to join the work rate as Philippe Gilbert looks an ideal candidate for the finish and has made no secret of his intention of a stage win here. Within BMC you can also consider Cadel Evans, who recently displayed his years of tactical nous when taking back to back stages at The Tour of Utah. Even more encouraging for Cadel is the face he also finished 6th on Stage 3’s similar finish won by Michael Matthews. Though the man who could really benefit should he be present in a break that has outfoxed the peloton is Peter Sagan, he has won races from similar positions when blitzing short, sharp Bergs and pushing it on the downhill sections to drive home an advantage. The finale does include ramps in excess of 10%, which top out around the 14% mark, it is here that any winning move must be attempted to avoid a bunch kick. In the unlikely situation that it does come back together late on, Giant-Shimano could feel confident of escorting John Degenkolb through the testing sections of the last 3km and putting him in a perfect position to take the win from a massively reduced bunch.
Possibly the hardest stage to predict at this year’s Vuelta a España due to the unpredictable nature of the breakaway and how the peloton will react in terms of chasing teams, if any. Should Peter Sagan smuggle himself into the breakaway and stay clear to the end, he could probably take the win. Though BMC do have the need to make their time here worthwhile beyond their backing of Samuel Sanchez in the general classification, so it would be no shock should Philippe Gilbert or even Cadel Evans takes the win here today.
Breakaway/Solo: Peter Sagan or Cadel Evans
Group: 1st Philippe Gilbert 2nd Michael Matthews 3rd John Degenkolb
Posted on September 5, 2014 December 15, 2014 by Spokenforks Posted in Vuelta a Espana 2014 Tagged BMC, Cadel Evans, Giant-Shimano, John Degenkolb, Michael Matthews, Orica-Greenedge, Peter Sagan, Philippe Gilbert, Preview, Samuel Sanchez, Stage 13, Vuelta a Espana Leave a comment
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Ranji Trophy 2019-20
Ranji Trophy Group B - Balanced and brimming with title contenders
Last year runner-up Delhi, along with Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Bengal, Hyderabad, Andhra, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Himachal Pradesh will battle it out in the Elite Group B.
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31 October, 2018 16:05 IST
Tamil Nadu couldn't progress beyond the group stages in the 2017-18 season and would be looking to stay true to its billing this time around. - Biswaranjan Rout
The Ranji Trophy, the annual domestic extravaganza, gets underway from Thursday.
For Delhi, it would be a case of taking that 'one extra step' after faltering in the summit clash last year. A final appearance in the recently concluded Vijay Hazare Trophy will boost Delhi's claim for the top honours.
With the likes of Gautam Gambhir, Rishabh Pant and Shikhar Dhawan — who might feature in few games — in its ranks, Delhi looks solid in terms of experience.
First round fixtures
Andhra vs Punjab
Himachal Pradesh vs Bengal
Kerala vs Hyderabad
Tamil Nadu vs Madhya Pradesh
Youngster Manjot Kalra, who scored a century in the final of U-19 World Cup earlier this year, will be itching to make a memorable debut alongside the experienced duo of Nitish Rana and Dhruv Shorey.
READ: Andhra coach Monty Desai confident of good show
With a new skipper in Baba Indrajith and an experienced coach in Hrishikesh Kanitkar, Tamil Nadu has a healthy mix of youth and experience and will again be one of the strong contenders for the title. The team had a disastrous run last season, losing out in the group stages despite boasting of big match players. It would be hoping to stay true to expectations this time around.
International players like Ravichandran Ashwin, Dinesh Karthik, Washington Sundar and Vijay Shankar will be donning the state's cap and their experience can go a long way in shaping the team's fortunes. If Test opener Murali Vijay gets to play the first match, it would be a shot in the arm for Tamil Nadu.
Youngsters such as N. Jagadeeshan, Rahil Shah, R, Sai Kishore and J.Koushik along with Baba Indrajith will act as the bridge between youth and experience.
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After making the Ranji Trophy knockouts last season, Bengal is also another contender from the Group C. Bengal would hope its disastrous start to the season this year — the team bowed out in the group stages of the Vijay Hazare Trophy — wouldn't be replicated.
Skipper Manoj Tiwary and coach Sairaj Bahutule have been given a two-match ultimatum before their performances are reviewed and the duo wouldn't want to leave it too late.
READ: Mandeep Singh to lead Punjab in Ranji opener against Andhra
The team has two new faces — all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed and leg-spinner Prayash Ray Burman — and an able mentor in former coach Arun Lal.
The team isn't short of domestic star power with Ashoke Dinda, Anustup Majumdar, Shreevats Goswami and the likes Abhimanyu Easwaran having the experience of wading through the rough tide.
Hyderabad, Andhra and Punjab have able squads capable of producing upsets and advancing to the knockouts phase. Hanuma Vihari, Ricky Bhui (Andhra), Rohit Rayudu, Mehdi Hasan (Hyderabad), K.B. Arun Karthik, Basil Thampi and Jalaj Saxena (Kerala) would be some of the players to keep an eye on.
Players to watch out for
Dhruv Shorey: One of the batting mainstays for Delhi, Shorey would be the one to watch out for. The onus will be on the batsman to steady the ship in the middle order.
Baba Indrajith: A new captain for Tamil Nadu, Indrajith would be keenly watched by the fans and critics. Will captaincy bring the best out of the right-hander?
Jalaj Saxena: It will be business as usual for the veteran from Thursday. His form with the bat and handy off-spin would go a long way in shaping Kerala's fortunes.
Rohit Rayudu: A century, the first for Hyderabad in the season, in the Vijay Hazare gave us a glimpse of what he is capable of. Hyderabad will be reliant on this youngster's performance to make a mark in the longest format.
Hanuma Vihari: The Andhra run-machine has been rewarded with a place in the Indian team but that shouldn't let his domestic ambitions down. He would be keen to cement his place in the Indian team with some telling performances.
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Death Comes to Pemberly by P.D. James
Published by: Knopf
Elizabeth and Darcy have been married for some time. Theirs is a happy life. Despite any reservations Darcy had about his wife, she rose to each and every challenge. She runs the household and Pemberley with the love and respect of her staff and family, which already has two healthy little boys. Her sister, Jane, lives a short distance away and comes to Pemberley often with her husband Bingley. The household is in a massive upheaval in preparation for their annual ball which was a tradition of Darcy's mother, and which the family still upholds. The night before the ball has the family gathered together, Jane and Bingley have arrived early to help Elizabeth and Georgiana with the preparations, as well as Georgiana's two suitors, her cousin, Colonel Fitzwilliam, and an up-and-coming barrister, Alveston. What happens that night as they go to bed will change the lives of everyone present. Lydia arrives unexpectedly saying that Wickham and Denny are wandering in the woods and one of them is possibly dead, her and the coachman having heard gunshots. This being Lydia, she isn't that concise, or coherent, but the gist is understood.
Going into the depths of the forest, Wickham is found alive and crouching over the lifeless form of Denny. Wickham, despite initial incoherence, declares his innocence. But it's not that easy claiming innocence above the corpse of your friend who you've just argued with. The following days and months are spent in endless waiting. What will happen to Wickham? What really happened in those woods? Are they cursed? Will the shades of Permberley be thus polluted?
PD James is the mistress of mystery, the dame of death, the final word in her genre. Therefore I was expecting a lot more. I don't know why I should let myself get these high expectations, they are almost always crushed... but there you go, one of my many character flaws. Though I suspect PD of a greater character flaw, a Wickham sympathiser. I could not get ride of this nagging feeling the entire book that she didn't much care for Darcy and Elizabeth (who where woefully underused and also felt guilt towards Wickham) and really liked Wickham, who was given a lifestyle in youth that his true station in life could never support. Boo freakin' hoo. I bought this book for one purpose only, to see Wickham get what he deserves. A creeping leech who worms his way into peoples hearts and has been unrepentant in his ways all these many years. Yes, I know he's a fictional character, but unlike Willoughby, he had NO REMORSE!
Die Wickham, die! Which sadly, did not happen. But the whole mystery itself, aside from my Wickham issues was lackluster. I'm pretty decent at figuring mysteries out. Sometimes I don't try and I let myself enjoy the ride of reading the book, but not here. Here I was beat over the head with the clues so I couldn't avoid them. Heavy-handed foreshadowing indeed! I won't spoil it, but when PD went into a bit too much detail about certain "new" characters as well as a certain canines resting place, you should be able to put two and two together. If there had been some little twist, some little something, more fear, more gore, perhaps it would have taken this book beyond a cosy to something more enjoyable. Instead it seemed PD was more interested in the court proceedings of the day than actually creating suspense.
Of course I must handle the elephant in the room. There is a certain pressure of writing Austen. Books fall into two camps, the homage and the direct continuation. I personally like the homage. There's more fun to be hand, there's more you can do and there's less chance that you will attract the ire of Janites. Authors like Lauren Willig have successfully written with the flavor and time period of Austen without desecrating the hallowed six. Death Comes to Pemberley is of the second more dangerous camp and she creates a major fly in the ointment before the first page ends, with mistakenly referring to the odious Mr. Collins as Mr. Bennet's nephew. Um, no. Check your facts. He is a cousin. So step one, get your facts right, totally out the window. Then PD tries to jokingly/cleverly put in allusions to two other books in Austen's cannon. The first joke, about Wickham working for the Elliot's was very funny and you could see it as a possibility in some weird literature mash-up. But the second joke bringing in Emma, fell totally flat and seemed too much of a contrivance versus some little bit of fun on the side. True Janites should avoid this book like the plague. But if you're more of a causal Austen fan and aren't very good with the foreshadowing, go for it, it does have a pretty cover and the supporting characters that weren't in Pride and Prejudice are fun.
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Tag Archives: “damaged by radiation therapy”
Critiquing: Stanislaw Burzynski in USA Today: Abuse of clinical trials and patients versus the ineffectiveness of the FDA and Texas Medical Board (Josia Cotto)
David H. Gorski, M.D., Ph.D., FACS “Check My Facts” Hack “Orac”, finally ends his 11/15/2013 diatribe of Dr. Burzynski by USA TODAY’s Liz Szabo, Michael Stravato, Jerry Mosemak, and Robert Hanashiro, with:
“The concluding section of the story tells us why we need to try:”
“No one told Josia’s parents about any of this”
“Not Burzynski”
“Not the FDA”
“Jose and Niasia Cotto had no idea that their son’s death prompted an investigation by the FDA, until they were contacted by USA TODAY”
“The Cottos had long believed that Burzynski could have cured their son if only they had taken Josia to see him first, before giving him radiation and chemotherapy”
“They had even hoped to launch a non-profit, A Life for Josia Foundation, to help other children with cancer gain access to Burzynski’s treatment“
“Now, they don’t know what to think”
So what good did Gorski do here, if any ?
1. He offers no opinion as to if he thinks Burzynski should have been responsible for advising Jose and Niasia Cotto that Josia Cotto’s death prompted an investigation by the FDA
2. He offers no opinion as to if he thinks the FDA should have been responsible for advising Jose and Niasia Cotto that Josia Cotto’s death prompted an investigation
3. He offers no opinion as to if he thinks Burzynski could have cured Jose and Niasia Cotto’s son, Josia Cotto’s if only they had been able to take Josia to Burzynski first
4. He offers no opinion as to what he thinks about the FDA requiring Josia Cotto to receive radiation and chemotherapy, and them failing Josia, before he was able to utilize antineoplaston therapy
Gorski might as well NOT even be here if all he’s going to do is repost the same thing USA TODAY published, yet “say” absolutely NOTHING
Personally, I think it’s has to do with what was said during the July TAM 2013 twaddle, when the female panelist made a comment about “people without BALLS”
Since I have mine, here’s what I think:
1. If there was a moral or legal duty to advise Jose and Niasia Cotto that the passing of Josia prompted an investigation by the FDA, then it was the FDA’s responsibility
2. I think that if the FDA was NOT requiring patients like Josia Cotto to 1st be failed by conventional treatments like surgery, radiation, and / or chemotherapy, there is a chance that Burzynski’s antineoplaston therapy could be more effective because of:
What USA TODAY, Liz Szabo, Michael Stravato, Jerry Mosemak, and Robert Hanashiro DID NOT TELL YOU ABOUT:
12/2002 Burzynski interview [3]
1. Treatment require strong commitment from patients as must be infused with Antineoplastons for many weeks or months ?
2. Perhaps 15% of patients taking intravenous infusions of Antineoplastons
3. Patients who have most advanced type of cancer will require heavy dosages
4. When give large dosages intravenously, have to watch fluid balance…and electrolyte balance
5. Intravenous infusion can deliver equivalent of 3,000 tablets a day
ORAL – CAPSULES OR TABLETS
1. Most patients taking oral formulations
2. Capsules or tablets
3. Limitation of how much medicine can take by mouth
4. 50 or 60 tablets a day pretty much all you can take by mouth
5. When give orally, see practically no side effects at all
6. Patients may develop skin rash, which may last for day or two
7. Don’t see any delayed toxicity once treatment stops
8. Everything practically goes back to normal within day or two
9. Doesn’t even come close to adverse reactions that experience with chemotherapy
FDA requirements
1. Most patients who come to us have received prior heavy radiation therapy, or chemotherapy
2. Usually die from complications from these treatments
3. Those who survive longest are patients who previously did not receive radiation therapy or chemotherapy
4. Longest survivor in this category is now reaching 15 years from time of diagnosis; and she’s in perfect health
12/10/1997 [4]
1. In addition to original family of Antineoplaston compounds
(the “Parental Generation”)
2. Development of 2nd generation of Antineoplastons
In cell culture experiments 2nd generation Antineoplastons developed have been shown to be at least
Thousand times more potent then
Parental Generation
3. 3rd generation structurally altered Antineoplaston believe will exhibit markedly improved anticancer activity in human cancer cell lines resistant to
12/2000 Egypt antineoplaston study [5]
4 new piperidinedione A10 analogs synthesized and tested on human breast cancer cell line against prototype A10 and anti cancer drug tamoxifen and DNA binding capacity of compounds evaluated against A10
10/1/2001 Egypt antineoplaston study [5]
Structural characterization of new antineoplaston (ANP) representatives
Combination heat with pH modification had virtually no effect on obtained peaks, attesting to stability and purity of compounds
One had superior affinity to DNA than
prototype ANP-A10
So, what do we know from this interview with Burzynski from over a decade ago, his 12/10/1997 Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing and the antineoplaston research from Egypt ?
1. Oral (capsule and tablets): PRACTICALLY NO SIDE EFFECTS at all
3. 2nd generation of Antineoplastons have been shown to be at least a THOUSAND TIMES MORE POTENT then Parental Generation
4. 3rd generation structurally altered Antineoplaston believe will exhibit markedly improved anticancer activity in human cancer cell lines resistant to Parental Generation
5. The research from Egypt shows promising results for binding to DNA
I doubt Dr. Gorski will be blogging about the above, anytime soon, as it
DOES NOT FIT HIS NARRATIVE
2000 – Thomas Navarro [3]
What happened to Donna and Jim Navarro when they chose Burzynski’s treatment over orthodox treatments ?
4 year old Thomas Navarro diagnosed with medulloblastoma
Operated on
Tumor removed
Scheduled for radiation therapy
Parents knew he’d be damaged by radiation therapy
Nobody his age survives this type of tumor anyway after radiation therapy
Why they decided to go to Burzynski Clinic
Could NOT treat him because FDA requires failure of radiation therapy for such patients
Parents decided NOT to take any treatment
Burzynski asked FDA several times to allow administration of Antineoplastons, because already had successful treatments for some other children without any prior radiation
5/2001 – developed numerous tumors
Burzynski suggested to parents they should go for at least chemotherapy
Went for chemotherapy to one of best centers in the country, Beth Israel Hospital in New York
Chemotherapy was successful, but he almost died from it
Severly affected his bone marrow
Phone call from Thomas’s father telling Burzynski doctors thinking they won’t do anything else for him and Thomas will die within a week because of severe suppression of bone marrow
Burzynski encouraged father to do whatever possible because such patients may turn around
He turned around
About month or two later developed 15 tumors in brain and spinal cord
When close to death, nothing available, FDA called and allowed Burzynski to treat Thomas
Treated Thomas
Survived 6 months
Tumors had substantially decreased
11/2001 – ultimately died from pneumonia
Perhaps professor and chairman of oncology at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, Jan Buckner, professor and head of the division of bioethics at NYU Langone Medical Center, Arthur Caplan, chair of the Children’s Oncology Group, an NCI-supported research network that conducts clinical trials in pediatric cancer, pediatric oncologist and professor of pediatrics and pharmacology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Peter Adamson, David H. Gorski, M.D., Ph.D., FACS, a/k/a GorskGeek, and “Orac”, ALL think that the 15 tumors Thomas Navarro had in his brain and spinal cord, which had substantially decreased under Burzynski’s antineoplaston therapy, were because of Pseudoprogression a/k/a Pseudo-Progression (psPD) and / or pseudoresponse, caused by
chemotherapy ?
Is this what they mean by:
“In reality, the tumor was just returning to its previous size” ?
Dustin Kunnari [3]
At 2 ½ years old, Dustin Kunnari had brain surgery
Surgery removed only 75% of tumor
Dustin’s parents, Mariann and Jack, were told Dustin would only live 6 months
Chemotherapy and radiation may extend life slightly, but at very high cost in quality of life with very serious side effects
Mariann and Jack decided to look into alternatives
Found out about Antineoplastons
After only 6 weeks of intravenous treatment, MRI showed he was cancer free
One year later another tumor appeared on MRI
By this time Dr. Burzynski had developed more concentrated form of Antineoplastons
After 5 months tumor was gone
remained cancer free ever since
Age 7 – taken off Antineoplastons
To further complicate matters, oncologist kept threatening parents with a court proceeding to take Dustin away and force him to take Chemotherapy/Radiation treatment
This continued for a year, even after success with Antineoplastons
Age 12 at time of 12/2002 interview
Perhaps professor and chairman of oncology at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, Jan Buckner, professor and head of the division of bioethics at NYU Langone Medical Center, Arthur Caplan, chair of the Children’s Oncology Group, an NCI-supported research network that conducts clinical trials in pediatric cancer, pediatric oncologist and professor of pediatrics and pharmacology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Peter Adamson, David H. Gorski, M.D., Ph.D., FACS, a/k/a GorskGeek, and “Orac”, ALL think that the tumor David Kunnari had, which disappeared under Burzynski’s antineoplaston therapy, were because of Pseudoprogression a/k/a Pseudo-Progression (psPD) and / or pseudoresponse, caused by
surgery ?
Paul Leverett [3]
5/1999 – diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme grade 4 brain stem tumor
Prognosis was would probably be dead before end of 1999
Orthodox medicine gave him no hope of survival
Given maximum amount of radiation was capable of receiving
Slowed tumors growth slightly, but didn’t alter prospects for survival at all
After research on Internet learned about Dr. Burzynski’s Antineoplastons
9/1999 – began taking Antineoplastons intravenously, administered by wife Jennie
After 6 weeks tumor had grown by only 2 %, Glioblastoma’s normally double in size every 2 weeks
12/2000 – PET scan confirmed complete remission
Stayed on Antineoplastonsuntil 8/2001 to ensure tumor wouldn’t reoccur
Just under 20% tumor necrosis remaining in brain stem, which is probably scar tissue
Oncologist (at MD Anderson, Houston) initially wanted to show scan’s to his hospitals (MD Anderson) tumor review board
for whaever reason, refused further contact and didn’t go ahead with it
Perhaps professor and chairman of oncology at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, Jan Buckner, professor and head of the division of bioethics at NYU Langone Medical Center, Arthur Caplan, chair of the Children’s Oncology Group, an NCI-supported research network that conducts clinical trials in pediatric cancer, pediatric oncologist and professor of pediatrics and pharmacology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Peter Adamson, David H. Gorski, M.D., Ph.D., FACS, a/k/a GorskGeek, and “Orac”, ALL think that the glioblastoma multiforme grade 4 brain stem tumor Paul Leverett had, which disappeared under Burzynski’s antineoplaston therapy, were because of Pseudoprogression a/k/a Pseudo-Progression (psPD) and / or pseudoresponse, caused by radiation ?
Crystin Schiff [3]
Ric and Paula Schiff about torture their daughter Crystin had to endure during chemotherapy/radiation treatment
Diagnosed with perhaps most malignant tumor known, rhabdoid tumor of the brain
Historically, there was no case of such a tumor ever having long response to chemotherapy or radiation therapy
Received extremely heavy doses of radiation therapy and chemotherapy, because nobody expected she would live longer than year or so
Was terribly damaged with this
Responded very well to Antineoplastons
Complete response
Died from pneumonia
Immune system was wiped out, so when she aspirated some food, she died from it
Autopsy revealed didn’t have any sign of malignancy
Particularly despicable story, because when Ric Schiff asked Dr. Michael Prados, then head of neuro-oncology at University of California at San Francisco Medical Center (UCSF), if he knew of any other treatment besides chemotherapy/radiation for Crystin’s
brain tumor, Prados replied in the negative
But a few years before, he had sent you 14 letters documenting effectiveness of Antineoplastons on Jeff Keller, another patient with brain cancer
Yes, Jeff Keller had extremely malignant brain tumor
had high-grade glioma of the brain; failed radiation therapy and additional treatments
responded extremely well to our treatment
was one of patients whose case was presented to NCI
there was no doubt about his response
Dr. Prados knew about it
If he was dealing with hopeless tumor like Crystin Schiff, why didn’t he call us?
It’s hard for me to tell
It happens that Dr. Prados and Dr. Friedman, who became boss of FDA, came from same medical school
they work closely together, and perhaps there is something to do with general action against us
It would be inconvenient for Dr. Prados to say that treatment works if FDA was trying to get rid of us and when his friend was Commissioner of FDA at that time
Perhaps that’s the connection….
Perhaps professor and chairman of oncology at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, Jan Buckner, professor and head of the division of bioethics at NYU Langone Medical Center, Arthur Caplan, chair of the Children’s Oncology Group, an NCI-supported research network that conducts clinical trials in pediatric cancer, pediatric oncologist and professor of pediatrics and pharmacology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Peter Adamson, David H. Gorski, M.D., Ph.D., FACS, a/k/a GorskGeek, and “Orac”, ALL think that the rhabdoid tumor of the brain Crystin Schiff had, which disappeared under Burzynski’s antineoplaston therapy, were because of Pseudoprogression a/k/a Pseudo-Progression (psPD) and / or pseudoresponse, caused by chemo and radiation ?
[1] – 11/15/2013 – Stanislaw Burzynski in USA Today: Abuse of clinical trials and patients versus the ineffectiveness of the FDA and Texas Medical Board (Getting Worse is Getting Better):
[2] – 11/11/2013 – “The Amazing Meeting” (I don’t think it means, what you think it says it means): 2 Intellectually and Ethically Challenged Individuals, Twaddle at TAM 2013:
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/11/11/www-amazingmeeting-com-www-randi-org-lanyrd-com2013tam-forums-randi-orgforumdisplay-php/
[3] – 12/2012 – Interview with Dr. Burzynski, M.D., Ph.D. Biochemistry (12/2002):
https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/11/12/httpwww-cancerinform-orgaburzinterview-html/
[4] – 8/29/2013 – Burzynski Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Links:
[5] – 8/13/2013 – Does David H. “Orac” Gorski, M.D., Ph.D, really CARE about Breast Cancer patients?:
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Drop-dispensing bottles
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SECRO PP28
Dosing pipettes
What does the name STELLA mean?
STELLA comes from Latin and means star. Our company has its origins in a Thuringian glass works, which produced the so-called “Star” drop-dispensing bottles in the last century and has given the name to today’s STELLA Kunststofftechnik GmbH.
Does STELLA also produce bottles made of plastic?
Yes, since 2012 we can also produce plastic bottles. Please contact our sales team, they will be happy to advise you.
Is STELLA certified in accordance to DIN EN ISO 9000?
Yes, we are certified in accordance with ISO 9001:2015. The current certificate is available for downloading as a PDF file under Service.
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Yes, STELLA has agencies in many countries. Please contact us directly. We will handle your request and forward it to your local agency. You will then be contacted.
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Our production programme is too comprehensive to provide a complete presentation on the Internet. In general, we can produce everything, which can be manufactured using modern, closed-loop injection moulding machines.
Has STELLA already been audited?
We are audited at regular intervals by national and international pharmaceutical companies. In addition, we are also periodically tested within the context of the planned re-audit performed by the TÜV Management Service GmbH.
Where can I get detailed information about the new SECRO 3000 dosing tube?
We have summarized frequently asked questions and answers relating to our new SECRO 3000 dosing tube in a PDF file available for download under Service. You can certainly contact us for a personal conversation.
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Solid effort propels Juggernauts past Celtics 3-0
Harrison Ritchie scores twice, Evan Doupe shines in net for St. Marys
Both offensively and defensively, it was one of the best 90-minute efforts of the WOSL season to date for the St. Marys Juggernauts. Last Tuesday night at the DCVI pitch, Juggernauts put it all together in a 3-0 Second Division victory over the St. Columban Celtics.
St. Marys had been plagued by slow starts in recent games, but Harrison Ritchie made sure it didn’t happen against the Celtics as the hard-working centre halfback scored twice in the first five minutes for the home team. Juggernauts’ back-up goalkeeper Evan Doupe was the other story of the first half, making a half-dozen big saves as St. Columban tried to claw its way back from the early 2-0 deficit.
Celtics were awarded a free-kick just outside the 18-yard box midway through the half. The kicker managed to blast a shot past the St. Marys wall, but Doupe was in perfect position to keep the visitors off the scoresheet.
At the half-time break, injured netminder Aaron Wybrow (filling in as substitute coach for head coach Wayne Murray) pointed out the keys to Juggernauts’ strong opening 45 minutes.
“We had a really good start, we got great goaltending from Evan, our communication was very good, and our movement of the ball into space was better than in previous games,” Wybrow explained.
First 15 minutes crucial
Wybrow also stressed to the Juggernauts that the first 15 minutes of the second half were crucial with St. Marys holding the 2-0 lead. His teammates obviously listened as they took the play to St. Columban and created several great scoring chances. Striker Kyle Fennema had two good opportunities, and Sam Triemstra and Remco Scheele also just missed converting at the Celtics’ doorstep.
Finally, about 15 minutes into the half, Triemstra took a perfect pass from Kyle Fennema and connected with a high shot to give Juggernauts a big insurance goal. Doupe, meanwhile, went on to record his first cleansheet of the season.
Following the game, Wybrow also praised defensive stalwarts such as captain Jack Dickey, Ryan Fennema and Dante Pieroni.
“They put in the effort, they’re always at practice, they give an honest 100 percent effort and they’re players who don’t want to come off the field,” he said. “They’re all grinders. And Dante is good at communicating out on the wing.”
Wybrow also described Ritchie as “a very versatile” player. “He can play several different positions, anywhere we need him. It’s incredibly handy to have a player like that.”
With the win, St. Marys (4-0-3) moved into sole possession of fourth place in the league standings. Seventh-place St. Columban slipped to 3-1-4 with the loss.
Juggernauts were scheduled to host a Cup game on Tuesday of this week against Chatham Storm.
They return to WOSL action on Friday, July 5 when London White Eagles come to town. Kick-off at DCVI is 8 p.m.
Category: SportsBy Indy July 4, 2019
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Television series from the real world
The Saint was a television series in which Roger Moore starred during the 1960s. He was later cast as James Bond.
On a visit to the Soviet Union in November 1967, Ace anachronistically referred to Moore as the current James Bond during a conversation with her fellow Briton Markus Creevy. Creevy told her that Moore starred in The Saint while Sean Connery played Bond. (AUDIO: Thin Ice)
In 1969, Owain Vine's mother would sometimes watch the show, leaving him to listen to football matches on his radio. (PROSE: The Forgotten Son)
Robert Cawdron appeared in five episodes as Sergeant Le Duc.
Writers for The Saint included Terry Nation, Paul Erickson, Robert Banks Stewart, Bill Strutton, Ian Stuart Black and Robert Holmes.
Guests actors included: Sylvia Syms, Peter Brace, George Pastell, John Carson, Godfrey Quigley, Jean Marsh, Paul Whitsun-Jones, John Bennett, Ed Bishop, Joseph Fürst, Kate O'Mara, Reg Lye, George Pravda, Burt Kwouk, Fulton Mackay, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Michael Robbins, Steven Berkoff, Barbara Murray, Peter Wyngarde, Campbell Singer, Julian Glover, Wanda Ventham, Peter Bowles, George A. Cooper, James Maxwell, Philip Latham, T. P. McKenna, Derek Newark, Philip Locke, Tommy Duggan, David Graham, Michael Peake, Jane Asher, Jeremy Young, Harry Towb, Geoffrey Bayldon, Michael Godfrey, Victor Maddern, Patrick Troughton, Neil McCarthy, Martin Miller, Nicholas Smith, Edward Evans, Roger Delgado, John Collin, John Hollis, Richard Shaw, Peter Jeffrey, Simon Lack, Henry Lincoln, John Dearth, Ray Lonnen, Wolfe Morris, Alan Curtis, Katherine Schofield, Steven Scott, Tony Beckley, Peter Diamond, Michael Wolf, Graham Armitage, Clive Cazes, Gordon Sterne, David Garfield, Steve Plytas, Eileen Way, Gertan Klauber, Andre Maranne, Alan Haywood, Peter Lawrence, George Little, Derek Sydney, Hugh Morton, Walter Randall, Eric Mason, Richard Franklin, Donald Pickering, John Woodnutt, Nicholas Courtney, Hugh Futcher, George Roubicek, Max Faulkner, Barbara Shelley, Derren Nesbitt, Dudley Foster and André Morell.
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Goal and assist: Jake Hesketh must now build on excellent MK Dons start
Jake Hesketh’s League Two move surely reduces his chances of making a Southampton breakthrough
Hesketh will be on Hasenhuttl’s radar after eye-catching midweek display
Southampton loanee Jake Hesketh picks worst time possible to put in poor display
Five bright talents who could be next to breakthrough at Southampton
Southampton’s talented midfielder is currently out on loan.
MK Dons suffered a defeat at the hands of Swindon Town in League Two this weekend. The home side lost 3-2 at the Stadium:mk. But while it may have been a bad day for the team, one Southampton loanee had a great day on the pitch.
Jake Hesketh was starting his first game for the club since joining on loan from Southampton at the end of January.
He scored for the Dons with a sensational run and finish. Coming in from the right-hand side he dribbled past his man before unleashing a ferocious strike from 25 yards with his left foot.
He then assisted the second. He out-jumped an opposing Swindon defender to nod the ball into the path of Kieran Agard, who slotted home the team’s second. A goal and an assist on your full debut is certainly not a bad way to start for Hesketh.
(Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)
The attacking midfielder had spent the first half of the season with Burton Albion, so a drop down to League Two could be seen as a step back. But with the Milton Keynes side chasing a play-off berth, it could be a good experience for the Southampton talent.
The 22-year-old attacking midfielder has long been considered one of the better young players at Southampton and was the 2014 scholar of the season.
He made his debut for the club under Ronald Koeman in December 2014 and scored in an EFL Cup win against Crystal Palace in September 2016. So his talent is known to the fans.
His current contract at the club runs until 2021 and he must now build in this performance to prove he has a long-term future at St Mary’s.
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Samsung reveals details and pricing on its 2017 MU series 4K UHD televisions
Home Theater / Press Releases / Tech
Samsung today announced details about its 2017 4K UHD television lineup, specifically their MU series of televisions.
The Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ aren’t the only next big things Samsung has up its sleeve. The company today announced details about its 2017 4K UHD television lineup, specifically their MU series of televisions. Pricing on these new 4K UHD sets start at $549USD and go up to $1,999+ USD. You can check out the full details of Samsung’s entire MU Series 4k UHD TVs on the press release below and hit the link at the end to check out the Samsung website.
Samsung Details its 2017 4K UHD Television Line-Up
Ridgefield Park, NJ – April 5, 2017 – Samsung Electronics America Inc, the leader in home entertainment for over 11 years, today announced the availability of its 2017 MU Series, the latest in Samsung’s line of 4K Ultra HD televisions. Following Samsung’s premium flagship QLED televisions, the MU Series TVs deliver the high-quality picture, industry-leading smart features and connectivity, and audio capabilities, spanning a range of sizes and prices.
MU 6 Series Ultra HD TVs deliver a colorful High Dynamic Range (HDR) picture. Samsung’s new Smart TV user-interface (UI) and Smart Remote Control with voice interaction capabilities provide faster access to favorite streaming content choices and more. The MU 6 Series TVs are available in 40” to 75” screen sizes, and start at $549.
MU 7 Series Ultra HD TV’s produce a wider range of colors with 4K Color Drive Pro and HDR picture. Featuring Samsung’s new Smart TV UI and Smart Remote Control with voice interaction capabilities, these UHD TVs are available in 40” to 65” screen sizes. MU 7 Series TVs are available starting at $699.
MU 8 Series Ultra HD TVs let users see what they’ve been missing with 4K HDR Extreme, 4K Color Drive Extreme, Triple Black and MR 240. Users can experience extreme contrast between the darkest darks and the lightest lights, plus expanded depth and color that produces over a billion colors. Triple Black showcases the slightest details in dark scenes and an enhanced motion rate of 240 to bring fast moving content to life. The series also features Samsung’s Smart TV UI and Smart Remote Control. MU 8 Series TVs are available in 49” to 82” screen sizes, and start at $1,199.
MU 9 Series Ultra HD TVs enhance the viewing experience by producing over a billion rich colors with 4K Color Drive Extreme and Triple Black Extreme for a deeper HDR picture. Additionally, the MU 9 Series features an anti-reflective layer that reduces glare to improve black level performance, as well as a sleek frame that looks clean from every angle. The MU 9 Series TV are available in 55” to 75” sizes, and start at $1,999.
Source: Samsung
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Weekly Tech Roundup | Mar 8, 2019
Weekly tech roundup: International Women’s Day special edition
Hedy Lamarr in 1940 (Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons)
In honor of International Women’s Day, this week’s roundup is a tribute to Hedy Lamarr. Lamarr was born in 1914 and went on to become a Hollywood legend. It wasn’t until after her death in 2000 that she was recognized for her innovative genius and an invention that paved the way for modern, secure wireless communication.
Lamarr’s invention, the “Secret Communication System,” was designed to solve the problem of enemies blocking radio-controlled missile signals during WWI. It used spread spectrum and frequency-hopping technology to prevent enemies from decoding messages, allowing a torpedo to find its intended target.
Although the invention was awarded a patent in 1942, it was technologically difficult to implement, and the U.S. Navy didn’t adopt the technology until the 1960s. It is now acclaimed as an instrumental step towards modern WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth communication systems.
Decades later, scientists and engineers are still working to develop advancements in modern communications technology that benefit both the military and commercial markets. The inventions featured below are some of the hottest opportunities that are available to businesses for licensing.
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Handheld GPS jammer locator
Navy engineers have developed a handheld GPS jammer locator device for determining the strength of an L1 GPS frequency jamming signal and the direction of the jamming signal. The handheld GPS jammer locator has two modes of operation, an amplitude mode for determining signal strength, and a difference mode for determining direction.
The prototype was built within a plastic housing and is powered by a 9-volt battery. Contact TechLink now to find out more about licensing this invention.
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Communications network monitoring using phantom nodes
A recent approach for the management of increasingly complex communications networks is software-defined networking (SDN) in which a programmable controller provides flow level routing instructions to the network forwarding elements. The controller provides switching functions through an open interface standard called OpenFlow.
Air Force scientists have developed a set of flow rules and network management tools for these OpenFlow networks.
Extended ad-hoc communications network
Navy scientists have developed a system that links an operations command center to a radio access point (RAP), which is connected to any number of field devices. Each of these field devices can communicate to the operations command through the RAP or to each other field device directly. Direct communication between the field devices can greatly extend the range of the system in a daisy chain manner. Location data as well as image, text, and voice data, is communicated.
Improved security monitoring and defenses for wireless personal area networks
Air Force scientists are beefing up security around wireless personal area networks through precise manipulation of the physical layer preamble (or header) – the initial signal used in network communications to synchronize transmission timing between systems.
With this approach, when soliciting acknowledgments from wireless devices using a small number of packets with modified preambles, a response pattern identifies the true transceiver class of the device under test. Preamble manipulation enables wireless multi-factor authentication, intrusion detection, and transceiver type fingerprinting.
Air vehicle GPS backup navigation system
While advanced GPS systems provide highly accurate navigation, they are also susceptible to radio frequency (RF) interference, jamming, and occasional outages. When GPS fails, pilots must rely on one or more backup systems. The FAA is transitioning to its Next Generation (NextGen) Air Transportation System. However, new required equipment upgrades will be very expensive for most general aviation and civil Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) users.
Navy engineers have invented a new technology that could be a game-changer by enabling a more accurate, reliable, cost-effective addition to the use of GPS for some manned and unmanned systems flight testing and their integration into NextGen.
Primarily used for military applications. Possibilities exist for commercial aviation.
Networked buoy connects diver’s mobile device while underwater
Navy scientists have developed a better solution for communicating between underwater workers and the surface. The system includes a surface buoy with a wireless connection to a terrestrial or ship-based network. The buoy supports an ethernet cable extending to the diver. At the end of the cable is a tablet in a waterproof case that allows full functionality of the screen via finger touch or stylus at any depth.
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Manele (Lanai)
[Kyle]From Kalama Nui we sailed the short distance east to Manele, the main harbor on Lana’i. We dropped anchor just out of the entrance channel and swam to the opposite side for some more amazing snorkeling. We were surprised to find such large areas of thriving coral so close to a well used area.
Some fun snorkelling while (briefly) anchored at Manele Bay
We dried off and got into the dinghy to row into the little harbor. Before we even landed, a local guy on another boat yelled over to us and told us to bring Begonia inside where it would be more comfortable. We thanked him and landed the dinghy to have a look around. We hadn’t even stepped ashore when the harbor master’s husband pulled up in his truck and told us we were free to take the one remaining big slip for Begonia, where we were temporarily tying up the dinghy. We were on the fence as to whether it would be with it to go to all of the trouble, when a catamaran came in and pulled into the slip. We apologized for being in the way with the pudgy, but he was really nice about it. He said he had just pulled in to hose off his boat before heading to his med-mooring on the other side. He also said we should come in.
So it was settled. We had walked all of three steps each on Lana’i and we were back in the dinghy to go fetch Begonia. It was the prospect of a good fresh water rinse that really sold me. Begonia hadn’t even been rained on for weeks and I was desperate to get off the accumulated salt and dirty footprints. Plus, we could fill the tanks, allowing us to be fast and loose with our water consumption on the way to Honolulu.
We put the nominal fee into the honesty box at the absent harbor master’s office and had a look around. Our first stop was Hulopo’e beach, a long arc of soft, white sand with the backdrop of a lone rock called Pu’upehe. Lots of people were out snorkeling and sunbathing. Back in the park behind the beach tents were being set up by members of little groups while the others were cooking on barbecues. It seemed like the perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
We walked past the beach up the trail to the Four Seasons Resort at Manele Bay. While I was not actually rendered speechless, my vocabulary failed me and poor Maryanne was subjected to me saying, “Wow! I really like it!” about every five seconds. I have been to a lot of hotels in my life and my career. This one is by far the nicest one I have ever seen. Ever. I daresay it was perfect. The grounds were impeccable, with different themed gardens in each courtyard. The staff, which seemed to outnumber the guests, could not have been nicer. When we admitted that we weren’t guests of the hotel, every single one of them responded by saying something like, “Oh, that’s no problem, sir. Welcome to Lana’i. Is there anything I can help you with in the meantime?”
The beautiful Manele Beach and four-seasons resort at Manele
We went to the sports bar overlooking most of the grounds and the beach below, found a table by the railing and finally ordered our first Mai Tai in Hawai’i, which we shared for economy’s sake. I had a beer. While I only have the other one I’ve ever had with which to compare, this one seemed especially yummy. It really was the perfect spot to celebrate reaching our one hundredth sail aboard Begonia. We had a great time dragging it out with several games of pool and shuffleboard. I emerged the clear winner, thank you very much.
Kyle says Hi! to the rescue birds at the resort
We were having such a good time, we ordered another round. Our four drinks cost us more than we usually like to pay for two dinners out, but it was totally worth it. It was a perfectly agreeable night in an amazingly beautiful location. I could not have been more content.
Posted by SV-Footprint at 12:45:00 AM
Labels: Big Island, Hawaii, Lanai, USA-HI
I had the absolute unearned privilege of being a guest at the Manele Bay Four Seasons for a few nights and will never forget it. I haven't been to as many hotels as you, but it's #1 in my book too. So glad to know it's all still there and all still magic. You have to remember these moments when life gets hectic and smog-clogged and your alarm goes off. You just have to....
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September 26, 2019 September 26, 2019 Ally Scheve 0 Comment cross country, newsletter, swarthmore, swarthmore athletics, swarthmore cross country, women's cross country
Swarthmore Women’s Cross Country has started off the season strong, finishing second and fourth at the Bryn Mawr Invitational and Mainline Invite, respectively. The team welcomes seven first-years and fourteen returners to compete in the 2019 season.
Last season, Swarthmore finished third in the Centennial Conference Championships and had a good showing at regionals. With only two seniors graduating in Spring 2019, the team is primed for another great season.
Emma Novak ’21 led the team at the Mainline Invite, finishing twelfth overall and second among DIII runners with a time of 18:10 on the 5k course. Nora Blodgett ’22 and captain Phoebe Whiteside ’20 also have had impressive finishes in the first two races, finishing first and second for the Garnet at the Bryn Mawr Invitational and second and third at the Mainline Invite.
However, the first years are not to be ignored, as they have already shown that they will be imperative to the team’s efforts. Tillie Ferguson ’23 broke the top five in both races, and Clara Halston ’23 and Ella Shenkar ’23 were the sixth and seventh finishers for the Garnet at the Bryn Mawr Invitational. Coach Peter Carroll stressed the importance of this first-year class for the rest of the team’s season.
“The first years are doing great, and we will rely on them for immediate contributions this Fall,” Carroll said.
The team is led by captains Pauline McMurry ’20, Hanna Gutow ’20 and Phoebe Whiteside, who are excited to lead the relatively young group of runners.
“I think having a young team is really great because it means the team can continue to be successful in the future,” said Gutow. “The other captains and I this year have worked really hard to introduce all the underclassmen to the type of positive and supportive team environment we would like to see maintained over the next few years.”
Returner Sierra Sweeney ’21 shared these sentiments about maintaining the vibrant team culture that has been present since she arrived at Swarthmore.
“I would say that my goal for the team is always to make our team culture as great as possible,” said Sweeney. “We have so many amazing people on the team, and we really look out for each other and try hard to maintain the care within our community every season.”
Coach Carroll is eager to see the team continue to evolve as a unit throughout the season but already sees their passion and dedication to one another.
“Their work ethic is tremendous and all the team members are really looking out for each other,” said Carroll.
Unlike other Fall sports, cross country only has a few events throughout the season, making Centennial Conference Championships at the forefront of the team’s goals.
“I’m definitely looking forward to going to Gettysburg and kicking butt at conferences this year,” said Sweeney.
Other than the collective team goal of a top finish at the conference meet at Gettysburg on November 2nd, Gutow is also focused on some individual goals for her final season of cross country.
“I would love to get some new PRs, especially in our next meet, which tends to be one of the fastest, and I want to be able to contribute to the team’s scoring as the season continues,” she said.
The team looks to their next meet, the Paul Short Invite at Lehigh University, on October 5, where they hope for another strong showing. The tight-knit group will definitely be one to watch throughout the fall, not only for their dominance on the race course but also for their unyielding support for each other.
“We love to race and we love doing well in races, but at the end of the day, running means more to us than just winning: it’s about being surrounded by awesome teammates,” said Sweeney.
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Set Up: Tracking Your Brands' Social App
Updated 11 months ago by Mike Penhall
AE's secret sauce is our ability to track user behavior on social networks as it relates to the brands you care about.
E.g. Music labels use AE to track activities that involve their artist brands; for instance, who's listening to that artist on Spotify or engaging with them on Instagram.
Our behavioral analytics tracking gives you real-time insight into how your customers are engaging with you.
Once you've created and added your social applications, you'll need to let AE know which brands you want to track.
See your Brands
Once you sign up, you'll automatically have one brand added to your account. This is known as your "Umbrella" brand. All subsequent brands will be added as children of this one. Selecting this brand in the brand selector is equivalent to monitoring "All Brand Activity" on your dashboard.
To see your brands, just click "Brands," located by the globe on the top left of the dashboard.
This will cause the Brands Sidebar to pop out. From here, select a brand from the list.
Once the page has reloaded, click the "Edit Brand" button (located under the brand's name).
Add Social Services to a Brand
The more service URLs you add here, the more data we can track against your brand. Where possible, we then use this URL to look up the brand's ID on that service.
E.g. If you have: a) added a Twitter application and b) added your brand's Twitter URL to the brand's Social Services section (above), AE will track Twitter mentions, uses of your brand's primary hashtag, and retweets of your brand's tweets.
You can then also add custom actions to track. In the Twitter example, this could include things like tweeting using a certain link or hashtag and so on.
You can see a full list of the social activities we track by default, or read more on custom tracking at our support site.
The Appreciation Engine brand object accepts the following social network URLs
Facebook URL in the format https://www.facebook.com/BrandName, http://facebook.com/[FacebookID] or the old format https://www.facebook.com/pages/[BrandName]/[PageID]. The URL must belong to a Facebook page, not a Facebook personal profile or group.
Twitter URL in the format https://twitter.com/BrandName
YouTube URL in the format https://www.youtube.com/user/BrandName or https://www.youtube.com/channel/[ChannelID]
Instagram URL in the format https://instagram.com/BrandName
Apple Music URL in the format https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/artist-name/12345
Tumblr URL in the format http://brandname.tumblr.com/
Spotify artist URL in the format https://open.spotify.com/artist/[SpotifyID]
Spotify user URL in the format https://open.spotify.com/user/username
Soundcloud URL in the format https://soundcloud.com/brandname
Deezer artist URL in the format http://www.deezer.com/artist/12345
Deezer user URL in the format http://www.deezer.com/profile/12345
Napster artist URL in the format https://app.napster.com/artist/artist-name
Napster user URL in the format https://app.napster.com/members/username
You can also assign a primary hashtag, e.g. #MyBrandName which will automatically be tracked on Twitter, Google+ and Instagram in addition to @ mentions.
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Ericsson India
Nitin Bansal
Focus is to give good end-user experience, Ericsson India VP
Consumers are moving towards higher data consumption, with data traffic expected to double over the next five years.Rupali Mukherjee | TNN | July 06, 2017, 20:32 IST
NEW DELHI: Consumers are moving towards higher data consumption, with data traffic expected to double over the next five years. With the objective of giving a good end-user experience, the focus is on network quality, and addressing top three problems faced by consumers- internet connection issues, app and service crashes, and slow network speeds, says Nitin Bansal, VP and head of business unit network products for Ericsson India, in an interview with TOI.
Q: There has been a major surge in data traffic in the country. What do you think is fuelling that?
A: Indian telecom consumer behavior is moving towards higher data consumption. Factors driving growing data consumption include, fast-paced smartphone adoption, changing user behavior and disruptive pricing strategies of operators. Increased distribution and consumption of video, usage of social media or chat-driven apps, mobile banking transactions and digital payment systems -- all have a role to play in growing the data consumption. The arrival of a greenfield 4G Player in the Indian market has triggered a shift from what was hitherto a voice-dominant telecom market in India to the largest mobile data market globally.
Data traffic per active smartphone is expected to more than double from 4 GB per month in 2016 to almost 11 GB per month in 2022. Between 2016 and 20122, total mobile data traffic is expected to grow at a CAGR of around 40%, reaching almost 8 EB (exabyte) data per month compared to around 1 EB of data consumption by end of 2016.
Q: Will there be a need to upgrade network for handling this exponential growth in data consumption?
A: Mobile app usage is expected to increase with the projected growth of 3G and 4G subscriptions in India. The increased pace of smartphone penetration coupled with growth in data traffic is placing new demands on mobile networks and systems. Operators are working on securing optimum network performance and end-user experience by continuously tuning their networks to ensure adequate capacity and coverage to meet customer needs. Operators are focusing on network quality by addressing the top three problems faced by consumers: internet connection issues, app and service crashes, and slow network speeds. We are working with numerous operators across the globe on network optimization and have brought our learnings and experience to share with our customers in India enabling them to deliver enhanced quality of service, reduce churn and earn additional revenue.
Q: Video seems to be a big factor driving data consumption. What is your take ?
A: In India, streaming music and watching videos are the most popular forms of entertainment on smartphones. As per an Ericsson Consumer Lab Study, around 50% per cent of smartphone users stream music on mobile apps every week and more than one in two internet users watch short online video clips on a weekly basis. The percentage of smartphone users streaming online music and watching full length online videos in India is higher than the global average.
Q: Have 4G deployments matured in India? Where does India stand when compared to other countries in this context?
A: Only 40% of the world population have data connection, and in India it is around 15%. It’s not as if India is lagging significantly behind in internet coverage. So, there’s significant part of the world that is still to be covered by LTE (read 4G). Although a lot of innovation is happening on 5G, but even more innovation and R&D investment goes into 4G as an industry today. What we and our other competitors are investing is to prepare the LTE network for a smoother 5G migration. Because if you look at the 2G, 3G, 4G networks, they were overlay networks. But 5G will not be an overlay network. 5G will have to work with 4G. If you look at India, they need to make the LTE networks ready for 5G whenever it comes.
Post the spectrum auctions in India last year, we have witnessed an upswing in terms of 4G deployments with enhanced focus on modernization and densification of the networks. According to the Ericsson Mobility Report, 4G and 3G technologies are together expected to represent 85% of all Indian subscriptions by 2022.
For 5G to be possible, 4G has to attain a good level of maturity. The operators around the world and in India as well, are looking at developing a strong LTE footprint in a bid to provide better coverage to the consumer.
Tags : 3G/4G, Ericsson India, VP, Vijay Mallya, Nitin Bansal, interview, experience, Ericsson
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Zapatistas celebrate 10 years of autonomy with ‘escuelita’
The Zapatistas invite 1.500 activists from all over the world to a ‘Little School of Liberty’ in Chiapas to learn from their experiment with autonomy.
(ROARMag) It was 10 years ago, on January 1, 2003, when — having exhausted the road of dialogue with the government as well the one of a “big R” Revolution that would overthrow the Mexican state — the Zapatistas of Chiapas decided to “abandon the politics of demands, and with it, all contact with the state.” Instead, they chose to concentrate on building their own autonomous, horizontal forms of self-government within their own territories and with their own means.
In other words, to ignore the state as an institution and “act as if they had already won”, comrade ‘Bruce Lee’ of the CCRI in San Cristobal declared during the commemoration of the 1994 uprising that “we don’t have to ask the government’s permission to be autonomous.” Or, as Major Infantry Insurgent Moses put it in an interview with Gloria Muñoz:
The dialogue with the government didn’t work but it enriched us, because we met more people and it gave us more ideas. After the “Color of the Earth march” in 2001 we said that with or without a law we were going to build our government the way we wanted.
It was 10 years ago, on August 9, 2003, when the Zapatistas announced the death of the Aguascalientes and the birth of the Caracoles. Five caracoles were created, each with its own Junta de Buen Gobierno (JBG) established within it, responsible for its own Zapatista Autonomous Rebel Municipal Zone (MAREZ). The five caracoles are the following:
“The Mother of Caracoles — Sea of Dreams” (La Realidad)
“The Whirlwind of Our Words” (Morelia — 17 de Noviembre)
“Resistance Until the New Dawn” (La Garrucha — Fransisco Gomez)
“The Caracol That Speaks for All” (Robero Barrios)
“Resistance and Rebellion for Humanity” (Oventik)
The municipalities and communities in each zone are not only divided on the basis of geographical criteria but in other ways (like ethnic composition and distance from the caracol) as well. Each caracol has its own autonomous health clinic, normally a primary and/or secondary school, and each of them is also involved in one form or another with one of the five Projects of Zapatismo: health, education, agro-ecology, politics, and information technology.
Read more: http://roarmag.org/2013/08/escuelita-zapatista-10-year-autonomy/
Tens of thousands protest in Mexico
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Mexicans protest against Peña Nieto’s election win
Tens of thousands of people march in Mexico City amid allegations that PRI vote-buying influenced millions of votes
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How Anonymous is threatening a Mexican drug cartel
Anonymous, Hacktivism
(thenextweb.com) If you ever thought of all anonymous Internet users as cowards behind a keyboard, it’s high time to think again. According to reports, Anonymous Mexico is going head-to-head with one of the most dangerous criminal organizations in the world, the Mexican cartel Los Zetas. Not only has the hacktivist group threatened to reveal names, but it has also started making good to its threats.
How did it start?
Anonymous’ campaign against the cartel could be a response to the alleged kidnapping to one of the group’s members in the city of Veracruz, if a video published on YouTube several weeks ago is to be believed. In the video, a man wearing the famous Guy Fawkes mask expressly threatens the cartel: if the hostage is not released, the voice says, Anonymous will publicly name and shame policemen, officials, taxi drivers and journalists it believes to be linked to the cartel.
Taking action online
Although the authenticity of the video itself is controversial, a recent action seems to confirm that Anonymous in Mexico are indeed at war with the cartel. Indeed, one of Anonymous’s favorite tactics is website defacement, and it’s exactly what just happened to the website of a Mexican politician suspected of connections to the cartel, according to the local media. The page is still defaced as we write; here is what it looks like (“es Zeta” meaning “is Zeta”):
A bold and dangerous move
As you can imagine, going head-to-head with the cartel is both brave and risky. Veracruz, in particular, has been ridden with drug-related violence over the last months, spreading panic among the population (see our story 2 Mexican suspects await possible 30-year sentences for “Twitter Terrorism”).
More generally, Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists and bloggers. As we recently mentioned in our previous post ‘How Facebook’s name policy silenced a blogger in Honduras‘, “Narcos” have increasingly targeted bloggers and Twitter users who were using the Internet to denounce crime.
Should it be confirmed that an Anonymous member has been kidnapped by Los Zetas, this could well have been a reaction from the cartel following online posts against the organization. If Anonymous decides to go ahead and reveal names, there no doubt the cartel will try and retaliate again. In other words, hacktivists should better make sure they’re as anonymous as they claim to be.
Source: http://thenextweb.com/la/2011/10/29/how-anonymous-is-threatening-a-mexican-drug-cartel/
Transcript: Anonymous from Veracruz, Mexico, and the world, we want you to know that a member has been kidnapped when he was doing Paperstorm in our city.
We demand his release. We want the army and the navy to know that we are fed up of the criminal group Zetas, who have concentrated on kidnapping, stealing and blackmailing in different ways. One of them is charging every honest and hardworking citizen of Veracruz who busts their rears working day after day to feed their families.
We are fed up of journalists and newspapers of Xalapa, Córdoba and Orizaba because they are constantly crapping on honest authorities like the army and the navy.
We are fed up with taxi drivers, commanders and “police-zetas” officers of Xalapa, Córdoba, Orizaba, Nogales, Río Blanco and Camerinos… who are chickens and have made themselves the most loyal servants of these (expletive).
For the time being, we won´t post photos or the names … of the taxi drivers, the journalists or the newspapers nor of the police officers, but if needed, we will publish them including their addresses, to see if by doing so the government will arrest them.
We can´t defend ourselves with a weapon, but if we can do this with their cars, houses, bars, brothels and everything else in their possession … It won´t be difficult. We all know who they are and where they are.
(Images with sound of explosions)
You made a huge mistake by taking one of us. Release him. And if anything happens to him, you (expletive) will always remember this upcoming November 5th .
Knowledge is free. We are Anonymous. We are a legion. We don’t forgive. We don’t forget. Expect us.”
Report on the Situation in Santiago Xanica, Oaxaca, México
(indymedia.org) The European Collectives Nodo Solidale (Italy), Zapatista “Marisol” Collective of Lugano (Switzerland), and Nomads of XM24 (Italy), which make up the Internationalist Platform for Resistance and Self-Initiative Weaving Autonomies (PIRATA), organized a brigade for the observation of the violation of the rights of native peoples in the municipality of Santiago Xanica, Oaxaca, México, in which activists from France and the Spanish State also participated. The brigade traveled through the municipality from March 14 to March 21, 2011.
The task that the International Brigade set for itself has been to listen, understand, relate, and make public what is happening in the community of Santiago Xanica. In recent months the townspeople of Xanica have been denouncing outrageous violations and abuses by PRI party members and power groups against the local Committee in Defense of Indigenous Rights (CODEDI Xanica), Adherent to the Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle, and against the general population.
Source: http://www.indymedia.org/or/2011/04/947329.shtml
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Fugitive Science
By Britt Rusert
7.25.18 | Lara Langer Cohen
Britt Rusert’s Fugitive Science: Empiricism and Freedom in Early African American Culture argues that when science became a primary modality of anti-Black racism in the antebellum United States, the story didn’t end there. Black writers, artists, lecturers, and other cultural producers not only forcefully critiqued racist science, they also redeployed scientific knowledge toward emancipatory ends, and even used it to launch inquiries far beyond its own limits. In a moment when white supremacy has become flagrant and the only means of valuing science seems to be enshrining it as universal truth, Rusert uses the past not only to show us how we got to where we are today, but how we might leave it behind.
Fugitive Science is built on meticulous archival research. Rusert considers antebellum science, both racist and anti-racist, not as abstract ideas but as a throng of printed texts, visual culture, and embodied performances. She explains that scientific racism took hold in the United States less through science writing than through its remediation in popular culture: caricatures, song and joke books, almanacs, blackface minstrelsy shows, and other forms of media. Fugitive science, in turn, arose because the mass media of scientific racism unwittingly “opened the field to an unlikely set of actors” (14) who turned it into a laboratory for their own experiments. Rusert’s scrupulously materialist approach to the history of ideas contributes to a growing body of work on nineteenth-century Black print and performance cultures. At the same time, by attending to forms of knowledge that emerge from material conditions but do not necessarily settle into predictable, recognizable, or permanent shapes, she braids materialist approaches with the theories and practices of speculation that have become especially vibrant in Black Studies. Rusert thus draws on the examples of her historical subjects for her own critical method, treating her archive less as conclusive evidence than as an incitement to further thought. She weaves a narrative about Black scientific performances from “a paper trail of ticket stubs, pamphlets, newspaper columns and announcements, broadsides, and other printed texts and ephemera” (114); she imagines the Black feminist pedagogy Sarah Mapps Douglass might have forged by setting students’ investigations of their own bodies against the absence of Black women in their textbooks; she observes that Douglass, Henry Box Brown, and Samuel George Morton all traversed Arch Street in Philadelphia and wonders if they crossed paths; she reminds us that behind the archives she combs to such generative ends lie “shadow archives” of Black working-class and enslaved people’s scientific practices, which undoubtedly touched her subjects’ work but often elude recovery. Through her case studies and her own example, Rusert shows that materialist and speculative methods are not and never have been separate: materiality is not stability, and people may turn everyday objects into ingredients for acts of surpassing imagination.
This resolutely dialectical method, which finds unguessed possibilities in even the apparent dead end of racial science, makes Fugitive Science “through and through a black optimist project,” as Anjuli Raza Kolb notes. But its optimism is not a faith in good outcomes so much as a recognition of ongoing potentiality, an openness toward openness. Rusert looks at the tradition of empiricism, for instance, and finds “something fugitive” in its reliance on “sense perception, continual observations, and a mobile, searching orientation toward the world” (20), which fugitive scientists activated and expanded. The “elusive traces of fugitive science” (218), in turn, can be found in attempts to contain it, Rusert acknowledges in the book’s final sentences, where she reverses her initial trajectory from racial science to fugitive science and considers the imprint fugitive science might have left on racial science.
In their contributions to the symposium, Jayna Brown and Susan Scott Parrish consider how far Rusert’s concept of fugitive science might extend. Parrish presses on both the “fugitive” half of the phrase and “science” half. In reference to the former, she inquires whether all Black scientific practices were subversive of anti-Blackness. In reference to the latter, she notes that Rusert focuses on human sciences like ethnology and anatomy and asks whether practitioners of fugitive science looked to nonhuman sciences to theorize forms of subjectivity and political life, as well. Jayna Brown also broadens the book’s discussion of fugitive science by asking what light it can shed on nineteenth-century Black practitioners’ experiments in “alternative forms of medicine and science” that have been “kept secondary or ignored,” such as “cutaneous electricity” (David Ruggles), “sex-power” (Paschal Beverly Randolph), or “Creole medicinal art” (Mary Seacole). How would attending to more marginalized types of scientific thought, in turn, reframe the concept of fugitive science?
Kolb, Greta LaFleur, and Michelle D. Commander illuminate how urgently Fugitive Science speaks to our present moment. Kolb juxtaposes it with Kaitlyn Greenidge’s 2016 novel, We Love You, Charlie Freeman, in order to foreground the continuities between the nineteenth-century history Rusert chronicles and “our nominally post-racist scientific future.” Greta LaFleur’s essay lingers with one of the most difficult problems Fugitive Science raises. Behind the book’s examination of critical and reparative responses to racial science, LaFleur writes, “I hear a larger question about the ethics of engagement with politically harmful materials and archives,” which both absorbs Rusert’s nineteenth-century subjects and resonates amidst the “refusal politics” of the present. Michelle Commander’s essay highlights a fascinating subplot in the book: the “short and relevant asides” in which Rusert “maneuvers between centuries.” In these passages, Commander notes, the book offers a long history of Afrofuturism, in which Black writers and artists have “live[d] by proceeding speculatively” in the face of those who would deny them life at all.
7.26.18 | Jayna Brown
A Scientific Improvisation
Britt Rusert’s Fugitive Science is situated within the unregulated and wildly fantastical worlds of speculation that were called “science” in the nineteenth century. I am drawn to these worlds, especially the ways we can understand black visions and practices within them. As Rusert says science was “capacious and flexible” (5). The lines between the spirit world and the stars, life and death were porous. The elementals still held metaphysical properties, my personal favorite being electricity, which traverses and links the body, the environment and the cosmos. Allopathic medicine had yet to supersede long histories of curative practices, from herbalism to conjuring. Rusert’s book focuses primarily on the biological sciences, as biology was the ground on which ideas of race were founded, and contested terrain for black people. Natural science could be used to argue for racialized peoples’ inclusion “as liberal subjects,” and as “fully human,” but it was also a place where Enlightenment logics could be challenged. As Rusert says, “Natural science served as a springboard for complex meditations on being, subjectivity, and existence” (5). She refuses to dismiss all science of the time, even though it was so shaped by a deeply racist ethos. Instead she pushes us to think of the ways black people were using its language.
Rusert’s book set my archive-loving heart to fluttering. For us in the un-housed, un-indexed, fugitive world (the undercommons as Fred Moten would put it) the insurgent search for, and use of, surviving material takes agility, endurance and fortitude. Rusert’s book made me aware of the ways archives are mobile, forming and reforming depending on the questions we ask, and what the materials say back to us. In our work we redefine what an archive is. I would like to hear Rusert’s thoughts on her use of the archives.
This is not the direction I would go with this material, I thought when I first began reading. I could just ignore black people’s use of phrenology, thank you. Or dismiss ethnographies as outdated and conservative. I’d rather not have to really consider W. E. B. Du Bois’s eugenical ideas. But Rusert stays with thorny, uncomfortable lines of inquiry. She refuses to reject contemporaneous scientific methodologies, as they were the medium through which black people were thinking, imagining and enacting resistance.
As she tends to recuperative and affirming appraisals, Rusert’s guiding questions ride “a dangerous line” (218). She voices the complexities she faced with this project in her conclusion. She asks of her last chapter: “What would it mean to supplement the Hottentot paradigm with the speculative, fragmented history of black women engaging with natural science in this period, including Douglass who taught black girls about the politics of self care through physiology and anatomy? . . . Is racial science ultimately salvageable?” Rusert is well aware of the violence brought upon black subjects by Western scientific practices. But her question raises the idea that there may indeed be no “outside” of our techno-scientifically mediated world. The hope for me is that science itself can be forced to change its paradigms.
What I love are the sources Rusert examines that register the imaginative quality of that era of science. In her second chapter, Rusert examines Hosea Easton’s Treatise published in 1837. In Treatise, Hosea Easton adapts the “microscopic imaginary,” inspired by the development of new visual technologies, the microscope and telescope. “Easton takes the terms of monstrosity and the grotesque as they were produced through the optical powers of the microscope and uses them to refract the optical bind of black Americans in the North and South . . . trapped between conditions of invisibility and cruel ‘diminishment of corporeality’ under slavery and forms of spectacular hyper-visibility and surveillance in the North” (99). Rusert aptly reads his arguments of the “morphological effects of slavery.”
As Rusert’s focus on Henry Box Brown in her third chapter shows us, the boundaries between scientific practice, performance and ritual were blurred, as in the public staging and performance of medical procedures, including dissections, caesarian sections, and autopsies (the reason we have “operating theaters,” today is due to this gruesome history). Lecture tours and staged demonstrations of wondrous and shocking scientific feats were common entertainment. Rusert directs us to think about Box Brown’s performances in relation to these histories of popular science. She draws us to consider Brown’s career after his move to England, in which he staged himself as the “African biologist” (137), performing acts of mesmerism and animal magnetism, or as it was also called “electro biology” (139).
In her fourth chapter, Martin Delany’s Blake comes alive as speculative fiction, as its character Henry Holland “skips across space and time” (164). Rusert’s chapter inspired me to visit the Weekly Anglo African, in which Blake was serialized. Among other materials she cites, I am drawn to Delany’s “The Attraction of Planets,” in which he argues for “electrical attraction and repulsion in the galaxy of worlds” (162). Delany’s words echo the creative cosmological theories of the eighteenth-century utopian Charles Fourier, who declared the laws of attraction between planets. “All stars copulate,” he wrote, in a chapter suppressed by his followers.1 Delany does not take his argument that far, but I wonder if he had read Fourier’s work or if these ideas had a wider circulation in the United States than I thought. But the interest in the astronomical has a special resonance in black cultural imaginary, as the stars provided a guide to freedom for those in flight from the violent regime of slavery. The infinite is the ultimate escape and the ultimate home.
Rusert’s work is helping me situate parts of my own work. Rusert’s focus on black practitioners helped me place three of Brown’s contemporaries, working within this amorphous field of medical science, who I have been fascinated with for a while. The first is David Ruggles, a black abolitionist whose work as a founder of the Underground Railroad and journalist is relatively well known. But less is known about his work later in his life. In poor health, after years of dangerous and stressful anti-slavery activism, Ruggles underwent hydropathy treatments, and then set up his own clinic in Northampton, Massachusetts, as a “Hydropathic Practitioner” (the first in the nation).2 After being severely ill, David Ruggles had gone blind. Through treatments, he regained some of his sight and developed a heightened sensitivity in his perception. He was able to feel, through touch, the fluxes and flows of electricity through the human body, and developed the theory of what he called “cutaneous electricity.”3 I am interested in how electricity flows throughout black cultural production, religion and science, both literally and as metaphor.
The second is Paschal Beverly Randolph, who LaMonda Horton-Stallings writes about in Funk the Erotic. I discovered him through my interest in black practices of mesmerism. After a life at sea Randolph settled in Utica, New York, in 1852, advertising himself as “Dr. Paschal Beverly Randolph, clairvoyant physician and psycho-phrenologist.”4 Randolph’s specialty was sex and curing sexual ailments. “True Sex-power is God-power,” he wrote.5 Medical disorders had to do with imbalances of energy in the body. In his “medical views, human vital energy and happiness could be increased by mutual sexual fulfillment.”6 How has a politics of respectability shaped our readings of the archive, and caused us to suppress these histories of sexual radicalism? How have alternative forms of medicine and science been kept as secondary or ignored, in the name of legitimizing black intellectual abilities?
The case of Mary Seacole, a free Jamaican woman who worked as a “doctress” in the mid-century, perfectly fits Rusert’s argument.7 Raised by a mother versed in “Creole medicinal art,” Seacole travels to the Isthmus of Panama and sets up a boarding house (Wonderful Adventures, 5). Facing an outbreak of cholera, Seacole begins treating its victims, but is driven by her desire for medical knowledge. Seacole unapologetically describes her midnight “post mortem examination” of a baby who had died of the disease, using the bushes as her operating theater. While she assures readers she would not do the same again, her findings, she argues, were “decidedly useful . . . what every medical man knows” (30).
How does consideration of these black figures help us think differently about this period of scientific development? Does Seacole’s distance from formal training illuminate anything about the necessarily improvisational nature of science? About the unknown and how we face it?
Charles Fourier, The Utopian Vision of Charles Fourier: Selected Texts on Work, Love and Passionate Attraction, edited and translated by Jonathan Beecher and Richard Bienvenu (Boston: Beacon, 1971), 402–3.↩
David Ruggles, “Northampton Water-Cure Electricity and Hydropathy,” Liberator (Boston), December 8, 1848, issue 49, p. 196, col. E.↩
Graham Russell Hodges, David Ruggles: A Radical Black Abolitionist and the Underground Railroad in New York City (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2012), 188.↩
John Patrick Deveney, Paschal Beverly Randolph: A Nineteenth-Century Black American Spiritualist, Rosicrucian, and Sex Magician (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1997), 8.↩
Paschal Beverly Randolph, “The Anairetic Mystery: A New Revelation concerning SEX!” Deveny, Paschal Beverly Randolph, 317.↩
Deveney, Paschal Beverly Randolph, 27.↩
Mary Seacole, Wonderful Adventures of Mary Seacole in Many Lands (New York: Oxford University Press, 1988).↩
7.26.18 | Britt Rusert
Bodies Electric
Brown’s beautifully wide-ranging response to Fugitive Science has got me thinking that the perniciousness of racial science, then and now, lies not just in the specific arguments made about human difference, but also in how it establishes the parameters for racial discourse more broadly. In other words, the question here, following Michel Foucault, is about how the archive of racial science determines the law of that which can and cannot be said. Expanding from Brown’s thoughtful provocation on this question: antebellum racial science might be understood as a kind of trap that placed the onus on black communities to prove their own intellectual capacity, and to do so at the expense of other and more experimental engagements with the body itself. The demand to respond to seemingly endless claims about intellectual inferiority could thus foreclose radical imaginaries of embodiment, as well as more dynamic accounts of the relationship between the psyche and the body, or what Sami Schalk calls “bodyminds.”1 Here, I am thinking about Lauren Oya Olamina’s hyperempathy in Octavia Butler’s Parable books as well as the power of the orogenes in N. K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy: Butler and Jemisin write imaginatively and compellingly about forms of psychic power that are deeply embodied but also intersubjective (though in both series such forms of embodied and networked psychic power are not always easy or pleasurable to experience; they often point instead to the difficulty and the pain of being open to others, especially in a racist and sexist world).
The obsession with bodily and intellectual fitness in antebellum racial science also, at times, produced a form of ableism within black antebellum scientific thought, an (impossible) privileging of black subjects left unharmed by the violences of enslavement, colonialism, and capitalism. And this is perhaps why I’m so interested in the proto-Afro-pessimism of someone like Hosea Easton, who, already in the 1830s, is imagining a black politics organized around the forms of violence, maiming and debility produced by anti-blackness itself in the antebellum United States. Easton’s figuration of nominally free black populations as “half-dead” resonates with Jasbir Puar’s recent arguments about innovations in biopolitical management in the twenty-first century, in which settler colonial states target racialized populations to be maimed rather than killed.2 The history of racial science and the whole apparatus of “slave management” points to a crucial, earlier history in which maiming, not killing, was also a critical tool of population control, surveillance, and exploitation.
Brown also raises a question about my use of archives. I will talk more about my relationship to the archive in my forthcoming response to Greta LaFleur. I did not conceive of this project as an archival one (far from it), but it turned into one as I became more and more interested in following the fugitive thought and itinerancies of the historical actors in my study. In this way, my own method follows the shuttling between the empirical and the speculative that characterizes fugitive science itself. Since completing the book, I’ve also been thinking more about a kind of nagging, ineluctable desire for the archive itself, even though, as we know, it is no vehicle of truth, history, or even presence. At the same time, a fetishizing of what Arlette Farge refers to as “the allure” of the archive ignores scholars and other readers who find, not pleasure, enjoyment or “discovery” in the archive, but instead a record of coercion, captivity, and imperialism that cannot be innocently detached from forms of violence and subjectification in the present.3 Thus, my subject position as a white cis-woman working in the archives of racist thought is not insignificant; I recognize and value why other scholars would have no interest in engaging with many of the documents I analyze in the project. The historical actors in Fugitive Science further suggest how knowledge continues to be made and remade in spite of—and perhaps because of—lack of access to institutions and repositories of knowledge, including historical archives. This is fugitive thought in the undercommons: what Fred Moten talks about as the wealth that flows from the (artificially produced) scarcity of Black Studies / black study.4
Brown also asks: “How has a politics of respectability shaped our readings of the archive, and caused us to suppress these histories of sexual radicalism?” I would begin to answer this crucial question by suggesting that the naming and organization of scientific and medical knowledge has itself contributed to such suppressions. For example, in the genealogies of fugitive science I trace in my book, “anatomy,” “physiology,” and “hygiene,” are all subfields that in their very naming and codification work to obfuscate their relationship to the study of sex and sexuality. Respectability can be also found all over the texts of fugitive science, from the Victorian sensibilities of antebellum black ethnology to the obsession with feminine virtue in black women’s friendship albums. But respectability could at the same time operate as a kind of camouflage that kept black study about sex and sexuality open and available, especially to black women. For example, Sarah Mapps Douglass trafficked publicly in the politics of respectability in part to protect and maintain the classes and discourse on bodies, sex, and reproduction that she regularly undertook with friends and students in her parlor. Brown is absolutely right to suggest that a politics of respectability may continue to shape scholarly approaches to the archive, and we should think seriously about ongoing elisions and suppressions of historical articulations of desire, sexuality, and even forms of what she calls “sexual radicalism.” Respectability may also impede the type of bold and imaginative analyses needed to redress or even undo forms of historical censorship, like Charles Fourier’s copulating stars or the contributions of black women to nineteenth-century periodicals that were heavily edited and censored by male editors.5
I would love to hear more from Brown about how Paschal Beverly Randolph’s writings on sex, power and liberation might connect up to later histories and texts, especially Samuel Delany’s oeuvre. Brown’s current research and LaMonda Horton-Stallings’s Funk the Erotic: Transaesthetics and Black Sexual Cultures (2015) both point to electricity, and experiments with it, as a surprisingly crucial site through which to understand black genders and sexualities within and beyond the nineteenth century. In this way, I would be curious to learn more about how black mesmerism potentially recircuits the history of sexual identity offered by Foucault. I further wonder how the history of black mesmerism might re-periodize sexology as well as what Foucault calls technologies of the self, replacing Wilheim Reich’s orgone accumulator and the (whitened) origins of the sex toy industry with the electrically-charged theories and apparatuses of Box Brown, Ruggles, and Randolph, as well as something like Pauline Hopkins’s writings on diasporic mesmerism in Of One Blood.6 Following Greta LaFleur’s critical interventions in her forthcoming monograph, The Natural History of Sexuality, I would argue that antebellum black ethnology might be read as an early sexological discourse. Black mesmerism might be another site to conceive of an alternative history of sexuality, a kind of real-life companion to Naomi Alderman’s recent novel, The Power (2016), but one in which blackness is actually made visible within the alternating and electrified circuits of gender, sexuality, and feminine power.
Finally, I am so appreciative of Brown’s attention to alternative forms of medicine and healing, though fugitive science might raise the question of alternative to what? Throughout the project, I often refer to medicine as science since medicine was so often a tool of harm rather than health for enslaved and nominally free people. And yet, for all of my caution about the presumption that medicine is, or ever has been, therapeutic for racialized populations, the question of black therapeutics, community care, and healing are of course absolutely crucial to fugitive science, as well as to black organizing, movements, and survival today (I’m thinking here, for example, about the amazing work of Alexis Pauline Gumbs). Brown’s response reminds me of recent calls to queer both care and cure.7 Her brief delineation of black alternative medical practices, from Mary Seacole to Ruggles, also brings us back to the question not just of care and cure, but to pleasure. For Ruggles, Randolph, and Seacole all point to forms of therapeutic touch and even erotic connectivity that are rarely discussed, but that should be allowed a space within a history of medicine that remains sanitized, desexualized, and too often separated from the history of sexuality itself.
Sami Schalk, Bodyminds Reimagined: (Dis)ability, Race, and Gender in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2018).↩
Jasbir Puar, The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2017).↩
Arlette Farge, The Allure of Archives, trans. Thomas Scott-Railton (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2015).↩
Fred Moten, “Black Op,” PMLA 123.5 (2008) 1743–47.↩
On the editorial surveillance and censorship of black women writers by male editors in African American periodicals in the nineteenth century, see Eric Gardner, Black Print Unbound: The Christian Recorder, African American Literature, and Periodical Culture (New York: Oxford University Press, 2015).↩
As to Brown’s question: Did Martin Delany read the French utopian socialist Charles Fourier? I don’t know, but I love thinking about this possibility. It is deep and exciting and sets my heart to fluttering.↩
Queering Care and Cure Conference, Queer, Feminist, and Trans Studies Research Cluster, UC Davis, November 18, 2017.↩
8.2.18 | Michelle D. Commander
Underground Black Speculations and the Future
In attempting to capture the state of African American life under white supremacy, I often arrive at the descriptors precarious and fraught. At the very moment from which I am writing, I likely will not have a difficult time convincing any reasonable observer of US-based affairs that this is so. Throughout my body of work, I have elected to highlight and examine the inventive ways that African Americans respond to the pernicious and ever-evolving manner in which white supremacy is exerted to control Black mobility and imagination. As African Americans dream about the potential for creating new worlds in their activism and art, there must be an acknowledgment of how the current struggle is connected to the historical project of Black liberation that political leaders, scientists, writers, visual artists, and laypersons have undertaken for centuries. In Fugitive Science: Empiricism and Freedom in Early African American Culture, Britt Rusert expands our historical understanding of African American speculative thought at a moment in which there are considerable and essential scholarly contemplations on what we can learn from looking back as well as theories about what promises the future might hold for people of African descent in the United States.
To be sure, Rusert tends to utilize the term “speculative” throughout Fugitive Science to denote the experimental qualities of a particular action. The whole of the text, however, most certainly aligns with what I refer to in my own work on imagined and actual flights undertaken by African Americans in reaction to their social alienation as Afro-speculation. In my book, Afro-Atlantic Flight: Speculative Returns and the Black Fantastic, I describe Afro-speculation as a modality for living Black life that
is conjectural and conditional; the evidentiary matters not. Afro-speculation is an investment in the unseen and precarious; it is a gamble. It is the belief in the possibility for the establishment of new, utopic realities outside of dominant society despite the lack of proof that Black social life is conceivable. The humanistic qualities and liberatory nature of the genre renders speculative thought a fantastic, radical epistemological modality through which Afro-Atlantic identity can be lived across time and space.1
African American speculation is a defiant posture and therefore, it is inclusive of the notion of the fugitive that Rusert defines in the introduction. After clarifying that her analyses will extend past that which has been firmly established regarding the particularities of escaped enslaved persons, Rusert details her intervention: she offers an expansive examination of “African American experiments with natural science . . . and the itinerancies of flexibilities of antebellum sciences more broadly” (5). Through a compelling teasing out of the intricacies of how African Americans presented challenges to ethnology; the ways that Native Americans and African Americans countered the visual cultures of racist science through ekphrastic means; the performative aspects used on the international lecture circuit that contested race science’s connection of Blackness to the biological body; the literary proto-science fiction of the era; and Black women’s contribution to natural history discourses through the parlor and the classroom, Rusert compiles an exceptional interdisciplinary archive to demonstrate what it meant for nineteenth-century African Americans to wield a measure of control over the literary and philosophical narratives regarding race and humanity.
I was impressed by Rusert’s description of the sustained manner in which such a collective of disparate African Americans entered conversations across the sciences, disciplines, and formats, earnestly proffering challenges to figures such as Thomas Jefferson whose treatise Notes on the State of Virginia, and in particular Jefferson’s infamous Query XIV, held that African Americans were inferior to whites in reason and that they lacked imagination (37). The renowned African American author and scientist Benjamin Banneker, for instance, responded to Jefferson directly point by point and also sent along his almanac to Jefferson, modeling the forthright posture that future intellectuals would need to assume to face directly the inherent irrationality of ethnological racism. As Rusert so aptly shows in her examination of the early nineteenth century’s “Banneker Age,” Banneker’s influence carried over into the ensuing decades and the next century indeed saw a shift in African American politics in the centering on anti-slavery efforts and a conglomeration of insurgent efforts toward liberation. In the following century, Black nationalist David Walker insisted that Jefferson’s Notes should be given to every son in the African American community to study and therefore to assist them in comprehending the nature of white supremacy, a call for underground study that likely promoted and anticipated the continued, interdisciplinary custom of actively battling with Jeffersonian science and its seemingly perpetual afterlives.
This group of African Americans, then, maintained a stance of persistent refusal in that they did not allow racist postulations to go unchallenged. In fact, their commitment to the production of scientific counternarratives resulted in what Rusert describes in chapter 2 as the project of speculative kinship, connecting works as varied as James W. C. Pennington’s contributions in Black ethnology and his slave narrative to the longing for origins and familial recuperation expressed in the slave accounts penned by Olaudah Equiano and Harriet Jacobs in which they desired to “reconstruct the forms of relation denied and destroyed by polygenesis, which uncannily doubled a history of detachment and alienation that began centuries earlier with the slave trade” (66). At this point in Fugitive Science, I was reminded that Frederick Douglass’s 1845 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, too, details the fact of his disconnection from most of his family and the ways that enslaved people elected to forge a kinship network with others regardless of known biological ties. Near the conclusion of his Narrative, Douglass advocates for a kind of deliberate, tacit fugitive mindset—a positionality requiring that those who are deemed and thus treated as the abject should be mindful as they plan their escapes from and take flight from the plantation. Douglass advances a speculative philosophy that, if enacted properly, would perpetually haunt the slaveholder
to imagine himself surrounded by myriads of invisible tormentors, ever ready to snatch from his infernal grasp his trembling prey. Let him be left to feel his way in the dark; let darkness commensurate with his crime hover over him; and let him feel that at every step he takes, in pursuit of the flying bondman, he is running the frightful risk of having his hot brains dashed out by an invisible agency. Let us render the tyrant no aid; let us not hold the light by which he can trace the footprints of our flying brother.2
Paired with Rusert’s careful reading of Martin Delany’s proto-science fiction novel Blake; or, The Huts of America (1859–1862) in chapter 4 about a transnational slave insurrection, this chapter advances an important argument about how the era’s speculative texts and those who repurposed the function of empirical science served as potent attacks “on Western epistemology, revealing blackness to be an errant, disruptive force that stands at the heart of Western science itself” (153).
Fugitive Science is an exciting cultural history for its focus on the inventive ways that African American intellectuals and artists of what Rusert refers to as early African American culture endeavored to achieve liberation through the speculative enterprise. Though focused on the nineteenth century, Rusert effortlessly maneuvers between centuries in short and relevant asides, connecting her work to a growing body of scholarship on empirical science and speculation. Fugitive Science is a complement to recently published works such as andré carrington’s Speculative Blackness: The Future of Race in Science Fiction (University of Minnesota Press, 2016); Alondra Nelson’s The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome (Beacon, 2016); and Aimee Bahng’s Migrant Futures: Decolonizing Speculation in Financial Times (Duke University Press, 2017).
As I draft my current book project on Black speculative arts, I marvel at the fact that quite a number of scholars are examining the novel ways in which marginalized and dispossessed populations actively turn the very notion of Western speculation (in all of its terrible manifestations) on its head. The twentieth and twenty-first centuries indeed have seen the emergence of overtly politicized artistic responses to contemporary circumstances that not only include allegorical and narratological inventions, but also the establishment of revolutionary modes for negotiating marginalization in American society, including the exploration of possibilities for creating alternative futures.
Though the necessity of fugitivity in some ways calls into question when it is that we will all get free, so to speak, the longevity of the Black struggle for freedom and the range of imaginings that have propelled the pursuit ought to reassure those of us who are still in what Christina Sharpe refers to as the wake that we must faithfully and resolutely assert our intent to live by proceeding speculatively.
Michelle D. Commander, Afro-Atlantic Flight: Speculative Returns and the Black Fantastic (Durham: Duke University Press, 2017), 6.↩
Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845; New York: Modern Library, 2000), 95.↩
8.2.18 | Britt Rusert
Experiments in Afro-speculation
I love Michelle Commander’s theorization of what she calls “Afro-speculation” both here and in her recent study, Afro-Atlantic Flight: Speculative Returns and the Black Fantastic (2017). I love how this term claims speculation for Afro-diasporic peoples. I love how it allows her to explore a broad range of works, from Octavia Butler’s Kindred to Reginald McKnight’s I Get on the Bus, in terms of the thinking they do in and through the unfolding of narrative itself. In other words, rather than simply labeling something “Afrofuturist,” smiling, and moving on, Commander asks her readers to consider the deeply textured, ambivalent, and sometimes difficult forms of thought that take place in the literature and cultures of the “black fantastic” as they variously meditate on what she discusses as the precarious and fraught nature of black life in a white supremacist global system. This is crucial work.
Commander’s interest in the primacy of imagined “speculative returns” to the continent also echoes for me with the recursive, tentative, and crab-like movements tracked across Nathaniel Mackey’s Splay Anthem, as well as the collection’s ethereal-material inter-text/track, Don Cherry’s Mu/First Part & Second Part (and yes: Fugitive Science does not adequately attend to either poetics or music though I would be curious to think more about how both the poetic and the sonic reframe or completely transform the genealogies of fugitive science that I trace). Gnostically conjured up somewhere between a dreamy past and a dreamed-up future that is nonetheless borne out of the brutalities of the transatlantic slave trade, Splay Anthem pauses, listens, and meditates on the surreality of black historical experience as much as it flies, moves, dances, and traces lines of flight/escape.1
Afro-speculation also offers a crucial way out of what I see as a critical conversation about both the “empirical” and the “speculative” that has run out of steam. New materialism often relies on a naïve account of both materialism and empiricism while both speculative realism and object-oriented ontology construct a frustratingly opaque and indirect relation to the Real itself (in which the Real can be accessed and theorized by theorists but no one else). “Afro-speculation” finds a way around those debates by pointing us instead in the direction of black thought, affect, and indeed, of whole worlds unto themselves—what Commander calls “the establishment of new, utopic realities outside of dominant society despite the lack of proof that Black social life is conceivable.” Afro-speculation takes shape as a form of searching, thinking, and knowing that proceeds in spite of white supremacy’s refusal to admit the empirical existence and viability of “Black social life.” In the absence of “cold proofs” of black humanity, like those arrogantly demanded by Thomas Jefferson in Notes on the State of Virginia, Afro-speculation takes off on other lines of flight (including through the very figure of the flying African around which Commander’s monograph takes shape), refusing the terms of the debate as set outside of diasporic culture and thought.2 Fugitive science is in concert with those terms.
Commander’s response is also an invitation to think more about the relationship between the empirical and the speculative as it is laid out in Fugitive Science. When I conceived of this project, deep in the writings of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari and interested in Deleuze’s reclamation of the pragmatists, I had a certain commitment to reclaiming the ground of empiricism through fugitive thought and/as movement. I remain interested in how fugitivity and empiricism might be thought—and enacted—together. However, now, I am more interested in the relation between the so-called empirical and the so-called speculative, and how that very question opens up altogether different forms of thought and relation. Here, we could turn to something like Nat Turner’s Confessions (1839), in which Turner’s rebellion is preceded by a set of divinely-inspired experiments with the earth, a kind of gnostically-motivated empiricism that resonates with black mysticism but also with forms of experimental science (geology, agricultural science, chemistry) that were emerging in the Second Scientific Revolution, during Turner’s lifetime. Crucially, this collision between gnostic/prophetic spirituality and grounded/scientific experimentation produces something new and even revolutionary in the process: Turner’s “making experiments in casting different things in moulds made of earth” leads to experiments with making both paper and gunpowder. In the narrative, Turner’s experiments with a kind of fugitive science” is immediately followed by the Southampton slave rebellion itself.
I want to end with Commander’s own definition of Afro-speculation:
I describe Afro-speculation as a modality for living Black life that “is conjectural and conditional; the evidentiary matters not. Afro-speculation is an investment in the unseen and precarious; it is a gamble. It is the belief in the possibility for the establishment of new, utopic realities outside of dominant society despite the lack of proof that Black social life is conceivable. The humanistic qualities and liberatory nature of the genre renders speculative thought a fantastic, radical epistemological modality through which Afro-Atlantic identity can be lived across time and space.”
What a beautiful way into the contingencies of fugitive science as practiced in a world of violence and captivity that is also always a world of pleasure and possibility. Commander notes that “Afro-speculation” is an “investment in the unseen and precarious; it is a gamble.” The “gamble” of Afro-speculation offers a new way into literary and cultural archives of the past, but also charts a way forward in a contemporary moment that continues to be marked deeply and profoundly by regimes of racialized risk, debt, and precarity.
Michelle Koerner, “Lines of Escape: Gilles Deleuze’s Encounter with George Jackson,” Genre 44.2 (2011) 157–80.↩
And in that bone-chilling, knee-quaking quote from Douglass’s 1845 Narrative that Commander cites, we see Douglass deploying the philosophical existentialism of Afro-speculation to bring the doom to slaveholders, as he loved to do. This is Douglass at his most metal.↩
8.9.18 | Anjuli Raza Kolb
Liberation Biology
On Britt Rusert’s Fugitive Science
The most disturbing scene in Kaitlyn Greenidge’s novel, We Love You, Charlie Freeman, is not, perhaps, the most obvious one. It is true (spoiler) that Laurel Freeman, mother of two teenage girls, is discovered to be breastfeeding the chimpanzee, Charlie Freeman, in a bid to win his affection, to soothe him, to bond with him as she and her children and husband attempt to teach him sign language. This is their mission during a period of residence at the Toneybee Institute, a scientific research campus with an unseemly past. It is also true that Callie Freeman, a young girl displaced from Boston, who finds herself in the midst of an ill-conceived socio-biological experiment in the woods of New England, develops an insatiable taste for raw ground beef, which she scoops into her mouth by the handful from the Institute’s cafeteria kitchen in some of the most shudder-inducing pages I’ve read in a long time. Far more unsettling than these latter-day horrors, though, is the scene in which the novel’s historical figure, Nymphadora, finds herself the willing subject of a comparative anatomist’s pencil—knows what danger of abuse, of exploitation, of prurient desire she is putting herself in—and stays.1 Because, she says, she likes the feeling of being “looked at.” And to be looked at as an object, a “specimen” of potential derision and “empirical” claims to racial science, this scrutiny is better than not being seen at all.
Greenidge’s novel is too nuanced and too humane to allow Nymphadora’s story to stand solely as an example of the erstwhile evils of racial science. She is neither an unwilling nor even an unwitting participant in her bid to enter the archive of human study and comparative anatomy. When Dr. Gardener (Greenidge is so good with names) asks her to undress, to pose on her stomach with her bottom facing his easel, he also promises her that along with her likeness, he will tell the world of her history, her erudition, her character, her impressive intellect and wit. He tells her the drawing will be a “great monument,” a credit to her race. He appeals to her history as well as her vanity. As a child, the novel tells us, she was photographed by W. E. B. Du Bois, her picture appearing in the Paris exhibition of 1900. This is a wonderful, sly reference to the often-overlooked fact of Du Bois’s upbringing in the Berkshires; but it’s also a moment of speculative history that connects the novel’s imaginative present to a vibrant and important past of black empiricism that spoke back explicitly to nineteenth-century codifications of race and pernicious social science.
We Love You, Charlie Freeman was very much on my mind as I read Britt Rusert’s enormously satisfying Fugitive Science: Empiricism and Freedom in Early African American Culture. I see these two books as intimate companions: Greenidge’s fiction shot through with the radical empiricism Rusert uncovers, Rusert’s “fugitive” history laced with fictional thrills and a refusal to let the extant archive have the last, racist word. Beyond this elemental connection, Greenidge’s and Rusert’s books share a kind of perverse pleasure in acknowledging, clear-eyed, the horrors of past racism, and refusing to let this be the entire story.
In Greenidge’s hands, this refusal is staged as a tense meeting between the archive and its inheritors. Encountering the nude sketches of Nymphadora some seventy years later—placed, inevitably, next to images of primates in Dr. Gardener’s album—Charlotte Freeman, the protagonist, sees nothing in them but hatred, abuse, and denigration. She isn’t wrong. But the frame of her encounter is instructive. It is a scholarly book called Man or Beast? written by a historian fond of using words like “subaltern,” “hegemony,” and “appropriation.” The book reconstructs the history and decries the injustices of the Toneybee Institute, particularly its founder Julia Toneybee-Leroy. Greenidge’s send-up of academic self-righteousness is a canny move. It puts some distance between Charlotte’s horrified, indignant reaction and the other story the novel tells about black women’s agency and the grounds on which they perceive themselves to be staging resistance to their own prejudices, as well as those of their families and communities, by way of radical social experiments including friendship with a white man and adoptive motherhood to a chimpanzee. In the novel, this is true for Laurel Freeman as much as it is for Nymphadora, whose very name becomes indexical of the undecidability of the archive. Its origin is not the gutter imagination of Dr. Gardener, but rather a secret naming ceremony for the Stars of the Morning, a fictional sororal organization to which she belongs and from which, with her irrepressible desire to taste and feel life, she feels cast out.2 Nymphadora, whose given name is Ellen Jericho, yields her secret name to Dr. Gardener with some hesitation, and he, predictably, exploits her trust. Her narrative thus renders plausible that which appears in the record as an unalloyed violence, namely the pseudonymous hypersexualization of her person suggested by the horrific single name under her portrait. In this way, We Love You, Charlie Freeman asks us to consider whether every transaction upon which racist science was built contains more than a simple desire to harm on the one hand, and more than an equally simple beguilement toward victimhood on the other.
Greenidge extends this question into the proximate present, our nominally post-racist scientific future, where once again institutional structures exert downward pressure on black people, especially women, and once again their own compromises, thoroughly considered decisions, radical experiments, and unlikely bravery, are all but illegible to everyone around them. Laurel Freeman’s commitment to the Charlie experiment is deeply fraught, dancing dangerously on the line of the Institute’s racist past and flirting with monstrous forms of self-abnegation, even dehumanization. She loses her marriage in the process, is the subject of public consternation if not outright shaming, a condition made worse by the almost totally homogenous white population of the town they’ve moved to. She alienates her daughters, too, and ultimately Charlie, who becomes a depressed adult chimp, or maybe, as their father likes to believe, just is and always was an asshole. For the science, for all that that might mean and encompass—pride, expertise, curiosity, mastery, persistence, awe at the universe and its laws—Laurel wagers everything.
Rusert’s sense of what science means is equally capacious: science is an affect, a praxis, an orientation, a path, as much as a codified system. It is a tool for opening, as much as for closing. Like most students of enlightenment projects and their historical relationship to race, I have taken a rather dimmer view of empiricism’s false promises. It is with equal parts envy and admiration, then, that I devoured Fugitive Science’s deep archive of literary, political, scientific, and ephemeral texts and a special brand of anxiety that I grappled with Rusert’s insistence on recovering a history that departs from the usual litany of power and ugliness in American race relations and nineteenth century imperialist empiricisms. Rusert’s is through and through a black optimist project, and it shares in this school’s exhilarations, artistry and infectious attitude.
Although race science provides the clearest frame for thinking Rusert’s “radical empiricism,” I was especially interested in the parts of this book that depart from race science; these chapters free readers more fully to imagine the ways in which investigative praxis “could be used to enact a radical concept of freedom” (7). The last chapter, on the parlour science of Sarah Mapps Douglass and other women scientists—a term Rusert uses in a deliberately generous way in order to unsettle the bourgeois valorization of professional credentials and institutional recognition—points up the incredible care with which Rusert approaches her subject. Sculpting from scant but compelling archival sources, the four surviving “friendship albums” of African American women, Rusert offers her most speculative claims about those likeliest to be written out of the archive and of history. These are the black women scientists involved in the study and teaching of natural history, both in and beyond traditional learning venues. In reading what she calls the “ornamental sciences” of feminine investigation, Rusert brilliantly renders into evidence the most sentimental, easily dismissed ephemera that are at the heart of her counter-archival practice.
Particularly moving are Rusert’s readings of the two paintings by Sarah Mapps Douglass that grace the front and back covers of her smartly designed book. The painting of fuchsia flowers, copied from James Andrews’s Lessons in Flower Painting, demonstrates for Rusert a kind of quiet inhabiting of the world of science—a confident borrowing through which a claim is exerted on botanical knowledge. The painting is both token of participation in the broader world of natural history and taxonomy as well as a gift in the form of a humble copy, beautifully rendered in Douglass’s former student’s friendship album. To the painting, Douglass appends a citation from a floral dictionary pointing to the flower’s “modest bending of the head” which hides its calyx. Rusert reads this detail as constituting a lesson in modesty as much as in botany, one that points up Douglass’s unique admixture of “self-care” and disciplinary hygiene.
More inspiring, but also agitating, is Rusert’s take on the painting of a butterfly (the book’s front cover) as a trans-species embodiment of black femininity “about to take flight” (216). It is the kind of reading that one wants ferociously to work, because if she is right that there is much in the archive of black science in the United States that overturns, disrupts, and challenges the cooptation of empiricism that more often works to consolidate brutal suppression and injustice, then this is just the kind of stunning image one wants to embody them. Partly because Rusert is so unwaveringly responsible to her subject in the rest of the book, and so precise in her description of what Sarah Mapps Douglass borrowed from the natural history textbooks at the Institute for Colored Youth where she taught (the butterfly’s segmented abdomen and clubbed antennae) the wager that this painting obliquely inherits a tradition of “common cultural analogies made between women and flowers” feels like a bit of a stretch. Rusert likens the drawing to the silhouette of an enslaved woman styled “Flora” on a 1796 bill of sale, pointing to Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw’s reading of the image as a kind of pressed floral specimen, underscored by the woman’s name. Rusert also cites Jasmine Nicole Cobb on the absence of representations of black women’s bodies in friendship albums, an absence Cobb posits is filled by “flowers and other natural history objects bec[oming] figures for black women’s bodies within the space of the album” (215). In light of this, Rusert suggests, the blackness of the butterfly is “resignified as another ‘camouflaged’ representation of black women’s embodiment and beauty, forged in response to degrading representations of black womanhood in transatlantic popular science and visual culture” (215). That the butterfly is “fixed on a branch, perhaps about to take flight . . . also subtly represents black women in Philadelphia and the Southern United States, and in various spaces across the Atlantic” (216).
I linger with this moment in Rusert’s expansive book not to point to something wrong or fuss over a minor difference in interpretation (the butterfly looks to my eye like it has just landed, suggesting a different itinerary of fugitivity headed for empiricism’s elusive but stable forms of freedom, but this is immaterial, really). I linger with this image because I am somewhat dispositionally resistant to Rusert’s beautifully optimistic reading of the archive of what she calls, after Deleuze and Guattari, “minor science” (17–18). This feeling lingered with me throughout my reading, but emerged most strongly when I felt the stakes were the highest, when I overwhelmingly wanted the speculative, counter-hegemonic history to be as true, as real, as stable, and as powerful as the ordinary one. Perhaps I just wished for the speculative aspects of speculative historicism, or Rusert’s compelling phrase “speculative fugitive science” (18) to go away, so that what scholars like Rusert have built can root down, can be landed upon and launched from. Rusert insists that speculation is not just a subject of her research, but also an important methodological tool. With this I agree, but in the end I could have used some further elucidation of the difference between, say, Sutton Griggs’s speculative science fiction and fictionalization of Benjamin Banneker in Imperium in Imperio, or of Delaney’s brand of anti-humanism that imprints the radical experiment and astronomical form of Blake, and the speculation Rusert herself is undertaking as a scholar of these materials.
Some of this has to do with the challenges of deeply interdisciplinary scholarship, and the question of what Fugitive Science ultimately wants to say about the materials it so deftly assembles and reads. I confess that it was only as I was beginning the third chapter (on performance, rather than written documents) that it occurred to me that despite Rusert’s training, the book is at least as interested in what happened, who was doing what when, and under what circumstances, as it is in representation, form, and poetics. For Rusert, science is a kind of fiction, and writing and performance, in all their forms, have the potential to be empirical, scientific. This insight allows her to recuperate the range of epistemologies encompassed within the broad rubric of scientific investigation without having to continually concede the unbearable brutalities undertaken and defended in its name. It is a refreshing, useful, and utterly compelling way for a humanist to approach the history and philosophy of science—a deeply Kantian impulse that recognizes the fugitive, disruptive capacities of empirical inquiry and systematic thinking.
At its best, the speculative aspect of Rusert’s thinking points toward utopian futures by reconstructing pasts that might have come to be—I have in mind the sketch she conjures of Philadelphia’s Arch Street in the 1850s, where Sarah Maps Douglass might have encountered Samuel George Morton, author of the infamous Crania Americana, who in turn might have noticed that Henry Box Brown delivered himself to freedom by way of the Anti-Slavery Office on the same street. This speculative mode also allows for an acrobatic and impressive approach to the archive, which structures the way Fugitive Science reads absence and suggestion, as in chapter 1, which posits a robust conversation among black scientists against Jefferson’s despicable race theory in Notes on the State of Virginia. Rusert does truly impressive work in building out a sense of what she calls “the Banneker Age” from small but important evidence—the many documents she groups together as “supplements” and “surrogates” to the scientific rebuttal of Jefferson written by Banneker himself. It’s a scholarly act of devotion that is entirely convincing, and makes good on the promise of the introduction: that empiricism, science, even race science, can be and, indeed, has been, a means to combat subjugation. As Rusert puts it, we don’t need to think that science was “nothing other than a hegemonic tool of the state” (13).
For my part, and in my research, I am committed to the belief that there is still a lot we don’t know about the relationship between empiricism and hegemony, but Fugitive Science neither denies nor obscures this work and this history. The conclusion, in particular, reminds readers of the ongoing injustices stretching across the twentieth century and well into the present that continue to tether empiricism and especially the human sciences to the history of racial subjugation in the United States. In this way and more, Rusert’s book is a paragon of ethical scholarship from beginning, where she explains her refusal to reproduce the sickeningly familiar exploitative “scientific” images of black bodies (26–27), to end, where in considering the radical potential of empiricisms wrested from the violence of profit, nationalism, and racism, she reminds us of the important scholarship that has been and has yet to be done on the other side of things. This scholarship, Rusert’s parting thoughts remind us, make it possible to speculate responsibly, to follow the vector of a forgotten empiricism—a disassembled itinerary of black study—toward freedom, instead of away from it.
Yet even in these most heart-quickening, optimistic moments, Rusert is careful not to conflate empiricism’s promise of freedom with bourgeois norms of professionalization or tired, class-driven narratives of racial uplift. I have rarely read an academic book whose heart was so much and so consistently in the right place. Fugitive Science is no less a feat of intellection, assiduous research, and creativity. If there were a radically-oriented comparative anatomy of scholarly writing, Fugitive Science would be a perfect specimen.
A portion of the novel, including parts of Nymphadora’s story, were published in Transition, available at https://muse.jhu.edu/article/595021/summary.↩
A fascinating discussion of black fraternal and sororal organizations and Greenidge’s own archival and oral historical work can be found in this interview, conducted by Liz Moore for the Rumpus: http://therumpus.net/2016/03/the-rumpus-interview-with-kaitlyn-greenidge/.↩
On Speculating Responsibly
I am humbled that Anjuli Raza Kolb sees Fugitive Science and Kaitlyn Greenidge’s magisterial recent novel, We Love You, Charlie Freeman, as “intimate companions.” I learned new things about my own book through Kolb’s richly astute analysis of it and I love the forms of critical companionship she invites and enacts through her response to it (both with Greenidge and with me). Her extended reading of We Love You, Charlie Freeman—which through the very process of analysis opens up a series of stunning insights and adjacent, assembling lines of inquiry—reminds me of the deeply imaginative but also potentially grounding empiricisms of a good close reading, marked by what Kolb, later in her response, describes as a “Kantian impulse”: one “that recognizes the fugitive, disruptive capacities of empirical inquiry and systematic thinking.” Her reading further points to how fiction, over and above both history and literary criticism, is perhaps better equipped to navigate the murky ambiguities, wayward desires, and even uncomfortable alliances found across the archives of racial science. Fiction is also able to avoid two unhelpful and even damaging orientations to racist thought and practice: academic self-righteousness and moral judgment (i.e., racial liberalism). The novel instead charts something more complicated than good (liberals) pitted against evil (racists): “We Love You, Charlie Freeman asks us to consider whether every transaction upon which racist science was built contains more than a simple desire to harm on the one hand, and more than an equally simple beguilement toward victimhood on the other.” Here, Kolb focuses in on the startling account of Nymphadora, the historical character in the novel who is subjected to the “comparative anatomist’s pencil” but then “decides to stay” because she likes being “looked at.” This scandalous narrative of a woman subjected to the gaze of racist science, and seemingly liking it, reminds me of Jayna Brown’s comments in this forum about how a politics of respectability may continue to shape scholarly approaches to the archive. Invited by Nymphadora’s perverse response (and her subsequent re-presentation within a scholarly monograph) as well as Brown’s concern about a respectable and even prudish academic method, the second thing to note here might have to do with how archivally rooted scholarship tends to at best evade and at worst erase the “scandal” of black desire, especially feminine desire. In other words, the censoring of archival discourse about black bodies, sex, and sexuality because it is insensitive or downright exploitative may unwittingly obscure the knowledge, agency and desire of those objectified within those discourses.
Fiction and possibly other forms of narrative are poised to do this kind of unsettling work, but it remains a tricky and risky endeavor (lest one appear to be reproducing, condoning, or complicit in the very histories one is seeking to interrogate). I thought a lot about the dangers of unintentionally resuscitating racist knowledge when I began to work with Samuel George Morton’s scrapbook at the Library Company of Philadelphia, which is comprised of a collection of illustrated plates removed from French natural histories and Egyptology books, newspaper clippings, pencil sketches of Native Americans, and even original oil paintings of North Africans taken by a French Egyptologist and sent to Morton in Philadelphia. Morton’s scrapbook is a fascinating artifact insofar as it contains carefully rendered and aesthetically pleasing portraits of Black and Native subjects before they were transformed into the crude typologies of racial science.1 Similarly, Morton’s Crania Americana (1837) is filled with skillfully executed and gorgeous lithographs of indigenous skulls alongside noble portraits of Native Americans. As Ann Fabian observes in her The Skull Collectors: Race, Science, and America’s Unburied Dead, Morton’s Crania Americana might be also classified as an art book. This is an unlikely origin for modern scientific racism in the United States and I think there is more to say about the aesthetics of the texts and images of even the most virulently racist forms of comparative anatomy in the period. But ultimately I worried about the stakes of making such an argument: did I really want to make an argument about the aesthetics of racial science? Would I legitimate racist thought by giving it space in the project? Or even by clearing critical space to think about it?
I also keep thinking about Kolb’s discussion of the transactions between scientific observers and their racial subjects that frequently lie beneath the surface of these texts. Of course, one of the important things to say about antebellum polygenesis is that it speculated wildly and irresponsibly; it was a heterodox, heretical, and secularizing discourse that sought to establish a renegade Anglo-scientific authority through an often bizarre collation of ancient and modern sources; it did not care in the least about the actual observations or expertise of racialized subjects (see, for example, Nott and Gliddon’s Types of Mankind [1854]). It strikes me that eighteenth-century natural history was much more interested in the actual expertise and knowledge of enslaved and indigenous people, even if it had to delegitimize or disavow the source of such knowledge. And the voices and experiences of the indigenous and the formerly enslaved would once again, though not unproblematically, become central to anthropology and adjacent fields in the early twentieth century. Antebellum natural science has a different status in this regard.
Kolb’s observations about the transactions behind the screen of racial science further remind me of the various exchanges and forms of leverage that could be negotiated by Afro-diasporic subjects in the very process of their interpellation into scientific and medical discourse and regimes of exploitation. To return to We Love You, Charlie Freeman: I, for one, pondered about what kind of exchange may have been happening when Du Bois took a photograph of Nymphamoda in her youth. This might be another way to think about how knowledge deemed racially authentic can be used as a bargaining chip, a mask, or even, to return to Du Bois, as a veil: scraps of dissembled and dissembling knowledges thrown to the scientists for something in exchange, including, at times, a good laugh. The more I worked on this project, the more I realized that all African Americans of the period, as today, recognized the absolute absurdity of scientific claims being made against them. And this is where the wit, sarcasm, and dark humor of a text like David Walker’s 1829 Appeal or James Pennington’s 1844 Text Book becomes central: like the theories of white supremacists today, much of this shit is just plain ridiculous. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t still dangerous.
Finally, I appreciated the affects of reading that I could trace across Kolb’s essay; she is an extremely generous and enthusiastic reader of Fugitive Science—for which I am so grateful—but also, as someone with a “rather dimmer view of empiricism’s false promises,” she at times finds the optimism of the book to be “agitating” and “anxiety-producing” (two affects that largely match this writer’s own during the process of research and writing). Kolb writes,
I linger with this image [of Sarah Mapps Douglass’s butterfly] because I am somewhat dispositionally resistant to Rusert’s beautifully optimistic reading of the archive of what she calls, after Deleuze and Guattari, “minor science” (17–18). This feeling lingered with me throughout my reading, but emerged most strongly when I felt the stakes were the highest, when I overwhelmingly wanted the speculative, counter-hegemonic history to be as true, as real, as stable, and as powerful as the ordinary one.
I’m interested in Kolb’s own articulation of critical desire here: that she wanted my “speculative, counter-hegemonic history” to be “true,” “real,” and “stable.” Kolb recognizes the ideological construction and undecidedability of the archive at the same time as she recognizes the desire for the real (or, maybe, more appropriately, the Real) as authorized by the archive, even though, or perhaps because that real/Real is not easily graspable and often seems to be slipping way. Similarly, where I desire that Douglass’s butterfly is about to take flight, Kolb desires something more grounded: a butterfly that has just landed, or perhaps that is stably perched. Through Kolb’s analysis of the negotiations of racial science that, on both sides, complicate paradigms of “good” and “evil,” and really binaries of all kinds, I recognize that our divergent readings of Douglass’s butterfly are both marked by a desire for truth, liberation, and perhaps for history itself.
As to Kolb’s worry that my own speculative method shares a suspicious isomorphy with the speculative content that I ascribe to fugitive science in the nineteenth century, this is something that doesn’t really worry me. Over the course of my research, the archive did exert a transformative pressure on me, and I ultimately realized that the speculative dimensions of the documents I was reading just couldn’t be avoided. Such a realization did change the shape of the project and allowed me to unloosen from some of my early tenacity about even the broadest and most radical of empiricisms. Here, I’m also thinking about David Kazanjian’s recent study of the rich forms of philosophical speculation within the archives of correspondence from former US slaves living in colonial Liberia in the nineteenth century.2 In Kazanjian’s study, we see black settler-colonials (but who were decidedly non-elite), doing the kind of deeply speculative, ambivalent, and even fictionalizing work with and on history that also characterizes Greenidge’s novel.
Finally, I must admit that I gasped a bit to read that in Kolb’s take on my approach to the history and philosophy of science she recognizes a “Kantian impulse.” This is the first time I’ve been called anything close to a Kantian (at least as far as I know). But to have one’s work described in this way—elaborately, carefully, responsibly—by Kolb also gave me a jolt of joy. In other words, I’ll take it.
It’s also fascinating that the Library Company has classified this bound collection of Morton’s research material as a “scrapbook” since the library also houses the black women’s friendship albums—another semi-private/domestic nineteenth-century genre—that I discuss at length in Fugitive Science.↩
David Kazanjian, The Brink of Freedom: Improvising Life in the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2016).↩
8.16.18 | Greta LaFleur
Politics and Practices of Refusal
At the heart of Britt Rusert’s Fugitive Science lies a generative, if complicated, tension: how could the natural sciences, in the nineteenth century, possibly provide useful fodder for Black practices of freedom when these very same sciences were not only implicated in, but were often in fact both animated by and driving, the promulgation of anti-Black racism and violence? Differently put, how might we imagine Black philosophers such as Benjamin Banneker taking inspiration from, or finding potential in, the established science of natural history or the burgeoning science of ethnology, given that each of these disciplines was explicitly invested in and used toward the project of justifying racial hierarchies that identified African Americans, Native Americans, and other non-European races as inferior to white Europeans? Can scientific racism be conscripted by practices of Black freedom without the inadvertent validation of its ugliest conceits?
As it turns out—and as Rusert very ably illustrates—it can, and, in fact, it was. Fugitive Science tracks the way that a number of the most cherished of nineteenth-century African American writers and thinkers—from Benjamin Banneker to David Walker, Frederick Douglass to Martin Delany—extensively engaged contemporary natural sciences in their work. From natural history to ethnology, phrenology to astronomy, physiognomy to anatomy, African Americans were no less immune to the popular excitement or even fervor surrounding new developments in scientific knowledge and experimentation than were their white nineteenth-century peers. Yet, what Rusert demonstrates in Fugitive Science is that African American contributions to nineteenth-century science took two forms, both of which have been underexamined in studies of literature and science in nineteenth-century America. The first set of contributions that Rusert documents is a rather traditional one: through the process of careful archival research, she demonstrates that African American print publications were important sites for discussions, expositions, and debates surrounding contemporary science. The Anglo-African Magazine, for example, which was published in New York City from 1859–1860, “was deeply engaged in contemporary scientific debates and promoted itself as a premier venue for black science” (160). In this journal, writers “presented substantial and weighty empirical evidence in opposition to the tenuous claims of antebellum racial science, as well as making contributions to scientific debates with no explicit connection to the science of race” (162). Indeed, one of the many contributions of Rusert’s book is the way that it effectively works to “fill out” the archives of writers such as Martin Delany, detailing the way that Delany’s interest in astronomy in fact informed the narrative he crafted in his landmark Blake; or, The Huts of America (1859–62). By drawing our attention to these writers’ longstanding and extensive engagements with scientific theories and experimentation, Rusert is able to convincingly demonstrate the centrality of science to some of the most read and taught works of nineteenth-century African American literature. Furthermore, she is able to insist on the importance of science as a site of inspiration, experimentation, and practice for Black Americans who were working hard to both make art and imagine freedom under social, legal, and economic conditions of slavery and unfreedom. Thus, in Fugitive Science, Rusert both uncovers new histories of Black engagement with contemporary science as well as collates extant scholarly understandings of nineteenth-century Black scientific culture in order to craft a new, and more nuanced narrative of the relationship that Black scholarly and non-scholarly thinkers cultivated to new science during this period.
The more provocative—and very exciting—second contribution of Rusert’s book is to demand a reexamination of the framework through which we understand empiricism. Unlike contemporary philosophers such as Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, scholars in eighteenth-century studies—my scholarly home—have not extensively explored or theorized what has always seemed to me to be the innately queer and sensual aspects of empiricism, as a method for the production of knowledge. As one of the most storied terms in histories of science, histories of the liberal subject (and thus histories of citizenship more broadly), and histories of knowledge, empiricism is a strange, energetic understanding of the way that the relationship between the body and the world shapes perception. Thus, one of the aspects of Rusert’s book that I most appreciate is her effort to redefine scientific empiricism as a practice constitutively informed by—at least among Black scientists and thinkers—fugitivity. Her use of fugitivity will be more or less familiar to anyone engaged with recent African American cultural studies, and performance studies in particular, but I define it here in order to name with precision the broad assemblage of ideas that Rusert collects under the auspices of this term. Fugitivity “challenges grand emancipation narratives, showing the many similarities between the age of slavery and the age of emancipation”; it constitutes a “practical, philosophical, and artistic method deployed both before and after Emancipation by people enslaved, fugitive, and nominally free”; it “unhinges black escape from the grip of criminality, transforming ‘the fugitive’ from solely a criminal or legal category to a kind of radical comportment to the world . . . that does not necessarily end when one successfully escapes from slavery or when slavery is legally abolished,” and finally, it provides a methodology. Fugitivity, for Rusert, is a “critical method,” and one that she shares with the figures at the heart of her study; as a method, fugitivity provides “a particular mode of study that experiments with new ways of reading and analyzing texts and contexts from the nineteenth century to the contemporary moment” (17). Fugitive science, then, names both a method and a practice, and one that Rusert argues characterizes the way that nineteenth-century Black American thinkers and writers engaged contemporary science and its often insidiously racist aims. “As critical genealogy and as method,” Rusert argues, fugitive science
turns our view to a concept of experimentation that traverses African American science, art, and physical expressivity. This, then, is finally an appeal for new, transdisciplinary, and perhaps also undisciplined approaches to the study of black literature and culture, approaches traversing traditional divides between the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities in order to excavate neglected genealogies of experimentation across the Black Atlantic. By taking science more seriously in African American studies, and by recognized the dynamism of natural science in the antebellum period, new light may be shed on the origins and contours of early African American cultural production, particularly the permeable boundaries of and surprising cross-fertilizations between what we today rigidly categorize as “art” and “science.” (21)
Empiricism necessarily takes new shape when understood through the lens of fugitivity, although Rusert argues that fugitivity is and has demonstrably always been at the heart of empiricism, anyway; “as a method that depends on sense perception, continual observations, and a mobile, searching orientation toward the world, there is indeed something fugitive about empiricism itself” (20). But, she suggests, science itself might be understood differently when we understand empiricism as a fugitive practice, or when we understand empiricism as a method animated by a fugitive ethics. First, theorizing empiricism in fugitive terms allows us to see scientific practice where we once might not have: for example, Rusert’s discussion of Henry Box Brown’s incorporation of mesmerism, animal magnetism, and biology—putative “pseudosciences” that were in fact taken quite seriously during the nineteenth century—into his series of performances for working-class British audiences emphasizes the way that popular science worked to “reinforce the growing divisions between the working class and the bourgeoisie under industrialization” (138). Brown’s use of the power of popular science to unite working class audiences around a shared relationship to the transatlantic exploitation of labor both belies a popular interest in and understanding of the science of, for example, mechanics itself, while also revealing that interest in science to be a potentially effective site for unexpected solidarities. As Rusert puts it, “Rather than viewing science as a nonpolitical domain, or as an escape from politics, we might consider how science as experiment and practice helped to link mesmerism and electro-biology both to Brown’s ongoing project of self-transformation and emancipation, as well as to the political and scientific movements of the British working class” (142).
Second, fugitive empiricism allows us to see versions of scientific practice—some of which, Rusert suggests, were specific to nineteenth-century African American cultural production—that built on well-documented forms of science but that we might not otherwise have understood or recognized as such. Think, for example, of what Rusert terms the “anti-humanism” of Delany’s Blake, “which refuses to settle on an impoverished notion of the human as the final horizon for black politics” (176). Tracking the complicated representation of the “immeasurable, vital force of blackness” through Delany’s novel, Rusert argues that in Blake we see Delany both refusing natural historical or ethnological theories of human history and ontology that circulated during his lifetime, as well as envisioning a new, speculative form of Black animacy in which Blackness cannot be limited to the human form. Rusert argues that
in addition to the standard narrative of a slave becoming “man” (becoming-human), Blake is composed of a series of other becomings (becoming panther, becoming-woman, becoming-black, becoming comet), all of which strain against the purposefully inadequate and narrow conception of the human offered by polygenesis, which sought to reserve this status for a small, select group of people. Indeed, Delany’s fugitive science posed a serious challenge to the anthropomorphism of both antebellum racial science and liberal abolitionism. The anti-humanism of Blake, which refuses to settle on an impoverished notion of the human as the final horizon for black politics, offered important challenges in its own moment as it does in ours, given the novel’s rejection of traditional categories of personhood, and of the human itself, as the horizon of political, and no doubt, artistic creativity. (176)
Here, we see Rusert bringing two bodies of thinking—one more traditional, one slightly more recent—into conversation, productively exploiting their intersections in order to demonstrate the importance of fugitive science to both nineteenth-century American studies and twenty-first-century African American cultural studies. Bringing together careful archival work that reads Blake through Delany’s slightly lesser-known career as a writer, thinker, and scientific ambassador, alongside Black feminist critiques of the human that have themselves rejected traditional empiricism, Rusert compellingly situates Blake in an African American philosophical tradition while simultaneously insisting on the importance of that largely twentieth-century tradition to nineteenth-century African American studies. In general, this type of approach—what we might term a strategic presentism, that troubles precisely the kinds of conservative empiricism at the heart of the kinds of bad historiography that addle early American studies—is broadly characteristic of Rusert’s approach to the texts at the center of Fugitive Science, and is in general one that I think early American studies across the board (both the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries) could employ more often to our benefit.
Indeed, many of the questions that drive Rusert’s work are animated by twenty-first-century critical inquiries, an approach that I employ in my own work. Too often, concerns about historical accuracy mask (or call into being . . .) a fallacious sense that historical certitude or truthfulness is possible, a notion that some histories are actually true. While I believe in the potential of research and of study, as a scholar of the eighteenth-century world—and furthermore, as a scholar who works on the history of sexuality, and the history of race—I believe accuracy to be, at best, a fraught endeavor. For anyone working on pre-1900 materials of any kind—and especially for scholars who work on the histories and cultures of disenfranchised, unfree, or nominally free peoples—our twenty-first-century efforts to produce knowledge never feel very far or very disaggregated from many spectacularly clear examples of the ways that certain forms of knowledges were and continue to be repressed, destroyed, and intentionally stricken from the record. At times in Fugitive Science, Rusert addresses these concerns head on, pointing to the way that much of the archive at the center of her project “exists under a triple erasure: archival, historiographical, and conceptual” (183), that leaves us with far fewer details pertaining to the life and work of Benjamin Banneker or Sarah Mapps Douglass than it has of the natural historical efforts of Thomas Jefferson or the feminist eugenic writings of Charlotte Perkins Gilman. To address these concerns, Rusert engages in a process that she calls “speculation,” a method that draws in equal parts from recovery historiography, archival work, and intellectual creativity in order to offer an account of (as she does in chapter 5) Sarah Mapps Douglass’s work that Rusert styles as a beginning, rather than a definitive or conclusive reading, of the highly limited archive of Douglass’s life’s work as a teacher and scientist.
Alongside questions pertaining to the impossibility of the fullness or sufficiency of nineteenth-century African American archives stride questions pertaining to what might be termed the political ontology of nineteenth-century science. It is in this set of questions that I hear some of the most complex and undecided strivings of Rusert’s thinking, questions that pertain not only to the nineteenth century but to how we do politics, today. Fugitive Science is broadly concerned with the relationship between “science”—a word that has perhaps never borne more cultural power than it does in our moment, in which many of our institutions are defunding the humanities to fund the STEM fields—and race, in both the nineteenth century as well as today. Indeed, Rusert’s provocative conclusion says as much, carefully detailing the way that the questions that she explores at such length within her book persist into our times, and calling for something that we have also heard from the feminist movement: a practice of science performed by and for the people it serves. We don’t need Foucault to teach us that science has long been conscripted toward the aims of oppressing women and people with vaginas, people of color, poor people, transgender people, disabled people, and colonized peoples here and abroad; for many of us, that is the most empirical of truths, knowledge we have gained through our own experiences.
Yet, scientific study has also been used, at times, to the most felicitous of ends, and Rusert’s call for science and scientists who consider the effects of the particularities of, for example, social and structural experiences of embodiment that many Black people share, echoes recent Black feminist thinking, such as Britney Cooper’s “Pussy Don’t Fail Me Now: The Place of Vaginas in Black Feminist Theory and Organizing.”1
But what distinguishes racially-sensitive science from race science? Is it possible for such a distinction to hold? One of the true strengths of Rusert’s project is her willingness to really tarry in an archive that, then and now, we understand to have brought harm to the world; Rusert herself refuses to reproduce oft-cited nineteenth-century racist anatomical images (of Sarah Baartman, for example) in the book, while simultaneously taking seriously the idea that racist science might have been (and, as she demonstrates, was) repurposed toward anti-racist ends, put to work in the service of experiments in freedom. In this explicitly vexed relationship to this archive, however, I hear a larger question than the one to which Rusert returns at the very end of the book: “is racial science ultimately salvageable?” (217). Here, I hear a larger question about the ethics of engagement with politically harmful materials and archives, one that is intimately relevant to our own time.
We are living through a moment in which there seems, at times, to be remarkably little room for complexity. Call-out culture (which I am distinguishing here from what Ngọc Loan Trần has termed “calling in”) often offers little more than a “with-us-or-against-us” vision of politics in which asking questions is tantamount to a form of refusal, and in which achieving homogeneity of perspective is more important than building political perspective characterized by nuance or texture of understanding.2 The ugliest versions of this particular political culture take the form of a sweeping refusal to engage: to read books, watch movies, or even talk to people who are deemed offensive or problematic. It also implicitly traffics in a logic of political purity that I think is fundamentally at odds with everything we know about neoliberal capitalism, and the insidious ways that this structure relies on economic and discursive hybridity and overlap to proliferate. This is not to suggest, of course, that refusal is never an effective political strategy. Refusing to engage—in the form of everything from boycotts to quitting a bad job—can be a very powerful form of intervention. But as a scholar and teacher, and especially as a scholar and teacher of early American culture, this politics of wholesale refusal worries me, in part because it can work so horrifically in step with the project of erasing histories of racist and settler violence when it comes to the study of American history. Of course, refusals land differently, coming from different people, and in different political moments; with Rusert, I also heed Sadiya Hartman’s and Christina Sharpe’s concerns about “the reproduction of scenes of black suffering and misery, scenes that reproduce racialized violences of the past, but also feed into (neo)liberal logics that traffic in the spectacle of black suffering subjects” (26). What strikes me as so promising about these questions about the impact of refusal politics that move quietly through Fugitive Science, then, is that they model a different form of refusal, one no less rigid than the one that styles itself as the politics of our moment, but much more informed. And we see this practice in Rusert’s nineteenth-century archive itself, but also in her own method (25–26).
As Rusert illustrates, the very ugliest parts of early American culture were both consensually and nonconsensually shared experiences. Citing Hosea Easton’s Treatise on the Intellectual Character, and Civil and Political Condition of the Colored People of the United States (1837), Rusert details the incredible proliferation of racist imagery throughout the everyday lives of residents of the early United States. In Easton’s Treatise, he notes that urban barrooms, shop windows, and even the ceilings of public spaces were regularly papered with degrading images of Black people draw from racist visual culture. Part of Easton’s refusal of this scientized narrative of Black inferiority thus took the shape of writing back to this tradition in its own language and form. Perhaps more notably, one facet of David Walker’s refusal of Thomas Jefferson’s now very famous work of natural history, Notes on the State of Virginia, took the form of exhorting every Black man in the United States to “buy a copy . . . and put it in the hand[s] of his son” (quoted by Rusert, 42). Rusert is careful to specify why Walker was so interested in Notes: “Far from seeing it as a rarified Enlightenment vanity project,” she writes, Walker understood Notes as “an extremely dangerous text” (41) and for this reason encouraged all Black people to read it. Refusal, in Walker’s case, took a highly engaged form of what Foucault would later call a “genealogical” or antiscientific approach to racial science, producing responses that offered “a combination of erudite knowledge and what people know.”3 As Rusert makes clear, scientific engagement was not exclusively or even primarily the idiom in which the writers at the center of Fugitive Science spoke back to nineteenth-century anti-Black racism, but their tactic of engaged refusal speaks to their transhistorical, shared understanding of the cultural power of science. It is worth noting that, especially in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the difference between scientific fields and non-scientific fields was in no way as stark as it is today; as I tell my students every semester, science is just the Latin word for knowledge. And knowledge is, as Foucault put it so pithily in 1984, “not made for understanding; it is made for cutting.”4 With experience at being on the wrong end of the knife of scientia—at times both literally and figuratively—writers and thinkers such as Benjamin Banneker, David Walker, James McCune Smith, Hosea Easton, Edmonia Lewis, Sarah Mapps Douglass, and Henry Box Brown refused racist science by reconfiguring it in fugitive terms, finding in its racist weaponization a tool for experimentation, and weaponizing it in turn toward anti-racist ends.
http://www.crunkfeministcollective.com/2017/01/23/pussy-dont-fail-me-now-the-place-of-vaginas-in-black-feminist-theory-organizing/.↩
Ngọc Loan Trần,“Calling IN: A Less Disposable Way of Holding Each Other Accountable,” in The Solidarity Struggle: How People of Color Succeed and Fail at Showing Up for Each Other in the Fight for Freedom, ed. Mia McKenzie (Oakland: BGD, 2016), 59–63.↩
Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, trans. David Macey (New York: Picador, 2003), 7–8.↩
Michel Foucault, “Nietzsche, Genealogy, History,” in The Foucault Reader, ed. Paul Rabinow (New York: Pantheon, 1984), 88.↩
Damaging Archives
I am grateful to Greta LaFleur for taking the time to offer such a nuanced and comprehensive overview of the literary-historical arguments and construction of concepts in Fugitive Science. I especially love how her deceptive “description” of fugitive empiricism turns into its own productive theorization of empiricism. LaFleur’s attention to the sensual dimensions of empiricism reminds me of the richly open-ended, lushly naturalistic, and at times beautifully unruly forms of description that characterize the terrain of empiricist philosophy, from the eighteenth-century natural histories featured in LaFleur’s forthcoming monograph, The Natural History of Sexuality, to the textured becomings narrated in Deleuze and Guattari’s Capitalism and Schizophrenia project. Her contributions to the assemblage that is empiricism further reminds me of the primacy of co-creation and co-production at the heart of knowledge production, which I also discussed in my response to Jayna Brown. Here, to fugitive empiricism—and rooted in her research in eighteenth-century natural history as early sexology—LaFleur adds the “innately queer and sensual aspects of empiricism, as a method for the production of knowledge. As one of the most storied terms in histories of science, histories of the liberal subject (and thus histories of citizenship more broadly), and histories of knowledge, empiricism is a strange, energetic understanding of the way that the relationship between the body and the world shapes perception.”
LaFleur moves on to call out a certain model of historical research—rooted in a decidedly less lush and more restrictive empiricism—and one that continues to structure (too) much scholarship in early American studies. She generously suggests that the “strategic presentism” of my method might trouble “precisely the kinds of conservative empiricism at the heart of the kinds of bad historiography that addle early American studies.” I further, and often, wonder how narrowly historicist methods—what LaFleur rightly calls “conservative empiricism[s]”—also work to exclude scholars from the field of early American studies, even in its broadest iterations (including scholars of color, trans and queer scholars, adjuncts, and those variously situated in non-elite institutions). For as much as the field seeks to expand its purview to include other languages, geographies, and materials, its fetishizing of the archive limits the field in other ways, as well as the reach of its claims. Not only is a positivist relationship to the archive unable to produce actually “true” histories, as LaFleur notes, it can also invite dangerous forms of gatekeeping.
In her writing on Lacan’s ambivalent relationship to his own papers and to the archive more generally, Elizabeth Roudinesco writes:
If everything is filed, monitored, noted or judged, history as creation is no longer possible: it is replaced by the archive transformed into absolute knowledge. But if nothing is filed, if everything is erased or destroyed, then there is nothing to stop narrative being swept off into fantasy, or the hallucinatory sovereignty of the ego, in favour of a kind of archive that functions as dogma.
Between these two impossibilities, which are like two boundaries on the same prohibition—prohibition of absolute knowledge, prohibition of the interpretive sovereignty of the ego—it must be accepted that archives—destroyed, existing, excessive, or erased—are the precondition of history. In other words, blind submission to the positivity of the archive is as certain to result in the impossibility of history-writing as rejection of the archive.1
Early American studies (which often replaces “history as creation” with a faith in the archive that is a form of bad faith) might do well to understand the archive as the simultaneously necessary and fantasmatic grounds for narrating history.
Like Brown, LaFleur raises crucial questions about how and why I attend to harmful, toxic, and maybe even irrevocably damaged archives: “In this explicitly vexed relationship to this archive, however, I hear a larger question than the one to which Rusert returns at the very end of the book: ‘is racial science ultimately salvageable?’ (217). Here, I hear a larger question about the ethics of engagement with politically harmful materials and archives, one that is intimately relevant to our own time.” First, I would like to address this question about how and if racial science is salvageable. I’ve started to think that my question might be really a question about the salvageability of science itself. If we believe Foucault (in The Order of Things) that the human becomes an object of knowledge beginning in the late eighteenth century, then, from that point on, it’s really racial science all the way down, from fields that we traditionally associate with human difference to a broad range of other fields of study and disciplines. To consider how blackness but also anti-blackness shape all scientific knowledge might recalibrate and expand scholarship on “race and science,” while insisting on the necessity of perspectives from race and ethnic studies to a much broader range of conversations around science (and not just those about “diversity in STEM,” health disparities, or racial science). Kyla Schuller’s recent arguments that beginning in the nineteenth century, gender itself became a racial project—and thus a tool of biopolitical governance and security—further points to crucial scholarly contributions at the ever-expanding intersections of race, sex, and science.2
I didn’t expect someone to take on call-out culture in this forum (!), but LaFleur’s arguments on this topic are compelling and thought provoking. In opposition to a worrisome contemporary “politics of refusal” that she describes as a “refusal to engage: to read books, watch movies, or even talk to people who are deemed offensive or problematic,” she finds a politics of refusal in Fugitive Science that nonetheless engages problematic and even harmful materials. Admittedly, this project is in part a literary and cultural history of African Americans reading hateful and horrible nonsense and then telling other African Americans that they too should probably be aware of this hateful and horrible nonsense (for example, in his 1829 Appeal, when David Walker tells all black boys that they should own and read Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia so they understand the physical and existential threat that white supremacy poses to them, we might think about the work he is doing alongside something like James Baldwin’s letter to his nephew in The Fire Next Time).
I do think some of what gets labeled as call-out culture is actually a kind of millennial militancy. I’m always for more reading, more watching, more listening, and thus, more study, but I am hesitant to dismiss the demands of a generation that has grown up in a full-out risk society, a generation that knows that the ongoing gamble of finance capitalism (speculative capital running on fumes) is and will continue to be at their expense. Moreover, call-out culture and the whole language around triggering feels transitional to me and with even a few years of hindsight, I have a feeling that we will understand and narrate this phenomenon differently. For example, I’m struck by how my students use the term “triggered” to describe many different forms of experience, affect, and trauma, as well as vastly different temporalities of trauma. In What Is Sex? Alenka Zupančič writes about the proliferation of neologisms as reflecting a broader crisis in authority, knowledge, and the politics around them (in her case, she is discussing the endless production of neologisms in Lacanian thought). Rather than critiquing a culture of “triggering,” then, I wonder how the term itself is symptomatic of broader socioeconomic and political shifts, including those within the university itself. Empiricism is of course always also about the processes of signification—of finding new names for new things—but it also repurposes old names to describe new things as well as emergent conditions.
At the same time as I remain hesitant about calling out call-out culture, I agree, emphatically, that even harmful materials can be transformed into tools for struggle. As LaFleur reminds us, Foucault wrote that knowledge is “not made for understanding; it is made for cutting.” She further notes that Fugitive Science addresses black figures and collectives who “refused racist science by reconfiguring it in fugitive terms, finding in its racist weaponization a tool for experimentation, and weaponizing it in turn toward anti-racist ends.” I really love that in our own moment, a generation of young activists, scholars, and others are refusing to cede anything to the fascists, to white liberals, to neoliberal administrators, and so on; and they are busy weaponizing a whole lot of things. In that regard, I don’t think that archives, or the spaces in which they are housed, should be ceded either. Why give them over to scholars who will use them to fabricate histories of Anglo-Saxon superiority or even to produce (neo)liberal accounts of abolition?
Following the work of Robin D. G. Kelley and Ruha Benjamin, I am also interested in how the radical imagination of black aesthetics can encourage new approaches to the archive as well as new creative works (the forms of artistic production and re-mediation recently borne out of the archive of Octavia Butler is a testament to how and where this is already happening).3 Frankly, my concern with teasing out the imaginative and speculative dimensions of black cultural production in the antebellum period made it difficult for me to spend time with more recent works of literary and other forms of artistic production, though I was inspired by many in the course of my writing. I wish I had taken more speculative leaps to the present in that regard.
It’s true that early American archives are not very sexy places, but, following LaFleur’s theorization of empiricism as both sensual and queer, I would be interested to consider how one might think about the eroticization of these spaces. It strikes me that arguments about the “allure of the archive” both disregard the important desire to not engage these histories (signaled in Brown’s “no thank you” impulse at the beginning of her essay), but also come up short in terms of the other forms of desire and even pleasure that can and could be produced through such work. Similarly, the politics of access continue to matter: who gets to work in archives? What counts as an archive? Who can handle documents and what are the parameters for how they can be viewed, touched, and even smelled? These questions make me wonder how LaMonda Horton-Stallings’s framework of a black transaesthetics (which includes a theory of funk as literal funkiness, or smell) could be thought of as an archival methodology unto itself.
The antiblack and colonial construction of the archive (indeed, of all archives) should provide license to think about different ways that one might relate to, identify with, or disidentify from the archive. It might turn out that scholars need to steal from the archive or annotate it through covert tactics (for inspiration, see the exhilarating narrative of collective archival activism in Jordy Rosenberg’s new novel, Confessions of the Fox). But aside from annotating, tagging, or otherwise scrambling the archive itself, scholarship, literature, and collective study might themselves be reconceived as so many guerilla archival tactics.
Elizabeth Roudinesco, Lacan: In Spite of Everything (London: Verso, 2014), 51.↩
Kyla Schuller, The Biopolitics of Feeling: Race, Sex, and Science in the Nineteenth Century (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2017).↩
Robin D. G. Kelley, Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination (Boston: Beacon, 2003); Ruha Benjamin, “Racial Fictions, Biological Facts: Expanding the Sociological Imagination through Speculative Methods,” Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience 2.2 (2016) 1–28.↩
8.23.18 | Susan Scott Parrish
Boundaries of the Human in Fugitive Science
Concluding her important new book, Fugitive Science: Empiricism and Freedom in Early African American Culture, Britt Rusert summarizes its central claim: “The history of fugitive science unsettles narratives that presume the unquestioned hegemony of racist science in the nineteenth century” (219). Rusert assumes that scholars of African American and Atlantic history are already very familiar with the thinking about and performance of race by the likes of Thomas Jefferson in Query XIV of his Notes on the State of Virginia; Samuel George Morton in Crania Americana; and Georges Cuvier in his dissection of the much-staged body of South African Sarah Baartman. Rusert thus sets out not to detail again that story but rather to trace, from the “Banneker Age” of the early national United States to the time of the Civil War, the frequent and varied responses on the part of African Americans to the dominant practices of ethnology which alleged European supremacy. Many others have studied how black Americans in the nineteenth century countered the persistent allegation of their inhumanity, for example by entering the print public sphere or leveraging the radical aspects of Protestant theology. Rusert, by contrast, shows African American writers, performers, doctors and educators, in local, national and transatlantic circuits, combatting racist science on its own terms and in its own venues. Thus we see figures as well known as Frederick Douglass and as obscure as Sarah Mapps Douglass entering into the practices of physiology, physiognomy, phrenology, anatomy, statistics, world history and astrology, and drawing from those fields the means of recovering stature and legitimacy for Africa and its descendants.
I admired so many aspects of Rusert’s study: how resourceful she was in bringing to our attention the likes of Sarah Douglass, Hosea Easton, James W. C. Pennington and others; her re-situation of classic texts (like Martin Delany’s Blake) in their original serial publication alongside scientific articles; her theoretical stretching of key terms like “fugitive” and “empiricism”; and her overall aim of bringing science studies and African American studies productively together.
As I was reading her book, what got me wondering—and wanting to hear more from Rusert about—is the relative emphases she gives to the differing branches of the sciences as practiced and understood in the nineteenth century by her subjects. She explains early on that because the racist sciences overlapped with popular entertainment (from lecture circuits to minstrelsy to freak shows to museums), she would trace her subjects’ anti-racist science in the same spaces and media. This is a convincing defense of the book’s interdisciplinary inclusion of not only ethnological tracts and science classrooms but also novels and performances. Brava.
What I wondered, though, was: what about the nonhuman sciences? I started to keep track of tantalizing references by Rusert to a host of activities along these lines on the part of African Americans: Benjamin Banneker’s mathematics (38–39), James McCune Smith on “nonhuman species” (58), Henry Box Brown as the “African Biologist” (137), Martin Delany on cholera (149), scientific entries in the Weekly Anglo-African (162) and Robert Forten’s nine-foot telescope (191). These were often mentioned just glancingly though, en route back to her main discussion of the figures’ apparently more important or persistent work in the human-based sciences and humanistic arts. I wondered why. What were we missing by not hearing more?
Now, in her chapters on Martin Delany and Sarah Douglass, Rusert does analyze their work in astrology and botany/entomological illustration, respectively. She gives us a wonderful reading of Douglass’s anatomically exact watercolor of a black butterfly alighting from a flowering branch, arguing (on 210–15) that the image does cultural work at many levels: it demonstrate Douglass’s skills of minute observation of nonhuman species, down to the clubbed antennae and segmented abdomen of the butterfly; given as a gift, it links together a coterie of curious black women in Philadelphia; it reverses the way black women were reified as specimens; and it does powerful metaphorical work as an image of natural black fugitivity. Likewise with Delany. When Rusert analyzes his novel Blake; or, The Huts of America, she makes some use of Delany’s interest in comets and planetary attraction to understand Delany’s “opening up the category of human agency to include nonhuman bodies and inhuman forces” (173). Rusert goes on, then, to bring up the point that is at the heart of my question. She says: “Delany’s fugitive science posed a serious challenge to the anthropomorphism of both antebellum racial science and liberal abolitionism. The anti-humanism of Blake, which refuses to settle on an impoverished notion of the human as the final horizon for black politics, offered important challenges in its own moment as it does in ours, given the novel’s rejection of traditional categories of personhood, and of the human itself, as the horizon of political, and no doubt, artistic activity” (176).
And yet, other than this ten pages in which Rusert is reading either Blake or the black butterfly, the book itself remains in a largely anthropomorphic space, suggesting that it was not just “racial science and liberal abolitionism” that were thus confined, but also the vast majority of her subjects’ anti-racist science as well. So, my question, briefly put, is: other than these two moments, is fugitive science exclusively preoccupied with the human? Did the rest of the black scientists believe or find that the most effective way to combat and undermine the allegations of African racial inferiority was through, and exclusively through, the category of the human? I couldn’t help but wonder if, in those many other moments in which Rusert briefly mentions but doesn’t describe black practitioners studying mathematics, zoology, astrology, contagious disease and so on, there were other, non-anthropomorphic strains of fugitive science? And if so, do these remain to be further explored and theorized? Did Rusert find a much greater preponderance of the human sciences within fugitive science, or was she simply more drawn to these areas in the archive because there was a more discernible tie there to black claims for “freedom,” another key term in her study? To put it a different way, was it clearer—as a humanistic investigator—to know what to do with Banneker’s refutation of Jefferson’s racism than with Banneker’s mathematics, or with the tidal and planetary calculations of his almanac? Are the claims to, or ideas about, humanity in the nonhuman sciences too circuitous or allegorical?
My caution in Rusert representing fugitive science as largely restricted to the human sciences is that it implies a restrictively defined—because human-bound—sense of affiliation and concern on the part of black knowledge-makers and observers. What of curiosity about and working knowledge of animals, metals or plants? Certainly work as farriers and other tenders of domesticated animals, blacksmiths, agricultural field laborers, or testers of sugar crystallization made African Americans deeply aware of animals’ bodies, illnesses and breeding patterns; the pliability of different metals and the hardening of different liquids under heat; or the behavior of plants interacting with insects, sun, temperature and soils. When writing an essay a few years ago on Zora Neale Hurston’s environmental experience and representation, I came upon an interview, conducted by Benjamin Botkin, a friend and colleague of Hurston’s at both the Federal Writers’ Project and the Library of Congress, and a fellow Columbia-trained ethnographer. In his Lay My Burden Down: A Folk History of Slavery, Botkin quotes a formerly enslaved man from Texas named John Love, who is reflecting about the boll weevil’s arrival in cotton country. It bespeaks what must have been a commonplace, but nonetheless remarkable, kind of ecological awareness on the part of agricultural laborers during and after slavery.
I knows why that boll weevil done come. They say he come from Mexico, but I think he always been here. Away back yonder a spider live in the country, ’specially in the bottoms. He live on the cotton leaves and stalks, but he don’t hurt it. These spiders kept the insects eat up. They don’t plow deep then, and plants cotton in February, so it made [produced fiber] ’fore the insects git bad.
Then they gets to plowing deep, and it am colder ’cause the trees all cut, and they plows up all the spiders and the cold kill them. They plants later, and there ain’t no spiders left to eat up the boll weevil.1
What this conjecture about the etiology of insect infestation shows is Love’s long temporal and varied topographical awareness of multiple, mutually impacting factors: deforestation, microclimate change, vulnerable plant-insect symbiosis, and technological practice. Moreover, multiple actors influence these events: spiders, boll weevils, cotton plants, plows, humans, weather. Love thinks in terms of a complex network of human and nonhuman agents. He thinks like a member of a biotic (and abiotic) community. How do models that Rusert develops in Fugitive Science help us account for Love’s ecological way of knowing? Or is Rusert’s model workable with ecological knowledge that isn’t about human freedom as such?
In her book Ariel’s Ecology: Plantations, Personhood, and Colonialism in the American Tropics (2013), Monique Allewaert likewise addresses issues of black knowledge-making in a time of slavery, albeit focusing mainly on the Caribbean. Allewaert argues that the strange and newly disturbed environments of America made all people feel a bodily susceptibility to metamorphosis within this milieu of changing and “enmeshing life-forms.” Euro-Americans tactically shifted the threatening aspects of American ecological embodiment onto persons of African descent and thus intensified black physical experiences of fragmentation. Allewaert looks to oral tales and spirituo-physical fetishes to argue that enslaved African Americans dealt with this self-dispersion, alongside their less-than-human legal status, as they assembled a horizontal network of “proximate life-forms as actual support.” She calls this flexible ecological personhood “the parahuman,” a mode of living that perpetually keeps open and negotiates “a number of identificatory possibilities,” alliances and sites of origin. I am wondering whether Rusert likewise found instances—other than in Delany’s Blake—of such parahumanity?2
I have one other, related query. In an article that Rusert wrote for the journal Social Text in 2015, “Disappointment in the Archives of Black Freedom,” she discusses her own trouble working with the highly sentimental friendship albums of Sarah Mapps Douglass and other members of her female, Philadelphia coterie: “These friendship albums may be stunning, but they are also difficult . . . to fit into models of scholarship that privilege black resistance, subversion, and agency.” And later she asks: “Must recovery always entail recuperative narratives of resistance and reparation, what [Saidiya] Hartman calls the ‘romance of resistance’”?3 This was an ongoing question I had while reading Fugitive Science, whether Rusert herself felt a kind of insistence on casting virtually all of African American nineteenth-century science as being expressions of or tactics in “black resistance [and] subversion.” In other words, though Rusert wrangles, in her Social Text piece, with finding friendship albums which didn’t attest to “subversion” (but rather bespoke disappointment), in her book, there seemed less possibility of getting outside the everything-is-subversion model of fugitive science. All who “mobilized natural science” did so “in the quest for and name of freedom” (4).
It made me wonder: were there black sciences which fell outside this definition? I suppose this question sounds like I am asking: can curiosity allow one to put aside race? Said that way, it would be a naïve question in all kinds of ways, assuming “curiosity” itself to be universally accessible (a fundamental faculty more than a culturally and historically shaped epistemic practice), or presuming racial categorization to be as easy to slough off for brown bodies as for white ones. It’s more that I worry that if we try to fit all instances of black Americans being curious into simultaneous acts of subversion, it deprives those subjects of any mental and imaginative space outside of the all-consuming one involving racially defined struggle. It risks limiting black expertise to matters of racial embodiment. Maybe that is historical necessity staring us in the face. Or maybe it is our moment of historiography.
In eighteenth-century European metropoles, “curiosity” and scientific aptitude were linked with the condition of disinterestedness. Champions of the “New Science” at organizations like the Royal Society of London reasoned that only male affluent gentleman were free enough from material and social dependence (and hence “interest”) to allow their minds to be pure conduits of matter. “Interest” of any kind created, according to this tenet, epistemic friction or static. And yet in practice, as I argued in my book American Curiosity: Cultures of Natural History in the Colonial British Atlantic World (2006), places like the Royal Society actively sought out—in the Americas at least—transplanted and non-aristocratic Europeans, Africans and Native Americans. They did so because empiricism (the direct investigation of nature with hands, eyes and instruments) as opposed to scholasticism (nature known through logical argumentation and conveyed in books) was the founding and central episteme of Baconian science. So, in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world, physical proximity to and experience in environments could qualify one for an ability to make scientific knowledge about these environments. All of which brings me to this question: is there any merit in locating not only black freedom-fighting empiricism but also a black version of “disinterest,” which we could define as scientific inquiry in which human benefit is temporarily suspended? Or is disinterest a strange white fiction, and hence an exclusively white privilege? Or, do we resolve this question by remembering Bacon’s “knowledge is power” dictum, and then see Europeans’ imperial science and African Americans’ freedom-gaining science as both being about negotiations of economic and political power?
I look forward to hearing Britt Rusert take up any of these questions which seem productive.
Benjamin Botkin, Lay My Burden Down: A Folk History of Slavery (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1945), 13.↩
Monique Allewaert, Ariel’s Ecology: Plantations, Personhood, and Colonialism in the American Tropics (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2013), 69, 98, 111.↩
Britt Rusert, “Disappointment in the Archives of Black Freedom,” Social Text 33.4 (2015) 23, 27.↩
Tarrying with the Nonhuman, Sometimes Avoiding the Ecological
I want to begin with Scotti Parrish’s question, “What about the nonhuman sciences?” as that question is and is not taken up in Fugitive Science. I thought a lot about this as I was writing, although my thinking may not have registered on the page, or perhaps it registered only as a symptom, as Parrish’s cataloguing of my sometimes scant and passing references to astronomy, chemistry, geology, and other nonhuman sciences suggests. First, insofar as this is a project about slavery as well as a profoundly negative form of black freedom (see here Calvin Warren’s new book, Ontological Terror: Blackness, Nihilism, and Emancipation), I think of the entire book as being about the nonhuman. I don’t mean this in a flippant way: rather, I think that the nonhuman is constitutive of the human sciences and the relationship between the human and the nonhuman deeply shapes every iteration of fugitive science that I consider in the book (though it perhaps more often takes the shape of an open, even philosophical question, rather than as a set of so many experiments with nonhuman species and environments). For example, when in “Claims of the Negro, Ethnologically Considered” (1854), Frederick Douglass responds to the vicious and inhumane excision of Africans and Afro-diasporic peoples from the “human family,” what else is he talking about than the ideological and discursive construction of the nonhuman for racist ends? Moreover, the taxonomizing and racialization of nonhuman flora and fauna were central to polygenesis’s construction of hierarchies of race and (in)humanity. In this way, in the antebellum period, polygenesis might have been the nonhuman science par excellence. Similarly, Afro-diasporic healers, conjurers, and other spiritual-material practitioners regularly challenged the parsing of the human from the nonhuman; in other instances, something like conjuring illuminates key forms of antagonism and conflict that could also attend black negotiations of the natural world.
Relatedly, and following crucial work in Black Studies, from Sylvia Wynter and Alex Weheliye to a broad range of scholarly interventions being produced under the rubric of Afro-pessimism, I would raise a question about how the Slave itself animates the human/nonhuman divide as it is constructed in natural science, and perhaps uncannily stands at—or even haunts—that very caesura.1 I didn’t quite have this language when I was writing, but since then, I have learned so much from a growing body of scholarship on the human and the question of the animal in the contexts of slavery and its afterlives.2 And so, rather than worrying too much about the question of the nonhuman sciences versus human sciences, I guess I would instead want to think about how the history of slavery—as well as the figure of the slave—asks us to think about the grounds upon which that binary is constructed, and how it is animated and reproduced over time. Rather than working from our own assumptions about the human and the nonhuman, the practitioners of fugitive science variously meditated on those categories (and sometimes, in the case of someone like Henry Box Brown, did so through a meditation on one’s own fungible relationship to the “human” as determined on the auction block, through the process of escape, the restaging of escape—itself a form of fugitive empiricism, a performative regime of repetition and difference—and other forms of fugitive thought, study, and movement).
Moving from the ideas of the slave as being anterior to and indeed, animating, the human/nonhuman divide, I have been thinking more about the deadness of natural history, and how fugitive science finds resources in an older and passing regime of natural-historical scientific knowledge even as it is also embracing an emerging language of the biological. And here, I think that Monique Allewaert’s theory of black “parahumanity” as she develops it in Ariel’s Ecology, and which Parrish cites, is crucial. Following Allewaert’s interest in the centrality of the fetish in diasporic knowledge practices, I am also interested in conceiving of the specimen itself as the fetish of natural history. How then might we reconceive of natural history in relation to Fred Moten’s recent reminder about the “fetish character” of blackness (blackness as, among other things, the ur-site of historical and ongoing forms of commodification under capital)?3 Viewing Betye Saar’s altars/assemblages at the Tate Modern’s Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power exhibition last summer, I wondered if altars—and other spaces of diasporic worship, collection, and display—could themselves be thought of as forms of fugitive science: as challenges to the taxonomizing that is so central to what Sylvia Wynter discusses and Alex Weheliye takes up as “genres of the human” within but also beyond natural science. At the same time, Saar’s altars are helping me think in completely new ways about Sarah Mapps Douglass’s natural history cabinet, which she constructed and contributed to for decades while teaching at the Institute for Colored Youth in Philadelphia. She used her cabinet of curiosity in her own science teaching, and also, it seems, when teaching night classes for adults in her neighborhood. Her specimen collecting for the cabinet began in the 1830s and continued through Reconstruction; her cabinet thus maps a different concept of time and even hints at a kind of historical stasis (maybe even signifying what Hartman calls the non-event of emancipation) amid the seemingly tumultuous historical and political transformations of the mid-nineteenth century. Can we locate the fetish—and the open secret of its relationship to blackness—through the specimens in Sarah’s cabinet, or think about other possible relationships between blackness and objecthood as they are organized, conjured, and choreographed within cabinets and other spaces of black curiosity? In other words: can we trace histories of the fetish, of conjuring, and other knowledge practices—beyond the disciplines of the “new science” and outside conventional periodizations of both American history and the history of science—through something like Douglass’s (lost; dispersed) natural history cabinet?
There is a personal backstory here that has to do with the origins of Fugitive Science in a dissertation that was precisely about the ecological history of the plantation as articulated from James Grainger’s 1764 Caribbean georgic, The Sugar-Cane, to Jean Toomer’s 1923 experimental novel of the New Negro Renaissance, Cane. In that project, “Shackled in the Garden: Ecology and Race in American Plantation Cultures,” I was interested in how the plantation emerged as a space of medical, agricultural, and even aesthetic experimentation through forms of ecological enclosure that often violently conjoined the slave and the plantation environment. But frankly, when I defended my dissertation in 2009, I didn’t feel like there was a place for me to do this type of work, at least within literary studies. However, scholarship around slavery, race, and ecology—as well as a range of robust conversations about environmental racism; regimes of late capitalist environmental extractions and resistance to them both domestically and across the Global South; and what Katherine McKittrick calls “black geographies”—has expanded and become so fruitful over the past decade, I do have some regrets that I didn’t transform my dissertation project into a book-length manuscript.4
The second part of that personal backstory involves a struggle with forms of anxiety linked to environmental disaster that emerged when I was quite young. I grew up in Tonawanda, New York, a small city situated on the Niagara River between Buffalo and Niagara Fall, and a place marked in many ways by a series of environmental-economic disasters: industrialization, deindustrialization, Love Canal, the (illicit) burial of radioactive materials from the Manhattan project in landfills sited in close proximity to residential neighborhoods (including one three blocks from the street I grew up on). However, as a child, it was not any of those disasters that worried me, but a constant fear and looming dread of that still not very common in Western New York phenomenon of tornadoes. Today, my localized Rust Belt / Great Lakes environmental anxiety has expanded to a more occasional, though still sometimes consuming dread about ecological catastrophe on a more global scale (an anxiety that is clearly linked to what I experienced as a child but that also feels different, likely because of age but also changing historical conditions and the affects they produce).
So, this is just to say that I have found research and writing about the ecological to be difficult, and at times, debilitating. And yet, I remain convinced that white anxieties about global environmental catastrophe are often wrapped up with political-economic anxieties with what Achille Mbembe talks about as the actual “becoming black” of the world.5 And the “becoming black” of the world is not something to worry about, or to mourn. I am also thinking about Christina Sharpe’s arguments about the atmospheric nature of anti-blackness and how for diasporic peoples, anti-blackness is often experienced as a total environment.6 This argument about the atmospheric, almost environmental, nature of anti-blackness makes me think about growing up in a mostly (though decreasingly) white working-class town that was sited on contaminated ground, but that has been policed and (informally) segregated so that it can appear to be a white place. How do we understand the desire to protect whiteness in and against the “contaminations” of racial invasion/encroachment that are nonetheless, simultaneously, geographies of environmental contamination and toxicity?
I do now wonder if I could have used my own experience growing up in a place where the environmental-economic disaster seemed to have already happened (beginning with the original and subsequent dislocations and dispossessions of the Iroquois), in order to think more productively about how fugitive science arises in the nineteenth century out of the very wreckage of the environmental-economic-social catastrophe that was Indian removal and New World slavery. In other words, we know that scientific innovation has been a handmaiden of environmental degradation since the First Scientific Revolution, and from the origins of capitalism itself. So I guess I don’t want to be completely sanguine about the language of exploration and invention within fugitive science: even black invention, at times, traffics in the tropes of imperial discovery and conquest of nature (this is one of the problems with androcentric theories of black ethnology, as I chronicle in chapter 1). It’s here that the interventions of Afro-Native intellectuals in the project seem most urgent and crucial to thinking about sites of political solidarity and iterations of fugitive empiricism today. And Parrish’s important gesturing toward a long history of natural history collection and agricultural expertise from below points not just to more ecologically-attuned forms of fugitive science, but to how animals, plants and other forms of nonhuman life have themselves been given kinship status within networks of both Black and Native knowledge and knowledge-making, and in their very sensuousness and activity, have also shaped insurgent knowleges. In this way, it seems fitting that Parrish includes a detailed and even intimate account of the boll weevil that comes from a formerly enslaved practitioner named James Love.7
Sylvia Wynter, “Unsettling the Coloniality of Being/Power/Truth/Freedom: Towards the Human, After Man, Its Overrepresentation—an Argument,” CR: The New Centennial Review 3.3 (2003) 257–333; Alex Weheliye, Habeas Viscus: Racializing Assemblages, Biopolitics, and Black Feminist Theories of the Human (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2014).↩
See, for example, Brigitte Fielder, “Animal Humanism: Race, Species, and Affective Kinship in Nineteenth-Century Abolition,” American Quarterly 65.3 (2013) 487–513; Che Gossett, “Blackness, Animality, and the Unsovereign,” September 8, 2015, https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/2228-che-gossett-blackness-animality-and-the-unsovereign; Zakiyyah Iman Jackson, “Animal: New Directions in the Theorization of Race and Posthumanism,” Feminist Studies 39.3 (2013) 669–85.↩
On the “fetish character of blackness and its open secret,” see Fred Moten, Black and Blur (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2017), 162.↩
There is too much good work to develop a comprehensive list here. Katherine McKittrick theorizes “black geographies” in Demonic Grounds: Black Women and the Cartographies of Struggle (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2006); see also Macarena Gómez-Barris, The Extractive Zone: Social Ecologies and Decolonial Perspectives (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2017), as well as the forthcoming Syndicate symposium on Sonya Posmentier’s Cultivation and Catastrophe: The Lyric Ecology of Modern Black Literature (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University, 2017).↩
Achille Mbembe, Critique of Black Reason (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2017).↩
Christina Sharpe, In the Wake: On Blackness and Being (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2016).↩
On how enslaved and indigenous actors contributed significantly to the knowledge-making and truth claims of British metropolitan science in the colonial period, see Parrish’s American Curiosity: Cultures of Natural History in the Colonial British Atlantic World (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2006).↩
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Intelligent Consent
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Tale Publishing are very excited to announce the release of our latest book, Intelligent Consent by R. Andrew Russell.
Over the majority of his working life Andy Russell was involved with research into intelligent robotics and he was an Associate Professor at Monash University. Some of his robots communicated using puffs of air, licked the floor to follow chemical trails or burrowed through the ground searching for chemical leaks. It was not uncommon for reviewers of his research to complain it was too speculative, perhaps too much like science fiction? Now, in retirement, he has the freedom to explore robotics and science fiction more broadly without any requirement to demonstrate practical implementations, which has led to this debut novel.
“What terrible disaster had occurred? Perhaps there’d been an accident while he was in the experimental brain scanner. Perhaps he’d suffered catastrophic nerve damage and that was why his muscles were failing to respond.”
Regaining consciousness after an accident, Robert Harper is devastated to find his mind has been copied into a robot named Rob.
As an intelligent machine, Rob feels that nobody believes he has the right to determine his own future. Worse, an arms manufacturer wants his technology for use in their weapons systems. Through many twists and turns he struggles to avoid capture, make sense of his very existence and overcome his own prejudices.
The paperback will be officially on sale in January, launched in February, and can be ordered now. Just ask at your bookshop for ISBN: 978-0-6486816-0-1
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China Suspends US Navy Visits To Hong Kong Following Signing Of Pro-Democracy Legislation
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Shelby Talcott
China suspended U.S. Navy visits to Hong Kong Monday after President Donald Trump signed legislation last week backing the pro-democracy protests that have been going on for months.
The two bills Trump signed Nov. 27 come amid a continuation of public clashes in Hong Kong that began over an extradition bill. China previously warned it would retaliate if the legislation became law and also put sanctions against various U.S. human rights groups following the signing, BBC reported.
“We urge the U.S. to correct the mistakes and stop interfering in our internal affairs,” China’s ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said, according to BBC. “China will take further steps if necessary to uphold Hong Kong’s stability and prosperity and China’s sovereignty.”
Multiple U.S. Navy ships typically visit Hong Kong every year but have faced suspensions when the countries are at odds. The last American Navy ship to visit was in April, although two ships requested visits in August and China rejected them for unspecified reasons, BBC reported.
The foreign ministry stopped reviewing applications from U.S. military ships to visit Hong Kong Monday and will continue taking other counter-measures, it said.
Groups facing sanctions include Human Rights Watch, Freedom House, the International Republican Institute and more. Hua said the groups are partially responsible “for the chaos in Hong Kong,” but did not elaborate on what, specifically, China would do.
“They shoulder some responsibility for the chaos in Hong Kong and they should be sanctioned and pay the price,” Hua said.
The bills signed in November include the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, introduced by Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. It aims to pressure Hong Kong and China’s leaders in various ways over its actions in recent months, such as performing an annual assessment on whether it is autonomous enough to continue getting special status benefits.
The second bill Trump signed bans exporting items such as tear gas and rubber bullets to Hong Kong police, which are often used to control crowds.
Protesters in Hong Kong gathered on Nov. 28 to show their appreciation for Trump signing the bill. They waved American flags and held up a picture that the president tweeted where his head was photoshopped onto fictional boxer Rocky Balboa’s body.
Despite the celebration in Hong Kong, China warned that it would be taking “firm counter-measures” as a result of the bills being signed.
This article is republished with permission from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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How Mexican Singer Ceci Bastida Looks for Hope and Inspiration
Julianne Escobedo Shepherd
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Throughout her career as a musician, Ceci Bastida has been, and is now, luminous. Starting at just 15 as a singer in the radical punk band Tijuana No!, named after the city where she was born and raised, she has spent her life and art devoted to speaking up and spreading light, a voice of both resistance and calm as an activist, solo artist, and current member of Mexrrissey, the Mexican Morrissey cover band.
“I wanted to find more good stuff, to talk about something a little bit lighter,” she told Jezebel on a rainy night in October. On Friday, Bastida released the Sueño EP, her first solo work in two years, since 2014's excellent La Edad de La Violencía. That album was explicitly political, and though she’s got some songs of protest here—“Un Sueño,” with LA vocalist Aloe Blacc, is a devotional to the families of the disappeared students of Ayotzinapa—it is especially focused on love and inclusion, a side effect of, she tells us, looking inward for hope as the mother of a small daughter. Bastida embodies this inclusion and love in her global-minded collaborations with the aforementioned Blacc, Mexican-Chilean singer Mariel Mariel and Soweto rapper Spoek Mathambo, but also expresses her artistic curiosity and impulse to experiment. Sueño’s sonic template is similarly wide-open, dipping into genres like kwaito, highlife, dancehall and electro-pop.
When we spoke with Ceci, backstage before Mexrrissey’s New York appearance, she had recently performed on the #SchoolsnotPrisons Tour, and the election was still a week off. With fear and hope on the horizon, we discussed her songwriting process and staying strong throughout.
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Acklen Park Radio Release, Hello Kelly Release Double Header
Saturday night in Nashville is always special if you want to take a walk on the wild side. Last night began at the radio release party for Acklen Park’s “Lost” that is going to Country Radio in August. The song co-written by Shantell Ogden, Bill DiLuigi and Scott Jarman, will be Shantell’s first Nashville cut to go to radio.
“Acklen Park is a hard-working band that is going places, and I’m so excited they are taking a song I co-wrote with them! This is definitely a moment to celebrate,” said Shantell.
L to R: Rob Ray, Casper Resik, Shantell Ogden, Dave Bobrow, Andrea Villareal, Bill DiLuigi and Marcum Stewart
The event started at 7PM in Shantell’s backyard with friends and fans of Acklen Park stopping in for a rare all acoustic set featuring songs off their Otter Rapids Music release with a set ending version of “Lost” which should fit in with Country cross- genre material similar to The Zac Brown Band.
Shantell with Hit Songwriter/Artist Rhett Akins
Shantell had prepared some great Mexican Food including the secret family recipe of sweet pork (anything from pig goes well in Tennessee) with a kind of Pan Pacific-Asian twist,to enjoy in the 88 degree night time heat. This seems to be one of the hottest summers ever in Nashville.
Acklen Park represents some of the best of the developing Country Indie scene that is taking root over the last few years in Nashville.
As one fan wrote in their review on Amazon. Com, “Acklen Park has a phenomenal sound and great original songs. They are absolutely hot!!! Keep an eye on them because they are going right to the top!!! I predicted Brad Paisley’s success to friends 7 years ago, and I predict the same for this group. They are headed for the Grand Ole Opry and beyond… and I want front row tickets in advance!!!” (JMR in West Palm Beach, Florida)
Acklen Park under deck lights
The party was still going when I made my second stop, 9PM, at The Rutledge for Hello Kelly’s CD Release Party of (Easy For You To Say), it was excited mayhem as Hello Kelly got ready to take the stage, after a few months on the road, the band is tighter than ever.
Francie / Hello Kelly/ The Rutledge-courtesy Jenni George
Francois “Francie” Goudrealt’s vision when he left Toronto to see what could happen in Music City is beginning to take shape. The record is getting local support at 102.9 The Buzz and is getting airplay as far away as New Zealand.
New Zealand would make sense with the record sitting somewhere between The Ataris, Yellowcard and Midnight Oil. There were some Music City luminaries such as Bekka Bramlett, Stephen McCord (The Service Station, former MCA records) as well as up and coming singer/songwriter Tommy Dalton in attendance.
Travis / Hello Kelly / The Rutgledge photo courtesy Jenni George
The place lit up into full sing-along with the radio ready “Better Now Together”, “Ladder” and what could be Francie’s theme song, (not to be mixed up with Led Zep’s “Communication Breakdown”) “The Communication Breakdown”. Hello Kelly will be heading up to the Kingdom Bound Festival in Buffalo, New York.
It’s just one of the first stops in conquering the world. There are already comparisons to being the next Kings of Leon in terms of possibilities. How about an opening slot with Paramore? Hello Kelly’s (Easy For You To Say) is infectious, sweet and relentless all at the same time.
I guess that is what you get when you combine songs written to your significant other and then play them through Mesa Boogie and Matchless Amps with a four piece firing squad.
Up The Arms!
Photo courtesy Jenni George
– Brad Hardisty, Nashville,TN thenashvillebridge@hotmail.com
Categories 102.9 The Buzz, Acklen Park, Americana Music, Bill DiLuigi, East Nashville, Hello Kelly, Indie Rock, Local Buzz Show, Music Row, Nashville, Rock Music, Shantell Ogden, Stephen McCord, The Rutledge Nashville, Tommy Dalton, Uncategorized
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Maria suffers from extreme discrimination because of her neighbors’ profound superstitious beliefs. Gimo, her husband, could only cling on to the law to avenge his wife and prove the people wrong.
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For the first time ever, Jerald Napoles takes over the TWBA Hot Seat to talk about his relationship with Kim Molina and share his excitement on joining "FPJ's Ang Probinsyano."
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"Kuha Mo!" features the hero police officer who sacrificed his life when a man threw a grenade in the middle of a covered court filled with people in Initao, Misamis Oriental. The program also takes a look at a road accident involving a wayward cargo truck filled with sand that rammed several vehicles in Mendez, Cavite. The program then reviews a video of a man who went amok in Cagayan de Oro City. Lastly, the program shows a video from a helmet camera of a motorcycle incident in Pagsanjan, Laguna.
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Charles Booth’s London Poverty Maps
Mary S. Morgan, Iain Sinclair
Charles Booth’s landmark survey of 19th-century London, published for the first time in one volume
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In the late 19th century, Charles Booth’s landmark social and economic survey found that 35% of Londoners were living in abject poverty. Between 1886 and 1903, Booth’s team of social investigators interviewed Londoners from all walks of life, recording their comments, together with their own unrestrained remarks and statistical information, in 450 notebooks. Their findings formed the basis of Booth’s colour-coded social mapping (from vicious and semi-criminal to wealthy) and his Inquiry into the Life and Labour of the People of London.
Organized into 12 geographical sections, Charles Booth’s London Poverty Maps presents the meticulously hand-coloured preparatory and final printed social mapping of London. Accompanying the colour-coded maps are selected reproductions of pages from the original notebooks, containing anecdotes related by Londoners of every trade, class, creed and nationality together with observations by Booth’s interviewers that reveal much about their social class and moral views. An introduction by Mary S. Morgan clarifies the aims and methodology of Booth’s survey, and six themed essays by experts in the field contextualize the survey’s findings, illustrated by evocative period photographs.Completing the re-evaluation of Booth’s seminal social survey are newly rendered infographics presenting the raw statistics relating to living conditions,employment status and poverty levels for each geographical section of London.
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'What Booth’s poverty maps ultimately show is a London where rich and poor lived right next door to each other: in that sense, at least, today’s London is no different'
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Format: Quarterbound (no jacket)
Extent: 288 pp
Forward: Mapping the Abyss. • Introduction. • Eastern District & North Eastern District • Housing. • Northern District & North-Western District • Immigration. • East Central District & West Central District • Religion. • Inner Western District & Outer Western District • Trade. • Inner Souther District & South-Western District • Morality. • Outside Southern District & South Eastern District • Leisure.
Mary S. Morgan is Professor of the History of Economics in the London School of Economics.
Iain Sinclair is a writer and filmmaker. Much of his work is rooted in London, most recently within the influences of psychogeography.
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Reading Lessons
Edna O’Brien’s The Country Girls Trilogy
Utterly foreign and completely familiar
By Martha McPhee | June 15, 2015
It is impossible for me, almost, to choose one favorite book. My favorite is whatever I am loving in a moment: Gone With The Wind, at 16, desperately wanting to be Scarlett O’Hara; Anna Karenina, on a train backpacking across Europe with my best friend. We only had one copy and so I, ahead, tore the pages off in chunks so she could read too. At 26, the book was Middlemarch, which I reread more than any other to learn from Dorothea’s mistakes.
Right now, as I devour her quartet set in Naples, my favorite writer is Elena Ferrante. Her brutal and honest depiction of female friendship and the experience of being a woman, a mother, and a writer struggling to express her existence is riveting. Reading Ferrante, I am continuously reminded how I feel and that I don’t need to be afraid to say it.
Following this thread of favorite books I am led back to the one that looms over my entire experience as a reader: Edna O’Brien’s The Country Girls Trilogy—not because it made me want to be a writer (it did) or because it made me want to read everything its author had written (it also did) or because it turned me into an avid reader hunting to find stories that moved me as this one had. Rather, encountering the story of Kate and Baba from rural Ireland, headed to Dublin to become themselves, made me realize, at 20, the power and urgency of a girl’s story. A poor Irish Catholic girl and her best friend explained for me what I thought and felt—not unlike Ferrante’s characters have. It didn’t matter that they lived across an ocean in a different country and time, that they were smarter and mouthier, that they were at first younger and then much older, poorer, richer. They were at once utterly foreign and completely familiar, always making me feel and see and know. This, I learned from O’Brien, is why I read.
Martha McPhee is the author of four novels, most recently Dear Money.
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John Steinbeck’s East of Eden
Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian
Isaac Babel’s Red Cavalry
Richard Hugo’s 31 Letters and 13 Dreams
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Tagged: cy young
Why Ricky Romero Will Be OK
Rick Romero throws in 2013 Spring Training. (courtesy Toronto Sun)
It was a move everyone was dreading, but no one really believed would actually happen.
On Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 the Toronto Blue Jays announced that Rick Romero would be starting the regular season in Class-A Dunedin.
He was supposed to be the #5 Starter this season. He was supposed to recover from a disastrous 2012 season and be the Ricky of 2011 that we all loved to watch. Romero and Josh Johnson publicly joked that they were likely the best 4-5 starting combo in the majors. And they should be. But that will remain to be seen, until Romero can rid whatever demons are in his head and get back on pace to being the CY-Young caliber thrower we all know he has the potential to be.
So how did this happen?
Two main points:
1. With an increase in artillery in the off-season, the Jays suddenly became THE TEAM to be reckoned with. Gone were the days (thank goodness) of sending Romero out on the mound bad start after bad start because every one else was injured. Being thrust into an “ace” position he wasn’t ready for only worsened the entire situation. Anthopoulos has sent a very clear message this off-season: the Jays are going for it. And there’s no room for error, or “working out the kinks”. One week from today the Jays will field the very best squad they have.
2. J.A. Happ had a heck of a spring. He pitched with attitude. He pitched like he had a chip on his shoulder. Maybe he did. Going from expecting to be in a starting role to suddenly being #6 in a starting rotation of five sure ticked the guy off. So he fought like hell for that last spot, and loudly voiced his opinion over not wanting to start the season in AAA. Happ deserves that final spot. He earned it.
So what now?
Ricky has to peel away all the layers and start over. He’s got to be hurting right now, and there isn’t a Jays fan who doesn’t feel for him. We all want to see him do well. And I think we will. History has a way of repeating itself…
During the 2000 season while pitching for the Jays, Roy Halladay posted a 10.64 ERA in 19 games (13 he started). This was the worst season in history for any pitcher having thrown over 50 innings. At the beginning of 2001 he was sent to Dunedin for the start of the season to work on his delivery. 2002 was Halladay’s break-out season, and, well, if you’ve followed baseball over the years you know what else Halladay has done. Even though Roy has also looked rough this 2013 pre-season, I’m pretty sure it’s safe to say that he’s going to be a first-ballot Hall-of-Famer.
So how does this translate to Romero?
Ricky strikes me as the kind of guy who has the same fight Halladay does. Ricky’s a competitor. A fierce one. And no one is tougher on Ricky than Ricky. While this is currently hurting his performance, in the long run it will help. The kind of horrific 2012 season combined with the disappointment of not making the starting rotation this season is enough to break most guys. Most guys wouldn’t recover from this. But Ricky isn’t most guys.
If there’s one term most Jays fans hate, it’s “re-building”. But that’s what Ricky needs to do now. How quickly he bounces back is beyond anyone’s comprehension at this point. We could see him back in a couple months. Or it might take longer until we see the Ricky we all know and miss.
I have my fingers crossed that it will be sooner than later.
But I’m quite certain that Ricky will be ok.
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Heinz Premium Chili Sauce
By Todd Wilbur
The name of this tomato-based sauce belies its taste. There's not even a hint of spiciness here that someone might associate with "chili." Instead you get a sweet and sour sauce that's got more tang than ketchup, and more chunks. And what are those chunks? According to the label they're dehydrated onions, so that's exactly what we'll use in this formula. Be sure to get the kind that say dried "minced" onions, because dried "chopped" onions are too big. The recipe is a simple one since you just combine everything in a saucepan and simmer until done. And if you cruise down to the Tidbits at the bottom of this recipe, I'll show you a super-easy way to turn this saucy clone into a beautiful carbon copy of Heinz Seafood Cocktail Sauce.
Source: Top Secret Recipes Unlocked by Todd Wilbur.
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1 cup tomato puree
2 teaspoons dried minced onion
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Whisk together all the ingredients in a small saucepan and place it over medium/low heat. When the mixture begins to bubble, reduce the heat to low and simmer uncovered for 30 minutes. Cover and cool, then refrigerate until cold.
Makes 1 cup.
Tidbits: You can easily bounce from this chili sauce into a clone of Heinz Seafood Cocktail Sauce by simply stirring in 2 teaspoons of prepared horseradish when the sauce has cooled. Cover and chill until needed.
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Avon lady lisa
Love it. I used to "can" a different version, but lost the recipe. Nice to have a stovetop method easily made.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! We love making "sloppy joes" using this sauce. My husband will eat no other! We grow our own tomatoes, so I can make my own tomato puree. HOWEVER, I am wondering if you forgot a little bit of spice, maybe a pinch of cloves or something like that. The label ingredients do have the word "spice" in them. What do you think?
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Heinz Heinz 57
In the late 1800s Henry John Heinz established the slogan "57 Varieties," which you can still find printed on Heinz products even though the company now boasts over 5700 varieties in 200 countries. Today Heinz is the world's largest tomato producer, but interestingly the first product for the company that was launched in 1869 had nothing to do with tomatoes—it was grated horseradish. It wasn't until 1876 that ketchup was added to the growing company's product line.
Tomato is also an important ingredient in Heinz 57 steak sauce. But you'll find some interesting ingredients in there as well, such as raisin puree, malt vinegar, apple juice concentrate, and mustard. And don't worry if your version doesn't come out as brown as the original. Heinz uses a little caramel coloring in its product to give it that distinctive tint. It's just for looks though, so I've left that ingredient out of this clone recipe. The turmeric and yellow mustard will help tint this version a little bit like the color of the real deal.
Source: Even More Top Secret Recipes by Todd Wilbur.
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Chipotle Mexican Grill Barbacoa Burrito
Menu Description: "Spicy, shredded beef, braised with our own chipotle adobo, cumin, cloves, garlic and oregano."
The original Mexican dish barbacoa was traditionally prepared by cooking almost any kind of meat goat, fish, chicken, or cow cheek meat, to name just a few, in a pit covered with leaves over low heat for many hours, until tender. When the dish made its way into the United States via Texas the word transformed into "barbecue" and the preparation changed to incorporate above-ground techniques such as smoking and grilling. The good news is that we can recreate the beef barbacoa that Chipotle has made popular on its ginormous burritos without digging any holes in our backyard or tracking down a local source for fresh cow faces. After braising about 30 pounds of chuck roasts, I finally discovered the perfect Chipotle Mexican Grill barbacoa burrito copycat recipe with a taste-alike adobo sauce that fills your roast with flavor as it slowly cooks to a fork-tender delicacy on your stovetop over 5 to 6 hours. Part of the secret for great adobo sauce is toasting whole cumin seeds and cloves and then grinding them in a coffee grinder (measure the spices after grinding them). Since the braising process takes so long, start early in the day and get ready for a big dinner, because I've also included clones here for Chipotle's pico de gallo, pinto beans, and delicious cilantro-lime rice to make your burritos complete. You can add your choice of cheese, plus guacamole and sour cream for a super-deluxe clone version. If you prefer chicken burritos, head on over to my clone recipe for Qdoba Grilled Adobo Chicken.
Jimmy Dean Breakfast Sausage
Before he became America's sausage king, Jimmy Dean was known for crooning the country hit "Big Bad John." That song came out in 1962 and sold more than 8 million copies. His singing success launched a television career on ABC with The Jimmy Dean Show, where Roy Clark, Patsy Cline, and Roger Miller got their big breaks. The TV exposure led to acting roles for Jimmy, as a regular on Daniel Boone, and in feature films, including his debut in the James Bond flick Diamonds are Forever. Realizing that steady income from an acting and singing career can be undependable, Jimmy invested his show-biz money in a hog farm. In 1968 the Jimmy Dean Meat Company developed the special recipe for sausage that has now become a household name. Today the company is part of the Sara Lee Corporation, and Jimmy retired as company spokeman in 2004.
This clone recipe re-creates three varieties of the famous roll sausage that you form into patties and cook in a skillet. Use ground pork found at the supermarket—make it lean pork if you like—or grind some up yourself if you have a meat grinder.
Bisquick Original All-Purpose Baking Mix
You've got a hankerin' for pancakes or biscuits, but the recipe calls for Bisquick, and you're plum out. Not to worry. Now you can make a clone of the popular baking mix at home with just four simple ingredients. Store-bought Bisquick includes shortening, salt, flour, and leavening, so that's exactly what we need to duplicate it perfectly at home. This recipe makes about 6 cups of the stuff, which, just like the real thing, you can keep sealed up in a container in your pantry until it's flapjack time. When that time comes, just add milk and eggs for pancakes or waffles, or only milk if it's biscuits you want. You'll find all those recipes below in the "Tidbits."
Roadhouse Grill Baby Back Ribs
Menu Description: "Our award-winning Baby Back Ribs are slow-roasted, then basted with Jim Beam Bourbon BBQ Sauce and finished on our Mesquite grill."
When your crew bites into these baby backs they'll savor meat so tender and juicy that it slides right off the bone. The slow braising cooks the ribs to perfection, while the quick grilling adds the finishing char and smoky flavor. But the most important component to any decent rack of ribs is a sauce that's filled with flavor, and this version of Roadhouse Grill's award-wining sauce is good stuff. I ordered the ribs naked (without sauce) so that I could see if there was any detectable rub added before cooking and I didn't find anything other than salt and a lot of coarse black pepper. So that's the way I designed the recipe, and it works.
Source: Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 2 by Todd Wilbur.
Kraft Thousand Island Dressing
Here's a quick clone for one of the best-selling thousand island dressings around. Use this one on salads or on burgers such as the In-N-Out Double-Double clone as a homemade "special sauce." It's easy, it's tasty, it's cheap and it can be made low-fat by using low-fat mayo. Enjoy.
Ragu Pasta Sauces
It's America's most popular pasta sauce, and now you can whip up clones of two varieties at home at a fraction of the cost. Add a few ingredients to a large can of tomato sauce and get on with the simmering. These recipes duplicate the traditional "Meat" variety of the sauce and the newer "Chunky Garden Style" version with tomato, basil, and Italian cheese. Feel free to doctor these sauces up with your own creative additions (sliced mushrooms, fresh garlic, etc.) just as many do with the real Ragu.
Chili's Salsa
This super simple salsa can be made in a pinch with a can of diced tomatoes, some canned jalapenos, fresh lime juice, onion, spices and a food processor or blender. Plus you can easily double the recipe by sending in a larger 28-ounce can of diced tomatoes, and simply doubling up on all the other ingredients. Use this versatile salsa as a dip for tortilla chips or plop it down onto any dish that needs flavor assistance—from eggs to taco salads to wraps to fish. You can adjust the heat level to suit your taste by tweaking the amount of canned jalapenos in the mix.
Popeyes Red Beans and Rice
I first created the clone for this Cajun-style recipe back in 1994 for the second TSR book, More Top Secret Recipes, but I've never been overjoyed with the results. After convincing a Popeyes manager to show me the ingredients written on the box of red bean mixture, I determined the only way to accurately clone this one is to include an important ingredient omitted from the first version: pork fat. Emeril Lagasse—a Cajun food master—says, "pork fat rules," and it does. We'll could get the delicious smoky fat from rendering smoked ham hocks, but that takes too long. The easiest way is to cook 4 or 5 pieces of bacon, save the cooked bacon for another recipe (or eat it!), then use 1/4 cup of the fat for this hack. As for the beans, find red beans (they're smaller than kidney beans) in two 15-ounce cans. If you're having trouble tracking down red beans, red kidney beans will be a fine substitute.
Pace Picante Sauce Medium
Texan David Pace had been selling 58 different varieties of jam, jellies, and sauces from the back of his liquor store in the 1940s when he came up with a recipe for a thick and spicy tomato-based sauce he dubbed "Picante." When sales of David's new sauce took off, he concentrated all his efforts on marketing his all-natural, preservative-free product, and designed the sauces famous hourglass-shaped jar (to keep it from tipping over). Now America's number one Mexican hot sauce brand, Pace Foods, makes it known that it still uses only fresh jalapeno peppers in the sauces, rather than the brined, less flavorful jalapenos—like those canned nacho slices. Each year all the fresh jalapenos used by the company weigh in at around 30 million pounds, and the nation gobbles up around 120 million pounds of the spicy sauces. Here's a simple recipe to make a kitchen copy of the medium heat-level Pace Picante Sauce, which was the first variety David created. The mild and hot versions were added in 1981, and you'll find clones for those at the bottom of the recipe in Tidbits.
El Pollo Loco Flame-Broiled Chicken
El Pollo Loco, or "The Crazy Chicken," has been growing like mad since it crossed over the border into the United States from Mexico. Francisco Ochoa unknowingly started a food phenomenon internacional in 1975 when he took a family recipe for chicken marinade and opened a small roadside restaurante in Gusave, Mexico. He soon had 90 stores in 20 cities throughout Mexico. The first El Pollo Loco in the United States opened in Los Angeles in December of 1980 and was an immediate success. It was only three years later that Ochoa got the attention of bigwigs at Dennys, Inc., who offered him $11.3 million for his U.S. operations. Ochoa took the deal, and El Pollo Loco grew from 17 to more than 200 outlets over the following decade.
Bull's-Eye Original BBQ Sauce
Some say it's the best off-the-shelf barbecue sauce in the business. That secret combination of molasses, liquid smoke, and spices makes this stuff irresistible on chicken, ribs, or a juicy hamburger. Keep it fresh for your next cookout by whipping up your own home clone batch from scratch.
Olive Garden Breadsticks
Anyone who loves Olive Garden is probably also a big fan of the bottomless basket of warm, garlicky breadsticks served before each meal at the huge Italian casual chain. My guess is that the breadsticks are proofed, and then sent to each restaurant where they are baked until golden brown, brushed with butter and sprinkled with garlic salt. Getting the bread just right for a good Olive Garden breadstick recipe was tricky—I tried several different amounts of yeast in all-purpose flour, but then settled on bread flour to give these breadsticks the same chewy bite as the originals. The two-stage rising process is also a crucial step in this much requested homemade Olive Garden breadstick recipe. Also check out our Olive Garden Italian salad dressing recipe.
Girl Scout Cookies Thin Mints
If those cute little cookie peddlers aren't posted outside the market, it may be tough to get your hands on these—the most popular cookies sold by the Girl Scouts every spring. One out of every four boxes of cookies sold by the girls is Thin Mints. This hack Girl Scout cookie thin mint recipe uses an improved version of the chocolate wafers created for the Oreo cookie clone in the second TSR book More Top Secret Recipes. That recipe creates 108 cookie wafers, so when you're done dipping, you'll have the equivalent of three boxes of the Girl Scout Cookies favorite. That's why you bought those extra cookie sheets, right? You could, of course, reduce this thin mint recipe by baking only one-third of the cookie dough for the wafers and then reducing the coating ingredients by one-third, giving you a total of 36 cookies. But that may not be enough to last you until next spring.
Update 11/16/17: You can make an even better clone using a chocolate product that wasn't available when I created this recipe. Rather than using the semi-sweet chocolate chips combined with shortening and peppermint for coating the cookies, use Ghirardelli Dark Melting Wafers. You will need 2 10-ounce bags of the chips, mixed with 1/2 teaspoon of peppermint extract (and no shortening). Melt the chocolate the same way, and dip the cookies as instructed.
K.C. Masterpiece Original Barbecue Sauce
Even though it's now owned and produced by the Clorox Company, Original K.C. Masterpiece barbecue sauce is the same as when it was first created in good ol Kansas City, USA. This is the sauce that steals awards from all the other popular sauces on the market. Now it's sold in a variety of flavors. But this is the clone for the original, and you'll find it very easy to make. Just throw all of the ingredients in a saucepan, crank it up to a boil, then simmer for about an hour. Done deal. And just like the original Masterpiece, this stuff will make a work of art out of any of your grilled meats, or burgers and sandwiches, and as a dipping sauce or marinade.
P.F. Chang's Chang's Spicy Chicken
Menu Description: "Lightly-dusted, stir fried in a sweet Szechwan sauce."
The delicious sweet-and-spicy secret sauce is what makes this dish one of P. F. Chang's top picks. Once the sauce is finished all you have to do is saute your chicken and combine. You'll may want to cook up some white or brown rice, like at the restaurant. If you can't find straight chili sauce for this recipe, the more common chili sauce with garlic in it will work just as well.
KFC Buttermilk Biscuits
In 1991 Kentucky Fried Chicken bigwigs decided to improve the image of America's third-largest fast-food chain. As a more health-conscious society began to affect sales of fried chicken, the company changed its name to KFC and introduced a lighter fare of skinless chicken.
In the last forty years KFC has experienced extraordinary growth. Five years after first franchising the business, Colonel Harland Sanders had 400 outlets in the United States and Canada. Four years later there were more than 600 franchises, including one in England, the first overseas outlet. In 1964 John Y. Brown, Jr., a young Louisville lawyer, and Jack Massey, a Nashville financier, bought the Colonel's business for $2 million. Only seven years later, in 1971 Heublein, Inc., bought the KFC Corporation for $275 million. Then in 1986, for a whopping $840 million, PepsiCo added KFC to its conglomerate, which now includes Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. That means PepsiCo owns more fast food outlets than any other company including McDonald's.
At each KFC restaurant, workers blend real buttermilk with a dry blend to create the well-known KFC buttermilk biscuits recipe that have made a popular menu item since their introduction in 1982.
Source: Top Secret Recipes by Todd Wilbur.
McDonald's French Fries
They're the world's most famous French fries, responsible for one-third of all U.S. French fry sales, and many would say they're the best. These fried spud strips are so popular that Burger King even changed its own recipe to better compete with the secret formula from Mickey D's. One quarter of all meals served today in American restaurants come with fries; a fact that thrills restaurateurs since fries are the most profitable menu item in the food industry. Proper preparation steps were developed by McDonald's to minimize in-store preparation time, while producing a fry that is soft on the inside and crispy on the outside. Our clone requires a two-step frying process to replicate the same qualities: the fries are par-fried, frozen, then fried once more to crispy just before serving. Be sure to use a slicer to cut the fries for a consistent thickness (1/4-inch is perfect) and for a cooking result that will make them just like the real thing. As for the rumor that you must soak the fries in sugar water to help them turn golden brown, I also found that not to be necessary. If the potatoes have properly developed they contain enough sugar on their own to make a good clone with great color.
Popeyes Famous Fried Chicken
Popeyes Famous Fried Chicken and Biscuits has become the third largest quick-service chicken chain in the world in the twenty-two years since its first store opened in New Orleans in 1972. (KFC has the number-one slot, followed by Church's Chicken). Since then, the chain has grown to 813 units, with many of them overseas in Germany, Japan, Jamaica, Honduras, Guam, and Korea.
Cayenne pepper and white pepper bring the heat to this crispy fried chicken hack.
Jack in the Box Taco
Older than both McDonald's and Burger King, Jack-in-the Box is the world's fifth-largest hamburger chain, with 1,089 outlets by the end of 1991 in thirteen states throughout the West and Southwest. The restaurant, headquartered in San Diego, boasts one of the largest menus in the fast food world.
Now taste for yourself the homemade version of Jack's most popular item. The Jack-in-the Box Taco has been served since the inception of the chain, with very few changes over the years. If you're a fan of the Jumbo Jack or any of Jack's Shakes click here for my clone recipes.
Sabra Classic Hummus
Every brand of hummus I've tried over the years has been just so-so in taste and texture, until I discovered Sabra. Now this ultra-smooth hummus—which has been rated number one in a blind taste test—is the only hummus in my fridge, unless I've made this clone. Hummus is an awesome snack as a dip for vegetables or pita chips, since it's rich in protein, soluble fiber, potassium, and Vitamin E. The secret to duplicating Sabra's smooth and creamy quality is to let your food processor work the stuff over for a solid 10 minutes. Also, don't use all of the liquid from the can of garbanzo beans or the hummus will end up too runny. Strain off the liquid first, then measure only 1/2 cup back into the food processor. Sabra uses canola and/or soybean oil, but you may think olive oil tastes better. Look for a jar of sesame tahini in the aisle where all the international foods are parked, and while you're there find the citric acid, which may also go by the name "sour salt." The clone below will not have the proper acidic bite without this secret ingredient, and citric acid also works as a preservative to help the leftover hummus stay fresh and tasty.
BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse Parmesan Crusted Chicken Breast
Menu Description: "Our marinated chicken breast coated with Parmesan cheese and crunchy panko breadcrumbs, lightly pounded and pan fried to a golden brown. Served with white cheddar mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli and topped with a lemon Chardonnay butter sauce, sun-dried tomatoes, fresh basil and Parmesan cheese."
This re-creation lays out a great way to prepare that 4-pack of chicken breasts you dropped into your shopping cart. While you're at the market, head down the aisle where the Asian foods are parked and pick up some Japanese breadcrumbs, also called "panko" breadcrumbs. Combining these coarse breadcrumbs with shredded Parmesan cheese makes a crispy breading for the chicken that doesn't even need a sauce to taste good. Still, the lemony Chardonnay butter sauce used at the restaurant is cloned here too, so you'll have the complete flavor experience. You'll want to plan ahead a bit for this dish since the chicken fillets will need to marinate in the brine solution for 2 to 3 hours. This dish goes great with the clone recipe for BJ's White Cheddar Mashed Potatoes.
Olive Garden Chicken Scampi
Menu Description: "Chicken breast tenderloins sauteed with bell peppers, roasted garlic and onions in a garlic cream sauce over angel hair."
This dish is a big favorite of Olive Garden regulars. Chicken tenderloins are lightly breaded and sauteed along with colorful bell peppers and chopped red onion. Angel hair pasta is tossed into the pan along with a healthy dose of fresh scampi sauce. If you're cooking for two, you can prepare this dish for the table in one large skillet, saving the remaining ingredients for another meal. If you're making all four servings at once, you need two skillets. If you can't find fresh chicken tenderloins (the tender part of the chicken breast), you can usually find bags of them in the freezer section.
Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls
In early 1985, restaurateur Rich Komen felt there was a specialty niche in convenience-food service just waiting to be filled. His idea was to create an efficient outlet that could serve freshly made cinnamon rolls in shopping malls throughout the country. It took nine months for Komen and his staff to develop a cinnamon roll recipe he knew customers would consider the "freshest, gooiest, and most mouthwatering cinnamon roll ever tasted." The concept was tested for the first time in Seattle's Sea-Tac mall later that year, with workers mixing, proofing, rolling, and baking the rolls in full view of customers. Now, more than 626 outlets later, Cinnabon has become the fastest-growing cinnamon roll bakery in the world.
Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Yellow Cake Mix
So, you need to make some buttery yellow cake, but you don't have any mix in the pantry. Or perhaps you love the moist and delicious cake made from a box, but aren't a big fan of all the polysyllabic preservatives and thickeners that come along for the ride. Here is the TSR way to make homemade yellow cake mix from scratch using basic baking ingredients. You can store the cloned dry mix in a sealed container for several weeks in a cabinet until you need it. Then, when you're ready to make the cake, simply add water, oil, and eggs to the mix in the exact measurements required by the original, then pour the batter into a pan and pop it in the oven. Done.
Nabisco Nilla Wafers
No one knows the exact origin of the vanilla wafer but it's guessed that the recipe was developed in the South. The wafers were being created from scratch at home long before Nabisco introduced the lightweight, poker chip-like packaged cookies in 1945. Back then they were called Vanilla Wafers. But in the 60's Nabisco slapped the trade name Nilla Wafers on the box. Today the real things come about 100 to a box and really fly when whipped into the air with a little flick of the wrist. Here now, you can relive the days of old with a homemade version fresh out of the oven. This clone recipe makes about half a box's worth, and they fly just as far.
Buffalo Wild Wings Buffalo Wings and Sauces
Menu Description: "Here they are in all their lip-smacking, award-winning glory: Buffalo, New York-style chicken wings spun in your favorite signature sauce."
Since Buffalo, New York was too far away, Jim Disbrow and Scott Lowery satisfied their overwhelming craving in 1981 by opening a spicy chicken wing restaurant close to home in Kent, Ohio. With signature sauces and a festive atmosphere, the chain has now evolved from a college campus sports bar with wings to a family restaurant with over 300 units. While frying chicken wings is no real secret—simply drop them in hot shortening for about 10 minutes—the delicious spicy sauces make the wings special. There are 12 varieties of sauce available to coat your crispy chicken parts at the chain, and I'm presenting clones for the more traditional flavors. These sauces are very thick, almost like dressing or dip, so we'll use an emulsifying technique that will ensure a creamy final product where the oil won't separate from the other ingredients. Here is the chicken wing cooking and coating technique, followed by clones for the most popular sauces: Spicy Garlic, Medium and Hot. The sauce recipes might look the same at first, but each has slight variations make your sauce hotter or milder by adjusting the level of cayenne pepper. You can find Frank's pepper sauce by the other hot sauces in your market. If you can't find that brand, you can also use Crystal Louisiana hot sauce.
Chipotle Mexican Grill Chipotle-Honey Vinaigrette
The original Mexican dish barbacoa was traditionally prepared by cooking almost any kind of meat goat, fish, chicken, or cow cheek meat, to name just a few, in a pit covered with leaves over low heat for many hours, until tender. When the dish made its way into the United States via Texas the word transformed into "barbecue" and the preparation changed to incorporate above-ground techniques such as smoking and grilling. The good news is that we can recreate the beef barbacoa that Chipotle has made popular on its ginormous burritos without digging any holes in our backyard or tracking down a local source for fresh cow faces. After braising about 30 pounds of chuck roasts, I finally discovered the perfect clone with a taste-alike adobo sauce that fills your roast with flavor as it slowly cooks to a fork-tender delicacy on your stovetop over 5 to 6 hours. Part of the secret for great adobo sauce is toasting whole cumin seeds and cloves and then grinding them in a coffee grinder (measure the spices after grinding them). Since the braising process takes so long, start early in the day and get ready for a big dinner, because I've also included clones here for Chipotle's pico de gallo, pinto beans, and delicious cilantro-lime rice to make your burritos complete. You can add your choice of cheese, plus guacamole and sour cream for a super-deluxe clone version.
Newman's Own Creamy Caesar Dressing
With over 100 million dollars given to charity since 1982, Newman's Own products have become an American favorite. One variety of the brand's dressings that really stands out is this exceptional Caesar salad dressing, probably the best commercial Caesar dressing on the market. Part of the secret for this special recipe is the inclusion of Worcestershire sauce. Not only does Worcestershire give your dressing the perfect flavor and color of the original, but the sauce is made with a fishy ingredient that's crucial for a good Caesar dressing: anchovies.
Taco Bell Burrito Supreme
To copy Taco Bell's most famous burrito at home you first must assemble the meaty foundation of many of the chain's top-selling products: the spiced ground beef. Toss it and seven other tasty ingredients into a large flour tortilla and fold using the same technique as taught to new recruits to the chain. Add your favorite hot sauce for a bit of heat, or clone a Taco Bell hot sauce, such as the Taco Bell Fire Border Sauce with the clone recipe here.
Skyline Chili
There's no chocolate in it. Or coffee. Or Coca-Cola. The ingredient rumors for the Skyline Chili secret recipe are plentiful on the Internet, but anyone can purchase cans of Skyline chili from the company and find the ingredients listed right on the label: beef, water, tomato paste, dried torula yeast, salt, spices, cornstarch, and natural flavors. You can trust that if chocolate were included in the secret recipe, the label would reflect it—important information for people with a chocolate allergy. All it takes to recreate the unique flavor of Skyline is a special blend of easy-to-find spices plus beef broth and a few other not-so-unusual ingredients. Let the chili simmer for an hour or so, then serve it up on its own or in one of the traditional Cincinnati-style serving suggestions (the "ways" they call 'em) with the chili poured over spaghetti noodles, topped with grated Cheddar cheese and other good stuff:
3-Way: Pour chili over cooked spaghetti noodles and top with grated Cheddar cheese.
4-Way: Add a couple teaspoons of grated onion before adding the cheese.
5-Way: Add cooked red beans over the onions before adding the cheese.
If you're a fan of this hearty dish, you may also like my clone recipes for other popular soups and chilis here.
Maid-Rite Loose Meat Sandwich
It's been an Iowa tradition since 1926, and today this sandwich has a huge cult following. It's similar to a traditional hamburger, but the ground beef is not formed into a patty. Instead, the lightly seasoned meat lies uncompressed on a white bun, dressed with mustard, minced onion, and dill pickles. Since the meat is loose, the sandwich is always served with a spoon for scooping up the ground beef that will inevitably fall out.
When this clone recipe for Maid-Rite was originally posted on our Web site several years ago, it elicited more e-mail than any recipe in the site's history. Numerous Midwesterners were keyboard-ready to insist that the clone was far from accurate without the inclusion of a few bizarre ingredients, the most common of which was Coca-Cola. One letter states: "You evidently have not ever had a Maid-Rite. The secret to the Maid-Rite is coke syrup. Without it you cannot come close to the taste." Another e-mail reads: "Having lived in the Midwest all of my life and knowing not only the owners of a Maid-Rite restaurant but also many people who worked there, I can tell you that one of the things you left out of your recipe is Coca-Cola. Not a lot, just enough to keep the meat moist."
On the flip side, I received comments such as this one from an Iowa fan who lived near Don Taylor's original Maid-Rite franchise: "The secret to the best Maid-Rite is the whole beef. Don had a butcher shop in his basement where he cut and ground all his beef. Some people still swear they added seasoning, but that is just not true. Not even pepper."
Back in my lab, no matter how hard I examined the meat in the original product—which was shipped to me in dry ice directly from Don Taylor's original store in Marshalltown, Iowa—I could not detect Coca-Cola. there's no sweetness to the meat at all, although the buns themselves seem to include some sugar. When the buns are chewed with the meat, the sandwich does taste mildly sweet. I finally decided that Coca-Cola syrup is not part of the recipe. If it is added to the meat in the Maid-Rite stores, it's an insignificant amount that does not have any noticeable effect on the flavor.
Also, the texture is important, so adding plenty of liquid to the simmering meat is crucial. This clone recipe requires 1 cup of water in addition to 1/4 cup of beef broth. By simmering the ground beef in this liquid for a couple hours the meat will tenderize and become infused with a little flavor, just like the real thing.
When the liquid is gone, form the ground beef into a 1/2 cup measuring scoop, dump it onto the bottom of a plain hamburger bun, then add your choice of mustard, onions, and pickles. Adding ketchup is up to you, although it's not an ingredient found in Maid-Rite stores. Many say that back in the early days "hobos" would swipe the ketchup and mix it with water to make tomato soup. Free ketchup was nixed from the restaurants way back then, and the custom has been in place ever since.
Auntie Anne's Pretzels
The first Auntie Anne's pretzel store opened in 1988 in the heart of pretzel country—a Pennsylvanian Amish farmers' market. Over 500 stores later, Auntie Anne's is one of the most requested secret clone recipes around, especially on the internet. Many of the recipes passed around the Web require bread flour, and some use honey as a sweetener. But by studying the Auntie Anne's home pretzel-making kit in the secret underground laboratory, I've discovered a better solution for re-creating the delicious mall treats than any clone recipe out there. For the best quality dough, you just need all-purpose flour. And powdered sugar works great to perfectly sweeten the dough. Now you just have to decide if you want to make the more traditional salted pretzels, or the sweet cinnamon sugar-coated kind. Decisions, decisions.
KFC Honey BBQ Wings
Once a regular menu item, these sweet, saucy wings are now added to the KFC menu on a "limited-time-only" basis in many markets. So how are we to get that sticky sauce all over our faces and hands during those many months when we are cruelly denied our Honey BBQ Wings? Now it's as easy as whipping up this KFC honey BBQ wings recipe that re-creates the crispy breading on the chicken wings, and the sweet-and-smoky honey BBQ sauce. "Limited-time-only" signs—we laugh at you.
How about some famous coleslaw or wedge potatoes? Check out my collection of KFC clone recipes here.
Hooters Buffalo Chicken Wings
Menu Description: "Nearly world famous. Often imitated, hardly ever duplicated."
"Hooters is to chicken wings what McDonald's is to hamburgers," claims promotional material from the company. True, the six fun-loving Midwestern businessmen who started Hooters in Clearwater, Florida, on April Fool's Day in 1983 chose a classic recipe for chicken wings as their signature item. But while some might say it's the buffalo wings that are their favorite feature of the restaurant, others say it's the restaurant chain's trademark Hooters girls—waitresses casually attired in bright orange short-shorts and skin tight T-shirts.
Today there are over 375 Hooters across the United States serving more than 200 tons of chicken wings every week. The original dish can be ordered in 10-, 20-, or 50-piece servings; or if you want to splurge, there's the "Gourmet Chicken Wing Dinner" featuring 20 wings and a bottle of Dom Perignon champagne, for only $125. To further enhance the Hooters experience when you serve these messy wings, throw a whole roll of paper towels on the table, rather than napkins, as they do in the restaurants.
Source: Top Secret Restaurant Recipes by Todd Wilbur.
Carnegie Deli Classic New York Cheesecake
Carnegie Deli's huge pastrami sandwiches were selected as the best in New York by New York Magazine in 1975, but it's the cheesecakes, which can be shipped anywhere in the country, that really put this famous deli on the map. The secret to accurately cloning a traditional New York cheesecake is in creating the perfect not-too-sweet sugar cookie crust and varying the baking temperature so that you get a nicely browned top before cooking the cheesecake through. Get ready for the best deli-style cheesecake to ever come out of your oven.
Romano's Macaroni Grill Chicken Scaloppine
Menu Description: "Chicken breast, mushrooms, artichokes, capers & smoked prosciutto in lemon butter with pasta."
Mushrooms, artichoke hearts, and prosciutto in a creamy lemon butter sauce surround sauteed chicken breasts and angel hair pasta for this unique and satisfying take on a traditional dish. This clone ranks in the top three most requested recipes on my hit list from the 227-unit Romano's Macaroni Grill. The successful Italian chain is part of the Brinker group of restaurants that controls several other high-profile casual eateries including Border Mexican Grill, Maggiano's, and Chili's.
HoneyBaked Ham Glaze
By sneaking around to the back of a HoneyBaked Ham store I witnessed the glazing process through an open door. The hams are delivered to each of the 300 HoneyBaked outlets already smoked, but without the glaze. It is only when the ham gets to your local HoneyBaked store that a special machine thin-slices the tender meat in a spiral fashion around the bone. Then, one at a time, each ham is then coated with the glaze—a blend that is similar to what might be used to make pumpkin pie. This sweet coating is then caramelized with a blowtorch by hand until the glaze bubbles and melts, turning golden brown. If needed, more of the coating is added, and the blowtorch is fired up until the glaze is just right. It's this careful process that turns the same size ham that costs 20 dollars in a supermarket into one that customers gladly shell out 3 to 4 times as much to share during the holiday season.
For this HoneyBaked Ham glaze copycat recipe, we will re-create the glaze that you can apply to a smoked/cooked bone-in ham of your choice. Look for a ham that is pre-sliced. Otherwise you'll have to slice it yourself with a sharp knife, then the glaze will be applied. To get the coating just right you must use a blowtorch. Get the kind that is used for creme brulee from almost any kitchen supply store. They're usually pretty cheap. And don't worry—I didn't leave out an ingredient. No honey is necessary to re-create this flavorful glaze.
Now, what's for dessert?
Popeyes Buttermilk Biscuits
In 2007 America's number one Cajun-style restaurant celebrated its 35th birthday with 1,583 stores worldwide. But Popeyes didn't start out with the name that most people associate with a certain spinach-eating cartoon character. When Al Copeland opened his first Southern-fried chicken stand in New Orleans in 1972, it was called Chicken On The Run. The name was later changed to Popeyes after Gene Hackman's character in the movie The French Connection. In addition to great spicy fried chicken, Popeyes serves up wonderful Southern-style buttermilk biscuits that we can now easily duplicate to serve with a variety of home cooked meals. The secret is to cut cold butter into the mix with a pastry knife so that the biscuits turn out flaky and tender just like the originals.
Source: "Top Secret Recipes Unlocked" by Todd Wilbur.
Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Chocolate Cake Mix
Let's say you want to make some chocolate cake from one of the popular mixes that come in a box but you don't have much of a craving for propylene glycol, polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, or cellulose gum. Well, if you're making cake from a box mix, that's probably what you'll be eating. Many of those additives are what give the cake you make with Duncan Hines cake mix its deluxe moistness. The good news is we can come very close to duplicating the store-bought cake mix with very simple dry ingredients and a little shortening. By combining the dry stuff, then thoroughly mixing in the shortening, you will have a mix that is shelf-stable until you add the same wet ingredients in the same amounts required by the real thing. It's a great way to make good, old-fashioned chocolate cake without the hard-to-pronounce additives.
Krispy Kreme Original Glazed Doughnuts
The automated process for creating Krispy Kreme doughnuts, developed in the 1950's, took the company many years to perfect. When you drive by your local Krispy Kreme store between 5:00 and 11:00 each day (both a.m. and p.m.) and see the "Hot Doughnuts Now" sign lit up, inside the store custom-made stainless steel machines are rolling. Doughnut batter is extruded into little doughnut shapes that ride up and down through a temperature and humidity controlled booth to activate the yeast. This creates the perfect amount of air in the dough that will yield a tender and fluffy finished product. When the doughnuts are perfectly puffed up, they're gently dumped into a moat of hot vegetable shortening where they float on one side until golden brown, and then the machine flips them over to cook the other side. When the doughnuts finish frying, they ride up a mesh conveyer belt and through a ribbon of white sugar glaze. If you're lucky enough to taste one of these doughnuts just as it comes around the corner from the glazing, you're in for a real treat—the warm circle of sweet doughy goodness practically melts in your mouth. It's this secret process that helped Krispy Kreme become the fastest-growing doughnut chain in the country.
As you can guess, the main ingredient in a Krispy Kreme doughnut is wheat flour, but there is also some added gluten, soy flour, malted barley flour, and modified food starch; plus egg yolk, non-fat milk, flavoring, and yeast. I suspect a low-gluten flour, like cake flour, is probably used in the original mix to make the doughnuts tender, and then the manufacturer adds the additional gluten to give the doughnuts the perfect framework for rising. I tested many combinations of cake flour and wheat gluten, but found that the best texture resulted from cake flour combined with all-purpose flour. I also tried adding a little soy flour to the mix, but the soy gave the dough a strange taste and it didn't benefit the texture of the dough in any way. I excluded the malted barley flour and modified food starch from the Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut recipe since these are difficult ingredients to find. These exclusions didn't seem to matter because the real secret in making these doughnuts look and taste like the original lies primarily in careful handling of the dough.
The Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut recipe dough will be very sticky when first mixed together, and you should be careful not to over mix it or you will build up some tough gluten strands, and that will result in chewy doughnuts. You don't even need to touch the dough until it is finished with the first rising stage. After the dough rises for 30 to 45 minutes it will become easier to handle, but you will still need to flour your hands. Also, be sure to generously flour the surface you are working on when you gently roll out the dough for cutting. When each doughnut shape is cut from the dough, place it onto a small square of wax paper that has been lightly dusted with flour. Using wax paper will allow you to easily transport the doughnuts (after they rise) from the baking sheet to the hot shortening without deflating the dough. As long as you don't fry them too long—1 minute per side should be enough—you will have tender homemade doughnuts that will satisfy even the biggest Krispy Kreme fanatics.
Carrabba's House Salad Dressing (Creamy Parmesan)
When Johnny Carrabba and his uncle Damian Mandola opened the first Carrabba's restaurant in 1986, they used a collection of their own traditional family recipes to craft a terrific Italian menu. You'll even find the names of friends and family in several of those dishes including Pollo Rosa Maria, Chicken Bryan, Scampi Damian and Insalata Johnny Rocco. Now you can easily recreate the taste of the delicious dressing that's tossed into the salad that's served before each Carrabba's entree. And you need only six ingredients. For the grated Parmesan cheese, go ahead and use the stuff made by Kraft that comes in the green shaker canisters. And if you don't have any buttermilk, you can substitute regular milk. Since it's so thick, this dressing is best when tossed into your salad before serving it, just like the real thing.
Old Bay Seasoning
With spice grinder in hand, Gustav Brunn traveled to America from Germany, and settled down in Baltimore on the Chesapeake Bay, where steamed crabs are a staple. Gustav began grinding. In 1939, after trying many different combinations, Gustav found just the right mix for a top secret blend of spices that would be the most-used seasoning on steamed crabs, shrimp, lobster, and other tasty seafood dishes for generations to come. But McCormick & Co., which purchased Old Bay in 1990, insists that the celery salt based blend is not just for seafood. You can also use the seasoning on chicken, French fries, popcorn, baked potatoes, deviled eggs, hamburgers, and even pizza.
Panda Express Mandarin Chicken
This dish from the rapidly growing Chinese food chain satisfies anyone who loves the famous marinated bourbon chicken found in food courts across America. The sauce is the secret, and it's quick to make right on your own stovetop. Fire up the barbecue or indoor grill for the chicken and cook up a little white rice to serve on the side. Panda Express—now over 700 restaurants strong—is the fastest-growing Asian food chain in the world.
Update: Recently, Panda Express took this item off their menu and replaced it with Grilled Teriyaki Chicken. The only way to enjoy this now Dead Food is to clone it.
El Pollo Loco Creamy Cilantro Dressing
Sliced chicken breast, romaine lettuce, pico de gallo, tortilla strips, and cotija cheese make up El Pollo Loco's Caesar Salad, but it is the fantastic creamy cilantro dressing that gets the raves. Simply combine these basic ingredients in a bowl and you'll soon have more than 1 cup of the delicious dressing cloned and ready to pour over any of your home salad creations.
Bonefish Grill Citrus Herb Vinaigrette
There are a few decent bottled salad dressings out there, but there's nothing on the shelf that compares in taste to this homemade version of the house dressing from Bonefish Grill. Not only that, it's a heck of a lot cheaper to make your own vinaigrette from scratch. And check out the easy steps: Mix everything together in a bowl, microwave for 1 minute, whisk to emulsify, then chill. If you're a salad lover, this is the clone for you.
Fatburger Original Burger
Southern California—the birthplace of famous hamburgers from McDonalds, Carls Jr. and In-n-Out Burger—is home to another thriving burger chain that opened its first store in 1952. Lovie Yancey thought up the perfect name for the 1/3 pound burgers she sold at her Los Angeles burger joint: Fatburger. Now with over 41 units in California, Nevada, and moving into Washington and Arizona, Fatburger has become the food critic's favorite, winning "best burger in town" honors with regularity. The secret is the seasoned salt used on a the beef patty. And there's no ketchup on the regular version, just mayo, mustard, and relish. Replace the ground beef with ground turkey and you've just cloned Fatburger's popular Turkeyburger.
Boston Market Meatloaf
In the early 90's Boston Chicken was rockin' it. The home meal replacement chain's stock was soaring and the lines were filled with hungry customers waiting to sink their teeth into a serving of the chain's delicious rotisserie chicken. So successful was the chain with chicken, that the company quickly decided it was time to introduce other entree selections, the first of which was a delicious barbecue sauce-covered ground sirloin meatloaf. But offering the other entrees presented the company with a dilemma: what to do about the name. The bigwigs decided it was time to change the name to Boston Market, to reflect a wider menu. That meant replacing signs on hundreds of units and retooling the marketing campaigns. That name change, plus rapid expansion of the chain and growth of other similar home-style meal concepts sent the company into a tailspin. By 1988, Boston Market's goose was cooked, and the company filed for bankruptcy. Soon McDonald's stepped in to purchase the company, with the idea of closing many of the stores for good, and slapping Golden Arches on the rest. But that plan was scrapped when, after selling many of the under-performing Boston Markets, the chain began to fly once again. Within a year of the acquisition Boston Market was profitable, and those meals with the home-cooked taste are still being served at over 700 Boston Market restaurants across the country.
Original Tommy's World Famous Hamburger
This clone recipe may be for the whole hamburger, but anybody who knows about Tommy's goes there because they love the chili that's on the burger—and that's the part of this clone they seek. Turns out it's an old chili con carne recipe created back in 1946 by Tommy's founder, Tommy Koulax, for his first hamburger stand on the corner of Beverly and Rampart Boulevards in Los Angeles. By adding the right combination of water and flour and broth and spices to the meat we can create a thick, tomato-less chili sauce worthy of the gajillions of southern California college students that make late-night Tommy's runs a four-year habit. And if you don't live near one of the two dozen Tommy's outlets, you can still get a gallon of Tommy's famous chili shipped to you. But I hope you really like the stuff, because you'll shell out around 70 bucks for the dry ice packaging and overnight shipping. And don't expect to see the ingredients on the label (drat!) since the chili comes packed in a gallon-size mustard jug.
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Total Health Mastery Recent Press
To book a Total Health Mastery speaker including Arnoux (are-know) Goran for an event, show or keynote presentation please contact us at Arnoux@TotalHealthMasteryUSA.com or by calling 1-877-680-8200 For more information on the new study being done on The 7 Steps to Reprogramming Yourself please contact Dr. Zuzana Bic, PhD, MD from The University of California, Irvine. You can visit her profile by clicking here
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Arnoux (are-know) Goran was raised by two deaf crack addicts and left for dead at 22. He now lives a J. Paul Getty life in the OC. Arnoux was devasted in every way which drove him to find a way to heal himself and to stop replaying the patterns of poverty, starvation, and depression from his childhood.
After years of research, hard work, resilience and prayers he “cracked the code” of the human mind and invented The 7 Steps to Reprogramming Yourself, the first ever proven method to access the unconscious mind and remove old repeating negative thoughts and emotions… permanently.
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After being told by his doctors that he would never recover and would certainly die he rid himself of several “incurable” diseases and went on to design the seminar series that changes and saves lives, Total Health Mastery. Total Health Mastery University now boasts over 20 courses and is available globally online. A few live events are offered each year. Arnoux has written over 20 books or mini-books which are only available in THMU.
Arnoux is also the inventor of The 5 Step Emotional Eraser, How to Cleanse the Body Without Cleansing Reactions and How to Overcome Addictions Without Willpower. He has been a featured speaker on TV, Radio, at Fortune 500 companies and at major universities.
Arnoux earned his B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Washington and then took two years of pre-med courses at UW. Arnoux is a black belt in Martial Arts and became an instructor under the tutelage of Grandmaster Won Kuk Kim, son of Bok Man Kim, co-founder of Tae Kwon Do and author of Practical Tae Kwon Do. He went on to assist in opening several successful Martial Arts schools.
Arnoux also holds Master’s certifications in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), Clinical Hypnotherapy, Timeline Dynamics, Success Coaching, Reiki and has studied virtually every method of healing emotionally, mentally and spiritually in the world… according to some experts, Arnoux has a PhD in results.
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Victoria Reichelt
Portrait of Australian artist Victoria Reichelt, by Ilona Nelson for This Wild Song
Victoria Reichelt studied Fine Art at the Queensland College of Art, graduating in 2005 having completed her Doctor of Visual Arts. She has been short-listed for a number of major art prizes including the Gold Award at the Rockhampton Art Gallery, the RBS Emerging Artist Award, the Fletcher Jones Art Prize, and in 2013 she won the Sulman Art Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. She has been awarded an Australia Council New Work Grant and the Linden Innovators Award from the Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts. Her work has been included in exhibitions at the Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation and at the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) in Brisbane, and she has served as a board member on the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council for the Arts.
Victoria is represented by the This is No Fantasy in Melbourne, VIC and Jan Murphy Gallery in Brisbane, Qld.
Victoria’s Artwork
Interview with Victoria Reichelt
How do you describe your work to others?
Investigations into the overlooked, or soon to be obsolete.
I have always painted oil on canvas, even at art school when they encouraged everyone to try new things I’d stick with oil on canvas.
How do you begin new work?
I hate starting new work! I’d prefer to be half way through a work – and I love that victory feeling you get when you finish something
What attracts you to your subjects?
I like simple objects but I like to play with numbers to make an interesting composition. I am attracted to objects that I can source a lot of!
What processes do you use to bring your ideas to life?
The process of photography is just as important as the painting – I like to set the objects up to be photographed and then leave them out for a few days and keep pushing the arrangement until I find one that will translate to paint in an interesting way. Once the photos are done the actual process of painting is quite meditative. I usually paint in one or two layers and keep the paint pretty thin. I feel like my greatest skills is patience as the works take a long time to make and they can’t be rushed.
What’s your favourite colour to work with?
At the moment I am loving white on white, as well as greys and blacks, occasionally with a splash of red. I have worked with the colour spectrum for my past few shows so it is nice to be paring it back a bit at the moment.
Where do you create?
I divided my garage down the centre and I have a studio on one side and the other side is a play room for my kids, so that I can paint while I look after them :‑)
Do you have a studio ritual to start the session?
Coffee, coffee and more coffee.
What’s your favourite music to work to?
I listen to a ton of podcasts while I paint. At the moment I am loving anything by Slate, Pod Save America, The Empire Film Podcast, The Dollop, How Did This Get Made, Keep It, The Wired Podcast, The Signal, NPR Politics, Fresh Air, Reveal, Revisionist History, Hidden Brain, The Daily, Steele Wars, Pop Culture Happy Hour and of course This Wild Song :‑) I have also been loving one called Last Seen which is an investigation into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist in 1990, by the Boston Globe.
What advice would you give to your emerging self?
Go easy on yourself, work hard but know that you will have failures and it’s not the end of the world.
Have you ever worked with a mentor?
I have had some wonderful mentors in my life, most notably Donna Marcus and Rosemary Hawker. I also have a great group of friends who are also artists who I email for advice and to bounce ideas off quite regularly.
What is the most memorable exhibition or artwork you have seen and why?
The Gerhard Richter exhibition at GoMA in Brisbane last year was amazing. It was quite overwhelming to see so many of Richter’s works in Australia. In particular the paintings of his family and his Atlas (a collection of photographs, newspaper cuttings and sketches that he has collected over the years, often to use as source imagery for his painting) were amazing.
What does the future hold for you?
Not sure. Coffee? :‑)
Victoria’s website
www.victoriareichelt.com
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Juliet Lanka
Hater of love. Lover of horror.
20 Survivors Of Plane Crashes, Shipwrecks, And Other Gruesome Disasters Tell Their Story
“I held her under a door frame, like we’d been taught and when the shaking stopped, we ran out like our lives depended on it. We were lucky. Our building didn’t collapse but so many others did. Thousands of people died in that earthquake.”
By Juliet Lanka, 6 Nov 2017
100+ ‘Glitch In The Matrix’ Stories That Will Make You Believe In The Supernatural
“I spilled chocolate ice cream on my leg. I wiped it off and there was still a pale brown stain in the shape of the ice cream splotch. I told my mother who said it was a birthmark. I will swear under oath that never before that moment did I have a birthmark there.”
When You Are Afraid Inside Of Your Own Home
I came home after class one day and found the bathroom door smashed to pieces. Slivers of wood scattered across the tile.
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“I had this horrible feeling of uneasiness looming in the back of my mind, so I told my buddies I’m turning in for the night. They called me the next morning and informed me that the bar had gotten shot up and like 3 people were injured.”
By Juliet Lanka, 30 Oct 2017
When The Reaper Comes For You, Pray That It’s Not In These 25 Brutal Ways
“Walking Ghost Syndrome happens when you’re exposed to a certain amount of radiation. The radiation kills your bone marrow but not much else. You get sick for a few days due to sepsis from all the dead bone marrow, then seem to get better, but your life now has a quite literal deadline; with no bone marrow, your red blood cells and immune system aren’t getting replenished so once you run out, that’s it.”
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Sports fan fury on ‘live’ tennis
January 20th, 2008 By David Knox 15 commentsFiled under: News,
Tennis fans are venting their anger at Channel Seven after learning that last night’s match between Federer and Tipsarevic was delayed.
Seven promotes its Australian Open as being live.
On Saturday night Seven stopped the match to screen Seven News. At 6:30pm it followed with UK drama Heartbeat. When the match resumed at 7:30pm it was delayed by about 20 minutes.
On TV the players were in the third set but the live stream on the internet showed Federer down two sets to one and the fourth set already in progress. Radio broadcasts were also ahead of Seven’s footage. Even the BBC website was more up to date than Seven viewers.
Today radio talkback callers were furious with Seven. Internet forums also posted viewer venom. “You don’t see Channel 9 stopping the cricket broadcast for their news time slot do you?” wrote reh12968 on Yahoo7.
“Not good Channel 7 if you don’t want to show the tennis fully then let another channel have it. Shame, Shame, Shame,” wrote Jeffandchrisb.
A Seven spokesman said: “Heartbeat is part of our regular Saturday night line-up. A decision was made by the programming department to stick with that.”
Television networks have always used the term ‘live’ creatively. The TV Week Logie Awards have traditionally been about 20 mins delayed. But the ultimate prize goes to Network TEN whose “live” broadcast of the Big Brother opening episode is about 24 hours old.
Still, in sport live should mean live. Especially when viewers are left sitting up until the wee hours for match outcomes. That’s major beauty sleep, Seven…
Additional source: Sun-Herald
I’ve got to agree with the WA people. Often games involving Lleyton Hewitt won’t even go live into SA as 7 don’t want to upset their precious scheduling.
I think the best example of screwing with the SA public and the backlash was a game where the Crows played West Coast and 7 decided to place their usual news service in the middle and delay the game when it was being played at Subiaco. Their ratings plummeted and I don’t think they ever decided to delay an away Crows game again.
Rob January 20, 2008 10:52 pm
Glad someone brought up WA – having sport delayed by 20 minutes isn’t going to get much sympathy from over here. When the one dayers start we get it 2 hours delayed. When the footy season starts in March we get friday night football delayed so it doesn’t start on TV until the game has already finished.
It’s ridiculous that we can get Memphis v Ohio State in college gridiron live, but football and cricket we get a 3 hour delay.
this is run of the mill for us over in the west…
in perth, everything is delayed, cricket, football, tv shows where you can ring/txt to vote, EVERYTHING…..
it really is a joke.
call me sadistic, but im kinda glad its occurring over in the east, at least you guys can suffer too like us poorer cousins in the west
Nathan87 January 20, 2008 9:48 pm
Dont worry u Queenslanders, you guys are always behind in everything..you should be used to it!
andy January 20, 2008 5:15 pm
They should have gone live at 7.30 when they returned, not delayed it by 30 mins.
What they really should have done is continue the Tennis on 7HD whilst Heartbeat was on regualr 7. If they advertised that on screen they might have even got alot of tennis fans thinking about going out and buying an HD box.
Interestingly by the time 6.30pm came around in Brisbane, they decided to drop Heartbeat there and go straight back to the tennis after the news.
to be fair to seven, they pulled heartbeat in some markets to join the tennis earlier.
And geez, its 20 minutes. People are acting as though it was hours behind! Settle down.
TelevisionAU January 20, 2008 3:15 pm
“You don’t see Channel 9 stopping the cricket broadcast for their news time slot do you?” wrote reh12968 on Yahoo7
Actually, cricket fans are always barking on about how Nine cuts short the cricket coverage at 5.59 so it can go to the news at 6.00.
I imagine this type of thing won’t be a problem when proper standard-definition (not HD) multi-channeling is allowed on the commercial channels in 2009.
Actually, in Adelaide we do. The Tea break in the Perth test starts here at 5.30, so instead of seeing the news half an hour early and not missing any cricket, we are left watching the commentators talk for half an hour, then when the players are returning to the field at 6.00, we cut to the news!
…if only the networks had more than 1 channel each then they could show the TENNIS (really LIVE) and the NEWS and HEARTBEAT or WHATEVER… but hang on a minute, they do have more than 1 channel; but persist in putting 1 picture out over several channels… analogue, standard digital and high def… what a sad joke is multi-channeling in Australia! Have a look at the UK, US, France, Germany… why are we so far behind?!
Major TV Events, such as that ARIAS and the Logies, are delayed for several reasons. One is the logistics of feeding people but the other one and the most important one, is these shows are also “downstreamed” produced and directed. That is, whilst there is a full crew at the location, there is a producer and director in the main studio also directing the show to remove things that go wrong.
A few years ago, I worked on the AFI and there was a major stuff up with a video piece which did not work in the event hall – the presenter was left staring at the big screen and nothing happened. That never went to air because the show was delayed by 30 minutes so it was edited out by the downstream crew.
However, thats okay for staged TV events. For sports, its a completely different story. If you are going to pay the money to buy the rights and they bang on about it being live, then it should be live. I would have thought that was false advertising and the ACCC should be intervening.
Bet you this one makes to ACA on Monday night ! I can almost hear the story opening “Once again Tennis Fans have been left sitting on the sidelines as the Seven Network….” they will then wheel in the usual suspects to comment on it.
Free TV networks are idiots. All they are doing with this behaviour is playing into Foxtel’s demands for the anti-siphoning laws to be changed.
Kuttsywood January 20, 2008 1:22 pm
David,I live in Queensland (where daylight saving is non-existant) and in my eyes this is the tip of the iceberg.
For a network whose slogan in Queensland is “Love You Queensland” Seven never bothers to think of Queensland ahead of the “big two down south” (even though they have their problems too, like last night.) Since Daylight Saving started down south we don’t get the following programs live.
Sunrise,The Morning Show,11am News,4:30 News,Today Tonight,Dancing With The Stars, The Federal Election coverage on 24/11 last year as well as any sport covered from NSW or VIC (which includes the Sydney International,Kooyong Classic and Australian Open tennis tournaments)between the end of October and April.
i dont really care if it is on delay… as long as they dont spoil the result via a news break i really dont care.
having a delayed telecast only causes problems when someone is watching the tennis and listening to it on the radio. if people would just watch or listen(no both) then there would never be a problem.
and hartbeat is such a great show .. zzzz, surely common sense should of prevailed with the hewitt match being postponed ? 11:45PM start? at least it probably stole rateings away from the mint 🙂
Another example is the ARIAS. I have been to the ceremony for the last 5 years and in the middle of the telecast we have a 20-30 min break where our meals are served.
Also the ceremony starts at 6pm (from memory) and doesnt get telecast till 7:30pm (again from memory)
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I'm going to talk today about energy and climate.
And that might seem a bit surprising because
my full-time work at the Foundation is mostly about vaccines and seeds,
about the things that we need to invent and deliver
to help the poorest two billion live better lives.
But energy and climate are extremely important to these people --
in fact, more important than to anyone else on the planet.
The climate getting worse means that many years, their crops won't grow:
There will be too much rain, not enough rain,
things will change in ways
that their fragile environment simply can't support.
And that leads to starvation, it leads to uncertainty, it leads to unrest.
So, the climate changes will be terrible for them.
Also, the price of energy is very important to them.
In fact, if you could pick just one thing to lower the price of,
to reduce poverty, by far you would pick energy.
Now, the price of energy has come down over time.
Really advanced civilization is based on advances in energy.
The coal revolution fueled the Industrial Revolution,
and, even in the 1900s we've seen a very rapid decline in the price of electricity,
and that's why we have refrigerators, air-conditioning,
we can make modern materials and do so many things.
And so, we're in a wonderful situation with electricity in the rich world.
But, as we make it cheaper -- and let's go for making it twice as cheap --
we need to meet a new constraint,
and that constraint has to do with CO2.
CO2 is warming the planet,
and the equation on CO2 is actually a very straightforward one.
If you sum up the CO2 that gets emitted,
that leads to a temperature increase,
and that temperature increase leads to some very negative effects:
the effects on the weather; perhaps worse, the indirect effects,
in that the natural ecosystems can't adjust to these rapid changes,
and so you get ecosystem collapses.
Now, the exact amount of how you map
from a certain increase of CO2 to what temperature will be
and where the positive feedbacks are,
there's some uncertainty there, but not very much.
And there's certainly uncertainty about how bad those effects will be,
but they will be extremely bad.
I asked the top scientists on this several times:
Do we really have to get down to near zero?
Can't we just cut it in half or a quarter?
And the answer is that until we get near to zero,
the temperature will continue to rise.
And so that's a big challenge.
It's very different than saying "We're a twelve-foot-high truck trying to get under a ten-foot bridge,
and we can just sort of squeeze under."
This is something that has to get to zero.
Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year,
over 26 billion tons.
For each American, it's about 20 tons;
for people in poor countries, it's less than one ton.
It's an average of about five tons for everyone on the planet.
And, somehow, we have to make changes
that will bring that down to zero.
It's been constantly going up.
It's only various economic changes that have even flattened it at all,
so we have to go from rapidly rising
to falling, and falling all the way to zero.
This equation has four factors,
a little bit of multiplication:
So, you've got a thing on the left, CO2, that you want to get to zero,
and that's going to be based on the number of people,
the services each person's using on average,
the energy on average for each service,
and the CO2 being put out per unit of energy.
So, let's look at each one of these
and see how we can get this down to zero.
Probably, one of these numbers is going to have to get pretty near to zero.
Now that's back from high school algebra,
but let's take a look.
First, we've got population.
The world today has 6.8 billion people.
That's headed up to about nine billion.
Now, if we do a really great job on new vaccines,
health care, reproductive health services,
we could lower that by, perhaps, 10 or 15 percent,
but there we see an increase of about 1.3.
The second factor is the services we use.
This encompasses everything:
the food we eat, clothing, TV, heating.
These are very good things:
getting rid of poverty means providing these services
to almost everyone on the planet.
And it's a great thing for this number to go up.
In the rich world, perhaps the top one billion,
we probably could cut back and use less,
but every year, this number, on average, is going to go up,
and so, over all, that will more than double
the services delivered per person.
Here we have a very basic service:
Do you have lighting in your house to be able to read your homework?
And, in fact, these kids don't, so they're going out
and reading their school work under the street lamps.
Now, efficiency, E, the energy for each service,
here finally we have some good news.
We have something that's not going up.
Through various inventions and new ways of doing lighting,
through different types of cars, different ways of building buildings --
there are a lot of services where you can bring
the energy for that service down quite substantially.
Some individual services even bring it down by 90 percent.
There are other services like how we make fertilizer,
or how we do air transport,
where the rooms for improvement are far, far less.
And so, overall here, if we're optimistic,
we may get a reduction of a factor of three to even, perhaps, a factor of six.
But for these first three factors now,
we've gone from 26 billion to, at best, maybe 13 billion tons,
and that just won't cut it.
So let's look at this fourth factor --
this is going to be a key one --
and this is the amount of CO2 put out per each unit of energy.
And so the question is: Can you actually get that to zero?
If you burn coal, no.
If you burn natural gas, no.
Almost every way we make electricity today,
except for the emerging renewables and nuclear, puts out CO2.
And so, what we're going to have to do at a global scale,
is create a new system.
And so, we need energy miracles.
Now, when I use the term "miracle," I don't mean something that's impossible.
The microprocessor is a miracle. The personal computer is a miracle.
The Internet and its services are a miracle.
So, the people here have participated in the creation of many miracles.
Usually, we don't have a deadline,
where you have to get the miracle by a certain date.
Usually, you just kind of stand by, and some come along, some don't.
This is a case where we actually have to drive at full speed
and get a miracle in a pretty tight timeline.
Now, I thought, "How could I really capture this?
Is there some kind of natural illustration,
some demonstration that would grab people's imagination here?"
I thought back to a year ago when I brought mosquitos,
and somehow people enjoyed that.
It really got them involved in the idea of,
you know, there are people who live with mosquitos.
So, with energy, all I could come up with is this.
I decided that releasing fireflies
would be my contribution to the environment here this year.
So here we have some natural fireflies.
I'm told they don't bite; in fact, they might not even leave that jar.
Now, there's all sorts of gimmicky solutions like that one,
but they don't really add up to much.
We need solutions -- either one or several --
that have unbelievable scale
and unbelievable reliability,
and, although there's many directions people are seeking,
I really only see five that can achieve the big numbers.
I've left out tide, geothermal, fusion, biofuels.
Those may make some contribution,
and if they can do better than I expect, so much the better,
but my key point here
is that we're going to have to work on each of these five,
and we can't give up any of them because they look daunting,
because they all have significant challenges.
Let's look first at the burning fossil fuels,
either burning coal or burning natural gas.
What you need to do there, seems like it might be simple, but it's not,
and that's to take all the CO2, after you've burned it, going out the flue,
pressurize it, create a liquid, put it somewhere,
and hope it stays there.
Now we have some pilot things that do this at the 60 to 80 percent level,
but getting up to that full percentage, that will be very tricky,
and agreeing on where these CO2 quantities should be put will be hard,
but the toughest one here is this long-term issue.
Who's going to be sure?
Who's going to guarantee something that is literally billions of times larger
than any type of waste you think of in terms of nuclear or other things?
This is a lot of volume.
So that's a tough one.
Next would be nuclear.
It also has three big problems:
Cost, particularly in highly regulated countries, is high;
the issue of the safety, really feeling good about nothing could go wrong,
that, even though you have these human operators,
that the fuel doesn't get used for weapons.
And then what do you do with the waste?
And, although it's not very large, there are a lot of concerns about that.
People need to feel good about it.
So three very tough problems that might be solvable,
and so, should be worked on.
The last three of the five, I've grouped together.
These are what people often refer to as the renewable sources.
And they actually -- although it's great they don't require fuel --
they have some disadvantages.
One is that the density of energy gathered in these technologies
is dramatically less than a power plant.
This is energy farming, so you're talking about many square miles,
thousands of time more area than you think of as a normal energy plant.
Also, these are intermittent sources.
The sun doesn't shine all day, it doesn't shine every day,
and, likewise, the wind doesn't blow all the time.
And so, if you depend on these sources,
you have to have some way of getting the energy
during those time periods that it's not available.
So, we've got big cost challenges here,
we have transmission challenges:
for example, say this energy source is outside your country;
you not only need the technology,
but you have to deal with the risk of the energy coming from elsewhere.
And, finally, this storage problem.
And, to dimensionalize this, I went through and looked at
all the types of batteries that get made --
for cars, for computers, for phones, for flashlights, for everything --
and compared that to the amount of electrical energy the world uses,
and what I found is that all the batteries we make now
could store less than 10 minutes of all the energy.
And so, in fact, we need a big breakthrough here,
something that's going to be a factor of 100 better
than the approaches we have now.
It's not impossible, but it's not a very easy thing.
Now, this shows up when you try to get the intermittent source
to be above, say, 20 to 30 percent of what you're using.
If you're counting on it for 100 percent,
you need an incredible miracle battery.
Now, how we're going to go forward on this -- what's the right approach?
Is it a Manhattan Project? What's the thing that can get us there?
In each of these five paths, we need at least a hundred people.
And a lot of them, you'll look at and say, "They're crazy." That's good.
And, I think, here in the TED group,
we have many people who are already pursuing this.
that has some great solar thermal technologies.
Vinod Khosla's investing in dozens of companies
that are doing great things and have interesting possibilities,
and I'm trying to help back that.
Nathan Myhrvold and I actually are backing a company
that, perhaps surprisingly, is actually taking the nuclear approach.
There are some innovations in nuclear: modular, liquid.
And innovation really stopped in this industry quite some ago,
so the idea that there's some good ideas laying around is not all that surprising.
The idea of TerraPower is that, instead of burning a part of uranium --
the one percent, which is the U235 --
we decided, "Let's burn the 99 percent, the U238."
It is kind of a crazy idea.
In fact, people had talked about it for a long time,
but they could never simulate properly whether it would work or not,
and so it's through the advent of modern supercomputers
that now you can simulate and see that, yes,
with the right material's approach, this looks like it would work.
And, because you're burning that 99 percent,
you have greatly improved cost profile.
You actually burn up the waste, and you can actually use as fuel
all the leftover waste from today's reactors.
So, instead of worrying about them, you just take that. It's a great thing.
It breathes this uranium as it goes along, so it's kind of like a candle.
You can see it's a log there, often referred to as a traveling wave reactor.
In terms of fuel, this really solves the problem.
I've got a picture here of a place in Kentucky.
This is the leftover, the 99 percent,
where they've taken out the part they burn now,
so it's called depleted uranium.
That would power the U.S. for hundreds of years.
And, simply by filtering seawater in an inexpensive process,
you'd have enough fuel for the entire lifetime of the rest of the planet.
So, you know, it's got lots of challenges ahead,
but it is an example of the many hundreds and hundreds of ideas
that we need to move forward.
So let's think: How should we measure ourselves?
What should our report card look like?
Well, let's go out to where we really need to get,
and then look at the intermediate.
For 2050, you've heard many people talk about this 80 percent reduction.
That really is very important, that we get there.
And that 20 percent will be used up by things going on in poor countries,
still some agriculture,
hopefully we will have cleaned up forestry, cement.
So, to get to that 80 percent,
the developed countries, including countries like China,
will have had to switch their electricity generation altogether.
So, the other grade is: Are we deploying this zero-emission technology,
have we deployed it in all the developed countries
and we're in the process of getting it elsewhere?
That's super important.
That's a key element of making that report card.
So, backing up from there, what should the 2020 report card look like?
Well, again, it should have the two elements.
We should go through these efficiency measures to start getting reductions:
The less we emit, the less that sum will be of CO2,
and, therefore, the less the temperature.
But in some ways, the grade we get there,
doing things that don't get us all the way to the big reductions,
is only equally, or maybe even slightly less, important than the other,
which is the piece of innovation on these breakthroughs.
These breakthroughs, we need to move those at full speed,
and we can measure that in terms of companies,
pilot projects, regulatory things that have been changed.
There's a lot of great books that have been written about this.
The Al Gore book, "Our Choice"
and the David McKay book, "Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air."
They really go through it and create a framework
that this can be discussed broadly,
because we need broad backing for this.
There's a lot that has to come together.
So this is a wish.
It's a very concrete wish that we invent this technology.
If you gave me only one wish for the next 50 years --
I could pick who's president,
I could pick a vaccine, which is something I love,
or I could pick that this thing
that's half the cost with no CO2 gets invented --
this is the wish I would pick.
This is the one with the greatest impact.
If we don't get this wish,
the division between the people who think short term and long term will be terrible,
between the U.S. and China, between poor countries and rich,
and most of all the lives of those two billion will be far worse.
So, what do we have to do?
What am I appealing to you to step forward and drive?
We need to go for more research funding.
When countries get together in places like Copenhagen,
they shouldn't just discuss the CO2.
They should discuss this innovation agenda,
and you'd be stunned at the ridiculously low levels of spending
on these innovative approaches.
We do need the market incentives -- CO2 tax, cap and trade --
something that gets that price signal out there.
We need to get the message out.
We need to have this dialogue be a more rational, more understandable dialogue,
including the steps that the government takes.
This is an important wish, but it is one I think we can achieve.
Chris Anderson: Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you. So to understand more about TerraPower, right --
I mean, first of all, can you give a sense of what scale of investment this is?
Bil Gates: To actually do the software, buy the supercomputer,
hire all the great scientists, which we've done,
that's only tens of millions,
and even once we test our materials out in a Russian reactor
to make sure that our materials work properly,
then you'll only be up in the hundreds of millions.
The tough thing is building the pilot reactor;
finding the several billion, finding the regulator, the location
that will actually build the first one of these.
Once you get the first one built, if it works as advertised,
then it's just clear as day, because the economics, the energy density,
are so different than nuclear as we know it.
CA: And so, to understand it right, this involves building deep into the ground
almost like a vertical kind of column of nuclear fuel,
of this sort of spent uranium,
and then the process starts at the top and kind of works down?
BG: That's right. Today, you're always refueling the reactor,
so you have lots of people and lots of controls that can go wrong:
that thing where you're opening it up and moving things in and out,
that's not good.
So, if you have very cheap fuel that you can put 60 years in --
just think of it as a log --
put it down and not have those same complexities.
And it just sits there and burns for the 60 years, and then it's done.
CA: It's a nuclear power plant that is its own waste disposal solution.
BG: Yeah. Well, what happens with the waste,
you can let it sit there -- there's a lot less waste under this approach --
then you can actually take that,
and put it into another one and burn that.
And we start off actually by taking the waste that exists today,
that's sitting in these cooling pools or dry casking by reactors --
that's our fuel to begin with.
So, the thing that's been a problem from those reactors
is actually what gets fed into ours,
and you're reducing the volume of the waste quite dramatically
as you're going through this process.
CA: I mean, you're talking to different people around the world
about the possibilities here.
Where is there most interest in actually doing something with this?
BG: Well, we haven't picked a particular place,
and there's all these interesting disclosure rules about anything that's called "nuclear,"
so we've got a lot of interest,
that people from the company have been in Russia, India, China --
I've been back seeing the secretary of energy here,
talking about how this fits into the energy agenda.
So I'm optimistic. You know, the French and Japanese have done some work.
This is a variant on something that has been done.
It's an important advance, but it's like a fast reactor,
and a lot of countries have built them,
so anybody who's done a fast reactor is a candidate to be where the first one gets built.
CA: So, in your mind, timescale and likelihood
of actually taking something like this live?
BG: Well, we need -- for one of these high-scale, electro-generation things
that's very cheap,
we have 20 years to invent and then 20 years to deploy.
That's sort of the deadline that the environmental models
have shown us that we have to meet.
And, you know, TerraPower, if things go well -- which is wishing for a lot --
could easily meet that.
And there are, fortunately now, dozens of companies --
we need it to be hundreds --
who, likewise, if their science goes well,
if the funding for their pilot plants goes well,
that they can compete for this.
And it's best if multiple succeed,
because then you could use a mix of these things.
We certainly need one to succeed.
CA: In terms of big-scale possible game changes,
is this the biggest that you're aware of out there?
BG: An energy breakthrough is the most important thing.
It would have been, even without the environmental constraint,
but the environmental constraint just makes it so much greater.
In the nuclear space, there are other innovators.
You know, we don't know their work as well as we know this one,
but the modular people, that's a different approach.
There's a liquid-type reactor, which seems a little hard,
but maybe they say that about us.
And so, there are different ones,
but the beauty of this is a molecule of uranium
has a million times as much energy as a molecule of, say, coal,
and so -- if you can deal with the negatives,
which are essentially the radiation --
the footprint and cost, the potential,
in terms of effect on land and various things,
is almost in a class of its own.
CA: If this doesn't work, then what?
Do we have to start taking emergency measures
to try and keep the temperature of the earth stable?
BG: If you get into that situation,
it's like if you've been over-eating, and you're about to have a heart attack:
Then where do you go? You may need heart surgery or something.
There is a line of research on what's called geoengineering,
which are various techniques that would delay the heating
to buy us 20 or 30 years to get our act together.
Now, that's just an insurance policy.
You hope you don't need to do that.
Some people say you shouldn't even work on the insurance policy
because it might make you lazy,
that you'll keep eating because you know heart surgery will be there to save you.
I'm not sure that's wise, given the importance of the problem,
but there's now the geoengineering discussion
about -- should that be in the back pocket in case things happen faster,
or this innovation goes a lot slower than we expect?
CA: Climate skeptics: If you had a sentence or two to say to them,
how might you persuade them that they're wrong?
BG: Well, unfortunately, the skeptics come in different camps.
The ones who make scientific arguments are very few.
Are they saying that there's negative feedback effects
that have to do with clouds that offset things?
There are very, very few things that they can even say
there's a chance in a million of those things.
The main problem we have here, it's kind of like AIDS.
You make the mistake now, and you pay for it a lot later.
And so, when you have all sorts of urgent problems,
the idea of taking pain now that has to do with a gain later,
and a somewhat uncertain pain thing --
in fact, the IPCC report, that's not necessarily the worst case,
and there are people in the rich world who look at IPCC
and say, "OK, that isn't that big of a deal."
The fact is it's that uncertain part that should move us towards this.
But my dream here is that, if you can make it economic,
and meet the CO2 constraints,
then the skeptics say, "OK,
I don't care that it doesn't put out CO2,
I kind of wish it did put out CO2,
but I guess I'll accept it because it's cheaper than what's come before."
CA: And so, that would be your response to the Bjorn Lomborg argument,
that basically if you spend all this energy trying to solve the CO2 problem,
it's going to take away all your other goals
of trying to rid the world of poverty and malaria and so forth,
it's a stupid waste of the Earth's resources to put money towards that
when there are better things we can do.
BG: Well, the actual spending on the R&D piece --
say the U.S. should spend 10 billion a year more than it is right now --
it's not that dramatic.
It shouldn't take away from other things.
The thing you get into big money on, and this, reasonable people can disagree,
is when you have something that's non-economic and you're trying to fund that --
that, to me, mostly is a waste.
Unless you're very close and you're just funding the learning curve
and it's going to get very cheap,
I believe we should try more things that have a potential
to be far less expensive.
If the trade-off you get into is, "Let's make energy super expensive,"
then the rich can afford that.
I mean, all of us here could pay five times as much for our energy
and not change our lifestyle.
The disaster is for that two billion.
And even Lomborg has changed.
His shtick now is, "Why isn't the R&D getting more discussed?"
He's still, because of his earlier stuff,
still associated with the skeptic camp,
but he's realized that's a pretty lonely camp,
and so, he's making the R&D point.
And so there is a thread of something that I think is appropriate.
The R&D piece, it's crazy how little it's funded.
CA: Well Bill, I suspect I speak on the behalf of most people here
to say I really hope your wish comes true. Thank you so much.
BG: Thank you.
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Karunaratne leads by example in Sri Lanka's Galle win
(Reuters) - Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne led by example, hitting a sparkling 122 to help secure Sri Lanka’s six-wicket victory over New Zealand in the opening test at Galle on Sunday.
Chasing 268 to go 1-0 up in the two-test series, Karunaratne’s 161-run opening stand with Lahiru Thirimanne (64) set the tone for a successful chase at the Galle International Stadium.
The New Zealand spinners claimed two wickets in successive overs to try to prevent it from being a cakewalk but Karunaratne’s ninth test century effectively killed off the contest.
Karunaratne stroked six fours and hit one six before the right-hander perished when he was caught behind chasing a wide Tim Southee delivery.
The second and final test in Colombo begins on Thursday.
“It’s not easy chasing in the fourth innings. We needed a good partnership, and that’s what Thirimanne and I discussed,” Karunaratne, the man-of-the-match, said.
“On the fifth day, we started well and wanted to keep at it. Once you’re set, you have to make a big one. We are thinking of keeping the basics right for the next test too.”
Resuming the final day on 133 for no loss, the opening pair continued their good work until Will Somerville trapped Thirimanne lbw on review after the initial appeal was rejected.
Kusal Mendis (10) looked in a hurry to seal the match as he hit Somerville for a six and a four before his attempted sweep off Ajaz Patel found Jeet Raval at mid-wicket.
Karunaratne brought up his 100 with his fifth boundary, raising his hands aloft to celebrate the mark.
Kusal Perera made a quick 23 including five fours and Angelo Mathews (28 not out) hit the winning run as Sri Lanka romped home in an extended morning session and clinched 60 points in the newly created test championship.
New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson felt 268 would have been a daunting target had the Galle pitch behaved traditionally.
“I think we’d have definitely taken 268 sort of under the understanding that the surface would wear and tear considerably which we have seen in the past which certainly wasn’t the case,” he said.
“It probably just slowed down throughout the test match but it was a good surface and I guess a number of learnings for us to take away from this game. Not far off but we need to be better collectively for a longer period.”
Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; editing by Greg Stutchbury and Ed Osmond
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What Nikki Haley did will go down in history as the day America dropped a MOAB in UN.
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley walked out of the Security Council at the United Nations when the Palestinian ambassador, Riyad Mansour, addressed the council.
Addressing the UN Security Council on Tuesday the Ms. Haley said: “No country in this chamber would act with more restraint than Israel has. Let’s remember that the Hamas terrorist organisation has been inciting violence for years, long before the United States decided to move our embassy.”
Ms Haley called attention to the tactics employed by some, which included the use of Molotov cocktails attached to kites. She also accused Hamas of making use of loudspeakers to urge protesters.
“This is what is endangering the people of Gaza. Make no mistake, Hamas is pleased with the results from yesterday.”
While the shooting of mostly unarmed Palestinian protesters at the Gaza border fence received widespread international condemnation, the White House said Hamas, the militant group that controls Gaza, was responsible for the deaths and injuries.
Senator Bernie Sanders said “Hamas violence does not justify Israel firing on unarmed protesters, the United States must play an aggressive role in bringing Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Egypt and the international community together to address Gaza’s humanitarian crisis and stop this escalating violence.”
Democratic minority leader Nancy Pelosi condemned Hamas and said Israel had the right to defend its borders, but added: “We hope Israel will use all appropriate restraint, as we urge both parties to move towards negotiations that will ensure the safety and well being of both Israelis and Palestinians.
“The United States has long supported efforts to help Israeli and Palestinian leaders find a way towards a permanent two-state solution with two peoples living side-by-side in peace and security. It is profoundly disappointing that the administration chose to undermine this goal.”
United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres said Monday’s killing of more than 60 people showed the need for a political solution to the conflict. Speaking at the headquarters of the European Union, he said the way out of the standoff was “a two-state solution allowing Palestinians and Israelis to live in peace and security together”.
The Palestinian ambassador, Riyad Mansour, addressed the council. “How many Palestinians have to die before you take action? When are you going to act,” he said, according to the Associated Press.
Israeli ambassador Danny Danon later responded: “You must tell Hamas that violence is not the answer.”
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Video: Mohamed Bamba talks final four schools
Five-star big man Mo Bamba sat down with Rivals.com to discuss his four final schools at the McDonald’s All-American game.
Bamba is down to Michigan, Texas, Duke and Kentucky, but is in no hurry to make the NCAA Tournament.
“As far as picking and deciding and a time frame I’m not really sure,” Bamba told Bossi. “I don’t really feel any pressure with time because with guys last year like Marques Bolden (Duke) and Jarrett Allen (Texas), they both waited until close to June. I don’t want to drag it out that long but I feel real comfortable in my own skin and taking my time.”
Bamba told Bossi that John Beilein has been focusing on Michigan’s player development.
“I’ve had a conversation with coach (John) Beilein on where I would fit. He’s told me, ‘We’ve had guys outside the top 100 and not ranked and two-stars, and have turned them into pros.’ He was saying that he can’t even imagine what they could do with someone like me.”
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Carnival Miracle returns to Puerto Vallarta
Alexis Velasco
World-renowned cruise line Carnival Cruise recently announced the return of its vessel Carnival Miracle to Puerto Vallarta. After a seven-year break, the cruise ship will begin operations in December 2019, departing from the San Diego Port and with stops in Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan and its final destination: Puerto Vallarta.
Carnival Miracle is a 963-foot long ship with a capacity of 2,124 passengers and featuring cozy staterooms and varied onboard dining and entertainment options. Other cruise lines that connect San Diego and Puerto Vallarta include Holland America Line and Disney Cruise Line.
“The Port of San Diego is thrilled to welcome Carnival Cruise Line back,” Rafael Castellanos, chairman of the Board of Port Commissioners, said. “The partnership between the Port and Carnival offers cruisers more travel options while providing even more economic benefit to the region.”
According to the Puerto Vallarta Tourism Board, calls to the destination are expected to increase annually. This year, a total of 144 cruise ships will make stops in Puerto Vallarta with 202,101 passengers onboard.
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Apple acquires digital magazine subscription service Texture
Jeremy Horwitz@horwitz March 12, 2018 8:49 AM
Apple acquired Texture as the predecessor to its Apple News magazines service.
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Apple announced today that it is acquiring digital magazine distributor Texture from Next Issue Media, a company owned by magazine publishers Condé Nast, Hearst, and Meredith; telecom Rogers Media; and investment company KKR. Texture offers an all-you-can-eat subscription pass to over 200 magazines for a monthly fee.
“We’re excited Texture will join Apple,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of internet software and services, “along with an impressive catalog of magazines from many of the world’s leading publishers. We are committed to quality journalism from trusted sources and allowing magazines to keep producing beautifully designed and engaging stories for users.”
Apple has struggled with the digital magazine business since introducing the iPad in 2010. Originally heralded as a breakthrough for the struggling magazine industry, the iPad was pitched to publishers as a bold new format for print and online articles, and soon offered a Newsstand feature specific to digital magazines and newspapers. Fights between Apple and publishers over everything from revenue sharing to subscriber data led Newsstand to languish and eventually disappear from iOS devices. It was replaced by News, an app that focuses on aggregating news articles from sources across the internet.
Though Next Issue’s service has been offered since the early days of the iPad and reportedly still has yet to attract over a million subscribers, Texture could enable Apple to monetize some of the News content and spotlight specific publishers. Apple’s press release characterizes it as the “leading multi-title subscription service giving users the ability to instantly access some of the most widely read magazines while on the go.” It’s unclear whether the service’s $10 monthly pricing and publication list will remain the same or change following the acquisition.
At SXSW today, Apple’s Cue spoke onstage about the acquisition, saying that Apple plans to integrate Texture’s content into the News app; scattered reports have suggested for two years that Apple was considering a paid subscription offering within News. Cue suggested that Apple’s goal is to promote trusted sources, and thereby avoid the fake news articles that have gained traction in recent times, a topic that Cue and Apple CEO Tim Cook notably spotlighted one year ago at an industry conference.
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Formula E / Breaking news
Renault Formula E success puts pressure on Nissan
Andrew van de Burgt
, Editor in Chief, Autosport Media UK
Co-author: Bethonie Waring
Nissan motorsport boss Michael Carcomo says Renault’s success in Formula E puts pressure on the Japanese manufacturer as it prepares to enter the electric championship for season five.
In 2018/19, Nissan will take over its alliance partner’s FE collaboration with the e.dams team, with Renault exiting to focus on its works Formula 1 operation.
Renault e.dams claimed the teams’ title in three of the first four FE seasons, as drivers Sebastien Buemi and Nico Prost took 15 victories between them and the latter won the 2015/16 title.
“It certainly puts a lot of pressure on us, I can tell you that,” said Carcomo.
“Having the same alliance chairman doesn’t make it any easier for me, since I proposed the project in the first place, but it is also good to have that reference.
“We know that the team is capable. The e.dams team is a solid team and that gives us a good base.
“I won’t be so naïve to think that just because we are starting from that, we should be at a high position.
“It is an all-new car [in season five], it is going to be a new driver.
“There are going to be a lot of new things, there are going to be unexpected twists and turns, but I hope that our preparation is going to put us on a solid footing, come Riyadh.”
Renault did not develop its powertrain for 2017/18 and did not win a race in its final season, with Buemi finishing fourth in the drivers’ standings – his lowest in FE’s history – and Prost, who left the squad at the end of season four, scoring just eight points.
But Carcomo was reluctant to outline Nissan’s expectations for next season once it takes over for the start of FE’s Gen2 era.
“I wouldn’t necessarily put a position and say what we want,” he said.
“I think we need to know and have confidence that we have moved in the right direction, that we are efficiently making gains and producing results as they come.
“You can have perfect preparation, but you can still have bad luck in a race, so I think it is having all those elements come together. It is not easy, and we’ll take it one step at a time.”
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GFD: Air tested at Agueda I. Johnston Middle School, no toxins found
Jasmine Stole Weiss | Pacific Daily News
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After a foul odor at Agueda I. Johnston Middle School was reported to authorities, the Guam Fire Department tested the air and determined there weren't any toxins detected Friday.
Students and faculty evacuated in the morning but returned to their classes later that day. A female minor was treated at the scene for heat exposure and released to the school nurse.
GFD's HazMat unit responded to the Ordot campus, along with a fire engine and medic, said Kevin Reilly, GFD spokesman and firefighter.
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Reilly said a slight odor of sulfur was present within one of the campus buildings and tests were conducted.
The school staff was advised to cordon off the area and ventilate the space over the weekend and reassess before classes reconvene, Reilly said.
At about 12:30 p.m., Isa Baza, Guam Department of Education spokeswoman, said students and faculty were back on campus, although the quad was blocked off.
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Eurasia’s fault lines move between sovereignty and democracy
Date: 20 Φεβρουαρίου, 2017Author: teamsafia 0 Σχόλια
By Lewis Sanders IV
From territorial integrity to democratic aspirations, Eurasian nations have highlighted a number of critical fault lines shaping global geopolitics. Lewis Sanders reports from the Munich Security Conference.
Political leaders gathered at the Munich Security Conference to discuss geopolitical fault lines emerging between Europe and Asia – and beyond.
According to the participants, disputes over territorial sovereignty and regional influence are among the most relevant barriers to peace on the Eurasian land mass.
«Territorial integrity must be respected while internationally recognized boundaries cannot be redrawn,» Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said Saturday at the conference.
Aliyev accused Armenia of occupying the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is run be a de facto independent state of ethnic Armenians.
«We support strongly territorial integrity of all the countries surrounding us – sitting at this table,» Alivey said, referring to political leaders from Ukraine, Georgia, Estonia and Kazakhstan.
«We suffered, ourselves, from the violation of territorial integrity, therefore the issue of territorial integrity is untouchable,» he added.
Last year, violence flared in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, leaving dozens dead. Concerns that the conflict could spiral out of control prompted Moscow to negotiate a ceasefire that effectively de-escalated tensions in the breakaway region.
Despite Baku’s growing influence as a stabilizing nation for the region and its amicable relations with Moscow, Azerbaijan voted in favor of the UN General Assembly resolution backing Kyiv’s sovereignty in Crimea after Russia’s illegal annexation.
The darkest division
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk took the floor to lash out at the issues that emerged in the wake of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, saying Moscow’s actions constituted the pinnacle transgression against national sovereignty.
«Let me put it bluntly: President (Vladimir) Putin wants to run the world; at least part of the world. We has been very vocal, saying that the Russian Federation wants to restore the spheres of interest,» Yatsenyuk said.
In 2014, Ukraine witnessed Moscow annex the Crimean peninsula in an internationally condemned referendum following European-leaning protests that lead to pro-Kremlin President Viktor Yanukovych’s ouster.
The annexation fueled pro-Russia sentiment in eastern Ukraine, prompting an insurgency that has left nearly 10,000 people dead and affected more than 500,000 children, according to UN figures.
Democratic aspirations
Yatsenyuk, who led the government after Yanukovych’s departure, noted that upholding the values of liberal democracy would provide a response to such interventions.
«The best option and the best remedy is to stick to our values of democracy, values of the free world, values of the free media. We need to support every single country, to respond and act in concert,» he added.
Estonia’s President Kersti Kaljulaid not only raised concerns about Ukraine’s predicament, but also considered Georgia, which in 2008 witnessed Russia’s armed forces occupation of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
«What happened with these two countries? Indeed, they were standing on a very important line. I don’t know whether it was a fault line or not, but their people expressed their democratic will to belong to the European value space and system,» Kaljulaid said.
Recalling the history of her country and its fight against Soviet rule, Kaljulaid said both countries had been punished for that. She urged the participants to «consider carefully how we could push that fault line back.»
«The fault line is not a constant line. The fault line can be moved back and forth, but it should always be the will of the people, in whichever way they want to go,» she added.
Source: http://www.dw.com/en/ eurasias-fault-lines-move- between-sovereignty-and- democracy/a-37620073
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Tag: murder
Here’s Aaron Hernandez with the Murder Weapon…
This is [allegedly] a photo of former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez with the gun used to kill his friend, Odin Lloyd, in June at an industrial park in Massachusetts.
It’s a photo of a photo of a photo taken from a surveillance camera, so the quality is pretty bad, but the prosecution believes it’s of Hernandez is holding the .45 Glock used on the night of Lloyd’s death.
Either that or it’s just a picture of him holding another random gun on the night of the murder.
And O.J. and Casey Anthony were both innocent and global warming isn’t real.
Hernandez, who plead not guilty, has been linked to two other major crimes including a double homicide in 2012.
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Former NE Patriot Aaron Hernandez Pleads Not Guilty to First-Degree Murder
NFL star Aaron Hernandez appeared in court today for the suspected murder of his friend, semi-pro Boston football player Odin Lloyd.
Hernandez plead not guilty to charges of first-degree murder and unregistered gun possession.
Massachusetts prosecution and police allege that the ex-Patriot’s tight end (he was let go by the team amid the scandal) either killed Lloyd, who suffered multiple gunshot wounds, or watched him die on June 17 and later destroyed evidence such as his cell phone and home surveillance camera.
Even though Lloyd’s body was found near Hernandez’s home and the two were clearly together on the night of his death, the defense believes the evidence is too weak for their client to be jailed. (The murder weapon has yet to be found.)
As for a motive, it is believed that Hernandez began to feel as if he couldn’t trust Lloyd after he was seen talking to a group of people he “had beef with.” This gang mentality seems to fit with reports that NFL teams and police were concerned about his drug use and “circle of influence” before he was drafted in 2010.
Continue reading “Former NE Patriot Aaron Hernandez Pleads Not Guilty to First-Degree Murder” →
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Celebrities, Sports
Wladimir Klitschko is Murdering Hayden Panettiere’s Vagina Again
When considering going through with vagina murder, you don’t book a meeting with an all talk, no-action noob like Amanda Bynes. You want Hayden Panettiere, because she’s a goddamn expert on getting her vagina murdered daily.
On Sunday, 5’2″ Panettiere was spotted at a Miami Heat game making out with her 6’6″ ex-boyfriend, Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko. To recap, they broke up in 2011 after two years. He said managing a relationship “between two continents” was too difficult.
In actuality, it was because a reverse penis pump had yet to be invented. I mean, can you imagine sex between these two? It’s soul crushing. Continue reading “Wladimir Klitschko is Murdering Hayden Panettiere’s Vagina Again” →
March 26, 2013 boxer, boyfriend, Hayden Panettiere, Miami Heat, murder, sex, vagina, Wladimir Klitschko1 Comment
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If Drake Was a Horror Movie Villain and Amanda Bynes’ Vagina Was the Heroine’s Friend…
I was thinking about what Amanda Bynes said about Drake. (You know, that she wants him to “murder” her vagina.) And I wondered how the murder would occur. I figured the best scenario would be if her vag was the best friend of a horror movie heroine like Laurie Strode in Halloween.
Would he approach it slowly, from behind a tree, or stab it in the shower Norman Bates-style? Does he have a teasing, save-it-for-later mentality, like Leatherface when he put Pam on the meat hook and threw her in a freezer?
None of the above. Because if anyone’s the aggressor it’s her. Picture her ladybits crawling out of a television or asking him if he “wants to play a game.”
Continue reading “If Drake Was a Horror Movie Villain and Amanda Bynes’ Vagina Was the Heroine’s Friend…” →
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Chris Brown ‘More Violent’ Than Oscar Pistorius!??
Woman-beater Chris Brown was deemed “more violent” than woman-murderer Oscar Pistorius in a recent poll by on TMZ.
A shocking 55% of readers came to this conclusion after being asked a variety of basic questions about Pistorius involving fairness in the trial and his temperament.
So assuming Pistorius, now out on bail, did intentionally shoot his girlfriend (85% think so), we’re saying domestic violence somehow trumps murder? Is it because it’s “easier” and somehow less brutal, at least in our minds, to shoot someone through a door? Would post-mortem photos of Reeva Steenkamp with a bashed-in skull change their minds? Continue reading “Chris Brown ‘More Violent’ Than Oscar Pistorius!??” →
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There’s No Getting Around It – Oscar Pistorius Meant To Kill His Girlfriend
There are still friends, family and devout fans of Oscar Pistorius who do not want to explore the possibility that the murder of his girlfriend was not an accident, but if the police and news reports are even remotely correct, there is simply no way that it was.
30-year-old FHM model Reeva Steenkamp was shot four times through a door in the hand and head. Reports suggest that a first bullet hit her in the hip while she was in the bedroom, and that she was later chased into the bathroom. Even if she wasn’t attacked before entering the bathroom, there is little to no chance that Pistorius mistook her for an intruder.
Most people scream (or make recognizable noises of some sort) when their life is in danger…
Continue reading “There’s No Getting Around It – Oscar Pistorius Meant To Kill His Girlfriend” →
February 18, 2013 February 18, 2013 accident, court, cricket bat, crying, girlfriend, gun, murder, Oscar Pistorius, Oscar Pistorius Meant To Kill His Girlfriend, premeditated, Reeva Steenkamp, shot, sportsLeave a comment
South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius Shoots and Kills Girlfriend Valentine’s Day Morning
Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, also known as “Blade Runner” and the “Fastest man on no legs,” was arrested today for the murder of his model/law graduate girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Police arrived at Pistorius’ home in Pretoria, South Africa in the early hours of Valentine’s Day, recovering a 9 mm pistol from the scene believed to be the murder weapon.
Early reports suggested that the shooting was an accident and the possibly result of him confusing Steenkamp for an intruder while she was attempting to surprise him for Valentine’s.
Authorities say they had been called to his house multiple times for incidents of “a domestic nature,” and TMZ has learned that Pistorius was arrested in 2009 for assaulting a female companion. Continue reading “South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius Shoots and Kills Girlfriend Valentine’s Day Morning” →
February 14, 2013 accident, amputee, arrested, girlfriend, intruder, murder, Olympian, Oscar Pistorius, Reeva Steenkamp, shooting, South Africa, sports, valentinesLeave a comment
RIP, Sports
Chiefs Will Not Cancel Game Against Carolina in Wake of LB Jovan Belcher Murder-Suicide
Tragic news out of Kansas. Linebacker Jovan Belcher, 25, killed his 22-year-old girlfriend of three years in front of her mother, drove to Arrowhead stadium, thanked the general manager and coach, then shot himself in the head.
It was explained in an official statement that coach Crennel, the league office and team captains collectively decided to not cancel their afternoon game against the Carolina Panthers today.
Belcher’s motive for murdering girlfriend-of-three-years Kasandra Perkins just three months after she gave birth to his child is unknown. A friend of the couple tells the Kansas City Star that they had argued over Perkins staying out late for a concert and that she wasn’t aware of prior abuse. Continue reading “Chiefs Will Not Cancel Game Against Carolina in Wake of LB Jovan Belcher Murder-Suicide” →
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Humor, Scary AF, TV
The Biography Channel Killed My BFF
Biography is usually known for gripping shows like Celebrity Ghost Stories where you can hear Laila Ali describe how she was terrorized by a malicious bathroom-dwelling spirit.
Lately, they’ve gone downhill. The most relevant example of this is the new show I Killed My BFF about “Friendships that lead to unexpected crimes of passion.”
The website for this bizarre masterpiece says the program, which centers around everything from disputes over Facebook to a woman who “sabotaged her best friend’s parachute,” gives new meaning to the term “frenemy.”
Continue reading “The Biography Channel Killed My BFF” →
July 11, 2012 July 10, 2012 Biography, Biography channel, I Killed My BFF, murder, parachute, show, tvLeave a comment
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[The Bardic Blog] The Calm after the Snow Melt
By UK Pagan, May 13, 2019 in Around the Web
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The snow-capped mountains reach towards the blue sky, and as they do so the white begins to fall away. Rivers of melted snow rush downward and soon join as one with the river below. Soon the river is flowing so fast it’s uncontrollable. It has a life of its own, its own purpose. It grows as more snow-melt joins. The water is one being, one life, as it rushes through the valley, out, to reach the oceans.
When the Awen is flowing, that’s what it feels like. Overwhelming, uncontrollable, exhilarating, and that’s the flow I’ve been swimming with for the past three years working on the First and Second Branch of Y Mabinogi. It has felt like these albums have had a life of their own, almost as if they were desperate to be created. I remember when I finished the First Branch and was instantly being mobbed by crows each day as I walked Oscar by the river as if Bran and Branwen were saying, “Come on! It’s our turn now! Get on with it!”
But the Second Branch was quite some ride. By the end, after living with the tale for a year I had such mixed emotions. I loved the end result and was so happy to release it so you could all hear it. But I was also emotionally exhausted – the story had taken its toll on me, and so I decided I needed a break. I could feel that need before I finished, and I remember saying to my Bardic Buddy Arthur Hinds that I was done for a while and that I was going to have some time away from the Y Mabinogi albums to record some songs. His response was, “But what if the Lady wants you to carry on?” My reply was, “Well if that’s so, the Lady will get her wish.”
The Awen is a complicated Mistress. Right now it feels like the river I had been enjoying so much for the past three years has slowed. The peaks have melted and now the waters have settled into an almost imperceptibly gentle meander. Life has been incredibly busy (with great stuff, but still very full) and at times like this, I sometimes wonder how I ever have any time to actually sit down and write songs. The temptation is to jump in and swim. To try and force the Awen to flow faster by trying too hard. But I know from many lessons in the past that this isn’t the way. It’s possible, but songs that spring from that kind of effort are always the ones that either don’t make the album, or that wait to be changed by a more free-flowing Awen dive.
So I have been wondering if the Lady does indeed want me to remain focussed on the tales. To finish the task. But then I question that and ask if I’m just being lazy when it comes to writing new non-Mabinogi songs. Or is my life right now just so busy, with the Awen directed in other areas, that I should just surrender, leave things for a while, and go where the Awen is taking me. I’ve never been very good at ‘going with the flow’, but sometimes that is the best thing to do – to surrender and see where life is going, rather than trying to force it to go somewhere it doesn’t seem to want to go.
I’ve never been torn between two projects before. I’ve always known what would come next, where I would point my wand. Now I think the best thing to do is to let the Cauldron bubble and brew.
To allow the ingredients to do their work.
To surrender, wait, and stir.
And trust.
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vanessa beeley / 1 week ago January 12, 2020
“Al-Qaeda terrorists operating in the north of Syria and oppressing millions of Syrians can now breathe comfortably after the United Nations Security Council extended their supply routes from their regional sponsor NATO member state Turkey for an additional Six months within its Resolution 2504.” ~ Syria News
In October 2014, Serena Shim, a US citizen and a Press TV reporter was killed in a mysterious car accident in Turkey on the border with Kobane, northern Syria. Shim had received death threats from Turkish intelligence after she had reported ISIS fighters entering Syria from Turkey inside World Food Programme trucks. The same trucks were also delivering arms and equipment to the terrorist groups inside Syria.
My experience in Syria – when entering the armed group (dominated by Nusra Front, Al Qaeda) occupied areas of Syria after liberation by the Syrian Arab Army – I found that all humanitarian aid delivered by the UN or their outreach agencies had been stockpiled by the armed groups and distributed to the fighters from within these groups. Very few civilians would receive the aid, unless they were prepared to pay extortionate prices to the terrorist/extremist groups.
When East Aleppo was liberated in December 2016, more than 5000 tonnes of UN aid were recovered from the different districts and collected together into one warehouse. Civilians testified to being starved, deprived of medical care and forced to pay very high prices in a war economy, for the most basic necessities.
Effectively “aid” went almost exclusively to the armed groups that reigned eastern Aleppo for almost five years, converted hospitals into military and detention centers and committed a multitude of war crimes against the Syrian civilians under their occupation. The “aid” became a major part of a mafia economy benefiting only the armed groups.
Dr Nabil Antaki, a gastroenterologist who remained in Aleppo during the last nine years, wrote a report in December 2016, detailing his experience of visiting the previously Nusra-front occupied areas of East Aleppo. This was his comment regarding the stockpiling of UN and other western aid agency supplies:
“I had the opportunity to visit the basement of Ibn Rushed public hospital in West Aleppo guided by the director of Aleppo Health Direction. In this basement, very large, 1000 square meter, they put some of the medicine and equipment found in clinics and hospitals of the neighborhood controlled by the terrorists. See photos. These demonstrate clearly that there was no shortage of medicine as they proclaimed, via their godfathers, asking for a humanitarian truce.”
I witnessed the same in other areas of Syria – Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Daraa, Madaya, Zabadani etc. Award winning journalist, Eva Bartlett, described the same phenomenom when she visited Madaya where the western media, anti-Syrian government hyperbole, reached defeaning levels.
Now we have Idlib and the continued use of “humanitarian aid” as a weapon against the Syrian people and the Syrian government. Idlib is known to be entirely occupied by groups dominated by Nusra Front or Hayat Tahrir as Sham, one of their many rebrands.
From speaking to refugees from Idlib and to Syrian civilians still living in Idlib but travelling to northern Hama or other government-secured areas for work or trade – I have heard a very familiar story, the terrorists take delivery of the UN “aid”, it is stockpiled and sold at extortionate rates to the needy civilians, most can’t afford to buy it.
A recent interview I did with a refugee from Yacoubieh in Idlib, now living in Latakia, forced out of her home by the armed groups – I was told that the terrorist groups and the White Helmets receive the aid, they store it and distribute first among the fighters – civilians are secondary, if they are lucky they will receive one box of essential items that is supposed to last one month.
” According to Aline, the White Helmets were working with and for the terrorist groups. Aid received from outside was distributed first to the armed groups before meagre supplies were handed out to civilians. Aline did not see the White Helmets performing “humanitarian” activities, they were focused on further looting and the destruction of historic buildings, including the churches. “ ~ US increases funding to White Helmets who are persecuting Syrian Christians in Idlib
When the Shia Muslim villages of Kafarya and Foua were under siege in Idlib (by Ahrar al Sham and Nusra Front), the UN was noticeably lax in providing aid for the besieged and starving civilians – to the extent where the civilians wrote a letter to the UN complaining that deliveries were scarce, never contained what was most needed and that most food was perished or unusable when taking into account living conditions.
The Dutch government recently withdrew funding from the White Helmet organisation which is one of the distribution partners for the UN in Idlib. The reason given, after an in-depth investigation, was that there were no guarantees that aid and financing was not going directly to the armed groups, the majority of which are designated terrorist groups.
BBC Panorama also highlighted the diversion of British aid intended for the terrorist-linked Free Syrian Police (Idlib) to terrorist groups. This report was only aired after I had written an in depth investigation into the UK Foreign Office indirect financing of terrorist groups occupying East Aleppo prior to liberation in December 2016.
The question must be asked, what verification mechanisms are in place to ensure that aid reaches those most in need in Syria, in particular in Idlib? Can the UN guarantee that armed groups are not profiting from the delivery of aid and equipment in an area overrun by Al Qaeda which makes all manner of monitoring extremely dangerous. The UN relies hugely on compromised and terrorist-linked NGOs, such as the White Helmets, to monitor and distribute aid.
With the ongoing Syrian/Russian military campaign in Idlib which will liberate the final province still held by Nusra Front-led armed groups, despite the recent ceasefire – the need for cross border aid will diminish dramatically with the Syrian government and Russia providing for the Syrian people as they do in more than 85% of Syria. The UN should be respecting the sovereignty of a state that has done its utmost to maintain the supply of essential services to its people despite a 9 year war and crippling economic terrorism imposed by the US Coalition, a familiar mobster bully-boy tactic designed to collectively punish the Syrian people for their resistance against the imperialist agenda in their country.
Former UK Ambassador to Syria, Peter Ford, sent me this statement in response to the latest UN restoration of aid for Al Qaeda in Idlib:
“The draft resolution blocked by Russia and China completely ignores the advances the Syrian government has made in restoring its control and thus ability to deliver or channel humanitarian aid itself. Similarly the Western media totally distorts the issue. The Washington Post, for example, quotes US talking points to the effect that aid cannot reach areas like Raqqa and Deir Ez Zor. This is absolutely false. The Syrian government can without a shadow of doubt deliver aid to these areas, now under government control.
The same talking points refer to Al Rukban on the borders with Jordan and Iraq, which the US controls and which it could supply with aid at any time it chooses from its bases in Iraq.
Russia is willing to agree to a six month extension and a channelling of aid through two Turkish-controlled crossings. If the situation is as dire as claimed why is this solution not acceptable?
The UN and Western powers are oblivious to the fact that once aid crosses into Idlib it falls under the control of jihadi groups, notably the internationally prescribed Hayat Tahrir Ash Sham, who exploit it to siphon off profits for themselves and fund their operations aimed at preventing normalisation.
Those expecting the Syrian government and its supporters to acquiesce indefinitely in this abusive situation are hallucinating. If they sincerely wish for an end to humanitarian suffering in Northern Syria they will stop doing everything in their power to try to halt the advances being made by Syrian government forces and lift punitive sanctions which are compounding the suffering of ordinary Syrians throughout the country.
Those who wail only about suffering when it takes place in jihadi-controlled areas, while openly aiming to crush the Syrian economy until the people rise up against the government, need to be called out for the cynical hypocrites they are. “
January 12, 2020 in Idlib, Syria, United Nations, White Helmets. Tags: Idlib, UNSC, White Helmets
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The Best Travel Strollers
Sonjia Hyon
We tested nine travel strollers, logging more than 130 miles over three months, and had four families take the finalists on five flights before concluding that the best travel stroller is the Uppababy Minu. More than any other stroller we tested, the 14.8-pound Minu packs the robust feel and performance of a high-end full-size stroller into a lightweight, streamlined frame.
The best travel stroller
This 14.8-pound stroller feels as heavy-duty as a high-end full-size stroller but packs down small enough to fit in most overhead compartments. It handles rough terrain better than any other model we tested for this guide.
$400 from Amazon
$400 from BuyBuy Baby
The Minu has a more convenient fold than most other travel strollers we considered, and is the best at handling challenging terrain, from cobblestones to curbs. It can hold nearly twice as much weight in its underseat basket as any of the other models we looked at, has one of the most generously sized canopies, and, like our other picks, it has a deep recline that’s good for napping. It can be used without additional pricey attachments with babies as young as 3 months, while our other picks start at 6 months, and its taller, wider seat and higher weight limit mean that you can use it with a single rider for much longer than most of the competition. Unlike our other picks, however, it cannot be converted for use with a second rider.
Also great
A more stylish option
This 13½-pound travel stroller is prized for its good looks, compact fold, nimbleness, and smooth glide, but it’s complicated to fold and doesn’t handle curbs or sidewalk bumps well.
$450* from BuyBuy Baby
$500 from The Tot
May be out of stock
*At the time of publishing, the price was $500.
The popular Babyzen Yoyo+ is 1 pound lighter and folds down smaller than the Minu. It’s the most effortless to push and the most agile of all of the strollers we tested but can get tripped up by rough terrain. The Yoyo+ is also less convenient to fold than either the Minu or our budget pick, the Mountain Buggy Nano, and its underseat basket is frustrating to use. It costs much more than the other strollers we tested, but many parents we spoke to say its looks are the most appealing.
Basic features, high performance
This 13-pound travel stroller is easy to fold, collapses to a compact size that can fit in an overhead compartment, and performs well for a lower price than many competitors. But it’s not as nimble in varied terrains as our other picks.
The Mountain Buggy Nano doesn’t deliver quite as smooth and cushioned a stroll as either the Minu or the Yoyo+, and it lacks the peekaboo window and storage pockets that those strollers have. But it’s almost as simple to fold as the Minu (and easier than the Yoyo+), offers as deep a recline as our other picks, is the only model of the three with an extendable leg rest, and is still easier to push and maneuver than many other models we tested. It costs about half as much as our other picks and is the only one of our picks that works with the Chicco Keyfit 30, our infant car seat pick.
Our picksʼ specifications
Our pick: Uppababy Minu
Also great: Babyzen Yoyo+
Budget pick: Mountain Buggy Nano
What to look forward to
Weight Folded dimensions Age/weight range Car seat adaptability Second child adaptability Underseat storage weight limit Wheel diameter Suspension Included accessories
Uppababy Minu 14.8 lbs. 23″ by 20½″ by 13″ (LWH) 3 months to 50 lbs. Uppababy Mesa, Cybex Aton Q, Maxi-Cosi Mico AP, Nuna Pipa N/A 20 lbs. 5″ front, 7″ back All-wheel Travel bag
Babyzen Yoyo+ 13½ lbs. 20.8″ by 17.5″ by 11″ (LWH) 6 months to 40 lbs. Cybex Aton Q, Maxi-Cosi Mico AP, Nuna Pipa Yoyo+ Board 11 lbs. 5″ All-wheel Rain cover, travel bag
Mountain Buggy Nano 13 lbs. 20″ by 21″ by 12″ (LWH) 6 months to 44 lbs. Universal strap-in Freerider stroller board and scooter 11 lbs. 5.5″ Rear-wheel Travel bag
Note: All of our picks can be used from birth with a bassinet-like attachment or car seat adapter (both sold separately).
We spent over 36 hours researching strollers, including talking to the R&D and product teams at Baby Jogger, Graco, and Joovy; interviewing Eli Gurock, the CEO and founder of Magic Beans, a Massachusetts-based baby store chain; family travel experts like Ranjana Armstrong of Nugget; Colleen Lanin of Travel Mamas; and Jessica and Garrett Gee of the Bucket List Family; and informally surveying over 30 parents on my local parents listserv, as well as stroller pushers at our local coffee shop, playgrounds, parks, and airports. I also coordinated testing with half a dozen families traveling by plane, car, and train.
In addition to previous research I conducted for Wirecutter’s guide to full-size strollers, I scanned hundreds of reviews on Amazon, Target, and BuyBuy Baby as well as write-ups from BabyGearLab, BabyList, Lucie’s List, and a dozen family travel sites. I pored over the federal safety standards established by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) as well as American Academy of Pediatrics safety guidelines.
I’ve fact-checked for several publications, was the editor and a writer for The Haven’s Kitchen Cooking School, and the research editor for the book Formerly Known as Food. I’ve taken numerous trips with my daughter, who was 2 at the time of this writing, both with my husband and alone, including 10 round-trip domestic airline flights plus three international ones with and without strollers. For this guide, I personally pushed and lugged strollers over 114 miles through airports, grocery stores, city streets, and parks; on municipal subways and bus systems; and one annoying attempt on a beach. In total, our family has tested 17 different strollers in the last year.
Travel strollers are compact models that, like umbrella strollers, often weigh much less than full-size versions—under 15 pounds versus 25 pounds. But unlike umbrella strollers, which fold into a stick or something resembling a bag of golf clubs, travel strollers fold in thirds into a briefcase-like shape. They tend to fall in between umbrella and full-size models in terms of features and price. Based on conversations with parents and experts, I found that many parents purchase a second “travel” or more compact, lightweight stroller when their children are around 6 months old, though some strollers can be used from birth with a car seat adapter or a bassinet attachment.
Several experts I spoke to said the “travel stroller” category is an industry marketing maneuver to persuade parents to purchase a second or third stroller for the sole purpose for traveling. The main selling point of a travel stroller that companies often trumpet is that it folds small enough to fit in the overhead compartment of an airplane. Realistically, being able to do so depends on a number of factors, because baggage allowances and storage bin sizes vary by airline, and flights are often full. Eli Gurock, CEO and owner of Magic Beans, dismissed this as an essential feature, saying that people “should be really thinking about how they can spend five hours entertaining their child on the flight,” and the performance of the stroller should be prioritized over the size of the fold.
Travel strollers fold in thirds into a briefcase-like shape and generally weigh under 15 pounds. Photo: Sarah Kobos
More often, according to the frequent travelers I interviewed and my own experience, it is just as easy to gate-check a stroller, whatever its size. Travel strollers cannot be rolled down the aisle of an airplane, so if you’re traveling by yourself, you may find it difficult to carry the stroller as well as a child and a carry-on. The benefit of having your stroller in the overhead bin is that when you deplane, you save the time of waiting for the ground crew to retrieve it, you protect it from unexpected damage, and it can contain a restless child. But if you’re happy with your current everyday stroller, that’s the one to take with you.
For some families, the lightweight, compact profile of travel strollers makes them ideal for everyday use. They can be a great primary stroller for those who live in homes with limited storage or walk-up apartments, who regularly rely on public transportation, or who find the bulk of full-size models inconvenient to deal with.
The Best Umbrella Strollers
We tested eight umbrella strollers for 86 hours and found that the Summer Infant 3D Lite is the best for most people.
Umbrella strollers are often just as easy to carry and as convenient to use as travel models—they’re basically the original travel stroller. However, they lack many of the features we found in travel models. Some can be difficult to push one-handed, an issue if you’re traveling alone with a younger child.
The Best Strollers
We’ve covered over 125 miles testing 13 strollers, and we’ve found that the Baby Jogger City Mini 2 offers the best combination of features and performance.
Full-size strollers tend to have more features and robustness than travel models. But they’re usually heavier than travel strollers, which makes them less ideal for anyone who is worried about weight.
The Best Baby Carriers
We talked to six babywearing experts and had 10 parents test 16 carriers before concluding that the Beco Gemini is the best baby carrier for most parents.
The most lightweight option of all is to leave the stroller at home: My husband and I and several Wirecutter editors have traveled with our children in their first year of life using just a soft-structured carrier or wrap.
In our research and conversations with experts and parents, we found that convenience is the highest priority for a travel stroller, and that the following criteria all contribute to this:
Easy to fold and unfold: Because parents often have to collapse or reopen a stroller while holding a baby or a child’s hand and juggling other stuff, an intuitive, one-handed, one-step fold mechanism is ideal. In reality, you can either have a simple fold or unfold, but not both. Strollers that fold down more compactly than others often require two hands to collapse; strollers that can be folded with one hand generally require two hands to unfold, and vice versa.
Easy to carry and stow: The more compact when folded, the simpler a stroller is to travel or live with: it can reliably fit through TSA X-ray machines, in a crowded car trunk, or in a storage-challenged home. On the other hand, we didn’t consider it necessary for the strollers we looked at to fit into an overhead compartment, for the reasons stated above. We also found that strollers that collapse small enough to do so often have multiple joints that can make them feel rickety when in use. A compact fold, along with a well-placed strap or clear handhold, also makes it easier to carry the stroller one-handed or over the shoulder. We dismissed strollers that do not have a strap, a bag, or a handle for carrying. An automatic lock that keeps the stroller folded up and the ability to stand when folded are both useful, but not dealbreakers if a stroller lacks them. We ultimately considered only models that weigh less than 15 pounds.
Easy to push and maneuver: Many parents I spoke to said that their biggest mistake in purchasing a second, more lightweight stroller was not prioritizing maneuverability and ease of pushing, which made wheeling their kids around less pleasant for everyone involved. Research from our previous stroller guides showed that wheel size, wheelbase (the dimensions between the wheels), overall stroller dimensions, and handlebar height all contribute to how well a model performs. Travel strollers generally have smaller wheels than those of full-size strollers, making them more challenging to push over bumpy sidewalks and carpeted areas. The best-performing travel models have wheels of about 4½ to 7 inches in diameter. Our experts told us that suspension and quality ball bearings also help a stroller feel effortless to push and turn. Almost none of the travel strollers we found come with adjustable handlebars, which may make them uncomfortable and inconvenient for shorter or taller people to use. We also found that single handlebars are preferable to two separate handles (as many umbrella strollers have) because they make it easier to push one-handed.
Accommodates a wide age range: Many new travel strollers have car seat adaptability (albeit limited) and carrycots for use with newborns, as well as nearly flat reclining seats for infants 3 months and older (and for children who still nap regularly). Ultralightweight strollers (10 pounds and under) are the exception: most do not recline or have very limited recline. Some strollers swap the rider’s comfort for a slimmer design, so we looked for seats that are wide enough to be comfortable for older kids. A higher weight limit means the stroller can be used for longer as well.
Comes with useful additional features: A large basket with easy access, a canopy with good coverage, and leg rests for the child are all useful whether you’re traveling or using this as your primary stroller. We also appreciate sandal-friendly brakes, which don’t require you to disengage the pedal by pushing it up with your toes.
Easy to clean: Recently, my daughter both peed and puked in our stroller in the span of a week, and it made me wish that we could remove the fabric and throw it in the washing machine. Instead, it took vigorous scrubbing and multiple days of having it sit outside to make the acrid smell finally go away. Having removable fabric is optimal, but not common. Second best is fabric that resists moisture, dirt, and grime and makes it easy to wipe off toddler filth.
We looked at popular models on Amazon, Target, BuyBuy Baby, BabyGearLab, and Lucie’s List as well as on travel sites like Pint Size Pilot and came up with an initial list of 42 travel strollers. Using recommendations from experts we interviewed and our criteria, we winnowed the list down to seven strollers to test and included both of our umbrella stroller picks for comparison’s sake.
GB Pockit+
Joovy Groove Ultralight
Kolcraft Cloud Plus
Summer Infant 3D Lite
Zoe Xl1 Best v2
Some strollers came assembled, and for those that didn’t, setup was minimal. At most, I had to attach wheels with a pin, which is common with less expensive models.
I read the manual for each stroller, checking the instructions for folding and unfolding, reclining, adjusting the safety harnesses, and cleaning. When relevant, I read up on how various add-ons, such as car seat adapters or a newborn carrycot, might function on the stroller. I tried folding and unfolding each stroller while holding my squirmy 2-year-old daughter, and then tried seeing how quickly I could fold and unfold each stroller while making her stay in one place.
I used each stroller for at least a weekend, pushing my daughter to a local park, to our local grocery store, on errands around the city, and on various outings by subway and bus. My husband and I have collectively logged over 130 miles in the last three months pushing travel strollers through various terrains, including one failed attempt on a beach—the wheels are too small for sand. We traveled with some of the strollers by plane to Los Angeles, and on road trips to western Massachusetts and Long Island. For additional perspective and feedback, I recruited half a dozen testers, who ranged from new parents who hadn’t traveled with a child before to a mother who traveled once a week by train and plane with her son from the time he was three months to 11 months old.
We dismissed one stroller for being too heavy, and four others because they were not as sturdy or easy to push or maneuver as our finalists. For the remaining four strollers, I set up a maneuverability course on our neighborhood soccer field. In each stroller, we pushed my 22-pound daughter with a 5.1-pound bag carrying its usual contents (portable toilet seat, wipes, water bottle for child and adult, change of clothes, and snacks) in the underseat basket, and hung my 4-pound purse on the handlebars. Cones were set 36 inches apart, the standard width of a hallway in an American home. My husband and I performed S curves, U-turns, and figure eights with the remaining four strollers with one hand and two hands.
Manufacturers recommend that caregivers avoid hanging bags on the handlebars, but it’s inevitable given the limited storage space with these compact strollers. We performed a tip test by putting my 4-pound bag on the handlebars and lifting my daughter out of the seat.
The 14.8-pound Uppababy Minu, released in early 2018, packs nearly all of the features of the Uppababy Cruz, our full-size stroller upgrade pick, into a body that is 7 pounds lighter and 40 percent smaller, which makes it a great option for travel or for a streamlined everyday stroller. The Minu has one of the easiest one-handed folds, collapsing down to the size of two school backpacks side by side, and can be carried with a padded shoulder strap or by the front crossbar. Its wheels are larger than those of our other picks, giving it the best handling when rolling over unpredictable terrain, and it feels the sturdiest of the models we looked at. The Minu has the most spacious, accessible underseat storage and also twice the weight limit of the baskets on the other models we tested. Plus, it has the ability to accommodate a child from birth to toddlerhood, with the highest weight capacity of our picks. The Minu is the only travel stroller we tested that was rated the favorite by all who tested it.
The Minu is the only stroller among our picks with a one-handed fold. The stroller collapses from a standing position by pressing a button and moving a slider located at the middle of the handlebar so you fold it down and pick it up in one motion. I was able to do this while holding my 22-pound daughter in one arm. The Minu was less finicky about the orientation of the wheels, compared with the Yoyo+ and Nano, our other picks, where wheels turned sideways often would stymie the process of getting it to its final folded shape. The self-standing fold is reliable compared with that of other strollers (which would teeter to one side), making upright storage easy and convenient. Unfolding requires two hands but can be done in one move: you unlatch it and simultaneously pull up from the handle.
The Minu is one of the easiest to fold of the strollers we tested. Unfolding it takes slightly more effort, but is still relatively simple. Video: Sarah Kobos
The Minu’s solid aluminum frame sits on one of the largest set of wheels we found on a travel stroller (5-inch front and 7-inch rear rubber wheels, compared with the 5½- and 5-inch wheels of the Nano and the Yoyo+, respectively), and has all-wheel suspension—making it the best for handling city sidewalks with potholes and rolling over unexpected bumps and through grass. One tester said that it bridged the gap between the Airtrain and the platform without getting stuck, as a model with smaller wheels might. She also said it easily rolled over a sidewalk bump in her neighborhood that gives her anxiety when she uses other strollers. Like the Uppababy Vista and Cruz, which we’ve tested for other guides, the Minu feels remarkably robust compared with other strollers; although the handlebars on many models, including the Yoyo+ and Nano, have extra travel—they feel jiggly—the Minu’s feel more sturdily attached.
The Minu’s recline mechanism is similar to that of many models we tested: you pull on the buckle to lower the seat’s back and pull the straps to raise it. Video: Sarah Kobos
The Minu can recline about 145 degrees, similar to the Yoyo+ and Nano, our other picks. All of the strollers we tested except for the Summer 3D Lite have a strap reclining mechanism that allows you to adjust the recline anywhere in the range. Although you can use one hand to operate the recline, we think it’s better to use two to keep the seat back from lowering too abruptly. You use both hands to pull the straps apart to raise it. The leg rest allows the rider to put up their little feet, but isn’t adjustable like the Nano’s (and the Yoyo+ has none).
The Minu’s seat is 18 inches tall by 12½ inches wide, which is a half inch to 1 inch greater in both dimensions than the Yoyo+ and Nano’s seats, and its 50-pound weight limit (which corresponds to an average 7-year-old) is the highest as well—the Yoyo+ and Nano go up to 40 and 44 pounds, respectively, though a few other strollers we tested go up to 55 pounds. The seat is well-cushioned, with an adjustable five-point harness with removable Velcro-secured shoulder pads that can be rethreaded at three different height levels, like those on most strollers that we tested. The canopy includes an extendable sunshade and provides more coverage than those of the Yoyo+ or the Nano. It has a sun protection rating of UPF 50+, the highest possible, which means it shields the passenger from more than 98 percent of both UVA and UVB rays. The mesh peekaboo window is notably better than most: it spans nearly the width of the canopy, can be secured open for ventilation, and has magnetic closures, so you can take a peek at your kid noiselessly.
The exceptionally large peekaboo window is made of mesh, which can provide more ventilation and allows you to see in without any glare. The window flap secures with magnetic closures. Photo: Sarah Kobos
The Minu folds down to the size of two school backpacks side by side, and stands more stably when folded than the Yoyo+ or Nano. Photo: Sarah Kobos
When folded, it’s a few inches taller and wider than the Yoyo+ and Nano, but still able to fit in most overhead compartments. Photo: Sarah Kobos
The Uppababy Cruz (left) has bigger wheels, which help it roll over obstacles and terrain more easily than the same company’s Minu (right). The Cruz also reclines flat and has more storage capacity, but the Minu performs nearly as well, is 6½ pounds lighter, is easier to fold, and costs less. Photo: Sarah Kobos
The Minu’s canopy with its extendable sunshade is one of the most generously sized among the models we tested and provides more coverage than those of the Yoyo+ or Nano. Photo: Sarah Kobos
The Minu’s underseat storage is the largest both in size and weight capacity—at 20 pounds—holding nearly double those of the other strollers we looked at. The Minu is also one of the few models we tested that allows clear access to the basket from the front and the rear, and is not as annoying to reach as those of our other picks, because the opening is wider than that of the Yoyo+ and there is no obstructive bar across as on the Nano. The spacious back flap pocket can hold a wallet, a phone, a kids water bottle, a snack container, and a bottle of bubbles—all of the essentials, all at once.
The Minu’s single-action linked brakes—a feature shared by all of our picks that allows you to apply brakes to both wheels with just one step—are some of the most “sandal-friendly” of those we tested. Other models require you to push the lever down with your foot to engage and use your toe to flip it up to disengage. With the Minu, you push down on the right red lever to brake, and on the left green lever to go.
The Minu’s sandal-friendly brakes are among the easiest to operate: you push down on the red pedal to stop and then on the green to go. Photo: Sarah Kobos
The large back pocket can keep plenty of essentials within easy reach. Photo: Sarah Kobos
The Minu’s underseat basket holds more than that of any other model we tested. Photo: Sarah Kobos
In general, based on reviews and notes from our testers, the fixed-height handlebar of the Minu comfortably accommodates people ranging from 5 feet to 6 feet tall. At 5-foot-1, I found it pleasant to push. (However, some Amazon reviewers of similar height found it challenging.) One 6-foot-8 tester said it was too short, but found it more tolerable than others he’s tried. The luxe leather handle is a nice detail, compared with foam ones on all of the other strollers we tested, which on hot, humid days can leave black particles on your hands.
One tester said she found the Minu easy to put through the TSA X-ray machine, but had to gate-check the stroller because the overhead compartments were already full when they boarded. Although the stroller is several inches wider and taller than the Yoyo+ and the Nano when folded, Amazon reviewers report that it stowed overhead without trouble on Southwest and American Airlines flights.
The Minu comes with a thin nylon stroller bag, but a more substantial padded bag with backpack straps is available for purchase and will provide your stroller with better protection if you travel regularly and gate-check your stroller. The Minu comes in four colors: marled black, neutral grey, cardinal red, and aquamarine. For newborns, parents can purchase a bassinet, or adapters for the Uppababy Mesa or Maxi-Cosi, Nuna, or Cybex infant car seats, but note that it’s not compatible with our infant car seat pick, the Chicco Keyfit 30. Both the bassinet and car seats are installed rear-facing for easy baby gazing. Uppababy sells additional accessories like a rain cover and parent organizer.
All Uppababy strollers come with a two-year warranty, extended for an additional year if you register your model with the company.
Although you can remove the stroller seat and canopy fabric for easier cleaning, like most of the strollers we looked at, it must be spot cleaned or hand-washed. You can machine wash the fabric of the Yoyo+.
Over three months, five families, including mine, tested the Uppababy Minu. It’s gone on two airplane flights, one road trip to Canada, and all over New York City. It was rated the favorite by all who tested it. “[The] Minu is much sturdier than many ‘travel strollers’ or umbrella strollers,” wrote one tester, “and has decently sized, easily accessible storage—which means it could adequately meet most of our everyday needs, rather than simply being a ‘travel stroller.’” Another said that with travel strollers, you don’t want anything to interrupt your flow of movement, and the Minu provided the easiest and most reliable transitions while folding and unfolding and navigating obstacles on the go.
Though the Minu is a breeze to fold one-handed, unfolding it requires more effort. I discovered, with practice, that it’s possible to unfold it with one hand by lifting the latch with my thumb, then grabbing onto the handlebar with the other four fingers, and lightly kicking the left wheel, but some people may prefer just using two hands.
Folded, the Minu is bulkier than our other picks, with a lot of concentrated weight, and I preferred carrying it by the front crossbar rather than with the padded shoulder strap because it would throw off my balance. (I found the longer shape of the umbrella models, the Joovy or Summer 3D Lite, easier to carry over my shoulder because of their weight distribution.) Though one taller parent said she found it relatively easy to carry the Minu up and down the stairs with her 40-pound child in the seat, I found it too cumbersome to even try, whereas I could easily carry my daughter up and down stairs while she was seated in the Nano and the Yoyo+.
The Minu’s canopy is on the floppier side and opens when you unfold the stroller. Some testers complained about the bulkiness of the handlebars, but we didn’t have an issue with them. The Minu’s spacious storage basket is shallow with a low lip, so it’s best to stow items in a bag—loose objects can slip out.
For all colors of the Minu except black, the side panels of the fabric are a pale gray or blue. If your kid, like mine, tends to grab the sides, they’ll end up with obvious stains and oily smudges that may be challenging to remove if not dealt with immediately. We also discovered that the more padded seats of our picks are more likely to trap crumbs and squished blueberries in the seams compared with the sling seats of less expensive (and less comfortable) strollers.
The bag that comes with the Minu is flimsy. After three months of testing, it developed several small tears at the center seams.
The sliding mechanism to fold and collapse the stroller is in the middle of the handlebar. Some testers noted that the position of the mechanism made it harder to get a good grip to push one-handed, which we found was a necessary feature. Other testers commented that the handlebar is too thick for a good grip.
Because the Minu is the newest model we tested, it had few reviews at the time of writing, but we chose to include it in testing anyway, as we have liked other Uppababy strollers. The one-star reviews come from parents with newborns who were frustrated about the delayed release of Minu’s car seat adapters and bassinet, both of which are now available. Other criticisms include wonky wheels and tippy-ness. We did not notice either in testing but will keep an eye out for these and other issues in long-term testing.
The stylish Babyzen Yoyo+ has the smallest fold, the most responsiveness, and the best maneuverability out of our picks. At 13½ pounds, it’s 1 pound lighter than the Minu and collapses small enough—to the size of three stacked large pizza boxes—to reliably fit in most airline overhead compartments. (The parents I spoke to said they were always able to fit it in the overhead compartment with the exception of one puddle jumper.) The Yoyo+ is not our main pick, however, because it falls short where it matters most: it’s not as convenient to fold as the Minu, nor can it handle challenging terrain as well, and its underseat basket is frustrating to use. The Yoyo+ also costs much more than the Minu.
We found the two-handed, two-step fold of the Yoyo+ to be the most complicated of the models we tested. You press the buttons on both sides near the joints at the bottom of the handlebar. The handlebar flexes back, and then you reach underneath the back of the seat to push a button and pull the red lever to collapse the seat. Oftentimes, I would have to fiddle with the wheels to get the Yoyo+ fully collapsed. I would also squish my fingers during the final step of the fold because I would instinctively place them in between the frame. (This is apparently a common enough occurrence that the manual tells you how to prevent it, but it takes practice to develop the muscle memory.) There is no way to do the fold with one hand while holding a child. The flip side of this complex fold is that the Yoyo+ is the only stroller that can be unfolded with one hand, but you have to give it a good snap of the wrist to ensure that it fully unfurls. Sometimes, the seat can get stuck, or the wheels get in the way, and you have to pry the stroller apart from the latch or orient the wheels to get it upright.
The Yoyo+ is one of the most complicated to fold of the travel strollers we looked at, requiring two hands and two steps and often some amount of fiddling. Unfolding it, though, is a cinch. Video: Sarah Kobos
The Yoyo+ has a compact and lightweight build that helps make it nimble, as does the all-wheel suspension, which it has in common with the Minu. In our maneuverability tests on turf, it had the most responsiveness and was the easiest to turn. It’s effortless to push one-handed because it requires minimal pressure. Some testers noted how easy it was to push on grass. While other strollers we tested, including the Minu, have more of a rolling feel when you push, the Yoyo+ glides, especially on smooth surfaces.
The Yoyo+ is sturdy and durable, but there is some give to the body, especially at the handlebars. The 5-inch rubber wheels don’t roll over bumps and sidewalk cracks quite as easily as the Minu’s 7-inch rear ones, and we’ve been tipped forward by such stoppages. One tester commented that it definitely does not fare well on old cobblestones. There is no front-locking wheel feature, which keeps the wheels from swiveling when rolling over uneven surfaces and helps the stroller go straight. Compared with other strollers, whose wheelbases are narrower in the front compared with the back, the Yoyo’s wheelbase is narrower in the back. The design makes it difficult to mount a curb or bump down stairs on the back wheels, and the stroller has a tendency to tip if you turn quickly.
The canopy on the Yoyo+, while not as large the Minu’s, provides ample sun protection. Photo: Sarah Kobos
The Yoyo+ has the smallest fold of our picks and weighs just 13½ pounds. Photo: Sarah Kobos
Unlike the brakes of the Minu and the Nano, which you engage and disengage by pushing down on the pedal, on the Yoyo+ you flip the brake up with the top of your foot to disengage—a difficult move if you’re not wearing closed-toe shoes. And even with my short legs, I tend to kick the brake and engage it accidentally while pushing the stroller.
Like the Minu’s, the Yoyo+ harness adjusts to three shoulder heights. The removable seat cushion is well-padded, and is machine washable, unlike the Minu’s. The Yoyo+ has the smallest seat, only 17 inches tall, and the lowest weight capacity of the strollers we tested, at 40 pounds (the weight of an average 5-year-old), so you may not be able to use it for as long as you would the Minu. Like the Minu, the Yoyo+ has a UPF 50+ canopy, and though it’s smaller, the canopy is set lower, and the angling of the sunshade can offer better coverage than the Minu’s when the seat is fully reclined. The canopy’s small vinyl peekaboo window has no cover. Unlike our other picks, it lacks a leg rest—an issue some Amazon reviewers complain about—but it does have a foot rest once their legs are long enough to reach. The padded buckle strap on the Yoyo+ prevents the webbing from digging into the crotch—a detail the Minu lacks. The Yoyo+ is somewhat more annoying to unbuckle than the Minu; while the Minu (and Nano) requires pushing just one button, you have to squeeze two buckles on the Yoyo+. The Yoyo+ model’s recline mechanism is better located, however, and allows you to operate it one-handed and while standing, unlike with the others we tested.
The most common grievance about the Yoyo+ is the size and accessibility of the underseat storage. The basket is the smallest of our picks’ and holds just 11 pounds, compared with the Minu’s 20. The narrow opening in the rear and bars at the front keep contents from falling out of the shallow basket, but also make it inconvenient to retrieve items. On one trip, I found it so annoying to stow and retrieve our bag, which carried a potty seat, diapers, snacks, and extra clothes, that I resorted to just carrying it. Babyzen warns against hanging anything on the handlebars, but there is a conveniently placed zippered back pocket and a mesh pocket behind the seat that hold a maximum of 1 pound each. In November, Babyzen is coming out with a rolling bag that clips onto the back of the stroller, can hold a maximum of 22 pounds, and will cost $100, a company representative told us.
Besides the underseat basket, which holds a maximum of 11 pounds, the Yoyo+ has two pockets that can hold at most 1 pound each. Photo: Sarah Kobos
The Yoyo+ model’s peekaboo window is much smaller than the Minu’s and can be hard to see through at times because of glare on the vinyl. Photo: Sarah Kobos
The Yoyo+ has one of the most frustrating baskets to use because of the narrow opening in the back and the two bars in the front. On the other hand, those barriers keep your stuff from falling out of the shallow basket. Photo: Sarah Kobos
Our testers were especially impressed by how the Yoyo+ looked. Its curved frame looks more sophisticated than those of other strollers, with their generally straight lines and angles. Many parents I spoke to who use the Yoyo+ as their sole stroller chose it because they have limited living space and/or multiple sets of stairs to climb and descend and/or they travel frequently.
The stroller comes with a padded shoulder strap, but, like the Minu, I found it easier to carry it by the rear crossbar. The Yoyo+ doesn’t stand as stably when folded as the Minu. It’s the only stroller we tested that comes with a rain guard.
The Yoyo+ comes in seven colors, including bright green, dusty pink, and black. Parents can purchase the frame with the rear-facing bassinet-like newborn kit and then buy the 6-month-seat package. Or they can buy the complete toddler stroller for use starting at 6 months of age. (Adding the newborn kit to the toddler stroller comes to the same total price, but in some areas, it’s relatively easy to find the bassinet secondhand.) Infant car seat adapters for Cybex, Nuna, and Maxi-Cosi models can be purchased separately. The stroller also can be configured to accommodate a second, older kid with a kickboard that can be attached to the back—a feature that the Minu does not offer.
Babyzen is the only stroller company we looked at whose products are not certified by the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA), which means they have not been independently tested by the organization to meet ASTM safety standards. Because such testing is voluntary, we consider it a bonus, but not a requirement. The stroller comes with a two-year warranty, and parents I’ve talked to said the company has exceptional customer service.
The Babyzen Yoyo+ is BabyGearLab’s editors’ choice, and is recommended by Lucie’s List and Fatherly. “If you travel, move around a city via subway or have stairs in your life this is the only stroller to buy,” one Amazon reviewer writes. “I’m a father that flies constantly and I take my 18 month old son with me alone often.” Ranjana Armstrong, who runs the family-travel site Nugget, has used the Yoyo+ as her primary stroller for four years between two kids, and on trips to 10 countries as well as numerous domestic trips without needing any tune-ups or fixes.
The Mountain Buggy Nano lacks the peekaboo window, storage pockets, and higher-end feel of the Minu and Yoyo+, but it offers the functionality you need as well as plenty of conveniences while costing about half as much as our other picks. This 13-pound stroller is also lighter and leaner than the Minu, and the smaller wheelbase ensures a better turning radius and more agility. It’s the only one of our picks that works with the Chicco Keyfit 30, our infant car seat pick.
The Nano’s fold requires two hands, but it’s just one step: you press the right and left buttons located at the bottom of the handlebar, the handlebar folds back, and you squeeze the handlebar to the frame to push the seat back forward and do it hard enough so that the side latch will lock. The Nano unfolds like the Minu: unhook the side latch and give it a firm snap of the wrist to open. The stroller comes with an adjustable carry strap, but as with the other picks, I found it easier to carry from the support bar.
The Nano folds almost as easily as the Minu but requires two hands, and unfolds in a similar fashion. Video: Sarah Kobos
The Nano doesn’t handle a wide range of terrains as well as the Minu nor does it glide or feel as nimble as the Yoyo+, but we found it responsive and agile compared with the rest of the models we tested, and capable of managing bumps and grass well. It has 5½-inch EVA foam wheels, slightly larger than those of the Yoyo+, and I found it comparable to the Yoyo+ at rolling over obstacles and not as good as the Minu in that respect. The stroller has only rear-wheel suspension, and picks up more vibrations than either the Minu or Nano, which both have all-wheel suspension.
The Nano’s single-action linked brakes, located next to the right wheel, are as sandal-friendly and as easy to engage as the Minu’s. One parent I spoke to said that their stroller developed a persistent flapping sound from the brake teeth rubbing against each other, which couldn’t be fixed and eventually Mountain Buggy sent them a new frame. I experienced this flapping sound as well, and observed that it sometimes required checking to make sure the brake was fully disengaged before pushing.
The Nano’s seat is not as cushioned as the Minu’s, but it is still well-padded. If you’re concerned about your child’s comfort, you can purchase an additional liner. Like those of most models we tested, the seat reclines by pushing on a button and pulling a buckle down the strap, and it lowers to about the same depth as our other picks. To bring it upright, you pull the straps apart. It is the only one of our picks with an adjustable leg rest that can extend fully so your kid can put their feet up, or be lowered if your rider prefers to have their legs hang down.
The Nano’s safety harness has five pieces that need to be connected. This can be convenient when strapping in a back-arching stroller resistor because you don’t have to thread their arms in the straps, and you don’t have to extricate their arms when unbuckling. But it can be frustrating to have two additional parts you need to join compared with the harnesses on the Minu and Yoyo+. The stroller comes with two shoulder pads, which are not secured onto the webbing straps and are thus easy to lose.
Unlike the Minu or Yoyo+, the Nano has a fully extendable leg rest, so the rider can either put their feet up or leave their legs hanging down. Photo: Sarah Kobos
At 13 pounds, the Mountain Buggy Nano is lighter than our other picks. Photo: Sarah Kobos
The Nano’s brake is as easy to use as the Minu’s: push down on the red part to engage, and push down on the blue to disengage. Photo: Sarah Kobos
The Nano has no pockets, and the underseat basket holds 11 pounds, half as much weight as the Minu’s, but is deeper and large enough to fit a diaper bag. The bar across the back opening makes it challenging to put a full bag inside.
The design of the canopy is one of the Nano’s biggest annoyances. When the canopy is retracted, the fabric covers the handlebars. You either have to root around to find them or may end up grabbing the canopy if you’re in a hurry. Some Amazon reviewers complain that the canopy lacks a screw on the side, which causes the framing wire to come out the bracket, but this has been fixed in the latest version. The canopy is smaller than the Minu’s and similarly sized as that of the Yoyo+, but doesn’t offer as much protection as either. In lieu of a peekaboo window, the Nano has a mesh back panel that provides ventilation and a view inside when the stroller is fully reclined. While both of our other picks have the highest possible sun protection rating of UPF 50+, the Nano does not have any certification. But most tightly woven polyester fabrics will provide sufficient sun protection.
The bar across the back opening makes it difficult to place large items underneath the Nano’s seat. Photo: Sarah Kobos
The Nano’s canopy provides some coverage when extended, but tends to inconveniently cover the handlebars when retracted. Photo: Sarah Kobos
Although the Nano lacks a peekaboo window, the seat’s mesh panel offers a view in as well as plenty of ventilation when the seat is reclined. Photo: Sarah Kobos
The Nano’s underseat basket is deeper than the Minu’s, but its weight limit is half that of our pick’s. Photo: Sarah Kobos
The Nano is the only travel stroller we looked at that comes with a universal strap-in infant car seat adapter, and is thus the only one of our picks that works with the Chicco Keyfit 30, our infant car seat pick. A parent I spoke to, who has owned eight different strollers, said, “After being through many, many strollers, I have found that the best travel stroller for solo travel is the Mountain Buggy Nano. I like it because the car seat fits right on top (very important), and it folds up very small (so great for the plane or small European cars). It’s also fairly light and has a good strap to carry it over your shoulder.” While strap-in car seat adapters do not seem as safe as click-in ones, the parents I spoke to who use this said it feels secure and safe, and is something they usually use as a stop-gap measure at the airport rather than for long walks.
For full disclosure, this is the stroller that we own, and I have used it while traveling alone with my daughter. It’s easy to push one-handed, even while carrying a child strapped in a carrier, wearing a backpack, and pulling a suitcase all at the same time. It goes through x-ray machines, and fits in the overhead compartment without issue.
The stroller comes with a bag that it fits in in one orientation, and getting it in sometimes feels like putting fitted sheets on a bed—the orientation is unclear until you try. I’ve traveled with it enough to mark it with tape so I know which way to slip it on every time.
The Nano comes in four different colors, including a ruby red and royal blue as well as special editions released annually, celebrating a different animal of the Asian zodiac calendar. As with the Minu and the Yoyo+, a bassinet-like newborn cocoon can be purchased to accommodate infants. Mountain Buggy also sells a scooter that attaches to the Nano to accommodate a second, older rider, and which can be connected to many other stroller models or used independently. Mountain Buggy strollers come with a two-year warranty.
Many reviewers on Amazon comment that the Nano is great for travel, but also note flaws like the two-handed fold, the pesky canopy, and phantom screws. “We took this stroller to Europe and were VERY very happy with how it performed,” one parent writes.
“It is now the stroller I keep in my car for errands and such. It is a smart, solid, well-made stroller. Carrying on to flights is a breeze thanks to the super-compact fold. Despite the lack of suspension it handled the European cobblestone streets really well. Our baby seemed comfortable at all times, and he napped nicely in it every day. The only only complaint I have is that the folding process requires two hands. That just shouldn’t be the case! I traveled alone often and had to find a random place safe enough to put my baby down (stressful!) whenever I needed to fold it.”
Eli Gurock, the owner and founder of baby gear store Magic Beans, said the travel stroller “has exploded in a way I’ve never seen in my career. There are ten strollers in that category, when three years ago it was a Yoyo. Companies are trying to follow that lead of making a stroller that can fit in an overhead compartment in an airplane.”
In a future update, we plan to look at the recently released Cybex Eezy S Twist, which is heavier, at around 17 pounds, but has a compact fold and is one of the only travel strollers with a reversible seat. On Gurock's suggestion, we may also consider the Diono Traverze and the Silver Cross Jet.
The 11-pound Zoe XL1 Best was a close contender for a budget pick because it’s easier to fold and unfold than the Nano, has a larger canopy, and is lighter than any of our three picks. It also has a large, accessible storage basket, a handy back pocket, and comes with many extras our picks don’t, like an adult beverage holder, and a snack cup and beverage holder for the kid. (These things are annoying when you’re folding and unfolding the stroller, however.) We ended up dismissing the Zoe because it’s harder to push and maneuver than our picks, and would frequently stop suddenly, causing us to pitch forward. Also, parents 5-foot-6 and taller found themselves hunching uncomfortably when pushing, and the mesh underseat basket is not likely to last as long as the baskets on our picks, which are made of more closely woven materials.
According to BabyGearLab, the Zoe XLC Best v2 is nearly the same stroller as the XL1 Best but with a more compact fold, shallower seat, and fewer features so we opted to test the latter.
Many parents I spoke to strongly recommended the Doona because it works both as a car seat and a stroller. However, we eliminated it before testing because it holds a maximum weight of 35 pounds.
At 9½ pounds, the GB Pockit is the lightest stroller we tested, and collapses small enough to fit in a large tote bag. It does not recline, however, and provides little sun protection, and because of its special fold, there are a lot of joints that make it wobbly.
The 13-pound GB Pockit+ reclines and has a larger canopy—features the original Pockit lacks—but it doesn’t feel sturdy.
The Kolcraft Cloud Plus is one of the least expensive travel strollers available but does not feel durable and was challenging to maneuver. We could never secure it into its folded position because the lock didn’t work. The Cloud Plus also doesn’t recline enough for easy napping.
The dual handlebars of the Summer Infant 3D Lite and Joovy Groove Ultralight, both umbrella stroller picks, make them nearly impossible to push one-handed—an important feature if you’re traveling by yourself.
Read the stroller’s manual, especially the care and warnings section, to ensure your child’s safety and the longevity of the stroller.
Like umbrella strollers, most travel strollers are not suitable for infants under 6 months, even those who can sit up unassisted, unless they are used with a compatible bassinet, car seat, or supportive inserts, or provide a nearly flat recline. The Minu can be used with babies 3 months and up.
Even though these strollers have passed our tip test and rigorous tip tests conducted by the companies, the design (namely the smaller base) and lightweight nature of these strollers makes them susceptible to tipping regardless. Stroller companies, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and many experts warn against hanging bags on handlebars, as it can cause the stroller to tip. In the research we did for our full-size stroller guide, Jamie Mamikunian, the owner of repair and detailing shop Stroller Spa, told us that putting weight on the handlebars also strains the chassis, potentially shortening the lifespan of your stroller.
Many manufacturers advise against using strollers on escalators and carrying the stroller up the stairs with your child in it.
The Uppababy Minu and the Mountain Buggy Nano’s fabrics are spot clean or hand-wash only with cold water and mild detergent. Refrain from using bleach or fabric softeners, and do not wring and twist the fabric to drain excess water. You can machine wash the material of the Babyzen Yoyo with cold water and line-dry it.
Uppababy recommends periodically checking all connecting hardware like rivets and screws. Mountain Buggy suggests brushing dirt off of the frame and wheels regularly. Strollers should always be dried out before storing folded to avoid mold or rust, and should be kept in dry conditions if possible.
Eli Gurock, CEO of Magic Beans, phone interview, May 31, 2018
Juliet Spurrier, MD, and Wendy Schmitz, The Best Umbrella Strollers of 2018, BabyGearLab, April 4, 2018
Tara Cannon, Top Travel Stroller – 2018 Picks, Pint Size Pilot, September 20, 2018
Colleen Lanin, founder/editor of Travel Mamas, email interview, May 22, 2018
Ranjana Armstrong, founder of Nugget, phone interview, September 19, 2018
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The Story of Jonah in Qur’an Tafsir
On October 27, 2010 November 8, 2010 By JonathanIn Arabic, Culture, East & West, History, Islam, Scripture2 Comments
The classical tafsīr (Qur’an commentary) tradition contains, in addition to the grammatical, mystical, theological, philogical, and other disciplines we tend to think of as ‘high-brow’ and befitting religious discourse, material drawn from the (so-called) stratum of ‘popular’ religion. Of course, as my use of scare-quotes should make clear, dividing any religious discourse, oral or written, into ‘elite’ and ‘popular’ components is immediately problematic, and reflects more on twentieth and early twenty-first century presuppositions about culture and religion than the realities of medieval religion and culture. For instance, the reading and extemporaneous composition of tafsīr by imams and others seems to have been a feature of public life in mosques and perhaps even in the streets and markets- a movement of ‘elite’ culture into the world of the non-elite. We should also keep in mind that particularly for medieval Islam, the social and economic distinctions between ulama and others was not quite as bright a line as between Christian clergy, East and West. And in addition to the ulama proper there were other figures, existing somewhere between the learned religious realm and the realm of the non-ulama, who drew upon both the scriptural traditions (of Jews, Christians, and Muslims), their interpretative traditions, and a collection of stories and elaborations upon those traditions. These figures- story-tellers, popular preachers, demagogues according to some- have an ambiguous place in the discourse of the ulama proper and their works of exegesis. The stories of the Prophets that formed the canon of the ‘popular preacher’ are often censured by more learned religious figures- yet they also appear in those figures’ works. So we see ‘popular’ and ‘elite’ crossing back and forth into each other- distinguishable, perhaps, yet refusing to abide by strict hierarchies of cultural value and location.
The other ‘site’ of ‘popular’ religion is one that feels considerably more foreign and perhaps uncomfortable to us moderns, but was arguably more integral and accepted than ‘popular’ story-telling in exegesis. ‘Magic’ and the use of scripture as talisman is not only widespread in the exegetical tradition, it is as much a component of ‘elite’ culture as ‘popular.’ In fact, any distinction that can be drawn is in measure, not in kind. Mystical and other-world oriented ‘benefits’ transmute easily- in a single text- into very this-world oriented, almost automatic effects. Recitation of a given verse will ensure victory over enemies. Swallowing water that has soaked a written copy of a verse will cure stomach illness. And so on. Granted, there were critics of this approach to this sort of thing- the benefits of verses, for instance, elicited some displeasure- but they remained, firmly part of the ulama’s way of working with scripture. And, we may rightly assume judging from the proliferation of talismanic renderings of Qur’an verses, some of which are still with us (and in use in the Islamic world to this day), such usages cannot be pinned into ulama and poplar quarters, but were equally common to both- the ulama, perhaps, acting as the rightly-guided suppliers for popular consumption.
Below is an example of the first phenomenon, the use of popular stories about the Prophets to elucidate a verse. In this case we have a classical scenario of Qur’anic exegesis: the verse in question, Q. 10.98 (Surah al-Yunus), contains a frustratingly elliptical allusion to Jonah (Yunus in Arabic) and his mission (but not his famed encounter with the whale, which is elucidated elsewhere in the Qur’an, sans a description of his prophetic mission): ‘So if it were not so, no rural community (qarīa) believed so that its faith benefited it, except the people of Yunus [Jonah]- when they believed, we lifted from them the torment of shame in this life below, and we made them to enjoy good things for a while.’ That’s it- the reader must supply the details of Jonah’s life, using the handful of other Qur’anic details alongside non-Qur’anic material- which in this case forms the bulk of the story. Our exegete, the generally accessible al-Tabrisī, has made sure to supply several versions of the Jonah story. In its outlines it will be familiar to those used to the Biblical story of Jonah; but it also- in both the versions I translate here- includes elements that do not show up on Sunday School (or the Veggie-Tales version, though some of the second story could easily have been in a cartoon). Like the Veggie-Tales version, parts of these stories have the feel of elaboration for the sake of entertaining elucidation- not simply entertainment, mind you, but purposeful entertainment. When God tells the whale that Jonah is not his food, but a prisoner in his belly, we are probably meant not only to find it a little humorous, but to understand that God can communicate His will to anyone and anything- including great whales. If we understand these stories as drawn from the ‘popular preacher’ milieu, there is no reason not to think that such preachers crafted their stories with ‘proper’ exegetical goals and techniques in mind- such as moral edification. We know that Christian writers, from the Syriac to the Anglo-Saxon traditions, re-worked scripture along ‘popular’ veins for the purpose of moral edification. A similar process seems to be at work here.
From the Tafsīr of al-Tabrisī: The story (al-qissa): this is part of the story of Yunus, as it was told by Sa’īd ibn Jabīr, al-Sadī, Wahab, and others. The people of Yunus were in Nineveh, in the region of Mosul. He called them to Islam, but they rejected him, so he reported to them that tormenting punishment would dawn on them in three days if they did not repent. So they said: verily, we have not attempted to deceive him. So behold- if he [Yunus] passes the night amongst you then nothing will happen, but if he does not then you will know that the punishment will dawn upon you. So when it was midnight, Yunus left from their sight, and when morning dawned on them the punishment descended. Wahab says: the skies were overcast with a black cloud, a strong dark smoke smoking, and it descended until their city was covered in it, making their roofs black. And ibn ‘Abbas says: The punishment was right above their heads- when they saw that they knew for sure that the promised destruction was true, so they looked for their Prophet [Yunus], but did not find him. So they went out to a high hill- themselves, their wives, their children, and their animals. And they dressed in sackcloth, made manifest their faith and repentance, making their intention [to repent] sincere, and they set apart each mother from her son- both humans and animals- so that each one longed for the other. And they [the mothers] lifted up their voices and the voices of [the mothers] mixed with the voices of [the men], and they humbled themselves towards God. They said: we believe in what Yunus brought [i.e. his prophetic message]. So their Lord had mercy on them, and answered their call, and lifted from them the punishment, after they humbled themselves.
It is related … Abū ‘Abdallah said: there was among them [the people of Nineveh] a man named Malikha, a servant, and another man, named Rūbīl, a scholar, and the servant paid attention to Yunus’s call to the people, and the scholar informed him, saying to him: ‘Do not set this against them! Truly, God will answer your prayer and will not desire the destruction of His servant.’ And Yunus accepted the speech of the servant, so he [Yunus] called to them, and God inspired him with the message that punishment would come upon them in such-and-such month on such-and-such day. When the time approached, Yunus, with the servant, left them, but the scholar remained among them. And when it was the day of the descent of the punishment, the scholar said to them: ‘Take refuge in God, and perhaps He will have mercy on you and remove the punishment from you.’ So they went out to the desert, and separated the women from the children and the animals and their young. Then they wept and called out, acting and turning aside from them the punishment [which] had descended to them and drew near to them. And Yunus passed angrily over the face [of the city] just as God had related to him, until he ended up at the shore of the sea, where there was a ship which was all loaded and the [sailors] desiring to shove off. Yunus asked them to carry him aboard, so they did. When they were in the middle of the sea, God sent a giant whale (al-hūt) against them, and it held back the ship. So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Yunus. Then they expelled him and cast him into the sea, and the whale swallowed him and Yunus went through the water inside it.
And it is said: the sailors said [before Yunus was thrown to the whale]: we will cast lots, and whoever the lot strikes, we will throw him into the water. For there is surely a disobedient runaway slave (‘abadan) here. So the lot fell seven times to Yunus. So he stood up and said: ‘I am the runaway slave!’ So he threw himself into the water, then the whale swallowed him. And God spoke to the whale lest he harm one of Yunus’ hairs, [saying]: ‘I have put a prisoner in your belly- he is not your food!’ So he lingered in its belly for three days (or, it is said, seven days, or forty days) … So he entered a sea and remained until he went out to the sea of Egypt [the Nile], then traveled from it to the sea of Tabaristan [the Caspian], then went out through the Tigris.
‘Abdallah ibn Masa’ūd said: the whale swallowed another whale, so it made off with it to the depths of the earth, and it was in its belly for forty nights. So [Yunus] cried out in the darkness: ‘There is no god but God! You are glorified, while I am in the deep darkness!’ So God answered his prayer, and commanded the whale so that he spit him out onto the beach of the sea, and he was like a plucked baby bird, so God made to grow a squash-tree, making shade under it. And God entrusted [Yunus] with a mountain-goat whose milk he drank. Then the tree dried up, and [Yunus] wept over it. God spoke to him: ‘You weep over a tree which dried up, but you don’t weep over a hundred thousand or more people who were going to be destroyed!’ So Yunus left, and there was a servant-boy whom he espied. He said to him: ‘Who are you?’ He replied: ‘I am of the people of Yunus.’ So [Yunus] said to him: when you return to them, report to them that you encountered Yunus.’ So the servant-boy reported to them. And God restored to [Yunus] his body, and he returned to his people and they believed in him. And it is said: that he was [also] sent to other people, but his people were first.
From the Tafsīr of al-Baydawī: So were it not so, no rural communities believed: Is there not a community that believes before seeing the destruction [of God’s judgment], from among the communities which We destroyed? And He did not wait for them as He waited for Pharoah. So its faith benefited it: In that God turned [His judgment] from it and lifted torment from it. Except the people of Yunus: But the people of Yunus, upon whom be peace. When they believed: Right away- they did not behold the occasion of torment and they did not put off [believing] until the falling apart of things. We lifted from them the torment of shame in this life below: [it is possible that the meaning of the verse, rephrased, is]: no people of any rural community, from among the disobedient rural communities, believed so that their faith benefited them, except the people of Yunus. … [The following story] is told: Yunus [Jonah] was sent [by God] to the people of Nineveh in [the region of] Mosul, and they deceived and mistreated him, so he threatened them with tormenting punishment within three days (though some say thirty, others say forty). And when the threatened occasion drew near, the sky became overcast with a black cloud of strong dark smoke. Then it descended and covered their city, so they were terrified and searched for Yunus but did not find him, and they knew for sure that he was telling the truth. So they put on sackcloth and went out together to a high hill- themselves, their wives, their children, and their animals, and they set apart every mother from her son and each one longed for each other. And their voices and loud cryings were lifted up, and they sincerely repented, manifested their faith, and humbled themselves towards God. So He had mercy on them and lifted [the punishment] from them. And it was on a Friday…
They are Able to Garner the Words of Scripture into Their Hearts’ Store
On October 26, 2010 By JonathanIn East & West, Gospel, History, Orthodoxy, Patristics, ScriptureLeave a comment
His jaws, like dishes of incense, emit a fragrance of processed ointments. (Song of Songs 5:13, Armenian version)
This indicates the meticulous, deeply ruminated words of the teaching of vardapets [scholars and teachers of the Armenian Church]. They are guides of the Church, who by the continual, unwearied motion of their jaws sweeten the minds and thoughts of humanity with sweet, processed ointments. The things collected in pure hearts, as in a dish, they spread out before people, neither obscuring the incomprehensible things in great profundity, nor making the mysteries of God too plainly obvious. Instead, they dispense the knowledge of Scripture at an intermediate level of instruction, so that it may neither be despised as something negligible, by being too easily acquired, nor cause despair among those who desire to learn, by its unintelligibility. Rather, with a modest effort, they are able to garner the words of Scripture into their hearts’ store. As animals which graze and ruminate and regurgitate their food, so also do vardapets bring up again the words of the Holy Spirit gathered in their hearts. Regurgitating and ruminating on them, chewing them fine by the unwearying motion of their jaws, they dispense from their mouth the enlightenment of the sacred Scriptures, like processed ointment, into the minds of humanity.
Gregory of Narek, Commentary on the Song of Songs, trans. by Roberta Ervine (Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications, 2007), 154-5.
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Lonnie Bissonnette: Never Give Up
In BASE, Winter Sports by This Adventure Life September 6, 2017 Leave a Comment
Lonnie, an elite extreme athlete from Canada, is one of the world’s most prolific BASE jumpers. Highly respected and admired by his peers and community at large, Lonnie was injured July 2004 while attempting a quadruple gainer on his 1100th BASE jump off a 486 foot bridge. The lines of his parachute tangled around his foot, not allowing his parachute to fully open during the fall. He crashed into the river at a speed of about 70 miles per hour severely breaking several bones in his body, neck and spine, and suffering a spinal-cord injury which left him paralyzed. Lucky to have survived that accident, he was told by his doctor he would never jump again.
Unhindered by the effects of the spinal cord injury, Lonnie was back flying in the sky within twelve months post-accident. He then made his rounds and jumped off all four objects in B.A.S.E (Buildings, Antennae, Span, Earth) again, thereby earning himself the distinction of being the world’s first ever paraplegic BASE jumper to have jumped from all four of the objects. Lonnie Bissonnette is Para-BASE #1, and is currently the only paraplegic BASE jumper in the world to have jumped off of all four objects.
He is also a World Champion in the Para-Bobsleigh, and is hopeful about competing in the 2022 Paralympic Games in Beijing, China. Currently, he is training in Calgary for the 2017-18 Para-Bobsleigh World Cup season, and 2018 World Championships.
We are so inspired by your journey; from suffering a spinal cord injury from a BASE jump that left you paralyzed with doctors telling you that you will never jump again, to becoming the world’s first paraplegic BASE jumper to jump off all four objects, you certainly have shown the world an amazing example of never giving up! What made you want to pursue jumping after the accident?
I had always felt I knew the risks involved in BASE jumping, and I needed to do one more jump to prove to myself that I didn’t give up. After doing that first jump, I knew I needed to continue to pursue my passion for the sport.
What is it about BASE jumping and skydiving that constantly bring you back to the sports?
These sports became a true passion for me. I love the camaraderie, and the beautiful places around the world these sports have taken me. There a very special bond you make when you jump with people. I’ve made my closest friendships with the people I’ve had the honor to jump with.
How would you describe the difference between the two to those who have never jumped?
Skydiving is jumping from an airplane, where as BASE jumping is jumping with a parachute from fixed objects. BASE is an acronym that stands for Building, Antenna, Span, and Earth. These are the four main objects we jump off. We use different gear for BASE jumping that is specially designed for BASE.
What would our advice be to new jumpers who aspire to get involved in BASE jumping?
I think the best advice for new jumpers would be to take your time! Don’t rush into BASE jumping. The minimum skydives you need is 200 but, waiting until you have 400-500 is obviously better. I see people now going out and rushing to get the 200 minimum just so they can start BASE jumping. They are missing out on the beauty of skydiving because they’re just trying to build up their numbers to 200. The longer you’re in the sport of skydiving the better your odds of becoming a good, safe BASE jumper are. Learn all aspects of skydiving, ie Crew Jumping, Formation Skydiving, Accuracy, and Rigging.
How do you prepare for a jump?
Preparation for a jump can vary widely on the object I’m jumping. Easier jumps such as a bridge (S) generally have less obstacles to worry about, whereas a Building or a cliff (E) are more technical. I always access any and all hazards, then I mentally go through potential problems, and how I will handle them so that I don’t have to think what to do, just react. I envision my jump from the moment I leave the edge, my flight pattern all the way to a soft landing
Where are some of your favorite locations to jumper ? What are some of your “bucket-list” locations?
Some of my favourite places I’ve jumped would be Angel Falls in Venezuela which is the tallest waterfalls in the world. A hydro dam in a secret location was also one my most memorable, as well as the 3,000ft fjords of Norway, and the Skylon Tower in Niagara Falls. A couple jumps on my bucket list still is the Cave of Swallows in Mexico, the CN Tower in Toronto, and the Rogers Centre in Toronto. I would love to jump into Rogers Centre on Canada Day for a Toronto Blue Jays game and then throw in the first pitch.
You are also a World Champion in the Para-Bobsleigh. What inspired you to get involved in the sport?
It all started when I was invited to be an endurance athlete for the Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay. I wheeled from Winnipeg to Calgary (1,400km) in Jan-Feb. On my last day rolling into Calgary one of the medal bearers saw some videos of me that the relay were playing and came up to me and asked if I would like to give bobsleigh a try. I enrolled in the next pilot training school they had, and immediately fell in love with the sport. The sport has actually taken over more than my jumping in the past couple years.
What are some of your future goals in the Para-Bobsleigh?
My goal is to continue competing, help recruit new athletes into the sport, and represent Canada in the 2022 Paralympic Games in Beijing China. After that, I would like to become a coach for Para-Bobsleigh.
What drives you to constantly push the limits?
Pushing the limits and boundaries is something I’ve done my whole life. My mother use to talk about how I would scare the crap out of her from the age of 2! I was always that kid climbing to the tops of the trees, building ramps to jump over things on my bike, jumping off the roof of our house, off tall bridges into water, anything that would challenge me. It’s something I was born with and I think I’ll always be looking for challenges in life.
Who do you look up to? How do they inspire you in how you live your life?
I look up to anyone who lives their life with passion. I truly believe that everyone in this world should have a passion in life! No matter what that passion is, it could be hiking, golf, gardening, whatever! Just find your passion, and then pursue that passion and do it as much as you possibly can!
Where is your next big adventure?
My next adventure will be in Montreal for an event called Jackalope. Myself and several other BASE jumpers will be jumping from the roof of the Olympic Stadium in front of thousands of spectators! After that I will be heading back to Calgary to begin training for the 2017-18 Para-Bobsleigh World Cup season, and 2018 World Championships.
Lonnie is currently training for the Para-Bobsleigh World Cup and 2018 World Championships for Canada. He is looking for sponsors that he can partner with. His dedication and passion for the sport is infectious, and inspires us to live each day to the fullest. And, most importantly, to never give up on our dreams.
Visit his website: www.lonniebissonnette.com
Follow his adventures on Instagram: @lonniebase
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A huge scaly newcomer made its way to Salt Lake City’s west side on Halloween
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Photos courtesy of the Cardenas Family
Owners of the Red Iguana, Bill Coker and Lucy Cardenas have commissioned a large iguana art piece that they named Xochitonal after the mythical Aztec guardian of the underworld. After two years in the making by Utah artist Stephen Kesler, this 12 ½-foot tall, 1,000-pound sculpture now resides in the parking lot behind the Red Iguana 2 restaurant at 866 W. South Temple.
The impressive sculpture was unveiled before a group of employees, friends and west side community members on October 31. The unveiling commemorated 50-plus years of the Cardenas Family owning restaurants in Salt Lake City. “To be operating continuously in this environment requires community and people who care about us. We are really appreciative of that [support] and this is a reflection of how we feel about that,” said Coker.
Coker invited local community leaders whose “personal sacrifices are often unrecognized” to participate in the unveiling. “We are standing on their shoulders and in their shadows,” said Coker.
As a symbolic recognition of family, some of the ashes of Lucy’s beloved brother Ramon Cardenas Jr. and a photo of her parents are encased in the belly of Xochitonal.
More in this category: « Artist pays homage to vast beauty of Bears Ears A bit of history of ‘Motel Row’ on North Temple »
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http://w3.windfair.net/wind-energy/pr/22875-abb-wins-35-million-substation-upgrade-order-to-strengthen-southern-german-grid
News Release from ABB Automation Products GmbH
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ABB Automation Products GmbH
ABB wins $35 million substation upgrade order to strengthen southern German grid
Compact Gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) technology to help increase capacity and reliability of power network
Similar GIS substation
ABB has won an order worth around $35 million from German transmission system operator TransnetBW to upgrade a substation in Offenburg, in the southwest German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. Germany is implementing an energy transition plan, called “Energiewende”, which entails a renewable energy target of at least 80 percent by 2050, as the German power system moves from traditional, coal-fired generation towards a much heavier reliance on “clean” forms of energy. Assimilating increasing amounts of renewables into the grid calls for new flexibility and increased capacity of the transmission network and the voltage level of many power lines and substations is therefore being enhanced from 220 kilovolt (kV) to 380 kV.
The existing 220-kilovolt (kV) air-insulated switchgear (AIS) substation will be replaced by a compact 380 kV GIS substation, increasing transmission capacity and flexibility. The upgraded substations will be part of a transmission network that plays an important role in European power trading, since it is integrated into the national and European grid via numerous interconnectors.
As part of the order, ABB will design, supply and install a turnkey 380 kV indoor GIS system including the auxiliary equipment and also connect the substation to the 380 kV network and build a new terminal tower.
"The deployment of ABB’s latest compact, reliable and efficient GIS technology will boost capacity and help strengthen the German transmission system” said Claudio Facchin, president of ABB’s Power Grids division. “We are also pleased to continue our contribution to the German energy vision and support the transition to renewable forms of energy, a key focus area of ABB’s Next Level strategy.”
The compact indoor design of ABB’s GIS technology allows a space saving of up to 70 percent compared to conventional AIS. This compactness also makes extensions and retrofitting possible in confined space conditions which would not be possible with AIS technology. Furthermore, GIS technology increases supply reliability and availability while reducing maintenance requirements.
ABB is a world leader in air-insulated, gas-insulated and hybrid substations with voltage levels up to 1,200 kV. These substations facilitate the efficient and reliable transmission and distribution of electricity with minimum environmental impact, serving utility, industry and commercial customers as well as sectors like railways, urban transportation and renewables.
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