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The Luas drivers have voted to accept the Labour Court pay recommendations
The news comes after four months of industrial action
Jun 3rd 2016, 5:45 PM 64,356 301
Source: Leah Farrell
THE STRIKING LUAS drivers have voted to accept Labour Court recommendations of an 18.3% pay hike.
The news comes after almost four months of industrial action on the part of the workers.
The drivers voted this afternoon to accept the recommendations by a margin of 66% to 34%, or 108 votes to 56.
Luas operator Transdev has also elected to accept the recommendation, bringing to an end one of the bitterest industrial disputes in recent Irish history.
“Over recent days all Siptu members employed as Luas drivers were given an opportunity to discuss and debate this Labour Court recommendation. They have now made an informed decision to accept its proposals,” said union representative Owen Reidy.
The workers recognise that this recommendation deals with the reduction of the terms and conditions of new entrants to the Luas driver grade by committing the company to a comprehensive review of this issue within the next 18 months.
The recommendation contains improved terms in relation to the link between productivity and pay increases that will amount to between 15.6% to 18.3% between now and September 2020.
Reidy said that the last few months have seen the Luas drivers “display great resilience” in pursuing improved conditions of employment.
“Transdev have given careful consideration to the terms of the Labour Court Recommendation and have agreed to accept it,” the company said in a statement.
“We are pleased with the outcome of the ballot. This vote by employees in favour of the Labour Court Recommendation is positive news,” said managing director Gerry Madden.
As our other 3 grades had previously agreed settlement terms at local level back in April this now brings the dispute to an end.
Acknowledging that a “critical next step” is to rebuild working relationships, Madden said:
“We entered the Labour Court process and all previous talks involving the State’s Industrial Relations institutions in good faith and we believe that the decision to accept the Recommendation is best for our customers, our staff and the long term future of the Luas.”
Together with an increase of 18.3% in basic pay for the drivers over the course of the next four years the Labour Court has also suggested that an increase in shift length not be introduced, a key issue for the drivers in their rejection of recommendations from the Workplace Relations Commission in March.
Regarding the introduction of lower starting-pay for new recruits, another key issue for the drivers, the Labour Court said that the issue should be revisited within 18 months.
Other recommendations include that a payment of €750 be made up front to the drivers given their bonus for 2016 has been forfeited, and restoration of the 10% salary cut applied by Luas operator Transdev, with all money outstanding to be paid also.
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Home > How Not to Practice > On-line blab can kill lawyer licenses and lead to other bad stuff — latest cautionary tales
On-line blab can kill lawyer licenses and lead to other bad stuff — latest cautionary tales
By Karen Rubin on December 17, 2015
Posted in How Not to Practice, Social Media and Internet
Here are three very recent reminders about what not to do online. These separate stories involve an Indiana lawyer and two judges: one state and one federal. Apparently human nature makes on-line misconduct irresistible to some people, even at the cost of their licenses to practice, and the risk of other professional embarrassment.
Don’t Steele — or lie
The Indiana lawyer (whose last name is, appropriately, “Steele”) misappropriated about $150,000 in funds from his client trust account, diverting the money to his personal use, though he also sometimes let the loot trickle down, “peel[ing] off a few hundred dollars” by way of handing out “spot bonuses” to his employees.
But in addition to multiple other violations, the lawyer misused his profile on Avvo.com, the ubiquitous legal marketing website. By his own description, Steele “actively manipulate[d his] Avvo reviews [from clients] by monetarily incentivizing positive reviews, and punishing clients who [wrote] negative reviews by publicly exposing confidential information about them.” Can’t get much worse than that — except that at least once, Steele “was mistaken about the identity of a negative reviewer, prompting him to expose the confidential information of a former client other than the one who had posted the review.” Result: disbarment.
Facebook follies
A senior state judge in Minnesota liked to post on his personal Facebook page. He described a court as a “zoo;” he referred to a defendant as a “klunk.” He described a case where a woman moved for expungement of her criminal conviction, which had resulted from assaulting her boyfriend, whom she caught having sexual relations with another woman. The judge’s FB comment on the case: “Listen to this and conclude that lawyers have more fun than [other] people.”
The capper for the judicial oversight board was FB posts the judge made during a September sex trafficking trial. The posts were simply factual, but the defense became aware of them after conviction and before sentencing and successfully moved for retrial. Result: an embarrassing public reprimand for violating five rules in the code of judicial conduct. The judge stated that “he now realizes that his posts should not have been shared even with friends.”
Bad tweets?
Last, a logging company defendant in a Ninth Circuit appeal is demanding to undo a $122.5 million settlement of a civil case over a wildfire that destroyed 65,000 acres of forest in California. One basis: in an appeals court filing, the company says that the federal district judge who refused the defendant’s request to set aside the settlement has a private Twitter account that is followed by the government prosecuting attorneys in the case.
After refusing to reconsider the settlement, the company contends that the judge sent out an “inaccurate and prejudicial” tweet, re-tweeting a news story with a headline stating that the company was “still liable for Moonlight Fire damages.” The company says it never paid any damages, and was not found liable. The company also says that the judge’s Twitter account includes a photo taken with one of the prosecuting attorneys in the case. Result: If the Ninth Circuit adopts the company’s request, the judge will be barred from involvement in the case on remand, based on the appearance of bias.
It would seem that the folly described above would be easy to refrain from — yet the internet, social media, and the “sharing” atmosphere we live in seem to sound a siren song irresistible even to apparently sensible people, leading many to shipwreck. Don’t let it happen to you.
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Gogol Center Makes a Contemporary 'Hamlet'
By John Freedman
Svetlana Mamresheva as Ophelia in the new production of “Hamlet” created by French director David Bobee. Ken Reynolds
"Hamlet" is one of the myths that we cannot do without. Directors dream of staging it. Actors dream of playing it. Audiences fill large halls to watch it, as is happening now at the Gogol Center where French director David Bobee has unveiled his second production of the play in three years — his first was with the Rictus Groupe in France in 2010.
Like few stories concocted over the centuries, "Hamlet" seems always to be contemporary.
A sensitive young man in troubled times has his future snatched away from him by an unscrupulous act, and he must decide how he will respond. And that's just the start. From there, you add encounters with duplicitous friends, corrupt figures of authority, a parent who doesn't understand, a lover whose affection is not enough to heal your despair and — here's the kicker — a revelatory, mystical moment when you are convinced that voices from the other side of death are speaking directly to you and giving you the inspiration you need to deal with this mess you are in.
Be honest. Spend a moment in front of a mirror and tell me you don't see at least some version of yourself, past or present, in that little narrative.
"Hamlet" is a big story and Bobee, who directed, designed and created the new adaptation of the text, has accordingly staged it big. He pretty much threw open the entire main stage at the Gogol Center, leaving actors alone in the middle of a large, cold space. Occasionally a rostrum or various tables are put in place, but the visual aspect of this show is usually a contrast of warm human bodies looking rather lost in dark, drafty spaces.
The cold atmosphere is established primarily by black tiled walls that give off a steely glint from the shadowy light provided by lighting designer Stephane Babi Aubert. It is enhanced significantly in the second half of the performance when the stage is flooded with water and the actors splash their way from one side of the stage to the other.
Bobee offers up several relatively simple changes to the canonical text that encourage us to see the play anew.
Even as spectators still file into the hall, the characters of the play come and go, paying respects to the body of Hamlet's father, who lies stiffly on a funeral bier. Later, silver panels on a wall are revealed to be sliding doors in a morgue where bodies can be deposited or retrieved. This serves in place of the graveyard in Shakespeare's original. Expect to see pistols in place of rapiers — and they often are aimed in the direction of the audience.
Several characters are reinterpreted and recast. There is, for example, just one gravedigger, played brilliantly by Alexander Gorchilin, and he is onstage from beginning to end. Hamlet's duplicitous old friend Rosencrantz (Alexandra Revenko) is played by a female, and she largely takes over the role of Guildenstern (Ivan Fominov) as well. Shakespeare's large group of visiting actors is limited to two (Vladislav Sanotsky and Svetlana Asanova), but they, like the Gravedigger, remain onstage until the end.
Filip Avdeyev plays Hamlet as a young man who, as Polonius suggests, loses his grip on sanity. The more he encounters lies, intrigue and evil, the more physically unhinged he becomes. He transforms into something of a whirling dervish, spinning, leaping and crashing about the stage until he comes to his senses — much too late. His break with his beloved Ophelia (Svetlana Mamresheva) is inevitable, painful and ruinous for both.
Artur Beschastny's throne-usurping Claudius is a man of obstinate self-control and pent-up passions, while Irina Vybornova's Gertrude is a strong, enigmatic woman who is able to maintain the facade of a co-conspirator to murder only for so long.
Polonius, unthinkingly corrupt and always loyal to power, is played by Alexei Devotchenko as a comic figure — a buffoon and a blabbermouth. His loaded banter with Hamlet makes for some of the evening's liveliest moments.
Bobee's interpretation of "Hamlet" is not so radical as to remake Shakespeare's play, but it does provide a fresh, intriguing take on the old tale.
Be forewarned: The performance runs 3 1/2 hours with no intermission. Even water aside, this is truly immersion "Hamlet."
"Hamlet" (Gamlet) plays Jan. 9 and 10 at 8 p.m. at the Gogol Center, located at 8 Ulitsa Kazakova. Metro Kurskaya. Tel. 499-262-9214. gogolcenter.com. Running time: 3 hours, 25 minutes.
Contact the author at jfreedman@imedia.ru
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Troubled Russian Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Engine Failure
A Sukhoi Superjet 100 operated by Yamal Airlines. TASS
A Russian plane was forced to make an emergency landing when its engine failed shortly after takeoff from the Siberian city of Tyumen, the state-run TASS news agency reported Friday.
There were 80 passengers and six crew members on board the flight, Interfax reported. The Sukhoi Superjet 100 operated by Yamal Airlines was flying from Tyumen to St. Petersburg, the RBC news website reported.
The plane landed safety at around 6:15 p.m. Moscow time, TASS reported. There were no casualties.
It had flown in circles above the Tyumen airport for about an hour to use up fuel before it made the landing.
According to TASS, the plane's left engine failed after a surge of the turbine during takeoff.
The Sukhoi Superjet 100 model has been plagued with safety concerns this year after one of the planes made a hard emergency landing in Moscow in May that resulted in the deaths of 41 out of 78 passengers. That plane had landed with full fuel tanks, which caused a dramatic fire upon crash-landing.
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Ombudsperson to review drug researcher firings
Jay Chalke's office exempted from confidentiality agreements, NDP agrees to his independent probe into reason for dismissals
Jul. 21, 2015 6:00 a.m.
B.C. Ombudsperson Jay Chalke
B.C.’s new Ombudsperson has been given extra authority to investigate the case of eight ministry of health researchers whose work on drug effectiveness was terminated three years ago.
The B.C. government passed amendments Tuesday to allow Ombudsperson Jay Chalke to review the case that has had the government on the defensive since the abrupt dismissal of university researchers in 2012.
The researchers were assessing drugs for eligibility under the province’s Pharmacare program. The health ministry initially said a confidential database of B.C. patients who had taken various drugs had been misused, and some of the researchers appeared to have conflicts of interest.
One fired contractor committed suicide, another is suing the government for wrongful dismissal and the remainder have been paid confidential settlements and reinstated. The government has since apologized for the way the contractors were treated, but reasons for the firings and why they were reversed have not been made clear.
Chalke, a former public trustee appointed Ombudsperson this spring, said he would take the case if confidentiality agreements didn’t prevent him from reviewing documents and getting answers from those involved.
Attorney General Suzanne Anton presented changes to the Ombudsperson Act to exempt the office from confidentiality agreements for this case, and the changes passed the legislature with unanimous consent in under an hour Tuesday.
After an independent labour lawyer was unable to compel testimony from senior health ministry officials, Premier Christy Clark rejected opposition calls for an independent inquiry.
Health Minister Terry Lake referred the issue to the Ombudsperson, and NDP critics agreed to the move after changes were made to give Chalke the authority he needs.
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PGA Tour Schedule
Golfers face a tough course at the US Open
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Jason Day (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
As Ben Hogan once said, “Golf is not about the number of good shots you hit, it is about restricting your bad ones”. Hogan theory will certainly be present at the US Open that begins at the treacherous Oakmont Golf Club.
World No.1, Jason Day has already stated a score of plus-five could be adequate to clinch the title on Sunday afternoon. The last time the tournament was held at Oakmont, Angel Cabrera’s five-over par sealed him a place on top of the podium.
Many experts have termed the golf course as the toughest ever in US Open history. The length of the rough and the lightning quick greens will ensure the players that limit the damage are likely to prevail over the four days.
Additionally, the course has a 300-yard par three and more than 200 bunkers, plus slopes on all the fairways, making it a beast. A couple of short par fours such as 17th provide great temptation but overall this course is about limiting the damage.
Leading contenders
The slick greens and the thick rough surrounding it will decide the fate of many golfers. As good as Day can be on the greens, he is still second to Jordan Spieth in terms of putting.
But the Aussie’s mental toughness and ability to seize the opportunity at the crucial moments give him a distinct advantage over his arch-rival, Spieth.
The American also has the scars of his choke at the Masters in April. No doubt Spieth has the consistency and if he can overcome his final-round jitters he will be right up there come Sunday afternoon.
Day, the man from Beaudesert, Queensland, has finished in the top ten in the last three consecutive US Opens, showing he can adapt to tough conditions.
Dustin Johnson also has a good record at the US Open over the past couple of years but the American’s inability to hold vital putts could hold against him.
The rise of Day and Spieth has overshadowed Rory McIlroy over the past 12 months. The Northern Irishman is still ranked number three and he could be up the top on Sunday. McIlroy probably fits into the list of players that hit excessive amounts of great shots but his bad ones can cost him drastically, especially at Oakmont.
There are just so many good golfers but look for Jason Dufner, he, like Day, has a good record at the US Open over the past few seasons. The long course and the design will also suit Adam Scott and if the Aussie can make a few ‘ugly’ pars, he can spring a surprise.
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The 12-team World Rugby Championship
If you have been hiding under a rock, time for a news flash that is all over the internet. Twelve countries playing against one another in every year apart from World Cup Years.
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Sounds good in theory. There are a lot of holes though, and a lot of insane models floating about that do nothing to address player fatigue, nor offer opportunity to the Pacific Island nations who are close friends of Australia and New Zealand and have certainly earnt their place in such a championship.
Let’s see if we can steer idea in better direction.
First of all, which countries should be entitled to play in the competition?
Fiji and Georgia are top 12 nations. However, they would be locked out of the recently reported 12 Nations Rugby Championship. Instead, teams ranked outside the top 12 such as Italy and the USA would gain entry. Samoa and Tonga would also be locked out of the tournament.
This is unacceptable.
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To address this, a type of promotion and relegation should be implemented, however, foundation teams should be protected from relegation.
Five Nations teams England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and France, as well as Rugby Championship teams Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Argentina should never face relegation. All of these teams except Ireland have played in a World Cup semi-final, while Ireland proved themselves the best team in the World last year when they defeated the All Blacks.
The fight is then on for the final European spot. As perennial wooden spooners of the Six Nations, Italy should have to defeat other European Nations such as Georgia, Romania, Russia and Spain for entry.
Next, the southern hemisphere. Two spots remain. A rethink is required on how best to approach the southern hemisphere. The logical choice is geography and a two conference system. Let us call the conferences the Anzac Conference and the Triple Continent Conference.
Anzac Conference
Australia and New Zealand have the blessings of geographic proximity. We always have. For this reason, Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa would compete each year for entry into the Anzac Conference.
Either that, or Fiji, Tonga and Samoa form a united Pacific Nations team. A Pacific Nations team would be preferable as teams will need a lot of depth to compete in the 12 Nations Championship.
The Anzac qualifier or Pacific Nations team would play one or two home games. The remaining ‘home’ games for the qualifier would be played in Australia and New Zealand. Adopting this centralised approach would no doubt be preferred by the touring countries and provide commercial benefits to all.
Triple Continent Conference
Now onto the problem conference comprising South Africa and Argentina. The worst and best thing that happened to rugby was arguably South Africa’s great triumph in 1995.
However, SANZAAR ushered in the era of insane travel. The final Triple Continent Conference spot would rotate each year between Japan and USA.
Tactics such as hosting the Triple Continent conference at two venues each year should be employed to reduce international demands. Ideally, every second year, European versus Triple Continent games would be hosted in South Africa, while Anzac versus Triple Continent games would be hosted in the United States.
The next time the tournament is held, European teams play Triple Continent teams in Argentina, and Anzac teams face Triple Continent teams in Japan.
Triple Continent nations should be guaranteed at least one game each year against a fellow Triple Continent nation.
Now to player fatigue. Strict international rule needs to be imposed.
An agreement should be reached which caps the number of hours each year a player can take the field and the number of games played each year at Test, Super Rugby and club rugby level.
Equally important, there should be a cap on the number of domestic flights, international flights and travel distance a player flies each year.
This would go a long way to protecting the players.
What do you think? Should the Pacific Nations be excluded? Would this be a better system than players jet setting every year all over the planet?
And is it time to finally introduce player welfare rules that reduce exposure time to the often hazardous Test Match rugby playing environment?
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Culture November 30, 2019
Publisher and writer Hilary McPhee
Once a powerhouse of Australian publishing, Hilary McPhee traded the comfortable life she knew for a mysterious job with Middle Eastern royalty. In writing about this adventure and the collapse of her marriage to Don Watson in her new memoir, Other People’s Houses, she traces her strange journey back to herself. “I dreaded coming back to Australia because I left feeling I’d lost everything, I’d lost my marriage. We’d been together for more than 20 years, so it was quite a lot of life.”
Theatre October 05, 2019
As a piece of ambitious drama – brimming with compassion and moody delights, and performed by a superb ensemble cast – Anthem hits the high notes.
Television November 09, 2019
With a superb cast and a cracking pace, the BBC–HBO adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials proves television is the perfect vehicle for the beloved trilogy.
Theatre September 07, 2019
Ulster American
With its pitch-perfect production of David Ireland’s wickedly funny Ulster American, Red Stitch Actors Theatre continues to do some of the most interesting work to be seen on Australian stages.
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Alexander Briger and the Australian World Orchestra
Under the disciplined baton of founder Alexander Briger, the Australian World Orchestra played an impressive concert of works by Westlake, Janáček and Sibelius.
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While Victorian Opera’s production of A Little Night Music may fail to dazzle, it satisfyingly portrays Sondheim’s witty insights into the sweetness and sorrow of the world.
Culture June 01, 2019
Actress Kat Stewart’s realms of possibility
Although Kat Stewart is well known for playing dark, in-your-face characters, her life experience has led her to a greater appreciation of hope and contentment. Her latest stage role is in Melbourne Theatre Company’s Heisenberg. “The idea I really love is that we spend all this energy trying to control our lives and take comfort in that … but we have very, very, very little control and what this play confronts you with is: What if that is not a bad thing?”
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Malthouse Theatre’s Cloudstreet
Although the Malthouse Theatre’s production of Cloudstreet is flawed, its failings cannot overshadow the fundamental power of Tim Winton’s novel.
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Muriel’s Wedding: The Musical
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Ellen Burstyn variations
Ellen Burstyn, in Melbourne to star onstage in 33 Variations, has a film career spanning six decades and including such cinematic touchstones as The Exorcist and The Last Picture Show. She talks tabout Beethoven, spirituality and recruiting Scorsese to direct her in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. “I asked that he be the director. He had already made Mean Streets, but it hadn’t been released and he was deeply grateful that I wanted him. This doesn’t mean that I gave him his start. And there was no stopping him, anyway – he would have got there in any case. But, you know, there was never any sense with Marty of working with a monster, with a master in the nasty sense. He’s marvellous, he’s an original. He’s smart and fiery and rough and excitable and alive.”
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Black History 365
Angela Quinn
The month of February is observed as black history month but we all know that we celebrate Black History for 365 days. Let’s highlight and celebrate Black excellence to shine a light on the achievements made by African Americans of both the past and present. The celebration of the history of African Americans started with a week in 1926. Carter G Woodson called for the second week of February to be “Negro History Week”. "If a race has no history, it has no worthwhile tradition, so it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world and it stands in danger of being exterminated.” - Carter G. Woodson
Later in 1976 Negro History Week grew to Black History Month. The achievements made by those of the past provide inspiration for our future. Let's look at a few African American first of 2018.
Amy Sherald - First African American female artist commissioned for US first lady portrait to be displayed in Smithsonian.
Kehinde Wiley - First African American male artist commissioned for US President portrait to be displayed in Smithsonian.
Ava Duvernay - First African American woman to direct a film with a budget in excess of 1 million dollars.
Ryan Coogler - First African American director of a Marvel film (Black Panther).
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KANGAR: A delay in the track and field schedule put paid to sprinter R. Kirthana’s bid for a hat-trick of gold medals at the National Schools Athletics Championships (MSSM) at Stadium Utama.
Shahidatun sets record but fails to surpass personal best
KANGAR: Noor Shahidatun Nadia Mohd Zuki is far from happy despite setting a new triple jump record at the National Schools Athletics Championships (MSSM) at Stadium Utama yesterday.
Battle of bright minds
Champions of the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds state challenges in Pahang and Kelantan prove they have what it takes to represent their states in the national finals.
29 Apr 2011 | 12:00 AM
Selection trials for chess tournaments
EVERY year, the Malaysian Chess Federation (MCF) faces the same old dilemma of selecting players to represent the country at official overseas chess tournaments. The federation has not been able to find a satisfactory solution for almost 40 years.
Quick wit and smooth talking bag top spot for MRSM Pengkalan Chepa
KOTA BARU: In the end, it all boiled down to ingenuity and the gift of the gab. After completing all four testing categories of the RHB-The Star Mighty Minds Challenge, MRSM Pengkalan Chepa and SMJK Chung Cheng tied for the first place in the upper secondary category.
Playing blindfold chess
Blindfold chess is played differently these days.
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The BFI hosts its annual summit championing women in film
This inspiring day of talks, panel discussions and screenings aims to reclaim female space in cinema
Courtesy of the BFI
Despite increased awareness of film-industry sexism spearheaded by the #MeToo movement, women still fall short in terms of representation in cinema. Indeed, this week Variety reported that although numbers of female directors, writers, editors and producers reached record highs in independent movies this year, women crew members are far from achieving parity with their male counterparts. Shining a light on these advancements (while pushing towards further progress), the BFI Southbank marks the return of its sold-out Woman with a Movie Camera Summit this Saturday.
Now in its second year, the day-long event is a celebration of female contributions to cinema. Its wide-ranging programme comprises talks and panel discussions led by women from all areas of entertainment, spanning actresses (Holliday Grainger, Alia Shawkat), directors (Sophie Hyde, Deborah Hayward) and screenwriters (Emma Jane Unsworth), as well as film critics and academics. These speakers will share their expertise on everything from the rise of female superheroes to women’s erasure from film history, and the intersection between meme culture and feminism.
Between talks, enjoy the selection of other creative activities on the schedule. Head to the foyer to browse the array of self-published texts at the Grrrl Zine Library; settle down to watch female film-makers’ reinterpretations of conventional femininity in the Short Film Corner; and see an installation that pays tribute to the late, great French New Wave director Agnès Varda (whose final film essay Varda by Agnès is released in cinemas on 19 July).
ANDREAS SOLARO
The day closes with a screening of Gone Girl – the 2014 crime thriller centring on the mysterious disappearance of Gillian Flynn’s now-iconic antiheroine Amy Dunne – followed by a Q&A with its lead actress Rosamund Pike, who will offer behind-the-scenes insights on the movie and reveal how she constructed her Oscar-nominated performance.
The Woman with a Movie Camera Summit takes place at the BFI Southbank on Saturday 22 June from 12pm. Tickets start from £10. For more information and to book, click here.
Felicity Jones & Eddie Redmayne in The Aeronauts
The BFI reveals its Flare Festival programme
Lucknam Park: countryside living at its finest
Manon at the Royal Opera House
Asma Khan appears on Netflix’s ‘Chef’s Table’
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New Bishop Williamson Set of Sermons and Doctrinal Conferences
by Stephen Heiner · August 1, 2012
Many of you over the years have asked when I would have a more comprehensive set of Bishop Williamson's sermons and doctrinal conferences available. Part of the challenge of running multiple businesses is that the timelines for things don't always go at the speed you want, only at the speed they may.
However, I am proud to announce that one of the objects that has been on True Restoration Press' timeline for sometime is near completion. You can now pre-order this 7-CD set here. It comes with some great incentives that add up to the full purchase price!
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Bishop Tissier de Mallerais endorses Volume II of Bishop Wiliamson’s Letters
Society and Angels
News Roundup: August 13th, 2013
ambrosio says:
I heard from an SSPX priest that BpFellay has asked Bp Williamson to discontinue his Eleison Comments weekly newsletter. Can you verify this?
Stephen Heiner says:
I have no comment on this matter.
_ says:
Will the third interview you recorded with Bishop Williamson be coming out shortly?
Catholic Mission says:
BISHOP RICHARD WILLIAMSON MAKES A DOCTRINAL ERROR
Bishop Richard Williams says one may always exceptionally hope for the salvation of non Catholics. Normally no.
So exceptionally yes. Normally no (11:18).
We cannot name anyone explicitly who is saved so everyone with no exception needs to enter the church. Practically there no known exceptions. Theoretically also there are no known exceptions. We cannot name someone saved this year or ever, in invincible ignorance or the baptism of desire.
When he says a non Catholic can be saved he is assuming he can see such a case in person, it is known to him ?He could have said clearly that all need to enter the church for salvation and that there are no exceptions.
That there can be some saved in invincible ignorance or the baptism of desire is irrelevant to the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus or Vatican Council II (AG 7).
Since he believes this possibility, unknown to us, is not irrelevant but real he assumes Lumen Gentium 16 etc contradicts the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus. He assumes it is also referring to ‘an exception’ to the Syllabus of Errors of Pope Pius IX. So he condemns Vatican Council II as modernist.
The fault is not with Vatican Council II which is traditional (AG 7) but in assuming that there are exceptions (actually or potentially) to all people needing to convert into the Church for salvation.
Vatican Council II does not state that we know even one single such case since it is humanly impossible.
So if the exceptions can never be explicit for the bishop which exceptions are there ? So why had he to mention the exceptions? Since for him the exceptions are real? Does he think we can know the exceptions?In his mind the exceptions are real so they contradict the Syllabus of Errors which he was reading out. (Video part 13).
The SSPX communique (July 19, 2012) indicates that the Society of St.Pius X are in a position to say there are no exceptions; there is no contradiction to the Syllabus and Vatican Council II.Normally there are no exceptions.
The bishop has made a doctrinal error by assuming that exceptions are real and can be exceptions to the Syllabus and the dogma. This is the mistake of those who detract Fr. Leonard Feeney.
If the Letter of the Holy Office 1949 suggests there are exceptions to the dogma then it is a doctrinal error. Faith is not opposed to reason. Reason tells us that we do not know any ‘exception’ for it to be an exception to the dogma or the Syllabus.
The Church Fathers did not say those saved in invincible ignorance etc were exceptions to the dogma. They just mentioned it as a possibility known to God. They do not say these cases are explicit.Also in the the thrice defined dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus, no exception is mentioned by the three Church Councils.
When the bishop refers to the exceptions and the ‘normal’ way it is a signal that he considers the dead visible. i.e. he can see the dead saved in invincible ignorance etc for them to be explicit exceptions to the dogma and the Syllabus of Errors and the 'normal way'.
If there are exceptions then Ad Gentes 7 is also wrong according to Bishop Williamson, since it says all need Catholic Faith and the baptism of water for salvation.
Theoretically we cannot name any exceptions but theoretically we can assume there are exceptions.
To assume that there are particular exceptions to the defined dogma is heresy. It is also rejecting Vatican Council II (AG 7).
So when Vatican II refers to invincible ignorance and a good conscience (LG 16 etc) it is only acknowledging there can be persons saved with implicit desire or invincible ignorance and not that they are exceptions.
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Zakynthos Town Holidays
Holidays to Zakynthos Town are spent exploring monuments and museums, relaxing on the beach, and dining in traditional Greek tavernas.
Zante’s capital city
As the capital of Zante, Zakynthos Town is the largest city on the south-east coast. Although it comes with its fair share of bars and restaurants, it’s more low-key than in the island’s well-known party playgrounds. Instead, the focus is on relaxing, culture and sightseeing – museums, Orthodox churches and age-old castles are dotted throughout its compact, grid-like streets.
Days on the beach
Zante has a reputation for good-looking beaches and, although Zakynthos Town’s shoreline is pebbly, it’s no exception to the rule. Park yourself on a lounger and soak up the views of the clear blue waters. If you want to feel the sand between your toes, Argassi Beach is a 10-minute drive away. Or, if you fancy a stroll, you can walk there in under an hour along a scenic coastal path.
An earthquake and fire devastated Zakynthos Town in 1953. You’d never know it these days though, since many of the monuments have been restored to their original glory. Artworks that were recovered from crumbling churches can be found in the Post Byzantine Museum, along with relics dating back to the 16th century.
With a port on the doorstep, exploring is easy from Zakynthos Town. Boat charters shuttle visitors out to the island’s best-known beauty spots, including Shipwreck Beach, Alykes’ Blue Caves, and Marathonisi AKA Turtle Island.
Feast on mezze fare at a traditional taverna
Delve into Greek history at the Post Byzantine Museum
Dip your toes in the water at Zakynthos Town’s beach
Destinations in Zakynthos Town
PLACES TO STAY IN Zakynthos Town
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USA: CPSC open letter regarding clothing storage units
MARCH 2019 - Relevant for: Hardlines
On 27 February 2019, the Deputy Executive Director for U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued an open letter1 to Manufacturers, Importers, Distributors, and Retailers of Clothing Storage Units.
The letter urges the Manufacturers, Importers, Distributors, and Retailers of Clothing Storage Units to comply with all the voluntary safety standards within and referenced by ASTM F2057-172
The letter is in response to numerous reported child fatalities between 2007 and 2017 because of clothing storage unit tip overs.
The letter also warns that Clothing Storage Units found to not comply with ASTM F2057-17 would regard such products as having a defect which could present a substantial product hazard under Section 15(a) of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. § 2064(a)3 and therefore, CPSC would initiate an investigation and seek the corrective action.
[1] CPSC issued an open letter
[2] ASTM F2057-17
[3] Section 15(a) of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. § 2064(a)
EU: Decision from market surveillance authorities about soft-filled toys with sequins made
Australia: The Consumer Goods (Disposable Cigarette Lighters) Safety Standard 2019 published
EU: Toy guidance document for musical instruments updated
Canada: Health Canada updated the children’s sleepwear flammability requirement guidelines
EU: Type approval protocol for toys updated
USA: California repeals the flammability test procedure technical bulletin 133 for seating furniture for use in public occupancies
Canada: Health Canada updated the industry guide to futon flammability requirements
US: California received two safe use determination requests under proposition 65
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Charlotte Coffee House
Cities, Places, Regions
Charlotte Off Topic
By monsoon, January 3, 2005 in Charlotte Coffee House
nowensone 147
Location: Nihility's Kitchen
Ok... it's not Charlotte, and it's not UNCC, but holy crap, what a building and what an addition to the architectural landscape in our state....
http://www.archdaily.com/354701/hunt-library-snohetta/
I didn't see a single book lol...
MilZ 282
^^ The uncc center city building looked a million times better in the renderings than it turned out IMO. I like this building and I think what might be the most impressive thing to me would the scale of this project with the modern features.
Edited April 5, 2013 by MilZ
DMann 1122
Location: Charlotte
Soooo....this Foxx announcement is kinda like the pope quitting. Something doesn't feel right about this. Foxx saying that he has accomplished all he set out to do seems like reconstructive history. No CIP, potentially losing the airport, not able to get consensus with a 7 - 2 majority on city council, brick wall on the streetcar, those things hardly sound like accomplishments.
jednc 867
Location: Lake Norman
All I can think when I hear about him not running is "who has the pictures"? Something def. doesn't feel right. Of course, it could be as he says...just time to move on.
Urbanity 307
Regarding your first 3 sentences:
1. He's up for the Cabinet Position - likely he has it - no surprise then if he doesn't run for reelection
2. He's a politician - they all put a spin on everything - do you think he would leave saying he failed?
I agree with your summation of some of the marks against the history of his mayoral time here particularly the streetcar/CIP debacle, but I wouldn't blame him for the airport if (though I think it will) passes - that was hardly his sole doing.
Let's not forget he was instrumental in getting the DNC here. He also had a very good first term that I think was well received.
I've got my problems with the Mayor (mainly the CIP/Streetcar debacle and the Panthers financing debacle) but I think he was overall a good mayor that did look out for the city's interest. Personally I think he went wrong after winning the DNC bid (before we actually hosted it) and he got a little arrogant thus the CIP/streetcar and Panthers.
AirNostrumMAD 2525
I look at this rather old picture all day trying to imagine what this will look like in even a year;
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3619/3560940082_cef02f67b0_o.jpg
And look at this picture and think about how far we've came in less than 8 years
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Aerial_Uptown_Charlotte_2005-Nov-13.jpg
Edited April 8, 2013 by AirNostrumMAD
ricky_davis_fan_21 19745
Location: Brooklyn, New York. Formerly of the QC
Anybody else ever pissed off by the skyline pictures featured prominently in the airport from the late 90s?
The one in Concourse A is the only one I really paid attention to. And it was annoying; especially considering that concourse A is dead compared to the rest of the airport which gave the impression of podunk-ville. The other week I flew to Atlanta on Delta, noticed it had finally changed. But the postcards of Charlotte can be annoyingly dated....
HopHead 1320
^There's also one in Concourse E (I believe). It's just as badly outdated...
This is the one I always see, I fly in next Friday for 23 hours, so I'll see if its still in E.
The Observer just posted this article about Ron Carlee. I was just mentioning his take on the panther renos a few mins ago but this article covers in brevity his opinion on multiple topics.... as I mentioned earlier I really like this guy so far. Hopefully he can implement some of his ideologies.
http://obsdailyviews.blogspot.com/2013/04/ron-carlee-sleeping-well-thank-you.html
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http://m.bizjournals.com/charlotte/blog/power_city/2013/04/duke-energy-scores-best-corporate.html
Duke jumped 9 spots on a list of "best corporate citizens". Frankly I agree. From a laymens perspective (me) they always seem to represent themselves and the city in a very positive. Especially considering their industry. Now about that "Duke Energy Steetcar" line.... (-;
The "Power Line"
grodney 2872
Update on the "Metamorphosis" sculpture near 485/Arrowwood: The head no longer splits and spins, it now just sits and spits.
Original movement:
CarolinaCrown 1012
Whistle-Stop
^Thats unfortunate, though I'm glad its back, I am sad it will no longer move. I swear that thing would watch me come and go.
tozmervo 6783
Location: Cornelius
jesus, could you imagine Charlotte going through what's happening in Boston?
ScottCLT 249
So, I've been playing this city building game on my iPad called Megapolis. It's available on Android too. A new building appeared today, and it looks a whole lot like the Hearst Tower in Charlotte. Too much to dispute it in my opinion. Check out my city on Megapolis with one of Charlotte's gems about 2/3 the way across. As you can tell, I go for the high-rises in this game, even though they aren't accurately proportioned.
Haha yeah that's it... And if you haven't played the new simcity, you definitely should try it, even though none of the buildings resemble ours.
My wife just came home with something from "American Apparel". The bag has about 40 cities listed on it, including Brighton, New Orleans, Burlington, Tempe, Mannheim, Waikiki and Saskatoon. No Charlotte. Even though it was bought here. Ugh.
nonillogical 403
That sounds like a fairly idiosyncratic list for 40 cities, wouldn't take it too personally.
But isn't Saskatoon, Saskatchewan like one of the most influential cities for style in North America?
kermit 7684
Location: 80.85 degrees west
Indeed, a portion of the Nutana neighborhood in Saskatoon is the home to a very well regarded community of men's leisure-wear designers as well as six different children's shoe manufacturers. The cluster got its start from Saskatoon's 'midway' location on Canada's fur-trading route, while graduates of the internationally-known college of synthetic-fiber design at the Regina Institute of Technology (RIT) are responsible for most of the cutting-edge styles that Saskatoon is now know for.
The Saskatoon fashion center It is a design complex that Charlotte would do well to imitate.
EDIT: My mistake, RIT has changed its name to the Saskatchewan Institute for Applied Science and Technology. Sorry about the oversight, its been a while since I have been east of Moose Jaw.
Edited April 28, 2013 by kermit
I think there might be a "Charlotte Churches" thread somewhere, but I didn't find it in a cursory search. Anyway, I saw Re-Zoning signs for 2013-048 this weekend at the intersection of 521 and Lancaster Hwy. Looked it up, and it's Elevation Church, going in with a 1,600 seat worship center, children's ministry, and 200,000 GSF 3-story office building.
http://charmeck.org/city/charlotte/planning/Rezoning/RezoningPetitions/2013Petitions/Pages/2013-048.aspx
Drawings and site plan:
http://ww.charmeck.org/Planning/Rezoning/2013/040-049/2013-048%20site%20plan%20rev.pdf
This just a couple-three years after they built this at Blakeney:
http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles13/417017/projects/1279903/c940dcf639e78af067dc72a2f4e08722.jpg
Maybe they should have just bought Heritage USA a few years ago.
http://ww.charmeck.org/Planning/Rezoning/2013/040-049/2013-048 site plan rev.pdf
they also just got the old Palace Theater in Cornelius rezoned so they could start a church there. It will be used as performing arts Space through the week as well. They say they will do a five million dollar upgrade to the facility both inside and out. Edited April 30, 2013 by jednc
So I've been watching the Gateway West construction daily, and wondering how they were handling the upper floors, and low and behold it is indeed to have a 5th floor above concrete meaning a total of 5 stories of wood construction. I had always thought the max was 4, remember vaguely being taught that, did the code change or are they getting by the code with the small sections of structural steel they put in on the first wood floor? I googled, only found a 2006 structuremag article noting that only Seattle and Portland (OR) had local exceptions to this code, and got back to work.
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Marianne H. Begemann Dean of Strategic Planning and Academic Resources and Associate Professor of Chemistry
Marianne H. Begemann, associate professor, earned her AB degree in chemistry from Vassar College and her PhD degree in physical chemistry from UC Berkeley (1984). She has taught chemistry at Vassar College since 1985 and served as chemistry department chairman from 1995 to 1999. Her research interests include laser spectroscopy of transient species and the geochemical transport of metals in the environment, with a focus on aluminum.
Ms. Begemann’s current course offerings include General Chemistry (Chemistry 108/109) and Physical Chemistry lecture (Chemistry 352) and laboratory (Chemistry 353). She has also taught courses in environmental chemistry for nonmajors and majors alike.
AB, Vassar College; PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Email: begemann@vassar.edu
Office: Main Building
Dean of Strategic Planning and Academic Resources
Laser Spectroscopy of Transient Species
Geochemical Transport of Metals in the Environment
Micah Kenfield Named Vassar’s Sustainability Director
Vassar College has named Micah Kenfield, formerly Sustainability Programs Manager at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as its Director of Sustainability. Kenfield will start his new job July 22.
Photo: Tamar M. Thibodeau / Vassar College
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French Montana and Rick Ross Celebrate With Champagne From 1996
January 4, 2012 - 2:05 pm by VIBE Staff
French Montana is officially a Bad Boy, but his MMG connection remains strong as well. Though, he signed with Diddy's label, Ricky Rozay will still be executive producing French's debut album. In this video clip, the NY and MIA giants toast to their partnership over bottle of bubbly from '96.
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Review: 'Bad Boys For Life' Proves To Be A Promising Crowd-Pleasing Throwback
“We ride together, we die together” never really made that much sense as a slogan, did it? Regardless, the line that epitomized the appeal of Bad Boys, the uber-violent action buddy cop franchise that turned Martin Lawrence and Will Smith into movie stars back in the mid-90s. Smith and Lawrence– now fiftysomethings– are back for a third go-round with surprising and enjoyable new tricks.
In 2003, the eight years between Bad Boys seemed like an eternity. But there’s been seventeen years between Bad Boys II and Bad Boys For Life—the former hit theaters before an iPhone ever existed, just as the so-called War On Terror was hitting full swing and a wide-eyed Beyonce embarked on a nascent solo career. If the buddy cop genre was on life support in the early 2000s, the formula is almost completely post-mortem in 2020; most buddy cop flicks in more recent times have been subversive spoofs (like 2010s The Other Guys) or unfunny one-offs (like the forgettable CHiPs).
This time around, Mike Lowry (Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Lawrence) face the realities of middle age. Burnett is happy to waltz into retirement and into “Papa” territory, exhausted from chasing kingpins. Lowry, on the other hand, is ever more of an adrenaline junkie than in the past; addicted to the thrill and holding on to a “bulletproof” playboy image that’s getting sadder and sadder—particularly when he’s forced to admit he wrecked a promising relationship with fellow officer Rita (Paola Nunez) and every time he peppers his bravado with Millennial-speak like “Turn up” and “One Hunnid.”
Lowry’s disappointment in Burnett’s desire to leave the force turns into something harsher after a shooting forces Mike to take stock and Marcus distances himself from his old partner. Of course, this is all just a set up for the duo to reconnect in the face of tragedy—along with a gaggle of new recruits led by Rita; including a computer geek who may or may not be a killing machine, a young tough guy who hates Lowry for apparently no reason, and Vanessa Hudgens.
Bad Boys For Life has more heart than the lunkheaded Bad Boys II, directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Ballah don’t forego the departed Michael Bay’s formula for punchlines and hyperkinetic violence; there’s an opening knife sequence that’s almost gratuitously graphic, and an action set-piece on a bridge that may be the most ambitious in the series. There’s only a passing mention of Burnett’s sister (played by Gabrielle Union in the previous film) and an obligatory callback to II’s funniest moment involving his daughter, but a lot of the movie’s emotional core sits with Smith’s Mike Lowry. Smith plays his first action star with an almost meta-level of intensity.
He’s the sum of all Will Smith’s Will Smithiness in one character and gets to play with the idea of Lowry’s machismo persona. Together with the recognition that Lawrence isn’t really an action star (the film smartly turns his affinity for sitting and watching as Smith jumps headfirst into heroics into a running gag), it’s a good turn for the characters and helps elevate the second half of the movie after a somewhat rote first half.
As the film’s “big bad,” Telenovela action star Kate del Castillo isn’t given a whole lot to do, nor is Jacob Scipio as Armas, as her son and steely hitman, who is on the hunt for Lowry. Reliably familiar support from Theresa Randle as Burnett’s long-suffering wife and Joe Pantoliano as the perpetually-flustered police captain Conrad Howard reminds everyone that this is a Bad Boys flick, and the actors clearly relish jumping back into their long-standing roles.
But these films always work best when Smith and Lawrence get to quip lines back-and-forth while dodging bullets, and the easy partnership between the two remains intact, even when the film lags under its own clichés or the sentiment borders on silly. There’s a twist that feels especially contrived and so many self-referential moments where Marcus and Mike seem to almost know that they’re in a movie about Marcus and Mike (who say “Bad boys for life” as a wedding toast, really?), but there’s a breeziness to the proceedings that feels more in line with the easy fun of the 1995 original—as opposed to the frenetically hyperactive feel of its sequel.
Anyone who is excited to see Bad Boys For Life wants to go into it for what these movies have always managed to give their fans; just enough comedy sprinkled with just enough to story to justify eye-popping action sequences and RoboCop-levels of bloodshed. The buddy cop genre was always predictable, but the best of it—classics like Lethal Weapon, Beverly Hills Cop and, yes, the first Bad Boys film—has always been a fun night at the movies.
In that regard, Bad Boys For Life doesn’t disappoint. It’s coasting on the easygoing partnership of Smith and Lawrence, as it always has. 25 years ago, they were two of the biggest stars on television, making a somewhat unlikely leap to action stardom in a movie initially written for then-Saturday Night Live comedians Dana Carvey and Jon Lovitz that was being directed by a guy most people had never heard of. We may be a vastly different audience today than we were in the 1990s or 2000s, but there’s some fun in watching how different Mike and Marcus are too.
Franchises like Rush Hour and Lethal Weapon seem like big blockbuster brands of yesteryear, as a whole generation of moviegoers have grown up with vast comic book spectacles or rapid-chase car flicks overpopulated with musclebound tough guys. As such, Bad Boys For Life stands as a sort of throwback in popcorn entertainment; that reliable action-comedy that coasts on the chemistry and charisma of its leads—more so than otherworldly special effects or universe-building.
The constant mentions of “One last time” statements remind the audience that this could be the final go-round for Mike and Marcus. Big box office returns can reroute retirements, but if this is indeed the grand finale for Bad Boys, there are worse ways to go out. In a world where Lethal Weapon 4 and Rush Hour 3 exist (with talk of another in the Chris Tucker/Jackie Chan series coming down the pike), Bad Boys For Life should be praised for what it does manage to do so well. It’s fun, violent escapism that doesn’t ask too much of anyone. And sometimes that’s really all we need these movies to be.
Bad Boys For Life opens in theaters Friday, January 17.
Director(s): Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah Starring: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Jacob Scipio, Alexander Ludwig, Kate del Castillo, Joe Pantoliano, Charles Melton, Paola Núñez, Nicky Jam, DJ Khaled.
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UNESCO accompanies Vietnam in protecting cultural heritages
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Peach blossom festival held in Lang Son
Lang Son (VNA) - The annual Peach Blossom Festival has opened at Chi Lang Park, in downtown Lang Son city, the northern province of Lang Son. Vice Chairman of the Lang Son provincial People’s Committee Duong Xuan Huyen said at the opening ceremony on January 19 that the province hosts the annual event before the traditional Lunar New Year to praise local cultural identity, as well as preserve and develop the values of the plant. The event aims to advertise local tourism, gradually build Lang Son’s image with green tourism and peach blossoms as a tourism trademark. “The province hopes to turn Lang Son into a tourism hub with the trademark “Region of Peach Blossoms,” he said. Various musical activities will be organised at the site, where hundreds of peach blossoms are in full bloom. A special local peach blossom named Dao Chuong, which has been raised on Mau Son Mountain with clean and cool weather all year round, will be exhibited. Traditional … [Read more...] about Peach blossom festival held in Lang Son
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For this year, the program has attracted so much interest in the activity ‘The Epic Song for Coming Home’. This special activity encourages people to share inspirational stories on the SABECO Facebook page and website, with the chance to win one of the 100 airline and bus tickets to be given away for the most heartwarming stories … [Read more...] about A tradition of giving, rooted in local culture
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HCM City: Lunar New Year’s Eve fireworks to be set off at 7 venues
HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City will hold 15-minute fireworks displays at seven venues to welcome the Year of the Rat on Lunar New Year’s Eve (January 24). Fireworks will be set off from the top of the Saigon River Tunnel (District 2) and the Landmark building in Vinhomes Central Park (Binh Thanh district). The other shows will be held at Dam Sen Cultural Park (District 11), the National History and Culture Park (District 9), Ben Duoc Memorial Temple (Cu Chi district), the Can Gio stadium (Can Gio district), and the administrative centre in Nha Be district. The displays will launch at midnight to welcome the first day of the Lunar New Year./. … [Read more...] about HCM City: Lunar New Year’s Eve fireworks to be set off at 7 venues
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Honouring the best of Vietnamese cuisine
With the first hotel under the Muong Thanh brand built in 1997 in Dien Bien province, so far, the Muiong Thanh Hospitality group has set up and put into operation nearly 60 hotels and accommodation projects stretching across Vietnam, alongside with one hotel in Vientiane in Laos, … [Read more...] about Honouring the best of Vietnamese cuisine
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Helpful service for people in border areas
Artistic program to enjoy Spring atmosphere in border areas
Enjoying Spring atmosphere in border areas
“Spring at the border – Comradeship”
Border spring program held in Muong Sai commune
Nguyen Hue University cares for martyr’s family
Nguyen Hue University asked to promote troops’ firm stand
PM inspects combat readiness at Army Officers’ Training School No.2
Defense Minister visits former Party General Secretary and families of former defense leaders
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The Levelling
First ‘Bright Future’ Titles Announced for 2017 International Film Festival Rotterdam
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has announced the first titles selected for the Bright Future program. Bright Future focuses on up-and-coming filmmakers with their own style and vision.
46th International Film Festival Rotterdam Confirms First Films, JACKIE, PATERSON and More
Gearing up for its 46th edition, International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) announced its first titles, drawing from new talent and familiar names from all over the world.
I, DANIEL BLAKE Leads 2016 British Independent Film Awards With 7 Nominations
I, Daniel Blake topped the list of nominations for the 2016 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) announced this morning
Thessaloniki International Film Festival Unveils Jury, Masterclass, Events and Complete Lineup
With the opening approaching, the 57th Thessaloniki International Film Festival revealed the the International and FIPRESCI Juries, masterclass, parallel events, as well as the complete line-up list.
TIFF16: Watch Trailer for Hope Dickson Leach’s Feature Debut THE LEVELLING
Here is the new trailer for The Levelling written and directed by Hope Dickson Leach, starring Ellie Kendrick, Jack Holden, Joe Blakemore and David Troughton
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Per Alfred Øhlckers
Professor / Programkoordinator
Institutt for mikrosystemer
Campus Vestfold (G3-21)
Per.Ohlckers@usn.no
Per Ohlckers is Professor at Department of Microsystems, University of South-Eastern Norway, Campus Vestfold, Horten, Norway from September 2005. He is also Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics, University of Oslo from 2014. He received his M.Sc. degree in Physical Electronics from Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH, now NTNU) in 1974. Per Ohlckers has contributed to the development of several successful commercial products and he has a large number of international publications with a focus on silicon sensor technology and micro- & nanotechnologies, including two patents. He is supervising PhD students and lecturing in a master course in semiconductor devices at Buskerud and Vestfold University College. He has co-authored a textbook on Packaging & Interconnection Technology for Electronic Systems and have earlier lectured in this field at University College of Southeast Norway and at University of Oslo. He is in the core team of Norwegian Centre of Expertise, Nano- and Microtechnology (NCE MNT), coordinating R&D activities in this industry cluster.
Ansvarsområder
* Professor, Micro- and nanotechnologies
* Leader of the PhD programme "Applied Micro- and Nanosystems"
· Micro- and Nanotechnologies/Microsystems/Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)
· Silicon Sensor Technologies / Semiconductor Sensor Technologies / Optoelectronic Sensor Technologies
· Packaging & Interconnection Technologies for Micro- and Nanotechnologies
· Solid State Technology / Physical Electronics
· Biomedical Sensors / Technical Aids for the Handicapped.
· International Collaboration and Project Management, like EU projects
· Innovation within Micro- and Nanotechnologies
Name: Per Ohlckers (Øhlckers in Norwegian – pronounced Ölkers)
Position: Professor, Micro- and Nanotechnologies, University College of Southeast Norway
Date of birth: June 6th, 1950
Office address: Room: G3-21, Vestfold Innovation Park, Raveien 205, N 3184 Borre, Norway.
Tel: +47 310 08 000 Dir. Call: +47 310 03 315
Mob: +47 9590 3989 E-Mail: Per.Ohlckers(at)hbv.no Web: www.hbv.no
Per Ohlckers is Professor at Department of Microsystems, University College of Southeast Norway, Borre, Norway from September 2005. He is also Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics, University of Oslo from 2014. He received his M.Sc. degree in Physical Electronics from Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH, now NTNU) in 1974. Per Ohlckers has contributed to the development of several successful commercial products and he has a large number of international publications with a focus on silicon sensor technology and micro- & nanotechnologies, including two patents. He is supervising PhD students and lecturing in a master course in semiconductor devices at Buskerud and Vestfold University College. He has co-authored a textbook on Packaging & Interconnection Technology for Electronic Systems and have earlier lectured in this field at University College of Southeast Norway and at University of Oslo. He is in the core team of Norwegian Centre of Expertise, Nano- and Microtechnology (NCE MNT), coordinating R&D activities in this industry cluster.
1 year College of Economics (Stud.fag.) at Oslo Handelsgymnasium, Oslo, Norway
Schou´s Institute of Technology, Oslo, Norway (Similar to the 2 first years at NTH)
Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH, now NTNU) M Sc in Physical Electronics)
2005 - :
University College of Southeast Norway, Professor, Dep of Microystems
University of Oslo, Adjunct Professor (Professor II, 20%), Dep of Physics
Professor Emeritus, University of Oslo, Dep of Physics
2003 – 2005:
Vestfold University College, Asc Professor, Dep of Microsystems Technology
2005 -:2014
Part time Vice President, Microsystems, of Intex Inc, Tucson, AZ.
University of Oslo, Asc Professor II (Førsteamanuensis II), Dep of Physics
General Manager, Diamond Nanomachines as, earlier Fifty-four point Seven as (54.7)
Chairman, Let’s Train as
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R&D Coordinator, SensoNor asa
SINTEF Instrumentation, Deputy Director
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SINTEF Instrumentation, Research Manager, Microelectronics Section
Center for Industrial Research (SI), Department Manager, Dep of Microelectronics
Center for Industrial Research, Department Manager, Department of Liaison Services
Center for Industrial Research, Scientist, Department of Biomedical Engineering
6 months stay as a visiting scientist at Case Western Reserve University, Ohio
ame, Aksjeselskapet Mikro-Elektronikk, Development of semiconductor sensors
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
Examples of elected and honorary positions
Member of the Programme Committee of Transducers ’01, the International Conference on Solid State Sensors and Actuators including Eurosensors XV, Munich, Germany, June 10-14, 2000.
Elected member of the board of ITTF, the Technology Group of Norwegian IT Industry 1999- . Deputy chairman from spring 2000. Acting chairman from autumn 2000.
Chief Nordic Delegate at World Micromachine Summits from 2006 – 2014.
Program Committee Chairman and Organising Committee Chairman, MME2011, Micromechanics and Micro systems Europe Workshop, Toensberg, Norway, June 19-22, 2011.
Member of the Program Committee, COMS 2012, Commercialization of Micro-Nano Systems, in Toensberg, Norway, June 24 – 28, 2012.
1. Per Ohlckers, Berit Sundby Avset, Are Bjorneklett, Lars Evensen, Jakob Gakkestad, Anders Hanneborg, Trond Hansen, Arne Kjensmo, Ernst Kristiansen, Helge Kristiansen, Henrik von der Lippe, Martin Nese, Einar Nygård, Fin Serck-Hanssen and Oddvar Søråsen: "Industrial Microelectronics toward the Year 2 000 - A Report on Objectives and Results of a Research Collaboration at the Center for Industrial Research and the University of Oslo" Invited paper, ISHM-Nordic 30th Conference, Oslo, September 20-23, 1992. Appeared as invited paper in Hybrid Circuits No. 32, September 1993, pp 4-11.
2. Per Ohlckers and Henrik Jakobsen: “Challenges of the Emerging Microsystems Industry” Invited paper, Microelectronics Journal, 29 (1998), pp. 587 - 600.
3. Per Ohlckers, Hannu Kattelus, Veli-Matti Airaksinen, Jussi Tuovinen, Jani Karttunen, Klas Hjort: “Status of the Nordic Region” Proceedings of the 14th MicroMachine Summit 2008, Daejeon, Korea, April 30 – May3, 2008.
4. Per Ohlckers:” Education in Micro-and Nanotechnologies at Vestfold University College, Norway” Proceedings of the 14th MicroMachine Summit 2008, Daejeon, Korea, April 30 – May3, 2008.
5. Christopher Grinde, Danilo Demarchi, Per Ohlckers, Pierluigi Civera and Stein Ivar Hansen: “An approach to seminar based MEMS training” Proceedings of 7th European Workshop on Microelectronics Education, Budapest, Hungary, May 29 – 30, 2008.
6. P. Ohlckers, T. Skotheim, V. Dmitriev, G. Kirpilenko :“Advantages and Limitations of Diamond-Like Carbon as a MEMS Thin Film Material” Technical Proceedings of the 2008 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, Volume 1, Chapter 1: Carbon Nano Structures & Applications, pp. 63-66.
7. P. Ohlckers, P. Pipinys: “Phonon-assisted tunnelling mechanism of conduction in SnO2 and ZnO nanowires” Technical Proceedings of the 2008 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, Volume 3, Chapter 1: Photonics and Nanowires, pp. 150-152.
8. Luca Petricca, Per Ohlckers and Xuyuan Chen (2013). “The Future of Energy Storage Systems”, Book chapter in: Energy Storage - Technologies and Applications , ISBN: 978-953-51-0951-8, InTech, DOI: 10.5772/52413. Available from: www.intechopen.com/books/energy-storage-technologies-and-applications/the-future of-energy-storage-systems.
9. Pai Lu, Einar Halvorsen, Per Ohlckers, Lutz Müller, Steffen Leopold, Martin Hoffmann, Kestutis Grigoras, Jouni Ahopelto, Mika Prunnila, Xuyuan Chen: “Ternary composite Si/TiN/MnO2 taper nanorod array for on-chip supercapacitor” Electrochimica Acta 248 (2017) 397–408. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2017.07.162.
10. Eivind Bardalen, Bjørnar Karlsen, Helge Malmbekk, Oliver Kieler, Muhammed Nadeem Akram and Per Ohlckers: «Packaging and Demonstration of Optical-Fiber-Coupled Photodiode Array for Operation at 4 K” IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology Volume 7 Number 9 September 2017. doi:10.1109/TCPMT.2017.2699485.
11. Eivind Bardalen, Helge Malmbekk, Muhammad Nadeem Akram, Per Ohlckers and Bjørnar Karlsen: “Evaluation of InGaAs/InP photodiode for high-speed operation at 4 K” International Journal of Metrology and Quality Engineering (IJMQE) 9, December 2018. doi.org/10.1051/ijmqe/2018015.
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Alum teaches coding to fifth-grade class thanks to UW-Eau Claire summer program
Friday, March 9, 2018 | Judy Berthiaume
As an experienced fifth-grade teacher, Katie Albin is used to hearing her students complain about schoolwork.
After all, many 10-year-olds prefer recess to a math lesson.
So imagine Albin’s surprise when her students recently began complaining about having to stop too soon when doing their classroom work.
With the help of UW-Eau Claire’s Blugold Beginnings program and community partners, Albin has added computer coding to her fifth-grade curriculum at Sherman Elementary School in Eau Claire.
“My students are so engaged in the coding unit that they actually whine and say ‘No!’ when I tell them it’s time to stop,” says Albin. “I love that they are enjoying the unit that much and don’t want to stop.”
Last summer, Albin was part of Blugold Beginnings’ coding camp, a weeklong summer program at UW-Eau Claire that introduces area youth to computer science.
While the camp has been offered for several years, last year for the first time three Eau Claire Area School District teachers — including Albin — joined the 50 Chippewa Valley 6th-12th graders who participated.
Educators were included in the camp so they could learn how to incorporate coding into their own teaching, something teachers say is valuable given the interest youth have in technology, says Jodi Thesing-Ritter, executive director for diversity and inclusion at UW-Eau Claire.
After the summer camp, Albin worked with representatives from Jamf, UW-Eau Claire and Chippewa Valley Code to identify a platform for coding curriculum, modify it to fit the instructional time available, and to roll out a coding unit in her classroom.
In January, the UW-Eau Claire graduate began teaching her first coding unit as part of her science curriculum.
Albin’s fifth-graders were excited from the beginning.
“Through the coding unit, my students have been more engaged than ever and using their problem solving skills in a whole new way,” Albin says. “It has opened their eyes to a whole new world of future possibilities, and the concepts and logical reasoning skills they’ve learned have also helped increase their problem-solving abilities in other subjects like math.”
Best of all, by bringing technology-related lessons into her classroom she is reaching the students who often are the least excited about school.
“One of my favorite parts of this coding unit has been how it’s made school enjoyable for some students who typically don’t like school,” Albin says. “Suddenly we are doing something that is of real interest to them. I’ve seen such a dramatic change in student engagement since the integration of the unit.”
Thanks to lessons learned in last summer’s coding camp, Albin can help her students see how coding connects to math and science concepts, such as variables and order of operations, which are part of the fifth-grade curriculum.
“I can show them how it integrates with what they already worked on,” Albin says. “It’s powerful when we can help them see the real life, everyday applications of the concepts they learn in the classroom.”
The coding unit also will help younger students begin to understand that their interest in technology can lead to any number of potential careers, Albin says.
Late elementary school is the perfect time to introduce coding to students because they have had enough math and science to start to understand it, Albin says.
“These kids have never lived in a world without technology,” Albin says. “We need to teach them the power of technology so they are better prepared for their futures. At this young age, they are sponges and absorb everything.”
Introducing coding in fifth grade also will prepare students to take advantage of the many technology-related educational opportunities offered in Eau Claire middle and high schools, she says.
Albin says she has long been interested in integrating coding into her classroom, but she did not know how to go about it since she did not have a background in computer science.
The summer camp proved to be the perfect way to jump-start her learning, she says, adding that it also connected her with IT professionals who could help her turn her ideas into actual lessons.
Thanks to a grant from Jamf Nation Global Foundation, the 2018 summer coding camp — July 16-20 — will include 10 teachers and provide 10 scholarships for low-income youth to participate.
The hope, Thesing-Ritter says, is that this year’s camp will serve up to 100 kids.
In addition to helping provide area youth with hands-on experience with coding, local IT professionals also share their expertise through panel discussions and offsite visits.
These professionals welcome the opportunity to mentor and pass along their unique skillset, says Becky Wurzer, Jamf Nation Global Foundation administrator.
"At Jamf we place a high value on problem solving, collaboration and our community,” says Ryan Yohnk, principal software engineer at Jamf Software “The code camp is a fantastic way to help foster these traits in the community while exposing students to the valuable skill of programming."
Working with Jamf, local IT professionals and teachers to bring coding into more classrooms reflects UW-Eau Claire’s commitment to collaborating with the community and K-12 educators to prepare all kids for the workforce, Thesing-Ritter says.
Business and industry leaders are providing intellectual resources and donor support to improve curriculum to meet the needs of their workforce, K-12 educators are investing time and energy in responding to the needs of the community and the interest of their students, and the university is providing leadership and enrichment opportunities for educators and youth, she says.
“It’s an awesome partnership,” Thesing-Ritter says. “This is a perfect example of the kind of seamless educational support among the community, K-12 education and university education that we want to foster to help all kids reach their full potential and build a strong workforce in the Chippewa Valley.”
Photo caption: Katie Albin teaches a coding unit to her fifth-graders at Sherman Elementary School.
Written by Judy Berthiaume
Judy is an IMC storyteller, sharing stories about the many exceptional people that make UW-Eau Claire such a phenomenal place. She talks with students, faculty, staff and alumni to find and to share their successes, initiatives, challenges and dreams with the campus community and the world beyond.
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Maggie Mello joined the Volcker Alliance in January 2016 and serves as associate director. Ms. Mello develops and manages the Alliance’s efforts working with universities, government agencies, and other nonprofit and private sector organizations to execute projects that help answer how to best educate, train, and motivate the current and next generation of great public servants. Previously, she was an associate at MDRC, a nonpartisan social policy research organization, where she was responsible for managing a large portfolio of projects funded by foundations and the federal government. Prior to joining MDRC, Ms. Mello managed the day-to-day operations of the Rackets Bureau of the New York County District Attorney's Office as the bureau administrator. Ms. Mello holds degrees from Barnard College, Columbia University and the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.
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Syrian who was shot in civil war pulled knife on stranger on town centre street
Syrian refugee pulled knife on stranger on Bridge Street
By Adam Everett Reporter
A SYRIAN refugee who pulled a knife on a member of the public on a town centre street has been spared jail.
Sagvan Amar threatened his victims with the blade on Bridge Street during the early hours having previously confronted them in a takeaway.
Liverpool Crown Court heard last week that Michael Noone and Liam Carters met up for drinks after their shifts working as managers in two town centre pubs on Tuesday, March 5.
At around 2.15am the following morning, the pair were in Voodoo nightclub on Friars Gate when Mr Noone went outside for a cigarette.
He then saw Amar shouting verbal abuse in Kurdish and 'behaving in an aggressive manner', waving his arms around and throwing punches.
Mr Noone and Mr Carters saw the defendant again in a takeaway on Bridge Street, where the 33-year-old was 'argumentative and aggressive'.
Amar, of Dixon Street in the town centre, told Mr Noone: "I'll wait for you outside."
When the pair left the takeaway with their food, the Syrian Kurd confronted them again.
He said: "You think you're a big man?
"You want a fight?"
Amar then pulled a three-inch gardening knife with a curved blade from his pocket and added: "You want a fight now?"
Bizarrely, he then folded the knife away and handed it to Mr Noone – who restrained his attacker with the help of Mr Carters.
Police attended the scene and arrested Amar, who was described as being 'very drunk' having consumed a 'substantial quantity of alcohol'.
Defence barrister Gareth Roberts described client, who was assisted in court by an interpreter, as a 'sad and lonely individual'.
Amar fled his home country in 2013 during the Syrian Civil War, having been shot during the conflict.
He has not seen or heard from his family since and 'does not know whether they are alive or dead', and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Mr Roberts added: "His isolation has been compounded by there being only one other Syrian Kurd in his community, and he has few friends.
"He is a rather desperate individual."
Amar, who has two previous convictions for three offences including assaulting a police officer and being drunk and disorderly, admitted making threats with a bladed article during an earlier hearing.
On Wednesday, November 27, he was handed a 16-month imprisonment suspended for two years by judge Brian Cummings.
Sentencing, judge Cummings said: "You were behaving aggressively and you challenged these members of the public to fight you – at one point, you produced a knife.
"Fortunately, you did not use the knife to inflict any injury – you in fact folded the knife and handed it to the other person.
"The carrying of a knife in a public place, particularly late at night and when under the influence of alcohol, is a matter of public concern.
"If a knife is carried then there is a risk it will be produced, and if it is produced there is a risk that someone will get hurt.
"I accept that you suffer from significant psychiatric problems as a result of the trauma you suffered before you left Syria.
"It does not justify carrying a knife.
"Nonetheless, I'm just persuaded that the appropriate way to deal with this case is by way of a suspended sentence.
"Take seriously this warning that I've given you."
Amar was also banned from entering the town centre between 7pm and 7am for a year and handed a rehabilitation activity requirement of up to 30 days.
Judge Cummings ordered the forfeiture and destruction of the knife and told the defendant to pay a victim surcharge.
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Appointments at Wärtsilä's Legal Services
8 September 2006 at 11:00 AM E. Europe Standard Time
The structure of the Wärtsilä Legal Services organization is renewed. Responsibilities are allocated between the corporate legal affairs and business legal functions. Most legal counsels will be dedicated into one of the businesses. In this connection, the following appointments are made:
Ms Riitta Hovi, LLM, MBA, has been appointed Deputy Group General Counsel of Wärtsilä Corporation. She has been working as Group Legal Counsel and she will report to Mr Kari Hietanen, Group Vice President, Legal Affairs & HR.
Ms Sinikka Ilveskoski, LLM, has been appointed Director, Legal Affairs of Ship Power business. She will report to Kari Hietanen and in matrix to Mr Jaakko Eskola, Group Vice President, Ship Power.
Mr Ralf Lindbäck, LLM, has been appointed Director, Legal Affairs of Services business. He will report to Kari Hietanen and in matrix to Mr Tage Blomberg, Group Vice President, Services.
Ms Laura Susi-Gamba, LLM, has been appointed Director, Legal Affairs of Power Plants business. She will report to Kari Hietanen and in matrix to Mr Christoph Vitzthum, Group Vice President, Power Plants.
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Former Wausau East employee gets 3 years probation for sexually assaulting students
Kurtis Hornby, a former audio-visual employee at Wausau East High School, was sentenced to three years probation for sexually assaulting students.
Former Wausau East employee gets 3 years probation for sexually assaulting students Kurtis Hornby, a former audio-visual employee at Wausau East High School, was sentenced to three years probation for sexually assaulting students. Check out this story on wausaudailyherald.com: https://www.wausaudailyherald.com/story/news/crime/2019/12/26/former-wausau-east-employee-gets-probation-sexual-assault-students/2751563001/
Megan Stringer, Wausau Daily Herald Published 4:28 p.m. CT Dec. 26, 2019 | Updated 4:28 p.m. CT Dec. 26, 2019
Kurtis Hornby in 2004. (Photo: USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)
WAUSAU - A former Wausau East High School employee will spend three years on probation after two teenagers came forward to accuse him of sexually assaulting them when they were students.
Kurtis Hornby pleaded no contest Thursday to felony misconduct in office and two misdemeanor counts of fourth-degree sexual assault. Marathon County Circuit Judge Gregory Huber ordered Hornby not to have contact with the victims or any children except his own family.
Hornby also is prohibited from working or volunteering for schools.
The charges were reduced as part of a plea deal from sexual assault of a student by school staff, child enticement and second-degree sexual assault.
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Prosecutors first charged Hornby, who was an audio/visual technician at Wausau East High School at the time the assault happened, in January 2018. They filed more charges against him in April 2018, two months after after a girl told the Wausau Daily Herald he groped her.
In the first case, Hornby was accused of touching the victim's breast in the school auditorium. It would begin with a hug each time Hornby touched or tried to touch her, according to a criminal complaint. Hornby would also move his hand down her spine and under the waistband of her pants, the complaint said.
The student was 15 at the time.
Prosecutors charged Hornby in a second case just months after another teenager accused him of assaulting her. The teen told the Wausau Daily Herald she was a 16-year-old exchange student when Hornby assaulted her in 2016.
She came forward to share her story after seeing reports of Hornby's first case. Wausau police confirmed they were investigating the victim's claims after she reported the information to school officials.
The girl lived with Hornby's extended family, she said, and saw Hornby often. When her relationship with the family grew difficult, she called Hornby for help.
Hornby picked her up and drove her to the Dunkin' Donuts drive-thru, she said. During that time, she was talking on the phone with friends, struggling with how to handle the fight.
After Dunkin' Donuts, Hornby pulled into an area of Marathon Park and, while she was still on the phone, began to touch her breast over her shirt, she said. Then, he unbuttoned one of the buttons and groped her breast under her bra, she said.
The Wausau School District fired Hornby in September 2017 after learning of the first girl's complaint.
Hornby must register as a sex offender for 15 years.
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Lawmaker wants to fine parents of bullies up to $500
By National Desk Staff
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A Pennsylvania lawmaker has introduced legislation that could have parents footing the bill if their child bullies another kid at school.State Rep. Frank Burns’ bill gives parents three strikes. The first time a child bullies someone, the school is required to inform his or her parents how the school handled the situation. Parents would have to take a class on bullying and attend a bullying resolution conference the second time. The third time, parents would receive a court citation and pay up to a $500 fine.In a statement issued Monday, the Democrat says bullying can lead to physical assaults and suicide.He says holding students, parents and officials accountable “is the only way to put an end to this scourge.”“If holding parents accountable is what it takes to reel in their kids’ bad behavior, then let’s do it,” Burns said in a statement to The Morning Call. “With the advent of cyberbullying making this problem even more pervasive, we can’t afford to sit back and do nothing. No student should ever have to go to school in fear or shame.”
HARRISBURG, Pa. —
A Pennsylvania lawmaker has introduced legislation that could have parents footing the bill if their child bullies another kid at school.
State Rep. Frank Burns’ bill gives parents three strikes. The first time a child bullies someone, the school is required to inform his or her parents how the school handled the situation. Parents would have to take a class on bullying and attend a bullying resolution conference the second time. The third time, parents would receive a court citation and pay up to a $500 fine.
In a statement issued Monday, the Democrat says bullying can lead to physical assaults and suicide.
He says holding students, parents and officials accountable “is the only way to put an end to this scourge.”
“If holding parents accountable is what it takes to reel in their kids’ bad behavior, then let’s do it,” Burns said in a statement to The Morning Call. “With the advent of cyberbullying making this problem even more pervasive, we can’t afford to sit back and do nothing. No student should ever have to go to school in fear or shame.”
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Police: 2 Injured In Belmont Ave. Shooting
Investigation Ongoing, Officers Say
Updated: 12:17 PM EST Dec 15, 2011
Police are investigating a double shooting that injured two men in northwest Baltimore on Thursday.Baltimore police said officers were called at about 8:45 p.m. to the 3000 block of Belmont Avenue, where they found two men suffering from gunshot wounds.Police said the men were taken to a hospital, but their conditions remain unknown.The investigation is ongoing, police said. Refresh WBALTV.com often, like us on Facebook and watch WBAL-TV 11 News for the latest updates. Homicide, Baltimore, MD-76.6673812866211139.303737746968021630009306
Police are investigating a double shooting that injured two men in northwest Baltimore on Thursday.
Baltimore police said officers were called at about 8:45 p.m. to the 3000 block of Belmont Avenue, where they found two men suffering from gunshot wounds.
Police said the men were taken to a hospital, but their conditions remain unknown.
The investigation is ongoing, police said.
Refresh WBALTV.com often, like us on Facebook and watch WBAL-TV 11 News for the latest updates.
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Filthy Weeb
LordKBX: I'm sorry to tell you but any webnovel with relative success would been copied on other websites. It's true that diminish your money returns on the short term but it's also a way that give you some advertisements, if your webnovel continue to be attractive for readers your number of impatients reader would increase and mechanically your benefits.
Haven Online · C153
Helphrite: It's a real shame that you're giving up on this novel. Instead of being upset about your work being pirated to so many sites you should be proud since that means your work is so good that so many people want to steal it. And unfortunately with the way webnovel is set up there's going to be a lot of piracy of all the good novels. So instead of being upset by it wear it as a badge of honor and good luck with your next novels. Unfortunately with you giving up this novel due to such a minor issue as piracy you may have lost credibility and trust with many fans of this work since who's to say with your next great work you won't give it up again just because of some bad apples. I wish you the best of luck and hope at some point you will decide to pick this back up.
If you were to stop I wouldn't be able to read this anymore, and I've been reading your novels here since they started, but if it's affecting you that much then you should stop View More
Reborn: Apocalypse - Volume 3 · C30
MKWAME: Urgh I love the book so far but I don’t know why but I get irritated by the lack of a backbone from Krune! Every time his “friends” start making fun of him there’s no “giving as got” which in return makes his “friendship” just a one sided bullying. Also as “friends” how are they helping krune at all!!! As far as I’ve seen he’s only been giving and not receiving anything from them besides ****. In fact I would wager his personality and drive is being hindered by all the “helping” of his supposed “friends.” I understand the wisps because it’s HIS race.
Also I haven’t really seen an progression in his personality and “EQ” since he joined the guilds. A year has passed but the mc is still as whimsical and wimpy as the day he was born. You would think a year training with his “friends” would give him more of backbone or my point that his “friends” are just toxic trash who only survives off his kindness.
Is that a Wisp? · C63
Tetractys: This kind of altered mental state is prohibitively bad game design. Who would play (and admittedly high-end) VR-game that literally takes away player autonomy and even leaves you without your memories? This comment is unrelated to my love for this novel. Great work, author!👍
adda: The blessed land itself isn't actually part of central continent. It's considered its own space. He never actually went outside of the blessed land into central continent.
Reverend Insanity · C426
Metzli: Because the five regions are independent your cultivation rank will be suppressed by 1 if you cross them? What a really random phenomenon and explanation?
adda: FY saved a beauty from innumerable caravan attacks, an attempted rape by a young master, an attempted rape by zombies, refused a reward from her father out of gratitude and even then proceeded to lift her into becoming a young master. What is Fang Zheng attacking en masse with other disciples and 10k cranes supposed to be as a "rescue" compared to that?
GuraduGilgida: If it's Fang Yuan, he'll eradicate those evil people to prevent more tragedies in the future. What a shame, Fang Zheng is a horny arrogant young master from a great sect. Moreover, he also ignorant that he doesn't know that his own ancestor was a demonic gu master too and yet he's cursing him. Unfilial bastard! No wonder no wonder.
Not gonna lie it's getting a bit repetitive, at this point krune should've understood that this type of situation would happen, and clarify it, if it continues I think I'm gonna start doubting krunes intelligence... View More
From what I've read so far it's pretty interesting, the the Mc seems to be a sheltered genius, spending all of his time in a sect focusing on training instead of getting out there and exploring the world, and due to his genius status people treated him with respect. So when he finally went to a higher realm (crippling himself in the process) he learns what the world's actually like, however due to his experience in the previous realm he thinks that the realms just get worse as you go higher, when in fact he's just been, as I've said, sheltered. As for the actual story it's pretty interesting, with the yanderes thinking the Mc is a Saint, while he trys to keep them "innocent", thus leading to the yanderes thinking he's a Saint. And due to these thoughts, and his previous experiences in his last life, they pretty much treat him as a God, and start a cult related to him. I even have a theory that even though he was sent back, the original him (from before he goes to the higher realm and eventually dies) is still there, so while the Mc is doing stuff, his past self is training, and in 5 years the reason the world is destroyed is related to the Mc and his yanderes. View More
What do you mean my cute disciples are Yanderes?
nyandering_cat: Sad
The Golden Watch Of Hypnosis · C24
deathsaber: Sigh. 11 months of waiting and still no update. Sad. Maybe it's time i bury this art from my memories.
dukroger: I'm feeling disappointed and betrayed, the author before the end of the world showed a rational story and a logic that we could accept and believe, mc was amazing in many things .... now since the mission of the monkeys things have gone awry, he have been irresponsible and obtuse with their knowledge and experience such errors are unbelievable !! He was sent back with all the baggage of experiential knowledge to change the end of humanity and at the beginning of history we have been trying him, but now for the unavoidable mistakes he has made even with all the knowledge and experiences of his past life and worse come with Talk about the responsibility of everyone and try to justify his illogical choices with that and something "good" that comes out of it, he has the obligation of leader and reincarnated with all the benefits I mentioned before reaching the best solutions and results. . Author, I believe that, like many other readers who follow your story from the beginning, we are feeling sad and disappointed with the way things are going, for a story that had bright moments and now seems to fade.
Doomsday Pillars · C87
AnCient: Was it worth it...hell no. With a little fore-thought Alex could have gain better results for less loss. 500 soldiers gave their lives to give Alex a teaching moment and he failed to take away any important lessons. So basically Barry died a virgin for nothing. Lesson to Barry...next life find a girl that puts out without you having to spill your guts.
AnCient: Dead-weight Raisa, vocal a spirit enhancer, blasting out a funeral song in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Anybody sees the danger in that. What 503 corpses isn't enough for you.
Ayyoub3: Damn.
Alt least punish those who run away or something. Demote thier rank. Anything
I thought Barry would be one of the main charecters.
IwantMeat: nooo!! barry. but i guess this is better than another plot armor where he suddenly alive, give good story for cynthia please author
Dstar: Normally in doomsday novels I want people dying left and right , and last minute plot armor saves annoy me. But I’m finding myself rooting for Barry, I kinda want his girl to awake a healing “ gift” and save his ass
bemajushira: Same, im starting to feel as if the mc was a bit to quick on his decision about bringing the eggs to his main base.
AnCient: I know the more population you have the more benefits you get from the pillar so wanting to save the people on the other islands is worthy. But after this op even I would start to have my doubts about Alex's leadership
Lucifart: It's frustrating cause it has been going on for far too long. The chapters are too short and the release rate not fast enough to justify wasting time like this. It's okay to enjoy it but it's also okay to feel irritated.
Chrysalis · C399
She's one of the strongest though, so View More
JPNovelFan: I mean, for something that is a mini-black hole, she really should’ve died. Especially with that stupid level of exposition on how terrifying it is. She doesn’t have a colony of hundreds of monsters and a shadow creature to tie her down to prevent her from being sucked into it like Anthony does, so how is she alive? This is so stupid. That’s why it was overly dramatic. SHE DIDNT EVEN DIE
Atashkada: And that's why it's all bluster and empty words. If it meant nothing to them, they wouldn't go on and on about it. Yet every time literary devices like suspense or retardant elements are used (the latter is from five-act theatre theory, a plot element that delays the climax or the ending), people come up and complain. It's one way to read, I guess, but if omnipresent writing strategies rile you up that much, you need to find a thing to lower your blood pressure.
Personally I found the wind-up a bit long, but writing a satisfying battle and resolution in daily chunks of 1000 or so words that independently make sense isn't easy. I recommend everybody to try it once rather than complain about the execution of somebody who manages.
Daoist_Rubeno: Damn you. It was good chapter, I enjoyed it. So what if only it was about gravity bomb and MC survival?
Should whole chapter be: "black sphere expanded and winked out end of chapter".
It was dramatic since spell was overpovered in every way,.
JPNovelFan: The beast falls? This chapter should’ve been named “overly dramatic explanation of a gravity bomb that fails to kill anything”.
FatPenguinInside: Wtf is with this... all the other girls get so much backstory and depth, but his wife doesn't? 😑
But dayum is that long-awaited human nature finally showing up. Fear can really fvck up anyone.
Also, I bet that American girl is a "The Walking Dead" fan 😂 I know a girl who's also a fan and would happily join in on the action lol
Feliprins1: Can you imagine if he got just slighty more powerful after all that build up?
Denizen13: Am I the only one who gets kind of pissed sometimes at how eager these two are? I mean, at least Arthur tries to keep to the mission. What’s not clear about “keep it quiet and don’t try to strike conversations with random people”?
Gamers of the Underworld · C50
Cramer is one of my favorite characters now, he better not die for good ;-; View More
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©2019 Webster // Wagging Tongues Records
'JACK' - OUT NOW
Webster's new single release, 'Jack', inspired by the remarkable and true tale of a lost, then found Union flag. A story of courage and kindness from D-Day to VE Day. #FollowShirleysFlag
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This is Webster.
A shapeshifting genre-bending collective of diverse vocalists, poets, collaborators and producers....
Webster unleashes a different kind of brew. A shapeshifting, genre-bending collective of diverse vocalists, collaborators and producers.
A recent BBC Introducing featured artist, making records. Lots of them. With many, many fine people. The good and the great, to create often timeless, occasionally innovative, yet always, melodic and evocative music.
Musician, tunesmith, lyricist and producer, Webster, the humble figurehead of the collective, lures in collaborators allowing the sound of each song to take it's own path. Spiralled with influences from the vocalists, musicians and producers involved, different musical worlds collide.
Webster calls in a melting-pot of creatives and cool cats, often recording without time constraints in a purpose built studio - literally, a hidden sanctuary of sound, located on the London/Surrey border.
Having emerged in late 2018 with a debut, serving up a spoonful of bohemian soul with a dash of dub and rootsy delights for the single, ‘Tell Me Something’ (feat. Kim Jobson & Marvin Wilson) - co-produced by the revered Alex McGowan.
‘Tell Me Something’ definitely suggested the eccentric and genre-bending intentions and was played-out on BBC Introducing and as a Featured Artist on ‘The Big Take Over’ show on BBC South.
‘The Dust Burnt Red’ (feat. Chezelle), released on 14th December 2018, also rises out of Wagging Tongues Records. Webster and vocalist, Chezelle were invited to premiere the single on BoogalooRadio.com - in an unfiltered 2 hour live show, with host, Mickey Beans (composer & longterm keyboardist for British band, La Roux.
A sequence of single releases are scheduled through 2019 - including, 'Open Your Mind (feat. ShyAHH) - a hypnotic analogue/indie meets electronica shakeup - released on May 10th, 2019 and ‘Jack’, a song inspired by the remarkable and true tale of a lost, then found Union flag. A story of courage and kindness from D-Day to VE Day. 'Jack’ is released on 6th June 2019, coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings - one of the most history defining events of our modern age.
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Dr. Oz: Benzodiazepines Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease & Xanax Risks
Dr. Oz talked about the disturbing new link between benzodiazepines and Alzheimer’s Disease. (Spectral-Design / Shutterstock.com)
Alzheimer’s is skyrocketing worldwide, and with 50 percent of older people currently using this medication, it’s time to ask some hard questions about this disturbing issue.
100 million benzos are prescribed per year. Prescription rates are growing at 12.5% every year on top of that. Twice as many women as men take the pills.
Dr. Oz: Popular Medications Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease
If you’re not concerned, here’s a partial list of benzodiazepines: Valium, Xanax, Klonopin, and Ativan. These are drugs we’ve heard of and that people we know are on. Dr. Oz talked to expert Dr. Gayatri Devi, who said this is a very concerning study. She also said people in the field are aware these drugs suppress memory and cause memory dysfunction.
There have been other studies in the past that have shown a link between Alzheimer’s and benzos, but this is the largest study that’s shown a vital link to Alzheimer’s with chronic use of benzodiazepines, which is taking them for more than three months.
Younger people are more and more likely to take these drugs. They’re also more likely to develop dependence on it and be unable to sleep without it.
Dr. Oz: Why Do Benzodiazepines Cause Alzheimer’s?
These medications are designed to depress the central nervous system and cause the brain to function a little bit slower. They’re used often for treating anxiety and depression and things like that. But they don’t actually treat the anxiety. They treat the symptoms of the anxiety.
This means that long-term use of the drugs numb the brain and numb the parts of the brain responsible for memory. That’s the same area of the brain where Alzheimer’s develops.
Dr. Devi said people should know if they’re taking these drugs for a significant amount of time, there’s a high risk of becoming dependent on the drugs to sleep and to function. That’s not okay. These should be used for a week or a couple days, not for a month or two months or three months. If you need it for more than a month, make sure to do it under good medical supervision.
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Karen Leigh says
Sadly I was exposed to Xanax for 23 years. I was taken off cold turkey after a course of Cipro started the withdrawal. It has been nearly 2 yrs now and I’m still recovering. I have intense muscle and joint issues now. My withdrawal nearly killed me. It was NOT a safe way to come off of the drug. There is The Ashton Manual written by the Doctor who had a Benzodiazepine clinic in the UK. It tells of all the many horrific symptoms when coming off as well as how to taper these drugs properly. I think every doctor and medical professional should be required to study this Manual. It would stop a lot of needles deaths from cold turkey withdrawal as well as deaths by suicide. This is a very serous problem in the USA as well as the world. KLW
Charley says
You’re covering this may educate many, hopefully some doctors about the dangers of benzos. I was on klonopin for eight years, and went into tolerance. It’s been eight months since I went off klonopin and still my brain and receptors are trying to get back to pre- benzo days.
It’s too bad our doctors don’t have a clue about what they are doing to us. My doctor had me on an insane dose of 6mg of klonipin. My symptoms were my side effects so she just gave me more. It has been 3 1/2 years now trying to get off and it has just about ruined my life.
I pray people read these testimonies.
I have almost lost all hope of ever being normal 🙁
I was put on ativan at 24 years old for insomnia. I’ve been on it for 22 years and my short term memory is gone! I went into a detox center last year to come off this evil medicine and they weaned me off in five days. I ended up in a crisis center restrained for 72 hours due to the side effects that this medicine caused me. I didn’t sleep the entire 72 hours I was in there and I felt like I was going to die from the withdraw. I had to go back on half my dose and now I’m trying to slowly wean myself off! I called yen doctors to help me with my detox and not one knew the danger of this drug. I suffer with joint pain memory loss and PTSD. I really want this epidemic to stop. I would love to be a guest on your show to educate people about the dangers of Benzodiazpines.
Caroline Unitis says
Dear Alex Belz, Dr. OZ, Dr. Davi,
I am writing this on behalf of the millions people that are suffering so much, and inhumanely from the Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Syndrome. Please google it on Wikipedia. There are over a hundred side effects. Benzodiazepines are dangerous evil meds harder to come off than cocaine and heroine. It has led two people that I knew to suicide. Most western medicine doctors do not inform their patients about the dangerous side effects, and don’t tell them that it should not be taken more than a month. These meds are dependent and addictive. Benzos are prescribed like candies for insomnia, anxiety when they should only be prescribed for epilepsy. They should not be prescribed at all for anything else at all. The doctors are not trained to take their patients off of benzos. Instead people get cold turkeyed, meaning that they take their patients off extremely dangerously from one day to another or in just a few weeks therefore mostly creating a serious jolt to the central nervous system and terrible side effects to the point that people cannot function at all. Benzos are controlling the body entire central nervous system by binding to all GABA receptors in the brain, and replacing the natural ones. When a patient goes cold turkey, the benzo chemically induced GABA drop down fast, not giving time to the brain natural GABA’s to come back up. Doctors do not know how to treat patients with benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome side effects and conclude that they are bipolar, have depression, or have other mental disorders which is not true. Patients are given more meds to get rid of the benzodiazepine withdrawal side effects which can create more damage to the brain. The only way to get off benzodiazepines is to taper them off very slowly with minimum of five months at least to ten months or more depending on the symptoms the patient is experiencing. They cannot taper more than 5 – 10% monthly of their total dose. There is four tapering methods. I would be really glad if you would contact me. I want to thank you for making a difference for all those who are sick. You are giving hope for healing with the show that you did, and this article. Sincerely, Caroline.
I just saw your show on Benzodiazepines for anxiety linked to Alzheimer’s. I’ve been on 0.5 mg of Klonopin for about 16 years now. I take it along with Celexa 20mg. once a day in the morning. I’m now worried about getting Alzheimer’s! I have the side affects of Benzo’s like dizziness, if someone walks behind me I feel like the floor moves. I get confused and have memory loss. About 16 years ago I woke up one morning ( thanks giving day) with a full blown panick attack from what my doc said. I was scared, sweating, heart racing, shaking, felt like I was out of my body, confused and just extremely afraid of what was happening to me. Xanax was prescribed but only made me feel worse. I suffered for almost a month trying to deal with this anxiety and even told my pastor ( my dad called him) I would kill myself before having to live like this!! I was(still am) married with two children ages 6 and 8 and I was going to kill myself because the anxiety was that bad. Saw a shrink who gave me Paxil made me really go overboard! Dieing was looking good! Someone told my sister about Klonopin so I asked shrink for it. Within two days I felt so much better, I was back to myself. My twin has the same problem but it started with her when she was eighteen. This damn problem didn’t start with me until I was 36. So we live on these meds to keep our sanity, but now it seem from your show we will get Alzheimer’s! What are we to do?
I am sorry I made a mathematical mistake in my previous comment. The tapering cannot be more than 20% monthly of the total dose, which is basically 5% weekly.
I’ve been taking 1 mg. klonoapin for about 25 yrs. How do you ween yourself off this. I have noticed my short term memory going and I’m only 57 yrs. old. After weening off the med will my short term memory come back? Is there anything brain exercises I can do to help get it back?
Monica, Dorothy, and anyone else who wants to taper off Benzos safely, there are many facebook support groups that can help you. One of them is the Medication and Tapering group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/taper/?ref=br_tf. Just copy and paste it when you are on Facebook, request to join, and you can tag my name or anyone else will be able to help you in the group.
Helen King says
Is Citalopram Hbr included in the above study? Is it dangerous to the brain?
Coho says
Is zopliclone included in this? I didn’t think it was is the diazapine / pam family but think I am wrong. They are scribing it long term & say its safe.
Is zopiclone included in this?
I think benzos are prescribed far too easily for anything and everything under the sun. All of our brains are wired differently, a solution to a given issue should never be cookie cutter. That being said, I have suffered from extreme anxiety and panic attacks since my late 20’s. My father is schizophrenic and I would not doubt something is not quite right with my brain. I may produce too much glutamate or have lower than normal density with gaba receptors. I was so bad that I would not want to leave my home and was constantly distracted by the anxiety..my thoughts were here, there, everywhere, I had extreme vertigo, you name it. It was awful and don’t get me started on the insomnia, that was the cherry on top. I tried all sorts of meds, nothing worked. I am healthy, I work out, eat well. Only one thing worked..Klonopin. It crushed it like a sledgehammer. It made it all go away and my quality of life is so much better, I never hit tolerance. I do things, I feel happier and actually think \better\ when I’m not scattered to the wind. I was finally \happy\ – something quelled the anxiety that flooded me… I’ve been on it for 20 years now. The news of Alzheimers threw me into a panic and I started a taper down only to feel suicidal. I realize these meds are not for every person but what about the rare cases like me? The ones they actually work for and bring us peace? What about us?
I have been on Xanax for 3 years. I take it to sleep. Do i just go cold turkey and stop taking it? Now that i have taken it for 3 years will I know develop alzheimers?
ed ward says
DO NOT quit abruptly. I did that 18 months ago, and I’m still a mess. Proper withdrawal can take up to thee years. Withdrawal symptoms are one thing, but a fast taper injures neurons,
since the drug, and the GABA it replaced, are not present to shield the nerves.
(they call it excito-toxicity)
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Democrats announce agreement on North American trade pact
The new deal will replaced NAFTA
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday announced agreement on a modified North American trade pact, handing President Donald Trump a major Capitol Hill win on the same day that Democrats announced their impeachment charges against him.
The California Democrat said the revamped U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is a significant improvement over the original North American Free Trade Agreement, crediting Democratic negotiators for winning stronger provisions on enforcing the agreement.
“There is no question of course that this trade agreement is much better than NAFTA,” Pelosi said in announcing the agreement, saying the pact is “infinitely better than what was initially proposed by the administration.”
Trump said the revamped trade pact will “be great” for the United States.
“It will be the best and most important trade deal ever made by the USA. Good for everybody – Farmers, Manufacturers, Energy, Unions – tremendous support. Importantly, we will finally end our Country’s worst Trade Deal, NAFTA!,” the president said in a tweet.
In Mexico City, Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said Monday night that there would be a meeting of the three countries’ negotiating teams Tuesday “to announce the advances achieved” on the trade agreement. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is slated to appear.
The announcement came on the same morning that Democrats outlined impeachment charges against Trump. The pact is Trump’s top Capitol Hill priority along with funding for his long-sought border fence.
Vice-President Mike Pence, a foot soldier in the administration’s campaign to sell the accord, said Pelosi had “acquiesced” in slating the pact for a vote this year.
“The USMCA will create even more jobs for the hardworking families who are the backbone of our economy – the farmers, ranchers, manufacturers, and small business owners,” Pence said in a statement.
Pelosi is the key congressional force behind the accord, which updates the 25-year-old NAFTA accord that many Democrats — especially from manufacturing areas hit hard by trade-related job losses — have long lambasted.
Pelosi has negotiated with the administration extensively to win stronger enforcement provisions. Her efforts have appeared to build support among Democrats.
“There are those who I read about in one place or another that say, ‘why would you give President Trump a victory?’” Pelosi said Monday night at a Wall Street Journal event for corporate executives. “Well, why wouldn’t we? This is the right thing to do for our trade situation, for our workers.”
NAFTA eliminated most tariffs and other trade barriers involving the United States, Mexico and Canada. Critics, including Trump, labour unions and many Democratic lawmakers, branded the pact a job killer for the United States because it encouraged factories to move south of the border, capitalize on low-wage Mexican workers and ship products back to the U.S. duty free.
Weeks of back-and-forth, closely monitored by Democratic labour allies such as the AFL-CIO, have brought the two sides together. Pelosi is a longtime free trade advocate and supported the original NAFTA in 1994. Trump has accused Pelosi of being incapable of passing the agreement because she is too wrapped up in impeachment.
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The original NAFTA badly divided Democrats but the new pact is more protectionist and labour-friendly, and Pelosi is confident it won’t divide the party, though some liberal activists took to social media to carp at the agreement.
“There is no denying that the trade rules in America will now be fairer because of our hard work and perseverance. Working people have created a new standard for future trade negotiations,”said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. “President Trump may have opened this deal. But working people closed it.”
Business groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce also chimed in to support the long-delayed agreement.
“We are optimistic this development will open the door to final approval of USMCA on a bipartisan basis by the end of the year, which will especially benefit American farmers, manufacturers, and small businesses,” Thomas Donohue, CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said in a statement.
“This agreement has been the result of painstaking bipartisan negotiations over the past year, and would not have been possible if not for the willingness of President Trump to work patiently with Democrats to get something done that he knew was in the best interests of American workers, farmers and manufacturers,” said Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, a former U.S. trade representative.
Republicans leaders and lawmakers have agitated for months for the accord but Pelosi has painstakingly worked to bring labour on board. Democrats see the pact as significantly better than NAFTA and Trumka’s endorsement is likely to add to a strong vote by Democrats that have proven skeptical of trade agreements.
“I think the vote’s going to be pretty good,” said No. 2 House Democrat Steny Hoyer, D-Md., a veteran party whip. “There’s a general agreement — not total agreement, it’s not unanimity — that USMCA is better. It’s an improvement. And to the extent that Trumka and labour comes out and says that this is an improvement, I think that that will be unifying.”
The pact contains provisions designed to nudge manufacturing back to the United States. For example, it requires that 40% to 45% of cars eventually be made in countries that pay autoworkers at least $16 an hour — that is, in the United States and Canada and not in Mexico.
The trade pact picked up some momentum after Mexico in April passed a labour-law overhaul required by USMCA. The reforms are meant to make it easier for Mexican workers to form independent unions and bargain for better pay and working conditions, narrowing the gap with the United States.
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Emily Dickinson: A Mystic of Stillness Who Mocked Heaven
– Posted on December 28, 2012Posted in: Literary
Beneath the still and gentle nature of the poet’s reclusive life lay a volcanic passion beset by illness, adultery and family feuding, amid the New England woods.
On the face of it, the life of this New England poet seems uneventful and largely invisible, but there’s a forceful, even overwhelming character belied by her still surface. She called it a “Still – Volcano – Life”, and that volcano rumbles beneath the domestic surface of her poetry and a thousand letters. -Lyndall Gordon. Image from a mural in the uptown Amherst, Mass. West Cemetery. Photo By Jessica Aldridge.
A Bomb in her Bosom: Emily Dickinson’s Secret Life
By Lyndall Gordon in The Guardian
Emily Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was a great poet whose life has remained a mystery. The time has come to dispel the myth of a quaint and helpless creature, disappointed in love, who gave up on life. I think she was unafraid of her own passions and talent; that her brother’s sexual betrayal and subsequent family feud had a profound effect on the Dickinson legend that has come down to us; and perhaps most significantly, I believe that Emily had an illness – a secret that explains much.
It was Emily herself who helped to devise the blueprint for her legend, starting at the age of 23 when she declined an invitation from a friend: “I’m so old-fashioned, Darling, that all your friends would stare.” In place of the tart young woman she was, she adopted this retiring posture. Born in 1830 into the leading family of Amherst, a college town in Massachusetts, she never left what she always called “my father’s house.” Townsfolk spoke of her as “the Myth.”
A Still-Life Like a Volcano
On the face of it, the life of this New England poet seems uneventful and largely invisible, but there’s a forceful, even overwhelming character belied by her still surface. She called it a “Still – Volcano – Life”, and that volcano rumbles beneath the domestic surface of her poetry and a thousand letters. Stillness was not a retreat from life (as legend would have it) but her form of control. Far from the helplessness she played up at times, she was uncompromising; until the explosion in her family, she lived on her own terms.
Daguerreotype of Emily Dickinson – 1846 – Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
Her widely spaced eyes were too keen for the passivity admired in women of her time. It’s the sensitive face of a person who (as her brother put it) “saw things directly and just as they were.” At 17, as a student at Mount Holyoke in 1848 (the same year that the women’s movement took a stand at Seneca Falls), she refused to bend to the founder of her college, the formidable Mary Lyon. At this time Massachusetts was the scene of a religious revival opposed to the inroads of science. Emily, who had chosen mostly science courses, makes her allegiance clear:
“Faith” is a fine invention
When Gentlemen can see –
But Microscopes are prudent
In an Emergency.
When Miss Lyon pressed her students to be “saved,” nearly all succumbed. Emily did not. On 16 May, she owned, “I have neglected the one thing needful when all were obtaining it.” It seemed that other girls desired only to be good. “How I wish I could say that with sincerity, but I fear I never can.” When Miss Lyon consigned her to the lowest of three categories – the saved, the hopeful and a remnant of about 30 no-hopers – she still held out.
During a creative burst in the early 1860s, she invited a Boston man of letters to be her mentor, but could not take his advice to regularise her verse. Helpful Mr Higginson, a supporter of women, who thought he was corresponding with an apologetic, self-effacing spinster, was puzzled to find himself “drained” of “nerve-power” after his first visit to her in 1870. He was unable to describe the creature he found beyond a few surface facts: she had smooth bands of red hair and no good features; she had been deferential and exquisitely clean in her white piqué dress and blue crocheted shawl; and after an initial hesitation, she had proved surprisingly articulate. She had said a lot of strange things, from which Higginson deduced an “abnormal” life.
I started early, took my dog,
And visited the sea;
The mermaids in the basement
Came out to look at me.
There was an increasing divide between people she wished to know and those she didn’t. Her clarity could not endure social talk instead of truth; piety instead of “The Soul’s Superior instants.” Her directness would have been disconcerting if she did not “simulate” conventionality, and this was “stinging work.” But a more threatening challenge, deeper below the surface, fired the volcanoes and earthquakes in her poems – an event, as she put it, that “Struck – my ticking – through –.”
Something in her life has so far remained sealed. The poems tease the reader about “it” and her almost overwhelming temptation to “tell.” I want to open up the possibility of an unsentimental answer. If true, it would explain the conditions of her life: her seclusion and refusal to marry. Once we know what “it” is, it will be obvious why “it” was buried and why its lava jolts out from time to time through the crater of her “buckled lips”.
During the poetic spurt of her early 30s, Dickinson transforms sickness into a story of promise:
My loss, by sickness – Was it Loss?
Or that Etherial Gain –
One earns by measuring the Grave –
Then – measuring the Sun –
Sickness is always there, shielded by cover stories: in youth, a cough is mentioned; in her mid-30s, trouble with her eyes. Neither came to much. In her poems, sickness can be violent: she speaks of “Convulsion” or “Throe”. There’s a mechanism breaking down, a body dropping. It “will not stir for Doctors”. “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain”, she says, and “I dropped down, and down”. Allowing for the poet’s resolve to tell it “slant,” through metaphor, are we not looking at epilepsy?
The Falling Sickness
“Lives Like Loaded Guns,” the biography by Lyndall Gordon, borrows a phrase from Dickinson, and its subtitle, “Emily Dickinson and Her Family’s Feuds,” indicates that the ‘lives’ we encounter reach far beyond the poet’s lifetime.
In its full-blown form, known as grand mal, a slight swerve in a pathway of the brain prompts a seizure. As Dickinson puts it, “The Brain within its Groove / Runs evenly”, but then a “Splinter swerve” makes it hard to put the current back. Such force has this altered current that it would be easier to divert the course of a flood, when “Floods have slit the Hills / And scooped a Turnpike for Themselves.”
Since the falling sickness, as epilepsy used to be known, had shaming associations with “hysteria,” masturbation, syphilis and impairment of the intellect leading to “epileptic insanity”, it was unnameable, particularly when it struck a woman. In the case of men secrecy was less strict, and fame in a few – Caesar, Muhammad, Dostoevsky – overrode the stigma, but a woman had to bury herself in a lifelong silence. If this guess is right, it’s remarkable that Dickinson developed a voice from within that silence, one with a volcanic power to bide its time.
Prescriptions (one from an eminent physician, others in the records of an Amherst drugstore) show that Dickinson’s medications tally with contemporary treatments for epilepsy. The condition, which has a genetic component, appeared in two other members of the Dickinson family. One was Cousin Zebina, a lifelong invalid, immured at home across the road, whose bitten tongue in the course of a “fit” is noted by Emily in her first surviving letter at the age of 11. “I fit for them,” she announced in a poem of c1866. Then her nephew, Ned Dickinson, turned out to be afflicted. He was the son of Emily’s brother Austin and his wife Susan Dickinson, who lived next door. To the family’s dismay Ned, aged 15, had an epileptic fit in 1877. Horrendous attacks continued, about eight a year, recorded in his father’s diary.
We can’t know whether Emily Dickinson suffered as her nephew did. There are many forms of epilepsy, and the mild petit mal does not involve convulsions. The mildest manifestations are absences. A schoolmate remembered that Emily dropped crockery. Plates and cups seemed to slide out of her hands and lay in pieces on the floor. The story was designed to bring out her eccentricity for, it was said, she hid the fragments in the fireplace behind a fireboard, forgetting they were bound to be discovered in winter. This memory is more important than the schoolmate realised, because it suggests absences, either accompanying the condition or the condition itself.
Her violent images, the “spasmodic” rhythms Higginson deplored, and the sheer volume of her output show that she coped inventively with gunshots from the brain into the body. She turned an explosive sickness into well-aimed art: scenes with “Revolver” and “Gun.” Contained in her own domestic order, protected by her father and sister, Dickinson saved herself from the anarchy of her condition and put it to use.
An Adulterous “War Between the Houses”
The mystery the poet was not to “tell” continues to this day to be encased in claims put out by opposed camps who fought for possession of her greatness. These camps go back to the feud. It began with adultery between Emily’s brother Austin, in his 50s, and a newcomer to Amherst, a young faculty wife of 27, Mabel Loomis Todd. After the poet’s death, the feud came to focus on Emily as her fame grew: who was to own her unpublished papers? Who had the right to claim her?
The Dickinson Homestead as it appeared during Emily Dickinson’s adult lifetime. Image: Todd-Bingham Picture collection at the Yale University Library
Both camps proceeded to wrap the poet in legends that stress her pathos: where Dickinson legend built up a bereft Emily in a dimity apron turning away the one and only man she loved, Todd legend built up a pitiful Emily “hurt” by her “cruel” sister-in-law, Susan Dickinson. How can we crack through the sad-sweet picture to find what Dickinson called the red “Fire rocks” below?
One way is to go back to acts of adultery that changed utterly those who were to be the first keepers of her papers. The advantage of approaching the poet through the feud is the entrée it provides to emotional currents in the family. Assignations – sometimes “with a witness” – are on record, recounted precisely as to time and place in the lovers’ corroborating diaries. The impact of adultery on the family is plain – and not so plain, for the riddles in the poet’s notes to her brother’s mistress must be solved if we are to understand where she stood.
A recurring fact during the first years of the affair is crucial to the poet’s position. Because it was difficult to keep adultery secret from the tattle of a small town, the safest place was the irreproachable home of the Dickinson sisters. There, the lovers would occupy the library or the dining-room (with its black horsehair sofa) for two to three hours. The door would be shut, blocking the poet’s access to her second writing table in one room or to her conservatory via the other.
Austin Dickinson blew apart his family when he rejected his wife, Susan, who had long been the poet’s keenest reader. Who had they been before this happened, and why, earlier, did Dickinson speak of a “Bomb” in her bosom? The Bomb may refer to periodic explosions in the brain, but emotionally both Austin and Emily had an eruptive vein, which Emily channelled into poetry. Her letters show that she cultivated adulterous emotions, if only in fantasy, for an unnamed “Master.” How did this affect her response to her brother’s sudden outbreak into active adultery?
In September 1881, David Todd and his wife, Mabel, had arrived in Amherst from Washington. She was a dressy urban beauty bent on maintaining standards in what appeared to her a negligible “village” full of retired clergymen and elderly academics. Mrs Todd, extending an immaculate white glove, her smile sliding up one cheek, was invited everywhere and was in a position to choose whom to favour. In Amherst, the Dickinsons were like royalty: Mrs Todd was taken with “regal,” “magnificent” Austin Dickinson and his wife’s dark poise, set off by a scarlet India shawl, when they called on her. Behind Austin’s back, Amherst children mocked his auburn hair, arrayed like a fan above his head, and his sniffy walk, tapping his cane as he went.
At first, all the Dickinsons (bar Emily, who kept to her room) warmed to Mrs Todd’s accomplishments: her solos soared above the church choir, she painted flowers to professional standard and published stories in magazines. She soon won the friendship of the bookish Susan Dickinson, before it became apparent that she was flirting with Susan’s son, 20-year-old Ned, who fell painfully in love. This happened just before his father became a rival. Austin’s love for Mabel Todd was to last for the rest of his life.
The result was what came to be known as “the War between the Houses”. Austin turned against his children when they sided with their distraught mother. New evidence reveals that, far from withdrawing from the feud, Emily Dickinson took a stand. Unlike her sister Lavinia, who sided with the lovers, she refused to oblige her brother by signing over a plot of Dickinson land to his mistress. In August 1885 the poet wrote to her nephew Ned, confirming her resistance. “Dear Boy,” she starts her letter assuring him he would find “no treason”. “You never will, My Ned.” This letter ends: “And ever be sure of me, Lad – Fondly, Aunt Emily.
When she died, Mabel got her land. Three weeks after the funeral the deed was signed and the Todds’ house rose on the Dickinson meadow – a venue for future assignations.
Recognition of a Mysterious Genius
This might have been a routine story of a femme fatale were it not for the presence of mysterious genius. As the feud sharpened its focus on the poet, it would be seen how Mabel had quickened to the poems of Emily Dickinson and how willing Mabel would be to undertake years of toil with difficult manuscripts. She was to show herself ready in other ways, one of only three people during the poet’s lifetime to recognise Dickinson’s genius. The name of Mabel Loomis Todd will always be associated with the poet.
Who robbed the woods,
The trusting woods?
The unsuspecting trees
Brought out their burrs and mosses
His fantasy to please.
He scanned their trinkets, curious,
He grasped, he bore away.
What will the solemn hemlock,
What will the fir-tree say?
Mabel appears to act out a familiar plot – the seduction of a man in power – but what differs here is the presence of another and grander form of power, that of a poet who selects her own society, then shuts the door. To Mabel Todd, with her discerning taste, that shut door, and the elect intelligence behind it, offered an irresistible challenge. So, on 10 September 1882, accompanied by Austin, Mrs Todd knocked on the Homestead door, and had herself admitted to the parlour where she sang to Lavinia and Austin. As she did so, Mabel imagined the poet listening in her fastness upstairs, captivated, as the trained voice trilled through the house.
Over the years to come Mabel was to re-enact this scene, fantasising a bond with the invisible poet. She would insist on this bond yet although she was in and out of the Homestead, she never once laid eyes on Emily Dickinson. On this initial occasion, the poet sent in a glass of homemade cordial together with a poem, which Mabel told herself had been composed spontaneously as a tribute to so pleasing a guest. Then, within 24 hours, on 11 September, there was a declaration of love for Austin – the “Rubicon” where he abandoned marital fidelity at the gate of his home before the pair entered to play a game of whist with the unsuspecting Sue.
Mabel’s entry into the Homestead looks politely innocuous beside this initiation of adultery, but it was to present a parallel and more lasting threat to family peace. In time, Mabel would take possession of a large cache of Emily Dickinson’s papers, and market them in her own terms, so that the strange nature of the poet would be obscured as a victim of Susan Dickinson. So it was that an eruptive poet sending out her “bolts”, “Queen” of her own existence, would be subject to a false plot acted out in the unstoppable momentum of Todd’s takeover.
Dickinson House as it appears today. Photo By Jack Eidt.
A new and prolonged phase in the war between the houses began with the poet’s death in 1886 and her sister’s discovery of a lifetime’s poems in her chest of drawers. Within a short time, Austin persuaded Lavinia to hand over the papers to his mistress. Yet Austin must have been aware that in his own home, his estranged wife treasured a separate collection – poems Emily had given her over the years. Fuelled by adultery, antagonism between Susan Dickinson and Mabel Todd mounted over possession of the poet, with the success of Todd’s four editions of Dickinson (two co-edited with Higginson, two put out on her own) during the 1890s followed by the poet’s growing stature in the course of the 20th century. Insistent legend continued to wrap her in the image of the modest, old-fashioned spinster. But the bold voice of the poems can’t be categorised: “I’m Nobody,” she says, “– who are you?” It’s a voice we can’t ignore, confrontational, even invasive, defying façades with a question about our nature.
The morning lit, the birds arose;
The monster’s faded eyes
Turned slowly to his native coast,
And peace was Paradise!
The feud fed into a succession of increasingly public conflicts, starting with a court case in 1898 when Lavinia Dickinson changed sides and took a stand of her own against the Todds’ further claim to Dickinson land. At the heart of the trial is Mabel Todd’s assertion that this strip of land was due to her as compensation for her years of toil in bringing a great poet before the public. Poems (1890) had sold 11,000 copies in its first year. Her defence turned on her undoubted feat in transcribing, dating and editing piles upon piles of unpublished manuscripts.
Hatred did not die with the deaths of the first generation. The daughters of the feud, Susan’s daughter Martha Dickinson and Mabel’s daughter Millicent Todd, did battle through adversarial books during the first half of the 20th century. At its height in the 1950s, the feud turned into a conflict over the sale of the Dickinson papers.
The Dickinson camp appeared to win that round. But before Millicent Todd died in 1968, she set up a posthumous campaign that could not fail. Her plan was to co-opt a writer of impeccable credentials for a book she had in mind. To this end she appointed Yale professor Richard B Sewall as her literary executor, granting him exclusive rights to the Todd papers. Her partisan agenda was clear: this executor was to “set the whole network of Dickinson tensions in proper perspective.” So it came about that Sewall perpetuated the Todd positions in a two-volume biography of Emily Dickinson that has remained standard for the last 36 years.
Mabel Todd’s persuasive grace in presenting her point of view was reinforced by the educated rigour of her daughter’s voice on tape as she took Sewall through the legal history of the feud, bristling with facts and dates. These she laid out in the orderly manner of a scholar. To the unwary her testimony would appear objective and informed, and yet in every instance the Todds turn out to be the victims of Susan Dickinson and her fearsome daughter. To hear the tapes is to understand their impact on a biographer. Sewall felt “haunted” by Austin’s statement that he went to his wedding as to his execution. Only no one can know what Austin said: the image of execution was transmitted by a mistress determined to oust his wife, and not only in the usual manner, but in various ways to obliterate Sue’s centrality in the poet’s life.
A Mystic Who Mocked Heaven
A biographer tempted by exclusive access to an archive of such eloquence is bound to be influenced, and though Sewall relayed what he found in a cautious manner, he passed on the trove of Todd untruths: that Emily Dickinson had favoured Mabel; that the poet’s withdrawal into seclusion had been the result of a family split preceding Mabel’s appearance; and that Austin (contrary to evidence in the trial) had “deeded” to the Todds a second strip of land. The biographer even outdoes the Todds when he suggests that Dickinson’s “failure” to publish was a result of a family quarrel.
Emily Dickinson Portrait on a wall in West Cemetery – from inAmherst.com
Legends of this kind spread to theatre and fiction. In 1976 an award-winning play The Belle of Amherst reinvigorated the sad-sweet image: a “shy,” “chaste,” “frightened” poet hardly knows what she says, so keeps busy with baking. The playwright called it an “enterprise of simple beauty,” backed by “audiences who have taken our ‘Belle’ to their hearts.” In a novel of 2006 a spiteful Sue ends up “hating” Emily. In a novel of 2007 Sue becomes a death-dealing Lucrezia Borgia. She awaits her victims in the hall of her house, a vamp in décolleté black velvet waving her fan. Can evil go further? It can. Sue “could make mincemeat pie of the Dickinson sisters and eat it for Christmas dinner.”
The wind tapped like a tired man,
And like a host, “Come in,”
I boldly answered; entered then
My residence within.
So the pathos has persisted even though Dickinson’s words reveal a woman who was fun: a lover who joked; a mystic who mocked heaven. This woman was not like us: to know her is to encounter aspects of a nature more developed than our own. Her poems turn on the communicative power of the unstated between two people attuned to it. So, the question of contacts is crucial: for whom is she writing? Who is being trained in her unique mode of communication? Who provokes her to further communication? “Be Sue – while I am Emily – “, she commanded the friend of her youth who became her sister-in-law, “Be next – what you have ever been – Infinity”.
An initiation in infinitude was the gift Dickinson offered to the few she admitted to intimacy. Sewall’s assumption that men changed her has dated. It was she who operated on others for the brief periods they could bear it. She created certain people in the same way as she created her poems, many enclosed in letters as extensions of them. She half-found, half-invented a receptive reader in Sue to whom she sent 276 poems – more than twice the number sent to anyone else. In a similar way she created a deathless love for the person whom she called “Master.”
Let Us Not Forget the Bearded “Master”
Biographers have sought meaning behind the bearded and married “Master”, who appears in three mysterious letters from spring 1858 to the summer of 1861. Evidence remains thin, and biographers have taken their pick from an array of unlikely candidates. These letters race from one literary drama to another, including Jane Eyre’s encounter with her married “Master” and deathless love in Emily Brontë – in 1858 Dickinson had acquired a copy of an 1857 edition of Wuthering Heights – and it seems likely that the “Master” letters were as much exercises in composition as letters addressing a particular person. The most popular candidate originated in hearsay that the love of Dickinson’s life had been the married Rev Charles Wadsworth, whom she met during a visit to Philadelphia in 1855 and then, supposedly, renounced. (Lugubrious, beardless, with stringy locks, Wadsworth sent Miss “Dickenson” a dull pastoral letter about her sufferings – without a clue what those sufferings were.)
Where ships of purple gently toss
On seas of daffodil,
Fantastic sailors mingle,
And then — the wharf is still.
In her late 40s and 50s, a new drama began when she turned to fierce Judge Lord of the Massachusetts supreme court. But though she thought of his touch at night, interrupted her writing to anticipate his weekly letter and played up to the comic character he assigned as “Emily Jumbo,” she would not marry him. Epileptics in her time were not supposed to marry, and some American states passed laws against it. Drafts of her love letters have survived: they are witty, confident, open (not coded like letters to “Master”), and within the limits of her unrelenting control over her existence, abandoned – hardly the way 19th-century ladies were supposed to behave.
Dickinson found love, spiritual quickening and immortality, all on her own terms. One model remained: Wuthering Heights. Yet unlike the anarchic lovers of the Heights, Dickinson was a moral being, a product of upright New England: she grasped the potential destructiveness – to her sanity, for a start – of the “Bomb” in her bosom; and she witnessed the eruption of the feud – during her lifetime, another secret within the family. She refers repeatedly to a secret “Existence” – primarily her poetry – that must be seen in terms of New England individualism, the Emersonian ethos of self-reliance that in its fullest bloom eludes label. It’s more awkward and less lovable than English eccentricity – dangerous, in fact, as Dickinson owned when she said, “My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun –.”
Lyndall Gordon is the prizewinning author of biographies including CHARLOTTE BRONTE, VIRGINIA WOOLF, SHARED LIVES and MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT. Born and raised in South Africa, Lyndall is a fellow of St Hilda’s College, Oxford.
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The first white man to set foot on what today is Door County was a young and bold French explorer named Jean Nicolet who came ashore on Rock Island in August of 1634. Nicolet, sponsored by Governor Champlain of New France (today, Quebec), was in search of an all-water route across North America to Asia. Instead they found a land rich in natural resources such as trees, game, fish and fur-bearing animals.
Door County is unique in that it offers visitors a rare mix of activities in the midst of some of the most breathtaking natural beauty in the world. It’s the only county in America to offer 300 miles of picturesque shoreline, 5 scenic state parks, 10 historic lighthouses, 11 challenging golf courses and a renowned performing and visual arts culture, all within a 30-minute driving radius. In addition, visitors enjoy exploring charming specialty shops, delicious cuisine at a wide variety of area restaurants and one-of-a-kind activities.
Temperatures in Door County are tempered by the waters of Lake Michigan which surround the narrow peninsula. In general, winters are milder and summers cooler and less humid than inland destinations. Warm summer days still mean sweaters or sweatshirts for evening strolls along the beach or around the campfire. Door County culture is richly steeped in the arts and history. Explore some of our more than 80 renowned galleries, museums or acclaimed theatrical/musical venues. Take in some of our 10 lighthouses or numerous other historical sights. You can even enrich your vacation by taking mini-courses in literature, the humanities or arts.
When in the northern part of the Door Peninsula, be sure to visit the Door County Maritime Museum at Gills Rock. The newly remodeled facility features the fishing tug Hope built in 1930 by Sturgeon Bay Boat Works (currently Palmer Johnson). Visitors can board the boat and view its last fishing trip in 1992. Along with the Hope is the remake of a net shed complete with fishing boxes, a net reel, and other traditional fishing supplies. The Museum also features new exhibits on shipwrecks and lifesaving including a lyle gun used to rescue mariners from shipwrecks. The Ted Berch model collection of 20 Great Lakes vessels including the Edmund Fitzgerald is also located in the lifesaving area. The Museum at Gills Rock also houses an area devoted to marine engines including those built at Kahlenberg Brothers of Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Other exhibit areas include ice fishing and navigation.
Explore Door County
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Gills Rock
Juddville
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Washington Island
Door County Visitor Bureau
1015 Green Bay Road, PO Box 406 • Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235-0406
Phone: (920) 743-4456 Email: [email protected] Fax: (920) 743-7873
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HomeAbout WolfsonJob VacanciesDENNIS SCIAMA NON-STIPENDIARY JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP 2020
DENNIS SCIAMA NON-STIPENDIARY JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP 2020
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Length of contract:
fixed-term for 2 years
Sunday 27 October
Wolfson College is proposing to elect one non-stipendiary Junior Research Fellowship from 1 January 2020 for two years. The Fellowship is open to postdoctoral researchers at the University of Oxford, working in the areas of relativistic astrophysics, astroparticle physics and cosmology. This fellowship is being offered in memory of Dennis Sciama (1926-1999) a member of the Universities of Cambridge (1959-1970), Oxford (All Souls College and Wolfson College,1970-1999) and the Scuola Internazionale di Studi Avanzati, Trieste, Italy (1980-1999).
With an emphasis on encouraging new conceptualisations, the Junior Research Fellowship hopes to support work that bridges at least two areas of the field and takes a broad view from the very small to the very large.
The aim of the Junior Research Fellowship is to provide the conditions for research excellence so that fellows can develop their work in a range of directions. This goal is promoted by Wolfson College making their facilities available for the interaction of scientists with complimentary interests in a collegial environment. Candidates will be required to be currently engaged in research work within an Oxford University Department (or by the commencement of the Fellowship), and to spend the greater part of the academic year in Oxford.
Candidates must hold a doctorate by the commencement of the Fellowship (1 January 2020). The Dennis Sciama Fellowship is intended equally for those with only limited post-doctoral experience and for those who are becoming established scholars in their field. All Fellowships carry Common Table rights (currently up to £47.73 a week for own meals in Hall), and other benefits. Applications are particularly welcome from women, and black and minority ethnic candidates who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford. Preference will be given to candidates who have not already held a Fellowship at the same level at another College.
Junior Research Fellows are not members of the Governing Body of the College, but they are eligible to sit on nearly all College committees, and may be elected as representative members of the Governing Body. Junior Research Fellows may be asked to act as a College Advisor to graduate students.
The Fellowship will be for a maximum of two years and is not renewable.
The Fellowship is non-stipendiary, but comes with the benefit of Common Table meals (free meals up to a limit taken by the Fellow in Hall). Candidates are asked to demonstrate their financial independence with evidence of their means of support. Where funds are applied for but not confirmed, any offer will be conditional on proof of funding being provided before the start of the Fellowship.
Candidates should themselves write directly to two referees asking them without further request to email a one page confidential reference to Wolfson HR by the closing date (Sunday 27 October 2019). No more than two references will be accepted. References should be emailed as a pdf file to the HR office on human.resources@wolfson.ox.ac.uk
Applications, typed or clearly printed, including a completed application form: (Word version) (PDF version), a curriculum vitae and the names of your two referees, should be emailed to the HR Office by Sunday 27 October 2019. Candidates should also include details of their current and proposed research. Any additional information relevant to the application should be included in a covering letter.
Please email your complete application to arrive by the closing date to: human.resources@wolfson.ox.ac.uk. Please send as ONE pdf file (excluding the optional Recruitment Monitoring form which should be sent separately as it does not constitute part of the application.)
ONE paper copy of your complete application (single-sided and unstapled) must also arrive by the closing date.
OPTIONAL – if you wish to complete and return the optional Recruitment Monitoring Form, please send as a separate pdf. It does not form part of the application.
CLOSING DATE: SUNDAY 27 OCTOBER 2019 The College reserves the right not to accept late or incomplete applications received after the closing date.
Short-listed Candidates will be notified during week commencing Monday 11 November 2019 by email.
INTERVIEW DATE: THURSDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2019. No alternative interview date will be offered, but it may be possible to arrange a video interview for overseas or long distance candidates.
Please note the College regrets it is unable to offer financial assistance towards travelling expenses in the current financial climate.
Tel: (01865) 274118 Email: human.resources@wolfson.ox.ac.uk
UK Border Agency Legislation on the Right to Work in the UK: Successful candidates will be required to provide satisfactory evidence of their Right to Work in the UK. This is a requirement for ‘unpaid’ positions as well as paid employment.
The closing date for applications is
Sciama JRF Application Form Download
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Vince Russo Talks Vince McMahon, Bret Hart and Ric Flair
Posted By: Ben Kerin on May 15, 2014
Vince Russo published a new blog on his website pyroandballyhoo.com, discussing a number of subjects and putting a lot of myths to bed. Below are the highlights:
The only reason you did anything good in WWE was because Vince McMahon was your filter.
A myth. While all the shows were bounced off Vince for final approval, Vince never changed what Ed and I wrote. He just “tweaked” some things within the segment. If Vince is “the filter”, than how do you explain where ratings are today, compared to when Ed and I were writing the show? And—the ratings have been in the 3-range since 2002.
Could you respond to this Bret Hart quote from 2009 (courtesy of Ministry of Slam radio show): “I think they should take Vince Russo and hang him by the neck somewhere in the back of the parking lot.”
Had many conversations with Bret at WCW, never said anything like this to me. If Bret did indeed say it—than I don’t understand it. I think the world of Bret Hart. Keep in mind, many things have been said about me behind my back—never to my face—so it’s hard for me to really understand the reasoning behind it.
Why book a legitimately injured Bret Hart in a hardcore match with Terry Funk (this is right after Bret was kicked in the head by Goldberg)?
I would never book anybody in a match that was hurt—if I was aware of it. Can’t remember back that far, but I’m sure Breat hadn’t spoke up about his injury yet.
What were your original plans with Bret Hart coming into WCW?
Put him high on the pedastal that he deserved to be on.
Why did you book yourself to win the WCW World Championship?
Just another week of TV. Was never a big deal to me, especially knowing I was going to relinquish it 3 days later.
Ric Flair doesn’t have kind words for you either when talking about his time working with you in WCW. What was your experience working with The Nature Boy?
I loved every second of it. Again, while we worked together Ric never said ANYTHING negative about anything. It was HIS IDEA for me to shave his head. I gave his son, David, the most exposure he ever had in his career. We put his younger son Reed on TV. What more did Ric want? Again—nothing was ever said to me to my face by Ric—even when we worked together later at TNA.
What on earth happened to the Samoe Joe kidnapping angle!?
Tell me and we’ll both know. Unfortunately for my critics–not my idea. I was just as perplexed as you. Still am.
Mike Johnson and Dave Scherer of PWInsider.com do not like you, it appears? Why?
Maybe it’s because I had an interview set up with Mike after I left TNA. Then prior to the interview I had a conversation with Mike where he already seemed to know all the answers to the questions before even speaking to me. I told Mike that if he already had the answers—then there was no need in him interviewing me. So I canceled the interview. Dave? Dave is just another guy who writes whatever he wants to write about me without ever confronting me. That’s the power of the computer age . . . i guess.
The “Attitude Era” was a blatant ripoff of ECW!
Yeah, I hear that alot. I knew of ECW, and had maybe seen a handful of shows. No offense, but what they were doing at the time had no impact on me whatsover during the birth of the “Attitude Era”. Here’s a great story of how the “attitude Era” actually started. It was Vince’s birthday—I had to get him something. What do you buy a millionaire? So, I bought him a T-Shirt that said, “Keep your ATTITUDE to yourself—I have enough of my own.” That was literally weeks before the “Attitude Era” was born.
Do you RESPECT the dirt sheets as a whole? Why or why not?
Very few members. Why? It’s real simple. out of all the BS said about me over the past 20 years, I can count maybe 1, or 2 instances where I was actually “contacted” for a response. They wrote whatever they wanted to write because there was no accountability. Just like they said a few weeks ago that I was under contract with TNA. Even with all the rumors concerning my status of late—NOBODY—has picked up the phone to ask ME. How can you respect that?
Do you read the dirt sheets?
Honestly? When I’m working on my computer, and I just need to step away from what I’m writing–I’ll pop on. You have to understand, since so many mistruths have been wriiten about me, it’s hard for me to really look at those sites with any legitimacy. You just never know what’s true, and what’s inaccurate.
What was the “real” Vince McMahon like?
WOW—not too many people know. When you get past all the layers, and there’s a level of trust, you see a Vince that very few see. A guy that never grew up, and was still a kid at heart in many aspects. That wasn’t a good thing—it was a great thing. I loved those times I got to spend with the unguarded Vince. I actually miss them.
Do you ever regret leaving WWE for WCW?
Tough question. I have to go back to WHY I left. I was literally on the verge of a nervous breakdown at that point. Vince had added “Smackdown” without even talking to Ed and I about it, and the pressure, stress and work load just became to much to handle. You have to remember there weren’t 20 people writing TV back then—there was TWO—Ed Ferrara and myself. It was just too much.
Were you ever physically threatened by any wrestlers?
Yes. Shawn threatened me once by saying, “I know I can take you”, which was his “funny” way of threatening me, and Goldberg made me feel uneasy once. That’s about it, and that’s ridiculous on all our parts because at the end of the day it’s just business—nothing is personal.
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/fasb-votes-to-delay-credit-loss-standard-for-some-lenders-11563401755
FASB Votes to Delay Credit Loss Standard for Some Lenders
Small public banks would receive an extra three years to prepare for accounting change
FASB Chairman Russell Golden said delaying a change to accounting rules would give smaller lenders time to examine best practices. Photo: Ralph Alswang for The Wall Street Journal
Mark Maurer
The Financial Accounting Standards Board is poised to give lenders more time to prepare for the implementation of a new rule that would require them to record expected future losses as soon as loans are issued.
The FASB, which sets U.S. accounting standards, adopted the “current expected credit losses” standard, or CECL, in 2016, amid criticism that banks and other financial institutions had recorded losses too slowly following the 2008 financial crisis.
The board on Wednesday voted for a proposal to extend the implementation deadline for small public lenders, private lenders and nonprofits, such as credit unions.
For large public banks, which the FASB defines as SEC filers excluding small reporting business entities, CECL would still take effect in the fiscal year and interim periods beginning after Dec. 15, 2019.
The board also proposed to delay implementation by three years for small public lenders; two years for all non-SEC-filing public lenders; and one year for private and nonprofit lenders. Those benefiting from the delay will have to implement CECL for fiscal year and interim periods beginning after Dec. 15, 2022. The delay would have no effect on early adoption, which all lenders have been permitted to do since December.
“Additional time would give the stakeholders more ability to learn from larger lenders, more ability to have resource providers available, and more ability to look at best practices for disclosures and controls,” FASB Chairman Russell Golden said in an interview.
The proposal will undergo a 30-day public comment period next month. If the public’s comments are mostly favorable, the board will issue a final document on the decisions.
Lawmakers in the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives introduced bills in recent months to delay CECL and conduct a study on the standard’s potential impact. The FASB didn’t discuss the possibility of a study at the meeting Wednesday, and FASB spokeswoman Christine Klimek declined to comment about the possibility.
The delay and the lack of a study drew mixed reaction from the banking community. CECL would force some banks to increase loan-loss reserves, which could reduce earnings and regulatory capital. Banks have argued that the need to book losses up front would discourage lending.
The American Bankers Association, an industry group that represents large and small banks, said the required efforts to implement the standard were larger than the board had led banks to believe.
“The delay should apply to banks of all sizes, and should be used to conduct a rigorous quantitative impact study to properly assess the effect this new standard will have on their ability to serve their customers and the broader economy, particularly during an economic downturn,” Rob Nichols, the ABA’s chief executive, said in a statement.
Tom Quaadman, executive vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness, applauded the delay and said that CECL, “though well-intended, represents a significant change from the prior standard’s approach and more time is needed for implementation.”
Libor shift
The FASB also voted Wednesday to provide additional relief for U.S. companies affected by global reference rate reforms, including a planned shift away from the London interbank offered rate, or Libor.
Relief measures, which are also expected to undergo a 30-day public comment period prior to approval, include no longer requiring a critical terms change for companies using hedge accounting.
At a FASB meeting last month, the board tentatively decided that changes in a contract’s reference rate, such as Libor, would be accounted for as a continuation of that contract, provided it met certain criteria.
The proposals related to hedge accounting are part of a series of deliberations the FASB is planning to review how accounting standards need to change to accommodate the transition.
Write to Mark Maurer at mark.maurer@wsj.com
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Vols fall to Alabama 35-13
Updated: Sun 9:37 AM, Oct 20, 2019
TUSCALOOSA, Tenn. (WVLT) —Tennessee went three and out on their first possession, punitng and giving Alabama the ball on the Vols 35 yard line.
The good field position paid off for the Tide who scored a touchdown at the 11:24 mark of the first quarter.
Maurer's first interception of the game came after Jauan Jennings bobbled a pass, giving Alabama the ball back on the Vols 35 yard line. Nigel warrior intercepted an Alabama pass in the endzone and returned it to the Alabama 41 yard line.
Brian Maurer evened the score with a QB sneak after a big Juaun Jennigns gain to put Tennessee in the red zone.
Alabama quickly regained the lead just before the end of the 1st quarter.
Maurer left the game after sustaining a hit at the end of the 1st quarter, Guarantano entered the game and finished out the quarter.
Daniel Bituli was ejected on a targeting call early in the second quarter, Alabama scored shortly after that ti increase the Tide's lead to, 21-10.
Alabama's Tua Tagovailoa left the game late in the first half after an apparent lower leg injury.
The Vols had to settle for a field goal after squandering a first and goal opportunity in the third quarter.
Alabama scored again with 4:45 left in the third quarter to increase the Tide's lead 28-13.
The Vols squandered yet another redzone opportunity, Guarantano fumbled the ball on a 4th and goal attempt, resulting in a 100 yard Alabama touchdown.
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Christina Koch breaks record for longest spaceflight by a woman
Engadget December 28, 2019
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NASA's Christine Koch just made history. As expected, the astronaut just broke the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman as of December 28th, eclipsing Peggy Whitson's 288 days from 2016-2017 thanks to an extended stay at the International Space Station. She should hold a comfortable lead, too. Koch is poised to spend a total of 328 days in orbit before she returns to Earth in February 2020.
This won't be the longest spaceflight of all time. Scott Kelly set the US record by staying in space for 340 consecutive days between 2015 and 2016, while Russia's Valeri Polyakov spent just over 437 days aboard Mir. It's still a very long stretch, however, and it comes on the back of Koch joining fellow astronaut Jessica Meir in NASA's first all-female spacewalk this October.
The extended trip isn't just about bragging rights. Koch's longer-than-planned mission should tell NASA more about the effects of long-term spaceflight on the human body. That, in turn, could be vital for the return to the Moon as well as eventual plans to touch down on Mars. What sacrifices Koch has made could pay off if they ensure that explorers come back healthy.
Students and professors from @NCSSM and @NCState, @Astro_Christina's alma mater, are saying #CongratsChristina today as she sets a new record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman. pic.twitter.com/cmUtq0xhw3
— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) December 28, 2019
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Queen urges 'small steps' to 'rebuild trust' in her Christmas address
Yahoo News UK December 25, 2019
The Queen recording her annual Christmas broadcast in Windsor Castle surrounded by pictures of her family. (PA)
The Queen urged people to take “small steps” to “rebuild trust” in her televised Christmas Day address.
Speaking in a pre-recorded message from Windsor Castle, the Queen said the British people need to invoke the spirit of communities after World War Two who “set aside their differences” in a “true spirit of reconciliation”.
“Such reconciliation seldom happens overnight,” she said, “It takes patience and time to rebuild trust, and progress often comes through small steps.
“By being willing to put past differences behind us and move forward together, we honour the freedom and democracy once won for us at so great a cost.
Queen Elizabeth II arriving to attend a church service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk.
The Queen also said she had been “struck” by the “sense of purpose” younger generations have shown in tackling issues like climate change.
“The challenges many people face today may be different to those once faced by my generation.
“But I have been struck by how new generations have brought a similar sense of purpose to issues such as protecting our environment and our climate,” she continued.
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During her annual address the Queen acknowledged the “bumpy” path her family and the country has faced during the past 12 months, but mentioned some of the positives like the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s first child.
“Two hundred years on from the birth of my great, great grandmother, Queen Victoria, Prince Philip and I have been delighted to welcome our eighth great grandchild into our family,” she added.
The Queen said the Christmas message of peace and goodwill still has relevance today – a comment which follows a year of bitter debates in Parliament and the country over Brexit.
Her words are likely to be interpreted as an appeal for the healing of divisions in the country as Britain leaves the EU.
“It’s a timely reminder of what positive things can be achieved when people set aside past differences and come together in the spirit of friendship and reconciliation,” she concluded.
“And, as we all look forward to the start of a new decade, it’s worth remembering that it is often the small steps, not the giant leaps, that bring about the most lasting change.
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Lenovo-U.S. State Department PC deal under scrutiny by security commission
The BBC reports that the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC), whose members are Congressional appointees, wants to begin an official probe into Lenovo's $13 million contract to sell 16,000 ThinkCentre desktop computers to the U.S.
By Dan Farber for Between the Lines | March 29, 2006 -- 06:56 GMT (22:56 PST) | Topic: Lenovo
The BBC reports that the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC), whose members are Congressional appointees, wants to begin an official probe into Lenovo's $13 million contract to sell 16,000 ThinkCentre desktop computers to the U.S. State Department. Why? The Chinese could turn them into remote spys, planting bugging devices on the systems.
As you'll recall, IBM sold its PC business last year to Lenovo, China's leading PC maker, for $13 billion. The world is flat, the economy is global and Lenovo now has the well regarded ThinkPad brand. The systems for the State Department would be build in North Carolina and Mexico, with parts from many places in the world. Forget about the potential spying threat for a moment--the U.S. could inspect the machines and bill Lenovo for the cost. But why does the U.S. State Department buy Lenovo rather than systems from a U.S. based company, given the differences between PCs and support services from Lenovo, Dell, HP, etc. aren't significant. Is this part of some fair trade deal? Is the Chinese government buying Dell systems to help boost the U.S. economy? Don't think so...but here's a catch. The government deal was made with CDW Government, a major U.S. distributor and integrator of PC systems, who must have a preferred distribution deal with Lenovo. Will Congress force CDW to swap out Lenovo for a U.S. vendor, just as it scuttled the potential purchase of Unocal oil by a Chinese firm last year? As news.com's "Silicon Money" special report indicates, technology and politics are becoming more tightly bound--with tech lobbyists raking in nearly half a billion in fees over the last six years...
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UPDATED: Did Blink-182 Just Call It Quits?
Tom responded to this whole thing:
To all the fans, I never quit the band. I actually was on a phone call about a blink 182 event for New… http://t.co/7SmReh5wPr
— Tom DeLonge (@tomdelonge) January 26, 2015
This is a bit of a surprise considering they have been teasing a new album over the last however many months, but it seems Blink-182 is over. The band is replacing Tom on an upcoming gig with Alkaline Trio’s Matt Skiba. According to the band via Billboard:
“We were all set to play this festival and record a new album and Tom kept putting it off without reason,” the group wrote in the statement. “A week before we were scheduled to go in to the studio we got an email from his manager explaining that he didn’t want to participate in any Blink-182 projects indefinitely, but would rather work on his other non-musical endeavors. No hard feelings, but the show must go on for our fans.”
It seems DeLonge is about having just released a new Angels & Airwaves album late last year and told us streaming music is like killing baby elephants. I suppose this is a bummer, but it is probably for the best as things forced are often not great or even good. Plus Matt Skiba is amazing, but they should play under a different name. I wouldn’t call it baseball if they had seven bases. It would be super baseball. That being said it could be a good progression for Mark and Travis. We will know for sure when they perform at the Musink Tattoo & Music Festival on March 20-22 in L.A.
Here’s one from the good ol’ days.
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Nimbus’s LLC Origins Pay off As Gilead Shells Out $400M For Liver Drug
Ben Fidler
Xconomy Boston —
When Nimbus Therapeutics started out as a company called Nimbus “Discovery,” it was structured in a way that would allow it to easily sell one of its assets to an acquirer. Though the company has since changed its name, that original decision paid off today: Gilead Sciences is paying as much as $1.2 billion for one of the drugs Nimbus has been working on.
Foster City, CA-based Gilead (NASDAQ: GILD), the biotech giant best known for its drugs for HIV and hepatitis C, is paying $400 million up front for the rights to what’s called “Nimbus Apollo.” This is a Nimbus subsidiary that houses a drug the company is developing for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, an increasingly common liver disorder and a leading cause of cirrhosis and liver failure. Nimbus—which was co-founded by Atlas Venture and Schrodinger in 2009—could pocket another $800 million in milestones if the drug progresses and succeeds.
The reason Nimbus could pull off this kind of deal is it was first formed as a limited liability company, or LLC, which made it easy to sell off individual drug candidates to buyers only interested in a single program. Other companies like Adimab and Forma Therapeutics have done this as well; it was a good way for venture capitalists to generate quicker exits and shareholder returns in biotech when the IPO window was slammed shut.
As CEO Don Nicholson, pictured above (who will be speaking at our “What’s Hot in Boston Biotech” event on Wednesday) told Xconomy last year, the LLC structure was an “experiment of sorts.” The original intent with Nimbus was to use a computational drug discovery approach to unearth new drugs, find buyers for them, and reap the rewards. But times changed along the way. IPOs became an option for biotechs again, and Nimbus liked what it was seeing from its in-house program. Nimbus began seeing itself as a maker of its own drugs, not just a discovery team for hire, and changed its name to Nimbus “Therapeutics” to reflect the change.
Nimbus never ditched the LLC structure, however, and that came in handy for this deal, because it can sell off its NASH drug while maintaining ownership of its other experimental compounds. As Atlas partner Bruce Booth wrote in a blog post this morning, the structure enabled Nimbus to “[sell] off the eggs,” not the goose.”
“It’s great to see [the model] work in practice, rather than theory,” he wrote.
The company has been developing a NASH drug called NDI-010976 that is currently in early-stage testing—data from that trial will be presented at a medical meeting this year. The drug is aimed at what’s known as Acetyl CoA Carboxylase, or ACC, an enzyme that regulates the creation of fatty acids and is implicated in a number of metabolic functions, such as fat buildup. Fat buildup in the liver, typically from sugary or fatty diets, is a hallmark of NASH. The drug is meant to shut down ACC, and thus stop the fat buildup. (Check out this story for more on NASH, and how Nimbus’s drug compares to some of the others in the field, among them one from Intercept Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ICPT)
Nimbus also has partnerships in place with Genentech and Monsanto.
This isn’t Gilead’s first foray into NASH. The company in January 2015 agreed to pay as much as $470 million for potential NASH drugs being developed by Germany’s Pfenex Pharmaceuticals. It’s also testing an antibody drug called simtuzumab in two different phase 2 studies for the disease.
“The acquisition of Nimbus’ ACC-inhibitor program represents a timely and important opportunity to accelerate Gilead’s ongoing efforts to address unmet needs in NASH,” Gilead chief scientific officer Norbert Bischofberger said in a statement. “These molecules will complement and further strengthen Gilead’s pipeline and capabilities to advance a broad clinical program in NASH that includes compounds targeting multiple key pathways involved in the pathogenesis of the disease.”
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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Release New Video “The Luddite;” ‘No Cross No Crown’ Album Out TODAY!
January 12, 2018 Diane Webb
Today marks the official release of No Cross No Crown, the long anticipated new full-length from CORROSION OF CONFORMITY! Captured in North Carolina with longtime producer John Custer, the mammoth offering marks the first studio recording with vocalist/guitarist Pepper Keenan in over a decade. In celebration of its release, the band is pleased to unveil the raging, kaleidoscopic new music video for “The Luddite.”
View “The Luddite” now via Nuclear Blast’s Youtube channel at: https://youtu.be/TusKotRru_c.
In case you missed it, watch the band’s previously-released animated clip for “Wolf Named Crow” at https://youtu.be/fIfv7BKvtI8.
No Cross No Crown is out NOW via Nuclear Blast Entertainment on CD, digital, vinyl, and cassette formats. Various order bundles are available at nuclearblast.com/coc-nocrossnocrown.
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY is currently in the midst of a massive North American live takeover supporting Black Label Society. The tour kicked off in Denver, Colorado December 27th and will wind its way through nearly four dozen cities upon its conclusion on February 27th. Additional support is being provided by Eyehategod and Red Fang on select shows. See all confirmed dates below.
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY w/ Black Label Society, Eyehategod (12/29 – 1/20; 2/11 – 2/27), Red Fang (1/26 – 2/09):
1/12/2018 Outland Ballroom – Springfield, MO ^ No BLS (COC headlining)
1/13/2018 Bomb Factory – Dallas, TX ^
1/14/2018 Emo’s – Austin, TX ^
1/15/2018 House Of Blues – Houston, TX ^
1/17/2018 House Of Blues – New Orleans, LA ^
1/18/2018 Marathon Music Works – Nashville, TN ^
1/19/2018 Bogart’s – Cincinnati, OH ^
1/20/2018 Center Stage – Atlanta, GA ^
1/26/2018 Jannus Live – St. Petersburg, FL *
1/27/2018 House Of Blues – Myrtle Beach, SC *
1/28/2018 The Ritz – Raleigh, NC *
1/29/2018 The Fillmore Silver Spring – Silver Spring, MD *
1/31/2018 PlayStation Theater – New York, NY *
2/01/2018 The Palladium – Worcester, MA *
2/02/2018 Aura – Portland, ME *
2/03/2018 Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA *
2/05/2018 Town Ballroom – Buffalo, NY *
2/06/2018 The Goodyear Theater at East End – Akron, OH *
2/07/2018 Stage AE – Pittsburgh, PA *
2/08/2018 Eagles Ballroom Club Stage – Milwaukee, WI *
2/09/2018 Myth Live – St. Paul, MN *
2/11/2018 O’Brians Event Centre – Saskatoon, SK ^
2/12/2018 The Ranch Roadhouse – Edmonton, AB ^
2/14/2018 Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC ^
2/16/2018 Bowes Event Center at Revolution Place – Grande Prairie, AB ^
2/17/2018 MacEwan Hall – Calgary, AB ^
2/19/2018 Showbox SoDo – Seattle, W ^
2/20/2018 Roseland Theater – Portland, OR ^
2/21/2018 Ace Of Spades – Sacramento, CA ^
2/23/2018 House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV ^
2/24/2018 The Marquee – Tempe, AZ ^
2/25/2018 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM ^
2/27/2018 The Fonda Theatre – Los Angeles, CA ^
^ w/ Eyehategod
* w/ Red Fang
“The record is filled with the kind of Sabbath meets Black Flag meets Lynyrd Skynyrd jams that were so infectious and wildly influential back when Bill Clinton seduced interns…COC doesn’t try to change direction but instead revisits the approach that made the Keenan-fronted version so successful: powerful hooks, instrumental asides that will remind you of Sabbath’s ‘Planet Caravan’ and a rich use of textures and dynamics…” — Decibel
“…burly, surly and southern-fried — basically, everything fans could hope for.” — Revolver
“If we’re looking at classic rock as a living, breathing organism, one that adapts and evolves over the ever-rolling waves of time, one that holds its original axe-slinging deities in highest esteem but allows for the ordaining of new priests and idols along the way, then it’s really time to let CORROSION OF CONFORMITY luxuriate in the lap of the golden gods… these motherfuckers have been at it forever, and they’ve just made their best album in twenty years.” — Team Rock
“…powerful and unstoppable as an avalanche.” — Kerrang!
“…so good it should really be toured in full, played from top to bottom as a complete movement of music.” — PureGrainAudio
“…an essential listen.” — Metal Wani
“…undoubtedly one of finest releases in CORROSION OF CONFORMITY‘s storied career.” — Pop Matters
“…an amazingly composed, heartfelt blues-inspired record… the guys just nailed the sound this time – I mean completely nailed it.” — Metal Insider
“…where 35-plus years from getting started, most artists still active have long since slid into a mediocrity of form in playing to what’s expected of them, COC here sound reinvigorated and offer a reminder to all willing to hear it of a big part of what made them who they are in the first place.” — The Obelisk
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY is:
Pepper Keenan – vocals, guitar
Woodroe Weatherman – guitar
Mike Dean – bass, vocals
Reed Mullin – drums, vocals
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EXCLUSIVE: Q&A with former Islamic State member
Islamic State (IS) member "Sherko Omer" would now be a dead jihadist hadn’t he surrendered to the pro-Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in northeast Syria earlier this year. Journalist Rozh Ahmad met him to learn more about the experience.
In this interview “Omer” explains how he left his hometown in Iraqi Kurdistan to join the Syrian opposition and eventually became an IS member, what he witnessed and the reasons for which he risked his life to exit the extremist Islamic organisation.
Why and how did you join the Islamic State (IS) in Syria?
Two friends and I decided to leave Iraqi Kurdistan to join the Syrian opposition and its fight against the regime. In October 2013 we got contacts from several people close to the Kurdistan Islamic Group (Komal) in my hometown, Halabja. We were told that the contacts were members of the Free Syria Army (FSA). We met the contacts in Turkey and they took us to a hotel for few days. Afterward, they took us to a training camp on the Turkey-Syria border and we found ourselves at an ISIS (or IS) camp instead of FSA.
But how is it possible that you weren’t aware your contacts were IS jihadists?
Well, we spoke with them in standard Arabic but they did not mention anything about IS until we were at the training camp. They talked against the regime as a machinery killing its own Muslim people and we had already heard that from FSA on TV. Moreover, they had no beards, dressed in modern clothes and even took us to a hotel in the Turkish city of Kilis. We therefore assumed that they were FSA not IS, as did many others who came to Turkey to join the Syrian opposition but joined us at the IS camp.
“They had no beards, dressed in modern clothes and even took us to a hotel in the Turkish city of Kilis”
Is it true that IS trains new recruits for beheadings on dead bodies at the camps?
Not true for the camp I was at, where beheading training was practiced with chickens and other animals. I did not do it because when we arrived they asked for my skills and qualifications and because I am a technical professional and I had qualifications, I was assigned to technical works and trained with pistols and lightweight weapons. This is because my main duty was to learn the communication equipment, interception of enemy phone and radio lines as well as rescuing digital gadgets and archives during attacks. I never engaged in a firefight and this was the precise reason why Kurdish YPG fighters agreed to hand me back to my family after months of investigations.
How did IS members treat you as a new recruit?
IS commanders were very nice and respectful at the camp. You would think you knew them for many years. They gave us the best food; clothes, weapons and we enjoyed the friendship and brotherhood. In reality we knew deep inside there was a choice to leave, but (we started) to think of ourselves as fighters taking this brotherhood and luxury to Syria and we were told that we had secured a place in heaven too, that was very comforting. But beside these facts, to be honest staying also felt like a moral obligation since they spent money, gave us food, clothes, cars and respected us so much that leaving the camp felt like betraying the good deeds of those people.
What about the promise of virgin angles in heaven, is there any truths to this?
Yes, of course. We were told that as martyrs we would have 72 eternal virgins in heaven and we can save dozens of our close relatives from hell too.
So, IS promises its’ recruits 72 virgin angels and you are saying this is not “anti-Islamic propaganda” as some people may otherwise claim?
We were promised women in heaven and on earth too based on IS jihadist teaching of the verses of some Suras of the holy book of Quran and hadiths by prophet Muhammad, all of which were explained through the Tafsir (explanation) by Islamic scholars like Ibn Majah, Bukhari and Ibn Kathir. We were told all non-Muslim women prisoners will be our wives and God wills it.
In Islamic holy war you cannot kill enemy women and children under any circumstances, they can only be taken as prisoners. It is permissible to have sexual intercourse with the captive women even if jihadists are married. You can buy and sell these women but for the children you have to raise them as home workers or teach them to become jihadists. I did none of these things because I was a communication technician not in the battlefield. And, who would claim otherwise when IS openly and proudly say they are carrying out these acts as implementation of Islamic Sharia.
Nonetheless, there are Muslim women who willingly offer their bodies for IS jihadists and this is called “Sex for Jihad” and they too will be compensated in heaven according to IS. However, these women were mostly with the commanders, I did not see average jihadist fighters with these Muslim women.
And everyone believed in this at the camp?
The consequences of disbelieving were not clear in an environment where they practice beheading. Nonetheless, many IS jihadist fighters truly believed all this but foreign recruits had no clue as to what the verses of holy Quran actually meant. I saw many foreign recruits who were put in the suicide squads not because they were “great and God wanted it” as IS commanders praised them in front of us, but basically because they were useless for IS, they spoke no Arabic, they weren’t good fighters and had no professional skills. They were brainwashed into the “women in heaven” and those they could rape on earth before they eventually killed themselves. I am alive partly thanks to my qualifications.
You have to remember that IS has been portrayed as an organisation of gangs only, although this is evident what they do, but the political leadership pay unbelievable attention to education and educated recruits. But at the end of the day good moral values are based on the way education and intelligence are being used.
So IS jihadists could just take women prisoners and sleep with them against their will, which the world considers rape?
“It is permissible to have sexual intercourse with the captive women even if jihadists are married“
Not only I say this but the IS emirs and commanders openly and proudly says it too. They believe it is permissible to sleep with women prisoners even against their will if they are infidels, non-Muslims and apostate women. This happened to Christian women in Al-Raqqa after their husbands were publically beheaded and I witnessed it. Now it is happening to Kurdish Yezidi women of Sinjar in Iraqi Kurdistan.
What did you witness in Al-Raqqa?
After training, my two Kurdish friends left to A’zaz where they have been confirmed killed now, but I was assigned to work as a technician in Al-Raqqa in the communications department. I was once told to go to a house to test some equipment to see if they can be useful for the technical and communication bureau. Once inside I realised it was a Christian home.
I saw six jihadists demanding that a Christian women and her daughter become their wives. The daughter was about 12-13-years-old. I told the jihadists forcing women is forbidden in Islam and children can’t be touched under any circumstances. They loaded their guns in my face and told me to leave. I immediately left to the local court that was based in a small house, but the judge was worse, he said I was wrong because 13-year-old girl is not considered a child, essentially because prophet Muhammad married his wife, Aisha, when she was only 9 years old. He accused me of having poor faith in the practices of prophet Muhammad for which I could have been detained and possibly punished with tough sentences, but my field commander soon arrived and saved me.
This was the reason that made you leave IS?
I wanted to leave first week into my post in Al-Raqqa but I was a coward, scared of getting beheaded and did not know my way out. Unlike at the camp, IS jihadists acted as God in Al-Raqqa. They were rude, arrested and killed anybody for no real reason.
I decided to risk my life to escape after I witnessed a wounded captured Kurdish YPG fighter publically beheaded. He was about my age, but unlike me he was extremely brave. He spat on every jihadist around him. He shouted slogans about Kurdish freedom and Abdullah Ocalan. I had never seen anyone so brave in my life. His fingers were cut yet he shouted insults against the jihadists. He was finally beheaded from behind to suffer and salt was put on his half-cult neck to die in agony but he did not give up until he painfully died this way. Children too were present at the public execution. However, I felt very sick afterward and did not sleep for a week thinking I am either going to runaway or kill myself, but thank God the chance came soon afterward in the city of Serekaniye.
How and why did you end up in Serekaniye (Ras Al-Ain) because I am not sure if it is possible to travel from Al-Raqqa to the Kurdish region these days?
My commander said Kurdish YPG was an infidel secularist army and impure, arguing that each jihadist has the duty to first purify his own people and if we were all pure then infidels would not exit. The commander and others too gave me examples of Palestine and Israel as well as Kosovo and Serbs. They told me jihadists should first fight impure Muslims of Palestine and Kosovo to purify them and this way Israelis and Serbs would not exist. This was argued against my Kurdish people too. I joined a new battalion; we went back to Turkey and crossed the Turkish border to enter Serekaniye.
And what about the Ceylanpinar Turkish border post that is heavily controlled by Turkish soldiers?
They just turned a blind eye.
“Children too were present at the public execution“
We were initially told by the IS field commander to fear nothing because there was cooperation with the Turks at the border. The watchtower light caught us and our commander said everybody should stop but do not look at the light. He talked on the radio, then the watchtower light began to move after 8-10 minutes and that was the signal saying we could safely cross the border.
When and how did you finally escape IS in Serekaniye?
I was sent to fix radios, communication equipment and help resolve technical issues of a small base north of Serekaniye end of February 2014. I joined a new battalion for this because IS planned to regroup northeast Syria to attack the YPG. I fixed all the faulty equipment after I arrived in Serekaniye, but then they asked me to intercept and interpret YPG radio communications. YPG members spoke Kurmanji Kurdish and I spoke Sorani Kurdish, but I could’ve tried harder to accurately intercept and interpret YPG radios and track their next moves, but when I heard female fighters speaking in Kurdish over the radio I just couldn’t do it.
Nearly a week passed at the base and it was the YPG that attacked our campsite. I was lucky because I was at the last outpost faraway when YPG first attacked and I immediately surrendered after YPG sniper killed the two jihadists beside me. I shouted in Kurdish, they told me to go closer and get naked and after it was clear that I had no suicide belt, they accepted my surrender. It is true that I have physically escaped now thanks to God and thanks to the YPG, but Al-Raqqa is mentally haunting me now because what I have witnessed is just pure horror.
“Sherko Omer” is a pseudonym. His real identity has been kept secret for security reasons. The views expressed are his own.
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April Bradley
April Bradley (°1971, Goodlettsville, Tennessee, United States) is an artist who works in a variety of media. By emphasising aesthetics, Bradley seduces the viewer into a world of ongoing equilibrium and the interval that articulates the stream of daily events. Moments are depicted that only exist to punctuate the human drama in order to clarify our existence and to find poetic meaning in everyday life.
Her collected, altered and own artworks are being confronted as aesthetically resilient, thematically interrelated material for memory and projection. The possible seems true and the truth exists, but it has many faces, as Hanna Arendt cites from Franz Kafka. By contesting the division between the realm of memory and the realm of experience, she absorbs the tradition of remembrance art into daily practice. This personal follow-up and revival of a past tradition is important as an act of meditation.
Her works sometimes radiate a cold and latent violence. At times, disconcerting beauty emerges. The inherent visual seductiveness, along with the conciseness of the exhibitions, further complicates the reception of their manifold layers of meaning. By exploring the concept of landscape in a nostalgic way, she investigates the dynamics of landscape, including the manipulation of its effects and the limits of spectacle based on our assumptions of what landscape means to us. Rather than presenting a factual reality, an illusion is fabricated to conjure the realms of our imagination.
Her works establish a link between the landscape’s reality and that imagined by its conceiver. These works focus on concrete questions that determine our existence. April Bradley currently lives and works in Guilford, Connecticut.
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Home › AIDC › Radical economic transformation: between the smoke and mirrors [Amandla 53 Editorial]
Radical economic transformation: between the smoke and mirrors [Amandla 53 Editorial]
Posted on June 27, 2017 by AIDC — No Comments ↓
Radical economic transformation: between the smoke and mirrors
A complicated game of smoke and mirrors is being played as the battle unfolds for the ANC, the state and the inside track to plunder South Africa’s economic wealth. Nothing is what it seems. Reactionaries are dressing themselves up as radicals. Communists are aligning themselves with big capitalists. And to top it all, the Public Protector adopts the radical position of Numsa, attacking the foundation of neoliberalism, namely Reserve Bank independence.
Since our last editorial, we have seen the torrent of Gupta emails that confirm the identities of the state officials that have been key to facilitating ‘state capture’.
They include the President (of course), cabinet ministers, Directors General and their deputies, and CEOs and Boards of State Owned Companies. We admit we got one thing wrong – we imagined Zuma ending up as the guest of Duterte in the Philippines. We should have realised that a mansion in Dubai was more likely. The release of these emails suggests that powerful forces opposed to Zuma are investing considerable resources to bring him down.
The ANC’s response to this damning flood has been to continue its camouflage campaign on so-called “Radical Economic Transformation” (RET). So Malusi Gigaba is cheered at the Black Management Forum when he speaks in favour of RET: “We either recoil in our plans or implement so minimalist a transformation that it would amount to no change at all”. And then in the same speech he expresses support for the neoliberal National Development Plan (NDP).
Similarly, at a Treasury press conference, called to respond to the latest downgrade of SA’s credit rating by Moody’s, Gigaba praises Zwane’s new Mining Charter in the terms of RET and then confirms the Treasury’s unshakeable adherence to neoliberal policies of austerity, deficit reduction targets and the like.
The real conservatism of Gigaba is demonstrated by Busisiwe Mkhwebane, the Public Protector, who recommended changing the South African constitutional clause dealing with the role of the Reserve Bank. She proposes changing from a mandate “to protect the value of the currency in the interest of balance and sustainable economic growth” to a mandate “to promote balanced and sustainable economic growth… while ensuring that the socioeconomic well-being of the citizens is protected”.
Interestingly, Gigaba also attacked the black middle class for failing to take the side of the government against established capital: “The black middle class, owing to its junior position in the economic relations, is never heard criticising the conservative vested interests, but will be quick to criticise government for any wrongdoing … because government is easy to pick on and will not apply any sanctions against forces that brought it to be, whatever the unfairness or viciousness of the attack or criticism.”
At last, a clear declaration of the real class nature of RET: support the Zuptas and sections of black capital against “white monopoly capital” to whom the likes of the Ramaphosas, the Gordhans and Manuels are aligned. Don’t fight for jobs, a living wage, housing and decent services.
And of course Cosatu falls straight into the trap. They appear to have learned nothing from Polokwane. They simply jump from Zuma to Ramaphosa, the billionaire capitalist. He was not only the cheerleader behind the Marikana massacre. His fortune is intricately tied to big multinational corporations like Glencore. He is captured, but this time it is by a major agent of global capital. Once again Cosatu ignores the class interests of its members and backs a candidate of big business. The SACP denies it has yet followed suit, but it’s only a matter of time.
Neither Zuptas nor Ruperts
Residents in Town 2, occupy land in Khayelitsha. Picture credit: Ashraf Hendricks
We reject this false choice. We cannot reduce our struggle to choosing between the Zuptas and the Ramaphosheimers. Only if you are bound by the dogma of the “National Democratic Revolution” can you see our options in such a narrow way. Only if you believe that we must allow old and new capital to fight it out, before we can get on with the struggle against capitalism itself, does this make sense.
In fact, while Zuma, Gigaba (Gigupta?) and their Zupta gang try to divert us with this nonsense, ordinary people are getting on with the real struggle for Radical Economic Transformation. In Khayelitsha, in Ivory Park, local communities have not been waiting for debates on clauses in the constitution. They have been occupying land. And what is the response of the ANC / SACP / DA governments? Violence and repression against those local communities.
Of course this is almost inevitable. Once the ANC / SACP has made the choice to fight over the spoils of capitalist exploitation, the rest follows as night follows day. The mass of people don’t accept the suffering they have been given. As the unemployment figures rise above 9 million, with no prospect of even slowing this increase, ordinary people protest against their conditions. “Service Delivery Protests” are in fact isolated uprisings against horrific poverty. If the government is unable or unwilling to meet these calls it has little choice – it must repress them That is why we have seen a constant increase in state violence against ordinary, poor people who are trying to achieve a radical economic transformation of their own.
This is the context for the recent focus on horrific violence being perpetrated against women. We cover it in this issue in our article on the recent #menaretrash Amandla forum. But while we share the shock and outrage of this coverage, we also insist that we must sharpen our analysis. We must make the connection with the levels of violence generated by the state, with the violence of the degrading poverty of people’s lives.
Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma spoke recently at a gala dinner of the SA Funeral Practitioners Association. She made clear what she thinks the land debate is about: “we must be careful because foreign people are coming to buy land. Before we know it we will not have enough land for the growing population of our continent”. Once again, her target is foreign capital, not capital itself.
We cannot afford to be seduced into support for one faction of capital against another. In the last 20 years under ANC rule, big mining and finance capital has used its power over the economy to undermine radical programmes of redistribution and transformation. ANC and SACP politicians were bought and co-opted. The price was to continue as the custodians of an extractive and deindustrialising economy. An economy which fails to grow, which exports jobs and which continues to exclude and exploit workers.
But, as we explained in our last editorial, we can’t afford either to stand back from the unfolding struggles. The extended political crisis contains threats to civil liberties and human rights; and it has huge social and economic consequences.
At stake is several billion rand of unnecessary and damaging expenditure on nuclear power, to provide a feeding trough for the Zuptas. At stake is the downgrading of the economy, now in recession, with the worst effects felt by the poorest people. At stake are the lives of women suffering from an increasingly violent society.
And of course there is everything at stake for the subjects of the Gupta emails. They must know that if their faction fails to win the leadership of the ANC at the end of this year, they are in serious trouble. Zuma might be able to escape to Dubai, but there wouldn’t be room for all of them. However much they use expensive lawyers to delay, they must fear that they would eventually face criminal charges. And prison cells. So they will fight hard and dirty for that leadership.
Way forward
“The mass movements in SA would be wise to depend on their own independent mobilisations and campaigns to press home the demands of the working class and the poor, rather than wait for Jacob Zuma or anyone else to deliver to them. The very act of staking their claims, whether for decent houses, wages or jobs etc., builds organisation, creates higher levels of consciousness, solidarity, and, most importantly, a counter-power.”
This is what we said in the editorial of one of the first issues of Amandla, in March 2008, just after Polokwane.
It does not help that history has absolved us. The task remains. A way out of this cycle of poverty and violence can only be driven and sustained by a mobilised people. Land, especially urban land, has become a vital site of struggle. It is not demagogues with their ritualistic calls for “land expropriations with no compensation” that will make a difference. It is the actual organised occupations of vacant land by people who have no homes and who desperately need land.
Our task right now is to support Radical Economic Transformation from below, not to debate the meaning of Radical Economic Transformation from above with people who only want to use it as a smokescreen.
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Automated Generation of Reactive Programs from Human Demonstration for Orchestration of Robot Behaviors
Berenz, V., Bjelic, A., Mainprice, J.
ArXiv, 2019 (article)
Social robots or collaborative robots that have to interact with people in a reactive way are difficult to program. This difficulty stems from the different skills required by the programmer: to provide an engaging user experience the behavior must include a sense of aesthetics while robustly operating in a continuously changing environment. The Playful framework allows composing such dynamic behaviors using a basic set of action and perception primitives. Within this framework, a behavior is encoded as a list of declarative statements corresponding to high-level sensory-motor couplings. To facilitate non-expert users to program such behaviors, we propose a Learning from Demonstration (LfD) technique that maps motion capture of humans directly to a Playful script. The approach proceeds by identifying the sensory-motor couplings that are active at each step using the Viterbi path in a Hidden Markov Model (HMM). Given these activation patterns, binary classifiers called evaluations are trained to associate activations to sensory data. Modularity is increased by clustering the sensory-motor couplings, leading to a hierarchical tree structure. The novelty of the proposed approach is that the learned behavior is encoded not in terms of trajectories in a task space, but as couplings between sensory information and high-level motor actions. This provides advantages in terms of behavioral generalization and reactivity displayed by the robot.
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Berenz, V., Bjelic, A., Mainprice, J. Automated Generation of Reactive Programs from Human Demonstration for Orchestration of Robot Behaviors ArXiv, 2019 (article)
Forward models in visuomotor control
Mehta, B., Schaal, S.
J Neurophysiol, 88(2):942-53, August 2002, clmc (article)
In recent years, an increasing number of research projects investigated whether the central nervous system employs internal models in motor control. While inverse models in the control loop can be identified more readily in both motor behavior and the firing of single neurons, providing direct evidence for the existence of forward models is more complicated. In this paper, we will discuss such an identification of forward models in the context of the visuomotor control of an unstable dynamic system, the balancing of a pole on a finger. Pole balancing imposes stringent constraints on the biological controller, as it needs to cope with the large delays of visual information processing while keeping the pole at an unstable equilibrium. We hypothesize various model-based and non-model-based control schemes of how visuomotor control can be accomplished in this task, including Smith Predictors, predictors with Kalman filters, tapped-delay line control, and delay-uncompensated control. Behavioral experiments with human participants allow exclusion of most of the hypothesized control schemes. In the end, our data support the existence of a forward model in the sensory preprocessing loop of control. As an important part of our research, we will provide a discussion of when and how forward models can be identified and also the possible pitfalls in the search for forward models in control.
Mehta, B., Schaal, S. Forward models in visuomotor control J Neurophysiol, 88(2):942-53, August 2002, clmc (article)
Scalable techniques from nonparameteric statistics for real-time robot learning
Schaal, S., Atkeson, C. G., Vijayakumar, S.
Applied Intelligence, 17(1):49-60, 2002, clmc (article)
Locally weighted learning (LWL) is a class of techniques from nonparametric statistics that provides useful representations and training algorithms for learning about complex phenomena during autonomous adaptive control of robotic systems. This paper introduces several LWL algorithms that have been tested successfully in real-time learning of complex robot tasks. We discuss two major classes of LWL, memory-based LWL and purely incremental LWL that does not need to remember any data explicitly. In contrast to the traditional belief that LWL methods cannot work well in high-dimensional spaces, we provide new algorithms that have been tested on up to 90 dimensional learning problems. The applicability of our LWL algorithms is demonstrated in various robot learning examples, including the learning of devil-sticking, pole-balancing by a humanoid robot arm, and inverse-dynamics learning for a seven and a 30 degree-of-freedom robot. In all these examples, the application of our statistical neural networks techniques allowed either faster or more accurate acquisition of motor control than classical control engineering.
Schaal, S., Atkeson, C. G., Vijayakumar, S. Scalable techniques from nonparameteric statistics for real-time robot learning Applied Intelligence, 17(1):49-60, 2002, clmc (article)
A brachiating robot controller
Nakanishi, J., Fukuda, T., Koditschek, D. E.
IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, 16(2):109-123, 2000, clmc (article)
We report on our empirical studies of a new controller for a two-link brachiating robot. Motivated by the pendulum-like motion of an apeâ??s brachiation, we encode this task as the output of a â??target dynamical system.â? Numerical simulations indicate that the resulting controller solves a number of brachiation problems that we term the â??ladder,â? â??swing-up,â? and â??ropeâ? problems. Preliminary analysis provides some explanation for this success. The proposed controller is implemented on a physical system in our laboratory. The robot achieves behaviors including â??swing locomotionâ? and â??swing upâ? and is capable of continuous locomotion over several rungs of a ladder. We discuss a number of formal questions whose answers will be required to gain a full understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of this approach.
Nakanishi, J., Fukuda, T., Koditschek, D. E. A brachiating robot controller IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, 16(2):109-123, 2000, clmc (article)
Interaction of rhythmic and discrete pattern generators in single joint movements
Sternad, D., Dean, W. J., Schaal, S.
Human Movement Science, 19(4):627-665, 2000, clmc (article)
The study investigates a single-joint movement task that combines a translatory and cyclic component with the objective to investigate the interaction of discrete and rhythmic movement elements. Participants performed an elbow movement in the horizontal plane, oscillating at a prescribed frequency around one target and shifting to a second target upon a trigger signal, without stopping the oscillation. Analyses focused on extracting the mutual influences of the rhythmic and the discrete component of the task. Major findings are: (1) The onset of the discrete movement was confined to a limited phase window in the rhythmic cycle. (2) Its duration was influenced by the period of oscillation. (3) The rhythmic oscillation was "perturbed" by the discrete movement as indicated by phase resetting. On the basis of these results we propose a model for the coordination of discrete and rhythmic actions (K. Matsuoka, Sustained oscillations generated by mutually inhibiting neurons with adaptations, Biological Cybernetics 52 (1985) 367-376; Mechanisms of frequency and pattern control in the neural rhythm generators, Biological Cybernetics 56 (1987) 345-353). For rhythmic movements an oscillatory pattern generator is developed following models of half-center oscillations (D. Bullock, S. Grossberg, The VITE model: a neural command circuit for generating arm and articulated trajectories, in: J.A.S. Kelso, A.J. Mandel, M. F. Shlesinger (Eds.), Dynamic Patterns in Complex Systems. World Scientific. Singapore. 1988. pp. 305-326). For discrete movements a point attractor dynamics is developed close to the VITE model For each joint degree of freedom both pattern generators co-exist but exert mutual inhibition onto each other. The suggested modeling framework provides a unified account for both discrete and rhythmic movements on the basis of neuronal circuitry. Simulation results demonstrated that the effects observed in human performance can be replicated using the two pattern generators with a mutually inhibiting coupling.
Sternad, D., Dean, W. J., Schaal, S. Interaction of rhythmic and discrete pattern generators in single joint movements Human Movement Science, 19(4):627-665, 2000, clmc (article)
Dynamics of a bouncing ball in human performance
Sternad, D., Duarte, M., Katsumata, H., Schaal, S.
Physical Review E, 63(011902):1-8, 2000, clmc (article)
On the basis of a modified bouncing-ball model, we investigated whether human movements utilize principles of dynamic stability in their performance of a similar movement task. Stability analyses of the model provided predictions about conditions indicative of a dynamically stable period-one regime. In a series of experiments, human subjects bounced a ball rhythmically on a racket and displayed these conditions supporting that they attuned to and exploited the dynamic stability properties of the task.
Sternad, D., Duarte, M., Katsumata, H., Schaal, S. Dynamics of a bouncing ball in human performance Physical Review E, 63(011902):1-8, 2000, clmc (article)
Is imitation learning the route to humanoid robots?
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 3(6):233-242, 1999, clmc (article)
This review will focus on two recent developments in artificial intelligence and neural computation: learning from imitation and the development of humanoid robots. It will be postulated that the study of imitation learning offers a promising route to gain new insights into mechanisms of perceptual motor control that could ultimately lead to the creation of autonomous humanoid robots. This hope is justified because imitation learning channels research efforts towards three important issues: efficient motor learning, the connection between action and perception, and modular motor control in form of movement primitives. In order to make these points, first, a brief review of imitation learning will be given from the view of psychology and neuroscience. In these fields, representations and functional connections between action and perception have been explored that contribute to the understanding of motor acts of other beings. The recent discovery that some areas in the primate brain are active during both movement perception and execution provided a first idea of the possible neural basis of imitation. Secondly, computational approaches to imitation learning will be described, initially from the perspective of traditional AI and robotics, and then with a focus on neural network models and statistical learning research. Parallels and differences between biological and computational approaches to imitation will be highlighted. The review will end with an overview of current projects that actually employ imitation learning for humanoid robots.
Schaal, S. Is imitation learning the route to humanoid robots? Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 3(6):233-242, 1999, clmc (article)
Segmentation of endpoint trajectories does not imply segmented control
Sternad, D., Schaal, D.
Experimental Brain Research, 124(1):118-136, 1999, clmc (article)
While it is generally assumed that complex movements consist of a sequence of simpler units, the quest to define these units of action, or movement primitives, still remains an open question. In this context, two hypotheses of movement segmentation of endpoint trajectories in 3D human drawing movements are re-examined: (1) the stroke-based segmentation hypothesis based on the results that the proportionality coefficient of the 2/3 power law changes discontinuously with each new â??strokeâ?, and (2) the segmentation hypothesis inferred from the observation of piecewise planar endpoint trajectories of 3D drawing movements. In two experiments human subjects performed a set of elliptical and figure-8 patterns of different sizes and orientations using their whole arm in 3D. The kinematic characteristics of the endpoint trajectories and the seven joint angles of the arm were analyzed. While the endpoint trajectories produced similar segmentation features as reported in the literature, analyses of the joint angles show no obvious segmentation but rather continuous oscillatory patterns. By approximating the joint angle data of human subjects with sinusoidal trajectories, and by implementing this model on a 7-degree-of-freedom anthropomorphic robot arm, it is shown that such a continuous movement strategy can produce exactly the same features as observed by the above segmentation hypotheses. The origin of this apparent segmentation of endpoint trajectories is traced back to the nonlinear transformations of the forward kinematics of human arms. The presented results demonstrate that principles of discrete movement generation may not be reconciled with those of rhythmic movement as easily as has been previously suggested, while the generalization of nonlinear pattern generators to arm movements can offer an interesting alternative to approach the question of units of action.
Sternad, D., Schaal, D. Segmentation of endpoint trajectories does not imply segmented control Experimental Brain Research, 124(1):118-136, 1999, clmc (article)
Robot juggling: An implementation of memory-based learning
Control Systems Magazine, 14(1):57-71, 1994, clmc (article)
This paper explores issues involved in implementing robot learning for a challenging dynamic task, using a case study from robot juggling. We use a memory-based local modeling approach (locally weighted regression) to represent a learned model of the task to be performed. Statistical tests are given to examine the uncertainty of a model, to optimize its prediction quality, and to deal with noisy and corrupted data. We develop an exploration algorithm that explicitly deals with prediction accuracy requirements during exploration. Using all these ingredients in combination with methods from optimal control, our robot achieves fast real-time learning of the task within 40 to 100 trials.
Schaal, S., Atkeson, C. G. Robot juggling: An implementation of memory-based learning Control Systems Magazine, 14(1):57-71, 1994, clmc (article)
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A sister project to Amanzi for Food is based in KZN and is focussed on Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA). This project is also funded by the Water Research Commission and is led by Mahlathini Organics in Pietermaritzburg. Four CSA team members (Sylvester Selala, Mazwi Dlamini, Temakholo Mathebula and Nozipho Zwane), accompanied by a young guest from Belgium (Matheiu Berger) visited the Eastern Cape in February to meet with the Amanzi for Food team and the farmers and other members of the Imvotho Bubomi Learning Network. The idea was to see what synergies could be developed between the two projects and how the CSA project could provide further support to the farmers already working with Amanzi for Food. As the CSA project focusses very much on farmer experimentation, and many of the IBLN members are keen innovators, it seemed like a very good fit. Most of the practices being promoted within the Amanzi for Food project are also entirely appropriate for CSA, making the connection between the two even stronger.
The visit comprised an initial meeting between representatives of the 2 project teams, followed by 2 days of workshops and visits with members of the IBLN.
The first workshop on Valentine’s day, was held at Chief Mavuso’s Hall near Alice. It involved discussions on the difference between ‘weather’ (short-term events) and ‘climate’ (longer-term patterns and trends in the weather). The farmers were encouraged to say what changes they had seen in the local weather patterns over the years, and illustrated these through mapping rainfall and temperature changes through the year. They were then guided in the development of ‘reality maps’ identifying the possible impacts of climate change on their farming and on their communities.
On the following day a visit was made to a Youth Development Co-operative initiative near Mazotsheni village, northeast of Alice. Two members of the co-operative; Mrs Mandisa Mama and Mr Mncedi Madleni hosted the visit. The co-operative is experiencing problems with weeds and soil erosion when rain runs off the surrounding hills. There was a discussion on how to address these problems, in particular the soil erosion.
A final meeting was held in the TRC Hall in Alice where the idea of a ‘decision support system’ to help farmers decide on appropriate CSA practices was discussed. A document highlighting CSA practices would be made available to the farmers so that they could start to think about which practices they would be keen to try.
The connection between Amanzi for Food and the CSA project seems to be firmly established, and promises well for an exciting and productive future.
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Daniel Bensaïd’s Slow Impatience
Daniel Bensaïd, ‘An Impatient Life’, trans. David Fernbach (Verso, 2013)
Sunday 13 April 2014, by Dougal McNeill
This absorbing, affecting memoir is a beautiful testament to a richly productive and dignified life. Daniel Bensaïd spent over forty years as a partisan of the revolutionary left in France, writing, campaigning, organising and agitating. Drawn into Communist politics as a young man and then radicalised, along with a significant section of his generation, by anti-colonial struggle abroad and the events of 1968 at home, Bensaïd was a leader and theorist in the Ligue communiste révolutionnaire, a Trotskyist party that emerged, as a libertarian, free-thinking and inventive gathering together of the best of 1968. He represents so much of what is admirable about the militants of his generation. As well as being a fine writer, if David Fernbach’s elegant translation is any indication, Bensaïd was a thoughtful and reflective strategist. Too many memoirs of 1968 grub about in complacent nostalgia; Bensaïd’s interest was always in our possible future.
1968 in France was, of course, an extraordinary year, seeing one of the biggest mass strikes in history, workplace occupations, widespread student unrest and the revival of revolutionary hopes and ideas. Bensaïd was at the centre of all of this, and narrates a lively, sometimes sardonically funny, story of his generation’s political awakening. ‘We had all grown up in the historical sequence opened by the Great War and the Russian Revolution, on a continent that was now almost submerged,’ he writes; the events of 1968 shook up the stuffy certainties of the Left in France, smothered by a bureaucratic and tedious Stalinism that had, in the powerful influence of the Communist Party, dominated trade union, intellectual and political life for decades. Bensaïd and his co-thinkers re-discovered the libertarian, free-thinking and open traditions of the Russian Revolution, debating Trotsky, Lenin, Serge, Rosmer and Luxemburg as anti-imperialist rebellions abroad and mass strikes at home made the revolutionary tradition come alive again.
Theirs was a generation coming into adulthood with history ‘breathing down their necks’ – the inspiration and example of Che Guevera and the Cuban revolutionaries; the urgent demands of Vietnam, its people fighting heroically against the US empire; Black Power; the first re-stirrings of women’s liberation, all of this made History feel alive and present after childhoods spent in conformity and relative political stability. The LCR – banned by the French state early in its life, and needing renamed as its leaders came out from underground hiding – combined youthful flair and exuberance with a willingness to re-discover suppressed traditions of dissent.
So far, perhaps, so familiar. There are plenty of memoirs of ageing baby boomers about, most eventually rounding on the failings of the generations since their own. Bensaïd’s book is different, almost an anti-memoir. ‘Enough harking back on 1968, enough generational effusions, memories of youthful companionship at the finest age of life. Too much has been said, and too much made […] We were not born to political action in 1968, and we are not hostages of this imaginary birth.’ Bensaïd is more interested in what comes after, the years of ‘hasty Leninism’ as the new groupings of radicals and revolutionaries face the challenges of organising in the 1970s, their young excitement turning into lives shaped by commitment to a cause.
Bensaïd’s work as a leader of the Fourth International takes him to Latin America, Argentina and Brazil in particular, making contact with militants and organisations, arguing politics, thinking through strategy. These parts of the book are particularly affecting – many of the political friends Bensaïd makes he loses to torture and shooting by US-backed dictators – and self-critical. Bensaïd does not avoid reckoning with what he calls the ‘Guevarist voluntarism’ of the Fourth International, and its acts ‘of faith in the virtues of exemplary action.’ Inspired by the example of Che, and taking seriously his demand that the job of revolutionaries was to make the revolution, Bensaïd and his co-thinkers romanticised armed struggle, seeing in it a test of revolutionary seriousness. They needed to learn, and paid a high price in the process, that reformists can carry guns, too, and that there are no substitutes for independent workers’ activity. Their Latin American co-thinkers learned these lessons often at the cost of comrades’ lives; Bensaïd pays tribute to them through a sombre reckoning with these defeats and setbacks. The excitement of the times – the forces that would create the PT (Workers’ Party) in Brazil defying the Generals; the left resurgent in Argentina; the example of Cuba still energising the continent – is evoked alongside its aftermath. They were ‘running headlong into an open grave,’ he writes, their obsession with armed struggle hastening their own organisations’ disintegration and disorientation.
As the revolutionary offensives of the 1970s were beaten back by the neo-liberal reaction of the 1980s, many of Bensaïd’s generation made their peace with the system, seeking comfortable careers and promotions inside France’s Socialist Party, or going over to the side of open reaction and empire, in the case of the ‘New Philosophers.’ Radicals who a decade ago had expected revolution around every corner decided now that, having turned the corner and found more struggles to come, History was finished: liberal capitalism was the horizon. Bensaïd is quietly scornful of this kind of impoverished view: No one chooses their historical moment. You have to be content with the challenges and opportunities that the era offers […] When great hopes have lead in their wings, little ones spring up like mushrooms on the ground, in everyday resistance and miniscule conspiracies.
The choices that a revolutionary makes are not to do with whether revolution is likely any time soon, but to do with what humanity needs, what answers exist for the urgent questions – questions now ecological, economic, social – facing us:
Bad faith claims that the world is doing fine, and above all that nothing need be changed. Resignation murmurs that there is cause for concern, but that nothing can be done, the market being natural and inequality eternal. The senile cynic, finally, admits that not all is for the best in this best of worlds, but goes on to add right away that humanity is too mediocre to alter the course of things.
Yet eternity does not exist, so it is necessary to wager […] The notion of commitment clumsily evokes this logical wager on the uncertain. A secular, everyday wager, launched anew each day. The wager, unavoidable as long as the necessary and the possible remain in disagreement, is made by countless people across the world, however discreetly.
This wager never involves dogmatism. An Impatient Life splices chapters of memory with chapters of speculation and theoretical summary, thoughts on everything from the nature of historical time to Jewish identity to the role of theory. ‘A theory proves its vitality by the fruitfulness of the controversies it arouses’: Marxism retains its relevance as a guide to action, a method and means for strategising, thinking through the world. History and tradition, in this memoir, are offered as things to think with. ‘These historical references furnished, if not models, at least valuable strategic reference points’: an anti-Stalinist Marxism looks to the examples of past revolutions to learn and to reflect for next time. Bensaïd’s fidelity to 1968 is in a different thought-world from most exercises in nostalgia. He stresses imaginative, experimental, open thinking not – as many on the left now suggest – because historical questions have somehow become irrelevant, or because theoretical controversy is out-dated, but the better to be able to think with the intensity the moment requires:
This non-doctrinaire critical theory is constantly fuelled by social struggles and practices whose impersonal logic it unravels. The question then is to know whether there still exists, in this ticklish plurality of a thousand Marxisms, a common denominator that can justify the generic name they still claim. Too generous a proliferation of ‘Marxisms’ could in fact lead to their dissolution pure and simple, in a cultural broth lacking heuristic vigour or practical pertinence.
Particularly interesting are Bensaïd’s reflections on his Jewish heritage, an identity he had little interest in reflecting on until Zionist terror in Palestine – carried out in the name of Jews everywhere – forced him to make a different account. The strong component of Jewish origin among the rebel youth of the 1960s is hardly a sociological mystery. They were, for the most part, sons and daughters of survivors […] Our war had not yet ended. […] From being intransigent against anti-Semitism, we now came out also as resolutely anti-Zionist, deeply convinced that, far from being incompatible, the two things went together. Refusing to accept the pariah status of the Palestinians essentially meant remaining faithful to the history of Jewish suffering.
Bensaïd’s reading and writing in Jewish radical traditions – and, wonderfully, in and around the writing of Walter Benjamin – links these personal and familial connections, and the history of Jewish suffering in Europe, with the urgent anti-imperialist task of standing alongside Palestinian resistance: We too have had to learn this biblical patience, this old Jewish patience going back more than five thousand years, and transformed today into the patience and endurance of the Palestinians.
Reading this memoir was a strangely exciting, unsettling experience. There is much to learn from these pages, and much pleasure to take from their unsentimentally emotional fidelity to the cause of revolution and human liberation. Bensaïd was an immensely stylish figure, too, unafraid of writing an allusive, richly philosophical prose, alert to historical ironies and dialectical humour. Too often on the left in Aotearoa we veer between staid and boring writing – worrying whether it is accessible or not – and an equally dull academic style, anxiously establishing respectability. Bensaïd is intellectual without ever seeming academic; the divisions and gate-keeping of university life were totally foreign to him. He is partisan militant and committed whilst keeping up a sprightly, delightful writing style, seeming to insist in this that beauty and aesthetics are too precious to hand over to the other side.
Most of all, this is an energising book, a book that reminds us of the rightness of refusing the inevitability of capitalism and war, of the promise of international solidarity and socialism, of our responsibility to all those who have made sacrifices in this struggle. Fidelity, in politics, does not mean monogamy: ideas and parties are right only so long as they are useful for human liberation and advance that cause. Fidelity itself, however, is essential. This is a long struggle.
Bensaïd died, much too young, weakened by AIDS, in 2010. The original French edition of this book came out in 2004, before the Global Financial Crisis, the deepening radicalisation in Venezuela, the Arab revolutions. I wish we had Bensaïd still with us to offer the insights and provocations of his free-thinking Marxism for the current age. The example An Impatient Life offers is the next-best substitute:
I have no religious sense of redemptive suffering. I have never conceived of my commitments as asceticism or reparation. I have never taken vows of intellectual poverty of chastity. As a young Communist, I took an immediate dislike to the bureaucratic bigotry of the Stalinist priests and its Maoist counterpart. The young red guards in their French version, hymning the thoughts of the Great Helmsman, were odious to me – these little monks who gave their person to the Cause (of the people or the proletariat). The Cause? It never occurred to me to sacrifice to such ventriloquous idols. Political militancy for me is the opposite of a sad passion. A joyous experience despite its bad moments. My party, like that of Heine, is ‘the party of flowers and nightingales.
This review was first published in International Socialist Organisation of Aotearoa/New Zealand..
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ATH Interviews: Los Campesinos!
January 29, 2009 RayRay 3 comments
As a preview to their show at The Parish tomorrow night, ATH had the opportunity to sit down with Ellen Campesinos to ask her a few questions about her band Los Campesinos! Ellen touches on her musical inspirations and makes it well known that the band supports our newest president. Follow the jump for the full interview
New Music From Handsom Furs
January 15, 2009 RayRay Leave a comment
This week has been pretty crazy for new music from big name acts and now Handsom Furs are gettin’ in on the fun. New track “I’m Confused” from upcoming LP Face Control just popped up on the web today and is already getting heavy rotation at the ATH offices. It’s got some dirty sounding guitar work mixed in with a pretty typical Handsom Furs synth beat. You can get your hands on the new album March 10th via the always awesome Sub Pop label. The band also plans to be a part of our SXSW festival in March.
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Download: Handsom Furs – I’m Confused [MP3]
January 7, 2009 RayRay 2 comments
It’s never to early to start getting your plans made for SXSW. Do512 has a pretty sweet list of artists that have been confirmed so far. Who are you looking forward to?
FFF Fest Interviews: Trail of Dead
November 11, 2008 RayRay One comment
After …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead’s rowdy set at Funx3 Fest this weekend, ATH had the opportunity to speak with band members Conrad Keely, Jason Reece & Kevin Allen. The Austin-based guys tell us why two drummers are really necessary, what we can expect from their new LP, and how music in Austin has changed over the years. Follow the jump for the full interview.
FFF Fest Interviews: Bishop Allen
November 4, 2008 raygun 2 comments
Justin Rice of Brooklyn based Bishop Allen recently took the time to chat with ATH about their upcoming stop in Austin for Fun Fun Fun Fest. Topics covered include their upcoming album, their roles in Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist and the 12 EP’s they released in 2006. We offer up the full interview and a little something to take with you after the jump.
ACL Preview: Colour Revolt
September 22, 2008 RayRay Leave a comment
This being the week leading up to ACL, we’re going to preview the Festival by offering you a feature of a few bands we’re pumped about seeing. We’ll try to keep it to bands that might be a little left of center or not quite on everyone’s radar. Today, we take a quick look at Colour Revolt out of Oxford, Mississippi. A short bio, song preview and a ton of links after the jump.
06/21 Grand Archives Show + Interview
June 24, 2008 RayRay 2 comments
The people at Stubb’s Austin were treated to an outstanding set by Seattle’s own Grand Archives on Saturday night. The band mostly stuck to songs from their self titled debut album Grand Archives, which came out earlier this year in February. The set list provided a good mix of upbeat songs along with some of the slower tracks from the album. One big highlight for me was the superb cover of Sam Cooke’s popular R&B song “Another Saturday Night”. Most members of the audience were cracking smiles and singing along to the huge ’60s hit from the late singer. Read more
SXSW Hipsters
June 13, 2008 Ed Booth One comment
A little something to carry you into the weekend.
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Hans-Ulrich Obrist’s New Do It Video Tells You to Do It With Social Media
by Corinna Kirsch on April 29, 2014
But why should we do it?
Friday Links: Looks Old, but It’s New
by Corinna Kirsch and Whitney Kimball on March 7, 2014
After so many art fairs, we feel woozy. Just like this Garfield. [Imgur]
“My guest tonight is an activist working to transform poor neighborhoods with art,” said Stephen Colbert, introducing last night’s talk show guest Theaster Gates. “Well, that explains all the chalk outlines in Chicago,” he added. [The Colbert Report]
Sydney Biennale protesters prevail! Luca Belgiorno-Nettis, the Biennale’s chairman and director of Transfield Holdings, a contractor for Australia’s network of immigration detention centers, has resigned. In addition, the Biennale has formally cut all ties to Transfield Holdings. [The Guardian]
California gets a new art fair, Silicon Valley Contemporary. The fair, opening in April, aspires to introduce techies to the joys of collecting art. [Silicon Valley Contemporary]
What animals, these journalists using their cars to chase down the presumed founder of Bitcoin! [Reuters, Slate, The Internet]
Martha Schwendener visits the Independent art fair and finds “plenty of work that looks old but is actually new, and vice versa.” Nostalgia abounds. [The New York Times]
Another sparkling Baer Faxt Report this morning contains a rant about the Basquiat estate’s authentication lawsuit against Christie’s. “Might their action for $1 million, alleging copyright issues really be driven by an enormous bill the IRS is seeking from the estate??” Baer wonders. Also from Baer Faxt: Botero has left Marlborough Gallery. [Gossip]
Seriously, Josh Baer is on a roll. He notes that Sell You Later is selling a quarter of its art market algorithms to ten people for $3,500 each. They’ve already sold out, although Sell You Later’s calculations are a little murky; the “web presence” factor, for example, might put somebody like Tauba Auerbach in the “peaking” category because she’s between shows. Tellingly, the list is also made up of artists who seem to do well at the fairs. The algorithms also capture art world gender bias. [Sell You Later]
Sell You Later also got a mention in a recent New York Times assessment of the super-rich-driven contemporary art boom. As Ben Davis predicted in 9.5 Theses on Art and Class, the success of top sellers is both luring more producers and creating more stress on a middle which can’t sustainably compete. Leaving the market to so few individuals is also a dangerous trend. The Times quotes Anders Petterson, the founder of ArtTactic: “if prices rise too much, this clique could lose interest and move on to something else, and if they lose interest, a lot of other people would lose interest as well.” [The New York Times]
Media has come out with a few more delayed but in-depth Robert Ashley obits, which celebrate the composer’s role in re-imagining opera and music, in the TV age. This was true while he was alive, too, but few people seemed to celebrate his legacy, save for avid admirers like Dave Ruder, who staged an outdoor “Perfect Lives” tribute across the city in 2011. Ruder’s written a beautiful obit on how Robert Ashley changed his life. Meeting Ashley, to him, was “meeting Shakespeare or Mozart.” [obit]
Tuesday Links: More Fair Season Cheer
by Paddy Johnson Whitney Kimball and Corinna Kirsch on March 4, 2014
The avant-garde composer Robert Ashley, who was probably best known for his television opera “Perfect Lives,” has died at age 83. [Pitchfork]
160 years later, the New York Times published corrections to its original piece on Solomon Northup, the man whose story inspired the film 12 Years a Slave. The Times misspelled Northup’s name. [The New York Times, via The Verge]
A sex tape allegedly featuring Marilyn Monroe, JFK, and RFK will not be sold at auction. Not this time. [Daily Mail]
The Guardian’s Art Critic Adrian Searle speculated over Twitter this weekend that Manifesta 10, which is slated to take place in St. Petersburg, will not take place due to Russia’s role in the civil unrest in the nearby Ukraine. Yuri Leiderman, an artist who participated in the first Manifesta and is a native of the Ukraine has written an appeal urging the international community to boycott the event and to spread his words. Leiderman’s appeal is now on e-flux founder Anton Vidokle’s Facebook page. So far, Manifesta has made no statement. Readers can harass them over Twitter. [Facebook]
The Cleveland Museum of Art has tagged unspecified millions, out of a $10 million donation, to community outreach as well as the purchase of Native American paintings. [Artforum, via the Cleveland Plain-Dealer]
Who’s up for three fair seasons! The Independent has announced that it’ll replicate its feeding frenzy in New York again in November, to coincide with the auctions. “We wanted to do something different,” fair founder Elizabeth Dee told Gallerist. Yeah, another fair in New York. That’s really different. [GalleristNY]
The Domino Sugar Factory will be turned into high rises as planned, but thanks to Bill de Blasio, those buildings will now include 700 units of affordable housing. That’s up from the originally promised 660, but short of the mayor’s original ask by approximately 20 units. [ANIMAL New York]
Student loans: Ruining the economy for everyone. [TIME]
Georgia’s Kennesaw State University opened its new museum this weekend. Two days prior to the opening, museum staff were ordered to remove an installation by artist Ruth Stanford; it featured artifacts from the home of the late Georgia writer Cora May Harris. Opponents claim that Harris, who is known for writing in defense of racism, “did not align with the celebratory atmosphere of the museum’s opening.” [CBS Atlanta]
Closing Week Performa Picks
by Whitney Kimball on November 17, 2011
This year's Performa Biennial has one week of programming left, so this is your chance to catch the last of it. This week's highlights range from a beerfest to rare revivals of groundbreaking performance works.
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Kashmir's Fruits of Discord
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/09/opinion/09roy.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=a211
Kashmir’s Fruits of Discord
By ARUNDHATI ROY
A WEEK before he was elected in 2008, President Obama said that solving the dispute over Kashmir’s struggle for self-determination — which has led to three wars between India and Pakistan since 1947 — would be among his “critical tasks.” His remarks were greeted with consternation in India, and he has said almost nothing about Kashmir since then.
But on Monday, during his visit here, he pleased his hosts immensely by saying the United States would not intervene in Kashmir and announcing his support for India’s seat on the United Nations Security Council. While he spoke eloquently about threats of terrorism, he kept quiet about human rights abuses in Kashmir.
Whether Mr. Obama decides to change his position on Kashmir again depends on several factors: how the war in Afghanistan is going, how much help the United States needs from Pakistan and whether the government of India goes aircraft shopping this winter. (An order for 10 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, worth $5.8 billion, among other huge business deals in the pipeline, may ensure the president’s silence.) But neither Mr. Obama’s silence nor his intervention is likely to make the people in Kashmir drop the stones in their hands.
I was in Kashmir 10 days ago, in that beautiful valley on the Pakistani border, home to three great civilizations — Islamic, Hindu and Buddhist. It’s a valley of myth and history. Some believe that Jesus died there; others that Moses went there to find the lost tribe. Millions worship at the Hazratbal shrine, where a few days a year a hair of the Prophet Muhammad is displayed to believers.
Now Kashmir, caught between the influence of militant Islam from Pakistan and Afghanistan, America’s interests in the region and Indian nationalism (which is becoming increasingly aggressive and “Hinduized”), is considered a nuclear flash point. It is patrolled by more than half a million soldiers and has become the most highly militarized zone in the world.
The atmosphere on the highway between Kashmir’s capital, Srinagar, and my destination, the little apple town of Shopian in the south, was tense. Groups of soldiers were deployed along the highway, in the orchards, in the fields, on the rooftops and outside shops in the little market squares. Despite months of curfew, the “stone pelters” calling for “azadi” (freedom), inspired by the Palestinian intifada, were out again. Some stretches of the highway were covered with so many of these stones that you needed an S.U.V. to drive over them.
Fortunately the friends I was with knew alternative routes down the back lanes and village roads. The “longcut” gave me the time to listen to their stories of this year’s uprising. The youngest, still a boy, told us that when three of his friends were arrested for throwing stones, the police pulled out their fingernails — every nail, on both hands.
For three years in a row now, Kashmiris have been in the streets, protesting what they see as India’s violent occupation. But the militant uprising against the Indian government that began with the support of Pakistan 20 years ago is in retreat. The Indian Army estimates that there are fewer than 500 militants operating in the Kashmir Valley today. The war has left 70,000 dead and tens of thousands debilitated by torture. Many, many thousands have “disappeared.” More than 200,000 Kashmiri Hindus have fled the valley. Though the number of militants has come down, the number of Indian soldiers deployed remains undiminished.
But India’s military domination ought not to be confused with a political victory. Ordinary people armed with nothing but their fury have risen up against the Indian security forces. A whole generation of young people who have grown up in a grid of checkpoints, bunkers, army camps and interrogation centers, whose childhood was spent witnessing “catch and kill” operations, whose imaginations are imbued with spies, informers, “unidentified gunmen,” intelligence operatives and rigged elections, has lost its patience as well as its fear. With an almost mad courage, Kashmir’s young have faced down armed soldiers and taken back their streets.
Since April, when the army killed three civilians and then passed them off as “terrorists,” masked stone throwers, most of them students, have brought life in Kashmir to a grinding halt. The Indian government has retaliated with bullets, curfew and censorship. Just in the last few months, 111 people have been killed, most of them teenagers; more than 3,000 have been wounded and 1,000 arrested.
But still they come out, the young, and throw stones. They don’t seem to have leaders or belong to a political party. They represent themselves. And suddenly the second-largest standing army in the world doesn’t quite know what to do. The Indian government doesn’t know whom to negotiate with. And many Indians are slowly realizing they have been lied to for decades. The once solid consensus on Kashmir suddenly seems a little fragile.
I WAS in a bit of trouble the morning we drove to Shopian. A few days earlier, at a public meeting in Delhi, I said that Kashmir was disputed territory and, contrary to the Indian government’s claims, it couldn’t be called an “integral” part of India. Outraged politicians and news anchors demanded that I be arrested for sedition. The government, terrified of being seen as “soft,” issued threatening statements, and the situation escalated. Day after day, on prime-time news, I was being called a traitor, a white-collar terrorist and several other names reserved for insubordinate women. But sitting in that car on the road to Shopian, listening to my friends, I could not bring myself to regret what I had said in Delhi.
We were on our way to visit a man called Shakeel Ahmed Ahangar. The previous day he had come all the way to Srinagar, where I had been staying, to press me, with an urgency that was hard to ignore, to visit Shopian.
I first met Shakeel in June 2009, only a few weeks after the bodies of Nilofar, his 22-year-old wife, and Asiya, his 17-year-old sister, were found lying a thousand yards apart in a shallow stream in a high-security zone — a floodlit area between army and state police camps. The first postmortem report confirmed rape and murder. But then the system kicked in. New autopsy reports overturned the initial findings and, after the ugly business of exhuming the bodies, rape was ruled out. It was declared that in both cases the cause of death was drowning. Protests shut Shopian down for 47 days, and the valley was convulsed with anger for months. Eventually it looked as though the Indian government had managed to defuse the crisis. But the anger over the killings has magnified the intensity of this year’s uprising.
Shakeel wanted us to visit him in Shopian because he was being threatened by the police for speaking out, and hoped our visit would demonstrate that people even outside of Kashmir were looking out for him, that he was not alone.
It was apple season in Kashmir and as we approached Shopian we could see families in their orchards, busily packing apples into wooden crates in the slanting afternoon light. I worried that a couple of the little red-cheeked children who looked so much like apples themselves might be crated by mistake. The news of our visit had preceded us, and a small knot of people were waiting on the road.
Shakeel’s house is on the edge of the graveyard where his wife and sister are buried. It was dark by the time we arrived, and there was a power failure. We sat in a semicircle around a lantern and listened to him tell the story we all knew so well. Other people entered the room. Other terrible stories poured out, ones that are not in human rights reports, stories about what happens to women who live in remote villages where there are more soldiers than civilians. Shakeel’s young son tumbled around in the darkness, moving from lap to lap. “Soon he’ll be old enough to understand what happened to his mother,” Shakeel said more than once.
Just when we rose to leave, a messenger arrived to say that Shakeel’s father-in-law — Nilofar’s father — was expecting us at his home. We sent our regrets; it was late and if we stayed longer it would be unsafe for us to drive back.
Minutes after we said goodbye and crammed ourselves into the car, a friend’s phone rang. It was a journalist colleague of his with news for me: “The police are typing up the warrant. She’s going to be arrested tonight.” We drove in silence for a while, past truck after truck being loaded with apples. “It’s unlikely,” my friend said finally. “It’s just psy-ops.”
But then, as we picked up speed on the highway, we were overtaken by a car full of men waving us down. Two men on a motorcycle asked our driver to pull over. I steeled myself for what was coming. A man appeared at the car window. He had slanting emerald eyes and a salt-and-pepper beard that went halfway down his chest. He introduced himself as Abdul Hai, father of the murdered Nilofar.
“How could I let you go without your apples?” he said. The bikers started loading two crates of apples into the back of our car. Then Abdul Hai reached into the pockets of his worn brown cloak, and brought out an egg. He placed it in my palm and folded my fingers over it. And then he placed another in my other hand. The eggs were still warm. “God bless and keep you,” he said, and walked away into the dark. What greater reward could a writer want?
I wasn’t arrested that night. Instead, in what is becoming a common political strategy, officials outsourced their displeasure to the mob. A few days after I returned home, the women’s wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (the right-wing Hindu nationalist opposition) staged a demonstration outside my house, calling for my arrest. Television vans arrived in advance to broadcast the event live. The murderous Bajrang Dal, a militant Hindu group that, in 2002, spearheaded attacks against Muslims in Gujarat in which more than a thousand people were killed, have announced that they are going to “fix” me with all the means at their disposal, including by filing criminal charges against me in different courts across the country.
Indian nationalists and the government seem to believe that they can fortify their idea of a resurgent India with a combination of bullying and Boeing airplanes. But they don’t understand the subversive strength of warm, boiled eggs.
Arundhati Roy is the author of the novel “The God of Small Things” and, most recently, the essay collection “Field Notes on Democracy: Listening to Grasshoppers.”
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Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: GOP BARBIE, Maverick, McCain, MOOSE KILL, MOOSEMAMA, NEOCON, Palin's going rogue, REPUBLICAN CARTOON, SARA PALIN, WAL MART MAMA — kerry @ 12:06 pm
Palin’s ‘going rogue,’ McCain aide says
From Dana Bash, Peter Hamby and John King
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (CNN) — With 10 days until Election Day, long-brewing tensions between GOP vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin and key aides to Sen. John McCain have become so intense, they are spilling out in public, sources say. Several McCain advisers have suggested to CNN that they have become increasingly frustrated with what one aide described as Palin “going rogue.”A Palin associate, however, said the candidate is simply trying to “bust free” of what she believes was a damaging and mismanaged roll-out.McCain sources say Palin has gone off-message several times, and they privately wonder whether the incidents were deliberate. They cited an instance in which she labeled robocalls — recorded messages often used to attack a candidate’s opponent — “irritating” even as the campaign defended their use. Also, they pointed to her telling reporters she disagreed with the campaign’s decision to pull out of Michigan. Watch why the campaign is fighting »
A second McCain source says she appears to be looking out for herself more than the McCain campaign.
“She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone,” said this McCain adviser. “She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else.
“Also, she is playing for her own future and sees herself as the next leader of the party. Remember: Divas trust only unto themselves, as they see themselves as the beginning and end of all wisdom.””Also, she is playing for her own future and sees herself as the next leader of the party. Remember: Divas trust only unto themselves, as they see themselves as the beginning and end of all wisdom.” http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/25/palin.tension/index.html?section=cnn_latest
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With Cruel Intent
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With Cruel Intent - Larsen Dennis
Dennis Larsen
“There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.”
--Siddhartha Gautama ~ 400 BC
The hammer snapped forward sending the firing pin into the primer cap of the 9mm cartridge. Smoke arose from the barrel as the metal-jacketed slug whined through the air towards the intended target. He rarely missed; hours near the little shed pumping rounds into soup cans had perfected his aim and honed his craft. Gunpowder now filled his nostrils propelling his memory back in time; his dad standing with him on the makeshift gun-range, the Beretta seemed much larger then. He could almost hear the patient, soothing whisper of his father's voice very close to his ear. The strong embrace as he wrapped the boy in his arms, steadying the youth's frame comforted the eager student, holding the handgun outstretched and shaking slightly.
'That's it son, breathe easy, when you're ready to fire, hold your breath and squeeze the trigger. Don't jerk it! Slow and easy, now go ahead, take the shot.'
Oh, how he desired to hear those words again. To feel his father's presence, to smell his aftershave or to be wrapped in his arms; he would give everything he had for just a brief moment in time.
The weight of the gun bouncing off his thigh brought his thoughts to the present and the work at hand. An anonymous source had requested his 'special talent' and was willing to pay mightily for it. In the back of his mind, he knew it was almost too good to be true, but who was he to question as his ego reminded him that he was certainly in a class by himself.
'Stir things up!' they'd said.
That was something he knew how to do and the gun would be his insurance.
Thick humidity hung in the air, countless, tiny particles collectively suffocating Blanche as she stood on the corner of 300 Woodrow Wilson Drive. Sunshine streaked through the branches of the ancient oak that stood as a sentinel over the once prominent public library. Recent years had taken their toll on the regal structure that housed both the library and the regional museum. Weather, heat and public indifference had worn on the old girl and she was showing her age much like Baby Jane had in the classic Southern thriller. Gone were the days of government funding and the money pouring in from benefactors like Andrew Carnegie. Self interest and a soaring debt had taken care of almost all of the money needed to keep the library operational, however, a small donation here and there and some money still left over from a grant provided at the death of the towns “Bookmobile Lady” had kept the doors open, at least for now.
Blanche took a white, neatly folded and starched handkerchief from her small clutch and noted the dampness even prior to its use. Gently, she blotted her forehead and nose being careful not to smear her makeup and returned the hanky to her purse.
“Much hotter here than I expected,” she muttered to herself, realizing that she was indeed in a public place and talking to oneself was perhaps not uncommon in the South, but still could label one as ‘odd’.
Doing her best to push the heat, humidity and lack of confidence aside she smoothed her silk-lined pencil skirt over her flat abdomen and ran her hands quickly over her behind for good measure.
“Okay, here goes nothing,” she mused, as she took the first few steps to a new life and the unknown that awaited her in Valdosta, Georgia; fifty six thousand strong in the heart and soul of the 'never say die' confederacy.
Ms. Blanche D. Delaney was born in a rather quaint, unassuming town in southern Utah. Grew up as most kids did in the late 70’s, her days spent in class and evenings playing ‘kick the can’ until dark then ‘no bears are out tonight’ until parents would call them in for the night. It was a simpler time. Two recent wars behind them, people were getting back to work, the economy was thriving and families didn’t perceive a rapist or serial killer behind every closed door. Children were able to roam the streets, playing at will and occasionally getting into mischief. On one memorable outing, Blanche and her ever-eager friend Holly had snuck into the local theater to catch the R- rated, taboo flick, The Fearless Vampire Killers. When her parents learned of the incident, one would have thought the world was coming to an end, ranting about the lack of morals and the decay of modern society. The reaction was a little overblown for Blanche who at 12 didn’t care much about rock and roll, drugs, the hippie culture and certainly not boys.
She was, however, very interested in the forbidden love of a crazed fiend or the swashbuckling antics of every Harlequin romance villain she had read about from the time she could put two words together. Hours had passed in a fantasy land filled with beautiful women and savage men traversing uncharted landscapes in search of treasure but usually only finding love and lust. Her affair with literature and in particular romance novels had led her to college in Arizona where she obtained her degree in library studies and met Anthony, or Tony as he liked to be called, in her last year. Looking back on their relationship Blanche could not figure out what it was about him, beyond his strong jaw and blonde wavy hair that she found appealing. So it came as little or no surprise that after seven years of living together he greeted her at the door of their apartment, suitcase in one hand and their dog, Cuddles, in the other and announced, “I can’t hide my need to be me any longer, I’ve found someone who understands me and my urges and I’ll be moving in with him. Please put my things aside and I’ll be by to get them in a day or two.”
Blanche had to catch herself to prevent tumbling down the stairs of the complex, “Did you say, HIM?” her mouth hanging open, arms lifeless at her sides.
Tony had acted very matter of fact about the whole thing, suggesting that she was standing in his way of a brighter future. What did that mean anyway, and no wonder she’d never felt any connection or burning intimacy with him. She craved and longed for a ‘Jessie’ to ride into town, pull her into his arms and ride off into the sunset, but no, here she was, two jobs later, the economy tanking and no mystery man, no ‘Count Dracula’ and thankfully no Tony Two-steps.
At 33, Valdosta had come as a bit of a shock, after all she’d put her resumes out to over 100 jurisdictions including Saginaw, Michigan, voted ten years running one of the worst and most dangerous places to live in the USA, however, even Saginaw needed a librarian and anything was better than wasting away in Podunksville, AZ collecting unemployment. The offer was enticing especially considering that they were prepared to hire her without an interview thus sparing her the cost of a plane ticket and the possible let down that would follow if she didn’t get the job. The Internet had been encouraging, listing warm temperatures, friendly small-town atmosphere, lower cost of living and lots of parks and trails that would lend themselves to Blanche’s need to keep her body toned.
Her years in Arizona and Utah had harbored within her a yearning to feel the warm rays of the sun caressing her limbs as she jogged the many river washes and ravines that crisscrossed the southwest desert. In Blanche’s mind she was an attractive woman, not really anything special. She had to admit that she was in good physical shape and had been amply blessed in the bosom department, although she never saw herself as busty. Her brothers had never given her any indication that she was shapely and continued to call her flat-chested even when the boys at school noted her sweaters were taking on a life of their own. She ate well, salads and nasty looking green
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Bask Constructs “When It Rains It Pours” Series
1xRun: Tell us a bit about these pieces, was it part of a recent series of work, theme or show that you had?
Bask: Every section of this piece was individually painted and processed over 6 times. And the Bomb was processed over 10 times to achieve the smooth but textured look I wanted. These “When It Rains, It Pours” multiples are not related to any current series but they are pieces I’ve wanted to do for a while now. I first did version of this painting back in 2004 as a gift for a close friend of mine. And most recently/notably I was commissioned by Robert Downey Jr. to recreate a 15ft tall version for Iron Man 3. But in between those, I’ve done several versions that always present this piece in a new and original way. This release is a direct example of that. I wanted to dissect the elements and create a piece that is brought together layer by layer, level by level.
1xRUN: When were these pieces created and what materials were used?
Bask: My assistant and I have been working 10 hour days for the past 10 days getting these built, painted and assembled. The materials used were fence posts, plywood cut down to size and worked over with latex, enamel, spray-paint and mixed media collage.
Bask: I’ve had the idea to make a multi level version of this piece for a while now. And after discussing the idea with Jesse Cory of 1xRUN and Inner State Gallery, I wanted to raise the bar even further by doing multiple versions of this concept instead of just one.
1xRun: How long did these pieces take from start to finish?
Bask: 10, 10 hour days where my assistant and I worked almost non stop. I treated every section as if it was a individual painting. Even though this is a set of 30, each piece was treated as if it was the only one.
1xRun: What is unique about this series?
Bask: What is unique about this series is that aside from the look and construction is that each piece is a literal original piece of art even though it’s in a set of 30. The layout is the same in them all but no two piece are alike. Every piece is one of a kind and is just in a family of 30 siblings.
1xRun: Why should people buy one of these pieces?
Bask: Because another set like this will not come around ever again.
1xRun: What have you been up to since you’ve been back home from Pow Wow Hawaii?
Bask: I’ve spent time catching up on a few commissions and getting new work ready for my solo show at Black Book Gallery in Denver this May. I also just did a 3 wall mural in my home town along with creating this new series being released.
1xRun: Any big events or shows coming up as 2014 is getting underway?
Bask: As mentioned, a solo show at Black Book Gallery in Denver and a solo show at Inner State Gallery in Detroit later this summer.
1xRun: You’ll be joining us for a solo show at Inner State Gallery, you lived in Detroit for a bit, what were some of your favorite things about the city?
Bask: There are so many things to list. But above all, I found the landscape incredibly inspiring. The look and feel of this city has a richness to it despite it’s struggles and decay.
1xRun: Any teasers of what fans can expect from the show?
Bask: I’m going to keep this one close to the chest for now.
1xRun: Any shows or artists you’re really looking forward to seeing this year?
Bask: I’m looking forward the the photography exhibit of Jeremy Deputat at Inner State the month before my show. I’m also really looking forward to seeing the awesome show that MEGGS will bring the month after. Team Ginger strikes again!!!
Bask: Website – Facebook – Twitter – Tumblr – Flickr – Instagram @knownasbask
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First-ever: FDA Clears Biobeat’s Wearable Watch and Patch for Non-invasive Cuffless Monitoring of Blood Pressure
Shared by Ken Dropiewski on August 27, 2019
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TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Biobeat, a bio-medical technology company developing advanced sensing and remote monitoring solutions for patients, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a 510K clearance for its patch and watch for measurement of blood pressure, oxygenation and heart rate in hospitals, clinics, long-term care and at home. Biobeat’s products enable cloud-based healthcare with connectivity either through a smartphone or a dedicated gateway.
“This is the first cuffless blood pressure solution to be cleared by the FDA—no more need for an inflating cuff,” says Arik Ben Ishay, Founder and CEO of Biobeat. “This clearance opens tremendous opportunities for remote monitoring of vital signs of patients and we are excited that we can now also offer this in the US market,” continues Ben Ishay. Biobeat’s products have already been CE marked and approved as medical devices in Europe and Israel.
“Remote monitoring of patient’s vital sign requires completely different technological approaches than current practice,” says Biobeat’s Chief Medical Officer Prof. Arik Eisenkraft, MD. “While blood pressure, heart rate and oxygenation are the backbones of monitoring, we will continue to work with the FDA to approve additional parameters for our devices,” continues Prof. Eisenkraft.
“The promise of remote care for patients and the equally important continuum of care: connecting home-based, community and hospital care, will not happen without novel medical-grade sensors and we are proud to be the pioneers in this field,” says Dr. Dan J. Gelvan, Chairman of the Board.
About Biobeat
Biobeat is a revenue-stage company located in Israel. The company employs 15 employees and has initiated sales in Israel and Europe. Biobeat’s sensors are based on the company’s exceptional proprietary technologies in the field of reflective Plethysmography (PPG), developed by a team of world-renowned experts in this field. The company is focusing on wireless medical-grade products that allow health providers to care as efficiently for patients outside of their facility as on-site.
You can find more information at our website: www.biobeat.cloud
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Ken has been in the cardiac, vascular, and interventional space for over 20 years. He is a Managing Director with McDermott & Bull Executive Search, recognized by Forbes as one of the industry's best with offices across North America and in Europe. Ken is hired by innovative cardiovascular device and biotech companies to help build their best teams possible at the executive level. Prior to search, Ken had an award winning commercial career at Boston Scientific and Johnson & Johnson to include such prestigious awards as President's Club, Ring Club, and Grand Awards. dropiewski@mbexec.com
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Posts from — May 2009
The Politics of Tamil Televison: The Bane of Cross Media Ownership?
by Gopalan Ravindran
I have already written on the the strange political economy of media in Tamil Nadu in several of my earlier posts. Pl. read them before going through the present post.
In a state where every major political party, barring the CPI (M) and CPI, owns one or several channels, depending on their political and financial prowess, the first casualty in the short term appears to be truthful accounts of local, national and international events. [Read more →]
NEMLA, April 7-11 2010, Montreal, Canada
Cinematic Representation of Immigration, Spaces and Identities: The representation of immigration and immigrants through films is very often linked to the space in which they choose to live. How could we define the dynamic between the notions of immigration, spaces and identities through movies in today’s cinema from different countries? How do immigration spaces foster the immigrants that live in them? How do these spaces affect their identity? Do immigrants also reshape the place where they have found asylum? This is the main frame of analysis that this panel will explore. [Read more →]
Virginia Bonner/SAMLA 2009 Conference in Atlanta
In keeping with the theme of the 2009 SAMLA Atlanta convention, this panel seeks papers that address the link between human rights and the humanities via national cinema(s). Possible topics may include but are not limited to: Ethics, Theories of Spectatorship, Documentary, Memory and Trauma, Individual vs. Collective Consciousness, Living in Exile, and Politics and Humanities. By June 14, 2009, please send proposals of approximately 500 words with presenter’s name, academic affiliation and contact information (including e-mail and mailing addresses) to Virginia Bonner, Clayton State University, at vbonner@clayton.edu
Death to film critics: Ebert’s woes
While we are on the topic of critics and criticism, here is a woeful, yet interesting piece by Roger Ebert. He manages to mention evey newspaper and all their very real short-comings when it comes to the state of film criticism, and yet there is a haunting silence on the word limit he manages to follow week after week, film after film.
The article, however, is a great read, and precisely puts down the problems most critics with any love for cinema face. To read more, click here.
Of critics and criticism
One of the founder members of The Independent, UK, David Lister offers a frank description of the state of apple polishing, er film criticism, which could perhaps be now called a universal affliction — journalists who truckle at the sight of film stars and producers. A sample:
I will never forget the press conference given by Charlton Heston a few years ago, when the late actor was still performing. This was the first “question” from a Lebanese film critic: “Mr Heston, you are a god in my country. You are my father, my mother, my sister and my brother.”
For more read here (link)
RGV remixes Indian National Anthem
Never far from conrtoversy, Indian filmmaker Ram Gopal Verma announced on Wednesday that the title track of his upcoming film Rann is a reworked version of the Indian national anthem.
The tune remains the same, and the lyrics take off from the original in a way that instead of praising the country, they speak of the current divided reality of India. [Read more →]
Tamil Television and the War in Sri Lanka
These are indeed sad times in the land (TN) where political propaganda of several hues got their expositions and teeming audiences through political films, plays and newspapers since the late 1940s. In the face of the gripping tragedies that are befalling innocent Tamils in the war-torn Srilanka every day, what one encounters in Tamil Nadu is a sordid propaganda game where truths about the goings on in Srilanka have become the casualty. [Read more →]
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Atlanta Braves – INSIDE PITCH 5/30/12: Freeman’s vision problems continue to plague him
First baseman Freddie Freeman missed another start Monday because of continuing vision problems, and there is no easy solution.
Wind and dry air in Colorado when the Braves played the Rockies on May 4-6 were only the beginning. His actual prescription has changed since, from 1.5 in each eye to 1.75 and 2, and that isn’t all.
Freeman no longer is able to make tears, not even after a procedure to plug the lower ducts.
The idea was that plugging the ducts would force the upper ducts to produce tears that would wash over and cleanse his eyes. But that hasn’t happened. His frustration and worry grow each day.
Because catcher Brian McCann experienced vision problems after laser surgery, Freeman has been reluctant to go that route. But he’s starting to reconsider.
“This is a nightmare,” Freeman said.
Freeman is waiting for specially-designed glasses that will, he hopes, offer wraparound vision. Regular glasses are not an option for him at the plate because of his batting stance.
His face is not square to the plate, so he needs to be able to see the ball coming from the side. To change his stance so he can see the ball is obviously not a good idea for someone who recently became the Braves’ three-hole hitter.
Freeman has had no depth perception since Colorado, and in Cincinnati, where the Braves were swept by the Reds in a four-game series May 21-24, he was seeing two balls coming at him.
The original problem was that wind-blown dirt scratched the cornea in the right eye and the outside of his left eye. But he was able to continue playing because the blurring wasn’t in the middle of his vision.
That changed, and he sat out the May 15 game when the Reds were at Turner Field. He sat out again on the 24th.
After that, manager Fredi Gonzalez made the decision to sit him down after seeing how frustrated and uncomfortable Freeman was in batting practice.
Infielder-outfielder Eric Hinske is holding down the fort in Freeman’s absence. He’s more agile than he looks, although not as tall as Freeman, so he can’t grab everything Freeman does. But he’s no three-hole hitter on offense.
In Monday’s 8-2 loss to the Cardinals, that role was filled by McCann, starting for the first time since he was felled by the flu May 22. He went 0 for 4, but felt good. Good enough that he expects to start on Tuesday.
MLB Team Report – Atlanta Braves – NOTES, QUOTES
–C Brian McCann made his first start since May 21. He’s suffered from a major case of the flu since then, and is still raspy, sniffling and weak. But he wants to play and the Braves need his bat. He hit third Monday, going 0-for-4. But he felt good. Good enough that he expects to start on Tuesday.
–1B Freddie Freeman remains out because of vision issues. He is expecting custom sports glasses that will wrap around, allowing him to maintain his batting stance, which doesn’t have him directly facing the pitcher.
–3B Chipper Jones, on the disabled list because of a severe left ankle bruise, is able to do leg presses but not leg extensions or hamstring curls, so he is concerned about atrophy in his calf and quad muscles.
–LHP Jonny Venters’s ball is going sideways instead of up and down, and the reason appears to be a hitch in his mechanics. He’s tinkering with the positioning of his hand.
–RHP Kris Medlen said he doesn’t consistently have a feel for his pitches since his Tommy John surgery, and he thinks that’s because his arm slot might be a little higher than it was before.
BY THE NUMBERS: .299 — CF Michael Bourn’s batting average, the first time it’s been under .300 since April 20.
QUOTE TO NOTE: “This is a nightmare.” — 1B Freddie Freeman, on his ongoing vision problems.
BRAVES MEDICAL WATCH
–3B Juan Francisco (right hamstring) was injured May 26, and he didn’t start May 27.
–C David Ross (groin pull) left the May 25 game, and he didn’t play May 26-27. He’s day-to-day.
–C Brian McCann (flu-like symptoms) did not play May 22-24. He was pressed into duty May 25, but he didn’t start May 26-27. He is day-to-day.
–1B Freddie Freeman (blurred vision) did not play May 24. He returned May 25, but he didn’t play May 26-27.
–3B Chipper Jones (bruised left calf) went on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 24. He had his bruise — officially a hematoma — drained May 26.
–RHP Peter Moylan (right shoulder surgery in October 2011) was long-tossing as of mid-May. He might throw his first bullpen session in late May.
–RHP Arodys Vizcaino (Tommy John surgery in March 2012) went on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 26. He is expected to miss the entire season.
–LHP Robert Fish (left elbow tendinitis) went on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 26.
RHP Tommy Hanson
LHP Mike Minor
RHP Brandon Beachy
RHP Randall Delgado
RHP Tim Hudson
RHP Craig Kimbrel (closer)
LHP Jonny Venters
LHP Eric O’Flaherty
RHP Kris Medlen
RHP Cristhian Martinez
RHP Chad Durbin
RHP Livan Hernandez
CATCHERS:
J.C. Boscan
INFIELDERS:
1B Freddie Freeman
2B Dan Uggla
SS Tyler Pastornicky
3B Martin Prado
INF Juan Francisco
INF Jack Wilson
OUTFIELDERS:
LF Matt Diaz
CF Michael Bourn
RF Jason Heyward
OF/INF Eric Hinske
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Murray State�s Canaan, Eastern Kentucky�s Kosgei Named OVC Athletes of the Year; APSU’s Tomic nominated
Murray State�s Canaan, Eastern Kentucky�s Kosgei Named OVC Athletes of the Year
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BRENTWOOD, Tenn. � For the second-straight year athletes from the sports of men�s basketball and cross country/track and field have been selected as the Ohio Valley Conference Athletes of the Year for 2011-12 in voting by the league�s athletics directors and sports information directors.
Murray State University junior guard Isaiah Canaan, the OVC Player of the Year and a first-team All-American, was selected as the OVC Male Athlete of the Year, while , the 2011 OVC Cross Country Athlete of the Year and 2012 OVC Indoor Track Athlete of the Year and an All-American in both cross country and indoor track, was named OVC Female Athlete of the Year. The two winners will receive their awards at the League�s annual Honors Brunch on June 1 in Nashville.
Austin Peay's Vanja Tomic was a nominee for OVC Female Athlete of the Year.
Other female nominees for the award included Austin Peay senior tennis player Vanja Tomic, Eastern Illinois sophomore pole vaulter Jade Riebold, Jacksonville State senior libero Lauren Harkins, Morehead State junior golfer Marisa Kamelgarn, Murray State junior sprinter Alexis Love, Southeast Missouri State senior midfielder Lauren Bozesky, Tennessee State senior middle blocker Shaquita Williams, Tennessee Tech senior guard Tacarra Hayes and UT Martin senior shortstop Jenny Bain.
Other male nominees for the award included Austin Peay junior tennis player Sean Bailey, Eastern Illinois senior sprinter Zye Boey, Eastern Kentucky senior shortstop Richie Rodriguez, Jacksonville State senior pitcher Todd Hornsby, Morehead State senior third baseman Andrew Deeds, Southeast Missouri State senior quarterback Matt Scheible, Tennessee State senior triple jumper Avian Hughes, Tennessee Tech senior wide receiver Tim Benford and UT Martin junior pitcher Dan Tobik.
Canaan was the leader of the Murray State men�s basketball team that completed a 31-2 season (tying the most wins in OVC history), won both the OVC regular season and tournament championships, advanced to the third round of the NCAA Tournament, was ranked as high as No. 7 nationally (the highest-ranking in school history and first OVC team to be ranked in the Top 10 since the 1970-71 season), was the last undefeated team in Division I at 23-0 and the only team to be undefeated in road games (13-0). Canaan averaged 19.0 points/game which ranked him 24th nationally, while also ranking among the national leaders in 3-point percentage (6th, 45.6%) and 3-pointers made/game (13th, 2.97). He scored a season-high 36 points against Southern Miss in the championship game of the Great Alaskan Shootout (the output was the ninth-most in single-game Great Alaskan Shootout history), leading the Racers to the title at the 34th annual event. Canaan was named MVP of the tournament after averaging 25.3 points, 5.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.7 steals/game in the three Murray State victories. He also led the Racers to victories over nationally-ranked Memphis and Saint Mary�s during the year. Following the season he was named an All-American by seven different outlets including the Wooden Team (one of 10 total players), The Sporting News (first-team), CBSSports.com (first-team), Associated Press (second-team), USBWA (second-team), NABC (third-team) and Lute Olson Team. He was also one of five finalists for the Bob Cousy Award, given to the nation�s top point guard.
Canaan is the sixth different Murray State student-athlete to be named OVC Male Athlete of the Year and first since De�Teri Mayes earned the honor in 1997-98. All the winners (who have won eight combined awards) have been men�s basketball players. Overall it marks the fourth time in the last five years that the OVC Male Athlete of the Year has been a men�s basketball player.
Kosgei capped her career at Eastern Kentucky by earning All-American honors in both cross country and indoor track and field during the 2011-12 season. She began the year by winning the OVC Cross Country Championship in a 5K time of 17:43.69 (the fastest winning time since 2007) and being voted the OVC Female Cross Country Athlete of the Year. At the NCAA Southeast Regional competition she was second out of 240 competitors in becoming the first-ever Eastern Kentucky female (and just sixth OVC female runner) to qualify for the NCAA Cross Country Championship. At the national meet she finished 37th out of 254 runners, marking the second-best finish in OVC history and earning All-American honors. During the indoor track and field season Kosgei was named OVC Female Track Athlete of the Week five times and set EKU records in both the 3,000 (9:21.40) and 5,000 meters (16:03.66), the later breaking a 34-year old school record. Prior to the OVC Indoor Championship she was named OVC Female Indoor Track Athlete of the Year award for the second-straight season and after winning the 800 (in the second-fastest time in school history), the mile and the 3,000 meters was named the OVC Track Athlete of the Championship. At the NCAA Indoor Championship was earned second-team All-American honors after finishing 11th in the 5,000 meters. Kosgei was also the only runner (male or female) in the OVC to be named to the prestigious USTFCCCA All-Academic Cross Country team.
Kosgei is the fifth different Eastern Kentucky student-athlete to be named OVC Female Athlete of the Year and second in a row, as Kat Pagano was named the award winner last year. Each of the five EKU winners (who have won the award six total times) have been part of the cross country and track and field programs.
The OVC first awarded a Male Athlete of the Year award in 1977 and gave out the first Female Athlete of the Year in 1981.
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Tailgating: “Boring” Spurs flexing their muscles as they streak toward NBA Finals
By Wade Neely | May 30, 2012 |
Because of their unaesthetic approach to the game and their sharp-tongued, no-nonsense coach, the Spurs have long been labeled as a �boring� team by many casual fans.
After nearly running the Thunder out of the gym in a 120-111 win in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals, the Spurs�didn’t�quite shed their boring label Tuesday night.
Instead, they simply peeled it off and slapped it on a suitcase bound for Oklahoma City.
Also on the suitcase?�A note attached reading, �Next stop: NBA Finals.�
At some point during Tuesday�s win which gave the Spurs a commanding 2-0 series lead, a large percentage of the country seemed to collectively embrace that this Spurs team is special.
Tweets, calls and text messages began to flow as the boys from San Antone began to flex their muscles against the Thunder � the chic pick (including this genius right here) � to challenge the (presumably) Heat in next month�s NBA Finals.
Up 55-44 at the break, the Spurs lead began to balloon throughout the third quarter as Tony Parker and Tim Duncan began to look more and more like the dynamic duo that helped guide the franchise to three titles within the last decade.
(Parker was especially brilliant, finishing with 34 points on 16-of-21 shooting while handing out eight assists.)
In the fourth, however, the upstart Thunder began to slowly chip away at the Spurs lead, trimming the deficit to 103-96 with 4:16 to play.
That�s when another Spurs championship stalwart � Manu Ginobli � took over, scoring eight back-breaking points and lifting Popovich�s squad to within six wins of another NBA title.
And while the Thunder could surprise us and suddenly make this a series, don�t count on it.
Through two games, the Spurs (led by Parker�s seemingly unstoppable pick-and-rolls) have shredded the Thunder defensively to the tune of 110.5 points per game.
The Thunder entered this series as the ninth-best defensive team in the playoffs, allowing just 92.8 points per contest.
Still not convinced the NBA Finals won�t be starting in San Antonio on June 12?
Think about this: With Tuesday�s win the Spurs have now won 20 consecutive games (10 of which have come in these playoffs).
With the series heading back to OKC, the Thunder have to beat the Spurs four times in the next five games to stave off elimination in the conference finals for a second consecutive season.
So while Duncan, Parker, Ginobli and the rest of the Spurs prepare to head to OKC for Game 3 and 4 on Thursday and Saturday, I wouldn�t anticipate a return trip.
That�d suit the boring old Spurs just fine.
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some thoughts from Nigel Silvester, Authorised Lay Minister and long time fan of Bury FC
Bill Shankley famously said, “Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I can assure them it is much more serious than that”.
Seeing the reactions of followers of Bury FC over recent days gives credence to that point of view. We have seen tears, anger, passionate outbursts; and when words have failed, a lot of shaking heads and faces reflecting a feeling of despair. Fans, young and old, have spoken in terms of bereavement akin to losing one of their family. It comes home to you that football supporters do have a great sense of community, of belonging, of common identity, of being in fellowship, in a family.
I came to live in Bury in 1978 and started attending Gigg Lane around 1980. My son joined me not long afterwards and has been a loyal home and away supporter ever since. My stepson told me yesterday that he remembers the day I first took him to Gigg 31 years ago. He too has been a regular attender since then. Barbara recalls watching Bury FC when she was a teenager and when we married in 2008 she joined me as a season ticket holder. It has all been a big part of my life - of our personal family life. So we too relate very much to the emotional outpourings of recent days.
All this has reminded me of another family of which we are a part – the church family. A family of which I have been a regular member since 1983 – the year I opened the door in response to Jesus’ knocking! It got me thinking what if our church wasn’t there any more? What if we couldn’t meet together? What if there weren’t enough of us to keep going, to keep our buildings going, to finance our activities?
The parallels aren’t exact with the Bury FC plight, but look at our shrinking congregations. What if through neglect, or ambivalence, or lack of interest our churches on Walmersley Road disappeared? Are we in danger of heading the way of our local football club? Is it time to look at ourselves and take steps to fix things before it’s too late? Is this a wake-up call?
Jesus tells us what we need to do – perhaps we need to take heed. Speak to our community of God’s love and care; reach out and help those in need; share what we have with those who have not; live in love and peace with our neighbour; give hope to the hopeless.
In doing these things we will build up the body of Christ, which is the church. If we don’t we may well find ourselves mourning the loss of something which we took for granted would always be there and suddenly it isn’t.
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Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal
Yeshe Tsogyal (Tib. ཡེ་ཤེས་མཚོ་རྒྱལ་, Wyl. ye shes mtsho rgyal) — the principal consort of Guru Padmasambhava. She was Vajravarahi in human form and also an emanation of Tara and Buddhalochana.
She was born as a princess in the clan of Kharchen. According to some accounts her father was called Namkha Yeshe and her mother was Gewa Bum.[1] In other histories, such as the Zanglingma and the biography revealed by Taksham Nüden Dorje, her father is named as Kharchen Palgyi Wangchuk, who is otherwise said to have been her brother. Yet another version names her father as Tökar Lek and her mother as Gyalmo Tso.
She became the consort of King Trisong Detsen before being offered to Guru Rinpoche as a mandala offering during an empowerment. She specialized in the practice of Vajrakilaya and experienced visions of the deity and gained accomplishment.
In Nepal, she paid a ransom for Acharya Salé and took him as her spiritual consort. Through the power of her unfailing memory, she collected all the teachings given by Guru Rinpoche in Tibet and concealed them as terma. At the end of her life, it is said, she flew through the air and went directly to Zangdokpalri.
↑ See for example Tulku Thondup (1996) page 93
Gyalwa Changchub and Namkhai Nyingpo, Lady of the Lotus-Born: The Life and Enlightenment of Yeshe Tsogyal, translated by Padmakara Translation Group, Shambhala 1999.
Janet Gyatso, 'A Partial Genealogy of the Lifestory of Ye shes mtsho rgyal' in JIATS, no. 2, August 2006
Keith Dowman, Sky Dancer: The Secret Life & Songs of the Lady Yeshe Tsogyel, Snow Lion, 1997 (first edition published in 1983).
Nam-mkha'i sNying-po, Mother of Knowledge: The Enlightenment of Yeshe Tsogyal, translated by Tarthang Tulku, Dharma Publishing, 1983.
Nyoshul Khenpo, A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage, trans. Richard Barron (Junction City: Padma Publishing, 2005), pages 61-70 (Includes brief verse biography by Jamgön Kongtrul).
Tulku Thondup, Masters of Meditation and Miracles, Shambhala, 1996.
Daki Mengak Gabtik
TBRC Profile
Yeshe Tsogyal's Prayer
RigpaWiki:Yeshe Tsogyal
Yeshe Tsogyal (757–817), was the consort of the great Indian tantric teacher Padmasambhava, the founder-figure of The Nyingma Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Nyingma tradition considers her equal in realization to Padmasambhava himself. The meditational practices related to her, stress her enlightened aspect, and are similar in Form to tantric deity practices in general. She is variously equated with Vajravārāhī, Tārā or Sarasvatī.
Yeshe Tsogyal, born in eighth century Tibet, is the founding Mother of Tibetan Buddhism, foremost female master of Tibetan Tantra.
It is believed she was an incarnation of Dorje Phagmo and that she was chosen by Guru Padmasambhava to help establish the Buddhist teachings in Tibet. Thus she is considered an enlightened figure who intentionally took birth to benefit beings. She is also viewed as a role model for those seeking enlightenment, especially through the tantric path.
Her life story recounts her very tangible struggles on the path and her ultimate victory—overcoming dualistic thought and compassionately benefiting countless beings. As a teacher, she uses her own life story to instruct and nurture her disciples so they can learn how to attain their own enlightenment.
Yeshe Tsogyal (ye shes mtsho rgyal).
Brief Biogragraphies
The different versions of her biography give varying details about her place of birth, the names of her parents and so forth.
In his Ocean of Wondrous Sayings to Delight the Learned Ones, Guru Tashi Tobgyal states that her father's name was Namkha Yeshe of the Kharchen clan and that she was born in Drongmochey of Drak. At first she was one of King Trisong Deutsen's queens but later was given to Padmasambhava to be his spiritual consort.
During the [[empowerment] of Assemblage of Sugatas]], her initiation flower fell on the mandala of Kilaya. Through this practice she became able to tame evil spirits and revive the dead.
She was the chief compiler of all the inconceivable teachings given by the great master Padmasambhava. Having remained in Tibet for two hundred years, she departed for the celestial realm of the Glorious Copper Colored Mountain, without leaving a corpse behind.
In The Precious Garland of Lapis Lazuli, Jamgön Kongtrül says, "Yeshe Tsogyal was a direct incarnation of Dhatvishvari Vajra Yogini in the form of a woman.
She served Padmasambhava perfectly in that life, engaged in sadhana practice with incredible perseverance and attained a level equal to Padmasambhava himself, the 'continuity adorned with inexhaustible body, speech, mind, qualities, and activities.' Her kindness to the land of Tibet surpasses the imagination and her compassionate activity which is no different from Padmasambhava's continues unceasingly."
Yeshe Tsogyal means 'Victorious Ocean of Wisdom.' RY
The dakini, Yeshe Tsogyal, wrote down and hid many of Padmasambhava’s teachings, including the Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo.
In his Ocean of Blessings, Jamgön Kongtrül says, "Yeshe Tsogyal appeared as an emanation of Dhatvishvari Vajra Yogini and was in essence not different from the consorts of the five buddhas.
In the dharmakaya aspect she is known as Samantabhadri or Prajnaparamita; in the sambhogakaya level she manifests in the form of the great consort Dhatvishvari; and therefrom she displays an inconceivable number of nirmanakayas, appearing in whichever way is necessary to influence whoever needs.
In the pure lands she appears in the form of Sarasvati, the noble Goddess of Eloquence, and shows the skillful means for generating the light of wisdom in all aspects of knowledge, both the outer and inner levels of philosophy.
In the presence of Buddha Shakyamuni, she emanated in the form of Ganga Devi and acted as the custodian of the treasury of the Mahayana teachings.
In this snowy land (of Tibet) she took rebirth as a qualified dakini into the family line of the Kharchen clan and became a consort accepted by Guru Rinpoche.
By the power of her immense training, she accomplished perfect recall. Traversing the secret path of Vajrayana, right to the letter, she achieved the supreme vajra abode of the twelfth bhumi.
Perfecting the great power of realization of the natural Great Perfection, she arrived at the stage at the end of the four visions.
Acting as the compiler of all Guru Rinpoche’s words, she visited everywhere in the central and surrounding lands of Tibet and concealed innumerable major and minor termas.
At present she resides in the indestructible form of the rainbow body in the Palace of Lotus Light on (the continent of) Chamara where she is indivisible from the ‘never-ending adornment wheels’ of Guru Rinpoche’s body, speech, mind, qualities, and activities, pervading as far as the reaches of space to benefit beings for as long as samsara exists." RY
On an abstract level, Yeshe Tsogyal represents the enlightened feminine. Her archetype is that of the heroine who fuses the absolute and the relative into a seamless enlightened existence.
In the Mother Essence Lineage, Yeshe Tsogyal and her incarnations and emanations are of primary importance, because she is the Mother of Vision, and therefore the Mother of non-dual experience.
Although Yeshe Tsogyal is often referred to as Guru Rinpoche’s consort, the two are in fact simultaneous manifestations of the integrated principles of skillful means and sublime knowing.
Both the Nyingma and Karma Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism recognize Yeshe Tsogyal as a female Buddha. The translators of Lady of the Lotus-Born, the namthar or spiritual biography that Yeshe Tsogyal left as a Terma observe:
As Dodrup Tenpai Nyima makes clear, beings able to reveal Termas must have at least the realization of the Perfection Stage practices. On the other hand, the one who originates the Treasures must have the supreme attainment of Buddhahood. Lady of the Lotus-Born is thus a testimony of Yeshe Tsogyal's Enlightenment.
From the mouth of a Lotus was born
The swift goddess, heroic liberator
Who went forth in human Form
Amid the snowy mountains of Tibet.
Among lay Tibetans she is seen as a Buddha who takes the Form of an ordinary woman so as to be accessible to the average person, "who, for the time being, do not see her Vajravarahi Form as a fully perfected deity." In fact,
She displays whatever emanation Form will tame
Any given person, just as, for example, the full moon in the sky
Emerges as [various] reflections in different water vessels.
According to legend she was born in the same manner as The Buddha, a Sanskrit Mantra sounding as her mother gave birth painlessly, and she is considered a Reincarnation of The Buddha's own mother, Maya Devi.
Her name ("Primordial (ye) Wisdom (shes) Queen (rgyal mo) of the Lake (tso)") derives from her birth causing a nearby lake to double in size.
As a young girl, she is said to have prayed for the Happiness of all Sentient beings. At the age of sixteen, she was initiated into Buddhism by Guru Padmasambhava.
Although she was originally one of the Queen consorts of Trisong Detsen, she was given to Padmasambhava and became his main spiritual consort.
After many years of diligent study she achieved a level of Enlightenment equal to his. Yeshe Tsogyal was the main compiler of Padmasambhava's teachings, and it was she who concealed most of the termas.
Tsogyel, though fairly obviously a transformation of an older Bön figure, Bönmo Tso female Bön practitioner of the lake), whom she Debates in her "autobiography", also preserves the Great Completeness traditions shared by Bön with Tibet's earliest Buddhist tradition.
As the wife of Tri-song-day-tsen and the consort of Padmasambhava, given to him at her request by the king, she also stands historically at the beginning of Buddhism's eclipse of Bön in Tibet.
She is also considered a manifestation of Sarasvati and sometimes identified with the Bodhisattva Tara.
In the '“Life of Yeshe Tsogyel,” Padma Sambhava predicted that Yeshe Tsogyel would be reborn as Machig Lapdron;
her consort, Atsara Sale, would become Topabhadra, Machig’s husband;
her assistant and Padma Sambhava’s secondary consort, Tashi Khyidren, would be reborn as Machig’s only daughter, and so on.
All of the important figures in Tsogyel’s Life were to be reborn in the Life of Machig Lapdron, including Padma Sambhava himself, who would become Phadampa Sangye.
According to Karmapa lineage Tsogyel had attained Buddhahood in that very Life. On the Gyalwa Karmapa website it is said that she -some thirty years before transcending worldly existence- finally emerged from an isolated Meditation Retreat (796-805) as "a fully Enlightened Buddha " (samyak-saṃ Buddha)
Zhitro
Gyatso (2006) relates the background to how the Zhitro (also spelled: Shitro, Xitro) was received by the wang of a Vidyadhara through the Bardo of trance:
After succeeding in a variety of feats, including beheading a tiger, she gains access to an elaborate palace where she receives esoteric initiations from several vidyādharas and buddhas. She returns to Chingpu and after a year is robbed by seven bandits whom she then converts to Buddhist practice. She proceeds with the bandits on a magic carpet to the place Oḍḍiyāna where they all receive peaceful and wrathful deity practice (zhitro) initiations from a vidyādhara, who gives her the secret name Kharchen Za and cavorts in bliss with her.
Citing Padmasambhava
Padmasambhava is supposed to have said to her: "The basis for realizing enlightenment is a human body. Male or female, there is no great difference. But if she develops the mind bent on enlightenment the woman’s body is better" (quoted by Stevens, 1990, p. 71).
Wikipedia:Yeshe Tsogyal
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Aid workers traded wheat and life-saving medicines for sex with children
Aid workers traded wheat and life-saving medicines for sex with children in crisis zones, it has emerged.
Humanitarians traded 'oil, bulgur wheat, tarpaulin or plastic sheeting, medicines, transport, ration cards, loans, education courses and skills training' with girls aged 13 to 18.
The report, written in 2001, shows officials knew of the alleged abuse in Africa a decade before the Oxfam sex scandal, where chiefs were accused of concealing findings of an inquiry into claims staff paid for prostitutes in disaster-struck Haiti in 2011.
Underage girls were also asked to pose naked for pictures and rooms were rented for sex, the report by Save the Children and the United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (UNHCR) reveals.
It added in some cases that parents encouraged their daughters to be sexually exploited by aid workers, government officials, UN peacekeepers, refugee leaders and teachers to bring income into the family.
It comes as a British-funded charity supported by Meghan Markle admitted its workers traded food and cash for sex with survivors of the devastating 2010 earthquake on Haiti.
World Vision, which Prince Harry’s fiancée was an ambassador for until last year, admitted that paid employees forced desperate survivors of the disaster to have sex or money for World Food Programme aid.
The UNHCR and Save the Children probe shows abuse was rife in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
While security forces pooled cash to have sex with children, aid workers withheld provisions for children unless sex was given.
One refugee in Guinea told investigators aid workers would ask for sex in exchange for a kilo of lifesaving soya nutrients.
A teenage girl in Liberia said: 'It's difficult to escape the trap of those people. They use food as bait to get you to have sex with them.'
More than 40 aid agencies working in West Africa were named in the report along with 67 individuals.
It says the majority of children consulted said they knew of at least one other child involved in an exchange that involved trading sex for life-saving commodities.
In some cases, children as young as four were sexually harassed.
It states: 'Girls between the ages of four and 12 were also reported as being sexually harassed, either verbally or through touching of buttocks, breasts, or genitals. Children said boys of their age group also did the same, but that adult males were mostly responsible.
'Children reportedly experience attempted rape mostly when they go to use the toilets or take a bath. The toilets and bathrooms are all located in the same place, and divided along gender lines. Children say adult males lay watch for when the child is going to the toilet. They then follow the child and try to rape them.'
The report also explains that the children are aware of the exploitation, but often feel they have no other options.
'The children themselves, whilst aware of the exploitative nature of the exchange, felt this was often the only option they had in order to receive food and other basic necessities and to pay for education.
'Parents were often aware of the exploitation but also felt that there were no other options for their family to secure a livelihood and whilst not approving it, generally turned a blind eye.
In some cases, however, it was reported that parents encouraged their daughters to engage in such activities to bring an income into the family' it says.
More than 7,500 civilians died in four years of conflict in Yemen
Hunger on the rise worldwide as 821 million affected
UN report condemns its conduct in Myanmar as systemic failure
1 in 3 UN employees have faced sexual harassment according to survey
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1996-10-31. MUN Gazette, vol. 29, no. 06
• University of Newfoundland
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A MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND PUBLICATION
"I did it!" said triumphant graduate Hilda Wakeham-Dunn after receiving a B.Voc.Ed. degree at
fall convocation. Ms. Wakeham-Dunn received one of the approximately 550 degree awarded last
weekend at a ceremony in the St. John's Arts and Culture Centre. She's shown here with her
husband, political science prof Dr. Chris Dunn, and their 14-month-old son, Christopher.
Convocation offers many
Everyone knows convocation is a time for celebration, but it is also a time
for reflection.
For many of the graduates
who filled the St. John's Arts and
Culture Centre on Oct. 26, convocation was a personal as well
as a public ceremony; it was a
chance to think about what they
have accomplished.
For some, with a degree
comes the thrill of knowing that
now they have a good shot at
graduate school or a desired
employment opportunity. For
others there is the satisfaction of
having completed a program
while also managing to hold
down a job. Then there is the
confidence-boosting experience
of students who came to
Memorial University from another country, made new friends,
adjusted to a new culture and
earned a degree.
For the nine students who
received masters of applied science degrees in environmental
on Saturday morning, there is the
extra rush of pride at having
been the first to graduate from a
new program.
For a group of students from
the School of Music, this year's
fall convocation was memorable
because they were given the
opportunity to perform pieces
from Mozart's Magic Flute and
Don Giovanni for Dr. Rosemarie
Landry, the renowned Canadian
soprano.
And for Dr. Landry, prospectors Drs. Albert Chislett and
Chris Verbiski, honorary marshal
See CELEBRATE, page 8
Innovation pays
By Pam Frampton
Money may be tight at
Canadian universities,
but bright ideas can still
pay off.
Memorial received 91 proposals this year from academic and
academic support units with innovative suggestions for improving
the university. Although Memorial had hoped to have $2 million
available in its academic budget
envelope to fund these strategic
initiatives in 1996-97, budget cuts
have resulted in only $675,000
being available.
Of the 91 proposals, funding
has been allocated to 20 projects
totalling $482,323; six other projects totalling $185,000 may be
approved pending the receipt of
further information — for a grand
total of $667,323.
Dr. Jaap Tuinman, vice-president (academic), told the Gazette
that the idea to fund strategic initiatives arose from a discussion
with university deans and directors.
"Even in hard times we have to
strive to fund innovation, and
good ideas in general," he said.
"Dr. Kevin Keough, the vice-president (research), and I looked at
individual proposals and had back
and forth discussions with the
deans and directors. In some cases
there were very worthwhile proposals but the budget attached to
them was just too high. I was very
impressed with the great number
of good proposals received — it
Let this be your
Memorial launches
world-class, high speed
By Peter Morris
Where in the world can
large organizations go to
see one of the most
advanced, high-speed computer
networks in operation? To
Memorial University, that's where.
Memorial's Department of
just completed a multi-rnillion dollar project to develop this state-of-
the-art computer network. In fact,
the system, which is now operational on the St. John's campus,
has already been the subject of
interest from several large Canadian corporations and educational
institutions and was recently recognized with a national award for
innovation from the Canadian
Information Productivity Awards
Program. The award was presented
to university officials at a ceremony in Toronto on Oct. 16.
The $4-million system, known
as MUNet, was developed for the
university by Digital Equipment of
Canada with sub-contractors
CISCO Systems Canada, NewTel
Communications, and several other
local firms. The project involved
the installation of more than 10,000
computer network connections in
27 university buildings in St.
John's, involving over 800 kilometres of cable — 250 kilometres of
which was fibre optic.
"This advanced system puts
Memorial at the forefront of computer networking in North
America, a fact that will help us in
research and teaching and in
recruiting and retaining top students and faculty, " said Dr. Arthur
May, Memorial's president. "And
by partnering with the private
sector, we have been able to provide the university community
with superior computing resources
at a very reasonable cost."
Wilf Bussey, director of
Computing and Communications,
said the one-year project is a big
step in computing for the university. "I would view this as a real
state-of-the-art high performance
computing environment which
goes significantly beyond what we
have been able to put in place
before," he said.
The capabilities of the new network have also resulted in Digital
Equipment providing the university with an advanced high performance computer that expands
existing capabilities, and will be
utilized in ongoing research projects (see related story, page three).
Rob Lloyd, general manager of
CISCO Systems Canada, one of
the primary sub-contractors to the
MUNet project, had high praise for
the new network and the university's computing capabilities in general.
"During the last five years,
Memorial University has developed its network to the point
where, when asked to identify our
most advanced, full-deployed,
leading edge, high bandwidth network, CISCO Canada turns first to
Memorial."
Students, staff and faculty at the
St. John's campus have enjoyed
the new network for some months,
but Mr. Bussey said that's not the
end of the project. He said that in
November engineering will start to
extend MUNet to the university's
Comer Brook campus, Sir Wilfred
Grenfell College.
was a very optimistic exercise.
We'll make every effort to find
funds for proposals we could not
pay for this time."
Dr. Tuinman said the proposals
were judged on the basis of their
fit with the University Strategic
Plan and the priorities identified in
the Interim University Goals for
1996/97. Some of those approved
require a one-time injection of
capital, while others need only
start-up funds for now.
"We hope to be able to start a
new round of strategic initiatives
next year, but I can't guarantee
anything," he said.
The approved projects are as
• Mary Jane Puxley and Sheila
Singleton of the Office of the
See INNOVATION, page 2
The voice that launched over 10,000 high-speed computer
connections at Memorial belonged to President Arthur May (L).
Also attending the ceremony to launch the MUNet project were
(L-R) Wilf Bussey, director of Computing and Communications;
Graeme Shorter, vice-president (network systems), Digital
Equipment; Rob Lloyd, general manager, CISCO Systems
Canada; and Sharon Duggan, general manager (business
services), NewTel Communications.
Title by Date 1996-10-31. MUN Gazette, vol. 29, no. 06
Publisher Memorial University of Newfoundland
Physical Description ill.
Description The official newspaper of Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Subject Memorial University of Newfoundland--20th century--Periodicals
Note Range: 1968-present, biweekly during the university year and monthly during June, July and August.
Indexed In Newfoundland Periodical Article Bibliography
Time Period 20 Century
Collection MUN Gazette newspaper
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Title by Date Cover
Description MUN Gazette, Vol. 29, No. 06 (October 31, 1996)
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Transcript Memorial • University of Newfoundland Publications Mail Registration No. 551 9 Volume 29 Number 6 A MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND PUBLICATION Oct. 31, 1996 "I did it!" said triumphant graduate Hilda Wakeham-Dunn after receiving a B.Voc.Ed. degree at fall convocation. Ms. Wakeham-Dunn received one of the approximately 550 degree awarded last weekend at a ceremony in the St. John's Arts and Culture Centre. She's shown here with her husband, political science prof Dr. Chris Dunn, and their 14-month-old son, Christopher. Convocation offers many reasons to celebrate Everyone knows convocation is a time for celebration, but it is also a time for reflection. For many of the graduates who filled the St. John's Arts and Culture Centre on Oct. 26, convocation was a personal as well as a public ceremony; it was a chance to think about what they have accomplished. For some, with a degree comes the thrill of knowing that now they have a good shot at graduate school or a desired employment opportunity. For others there is the satisfaction of having completed a program while also managing to hold down a job. Then there is the confidence-boosting experience of students who came to Memorial University from another country, made new friends, adjusted to a new culture and earned a degree. For the nine students who received masters of applied science degrees in environmental engineering and applied science on Saturday morning, there is the extra rush of pride at having been the first to graduate from a new program. For a group of students from the School of Music, this year's fall convocation was memorable because they were given the opportunity to perform pieces from Mozart's Magic Flute and Don Giovanni for Dr. Rosemarie Landry, the renowned Canadian soprano. And for Dr. Landry, prospectors Drs. Albert Chislett and Chris Verbiski, honorary marshal See CELEBRATE, page 8 Innovation pays By Pam Frampton Money may be tight at Canadian universities, but bright ideas can still pay off. Memorial received 91 proposals this year from academic and academic support units with innovative suggestions for improving the university. Although Memorial had hoped to have $2 million available in its academic budget envelope to fund these strategic initiatives in 1996-97, budget cuts have resulted in only $675,000 being available. Of the 91 proposals, funding has been allocated to 20 projects totalling $482,323; six other projects totalling $185,000 may be approved pending the receipt of further information — for a grand total of $667,323. Dr. Jaap Tuinman, vice-president (academic), told the Gazette that the idea to fund strategic initiatives arose from a discussion with university deans and directors. "Even in hard times we have to strive to fund innovation, and good ideas in general," he said. "Dr. Kevin Keough, the vice-president (research), and I looked at individual proposals and had back and forth discussions with the deans and directors. In some cases there were very worthwhile proposals but the budget attached to them was just too high. I was very impressed with the great number of good proposals received — it Let this be your guide 4 Memorial launches world-class, high speed computer network By Peter Morris Where in the world can large organizations go to see one of the most advanced, high-speed computer networks in operation? To Memorial University, that's where. Memorial's Department of Computing and Communications just completed a multi-rnillion dollar project to develop this state-of- the-art computer network. In fact, the system, which is now operational on the St. John's campus, has already been the subject of interest from several large Canadian corporations and educational institutions and was recently recognized with a national award for innovation from the Canadian Information Productivity Awards Program. The award was presented to university officials at a ceremony in Toronto on Oct. 16. The $4-million system, known as MUNet, was developed for the university by Digital Equipment of Canada with sub-contractors CISCO Systems Canada, NewTel Communications, and several other local firms. The project involved the installation of more than 10,000 computer network connections in 27 university buildings in St. John's, involving over 800 kilometres of cable — 250 kilometres of which was fibre optic. "This advanced system puts Memorial at the forefront of computer networking in North America, a fact that will help us in research and teaching and in recruiting and retaining top students and faculty, " said Dr. Arthur May, Memorial's president. "And by partnering with the private sector, we have been able to provide the university community with superior computing resources at a very reasonable cost." Wilf Bussey, director of Computing and Communications, said the one-year project is a big step in computing for the university. "I would view this as a real state-of-the-art high performance computing environment which goes significantly beyond what we have been able to put in place before," he said. The capabilities of the new network have also resulted in Digital Equipment providing the university with an advanced high performance computer that expands existing capabilities, and will be utilized in ongoing research projects (see related story, page three). Rob Lloyd, general manager of CISCO Systems Canada, one of the primary sub-contractors to the MUNet project, had high praise for the new network and the university's computing capabilities in general. "During the last five years, Memorial University has developed its network to the point where, when asked to identify our most advanced, full-deployed, leading edge, high bandwidth network, CISCO Canada turns first to Memorial." Students, staff and faculty at the St. John's campus have enjoyed the new network for some months, but Mr. Bussey said that's not the end of the project. He said that in November engineering will start to extend MUNet to the university's Comer Brook campus, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College. was a very optimistic exercise. We'll make every effort to find funds for proposals we could not pay for this time." Dr. Tuinman said the proposals were judged on the basis of their fit with the University Strategic Plan and the priorities identified in the Interim University Goals for 1996/97. Some of those approved require a one-time injection of capital, while others need only start-up funds for now. "We hope to be able to start a new round of strategic initiatives next year, but I can't guarantee anything," he said. The approved projects are as follows: • Mary Jane Puxley and Sheila Singleton of the Office of the See INNOVATION, page 2 The voice that launched over 10,000 high-speed computer connections at Memorial belonged to President Arthur May (L). Also attending the ceremony to launch the MUNet project were (L-R) Wilf Bussey, director of Computing and Communications; Graeme Shorter, vice-president (network systems), Digital Equipment; Rob Lloyd, general manager, CISCO Systems Canada; and Sharon Duggan, general manager (business services), NewTel Communications.
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Senior Saudi Salafi Cleric: 'ISIS Is A True Product Of Salafism'
Written by MEMRI
"ISIS is a true product of Salafism, and we must deal with it with full transparency." This statement was made not by liberal Muslim elements, who regularly criticize Salafism, but by Sheikh 'Aadel Al-Kalbani, former imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca and a Salafi himself, hence its importance.
Exposed: Obama Helped Decade-Old Plan to Create IS
Written by Raymond Ibrahim
Although the birth of the Islamic State and the herald of the caliphate are often regarded as some of 2014’s “big shockers,” they were foretold in striking detail and with an accurate timeline by an al-Qaeda insider nearly one decade ago.
Cry Freedom: Britain and religious liberty
Written by The Economist
Britain is not a very religious country, but there are quite a lot of people in Britain who care strongly about religion—and in particular, about the fate of co-religionists in distant lands who are suffering because of their beliefs or identity. Any member of Parliament can tell you that. Especially in the age of satellite television and the internet, which allows people to live in an information bubble of their own choosing.
Prince Charles says Christian persecution in Middle East 'a tragedy'
Written by Steph Cockroft – Daily Mail
The Princes of Wales has condemned the 'horrendous and heartbreaking' persecution of religious minorities around the world and called on faith leaders to work together to enable religious freedom.
Rick Santorum: Persecution Against Christians May Be Just “One Generation Away”
Published: Monday, 03 November 2014 16:15
Written by Vincent Funaro
Fighting the Erosion of Religious Freedom in US
Rick Santorum recently stopped by CP Voice to discuss a new documentary he helped produce titled "One Generation Away" which deals with the perceived erosion of religious freedom in America.
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News Bites July 2, 2019
This is the best restaurant in the world
Mirazur
There are a lot of great restaurants on Earth, but only one restaurant can be the best restaurant. And that award was just announced. The 17th annual World’s 50 Best Restaurants award ceremony was held in Singapore on June 25. This was the first time the event had been hosted in an Asian country, following its Spanish hosts of last year. Out of all the restaurants in the world, it was Menton, France’s Mirazur that came in first. The World’s 50 Best Restaurants bases its ranks on the votes of 1,000 international industry experts including chefs, restauranteurs, and food writers. Three-Michelin-starred Mirazur, in the French Riviera, about an hour from Nice, has sweeping views of the Mediterranean Sea. An onsite vegetable garden sources produce for Chef Mauro Colagreco’s creations. The restaurant has a tasting menu only, which currently includes items like spelt and wile strawberries and brioche of potatoes with…
By Meghan Rodgers
News Bites December 22, 2018
The best-reviewed chain restaurants of the past year
These days, shoppers rarely buy anything without checking online reviews first — it’s so helpful, why not? So when a restaurant has received the most positive reviews online, it’s worth taking note. TripAdvisor recently revealed the best-reviewed restaurants in the U.S. for 2019, and we’re getting hungry! The world’s largest online travel site divided chain restaurants into three categories based on the number of restaurant locations: small (10-50 locations), medium (51-100 locations), and large (101 or more locations). Rankings for each were determined using an algorithm that took into account the quality, quantity and recency of reviews from all of the chain’s locations over the past 12 months. So did your favorite hub for grub make the cut? If it didn’t make the top 10 best chain restaurants of the year, pay it a visit, and write it an honest review. You’ll be helping other diners know what a great spot…
News Bites May 9, 2018
These are the 100 best brunch spots, according to OpenTable users
Nothing says “I love you Mom” more than a Bloody Mary and eggs benedict. Or maybe the new spring weather has just put some pep in your step and you’re feeling more energized to actually put on pants before noon. Either way, OpenTable is here to help. The restaurant reservation app has rounded up the top 100 brunch spots for 2018. Nearly 45,000 restaurants were considered based off of 12 million customer reviews. The top restaurants were then sorted into different categories like “great for brunch,” for example. From California cool brunch spots to which New York dining destinations, the list includes winners from 24 states plus Washington, D.C. California took the most top spots with 19 winning restaurants, followed by New York with 15, D.C. and Pennsylvania, each with nine a piece. Here are all of the 2018 Best Brunch winners listed by state. California Beachcomber Cafe – Crystal Cove – Newport…
News Bites April 24, 2017
GQ’s Best New Restaurants of 2017 List Released
People love lists. They help us sift through an overwhelming amount of information — And when it comes to the question “Where should we go to eat tonight”, we could all use a little help. GQ correspondent Brett Martin has taken the time to whittle down the daunting number of new restaurants in America in GQ’s annual Best New Restaurants list. For those keeping score, Los Angeles has three, New York has just one. Other cities like Detroit and Minneapolis make a surprise showing. The list is unranked and in alphabetical order and includes everything from Korean small plates and pizza to high-end Nordic menus (Aska). Without further ado… Aska (Brooklyn) Scandinavian high notes beneath the Williamsburg Bridge. Flowers of Vietnam (Detroit) A son of Palestinian immigrants does Southeast Asian in Mexicantown. Han Oak (Portland, OR) Casual Korean tasting menu collides with Portland cool. Kato (Los Angeles) A West L.A.’s strip mall hosts the city’s best-valued Asian…
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Sunshine Riot: A Fresh Bottle & A Brand New Day
Indie/Alt/Classic Rock
Unsigned / Self-released
Words by Craig Hartranft, 05.06.2014
In some sense, it's hard to put a finger on Sunshine Riot's sound, the particular genre. Reading that one sentence will probably make the band smile. Conversely, it's not all that difficult as Sunshine Riot blends bits of country, punk, Americana, and classic rock to create their not so off the beaten path melodic rock.
Sunshine Riot: it's bright sunshiny day.
Of first note, A Fresh Bottle & A Brand New Day, despite what is says on their website, is not a new album; it's two years old. I only discovered this as I began writing. (And, yes, I feel a bit duped as there's no copyright date on the CD.) Normally, I wouldn't bother with material this old, but since my fingers are tapping away, I might as well continue.
One of the first things I noticed about the album was the clarity of production, being crisp and clean, significant for a DIY project. The next thing that caught my attention was Jonny O's raspy but soulful vocal delivery. After these things, it's definitely Sunshine Riot's sound like the punk side of Senorita Punk or the light country flavor of Norfolk County Jail or Natural Causes.
Mostly, the songs make you feel like they have one foot firmly planted in modern alt rock and the other in classic rock spanning the late Sixties to early Seventies. Alternatively, I also could not help feeling that the music sounded worn, dated and even lifeless. Songs such as Natural Causes, Cotton Fever, and Sweet Kerosene seem to drag along like a pair of old boots pulled by a hayseed toddler on a dusty dirt road. But then there's the praise the band gets for their live performances. Maybe the best place for these songs is not in your CD player but in a pub or small venue, where the band can stretch, rock out as it were. If I had my druthers, I think the only time I'd like to hear these songs again is in that context.
Sunshine Riot - Natural Causes
Sunshine Riot blends bits of country, punk, Americana, and classic rock to create their not so off the beaten path melodic rock.
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Cayo Santa Maria is just one of over 50 official online guides covering the whole of Cuba. If you´re planning a trip to Cuba and would like discover our fabulous nation before visiting or, if you´d like to visit a specific place in Cuba, then you´ve come to the right place.
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Havana, the capital of Cuba, is the largest city in the Caribbean, this culturally rich urban center famous for its colonial buildings & UNESCO world heritage sites in Old Havana, Ernest Hemingway, Capitol building and vibrant nightlife is waiting for you to discover…More about Havana
Varadero, is more than just resort town in the province of Matanzas, Cuba, it’s one of the largest resort areas in the Caribbean. Endless stretches of white sand, crystal-clear waters, stunning weather and heaps of fun activities make Varadero a major destination…More about Varadero
Trinidad, a spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Site with narrow cobbled streets leading to Cuba’s best-preserved colonial architecture was founded as a Spanish settlement in 1514; Trinidad offers a slower pace of life allied to incredible Sancti Spíritus mountainous valleys creating a backdrop for stunning scenery…More about Trinidad
Santiago de Cuba, looking back from San Pedro de la Roca Castle, Santiago de Cuba’s 17th century UNESCO World Heritage fortress the sprawling city is cupped by the mountainous eastern regions of Cuba. Visit the Casa Velázquez or Emilio Bacardí Moreau Museum or relax in the main square…More about Santiago de Cuba
Baracoa, the exact spot where Christopher Columbus landed in Cuba its nickname is the “first city” for good reason. Boarding the Bay of Honey the city has its local hero Hatuey who fled from the Spanish conquistadors. Founded in 1511, Baracoa has incredible history for those seeking information about the founding of the Americas…More about Baracoa
Bayamo, proud birthplace of Cuba’s national anthem and the capital of Cuba’s eastern province of Granma, with a long five-century-old history. Located on the river of the same name the city’s “Boulevard” of Bayamo is a thriving way of Cuban life frequented by over 500 licensed horse-drawn carriages. The second of the 7 cities founded by Diego Velázquez, rich architecture and slow pace make it a big tourism spot…More about Bayamo
Cayo Coco, the epitome of everyone’s idea of a Caribbean paradise, Cayo Coco conjures those thoughts of hammocks by the sea, coconut trees and turquoise waters. However it’s much more than just a beach retreat. Snorkeling & Diving are just amazing, as is the Acuavida Spa, La Cueva Del Jabali or a day trip to historic Moron City…More about Cayo Coco
Cayo Ensenachos, exclusivity is what this island key is all about. With just a handful of 5 star properties, empty virgin beaches and some of the most pristine untouched beaches in Cuba, Cayo Ensenachos VIP feel and exclusivity make it a premiere venue for those looking for individuality away from the crowds…More about Cayo Ensenachos
Cayo Guillermo, voted Cuba’s best beach in 2012, Playa Pilar is an oasis like no other, harnessing the beauty of the unspoiled natural surroundings the experience is truly paradiscial. As one of Cuba’s newest resorts, the latest properties are low rise sumptuous mega resorts designed to create the least impact on the natural biosphere and ecosystems…More about Cayo Guillermo
Jardines del Rey, hundreds of tiny islands along Cuba´s north coast make up this breathtaking Caribbean archipelago. Connected to the mainland by 3 causeways in the late 1980s, the numerous keys offer now famous destinations like; Cayo Coco, Cayo Santa Maria, Playa Santa Lucia, Cayo Santa Maria, Cayo Ensenachos and Cayo Guillermo…More about Jardines del Rey
Matanzas, spanning both north and south Cuba in one swathe of province, Matanzas is unique in that it offers dual coastlines on the Florida straits and the Caribbean Sea. The province is divergent, featuring large swamp areas towards the center with iconic coastal resorts such as Varadero to the north and Playa Larga with its Montemar Natural Park to the south…More about Matanzas
Pinar del Rio, center stage for this breathtaking province is the Viñales Valley and the marble and limestone mogotes rising majestically from the arable land. Cigar country, Pinar del Rio is the bedrock of Cuban tobacco farming and agriculture. The popular Prehistoric wall, Indian cave and much more bring thousands of visitors annually…More about Pinar del Rio
Camaguey, Cuba’s largest province is often overshadowed by the popularity of Trinidad & Havana; however the city has nothing to envy these more publicized venues. 500 year old colonial buildings abound, churches and the beautiful Plaza de San Juan de Dios bring tourists flocking to the city each year…More about Camaguey
Old Havana, founded in 1519 by the Spanish, Old Havana is everything Cuba represents. The historic quarter of Havana has sustained a remarkable unity of character resulting from the superimposition of different periods in its history into its narrow streets and eclectic architecture…More about Old Havana
Las Tunas, straddling the Caribbean Sea to the south and Atlantic to the north, the city of the same name and the provincial capital was founded in 1796. Its annual carnival starts on September 18th and should not be missed. Puerto Padre is a little known coastal town popular with well informed tourists…More about Las Tunas
Isla de La Juventud, world renowned for its top class diving center called Colony, Christopher Columbus dropped anchor here in 1494, naming it Evangelist. Often well off the usual tourism radar the island has much to offer. Natural beaches with little tourism make the ideal hideaway…More about Isla de La Juventud
Santa Clara, Founded in 1689, it’s the capital city of the Villa Clara province, tourists flock to the Che Guevara with child memorial in the revolution square. Close to Parque Vidal is historic railway station, a majestic building close to the equally famous boxcar museum. Drop by the Santa Hermanas Cathedral for a photo session on your way to the La Caridad Theater…More about Santa Clara
Guama, whether your visit is to the Indian Village or the crocodile farm, Guama is a peaceful place nestled into the rich tropical landscape of the Laguna Del Tesoro, part of the Natural Park of the Zapata Peninsula. There’s something magical about watching Hatching of Crocodiles in Boca de Guama and the ecotourism options in the area are endless…More about Guama
Guantanamo, 965Km from Havana and the namesake of the La Guantanamera song, the city features the La Piedra Zoo, Farola Viaduct and numerous colonial fortresses along its circular coastline. The picturesque Alejandro de Humboldt National Park and Cuchillas del Toa were designated a world heritage sites by Unesco in 2001. The unique flora of the region makes it a popular tourist destination all year round…More about Guantanamo
Guardalavaca, besides be one of Cuba’s most picturesque beaches, it is next to the site of Bariay at which Christopher Columbus disembarked for the first time to see the true beauty of Cuba and, of course the New World. A coastal paradise on Cuba’s northern shore which benefits from mild tropical weather and fantastic tourist amenities created during the 1990s until today…More about Guardalavaca
Holguin, the center piece of the city is the Calixto Garcia Square, while the province boasts some of Cuba’s most popular tourist destinations like; Playa Pesquero, Cayo Saetia, Mirador de Mayabe and Pernik. Apart from the obvious tourist inclinations the province has a lot to offer since Francisco Garcia Holguin founded the city in 1545. Colonial architecture as far as the eye can see and a rich but tumultuous history gives Holguin that something special…More about Holguin
Cayo Levisa, located a short distance from the coast of Pinar del Rio this tiny island offers just one hotel and a singular motivation to visit “relaxation”. With 3 kilometers of essentially virgin beaches with only a handful of guests able to stay at the hotel, the island garners a sensation of true solitude. Allied to this are 23 snorkeling & diving sites where even the fish seem unaware of your presence…More about Cayo Levisa
Cayo Las Brujas, despite not having been developed into a major international resort, the island is showing signs of development, starting with its regional airport and basic infrastructure of a Marina, Hotel Las Brujas, restaurant and Bar. Just 15 min drive from nearby keys, the Playa Salina is an idyllic desolate 2.5km long beach with the planet fly fishing center located at one end…More about Cayo Las Brujas
Cayo Largo, an early pioneer in Cuban key development, the island boasts several world class resorts along its pristine white sand beaches. The yacht marina is also popular with sailors from around the world. Fashionable with visitors from all corners of the globe, Cayo Largo offers a paradise setting with Cuba’s Jardines de la Reina archipelago…More about Cayo Largo
Granma, famous disembarkation point for Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and the gorillas who overthrew the government of Fulgencio Batista, the province was renamed in 1976 to coincide with the name of the Granma vessel the aforementioned used to sail to Cuba from Mexico. Both Manzanillo and Bayamo are popular tourist destinations with hotels Royalton, Sierra Maestra and Club Amigo Marea del Portillo…More about Granma
Villa Clara, province covering a large stretch of Cuba’s popular northern coast incorporating Cayo Las Brujas and Cayo Santa María. Not to be missed is the city of Remedios, historic center of Cuban history and the base of Cuba’s most popular festival held in December each year. Aside from the beach resorts Villa Clara has a strong ecotourism infrastructure…More about Villa Clara
Santa Lucia, what a beach! Heralded as Cuba’s top diving spot and perfect snorkeling center, the Playa Santa Lucia has the longest coral reef outside of Australia. No less than 21Km long, the beach is a marvel of protected species and beautiful exotic flora. Peppered along its coastline are some world class hotels, nicely spaced to give a feeling of solitude to guests…More about Santa Lucia
Sancti Spiritus, this is not called Holy Spirit City for nothing. Epicenter of Cuba’s past sugar trading days the city and province holds the riches of 5 centuries of history. Founded by Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar in 1514, the city features the unique Colonial Art Museum and the impressive Parroquial Mayor church…More about Sancti Spiritus
Cienfuegos, known as the waterfront city or the “the Pearl of the South”, the city’s coastline boasts the Notre Dame undersea diving maze, calm seas ideal for sailing, boating and kayaking. The unique culture in Cienfuegos is attributed its ancestry as a French enclave and many buildings show signs of French architectural undertones. Visit the Castillo de Jagua an impressive fortress built to protect Cienfuegos from menacing pirates…More about Cienfuegos
Soroa, is extremely popular weekend retreat for Havana residents the crystal waters of the Manantiales River being a major draw for those tired of seawater. Over 700 species or orchids grow naturally around the river and a popular picnic spot is the waterfall found at the mouth of the river. If you’re looking for a naturist retreat not far from Havana then Soroa should be high on your list…More about Soroa
Topes de Collantes, the Gran Parque Topes de Collantes is a mountain village set in lush countryside with commanding views of surrounding valleys. Ideal for those looking to escape into fresher climes and be close to nature, the village offers a beautiful setting with numerous ecotourism venues…More about Topes de Collantes
Playa Pesquero, located 50 Kms from Holguin is not only the location of Cuba’s largest hotel but also the beautiful Pesquero Beach. With just under 1000 rooms the hotel which takes its name from the beach is an extremely popular resort with both bungalows and rooms of all types…More about Playa Pesquero
Playa Larga, close to the famous Bay of Pigs and the Zapata National Park, Playa Larga is an impressive beach on the southern coast of the Matanzas province. Offering several excellent hotels and beautiful scenery it has become extremely popular with tourists looking to escape from the big resorts to the north…More about Playa Larga
Playa Giron, a small beach located on the southern Caribbean Sea coast of the Matanzas province, made famous during the battle of the Bay of Pigs. A popular destination for those interested in Cuban American recent history it features several hotels, bars and even a nightclub…More about Playa Giron
Maria La Gorda, Maria la Gorda is a remote area on the coast of Pinar Del Rio with beautiful beaches, better known for its world class diving, an excellent place to relax or do some snorkeling right from the beach. Besides the primarily scuba diving focused hotels, there are small bars and restaurants offering fresh seafood…More about Maria La Gorda
Las Terrazas, a small rural community set in the heart of a 25000 hectare UNESCO biosphere reserve in the Sierra del Rosario national park. Essentially very inviting and elegant infrastructure dedicated to leisure activities and ecotourism, it makes a perfect break from the beaches and to simply relax and swim in the rivers or wander through the forests that surround the area…More about Las Terrazas
Giron, a tiny village located near the infamous Bay of Pigs battle zone, Giron offers a small town feel for weary travelers looking to escape from the mega resorts that cover the rest of Matanzas province. An ideal retreat to visit some of the local paladar private restaurants or meet the locals in this town practically devoid of tourism…More about Giron
Escambray, mountains are located in the central region of Cuba, extending about 80 kilometers (50 mi) from east to west, and 80 kilometers (50 mi) from north to south. The highest peak, Pico San Juan, rises to 960 m (3,150 ft) above sea level. The Escambray range is divided into two sections by the Agabama River and is part of Topes de Collantes natural park and Valley de los Ingenios a UNESCO World Heritage Site…More about Escambray
Elguea, is located in the province of Villa Clara and famous for its natural thermal springs & spas. Less than an hour from Varadero Cuba’s only true spa town promises medicinal waters to cure all types of ailments. Very relaxing, the town has several hotels and a small village perfect for just sitting back and relaxing in the thermal springs…More about Elguea
Cienaga de Zapata, is a gigantic national park in the Matanzas province of Cuba often compared to the Everglades National Park in Florida. The national park is one of best bird watching locations in the world, along with world famous scuba diving and beautiful beaches. It’s on Cuba’s south coast, about a two-hour drive from Havana and close to numerous ecotourism focused venues…More about Cienaga de Zapata
Ciego de Avila, founded in 1840 the city and province are located in the center of Cuba along the central highway. Holder of the crown jewels in Cuban tourism Cayo Coco and Cayo Guillermo along with a large stretch of the Jardines del Rey archipelago both the province and city of the same name are steeped in history. The beautiful views from the Diego Velázquez Lighthouse are not to be missed, neither is the famous Los Pinos Beach…More about Ciego de Avila
Cayo Saetia, located just off the coast of Holguin this tiny key is extremely popular with nature lovers. With 12 beaches and some unusual fauna, the island was used to home zebras, water buffalos, antelopes, peacocks and other animals imported from Africa 3 decades ago. 12 virgin beaches conclude this island paradise´s unusual offering…More about Cayo Saetia
Cayo Sabinal, an extraordinary island paradise pertaining to the province of Camaguey, made famous by Ernest Hemingway who visited the island regularly on his yacht named Pilar. The island features its original lighthouse named Colon along with an abandoned fortress built in 1831…More about Cayo Sabinal
Cayo Romano, Is the closest key to Jardines del Rey international airport besides Cayo Coco. Much larger than Cayo Coco it benefits from a road network and serves as the main causeway artery to Cayo Cruz. Today Cayo Romano is visited for fly fishing, diving and its virgin beaches. Short term plans include two mega resorts of 5 star standards before 2018…More about Cayo Romano
Cayo Punta Arenas, situated a short distance from the coast of Pinar del Rio, this islet key is popular with divers and pleasure craft searching for virgin beaches along Cuba’s northern coast. Complete with a yacht mooring, the islet has been earmarked for development, primarily as an excursion from Pinar del Rio…More about Cayo Punta Arenas
Cayo Jutia, connected to the mainland by a causeway, this Key has been visited for over a 100 years as a paradise escape. Featuring an ancient lighthouse, a few small bars and excellent beaches, Cayo Jutia es set to be the next tourist development with hotels, just 1 hour drive from Havana…More about Cayo Jutia
Cayo Ines de Soto, Cuba’s closest Island to Key West, its natural beauty and short distance from Havana make it a certain candidate for major development. The island was discovered in 1492 by Columbus, but systematically visited by H. De Soto in 1532, who named it after his wife. In 1992, the Inés de Soto shipwreck, named after the reef, was discovered and excavated. Among the cultural material excavated, were two astrolabes, including one dated 1555. More about Cayo Ines de Soto
Cayo Buenavista, Just 70km from Havana and close to the Mariel development zone, Cayo Buena Vista offers attractive beaches and excellent diving opportunities. Located off the coast of Pinar del Rio, excursion plans from Viñales are underway to develop the island as a major leisure center for tourists from both the aforementioned and Havana…More about Cayo Buenavista
Cayo Blanco del Sur, also known as Ernesto Thaelmann Island, this 15km long key offers an amazing ecotourism experience. On land there’s an abundance of Cuban Iguanas wandering around, not unlike the Galapagos Islands. Underwater, lobsters and starfish can be caught by hand on its virgin coastline. Regular catamaran and diving trips from Varadero are available…More about Cayo Blanco del Sur
Cayo Blanco, the smaller sister to Cayo Blanco del Sur, Cayo Blanco also benefits from regular visitors from the coastal resort of Varadero. Trips to this island tend to include an ecotourism focus, including visits to the palm forest and analysis of the flora and fauna. A small boat mooring center is available along with thatched buildings, bars and entertainment centers. The island offers a panoramic view of the Varadero coastline…More about Cayo Blanco
Capitolio Havana, located in Old Havana, once the seat of government for Cuba, and exact copy of the US Capitol building, it actually measures 2 inches taller than the US building. Fully restored in 2013, the Capitolio Havana is open to the public daily and will soon become the seat of Cuba’s government once again…More about Capitolio Havana
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Complete meanings of dream's symbols Foot ☪ | Feet ✞ | Dirty face ☪ | Dirty hair ☪ | Dirty ✞ | Dirty clothe ☪ | Feet ☪ | Body 1 ☪ | Filth ☪ | Death ☪ | Dye ☪ | Corns ✞ | Walking ☪ | Tattoo ☪ | Shoes ✞ | Cats ✞ | Cupboard ✞ | Abacus ☪ | Basement ✞ | Snow ✞ | Wool ✞ | Beetle ☪ | Digging up the past ☪ | Apparel ☪ | Waistband ☪ | Aloe perfume ☪ | Garment ☪ | Fountainhead ☪ | Filthy body ☪ | Thunder ☪ |
Arabian, Islam M. Ibn Siren
In a dream, feet represent man’s uprightness, for with them one stands erect. If anything happens to one’s feet in a dream, it will reflect on his financial standing, work, toiling, his boss or his delegations. If one sees his feet pointing toward the heavens in a dream, it could denote the death of his child. If one’s feet turn green, it means that he will suffer business losses. If one sees himself committing loathsome sexual acts with his feet in a dream, it means that he will pursue an unlawful sexual intercourse. Walking bear footed in a dream means toiling in life, difficulties and fatigue. If one sees himself eating the foot of another human being in a dream, it means that he will become a close friend with him, acquire his intercession, reap success from his connection, fulfill his needs, receive benefits in his travels, or if he qualifies, he may preside over a group of poor people or guide seamen to their catch. If he is a poor person, it means that his benefits to others are greater than if he were a rich person. If a rich man sees himself eating the foot of another person in a dream, it means illness, weakness or blindness. As for evildoers, eating someone’s foot in a dream means imprisonment, sorrow and blame. If one sees one of his feet turning into a stone, it means that he will be deprived of its use. If one steps over a king or a ruler in a dream, it means that he will step over a coin of money that carries the figure of such a ruler. If one’s foot is amputated in a dream, it means that he will loose half of his wealth. If both his feet are amputated in the dream, it means that he will lose all of his wealth, or that he may die shortly. One’s feet in a dream also represent his parents or the leaders of the land. If one’s foot is fractured in a dream, it means that he should not near the people of authorities for some days or he better leave town for sometime and pray for his safety. If a sick person sees his foot broken in a dream, it may mean his death. If one sees one of his feet longer than the other in a dream, it means that he will travel and profit from his journey, or receive the needed help during his journey. If he is rich, it means that he will become sick . If a poor person sees himself having four legs in a dream, it means that he will travel and receive help to accomplish his goals. A rich person in that case may get sick, or it could mean longevity. Walking on three feet in a dream means either that one will grow to be old, or that through an ailment, he will not die until he uses a cane to help him walk. If a ruler or a judge sees himself having many legs in a dream, it means that he has many helpers. If one’s feet turn into iron in a dream, it means longevity and prosperity. If they turn into glass in a dream, it means that he will live a short life and suffer a debilitating illness. If they turn gold in the dream, it means that he will use them to seek a lost property or a desired wealth. If they turn silver in the dream, it means that he is a philanderer and he will live in poverty, for lust for women and wealth cannot exist together. If one’s feet turn into led in the dream, it means that he may suffer from paralysis, unless if the dream contains other elements that denote actions which are pleasing to God Almighty. If one sees his foot without a covering skin in the dream, it means longevity. In a dream, one’s toes represent good deeds. Experiencing foot pain in a dream means sins and punishment or repentance and endurance. (Also see Measure | Body’ | Leg | Thigh | Travels)…
American, Unitarianism G. H. Miller
Dreaming of seeing your own feet, is omnious{sic} of despair. You will be overcome by the will and temper of another. To see others’ feet, denotes that you will maintain your rights in a pleasant, but determined way, and win for yourself a place above the common walks of life. Dreaming that you wash your feet, denotes that you will let others take advantage of you. Dreaming that your feet are hurting you, portends troubles of a humiliating character, as they usually are family quarrels. To see your feet swollen and red, you will make a sudden change in your business by separating from your family. This is an evil dream, as it usually foretells scandal and sensation….
Dirty face
(Filth) A dirty face in a dream represents a rare art, while a filthy body represents a sinful person….
(See Filth)…
American, Unitarianism E. Mis
Dirty clothe
(See Foot)…
(Abdomen | Anus | Aorta | Back | Bones | Brain | Breasts | Buttocks | Chest | Earlock | Ears | Eyes | Eyebrows | Face | Feet | Fingers | Fingernails | Forehead | Hand | Head | Heart | Heels | Intestines | Jugular vein | Kidney | Knee | Legs | Limb | Lip | Livers | Loins | Lungs | Marrow | Mouth | Nails | Navel | Neck | Nerves | Nose | Rear end | Ribs | Penis | Sexual organs | Shoulders | Skin | Spinal column | Spleen | Stomach | Temple | Testicles | Thighs | Throat | Tongue | Umbilicus | Veins) In a dream, the head and the brain represent man’s controller, strength, benefits, longevity, wisdom or power. One’s ears in a dream represent his wife, daughter, sister or aunt. The eyes represent one’s faith, religion or children. The right eye represents his son and the left eye represents his daughter. The forehead in a dream represents one’s beauty, son, power, honor, wealth, leadership or the point of prostration in one’s prayers. A wide forehead in a dream means prosperity, while a narrow forehead means tightness. The eyebrows represent one’s protection or spiritual guardianship. As for the human nose in a dream, it represents honor, longevity and respect. Whatever comes out of one’s nose in a dream is good and whatever goes into it in a dream may not be beneficial. A bleeding nose in a dream means receiving or giving money. If one’s nose is cut off in a dream, it means circumcision, falling in rank, or it could mean his death. Inhaling water and clearing one’s nose in a dream represents someone who deceives his wife. If a bird or an animal comes out of one’s nose in a dream, it means that a cattle, a pet, or a domesticated animal will give birth to its babies in such a house. A large nose in a dream represents honor and respect. Smelling a nice fragrance in a dream means begetting a son, or it could mean relief from difficulties. One’s face in a dream represents his happiness or his sorrow. Seeing the forehead and the face in a dream means money, honor and a beautiful woman. The earlock and the temples represent two noble and blessed daugh- ters. A bright face in a dream means glad tidings, while a yellowish face in a dream means bad news or miseries. Frowning in a dream means a misfortune. If a woman sees herself frowning in a dream, it means the death of her husband. The two lips in a dream represent one’s helpers. The lower lip is stronger in meaning than the upper lip. It is also said that lips in a dream represent one’s relatives. The upper lip represents the male relatives and the lower lip represents the female relatives. Sealed lips in a dream mean difficulties or adversities. The mouth in a dream represents a key, one’s livelihood, the conclusion of one’s life, death, illness, strength, a coffer, a marketplace, a door attendant, a chief minister, or a door. If one’s mouth is sealed in a dream, it means a scandal. One’s tongue in a dream represents his or her translator. A long tongued person in a dream may mean winning an argument, or it could mean innocence from allegation. An elongated tongue of a judge in a dream means clarity and justice. A tied-up tongue in a dream means poverty, sickness, depression, a calamity, or it could represent an unworthy person. Having two tongues in a dream means praiseworthiness and acquiring two types of knowledge. Seeing what is inside one’s mouth in a dream means exposing one’s ills. Biting on one’s tongue in a dream means regret. Watching one’s tongue in a dream means protecting oneself from pitfalls. Carrying one’s tongue by hand in a dream means receiving indemnity for bodily injury or receiving blood money. If one sees his throat blocked in such a way that he could not speak in a dream, it denotes his stinginess toward his own family. If one sees one of his limbs speaking against him in a dream, it means that someone will report him to the authorities or become a witness against him in court. If one sees himself in a dream riding over the shoulders of his enemy, it means that he will commit a wrongdoing or a shameful act. If there is no enmity between them, and if he sees himself riding over the shoulders of a friend in a dream, it means earning something from him. Carrying something over one’s shoulders in a dream means debts. If one sees himself carrying a hypocrite over his shoulders in a dream, it means that he may work in a lumberyard or carry wood to earn a living. One’s shoulders in a dream also represent his parents, brothers, partners, station, or beauty. Anything that affects them in a dream will manifest in any of the above. In a dream, one’s neck represents an embrace, a donation with terms, a legal will, or a conditional endowment. The neck and the shoulders in a dream represent one’s trust or trustworthiness. A healthy and strong neck in a dream means trustworthiness and ability to meet one’s obligations. Wounds, festering or purulence in one’s neck in a dream mean betraying God’s trust. If one sees a nice bird sitting over his neck in a dream it means benefits or an alibi. If it is not a gentle bird, then it becomes a bad omen, or a rebuke. If one sees a necklace, a rope, a wire, or a thread around his neck in a dream, it means fulfilling one’s promise, acquiring knowledge and honor. A long neck in a dream could mean four things, that is justice, leadership, attainment of one’s goals or calling people to prayers. The left hand represents one’s helper, friend, savings, or a compassionate relative. Longhands in a dream represent a charitable person, or a capable one, and short hands mean the opposite. Long hands also could mean longevity, wealth, helpers, borrowing money, governing, fulfilling one’s commands, profits from one’s business or having business sense. If one’s hand is cut off in a dream, it means the death of his brother, his father, his partner, or a close friend or his assistant. If the right hand is cut off in a dream, it means a vow one takes to deprive someone from his rights. It also means loss of one’s job or cuttingoff one’s blood ties, or it could mean that he has committed a theft. If a righteous person sees his hand cut off in a dream, it means abstaining from wrongdoing or eschewing evil. If one’s left hand is cut off in a dream, it means reestablishing his relationship with his family and rediscovering the benefits of good qualities. If one’s hand is broken in a dream, it means an adversity, illness, loss of business, or loss of a dear person. The cracking skin of one’s hands in a dream means loss of wealth. Stretched hands in a dream means ill caused by a close friend. Stretching one’s hands in a dream also could mean generosity. If one’s hands are cut off without causing him any pain in a dream, it means that he may fall in love. If one sees his hands joined together in a dream, it means haviiig a family reunion, or a wedding. If one’s hands are trembling in a dream, it means weakness, illness, old age or longevity. If one’s hands feel dry in a dream, | it means that such a person does little good in his life. If one enters his hand under his arm’s pit in a dream, then brings it out bright and radiant in a dream, it means that he will acquire knowledge and may develop wisdom. Otherwise, it could mean profits. If he brings forth his hand from under his arm’s pit in the dream, and if it reveal a flame in his dream, it represents a manifestation of divine power and a blessed victory. If one pulls his hand from under his arm’s pit and it brings forth water in the dream, it means that he will receive great benefits and growth in his life, or perhaps that a long awaited traveller will shortly arrive to his doorsteps. If a right-handed person sees himself being left- handed in a dream, it means hardships. If one sees himself walking with his hands in a dream, it represents his dependence on a relative to provide for his needs. If one’s hands say something nice to him in a dream, it means financial comfort. If one’s hand is cut-off in a dream as punishment for a sin, it could mean marriage, a bad wife, or lack of trustworthiness. If one washes his hands with soap in a dream, it means that he will abandon something he initiated, or that his intention will not be fulfilled. If a form of life or a good spirit comes out from one’s hands in a dream, it indicates benefits. If such a life is a malignant one, then it means the opposite. If one takes someone by the hand in a dream, it means that he will help him and save his life. If something sprouts in one’s hands or if one’s hands turn into iron, or a vegetable in a dream, it means negative repercussions in wakefulness. Hands in a dream are interpreted in twelve ways – that is a brother, a sister, a partner, a son, a compassionate friend, one’s strength, wealth, leadership, money, proof, a craft, or work. The condition in which the palm of one’s hand looks in a dream indicates the state of one’s health and fitness. Clapping one’s hands in a dream could either mean joy and happiness, or it could mean nothing. Wearing a glove in one’s hand in a dream means ceasing the course of wrongdoing. Slapping one’s own face with both hands means sorrow, sadness or calamities. Hitting the back of one’s hand into the palm of the other hand in a dream means separation. In a dream, the fingers of the right hand represent the daily five time prayers. The thumb represents the pre-dawn prayer, the index represents the midday prayer, the middle finger represents the mid-afternoon prayer, the ring finger represents the sunset prayer, and the little finger represents the evening prayer. As for the fingers of the left hand in a dream, they are interpreted to represent one’s nephews. To cross or intertwine one’s fingers in a dream means difficulties and poverty. One’s toes in a dream represent the beauty of his character and denote his straight- forwardness. Any defect or crookedness in them in a dream will mirror in wakefulness. If a toe or a finger is bitten or crushed in a dream, it denotes evil or perhaps an accident. If one sees milk coming forth from his thumb and blood coming forth from his index finger in a dream, it means that he will marry a mother, then will he marry her daughter, or it could mean that he will rape the mother, then her daughter. Cracking one’s fingers in a dream means exchanging bad words between relatives or being sarcastic or making fun of other people. If one’s fingers are paralyzed in a dream, it means that he has committed an awful sin. If one sees his right hand paralyzed in a dream, it means injustice toward a weak person or inflicting losses upon an innocent person. If one’s left hand is paralyzed in a dream, it means the death of his brother or sister. As for the fingernails in a dream, they denote beauty, courage, strength, a religious covenant, or money. If one’s fingernails are chipped, extracted, or broken in a dream, they means loss of money and strength. If they look nicely clipped in a dream, they mean both spiritual and material benefits. Long nails at the point of a near breaking in a dream mean distress, sorrow, fears and depression. If one’s nail becomes a claw in a dream, it means rising against one’s enemy and opposition. If one does not have fingernails in a dream, it means bankruptcy. If one’s fingernails turn yellow, green or blue or if they are broken in the dream, it means death. Clipping them in a dream means dispelling calamities or distress. If a thorn or a chip of wooden enters under one’s fingernails in a dream, it means loss of power or money. If one sees himself in a dream knocking his fingernails against his teeth in a dream, it means committing a despicable and a loathsome act. As for seeing one’s chest in a dream, if one sees himself having a broad and a nice looking chest (See Chest), it means repentance of a sinner, or being eager and willing to follow the truth and to comply with it, or to make easy what was earlier difficult. One’s breasts in a dream (See Breast) represent his daughter. Man’s breast in a dream means a woman, and woman’s breasts in a dream represents a man. Breasts in a dream mean five things – a little boy, a little girl, a servant, a friend, or a brother. One’s abdomen in a dream means money, children, relatives or prosperity. If one sees his abdomen being cut open and washed, then stitched back to normal in the dream, it means blessings from God Almighty, forgiveness for one’s sins, and it could mean that one will receive spiritual guidance. One’s abdomen in a dream also denotes his good conduct, amiable character, blessed enterprises and protection from the evil of the accursed Satan. If one sees a newborn son or daughter coming out of his abdomen in a dream, it means that such a child will be born and will grow to govern that household. As for one’s livers in a dream, they represent knowl- edge, money or children. If a man of knowledge sees his livers flying away from his body like birds in a dream, it means that he will forget his knowledge, or if one has children, they may die, or perhaps the government may seize his property even if he has nothing. If one sees himself eating his own livers in a dream, it means earning his livelihood. If they are cooked in the dream, then they represent a lawful income, or they could mean gobbling the property of one’s own children. If a liver is removed in a dream, it means the death of a child. Removing a liver in a dream also could mean injustice. One’s kidney in a dream means having a good business connection, dispelling adversities, distress, trouble, safety from danger, a husband and a wife, one’s parents, or it could represent two lovers. One’s kidneys in a dream also represent a strong, courageous and a hard working man who serves someone in authority, or he may become a personal guard, or an assistant to the governor. As for one’s lungs in a dream, they represent joy, happiness, or sorrow. Donating a lung to someone known or unknown in a dream means receiving happiness in return. Eating a broiled lung of a domesticated animal in a dream means profits. Otherwise, it could mean acquiring unlawful money. Seeing one’s lung torn in a dream means nearing one’s death. One’s spleen in a dream (See Spleen) represents money. As for seeing one’s intestines in a dream, they represent earnings, leadership, a child, unlawful money, intercession, hatred, livelihood, work or they could mean changing one’s mind about doing something which could cause a disaster. One’s stomach in a dream represents longevity, livelihood or children. A healthy stomach in a dream means enjoying strength and a long life. The same interpretation is given to the intestines or the umbilicus or the navel and the three of them represent one’s relationship with his wife. As for the ribs (See Ribs) in a dream, they represent women. The loins or the spinal column in a dream represent one’s progeny. One’s back in a dream (See Back) represents his strength, wealth, glory, fame, master, destruction, end, poverty, old age and burdens. If one sees himself carrying a heavy load in a dream, it means that he is carrying his sins. If he carries merchandise in the dream, it means debt. If he carries woods in the dream, it means backbiting others. If one sees himself carrying a dead person on his back in a dream, it means that he takes care of orphans. As for one’s heart (See Heart) in a dream, it means intelligence, vigilance, aware- ness, guidance, clarity and piety. One’s buttocks and the rear end in a dream represent his earnings, job and profits. If one sees himself licking someone’s rear end or buttocks in the dream, it means giving high praises to an unworthy and an impious person or commending him. The male and female sexual organs in a dream represent a good father or one’s profession. What comes or goes into the male organ or woman’s vagina in a dream of good or bad will reflect in their lives. Seeing one’s penis in a dream means children, money, pride, state, or authority. The testicles represent one’s livelihood, one’s daughters, protection and maintenance. The meaning of the penis and the testicles may be transposed in the dream interpretation. One’s anus in a dream means a pouch, a store, a resting place, or a coffer. The knee represents one’s capital or one’s attendance to his work and earning his livelihood. As for the legs, they too represent one’s capital, paying attention to one’s work and conduct. Man’s leg represents a woman, and a woman’s leg represents a man. If one’s leg turns into wood or iron in a dream, it means that he will fail to earn his livelihood. One’s feet represent his parents, his livelihood, a journey or his wealth. (See Feet | Foot). If one foot is broken or cut off in a dream, it means either the death of a parent or loss of half of one’s capital. If one’s feet turn into iron or copper in a dream, it means longevity. If they turn into glass in the dream, they denote his short life. The human bones represent his livelihood, religion, glory or money. Collecting bones in a dream means saving money. The bone marrow in a dream repre- sents hidden money, good awareness, patience and gratitude. The veins and nerves in a dream represent one’s clan, modesty and progeny. As for seeing the human skin in a dream, it means ornaments, presiding over others, a veil, blessings, livelihood, provisions, life and a garment. (Also see Aorta | Face | Finger | Five fingers | Gall bladder | Heel | Jugular vein | Marrow | Nails | Palm | Pluck | Spleen | Teeth | Tongue | Tooth)…
(Dirt) Dirty hair, a soiled garment, or a filthy body in a dream mean distress and worries. Dirty clothing in a dream mean sins. If the dirt comprises oil or grease in the dream, it means attachment to mundane and material objects. Washing one’s clothe in a dream means repenting from sin and washing them away. Cleaning off the wax in one’s ears in a dream means hearing pleasing words. (Also see Cloth | Dirty face | Garment)…
…in corruption and falsehood. If he complains about his feet in the dream, it means that he is being questioned about a wealth he spends in falsehood and on the path of heedlessness he walked. A woman and a man in such dreams are the same. Like that, each limb provides for a specific stand one took during his lifetime in this world. (See Body 1 ). If a living person gives a deceased person something to eat or drink in a dream, it means loss of money. If he gives a deceased person a garment in the dream, it means adversity or an illness. If a deceased person gives the person seeing the dream his own shroud to wear in a dream, it means his death. If a deceased person gives the person seeing the dream a cloak or an adorned shirt in a dream, it means gaining what the deceased person acquired of knowledge, wealth, blessings or status during his lifetime. The shirt means livelihood and the cloak means dignity and honor. If the deceased person gives him some food to eat in the dream, it means receiving lawful earnings from an unexpected source. If the deceased person gives him honey in the dream, it means acquiring a booty. Anything one receives from a deceased person in a dream means good news and a blessed gift in general. If a deceased person takes one by the hand and walks with him in a dream, it means receiving money from an unexpected source. Talking with deceased people in a dream means longevity. Kissing a renowned person who had passed away in a dream means acquiring something from his knowledge, wisdom or inheritance, or it could mean receiving benefits from his descendants. Talking to dead people in a dream means having ingratitude toward one’s family or friends. If a sick person sees himself kissing a deceased person in a dream, it means that he will shortly die. If a healthy person sees that same dream, it means that what he says is false. Having sexual intercourse with a deceased person in his grave in a dream means committing adultery or mixing with an evil person or losing money to a deceitful and a hypocritical person. If one sees that a deceased woman has come back to life, and if he engages in sexual intercourse with her, then finds his body spattered with her ova and semen in a dream, it means that he has committed something which he regrets. Conse- quently he will suffer losses because of it. To have a wedding with a deceased person and to move to his or her house in the dream means one’s own death. Walking behind a deceased person and entering an unknown house from which one does not come out again in the dream means death. If one follows the deceased person and does not enter such a house in the dream, it means that he will near his death, then recuperate from his illness. If a deceased person beats the person seeing the dream, it means that one has displeased his Lord and has committed an abominable act from which he should repent, for in the abode of truth, a deceased person accepts only what pleases God Almighty and dislikes what He dislikes. If one sees a living person beating a deceased person who is willingly submitting to his fate in a dream, it represents the spiritual and religious strength and the rank of the living person, his charities, prayers, devotion, piety, or it could mean that he is fulfilling the deceased person’s will. If one sees a deceased person asleep in a dream, it means that the hereafter is the abode of rest and comfort for the believers. Sleeping in one bed with a deceased person in a dream means longevity. If dead people come out of their graves to sell merchandise in a dream, it means stagnation of the markets. A dead mouse in one’s food in a dream means tampering with that product. If one sees a deceased person doing something good in a dream, it means that he is ordering him to do the same. If it is a bad thing he is doing in the dream, it means that he is ordering him not to do it. If a deceased person comes in one’s dream and tells him about the time of his death, then the day may be one month and the month may be one year and the year ten years. If one sees his mother dying in a dream, it means that he will lose his worldly attainments, comfort and that he may become heedless. If he is a seeker on the path, then it means that he will lose the benefits of his work or fail to perform his obligatory prayers. If a sick person sees his brother die in a dream, it means his own death. Otherwise, it could mean someone in his family. If one is poor in the dream, it means that may lose one of his eyes. If one’s wife dies in a dream, it means bankruptcy and loss of one’s source of livelihood. Performing the funeral prayer in a dream means interceding on his behalf and praying for his salvation. If one answers the call of a deceased person in a dream, it means that he will shortly follow him. If one sees a deceased person drowning in a dream, it means that one is plunged in abominable sins. If one sees dead people coming out of their graves and going to their homes in a dream, it means a mass release of prisoners during a general amnesty. This dream also may mean that God Almighty will give life to a barren land. Death for a believer in a dream means honor, dignity, aloofness and ascetic detachment. The death of a prophet in a dream means weakness in people’s religious life, while their coming back to life in a dream means a flourishing spiritual life in that place. The death of a ruler in a dream means the weakness of his army or government. The death of a religious scholar in a dream means the birth of innovation or invalidation of one’s proof. The death of a pious worshiper in a dream means failure to attend one’s religious obligations. The death of a craftsman mean the end of his craft. The death of one’s parents in a dream means tightening of his financial means. The death of one’s wife in a dream means the end of a prosperous life. The death of one’s son in a dream means the obscurity of one’s name after his death. If one sees a deceased person performing the funeral prayer over another deceased person in a dream, it means that one’s actions are false, for performing a funeral prayer is a deed and dead people have no more deeds to offer. If a married woman marries a deceased person in a dream, it means her divorce from her husband, while if an unmarried woman marries a deceased person in a dream means that she will get married. In a dream, death also means being inflamed with love or separation from one’s beloved, whereby life after death would represent reunion with one’s beloved or suffering from separation in a hell-fire. (Also see Agony of death | Funeral prayers | Giving up the ghost | Izrail | Relaxation | Robbery)…
(Color | Expose | Hair | Henna | Hide | Gray hair) Applying henna or a dye to one’s hair or hands in a dream represents a pharmacist, celebrations, glad tidings, tenderness, or it could mean compassion. Dyeing one’s hair in a dream also means veiling or protecting one’s personal life and that of others. To dye the gray hair of one’s beard in a dream means ostentatiousness and adorning one’s merchandise or deeds to make them look better than reality. Dyeing one’s hair in a dream also connotes a display of blessings and favors, or it could mean dictating one’s conditions to his enemy, if the person is in such position. However, if not, it means difficulties, aggravation, distress, debts or dropping off one’s ties with those who love him. Interpreting woman’s dyeing of her hair in a dream is the same as that of a man. To dye one’s gray hair in a dream means strength, dignity and valor. Applying henna dye to one’s head and not to one’s beard in a dream means emulating the traditions of God’s Prophet, upon whom be peace. To dye both the head and the beard in a dream means concealing one’s poverty, though one will keep asking people to pay him respect or to recognize him in their circles. If one’s hair accepts the dye in the dream, it means regaining one’s status, though with less emphasis on his pride, or it could mean that he will make contentment his new ornament or trim. If one uses a dye other than what is commonly used, and if it works in the dream, it means that he will be saved from an adverse condition through miraculous events. If the new dye does not work in the dream, it means that his true nature will be exposed and he will have no solutions to protect himself from defamation or public abuse. If he tries to dyes his hair with dry henna clay, and if his hair still accepts it in the dream, it means that he is an ignorant person, though he will ultimately repent for his sins, amend his actions and improve himself. If a woman sees her hands dyed with gold in a dream, it means that she will give all her wealth to her husband and that she will be satisfied to see him happy, though in reality she too will gain power and status in her family. If a man sees his feet dyed and tattooed in a dream, it means that he will be struck with family problems. A dyed hand in a dream means hardship in making ends meet. If one dips his hand into a laying corpse in a dream, it means that he will witness a conspiracy. If one sees his hands dyed in a dream, it also means that he has reached the end of the rope with his money or business. If one sees his dyed hands wrapped or bandaged in a dream, it means that he will lose a trial or a fight with his rivals, or that he will fail to meet such a challenge again. Dyeing only the finger with henna in a dream represents branches of dates or clusters of grapes. In general, dyeing one’s hands with henna or one’s hair with regular dye as a makeup in a dream represents joy for the husband and wife as long as they do not exceed the norms. Dyeing one’s hands and feet in a dream means redecorating one’s house. If a poor person sees himself dyeing his hands or hair in a dream, it means that he will cover up the loss of his ablution during prayers or during his reading of the Holy Qur’an or during other ritual occasions where he is required to have ablution before proceeding. It could also mean that he cares little about attending his prayers. As for women, dyeing means happiness, new clothing, receiving gold, or a wedding celebration. If the dye exceeds the required surface of the hands or the feet in the dream, it means being struck with fear and worries caused by one’s business or friends. If a man sees himself in a dream dyeing his hair or beard with other than henna, it means that he will suffer from what he fears most. Dyeing or suppressing one’s feelings for a sick person means recovering from his ailment. Dyeing one’s hair black in a dream means hiding one’s bad conditions, spoiling the benefits of one’s deeds, or hiding one’s evil intentions. This is taken from the practice of Egypt’s Pharaoh who sometimes dyed his hair black, thus trying to hide his appearance and ignorance….
Dreaming that your corns hurt your feet, denotes that some enemies are undermining you, and you will have much distress | but if you succeed in clearing your feet of corns, you will inherit a large estate from some unknown source. For a young woman Dreaming of having corns on her feet, indicates she will have to bear many crosses and be coldly treated by her sex….
(Jogging | Prancing | Strutting | Tripping) Walking straight in a dream means profits, seeking the path of righteousness and unwavering in one’s religious commitment. Walking through the markets in a dream means carrying a will, or should one qualify for leadership, it means that he may be appointed to fill such a position. Walking barefooted in a dream means dispelling distress and portraying a good religious character. The meaning of walking in a dream implies an expression of meekness and submissiveness before one’s Lord, and it could mean seeking to earn one’s livelihood. Jogging in a dream means victory over one’s enemy. Walking backward in a dream means reversing one’s decision, cancelling a commitment, or it could represent corruption in one’s religious practices. Strutting or prancing in a dream represents an ugly state of mind that is coupled with evil actions. Falling down over one’s face during walking in a dream means loss of benefits in this world and in the next. Tripping while walking in a dream means exposure of one’s ills, and suffering the consequences of wrongdoing. To cause someone to trip while walking in a dream means ridiculing him, or delivering him a humiliating blow. To walk earnestly and steadily in a dream represents one’s good intention. Travelling on foot in a dream means facing danger. Walking while bowing one’s head in a dream means longevity, or it could mean recovering from a long illness. Walking over the clouds in a dream means rain. Walking with a cane in a dream means old age, or an illness which will require the help of a cane. Hopping on one foot in a dream means losing half of one’s wealth. Having several feet in a dream means losing one’s sight. If the governor sees himself having many feet in a dream, it means that he will be impeached from his office. If one sees inanimate objects such as a tree, a rock or a mountain walking in a dream, it represents major adversities and plagues. The movement of inanimate objects in a dream also means being dogmatic about one’s spiritual stand. Walking like animals in a dream means emulating ignorant people, seeking the unattainable, or being a hypocrite, unless if the animal is permissible for food, then such style of walking means offering good deeds. (Also see Jogging | Prancing | Sound of walking | Strutting | Tripping)…
If a person sees his hands tattooed with henna in a dream, it means that he cheats to earn his livelihood, or that he tricks others to get what he needs. Consequently, he will be exposed and his enemy will rejoice at his misfortune. If a woman sees her hands tattooed in a dream, it means that she will trick someone to repossess her rightfully owned jewelry. If the tattoo is made with gold in the dream, it means performing an old but a polite trick. If the tattoo is done with mud in the dream, it means praising God Almighty. If a woman sees the lines of her tattoo mixing together, or as though the dye has started to run in the dream, it means difficulties with her children. If a man sees his feet dyed and tattooed in a dream, it means that he will be tried with family problems. If a woman sees her feet dyed and tattooed in a dream, it means that she will suffer from an abusive husband. (Also see Dye | Henna)…
Dreaming of seeing your shoes ragged and soiled, denotes that you will make enemies by your unfeeling criticisms. To have them blacked in your dreams, foretells improvement in your affairs, and some important event will cause you satisfaction. New shoes, augur changes which will prove beneficial. If they pinch your feet, you will be uncomfortably exposed to the practical joking of the fun-loving companions of your sex. To find them untied, denotes losses, quarrels and ill-health. To lose them, is a sign of desertion and divorces. Dreaming that your shoes have been stolen during the night, but you have two pairs of hose, denotes you will have a loss, but will gain in some other pursuit. For a young woman Dreaming that her shoes are admired while on her feet, warns her to be cautious in allowing newly introduced people, and men of any kind, to approach her in a familiar way….
Dreaming of a cat, denotes ill luck, if you do not succeed in killing it or driving it from your sight. If the cat attacks you, you will have enemies who will go to any extreme to blacken your reputation and to cause you loss of property. But if you succeed in banishing it, you will overcome great obstacles and rise in fortune and fame. If you meet a thin, mean and dirty-looking cat, you will have bad news from the absent. Some friend lies at death’s door | but if you chase it out of sight, your friend will recover after a long and lingering sickness. To hear the scream or the mewing of a cat, some false friend is using all the words and work at his command to do you harm. Dreaming that a cat scratches you, an enemy will succeed in wrenching from you the profits of a deal that you have spent many days making. If a young woman dreams that she is holding a cat, or kitten, she will be influenced into some impropriety through the treachery of others. Dreaming of a clean white cat, denotes entanglements which, while seemingly harmless, will prove a source of sorrow and loss of wealth. When a merchant dreams of a cat, he should put his best energies to work, as his competitors are about to succeed in demolishing his standard of dealing, and he will be forced to other measures if he undersells others and still succeeds. Dreaming of seeing a cat and snake on friendly terms signifies the beginning of an angry struggle. It denotes that an enemy is being entertained by you with the intention of using him to find out some secret which you believe concerns yourself | uneasy of his confidences given, you will endeavor to disclaim all knowledge of his actions, as you are fearful that things divulged, concerning your private life, may become public….
To see a cupboard in your dream, is significant of pleasure and comfort, or penury and distress, according as the cupboard is clean and full of shining ware, or empty and dirty. See Safe….
(Calculator) In a dream, an abacus represents social order, conformity and uprightness. Seeing an abacus in a dream also reflects one’s own state and conduct. If the frame and beads are in a good condition, operate smoothly and smell fragrant in the dream, the abacus then denotes one’s uprightness and good conduct. If they look dirty, greasy and rough to handle in the dream, then they denote the ill management of one’s life or business. If one sees an abacus in such a condition in his dream, it may also represent unsanitary food preparation, a greasy spoon restaurant, or it could mean abating the declared weight or value of a merchandise. An abacus in a dream also may represent a well behaved child, a student, a teacher, or a judge. If one turns into an abacus in a dream, it means an illness or a calamity. An abacus in a dream also means that one’s patience, contentment and trust in God Almighty will reserve him a generous reward. (Also see Record keepers)…
When you dream of being in a basement it foretells deep thoughts, hidden secrets and anticipation. The condition of the basement reflects to your thoughts and emotions. Consider at the condition of the basement, how dark or big it is as it would give much more clue about your dream. If you see the basement that is untiddy, dirty it denotes the puzzlement you have to figure out. The state of the basement could also represent unfixed objects or questions….
To see snow in your dreams, denotes that while you have no real misfortune, there will be the appearance of illness, and unsatisfactory enterprises. To find yourself in a snow storm, denotes sorrow and disappointment in failure to enjoy some long-expected pleasure. There always follows more or less discouragement after this dream. If you eat snow, you will fail to realize ideals. To see dirty snow, foretells that your pride will be humbled, and you will seek reconciliation with some person whom you held in haughty contempt. To see it melt, your fears will turn into joy. To see large, white snowflakes falling while looking through a window, foretells that you will have an angry interview with your sweetheart, and the estrangement will be aggravated by financial depression. To see snow-capped mountains in the distance, warns you that your longings and ambitions will bring no worthy advancement. To see the sun shining through landscapes of snow, foretells that you will conquer adverse fortune and possess yourself of power. For a young woman Dreaming of sleighing, she will find much opposition to her choice of a lover, and her conduct will cause her much ill-favor. Dreaming of snowballing, denotes that you will have to struggle with dishonorable issues, and if your judgment is not well grounded, you will suffer defeat. If snowbound or lost, there will be constant waves of ill luck breaking in upon you….
Dreaming of wool, is a pleasing sign of prosperous opportunities to expand your interests. To see soiled, or dirty wool, foretells that you will seek employment with those who detest your principles….
In a dream, a beetle represents a perfidious and a rich enemy, a dull person who travels extensively transporting money between the lands, an odious, dirty and abominable person, or an evil servant. A female beetle in a dream means the death of a woman in childbed, or it could represent a stubborn and a relentless woman. If one sees a beetle turning into a scorpion in a dream, it represents an enemy whose real intention is not known….
(Affront | Attract attention | Criticize | Excavate | Probe | Sideswipe | Stir up) Digging up the past in a dream means an argument or exposing one’s dirty laundry, blocking the road, earning unlawful money, or it could mean excavating hidden valuables, reviving past knowledge or discover- inga treasure. Diggingup the past and not confronting anyone with it in a dream means relief from distress or receiving glad tidings. (Also see Court)…
(Adornment | Attire | Costume | Garb | Veil) In a dream, one’s apparel vary in meaning depending on their contents, colors or type, etcetera. Wearing one’s garb in the winter in a dream is better than wearing it in the summer. Wrapping oneself with a cloth in a dream means becoming poor. An attire in a dream represents a man and a leader. An attire for a scholar, or a merchant, or a leader in a dream represents his trade through which one earns his livelihood and which protects him from adversities. If one’s apparel is dirty in the dream, then it reflects his life and appearance. If one wears a beautiful garb in the summertime in a dream, it means that he is ostentatious, arrogant and vainglorious. It also could mean that he is under great pressure and suffering from a painful distress, for the heat of a summer in a dream signifies distress. If a woman sees herself wearing a man’s apparel in a dream, it means piety and success in her material and spiritual life. If a man sees himself wearing a woman’s apparel in a dream, it means that he will be afflicted with fear, depression, subjugation, humiliation, trials, then all of it will be lifted away from him. (Also see Veil | Yashmak)…
(Belt | Cincture | Waist belt) If a depressed person sees a waistband in his dream, it means relief from stress. A dirty waistband in a dream means depression and problems for a usually happy person. (Also see Belt | Cincture)…
Aloe perfume
Seeing or manufacturing aloe perfume in a dream means religious innovation, dirty money, evil reputation, placing things in the wrong place, or it could mean doing good deeds for profit. (Also see Civet | ‘Ud)…
Wearing a good quality garment in a dream means prosperity in this world and in the hereafter. Wearing a woolen garment in a dream means renouncing the world and calling on people to do the same and to desire the benefits of the hereafter. Wearing a green robe in a dream brings benefits and no harm. If a living person sees himself or someone else wearing green in a dream, it denotes his religious devotion. As for a deceased person, it means a good state and acceptance before God Almighty. It is also said that wearing a green garment in a dream means receiving an inheritance. Wearing a white garment also means glad tidings. If a fabric merchant or a tailor sees himself wearing a white garment in a dream, it means lack of work. Wearing a black garment in a dream means a bad omen, but if one is used to wearing black clothing, then it means honor, wealth and receiving a high ranking position. Wearing a red garment in a dream means excess earnings that are not yet free from due alms. Such a person then must immediately pay the proper share of his earnings. A red garment in a dream means death, sickness and to a poor person, it means increase in his difficulties. Wearing a red garment in a dream can mean good only if the person wearing it is an unmarried woman. Otherwise, wearing red during festivals or social gatherings in a dream has no meaning. Wearing a yellow garment in a dream or any of its derivative colors in general means ulcer or other internal festering illness. Wearing a silken garment in a dream means loss and negligence of one’s religious life. Wearing a blue garment in a dream means distress and difficulties. Wearing a patterned garment of mixed colors in a dream means being reprimanded by one’s superior. It also could represent a flower merchant. Wearing a double sided coat means duplicity and affectation. A washed garment in a dream means poverty and indebtedness. Wearing a brocaded garment in a dream means attending a pilgrimage. Oth- erwise, if the person qualifies, it means controlling interests in a farmland, or it may represent a good harvest for that year. Wearing a garment which is brilliant in colors for a man in a dream represents his pride and arrogance. If one sees himself wearing a silken raiment and portraying a religious jurist in a dream, it means that he is a seeker of worldly titles who may invent something new. Announcing lost and found garments in a dream means attending a pilgrimage to Mecca or a journey to an Arab country. A woman wearing a thin garment in a dream represents her integrity, while if she is wearing a thick garment, it represents her labor and hardships. If one sees himself putting on a new garment after taking a ritual bath in a dream, it means prosperity or repayment of his debts. If one’s new garment is torn and cannot be repaired in the dream, it means inability to bear children. If the garment can be repaired in the dream, it means that there is an evil spell over the person wearing it. Wearing two torn garments in a dream means death. A torn garment in a dream also means a shattered religious or spiritual life, or it could mean that one is pursued by an evil person, or it could mean poverty or striving to satisfy one’s basic material needs. If one is stripped of his clothing in a dream, it means loss of his status. Destroying or wasting garments in a dream brings glad tidings, unless if the person seeing the dream is incarcerated, or if he is a poor person, or if he is in debt. If a man sees himself wearing a woman’s outfit in the dream, and if in his consciousness he intended to act effeminately, it means that he will face a calamity and carry a great burden. If he thinks in his dream that he is a woman, then his humiliation will be greater. Heceiving used garments but in a good condition as a gift in a dream means money, though if they are in bad condition, they mean trouble. A dog wearing a woolen cloak in a dream represents a just ruler. If one sees a lion wearing a cotton or a linen cloak in a dream, it represents a ruler who confiscates people’s properties and money. Wearing linen cloak in a dream also means living a dignified life. Eating a clean garment in a dream means receiving lawful earnings, and eating a dirty garment in a dream means living from unlawful money. Burning one’s garment in a dream means the end of his difficulties. Ironing off the creases of one’s garment before wearing it in a dream means interest in beauty, glitters and ornaments. (Also see Closet | Colors | Filth | Trader)…
A fountainhead in a dream represents blessings, grace, bounty and attaining one’s goal. If one sees many springs gushingforth inside his own house in a dream, and if he is not a discrete person, it represents a calamity that will bringhim and his family to their knees with sorrow and tears. If one sees himself taking a ritual ablution for prayers from a fountainhead in a dream, it means that he will receive lawful money. Discovering a fountainhead in a dream means prosperity. If the spring gushes forth inside one’s house or from the walls of one’s house in the dream, then it means a calamity or a misfortune that will be caused by a woman, a brother or a brother in-law. If the water flows into the street in a dream, it means that such a calamity or adversity will leave that house and peace will finally prevail. If the water is pure and clean in the dream, it means depression along with a strong and a healthy body. What is disliked in such dreams is the murky water. If one owns a stream in a dream, it represents one’s livelihood, his shop, business, work, or one’s good deeds that remain beneficial even after his death and until the Day of Judgment such as a blessed progeny, a school or a mosque he builds, a road he opens, a book of knowledge he leaves behind, or a charitable endowment. Seeing waters overflowing from a fountainhead and flooding one’s property means sadness, crying and sorrow and the same applies if one drinks from that water in his dream. If one sees several springs gushing forth in a dream, it means prospering through dirty actions and corruption. Seeing a spring in the valley in a dream means blessings for most people and particularly for the sick and the needy. A dried well in a dream means the opposite. If one who is suffering from depression sees a spring in his dream, it means relief from his difficulties, repayment of his debts, recovering from his illness, or repentance from his sins. A spring of sweet water in a dream also means collecting one’s profits or rents. If one sees a rivulet carrying pure and sweet water to his house in a dream, it means profits, easy life and blessings that will be driven to him. (Also see Rivulet | Spring)…
Filthy body
(Dirt | Filth) A filthy body in a dream represents a sinful person, while a dirty face in a dream means a rare art. (Also see Filth)…
(Curse | Omen | Policeman | Warning sign) In a dream, thunder without rain means a scare, a warning or an ultimatum. It also represents good promises, gracious orders, or the sound of drums. Seeing thunder in a dream means repayment of one’s debts, and for a sick person, it means recovering from his illness. Thunder, lightening and rain in a dream represent fear for a traveller, or the greed of a merchant. Hearing about an awesome blast in a distant land in a dream means that the dwellers of that place will be struck with a major calamity or sudden mass casualties. The sound of thunder in a dream represents a murder, a fight, a dispute, an argument, lack of religious atten- dance, loss of money, or the release of a prisoner. A thunderstorm with rain when needed in a dream represents a good harvest for that year . Hearing a thunderous sky without seeing the lightening in a dream means an assassination, deception, falsehood or slander. Hearing the sound of thunder in a dream also means being reprimanded by a higher authority. There are no benefits in hearing the sound of thunder in the darkness without seeing lightening in the dream, this would be interpreted as apostasy or disloyalty. This can be particularly true when it is accompanied with an earthquake. If one hears thunder in its season in a dream, it means good news and blessings. Otherwise, out of its usual season, thunder in a dream represents an army on the move, or a foreign occupation of a country. Hearing the sound of thunder in a dream also represents hymns, praising God Almighty, glorifying Him, or it could mean a sickness, fear, deafness, or the sound of drums in a wedding. If the one seeing the dream is an atheist, it means that he will be guided and have faith in God Almighty. If he is a sinner, it means that he will repent for his sins. Hearing the roaring of thunder in a dream on the first day of October means death. If it is heard during the first six days of that month, it means benefits, or lower prices, but if it is heard near the end of the month, then it means a plague or a disaster. Hearing the sound of thunder at any other time during the month of October in a dream means evil. If it is heard during the month of November in a dream, it means blessings for the land, prosperity, the spreading of God’s words in a new land, the falling of a comet in a populated area, the death of a leader, a pollution that will devastate bird life, or a heavy rainstorm with limited damages. If the sound of thunder is heard during the first ten days of December in a dream, it means the death of famous people within the Western hemisphere, inflation, rising prices, degradation of social behavior, decrease in harvest, inflation, or playing dirty politics. Hearing the sound of thunder during the last seven days of December in a dream means that the winter will be cold and dry, though the forthcoming spring will be cool and wet. Hearing the sound of thunder in the first six days of the month of January in a dream means that a major event will take place, such as an earthquake, death, destruction, or a war in Iraq. If this dream is witnessed during the last week of the month of January, then it represents a solar eclipse, or the death of a Western leader, a plague, or the birth of a planet that signifies the destruction of a great city on earth. Hearing the sound of thunder on the first day of February in a dream means a good harvest, lowering or stabilization of prices, discovering a new disease in the East, death in the seas, heavy rains in Mecca, fear, devastation and famines in Ethiopia, or that a Western leader will move his armies to the East and control the land for a short per iod of time . Hearing the sound of thunder during the first six day s of March in a dream means good harvest, lowering of prices, stabilization of the market and prosperity. Hearing the sound of thunder at the end of March in a dream means famines, destruction, or that a swarm of locusts may devastate the lands, or it could mean a drought that will kill African cattle. Also in this type of dreams, if the sound of thunder is heard on the twenty first day of April, it means that Western armies will drive East and establish military bases there. If the first of April happens to be a Sunday, then March will be a month of great fear and disturbances in the East, meanwhile, a conflict between the Western armies will end by the death of a Western leader and the defeat of his army. If the dream is seen on the eleventh day of April, it may mean that earthquakes or cyclones will devastate many countries. If the dream takes place on the thirteenth day of April, then it means that inflation will strike and price hiking will burden the common people. If the dream is seen on the seventeenth day of April, it purports a major political dispute between the leaders of the world, and if it is seen on the twenty second day of April, it means that a disastrous evil will contaminate many societies. If the dream takes place on the twenty third day of the month of April, it means abundance, falling prices, fertility in the lands, while if it is seen on the twenty fifth day of April, it will mean price hiking. If it is seen on the twenty ninth day of April, it means that blessings, fertility, relief and joy will spread in the land. If the sound of thunder is heard during the first nine days of the month of May in a dream, it means the death of noble and leading people in Turkey. During that period, rain will be in abundance, the land will be fertile and the farms most productive. If the dream takes place between the tenth and the twentieth day of the month of May, it means plagues. If the sound of thunder is heard in a dream during the first ten days of June, it means the death of renowned scholars, people of knowledge, religious leaders, or noble people in Egypt. Meanwhile, prices will fall, and abundance will ease the economy into a major economic turnaround. If the dream is seen during the first six days of July, it means that good rain will fall during the following December and that the land will be fertile. During that year, several Western leaders will die, and a war may take place in Persia. Meanwhile, evil will spread throughout Egypt, and it will be brought about by its own leaders. If the dream takes place during the last seven days of July, it means that peace will spread throughout the earth, prices will fall in Iraq and in East Africa, and a new disease will affect fruit trees, banana trees, date trees, though wheat will be available in abun- dance, even if the farmers were concerned about it in the early part of the year. If the sound of thunder is heard during the month of August in a dream, it means blessings for the people in Syria and the people of Azerbaijan on the Caspian Sea. At that time, sea passages will be blockaded, the highways will be forsaken and a war may take place in China. If the sound of thunder is heard at the end of the month of August in a dream, it means the end of a drought in Egypt, risingprices, death, earthquakes, or major political changes. If the sound of thunder is heard during the first eight days of September in a dream, it announces a drought during the early part of the year that will be followed by heavy rains and results in a good harvest. It also means that a long and destructive war will take place. If the thunder takes place on the tenth day of September in one’s dream, then it means a drought in Morocco. God knows best what He has reserved for His creation and He is the best of judges….
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A Reader's Guide to Haydn's Early String Quartets (Reader's by William Drabkin
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By William Drabkin
The six string quartets comprising Joseph Haydn's Opus 20 (composed in 1772) are the 1st works within the style to have got constant serious consciousness from writers on tune. The twenty-two quartets Haydn wrote earlier than this date, although not often mentioned by way of historians and theorists and rarely played in public, are however basic to the advance of the quartet and therefore inseparable from Opus 20 itself. This considerate dialogue presents a foundation upon which to review the quartet through exhibiting how the connection one of the 4 gamers can most sensible be understood as a musical discussion. a technique is built for reading those quartets by way of concentrating on the features of string tools that tell not just the fashion of the song, but in addition the fabrics of the composition. The altering relationships one of the tools demonstrate the extent of class obvious in Haydn's early works and attest to the affinity those works have together with his later masterpieces. song students and educators will take pleasure in the beneficiant musical examples and transparent prose that explains the extra particular research of the Opus 20 set.
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Turkish President hosts extra-ordinary Islamic Summit in effort to unite Islamic counties against Israel
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday hosts for the second time in half a year a summit of the world’s main pan-Islamic group seeking to show solidarity with the Palestinians and condemn Israel after deadly clashes at the Gaza border Monday in which some 60 Palestinians were killed by IDF fire.
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Saudi Arabia’s chief foreign policy preoccupation, shared with Israel, is ensuring US backing to contain Iran which both Riyadh and the Jewish state see as the main threat to regional peace.
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Joseph Shabason The Garrison, Toronto ON, February 18
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The Closer Carousel : Winter Edition
December 7, 2014 December 13, 2014 Jim Finch
Many sites, including this one, have been rolling our early rankings for 2015 in an attempt to give owners a leg up on what to expect in 2015. On Monday we gave your our Dynasty Rankings for relief pitchers and followed that up on Friday with 2015 rankings. While rankings are a fine tool, they don’t tell the whole story when it comes to closers. With other positions and using first base as an example, the guy ranked number twenty – Mark Trumbo in this case, will still have a job come July (short of an injury). Even Brandon Belt at number twenty-five will still be on the field when mid-season rolls around. You can’t say the same thing about the closer position.
The closer job is one of the most volatile ones in baseball, not just because of injuries but for the potential for demotions as well. How many of the closers that were drafted lost their job last at some point in 2014 leaving owners to scramble to the waiver wire? Most times, like in cases dealing with demotions, you can see and anticipate this as the writing was on the wall. You can see over the course of a month or two which jobs would be in jeopardy. Well, the same thing applies in the off-season. We can look at a closers past performances and anticipate which jobs are secure as well as which ones are in danger. That is what I will attempt to do here today as I take a stroll through the bullpens of all 30 teams to see which closers are safe to draft, which ones might be facing a demotion during the season and which bullpens have a closer role up for grabs.
The Safe Bets
Closers to draft with no fear (other than an injury).
Atlanta Braves – Craig Kimbrel: It doesn’t get any safer than this. Kimbrel will be the first closer off the board in almost all drafts and for good reason. Four seasons of 95+ strikeouts along with 42+saves, and three straight seasons with a WHIP of 0.91 or lower and an ERA of 1.61 or lower.
Baltimore Orioles – Zach Britton: He didn’t start the year in the 9th, but by season’s end Britton was a top 5 closer and goes into 2015 with job security (at least one would assume). My only concern is can he repeat himself? If he can’t, both Tommy Hunter and Darren O’Day are still there. He comes in at #8 in our early 2015 rankings so I would draft him with confidence.
Cleveland Indians – Cody Allen: Allen’s ERA, WHIP and BAA have all gone down each year while the strikeouts have increased. Given his improvements and the numbers he has put up to date, it would be a long shot for Axford to reclaim the closers role. Expect similar numbers in 2015 with a save total over 30. Allen comes in at #10 in the early ranking.
Cincinnati Reds – Aroldis Chapman: That’s three straight 100 strikeout seasons for Chapman along with 36+ saves in each of those years. Throw in a WHIP of 1.04 or lower, a career BAA of .147 and only 15 blown saves since coming into the league and you get one dominant specimen. At $5 million dollars the Reds won’t be trading him anytime soon. An almost unanimous choice for the #2 closer in the league.
Kansas City Royals – Greg Holland: His past two seasons have been scary similar as far as ERA (1.21 / 1.41), WHIP (0.87 / 0.91) Saves (47 / 46), strikeouts (103 / 90), BAA (.170 both seasons), home runs (3 each season), walks (18 / 20) and innings pitched (67 / 62.1). Holland ranked #3 in our rankings coming in just ahead of Kenley Jansen.
Los Angeles Angels – Huston Street: Health is the only thing keeping Street from being a top 10 closer each year. In three of the past four seasons he has had a WHIP of 1.02 or lower and an ERA of 1.85 or lower. He’s capable of throwing a strikeout an inning, but will more than likely come up a little short of that (just a little). Unlike the Padres, the Angels will be in the thick of the playoff picture so the odds of them trading Street are slim. Street comes in at #12; if not for the slight injury risk, he would probably be slightly higher.
Los Angeles Dodgers – Kenley Jansen: At 27 years old and a cost under $5 million, Jansen isn’t moving out of Los Angeles. If it weren’t for the 99 strikeouts in 2012, he would have had 3 straight 100 strikeout seasons. His career ERA is 2.25, but it could be lower if he learned to harness that big arm of his. Jansen ranked #4 in our early rankings, but you can flip a coin between him and Holland who just edged him out.
Miami Marlins – Steve Cishek: He won’t be eligible for free agency until 2018 and is an affordable option for the Marlins who appear like they want to win with the big signing of Stanton. He’s not a top 10 closer and he never will be, but he delivers solid strikeout numbers and 30+ saves. Cishek has short-term job security and is a safe draft choice for 2015. His early ranking was 17 so he’s one of the cheaper stable choices on this list.
Minnesota Twins – Glen Perkins: You’re looking at 35 saves, 75 strikeouts, an ERA around 2.5 and an acceptable WHIP. Perkins isn’t the best closer, but he is a good option with job security. He is 31 years old, will make under $5 million next year and under contract through 2017 with a club options for 2018. The Twins would be crazy to trade him with that salary given the market and I don’t see it happening, but it is the Twins. Perkins comes in at #13 just behind Street, but I might take him first for health reasons.
New York Yankees – Dellin Betances / Andrew Miller: Well, our early rankings were done and posted before the Andrew Miller shoe dropped. Betances came in at #6 with the assumption he would be the closer. There is no official word yet, but one would assume Miller and his 4 year $36 Million dollar contract were brought in to close. Even without a closer role, look at what Betances did in 2014. The ERA, WHIP and 100+ strikeouts made him playable in all league formats so he doesn’t need to be a closer to have value. If the Yankees decided to put him in the 9th and Miller setting up, he will more than earn his ranking. If Miller is the closer, drop Betances down out of the top 10 but still keep him on your draft board. As for Miller, he came in at #25 without a closer gig. I can see him moving up to the early teens if not cracking the top 10. Miller is another guy who still has value without being a closer.
Oakland A’s – Sean Doolittle: Doolittle didn’t allow an earned run from April 29th to June 28th. He repeated this feat again from July 6th to September 14th. Fantasy owners will get over a strikeout an inning, a WHIP below 1.0 and an ERA of 2.5 or lower. The A’s get a solid closing option for under a million dollars and only $1.5 million in 2016. If the A’s were worried about having a lefty in the closers role, they would have given the job to Ryan Cook. Since they didn’t, there is no reason for you to worry or speculate. Doolittle comes in at #7 and only one from the panel placed him higher than that..
Pittsburgh Pirates – Mark Melancon: Over the past two seasons, Melancon had an ERA below 2.0, a WHIP below 1.0 and almost a strikeout an inning. He is under 30 and arbitration eligible through 2017 so the price is right, and Pittsburgh isn’t trading away an arm as good (and cheap) as his. With an overall ranking of 9 and individual rankings between 9 and 11, the panel agrees.
Texas Rangers – Neftali Feliz: Feliz saved 40 games in 2010 and 32 in 2011, but things went south when Texas tried to shift him back to the starting role. If not for Joakim Soria’s spring, we might have seen Feliz sooner. The Rangers took care of that and shipped Soria off to Detroit mid-season and recalled their former closer. The velocity was down on his fastball upon his return, but he’s got all winter and spring to build up arm strength. I’m not in love with Feliz, but the Rangers are so his job is safe and he will be closing out games in 2015. His overall ranking was 22 making Feliz a reliable later round pick.
Stable Options
Safe to draft, but keep in mind they have viable options behind them should they stumble.
Chicago Cubs – Hector Rondon: Rondon had a very good sophomore season lowering all of his totals from 2013. The Cubs are happy with him, have stated that he will be their closer in 2015 and are not pursuing any free agent options for the closer role. I like Rondon as well and think he could be a very good mid level closer, but Rondon isn’t the only talented young pitcher in the bullpen. Neil Ramirez produced better numbers than Rondon and filled in for the closer role in June while Rondon was away. Rondon is the closer here, but he is inexperienced. Because he is not a seasoned veteran, it’s easier for the club to remove him if he struggles. Should that happen (and there is that possibility) Ramirez would be the man to step in. Don’t let that play into your decision on draft day though, just throwing that out there. With a ranking of 23, it won’t cost you much for Rondon and he could outperform his ADP.
St Louis Cardinals – Trevor Rosenthal: He took a step backwards in 2014 with an unplayable WHIP and frustrating ERA. If not for the 45 saves and 87 strikeouts, he probably would have been dropped in fantasy. The Cardinals stuck with him even with other viable options behind him in the bullpen. While the Cards showed their support in 2014, they might not be as forgiving in 2015 with former closer Jason Motte healthy. If a change does happen, it won’t be until mid-season or later, but if you see him struggle early keep his replacement on speed dial. Rosenthal comes in ranked at #11 so we have faith in him (well, most of us do).
Tampa Bay Rays – Jake McGee: McGee had a hiccup in 2013 but his 2012 and 2014 seasons were very close, posting an ERA under 2.0 and a WHIP under 1.0 in each season. The strikeouts have ticked up each year and while I don’t know if he will get another 90, the K/9 will be above 9.0. This should be a safe option, but Tampa will be under new management with Maddon’s departure. In my world McGee starts (and finishes) the year as closer, but the presence of Brad Boxberger can’t be ignored. McGee is a lefty and Boxberger is a righty, and depending on who the Rays bring in, they may not want a lefty closing (some managers are fickle that way). That uncertainty is probably why McGee came in at #16 in our rankings. If Tampa does switch things up and name Boxberger the closer, I would say The Box moves into McGee’s spot in the rankings with the potential to move higher with his Betances like strikeout potential.
Washington Nationals – Drew Storen: With Soriano gone, it is assumed Storen will step into the closer role. The former closer saved 43 games for the Nationals in 2011 and seems to have rediscovered himself after a down year in 2013. Unfortunately, you know what they say about assumptions, and the Nat’s have another guy who could easily steal Storen’s thunder. Tyler Clippard is the man who replaced Storen in 2012 and recorded 32 saves that year. While Clippard should be the setup man, he could easily find himself in the 9th inning should Storen’s numbers slip. It’s also entirely possible that Clippard starts the year as the closer with Storen setting things up in the 8th. Regardless of who closes, that player is a strong buy on draft day. Storen comes in at #15 overall, and with rankings from 10 to 21 he could go off the board at any time during the draft.
Secure Yet Unsecure Options
Closers that could find themselves traded at some point during the season.
Philadelphia Phillies – Jonathan Papelbon: Paps is in the final year of his contract (not counting the vesting option for 2016) and the Phillies are on the verge of going into full rebuild mode. Papelbon isn’t a bad closer, he’s just an expensive option and it’s that contract that has him on the hot seat. Should Philly deal Papelbon, there is the chance he could go to a team that already has a solid closer. Odds are, wherever he goes, it will be to a team that is in need of saves. It is that possibility that he ends up on a team as a middle relief pitcher or set up man that makes him unstable, but you can easily make a case for him to be a stable option. I would draft him with little fear, but I would also have Ken Giles on my watch list as he should be the first one called upon should Papelbon be dealt. At #15, Paps is still a top and stable option.
San Diego Padres – Joaquin Benoit: Like Papelbon, this is a stable option that can easily become an unstable one. Benoit is signed through 2015 with an $8 million dollar team option for 2016. The salary makes him an affordable option on any team, but we’re talking the Padres here. This is a team that had Huston Street under contract for one more year at a similar salary but opted to move him for future parts. Benoit faces the same reality should the Padres not improve much over last season. If you draft Benoit you’ll get a solid closing option, but there is a chance he could be worthless around the all star break. I wouldn’t hesitate in drafting Benoit, but if someone of similar value was available I might take the other option. I’m sure if his job were more secure, we would see a better ranking than 20. Something tells me that won’t change much when we update our rankings in March.
Unsecure Option
They hold the title of closer, but that doesn’t mean they’ll hold it all season.
Arizona Diamondbacks – Addison Reed: Reed ended the year as the closer, but that was under the Kirk Gibson regime. The Diamondbacks traded for Reed because they believed in his upside and potential, but he hasn’t done anything to earn anybody’s confidence. His numbers took a step back from what we saw in Chicago, a surprise going from the AL to the NL. Gibson stuck with Reed, but if Reed struggles again this year, there is a good chance we see someone else in the 9th inning come June/July. Brad Ziegler would be my first guess. While his numbers went up in 2014, his ERA was under 2.5 the previous 3 seasons and his WHIP and BAA were both very good in 2012 and 2013. Youngster Evan Marshall might be ready by this time and has the strikeout abilities you look for in a closer. A long shot would be Daniel Hudson who is rumored to move to the bullpen, and sometimes the best closers are former starting pitchers. Reed is in the bottom 10 of my top 30 and failed to make the overall top 25. I might gamble on him late, but he isn’t someone to target and is not someone to get attached to.
Boston Red Sox – Koji Uehara: He was the man in 2013 and the first three months of 2014 was more of the same. Then July came and so did the struggles, and things went downhill quickly from there. By September, Uehara was unplayable and his name was uttered in the same sentences as Joe Nathan. The Red Sox believe it was only a minor hiccup and handed him a 2 year deal worth $18 million dollars. Should fantasy owners show him the same faith? That’s for each man to decide. Koji has had a WHIP below 1.0 for five straight years and will give you very good strikeout numbers. On the flip side he turns 40 in April and was a lot more hittable in the second half of 2014. I think drafting him for his 2014 numbers is safe and paying for his 2013 season would be a mistake. I would avoid Uehara, and with a ranking of 19 most here agree (although he did receive one ranking of 11). Edward Mujica and Junichi Tazawa will be in waiting in the wings if things go awry.
Colorado Rockies – LaTroy Hawkins: Raise your hand if you think Hawkins will still be the Rockies closer next September. Surprisingly, the same number of people raised their hands when asked this question in March, zero. Hawkins defied the odds and un-impressively held the 9th inning gig for the entire season, but he can’t do it again, can he? At age 42? His fastball in 2014 was 93.1 MPH; that’s the highest it’s been since 2009 so the old man still has some gas in the tank. Still, time and history are not on his side, but the Rockies took a chance given his option was under 2.5 million. Rex Brothers was supposed to be the heir apparent, but he absolutely imploded in 2014 with a 1.85. That’s not Brothers ERA, that’s his WHIP. Adam Ottavino pitched OK, but nothing in his 2014 numbers scream closer role. That’s not to say that either of these pitchers can’t turn things around and steal the job. The odds favor their improvements over Hawkins not declining. I would not draft Hawkins, and right now I wouldn’t trust either of his potential replacements. Short of a lights out spring by Brothers or Ottavino (or a f/a signing by the Rockies), I’ll just avoid the Colorado’s bullpen on draft day. Oh, and nobody mentioned any of these players in the rankings, that should tell you something.
Detroit Tigers – Joe Nathan: The 2014 collapse of Nathan is well documented so there is no need to recap. Looking ahead, Nathan will make $10 in 2015 and has a $10 team option for 2016 with a $1 million dollar buyout. There is a chance that Nathan can bounce back, but at 40 years old you have to question what is left in the tank. Since this is his final year (as I see Detroit buying out his 2016 option), the possibility for a demotion is a reality. The Tigers traded for Joakim Soria so they have one option there, and Al Alburquerque is another name to consider (sorry, Bruce Rondon will have to wait another year). Nathan may start the year as the closer, but the odds are against him finishing the year in the 9th. I would rather do without a closer than roster Nathan, the saves aren’t worth the potential damage to your peripheral stats. Let someone else take the risk. Where did Nathan rank in the early rankings…..he didn’t, case closed.
New York Mets – Jenrry Mejia: This one could easily get filed under committee because, while Mejia finished the year as the Mets closer, it is no sure thing he will retain that job in 2015. The strikeout numbers were nice but that’s where the compliments end. The ERA was good, but good for a starting pitcher, not a closer. The WHIP was unacceptable, mostly due to the 41 walks in 93 innings. He has upside and potential, but so do a number of players behind him in the bullpen. Carlos Torres produced better numbers and has shown improvement for two years straight. Jeurys Familia also produced better numbers and has been mentioned a number of times when the closer conversation was brought up. Then there’s Vic Black whom the Mets have called a future closer. Don’t forget Bobby Parnell will be back in May, and if it wasn’t for Tommy John surgery we wouldn’t even be discussing those other names. Mejia is on a short leash, and it wouldn’t surprise me if the Mets named someone else as closer in March. I wouldn’t touch Mejia in drafts. As for the rest, there are too many names to choose from so I would wait to see how this plays out. The winner is worth a waiver wire pickup when things get settled.
San Francisco Giants – Jean Machi: When the Giants finally had enough of Sergio Romo they turn to Machi. His numbers were solid despite the lack of strikeouts, but he wasn’t the Giants only choice when deciding which direction to go. Their former closer Santiago Casilla threw his name into the arena and posted the best numbers of his career. In the end they went with something new and the Jean Machine was unleashed. While Machi should be given the closer role, Casilla is still there so be prepared to flip-flop these two names. The Giants also have a title to defend so there is a better than average chance that San Fran signs an available f/a to close out games. If Machi is the closer come spring, he’s a rosterable low-end option. If the Giants sign a hired gun to close out games….well, we will deal with that in the spring bullpen report.
Seattle Mariners – Fernando Rodney: His two-year deal with the Mariners is over at the end of 2015, and $7 million dollars isn’t enough reason to keep him in the closer role. Sure Rodney can still strike out over a batter an inning, but let’s face facts here. This was just the second time in the past 9 years his ERA has been below 3.0, his BAA has gone up for two straight years and his second lowest WHIP since 2007 is a 1.32. Not exactly a confidence booster. He may start the year as the closer, but odds are we will see Tom Wilhelmsen or Danny Farquhar at some point. If all you are interested in is saves and strikeouts then draft Rodney, those two categories got him an 18 overall ranking. I would personally avoid him, wait for his demotion and then scoop up his understudy (whichever man it may be at that time).
Bullpens that have no clear-cut closer and could still sign an available f/a.
Chicago White Sox: There were plenty of saves to go around in 2014 with Zach Putnam, Jake Petricka, Ronald Belisario and Matt Lindstrom all taking their turn playing closer. Baring an outside signing, this will come down to Petricka and Putnam in my opinion. Either one could make a good closer and one worthy of a late round flyer, but neither one is guaranteed success. I see a spring training battle coming if the Sox don’t bring in someone via free agency.
Houston Astros: The Astros settled on Chad Qualls in 2014. Does anyone really believe that Qualls will be the man closing out games again in 2015? Yea, me neither. The million dollar question is who will close? Unfortunately, unless the Astros go out and sign someone, we’ll all have to wait until spring training. If it’s anyone on their current squad, I would just skip the Astros come draft day and watch how things unfold there.
Milwaukee Brewers: The departure of K-Rod leaves the door open with several hopefuls vying for the same job. The odds are in favor of the $9 million dollar man Jonathan Broxton who has some closing experience. Another option is Jim Henderson who came out of nowhere to take the closer role in 2013. A third option to get jiggy with is Will Smith who had an incredible season going before getting shelled in July and August. All three players have had their ups and downs, but any one of them would be worth of a late round pick should they be named to the closer role. I would not get too attached to whoever wins the job though, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see someone different in the closer role by year’s end.
Toronto Blue Jays: The Jays were in pursuit of Andrew Miller. Now that the Yankees have signed him, they will more than likely pursue another veteran arm or even attempt to resign their former closer Janssen. With the signing of Russell Martin and trade for Josh Donaldson, the Jays look to be committed to competing so they will have a big name in place one way or another before the season starts. If they sign or trade for an established closer, you can more than likely move that name under safe bets or stable options.
So there you go, about one-third of the league has a less than desirable option at closer (or no closer) which should narrow things down for you on draft day. Granted that can change as there are a number of name brand closers still looking for a job and fat contract. David Robertson, Rafael Soriano, Francisco Rodriguez and Casey Janssen are the five biggest names available. One of them will land in Toronto and my money says another goes to the Giants. Considering most of the big market money teams have closers, it will be up to the Diamondbacks, Rockies, Brewers and White Sox to play the white knight and sign the rest of these players. If not, they may have to settle for a RP role, less money and possibly a one year contract so they can try again in 2016. See you in March for the Spring edition of the closer carousel (which should line up with our updated 2015 RP rankings).
Written by Jim Finch
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Things don’t go “array.” They go “awry.”
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I know, and my internet went out over 3 hours ago while I was in the middle of editing. Very disappointed my spell and grammar check didn’t catch that last night
Well, 2 committee teams have settled their closer situation with Robertson signing with the White Sox and Gregerson to the Astros.
Hector Rondon just went from a stable to unstable option with the signing of Jason Motte. Looks like a spring training battle unless they make an announcement before then.
With Sergio Romo back with the Giants, looks like Santiago Casilla and Jean Machi will take a back seat. Considering Romo was removed in 2014, that leash my be short despite the money so I would not invest heavily here.
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Reply #60 posted 03/12/19 1:11pm
Has Led Zep and the Stones ever been charged with anything?
What's this nonsense.... if so-and-so has been charged, others should be too. What is ths, Monopoly new "get out of jail card " in play?
I'd think if you are a fan of Kelly's msuci you probaly have most if not all of discography. If radio pulls his records and you don't own any of Kelly's music, buy it. Problem solved.
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TD3 said:
Yeah, yet another case of extreme over-reaction in society... Let's ban everyone and everything!
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purplethunder3121 said:
You really didn't read what I wrote, did you? Last time I checked you pruchase Kelly's music over at iTunes and Amazon. R. Kelly music is still up on SoundCloud, 8Tracks and most streaming stations are still streaming his music. Agian, if you are a fan and if you don't have his music, buy it. People have choices, contrary what's being reported and believed Nobody is stopping Kelly listeners doing whatever.
Actually, I was agreeing with your post. I think the suggestion of banning artists is ridiculous also. I think this is an extreme reaction to these cases in the media.
Reply #64 posted 03/13/19 11:16pm
drfunkentstein
Ugh. It's not about charging the Stones or Zeppelin with anything. That's up to a court of law not music fans. It has to do with the public trials that seem to be happening. No one is disputing R Kelly is messed up, and Michael may have been too. It just seems like the public condemnation seems to be directed at the darker-shade-of-things if you dig what I'm saying……
EmmaMcG said:
DaveT said:
Really? I'm not actually that familiar with his output ... but then I've avoided it for years, and unlike MJ I never imagined I'm missing much.
Oh, you're not missing anything. He's fucking crap. I think he has one song that I like and that's about it. I'd imagine he was very overrated even by comparison to a lot of other shite that was out at the time.
Thought that would be the case. Never been a fan of "glam" rock anyway ... seemed like a bunch of ugly blokes old enough to know better dressing in platform boots and tin-foil playing sub-standard pub rock. Very naff.
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drfunkentstein said:
Probably true, generally speaking, but the career of the very pale Ryan Adams has recently taken a nosedive as well, thanks to the dirt that came out about him.
EmmaMcG
Hahaha. That's the best description for glam rock I've ever seen. Very accurate. My mum was into all that glam rock stuff. Even though I think it may have even been just before her time, she loved all that Alvin Stardust bollocks.
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maybe... I do not like the whutaboutissim except to show hypocrisy... (fact that there is simply NO comparison between LZ or the Stones and R K aside) I am not sure many acts would survive the "have they ever taken advantage of an underaged fan? And to me, there is little moral difference in waiting until they are legal or not...
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I don't think anyone's art should be "banned" for any questionable behavior they may have partaken in. If we do that, we won't have anyone to listen to. I don't see how or why the Stones and Led Zep are being compared here though. Are there tapes of Mick Jagger or Robert Plant having sexual activity with 14 yr olds?? Have women that were teens in the 60's/70's come forward claiming sexual harrassment on any members of these bands?
This topic is a stretch....and clearly an agenda is attached. I have a serious question, why do some turn a blind eye on legitimate crimes (let's take OJ for example.....even those that were "happy" at his victory know he was guilty) and turn it into a platform for racial equality? There's no doubt there IS racial inequality in the justice system but why use the most OBVIOUSLY guilty motherfucker's like OJ, R. Kelly and Cosby to try to make some statement. It's kinda sick. There are so many other legitimate cases that could be "used" for this cause.
DaveT said: Oh, you're not missing anything. He's fucking crap. I think he has one song that I like and that's about it. I'd imagine he was very overrated even by comparison to a lot of other shite that was out at the time.
I would never refer to early 70s Bowie as "sub-standard pub rock"! The same goes for the music of that era by Roxy Music, Queen and Marc Bolan. Everyone else though ...
sexton said:
Oh, I'd never lump Bowie, Roxy or Queen in with that ... I guess I don't consider them glam acts as they embraced all kinds of genres with their music.
I was thinking of Wizzard, Slade, Jet, and the like. Though it should be said, they at least played their instruments and wrote their own songs (mostly) so I hold them up over a lot of the sh*t we have on the charts these days.
Alvin Stardust ... Bowie should have sued him for stealing his Ziggy moniker.
Nothing wrong with Slade or the Sweet, both great bands. Maybe not life changing but worth listening to. Noddy Holder has an underrated soul voice and the Sweet are/were perfect wind-up your parents music. Amazing that it's almost 50 years later and people are still getting offended by how these bands dressed.
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This age is what I call the TaliBAN culture.
People who are WoKe and want to reach back to 1910 and condemn things as if it was 2019
Everything that was tradition or part of culture it seems there are people who just wish and want to scrap everthing and start over.
How people viewed sex sexuality and sexual social practices in the 60s is very different from in the 90s or 2000s of course.
There was a time in our not so distant history that marrying a 14/15 yr old girl was common practice. Cannot call that Ephebophilia.
Infantophilia was always seen as wrong.
RKelly did what he did in an age where it was clearly defined as wrong and criminal though.
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OldFriends4Sale said:
Just because it was allowed at a certain time, does not mean it was right..... and I still would call it ephebophilia tho, since not everyone married 14/15 year olds.
Rape in marriages wasn't forbidden here in germany until the 90's, but that does not mean it was right. It just means that the laws were fucked up.
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ThatWhiteDude said:
My meaning is you cannot 'judge' something of a diferent time as wrong based on our current ideals. We are still animals. And this brings up a lot of varient discussions. For people believe we came from apes, to people who believe in god(s) what is morally right/wrong and how we view life.
In earlier times of humanities existence, people didn't have careers and goals, outside of propogating and surviving. Naturally once a male/female is of age to procreate, they did. Just like in the animal kingdom.
Yes I agree, some things were still wrong, but the consciousness of things were different. But we still cannot 'condemn' people of different times based on laws that did not exist, in the same way we can when their is a law.
But you cannot call it 'ephebophilia' because that wasn't even a term then. ephebophilia was only in connection to attraction/sexual activity with people between the ages of 14-18. And those case are judged as they should be much different from pedophilia.
There are also terms for younger people attracted to older people. But those people don't get judged as criminals. Not to mention young males in that 14-18 age range who are sexual with female adults are still not judged that same as young women/older men or same sex situations which are condemned harsher.
Many people drank and drove in the 70s and before, I cannot reach back into the 70s and issue a ticket to people who did based on our current laws.
I agree that we can't judge them by our laws, but I still say that I'd call it ephebophilia. Just because there wasn't a word for it, doesn't mean it's something different of course it was handled differently, but people who were or are attracted to 14/15 year old and marry/married them were and still are ephebophil the only difference is that we now have a word for it. For examples, autism wasn't called autism until the early 20th century, but some people were autistic before that we just didn't have a name for it.
Yes I understand, but these terms and labels still carry a stigma etc I some ways they should in others they shouldn't
Looking at ephebophilia in the 1700s for example brings a 'condition' or crime to it. But it wasn't.
If you believe we were 'cave men' and once a female was of breeding age she was married off to someone from age 18-28 can we call that ephebophilia? I don't think we can
At one time men who had sex with men were not called homosexual(even though in our current language it just means same sex attraction) but there is also a different level of criminology to that term as well. Can we call people from Roman or Egyptian civilizations homosexual heterosexual bisexual in the same way we use it today?
Autistic carries a judgement with it too. Which is why so many parents don't want their children labelled that way.
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I'm autistic myself and I wouldn't know any other to say it. It's better than: "I have autism." As if it's some sort of illness you can cure.
cindymay
They're not black. That's the difference. That's why they don't get banned.
Reply #82 posted 03/16/19 10:08am
cindymay said:
Bullshit. As has already been pointed out, singers who have committed similar crimes have been subjected to the same treatment from the wider media, whether they be black, white or anything else. The guys from Led Zeppelin or The Rolling Stones may have been with underage girls, but there is nothing to say it wasn't consensual. That's a completely different crime to what Michael Jackson and R Kelly have been accused of. But white singers who have been accused of those crimes have been banned from radio and TV, such as Gary Glitter.
And it doesn't stop with musicians either. Kevin Spacey, Harvey Weinstein and Bryan Singer have all been blacklisted by Hollywood after their crimes came to light.
The world, and specifically America, has a major problem with racism. Nobody is going to deny that. But the constant race baiting comments like yours do not help matters.
[Edited 3/16/19 10:12am]
PennyPurple
Bullshit. As has already been pointed out, singers who have committed similar crimes have been subjected to the same treatment from the wider media, whether they be black, white or anything else. The guys from Led Zeppelin or The Rolling Stones may have been with underage girls, but there is nothing to say it wasn't consensual. That's a completely different crime to what Michael Jackson and R Kelly have been accused of. But white singers who have been accused of those crimes have been banned from radio and TV, such as Gary Glitter. And it doesn't stop with musicians either. Kevin Spacey, Harvey Weinstein and Bryan Singer have all been blacklisted by Hollywood after their crimes came to light. The world, and specifically America, has a major problem with racism. Nobody is going to deny that. But the constant race baiting comments like yours do not help matters. [Edited 3/16/19 10:12am]
Agree with Emma.
Ryan Adams is also in trouble and last I checked he is white.
PliablyPurple
The guys from Led Zeppelin or The Rolling Stones may have been with underage girls, but there is nothing to say it wasn't consensual.
Let that sink in, internet. I know you think that you didn't just read that, but you did.
PliablyPurple said:
Did you read the rest of my post or is only quoting part of it, out of context, what you need to help you make some sort of a point. Try reading the rest of it, if you can.
Yes, I know, I'm just saying, it still carries some kind of stigma. It will take time for it to be a general term. I mean when you think of how a lot of autistic kids and adults are still treated in society, in classrooms etc
RJOrion
luv4u said:
You migh as well ban every musical artist, musicians, studio execs the whole lot.
And then add actors and actress, tv personalities, tv stations, newpapers etc.
exactly...the whole entertainment/mass media industry is filled with deviants, weirdos, and backstabbing opportunistic snakes...
ChocolateBox31
RJOrion said:
That can be ANY industry!
"4 all of us, life is death without adventure,& adventure only comes 2 those who are willing 2 b daring & take chances." 1985
" don't think about gone just think about the future when don't want 2 speak n real time" 2004
ChocolateBox3121 said:
true...but its more prevalent and systematic in entertainment...and it seems to be the rule as opposed to being the exceptipn in other industries...but youre right, there are some devious peolpe at the top of alot of prospering industries...
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Busch became the first driver to win three straight NASCAR
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AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Kyle Busch didnt mind the rain that ended the race early. He would have been fine with continuing, though -- his car was that good. Busch became the first driver to win three straight NASCAR Nationwide races at Phoenix International Raceway, dominating his way through a rain-shortened race Saturday. "Weve been very dominant here in the past and led a lot of laps today," Busch said. "I felt like we could have won it if it was rain-shortened or whether we went the whole distance." Busch took an early lead and was still out front when the race was halted with 32 laps left in the 200-mile race around Phoenixs odd-shaped mile oval. After a delay of more than two hours, the race was called, giving Busch his series-record 64th Nationwide victory. Busch led 155 laps for his 10th overall victory -- seven in Nationwide -- at PIR and the fourth straight Nationwide win for Joe Gibbs Racing at the track. It also was the fourth straight win at PIR for Buschs crew chief Adam Stevens, who was at the helm when Joey Logano won for JGR in the 2012 fall race. Kevin Harvick finished second and pole sitter Brad Keselowski was third, followed by Kyle Larson and Matt Kenseth. "Kyle had the best car today; we probably finished where we should have," Harvick said. "You never know and you always want to finish it out, but all in all it was a good start." Busch swept the two Nationwide races at Phoenix in 2013, overcoming a pit-road speeding penalty to end a 24-race winless streak in the series in the spring and leading 169 laps in the fall for his 12th Nationwide victory of the season. He had the dominant car at PIR on Saturday, moving into the lead on the sixth lap after starting third. Busch led 83 laps after that, retook the top spot on a restart after a pit stop midway through and stayed there another with about 60 laps left. "Another dominant day at Phoenix," Busch said. "Those days dont come around that often, so you try to enjoy them when you can." Rain put a slight damper on Buschs run to the checkers and certainly delayed it. PIR dodged the heavy downpours that spread across the Phoenix area for most of the day, but rain sent the fans scrambling and halted the race with 32 laps left. NASCAR sent out the blowers in an effort to get the track dry, but another round of storms moved across the area, soaking the track and ending the race. "I just had my hands full, for whatever reason, and felt kind of relieved to get it over with here," said Keselowski, who will start from the pole for Sundays Sprint Cup race without crew chief Paul Wolfe, who left the team for the birth of his first child. "Third was probably the best I have done, I was holding on pretty good there." Olivier Giroud Youth Jersey . Murray, the defending champion and No. 3 seed, claimed his first match win at Queens in 2005 and went on to win the Wimbledon warmup three times. 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Milan moved level with Hellas Verona in third place, two points behind leaders Roma and Juventus, which both play Wednesday. Roma visits Parma and Juventus hosts Cesena. Empoli has only two points from four matches and is back in the top division after a six-year absence, But it came out full of energy while Miilan, which was coming off a draining 1-0 loss to Juventus, appeared to lack organization in defence.dddddddddddd In four matches this season, Milan has conceded eight goals "We started too softly and this was a match full of dangers," Abate said. "Theres a lot of room for improvement and weve got to start with what we showed in the second half tonight." Tonelli took advantage of Milans defensive lapses by heading in following a corner in the 13th after being left unmarked inside the box. Empolis second goal was a perfectly executed free kick, as Francesco Tavanos smart touch left Pucciarelli with only the goalkeeper to beat. Simone Verdi had a chance to make it 3-0 in the 31st but his header sailed just high. Shortly after Torres found the far corner of the net, Empoli coach Maurizio Sarri was sent off for protests. Tavano had a chance to restore Empolis two-goal lead in the 55th but he couldnt finish off a counterattack -- shooting wide as defenders Daniele Bonera and Cristian Zapata trailed behind him. Hondas equalizer came from a shot that went through a defenders legs. . ' ' '
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1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair to host talk at Gallery 1957 in Accra, Sunday 21 August 2016, 11am
Founding Director Touria El Glaoui speaks about 1:54 art fair and chairs a panel discussion exploring practices in collecting contemporary African art. Speakers include: Tutu Agyare (Collector and Co-Founder of Nubuke Foundation); Professor Ablade Glover (Artist and Founder of Artists Alliance Gallery); Kerryn Greenberg (Tate Modern, Curator - International Art); and Marwan Zakhem (Collector and Founder of Gallery 1957). With editions in London and New York, 1:54 is a platform for galleries, artists, curators, art centres and museums involved in African and Africa related projects and aims to promote art by established and emerging talents amongst an international audience. To attend, RSVP here.
Gallery 1957 announced as one of the participating galleries at the 4th edition of 1:54 Art Fair in London
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair has announced the galleries exhibiting in the fourth edition of the London fair, taking place in Somerset House from 6 – 9 October. The fair, which has editions annually both in London and New York, has generated enormous global discussions on Contemporary African Art over the four years since its inception. Gallery 1957 will be presenting a solo booth of works by Serge Attukwei Clottey, one of seventeen new galleries debuting at this year’s show.
For more information read the press release here
The cultural capital here is outrageous
Mantse Aryeequaye from ACCRA [dot] alt describes the impact of recent cultural developments in Accra on the artistic community. With an overview of the key institutions harboring local talent, Artsy explores how the championing of local artists has widened public perceptions of art in the country.
The art of Ghana in Financial Times
In this in depth survey of Gallery 1957 and its associated artists, this article explores the birthplace of numerous international favorites including El Anatsui and Ibrahim Mahama. While African art is growing in prominence on international platforms, African art scenes are demanding more attention also.
TRUE Africa meets Marwan Zakhem and Nana Oforiatta Ayim ahead of the opening of Zohra Opoku’s Sassa
In this article, TRUE Africa interviews Gallery founder Marwan Zakhem, Creative Driector Nana Oforiatta Ayim and Gallery 1957 artist Zohra Opoku. The piece explores the impact of Accra and the region on the artistic practice of Ghanaian German artist Zohra Opoku; and in turn, what impact Gallery 1957 has on the creative scene in Accra several months after its opening.
Inside the Ghana Space Station, The Charle Wote Stairway to Blofogme Mang
Co-Founder of ACCRA [dot] ALT Mantse Aryeequaye discusses the organisation’s work and The Chale Wote Street Art Festival. Attended by over 10,000 people, the festival provides an alternative platform that brings together over 200 artists across art, music, dance and performance in James Town, Accra. To attend, RSVP here.
Jeremiah Quarshie will be the next artist to exhibit at Gallery 1957 in August
In August, Jeremiah Quarshie will be exhibiting a series of large-scale hyper-realistic portraits in an exhibition which comments on the implications of the enduring water-shortage in Ghana. Yellow is the Colour of Water will be Quarshie’s first solo show. The portraits depict women, surrounded by yellow jerry cans; Quarshie is concerned with the gender roles in the community “traditional roles have been modernized but maintained, in a way” he explains.
Read more from Quarshie’s recent interview with Blouin Art info here.
Widewalls discusses textile culture and the role of materialism in the work of Gallery 1957 artist Zohra Opoku
In West Africa, clothes are not only material things, they depict ideas of civil status, identity, family background and personal style. Discussing the German Ghanaian artist Zohra Opoku’s upcoming solo exhibition at Gallery 1957, Widewalls examines the ways in which clothing and fashion impacts the individual: philosophically, psychologically and socially.
CCQ Magazine explores contemporary artistic practice in Ghana
Gallery 1957 is delighted to have hosted CCQ in Accra. The newest issue of the magazine includes a series of features exploring contemporary artistic practice in Ghana today. CCQ worked collaboratively with artist Serge Attukwei Clottey and artistic collective GoLokal on a series of performative portraits photographed at their homes Labadi. The issue also features interviews with Creative Director Nana Oforiatta Ayim, artist Ibrahim Mahama and painter Jeremiah Quarshie. Read the issue here.
It’s alright! It’s alright! Bienal de São Paulo research days in Accra
As part of the research for the Bienal de São Paulo, a series of study days are taking place throughout the world to guide the investigative journey leading up to the exhibition. In light of the history between West Africa and Brazil, Accra is one of the four host cities. Afro-Brazilian Muslims settled in West African coastal nations following the most significant slave rebellion in Brazil, the Malê Revolt in 1835.The Accra Study Days, entitled It’s alright! It’s alright!, are taking place 7 April to 10 April 2016 and employ this historical backdrop as a starting point. The Study Days will be framed around a series of exploratory mapping exercises focused on historical memory as that which is on a continuous loop; not only as pasts, but as futures. ANO is a local partner, and Creative Director of Gallery 1957 Nana Oforiatta Ayim and artists Serge Attukwei Clottey and Zohra Opoku are participating. The 32nd edition of the Bienal de Sao Paulo is curated by Jochen Volz, and co‐curated by Gabi Ngcobo, Julia Reboucas, Lars Bang Larsen, and Sofia Olascoaga. Entitled Live Uncertainty, the exhibition will be held from 5 September to 11 December 2016, and will explore representations of balance and disorder in society. For more information as to which sessions are open to the public, please contact info@gallery1957.com.
Artist Zohra Opoku journeys through the Ashanti region of Ghana as part of a residency with ANO
Zohra Opoku is currently on a residency with cultural research platform ANO. Journeying through the Ashanti region of Ghana, Opoku is creating work for her upcoming solo exhibition at Gallery 1957 titled Sassa opening on 25 May. Nana Oforiatta Ayim, Founder of ANO explains: “Through the exploration of the Ashanti concept of sassa – described by art historian Ladislas Segy as ‘the soul that can also lie outside of the body and that flows through all things’ – Opoku’s work is in constant interplay with this notion of the unseen and the immanent.”
The Art Newspaper reports on Ghana’s rising art scene.
On 6 March – independence day in Ghana – a group of more than 50 men and women, dressed in their mothers’ clothes, led a crowd of spectators from the street into the Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City in Accra. The performance by Serge Attukwei Clottey marked the opening of Gallery 1957.
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Why Is This Not Treason?
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by Paul Weston
A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague. — Cicero
On the 3rd of January 1946, William Joyce, better known as Lord Haw-Haw, was the last man in Britain to be hanged for the ancient crime of treason. Unless a future government changes the law it is unlikely that traitors will ever dangle again, after Tony Blair rather conveniently repealed the death penalty for such a crime in 1998.
That is not to say treason no longer exists. Now the full extent of Labour’s thirteen-year rule has become apparent, an increasing number of Britons are volubly accusing the Labour Party of wilfully and cold-bloodedly betraying Britain and deliberately jeopardising our children’s future.
Lord Haw-Haw of course sided with the Nazis during the hot war of 1939-1945. The recent Labour government might not have been operating in a hot-war theatre, but they certainly carried out a warm-war against the British (principally the English) via mass immigration from one of the most hostile and anti-Western countries in the world, Pakistan.
Consider some of the following statistics:
Only nineteen percent of Pakistanis have a negative view of Al Qaeda and by default the Taliban, whilst seventy-five percent wish to see Sharia law implemented. British-born Muslims make an estimated four hundred thousand trips a year to Pakistan, where as many as thirty threats against Britain are being monitored at any given time.
Thirty-three percent of Muslim students in Britain think killing in the name of Islam is permissible. Only thirty-seven percent oppose the introduction of Sharia law and only twenty-five percent oppose the creation of a worldwide Muslim caliphate.
MI5 believe there are up to four thousand potential terrorists and thirteen thousand Al Qaeda sympathisers living in Britain. The CIA devotes an astonishing forty percent of their anti-terrorist homeland security operations against suspects not in Afghanistan or Waziristan, but in Britain itself — a country described by one CIA operative as “a swamp of Jihadis.”
Barack Obama’s counter-terrorist advisor Bruce Riedel recently stated: “The British Pakistani community is recognised as probably Al Qaeda’s best mechanism for launching an attack against North America.”
All in all then, it would seem less than prudent to allow any more bearded ideologues into Britain, yet the Labour government — and this must sound quite insane to most people — actually went to the extraordinary lengths of advertising for foreign colonisers from the very same country the Home Office was paying Danegeld to in a typically limp-wristed appeal to stop it from blowing us up.
The British Embassy in Pakistan distributed glossy pamphlets entitled “Multicultural Britain — a Land of Immigrants” which gave a raft of arguments as to the benefits of living in Britain such as well paid jobs, plain old welfare, and the prospect of inviting over the entire extended family (sans goat) once a British passport had been acquired.
And of course there was the rather unpleasant — nay, treacherous — implication that there was no such thing as a homogenous Britain, no such place as an English homeland, just an indeterminate area of land settled by a vague mongrel collection of disparate peoples including any number of rag-tag colonial racists awaiting divine racial redemption from those they once oppressed.
So desperate were the Labour traitors to destroy Britain that, having secured power, they immediately carried out two political acts which could only place our peaceful future in doubt. The Human Rights Convention was immediately incorporated into British law and immigration rules were relaxed to allow an open-door policy of mass Muslim immigration.
A few thousand people who could gently assimilate were of little use to the Labour government. To ensure the success of their revolutionary plan, they urgently needed inassimilable millions and were quite prepared to deceive the British public about the real number of Muslim immigrants — and the real reasons Tony Blair wanted them in Britain.
And once the floodgates were opened, it became supremely important not to turn anybody away. Of the 2 million visas issued every year, fifteen percent of them were “processed” when they should not have been in order to hit “productivity targets,” with immigration officials placed under intense political pressure to issue visas rather than reject them.
One man who took advantage of Blair’s treachery was Abu Baseer, the spiritual advisor to Ansar ul-Islam, a jihadist organisation linked to Al Qaeda. Baseer was originally based in Iraq prior to settling in West London, from where he issues various fatwas calling for death to British soldiers and the overthrow of the West. He had this to say on the subject of immigration:
“One of the goals of immigration is the revival of the duty of jihad and enforcement of power over the infidels. Immigration and jihad go together. One is the consequence of the other and dependent upon it. The continuance of the one is dependent upon the continuance of the other.”
The next stage in Labour’s war against Britain and its indigenous people was to make sure the foreign colonisers maintained their 7th century ideology and customs through a curious yet highly effective liberal process called “multiculturalism.” This guaranteed their non-assimilation and thus provided Tony Blair and his friends with a hostile and ever-growing tool with which to incrementally erode traditional Britain.
Despite the obvious violence that emanates from massed Muslims wherever they are in the world, the Labour government went to great lengths to portray Islam as The Religion of Peace, even as Christianity was mocked and defiled, and decent, moral and patriotic Britons were re-cast and criminalised as Islamophobic, race-hating Nazis.
Not even our children were safe from Tony Blair’s thought police. The propaganda arms of the BBC and the state educational service tried to convince our children that their race, culture, religion and history consisted only of genocide, racism and evil. The spectre of Adolf Hitler was also constantly invoked with the quite deliberate intention of linking any resistance to the religious and ethnic colonisation of Britain with the actions and ideology of the Nazis.
And while third-world immigration continued apace, the Labour Party lied to cover up the attendant serial catastrophes. We were told that they were peaceful, that they committed little crime and that they were a benefit to the economy. None of this was true, as detailed by the exposure of Labours’ various lies and distortions, which showed a negative cost to the economy and a disproportionate level of crime including rape and murder — and of course, terrorism.
Nine out of ten new jobs were taken by immigrants, along with eighty-five percent of new housing. Muslims are grossly over-represented within Britain’s jails and within Britain’s welfare state, which supports fifty percent of Muslim males and seventy-five percent of females who reproduce like belt-fed mortars rather than going out to work.
To further bolster the Muslim demographics, Britain’s laws against polygamy were overlooked in the case of Islam. Muslim males could thus legally amass four imported wives, twenty to thirty children and a large house (or houses) in which to raise them, all paid for by the Labour state — right down to the satellite dish tuned into the various sources of jihad beamed direct from the East.
Only two out of three babies born in Britain today are classified as white British. Twenty percent of mothers are first generation immigrants, and a further twenty-five percent second or third generation immigrants. The idea that there are only 2.4 million Muslims in Britain is therefore ridiculous. There is strong evidence to suggest the numbers could be somewhere between 5-10 million.
The welfare-funded Muslim birth-rate has already rendered English children a minority in many city schools. In London, white school children now enter their first year as an ethnic minority. Figures from the Office of National Statistics suggest that British people of all ages will become a minority by 2066 with the young becoming a minority far earlier, and the young English earlier still.
These apocalyptic figures led Professor David Coleman of Oxford University to state that the transition of white Britons to a minority was likely to be: “unwelcome… and would represent an enormous change to national identity — cultural, political, economic and religious”.
Professor Coleman is quite right, but what is scarcely believable is that these enormous changes were precisely what the Labour Party had in mind in 1997. This was made apparent when Peter Hitchens recounted his dismay regarding a fellow hack who jumped ship in order to work for the Labour Party:
“I asked him why he had done this awful thing. He replied: you have no idea at all just how enormous the New Labour Project really is.”
Other people were all too aware of the size and direction of the Labour Party juggernaut, but still managed to hold onto their naiveté as to its ultimate destination, which appears to be the cultural and racial eradication of the English people. This genocidal policy was explained by Tony Blair’s speech-writer Andrew Neather in 2010, when he rather foolishly came out with the following treasonous nuggets:
‘It didn’t just happen: the deliberate policy of ministers from late 2000 until at least February last year was to open up the UK to mass migration… to make the UK truly multicultural…the policy was intended to rub the Right’s nose in diversity and render their arguments out of date… this shone through even in the published report: the “social outcomes” it talks about are solely those for immigrants’
There were two main reasons for such treachery. The first was held by Labour’s minority hard-left who wanted to destroy utterly the hated traditional establishment, and in this respect they had no choice but to declare war on their own people. To the hard-left, the enemy was the conservative, Christian, capitalist West of liberal-democracy Western civilisation — or, in other words, the majority of the English.
The second reason, held perhaps by the majority of Labour apparatchiks, was to ensure a socialist government in perpetuity via the imported foreign vote. Research into voting patterns conducted for The Electoral Commission in May 2005 showed that Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshis voted 56%, 50% and 41% for Labour. The equivalent figures for the Conservatives were 11%, 11% and 9%
The Labour Party has form with this kind of gerrymandering. Ex-Communist Peter Mandelson’s grandfather, Herbert Morrison, who was Labour’s Deputy Prime Minister between 1945-1951, came up with the novel idea of constructing soviet-style concrete tower-blocks for the working-class to live in who would subsequently vote Labour and thus “build the f*****g Tories (Conservatives) out of London.”
Tony Blair simply took it a stage further, and imported a “vigorously encouraged to feel oppressed class” from foreign climes to serve as cultural destroyers / Labour bloc-voters. This is a subtle re-working of Bertolt Brecht’s comment in the wake of East Berlin’s 1953 bread riots, when he suggested: “Wouldn’t it be simpler for the government to dissolve the people and elect another?”
Who would have thought this would one day apply to “democratic” Britain where the indigenous people are not so much being dissolved as replaced, and where “population replacement” is simply a more refined way of saying ethnic cleansing?
It was James Burnham who first coined the phrase “Suicide of the West”, but this is not a majority-ordained suicide. It is a minority-controlled murderous genocide. Let me be very clear about this: Tony Blair and the Labour Party declared war on their own people, and there is (as yet) no substantive reason to believe we can survive this century, let alone the long term.
The point of war is not about fighting and shooting and storming and gung-hoing; it is about gaining physical territory and taking political control of the defeated territory and its people. This is exactly what is slowly but surely happening to the English.
And because it is happening so slowly, many people are unaware of the situation. If a man is injected with a fast acting poison and dies minutes later, he has clearly been murdered. But is it not still murder if the poison were slow acting and allowed the man to live another twenty years?
It is the act of injection, knowing the consequences, which makes it murder, and Tony Blair injected Britain with a lethal cocktail of fast-breeding inassimilable aliens in the full and calculated knowledge that the country and its indigenous people would be incrementally destroyed as a result.
We can see this destruction today. Vulnerable girls in Northern towns were groomed and raped by Pakistanis for over eight years without any recrimination. The police simply pretended nothing untoward was happening. Much the same happened in Berlin in the mid 1930s to the Jews, who suffered tremendous persecution that was subsequently ignored by the authorities.
In London, entire areas are slowly coming under Islamic control. Tower Hamlets is now lost to the West as Jews, women and homosexuals are persecuted whilst English street names and the few remaining whites are systematically replaced. Soon to be lost, if indeed they are not already lost are Luton, Bradford, Oldham, Birmingham, Leicester, etc. Fjordman calls this Beheading Nations and asks the following question:
“Less attention has been paid to the fact that Muslims are beheading entire nation states. Although this is happening in slow motion, it is no less dramatic. Historically, the major cities have constituted a country’s ‘head’ the seat of most of its political institutions and the largest concentration of its cultural brainpower. What happens when this “head” is cut off from the rest of the body?”
When our racial / religious society cedes territory to a rival society, then we are losing a battle. When the state enacts laws to reward the aggressive incomer and to penalise the passive native, then we are losing a battle. When our children are brainwashed into the belief that they are evil and worthy only of displacement, then we are losing a battle. When our women and children are raped and abused whilst the state remains silent, then we are losing a battle.
And when finally we become too defeated even to breed whilst we pay the aggressor to demographically swamp us, then we have not just lost a battle, we are in the midst of losing a war, our homeland, and our civilisation. We are rapidly on our way to extinction.
We have been betrayed. Tony Blair and the Labour Party have committed treason. The British people were never asked if they wished Muslim immigrants to colonise Britain in such large numbers that it constituted invasion. Had they been asked they would have replied with a resounding No!
Although lawyers may argue over the precise meaning of the word “treason”, everyone else understands it only too well, including Tony Blair, which (along with the EU sell-out) is presumably why he repealed the treason laws. The Labour government was elected to represent the best interests of the British people, not those of Mirpur.
It does not really matter whether the third world was imported for revolutionary or electoral gain. All that matters is that Tony Blair’s Labour Party systematically allied itself with the massed imported ideologues of the Western world’s most persistent historical aggressor, and actively sided against Britain and the British people.
Rather than sign off with a furious tirade about the severe recrimination traitors should endure, I will leave you instead with a calm yet deeply poignant quote from Alex Henshaw, chief test-pilot for Vickers Armstrong during the Second World War. Despite test-flying ten percent of all Spitfires during their development stage, Mr Henshaw survived the war and lived a long life before dying in 2007:
“I feel extreme emotional sadness for the young men I knew that gave their lives willingly for a cause in which we all believed. And I often say to myself now if those young boys would come down now and walk through the villages, through the towns and through the cities and look around and see what is happening to us, they would say somewhere along the line we have been betrayed.”
Yes, Mr Henshaw. I am afraid you have.
Previous posts by Paul Weston:
2007 Jan 22 The Week Britain Died
26 Britain’s Dystopian School Children
Feb 2 Questioning the Sanity of Liberals
Mar 1 Multiculturalism — Merits and Debits
31 Is European Civil War Inevitable by 2025?
Jun 26 The Big Story That Isn’t
Aug 10 An Open Letter to Fellow Europeans
24 A Brussels Perspective
Sep 12 Democratic Europe R.I.P.
Nov 2 The Coming Third World War
21 Cool War — Warm War — Hot War: Part 1
2008 Mar 27 The Face of Moderate Islam in Britain
2009 Feb 9 Wilders in Wonderland
13 Who is Lord Ahmed?
25 Temporary Peace Trumps Freedom of Speech
Jul 1 Muslims, Mosques and Mosquitoes
2 Islam, the BBC, and Young Children
8 Review of “A Bridge Too Far”
17 Socialist Propaganda in British Education
Oct 15 Multiculturalism Has Destroyed the British Police
2010 Mar 16 Ethnically Cleansing the English
Oct 7 Banana Republic Britain
30 “We Will Hold You to Account”
Dec 5 The Metaphorical Front Line of Islam
5 The West Needs to Wake Up
7 Land for Peace — Or Land for a Terror State?
Posted by Baron Bodissey at 5/20/2011 11:56:00 AM
urah2222 said...
Allowing Pakistanis into the UK was the equivalent of inviting ants and bears to a picnic, with similar predictable results.
Dr. Shalit
Van Grungy said...
Baha'i unity in diversity.
Shonghi effendi is smiling in his London grave.
Road_Hog said...
Because Tony Blair secretly repealed the treason laws, hidden in the Crime and Disorder Act, and the Queen signed it in 1998, saving both their necks.
Next question?
Don't forget the introduction of postal balloting, which can only have been done with the intention of facilitating Muslim vote fraud. At every stage in its introduction, the Labour party ignored the severe warnings that were issued about its vulnerability to fraud. They swept aside suggestions about how this vulnerability could be reduced. It is clear that they saw its fraud-friendly nature as desirable.
I think it's a mistake to see what happened under the Labour party as anything other than an intensification of processes that were already very significantly underway, however. It was predictable that as the third world presence in Britain grew, it would acquire growing electoral influence, effectively, in the end, "capturing" major political parties.
The real betrayal was much further back. I'm reading "Like the Roman", the biography of Enoch Powell, at the moment. Some of Powell's remarks, made in the 60s and 70s, about how free speech on the topic of immigration was being regimented and controlled sound eerily contemporary.
It may be that the only way out of this is violence; violence either when the civil war breaks out with the Muslims; or the violence of a terrorist group that would defend the interests of the European people. Perhaps if the politicians were faced with a terrorist group that defended the European peoples' right to life, they would begin to defer to that sentiment, just as they have shown indulgence to the Muslims in response to jihadist terrorism.
However, political developments on the continent give us grounds for hope. Insurgent counterjihadist parties are flourishing in many countries. In Britain, though, there is nothing, partly due to the rigidities of the electoral system. UKIP is the closest thing we have but its potential is unrealised due to its leaders' cowardice and narrowness of vision.
If a Counterjihad party takes power somewhere in Europe, the force of its example may inspire change throughout the continent. Marine Le Pen has a reasonable chance of winning in France next year; and the FPO is also doing well in Austria.
Vortac said...
And yet, despite all of this, despite war in Iraq, the man won THREE general elections. That will be a tough one for future historians or should I say scientists, because I think it's obvious such unlimited irrationality cannot be explained solely by history and historians.
Let us not forget that Cameron has done absolutely nothing to undo any of this damage. Both him and Blair were puppets, someone else is pulling their strings. They merely do what they have been told (?at Davos?).
Hal K said...
One problem is that the distinction between supposed traitors and patriots is not so well defined. All the conservatives do is slow down the “invasion,” not stop it or reverse it. Aren’t they also traitors?
Cyrus said...
Great essay. The comparison between modern Britain and Nazi Germany does well to drive the point home. However, modern Britain is worse as the police turning their gaze aside are of the local stock, whereas in Nazi Germany the police were not Jews working on their own.
Trev said...
But the most frightning thing about all this,for me anyway as a member of this "vague mongrel collection of disparate peoples".Latest polls now show Labour to be leading!!http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/ Not that i take much notice of these polls,but the fact is,Labour came second in last years general election.I'm sorry but i simply do not believe this,anyone with only half of a brain can see the damage these treachorous vermin have caused over the last thirteen years,yet somehow they still come a close second in a recent general election!I think Something is desperately wrong here and needs to be investigated but by who??
Trev: It is not an investigation that is called for, but more like a mass deprogramming effort for the entire white population.
I agree, the absurdity of the whole situation is so huge, it defies human intelligence. I don't believe in conspiracy theories, because it's simply impossible for ordinary humans to organize a conspiracy (or even treason) so successful and irrational at the same time.
I do believe Mr. Blair did all of this, because he was truly convinced that he is doing something GOOD for the UK. When a human being does something which he knows is evil in itself, the conscience catches up with him sooner or later. But when he does something he believes is GOOD - there are no such constraints and he can do much more damage in the long run.
Hitler also believed he did everything for the benefit of the Third Reich and in doing so, he ultimately brought Germany to the brink of almost total destruction, making absurder and absurder decisions as he progressed along that way. Despite that, whole nation, all his generals and closest cronies expected miracles from him right to the very end, even begging him to escape from Berlin, so that the whole disaster can be prolonged a few more days.
Hal K:"A mass deprogramming effort for the entire white population" is exactly what the Labour government has done,and is now being carried on by the Conservative,Liberal coalition,they are all reading from the the same leftist,suicidal,guidebook to oblivian,and being steered in that direction by the enemy within.@Vortac:I agree with you that this whole situation hasent occured by some sort of a preconcieved conspiracy from the beginning.But along the line our politics have been infiltrated by an Islamic movement that knew dammned well how easy it would be to do so.Because the human rights laws that we now have implemented will allways protect them.Basically,if a billion muslims decide to invade Europe(wich is exactly what they are doing as we speak)Then there is'nt dammn thing we can do about it.
sorry for my grammar.
JBGSH said...
Shaunantijihad said...
So what the hell do we do Paul? You joined the UKIP and I joined the BNP. Both proved useless.
Is there a possibility of forming an Anti-Treason Alliance of Independents? Do you have any suggestions as to what exactly we should do, considering the Conservatives are utterly compromised too? I think we can safely forget the Lib Dhimmis.
In Hoc Signo Vinces† said...
Be very cautious not to fall into the political quicksand of believing that mass immigration into the U.K. was exclusively the specter of one particularly government, though this was an obvious acceleration of immigration into the U.K. it was not the start of the mass socioeconomic immigration into the U.K. and it is most definitely not the end, had enough of mass immigration now rub your nose in good immigration.
Culpability extends across the mainstream parties and consecutive British governments. A culpability concealed behind parochial and superficial red/blue political elite stage combat and grandstanding over immigration.
sheik yer'mami said...
Thanks for posting this, Baron.
I don't believe this came entirely from Tony BLiar. The idiot prince of Wales is a closet Muslim who sucks up to the Arabs and wants to be 'defender of the faiths' which means there is nothing to defend anymore. The Archdhimmi of Canterbury openly comes out in support of sharia law, sacking Bishop Nazir Ali who is a staunch opponent and a warner against the Islamization of Britain. Jack Straw is on record stating that the English race is not worth saving, and everybody, I means just about everybody in a position of power sings along.
The greatest tragedy of our time.
I think England is cooked. This is beyond treason.
Rivers of blood anybody?
Its inevitable.
meccano said...
I would be interested in your thoughts on how we are to avoid civil war and a political way forward.
I do not believe we have a credible party in the UK at the moment. Are you still involved with UKIP or politically active in any way?
I would like to join and and get involved with a political party that I will not end up losing my job/career over. Perhaps GoV readers can help draft a manifesto!
One thing I disagree with is singling out Tony Bliar. I think all of the post war Prime Ministers are culpable along with Her Majesty the Queen.
So many are involved we would soon run out of lamposts!
To avoid the descent into internecine violence, political tribalism and totalitarianism in England, quite literally go to Church, this is the only Estate that can wield political force without upping the ante in short capture the bishop and invest poitical power in that Estate.
"I would be interested in your thoughts on how we are to avoid civil war and a political way forward."
I'm not sure it's desirable to avoid civil war. Civil war may actually be a good thing at this point; if it can be started reasonably quickly, we will win it. That may allow an informal solution to the problem. There are signs in Greece of anti-immigrant rioting where law and order is breaking down, for example.
If the economic crisis continues to aggravate, when Greece eventually defaults for example, we may see a wholesale breakdown of the machinery of government. That moment has great potential.
@Cheradenine Zakalwe,
The prelude to internecine and the breakup of the multikulti British State may have already been witnessed in the 2011 election results to the Scottish Parliament where 3 of the 4 mainstream multikulti parties were wiped out.
The movement of votes to the Scottish National Party (S.N.P.) was highly significant not for where that vote shifted to but that it did shift. The nationalist pretenders of the multikulti S.N.P. are now running scared of the very real SCOTTISH NATIONALIST vote. The question is how much can the S.N.P. conspire with the multikulti British State to dilute what at root is an anti-multikulti and anti-ultraliberal movement.
Unfortunately, the recent election in Scotland resulted in two Muslim members of the Scottish parliament. They weren't elected; they were appointed through the regional list system. One has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.
Humza Yousaf an S.N.P. party piece not so much Comic Relief more Islamic Relief to remind the 79 Group of their socialist credentials, that their nationalism is spelt with a small n and with the unionists tongue firmly in the cheek.
The next few months will be telling will there be a battle between the nominal nationalists and the capital nationalists within the S.N.P.
This will depend on how competent their party machine was at weeding out capital nationalists or will it take the Scottish electorate to again force the political agenda.
Ultimately if the entitlement elite can be defeated and the capital nationalists win, in time islam and the likes of Hanzala Malik (Labour) and Humza Yousaf (SNP) will be purged and excluded from Scottish affairs.
Paul Weston said...
@meccano
Now that Nigel Farage has replaced the admirable Islamic realist Lord Pearson, I can no longer view UKIP as a possible party of resistance.
If we are to avoid religious war in 15-20 years time, then Britain needs a new party with a manifesto similar to Geert Wilders Freedom Party.
Setting up such a party would be very complicated (security, finance etc) but I feel it is only a matter of time before someone takes the bull by the horns, possibly even this year.
SAVANT said...
I think you're all missing the point when it comes to the 'architects' of the west's destruction.
The answer lies here: http://irishsavant.blogspot.com/2010/12/our-most-improtant-issue-relations-with.html
Vlad Z. said...
Meccano said: "I would be interested in your thoughts on how we are to avoid civil war and a political way forward."
Is Civil war to be feared or is it the sole remaining "political" way forward. Perhaps it's not to be feared, but called for.
Do the English have it in them to fight, even a portion of them, or will they just turn the island over to the Mullah's with a shrug and smile?
From where I sit it looks like surrender is the only option. Sadly the British "men" allowed themselves to be comprehensively disarmed by their woman folk, and I include the politicians of both genders in that category.
i, me said...
no doubt its been done. Its been done in the UK, France, all of Europe, the US, Australia, Canada... But what to do now? if we mention it we are 'conspiracy nuts' or 'racist' amazing how a little intimidation (threatening of job loss, etc) can make people so blind to reality. I have sent people links like this, stories about sex grooming of white girls by Asians, they just shrug their shoulders.
What do we do in a society where a crazy muslim who never should have been in the army in the first place shoots up a fort while screaming Allah, and the first thing the pentegon says is 'it would be a shame to lose all this diversity"
We're in a madhouse.. what do we do?
@Paul Weston
I think you are right about Farage, and I understand there is dissent among the UKIP rank and file.
A new party possibly this year is that a hint?
My concern is that if we have to start a new political party from scratch we will run out of time.
Would an alliance of some sort be preferable? Something to unite dissafected tories, labour voters and classical liberals like yourself, along with those in the edl and those who have voted bnp in sheer desperation?
We need a movement that is neither left nor right wing but Islamorealist, Anti-EU, honest about the negative impact of mass immigration and for the preservation of the Nation State, without the holocaust denying baggage of Griffin's bnp. The movement would need to endorse Liberal Parliamentary Democracy along with equality for all under the law but at the same time reject PCMC. It should offer voters referenda on several issues including withdrawl from the EU and capital punishment but always remain within the acceptable narrative that the MSM has set.
It would then have to get some newspaper editors/columnists on side (Leo McKinstry/ Melanie Phillips??) or at least to stop them being hostile to its aims (as they currently are to the edl).
I don't think this is impossible, The Daily Express are now in favour of the UK leaving the EU.
Incedentally the bnp are in complete meltdown which is a shame as it would be useful to a credible alternative political movement such as ours, that they are retained as the establishment's favourite unelectable whipping boys, and to keep the nutzis away from our movement.
would it be possible to start up a new thread to encourage discussion and the flow of ideas for a stategy focusing on the UK for the establishment of such a populist movement?
Sadly I think the solution has gone beyond votes now.
The only solution now, is force.
The enemy isn`t at the gates,They are inside and we better act soon or all is lost.
Would you hesitate to stamp out a small fire in your house? Of course not.
Well, our house is on fire and we must now act with vigour and resolve.
syntec said...
As regards Blairs scramble to rescind the death penalty for Treason after his successful election in 1997, there is no reason why an incoming ethnonationalist regime cannot reinstate the death penalty - retroactively, if necessary.
After all, the Marxist New Labour Party took it upon itself and is still doing so, to usurp our British Constitution on every front possible and even abolish its edicts altogether where and when it can get away with it.
All an ethnonationalist regime has to do is to declare such treacherous acts treasonist and seditious, and then rightfully and lawfully reinforce the said Constitution including all of its edicts which includes the death penalty - invariably by hanging or decapitation.
The death penalty, once enforced for Treason, can then be extended to non-political capital crimes too.
What is needed is a front political party, but it must be Europe-wide at least for the time being.
The European Union entity will prove to be extremely useful from an ethnonationalist perspective, if not downright essential, in fact.
What I mean to say is that the Marxist- dominated project running affairs at present shall be brought to its knees and its apparatchiks rounded up to face trial.
It IS absolutely imperative that they be charged with crimes against humanity, ie, indigenous Europeans and their fellow diaspora across the world with Communism, in this instance, Marxism as an ideology also criminalized and put on trial.
Let us not forget that Nazism suffered this fate, but Communism has as yet escaped it.
The new leaders of White nations must disassociate with that other dangerous anti-White and anti-Western civilization New World Order nation-destroying instrument,
the United Nations.
After all, this nest of vipers is overrun with non-White nations who both hate and envy the West, most especially its founders who happen to be European peoples. We all know too well, the implications of this hate and envy, and must act accordingly.
The vast majority of ancestral European homelands incorporate an ancient constitution of one kind or another and these must be resurrected and then incapsulated into a temporary Europe-wide constitution that protects all European countries and its indigenous peoples including Eastern European countries.
Later, when national sovereignty has been recovered such a temporary arrangement could then be dissolved although it would be prudent to leave its temporary implementation capability on the statute book so to speak as an added safeguard for the future.
matism said...
You state "Thirty-three percent of Muslim students in Britain think killing in the name of Islam is permissible."
I would reword that as follows:
"Thirty-three percent of Muslim students in Britain ADMIT to thinking that killing in the name of Islam is permissible."
The number who actually think that without admitting it in a survey MAY be vastly greater.
Best way forward is to turn off the tv.
In Hoc' states go to church. I would agree with him , but the cof e is now a marxist organisation. Don't laugh. The social marxist orthodoxy the pervades the rest of the establishments has not missed the Church. I have been hectored by man hating anti British communists from the pulpit in my own parish. The church needs brave clergy too like the rest of the establishment, and there is a deep loathing of the BCP and the thou shalt nots.
I'm in no doubt that Blair wanted to bring England crashing down, the question is, why? Was it something that happened at Fettes, his Scots
Private School, or a general feeling of inferiority to the English? Why do I think of Lenin when I muse on why Blair did this dirty deed? He was
another twisted bastard.
There are numerous reasons why a society would invite multiculturalism, not the least of which is economic growth and a moral sense of sharing the good life. The Anglos, Saxons, Celts, Vikings, Romans ... Britain has adapted to change from Day 1. Why do you now consider the white Anglo Saxon race the be-all-and-the-end-all? Logic and genetic science indicate that the human race of the future will be various shades of skin-tone, primarily of brown. I believe that politicians are motivated by good intentions and not by self-destruction. Albeit, you know what they say about good intentions -- some things will work out, some will not. As responsible citizens we must remain diligent. Silence is consent.
rancidstoat said...
Gentlemen. We are teetering on the brink of an unimaginary precipice. Short of mass civil unrest, I fail to see how the institutional treachery of government, monarchy, mass media, banking, religion and corporate entities can be overcome. Let us not be naive however - mass immigration is only a part of the masterplan. Think about this - every country in the world is in massive debt, but still able to secure huge loans. From whom ?? Answer that question and you will know who really runs the show. Blair,Cameron,Merkel,Obama - they are mere gauleiters and not the principle players. It makes no odds which party holds power, they are all following the same agenda. Check out Bilderberg/Bohemian Grove and see what conclusions you come to. The enemy is not only here, it is entrenched and has infiltrated every branch of government, the judiciary - in fact every edifice which glues our society together. Question is, what can right thinking people realistically do to counter-attack ?
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Geoff Jones
Things are still the same. He is still in Hartwyck in Edison. Steve saw
him not too long ago. Geoff can't really talk or do much of anything. His short
term memory isbad too. He sits and when he speaks he can't say much and is hard to
understand.
He has therapy daily and I think they get him standing and maybe a little
walking. Keep praying. He has a LONG way to go. He will still be there awhile.
Please pray for Michelle Anderson
Michelle took our volunteer training three years ago. She has been recovering from back surgery.
She desires to volunteer at Gateway on Thursday evenings. She now has a twisted pelvis.
Please pray for recovery and God's strength to continue in her desire to help the ministry.
Prayer request from Cathy Horling, Gateway's CPA:
"HI,
PLEASE PRAY FOR A FRIEND'S MOTHER, MARJORIE MEARA. SHE IS VERY ILL,SUFFERING FROM CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND KIDNEY FAILURE. SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO START DIALYSIS BUT THE CATHETER BECAME CLOGGED AND SHE HAD TO BE RUSHED
TO THE HOSPITAL. THANKS SO MUCH, AND GOD BLESS!
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Lois and Gregg Cunningham ask for prayer:
I�m e-mailing you to request special prayer for Steve Holck and his family. Steve took a big step of faith to launch a CBR truck operation over two years ago after he had started Aloha Pregnancy Centers. He and his family, his car business (which provided major support to the two pro-life ministries) and the ministry have been under attack severe attack for six months. Please join us in prayer for Steve & Wendy. Here are several requests to lift up to the Lord:
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by Maria Vitale Gallagher: LifeNews.com Staff Writer: February 7, 2005
Chicago, IL (LifeNews.com) -- A county judge in Chicago has ruled that the parents of a frozen embryo which was accidentally destroyed at a fertility clinic have the right to file a wrongful death suit. Legal experts say the case, which is drawing nationwide attention, could affect the debate over embryonic stem cell research, which involves the killing of human embryos to obtain their stem cells. Cook County Judge Jeffrey Lawrence said in his decision that �a pre-embryo is a �human being� ... whether or not it is implanted in its mother's womb. "Lawrence said the parents have the same right to seek compensation as any other parents whose child has been killed.
Alison Miller and Todd Parrish stored nine embryos at the Center for Human Reproduction in Chicago in January of 2000. Their physician told them that one embryo looked especially promising, but they were told six months later that the embryos had been discarded. Lawrence based his decision on Illinois� Wrongful Death Act, which permits lawsuits if unborn children are killed in an accident or assault. The law states that �The state of gestation or development of a human being� does not preclude taking legal action. The judge also relied on a state law which states that an �unborn child is a human being from the time of conception and is, therefore, a legal person.�
Lawrence wrote, �There is no doubt in the mind of the Illinois Legislature when life begins.� The couple's wrongful death claims had been rejected by previous courts, but Lawrence reversed those decisions. A lawyer representing the fertility clinic said an appeal is likely. The executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union in Chicago, Colleen Connell, told the Associated Press that the ruling could curb embryonic stem cell research. However, pro-life advocates praised Lawrence's ruling. �Life begins at fertilization, not implantation,�
Joe Scheidler of the Pro-Life Action League told the AP. Meanwhile, court rulings on the treatment of embryos have been contradictory, according to attorney John Mayoue, who specializes in in-vitro law."We are considering embryos to be property for certain purposes and life for others, and that's the incongruity," Mayoue told the AP. And there are concerns that Lawrence's opinion will be reversed on appeal. �
As an anti-abortion activist, I was pleased to see the judge's initiative," Victor Rosenblum, a professor of law at Northwestern University, told the Chicago Tribune. �But as a lawyer, I can't say that he is on solid ground in his reasoning." Rosenblum, who has argued an abortion-related case before the U.S. Supreme Court, said it's likely the decision will be overturned once the Appellate Court and the Illinois Supreme Court become involved."There is no doubt that pro-lifers believe life begins at conception. But there is no sign that the state law upholds that view," Rosenblum told the Tribune.
Continue to pray for Irene as she recovers from her allergic reaction.
Also, please pray for:
1.Gateway helper, Bonnie Scholl. Her mother died yesterday.
2.Pastor Lester Wormley is at Trinitas Hospital (Elizabeth, NJ. He is pastor of St. Marks Unified Freewill Baptist Church in Newark. One of our faithful volunteers, Diannia Stembridge, attends there and they often lift us up in prayer. He is being tested to rule out a stroke. He has limited motion in his right leg. If you'd like to drop him a card, his address is:
Rev. Lester Wormley
530 S. Broad Street,
Two Gateway Volunteers need your prayers:
1. Vi Brown was recently hospitalized (for one day) She is undergoing tests. Please pray for wisdom as she goes through this situation.
2. Irene Johnson was hospitalized yesterday with an allergic reaction to medication she is taking. Pray for a full recovery. She's home now.
Violet Brown
Thank you to all from Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Nutley, New Jersey for their graciousness and love in having a super "Baby Shower" for Gateway on Sunday, January 30, 2005. We even have a video clip!check it out!
http://www.gateway.org/content/Video/Mt St Carmel RC.AVI
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VIDEO: Steelers’ Devin Bush on Who Inspires Him; Has Message for Kids
Steelers linebacker Devin Bush during practice. (Brian Cook / Golden Sky Media)
PITTSBURGH (GSM) — Devin Bush is a rookie but is playing like he’s been there for years. The middle linebacker, drafted in the 1st round of the 2019 NFL Draft from Michigan, is making a name for himself for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Early in his pro career to the present, he has always remained positive on his way to NFL stardom. Bush mentioned fellow teammates he’s looked up to, “Vince [Williams] is someone I’ve looked up to.” Bush said. “Ryan [Shazier] could easily be somewhere else doing completely something different. He’s invested in the team as a guy who loves football. He wants his team to excel as well as his teammates.”
This week, Bush was named the AFC Defensive Player of the Week after his performance against the Los Angeles Chargers. He was responsible for two takeaways in the game. 1 interception and 1 fumble recovery for a touchdown.
The following are from the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ official Twitter page:
♂️@budlight | #BudLightCelly pic.twitter.com/1U8QyFz8CK
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) October 14, 2019
.@_Dbush11 has been named AFC Defensive Player of the Week‼️
MORE: https://t.co/acoxuK9zdk pic.twitter.com/W1eNUKrfjz
BRIAN COOK IS AN EMMY-NOMINATED INTERNATIONAL JOURNALIST WHO HAS BEEN COVERING THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE SINCE 2005. HE CAN BE REACHED AT BCOOK@GOLDENSKYMEDIA.COM.
Steelers’ DE Alualu on Injured Teammate Tuitt: It’s tough
PITTSBURGH (GSM) — The Pittsburgh Steelers lost defensive end Stephon Tuitt in the first half of the game against the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday Night. The pectoral tear will require surgery and will have him sidelined for the rest of the 2019 season.
The Steelers re-signed defensive end L.T. Walton to the active roster this week. Walton played for the team for the majority of his career since he was drafted in 2016 out of central Michigan.
Defensive end Tyson Alualu will start in place of Tuitt and had nothing but praise for his comrade who was having an all-pro season.
REPORT: Steelers’ Tuitt Out For the Season
Steelers defensive end Stephon Tuitt runs out of the tunnel prior to facing the Los Angeles Chargers on December 2, 2018 at Heinz Field. (Brian Cook / Golden Sky Media)
PITTSBURGH (GSM) — Steelers defensive end Stephon Tuitt will miss the remainder of the 2019 NFL season after tearing his pectoral muscle in Sunday Night’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers.
Per an ESPN report, the all-pro will require surgery.
The @Steelers outstanding DL Stephon Tuitt did tear pectoral and will need surgery, out for year, per sources. No longer a “fear” but reality. Another huge setback for team.
— Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) October 14, 2019
Steeler Fans Take Over Home of LA Chargers
(GSM) — Fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers travel well, and it was evident during the matchup against the LA Chargers Sunday.
There was an overabundance of “Terrible Towels” during Sunday night’s game at Dignity Health Sports Park to watch the Steelers achieve their second win of the season in a 24-17 victory on the road.
Quarterback Devlin “Duck” Hodges led the Steelers by completing 15-20 passes for 132 YDS, 1 TD, and only 1 interception. The undrafted QB was signed during the 2019 season after the team traded Joshua Dobbs to the Jaguars and his number was called to lead following the concussion suffered by Mason Rudolph.
In his post-game press conference, Hodges said of the strong presence of Steeler fans, “Honestly, not too surprised. That’s something that we kind of anticipated happening. We travel with fans so well. I mean, just pregame warmups and you could tell this was going to be like a home game.”
Courtesy of the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ Twitter feed
WOW.#SteelersNation | #HereWeGo pic.twitter.com/L1jZz33UQ1
This Rick-Roll attempt by the Chargers Sunday night with “Renegade” backfired as it fired the large contingent #Steelers fans up more. Got to think these things through better. lol Too funny! @muldowney pic.twitter.com/1Ydm4o1ndd
— Steelers Depot (@Steelersdepot) October 14, 2019
Looks like the entire stadium was Steelers fans or at least the Steelers side was full while the Chargers side looked pretty bare…♂️ pic.twitter.com/dFQw6eVpPY
— zakary wright (@zwright81) October 14, 2019
One word answer 4 u B, ETERNITY! After attending last night’s game as a life long, die hard @steelers fan, felt bad (ok, not really tho ) for the “10” or so @Chargers fans there! Absolute Steeler home game! I know we travel well BUT….#sorrynotsorry pic.twitter.com/orXelkJaMi
— Dave Bitran (@SCRESINC_BTRAIN) October 15, 2019
Steelers Travel Cross-Country to Face Chargers
The line of scrimmage between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Los Angeles Chargers on December 2, 2018 at Heinz Field. (Brian Cook / Golden Sky Media)
PITTSBURGH (GSM) — Even though the Pittsburgh Steelers lead the all-time series against the Chargers 23-10 (including the post-season), Pittsburgh has an uphill battle as they struggle against teams when traveling across time zones.
The last 3 meetings against teams on the West Coast (or relatively close) has resulted in losses. In 2018, the Steelers fell on the road to the Oakland Raiders (24-21), Denver Broncos (24-17) and in ’19 walked away winless when facing the San Francisco 49ers (24-20), respectively.
This week, the Chargers are at home and face their own struggles. Sitting at 2-3 and 3rd place in the AFC West, Los Angeles is coming off of a loss to division rival Denver Broncos.
Los Angeles Chargers Quarterback Philip Rivers celebrates after his team defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers on December 2, 2018 at Heinz Field. (Brian Cook / Golden Sky Media)
Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers — who Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin labeled a, Hall of Fame caliber quarterback” — has a completion percentage of 68% on 194 passes and 7 touchdowns, however, is missing his anchor on the offensive line for the season. Mike Pouncey (twin brother to Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey) was placed on the team’s injured reserve list on Oct 9 after suffering a neck injury against the Broncos. An injury that will have him sidelined for the season, possibly longer.
Rivers, who has faced adversity before, said in a press conference, “We have to be physical, come out and be hungry.”
The Steelers — on the other hand — must rely on their defense to carry the load and stop the Chargers offense who has proven to be efficient in recent history. The addition of safety Minkah Fitzpatrick has assisted Pittsburgh in defensive stops across the middle. In his Steelers debut, he recorded an interception and has made a significant impact in the secondary. Fitzpatrick was acquired from the Miami Dolphins for a 2020 1st round pick and a 6th-rounder in 2021.
Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick. (Brian Cook / Golden Sky Media)
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Every season, 1886 does something different with their cocktail menu, and this summer they're turning into a tiki and dive bar complete with fun tiki decorations (complete with the bartender Peter Lloyd-Jones wearing a Hawaiian shirt!)
Per usual, their menu is divided into four sections. The first features fun interpretations of classic tiki cocktails.
The Strawberry Pina Colada on Fire is an ode to the recently closed Bahooka. There's also the classic Zombie, and the one thing I still haven't tried is the Scorpion Bowl for 4, since they were still waiting for the bowl to come in.
The next section is the dive bar drinks they labeled "Dirty Pretty Things", including a "molecular" approach to shots. There's a Mojito Jello Shot made with Flor de Cana rum. Ever had a pickleback? That's a shot of whisky with a chaser of pickle juice. Here, the pickleback is pickle brine from Langer's Deli enclosed in a sphere inside a shot of Powers Irish whisky.
On a similar line, there's also a sangrita sphere served in a shot of tequila.
The sake bomb is composed of a sake served in an ice glass, so that when you drop it into the beer it will keep it nice and cold.
Sex on the Beach is transformed into a Popsicle that beats any other rendition of this sweet drink. It's a popsicle of white rum, fresh pineapple juice, and suspended chunks of fresh cranberry
Cherry Bomb by Brady Weise: Anthem cherry cider, rum, and acid phosphate as a base, topped with a cacao nib-infused Becherovka. The Cherry Bomb is served in a unique serving ware that separates the two components of the shot.
From the stirred cocktail section, be sure to try the Red Belly Black by Peter Lloyd-Jones, named after a snake native to his home country of Australia. It's an Old Fashioned with mezcal, tequila, grapefruit bitters, grapefruit infused syrup, and garnished with a grapefruit peel. If you love smokiness, this one is awesome.
The Cut and Run is a combination of three aged rums, vermouth and Benedictine.
It's a bit on the funky side for me. Instead, I would get the Ciudad de Oro (inspired by Matt Biancaniello), made with coffee-infused El Dorado 12-year rum, Cynar and Absinthe
This one's for you Manhattan lovers.
The last section is their own tiki creations.
My favorite is probably the Jamaican Farewell made with coconut cream, black rum, navy rum, yuzu juices, and spiced mango shrub. It's sweet like most tiki drinks but still complex. The coconut cream added a nice body to the drink. Cocktails don't get more summery than this!
A Tale of Two Raymonds, created by Jesus Gomez, is also up there though. This one's made with a blend of aged rums and cognac, pineapple, lime, house-made grenadine, and Licor 43.
The Shooting Star by Brady Weise brings back the saffron-infused gin he used in his Wind-Up Bird, this time mixing it with cranberry infused St. Germain for a more herbal and less sweet tiki cocktail.
If you're having dinner here, you might to look to the cocktail list for dessert instead, with the Deconstructed Piña Colada by Greg Germenian. It's an alcoholic sundae of spiked lime sorbet, white rum pineapple foam, Barbados rum coconut foam, oatmeal crumbles, and bitter.
Labels: alcoholic sundae, bar, cocktail, cocktails on fire, Jell-O shot, pasadena, pickleback, shots, sphere, summer cocktails, tiki drinks
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EU: Convergence programme and budget cuts United Kingdom
Britain’s prime minister David Cameron is a busy man. He met Herman Van Rompuy, a man the politically illiterate crew in Downing Street brand as the “EU President”, when in fact he is the president of the European Council (without a vote). They also refer to the “EU Council”, when they clearly mean the upcoming meeting of the European Council 17 June 2010, where Cameron sits together with the other heads of state or government from the EU member states. (Luckily, the press release was short; only two obvious misnomers.)
Today, Cameron also spoke on the economy, preparing the ground for budget cuts:
This year – at least according to the previous government’s forecasts – [the budget deficit] is set to be over 11 per cent of GDP. Today, our national debt stands at £770 billion.
Within just five years it is set to nearly double, to £1.4 trillion.
The cuts will be specified in an emergency budget in two weeks.
Cameron referred to the G20 meeting as an endorsement for the UK plans, but references to the European Union were mostly confined to the terrifying example of Greece.
Despite the UK’s soloist streak, it is a member of the European Union. The Commission monitors Britain’s economy and the Council issues opinions, as for other member states. The latest opinion of the Council of the European Union has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU):
COUNCIL OPINION on the updated convergence programme of the United Kingdom, 2009/2010-2014/2015: published OJEU 4.6.2010 C 146/18
On 26 April 2010 the EU Council examined the updated convergence programme of the United Kingdom, which covers the period 2009/2010 to 2014/2015. The Council began its assessment with a brief description of the economic situation:
The economic and financial crisis, which began in 2007 after several years of strong growth, saw UK economic output fall cumulatively by around 6 %, with modest recovery starting to appear in the final quarter of 2009. The crisis was preceded and partly aggravated by a period of progressive increases in leverage of the household and financial sectors, such that a dependence on net capital inflows was large and persistent. In response to the unfolding crisis, the Bank of England responded with an aggressive programme of interest rate reductions, liquidity support for the banking sector and, from March 2009, quantitative easing. The government also intervened extensively to stabilise the financial system, including by major equity injections, deposit guarantees and the provision of liability insurance. In line with the EERP [European Economic Recovery Plan], the government implemented a sizeable fiscal stimulus, which in combination with the operation of automatic stabilisers and the effects on revenue of falls in asset prices contributed to a major deterioration in public finances. The weakening of the sustainability of UK public finances was aggravated by the fact that the primary balance was already in substantial structural deficit in the period leading up to the crisis, leading to the general government headline deficit soon going well above the 3 % of GDP reference value as the crisis unfolded. Accordingly, the United Kingdom was made subject to an excessive deficit procedure on 8 July 2008 and on 2 December 2009 the Council issued the latest recommendations in accordance with Article 126(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) to correct the deficit by 2014/2015. The main challenges for the UK economy over the next years are to stabilise the public finances in the context of ongoing efforts by the household sector to reduce outstanding gearing; to achieve adequate levels of credit provision from a still fragile financial system, with many credit providers having reduced their lending capacity; and to underpin a shift of production towards greater tradeable output so as to permanently improve its external balance.
Council recommendation
After a detailed discussion, and in the light of the recommendation under Article 126(7) TFEU of 2 December 2009, the Council of the European Union invited the United Kingdom to:
(i) avoid any further measures contributing to the deterioration of public finances in 2010/2011 and in the event of weaker economic growth than foreseen in the programme contain the government deficit in 2010/2011 to at most that forecast in the January 2010 programme in case risks related to the fact that the macroeconomic scenario of the programme is more favourable than the scenario underpinning the Article 126(7) recommendation materialise;
(ii) target a more ambitious reduction of the government deficit to less than the 3 % of GDP Treaty reference value by 2014/2015 at the latest, including by strengthening the planned pace of fiscal effort from 2011/2012 onwards in line with the Council recommendation under Article 126(7), and seize any further opportunities, including from better-than-expected economic and market conditions, to accelerate the reduction of the gross debt ratio towards the 60 % of GDP reference value, thereby also improving the long-term sustainability of public finances;
(iii) publish in 2010 the detailed departmental spending limits underlying the overall expenditure projections for at least the three-year period beyond 2010/2011;
(iv) implement the expenditure efficiency savings identified in the Operational Efficiency Programme (OEP) and in other value for money initiatives.
The United Kingdom is also invited to improve compliance with the data requirements of the code of conduct.
The United Kingdom is also invited to submit in time for the assessment of the effective action under the Excessive Deficit Procedure an addendum to the programme to report on progress made in the implementation of the Council recommendation under Article 126(7) of 2 December 2009 and to outline in some detail the consolidation strategy that will be necessary to progress towards the correction of the excessive deficit. The Council reiterates its invitation that all subsequent updates should also provide a chapter with this information as long as a Member State remains subject to an excessive deficit procedure.
The gloomy prospects prime minister David Cameron referred to today can hardly have come as a surprise, after the new coalition government took office. The 26 April 2010 assessments by the Council and its recommendations to the member states were public knowledge, although it took the EU more than a month to publish them in the OJEU.
Until the promised budget cuts take effect, the UK’s government borrowing pace is breath-taking. Luckily, the sky-rocketing debt level was fairly low before the financial and economic crisis.
The latest UK House of Commons Library research paper (10/39) Economic Indicators June 2010 contains valuable information about the real economy, finance and UK public finances.
Convergence reports 2010
Because of their opt-outs, Denmark and the United Kingdom are the two loners among the EU’s non-euro member states. Therefore, they are not examined in the convergence reports 2010.
Still, for a European perspective and comparison with the nine other EU member states still outside the euro area, you can study the convergence reports published by the European Central Bank and the European Commission:
European Central Bank: Convergence Report May 2010 (273 pages)
European Commission: Convergence Report 2010 (Prepared in accordance with Article 140(1) of the Treaty); Brussels, 12.5.2010 COM(2010) 238 final (30 pages)
Commission staff working document accompanying the Convergence Report 2010; Brussels, 12.5.2010 SEC(2010) 598 final (197 pages)
Naturally, Britain takes part in the Ecofin Council (and other Council configurations), but it does not participate in the unofficial Euro Group, which met today in Luxembourg.
Labels: Britain, budget, convergence programme, coordination, Council opinion, David Cameron, economic policy, EU, European Union, United Kingdom
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IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries announced today the April findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Sales and orders were both down slightly, compared to last year. The book-to-bill ratio remained positive but decreased to 1.02.
Total North American PCB shipments decreased 1.0 percent in April 2015 from April 2014, and year-to-date shipment growth remained at -1.3 percent. Compared to the previous month, PCB shipments were down 12.1 percent.
PCB bookings decreased by 6.3 percent compared to April 2014, reducing the year-to-date order growth rate to -0.7 percent. Orders decreased 15.1 percent in April compared to the previous month.
“North American PCB sales continued slightly below last year’s level, and orders, which rallied in the fourth quarter of 2014 and remained strong in recent months, also fell below last year’s level in April,” said Sharon Starr, IPC’s director of market research. “This caused a reduction in the book-to-bill ratio for April, but it is still in positive territory, which is an indicator of probable sales growth later this year,” she added.
Detailed Data Available
The next edition of IPC’s North American PCB Market Report, containing detailed April data from IPC’s PCB Statistical Program, will be available within the next week. The monthly report presents detailed findings on rigid PCB and flexible circuit sales and orders, including separate rigid and flex book-to-bill ratios, military and medical market growth, demand for prototypes, and other timely data. This report is available free to current participants in IPC’s PCB Statistical Program and by subscription to others. More information about this report can be found at www.ipc.org/market-research-reports.
Interpreting the Data
The book-to-bill ratios are calculated by dividing the value of orders booked over the past three months by the value of sales billed during the same period from companies in IPC’s survey sample. A ratio of more than 1.00 suggests that current demand is ahead of supply, which is a positive indicator for sales growth over the next three to six months. A ratio of less than 1.00 indicates the reverse.
Year-on-year and year-to-date growth rates provide the most meaningful view of industry growth. Month-to-month comparisons should be made with caution as they reflect seasonal effects and short-term volatility. Because bookings tend to be more volatile than shipments, changes in the book-to-bill ratios from month to month might not be significant unless a trend of more than three consecutive months is apparent. It is also important to consider changes in both bookings and shipments to understand what is driving changes in the book-to-bill ratio.
IPC’s monthly PCB industry statistics are based on data provided by a representative sample of both rigid PCB and flexible circuit manufacturers selling in the USA and Canada. IPC publishes the PCB book-to-bill ratio at the end of each month. Statistics for the current month are available in the last week of the following month.
IPC is a global industry association based in Bannockburn, Ill., dedicated to the competitive excellence and financial success of its 3,600 member companies which represent all facets of the electronics industry, including design, printed board manufacturing, electronics assembly and test. As a member-driven organization and leading source for industry standards, training, market research and public policy advocacy, IPC supports programs to meet the needs of an estimated $2 trillion global electronics industry. IPC maintains additional offices in Taos, N.M.; Washington, D.C.; Stockholm, Sweden; Moscow, Russia; Bangalore and New Delhi, India; Bangkok, Thailand; and Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Suzhou and Beijing, China.
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Bondage or Freegold?
"When confronted with a situation that appears fragmented or impossible, step back, close your eyes, and envision perfection where you saw brokenness."
"To visualize is to see what is not there, what is not real -- a dream. To visualize is, in fact, to make visual lies. Visual lies, however, have a way of coming true."
- Peter McWilliams
"What the mind can conceive and believe it can achieve."
- Napoleon Hill
Spend Currency, Save Gold
It is the concept of becoming a Super-Producer (producing more than you consume) that creates the need for savings. We all do this over the course of our lives if we plan to live a long time. It is a well-known fact that old people have a difficult time producing. There comes a time when we must retire on our Super-Producer fruits of yesteryear.
John Locke made the point in 1690 that metal money gives men something lasting to keep, that will not spoil, and does not infringe on anyone else's daily lives.
Today, while in our producing years, we transfer our excess value into bonds. That is, someone else's bondage to us. A SPECIFIC SOMEONE! We hold as wealth reserve a contract that says someone SPECIFIC will provide for us later when we can no longer provide for ourselves. These contracts are reputed to be better than gold! But are they?
This system on its surface is clearly a Ponzi scheme, requiring an ever-growing future army of laborers lured into debt in order to service the Super-Producers of yesteryear. But there are bigger problems than just the pyramid structure of the system.
Rather than staying balanced, the globe has divided into hemispheres where one side is producing more and the other is consuming more. The producing side is accumulating enormous amounts of contracts holding the consuming side in bondage well into the future. So it would seem that future generations in the West would be supporting an aging East (net-net) at some point in time.
The problem is that the trend is now visible to all. The West is shrinking while the East is growing, both in population and economically. Futurecrash is clear to anyone with eyes! So I ask again, are these contracts really better than gold?
If we hold gold as a wealth reserve instead of A SPECIFIC ENTITY'S bondage, we have exchanged SPECIFICITY for DIVERSITY. We now hold a claim on the future services of ANYONE IN THE WORLD who is willing to work for us (for gold)!! We eliminate the risk that our PERSONAL, SPECIFIC SERVANT may fail to perform for us in our time of need.
In the opaque world of paper investments we must CHOOSE which entity we want to service us in the future. Perhaps we choose a Vanguard Mutual Fund. Or a global company like General Electric. But how do we know they will perform for us when we need them.
With gold we have eliminated the risk of choosing the wrong entity. Instead, we have our own small share of a future claim on the entire workforce of the planet!
This simple difference between holding debt and holding gold is getting a lot of publicity right now, not through the media, but through the window of reality!
The journey through China
There was an interesting article in (I think) early '08 when the dollar was tumbling fast. It was about Chinese merchants dumping US dollars on their local banks as fast as they came in. In China, it was illegal to exchange dollars for yuan anywhere except the banks. And the banks were overwhelmed by the demand for renminbi. The PBOC was printing currency as fast as possible to keep up with the demand, but it was not fast enough. Long lines were forming at the local banks and some merchants were being turned away at the close of business, doomed to hold their depreciating US dollars for one more day.
I think it is helpful to consider the journey of a dollar in today's system.
If I am an importer of goods into the US, I simply pay foreigners with my home currency. But if I happen to be an importer elsewhere, there is a good chance I will have to first buy US dollars before I can pay for my shipment. If I am an exporter in China, I am prepared to receive both yuan and US dollars. But for my operating expenses I need only yuan. So I must go to the bank often to turn in my dollars.
My local Chinese bank then gives the dollars to the PBOC who prints new renminbi ("people's currency" in Chinese, denominated in "yuan and jiao" like "dollars and cents").
Sitting at the core of the Chinese economy of 1.3 billion Super-Producers, the PBOC ends up with an astounding amount of US dollars which it pays for with its printing press. This yuan inflation (printing) is a burden on the Chinese economy which must be offset by the central bank's investment of the accumulated US dollars in future usable wealth reserves.
Today, US Treasury debt is the primary option for such large hoards of greenbacks. No other entity offers as large of a future "debt service" as the US government. So the PBOC ships the accumulated dollars back to Washington DC who spends them back into the US economy. In exchange, China receives a contract stating that future US taxpayers will labor in service to China.
The problem is that our debt has grown so large that we are now servicing it Ponzi-style and with the printing press.
So the Chinese printing press (yuan) is backed by the US Fed printing press (dollars) which is backed by Chinese REAL labor (and goods) which is backed by the Chinese printing press (yuan) which is backed by the US Fed printing press... and on and on and on....
Jumping back to the Chinese merchant who needs yuan to pay his operating expenses, we must remember that he is also a Super-Producer, producing more than he consumes. So he has an inflow of EXTRA yuan to store for future retirement. His three choices are keep the paper yuan (not a good idea with inflation), buy a specific entity's future bondage, or buy a share of the entire future global workforce (gold). This third option has only recently been made available to Chinese citizens.
If our merchant chooses gold, he settles the world's debt to him for the time being, a debt which he can reactivate later by selling his gold in exchange for whatever paper medium is best at that future time for obtaining the goods and services he needs at that time.
It is helpful also to follow the path of the renminbi he exchanges for gold. His gold dealer will redeploy the majority of that renminbi in search of replacement gold, because that is his business. That is his operating cost. This path leads ultimately to either the public's gold, the CB gold, or new gold from the mines. This path of yuan seeking gold bids for the best value from each of these three sources. This yuan is now a heat-seeking missile aimed directly at Freegold. Multiply this effect over the entire globe and imagine the force of trillions of heat-seeking missiles all seeking the same thing! What do you think would be the result?
Note also that China recently offered its own bondage (backed by the printing press) as an option to help absorb some of this massive yuan monetary inflation, an offering that was basically rejected.
No Reserve? Yin and yang!
Let us now visualize what global trade would be like without a global reserve currency. Most people seem to believe that a global currency is necessary for global trade. That if the dollar were to lose reserve currency status because of mismanagement, it would have to be replaced with a One World Currency, or an SDR, or some other existing currency like the yuan, euro or dinar. But is this really true?
Importers from many countries other than the United States must already use currency exchanges in order to transact business. It is only the privileged importers that are allowed to skip this step. In many cases, the trade is done in US dollars even if the US is not involved in the transaction! This is because of the wide availability and convertibility of US dollars. But if the importer, instead of purchasing US dollars, purchased the local currency of his exporting country, the whole process would be simplified by one step. All exporters would receive payment in their local currency and would avoid the need to visit the bank so often!
The only transactions which would be complicated by this change would be those originating in the zone of the reserve currency. There the importers would have to do the currency exchange from dollars to yuan INSTEAD of the Chinese exporter!
This simplification of global trade would eliminate the journey the dollar makes back to the Washington DC spending machine. Each currency would only circulate between the public within its own zone, importers and exporters, the banks and the currency exchanges. And the exchange rate of all currencies would match the purchasing power parity (PPP) between countries based on the balance of trade! If the PPP got out of whack, then arbitrage would automatically step in to equal it out. How? Through the free trade of GOLD within each currency zone!
You see, with no global reserve currency in play, no single currency zone will have the wherewithal to manage the price of gold. It will float FREELY against all currencies within their own zones! And the only entities that will NOT benefit from this transition are the US Federal Reserve and the US Treasury! Yes, all other "evil powers that be" will benefit along with J6P! This is why there will not be resistance once the dollar goes!
If one country exports more than it imports, a shortage of its currency will develop on the currency exchange. This will drive up the price of that currency, also driving up its purchasing power relative to gold which trades in all currency zones. If exchange rates resist this gold PPP then gold will become underpriced within that surplus zone and the arbitrageurs will swoop in and bid it back up!
Thinking back to our Chinese merchant who buys gold with his extra yuan, under this new system, without a global reserve currency, his purchase of gold is one small piece of the global puzzle that both settles AND balances international trade!
Ender says it well
If you and I are allowed to buy gold with our currency, we have settled other's debts to us. On a personal level, acquiring gold allows you to settle other's debt to you. This act of settling others debt to me (as the case may be) does not destroy any currency nor relieve those that are still in debt to others of any burden. What it does offer is a means for me to buy a wealth reserve that stands on its own merit.
Doing a little calculus, if you sum an infinite number of little gold buying transactions you end up with a means of settlement for economies as all the little gold bugs enter the market and buy wealth reserve with their surplus currency. The currency remains in circulation and gold moves into its settlement role. 'Nations' and 'States' worth of people may be seen as settling, but the Nation and State still have the same amount of currency in circulation.
Independent of the nation state, those with surpluses that are currently held in currencies may find that the nation state is placed in a position to create MORE currency rather than less. That design in the system will always, over time, create a situation where more currency will be available to chase items that work as wealth reserve.
Now, back to the Freegold concept. Because gold is a wealth reserve, it will work just as well for a person as it will a nation state. In the marketplace, if gold is plentiful, its 'price' will be low. Likewise, if it is scarce its price will be high. If a nation state marks its gold to market and thins the gold market, it may find a high 'price' for all the nuggets the nation holds on reserve. This implies that if the nation state does NOT SELL gold in the open public market, all us little gold bugs (advocates) will be the ones that offer up our gold (in exchange for currency) that helps settle the imbalances that occur in global/national/local trade. If 60 billion needs to be settled every month and only a few ounces are available, those few ounces may absorb the imbalance.
In a Freegold system, the actual gold metal market determines the exchange rate of a currency. The nation state can liquidate/acquire less/more gold but the balance sheets will show the change allowing the businessman to determine where or not the currency is being managed respectably.
In a Freegold system, the incentive is for the nation state to create an environment where the gold price is continually falling in that local currency. If so, people will want to hold that currency knowing that they will be able to buy MORE gold tomorrow (or in the future). It will setup an environment where the businessman will WANT TO invest in that economy knowing that when the payoff comes - years from now - they will be able to convert it into wealth reserve.
Freegold is beneficial to everyone - except those that can print a currency out of thin air that can be used to buy goods anywhere in the world. You and I CANNOT print money. You and I can only go into debt for currency today (Committing future work for currency today). That going in debt subjects us to the political ramifications of the management of the currency. That may be good or bad depending on how it's managed.
Gold stands separate of this mis-management.
And, as you may have already figured, the way the reserve-currency of the world has been managed, gold is extremely undervalued. We are going through the process of discovery - where those with paper riches figure out that it's really not real until it is settled. As the settlement process accelerates, so will the scarcity of gold.
Stand for Gold settlement. It is the honorable thing to do.
FOFOA (and Ender)
Did we overlook the wealth pyramid in the flation debate? By guaranteeing all sort of financial nonsense paper with freshly printed dollars a rather important (downward) shift happened in that pyramid.
The difficulty in it is that wealth remains wealth, and it's not prescribed which levels of the pyramid are and which aren't to be used. We know which one is best, but others also seem to work to a certain extend. However, downward shifts - collapse - has not occurred to often. And now we have a higher level being guaranteed to fit in a lower one. How does that relate to the Zimbabwe theory?
The guarantees transfer default risk to the currency. This IS the Zimbabwe theory! Default would collapse the pyramid one step at a time. The denominator will implode it all at once.
Shanti said...
FOFOA, 11:58
"The denominator will implode it all at once."
---- Cristalized Wisdom ----
The uniqueness of this blog consists of Fofoas brilliancy monetary contexts to explain at such an extent you'll find nowhere else. Most of the gold bugs look upon gold as a commodity to be "sold", traded when achieving a good price.All economic newsletters advice upon "making money" without considering long term consistentcy. Fofoa is the unique publisher explaining gold as money on internatinal level.We only have to hope that the forces driving this Ponzi scheme will weaken at once and their desperate attempt to stop the ongoing process will not conduce the world into a war.
Fauvi
@fauvi.
so true. thank you for articulating just how interesting it is. It's amazing to see how his head processes all of this. Monetary policy is not my realm of expertise at all, but when he writes, it's as if he sees through the matrix and can explain the code.
I'm not sure if he's right or not, as I have reservations similar to those of Martijn, where I realize not necessarily how brilliant the elite are (that's far from the case, IMO), but how connected, resourceful, temporally patient, and, most importantly dispassionately ruthless they are.
So even if the referee has counted them down and out and the count of 10 ended 20 mins ago, I still don't count them out, no matter how much it seems we should.
I keep seeing takedowns in gold/silver on a regular basis at the start of the NY market. But I also see huge runups at the same time, which makes me wonder if they just want to make their money on volatility if they can't fight the ultimate trend for too long.
then i think of that beach ball fofoa posted, and I feel a bit more comforted.
anyway, listening to girl talk now...thanks again to martijn for posting that fabulous opensourcecinema documentary!
fofoa: was wondering what you think of the following in jim willie.
"A contact from Europe involved directly in the creation of support systems for global barter sent a message. He said, “Once the melt down occurs, the evolving system will not require reserve currencies any longer, since 95% of all transactions will be barter and/or sophisticated counter trade via a new exchange platform that is being designed and will be up an running in early 2010. This new exchange will pretty much eliminate banks from being the bottleneck in conducting trade locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. Welcome to a very different new world order.” This process will take time, but seems to be born soon from crisis bathwater. It is not born of speculation, but of actual construction of platforms in progress unbeknownst to US media networks."
http://news.goldseek.com/GoldenJackass/1248379200.php
Jr Deputy Accountant said...
I find it absolutely entertaining that gold bugs are called "nuts" and yet TPTB are the ones trying to pull off a $200+ billion Treasury auction in one week.
Maybe no one will notice. =/
btw, I'm the "barhag at 1am" you referred to on an earlier oil post. Glad I was stalking myself on Google because I was actually able to find your wonderful blog over here. :)
Welcome Ms. Accountant!
Barhag was meant in the most affectionate way possible, as in "barhags are hot hot hot!". I hope you did not take offense! ;)
A quarter trillion in bondage contracts in one week! That's quite a load, huh? Should we all suit up now for the punishment?
Prana,
Interesting article from Jim Willie. It must be that collective mind resonating through the universe!
Here's another quote from the article:
"The facility acts like an Import-Export Bank. Under the arrangements, a counter-party center can lend the Yuan provided by the PBOC to domestic commercial entities toward pay for imports. Chinese exporters are thus paid in their own currency, eliminating exchange rate risks and reducing the cost of fund transfers. Thus the bypass of the US$ in settlements."
His description sounds very reasonable to me. Similar to mine. No need for a ($) middleman once gold is unleashed to do its job "rating" local currencies. International (direct) exchange becomes much easier with the transparency a physical gold market will provide.
It also fits two tenets,
1. A new global currency is a pipe dream at this point and will never be ready in time, and
2. Preparations for a dollar collapse have been underway for some 15 years now.
--> "Trade in the new system will NOT be built atop [bondage] that is easily the object of fraud."
It will be built atop DECENTRALIZED settlement in gold through the new PHYSICAL gold market. This is the logical conclusion!
SDRs will only be used for central bank clearing. You will not see Chinese merchants exchanging SDRs for yuan at the local banks.
Central bank clearing will be less and less necessary as trade is cleared and balanced at the individual level!
SDRs will ultimately die from lack of demand. Contributors to "the basket" will demand back their contributions rather than watching them sit idle in a defunct institutional vault.
"Itself low on funds, the Intl Monetary Fund finally approved the transfer of $13 billion in gold bullion in exchange for various crappy paper owned by China, probably USTreasurys and USAgency Mortgage Bonds. Choosing the lower labor intensive route, using the global banker windows, China will acquire 400 more tonnes of gold. Refusal would have meant purchase of gold in the open market, an option still open to them. The IMF will hold more USTBond confetti and less gold. One must wonder if no more gigantic gold sales can be designed from large vaulted supplies. The last large available quantity has been jacked."
As China ensures its place in the new Freegold system, the IMF ensures its own demise!!
The evolution of world trade will become more clear to the world leaders (currently flailing wildly) as it proceeds.
Remember, many roads, one destination. The road we are on becomes more clear as time passes.
PS. Jim Willie's closing is worth reposting. I will put it below!
SECRECY & THE INSIDER TRADE
Bank holiday plan execution must be kept as surprise, since reactive preparations undermine the impact of the vast theft planned, both overt (from devaluations) and hidden (from stolen accounts). Those who wait to take action lose all opportunity to benefit, and will surely lose significantly. The major central banks are very likely accumulating gold bullion on a net basis. Surely the Chinese, Russians, and Arabs are. If a planned US bank system shutdown occurs, its powerful effect would be muted by publicity of an unfolding, hence reducing insider profit potential. The pristine pure-bred Ruling Elite would be forced to share benefits with unwashed unworthy Plebeians. People would remove deposits from banks likely to be gobbled by Wall Street zombies, as withdrawals could later be limited. People would transfer money out of the USDollar and into the Euro or Gold or Oil, before a grand US$ devaluation occurs. Next comes the threat of capital controls, limiting currency transfers across the border. The insider trade of the century will likely remain within the domain of the big bankers and other predators who have succeeded in looting the wealth of the nation. If word of the plan spreads, then people can prepare and take defensive action. No opportunity will be afforded those who wait until the news breaks. They will be subjected to different price structure on assets, perhaps a big quantum change, with the US$ lower, competing currencies higher, gold higher, and all commodities priced in US$ terms higher, led by crude oil and industrial metals. Pay little attention to formal denials, and those by the intellectual servant harlots. They have offered little truth or fair warning of crisis in the last several years. Prepare!!
I don't know about the US, but I don't think a bank holiday in Europe would be accepted by the public.
Still, we are in for surprises, that I agree.
The IMF will hold more USTBond confetti and less gold. One must wonder if no more gigantic gold sales can be designed from large vaulted supplies. The last large available quantity has been jacked."
Is there a confirmation of the IMF doing so? The must understand that they are busy tying there own rope. Perhaps they see no better alternative, and perhaps they're right. Maybe they have no other options. Difficult to judge though.
Marc Faber on the summer.
Here's another view of what a bank holiday might be about. A couple posts I happened across.
That stupid M. Bonpasse!!!
Single world (paper) currency: That’s only 15 years away. Who pays him?
Bob Chapman says:
"We also believe these events could precipitate a short bank holiday in the US due to disruption of capital flows in and out of the US and concern if not panic in the US banking community. We also believe the government will use such events as a trial run for a future major banking shutdown. They will be interested in the public’s reaction as a precursor to what might happen in the future if there were a major banking shutdown."
http://news.goldseek.com/InternationalForecaster/1248270886.php
What is dead ahead could be the dress rehersal and not the main act, Mr. Chapman opines. Since "our leaders" our so much fond of psychological games (Bernays, Propoganda, etc.), one gradually learns to expect the unexpected. What could it be like? Shake and stir wildly. Short banking holiday (something harmless), make gold 5 to 20 thousands. Declare the crisis to be over. After taking the stock market down during the "shake and stir" phase, intiate a stockmarket rally of 3-5 years... Then, surprise! The main act!
Just a scenario to consider!
More Helicopterman and the 0.5T
It still somewhat puzzles me.
Any of you guys been watching the S&P and other exchanges?
A couple of months ago nobody wanted to believe we were witnessing the begin of inflation. I was doubtful too, but did consider it an option.
I still do. They're trying to create channeled inflation by manipulating them exchanges. So far it might just be working.
Imagine two bankers (GS and JPM) standing at an imaginary roulette wheel making bets with chips they borrow from the casino - with each bank agreeing (colluding) to allow the other to ‘win’ every other bet until all the chips are in the pockets of the two bankers forcing the casino (the US economy) to declare bankruptcy wherein the US Fed/Treasury loan trillions more to the casino. Repeat.
This is the history of Wall St. over the past 25 years with the only change being the size of the illegitimate bets are betting bigger until we now have the situation where GS and JPM are making bets equivalent to the entire country’s GDP. Each American goes to sleep at night not knowing if he or she will wake up having had their country lost in craps game the night before.
Those bank holiday posts are interesting indeed.
I think that from what we have seen so far the pressure for a big change regarding the role of the dollar is piling up. The big question remains: how will that change be brought into the world.
A bank holiday could be a way.
At this time who have the greatest power to influence that change and what are their objectives?
By being in Iraq, the US has some extra possibilities of influencing an oil-backed currency, do they not?
The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
Intaxication (n.): Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
Dopeler Effect (n.): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
single global currency
Interesting thread to keep an eye on indeed.
These Gulf region stories certainly seem of interest.
I still have not been able to find any news on the UAE requesting its London gold. Also interesting, isn't it?
When Helicopterman was pumping 0.5T in foreign CBs, was he already trying to spread inflation? Taking the first step to a USD devaluation?
I still have some difficulty understanding.
Another interesting post...
Some say Iraq has some gold
ECB speech worth reading
Re: 0.5T & bank holiday
I do not know the answer, but it seems there are plenty of plausible explanations. I don't know the buyback structure of the swaps, usually it's at the same exchange rate as the swaps were made. But what if it wasn't? If you knew you were going to devalue, you'd want to stock up on foreign currency, right?
Or, the dollar was experiencing high demand during deleveraging. Bernanke saw the opportunity to fill the demand with his beloved helicopter, slowly devaluing the dollar (inflation he wants, not deflation) and to also force foreign CBs to print at the same time, money which would he would hold sterile in his own vault while his little buckaroos were sent out into the workforce. Giving him extra leverage for later (to buy back the bucks with the foreign currency) if the dollar fell too hard.
Or perhaps it DOES have to do with the Covert Market Operations. My suspicion all along has been that the PPT is pumping SHITLOADS of new money into stocks and bonds right now to keep it all aloft. One of two possibilities fit this scheme. One, they truly believe that they can just manipulate everything in the air until things return to normal. This would truly be your inflation theory. The other is the much more insidious scorched earth exit strategy. Which I think the evidence corroborates. This one also goes hand in hand with a planned currency revaluation.
I doubt that a currency revaluation is a plan set in stone. The powers that be ALWAYS create CONTINGENCY plans for stuff they don't want us to know about. Paulson admitted they had contingency plans for social chaos in case the credit markets froze and food supply lines stopped moving. They OBVIOUSLY have contingency plans for a banking crisis. And this one is almost a sure bet given the various pressures on the system.
A bank holiday (which is definitely in the contingency books) is a way to relieve some of the pressure from the system before it explodes. Like a controlled release valve. It is also one of the more likely contingency scenarios to be actually used, because it is fairly easy for the Fed to accomplish, and many benefits will follow. I doubt, however, that the Treasury likes this idea. It is basically the same as a bankruptcy filing for the Treasury, which relies solely on credit. It is one thing to have your debt wiped clean, but it is something else entirely to then have to live within your means. So it is this COUNTER-INCENTIVE of the US Treasury that may keep them from pulling the trigger on a CONTROLLED bank holiday before the whole thing blows up in an UNCONTROLLED way.
But even an uncontrolled explosion in the system (from all the pressure of mis-aligned currency values) could cause a bank holiday. So planned or not, it is still a relatively high-probability event IMO.
Another way to look at it is that the Treasury and Fed are not exactly aligned. The Treasury is the great credit machine of Congress' socialist spending habits and the Fed is the agent of the banking machine.
The Fed also has the clearest view of the pressures in the system, while the Treasury and Congress do not. And the Fed has been defending its opacity lately, especially to Congress.
So it is possible that the Fed is planning something to the benefit of the bankers that the government will not be happy about. The trick will be to make it look like a normal response to an unforeseen crisis. And the green shoots BS assists in making whatever happens "unforeseen".
Action instead of talking !
http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/26634
Nibblybits said...
I read here that the IMF would have to move SDRs fast or China would beat them to the punch. Shanti, what you linked suggests it's happening now.
Interesting isn't it?
I second your motion that everyone on here should read that speech by Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB.
To me, it makes it clear that the Euro managers not only know what the problem really is, but they are honest enough to speak openly about it. In my mind, this argues very strongly for the ANON Freegold hypothesis!
Of course in public speeches they have to speak about solving the crisis within the existing structure (IMF). But the subtext in this speech is so clear it is practically screaming!
The underlying problem of the entire system and the cause of the crisis is RIGGED currencies and the resultant IMBALANCES. It could not be more clear. China is not totally innocent in this either. It will pay for its small mistakes through the devaluation of its reserves. The US will pay for its cheating (can't call it a mistake) by having to live within its means from here on out. A devastating adjustment.
Nibblybits,
Contrary to public opinion and even to Jim Willie, I doubt the Chinese want the yuan to become the new "global reserve currency" like the dollar was. For a surplus country like China, the future risks of having your currency used in 3rd party trade agreements outweigh the benefits (being able to run a huge deficit).
Instead, their moves can simply be viewed as preparation for trade within a freegold-type system like I outlined in the post. They are simply setting up international convertibility, many different bilateral agreements, a big task for a currency that was previously restricted and controlled within its borders!
World Prepares to Dump the Dollar
“We are discussing the creation or, to be more correct, the appearance of new reserve currencies,” said Medvedev.
Sarkozy stated on July 9. “Frankly, 60 years afterwards, we’ve got to ask: Shouldn’t a politically multipolar world correspond to an economically multi-currency world?”
My translation --> "Multi-currency world" along side the APPEARANCE OF (not creation of) a new [WEALTH RESERVE]!
"But the next blow to the dollar may come as a complete surprise to Washington policymakers...
America is making a terrible mistake which will result in the greatest fall in all of mankind’s history!...
The highly trained economic theorists who keep telling us that foreigners can’t afford to stop supporting the U.S. are about to get reeducated at Reality U."
The term "A new global currency" used so often by the media is generic. "Currency" can be replaced with "wealth reserve" in this generic reference because the media doesn't understand the different functions of money. So statements about a new global currency can be perfectly compatible with the evolution of Freegold. I have not seen a single manmade "new global currency" that will be able to step in and receive the entire planet's confidence before the fall of the dollar. But there already exists a global wealth reserve par excellence!
We DO NOT need to use the same money for trade and for savings! Think about it. For trade, a regional currency makes more sense because various regions of the planet can be balanced against each other through currency exchange rates. But for savings, a GLOBAL money makes much more sense! It is a future claim on the resources and production of the ENTIRE PLANET! What could be more secure, and impervious to the folly or fraud of individual regions?
I largely agree with you FOFOA. I think China's approach here is simply to sidestep the dollar in transactions. For the US, this is a SHTF moment... a possible trigger to other moments as well.
In the long term, trade must be settled by bipartisan exchange, with limited build up in credit, as indicated in your post. After tangibles have been exchanged, there would need to be a final medium of settlement for the excess. It would need to be wealth related as opposed to a currency instrument or commodity; freegold seems most viable.
I don't think ANY nation will ever hold reserve status again. The entire concept of a reserve system is flawed. There need only be a medium for measure and exchange. There is no need for 'reserve' currency as it functions today... as a store of wealth.
The perception that gold is money needs to change. Gold is realized wealth; money is unpaid debt. They are opposites.
I don't see gold ever becoming currency. I think instead, we will have currency backed by gold, and regular settlement as such.
ROFL... my points and your latest posting contain very similar arguements. :)
Yes! They do. I almost don't need to post this.
We are in agreement. But don't be afraid to call gold money. Fiat is currency, which is the trade function of money. Gold is wealth, or the wealth reserve function of money. The "gold standard" was never true gold currency. It was a facade, a false fabrication.
Way back when pure physical gold was used as a trade currency it was possible to use the same money for earning, spending and saving. The problem is that we lost the function but kept the concept. Today we are seeing the final step in the evolution of money --> separate money for separate functions! Fiat for earning and spending, physical gold for storing excess value over time.
TA:
US Dollar Collapse Imminent
Crossroads FX
"This amounts to a price target of around 67 in the USD index. And as prices tend to move lower quickly when breaking down, the future chart may look like this in a few weeks time:
This is looking nasty, isn't it ?"
Siege said...
Hmmm... even if the forecast is questioned, there's no mistaking the descending triangle. What a massive movement.
Key Areas Of Defense For The US Dollar
"Yesterday and today we have been playing with a key area in the US dollar at which intervention is reasonable to assume.
It is key for sure as .7200 and then into the high .6000 is what is lurking in this Battle Royal.
Strong dollar policy is intervention to modify the decline from the rout it has the power to be.
With the entire planet with the exception of GB loudly or quietly wanting dollar diversification, the high .6000s is a magnet of great substance pulling NOW strongly on the USDX."
Robert Heller, Former Federal Reserve governor:
"The stock market is certainly not too big for the Fed to handle. The foreign exchange and government securities markets are vastly larger. Daily trading volume in the New York foreign exchange market is $130 billion. The daily volume for Treasury Securities is about $110 billion. The combined value of daily equity trading on the New York Exchange, the American Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ over-the-counter market ranges between $7 billion and $10 billion."
- Wall Street Journal, October 27, 1989
Article exploring the collapse (END) of various UNfreegold scenarios and what it could mean (FREEGOLD!):
Fort Knox, Fort Hocks or Fort Shocks:
Three United States Gold Scenarios
Stewart Dougherty
"...U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve officials actively monitor and seek to suppress the gold price, because a rising price can signal fiscal, economic and/or fiat currency distress, things that are bad for markets and embarrassing for governments... For gold to be selling today at only 40% of its 1980 inflation-adjusted price, in the midst of the worst financial crisis in the nation's history, is curious...
Some consider a country's future tax receipts to be a form of collateral, but in the case of the United States, this is not so, because according to the Congressional Budget Office, the country will run multi-hundred billion dollar annual deficits for the next 70 years and beyond. So according to the CBO, the nation's future tax revenues are already spent. Hypothetically, the nation could sell its national parks, or its mineral and/or energy rights, but this would be a radical, last ditch solution that has not even been publicly debated. For all practical purposes, the country's only true collateral is the gold in Fort Knox and related depositories...
...Inconsistencies like this are worth exploring; sometimes they represent golden opportunities...
...the price per ounce would most likely explode!"
I would love to see how Stewart Dougherty would rewrite this article after studying Freegold, the final stage in the monetary evolution of gold!
I agree with this 100%. A national currency cannot fulfill the role of an international currency.
If one country could create something all countries want by simply clicking a mouse, what should it ask in return? This makes absolutely no sense.
Assuming the Fort Knocks scenario, an audit proving this scenario would most likely provide support for the USD. I'm not saying the gold is still there, but if it were, I would do such an audit when the dollar is in its direst straits.
On this article on the dollar dump in the trumpet:
The irony is that America is completely blind to the catastrophe heading its way.
Is really is unbelievable. The demise of the dollar has received so much attention on almost any financial blog that it simply cannot be missed. Perhaps the US acts as if they are blind, but they have not missed it.
A tone like this does not increase the credibility of the author in my opinion.
"Assuming the Fort Knocks scenario, an audit proving this scenario would most likely provide support for the USD. I'm not saying the gold is still there, but if it were, I would do such an audit when the dollar is in its direst straits."
Isn't that like Superman counting his Kryptonite in order to get stronger?
"Is really is unbelievable."
I can assure you this statement is true for the vast majority. Including most in Congress and in the media. Perhaps he should have said, "For the most part, America is..."
US$ collapse emminent !?
Let us put the question otherwise : Is a stable-strong dollar still serving any practical purpose,...still helpful for recovery from the Systemic Crisis,...???
I don't see any "good" reason why a strong dollar should now remain strong/stable for much longer !
A $-devaluation is now the most "elegant" way out (flight forward) that the $-regime can wish for. Devalue the systemic build up of the to surface astronomical (tripple) DEFICITS when (before) the US fiscal year ends (mid october)(bank holiday(s)). Catapult the green shoots into the air with a dollar-light (Q4).
Make sure that the "vital" $-reserve accumulators/holders are compensated for their int. $-PP loses. Let them accumulate as much non US (friendly) gold as they can.
Unfreeze the $-goldprice in a controlled way. Allow all other currencies to follow the $-devaluation.
Don't let the $-holders profit from this temporary $-strength to acquire strategic important possesions.
The $-regime cannot,...is not going to wait until an outside cartel decides it's opportune to force the US to devalue the dollar for their own (cartel) profitable purposes.
The (economic) powers that lay in the floating currency system works in two directions : When the non $-cartel undervalues its own currencies and forces the US deficits more strongly up,...The cartel destroys (dislocates) the US economy even further. Such is the battle for world power/dominance.
Anon, 1:05
"The $-regime cannot,...is not going to wait until an outside cartel decides it's opportune to force the US to devalue the dollar for their own (cartel) profitable purposes."
-- Make them an offer they can't refuse --
Here it will be 'very' interesting, to see how creative cartels can be in this war of - TITANS -
Certainly there are different roads, but all roads led to China isn't it.
One road one destination - FREEGOLD -
Shanti,
"Here it will be 'very' interesting, to see how creative cartels can be in this war of - TITANS -"
Here is an interesting article about Russia. Who do you think has the upper hand in this game of surprises?
Yes Shanti, that's why I label this Big $-devaluation as " EXPERIMENTAL ".
Nobody can know how the world power balance is going to move afterwards.
This Crisis started accelerating exactly in 1985 ($-ATH and peak IRs). $-Finance capitalism is the rot that penetrated deeply into the complex system. Impossible to simply devalue this away with no dramatic consequences ( out of control domino effects).
The old Western US/EU world axis is not in the driving seat anymore ! Old rules will not be repeated. This time it will be really different.
I see your point. But there is a subtile difference. Superman is a physical hero, and his kryptonite is a physical aid, like NOx is to a street racer. However, in financial markets the fight is mainly psychological. The psychological effect also matters in physical sports - like superman's game - although to a lesser extend.
"The word Kryptonite is also used in modern speech as a synonym for Achilles' heel, the one weakness of an otherwise invulnerable hero."
Asia buys gold as jewellery that trades by weight in grams with practically no value for artistry.
Freeg...?
Isn't that like Superman counting his "one weakness of an otherwise invulnerable hero" in order to get stronger?
Counting gold would indeed signal that all else - and the dollar is based on whatever "else" they could possibly find - is meaningless.
That is true. As soon as the US stresses gold in any way the dollar as the world sees it is gone.
Phase two of this crisis will tear the veil of MOPE away
Auditing gold will do so also.
Re: Jewelry
In 1998 I sold some equipment to a guy who promised to pay me in installments. He gave me a gold ring with a few small diamonds as collateral. At the time, the collateral I received did not totally cover the amount owed, but he told me it had sentimental value to him and that he wanted it back.
He never paid me and I still have the ring. It probably now covers the money he owed me. But just to be sure I come out way ahead, I'll hang onto it for a few more months at least. ;)
Perhaps one ring will rule them all..
There is a Freegold lesson in Jim's Chinese jewelry comment. As gold transitions to one single function, all former premiums will become insignificant compared to its core value.
Here in Thailand it's priced by the Baht(15.2grams of 23k) and the daily buy/sell price is posted on the outside window. Gold is definitely a wealth reserve in this part of the world. Gold shops are everywhere.
http://www.goldtraders.or.th/index_en.php
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/admin/specials/nationphoto/photo/6U2pWMx.jpg
Thanks, J. I saved that picture to use in a post! Keep the good info flowing.
Auditing UST-gold !?
1/ 1994 : Summers/Rubin Gibson paradox ($-IRs and $-goldprice)
2/ Greenspam : CBs stand ready to sell gold (intervene) whenever the goldprice rises.
Gold is the anti-thesis of the dollar under the present global $-system/regime.
There are only TWO gold-forces : The unfree $-gold faction (contra) and the non-$-freegold faction
(pro).
That's why the ECB states every move of its goldreserves (included MTM) at the end of each quarter and the UST-gold remains an illustre unknown. Fundamental difference, no !
Russia and China follow the ECB gold-trail (reporting gold & forex reserves).
Please read this article (2 pages) :
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE56N4L520090724?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0
If the West really thinks that this is the appropiate way to talk/deal with the Chinese,...
Also consider Biden's Russia bashing.
Rising Western arrogance is a writing on the wall !
Anon 12:53
Seems the $-camp has forgoten an old (Chinese) saying.
"a new journey begins with the first step" (-ACTION-)
Verbal warfare does produce noise but - NO - action, in contrary it shows the cards to the other camp.
En suite, temps pour le velo
@ Anon, Shanti,
Please read this and tell me if you think it has bearing on that 2-page China-talks article!
http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/congress/1402
My interpretation : The old transatlantic (US$/EU€) alliance is evolving into the US/China axis (Brezinsky).
Both (US/China) HAVE to restore global balance without much further delay.
The IMF (supranational) is supposed to play a (transfer) vehical role to reach economic/strategic consensus. Again those 400 tonnes of IMF-gold pop up !
IMO, China wants this gold !?
Belgium sold (redistributed) 1,000 tonnes (one thousand) of gold without anyone saying a word about it.
Obama probably wants to do the same trick and claim US/China succes in solving the (systemic debt) Crisis (?).
(horsetrading-?)
The (absolute) power of gold (exchange) is that it can buy precious TIME and temporary goodwill.
This global-systemic US(deficit)/China(surplus) GLOBAL UNBALANCE must...MUST...come to an end ...BY ALL MEANS !!!
We hear the noices (Shanti) and will probably see the gold facts (deeds) ?
Just an opinion...
do you believe that an agreement between Us and China would be benaficial for the rest? Couldn't it be a dividing of the world in two influencial zones? I'm not sure it's going to get to a good result for the rest of us.
Unemployment=UP / Tax base=DOWN :
The infernal spiral not to be stopped and reversed...by green shoots or anything else.
July 26, 2009 (LPAC)—As unemployment skyrockets and the tax base shrinks, state unemployment insurance funds are finding it increasingly difficult to meet the needs of the unemployed. Not only are states running out of funds, but the processing of unemployment compensation applications are slowing dramatically. The New York Times reported on July 24 that 16 states, having exhausted their funds, are now paying benefits with borrowed money, and that number could double by year's end. About 9.5 million people are now collecting benefits, up from only 2.5 million people in 2007 and state spending is expected to reach nearly $100 billion, about triple the level of two years ago.
Germany's financial system !?
http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14094137&source=hptextfeature
And we all keep hping that the global economy will pick up somewhat later !?
I have absolutely no idea where serious economists get this (infantile) optimism from ? Is this a form of "fatalism" ?
Gulf money and death !
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE56P0YD20090726
Fraud - Deceit - Plunder ...
Fauvi,
--> Hillary included in talks
--> Name changed: "Strategic Economic"-->"Strategic & Economic"
--> Topics to include Climate Change
--> Obama wants to use IMF gold in carrot and stick "negotiations"
The US administration is full of arrogant fools. Their eye is not on the correct ball. It is on climate change, universal healthcare and debt auctions. China has their eye on the right ball. There is no way to restore global balance that is good for Washington.
When China receives 400 tonnes of Kryptonite in exchange for empty promises it will see how weak Superman really is.
FOFOA, hasn't China already taken the first steps with the yuan/real exchange with Brazil among others.
Callistenes
Hello Callistenes,
See my comment from July 24, 2009 12:33 PM.
http://www.leap2020.eu/When-China-prepares-its-Great-Escape-from-the-dollar-trap-for-the-end-of-summer-2009_a3582.html
GET YOUR GOLD !
Snip :
July 27 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke defended bailouts by the central bank and other unprecedented efforts to end the credit crisis, saying he sought to avoid a “second Great Depression.”
“In a financial crisis, if you let the big firms collapse in a disorderly way, it will bring down the whole system,” Bernanke said yesterday at a town-hall-style meeting in Kansas City, Missouri, taped for broadcast this week on PBS television. “I was not going to be the Federal Reserve chairman who presided over the second Great Depression.”
>>> May I suggest that global hero Bernanke shall be appointed FOR LIFE on 01/31/'10 !
And shall Greenspan be publicly stoned for causing the risk of second great depression.
Interesting article from l2020. Also interesting to consider is that relative to commodities the USD holdings of China have been increasing in value rather drastically over the past year.
Very logically, Beijing is now disposing of these huge surplus exchange reserves which keep Chinese leaders prisoners of US decisions with no further advantage for their country
I would like to add that the Chinese to some extend have already been paid in production capacity.
With regard to US Treasuries, China has largely stopped buying them (purchases decreased by USD 146 billion in the first quarter of 2009 compared to the same period last year, representing an increase of only USD 7.7 billion! (16)) and only then purchasing short term (three month) Treasuries (17)!
So in short: purchases decreased, representing an increase.
If we are not living in the matrix right now I doubt we will ever.
Smiley.
Judging from the provided source what they mend to say is that the increase of purchases decreased by 146b compared to previous year, leaving an increase of only 7.7b. So the curve was still rising, albeit at a much lower speed.
If we correct for inflation it might even be flat I reckon.
Guys, while you're at it, be sure to read this one too.
Back to the forth knox scenario. If the US gold is still there, they own the biggest reserve in the world.
I could image that in such a case China would not get all too exited in going back to some sort of gold-standard.
If I were China I'd rather pick something that reflects the current economic reality (and China's strong position therein) a bit more.
Did you ever see this graph of currencies against gold.
How well have you been studying the monetary history of metals?
I am not saying there is, but it could be that the gold-community has missed something in describing the monetary history of gold.
I have found history to be just a little different than the general opinion on many occasions, and I could image the goldcrowd being mainly occupied with current financial markets and not extensively researching the claims of gold as the one and only monetary metal the propose.
Seems MK pulled "ANOTHER" back on the table ;-))
http://www.usagold.com/cpmforum/?p=172701
From the usagold article linked by Shanti:
That puts China in a very strong position with respect to the gold market, and from what we can gather, it has decided to play that card.
This somewhat answers an earlier question:
However, I would like to keep that one open...
You say, "How well have you been studying the monetary history of metals? I am not saying there is, but it could be that the gold-community has missed something in describing the monetary history of gold. I have found history to be just a little different than the general opinion on many occasions, and I could image the goldcrowd being mainly occupied with current financial markets and not extensively researching the claims of gold as the one and only monetary metal the propose."
I assume you are talking about bimetallism, the monetary standard using a fixed exchange rate between two metals, that was debated and then abandoned 136 years ago.
The problem with bimetallism was that it attached an artificially high value to silver (similar to the artificially high value of the dollar during the latter years of Bretton Woods), causing a drastic outflow of gold from the US Treasury as foreigners exchanged their silver for gold at the bloated price, just like exchanging their paper for gold in the late 1960's.
Bimetallism had this fatal flaw, just like other systems, which caused the entire world to evolve to mono-metallism, the gold standard, which had its own flaw demonstrated in the late 60's and early 70's.
From there, gold began trading in a quasi-free marketplace, still able to fulfill its job as the ultimate extinguisher of debt. But even this system has finally revealed its fatal flaw which Antal E. Fekete has dubbed the imminent permanent backwardation of gold.
Fekete's only mistake is that he looks back in time to the gold standard for relief from this collapse of the system, instead of looking forward through evolution to the natural next step.
The Silverites of the 1800's (also known as the "16 to 1'ers") still exist today, and still view the Coinage Act of 1873 which ended bimetallism and de-monetized silver as the "Crime of '73". But viewed another way, as one step in the evolution of gold in a fiat world, we can see now how the end of bimetallism was not only natural, but permanent!
Viewed as an evolution, we can see how Freegold is the natural next and final step in this evolution, and that it is upon us today!
I was talking about metals monetary history in general. Bimetallism is the first thing that comes to mind indeed.
But I for instance now little of asian monetary history, and I could assume many people involved with the subject in the west have been looking mainly at the Western history.
The text at the bottom of this site for instance is of some interest:
The directory name "arian" in this URL is the Welsh word for money. It also means silver, which was for many centuries the most common metal for making coins.
As for the bank holiday: FEMA is doing a major international "anti-terrorism" exercise this whole week with troops form among other Mexico, England, Canada and Australia.
Coinage, or more specifically the value stamped on the coin, is a form of fiat. It is what the government tells you it is worth. Silver was always a great metal for coinage (early fiat). Even today's one ounce gold coins still say $50! And one ounce of silver says $1. A 50:1 ratio! It used to be 16:1. Do you trust your government to tell you true relative value?
That website looks interesting. Please let me know if you find something that makes you want to trade some of your gold for silver. I might be able to help you out.
Don't forget Darwin. In evolution it is NATURAL selection that matters. If altering the global monetary landscape was as simple as one nation CHOOSING something new to use as money, we would see the landscape change much more frequently. As it is, changes happen only with the tide. As your trader friends say, "the trend is your friend".
I am not here to propose a new system of Freegold. That is just a name to use for something that hasn't been named yet. I am simply here to draw attention to the trend, the evolution, the tide!
The new system will be whatever it is. But the TRANSITION to the new system will be a once in a lifetime opportunity for those who recognize that the tide is coming in. A chance to get on the receiving end of the greatest transfer of wealth in history.
Either you recognize it or you don't. If you think everything is simply going to continue trading as commodities and go up gradually, then perhaps a good spread of platinum, palladium, silver, gold and oil is a safe diversification.
But if you think our monetary system is close to a paradigm shift, you must pay close attention to WHAT that shift will entail. You must "follow in the footsteps of the giants".
**FLASH**
Our new potty-mouthed Jr. Deputy friend adds some literary color to the otherwise-dull China talks:
"This is called the Epic Ball-licking Reacharound Clusterfuck to Beat all Clusterfucks (tm Jr Deputy Accountant) and of course our boy Timmy is in charge of the whole cajones-massaging mess. Since when does America bow down to Communist empires? Well as of about 8a EST this morning, I suppose. Gotta sell those Treasurys you know!!
Make sure you get allllll up in there, Timmy. Who needs to teabag the White House? Instead, let's send Geithy some Chapstick so he doesn't get dry and/or chafed while he's down there licking China's.... err... trying to save the American financial system. Who's your bitch, China? I think we have our answer..."
I’m honored FOFOA. I will try to use fewer words next time.
You aren't exactly the Gideon Gono (or Ben Bernanke) of words. Then again, if Bernanke was dropping gold coins from his helicopter (like you), I'd be outside with a bucket.
Here's some CNBC MOPE... The benefits of dollar collapse!!!
A snip :
Clinton and Geithner renewed US calls for China to open up its financial sector and to ween itself off its dependence on exports by spurring domestic demand in the world's most populous nation. "Raising personal incomes and strengthening the social safety net to address the reasons why Chinese feel compelled to save so much would provide a powerful boost to Chinese domestic demand and global growth," they said.
>>> The global $-regime wants the world,...and now China in particular,... to remain addicted on finance capitalism and deficit spending.
FORGET IT. IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK ANYMORE.
That's indeed the new paradigm shift...the trail of giants.
It is the $-regime that will lose this Battle Royal and it is Freegold that shall win.
FAITES VOS JEUX, mesieurs, dames.
" Benefits of the $-collapse " ?????
And does the $-regime really thinks that the entire world is wellcoming this X-th $-fin./mon. maneuver, once again !?
Dream on...
China will not allow his financial market to be broken open by deficit-spenders (plunderers).
The money-masters want everything to FLOAT their way. They will meet FREE FLOATING GOLD !
The bearded pilot it threatening with inflation!
The conclusion after two days US/China showtime : None can give what the other is asking/demanding !
A Sinclair said: America does not have the power to give China what it wants. China has the power to not give America what it wants.
According to the Mad Scientist Silver has been the historic monetary metal over gold.
And about coinage being fiat: partly. Coinage started out honest, and the material chosen for it was generally silver. After a while Kings discovered the could fiat their value and did so, but this is not how it begun. Silver coinage hence has a somewhat double background in my opinion.
Domestication of cattle and cultivation of crops
Cattle are probably the oldest of all forms of money, as domestication of animals tended to precede the cultivation of crops, and were still used for that purpose in parts of Africa in the middle of the 20th century.(9000bc)
Development of Banking in Mesopotamia
Banking originates in Babylonia out of the activities of temples and palaces which provided safe places for the storage of valuables. Initially deposits of grain are accepted and later other goods including cattle, agricultural implements, and precious metals.(3000-2000bc)
Cappadocian rulers guarantee quality of silver ingots
The state guarantee, probably of both the weight and the purity of her silver ingots, helps their wider acceptance as money.(2250-2150bc)
Reign of Hammurabi in Babylon
The Code of Hammurabi includes laws governing banking operations.(1792-1750bc)
Cowries used as money in China
The Chinese character for "money" originally represented a cowrie shell. Cowries have been used as money in many different places at different periods. In parts of Africa they were used for this purpose as recently as the middle of the 20th century.(1200bc)
Tool currencies adopted in China
These were metal models of valuable implements that had previously been accepted in commercial exchanges, e.g. spades, hoes and knives.(1000-500bc)
Crude "coins" invented in Lydia (according to Herodotus)
Herodotus criticises the gross commercialism of the Lydians who are not only the first people to coin money but also the first to open permanent retail shops.(687bc)
The first true coins produced in Lydia
The earliest coins made in Lydia, Asia Minor, consisted of electrum, a naturally occurring amalgam of gold and silver.(640-630bc)
Round, base metal coins invented in China
The date is uncertain but these were probably at least roughly contemporary with the development of coinage in the West, and possibly much earlier. Being made of base metal the Chinese coins were of relatively low value and therefore inconvenient for expensive purchases.(600-300bc)
Lydians produce separate gold and silver coins
During the reign of Croesus the Lydians began to produce coins of pure metal instead of electrum. This is the world's first bimetallic coinage.(550bc)
Croesus King of Lydia is captured by the Persians
As a result, use of coins spreads to Persia. Unlike the Greeks the Persians use mainly gold coins in preference to silver.(546bc)
Athenian Owls produced
These coins are first produced by the tyrant Peisistratus, using silver from the Laurion mines 25 miles south of Athens.(546)
Sparta captures the Laurion Mines
Sparta releases 20,000 slaves from the mines and cuts off supplies of silver to Athens.(407bc)
Athens issues bronze coins with a silver coating
The Athenian public hoards silver coins which, as a result, quickly disappear from circulation, leaving only the inferior bronze ones.(406-405bc)
Aristophanes' comedy The Frogs is produced
In the play Aristophanes refers to how the new, inferior coins have displaced the old superior ones from circulation - probably the world's first statement of Gresham's law, that bad money drives out good.(405bc)
The Gauls attack Rome
The cackling of geese in the capitol, where the city's reserves of money are kept, alerts the defenders. The grateful Romans build a shrine to Moneta, the goddess of warning, and from Moneta the words money and mint are derived.(390bc)
Reign of Philip II of Macedonia
Philip unites Greece and Macedonia. During his reign he deliberately mints far more coins than required for the immediate needs of his kingdom, probably to support the campaign against Persia that he was planning before his assassination. Among these coins is the golden stater celebrating his triumph in the chariot race in the Olympics in 356 BC - an early example of the use of coins as propaganda. These staters are widely circulated among the Celts of central and northern Europe whose earliest coins are copies of Philip's.(360-336bc)
Normal rate of interest in Greece is 10% except for risky business
According to Demosthenes 10% is the normal rate of interest for run-of-the-mill business. For risky business such as lending for shipping rates of between 20% and 30% are normal.(350bc)
Reign of Alexander the Great
During the conquest of Asia Minor the cost of maintaining Alexander's army reaches about 20 talents or half a ton of silver a day but later enormous quantities of Persian bullion are captured. The coining of the previously stagnant Persian gold stocks and payments to Alexander's soldiers, many of whom settle in new towns founded by him, give an enormous stimulus to trade throughout his empire. Alexander also simplifies the exchange rate between silver and gold by fixing it at 10 units of silver equals one of gold.(336-323bc)
Empire of the Ptolemies in Egypt
For long before Egypt came under Greek control grain had been used as a form of money in addition to precious metals, and state granaries functioned as banks. The Ptolemies transform the local warehouse deposit system into a fully integrated giro system with a central bank in Alexandria. Payments are made by transfer from one account to another without money passing.(323-30bc)
The aes signatum or bronze bars are still commonly used as currency in Rome
These cumbersome bronze bars are later superseded by coins which are much more convenient.(275bc)
Regular issues of silver coins are minted by the Romans and widely circulated
Despite the example of the Greek colonies on the southern Italian mainland and Sicily, and of Carthage, the Romans are relatively late in adopting coinage.(269bc)
2nd Punic War between Rome and Carthage
Because of the enormous demand for coins to pay troops the Roman rulers debase their coinage in purity and weight, causing inflation.(218-201bc)
Leather money issued in China
This consists of pieces of white deerskin, about one foot square, with a value of 40,000 cash. (The cash was the name of a base metal coin).(118BC)
Julius Caesar raids Britain
In his account of his two raids Caesar notes scornfully that the Britons still used sword blades as currency. However a number of the Celtic tribes had begun to mint their own coins of gold, silver, bronze and potin (alloys of copper and tin).(55-54bc)
Reign of Augustus Caesar
Augustus reforms the Roman monetary and taxation systems issuing new, almost pure gold and silver coins, and new brass and copper ones, and also introduces three new taxes: a general sales tax, a land tax, and a flat-rate poll tax.(30bc-14ad)
In short: first electrum (gold and silver) and later pure metal - silver, gold and some bronze and tin.
Ratio between gold and silver fixed at 1:10.
Money used as propaganda, and first bouts of inflation occur.
Than shortly after Christ heaps of inflation in the Roman empire, and great difficulties to control it.
In 300AD Constantine issues a new gold coin, the Solidus, which continues to be produced in the Eastern Roman Empire unchanged in weight or purity for the next 700 years.
However he continues to produce debased silver and copper coins. Thus the poor, unlike the rich, are left with an inflation-ridden currency.
Inflation continues, and banking is abandoned in western Europe and does not develop again until the time of the Crusades.
Silver starts to displace gold in Saxon coinage(675)
Initially silver is used with gold as an alloy but early in the 8th century silver and base metals are the only ones used.
Reign of Emperor Hien Tsung and the development of paper money
In China a severe shortage of copper for making coins causes the emperor to issue paper money notes.
(Copper is rising right now. Does copper has a monetary history in China?)
In 1000AD England still uses silver for coinage.
Quantity of Chinese paper money reaches an excessive level(1020AD)
The total amount is nominally worth 2,830,000 ounces of silver. Vast amounts of cash are used to buy off potential invaders from the north and to pay for imports causing a cash famine. As a result the authorities increase the note issues thus fuelling inflation.
1095-1270 The Crusades
The need to transfer large sums of money to finance the Crusades provides a stimulus to the re-emergence of banking in western Europe.
1100-1135 Reign of Henry I
The quality of England's silver currency falls drastically.
1149 Hung Tsun's Chhuan Chih or A Treatise on Coinage
This Chinese work is the first known on numismatics in any language.
1158 Henry II reforms the English coinage
This restores the prestige of English money which is maintained at a high level for the next four centuries (still silver).
1160-1200 English wooden tallies evolve into instruments of credit
Tallies were wooden sticks originally used as receipts. Notches whose sizes represented a particular sum of money would be cut into the stick which would then be split down the middle. One part would be kept by the creditor, the other by the debtor. Sometimes the loans were fictitiously swollen to get round the prohibition of usury. During the 12th century the English Exchequer starts issuing tallies as a form of credit. Tallies were not finally abolished until 1826.
1166 Hyperinflation in China
The nominal value of the official paper note issues reaches 43,600,000 ounces of silver. In addition there are various local note issues.
1232-1253 Gold coins are issued by several Italian states
Under the influence of Byzantine and Arab coinage Messina and Brindisi (1232), Florence (1252) and Genoa (1253) issue gold coins. The type minted in Florence, the florin, becomes widely copied in other parts of Europe.
1275-1292 Marco Polo lives in China
From his subsequent account of his Travels, Europe learns of paper money.
1282 The first recorded Trial of the Pyx
A public test of the purity of gold and silver coins, which continues in Britain to this day
1299 Statute of Stepney on Bad Money
The importation of debased coins into England is forbidden and restrictions on the export of silver bullion and coins are introduced. These provisions are strengthened in 1351.
So far not too much evidence of gold superiority.
1351 Restrictions on the Export of English Bullion and Coins
Anxieties over the unofficial drain of gold and silver bullion and coinage to the Continent cause the government to tighten the provisions of the Statute of Stepney 1299, but without much effect.
(It remain unclear what importance was given to both gold and silver, but apparently both were used)
1440 Gutenberg invents the modern printing press
Although Europe already knew of the use of paper money in China, the printing press design is subsequently modified, by Leonardo da Vinci among others, for use in minting coins nearly two centuries before printed banknotes are produced in the West.
1450 Portuguese start voyages along the coast of Africa
In the 14th and 15th centuries Europe suffers from a "Great Bullion Famine." This is partially alleviated as the Portuguese open up a new route for sub-Saharan gold via Ghana and Mali.
1455 China abandons paper money
There are no known references to paper money being in circulation after this date. Thus after well over 500 years of experience with paper currencies, during which there have been repeated episodes of inflation and currency reform, China ceases to use paper money.
1487 Fuggers Bank founded in Augsburg
The increased availability of gold from Africa and later, after the discoveries of Columbus, the Caribbean, raises the relative value of silver and consequently the Fuggers profit greatly by financing European silver mines.
1489 Henry VII slashes Mint charges and issues the first gold sovereigns
1500-1540 Huge supplies of New World gold reach Spain
On average between 1,000 and 1,500 kg. of gold reach Spain each year during this period. Initially these supplies are obtained by plunder, especially from the Aztecs and Incas, and later by applying new mining methods to the New World gold deposits.
1519-1521 Cortés conquers Mexico
Before the arrival of the Spaniards the Aztecs and Mayas used gold dust (kept in transparent quills) and cocoa beans (kept for large payments in sacks of 24,000) as money.
(The Mayas apparently used gold and not silver)
1519 Minting of Thalers begins in Joachimsthal in Bohemia
This coin made from locally-mined silver is known as the Joachimsthaler, or thaler for short, from its place of origin, and is widely imitated. The Anglicised form of the name, dollar, is later used for the Spanish peso and the Portuguese eight-real piece which circulate widely in North America both before and after the United States gains its independence.
1532 Pizarro lands in Peru and begins the conquest of the Incas
The Incas were unique in reaching a high degree of civilization without the use of money even though they possessed huge amounts of gold and silver. The more rigid a state's planning system the less the need for money.
1563 Discovery of mercury deposits at Huancavelica
These deposits enable silver to be extracted from Potosi by the mercury amalgam process already used in silver mines in Mexico. Thereafter huge supplies of silver are sent to Europe and China
1597 Spanish exports of silver to China reach a peak
In this year 345,000 kg. of Peruvian/Bolivian and Mexican silver are shipped from Acapulco to China via Manilla.
1600 The London East India Company is founded
Imports from India subsequently cause a drain of precious metals from England to India.
1609 Bank of Amsterdam is founded
This public bank is established to provide a superior and more controlled service than that available from private bankers. Later its example inspires the establishment of the Bank of England.
1633-1672 The Rise of the goldsmith-bankers
Some British goldsmiths, by dealing in foreign and domestic coins and by letting their safes be used for deposits of valuables, gradually evolve into bankers.
1637 Wampum becomes legal tender in Massachusetts
This is only for sums up to one shilling. Wampum is a type of shell used by the native Americans as currency and adopted by the settlers.
1640 Reduction in silver imports causes slump in Chinese economy
China has become dangerously dependent on New World supplies of silver for its currency. Supplies from this source start to dry up with disastrous consequences for the late Ming economy.
1652-1684 John Hull's unofficial mint operates in Massachusetts
The mint coins threepences, sixpences and pine-tree shillings all of which contain about three-quarters of the silver in their newly minted English equivalents but about as much as most of the old, worn coins in circulation.
1660 Goldsmiths' receipts become banknotes
Because goldsmiths' notes are accepted as evidence of ability to pay they are a convenient alternative to handling coins or bullion. The realisation by goldsmiths that borrowers would find them just as convenient as depositors marks the start of the use of banknotes in England.
1664 Construction of the New York citadel paid for in wampum
Stuyvesant arranges a loan worth over 5,000 Dutch gilders in wampum to pay the wages of workers constructing the citadel.
1672 First state issues of copper coinage in England
There had been occasional licensed issues by private minters since 1613. The attractive new, milled coinage with the image of Britannia, tends to disappear from circulation, in accordance with Gresham's law, though not as quickly as the new silver coins do, while the existing badly worn, unattractive hammered coins and tokens continue to be used.
1694 Bank of England is founded
The main purpose of the Act founding the Bank is to raise money for the War of the League of Augsburg by taxation and by the novel device of a permanent loan on which interest would be paid but the principal would not be repaid.
1696 The Great Recoinage
England's silver coins, many of which are worn or clipped, are replaced by new, full-weight silver coins.
1715 North Carolina makes 17 different forms of money legal tender
All the British colonies in North America tend to suffer from a dearth of the official British coinage. Consequently they use a variety of substitutes including wampum, copied from the native inhabitants, tobacco and other natural commodities, and Spanish and Portuguese coins. The importance of these substitutes varies according to location.
1727 Tobacco notes become legal tender in Virginia
Certificates attesting to the quality and quantity of tobacco deposited in public warehouses circulate more conveniently than the actual leaf, already used as money for over a century, and these notes are made legal tender.
1760 Wampum factory opened in New Jersey
Demand for wampum as currency, and later ornament, remains strong. In the factory steel drills are used to make the holes that are used for stringing the shells together. This increases output of wampum enormously causing inflation. The factory remains in production for 100 years.
1764 Britain forbids all its American colonies to issue paper money as legal tender
This punishes the colonies that had been careful not to over-issue paper money as well as those that had been irresponsible. The only exception is for strictly military purposes. "No law ... could be more equitable", wrote Adam Smith, "than the act of parliament so unjustly complained of in the colonies." (p 348 of the Wealth of Nations). Adam Smith was in favour of paper money but against it having the status of legal tender.
1770 Rhode Island's paper money rendered worthless by hyperinflation
Many of the British colonies in North America have over-issued notes causing inflation but Rhode Island is the worst.
1775-1783 The American Revolution or War of Independence
The American Congress, and individual states. finance their war effort overwhelmingly by printing money. This eventually leads to hyperinflation rendering the continentals worthless - but the Revolution is successful.
1776 Adam Smith defends paper money
In his Wealth of Nations he draws attention to the benefits of paper money in stimulating business both in Scotland and in the American colonies.
Lots of banks are opened
1786 US Confederation Congress passes the Mint Act
The intention is to meet a currency shortage - but only a few tons of copper coins are minted.
1787-1817 Privately-issued tokens become common in Britain
By the end of the 18th century there is a severe shortage of copper and silver coins in Britain so that many firms have difficulty in obtaining enough currency to pay wages. This leads to a growth in payments in kind, use of foreign coins, and unofficial tokens. The token manufactures greatly expand the amount of currency available.
1789 US Constitution gives Congress power over money creation
The States are not allowed to coin money, issue bills of credit or make anything except gold and silver legal tender.
1792-1815 French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
The pressures of war cause many changes in the financial systems of both France and Britain.
1792 US Coinage Act
The Dollar is adopted as the unit of account, based on a bimetallic standard, subdivided into 100 cents. Foreign coins are supposed to lose their status as legal tender within 3 years of the US coins coming into circulation.
1795 Hyperinflation in France
The total nominal value of the assignats in circulation reaches 20 billion livres. Riots in Paris pave the way for the rise of Napoleon.
1796 France replaces the assignats by a gold-based currency
This has the effect of drawing bullion back from Britain.
c. 1800-1860 Five hundred fold depreciation of the cowrie in Uganda
When cowrie shells are first introduced to Uganda at the end of the eighteenth century two are sufficient to purchase a woman. Thereafter the wholesale importation of cowries causes inflation with the result that by 1860 one thousand cowries are needed for such a purchase.
1806 President Jefferson suspends the minting of silver coins
This is because of the tendency of these new coins to disappear from circulation, as an unintended consequence of the US 1792 Coinage Act.
1820 Last British silver pennies are minted
This is nearly 1,100 years after the first English silver pennies, though silver continues to be used for higher value coins for another 100 years.
This makes a slight reduction in the value of silver relative to gold in order to encourage more gold to be brought to the mint. However, it hastens the disappearance of much of the remaining silver in circulation.
c. 1840-1844 Currency School versus Banking School
With hundreds of banks issuing notes in Britain in uncoordinated fashion the value of the currency is difficult to control. A controversy arises between the currency school which believes that gold and Bank of England notes are the only real money and the banking school which believes that notes are just one among many forms of money.
1848 Gold Rush in California
The discovery of gold in California leads in the following decade to a massive increase in the production of gold coins by the mint with the result that in practice the US moves away from bimetallism towards a gold standard.
1851 Gold discovered in Australia
Along with the discovery in California 3 years earlier this leads to a huge expansion in the world's supplies of gold for money.
1870-1893 Plentiful silver supplies cause fall in value of Indian and other Asian currencies
After 1870 there is a vast increase in the amount of silver coming on to world markets because of new mines and the demonetization of silver as Germany, Scandinavia and other countries switch to the gold standard. As a result the undebased silver coinage of India, and the currencies of China, Japan and south east Asia, countries comprising half the world's population, suffer an unprecedented fall in value.
1865-1926 The Latin Monetary Union
This comprises France, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, and later Greece. The gold and silver coins of each country are legal tender throughout the union. The union has faded away by the 1920s before its formal ending.
1873-1924 The Scandinavian Monetary Union
Denmark, Sweden and Norway form a monetary union similar to the Latin one but with gold as the standard for their currency.
1873-1886 The Great Depression in Britain
The British economy is in decline relative to that of the US and Germany. One effect of the Depression is to cause doubts about the merits of the gold standard.
1886 Gold and Silver Commission considers replacing Britain's gold standard
The Commission is asked to advise the government how best to overcome the fall in prices caused by the Great Depression. Two famous economists, Alfred Marshall and F.Y. Edgeworth, recommend symmetallism where the legal standard would consist of a fixed weight of both gold and silver but nothing comes of this suggestion.
1890 China issues silver coins
Up to this time China has rarely used precious metal coins, its normal coins being base metal cash of a design unchanged since ancient times.
1893 US silver purchase laws cancelled
The abundance of silver on the world market enables gold to be purchased in the US at favourable rates, leading to a gold drain. Fearing that supplies of gold will be insufficient to back note circulation President Cleveland cancels the silver purchase laws.
1893 Herschell Report on India's silver currency
In accordance with the recommendations of the committee set up because of the fall in the value of the Indian rupee, the British authorities close Indian mints to the free coinage of silver. The resulting reduction in the circulation of rupees raises their exchange value and it is stabilized at 15 rupees to the gold sovereign, preparing the way for a move towards the gold standard.
1896 William Jennings Bryan runs for the US Presidency
Bryan is a very vigorous supporter of bimetallism and opponent of the gold standard but he loses the election to the Republican candidate William McKinley.
1897 Japan officially adopts the gold standard
Following the successful conclusion of the Sino-Japanese War two years earlier Japan has accumulated sufficient gold reserves to make the transition from the silver to the gold standard.
1912 China ceases minting its traditional cash coins
After a couple of millennia use of these traditional Chinese base metal coins comes to an end
1913 Chamberlain Report on Indian Currency and Finance
The report includes a memorandum from one of its members, J.M. Keynes, arguing that there is no need for the internal circulation of gold in India. He also points out that India's strong habits of acting as a sink of the precious metals pose deflationary dangers not only to India itself but also to Europe.
1914 New British notes issued and gold is withdrawn from circulation
New one pound and 10 shilling notes are issued by the Treasury, not the Bank of England, and postal orders and Scottish and Irish banknotes are made legal tender. The success of the new notes allows banks to withdraw gold gradually from internal circulation, thus putting a quiet end to the gold standard.
1925 Britain returns to the gold standard
Keynes argues that the value of sterling has been fixed at an unsustainably high rate.
1928 France returns to the gold standard
Silver convertibility is no longer guaranteed, ending France's attachment to bimetallism. Gold convertibility is only for wholesale transactions of a minimum of 215,000 francs.
1931 US and France hold 75% of world's gold stock
This figure is reached by September. During the previous 6 weeks over £200 million worth of gold was withdrawn from London.
1931 Britain and Japan abandon the gold standard
1934 US Silver Purchase Act
The Act obliges the government to buy large quantities of silver. This raises its price in world markets to such an extent that China is forced off its silver standard and many other countries demonetize their silver currencies. Thus in the long run the Act reduces the demand for silver, contrary to the intention of its supporters.
1936 France abandons the gold standard
The French government's policy of a strong franc is undermined by competitive devaluation. After abandoning the gold standard France continues to be the centre of a Franc bloc including most of the non-German European countries south of Scandinavia until the Second World War.
1944-1960 Prolonged high inflation in France
Following the Liberation in August 1944 economic controls are lifted step-by-step, releasing previously suppressed inflation.
1944-1946 Hungary suffers from the world's worst ever hyperinflation
Hungary's monetary system destroys itself as note issues increase from 12,000 million until at its maximum it comes to a figure containing 27 digits. By July 1946 the 1931 gold pengo is worth 130 trillion paper pengos.
1945-1948 Germany suffers from hyperinflation
Owing to the devastation of the war Germany experiences hyperinflation for the second time in a generation. In the official markets ration cards and permits are more important than currency while on the black market cigarettes, soap, tinned beef and chocolate serve as currency.
1963 Repeal of the US Silver Purchase Act
The longevity of the Act, passed in 1934, was a sign of the lingering power of the silver lobby.
1995 Mondex electronic cash card introduced
Trials of the Mondex smart card which is intended as a replacement for cash begin in Swindon in Britain.
1995 Mark Twain Bank adopts DigiCash
This is an anonymous form of digital money developed by the cryptographer David Chaum.
1999 European single currency is created
On 1st January 1999 the Euro becomes the currency of 11 of the member states of the European Union (Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and Finland). Therefore Europe enters the 3rd millennium with a new currency.
That is quite an extensive history you copied and pasted just to make your point. But as much as I appreciate history, the sheer heaping of quantitative loads of information without making an intelligible point is an annoying domination tactic.
Regarding fixed ratios, as I have said, they always prove problematic in the long run. Even in antiquity, a sort of inverse Gresham's Law developed. One metal always performed better than the other. In our modern world of fiat expansion, gold is taken out of circulation due to inflating paper currency. In antiquity, gold performed better than silver in the TRADE ON THE ROAD function regardless of any official ratio (INVERSE Gresham's).
In our modern world of integrated economies, technology and division of labor, the need for the function of wealth reserve has trickled down from the elite to the common man. In antiquity, this was not the case. In antiquity, the elite stored (stole) value while the commoners survived day to day.
There are two basic histories. One is the story of the ancient powers that be. The other is the more illusive story of the ancient market organism. "So far not too much evidence of gold superiority." You have not dug deep enough. But then again, I would guess you have already found what you were looking for.
If you are really here on this blog to disprove A/FOA, then please, at least take the time to read them!
If you are truly interested in digging deeper into the MEANING of this history, then I suggest you start with FOA. In there you will find extensive analyses, with titles like "The Gold Of Troy", "Troy and Beyond, Even to Rome!", "Lombards, Normans and Franks" and "Of Money and Men".
My point is that both gold and silver were used throughout history, with probably a slight tendency towards silver. And I am not trying to disprove anyone, I am only wondering whether we really have seen everything that was important.
Another interesting notice is that governments have been struggling with inflation on a rather regular basis.
I will read another before commenting further.
In the meantime here is a short read titled "the shadow banking pyramid".
Did you also read the mad scientist on silver/gold?
Basically my point on monetary history is in line with the Mad Scientist: in my opinion gold and silver are too connected, if gold would rise drastically because many perceive it to be a far better value store than any paper, a part of the market will cause silver to rise as well.
Breaking the historic link between gold and silver is not an easy thing.
I've been searching for information regarding G2 US-China and I've found nothing interesting to hear. Did you dig anything? I'm wondering if we may hear anything or the secrecy is so gigantic...
This may help you understand why it is GOLD that will benefit the most once this current system is eradicated
writings from FOA
"After 1976 they (oil producers) jumped into gold but soon found that their excess dollar flow could never even partially be shifted into gold as it was traded on this new commodity arena. For them, gold wasn't just a "trade", it was payment in the form of real "reserve assets". Oil assets for gold assets! If the CBs hadn't sold into the storm, gold would have went to the moon from oil flow alone. So they, and everyone else soon found out that there was a world of difference between trading "gold dollars for real gold" at your Central Bank and "buying commodity gold in a trading arena". In truth, the gold market was only a free market for commodity trading. It was never allowed to trade as a "wealth reserve asset"."
The Middle East wants Gold in exchange for Energy(Oil!) The $ system only functions because oil is purchased with $'s. Silver, copper, platinum, rhodium, or palladium is not what the Energy Providers seek. It is not what the Asian producers seek and use to store their wealth. The WORLDS PRODUCTION AND ENERGY CHASES GOLD. Central Banks(Giants) hold Gold. Follow those who provide the energy, production, and hold the wealth of the world.
Since you agree with Mad, you will probably enjoy this new article by Ted Butler:
D-I-V-O-R-C-E
"The US Government, the world’s largest owner of gold reserves, and formerly the largest owner of silver reserves, now owns no silver. For those that are convinced that there is government involvement in the gold and silver price manipulations, this is a difference worth considering."
@Shanti – 11:21
The other day I had a little difficulty locating the archives of USAGold. The obvious links are no longer available, but it seems the content can still be found. If one is curious (or if FOFOA is willing to add a link above) I found it here: http://www.usagold.com/cpmforum/tools/goarchive.html.
It wasn’t long ago that USAGold allowed for feedback on the information posted there. I do not see any public way of doing that today. That is most unfortunate for USAGold.
In any case, I corrected MK once before on his reserve calcuation and I cannot do it there now. You though, and everyone else reading this blog, can find that correction here: http://www.usagold.com/cpmforum/?p=171544 or http://www.usagold.com/cpmforum/?m=20090426.
The wealth of a nation can be counted many different ways, but spending reserves to buy reserves only changes the quality of what’s considered a reserve without deministing the tally of reserves.
I remembered your correction to MK when I re-read that yesterday. Although I didn't remember it was you.
Another and FOA have been linked in the right column of this blog since day 1. I will add a couple more links to USAGold archives as well, including the one you just posted. Some of those archives are worth sifting through. There were some great posters there over the last decade and some great posts remain in those archives. Who knows, maybe a couple of them are here now. ;)
Nothing groundbreaking yet...
From Drudge:
LECTURE FROM REDS: CHINA WARNS USA ON SOARING DEFICITS...
Geithner Assures...
Dollar Falls to 2009 Low...
From Jim Sinclair:
"Keep in mind that this week has an avalanche of US Treasury instruments offered for sale.
The Chinese financial delegation is visiting Washington with their counterparts in the Administration.
They wish for a Super Sovereign Currency alternative to the US dollar and a cessation of debt offerings as a way of life for US fiscal policies.
Intervention in the dollar was clearly evident from 6 to 7am this US morning off the approximate .4300 level in the Euro which corresponded at that time to .7840 USDX.
This market intervention is purely transitory in the US dollar as there is a planetary desire for dollar diversification and a multi trillion dollar US Federal deficit."
U.S. Budget Is Scrutinized by a Big Creditor
Talks with U.S. focus on banks, not dollar: Zhou
I have recognized a few and look forward seeing more.
@Anonymous 11:13 & 11:24
How many times have we seen the following quote? (http://www.usagold.com/goldtrail/archives/another1.html)
“Think now, if you are a person of "great worth" is it not better to acquire gold over years, at better prices? …”
Now, with China always being in the news with regards to it’s paper reserves, one has to wonder if they have not already pondered the first two words. It is my belief, and through their actions over the years, they have thought about this and realize that it is in their best interest to continue to acquire gold at bargan basement prices. If they were to bid openly, they would not be able to acquire the volume that they desire – YET - ultimately, maintaining confidence in their currency provides functional value beyound a few extra tonnes of gold in their (most likely unauditted) vaults.
Today, China has a means of production that provides the capability of acquiring reserves. That is a beautiful position to be in. If/when the people of the world actively stand for Freegold, they will be possitioned favoribly in that new world.
Personally, I do not expect any organized action against the current system other than a few more words and colorful soundbites. Actions behind the schenes are in favor of those acquiring gold. While they continue to move towards direct exchanges or contracts for barter outside the dollar system.
The road ahead is golden, yet it is one the people have to choose.
A note on the new links:
The USAGold Forum Archive has a full page of posts for each and every day going back to Sept. 22, 1998 up through June 15 of this year. In many ways, this older format is preferable to modern forums because it is easy to observe the flow of the collective mind of a group focused on one specific subject through time. If you think back over the past 11 years, there are many key dates worth looking at. One thing I like to do is if I happen to read a Hall of Fame post that I like, I then search the daily forum entries in the days leading up to and following that HoF post. Just like here, the group effort adds a lot to the Thought process. Also, there are many posts by FOA in those archives from the time period between the end of "Thoughts!" and the beginning of "The Gold Trail".
I don't quite understand FOA's euphoria on the euro. Yes, those 15% gold backed,competitive towards the $, for exchange in Europe. But otherwise? Haven't they also seen the problems? Actually it also brought many problems - and these differ from country to country. Germany as exporter has different problems compared to Spain. What might happen to Freegold in a country as Germany - highly leveraged banks, high national debt (which like in US cannot be paid back), savings yes, but high taxes too? I don't quite understand their bullish forcast for the euro but by comparison to the $, which dosn't seem very positive to me. Both are misused paper, both are no wealth store!!! I hope the euro in its actual form will go the same way as the $ and that soon!
FOA's euphoria was for gold, not for the Euro. His writings must be viewed in the context of the whole. And a few points should be made:
Point 1 - FOA was writing at the very time the Euro was launched.
Point 2 - At that time, the Euro was a topic of passionate discussion, both pro and con.
Point 3 - The main thrust of Another's and FOA's message was about gold, oil and the dollar, NOT about the Euro. But it was presented in the context of current events which included the launch of the Euro.
Point 4 - With regard to the Euro, FOA claimed that the goal of the ECB and the BIS all along was a "slow boil" of the dollar, to gradually transition gold in as a reserve currency alternative, including even using the dollar's own IMF against it. This complex and gradual plan was to slowly raise the price and prominence of gold while at the same time, gradually marking down the dollar, giving certain dollar asset holders time to hedge BEFORE the dollar collapsed on its own. I think we have witnessed this EXACT EFFECT ever since both the launch of the Euro and since Another and FOA told us about it!
Point 5 - FOA summed up his feelings about the Euro with this final statement: "For this transition I proclaim that "Western Investors" buy mostly gold. But, knowing that everyone holds other assets, we should try to denominate those (other) holdings in Euros if possible." He favored "Euro-denominated assets" over "dollar-denominated assets", but secondary to physical gold.
Point 6 - When FOA was accused of being a Euro shill, he took great offense and felt compelled to defend his message, saying that the "thrust" of his hundreds of posts was most clearly stated as, "Gold, the only investment needed for the next thousand years."
Yes, the Euro certainly has its problems. It is a regional currency which means essentially a FORCED FIXED exchange rate among member countries with differing trade balances. This does NOT allow for balance through the currency.
Think about China and the US. Look at the imbalance that has developed through China's pseudo-peg to the dollar (allowing dollars to flow through China as easily as Spain's official currency now flows through Germany. See my first diagram in the above post). In the Eurozone you have a ROCK SOLID peg. This will create even MORE imbalance, favoring the weak and hurting the strong. It is monetary socialism. It is a fight between price stability and balance of trade. One or the other must float in an unequal world. And if the floater is balance of trade, then the imbalance keeps getting worse and worse until everything snaps and prices must reset.
Freegold, however, would allow for a semblance of balance in the Eurozone in parallel with the single currency. Ultimately nations would have to carry their own weight or run out of gold, and perhaps be kicked out of the union. Not a perfect system, but better than what we have now.
This is why I view the future as many competing currencies. As I said at the end of 'A Little Perspective', "Monetary theory is FAR from being a settled science. We should not rest comfortably on untested, possibly false assumptions."
I don't know if the Euro will follow the fate of the dollar, but if this subject interests you, I encourage you to read this debate between Robert Mundell and Milton Friedman:
One World, One Money?
Robert Mundell and Milton Friedman debate the virtues—or not—of fixed exchange rates, gold, and a world currency. -May, 2001
" The euro " :
Before the succesful €-birth, the $-system/regime was the absolute global monopolist. We all had to live & die by the dollar.
The pound/swiss-french fr/Dm/, were too small as to possibly compete with $-dominance. It was "playtime" in the floating currencies' park.
Now, there is a $-alternative,...there are competitors to the $-monopoly : Euroland - China - BRIC ! NOW, there is a PRO GOLD FACTION ...that can challenge the dollar's gold-antithese !!!
The extreme lucrativity of the privileged $-monopoly has already been "broken" . The international PP of the euro is 40% higher than the dollar's ! This PRO GOLD FACTION is also moving gold's int. PP higher vis a vis the dollar's PP (purchasing power).
It always was the $-regime that never wanted Freegold. This regime always wanted a dollar as good (better) than gold. And the entire world "had" to accept this system.
Now we are in a transition period where the choice between $-gold and freegold becomes gradually free-er. This is undermining-exhausting the old $-regime and will cause the collapse under its own weight.
When ANOTHER said:
As for the US$ and T- bills held overseas, "they don't really exist"!
What exactly did he mean?
Do you think in these terms: "if gold goes up $100+ next week I'll sell my futures, gold stocks and 10 K-rands for a fat profit and laugh all the way to the bank" If the gold market was the same as in the 70s and 80s, that might be a good move. But this market is not the same.
Isn't it funny that trader Dan at JS mineset seems to think this way...
I know Jim has advised people to take delivery of physical, but I wonder to what extend he agrees with the thoughts of ANOTHER.
The world has changed and the gold market has changed with it. We are going back in time much further than many will accept. A time when men, such as I, will take what is yours! If you hold your value in a public way, it will be taxed or taken for the good of all. Such are the ways of extream times!
Have you already obtained financial privacy?
"What exactly did he mean?"
"Have you already obtained financial privacy?"
If I told you I'd have to kill you.
Anoniem said...
On paper and intrinsic value I was thinking the same, but I did want to make sure by checking.
Also relevant: Remember this Sheikh?
Previous post was mine.
That Sheikh might very well have been a friend of another, judging by his lectures.
It is worth watching the whole vid, but if you do not want to: the fun starts at 8 mins.
And after that clip end you certainly want to see the next one
The Sheikh argues that when the dollar collapses there is absolutely no way in which the US can maintain its world power status.
According to him, power will then shift to Israel - think of that what you want to.
After that he argues that the only to way survive is to own gold. However, he argues that it is not possible to return gold to the macro world. He says the only option is the micro-level. Bringing back money with intrinsic value to local markets.
He makes an interesting point fofoa. According to him the main struggle is to abandon paper and re-introduce money with intrinsic value. According to him that is the only thing that matters. The form of the intrinsic value is irrelevant. It can be gold, rice, silver, salt, or whatever, as long as it has intrinsic value.
The Sheikh at 2:00 minutes says buy gold.
He is a thoughtful man that seems to understand many financial things.
Wow! in the clip linked previously he argues that Saudi does not(!) get oil for gold!
He says that only Malaysia understands the value of gold!
Malaysia does however not export a lot of oil.
What I have seen of the video so far is interesting. The flaw I see in his view (as you have summarized it) is the failure to recognize that money's different roles can be separated. In antiquity, the difference between the trade and reserve functions of money were always blurred. But in our modern fiat system they need not be blurred any longer.
Go back to Fekete's Medieval Fair: 'A Fairy Tale'. With our modern clearing system the denominating units of trade no longer need to have intrinsic value.
Also, remember what I wrote in "A Little Perspective" about scrip clearing: "Imagine a carpenter, a plumber and a painter. The carpenter banks at Bank A, the plumber at Bank B, and the painter at Bank C. All in the same day the carpenter works on the plumber's home, the plumber works on the painter's home, and the painter paints the carpenter's home. The carpenter writes a $500 check to the painter, the painter writes a $500 check to the plumber and the plumber writes a $500 check to the carpenter. The next day they each deposit their checks and that night the banks pass them around and make book entries. By the next day all debts are settle, all payments made, and no money was needed at all. The banks performed their function as a giant, complex scrip clearinghouse."
It is an outdated view that we must return to a money that can fulfill BOTH functions as it did in ancient times. It is HIGHLY UNLIKELY that we will go back to such a Medieval system in our time, in our modern, technically complex world, even if the man in the hat says we will. Therefore, it is HIGHLY LIKELY that these two separate functions of money will part ways, being ultimately fulfilled by different denominators. Scrip and Freegold!
Think of it as separating space and time from the space-time continuum. Yes, what you hold through time must have intrinsic value or you will lose value to the printers. But what you pass through space in the very moment of exchange need not, as long as there is an efficient clearing mechanism, which we do have! Only the imbalances that show up at the closing bell of the Medieval Fair need to be settled in a money with intrinsic value!
Aside from that and his speculation on who is behind all of the world's ills, the Sheikh makes some very good points.
Regarding the Saudis and the Malaysians, yes, the Malaysians speak loudly and openly about the qualities of returning to a gold dinar for trade. But the Saudis simply and quietly accumulate fresh physical gold reserves. Again, separate functions!
Incidentally, FOA was American and Another was not American nor Muslim. This much we know.
It is an outdated view that we must return to a money that can fulfill BOTH functions as it did in ancient times.
Well, the Sheikh does use an ancient book (smiley) - although he presents it rather actual. He argues however that going back to sunnah money (money with intrinsic) value is what should be done. He also says that "they" will not allow that. The next step according to him is digital, pushing the concept even farther away from tangibility.
Well, as I have said many times, there is a difference in importance between what SHOULD be done and what WILL be done. The importance is your savings!
Once we get to the new system, it won't be so bad to hold scrip for short periods of time. But for longer periods of time you will want to convert your scrip to gold.
But it is this transition phase that we are in where the real danger (and OPPORTUNITY) lies.
"He also says that "they" will not allow that."
Again, he is failing to recognize the separation of functions. "They" will not allow gold to fulfill BOTH roles. At the same time, THE PEOPLE will not allow scrip to fulfill both roles. So we come to a natural separation of roles. This, they WILL allow!!!
"The next step according to him is digital, pushing the concept even farther away from tangibility."
Again, a failure to recognize the obvious, even when it is right in front of you. I once read that our mind blocks out that which it has never imagined, even if it appears before our eyes.
On second thought, he is telling people to buy gold or you will lose your money. Then he is saying they will never allow gold to be used as currency, instead we will have a fancy digital unit to denominate trade. Sounds like he's describing Freegold, no?
He does. I told you: he said we can only start at the micro - read individual - level.
Only according to him the goal is not so much gold as it is summah money. Freerice would also work for him.
He ment that "their" next step will be digital. "They" want to take the concept of money yet a step further away from tangibility. I don't think he sees that wrong.
Btw: the lecture was given in 2003
"I don't think he sees that wrong."
That's why I said, "On second thought...". I see now that he is more on point than I thought he was.
"They" can easily control what we earn and spend through legal tender laws. They can push that as far away from tangibles as they want. But they can't control what we save, buy or hold as a reserve as easily. They will have to let that function return to tangibles.
Not only the "axis" Moscow-Tehran-Caracas, but also Qatar and Norway, for instance, and sooner or later the Gulf Emirates, are ready to break up with the petrodollar. It goes without saying that the end of the petrodollar - which won't happen tomorrow, of course - means the end of the dollar as the world's reserve currency; the end of the world paying for America's massive budget deficits; and the end of an Anglo-American finance stranglehold over the world that has lasted since the second part of the 19th century.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KG25Ak03.html
Sorry, I've posted the above without having the time to write more on it.
Fofoa, what do you think, which aspect is preponderant when expecting a dedolarisation - the economic or the geostrategic?
I cannot expect only the economic one as I think that the money masters are/have been to shrewed up to now. I also don't quite understand why A/FOA haven't commented on that and in my opinion they were too keen on the euro. As we see today the European govts are just vassals to US, Sarko and Merkel will lick odunba's boots forever.My conviction is that it is absolutely multifactorial to be seen, and not only gold advocates can change things, but together in multipolarity. US's backbone has to be broken under these two aspects.
I believe economic reality is primary and geopolitical machinations are secondary. Geopolitical will is impotent without economic backing. But economic reality can change the entire world overnight, even without political backing. I think this is why A/FOA focused mainly on economics, and why they liked the Euro. The Euro represented a political course aligned with the future expectation of the end of the dollar reserve function. And perhaps they also had inside information that the architects were helping it along?
Today, however, both are aligned against the dollar. But I still don't think that any political will or geopolitical mishap can change the course of the Titanic. It has too much mass and forward momentum.
It is true that oil and the "petrodollar" play a key role in this transition. I suppose you could say THIS was the geopolitical aspect of the A/FOA message.
I think the political, military and economic layers of the world are highly intertwined. As in a game of Chess, where the value of the pieces depends on the development of the game and the position of other pieces, the relevance of each layer is determined by the position of the others.
For someone aiming to overtake military power from the US for instance, a demise of the dollar might pose a massive drawback for US international military operations. Many of similar examples can be thought of.
Should anyone want to explore what else that Sheikh has to say: here is his website.
Green Shoots Open Forum
Stuttering Hank
Rich Dad - Base Money vs. Gold
Call Me Contrarian
How The Dollar Made It This Far
Gold, Oil and Money in the Free Market
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Internationale Wissenschaftliche Jahrestagung der Astronomischen Gesellschaft, Freiburg, Germany, 2003:
AN 324, Suppl.Issue 3, 66 (2003)
Sven Wedemeyer (Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Universität Kiel, 24098 Kiel, Germany),
Bernd Freytag (Department for Astronomy and Space Physics, Uppsala University, Box 515, 75120 Uppsala, Sweden),
Matthias Steffen (Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, An der Sternwarte 16, 14482 Potsdam, Germany),
Hans-Günter Ludwig ( Lund Observatory, Box 43, 22100 Lund, Sweden),
Hartmut Holweger (Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Universität Kiel, 24098 Kiel, Germany),
Modelling the chromospheric background pattern of the non-magnetic Sun
Performing time-dependent three-dimensional (non-magnetic) radiation hydrodynamic simulations with CO5BOLD we are able to investigate the generation, propagation, and dissipation of acoustic waves in a self-consistent way. The waves are excited by convective motions underneath the photosphere, move upwards and steepen into hydrodynamic shocks in the model chromosphere where they are an ubiquitous phenomenon. Fourier spectra of the vertical velocity are strongly dominated by an oscillation mode with a period near 5~min in the photosphere and below. In the chromosphere, however, its contribution to the total power decreases significantly with increasing height. In contrast, the integrated power contribution for periods in the range 140 - 250 s (a ``3-min band'') grows with height until it becomes the major contributor to the total power above the low chromosphere. Interaction of the propagating shock waves finally results in a highly dynamical and spatially intermittent structure of the model chromosphere. In horizontal temperature slices it appears as network of hot matter and enclosed cool regions which evolve on time scales of order twenty seconds. The spatial scales are comparable to those of the underlying granulation.
The pattern is qualitatively very similar to the ``chromospheric background pattern'' which is revealed by high-resolution observations of the Sun (see Fig.1 and also, e.g., Lites et al. 1999, Krijger et al. 2001). The Ca II H observation shown in Fig. 1 was kindly provided by P. Sütterlin (2003). It was taken with the Dutch Open Telescope (DOT) with a filter of 1.6 A width which thus probes a large height range.
The mesh-like pattern of enhanced emission is interpreted as result of acoustic wave interference like it is the case in the presented hydrodynamical simulations. For a qualitative comparison we confront the observation in Fig. 1 with an intensity-like image calculated on basis of the simulation. For that, Planck functions were calculated from the temperature distribution on various mass iso-surfaces which cover the chromospheric height range likely contributing to the observed intensity. The image finally shows the sum of the Planck functions, resembling the Ca~II~H emission in a rough approximation, which is remarkably similar to the observation if one considers the simplicity of the approach.
Fig.1: Chromospheric background pattern: Integrated Planck functions from the hydrodynamical model (left) and observed Ca II H image (right). The observational data was kindly provided by P. Sütterlin.
Krijger, J. M., Rutten, R. J., Lites, B.~W., Straus, T., Shine, R. A., Tarbell, T. D., 2001, ApJ 379, 1052-1082
Lites, B. W., Rutten, R. J., Berger, T. E., 1999, ApJ 517, 1013
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How Does Room Temperature Affect Test Scores?
WEDNESDAY, May 22, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- If you're taking a test, you might want to check the thermostat first.
Room temperature -- a frequent front in the battle of the sexes -- makes a difference in how men and women score on math and verbal tests, new research says.
Specifically, women scored higher when the temperature was warmer. Men did better when the room was cooler.
Many surveys have found women tend to prefer higher indoor temperatures, but this study examines how temperature could affect differences in mental performance, according to study authors Tom Chang, from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, and Agne Kajackaite, from the WZB Berlin Social Science Center in Germany.
The research included 542 German university students in 24 groups who took logic, math and verbal tests in rooms set at temperatures ranging from about 61 degrees to 91 degrees Fahrenheit. Participants got cash rewards based on their scores.
Women, who made up 41% of the participants, generally scored higher at math and verbal tests when the room was at the warmer end of the range, while men generally did better at cooler temperatures.
The improved performance of women at warmer temperatures was larger than the men's decrease in performance at these temperatures.
Room temperature did not affect performance on the logic test, according to the study published May 22 in the journal PLOS ONE.
The findings suggest temperature might affect more than comfort alone, according to Chang and Kajackaite. It's possible that "ordinary variations in room temperature can affect cognitive performance significantly and differently for men and women," they said in a journal news release.
The researchers pointed out that the test was done on a relatively similar group of German students, so the findings might be different for other groups of people.
Harvard Kennedy School has more about the relationship between heat and learning.
SOURCE: PLOS ONE, news release, May 22, 2019
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When All Inclusive Becomes a Lifestyle
BY Jordan Slack
As today’s luxury real estate market becomes more competitive, developers are pulling out all of the stops to set properties apart from the crowd.
It is no secret that the luxury apartment game is competitive. And with big competition comes big amenities.
As cities become more and more saturated with people looking to rent, developers are pulling out all of the stops to help bring in tenants. Apartment hunters are seeing everything these days, from amenities for them to amenities for their furry friends. According to Tristen Heimann, director of residential rentals at Luxury Living Chicago Realty, this competitive environment will only continue.
“Pre-Recession construction was more about square footage. Post-Recession construction, on the other hand, has progressed to smaller, yet more efficient layouts that tend to over-compensate with an elaborate amenity space. I also feel that society is progressing more and more towards a sustainable and healthy lifestyle. Living downtown isn't just for the convenience factor of a short commute, but for the overall demand of a more social community that is all encompassing all aspects of urban life,” Heimann said.
One of the most in-demand amenities is a fitness center. As the American trend towards health and fitness continues, it makes it extremely convenient to have this offered on site. It is an additional perk when the equipment is state of the art.
“Hands down, the amenity that’s gaining the most attention is a gym large enough to eliminate the need to pay for an expensive health club several blocks away. I believe people are actually more motivated to work out when it's just a convenient short elevator ride, especially in a city like Chicago where the winters are harsh,” Heimann said.
On that same fitness level, many city residents are trending away from the use of a car to get from place to place, and are instead using bikes. Not only is city living not as conducive to car ownership due to heavy traffic and higher parking fees, but many Americans use biking as a healthy alternative to transportation, and a way to get in a daily workout.
“Years ago, we saw much more of a demand for parking space offerings. Now, not only are buildings offering bike storage, but places for bike maintenance and repairs. It is another great way to attract the city consumer,” Steve Korol of Baker Development Corporation in Chicago said.
According to Heimann, another amenity that has been higher in demand is 24-hour package receiving. Its popularity may catch many by surprise, but Heimann says it has become a necessity to for developers to include.
“In the past, it has been the dry cleaners’ responsibility to handle the packages. But hours were limited until 6pm on weekdays and were even closed on Sundays. With the evolving modern day career person and the advent of two-day shipping, this has become the most popular amenity over the last few years,” he said.
One large perk of living in a city is taking in its beautiful views. And what better place to do it than from a pool? Gone are the days of small, crowded, indoor pools with an obstructed city view and limited lounge chair space. Now more than ever, the market is seeing not only the increase of the size of the pool, but the offerings along with it.
“Pools, cabanas, fire-pits, hot tubs and grills all provide the residents with the ability relax outside in a resort style atmosphere,” Heimann said.
Spaces for hosting friends has become another in demand amenity, with many buildings incorporating large social spaces for entertaining throughout the building that are fully furnished with TVs, fireplaces and demonstration kitchens.
Apartment dwellers are not the only ones who are reaping the benefits of these amenities. Korol points out that pet amenities are becoming much more common at luxury apartment complexes, and include everything from pet fitness to pet pampering.
“Living in the heart of downtown doesn't provide too much greenspace. Having a private dog run and spa helps residents be able to efficiently care for their pets while not being outside on the street during inconvenient hours,” Heimann said.
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Gillian Mann 1939-2007
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Eulogy by Fiona Lawry
I have been charged with the somewhat daunting task of speaking today about Gillian the Artist. Daunting because art was so central to Gillian’s life and also because there are so many others in the art community, no doubt present today, who may be more qualified or who may know other parts of her career that I don’t. None-the-less I am greatly honoured and will do my best to do Gillian the Artist the justice she so well deserves.
I first met Gillian in the mid to late eighties when I was a student and she my lecturer at the Canberra School of Art. Art School in those years was a rich and vibrant place – a heady mixture of good resources due to the ACT being federally funded, the excellent quality of our lecturers - many of them from Europe, the atmosphere of intellectualism and experimental creativity, and above all a wonderful sense of community which lecturers like Gillian helped to create by socialising freely and generously with the students. Gillian would often come along for a drink to the Friday Happy-hour. You knew Gil had arrived when you heard “HELLO DUCKIES!”
GILLIAN THE TEACHER
Gillian trained first at the Lancaster College of Art as a painter in the early 60’s and completed her graduate studies at Hornsey College of Art, London in 1968.
She then got her first job as a printmaking technician at Garnett College, London and stayed for three years.
In 1972 she had moved to Australian and joined the Printmaking Department as an Intaglio and Relief Lecturer.
She worked in the department in various capacities, including numerous stints as Acting Head of Department, until 1994 when she left to start the new Computer Aided Art Studies Department at the school of art.
It was then that her exploration into innovative and unconventional printmaking techniques began.
After 25 years of lecturing she retired from the Art School in 1997 to concentrate on her art practice.
Gill was a much loved and admired teacher and became a mentor and an inspiration to many of her pupils. She was tireless and selfless in her teaching and rigorous in her critique and analysis.
I remember when I first joined the department Gillian described in no uncertain terms my early attempts at original image making as “adolescent” - which at the time was fairly hard to take. Later, under Gillian’s patient tutelage I began to explore more authentic and personal concerns through explorations of feminism and body image. Now I definitely had Gillian’s approval – and we really hit it off!
Gillian has always known how to break down the barriers between student and lecturer without loosing respect or authority. Gillian did not judge people by what level they were at, be it first year student or a practicing artist doing postgraduate studies.
An example of this is of when I was at about third year level in my studies she was instrumental in organising an exhibition for a small number of us – both lecturers and students of figurative work at the Print Council of Victoria.
As evidenced in the blog provided by Julian, there are many accolades and comments about Gil’s abundant and generous teaching style and over the past few months I have become acutely aware of how important, influential and nurturing Gillian was as a mentor and teacher to so many.
Artist Tanja Reese recently described to me how shortly after the birth of her second son, Gillian came to visit her near Bega and spent a week of her time to teach Tanja the basics of Photoshop.
“She was always prepared to share openheartedly her research and her knowledge.”
Tanja also describes dropping in on Gillian at very short notice in August 07 in Binalong while she was printing the last of her etchings in preparation for her Megalo show, and how Gil graciously dropped what she was doing to play host to an old student and friend.
GILL THE ARTIST
Creatively Gillian had a unique vision and was unafraid to tackle difficult subjects including feminist concerns, religion and male violence – often making difficult, confronting and challenging imagery. These were subjects that she explored with enviable intellectual rigor – her personal library is diverse and amazing – Her last series – The Journey of the Cardinal’s Head - exhibited recently at Megalo, was the culmination of at least a decade of work and thorough artistic investigation on a single theme.
As many of you will know, undoubtedly the highlight of Gillian’s artistic career was wining the Blake Prize for Religious Art in 1990 – the first time a printmaker had won the prize and she was an atheist to boot!
Other achievements include
Being selected as a finalist in the Sulman Prize (2005)
Being profiled in many publications including Australian Printmaking in the 1990’s, Sasha Grishin, Craftsman House
She had work in -
the collection of the National Gallery of Australia
The Print Council of Australia, and
Galleries in Belgium, Poland, Italy and Brazil
A long list of exhibitions both in Australia and throughout the world.
Personally, I often felt frustrated for Gillian when I perceived a lack of recognition of the work of such a senior artist. She never had a commercial gallery. I once made an appointment for her and we went to show her work to the curators at the National Gallery of Victoria – they loved her work but alas had no money to purchase any.
Like many artists, after leaving her tenured position at Art School, Gillian would at times have to work as a fruit picker in the late summer to make ends meet. She was still doing this when she was 60!
Gil was characteristically pragmatic about this. For Gil, making the work and living her life as an artist was the most important thing!
LIVING THE LIFE OF AN ARTIST
She was generally self-effacing about her achievements as an artist and was not one to blow her own trumpet or seek self-promotion. Art was simply at the core of who Gillian was. She was engaged and single-minded about her work. Always thinking about the next image or the next project, how to push things further, her research of imagery and technique.
Although Gillian had many important and significant personal relationships in her life, my personal feeling is that Gillian’s primary relationship was with her artwork – such was the level of her commitment and engagement.
Right up to the end of her life Gillian was observing things as only an artist and a visual thinker does.
Although ravaged by the Cancer, when I visited her in hospital before Christmas, Gil was still noting and making visual observations… about the room, the view, the changing light, her hospital surroundings. She even made a comment to a senior surgeon about how lovely his surgical outfit was. To which I understand he was gruff and unresponsive – Obviously he had never met an artist before!
* (I would like to close with a personal note now)
TO GILO MY FRIEND
Here is a woman in whom there is much to admire!
Encouraging, supportive, intellectual, thoughtful, inquisitive, open-minded and inspiring.
Tough, single-minded and unafraid to tell people what she thought and believed in.
Sensitive, loving, generous, warm, openhearted, young at heart, tolerant and a humanist.
Gillian leaves a legacy of important work and important relationships and communities behind her.
I am proud and honoured to have had Gillian first as my lecturer and later as my mentor and close friend for 20 years. Without Gillian’s belief in me as an artist I would have given up years ago.
I greatly admire you Gillian for your dedication to your life of art and ideas, for your open-mindedness, your tenacity and the strength of your convictions. The personal struggles you have overcome and your dedication to and concern for others.
Rest in heavenly and divine aesthetic peace my friend.
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Moral universalism and relativism
From the archive, a debate between Sam Harris and Jonathan Chait. The link has their video debate. Following are some of my comments thereon:
This should be good. Haidt wrote an apology for conservatism in The Righteous Mind, basically framing values in their language and then judging liberals by that framing. Chris Hedges ripped him a new assholon in this post, and spiral dynamicist Bruce Gibb gave it a developmental review here. Since Harris is a moral developmentalist (and pluralist) it will be interested to see how he approaches this regressive.
Listening to the first 15 minutes I am struck by his use of right and wrong. Too often developmentalists like the Lingam say that while there are higher and better levels of morality, each level is fine for its time and place. But each level has a right and wrong, or healthy and pathological, so each level is not fine in itself. And a point the Lingam made, and with which I agree, is that the level of social moral contract and/or law should be from the highest available level, so that even healthy expressions of a lower moral level are not acceptable. As but one example, in some cultures it might be a healthy expression to differentiate the skill sets of men and women, and relegate women to the role of child-rearing and exclude them from business. The pathological version is that it's ok to beat a wife if she looks at another man. But in morally more developed countries even the healthy version is overridden and women can work and succeed in business, or science, or whatever.
I'm also reminded of Ray Harris' essay "Left, right or just plain wrong." And the follow-up essay, "Thoughts toward an integral political economy." They are still the high moral standard to which integralists should aspire.
Ah, at 29:20 he brings in basing our values on 'realism.' Haidt keeps saying what if conservatives are 'happier' then we must assume it is the better value system. Harris replies: "Actually having our beliefs track reality, however loosely, is better in the long run than being delusional."
At around 40:00 he supports that a better moral response is one that takes account of all humanity instead of one's ethnic group. That is also an answer to Haidt, where conservatives only support their own group's value of religious belief and/or the social Darwinism of takers versus makers. Or in kennlingus, post-conventional morality is better and it doesn't include conventional morality.
At around 42:00 he got a question about judging distribution of wealth by merit or by everyone deserves the same amount. Harris didn't have a good answer. My answer is that nowhere is that a reality in our US system, i.e., no one has ever argues for it, even progressives. Giving food stamps or welfare to those down on their luck is not giving them the same amount as one who works, even at minimum wage. Social programs are at a fraction of minimum wage. And increasing the minimum wage is in no way giving those workers an equitable distribution, just a wage on which they can purchase necessities of life. The argument on merit still applies, i.e, those with more demanding jobs, and with sufficient performance proficiency, earn more. On the other end, there has to be some ratio of top to bottom because being open at the top is what we have, and it leads inevitably to such income inequality that has direct relations to degrading the equal 'oppportunity' (not result) for everyone else.
At 47:00 he gives an argument similar to my 'best level' thesis, that we need laws and institutions that hold us to our higher angels even when we don't feel that way. That is the rationale for taxes, that we must give so much for the social good whether we want to or not.
I sent an email to Haidt, since it seemed he was saying that conservatives were happier. And therefore by Harris' moral definition of right and wrong based on 'flourishing' conservatives were right. I won't quote from Haidt's email because he did not give me permission to do so, but the gist of it was that he agreed with the above, citing polls from Gallup analyzed by Arthur Brooks.
He didn't provide links to that evidence so I searched and found Brooks' NYT article. This article by David Frum noted that Brook's criteria for happiness was basically a rich, older, religious, married, white person, which demographic just happens to be more on the conservative side.
I also asked him about statistics (like here and here) that find those countries with the more democratic socialist policies (aka liberal) are the happiest? And how that squares with his claim. He just responded that cross-country comparisons are tricky, which isn't a response. The first linked article is a direct response to Brooks by Jeffrey Sachs, but on a different Brooks article than the above referenced. Therein Sachs cites the World Happiness Report (WHR), which surveyed people from several countries, including the US. Of course the criteria for 'happiness' was quite different than Brooks' and Haidt's conservative worldview picture, based more on the following:
"Economic prosperity that is broadly shared, very low poverty, low unemployment, social fairness, lower health care costs than in the United States, longer vacation times, guaranteed maternity and paternity leave, better pre-school and many more benefits that make people happy, and help them to raise happier and healthier children. In short, happier places are happier because they combine economic prosperity with social trust, a sense of equality, leisure as well as work, and good and honest governance."
Or as Harris responded below, "actually having our beliefs track reality, however loosely, is better in the long run than being delusional." Also when Harris noted that a better moral definition of flourishing includes everyone regardless of race, income, religious affiliation or marital status. That is, a more postconventional moral stance that goes beyond our in-group, as reflected in the criteria of the WHR.
The second link is to a Forbes article, not exactly a liberal bastion. Therein he uses research from the Legatum Institute, which uses 89 variables like economy, entrepreneurship, governance, education, health, safety, personal freedom and social capital. As in the WHR the results are pretty much the same, with Norway, Denmark, Finland and Sweden in the top. And what do they have in common? "They are all borderline socialist states, with generous welfare benefits and lots of redistribution of wealth. Yet they don’t let that socialism cross the line into autocracy." Not exactly conservative values, eh?
I forgot the link to Frum's article.
Looking over Brooks' NYT piece it's obvious how conservatives define their own happiness: married, religious, belief in free enterprise and that if you work hard enough you can overcome all odds. Brooks realizes that this can be interpreted as the 'ignorance is bliss' syndrome, anticipating critiques like Harris who says their religions don't track reality. And believing in equal opportunity in today's rampant inequality and declining middle class is certainly not based in fact. As are the statistics that nearly 2/3 of marriage end in divorce. I guess one can rationalize they are happy by a denial of the facts around them as a defense mechanism, but only in regressive ideology can this be interpreted as 'right.' Liberals tend to face facts, and these days facts are rather depressing.
And Haidt is confusing worldcentric 'flourishing' for all with a rationalized 'happiness' for one's own ethnocentric group. For some "happiness is a warm gun," for others like the Wolf of Wall Street ripping people off for his own gain. And for religious folks like the pope, railing against trickle-down economics and for equal opportunity. As Harris said, there are realistic peaks and valleys in the moral landscape, where some moral views are better than others. And the progressive is better than the regressive.
In this Tori Amos song part of the meaning is responding to mothers that willingly offer up their daughters' genitals for mutilation as some form of religious duty. I suppose they are both 'happy' that they are fulfilling they duty to god or whatever so I suppose they are 'right' in Haidt's eyes? And if we get upset or are 'unhappy' about such barbarity then we are wrong?
Here's one of Harris' written responses to Haidt. A few excerpts with which I agree follow. The first sounds like the kennlingus notion that every view has some truth, i.e., is appropriate to its 'level.' He quotes Haidt:
"Every longstanding ideology and way of life contains some wisdom, some insights into ways of suppressing selfishness, enhancing cooperation, and ultimately enhancing human flourishing."
Harris responds:
"Anyone feeling nostalgic for the 'wisdom' of the Aztecs? Rest assured, there’s nothing like the superstitious murder of innocent men, women, and children to 'suppress selfishness' and convey a shared sense of purpose. Of course, the Aztecs weren’t the only culture to have discovered human flourishing' at its most sanguinary and psychotic. […] Numerous other societies ritually murdered their fellow human beings because they believed that invisible gods and goddesses, having an appetite for human flesh, could be so propitiated. Many of their victims were of the same opinion, in fact, and went willingly to slaughter, fully convinced that their deaths would transform the weather, or cure the king of his venereal disease, or in some other way spare their fellows the wrath of the Unseen.
“What would Haidt have us think about these venerable traditions of pious ignorance and senseless butchery? Is there some wisdom in these cults of human sacrifice that we should now honor? Must we take care not to throw out the baby with the bathwater? Or might we want to eat that baby instead? Indeed, many of these societies regularly terminated their rituals of sacred murder with a cannibal feast. Is my own revulsion at these practices a sign that I view these distant cultures with the blinkered gaze of a colonialist? Shall we just reserve judgment until more of the facts are in? When does scientific detachment become perverse? When might it be suicidal?”
Also note from Haidt's bio that he's into 'positive psychology,' another of those magical thinking paradigms divorced from reality. That says a lot. On the other hand, Harris has been an avid proponent of mystical states, noting that they provide a different kind of happiness not tied to the contingencies of our lives. See this video, for example. This is the side of him about which many atheists froth rabid.
The following from Harris' response to critics might be useful:
"My model of the moral landscape does allow for multiple peaks -- many different modes of flourishing, admitting of irreconcilable goals. [...] Such disagreements do not land us back in moral relativism, however: because there will be right and wrong ways to move toward one peak or the other; there will be many more low spots on the moral landscape than peaks (i.e. truly wrong answers to moral questions); and for all but the loftiest goals and the most disparate forms of conscious experience, moral disagreements will not be between sides of equal merit. Which is to say that for most moral controversies, we need not agree to disagree; rather, we should do our best to determine which side is actually right."
And this excerpt which takes account of some embodied human universals as basis for morality:
"In any case, I suspect that radically disjoint peaks are unlikely to exist for human beings. We are far too similar to one another to be that different. If we each could sample all possible states of human experience, and were endowed with perfect memories so that we could sort our preferences, I think we would converge on similar judgments of what is good, what is better, and what is best. Differences of opinion might still be possible, and would themselves be explicable in terms of differences at the level of our brains."
I'm not sure what he means by 'brains.' Is it individual differences based on personal history in addition to general differences from within one's culture and/or religion? That would make some sense. In the link on mystical states he noted that they would be a candidate for peaks of experience that might be linked to moral peaks. And he noted such states are elicited from a variety of meditative or contemplative traditions. So it's possible that he's inferring that based on our brain neurophysiology this would 1) provide some similarity to these states across traditions and/or cultures and 2) at the same time allow for not only traditional and/or cultural differences but also individual differences of personal history?
William questioned Harris on the evo-devo of religions in my blog. I wrote another blog post called "the prerational basis of morality" as further response to William. Therein is a link to William's original comments in a post on Harris and Haidt.
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UN changes its mind on Shaba Farms
The UN has now changed its mind and given Hezbullah a pretext to continue attacking Israel.
After Israel fled from southern Lebanon in 2000, the UN determined that the withdrawal to the 'blue line' that demarcated the international border was sufficient that Israel was no longer 'occupying' 'Lebanese territory.' Shaba Farms, which Israel liberated from Syria along with the Golan Heights in 1967, was classified as 'occupied Syrian territory,' to be dealt with in the context of a 'peace agreement' with Syria, when and if ever. Just last summer, Operating Paragraph 4 of Security Council Resolution 1701 determined that the Security Council "Reiterates its strong support for full respect for the Blue Line." No more. The UN has changed its mind.
The United Nations has transmitted messages to Israel in recent weeks that the organization's mapping experts have determined that the controversial Shaba Farms on Mount Dov near the Lebanese border, now controlled by Israel, is Lebanese territory. The UN, which has communicated to Israel that the disposition of the Shaba Farms should be dealt with as soon as possible, has proposed to senior government officials that Israel withdraw from the area and that it be considered international territory to be controlled by UNIFIL.
Hezbullah has used the Shaba Farms as a pretext for attacking Israel since Ehud (Barak) fled southern Lebanon in the summer of 2000. Prime Minister Ehud K. Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Feigle Livni are opposed to the idea of just turning over the Shaba Farms. Even they realize that turning over Shaba Farms now will just raise more demands:
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert oppose the idea. The size of, and sovereignty over, the Shaba Farms has been a matter of controversy due to the way the border between Syria and Lebanon was marked during the French Mandate between the two world wars. When the UN marked the border between Israel and Lebanon after Israel's withdrawal in May 2000, the Shaba Farms were said to be part of Syrian territory, and that Israel therefore did not need to withdraw from it in the absence of an agreement with the Syrians. Lebanon did not accept the line of demarcation, and has since claimed that the Shaba Farms are in its territory.
I would like to see something in writing from the Syrians that says that they agree that the Shaba Farms is Lebanese. That won't happen so long as the anti-Syrian Siniora government is in power in Lebanon. Israel is handling the matter with 'kid gloves' out of fear that any kind of statement from the UN could lead to war with Hezbullah. But France and the US are pressuring Israel to concede the territory in the hope of strengthening the Siniora government.
France and the United States are also ratcheting up their pressure on Israel, in the belief that a withdrawal from the Shaba Farms will strengthen the government of Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who will be coming to the region next week, pressed Olmert during the Second Lebanon War to withdraw from Shaba to bolster Siniora. Olmert refused, saying the move would be viewed by Hezbollah as a victory. Israel and the UN discussed Shaba ahead of the release two weeks ago of the periodic report on the implementation of Resolution 1701. The UN wanted to include a clause stating that Shaba was Lebanese and urging a solution. This would have been a departure from 1701, which states that the fate of the farms is to be resolved in the determination of the border between Lebanon and Syria.
Lest any of you get the wrong impression, if Israel concedes Shaba Farms, this will not be the end of Hezbullah demands. The next set of demands is already waiting. And the Siniora government has bigger problems that the Shaba Farms won't help resolve:
[Zawahiri] then calls on all Muslims in the Lebanon to rebel against the forces which oppose Islam and have encircled them, and threatens: “Those who conspire against jihad and the mujahideen in Lebanon through American weapons, Zionist corruption, and Saudi money must start to dig their graves with their own hands.”
Zawahiri praises last month’s bombing attack which killed six Spanish members of the international forces in the south of this “precious part of the land of Islam.”
He goes on to castigate Hamas for its participation in the Mecca Treaty and for ceding four-fifths of Palestine, and calls upon its leaders to return to Salafist Jihadi doctrine.
DEBKAfile’s Middle East sources say the reference to Lebanon is the key passage of the tape. It is a reply to a message dated June 30 to al Qaeda leaders which the Fatah al-Islam group fighting Lebanese troops in the northern Nahr al-Bared camp for 51 days relayed through Al Qaeda in Iraq.
Over the signatures of “Syrian bin Laden” and “Abu Dujana al Shami,” the message states: “Those who are fighting the American project in the Middle East, represented by Saad Hariri and Fouad Siniora, have three things to say:
1. We hereby pledge allegiance to al Qaeda.
2. Our continued war effort is troubled by Ayman Zawahiri’s recent public mention of Hamas which omits mention of our group.
3. We appeal to al Qaeda to break its silence on the slaughter we face from American arms.
Al Qaeda’s response came ten days later from headquarters somewhere in Pakistan-Afghan border country in the form of the Zawihiri tape.
And tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of last summer's war.
At 2:08 PM, M. Simon said...
It looks to me like the run up to WW2.
Peace bought in increments. War sold wholesale.
PS. Why is Olmert still PM?
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