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Roxxfoxx ~~~ Adventures in Geology
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New Video~Holuhraun Volcano, Iceland, November 2014
Holuhraun Volcano, Iceland, November 2014 from Jon Gustafsson on Vimeo.
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More Earthquakes in Bárðarbunga, Heat Increases
By Eygló Svala Arnarsdóttir
Bárðarbunga. Photo: Páll Stefánsson.
Seismicity continues in Bárðarbunga volcano in Vatnajökull glacier. A magnitude 4.4 earthquake hit 11.5 km (7.3 miles) east of the volcano shortly before 2:30 last night and the strongest earthquake recorded there yesterday was magnitude 5.1.
Geothermal heat continues to increase in Bárðarbunga. Scientists on a surveillance flight above the volcano yesterday could clearly see cauldrons that had formed in the glacier on the western and southeastern rim of the caldera, ruv.is reports.
The largest cauldron has deepened by 25 meters (82 feet) in one month. Scientists link this development to the subsidence of the caldera, which now measures 40 meters. The subsidence cannot be detected with the naked eye as the caldera is 8 km wide.
The eruption in Holuhraun, north of Vatnajökull, continues. The lava erupting in a fissure there originates in the Bárðarbunga magma chamber and is channeled to the eruption site via an intrusive dike, which formed underground before the eruption started in August.
The eruption is visible on webcams, including one established by telecommunication company Míla in August.
Images from the Holuhraun at Barðarbunga Cam capped on 10/24/2014
How much lava has erupted from Holuhraun?
Extention of lava field in Holuhraun, updated to today. Please click on image for larger size.
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Holuhraun at Barðarbunga Eruption Update 10/19/2014
Fissure Eruption Update
Experts at Discover The World and Ari Trausti Guðmundsson
The lava outpouring from the short fissure at Holuhraun has now remained steady for weeks. Three interconnected vents (300-400 m long) are what remains of the original 1.9-km-long, once active fissure. The height of the crater hill around the vents exceeds 100 m, taking the form of a lava shield (also known as a shield volcano) - see the image from the Geoscience institute by geoscientist Morten Riishuus. The big regional dyke is still going strong and the eruption could remain active for many years or die down within a few weeks or months. Further breaching of the surface along the dyke leading to a subglacial eruption in the Dyngjujökull outlet glacier is still possible.
The lava flow now has an area of roughly 60km² and a volume of approximately 800 million cubic metres (0.8 cu. km). The Hekla lava flow is somewhat similar in size but was generated in 13 months. Therefore, the highlands will soon become the largest lava flow occurring within such a short interval in Iceland - since the late 18th century. New trace elements and isotope analysis are said to indicate a magma source at a depth of at least 15 km.
The included map is from the Geoscience Institute and the Coast Guard (October 17th).
The Bárðarbunga central volcano continues to shudder, with dozens of earthquakes every day. On October 18th, two earthquakes were recorded with a magnitude 4.7 and 5.0, with a further two on the 19th with a magnitude of 5.2 and 4.5. Currently, the depression in the caldera ice dome is over 35 m deep. The main earthquake location is at the northern rim of the caldera or at the volcano flank in the north. GPS-readings over a period of a few days show both dilation and/or doming of the volcano.
Reverse faulting has been detected from some earthquakes. Another earthquake location is at the south-eastern rim. Practically no earthquakes originate in the caldera floor. With time, a simple model of caldera floor subsidence and a direct link between a Bárðarbunga magma chamber and the big dyke seems more and more unlikely.
I have stressed before, as have prof. Águst Guðmundsson (Royal Holloway – University of London) and prof. Þorvaldur Þórðarson (University of Iceland) in talks and in an article (in the Bulletin of Volcanology), that a large magma reservoir, is the possible site of the magma influx into the dyke.
Independently of this, the roots and the non-verified (but naturally alleged), shallow magma chamber remains beneath the caldera, a theory consistent with chemical signals in the magma. The magma from a deeper reservoir is probably being injected into the volcano, even as ring dykes. It remains to be seen if this hypothesis is correct but many indications are present.
There is no way to predict what will happen at Bárðarbunga; small or large eruptions may occur, and similar tectonic movements or a sudden caldera collapse could become the result of the processes in the volcano.
The many scenarios presented by the Civil Protection and its Scientific council are still valid.
The nearby Tungnafellsjökull central volcano (with a caldera), west of Bárðarbunga, has been the site of over 150 earthquakes (with the majority of them with magnitude less than 3.0). Most of them have loci at shallow depth but some originate much deeper, at up to 20 km plus. This probably indicates an influx of magma but the GPS-readings do not support that, so far. Magma intrusions in a volcano do not automatically lead to eruptions.
It is interesting to note that the Kverkfjöll central volcano (with two calderas), the next neighbour of Bárðarbunga in the east is showing very little tectonic activity. Only a few dozen quakes have originated there and the same story can be said about the very active Grímsvötn central volcano southeast of Bárðarbunga. It is, at any rate, important to follow the development of all nearby volcanoes with care.
More elaborate seismic and GPS monitoring would help in revealing the processes at hand below the earth´s surface in this very active part of Iceland.
Compiled by: Geoscience Institute of the University of Iceland/Coast Guard
Map base: The Geodetic Survey.
Photo: Morten Riishuus, Geoscience Institue
Dates: 28th of Sept. and 15th of Oct.
Increased Earthquakes at Bárðarbunga Volcano
An increased number of earthquakes have been detected in and around Bárðarbunga volcano under Vatnajökull glacier in the past days. In the last 24 hours, almost 130 earthquakes have been detected at Bárðabunga and about 30 in the northern part of the intrusive dike.
The dike channels magma from Bárðarbunga to the Holuhraun eruption site north of Vatnajökull.
No quakes above 5.0 in magnitude have been detected in the area since October12, but five quakes between magnitude 4.5 and 4.8 hit yesterday, the Icelandic Met Office reported in its latest update this morning.
The eruption continues at a similar intensity. It was clearly visible on webcams from midnight until almost 8 this morning.
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Michael Jackson's Mum has kicked her grandchildren OUT !
KATHERINE Jackson has kicked her grandchildren to the curb. .
The Jackson matriarch has reportedly asked her kids’ kids to move out of her mansion.
According to TMZ, the 79-year-old told Alejandra Genevieve Oaziaza, who lives at the Jackson estate with two of her children with Randy Jackson and two with Jermaine Jackson, that they all must move out within the next week.
Katherine — who is the legal guardian of her tragic son Michael… Continue
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Schwarzenegger wants to run for president
Calif. governor tells Leno he would run ‘without any doubt’ if he could
BURBANK, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger would love to run for president — if he could.
California's actor-turned-governor was born in Austria and the U.S. Constitution prevents foreign-born citizens from holding the nation's top job.
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Google's nightmare: Facebook 'Like' replaces links
Editor's note: Pete Cashmore is founder and CEO of Mashable, a popular blog about social media. He writes a weekly column about
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El-rufai returns Tomorrow
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The former Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nasir el-Rufai, will return to Nigeria on Saturday, NEXT can exclusively report.
Mr. El-Rufai has been…
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Malcolm X killer released after 45 years . Hagan, gets parole
THE only man ever to admit involvement in the assassination of American civil rights leader, Malcolm X, was freed on parole on Tuesday, 45 years after he helped gun down the activist.
Thomas Hagan was the last man still serving time in the 1965 killing, part of the skein of violence that wound through the cultural and political upheaval of the 1960s. He was freed from a Manhattan prison where he spent two days a week under a…
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RCCG pastor arrested over N7.5m unpaid loan
By CHRIS ANUCHA
A Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) pastor, Akin Obatusin, has been arrested and detained at the Special Fraud Unit (SFU), Milverton Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, over a loan of N7.5 million.
Daily Sun gathered that another RCCG pastor, Abimbola Oresegun, wrote a petition to SFU that led to the arrest.
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Death Sentence for two cops for killing Student, Court Judges.
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CAN A MAN SURVIVE WITHOUT EATING AND DRINING FOR 70 DAYS?
Military medics hope the experiments on Prahlad Jani can help soldiers develop their survival strategies.
The long-haired and bearded yogi is under 24-hour observation by a team of 30 doctors during three weeks of tests at a hospital in the western city of Ahmedabad.
Two cameras have been set up in his room, while a mobile camera films him when he goes outside, guaranteeing round-the-clock observation.
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Man with knife attacks kindergarten in China
(CNN) -- At least 28 children were injured when a man with a knife attacked a kindergarten in east China on Thursday morning, state media said.
Most of the victims were four-year-olds, the state-run Xinhua news agency said. Three of the children were in critical condition.
Police said they have arrested a 47-year-old suspect.
The incident happened in Taixing city in Jiangsu province.
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Mr Jonathan’s directive was given in a terse statement signed by…
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The seaside community has adopted a zero tolerance policy on anyone wearing the barely-there bikini by the shore on their part of North Carolina's Pleasure Island, just south of Wilmington.
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Parading the suspect before newsmen, Edo State Police image maker, Mr. Peter Ogboi, disclosed that it was a good Samaritan who alerted the police on discovering the baby in the pit toilet.
… and the child… Continue
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Chris's story
We are very grateful to everyone who has shared their story with us on this website. We know that many people find reading the story of other patients very helpful when trying to make sense of their diagnosis or cancer journey. We also know that these stories can be very powerful in helping to raise awareness of bladder cancer and highlight the urgent need for new treatments, research and support for those with bladdercancer.
If you would like to tell your story please do get in touch with us by email at group@actionbladdercanceruk.org
We can arrange for Sara Jane, our Patient Programme Officer, to get in touch to help you tell your story if that would be helpful, and we also have a 'hints and tips' sheet to give you more ideas about what to write.
I have not found my condition easy to talk to about, mainly because I'm a private person and very conscious of other people knowing my business. However, if this helps one other person, it's worth it.
It all started in May 2010, my wife and I decided to have a spa break - we like them! So off we went and I was feeling a little under the weather, but my job is demanding, with a lot of travelling and hotels. So thought nothing much of it until I noticed my urine was darker than normal, which I thought was maybe a touch of dehydration. It was at the spa that I started to bleed when going to the toilet and it got worse until a clot came out that was really not supposed to happen.
An appointment at the doctor could have been taken the wrong way, as he tried to convince me to take antibiotics due to a knock, but I insisted this was not the case, so he sent a sample to the hospital. It was the hospital appointment that changed my life. Having a camera put into my bladder and seeing the tumours. I must admit was amazing, to see inside myself and the tumours were like a coral reef. I asked the doctor if it was cancer, but he would not confirm or deny, so it was left to the nurse holding my hand who started to say that looks bad for can---, then stopped. The other clue was after getting dressed and being taken to a separate room with a very special nurse. She explained - without saying it was cancer that I would need an operation soon and it could be a difficult road ahead. So if I had any medical insurance, it would be worth looking to see if I was covered. Luckily, the company I work for had taken out private medical cover a few months before. I was then put in contact with a consultant at the Biddenham Manor hospital. The consultant was fantastic, blunt and to the point. He said it was cancer and needed to be sorted as soon as possible, which happened two weeks later. Also, that I would be having a lot of surgery over the next five or so years, so needed to stay fit and healthy for the long road ahead.
It's not worth trying to make it sound better because it was the worst time of my life. Going from someone, who was always there for other people to needing their help and support instead? Also finding out that life could become very short. After the operation, I had a catheter the size of a hose pipe into my bladder (OK, maybe smaller) and very sore. The consultant came by and said it was very aggressive and had to do a lot of work to remove the tumours. I was signed off for two weeks to recover and needed that time as well, because my head was everywhere with emotion and to honest, a lot of crying!
After a week I went back for the results, where I was told that my cancer was a grade three with little chance of having my bladder by Christmas. This meant I would be impotent, sterile and in my mind smell of wee all the time. However, being only 51 my best option was to have a new bladder made from my bowel or other parts - not sure now. The other option was a bag!! As far as I was concerned both options were crap, but I don't think they understood when I told them ‘that's not me and it won't happen'.
An interesting point here is, the waiting list at the local hospital was about eight weeks, I was told that my bladder was about one month from being punctured by the cancer, which would automatically mean my bladder and prostate would have to be removed.
And so my life with bladder cancer started. After the operation, I started a six week course of BCG treatment with a catheter and solution directly into my bladder. The first one my wife attended so she could share the pain - I did say ‘it was the only time my wife would agree to a threesome' funny what's said to ease the pain!! My oncology nurse talked me through the procedure and how I would feel both emotionally and physically. One of the things with BCG, it works or it doesn't. It seemed that mine worked from the start, with feeling pretty rotten and just worn out all the time, plus bleeding after the second treatment. It wasn't really until my next biopsy the situation became more positive, when after the operation, my consultant said that my bladder was much improved and looked much better. At our results meeting, he confirmed that the treatment had worked wonders and no sign of the cancer was evident. To say this was a relief - knock me over with a feather!!
It has now been a little over two years since that time and to say all is well - I'm not sure and I don't want to sound negative but be honest. I gave up smoking after my first meeting with the consultant, going cold turkey - never want another one, as I feel cleaner and surprised how my body has improved. Plus the money helps. I cry in the shower because no one hears you or suspects. I have BCG treatment every six months now and always buy my nurse a little present to say thanks for sticking me with that tube, but it has reduced from six sessions to three, with only another three of four sessions left. The biopsies are every four months at the moment. I am very lucky to have the use of a private hospital, which means the consultant and often the nurse are the same, this gives continuity that I feel is important. I also look at that day as my ‘spa day' - no driving, pampered and sleep without dreaming. Until I wake up and need that first wee!
It's not easy, as the treatment makes my joints ache and I relate the feeling to coming off a long flight, where you feel wrecked, but your mind is spinning. It's like having flu without a snotty nose. My bladder does not work quite as well, because of scar tissue and the treatment. By not working as well, I don't mean it leaks or anything, but if I hold it, it's not a great flood when I go. At least it works and the treatment eases after a couple of months. There are side effects, but I'm sure everybody is different. I still work as hard, if not harder than before, still have an allotment and a large garden and taken up cycling to stay fit and get some weight off.
After taking from the nurses and doctors, I felt it was time to give something back, so my stepson and I did the first London to Brighton Night ride in May of 2012 and raised £1100 for the local hospital cancer unit. That felt really good!
As a last note, bladder cancer is not easy, as with any cancer or illness, but there is hope and blind stubbornness to succeed and beat the odds. I don't think of when I retire or when I'm old, but I do know the next few months will be ok and my family love me. That enough for me now!!
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Poppy Hills Golf Course Opens; Champions Tour Event Scheduled for Fall
Reinvented Poppy Hills Layout in Pebble Beach to Co-Host Champions Tour Event Starting this Fall
(PEBBLE BEACH, CA) - It has been 13 months since Poppy Hills Golf Course closed for a near top-to-bottom redesign overseen by the course’s original architect Robert Trent Jones II. But if the excitement of today’s Opening Day festivities weren’t enough, it seems that there is even more good news.
Adding to the buzz is the announcement that the all-new Poppy will co-host the Champions Tour’s Nature Valley First Tee Open, teaming with its esteemed neighbor, Pebble Beach Golf Links, from Sept. 22-28.
Poppy Hills officially debuted its new layout today after closing last March for a comprehensive renovation. The course reopens for public play on April 4.
Jones was on-hand to hit the ceremonial first shot at the new Poppy Hills, 28 years after he did so to debut his original design in 1986. He was joined for the first shot by:
* Brian Morse, President of the NCGA, the largest regional golf association in the country
* Derrell Biddy, President of Poppy Holding Company, which oversees golf operations
* Patrick Moran, an 11-handicap golfer representing the 150,000 members of the NCGA.
“Since Poppy Hills is the members’ course,” Morse said, “we wanted to honor our member in the special ceremony. It worked out perfectly to have Patrick with us on this special day to represent the entire NCGA membership.”
Jones returned to rejuvenate Poppy Hills, restoring each hole to its natural elevation along the forest floor, softening doglegs and contours, and redesigning all 18 greens with bentgrass.
Among the most significant changes were:
* Revitalizing a seasonal creek that cuts in front of the new ninth green
* Building the new 11th hole, the shortest par 3 at Poppy Hills
* Creating the downhill 12th hole, which tees off toward a spectacular ocean view of Monterey Bay
The catalyst for the renovation was to find a way to improve drainage while conserving water. The introduction of native waste areas reduces irrigated turf by nearly 25 acres, while a 20 percent more efficient irrigation system was installed. The entire course was sand capped to enhance drainage and rough also was eliminated, further promoting firm-and-fast play, as well as more imaginative shot making.
“It’s a renaissance more than a renovation,” Jones said. “It’s really a brand new golf course. The new conceptions have reinvigorated the golf course. They will bring the course back to all its glory.”
Par has dropped from 72 to 71, but yardage has increased from 6,863 to 7,002 from the new Jones Trail (back set of tees). The Jones Trail plays to a rating of 73.5 and a slope of 135, but now there is more flexibility in course setup, with five sets of tees instead of four.
And even before the ceremonial first shot was taken, Poppy Hills was already deemed “Tour-quality” with the confirmation of The First Tee Open partnership. Of course, Poppy Hills is no stranger to pro tour competition. It co-hosted the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am from 1991-2009, as well as the Callaway Pebble Beach Invitational for four years.
“The First Tee Open is a wonderful partner for the home course of the Northern California Golf Association,” said Brad Shupe, General Manager of Poppy Hills Golf Course. “One of the prime initiatives of the NCGA Foundation is its Youth on Course program, which allows boys and girls to play courses for only $5. And we are proud that two of the last three pro-junior teams to win The First Tee Open were made up of Youth on Course players.”
Four Youth on Course members were also represented in the opening day ceremony – Richard Garcia, Jack Hyland, Katie Hyland and Mariel Mercado, all from Salinas. Each was the “official caddie” for the four representatives who hit the official first shot.
For additional information about Poppy Hills Golf Course and to reserve tee times, visit www.poppyhillsgolf.com
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Label: Mr.305/Polo Grounds Music/RCA Records
Who releases an album of sunny, clubby, up-all-night anthems in November?! Mr. 305, that's who -- the guy who not only lives in Miami, but might just pull off his goal of taking Miami's heat and its year-round party worldwide. Nothing too weighty here, though Pit does get serious here and there -- about really rapping, for instance, on the title track and about things he cares about on almost-feminist pickup anthem "Drinks for You" and the almost-political "I'm Off That." Mostly, though, life's a beach in Pit's world, especially on the Latin-leaning tracks ("Tchu Tchu Tcha" really heats up).
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Feel This Moment
Back in Time (featured in "Men In Black 3")
Hope We Meet Again
Party Ain't Over
Drinks for You (Ladies Anthem)
Outta Nowhere
Tchu Tchu Tcha
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About Surah Al-'Asr
The Surah takes its name from the word al-\`asr occurring in the first verse.
Although Mujahid, Qatadah and Muqatil regard it as a Madani Surah, yet a great majority of the commentators opine that it is Makki; its subject matter also testifies that it must have been sent down in the earliest stage at Makkah, when the message of Islam was being presented in brief but highly impressive sentences so that the listeners who heard them once could not forget them even if they wanted to, for they were automatically committed to memory.
Theme and Subject Matter
This Surah is a matchless specimen of comprehensiveness and brevity. A whole world of meaning has been compressed into its few brief words, which is too vast in content to be fully expressed even in a book. In it, in a clear and plain way it has been stated what is the way to true success for man and what is the way to ruin and destruction for him. Imam Shafi has very rightly said that if the people only considered this Surah well, it alone would suffice them for their guidance. How important this Surah was in the sight of the Companions can be judged from the tradition cited from Hadrat Abdullah bin Hisn ad-Darimi Abu Madinah, according to which whenever any two of them met they would not part company until they had recited Surah Al-Asr to each other. (Tabarani)
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The person who is recording cannot intervene
Alan Michael, Claire van Lubeek, Hannah Quinlan & Rosie Hastings, Kayode Ojo
14 November – 14 December 2019
Arcadia Missa is pleased to present The person who is recording cannot intervene, a group exhibition curated by Ruth Pilston and featuring works by Alan Michael, Claire van Lubeek, Hannah Quinlan & Rosie Hastings and Kayode Ojo.
“I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking… Some day, all this will have to be developed, carefully printed, fixed.”
It is with this metaphor that Christopher Isherwood describes his eponymous character within the opening chapter of his semi-autobiographical novel Goodbye To Berlin. An account of the experiences of a fictionalised version of himself in the decline of the Weimar Republic, Goodbye To Berlin documents snapshots of life in 1930s Germany, focusing on those who, like Isherwood, were most threatened by Nazi intimidation: a teenage Jewish heiress; the young gay couple Peter and Otto; the decadent English cabaret singer Sally Bowles (a character later brought to life by Liza Minelli in a straight-washed version of the story, the 1972 musical Cabaret).
As a writer facing the rise of xenophobia and ethnonationalism, it became the role of Isherwood to immortalise, to memorialise the declining society he was immersed in. The person who is recording cannot intervene aims to explore the artist as image maker, as ‘a camera with its shutter open’. The exhibition considers the role of art as documentation, encompassing photorealist painting, sculpture and photography. In a time like the decline of Weimar Germany, is it possible for the artist, or writer, to remain, as Isherwood states, ‘quite passive’? To record and not to think?
In On Photography, Susan Sontag (who, in her seminal essay Notes On ‘Camp’, promoted Isherwood as one of the first novelists to explicitly consider the concept of ‘camp’) lingers on this idea of recording experience through photography. Sontag wrote that ‘while all modern forms of art claim some privileged relation to reality, the claim seems particularly justified in the case of photography.’ To Sontag, the camera produced ‘images of truth’; the written word was instead ‘an interpretation, as are handmade visual statements, like paintings and drawings’. In On Photography, Sontag wrote that ‘the person who intervenes cannot record; the person who is recording cannot intervene.’ The title of this exhibition draws from that idea, aiming to interrogate Sontag’s hierarchy of truth, questioning photography’s ‘privileged relation to reality’, by placing different mediums, or modes of recording, side by side.
Included in The person who is recording cannot intervene are a series of photographs by New York-based artist Kayode Ojo. Held in slick mirrored frames, the photographs are high-gloss, candid images, documenting gallery and museum after-parties, snapshots of a scene in which Ojo is immersed. Photos are at once documentarian, yet, as Sontag would say, ‘haunted by tacit imperatives of taste and conscience’: even though the photographs hold up a mirror to reality, each image, much like his work in painting and sculpture, is instilled with a distinct visual language.
It is these ‘tacit imperatives of taste and conscience’ that haunt all forms of image-making, from painting to videography. Something For The Boys, is Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings’ 2018 video filmed across two iconic Blackpool queer venues endeavours to create a lasting record of a receding queer culture. Following on from their documentarian approach in their 2016 film UK Gay Bar Directory, Something For The Boys is influenced by Quinlan and Hastings’ subjective perspective, Sontag’s ‘conscience’, on the ongoing collapse of queer scenes and safe spaces. Combining staged performances and film of archival photos, the video exemplifies what Sontag refers to as photography’s ‘twin capacities to subjectivise reality and to objectify it’.
As in Goodbye To Berlin and Something For The Boys, this feeling of documenting a place on the edge of collapse is pertinent to Alan Michael’s paintings. Based on photographs of agency models walking the streets of central London, the series references the familiar tropes of street-photography and fashion editorials, in an attempt to interrogate the politics of image-making, of processing and representing reality in a time of pessimism.
Claire van Lubeek’s Baby Bar, composed of tiny ceramics and modified images and objects, imagines the last open bar in a dystopic, post-apocalyptic world. Creating a bar staffed by society’s most vulnerable, babies, van Lubeek questions the inequalities of a capitalist system and its representations. In On Photography, Sontag writes ‘cameras miniaturise experience, transform history into spectacle’ but here the process is reversed; the miniature experience is blown up, the spectacle of this tiny bar at the end of the world is magnified, showing details that might otherwise have gone unnoticed.
Working from Sontag’s description of photography as ‘an act of non-intervention’, The person who is recording cannot intervene questions the role of the image-maker as the passive recorder of events. As we’ve seen queer spaces shut and, much like in Isherwood’s Berlin, a proliferation of right-wing views across media (including art), can we (or, perhaps more importantly, should we) create an objective image of this reality?
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Predynastic Egypt (Percy Newberry Collection), 8 results 8
Scarabs and Seals (Percy Newberry Collection), 4 results 4
Nome Ensigns (Percy Newberry Collection)
Level of description Collection File Fonds Item Object Part Series Subfonds Subseries
Drafts on the predynastic period, nomes, ensigns and emblems
NEWB5/1/01
Part of Percy Edward Newberry Collection
Drafts relating to the predynastic period, nomes, ensigns and emblems.
-Two versions of a contents page for a publication to be titled ‘The Cults of Predynastic Egypt’, one of which includes the sub-heading ‘A study of the Cults of Predyn[astic] Eg[ypt] As shown in the Decorated Pots of the Second Civil[isation] of Predyn[astic] Eg[ypt] fully illustrated by slides of the ensigns fig[ured] at the mast heads of boats of the period the Scorpion King s Macehead and on Slate Palettes and maps to show their foreign distribution’.
-Several versions of drafts relating to Dr Elise Baumgartel's disagreement with Newberry’s identification of the harpoon ensign in Baumgartel, Elise J. 1947. The cultures of prehistoric Egypt. Oxford: Griffith Institute; Oxford University Press (OEB 18)
-Two handwritten drafts titled ‘The Harpoon Ensigns’ as well as tracings and draft plates
-Draft relating to Scharff, 'Some Prehistoric Vases in the British Museum', in the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology XIV (1928) (OEB 14965)
-Handwritten draft on boats in predynastic Egypt including a table showing occurences of nome ensigns or standards. Also includes reference to a rock drawing of a sailing vessel, published in Winkler, H. A., Rock-Drawings of Southern Upper Egypt, Volume 1, plate viii., 1939 (OEB 152765).
-Draft titled 'Cult-signs of the Predynastic Period' with details of occurrences of the signs, also includes traced map showing distribution of predynastic cults, tracings of Andjety and notes on his link to the goat, and notes on the pomegranate tree
-Draft on an ensign on a small pot figured in Morgan, J. de 1896. Recherches sur les origins de l'Égypte: l'âge de la pierre et les métaux, plate ix, no.3. Paris: Ernest Leroux (OEB 145678) and other similar examples which according to Newberry are inaccurate
-Cutting of abstract of Newberry, P.E., 'Remarks on some early Egyptian cults', in Transactions of the Third International Congress for the History of Religions, (Oxford, 1908) (OEB 146392)
-Draft titled 'Ensigns figured on pots of the Second Civilisation of the Predynastic Period' with notes
-Drafts relating to the geographical distribution of cults
-Sections of drafts relating to the Tehenu or Libyan Palette (Cairo Museum, CG 14328)
-Revised draft of 'The Petty-Kingdom of the Harpoon and Egypt's earliest Mediterranean Port', in Annals of Archaeology and Anthropology, Volume I, pp.17-22 (1908) (OEB 146389)
-Draft plates for Newberry, P.E., 'The Egyptian Cult-object [R22] and the Thunderbolt', in Annals of Archaeology and Anthropology, Volume 3, pp.50-2 (1910) (OEB 146356)
Evans, (Sir) Arthur John - correspondence
NEWB2/254
Correspondence from Sir Arthur John Evans (1851-1941) including relating to Evans' research, cylinder seals and arranging visits. Also includes letter relating to early Egyptian cults and their symbols which has the following note on the back by Newberry which appears to be an idea for an article: 'Primitive cults of Egypt as Illustrated by Nome Signs'.
MSS 14/36 is also numbered 15
MSS 14/38 is also numbered 274
MSS 14/39 is also numbered A.33
Green, F. W. - correspondence
Correspondence from F. W. Green (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge) including relating to a sale at Sothebys; photos of a stelae of Tyty; bequest from Sir Herbert Tompson and candidates for a position in demotic and coptic; and standards on boat mast heads including notes and sketches; World War Two.
MSS 20/49 is also numbered A.7
MSS 20/50 is also numbered A.189
Jones, Harold - correspondence
Correspondence from Harold Jones including relating to his health and work in Egypt for John Garstang and Theodore Davis. Also includes reference to Howard Carter and correspondence relating to nome signs.
MSS 27/2 is also numbered A.251
MSS 27/5 is also numbered A.92
Leeds, Edward Thurlow - correspondence
1916 - 1945 (no letters 1917-1939)
Correspondence from Edward Thurlow Leeds (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford) including corrections to Newberry's list of nome signs (1916), relating to relocating material during the war including two predynastic bowls belonging to Newberry, Newberry sending his filing cabinets to the Griffith Institute (1939), damage during World War Two, donation of items by Newberry including Egyptian textiles (including draft reply from Newberry), museum acquisitions and copyright ownership of the Howard Carter material.
Also includes: copy of a letter from Newberry to Leeds on copyright ownership of the Howard Carter material; draft letter from Newberry on work during World War Two and gifting books to the Griffith Institute; draft letter from Newberry on donating Persian tiles to the Ashmolean Museum.
Mace, Arthur Cruttenden - correspondence
Correspondence from Arthur Cruttenden Mace (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) including relating to: excavation work in egypt, 1901; decorated predynastic pottery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York including sketches of boats with ensigns on mast heads, 1909; research by Newberry on boats and the pomegranate branch, 1910; his posting to the Supply Reserve Depot in Deptford, S.E., 1917; accession of the Munich collection; apology relating to concession for the Palace of Amenhotep III; purchase of the Macgregor and Hood collections; Carter and Breasted's negotiations with the Egyptian government, 1924.
Also includes a cablegram from Lythgoe cancelling option on the MacGregor collection, 1921.
MSS 30/6 includes a few words on the back relating to boats, 1921.
MSS 30/1 is also numbered 34
Nome ensigns
NEWB4/39
Folder titled 'Drawings Ensigns' containing notes, correspondence, photographs, rubbings, tracings and drawings relating to nome ensigns or standards (also referred to as cult ensigns).
-Section of a draft and notes on the pomegranate tree and pomegranate ensign
-Photographs of boats on predynastic pottery and a rock drawing
-Letter from Newberry to Myrtle Broome relating to a seal of King Den in which he is harpooning and wrestling a hippopotamus published in Petrie, F., 'Royal Tombs of the Earliest Dynasties II', Plate VII 5 and 6, (London, 1901) (OEB 147184), with enclosed tracing
-Tracings of boats from predynastic pottery with museum references
-Drawing, cutting and rubbings of a carved slate in the MacGregor collection resembling the 'Dogs Palette' published in Legge, F. 'A New Carved Slate', in Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, p.87, (1906) (OEB 206093)
-Letter from Carroll R. Young, The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia relating to predynastic pottery that shows boats and standards, including list of relevant items from the Museum and sketch of jar (The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, E1405), 12 July 1944
-Letter from William A. Ritchie, Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences, New York, relating to a boat standard on a predynastic pot (Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences, E15259) on loan from the University Museum, Philadelphia, with sketches, 18 July 1944
-Letter from John D. Cooney, Brooklyn Museum, New York with two enclosed photographs of predynastic vases featuring boats (Brooklyn Museum, 09.272; 07.144) and catalogue notes (letter refers to three photographs but only two with letter)
-Draft on an ensign on a small pot figured in Morgan, J. de, 'Recherches sur les Origines de l'Egypte', plate ix, no.3, (1896) (OEB 145678) and other similar examples which according to Newberry are inaccurate
-Notes and parts of drafts on the harpoon ensign and harpooners including handwritten draft titled 'The Harpoon Ensigns'
-Notes and part of a draft on variant forms of bows
-Notes on the pomegranate ensign
The back of the folder contains a large number of tracings and drawings of cult ensigns or standards, mostly copied from publications.
This folder was previously in a box labelled, during previous archival processing, 'Predynastic pots - Cult ensigns'.
c.1943 Approximate date based on date stamp on envelope
Folder titled 'Egypt. Nomes. Lower Egypt' containing notes on places and nomes in Egypt.
-Notes on the Nile and bibliographic references to the Nile
-Envelope containing notes on Ta-Seti and Aswan including tracing and drawing of a fragment of a stela depicting Khasekhem with a bow on his head published in Quibell, J. E. and F. W. Green 1900-1902. <i>Hierakonpolis</i>, Part 2. London: Bernard Quaritch (OEB 147893)
-Notes on Edfu
-Notes from Mariette-Bey, A. 1871. <i>Dendérah: description générale du grand temple de cette ville</i>, Volume 4, Plate 34, (Paris, 1871) (OEB 144495)
-Nome priests
-Notes and tracings of birds possibly relating to the 18th nome of Upper Egypt Nemty
Notes on nomes
Ringbound notebook containing mostly handwritten notes on nomes, with some additional loose notes, some of which appear to have been cut from other notebooks. First half of the notebook is on nomes in Lower Egypt and the second half on Upper Egypt. Both sections start with a list of the nomes in numerical order and the notes are arranged accordingly. Some pages are titled but do not contain any notes.
The first half of the notebook contains notes on nomes in Lower Egypt including Predynastic nome insignia, titles connected with nomes in Lower Egypt, Thoth and Thoth priests, the Ibis and other animals associated with nomes. There is also the following loose material:
-handwritten notes on the 12th nome of Lower Egypt and sketches of a calf
-typed notes on the name of the 15th nome of Lower Egypt, with draft of a letter to Alan (probably Alan Gardiner)
-handwritten notes on Thenessus and the nome of Nesyt
The second half of the notebook contains notes on nomes in Upper Egypt and the animals associated with the nomes. There is also the following loose material:
-typed and handwritten notes on Coptos
-cutting of an image of an engraving with the caption 'Nilinsel aus dem Sonnen-tempel des Neuserre' [Island in the Nile river from the sun temple of Neuserre]
-handwritten notes on Abydos and tracing
-handwritten notes on the 13th nome which appear to have been taken from other notebooks, also a note written by Diana Magee
The notebook also includes the following references: to a 'notebook on Sais and folder'; a 'Harpoon folder'; and 'see Folder Pig'.
Religion and predynastic cults
Folder titled 'Religion. Cults' containing notes, drawings relating to deities and religion.
Also includes notes on religion in the archaic period and on the relationship between nome ensigns and early cults including their geographical distribution.
This folder was previously in a box labelled, during previous archival processing, 'Religion 3'.
Research material on nomes and standards
Research material on nomes and ensigns or standards. Folder contains a range of loose notes not specific to a particular nome or standard. The notes include a number of references to Newberry's other notebooks.
-Notes relating to the geographical distribution of nomes
-Sketch maps of nomes
-Table of nome ensigns and variations in the predynastic period, protodynastic period and Old Kingdom
-Cutting of an image of statue of a Nome triad: King, Hathor Mistress-of-the-Sycamore and Jackal-nome goddess (Cairo Museum, JE 40679) from the pyramid complex of Menkaurec (TopBib iii.28)
-Notes on Anubis
-Notes on flint knives
-Notes on governors of nomes
-Notes on guinea fowl including sketch of predynastic pot and a guinea fowl
-Notes on Poseidon
-Cutting of golden emblem of Anubis
Also includes a collection of photographs of predynastic pots featuring standards on the mast heads of boats.
Research material on the Bull Kingdom
Research material relating to the 6th nome of Lower Egypt, also known as the Bull Kingdom.
-Photograph of a graffito of a boat with the bull ensign
-Cuttings of bulls and bull ensign
-Notes on cattle including bulls and cows
-Notes titled 'The King as a Bull in the Archaic Period and later'
-Notes on compound ensigns which include the bull
-Copies from publications of bull ensigns and flint knives
-Notes on the location of the Bull Kingdom
Research material on the harpoon and harpoon ensign
Research material relating to the harpoon and the harpoon ensign representing the 7th and 8th nomes of Lower Egypt. Includes notes on the use of the harpoon for hunting including hunting hippos, lists of occurences of the harpoon ensign on predynastic pottery and compound ensigns which include the harpoon and notes on the harpoon shaft including tracings.
Research material on the pomegranate tree and pomegranate ensign
Research notes on the pomegranate tree and ensign identified by Newberry as the branch of a pomegranate tree.
-Copies of Newberry, Percy, 'The Tree of the Herakleopolite Nome', in Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde, Volume 50, pp. 78-9 (OEB 146413)
-Tracings and drawings of depictions of the pomegranate tree or <i>ncr</i>-tree
-Tracings of ensigns from Morgan, J. de, 'Recherches sur les Origines de l'Egypte', (1897) (OEB 145679)
-Drawing of a pot with a boat and pomegranate ensign
-Notes on the pomegranate as the gift of Athena
Research material on the symbol of a falcon in a boat
Research notes, tracings and cuttings relating to the symbol of a falcon in a boat [G7] on the Scorpion Macehead (Ashmolean Museum, AN1896-1908.E3632). Includes cuttings and tracings of other occurences of the symbol.
Research material on the thunderbolt ensign
Research material relating to the thunderbolt ensign representing Min and the 9th nome of Upper Egypt including tracings of occurrences of the ensign on predynastic pottery and draft plates for Newberry, P.E., 'The Egyptian Cult-object [R22] and the Thunderbolt', in Annals of Archaeology and Anthropology, Volume 3, pp.50-2 (1910) (OEB 146356).
Research material relating to Andjety and Bat/Hathor
Research material relating to Andjety, Bat/Hathor and the symbol of the 7th nome of Upper Egypt, including material relating to a hypothesis by Newberry that the symbol of Hathor is a cow's uterus, and that the symbol of Andjety is a goat's uterus.
-Photograph of statue of nome triad: King, Hathor Mistress of the Sycamore and bat-fetish nome goddess (Cairo Museum, JE 46499) (TopBib iii.28)
-Photographs of a predynastic pot featuring dancing figures with headresses bearing the 'cow horn' symbol (British Museum, EA 35502)
-Drawings and tracings of a cow's uterus
-Rubbing, drawing and tracing of the 'Gerzeh palette' featuring Bat symbol (Cairo Museum, CG 34173)
-Drawings showing the head dress of Andjety and the similarity to the shape of a female goats uterus
-Drawings of symbols of Bat and the similarity to the shape of a cow's uterus
-Letter from L. Pugh, Department of Agriculture, relating to the reproductive organs of a goat, 5 Aug 1921
-Notes relating to the symbol representing the bicornate uterus of animals [F45]
-Notes relating to the sistrum
-Draft, notes and draft correspondence on the symbol of the 7th nome of Upper Egypt
-Notes on identification of symbol believed by Victor Loret to be the standard of the 7th nome of Upper Egypt and the symbol of Hathor
-Notes on the standard or ensign as it appears on predynastic pottery
-Notes on shepherds
-Notes on the girdle tie and Tjet amulet also known as the Isis knot
-Notes on 'split totems' or the worship of parts of animals
-Cutting of Griffith, F., 'Notes on Mythology: Eileithyia in Egypt. The God of Busiris. Hermes Trismegistus', in Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, (1899) (OEB 140774)
-Notes on Astarte
Notes include reference to NB [Notebook] 35, NB 38, and NB 41.
Research material relating to Neith
Notes and parts of drafts relating to Neith. Includes notes on the figure of eight shield with crossed arrows, single and compound ensigns featuring bows and crossed arrows, the Minoan-Mycenaean Goddess of the Bow, and different forms of bow and arrows.
-Draft titled 'The Minoan-Mycenaean Goddess of the Bow'
-Tracings of stone bead seals
-Notes on the form of bows and depictions of bow like objects
-Part of draft and notes on Neith and the bow of Neith
-Notes on Athena
-Notes relating to Libya
-Reprint of Hogarth, D.G. 'The Zakro Sealings', in Journal of Hellenic Studies, Volume XXII, (1902)
Notes also include reference to 'NB [Notebook] Sais and Folder'.
Research material relating to symbols of Neith
Research notes, tracings and drawings relating to symbols of Neith including bows, shields, crossed arrows, as well as boats with these symbols on their mast head.
-Photograph of a predynastic pot in the British Museum featuring crossed arrows on the mast head
-Beginnings of a draft titled 'The Ensigns of Neith. (1) The Crossed Arrows'
-Plates prepared for article (not published)
Research material relating to the sand dune symbol
Research material relating to the sand dune symbol [N25].
-Photograph of a pot from the MacGregor collection featuring a boat with the symbol for sand dunes on the mast head [N25]
-Notes, drafts, cuttings and tracings on the sand dune symbol [N25], occurences of the symbol on predynastic pots, the bull kingdom or 6th nome of Lower Egypt and the God Ha
-Notes on the geographic distribution of the sand dune cult
Research material relating to throw sticks and boomerangs
Research notes, tracings and drawings relating to throw sticks and boomerangs, and the associated ensigns and cults. Includes tracings of a boomerang on the mast head of a boat.
-Draft titled The Cult of the Boomerang
-Notes relating to occurrences of the boomerang and throw stick ensigns on Predynastic pottery
-Cutting of Eggers, H., 'A Study of the Boomerang', in Proceedings of United States National Museum, (1888), pp.363-367
-Photographs of throw sticks including man holding two throw sticks
Research notebook
1908 - c.1939
Notebook titled on inside page '1908-9 - Percy E. Newberry - University of Liverpool - c/o Thomas Cook and Sons - Cairo or Luxor'. It has also been labelled during previous archival processing 'Miscellaneous - Mainly sealings and other early dynastic material'.
Notebook contains short notes on a range of different topics, copies of inscriptions, drawings, cuttings and rubbings of scarabs and seals.
Includes notes on religion, geography, museum collections and objects, genealogy of the Newberry family, nome ensigns or standards, cult symbols and architecture.
This notebook was previously in a box labelled, during previous archival processing, 'Sealings, Scarabs, Cylinders'.
Wainwright, Gerald Averay - correspondence
Correspondence from Gerald Averay Wainwright including relating to travel to Egypt; a stela in the Cairo Museum; the tomb of Teti-ki; 'finances of independent Egypt' and the Egyptian Railway (1925); Newberry's research on nome standards (1932); hieroglyphic sign of a seven petaled flower.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate impeachment trial on whether to remove U.S. President Donald Trump from office formally began on Thursday even as a congressional watchdog found that the White House broke the law by withholding security aid for Ukraine approved by Congress.
The assessment from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office was a setback for Trump, even though it was unclear if it would figure in his trial in the Republican-led Senate given that key issues such as whether witnesses will appear or new evidence will be considered remain up in the air.
Democrat Adam Schiff, who heads a team of seven House of Representatives members who will serve as prosecutors, appeared on the Senate floor to read the two charges passed by the House on Dec. 18 accusing Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress arising from his dealings with Ukraine.
Chief Justice John Roberts, wearing his black judicial robe, was led onto the Senate floor by four senior lawmakers. He took an oath to preside over the trial and then swore in the assembled senators, instructing them to raise their right hand, asking, “Do you solemnly swear that in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of Donald John Trump, president of the United States, now pending you will do impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws, so help you God?”
The 99 senators present signed their assent one by one. One senator - Republican Jim Inhofe - was in his home state of Oklahoma to be with a family member facing a medical issue, according to his office, but was due to sign later in the day.
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5 MILLION Opiate Pills - From One Privileged Fuck
Big Jim's Worn Out Tire Sale Fri 17 Jan 2020 14:27:22 No.533146 ViewReplyOriginalReport
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/investigations/one-doctor-and-49-million-addictive-pills-now-under-federal-investigation/51-a024e1a2-6e9a-4497-b6ac-b94bab027925
Dr. Bruce Coffey and his degenerate wealthy sons helped fuel the opiate epidemic crisis in Oneida, Tennessee. Some dumb fuck town, perfect location for a million-dollar drug operation. And you would think, his 500 patients a day would be enough money for his whore family, but it wasn't. He also owned the pharmacy next store he'd send the victims to get their dope from.
Assholes like this one, are what politicians (left and right) and local law enforcers allow to do business that destroys our families in this nation. It took a "federal investigation" to take this scum bag down. Yet, he's still running his drug businesses! Thanks to his local and state supporters in government and the judicial system.
These doctors are idiots from the get-go! Privileged retards. Their educations are paid for. Even the test and exam scores! So when they finally get that "doctor" title, they do what most dummies with drug connections do, start selling drugs. But this prick was selling so many addictive pills, it was enough to supply the entire town; 15 pills per resident, per day!
Assholes, like this guy, turn our children into drug addicts. And they get away with it! Local protection. It's always local.
We need a FEDERAL POLICE agency. Police to police the police. Like a big brother watching you. But not in a hillbilly way. That's just sick.
>give capitalism a bad name
But he's doing capitalism. Only money matters. He's the perfect capitalist. Money is the end of the road in ism called capitalism. In real life it's not but what you get with that money.
Pro tip: it's not socialism to be against capitalism. Just like being against christianism doesn't make someone a muslim. Binary logic doesn't work if there are more than two options. And there are. You can be against all isms or religions. It's all bullshit anyway.
Meanwhile, when I had to get a tooth pulled a few years back, the dentist wouldn’t prescribe me any pain killers until after the extraction… a fucking week away!
There is no way this pain killer epidemic became an epidemic without pharmaceutical corporations bribing politicians and law enforcement into letting it happen.
This shit ain’t being smuggled in from overseas and it’s not like you can grow Oxycontin in your backyard, it’s being manufactured in multi-bazillion dollar facilities owned by Wall Street pharmaceutical corporations and knowingly sold on the black market.
Big Jim's Worn Out Tire Sale Fri 17 Jan 2020 22:51:20 No.533376 Report
>the dentist wouldn’t prescribe me any pain killers
Most likely because he was close to his DEA limit. When they get close to that peak, only good paying customers get the dope. Though their are prescribers who eat at the same dinner table with a judge, a police captain, politician and so these assholes feel untouchable and shoots the bird at the DEA.
Kek, the DEA responded this time to one of those birds.
Its a TRILLION....TRILLION.....TRILLION dollar empire. This isn't some Starbucks money. These people own judges, courtrooms, sheiffs, federal agents, politicians.
And when I hear, "ahhh...just say no.....ahh...you don't have to...duh!" Those people are fucking jackasses. They place themselves on top of pedestals. And, kek, some of them are fat disgusting fucks that should easily BREAK any column.
Our children are being targeted by not just drug cartels in South America, but our own people from the upper-society. Our children don't understand SHIT about life yet, so its not that they're dumb as shit for getting hooked on dope, its because the parents are. Or they just don't give a fuck about their kids unless its show and tell.
You're a literal brainlet. I bet you're extremely confident in your retard opinions aren't you?
People like you have turned me into a technocrat.
Morons that can vote.
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Florida Thief Wearing "Hover Shoes" Fleeces Walmart
JANUARY 16--A man wearing a pair of self-balancing hover skates recently rolled into a Walmart, filled up his cart, and then glided out of the Florida store without paying for the merchandise, police say.
In a bid to identify the “futuristic thief,” cops in Winter Haven have released surveillance video showing him zipping into and around the store on January 8.
According to a Winter Haven Police Department report, the suspect made off with $551.08 worth of merchandise, including paint, a trash can, a vehicle battery, a bouquet of flowers, a Roku TV, and a Motokicks hoverboard.
A cop noted that the perp used a "hover board to push the shopping cart through the store by standing on it and hovering while selecting items."
The thief, who has a large tattoo on his forearm, drove away from Walmart in a late-90s Nissan Maxima sedan with "two different sets of aftermarket chrome wheels, and slight hood damage."
The suspect appears to be wearing a pair of Voyager brand Space Shoes. The shoes, which cost about $200, use self-balancing technology and are the “next generation of E-mobility, with two skates that are independent of each other,” according to the manufacturer.
The Space Shoes have a maximum speed of 6.2 MPH and a range of five miles before they need recharging. The shoes, each of which weighs six pounds, include “fun, bright” LED lights (as seen on the Walmart footage).
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/hovering-walmart-thief-178492
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrVuNfuRY0o
>product placement in the news
How dare you assume the thief's race based on its skin color. Race is political social construct & anyone can identify as any race it chooses to!
BBC lives rent free in your head, mouth and ass I see. /pol/tards like you are of the lowest IQ.
Because this is an advertisement campaign, brainlet. Some retard robbed a walmart, happens all the time. Thesmokinggun decides to do a filler article on it and contacts the space shoes company and says "Hey we'll do a Florida Man story on your shoes and really hype them up for X amount of $" and they go "Sure, here are all the features, you have to call them e-mobility shoes and don't forget to emphasize how fun and bright the LEDs are"
another aspect of the jewish problem
immigration (pushed by crazy jews) of Muslims into gay/jew infested EU causes shift to square knives to keep everyone from killing each other
https://foxwilmington.com/headlines/uk-company-to-sell-knives-with-square-tips-after-sharp-rise-in-knife-crime/
>Lefties: UK please don't leave! REEEEEEE
>also Lefties: the EU is better off without the them
you're all retarded children
>are you trying to present people helping other as a bad thing?
I think he's trying to say that flooding a country of homos with muslim fag-droppers actually causes harm to people.
but you were trying to be clever
you are just now beginning to understand the power and reasoning behind british dentistry
Yeah, it's not like humans have the capacity to live with each other peacfuly. Must be the jews.
Take your meds
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A Ukrainian man nearly lost his genitals after his wife put him in a painful DIY chastity belt for being unfaithful.
The unnamed man in his 40’s, from the city of Zaporizhia, in southern Ukraine, told doctors that he woke up one morning earlier this week to find a big metal nut screwed onto his wiener. It had been “installed” by his wife, as a way to stop him from being unfaithful, but the man claimed that it was strangulating his organ. He tried removing it himself, but the nut didn’t budge, so he had no choice but to call an ambulance.
Unfortunately for the desperate man, hospital staff could do little to help with his delicate problem, so a specialist team of rescuers were called in. They used a circular saw to slice the piece of metal in two, while pouring water on it to keep it from overheating because of the friction. There wasn’t too much they could do about the sparks, so the patient just had to endure.
“We received a call from doctors who asked to remove the nut,” rescuer Oleksandr Brienko said. “We used special equipment to do the job. The man was lying on the surgical operating table under anaesthesia while we were cutting the object off.”
“We often face similar incidents and are quite trained in removing rings, handcuffs and other objects off people’s bodies. In this case, we actually saved the man’s penis. He will be able to become a father in the future,” fellow rescuer Eduard Nekhoroshev added.
The Ukrainian man is currently being treated in the hospital, but is expected to make a full recovery. According to local media reports, he is considering asking for a divorce.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-U1dQxvCNY&feature=emb_title
https://www.odditycentral.com/news/woman-puts-husband-in-diy-chastity-belt-to-prevent-him-from-cheating.html
Come to BitMEX, the land of opportunity.(×100 cryptocurrency Exchange)
https://blog.naver.com/bisbisbisbis/221774919412
So a dip in a cold pool and some baby oil wasn't gonna cut it, eh?
>>>/diy/
penis envy.
never trust a woman, they all secretly hate you.
The burger cope on this issue is always fucking hilarious
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Florida Man, 20, Cuts Sweet Plea Deal In Dumb-As-Dirt Felony Case
The Florida Man arrested for using a front-end loader to dump a bucket of dirt on his girlfriend’s car has escaped with a judicial slap on the wrist, according to court records.
Hunter Mills, who was scheduled for a January 6 trial for felony criminal mischief, recently struck a plea deal that resulted in a deferred prosecution agreement and his placement in a pretrial diversion program.
If Mills, 20, successfully completes the program--which is afforded to some first-time offenders--the criminal charge will likely be dismissed. Most diversion programs last 12 months.
Mills was arrested in August after he covered a 2010 Cadillac driven by his girlfriend in dirt. The woman had driven to meet Mills on a road adjacent to the headquarters of an excavation firm that sells top soil and landscaping materials. The dumping site was in Crestview, a city about 50 miles from Pensacola.
According to an arrest report, when Mills’s girlfriend “refused to answer a question,” Mills--who arrived at the meeting site in a front-end loader--“dumped the dirt on the driver side half of the vehicle, causing scratches to the top, hood, and trunk. The window was down during the incident, which caused dirt to fill up the air vents, center console, and power windows.”
The car’s owner estimated that his ride suffered $8000 in damages.
When questioned by police, Mills admitted covering the car in dirt, but “stated that he did this in an attempt to get [the woman] to leave him alone.”
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/criminal-mischief/dirt-dump-plea-deal-085139
>cover de Cadillac driven by her in dirt
>Her boyfriend
>She refused to answer question
>The owner of the Cadillac said he was...
>He
who wants to bet she's a rostie and the owner of the Cadillac was her new boyfriend and the question was "where'd you get that Cadillac"
Hah, didn't catch that at first, probably exactly what happened
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Australia fires are harbinger of planet’s future, say scientists
Apocalyptic scenes give glimpse of what would be normal conditions in 3C world
The bushfires ravaging Australia are a clear sign of what is to come around the world if temperatures are allowed to rise to dangerous levels, according to scientists.
“This is what you can expect to happen … at an average of 3C [above pre-industrial levels],” said Richard Betts, professor of geography at Exeter University. “We are seeing a sign of what would be normal conditions in a 3C world. It tells us what the future world might look like. This really brings home what climate change means.”
Average temperature rises in Australia were about 1.4C above pre-industrial levels before this season’s fires, showing a more rapid rate of heating than the global average of 1.1C.
Scientists warn that beyond a rise of 2C, the impacts of climate breakdown are likely to become catastrophic and irreversible, yet current global commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris agreement are estimated to put the world on track for 3C of heating.
“These are the impacts we are seeing at 1C [of heating] so these impacts will get more [severe] as long as we do not do what it takes to stabilise the world climate,” warned Corinne Le Quéré, professor of climate change science and policy at the University of East Anglia (UEA). “This is not a new normal – this is a transition to more impacts.”
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jan/14/australia-bushfires-harbinger-future-scientists
>Climate Change isn't fixable
You put your conclusion first, there
Anyway, the term "industrialization" is meaningless. What is at issue is how new technologies are implemented, regulated, and enforced, and how existing (presently obsolete) technologies are rounded up, and sent to a recycler.
How do you dismantle a coal plant? And how does someone run their life on electricity at $0.50/kWh? These are questions people who are fighting climate change care nothing about, partly because the conservatives have made such a great case about "the Market" and its ability to solve EVERY problem that humans need. I agree.
Those are problems to be solved by "the Market". The "invisible hand" is going to be "guided" to solutions... by governments, corporations, individuals, and groups, and (not) you... but who cares about you.
You are going to lose access to concentrated liquid fuels.... coal, oil, gas and wood. There is nothing that can be done about it. Buy a bicycle, save money now, or you be poor in the future.
You will eventually be housed in a mass-produced "Box" cities... along with the rest of the idiots. Behind walls, I'm definitely sure. "Jobs" as we knew them will not exist. Robots will build things in far away factories.
lol no none of this shit is going to happen, our leaders have to be elected and the moment they try to force shit like this through is the moment they get run out of town on a rail.
>We can adapt to it though
It's been 50 years since we've known how bad it could be if we didn't change how things worked and exactly shit has been done about it. There will be no adaptation and it will all crash down on everyone with no exception.
>if we didn't change how things worked
>we
what have you done to do your part?
Wouldn't you like to know, glowfag
tfw you try to get Ukraine to investigate your opponent but they investigate you instead
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-opens-investigation-into-purported-monitoring-of-former-amb-marie-yovanovitch/
Before the whistleblower complaint, The Ukranian president was supposed to go on CNN to mention investigations into Hunter Biden if he wanted the money.
>no that evidence doesn't count!
Jim Jordan blew that little lie right out of the fucking water, the fact that you are still bringing it up tells me only one thing
>you havent read the transcripts
Jim Jordan and Devin Nunes are my personal heroes and proof why only Republicans should be allowed to vote. We're the only ones with sense to actually vote in competent and fair people.
I am meh about Nunes but Jordan, Paul and Gowdy are truly great men.
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Vatican Hides $2 Billion in Assets to Limit Abuse Payouts
Anonymous Sat 11 Jan 2020 12:46:33 No.530025 ViewReplyOriginalReport
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-01-08/the-catholic-church-s-strategy-to-limit-payouts-to-abuse-victims
Dioceses are aggressively moving and reclassifying holdings to shrink the value of their bankruptcy estates.
More dioceses are filing for bankruptcy now that rules are changing about how much time a victim has to sue over abuse. Seven states and the District of Columbia passed laws in 2019 that suspend the statute of limitations on civil sex abuse suits, and at least three other states are considering them.
In many cases, churches precede bankruptcy by transferring and reclassifying assets. The effect is to shrink the pot of money available to clergy abuse victims. That and Chapter 11’s universal settlements and protections from further claims have been an effective one-two punch for limiting payouts. A Bloomberg Businessweek review of court filings by lawyers for churches and victims in the past 15 years shows that the U.S. Catholic Church has shielded more than $2 billion in assets from abuse victims in bankruptcies using these methods. “The survivors should have gotten that money, and they didn’t,” says Terry McKiernan, president of BishopAccountability.org. “The Catholic Church has behaved like a business. It hasn’t behaved like a religion that lives by the rules it espouses.”
COUNTDOWN TO POPE FRANCIS CONDEMNING THE GAYS IN THREE >>> TWO >>>
I, too, desire the world to have infinity niggers.
Actually most humans are Asians
When is Bloomberg.com going to report on presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg's connection to Ghislaine Maxwell? They seem like they be in a great position to cover this very newsworthy relationship, Bloomberg.com's paying advertisers would really be pleased with that, news is a business, gotta keep the customer satisfied.
This seems to be the latest on Ghislaine Maxwell, from NZ instead of NY, sad.
Prince Andrew's Accuser Blasts Naomi Campbell
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12301375
They aren't going to report on it because it's bullshit.
he's still one of the wealthy
unless they need something out of him, everybody keeps their mouths shut
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[1969 North American Sled Dog Championship Race - Fairbanks, Alaska]
These scenes from the 1969 North American Championship Sled Dog Races in Fairbanks, Alaska, filmed by Fairbanks photographer Richard L. Hansen, include: an Alaska Dog Mushers Association sign; a Sled Dog Races Sweepstakes sign; dogs in dog boxes on a truck; a truck with Malamak logos; a man removing dogs from dog boxes and placing dogs in harness; a race board with names including Lombard, Attla, Redington, Shepard, Taylor, Nayokpuk, McDougall, Lake, and Folger; a race announcer; a drum filled with slips of paper for a drawing; spectators watching as the race starts under snowy conditions; a variety of dogs in harnesses; spectators buying and eating cotton candy; close-up views of dogs; a close-up view of a Fairbanks Dog Mushers Association patch on a man’s coat; many people in colorful parkas and boots; dogs rolling in snow; a sign for George Attla sponsored by J.C. Penney Co.; mushers; a truck for Wright's Aurora Huskies; and dogs peeking out of dog boxes on a truck.
In the first segment, reporter Mark Weller examines the struggle between Ahtna, Inc. and the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company over agreements made prior to construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Those interviewed include: Roy Tansy, president of Ahtna, Inc.; Christine Yazzie, past president of Ahtna, Inc.; Jimmy McKinley of Copper Center; Dean Olson, business advisor to Ahtna, Inc.; unidentified Copper Center residents; Bernie Kline (?) of Copper Center; and John Ratterman, Alyeska spokesman. The program contains scenes from the 1978 AFN Convention in Anchorage as well as views of the pipeline and the Copper Center area. In the second segment, Eric Eckholm reports on controversies surrounding the combating of forest fires in Alaska. Those interviewed include: Jerry Timmins, BLM fire chief for Interior Alaska; Ray Settles, state fire chief; Carl Jeglum, BLM fire researcher; and Davis Perkins, smokejumper and artist. The program contains views of wildfires, fire fighting equipment, fire fighting crews and aircraft. This program also contains Public Service Announcements (PSAs) about Social Security and home mortgages.
The first segment, "Fred Machetanz: An Alaskan Master," is a repeat broadcast from another Alaska Review program (AAF-4959). The second segment, "Blazing Skies," is a repeat broadcast from another Alaska Review program (AAF-4950). The program also contains Public Service Announcements (PSAs) about the Consumer Information Center, social responsibility, and solar energy.
Reporter Mark O. Badger examines the impact of worldwide demand for salmon, the rebuilding of Alaska's salmon stocks, salmon fishing and processing methods, limited entry permits and government regulations, and conflicts within the Alaskan fishing industry. Those interviewed include: Al Adasiak (misspelled in title screen), chairman of the Limited Entry Commission; unidentified people at fish camp; unidentified commercial fisherman; Jack Milnes, aquaculture director for SSERAA(?); Dave Kron, state biologist; Wally Neurenberg; Doug Holenbeck, manager of Harbor Seafoods in Wrangell; Heidi Lee (?), fisherman; Frank Warfel (name likely misspelled in title screen), Wrangell fisherman; Will Bergman, State Department of Fish and Game biologist at Petersburg; Jim Beaton, commercial fisherman from Juneau and member of the State Board of Fisheries; Scott Roth, National Bank of Alaska manager at Petersburg; Carson Boysen, Petersburg artist; Bob Thorstensen, president of Petersburg Fisheries; and unidentified people involved in the fishing industry and residents of southeast Alaska. The program contains views of the Tanana River, a fish camp, fish processing facilities, fishing boats, the Crystal Lake Hatchery in Petersburg, the mending of a gill net, a purse seining demonstration, and several southeast Alaska fishing communities. Program also contains Public Service Announcements (PSAs) about the Social Security Administration and boat safety.
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Reporters Eric Eckholm and Mark O. Badger travel with a group of Alaska fishermen to explore bottomfishing techniques in Norway and Denmark and to examine the ways in which those techniques could be adapted to the Alaskan fishing industry. Those interviewed include: Alfred Nygard of the Norway Export Council; Jim Edenso, Alaska's bottomfish coordinator in Juneau; Mike Painter of Ketchikan; Chuck Parsons of Homer; Stan Reddekopp of Juneau; Bjorn Bong; Kurt Bergen, a Norwegian union representative; an unidentified member of Denmark's Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Peter Weis of Denmark; Shari Gross; Dave Osterback of Sand Point; Birgir Danielsen of Faroe Seafoods Marketing; Prime Minister Atla P. Dam; and unidentified speakers. The program contains views of coastal fishing villages in Norway and Denmark, fishing and crabbing vessels, and fish processing facilities.
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As predicted, AG report loves teen driver decals
Posted on May 9, 2011 by Bob Ingle
Sean Kean
Back when lawmakers couldn’t admit their foolishness in passing a law to have young drivers put a red decal on their license plates they put off angry parents by saying the Attorney General’s Office would do a study. We said we can tell you how that turns out before it begins — there will be no problems. Turns out that’s what happened. Attorney General Paula Dow says one 17-year-old has reported she was targeted as a result of the sticker. Sen Sean Kean reacted: “It’s a situation where I have to weigh the pros and cons and the negatives outweigh the pros. The cons are from parents who are concerned about it.” Of course, that was one official report. They can’t measure how often it happened and was not reported. They also don’t know how many parents refused to allow their kids to use the decals.
This is about numbskull lawmakers and bureaucrats who can’t admit they had a stupid idea. The first clue should have been it was named after someone — that usually means a bill rushed through to make people feel good.
Here’s the bureaucratic view from a former state bureaucrat Pam Fischer, who was director of the state Highway Safety Division under Gov. Corzine. She said the report vindicates the idea of identifying teen drivers to police so they can enforce provisions of the graduated driver’s license law.
Or the cops could enforce it after a teen is stopped for doing something wrong the cop witnesses, the way it works with other divers. It’s a good thing Christie sent Fischer packing — she was the darling of the big Click It Or Ticket waste of time. He should have eliminated the job to help out the budget because it’s obvious not much good comes from the office.
If Fischer and like thinkers, such as Assemblyman John Wisniewski, had been against this they would have said when the report came out, “One child threatened is one child too many.” Wisniewski, who also is chairman of the state Democratic Party, and Fischer think parents should just shut up because they know more than parents what’s best for the teen drivers.
About Bob Ingle
Bob Ingle is Senior Political Columnist for Gannett New Jersey newspapers and co-author of The New York Times' Best Seller, "The Soprano State: New Jersey's Culture of Corruption" and "Chris Christie: The Inside Story Of His Rise To Power". He has won numerous journalism awards and is often a news analyst on radio and television. Twitter @ bobingle99.
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5 Responses to As predicted, AG report loves teen driver decals
O&APartyRock says:
What I’d like to know is if this sticker has reduced the incidents of teen driving deaths. Wasn’t this sticker the work of parents who’s little princess drove wrecklessly & died? So has this sticker magically protected kids from their own stupidity, and reduced the incidents of speeding, accidents, and fatalities?
speedkillsu says:
Some day this will come back to haunt them ,and they will not take responsibility for there actions .Just like Bionnie Watson Coleman ‘s early- release prison program that led to the death of another man ……..I can only hope I ‘m wrong on this one because it will involve a child
KalNJ says:
What’s with the love for license plates decals?
Which “cousin of…” owns a factory to produce those?
Those decals have been a failure every time they were tried in NJ.
I agree with a “new driver” sign for ALL new drivers, but why not just print one off the Internet and put it in your back window?
alex hamilton says:
That’s funny. My daughter got stopped for doing nothing wrong the first day the decals were required. I wrote letters, called politicians, even called the brain institute and talked for a half an hour.
Where did she do her study? Kansas??!!!
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The politicians are playing with fire with this law. The law is a knee-jerk reaction that is going to cause irreprehensible harm to another family. The A.G. and the former director to the HTSD are saying that the numbers do not support a repeal of the law. The simple fact that the possibility, not statistical probability, exists for a predator to target a teen is in itself proof that the law is flawed.
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Flags lowered in NJ today to honor Scalia February 19, 2016
Today is Friday, February 19th, 2016. Here’s today’s Daily Quickie calendar of what’s happening in New Jersey politics — the last of a 1,488-part series. Flags at state buildings are flown at half-staff today and Saturday to mourn the passing … Continue reading →
NJ Assembly meets for voting session February 18, 2016
Here’s the New Jersey politics calendar for Thursday, February 18th, 2016 … Flags are flown at half-staff at all state buildings to honor Port Authority of New York & New Jersey police officer Elise Bastardo of Wall Township, who was … Continue reading →
Sweeney in Linden calling for Tremley Point interchange February 17, 2016
On the New Jersey political calendar on Wednesday, February 17th, 2016: Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno attends the grand opening ceremony for Nygala Corporation/FLOMO USA, 11:30 a.m. in Moonachie. Senate President Stephen Sweeney, Sen. Nicholas Scutari and Assemblymen Jerry Green and … Continue reading →
Christie foes plan rally and retort to budget plan February 16, 2016
On Tuesday, February 16th, 2016 in New Jersey politics: Gov. Chris Christie delivers the 2017 budget speech to a joint session of the Legislature, 2 p.m. in the Statehouse’s Assembly chamber in Trenton. Assembly Democrats will be livestreaming their formal … Continue reading →
Guadagno attending opening of Plainfield magnet school February 12, 2016
A very light New Jersey politics calendar heading into President’s Day weekend on this Friday, February 12th, 2016 … Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno attends the grand opening of the Plainfield Academy for the Arts and Advanced Studies, 1 p.m. in … Continue reading →
Trenton today: Sick leave, Sandy funds, benefits report February 11, 2016
On New Jersey’s political calendar on this Thursday, February 11th, 2016: Senate voting session, 1 p.m. at the Statehouse in Trenton. Among the 22 bills listed on the agenda: requiring companies to offer paid sick leave to employees, Port Authority … Continue reading →
Christie’s schedule: Detouring back to New Jersey February 10, 2016
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At last, the all-important New Hampshire primary February 9, 2016
On Tuesday, February 9th, 2016, the big story in New Jersey politics takes place in New Hampshire … Gov. Chris Christie’s presidential campaign faces its first crucial test in today’s New Hampshire primary. His polling average shows him in 6th … Continue reading →
Christie in New Hampshire: 4 town halls, 1 day to go February 8, 2016
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Christie’s New Hampshire bus tour rolls on February 5, 2016
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CT Scam?
(How much should you pay for a CT scan, that vital diagnostic test, if you fall seriously sick? No one really knows…)
“How much do you charge for a CT scan of the whole abdomen?”
That’s what I have been asking diagnostic labs and hospitals across the country for the last few days. I don’t need to look beyond the NCR. But ever since I took up this quest, it has become almost a game with me. Ask. Note down. And then laugh at the absolute lack of consistency (and transparency) in the market. It all started with a stomach scan that a Calcutta lab did on my father and charged a whopping sum. Being a patient—scared and pliant as ever—he coughed up the money without even raising an eye brow. My entreaties that my friend has paid only Rs 2,000 for a head and neck scan didn’t even cut much ice. But it did trigger off this search:
“It’s Rs 7,000,” pat came the reply at Delhi’s Mahajan Imaging Center.
—“Because we have to give some medicine before that”
I tried a less upscale outlet. At Pitampura’s Saral MRI & CT Scan it went down by about Rs 1000. After calling up the Delhi MR & CT Scan Centre at posh Safdarjung Enclave, I was a bit more sure that CT scan costs, for some reason, do not depend on how advanced a device is but more on the neighbourhood. Unpredictably, CT scans cost more or less the same at Hauz Khas and at Safdarjung.
In Mumbai, however, this neighbourhood rationale doesn’t’ work. At posh Breach Candy it’s Rs 7,750. At Jaslok it’s around Rs 8,600 (“Because we use a 64-slice CT scanner”). At the new stunner, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital it’s Rs 6,500 (wow! But wait for the catch. “We don’t do plain abdomen. You have to do a pelvic scan, too. That’ll be Rs 8,500”). Expect the costs to go down in Vashi? Don’t be silly. Along with bars, hotels, discotheques, malls and multiplexes, uptown no longer downmarket. Hence Vashi Diagnostic Centre asks for a neat Rs 8,500.
Calcutta threw me for a loop. At that much-touted cheapest metro of India, CT scans are inexplicably high: at Quadra on Hazra Road it’s nearly Rs 8,000, at the old and established Eko Diagnostic Limited opposite Nehru Children’s Museum, it’s 8,500 and at the AMRI hospital in Salt Lake it zooms to Rs 10,800. Hold on. No one can match Apollo Chennai.
—“It’s Rs 11,620 here.”
—“That’s the Apollo rate.”
Yet at Bangalore’s Sagar Apollo, the cost for CT scanning “whole abdomen” comes to Rs 5,000! And I have heard that in Hyderabad the average cost is between Rs 2,000-3,000.
Does the Government of India update its websites on such hearsay? Why else would the Incredible India website (http: //www.incredibleindia.org/ microsite/ medical/indicative_costs.htm) run by the Ministry of Tourism indicate that (obviously for medical tourists) that CT scan rates in India are well below Rs 3,000. In a 2005 study, ‘Financing and Delivery of Health Care Services in India’, done under the aegis of the Ministry of Health, the “estimated average cost” of CT Scans is given as Rs 2,700 in public hospitals, Rs 3,333 in private hospitals and Rs 1,999 in stand alone diagnostics centres.
Are they providing state-of-the-art devices? Nah. Ask around and most labs seem to have ancient 4 or 6-slice CT scans. Your mind boggles at the price range the hospital biggies with fourth-gen, 256-slice machines would ask for! Have costs generally gone up, then (like it does for potatoes or petrol)? But how can a 38-year-old imaging modality suddenly become more expensive, when only “new and advanced” technological wonders command a hefty price? May be demand has come down, hence labs are being forced to push up the costs to break even? Not possible. With 0.39 CT scans per 100,000 population in India, demand can not be an issue.
To me it looks like a story of uncontrolled greed in a sector that’s going through a hectic phase of growth and patients who still do not think of themselves as healthcare “consumers”. Look at a scenario where greed doesn’t work: the Saibaba Sansthan Hospital in Shirdi has a high-end, 64 slice CT scanner bought for Rs 4.5 crore. What does a stomach scan cost there? Just Rs 3,000. How? It’s run on no-profit-no-loss basis for members.
Here’s a bit of feel-good piece of news: the US, despite all its might, charges about $6,500 for an abdominal CT scan.
April 14, 2010 Posted by Damayanti Datta
Tags: Vashi Diagnostic Centre, Saral MRI CT Scan, Salt Lake, Safdarjung Enclave, Pitampura, Mumbai, Mahajan Imaging Center, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, India, Delhi MR CT Scan Centre, Delhi, Culcutta, CT Scan, Breach Candy, AMRI hospital
Thanks for the detailed study for CT scan price across the country. But my dear friend this is a grossly skewed study because the you can get potatoes from Rs 2 per Kg to Rs 20 per Kg, depends from where you buy, from whom you buy, which place you buy. This ten times difference is much more than the difference in the price of CT scan. Do you think the farmer or the shopkeeper is much more greedy than a doctor? Do you know how much efforts it take to become a doctor? Do you know eho own these hospitals or CT scan centers? Did you take into account the exact details of the type of study? Type of contrast? Amount of contrast? Who reads the study? The quality of the study andthe quality of the report? Accuracy of the report? Do you know how much it cost to make any drug and how much you pay for it? Do you know how much it take a make a shirt and how much it sell for? Do you know how much it cost to grow rice and how much it cost to a common man? Do know the cost ( including time, money, sacrifice) you pay to become a doctor? Do a complete study, take all factors into account and than let everybody know about ncluding about yours own business who is how much greedy (do some introspection) ? Till that time this stupid study does not make any sense.
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I was looking for a dental implant for a lower denture.In USA,the cost varied from $7000 to $30000.In India it was around Rs 50000!
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The value of health (when at stake) is directly proportional to the amount of money in the pocket and our private health sector knows that everyone is ready to empty them. It’s better to die hungry than kick the bucket with a full stomach. The last minute of life is the longest and worth all the money in the world. Most of healthcare money in this world is spent in this long last minute. This minute is the Xmas Turkey and it’s just understandable that everyone wants to feast on it. Thank God I am a vegetarian.
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The Grand Canal, from The Library of Congress, at loc.gov.
LONGEST CANAL IN HISTORY
The Grand Canal of China is not only the world’s oldest canal, it is far longer than either Suez or Panama. At 1,795 kilometers (or 1,114 miles) it has 24 locks and 60 bridges, and claim to the title of longest canal. Building began in 486 B.C. with an important extension decreed in the third century, BCE during the Qin Dynasty.
COMMON LANGUAGE MADE POSSIBLE BY CANAL
The Grand Canal, connecting China via an internal route, greatly improved not only defense but administration. It was the first Qin emperor in 221 BCE who standardized writing in China. Before this, each area had its own particular writing system. But with the help of the connections made by the Grand Canal. the so-called Qin script became the official set of characters, required for all state and governmental affairs. This script made possible the governance of China, and region became a nation through standardized language uniting different, and vastly distant, areas. In this sense, the Grand Canal with the addition of Qin script was the internet of its time.
Kublai Khan, by Liu Kuan-Tao ca. 1280 CE from the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipe, from Michigan State University, at msu.edu.
It was Kublai Khan, (grandson of Genghis Khan, the ruler who ordered the excavation of a direct waterway between his newly founded city of Dadu – today’s Beijing – and Hangzhou) who, when he became emperor, directed grain be transported to Dadu. 816,000 tons of grain were delivered annually, the major share – 537,000 tons – coming from the south via sea or the canal. But the canal stopped short of Dadu. So the grain had to be offloaded and piled onto carts pulled by draft animals conscripted just like soldiers. As a result, local farmers could not plow their fields and agriculture suffered. To make matters worse, many animals died along the route. And so it was failure that led Kublai Khan to order the completion of the seventh and final section of the Grand Canal, straightening the route to make it more efficient, and enabling all of China to communicate with the new center of political and cultural life, Dadu/Beijing.
FULTON IN AMERICA
Fulton, by the Circle of Thomas Sully, from Christies.
It was in 1796 that an American engineer wrote, in “The Treatise on the Improvement of Canal Navigation,” that China became a great nation primarily because of the Grand Canal. He lobbied for the building of the first canal in New York, and inspired the eventual building of the Erie Canal. However, Robert Fulton is more famously known for building the first successful steamboat in 1807.
MODERN TURN-AROUND
“They’re going to turn the water around,” explained an oarsman interviewed in the year 2000 who lives on a barge floating along the Grand Canal in Jiangsu province. The flow of the Grand Canal will be changed from south to north, and in some places it will change from downhill to uphill. Why? To provide water to northern China. Half of the population of China now lives in the north, but that region has only 1/5th of China’s water. The estimated cost for the first phase is $22 billion. According to experts’ calculations, this megaproject will be the largest of its kind ever undertaken. When completed (in the year 2050), the massive renovation of the ancient Grand Canal will move 44.9 billion cubic meters of water annually. Can the Grand Canal contribute to the recent water-resourcing challenges in China? Droughts and floods prompted the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction to express concern regarding conditions affecting 230 million people in China.
Document of Authorization
These are translations of a few of the earlier (although still about a thousand years into the project) imperial decrees for the creation and extension of parts of the Grand Canal.
I. Sui Dynasty, founded by Yang Jian in 581
In 584, Emperor Yang Jian gave the order: “Build the canal from the Wei Shui in Daxing (Xi’an) to the Yellow River to enable grain transport in an inland waterway.”
In 587, Emperor Yang Jian ordered: “Dig the canal of Shanyang Du in Yangzhou to create a waterway.”
In 605, Emperor Yang Guang gave the decree: “Recruit thousands of men and women form every county iin the south of the Yeloios River to build the Tongji Canal, and lead the water of the Gu Shui and Luo Shui in Xi Yuan into the Yellow River, and lead the water of the Yellow River in Ban Zhu into the Huai.”
In 608, Emperor Yuan Guang ordered again: “Recruit thousands of men and women from all counties in the north of the Yellow River to build the Yongji Canal, to reach the Yellow River in the south through the Qin Shui and to connect Zhu Chun in the north.”
-From Ruifang Liu, The History of Chinese Emperors ([Beijing ?]: National Defense University Publishing House, n.d.) 304-5.
VOICES OF THE FUTURE: Discussion and Implications
The Future of Water: The Grand Canal provides China’s water resources — for navigation and irrigation. When the 2008 Beijing Olympics threatened to stress the water supply, China hastened Canal improvements. How should decisions concerning shared water resources be made? Will findings of the international conference: “Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters in China”(http://www.umb.edu/crscad/events/china_2012) convened at the University of Massachusetts Boston provide guidance regarding alleviation of water challenges including flooding and drought? Can the Grand Canal inspire solutions?
Commerce and Success: The Grand Canal transformed China from a region with separate languages and customs into a nation. A shared central passage facilitated government, communications, even China’s first standardized language and script. During the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), the Grand Canal was opened to commercial enterprise, The distinguished Institute for Qing History of Renmin University (http://qss.ruc.edu/cn/) might enlighten policy regarding the Grand Canal’s contribution to China. Can the Confucius Institute (www.umb.edu/confucius/) lead the discussion of the Grand Canal in China’s inspiring history and exciting future?
To read the complete chapter, members of the University of Massachusetts Boston may access the e-book through Healey Library Catalog and ABC-CLIO here. Alternatively the volumes can be accessed at WorldCat, or at Amazon for purchase. Further resources are available onsite at the University of Massachusetts Boston, Healey Library, including some of following:
Building the World Collection Finding Aid
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The Grand Canal of China, South China Morning Post Ltd, New China News Ltd: Hong Kong, 1984. ISBN: 962 10 0025 4. Folder does not contain entire book.
“Water Technology: South-to-North Water Diversion Project,” Water Industry. Covers period 2001/2002, listing organizations involved in South-to-North Water Transfer planning work. http://water-technology/net/projects/south_north/
“They want Genghis Khan to have his due, statue, too,” Washington Post, date of article not known. File contains copy of article with painting depicting Genghis Khan.
“Genghis Khan a Prolific Lover, DNA Implies,” Hillary Mayell. National Geographic News, February 14, 2003
Ennin’s Travels in T’ang China, by Edwin O. Reischauer. New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1955.
The Grand Canal of China, by Lyn Harrington. Rand McNally, 1967.
File with additional book sources including works by Joseph Needham.
“On Lu Kou Canal,” “On Thung Hui Canal,” also two sources on Great Wall, researched by Lin-lin Ju. Folder contains English translations and original Chinese text.
“Hydraulics:” with figure 882 plot of the number of hydraulic engineering works undertaken in successive dynasties (data from Chi Chhao-Ting). Source unknown.
“The Grand Canal,” Scarre, 232-233, National Geographic “Builders” 29
“The Chinese Model for America’s Canals,” by Anton Chaitkin, American Almanac, 1989. http://members.tripod.com/~american_almanac/canal.htm.
“The Mongolian Empire: The Yuan,” by David W. Koeller.
Http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/China/Yuan.Chron.html. See also:http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CHEMPIRE/YUAN.HTM.
“The Grand Canal,” thinkquest.
Http://library.thinkquest.org/20443/grandcanal.html.
“Global firms thirst for China’s biggest canal project,” China Internet Information Center, Xinhua News Agency, 11/20/2000. www.chinapage.com/canal/html.
“China’s Grand Canal Queues for World Heritage Status,” China Internet Information Center, Xinhua News Agency, 07/06/2004.
Http://www.china.org.cn/english/culture/100401.htm.
“Ssu-ma Kuang (Pinyin Sima Guang) compiled general chronicle of Chinese history from 403 BC to AD 959” Encyclopaedia Brittanica.
http://www.brittannica.com/eb/article-9069328.
“Books of the Twenty-Four Histories” a collection of historical books covering period from 3000 BC to Ming Dynasty of 17th century. This source lists the books and their dates.
http://www.answers.com/topic/twenty-four-histories.
“Chinese Language and Script: First Emperor of Qin,”
http://www.crystalinks.com/chineselang.html.
“Beijing invites design to revive Grand Canal,” Xinhua News Agency, People’s Daily Online. http://english-people.com.cn/200402/23/eng20040223_1354.
“Timeline of World Canals,”
http://hoome/eznet.net/~dminor/Canalto1749.html
“The Grand Canal of China” illustration of navigational lock, and port city of Changzhou, Jiangsu Province about 150 Km northwest of Shanghai.
http://www.chinapage.com/canal.htm.
“Image Search Results for Grand Canal of China”
http://www.altavista.com/image/results?pg=qdstype=simage&imgset=2&q=The%Grand…
“Map of the Silk Road,” http://silkroadproject.org/silkroad/map.html
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No drugs at all,
No alcohol,
Pays taxes
and gives to charity,
Black belt is he,
Competes for his country
Don’t you ever say
You don’t want Joe Hendry
I made my entrance in a Hendry Ball…
So starts my alltime favourite YouTube video and probably the best 28 seconds that can be found anywhere on the internet and if I were to say I had watched that clip a thousand times it would not be an exaggeration.
When my wife and I left our home in Newcastle to travel via train to Glasgow to celebrate our sixth wedding anniversary by taking in ICW’s Fear and Loathing VIII little did I suspect that my life would change so dramatically. We were in amongst the 4000 strong crowd when “The Local Hero” made his entrance and I completely lost my shit.
Since then I had been hoping I would get a chance to sit down and have a chat with Hendry and share it with our readers. Thankfully since the man is almost as accommodating as he is uber talented I was given the opportunity after the first ever WhatCulture Pro Wrestling show.
I plan to upload a full review of the first WCPW show shortly but in the meantime I feel it’s necessary to congratulate the WhatCulture team on on behalf of wrestling fans in the Northeast for them putting on two fantastic nights of top quality wrestling. If they plan to continue running shows in the Newcastle area then I think it’s entirely possible that Newcastle will soon be the place to be in terms of UK Wrestling, if that does happen I for one will be very grateful. On a more personal note I would also like to thank the WhatCulture staff on being so friendly and helpful in allowing me access to Joe Hendry once the show was over. I had arranged the interview with Hendry beforehand but the people from WC were incredibly considerate in letting us chat while they were taking down the ring.
So myself and Internet megastar and YouTube sensation Maffew, from Botchamania, sat with ‘The Local Hero’ and shot the proverbial breeze…
Neil Rogers – So Joe, how long have you been training and wrestling so far?
Joe Hendry – I’ve been pro for two and a half years, I made my debut in SWA on the Saturday then made my ICW debut the next night at Fear and Loathing on the Sunday. So Fear and Loathing is the anniversary of my professional wrestling career. I trained for quite a long time before I debuted Damo, Mikey Whiplash and to a certain extent Robbie Brookside, those were my three main trainers and Marty Jones too as number four but Damo and Mikey wanted it to be an impactful debut, when people saw me that they would think “Oh this guy’s going somewhere”. I trained from January 2013 and didn’t debut till the very end of the year.
NR – You have a legitimate fighting background, is it amateur wrestling and Judo?
JH – Yeah I’m a black belt in Judo. I’m working to going to the Commonwealth Games for amateur wrestling, 97kg to represent Scotland. I think it’s going to happen but it’s somewhat out of my hands a lot of it comes down to the selection process. What I can do and what I can control is there’s some qualifying competitions coming up in November around the time of Fear and Loathing. Getting to that point is going to be intense and that time of the year for me is going to be very busy. It’s going to be an intense year from October/November this year to the year after for qualification so that’s going to be tough going but I really feel this is a great opportunity, I would love to represent my country. I feel I can do this and I don’t say that lightly, I’ve worked very hard to get to this point.
NR – What did you do before you began wrestling? Obviously we touched on your judo and amateur wrestling but did you ever hold down a 9-5?
JH – I’d always wanted to wrestle but when I was younger I didn’t know how and I didn’t think I was big enough. I didn’t realise that through eating and the gym you could actually make yourself bigger. I was in a band, I’m still in that band, been making music for 10 years. Doing shows helped me develop my gimmick to this point. The thing about my gimmick is that you can’t fake being a musician for 10 years so I feel that has paid dividends now.
We went for a meeting in New York with Sony about potentially signing with them, it didn’t quite work out so I decided maybe that was a sign and maybe it was time to do what I had always wanted to do which was professional wrestling. I decided on New Year’s Eve going into 2013 that I would devote everything to wrestling so I started training in 2013 and I’ve never looked back really.
I went to university and got my degree, when I sing about it in the Hendryball gimmick it’s all truth. I do have a job at the moment I’m a marketing manager in oil and gas, specialising in advertising and digital analytics. It is difficult to balance both of them but at the moment I do quite like having separate lives if you will.
NR – Kurt Angle is obviously set to appear at Fear and Loathing this year. Will you be asking him for any tips on amateur wrestling given his history in the sport?
JH – I want to wrestle Kurt Angle, Kurt Angle is probably my dream match, The Rock is the reason I got into the business but Kurt Angle is the greatest. Kurt Angle was a total package, he was a 10 in everything, charisma, legitimacy, his wrestling ability in the ring, his intensity level he is the definition of what a true pro should be. And Kurt Angle knows I want to wrestle him.
NR – Maffew and I, were both at Fear and Loathing VIII in November and it was one of my favourite moments when you came out in the Hendry ball, how was it for you to perform? I’ve spoken to Viper, she said they thought it was mental!
JH – Well I’ve a small collection of friends in wrestling (including Viper) but outside that small group everyone wanted it to burst or for me to fall on my face or fall off the ramp. Falling off the ramp was a real concern but they put up safety barriers so it was ok.
NR – Do you mean when you did the roll?
JH – Here’s the problem, when we were backstage and did a run through the ball was full but there was actually a small puncture in it so the only way there was to get it to fit back up the ramp so as soon as the doors opened I couldn’t re-inflate it. I did it in a run through and smashed my head off the ground, tried it again, re-inflated it and I was like “I’m going to smash my head here” but I narrowly missed it. You can see the moment after the ball comes off it just falls to nothing so that was lucky. I wasn’t going to do the roll but I thought nah I HAVE to do the roll and that made it!
It was an amazing reaction, I loved it, to be honest with you it was what I felt the situation required. Fear and Loathing was the biggest independent wrestling show in Britain at that point, I just felt I had to do something wildly different so I was happy with the way it turned out.
NR – What made you change it? Your “default” entrance always gets such a positive reaction. It definitely did tonight…
JH – Well actually you may notice, I’ve changed the words
NR – We noticed, “you wrestle not just make lists” (Neil tried to sing this but did not do it justice)
JH – Exactly, exactly, I wrestle I don’t just make lists, such as the Top Five Barbie games that I am gonna make Jack do probably next week.
NR – Are there Five Barbie games??????
JH – Oh yeah, there are some weird niche Barbie games out there…
Maffew – Unlike those really mainstream Barbie games…
JH – *laugh* Yeah. But that’s what I think Jack needs, it’s like when you catch your kid smoking and you make them smoke the whole pack that’s what I’m making jack do, he’s been making too many c****y lists. You can take out the word c****y but put in comments that Joe Hendry asked to take out the word crappy. Yeah I added in some lyrics to reference what’s been going on in What Culture and that’s what I do to be interactive.
NR – What’s the favourite of your entrances that you have done? From what I have seen mine is the one for Jack Jester to ‘Boom Boom Boom‘ by the Vengaboys.
JH – That seems to be the favourite, honestly I knocked that one out in a few hours and I didn’t even think it was that good. I took it to the venue and you know when the wrestlers react, if the wrestlers are losing their minds about it you know it’s going to be good. You get some that the guys and girls backstage find amusing and you get some that the fans find amusing and then you get ones that do both. The one that’s done both is the Lionheart one, I think it was his reaction and the fact that everyone was getting so annoying with the constant dog selfies and no one had addressed it. The fact that he hadn’t seen it, sometimes they see it before the match but he hadn’t seen it, you can see the joy on our faces.
M – It’s a shame you got some good Liam Thompson lines in there but the Lionheart ones were so funny everyone loved it.
NR – Speaking of Lionheart, I recently watched NGW saw that you, Lionheart and Kid Fite showed up to answer an open challenge that had been issued by their tag team champions Stixx and Colossus. Having been a fan favourite for most of the last 12 months what was it like performing as more of a dastardly heel?
JH – NGW is one of the best companies in the United Kingdom, the production values of their product are brilliant. I very much enjoy doing what I’m doing there and I don’t feel like I’m a different person I feel like I’m just being me and I’m saying what I really want to say but in a more direct way. I don’t have to plan intricate entrances, I can say what’s in my head the moment it comes to me and they give me the freedom to say what needs to be said and that’s one of my favourite places to work. It’s a lot of fun for me, the companies doing well, it’s good to be a part of it even though we have hijacked the tag team titles and most probably never bringing them back.
NR – How did you explain that to Mr Anderson…Mr Kennedy when you did the Pikachu one? Was he aware that you personalise your entrances for your opponent?
JH – How do you explain to an international superstar that for your entrance I would like first of all for you to come out first and stand there while I ridicule you by having an enraged Pikachu stab you to death? How can you explain that?????? You can’t! You just have to go in the ring, grit your teeth and give as good as you get.
NR – How did you get him to go out first?
JH – He knew there was going to be AN entrance but if I choose to do that then I need to accept the consequences.
NR – How did that rate in matches that you have had as one of the more high profile opponents?
JH – It’s the most high profile match I’ve had to date probably, after the Rock left, Mr Kennedy, Mr Anderson, he was my guy, oh my god, this was the crazy thing. On one hand I felt I had to do this entrance, I have to entertain people because everything I do entertainment is number one. It’s not about anything other than what’s going to entertain the fans and I knew that video would but that was quite hard for me to do that to someone I looked up too that much. I remember watching his clips on Byte This, WWE Byte this, I remember his “Kennedy declares” they were hilarious vignettes and I would be lying if I said part of what I do isn’t influenced by what he did, of course it is. So it was an honour to face him in the ring and it was an intense situation but I like intense situations.
The video, that was done a few hours before the show, I did the video, put it on my laptop, got to the show, edited it at the show and delivered it just before we went out.
NR – What other songs do you have on your list to do next?
JH – There’s no end to this, I see comments on Reddit that I couldn’t do this on a bigger stage, it’s like these people think I haven’t thought about this and I don’t have a meticulous plan for what I want to do and where I want to go. This is what I can do now, this is what is available to me, it’s protected by parody laws but should that be an issue anywhere I can do original songs, that’s what ICW me and you effectively is, yeah it’s a theme song but melodically it stands up I can do original songs like that about my opponents anywhere I go, it’s not a problem but I might as well do all the songs that are worth doing before someone comes along and copies the gimmick.
M – Parody a parody, I always thought it’s a shame the Ofcom stable isn’t around anymore, I always thought it would be great for them to cut the parody short.
JH – Yeah that would have been good
M – What do you find are the advantages to being in this current era of wrestling?
JH – The advantages are unbelievable, we live in an age where, before you were either on tv or you weren’t on tv, now its gradual. I can build my brand and I’m in control of it. I made a splash when I came in then I got this crazy gimmick which is working really well, the videos that got me to the next level and now going on WhatCulture Pro Wrestling on their channel, to be able to do what I do in that setting, the exposure and the fan base that they have, my clips got 400,000 hits in 3 days, IN 3 DAYS!
I feel 100% ready for it, living in this digital age, it’s tangible, it’s building day by day. When I’ve read Chris Jericho’s books I feel like that’s coming back, you know the territories? The way he started in Canada then went to Mexico and Japan then America I kinda feel I can take that same sort of path.
NR – You’ve done some stuff with Ring of Honor over in America, you went over for a while, how was that?
JH – I want to wrestle for Ring of Honor, I want to do something a bit different from what I do in the UK, when I went over there to show them what I had I did something completely different. I did sing and I did X, Y and Z but I didn’t rely on it, I did something a bit different and I hope I get the opportunity to do that so see what happens with Ring of Honor.
NR – How did it come about that you were on WWE TV? It was you and Lionheart either side of Lana wasn’t it?
JH – Long story short, they said who wants it and me and Lionheart put our hands up the quickest.
M – How did you feel doing a pretty good Russian accent when a few weeks later they had someone who was terrible?
JH – To me I was glad for the opportunity and I’m glad to get to talk about it because it actually meant the world to me but think who gets to talk on RAW? Not many people, who gets to go to that ring and everyone in that arena and everyone at home, millions across the world, hundreds of countries for one moment they are all listening to what that one person is saying, not many people get that privilege.
I thought to myself all the people who had been in the business, been in the company the length of time they had don’t get the opportunity to speak on RAW and the fact that I had been entrusted with that microphone meant the world to me and I felt I delivered and I was grateful for the opportunity.
Joe Hendry on WWE Raw in 2014
NR – When I was preparing for this interview I noticed your Wikipedia page appears to have amended recently and you have been given the nickname “The Man Who is Better Than Damien Sandow”. Does this have anything to do with Sandow and you both being set to appear at the next WCPW show? Without giving too much away (unless you want to) can I expect to see ‘The Intellectual Saviour’ be in the ring with ‘The Local Hero’?
JH – Me having a Wikipedia page is a very recent thing so you asking me is the first time I have heard that particular nickname so the answer is I know nothing about this but I don’t think it takes a genius to look at what Joe Hendry does and look at what Damien Sandow does there’s definitely interest for a confrontation there so who knows maybe at some point in the future in WCPW we may cross paths we’ll see, if the fans want it then chances are it might happen.
NR – You’ve appeared at both WCPW events so far and I understand that you are set to appear for their series two tapings. What are your thoughts of the promotion? For me they appear to be incredibly well run and are exceptionally well organised given their lack of experience running a wrestling show.
JH – WCPW is something I am extremely proud to be a part of, it’s the perfect platform for me, a fantastic product that they have put out there and I am proud to be associated with that and to be the first main event of the first show. I feel we delivered on all levels and I look forward to being a key player for WCPW, doing my part in showing the world what we can do. I think the promotion is going to get bigger and bigger and bigger, we had well over 20000 people watching us live for that first episode, I expect that number to grow exponentially and I am excited about the possibilities the What Culture platform can provide for me with the wrestling, with the entrances, with the character, with the promos, with the vignettes, with the whole package, it allows me to showcase what I do and I am excited to see how I can grow with the brand. It’s a very exciting time for wrestling and WCPW is a very exciting product indeed.
NR – The last question I always try and ask, if you could wrestle anyone from wrestling past/present that would you choose? I asked Grado, he chose Chris Benoit, Viper chose Cesaro, so you in your prime, them in their prime who would you pick?
JH – Kurt Angle, that’s a tough one there is so many, The Rock is the reason I got into this business. I am a single minded person, don’t get me wrong I genuinely believe I will have a match with The Rock, I believe I will be the WWE champion, I believe I will main event WrestleMania, I believe that but the opportunity to wrestle Kurt Angle everyone on the ICW roster is clamouring for that.
NR – I wouldn’t want to be the guy who stopped you wrestling Kurt Angle, if I was Mark Dallas I would let you have whatever you wanted rather than face an angry Joe Hendry.
JH – See what happens…
NR – I can’t wait! Thanks for your time Joe, have a great night.
Since this interview took place, Hendry was given an opportunity to secure his place in match with Kurt Angle and fulfill one of his wrestling dreams. Unfortunately for Hendry he lost the match (hr made another awesome entance here) and his opponent Joe Coffey is now set to face Olympic Gold Medalist in November in what could go down as the biggest event ever in British wrestling history.
Despite this setback I would not be surprised if that match changes between now and November as having spent time in the presence of Hendry and having heart the conviction in his voice and see the fire in his eyes I would never count out The Local Hero…
If, like me, you are are a Joe Hendry fan I’d recommend you check out his or follow him on Twitter @joehendry to see if and when he is at a show near you. As for me I will be attending the recording of WCPW Season 2, which Hendry is set to be a part of. Season 2 of WCPW which will be filming on July 27th & 28th in Newcastle. Tickets can be bought from www.shop.whatculture.com.
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Milford Chronicle: Milton News Letter
Supplement: Christmas Advertising, 1907
Supplement: The Schooner Edward J. Berwind Disaster
Abstracts from other publications
Snapshot: Milton in 1906
People of the Windows
Mary E. M. Atkins
John B. Barker
James A. Betts
John W. Coulter
Rev. James H. Ellegood
William G. Fearing
Rev. George Robert Hodge
Rev. George J. Hooker
Benj. B. Johnson
Rev. H. S. Johnson
Frances H. Leonard
Fannie Leonard’s Postcard Album
William S. and Mary B. Mason
John H. B. and George Mustard
The Sunday School Girls
Jacob M. White
N. Wallace White
Lydia B. Cannon
David A. Conner
The Little Maid of Mankin’s Woods
Felicia D. B. Hemans
Easter 1908 – Women With Big Hats
Joseph Ledger
J. B. Welch – Milton’s poet laureate
Fredonia Wilson And Her Circle
Samuel J. Wilson
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In Search of Milton’s Story
Captain J. Carey Palmer, one of Milton’s progressive men, has been busily engaged during the past week in shipping stove wood to Philadelphia. This is giving employment to quite a few people and we hope that the enterprise will continue for some time.
Victor, son of Thomas Spencer, met with a very painful accident on Thursday of last week. He and his little brother were cutting wood with an ax when he incidentally [sic] placed his hand on the block. This was not noticed by his brother who let the ax fall, cutting off one of Victor’s fingers.
The Milton Shirt Factory, Douglass & White proprietors, is badly handicapped on account of not having sufficient amount of help. They could now conveniently use about fifty more operators, and not being able to get the help is a serious drawback to the firm.
Quite a few improvements have been made during the week at Wiltbank’s granary. The building has been raised and a new foundation made.
The Queen Anne’s Railroad ran a special excursion to Baltimore on Thursday, February 5th. These excursions have been quite an advantage to people who wished to make a cheap trip to Baltimore; the one on Thursday was fairly well attended.
The farmers in this vicinity are selling their corn to D. A. Wiltbank.
Della R., daughter of Joseph and Virgie Carey, died on Friday, Jan. 23rd. Age six week and six days.
Mrs. Anna Eliza Burton, aged 76 years, 3 months and 22 days, died at her home in Long Neck on Friday evening, Jan, 23rd. The funeral was held at St. George’s Chapel on Tuesday.
Miss Maggie Ellingsworth has been the guest of Milton friends during the past week.
Luther Pettyjohn, who has been suffering from smallpox in a hospital in Baltimore, has returned home and is now completely well.
Thos. Wilson has been on a business trip during the past week.
Adison Chandler, who has been very sick, is now convalescing.
Virden Morris, of Frederica, was a Milton visitor last week.
Elmer Dickerson, who has been visiting in Philadelphia, has returned home.
Wm. H. Carrol, of Roadsdale, Md., has been the guest of relatives in Milton.
Horace Wiltbank, of Parksley, Va., has been the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Wiltbank.
Edward Bailey has returned to Camden, N. J. on Saturday last.
Henry Messick returned to Camden, N. J., on Saturday last.
Mrs. Virden, of Philadelphia, is the guest of her mother, Mrs. E. J. Sharp.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Warrington have been visiting in Lewes.
John Downing, of Maryland, has been visiting Thos. Spencer.
A social was held at the home of Mrs. A. L. Culver last Tuesday evening for the members of the Epworth League, the young people’s class, new converts, and those who participated in the lawn social last summer.
At about 3.30 o’clock Friday morning, fire was discovered in the barroom of L. Benero’s hotel, but b quick work the fire was extinguished before much damage was done.
Clara Wilson Starkey, ca. 1890
The Epworth League topic of Sunday evening is “Truth and Life.” Leader, Mrs. Clara Starkey[i].
Mrs. George Hunter is spending a few weeks with her mother, Mrs. Eliza Black.
Capt. George Megee has returned from a trip to Philadelphia and New York.
Mr. George Fowler, of Camden, N. J., spent a few days with friends in town last week.
Mrs. Maggie Manship left Saturday for a trip to Wilmington.
Misses Elizabeth King, Elizabeth Black and Estella Davidson, spent part of last week in Lewes as guests of Miss Fannie Lank.
Mrs. Clara Rice has returned to her home in Philadelphia, after spending a few days as the guest of her mother, Mrs. E. J. Sharp.
Miss Ida Prettyman, of Stockley, is visiting Miss Virginia Burton.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gray spent Sunday with friends in Dagsboro.
Elizabeth King. ca. 1908
Miss Hattie Conner is on the sick list.
Miss Sallie Polk was confined to her home with tonsillitis last week.
Mrs. Mary Goslee is spending a few weeks in Milford.
Miss Blanche Megee has returned to Philadelphia after spending three weeks with friends in town.
Mrs. Frank R. Carey is in Philadelphia.
Mr. Louis Darby of Camden, N. J. is the guest of his father, Capt. James Darby.
Note: This letter was signed by E. N. D. [ii]
[i] Clara Starkey (nee Wilson) was the wife of druggist Milton druggist William Starkey.
[ii] The prose style of this letter is substantially different from David A. Conner’s usual work, enough to suggest that E. N. D. was a substitute. There is no assurance that these are the actual initials of the author; it was quite common for correspondents to use obscure or cryptic by-lines, and E. N. D. could just as easily be a bit of word-play on the part of the correspondent.
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I was originally going to write a foreword about how 2016 was a terrible year, but I am already sick of hearing that, so I’m going to embrace a different perspective. 2016 was an…interesting…learning experience. On a personal level- the year drew attention to my strengths, weaknesses, potential, limitations and unhealthy obsession with the “Carnosaur” trilogy. Yes, I felt the collective dread when a clown masquerading as a Politician somehow became the President-elect of the United States. But I’ve now learned the importance of understanding the political landscape, so we can hopefully avoid these kinds of mistakes in the future. Yet I have also come to the realization that it’s just as important to understand those you don’t agree with, as hostile generalizations will only drive us further apart. I’ve even learned that the mental image of a shirtless Putin bending Trump over his Oval Office Desk is very contagious and this sentence may cause an epidemic. But on a more bittersweet note, 2016 taught me it was time to move on…
From reviewing…
I know, I know, this is obviously the most devastating news of 2016, but hear me out. I’ve been critiquing movies since 2007, with “Rush Hour 3” being my first (posted) review. I chose to adopt a video format for some of my works in 2009 and my original intention had been to lampoon bad movies- because that was a totally original concept that hadn’t been done by the entire internet…I eventually broadened my horizons with “Kickass of Awesome“, “Guidelines to Not Sucking at Video Reviewing“, “Review Memoirs“, New movie vlogs and my most popular contribution to the web: “Critiquing the Critics“. But what began as passion deteriorated into obligation and eventually I became bored, if not miserable. When even recording vlogs became tedious, I adopted a scripted format, but even that ran out of momentum. The strange thing is I didn’t realize any of this until I was working on my critiques of “Halloween 4” and “Never Back Down 3“. I would stare at the computer for hours, wondering when reviewing had become such a chore. This went on for about a week before I completed those reviews. It suddenly dawned on me that this had been happening for awhile and each subsequent critique- video or written- would drain a lot out of me. It has always been my ambition to become a professional screen-writer, yet instead of working on my dream, I was trying to come up with something to say about someone elses work. So even though 2016 was a stern teacher, I can’t deny that I was thoroughly educated in many different areas. I intend to post a final video going further into my feelings and I also want to assure you that I’m not going to completely disappear from the reviewing community. If I feel inspired to record a video or write a review, I’ll do it without hesitation. But it has been a good 10 years and I just think it’s time to wrap it up. I can’t thank those who have watched, read or even critiqued my reviews enough. I love you all, almost as much as I love “Carnosaur 3: Primal Species“.
But enough of this emotional shit, what about 2016’s contribution to cinema? I think this has been a pretty solid year for the movies, as I was consistently entertained and suffered through fewer disappointments. There were some odd quirks, like how September somehow upstaged the entirety of Summer. But even the upcoming ‘Worst Of’ List didn’t provide anything that made me truly angry. I can only remember the happier experiences, which achieved orgasmic levels with the following list. As always, these are merely my opinions and opinions are like assholes- sometimes a doctor has got to stick a lubricated finger inside of them. You don’t have to agree with me, even though I am obviously right about everything and you should definitely agree with me.
9) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story– The “Star Wars” saga has always been known for its innovative effects and “Rogue One” definitely pushed boundaries, even using its technology to ‘raise actors from the dead’. I’m not entirely sure if they built actual models and sets, or if they designed the CGI to resemble practical effects, but “Rogue One” has the rusty aesthetics that I crave from my “Star Wars” movies. Director Gareth Edwards and DOP Greig Fraser frame so many memorable visuals, with eye popping colors and breathtaking set pieces. I like the contrasts between the gorgeous landscapes and the gritty costume designs. The cinematography, mixed in with the exceptional score by Michael Giacchino, often evoked emotion when the story or characters could not. This is low on the list because part of me wonders how much the fanservice will hold up upon multiple viewings, as it is a little distracting, even if I enjoy it (for now). Furthermore, Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) was a rather underwhelming protagonist, with the entire supporting cast being significantly more interesting than her. I debated whether to include “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” on the list, or if it should function as a runner-up, but the experience left me very happy so I decided to honor that.
8) Doctor Strange– Yeah, yeah, I know “Doctor Strange” is a slave the Marvel Cinematic Universe formula, but as someone who believes that said formula has yet to grow stale, I’m perfectly content with the movie being reminiscent of the likes of “Iron Man”, “Thor“, etc. In terms of the script, “Doctor Strange” treads on familiar territory by covering similar character arcs, conflicts and tones of its predecessors but it does them very well. I enjoyed seeing the titular Doctor flaunt his arrogance around indiscriminately, because he’s charismatic, funny and still has a heart. Yet his fall is gripping and his rise from the ashes is satisfying. Plus, Benedict Cumberbatch is is a compelling screen-presence and his interactions with the supporting cast are fun. I laughed. I sniffled. I squeed and I was thoroughly invested in all the conflicts and scenarios. Visually, the kaleidoscope inspired imagery was f@cking cool and unique, helping differentiate “Doctor Strange” from its contemporaries. Even though people complain about the rather bland villain (Mads Mikkelsen), I didn’t mind as ‘origin story’ antagonists are usually only designed to help build up the protagonist- which this one did effectively. The pacing is swift, without being in too much of a hurry and the action scenes are exciting. As a fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this was a very satisfying experience that was enhanced by the IMAX screen I saw it on.
7) Deadpool– While being held back due to the occasional bout of amateurish direction, “Deadpool” was hilarious, exhilarating and occasionally even moving, but it primarily excels because of how odd it is compared to other comic book flicks. It not only wears its R rating proudly, containing graphic violence, sexuality and vulgar comedy- stuff you normally don’t find in this genre, but it’s bizarre fourth wall breaking ensured that I was not going to forget this any time soon. Or ever. It also happens to just be really good, with stylish choreography, likable characters and even a love story that entertained me just as much as the action thanks to the chemistry between Ryan Reynolds and Morena Baccarin. I also found it to be very funny. There is an unpredictable nature to the humor, so I was constantly being caught off my guard, which only made me laugh harder. Awesome stuff.
6) Shin Godzilla– I wanted to rate this movie higher on the list…so…much…Yet I had to knock it down a few notches because while the new Godzilla design is cool and menacing, this is the only Godzilla movie where I felt like Godzilla himself was a mere special effect…a good special effect, but not really a character- unlike the remainder of the Toho universe, no matter how much the sad music tried telling me otherwise. Yet surrounding the questionable take on the King of the Monsters is a very exceptional movie, with strong performances and clever dialogue. I liked how the entire narrative is built around the Governments reaction to Godzilla’s rampage, never giving into the temptation to force in a token romance or family drama. The tension continues to build and build as the situation becomes increasingly desperate and I was completely hooked all the way through. When Godzilla does attack, prepare yourself for some of the best miniature work ever and the new atomic beam was freaking awesome. Co-Director Hideaki Anno’s bizarre imagination is put to good use, without derailing the final product off the rails. Seeing this in theaters also magnified the experience, as I am a bit of a G-dog fanboy.
5) Arrival– While the special effects are imaginative and convincing, “Arrival” is compelling primarily because it boasts a strong and often creative story. It offered new and thought provoking ideas surrounding our concept of time and language. This might be the kind of movie that stimulates the mind, but it doesn’t lose its emotional core in the process. The acting, writing and editing worked together to tug on my heartstrings, while the haunting cinematography, music and the slow burn pacing successfully made this into one of the most suspenseful pictures of the year. I found myself eagerly yet nervously wondering what would happen next and the following scene would build upon my excitement and unease, with the climax giving me a satisfying pay-off. It’s probably one of the few entries on this list that won’t raise eye brows, as it’s universally agreed to be an exceptionally well made film, without any real weaknesses. You might not be invested in the material, but can you find any genuine flaws? I can’t think of any. “Arrival” is elegant, nerve wracking and intelligent, probably being the ‘best’ movie on this list from an objective standpoint.
4) Deepwater Horizon– “Deepwater Horizon” patiently builds up to a big explosion, but whereas I would normally anticipate such a spectacle with disturbed glee, I was actually dreading it. The film did a phenomenal job of making me fear the impending catastrophe, with every death standing out as tragic despite the minimal characterizations. The suspense was masterful, primarily because of how the actors interacted with the effects. Characters would constantly find themselves receiving minor burns, bumps and other wounds, with the makeup artists doing a great job at making them all look authentic. Little obstacles such as heated handles, falling debris or even small explosions ensured that I was always on my guard, wondering what danger was lurking right around the corner. Then the major challenges would arise and jack up the intensity to unbearable levels, with the action being designed to make us feel like we’re part the situation. This made the experience that much more terrifying and I was left emotionally exhausted by the time it was finished. I would say that “Arrival” is technically superior, even though it was placed lower on the list, but this had a bigger impact on me. In fact, I ranked this entire list based on their impact on me.
3: Primal Species) Blood Father– “Blood Father” has the soul of an exploitation film, with the only sign of legit production value coming from the impressive cast (which also includes William H. Macy and Michael Parks). It’s violent, gritty, sometimes unpleasant and doesn’t have a lot of variety in its locations, but these points add to the films’ almost-apocalyptic atmosphere. The cinematography emphasizes the isolation of the desert landscapes and you can see traces of “No Country for Old Men” and “Sicario” in the direction- based on how they’re paced, staged, framed, etc. I felt the tension, cringed during the brutal action sequences and even felt nostalgic, as there is definitely a “Mad Max” vibe going on. The dialogue is excellent and the actors all look like they’re having a blast in their roles. Mel Gibson in particular is a bit too convincing as the aggressive, chaotic, grumpy, quasi-racist, recovering alcoholic. I also appreciated how Gibson and Moriarty have chemistry as the Father-Daughter pair and they even avoid the obnoxious ‘bratty, hostile kid’ tropes. They do bicker, but these vitriolic interactions are balanced out with enough moments of warmth and care (and they’re all so well written). The action scenes are a little restrained, as the film favors suspense over spectacle, but there are a handful of really cool moments that function as satisfying pay-offs to the slow burn build-ups. I’m partial to this genre and “Blood Father” functions as an effective throwback and as its own entity.
2) The Nice Guys– “The Nice Guys” is clever to its core, producing very well written characters- complete with strengths, weaknesses, quirks and arcs- that give the cast a lot of room to show their acting range. They’re participating in an intriguing story that actually enters some unpredictable territory. It often intentionally defied the cliches and conventions normally accompanying the genre, without being pretentious about it. The director does an excellent job with the neo-noir visual style and I loved the Neon Lighting and the flashy production design- which recreates the time period in a colorful kind of way. “The Nice Guys” is also really funny, with great comedic timing by its cast, lots of quotable lines and many hilarious situations and sight gags. The humor is just strange enough to catch you off guard, but not so weird that it starts to become alienating. “The Nice Guys” also boasts genuine tension and drama. When characters found themselves in peril, I was nervous for them. When their personal weaknesses rose to the surface and affected those around them, I felt sad. “The Nice Guys” gave me the full cinematic experience, with no real shortcomings or misfires. All of its content worked for me on some level.
1) The Wailing (2016)
“The Wailing” was excellent, even though the long running-time (2 and a half hours), lack of clarity and the eccentric tone will certainly alienate some viewers. The first act resembles a comedy, complete with quirky characterizations, amusing sight gags and hilarious banter. But around the 45 minute point, “The Wailing” becomes bleak and TERRIFYING. I would usually criticize this sudden shift in tone, but for some reason, it works here. I think I love it because the humor disarmed me, leaving me unprepared for the horrors I was about to endure. The imagery is haunting, with the methodical pacing soaking up a lot of atmosphere. I think the movies’ greatest weapon is its unpredictability, as every time I thought I knew where it was leading, it would throw me a curve ball. “The Wailing” was constantly tricking me into following false leads, so I spent the majority of the running-time in the dark…unsure what would happen next. This doesn’t happen often and is a great recipe for suspense. The cinematography deserves special mention as well, as the visuals strike the perfect balance of foreboding and breathtaking. The sound design enhanced the mood, while the director uses clever symbolism and subtle implications to get your mind working. There aren’t any memorable jump scares and to be honest, I can’t even recall many individually ‘scary’ moments. Yet every scene is designed to make you feel a little more uneasy, collectively building up to a bone chilling finale that has stayed with me for weeks.
“The Wailing” is pretty confusing and probably requires multiple viewings to understand it, as there is a lot of ambiguous content surrounding the lore and motivations of various characters/entities. I don’t want to discuss my theories, as it would probably spoil too much of the story, but there is a lot left to our interpretation. I’m still trying to piece this puzzle together, but this is great because I want to watch the movie AGAIN just to find answers. You can argue that the director had no real structure to his vision and gave us a lot of nothing, disguised as as mystery. I disagree, but even if this is true, cinema has always been a sleight-of-hand medium. If we are caught in a films illusion, we are witnessing characters participate in a story. If the spell fails, then we are watching actors playing with props in a set. When I accuse certain arthouse flicks of using smoke-and-mirrors techniques to trick the audience into believing there is a deeper meaning in the work, it’s because said arthouse flick has failed to capture my interest…Therefore, all that’s left is for me to critique and analyze. But “The Wailing” kept me fascinated and nervous throughout the entire experience. Warning though: Prepare to read subtitles that sometimes flash across the screen a little too quickly.
This was actually a very difficult list to compile, because I realized that I loved the majority of these movies about equally. I really don’t like “Deepwater Horizon” (#4) anymore than “Doctor Strange” (#8) and I was constantly changing the order as I was writing this. At one point, “Blood Father” (#3) and “Deadpool” (#7) were flipped. “Arrival” (#5) was at #4, then moved to #3, was changed to #6, before settling on its final number. “Shin Godzilla” (#6) was lower on the list and then I decided to place it a lot higher, as it was my favorite theatrical experience of the year, but I ultimately gave it sixth place. I normally base my lists around my reaction to the film, which is why something like “Blood Father” is even present in the first place, but sometimes the objective quality did influence my decision. I might’ve loved “Shin Godzilla” and thoroughly enjoyed “Rogue One“, but they are among the more flawed entries on this list, so I had to be a little harsher with their placement. “Rogue One” was always at the bottom and “The Nice Guys” was always at #2, but there was never any question that “The Wailing” would be the ‘winner’. “The Wailing” not only challenged me, but made me want to rise to the challenge and scrutinize its narrative. I’ve spent hours researching the movie, deciphering it, debating its merits and truths. It almost has become an obsession, so “The Wailing” had the most profound impact on me. My tastes have always been eccentric though and just because I loved these movies, you might not. I always emphasize that these are my ‘favorites’ and not the ‘best’, because ‘best’ implies that I have some deeper knowledge of cinema that puts my opinion above yours…I mean, granted, I do have some deeper knowledge of cinema, which puts my opinion above yours, but only because watching the entire “Carnosaur” trilogy back-to-back is tantamount to achieving nirvana.
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Flexible office space provider Regus will open five new locations in some of the biggest Polish cities by the end of this year. In Warsaw, the company will make available to tenants an additional 4,100 sqm in the Polna Corner (opening scheduled for September), Atrium Plaza (November) and Park Avenue (December) buildings.
In Gdańsk, Regus will open an 1,400-sqm office in the Opera Office complex in late September or early October. In September, the company will also open a 1,500-sqm office in Kraków’s Equal Business Park.
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Stango's Coffee Shop Theft Ring Investigation Widens
Stango's Coffee Shop Theft Ring Investigation Widens. (Screen grab, second burglary video)
By Joe Hyde | Dec. 6, 2019 5:29 pm
SAN ANGELO, TX — More than one person burglarized Stango’s Coffee Shop overnight, Steve Stango, proprietor announced late Friday afternoon. This morning he publicized a video and a still image of a video screen capture depicting a teen male that Stango said was likely the culprit who emptied Stango’s cash register.
The publicity was too much and the culprit emerged.
Stango said the teen seen on video surveillance stealing cash from the store’s register overnight turned himself in. Stango promised that if the teen did so, no charges would be filed by Stango.
“The young man did the right thing and came in to return what was taken from our store. We want to thank him for doing the right thing and taking responsibility,” Stango posted on Facebook.
At around 4:30 p.m., Stango announced his review of additional video surveillance footage from last night has uncovered two, maybe three, more teen male cash register thieves. Clearly the self-conscious and admitted perpetrator didn’t act alone!
Stango published a second video with the additional two teens, maybe three, plundering the store in what is emerging as the case of the Stango’s Coffee Shop crime gang. Watch it here:
“Sadly the culprit last night also had friends who helped in a second robbery at Stango’s. If you can recognize any of these kids please let us know,” Stango said.
Next door merchant Lifted Smoke and Vape owner Branche Vancourt said their burglar alarm sounded after their shop closed last night. He wondered if the same crime ring set it off?
Stango said he is installing more security cameras. He also said that he doesn’t lock the cash register overnight because if he did, and a burglar came to take the cash out of the register, the burglar would then be forced to smash the register open, and adding to the cost of his pain from crime the price of a new register.
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If he didn't want to file
by Doctor Ding-bat
If he didn't want to file charges on the first one but now has discovered more actors and wants police help now, I hope they told him to go outside and kick rocks up the road. If he's smart enough to leave the register open but stupid enough to leave money inside it, I'd say he got what he deserves and the value of the loss is the cost of his lesson taught to him......
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As much as one can wish, starting over in a blended marriages has expectations are not the same, and many times the opposite of what one can expect in the biological family. The difference is attributed to “insiders” and “outsiders” in the step-family. This normal and natural dynamic creates unexpected feeling of loss, which appears as jealousy, inadequacy and resentment. Competition develops between insiders and outsiders. Biological parents want more understanding for their kids, and stepparents want more structure and discipline. Add to this underlying pressure is inevitable culture clashes between the “old ways” and the “new and improved ways.”
Susan Papernow in her classic book Becoming a Stepfamily differentiates between “outsider” (step) and “insider” (biological) relationships. Parents are stuck insiders. Stepparents are stuck outsiders. Outsiders can feel invisible, alone and feel guilty about their bond with the stepchildren. Biological parents and their kids may not realize the small and subtle ways a stepparent can feel left out. Stepparents do not realize that it is normal to feel a persistent sense of jealousy, inadequacy, and resentment. One parent, and not the other, gets to live with and have her kids usually under the same roof at night. The outsider position can be exhausting even for the most devoted step-parent. The biological bond is impossible to replicate, but it helps if the blended family starts before the kids are 4. Both stepparent and biological parent usually consider a shift into a relationship just like a biological one to be easier than it is. Step-bonds are often the strongest after the kids are grown.
Outsiders may appear as uninterested. Arguments in the family that may appear to be about trivial issues are really about adjusting to serious loss and change. Usually the Insiders control the territory. Ex-spouses are also considered Insiders. The Insiders too are facing loss of a dream of a happy intact family and can feel unsupported. Biological parents can feel frustrated, heart-broken, lonely, and frightened about loosening a close relationship with a child, and feel guilty about their children’s losses. Biological parents must let go of a strong wish for an easy transition between their new spouse and children.
Just as the custodial parent feels torn between her kids and her new spouse, the non-custodial parent, often the father, also feels torn between his own children, the new spouse, and the stepchildren. Fathers must divide time, money and affection. Some are not able to sustain their commitments. Now they feel like an outsider in their first and second family which is a source of shame. It may appear that they are unwilling to be there for their own children, spouse and stepchildren. Feelings of jealousy and guilt reappear over and over with life’s milestones. Fathers whose children begin visiting less are at risk for depression. Their spouses may wonder if his grieving will ever end. Step-children reminds biological parent of his children and how much he misses them. Fathers need a place to share the guilt of being asked the parents to children when they can’t parent their own kids.
Children struggle with loss and loyalty binds. Parents renew their dream of family life, which is often not shared by the children. The step-relationship is competitive with the biological relationship. A positive step-relationship may create simultaneous sadness. Usually the stronger the marriage the happier the children. Research shows that stepfamilies are different, because a good step-parent means that loss is felt because as one step-daughter put it, “I’m afraid to like my step-dad more than my own Dad.” These losses are especially felt by older step-daughters. Step-parents can’t expect to have the same kind of bond as with their biological children. Patricia Papernow, a step-family expert, reminds us that “Even the best artificial limb cannot replace the real one.”
Parents usually want more love for their kids, and step-parents want more discipline. Parents may feel guilty that their kids had to suffer through a divorce, and may undermine their second marriage to cater to the kids. Ron Deal, in his book “The Smart Stepfamily,” refers biological bonds as having auto-responses, like auto-grace, auto-access (my space is your space), and auto-patience to one’s own kids. The biological parent, who often has a source of nourishment and support in his or her children, may interpret the stepparent’s difficulty to bond as a lack of commitment or effort. Blood-bonds are better than step-bonds in discipline.
Imagine learning the customs and expectations of a distant country. This culture clash affects parents and children. Insiders are torn between establishing new rules and a new culture for the family, maintaining the traditions and expectations of the biological family, and saving time and energy to save a precarious intimacy with their new spouse. Children struggle with too much change. There are key differences in the family they were in to the family they are now in. Showing affection is comforting for biological kids with biological parents, but for stepchildren seeing affectionate stepparents can be disturbing. Unlike intact families, a good marriage can make for more poorer stepchild adjustment. In addition, what if these two countries got to war and the conflict continues with one’s “ex.” Every transition from home to home would be a move into enemy territory.
Nobody likes to feel this way. Adjustment to stepfamily is more stressful than adjustment to divorce. The feelings of parents, children, stepparents and stepchildren are confusing and can be a source of shame and resentment if not detected and expected. Outsiders cannot reach the status of a biological parent. When these intense feelings are combined with lack of information about the normal experience stepparents and biological parents are at risk for feeling crazy, ashamed and inadequate. Dispelling blending family myths is crucial. The benefits of a step-relationship may not appear until much later in both stepparent and stepchildren’s lives. If these emotions and processes are accepted as expected, less criticism and judgment helps a spouse relax considerably. Step-relationships take extra energy. Stepfamilies work better when parents and children are not trying to force a relationship. Like intact families, each relationship between each parent and child will remain unique. The honeymoon may not be realized after the kids are grown. For more on redeeming the past, see Redemption Story: Blending Families.
Author blairadminPosted on November 18, 2016 March 20, 2018 Categories Blended Families, Step-FamiliesTags blended family, step-family1 Comment on What to Expect when Blending a Family
How to Stay Married
At times people think about how problems would be solved if they were married to someone else. Some problems may be solved this way, but it also is true that we carry our response to problems from relationship to relationship. John Gottman, a leading marital researcher, gives this example:
Paul married Alice and Alice gets loud at parties and Paul, who is shy, hates that. But if Paul had married Susan, he and Susan would have gotten into a fight before they even got to the party. That’s because Paul is always late and Susan hates to be kept waiting. She would feel taken for granted, which she is very sensitive about. Paul would see her complaining about this as her attempt to dominate him, which he is very sensitive about. If Paul had married Gail, they wouldn’t have even gone to the party because they would still be upset about an argument they had the day before about Paul’s not helping with the housework. To Gail when Paul does not help she feels abandoned, which she is sensitive about, and to Paul Gail’s complaining is an attempt at domination, which he is sensitive about. The same is true about Alice. If she had married Steve, she would have the opposite problem, because Steve gets drunk at parties and she would get so angry at his drinking that they would get into a fight about it. If she had married Lou, she and Lou would have enjoyed the party but when they got home the trouble would begin when Lou wanted sex because he always wanted sex when he wants to feel closer, but sex is something Alice only wants when she already feels close.
Even rock-solid marriages have sensitivities like the ones described above. This is where it can hurt. It is common to think of marriage as something that is difficult, discouraging, and even hurtful. Many think of personal failure. It is difficult to respond well in an intimate relationship when we are not treated well. We all can think of examples where we are not treated well. Maybe you can think of a time you were betrayed by a childhood friend. Or, you ask your teenage daughter how her evening went, and she nearly bites off your head. Possibly you are caring for aging parents and in spite of all your efforts, they are still unhappy. Or, you are unhappily married but stay together for a number of reasons. Others do not. Every 45 seconds a marriage ends in divorce (Dr. Greg Smalley).
An incredible statistic is the one that predicts divorce. Marriage is one of the most researched topics over the last 40 years and this prediction is well-documented. John Gottman and other researchers underscore that your response, when you are treated poorly in your marriage, is predictive of eventual divorce with 91 percent accuracy.
It is not exactly what is said, or what is done, that is so predictive. It is the feeling that one spouse is above or below the other. It results in defensiveness. It can come from dwelling on the injustices in your relationship, or from ruminating on the weaknesses of the other. It leaks out in one’s tone, facial expressions, and non-verbal body language. It is contempt. We often do not mean to be contemptuous. Maybe you just want to bring up an issue, or just talk about it, and your spouse interprets it as criticism and wants to defend, attack back, and finally withdraw. Dan Allender, in his book with Tremper Longman III, Intimate Allies says that “many couples live with an underlying contempt for each other.” Later they write, “Spouses degrade each other when they show a contemptuous, shaming, judgmental spirit.”
We are all treated poorly at times. We all have different desires and these can turn into expectations. When these expectations are not met, we get angry, or at least disappointed. We can feel that the other is not living up to their end of the bargain. The contract is not being fulfilled. If you a sign a contract, there are certainly expectations to be met. If you use that mentality in marriage, you are set up for more disappointment and hurt. Tension develops between the idea of marriage being a contract, and marriage being a covenant.
So what do spouses do, who generally get treated well, in their marriage, act at those moments when they are not treated well?
If there is any recourse from a hardened heart to one that is open, safety is key. It is hard to open up and admit feelings and failures, if you are afraid of your partner’s response. If one feels safe, you can be honest about feelings and failures. It creates a joint struggle to expose the beautiful, and the broken. It allows for true love, the grace that provides the elements needed to grow, and it feeds passion.
Contempt, on the other hand, is beyond the inevitable frustration with your spouse. It does not just say that I am angry, afraid or sad; it puts the emphasis on that the other is wrong or bad. We are all wrong or bad at times. We all struggle. But people that get treated well do not put down the other resulting in defensiveness. This approach seeks to make sense of your partner, and understand what he or she is feeling, and to make his or her feelings as important as your own. Marital researchers underscore that this non-judgmental approach happens in the context of equal regard, creating a sense of safety. It acknowledges underlying needs on both sides of the equation.
Here are common needs for men and women, as highlighted in Shaunti and Jeff Feldhahn’s research-based books on relationships, For Men Only and For Women Only.
Women need to be pursued. They are wired for relationship. Women feel it when something is missing here. They write, “Pursuit is likely to make you a great husband in her eyes.” Relationships need an infusion of energy like anything else of value. A little time can yield big dividends.
In the movie, Parent Trap, Nick asks his ex-wife. Elizabeth, about what happened between them. He said, “It ended so fast. So about the day you packed, why’d you do it?” She replied, “Oh, Nick. We were so young. We both had tempers, we said stupid things, and so I packed. Got on my first 747, and . . . you didn’t come after me.” After a period of dead silence, Nick admitted, “I didn’t know that you wanted me to.” Elizabeth felt if she asked him to come after her, she would never know if he would on his own.
Men need to be proud of. They are wired for accomplishment. Men feel it when something is missing here. The authors write, “What is at stake isn’t his pride as much as his secret feelings of inadequacy as a man.” Many unmarried men described feeling inadequate as a major barrier to getting married in the first place. They do not want to feel inadequate the rest of their lives.
What if I am not open to this kind of covenantal approach? Impulsivity, stress, lack of time and energy, built-up anger, hurt and resentment are all facts of life but get in the way. A formidable obstacle is the belief that one’s partner is more to blame for the relationship problems. An urgent need is for personal support to make personal changes from reading, friends, and support groups.
What if my partner isn’t open to this kind of covenantal approach? This kind of approach is for the sake of the giver as much as the receiver. It allows the giver to feel settled and in control about their part, even if your partner does not respond well. Researchers underscore that when one partner is not treated well, this is precisely the time that this approach is needed. When it gets tough, take a break and come back allowing both sides time to process to a better conclusion. Or break the discussion and ask your partner for proposals, or make proposals. Living in a fallen world and being self-responsible means that we have to set personal boundaries. The challenge, according to marital researchers, is to not look down on your partner in the meantime, because looking down on your partner itself puts your relationship at risk.
Author blairadminPosted on November 18, 2016 January 1, 2019 Categories Communication, Confrontation, Honesty, Listening, Marriage, On-going Conflict, Reconciliation, RelationshipsTags break-ups, commitment, conflict, contempt, couples, divorce, keys, marriage, relationships, successful1 Comment on How to Stay Married
Is My Marriage Over?
Statistics show that more and more Baby Boomers in their 50s and 60s are divorcing. Why?
The Baby Boomer generation is among the first to see divorce as a more acceptable option, and more enter this age group already divorced. Other common reasons for divorce among people over age 50 include anger issues, abuse, infidelity, and addiction. Many are already divorced, or have waited for their kids to be on their own before making changes.
While the number of failed marriages is often thought of as around 50 percent, the general divorce rate is lower, with recent reports ranging from twenty to forty percent. In 2001, the rate was reported to be 41 percent. “This highest rate of divorce in the 2001 survey [of the Fertility and Family Branch of the Census Bureau] was 41 percent for men who were then between the ages of 50 and 59, and 39 percent for women in the same age group,” says Scott M. Stanley of the University of Denver.1
Battered by the economy and subject to longer life spans, people are left with little financial cushion. Divorce divides what people have left and taps into insurance and medical expenses, property division (including house, cars, etc.), assets and liabilities, retirement plans, and business valuations. These have to be split in an equitable way. Divorce also creates a need for additional financial spousal support.
Could you be headed for divorce? Here are ten of the top signs your marriage may headed for trouble.
A wall of resentment, built brick by brick. Depending on how you or your mate handles anger and resentment, that wall is not coming down, so intimate feelings and thoughts will not survive.
A pattern of negative thinking about your spouse. If the relationship is entrenched, positive feelings are no longer available.
Loneliness in the relationship or an inability to have fun with each other. A good adventure can be more bonding than sex.
Continuous criticism that turns into contempt.
You or your spouse make demands on the other.
You or your spouse is continuously on the defense.
Nearly all of your energy, or that of your mate, is poured into other endeavors besides the relationship.
Someone special is waiting in the wings, or there’s the thought that I can do better.
No trust = no relationship.
There’s no external source of hope and commitment, such as God.
If your marriage is experiencing any of these challenges, it’s time to overcome these entrenched negative patterns. Resentment usually causes one spouse to become disinterested in the relationship and unable to believe his/her partner will ever change. Unfortunately, if you or your spouse has lost interest in your marriage and is spending time fantasizing about the possibility of someone else (or is actually spending time with someone else), your marriage has a lower chance of recovery. However, there are some things you can do.
* Discover what makes you and your partner feel loved. Focus on what you appreciate about your spouse, and respond to bids for reconnection. The age of the forties, fifties, and sixties is a time to redefine oneself after raising kids, settling in a career, or to confront dissatisfactions in life. One’s marriage is often re-evaluated during this time. The marriage sinks or swims. Treat your spouse like a best friend, overlook irritations, create excitement in your life and share it with your partner. Create rituals and traditions and support each other’s dreams.
* Learn proper conflict resolution skills. This is the most crucial aspect to rebuilding your relationship. What seems insignificant, if not addressed, can germinate into a tangled mess in which the special feelings you had for each other are lost. Nothing happens unless people feel understood, so avoid criticism, which leads to the attack and defense mode. Look for alternative solutions to what each side is proposing. Then, make agreements – and secondary agreements that apply if the primary agreement is not kept – to build trust.
* Give your disinterested partner some emotional space, rather than put pressure or guilt on him/her. Instead, make personal changes more in line with the kind of spouse you would like to be. Develop your own identity and self-confidence, because those changes give you the best chance at being an attractive partner and will help if divorce is unavoidable.
The lowest rate of divorce can be found among those couples that prioritize regular spiritual activities together. One study led to the National Association of Marriage Enhancement, in Phoenix, Arizona (www.nameonline.net) to report that when couples prayed together on a daily basis, less than 1% of those couples would end up getting a divorce. The numbers were 1 out of 1156.
1http://www.divorcesource.com/ds/main/u-s-divorce-rates-and-statistics-1037.shtml
Author blairadminPosted on November 18, 2016 January 3, 2019 Categories Affairs, Communication, Divorce, RelationshipsTags baby boomers divorce, commitment, divorce, divorce over 50, marriage over, save marriage, unwanted divorce1 Comment on Is My Marriage Over?
The Art of Communication
Is harder than many people think. Since the strength of a relationship is based on connection between people, communication is often underestimated as well. It is a skill that must be practiced over and over. Even when making casual conversation, there is opportunity to strengthen relationships by reflecting the interests of another. One’s words can also strain relationships when they stir up emotions. The intent of one’s message may be lost leaving both parties feeling misunderstood. Three ingredients to resolving relationship issues apply to spouses, parents, children, friends and coworkers: Understanding, Showing concern, and Agreements.
One must be calm and focused to use these tools. Otherwise one’s brain, flooded with adrenaline, does not cooperate and one’s intent in communication is much different than the impact of one’s words. On the contrary, when relaxed, usually taking turns without interruptions works. Taking time to understand before you are understood even works better. Technically, one does not have to prove oneself or convince someone to be valid.
U nderstanding
To show understanding one cannot assume he or she understands the other. One cannot also assume the other is wrong. People tend to repeat themselves, argue, or criticize unless they feel understood. To make sense of what someone is saying does not mean you agree, feel the same, or would do the same as someone else in a given situation. To understand, instead, accomplishes the purpose of communication: to make sense to someone else. People who feel better or closer after a discussion usually feel connected rather than corrected. A couple of guidelines can greatly reduce adrenaline-fused verbal spars. When showing understanding, focus on the following:
Fouls: avoid insults and topic-hopping. Starting sentences with “I” may receive less resistance that starting sentences with “You.”
Feelings:what one is feeling is more important than facts to feel close to someone.
Future: the future can be changed, the past needs understanding but cannot be changed.
S howing concern
Demonstrating that one cares is an essential ingredient in satisfying relationships. If one is in a relationship but no longer cares, perhaps one is dwelling on the negative, or there is a lack of common goals. There are a number of ways to show you care not only about a person, but also about their statements.
Talk: tell the person how much you appreciate them or what they feel.
Time: spend time doing something enjoyable together.
Touch: affection can say a lot more than words when done appropriately.
Tasks: whatever you do for another that’s not expected but appreciated.
Tokens: notes, small gifts or offering to get someone a drink.
A greements
Even though one may not agree about the past or about a given topic, one can make agreements for the future. Adhering to agreements yield trust, commitment, and even passion. The following considerations can increase the chance of success, even if one has to go back to the drawing board.
Optimism: agreements should not bring future resentments.
Options: commit to find options that will work for both parties.
Outcomes: (not threats) that are understood if agreements are not kept.
For many, “I” statements are recommended to be used to communicate. For example, “I feel ______ when ______.” To connect and strengthen the relationship, try an experiment using a particular kind of “You” statements. For example, “You are feeling or thinking ______ and wishing for ______.” Instead of saying, “I understand,” or repeating what another is saying, show understanding with your words. Check with the person or look for signs that they feel understood. Instead of using “You” statements to criticize, condemn, or complain, see what happens when one makes comments showing interest in another’s views, whether they are wrong or right, over time. Even though you may not agree, you can make agreements.
When I ask you to listen to me
And you start giving advice
You have not done what I asked.
And you begin to tell me why I shouldn’t feel that way
You are trampling on my feelings.
And you feel you have to do something to solve my problems
You have failed me, strange as that may seem.
Listen! All I ask is that you listen
Not talk or do – just hear me.
Advice is cheap: the world wide web is full of free advice.
And I can do for myself. I’m not helpless.
Maybe discouraged and faltering, but not helpless.
But when you accept as a simple fact that I do feel what I feel,
No matter how irrational, then I stop trying to convince you,
And can get about the business of understanding what’s behind this irrational feeling.
And when that’s clear, the answers are obvious and I don’t need advice.
So please listen and just hear me, and if you want to talk,
Wait a minute for your turn, and I’ll listen to you.
For More on the Link Between Communication and Connection.
Author blairadminPosted on November 18, 2016 December 31, 2018 Categories Communication, Confrontation, Listening, Marriage, On-going Conflict, Problem-Solving, Reconciliation, Relationships, Remorse, Save marriageTags communication, conflict, confrontation, criticism, listening, problem-solving, relationships1 Comment on The Art of Communication
Communication Cheat Sheet
D escribe the other person’s feeling, or show appreciation, or make sense of what they are thinking, even if you disagree.
A sk for what you are wanting, or ask the other person to make sense of what you are feeling. Make multiple proposals. Don’t debate.
B oundaries make clear what you are not willing to do, but end with what you are willing to do. Meet in the middle.
More on Communication.
This approach can also be used for kids. Start by connecting with your child to increase the chance of being heard, describe their feeling (even in one word). Ask your child to do the right thing, or for a “time-in,” (teaching him or her how to calm yourself), or to take a “time-out.” Set boundaries by making it clear what is not okay, followed by what behavior is okay. Consequences can also be clarified or negotiated also at this point.
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Does This Count as Cheating?
What if your wife befriended someone unknown to you on Facebook? What about your husband’s phone always being locked? Is there a problem if your spouse goes out for lunches with a co-worker? Or in general, is a little flirting is okay? Can the use of porn harm a relationship? Where do you draw the line between harmless fun and damage to trust?
Cheating on someone is defined by the one betrayed. It can take different forms and result in anywhere between hurt and disaster. For some it may be an internet excursion, coffee, or a kiss. For others, it is defined by sex. In the case of “harmless fun,” maybe it’s not so much what is said or done, but how you feel afterward that sets the stage for wanting more. It is an emotional connection that lays the groundwork for a physical connection. For most, infidelity is both a reflection of character and breakdown in your relationship.
Definitions of “cheating” differ from relationship to relationship. For most, secrecy is paramount to the definition, along with engaging in an activity that is robbed from the relationship. Maybe you are opening up to someone at work, or at the gym, but finding yourself rushed for time when it comes to sitting down with your partner.
If such an interaction with another is hidden, or not mentioned to your partner, it gives you the chance to hide the relationship if something questionable develops in the future. Other hidden communications include passwords, site destinations, or even innocent conversations that are not mentioned. There may be a reason it is not mentioned.
How does it feel when interacting? Is there a feeling of excitement or anticipation? Do you feel or do anything different for this person that you don’t do for others, including your partner? Does it reflect something that is missing in your relationship?
Sometimes relationships begin to break down before we realize it. Not being there for your partner can be subtle or obvious, but starts in small ways. Marital researchers such as John Gottman, Caryl Rusbult and Shirley Glass have described steps toward infidelity.
A loss of connection starts with less verbal attunements – responses to your partner that lead to your partner feeling cared about or understood. “Attuning” to your partner can be about trivial topics or your core feelings about the relationship.
If an increasing loss of connection is added to inevitable conflict, eventually partners may start withdrawing and withholding true thoughts and feelings to avoid a fight. Meanwhile, a negative view of one’s partner solidifies, and one stops looking to the partner to get needs met.
If you start sharing these thoughts and feelings with someone else and that someone else is more responsive than your partner, a negative contrast develops. Sometimes that “someone else” doesn’t exist yet, except in your partner’s mind.
Resentment builds and over time leads to loneliness, low desire, and loss of romance, fun, and adventure. Boundaries are crossed when alternative relationships are not dismissed, thus becoming options. Secrets flourish and “someone else” becomes tantalizing.
Surprisingly, two-thirds of couples want to stay together after an affair. If there was such a breakdown and betrayal, the task of putting the relationship back together again seems daunting. Understanding the impact of cheating takes time. Some are not willing to give it time because it feels horrible. How do you fully express remorse without excessive self-condemnation or recrimination?
It also can be difficult to admit ambivalence about moving forward. Moving forward needs proven structure and planning to address what’s missing in your relationship and to rebuild trust. Sustaining change over time is the next challenge.
Essentially lines are crossed when energy is missing from the marriage but found in other relationships, work, hobbies, preoccupations and addictions. On one end of the problem could be the joke or story that repeatedly told to co-workers that gets old by the time you tell your spouse.
Or you may be opening up about work or home problems with someone who understands but the same issue is argued about instead of discussed at home. Flirtation with others may be perceived as harmless but does not happen anymore in your relationship.
Finding time for a date night may become challenging but going out to lunch with colleagues is easy. A boy’s or girl’s night out can become more fun than alone time with your partner. Fun and adventure are found elsewhere.
Work and hobbies can become time-consuming and the relationship can get pushed down the priority list. You have heard of someone who is “married to their work,” or “football widows.” You have also heard of alcohol or drug dependence robbing both the person and relationship of life.
Relationships are subject to the law of entropy and require a constant influx of energy to counteract its decline. It is a priority based on promises and trust and is measured by the amount of time put into the relationship. To protect the relationship couples regularly connect with each other through words and actions. They overlook irritations but address resentments, rather than withdrawing from resolving conflict.
To resolve conflict they make requests while caring about the other’s needs, allow disagreements rather than criticizing, and generate options instead of insisting on one way of doing things. To build the relationship, they take time to regularly review the positive qualities of the other, guard the time it takes to have fun with the other, and seek “adventures.” They support each other’s dreams.
All infidelity starts in the mind before it goes to the heart. This can happen impulsively as in a one-night love affair, but often there is something missing from your relationship that allows this to happen. The more time spent thinking about alternatives to your relationship plants seeds of discontent.
An alternative can be another relationship or any time-consuming activity. If there is something missing from your relationship, and this need is met elsewhere, this hidden outlet can take root and supplant your relationship.
Barry McCarthy, an expert on extra-marital affairs reported that 20 to 25 percent of males cross this line, with an average frequency of six partners. The reason is not necessarily because the marital relationship is lacking, it often starts impulsively and continues if it involves low maintenance. The infidelity rate for wives was reported between 11 and 15 percent, and often involves “falling in love.” 40 to 45 percent of marriages suffer, but 70 percent survive. It is helpful to ask what does the extra-marital affair represent in the marriage and what can be learned before you decide should I stay or should I go.
Author blairadminPosted on November 18, 2016 January 29, 2019 Categories AffairsTags affair, cheating, infidelity, recovery from affair, signs of cheating, what is cheating1 Comment on Does This Count as Cheating?
What to Ask Before You Marry
How well can you answer these questions with a long-term view?
What are the five most important things to you in a marriage?
I love you because . . . (three reasons).
I want to marry you because . . . (three specific reasons, not “I love you”).
We’re a good match because . . . (five reasons).
How much would you like to spend your free time together?
How much personal/alone time do you need?
How much sleep do you need? Are you a morning or evening person?
How often do you expect to visit extended family?
Do you expect to be very social as a couple? To spend much time with friends?
Do you expect to take family vacations every year?
Do you plan to make a career change after you get married?
What did your father’s role in the family look like? Your mother’s role?
Do you think your parents were healthy emotionally and relationally? Why or why not?
How do you feel about how your parents related to each other?
How did your parents make decisions? Did they talk about decisions together or did one spouse make decisions without consulting his or her partner?
What would you like to see your roles as husband and wife look like?
How would you like to make decisions as a couple once you’re married?
Who will do the following chores?
Cooking and preparing meals?
Cleaning up after meals?
Cleaning bathrooms?
Doing the laundry?
Taking out trash?
Grocery shopping?
Decorating?
Household repairs?
Servicing the car?
Yard work?
Planning trips?
Planning nights out?
Buying and giving gifts?
Planning and shopping for occasions?
Corresponding with family and friends?
Caring for aging parents?
Caring for pets?
What do you like and dislike about your parents? Your family?
Are there unhealthy patterns, dysfunctions, or other challenges in your family?
What concerns do you both have about your future in-laws?
Are you worried about interfering in-laws? What will you do if this happens?
What are your families’ expectations regarding your relationship?
What are your expectations regarding how your relationship with your families might change?
Will your families expect to see you regularly? How often?
What boundaries to you need to set right away?
What will you do about holidays?
What family traditions and customs would you like to continue?
Was church or synagogue attendance a regular part of your childhood?
One a scale of one to five rate the level of church involvement you prefer.
When you’re married, when do you want to pray together?
How important if Bible reading to you? Is joining a Bible study with others something you would like to do?
How important is spiritual leadership to you? Do you believe that one of you should take the lead, or how would both of you work together to lead the family?
What religious traditions are important to you?
Did you grow up rich, poor, or middle class?
What value did you learn to place on money?
Were you secure or insecure about money?
Did your parents model generosity, good shopping habits, and careful planning?
Was work more important than family? Was pleasure more important than wise money management?
Did your parents use coupons, pay bills on time, and meet financial goals?
Was there gambling, overspending, or spending to impress friends and neighbors?
Did either parent engage in high-risk ventures?
Did your parents have the idea that bankruptcy is okay?
Did your family sacrifice when needed, save, invest, and use cash versus credit?
Was paying for insurance, education, and retirement important to your parents?
Did they live on the edge of their finances now and not worry about tomorrow?
Do you think joint or separate accounts are appropriate in your marriage?
Do you think paying the bills should be done separately or together?
Do you work with a budget now?
Are you conservative or aggressive in investments?
What are your income goals?
Have you ever lost a large sum of money?
What mistakes have you made with money?
How much and what will each of you be free to spend?
What stress you out when it comes to money?
Do you tithe or give to charitable organizations?
How do you handle anger?
How do you handle anxiety?
How do you handle sadness?
How do you handle disagreements?
How do you solve problems?
How do you stay connected and close over time?
How do you handle resentments?
How do you handle “the silent treatment?”
One a scale of one to five how important is sex?
How often do you expect to have sex?
What worries do you have about sex?
Can we both initiate sex?
What is your attitude about giving or receiving sexual pleasure?
Are there limits? Acts or behavior that is not acceptable to you?
What would ruin sexual intimacy for you?
What creates passion for you?
What was your family’s attitude toward sex?
How did you learn about sex?
What experiences and influences from your childhood and adolescence might hinder healthy sex with your future mate?
Are you comfortable talking about sex? Why or why not?
How has the media and culture influenced what you think about sex?
How comfortable are you with your body? Your appearance?
How important is healthy sex to you and your future mate?
How many children would you like to have?
How do you feel about birth control?
Would one of us be a stay-at-home parent? How do you feel about that?
What if we’re unable to have children? How would you feel about fertility treatments?
How do you feel about adoption? Would you consider it, and when?
When would you like to start a family?
How would your disciplinary approaches differ?
Is your relationship more passion or more commitment-oriented?
Has your relationship stood the test of time?
Are there any bad habits or pet peeves?
Do you detect possible immaturity or selfishness?
Do you detect a critical nature?
Does one withdraw and isolate?
Is there any financial irresponsibility?
Is there any history of verbal or physical abuse? Controlling behavior?
Are there differences in core values or beliefs, especially spiritual?
Are there any addictive behaviors or substance use?
Any crossing of relationship boundaries with other in the past or currently?
Are both partners physically, financially, and emotionally free from past relationships?
Do you have your families blessing for your marriage?
Remarriages
Have you recovered from the loss of your previous marriage?
Have your kids recovered?
What will each of you change about this marriage to succeed?
Are you comfortable with your ex and your partner’s ex? What potential problems may arise?
Are you prepared for the complexities of step-parenting?
Are there child-custody issues, or legal issues that may appear in the future?
What will you need to become a successful blended family?
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Making Love Last
A practical way to make love last is to devote at least 15 minutes a day to the relationship and two or three hours on the weekend by:
Time: having fun again.
Touch: simple affection.
Talk: be nice to each other, ask for what you want.
Tasks: do things for each other.
Tokens: give something to eachother.
Longtime couple illustrates how marriage can endure for decades
By CHELSEA McDOUGALL – cmcdougall@nwherald.com
http://www.nwherald.com/2011/02/10/hugs-kisses/a24b38g/
Robert and Arlene Carl, both 89, of McHenry smile at each other Tuesday at Alden Terrace in McHenry. The couple has been married for 68 years and said one thing that made their marriage last was never going to sleep while upset with one another. (Hollyn Johnson – hjohnson@nwherald.com)
McHENRY – Arlene Carl smiled ear to ear, and traces of the young 19-year-old bride she once was were present in her giggle as she sat next to her husband, Bob Carl. Bob is in rehabilitation at Alden Terrace in McHenry, and the couple sat next to each other on the couch for this interview. It was the closest they’ve been in months.
The way Arlene Carl tells their love story is simple.
“We met years and years ago before World War II,” she said. “I was working at a store and he came in with a boyfriend, and they invited me to go bowling with them. I went and that was it.”
But Bob Carl’s version is a little more romantic.
“It was in 1939 in February,” he recalled. “We kept meeting each other from time to time. When I saw her, I said to myself, ‘That’s the lady I want to marry.'”
Bob and Arlene met as teenagers in Depression-era Chicago. While Bob recalls Arlene’s striking beauty and auburn hair, she said it was his manners that eventually won her over. After meeting at a party, then eventually their first bowling date, Bob and Arlene continued to see each other on and off before Bob joined the National Guard. Bob only planned on one year of service, but Dec. 7, 1941, changed his life and put their relationship in fast forward. The couple married Dec. 26, 1942, and the couple enjoyed a month and a half of marriage before Bob was sent overseas. For 33 months, Bob traveled the globe during World War II, while back in Chicago, Arlene worked for the phone company. But the pair never were far from each other’s thoughts.
“It was very sad,” Arlene recalled. “But I worked hard and tried to set a little something aside so when he came home we could live normally. I was lonely and he was lonely, but we wrote every day.” The couple finally reunited in November 1945 and spent a long weekend reconnecting at the Belmont Hotel in Chicago.
“I was mighty happy to be home and see my wife,” Bob said.
Sprinkle in three sons, 11 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, a little traveling, and a move to their McHenry home, and the Carls have lived a good life. The key to their successful marriage?
“Every night at bedtime, we would resolve anything that we had out there,” Bob said. “And we would kiss goodnight. [We] never went to bed mad.”
“Maybe a little miffed,” Arlene said, correcting Bob.
While the Carls have enjoyed nearly 70 years of blissful marriage, for other couples, a healthy marriage takes a little more work.
Dan Blair, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Crystal Lake, has worked with countless couples in his 11 years in practice.
“I think the leading cause of divorce is disconnectedness, a gradual over time erosion of the relationship,” Blair said. “Usually there is conflict involved over money, or sex, or in-laws. But the disconnection of the couple is what places the relationship in jeopardy.”
Blair suggested “putting the fun back in the marriage” and that struggling couples should focus on their friendship.
“Solving problems is easier when you restore that friendship,” Blair said.
Blair also said a goal was to maintain a balance of appropriate closeness, but not too close so as to suffocate one’s partner. Watch resentment, he suggested, and don’t let anger take root. Others looking for a romantic gesture can look to Bob’s tender goodnight greeting for his wife.
“I call her every night before I go to sleep and say goodnight and send my love and kisses,” Bob said.
When asked what he says to Arlene each night, Bob starts singing: “I love you, a bushel and a peck, and a hug around the neck.”
And Arlene blushed.
Strategies of the heart
Harvard clinical psychologist Dr. Betsy Sukowicz offers her take on what she calls “winning and losing strategies” for relationships. It is based on a popular therapy tool developed by Terrence Real.
Winning strategies …
Shift from complaint to request, meaning ask “would you do this for me?”
Speak with love and savvy. Be assertive about what you want. Don’t demand, but say what’s on your mind. Remember your partner is someone you care about.
If your partner is asking for something, respond with generosity.
Empower each other.
Cherish what you have.
Losing strategies …
Being right, or thinking your way is the right way and not negotiating issues.
Controlling your partner.
Unbridled self-expression or venting, telling everything that is on your mind without regard to how your words will affect your partner.
Retaliation. When one person feels badly treated, he or she punishes the partner because the partner “deserves” it.
Withdrawal, or detaching oneself from one’s partner.
Copyright 2011, Northwest Herald, The (Crystal Lake, IL). All Rights Reserved.
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Fri, 09/20/2019 - 8:38pm by Sam Wasson Tags:
Women's Soccer Recaps
Written By: NM State Athletic Dept.
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Dmitri Fong tied a career-high with 13 saves but the New Mexico State women’s soccer team dropped a 1-0 decision to Battle of I-25 rival New Mexico on Friday at the Soccer Athletic complex.
The Lobos (4-3-0) brought the pressure early, testing Fong in the 6th minute but she was there to make the stop. New Mexico continued to dominate the ball and push it into its offensive third, forcing saves in the 16th, 20th, and 27th minute.
Then, Ely Gonzalez had the Aggies (1-4-2) first opportunity at a goal but her shot from distance went just over the crossbar in the 27th minute. With the Lobos’ attack gaining momentum, Fong continued to play well as the redshirt junior made two more saves in the 30th and 31st minutes. From there, both sides struggled to create for the rest of the half and the rivals were tied 0-0 at halftime.
Much like the first half, UNM pushed the ball early in the second half with a shot on goal in the 47th minute that was again saved by Fong. The Albuquerque native added saves in the 49th, 58th, 59th and 60th minutes. Then, Corey Kizer almost gave the Aggies the lead in the 61st minute but her shot from distance was stopped by a diving Malia Vanisi.
Following a save from Fong in the 62nd minute, Alexa Barrera had an opportunity to put NM State ahead. However, her shot at the 63:57 mark was blocked by a Lobo defender before the ball bounced back to Barrera. The sophomore took another shot that appeared to be heading for the back of the net, but Vanisi recovered and made a diving stop right before the ball reached the goal line.
That sequence sparked the Lobos offense as they immediately went down and scored on the counter in the 65th minute for a 1-0 Aggie deficit. Fong made another save in the 76th minute to keep New Mexico State in the game, but the offense was unable to breakthrough for a 1-0 final in favor of New Mexico.
Fong was fantastic in goal as she stopped 13 shots, tying a career-high she set against SMU on Sept. 29, 2017.
The Aggies return to the pitch this Sunday, Sept. 22, at 1 p.m. as they host Northern Arizona. Sunday’s match is bark at the park so bring your favorite pup and enjoy ice cream cones courtesy of Caliche’s. Fans unable to attend can stream Sunday’s match live on the WAC Digital Network.
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Ingress Abbey, Dartford, Kent: unexecuted designs for remodelling the house, for John Calcraft, 1765 (4)
John Calcraft (1726-72) was the son of a solicitor also John Calcraft of Grantham, and the cousin of Henry Fox (later Lord Holland), who helped him to various lucrative public offices. Calcraft worked as a clerk in the Pay Office in 1745-57, a clerk in the War Office in 1747-56, as Paymaster of widow’s pensions in 1757-62, and Commissary of Musters in 1756-63. However, despite his filial connection to Fox, and the support Fox had given his career, in the 1760s and '70s Calcraft became a supporter of the Marquis of Shelburne. There is considerable extant correspondence between Calcraft and Shelburne, and it was through this connection that Calcraft was able to forge a political career. He served as MP for Calne in 1766-68, and Rochester in 1768-72. Towards the end of his life Calcraft unsuccessfully pursued the Irish Earldom of Ormond.
In 1760 Calcraft purchased the estate of Ingress, including Ingress Abbey, from Lord Bessborough. Five years later, presumably owing to his connection with Shelburne (Adam's patron at Bowood and Lansdowne House), Calcraft commissioned Robert Adam to make designs for alterations to the house, including some interior decoration. None of Adam’s designs were executed. Instead Calcraft employed Sir William Chambers (1722-96) in c1770-72, who built a Doric temple. Chambers' temple was re-erected at Cobham Hall, Kent in 1820.
Calcraft was living at Ingress with a former actress, Mrs Elizabeth Bride, at the time of his death. The eldest of their five illegitimate children, also John Calcraft, inherited the estate. A new Tudor-style house was built at Ingress for James Harmer in 1832-34 to designs by Charles Moring (c1810-85). This house, long derelict, now forms the centrepiece of a large housing estate.
E. Fitzmaurice, Life of William, Earl of Shelburne, afterwards first Marquess of Lansdowne, 1912, p. 150; A.T. Bolton, The architecture of Robert and James Adam, 1922, Volume II, Index pp. 18, 64; N. Pevsner, and J. Newman, The buildings of England: West Kent and the Weald, 1976, pp. 308-9; D. King, The complete works of Robert & James Adam and unbuilt Adam, 2001, Volume II, p. 121; Yale Edition, Horace Walpole's correspondence, 2011, Volume 32, p. 38; 'Calcraft, John (1726-72), of Rempstone, Dorset and Ingress, Kent', History of Parliament online, 2012
Frances Sands, 2012
Finished drawings for a house, 1765, unexecuted (3)
[1] Finished drawing for a house, 1765, unexecuted
datable to 1765
Adam office hand, possibly George Richardson
SM Adam volume 31/121
Adam office hand, possibly George Richardson, addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Design for the ceiling for the dining room, 1765, unexecuted (1)
[4] Design for the ceiling for the dining room, 1765, unexecuted
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Pacific Islander Tuition Funding at UHM
At the end of spring semester 2014, UHM Chancellor Tom Apple and Vice Chancellor for Students Francisco Hernandez provided funding to meet tuition differential of 50% for Pacific Islander students at UH Mānoa, thus bringing fees to the equivalent of resident tuition. By completing their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), Pacific Islander students are automatically awarded the funding. Last semester, Dr Tina Tauasosi-Posiulai, Dr Lola Quan Bautista, and Dr Lufata Simanu-Klutz led an initiative with UHM Pacific Islander students to bring attention to the tuition differential.
This entry was posted in Features, News Briefs on August 19, 2014 by andy.
Hawaiʻi Specialist Librarian Kapena Shim
Kapena Shim was born in Honolulu and raised in Southern California. After high school, Kapena returned to Hawaiʻi to study at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where he began a journey of connecting with the stories of his ancestors. These stories are a grounding source of inspiration and transformation for his work as a librarian. He believes libraries are lifelines for our communities because the rich cultural repositories of ʻike (knowledge) can empower Hawaiʻi’s youth and families. In 2010, he completed concurrent bachelor’s degrees in Hawaiian Studies and Hawaiian Language and a Master’s of Science degree in library and information science in 2013.
The Hawaiʻi Specialist Librarian position became vacant in January 2012 with the retirement of longtime Hawaiian Collection curator Joan Hori. Kapena will join librarians Dore Minatodani and Jodie Mattos in the Hawaiian Collection, where his job duties will include collection development and management, library instruction, and reference. CPIS MA candidate Kealiʻi MacKenzie also continues to work in the Hawaiian and Pacific Collections as a reference librarian.
Baninnur: A Basket of Food
In collaboration with blackmail press in Auckland, the Center for Pacific Islands Studies recently published Baninnur: A Basket of Food, a special issue of the online poetry journal. The collection of creative works was guest edited by recent CPIS MA graduate Kathy Jetnil-Kijner and copyedited by CPIS GA Candi Steiner, this project was instigated and coordinated by CPIS Outreach Director Katherine Higgins. The special issue is available at http://www.blackmailpress.com/Index36.html.
This entry was posted in Features, News Briefs, Student and Alumni Activities on August 19, 2014 by andy.
Making Micronesia: A Political Biography of Tosiwo Nakayama
Making Micronesia: A Political Biography of Tosiwo Nakayama, by CPIS affiliate faculty member David Hanlon (chair of the UHM History Department), is a biography of Tosiwo Nakayama, the first president of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Nakayama was born to a Japanese father and an Chuukese woman in 1931 on Piserach, part of an atoll northwest of the main Chuuk Lagoon group. He grew up during Japan’s colonial administration of Micronesia and the US-administered Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Nakayama studied at the University of Hawai‘i and in 1958 returned to Chuuk, where he quickly advanced through a series of administrative positions before winning election to the House of Delegates (later Senate) of the Congress of Micronesia. He served as its president from 1965 to1967 and again from 1973 to 1978. Nakayama was in the center of complex negotiations for FSM from local engagements wtih the US colonial presence to the creation of a nation-state against a fornidable array of local and external forces. Throughout the political story, Hanlon shares the remarkable story of the physical, political, and cultural distances that Nakayama negotiated. See Publications for more information.
This entry was posted in Features, News Briefs, Recent Pacific Publications on August 19, 2014 by andy.
Ancestral Places: Understanding Kanaka Geographies
Ancestral Places: Understanding Kanaka Geographies, by CPIS affiliate faculty member Kapāʻanaokalāokeola Oliviera (Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language), provides examples of how Kānaka utilize cartographic performances to map ancestral places and retain moʻolelo (historical accounts). In this book, Kapa offers a new framework in Kanaka epistemology and explores connections between Kānaka with their environment, tracing how moʻolelo and ʻāina inform a Kanaka sense of place. See Publications for more information.
The Art of Excavation
Leilani Tamu, the 9th Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer in Residence, recently published The Art of Excavation, which was one of her writing projects during her 2013 residency at the center. This book of poems uses the creative metaphor of excavation for reframing and retelling Pacific stories from her perspective. Leilani draws from her experiences as a mother, historian, former New Zealand diplomat, and columnist to delve into the complexities of the Pacific region. For more infomation, see Publications.
UHM-ANU Memorandum
In June, UHM Chancellor Tom Apple visited the Australian National University (ANU) and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between ANU and UHM. The MOU enables programs for student exchanges and opens the way for research collaboration between the two universities, with potential collaboration between their respective libraries. The MOU was initiated by ANU faculty Dr Katerina Teaiwa (who is the Pacific Studies Convenor and a CPIS alum), Professor Margaret Jolly, and Nicholas Mortimer, with support from the Center for Pacific Islands Studies and the School of Pacific and Asian Studies.
Dr Teaiwa said, “This formalization of cooperation between two internationally renowned centers of Pacific research will help inspire students to imagine a future dedicated to engaging Oceania.
In November 2014, Dr Teaiwa will bring fifteen undergraduate and three graduate students to UH Mānoa for a Pacific Islands field school. The students will collaborate with students and staff at the Center for Pacific Islands Studies in areas of arts, heritage, and social issues.
Special Issue! The Contemporary Pacific (26:2)
A special issue of The Contemporary Pacific (26:2), titled Global Sport in the Pacific, is forthcoming this semester. It is guest edited by CPIS affiliate faculty member Faʻanofo (Lisa) Uperesa (UHM Ethnic Studies and Sociology) and Tom Mountjoy (University of Bergen). This issue features a series of photographs by Greg Semu. Articles include:
CPIS Welcomes New Affiliate Faculty Members
The Center for Pacific Islands Studies is delighted to announce that Laufata “Fata” Simanu-Klutz (CPIS MA, 2001) and Alice Te Punga Somerville have joined the Pacific Islands Studies affiliate instructional faculty. Courses taught by affiliate faculty are part of the center’s instructional program, and affiliate faculty serve on student committees and the center’s editorial boards. Continue reading →
This entry was posted in Faculty and Staff Activities, Features on December 24, 2013 by cpis.
Woven Words: Reflections on My Time at UH Mānoa
By Leilani Tamu, 2013 Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence
They say that every journey begins with a first step. But in my experience, every journey begins with a connection. When I think about my three months at UH Mānoa as the 2013 Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence, it is the connections that were made, nurtured, and treasured that stand out as the highlight of my time in Hawaiʻi. Woven together, relationships bind Pacific people across oceans of perceived distance, and in coming to Mānoa I am confident that, despite my now being back in Aotearoa, that bond is one that will last a lifetime. Continue reading →
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Pacific Islands Monograph Series
The Center for Pacific Islands Studies is pleased to announce the publication of two new volumes in its Pacific Islands Monograph Series (PIMS)—Colonialism, Maasina Rule, and the Origins of Malaita Kastom by David Akin (University of Michigan) and Kanak Awakening: The Rise of Nationalism in New Caledonia by David Chappell, UHM History Department and CPIS affiliate faculty. Continue reading →
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Capturing Waves of Change
In November, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner (CPIS MA student) and Leonard Leon (Academy for Creative Media BA student and Marshallese instructor) conducted a weeklong workshop on creative expression. “Capturing Waves of Change” encouraged youth from the Pālolo Homes community to tell their stories through photography and poetry at the Pālolo Ohana Learning Center with funding from the UHM Office of Student Equity, Excellence and Diversity (SEED). Continue reading →
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Pacific Islands Women in Leadership Program
The East-West Center launched their new Pacific Islands Women in Leadership program (WIL) this past November. This initiative is the result of the Rarotonga Partnership between the United States, New Zealand, and Australia for the advancement of Pacific Island women. The first cohort—including ten participants from Fiji, Kiribati, the Federated States of Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Sāmoa, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu—came to the East-West Center for a 3-week intensive leadership program.
This entry was posted in Features, LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS AT EAST-WEST CENTER on December 24, 2013 by cpis.
Tok Stori
The center’s monthly Tok Stori series “Employing Pacific Studies” invites alumni and current students to discuss how they use Pacific studies. “Employing Pacific Studies” began on 13 September with alumni Senator J Kalani English (CPIS MA, 1995) and Scott Kroeker (CPIS MA, 1999), in a session chaired by Tarcisius Kabutaulaka. The panelists recounted their experiences as Pacific studies graduate students, shared the ways that they have used their Pacific studies degrees in their careers, and also discussed other career options for Pacific studies degrees. The seminar was followed by a welcome reception for incoming BA students.
This entry was posted in Events, Features on December 24, 2013 by cpis.
WAVES OF CHANGE CONFERENCE
The Center for Pacific Islands Studies (CPIS) recently hosted an international conference on climate change that brought together policy makers, academics, community workers, and students from Hawai‘i and a number of Pacific Island countries. The conference, titled “Waves of Change: Climate Change in the Pacific Islands and Implications for Hawaiʻi,” was held at the Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge on the University of Hawaiʻi–Mānoa campus 4–6 April 2013. In addition to the center’s faculty members, the conference advisory committee included Jerry Finin and Melissa Finucane (East-West Center), Ulla Hassager (Ethnic Studies Department), Joakim Peter (College of Education), Maxine Burkett (Richardson School of Law), and Joshua Cooper (UH West Oʻahu). Several pre-conference programs were designed to initiate discussions around climate-change issues that were explored in more depth during the conference. A seminar and film series included a range of faculty members, students, activists, researchers, and community members.
Students from Kaimukī High School’s (KHS) Imua Program participated in a curriculum to prepare for the conference. Their participation was academic and practical and is described in a separate article by Jocelyn Howard. The curriculum was created and taught by community leaders and faculty and students from the UH Mānoa and KHS under the leadership of Nelson Ikaika Fernandez (Pālolo Science Discovery Center), James Skouge and Joakim Peter (UHM College of Education), Leslie Harada and Lisa Shimokawa (STEM and Imua, KHS), Lola Quan Bautista, and Ulla Hasager. In addition to the academic and media-learning outcomes, the high school participation helped to strengthen relationships among Pacific Islander youth groups.
Minister Tony de Brum, Senator J Kalani English, and Tarcisius Kabutaulaka with Kaimukī High School students at the keynote address, photo by Leonard Leon.
The conference began with a keynote address by the Honorable Tony de Brum, Minister and Assistant to the President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Minister de Brum highlighted the need for global action to address climate change, especially by the “earth’s polluters.” He said that small island nations like the Marshall Islands have done their part to combat climate change, often in ways “disproportionate to their size, population, their financial capabilities, or their economic status.” The remaining two days of featured speakers and panels focused on issues such as the potential for climate change–related migrations and the implications for metropolitan centers like Hawaiʻi, community responses to climate change, climate change and indigenous knowledge, and the legal issues surrounding climate change, particularly related to human rights. Topics by featured speakers included an overview of significant climate change issues by Noah Idechong, discussion of policy issues by Ambassador Asterio Takesy, implications of migration by John Campbell, and an example of a community toolkit by Willy Kostka. Panelists presented a diverse range of research and personal experiences from Pohnpei, Chuuk, Guam, Fiji, Hawaiʻi, and beyond. The KHS students attended all of the conference events and had personal interactions with many of the conference speakers and participants during interview sessions. The students’ interviews with conference participants will be made available online as part of an attempt to create awareness about climate change in high schools in Hawaiʻi. Participants celebrated the conclusion of the conference with an inspiring evening of poetry, music, and food organized by Craig Santos Perez and Brandy Nālani McDougall (UHM English Department) with performances by several CPIS students.
The conference initiated important discussions that the center hopes to continue through future programs, including a course with a focus on climate change in fall 2013. The working idea is that the course will culminate with students participating at an international conference on climate change or working with communities.
The center is grateful for the generosity and support of the conference sponsors, including the Pacific Islands Development Program at the East-West Center, the Office of Hawaiʻi State Senator J Kalani English, ʻŌlelo Community Media; UH Mānoa’s School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, Ethnic Studies Department, College of Social Sciences, and Office of Student Equity, Excellence and Diversity (SEED); and Joe Nalo and Art Stret Gallery for providing the conference artwork Save the Sinking Art & Culture (2012). ʻŌlelo Community Media filmed the conference proceedings and has made the keynote address available online at http://olelo.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=30&clip_id=34311. Announcements about online access to the other conference sessions and the Kaimukī High School interviews will be posted on the CPIS website and Facebook page.
This entry was posted in Features on May 14, 2013 by cpis.
OCEANIA RISES
By Candi Steiner, Ethnomusicology PhD Student and CPIS Graduate Assistant
On 4 April 2013, CPIS graduate assistants Jesi Lujan Bennet, Jocelyn Howard, Kelea Levy, and Candi Steiner, with the help of CPIS faculty and staff, hosted “Oceania Rises,” the center’s first student conference. The event, open to both undergraduate and graduate students, was designed to foster multicultural, pan-Pacific unity that privileges Pacific Islander voices; to raise awareness of Pacific Island cultures on the UH Mānoa campus; and to promote new ways of “doing academia” that build on interdisciplinary approaches to research. Themes included empowerment, self-expression, and academic innovation.
Turnout was excellent for all of the event’s panels, which included art displays, poetry readings, and paper presentations on various Pacific Islands–related topics. As a special treat, Dr Lola Quan Bautista’s PACS 603 students presented on their capstone research progress, offering the community a glimpse of the kinds of projects that CPIS students undertake in the MA program. The organizing team would again like to thank everyone who made this successful event possible. The conference program is still available for viewing online at the conference’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/2013OceaniaRisesStudentConference.
“Waves of Change: Climate Change in the Pacific Islands and Implications for Hawai‘i”
The Center for Pacific Islands Studies is pleased to announce its 2013 conference, “Waves of Change: Climate Change in the Pacific Islands and Implications for Hawai‘i.” The two-and-a-half-day conference, 4–6 April 2013, which will be held at the University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa (UHM), will explore environmental, social, cultural, political, and economic impacts of climate change in the Pacific Islands. Continue reading →
This entry was posted in Conference Announcements, Features on January 30, 2013 by cpis.
“Oceania Rises” is an event organized by CPIS students and staff. The purpose of the event is to help foster multicultural and pan-Pacific unity, while privileging Pacific Islander voices. ”Oceania Rises” will help to promote awareness of Pacific cultures and new approaches to academia that build on interdisciplinary approaches to research. Continue reading →
Opening of Hale Pasifika
On 26 October, the center celebrated our new student space, Hale Pasifika, located in Henke Hall room 308. Continue reading →
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PACS 108 Workshop
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France's war in Algeria: telling the story
Thread: France's war in Algeria: telling the story
SWJED
How to Fight Insurgents? Lessons from the French
29 June Christian Science Monitor - How to Fight Insurgents? Lessons from the French by Jill Carroll.
The Pentagon held a screening in 2003 of "The Battle of Algiers," a movie about French troops winning control of the Algerian capital. President Bush says that he recently read Alistair Horne's authoritative history on the war, "A Savage War of Peace." And last fall, Christopher Harmon, who teaches a course on the Algerian war at the Marine Corps University (MCU) in Washington, lectured marines in Iraq about the Algerian model.
Here in Algeria, some of those who participated in that war find little use in the comparison. But the US military – and the American public – continues to study the 1954-62 Algerian war of independence for lessons on how to fight the insurgency in Iraq.
"There are very, very few examples of modern insurgency, and for urban [insurgencies] it's basically this [war]," says Thomas X. Hammes, a US insurgency expert and author of a book on guerrilla warfare, "The Sling and the Stone."
While France ultimately withdrew from Algeria, "the French did much of the counterinsurgency very skillfully," says Mr. Harmon, who is the Kim T. Adamson Chair of Insurgency and Terrorism at MCU. "The American military has been intrigued by the case study for a long time ... it's a very good parallel."...
SteveMetz
Originally Posted by SWJED
I don't know what bothers me more. That Ms. Carroll doesn't know where the Marine Corps University is, or that the U.S. military wants to learn from Algeria. I think we already have that win the battles/lose the war schtick down pat.
Lastdingo
Originally Posted by SteveMetz
I don't know what bothers me more. That Ms. Carroll doesn't know where the Marine Corps University is, ...
...that's one of the least important and least interesting things on earth. Especially for non-americans, such knowledge or lack of is so utterly uninteresting and does tell less than nothing about proficiency that I lack the words to describe it.
Originally Posted by Lastdingo
My point was that one expects basic fact checking from a major publication. If a story doesn't get something this simple correct, it causes readers to question the accuracy of other points.
Steve Blair
Exactly. If one can't be bothered to verify such BASIC information, why should anyone trust the rest of the piece?
"On the plains and mountains of the American West, the United States Army had once learned everything there was to learn about hit-and-run tactics and guerrilla warfare."
T.R. Fehrenbach This Kind of War
Moderator's Note 17th June 2012
This thread was renamed today alongside merging in a few threads after today's post (ends). There is a separate thread 'Algeria Again? Contemporary affairs':http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ead.php?t=2079
AFP, 10 Oct 07: French film breaks silence on Algerian war atrocities
A new film described as France's Platoon tackles the savagery of the Algerian war, broaching a topic that, until recently, remained taboo, and helping France face the demons of its colonial past.
L'Ennemi Intime (Intimate Enemy) from director Florent-Emilio Siri is the first big-budget Hollywood-style film that combines action scenes and psychological drama about France's "dirty war" in Algeria from 1954 to 1962.
The film tells the story of idealistic young lieutenant Terrien, played by Benoit Magimel, who takes command of a desolate French army outpost high in the mountains of Kabylia.....
Added 2018 by Moderator, Wiki and then IMDB:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intima...es_(2007_film) and https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0825248/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv
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where they tell me
The silence has been quite loud, actually
I suspect the guy who wrote the copy describing the film is toiling under the same old notion that the French have failed to face the truths in their past. I think the French are very capable of understanding the facts of Algeria. Beginning with the film, "The Battle of Algiers," (1966) to General Aussarresses' recent book describing what he did, the French have been naval gazing about this since de Gaulle ended the war. Among the French they face it differently of course, debating things fiercely at times, but it has certainly not been ignored nor has the topic been "taboo."
France fighting in Algeria
At the moment I’m reading ”The Battle of the Casbah. Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in Algeria 1955-1957” written by general Paul Aussaresses, who has carried out missions in World War II and in Indochina behind Viet Minh lines and secretly in China to negotiate with the Chinese Nationalists. In January 1955 he was transfered to Algeria for the French foreign intelligence agency. Under instructions from the French Government he was the main covert figure in the counter-terrorist struggle against the FLN (National Liberation Front).
In the book Aussaresses desribes how he defeated the FLN insurgency and annihilated innumerable terror cells in the Casbah of Algiers by a combination of intelligence work, executions, and torture. Aussaressess was all the time following the orders of the French government in Paris and their policy of all-out counter-terrorism.
Aussaressess was interviewed on CBS 60 minutes in 2002, where he actually recommended the use of torture against Al-Qaeda after 11/9.
Here is an extract from the foreword of his book:
What I did in Algeria was undertaken for my country in good faith, even though i didn’t enjoy it. One must never regret anything accomplished in the line of a duty one believes in. Only too often today condemning others means acquiring a certificate of morality. I don’t attempt to justify my actions, but only to explain that once a country demands that its army fight an enemy who is using terror to compel an indifferent population to join its ranks and provoke a repression that will in turn outrage international public opinion, it becomes impossible for that army to avoid using extreme measures.
(p.xiii)
From French television a short interview with Aussaresses (In French)
An another interview:
I’m not an advocate of torture, but a country is forced to consider how far it is willing to go in fighting terrorists and protect itself against that evil.
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Peter Agerbo Jensen
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Originally Posted by PeterJensen
... once a country demands that its army fight an enemy who is using terror to compel an indifferent population to join its ranks and provoke a repression that will in turn outrage international public opinion, it becomes impossible for that army to avoid using extreme measures”. (p.xiii)
Saying it doesn't make it true.
A well travelled road
PeterJensen,
(Final paragraph)I’m not an advocate of torture, but a country is forced to consider how far it is willing to go in fighting terrorists and protect itself against that evil.
The dilemmas faced by state agents in an insurgency, or an emergency have been discussed on SWC many times before. Notably in the threads of rendition, torture, water boarding and more. Try this one on interrogation methods as a taster:http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...read.php?t=287
The Algerian war does feature too and a quick search on Aussaresses found several comments too - including his jailing after his book was published.
Searching on Algeria shows many threads, using Algiers gets fewer.
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M-A Lagrange
In Barsoom, as a fact!
Aussaress: the general torture of France
I just would like to remind everybody that General Aussaress is the French general Torture. He is a shame for the french army and has been dishonored from several of his distinctions.
The rehabilitation of France during Algeria or Indochina does not pass through the rehabilitation of Aussaress and his methodes.
Yes the use of terror by France did have some results but it also took 50 years for the French society to be able to face it.
Many of the soldiers who served did not accept the military policy of France.
In the long run it had more counter productive effects than positive onces.
Algeria is an exemple of what to do but ALSO of what NOT to do.
And finaly, do not forget that in Algeria, despite having a lower juriditial rank, algerians were french. It was a war inside the nation between its citizen at the very begining.
Saying this, I am proud Algerian got their independance and they diserved it.
But I am not really proud that Aussaress became a model for any one.
Cross refer to this SWJ Blog article: http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art...ncy-in-algeria
French Counterinsurgency in Algeria: Forgotten Lessons from a Misunderstood Conflict by by Commander H. Canuel (Canadian Navy).
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Seabee
Originally Posted by M-A Lagrange
I think that is unfair to Aussaresses, inspite of the fact that he is a bit of a monster.
His "work" was accepted and condoned by all that served with him.
His "crime" (to the French) is not that he tortured... but that he speaks openly about it.
It is not realistic to say that many soldiers did not accept the policies of the French Military... for one simple reason... explained to me by an ex Commando Marine who served for years in Algeria.
The troops on the "sharp end" were always a minority, the mass of the national servicemen doing what contractors do today. Even National Service infantry did not serve in sectors like the Colonial, Paras, Legion, Cdo marine.
I think it can be assumed that the mentality of a Legionnaire/Para/Colo/Cdo Marine and an unwilling conscript are slightly different.
Hypocrisy abounds....Even men like Bigeard distance themselves from Aussaresses... and if I am not mistaken Bigeard was the first guy to take prisonners over the ocean and throw them into the sea ("Bigeard's shrimps")
To say what Aussaress did was despicable is one thing... to say he shames the army is a totally different ballgame. He is simply the guy who broke ranks and opened his mouth... he does not shame the army, he shamed the "brotherhood".
When I was in the legion I met the tail end of legionnaires etc who served in Algeria, so although I am no expert... I "know"
If you want a real hero... a guy who broke the ranks because of the torture, instead of breaking the ranks by admitting to it.... take Jacques de Bollardiere (the below link no longer works in September 2018 - added by Moderator. So try this:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacque...llardi%C3%A8re)
http://legionetranger.org/YEARBOOK/bolladiere.html
an absolute war hero... who opposed torture and was jailed DURING the war for speaking about it then.
It is ironic that de Bollardiere was the bad guy for being against it then... and Aussaress is the bad guy for admitting to it now....
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The following 2 in sequence show interviews with Gen A. and a man he tortured....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhuzN...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Al4...eature=related
He is interesting to listen to....
Seabee,
I do not disagree with your comments. I do also know quite well few people who served during the war in Algeria.
Aussaresse is no hero, no monster but a shame. Biggear was no hero, no monster but a shame too. The opposition to torture was not an openly discussed debate and several officers I knew were not that proud of what they did, knew, and did not denounce. Especially after having fought a previous war against the nazi regime. War crimes stays war crimes...
My point is that Aussaresse is defenitively not the entry point for french military doctrine and practice of COIN in Algeria, called counter revolutionary war at that time.
Several counter revolution war manual were published and are quite relevant today as yesterday.
I would prefere to look at the french practice of COIN in Algeria that way rather than through Aussaresse. I personally do not buy the ticking clock legitimacy for torture.
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jps2
You have to put things in perspective and era :
France have been kicked out Indochine/Vietnam few years ago
most of Officers in duty during Algeria war have been POW and retain during weeks/months by NVT
Algeria was a department of France, something like Alaska for USA
Many French native born have leaved France to begin a new life in Algeria and some where there from decades.
There was still a distance between native French born and locals
Religions was not a gathering factor
Politics asked military to do a police job, searching for armed opponents. The will of results leads some officers, warrants and NCO to cross the line between legal and criminal acts.
There is a proverb in French saying something like "Only those that does not act does no mistakes".
Yes, and there is this one:
la raison d'Etat a des raisons que la raison ignore (The State obligations has reasons that the right/reason ignores).
Does not change anything. Apologizing Assaresses and the "others" is not the best way to look at what was done. (not even talking about participation of some of them to OAS and the generals coup...)
The French army choose to remember Gen Massu because he had regrets and could say he did mistakes. Mistakes are here to makes learn. I prefere to think that Algeria has been a painful learning process for the Frenh army.
There are a lot to learn but not on the side of systematic use of torture and collective punishment.
But your first point is one I already mentioned previously in a comment on Algeria war: this was a war among us. And because of that, it was closer to a civil war than to an issurection against an host government supported by external military forces.
Torture and interrogation
I'm on record here at SWC as being a "softie" on interrogation (Comments on methodology) - and like Jedburgh (here), I am more impressed by brains over brawn methodologies in this area (here and here).
I wouldn't advocate the French system; but one should be aware of the argument that sought to justify it. That you will find in a freebie Roger Trinquier, Modern Warfare: A French View of Counterinsurgency (forward by Bernard Fall).
There (in Chap. 4, Terrorism), Trinquier makes his argument for the use of torture as one of the tools in "modern warfare". I believe it is important enough (for purposes of discussion) to lay out in full (bolded type by JMM):
Quite clearly, terrorism is a weapon of warfare, and it is important to stress it.
Although quite old, until recently it has been utilized only by isolated revolutionaries for spectacular attacks, principally against high political personalities, such as sovereigns, chiefs of state, and ministers. Even in Indochina, where guerrillas achieved such a remarkable degree of development that it permitted the Vietminh finally to win, terrorism has never been systematically employed. For example, the plastic bomb attacks outside the municipal theater in Saigon, which caused the greatest number of victims, were not carried out by the Vietminh (see Graham Greene's book The Quiet American).
The terrorist should not be considered an ordinary criminal. Actually, he fights within the framework of his organization,. without personal interest, for a cause he considers noble and for a respectable ideal, the same as the soldiers in the armies confronting him. On the command of his superiors, he kills without hatred individuals unknown to him, with the same indifference as the soldier on the battlefield. His victims are often women and children, almost always defenseless individuals taken by surprise. But during a period of history when the bombing of open cities is permitted, and when two Japanese cities were razed to hasten the end of the war in the Pacific, one cannot with good cause reproach him.
Yassef Saadi, chief of the Autonomous Zone of Algiers (Z.A.A.), said after his arrest: "I had my bombs planted in the city because I didn't have the aircraft to transport them. But they caused fewer victims than the artillery and air bombardments of our mountain villages. I'm in a war, you cannot blame me."
The terrorist has become a soldier, like the aviator or the infantryman.
But the aviator flying over a city knows that antiaircraft shells can kill or maim him. The infantryman wounded on the battlefield accepts physical suffering, often for long hours, when he falls between the lines and it is impossible to rescue him. It never occurs to him to complain and to ask, for example, that his enemy renounce the use of the rifle, the shell, or the bomb. If he can, he goes back to a hospital knowing this to be his lot. The soldier, therefore, admits the possibility of physical suffering as part of the job. The risks he runs on the battlefield and the suffering he endures are the price of the glory he receives.
The terrorist claims the same honors while rejecting the same obligations. His kind of organization permits him to escape from the police, his victims cannot defend themselves, and the army cannot use the power of its weapons against him because he hides himself permanently within the midst of a population going about its peaceful pursuits.
But he must be made to realize that, when he is captured, he cannot be treated as an ordinary criminal, nor like a prisoner taken on the battlefield. What the forces of order who have arrested him are seeking is not to punish a crime, for which he is otherwise not personally responsible, but, as in any war, the destruction of the enemy army or its surrender. Therefore he is not asked details about himself or about attacks that he may or may not have committed and that are not of immediate interest, but rather for precise information about his organization. In particular, each man has a superior whom he knows; he will first have to give the name of this person, along with his address, so that it will be possible to proceed with the arrest without delay.
No lawyer is present for such an interrogation. If the prisoner gives the information requested, the examination is quickly terminated; if not, specialists must force his secret from him. Then, as a soldier, he must face the suffering, and perhaps the death, he has heretofore managed to avoid. The terrorist must accept this as a condition inherent in his trade and in the methods of warfare that, with full knowledge, his superiors and he himself have chosen. Once the interrogation is finished, however, the terrorist can take his place among soldiers. From then on, he is a prisoner of war like any other, kept from resuming hostilities until the end of the conflict.
In France during the Nazi occupation, members of the Resistance violated the rules of warfare. They knew they could not hide behind them, and they were perfectly aware of the risks to which they were exposing themselves. Their glory is to have calmly faced those risks with full knowledge of the consequences.
It would be as useless and unjust to charge him with the attacks he was able to carry out, as to hold responsible the infantryman or the airman for the deaths caused by the weapons they use. According to Clausewitz:
War . . . is an act of violence intended to compel an opponent to fulfill our Will.... Self-imposed restrictions, almost imperceptible and hardly worth mentioning, termed usages of International Law, accompany it without impairing its power. Violence . . . is therefore the means; the compulsory submission of the enemy to our will is the ultimate object. . . . In such dangerous things as war, the errors which proceed from a spirit of benevolence are the worst. As the use of physical power to the utmost extent by no means excludes the cooperation of the intelligence, it follows that he who uses force unsparingly, without reference to the bloodshed involved, must obtain a superiority if his adversary uses less vigor in its application. . . .To introduce into the philosophy of war itself a principle of moderation would be an absurdity.
These basic principles of traditional warfare retain all of their validity in modern warfare.
Although violence is an unavoidable necessity in warfare, certain unnecessary violence ought to be rigorously banned. Interrogations in modern warfare should be conducted by specialists perfectly versed in the techniques to be employed.
What runs through Trinquier's argument is a quasi-theological theme - by a positive response to interrogation (even if that response has to be obtained via violence), the terrorist becomes redeemed and then can be treated as a soldier. Now, I could argue against Trinquier's argument both on legal and theological grounds; but that would just eat up more ink than it justifies.
My own bottom line is that, as a default position, terrorists should be considered more akin to combatants than criminals; but that the possibility of criminal prosecutions should be reserved. That is the US view (more or less - since some members in both the Bush II and Obama administrations have clouded the matter). Other countries reject the US view that an AUMF allows wartime (armed conflict) standards to be used with respect to terrorists.
Of course, US military standards do not allow torture (even of terrorists); and (BTW) summary executions have been outlawed at least since the 1940 FM 27-10 (rev 1944) under which my dad saw combat.
My narrow point here is that there was much more behind the French officers' transitory acceptance of torture in Algeria than the need to get results - although that was a factor, especially when the war was going badly.
As to M-A's "I personally do not buy the ticking clock legitimacy for torture", it is difficult to have a rational discussion since the hypothetical is usually phrased in terms of a nuclear device that will kill millions of people, etc.
I'd posit a simpler set of facts. A person is at a switch that controls an IED. which will probably kill one or more persons if it blows (that is your belief). You are armed and can prevent the switch from being flipped by killing the person at the switch. You have a reasonable belief that the person will flip the switch. So far as I know, that situation comes within the justified homicide doctrine allowing deadly force to be used to protect the life of another person.
Change the facts a bit - instead of a switch, the IED blows unless a code sequence is sent to it. Should you use violence (up to and including deadly force) to obtain the code sequence ? If "no", then you can shoot the guy at the switch, but you cannot torture the guy with the code sequence. Is this a disconnect in overall logic ?
Of course, if you are of the Hanns Joachim Scharff school of interrogation, you might well argue that violence is not the better answer - and that "enhanced interrogation" is as (or more) likely to lose information as to gain information.
In any event, once you move away from the guy at the switch (who can be stopped by a bullet to the brain stem), the issues get more complex and darker.
I did not apologize anyone.
I only try to tell that these guys was different than we are : most of them was born during or just after WWII, their scale was different than ours.
Judging facts 45 years old, knowing the issue is biased.
Yes, they cross the red line, but i will not be in that sort of situation : requested to have quick results, doing a job you're not train/prepare to assume, seeing civilians of your own country exposed to IED, without other alternative than doing the dirty job or dismiss.
I do agree about the learns we have to get from Algeria : Police/Counter-Terrorism is not a job for Army.
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H.D. SIKAND (D) THROUGH L.RS Vs. :CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONAND ANR.
by Usha Rai · December 15, 2016
Appeal: CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.729 OF 2011
Petitioner: H.D. SIKAND (D) THROUGH L.RS
Respondent: :CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONAND ANR.
Judges: Pinaki Chandra Ghose , Amitava Roy
Date of Judgment: Dec 15, 2016
JUDGEMENT:
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.729 OF 2011
H.D. SIKAND (D) THROUGH L.RS. APPELLANT(S)
:Versus:
AND ANR. RESPONDENT(S)
CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION APPELLANT(S)
LT. COL. S.J. CHAUDHARY RESPONDENT(S)
J U D G M E N T
Pinaki Chandra Ghose, J.
1. These appeals, by special leave, have been filed by the appellants challenging the judgment dated 15th May, 2009, passed by the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi in Criminal Appeal No.456 of 2008, whereby the High Court has set aside the judgment and order dated 28.04.2008 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Delhi, and acquitted Respondent No.2 of the charge of murder as also of the charges under Sections 3 & 4 of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908.
2. The brief facts of the case are that Rani Chaudhary got married to Sqn. Ldr. Pritam Singh and out of the wedlock, she had two daughters, namely, Mini and Maitri. After the death of her husband, she started living at D-5, South Extension, Part-I, New Delhi. Rani Chaudhary had acquaintance with Lt. Col. S.J. Chaudhary, who was a divorcee at that time. On 31.3.1971, Rani Chaudhary got married to Lt. Col. S.J. Chaudhary and out of this wedlock one daughter, namely, Sonali was born on 24.08.1972. Their marriage could not continue harmoniously, so Rani Chaudhary started living separately at her parents’ house at Defence Colony, New Delhi, with effect from May, 1976. Lt. Col. S.J. Chaudhary continued to harass Rani Chaudhary. Rani Chaudhary filed a petition for divorce under Section 13(1)(1a) of the Hindu Marriage Act, in the Court of District Judge, Delhi, and on 6.12.1979, an ex- parte decree of divorce was granted in her favour. Accused S.J. Chaudhary after coming to know about the ex-parte decree, filed an appeal before the Delhi High Court on 5.03.1980. He also filed two petitions in the Court of Additional District Judge, Delhi, one for setting aside the ex-parte decree of divorce granted in favour of Rani Chaudhary and the other for restraining Rani Chaudhary from marrying Kishan Sikand. A restraint order was passed against Rani Chaudhary from marrying Kishan Sikand, pending decision of the divorce petition. On 6.1.1981, the Additional District Judge dismissed the petition for setting aside the ex-parte decree of divorce and also vacated the injunction order restraining Rani Chaudhary from remarriage.
3. On 9.01.1981, accused S.J. Chaudhary got another order from the High Court of Delhi restraining Rani Chaudhary from remarriage till further orders. This order was vacated by Delhi High Court on 17.03.1981 while dismissing the appeal filed by accused S.J. Chaudhary against ex-parte decree of divorce granted in favour of Rani Chaudhary. Since the accused S.J. Chaudhary had already gone in appeal before the Delhi High Court, against the order passed by the Additional District Judge on 6.01.1981, the said appeal was admitted and Rani Chaudhary was restrained from remarriage by the Delhi High Court. While disposing of the appeal on 14.09.1981, the Delhi High Court set aside the decree of divorce granted in favour of Rani Chaudhary and directed the parties to appear before learned District Judge for fresh hearing of divorce petition. Rani Chaudhary filed an appeal before this Court against the order dated 14.09.1981 passed by the Delhi High Court. This Court set aside the order dated 14.09.1981 passed by the Delhi High Court and restored the ex-parte decree of divorce granted in favour of Rani Chaudhary. After the divorce litigations between Rani Chaudhary and accused S.J. Chaudhary came to an end, Kishan Sikand (deceased) proposed Rani Chaudhary for marriage to which she agreed and they decided to marry after the divorce is granted to Rani Chaudhary and continued to live together in the house of deceased Kishan Sikand at 98, Sundar Nagar, New Delhi. Accused S.J. Chaudhary started threatening Rani Chaudhary and also lodged complaints on 29.9.1981 and 30.9.1981 at P.S. Lodhi Road and P.S. Hazrat Nijamuddin against Kishan Sikand for illegally keeping his wife with him. But Rani Chaudhary gave in writing that she had taken divorce from accused S.J. Chaudhary and that she was staying there as a paying guest out of her own free will and Kishan Sikand had not illegally detained her. The case of the prosecution is that the accused S.J. Chaudhary having lost his endeavour to win back his wife Rani Chaudhary, made up his mind to eliminate Kishan Sikand and so he procured the raw ingredients to manufacture a bobby trap bomb and using parts of a hand-grenade, he managed to manufacture a bobby trap bomb. This bobby trap bomb was converted into a parcel addressed to Kishan Sikand. On 2.10.1982, the said parcel, containing the bomb, was kept at the staircase leading to the first floor of 98, Sundar Nagar, New Delhi, in the rear portion whereof Kishan Sikand was residing along with Rani Chaudhary. When the said parcel bomb was opened by deceased Kishan Sikand, it triggered off resulting in an explosion and his instantaneous death.
4. Post-mortem was conducted on the dead body of Kishan Sikand. The cause of death was opined as a result of haemorrhage, shock and injuries to vital organs caused by explosive device of hand grenade which were fatal.
5. First Information Report (FIR) was registered on the day of the incident itself on 2.10.1982. The investigation of the case was ultimately entrusted to the CBI on 19.3.1983. Accused S.J. Chaudhary was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (“CBI”) on 31.07.1983 during the course of investigation. Rani Chaudhary, who was at Sanawar (H.P.) on the day of the incident, returned to Delhi on the next day. Her statement under Section 161 Cr.P.C. was recorded on 3.10.1982, wherein she informed the police about her turbulent marriage with the appellant and the divorce. She also informed the police that accused S.J. Chaudhary had been extending threats to her to compel her to return to him and that he had even been threatening Kishan Sikand. Apart from other persons whose statements were recorded during investigation, the statement of one Suresh Gopal, a close friend of the deceased Kishan Sikand and Rani Chaudhary was recorded on 5.10.1982. Although the accused S.J. Chaudhary was a suspect from the very beginning but nothing incriminating against him could be gathered by the police before CBI had taken over. In support of their case, the CBI examined 76 witnesses and 8 witnesses were examined on behalf of the defence. Thereafter arguments were heard and judgment reserved. On 28.04.2008, the Additional Sessions Judge, Delhi, delivered the judgment convicting accused S.J. Chaudhary (Respondent No.2 herein) under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and under Sections 3 and 4 of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908, and sentencing him to life imprisonment along with a fine of Rs.5,000/- for offence under Section 302 IPC and to rigorous imprisonment for 10 years each under Sections 3 and 4 of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908.
6. Being aggrieved by the judgment dated 28.04.2008 of the Additional Sessions Judge, Delhi, Respondent No.2 filed criminal appeal before the Delhi High Court on the ground that he had inter alia been convicted only on the basis of circumstantial evidence and therefore he was entitled to the benefit of doubt. Shri H.D. Sikand, father of the deceased Kishan Sikand, filed an application for intervening in the said criminal appeal. The application for intervention was allowed and H.D. Sikand was granted permission to intervene in the matter but on 12.03.2009, the intervenor Shri H.D. Sikand passed away. On 15.05.2009, the Delhi High Court, after hearing the parties allowed the criminal appeal filed by Respondent No.2, set aside the judgment and order passed by the Additional Sessions Judge and acquitted Respondent No.2 (Lt. Col. S.J. Chaudhary) of the charge of having committed murder as also the charges under Sections 3 & 4 of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908. Hence, these appeals, by special leave, have been filed against the acquittal of Respondent No.2 (Lt. Col. S.J. Chaudhary).
7. We have heard the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties and perused the judgment passed by the High Court as also the judgment passed by the Trial Court. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the appellants in Criminal Appeal No.729 of 2011 submitted that after the explosion took place in the house of Kishan Sikand, the Delhi Police took over the investigation but except recording some statements and formal actions, did not do any worthwhile investigation. This is clear from the following:
a) On 3.10.1982 Shri P.P. Koahar (PW-72) recorded the statement of Rani Chaudhary, Vijay Ram and Flaurance Homs and others. He also recorded statement of Suresh Gopal on 5.10.1982. He also recorded some statements on other days.
b) On 4.10.1982, search was conducted of the premises i.e. 98, Sunder Nagar and the Investigating Officer took possession of the documents on 6.10.1982. He did not even prepare proper Memo of the said documents. All those documents are missing; and the documents said to have been recovered by PW-72 on 4.10.1982 are not the part of charge-sheet. During the cross-examination, R.P. Kochar, Investigating Officer himself admitted that from the very beginning he suspected the accused as he stated: “till the investigation was me, I could not collect clinching evidence to arrest the accused”, “from the very beginning I suspected him to be the perpetrator of crime”.
8. Learned counsel further submitted that even after the Court’s order and search warrant issued for search of the house of Respondent No.2, only search was conducted by the police and thereafter the Investigating Officer did not do anything except collecting 75 type prints of different typewriters or specimens, which had no relevance with the crime. The police did it only to pretend that they were doing some investigation. According to the Investigating Officer himself, it came to his knowledge that a parcel was spotted on the staircase on 25.09.1982 for the first time, but even after such fact came to his notice, he did not make any investigation and did not even record the statement of the person giving such information. When there was no proper investigation by the Crime Branch and the criminal remained undetected, on the request of the appellant, the case was transferred to the CBI and only thereafter the real investigation started and in this manner the precious time for collection of evidence was lost.
9. Learned counsel further submitted that there were strained relations between Rani Chaudhary and accused Respondent No.2 and despite best efforts to maintain her matrimonial ties with the accused Respondent, the accused Respondent continued to ill treat her and even tortured her both mentally and physically, forcing her to shift to Delhi. She was beaten to the extent of causing fractures of three bones. The accused Respondent threatened the deceased and Rani Chaudhary with dire consequences to the extent of bodily harming and killing Kishan Sikand on a number of occasions. The accused Respondent had the grudge and motive to kill Kishan Sikand. Learned counsel submitted that the marriage between Rani and accused Respondent could not continue harmoniously and accused Respondent used to physically assault and mentally torture Rani and on account of incessant harassment and physical torture by accused Respondent, Rani lodged a complaint with the concerned Army Authorities in February/March 1979. On coming to know about this complaint, the accused Respondent came to Delhi from Bangalore where he was posted and Rani was mercilessly beaten and she received injuries including fractures of 3 ribs on the left side. Rani lodged a report at the Police Station, Defence Colony and was medically examined at AIIMS. Mrs. Devender Kaur, mother-in-law of Rani (by the first marriage) also lodged a report at the Police Station and complained about the conduct of accused Respondent. It is also stated that the accused went to the house of Rani and confined her inside the house but she escaped by jumping out of the window, in the process she sustained sprain in her ankle. Thereafter, Rani filed a divorce petition on the ground of cruelty and torture. The Trial Court passed a decree of divorce which was set aside by the High Court and upon filing special leave petition, this Court o n 24.08.1982 restored the decree of divorce passed by the Trial Court. In the meantime, Rani and Kishan Sikand became good friends and Rani started living with Kishan Sikand at 98, Sunder Nagar, New Delhi. There was an understanding between them that they would get married after the divorce was finalized. The accused- Respondent threatened Rani not to live with Kishan Sikand and in case she did not move out of the house of Kishan Sikand, he would kill her and Kishan Sikand. The accused- Respondent also told H.D. Sikand, father of Kishan Sikand, to throw out Rani from his house, otherwise he would cripple Kishan Sikand by breaking his bones. The accused- Respondent also visited H.D. Sikand in the office and he was very annoyed at that time. Accused-Respondent also telephoned Kishan Sikand and told him that if he did not turn Rani out of his house within 24 hours, he would kill him. This was intimated by Kishan Sikand to Rani (PW-1), Sudhir Khanna (PW-10), H.D. Sikand (PW- 19), M.M. Thapar (PW-37), Leelu Mool Chandani (PW-39) and Gajbir Singh (PW-44). The accused-Respondent gave Rani four options:
a) to live together
b) to separate peacefully
c) to separate in an ugly manner
d) to create total chaos
The accused-Respondent threatened that if she did not agree for one of the first three options then chaos would follow. This was recorded in tape recorder. The accused-Respondent lodged a false report in Police Station, Nizamuddin alleging that Rani has been forcibly confined by Kishan Sikand at his house. Om Sagar, Station House Officer went to the house of Kishan Sikand, met Rani and inquired from her if she was forcibly detained to which Rani replied in the negative and gave her statement in writing.
10. Learned counsel for the appellants further submitted that the finding recorded by the Trial Court regarding ‘threat to deceased by the accused-respondent’ and ‘motive’ are as follows:
Threat to deceased by the accused-Respondent
“I have no reason to disbelieve the witnesses about the threats given to Rani Chaudhary and deceased Sikand.”
“Believing the deposition of Ms. Rani Chaudhary, H.D. Sikand and others witnesses, I find that accused had motive to kill not only Rani Chaudhary but also deceased Kishan Sikand so that they don’t live together against the wishes of the accused.”
Learned counsel submitted that the High Court while accepting the aforesaid findings on the second aspect i.e. Motive, has considered three letters dated 2.10.1980, 16.11.1980 and 3.03.1982 out of context inasmuch as the said letters cannot be read in isolation, particularly in the factual background of the relations and the conduct of the respondent and his behavior with Rani Chaudhary and Kishan Sikand.
11. Learned counsel for the appellants also submitted that the High Court disbelieved the evidence of Mohd. Shafi (PW-7) who saw the accused- Respondent coming out of the house of the deceased and going towards Sunder Nagar market on the reasoning that Mohd. Shafi who had gone to first floor of 98, Sunder Nagar, to give keys ought to have noticed the existence of parcel, which he did not mention. Learned counsel submitted that outsiders normally ignore anything lying on the staircase or other place of house inasmuch as they are not concerned with the same, particularly when a number of persons are living in the same house. Learned counsel submitted that the High Court has also disbelieved the testimony of this witness, firstly, on account of the delay and secondly, that he was the employee of Sikand Motors and that neither Suresh Gopal (PW-3) nor Mohd. Shafi (PW-7) had mentioned each other’s presence on the spot in their 161 Cr.P.C. statements recorded by the Police. It was submitted that no question was put as to why Mohd. Shafi did not inform the Police about the visit of the accused to the house of Sikand on 25th September, 1982 or that whether he had noticed the presence of parcel or not.
12. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of Respondent No.2 submitted that the Trial Court has convicted Respondent No.2 for the offence of murder only on the basis of circumstantial evidence and the conviction has been overturned by a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court. It is further submitted that the circumstances relied upon by the prosecution have not been satisfactorily established against Respondent No.2 and the circumstances said to have been established against Respondent No.2 do not provide a complete chain that is required to prove his guilt. The standard of proof required to convict a person in a case of circumstantial evidence, has not been met either. It is submitted by the learned counsel that the law requires that the circumstances relied upon in support of the conviction must be fully established, and that the chain of evidence furnished by those circumstances must be so complete, so as not to leave any reasonable doubt for a conclusion, consistent with the innocence of the accused. The circumstances from which the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn, must not only be fully established, but also be of a conclusive nature and consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused and they must not be capable of being explained by way of any other hypothesis except the guilt of the accused, and when all the said circumstances are collectively considered, the same must lead only to the irresistible conclusion that the accused alone is the perpetrator of the crime in question, which is not the case in the present appeals, the learned counsel submitted.
13. Learned counsel for Respondent No.2 next submitted that the contention of the appellant that the Crime Branch of Delhi Police did not investigate the case properly and with promptitude due to the influence of Lt. Col. Chaudhary (Respondent No.2) whose father was former I.G. in Delhi Police, is an ex facie baseless and unfounded allegation. The father of Respondent No.2 had passed away long back in 1956 and the I.O. Inspector Kochar had not even joined Delhi Police by then and it is a farfetched allegation that he had been influenced by the association of Lt. Col. Chaudhary. In any case, the prosecution has not put any suggestion to Inspector Kochar in his testimony that he wrongly recorded the statement of any witness or that Lt. Col. Chaudhary had influenced him in any manner.
14. Learned counsel for Respondent No.2 further contended that the prosecution’s whole case is not based on any concrete evidence or eye- witness testimony but on presumption and imputation of motive to Lt. Col. Chaudhary that he had an animus towards the deceased Kishan Sikand due to his ex-wife Rani Chaudhary living with Kishan Sikand. This cannot be true for the following reasons:
a) First, if the reason of anyone’s ex-spouse living with/marrying another person led to people killing each other, then it would have already resulted in an unholy mess of biblical proportions.
b) Second, all the three protagonists namely Lt. Col. Chaudhary, Rani Chaudhary and Kishan Sikand had experience of previous marriages “ the marriage between Lt. Col. Chaudhary and Rani Chaudhary was second marriage for both as he was a divorcee and she was a widow and out of previous wedlock she had two daughters and out of the wedlock with Lt. Col. Chaudhary they had one daughter; and Kishan Sikand was also a divorcee and father to a son. So, divorce and living apart was not a new concept to any of the three parties so as to motivate them to kill someone.
c) Third, due to the differences between husband and wife, Rani Chaudhary left Bangalore where Lt. Col. Chaudhary was posted and came to Delhi and started living separately from 1976 itself, and subsequently she started living with Kishan Sikand at his house. Other than his concern for the future and upbringing of the three young daughters, Lt. Col. Chaudhary was already used to a life without Rani Chaudhary who had been living apart from him since 1976. Therefore, there was no sudden trigger to plan in such detail as alleged and kill Kishan Sikand.
d) Fourth, to suggest that merely because Lt. Col. Chaudhary and Rani Chaudhary went through divorce proceedings and some things were said during that time, he would decide all of a sudden in 1982 to kill Kishan Sikand, is too far-fetched and conjectural, and certainly not on which a conviction under Section 302 can be based.
e) Fifth, letters dated 22.10.80, 16.11.80 and 03.03.82 marked as Ex.PW-1/FF, Ex.PW-1/GG and Ex.PW-1/NN respectively, addressed by Lt. Col. Chaudhary to Rani Chaudhary show that he had reconciled to a life without her but was concerned for the well being and future of the three daughters.
15. It is further submitted by the learned counsel for Respondent No.2 that the testimony of PW-7 Mohd. Shafi is false, manufactured and cannot be relied upon, and that he was a planted witness is clear from the following facts:
a) First, it is most pertinent to point out that if the testimony of the said sole so-called eye-witness in the whole case PW-7 is taken at its face value even then it is nowhere stated that he saw Lt. Col. Chaudhary with any parcel let alone a parcel bomb or that he saw Lt. Col. Chaudhary delivering anything to the deceased’s house; he has merely stated that he saw Lt. Col. Chaudhary coming out of the gate of the deceased house on 25.09.1982. There is neither any eye-witness nor any evidence to show that the so called booby trap parcel was actually delivered, or that it was delivered on this day, or that anybody received the said parcel, or that anybody saw Lt. Col. Chaudhary delivering anything let alone a booby trap parcel to the deceased’s residence.
b) Second, there was no eye-witness available as long as the Delhi Police investigated the case. However, as soon as the CBI took over the case, two Link Witnesses, magically appear “ PW-7 Mohd. Shafi and PW-9 Jug Lal. Even Jug Lal did not support the prosecution story in Court. He was declared hostile.
c) Third, PW-7 Mohd. Shafi comes into the picture only on 16.07.1983 “ after nine and half months of the incident “ when his 161 Cr.P.C. statement was recorded by the CBI. PW-7 coming up with a belated statement casts serious doubts on his truthfulness.
Learned counsel argued that delay in recording the statements of the eye-witnesses casts a serious doubt about they being eye-witnesses to the occurrence. In support of this submission, he relies upon a recent judgment of this Court in Shahid Khan v. State of Rajasthan, (2016) 4 SCC 96, wherein this Court reversed the conviction for murder as statements of eye-witnesses were recorded after 3 days of incident and no explanation regarding the same was given.
d) Fourth, in the same judgment i.e. Shahid Khan v. State of Rajasthan (supra), this Court further held that evidence of witnesses became unreliable when there was no corroboration of their evidence, and a further reason for reversal of conviction for murder was that there was no information available as to how police came to know that witnesses saw the occurrence and also as the case against accused persons was not proved beyond reasonable doubt.
e) Fifth, PW-7 Mohd. Shafi admits that he had never seen Lt. Col. Chaudhary there ever before. It is highly doubtful that he would be particular in noticing that Lt. Col. Chaudhary was coming out of the gate of 98, Sunder Nagar, or that he would be able to say after 10 months that he saw Lt. Col. Chaudhary.
f) Sixth, PW-7 is an old and trusted employee of the Sikands with over 30 years of service with them and is, therefore, clearly not an independent and reliable witness and is the only person deposing to have seen Lt. Col. Chaudhary near the main gate coming out of 98, Sunder Ngar on 25.09.1982.
g) Seventh, PW-7 has stated that subsequent to spotting of Lt. Col. Chaudhary, he parked the car, locked it and went upstairs to deliver the keys of the car to Kishan Sikand and even at that time he did not see any parcel lying in the staircase. PW-7’s testimony itself rules out that Lt. Col. Chaudhary had placed any parcel on that day as alleged by the prosecution.
h) Eighth, the claim to recognize a person in the headlights of a moving car, when not specifically looking out for him, would be a very tall and motivated claim, not free from suspicion, especially when sunset occurred at 6.16 p.m. on 25th September, 1982 (recorded data available with Meteorological Bureau) and it gets pitch-dark by 6.45 p.m. Also there was no streetlights outside 98, Sunder Nagar in 1982.
i) Ninth, during his cross-examination, except for the exact date and time of seeing Lt. Col. Chaudhary outside 98, Sunder Nagar, PW-7 Mohd. Shafi could not remember any other date in 1982 “ neither his son’s date of marriage, nor where his son worked, nor his own birthday, nor any important religious or personal occasion.
The learned counsel, therefore, argued that the entire statement of PW-7 is tailor-made to suit the prosecution story only to create a link between the planting of a parcel and Lt. Col. Chaudhary. Such evidence is to be treated with great suspicion by law and a delay of just a few days, in such circumstances, has been held to be unreliable.
16. Learned counsel for Respondent No.2 lastly submitted that the prosecution has failed to prove their case beyond reasonable doubt for the following reasons:
i) Motive to Kill: It is evident from Respondent No.2’s letters that he had reconciled to the inevitability of divorce. The High Court has come to the correct finding that while there is scope for an argument that inasmuch as there is evidence wherefrom a motive can be attributed to Respondent No.2; there is an equal scope for an argument that there is evidence on record wherefrom said motive gets negated. To conclude, the only admissible evidence which remains against Respondent No.2 is that of motive, which itself is negated from the readings of the said letters. But motive, being presumptive evidence, is a weak evidence and by itself cannot form a chain of circumstances so complete that the only inference possible is the guilt of Respondent No.2, ruling out his innocence.
ii) Access to Hand Grenade: It is submitted that Respondent No.2 was an Army Officer and there is no evidence on record that he respondent would have procured or have access to a POK hand grenades as categorically proved by the testimony of PW-45, DW-3 and DW-6. Also the Respondent was evacuated from the battlefield in a wounded condition after he was relieved of all the arms and ammunition. Moreover, the Respondent belonged to four horse regiment who are not specialized in anatomy of arms and ammunition especially hand grenade. Further, there was no evidence to the effect that any POK hand grenade was stolen at any time. Also it would be preposterous to suggest that the Respondent had stolen a Pakistani grenade during the Indo-Pak in 1971, so that he may use it for personal objective in future and that he actually used it a decade later in 1982.
iii) Presence of Respondent at Deceased’s house: The whereabouts of the Respondent on 25.09.1982 is on record from about 1 pm till about 11 pm and at no stage he went anywhere in the vicinity of 98, Sunder Nagar. The Respondent played golf from 1.30 pm till 5.30 pm, then refreshed himself, changed and had refreshments. PW-20 has deposed before the Court in his cross-examination that the Respondent was with him from 7.45 pm on 25.09.1982 till 8.15 pm. It is corroborated by DW-2 Maj. A.K. Nehra that the Respondent arrived at Friends Colony at about 8.15 pm accompanied by short fat person signifying PW-20. Thereafter, DW-2 dropped the Respondent at 4, Friends Colony, where a party was going on. The Respondent’s presence is further confirmed till 11 pm by DW-1 Mr. Rattan Sehgal at a party in Friends Colony.
iv) Disclosure Statement: The “voluntary” disclosure statement dated 05.08.1993 was coerced after five days in CBI custody and the Respondent has not signed the disclosure statement. The witness to such disclosure statement has also not signed the statement of the Respondent. One of the two independent witnesses has been given up by the prosecution. The Respondent had not pointed to any specific typewriter and the typewriter machine alleged to be used by the Respondent for typing the address was not even sealed on the same day, but much later i.e. on 01.10.1983.
v) Typewriter used for typing address on the Parcel PW-75 has led no evidence of any special knowledge gained by him except for a three days stint with Godrej, a company which manufactures typewriters. Further the High Court has in details discussed the criteria for comparison of typewriter evidence, whereby the High Court came to the conclusion that the expert in comparing the two address as alleged typed from the same machine has not followed the reasoning and procedure which an expert necessarily needs to follow as per Fryes test. The seized specimens taken from Janta Commercial were not sealed. Further, PW-75 has admitted that the questioned document does not contain clear impressions due to mutilation and that having admitted thirteen dissimilarities during cross- examination, an attempt was made by PW-75 to explain the said thirteen dissimilarities, and therefore, no reliance can be placed on his report and testimony.
17. Learned counsel for Respondent No.2 submitted that the rule of evidence setting out the threshold of conviction based on circumstantial evidence emanating from the decision in the English case of R. v. Hodge (168 ER 1163 (1838), and subsequently followed by all the common law countries, is that before a person is convicted entirely on circumstantial evidence, the Court must be satisfied not only that those circumstances are consistent with his having committed the act, but also that the facts are such, so as to be inconsistent with any other rational conclusion other than the one that the accused is the guilty person, is not met by any stretch of imagination in the above-mentioned factual and legal scenario, and therefore, these appeals deserve to be dismissed.
18. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties and after going through the records of this matter, including the evidence, as analyzed by the High Court as well as the Trial Court, it appears that the case in hand is totally dependent upon the circumstantial evidence. We have examined the evidence laid in course of the arguments and have specifically considered the tests which have to be met by the prosecution to get success in the matter as laid down by this Court in Sharad Birdhichand Sarda Vs. State of Maharashtra, (1984) 4 SCC 116, wherein the tests have been specifically given and it appears to us after analyzing the facts and evidence in this case, that the prosecution has failed to pass such tests to bring home the guilt of the accused. Accordingly, in our opinion, the High Court has correctly come to the conclusion after analyzing the facts and the evidence. In our opinion, the arguments which have been put forward in the matter by Mr. D.N. Ray, learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent No.2, are much more acceptable in the facts and circumstances of this case. The findings recorded by the High Court are plausible, logical and persuasive, reached by the materials on record and command for affirmation. Thus, we do not have any hesitation to hold that the High Court has correctly come to the conclusions with the reasons given therefor. Accordingly, we do not find any merit in these appeals which are hereby dismissed.
……J (Pinaki Chandra Ghose)
………J (Amitava Roy) New Delhi; December 15, 2016.
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Comedy - Duet, by Robert L. Crowe, 2019
Have you ever been transferred from department to department with no end in sight? Well it could be worse. They could all be the same person. This frustrated customer is in for the biggest customer service merry-go-round ever. [6 - 9 minutes] (2 Females or 1 Female, 1 Male or 2 Males) $14.00
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DEAR VIRGINIA
Monologue - Serious - No Charge, by Ken Bradbury, 2013
DEAR VIRGINIA is a monologue written by Ken Bradbury and offered to you free of charge. It is an inspirational message about various ways to respond to the senseless tragedies caused by others. There is no charge for this monologue. Just ADD TO CART to receive a formatted copy via instant download or through the mail. [6 - 9 minutes] (1 Male or 1 Female) $0.00
QUERIDA VIRGINIA
QUERIDA VIRGINIA is a Spanish Translation of DEAR VIRGINIA a monologue written by Ken Bradbury and offered to you free of charge. It is an inspirational message about various ways to respond to the senseless tragedies caused by others. There is no charge for this monologue. [6 - 9 minutes] (1 Male or 1 Female) $0.00
THIRD MOUSE FROM THE LEFT
Comedy - Duet, by Ken Bradbury, 2018
Sisters can be a pain. They can also be the best friend you ever had. One sister steps up to help the other move on after one of life's many disappointments. And in the meantime they become closer than ever. [8 - 10 minutes] (2 Females) $14.00
WAIT! WAIT! SUPERHERO!
When Superheroes gather, anything can happen. But what about those that are not quite so Super. These two performers won't hesitate to bring a laugh as they show us what a superhero can be. [10 - 13 minutes] (2 Females or 1 Female, 1 Male or 2 Males) $14.00
Never has the term shipwrecked been so funny. The only two survivors of a sunken cruise ship try to solve the problem of two people on a raft that is only big enough for one. Either gender can tackle these roles because after all, anyone of us could find ourselves on "The Raft." [10 - 13 minutes] (2 Females or 1 Female, 1 Male or 2 Males) $14.00
SINGLE JEOPARDY
Who wouldn’t want to be selected to appear on a game show? Find out if this potential guest passes the host’s audition test. [6 - 9 minutes] (2 Females or 1 Female, 1 Male or 2 Males) $14.00
FLIGHT FRIGHT
Comedy - 3 Person, by Ken Bradbury, 2018
Fasten your seatbelts for a wild and wacky ride as Captain Winger, Co-captain Wanger and Flight Attendant Wanda of Whoopee Airlines fly from Waco to Wichita with a planeload of panicked passengers. But they have a secret weapon and all will be well … or will it? [8 - 12 minutes] (1 Female, 2 Males) $18.00
Two performers explore the intricacies of sailing. Is there any question that won’t be asked as one of the characters tries to learn more about boating? [6 - 9 minutes] (2 Females or 1 Female, 1 Male or 2 Males) $14.00
Life on the moon is one thing but living there is quite another. Two performers, of either gender, get stranded on the moon and have to figure out what happens next. [6 - 9 minutes] (2 Females or 1 Female, 1 Male or 2 Males) $14.00
For a fast paced HE SAID, SHE SAID check out “The Trip.” These two characters take quite a road trip … around the block. [6 - 9 minutes] (1 Female, 1 Male) $14.00
FORKS, KNIVES AND FAKERS
No reservations? No problem. Two want-to-be customers turn into two never-were chefs as they try to fool the Maître D in order to get a table in a popular restaurant. Can they fool the Maître D, the head chef and the customers? They are going to have a lot of fun trying. A delicious scene for three actors of either gender. [9 - 12 minutes] (2 Females, 1 Male or 3 Females or 1 Female, 2 Males or 3 Males) $18.00
ORDER IT WELL DONE
Play, by Ken Bradbury and Robert L. Crowe, 2018
[120 minutes] $25.00
THE HISTORY OF MANKIND - MIDDLE SCHOOL VERSION
(FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS) An adaptation of one of our very popular group presentations is now available. Fast paced and hilarious, it’s a real opportunity for two talented and energetic students to showcase their imagination and creativity. Join them as they travel from the beginning of time to the present including scenes between Adam and Eve, Henry and Edsel Ford, Wilbur and Orville Wright, and many others. [9 - 13 minutes] (2 Females or 1 Female, 1 Male or 2 Males) $14.00
THE HISTORY OF MANKIND ... IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES
(FOR OLDER STUDENTS) An adaptation of one of our very popular group presentations is now available. Fast paced and hilarious, it’s a real opportunity for two talented and energetic students to showcase their imagination and creativity. Join them as they travel from the beginning of time to the present including scenes between Adam and Eve, Henry and Edsel Ford, Wilbur and Orville Wright, and many others. [10 - 15 minutes] (2 Females or 1 Female, 1 Male or 2 Males) $14.00
THE BOY WHO WANTED TO FLY
Serious/Comedy - Duet, by Ken Bradbury, 2017
Is it okay for authors to have favorites? This is one of mine. I’m not sure why, but perhaps it’s my love of the idealism, the “I can do anything” inside the heart of every child. It’s written for two actors and of course it could be The Girl Who Wanted to Fly with a few small edits here and there. After all, girls can fly, too. [10 - 14 minutes] (2 Females or 1 Female, 1 Male or 2 Males) $14.00
A young actor auditions for a play but the playwright doesn’t believe in working from a script. The result is a bit of confusion and a whole lot of fun. [7 - 10 minutes] (2 Females or 1 Female, 1 Male or 2 Males) $14.00
SOMOS AMIGAS
Serious/Comedy - Group, by Ken Bradbury, 2017
New and somewhat alone in this strange place called America, Sofia finds herself a bit lost and frightened until this encounter. The scene is both humorous and dramatic since it includes elements of both genres as it makes its powerful point. For four girls. All the Spanish words in the script are translated as the piece goes along. We hope you’ll give this interesting script a try. Both your audience and your performers may come away with a new understanding. [10 - 15 minutes] (4 Females) $18.00
CAMPING TRIP
Comedy - Monologue, by Abby Naden, 2017
From a new and very promising young author. Abby Naden has managed to capture the adventure and the angst of a young girl going camping with her family in a way that will truly delight. [7 - 10 minutes] (1 Female) $8.00
CLEAN DESK, CLUTTERED MIND
Book, by Ken Bradbury & Robert L. Crowe, 2017
Serious - Duet, by Robert L. Crowe, 2017
The fiery abolitionist, John Brown, is schedule to hang tomorrow. A reporter for the New York Herald visits him on the eve of his execution and in this dramatic duet for two males or a male and female, the seeds are planted for the American Civil War. History is brought to life in this brief, dramatic exchange focusing on slavery and its most violent opponent. [10 - 13 minutes] (1 Female, 1 Male or 2 Males) $14.00
THE HAM CURING
Two boys attempt to write their own script for speech contest with hilarious results ending up with a trip to the principal's office. [8 - 10 minutes] (2 Males) $14.00
*** NO CHARGE *** 2018-19 NEW SCRIPT PREVIEW
Preview, by Ken Bradbury & Robert L. Crowe, 2016
Preview of new scripts for the 2018-19 School Year. For your review, the first page of each new script for the year. $0.00
Preview, by Ken Bradbury, Robert L. Crowe, Abby Naden, 2016
Preview of new scripts for the 2017-18 School Year. Selections include a monologue about camping, a group scene for 4 girls and duets ranging from humorous to serious about a flying boy, the history of mankind, try-outs and a famous trial. $0.00
Preview, by Ken Bradbury and Robert L. Crowe, 2016
Preview of new scripts for the 2016-17 School Year. For your review, the first page of our 14 new offerings. 2 Monologues, 5 Duets, 6 Group Presentations and the Spanish translation of "Dear Virginia." $0.00
Preview of new scripts for the 2015-16 School Year. $0.00
HANDSOME PRINCE SCHOOL
Group - Comedy, by Ken Bradbury, 2016
How do handsome princes become handsome princes? They attend Handsome Prince School! Every fairy tale seems to have one. However, the current ones are starting to feel their age so these three young men go into prince training. Long story short, it’s tough being a prince. [8 - 11 minutes] (4 Males or 1 Female, 3 Males) $18.00
THE TALE OF THE DOG
A scene for two owners and their two dogs. Of course if dogs aren’t allowed at your speech tournament, two mangy actors will do just fine. The owners carry on their own discourse while the doggies do a tale of their own. [6 - 10 minutes] (2 Females, 2 Males or 4 Males or 1 Female, 3 Males or 4 Females or 3 Females, 1 Male) $18.00
Alas, Diana has taken a job at this strange amusement park and her first customers are less than family-friendly. However, she is able to get to the bottom of one child’s bratty behavior. [9 - 12 minutes] (2 Females, 2 Males or 4 Females or 3 Females, 1 Male) $18.00
BEATING THE RAP
Duet - Comedy, by Robert L. Crowe, 2016
Rap song format with two actors who are searching for a topic for a drama contest. Incorporates quotes from various other sources including Shakespeare, Shoeless Joe Jackson and Dirty Harry. [8 - 11 minutes] (2 Females or 1 Female, 1 Male or 2 Males) $14.00
HAIL CAESAR!
The real story about the day of Julius Caesar’s assassination has been uncovered after extensive research. Well, maybe not the truth, but perhaps it’s an even better tale as Caesar, his wife, and their servants take you on a hysterical whirlwind tour of the emperor’s last day on earth. [8 - 11 minutes] (2 Females, 2 Males) $18.00
HAMS ON TOAST
Duet - Comedy, by Ken Bradbury, 2016
Left without a director, these two veteran actors must read aloud the stage directions along with their lines in a English drawing room murder mystery. For those who love wrapping their tongues around stiff British accents. [7 - 10 minutes] (1 Female, 1 Male) $14.00
I AM GOING CRAZY
Monologue - Comedy, by Ken Bradbury, 2016
At least that’s what this young man thinks in this piece about the tortures of adolescence in the typical American family. The longer he goes, the loonier he becomes as he fights his way toward adulthood. [8 - 11 minutes] (1 Male) $8.00
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION BY GEORGE!
Group - Comedy, by K, 2016
Pity poor George Washington who in this piece is confronted with not only the entire British Army, but the problem of getting good press coverage. The answer? A publicity agent and cameraman primed to publicize his famous crossing of the Delaware. [8 - 11 minutes] (2 Females, 2 Males or 4 Males or 1 Female, 3 Males or 4 Females or 3 Females, 1 Male) $18.00
SUN DAZED
Opportunity for playing various characters as the hero daydreams while working as a lifeguard at a swimming pool. Fighting Moby Dick, riding the waves in Hawaii and fending off hordes of marauding pirates are just a few of the hilarious scenarios encountered. [9 - 12 minutes] (1 Male or 1 Female) $8.00
THE BUSTED WIDGET
An absurd saga of hapless Micah who simply returns to the Widget Store to have his faulty widget replaced. But the problem is that in every department of the store visited, behind every door opened, is what seems to be the same employee, but it’s not! Or is it? [8 - 11 minutes] (2 Females or 1 Female, 1 Male or 2 Males) $14.00
A duet about poor Oscar, a kid who just wants to get some sleep and his mother who just wants him to get up and go to school. It’s funny what strange dreams pop into your head as you’re lying in bed in the morning ... and Oscar has them all. [9 - 11 minutes] $14.00
THE LAST DAYS OF LENNY’S HIDEAWAY
What a nightmare for poor Lenny who is about to open his brand new restaurant on the night the Times’ food critic shows up, his chef calls in sick, and his only waitress is stuck in traffic. What’s a manager to do? Play the role of every employee of the restaurant, of course. The scene has multiple roles, but only two actors. [9 - 12 minutes] (2 Females or 1 Female, 1 Male or 2 Males) $14.00
THE ROYAL SHUFFLE
Poor King Rupert just doesn’t quite have the hang of the job. The Queen Mother and the less-than-faithful servant Loxley try to help him learn the ropes. Turns out the king’s only real defense against his enemies is his training in interpretive dance. Sound strange? It is! [8 - 11 minutes] (2 Females, 1 Male or 1 Female, 2 Males) $18.00
ABRAHAM CD
CD, by Ken Bradbury, 2016
Music from "Abraham!", a musical by Ken Bradbury and Robert L Crowe and directed by Ken Bradbury. Includes the songs Roll Up the Sangamon, The Freedom Wind and Good to Be Free. Performers are Greg Floyd, Bob Large, Kristin Van Aken, Marian Levin, Tony Thrasher, Phyllis Pruitt and Scott Stanberry as Lincoln. $15.00
THAT'S THE GOSPEL CD
A collection of gospel music played by Ken Bradbury on the piano. Includes Victory in Jesus, Blessed Assurance, Campfire Medley, Old Rugged Cross, Sweet Hour of Prayer and many more. $15.00
ONE-PART HARMONY
A play in two acts, by Ken Bradbury and Robert L. Crowe, 2016
A whirlwind tour of a schoolgirl's frighteningly typical day. Fast paced with three actors playing multiple characters. [7 - 10 minutes] (2 Females, 1 Male or 3 Females or 1 Female, 2 Males) $18.00
A TAXING VISIT
Has the IRS really given April a bad name? Try this script for a humorous look at the tax preparation process. [7 - 10 minutes] (2 Females or 1 Female, 1 Male or 2 Males) $14.00
BATMAN: THE REAL STORY BEGINS
Smash! Boom! Bang! Ever wonder how Batman and Robin got their start? Well, here is one highly unlikely possibility. [7 - 10 minutes] (2 Males) $14.00
ONE SPECIAL BROTHER
Monologue - Serious/Comedy, by Ken Bradbury, 2015
A light-hearted but compassionate look at why words matter. This monologue is a tribute to the courage of children with Down syndrome as well as their families. You will laugh and you may cry. [7 - 10 minutes] (1 Male or 1 Female) $8.00
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Disclaimer: Not our characters, damn it. Rysher: Panzer/Davis owns most of the rights, and Gregory Widen created most of the ones found here. Not for profit, no infringement intended, and rated R for m/f interaction. Much thanks to Cinel, Misha, and Tansy for the beta-reading; remaining problems are, of course, ours. Underlines indicate emphasis; italics indicate thoughts or dreams.
Stirling, Scotland -- 1987
A silver cigarette lighter hissed into life with a click, and the wick of the taper candle flared into light. The hand holding the lighter was pale skinned, yet distinctly masculine, and moved easily to light a second candle on the white cloth-covered table, which had been set for two. The candleholders were delicately worked silver pieces, complementing the china pattern and the silverware. Burgundy poured into the fragile-looking wineglasses with frosted and twisted stems as the candlelight flickered across the owner of the hand. Faded jeans encased long, runner's legs and slender hips, while a royal blue shirt covered a washboard stomach and a broad chest. His face was highlighted by a straight nose, a wide forehead, full lips, and small eyes that missed nothing. Even as relaxed as he appeared to be, there was a definite aura of danger around him, as if he was a panther that had decided to be tame.
He paused for a moment, setting the wine bottle back into a silver bucket full of ice which rested on the sideboard next to several covered dishes. His eyes swept the scene, then he nodded once, satisfied. From somewhere in the house, a grandfather clock chimed the hour, and a key could be heard turning in the lock of the front door. A small smile tugged at his lips as he silently congratulated himself for his timing and his planning.
"Connor?" a woman's voice called. "Darling, where are you?"
He smiled, more openly this time. "In the dining room, Brenda," he answered, and his voice held a strong accent of unknown origin.
"Oh, you have dinner ready?" Brenda commented, sounding pleasantly surprised. "I thought you wouldn't be in until later, taking care of that Rosenberg deal you were telling me about yesterday." Sounding mildly distracted, her voice carried easily through the house. Aware that Brenda always took the time to put away her purse and keys and remove her shoes, Connor waited patiently.
"I saw your note," Connor answered. "How is Mrs. MacEwen?" he asked. His voice revealed nothing of the fact that he'd arranged for their widowed neighbor to call Brenda and engage her in conversation for two hours.
"Mrs. MacEwen called me and wanted to talk about police work. Her grandson is going to be a police officer, and she thought perhaps I could tell her something about it. I tried to tell her that police work in Scotland is probably a lot different than New York."
A slender woman with long brunette hair entered the room, still speaking. She was dressed casually in jeans and a striped camp shirt, and for a moment, seemed oblivious to the scene Connor had set, too caught up in her retelling to notice. Then she stopped, her eyes catching sight of the table.
"Connor," she breathed, stunned. "Darling, you didn't have to do this," she protested. "I mean, of course you didn't, but I didn't forget our anniversary, at least not this year, and I can't think of what this occasion ought to be --"
He cut off her tumble of words with a kiss. "I love you," he told her simply, drawing back to lead her to a chair, which he pulled out for her. Automatically, she sat down, her eyes shining with love.
Slipping into the chair beside her, he raised his glass and toasted her. It took her a moment to realize that he hadn't spoken of things long past, as was his usual habit whenever they drank wine or brandy, and her eyes widened. A little unsteady with the overwhelming emotion flooding her, she picked up her wineglass. "To my husband. I love you, Connor MacLeod."
Glass clinked; wine was sipped. Rising, Connor took his wife's plate and proceeded to fill it with a tantalizing selection from the dishes on the sideboard before repeating the process with his own plate. He had just passed Brenda her dinner when the phone rang.
"Let the machine pick it up," he told her. "Tonight's for us."
The look on Brenda's face revealed her reluctance. Not for the first time, Connor wondered if she was happy living so far away from everything she'd held dear. She'd been an expert in forensics, working for the New York City Police Department, when he'd first met her almost two years ago. She'd quit that job and moved halfway around the world for him, and he sensed that, as much as she loved him, she had an intelligent mind that was growing restless and bored with being a housewife. Still, she had made friends in the village where they lived, friends who'd come to expect that Brenda would be there for them no matter what, and Connor could see that she was thinking of one of them.
"Connor, it could be Mairi," Brenda said apologetically, confirming his suspicion. "You know she's been depressed lately, and I told her she could call anytime."
He sighed, aware that it was useless to argue. The phone rang again, and Brenda rose to pick it up from the extension in the kitchen.
Connor stared at what had been a meticulously planned romantic evening, and sighed heavily. He'd orchestrated it as much out of the potential pleasure of surprising his wife as to cheer himself up. This week, more than usual, he was feeling the weight of his years, and he knew it was because this was the week Heather had died. Remembering her only made him want to hold Brenda tighter, treasure every moment he had with her, remind her that he loved her. The Prize he'd won gave him gifts he was still struggling to understand how to use, but she was his serenity. One evening to thank her for that peace hadn't seemed too much to ask of the universe.
Eavesdropping shamelessly, Connor listened to her end of the conversation. He couldn't make out what was going on, but he gathered it had something to do with the book she'd authored. He?d been encouraging her to write more, but she hadn't seemed interested. He wondered now if she had merely been reluctant to reveal her work before she had confirmation of its publication.
She returned to the table, her cheeks flushed with excitement, her eyes glittering with animation. It dawned on Connor then that it had been a while since he'd seen her so full of life, and something inside of him felt jealous that a phone call could revive her spirit so. With the ruthlessness so characteristic of him, Connor shoved that feeling away and focused on her words. "That was Tiffany Corbin," she informed him breathlessly, "from Britannica Online. They want to use History of Metallurgy as a source and want my permission. They'll pay me for the use. Tiffany wants to meet with me right away so they can get the process started. Isn't that great?"
"You're not meeting with her tonight," Connor told her bluntly. The reply was automatic, honed into his reflexes from four and a half centuries in the Game, and he never stopped to realize that Brenda might not see his response as caution.
"Connor, this is Britannica, and she's only going to be here for --"
"Not at night, Brenda, and not without back-up." Connor looked up from his dinner, which was getting cold, and raised a surprised eyebrow at the mutinous expression on her face. "Brenda, it's not safe."
"This is Scotland, Connor, not Manhattan," she argued, large eyes wide with surprise and bright with annoyance now, rather than her previous enthusiasm. She held a bite of lamb suspended in the air, too startled to finish moving the fork to her mouth. "It's safe enough to meet her at the local."
"It's after business hours," he pointed out grimly and straightened up in his seat. There had been rumors these last few months, the sort of thing he had asked after automatically all his long life. Nothing specific, only surprise at opportunities missed, odd directions of inquiries, or contacts who had let themselves fall out of touch...if the Game was still going on, Connor would have wondered if someone was looking for him. Combined with the sudden interest in a book that had been in print for seven years, now, the rumors and uncertainties triggered his most paranoid instincts.
"Nice of her to claim she's with Britannica at a time when we can't check. Very convenient." His eyes darkened slowly from hazel to deepest green as suspicion and anger began to combine. Though he wouldn't admit it, the added detail that it was the anniversary of Heather's death disturbed him even more.
"Connor MacLeod, would you be so suspicious if the call was for you?" Brenda finally snapped at him as she set the food back on her plate. "Why shouldn't I meet with her? This is a wonderful opportunity, you have to know that!"
"Aye, Brenda, it is -- if it's real. I want you safe, that's all." He set his own fork down as well, giving up on the dinner as a lost cause now that they were both angry. Before he could continue, though, she cut in.
"Connor, the Game's over, you said so yourself. What are you worried about? All your old enemies are dead, after all. Why should this be anything other than what she says?"
"Why didn't this Ms. Corbin call during the day?" Connor countered, leaning forward in his chair. "There's a machine, Brenda, she could have gotten you. Why is she approaching you directly rather than going through an agent or publisher?"
"I don't have an agent," Brenda pointed out stubbornly, mouth tightening in annoyance. 'And the publisher would have had to tell her I'm in Scotland, remember?" She paused then asked more slowly, "Dear, is this one of your premonitions?"
The temptation to lie, to claim that as a reason, was nearly overwhelming. Truth be told, Connor wasn't entirely sure it would be a lie, either. He'd had enough experience with precognitive dreams throughout his life to recognize that their meaning wasn't always easily deduced. Then again, the clarity of his psychic abilities had improved since taking the Kurgan's head.
"I don't like it,' he told her finally, not quite answering her question. "It's short notice, Brenda. If she has so little time to meet with you, and she had to find you through the publisher, why not call ahead?"
Brenda wanted to snap at Connor, but her years with the NYPD made her admit he had a valid point. Aside from that, she knew he would always protect her, even if she didn't agree with his reasons; his protective streak was as much a part of who he was as his carefully honed paranoia. "Damn it, Connor, do you always have to be reasonable?"
That got a quick, bright smile that told her the evening might not be entirely ruined. "Well, if I don't give you reasons, you complain I'm being superstitious and set in my ways," he told her with a chuckle. "Set up the meeting for tomorrow, Brenda. We can check with Britannica in the morning and if she's legitimate, then it's wonderful."
"And if she"s not?" Brenda wondered, but she gave him an innocent, flirtatious look as she offered, "And I like some of your ways."
Connor shrugged with an almost Gallic nonchalance. "Then I'll make some calls. Not all my old friends carried swords, Brenda," he commented. "And not all of the people I annoyed were immortal. Although I wouldn't have thought any of them could connect Russell Nash from Manhattan with Connor MacLeod in Stirling, Scotland."
"I still think you worry too much." She picked up her fork again and smiled as she said, "But dinner is wonderful."
"I'd rather you were alive to yell at me for worrying too much." Laughter tinged his voice, but his expression was still serious. "We'll check in the morning, Brenda, and with any luck you can tell me you were right at lunch."
"And how wonderful an agreement I've gotten from them." She smiled and reached for her wineglass. "I'll call, and I'll be careful. So," she asked in a husky voice, "did you have anything else planned for tonight, or shall I improvise?"
After more than four hundred years of being hunted by the Kurgan, not to mention other immortals, paranoia was good sense, not a psychosis. Two years of freedom from that threat hadn't eroded the habits yet. Connor fully intended to be at that meeting, but he'd mention that as an accepted decision over the morning coffee and hopefully Brenda wouldn't be awake enough to remember she hadn't explicitly agreed. Equally important, though, the meeting would take place somewhere other than his own house. If this was an enemy, or an enemy's spy, he'd not give them such easy access to his home as that. And if this Tiffany Corbin was legitimate, well, she could pay for the coffee. In the meantime, he and his wife had a free evening.
"Tonight, Brenda, I'm at your service," he offered and let her change the subject.
*~*~*~*~*~*
"You still light candles for me," Heather commented, sounding pleased and a little surprised.
'Aye, blossom, I do," Connor agreed. He knelt on the thick moss and its cold dampness seeped through the corduroy of his pants as he waited for enough wax to melt. Finally sure that the taper would stay in place while it burned, he tried to turn and found he couldn't move. It made an odd sense; he had to be still to allow Heather to move among the quick. He couldn't be dead, of course, but he could be still.
"Connor, I need you to do something for me. It's important."
"What, blossom?" Connor knew that tone. His first wife had always meant business when she spoke so. None of her mischief, her quick temper that had more than once led his Heather to chase him with a wood spoon or anything else handy; nothing so easy as her laughing desire for a new dress or an extra laying hen; this was something much, much more serious.
"You're a MacLeod, Connor. Remember that for me, love." Warm, fire-heated wool slid over his shoulders, the fabric draping along his arms and sides, pooling around and between his legs, until he could see nothing but MacLeod tartan. The light from her candle shone through it without setting the fabric alight, and it smelled of the herbs Heather had used to clean her hair.
"I don't understand," he pleaded, sliding back into the Gaelic of his youth.
Her words whispered in his ears, swirled around him in the eddying breeze from the loch which scented the air with snow. "Hold fast, Connor. Hold fast, my love."
"Heather!" Finally free, he spun in a pool of fabric to find nothing in the world but a candle and moss and the loch bright blue beyond the mass of wool anchoring him to the ground.
The smell of eggs and bacon pulled Brenda out of the bathroom and into the kitchen. As usual, Connor just smiled, knowing she wasn't entirely awake yet, and passed her a mug of the sweet, black coffee she'd gotten addicted to while working for New York's strangest. So Brenda sat down at the table and sipped it, letting herself slowly finish waking up as Connor casually mentioned, "I called a friend at the Victoria and Albert Museum this morning. Britannica does have a Tiffany Corbin, and she is associated with their online division."
Brenda blinked, then said, "Oh. Connor, darling, what time is it?"
He flashed her a quick smile. "A bit past eight. Neddy's always been a morning person, though, lass. I didn't wake him up, don't worry about that."
"And he had contacts like that at this time of the morning?"
"Well," Connor shrugged, turning the bacon to keep it from burning, "the man handles the web site for the V & A, Brenda. He knows some of his counterparts."
"Some of your friends," Brenda sighed and went to refill her mug, a little more awake now. She topped his coffee off as well and pulled out two plates. "Happier now?"
Connor didn't mention that Neddy Smythe-White wasn't a friend, simply someone who owed Russell Nash a few favors for bailing him out of a crooked poker game. Neddy's words, however, had reassured him that his presence wasn't required at the meeting. "A bit. I'd be even happier if you'd meet her someplace public. For coffee maybe?" he suggested calmly as he transferred eggs and bacon from the skillets to the plates. "Here you are," Connor added as she started to argue.
"Aren't you being a little paranoid about this?" Brenda finally asked, not entirely awake and annoyed, again, that Connor seemed to always wake up alert and coherent, no matter how much or how little sleep he'd had. It didn't seem fair.
"So long as you're here at the end of the day to tell me I was wrong, lass? No, I'm not." He flashed that wicked smile at her that always made Brenda want to first express her condolences to his mother and then drag him off to bed anyway. "And it could be worse. I could insist on being there."
"If you're this worried, then do it."
"And interfere with your independence?" he asked, amused. "Of course not. I just want you to take reasonable precautions, Brenda."
"Every time you talk about 'reasonable'," Brenda gave in, "I seem to lose the argument. All right, Connor, I'll invite her to meet me over coffee, darling, and we'll do it someplace nice and public."
He smiled at her, then turned his attention back to his own breakfast. "Then you can tell me over lunch that you were right."
Brenda walked into the house the following afternoon, calling Connor's name. She'd been hoping that he'd be home; she wanted to gloat a bit about the fact that Tiffany didn't seem like much of a threat. In fact, Brenda had been looking forward to telling Connor about the deal she'd just signed. No one answered her call, and she surmised he'd gotten tied up at the shipping company he owned. Sighing, she kicked off her shoes, set down her purse and keys, and went to check the answering machine.
The first message was from Connor, letting her know he was running late. The second was from Mrs. MacEwen, who wondered if she would be interested in seeing pictures of her soon-to-be-policeman grandson. Brenda smiled and made a mental note to visit Mrs. MacEwen that afternoon. The third message was from someone Brenda didn't recognize.
A strong male voice greeted, "Connor," then lapsed into Gaelic. Brenda's familiarity with the language had grown since her marriage, but the extent of her knowledge was still only a handful of phrases mostly suited to cursing and lovemaking. She couldn't translate what the stranger said from what few words she recognized. She did catch a name she hadn't heard in two years, and her blood ran cold at the sound.
The Kurgan.
Memories flashed through her: screaming until her voice was hoarse, a nightmare in leather and metal studs holding her hostage through an insane drive through the streets of New York and tying her up on a sign high above the city--believing that her death was at hand. The vicious satisfaction she'd felt at being able to help Connor defeat the Kurgan remained imprinted on her soul. To say that she hadn't been scarred by the Kurgan would be a lie.
In the weeks following the Kurgan's death, she'd woken more than once from dreams that he was still alive, but those nightmares had faded with Connor's help. Connor had reassured her that the Kurgan was dead, that the Game was over, that there were no more immortals save himself -- but who in the world would know about the Kurgan? And by that name? Brenda didn't want to think about the possibilities, but she'd seen too many crime scenes as a forensic pathologist; she knew just what some of those possibilities could be. She began to shake at the fearful images building in her mind.
Get a grip, Brenda, she told herself, forcing herself to exhale. Wait until Connor is home, then ask. It's not like you can trace the call; you're not a cop even if you did get trained by the NYPD. Panicking accomplishes nothing. She breathed deeply again, and decided to distract herself by cleaning the house.
Sweeping and scrubbing were too mechanical to divert her mind for long, but rearranging their books into a more coherent order led to thoughts of the contract she'd signed that morning, which led her to wonder where she had packed away her notes when she moved to Scotland. At one point, before the police work had begun demanding more and more of her attention and energy, Brenda had intended to do a series of articles on ancient armor, maybe a companion to her book on weapons. Somewhere, she was sure, she still had rough outlines and photocopies....
The appropriateness of distracting herself from thoughts of the Kurgan by contemplating armor never crossed her mind, or if it did, she hastily suppressed it.
She was almost too successful. If Connor hadn't asked her about any messages for him at the end of dinner, the call would've remained pushed back into the corner of her mind. She hesitated a bit too long in answering him. Suddenly, she wished she'd simply erased the message instead of keeping it.
"What is it?" he asked her, concerned.
She took a deep breath. ?It's in Gaelic, I think. Something about--" She hesitated again and looked at him, meeting his worried gaze. "The Kurgan."
He didn't pause, but moved swiftly to his feet. "Maybe," he offered, "it's just someone researching ancient history.'
"But why??"
"I don't know," he answered honestly. "But we'll find out if we need to."
"Connor, who was that on the machine?" Brenda asked later that evening, stepping into the study where he'd gone to listen to the tape he'd taken from the answering machine.
Startled by her voice, he looked up from his perusal of a worn plaid. For a moment, his eyes seemed unfocused, as if he hadn't been entirely there. "No one, Brenda," he told her in an icy voice that demanded she not pry.
She narrowed her gaze. "Connor, don't shut me out like that. I'm your wife, damn it. If anything's going on, I should know about it!"
"There's nothing going on, Brenda."
"Then who was that?" she insisted. "That was a long 'nothing' who knew about the Kurgan!" She stepped forward, closing the distance between them.
His hand tightened on the age-worn wool. "Not yet, Brenda. Don't ask me that yet."
"Damn it --" She broke off, hands fisted as she resisted the urge to try and give him a black eye or broken jaw. A small part of her mind didn't know which would be worse: if Connor let her or he didn't.... "Who was that Connor? And don't tell me "no one", damn it. I gave up my career to come to Scotland with you. I gave up my entire life to share yours. Don't cut me off like this."
"You weren't the only one," Connor answered softly. She could see his temper flaring, cold, unstoppable. "I gave up my life, too, Brenda. Again and again. I left the woman I raised from a child to move here with you. And I'm telling you to leave this alone."
"No," Brenda said stubbornly, ignoring the little voice inside her brain that warned her that she was playing with fire. Connor rarely displayed his anger, and she fought the urge to back down in the face of it. "Whatever it is, we can handle it."
She stared at him, willing him to see how much she wanted to help, as the silence grew thicker with every passing minute. She could see the distance crystallizing in his storm-gray eyes, and knew that she'd struck a nerve. He was going to shut her out like some stranger, and she felt her stomach churn with anxiety and frustration. In some part of her heart she hadn't dared acknowledge until now, she had always been afraid that she'd never reach into Connor's soul, never completely banish the barriers age and experience had built. That she'd never completely know that she was everything to him, his partner, his best friend, his lover, his wife, the one that he loved more than anyone else. Panic rioted through her, and it fed her anger.
"Damnit, Connor, please," she snapped, unable to endure his silence any longer. "Don't you trust me?"
"And if it's not a matter of trust?" he asked her coldly. "What if it's safety, lass? Or old memories that won't be buried tonight but I can't talk about yet? Were you going to pry them out?"
"Is it, Connor? Are you going to tell me to leave this alone, the way you did with the Kurgan? That didn't work, Connor -- he came after me! Is this person going to do that? Do I need to start carrying a gun again, wondering which of my friends are in danger?"
Connor studied her, his eyes as cold and piercing as the winter storms off the Firth. "You chose to look for me, Brenda. You followed me home from that bar, knowing that at least one man had already lost his life over this Game. Regretting it at last?"
"No, damn it! But will you just once tell me something, Connor? You're so damned...Scottish," Brenda finally cried out, forcing her roiling frustration into words. "Only with you, it's not money you hoard, it's words and secrets. Damn it, whoever that was called here. I live here, too, why shouldn't I be able to ask who the hell it was? The Game's over, you said so yourself."
"And if I don't know who it was, Brenda?" He gave nothing away, holding his feelings and speculations as tightly to himself as he had in those first days she'd known him.
"Then why didn't you just say so? Why put us both through this?"
"Brenda, I don't know yet what's going on," he told her coldly.
"Would you tell me if you did?"
Connor studied her, impressed by her sheer stubbornness as always. A slow smile spread across his lips, the first crack in the icy rage of his temper. "Aye, lass." If you need to know.
She glared at him, still angry and suddenly reminded of just how much she didn't know, might never know, about her husband. He was a killer, a businessman, a lover...and that was only what she knew from her own experience. Connor MacLeod was four hundred and seventy years old and Brenda didn't believe she'd ever know everything about him. It was just too much to explain, too much time to try and catch up on when life insisted on going on and carrying them both with it. Once again, she was left taking something on faith...and this time it grated.
Connor held out a hand, a silent peace offering. "When I can, Brenda."
"I'm going to hold you to that, Connor," she warned him, her own temper still roused.
"I wouldn't expect anything else," he told her, that same irritating, arousing smile on his face. "Not from a spirited lass like you."
"You'd better not," Brenda told him, but she was starting to smile herself. "What, lunch tomorrow?" But she walked forward to take his hand anyway.
"Why lunch?" He rubbed his thumb across the inside of her wrist and back again in a slow, steady stroking motion that she found entirely too distracting. In the morning when she could think without his hands on her skin, she'd probably be annoyed. If, of course, he didn't distract her in the morning, too.
"You managed to check on Tiffany by breakfast," Brenda forced out, trying to think, trying to stay mad at the mercurial man she'd married. "But you had a name for that one. I thought I"d be generous and give you until lunch."
"Generosity like that should be rewarded," he told her with a chuckle, folding his other arm around her waist and scratching lightly across her back, seeking out all the familiar itchy spots where her hair had been rubbing against her shirt all day.
"Connor...." But his hands felt so good she nearly lost her resolve and purred despite herself.
'End of argument?' Connor asked lightly, smiling at her. "Because if it's all right with you, I thought we'd move on to the making up part."
She tried to hold on to her anger, but then he brushed his lips against the nape of her neck. The whimper escaped her before she could control it, and she groaned in realization. "Connor," she half-moaned in protest.
Her husband chuckled softly. "I thought so," he told her, and then kissed her when she opened her mouth to scold him for his smugness.
Connor waited until Brenda was sleeping before he slipped out of bed and headed for the study. Picking up the phone, he dialed the number that had been left on his answering machine, hoping it wasn't some vile hoax for reasons he couldn't fathom. Some part of him wanted to believe that was the real reason. That part didn't want to know that the peace he thought he'd gained by taking the Kurgan's head was nothing more than an illusion. Connor snorted in derision; he'd never thought to be more worried by hearing from Duncan than by not hearing from him.
"MacLeod," the kinsman he'd thought dead intoned sleepily in his ear.
"Duncan," Connor greeted, his voice almost breaking in relief. "Long time, cousin."
"Connor!" Surprise and pleasure overlaid the last vestige of drowsiness in Duncan's voice even as Connor heard a woman ask sleepily in French, "Who is it?"
"Go back to sleep, Tessa," Duncan told the woman in the same language. "Hold on a minute, Connor," Duncan warned in English, either forgetting that Connor spoke French or deliberately changing languages. "I'm switching phones so we can talk."
Patiently, Connor waited. An unconscious smile crossed his lips as he thought of other times he'd waited for Duncan to get out of bed.
A few moments later, Duncan exclaimed, "I've been trying to reach you for months! This was the last working phone number I had for you, and I didn't think I would be able to reach you. I heard about the Kurgan. Are you all right? Why didn't you call?"
"All right?" Connor laughed, tears in his eyes. "Hell of a Quickening. I thought I'd won."
"I thought you were dead," came the sober reply. Neither of them needed any explanation of what Connor thought he'd won; only one victory would ever mean so much to them. 'The story I heard was that the explosions could be seen for miles."
"Aye," Connor agreed, shaken by the memories of lightning and glass shards and pain but not so much that he missed the implications of Duncan's call, his continued existence. He took a deep breath, willing himself calm. "The Game goes on, then."
"There are still those who play," Duncan replied, sounding more awake and more relieved by the word. "And then there're others who manage to keep their heads by sheer charm alone. Amanda sends her regards." He sounded faintly irked by that, and Connor grinned as he remembered some of his own encounters with the lovely thief.
A hope Connor didn't even realize he'd had blossomed with the remark. Though he'd reconciled himself to the thought that he'd won the Prize, that he'd never again be in the company of those who lived by the sword, who remembered what life was like when the mere onset of winter was a threat to living, Connor had to admit that it had been an incredibly lonely and depressing thought. Now he realized what the odd dreams he'd been having lately had been trying to tell him.
"The thief still bothers you?" he returned, amused, and trying to divert himself to a more pleasant subject. Amanda Montrose, or Darrieux, or whatever name she was using this month, was a much more enjoyable thought than years of grieving for friends lost to some damn Game that never had made sense.
"All the time. She's a bad habit," Duncan admitted.
"She's going to cost you your head someday," Connor warned him, suddenly serious and not willing to lose his kinsman when he'd just gotten Duncan back.
He could almost see the fierce expression as his former student replied, "Not if I can help it."
Connor chuckled. For a moment, he could pretend that nothing had changed, that the Quickening he'd taken hadn't changed his life, and this was just a purely social call, a means of staying in touch with the one immortal he considered to be family. His innate practicality, however, wouldn't let him indulge in the fantasy for long.
"How did you hear about the Kurgan?"
"Amanda's the one who relayed the story to me; I ran into her in a gallery in London about eight months ago. Up until then, I had no idea that you'd finally dealt with that bastard." Duncan paused. "Rachel said you'd gotten married."
"Aye. Her name's Brenda."
"Brenda," Duncan repeated, his voice clearly expressing his pleasure in the name. "Tell me about her."
"What, you can't spare a train ticket to come meet your new relative?"
Duncan did laugh at that. "For you, kinsman, I'll be there. Give me a day or so to explain to Tessa why I'm going to Scotland to visit a woman when we're packing to move to the States, though, and why I won't be able to go with her to see her family this weekend."
"Hooked up with another spirited one, did you?" Connor smiled at the thought. "And what are you doing back in Paris, anyway?"
"Moving. And before you ask, yes, she knows about immortals." He paused. "I hear you hooked up with a spirited lass yourself. Tell me about Brenda."
"What, and have you steal another good woman away from me?" Connor asked dryly, but a smile tugged at his lips.
A moment of stunned silence met his remark. "You're not still upset about that, are you?" Duncan asked, his tone incredulous. "That was fifty years ago! And you're not weaseling out of the question, Connor."
Connor smiled, enjoying the way his kinsman was so easily baited. "Aye, it was," he agreed blandly. "Call me back when you have your tickets. Brenda and I will meet you at the station."
The sound of a frustrated, resigned sigh resounded in Connor's ear. "Give me a few hours, Connor."
"Morning's soon enough," Connor told him, letting his voice make it sound like a concession to the less-skilled. His smile expanded to a grin as he thought about how Duncan would take that bait.
"Just because you waited until the middle of the night to call," Duncan started to argue, then stopped. A moment later the rich laughter Connor had never thought to hear again came over the phone. "Never mind, Connor. I'm glad you called. I'll talk to you in the morning."
"Duncan."
"Connor."
Neither of them knew who hung up first. Both of them went back to bed still smiling.
Cold wind moaned through the cave, carrying the tang of ice-covered rock in and down through water-hewn chambers, across cane ladders, past roughly carved guardians. The frigid air twisted across the plaids, waking even a Scots Highlander used to the cold. Nothing was familiar for that long first instant of wakefulness. Then the distinctive scent of yak butter burning in the lamp reminded him where he was, and why: Nakano's cave, studying with the quick, misleadingly diminutive sorcerer.
Part of him knew that Nakano had been dead for centuries now, but Connor could feel the old tartan around him where he slept on the pad, the rough burlap pillow under his neck and that frozen, Tibetan wind on his cheek. He rolled upright, suddenly afraid he'd overslept, and saw Nakano sitting there in front of him. That tiny little man, as much his family as Ramirez had been, or Duncan still was, smiled at him fondly and motioned for Connor to wrap the plaid around him before he froze.
"Time you woke, Highlander. You needed the rest, but the pieces are in play and the Game is still in motion."
"You're dead," Connor pointed out.
"But you aren't." Dark eyes glinted with that familiar, knowing humor. Nakano added mildly, "And I did not put in such time and effort on you, Highlander, to see you die on me. Time you were up and doing."
"But I am up." Connor felt the cold air bite through the linen of his shirt and saw his teacher's sudden, fierce grin.
"Not yet, but soon." Nakano shook his head and said gently, "Trust me, Connor. Close your eyes."
Hesitantly, surprised but willing to trust this little man who had taught him such fine control of his sword, his self, his very perceptions of the world, Connor did just that.
Everything spun around him, a sickening sensation that he only faintly remembered from being very sick when he was younger or from long drops out of planes or off cliffs. The fragrance of heather wrapped around him, then, and the clean smell of wind over moss and water and rock tangled with a scent that shocked him with its familiarity. He could still feel wool and linen, though now the tartan was properly wrapped around his hips, and from somewhere he'd acquired socks and shoes. What he noticed most, though, was the solid body that pressed along his side as it dropped down onto the moss with him.
"Foolish and trusting, clansman."
Connor's eyes came open as he turned his head to see Ramirez stretched on the ground beside him, mirroring Connor's pose -- body tilted back and braced on his hands with his head tipped back to enjoy the bright sunshine that poured across the hillside.
"You're dead."
"Of course I am," Ramirez answered with a laugh. "And I'm not."
That familiar, rich voice poured through Connor. It took the remembered scent combined with the hardness of muscles he'd strained against, and apparently memorized in his earliest training, to convince Connor it was truly Ramirez. For a moment, Connor felt the familiar sense of frustration at his teacher's riddles, and had to take a deep breath, aware that emotion would garner him nothing. "Then where are we--"
"Here and there," was the evasive, amused answer. "Mostly there in my case, and mostly here in yours." He smiled fondly at Connor. "It's not that important, Highlander. But I'm very glad you took that bastard's head. His quickening was a truly unpleasant place to reside for a few centuries."
"What's going on? Usually," Connor added dryly to disguise his own pleasure at actually seeing the peacock, "you only talk to me."
"Nakano's right," Ramirez told him gently with that smiling, reluctant stubbornness that had preceded some of their hardest, trickiest sparring sessions. "You've had your rest, brother. And truly, you've deserved it--and earned it. Time, now, though, to finish your training."
Connor couldn't help it: he laughed, a joyous roar of pleasure. "And what would Duncan say, to be hearing that his teacher isn't fully trained?"
"Then you'd best hope I don't tell him, pendejo. But for now, get up and go practice." The sardonic glint of humor warned Connor, though not in time: Ramirez reached over and pushed him, and the rock and moss dissolved under him. He slid away through a mass of people, most of them unknown, some of them too familiar as old enemies whose heads Connor'd taken. His only consolation lay in the fact that none of them seemed any more solid than what he fell through....
"Connor?" Carrying a cup of coffee and sipping from it as she went, Brenda stepped out of the house and into the garden behind it. She found her husband performing a kata in the early morning light. There was nothing really unusual in that; he'd claimed it was habit and his second favorite form of exercise. Light glinted off of steel, and for a moment, Brenda's heart leapt into her throat as she recognized the katana that her husband wielded. He had never, to her knowledge, exercised with it since the battle with the Kurgan. A wooden blade, yes, simply because he enjoyed the sword forms, but--. What is going on?
His back was to her as she stopped at what she hoped was a safe distance from him. Something was bothering him, but she knew better than to get too close when he had a weapon in his hands. He turned smoothly, finishing the set of exercises and sheathing the blade with a smooth exactitude that reminded Brenda of her own ability to readjust her hair without looking. It was a motion done so often that it needed neither sight nor attention to perform, and it drove home to her again just how different their lives had been.
'Good morning." He was smiling as he moved to kiss her. "Any more coffee?"
"An entire pot," Brenda mentioned, her mind working furiously as she tried to wake up and think simultaneously. "Connor, why do you have your sword?"
"I'd hate to get rusty on something that took me so long to learn," he replied with a shrug. "What do you want for breakfast?"
"You're trying to distract me." She handed him the mug of coffee and backed up a few steps and sat down on the stone retaining wall, heedless of the morning dew. "Just--just tell me, Connor, all right? I hate it when people try to break news to me gently. What's going on?"
He took a long sip of the coffee, searching for the best way to tell her. "A lot of things, lass. I was wrong."
Brenda quit studying the garden and asked grimly, "About what, Connor?" Old, rusty instincts borne of her years working with the NYPD groaned into life as her waking mind tried to cope with what he?d just declared. It wasn't often Connor admitted he was wrong about anything, and it scared her. Whatever it was that he'd been wrong about had to be huge.
He sighed and passed the coffee back. "Finish this first. You'd best be awake for this.'
His eyes were dark green as he watched her drink, and that concerned Brenda. Connor's eyes mirrored his moods, most days, and that shade usually meant trouble. He was worrying or grieving, and either seemed a bad sign. So she finished drinking the coffee and forced her mind to be alert, calling on years of early morning classes and earlier morning police calls, before asking quietly, "All right, what is it?"
"The call was from my kinsman, Duncan. He's alive."
"And?" Brenda asked, unsure what that meant. "Connor, you're a MacLeod; half the island is kin to you, I think. Even to Russell Nash, you told me --" His solemn expression finally pushed the implication home. "He's immortal, too?"
"Aye," Connor said quietly. "About seventy years younger, but a MacLeod of Glenfinnan. I found him a few years after he'd had to leave the clan, the same way I had. He was a bit older than me when he died the first time, but --"
"You said the Game was over," she interrupted him, too shocked to bother with politeness, too angry to care. "That you'd taken the Prize."
"I know," Connor agreed, thumbs tucked over the waistband of his sweats as he admitted that their world had just altered, irrevocably. "I thought I had."
"You said you were hearing thoughts, knew skills you shouldn't have."
"I did. That's what worries me." Connor walked over and sat down a few feet from her. "I haven't heard the voices as much this last year or so; that, I think, may finally be fading. The dreams haven't gone away, Brenda."
"So what's left? What are you trying to tell me? That you just imagined everything?"
"No, Brenda." Connor did understand how she felt; he'd spent considerable time trying to understand the sheer scope of what the Kurgan's Quickening had given him. If Connor hadn't won the Prize -- then he could only guess at the magnitude of what it would be. Something told him that he was closer to understanding it than most. That meant trouble, no matter how he looked at it. He also knew that mentioning all or any of that would do no good just now.
"I don't believe this." Brenda jerked to her feet and began to pace, gesturing as she did so. "You said it was over. That we had nothing to worry about anymore."
"I thought it was, lass," Connor told her, his own voice angry now. "Do you think I didn't hope to be free of it? Of almost five hundred years of fighting and running, never having a normal life -- even giving up my own name, Brenda, because it made me a target?"
"Then they'll be after you again," she snapped. "After us both."
"Aye, Brenda, some of them will." He met her glare steadily. "Would you rather I lied to you, like some child to be protected? You know this, woman. You remember the Kurgan."
"Yes, I remember," Brenda cried out. "And I remember you telling me it was over too, Connor."
Connor hated himself for saying it, but not telling her would have been its own kind of lie. "You're not in the Game, Brenda. You can walk out of it if you want."
She stared at him, unable to believe what he was saying. "Just like that. You can let me -- let us -- go like it's nothing to you? If I wanted to leave now, you wouldn't stop me, would you?" She watched his reaction closely and saw the cold resignation in his expression. Feeling the rejection like a blow to her heart, she could only widen her eyes and shake her head as she tried to comprehend what he was saying. "You would, wouldn't you? Damn it, Connor, I nearly died for you, and you want me to just walk out the door? After everything we've been through? Is it really that easy for you to decide?"
The quiet despair in her voice tore at Connor's heart, but there was no easy way of letting go. Not when the stakes were life and death. He steeled himself against the heartache he knew he was causing, and let his silence say everything.
"You self-serving bastard." The slap across his face stung them both, and Brenda looked shocked to have hit him. Nearly five centuries as a warrior, though, and he'd never had the slightest impulse to stop her, no need to keep himself from blocking it...not when he knew it was the least she could've done. For a moment, she appeared ready to apologize, then she stepped back. Without a word, she turned and stomped back into the house, slamming the door behind her.
A nasty voice in his head silently congratulated him for his success at pushing Brenda away. Another, more reasonable one, reminded Connor that by her actions, he'd gotten his answer: she didn't want to leave. Either way, he had to live with her until she did truly leave, and that meant trying to make peace. The last thing he needed was to go back into the Game with his mind and heart distracted. He was infinitely glad, though, not to hear Ramirez' voice offering the old advice that he must leave her.
Connor found Brenda standing in front of their closets. A suitcase lay open on the bed. Her arms hugged her stomach, and she flinched when he touched her. She jerked around, and he caught sight of her tears. Defiantly, she lifted her head. "I'm going," she declared. "You don't want me here."
"I do want you, Brenda. I just want you safe." He let the long centuries of hunter and hunted show in his eyes, the tired, cold numbness he'd learned to survive in the Game and win, and saw her flinch again, then straighten her shoulders under his gaze as if under a physical weight.
"Safe?" She choked on the word, and had to swallow painfully but she didn?t back down. "Where would that be, Connor? It's not a pretty world out there, and even in this little village, bad things happen to people. I'm not some idiot you have to coddle; I'm your wife, and I used to work forensics for the NYPD, for God's sake!" Abruptly, she grabbed the suitcase and angrily threw it back into the closet. "I changed my mind. I'm not leaving you, damn it. Get used to it."
He whispered the words to her back, knowing she wouldn't understand the Gaelic. "It's regret I can't get used to, love, not you."
The mug broke, shifted off the counter by a careless hand when Brenda turned to dodge Connor. Their usual smooth ballet in the kitchen had vanished, victim to Connor's offer to let her leave and the resulting strain, and this was the result: old tea and soggy tea leaves splattered across tiles in pools around archipelagoes of broken ceramic.
"Damn it," Brenda snarled, crouching to reach for the larger pieces, more upset than the loss of one mug justified.
"Don't cut yourself, lass, I'll get it," Connor offered. A week ago it would have been nothing, a friendly offer from the man who'd spent centuries honing reflexes until he never cut himself with a knife, didn't think twice about sharpening already razor-edged swords. Now, suddenly, to Brenda it felt like condescension and she erupted.
"Why? Because I'm mortal, Connor? Because I'll bleed all over the damn floor? Well, fuck it, I can clean up blood as easily as tea!"
He froze, for once almost ungainly where he wasn't quite standing, not quite crouching. Brenda took in his still expression, the green eyes gone unreadable as that saturnine face, the way the light over the stove shot gold highlights through medium brown hair, and wondered in that moment if she'd ever really known Connor MacLeod. Or was he as evasive, as unreal, as the Seelie lords of legend, turning from fairy gold to oak leaf with the sunrise? Just who had she given her heart to?
The moment broke as Connor finished dropping to one knee beside her and said softly, "No, Brenda. Because it soaked your leg, lass, and I thought you might want to pull on dry pants before the stain set into those you like so much. Do you truly want the job? I'll let you have it if you do."
Her own amber eyes met his, startled and unnerved by just how much she'd let her anger affect her perceptions. He was right; these were some of her favorite slacks, and the tea was going to stain them, but, "No, Connor. I just didn't want you--."
He finished it for her, that rasping voice soft and ironic for once. "--protecting you. I know." A small wry smile twisted his mouth. "This once-- I wasn't. Just your pants," he added, a fine vein of humor threading through his tone.
Brenda managed a small smile of her own. "And trying to get me out of my clothes again," she added widening the smile in wordless apology. The lightening of his eyes told her it was accepted, and they moved on. This time.
The fragile peace didn't last, however. It was as if the pieces that held them together were nothing more than gossamer threads, and the weight of knowing Connor wasn't the only one with an unusual gift of life was slowly snapping each thread. Brenda's initial anger simmered into a deep ache of hurt...and she no longer felt certain she had the words to stop feeling so betrayed. The small house, once so cozy, became too small for two people; the silences were longer, and the nights lonelier.
Three nights after Connor's revelation, Brenda stayed up late on the pretext of wanting to finish the book she was reading. As soon as Connor left the living room and she was sure he was in the bedroom, asleep, she put the historical novel aside, unclear who'd been doing what and completely unconcerned about either, and crept into the study. She wanted the answers Connor hadn't given her. There had been a time when she trusted him implicitly; now, she was convinced that her husband was hiding something.
And yet, there was nothing there that hadn't been there when she'd rearranged their books just a few days ago. Nothing except too neat books, and too little dust, and none of the clutter that a new set of articles would have inspired. Brenda knew her own working habits, the way she tended to work one point into the ground, piling reference sources around her until she had it nailed, then sorting them back into place before starting the next. This, though, held no clues for her, and she desperately needed some answers. Something, anything--but what was important here--
Brenda picked up one of the framed photos she remembered from his hidden room in Manhattan. The old black and white daguerreotype showed a cluster of men in Union Blue, trying to look solemn for the camera. One of them looked more amused than the others; another looked as if he wanted, very badly, to be frightened. The picture always drew a fond, paternal look from Connor that made Brenda wonder which of them he thought of as his son, but it meant nothing to her. She moved down the shelves, blindly searching, and paused in front of a leather case that held a set of lock picks and skeleton keys. Connor had only smiled when she'd found them the first time--smiled and said he'd taken them away from someone who was going to get into trouble with them.
Brenda nearly hissed in her frustration as she looked around the too familiar room. So many of the oddments on the shelves held memories for Connor, memories she'd never asked about, thinking they had time. And now time had run out, apparently, and she knew little more than when she'd started.
"All these damned things, and you'd think they'd tell me something other than he's a long-lived packrat," she swore bitterly.
"Looking for anything in particular, lass?"
The too gentle voice and the almost innocuous question brought her around to see her husband standing there, his eyes dark and angry in a frozen face that contrasted strongly with his soft tone. 'I don't know," Brenda snapped at him. "You tell me."
"There's nothing here except me and thee, Brenda Wyatt MacLeod. Were you expecting to find something more?" He cocked his head to one side and regarded her from that same angry gaze.
When she shivered it wasn't from the cold, but Brenda went on anyway. "I thought you were asleep?"
"I woke to a cold bed and came to see where you were." He paused before adding softly, "I thought you'd fallen asleep reading. My mistake."
"The whole damn problem, Connor MacLeod," she snapped, ignoring her own diversion as if she'd never uttered the words, "is that I am looking for something, and damn if I know where it is."
"And what would that be?"
Connor didn't flinch when Brenda pointed at him. "You. The real you, Connor, not the mortal I thought I married. Do I even know you?"
She saw the muscles ripple along his arm, standing out at the elbow, although his hand was concealed behind his hip. The way his bare chest heaved under the breath he pulled in might have distracted her to other things, another time. Not now.
Connor said grimly, 'So. You'll not leave me, but you'll not trust me, either? One thing proven wrong, one hope I held falsely, and now you don't know me."
He shook his head. "Nice to know that two years counts for nothing." Then Connor simply turned and walked out of the room, leaving Brenda to stare at the empty doorway and wonder when the rest of the house would come down around her ears. Maybe if she simply stood there long enough, it would.
He woke still tired, nothing he hadn't done before, but an infrequent occurrence these last several months. His body ached for the missing warmth on the other side of the bed, and Connor sighed, breath huffing out of him as he remembered the argument of a few hours before. No wonder I slept so badly, he thought ruefully. I let her pick a fight and struck right back. I'm older; you'd think I'd be wiser.
He could almost hear Ramirez laughing madly at the idea, and his own crooked smile surfaced as he thought about that. Ah, well, the lass is in the right and I'm in the wrong. A little hard for her to be spying in our own house, after all. Best I get up and go apologize.
Connor considered just how to do that for a long moment. Knowing Brenda tended toward oblique apologies herself, though, he thought it might be best to extend one to her. A drive up to Jedburgh, some explanation of why the ruins meant so much to him, might be precisely what was needed. It would be both a day away from his work, an apology in itself, as well as a glimpse into more of his own history, which would hopefully make it clear how much he regretted feeding her own fears and uncertainties.
If he hadn't already intended to apologize, the sight that met his eyes would have convinced him. Brenda sat, asleep, in the lovely but uncomfortable straight-backed chair that she'd retained from her apartment in Manhattan. She'd used it to stay awake during college study sessions, she'd claimed once, and he believed it. Connor shook his head ruefully and pulled a throw blanket around her before moving quietly towards the kitchen.
Neither of them had slept well, after all. Having coffee ready for Brenda before proposing the day trip seemed like a very good idea to him, both from his years of war experience and their time together. The thought that winning his wife's heart back was akin to a campaign made him grin briefly.
'Oh, there you are, Brenda!"
Having just retrieved three bags' worth of groceries from the trunk of her car, Brenda paused and turned, seeing a heavy-set matron bustle towards her from across the road. Setting the load more firmly in her grasp, she smiled a greeting as she recognized her neighbor. "Good afternoon, Mrs. MacEwen."
Without missing a beat, the older woman took two of the bags out of Brenda's hands. "Go on, open up the door, I have these." With a nod of her head, Mrs. MacEwen indicated that Brenda should go first.
Aware that protesting would be useless, Brenda bit back the automatic denial of Mrs. MacEwen's generosity and did as suggested.
"Is this all, dearie?" Mrs. MacEwen asked, frowning as she set the bags on the counter in the kitchen.
Brenda smiled, then turned to reach for the pot of coffee in the coffeemaker next to the stove to pour herself a cup. "Just needed a few things this time. I'll do the monthly shopping next week." She raised a second mug inquiringly, an offer of coffee which was refused with a quick wave of a hand.
Mrs. MacEwen nodded knowingly. "I hadn't seen you or Connor in a few days. I thought perhaps you'd gone on vacation." She seated her girth on a chair at the kitchen table, her hands dealing with each of the grocery bags as soon as Brenda was done unpacking them.
Chuckling softly, Brenda began to put away her purchases. "No, it's just been--." She paused, trying to think of a way to avoid mentioning that she and Connor had been arguing, and settled for a fraction of the truth. "We went up to Jedburgh the day before yesterday, and Glenfinnan yesterday." Unconsciously, her voice softened as she remembered the trips.
"Oh?" Mrs. MacEwen prompted. "Does Connor have family there?" The tone of her voice reminded Brenda that she and her husband were still relative strangers in this village, and that even after two years, Connor was still an enigma to their neighbors. Briefly, the argument washed fresh in her mind, but she pushed it back, aware that Connor had, in his way, apologized.
For a moment, Brenda was at a loss as to how to answer Mrs. MacEwen's question without revealing Connor's immortality. Then she remembered how Connor had told her he was applying for membership in the Clan MacLeod as Russell Nash, and how he'd dealt with the questions at the ceremony inducting him into the clan. "Yes," Brenda decided, her mind going back to the day before....
"Where are we?" Brenda asked wonderingly, getting out of the car and stretching out the kinks in her muscles. Connor had told her their destination would be a surprise, that he had something to show her if she promised not to pester him with questions until they got there. She frowned as she remembered he'd withheld her morning coffee until she'd agreed, then shoved aside the discomforting thought.
Connor smiled at her and took her hand to lead her down the slight incline. As she walked, Brenda noticed that the path they were on held the faintest imprints of a trail. Then her eyes caught sight of the ruins, and she stopped, instinctively sensing that the cracked and ivied stones held answers to questions she hadn't asked yet.
"You lived here." She crossed the short distance to where Connor waited. "You built this."
"Aye. I lived here."
"Alone?"
He smiled, half-chuckling at some memory. "At times." He paused and sobered. "I built it for my first wife.'
"Heather."
Connor looked startled, and it was her turn to laugh softly. "You told me you'd been married before and that her name was Heather."
He considered her words. "Aye, so I did. She's buried in the hills, where the heather blooms brightest."
Something in his tone made Brenda take another look at her husband. "When did you meet her?"
"A few months after I was banished. Her father taught me blacksmithing."
"And how to build houses of stone?" Brenda teased him gently, hearing the grief behind the words. "Or did you learn a trade just so you could charm him into letting you court his daughter?"
Connor smiled. "Seems like you know the answer to that one already."
"So, did you meet any of his family?" Mrs. MacEwen?s voice brought Brenda abruptly back to the present.
"What? Oh -- yes. That's why we went, after all." Brenda paused, thinking of all the minutiae that she'd learned, and not of the distant cousins on the MacLeod family tree she'd run across in Glenfinnan. "Mrs. MacEwen, did you think you knew your husband well? You told me he was the only man you loved."
The older woman laughed. "Well enough to know he'd surprise me just when I thought I had him figured out. Henry was a dreamer, that he was, but he gave me everything I needed while he was alive, and made sure I didn't want for much after that." Mrs. MacEwen's chubby-cheeked face glowed with fond remembrance.
Laying a hand over Brenda's, stopping her as she bustled around the kitchen putting away what few groceries remained, Mrs. MacEwen smiled at the younger woman. "Love isn't in whether or not you know whether or not he scraped his knee in school, or if his Aunt Mary approves of you despite his bad luck with women of questionable morals," she reminded Brenda. "Don't get me wrong; those are all interesting to know, and you can judge him by all that, that's for certain. Love, though, is in the other details, like if he warned you that his grandmother would talk your ear off given half the chance, or if you can predict that he'll always forget your birthday until the last possible minute, or if he always puts the toilet seat down when he's done. It's the reliability you want; that tells you if you can trust him with your heart, or if you're always going to have to show him."
"You make it sound simple."
Mrs. MacEwen's smile widened. "It is. You open your heart and you let him in. Living with a man's the harder part. Now, I could tell you stories about my Henry that could make you think twice about thinking men have changed in fifty years. You can change a man's clothes, but he'll always be looking at you like you're the only one who matters, and that's all he needs, all that he cares to know. You'll always want to know more, of course, but we women are never satisfied until we know everything."
Unable to help herself, Brenda laughed. "So you're telling me I might as well accept the way things are?"
"If you're asking me do I think you should keep Connor --" Mrs. MacEwen winked. "Dearie, if I was thirty years younger, I'd be doing everything I could to make you think tossing him away was a good thing, just so I could have him when you let him go."
Shocked, it took a minute for Brenda to realize the compliment in Mrs. MacEwen's words. "Sorry, but he's already taken," she said, her voice automatically frosting over with dismissal. Realizing how she'd sounded, Brenda quickly apologized. "Oh, dear, I didn't mean --"
Mrs. MacEwen's shoulders shifted forward in a slight reflection of the smile on her face, her eyes sparkling her pleasure in Brenda's response. "No need to apologize. I'd only be worried if you didn't defend him." She patted the younger woman's hand. "You have the rest of your lives to figure out how to be with him, dearie. Make the most of them. Time passes quicker than you know it. Speaking of which, I have bread rising that should be about ready to be baked, so I must go." She rose to her feet, then paused. "You needn't fret so, Brenda. Connor's a good man."
Brenda smiled. "I know." She stood to escort her guest out. Long after Mrs. MacEwen left, her words rang in Brenda's ears.
Maybe she's right, Brenda thought. Connor's had a lot of time and experience to learn not to share everything, to keep the things he cares about the most to himself for fear of them getting hurt or taken away. Maybe I'm being unfair and unreasonable. Maybe I'm just fretting over nothing, and besides, I really hate arguing like we have been. It makes me remember why I don't miss doing forensic work -- all that stress and confusion.
Still, I can't help wondering just what Connor hasn't told me yet. Something tells me it isn't going to be something I like. Maybe I should've insisted that he stay near Rachel, since she's the closest thing to family he has, but he told me he needed to get away from New York for a while. I wanted to believe him, and I do, but if I haven't told him some of things I don't want to admit to doing, what could he be hiding? He's only ten times my age.
Then, as if her thoughts conjured him, Connor walked into the kitchen, a dozen red roses in hand.
As was his usual habit, Connor woke with the dawn, but didn't slip from bed right away. Things had been going so well for them in the past few days that he wanted, selfishly, to hold on to that happiness. They hadn't been sniping over little things, playing out the week-old argument that had started when he'd offered her the choice of leaving him, and for a while it seemed as though the even keel of their relationship had returned. He smiled as a thought occurred to him. A picnic among the heather, in a spot he knew Brenda cherished, sounded like the perfect thing to do before he took her to meet Duncan.
Connor rolled over on his side, his eyes sweeping over his wife's sleeping form. She was curled away from him, one arm around the extra pillow, her high-boned face relaxed in sleep. Carefully, he extricated the pillow from her grasp. As he'd expected she would, she arched her back slightly, sighed, and then curled her body towards him before sliding deeper into sleep. He smiled, suppressing a chuckle, and tossed the pillow on the side of the bed.
For several minutes longer, he let her sleep, content to just study her. Love had been the last thing he'd expected to find when he'd been fighting the most important battle of his life, and yet...here she was. Carefully, Connor slipped from bed and headed for the kitchen to put wine, cheese, fruit, and the other necessary items for a simple picnic into a cooler. When he was finished, he headed back into the bedroom.
Gently, he kissed her, coaxing her into arousal before her mind could fully grasp her body's surrender to his touch. He loved touching her like this, loved watching her shudder and tremble without hesitation, knowing that her love for him was given unconsciously and freely. In these moments before the day began, Connor could believe that they truly had forever, that the only thing that mattered was how a caress here or a lick there felt.
Brenda awoke fully, Connor's name on her lips, as the passion he aroused in her peaked. Breathlessly, she murmured, "Good morning."
"Good morning to you," he greeted, unable to keep the satisfaction he felt about the way he woke her up out of his voice. "Sleep well?"
"Um hmm," she agreed. "I was having such a lovely dream, and then I woke up to find I wasn't dreaming." She smiled and arched up slightly to kiss Connor, leaving him with no doubt as to where she wanted to spend the rest of the morning.
For a moment, he was tempted. They had hours before they were due to meet Duncan, and nowhere else to be until then. Still, it would take some time to get to the spot he had planned for the picnic. Desire warred with practicality, and for the next twenty minutes, desire won.
"You're up to no good, Connor MacLeod," Brenda said suspiciously as he stepped into the shower a few moments after her. She was just finishing shampooing her hair, and the back of her head was still getting drenched in water.
He looked at her innocently as he took a washcloth from the towel rack at the end of the shower stall and began lathering soap into it. "I can't scrub my wife's back?"
"You haven?t offered to scrub my back in weeks," she countered.
Connor looked at her, silently asking if she was turning him down. As he'd expected, she sighed in frustrated resignation and turned so he could do exactly as he had offered, sweeping her hair forward over her shoulder in silent acquiescence. The water cascaded over her face, forcing her to turn her head so that she could breathe.
"I don't know why I bother arguing with you," she stated when he was finished and turned her around so that the soap was washed off and he could continue with her front.
He chuckled but didn't stop his ministrations, or his silent enjoyment of his hands on her body. She wasn't mad at him yet, and he intended to keep it that way for at least a while longer. As she rinsed off, he quickly attended to his own body, then rinsed himself off when she stepped out of the shower.
Wordlessly, she handed him a towel as she heard him shut off the water, then proceeded to finish towel-drying her hair. "You're up to something," she said again.
He smiled. "I thought we'd go out today," he told her.
Brenda looked at him warily, then shrugged. Abandoning her suspicion was her own offering toward the peace they were reweaving, one thread at a time. "All right, then." She smiled back at him. "But don't think I'm going to make a habit of being so agreeable," Brenda teased, remembering all the times he'd called her stubborn or spirited and made the words a compliment with his tone.
"I'd never think that," Connor agreed, and the light in his eyes was everything she'd hoped for.
"Mr. MacLeod?" The officer's words droned in his ear in the polite, carefully conciliatory manner of a man who knows he's walking on thin ice.
Connor recognized the tone, knew it meant he was attracting too much attention to himself, but just now he couldn't spare the man any more of his attention.
"He's not hearing us," another man's voice said. "Anything useful in that wallet?"
Not in the wallet. The only things that mattered were his wife's body in his arms, her blood on his hands, his pants, his shirt, the pieces of glass scattered everywhere. If he closed his mind to the stench of burnt rubber and twisted metal and held her closer, he could still smell the sweet, delicate perfume of her shampoo. He couldn't feel her heartbeat, though, couldn't hear it thundering through him like a deer he'd once chased, would never feel it again, no matter how much he willed it to be.
The first man answered, ?Next of kin is Duncan MacLeod, but it says he's in Paris."
"No," Connor answered absently, never looking away from Brenda's face, from the red mark that would never blossom into a bruise now. "He's at the station in Edinburgh. We're supposed to pick him up.'
"Which station?' the second man asked in a deliberately patient tone.
"Train station. He's coming in from London." Connor shrugged, not really caring. He could find Duncan at the station easily enough if he wanted to. It didn't matter now, after all.
"Mr. MacLeod." The firm tone brought Connor's head up for a moment. The change in angle splashed light across his vision as sunlight reflected from the shattered remnants of lights and grillwork, and it threw him back into that ghastly moment again.
They hadn't been fighting; Connor hadn't even argued about putting on his seat belt, although he was certain that any cuts would heal. Brenda had laughed, saying, ?You're certainly in a hurry to introduce me to Duncan. He'll wait for us, I think."
He'd grinned, a quick flash of teeth as he drove. "Of course he will. And not let me hear the end of being late. Although he'd not embarrass you by asking why, at least."
"Oh, no," and he could almost see the amused, embarrassed twist of her lips, was just turning to look when he saw the car come around the curve. Connor had a moment to note the way the other vehicle's hood ornament aligned over the center of the road as the driver continued to come into his lane, horn blaring at him as if he were in the wrong. He slammed down the accelerator, swerving farther left to try and cut past the maniac, but couldn't completely avoid the other car. It slammed into them, forcing Connor's door into his side, crumpling Brenda's side of the car against the retaining wall with a sickening crunch of metal before the other car scraped past them, its damage done.
Blood splattered against the seats and windshield in pulses as Connor yanked the emergency brake to slow their speed. They were bouncing back from the retaining wall, spinning once, twice, nearly rocking over but somehow holding steady until they slid into the ditch at last--back on their own side of the road again. Connor had time to see the black humor in that as he turned to see how badly Brenda was hurt. Crimson spurted from between her fingers and her eyes were wide and panicked as she wrapped one hand around her throat, the other arm cradled around her ribs as more red seeped into the ivory wool of her sweater.
The red resolved itself into the caduceus on the emergency worker's patch as he yanked himself back into reality. Connor waved away any offer of help. "I'm fine,"he growled. "It's not mine."
"Mr. MacLeod," the woman repeated gently, "you have to let us have her now. There's nothing either of us can do for her. I'm sorry."
Connor stared at his wife, at the incongruous eye shadow on those pale lids. Someone had smeared it, closing Brenda's eyes for him. Oddly, that attempt at compassion was what doubled him over at last, leaving him with the knowledge that, again, he had somehow traded a wife and love for what felt like all the pain in the world. There was nothing more he could do for Brenda now, as the day had come before when there was nothing more he could do for Heather. It had always been the hardest lesson of his life, one he'd learned the hard way from Heather's father, from Ramirez, from Nakano.
Eyes closed against the sight of her body, against old memories, Connor made himself let go.
Duncan paced the train station platform with restless impatience. It had been far too long since he'd seen his former teacher and kinsman, and now with the moment close at hand, he found himself wondering what had changed -- and just who was this rare woman who'd managed to steal Connor's heart? Duncan tried to remember the last one who'd taken Connor's heart, and found he couldn't. She had to be someone special.
Not for the first time, Duncan wondered what it had been like to finally take the Kurgan's head. He'd heard about him, of course, from Connor as well as from several others, and had managed to avoid dealing with the infamous immortal through some sheer chance of fate. Duncan knew that the immortal grapevine was strong, and it wouldn't be long before someone found Connor -- someone who wasn't a friend like Duncan was, someone who was more interested in getting Connor's Quickening. Although Duncan had taken care to make sure he wasn't followed, he'd known for a while that Europe was more densely populated with immortals than elsewhere. It was one of the reasons why he was moving to the States; he wasn't interested in having to explain everything about immortality, and there were a few things that he hadn't told Tessa yet.
But where was Connor? It wasn't like his kinsman to be so late, but Duncan couldn't feel another immortal anywhere around. Then he felt a hand tap him on the shoulder, and he spun around, prepared to fight if necessary.
A policeman stood there. "Duncan MacLeod?"
"That's me."
"There's been an accident, and you're listed as next of kin. If you'll follow me, please?"
Duncan's thoughts raced. There hasn't been a Quickening; I would've sensed it, it would've lit up the sky and there'd have been no way to miss it. Connor's not dead, but something's happened. God, please, let everything be all right.
The universe, however, wasn't listening to Duncan's prayer that day.
"It's not your fault."
Connor barely heard the words his kinsman spoke so roughly. His ears were still full of the sound of dirt clods falling on wood, the minister's words of grief and condolence. And nothing Duncan might say would be anything but small comfort. "If we hadn't been arguing for days --"
"The driver of the other car was drunk, Connor." Duncan loomed over him, impeccable in his dark suit, voice harsh with his own sympathetic pain. "There was nothing you could do, not when he would've had trouble driving on the right side of the road even if he hadn?t been drunk. I saw the skid marks when the police drove me to meet you."
"I should've told her sooner."
Growing impatient, Duncan grabbed his mentor's shoulder and jerked him around to face him. "Connor --"
"No, Duncan," Connor interrupted before Duncan could even start. "I gave up everything for her. I thought the Game was over, and if you hadn't called, Brenda wouldn't be dead. She was right -- I wouldn't have married her, knowing that the Game continued, that you were still alive. I should've known that the Kurgan wasn't the last -- just one of the oldest and the strongest."
"Oh no, you don't," Duncan retorted, hand tight on Connor's shoulder as he didn't quite shake his teacher. "You're not blaming me or the Game for this. And you're not taking blame -- or credit! -- for it either! It was one of those damned accidents that just happen, Connor. I know you, kinsman. You didn't do this."
"--One of those accidents?--" Connor mocked him, anger and grief twisted his voice although he wasn't allowing them across his face yet. "Any other clichés for me, Duncan?"
"Cliché?" Duncan growled, resisting the urge to reach out and hit Connor, aware it might yet come to starting a fight with his teacher to let the other man vent some of his rage at fate. "Don't start that with me, Connor. When have I ever lied to you?"
"As lousy a liar as you are, you'd be a fool to try."
"God damn it, Connor, the Kurgan is dead! And now your wife is dead, too, because some stupid fool went driving on three or four pints too many, but that doesn't mean he's going to come after me or be able to kill me! You are not chasing me off for the better part of the next four centuries, either, just so that I won't get killed by some doom you think is waiting for you! It doesn't have to be like this!"
"And what would you have me do?" Connor shouted back at him. "Be like you? Try to create my own clan, since the first one banished me? You haven't changed your name in centuries, Duncan! Everyone knows you, everyone comes to you! You think I want to become a clearing ground for every thief with a hard-luck story, for every damned headhunter who wants to try to take me on? I thought I was done with all of that! Have you seen Brian Cullen sober this century, man? I haven't! I took out the Kurgan, Duncan! Now there are immortals after my head that I never dreamed of, man! I won't have them coming after yours, too!"
"Those are my friends you're talking about," Duncan growled, finally getting a word in through his kinsman's tirade. "The only family most of us get is the one we take. You know this, Connor! Some of them would like to be your friends, too, the ones who aren't already. And they're not all thieves. Forgotten Rebecca? Or Darius? Or Grace?? His voice softened with grief as he said, "And no, Connor, I don't remember the last time I've seen Brian in his right mind."
Connor glanced at him, hearing more pain there than he'd expected, then nodded slowly. "I knew you two were close, lad, but I didn't know."
A wry smile twisted Duncan's lips, sorrow and regret mixed with a rueful acknowledgment. "Aye, well you never did ask about some things." He pushed it behind him almost visibly and went on, "And you're not changing the subject on this. It is not your fault, Connor. No one thinks it was --"
"I'm alive and she isn't," Connor said bluntly.
"And you died, too, kinsman," was the gentle reply. "You came back; Brenda didn't. That isn't your fault, Connor. We both know that. You taught me that, kinsman."
"And if I was wrong?" Connor growled, the pain riding him too hard now. He turned away and felt Duncan's hand settle gently on his shoulder. The grip was meant to be comforting, but it reminded Connor too much of Ramirez' gesture when he was explaining something he knew Connor didn't want to hear.
"Then Ramirez was wrong, too, and everything our clan ever taught us," Duncan told him quietly, his words an inadvertent echo to his kinsman's thoughts. "Ramirez would be telling you the same things, Connor, the way you told me after Little Deer died. We are what we are, Connor. Being anything less betrays us and it betrays those we love. You know that, brother."
"She's dead, Duncan." Connor's hands were balled into fists with the need to hurt something, anything, to lash back at the world which had, once again, injured him. It didn't seem fair that only a few days ago his wife had been moaning his name in passion, and now she would forever be silent.
"Aye, Connor, she is," Duncan answered softly. "And she loved you. Do you think Brenda would want to see you like this?"
"Then what do you suggest?" was the snarled reply. Duncan let go of Connor's shoulder, leaving him alone and bereft for an instant. Connor spun to see where he'd gone, only to see Duncan gesturing toward the house with his hand.
"I suggest," he said quietly, "that we go spar and let you work some of this out." He considered the angry smile that creased Connor's mouth, the immediate slide into a battle-ready stance, and, already ruing the bruises and broken bones he foresaw, Duncan added, "With shinai, thanks."
"It won't bring her back."
Duncan shook his head slowly. 'Nothing will, Connor. I'll settle for bringing you back, though." He smiled then, wide and open and loving. "Come and spar, Connor, and then we'll drink a bottle while you tell me about her."
"And your Tessa?"
"Will understand," Duncan promised. "I called her earlier and let her know I'd be later than I'd expected. Come on, Connor. I might even let you win," he goaded, and suppressed a smile when that comment started Connor stalking towards the house.
"We'll see who 'lets' the other win," Connor growled in Gaelic, unknotting his tie as he strode in the door.
The silver flask waited in front of him, held steady by a strong, dark hand. Somehow, Connor wasn't surprised to realize it was Kastagir offering the flask to him; the old pirate always did have a talent for knowing when he needed a drink and a friend.
"It happens to all of us, you know, MacLeod. If we're lucky."
"A lot of help you are," Connor told him grimly, but he reached for the drink anyway.
"There's no real help for this, Connor. You know it, I know it--even that stubborn student you trained knows it, or he wouldn't have gone home." Kastagir sprawled onto a velvet-covered lounge that hadn't been there a moment before and Connor smiled despite himself.
"Hedonist."
"Of course." Kastagir shrugged and picked up a crystal shot glass that also hadn't been there until he wanted it.
"If there's no help, why all of this?" Connor demanded bluntly. "And where's a chair for me?"
"Behind you, of course," Kastagir told him with an expressive shrug of those wide shoulders. The black immortal sighed in apparent contentment as he sipped at his glass. "Ah, Irish whiskey and Irish crystal. I knew there were things I liked about that island."
"The redheads? Or the blondes?' Connor asked him ironically as he sat down in the dark red leather chair Kastagir had somehow summoned for him.
'The brunettes weren't bad either." Kastagir smiled at him then. "And I'm here, old friend, because someone ought to be."
'Why am I drinking this stuff when you've got the good whiskey??
Kastagir shrugged elaborately. "Because I always did know how to have more fun."
Connor shook his head. 'You can't help with this."
"No, MacLeod," and his old friend smiled at him gently, "you can't help healing. You loved her dearly, Highlander; let it be. Would you wish her a life of grief if she'd outlived you?"
"No," he said slowly. "I wouldn't."
"She wouldn't have wanted it for you, either." The black man shook his head. "You always did make things too complicated. Idiot."
"I'm alive, too," Connor pointed out, but he couldn't put any kind of sting into the words.
"Good. Act like it. Drink that, Highlander, and tell me about her, why don't you?" Kastagir smiled at him again, a quick flash of white teeth in dark skin. With the humor that even death obviously hadn't quenched, he added, "After all, man, we have all night."
The lock clicked into place with a slight clunk. Sighing deeply, Connor dropped the keys into a pocket of his trench coat and stepped away from the house, feeling as though he'd locked away yet another piece of his soul. In time, he supposed, he'd be back, but in the meantime, the memories were too painful, the dreams too freshly shattered. The investigation into Brenda?s death was officially over, and he'd been cleared of any suspicion. He was free to go anywhere he chose, build a life again. New York City sounded good at the moment: Rachel was there, and she was the one woman he cared about who was still alive.
He took a deep breath, remembering how, just a few days ago, Duncan had argued with him over women they couldn't save, fought with him over the ones they'd had in common through chance, and then toasted Brenda, Little Deer, and all the others now gone who had mattered beyond words. His eyes closed briefly on a wave of pain. Deliberately, he forced them open again. Life went on; he would, too. He had a plane to catch, and it wouldn't wait for him. Nothing ever did, it seemed. Time changed a man, left him with scars on his heart that faded, and if he was lucky, healed over completely. He just had to be patient and let it happen. In the meantime, though, he had places to go, and miles to travel before he could sleep.
one clear morning
i coaxed an unconscious kiss
from your soft lips
your love shined so brightly
in the gentle dawn
we laughed like children
in the shadow of the rising sun
without any premonition
you were gone
Authors' notes:
Purely for the record. We've been working on this thing forever, largely due to Rhi's habit of getting involved in way too many stories at once (types Rhi). But we would like to say that, yes, the notion that Connor kept Duncan at arm's distance because of his fear of headhunters after him, and yes, Duncan's comment about "some curse" were in fact written before that damn movie came out. No, we didn't have any clue it would be that way, either....(types Alice)
Timeline notes from canon (much thanks to Connor MacLeod's Multi-Universal Timeline compiled by Brian Haden HADEN@OKSTATE.EDU whom we thank for putting this together so we didn't have to, and quoted directly below). As with all fic, we decided to use what bits we wanted and put the others back.
?1985 - New York/Scotland: Beheaded Iman Fasil and the Kurgan; After more than 100 years apart, saw old friend Sunda Kastagir for the last time; Won the 'New York Mini-Gathering of 1985'; Became the only Immortal on Long Island! (heh heh); Toured Scotland with his new wife Brenda Wyatt after the events in New York City; Two months later, they moved to London and he opened an antique shop in Camden Alley. (H1,H1S,HN1)
1986 - Scotland: Attended the annual meeting of the Clan MacLeod in Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of Skye and applied for membership under the name 'Russell Nash', claiming to be the only living descendant of Connor MacLeod. (H3,H3S) Visited the remains of the Jedburgh forge where Ramirez and Heather were buried. (HN1)
1987 - Scotland: Connor and his wife Brenda were in a car accident; Brenda died, but Connor walked away unharmed. (H3,H3S)
Tessa met and became a lover of Duncan in 1980, learned of Immortality in 1983 per Watcher CD.
A more updated version of the Connor Timeline by someone else is at: http://come.to/ConnorMacLeod, in case anyone else cares.
Last: yes, in the mid-'80s, Duncan would have to ferry or fly to London if he was going to catch the train from London to Edinburgh.
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Active Duty Military & Veterans Forum Reception
This past Tuesday, the BBA’s Active Duty Military & Veterans Forum held a reception ahead of Veterans Day to bring together members of the bar who are current members of the military, veterans, and their colleagues, and to honor those who have served. The event featured keynote speaker Harvey Weiner, Senior Counsel at Peabody & Arnold and a combat veteran of the Vietnam War, where he was an Army Captain and was awarded the Bronze Star (M), among other medals. Mr. Weiner is the National Judge Advocate of the Jewish War Veterans of America, the nation’s oldest active veterans’ organization, and a past Massachusetts Department Commander. He spoke candidly about his experiences in the Vietnam War and upon returning home, and discussed how throughout his career he has drawn on this experience to relate to and support others who have survived violence and trauma, including survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013.
The reception also kicked off the Forum’s 2019-2020 Active Duty Military & Veterans Mentoring Program, and offered an opportunity for participants in the program to meet their newly-assigned mentors. The program matches military-affiliated law students and new lawyers with more experienced military-affiliated lawyers, who offer career advice and guidance about how to navigate the Boston legal landscape. This fall, the Forum has matched 21 pairs of mentees and mentors through the program. The Forum is thrilled to provide this program, which recognizes the unique experiences of active duty military and veteran attorneys.
Active Duty Military & Veterans Forum Co-Chairs Mark Fitzgerald (Wilson Sonsini) and Jessica Hopton Youngberg (Veterans Legal Services) with keynote speaker Harvey Weiner (Peabody & Arnold) at Tuesday’s reception
Celebrating Pro Bono Month: A Recap
As October comes to a close, another Pro Bono Month is in the books, and we have a lot to celebrate.
In total, the BBA trained over 200 attorneys to take pro bono cases and engage with the BBA’s public service projects. This included trainings on representing low-income debtors pro bono and preparing attorney volunteers to teach high school students the importance of making informed decisions through the M. Ellen Carpenter Financial Literacy Program.
Take a look below for highlights from this month and check out our photo album here:
October 2nd – The BBA teamed up with lawyers from the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) New England Chapter, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (MLRI), and the Protecting Immigrant Families (PIF) Coalition to provide information about the new Public Charge regulation. Though the regulation has thus far been blocked from going into effect, advocates were trained on how to talk about the topic with clients.
Public Charge Attorney Training
October 10th – Through our longstanding partnership with the Volunteer Lawyers Project (VLP), a Boston Bar Foundation grantee, dozens of attorneys were trained on all aspects of representing a low-income consumer debtor in a chapter 7 bankruptcy case pro bono through VLP’s bankruptcy panel.
Pro Bono Training: Chapter 7 Consumer Bankruptcy Basics
October 15th – BBA staff joined hundreds of law students and attorneys at Suffolk University Law School for the Annual Pro Bono Recruitment Fair & Open House, sponsored by the BBA and Suffolk. This provided an opportunity for attendees to learn about pro bono opportunities with local nonprofits and legal services organizations.
Pro Bono Recruitment Fair & Open House at Suffolk Law
October 18th – Representatives from the Mass Health Connector and Health Law Advocates hosted a training to help lawyers understand the most common legal concerns that individuals face when they consider applying for healthcare through the Health Connector, including immigration concerns.
October 22nd – BBA members joined volunteer attorneys from Massachusetts Legal Answers Online (MLAO) and VLP to answer legal questions for low-income Massachusetts residents through the MLAO website, as part of our recurring “Pizza and Pro Bono Blitz” programming. During the session, 11 individuals received online pro bono advice for their legal concerns.
October 23rd – Attendees received information about how to volunteer with the BBA’s M. Ellen Carpenter Financial Literacy Program to help high school students across Massachusetts build the foundational skills to make informed and effective decisions regarding their finances. Keynote speaker State Senator James Eldridge described why efforts to increase financial literacy are so important to the Boston community and the entire Commonwealth.
Financial Literacy Info Session with Senator James Eldridge
October 24th –The BBA hosted a speed networking event with representatives from VLP, MLAO De Novo, the Court Service Centers, and the Women’s Bar Foundation to learn about family law pro bono opportunities.
October 28th – Attendees learned the skills needed to volunteer at the BBA’s monthly CORI Sealing Clinic and help low-income clients who have questions about their Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) records. CORI records can pose significant barriers to housing, employment, and educational opportunities, and as such advising on sealing and expungement is a critical way for lawyers to help.
Pro Bono Training for Attorneys to Help Clients Seal Their CORI Records
Thank you to our members who donated their time and talents in support of Pro Bono month—and to those who embody the spirit of Pro Bono all year round by providing the unique services to our community that only attorneys can. Even though October is over, there are still more opportunities to engage: On Thursday, November 7th, the BBA will be hosting a Fall Networking Breakfast for Law Students and New Lawyers Exploring Public Interest Careers and Pro Bono Opportunities. Find out more and register today.
Missed any of these programs, but still want to find a way to get involved? Reach out to Community Programs Assistant Doug Newton with questions at [email protected].
Boston Bar pro bono and public service projects are made possible by funding from the Boston Bar Foundation. To support our pro bono and public service initiatives click here or contact Erica Southerland at esoutherl[email protected].
Public Service Spotlight: Helping Future Lawyers Pass the Bar
Taking the Bar Exam is stressful. And for those who have already taken the exam and are sitting for it again, the anxiety may be even greater. The BBA’s Bar Exam Coaching program offers free coaching to help applicants navigate the process, anxiety, and expectations that come with preparing for the Bar Exam.
The program focuses on providing support to applicants who are retaking the Uniform Bar Examination in Massachusetts, although first-time takers can also be matched with a coach based on availability. Applicants are matched with volunteer attorney coaches who have received training from experienced bar prep staff to assist with the non-substantive elements of preparing for the exam, including mental preparation, effective study techniques, and time management. Over half of applicants participating in the program work full time while studying for the bar exam, making the support of a coach who can help with time management and study schedules even more critical. Since the program’s official launch in 2017, 57% of participants served by the program have been bar applicants of color.
If you know an applicant taking the exam in February of 2020 who would like to be connected with a coach, you can send them this online information form.
Boston Bar pro bono and public service projects are made possible by funding from the Boston Bar Foundation.
Pro Bono Month Spotlight: Sullivan Supports the Transformative Power of Education in Dorchester Through Longstanding Pro Bono Partnerships
Of the many pro bono relationships maintained by Boston-based law firm Sullivan & Worcester LLP (“Sullivan”), those with College Bound Dorchester, Inc. and the Neighborhood House Charter School are the longest-standing.
In 1965, former corporate partner Charlie Cabot helped establish College Bound Dorchester (then known as Federated Dorchester Neighborhood Houses, Inc.) by merging three settlement houses (Denison House, Little House and Dorchester House) with the goal of better serving the Dorchester community and its minority, immigrant and low-income populations. Over the years, College Bound has included many additional programs including Kit Clark Senior Services, a summer camp, an alternative middle school and a food pantry. In the mid-1990s, College Bound became the incubator of one of the first charter schools in Massachusetts, the Neighborhood House Charter School.
College Bound’s current focus is on transforming neighborhoods through education, particularly those affected by generational cycles of poverty, street level violence and a widening economic inequality gap. Its ‘Boston Uncornered’ solution engages gang-involved or formerly incarcerated youth and turns them into positive leaders in their neighborhoods by training them as trusted peer mentors. They in turn support program participants who receive educational supports and a weekly stipend that affords them the space to pursue educational opportunities to help them turn away from the streets for good. Michelle Caldeira, Senior Vice President of Strategy & External Affairs at College Bound Dorchester, cited the program’s continued success. They have served over 500 young people in the city each year with a 70% college matriculation rate and a reduced recidivism rate of 91%.
“We are grateful for the significant dollar value of their pro-bono work, we are indebted to Sullivan & Worcester for all the additional ways in which they support College Bound and Uncornered – serving as officers on our board of directors, providing guidance on personnel matters, shepherding the sale or acquisition of capital assets, amplifying our work and even filing copyright applications. I also want to note David Guadagnoli’s work on managing the partnership always being available to answer a quick question or dig deep on thorny issues, doing it all with amazing efficiency and a sense of humor,” said Caldeira.
In the Pope’s Hill neighborhood of Dorchester stands the K-7th grade campus of NHCS, whose mission is to provide students with the skills and support they need to graduate from high school and pursue post-secondary education on the path to achieve life success. The School now serves over 700 students, the majority of whom are drawn from one of Boston’s most diverse neighborhoods. Until recently a K-8th grade school, NHCS is in the process of expanding through to the 12th grade.
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For over half a century and at least 21,000 pro bono hours later, Sullivan remains a fierce champion for and partner of both entities. Guadagnoli, who currently serves on the Board of College Bound Dorchester and leads Sullivan’s relationship for both entities, explains how this unique partnership has provided opportunities for lawyers throughout the firm, regardless of practice area, to contribute pro bono services and make a unique impact in the community.
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Impact of Osmotic Stress on Biochemical and Physiological Parameters in Zea mays L. cv. Ganga Safed-2 Genotype
Swati Tiwary , Meeta Jain
Department School of Biochemistry, Devi Ahilya University, Takshashila Campus, Khandwa Road, Indore (M.P.), India, 452017
Author Correspondence author
Maize Genomics and Genetics, 2016, Vol. 7, No. 1 doi: 10.5376/mgg.2016.07.0001
Received: 31 Dec., 2015 Accepted: 20 Jun., 2016 Published: 13 Jul., 2016
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This is an open access article published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Swati T., and Meeta J., 2016, Impact of Osmotic Stress on Biochemical and Physiological Parameters in Zea mays L. cv. Ganga Safed-2 Genotype, Maize Genomics and Genetics, 7(01): 1-14 (doi: 10.5376/mgg.2016.07.0001)
Treatment of maize leaf segments from etiolated seedlings with different concentrations of sorbitol during greening decreased the fresh weight, turgid weight and dry weight significantly, being indicated by higher R squared values obtained on correlation analysis. Concentration dependent decrease in protein and RNA contents were found with increasing concentration of sorbitol. Osmotic stress affects total DNA content. Incubation of leaf segments with sorbitol decreased the total chlorophylls and carotenoids in a concentration dependent manner. Reduction in chlorophylls was to a higher extent than carotenoids with highly significant R squared value. Further, chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b also decreased with increasing concentrations of sorbitol. It seems that water and metabolic status of leaf segments is less affected by osmotic stress, which is apparent from marginal decreasing effect of sorbitol on RWC, protein and RNA content. Strong correlation between sorbitol concentration and various parameters measured in dark grown maize leaf segments, with the R squared values being 0.958 with fresh weight, 0.968 with turgid weight, 0.969 with dry weight, 0.968 with total chlorophylls, 0.909 with carotenoids suggest that sorbitol induced osmotic stress has a prominent inhibitory effect on growth and chlorophyll biosynthesis in dark grown maize leaf segments.
Zea mays L.; Chlorophyll; Osmotic stress; Sorbitol
Water deficit is a serious environmental problem that causes osmotic stress and hence reduction in plant growth and crop productivity worldwide, reducing average yields for most major crop plants by more than 50%. Osmotic stress results into dehydration which in turn causes a multitude of changes in molecular, biochemical and physiological phenomenon, thereby, affecting plant growth and development (Zhu, 2002). One of the common adverse effects of water stress on crop plant is the reduction in fresh and dry biomass production (Farooq et al., 2009). Due to low turgor pressure, cell expansion and cell growth are also suppressed under water stress (Shao et al., 2008). Inhibition of leaf growth is a primary whole plant response to water stress which has been reported in maize, barley and rice seedlings (Lu and Neumann, 1998). When water deficit becomes too intense or prolonged, plants can wilt, cells can undergo shrinkage and this may lead to mechanical constraint on cellular membranes. This in turn impairs the functioning of ions and transporters as well as membrane associated enzymes (Bowler et al., 1992). Because of decline in cellular volume, cellular content becomes viscous, which increase the probability of protein-protein interaction leading to their aggregation and denaturation (Mahajan and Tuteja, 2005). Increased concentration of solutes may also exceed toxic levels, which may be deleterious for the functioning of some of the enzymes including the enzymes required for photosynthetic machinery (Hoekstra et al., 2001). The suppressing effect of water deficit on photosynthetic efficiency may be due to closing of stomata, which limits CO2 diffusion into the leaf (Lawlor and Cornic, 2002; Demirevska et al., 2010; Rapacz et al., 2010).
Photosynthesis, the most fundamental and intricate physiological process in all green plants, is also severely affected in all its phases by such stresses. Since the mechanism of photosynthesis involves various components, including photosynthetic pigments and photosystems, the electron transport system, and CO2 reduction pathways, any damage at any level caused by a stress may reduce the overall photosynthetic capacity of a green plant (Ashraf and Harris, 2013). Water deficit condition, hamper the process of photosynthesis in plants by altering the ultra structure of the organelles and concentration of various pigments and metabolites including enzymes involved in this process as well as stomatal regulation. Reduction in chlorophyll level by water stress (Albert and Thornber, 1977; Tomati et al., 1978) and irrigation deficit (Moaveni, 2011) has been shown in maize plant. Oxidative stress is another serious consequence of water deficit in plants with excessive generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as, superoxide, hydroxyl radicals, H2O2 and singlet oxygen (Mittler, 2002). The potential sites for generation of ROS in plants are chloroplast, mitochondria and peroxisomes (Ashraf et al., 1994).
Sorbitol is a low molecular weight alditol which is being used to impose osmotic stress on leaf slices, protoplast or chloroplast. It is most frequently found polyols in plants. The objective of the present study was to analyze the effect of osmotic stress induced by sorbitol on growth and biochemical characteristics in dark grown maize leaves.
2 Results and Discussion
2.1 Sorbitol effect on fresh weight, turgid weight, dry weight and RWC in excised etiolated maize leaf segments during greening
Supply of varying concentration of sorbitol (0.2 M to 1.0 M) to the etiolated maize leaf segments during greening decreased the fresh weight, turgid weight and dry weight gradually with increasing concentration (Table 1). Decrease in dry weight was more substantial at higher concentrations of sorbitol than fresh weight and turgid weight. Marginal reduction in relative water content was observed at all the concentrations of sorbitol (Table 1). Correlation analysis between sorbitol concentrations and these parameters was performed by using Microsoft excel chart type X-Y scatter, the R squared values obtained were highly significant, being 0.958 for fresh weight, 0.968 for turgid weight and 0.969 for dry weight respectively. (Figure 1a; Figure 1b; Figure 1c).
Table 1 Effect of sorbitol on fresh weight, turgid weight, dry weight and RWC in excised etiolated maize leaf segments during greening
Note: Leaf segments from dark grown maize seedlings were treated with varying concentration of sorbitol in continuous light for 24 h at 25±3°C; values relative to control are given in parentheses; level of significance: ‘p’ values<0.05*, <0.01**, <0.001*** compared with control
Figure 1a Correlation analysis of sorbitol concentration and fresh weight
Figure 1b Correlation analysis of sorbitol concentration and turgid weight
Figure 1c Correlation analysis of sorbitol concentration and dry weight
2.2 Sorbitol effect on total protein, total RNA and DNA content in excised etiolated maize leaf segments during greening
When etiolated maize leaf segments were treated with different concentrations of sorbitol during greening, the protein as well as RNA content decreased from 0.2 to 1.0 M sorbitol (Table 2). The decrease in RNA content at each concentration of sorbitol was less substantial than the protein content (Table 2). DNA content also decreased in a concentration dependent manner in sorbitol treated leaf tissue (Figure 3a). The R squared values obtained from correlation analysis were 0.980 with protein (Figure 2a), 0.991 with RNA (Figure 2b) and 0.884 with DNA content (Figure 3b).
Table 2 Effect of sorbitol on total protein and total RNA in excised etiolated maize leaf segments during greening
Note: Leaf segments from dark grown maize seedlings were treated with varying concentration of sorbitol in continuous light for 24 h at 25±3 °C; values relative to control are given in parentheses; level of significance: ‘p’ values <0.05*, <0.01**, <0.001***compared with control
Figure 2a Correlation analysis of sorbitol concentration and total protein
Figure 2b Correlation analysis of sorbitol concentration and total RNA
Figure 3a Effect of sorbitol on DNA content in excised etiolated maize leaf segments during greening
Figure 3b Correlation analysis of sorbitol concentration and DNA content
2.3 Sorbitol effect on total chlorophylls and carotenoids in excised etiolated maize leaf segments during greening
Supply of 0.2 M to 1.0 M sorbitol to etiolated maize leaf segments during greening decreased the total chlorophyll content gradually in a concentration dependent manner. The carotenoid content also decreased from 0.4 M to 1.0 M sorbitol; however it increased at 0.2 M concentration (Table 3). Decrease in chlorophyll content was more prominent than carotenoids (Table 3). The R squared values obtained from correlation analysis between sorbitol treatment and these pigments were highly significant, being 0.969 with total chlorophylls and 0.794 with carotenoid (Figure 4a; Figure 4b).
Table 3 Effect of sorbitol on total chlorophylls and carotenoids in excised etiolated maize leaf segments during greening
Note: Leaf segments from dark grown maize seedlings were treated with varying concentration of sorbitol in continuous light for 24 h at 25± 3°C; values relative to control are given in parentheses; level of significance: ‘p’ values<0.05 *, <0.01 **, <0.001***compared with control
Figure 4a Correlation analysis of sorbitol concentration and total chlorophylls
Figure 4b Correlation analysis of sorbitol concentration and carotenoids
2.4 Sorbitol effect on chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b and chlorophyll a/b ratio in excised etiolated maize leaf segments during greening
Treatment of maize leaf segments from etiolated seedlings with different concentrations of sorbitol during greening decreased the chlorophyll a content in a concentration dependent manner except at 0.2 M where it was increased. The chlorophyll b content also decreased with increasing concentration of sorbitol (Table 4). Due to decrease in chlorophyll b content to a greater extent than chlorophyll a, the chlorophyll a/b ratio was higher at all the concentrations of sorbitol (Table 4).
Table 4 Effect of sorbitol on chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b and chlorophyll a/b ratio in excised etiolated maize leaf segments during greening
Note: Leaf segments from dark grown maize seedlings were treated with varying concentration of sorbitol in continuous light for 24 h at 25±3°C; values relative to control are given in parentheses; level of significance: ‘p’ values <0.05*, <0.01**, <0.001*** compared with control
2.5 Sorbitol effect on proline content in excised etiolated maize leaf segments during greening
Treatment with sorbitol increased the proline content in a concentration dependent manner. There was 1.5 fold increases at 1.0 M sorbitol (Figure 5a). The R squared values for sorbitol concentration with proline content were 0.961 (Figure 5b).
Figure 5a Effect of sorbitol on proline content in excised etiolated maize leaf segments during greening
Figure 5b Correlation analysis of sorbitol concentration and proline content
Plants are subjected to several harsh environmental stresses that adversely affect growth, metabolism and yield. Amongst these, osmotic stress is a major abiotic factor that limits the agricultural crop’s productivity. As the stress conditions in plant tissue rise, different mechanisms are used by plants to manage the stress before the sudden onset of chronic imbalance. However, plants being sessile organisms, have limited mechanisms for stress avoidance. Chlorophyll content reflects the overall status of growth and photosynthetic productivity of plants.
Maintenance of plant water status is a fundamental phenomenon for normal growth of plants under stressful environment. Disturbances in water balance leads to impaired functioning, hence, reduced plant growth. A common adverse effect of water stress on crop plants is the reduction in fresh and dry biomass production (Farooq et al., 2009). Decrease in fresh weight and dry weight has been reported in pigmented O. sativa seedlings, Malus sylvestris and Cydonia oblonga rootstock under water deficit conditions (Chutipaji et al., 2012; Bolat et al., 2014). Similarly, marked reduction in fresh and dry masses was noted in two maize cultivars under salt stress conditions (Hussain et al., 2013). Plant growth is also affected, when leaf water balance is changed by altering evaporative demand. Transitory changes in fresh weight of leaf lettuce could be ascribed to the changes in tranpiratory rate (Oda and Tsuji, 1992). In the present study, concentration dependent decline in fresh weight, turgid weight and dry weight is observed during greening of dark grown maize leaf segments treated with different concentration of sorbitol (Table 1). Strong correlation between sorbitol treatment and these parameters emphasize a significant negative effect of osmotic stress induced by sorbitol on biomass. RWC may be attributed to differences in the ability of the variation to absorb more water from the soil and/or the ability to control water loss through stomata. Thus, RWC parameter is a measure of water status and can be used to select high yielding genotypes that maintain cell turgor under water stress environment to give relative high yield (Bayoumi et al., 2014). Marginal reduction in RWC is observed in maize leaf segments treated with sorbitol (Table 1).
To analyze the effect of sorbitol stress on overall metabolic activities, total RNA and protein content were measured in the leaf segments. Concentration dependent reduction in both the parameters was found with increasing concentration of sorbitol (Table 2), however, decline in protein content was more prominent than the RNA content. Significant decrease of these parameters indicates the disturbances in the metabolic status of leaf tissue. Correlation analysis between sorbitol concentrations and these parameters yielded significant R squared value, being 0.980 with protein and 0.991 with RNA (Figure 2a; Figure 2b). Decrease in protein content has been reported in O. sativa leaves treated with sorbitol (Hsu and Kao, 2003). Reduction in protein synthesis at both transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels has been demonstrated in water stressed Triticum aestivum leaves (He et al., 1999). Further, they also reported decrease in RNA synthesis with increased water stress and suggested the up regulation of chloroplast RNAase as one of the possible reasons for the degradation of RNA. Furthermore, many researchers showed that the amount of ribosome and the proportion of polyribosome decreased remarkably during water stress (Scott et al., 1979; Mason et al., 1988). Substantial reduction in DNA content in leaf segments treated with varying concentration of sorbitol has also been observed in the present study with R squared value of 0.884 with DNA on correlation analysis (Figure 3a; Figure 3b). This may be due to either direct damaging effect of sorbitol on DNA or indirectly by the free radicals generated in the stressed leaf tissue because of oxidative damage. Chlorophyll formation during irradiation of dark grown plants is influenced by external and internal factors, such as, light quality, temperature, nutrition, leaf water potential and leaf age (Virgin, 2014; Bengston et al., 1978; Le et al., 2007). Photosynthetic pigments are important to plants mainly for harvesting light and generation of reducing powers and energy. Hence, loss of chlorophyll contents under water stress is considered a main cause of inactivation of photosynthesis. Carotenoids have additional roles and partially help the plants to withstand adverse effects of drought. Reduction in chlorophyll content due to water deficit/ drought has been reported in Gossypium. Hirsutum L. (Massaci et al., 2008) and Helianthus annuus L. (Kiani et al., 2008). Significant degradation of chlorophyll pigments due to salt stress has been observed in different varieties of rice (Jamil et al., 2012). In the present study, results reveal a concentration dependent decrease in total chlorophylls and carotenoids in etiolated maize leaf segments during greening treated with increasing concentration of sorbitol (Table 3). Decrease in chlorophyll content was more prominent than carotenoids (Table 3). Sorbitol treatment decreased the chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b content with the decrease in chlorophyll b being more substantial than chlorophyll a and hence increases in chlorophyll a/b ratio. The increase in chlorophyll a/b ratio indicates that the light-dependent phase of photosynthesis works in a narrower range of visible spectrum and ultimately impairs light use efficiency of plant and lower carbon assimilation capability (Table 3). The R squared values obtained from correlation analysis between sorbitol treatment and total chlorophyll was highly significant being 0.969 and 0.794 with carotenoids (Figure 4a; Figure 4b).
Many plants and other organisms cope with osmotic stress by synthesizing and accumulating some compatible solutes, which are termed as osmoprotectant or osmolytes. These include ions, such as, K+, Na+ and Cl- or organic solutes like proline and other amino acids, polyamines and glycine betanine (Tamura et al., 2003). Other osmolytes that are produced in response to stress include sucrose, polyols, sugar alcohols and oligosaccharides. Osmolytes play a major role in osmotic adjustment and also protects the cells by scavenging ROS (Pinhero et al., 2001). In my study, increased level of proline was observed with increasing osmotic stress induced by sorbitol. Multiple functions have been proposed for proline accumulation under stress conditions, eg.- membrane stabilization, maintenance of protein conformation, protection of biomoleceules, such as, lipids, DNA and proteins, radical detoxification etc. (Smirniff and Cumbes, 1989; Smirniff and Stewart, 1985; Sampras et al., 1995). Further, proline accumulation may occur due to activation of its biosynthesis or inactivation of degradation. Enhancement in free proline concomitant with an increase in protease activity has been indicated in O. sativa plants stressed with PEG- 6000 and mannitol (Pandey et al., 2004). Thus, in my investigation also, it is possible that sorbitol treatment may be either increasing protease activity, as the protein content also decreases with increasing osmotic stress (Table 2).
3 Materials and Methods
Sterilized seeds of Zea mays L.cv. Ganga safed-2 were raised in continuous darkness for 7-8 d at 25±3ºC. They were watered with half strength Hoagland solution containing 5 mM ammonium nitrate. For analysis of biochemical parameters, excised segments of primary leaves were treated with different concentrations of sorbitol (0.0-1.0 M) in continuous light supplied with fluorescent tubes for 24 h at 25±3ºC. Treated leaf segments were thoroughly washed with distilled water prior to analysis.
Relative water content was measured by the method of Barr and Weatherly (1962). About 200 mg of excised leaf segments were floated on desired solutions for 24 h at 25±3ºC in continuous light. After treatment the segments were blotted and fresh weight was measured. The dry weight of the leaf segments was determined after drying for 24 h at 80ºC. To obtain the turgid weight, the leaf segments were refloated on distilled water for 4 h in continuous light. The RWC was calculated by using the following equation:
RWC (%)=(FW-DW)/(TW-DW)*100
FW is the fresh weight of the leaf segments; DW is the dry weight and TW is the turgid weight of the leaf segments.
Protein content was estimated with Folin Ciocalteau reagent according to the method of Lowry et al. (1951). Total RNA was extracted and estimated by the method of Webb and Levy (1958) using Orcinol reagent. DNA was extracted from leaves by CTAB method as described by Doyle and Doyle (1990).
The proline content was estimated spectrophotometrically by the method described by Bates et al. (1973).
For the estimation of pigment content, leaf tissue was extracted with 80% acetone in cold. The extract was centrifuged and the absorbance of clear supernatant was measured at 646, 663 and 470 nm. The chl a, chl b and carotenoid contents were calculated using equation of Lichtenthaler and Welburn (1983).
Chlorophyll a (µg/mL)=12.21(A663)-2.81(A646)
Chlorophyll b (µg/mL)=20.13(A646)-5.03(A663)
Carotenoids (µg/mL)=[1000(A470)-3.27(Chl a)-104(Chl b)]/229
In the present study the results revealed that the dark grown maize leaf segments exhibit high degree of stress due to sorbitol treatment and it affects the overall growth and biochemical parameters governing the metabolic activities of the leaf tissue. Marginal reductions in RWC of sorbitol treated leaf segments indicate tolerance towards osmotic stress. Further, sorbitol induced osmotic stress has an inhibitory effect on total chlorophylls, carotenoids content. Proline content increased with increasing osmotic stress induced by sorbitol.
Authors express thanks for financial support of National Medicinal Plant Board, New Delhi and World Noni Research Foundation, Chennai and the director ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair for laboratory facilities.
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Cheng-hua: Year 8, Month 7, Day 25
The Ministry of War memorialized: "Previously, Li Hao, the king of the country of Annam, memorialized claiming that Cen Zu-de, a native official of Zhen-an Prefecture and people from Qin Subprefecture had crossed the border and engaged in aggression and disturbance. This ministry memorialized that, as the country of Annam had seized land from Ping-xiang County in Guang-xi and allowed yi persons to cross the seas and secretly steal from the pearl-beds, it was considered that he was falsely memorializing so as to cover up his evil plans. Subsequently, the matter was sent to the grand coordinator and other officials in Guang-dong/Guang-xi for investigation of the facts. Now, the investigation report has advised that Cen Zu-de, due to a struggle over succession, took the seal and fled to the dong area of Zhen-an Prefecture. He was there robbed by the dong person Cen Wang who, upon being found out, fled to the Tong-nong dong area of Tai-yuan Subprefecture in Annam. Zu-de then sent persons to pursue him, but they were unable to capture him, and they were chased back by the Jiao people. No persons from Qin Subprefecture have crossed the border or engaged in aggression or disturbance. Now, as the Annam envoy is returning, we should instruct the king to guard his border, keep his people in peace and not allow the receiving of absconders or the glossing over of faults and covering up of transgressions." The Emperor approved this.
Xian-zong: juan 106.6b-7a
Geoff Wade, translator, Southeast Asia in the Ming Shi-lu: an open access resource, Singapore: Asia Research Institute and the Singapore E-Press, National University of Singapore, http://epress.nus.edu.sg/msl/reign/cheng-hua/year-8-month-7-day-25, accessed January 18, 2020
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1 Set Theory
Set Notation and Relations
Basic Set Operations
Cartesian Products and Power Sets
Binary Representation of Positive Integers
Summation Notation and Generalizations
2 Combinatorics
Basic Counting Techniques - The Rule of Products
Partitions of Sets and the Law of Addition
Combinations and the Binomial Theorem
3 Logic
Propositions and Logical Operators
Truth Tables and Propositions Generated by a Set
Equivalence and Implication
The Laws of Logic
Mathematical Systems and Proofs
Propositions over a Universe
Mathematical Induction
A Review of Methods of Proof
4 More on Sets
Methods of Proof for Sets
Laws of Set Theory
Minsets
The Duality Principle
5 Introduction to Matrix Algebra
Basic Definitions and Operations
Special Types of Matrices
Laws of Matrix Algebra
Matrix Oddities
6 Relations
Basic Definitions
Graphs of Relations on a Set
Properties of Relations
Matrices of Relations
Closure Operations on Relations
Definition and Notation
Properties of Functions
Function Composition
8 Recursion and Recurrence Relations
The Many Faces of Recursion
Recurrence Relations
Some Common Recurrence Relations
Generating Functions
9 Graph Theory
Graphs - General Introduction
Data Structures for Graphs
Traversals: Eulerian and Hamiltonian Graphs
Graph Optimization
Planarity and Colorings
10 Trees
What Is a Tree?
Spanning Trees
Rooted Trees
Binary Trees
11 Algebraic Structures
Algebraic Systems
Some General Properties of Groups
Greatest Common Divisors and the Integers Modulo \(n\)
Direct Products
Isomorphisms
12 More Matrix Algebra
Matrix Inversion
An Introduction to Vector Spaces
The Diagonalization Process
Linear Equations over the Integers Mod 2
13 Boolean Algebra
Posets Revisited
Boolean Algebras
Atoms of a Boolean Algebra
Finite Boolean Algebras as \(n\)-tuples of 0's and 1's
14 Monoids and Automata
Monoids
Free Monoids and Languages
Automata, Finite-State Machines
The Monoid of a Finite-State Machine
The Machine of a Monoid
15 Group Theory and Applications
Cyclic Groups
Cosets and Factor Groups
Permutation Groups
Normal Subgroups and Group Homomorphisms
Coding Theory, Group Codes
16 An Introduction to Rings and Fields
Rings, Basic Definitions and Concepts
Polynomial Rings
Field Extensions
A Algorithms
An Introduction to Algorithms
The Invariant Relation Theorem
B Python and SageMath
Python Iterators
C Determinants
D Hints and Solutions to Selected Exercises
E Notation
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Section 16.2 Fields
Although the algebraic structures of rings and integral domains are widely used and play an important part in the applications of mathematics, we still cannot solve the simple equation \(a x = b\text{,}\) \(a \neq 0\) in all rings or all integral domains, for that matter. Yet this is one of the first equations we learn to solve in elementary algebra and its solubility is basic to innumerable questions. If we wish to solve a wide range of problems in a system we need at least all of the laws true for rings and the cancellation laws together with the ability to solve the equation \(a x = b\text{,}\) \(a \neq 0\text{.}\) We summarize the above in a definition and list theorems that will place this concept in the context of the previous section.
Definition 16.2.1. Field.
A field is a commutative ring with unity such that each nonzero element has a multiplicative inverse.
In this chapter, we denote a field generically by the letter \(F\text{.}\) The letters \(k\text{,}\) \(K\) and \(L\) are also conventionally used for fields.
Example 16.2.2. Some common fields.
The most common infinite fields are \([\mathbb{Q}, +, \cdot ]\text{,}\) \([\mathbb{R}; +, \cdot ]\text{,}\) and \([\mathbb{C}; +, \cdot ]\text{.}\)
Remark 16.2.3.
Since every field is a ring, all facts and concepts that are true for rings are true for any field.
Theorem 16.2.4. Field \(\Rightarrow\) Integral Domain.
Every field is an integral domain.
The proof is fairly easy and a good exercise, so we provide a hint. Starting with the assumption that \(a\cdot b= 0\) if we assume that \(a \neq 0\) then the existence of \(a^{-1}\) makes it possible to infer that \(b=0\text{.}\)
Of course the converse of Theorem 16.2.4 is not true. Consider \([\mathbb{Z}; +, \cdot ]\text{.}\) However, the next theorem proves the converse in finite fields.
Theorem 16.2.5. Finite Integral Domain \(\Rightarrow\) Field.
Every finite integral domain is a field.
We leave the details to the reader, but observe that if \(D\) is a finite integral domain, we can list all elements as \(a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n\text{,}\) where \(a_1=1\text{.}\) Now, to show that any \(a_i\) has a multiplicative inverse, consider the \(n\) products \(a_i \cdot a_1, a_i \cdot a_2, \ldots, a_i \cdot a_n\text{.}\) What can you say about these products?
If \(p\) is a prime, \(p\mid (a\cdot b) \Rightarrow p\mid a \textrm{ or } p\mid b\text{.}\) An immediate implication of this fact is the following corollary.
Corollary 16.2.6.
If p is a prime, then \(\mathbb{Z}_p\) is a field.
Example 16.2.7. A field of order 4.
Corollary 16.2.6 gives us a large number of finite fields, but we must be cautious. This does not tell us that all finite fields are of the form \(\mathbb{Z}_p\) , \(p\) a prime. To see this, let's try to construct a field of order 4.
First the field must contain the additive and multiplicative identities, 0 and 1, so, without loss of generality, we can assume that the field we are looking for is of the form \(F = \{0, 1, a, b\}\text{.}\) Since there are only two nonisomorphic groups of order 4, we have only two choices for the group table for \([F; +]\text{.}\) If the additive group is isomorphic to \(\mathbb{Z}_4\) then two of the nonzero elements of \(F\) would not be their own additive inverse (as are 1 and 3 in \(\mathbb{Z}_4\)). Let's assume \(\beta \in F\) is one of those elements and \(\beta +\beta =\gamma \neq 0\text{.}\) An isomorphism between the additive groups \(F\) and \(\mathbb{Z}_4\) would require that \(\gamma\) in \(F\) correspond with 2 in \(\mathbb{Z}_4\text{.}\) We could continue our argument and infer that \(\gamma \cdot \gamma =0\text{,}\) producing a zero divisor, which we need to avoid if \(F\) is to be a field. We leave the remainder of the argument to the reader. We can thus complete the addition table so that \([F;+]\) is isomorphic to \(\mathbb{Z}_2{}^2\text{:}\)
\begin{equation*} \begin{array}{c|cccc} + & 0 & 1 & a & b \\ \hline 0 & 0 & 1 & a & b \\ 1 & 1 & 0 & b & a \\ a & a & b & 0 & 1 \\ b & b & a & 1 & 0 \\ \end{array} \end{equation*}
Next, since 1 is the unity of \(F\text{,}\) the partial multiplication table must look like:
\begin{equation*} \begin{array}{c|cccc} \cdot & 0 & 1 & a & b \\ \hline 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 1 & 0 & 1 & a & b \\ a & 0 & a & - & - \\ b & 0 & b & - & - \\ \end{array} \end{equation*}
Hence, to complete the table, we have only four entries to find, and, since \(F\) must be commutative, this reduces our task to filling in three entries. Next, each nonzero element of \(F\) must have a unique multiplicative inverse. The inverse of \(a\) must be either \(a\) itself or \(b\text{.}\) If \(a^{-1} = a\text{,}\) then \(b^{-1}=b\text{.}\) (Why?) But \(a^{-1} = a \Rightarrow a \cdot a = 1\text{.}\) And if \(a \cdot a = 1\text{,}\) then \(a \cdot b\) is equal to \(a\) or \(b\text{.}\) In either case, by the cancellation law, we obtain \(a = 1\) or \(b = 1\text{,}\) which is impossible. Therefore we are forced to conclude that \(a^{-1} = b\) and \(b^{-1} = a\text{.}\) To determine the final two products of the table, simply note that, \(a \cdot a \neq a\) because the equation \(x^2=x\) has only two solutions, 0 and 1 in any field. We also know that \(a\cdot a\) cannot be 1 because \(a\) doesn't invert itself and cannot be 0 because \(a\) can't be a zero divisor. This leaves us with one possible conclusion, that \(a \cdot a = b\) and similarly \(b \cdot b = a\text{.}\) Hence, our multiplication table for \(F\) is:
\begin{equation*} \begin{array}{c|cccc} \cdot & 0 & 1 & a & b \\ \hline 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 1 & 0 & 1 & a & b \\ a & 0 & a & b & 1 \\ b & 0 & b & 1 & a \\ \end{array} \end{equation*}
We leave it to the reader to verify that \([F; +, \cdot ]\text{,}\) as described above, is a field. Hence, we have produced a field of order 4. This construction would be difficult to repeat for larger fields. In section 16.4 we will introduce a different approach to constructing fields that will be far more efficient.
Even though not all finite fields are isomorphic to \(\mathbb{Z}_p\) for some prime \(p\text{,}\) it can be shown that every field \(F\) must have either:
a subfield isomorphic to \(\mathbb{Z}_p\) for some prime \(p\text{,}\) or
a subfield isomorphic to \(\mathbb{Q}\text{.}\)
One can think of all fields as being constructed from either \(\mathbb{Z}_p\) or \(\mathbb{Q}\text{.}\)
Example 16.2.8.
\([\mathbb{R}; +, \cdot]\) is a field, and it contains a subfield isomorphic to \([\mathbb{Q}; +, \cdot]\text{,}\) namely \(\mathbb{Q}\) itself.
The field \(F\) that we constructed in Example 16.2.7 has a subfield isomorphic to \(\mathbb{Z}_p\) for some prime \(p\text{.}\) From the tables, we note that the subset \(\{0, 1\}\) of \(\{0, 1, a, b\}\) under the given operations of \(F\) behaves exactly like \(\left[\mathbb{Z}_2; +_2,\times _2\right]\text{.}\) Hence, \(F\) has a subfield isomorphic to \(\mathbb{Z}_2\text{.}\)
We close this section with a brief discussion of isomorphic fields. Again, since a field is a ring, the definition of isomorphism of fields is the same as that of rings. It can be shown that if \(f\) is a field isomorphism, then \(f\left(a^{-1} \right) = f(a)^{-1}\text{;}\) that is, inverses are mapped onto inverses under any field isomorphism. A major question to try to solve is: How many different non-isomorphic finite fields are there of any given order? If \(p\) is a prime, it seems clear from our discussions that all fields of order \(p\) are isomorphic to \(\mathbb{Z}_p\text{.}\) But how many nonisomorphic fields are there, if any, of order 4, 6, 8, 9, etc? The answer is given in the following theorem, whose proof is beyond the scope of this text.
Theorem 16.2.10.
Any finite field \(F\) has order \(p^n\) for a prime \(p\) and a positive integer \(n\text{.}\)
For any prime \(p\) and any positive integer \(n\) there is a field of order \(p^n\) .
Any two fields of order \(p^n\) are isomorphic.
Galois.
The field of order \(p^n\) is frequently referred to as the Galois field of order \(p^n\) and it is denoted by \(GF(p^n)\text{.}\) Evariste Galois (1811-32) was a pioneer in the field of abstract algebra.
Figure 16.2.11. French stamp honoring Evariste Galois
This theorem tells us that there is a field of order \(2^2\textrm{ = 4}\text{,}\) and there is only one such field up to isomorphism. That is, all such fields of order 4 are isomorphic to \(F\text{,}\) which we constructed in the example above.
Exercises Exercises for Section 16.2
Write out the addition, multiplication, and “inverse” tables for each of the following fields'.
\(\left[\mathbb{Z}_2; +_2, \times _2\right]\)
Show that the set of units of the fields in Exercise 1 form a group under the operation of the multiplication of the given field. Recall that a unit is an element which has a multiplicative inverse.
Complete the proof of Theorem 16.2.5 that every finite integral domain is a field.
Write out the operation tables for \(\mathbb{Z}_2{}^2\text{.}\) Is \(\mathbb{Z}_2{}^2\) a ring? An integral domain? A field? Explain.
Determine all values \(x\) from the given field that satisfy the given equation:
\(x + 1 = -1\) in \(\mathbb{Z}_2\) , \(\mathbb{Z}_3\) and \(\mathbb{Z}_5\)
\(2x + 1 = 2\) in \(\mathbb{Z}_3\) and \(\mathbb{Z}_5\)
\(3x + 1 = 2\) in \(\mathbb{Z}_5\)
0 in \(\mathbb{Z}_2\text{,}\) 1 in \(\mathbb{Z}_3\text{,}\) 3 in \(\mathbb{Z}_5\)
2 in \(\mathbb{Z}_3\text{,}\) 3 in \(\mathbb{Z}_5\)
2 in \(\mathbb{Z}_5\)
Prove that if \(p\) and \(q\) are prime, then \(\mathbb{Z}_p \times \mathbb{Z}_q\) is never a field.
Can \(\mathbb{Z}_p{}^n\) be a field for any prime \(p\) and any positive integer \(n \geq 2\text{?}\)
Determine all solutions to the following equations over \(\mathbb{Z}_2\text{.}\) That is, find all elements of \(\mathbb{Z}_2\) that satisfy the equations.
\(x^2 + x = 0\)
\(x^2 + 1 = 0\)
\(x^3 + x^2 + x + 1 = 0\)
\(x^3 + x + 1 = 0\)
Determine the number of different fields, if any, of all orders 2 through 15. Wherever possible, describe these fields via a known field.
Let \(\mathbb{Q}\left(\sqrt{2}\right) = \left\{\left.a + b\sqrt{2}\right| a, b \in \mathbb{Q}\right\}\text{.}\)
Prove that \(\left[\mathbb{Q}\left(\sqrt{2}\right); +, \cdot \right]\) is a field.
Show that \(\mathbb{Q}\) is a subfield of \(\mathbb{Q}\left(\sqrt{2}\right)\text{.}\) For this reason, \(\mathbb{Q}\left(\sqrt{2}\right)\) is called an extension field of \(\mathbb{Q}\text{.}\)
Show that all the roots of the equation \(x^2 - 4x+\frac{7}{2} = 0\) lie in the extension field \(\mathbb{Q}\left(\sqrt{2}\right)\text{.}\)
Do the roots of the equation \(x^2 -4 x+ 3 = 0\) lie in this field? Explain.
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As regards electromagnetic fields, we need to assess real exposure, characterise sources, identify prevention means, develop technical solutions which reduce exposure, and raise awareness in users.
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As regards optical radiation, INRS studies are continuing with a view to defining a methodology for assessing risks in situ and for assessing protective means.
Others aim to accompany the implementation of the decree on protecting workers from risks related to artificial optical radiation.
Design of Work Equipment, Workplaces, and Work Situations
Beyond compliance with regulatory requirements, the “integrated prevention” approach enables designers, company managers, and OSH players to anticipate occupational risks and better keep them under control, while also reconciling the technical, organisational, and economic demands of their projects. The issue at stake is to apply, as early as possible, safe design principles to equipment projects (for machines, tools, etc.) and workplaces (buildings, workshops, etc.).
The INRS studies concern both the methodological approach and also the design tools.
Other work studies software tools or “digital manikins” that enable designers to simulate
various scenarios for future work situations, and check compliance with physical ergonomics principles (anthropometry, posture, effort, stability, etc.).
Studies & Research activities contribute to designing and organising waste-related industries (collection, sorting, dismantling, depolluting, treating, recycling and recovering or transforming) by including a health and safety component, in particular by analysing certain organisational processes, characterising methods in emerging and/or existing sectors, and assessing levels of exposure of workers. INRS is also focusing on developing solutions for preventing risks for/ effects on worker health. In particular, such solutions are adapted to the specificities of the waste recycling and recovery/ transformation sector, the construction and civil engineering sector, and the polluted soil treatment sector.
Multiple Exposures: Chemicals and Noise
The work of INRS is aimed at:
identifying the risks run by employees exposed to combinations of harmful/pollutant factors (e.g. noise and chemicals), and assessing their potential effects;
developing new tools capable of taking multiple exposures into account (databases, physiological and pharmacokinetic models, biomonitoring, protective equipment, screening, epidemiology, etc.); and
assessing the relevance of Occupational Exposure Limit Values OELVs, in particular when doses are small.
Manufactured Nanomaterials
INRS action on manufactured nanomaterials has three objectives:
making knowledge on hazards available to the working world;
designing tools for identifying, characterising, and measuring occupational exposures; and
proposing risk prevention approaches and tools for firms and laboratories that produce or handle these materials.
Organisation, Health and Safety at Work
INRS studies focus on three organisational dimensions of health and safety: company organisation, production organisation, and prevention organisation. These dimensions of work organisation go from tool, system and work process design to human resources management and issues of occupational safety and health. Two lines of research are being taken:
developing new organisation modes, new workforce management modes, and new information and communications systems, whether it be for Lean Management, subcontracting, or for Information and Communications Technologies in networked companies;
changing roles and responsibilities in new trades, new sectors, and new forms of work design or of division of labour, including the roles of designers and management on site.
Prevention of Occupational Cancers
The research work on this topic is aimed at:
improving prevention of all types of occupational cancer, and in particular assessing the appropriateness of using early-effect markers following exposure to carcinogens;
initiating and accompanying companies in preventing asbestos risks;
studying the perception of carcinogenic risks.
Reproduction and Work
INRS research programmes help identify certain hazards which have potential impacts on pregnancy, by improving the state of experimentally acquired toxicological knowledge about chemicals, and in particular about phthalates. Other studies focus on identifying risk situations and on gathering data about relationships between occupational exposure of the mother and pathology in the child.
Biological Risks
In the absence of occupational exposure limit values (OELVs), INRS research work focuses in particular on:
developing approaches for assessing the immunoallergic and toxinic risks related to exposure to airborne agents of biological origin;
developing methods and strategies for measuring (sampling and analysing) bioaerosols, such methods and strategies being transferable to those involved in the prevention of such risks;
acquiring methods for assessing the quality of indoor air;
studying means for reducing exposure to bioaerosols.
Chemical risks have been studied at INRS since it was founded. The work continues through studies on new substances (including substitute products), metrology, bio-indicators, influences on health, epidemiology, improving and developing processes, developing prevention techniques, etc with 3 focuses:
making knowledge on hazards available
making knowledge available on the state of exposure and making tools available for evaluating exposure
making prevention solutions available.
Mechanical risks and new technologies for accident prevention
INRS is playing a major part in preventing mechanical risks by:
continuing the work aimed at making work equipment safer, thus contributing to developing safe control systems;
making criteria available for choosing and using prevention systems based on new technologies; and
studying the real performance levels of personal protective equipment (PPE) in order to improve use of such equipment.
Psychosocial Risks
The scientific work by INRS on this topic is aimed in particular at:
giving companies and OSH specialists tools for diagnosing psychosocial risks (PSRs) and new methods of preventing PSRs;
studying the effects of new organisational factors and new constraints on physical and mental health, and mechanisms for regulating such effects;
exploring work factors favourable to health construction;
developing tools for objectifying factors in PSRs.
Occupational Road Accident Risk
In addition to prevention actions carried out in collaboration with the French National Health Insurance Fund for Salaried Employees (CNAM-TS) and with various trades associations, INRS is studying the health effects of using a motor vehicle (excluding accidents) on employees for whom driving is part of their job.
The results of prior research into the interior design of light commercial vehicles are enabling tests (industrial interior design in the event of emergency braking or impact) to be transformed into prevention solutions, for vehicle manufacturers and vehicle interior designers.
Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Limbs and of the Back
Action undertaken for MSDs and low-back pain is conducted in synergy with numerous partners (institutional players or research organisations). They involve ergonomics, biomechanics, and design of work equipment and of workstations.
As regards research, INRS proposes:
to assess and adapt intervention strategies to various contexts (taking a sociological approach by targeting small and medium-sized enterprises in particular);
to develop methods and tools which incorporate the most recent knowledge on relationships between organisation, psychosocial factors, biomechanical factors, and MSDs, and transfer them to OSH specialists and managers on site; and
to include MSD prevention principles in the process of designing work situations (gestural variation, less demanding tools, etc.).
Ageing, Staying in Employment, and Preventing Occupational Exclusion
INRS studies and research in this field have three focuses:
putting together strategies for raising awareness in companies about the issue of ageing at work;
acting on factors responsible for premature ageing (approach for assessing risk factors, and adapting working situations for older workers);
establishing positive and negative determinants between career and health on the basis of various parameters: socio-professional category, sector of activity, working conditions, career changes or interruptions, unfitness for work, changes in physical functional capacities, etc.).
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ENGLISH COMEDY NIGHT W/ ELEANOR TIERNAN & PRINCE ABDI
Another outstanding line up for this show with:
Eleanor Tiernan
Eleanor Tiernan is an Irish comedian well-known among Irish audiences for her live stand up performances and her work in TV, theatre and on radio. She was featured on Stewart Lee’s Alternative Comedy Experience on Comedy Central and has played Latitude, Glastonbury, Montreal Just For Laughs and all of the top Irish comedy festivals.
In 2010 Eleanor was one of the creators of the big hit of the Dublin Fringe Festival City West Side Story which sold out its entire run. She went on to create the innovative National Therapy Project in the same festival in 2014 for which she was nominated for the First Fortnight award. She has completed six runs at the Edinburgh Fringe festival.
Eleanor’s first TV work was with Headwreckers as part of Channel 4‘s Comedy Lab series. Following this she both wrote and performed in RTE’s The Savage Eye which received an IFTA nomination. Eleanor has appeared on Maeve Higgins’ Fancy Vittles, The Panel, Republic of Telly and performed stand-up on Tonight with Craig Doyle. She was the first act to feature on RTE’s flagship Stand and Deliver and recently wrote and performed on the critically-acclaimed political satire show Irish Pictorial Weekly. She plays Dolores in the RTÉ sitcom Bridget and Eamonn.
Eleanor lives in the UK where she enjoys making social faux pas and losing personal items on public transport.
“Tiernan boasts a magnificent curl in her lip and snarl in her voice.” SUNDAY TIMES
“Tiernan has a uniquely oblique angle on the word, and her routines have a touch of whimsy while grounded in astute observation. It means her set sounds fresh and original, without being so wilfully strange it will alienate all but the most dedicated followers.” CHORTLE
“Eleanor Tiernan is far and away the best comic actress I have seen on stage.” HOT PRESS IRELAND
“The fastest-rising comedy talent in the country” IRISH TIMES
Prince Abdi
Prince Abdi is a British stand up comedian/Actor/Writer.
His versatile and unique story telling makes him a feel good comedian and one to watch.
As well as being a regular on the UK comedy circuit , Prince Abdi has performed in various countries overseas including USA, Canada, Turkey, Holland, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Australia, uae, Germany, Slovenia Nigeria and Kenya. Prince Has Supported the Likes of Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Micheal McIntyre, Russel Peters and Reg D Hunter.
Prince has written and starred in his own TV sketch for the BBC, Comedy Central and ITV as well as comedy and drama features.
Other TV credits include:-
BBC (The Wall)
ITV (FHM stand up Hero)
BBC3 (Laughter shock)
Comedy Central (The World Stands Up).
Show me the funny (ITV1)
For catering we team up with restaurant/tapas bar Les Pénates, just across the street from Marni Theatre. You can book your table here info@lespenates.be / 02 850 82 77 and mention you go to the comedy show at Marni, so that the waiters will know you have to be served before a certain time. Book early as this place is very popular and in high demand.
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Workers’ Justice
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Keep NM Families Together
I dream of a day when my children can wake up every morning without the constant fear that I won’t come home from work. Our fight for comprehensive immigration reform is about keeping our families and being treated with the dignity that we all deserve as human beings.
- Bertha Campos
Sign Up Here to Request Our Civil Rights Workshop
The immigration system in the United States is broken. Across the nation, over 2 million immigrants have been deported just during the Obama administration alone. This means that thousands of hard working immigrant families in New Mexico have experienced the devastation of being torn apart from their families. These are our family members, neighbors, co-workers, classmates, small business owners, tax-payers, and those we pray with at church.
Now more than ever, EL CENTRO finds the inherent value of our communities becoming a collective, conscious, free and powerful force dedicated to the promotion of human rights. We seek to empower communities through interactive know-your-rights workshops. The objective is to provide essential tools for different communities to defend their civil rights, hold law enforcement/ICE accountable and fight against the criminalization of our communities. Some of the tools involve but are not restricted to:
*information about your rights with law enforcement and federal immigration agents
*dialogue about how we are fighting back and organizing against deportation/enforcement programs;
*emergency family plans
Know Your Rights To Protect Your Family
Trump has said he will deport millions, and anti-immigrant harassment is already out of control. Now more than ever it is important for our families and communities to come together and fight for each other. El CENTRO has developed the following toolkit in collaboration with other organizations across the state and nationwide:
El CENTRO has prepared the following toolkit in collaboration with other organizations across the state and that nation. This toolkit package includes know-your-rights information, family emergency plan form, power of attorney, and “rights cards.” Now more than ever, it is important to KNOW YOUR RIGHTS in order to continue protecting our families and communities.
Remember you can always reach El CENTRO by calling us at (505) 246-1627.
Click here to learn about options for beneficiaries of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
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Did you know APS has policies and procedural directives to protect APS students and their families?
El CENTRO put a detailed summary of APS official policies and procedures with links to the official documents on the APS website.
Since our inception, El CENTRO has taken the lead in Albuquerque to organize immigrant communities, faith leaders, small businesses, elected officials, and voters to advocate for the passage of comprehensive immigration reform by Congress that: keeps families together, includes a path to citizenship for our families, protects and restores key civil rights protections, maintains workers’ protections, reunites families and reduces immigration backlogs, provides opportunities for safe future migration, and does not criminalize immigrants through flawed enforcement programs.
To get involved in El CENTRO’s efforts to fight for the fair immigration policies implementation, call us at (505) 246-1627, like us on Facebook, and become a member!
It makes me angry that because of extremists with an anti-immigrant agenda, thousands of New Mexicans haven’t been able to apply for DACA yet. Our communities already contribute so much to New Mexico and we fight until these programs are implemented so that we can contribute even more.
– Ingrid Ordoñez
POLIMIGRA
In recent years, there has been a drastic rise in immigration enforcement that tears families apart and a marked shift in its implementation. In the past, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) utilized tools such as workplace raids to detain and eventually deport thousands of noncitizens. Today, ICE identifies non-citizens mainly by relying upon local and state law enforcement and the criminal justice system and creating an airtight pipeline to deportation. Programs such as Secure Communities (S-Comm), and the Criminal Alien Program (CAP) resulted an all-time high of deportation (409,849 in 2012). These programs also fomented racial profiling, pre-textual arrests, had a chilling impact on community policing efforts, and used limited local public safety resources to identify and detain immigrants who pose no public safety risk.
As immigration enforcement ratcheted up, so has advocacy across the nation and locally. El CENTRO has been at the the forefront of campaigns in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County to fight back against immigration enforcement programs and protect our communities.
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"The Etude" Music Magazine "The Etude" Magazine, Published by Theodore Presser. Cover Images June, 1952
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Bird Box by Josh Malerman (Reviewed by Will Byrnes)
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OVERVIEW/ANALYSIS: Close your eyes and imagine the basso sound of voiceover icon Don LaFontaine intoning, “In a world gone mad…” and that is pretty much where Bird Box begins. Open your eyes and go mad. Kill others, yourself. Can you keep from peeking? For how long? In Josh Malerman’s post-apocalyptic, eye-opening scare-scape, something happened. An invasion? Some natural phenomenon? No one is really certain. But what has become clear is that anyone who steps outside with their eyes open goes insane, not just gibbering or confused, but violently and destructively, homicidally mad.
In the near-future today of the story, Malorie is a young mother, with two small children in her charge. She has been training them for over four years, to hear, with a sensitivity and acuity more usually associated with flying mammals. They embark on a river journey to what she hopes is a safe haven, twenty miles away, blindfolded. Any noise could be someone, or something following them. She must rely on the skill she has rigorously drilled into the boy and girl every day to help guide them, and alert them to danger. And we must wonder if the destination she aims for will offer relief or some version of Mistah Kurtz.
Chapters alternate, mostly, between the river journey and Malorie’s back story. We follow her from when The Problem began, seeing death and destruction in first a few isolated locations, then spreading everywhere, seeing loved ones succumb, then finding a place to live, a refuge, with others, and watch as they cope, or fail.
In horror stories, it helps to have an appealing hero. I am sure most of us have seen our share of splatter films in which the demise of each obnoxious teen is met with cheers rather than with dismay. The other sort is of the Wait until Dark variety, in which our heart goes out to the Audrey Hepburn character beset by dark forces. Bird Box is the latter type. Malorie is a very sympathetic character, an everywoman trying her best under ridiculous circumstances, more the Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) of Nightmare On Elm Street or the Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) of Halloween, than the Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) of Alien, but Malorie does what she must to survive and to prepare with patience and diligence to sally forth against the unknown.
Malerman was bitten by the horror bug as an early teen:
"My big introduction was Twilight Zone: the Movie, the first horror movie I ever saw. After that came Saturday Shockers and sneaking in whatever I could at a friend’s house (Faces of Death, Psycho… Blacula…Prom Night.) I was also reading a lot. There’s a great period of horror fiction history, before the novel-boom of the 70’s spearheaded by Rosemary’s Baby, The Other, and The Exorcist, in which the short story ruled the genre. That period is golden and completely bursting with ideas. I read M.R. James, H.P. Lovecraft, Poe, Blackwood, Bierce, et al. When you first approach it, the genre, it feels infinite, but it’s not. So, come high school, I was trying to write my own scary stories, weird poems, strange tales." (from Detroit CBS Local news interview)
He likes to write with horror movie soundtracks on. And he is a musical sort as well, singing and playing in the band The High Strung. In fact, fans of Shameless, on Showtime, have already been exposed to Malerman’s work, as the writer and performer of that show’s theme song.
The dynamics of the house-full of refugees in the back story will feel familiar. Who to let in, or not, concerns over sharing limited resources, discussions over what adventuresome risks might or might not be worth taking re looking toward the future, or in trying to learn more about the cause of their situation. One might be forgiven for seeing here a societal microcosm, but I do not really think this was what Malerman was on about. He does offer a bit of a larger, thematic view though, tied to the central image of the book, which definitely adds to the heft of the story. A wondering at more existential questions:
"She thinks of the house as one big box. She wants out of this box. Tom and Jules, outside, are still in this box. The entire globe is shut in. The world is confined to the same cardboard box that houses the birds outside. Malorie understands that Tom is looking for a way to open the lid. He’s looking for a way out. But she wonders if there’s not a second lid above this one, then a third above that. Boxed in, she thinks. Forever."
You really want Malorie to reach safety with the children, but there is a gauntlet to be run, and there is no certainty that any of them will make it. The dangers are human, natural and eldritch, and I mean that in a very Lovecraftian way. You will definitely not want to put Bird Box down once you pick it up.
This is a very scary, and gripping novel. If you are reading on the train, you may miss your stop. If you are reading at bedtime, you will definitely miss a few winks, and might want to sleep with the lights on after you finish.
A generic problem I have with the book is that the dark elements here sometimes tend to step back when they have decided advantages, failing to make the most (or worst as the case may be) of their positions. It was not obvious to me that there was some point being made by these unexpected choices. Nevertheless, Malerman takes the notion of the unseen and pushes readers to create the scariest thing of all, that which lurks in the imagination.
CONCLUSION: It is not at all dangerous to see how much fun this book is. Usually it is considered a good thing to think outside the box, but in this case it is clearly a far, far better thing that Malerman has done his thinking inside one.
NOTE: This review was originally posted on Will's blog. Josh Malerman picture courtesy of Sara Castillo and Fearnet.
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Home Board of Trustees Minutes Board of Trustees minutes, 1966 Sept. 20
Board of Trustees minutes, 1966 Sept. 20
STATED MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TRUSTEES
^OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY
"The HiUs"
Trustees' Roonn. Executive Building
L NOTICE OF MEETING,
September 20, 1966 September 21, 1966
The Board of Trustees of The Trustees of Purdue University convened in stated meeting in Ross House. "The Hills. " at 9:10 pm on Tuesday, Sept¬ ember 20, 1966, pursuant to the following notice mailed to each member of the Board by the Secretary on August 31, 1966:
In accordance with provisions of the Bylaws, there will be a stated meeting of the Board of Trustees of The Trustees Of Purdue University on Tuesday, September 20, 1966, convening at approximately 8:00 pm CDT (immediately following dinner) at "The Hills, " and on Wednesday, September 21, 1966. convening at 9:00 am CDT in the Trustees' Room of the Executive Building of the University, in order to:
1. Consider and act upon bids for the following projects;
a. b. c
d. e.
Michael Golden Laboratory - Rennodel for Offices ¦ Airport - Taxiway Extensions - 1966 Masonry Repairs to Campus Buildings - 1966 (Heating Plant - North. Life Sciences. Lynn Hall. Mechanical Engineering) Metal Roof Repairs to Campus Buildings - 1966 Water Chiller No. 5 (Shop Drawings Only);
Consider and act upon any other matter or business which nnay conne before said meeting.
Prior to dinner at Ross House. "The Hills." Trustees, officers and their wives and husband had visited the Indiana 4-H Club Camp (formerly Ross Civil Camp). Immediately following dinner. Mr. Knoy. Trustee, reminisced about his visits to "The Hills" during Mr. David E. Ross's lifetime, and about Mr. Ross, the man and the inventor. Dean Butz then spoke briefly concerning the efforts and the responsibilities of agricultural scientists today and for the future, thus concluding the tour of certain out¬ lying farnns in which several of the Trustees participated on Monday, September 19, 1966.
II. ROLL CALL.
President Thompson called the meeting to order at 9:10 pm. All members of the Board were present as follows: Mrs. White, Messrs. Brumfield, Kettler, Knoy, Lowe, Rumely, Thompson, Wickard and Wilson. Also present were President Hovde, Vice President and Treasurer Freehafer, University Vice Presidents Chenea, Lawshe and Mallett, Executive Assistant to the President Hicks, Business Manager and Assistant Treasurer Finn, Mr. Bodle of the Stuart, Branigin, Ricks & Schilling law firm, Mr. Kramer, The Indianapolis News, Mr. Mason, The Indianapolis Star, and Secretary Skinner.
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Transcript 204 STATED MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TRUSTEES ^OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY "The HiUs" Trustees' Roonn. Executive Building L NOTICE OF MEETING, September 20, 1966 September 21, 1966 The Board of Trustees of The Trustees of Purdue University convened in stated meeting in Ross House. "The Hills. " at 9:10 pm on Tuesday, Sept¬ ember 20, 1966, pursuant to the following notice mailed to each member of the Board by the Secretary on August 31, 1966: In accordance with provisions of the Bylaws, there will be a stated meeting of the Board of Trustees of The Trustees Of Purdue University on Tuesday, September 20, 1966, convening at approximately 8:00 pm CDT (immediately following dinner) at "The Hills, " and on Wednesday, September 21, 1966. convening at 9:00 am CDT in the Trustees' Room of the Executive Building of the University, in order to: 1. Consider and act upon bids for the following projects; a. b. c d. e. Michael Golden Laboratory - Rennodel for Offices ¦ Airport - Taxiway Extensions - 1966 Masonry Repairs to Campus Buildings - 1966 (Heating Plant - North. Life Sciences. Lynn Hall. Mechanical Engineering) Metal Roof Repairs to Campus Buildings - 1966 Water Chiller No. 5 (Shop Drawings Only); 1966 2. Consider and act upon any other matter or business which nnay conne before said meeting. Prior to dinner at Ross House. "The Hills." Trustees, officers and their wives and husband had visited the Indiana 4-H Club Camp (formerly Ross Civil Camp). Immediately following dinner. Mr. Knoy. Trustee, reminisced about his visits to "The Hills" during Mr. David E. Ross's lifetime, and about Mr. Ross, the man and the inventor. Dean Butz then spoke briefly concerning the efforts and the responsibilities of agricultural scientists today and for the future, thus concluding the tour of certain out¬ lying farnns in which several of the Trustees participated on Monday, September 19, 1966. II. ROLL CALL. President Thompson called the meeting to order at 9:10 pm. All members of the Board were present as follows: Mrs. White, Messrs. Brumfield, Kettler, Knoy, Lowe, Rumely, Thompson, Wickard and Wilson. Also present were President Hovde, Vice President and Treasurer Freehafer, University Vice Presidents Chenea, Lawshe and Mallett, Executive Assistant to the President Hicks, Business Manager and Assistant Treasurer Finn, Mr. Bodle of the Stuart, Branigin, Ricks & Schilling law firm, Mr. Kramer, The Indianapolis News, Mr. Mason, The Indianapolis Star, and Secretary Skinner.
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VOL. XXX.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., DEC. 21, 1895.
NO. 5i
The Institutes.
Shelby County.—The sixth annual
Shelby County Farmers Institute which
was held at Shelbyville, on Friday and
Saturday, Dec. 6 and 7, '95, was one of the
largest and most successful ever held in
the county. Much credit is due to the
wide awake, intelligent and earnest efforts of its president, Hon. B. S. Sutton
and its secretary, E. B. Stroup. The program, covering two days and one night
session, was very lengthy and consisted of music, vocal and instrumental,
papers upon various agricultural topics,
discussions, etc. Time and space forbid
me to speak in detail of the many papers
read upon the occasion and the discussions arising therefrom. I single out a
few only. Prof. H. A. Huston, of Purdue
University gave a very able and scientific lecture on the subject, ".Money value
of fertilizers, and how to improve our
farm." He showed among other things
that the loss to the soil was 30 cents for
every bushel of wheat and 20 cents for
every bushel of corn produced from it.
This loss must be placed back upon the
land in some way. He contended that
the farmers should first use all their manure and waste material—the roughage
of the farm—in fertilizing the soil and if
that was not sufficient, to use commercial
fertilizers. He spoke of the fact that
while science was making rapid strides
in farm management, and in the production of suitable commercial fertilizers, it
was often the case that the farmers forgot to use the material on hand and even
wasted it to purchase the so-called commercial fertilizers. A very interesting
paper was read by Prof. J. H. Tomliu on
"Education essential to successful farming," in which he demonstrated the fact
that brains can be used upon the farm to
just as good advantage as anywhere else
—that improved farm machinery and
scientific soil cultivation and fertilization
call for higher education among the
farming classes. Hon. Sidney Conger
gave a brief talk on "Sheep raising."
His favorite is the Oxford. He said that
every farmer should raise a few sheep, if
for no other purpose than to keep the
weeds down, especially that latest and
greatest pest, the "wild lettuce." "Independence of farm life" was the subject of
a very interesting paper by John L.
Thomas, in which he showed conclusively that the farmer was always sure of
a fair living out of his farm, and that
there were fewer failures among the
farming classes than in other kinds of
It was the unanimous opinion of all
present that this was the best institute
ever convened in the county and would
result in permanent and far reaching
benefit to all those who were fortunate
enough to attend. < Iku, Kinsley.
Jefferson Co.—The Jefferson county institute held at Madison, Dec. 6th and 7th
was poorly attended considering the agricultural and horticultural importance
of the county. The Farmer representative believes from his observations elsewhere, that music and a few literary
features added to the program are very
important to the popularity of these
meetings as they give a pleasing variety
and keep the mind better prepared to
appreciate the various topics, which
necessarily become wearisome when the
attention is not diverted and rested. This
program advertised no features of entertainment and partly for that reason, perhaps, the townspeople showed no interest in the sessions and few ladies were
present. Chairman of the institute John
Chapman; secretary 1*. M. Stewart; State
speakers, T. B.Terry and II. F. McMahan.
Mr. McMahan gave a talk upon "Farm
manners," which began by comparing
the present with the past. The agricultural conditions of to-day, the speaker
pointed out, were widely different from
those of the past. Farmingnow is a much
more expensive process than formerly,
and that added expense must be met by
greater skill and knowledge. One of the
adverse factors of to-day is a depleted
soil, and one of the first requisites as to return to that soil the richness that it
once possessed. The values of fertilizers
must be studied and their application
be made a question of economics, so that
the returns would always justify the expense. Stable manures, the speaker said,
made an almost perfect fertilizer, as they
supplied all the needful humus and also
furthered the mechanical condition of
the soil; and these should be saved with
great care. His method was to spread
plenty of straw over his barnyard and
scatter the manure from the stables over
this instead of keeping in heaps,and such
liquids as could not thus be kept in the
yard were conducted by rH'ches
would cost, perhaps, five or six dollars
per 100 square feet. Cisterns connected
with these gutters insures a perfect saving of all the stable manures. Plenty of
bedding should be used as an absorbent.
The value of manure saved by having a
perfect floor would, the speaker affirmed,
pay at least 20 to 30 per cent on the investment. Another good and profitable investment, Mr. Terry held, was a cover for
the barn-yard. His barn touches corners with his implement house and his
yard, which occupies the angle made by
the two buildings, he has covered and
partially boarded up at a cost of about
$300. Here his stock is well protected
from any inclemency of the weather, and
yet can have exercise. In this yard the
horse and cattle manures are spread in
alternate layers, with laud plaster mixed
in to hold the grass by absorption. Being
ted him $300—this oft of less than an acre
of ground. One advantage is the lateness
of this pear, which ripens in October,
when the market is not glutted. Mr,
Hitz also spoke highly of the Japan
plum, a large, fine eating plum, which
promises a handsome profit for the man
who cultivates it for the market. Mr. E.
M. Wood, a berry grower of the connty,
spoke of "Berries." He thought small
fruit a very profitable crop in this region,
where the soil seemed peculiarly adapted
to it, and ended by stating: "I have
known an acre of blackberries to yield a
larger net profit than any 25 acres of
wheat in the county." Mr. Terry spoke
of "Small fruit for home use." He did
not think the general farmer should go
into fruit raising for profit, as one business would conflict with the other in
busy times but every farmer should raise
fruit for his own use. On his own farm
he devoted half an acre to berries, etc.
The work necessary to its cultivation
was scarcely appreciable, and as a result
they had an abundance of strawberries,
raspberries, currants and blackberries—a
succession of crops lasting for eleven
weeks. Other addresses by the State
speakers have been already given in the
report of the Switzerland county institute. On a point however, dwelt upon by
Mr. Terry and not reported should be
here mentioned. It is a doctrine of his
that in tillage if the surface is stirred in
such a manner as to bring new particles
of earth together the chemical result will
be of great value. As yet this result has
not been proven at the experiment stations, and it is but hypothetical, but Mr.
Terry believes it will one day be established beyond doubt.
SANTA AND HIS 0
to adjoining fields. Mr. McMahan dwelt
upon the great waste due to feeding in
muddy barn-yards and to the habit of piling manure under the barn eaves to be
leached by the rain drippings. Mr-
Terry, talking along the same line, discussed the values of different manures.
The liquids, which, ordinarily, are allowed to go to waste, were, by his showing, far more valuable than the solids.
Mr. Terry described his methods of saving manures. When he moved upon his
farm years ago, in place of more satisfactory preparations which he could not
then afford, he made his stable floors of
blue clay tramped solid so the liquids
could not percolate through. Afterwards
he substituted for this a floor of planks
made perfectly tight by pouring hot tar
in the seams. This lasted 8 or 10 years.
Eventually, when he built a new burn, he
made cement floors, with gutters in the
cow stable eight inches deep by 20 wide.
This, he considers the most perfect, and
HR1KT.MAN DI.NNKI!.
covered the manures cannot leach and
the full strength is saved. In summer,
when not occupied by stock, the covered
yard renders another service. All farm
implements, when not in actual use, are
kept in it, the protection thus afforded
from weather being of no small importance. The speaker said that manure had
two values—a feeding and mulching
value; and in conclusion he emphasized
the fact that there was an economy in the
application; manure could be put on so
thick or in such a manner that it would
be only partially utilized as plant food
and much of the substance go to waste by
sinking into the subsoil. Mr. John Hitz,
an extensive fruit grower of Jefferson
county whose fruit farm will be spoken
of elsewhere, gave a brief but very interesting talk on the raising of pears and
plumbs. In his experience he had found
the Kieffer the most profitable of pears
In one year he had got from 100 trees,'six
years old, 100 barrels of fruit, which net-
Elkhart County.—Riley, Hobbs and
Huston were the three speakers from
abroad who attended the Elkhart County
Farmers' Institute this year. To say that
that they make an excellent combination
is not putting it one bit too strong. James
Riley, of Thorntown, Plain James Riley,
as he is sometimes called, deserves to be
styled the "(irand Old Man" of the State
institute workers. He is tolerably well
known to your readers, and would in all
probability be a great deal better known,
if it were not for his extrenu modesty.
In the institute work, he is a host in himself. Managers of institutes will make
no mistake iii selecting him. He gave
us three excellent addresses on "Corn
culture," "Management of swine," and
"How a young man can own a farm in
Indiana." The farmers of Elkhart
county who had the privilege of hearing
him are thoroughly convinced that he
has mastered his own specialties—corn
growing and swine breeding. C. M.
Hobbs, of Bridgeport, president of the
State Horticultural Society, gave us three
able and interesting papers on horticultural topics. He, too, is a good solid man
and is perfectly at home in discussing
questions relating to fruit growing. The
fruit growers of this county were especially pleased with his work, while at the
same time his talks were well adapted to
the wants of the average farmer. H. A.
Huston, the genial bachelor professor
from Purdue University, was with us
during but one session of the institute
but he made a very favorable impression.
His talk was on "Sugar beet culture." He
handles the subject in an able and attractive manner, at once convincing his audience of the fact that he knows what he is
talking about. Elkhart county has had
some very able institute workers furnished from time to time, by the State, but
it is safe to say that these three made as
harmonious a combination, and gave as
good satisfaction as any speaker we have
ever had. H. S. K. B.
Dearborn County.—This county was
placed first on the list this year with
Messrs. Harris and Billingsly as as-
Vontinue* on nth page.
Transcript VOL. XXX. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., DEC. 21, 1895. NO. 5i The Institutes. Shelby County.—The sixth annual Shelby County Farmers Institute which was held at Shelbyville, on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 6 and 7, '95, was one of the largest and most successful ever held in the county. Much credit is due to the wide awake, intelligent and earnest efforts of its president, Hon. B. S. Sutton and its secretary, E. B. Stroup. The program, covering two days and one night session, was very lengthy and consisted of music, vocal and instrumental, papers upon various agricultural topics, discussions, etc. Time and space forbid me to speak in detail of the many papers read upon the occasion and the discussions arising therefrom. I single out a few only. Prof. H. A. Huston, of Purdue University gave a very able and scientific lecture on the subject, ".Money value of fertilizers, and how to improve our farm." He showed among other things that the loss to the soil was 30 cents for every bushel of wheat and 20 cents for every bushel of corn produced from it. This loss must be placed back upon the land in some way. He contended that the farmers should first use all their manure and waste material—the roughage of the farm—in fertilizing the soil and if that was not sufficient, to use commercial fertilizers. He spoke of the fact that while science was making rapid strides in farm management, and in the production of suitable commercial fertilizers, it was often the case that the farmers forgot to use the material on hand and even wasted it to purchase the so-called commercial fertilizers. A very interesting paper was read by Prof. J. H. Tomliu on "Education essential to successful farming," in which he demonstrated the fact that brains can be used upon the farm to just as good advantage as anywhere else —that improved farm machinery and scientific soil cultivation and fertilization call for higher education among the farming classes. Hon. Sidney Conger gave a brief talk on "Sheep raising." His favorite is the Oxford. He said that every farmer should raise a few sheep, if for no other purpose than to keep the weeds down, especially that latest and greatest pest, the "wild lettuce." "Independence of farm life" was the subject of a very interesting paper by John L. Thomas, in which he showed conclusively that the farmer was always sure of a fair living out of his farm, and that there were fewer failures among the farming classes than in other kinds of business. It was the unanimous opinion of all present that this was the best institute ever convened in the county and would result in permanent and far reaching benefit to all those who were fortunate enough to attend. < Iku, Kinsley. Jefferson Co.—The Jefferson county institute held at Madison, Dec. 6th and 7th was poorly attended considering the agricultural and horticultural importance of the county. The Farmer representative believes from his observations elsewhere, that music and a few literary features added to the program are very important to the popularity of these meetings as they give a pleasing variety and keep the mind better prepared to appreciate the various topics, which necessarily become wearisome when the attention is not diverted and rested. This program advertised no features of entertainment and partly for that reason, perhaps, the townspeople showed no interest in the sessions and few ladies were present. Chairman of the institute John Chapman; secretary 1*. M. Stewart; State speakers, T. B.Terry and II. F. McMahan. Mr. McMahan gave a talk upon "Farm manners," which began by comparing the present with the past. The agricultural conditions of to-day, the speaker pointed out, were widely different from those of the past. Farmingnow is a much more expensive process than formerly, and that added expense must be met by greater skill and knowledge. One of the adverse factors of to-day is a depleted soil, and one of the first requisites as to return to that soil the richness that it once possessed. The values of fertilizers must be studied and their application be made a question of economics, so that the returns would always justify the expense. Stable manures, the speaker said, made an almost perfect fertilizer, as they supplied all the needful humus and also furthered the mechanical condition of the soil; and these should be saved with great care. His method was to spread plenty of straw over his barnyard and scatter the manure from the stables over this instead of keeping in heaps,and such liquids as could not thus be kept in the yard were conducted by rH'ches would cost, perhaps, five or six dollars per 100 square feet. Cisterns connected with these gutters insures a perfect saving of all the stable manures. Plenty of bedding should be used as an absorbent. The value of manure saved by having a perfect floor would, the speaker affirmed, pay at least 20 to 30 per cent on the investment. Another good and profitable investment, Mr. Terry held, was a cover for the barn-yard. His barn touches corners with his implement house and his yard, which occupies the angle made by the two buildings, he has covered and partially boarded up at a cost of about $300. Here his stock is well protected from any inclemency of the weather, and yet can have exercise. In this yard the horse and cattle manures are spread in alternate layers, with laud plaster mixed in to hold the grass by absorption. Being ted him $300—this oft of less than an acre of ground. One advantage is the lateness of this pear, which ripens in October, when the market is not glutted. Mr, Hitz also spoke highly of the Japan plum, a large, fine eating plum, which promises a handsome profit for the man who cultivates it for the market. Mr. E. M. Wood, a berry grower of the connty, spoke of "Berries." He thought small fruit a very profitable crop in this region, where the soil seemed peculiarly adapted to it, and ended by stating: "I have known an acre of blackberries to yield a larger net profit than any 25 acres of wheat in the county." Mr. Terry spoke of "Small fruit for home use." He did not think the general farmer should go into fruit raising for profit, as one business would conflict with the other in busy times but every farmer should raise fruit for his own use. On his own farm he devoted half an acre to berries, etc. The work necessary to its cultivation was scarcely appreciable, and as a result they had an abundance of strawberries, raspberries, currants and blackberries—a succession of crops lasting for eleven weeks. Other addresses by the State speakers have been already given in the report of the Switzerland county institute. On a point however, dwelt upon by Mr. Terry and not reported should be here mentioned. It is a doctrine of his that in tillage if the surface is stirred in such a manner as to bring new particles of earth together the chemical result will be of great value. As yet this result has not been proven at the experiment stations, and it is but hypothetical, but Mr. Terry believes it will one day be established beyond doubt. SANTA AND HIS 0 to adjoining fields. Mr. McMahan dwelt upon the great waste due to feeding in muddy barn-yards and to the habit of piling manure under the barn eaves to be leached by the rain drippings. Mr- Terry, talking along the same line, discussed the values of different manures. The liquids, which, ordinarily, are allowed to go to waste, were, by his showing, far more valuable than the solids. Mr. Terry described his methods of saving manures. When he moved upon his farm years ago, in place of more satisfactory preparations which he could not then afford, he made his stable floors of blue clay tramped solid so the liquids could not percolate through. Afterwards he substituted for this a floor of planks made perfectly tight by pouring hot tar in the seams. This lasted 8 or 10 years. Eventually, when he built a new burn, he made cement floors, with gutters in the cow stable eight inches deep by 20 wide. This, he considers the most perfect, and HR1KT.MAN DI.NNKI!. covered the manures cannot leach and the full strength is saved. In summer, when not occupied by stock, the covered yard renders another service. All farm implements, when not in actual use, are kept in it, the protection thus afforded from weather being of no small importance. The speaker said that manure had two values—a feeding and mulching value; and in conclusion he emphasized the fact that there was an economy in the application; manure could be put on so thick or in such a manner that it would be only partially utilized as plant food and much of the substance go to waste by sinking into the subsoil. Mr. John Hitz, an extensive fruit grower of Jefferson county whose fruit farm will be spoken of elsewhere, gave a brief but very interesting talk on the raising of pears and plumbs. In his experience he had found the Kieffer the most profitable of pears In one year he had got from 100 trees,'six years old, 100 barrels of fruit, which net- Elkhart County.—Riley, Hobbs and Huston were the three speakers from abroad who attended the Elkhart County Farmers' Institute this year. To say that that they make an excellent combination is not putting it one bit too strong. James Riley, of Thorntown, Plain James Riley, as he is sometimes called, deserves to be styled the "(irand Old Man" of the State institute workers. He is tolerably well known to your readers, and would in all probability be a great deal better known, if it were not for his extrenu modesty. In the institute work, he is a host in himself. Managers of institutes will make no mistake iii selecting him. He gave us three excellent addresses on "Corn culture," "Management of swine," and "How a young man can own a farm in Indiana." The farmers of Elkhart county who had the privilege of hearing him are thoroughly convinced that he has mastered his own specialties—corn growing and swine breeding. C. M. Hobbs, of Bridgeport, president of the State Horticultural Society, gave us three able and interesting papers on horticultural topics. He, too, is a good solid man and is perfectly at home in discussing questions relating to fruit growing. The fruit growers of this county were especially pleased with his work, while at the same time his talks were well adapted to the wants of the average farmer. H. A. Huston, the genial bachelor professor from Purdue University, was with us during but one session of the institute but he made a very favorable impression. His talk was on "Sugar beet culture." He handles the subject in an able and attractive manner, at once convincing his audience of the fact that he knows what he is talking about. Elkhart county has had some very able institute workers furnished from time to time, by the State, but it is safe to say that these three made as harmonious a combination, and gave as good satisfaction as any speaker we have ever had. H. S. K. B. Dearborn County.—This county was placed first on the list this year with Messrs. Harris and Billingsly as as- Vontinue* on nth page.
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e-Malabari
The Malaysian Malabari Portal
Kerala and Malabar
Kerala is the land of origin of the Malabar Muslims. Geographically it stretches north-south a distance of 360miles never exceeding 70 miles in width, comprising of 3 belts -the Coastal planes, the low to medium elevation lateritic plateau and the high interior range of archaic hills (Ghats).
The name Kerala may be derived from Chera the name of the earliest ruling dynasty or from ‘kerum’ an abbreviated term for coconut. Thus Kerala may signify ‘The land of the Cheras’ or “The land of Coconuts’.
Kerala, with its lush vegetation and the waves of the Arabian Sea lashing its coastline, is one of the most beautiful states of India. The sea makes inroads into the mainland in several places and fishermen with their catamarans and sailboats dot the horizon. The sea overflows onto low-lying areas when the tide is high, forming lakes and backwaters. There are also many freshwater lakes ‘which are rich in seafood. Coconut palms growing straight or arched, some touching the earth in a deep curve trying to reach the sunlight, grow in abundance.
These aspects of Kerala history gives it a ‘South East Asian Personality’ – as described by Charles A. Fisher in South East Asia: a Social, Economic and political Geography-the tropical climate, the plentiful water supply and regular monsoons, dispersed settlement and communication by the river, the large degree of rice and coconut cultivation, and port cities functioning as entreports for the passage of merchandise from the West and East
It’s location gave Kerala the westward openness to the sea, resulting in continuious impact of a variety of influences from the west including the Arabs as well as trade history with West Asia. On the other hand the Western Ghat forms- as described by A. Sreedhara Menon in A Survey of Kerala History-” The state has from the dawn of history enjoyed a kind of insularity which has given it welcome immunity from the political convulsions which shook North India.
the Malabar Muslims were separated though not completely and consistently, from the making the This thus helped the unique development of the Malabar Muslims Culture distinct though not completely, from the Muslim and Urdu culture in the rest of India.
Kerala’s openness to the Arabian Sea has created an uninterrupted impact of a variety of influences from Arabia and other western countries. Malabar coast was in constant trade with Greece, Egypt, Arabia and Middle -Eastern countries since Phoenician times. Kodungallur(Muziris) was then its major port. In the year 40 AD. a greek merchant called Hippalus is said to have realised that seasonal monsoons could be used to get from Egypt to the pepper-producing Malabar coast of India. It will, therefore, be pertinent to deduce that traders from Arabia carried the message of Islam to Malabar during the very time of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W )
The term Malabar and Ma’bar was first noted to be used by an Arab geographer named Yaqut (1179-1229). The term Malabar is an ancient name for for the entire Malayalam speaking territory stretching form Mount Deli to Cape Comorin. Sometimes by extension the Malabar coast would refer to the whole west coast of the Indian Peninsular. The term probably originated from the word ‘mali’ and ‘bar’. ‘Mali’ is the first syllable in Malayalam used by the Arabs to refer to Quilon and and ‘bar’ a Persian word to mean ‘hill’. The term Ma’bar sometimes used interchangebly with Malabar is misleading as it actually refers to East Coast of India. (Miller 1976)
The current state of Kerala after the time of Chola dynasty, was for many centuries was divided and under the rule of many kings and chieftains. In the late 18th century Tippu Sultan from Mysore conquered the northern part of the state. This, as elsewhere, brought the British forces in and the area was ceded to the British in the Treaty of Seringapattanam. Thus the term Malabar came into being for the area directly under the British rule- earlier from Bombay , then from Madras Presidency. 67% of the Muslims in Kerala comes from this region.
The southern part of the state- Cochin and Travancore -had their own kings but the British had effective political control through their agents ( similar to the Johor and the northern states in Malaysia under British rule). Later after Indian Independence(1947). Cochin and Travancore united in 1949 and later on November 1st 1956 the whole Malayalam speaking region was again united under the name Kerala. The area earlier called Malabar was divide into the districts of Kozhikode, Cannanore and Palghat ( later Malappuram was carved out in 1969).The term Malabar thus became obsolete. And as a result, the term Malabari itself is almost unheard of in Kerala nowadays.
In Malabar
Who are the Malabaris
The First Malabari Muslim
The First Masjid In Indian Subcontinent
Muslim Dynasty in Malabar
Centre of Islamic Studies
External Invasion and Decline
Wars and Heroes
In Malaya
Malabaris in Malaya
Malabari Demography
Community Structure
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Owner : Jacob C. Snider
Item Name Deed
Other Owner(s) Eby, George W.
Category Documents
Year Early: 1853 - Late: 1853
Deed 272 dated August 29, 1853 between Anthony Reitzel, Woolwich Township, yeoman and Jacob C. Snider, Jr., St. Jacobs, miller. Snider purchased 2 acres, Lot 37 German Company Tract, Woolwich Township. The document was witnessed by John L Wideman and George W. Eby. The deed was recorded in the Registry Office of the County of Waterloo at Berlin the 15th day of Septmeber 1854 in Liber F2 for Woolwich Folio 301 No. of Mem. 272.
Collection Kitchener Public Library
85 Queen St. N. Kitchener 519-743-0271 x248 www.kpl.org
Accession No. MC.7.2e
Marvin C. Smith in "St. Jacobs - It's Early History," Waterloo Historical Society, 56 (1968), 33-49, notes on page 33: On April 10, 1848 Jacob C. Snider bought a farm on the south side of the Conestogo River and in 1850 and 1851 built flour mill, sawmill, woolen mill, and dam. He sold out to his son Jacob on February 20, 1855. Other owners were H.F.J. Jackson 1856, George W. Eby 1857, and Jacob, Daniel, Peter and Martin Eby in 1860. Benjamin D. Snider became owner in 1863. He sold to E.W.B. Snider on December 31, 1870 and he operated it until 1917 when he sold to his son William Snider."
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By Steven & Evan Strong
Special Thanks to Callan McArdell & Priscilla Mathews
It has been months, and plenty of them, since we have made any extensive report on either the magical or star rocks. It is not that we do not have many worthy candidates, a conservative estimate of potential rocks we are custodians of never yet discussed in either presentations or reports, is well over one hundred. Nor can it be said this is the full complement, with over fifty sites, rings, skulls and artefacts flowing in we will never clear the backlog. Despite this established pecking order, this very recent arrival pushed in to the front of the rock-line demanding publication.
There are many good reasons why this queue jumper was allowed admission, but for us, the fact that it completes a rock trilogy of monumental importance with Ros’ Rocks 1 and 15, is of itself sufficient. According to Original Lore, many sacred places, messages and rocks come in batches of three, that’s just the way it was, is now and will be forever after. The same rules obviously apply to three special rocks within what Uncle Marbuck named to be the “star rocks” collection.
Photo By Samarah Woods
Before travelling any further down this mystical triangular ‘rabbit warren,’ we should introduce and briefly examine this very special rock (Prical 1). First up, there is no other Original rock, as yet, that is straighter in lines, more exact and totally geometric in execution. Every line, without exception, is ‘gun-barrel straight.’ It is falsely assumed that all Original art and forms of engraved communication can never be this consistently straight, but on this rock, while the angles, lengths and intersection points vary, the delivery never waivers.
Photo by Priscilla Mathews
It is this exactness that is so similar to the other two rocks. Both are very straight, but neither is quite this precise and steady in line. A close examination of the two other rocks will reveal a kink or an ever so slight deviation in the path taken. Undoubtedly extremely close inexactitude, but when compared against this more recent addition, they both sit just behind in second place.
A Ruler and Protractor
Two comparative truths are undeniable. Firstly, the lines on this recent rock are not freehand, but came about with the assistance of a straight edge, somewhat like a ruler. To maintain such a consistency seventy times over demands no less. Even more intriguing is that of these many lines all bar four were never recut, they were put there once and left unmarked. And of those four that were reworked, one has been cut into dozens of times, while the other three have seen far less contact with sharpened fine blades.
However, upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that the four lines are actually two, as both lines circumnavigate the entire flattened ellipse. The deepest line sits directly above the second-deepest cut and combined, although originally the thickest point, they are now responsible for cutting too deeply from both sides, thus making this the thinnest and most fragile part of the rock. On the flatter side, the two vertical cuts are continuous, as are three of the five main horizontal lines, which all maintain the same angle and straight line around both edges and the corresponding arched underside.
That third examination gave up one minor imperfection, in that there is one occasion when two fine-hair width incisions do not join seamlessly. It is the only deviation visible within the ultimate in precision, but in remedying this minor miscalculation the two incisions of such a minuscule width clearly remain as separate lines only merging when less than one-tenth of a millimetre apart. That vanishing point of dissonance where the lines are marginally separate, is also, by less than one millimetre, the longest section of the rock from top to bottom. Exactly so, if moving it a hair’s width either way, the rock is shorter. The mainline runs along what is the exact centre of a rock of unmatched geometry yet are equalled by the sophisticated in blade and execution of cut by a mason of the highest calibre who resided in Australia with sticks, stones and bones.
This principal line has been cut many times and is three to four times deeper than the other two. In fact, if they had continued much further, the cut would be so deep the rock would have separated. And the last cut is not only the deepest, but the width and depth are the most revealing. As with every other line, it is perfectly straight and the blade responsible couldn’t be wider than 1/10 of a millimetre. The base rock is very hard and to cut so finely and straight is beyond the capacity of any stick, stone and bone tool-kit. We sincerely doubt anything less than a diamond head, laser or the highest advances in sound technology would suffice.
Returning to the genre of star rocks, and in particular the pivotal role these three rocks play, according to Uncle Marbuck many of the narratives these rocks record was an encounter that is extra-terrestrial in origin and location. Which is certainly the case with the three rocks we are discussing, probably more so than any others.
Beginning with Ros’ Rock 1, it was Karno who finally told me the Dreaming Story associated with this rock, and if it comes from him it must be the absolute truth. No-one residing on this planet has the right to challenge his word when dealing with Original cultural Lore.
Photo by Samarah Wood
According to Karno, the markings, angles and lengths on this shape combine in producing a factual account relating to the first contact Pleiadians made with humans. Their totem (goanna) requested permission to land their craft in Australia and share everything, in particular, their genes. That proposal was originally, and successfully, rebuffed. Both the eagle and crow banded together and fought against the goanna, and because of this, the Pleiadians’ intention to create a hybrid/human star child was thwarted. Then, for reasons Karno never gave, the crow realised there was a “heavenly view” behind this and what the goanna sought was in the long term, the final salvation.
With that repositioning of the battle-lines and combatants, the Pleiadians (goanna) prevailed and they were allowed to land their spaceship in Australia and the sharing, at every conceivable level, began in earnest. Their genetic legacy and arrival from a distant constellation were recorded for posterity on this rock (RR1) through the application of the ‘spoils of war.’ Upon landing, the vanquished eagle presented his claws to the goanna as reparation. Those claws were then used by the Pleiadians to mark and record their journey, arrival and future plans on the surface of Ros’ Rock 1.
Karno concluded this revelation with a fascinating, and totally unexpected observation, in his closing remark. “And,“ he said, ”the white-fellas took that story and changed it around and it became the rock on which the ten commandments were engraved.” All we can offer in defence of this oral historical truth is that the reader can take it or leave it, and we certainly did take Karno’s parting comment as the ‘gospel truth.’
A Personal introduction
The second rock goes back much further in time, to the very beginning of any form of life on this planet, to a time when the earth was seeded with the building blocks of all organic matter through the delivery of a rock spear, which is part of a narrative engraved into RR15. This rock, which many have suggested is a part of a meteor, chronicles the seeding of the planet at the behest of Pleiadians. A rock spear with a rounded dome was literally thrown at the earth and pierced the ground, point first, at the present-day location of Uluru. It was coated in a variety of organic compounds, bacteria and other chemicals, and once secured in the ground, these elements and compounds started a process that led to all forms of organic life on this planet.
The major difference between the account endorsed by Karno concerning Ros’ Rock 1, and this one is simply that neither did Karno, nor any other Elder versed in Old Way Lore pass on this explanation to me, that rock did. That may sound a touch challenging, and some, but there is no other way to frame this, some of these sacred and magic rocks make their intentions, wisdom and occasional displeasure very clearly known. This rock is steadfast in affirming what was given to me is the rock-solid truth.
Just as is the case with RR1, all the lines are close to straight, there are so many intersection points and angles it is difficult to accurately count. Amongst the largest and most intense cluster of lines is a deep triangular notch, which is not only beside the most prominent line, but is meant to represent the exact location of where this spear rock touched down at Uluru. There are in total five flat sections cut into this very hard rock/meteorite, the largest is the most dramatic, simply because the level of technology required to leave behind such a perfectly level plain as a stone palette to engrave upon, has to be very sophisticated, even by today’s standards.
Both of these rocks share a thin veneer of a dark chocolate coloured coat of resin and silica laid on top of a much lighter coloured base rock, as does the third rock that has just come our way. Well almost, the only marginal difference here is that the coat on the third rock is just a touch lighter in colour.
Returning solely to the most recent addition to this trilogy of star rocks and moving past its incredible precision, the location from which it was found by a miner means that this rock was not originally part of the landscape or local geology. It was found in the Pilbara (Western Australia) which is iron ore country, and this rock is not iron ore. So it does not come from this area but elsewhere, which fits perfectly into a pattern as RR1 was found in sandstone country. And if RR15 is indeed part of, or an intact piece of meteorite, then it too is exotic wherever it ends up on this planet.
Callan and Priscilla were given this rock by the miner as a gift, and in explaining the huge number of incisions and considerable depth of the largest cut, put this all down to the sharpening of stone blades. For so many reasons that opinion is manifestly wrong, the most obvious error was something Callan took little time to identify and recognise. Being both a chef and gemstone cutter, he could not miss the indentation made by the last slice at the bottom of the deepest cut/channel. I intentionally chose the word slice as opposed to cut, simply because of Callan’s insistence that the fineness of cut was so thin and utterly consistent in width and depth, and because of this, he felt a diamond head or the most hardened metal blade available could only leave such a ‘one-cut’ delicate trail.
As fine and exact as this cut is, on the opposite end of the scale the crude residual chipped piece of rock on top of the highest edge may, for the novice, seem to be at odds with the precision engraved into the rest of this rock. However, RR1 has a roughened section for the whole thumb to rest, and even though this is a much smaller rock and if trying to accommodate the entire thumb would leave over half the rock in a rougher, dishevelled state, which runs contrary to how such special rocks venerate geometry and star maps, just the top of thumb in deeper contact would suffice. Which is exactly where a small piece of thumb rests comfortably. With the thumb placed in its allotted position, the four fingers wrap around the face of the rock, with a more complete contact being on the left side. That grip explains why the left side of the rock is worn and missing most of the brown coat, while beyond where skin touches the coat, it is still thick and visible. In finalising the way this rock should be held, the curved underside rests perfectly into the palm.
And it is what rests comfortably against the skin of the palm that is so easy to overlook, or at least that has been the case in our research, is the curved somewhat bumpy underside of this rock. There is nothing neat or vaguely geometric on display, it all seems chaotic and lacking in design or a focal point. Unpretentious in visage and understated in precision, with the exception of half a dozen blurred and frayed straight lines, there is seemingly nothing remarkable underneath when compared to the frenetic linear activity on the flattened stone palette above.
Looking past the two vertical and horizontal main engraved arteries that cut into this uneven raised ridge, it becomes clearer that this spherical plateau takes up about two thirds of the available floor space, with the remaining third flatter and unworked. That this ridge curves up to its highest point in the centre of this rock should be expected, simply because this rock is saturated in mathematics.
What is also quite noticeable, at least from my aging perspective, is that this semi-spherical ridge appears to have the same shape and proportions to that of beetles, and one in particular that immediately comes to mind. As to whether what has been created on this rock is actually a scarab beetle, an object bound into ancient Egyptian Lore from its very inception? Well, to be honest with so many obvious Egyptian sites/artefacts found in Australia, we see no reason to doubt that there is a very good chance that this is yet another piece of Original/Egyptian/Pleiadian archaeology of exceptionally high degree.
Swinging in the Pendulum and Bringing in the Crystal
Once held in the correct fashion it becomes clear that this rock has no energy exit channel, nor is it to be pointed. It is a reflection/meditation rock generating a symbiotic inward exchange of energy. To become part of this symbiosis the first step is to determine how the rock must be held, once that is done we can then delve deeper into a very mystical liaison. And it is at this juncture, as has been the case whenever seeking the Original magical connection, we partially parted company with the scientific principles we employ when examining the five dimensions that the five senses can navigate. Whenever travelling down the esoteric highway old devices and paths must be taken, otherwise, it always becomes “a road to nowhere.” Granted, most experts insist that copper dowsing rods and crystals have no scientific credentials, but not all, some are less blinkered. They believe, as we do, that if rods and crystals are used with rigour, science can still stand in the room, maybe not in the front seats, but certainly in attendance.
There have been a few earlier occasions, when seeking out mystical truths and powers, I have used a crystal suspended on a chain. Without exception, once the crystal is suspended motionless above each of these rocks, it begins to sway in one of four directions. It either swings vertically, horizontally or takes a clockwise or anti-clockwise circular loop. In responding to the question asked, this process can expand or, at the least, add something more towards understanding what each rock contains or controls.
When tracking the energy radiating out of any sacred rock, the crystal almost invariably spirals in loops moving in a clockwise or anti-clockwise direction. Until now there has only been one exception to this pattern. With that earlier rock, the crystal ran along a straight vertical route, as it did with this rock, but it was nowhere near as forceful in movement or was as restricted in location.
Each time the crystal was suspended directly above the deepest cut it began to move almost immediately. In keeping with what lay below, as it accelerated it maintained a very straight vertical path. That never deviated, but once intentionally moving the crystal just marginally to the side of the dominant cut and above two very shallow horizontal cuts, everything changed. The crystal instantly decelerated, stopped and then began to gently swing to the horizontal. But it was only slight and restricted in movement, as it could not continue over the deep vertical trench. That far more concentrated energy flow was too powerful to allow the crystal to pass.
It also came to pass that each line whether horizontal, vertical, shallow or deep will garner a straight reaction. Yet again, each swing was limited as neighbouring lines cut at different angles hinder further extension. However, the three deepest cuts, which run across the entire face cannot be impeded or deflected when holding the crystal directly above, as they are the deepest, widest and they are also the most powerful.
What the flow of energy does, along with how to effectively engage with the deeper levels of this rock, is a work in progress and nowhere near completion.
Back to the Future?
Irrespective of what lies beneath, the prime focus of this rock has to be the messages engraved into the surface. As the other two rocks discussed deliver a Pleiadian narrative, it is both logical and consistent to assume the same constellation applies here. Past that starting point, it comes down to reading and comprehending the geometry, lines, lengths, angles and intersection points and all that lies in between, and quite simply, that just cannot be done. That impasse creates an empirical ‘line in the sand,’ and once all the facts, precision and recognisable evidence of sophisticated technology and mathematics are analysed, there is no choice left beyond peeking outside the scientific void and see what is beating on the other side. Granted, what follows is not science, not even close, what comes next is primarily our joint statement made on behalf of this very intriguing rock. All this amounts to is another take it or leave it situation, particularly so when our shared belief about what this rock states and stands for is reliant totally on our honesty and sanity.
Despite the agreed objective vacuum up ahead and all over this rock, all is not lost. In this respect Callan did offer his take on proceedings, and since the rock was gifted to him and he has a very strong emotional and spiritual bond to this rock, we believe his understanding should be given serious consideration. Even though I had the same intuitive suspicion that this rock chronicled not so much the past but the immediate future, with particular emphasis placed upon the return of the Pleiadians, that premonition was not shared with Callan until he said virtually the same first.
He was extremely confident that the rock dealt with times yet to pass, and that it had a redemptive quality in that it would be part of this change in circumstances and vibration. It could be all of this is purely coincidental in that the only two people who have held this rock often came to the same conclusion. Perhaps this rock is just like RR15 in that it is willing and able to transfer information across the divide? Or it may just be a simple fact that we are both ‘unhinged’ and prone to flights of similar fancy. Only time will tell, but I am certain many critics have already opted for the third or first choice.
In our Defence, we call to the Caught …
Our joint prediction, if correct, is monumental in its ramifications, or if mistaken or delusional, ridiculous in its naivety. It has to be one or the other, and before passing judgment we would like to call to the ‘witness-box’ Brendan Murray (Victorian Original Elder and Keeper of Lore). His testimonial was the very first of many given to me by Original Elders and keepers of Old Way Lore. There have been many others given since by Original people of similar degree and wisdom, and none have varied in the players, locality, means of amplification and end-result. We have heard this revelation so many times and it is not so much the repetition of general themes that sways us, but more the utter consistency in every detail relayed so many times that is far beyond coincidence or doubt.
They were called and responded, and as recently relayed to me by Brendan, they will be here very, very, very soon. The space ship is massive and primarily designed to perform one specific function: to magnify an energy force that is solely human in origin. But to begin with there has to be a critical mass, the number is six-figured and if there are not enough people steeped in good intentions and love for the earth, the charge is too weak and the cosmic amplifier is impotent.
There is a measurement of the Earth’s resonance and vibration called the Schuman Resonance. That vibration is the setting for our current reality and the ensuing rather low base level of inner wisdom and enlightenment. At the present primal level, this low base festers a setting where selfishness is prolific and rewards amply any soul that strengthens this less evolved vibration, enabling it to continue for an eternity. It runs now at around 8, but has fluctuated dramatically recently as the pace of change quickens, and in one instance it increased over fifteen-fold to a level of 140. Sometimes other peaks are close to that number, but in each case the spike is sudden and the drudgery returns again for some time before yet again another surge of illumination breaks through. That is the preparatory routine which readies us for what will soon be a permanent transformation that never relents.
However, before going any further in to how this global transformation and dividing lines evolve, this future is not guaranteed but completely contingent upon the number of souls this ‘divine machine’ can access. And if the volume is insufficient, the space ship will cease hovering above Uluru ready to ‘pump’ all of this mass of pure positive human voltage into the heart of the sacred rock-spear that provided the spark of life on this planet, and fly away never to return. It is one or the other. So it is a fifty/fifty call, well less if the fear, warfare, mortgages, pollution, greed and terror overtakes us and we cower in shadows and keep our heads down. Then the odds of a positive input that charges to full capacity every sacred site and lay line, thus amplifying the inner resonance of nature and the Earthly Spirits and begins to hum into the two hundreds, plummet every day.
If those who hold to truth prevail, then from that global explosion of pure magic, there is a temporary pause in the transcendence/separation, because two realities are now present and that is an inherently unbalanced state of physics if both reside on the same material place. One resonance must go! And does so, by degrees. The baser vibration has been in the ascendency for thousands of years and has to be totally cleansed from existence itself, in incremental stages over a few years, until it finally vanishes. Each person will still be alive and breathing in one of two realities, seen as shadows to each other for an eternity. Now existing in different dimensions only one-tenth of a degree apart yet slowly widening, until finally split asunder. Past this terminal break in the link those who remained enlightened, remain.
For those who erred yet again, and they number in the billions, they will leave forever, immediately, in nearly every respect, but even with the short extension of the lease, the eviction notice has been served and they will be leaving. I remember the phone call when I asked Brendan about the people who made the same mistakes again, but once too often, “Where do their souls run next?”
I expected a time of long reflection and a dose of penitence before another incarnation. But nothing, just nothing, Brendan assured me that each soul has one last chance, and if still choosing badly, it is nothing but complete extinction followed by the total annihilation of every soul who said no one too many times. They then became no, as they are no more, forever.
{{{{“Admit that this stone dictated this message! And that I sensed this link many times while writing all of the last seven paragraphs and even feel that the demand to be part of any paragraph like this one is solely due to that same rock (which sits less than one metre away while typing and is always prominent visually while sitting here). This rock insists that it has a right to speak on rock knowledge in any future Original dealings with the return of the Pleiadians through pushing into this report, and others, wherever it feels the need. Right now it is in communication with me on a direct line.” But with this subject complete, it is time to get back to a more mundane reality. Timing. (I have made it clear with the rock that I think this paragraph is awful and awkward, but the response was a touch curt, it’s staying as is under protest)}}}}
Brendan told me well over a year ago and probably closer to two, that our kin, the Pleiadians, are coming back after being called by Original wisdom keepers. It was not until the last phone call did Brendan casually add, not due to my prompting or questions, that they will be here “next year.”
Straying with, and now returning back to the main focus of this article, that rock is so straight, absolutely faultless in reproduction and of such antiquity. This geometric ensemble is just not part of any endorsed global account of humans stumbling through troughs of ignorance, and slowly becoming more refined, then precise. This rock can never be part of a continent that never farmed, anywhere, never mined, minted monies, built no cities, never polluted and never wrote on one book, before 1778.
Under such conditions, this ancient geometric artefact should never be found in Australia. But it is here now and has been for a very long time. And it is here now sitting beside me demanding to have its say, and I suspect has more to say in coming days.
Stop Press. My apologies for the clichéd late addition, but there is no way this rock structure fits into all that was written in this report. But here is some food for thought that turned up less than a week ago totally unexpected. We get so much stuff, heaps, and try to look at every suggestion, but this time around I had a spare moment to look at a photo sent to me by Leonardo.
I just don’t know what it is, but it has to be something made by hands or better. And just is not natural, for sure, and definitely worth a serious look. Past that I just don’t know, except that is very exact and geometric, or is this geometry just another coincidence, or just another returning Original truth?
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At Risk for Alzheimer's? Exercise Might Help Keep It at Bay
WEDNESDAY, July 17, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Even if you are at high risk for Alzheimer's disease, a little more exercise may buy you time, new research suggests.
Folks with elevated levels of a brain protein called beta amyloid tend to be more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease and experience rapid brain decline later in life, previous research has found.
But apparently they can delay the onset of Alzheimer's through regular exercise, scientists report.
"People who had elevated levels of amyloid, which is one of the earliest changes you see with Alzheimer's disease, had slower rates of cognitive decline and brain volume loss over time if they had greater levels of physical activity," said lead researcher Jennifer Rabin. She is a scientist with the Hurvitz Brain Sciences Program at the Sunnybrook Research Institute in Toronto.
It didn't take much exercise to enjoy this protection, either.
The data suggests that people who walked 8,300 to 8,900 steps per day significantly delayed the onset of Alzheimer's, Rabin said.
Previous studies have shown that older people who exercise generally tend to stay sharp longer into old age, but this new research shows physical activity is specifically protective for folks who have these early brain changes related to Alzheimer's, said Dr. Howard Fillit. He's executive director and chief science officer at the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation.
"This population is different than what's been studied before because you're looking at people who are clinically normal but have evidence of Alzheimer's disease in their brains," said Fillit, who wasn't involved with the research.
For this study, Rabin and her colleagues asked 182 participants in the Harvard Aging Brain Study to wear a pedometer for a week, to gauge their usual level of physical activity. Brain scans were used to detect levels of amyloid beta in their brains.
Beta amyloid tends to clump in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, collecting in sticky plaques between neurons and possibly disrupting brain cell function.
The researchers then tracked the participants over as many as seven years, with annual tests to check the status of their brain function. Repeat scans also were performed to see whether their brains had started to shrink, which is a sign of Alzheimer's progression.
The study found that people who walked more tended to stay sharper and experience a slower loss of brain volume.
What's notable is that the brain benefits of exercise were independent of the benefits for heart and blood vessel health, Fillit said.
That means that physical activity is helping the brain in ways beyond preventing micro-strokes that can contribute to dementia, Fillit and Rabin said.
Physical activity might be preserving brain function by reducing inflammation, improving overall flow of blood to the brain, or helping people get better sleep, Rabin said.
Exercise also has been associated with higher levels of BDNF [brain-derived neurotrophic factor], a brain chemical that "is the most powerful neuroprotective growth factor that we know," Fillit said.
"It doesn't have to be Tour de France-level training," Fillit said. "It can just be getting on a treadmill or an elliptical and getting your heart rate up."
Rabin warned that while physical activity apparently helps mitigate amyloid-related declines in brain function, people with higher levels of beta amyloid are not likely to age as well as those without any amyloid in their brains.
But it's possible that if those folks combine exercise with heart-healthy habits such as eating right and controlling their blood pressure, they might further reduce their risk of future brain loss, Rabin added.
"If you're engaging in a host of good lifestyle choices, you maybe could get yourself back to a normal aging trajectory," Rabin said.
The findings were published online July 16 in the journal JAMA Neurology and presented on the same day at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference, in Los Angeles.
The Alzheimer's Association has more about preventing Alzheimer's disease.
SOURCES: Jennifer Rabin, Ph.D., scientist, Hurvitz Brain Sciences Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto; Howard Fillit, M.D., executive director and chief science officer, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation, New York City; July 16, 2019, JAMA Neurology, online
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As LICH Lawsuits fly, Brooklyn patients must travel farther
by Mary Frost
Worries, when minutes make a difference
With Long Island College Hospital’s ER not accepting ambulances, this Brooklyn Heights resident had to travel to New York Methodist for emergency care over the weekend. Meanwhile, lawsuits continue in Brooklyn court over who will eventually own the LICH property. Photo: Mary Frost
It was a scene that has played out numerous times since Long Island College Hospital (LICH) was placed on ambulance diversion.
A man collapsed, unconscious, in his apartment in Brooklyn Heights. His girlfriend called 9-1-1. An ambulance from Brooklyn Hospital Center (BHC) arrived and EMTs assessed the patient, who was unresponsive. Eventually, he was wheeled downstairs, and EMTs gave the girlfriend a choice: Bring him to BHC, or New York Methodist?
Neighbor and friend Susan Raboy advised the girlfriend, “Go to Methodist.” The man was rushed there where, all agree, he received excellent treatment. But after all-night surgery, his outcome is still in doubt.
Both BHC and Methodist are further from Brooklyn Heights than LICH, and doctors and nurses told the Brooklyn Eagle on Sunday that LICH specialized in treating the condition that afflicted the man — and that minutes may have made a difference in his outcome.
This is the reality of life in neighborhoods from Red Hook to Williamsburg today, as residents of Brooklyn’s fastest-growing areas face a future without their hospital.
Raboy, who happens to be spokesperson for Patients for LICH, said she was deeply concerned about her friend’s condition. “I’ve been told by his girlfriend that he is receiving amazing care [at Methodist]. But often it’s a matter of seconds. We need ambulances and a hospital to serve our community. We need LICH.”
“This story also highlights the loss of one of the best EMS squads in NYC — LICH — who never needed to be told how to do their jobs, which, by the way, is based on strict protocols, drilled into them everyday and in required monthly CME,” said a LICH doctor.
Only a skeleton emergency department accepting walk-in patients remains open at the former Cobble Hill hospital. On Saturday, the State University of New York (SUNY) cut the department’s staffing in half, leaving roughly 32 nurses to cover all shifts. SUNY has said it will keep the walk-in open for just a short time longer while negotiations with bidders continue, though an exact date changes with the circumstances.
In the meantime, the messy and as-yet unresolved sale of LICH has spawned a tangle of court filings and protests from LICH advocates and jilted bidders alike.
State Supreme Court Justice Johnny Lee Baynes has before him a series of thorny issues that will have long-reaching consequences for northwestern Brooklyn.
SUNY has rejected the two highest ranked bids in its controversy-plagued Request For Proposals (RFP) process and is now negotiating with the third highest ranked bidder, Fortis Property Group.
On Tuesday, community groups and other LICH supporters will continue arguing their case before Justice Baynes. The groups, which have been fighting LICH’s closure since January 2013, say that some of the RFP bid evaluators did not follow the rules laid out by the court.
Attorney Jim Walden (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher) told Justice Baynes last Tuesday that six (out of 18) panelists had not followed instructions to rank proposals offering hospitals higher than non-hospital proposals.
SUNY attorneys on Tuesday told the judge that evaluators were merely using their own judgment and that the RFP allowed the flexibility to rank those not offering hospitals more highly.
But this appears to be a stance contrary to one taken by SUNY’s own lawyers, who told SUNY trustees after a settlement was reached that if a proposal “doesn’t include an ER, intensive care unit, beds, you get your score lowered… If you include a 100-bed hospital, you get it increased.”
SUNY trustees were also informed that the evaluators’ ranking were “binary” – either yes or no.
Walden said he would continue to negotiate with Fortis while seeking to disqualify the RFP rankings.
Other legal actions
Peebles: The Peebles Corporation has also begun a protest proceeding with SUNY over its rejection of the developer’s $260 million bid to buy LICH. Peebles, which proposed not a hospital but a “free-standing emergency department” and ambulatory care, came in second in the RFP process.
Peebles says SUNY failed to negotiate in good faith for 30 days, as required under a court-mandated Request for Proposals (RFP) procedure. SUNY denies this charge.
On May 5, SUNY began negotiations with Peebles. On May 22, Peebles reached an agreement with community groups and the Public Advocate that it would carry out a community health needs survey that included the possibility of expanding care at LICH. After disagreements on issues including Peebles accepting the property “as is,” who would operate the ER, and who would cover the expenses of the ER, on May 28 SUNY notified Peebles that it was rejecting its bid.
On June 3, Peebles attorney Allan Arffa (of Paul, Weiss) notified SUNY that Peebles was protesting SUNY’s “failure to negotiate in good faith with the Peebles Corporation over the Proposal and SUNY’s improper, abrupt and premature termination on May 28, 2014 of any further negotiations, eight days prior to the end of the 30 day negotiation period required” by the RFP and Settlement Stipulation.
Peebles wants SUNY to halt negotiations with other bidders, and reinstate “good-faith negotiations” with the Peebles Corporation. Peebles health care partners Northshore LIJ, Maimonides Medical Center, ProHEALTH Corp. and Institute for Family Health have joined in the protest.
Brooklyn Health Partners: Brooklyn Health Partners, whose bid was scored highest in the RFP process, was rejected by SUNY in early May. BHP’s bid proposed a full-service hospital.
Citing BHP’s inability to deliver the interim health care that it promised in its proposal (and not helped by several legal bungles made by BHP), Justice Baynes rejected BHP’s challenge to SUNY.
BHP is also considering filing a formal protest, said Merrell Schexnydre, BHP’s President and CEO. BHP’s finance partner earlier filed an appeal. Schexnydre also says that SUNY failed to negotiate in good faith for 30 days, as required by the RFP.
“SUNY stopped talking to us and stopped answering question,” he told the Brooklyn Eagle on May 7. “We were pretty close to finishing the deal. We reached out on a couple of issues and our attorneys didn’t get a response.”
Prime Healthcare Foundation: Prime Healthcare Foundation, which was ranked fourth, filed a “motion to intervene” last Tuesday, to “join in the motion made by the community to change the rankings,” a Prime spokesperson told the Eagle.
There is nothing in the settlement or RFP limiting the number of qualified proposers that SUNY may negotiate with. If negotiations with Fortis are unsuccessful, SUNY may move on to bidder number four. With deep pockets and a history of successfully turning around failing hospitals, Prime is offering to operate a full-service hospital at LICH.
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Trump’s assassination of Iranian General Oassim Suleimani on Iraqi soil is an escalation of his desire to destroy the Iranian regime. Since he came to office Trump has plotted to pull the U.S. government out of the nuclear agreement signed by several European countries and Iran. Following that he has imposed sanctions that have made the average Iranian civilian’s life much more difficult. Given that a quarter of the world’s oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz, on Iran’s shore, U.S. military maneuvers there also inflamed tensions between Washington and Tehran.
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Nearly two weeks after Secretary of State Paul Pate announced his proposal on Jan. 5 to finally bring voter ID to Iowa with a GOP-controlled Legislature, he still hasn’t released a draft of the legislation. But that hasn’t stopped him from complaining on social media about “distortions” and “misconceptions” of his proposal and meeting in newspaper boardrooms to sell journalists — with surprising ease — on his phony campaign for “election integrity.”
As Pate tells it, his proposal is not like those pushed by Republicans elsewhere. It would require voters to present identification at the polls but not voter photo IDs, which have been used in other states to disenfranchise the poor, elderly, and minorities who typically support Democrats. Registered voters without a driver’s license or another form of ID will be sent free voter ID cards, Pate says, and his proposal is more about upholding the integrity of state elections than preventing fraud because it will include a measure requiring county auditors to update their equipment.
Critics were quick to pounce on Pate’s pitch. Tweeting at Pate and Gov. Terry Branstad, who also supports voter suppression efforts, Matt McCoy, a Democratic state senator from Des Moines, called the proposal a modern-day poll tax.
“FACT,” Pate responded in all-caps, a la Donald Trump. “The Voter IDs are 100% FREE for every registered voter who needs one. They’ll receive automatically.”
.@mccoyforiowa FACT: The Voter IDs are 100% FREE for every registered voter who needs one. They’ll receive automatically. #ialegis
— Iowa Sec. of State (@IowaSOS) January 10, 2017
As the student government leaders of Iowa’s three state universities pointed out in an open letter to Pate, there is little chance his free voter IDs would reach all eligible voters. “We know firsthand how difficult it is to get students registered to vote already — with frequent address changes and being introduced to the electoral process for the first time,” the letter said. “[T]he last thing students need is another barrier to their participation.” (Under Pate’s proposal, students would not be allowed to use their university IDs to vote but would receive a separate ID in the mail once they registered.)
Student body presidents’ response to Iowa Sec. of State Paul Pate’s concerning Iowa voter ID proposal #IAlegis pic.twitter.com/ypglXZFEAL — Rachel Zuckerman (@rachelzuckerm) January 9, 2017
“Your info is incorrect,” replied Pate, who hasn’t released a draft of his proposal that would presumably clear up such alleged misinformation.
.@rachelzuckerm Your info is incorrect. Everyone that registers to vote & needs a voter ID card will receive one, including students.
— Iowa Sec. of State (@IowaSOS) January 9, 2017
Instead of releasing a draft, Pate went on a public relations tour of Iowa newsrooms to push back against what he’s said are unfair interpretations of his nonexistent bill. First, Pate spun the Des Moines Register with ease. During his meeting there, the paper’s “engagement editor,” Brian Smith, tweeted, “Getting voter ID card won’t require any effort from voters. @IowaSOS will match new registrants against @IowaDOT database,” as if it had been established as fact that the proposal would disenfranchise no one.
Getting voter ID card won’t require any effort from voters. @IowaSOS will match new registrants against @IowaDOT database. — Brian Smith (@smithbm12) January 12, 2017
Pate played the Register’s political columnist Kathie Obradovich even better, getting her to write a credulous article titled “Voter ID plan seems fair but needs caution.” With only minor reservations, she endorsed Pate’s vision, writing, “This is not quite the same as the ‘voter photo ID’ law that civil rights advocates warn against and that I have also opposed.” Pate’s proposal, she argued, wouldn’t disenfranchise voters because “[t]he state, using Iowa DOT records, would automatically mail a free state voter ID card to every registered voter who does not already have a driver’s license or state-issued ID. No photo, no cost, no travel and no bureaucratic red tape for the voter at all.”
As Pate told Obradovich, “So many people are treating this as a fraud bill. That isn’t the intention. This is really about integrity.” Then he tweeted a quote from former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall about the importance of preventing voter fraud:
#ElectionIntegrity pic.twitter.com/DOvmY3w6XB
“However ham-handed the rollout, however, Pate has developed a proposal that seems reasonable,” Obradovich wrote. “If his legislation were approved by the Legislature and implemented as described, it appears it could expedite Iowans’ time at the polls without burdening any eligible voter.” Pate tweeted an image featuring the quote (omitting the part about the ham-handed rollout). Although the article it came from was written by a columnist and not the paper’s editorial board (which opposes his proposal), he attributed the quote to the Register itself anyway — a classic dirty trick of campaign advertising. “A fair look at a very fair proposal,” he added in another tweet, cementing Obradovich’s role as his de facto spokesperson.
#ElectionIntegrity https://t.co/Axwx1JDTIr pic.twitter.com/aaGjEwr6O7 — Iowa Sec. of State (@IowaSOS) January 17, 2017
After his meeting with the Register, Pate made a stop at the Cedar Rapids Gazette. This led to a more skeptical article by reporter Vanessa Miller, who noted that his proposal “calls for instituting electronic poll books in Iowa’s 99 counties, changing absentee ballot deadlines and establishing postelection audits” but also quoted Pate admitting the “only thing that has to happen this session to make this a meaningful piece of legislation is the ID card component,” exposing his ostensible interest in “election integrity” as a ploy.
Before visiting the Gazette, however, Pate tweeted a link to an article with the servile headline “Voter ID, technology upgrades will increase confidence” by another of its reporters, James Lynch, adding, “A fair, balanced look at my #ElectionIntegrity proposal, from a reporter who asked questions & reported facts.”
Although reporting facts about a bill that doesn’t exist is impossible, that didn’t stop Lynch from writing that Pate hoped the Legislature “shares his sense of urgency to upgrade and protect the election system” to “increase voter confidence in voter registration and absentee voting.” The proposal, Lynch wrote without any evidence, referring to the part of it Pate later said he’d be willing to scrap, “will help prevent human error that is bound to occur with 1.58 million people voting in a presidential election.”
“We ran a darned clean election here, but you don’t rest on your laurels,” Pate told Lynch. “You have to keep protecting what’s important to you. It’s no different than if I was commanding a military operation. You don’t want to lose a single soldier. We don’t want to lose a single vote.” The specter of voter fraud, Pate added, “was unusually high” in the last election cycle compared to those during his previous tenure as secretary of state in the ‘90s, when the Iowa State Ethics Commission reprimanded him for using his office to run for governor.
Ludicrously, Pate told Lynch that his proposal was especially important now, after his office was “bombarded with questions about the Russian thing and every kind of hacking” — even though he added “they didn’t hack a single election system anywhere” while leaving out the fact that his own party’s presidential candidate openly encouraged Russian hackers during his campaign and later spread lies about widespread voter fraud that led one of his own supporters in Iowa to be charged with felony election misconduct.
Pate’s reported devotion to clean elections, as he has demonstrated numerous times before his admission to Miller, is plainly horseshit. While he claims it’s “[v]ital that every Iowan knows their vote counts,” Pate went on a similar PR tour last year before winning a state Supreme Court case that maintained Iowa’s role as one of the only states that permanently disenfranchises anyone convicted of any felony (unless they pay off onerous legal fees and make a successful appeal directly to the governor — a process Branstad has called “efficient and convenient”). During the tour, Pate falsely suggested that Iowa liberals wanted to ease felon voting restrictions so that child molesters and killers behind bars could sway local elections.
Perhaps Pate hasn’t released a draft of his latest voter suppression proposal yet because it’s still being written after the hasty PR rollout. When he first announced the plan, it came with a $1 million price tag. But that’s supposedly before his office bothered to cross-check a state DOT drivers database with one of Iowa voters to see how many don’t have licenses — now the estimated cost is just $250,000. (Or, if you choose to believe the Register instead, $300,000.)
Regardless of the cost, Pate’s predecessor and fellow Republican Matt Schultz has already shown, by misusing $250,000 in federal funds meant to increase voters’ access to the polls to conduct a harebrained dragnet to suss out fraud, that the problem is virtually nonexistent in Iowa (and everywhere else in the country). Schultz later demonstrated how databases can be unreliable when he used federal immigration records in an effort to purge Iowa’s voter rolls before the 2014 midterm elections that was blocked in court.
And regardless of Pate’s claims about election integrity, the county auditors who would be tasked with implementing the new law don’t think it’s necessary and say it would be overly burdensome. The provisional ballots Pate says voters who forget their IDs at home could use to ensure their votes are counted would create additional unnecessary costs for counties for a problem that exists only hypothetically.
But the only way to fairly judge Pate’s proposal is for him to release a draft of it.
Gavin Aronsen is an editor and reporter for and founding member of the Iowa Informer. He previously worked as a city reporter for the Ames Tribune, research assistant to investigative journalist Wayne Barrett at the Village Voice, and in various roles at Mother Jones, where his work contributed to a National Magazine Award nomination for the magazine's digital media coverage of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Email: garonsen [at] iowainformer [dot] com.
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We are not sure in what to believe, just a few days after Robert Downey Jr said that a fourth Iron Man movie could easily be done, the most expensive actor in Hollywood said that “Iron Man 3” was the last installment of the franchise.
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But, the end of the Iron Man franchise doesn’t mean that Tony stark will go away. Robert Downey Jr is still under contract with Marvel to play Iron Man in the upcoming Avengers movies, but he is not signed on to do anymore stand-alone Iron Man movies.
We don’t know why one of the most popular movies today will have to end, but the most logical explanation is that Marvel Studios doesn’t want to pay Robert Downey Jr the money he asked to star in the fourth film. Downey Jr is currently the highest paid actor in Hollywood, earned $50 just for “Iron Man 3” alone.
This Marvel Studios’ move is may be a little bit unreasonable, because the third Iron Man movie alone brought $1.2 billion to the studio. So if Robert Downey Jr. wants more than $50 million to star in the fourth installment, he just might be worth it.
This financial conflict will for sure disappoint many Iron Man fans worldwide, who were expecting the new adventure of their favorite hero.
Maybe Marvel will decide to replace Downey Jr or make a spin-off movie. Iron Man’s friend, War Machine appeared in two of the three movies, but the character probably doesn’t have enough charisma to take over Tony Stark.
On the other hand, if they hire a new actor, it would be illogical for Downey to play in the Avengers movies, and other actor in the stand-alone Iron Man movies.
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Trip to Lake of Stars
There’s this bit in Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink where he talks about doctors who get sued for malpractice. You’d expect doctors who make the most mistakes to get sued the most, but a study found that that’s not the case. Some doctors who make lots of mistakes never get sued. The reason is that they spend more time talking to the patients, say things like “Go on, tell me more” and were more likely to be funny. So blundering doctors can avoid malpractice suits simply by being nice.
I think the same thing happened on my trip to Lake of Stars. Even though I got to the festival 12 hours late, had to find my own way from Mangochi to Blantyre and got home a day later than expected, it was never unpleasant. Malasha Bus Company were responsible for these hitches, attributable to teething problems and miscommunication with Jambo Africa. But because the Malasha staff, specifically Memory , was just so darn nice and helpful, I’d do it again.
I’m not going to recount the whole trip as a story. I’ll rather just give you the five best moments:
1) At the Malasha office, I befriended Chris. He cleans the busses but says he wants to become a driver. He accompanied me to the nearest shop to buy fruit and liquids. When we stepped out of the shop, Chris looked down the street and said the bus was gone. He told me we must make our way West to Park Station. I was skeptical. He seemed like the type of guy I could trust, but I was an out-of-towner that could easily be misled. He could see my doubt, and begged me to trust him.
It’s a strange situation, one that I’ve also been on the other side of. You know you’re trustworthy, but you realise the other person sees you differently because they don’t know you. My belongings got stolen one night in Stellenbosch and a number of people I went to for help thought I was a con artist. It’s tricky and unpleasant because the more you insist the more suspicious they become.
Luckily someone from the Malasha office phoned and told us the bus just went to the petrol station and that I should return. So Chris made the wrong assumption but I felt bad for distrusting him.
2) The most unpleasant parts of the trips were the borders. The first one was the Zimbabwean border at Beitbridge which we reached after sunset. In one of the queues where we had to get our passports stamped it was going slow-dull as usual. Then, a passport flew across the table with cash falling from it. I realised that a woman behind me tried to bribe her way in and that the official tossed it in anger. She stood there awkwardly not knowing what to do. It was the first of many border fiascos.
3) The long stretch to Harare was done during the night, so most of us slept through it. But there was a moment at around 2am when the bus swerved rapidly and most of us got shook awake. I woke up and assumed I was about to die. I uttered the same “woaaaah!” that I do involuntarily when I’m on the Cobra. The bus stabilized, but I spent the next few hours thinking about whether busses flip and to which side.
4) While Zimbabwe was green and pretty, it felt like Mozambique was all about corruption and extortion. At each border post a passenger was targeted and held until a bribe was paid. It was absurd at times. Right after we crossed the bridge over the Zambezi, an official jumped on board and wanted to arrest a passenger for being without a shirt. The official had to shout and act like a grievous crime had been committed in order to ultimately get his bribe. I realised he was, in a sense, a performer who had to act for money. On the way back we were stopped at the same spot by an official who tried to extort a bribe from a woman who he claimed didn’t resemble her passport photo.
5) Once inside Malawi, we passed through a town that was experiencing a power failure. As either a coincidence or a gesture of solidarity, all the lights in the bus went off. We drifted through the town and passed a night market where people were playing pool by candlelight.
corruption kindness Lake of Stars Malawi
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Cost of a Standard Hospital Stay
Name Cost of a Standard Hospital Stay
CSHS; also known in other CIHI publications as "cost per weighted case (CPWC)"
Description This indicator measures the ratio of a hospital's total acute inpatient care expenses to the number of acute inpatient weighted cases related to the inpatients for which the hospital provided care.
Interpretation Cost of a standard hospital stay is an indicator that measures the relative cost-efficiency of a hospital's ability to provide acute inpatient care. This indicator compares a hospital's total acute inpatient care expenses to the number of acute inpatient weighted cases related to the inpatients that it provided care for. The result is the hospital's average full cost of treating the average acute inpatient. A high cost of a standard hospital stay indicates a relatively high cost of treating the average acute inpatient; a low cost of a standard hospital stay indicates that the cost of treating the average acute inpatient is relatively low.
Health System Outputs: Efficiently delivered
National, Province/Territory, Region, Facility, Others: This indicator is calculated at the hospital level and aggregated to the regional, provincial and national levels.
Latest Result Update Date
http://ourhealthsystem.ca/#!/indicators/015/average-cost-of-a-hospital-stay
The indicator is calculated by dividing the facility's total inpatient cost by its total acute inpatient weighted cases (obtained from the Discharge Abstract Database), excluding day procedures.
Unit of Analysis: An acute inpatient weighted case
The indicator is expressed as the total inpatient expenses incurred to produce a weighted case. The indicator is calculated by fiscal year.
The following covariates are used in risk adjustment:
See Cost per Weighted Case Methodology document for the methodology for determining total inpatient expense.
The range of acceptable values is 1st quartile (25th percentile) − 1.5 × IQR to 3rd quartile (75th percentile) + 1.5 × IQR, where IQR stands for the interquartile range. Values outside of this range are removed from regional, provincial and national averages.
The denominator includes total acute inpatient weighted cases (obtained from the Discharge Abstract Database), excluding day procedures.
Day procedures
The numerator is the total inpatient cost for the facility. The methodology for determining the total inpatient cost is found in the Cost per Weighted Case Methodology document.
The indicator was developed to increase cost-efficiency in hospitals.
The four factors that influence indicator results are organizational structure, components of CSHS, methodological issues and data quality.
The indicator can provide insight into the total cost to treat an average inpatient with a Resource Intensity Weight (RIW) of 1, to improve cost-efficiency.
Cost of a standard hospital stay is an indicator that measures the relative cost-efficiency of a hospital's ability to provide acute inpatient care. This indicator compares a hospital's total acute inpatient care expenses to the number of acute inpatient weighted cases related to the inpatients that it provided care for. The result is the hospital's average full cost of treating the average acute inpatient. A high cost of a standard hospital stay indicates a relatively high cost of treating the average acute inpatient; a low cost of a standard hospital stay indicates that the cost of treating the average acute inpatient is relatively low.
CMDB, DAD
OurHealthSystem.ca
URL: http://ourhealthsystem.ca/#!/indicators/015/average-cost-of-a-hospital-stay
This indicator does not account for variances in labour rates across jurisdictions, which decreases comparability across jurisdictions.
Updated indicator results including 2012–2013 data will be available on
OurHealthSystem.ca (data results will be available in September 2014)
Interactive Facility/Regional Website (data results will be available in September 2014)
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Oracle Stokes 'Hostile' Customer Relations, Study Says
edmorgan,
Re: Statistically insignificant
I'm also no statistican, but if you use a online sample size calculator such as the one at SurveySystem.com, choose 95% confidence level, 10 confidence interval (also called margin of error), and 400,000 population size (calculated from Brazingo's numbers), the sample size needed is 96.
Also consider this from Gallup:
"The current US adult population in the continental United States is 187 million. The typical sample size for a Gallup poll which is designed to represent this general population is 1,000 national adults."
D. Henschen,
User Rank: Author
11/6/2014 | 9:39:13 AM
I know @Brazingo on Twitter as analyst Donald Feinberg of Gartner. I'm no statistician, but I do know these CCL survey results are consistent with Gartner's recent (October 2014) database Magic Quadrant observation that "in recent Gartner surveys, Oracle received the lowest score for ease of doing business." I assume that had a lot to do with licensing and LMS negotiations.
Brazingo,
Statistically insignificant
100 customers is less than 0.025% of the Oracle customer base
Survey is statically insignificant!
Charlie Babcock,
What is Oracle's underlying customer relations culture?
I wish the Harvard Business Review or some academic source would do a study on Oracle's approach to customer relations. What happened at Montclair State as its sought to get fulfilled what it thought was the terms of its contract for an ERP implementation might be interpreted as persistent threat and intimidation. If there's a disagreement over the contract, threaten the customer with millions in new charges. If the customer remains dissatisfied, threaten to walk. If the customer refuses to be cowed, then walk, leaving the project unfinished. It may not be that simple and there's two sides to every dispute. But Oracle's actions followed a pattern of intimidation thoughout. Then I ask myself, it's not really that bad, is it? I'd llke to see an attempted, objective answer.
zerox203,
Re: Oracle Stokes 'Hostile' Customer Relations, Study Says
As Lorna points out, this is certainly not the first time we've heard complaints from around the industry about Oracle's licensing and the 'honor system' approach in general. I myself have mixed feelings about it. There's certainly an argument to be made that a hands-off approach simply saves the software vendor lots of time, money, and headaches, without much need for an alterior explanation. On the other hand, I find it hard to believe that a company as big as Oracle has a need to shave those meager costs, and is not doing it for any other reason.
I remember reading a few years back that a high court (I think in the US) finally struck down the notion that all EULAs were binding forever, regardless of what was in them. That is, you can't just stick something ridiculous in there, selectively enforce it whenever it's convenient for you, and get away with it scott free. I doubt Oracle is running the risk of being on the wrong side of the law here, but nevertheless, it seems like they're relying on their size and clout to save them where their policies and customer satisfaction might otherwise cost them. Perhaps not the smartest idea in the age of the agile startup.
Lorna Garey,
Re: Intent
Why doesn't the company build in license management though? It must know that playing gotcha with customers is not a long-term winning strategy. Oracle's bad rap in this regard is hardly new. I don't get the logic.
It's very clear that Oracle's current licensing approach makes it easy to make use of features you're not necessarily entitled to use under your current license. Oracle says that makes it easy to find and use valuable features and functionality, but it also makes it easy to get out of compliance with contracts and end up having to pay fines. Lots of software license optimization system vendors and a raft of Oracle licensing consultants are emarging thanks to the challenges of licesning Oracle software.
The Campaign for Clear Licesing has published this free "Oracle Licensing Quick Guide" to help customers navigate Oracle's "complex and treacherous" licensing policies. There's no doubt that customers get tons of value out of Oracle products or they wouldn't be using them. CCL is just asking for better clarity and consistency on licensing terms, what's included/covered by current licenses and what's optional. The technology exists to handle rights management in a clear way, but it's not being used.
Doug, Do you think Oracle leaves options unlocked as back-door marketing, hoping to get IT to try the features, like them, and then pony up? I mean, that would make sense. But perhaps a better method would be to set a time limit for "free" use. Maybe after a month a notice pops up to contact Oracle to upgrade to buy the feature, and that key is needed to continue use.
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"The quality of our life is based on the choices we make."
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When NOT to Apologize
This entry was posted in blessings, proud, sharing, success on 28 April 2019 by Martina.
Never apologize for feeling proud of yourself, or your accomplishments, and sharing it. Do I really have to say more? Ok, I will. Recently, a friend shared a picture of himself, because he was very proud of all the hard work he had done to reclaim his jaw line. But when he posted it to his friends on social media, he apologized for the moment of vanity in advance.
This got me thinking…
Why do we apologize for our accomplishments? For our successes? For our blessings or gifts? Why do we feel the need to apologize for the good things in our life, whether hard- or easily-won? What is it inside of us that feels the need to diminish our joy in our accomplishments?
Is it fear of hubris? Fear of being cast out of the tribe for being “too much?” Or is it because we’ve been taught that to be proud is sinful – when it’s anything but.
To feel proud of yourself is to feel happy and grateful in something you’ve done. There is no sin in that. No matter what some institution outside of yourself (society, religion, etc.) tells you.
It’s ok to share your blessings.
It’s ok to share your hard work.
It’s ok to share your results.
It’s ok to share your joy.
It’s ok to feel proud of yourself and share it.
It’s also ok to share your fear, anxiety, frustrations, struggles, and losses.
It is all of the above that makes us human, and it’s all of the above that allows us to truly connect with one another through empathy and understanding. So, I will say it again: Never apologize for feeling proud of yourself… and sharing it. In fact, please share it. Share it as much as you want so that others can celebrate with you. And then you can celebrate with them when they have something to share, in return. Wouldn’t life be so much better that way?
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Sunday Poet: Raymond Carver
Few people think of Raymond Carver as a poet. He is well-known in some circles as one of the best artists of the slice-of-life short fiction format. I suspect he had more in him, but he died too young for us to ever know if we would have been a great novelist or a master poet.
This morning was something. A little snow
lay on the ground. The sun floated in a clear
blue sky. The sea was blue, and blue-green,
as far as the eye could see.
Scarcely a ripple. Calm. I dressed and went
for a walk -- determined not to return
until I took in what Nature had to offer.
I passed close to some old, bent-over trees.
Crossed a field strewn with rocks
where snow had drifted. Kept going
until I reached the bluff.
Where I gazed at the sea, and the sky, and
the gulls wheeling over the white beach
far below. All lovely. All bathed in a pure
cold light. But, as usual, my thoughts
began to wander. I had to will
myself to see what I was seeing
and nothing else. I had to tell myself this is what
mattered, not the other. (And I did see it,
for a minute or two!) For a minute or two
it crowded out the usual musings on
what was right, and what was wrong -- duty,
tender memories, thoughts of death, how I should treat
with my former wife. All the things
I hoped would go away this morning.
The stuff I live with every day. What
I've trampled on in order to stay alive.
But for a minute or two I did forget
myself and everything else. I know I did.
For when I turned back i didn't know
where I was. Until some birds rose up
from the gnarled trees. And flew
in the direction I needed to be going.
The Cobweb
A few minutes ago, I stepped onto the deck
of the house. From there I could see and hear the water,
and everything that's happened to me all these years.
It was hot and still. The tide was out.
No birds sang. As I leaned against the railing
a cobweb touched my forehead.
It caught in my hair. No one can blame me that I turned
and went inside. There was no wind. The sea
was dead calm. I hung the cobweb from the lampshade.
Where I watch it shudder now and then when my breath
touches it. A fine thread. Intricate.
Before long, before anyone realizes,
I'll be gone from here.
The Best Time Of The Day
Cool summer nights.
Windows open.
Lamps burning.
Fruit in the bowl.
And your head on my shoulder.
These the happiest moments in the day.
Next to the early morning hours,
of course. And the time
just before lunch.
And the afternoon, and
early evening hours.
But I do love
these summer nights.
Even more, I think,
than those other times.
The work finished for the day.
And no one who can reach us now.
Or ever.
Here is some biographical information on Carver from the Famous Poets and Poems page:
Raymond Carver (May 25, 1938 - August 2, 1988) was an American short story writer and poet.
Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon. For a time, Carver studied under the author John Gardner at Chico State College in Chico, California. He published a number of short stories over his lifetime that describe blue collar life in a number of periodicals, including The New Yorker and Esquire, which were later collected into books.
Carver was the husband of poet Tess Gallagher. He was a close friend of Tobias Wolff and Richard Ford. In 1988, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Carver's writings are often associated with minimalism. His editor at Esquire, Gordon Lish , was instrumental in shaping Carver's prose. For example, where Gardner had advised Carver to use 15 words instead of 25, Lish instructed Carver to use 5 in place of 15. During this time, Carver also submitted poetry to James Dickey, then poetry editor of Esquire.
Carver died in Port Angeles, Washington from lung cancer, at the age of 50.
There is not much written about Carver as a poet, but many of the same themes and styles that are found in his fiction are to be found in his poetry. Here are a few words from the Carver Wikipedia entry on his style:
Carver's writing style and themes are often identified with Ernest Hemingway, Anton Chekhov, and Franz Kafka. Carver also referred to Isaac Babel, Frank O'Connor, and V. S. Pritchett as influences. Chekhov, however, seems the greatest influence, motivating him to write Errand, one of his final stories, about the Russian writer's final hours.
Minimalism is generally seen as one of the hallmarks of Carver's work. His editor at Esquire magazine, Gordon Lish, was instrumental in shaping Carver's prose in this direction - where his earlier tutor John Gardner had advised Carver to use fifteen words instead of twenty-five, Lish instructed Carver to use five in place of fifteen. During this time, Carver also submitted poetry to James Dickey, then poetry editor of Esquire. His style has also been described as Dirty realism, referring to a group of writers in the 1970s and 1980s that included Richard Ford, Tobias Wolff - two writers Carver was closely acquainted with - Ann Beattie, and Jayne Anne Philips. These were writers who focused on the sadnesses and losses of the everyday lives of ordinary people--often lower-middle class or isolated and marginalized people who represent Henry David Thoreau's idea of living lives of "quiet desperation."
I think that one of things some people miss when looking at Carver's "dirty realism" is the need to find meaning behind the mundane and painful details of ordinary lives. This tends to show through more in the poetry than in the fiction, which is one of the things that draws me to his work -- the other main thing is the simplicity of style.
Here are a couple of more poems:
So early it's still almost dark out.
I'm near the window with coffee,
and the usual early morning stuff
that passes for thought.
When I see the boy and his friend
walking up the road
to deliver the newspaper.
They wear caps and sweaters,
and one boy has a bag over his shoulder.
They are so happy
they aren't saying anything, these boys.
I think if they could, they would take
each other's arm.
It's early in the morning,
and they are doing this thing together.
They come on, slowly.
The sky is taking on light,
though the moon still hangs pale over the water.
Such beauty that for a minute
death and ambition, even love,
doesn't enter into this.
Happiness. It comes on
unexpectedly. And goes beyond, really,
any early morning talk about it.
An Afternoon
As he writes, without looking at the sea,
he feels the tip of his pen begin to tremble.
The tide is going out across the shingle.
But it isn't that. No,
it's because at that moment she chooses
to walk into the room without any clothes on.
Drowsy, not even sure where she is
for a moment. She waves the hair from her forehead.
Sits on the toilet with her eyes closed,
head down. Legs sprawled. He sees her
through the doorway. Maybe
she's remembering what happened that morning.
For after a time, she opens one eye and looks at him.
And sweetly smiles.
Raymond Carver on the web:
Famous Poets and Poems
Wikipedia entry -- lots of good links
Raymond Carver website
Tags: Raymond Carver, poetry, poet, poems
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Gender roles gain their power from the fact that they appear natural and eternal. By looking to the past, we can draw aside this veil and see these categories for what they are—made by people, and able to be changed by people.
Alyssa Goldstein at AlterNet. When Women Wanted Sex Much More Than Men
And how the stereotype flipped.
(via protoslacker)
The single best thing about doing an anthropology degree was the lens it gave me on my own culture: an understanding of what is a human universal, and what is not. Not much is a human universal, and least of all attitudes to gender and sexuality.
This is an excellent article, and I wish everyone knew this history. It is… freeing. To be sure it doesn’t free you from the bonds of culture and upbringing – there is no position wholly outside, there is no perfect individualist agency. But recognising there are other ways to be – that is freeing.
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jennipowell:
theflightofdragons:
We found LBD Cosplay at Wonder Con! So excited to see them!
But it’s (Emory) Cohen who truly astounds. That we are looking at the same young actor who played Debra Messing’s dopey, whiny son on Smash is astonishing. Cohen has the wannabe gangsta cadence and accent of a middle class Northeastern white kid down so perfectly it gave me chills, evoking memories of boys I knew in high school who were just that way. It’s a stunning performance, capturing all the layers of swagger and insolence lying atop insecurity and anger that is so many a teenage boy’s makeup.
‘The Place Beyond the Pines’ Is a Stunner – Richard Lawson – The Atlantic Wire
I don’t watch Smash, so I have no point of reference for how much people hate his character on that show…
…but his performance in this movie is stunning, and reminded me of Tom Hardy’s in Warrior.
marykatewiles:
cheesestorm:
{x} ~ part 8
I want to give Austin an award for this.
We all need the eggs.
lucymontero:
The Sigils of the Great Houses of Austenoros
OK- so house Wickham is literally House Codd’s words, but they were just too perfect. My alternate was “Unshaved, Unwashed, Unwanted.”
so we could face tomorrow…today, I guess…and make plans for the future. twitter.com/TheLizzieBenne…
Yesterday, when everyone was posting about the end of the show, the transmedia team was still working.
So the LBD didn’t really end for me until right now.
#GoodbyeLizzie
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Moby Dick In Minutes (by KingPostStudios)
I preemptively apologize to all of my friends who I will be forcing to play this game.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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Join the Squaresville gang as they cosplay across your favorite fandoms. Mary Kate, Kylie and Austin take on everything from the Guild and Dr. Who, to Bob Ross and Annie Hall. What’s your favorite fandom, and who did we miss?
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Holy crap this is fantastic.
Extra points to Austin Rogers for nailing the “eggs” joke.
It’s easy to complain about this. “It’s a bunch of dudes playing a kid’s game!” you protest. That may be the case, and begrudging success of people who work for someone else is a peculiar trait of Americans. But the truth of it is that it never was a kid’s game. It was a grown-up’s game, from the get-go, and an enormously successful business endeavor, one that opened the door for all the football and hockey and basketball players (and team owners) to commodify what was once a leisure activity. And for decades, other than the superstars, the economic benefit of this success sat in the pockets of the League, and the team owners. The stratospheric increase in the salaries of baseball players is the story of the singular success of organized labor, and those big contracts are nothing but management, sometimes against their will, sharing the fruits of the labors of their employees.
How Much More Do Baseball Players Make Today? | The Awl
Barrett builds a map out of his first exploration of a new space, identifying the way the performance could inhabit the buildings and the paths that the performances and audience might take. And not all of the spaces have to be easy or safe. “In the most dangerous spaces, we’ll put the most threatening parts of the story,” says Barrett. The team needed to give the McKittrick its own identity, separate from previous incarnations, and let the architecture drive those changes. For Barrett, “architecture of the space totally defines the show.” This is clear in the spaces of Sleep No More. The long bars already present in the architecture became features of the choreography, out of which the hotel reception and foyer area developed as a holding ground for lots of action. Not all of these architectural influences are so obvious, however. Some of it is what Barrett refers to as emotional architecture—“lines of the walls and the staircases but also the feelings and the stories contained in the cracks in the walls,” he says.
The elevator entrance, however, is a Punchdrunk standard, first used in Faust as a way to disorient the audience using an intimate, small space. The elevator operator opens the doors at will; the floor numbers are covered; no one really knows when or where to get out. Giving the audience time to absorb the rules while also making it clear that the space is in charge creates a kind of sacred space.
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to 4pm. Limited to 12 participants, this intensive mentoring experience with six experts of traditional Georgian choral repertoire is the closest Torontonians can get to this music short of a very, very long plane ride to Tbilisi. For more information about registration check MusiCamp’s website. Monday June 10, Didgori drives east for a 12:15pm concert at St. George’s Cathedral, 270 King St. E, Kingston, Ontario, before travelling to dates in Québec. WORLD VIEW QUICK PICKS !! MAY 1, 5:30PM: the Canadian Opera Company presents Stomp the Floor with the sibling-fuelled Métis Fiddler Quartet at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, as part of its noon hour World Music Series. The concert is free, but note that a “no late seating” is strictly observed. !! MAY 2, 7PM: North York Central Library/University of Toronto Faculty of Music offer Toronto audiences the rarely heard Music of Rajasthan with vocalist Abhishek Iyer, harmonium player Sushant Anatharam and Tanmay Sharma on tabla, at the North York Central Library. The event is free but registration is required. !! MAY 2, 8PM: the popular sitarist Anoushka Shankar and party perform at Koerner Hall, Telus Centre in a concert produced by the Royal Conservatory of Music !! MAY 3 AND 4, 8PM; MAY 5, 3PM: Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company stages its latest show Impulso at the Fleck Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre. The production features works by choreographers Esmeralda Enrique and José Maldonado. Guitarists Caroline Planté and Benjamin Barrile, vocalists Manuel Soto and Marcos Marin, are joined by percussionist Derek Gray to provide the energizing dance music. !! MAY 4, 7PM: Singing Together 2019 presents A Celebration of Cultural Diversity, a “multicultural choral concert with seven choirs from different ethnic backgrounds,” at St. Paschal Baylon Church, Thornhill. Groups include the Chinese Canadian Choir of Toronto (Cantonese); Coro San Marco (Italian); Joyful Singers (Korean); Nayiri Armenian Choir of Toronto (Armenian); Noor Children’s Choir (Armenian); Toronto Taiwanese Choir (Mandarin), plus the guest Filipino Choral Group. !! MAY 4, 6:30PM: the Mississauga Festival Choir, joined by guest world music ensemble Autorickshaw, offers songs from South Africa, South Asia and Canada’s far north in a concert titled Building Bridges at the Living Arts Centre, Mississauga. !! MAY 5, 1PM: the Royal Conservatory of Music presents the illustrious Toronto vocal quartet Turkwaz at the Mazzoleni Concert Hall, Royal Conservatory. Maryem Hassan Tollar draws on her Arabic language heritage, Jayne Brown and Sophia Grigoriadis bring their experience with Greek music and Brenna MacCrimmon adds her expertise in Turkish song repertoire to the mix. !! MAY 12, 3PM: Echo Women’s Choir performs a Mother’s Day Concert: Thanks to Life, A Celebration of Songs from the Americas at the Church of the Holy Trinity. The repertoire includes Calixto Alvarez’s Cuban Suite and Violeta Parra’s Gracias a la Vida (arr. B. Whitla). Guest singer-songwriter Amanda Martinez joins veteran Echo conductors Becca Whitla and Alan Gasser. !! MAY 17, 8PM: Small World Music Society presents Anindo Chatterjee & Guests, a North-meets-South-Indian percussion summit at the Small World Music Centre, Artscape Youngplace. Tabla master Pandit Anindo Chatterjee headlines, joined by Gowrishanker Balachandran (mrdangam), Ramana Indrakumar (ghatam), Shirshendu Mukherjee (vocalist), Hardeep Chana (harmonium), and local tabla maestro Ravi Naimpally. !! MAY 26, 3PM: the Kyiv Chamber Choir conducted by Mykola Hobdych sings a program titled Sounds of Ukraine at the Koerner Hall, Telus Centre. !! MAY 26, 7PM: Jewish Music Week in Toronto presents Nomadica: Music of the Gypsies, Arabs and Jews featuring David Buchbinder on trumpet and vocalist Roula Said at Lula Lounge. !! MAY 28, 12PM: the Canadian Opera Company presents Celebrate Japan! in its World Music Series. Nagata Sachu, directed by Kiyoshi Nagata, will makes the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre ring with festive percussion-centric sounds. !! JUN 2, 7:30PM: Sing! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival continues with Cuban Fantasies with Vocal Sampling and Freeplay at Lula Lounge. Andrew Timar is a Toronto musician and music writer. He can be contacted at worldmusic@thewholenote.com. Beat by Beat | Bandstand Anniversary Time for Waterloo and Wychwood JACK MACQUARRIE In my previous column I mentioned some anniversaries on the horizon. One of these will be a May 5 celebration by the Waterloo Concert Band of the 100th anniversary of the arrival in town of “Professor” Thiele, as he was known, by performing his newly discovered Festival Overture. This will be at Knox Presbyterian Church, 50 Erb St. W., Waterloo. Since mentioning the event last issue, I have been overwhelmed by information about Thiele from a variety of sources. From one friend I received a copy of a 130-page university thesis on Thiele’s life, work and contributions to Waterloo; and writer Pauline Finch, who plays piccolo and flute with the Waterloo Concert Band and others, provided far more information on Thiele than I could ever have discovered on my own. Charles Frederick Thiele’s newly discovered Festival Overture Charles Frederick Thiele did not study or teach at any prestigious music school. He was largely self-taught and earned his renown through natural talent and experience. The title “Professor” (always in quotation marks) was an informal mark of respect often given to popular concert and show-band conductors during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It did not have any real academic connotations, but might well, in his case, equate to an honorary doctorate today. Thiele was a self-employed freelancer like many in his day – holding multiple positions, often several at one time. As celebrated as he became in Canadian music during first half of the 20th century, he wasn’t a hometown boy either. When he arrived in Waterloo 100 years ago on April 1, 1919, hired to direct the Waterloo Musical Society Band, he was nearly 35, having been born in the Lower East Side neighbourhood of New York City to impoverished German immigrant parents. Despite their only son’s early aptitude for music, they were too destitute to provide him with lessons. However, the boy in question was also gifted with disciplined ambition, hints of a true leader’s charisma, and a shrewd instinct for business opportunities – qualities that served him well in his parallel careers as composer, entertainer, impresario and industrialist. Well before the turn of the 20th century, and still in his teens, Thiele made his first money as a street photographer. With his earnings he was able to acquire a cornet. By 19, he’d married his 17-year-old girlfriend Louise (an accomplished singer, actress and instrumentalist in her own right). By his early 20s, he was finally able to afford regular PAULINE FINCH 38 | May 2019 thewholenote.com
cornet lessons and quickly made up for lost time, soon progressing to the rank of a steadily employed freelance musician, learning on the job, playing with numerous professional bands in parades, political rallies, lodges, social clubs, sports events, festivals, circuses, silent films, and just about any occasion where paid live music was required. After answering the band’s advertisement in early in 1919, he travelled to Waterloo (which had only 5,000 people at the time) to meet his potential employers in person. He landed the job at a salary of ,200 a year, roughly equivalent to ,706 in 2019, supplementing this part-time income by teaching and freelancing, and wasting no time imprinting his legendary creative energy on his new hometown. As early as 1921, he’d founded the Waterloo Music Company as a sheet music mail-order business in a spare room of his house. The business began as a profitable service to silent movie houses throughout Canada; by the time “talkies” put an end to demand, less than a decade later, Thiele already had Plan B figured out – providing educational music for schools. Thiele was actually the Waterloo band’s ninth bandmaster, but because he served in the post for 32 years, even some locals assumed he had founded the band. When radio came along just before the Depression, Thiele managed to have the Waterloo Musical Society Band chosen to play the first live band concert in Canadian broadcast history. Worthy of further investigation, I also learned that Thiele was instrumental in the introduction of the Ontario “Band Tax Law” in 1937 which enabled many smaller Ontario town bands to survive during and after the Great Depression. I had never heard of such a law before, but, continuing to dig, discovered that somewhat earlier, in 1921, the State of Iowa had enacted the Iowa Band Law, municipalities in the state to fund town bands. In fact, in 1923, composer Karl King wrote a fine march titled (there are at least two versions of it on YouTube) to commemorate the law’s passage. Wychwood The other previously mentioned May anniversary (May 26) belongs to the Wychwood Clarinet Choir. The choir’s musical director Michele Jacot responded to my inquiry about the concert with this: “Yes, it will be our tenth! A special show complete with cake and bubbly afterward. We are going to raise a glass to the first ten (if I may toot our own horn for a moment, very successful) seasons. The team is amazing. All I do is wave my arms around until the music stops and then turn around and bow.” The selections for this show are a “best of” from those first ten seasons, featuring works by their “composers’ collective” and core group of talented arrangers. They have tried to include something by all of the members in that talent hub. Included will be Fen Watkin’s Anne of Green Gables Medley; Selections from Canteloube’s Chants d'Auvergne (arr. Moore); and a stellar arrangement of Gershwin’s An American in Paris by Roy Greaves. As a prelude to the concert, on May 4, St. John’s Music, Toronto invites interested parties to take part in a Wychwood Clarinet Choir Michele Jacot and Roy Greaves with “Oscar” at their last concert when the theme was “A Night at the Oscars” PAUL BRYAN A WORLD CLASS MUSIC FESTIVAL AN ENCHANTING SETTING JUST TICKETS AWAY! The Elora Singers Natalie MacMaster State Choir Latvija Lemon Bucket Orkestra Unforgettable: Nat King Cole Measha Bruegergossman Kuné Global Orchestra Voices Of Light Daniel Taylor Piano Six . . .and much more! thewholenote.com May 2019 | 39
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Volume 25 Issue 4 - December 2019 / January 2020
Welcome to our December/January issue as we turn the annual calendar page, halfway through our season for the 25th time, juggling as always, secular stuff, the spirit of the season, new year resolve and winter journeys! Why is Mozart's Handel's Messiah's trumpet a trombone? Why when Laurie Anderson offers to fly you to the moon you should take her up on the invitation. Why messing with Winterreisse can (sometimes) be a very good thing! And a bumper crop of record reviews for your reading (and sometimes listening) pleasure. Available in flipthrough here right now, and on stands commencing Thursday Nov 28. See you on the other side!
Volume 25 Issue 3 - November 2019
Volume 25 Issue 2 - October 2019
Long promised, Vivian Fellegi takes a look at Relaxed Performance practice and how it is bringing concert-going barriers down across the spectrum; Andrew Timar looks at curatorial changes afoot at the Music Gallery; David Jaeger investigates the trumpets of October; the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution (and the 20th Anniversary of our October Blue Pages Presenter profiles) in our Editor's Opener; the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir at 125; Tapestry at 40 and Against the Grain at 10; ringing in the changing season across our features and columns; all this and more, now available in Flip Through format here, and on the stands commencing this coming Friday September 27, 2019. Enjoy.
Volume 25 Issue 1 - September 2019
Vol 1 of our 25th season is now here! And speaking of 25, that's how many films in the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival editor Paul Ennis, in our Eighth Annual TIFF TIPS, has chosen to highlight for their particular musical interest. Also inside: Rob Harris looks through the Rear View Mirror at past and present prognostications about the imminent death of classical music; Mysterious Barricades and Systemic Barriers are Lydia Perović's preoccupations in Art of Song; Andrew Timar reflects on the evolving priorities of the Polaris Prize; and elsewhere, it's chocks away as yet another season creaks or roars (depending on the beat) into motion. Welcome back.
Volume 24 Issue 9 - June / July / August 2019
Volume 24 Issue 7 - April 2019
Arraymusic, the Music Gallery and Native Women in the Arts join for a mini-festival celebrating the work of composer, performer and installation artist Raven Chacon; Music and Health looks at the role of Healing Arts Ontario in supporting concerts in care facilities; Kingston-based composer Marjan Mozetich's life and work are celebrated in film; "Forest Bathing" recontextualizes Schumann, Shostakovich and Hindemith; in Judy Loman's hands, the harp can sing; Mahler's Resurrection bursts the bounds of symphonic form; Ed Bickert, guitar master remembered. All this and more in our April issue, now online in flip-through here, and on stands commencing Friday March 29.
Volume 24 Issue 6 - March 2019
Something Old, Something New! The Ide(a)s of March are Upon Us! Rob Harris's Rear View Mirror looks forward to a tonal revival; Tafelmusik expands their chronological envelope in two directions, Esprit makes wave after wave; Pax Christi's new oratorio by Barbara Croall catches the attention of our choral and new music columnists; and summer music education is our special focus, right when warm days are once again possible to imagine. All this and more in our March 2019 edition, available in flipthrough here, and on the stands starting Thursday Feb 28.
Volume 24 Issue 5 - February 2019
In this issue: A prize that brings lustre to its laureates (and a laureate who brings lustre to the prize); Edwin Huizinga on the journey of Opera Atelier's "The Angel Speaks" from Versailles to the ROM; Danny Driver on playing piano in the moment; Remembering Neil Crory (a different kind of genius)' Year of the Boar, Indigeneity and Opera; all this and more in Volume 24 #5. Online in flip through, HERE and on the stands commencing Thursday Jan 31.
When is a trumpet like a motorcycle in a dressage event? How many Brunhilde's does it take to change an Elektra? Just two of the many questions you've been dying to ask, to which you will find answers in a 24th annual combined December/January issue – in which our 11 beat columnists sift through what's on offer in the upcoming holiday month, and what they're already circling in their calendars for 2019. Oh, and features too: a klezmer violinist breathing new life into a very old film; two New Music festivals in January, 200 metres apart; a Music & Health story on the restorative powers of a grassroots exercise in collective music-making; even a good reason to go to Winnipeg in the dead of winter. All this and more in Vol 24 No 4, now available in flipthrough format here.
Reluctant arranger! National Ballet Orchestra percussionist Kris Maddigan on creating the JUNO and BAFTA award-winning smash hit Cuphead video game soundtrack; Evergreen by name and by nature, quintessentially Canadian gamelan (Andrew Timar explains); violinist Angèle Dubeau on 20 years and 60 million streams; two children’s choirs where this month remembrance and living history must intersect. And much more, online in our kiosk now, and on the street commencing Thursday November 1.
Presenters, start your engines! With TIFF and "back-to-work" out of the way, the regular concert season rumbles to life, and, if our Editor's Opener can be trusted, "Seeking Synergies" seems to be the name of the game. Denise Williams' constantly evolving "Walk Together Children" touching down at the Toronto Centre for the Arts; the second annual Festival of Arabic Music and Arts expanding its range; a lesson in Jazz Survival with Steve Wallace; the 150 presenter and performer profiles in our 19th annual Blue Pages directory... this is an issue that is definitely more than the sum of its parts.
In this issue: The WholeNote's 7th Annual TIFF TIPS guide to festival films with musical clout; soprano Erin Wall in conversation with Art of Song columnist Lydia Perovic, about more than the art of song; a summer's worth of recordings reviewed; Toronto Chamber Choir at 50 (is a few close friends all it takes?); and much more, as the 2018/19 season gets under way.
PLANTING NOT PAVING! In this JUNE / JULY /AUGUST combined issue: Farewell interviews with TSO's Peter Oundjian and Stratford Summer Music's John Miller, along with "going places" chats with Luminato's Josephine Ridge, TD Jazz's Josh Grossman and Charm of Finches' Terry Lim. ) Plus a summer's worth of fruitful festival inquiry, in the city and on the road, in a feast of stories and our annual GREEN PAGES summer Directory.
In this issue: our sixteenth annual Choral Canary Pages; coverage of 21C, Estonian Music Week and the 3rd Toronto Bach Festival (three festivals that aren’t waiting for summer!); and features galore: “Final Finales” for Larry Beckwith’s Toronto Masque Theatre and for David Fallis as artistic director of Toronto Consort; four conductors on the challenges of choral conducting; operatic Hockey Noir; violinist Stephen Sitarski’s perspective on addressing depression; remembering bandleader, composer and saxophonist Paul Cram. These and other stories, in our May 2018 edition of the magazine.
In this issue: we talk with jazz pianist Thompson Egbo-Egbo about growing up in Toronto, building a musical career, and being adaptive to change; pianist Eve Egoyan prepares for her upcoming Luminato project and for the next stage in her long-term collaborative relationship with Spanish-German composer Maria de Alvear; jazz violinist Aline Homzy, halfway through preparing for a concert featuring standout women bandleaders, talks about social equity in the world of improvised music; and the local choral community celebrates the life and work of choral conductor Elmer Iseler, 20 years after his passing.
In this issue: Canadian Stage, Tapestry Opera and Vancouver Opera collaborate to take Gogol’s short story The Overcoat to the operatic stage; Montreal-based Sam Shalabi brings his ensemble Land of Kush, and his newest composition, to Toronto; Five Canadian composers, each with a different CBC connection, are nominated for JUNOs; and The WholeNote team presents its annual Summer Music Education Directory, a directory of summer music camps, programs and courses across the province and beyond.
In this issue: composer Nicole Lizée talks about her love for analogue equipment, and the music that “glitching” evokes; Richard Rose, artistic director at the Tarragon Theatre, gives us insights into their a rock-and-roll Hamlet, now entering production; Toronto prepares for a mini-revival of Schoenberg’s music, with three upcoming shows at New Music Concerts; and the local music theatre community remembers and celebrates the life and work of Mi’kmaq playwright and performer Cathy Elliott . These and other stories, in our double-issue December/January edition of the magazine.
In this issue: conversations (of one kind or another) galore! Daniela Nardi on taking the reins at "best-kept secret" venue, 918 Bathurst; composer Jeff Ryan on his "Afghanistan" Requiem for a Generation" partnership with war poet, Susan Steele; lutenist Ben Stein on seventeenth century jazz; collaborative pianist Philip Chiu on going solo; Barbara Hannigan on her upcoming Viennese "Second School" recital at Koerner; Tina Pearson on Pauline Oliveros; and as always a whole lot more!
In this issue: several local artists reflect on the memory of composer Claude Vivier, as they prepare to perform his music; Vancouver gets ready to host international festival ISCM World New Music Days, which is coming to Canada for the second time since its inception in 1923; one of the founders of Artword Artbar, one of Hamilton’s staple music venues, on the eve of the 5th annual Steel City Jazz Festival, muses on keeping urban music venues alive; and a conversation with pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, as he prepares for an ambitious recital in Toronto. These and other stories, in our October 2017 issue of the magazine.
In this issue: a look at why musicians experience stage fright, and how to combat it; an inside look at the second Kensington Market Jazz Festival, which zeros in on one of Toronto’s true ‘music villages’; an in-depth interview with Elisa Citterio, new music director of Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra; and The WholeNote’s guide to TIFF, with suggestions for the 20 most musical films at this year’s festival. These and other stories, in our September 2017 issue of the magazine!
Volume 22 Issue 9 - Summer 2017
CBC Radio's Lost Horizon; Pinocchio as Po-Mo Operatic Poster Boy; Meet the Curators (Crow, Bernstein, Ridge); a Global Music Orchestra is born; and festivals, festivals, festivals in our 13th annual summer music Green Pages. All this and more in our three-month June-through August summer special issue, now available in flipthrough HERE and on the stands commencing Thursday June 1.
From science fact in "Integral Man: Music and the Movies," to science fiction in the editor's opener; from World Fiddle Day at the Aga Khan Museum to three Canadians at the Cliburn; from wanting to sashay across the 401 to Chamberfest in Montreal to exploring the Continuum of Jumblies Theatre's 20-year commitment to the Community Play (there's a pun in there somewhere!).
In this issue: Our podcast ramps up with interviews in March with fight director Jenny Parr, countertenor Daniel Taylor, and baritone Russell Braun; two views of composer John Beckwith at 90; how music’s connection to memory can assist with the care of patients with Alzheimer’s; musical celebrations in film and jazz, at National Canadian Film Day and Jazz Day; and a preview of Louis Riel, which opens this month at the COC. These and other stories, in our April 2017 issue of the magazine!
On our cover: Owen Pallett's musical palette on display at New Creations. Spring brings thoughts of summer music education! (It's never too late.). For Marc-Andre Hamelin the score is king. Ella at 100 has the tributes happening. All; this and more.
In this issue: an interview with composer/vocalist Jeremy Dutcher, on his upcoming debut album and unique compositional voice; a conversation with Boston Symphony hornist James Sommerville, as as the BSO gets ready to come to his hometown; Stuart Hamilton, fondly remembered; and an inside look at Hugh’s Room, as it enters a complicated chapter in the story of its life in the complex fabric of our musical city. These and other stories, as we celebrate the past and look forward to the rest of 2016/17, the first glimpses of 2017/18, and beyond!
Volume 22 Issue 4 - December 2016/January 2017
In this issue: a conversation with pianist Stewart Goodyear, in advance of his upcoming show at Koerner Hall; a preview of the annual New Year’s phenomenon that is Bravissimo!/Salute to Vienna; an inside look at music performance in Toronto’s health-care centres; and a reflection on the incredible life and lasting influence of the late Pauline Oliveros. These and more, in a special December/January combined issue!
In this issue: David Jaeger and Alex Pauk’s most memorable R. Murray Schafer collabs, in this month’s installment of Jaeger’s CBC Radio Two: The Living Legacy; an interview with flutist Claire Chase, who brings new music and mindset to Toronto this month; an investigation into the strange coincidence of three simultaneous Mendelssohn Elijahs this Nov 5; and of course, our annual Blue Pages, a who’s who of southern Ontario’s live music scene- a community as prolific and multifaceted as ever. These and more, as we move full-force into the 2016/17 concert season- all aboard!
Music lover's TIFF (our fifth annual guide to the Toronto International Film Festival); Aix Marks the Spot (how Brexit could impact on operatic co-production); The Unstoppable Howard Cable (an affectionate memoir of a late chapter in the life of of a great Canadian arranger; Kensington Jazz Story (the newest kid on the festival block flexes its muscles). These stories and much more as we say a lingering goodbye to summer and turn to the task, for the 22nd season, of covering the live and recorded music that make Southern Ontario tick.
It's combined June/July/August summer issue time with, we hope, enough between the covers to keep you dipping into it all through the coming lazy, hazy days. From Jazz Vans racing round "The Island" delivering pop-up brass breakouts at the roadside, to Bach flute ambushes strolling "The Grove, " to dozens of reasons to stay in the city. May yours be a summer where you find undiscovered musical treasures, and, better still, when, unexpectedly, the music finds you.
INSIDE: The Canaries Are Here! 116 choirs to choose from, so take the plunge! The Nylons hit the road after one last SING! Fling. Jazz writer Steve Wallace wonders "Watts Goode" rather than "what's new?" Paul Ennis has the musical picks of the HotDocs crop. David Jaeger's CBC Radio continues golden for a little while yet. Douglas McNabney is Music's Child. Leipzig meets Damascus in Alison Mackay's fertile imagination. And "C" is for KRONOS in Wende Bartley's koverage of the third annual 21C Festival. All this and as usual much much more. Enjoy.
From 30 camp profiles to spark thoughts of being your summer musical best, to testing LUDWIG as you while away the rest of so-called winter; from Scottish Opera and the Danish Midtvest, to a first Toronto recital appearance by violin superstar Maxim Vengerov; from musings on New Creations and new creation, to the boy who made a habit of crying Beowulf; it's a month of merry meetings and rousing recordings reviewed, all here to discover in The WholeNote.
2016 is off to a flying start! We chronicle the Artful Times of Andrew Burashko, the violistic versatility of Teng Li, the ageless ebullience of jazz pianist Gene DiNovi and the ninetieth birthday of trumpeter Johnny Cowell. Jaeger remembers Boulez; Waxman recalls Bley's influence, and Olds finds Bowie haunting Editor's Corner. Oh, and did we mention there's all that music? Hello (and goodbye) to the February blues, and here's to swinging through the musical vines of the Year of the Monkey.
What's a vinyl renaissance? What happens when Handel's Messiah runs afoul of the rumba rhythm setting on a (gasp!) Hammond organ? What work does Marc-Andre Hamelin say he would be content to have on every recital program he plays? What are Steve Wallace's favourite fifty Christmas recordings? Why is violinist Daniel Hope celebrating Yehudi Menuhin's 100th birthday at Koerner Hall January 28? Answers to all these questions (and a whole lot more) in the Dec/Jan issue of The WholeNote.
"Come" seems to be the verb that knits this month's issue together. Sondra Radvanovsky comes to Koerner, William Norris comes to Tafel as their new GM, opera comes to Canadian Stage; and (a long time coming!) Jane Bunnett's musicianship and mentorship are honoured with the Premier's award for excellence; plus David Jaeger's ongoing series on the golden years of CBC Radio Two, Andrew Timar on hybridity, a bumper crop of record reviews and much much more. Come on in!
Vol 21 No 2 is now available for your viewing pleasure, and it's a bumper crop, right at the harvest moon. First ever Canadian opera on the Four Seasons Centre main stage gets double coverage with Wende Bartley interviewing Pyramus and Thisbe composer Barbara Monk Feldman and Chris Hoile connecting with director Christopher Alden; Paul Ennis digs into the musical mind of pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, and pianist Eve Egoyan is "On the Record" in conversation with publisher David Perlman ahead of the Oct release concert for her tenth recording. And at the heart of it all the 16th edition of our annual BLUE PAGES directory of presenters profile the season now well and truly under way.
Paul Ennis's annual TIFF TIPS (27 festival films of potential particular musical interest); Wu Man, Yo-Yo Ma and Jeffrey Beecher on the Silk Road; David Jaeger on CBC Radio Music in the days it was committed to commissioning; the LISTENING ROOM continues to grow on line; DISCoveries is back, bigger than ever; and Mary Lou Fallis says Trinity-St. Paul's is Just the Spot (especially this coming Sept 25!).
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Includes the 2014 Blue Pages Member Directory
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Ksenia (Katie) Deits, 17, came with her family to Alaska where she met Iditarod finisher, Christine Roalofs, in 2012, and was promptly introduced to the sport of dog mushing. She says Christine’s dogs are called the “City Slickers.” “I am very proud to run her dogs. I have a fun time with them.” She is a two time Jr. Iditarod veteran. Ksenia has one brother, Alex. She is a senior at Bartlett High School this year. She enjoys hiking and says she wants to become a veterinary technician. She says “yes” she plans to continue mushing.
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Alpine Lodge 03/01/2015 18:53:34 10 03/02/2015 05:05:34 10 10h 12m 6h 43m 9.68 65
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I'm chronically nosey so I've always loved interviewing people. While I was doing my journalism training I won the Interviewer of the Year category in the Press Gazette Student Awards, then when I joined thelondonpaper I edited the daily interview slot, The Chat. I've had full interviews published in the Sunday Times Travel Magazine, Telegraph and the Mail on Sunday, and my red carpet chats have ended up in the Sun, News of the World, Sunday Times, Mail Online and Life & Style magazine (US).
I've interviewed everyone from Rihanna, Ewan McGregor, Spike Lee and Dita Von Teese to Alastair Campbell, Russell Brand, John Bercow and every Big Brother contestant from 2007. I've done round tables with the likes of Keira Knightley and Jamie Foxx and done the rounds at Cannes and Venice. My interviews with Valeria Golino, Gil Rosselini and Nanni Moretti won me my Press Gazette award. Mostly, though, I like writing about interesting people - like Tony Wheeler, founder of Lonely Planet, photographer Jane Hilton, and the seven Italian artisans who talked to me about their work for a recent "Made in Italy" cover story for National Geographic Traveller.
Interviews will also form the bulk of my book, Heal Me - I'll be travelling the world meeting alternative therapists and miracle healers over the next year, seeing how different cultures deal with chronic health conditions and disability. The book will be published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 2017 - more info here.
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Which climbing plants change colour in the Autumn?
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Ivies are sought after climbing plants used for fences, walls and trellises. Given their cascading, spreading growth, ivies are also used as groundcovers and containers plants. There are over 25 different plant species in the United States with the name ivy. There are a number of climbing ivy plants varieties popular in landscapes, many of which change color during fall and winter.
Boston Ivy - Boston ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata), also referred to as Japanese ivy, is a vigorous growing, woody vine that climbs with adhesive disks on its tendrils. The vine grows up to 70 feet long with heavily lobed, dark green foliage that assumes bright shades of purple and red during fall and winter. Boston ivy is a native of Japan, China and Korea and thrives in areas of full sun. The ivy develops best winter color in areas of partial shade and is ideally suited for north, east or west sides of the building. Hardy in USDA Zones 4 to 8, Boston ivy grows best in a moist, well drained soil. Propagate by rooting the tips during spring or early summer.
Poison Ivy - Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) is a woody, native vine of North America with 2 to 4 inch long leaflets growing in groups of three leaves. Poison ivy climbs by clinging to any available surface with hairy, aerial roots. The plant produces clusters of ¼-inch, white berries and the foliage assumes bright hues of purple and red during fall and winter. The seeds of poison ivy are spread by birds that relish the fruit. The plant is hardy in USDA Zones 3 to 10 and thrives in areas of full sun and in any soil type. The sap of the poison ivy plant often causes skin irritation and rashes.
Algerian Ivy - Algerian ivy (Hedera canariensis) is a moderate to rapid growing vine hardy in USDA Zones 7b to 8. The North Carolina State University Extension cites Algerian ivy as an ivy variety that often changes to bronze shades during winter. The plant climbs with aerial roots, achieving a mature height of about 30 feet. The coarse textured large foliage makes the vine ideal for use as a groundcover. Plant in areas of partial to full shade for best growth and in a well-drained, moist soil. Algerian ivy is salt tolerant.
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Sugar cookies can vary in size & design, so a firm price isn’t sensible. Still, there is a basic guideline I adhere to when negotiating a price on a certain cookie. The following should help to give you an estimate to consider before placing an order:
Bite-Size/1″ = $1.25/each* (no more than 2-3 colors on each tiny cookie)
Small/2″ = $2.25/each* (up to 3 colors on each cookie)
Medium/3″ = $3.50/each* (up to 4-5 colors on each cookie)
Large/4″+ = $4.25/each* (no limit on colors)
Specialty designs are hand-cut (without using an actual cookie cutter), and there is an additional charge for these cookies. Licensed images & logos require more time to perfect as well, so these also have an additional charge. Also, I can make larger cookies (5″ or more), but these are priced on an individual basis. Please contact me with any questions you may have before officially budgeting your cookie costs!
I do have a minimum order requirement of one dozen decorated cookies, but beyond that, you can order just as many as you may need for your event or occasion (19 cookies, for example).
All sugar cookies come individually wrapped in clear cellophane bags & are heat-sealed for freshness. I can add ribbon, curling ribbon, paper tags or toppers if you wish, for an added fee. However, if you are local and would prefer an open platter of cookies, I can accommodate your wish as well.
* (minimum order of 24 cookies/2 dozen)
Though my specialty is decorated sugar cookies, I’m available to make “drop” cookies as well. These can be shipped all over, too!
Chocolate Chip Cookies – $16/dozen
(A classic cookie, I make mine with three kinds of chocolate. These cookies have perfectly chewy centers and will stay soft for days. These are destined to be your favorite!)
Snickerdoodles – $15/dozen
(A holiday craving available any time of year! Sweet, butter cookies rolled in cinnamon sugar and baked until perfectly chewy.)
White Chocolate Turtle Cookies – $22/dozen
(An award-winning cookie, these tender chocolate cookies have two surprises: a nutty pecan crumble topping, and a soft caramel center. Drizzled with white chocolate, these are sinful but worth it!)
Peanut Butter Cookies – $14/dozen
(A traditional cookie with just a bit of crunch on the outside and a tender center. Heavy on the great peanut butter flavor!)
Peanut Butter ‘Kiss’ Cookies – $15/dozen
(Another holiday favorite, the peanut butter cookie lends a crisp crunch to the smooth, creaminess of a Hershey’s chocolate ‘kiss’ candy.)
Shortbread Meltaways – $8/dozen
(These tiny cookies are magical. Place one on your tongue, and the slightly sweet, light-as-air, butter cookie will just disappear! These small treats are easy to pop into your mouth, so be sure to order enough!)
Oatmeal Monster Cookies – $18/dozen
(Chock full of yummy things: chocolate, M&Ms, raisins, and coconut, all held together by a soft oatmeal cookie. I sub these for breakfast sometimes and pretend they’re healthy!)
Apple Spice Drops – $16/dozen
(Tender bits of apple tucked into a light, airy cookie, then iced with a sweet apple buttercream frosting. These are so light and yummy, it’s impossible to stop eating until you’ve had at least three!)
54 comments on “Pricing”
Fikrte on October 13, 2011 at 4:29 pm said:
Hi…..I am having a b-day party for my daughter who is turning one on the 22nd of October. I have been looking for favors for 30 kids and the lady bug cookie you made for Oliva are perfect. The pink and white pokdotes are the theme for her party so it would work perfect. I would like a quote for the 30 cookies in individual bags. I don’t know what size cookies the pictures were but I like the size. I was thinking of adding the Thankyou cookies in a small size depending on the price so please send me a quote for both.
Fikrte
Nicole on October 25, 2011 at 12:45 am said:
Angela on May 17, 2012 at 3:18 pm said:
I love your Hunger Games cookies. Are you able to ship to Canada?
Nicole on May 27, 2012 at 3:26 am said:
I sent you an email, Angela.
Sherri on July 6, 2012 at 9:31 pm said:
Any ideas on what kind f cookies you could do on the twilight theme? Do you ship to Virginia?
Nicole on July 6, 2012 at 11:06 pm said:
Hi Sherri! You can find a bunch of Twilight-themed cookies starting at this picture link: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=234357953297000&set=a.197991033600359.50309.117083948357735&type=3&theater (Once you’re on that first photo, keep clicking “next” to see more & more Twilight cookies.)
Grace on August 8, 2012 at 11:05 pm said:
How much would almost all the hunger games cookies cost or is that to many…. I luv the hunger games! I commented on flickr as entertaniment nails! Thank you so much!
Nicole on August 12, 2012 at 5:34 am said:
I sent you a message, Grace.
Ana on August 15, 2012 at 12:14 am said:
Hi I’m going to be attending a concert in September and was wondering if you could design personalized ones for the band.
Nicole on August 24, 2012 at 7:24 pm said:
Hi Ana! I wish I could help, but I’m moving across country in just 12 days (from ND to TX – eeek!), and I’ve already stopped “cookie”-ing in preparation for the move. I won’t be able to make cookies again until about November, once we’re settled and have our household goods again. Thank you for thinking of me, though!
Grace on January 7, 2013 at 11:13 pm said:
Hi I was wondering how much a dozen Hunger Games cookies would be for a birthday party! Thank for all you do, I really appreciate what you do! Tell me as soon as posibble and I cant wait for Catching Fire!
Nicole on January 30, 2013 at 1:55 am said:
Hi Grace! I sent you an email, so please check for that.
Hello! My mother is turning 60 and it is a 60s-70s theme. Your groovy cookies would be a perfect party favor! The party is February 9th and I am in California. Is it possible to get them in time?
Hi Mary! I am sending you an email, so please keep an eye out, okay?
I just adore all of your designs and look forward to your FaceBook postings. I have a daughter who is a TREMENDOUS fan of Justin Bieber. Wondering if there’s anything you can think up for this theme? Also, what is your typical turnaround? I’ll be looking for March, then something in May (communion theme), June and also August. Thank you so much for sharing your talents. :0)
Nicole on January 29, 2013 at 10:18 pm said:
Dawn, I’ll send you an email. Keep an eye out, okay?
Carol Sherman on December 23, 2013 at 10:41 am said:
I look forward to my Auburn Tiger War Eagle cookies for my bro and sis. Let’s get it taken care of:) I love your work! The taste and designs rock!
Nicole on January 7, 2014 at 5:17 am said:
Thanks so much, Carol! I only wish they had won the game last night – whew, that was a close one!
Jenna on January 16, 2014 at 12:59 pm said:
Hi! I’m interested in the HUNGRY CATERPILLAR cookies. Can you please email me to discuss prices for a bulk order for my son’s birthday party?
Jenna, I sent you an email.
sheryl on June 26, 2015 at 4:09 pm said:
How much would you charge for a dozen of the Marine type of cookies? And would it be possible to ship them to the Ohio area by July 5th?
Nicole on June 28, 2015 at 2:10 am said:
I sent you an email, Sheryl!
megin on August 2, 2015 at 9:46 pm said:
i m interested in the hunger games cookie. The
“Hunger Games is gold on black”, “Catching Fire is bronze on red”, and “Mockingjay is dusted blue-white on blue.” All 12 districts, and one “Let the Games Begin” . Can I order them for October 2015?
Kendra on August 21, 2015 at 8:03 pm said:
Hello, I am interested in a dozen of Navy cookiez for a homecoming. What are your prices and turn around time.? Thank you
Nicole on September 24, 2015 at 2:25 pm said:
I sent you an email, Kendra.
Kelly on February 26, 2016 at 2:05 pm said:
Hi, I am interested in the 2-3 dozen Marine cookies. What would you charge and
do you ship to California? Thank you
Nicole on March 3, 2016 at 11:06 pm said:
Hi Kelly! I’ve sent you an email.
Erin Kelly on August 26, 2016 at 11:11 am said:
I seen your cookies on Sam and Nia! I absolutely love them, I am planning a surprise party for my boyfriends 30th, it’s not until February, but I was wondering how far in advance I would need to plan and order your beautiful cookie?!
I am doing a WWE wrestling theme!
Nicole on October 24, 2016 at 7:54 pm said:
Erin, I’m so sorry for the delay! I so very rarely have time to update my blog/website anymore, and I do not see comments until I go to make a change over here. Please always be sure to send an email for any order requests – nicole@lifesabatch.com
If you can send a NEW email with the date (or approximate!) of your event in the subject line, I can be sure to sort your inquiry into the correct month, too.
Shelby Philbrook on August 27, 2016 at 11:46 am said:
Love your cookies! I’m interested in what you charge for a dozen of the back to school cookies? Thanks!
Shelby, I’m so sorry for the delay! I so very rarely have time to update my blog/website anymore, and I do not see comments until I go to make a change over here. Please always be sure to send an email for any order requests – nicole@lifesabatch.com – Thanks!
Elizabeth on August 27, 2016 at 12:24 pm said:
Hello looking for some cookies for a birthday?
How much time in advance do you need?
Elizabeth, I’m so sorry for the delay! I so very rarely have time to update my blog/website anymore, and I do not see comments until I go to make a change over here. Please always be sure to send an email for any order requests – nicole@lifesabatch.com
Edith Norris on September 2, 2016 at 10:42 pm said:
Hello my daughter is having a bday party and I’m needing Paris themed cookies made for October 16th heard you was the best around the area I’m in lacey Washington.
Nicole on September 10, 2016 at 10:02 pm said:
Karla on October 18, 2016 at 4:17 pm said:
I was interested in ordering some cookies for my sisters baby shower about 30 -60 can you send me a quote ? Please
Karla, I’m so sorry for the delay! I so very rarely have time to update my blog/website anymore, and I do not see comments until I go to make a change over here. Please always be sure to send an email for any order requests – nicole@lifesabatch.com
Lynette Christenson on November 13, 2016 at 7:10 pm said:
Nicole I am interested in an assortment of Thanksgiving and Fall cookies, from bite sized through about 2″. Don’t want to ruin anyone’s appetite, but know how full and yet how many desserts there are to sample at our gatherings. Can you give me a price on about 3 dozen. I love your little acorns and your scarecrows and really all of them! You are a very talented lady.
Y. White on December 13, 2016 at 7:58 am said:
I would like to know if you make cookie bouquets or baskets?
Nicole on April 9, 2017 at 5:55 pm said:
I’m afraid baskets/bouquets are not something I can ship.
Kaylalynn monges on February 17, 2017 at 2:01 am said:
My daughter is turning 1 in june on the first same as juliet sam and nias daughter but anyways i was wanting to do little elephant cookies about 30 for paarty favors. The colors are going to be pink and gray. I was wondering shipping costs and pricing for cookies i live in baker city oregon
Nicole on March 17, 2017 at 1:27 am said:
I emailed you, Kaylalynn!
Rika McGovern on March 25, 2017 at 8:31 pm said:
Hi! I’m interest in pricing for the undersea cookies I need about 50 for my baby shower at the end of April (zip 33578)
Sue Bachmann on April 11, 2017 at 11:44 am said:
I am interested in the Marine Officer sugar cookie themed cookies. Approximately a variety totalling 24.
Nicole on April 11, 2017 at 2:29 pm said:
Marianne Ferguson on April 24, 2017 at 9:25 pm said:
Hi, I’m interested in the pricing for your Under the Sea cookies for my daughter’s baby shower on June 4th. I would need approximately 50. My zip to ship is 19073.
Nicole on April 26, 2017 at 3:14 am said:
Mari Ceballos on May 13, 2017 at 7:10 pm said:
I am looking to purchase about 5-6 dozen cookies for a mermaid themed baby shower – the colors are similar to the Under the Sea themed cookies you have pictured, but with mermaids, shells, seahorses, etc… the shower is June 17th and my ship-to zip code is 78404.
Nicole on May 19, 2017 at 9:10 pm said:
Christina iadevaia on February 9, 2018 at 3:02 pm said:
How do I order the set of golf cookies for Valentine’s Day?
Nicole on February 9, 2018 at 4:31 pm said:
Christina, I emailed you.
Jewels on July 20, 2018 at 3:48 pm said:
Hello, I am looking to get 1 dozen of the Marine Assortment. I wanted to know how much it would be including shipping/handling. I live in Arlington, VA. Also, I would need them by August 13, 2018. I look forward to your response!
Nicole on August 5, 2018 at 7:35 pm said:
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Liu Yuejin, vice commissioner of the National Narcotics Control Commission, speaks during a press conference in Beijing on Monday, April 1, 2019. China announced Monday that all fentanyl-related drugs, as a group, would become controlled substances, effective May 1, a step U.S. officials have long advocated as a way to stem the flow of lethal opioids from China. (AP Photo/Sam McNeil)
BEIJING — China said Monday it would begin regulating all fentanyl-related drugs as a class of controlled substances, in a change U.S. officials had long advocated as a way to stem the flow of lethal opioids from China.
The sweeping change in the way China regulates drugs that mimic fentanyl takes effect May 1 and could help end the game of regulatory whack-a-mole with chemists who can manufacture novel opioids faster than they can be banned. It could also facilitate prosecutions of opioid merchants in China, who until now have skirted the law by manufacturing and exporting fentanyl variants that were technically legal in China.
"We firmly believe that listing the entire class of fentanyl substances will completely block the loopholes that enable law breakers to evade punishment by simply modifying one or several atoms, functional groups or other groups," said Liu Yuejin, vice-commissioner of China's National Narcotics Control Commission. "It will effectively prevent the massive abuse of fentanyl substances and illegal drug trafficking and smuggling activities, and contribute to global drug control with China's wisdom and power."
China already controls 25 variants of fentanyl, plus two precursors used to make the drug. Data from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration have shown that when China bans a variant of fentanyl, seizures of that analog in the U.S. fall.
U.S. officials have repeatedly pointed to China as the main source of synthetic opioids shipped into the country directly by mail or transported via Mexico. China on Monday again denied that claim.
"China's control over fentanyl drugs is very strict," Liu told reporters. "It cannot be the main source for the United States. The U.S. accusation lacks evidence and is contrary to the facts."
In 2017 and 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted the alleged kingpins of three opioid distribution networks in China. Liu chided U.S. officials for bringing cases against Chinese nationals without first informing their Chinese counterparts.
"Until now, we haven't found that the relevant people infringed on Chinese laws, the U.S. also has yet to present evidence showing that they have breached our laws," he said. "The two sides are still progressing with cooperative investigative work. The U.S., however, now takes some measures like indictments without informing us beforehand. This undermines the sound atmosphere of two sides' cooperation. We express regret for this."
Monday's announcement from China's Ministry of Public Security, National Health Commission and National Medical Products Administration makes good on a pledge Chinese President Xi Jinping made to President Donald Trump during the G-20 summit in Argentina late last year.
At the time, Trump said China's new regulations could be "a game changer" for the United States, where tens of thousands of people die annually from opioid overdoses.
Associated Press researcher Chen Si contributed to this report from Shanghai.
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Nucleation, or bubble initiation, in typical industrial applications is characterized by the cyclic formation of vapor bubbles at preferred sites on the solid heating surface of the system. Any surface, regardless of how highly polished, contains surface irregularities – micro-cracks, cavities, or boundaries between solid crystals – that can trap small gas pockets. These serve as nucleation sites for vapor bubbles. The trapped gas and/or vapor, known as the bubble embryo, grows by acquiring mass via evaporation from the nearby liquid. It grows until it reaches a critical size, at which point the forces tending to cause separation of bubbles from the heating surface overcome the adhesive forces. When the force imbalance favors the separating forces, the bubble is released from the surface. This process, by which solid surface imperfections with entrapped gases promote the formation of bubble embryos, is known as heterogeneous nucleation. Pure liquids that have been thoroughly degassed may still experience bubble formation at molecular vapor clusters within the bulk liquid, (i.e., away from any solid surface) by a process known as homogeneous nucleation. However, the degree of superheat required for homogeneous nucleation is substantially larger than that for heterogeneous nucleation. The common observation of bubble formation at the low superheat indicated by point A of Fig. 10.3, coupled with the repetitive formation of bubbles at selected points on heater surfaces, confirms that heterogeneous nucleation is by far the more common process.
Nucleation, or bubble initiation, in typical industrial applications is characterized by the cyclic formation of vapor bubbles at preferred sites on the solid heating surface of the system. Any surface, regardless of how highly polished, contains surface irregularities – micro-cracks, cavities, or boundaries between solid crystals – that can trap small gas pockets. These serve as nucleation sites for vapor bubbles. The trapped gas and/or vapor, known as the bubble embryo, grows by acquiring mass via evaporation from the nearby liquid. It grows until it reaches a critical size, at which point the forces tending to cause separation of bubbles from the heating surface overcome the adhesive forces. When the force imbalance favors the separating forces, the bubble is released from the surface. This process, by which solid surface imperfections with entrapped gases promote the formation of bubble embryos, is known as heterogeneous nucleation. Pure liquids that have been thoroughly degassed may still experience bubble formation at molecular vapor clusters within the bulk liquid, (i.e., away from any solid surface) by a process known as homogeneous nucleation. However, the degree of superheat required for homogeneous nucleation is substantially larger than that for heterogeneous nucleation. The common observation of bubble formation at the low superheat indicated by point A of Fig. 1 from [[Pool Boiling Regimes]], coupled with the repetitive formation of bubbles at selected points on heater surfaces, confirms that heterogeneous nucleation is by far the more common process.
Since the trapped gases and/or vapors are central to the nucleation event, a consideration of the thermodynamics of vapor bubbles immersed in a liquid is appropriate. We will find that it justifies the expectation that the presence of gas or vapor pockets enhances bubble formation.
We begin by considering a vapor bubble, including the possibility of noncondensable gas, immersed in its own liquid. Recall from Chapter 2 (see Section 2.6.3) that Laplace-Young equation must hold in order for the vapor/gas and liquid to be in equilibrium:
We begin by considering a vapor bubble, including the possibility of noncondensable gas, immersed in its own liquid. The Laplace-Young equation must hold in order for the vapor/gas and liquid to be in equilibrium:
<center><math>{p_g} + {p_v} - {p_\ell } = \frac{{2\sigma }}{{{R_b}}} \qquad \qquad(1) </math></center>
<center><math>{p_v}\textstyle.\over= {p_{v,sat}}(T)\left[ {1 - \frac{{2\sigma {\rho _v}}}{{{p_{v,sat}}(T){R_b}{\rho _\ell }}}} \right] \qquad \qquad(3) </math></center>
Combining eqs. (10.1) and (10.3) yields
Combining eqs. (1) and (3) yields
<center><math>{p_g} + {p_{v,sat}}(T) - {p_\ell }\textstyle.\over= \frac{{2\sigma }}{{{R_b}}}\left( {1 + \frac{{{\rho _v}}}{{{\rho _\ell }}}} \right) \qquad \qquad(4) </math></center>
<center><math>{R_b} = \frac{{2\sigma {T_{sat}}}}{{{h_{\ell v}}{\rho _v}\Delta T}} \qquad \qquad(11) </math></center>
This critical radius is necessary for a bubble to exist at <math>\Delta T</math> above the saturation temperature that corresponds to the prevailing vapor pressure. Any bubble with a radius less than the size given by eq. (11) will collapse, but a bubble with a radius equal to <math>{R_b}</math> will grow in a spontaneous fashion. It should be noted from eq. (10) that the size of the equilibrium vapor nucleus becomes smaller as the superheat (<math>\Delta T</math>) increases. This identifies the basic mechanism for the increase of <math>q''</math> with rising excess temperature between points A and C of Fig. 10.3, namely, the increased bubble density that results from the activation of more and more nucleation sites at ever-smaller surface imperfections.
This critical radius is necessary for a bubble to exist at <math>\Delta T</math> above the saturation temperature that corresponds to the prevailing vapor pressure. Any bubble with a radius less than the size given by eq. (11) will collapse, but a bubble with a radius equal to <math>{R_b}</math> will grow in a spontaneous fashion. It should be noted from eq. (10) that the size of the equilibrium vapor nucleus becomes smaller as the superheat (<math>\Delta T</math>) increases. This identifies the basic mechanism for the increase of <math>q''</math> with rising excess temperature between points A and C of Fig. 1 from [[Pool Boiling Regimes]], namely, the increased bubble density that results from the activation of more and more nucleation sites at ever-smaller surface imperfections.
Equation (10) shows that the presence of noncondensable gas reduces the superheat required to generate bubbles. The subject of superheat was presented in Section 2.6.5. The bubble growth is spontaneous if the excess temperature is greater than the value given in eq. (10). Any real surface always has some small cavities with very small inclined angles where liquid can only partially fill the cavities, so opportunities for the formation of gas or vapor pockets are common. Equation (10) gives the superheat required to initiate nucleate boiling from a pre-existing nucleus with a radius of <math>{R_b}</math>. [[#References|Griffith and Wallis (1960)]] suggested that it is also applicable for nucleate boiling from a surface with a micro cavity whose mouth radius is <math>{R_b}</math>. Alternative studies by [[#References|Mizukami (1975), Nishio (1985)]], and [[#References|Wang and Dhir (1993a)]] suggested that the superheat required to initiate nucleate boiling is determined by the instability of vapor nuclei in the cavity. If the curvature of the liquid-vapor interface, <math>K</math>, increases with increasing vapor volume (<math>dK/d{V^*} > 0</math>, where <math>{V^*}</math> is dimensionless vapor volume), the vapor nucleus is stable. On the other hand, the vapor bubble embryo or nucleus is unstable if <math>K</math> decreases with increasing vapor volume. For
[[Image:boiling_j_(5).jpg|thumb|300 px|alt=Variation of bubble radius as the bubble grows within and emerges from an idealized cavity|Figure 1: Variation of bubble radius as the bubble grows within and emerges from an idealized cavity.]]
[[Image:poiling_p_(2).png|thumb|400 px|alt=Dimensionless modified curvature versus dimensionless volume of vapor bubble nucleus in a spherical cavity|Figure 1 Dimensionless modified curvature versus dimensionless volume of vapor bubble nucleus in a spherical cavity [[#References|(Wang and Dhir, 1993a)]].]]
[[Image:boiling_j_(6).jpg|thumb|400 px|alt=Liquid microlayer under a vapor bubble at a nucleation site|Figure 2: Liquid microlayer under a vapor bubble at a nucleation site.]]
the nucleate boiling to initiate from the wall, the wall superheat must be sufficient to ensure the vapor nuclei are unstable.
Equation (10) shows that the presence of noncondensable gas reduces the superheat required to generate bubbles. The bubble growth is spontaneous if the excess temperature is greater than the value given in eq. (10). Any real surface always has some small cavities with very small inclined angles where liquid can only partially fill the cavities, so opportunities for the formation of gas or vapor pockets are common. Equation (10) gives the superheat required to initiate nucleate boiling from a pre-existing nucleus with a radius of <math>{R_b}</math>. [[#References|Griffith and Wallis (1960)]] suggested that it is also applicable for nucleate boiling from a surface with a micro cavity whose mouth radius is <math>{R_b}</math>. Alternative studies by [[#References|Mizukami (1975), Nishio (1985)]], and [[#References|Wang and Dhir (1993)]] suggested that the superheat required to initiate nucleate boiling is determined by the instability of vapor nuclei in the cavity. If the curvature of the liquid-vapor interface, <math>K</math>, increases with increasing vapor volume (<math>dK/d{V^*} > 0</math>, where <math>{V^*}</math> is dimensionless vapor volume), the vapor nucleus is stable. On the other hand, the vapor bubble embryo or nucleus is unstable if <math>K</math> decreases with increasing vapor volume. For the nucleate boiling to initiate from the wall, the wall superheat must be sufficient to ensure the vapor nuclei are unstable. [[#References|(Wang and Dhir, 1993)]] suggested that superheat that is required for nucleation is
Figure 1 shows the dependence of the nondimensional modified curvature of the interface on the dimensionless volume of the vapor nucleus in a spherical cavity with a mouth angle of 30°. The noncondensable gas is not present and the results at different contact angles are shown. The dimensionless volume of the vapor nucleus is defined as <math>{V^*} = {V_b}/{V_c}</math> where <math>{V_b}</math> is the volume of the nucleus and <math>{V_c}</math> is the volume of the nucleus at point A, where the curvature is zero. It can be seen from Fig. 1 that the nucleus is stable between points A and D, since <math>dK/d{V^*} > 0</math>. When the contact angle is less than 90°, the maximum curvature, <math>{K_{max}}</math>, is 1. For the cases in which <math>\theta > {90^ \circ }</math>, the maximum curvature becomes <math>\sin \theta </math>. Nucleation occurs beyond the point where the curvature reaches its maximum; the corresponding superheat is [[#References|(Wang and Dhir, 1993a)]]
<center><math>\Delta T = T - {T_{sat}} = \frac{{4\sigma {T_{sat}}}}{{{p_v}{h_{\ell v}}{D_c}}}{K_{\max }} \qquad \qquad(12) </math></center>
where <math>{D_c}</math> is the diameter of the cavity mouth.
Example 1 A steam bubble with a radius of 5 <math>\mu</math>m is surrounded by liquid water at 120 ˚C. Will this bubble grow or collapse?
Figure 1 shows an idealized model of a surface crack containing a vapor pocket as it expands under the influence of evaporation. The vapor-liquid interface is idealized as spherical in shape. As the vapor pocket expands upward in the surface crack, its interface takes a concave shape and the radius of curvature, <math>{R_b}</math>, increases as the interface moves toward the lip of the cavity. Once the incipient bubble reaches the lip of the interface, the radius of curvature begins to decrease. It reaches its minimum value (approximately) as the liquid- vapor interface becomes a hemisphere with a radius equal to that of the cavity mouth, <math>{R_c}</math>. Beyond this point, any further evaporation pushes the liquid-vapor interface out of the surface cavity, and the interface radius of curvature begins to increase again. Consideration of this sequence of radius variation, along with eq. (10), indicates that the superheat required to form a vapor bubble from this cavity can be determined by substituting <math>{R_b} = {R_c}</math> into eq. (10). In normal circumstances, of course, this variation deviates from the idealized model in Fig. 1 and is a function of cavity angle <math>\phi </math> and contact angle <math>\theta</math>.
In reality, the shape of a vapor bubble is not hemispherical, and there is a microlayer (a very thin liquid layer, see Fig. 2) that is responsible for more than half of heat transfer in some cases. [[#References|Plesset and Sadhal (1979)]] provided the average liquid film thickness <math>\bar \delta </math> in terms of bubble lift time <math>{t_0}</math> and liquid kinematic viscosity by the following equation
Solution: The liquid pressure is <math>{p_\ell } = 1{\rm{ atm}} = 1.013 \times {10^5}{\rm{ Pa}}{\rm{.}}</math> The saturation temperature at this pressure is <math>{T_{sat}} = 100{\rm{ }}{}^{\rm{o}}{\rm{C}} = 373.15{\rm{ K}}{\rm{.}}</math>
The properties of water at this temperature are <math>\sigma = 58.9 \times {10^{ - 3}}{\rm{ N/m,}}</math> <math>{h_{\ell v}} = </math> <math>2251.2{\rm{ kJ/kg}},</math>
And <math>{\rho _v} = 0.5974{\rm{ kg/}}{{\rm{m}}^{\rm{3}}}.</math>
Therefore, the critical bubble radius can be determined from eq. (11), i.e.,
<center><math>\begin{array}{l}
{R_b} = \frac{{2\sigma {T_{sat}}}}{{{h_{\ell v}}{\rho _v}\Delta T}} \\
= \frac{{2 \times 58.9 \times {{10}^{ - 3}} \times 373.15}}{{2251.2 \times {{10}^3} \times 0.5974 \times (120 - 100)}} = 1.63 \times {10^{ - 6}}{\rm{ m}} = 1.63{\rm{ \mu m}} \\
\end{array}</math></center>
Since the radius of the bubble, 5 <math>\mu</math>m, is greater than the critical bubble radius, the bubble will grow.
Figure 2 shows an idealized model of a surface crack containing a vapor pocket as it expands under the influence of evaporation. The vapor-liquid interface is idealized as spherical in shape. As the vapor pocket expands upward in the surface crack, its interface takes a concave shape and the radius of curvature, <math>{R_b}</math>, increases as the interface moves toward the lip of the cavity. Once the incipient bubble reaches the lip of the interface, the radius of curvature begins to decrease. It reaches its minimum value (approximately) as the liquid- vapor interface becomes a hemisphere with a radius equal to that of the cavity mouth, <math>{R_c}</math>. Beyond this point, any further evaporation pushes the liquid-vapor interface out of the surface cavity, and the interface radius of curvature begins to increase
[[Image:boiling_j_(5).jpg|thumb|400 px|alt=Variation of bubble radius as the bubble grows within and emerges from an idealized cavity|Figure 2 Variation of bubble radius as the bubble grows within and emerges from an idealized cavity.]]
[[Image:boiling_j_(6).jpg|thumb|400 px|alt=Liquid microlayer under a vapor bubble at a nucleation site|Figure 3 Liquid microlayer under a vapor bubble at a nucleation site.]]
again. Consideration of this sequence of radius variation, along with eq. (10), indicates that the superheat required to form a vapor bubble from this cavity can be determined by substituting <math>{R_b} = {R_c}</math> into eq. (10). In normal circumstances, of course, this variation deviates from the idealized model in Fig. 2 and is a function of cavity angle <math>\phi </math> and contact angle <math>\theta</math>.
<center><math>\bar \delta = \frac{8}{7}{(3{\nu _\ell }{t_0})^{1/2}} \qquad \qquad(13) </math></center>
Faghri, A., and Zhang, Y., 2006, ''Transport Phenomena in Multiphase Systems'', Elsevier, Burlington, MA
Faghri, A., Zhang, Y., and Howell, J. R., 2010, ''Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer'', Global Digital Press, Columbia, MO.
Griffith, P., and Wallis, J.D., 1960, “The Role of Surface Conditions in Nucleate Boiling,” ''Chemical Engineering Progress Symposium'', Ser. 56, No. 30, pp. 49-63.
Plesset, M.S., and Sadhal, S.S., 1979, “An Analytical Estimate of the Microlayer Thickness in Nucleate Boiling,” ASME ''Journal of Heat Transfer'', Vol. 101, pp. 180-182.
Wang, C.H., and Dhir, V.K., 1993b, “Effect of Surface Wettability on Active Nucleation Site Density During Pool Boiling of Water on a Vertical Surface,” ASME ''Journal of Heat Transfer'', Vol. 115, pp. 659-669.
Wang, C.H., and Dhir, V.K., 1993, “On the Gas Entrapment and Nucleation Density during Pool Boiling of Saturated Water,” ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 115, pp. 670-679.
==Further Reading==
Current revision as of 08:19, 8 July 2010
Nucleation, or bubble initiation, in typical industrial applications is characterized by the cyclic formation of vapor bubbles at preferred sites on the solid heating surface of the system. Any surface, regardless of how highly polished, contains surface irregularities – micro-cracks, cavities, or boundaries between solid crystals – that can trap small gas pockets. These serve as nucleation sites for vapor bubbles. The trapped gas and/or vapor, known as the bubble embryo, grows by acquiring mass via evaporation from the nearby liquid. It grows until it reaches a critical size, at which point the forces tending to cause separation of bubbles from the heating surface overcome the adhesive forces. When the force imbalance favors the separating forces, the bubble is released from the surface. This process, by which solid surface imperfections with entrapped gases promote the formation of bubble embryos, is known as heterogeneous nucleation. Pure liquids that have been thoroughly degassed may still experience bubble formation at molecular vapor clusters within the bulk liquid, (i.e., away from any solid surface) by a process known as homogeneous nucleation. However, the degree of superheat required for homogeneous nucleation is substantially larger than that for heterogeneous nucleation. The common observation of bubble formation at the low superheat indicated by point A of Fig. 1 from Pool Boiling Regimes, coupled with the repetitive formation of bubbles at selected points on heater surfaces, confirms that heterogeneous nucleation is by far the more common process. Since the trapped gases and/or vapors are central to the nucleation event, a consideration of the thermodynamics of vapor bubbles immersed in a liquid is appropriate. We will find that it justifies the expectation that the presence of gas or vapor pockets enhances bubble formation. We begin by considering a vapor bubble, including the possibility of noncondensable gas, immersed in its own liquid. The Laplace-Young equation must hold in order for the vapor/gas and liquid to be in equilibrium:
where Rb is the radius of the vapor bubble. Equation (1) indicates that the pressure of the vapor and gas must be greater than the pressure of the liquid to maintain a balance of forces in the vapor-interface-liquid system. Although these events occur on a molecular scale, we may attempt to visualize the physical implications of this imbalance of pressures across the boundary separating vapor and liquid phases. The higher vapor pressure in the bubble causes an increased number of molecules to strike the interface where they are absorbed by the liquid phase. To maintain the mass balance that equilibrium requires, there must be a corresponding increase in the number of molecules emitted through the interface from the liquid. Under the given constraints, this can be accomplished only by increasing the temperature of the liquid side of the interface. Consequently, the liquid near the bubble’s surface must be superheated to a temperature above the saturation temperature that corresponds to the prevailing bulk liquid pressure. To put these qualitative observations on a quantitative basis, consider that the vapor pressure for a curved bubble interface can be expressed as
where pv,sat(T) is the normal saturation pressure corresponding to temperature, T. Since , eq. (2) can be approximated as
Recalling the fundamental relationship between pressure and temperature differences in the two-phase region, the Clapeyron equation,
and assuming that the fluid obeys the ideal gas law, i.e.,
and that , we arrive at
For a pressure change from to pv,sat(T), the corresponding saturation temperature changes from Tsat to T. So by integrating eq. (7) between these limits, we obtain
Substituting eq. (4) into eq. (8) gives
Considering that and again that , eq. (9) can be further simplified as
For the case with no noncondensable gas (pg = 0), eq. (10) can be rearranged to yield the critical vapor bubble radius:
This critical radius is necessary for a bubble to exist at ΔT above the saturation temperature that corresponds to the prevailing vapor pressure. Any bubble with a radius less than the size given by eq. (11) will collapse, but a bubble with a radius equal to Rb will grow in a spontaneous fashion. It should be noted from eq. (10) that the size of the equilibrium vapor nucleus becomes smaller as the superheat (ΔT) increases. This identifies the basic mechanism for the increase of q'' with rising excess temperature between points A and C of Fig. 1 from Pool Boiling Regimes, namely, the increased bubble density that results from the activation of more and more nucleation sites at ever-smaller surface imperfections.
Figure 1: Variation of bubble radius as the bubble grows within and emerges from an idealized cavity.
Figure 2: Liquid microlayer under a vapor bubble at a nucleation site.
Equation (10) shows that the presence of noncondensable gas reduces the superheat required to generate bubbles. The bubble growth is spontaneous if the excess temperature is greater than the value given in eq. (10). Any real surface always has some small cavities with very small inclined angles where liquid can only partially fill the cavities, so opportunities for the formation of gas or vapor pockets are common. Equation (10) gives the superheat required to initiate nucleate boiling from a pre-existing nucleus with a radius of Rb. Griffith and Wallis (1960) suggested that it is also applicable for nucleate boiling from a surface with a micro cavity whose mouth radius is Rb. Alternative studies by Mizukami (1975), Nishio (1985), and Wang and Dhir (1993) suggested that the superheat required to initiate nucleate boiling is determined by the instability of vapor nuclei in the cavity. If the curvature of the liquid-vapor interface, K, increases with increasing vapor volume (dK / dV * > 0, where V * is dimensionless vapor volume), the vapor nucleus is stable. On the other hand, the vapor bubble embryo or nucleus is unstable if K decreases with increasing vapor volume. For the nucleate boiling to initiate from the wall, the wall superheat must be sufficient to ensure the vapor nuclei are unstable. (Wang and Dhir, 1993) suggested that superheat that is required for nucleation is
where Dc is the diameter of the cavity mouth.
Figure 1 shows an idealized model of a surface crack containing a vapor pocket as it expands under the influence of evaporation. The vapor-liquid interface is idealized as spherical in shape. As the vapor pocket expands upward in the surface crack, its interface takes a concave shape and the radius of curvature, Rb, increases as the interface moves toward the lip of the cavity. Once the incipient bubble reaches the lip of the interface, the radius of curvature begins to decrease. It reaches its minimum value (approximately) as the liquid- vapor interface becomes a hemisphere with a radius equal to that of the cavity mouth, Rc. Beyond this point, any further evaporation pushes the liquid-vapor interface out of the surface cavity, and the interface radius of curvature begins to increase again. Consideration of this sequence of radius variation, along with eq. (10), indicates that the superheat required to form a vapor bubble from this cavity can be determined by substituting Rb = Rc into eq. (10). In normal circumstances, of course, this variation deviates from the idealized model in Fig. 1 and is a function of cavity angle φ and contact angle θ. In reality, the shape of a vapor bubble is not hemispherical, and there is a microlayer (a very thin liquid layer, see Fig. 2) that is responsible for more than half of heat transfer in some cases. Plesset and Sadhal (1979) provided the average liquid film thickness in terms of bubble lift time t0 and liquid kinematic viscosity by the following equation
The contribution of the microlayer to the overall heat transfer obviously depends on the fraction of area occupied by the microlayer. Despite its significant importance, there is no detailed treatment of the microlayer related to nucleate boiling.
Faghri, A., and Zhang, Y., 2006, Transport Phenomena in Multiphase Systems, Elsevier, Burlington, MA
Faghri, A., Zhang, Y., and Howell, J. R., 2010, Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer, Global Digital Press, Columbia, MO.
Griffith, P., and Wallis, J.D., 1960, “The Role of Surface Conditions in Nucleate Boiling,” Chemical Engineering Progress Symposium, Ser. 56, No. 30, pp. 49-63.
Mizukami, K., 1975, “Entrapment of Vapor in Re-Entrant Cavities,” Letters in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 2, pp. 279-284.
Nishio, A., 1985, “Stability of Pre-Existing Vapor Nucleus in Uniform Temperature Field,” Transactions of JSME, Series B, Vol. 54-303, pp. 1802-1807.
Plesset, M.S., and Sadhal, S.S., 1979, “An Analytical Estimate of the Microlayer Thickness in Nucleate Boiling,” ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 101, pp. 180-182.
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DON QUIXOTE OF THE TROCADERO
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND -- Choreographer Jose Montalvo returns to the Edinburgh International Festival with DON QUIXOTE OF THE TROCADERO, a new show that blends farce, burlesque, commedia dell'arte and modern dance in its retelling of Cervantes' Don Quixote. Performances in Festival Hall are August 29-31 at 7.30 pm.
Working with the comic actor Parice Thibaud and videographers Pascal Minet and Sylvain Decay, Montalvo has placed Don Quixote in the modern dancehalls of Europe, making for an unexpected, surreal and intriguing take on Cervantes' classic novel.
Montalvo's last Festival appearance was in 2007, with On
Danse.
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Concert Photos, Concert Reviews March 3, 2014 September 27, 2014
Photos + Review: Lydia at The Glass House (Pomona, CA)
The Illuminate Tour
Golden Sun (Salt Lake City, UT), Saint Motel (Los Angeles, CA), and Lydia (Gilbert, AZ)
The Glass House in Pomona, CA
Lydia’s second-studio album Illuminate is about to turn 6 years old and what better way to commemorate such an amazing album then to dedicate an entire spring tour to it. That’s right folks, from now until early April you have a chance to hear the record played in its entirety. If that isn’t enough they have Golden Sun and Saint Motel (H RV RD 3/11 – 4/05) as support.
I went out to the third date of the tour at The Glass House in Pomona. A rare rainy night for us out in Southern California but a perfect setting as any to hear Illuminate played in full. The night started off with Golden Sun that incidentally is made up by Jantzen, Chase, and Weston Meier who are currently playing with Lydia and did so on their tour with The Maine last year as well. Do yourself a favor and visit their bandcamp and pick up everything on it. You won’t regret it.
Saint Motel is a heck of a band and a force to be reckoned with on stage. These boys know how to put on a show -saxophone and all. There were quite a few Saint Motel fans in the audience and by the end of their performance there were plenty of new ones. I can’t wait to catch these guys live again.
Finally Lydia hit the stage as graceful as ever and jumped straight into Illuminate. The crowd was at its loudest when they played “Stay Awake” but was always ready to sing when singer Leighton Antelmen held the mic out. They did an incredible version of “All I See” that I hope they record someday because I loved it so much more than the original. I went into the show worried that there might be something missing since there wouldn’t be a female vocalist but was floored by how the band performed without one. For an encore they played some of their newer songs like “Devil” and “Best Night.” I was also stoked to finally get to hear “A Place Near The City” live which was so so great. Lydia is perfect and if you don’t think so then we’re not friends and we’re officially fighting. No, but really, get yourself out to see this tour. Consider it an investment. Dates are here.
Ah, and if Lydia could do this all again in 4 years when Illuminate turns 10 I’m sure we’d all be just as happy to see this show again.
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Strona główna / Miłosz Festival / Kalinowski’s Kościsko with the Ferdinand the Magnificent Award
Kalinowski’s Kościsko with the Ferdinand the Magnificent Award
The comic strip Kościsko created by Karol ”KaeRel” Kalinowski (Kultura Gniewu) is the winner of the Ferdinand the Magnificent Award for the Best Children’s Book 2016. The Readers’ Award goes to Barbara Caillot-Dubus and Aleksandra Karkowska for their book Na Giewont się patrzy (Oficyna Wydawnicza Oryginały).
Kościsko, is an involving comic strip, which frightens where it should and amuses where some fun is needed. It treats the reader seriously, it doesn’t preach, but it is an important book about important things, which both: the big and the small, can enjoy – said Szymon Kloska, a member of the Competition Jury, in the laudation.
Karol ”KaeRel” Kalinowski received the statuette of Ferdinand the Magnificent and the money award of PLN 10 thousand from the Deputy Mayor of Krakow Andrzej Kulig.
The readers decided that the Ferdinand the Magnificent Readers’ Award will go to Barbara Caillot-Dubus and Aleksandra Karkowska for Na Giewont się patrzy. Handing in the award, Agnieszka Karp-Szymańska admitted that they won by an overwhelming majority
The Sunday Gala of the Ferdinand the Magnificent Award and the accompanying concert Budyń Julka Tuwima in the Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology are the greatest events of the Festival of Children’s Literature 2017 in Krakow and the last events of its spring edition. The autumn edition will be held in October in Poznań.
The Award of the Best Children’s Book has accompanied the Festival of Children’s Literature from the very beginning but in 2017 it changed its formula. Since that time it has taken its name after Ferdinand the Magnificent. The award is funded by the Krakow Festival Office, the operator of the Krakow UNESCO City of Literature programme and awarded by the Competition Jury which consists of Barbara Gawryluk, Marta Lipczyńska-Gil, Joanna Olech, Małgorzata Węgrzecka and the Programme Council of the Festival of Children’s Literature. The winner of the Ferdinand the Magnificent Readers’ Award is chosen via the Internet vote.
For more information on the Ferdinand the Magnificent Award: click here. The event is held under the patronage of and in cooperation with the Krakow Festival Office. For more information visit: fldd.pl and Facebook.
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College Sports / Navy Midshipmen
Navy Loses Heartbreaker to Army, 9-8, in Men’s LAX
by Chloe Stowe · April 13, 2019
Army edged Navy, 9-8, in overtime. (Image: NavySports.com)
The Navy Midshipmen lost a heartbreaker to the Black Knights of Army, 9-8, Saturday afternoon in men’s lacrosse action. In the 100th meeting of the rival schools’ LAX programs, the Mids took the 20th-ranked Black Knights to OT before Matt Manown scored his 15th goal of the season with 2:34 left on the clock for the Army victory.
With the loss, Navy falls to 5-6 overall and 3-4 in the Patriot League. Army improves to 9-3 on the season and 5-2 in the conference.
Navy kept the game close throughout, trailing only 4-3 at the end of the first. At the half, Army held its largest lead of the afternoon, 6-3. The Mids outscored the Knights five goals to two in the second half, scoring three in the final period to force the game to overtime.
Individually, Army’s AJ Barretto had another nice game in goal, picking up nine saves while allowing eight goals-against. On the Navy side, Ryan Kern recorded a fantastic 18 saves to counter his nine goals-against.
Leaders in point-scoring were Army’s Brendan Nichtern with five points on two goals and a team-leading three assists. Christian Daniel scored four points for Navy, all on goals. The Mids’ Ryan Wade extended his point-scoring streak to 35 games, with one goal and two assists.
Nick Barry continued his magnificent rookie campaign, winning 14 of 20 faceoffs for Navy. The Black Knights only managed to win six draws, using a three-man platoon system. Evan Condon took the last draw for Army, winning the ball at the ‘x’ with only 4:00 to go in overtime.
Up next for Army will be Loyola Maryland on April 20th. Navy takes on Syracuse next Saturday.
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Weird Weekend – 40 years of the Patterson-Gimlin film
Paul Vella, a forensic expert witness on computers, gave a talk at the CFZ’s Weird Weekend on 40 years of the Patterson/Gimlin film, the definitive Bigfoot film. This year is the 40th anniversary of the Patterson/Gimlin film of Bigfoot. In forty years there hasn’t been a better film, which is ammunition for the sceptics. If it’s there, why isn’t there a better film?
It’s a good quality 16mm in the right place in the right time film. To put this in context, there were over 590 drive-by shootings in LA last year, and only one of them was filmed.
The Bluff Creek sighting wasn’t a one off, there were many sightings in the area before. In 1958 there was a sighting and a lot of disturbances, huge oil drums were being thrown over the side of a gulley where they were building a bridge. Casts made in concrete by the the crew, and that’s around the time the term ‘Bigfoot’ was coined when it made the local paper.
In 1964 a forestry worker found similar tracks on a forestry road in the same area. Al Hodgeson found more prints the following year in nearby Willow Creek while hunting.
Roger Patterson died in 1972 of Hodgekinson’s disease, at the time he made the film he was in remission, but he knew he was ill. He had the reputation for being a bit of a drifter, funded by his brother-in-law.
Bob Gimlin is still alive, works in a garage in Yakima, Washington State, and if drunk will tell you about his work with stunt motorcyclist ‘Evil’ Kenevel. He made very little money from the film, just a $10,000 pay-off from Mrs Patterson.
On Friday October 20th 1967 they filmed Bigfoot at about 1.30 pm. They shot a total of 59.5 seconds of film of the Bigfoot (if we have the film speed right), part of a documentary they filmed when they had been in the area for three weeks.
They’d seen three sets of tracks earlier on the day of the sighting. After the sighting they went back to their truck a mile away to get casting material, and changed the film. A second film was lost by the BBC, which shows the tracks that they cast.
Patterson and Gimlin drove back with the truck and the horsebox. They got the film to Eureka to mail the film to be processed, and rang the Yakima Times. Gimlin rang some people over the Canadian border in British Columbia he knew, trying to get tracking dogs, they refused.
The next day it kept raining, Gimlin went to the site again, ripped bark off the trees to protect the tracks, he was ill, he’d been up at 5am and he was exhausted.
On Sunday, Patterson and his friends Green, Dahinden and McClarin viewed film over and over again, knackering it in the process.In 1967 it cost a fair bit of money to process a film, while most Washington shops closed in the afternoon. How do you process it on a Saturday? Patterson’s brother in law may have thrown money at it and got it done out of hours? The film ran out after 59 seconds, only 26ft left.
There was other stuff on the film, footage of themselves, trees, from the previous few days. It was a very sandy area at the time. You can see footprints in the film behind the thing they filmed.
There are bulging calf muscles in several frames. Gorilla suits don’t have muscles. The sand’s been washed away over the years, there’s gravel now. People still find footprints in the area, although not so many. It’s an unbelievably dusty drive from Willow Creek to Bluff Creek. It takes three hours to do thirty miles.
The first few minutes of the film is very shaky. The camera’s got no zoom, and Patterson is running after the thing.
John Green’s height calculation have used Patterson’s height, the prints, the camera angles to calculate the height of the creature in the Patterson-Gimlin film, between 6 ft 6 and 7ft.
The distance between your middle finger to middle finger arms outstretched pretty much gives your height if you’re a human.The arms of the Patterson/Gimlin film are too long. They don’t fit that ratio.
On the film you see a flexing hand – if the arms are too long for a human, how can there be a man in a suit with a hand in the glove that’s flexing? It flexes its hand in several frames.
The Kodak K-100 Patterson and Gimlin used has film speeds. He said he always used Said he always used 24 frames per second, but that after filming the Bigfoot he found it was on 18 frames per second, which isn’t a setting (16 is). At 24 frames per second, many people say the creature is moving too fast for a human.
Some surviving stills from the second reel – the one shot after the reel in which they filmed Bigfoot - show Patterson and Gimlin casting Bigfoot prints. Looks at half past five at the time, judging by the light.
Film director John Landis says what Patterson Gimlin shows is a suit made by Chambers, the make-up artist on Planet of the Apes. Chambers denied it, saying his suit wasn’t that good. Filming on Planet of the Apes finished a month before the Patterson-Gimlin film. The alleged suit would have been Hollywood cutting edge, but in Planet of the Apes there were no actual ape suits, only heads and hands.
The Bigfoot never locks his knees, humans always do. Possible bald patches you can see on the Bigfoot in the film,
Sceptic Karl Korff – claimed in his documentary, World’s Greatest Hoaxes – that Jerry Romeny was the man in the suit, that an insurance agent conned Patricia Patterson, that it was all a Mormon conspiracy to portray their version of the Bible. He says apes don’t have a hairline down his back, but gorillas do, as Vella demonstrated with photos.
Greg Long wrote a book called The Making of Bigfoot, in which he said there was a Patterson contract to make a a Bigfoot film. There was – it was a badly typed document about lending $500 to make their documentary. Patterson did work in an old ghost train before the film.
Patterson knew he was ill, but still ploughed all the money from the film back into Bigfoot research.
In Greg Long’s book – Bob Heironymous – who is supposed to be the man in the suit – describes a completely different suit to the one the man who made it described. Bob describes a leisurely five-mile drive and a dry Bluff Creek, but Vella has been to Bluff Creek and it’s never dry. Bob is just over 6ft, an not broad shouldered enough to be the creature in the film.
Philip Morris claims he made the suit, but he describes a differently-made suit to the suit Bob describes putting on.
And why, in America in 1967, would you put breasts on a kid’s film if you’re hoaxing it?
We normally see a third generation poor quality copy on TV.We’re told at the time that you’d need to have sent off the film to Kodak, but we believe there were copycat processors around that could have done it.
Cliff Cook said he saw the end of a zip on the creature in the film. It could be a clump of mud dried to the coat. The colour of the foliage in the film suggests it’s around October.
Vella first saw the Patterson-Gimlin film on the BBC in 1972 and really wanted to see one. He was disappointed that there wasn’t one at London Zoo on his fifth birthday, but he’s been obsessed by Bigfoot ever since.
Nobody knows where the original film is, there were five copies made, Vella knows where two are and suspects where the third is. The other two are missing.
Posted by Matt Salusbury at 16:01
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“Portrait of M’Kinley Unveiled in London.” Norwich Bulletin 15 July 1914 v56n167: p. [11]. VIEW
Pahlen, Petr Alekseevich
Mills, Charles K. “Political Assassinations in Some of Their Relations to Psychiatry and Legal Medicine.” Philadelphia Medical Journal 26 Oct. 1901 v8n17: pp. 688-92. VIEW
Fox, Jay. “Roosevelt, Czolgosz and Anarchy.” Roosevelt, Czolgosz and Anarchy; and Communism. By Jay Fox and Henry Addis. [New York]: New York Anarchists, [1902?]: pp. 2-13. VIEW
H., W. “The Island Scheme.” Free Society 5 Jan. 1902 v9n1: p. 3. VIEW
Leach, J. A. [untitled]. Prescott Morning Courier 12 Sept. 1901 v38n72: p. 1. VIEW
Painter, John
“Knew of the Plot.” Daily Picayune 12 Sept. 1901 v65n231: part 1, p. 2. VIEW
Palma, Tomás Estrada
SEE Estrada Palma, Tomás
Palmer, A. Mitchell
“Investigation Activities of the Department of Justice.” Senate Documents. Vol. 12. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1919. VIEW
Palmer, Bertha Honoré (a.k.a. Mrs. Potter Palmer)
Harman, Moses. “Anarchy on the Boulevards.” Lucifer, the Light-Bearer 28 Sept. 1901 v5n37 (3rd series): pp. 300-01. VIEW
Palmer, John M.
Palmer, Potter
Palmer, S. F.
“Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Convention.” American Journal of Nursing Jan. 1902 v2n4: pp. 303-30. VIEW
Palmerston, Henry John Temple
SEE Temple, Henry John
Paramore, E. H.
“Dies to Follow M’Kinley.” Chicago Daily Tribune 19 Sept. 1901 v60n262: part 1, p. 5. VIEW
Park, Roswell
“Alumni Notes.” Hamilton Review Nov. 1901 v15n2: pp. 52-59. VIEW
“The Assassination of President McKinley.” Carolina Medical Journal Oct. 1901 v47n10: pp. 377-79. VIEW
“The Attempted Assassination of President McKinley.” Virginia Medical Semi-Monthly 13 Sept. 1901 v6n10: p. 267. VIEW
Benedict, Bernard C. “Dastard Deed.” Evening Herald 7 Sept. 1901 v25n7576: p. [2]. VIEW
“Canadian Nurse.” St. John Daily Sun 12 Sept. 1901 v24n219: p. 3. VIEW
“Captain Barclay’s Sorrowful Souvenir.” Baltimore Sunday Herald 15 Sept. 1901 n2005: part 2, p. 15. VIEW
“The Cause of the Death of the President.” Hot Springs Medical Journal 15 Oct. 1901 v10n10: pp. 304-05. VIEW
“A Celebrated Case.” Animals’ Defender Nov. 1901 v6n11: pp. 3-4. VIEW
“Chronicle of the Week.” Tablet 14 Sept. 1901 v98n3201: pp. 397-400. VIEW
“The Crime and Its Results.” Gunton’s Magazine Oct. 1901 v21n4: pp. 292-93. VIEW
“Death of Dr. Roswell Park.” Times-Dispatch 16 Feb. 1914 n19628: p. 8. VIEW
“Deceased Distinguished Citizens of Buffalo” [chapter 34]. Municipality of Buffalo, New York: A History, 1720-1923. Ed. Henry Wayland Hill. Vol. 2. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1923: pp. 885-910. VIEW
“The Deed.” Outlook 14 Sept. 1901 v69n2: pp. 95-96. VIEW
“Dr. M’Burney Arrives.” St. Paul Globe 9 Sept. 1901 v24n252: p. 1. VIEW
“Dr. Shrady Sorry the X-Ray Was Not Used.” Reading Eagle 17 Sept. 1901 v34n233: p. 1. VIEW
“The Emergency Hospital at the Buffalo Exposition.” Philadelphia Medical Journal 12 Oct. 1901 v8n15: p. 578. VIEW
“Emergency Hospital at the Pan-American Exposition.” Buffalo Medical Journal Apr. 1901 v40n9 (new series): pp. 701-04. VIEW
“The Exposition in Its Medical Aspects.” Buffalo Medical Journal Sept. 1901 v41n2 (new series): pp. 130-36. VIEW
Hayd, H. E. “Matthew D. Mann, M.D., 1845-1921.” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Apr. 1921 v1n7: p. 782. VIEW
“Heard the Shots Fired.” Scranton Tribune 9 Sept. 1901: p. 5. VIEW
Hemmeter, John C. “Hopeful of Recovery.” Sun [Baltimore] 7 Sept. 1901 v129n98: p. 1. VIEW
“How Dr. Mann Was Brought.” Milwaukee Sentinel 14 Sept. 1901 n23689: p. 8. VIEW
Manley, T. H. “Some of the Surgical Aspects of the Assassination of President McKinley.” Medical Times and Register Oct. 1901 v39n10: pp. 260-62. VIEW
“Medical News.” Iowa Medical Journal 15 Oct. 1901 v7n10: pp. 669-83. VIEW
“The Medical Treatment.” Burlington Hawk-Eye 17 Sept. 1901 v63n85: p. 3. VIEW
“The M’Kinley Doctor Bills.” Buffalo Evening News 1 Mar. 1902 v43n118: p. 6. VIEW
“The Month.” Post-Graduate Oct. 1901 v16n10: pp. 874-78. VIEW
“Mr. McKinley’s Humor.” Florence Times 27 Sept. 1901 v12n13: p. [7]. VIEW
“Pan-American Notes.” Buffalo Medical Journal Aug. 1901 v41n1 (new series): pp. 72-76. VIEW
“[Park, Roswell].” Our County and Its People. Ed. Truman C. White. Vol. 2. [n.p.]: Boston History, 1898: part 3, pp. 50-51. VIEW
“Pharmaceutical Aspect of the National Tragedy.” Pharmaceutical Era 26 Sept. 1901 v26n13: pp. 357-60. VIEW
“The President Joked.” Buffalo Enquirer 9 Sept. 1901 v58n36: p. 6. VIEW
“President McKinley Shot Twice While Holding a Reception at the Buffalo Exposition by a Cleveland, O., Anarchist.” National Police Gazette 28 Sept. 1901 v79n1258: p. 7. VIEW
“President M’Kinley Shot.” Chicago Daily News 6 Sept. 1901 v26n214: part 1, p. 1. VIEW
“The President’s ‘Alien’ Nurse.” Canada Lancet Oct. 1901 v35n2: pp. 104-05. VIEW
“Promotion for Nurses of M’Kinley.” Buffalo Courier 10 Oct. 1901 v66n283: part 1, p. 7. VIEW
“Science Fights Death.” Congregationalist and Christian World 14 Sept. 1901 v86n37: p. 379. VIEW
Shaerer, Herbert. “Emergency Hospital at the Pan-American.” St. Louis Medical Review 30 Mar. 1901 v43n13: pp. 219-20. VIEW
“Some Points in the President’s Case.” Alabama Medical Journal Oct. 1901 v12n11: pp. 607-08. VIEW
Stockton, Charles G. “Roswell Park: A Memoir.” Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society 1918 v22: pp. 91-111. VIEW
Stockwell, G. Archie. [untitled]. Detroit Medical Journal Oct. 1901 v1n7: p. 206. VIEW
“The Surgical and Medical Treatment of President McKinley.” Journal of Medicine and Science Oct. 1901 v7n11: pp. 389-90. VIEW
“These Men Were Cool While Terror Reigned.” Enterprise [Sheridan] 28 Sept. 1901 v14n45: p. [6]. VIEW
“Used X-Rays on M’Kinley’s Double.” Cleveland Press 11 Sept. 1901 n7246: p. [6]. VIEW
“What Moved Czolgosz.” New-York Tribune 9 Sept. 1901 v61n20021: p. 1. VIEW
Parker, Alton B.
Parker, Amasa J., Jr.
Parker, Edgar R. R. (a.k.a. Painless Parker)
“Bay Shore.” Suffolk County News 29 Aug. 1902 v18n10: p. [2?]. VIEW
Parker, Frank W.
[untitled]. Sentinel 17 Apr. 1902 v9n37 (new series): p. 1. VIEW
Parker, James B.
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Parkes, Charles T.
Parkhurst, Charles H.
“Our Monthly Talk.” Medical World Nov. 1901 v19n11: pp. 493-96, 18. VIEW
Parmenter, John
“[Parmenter, John].” Our County and Its People. Ed. Truman C. White. Vol. 2. [n.p.]: Boston History, 1898: part 3, p. 449. VIEW
Parsons, Albert R.
“Czolgosz a Lunatic, Says Lucy Parsons.” New York Times 11 Sept. 1901 v50n16124: p. 2. VIEW
Lombroso, Cesare. “Anarchy: The Status of Anarchism To-Day in Europe and the United States.” Trans. Lionel Strachey. Everybody’s Magazine Feb. 1902 v6n2: pp. 165-68. VIEW
“Mrs. Emma [sic] Parsons Will Publicly Denounce Anarchy.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch 8 Sept. 1901 v54n18: part 2, p. 4. VIEW
Parsons, C. W.
Parsons, C. W. [untitled]. Vegetarian and Our Fellow Creatures 15 Dec. 1901 v6n3: p. 61. VIEW
Parsons, Lucy E.
[untitled]. New Jersey Law Journal Oct. 1901 v24n10: pp. 675-76. VIEW
“Anent the Word Assassin.” Catholic Union and Times 12 Sept. 1901 v30n23: p. 4. VIEW
“Chicago Meetings.” Free Society 2 Feb. 1902 v9n5: p. 7. VIEW
“A Natural Sequence.” Western New-Yorker 12 Sept. 1901 v61n37: p. [4]. VIEW
Partridge, Margaret Ridgely
Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt. “Home Life in the White House” [chapter 11]. My Brother Theodore Roosevelt. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1921: pp. 206-35. VIEW
Partridge, Newton A.
Pasha, Hilmi
Brown, Demetra Vaka. “Coming Home to Turkey” [chapter 1]. Haremlik. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1910: pp. 1-29. VIEW
Passannante, Giovanni
Passos, John R. Dos
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Patrick (a.k.a. Saint Patrick)
Patterson, Billy
“The Tragedy at Buffalo.” Railway Conductor Oct. 1901 v18n10: pp. 777-80. VIEW
Patterson, Raymond
Croly, Herbert. “The Panama Canal” [chapter 24]. Marcus Alonzo Hanna: His Life and Work. New York: Macmillan, 1912: pp. 369-85. VIEW
Patterson, William C.
“World’s Deadliest Cane!” Bisbee Daily Review 18 Sept. 1921 v25n224: sect. 2, p. 1. VIEW
Pattison, Robert E.
Patton, Francis L.
Paul (a.k.a. Saint Paul; a.k.a. Paul the Apostle; a.k.a. Saul of Tarsus) (Biblical personage)
“Anarchism and the Gospel.” Assembly Herald Nov. 1901 v5n5: pp. 410-11. VIEW
“Anarchy.” Christian Observer 18 Sept. 1901 v89n38: p. 3. VIEW
Browning, William Garritson. “Assassination of President McKinley” [chapter 8]. A Few More Words. Poughkeepsie: [n.p.], 1902: pp. 122-35. VIEW
Crooks, E. A. “The Higher Power” [part 1]. Christian Nation 2 Apr. 1902 v36: pp. 1-2. VIEW
Crooks, E. A. “The Higher Power” [part 2]. Christian Nation 9 Apr. 1902 v36n916: pp. 1-2. VIEW
Eddy, Mary Baker. “Mrs. Eddy Explains.” Burlington Hawk-Eye 4 Oct. 1901 v63n100: p. 2. VIEW
Kimball, Edward A. “Tribute to William McKinley.” Lectures and Articles on Christian Science. 4th ed. Chesterton: Edna Kimball Wait, 1921: pp. 403-09. VIEW
Woelfkin, Cornelius. “Sermon.” William McKinley: Character Sketches of America’s Martyred Chieftain. Comp. Charles E. Benedict. New York: Blanchard Press, [1901?]: pp. 91-94. VIEW
Paul I, Emperor of Russia
Langtoft, Geoffrey. “Assassination a Fruit of Socialism.” Fortnightly Review 1 Oct. 1901 v70n418 (new series): pp. 571-80. VIEW
Pauncefote, Julian (a.k.a. Lord Pauncefote; a.k.a. 1st Baron Pauncefote)
“Anxiety in London.” Madison County Times 13 Sept. 1901 v32n7: p. [3]. VIEW
Pausch, Eduard L. A.
“Death Mask of President.” Atlanta Constitution 16 Sept. 1901 v34: p. 1. VIEW
“A M’Kinley Death Mask.” Goodland Republic 22 Nov. 1901 n14: p. 3. VIEW
Watkins, John Elfreth, Jr. “M’Kinley Death Mask.” Sunday Journal 29 Dec. 1901 v51n363: part 2, p. 13. VIEW
Payn, Louis F.
Nelson, Henry Loomis. “William McKinley—Theodore Roosevelt.” Collier’s Weekly 28 Sept. 1901 v27n26: p. 18. VIEW
Payne, Henry C.
“McKinley Memorial Association.” Bankers’ Magazine Nov. 1901 v63n5: pp. 878-79. VIEW
“Part of Anarchist Scheme.” New York Times 7 Sept. 1901 v50n16121: p. 5. VIEW
“Public Memorial at Canton.” Omaha Sunday Bee 8 Dec. 1901: part 1, p. 2. VIEW
Payne, Sereno E.
“The Last Requiem.” Evening Bulletin 20 Sept. 1901 v20n256: p. 1. VIEW
Peabody, James H.
“Anarchy,—the Modern Scape-Goat.” Co-Operator Aug. 1904 v8n207: pp. 19-22. VIEW
Peabody, Robert S.
Brush, E. H. “McKinley Memorials in Sculpture.” American Review of Reviews Oct. 1907 v36n4: pp. 467-71. VIEW
Peabody, Selim H.
Pearce, John Irving, Jr.
Pearcy, Robert B.
“Judge in Kentucky Would Cleave Assassin’s Body with Red-Hot Saw.” San Francisco Call 22 Sept. 1901 v90n114: p. 20. VIEW
Pearre, George A.
“To Create a New Treason.” News and Courier 9 Sept. 1901: p. 1. VIEW
Pearson, Charles H.
Pearson, Samuel B.
Pease, Charles G.
“Dr. Pease Assails Nicotine, but Doesn’t Rebuke Senate.” New York Tribune 7 Feb. 1921 v80n27112: p. 3. VIEW
Peck, George R.
Watrous, J. A. “A Busy Day for McKinley.” Richard Epps and Other Stories. [n.p.]: [n.p.], 1906: pp. 95-98. VIEW
Peel, Lucy Cook (a.k.a. Mrs. William L. Peel)
“Editor’s Note Book.” American Monthly Magazine Nov. 1901 v19n5: pp. 527-28. VIEW
Peel, Robert
“President McKinley.” Statist 14 Sept. 1901 v48n1229: pp. 477-78. VIEW
Peele, Omer
“Played.” Marietta Daily Leader 20 Sept. 1901 v7n223: p. [5]. VIEW
Pelferer, Joseph
“Tied to Tree and Whipped.” Atlanta Constitution 16 Sept. 1901 v34: p. 1. VIEW
Pendel, Thomas F.
Carmichael, Otto. “Startled the Country.” Indianapolis Journal 7 Sept. 1901 v51n250: pp. 1-2. VIEW
Pendell, C. D.
“Mob Beats Clergyman.” Journal and Herald 26 Sept. 1901 v35n36: p. [4]. VIEW
Pendell, G. G.
Penn, G. W.
Deutsch, Jacob. “Timely Suggestions.” Memphis Medical Monthly Feb. 1902 v22n2: pp. 87-92. VIEW
Penn, J. W.
Penn, G. W. “A Case of Gunshot Wound of the Stomach in Which the Patient Recovered.” Philadelphia Medical Journal 12 Oct. 1901 v8n15: pp. 603-04. VIEW
“William McKinley.” A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Vol. 13. New York: Bureau of National Literature, [1922]: pp. 6234-36. VIEW
Penney, Thomas
[untitled]. Free Thought Magazine Nov. 1901 v19n11: p. 679. VIEW
[untitled]. Truth Seeker 5 Oct. 1901 v28n40: p. 629. VIEW
“About People.” Electric Traction Weekly 3 Oct. 1908 v4n40: p. 1053. VIEW
“Alienists Find Czolgosz Sane.” Chicago Daily Tribune 10 Sept. 1901 v60n253: part 1, pp. 1-2. VIEW
“Assassin Czolgosz Ceases His Boasting.” Buffalo Evening News 10 Sept. 1901 v42n129: p. 8. VIEW
“Assassin’s Weapons in Museum.” Youngstown News 4 Apr. 1902 v22n9: p. 1. VIEW
“The Case against Czolgosz.” New York Times 11 Sept. 1901 v50n16124: p. 2. VIEW
Chapin, John B. “The Crime of Czolgosz, the Assassin.” Philadelphia Medical Journal 19 Oct. 1901 v8n16: pp. 649-50. VIEW
“Confession of the Assassin; His Almost Toy Pistol.” Chicago Sunday Tribune 8 Sept. 1901 v60n251: part 1, p. 4. VIEW
“Crime Is Hated by His Family.” Atlanta Constitution 25 Sept. 1901 v34: p. 3. VIEW
“Czolgosz Case Now before the Grand Jury.” Buffalo Evening News 16 Sept. 1901 v42n134: p. 1. VIEW
“Czolgosz Indicted.” Journal and Herald 19 Sept. 1901 v35n35: p. [4]. VIEW
“Czolgosz Indicted.” Timely Topics 20 Sept. 1901 v6n3: p. 41. VIEW
“Czolgosz Is Rapidly Breaking Down and Appears to Be a Physical and Mental Wreck—Refuses to Talk.” Buffalo Courier 9 Sept. 1901 v66n252: p. 3. VIEW
“Czolgosz Says He Had No Aid.” Chicago Sunday Tribune 8 Sept. 1901 v60n251: part 1, pp. 1, 4. VIEW
“Czolgosz Will Not Talk.” Burlington Hawk-Eye 20 Sept. 1901 v63n88: p. 2. VIEW
“Czolgosz’s Confederate.” Daily Picayune 8 Sept. 1901 v65n227: part 1, p. 8. VIEW
“‘Czolgosz’s Confessions’ Manufactured.” Buffalo Evening News 9 Sept. 1901 v42n128: p. [7?]. VIEW
“Echoes and News.” Medical News 9 Nov. 1901 v79n19: pp. 746-52. VIEW
Fowler, Joseph, Floyd S. Crego, and James W. Putnam. “Official Report of the Experts for the People in the Case of the People vs—Leon F. Czolgosz.” Philadelphia Medical Journal 9 Nov. 1901 v8n19: pp. 778-79. VIEW
“Kiss Assassin for Last Time.” Atlanta Constitution 26 Sept. 1901 v34: p. 2. VIEW
“Leon F. Czolgosz, Cowardly Assassin, Makes Statement.” Buffalo Evening News 7 Sept. 1901 v42n127: p. 9. VIEW
“Many Cranks Pester the District Attorney with Absurd Advice.” Buffalo Courier 21 Sept. 1901 v66n264: p. 8. VIEW
“President McKinley Improving.” Enterprise [Lancaster] 11 Sept. 1901 v6n76: p. 1. VIEW
“The Prosecution.” Youngstown Vindicator 11 Sept. 1901 v13n9: pp. 1, 6. VIEW
“Root Praises Erie County Officers.” New-York Tribune 15 Nov. 1901 v61n20088: p. 9. VIEW
“Say Czolgosz Was Sane.” Salt Lake Herald 3 Nov. 1901 v29n160: p. 1. VIEW
“Statement by Assassin.” Iowa State Register 8 Sept. 1901 v46n211: pp. 1, 3. VIEW
“Statement of Leon F. Czolgosz, Taken at Police Headquarters, 10.30 P. M., September 6, 1901, by Mr. Penney.” Senate Documents. Vol. 12. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1919: pp. 64-74. VIEW
“Sticks to His First Story.” Iowa State Register 10 Sept. 1901 v46n213: p. 1. VIEW
“Text of the Indictment against Leon Czolgosz.” Buffalo Review 17 Sept. 1901 v19n87: p. 6. VIEW
“To Buffalo under Watchful Eyes.” Cleveland Plain Dealer 24 Sept. 1901 v60n267: pp. 1, 3. VIEW
“The Trial at Buffalo.” American Monthly Review of Reviews Oct. 1901 v24n4: pp. 389-90. VIEW
“The Trial of Czolgocz” [sic]. Sunday News 15 Sept. 1901: p. 2. VIEW
“Trying to Avoid Sensationalism.” Buffalo Evening News 7 Sept. 1901 v42n127: p. 1. VIEW
Pepper, William
Perceval, Spencer
Ewan, John A. “Current Events Abroad.” Canadian Magazine Oct. 1901 v17n6: pp. 568-71. VIEW
“The Law and the Lawyers.” Law Times 5 Oct. 1901 v111n3053: pp. 491-93. VIEW
“The National Tragedy.” Socialist Spirit Oct. 1901 v1n2: pp. 3-4. VIEW
“The Trial of Czolgosz.” Law Notes Nov. 1901 v5: p. 143. VIEW
Percy, Henry (a.k.a. Hotspur; a.k.a. Harry Hotspur)
“Our London Letter.” Medical News 5 Oct. 1901 v79n14: pp. 552-53. VIEW
Perks, George T.
Perks, Robert William
Perovskaya, Sophia
Perreyve, Henri
Perry, John
“A Tribute by the Minister for Education.” Sydney Morning Herald 9 Sept. 1901 n19811: p. 7. VIEW
Perry, Matthew C.
“Oriental Tributes to Americans.” Zion’s Herald 4 Dec. 1901 v79n49: p. 1547. VIEW
Perry, Oliver Hazard
Forwood, J. L. “President McKinley’s Farewell to Canton.” After Hours. Chester: Press of the Chester Times, 1922: pp. 101-08. VIEW
Peter (a.k.a. Simon; a.k.a. Saint Peter) (Biblical personage)
Baginski, Max. “Leon Czolgosz.” Mother Earth Oct. 1906 v1n8: pp. 4-9. VIEW
Wilkins, T. “McKinley and Czolgosz.” Poems of Life. Chicago: Regan Printing House, 1918: pp. 53-56. VIEW
Peter III, Emperor of Russia
Peter the Hermit
Pettigrew, Richard F.
Harman, Moses. “The Lesson of the Hour.” Lucifer, the Light-Bearer 21 Sept. 1901 v5n36 (3rd series): pp. 292-93. VIEW
Pettus, Edmund Winston
Havel, Hippolyte. “A Reminiscence.” Mother Earth Oct. 1908 v3n8: pp. 320-24. VIEW
Petty-Fitzmaurice, Henry, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (a.k.a. Lord Lansdowne)
“King Edward’s Sympathy.” Iowa State Register 8 Sept. 1901 v46n211: p. 1. VIEW
Pfuetzner, Clemens
“Deny Bail to Anarchists.” Chicago Daily Tribune 10 Sept. 1901 v60n253: part 1, p. 1. VIEW
“Emma Goldman Arrested.” Albuquerque Daily Citizen 10 Sept. 1901 v15n251: p. 1. VIEW
Pfuhl, Alexis Constantin Carl
“So Saith the Stars.” Duluth Evening Herald 18 Sept. 1901 v19: p. 1. VIEW
Phidias (a.k.a. Pheidias)
Philbin, Eugene A.
“Roosevelt Too, Says Most.” New-York Tribune 10 Sept. 1901 v61n20022: p. 3. VIEW
Philip II, King of Macedon
“‘What’s in a Name?’” Cambridge Chronicle 16 Nov. 1901: part 2, p. 10. VIEW
Philip II, King of Spain
“‘The McKinley Islands.’” Chautauquan Nov. 1901 v34n2: p. 119. VIEW
Phillips, Wendell
Phinney, James E.
“Free Thinking Policemen Suspended.” Daily Picayune 12 Sept. 1901 v65n231: part 1, p. 2. VIEW
Watkins, Robert Lincoln. “The Examination of the Blood in President M’Kinley’s Case.” Diagnosis by Means of the Blood. New York: Physicians Book Publishing, 1902: pp. 227-32. VIEW
Pierce, Franklin
[untitled]. Collier’s Weekly 28 Sept. 1901 v27n26: p. 3. VIEW
“Juvenilia.” Nation 3 Oct. 1901 v73n1892: p. 258. VIEW
Pierce, Henry J.
Pierce, Nathaniel
“Veteran Sounds Taps at Soldiers’ Home Memorial and Then Expires.” Milwaukee Journal 19 Sept. 1901 v19: p. 12. VIEW
Piglhein, Bruno
Lloyd, Charles Edward. “The Pan-American.” Weekly Tallahasseean 27 Sept. 1901 v21n31: p. 6. VIEW
Pini, Achille Vittorio
Pinkerton, Robert A.
Holt, Henry. “The Treatment of Anarchism.” American Monthly Review of Reviews Feb. 1902 v25n2: pp. 192-200. VIEW
“Pinkerton Cunning.” International Wood Worker Dec. 1901 v10n12: p. 136. VIEW
Piotrowski, H. S.
“Throws Light on Czolgasz” [sic]. Cleveland Plain Dealer 13 Sept. 1901 v60n256: p. 12. VIEW
Piper, Harry
Piso, Lucius
Spitzka, Edward C. “The Czolgosz Case.” Philadelphia Medical Journal 26 Oct. 1901 v8n17: pp. 693-95. VIEW
Pitkin, John T.
“Edison’s Big X-Ray Machine Ready for Use.” Buffalo Review 9 Sept. 1901 v19n80: p. [6?]. VIEW
Pitt, William (father) (a.k.a. William Pitt the Elder)
Pitt, William (son) (a.k.a. William Pitt the Younger)
Pius VI, Pope
“Editorial.” Messenger of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Oct. 1901 v36n10: pp. 939-41. VIEW
Pius VII, Pope
Pius IX, Pope
Place, Horace
“‘It Is Not God’s Way.’” Cleveland Plain Dealer 23 Sept. 1901 v60n266: p. 8. VIEW
Hillis, Newell Dwight. “That Happiness Is Latent in Every Form of Trouble and Suffering” [chapter 2]. The Quest of Happiness. New York: Macmillan, 1913: pp. 39-64. VIEW
Platt, Charles A.
“M’Kinley Memorial.” American Contractor 23 Jan. 1915 v36n4: p. 64. VIEW
Platt, Orville H.
Platt, Thomas Collier (a.k.a. Boss Platt)
Berger, Victor L. “The End of the Roosevelt Episode.” Berger’s Broadsides. Milwaukee: Social-Democratic Publishing, 1912: pp. 193-99. VIEW
“The Exposition and the Assassination.” Democrat and Chronicle 7 Dec. 1901 v69: p. 6. VIEW
“New Men to the Front.” Milwaukee Journal 14 Sept. 1901 v19: p. 2. VIEW
“The New President.” Irish-American 21 Sept. 1901 v53n38: p. 1. VIEW
“Senator Platt on M’Kinley.” Buffalo Evening News 16 Sept. 1901 v42n134: p. 8. VIEW
“The Shooting of President McKinley.” Collier’s Weekly 14 Sept. 1901 v27n24: p. 5. VIEW
Plumbe, Edward O.
“Notes and News.” Western Medical Review 15 Nov. 1901 v6n11: pp. 351-53. VIEW
Smith, F. S. Key. “Our New Problem—An Old Idea Enlarged Upon.” Albany Law Journal Dec. 1901 v63n12: pp. 451-54. VIEW
Polk, James K.
Pollock, Louise
Noerr, Catherine R. “Celebration of McKinley’s Birthday.” Kindergarten Review Mar. 1902 v12n7: p. 442. VIEW
Pollock, Susan
Pollworth, Harry
[untitled]. National Police Gazette 7 Dec. 1901 v79n1268: p. 2. VIEW
Polsky, Abraham
“Present at the Reception.” Akron Daily Democrat 10 Sept. 1901 v10n122: p. 1. VIEW
Polsky, Rose
Pomerene, Atlee
Pomroy, Henry K.
“Items About Banks, Bankers and Trust Co’s.” Commercial and Financial Chronicle 21 Sept. 1901 v73n1891: pp. 589-91. VIEW
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Kinghorn-Jones, J. Alfred. “Open Letter to Senator Hoar.” Free Society 9 Feb. 1902 v9n6: pp. 2-3. VIEW
Pope, John
Pope, Ralph W.
“English Electricians Cable Condolence.” Electricity 25 Sept. 1901 v21n12: p. 175. VIEW
Porter, David Dixon
Porter, Edward C.
Porter, Horace (a)
“Current Thought and Events.” Werner’s Magazine July 1902 v29n5: pp. 713-22. VIEW
Porter, Horace (b)
Porter, John Addison
“Sketch of Secretary Cortelyou.” Buffalo Enquirer 16 Sept. 1901 v58n41: p. 10. VIEW
“Social and Personal.” Washington Times 12 Oct. 1901 n2694: p. 7. VIEW
Porter, John K.
“This Trial May Be Shorter.” St. John Daily Sun 24 Sept. 1901 v24n229: p. 4. VIEW
Porter, Robert P.
Rev. of The Life of William McKinley, by Charles S. Olcott. Catholic Historical Review July 1916 v2n2: pp. 217-18. VIEW
Portmann, William C.
Potter, Henry Codman
“How to Combat Yellow Journalism.” Review 1902 v9n1: pp. 7-8. VIEW
“Tributes to President McKinley.” Outlook 28 Sept. 1901 v69n4: pp. 241-43. VIEW
Potter, William Warren
Powderly, Terence V.
Winchevsky, M. “The Blues Versus the Reds: Suggestions for Laws against the Anarchists.” Comrade Nov. 1901 v1n2: pp. 34-35. VIEW
Powell, Lewis (a.k.a. Lewis Paine; a.k.a. Lewis Payne)
“Executed Lincoln’s Murderers.” San Juan County Index 8 Nov. 1901 v12n41: p. [3]. VIEW
“Legal Rights of Leon Czolgosz.” Baltimore American 23 Sept. 1901 v191n34821: p. 3. VIEW
Power, Frederick D.
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February 27, 2015 Sharon Swanepoel Police and Fire 0
An accident that happened on Highway 11 in Jasper County in the early morning hours of Feb. 25 resulted in the death of a beloved horse. But it was a damaged fence that set the events in motion. The person responsible for the earlier damage left the scene without advising the property owner that the fence had been breached and any livestock was no longer contained. Two horses left the property by way of the broken fence.
According to the incident report from the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office, Brittan Unger, of Social Circle, was driving north on Highway 11 out of Mansfield just after midnight on Feb. 25. A large black horse entered the roadway directly in front of him and he was unable to avoid hitting it. The horse died. There was no information on Unger’s injuries, but the vehicle had to be towed from the location. According to the report, the accident happened close to the intersections with Henderson Mill Road and Shepherd Road.
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The equine community is seeking information on the person or persons who initially damaged the fences on two properties, allowing for the horses to escape. They believe it was by someone who possibly ran off the road, through the fences and then left the scene. No accident report was available on that incident. However, one of the property owners believes it could have been a vehicle headed north on Highway 11 out of Madison in Jasper County, toward Walton County. The fences were on the right hand side of the road.
If you have any information about who was responsible for the damaged fences on the two properties on Highway 11, you can contact the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office at 706-468-4911.
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Posted 21 Feb 2015 — by Jason A. Hill
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By Jason A. Hill & Ezra Stead
The MIDG Oscars Podcast, 2015 edition.
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1. All They Want Is A Wave
The royal family appears on the balcony singing their thoughts. The British public joins the song, singing of their adoration of the royals
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David sings of his desire to be a good king who serves his people and who hopes to bring them into the modern era.
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Elsa and the ensemble sing about David and Wallis's flirtation which she has just witnessed. The song points out their view of Wallis's unsuitability as a partner for David.
6. Uh-Uh
David and Wallis continue their flirtation as they go nightclubbing, partying and on a cruise to the coasts of France and Spain, always with friends who are along as chaperones.
7. In Wonderland
Before this scene, King George V has died and David is now king. Wallis sings of her excitement that the King of England is in love with her.
8. Unfit to Rule
As the royal romance becomes publicly known, British leaders, the rest of the royal family and the general public sing of their contempt for David's behavior.
9. What is Forever?
As Wallis and David say good-bye at the dock where she is about to leave for France to await her divorce, David sings of his desperate love for her. Wallis writes a letter to David breaking off the relationship. This is the close of Act I.
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Differences between iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus
What are differences between iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus? Is it true that iPhone 6 Plus is just a bigger version of iPhone 6?
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Lots of people say that the 6 Plus is just a bigger iPhone 6. But that is just not the case.
The 6 Plus has a much better battery and a much higher resolution on the screen. It is also obviously, larger in screen size. And lastly the camera is better in terms of the fps on the slow-motion video, and also the optical image stabilization.
But if you don't want the bigger phone, then you can go with the iPhone 6. The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus have the same internal specs speed wise, but everything extra that the iPhone 6 Plus has is well worth the 100 dollars. great products and very pleased with apple this year once again.
I personally like the iPhone 6 plus a lot better, and i ordered it the weekend that it came out!! great phone, amazingly thin and light, but still feels like pure apple quality. Don't believe any of those stupid rumors about the bending and the hair thing, some android fanboys or apple hatters love to find stupid things to bash apple for, but truly its because they can't afford it. Because really... how many times a day do you catch yourself trying to rip your phone in half, or rubbing your phone on your head or legs trying to shave. these are stupid rumors to try to get you to not like apple, but don't believe random people, go to the apple store and see for yourself, these are great quality products and i couldn't be more impressed with this company.
Just to summarize the main differences:
Size and Display - The main difference is that the iPhone 6 features a 4.7-inch diagonal display, and the iPhone 6 Plus has a whopping 5.5-inch diagonal display. This also means the iPhone 6 Plus has a larger overall size, entering "phablet" territory.
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Price - Across the board, the iPhone 6 Plus costs $100 more than an iPhone 6 equipped with the same amount of storage space. Check here for pricing tiers on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
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Heba Morayef, Egypt director of Human Rights Watch, describes the “rise in criminal defamation cases, whether it is on charges of defaming the president or the judiciary” as the “greatest threat to freedom of expression” now facing Egypt. She says the cases are likely to increase “because criminal defamation is now embedded” in the constitution that was passed last month in a highly divisive referendum.....
“We’ve seen a huge increase in the number of defamation cases in the six months under Morsi when compared to 30 years under Mubarak,” Eid told IPS.....
ANHRI’s Eid says that rather than reforming Mubarak’s repressive media laws, the Morsi Administration is using them to intimidate and silence its political opponents. Article 179 of the Penal Code criminalises insulting the president without defining what constitutes an insult, permitting broad room for interpretation.
“It is the right of any citizen to criticise the president,” says Eid. “The president is a public servant whose conduct and performance directly affect the lives of millions of Egyptians.”
He adds that granting the president immunity from critical opinions – whether expressed through commentary, caricature or satire – leaves the door wide open for dictatorship."
Algeria: the slaughter of the good and bad at the In Amenas gas plant was utterly predictable
The real rulers in this country are a military who were "blooded" in a civil war that taught them to care as little for the innocent as they do for the guilty
"........It is a largely secret story which even today has never been fully revealed. Desperate to stem their losses, the Soviet government asked their socialist Algerian allies for intelligence help; and the Algerian intelligence services dispatched their own men to Afghanistan to pose as “mujahedin” alongside real Algerian Islamists fighting for Osama bin Laden.
Information from these Algerian military spies allowed Soviet forces to fight back.
But when the Russians left and the Algerians came home, the army ordered their own men to remain undercover with the Islamist groups. So when the terrible civil war began, individual officers to keep their cover participated in the massacre of civilians. And thus became contaminated by atrocities. This is not a tale which the Algerian government admits to. Nor will the West examine this grim history....."
Egypt: Don’t Force Palestinians Back to Syria
Two Syrian Refugees Unlawfully Returned to Syria Last Week
"Two Palestinians being held at the Cairo airport, apparently refused entry to Egypt, are at risk of deportation to Syria, Human Rights Watch said today. The man and his son would face indiscriminate violence and possible persecution if returned to Syria. The Egyptian authorities should not return anyone to Syria at this time.
It appears that some asylum seekers arriving from Syria in Egypt are at risk of refoulement, forced return to Syria, Human Rights Watch said. Egyptian airport officials deported two Syrian men back to Syria on January 13, 2013, in violation of Egypt’s non-refoulement obligations. In mid-December, immigration officials halted an attempted deportation of 13 Syrians at the last minute.
“Egypt may have a right to detain people temporarily or investigate them on grounds of false documentation but it may not under any circumstance return them to Syria,” said Bill Frelick, Refugee Program director at Human Rights Watch. “Egypt is obligated under international law not to return anyone, regardless of status, to a place where they would be persecuted.”......"
Real News Video (with Transcript): Arab Spring in 2013
Phyllis Bennis: The revolutions of the Middle East are far from over in spite of reversals and manipulations
Coming soon! Mubarak trial, Part 2: Farce CONTINUES! By Carlos Latuff
Burn, burn - Africa's Afghanistan
By Pepe Escobar
"For French neocolonial interests, for United States' plans to dominate Africa militarily and for jihadis formerly known as NATO rebels, the fighting in Mali feels like an excuse to party with Mirage jets and Kalashnikovs. Washington and Paris seem unaware that the fatal hostage crisis at Algeria's Amenas gas field is just an hors d'oeuvres for blowback likely to convulse the area across Niger and the whole Sahara-Sahel......"
Real News Video: Prosperity Under Occupation?
Inside Palestine's besieged Areas "A" - how the Ramallah bubble was created and how it might burst
YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS VIDEO TO REALIZE HOW THE PALESTINIANS ARE SUBSIDIZING THEIR OCCUPIERS AND COLONIZERS! EVEN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN THE WEST BANK ARE FROM ISRAEL. SOME OF THE PRODUCE IS GROWN ON THE ISRAELI COLONIES WITHIN THE WEST BANK ITSELF.
WATCHING THIS MAKES ME MORE AND MORE PESSIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE PALESTINIANS. WITH THIS ATTITUDE THEY ARE DOOMED AND PALESTINE WILL BE NOTHING BUT A MEMORY AND SOMETHING TO WRITE POETRY ABOUT.
ENJOY YOUR ISRAELI APPLES AND ORANGES IN RAMALLAH!
Ali Ferzat: Leader's speech
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المفكر العربى عزمى بشارة للديمقراطية: الربيع العربى صرخة وجودية من أجل الحرية والكرامة
AN EXCELLENT, LONG INTERVIEW
"تنطلق الثورات بعد أن تتوفر شروطها، وليس بالظلم فقط تنهض الاحتجاجات، لكن بالوعى بالظلم والقهر. ولم يكن البوعزيزى إلا اللحظة التى انكسر فيها تراكم الخوف العربى ، فانزاح الحاجز، وصرنا قبالة ثورة جماهير تأبى التدجين أو القولبة، جماهير سكنت إلى الشوارع وسكنت الشوارع إليها، وعلى أفق الطموح تبقى التساؤلات مشروعة ، هل ماعايشناه ثورة ؟ أم حالة ثورية ؟ إلى أى عمق وصل التغيير ، وإلى أى مدى وصل الحلم ؟ ما الذى تغير ؟ وما الذى بقى ؟ سقط نظام الحكم فماذا عن نظام القيم والعقل ؟ عامان على الربيع العربى والأزهار لا تزال تقاتل من أجل التفتح، والأنسام مازالت تتجادل مع روائح الغاز والبارود ،عامان من السؤال السياسى الحاضر بغزارة، وانحسار لتساؤلات التحديث والتجديد.
ضيف الحوار المفكر العربى البارز الدكتور عزمى بشارة - مدير المركز العربى للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات، لا يقدم فقط إضاءة للتفاعلات الثورية العربية، بل ويطرح تنظيرا مركبا لماهية الثورات العربية ومراميها الaتحررية فى ضوء مشروعه التنظيرى المشدود، وفى القلب منه قضايا المجتمع المدنى، والديمقراطية والدولة الوطنية الحديثة، والمواطنة، وحقوق الأقليات، والتنويعات الثقافية، ومنذ اللحظة الأولى لانطلاق الثورات العربية شرع فى طرح أسئلة جديدة حول القابلية للثورة، ومفهوم الاحتجاج، والخروج فى الثقافة الإسلامية، وأنزل ضوضاء الميادين فى متون الدرس المعرفى من خلال خلاصات بحثية علمية تقبل بالاختلاف والاتفاق، ولكنها تحظى باحترام الجودة والمبادرة. وهنا يقدم تأملاته عن الثورات العربية ، تأملات معرفية وتأسيسية لحالة لا تزال سائبة من ربيع قلق.......
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Real News Video (with Transcript): Syria a Humanitarian Disaster - People Demand a Political Settlement Without Assad
Omar Dahi: External powers are manipulating the struggle, Jihadist forces are increasingly prominent, but most Syrians believe a settlement is not possible with Assad in power
Real News Video (with Transcript): Israel Uses Control of Birth Registry and ID Cards to Control Gaza Population
Without an Israeli approved ID card, Palestinians cannot cross into Gaza which according to Human Rights Watch has separated families, caused people to lose jobs and educational opportunities, barred people from entering the Palestinian territories, and trapped others inside them.
Syria: Seeking Justice
No Escape from Accountability
".......Dignity can only be guaranteed when justice and human rights prevail, shielding people from abuses by armed groups, be they pro or anti-government and ensuring that those who commit such crimes are held accountable. Syrians deserve justice after nearly two years of bloodshed. They long for fairness after years of impunity. Any planning for the future of Syria should contain the appropriate tools for the country to reconcile on the basis of justice.
Peace envoys sometimes claim they cannot negotiate peace and seek accountability for human rights violations at the same time. They can and they should because peace without justice is a mirage that in the case of Syria could be washed away quickly in a bloodbath of revenge killings. Justice and accountability are the foundations for durable peace and a genuine settlement in Syria. That old man standing in the graveyard should know that those who commit war crimes will not get away with it."
Do you support an Arab intervention in the military campaign in Mali?
Video: Satire of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt by Bassem Yousef
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Al-Jazeera Video: لقاء خاص- المنصف المرزوقي.. تقييم الثورة التونسية
Al-Jazeera Video: ما وراء الخبر- اتهامات هيومن رايتس للنظام السوري
"تناقش الحلقة تقرير هيومن رايتس ووتش الذي تتهم فيه النظام السوري باستخدام ذخائر عنقودية لقمع الاحتجاجات ضده، ومطالبة سويسرا مجلس الأمن إحالة الملف السوري للمحكمة الدولية.
تقديم: خديجة بن قنة
تاريخ البث: 14/1/2013
الضيوف: مارك إيليس، سمير نشار، فيصل عبد الساتر
Real News Video: Aaron Swartz - a Fighter Against the Privatization of Knowledge
Two colleagues and friends of Aaron Swartz talk about his activism and vision of technology in the service of a more democratic and just society
Ibrahimi Betrays Bashar, by Khalil Bendib
Prisoners' Intifada shames Palestine's leaders
"Commitment to the Palestine cause seen in prisoners' hunger strikes makes a mockery of the "unity" efforts of a leadership beset by factionalism and seemingly subservient to demands of the international community. As the interests of the Palestinian elite increasingly overlap with those of Israeli authorities, the distance between them and the people is growing too far to bridge......
While calls for a change of tactics are warranted, if not urgent, there is another pressing change that must also be realized. There ought to be a change of Palestinian political culture, away from the repellent factional manipulation and towards a return to the basic values of the Palestinian struggle. It is the likes of Issawi, not Abbas that must define the new era of Palestinian resistance.
An Intifada has already been launched by thousands of Palestinian prisoners, some of whom are shackled to their hospital beds. It offers little in the way of perks aside from a chance at dignity and a leap of faith towards freedom. This is the dichotomy with which Palestinians must now wrangle. The path they will finally seek shall define this generation and demarcate the nature of the Palestinian struggle for generations to follow. "
Dozens of UN members urge immediate ICC referral of ‘desperate’ situation in Syria
"Dozens of UN members urge immediate ICC referral of ‘desperate’ situation in Syria
The UN Security Council must immediately refer the situation in Syria to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in line with a request made this morning by dozens of UN member states, Amnesty International said.
In a joint letter to the Council, Switzerland and 56 other states from all continents noted the Syrian authorities’ failure to investigate and prosecute crimes against humanity and war crimes committed since March 2011.
Since then, according to the letter, “the situation on the ground has only become more desperate, with attacks on the civilian population and the commission of atrocities having become almost the norm”.
“For almost two years, the Security Council has stood by as crimes against humanity, as well as war crimes after the internal armed conflict began, have been committed with complete impunity against the Syrian people,” said José Luis Díaz, Amnesty International’s UN Representative in New York.
“This must not be allowed to continue. A referral to the ICC must be made immediately to ensure that persons from all sides are investigated and – where there is sufficient admissible evidence – prosecuted for the most serious crimes under international law.”........"
Challenging Israel’s occupation, Palestinians create ‘Gate of the Sun’ village
By Amnesty International Campaigner Saleh Hijazi
"In the small hours of Sunday, more than 500 Israeli police surrounded around 130 Palestinian activists at a protest camp on the hills opposite the illegal Israeli settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, east of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank.
The camp, which the activists called the village of Bab al-Shams (Gate of the Sun), was set up on privately-owned Palestinian land two days before to protest against the Israeli occupation and continued expansion of illegal settlements, which goes hand in hand with forced evictions in the West Bank.
Heavily armed police moved into the village to remove the peaceful activists on orders from the Israeli government, despite a High Court ruling on Friday not to remove the camp.
Eventually the video stream I was watching was cut off, but it was still possible to follow Twitter, where activists reported on the arrests and eviction moment by moment.....
The eviction of Bab al-Shams is a stark reminder that although Palestinians, and not Israeli settlers, have the right under international law to build and plan villages in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, every day the Israeli government continues to deny them those rights.
The international community should take this as a warning that if action against the expansion of illegal Israel settlements – especially the E1 plan – is not taken immediately, whole Palestinian communities will be forcibly evicted from their homes. Amnesty International will continue supporting these communities, and Palestinians’ right to peaceful protest."
Pilgrim's tale: identity of Iranians kidnapped in Syria begins to emerge
Revolutionary Guards likely to be among the 48 Iranians released by rebels, though Tehran says otherwise
"......It is not unusual of Iranian pilgrims to ignore warnings about travelling to conflict zones. In the turbulent years following the US invasion of Iraq, many Iranians travelled to the country's Shia sites although some were killed in bombings. But Iranian websites are exposing the identity of the former captives of the Syrian rebels, making clear that, in fact, a number of them are currently working for the Revolutionary Guards. It's not clear how many were actual pilgrims.
Digarban, a website that monitors the country's conservatives and their online activities, reported that at least seven guards commanders were among the released prisoners. "Abedin Khoram, the [current] commander of the Revolutionary Guards' division in Orumieh … is among those released who have returned to Iran," it reported.
The website names a number of other people linked to the elite force who are either current of former members. Some of the identities are apparently exposed inadvertently when faces are revealed in welcoming ceremonies held in their hometown or in reports on local news websites.
Iranian officials have so far refused to publish the full list of those who were held in Syria.
In the nearly two years conflict in Syria, Iran has stood firm by Bashar al-Assad and is accused by the west of militarily supporting his regime. Iran initially denied the accusations but in May, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander admitted that Iranian forces were operating in Syria in support of the Assad regime......"
Revolution as a carnival
The disenfranchised in Tunisia can do nothing but watch as their revolution slips into a state of carnival.
By Larbi Sadiki
".......Two years on...
Such carnivalesque ethos has largely dissipated in Tunisia. However, despite trepidation, faith in the revolution has not faded. It is trust in politicians that has faded. All politicians.
Tunisia right now is trying to find the right balance in order to tame the "revolution" or "rationalise" it. Yet, the publics, mostly the country's youth, who engineered the revolution have retreated to their locales, staging mini revolutions in protest at similar marginalisation, injustice and lack of government response that was previously experienced under Ben Ali. The difference is that today they can speak freely and protest without too much of a hindrance in most areas - barring Bourguiba Boulevard.
Youth in towns such as Gafsa, Benguerdane, Metlaoui, Kasserine, Tala or Sidi Bouzid can see no horizon, and unemployment is not decreasing two years into the revolution.
Why? There are eight main reasons......."
Al-Jazeera Video: Syria rebels say seized weapons a 'game-changer'
"Syrian government fighter jets have carried out several strikes on Taftanaz military airbase in northwestern Idlib province.
Rebel fighters seized the base on Friday and have been forced to withdraw, but they managed to take many weapons with them.
Abou Hamed, a commander of the Jabhat-al-Nusra group, says the weapons the fighters seized will be a game-changer for the rebels.
Al Jazeera's Sue Turton reports from Idlib."
Eviction of Bab Al Shams exposes Israel as a lawless state
Max Blumenthal
"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was clearly troubled by the establishment of Bab Al Shams, a Palestinian protest village erected on privately-owned Palestinian land, the planned route of what Israel calls the “E-1” corridor in the occupied West Bank.
The E-1 area was to be capstone of Israel’s settler-colonial enterprise, a long segment of housing units expanding east from the Jews-only mega-settlement of Maale Adumim, permanently severing East Jerusalem from the rest of the West Bank and virtually slicing the West Bank in half. And now, 400 Palestinians and their supporters stood directly in the way of the plan.....
Forced evacuation
Two hours later some 500 border police troops in full riot gear marched into Bab Al Shams and carried its inhabitants away by force. According to reports from some of the 150 or activists inside, the police attacked journalists, pushing them to the periphery of the encampment so they could not record the brutality. Photos of those injured during the raid suggest that the police severely assaulted those who refused to leave quietly. Six Palestinians, including the artist and activist Hafez Omar (a photograph of injured Omar is circulating on Facebook), were so badly wounded they required treatment at the Ramallah Hospital.
Under pressure from right-wing upstarts amidst a heated election contest, Netanyahu ordered the eviction of Bab Al Shams in flagrant contempt of the country’s high court. And not one of the judges issued a word of protest. In a state guided not by the democratic rule of law, but by the colonial imperatives of the occupation, Netanyahu’s roguery was business as usual."
At a temporary tent city, facts on the ground become clear
By Jonathan Cook
"When the Palestinian leadership won their upgrade to non-member observer status at the United Nations in November, plenty of sceptics on both sides of the divide questioned what practical benefits would accrue to the Palestinians. The doubters have not been silenced yet.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has done little to capitalise on his diplomatic success. There have been vague threats to "isolate" Israel, hesitant talk of "not ruling out" a referral to the International Criminal Court, and a low-key declaration by the Palestinian Authority of the new "state of Palestine".
At a time when Palestinians hoped for a watershed moment in their struggle for national liberation, the Fatah and Hamas leaderships look as mutually self-absorbed as ever. Last week they were again directing their energies into a new round of reconciliation talks, this time in Cairo, rather than keeping the spotlight on Israeli intransigence.....
However futile the activists' efforts prove to be on this occasion, the encampment indicates that ordinary Palestinians are better placed to find inventive ways to embarrass Israel than the hidebound Palestinian leadership.
Senior PLO official Hanan Ashrawi extolled the activists for their "highly creative and legitimate nonviolent tool" to protect Palestinian land. But the failure of PA officials, including Saeb Erekat, to make it to the site before it was cordoned off by Israel only heightened the impression of a leadership too slow and unimaginative to respond to events.
By establishing Bab Al Shams the activists visibly demonstrated the apartheid nature of Israel's rule in the occupied territories. Although a temporary and dismantled tent camp is unlikely by itself to change the dynamics of the conflict, it does show Palestinians that there are ways they themselves can take the struggle to Israel. That, of course, is also Mr Netanyahu's great fear.
The scenario his officials are reported to be most concerned about is that this kind of popular mode of struggle becomes infectious. If Palestinians see popular nonviolent resistance, unlike endless diplomacy, as helping to awaken the world to their plight, there may be more Bab Al Shamses - and other surprises for Israel - around the corner.
It was precisely such thinking that led Israel's attorney-general, Yehuda Weinstein, to justify Mr Netanyahu's violation of the injunction on the grounds that the camp would "bring protests and riots with national and international implications".
What Bab Al Shams shows is that ordinary Palestinians can take the fight for the "state of Palestine" to Israel - and even turn Israel's own methods against it."
Syrian women and girls allege use of sexual violence in civil war
Women interviewed for International Rescue Committee report tell of attacks involving kidnap, rape, torture and murder
Mark Tran
The Guardian, Sunday 13 January 2013
"Rape is a "significant and disturbing" feature of the Syrian civil war, with women and girls citing sexual violence as their main reason for fleeing the country, according to a report published on Monday.
Women and girls told the International Rescue Committee (IRC) of being attacked in public and in their homes, primarily by armed men. The rapes, sometimes by several men, often occurred in front of family members.
"The stories we've heard, talking to Syrian women, are truly horrific," said Sanj Srikanthan, IRC-UK emergency field director. "Many of these women have experienced rape and torture in Syria, but as refugees [they] can't find the support they need to heal their physical and emotional scars – let alone provide food and shelter for their families."
During interviews with 240 Syrian women and girls in Lebanon and Jordan, IRC learned of attacks involving kidnap, rape, torture and murder, with Syria's many roadblocks a particular danger......"
Syria: Army Using New Type of Cluster Munition
Rocket Attacks and Explosive Remnants Cause Civilian Casualties
"(Washington, DC) – Syrian forces are using notoriously indiscriminate rockets that contain explosive submunitions. Evidence indicates that Syrian forces used BM-21 Grad multi-barrel rocket launchers to deliver cluster munitions in attacks near the city of Idlib in December 2012 and in Latamneh, a town northwest of Hama, on January 3, 2013.
These are the first known instances of Syrian use of ground-based cluster munitions. No information is available on how or when Syria acquired these cluster munitions, which were made in Egypt. Human Rights Watch and others have previously reported use of air-dropped cluster bombs. The Syrian government should immediately cease all use of cluster munitions, which have been comprehensively banned by 111 nations through an international treaty.
“Syria is escalating and expanding its use of cluster munitions, despite international condemnation of its embrace of this banned weapon,” said Steve Goose, director of the Arms division at Human Rights Watch. “It is now resorting to a notoriously indiscriminate type of cluster munition that gravely threatens civilian populations.”......."
Al-Jazeera Video: Tunisians protest slow pace of change
"The capital is decked with celebratory flags, but under the wintry sky the atmosphere is as much one of uncertainty as joy. There's been an increase in social and labour unrest in recent months, the government battling to balance the right to free expression against the maintenance of law and order. Those people frustrated with the slow pace of change take to the streets in protest. Al Jazeera's Mike Hanna reports from Tunis."
Al-Jazeera Video: Refugees struggle in Egypt's 'Little 'Syria'
"The United Nations estimate that around 100,000 Syrian refugees have fled to Egypt since the uprising in their country began in March 2011.
Tens of thousands of the refugees live and work in Giza, in an area now called "Little Syria". Many arrive with little money and are struggling to pay for food and rent.
Al Jazeera's Sherine Tadros reports from Giza, near Cairo."
Paul Krugman: US Economic Policy Resulting in 'Vast, Unnecessary Catastrophe'
Al-Jazeera Video: Inside Syria - Making heads or tails of Bashar al-Assad
Al-Jazeera Video: حديث الثورة
"حديث الثورة (أوضاع اللاجئين السوريين + مسار العمليات العسكرية حول مطار تفتناز بسوريا).
تقديم: خديجة بن قنة. تاريخ البث : 10/01/2013
الضيوف: فايز الدويري، محمد فارس، محمد أبو عسكر، أحمد موسى.
Real News Video: Krugman and Obama’s Dangerous Austerity Myths
عن اتهام الشعوب
"لا شك أنه قد حصل تآمر استعماري على المنطقة العربية تجلى في اتفاق سايكس بيكو، ووعد بلفور، وإقامة إسرائيل وغيرها. ولكن حماة الواقع الذي تمخض عن هذا التآمر هو الأنظمة العربية التي لم تنجح في تجاوز سايكس بيكو حتى حين حكم الحزب الوحدوي ذاته بلدين عربيين متجاورين.
ولا شك ان الاستعمار راهن على التقسيم الطائفي للمنطقة العريية، وأن الحركات الوطنية العربية المبكرة قد أحبطت هذا الرهان. (وظلت الطائفية قائمة في التقسيم الاجتماعي التقليدي جدا، والأنظمة التي قامت عليه في الجزيرة العربية) أما في الدولة العربية الحديثة فمن فشل في الدمج الاجتماعي عبر التحديث، ثم قام بإحياء الطائفية واستغلالها للحكم هو الأنظمة العربية التي تثور عليها الشعوب. هذه الأنظمة لم تفشل فقط في عملية بناء الأمة المواطنية، ولا فشلت في تحقيق الوحدة العربية كرد على سايكس بيكو فحسب، بل استغلت الهويات الفرعية (الإقليمية والطائفية والقبلية) بشكل واع (ومن دون أن تكون هي ذاتها طائفية) لأغراض تحقيق الولاء السياسي.
إن اتهام الشعوب التي خرجت رافضة لهذا الواقع بالتآمر وبصنع "سايكس بيكو" جديدة هو لغو مثير للنفور الاشمئزاز، وليس للسخرية، فهو لم يعد مضحكا. لأن "سايكس - بيكو" الجديدة هي الأنظمة العربية ذاتها في العقود الأربعة الأخيرة، تلك الأنظمة التي فرّطت بالسيادة، وتنافست على خطب ود الولايات المتحدة بالقدرة على تقديم الخدمات، وصنعت سلاما مع إسرائيل على حساب الشعب الفلسطيني، وداست على حقوق الشعوب في الوقت ذاته.
أما سوف ما ينجم عن حركة الشعوب فلا ضمان له سوى مستوى وعيها ووعي قياداتها. لا توجد ضمانات!! ومن يريد أن يؤثر فلينزل وليعمل مع الناس! ولا يتوقعن أحد ان يؤثر على وعي الشعوب إيجابيا وهو يقف محايدا أو سلبيا تجاع معاناتها.
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Allen Craig and his slugging percentage
There is a world of numbers available to the baseball writer and the ardent fan of the game of baseball. While this is a very good thing, the numbers can also make us restless and under-appreciate the great offensive game of some of the players we write about and root for. You see this with Votto in Cincinnati with people screaming that he takes too many walks and does not drive in enough runs. And you see it with Allen Craig and people talking about his power numbers for the St. Louis Cardinals.
Craig slugged .555 and .522 in 2011 and 2012. He hit 33 homers in his first 733 plate appearances during those two seasons. He only hit 13 of them in 563 plate appearances in 2013. So what happened?
There are a combinations of things that lowered his home run total. The two main culprits are that he had less chances to hit them and on the chances where he did have the opportunity, those batted balls did not go over the fence as often. Let's break this down a bit.
Allen Craig hit more ground balls and line drives in 2013 than he has in any other season. And correspondingly, the percentages were higher on both. Of his batted balls, 297 of his 413 batted balls were either ground balls (45%) or line drives (26.9%). Obviously, ground balls are not going to go flying over the fence. And generally, line drives do not either. Of Craig's 199 line drives over the last two seasons, only five of them have gone for homers.
Having less of a percentage of his batted balls being fly balls means less of a chance for a possible home run. His percentage of fly balls went from 37% in 2011 to 33.3% in 2012 to 28.1% in 2013. The three years do seem to show a trend. His rate of ground balls and line drives have gone up in each of the three years as well.
Having less of an opportunity to hit a home run due to less fly balls can then be combined with less of those fly balls actually clearing the fences. Just like the other trends listed previously in the last paragraph, there is a three year downward trend for Craig's fly balls going for homers. That number was 18.3% in 2011 and went down to 17.1% in 2012 and then sank drastically to 11.2% in 2013.
Fortunately, Craig is very successful with his ground balls and line drives. His BABIP on ground balls was .279 in 2013, much higher than the league average. And his line drive BABIP and overall OPS with them are off the charts. And a 26.9% line drive rate is elite and right up there with Votto and some of the other great hitters.
When you have a great hitter like Allen Craig, you most often see a guy who is not pull conscious. And Craig is not a big pull hitter. Most of his batted balls are hit up the middle. He only pulled the ball 110 times in 2013. Center field and the gaps are the furthest distances to have to hit a fly ball for a homer.
But Craig is also doing less with the balls he pulls as far as power goes. In 2012, eight of his 108 pulled batted balls went over the fence. That number dropped to 4 in 110 plate appearances in 2013.
To tie up a little of what we have talked about so far, the data seems to indicate that there is a three year trend in Allen Craig hitting less fly balls and having less of those fly balls going over the fence. The numbers also indicate that Craig is not overly prone to pull the ball and when he has, less of those batted balls are going over the fence.
Add up this information and you have a recipe for a first baseman/outfielder with less and less power as the last three years have progressed. That doesn't mean that Craig is any less of a great hitter. But he is less of a slugging threat than he was when he first arrived on the scene.
Trends are more apt to continue or taper off than they are to reverse. The prognosis for Craig as a power threat is not good. To be sure, this has implications in the fantasy baseball world, but it also affects a bit on how often the Cardinals score and their willingness to play Matt Adams more at first because Adams hits more homers.
This need for more power by the Cardinals weakens the Cardinals' defense. Craig is a better first baseman than Adams and most outfielders are better outfielders than Allen Craig. The Cardinals' need for power due to less provided by Craig means less defense to play them both.
All of this sounds like criticism and it is not. Allen Craig is an elite hitter who, according to the numbers, seems to perform really well in the clutch. But unless trends are undone and Craig changes his approach, the trend for Craig is to hit with less power while his efficiency increases. More power would be nice, but most fans around the country would agree that having Allen Craig on their team's lineup would be mighty tasty.
Labels: Allen Craig, St Louis Cardinals
Ralph Kiner and the 1955 pennant race
Alex Avila-nche
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MLB Game Picks - Monday: May 19, 2014
That's much better. After two weeks of mediocrity, the picks went 12-4 yesterday. I called both games of the Yankees - Pirates double-header correctly. The Tigers completed their white-washing of the Red Sox. I did think the Rays would win behind David Price, but that was wrong. I thought the Dodgers would win behind Dan Haren and that was wrong. But I did call the Cubs over the Brewers and the Astros over the White Sox and those all came in. It was a good day.
I don't get to roll in my success today though because there are only five games on the schedule. Here they are:
The Nationals over the Reds: The Reds are struggling offensively without Joey Votto and Stephen Strasburg should be the beneficiary. But even if Strasburg is not on the top of his game, the Nats should hit Mike Leake fairly well to win anyway.
The Indians over the Tigers: This game is a trap. The Tigers are on a roll with several wins in a row and the Indians just came off a dreadful series against the A's. So the natural pick is the Tigers. But Corey Kluber is perhaps the Indians' best pitcher and Drew Smyly, The Emoticon, is the weakest link in the Tigers' rotation.
The Braves over the Brewers: Both teams are struggling offensively. Both teams are scuffling period. But Mike Minor was very good in his last start and Wily Peralta is better picked when home.
The Royals over the White Sox: The White Sox are really downtrodden right now. I still believe they have the wrong manager. But that's just me. Scott Carroll started his Big League career with two fine starts, but since has allowed 22 hits in his last nine innings. Jason Vargas should win this one.
The Angels over the Astros: It scares me that I picked five games and all five picks were the home team. Hmm... But seriously, shouldn't Garrett Richards beat Dallas Keuchel even if Keuchel has pitched pretty well of late? Yeah, that's what I think too.
Yesterday: 12-4, May: 137-113, Games of the Day: 22-23, Season: 370-285
Labels: Corey Kluber, Garrett Richards, Jason Vargas, Mike Minor, MLB Game Picks, Stephen Strasburg
forged said...
Not picking a Game of the Day today?
William Tasker - Caribou, ME said...
Not with just five games...
MLB Game Picks - Saturday: May 24, 2014
Seth Smith is among the league leaders
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Mulling over the Stephen Drew signing
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Rudy May Day over at It's About the Money, Stupid
MLB Game Picks - Sunday: May 18, 2014
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Troy Tulowitzki Pick Up Is A No-Brainer
Troy Tulowitzki is a name that appeared many times over the years in this blog. He has been coveted, mourned and buried for dead. He was once the best shortstop in the game. But he has averaged only 107 games a season in his twelve-year career. Now coming off another lost season, dumped by the Blue Jays, the New York Yankees have taken a no-brain decision to sign him for the league minimum. The Blue Jays, clearly licking their wounds and rebuilding, will pay the rest of his salary.
What is the worst that could happen from this deal? Nothing really. If he gets hurt again, Tulowitzki did not cost anything.
What is the best thing that could happen? The best that could happen is Troy Tulowitzki summoning a bit of his old glory giving the Yankees a fill-in for the injured Didi Gregorius (thus keeping Gleyber Torres at second where he will be when Gregorius returns anyway). He could be a real boost for the Yankees early in the season and it would be a nice story for the former #1 draft pick to rebound for a hurrah.
Consider that despite his injuries, Fangraphs.com has never given Tulowitzki a negative score for his fielding. Baseball-reference.com gave him one negative season for a season he only played 42 games. So, even an older, slightly rickety shortstop like Troy Tulowitzki should give the Yankees some solid defense. If he hits, which he could still do as of 2016, that will be a bonus.
The looming problem will be what will happen if he plays well and Didi returns? Other than DH, Troy Tulowitzki has never played a position other than shortstop in the Major Leagues. Can he fill in at second? Can he fill in at third? Can he play first base? Those are all question marks. He does not fit the normal profile of a utility infielder (and he does not seem to want that either).
One possibility if things go well is that the Yankees can flip him in a trade for a needed piece once Didi returns.
Notice that these thoughts are trying not to mention Manny Machado nor Miguel Andujar. The continued hope here is that the latter will still be here when the season starts and the former will not. A strong comeback for Tulowitzki would be especially needed if the former does not come to Yankee Stadium.
It is truly a shame that Troy Tulowitzki could not totally play to his career potential. His story is not a rare one. Others like Tony Oliva, Rico Carty and even George Brett come to mind. Even if the Yankees had not taken this step, Tulowitzki would be worth rooting for after a career far too marred by injuries.
Labels: Free Agent signings, New York Yankees, Troy Tulowitzki, Yankees infield
Things That Irritate Me in MLB's Off Season
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Everything Paul McCartney
Former Beatle, Wings founder, solo artist, and Inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Paul and Linda McCartney in the "Tug of War" video.
"Tug of War" is the title track from the 1982 Paul McCartney album of the same name. Released as the third single from "Tug of War" after "Ebony and Ivory" and "Take It Away," "Tug of War" the single, backed by "Get It" featuring Carl Perkins, peaked at No. 53 in both the United States and the United Kingdom - quite a rarity, that. The opinion seems unanimous that "Tug of War" was a mediocre Paul McCartney offering on the album. That is not to say that "Tug of War" is a terrible song, just that listeners felt it was not up to the heights achievable by Paul McCartney at that point in his career.
A very serious song, "Tug of War" is Paul and Linda acting very seriously. They do not clown around a bit in this environmental and anti-war anthem. George Martin makes one of his rare appearances in a video as well. There are some interesting clips of futurism and, well, tugs of war in "Tug of War." I believe they come from the films "Things to Come" (1936) and "Mighty Joe Young" (1949), among others. The single did just OK as the third single from the smash hit album, one suspects Paul and Linda released "Tug of War" for non-commercial reasons, as evidenced by Linda's unusually prominent role in the music video.
About the "Tug of War" project, Paul has said:
I wanted to work with George Martin again. I called him on the phone, asking him if he was interested, he accepted and we decided to make a very professional album. It was the first time that George Martin produced me since Live And Let Die. I really like him as a producer, and when you work with people who are really good like that it makes it easier for yourself. So after Live And Let Die I didn't do anything with George for a while and continued working with Wings and stuff, and on Tug Of War I just thought that it would be nice to have a change. He was interested in working with me again and we got together and made the album. It was as simple as that.
It's nice to have friends like George Martin.
Personally, I think that comparisons of "Tug of War" with John Lennon's "Imagine," which I have seen here and there but not everywhere, are a bit stretched. "Tug of War" is a rather dull attempt at asserting a political opinion. That's perfectly reasonable for Paul and Linda McCartney to do, and it's his album - he can do as he wishes. However, in my personal opinion, Paul could have done it more artistically, and McCartney is at his absolute worst when he gets ham-handed about his politics. Sometimes he gets away with it, as on "Ebony and Ivory," and others times he does not. "Tug of War" (the single) is one of the latter occasions. Certainly, there are better songs on the "Tug of War" album (the two previous singles, for instance, "Ballroom Dancing," "Here Today," and the magnificent "Wanderlust," for starters - oh, heck, every other song on the album is better). Jamming multiple social causes into one song also is a problem, one will suffice, thank you very much. Perhaps it is simply that "Tug of War" sounds like a dirge, a tendency that Paul McCartney occasionally falls into (as on 2001's "From a Lover to a Friend," for instance). I doubt that I am alone in this viewpoint - usually, an album's title track is the first or at least second single. Pushing "Tug of War" down to third and apparently not even releasing the single in secondary markets was a clear expression of disinterest from the record label.
On the bright side, "Tug of War" was a dynamite name for the album, at least. As with every Paul McCartney song, there are some listeners who think "Tug of War" is the best song ever, and their opinions are as valid as anyone else's opinions. If you love the single "Tug of War," good for you. Anyone can appreciate the simple sentiments expressed in the "Tug of War" track, where we may differ is only on the track itself.
Yes, Paul, I'm sure.
It's a tug of war
What with one thing and another
We expected more
But with one thing and another
We were trying to outdo each other
In a tug of war
In another world
In another world we could
Stand on top of the mountain
With our flag unfurled
In time to come
In time to come we will be
Dancing to the beat played
On a different drum
Though I know I mustn't grumble
But I can't let go
If I do you'll take a tumble
And the whole thing is going to crumble
Pushing pushing, pulling pulling
Pushing and pulling
In years to come they may discover
What the air we breathe and the life we lead
Are all about
But it won't be soon enough
Soon enough for me
No it won't be soon enough
In a time to come we will be
Dancing to the beat played on a different drum
We will be dancing to the beat
Played on a different drum
It's a tug of war, a tug of war
We were trying to outscore each other
Posted by James Bjorkman at 7:14:00 AM
Labels: Carl Perkins, From a Lover to a Friend, George Martin, Linda McCartney, Mighty Joe Young, Things to Come, Tug of War
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1qrd
QUINONE REDUCTASE/FAD/CIBACRON BLUE/DUROQUINONE COMPLEX
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1qrd is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Rattus rattus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
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Activity: NAD(P)H dehydrogenase (quinone), with EC number 1.6.5.2
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[NQO1_RAT] The enzyme apparently serves as a quinone reductase in connection with conjugation reactions of hydroquinons involved in detoxification pathways as well as in biosynthetic processes such as the vitamin K-dependent gamma-carboxylation of glutamate residues in prothrombin synthesis.
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Quinone reductase [NAD(P)H:(quinone acceptor) oxidoreductase, EC 1.6.99.2], also called DT diaphorase, is a homodimeric FAD-containing enzyme that catalyzes obligatory NAD(P)H-dependent two-electron reductions of quinones and protects cells against the toxic and neoplastic effects of free radicals and reactive oxygen species arising from one-electron reductions. These two-electron reductions participate in the reductive bioactivation of cancer chemotherapeutic agents such as mitomycin C in tumor cells. Thus, surprisingly, the same enzymatic reaction that protects normal cells activates cytotoxic drugs used in cancer chemotherapy. The 2.1-A crystal structure of rat liver quinone reductase reveals that the folding of a portion of each monomer is similar to that of flavodoxin, a bacterial FMN-containing protein. Two additional portions of the polypeptide chains are involved in dimerization and in formation of the two identical catalytic sites to which both monomers contribute. The crystallographic structures of two FAD-containing enzyme complexes (one containing NADP+, the other containing duroquinone) suggest that direct hydride transfers from NAD(P)H to FAD and from FADH2 to the quinone [which occupies the site vacated by NAD(P)H] provide a simple rationale for the obligatory two-electron reductions involving a ping-pong mechanism.
The three-dimensional structure of NAD(P)H:quinone reductase, a flavoprotein involved in cancer chemoprotection and chemotherapy: mechanism of the two-electron reduction.,Li R, Bianchet MA, Talalay P, Amzel LM Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1995 Sep 12;92(19):8846-50. PMID:7568029[1]
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Is Human Nature Competitive or Cooperative?
5 October, 2012 prbhkr 8 Comments
For a deeper analysis of the following debate, see Ronald Logan’s Russia Should Adopt Cooperative Economics (pdf), based on his opening address at the Symposium on the Humanistic Aspects of Regional Development, held in September 1993 in Birobidzhan, Russia.
English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), who popularized Charles Darwin’s ideas of evolution, stated, “The animal world is about on a level of a gladiator’s show… whereby the strongest, the swiftest, and the cunningest (sic) live to fight another day.”[1]
Another Victorian scientist, Herbert Spencer, coined the term “survival of the fittest”, applying it to human society, claiming that competition is our fundamental nature. This belief, known as Social Darwinism, shaped public opinion and policy in Great Britain and the United States for more than a century.
"Many new studies have found that in fact cooperation, not competition, is the norm."
In 1966, Austrian ethnologist Konrad Lorenz published a bestseller called On Aggression in which he argued that human beings are innately aggressive, competitive, possessive and violent. His work had significant impact on the social and biological sciences. A decade later evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins published The Selfish Gene, about the human instinct for self-preservation; it sold over a million copies, and was translated into more than 25 languages. These scientists popularized the idea that evolutionary success depends on each person being selfishly preoccupied with their own self.
Hollywood and the U.S. mass media seized on and simplified these theories, reducing them to the notion that people are fundamentally individualistic, selfish and competitive, driven to get ahead by any means necessary. Popular expressions such as the “law of the jungle”, “every man for himself ”, and “dog eat dog” reinforced this theme, stressing winning at all costs. These ideas of innate aggression and selfish genes helped fuel our individualistic, consumer culture, influencing the way people think throughout the world.
Because leading scientists have declared this is the way we are, economists and government officials create policies that favor the largest, most “efficient” companies to survive. “Too big to fail” was the justification governments made for the big bank bailouts during the financial crisis of 2008, bailouts that they did not extend to small and medium-sized companies in trouble.
People who argue that “you can’t change human nature” make the mistake of assuming that because people are led to behave in a certain way in a capitalist society, that behavior reflects the essential nature of human beings. Capitalism rewards selfishness and greed, and winning by any means, fair or foul. Therefore such people conclude that this behavior is natural for all human beings and that it is impossible to establish a society based on anything except a competitive struggle for private profit.
Many new studies, however, point to quite different conclusions. Robert Augros and George Stanciu, in their book The New Biology: Discovering the Wisdom of Nature,[2] found that in fact cooperation, not competition, is the norm in nature, because it is energy-efficient and because predators and their prey maintain a kind of balanced coexistence. They found that “nature uses extraordinarily ingenious techniques to avoid conflict and competition, and that cooperation is extraordinarily widespread throughout all of nature.”[3]
Today most anthropologists and psychologists assert that the question of nature or nurture is not an either/or issue, but one of interrelation-ship.[4] We are born with certain instincts and tendencies, but through education, upbringing and our own conscious choices, we can transform our conduct, nature and personality.
Research now indicates the existence of “selfless genes”–genetic code that favors cooperation, kindness, generosity, and heroism. It is not uncommon for people to risk their lives for strangers. Firefighters, soldiers, human rights advocates and accidental heroes may endanger themselves or even sacrifice their lives in order to save others. In addition, our world is filled with countless smaller acts of kindness: giving up a seat on the train, returning a wallet with money that was lost. Biologists now say these impulses are just as primal as aggression, lust, and greed. Furthermore, they play a powerful role in the survival of the species and the well-being of individuals.[5]
“Mirror neurons”, first described in 1992 by neurophysiologists at the University of Parma in Italy, fire not only when we experience something ourselves, but also when we observe the experience of others.[6]
For example, witnessing a serious injury will cause traumatic reactions in the observer; seeing laughing, loving people will brighten our day. These are neurological mechanisms that develop empathy for others, which builds trust, a prerequisite for cooperation.
Another biological factor related to cooperation is oxytocin, a neuro-peptide that affects social attachment and affiliation. It is key to bonding between mother and child, between lovers, and even among friends. When triggered, it reduces fear and increases trust and empathy–leading to more cooperative behavior.[7]
Alfie Kohn spent seven years reviewing more than 400 research studies dealing with competition and cooperation. In his classic work, No Contest: The Case Against Competition, he concluded that, “The ideal amount of competition… in any environment, the classroom, the workplace, the family, the playing field, is none…. [Competition] is always destructive.”[8]
Even the selection committee for the Nobel Prize in Economics, after four decades of honoring proponents of free-market capitalism, is starting to recognize the importance of cooperation. In 2009 Elinor Ostrom of Indiana University shared the prize, the first woman ever to receive it, for her work focusing on how well groups of users manage natural resources as common property. The traditional view is that common ownership results in excessive exploitation of resources, such as when fishermen over-fish a common pond; and the only solution lies in government-imposed taxes or quotas. However, Ms. Ostrom’s empirical research on collectively-managed natural resources around the world has shown that this explanation is “overly simplistic.” There are many cases in which common property is “surprisingly well-managed” cooperatively, often better than under either socialism or privatization.[9]
As part of the science of yoga, relevant to the idea of improving human behavior, Sarkar used the term “bio-psychology” to describe how the glands, nerves and brain of the body affect our behaviors, thoughts and feelings. He asserted that every human being has the same basic instincts, both negative ones, such as anger, hatred and greed, and positive ones, such as hope, conscience and repentance. The postures of yoga, a vegetarian diet and meditation are all ancient techniques that are used to overcome selfish, negative instincts and to channel the mind in a positive direction. On the social level, Sarkar encouraged society to promote cooperation for economic success and community growth. He suggested that cooperatives are the enterprises best suited to achieve that.[10]
1 Thomas Henry Huxley, “The Struggle for Existence in Human
Society”, Huxley’s Collected Essays Volume IX. 1888. http://aleph0.clarku.
edu/huxley/CE9/Str.html
2 Robert Augros and George Stanciu, The New Biology: Discovering the Wisdom of Nature (Boulder, CO: Shambhala, 1987).
3 Quoted in Logan, op cit.
4 Gilbert Gottlieb, Individual Development and Evolution: The Genesis of Novel Behavior (Hove, East Sussex, UK: Psychology Press, 2001).
5 Khaled Diab, “Survival of the Nicest”, The Guardian, 11 March 2009. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/mar/10/evolution-genetics
6 Giacomo Rizzolatti and Laila Craighero, “The mirror-neuron system”. Annual Review of Neuroscience 27: (2004) pp. 169–192. http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146%2Fannurev.neuro.27.070203.144230
7 Zak, Paul, R. Kurzban and W. Matzner. “The Neurobiology of Trust”. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1032: pp 224-227, 2004. See also http://abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1481749.htm.
8 Alfie Kohn. No Contest: The Case Against Competition (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992), quoted in Noetic Sciences Review, Spring 1990.
9 Elinor Ostrom. Nobel Prize Lecture: “Beyond Markets and States: Polycentric Governance of Complex Economic Systems” http://nobel-prize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2009/ostrom-lecture.html
10 For a deeper, excellent analysis of this topic, see Michael Towsey, “The Biopsychology of Cooperation” in Understanding Prout: Essays on Sustainability and Transformation, Volume 1 (Maleny, Australia: Proutist Universal, 2010).
Excerpted from After Capitalism: Economic Democracy in Action by Dada Maheshvarananda (Puerto Rico: Innerworld Publications, 2012): www.aftercapitalism.org
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8 thoughts on “Is Human Nature Competitive or Cooperative?”
K.A.Jayakumar says:
17 November, 2014 at 14:51
It is interesting to ready the new studies on the effectiveness of cooperation over competition.
Mary Healey says:
6 May, 2015 at 18:10
If it is true that cooperation is part of human nature why is our culture so in love with Sports? The object of all sports is to “conquer” one’s opponent. Even on the same teams players vie to outshine one another
In classrooms,it’s the highest grade a student earns that gets the college scholarship.
In one career after another, its the one who “sells the most”,creates the most , who is valued the most.
Have we been conditioned to “compete” to survive?
Editors says:
Yes, you’re quite right, there seems to be an element of competition wherever human beings choose to go ahead. However, competitions also have their particular frameworks and indeed limitations. PROUT lays down that unchecked competition in the economic sphere leads to poverty of many and wealth of a few only. The reason for this reality is that physical resources are limited. Therefore human beings should cooperate in the physical sphere as far as arranging for minimum necessities, amenities, etc. goes. It follows that the competitive tendency of human beings should be steered towards non-harmful physical pursuits such as sports and all sorts of creative and productive endeavors, as well as be allowed to work freely in mental and other subtler spheres where availability of resources are ample and unproblematic. A system of unbridled competition in the economic sphere may be likened to a free fall from high above; at first it may appear liberating and quite amazing but in the end it only continues to speed up fatally towards its final deadly collision with Earth’s physical realities.
I appreciate your reply. I will have to give it some more serious thought before making a comment. Again, thank you
aiwa says:
5 July, 2015 at 17:57
“Richard Dawkins published The Selfish Gene, about the human instinct for self-preservation…These scientists popularized the idea that evolutionary success depends on each person being selfishly preoccupied with their own self.”
Richard Dawkins has addressed many times how his book has been misrepresented to support this idea. The book in fact says humans are more inclined to be selfless, not selfish.
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Going Sleepless to War
War is hell, said General William Tecumseh Sherman, whose 1864 march to the sea changed the course of American and military history. And the practice of war, even in “peacetime” can be hell on the human body. That is the lesson of a panel at this year’s national sleep meetings in Seattle, entitled “Wounded in Action – What Sleep Science Can Learn From Sleep and Sleep Disorders of US Military Service Members.”
Among basic needs, sleep is on par with air, water and food. Totally sleep deprive an animal and it dies. Get an animal to sleep less than its usual allotment and you watch its bones erode, muscles weaken, cognition deteriorate and metabolism go haywire. As Dr. Carol Everson demonstrated at another panel at the meetings, the really horrible fact is that these debilities continue long after you stop partial sleep deprivation.
Chronic sleep deprivation is the lot of today’s American military.
Consider these facts: A. Most military personnel – 60-70% in several studies – sleep on average 6 hours or less each day. Lots get by on less than five. 2. Many military personnel perform shifts on what Dr. Nita Shattuck of the Monterey Postgraduate Military School described as “five and dime” schedule – 5 hours work followed by 10 hours off – in complete disregard of the human 24 hour biological clock.
What are the implications of sleeping less than 6 hours a day?
1. Poor performance- Chronically sleep deprive people and they can’t think straight. Cognition deteriorates, often worsening over weeks and months.
2. People become glucose intolerant and fatter.
3. The risks of infection, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, and probably various tumors goes up.
4. Increased moral hazard – work done by Walter Reed Army Institute of Research showed morally fraught decisions – like what to do in simulated combat scenarios involving civilians – declines rapidly with encroaching sleep loss.
5. Increased irritability, anger and mood shifts. Recent reports of suicide among female personnel define numbers much higher than in civilian life. Sexual aggression, abuse and assault remains a major problem for the U.S. military. Chronic sleep deprivation can only worsen both problems.
6. Post Traumatic Stress – data presented at the panel by Colonel Vince Mysliwiec demonstrated that insufficient sleep was a far bigger associational factor for PTSD than traumatic brain injury – and pretty much any other factor.
7. Long Term Health Care Costs. The sleep patterns developed in the military did not necessarily end when people return to civilian life. Several panel members emphasized that with 2 million active service personnel, the civilian medical sector is unprepared for what will hit it once soldiers come out of the military.
Data from Harvard have shown very high rates of sleep apnea among police. Preliminary reports in the military also show high levels of sleep apnea among active military personnel. Sleep physician Dr. Robert Reyna explained to me that a diagnosis of sleep apnea can immediately trigger a 50% service connection – 50% disability for life through the VA system. Cost benefit analysis of potential sleep apnea disability payments alone should make eyebrows rise throughout Washington.
8. Shift Work – It’s well known that shift work increases cardiovascular risk, GI disturbances and depression. The WHO even wants to label shift work a potential carcinogen. So called “five and dime” type shifts have disappeared from the civilian sector because they are contrary to human biology.
A 24 hour clock resides in every human cell. It’s a basic design element of human beings, indeed of most life on earth. If you work on schedules that continually disregard that 24 hour clock, people feel tired, drugged, dull, and stressed. Even among fit, younger people, health and mental indices deteriorate.
In combat, life and death is 24/7. Shift work is a necessity for the military.
Yet as Lieutenant Commander Justin Campbell of the Navy carefully described for sailors preparing for the Middle East, the schedules of deployment – with accelerated training before and after departure, haphazard travel schedules added on to jet lag, followed by deployment into tent billets in the middle of the desert, even non-combat work can play havoc with soldiers’ performance. Dr. Shattuck was at pains to point out that the new Chief of Naval Operations has specifically commissioned many recent studies. A new military sleep research group has also started at the University of Pittsburgh, one of the nation’s most established sleep research centers.
American soldiers remain in combat roles in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, with “peacekeeping” duties throughout the world. Defense remains a global activity that never ceases. Yet fighting numerous and global asymmetric conflicts is difficult enough without fighting human biology.
The American Association of Sleep Medicine has just put out guidelines recommending “seven hours or more sleep” for adults every night. Hopefully more of the U.S. military will heed this recommendation.
They should. Much of the research comes from them.
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Quaker Heritage Press > Online Texts > Isaac Penington's Works > Babylon the Great Described
THE CITY OF CONFUSION
IN EVERY PART WHEREOF ANTICHRIST REIGNS
WHICH KNOWETH NOT THE ORDER AND UNITY OF THE SPIRIT, BUT STRIVETH TO SET UP AN ORDER AND UNIFORMITY ACCORDING TO THE WISDOM OF THE FLESH, IN ALL HER TERRITORIES AND DOMINIONS
HER SINS, HER JUDGMENTS
WITH SOME PLAIN QUERIES FURTHER TO DISCOVER HER; AND SOME CONSIDERATIONS TO HELP OUT OF HER SUBURBS, THAT HER INWARD BUILDING MAY LIE THE MORE OPEN TO THE BREATH AND SPIRIT OF THE LORD, FROM WHICH IT IS TO RECEIVE ITS CONSUMPTION AND OVERTHROW
AN EXHORTATION
TO THE POWERS OF THE EARTH
BY ISAAC PENINGTON, THE YOUNGER
That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find out? I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason; and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness. And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, her hands bands. He that is good before God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. Eccl. 7:24-26
He that is born of the pure, immortal seed, and lives in the anointing, escapes the golden cup of fornication, and all the painted beds of fornication, and is not defiled with women; Rev. 14:4. but remains chaste to the bridegroom.
<135> Lo this is the city which is built up of and filled with images and likenesses of the ways and truths of God, without the life and power.
On her outside there is the likeness of a church, the likeness of a ministry, the likeness of the ordinances, duties, and ways of holiness.
On her inside there is the likeness of the good knowledge, the likeness of repentance and conversion, the likeness of faith, the likeness of zeal for God, the likeness of love to God and his saints, the likeness of the Lamb's meekness and innocency, the likeness of justification, the likeness of sanctification, the likeness of mortification, the likeness of hope, peace, joy, rest, and satisfaction, &c., but the substance, the truth, the virtue of all these is wanting to her; and she herself is found persecuting that very thing (where it is found in truth) the image whereof she cries up.
This, this is the woman that hath bewitched the whole earth for these many generations, and is still changing her dresses and paints, that she might still bewitch people, and sit as a queen reigning over their consciences; but blessed be the light which is arisen to discover, and the power which is able to overthrow this stately, this lofty, this mighty city, and all that take part with it.
The Lord God Omnipotent reigneth in Sion; and antichrist, with his city Babylon, falleth. Sing praises, sing praises, O inhabitant of Sion! to him who subjecteth Babylon, with all her glory, under thy feet.
For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. The foot shall tread it down; the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy. Isaiah 26:5-6.
There hath been in me a zeal for God from my childhood, and a most earnest search into the Scriptures (which my soul deeply relished, and my heart honored and loved, and still doth) for the revelation of the mind and will of God. Two things did I earnestly search and beg for: the one was for the discovery of the outward way of worship; the other for the inward life, virtue, and power, which I looked upon the outward as the proper means to lead me to. At the beginning of the troubles in these nations, there was a lively stirring in me, and a hope that God was bringing forth somewhat. I likewise felt the same stirring in many others, at which my heart was rejoiced, and with which my soul was refreshed; but I found it soon begin to flag and wither, which forced me to retire, and to separate from that where I found the life and power dying and decaying. In my separation the Lord was with me; my soul remembereth it right well; and he had <136> regard to the simplicity, honesty, and integrity of my heart, which he himself had kindled in me. And though I fell too soon into a way of church-fellowship and ordinances; yet he had regard to me, and pitied me, and refreshed my life even there. But at length the form overgrew us, and the sweet and precious life in us began to die. Then the Lord found out another way to refresh us (namely, by a sensible relating of our conditions, and of his dealings with us, and workings in us), which was very sweet and precious at first; but the enemy crept in there also. Out of this state I never made any change; but here the hand of the Lord fell upon me, striking at my very root, breaking all my life in sunder, and trampling my crown in the dust. Then I became a man of sorrows (being stripped of all my life, faith, hope, joy, comfort, in one day) not knowing which way to look, nor what to desire. Sometimes there were breathings stirring in me, but they were presently judged; sometimes a little glance of refreshment from a scripture presented to me; but suddenly taken away, and my death and darkness increased thereby. Then should I wish, Oh that I might appear before his throne! for surely my conscience is clear in his sight, and I have not wickedly departed from my God, but was broken in pieces by his hand, even while my soul was earnestly seeking after him. Oh how my soul did mourn, to see how I was fit to be made a prey to every ravening spirit! and many did seek to devour me, but the hand of the Lord was with me, preserving me, though I knew it not. And though I was wholly broken, and desolate of all that I had called, or could call, knowledge (insomuch that I could not call any thing either good or evil), yet the Lord, by a secret instinct, preserved me exceedingly out of that which was evil, and kept my heart secretly panting after the fountain and wellspring of good. Yea, when I was at length (through deep despair of ever meeting with God any more in this life) captivated by the world, and betrayed by the love of it (which at last rose up in me, and gained upon me, by persuading me that my present estate and condition did require the free use of it, and the enjoyment of all it could afford), yet the Lord followed me, and often was I visited with secret loathings of the world, and turnings from it, and pantings after the spring of my life: but these were dreaded by me, and suddenly quenched by the <137> evil part, for fear of that misery and unutterable anguish which I had felt hereby; the remembrance whereof was fresh in me.
In this my courting of the world, and estrangement from the life, the reasoning part (which the Lord had been long battering, and had laid very low) gathered strength in me; and I began to grow wise again, and able to judge of the things of God, and to hope and wait for some great appearance, wherein at length I might be visited, and meet with that which I so vehemently desired, and stood in such need of. Thereby the enemy deeply deceived me, pleasing me herewith, and keeping me hereby from unity with that which alone was able to give me the sight of him, whenever he should appear. And in this fleshly wisdom I judged and despised the true life in others; as weak, low, and not able to bring them to that which I stood in need of, and waited for. Yea, the more I considered and reasoned in my mind, and the more I conversed with them (hoping thereby to find some clear ground either of owning or turning from them), the further off still was I; till at length the Lord powerfully touched, and raised up the life in me (which by all these reasonings and consultations, all this while, I slew); and then by degrees (waiting upon that), I saw, I felt, I tasted, I handled, as the Lord pleased to open to me here, that which was shut out from me in my narrowest search and closest reasonings. Thus the Jew in me was cast off, and the Gentile called: but who can read this? I am sure the eye of man's religious wisdom cannot.
Hereby my eyes have been opened, and I have seen the fetters, whereby I have been held captive from my life all my days: yea, many of the streets and chambers of Babylon hath mine eye beheld (in the pure life), wherein the witch dwells which enchanteth from the life: yea, I have heard the tongue of the false prophet, which speaketh so like the true prophet, as no flesh can discern or distinguish between them: yea, I have seen the dragon in the temple, worshipped there for God, by the strictest sort of professors. And now, in tender bowels, in the true light of life, from the pure movings of the eternal spirit (as the Lord pleaseth to guide and direct) do I come forth to visit my poor fellow-creatures and captives in Babylon. And what I have seen and known, I testify for the relief of others, that, if it <138> be possible (by the mercy and good hand of God), they may escape that misery wherewith my poor soul hath been overwhelmed, and may come out of that filthy, abominable city which God is making desolate; where the pure life, the conquering faith, the suffering love, the purifying hope, the putting off of the body of sin, the putting on the living garment, is not and cannot be witnessed, but men are only dreaming of these things in Babylon; where all the satisfaction they have, is from the pleasure of their dream; but when they awake they will find leanness, and penury, and nakedness upon their souls.
A DESCRIPTION OF BABYLON
FOR THE SAKE OF THE DAUGHTER OF SION, WHICH AT PRESENT DWELLETH IN THE MIDST THEREOF
Now, though the world be deaf and blind (even all sorts of worldly professors, from the highest to the lowest), yet open your ears, and hear the joyful sound; open your eyes, and see the city of desolations, and of all the abominations of the earth (both of flesh and spirit); and feel in yourselves what it is which is to be led out, and what is to lead you; that your feet may be guided to, and set firm upon, Mount Sion; where the life rules over all her enemies.
BABYLON is the spiritual fabric of iniquity; the mystical great city of the great king of darkness; built in imitation of Sion, painted just like Sion, that it might be taken for Sion, and be worshipped there, instead of the true, eternal, ever-living God, and King of Sion.
This is the seat of the man of sin: where there is a building framed in any heart, or in any society of men, like Sion; there he lodges, there he lives, there he sits as god, there he reigns, there he is worshipped, there he is exalted above all that can truly be called God in that heart, or in that society.
1. It is a city. This is a proper parable, to discover the mystery of iniquity by in this state; it is just like a city, in its kind it is a city. In a city there are several streets; in the streets, houses; in the houses, several rooms, to which families and persons appertain; and to all these there are laws and governments. <139> Thus it is here; there are many streets in this city of Babylon, many houses in every street, many rooms in every house; and the houses and rooms have their several families and persons appertaining to them; and they have their laws and governments, their knowledge of God and Christ; their order, their worship, their discipline in which they walk, and by which they order themselves in their several services, places, offices, and employments, under the king of Babylon.
2. It is a spiritual or mystical city. It is not an outward building of earthly materials, but an inward building of inward materials. As the outward Sion, the outward Jerusalem, is passed away in its use and service; so the outward Babylon is out of date too. (Ye need not look so far for it.) And as God hath built up an inward city, a spiritual building; so hath the king of darkness likewise. He could never have tempted from the city of the living God, from the city of the mystery of life, but by the city of the mystery of deceit. And as God builds his city of hewn stones, of squared stones, of living stones; so also hath the king of darkness his hewings, his squarings, his preparations, his qualifications for his buildings. If the light break forth, and make it appear too gross to have the whole nation a church, or to admit a whole parish to ordinances, he will gather a church out of the nation, and select some of his choicer stones out of the parish; yea, he may grasp in some of the stones of the true temple, if they come within his reach and circle; that is, if they look abroad, if they step forth, and keep not close to the anointing within, which is the great and only ordinance of the saints' preservation from antichrist's power: for if they step forth but so much as into a prayer against antichrist, out of this, they are caught in his snare, and are serving him in that very prayer, which they may seem with great earnestness and zeal to put up against him.
3. It is a great city; an overspreading city, a city that overspreads the earth. As Sion was a vast city, a city that did overspread the nations (how did the faith of the gospel over-run the world in the apostles' days!) so this city hath also over-run the world. Indeed it hath taken up the whole territories and dominions of the other city (and hath enlarged itself further), and Sion hath been laid in the dust, and trodden under foot. And though many <140> witnesses, prophets, and martyrs, have mourned over her, yet none have been able to raise up the tabernacle of David, which hath fallen down, nor to recover Sion to this day; but Babylon hath had the power over her. Look with the true eye, and behold how all nations, kindreds, tongues, and languages, have been drunk with some or other of the mixtures of this false woman's cup (some of them over, and over, and over again), and have been inhabitants of this city, crying her up (though not all in her gross habit, but some in her more refined shapes and transformings) for the true church, for Sion; whereas, alas! she hath only Sion's dress, Sion's shape, Sion's outward garment (which is the likeness wherein she lies in wait to deceive), but not Sion's spirit.
4. It is a city of iniquity, of hidden iniquity. That which is hidden in this city, it is not the life, it is not the righteousness, the holiness of the saints; but iniquity, sin, transgression of the life. Look into any of the streets of Babylon, into any of the houses, any of the rooms, any of the chambers of darkness; there is sin there; there is unrighteousness there; there is not one cleansed heart to be found there; not one pure eye to behold the God of life is to be found there; but in every heart sin in a mystery, iniquity in a mystery, unrighteousness in a mystery. They seem to be for God and Christ, and to be cleansed by them; but uncleanness lodges in them, and sin rules in them against God, and against his Christ in a mystery; which their eye cannot see, and so must needs mistake their state. Yet this is the true state of Babylon, in all the parcels of it; it is the unclean city, where purity of heart and life cannot be known; but though it be washed and transformed ever so often outwardly, yet still it remains inwardly polluted; that which defileth keeping possession and dominion there in a mystery. The living water, the living blood, runs not in any of the streets of this city, so that there can be no true cleansing there. Nay, such strangers are the choicest inhabitants of Babylon to the fountain of life in Sion, to the river that cleanseth and healeth, that they cannot so much as believe that there is a possibility of cleansing and perfect healing, and making sound and whole here, while on earth. There is great talk of these things (of the water, the blood, the cleansing) in all the regions of Babylon (which hath heard of the fame, and forms to itself a <141> likeness); but the thing itself is not to be found there, and so the virtue, which comes from the thing itself alone, cannot be felt there.
And here, in this there is a great difference between the vessels of Sion, and the vessels of Babylon. The vessels of Sion, they are weak, earthen, foolish, contemptible to the eye of man's wisdom (which cannot look for any great matter of excellency there); but the treasure, the liquor of life in them, is precious. The vessels of Babylon make a great show, appear very holy, very heavenly, very zealous for God and Christ, and for the setting up of his church and ordinances all over the world. Thus they appear without; but they are sepulchres; there is rottenness within: under all this there lodgeth an unclean, an unsanctified heart; a heart unsubdued to the spirit and power of the gospel, while it makes such a great show of subjection and obedience to the letter.
5. It is the city of the king of darkness, of the great king of darkness, of the prince of the power of the air, who rules universally in the darkness, in the mystery of iniquity throughout, even in every heart. Wherever is sin, there is Satan's throne; and there he hath his laws, his government, his power, in every heart of his dominion. And where there is the least subjection to him, he is yet a prince; his building is not as yet there wholly thrown down; he is not there as yet dispossessed and cast out. As long as there is any thing left wherein he may dwell, he knows his own, and keeps his hold of it. It is his right, and he will not lose it. All sin, all darkness, is properly his: it is his seat, and he hath the government there. Man is the land where these two kings fight; and whatever is good and holy belongs to the one king, and whatever is evil and unclean belongs to the other; and there is no communion or peace between them; but each keeps his own, and gathers of his own unto himself. And where the fight is once begun between these, there is no quietness in that land, till one of these be dispossessed: but then there is either the peace of Babylon, most commonly under a form of holiness; or the peace of Sion, in the spirit, life, and power.
6. This city was built (and is daily built) in imitation of Sion, painted just like Sion. The intent of its building was to eat out Sion, to suppress Sion, to withdraw from the truth by a false image, and to keep her inhabitants in peace and satisfaction, under <142> a belief and hope that it is the true Sion; and therefore it must needs be made like Sion, else it could no way suit these ends. Every street must be like the streets of Sion; every house, like the houses of Sion; every tribe and family, like the tribes and families of Sion; every person, like the persons in Sion; all the laws, ordinances, &c., like the laws and ordinances of Sion; the worship, like the worship in Sion; the faith, like the faith of Sion; the painted Christ, like the Christ of Sion; all that go for truths, like the truths of Sion; they would not deceive else; Babylon would be soon seen through else, and become quickly desolate and forsaken, did she not lay her paint very thick, and with great art and skill. Now here is the wisdom, here is the true eye tried, to see through all the paints of this city, in all the shapes and forms of it; to turn from every street, every house, every chamber, every image and false appearance of truth; every false appearance of ordinances and ways of worship; every likeness of things which this spirit forms from the letter; every duty that it thus calls for; every promise of scripture which it endeavors to apply to that to which it belongs not, that it might lull the soul asleep, and cozen and deceive it of the thing promised; here, I say, is the true eye tried to turn from all this, and to wait for the raising and redeeming of the true seed of Sion, and for the springing up of the true life and power in it and from it: for as long as this spirit can deceive you with any likeness, ye shall never know the truth, nor come to the worship of the true, living God, which alone is in the spirit, and in the truth.
7. The end of all this, of Satan's building up this city, this great city (thus accurately in the power of deceit, and in the very likeness of Sion) was, and is, that it might be taken for Sion, and be worshipped there as God, and that without jealousy or suspicion. And he hath attained his end; his city hath deceived and doth deceive, it passeth current for Sion among all the inhabitants of Babylon; almost every sort of people cry it up for Sion, in one appearance or other, though all do not cry up the same appearance; but their own image, way, and worship, every one extols; their own image of the truth, for the truth; their own way of worship, for the way; their own church and family, for the church and family of God. And worshipping here, they worship him, and <143> not the Lord: for the Lord cannot be worshipped in any part of Babylon; but the king of Babylon is worshipped in Babylon, and the king of Sion alone in Sion. Ah! how deeply do men deceive their souls! they think they believe in God, they think they pray to God, and hope to be owned at length by God, and yet are so far from coming out of mystery Babylon, that it was never yet so much as discovered to them; but they have either walked in the way of religion and worship they were brought up in, in the apostasy, or perhaps have removed out of one or two of the broad streets of it, and so thereby think they have left Babylon; whenas the same spirit hath set down in another street of the same city, building up another house by the direction of the king thereof, and there worshipping the same spirit as they did before; but their souls never knew the fire in Sion, and the furnace in Jerusalem; by which the very inwards of their spirits must be cleansed, before the pure eye of life be opened which can see Sion.
Now, because ye are more able to receive things from scripture expressions, than from the nature of the thing itself, spoken as it is felt in the heart (concerning which much more might be said, were ye able to bear it), consider a few scriptures.
Babylon is called a great city, Rev. 16:19. and a great and mighty city. chap. 18:10. Oh, the power of deceit in that city, to bewitch from the life! Oh, the multitude of lying wonders that are there shown in the heart, to make a man believe that he is in the life! to persuade men that the king thereof is the king of Sion! and that the laws, and ordinances of worship there, are the laws and ordinances of Sion! that the prayer there, is the prayer of the true child! that the believing there, is the true faith! the love there, the true love! the hope there, the true hope, &c. Some parts of Babylon, some likenesses of truth there, are so taking, that none but the elect, by the opening of the eternal eye, can espy the deceit.
And it is a spiritual city, a mystical city, a city built by the working of the mystery of iniquity, 2 Thes. 2:7. whereupon she is called mystery. Rev. 17:5. It is not a city of plain wickedness, but a city of sin hid; of sin keeping its life under a covering, under a form of godliness; of sin reigning in the heart under zeal, under devotion, under praying, believing, worshipping, hoping, <144> waiting, &c. Where sin lies hid within under these, there is Babylon; there is the mystery of witchcraft; there is the painted throne of Satan; there is spiritual Egypt and Sodom, where the Lord of life is daily crucified. This is the city, the mystical city, the spiritual city. Rev. 11:8. And here is building up and throwing down continually. She builds; the spirit of the Lord confounds, then down goes her building; then up with another, then down again. This is her course without end, when the spirit of the Lord disturbs her; for otherwise she can settle in any form of knowledge or worship; though in her ordinary course she hath also many changes and turnings; one while this or that being a truth, another while not; one while this or that being the sense or meaning of such a scripture, another while not. Babylon is hardly ever without this kind of building up, and throwing down.
And this city is a great city, a city spread over all the earth. "She made all nations drink of the wine of the cup of her fornication." Rev. 14:8. The woman, which is this city (Rev. 17:18), "sat upon peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues." Rev. 17:15. She sat upon them as queen, as princess, guiding them in their knowledge and worship of the king of Babylon. And those that once hated her, and made war with her, and burnt her flesh with fire, she cozened them with a new paint, got them into her new bed of fornication, and made them worship the king of Babylon again, Rev. 17:12-13. and ver. 16-17. and there they lay committing whoredom with her, till the time of her last burning and utter desolation; but then they forsook her, for fear of her torment, when they saw the smoke of her burning. Rev. 18:9-10.
In the temples of this city (for in all the streets thereof, yea, in every house, there are temples) antichrist sits as god, and is worshipped. 2 Thes. 2:4. "He, as God, sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God." He hath clothed himself like God, he appears like God (like the holy, pure spirit of life and power), he appears in the temple of God, he sits there, he rules there, he gives forth laws and ordinances of worship and devotion. Yea, if any one will question his godhead, or his right to do thus, he will prove it, he will make it manifest in the very temple of God, that he is God: "He, as God, sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God." He hath exalted <145> himself into the throne, above all that is called God; he hath got into the temple, he sitteth there as God, and there he maketh it manifest to all his worshippers that he is God; insomuch as, among all the inhabitants of Babylon, he is acknowledged and worshipped, and the true spirit of life is hid from their eyes, and denied and crucified. He hath showed himself that he is God; he gives demonstrations of his godhead, which that eye which is out of the life cannot but acknowledge and take to be true. There is none can see and acknowledge the true God, the true Christ, but those that have the true eye, the true anointing ("no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the holy spirit," 1 Cor. 12:3); and yet how many can speak great words of God, and of Christ, who know not what belongs to the anointing? Alas! alas! all nations and sorts of professors, out of the life, are cozened with the devil's demonstrations, with antichrist's demonstrations, with the whore's demonstrations, with the false prophet's demonstrations, which are undeniable to that wisdom wherein they stand, and to that eye wherewith they look to see.
Now mark this: antichrist's coming, when first perceived, was very mighty, exceeding strong. 2 Thes. 2:9-10. "Whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power, and signs, and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness," &c. Weigh the thing well. Satan used all his art, and all his strength, to conceive and bring forth this mystery of iniquity, so like the mystery of godliness, that it might pass for current in the world, and he rule as God in it. With all power, &c., no power of deceit wanting; he did not spare for signs, and lying wonders; yea, he gave power to the beast to do wonders and miracles, even to make fire come down from heaven on the earth, in the sight of men (which was the sign and wonder whereby the God of Israel was distinguished from Baal; power to work this very sign Satan gives to the beast, to confirm the godhead of the dragon and antichrist with). Rev. 13:13-14. These are the things men look for; see but great power, signs, miracles, they are satisfied. The whole world stands ready to be deceived with this. Yea, and if the eye be not opened in persons, which can distinguish of power, they must needs be deceived. Signs, wonders, and miracles had their place in the first covenant, and were to <146> that part to which the first covenant was; not to them that believe, but to them that believe not. Now after the full demonstration of the truth by signs and miracles, the power of Satan riseth up; and by lying signs, wonders, and miracles overturneth the truth. Now the unbelieving part in man expects and calls for signs and miracles, and says they will determine the controversy, and settle the state of the church again; but that part is not to prescribe God his way; yea, he will steal as a thief upon thee, whose eye is abroad, and looketh for demonstrations without.
And as antichrist got up thus, so antichrist will go out thus. He will raise up this power, and what lying signs, wonders, and miracles he can, to defend himself with, now the spirit of the Lord is risen up to dispossess him, and cast him out of the house which he hath long lodged in. And he that can be cozened with power, with signs, with lying wonders, (which are lying because they come from the spirit of deceit, with an intent to deceive, though they may come to pass, and appear true to man's eye. Deut. 13:1-3) or with any of the deceivableness of unrighteousness, shall never come out of Babylon; but only be translated into some of the more refined chambers of it, and fed with some more fresh likenesses of truth, where he shall still remain an inhabitant and worshipper in some image, perhaps of universal love, life, and liberty, and yet be out of the life, out of the love, out of the liberty of the truth, which stands in the power and presence of the spirit of God, and not in the most refined image or likeness.
"All the world wondered after the beast, and they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast, and they worshipped the beast." Rev. 13:3-4.
The dragon is the devil; the beast is that spirit of the earth which he raiseth up, and feeds in men with a form and appearance of truth; to which he gives his power, his seat, and his authority: and every man hath a measure of this according to his state and condition, place and service in Babylon. And now what a man doeth here in religion, be he ever so devout and zealous, and frequent in ordinances and duties, is the worship of this spirit, and of the dragon who sits and rules in this spirit. I am run into hard expressions, very hard, because the nature of these things is hid from men's eyes, and they are in the mist of <147> antichrist's raising, in the smoke which comes from the pit, where there is no opening of the true eye, and no true sight of things; but truly if ever you espy the dragon, the beast, antichrist, the whore, the false prophet, ye must look at home, and read within; and there having found the thing, and seen it in the true light, ye will be able to see it certainly abroad also. Now do not go about to distinguish these things in the notion of the understanding; but come to feel the life, to unite with the life, and the eye will open which can see into the nature of things, and will behold all in its season; for that eye which is so eager to see, shall never see these things; but that eye alone which waits in stillness and quietness on the pleasure and good-will of the opener.
Now all this time, while Babylon stands, while antichrist sits in the temple, while Satan reigns over all the antichristian world, the true and living God hath not been known, feared, nor glorified; but men's knowledge hath been of a false god they have set up, and him they have feared, and given the glory to, in their worship. Nay, the gospel hath not been preached; the true gospel, the everlasting gospel, the gospel wherein is the light and power of eternal life, to turn men from all antichristian forms of knowledge and worship, to the true life and power: but when Babylon falls, and Mount Sion begins to appear again, then the gospel is to be preached again, even by an angel, who receiveth it from God himself, Rev. 14:6-7. for man could never recover it again: it requires a new inspiration. "The law is to go forth out of Sion and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem." And this gospel is to be preached "to every nation, kindred, and tongue, and people," ver. 6. Mark: there was not one nation, not one kindred, not one tongue, not one people that kept the everlasting gospel; but it was laid up in Sion; it was carried with the church into the wilderness, and there it hath been hid all the time of the apostasy, since the days of the apostles. But now Sion is redeeming, the true woman bringing back again out of the wilderness, she brings back the true, everlasting gospel with her; and there is an angel chosen in the power of the Lord (even in the same power and spirit that first preached it) to preach it again to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. And the Lord hath so ordered it, that he will have the voice of this angel as despicable to the wise in religion, <148> to the zealous in devotion, of all sorts in this backsliding age, as the former preaching was to the wise and devout both among the Jews and Greeks. So that whosoever is wise in religion according to the flesh; whosoever is wise in expectation and waitings for the kingdom; whosoever is wise in reasoning about it, and can tell the foregoing signs of it, &c., shall not know the voice: but he that can shut his eyes by the leadings of the pure life, and enter into the hidden womb of wisdom, where the light of life is sown, he shall be new formed, and come forth a child out of the womb of wisdom, with the new eye, the new ear, the new heart, the new understanding and senses; and keeping in the childish simplicity, out of the wisdom, zeal, and devotion which deceived him before, he shall receive and enter into the everlasting kingdom.
Therefore all people wait humbly for the candle of the Lord, that therewith ye may search out Babylon, and may come to see what of her treasures ye have gathered; that ye may throw them away speedily, and give up your ships and vessels (wherewith ye have trafficked for these kinds of wares) to the fire of the Lord's jealousy; that ye may receive the durable riches; that ye may hear the joyful sound of the everlasting gospel, and know the true Christ which it alone reveals; and come to fear and worship and glorify the true God; and not go down into the pit or lake with the dragon, the beast, the whore, and false prophet, which will be the portion of the most zealous false worshippers. And when your eyes come once to be opened in the true light, ye will bless the Lord for giving you these warnings, and not be so angry at us (who have paid dear for them) for our willingness, if it be possible, to save you some of the charges they have cost us: however, at least to preserve your souls from that ruin and dreadful destruction which all the paths of Babylon lead to.
THE SINS OF BABYLON
Although, in the foregoing description, some of the sins of Babylon have been touched at; yet I find my spirit further drawn forth (in a way of service to the Lord and his people) to take a further view, both of them, and some other of her sins.
THE sins of Babylon, by the spirit of life (which hath righteously measured and knoweth them) are referred to these two <149> heads, fornication and abomination. She allureth the spirit of the creature into a strange bed, and there it acts filthily and abominably with this strange spirit. Now of these there are two sorts; first, some more open and manifest; secondly, some more hidden and secret, hard (yea, utterly impossible) to be discerned, without the shining forth of the pure light of life.
All sorts of men are estranged from the life; under the whole heaven is the Lord God forgotten, and his holy and pure law and way of life; and filthiness and abomination are committed everywhere. Now all this filth (even the common filth of the earth) springs out of Babylon, hath its rise from her womb. Were it not for her, the sound of life would be heard even among the heathen, and they would not be such strangers to him that made them; nor would they act so contrary to those leadings and teachings of the spirit of God (who is the God of the whole earth), which the darkest parts are not without. It is she which withdraws their minds from the pure glimmerings that rise up in them, setting up another god in their eyes, and heathenish, sottish ways of fear, worship, and devotion: and under this she makes them filthy and polluted, unclean in their minds and in their bodies, brutish in their knowledge and in their practices; "for she is the mother of harlots, and abominations of the earth." Rev. 17:5. Look what of pride, of vanity, of cruelty, of envy, of wrath, of lust, of covetousness, of idolatry, of blasphemy, &c., is to be found anywhere among men upon the earth, she is the mother of it all. All the common filth and stench of the earth springs out of this womb, this secret womb, this hidden womb: for though, in this her open and visible appearance, she be manifest to the eyes of many; yet to those children of hers who are thus conceived, brought forth, and bred up by her, she is a mystery of iniquity, and they perceive her not so much as here, and so cannot escape this her openly polluted bed.
Secondly, The whore hath more secret fornications and abominations. Where she can pass thus, she need not paint either herself or her ware; but where need requires she hath her paint, she hath her delicates for the curious eye. Rev. 18:3. She hath her cinnamon, odors, ointments, and frankincense for the nice scent; she hath her fine flour and wheat, &c., for the fine <150> palate; and gold, precious stones, pearl, and vessels of ivory, and all manner of vessels of most precious wood, for the more stately worshipper; as well as of brass and iron for the more common. Rev. 18:12-13. She can paint both herself and her ware, so as to make them taking to the eye of all flesh. She can so mingle her cup, as shall please every palate but that which is truly living; and cast such a color upon her abominations, as no eye that is without can suspect; but takes with every young man that is hunting abroad, and knows not the spring of life in himself. So that all the deceits in religion, all the several forms and ways of knowledge and worship, all the ordinances, duties, and devotions which the spirits of most men take pleasure in, are of her. And herein are her pride and glory, in subjecting these, in ruling over these, in blinding the eyes of these, and opposing the true life and power by these. She doth not value whole territories of the other so much as the congregation of these. For mark:
The great master-piece of the whore was to paint herself like the Lamb's wife, and so to withdraw from the true church, and set up a false church; which, by reason of its paint and likeness to that which once was the true, should pass up and down the world, and be taken for the true: and here lie her beauty, her glory, her majesty, her life, her heart, even in the deceivableness of this appearance. Therefore her great care and endeavor are to keep her possession and dominion here. She often reneweth and changeth her paint, nearer and nearer to the image and former likeness of truth, that she might make it pass instead of the truth, and so keep that which is indeed the truth down still under reproach, contempt, and persecution, as she hath done these many ages. Therefore she hath her sorts of paint by her, her varieties of sorcery, of witchery, of enchantments, whereof her cup is full, and wherewith her wine is made strong, to make the inhabitants of the earth drunk thereby; that being thus besotted, being not themselves, but their spiritual senses bound up (as the wine doth very effectually, wherever her cup is drank of,) she might lead them up and down from one thing to another, from one chamber to another, from one bed to another, from one practice and way of worship to another, and still keep them from the true, living thing which their souls seek.
<151> For were it possible for persons who did but so much as read in the Scriptures concerning the power of life the saints formerly enjoyed, the living ministry and ordinances, their sweet walking and fellowship in the light, the presence of the spirit in their worship, and in their whole course, their sincere love in the spirit, and tender bearing with one another's weaknesses, doubts and differences, which he that reads singly cannot but pant after; and the state of the gospel was not to be a decaying and dying in these things, or a losing of them, so that the power of the Spirit, and the revelations thereof should cease (as the whorish spirit, which hath gone out from the life, pleads); but to grow and increase, and the last times to abound most of all with the power and glory of truth: I say, were it possible for persons who should read and entertain the least taste and savor of these things, to be satisfied with any of those dead ways and forms which the whore hath set up instead of them, unless they were wholly bewitched, and altogether deprived of their senses, being made dead drunk with the whore's mingled wine in this dark night of apostasy? Yea, professors are drunk, they have deeply drunk of the cup, and are sorely overtaken, and their hearts overcharged with strong liquor; which makes them even mad to draw others into their beds of fornication, and to stand up themselves in great rage, and call also to the magistrates for the defence of them. Yea, like the clamorous woman, they make a great noise about ordinances, duties, ministry, church, &c. ("I have decked and perfumed my bed," saith the lewd woman, the subtle-hearted woman, Prov. 7:16-17.) but do not soberly consider which are painted ones, which the truth. We have run on headily after these things too long; it is now time to stand still a while, and wait for the purging out of the wine wherewith all our brains have been overturned, that we may come into soberness, and into a fit temper to be led by the spirit of life out of the bed of fornications, and out of the ways, worships, ordinances, and duties of fornication, into the bed of the undefiled spirit. Now he that worships God aright, must feel life within, and that life raised and strengthened by him who begets it; and this will savor death; and, faithfully following its guide, will come out of the land of death; even that land wherein all the false worshippers inhabit, and wherein all these false ways and <152> worships, duties, ordinances, ministries, &c., are set up and flourish.
Now these secret sins of Babylon are the same with the more open and gross; the great difference is their secrecy, their not appearing like sins, their paint, their color, whereby they are swallowed down for holy and good. As for instance:
There is fornication (or adultery from the life) in the finest, in the purest way of worship man can invent or imitate: but the fornication doth not so plainly appear here, but they who have drunk of the cup take these things for the ways and appointments of God. Those that set up the whore's church, do not call it so, nor perhaps think it to be so; those that set up the whore's ministry, or ordinances, do not give them that name, but call them the ministry and ordinances of Christ: yet this is as truly, as really fornication from the life, as the grossest ways of heathenish worship. Oh mark it! mark it!
If thou hast read the Scriptures, and thrust thyself into any practices thou there findest mentioned, without the raising up of a living thing in thee, and without thy following by the guidance thereof, thou hast done this by the whore's advice; and in this thou art committing fornication, and erring from the life: for the true worship lies in the spirit and in the truth, and it is the new birth that God seeks to worship him; but the spirit of man thrusting itself into these things, the Lord abhors and rejects. And this spirit never can be thus cleansed, and fitted to enter into Christ's bed; but only gets a paint from scripture, and enters into the painted bed and bosom of the harlot, where it remains unrenewed, unchanged, unmortified, in the midst of all its great talk and profession of these things. And thus the Scripture, the holy Scriptures of truth (which were given forth from the pure spirit of life), the whorish spirit maketh use of to estrange from the life. For what sort of persons, which have fornicated from the life, but make use of the Scriptures to maintain their whoredoms by, and to bewitch others into their whoredoms with? Every sort cries up their own way and worship to be the way and worship according to the Scriptures; and if any be gathered out of these witcheries into the power of God, then the bewitched say that such are bewitched.
Then as for all the abominations of the earth, all the filth that defiles the heart, it is to be found on the skirts of the whore, <153> even in her most refined dress: for her religion, her worship, her profession, her practices, do not reach to the purifying of the conscience, but only to paint over the old sepulchre, where rottenness lodgeth within. The sore was never thoroughly searched; the heart was never thoroughly circumcised or baptized; the old man was never put off, or the new man put on; the blood of purifying (which truly washeth away the sin) was never felt in its virtue and power, but only an apprehension and talk that they are cleansed in Christ, from a notion they have stolen out of the Scriptures; but not from the sensible feeling of the thing in life and power in their consciences. And so the evil nature still remains, the evil heart of unbelief is still to be found in them, and they want the life, they want the power, they want the spirit, they want the love, they want the humility, they want the meekness, they want the patience, they want the innocency and simplicity of the lamb and dove. And when the Lord comes to provoke them to jealousy by the shining of his light, and by the appearance of his power in some whom they despise, then the pride, the passion, the envy, the heart-burnings, the hard speeches, the false surmisings, with the rest of the enmity which still abides with them, stirs and rises against the life and power, and their hypocrisy is made manifest. Yea, some of the strictest among them can scoff and jeer at the appearance of life; so strong is the evil and unmortified nature in them, and so conceited are they in their ways and practices, because of their cover, under which all this iniquity, for the most part, lies hidden from their eyes. But, for all that, it is there; the Lord's candle will search it out, and thine own eye shall see it, and find in thyself bloody Cain, scoffing Ishmael, profane Esau, the uncircumcised Jew; who is angry that his brother's sacrifice is accepted, and his not; who disdains and derides the true seed of life, the living heir; who hunts abroad for food pleasing to that nature which is to be famished; who crucifies the Lord of glory because of his meanness, and because he appears not in that way of devotion and holiness wherein they expect him. Neither will he appear so; but to overturn all that which ye have set up, and to set up that which ye disdain. This is the Lord's work, and it is marvellous in our eyes.
Now there are several sins which the spirit of the Lord hath <154> charged Babylon with, and which he will reckon with her for, and with all that partake with her therein; some whereof I may mention, as: --
1. Her deep fornications from the life, under a pretence of honoring and worshipping of it. (Be not offended that I begin with it again, seeing it is also mentioned among other particular sins of hers. Rev. 9:12.) She speaks fair words; she calls to have the worship of God set up, and a godly ministry, and the ordinances of God in a nation; but the thing is not so in the sight of God, but in all this she seeks the advancement of her own whoredoms. And this was, and this is, the very way of antichrist's rising; he gets into the form, he cries up the form; and by the form which he cries up, he eats out the power. If antichrist should speak directly against the power (without first creeping into, and setting up a form, and crying up that) he would soon be detected: but, under a form and profession of truth, he hides himself, and covers his spirit of enmity and persecution therewith: and here he can secretly and safely smite the innocent, and fight against that very spirit, life, and power, which he himself, in his form, makes a profession of being subject to. And this is the wolf in the sheep's clothing, which, by this fair appearance of the sheep's wool on his back, covers his ravenous nature from the eyes of the beholders.
Now there are three ways of fornication, one of which this spirit is always guilty of, sometimes of them all.
1. By inventing things which the Lord never commanded, or adding to that which the Lord did command. The mind of man is very busy, and full of inventions; and where the heart is touched with devotion and zeal towards God, the inventing part exceedingly exerciseth itself this way, either in imagining and forming somewhat which it thinks may be acceptable to God, or in adding to those things which it finds commanded. In this way of fornication the popish church abounds, being filled with ceremonies of their own inventing, and of additions to such things as are found mentioned in the Scriptures. The common Protestants also have been too guilty here.
2. By imitating of those things which were commanded to others. When a man finds in scripture the things which some <155> others did, or which they were commanded to do; and so he is venturing upon them before he feels the leading of that spirit whereby they were led thereunto. Now in this he errs from the life; he goes without his guide; he doeth that which was a good thing in others (who were led by the spirit thereto), but in him it is fornication. This man is a thief and an intruder; he steals into the outward knowledge and practice, without the inward life and power: he intrudes into that into which others were fairly led; not coming in by the right door, for which entrance he should have waited, and not have run on headily of himself. This way of fornication the strictest among the Protestants have generally been ensnared in, who have run on further and further to search out the purest way of worship, the nearest pattern to the primitive times, and so have applied themselves diligently thereto, not knowing what they were to wait for to be their guide, and give them the entrance. And here now, thinking themselves to be in the right, they have contracted a lofty spirit (and held forth their conceptions of the way as the only way), and so have lost the meekness and simplicity, which were fresh and lively in some of them before; which sets them a great way back, and makes the entrance into the kingdom very hard to them. Whereas if that simplicity and tenderness were fresh in them, the Lord would show great regard to that, easily pardoning this their error, and, in mercy to them, visiting that evil spirit with his judgments, which stood nigh them, and was the cause of their error. But they are grown high, they are grown wise, they are become confident, they know the way already, and can maintain it by undeniable arguments (as they think) to be the way; so the Lord, with his teachings, is at a great distance from them; that lying very low in them, which the Lord alone will teach.
3. By continuing in practices, to which they were once led by the spirit, without the immediate presence and life of the spirit. For the whole worship, the whole religion of the gospel, consists in following the spirit, in having the spirit do all in us, and for us: therefore whatsoever a man doth for himself is out of the life, it is in the fornication. If a man pray at any time without the spirit, that prayer is fornication, and is not either acceptable to God, or profitable to himself; but grieves the <156> spirit, hurts the life, and wounds the soul. Now this way of fornication have they especially fallen into, who have been acquainted with the true leadings and openings of the spirit, and have afterwards run to them for refreshment, and so by degrees forgot the spirit that opened. And by this means was that life, which was precious and very savory in the ranters (before they were seduced by the spirit of deceit into that way of ranting) overturned. And thus they also (who deeply saw into the mystery of whoredoms, and into the more inward ways of fornication above others), even they also were deceived with the whore's cup, and drank afresh of that wine of fornication which the whore very cunningly had new mingled for them; and they also are become a reproach to the inhabitants of Sion, who find a living habitation in that spirit of life which they turned from.
Now if there be a true eye opened in any in the reading of this, how easily and manifestly will he see whoredom, fornication, adultery, generally in men's religious practices, in their churches, in their ministries, in their ordinances, in their prayers, in their whole course! Oh how, think ye, doth the eye of the jealous God behold these things! but your eyes, who are held captive here, cannot see it. The God of the world, with his mists, hath darkened you; the great whore, with her sorceries, hath enchanted you; and ye are her slaves, ye are drunk with her cup; and how can ye judge soberly either of your own estate towards God, or concerning your practices in religion?
2. Her notorious blasphemies. Having fornicated from the life, and from the spirit, then she blasphemes the life, and the holy, pure power and movings of the Spirit. "The woman which sat upon the scarlet-colored beast (with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication) was full of names of blasphemy." Rev. 17:2-3. Yea, the beast which carried her, which had many heads, horns, and crowns, he also had on his heads "names of blasphemy." Rev. 13:1. "And there was given to him a mouth, speaking great things, and blasphemies." ver. 5. And he, with the whore together (for he did it by her spirit and instigation, by virtue of the wine he had drunk out of her cup) "opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to <157> blaspheme his name and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven." ver. 6. This hath been the work of the tongue, in every head of the beast; namely, to blaspheme the life, to blaspheme the true, living power, in all ages and generations, since the apostasy from the life and spirit of the apostles.
Now there is a twofold blasphemy, which the whore, and the powers of the earth that serve her, are guilty of.
1. There is a speaking well of the ways of their own invention, or the ways which they have imitated without the life. To call these the ways of God, the true ways of life, is blasphemy. "I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but a synagogue of Satan." Rev. 2:9. There were, even in the apostles' days, persons who pretended to be Christians, and pretended still to be of the church, though they had lost the life; and this the spirit of the Lord said was blasphemy. And what is their gathering into a church, who were never gathered into the life, and setting up ordinances, and pastors? What is this? What is it for him to call himself a Christian, or inward Jew, who never had the foreskin of his flesh cut off by the circumcising knife of the spirit? What will the Lord say this is, when he comes to judge?
2. There is a speaking evil of the truths of God. The true knowledge, the true fear, the true worship, the true saints, the true God, the true tabernacle, the true temple, the true heaven, (all which is in the spirit, and is alone revealed and seen there) these are reproached, these are misrepresented (and the true sight and acknowledgment of them called error, heresy, and sectarianism) by all the blasphemers of Babylon.
Israel, who had the law and the prophets, the true ordinances and the true priests, yet they "called evil good, and good evil; they put darkness for light, and light for darkness; they put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter." Isa. 5:20. "They were so wise in their own eyes, and so prudent in their own sight; they were so mighty to drink wine, and men of such strength to mingle strong drink (justifying the wicked for reward, and taking away the righteousness of the righteous from him)," there was no convincing of them by the LIGHT of GOD, shining from the prophets, of their "casting away the law of the Lord, and despising the word of the Holy One of Israel." ver. 21 to 25. Nay, they were <158> observers of the law, and hearkened to the prophets and the priests of the law. Jer. 5:31. Therefore, when the overflowing scourge came, it should not come near them: yea, when the true prophets of the Lord threatened them with his coming with dreadful vengeance, and his strange work, they, in the height and confidence of their spirits, could reply, "Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it." Isa. 5:19. How blind were they from seeing their blasphemies; their calling of evil good, and good evil, &c. Yea, in the very days of the apostles, the way of truth was evil spoken of, and synagogues of Satan setting up, and blasphemies growing up apace from those which held the true form, but denied the power, even while the pourings-forth of the Spirit, and revelations from the Spirit, did abound: how can it be expected it should be otherwise now, when the Spirit is grown such a strange thing, that to mention such a thing as being moved by the Spirit, or acted by the Spirit, is become ridiculous? and the very teachers of the nation (who must speak by the Spirit, if they speak the word of God) cry revelation is ceased, and count it a reproach for a man so much as to pretend to speak by the movings, and in the power, of the Spirit.
Now this double blasphemy necessarily follows the fornication: whoever is fornicated from the life, he blasphemes the life, in all his knowledge, in all his worship, in all his religion. He calls that prayer which is not prayer; that an ordinance which is not an ordinance; that a church which is not a church; that a minister which is not a minister; and that which is indeed the prayer, the ordinance, the church, the minister, he denies and blasphemes; and cannot do otherwise, until the righteous judgments of the Lord purge the whore's wine out of him, and he be led back to that life and spirit again, from which (in all these ways of worship, inventions, and imitations) he is gone a whoring.
The whore, for these many ages, hath been laying blasphemy to the charge of such as, in any degree, have been led by the spirit of the Lord from her whoredoms; but now the Lord is taking it off from them (who have long been unjustly charged therewith), and charging it upon her, and she cannot escape his judgment; for though she put on ever so fine dresses and appearances, like the spouse and church of Christ, yet the Lord can distinguish and <159> find out his spouse, though naked in the wilderness, and without her attire; and can also espy the whorish spirit, though clothed with the church's attire; and can charge her blasphemies (against him, his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven) upon her.
3. Gross or more refined idolatries. "Little children," said John, "keep yourselves from idols." 1 John 5:21. He saw antichristianism breaking in apace, many antichrists being already come; and now (saith he) keep to the anointing, and keep from idols. Without a very strict watch, without a mighty preservation by the anointing, he saw idolatry would even creep in upon them, who had tasted of the true power and virtue of life. But how shall they keep from idols, who know not the anointing, but think the revelations thereof are ceased? He that buyeth not the tried gold of Christ, (Rev. 3:18) how can he avoid buying untried gold of antichrist, or silver, or brass, or wood, or stone, which his merchants traffic for, and make idols of? Rev. 9:20. If thine eyes be anointed with the true eye-salve, thou mayest see and read the parable.
Idolatry is the worshipping of God without his spirit (that is the plain, naked truth of the thing). To invent things from the carnal mind, or to imitate things, which others, who had the spirit, did in the spirit, by the command of the spirit, for thee to imitate and practise these without the spirit, is idolatry. An invented church, an invented ministry, an invented worship; an imitated church, an imitated ministry, an imitated worship, without the life, without the spirit, all these are the work of men's hands, and are idols, and all that is performed herein is idolatry. Rev. 9:20. This is a religion without life, a worship without life, a fabric for idolatry; and the whole course of worship and service in it, is idolatry. For the living God, the Lord God of endless life and power, is alone worshipped by his spirit, and in the truth of that life which he begets in the heart; and all other worship, though ever so seemingly spiritual, is idolatrous. Ah! professors, professors! if ye knew how many idol-prayers and services ye have loaded the Lord with, and how ye have been whoring from him, while ye have seemed to be drawing nigh to him, ye would hang down your heads and mourn! for whatever ye have done in the worship of God, without the leading and <160> presence of his spirit, it hath been idolatry. For the worship of God, under the gospel, "is in the spirit and in the truth," and required of them who are in the spirit and in the truth, and not of others. John 4:23. For them alone the Lord seeketh to worship; and the Lord will admit of none to his worship, but such as he seeks. And if any else will thrust themselves into his worship, it is not accepted; nor do they worship the true God, but they "worship they know not what;" and their whole state and course here is a state and course of idolatry.
4. Sorceries, witchcrafts, divinations, and enchantments (I do not mean outward sorceries or witchcrafts; they are but the shadow or figure of the inward mystery of deceit of this black, dark spirit, which appears as an angel of light, that he might bewitch and deceive). "Neither repented they of their sorceries." Rev. 9:21. This false church, this adulterous woman, she hath her golden cup, and her wine mingled; and with this cup she bewitches the eye, with this wine she inflames the heart, and intoxicates the brain. She invents ways and worships like to the true, or she imitates the true ways and appearances of life; and when the poor, simple young man is singly seeking after God, from some true touches of his life, before he comes to know the spirit of life, before he can come to be married to the Lamb, she comes with her golden cup, and with her tempting wine, and bewitches the poor heart therewith, and so leads it aside into her painted bed. Wouldst thou enjoy God? saith she. Wouldst thou worship him aright? Wouldst thou have fellowship with him? Lo, here is the way; here is the church; here are the ordinances; here is the ministry; here are the means. Thou must wait upon God in the use of the means, and these are they. Did not the saints formerly do thus? Did not they meet with God here? Did not they serve and worship God thus? Come thou hither also; do what they did; enjoy what they enjoyed. Yea, but thou whorish woman, did ever God appoint means without his spirit? Thou leavest the main, yea, indeed, the only thing behind thee, which itself alone is accepted, and without which nothing is accepted. And this is the course of the whore; in all her transformings, in all her baits, in all her temptings, she still leaves the spirit behind her. She may perhaps speak of the spirit, to hide herself <161> the more (because the letter of the scripture is so express therein); and teach people to look and wait for the spirit, but so as it never is to be obtained: for he that begins in religion either to pray or worship, or seek the knowledge of God, without the spirit, shall never meet with the spirit so; but that way of knowledge, religion, and worship of his, must first be broken down, and he become a fool, and receive the spirit as a fool (out of all his religious knowledge and wisdom which he had gathered before); and afterwards, following the spirit which is thus received, he shall be led into the true wisdom. Now mark that which follows, ye that have a desire to understand.
This spirit of deceit, this whorish spirit, this spirit of divination and witchcraft ("which by her sorceries deceived all nations," Rev. 18:23) came forth curiously decked at first, with all manner of deceivableness of unrighteousness. It had the exact form of life (the true form of godliness) and a lively spirit in it: it had the form of knowledge, and the form of worship, and with these it came to tempt, and draw away them from the life and from the power who were in the life and in the power; and it did prevail upon such as kept not close to the anointing. But after it had overcome, and gained the church's territories, then it might safely corrupt the form; and so it did, and went into multitudes of inventions and fopperies (as at this day may be seen amongst the Papists). Now these are easily discovered, and seen through by any simple, plain, honest eye, upon a little breaking forth of the light. Therefore the whorish spirit, when she perceives herself found out here, she changes her shape and attire, and comes back again by degrees (as need requires) to the forms of knowledge and worship, wherewith she was arrayed when she deceived at first: yet still she is the same, and doeth this to keep poor, simple hearts still in her bands, from the life and from the spirit. And thus painted, thus decked, thus holding forth scripture-knowledge and scripture-ways of worship, she is the more subtle witch, the more subtle sorceress, and is able to deceive any eye, but that which is opened in the light. With her "Lo, here is Christ, and lo, there is Christ," she would deceive the very elect, if it were possible; but it is not possible: for they are taught by the spirit not to go forth, and the anointing within preserves them. And <162> he that knoweth not this preservation is bewitched by her; and his fear of God is such as may be taught by the precepts of men, and practised without the knowledge of the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus, which is the saints' rule, guide, and preservation. For as the apostles were "able ministers, not of the letter, but of the spirit of the New Testament," 2 Cor. 3:6. so they that received their ministry (or that which they ministered) received not the letter only, but the spirit; and were preserved not by the letter, but by the spirit, and were made able to try words, things, and spirits, not by the letter, but by the spirit. But this the whorish spirit is departed from, and bewitcheth others from; first possessing them that the spirit is not to be looked for, and then persuading them to make as good shift as they can without it: and then (having thus prepared people) she brings forth her wares. Look ye, saith she, this is the way; thus and thus the saints practised; do thou thus also. But thou must receive the saints' spirit before thou either know or worship; or thou knowest and worshippest out of it: and in that path of sorcery and witchcraft from the life, thou shalt never meet with the life; but the further thou proceedest therein, wilt be more and more estranged from it, and become still a greater and greater enemy to it, and more and more in love with the whore, and her whorish paths and pleasing ways of devotion, whereby the false spirit in thee is raised up and nourished; not with the bread of life from the hand of the spirit, but with words, or forms of knowledge, or ways of worship invented, or imitated; which do but tickle the understanding, or affectionate part of man, but reach not the life; so that that which should serve the Lord, is there not raised, but still bound over with the bond of iniquity.
5. Luxury, excess, and pleasure. She is rich with her merchandize, and she enjoys it to the full, she takes the pleasure of it. She builds costly houses, wears rich apparel, fares deliciously (read spiritually with the spiritual eye). She is rich in knowledge, rich in ways of worship, rich in duties, rich in religious performances and practices. And as she gained these in her own will (without the leadings of the life) and by her own search and wisdom; so she can make use of these in her own will, and according to the direction of her own wisdom. She can fast when <163> she will, give thanks when she will, preach when she will, pray when she will, sing when she will, meditate when she will, bring forth her knowledge to others when she will. Look on the Papists; how rich are they in outward buildings, in gorgeous ceremonies, in times of worship, in ways of mortification and penance, in fasts, in feasts, &c. Look on the several sorts of Protestants; they have their riches in their kind too; their churches, their buildings, their arts, their sciences, their languages, their bodies of divinity, their cases of conscience, &c. They can open the whole body of religion, resolve all doubts, expound all scriptures, &c. "The great city was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stone, and pearls." Rev. 18:16. And she sat thus on the throne like a queen, living deliciously, and taking her pleasure, to which her torment and sorrow afterwards are proportioned. ver. 7. Yea, she had treasure and costliness enough to make all her merchants rich that would trade with her. ver. 19. What knowledge, what delicate food, could the wisest or greatest of the earth desire, which she had not ready for them? (see ver. 3, and ver. 9). But Sion, all this while, hath lain in the dust, and been despised: she hath had no building, no fence, but hath been trampled under foot by every unclean beast: her witnesses have been clothed with sack-cloth (a garment which all the lofty inhabitants of Babylon disdain): her fare hath been hard in the wilderness, only a little manna (which, with the fleshly Israel, who lust after rich and large knowledge, is counted light bread, and their souls soon loathe it): nor had she this in plenty, but only a small proportion daily, from the hand of the free Giver, sufficient to keep life in her in the wilderness, and to furnish her with strength to give in her testimony against Babylon, so far as the Lord saw good to call any of her seed thereunto. Now what professor can be willing to fare thus with her at present, and to wait for her future riches, fulness, beauty, and glory? Nay, nay; they have so long lived richly, and fared deliciously in Babylon, that they know not how to eat the bread of affliction, and drink the water of affliction, with sad and desolate Sion: and yet this is the only way and passage out of Babylon into Sion. That which hath been rich and fat, and full-fed there, must become poor and <164> lean, and feel hunger, and have none of the bread of life administered to it; no, not so much as husks either. And in this sad day, and state of misery, the poor are visited, which receive the gospel; and the dead raised, which receives the life.
6. Worshipping of the devil. "All the world wondered after the beast, and they worshipped the dragon." Rev. 13:3-4. Now the dragon is the devil. Rev. 20:2.
There is no other worship of God under the New Testament, but in spirit and truth; and he that worships otherwise, worships not God, but that spirit which teacheth to worship out of God's spirit, and out of the truth. Every prayer is not a prayer to God, but only that prayer which is from and in the spirit. Every ordinance, or duty, is not an ordinance of God, or a duty performed to God; but only that which the spirit leads into, and guides and preserves in. This is the way that all the earth have departed from the Lord; namely, by erring from his spirit. They cry up practices in religion; duties, ordinances; the means, the means; a church, a church (as the Jews did "the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord;") but they find the church, before they have found the spirit of the Lord; and so they find not the church that is in God, the church that is of his building; but they, poor hearts! frame up a building as well as they can, according to the pattern they find in the Scriptures; and so they are not a habitation for God in the spirit, but are estranged from the life and spirit in all their worship; and so are not found by the spirit (which searcheth them and their worship) worshipping of God, but "the works of their own hands, and devils." Rev. 9:20. For that charge holds good against all the inhabitants of Babylon, even to the highest and strictest of them all, whether in forms, or out of forms. There are many men, who are very zealous and devout in their ways of worship, who were never taught by the spirit the way of worshipping God, nor do at all know how to worship in the spirit: these my soul exceedingly pities. They have received into their understandings, from the letter of the scripture, that God is to be worshipped in spirit, and that God will give his spirit to them that ask it. They have asked, and they hope that they have the spirit; but poor, deceived hearts! they know not what spirit they are of, nor in what spirit they act, nor what <165> spirit they serve; and so perish for lack of knowledge, the key whereof hath been hid from them. Now let such consider:
There are but two spirits; the spirit of God, and the spirit of Satan: one of which guides all men in their devotion and religion, and one of which they serve therein. He that is led by the spirit of God; he serves God, he worships God: he that is led by the spirit of Satan; he serves not God, but that spirit which appears in the temple of God, like God, and gives such demonstrations that he is God, as no flesh can deny. 2 Thes. 2:4. Here now is the great deceivableness. In profaneness, in manifest wickedness, Satan is easily seen; and men that are found here, it is granted that they are serving the devil: but that he should sit as king in gathered churches, in duties, in ordinances, in ways of self-denial and mortification, and be worshipped here, this is hard to be seen: yet any of these which the spirit of the Lord leads not into, or which are performed at any time without his spirit, he is worshipped in. Consider this, ye that are wise in religion, and are diligently reading the Scriptures, and gathering knowledge, and rules of worship, and applying promises, &c. Do ye this in the life and spirit of God? or in your own wisdom, and according to your own understanding? Doth not the wisdom of that spirit, which is out of the truth, guide you in your searchings after truth? Oh, do not serve that spirit which the Lord hates, but come back to that, from which, in all this, ye err, and which, in all this, ye cannot serve and worship. And let not your religion any longer consist in mere practising what the saints formerly practised (for that ye may do without the same spirit), but in yielding up to that life, power, and pure spirit that they were led by. And when ye are joined to this, then do not prescribe the Lamb the way that he should go, but "follow the Lamb, whithersoever he goeth." Do not tell the Shepherd (by your gathered wisdom) the way that he must lead you in; but know the voice, and follow it; for this I can truly testify, that if once ye come in faithfulness and true light to follow the Lamb, he will lead in paths ye have not known, and out of the paths ye have known.
7. Compelling of others to worship. Rev. 13:15-16. The false woman and the beast set up a worship in the will, and they do not know why any in the will also may not be subject and <166> submit to it. They can give them reasons, they can give them arguments from scripture; and if they will not yield to these, they are to be looked upon as stubborn and refractory, and to be compelled by outward force. This hath been the course generally throughout the land of Babylon; but these show hereby that they themselves are erred from the truth (and therefore very unfit and unlikely to teach it others): for that which God works upon is the conscience, which he convinceth by the light of his spirit; and no other light can truly convince it. That therefore which would have a man yield to any practice, or way of worship, till he be truly convinced, is of the devil. "My son, give me thy heart," saith Christ, the wisdom of God: come not to me with oblations and sacrifices, but give me thy heart. My son, give me thy knee, give me thy obedience to the ways I have set up, give me thy conformity, saith antichrist, saith the adulterated wisdom: and if any refuse, she endeavors to compel them. Thus, like "Jeroboam the son of Nebat," she makes (that which she calls) Israel to sin: or, like Nebuchadnezzar, she sets up an idol, and causeth all her children to bow to it. Thus the load of the iniquity of multitudes lies upon that scarlet whore, who forces her cup of abominations and filthiness upon all she can, Rev. 17:4. causing all, both small and great, in all her territories, to receive her mark, and worship her image. The work of the minister of Christ is to keep the conscience tender, that the voice of Christ may be heard, and the law of his spirit of life (which makes obedient to the God of life) spring up there: but this is the image, here is the way, bow, conform, say the ministers of antichrist. But we are not convinced in the sight of God that this is the way, say poor souls. It is your own fault; ye may be convinced if ye will, say the ministers of antichrist; we are ready to give you arguments and scriptures to convince you; how is it ye are not convinced? Ye must be convinced, otherwise the magistrate must deal with you. Thus they endeavor to harden the conscience, that they may sit upon it and ride it, and terrify it from its subjection to its only true and lawful king. Oh, the havoc that hath been made of souls by this means! the Lord is requiring it of this generation.
But let me put this question to all the learned and wise, in all the regions of Babylon, under what painted form or way soever. <167> Can any worship God aright, before they be truly convinced of his will and way? Can any be convinced without his light and spirit? Were it good and acceptable in the sight of God, for any persons to run into that way, whereof thou sayest thou art convinced that it is the way, before they themselves are convinced? If it be not good and acceptable, what is that which goes about to compel them? Away with thy carnal weapons; and if thou wilt draw to God, draw by that which is spiritual: but if thou wilt still be using outward force (running to the laws of men, and power of the magistrate), the Lord hath opened an eye, which discovers thy nakedness herein, and is able to make it manifest in the sight of all people; and thou shalt not long cover thy shame. The Lord's people shall "be a willing people," to follow him "in the day of his power;" but all the Lord's people have been unwilling to follow thee in the day of thy power, which is near an end; and the very fountain of thy deceit, and tyranny over the conscience, is opening and making manifest.
8. Persecution of such as she cannot compel to her worship. She sets up her form of knowledge, she sets up her way of worship, and those that will not be drawn to own the one, and practise the other, she sets her brand upon them for erroneous persons, schismatics, heretics; they must not "buy or sell." Rev. 13:17. They must be banished or imprisoned, or perhaps put to death; for she is hardly satisfied, till she hath drunk the blood of those, who, in any eminent degree, are the witnesses of Christ against her. Rev. 17:6. This was a thing wondered at by John, with great admiration; to see this woman, this great city, out of which all the venomous darts are shot against the saints and martyrs of Jesus, under a pretence of zeal for the church and ordinances of Christ. For this is the engine, whereby the dragon makes war with the true woman's seed, (which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ), even by this false woman which rides on the beast, by whose power and strength she overcomes the saints. She sets up a way of doctrine, a way of worship in a nation, and gets laws made for the defence of it, and against them that will not submit to it; and here she is too hard for the saints; by this means she overcomes the martyrs and witnesses, and keeps the truth down, and keeps <168> up her way of deceit; which, without this prop, would soon fall.
This whorish spirit scents the spirit of the Lord; she knows it will soon be her death, if she cannot make it appear odious, and suppress it: therefore she hunts this spirit, she hunts the life and power of what she herself professes (especially if it appear vigorous and strong in any); she seeks advantages against the servants of the living God, representing them to the earthly powers as persons of dangerous principles and bad practices, inventing all manner of what can be called evil against them, and spreading it among the people, that the truth may start up nowhere in the earth, but everywhere be knocked down by the violence of the multitude, or by the sword of the offended magistrate. Now what is the matter of all this great noise and fury? Why this; A lamb is risen up in the innocency; the pure harmless spirit is appearing in the earth; the true life (which discovers the hypocrisy, and dead forms and ways of the whorish spirit) is breaking forth: therefore she makes a great outcry: Awake, people! awake! the church is in danger: arise, magistrates! magistracy and ministry will down, if this lamb-like spirit be suffered. Nay, nay: these shall stand, but Babylon shall fall, and her mystery of iniquity be discovered, and her deceivableness of unrighteousness made manifest; and the true life and spirit shall arise and take possession of the hearts of people, and make them a clean and fit habitation for God: and people that are subject hereto, shall feel it, and enjoy it; though the merchants of Babylon say, men shall never be made clean while they live, but must still have a body of sin and death hanging about them. But how shall they put on Christ, who have not put off the body of sin? Shall those who are made kings and priests to God here on earth, minister in their filthy garments?
These are some of the sins of Babylon, that painted harlot, which is subtle in heart, and lies in wait to deceive, in the absence of the true church, whose clothing and resemblance she takes up, and appears in.
And when she had done all this; when, like Egypt, she hath kept the seed in bondage in all her territories and dominions, in every church she hath set up, and by all her ministries and ordinances; when, like Sodom, she hath filled the whole world with filthiness, uncleanness, and all manner of spiritual abominations; <169> when, like old Jerusalem the bond-woman, she and her children have scoffed at the spirit in every appearance, all the time of her reign, and have trampled upon and domineered over them, who have but spoken of the coming of the just One in his people, sporting herself in her own deceivings; yet, after all this, she wipes her mouth, and saith she hath done no harm; she hath been for the gospel, and church, and ministry, and ordinances, and the faith once delivered to the saints, and only against deceivers, seducers, blasphemers, and heretics. But the spirit of the Lord cannot be thus deceived; nor shall the nations be always thus deceived, and suffer her to sit as a queen upon their consciences; but she shall see sorrow, and they shall taste joy at the sound of the everlasting gospel, when once again it cometh to their ears. Rev. 14:6 and chap. 19:6-7.
THE JUDGMENT OF BABYLON
BABYLONthe great, this great city of abominations, which hath reigned over the whole earth, which hath bewitched all sorts of professors with the golden cup of her fornications, which hath subtly led from the life, and held all sorts captive in the witchery of her deceit, and hath triumphed over the holy seed, making Sion, their mother, desolate, who sat in the dust, and was trampled upon by her: this great city, this glorious city, this rich city, this mighty powerful city, this queen of the earth (which knows not what belongs to Sion's misery, sorrow, poverty, and desolation), with antichrist her king and husband (who hath clothed himself with the garments of light, and appeared in the likeness of the king of Sion, and hath long been so acknowledged and worshipped), is to be judged by the spirit of life, which ariseth up out of the dust of Sion.
And though Babylon, the great whore (who in all her transformings hath still remained an enemy to the life), hath great power and great wisdom, and can shift very subtly to save herself by both; yet strong is the Lord God who judgeth her, and he also is wise; and she shall not escape his hand, but he will pursue her with his voices, with his thunderings, with his hail-stones, with his earthquakes, with his woes, with his plagues, with his cups of indignation, till he hath made her <170> manifest, till he hath broken her in pieces, till he hath crumbled and laid her in the dust, till he hath brought her down to the very pit, where the feet of Sion shall trample upon her for ever. Sing, sing, Oh inhabitant of Sion! doest thou not behold the crown of pride going down apace? The decree is sealed against her; she cannot escape; yea, she is fallen, she is fallen; she is already taken in the snare; the eye of my life seeth it, and rejoiceth over her in the living power.
The plagues of God Almighty, from the fierceness of his indignation, are visiting her whole territories, and passing over all her land. Nothing can help her to avoid his stroke; no paint will serve, no cover will hide, no profession, no practice, no duties, no ordinances, no church, no ministry, can avail to conceal her; but that spirit is pursued by the spirit of the Lord, and found out everywhere, and plagues are prepared and pouring out upon her. Nay, though she leave all her forms, and pretend to wait and seek for the Lord; yet she is found out there also.
Now what is her judgment? Destruction and utter desolation from the hand of the Lord; to be a hissing and reproach throughout all generations; to be brought down (by pourings-forth of the wrath and vengeance of the Almighty) into the pit, and there to drink the fulness of his wrath for ever. Sion shall be exalted; Sion shall drink the cup of life, the cup of blessing, the cup of love, the cup of salvation for ever: but Babylon the cup of fury, the cup of indignation for ever and ever. Sion shall sing; but Babylon shall howl: and all that saw any beauty, or took any pleasure in her, shall mourn over her. Alas, alas, for her! she who hath so many ages gone for the church, is now proved to be the whore; those who have been taken, in their several transformings, for the true ministers, made manifest to be the false prophets; their ordinances and duties, but thefts and imitations; things which they have stolen from what they read in the Scriptures, but never received from the hand of the spirit.
The wrath of God, the dreadful cup of his fury, and jealous indignation for the cause of Sion, is to go over her whole land, over her sea, and all the ships that trade therein, and all her merchants, with all her precious traffic and merchandize. All her doctrines which she hath stolen out of the scripture, all her <171> disciplines, all her experiences, all her performances (even those which are most like the performances of the former saints); nay, though she may speak the very words of truth, yet as they come from her mouth, they shall be thrown by and judged, and be of no service or esteem in Sion. The preciousest of her ware shall be dross and dung in the land of life, where there shall be no sea, and no such kind of merchants, traffic, or trading for ever.
Her earth also shall be made desolate, and burnt up, with all that is found therein; all her settlements shall be shaken; all her fruit-trees shall be rooted up; all her fruit shall wither, rot, die, and perish. All her conversions of people to God, as she calls them, shall come to nothing: yea, and if she have yet any more dresses, or secret coverings, wherein she would appear like the church again, and bring forth again; yet she and her children shall immediately be discovered, her flesh burnt with fire, and her children dashed against the stones. Every street in her city, every house and idol in every street, every room in every house, with every inhabitant, shall drink of the cup of astonishment, and stumble and fall, and rise no more. "Thou hast long triumphed over me, O mine enemy! because I have fallen, and have long sat in darkness; but rejoice no longer; for I shall rise again, and the Lord shall be a light unto me: but thou shalt rise no more, and thy light shall be put out for ever. Glory to the meek, suffering Lamb, even to him that sits upon the throne of life for ever."
Her air also shall be darkened. The Lord shall enlighten my darkness; but the light of Babylon shall be darkness for evermore. "The light of a candle shall be seen no more at all in thee." Many lights hath Babylon set up in the dark night; but the rising of the Sun of Righteousness shall extinguish them all for ever, and Babylon shall be shut up in utter darkness. Yea, all that have retained to Babylon, all that have walked by the light of any of her candles, that have cried up any of her false ware for orthodox, that have given up their names to her under any of her dresses or appearances, or that have received any of her marks, they shall partake of her shame, of her misery, and of her torment, from the hand of the Lord God. Yea, her throne also shall be visited, and the seat of antichrist in every heart shall feel the wrath.
<172> Rise up from the dust, and shout forth with joy, O captive daughter of Sion, who hast long dwelt under oppression, in the midst of the daughter of Babylon. Behold! Babylon's king shall be no longer judge over Sion; but thy King shall be judge, and he shall judge the king of Babylon: and let all the powers and potsherds of the earth strive to their utmost; yet, saith the Lord, "have I set my king upon my holy hill of Sion," and he shall rule in my people, and rule over Babylon.
Learn, therefore, O inhabitants of the earth, great and small, meekness; learn righteousness; learn the fear of the Lord; kiss the Son; harden not yourselves against him, calling him a deceiver, a blasphemer, a seducer, a heretic (for what ye do to the least that appear in his life, ye do to him): but hearken to the word of his everlasting gospel, which saith, "FEAR GOD, AND GIVE GLORY TO HIM, FOR THE HOUR OF HIS JUDGMENT IS COME;" and ye cannot escape his hand by that fear which is taught by the precepts of men, or by traditional knowledge out of the Scriptures; nor while ye seek that honor which came out of the earth, and is of the earth, and to that which is earthly. Therefore let your hearts learn to know him, and your tongues to confess him, and your knees to bow to him; which if ye do, ye must forget all that knowledge, and those confessions and bowings, which ye have learned in Babylon; for though ye may have confessed some true things, yet (having learned this in Babylon) ye have confessed falsely; even as the Jews, who said, "the Lord liveth," yet swore falsely. Jer. 5:2.
Now consider, ye ministers of several sorts, and ye several sorts of professors: we may appear great enemies to you, because we witness against your ways, and tell you what the end of them will be; but are we enemies to you indeed, whose desire it is to save you from this great wrath, which hath already entered into the earth, and seized on some? Should we soothe you up, and not witness these things to you (which we infallibly know), how should we answer it to the Lord our God, or to your souls, when we shall appear before him? If we were in your condition, would we be content to be let go on, and to be overtaken with this great destruction? We cannot be silent. Ye must be silent; but we cannot. We know ye must be silent; for that which now speaks in <173> you, hath been silenced in us, and is not to minister the things of God. But the spirit of the Lord must not be quenched in us, notwithstanding all our weakness; but the treasure must issue forth from the earthen vessel, for the relief of the poor in spirit, who alone receive the gospel. Therefore, though ye hate us, though ye persecute us, though ye speak all manner of evil against us, and use us ever so hardly; yet there is love rooted in our souls toward your souls, yea, and toward your persons also: and having both felt the wrath, and tasted of the mercy, we cannot but warn you of the one, and invite you to the other. And oh! that ye might find a shelter under the shadow of his wings in the stormy season, when wrath shall be showered down without mercy!
And this we cannot but tell you, that the several ways of religion in the Christian world are but so many several coverings; and that that which is covered with them is the whorish spirit, which the spirit of the Lord is hunting; who will strip her, and make her naked, and she shall appear to have been the whore under them all. Now that which lieth beneath this spirit in you, which is despised and trampled upon as a thing of nought, which is burdened and daily slain by your multitudes of ordinances, professions, and religious practices; this is the heir of life; and by the raising up and living of this in you, may ye come to life, and no otherwise. And all religion without this, even the most inward, is but the deceit of the whore, who makes a great show of worship, and zeal toward Christ, his ordinances and ministry (as she calls them); but by all these, and under all these, holds the life in bondage, and strives by all means to slay the heir, that the inheritance might come to her son. But Cain, the sacrificer; Ishmael, the son of the bond-woman; Esau, the hunter abroad after venison; the Jew, full of profession, zeal, ordinances, and worship, shall not inherit: but slain Abel shall be raised to life: Isaac (who was born of the dry and barren womb) shall have the promise; plain Jacob, the blessing; the out-cast Gentile be sought out. Thus it shall be; can ye read it? Yet it is the desire of our souls that a remnant of you may be saved, and now is the gathering. Therefore seek humility, seek poverty of spirit, seek the suffering seed, the meek, innocent, harmless, dove-like nature, even the love which doeth no ill, nor thinks no ill; for this is the <174> spirit which is to be gathered: but the high and lofty, the wise and knowing, the fat and strong, the rough and confident, in their wisdom, and in their duties, churches, ordinances, &c., (which they have gathered and stolen from the Scriptures, out of the life) are with all these to be rejected, and to be shut up in blindness and hardness of heart. "Seeing they are to see, and not perceive; and hearing, to hear, and not understand; lest they should be converted, and healed." Yea, it is this spirit which is to fret under its pain and torment from the woes and plagues; but cannot repent, but passeth on with Babylon to ruin and destruction. Rev. 16:9-11. "Babylon is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues." Rev. 18:2,4.
This is the cry concerning Babylon just upon her fall. Her iniquity is full, her filth overflows, the pure seed is gathering out of her, and nothing but devils and foul spirits, and unclean, hateful birds, remain in her. And the call still is to the people of God, from one remove to another, from one part of Babylon to another, to travel on, and pass away still, till they come quite out of it all. To come out of one part of Babylonish worship, that is not enough; or to come out of some pieces of Babylonish knowledge and wisdom, will not answer the call; but ye must come out of it all. "Depart ye, depart ye; this is not your rest, for it is polluted." Stay not in any part of the unclean land, O child of the pure life! but be separate, and touch not the unclean thing, if thou wilt have the holy One to receive thee. Not only the several dresses and forms of the whore are polluted; but her spirit also, and all her inward fabric of religion, out of which thou must also come, if ever thou be joined to the pure life. Thy faith, thy hope, thy love, thy patience, thy joy, thy peace, thy justification, thy sanctification, thy mortification, thy ability to pray, to give thanks, to wait, &c., all must down, all must suffer loss, all must become dross and dung to thee, that thou mayst know the building of true life from and in the spirit. For the Lord will not own any of these, nor receive thee with any of these which the whore hath touched; but if thou wilt have the pure life, both within and without, thou must part with the corrupt life, both within and <175> without. This is a faithful and true testimony; but who can receive it? Will not both the houses of Israel be offended, and stumble at it? But if any of the people of God will abide still in Babylon, and not hearken to every call of the spirit of the Lord, to follow its guidance out of every part of her, they shall receive (from the impartial hand of the Lord) of her plagues, and have torment and sorrow proportionable to the glory and pleasure they have had with her. Therefore, if after one, two, three, or many removes out of some parts and practices of Babylon, the voice still follow, crying, "Come out of her, my people" (the spirit of antichrist is yet among you, the wine of fornication from the pure life is not yet purged out of you), do not stop your ears, thinking this belongs not to you, because ye have forsaken some paths which are antichristian; but hear and follow; for it is your life, and your way to rest and peace in the land of the living, and your sure preservation from anguish, perplexity, and misery in the hour of Babylon's judgment and sore distress.
AN OBJECTION ANSWERED
Now there is one thing which lies as a great block in the way, to hinder this testimony from entering into the hearts of those to whom it is directed, or at least to weaken the spirit's demonstration of it to their consciences (for exceeding subtle is the whorish spirit to keep every one of her subjects from the sight or suspicion of her in themselves, and to darken every beam of light, whereby it pleaseth God to make any way for the discovery of her in them), which is this:
Object. But hath all our religion, for these many ages, been Babylonish, and whoredom from the life? All our churches, all our ordinances, all our duties, all our ministry, &c. We can never be drawn to believe this. We are sure we have felt lively touches from God many a time, and enjoyed sweet communion with him in them. God hath often met us there, and refreshed our spirits; which he would not have done, had they not been of himself.
Ans. There hath been a simplicity and sincerity of heart, stirring in some people towards God, in all ages: even among the heathen, under all their idols; and among the Jews, in the midst of their great apostasy: which simplicity is of God, and acceptable with him, notwithstanding all the load of filth that may <176> hang round about it. Even in the midst of Egypt, or in the midst of Babylon, if Israel groans, the Lord hears, and may return sweet answers to Israel, even there. "When Israel was a child, I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt." The lowest breathing of true life towards God is the voice of his Son, and enters into his ear from the darkest part of Egypt or Babylon.
Now in this nation the simplicity hath more stirred than in other nations; the seed of God in this land hath been exceeding precious and dear to him. And at the beginning of these late troubles, the stirring of the simplicity from the pure seed was more vigorous and lively than it had been in many ages before; and accordingly the answers of God to it were more fresh and sweet; and there was a taste of him, and fellowship with him, and sweet hopes and refreshments to the soul. Though the way of praying, preaching, and worship, either public or private, was not right before him; yet he overlooked that which his soul hated (winking at the time of ignorance and antichristian darkness), and met with that which he loved. And if the simplicity had grown and thriven, communion with God, and life from him, would have increased, although the pure path of the sanctuary had not yet been made manifest.
But this was it destroyed all; another thing got up under a cover, and the simplicity sunk; and so the life withdrew, and God hath grown strange to his people. He missed that which he loved, and came to visit; he found that thrust upon him for his, which his soul cannot own or unite with; and so he became but "as a wayfaring man, that turneth aside to tarry for a night." Jer. 14:8. Enter into your hearts, O ye backsliding children! is it not thus? You who had sweet tastes of God, is he not become a stranger to you? You that had sweet, fresh, lively breathings after God, are you not set down in a form, or under some pleasing notions, and have got a covering, but lost the simplicity of your life, and the sweet tastes of God, and refreshments from him? Thus it hath been in all reformations. There was commonly a pure, single, naked beginning; but an evil thing soon got dominion over it, slaying the pure, living stirring by the form which it raised up, under a pretence of preserving the life thereby, and of serving God more uniformly and acceptably therein. Ah! the precious <177> seed that was sown at the beginning of these troubles! What is become of it? How is every one turned aside from the pure life, into some idol or other of his own heart! some into one way of worship, and some into another; some into one notion, and some into another; and all joining together to keep the seed in bondage, endeavoring either to bring it back again to Egypt (to make it serve there), or to destroy and bury it in the wilderness. But the Lord hath visited this poor, desolate seed, and hath been gathering it from all quarters; from amidst all empty forms on the one hand, and all vain, high notions on the other hand; and he will preserve it, overturning all his new enemies, as well as his old.
This then is the sum of the answer.
1. No way, or particular act of worship, under the New Testament, is acceptable to God, without his spirit.
2. All invented or imitated ways or acts of worship, to the performing whereof the moving, presence, and power of his spirit are not necessary, but men can perform them without it, are Babylonish, and whoredom from that spirit to which the true Christian is joined, and in which all that he doeth is performed.
3. Under this antichristianism, under this whoredom, even in the land of Babylon, where the true Israel is captive, a true simplicity towards God may sometimes be stirring.
4. When this at any time is stirring towards the Lord, the Lord pities it, the Lord loves it, the Lord accepts it. When this calls, the Lord hears, and waits that he may be gracious, and return answers of grace to it.
5. Though the Lord accept of this in the midst of Babylon, and in the midst of the whorish ways of worship that have been learned there; yet this doth not make Babylon, or her ways of worship, acceptable; nor are they to be made use of (nor cannot) by any that fears God, to justify them.
6. Where they are so made use of, and the Babylonish ways and forms of worship cried up (because of God's visitations and tender mercy to his seed under them), God is provoked, his presence withdrawn, life lost, and wrath prepared against those forms and ways of worship, which will reach to the very bowels of those who are found there.
And let this word come home to your hearts, O ye that ever <178> knew what belonged to sweet communion with God! if God was so tender to you in Babylon, when he stirred up in you a pure simplicity and zeal there, what would he have been to you, if ye had come out of Babylon? Ah! ye have lost the substance for a shadow; and that not a right shadow either, but a shadow of your own forming! and now ye are angry with them, who will not also leave the substance to cry up your shadow. Ah! enter into your secret chambers, and let shame cover your faces; ye who would propagate that apostasy from the Lord, which your own hearts have too far entered into, and are so deeply involved in. Oh, that the eye were opened in you which can see it! Do not your hearts a little feel it? Oh, mourn after the Lord, and mourn after the loss of that which once (in some measure in you) was true to the Lord. Oh, that the lost sheep might be sought out, and that which hath been scattered (in the day of your loftiness, and seeking dominion and great things) might be gathered again to the Lord! for great is the wrath and severity that is towards you, and he is become exceeding jealous for his seed's sake; and judgment must begin with you, who cry out against antichrist in one gross, fleshly appearance, and yet are serving him yourselves, some of you in other forms, some in spirit.
This is a standing truth; whatever is not of the spirit of God in religion and worship, is of the spirit of antichrist. Whatever the spirit of man hath invented or imitated, is not the thing itself, is not the true worship; for the true worship is only and continually in the spirit, and never out of the spirit. The true praying is in the spirit; the true singing, in the spirit; the true preaching, in the spirit: whatsoever is out of it, is of antichrist in man. Now therefore give up all your religion, your knowledge, your worship, your practices, which are out of the spirit; and return unto the Lord, and wait for his raising of that seed in you, which once began to spring, but is now slain, and lies in death and captivity under all these; and the earthly part (wherein all this religion and these practices stand) covers its blood, so as ye cannot see how ye have slain, and daily do slay, the just One.
Oh the blood, the blood, the innocent blood, that daily cries to the Lord against you! How can the Lord accept any of your services, while your hands are full of blood! while the pure <179> simplicity is slain, the love grown cold, the life lost, and the whorish way and path (wherein and whereby it was lost) cried up for the way of God. Shall not the Lord visit for these things? Shall not his soul be avenged on such a nation as this? Yea, his wrath is kindled, the fierceness of his wrath is kindled against the professors of this age, and woe is from the Lord towards them. Woe to the Protestant congregations, woe to the select churches, woe to their pastors, who have helped them to wander from the life to dead idols, which cannot profit: woe to them who are exalted in notions and high knowledge. Ye have judged and condemned the Papists, and the Lord hath found the same spirit of idolatry in you! but turn from your idols, return to your simplicity, put away your adulteries from between your breasts, and return to your first love, and the Lord will receive you, though ye have wandered after many lovers, and have been inflamed with the love of idols under every green tree: but in these your church-ways and worships the soul of the Lord abhors you, and all your former zeal and simplicity are blotted out and forgotten; and in your present adultery and idolatry shall ye die, unless ye hear the voice of the Lord recalling you, and turn at his reproof.
Now in tender bowels to help you a little, consider that which follows:
The same spirit that stealeth away the true simplicity, raiseth up and stealeth in a false image thereof; which there is no perceiving at present, unless the soul lie very low, and be kept open and clear in the pure light.
And as in the true simplicity, the true light, the true knowledge, the true faith, the true hope, the true love, the true meekness, the true zeal, the true poverty and humility, &c., spring up and are nourished; so in the false image of simplicity (which the devil secretly conveys in, when he steals away the true) there is a likeness of all these springing up and growing.
And here is the beginning of Babylon in the heart; here are the inward riches and treasures thereof. What can Sion pretend to, which Babylon hath not in the resemblance? Is there simplicity of heart in Sion? And is there not simplicity of heart among the inhabitants of Babylon? Yea, a false image. Is there light in Sion? And is there not also light in Babylon? Yea, there is the <180> light of the sun, and the light of the moon, and the light of the stars which fell from heaven, and the light of many candles shining in Babylon. Is there a true knowledge, in Sion? There is knowledge, falsely so called, in Babylon. A false knowledge of the cross of Christ; a false knowledge of his death; a false knowledge of his blood, without feeling the living virtue thereof, which truly washeth away the sin. So for faith, hope, love, meekness, zeal, humility, &c, there are false images of all these in Babylon, and of whatever else is wrought in truth in the inhabitants of Sion.
Now when the truth is lost, and the false image crept in (both which are done at unawares, while the husbandman is asleep, and so he perceives it not, but thinks in his very heart that it is still the seed of truth that is growing up in him), then begins the mystery of fornication, idolatry, witchcraft, and all manner of spiritual wickedness and deceit to work in the heart. Thy believing, thy hoping, thy love, thy zeal, thy praying, thy waiting, &c., all here is abomination; it is from a false root; it is of a false kind; it is not of the true seed: the enemy hath stolen away that, whilst thou wast negligent and slumbering; and all this ariseth in thee from the seed which he did sow instead thereof, and is the fruit of the land of Babylon.
And having thus committed inward whoredom in thine own heart, then thou seekest and settest up outward ways of whoredom also. Having first set up an inward image of the inward life of the saints, thou then seekest and settest up another image of their outward worship; an image of a church, an image of a ministry, an image of ordinances, an image of praying, an image of singing, an image of preaching, an image of baptism, an image of the saints' communion. And thus thou art defiled within and without: and art mad with envy and rage that thou canst not bewitch the inhabitants of Sion (who are kept pure from all these defilements, and reserved as witnesses against thee) into thy bed of whoredoms. And thus, while thou thinkest thou art the chief worshipper, thou art all over polluted; "the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint;" there is no cleanness, no soundness, within or without, but "wounds and bruises, and putrifying sores," which "have not been closed, neither bound up, nor mollified with oil:" but the hurt of the daughter <181> of my people hath been healed deceitfully, by physicians of no value, who have not the oil. Isa. 1:5-6 and Ezek. 13:10.
This is generally the state of professors of this day; but they cannot see it: for they have put out the eye of the simplicity (wherewith alone God will suffer the things of life to be seen), and God hath blinded the eye of their wisdom, that they shall not see, nor be converted and healed that way. So that exceeding miserable is their estate: they will not see God's way, and God will not let them see their way. So that though there be "line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little, and there a little; yet it is that they might stumble, and fall, and be snared, and broken, and taken." For as discoveries of truth grow more clear and manifest; so they grow more hardened against it. And as they, on the one hand, increase in walking contrary to God; so God, on the other hand, proceeds in walking contrary to them; delighting more and more to stumble the wise, disputing part, which would so fain know, but must be made blind, that the eye of the babe may be opened, which sees that in the childish simplicity, which the other eye can never reach in the most manly wisdom.
Therefore put away all your images and likenesses of truth: put away your false faith (which can never overcome the worldly nature and spirit in you), and your false hope (which can never purify your hearts), and your feigned humility, and self-willed fasts (which can never bring down the lofty, exalted nature in you), and your false love (wherewith ye can never love the brethren in the truth, but only the brethren in your notions, or some such other likeness of the truth), and your false zeal, meekness, holiness, &c., (all which spring and grow up from the wrong seed, in a seeming simplicity): and all your praying reading, preaching, &c., which ye have taken up and do practise in your own wills, which should be crucified; and wherewith no service, worship, or performance, can be pleasing to God; and wait for the raising of the true seed of life, in the true simplicity, whereby ye may serve God acceptably here, and be saved hereafter. And be not mockers, lest your bands be made strong; for the consumption is determined against you by that Spirit of life, whose breath will waste you. All flesh is grass, and the glory thereof as the flower of the field! Surely this people is grass, <182> and their zeal and profession of God, like the fading flower.
SOME PLAIN QUERIES
Drawn out of the book of the REVELATIONS, for all Sorts of Professors of this Age to answer between GOD and their own Souls; that they may see whether they have received that Light from him, which his Spirit judged necessary to give forth, to keep People chaste to him, and to preserve them from the several painted Beds of Antichrist's Fornications and Whoredoms from the Life.
"Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand." Rev. 1:3.
The time of deceit was then at hand for antichrist (with his false church, and false prophets) to get up, which were to last till "the hour of judgment." Rev. 14:7-8. Hast thou read? hast thou heard? hast thou kept the things written in this book? Then happy art thou! But hast thou not read in the Spirit? hast thou not heard the true sound of these things from the Spirit of life? hast thou not kept the things written therein? Then thou hast been deceived with the mystery of iniquity, and must smart with the whore in the hour of her judgment.
The QUERIES are these which follow.
FIRST, WHAT woman was that which was clothed with the sun, and had the moon under her feet, &c. Rev. 12:1. Whether it was the true church or no?
SECOND. What that wilderness was whereinto she fled; where she had a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there 1260 days? ver. 6.
THIRD. How long those 1260 days did last? and whether they be yet expired? and whether the true church is anywhere else to be found all the time of the 1260 days, but in that place in the wilderness?
FOURTH. What are all the churches, the ministry, the ordinances, that appear out of the wilderness all this while, while the true church is there?
FIFTH. What was that beast which came out of the sea; to which the dragon gave his power, his seat, and great authority? which all the world worshipped? Rev. 13 ver. 1, to 5.
<183> SIXTH. What is that sea, and those ships, wherein and wherewith the merchants of the earth traded with Babylon, and were made rich by their traffic? what were those merchants? what their merchandize? and what kind of riches was this? Rev. 18 ver. 15, to 20.
SEVENTH. What was that name of God, and that tabernacle, and those inhabitants of heaven, which were blasphemed by the beast that arose out of the sea, all the time of the forty-two months? Rev. 13: ver. 5-6.
EIGHTH. What is the Lamb's book of life? and where is it? and how are the names of any so written in it, as to preserve them from the worship of the beast? Rev. 13:8.
NINTH. What is that beast that came up out of the earth, with the horns of a lamb (as if it came up in the Lamb's power), which doeth great wonders, and justifieth his sacrifice, by making fire come down from heaven in the sight of men; who both caused men to make an image to the first beast, and also putteth life into the image which men make? Rev. 13. ver. 11, &c. So that here is not a mere dead image, but there is life in the beast's knowledge, ordinances, and worship: yet with God all this is dead, for it is not the true life.
TENTH. What is the beast's mark, his name, his number? Rev. 13:17. For if I do not infallibly know this, I may have received his mark; I may help to make up his name; I may be of his number, and be, unknown to myself, a worshipper of him and his image, and so be liable to partake of the torment of the fire and brimstone threatened to such. 13:9-10.
ELEVENTH. What is that song, which none could learn but the 144000, which were not defiled with women, but remained virgins? Rev. 14:3.
TWELFTH. What was that other woman, which took and kept the place of the former woman, after she had fled into the wilderness, and enlarged her territories in nations, kindred, tongues, and peoples? Rev. 17:4, and ver. 15.
THIRTEENTH. What were the purple and scarlet colours, and the gold and precious stones she was decked with? ver. 4.
FOURTEENTH. What was the golden cup she had in her hand, which was full of abominations, and filthiness of her fornications; <184> in the midst of all her glorious appearance of zeal, devotion, humility, and holiness? ver. 4.
FIFTEENTH. What kind of drunkenness was it, wherewith the kings and inhabiters of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of this cup? Rev. 17:2.
SIXTEENTH. How may those who have hated the whore, and made her desolate and naked, and eat her flesh, and burned her with fire, yet after all this, give their kingdom again to the beast? Rev. 17 ver. 16-17. How may this be done? and how often may it be done?
These are plain, simple queries, not to entangle men's minds, or set their brains on work (for that way shall they never be able to resolve them) but to awaken the simplicity in them, which will readily let them see what the Lord hath revealed to them herein, and in which they are to wait for the knowledge hereof, that they may escape or come out of the snare. And in the mean time not to boast, as Israel of old did (when the prophets from the mouth of the Lord accused them) that they had not "polluted themselves," they had not "gone after Baalim" (Jer. 2:23. and ver. 35); but wait O backsliding Christian! and thou shalt "see the way in the valley." And though thou hast often traversed thy ground to change thy path, gadding from one form to another, from one notion to another; yet all this hath been out of the life, out of the pure power, and still in the whoredom. Open the weak, sick eye in the weak heart (for how weak is thy heart, while thou hast done all this!), and let the languishing simplicity be my witness: for (under all thy wisdom, thy zeal, thy knowledge, thy worship) that faints, that fails, that is not what it was in the beginning. Though thou art grown much higher, wiser, and greater otherwise, yet there thou hast lost: and happy wilt thou be, if all thy gains ever since may become loss to thee for the recovering of this.
SOME CONSIDERATIONS
Helping out of the Suburbs or Out-skirts of Babylon, that her inward building may be the better come at, and lie more open to the axe and hammer, which are to batter it down, and to cut it for the Fire.
FIRST, consider what it was the church fled out of, when she <185> fled into the wilderness. Was it not out of that church-state or building, which the Spirit of God had raised up for her here in the world, to which her ordinances, and way of church-worship belonged? Was it not here that the dragon assaulted her, and from whence she fled into a desolate place and state?
Secondly, What spirit entered into these, when she fled out of them? Were not these the conqueror's spoils? Did not antichrist get possession of the form? Did not the whore get the spouse's attire? Did not the wolves gather up the sheep's clothing, and clothe themselves therewith? Was not the outward court (what is the outward court under the gospel, but the visible church-state, with the visible ordinances thereof?) given to the Gentiles, who trod under foot the holy city, all the while they were worshipping in the outward court? Rev. 11:2.
Thirdly, What spirit is it directs men to these, since the true church hath been fled out of them? And to what intent? Is it not that spirit which would keep men from the life, that they might not be born of the barren womb in the wilderness, but be born of some of the fruitful wombs of the visible churches; while the true church is invisible, and hath no visible place in the earth, but remains in that place in the wilderness which God prepared for her, and where she receiveth her food all the forty-two months? Rev. 12 ver. 6,14.
I have smarted deeply for these things, and have been taught by the briars and thorns of the wilderness, whereby my ears came to be opened, to hear the sound of the everlasting gospel, to which they were before through ignorance stopped. For I also did believe and expect great things in a church-state and way of worship; and in simplicity of heart did I enter into it, and walk in it, and was not without knowledge, warmth, and experiences there. But all this the Lord broke down by a strong hand, in one moment; and hath taught me since to throw away all my gains here, and elsewhere, and to count them but dross and dung, for the excellency of the knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord. And having tasted, having seen, having felt, having handled, I cannot but commend the life; and dissuade all men from all knowledge, all worship, all religion, all ways, and practices (though ever so taking, pleasant, and promising), out of <186> the life. And this is to know Christ; namely, to know the life: and this is to obey Christ, to obey the life: and this is the kingdom of Christ which is to come, to have the life reign in power and great glory. But the knowing or believing of a history concerning Christ, this is not the knowledge or the faith: antichrist all along the apostasy, in all his various forms and dresses, hath known and believed thus: and this kind of knowledge must pass away, further than it can find a place and service in the life. Be not angry at my testimony; it flows from pure love, and comes forth in great good-will to your souls.
Yea, if it be possible that I might be a little serviceable to you (for my soul travails for the redemption of professors from the witchery of the whorish spirit, even of such as are ready to revile that which alone can redeem them), in the meekness and coolness of your spirits, out of the fiery, false zeal, consider yet a little further these few things following:
1. The state of the gospel is an invisible state, a state consisting of invisible things (as the law was a visible state, or a state consisting of visible things); the light invisible, the life invisible, the power invisible; that which converts invisible, that which is converted invisible, that which it is converted to invisible, and the whole course of spiritual life lies invisible.
2. This invisible state hath a visible way of appearance to the world, by garments which it wears, by motions and exercises which the life chooseth for it to appear in.
3. These garments are subject to corrupt, and to be worn by that which is corruptible, and corrupted. That which hath not the life may put on the garment; and that which hath lost the life may still keep the garment.
4. The preservation of the life lies not in the garment, or in the observation of any thing wherein the life did once appear; but the preservation of the garment lies in the life. And the life may change its garment at its pleasure, and may refuse to wear those any more which the whore hath worn, but as the life again leadeth.
5. When the life is at any time lost, the only way of recovery is by retiring to the invisible, and keeping there, and growing up there; and not coming forth in the visible further than the <187> life leads, nor staying there any longer than the life stays.
Now this is the mistake of persons generally; they look for the finding the invisible life in visibles. They run to corrupted ordinances and ways of devotion, and think to find God there: but do not wait to feel him in their hearts, and to be led by him into what he pleaseth; and to stay no where any longer than while he stayeth there, but to follow the Lamb wheresoever he goeth.
Some others mistake in running to that, and waiting there where they once felt life, but do not know the way to wait on the life itself: and so they are running to an image, waiting at an image, worshipping of an image, and the living God will not meet them there. But throw away your images; let Ephraim, the dear child, say to his idols, Get you hence; thrust away your adulteries which provoke the eye of God's jealousy, receive the forerunner (the severe purifier) into your bosoms, and let the fire of his jealousy cleanse your hearts, and the pure will soon come after, and lodge again between your breasts. Can ye hear this sound? That which is born of the same wisdom, cannot but hear it; but the other birth must have its ear stopped.
Now hearken to this advice. When the invisible life is felt and known, do not disdain to follow it into whatever visible thing it leads. Let not thy wisdom be judge what the life will lead into, or what the life is to be followed in; but let the life itself be judge: and let the child, which is born of the life, follow it singly, without murmuring, without disputing. The life hath foolish ways (to the eye of thy wisdom) of breaking the wisdom in thee, which is contrary to it, which thy wisdom will be reasoning and disputing against; and if that wisdom be hearkened to, the life is overturned in its course, and the head of the serpent remains found in thee, which the foolish and weak things (which the wisdom of God chooseth to cross and disturb it by) would help to break and crush.
AN EXHORTATION TO THE PRESENT POWERS
BABYLON the great, the mystery of iniquity, which hath deceived and held captive the whole Christian world for these many generations, under forms and appearances of godliness and devotion, is at length come into remembrance before God, who <188> is arisen to judge her, and overturn her seat. The army hath been preparing, and many soldiers have been drawn forth; the trumpet hath sounded, the battle is begun, and blood hath been shed on both sides; the blood of the creature on the one side, the blood of the whorish spirit on the other side.
The whore (with the power of the beast on which she rides, and by whose strength and assistance she makes war with the Lamb) is mighty and dreadful: and it hath long been said, "Who is able to make war with the beast?" (whose strength is hers). But the Lord God (who hath risen out of his holy habitation to judge, and hath begun to judge her) is more mighty; by whose arm and strength she shall fall, and the beast shall not be able to carry her up and down any longer; nay, nor to uphold her in her seat of government over the consciences of men.
Be wise now, therefore, and consider the present state of things; and if ye find not hearts to help the Lord against the mighty, yet take heed of helping the mighty against the Lord. The vessels wherein the life arises and appears, are poor and very contemptible, and ye may easily trample upon them: but the life which riseth up in them is very precious, and too strong for the powers of earth or of hell. The Lord did not appear formerly among you, or of late begin to raise you up again, that ye should become enemies to him, or aiders of his enemies against him; but that ye might let his seed go forth to worship him in the wilderness (for in this dark land of Egypt they cannot). Therefore break the yokes, and take off the burdens, and let there be no new snares laid; but leave the conscience (where the Lord chooseth to appear, and which he delights to draw out of the world to himself) free to the Lord.
The Lord hath kindled, and is kindling, the fire with which he is burning, and will burn, the flesh of the whore. Come not near to help her, lest ye feel the flames. Stand afar off and see her burning, and at most pity her, but help her not.
We fight not against the flesh and blood of creatures, but against that evil spirit which captivates and makes them miserable: nor do we fight with carnal weapons, but with such weapons as are able to reach that spirit. Now if ye interpose with your carnal weapons, and smite the vessel which the Lord is <189> pleased to make use of in this warfare, his hand will be upon you: yea, if ye endeavor to bear off the stroke from the whore, it will light upon yourselves, and the Lord's hand (and his strokes in this day of his jealousy and vengeance) is very heavy.
Do what ye can, ye shall not be able to hinder the Lord's victory (who will overcome, even by this very people, whom the wise of all sorts despise). All that ye can do in taking part with the enemy, is but to bring wounds and judgments upon yourselves, and to shorten the days of your government. But the work of the Lord will go on and prosper; and this painted harlot (which pretends to be the spouse of Christ, and has decked herself so pleasingly with her stolen knowledge of scriptures, and lays claim to his ministry and ordinances) shall be stripped naked, and her shame seen, and every child in the life shall be able to point at her; and the song of triumph over the dragon, the beast, the false churches, and all the false prophets (who are not made, nor prophesy not, by the anointing) shall be sung in righteousness, even to the Lamb, who daily getteth, and will get, perfect victory; for to him it is given over all his enemies.
THE redemption of the soul is by the Spirit of the Lord; which he that would enjoy from it, must know its appearance and operation in himself, and not quench or limit it, but universally be subject to its guidance and leadings. All man's inward misery arises from man's inward rebellion, which is as the sin of witchcraft (springing from the spirit of witchcraft). His recovery and happiness are in the faith and obedience to the pure power, movings, and operations of the Spirit in him.
The Lord God, who made mankind, who is the Lord of all, he is redeeming a people to himself by his Spirit. And this Spirit will not be limited by the powers of the earth, but will break nations in pieces, and trample upon princes as mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay, till it hath made its way through them.
Oh! open the eye, the inward eye, which can discern the seasons. It is not now the time for antichrist to prevail, or for proud flesh to rise up in its heady will, to stop the outgoings of its Maker. This season is past; and the season of the prevailing of the life and power of the Sun of Righteousness is now come.
<190> Therefore lift up your heads, O ye weak and faint of the flock! for iniquity and oppression must fall both within and without; and the tender God of everlasting love will turn back the captivity of his people, and of his creatures. Be not therefore affrighted at the inward power of sin in the heart, nor at the outward oppressing powers of the earth; for the Redeemer's strength is above all, and he is stretching forth his mighty arm to save: in the true and living faith of the elect it is felt.
And O ye potsherds of the earth! strive not with your Maker, limit him not, for he will assuredly break through you. Think not to subject him to your laws; but learn his law, come under his yoke, and be bound by him, that ye may taste of his liberty. Wash your lips, and kiss the Son, and be not angry at his various appearances so contrary to your wisdom; but fear his dreadful name, and his threshing instrument which hath teeth; and seek an hiding-place under the shadow of his wings, against the sharp season of the breaking-forth of his wrath, and jealous indignation for the cause of Sion, which hasteneth apace.
He hath long let the spirit of Babylon have its liberty, and his hath been silent: now is the time for his Spirit to speak, and for Babylon's to be silent. Will ye still force him to silence, and open Babylon's mouth? Will ye not suffer him to speak, but according to the laws and orders of Babylon? Must that counterfeit queen still sit on the throne among you, and the true princess be made her servant? Oh let it not be grievous to you, to see the Spirit of the Lord arise, and make Babylon appear Babylon! Her wisdom, her knowledge, her unity, her uniformity, her order, her comeliness, her beauty, are but folly, confusion, disorder, and deformity before the Lord. Happy is the eye that sees it, and the foot that turns from her.
Therefore awake, arise, and stand up from the dead. Come out of the thick, dark land, where the pure God of life is not to be found: "Come out of Babylon, and touch not the unclean," that the pure life may receive you into unity with itself: but the spirit that is unpurged from its Babylonish worships and practices, the Lord will not suffer to come near him. Therefore search what is Babylon, and of Babylon, in all your ways and worships; and wait on the Spirit of the Lord to be redeemed out <191> of it, and separated from it, or ye must remain separated from the Lord, and not partake of his life and virtue, from which that city, with all her inhabitants, is shut out for ever.
The Lord hath had a sore controversy with this nation (with her rulers, her teachers, and people) for his seed's sake, which he hath been begetting to himself, and calling forth to worship him (according to the pure law of his Spirit of life), out of the ways, worships, and heathenish customs of the earthly spirit.
Israel is his first-born, whom he will not have any longer kept in bondage. They are his own, of his own begetting and forming, of his own nourishing and bringing up; the plants of his own right hand, whom he watereth with the dews of heaven, and with the showers of his everlasting mercy and loving-kindness; whom he hath gathered by the arm of his power, and whom he leadeth and defendeth by his cloud, and pillar of fire; over whom he is tender as of the apple of his eye. They are his anointed ones, whom he will not have touched, but rebuketh kings and parliaments, armies and councils, for their sakes; saying, "Touch not mine anointed; and do my prophets no harm."
Have ye not seen, how no strength nor counsel hath been able to prevail against them? They have had no fence, but the arm which hath gathered them. What plottings and contrivings have there been against them! How are they, as sheep appointed for the slaughter, destined to be devoured, crushed, and trodden underfoot; what divinations and enchantments have been used against them, even to blot out their name and remembrance from the earth!
But why do ye strive and contend thus with the God of Jacob? Can ye prosper? He that made the earth, will not ye let him have room therein for his people? Must they be subject to your wills? Must they bow to your image? Shall not the God of the spirits of all flesh have the command of the spirits of his own people? Can ye stop the Spirit of God from breathing upon them? Or will ye fall foul upon them, if they be obedient to the breathings and movings of his Spirit? May it not suffice that they are innocent and harmless among you in their conversations and practices, but will ye still lord it over their consciences? Will ye put the Lord to it, to the very last, to try it out with you, whether <192> he can defend his people, and make way for their liberty?
Well! if peace be taken from you; if your rulers, laws, and governments be broken in pieces; if his hand be stretched forth against you; if he curse your very blessings, whom can ye blame? Why do you provoke him against your own souls? Are ye stronger than he? If ye be stronger and wiser, ye may prevail: but if he be stronger, and will put forth his arm, his people shall be saved, and find a shelter in him, in the midst of all that wrath which is pouring down upon you. Your peace hath been lengthened out for their sakes. "If it had not been for their sakes," (for the remnant which the Lord hath had to gather) "ye had, ere this, been as Sodom, and like unto Gomorrah." The land is full of filthiness, which the Lord's soul loathes; and instead of drawing forth the sword against it, ye draw it forth against his witnesses. There is liberty enough for sin and vanity, for excess and riotousness, for images and idols: but to worship God in spirit, to obey his pure movings; this kindles your rage, and these are the people who are a burthen to you. Ah! how fain would ye ease you of this people! (Sion is indeed a burthensome stone, and will fall heavy on all that meddle with her). But the Lord will ease himself of the adversaries of his life and Spirit, and he will bring forth his righteousness which he hath prepared, and set it up in the earth, and none shall be able to stop him. Therefore gather yourselves together in battle; associate yourselves, that ye may be broken in pieces: take counsel together, it shall come to nought; speak the word, it shall not stand: but the Lord's counsel shall stand, and he will fulfil all his pleasure, and will delight himself in his people, and raise them up by the fall of their enemies: and then ye shall see against whom ye have plotted and contended, and what ye have helped to bring about by all your secret plots and designs. "If the Lord had not been on our side, now may Israel say;" if the Lord had not been on our side, what had become of his poor people! Ah, poor worm Jacob! how often would the foot of pride have trampled thee down again and again, had not the everlasting arm been stretched out for thee! but fear not, worm Jacob, nor be solicitous for thy preservation, but trust that arm which delighteth to preserve thee.
Ah foolish people and unwise! who strive against your own <193> mercy; who see not on what hinge all your mercies hang, but make it your work to break down the wall that defends you!
Jerusalem is the city of the great King, which is coming down from heaven: and Israel is his people; and both must have a place in the earth. The Lord hath determined it, and who can withstand it? What prejudice can Jerusalem, or the inhabitants thereof, bring unto you? They are enemies, indeed, to this earthly state of things, and would have all brought into subjection to the life and power of their king, and all that stands in opposition to God brought down, and made pliable to his spirit; and this the unyoked earthly spirit cannot bear. But this is the interest of your souls, and the way to unity with that life which is their happiness, peace, and rest for ever. For if ye could pass through the fire, and bear the burning up of your dross, ye also might become vessels for the finer, and might dwell with them in their everlasting habitation.
The saints formerly had an entrance ministered to them into the everlasting kingdom, and came unto Mount Sion, which cannot be removed; and to Jerusalem, the city of the living God, Heb. 12:22. where the blood of sprinkling, the peace that passeth understanding, the everlasting righteousness, and the joy unspeakable and full of glory, were witnessed in the renewed spirit, which receiveth the kingdom which cannot be shaken, and entereth into the everlasting rest.
And it is again revealed, and the witnesses shall ascend into heaven in the sight of their enemies; even into the new heaven and the new earth, where righteousness dwells; and the old heaven and the old earth (with all their inhabitants) shall be burnt up: and then it shall be seen that righteousness becomes, and belongs to, the house of God for ever. And his city shall be a quiet habitation, free from all the noise and hurry of Babylon; where the pure river of life runs clear, free from all the mud and mixtures of Babylon; and the Lord God of infinite fulness will not disdain communion with his creatures, but will tabernacle among them, dwell with them, sup with them, walk in them, and take them into his holy habitation, and they shall dwell with him, sup with him, and walk in him.
But who shall abide in his tabernacle? who shall dwell in his <194> holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart, &c., he who contemns the vile person (how great and high soever), but honoreth them that fear the Lord, be they otherwise what they will. This man shall dwell on high, above the reach of all low, creeping, dark spirits, even in that holy habitation of life and power, which nothing can touch or annoy.
I shall now conclude with a few words concerning the present estate of this poor, distracted nation.
This nation hath long lain wounded and sick: she hath had many physicians (on whom she hath spent much) who have promised her fair, but have not effected her cure. Of late her wound hath been much enlarged; yea, she is become sick at her very heart, and in great danger. Many are spending their judgment upon her; some thinking a king would help all, some a parliament, and some hoping for good from the army; but every eye sees her case to be very desperate. Ah England, England! Thou strivest with thy Maker, and he overturns thy strength and councils. The life and wisdom which thou despiseth, is that which alone can heal thee. Thou strivest to keep off the strokes from the enemies of God, and smitest his dear ones; how can he spare thee? Hand still joins in hand to keep the Lord's stroke from reaching Babylon, which he hath directed at her heart, and will not miss her, but will pierce through everything that stands in his way. Though the cry hath long been, Hurt not the tender conscience; it is that on which God works, and wherein he chooseth to appear, and with which he is pleased, and pities. Many promises have been, touching liberty of conscience; yet still the meek of the earth, the innocent lambs of Christ (those that are faithful to the light of God in their consciences) are persecuted and suffer. What canst thou plead, O England! why the Lord should not break thee all in pieces, and save his people himself, by and in the midst of thy ruins? The Lord will have the victory over thee in this particular, about which he hath so long striven with thee. It would be better and easier for thee to yield unto, than be forced by, his hand. Therefore, at length hear his voice, which hath so often and so loudly cried unto thee, "Let my people go, that they may serve me."
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Somalia condemns Manda Bay attack, US confirms loss of 3 officers
Source: Hiiraan Online, Monday January 6, 2020
MOGADISHU (HOL) – Somalia has condemned the attack on the joint Kenya-US military base in the coastal region of Lamu noting such attacks will not hinder efforts for peace in the region.
“The failed attack from the crumbling Al Shabab terror group aimed at defence personnel and property
will not hinder the joint efforts to eliminate those against the peace and stability of the region,” the statement from Villa Somalia read in part.
Somali government also lauded the Kenyan and US forces for ‘swiftly repulsing the attack, thus inflicting heavy defeat on the Al Shabab terror organization.”Meanwhile the US has confirmed it lost three of its citizens during the attack which the militant group
Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility.
In a statement, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) said one service member and two Department of Defense contractors were killed and two defense department members were wounded in the 4am attack.
After an initial penetration of the perimeter, Kenya Defense Forces and U.S. Africa Command repelled
the al-Shabaab attack.
Reports indicate that six contractor-operated civilian aircraft were damaged to some degree, AFRICOM said.
Source said the militants cut the power supply in the locality before launching the attack.
Kenya Defense Forces spokesman Paul Njuguna told journalists there were no casualties on the Kenyan forces and that the airstrip had now been fully secured.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of our teammates who lost their lives today,”
said U.S. Army General Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command.
“As we honor their sacrifice, let’s also harden our resolve. Alongside our African and international partners, we will pursue those responsible for this attack and al-Shabaab who seeks to harm Americans and U.S. interests.
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China, Japan extract combustible ice from seafloor
Commercial development of the globe's vast reserves of a frozen fossil fuel known as "combustible ice" has moved closer to reality after Japan and China successfully extracted the material from the seafloor
BEIJING — Commercial development of the globe's huge reserves of a frozen fossil fuel known as "combustible ice" has moved closer to reality after Japan and China successfully extracted the material from the seafloor off their coastlines.
But experts said Friday that large-scale production remains many years away — and if not done properly could flood the atmosphere with climate-changing greenhouse gases.
Combustible ice is a frozen mixture of water and concentrated natural gas. Technically known as methane hydrate, it can be lit on fire in its frozen state and is believed to comprise one of the world's most abundant fossil fuels.
The official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported that the fuel was successfully mined by a drilling rig operating in the South China Sea on Thursday. Chinese Minister of Land and Resources Jiang Daming declared the event a breakthrough moment heralding a potential "global energy revolution."
A drilling crew in Japan reported a similar successful operation two weeks earlier, on May 4 offshore the Shima Peninsula.
For Japan, methane hydrate offers the chance to reduce its heavy reliance of imported fuels if it can tap into reserves off its coastline. In China, it could serve as a cleaner substitute for coal-burning power plants and steel factories that have polluted much of the country with lung-damaging smog.
The South China Sea has become a focal point of regional political tensions as China has claimed huge swaths of disputed territory as its own. Previous sea oil exploration efforts by China met resistance, especially from Vietnam, but its methane hydrate operation was described as being outside the most hotly contested areas.
Methane hydrate has been found beneath seafloors and buried inside Arctic permafrost and beneath Antarctic ice. The United States and India also have research programs pursuing technologies to capture the fuel.
Estimates of worldwide reserves range from 280 trillion cubic meters (10,000 trillion cubic feet) up to 2,800 trillion cubic meters (100,000 trillion cubic feet), according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. By comparison, total worldwide production of natural gas was 3.5 billion cubic meters (124 billion cubic feet) in 2015, the most recent year available.
That means methane hydrate reserves could meet global gas demands for 80 to 800 years at current consumption rates.
Yet efforts to successfully extract the fuel at a profit have eluded private and state-owned energy companies for decades. That's in part because of the high cost of extraction techniques, which can use large amounts of water or carbon dioxide to flood methane hydrate reserves so the fuel can be released and brought to the surface.
Japan first extracted some of the material in 2013 but ended the effort due to sand from the seafloor clogging machinery, according to the country's Ministry of Economy Trade and Tourism.
There are also environmental concerns.
If methane hydrate leaks during the extraction process, it can increase greenhouse gas emissions. The fuel also could displace renewables such as solar and wind power, said David Sandalow, a former senior official with the U.S. State Department now at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy.
However, if it can be used without leaking, it has the potential to replace dirtier coal in the power sector.
"The climate implications of producing natural gas hydrates are complicated. There are potential benefits, but substantial risks," Sandalow said.
Commercial-scale production could be "transformative for northeast Asia, particularly for Japan, which imports nearly all its hydrocarbon needs," said James Taverner, a senior energy industry researcher at IHS Market, a London-based consulting firm.
The consensus within the industry is that commercial development won't happen until at least 2030. Smaller scale output could happen as early as 2020, said Tim Collett, a scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey.
"The path to understanding when or if gas hydrates will be commercially produced will need many similar and more extended testing efforts," Collett said.
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