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Computer issues slow posting of vote totals in Outagamie Co.
Posted: Wed 7:07 AM, Apr 03, 2019 |
Updated: Wed 7:20 AM, Apr 03, 2019
APPLETON, Wis. (WBAY)- Election officials in Outagamie County say computer problems slowed them down as they reported vote totals on Tuesday night.
The county's vote total was posted just before 2:30 Wednesday morning.
The County Clerk's Office tells Action 2 News that the server at the county court house was not receiving results from the modems at local precincts.
Clerk's Office workers had been testing the system for the past few weeks, including just this past Monday, and they say everything was working just fine during the tests.
The computer system vendor worked with county officials Tuesday night to try to fix the problem, even rebooting the server, but that didn't help.
To get results, municipal officials had to call in or fax in results, or even take pictures of voting machine tapes, and email those into the main office.
County Clerk's Office workers then had to manually enter all the results.
The clerk's office will be working to figure out exactly what went wrong with their computers.
No vote totals in Wisconsin are final until the official canvass next week.
Outagamie County's votes were crucial for the very close State Supreme Court race. Brian Hagedorn took more than 4,000 more votes than Lisa Neubauer in Outagamie County.
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Small business owner announces run for Appleton mayor
Sturgeon Bay voter given wrong ballot in close city council race
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2019: Development - Africa Dev Programme & Women’s Baseball lead impressive year of growth
During 2019, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) kept boosting the development of baseball and softball with multiple programmes around the world, especially in countries where baseball and softball have little presence or where development is at an early stage.
The ground-breaking Africa Development Programme (ADP), launched in July, headlined a new era for baseball and softball development with a streamlined development process put in place to grow the game across the continent.
One of the WBSC main priorities is to boost the growth of the game and access to resources in Africa to help achieve its ambitious development goals. Africa is a key continent for the implementation of these wide-ranging goals, which include providing financial and practical support and guidance in training, coaching and umpiring in conjunction with National Federations.
Working towards our vision, @WBSC is continuously investing and working in Africa. With our recently launched 🌍 Africa Development Projecthttps://t.co/KLDqQuJbe9
— Riccardo Fraccari (@WBSCPresident) October 15, 2019
The ADP is the initiative of the WBSC Development Commission and the African Baseball and Softball Association (ABSA) as a result of the WBSC African Baseball Summit 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
It is run over three phases. Phase one is aimed at developing the managerial skills of national federation staff before phase two focuses on the technical growth of the Federation. During phase three, the WBSC will support the National Federations in the organization of events.
2019 Series: Year in Review
Development - Africa Dev Programme & Women’s Baseball lead impressive year of growth
Premier12 - The “biggest int’l baseball event in recent history”
WBSC - Huge year sets up foundation for bright future
Baseball5 - Continues to spread like "wildfire"
President Fraccari: “2019 - The biggest year in int’l baseball, softball history”
Men’s Softball World Championship - Argentina clinch historic title as Europe hosts for first time
Chinese Taipei wins U-12, U-18 Baseball World Cups, Asian Championship, Fed of the Year
The project, with key WBSC staff involved across all levels, reached five countries in 2019. Kenya, Zambia, Ivory Coast, Lesotho and South Africa completed phase one of the project, with more than 120 participants acquiring knowledge and tools related to sports management. The participants went through lessons about the building of relationships with local government, sports authorities, media and the general public. They were also introduced to the concept of medium and long term planning and became familiar with the importance of athlete development.
Next year, the WBSC will visit again Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, South Africa and Zambia for the second phase of the project focused on the technical aspect of the organization. In addition, the WBSC is aiming to deliver the first phase in the remaining countries: Nigeria and Ghana for the English-speaking countries, and Benin, Burkina Faso, Congo, Togo, and Tunisia for the French-speaking countries.
Baseball5 training camp. WBSC + ZBSA= Sport development pic.twitter.com/BQjmGEScjP
— Zambia Baseball (@ZambiaBaseball) February 27, 2019
Other African countries hosted development activities, in accordance with their needs and possibilities. In February, five different courses were conducted in Zambia for scorers, umpires and baseball, softball and Baseball5 coaches. Coaching Commission member Andrea D’Auria was the baseball coaching instructor and Valeria Bortolomai had the role of softball coaching instructor while both led the Baseball5 seminar. Scoring Commission member Maurizio Ronchi took care of the scoring seminar, while Vincent Maoeng (baseball) and Abel Mataboge (softball) were the umpiring instructors.
WBSC has also made efforts to promote and boost women’s baseball, launching the first-ever Women’s Baseball Development Programme.
With the support of the WBSC Development Commission, the WBSC Women’s Development Commission launched a Women’s Baseball Development Programme for the continuous development of girls and women’s baseball around the world.
📽️🎞️🍿 New movie about #WomensBaseball will be shown at a sports film festival in Milan on Tuesday, 29 October!!! "Hardball: The Girls of Summer". Includes scenes from the WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup, with @jessmendoza as narrator.
More info/How to watch: @HardballFilm pic.twitter.com/EIkRbdwSAR
— WBSC ⚾🥎 (@WBSC) October 27, 2019
The first step of the global programme took place from 15-17 November in Indonesia with top coaches and WBSC Women’s Baseball Development Commission members from Japan and Australia. The WBSC coaches provided instruction to both players and coaches over the three days covering hitting, pitching, base running, infield and outfield. During the games, the WBSC coaches observed and provided feedback and advice to the participants.
Global Development Projects
The WBSC increased efforts in taking the game to different places around the world, with a wide variety of development actions, from traditional baseball softball coaching courses to the inception of Baseball5 or sports management initiatives.
There were some major announcements throughout the year, including the opening of a $130m stadium in Tainan dedicated to U-12 baseball and excellent development initiatives in countries such as Laos, who was also welcomed into the WBSC family at the 2019 WBSC Congress as one of seven new WBSC members.
The new 0 million Official Stadium of the WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup opened in Tainan !!!! 🏟️
PRESS RELEASE: https://t.co/aCWoCJDAPa #U12WorldCup @WBSCPresident pic.twitter.com/DTyj88kI3Z
— WBSC ⚾🥎 (@WBSC) July 21, 2019
National Federations submitted a total of 90 different projects to the WBSC Development Commission throughout the period of 2018-2019 of which 75 (83%) were accepted and funded, and only four rejected, while 11 projects are still going through the approval process.
The majority of the requests (39) came from European National Federations, while 20 came from Africa, 12 from Asia, 10 from the Americas and nine from Oceania.
History in Laos 🇱🇦: First-ever baseball stadium 🏟️ and national league officially opens !!! More baseball around the world 😍
📰 https://t.co/I1uI8KAIWP #GlobalSport
— WBSC ⚾🥎 (@WBSC) November 29, 2019
The Chairman of the Development Commission and WBSC Treasurer, Angelo Vicini, presented during the III WBSC Congress the figures of the development activities. "The majority of the requests came for equipment, clinics for coaches and clinics for umpires and scorers," commented Vicini. "We will have to evaluate the real needs and how the equipment will be used before we distribute it in the future."
Officials development
WBSC also helped grow the number of officials involved in the game and improve the skills of umpires, scorers and technical commissioners who are already involved with the international game.
“The number of events WBSC is managing keeps growing and so does the need of qualified officials,” said WBSC Events Manager Joan Garcia.
In June, an innovative five-day clinic for 62 Technical Commissioners, Umpires and Scorers was held in San Jose, California. It was the first-ever clinic that combined the three types of tournament officials across baseball and softball. The daily schedule included classes and on-field work with the goal to increase the number and the level of Tournament Officials.
On the same line, the WBSC and Softball Asia hosted four seminars in Bangkok, Thailand, for Technical Commissioners, Scorers, Umpire in Chief and Umpire certification. Almost 70 participants, representing 10 Asian countries attended the courses. “The four seminars were an excellent opportunity for development,” commented Beng Choo Low, WBSC Secretary General and Softball Asia President. “Those who attended will surely return richer in knowledge and experience.”
Baseball5 🖐️ lands in Uganda 🇺🇬 @WBSC plants another seed for #BaseBall #softball #development in #Africa 🌍 with #Baseball5 #PlayEveryWhere https://t.co/QXju0rUhn7
— 🖐 Baseball5 ⚾︎☐ (@Baseball5) March 7, 2019
Uganda Baseball and Softball Association (UBASA) also organized a seminar for scorers, umpires and Baseball5 coaches, with the support of the WBSC. The seminars took place at Kyambogo College School, Kampala, Uganda, from 15-17 February. A total of 10 umpires and 11 scorers participated in the seminar.
WBSC’s efforts to develop the game were not only focused on the officials of the game and the management of the national federations. They also aimed to improve the skills of the people in charge of the growth of the players in each country - the coaches.
With the support of Olympic Solidarity, the Bulgarian Softball Federation hosted a Technical Course for Coaches in November specialized in softball pitching and hitting. The seminar was held at the Technical University in Sofia and was given by international coaches Kyla Holas and Craig Snider. The level 1 course aimed to enrich the knowledge of almost 50 Bulgarian coaches and players, increase their training skills and familiarize them with the newest trends in softball.
Olympic Solidarity was also involved as the development of baseball, softball and Baseball5 in Turkey moved one step forward with a series of seminars for athletes coaches and umpires in the coastal city of Antalya. The activity was promoted by WBSC and WBSC Europe, in collaboration with the Turkish Olympic Committee and the Turkish Baseball Softball American Football and Rugby Federation.
WBSC chief visits 🇹🇷 Turkey's Youth/Sports Ministry and Olympic Committee to develop future of baseball/softball in the country: 📰 https://t.co/UjVg5SspKJ pic.twitter.com/VMrT6nW9JS
— WBSC ⚾🥎 (@WBSC) February 7, 2019
The WBSC also organized in July a Baseball5 Coaching Seminar in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in collaboration with Softball Asia and the Softball Association of Malaysia. A total of 62 coaches attended the seminar coming from the host country, Vietnam, Singapore and Pakistan.
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Draft Pollution Permits for Dunkirk Plant Confirm that Plan is to Keep Burning Coal
Clean Air & Water Groups Decry Polluter Permit Applications, Call on Cuomo to Reject Any Permit Which Includes Coal Burning
ALBANY, NY. – WEBWIRE – Monday, March 23, 2015
On Friday, the Sierra Club and Earthjustice filed formal comments with New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) regarding draft air and water pollution permits that DEC proposed in response to permit applications submitted by Dunkirk coal plant owner NRG. According to the groups, the permit applications and draft permits confirm that the Cuomo administration’s bailout of the plant would enable it to continue burning coal indefinitely.
In December of 2013, Governor Cuomo spearheaded a bailout deal that he claimed would convert the economically failing Dunkirk coal plant to gas, even though the switch would cost New York ratepayers several times more than proposed transmission upgrades, the most cost effective solution for ratepayers. Recently, the New York Public Service Commission approved that deal, which will cost electricity customers over $150 million.
Now, NRG’s air pollution permit application proves that the deal is really a coal bailout in disguise, as the Company explains that “the capabilities of firing coal will remain, with the intent of the units being fired on either coal or natural gas as primary fuels. Coal firing capacities will not change.” In other words, the Dunkirk plant could continue or revert to burning dirty coal at any time despite the installation of gas infrastructure upgrades. Further, the DEC’s draft permit proposes a limit for nitrogen oxides that reflects what state law requires for units burning coal rather than natural gas, effectively skirting NRG’s previous pollution reduction promises.
“Governor Cuomo and his Public Service Commission are forcing electricity customers to sink $150 million of their hard earned money to bail out coal plants when New York should be moving away from coal and toward clean, renewable energy. Governor Cuomo and the Department of Environmental Conservation should reject these permit applications because if approved Dunkirk would continue to be able to burn coal 100% of the time” said Lisa Dix, Senior New York Sierra Club Beyond Coal Representative. “NRG should go back to the drawing board right away and draft permit applications that include zero room for burning coal—or give electricity customers back their money.”
"This deal and these permit applications set a harmful precedent for the other failing coal plants across the state, upset New York’s competitive energy market, and put New York families’ health at risk by allowing more ratepayer subsidies for dirty, outdated, and uneconomic plants” said Shannon Fisk, Managing Attorney at Earthjustice, a non-profit environmental law firm. “In order for Governor Cuomo to fulfill his promise to be a climate leader, he needs to transition New York beyond coal, aid communities and workers in this transition, and focus on building a job-creating renewable energy economy.”
In addition to highlighting the bailout of coal, the groups’ comments focus on many significant water pollution issues associated with the past and continued burning of coal at the Dunkirk plant, and argue that DEC has the obligation to conduct a full technical review and significantly upgrade its existing water pollution controls in order to comply with the Clean Water Act and New York regulations. Additionally, and in order to comply with existing laws and regulations, the DEC must address Dunkirk’s ongoing unpermitted toxic coal ash discharges, which are seeping into Lake Erie, before issuing any new water permit.
As a coal-burning plant, NRG’s Dunkirk would continue to pollute New York’s air with dangerous smog-causing nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and soot, and our water with mercury, arsenic, and other dangerous toxic metals.
Campaign Name: Beyond Coal
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Woodbridge Brings Ski Barn and R&R Sports Deal Together
WEBWIRE – Monday, March 12, 2007
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Woodbridge Group, Inc., an innovative middle market mergers and acquisitions firm, has announced the sale of The Ski Barn, Inc. to R&R Sports Company, LLC.
Woodbridge Group represented The Ski Barn in the transaction, the largest ski and snowboard rental company in the East, with five locations in West Virginia and Virginia. The buyer, R&R Sports, operates a number of similar ski-related stores in Utah and Colorado.
“Our multi-channel marketing methodology made this deal a success,” said Don Krier, senior vice president at Woodbridge Group and dealmaker for the transaction. “We marketed The Ski Barn, as we do all of our sell-side clients, using proprietary and purchased databases to contact over 3,000 prospective buyers, a marketing video of the company, blind advertising in select journals and our website, which sees 200,000 visitors a year.”
“This was our first time selling a business and we were pleased with how Woodbridge helped us through the entire process from deciding to sell to closing the deal" said Mike Owen, president of The Ski Barn.
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Renaissance Books, Midwestern Libraries
A new exhibit at Deering Library showcases many of the oldest books at Northwestern
March 2, 2015 / by Daniel P. Smith
Looking at these books excites a kind of curiosity and wonder, so it’s thrilling to see them come alive in a visible public space.”
Andrew Keener
Visit this photo gallery to learn more about the Renaissance Books exhibit at Deering Library
Andrew Keener suspected something was amiss.
As the English literature PhD student explored Northwestern University’s Special Collections catalog and scoured its holdings of early books, he noticed many of the university’s oldest printed tomes were not listed in the British Library’s English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC), the premier scholarly database of English-language books printed before 1801.
“This was frustrating to me as a researcher, but even more as a Northwestern graduate student,” Keener says. “I wanted our university’s stamp to be on this comprehensive guide.”
Rather than lamenting the fact, Keener launched the “Renaissance Books, Midwestern Libraries” project, a cataloguing effort to report Northwestern University’s copies of early printed books up to 1700.
With Mellon-based funding in hand, Keener began assembling a team of collaborators in early 2014. Special Collections staff at Deering Library helped Keener navigate a list of the university’s nearly 2,700 ESTC-eligible prospects; three English department undergraduates — Hannah Bredar ’15, Erin Nelson ’14 and Nicole Sheriko ’14 — provided research assistance; and conservators and faculty, including Keener’s dissertation advisers, Professor Jeffrey Masten and Associate Professor Susie Phillips, provided guidance and insight.
Though Northwestern had 188 items listed in the ESTC, Keener and his team brought an additional 1,231 Northwestern-held titles into the database.
“Andrew’s work brings Northwestern’s Special Collections in early printed books to a worldwide audience,” Masten says.
Eager to showcase some of the university’s earliest bibliographical riches in a public forum, Keener then led the curation of the “Midwest Renaissance” exhibit. Running until June 21 on the top floor of Deering Library, the show features 43 of Northwestern’s most prized early books, including a once-waterlogged 1595 Geneva Bible, Ben Jonson’s First Folio, John Milton’s Paradise Lost and a significant collection of printed playbooks from 1620-1660.
“Looking at these books excites a kind of curiosity and wonder, so it’s thrilling to see them come alive in a visible public space,” Keener says.
In the era of smartphones and tablets, Keener hopes that the exhibit and the increased access students and scholars have to Northwestern’s collection of early printed books underscore the written word’s rich and important legacy in the world.
“These books are not just shelf decorations, but an uncommon opportunity to track literature and the history of books and understand what readers would have seen centuries ago,” Keener says.
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This is What Sweating in a Temazcal in Mexico Actually Feels Like
Our writer travelled to the Mayan Riviera to experience a temazcal, an ancient purification ceremony in a low-roofed traditional sweat lodge heated by sizzling volcanic rocks.
Experience a Sacred Mayan Journey in Mexico’s Mayan Riviera
Each spring, local residents, many of Maya descent, recreate a sacred journey from Playa del Carmen to Cozumel in Mexico's Mayan Riviera. The purpose of the ancient pilgrimage was to bring offerings to Ixchel, the goddess of fertility and medicine.
Plan to attend a huge party in New York City, escape to the Scottish Highlands or experience a digital detox in Belize. These are 10 destinations we have our eye on for 2019.
Hotels in Playa del Carmen and Riviera Maya
Options for hotels in Playa del Carmen and Riviera Maya include the adults-only Royal Hideaway Playacar, the all-inclusive Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya and the Occidental at Xcaret Destination surrounded by lush jungle.
5 Things to Do in Riviera Maya and Cancun
Go swimming in the sacred Gran Cenote, search for turtles in Akumal Bay, visit the pyramid of Chichén Itzá and eat at highly acclaimed, Mayan-inspired Hartwood Tulum.
10 Reasons to Choose a Destination Wedding
A destination wedding means you get to say "I do" at a unique venue (like a lava field in Hawaii or a castle in Ireland) and spend quality time with your guests. Plus, it's less stressful if you have a planner at a resort and your photos will be different from everyone else's.
Family-Friendly All-Inclusive Hotels and Resorts
A dude ranch in Arizona, an eco-resort in Costa Rica and the Leap of Faith waterslide in the Bahamas all make travelling with kids an all-inclusive adventure. If you are a single parent travelling along with kids, go to Punta Cana for a resort that waives the single supplement fee.
Five Warm-Weather Resorts With Exceptional Restaurants
Typically, resort food isn’t the highlight of a trip to the tropics, but an increasing number of resorts are upping their game with chef-driven concepts that should be experienced. Get classic French fare at Café Martinique at Atlantis Paradise Island Resort in the Bahamas or sip aged rum at The Sugar Mill at Half Moon Resort in Jamaica.
Mexico’s Magic Towns
There are 111 pueblos mágicos in Mexico, each one designated as such for its enchanting beauty, architecture and centuries-old culture. Here are five magic towns—Sayulita, Todos Santos, Tulum, Isla Mujeres and San Sebastián del Oeste—that are easily accessible from major cities and resorts.
Riviera Maya Two Ways
The eastern shores of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula offer sunny beaches, exotic wildlife and diversity of culture
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RunKeeper for Apple Watch lets you leave the iPhone behind
Run, Forrest, Run! One of the most popular exercise trackers for iOS is now native on the Apple Watch. And there's a trick to gain distance accuracy if you know it.
By Kevin Tofel for Mobile Platforms | October 22, 2015 -- 18:30 GMT (11:30 PDT) | Topic: Apple
Now that Apple's watchOS 2 is available, developers are starting to turn their apps from iPhone extensions to native apps for the Apple Watch. One of my personal favorites, RunKeeper launched its standalone software on Thursday.
There are plenty of awesome run-tracking apps for both iOS and Android, such as Strava, Endomondo and others, but I have a whopping six years of running history in RunKeeper, so I've stuck with it. It doesn't hurt that the app has steadily gained useful improvements over time as well.
The newest version doesn't require you to run with your iPhone.
One month with the Apple Watch: Pain, joy, and daily experiences
The Apple Watch Sport edition has been strapped on my wrist for a month and for the most part it has exceeded all of my expectations. It's even better now that I realized I was wearing it wrong.
That means later today I'll be stretching my legs for a few miles and leaving the phone behind. I nearly always train to music which isn't an issue either; that's a built-in function on the Apple Watch, provided you have a good pair of wireless headphones. There are plenty of good options in that regard as well; I use the Plantronics BackBeat Fit.
Of course, there's no GPS radio in the Apple Watch although I expect we'll see that in the next hardware version as Apple fine-tunes battery life. So at first, I was thinking I'll still want to carry my iPhone when running with the new RunKeeper app on my Apple Watch.
Then I had a thought: If the iOS Activity app for Apple Watch can be personally calibrated by running with the iPhone and its GPS radio, might RunKeeper do the same?
The answer is yes, according to Jason Jacobs, CEO and co-founder of RunKeeper. I pinged him on Twitter to ask and he said "Yes, recommended to run paired with phone a few times to calibrate for best results."
I ran through that procedure with the iOS Activity app a few months back and found that the distance and speed tracking became much more accurate, even without a GPS radio in the Apple Watch.
Also, like the Activity app, RunKeeper gathers heart rate data from the watch. That might not be important to everyone, however, I do targeted heart rate zone training for certain race distances, so I'm excited to see the feature.
There is one minor downside: Without a GPS, the watch version of RunKeeper can't provide maps of your run. Luckily, I've pre-set nearly all of my running routes in the past so I should be able to link my training runs with my effort.
RunKeeper is freely available in the iTunes App Store; to get the app on your Apple Watch, simply open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone and enable RunKeeper for your watch.
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Software updates are supposed to make things better. Not always, it seems. Not this one, certainly. And it's affecting something very basic.
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With last month's 5G network rollout we had to give a capable 5G smartphone the top spot. Stay tuned for many more 5G-capable phones during the year -- with a shakeup of this list coming ...
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After all the help Apple gets from the Trump White House on trade, the US President has called on Cupertino to unlock the phone, presumably as some form of quid pro quo. ...
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As Apple plots to drop iPhone ports, Europe plans law to give all phones same charger
European lawmakers consider legislation that could be irrelevant by the time it arrives.
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divorce - Daily News Egypt
Customary marriage: the only alternative for divorced women in Egypt?
With these conversations, a divorced woman who prefers to remain anonymous asked her lawyer friend, “if a divorced woman wants to remarry, but is afraid of losing her children’s custody, what should she do?”
Nihal Samir
The Son speaks for victims of divorce
Marriage is no longer seen in the public awareness programmes and the media as a combination of two people working together to achieve their goal—which is a successful marriage. People forgot that marriage is an institution that only grows when the couple involved work hard on their relationship.
Marwa El- Shinawy
Why is divorce the easiest choice for Egyptian couples?
In 2017, a report issued by the Cabinet Information Centre revealed that Egypt ranks first in the world in terms of divorce rates, after it increased from 7% to 40% during the last 50 years.
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End of marriage has many forms, but one of these carries painful stories, namely, divorce on discharge
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I Want a Divorce tackles women’s struggles in Egyptian society
Over the past few years, we have licensed to some terrifying statistics about the rapidly increasing numbers of divorce cases. The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) recently estimated one divorce is filed every four minutes. Although divorce is considered a mutual responsibility between husband and wife in many countries, women are still …
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The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) issued a report on 19 May that revealed the number of formal divorce cases from 2011 to 2012 had risen from 151,900 to 155,300 cases. Despite its increasing prevalence, divorce still evokes social stigma for women that differs depending on their socio-economic level. This stigma is said to be shifting in certain classes. Women shared their stories with Daily News Egypt on how the stigma of their divorce has affected their lives.
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Morsy tweets from Mars
President Mohamed Morsy recently said on Twitter, “respect for human rights in all dimensions: faith, culture, social, economic, and political must be a key component in all our work”. In another, he said, “we do not have minorities; all Egyptian citizens are treated equally.” I wonder if Mr President has read the news lately or …
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A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids
"John McAfee: 'I Can Guarantee You, It Was Not the Russians'".
"FBI/DHS Joint Analysis Report: A Fatally Flawed Effort".
"It is both foolish and baseless to claim, as Crowdstrike does, that X-Agent is used solely by the Russian government when the source code is there for anyone to find and use at will.
If the White House had unclassified evidence that tied officials in the Russian government to the DNC attack, they would have presented it by now. The fact that they didn’t means either that the evidence doesn’t exist or that it is classified.
If it’s classified, an independent commission should review it because this entire assignment of blame against the Russian government is looking more and more like a domestic political operation run by the White House that relied heavily on questionable intelligence generated by a for-profit cybersecurity firm with a vested interest in selling “attribution-as-a-service”."
"Something About This Russia Story Stinks" (Taibbi):
"If the American security agencies had smoking-gun evidence that the Russians had an organized campaign to derail the U.S. presidential election and deliver the White House to Trump, then expelling a few dozen diplomats after the election seems like an oddly weak and ill-timed response."
"Moscow blasts CNN’s ‘false’ US school closure report". Just as Assange didn't say the right things to fit the 'narrative', so the Guardian fixed things by completely making things up, Putin didn't behave like Barry the petulant child, again breaking the 'narrative', so CNN helpfully made up a story which fits the 'narrative'. Did 'journalists' not learn that the Trump victory was a solid refutation of the 'narrative', and that people wouldn't be fooled any longer?
"U.S. officials have traced Russian hacking operation to Vermont electrical grid". This is getting to the 'precious bodily fluids' level.
"Trump Tweets Love For Putin 24 Hours After Obama Announces Sanctions". Clarifying stuff from the Joe McCarthy fan club. An no, they have no decency.
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"Putin: Russia will not expel anyone in response to US sanctions". So once the US gets a grown-up President, everything can be reversed.
"Obama’s Sanctions against Moscow “Intended to Box In Donald Trump”. Evidence that Hacking of DNC Accusations are Fake".
"What The Russian Hacking Report DOESN’T Say". They were so careful in covering their asses on the allegations, possibly fearing a Trumpian refutation after the inauguration, that they didn't leave any reason for the sanctions.
"Hypocrites and Moderate Rebels": ". . . a particularly pietistic bit of perambulating humbug, one Samantha Power, the ambassador of the United States to the United Nations."
"There will be no partition of Syria".
"Horrific Details Emerge of the Aleppo Rebel’s Trade in Human Organs". The difficult decision of whether to eat them or sell them.
"Richard Spencer’s Mom-gate". Violent racist supremacist cage match - I say we should just step back and let them fight it out.
"Fake Jewish Philosopher Tells “Anti-Semites, Skin-Headed Intellectuals” to Leave France". A 'treasure'.
"BERLIN’S KNOWN WOLF: Prior Criminal Plot, Watched Before Christmas Attack – Germany Takes on So-Called Fake News Crisis". Lots of parallels to other 'terrorist' attacks.
"U.S. Embassy Turkey Openly Lies About U.S. YPG Support".
"The Guardian’s Summary of Julian Assange’s Interview Went Viral and Was Completely False" (Greenwald). Assange's actual statements didn't follow the 'narrative', so they just made shit up!
"The Pentagon’s $125 Billion Cover-Up". A relatively minor Pentagon cover-up.
How to build a Sunni proxy army
"Why the West is Helping ISIS Spread Hysteria Post-Berlin Attack" (Cartalucci). Simply superb! You might want to read it in conjunction with: "German intelligence agent drove alleged perpetrator in Christmas market attack to Berlin". Just another soldier of the Sunni proxy army being built in Europe.
"Exclusive: ISIS Puts Out Holiday Attack List Of U.S. Churches" (for background on vocativ, see "lisa goldman trying to conceal the fact that she is the new rita katz"). "Islamic State supporters call for more holiday attacks in Europe". The strategy of tension leads to more hatred and fear of local Muslims, leading to more hate attacks and bigoted talk and legislation from politicians (especially the 'nationalist' ones, who drag the 'reluctant' mainstream politicians along behind them), leading to the creation of more proxy army soldiers for the Yinon armies. Brilliant!
"German Police Detain Alleged Accomplice To Berlin Truck Attack Suspect". As with the consistent leaving behind of ID, so with numbers in cell phones:
"The man's telephone number was saved in the cellphone of Anis Amri, the main suspect behind the Dec. 19 truck attack who was killed in a shootout with police in a suburb of Milan early Friday."
"ISIS and al-Nusra Bombs and Shells—Made in US and Germany". "American and German Munitions Found In Aleppo by Russian Sappers".
"C&L's Good Guys Of The Year: #4 Kurt Eichenwald". As I keep saying, clarifying. There is no possible world where Kurt Eichenwald is a 'good guy'. and anybody who says so is definitely not at all good.
"Syria - Peace Talk Rumors And Parameters". This starting to remind me of Charlie Brown, Lucy, and the football, with Russia consistently giving the Americans the benefit of the doubt as honest players, and consistently being disappointed by Jew-controlled American perfidy.
"Testimony of the Destruction of Eastern Aleppo, Syria. Photographic Evidence". The human organ eaters and head loppers who did this are the sole heroes left to Americans. You should grimly reflect on where World Jewry has dragged your souls. The big propaganda push over alleged crimes by Assad and the Russians is an attempt by the Jew-controlled media to distract from the horrors of their Yinon army.
"Kerry slams Israeli settlement growth as a threat to peace process". Kerry, late all around, with the 'airing of grievances' so last week.
"George Soros Conjures Hitler In Attack On 'Ascendant Populists', Warns "Democracy Is Now In Crisis"". Right in the middle of his campaign to deligitimize Trump's election by putting American democracy in crisis! From a man whose first job was assisting his father in stealing from Jews, something Soros won't apologize for, as if he hadn't done it somebody else no doubt would have!
Israel has an interesting 'democracy', set up to give full power to the tiniest minority of settler supremacists, with the country's leadership based, not on voting, but by rigged 'coalition building' - Israel is a country that could desperately use first past the post, but then, of course, the settlers would lose their power - and the selective application of the criminal law if anyone fails to follow the script. "Netanyahu to be investigated for bribery, fraud — report". All Israeli leaders are chosen on the basis of how crooked they are to allow for this eventuality. Apparently, some feel that Bibi's recent frothing at the mouth at the Americans isn't good host management by the parasite, so a secret ongoing investigation comes to light to attempt to rein him in.
"Behind the real US strategic blunder in Syria". The least convincing thing ever written by Porter, just terrible, based on its missing the J-word.
"In Bahrain woman's slaying, accusations of royal involvement".
More wasted riyals: "Down the Alt-Right’s Syrian Rabbit Hole".
"MEDIA TRIPWIRE? Ping Pong Pizza Conspiracy Propels Internet Censorship Amid ‘Fake News’ Witch-Hunt". Pizzagate is ridiculous - the 'analysis' reminds me of numerology - but given the known history of child abuse rings in Washington, with intelligence agencies using blackmail to control politicians (the most obvious example being Epstein's Lolita Express to Orgy Island on behalf of the Mossad), it is inconceivable that some key players in the Clinton campaign weren't subject to such control. What is Erik Prince up to, and why? You get the strong whiff that Pizzagate is a controlling threat, that the real stuff would come out if people don't play their assigned roles.
"Christmas Surprise" (Shamir):
"The world will set itself free of Jewish hegemony, but this complicated transition calls for using one bunch of Jews against another one. Or so the politicians feel. However, the moment of freedom is approaching. As the US hegemony declines, the Jewish one follows it into decline. Trump won though the Jewish media, Masters of Discourse were against him. This lesson will be learned by politicians, and implemented.
Israeli behaviour contributed a lot to the change. The white people like fair play: they gave full rights to Jews and blacks though it was not to their advantage. But the Jews do not care for the fairness, just for the bottom line. Their mistreatment of Palestinians exceeded every limit of tolerance. They could relinquish Palestine altogether and live well on 78% of its territory they got by means fair and foul. They could have the Two States’ Solution, where Palestinian state has no control over its borders, skies, water or military, but still has a flag and a national anthem.
Or, if they want the whole land of Palestine, they should treat Palestinians fairly, give them rights in one state, instead of slowly planting more Jewish colonies on the stolen Palestinian land while claiming to pursue Two States track. But the Jews preferred to have their cake and eat it. Such a trick may work for a while, but not forever, and thus Zionists learned the limits of their power."
The lesson that should come from this is that, while you can't weaken Jewish power, you can manipulate things by cleverly pitting one group of Jewish machers against another, based on their differing views of the tactics of Jewish empire building.
The Clarification
"Why the CIA won’t want to go public with evidence of Russia’s hacking". The comments are so consistently negative that you have to wonder who the CIA thinks it is fooling with this crap.
"The Coup against Trump and His Military-Wall Street Defense" (Petras).
"Erdogan says he has evidence US-led coalition has given support to Isis". "Erdogan Says He Has "Confirmed Evidence" The US Supports ISIS". "Who is Supporting ISIS-Daesh in Syria? Erdogan or Obama?". Things have certainly changed.
Of course, 'Langley' stands up for his pals at Langley: "Erdogan-Putin Syria Bromance as Turkey accuses US of backing ISIL".
"The Celebrity Left is Still the Enemy". The Clarification.
"Syria Roundup: Aleppo Liberated - Turkey's Problems Increase".
"Putin's Hit Teams Of "Chechen Killers" Head For Syria".
"Last week, Politico said Mr Kissinger was one of the few Americans to meet frequently with Mr Putin, along with movie star Steven Seagal and ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, Mr Trump’s pick for the next secretary of state." The Trumpumverate.
"Corbyn hits back after Obama suggests Labour is disintegrating". And yet in terms of grassroots enthusiasm and sheer numbers, it looks like the most successful political party in the western world. Barry is completely incapable of recognizing what a successful political party would look like.
"False Media Reporting on Trump’s Request to State Dept for Info on Gender Equality Programs".
"Divergent Views: How Well Will Trump Get Along With His Own Cabinet?" This remains the key question in American politics.
Unusual sanity: "Fear in Berlin (or: They Do It With Mirrors)".
"New Zealand’s Settler Problem". The problem with this kind of hasbara argument, completely invisible to the Khazar supremacists who make it, is that it accepts the premise of the immorality of settler colonialism. The New Zealand settler problem can't be undone at this point, but the Israeli settler problem, utterly illegal under laws in place today, can be. Khazars keep making this fundamental rhetorical mistake because they assume that the laws of the goyim animals don't apply to them.
"Britain Pulled the Strings and Netanyahu Warned New Zealand It Was Declaring War: New Details on Israel's Battle Against the UN Vote". Bibi is making a big fuss about the smaller countries to hide all the bigger countries that voted for it and acted behind the scenes to ensure they could vote for it.
"Palestine 2017". The United States is still irredeemably Jewed-up, and thus doomed as the parasites suck it dry, but the encouraging thing is the courageous work by many around the world to force this resolution to happen.
"Mike Cernovich, DeploraBall and the Collapse of the Alt-Cuck (音声障害ゴリラはユダヤ人を養う？)". Not perhaps a big deal but there are obvious organized attempts to Jewify the alt-right. The fact that so much effort is being put in to this is a strong indication that BigJew still sees the alt-right as a threat to Jewish supremacism.
Tweet (Max Shanly):
"Communist Party have announced that George Michael was once a member of the Young Communist League. Amazing. https://www.facebook.com/rob.griffiths.77736/posts/10210705389167184?__mref=message_bubble …"
"Breitbart Is Leading a Smear Campaign Against a Scholar for Mocking White Supremacy, and His University Isn't Defending Him".
"Drexel University, Apparently Unfamiliar With White Supremacist Lingo, Censures Prof For “White Genocide” Tweet". "5,000 signatures to support George Ciccariello-Maher".
"Rising deaths among white middle-aged Americans could exceed Aids toll in US". "Rising morbidity and mortality in midlife among white non-Hispanic Americans in the 21st century". Caused by the policies of the credentialed neoliberals, who sometimes relax with a spot of 'satire'.
Is it meta-'satire' if you receive death threats for jokingly, and satirically, calling for a genocide that is actually happening?
Apparently, the archipelago still hasn't received the message from the most recent American election.
Watermelon and KFC
"Donald Trump as Zionist". Guess the one issue on which Kevin MacDonald is a 'cuck'. All based on obviously phony statistics of Republican support for Israel, and the new doctrine that Trump now has to kowtow to the very Republican operatives he so soundly defeated. Most comments are kind, but skeptical.
"Far-right Dutch politician condemns Obama for UN settlement resolution". I wonder how many shekels he got for that. That is not just a disparaging comment, I honestly want to know what the going rate is.
"Welcome to Greater Israel!" If Trump is planning to square the circle by granting the Jews whatever they want with respect to the Palestinians, but refusing to give them more Wars For The Jews, that will almost certainly fail, as the Jews have proven themselves masters at using false-flag 'terrorism' and lies from their Jew-controlled media to obtain wars.
"Demographics Are Not Destiny". The utter reliance on demographics is profoundly racist as you assume the groups you are relying on as guaranteed votes have absolutely no interests that they might want addressed. Once it is known that the group is being taken for granted, the demographics backfires. Two issues:
taking the group for granted as 'who else are they going to vote for?' (their answer is, at least, refusing to participate in the process, and. at worst, voting for the other party); and
assuming that all members of the group, by virtue of being in the group, have identical interests (the very definition of racism).
"Was Jill Stein wrong in this tweet?" No, and Mr Angry is far too careful in his examples.
""His Thoughts Are So Correct": Trump Releases "Very Nice Letter" He Received From Putin". Comment: "Who could possibly object to this show of goodwill between superpowers? Hmmmmm... I wonder. ((()))". ""Russia Did It" - The Last Stand Of Neoconservatism".
"Professor Stephen Cohen: Vladimir Putin is potentially America’s most valuable national security partner". Of course, the Americans use terrorism as an imperial weapon, so American officials naturally don't perceive their promotion, funding and organization of terrorists to be a good fit with Russia's attempts to prevent terrorism! For example.
"President Obama signs defense bill that could spur new space-based arms race". Another boondoggle, the American version of the Iron Dome.
"Aleppo: another false flag “Srebrenica,” perhaps barely, averted". The danger with all the lying propaganda is that they might take steps to create the imaginary atrocities they are suddenly obsessed with.
"Will The Real Tulsi Gabbard Please Stand Up... Please Stand Up". The attack means she is making the Democrat officialdom nervous. The comments are good ("Grow the F up, Howie Klein.").
"Harper: FBI 9/11 Probe Of Saudi Role A Decade Later". More American attempts at manipulating the Saudi royals with the 9/11 dance of the seven veils.
"NATO Ramps Up Ukraine War After Defeat in Syria". Late Barry abounds with pettiness.
"Drexel professor reprimanded for 'White Genocide' tweet claims it was satire". 'Can't you take a joke' comes up on all sides of the political spectrum. Fits nicely into the credentialed Clinton archipelago dwellers' contempt for the deplorables.
"Russian Envoy Assassination: Unanswered Questions". Related: "Berlin truck attack suspect Amri shot dead in Milan".
Pol Pot for President
"To Go the Way of the Great Auk: the Clintons and the Media" (my emphasis in red):
". . . the real nadir of media capitulation and bad faith was the response to the brutal murder of the Russian diplomat Andrei Karlov in Istanbul, on video, at an art opening. The western press spun this as a freedom fighter attacking the brutal Russian empire and defending Allepo. Almost nothing was said about the family of the slain Russian, or about terrorism. I guess terrorism doesn’t exist if its directed at the enemy du jour. The celebrations on the streets of Aleppo seemed to have been erased by western TV and print editors, too. And all of this is in line, of course, with Hillary Clinton’s (and her advisors) pathological and obsessive hatred of Putin. And with the Clinton imprint on mainstream media.
So, back to those white liberals. Every single person (save one) that I once knew in theatre and in Hollywood, are liberal and none of them really do much in the way of research or political reading. All of them are arch Democrats. And never before, I don’t think ever, has an election so starkly revealed the stratification of classes and sub classes, even, in the U.S. I have found a just amazing, almost surreal level of wilful and intentional blindness on the part of liberal america to the crimes of the Clintons, and to the basic corruption of the Democratic Party. One can say over and over and over and over and over that Clinton orchestrated a neo nazi fascist coup in Ukraine, a fascist junta in Honduras and an illegal assassination of a foreign leader in Libya. You can say this again and again and I guarantee you will get no response. The stunning silence of white liberal America to the crimes of the Clintons stands as the most profound element in the entire scenario of this election.
The propaganda against Russia, culminating in the truly grotesque coverage of Karlov’s murder, has been pitched at levels that I’ve personally never seen or heard before. And then there is a strange sort of cognitive dissonance regarding the *fake news* issue, launched, of course, by Obama. And this was the lame duck Obama, a figure that actually the public has not seen before, or seen very little. The urbane repressed buttoned down lawyer is being gradually peeled back and an oddly callused cruel figure emerges. A borderline sadist even. And while we know for certain that Hillary is a sadist, I think Obama is at least her equal. But of late Obama has exhibited a curious if not unsettling lack of proportion between his comments and his relaxed manner and style. It is the relaxation, one must say, of a sociopath. I don’t say this glibly. But during the fake news remarks I felt as if this must have been how detectives felt interviewing Ted Bundy. All smiles, winks, and good natured charm. But he was discussing a new open war on dissent. Obama initiated drone assassination and discussed it in the same tone as he discussed his vacations. In fact he joked about drone killing at the Correspondent’s Dinner a couple years back. There is, in this lame duck version of Obama, the sense of letting his character armoring slip just a little. And it reveals just another layer of armoring. There is such an empty core to this man that I think he made the perfect chameleon. He was the black Max Headroom. I am reminded of the Book of Job…Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue.
That the economy is now a disaster cannot be hidden. In fact, 90% of Obama’s new jobs were part time. Women were hardest hit during his eight years.Traditional fields for women workers in medicine and education were the biggest losers. Full time employment, the traditional 9 to 5 secure fixed job is all but extinct. There are fewer of those jobs today than during the great depression. But this is not anything that really affects the haute bourgeoisie, the affluent white liberals from Connecticut, Long Island, or Westchester County, or Bel Air, the Pacific Palisades, or Westwood. Or Menlo Park and Mill Valley. The educated classes. They don’t work day gigs. They don’t punch time clocks. They inherit and their family helps find them managerial positions or something akin. These are the people disproportionately visible in media. They don’t live paycheck to paycheck. And this is the point. The stratification of classes. And the markers for these class divides are becoming more fixed. If you use public transportation, for example, you are part of the lumpen masses these days. Nobody rides a bus to work at NBC or SONY pictures or Time Warner. Except maybe the kitchen staff.
Now, Trump is obviously, if we can judge from the last six months, a very thin skinned and rather terrified man. The son of a slum lord and a man who constantly seeks attention, and who wanted to be the biggest swinging dick in the house…well, once the Casino, now the White House. But he knows he’s not. And that can be a very dangerous personality flaw for someone with power. Trump’s eldest sons, Don Jr and Eric are perhaps the greatest indictment against Trump. I keep finding myself thinking of Roger Ballen’s famed photos of the Plattland farmers in South Africa; in particular Dressie & Cassie, the unfortunate twin brothers of the Transvaal. Don Jr and might well think, ‘there but for fortune’. But I digress.
The protests in the street, the agitation around counting ballots, and the open charges of treason — this is the stuff of a Capra movie on acid. It’s a strange dystopic vision. (And as ridiculous in its way as the catered sit in for gun control earlier this year, also courtesy of the Democratic Party leadership). And all in service of somehow getting Hillary Clinton elected. As, I guess, these people feel was ordained by a higher power, and hence their sense of the world coming apart at the seams. Why has god forsaken them, one can almost hear such screams in the night. Honestly, the degradation of electoral politics has hit bottom. It has to be clear, to even the most indoctrinated, that the voting system is broken. The problem is, for all the Diebald troubles and hacking claims and the electoral college; the real problem is simply basic inequality. Period. There are a fair number of people with relative wealth and there are a shit load of people with nothing. People who have no savings, and who live week to week, even with a family. People who pay rent, use food stamps if they can get them, and who if they get sick, stay sick. Or die. People who, if their children get seriously ill, will borrow themselves into lifetime debt to save their child. A debt they cant hope to ever crawl out from under. People who count pennies to buy their Copenhagen or Skoal — and weigh that against another tin of coffee. This is the America who didn’t vote. They didn’t because they are busy surviving. And the average liberal heaps scorn on these people as apathetic or selfish or whatever. The truth is, the average professional class white liberal has no fucking idea what poverty feels like. None. And the poor know what the affluent liberal does not. And that is that Hillary doesnt give anymore of a shit about them than the Donald."
The President the United States desperately needs is Pol Pot, with a massive reeducation plan to forciby remove the credentialed classes from the Clinton archipelago to farms in the rural hinterlands, and told to make a living, if they can, using only hand tools.
"Julian Assange: "Donald? It's a change anyway"" (my emphasis in red):
"What about Donald Trump? What is going to happen?
"If the question is how I personally feel about the situation, I am mixed: Hillary Clinton and the network around her imprisoned one of our alleged sources for 35 years, Chelsea Manning, tortured her according to the United Nations, in order to implicate me personally. According to our publications Hillary Clinton was the chief proponent and the architect of the war against Libya. It is clear that she pursued this war as a staging effort for her Presidential bid. It wasn't even a war for an ideological purpose. This war ended up producing the refugee crisis in Europe, changing the political colour of Europe, killing more than 40,000 people within a year in Libya, while the arms from Libya went to Mali and other places, boosting or causing civil wars, including the Syrian catastrophe. If someone and their network behave like that, then there are consequences. Internal and external opponents are generated. Now there is a separate question on what Donald Trump means".
What do you think he means?
"Hillary Clinton's election would have been a consolidation of power in the existing ruling class of the United States. Donald Trump is not a DC insider, he is part of the wealthy ruling elite of the United States, and he is gathering around him a spectrum of other rich people and several idiosyncratic personalities. They do not by themselves form an existing structure, so it is a weak structure which is displacing and destabilising the pre-existing central power network within DC. It is a new patronage structure which will evolve rapidly, but at the moment its looseness means there are opportunities for change in the United States: change for the worse and change for the better".
In these ten years of WikiLeaks, you and your organisation have experienced all sorts of attacks. What have you learned from this warfare?
"Power is mostly the illusion of power. The Pentagon demanded we destroy our publications. We kept publishing. Clinton denounced us and said we were an attack on the entire "international community". We kept publishing. I was put in prison and under house arrest. We kept publishing. We went head to head with the NSA getting Edward Snowden out of Hong Kong, we won and got him asylum. Clinton tried to destroy us and was herself destroyed. Elephants, it seems, can be brought down with string. Perhaps there are no elephants".
One of the first times we met I noticed a book on your table: "The Prince" by Machiavelli. What have you learned about power in 10 years of WikiLeaks?
"My conclusion is that most power structures are deeply incompetent, staffed by people who don't really believe in their institutions and that most power is the projection of the perception of power. And the more secretively it works, the more incompetent it is, because secrecy breeds incompetence, while openness breeds competence, because one can see and can compare actions and see which one is more competent. To keep up these appearances, institutional heads or political heads such as presidents spend most of the time trying to walk in front of the train and pretending that it is following them, but the direction is set by the tracks and by the engine of the train. Understanding that means that small and committed organisations can outmanoeuvre these institutional dinosaurs, like the State Department, the NSA or the CIA"."
"How I Came to Understand the CIA" (no longer able to control information, the CIA is a useless and very expensive anachronism):
"Luckily, with the Internet revolution, people aren’t bound by The Times and network news hacks like Safer anymore. They can listen to Russia Today or tune in to Counterpunch and get another side of the story. So Mark Crispin Miller at Open Road chose The Phoenix Program to be the first book they published. And it’s been reborn. Thanks to the advent of the e-book, we’ve reached an audience of concerned and knowledgeable people in a way that wasn’t possible 25 years ago.
It’s also because of these Internet developments that John Brennan, the current director of CIA, thought of reorganizing the CIA into “centers” that have their origin in the Phoenix program. Phoenix is the template for the war on terror and the homeland security boondoggle.
All these things are connected. It’s a vastly different world than it was in 1947 when the CIA was created, or in 1967 when the CIA created the Phoenix program, or in 1990 when my book came out. The nature of the American empire has changed, and what the empire needs from the CIA has changed. The CIA is allocated about $30 billion a year, so the organizational changes are massive undertakings."
"Aleppo: another false flag “Srebrenica,” perhaps barely, averted". It is as if they were screaming warnings about humanitarian disasters they were unable to cause!
"Whitemarsh Hall".
Implausible deniability
The term I was looking for regarding American denial of involvement in Ambassador Karlov's assassination: implausible deniability.
In case you we worried that Barry had to forego a single shekel over The Abstaining: "Behind the Scenes of the U.S. Decision Not to Veto the UNSC Resolution":
"The U.S. delegation to the UN made clear to all other UNSC delegations that any resolution that failed to reflect concerns over Palestinian incitement, violence, and terrorism would be subject to a U.S. veto."
"Netanyahu Summons U.S. Ambassador Over UN Vote on Settlements"!
The Shekelings
Interesting debate playing out between the Jews who shekel Barry, and the Jews who shekel Republicans. Always remember that Barry could never, ever, ever have been able to abstain on the settlement resolution without the backing of his own personal shekelers.
As usual, this is a debate within the Khazar community over tactics. The big debate is whether it is possible to consolidate theft from the Palestinians - using the settlement 'facts on the ground' as de facto annexation leading to eventual legal annexation - while simultaneously, using Wars For The Jews and Yinon, to build Greater Israel, the proposed Khazar empire from the Nile to the Euphrates. The Republican shekelers (e.g., Adelson) feel that you can and should do both, as G-d has decreed that the American host is to be drained by the Khazar parasites as quickly as possible while the opportunity presents itself. and that both channels, stealing land from the Palestinians and stealing land across the Middle East, should be followed simultaneously.
On the other hand, the Democrat shekelers fear the settlement movement will wreck the entire enterprise of building Greater Israel, as annexation of the Occupied Territories will force the Khazars to accept frozen set borders for Israel. Thus, the strong anti-settlement sentiment amongst even the craziest of 'American' Jews, even the concentration camp guard.
Adelson involvement has led to Friedman as proposed ambassador, and this Trump adelsonian meddling in the resolution process, which seems to have backfired greatly, and may even have built enough courage in Barry, and anger in his shekelers, to pull the trigger on abstaining.
There must have been wild machinations in the background leading to the resolution. Sisi is supposed to have been turned by Israel proffering anti-terrorist intelligence information (leading one to ask why they didn't provide it before), but you can be sure the real reason is that he was royally shekeled. Once Sisi was shekeled, Israel let down its guard, assuming the resolution was dead and buried.
Then some really, really brave - and I mean that seriously, as the Khazars could well murder people over this, as is their primitive custom - souls in Malaysia, New Zealand, Senegal and Venezuela worked in the background to resurrect the resolution. Bibi appears to have been completely blindsided, reduced to yelling at Barry, who hates Bibi.
The reaction is amazing.
Still, nothing has really changed. Tweet (The IMEU):
"Samantha Power says that despite UNSC vote, US still committed to Israel with $38 billion in military aid. How else could those $ be used?"
Conspiratorial ambiguity
"Traces covered: NATO Auditor found dead in Belgium". "Le fonctionnaire de l'Otan avait le pistolet dans la main droite alors qu'il est...gaucher!". "BREAKING: NATO Chief Auditor In Charge Of Counter Terrorism Funding Assassinated?".
"President Duterte of the Philippines for Dummies".
More wasted riyals: "How “Stop the War” and Patrick Cockburn justified atrocities in Aleppo".
"A Loser’s Malice: What’s Behind Obama’s Attacks on Putin". To be fair to Barry, outmaneuvered by Putin at every step, he has both arms and both legs tied behind his back by his grasping for shekels.
Conspiratorial ambiguity. Barry made an express promise of 'retaliation' - scare quotes, as it can hardly be retaliation if the Russians didn't do the phony 'hacking' story being used by World Jewry as the excuse for losing so they do not have to face calls to renovate, i.e., de-Zionize, the Democratic Party - but he can hardly take credit for the assassination of an ambassador. He wants to have it both ways - a clear warning understood by everybody with no evidence of direct American involvement. Thus the use of a stooge spouting terrorist phases linking him to CIA-run American terrorist proxy armies.
"Retaliation Promised: Russian Ambassador's Murder Justified, Even Praised Across the West". "New York Daily News column hails assassination of Russian ambassador".
"Liberation of Aleppo is the most serious setback for the US in 15 years".
"Envoy killed in a ‘parallel universe’".
"White Helmets: Fraudsters Serving Western Spy Agencies". Easily one of the most outrageous stories in the history of warmongering propaganda.
Another break from the Yinon orthodoxy: ""There were no green buses in Gaza" : Former UK ambassador to Syria debunks Aleppo propaganda (BBC)".
"The Bullets Of An Assassin: Nothing Is Beyond the Pale."
"Russia Hacking the Election the Inside Story". Funny that a Ukrainian started the Russian hacking story. See also: "The Anonymous Blacklist Promoted by the Washington Post Has Apparent Ties to Ukrainian Fascism and CIA Spying".
Shooting down yet another attempt at implicating the Russians: "Why I Still Don't Buy the Russian Hacking Story".
Tweet (Walid):
"Bana has no thoughts or opinions of her own&had nothing to do w/the tweets. Watch Fatemah give her all the answers.Child manipulation #Syria"
Tweet (Sarah Abdallah) (Homs and Tennessee are throwing off the same shackles/shekels, but not without a little propaganda push-back!):
"Breathtaking: Al-Hawash in the Valley of Christians, Homs. All over #Syria, Christmas celebrations brightly emerge where Al-Qaeda used to be"
"Christmas in Aleppo - Attention Joe Scarborough".
Tweet (trapdinawrpool):
"The US knowingly presented perjured evidence to gain his extradition from Canada"
The John Birch Society on the New York Times!: "N.Y. Times' Fake News That Electoral College Was Created to Protect Slavery". Related: "New York Times Will Vacate 8 Floors In Its HQ To Generate "Significant Rental Revenue"".
"Passenger removed from flight after confrontation with Ivanka Trump". No part of this story makes any sense, starting with Ivanka on JetBlue. Is this a Trump propaganda operation?
"This liberal Zinoist argument for ethnic cleaning was endorsed on Twitter yesterday by Kenneth Roth". This is straight-up violent racist group supremacism, exactly the same argument that a 'nationalist' or Nazi would make!
"Israel-Palestine tensions ripple through Democratic Party chair races". "Keith Ellison seeks to placate Israel lobby, by saying he is against BDS". The plan is to make him into a Zionist lapdog.
Crime blotter. "Seven Hedge-Fund Execs Arrested In Madoff-Like “ponzi Scheme”". "OxyContin goes global — “We’re only just getting started”". "Canada: Old Lady Made Homeless After Slimy Jew Stole Her Life Savings".
American desperation
"Berlin Truck Terror Suspect And The Curious Matter Of ID Papers Left Behind". This is from another formerly reliable site which has suffered a clarifying brain seizure due to the Trump win, but I can't argue with the conspiracy patterns.
"Berlin Christmas Market Incident a Likely False Flag".
"Russian Ambassador Killed Three Days After Obama Threat – Who Is Responsible?" "CIA Hawk Called for the US to Deliver a “Painful” Blow to Putin One Week Prior to Ambassador Being Assassinated".
"How The Military Excluded The White House From International Syria Negotiations". I believe this is completely wrong, and the Pentagon has consistently provided cover for Barry's neocon decisions by pretending to act in defiance of him (and, in fact, the Pentagon sometimes provides him an excuse to defy the orders of the people who run things, the Jewish billionaires). 'Thanks for the shekels, and I'd really like to give you what you demand, but you know I have no control over the generals . . . '. This kind of deception is the traditional role of the CIA. I would go so far as to say that the Pentagon is not happy at all in its role in Syria, but is just following orders from its Commander-in-Chief. I should think a coup d'etat, or acts of actual treason by the highest Pentagon officials, would be low on your list of explanations for American government behavior.
Historical background: "The implications of the Andrey Karlov assassination".
"Syria Ambassador Reveals Names Of Alleged Western/Saudi/GCC Intelligence Agents Trapped In East Aleppo".
"Donald Trump is holding a government casting call. He’s seeking ‘the look.’" Trump is till playing the media like a violin. I'm guessing that his excuse to Sheldon, along with a thank-you note for all the shekels, is that he couldn't make Bolton Secretary of State due to his moustache!
"Russia Missing from Trump’s Top Defense Priorities, According to DoD Memo". "Pentagon memo on Trump's priorities doesn't mention Russia: report". "Leaked Memo Reveals List Of Trump's Top Defense Priorities". Had Killary won, the priorities would have been exactly the opposite. You get a whiff of just how close we were to WWIII.
"What Jeff Sessions as attorney general will mean for the Iran Deal". Note that going nuts over Iran will have the exact opposite effect of the main thrust of MAGA, handing to other countries lucrative trade deals that Americans could have had, and all just to please 2% of the population!
Concise and excellent and right on point: "Freedom Rider: Syria, Russia and American Desperation" by Margaret Kimberley.
"Egyptian police arrest five people for using children to stage fake 'Aleppo' footage".
"Quick Thoughts: Sheila Carapico on The Current State and Future Prospects of War in Yemen".
"The NYT Portrays Aleppo's Liberation As Bad News".
Sounds about what I'd expect: "EXCLUSIVE: Facebook 'fact checker' who will arbitrate on 'fake news' is accused of defrauding website to pay for prostitutes - and its staff includes an escort-porn star and 'Vice Vixen domme'".
"Sources Tell Me… Fake News, Kuwait and the Trump DC Hotel". Tweet (Peter Van Buren):
"Any news piece based on a single anonymous source should come with a warning sticker. Maybe a coupon for a free J-school review seminar"
"Tom Arnold: I Have "Racist" Trump Outtakes From 'The Apprentice'" ('Hollywood' protecting Trump is impossible to believe):
"When it became clear that Trump had a realistic chance of taking the White House, Arnold claims Hillary Clinton as well as new Apprentice star Arnold Schwarzenegger's agent got involved and wanted the tapes released. "The Sunday before the election, I get a call from [Schwarzenegger] CAA agent, sitting next to [Clinton]. They said, 'I need you to release him saying the N-word.' I said, 'Well, now these people - two editors and an associate producer - are scared to death. They're scared of his people, they're scared of they'll never work again, there's a $5 million confidentiality agreement.' "
In October, weeks before polling day, Trump's campaign almost derailed after for the now-infamous Access Hollywood outtake of the GOP candidate and host Billy Bush engaging in "locker-room talk." Although the long-rumored Apprentice tapes never surfaced before Nov. 8, Arnold, who has known Trump for decades, said later in the interview that he doubts they would have made much difference. "I think if the people that like him saw him saying the N-word, he's sitting matter-of-factly in front of there has to be 30 people there, and he's matter-of-factly saying all of this stuff. So I think they would have liked him more, the people. For being politically incorrect.""
"Won't Someone Please Make Rudy Giuliani a Twitter Account?" Rudy's actual speeches are so batshit insane it is impossible to create a parody that lives up to the reality. Remember when the Jew-controlled media was trying to tout him for Secretary of State?
Well would you look at that
"Will Putin Use His Ambassador’s Assassination to Gain a Political Edge?" American propaganda spin on the Ziowahabbican assassination (the headline itself is telling). Putin pretty much nailed it. None of the bad guys are going to want to see a Russia/Turkey/Iran confab on anything, let alone their massive embarrassing defeat in Syria.
"Assassination of Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov was not terrorism, but retribution for Vladimir Putin’s war crimes" (see "New York Daily News and ISIS are happy about assassination of Russian ambassador Andrey Karlov"). Jewsplain of the year:
"After watching the death of Karlov, I could not help but remember the case of Ernst vom Rath, the Nazi ambassador to France, who was gunned down inside his consulate by a Jewish student in 1938."
"Every body these days is a "Syrian journalist/activist/human rights activist"".
"Journalist Eva Bartlett DESTROYS Mainstream Journalist Over Syria, Aleppo". "ALEPPO DIARIES: Bearing Witness to the Liberation of Hanano, East Aleppo, a Personal View by Vanessa Beeley". Again, 'fake news' through unconventional sources is wrecking all the shekels spent on spreading 'real news' through the Jew-controlled media.
"An al Qaeda Christmas: the Touching Tale of How Hate Figures Became American Heroes". The fact that al Qaeda and ISIS are now easily the two most important American allies in the whole world, not to mention the superhuman efforts of the Jew-controlled media to spin this given all the Wars For The Jews they mined out of blaming 9/11 on al Qaeda, is the most amazing story to come out of the surprisingly rapid collapse, at the hands of Zionist parasites, of the American empire.
"Some of Erdogan's statement on Russia in the last two years".
"The bodyguard of the Iranian foreign minister is watching the bodyguard of the Turkish foreign minister VERY CLOSELY". 'Turkish bodyguard' is the new term for a very, very bad bodyguard, Secret Service on JFK level.
Rudy Giuliani has gone full #PizzaGate! Preemptive strike against upcoming stories about him?
Tweet (Oliver Darcy):
"—@kurteichenwald said on GMA his Trump mental hospital tweet was part of series of jokes & intended to be “signal to a source” to talk w/him"
Tweet (Edward Snowden):
"Well would you look at that."
"The Dangerous Implications of the Assassination in Turkey":
"As for the assasination of the Russian ambassador that took place in Ankara, one can recall John Kirby’s threats to Russia that it was going to lose its citizens."
"A Few Initial Short Thoughts on the Murder of the Russian Ambassador to Ankara" (The Saker). The staging was notable - comment by Pasquale_J:
"Some initial thoughts, on watching the video:
1.) the cameraman makes good and sure his wide shot is in focus before beating his retreat, notwithstanding there’s a crazed gunman some five feet in front of him, and
2.) whatever security force there may be on site, in a full fifty seconds after multiple shots are fired not one of them takes the initiative to actually show up.
And for your bonus point, the gunman stands around for those fifty seconds, just waiting for someone to come and shoot him. Can you say “false flag”? Maybe not. But I could film a more believable “assassination” in my sleep."
"Witness to an assassination: AP photographer captures attack". The photographer acted as if he was under no danger while taking the striking propaganda photos.
"Russian ambassador's assassination in Turkey was organised by 'NATO secret services' and was 'a provocation and challenge to Moscow' claims Kremlin senator ".
Also, a comment by hym from the Vineyard's posting of this piece:
"The turkish mainstream news agencies point out that he was _not_ fired in the purge against the coup. He is working in the special forces and got a sick day off, booked a room in a hotel nearby the exhibition in the day of shooting and showed his well valid police ID to get around the security perimeter.
I am turkish, and I personally believe it was a joint operation of CIA and Gulenists. After the coup, the Gulenists virtually lost the capability to conduct another coup, and their new tactic is to perform assasinations and suicide attacks to the strategical positions which will render their joint cause with CIA beneficial. The purge could not eliminate all Gulenists from police, military and other government organizations, as they hide themselves quite well.
Evidences for the assassin Mevlut Mert Aydintas’ Gulenists link are that he got another sick day off on July 15 – the day of the Gulenist coup, went to a high school belonging to Gulenist movement and he was a suspect in a case regarding to rigging qualification exams for government positions. The Ankara represantative of Today’s Zaman newspaper (a propaganda machine of Gulenists) said on a December 16 tweet that from this day the ambassadors in Turkey have no security. I do not think it is quincidence."
From 'Langley':
"So it is likely that Altintas, who had served last winter in Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s own security detail . . . "
Even if the CIA didn't actually pay him, it was a Ziowahabbican assassination: "Russian Ambassador Assassinated: Retaliation, But by Whom?".
"George Clooney Is Developing a 'White Helmets' Movie About Heroic Syrian Rescuers". Of course he is.
"More Propaganda Than News Coming Out of Aleppo". He writes as if it is laziness or incompetence rather than an organized propaganda strategy.
"Syria - Killing Journos Enabled "Media Activist" Domination - Intended Effect?".
You might disagree with the political decision of having an electoral college, but there is high-level thinking behind it: "The Best Election Map Yet".
"Trump has reached the 270 threshold of electors needed to assume the Presidency in January, with the Electoral College's refusal to do their duty and stop the ascendancy of a foreign power to the Presidency."
This is the damnedest thing ever, a phony social media campaign by the Clinton staff in which they inject her with amphetamines and diamond dust, raise her from her ICU/hyperbaric chamber/coffin filled with unconsecrated ground, and send her out to be photographed interacting with actors who then post about their 'surprise' meeting: "In the Chappaqua woods, a search for Hillary Clinton" (my emphasis in red):
"Now it was different. Now it seemed like Hillary Clinton might appear at any moment, like she was just up ahead, just beyond those trees. Recently, a Chappaquaian named Andy and his two dogs, Lucas and Earl, were out walking and noticed that the leaves normally covering the path appeared to have been cleared by a leaf blower, the first time he had ever seen such a thing. In the distance, he saw two men sitting too stiffly on a bench.
“I said, ‘This is odd.’ It’s more like ‘Deliverance,’ ” he said, referring to the movie. “I tried to hustle up with the boys, and that night, my wife showed me the picture.”
A picture of Hillary Clinton in the woods. He had just missed her."
Streets full with dead bodies
"Stunning Photos Show Huge Crack in Antarctic Ice Shelf":
"In November, Antarctic air temperatures were 3.6 - 7.2 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than normal. Antarctic sea ice set a new record low, as did the Arctic. Antarctic sea ice was a staggering 699,000 square miles below the 1981 to 2010 average.
"Antarctic sea ice really went down the rabbit hole this time," said Ted Scambos, the lead scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet could collapse entirely within the next 100 years.
"The collapse would lead to a sea-level rise of nearly 10 feet, which would engulf major U.S. cities such as New York and Miami and displace 150 million people living on coasts worldwide," stated the Ohio State researchers.
NASA's Operation Icebridge flights were based this year at Punta Arenas, Chile. Next year, the agency plans to fly from McMurdo Station in Antarctica in order to survey new areas. But, future missions may be in doubt. President-elect Donald Trump has suggested eliminating all climate research conducted by NASA, leaving Antarctica and the rest of the planet in the "dark ages.""
"The Hacking Evidence Against Russia Is Extremely Weak". The basic point still being that any evidence can be, and would be, spoofed by any competent player in this world. The evidence we do have, which itself needs to be taken with a grain of salt, consistently points to insider leaks.
"The Rise of the Alt-Center". Not bad by Salon standards, and almost touches on the truth in mentioning Schumer (while, of course, not mentioning the Zionist conspiracy behind Schumer's trickery).
"Russia, NATO, Trump: The Shadow World". The New York Review of Books is Ground Zero in the world of credentialed bloviating, here turning the usual Democrat/Zionist anti-Putin smear job into a piece about five times too long with enough of a veneer of 'facts' and historical contextualizing to make it appear definitive. The technique is to nit-pick around the edges while tacitly taking the big standard-issue conspiracies as a given (see also the recent emptywheel analyses, it is an old rhetorical trick), the typical approach by the 'elite' commentariat in these clarifying times.
"Whistleblower John Kiriakou Critiques the CIA’s Behavior Following the 2016 U.S. Election". On the motives for the CIA's treasonous participation in the coup attempt, and the plight of Jeffrey Sterling.
"Brazilian President Temer Signs Constitutional Amendment Imposing 20 Years of Austerity". "How Brazil Got the Worst Austerity Program in the World".
"Trump Sets the Cat Among the Jewish Pigeons" (Shamir) (see the gloating "A New Strategy for Israeli Victory" by Daniel Pipes):
"For many years, liberal Israelis perpetrated a hoax (yes, I’ve said, hoax) of “struggling against occupation” and wishing to divide historical Palestine into two states, a Jewish state and a Palestinian state. Israeli officials negotiated for years and years with the US, with the quartet, with PA, and gave absolutely nothing in return for the time they gained. Millions of dollars, of European and American tax-payers were poured into soft life of these negotiators. How could the Israelis achieve this glorious (for them) result? Thanks to liberal progressive Israelis. Without liberal Israelis complicity, Jewish moderate nationalists of Bibi Netanyahu wouldn’t be able to slowly and at peace devour and digest Palestine piece by piece.
Every year they confiscate a few hundreds strategically located square miles, and plant there a few thousand of settlers. Step by step, they ate Palestine like mouse eats cheese. Now they are shocked that their charmed life will soon be over and their fraud is out.
Hard Jewish nationalists always wanted to annex the whole of Palestine. The moderates and the liberals thought it would implode the Jewish state, as in the new one state the Jews will hardly be in majority. There are various statistics and different assessments, but by the most optimistic (for Jews) count, they will present 50% of the population. The One state won’t be “Jewish” or it won’t be “Democratic”, is a usual answer. The hard nationalists answered that “we’ll see”. Let us get there, and we shall work it out.
The smart moderate bastards and their liberal crypto-supporters would answer: we’d love to, but America does not allow us to do it. And the US obediently provided the Israeli Jews with alibi: yes, we would not allow you to annex Palestine, yes, we want you to negotiate in order to reach Two States’ Solution. Now this is over, too.
If the Jews will annex Palestine, their long systematic fraud of “occupation” and “struggle against occupation” will be over. They will give Palestinians equal rights, including the right to vote for Knesset, and then there will be power-sharing, and other fruits of democracy. If they won’t give Palestinians equal rights, there will be something simple and clear to struggle for, namely for equal rights and against vestiges of apartheid."
"Israeli Squatters at Palestine’s Amona accept relocation to other Palestinian-owned Land". Watch - they'll retake the original stolen land after the move! Khazar kleptomaniacs.
"For the world to see: Anne Barnard and Liz Sly purposefully cover up the crimes of Syrian rebels".
"Sabotage Of East-Aleppo Evacuation Is Part Of A Plan".
Tweet (Lina Arabi) (and):
""Streets full with dead bodies" & the White Helmets didn't take a single pic. That's not the White Helmets I know."
Tweet (Lee Fang):
"It's going to be funny when it comes out the professional Dems posturing as "resistance" to Trump help him carry out the worst of his agenda"
Panic and agony
"Harvard Professor Admits His Efforts To Turn Electoral College Against Trump Have Failed Miserably". Lessig is just the reincarnation of Bill Kristol, with variations on the same stunts Kristol has tried, and failed, for months. Lessig is willing to ruin a lifetime's reputation on this long shot as BigJew really, really, really wants to block Trump. "Neocon Panic and Agony".
"We are all Palestinians" (Atzmon):
"By now we, and I mean all of us, except a few oligarchs, are all Palestinians. We are subject to the dirty games inflicted on us by the likes of Goldman Sachs, Soros, Saban, Adelson, and a few others. By now we are all subject to the tyranny of correctness that stops us from shouting out, loudly, that troubling truth which we all see."
"Western media’s epic fail on Craig Murray and the Russian hacking story":
"To be clear, if the Western media want to take issue with what Craig Murray is saying by either alleging that he has made it all up or that he was fooled by someone who is actually a Russian agent or is himself a Russian agent, then that is up to them. I would only repeat that Craig Murray is a person of acknowledged integrity and someone who as a former senior diplomat worked closely with the British intelligence services and has had extensive experience of handling classified material, and that he is in fact a stern critic of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin.
However the Western media has taken a completely different approach: silence. Though Craig Murray provided his information in interviews to the Guardian and the Daily Mail, the rest of the media, and indeed those same newspapers, has otherwise entirely ignored this story.
There is a point beyond which silence amounts to outright concealment and suppression of the truth.
Amidst all the accompanying media frenzy about Russian propaganda and ‘fake news’ the concealment of Craig Murray’s revelations is perhaps a telling sign of who the true purveyors of ‘fake news’ actually are."
Tweet (WikiLeaks):
"German spies now claim that WikiLeaks' BND files were not hacked by Russia after all and source is an insider. http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/wikileaks-dokumente-aus-nsa-ausschuss-quelle-im-bundestag-vermutet-14579135.html …"
"Welcome to Idlib: America's Model Syrian City".
There are a few key moments in history when you can watch an empire slipping away, and the de-terrorizing of Aleppo is one of them: "Bitter in Aleppo Defeat, US and EU Seek to Further Demonize Russia". Not coincidentally: "Philippines' Duterte to U.S. over aid: 'Bye-bye America'".
"When Bana Al-Abed Blocked @21WIRE on Twitter". "Anne Barnard teaches us--yet again--that reporting does not have to be based on verified information".
"BuzzFeed And The NYDN: Click-Bait Headlines, False Stories, And Virtually Nonexistent Retractions".
"‘If I write in line with Russian media, it’s because we both tell the truth’ – Eva Bartlett to RT". Snopes is going to be raking in the shekels!: "Victim Blaming".
"The Saddam interrogation: Ten years after the tyrant's execution, the CIA agent who grilled him reveals the shattering truth... that everything the US thought it knew was WRONG ":
"But in late 2007, I was summoned to give a detailed presentation to George W. Bush at the Oval Office. What kind of a man had Saddam been, he asked me?
I told him that he was disarming at first and used self-deprecating wit to put you at ease.
The President looked as if he was going to lose his cool. I quickly explained that the real Saddam was sarcastic, arrogant and sadistic, which seemed to calm Bush down.
He looked at Vice-President Dick Cheney and their eyes locked in a knowing way. As I was leaving, he joked: ‘You sure Saddam didn’t say where he put those vials of anthrax?’ Everyone laughed, but I thought his crack inappropriate. America had lost more than 4,000 troops.
Several months later, I was asked to go back to the White House. This time, the President looked annoyed and distracted and asked for a briefing on the Shia cleric called Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of the Mahdi Army, then engaged in dangerous insurgency against the coalition. This was not on the agenda.
Trying to gain a few seconds, I said: ‘Well, that is the $64,000 question’ Bush looked at me and said: ‘Why don’t you make it the $74,000 question, or whatever your salary is, and answer?’ What an a***hole!"
"Theresa May's Personal Message to the Jews" (Atzmon):
"The only people who can defeat anti-Semitism are the Jews themselves. All they have to do is to drop their choseness and become ordinary people – in effect, stop being so special and join the human race."
"'Vanity Fair' editor sues Twitter troll for giving him a seizure". The comments note that he could have, and if this is a possibly serious problem should have, turned off animations in his browser settings. You have to wonder just how much embarrassment his employers can stand. From 2007: "The Perils of Journalism and Child Porn".
"It seems that Mossad terrorists struck in Tunisia".
People used to order kosher meals on airlines on the theory they wouldn't dare serve Jews the slop they serve the goyim: "'Muslim' meals could be used to profile passengers, airline tells authorities". I suppose if you order human liver they will not pay any attention to you.
Tweet (Christiane Amanpour)!:
"Shame on humanity, our world is paralysed, fighters carry on, who pays the indescribable price? Aleppo's suffering children/civilians."
"Asylum seekers who sheltered Snowden in Hong Kong at risk of being deported, lawyer warns".
More evidence of a deep problem with Democrats, which remains class hatred by the credentialed classes for the 'deplorables' whose votes are desperately needed: "Daily Kos Founder Gleefully Celebrates Coal Miners Losing Health Insurance".
"New Study Shows Anne Frank’s Family was Arrested During Fraud Investigation".
In these noble American days of drone bombing wedding parties and arming and celebrating human organ eaters, what bravery looks like: "Larry Colburn, Who Helped Stop My Lai Massacre, Dies at 67".
"George Soros Is Funding Facebook's "Third-Party Fact Checking" Organization Targeting "Fake News"". "US Gov’t, Oligarchs Behind Planned Fake News Flagging on Facebook". The censors are funded by what could be described as a caricature of a conspiracy theorist's fantasy of the real workings of the world.
"9 Reasons Why PolitiFact Is Unqualified to Label ‘Fake News’". Obviously partisan.
"Will Facebook's Fake News Warning Become a Badge of Honor?". I found it bizarre than any site so honored would strive to get off the 'fake news' list. Don't read anything that doesn't have a warning!
"That Time Tillerson Tried to Take on Hugo Chavez... And Lost". His $9 billion of revenge couldn't be any worse than what Barry is doing.
"Venezuela Brings Toys to Poor Kids, Gets Called ‘Grinch’ on CNN":
"CNN‘s “Grinch” report exemplifies a popular new technique: Twitter has become the lazy journalist’s favorite tool. With millions of users expressing millions of different opinions, ostensibly “neutral” news outlets can cite tweets that confirm their biases as putative “evidence” that the public feels a particular way on an issue–a way that almost always just so happens to reflect and serve powerful interests.
Random tweets from unknown users can hence be quoted as examples of anonymous “critics” who echo corporate and government propaganda and rehash conventional wisdom. CNN‘s reporting is a case study in how to further sling mud at an elected socialist government that has for years faced aggression from the United States."
"Snowden's 'Proper Channel' For Whistleblowing Being Booted From The NSA For Retaliating Against A Whistleblower":
"Also receiving a bit more substantiation are Snowden's claims that utilizing the proper channels within the NSA would have been fruitless -- something that has been pointed out by earlier whistleblowers, nearly all of whom have seen their careers ended and their lives turned upside down by government prosecutions for their actions."
"Justin Liverman – emergency appeal".
Bearing in mind that Snowden may be CIA, this is still interesting: "Snowden: “Russia Successfully Rigged US Elections In Favor Of Trump”".
"NSA Whistleblower Destroys Obama's Russia Narrative - "Hard Evidence Points To An Inside Leak, Not Hacking"". Snowden has noted that the NSA's Panopticon should have gathered evidence showing exactly who was responsible. Exactly as with the MH17 crash, the lack of evidence from the NSA is itself evidence that the Americans are hiding something which doesn't match their preferred narrative. "As Binney further notes, the only way the leaks could have avoided NSA detection is if they were never passed over fiber networks but rather downloaded to a thumb drive by someone with internal access to servers." Proving it is a leak, not a hack.
"Assange: Some leaks may have been Russian" (the headline, while not false, is obviously carefully crafted to mislead you). Assange is playing a bit of game here, as he came as close as possible to naming Seth Rich as the leaker while denying he was doing so, so his "“Craig Murray is not authorized to talk on behalf of WikiLeaks,” Assange said sternly.", and the timely tweet, should be read in the context of a bigger game. Binney's thumb drive theory is consistent with Murray's story.
"As a threshold matter, no national security agency is going to monitor an American registered to work as an agent for the Saudis. That’s all the more true if the agent has the last name Podesta." Seriously? Also, more clarifying Clintonista swill in the guise of sophisticated analysis: "There’s a section on the murdered DNC staffer, which I’m not going to focus on because I find it distasteful."
"Revealed: Who Gave Democratic Emails to Wikileaks".
"Politicized Intelligence Kneecapping Trump".
"The Cold War, Continued: Post-Election Russophobia".
"Iceland’s Former Minister Of The Interior Claims The FBI Tried To Frame Julian Assange".
"Syrian girl posting #Aleppo diary is real, investigator concludes". The 'evidence' comes, in what must be some kind of sick meta-joke, from Bellingcat! The CIA lifts itself up by its own suspenders.
"Scoundrel Time: Lessons in Patriotism and Journalism From a Master".
"Large Number of Turkish, Saudi (Israeli) Officers Deployed in Syria’s Aleppo City". Might just be Syrian government propaganda but it makes perfect sense that the state sponsors of terror would be watching their operation. Added: "BREAKING: At Least 14 US Coalition Military Officers Captured by Syrian Special Forces in East Aleppo Bunker".
"Aleppo Starts Uncovering Washington’s Evil Designs". I wonder if the CIA has a clean-up crew working furiously in Aleppo to destroy evidence.
"Leftists and Jihadis". If you read Pulse, and I don't recommend you do, you'll see that the Wahabbists are furious that the left doesn't buy their lies.
"Eva Bartlett on Syria: Responding to Buzzfeed". There are still real journalists, but you can be sure they don't work for something as meaningfully named as Buzzfeed.
"US Backed Terrorists in Aleppo Consumed Food Delivered From Abroad While Civilians Starved". This kind of thing always happens.
"Top Ten Western Lies About Liberation of Aleppo". "“Aleppo Atrocities” – The Western Mainstream Media’s Latest Psy-Op". "Celebrating the Liberation of Aleppo, Western Media Paints a Grim Picture without Mentioning that East Aleppo has Been Occupied by Al Qaeda For More than Four Years".
"The liberal hue and cry over the appointment of David Friedman as Trump's ambassador to Israel". Trump is unmasking the two-faced American policy on Israel, which has always been vehemently pro-settlements.
"Trump has a ‘magic moment’ in June 2017 to move the US embassy to Jerusalem, Israel lobbyist tells NY synagogue".
"Adelson and Saban were kingmakers, now they’re beggars". Grossly smashing international law is bad enough, but the 'donors' are going to need a massive false flag attack to start another War For The Jews.
"Bipartisan War". The usual background preparation for Wars For The Jews.
"PM asks Kazakhstan to back Israeli bid for Security Council seat".
"You Opened the Box…" (the 'donors' are turning the United States into a banana republic):
"Democrats, Republicans, and players such as the CIA will have four years to consider how this process of delegitimizing a President Elect could work more effectively next time. The people who support extra-Constitutional steps now because of Donald Trump will find those same step will be available in later elections, to use against a candidate they favor. Voting can potentially become only a preliminary gesture, with real struggle only starting after the election itself."
"Obama, The Divider in Chief, Invokes Reagan ‘Rolling Over in His Grave’ in Attempt to Shame Republicans into Hating Putin". Sad stuff from a guy counting the days until he can get his hands on those shekels!
"Putin’s Revenge". Part of the bizarre genre of American writing which is utterly oblivious to what the United States is actually doing. Note that the weirdly late Ziowahabbican propaganda on Aleppo blames the Syrian army and Russia for doing things actually done by the human organ eaters.
"A 20-year toll: 368 gymnasts allege sexual exploitation". Look over there, Russian athletes are doping!
"The humane and sensitive Western correspondents in Beirut won't be tweeting this". Also, have you read any news about the humane battle in Mosul recently? Or: "Journalist Iona Craig: The U.S. Could Stop Refueling Saudis & End Devastating War in Yemen Tomorrow".
"Assad is thriving on the west’s hesitation. The time for standing back is over". I had to laugh while reading this extraordinarily late call for boots on the ground. For all the riyals spent, the Saudis are not getting good value!
"German spies 'can't be trusted': Relations between the UK and Berlin intelligence chiefs hit after comments by London".
"Time is ripe for India-Iran-Russia energy tie-up".
"Samantha Bee Doesn’t Understand the Left’s Objection to Identity Politics" (my emphasis in red):
"Perhaps the biggest mistake Bee makes its equating the civil rights movement and identity politics. The civil rights movement was about a set of political objectives while identity politics is a set of tactics. Political movements can push for civil rights without framing their message in terms of identity politics, and identity politics can be used to pursue many different objectives aside from civil rights.
Identity politics talks about civil rights in terms of what specific groups of people are due, and it places those groups in opposition to one another in a zero-sum game. In identity politics we divide races, genders, religions, or ethnicities up into different groups. Some of these groups are identified as “oppressing” and others are identified as “the oppressed”. The oppressing groups are accused of enjoying privileges which they must give up to the oppressed. This means there is must be some fundamental transfer of status, wealth, or opportunity from privileged groups to oppressed groups. Consequently, people who are part of privileged groups are held in suspicion–these people are accused of defending and reproducing the systems of oppression which benefit them. When they express views that we don’t like, we can cast aspersions on those views by pointing out that they come from a member of a privileged group which has some stake in maintaining oppression. Those who participate in systems of oppression are said to be aggressive and practitioners of identity politics tend to morally condemn them, often by blaming and shaming them for their views and group identity.
It’s entirely possible to attempt to demand civil rights through identity politics. We can make these distinctions between oppressor and oppressed and use this as a basis to demand concessions from privileged groups. But this is not the only way to pursue a civil rights agenda.
We used to talk about civil rights in an entirely different way, from the perspective of citizenship. When we criticized racism, we criticized it on the grounds that it denied citizens rights and opportunities to which they ought to be entitled as citizens. Importantly, when we talked about what people are due as citizens, this cut across sub-national group identities. If all citizens are entitled to the vote, or to healthcare, or to education, or to some minimal living standard, we are committed to defending the rights and opportunities of everyone in our society regardless of what other groups they might identify with. Citizenship transcends narrow sectional identities.
When the left opposes identity politics, it does so not because it doesn’t care about civil rights, but because it wants to pursue those rights by appealing to what we are all owed as citizens rather than to what some groups are owed because of oppressed status. The language of citizenship transforms civil rights from a zero sum game into a positive sum game, in which we are expanding the benefits of citizenship for all of our people rather than transferring benefits from some privileged group to some oppressed group. This makes it easier to create broad, solidaristic coalitions in which civil rights are pursued concurrently with other kinds of benefits for groups identity politics regards as privileged. This spirit is embodied in the left wing politics of the 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s, in which civil rights were pursued alongside workers’ rights and the war on poverty. Much was accomplished during that period for all of our citizens, though there is still much left to do. It’s a lot easier to get white guys to buy-in when we encourage them to think of themselves as fellow citizens rather than as members of a privileged identity group which is being challenged, especially when we ensure that they benefit from our policies alongside everyone else.
In contrast, when the right opposes identity politics it is often practicing it, albeit in a different way. Many on the right believe that the civil rights movement largely eliminated group oppression, and they think the contemporary civil rights movement is engaged in what they call “reverse racism”, seeking to oppress and expropriate formerly privileged groups to reverse the relationship of privilege and oppression that has prevailed historically. Bee confuses this right wing politics, which denies the legitimacy of the grievances of disadvantaged groups, with the left wing effort to ground civil rights in a broader narrative of what it means to be a citizen.
The sad thing today is that identity politics has become so ubiquitous as a way of thinking about and pursuing social justice that it now appears many people, including Bee, are no longer capable of conceptualizing alternative frameworks for understanding political groupings."
"More Detroit Voting "Irregularities": 95 Poll Books "Missing" For Days; 5 Still Nowhere To Be Found". We stopped hearing about the recount when it started to uncover the wrong kind of fraud.
"On Dog Whistling".
"Ilhan Omar’s Hate Crime".
"Why the Nazis studied American race laws for inspiration". There is more than a bit of irony in the current obsession of the mainstream media with neo-Nazis in the alt-right.
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Comparing communal areas and new resettlements in Zimbabwe V: farm employment, off-farm income earning and livelihood diversification
Growth and development does not just derive from agriculture, but the wider economic linkages that are generated. Successful agriculture generates employment opportunities, it results in multiplier effects in the service industries, and it boosts consumption as people buy more things. Equally, in dryland agricultural settings few can rely on just agriculture for their livelihoods. They must seek piece work jobs in the dry season, sell their skills as builders, carpenters, tailors or hairdressers. And they can make use of local resources for making craft items or agricultural equipment and tools.
In other words, in order to assess the success of the wider economy and individual livelihoods, we need to look at the rural economy in the round, and look at things going on on-farm as well as off, and the flows of resources that come to the area from outside, as well as those that leave. Too often there are narrow assessments of economies and livelihoods that miss these wider dimensions. There are multiple livelihood opportunities in the communal and resettlement areas, as well as flows of labour, remittances and trade. How then do these patterns compare?
A1 farmers employ considerable numbers of labourers. 42% of A1 self-contained and 12% of A1 villagised farm households employ temporary labour, while 16% and 17% employ permanent labour. By contrast in the communal area sites only 2% of households employ permanent and temporary in the sites outside Chikobmedzi, where a few farmers employ significant numbers, although concentrated among the more successful farmers for piecework on larger farm areas. On average though across the A1 sites, households employ 0.53 temporary workers and 0.2 permanent workers, while those employed in the communal areas are vanishingly few. The employment opportunities, although often temporary and low paid, are important for many, and attract hundreds of people to live and work in these areas. This is an important part of the wider economy, and many of these people come from the nearby communal areas, with labour being recruited through family, church and other networks.
Collective work is also important in the new resettlements. As farm sizes have declined in the communal areas the institution of the ‘work party’ (humwe) has declined. Some have put this down to the decline in tradition, but actually it more reflects the lack of need for recruiting labour for farming small plots. This changed in the resettlement areas with larger areas to plough, weed and harvest. Thus across the resettlement sites 37% of households held work parties in the 2010 season, and 36% in 2011, while only 18% and 14% held them in the communal areas.
Off-farm income has always been important as part of livelihood portfolios in rural Zimbabwe. Such income allows people to earn money in the dry season, or offset the consequences of low yields. As part of a diversified livelihood strategy such income sources reduce risk, and spread gains, often to women and children as income earners. We looked at the patterns of off-farm income earning across resettlement and communal area sites, and the pattern was remarkably similar.
In order of importance (in terms of percentage of households engaged) it was trading, building/carpentry, brickmaking/thatching, pottery/basket-making, fishing, wood carving, tailoring, transport businesses and grinding mill operation in both sites, with similar proportions of households involved. Farm-related income earning was also similar, with the rank order being sale of vegetables, poultry, cattle, goat/sheep and fish in both sites. The only contrast was that vegetable sales at 45% of all households was significantly higher in the communal areas, with only 28% of resettlement households selling vegetables regularly.
Perhaps the biggest difference in income sources was in the proportion of households receiving remittances from relatives resident outside the home. The highest level of remittances was in the Chikombedzi area, near the South African border, with 67% of households receiving some remittances in the communal areas and 52% in the A1 villagised resettlements. The biggest difference was in the Gutu area, where the only 7% of A1 villagised resettlement households received remittances, while 33% in the communal areas did so. A similar pattern was observed in the Chiredzi cluster sites, with 10% and 23% receiving remittance. The only area with a different pattern was Masvingo, where a higher percentage of resettlement households received remittances (28% vs 17%).
There are several issues to note here. First, outside Chikombedzi, the level of remittances is low compared to historical studies that showed around two-thirds or more of households receiving such support. Second, with the Masvingo exception, the A1 villagised households were more independent, and less reliant on relatives’ support. This is partly due to the age profile of such households, with fewer older children sending remittances, but also the sense that the new land reform beneficiaries did not need looking after, as they had the land. Indeed, there is plentiful evidence of flows of remittances (in both cash and food) flowing from the resettlements to the communal areas. However the main source of remittances was household members working in Zimbabwe, sending money home. With the collapse of the economy, and the decline in employment opportunities, this flow of income has declined in the last decade, and there has been more reliance on income from outside the country, notably South Africa. But outside Chikombedzi area, this was not a significant source, and there were only a few others who received income from further afield, including the UK.
Both the new resettlement areas and the communal areas have diversified economies, where off-farm work is important. But the resettlement areas are more self-reliant, relying less on remittance flows, labour migration, and instead are generating employment on the farms, and also other business for entrepreneurs, service providers, traders and others. These could not be regarded as either booming or resilient economies, and on the face of it there are considerable similarities between the sites, particularly around off-farm income earning activities. But the overall opportunities offered in the resettlement areas seem to be more substantial, reflecting the greater underlying potential from agriculture, and the presence of a core group of farmers who are accumulating, spending, employing and generating economic activity.
A more detailed look at these diversified economies and patterns of livelihoods, as has been attempted in this short blog series, therefore shows that the resettlements are not simply an extension of the communal lands, but are different on a variety of fronts, with important implications for the future.
The on-going Masvingo study research is conducted by Ian Scoones, Blasio Mavedzenge,
Felix Murimbarimba and Jacob Mahenehene.
Tagged as agriculture, employment, labour, land, land reform, masvingo, off-farm income, remittances, value chains, zimbabwe
4 responses to “Comparing communal areas and new resettlements in Zimbabwe V: farm employment, off-farm income earning and livelihood diversification”
Are people in the farms, actually farmers first then some other form of employment or something else first then farmers or just some form of employment in no particular order. The same question applies to communal.
It is not a question about land reform productivity but more about the nature of subsistence communities and the tendency to lack of production due to more attractive options.
Also, some time back you posted up a comment on books produced by yourself and I wonder if you could redirect me to that comment as I am unable to relocate it.
With your extensive involvement in Zimbabwe over many years and knowledge of the agriculture literature I did wonder if you could produce a bibliography. Perhaps two bibliographies would be best. One specifically of agriculture in general and the other specifically related to fast track. Your readership, as you no doubt know, is not only people interested in land reform but also people interested in agriculture. They are a learning type and always looking for tips. Perhaps it could be a post in the future but a bit off-topic. Still, it would be useful. If you think this is complete nerve on my part please accept that it is well-intentioned. I do realise it is a lot of work so I am embarrassed at my nerve in asking for it.
All people are following diverse livelihoods. Just as farmers – and indeed most people – do everywhere. Identities may be associated with the land, but activities stretch beyond it. This was as true for former white large-scale commercial farmers as it is for smallholders in the resettlement or communnal areas.
Details of the books can be found at http://www.zimbabweland.net/Books.html. Both are available through Amazon at reasonable prices. The book of the blog is now in Kindle at just over a dollar!
The books (especially Zimbabwe’s Land Reform: Myths and Realities) have extensive bibliographies. But I will try and take up your suggestion of providing a key reading list at some point on the blog. There’s a lot written, so it will have to be a very personal, limited selection!
I wasn’t meaning, so much, these two particular books, but books like Sustaining the soil, by Reij et al, although with more Zimbabwe in them. That is very continent wide.
Here are four older books of mine with substantial sections on Zimbabwe. The first is exclusively on dryland farming in Zimbabwe, mostly Chivi, with a big focus on the 1991-92 drought. The other three are edited books, with contributions from Zimbabwe, as well as Ethiopia and Mali. The first focuses on crop-livestock integration, the second on soils and the third on natural resource policy and politics. I think they are all still available via Amazon, at least as second hand versions. Happy reading!
Scoones, I et al (1996) Hazards and Opportunities: Farming Livelihoods in Dryland Africa: Lessons From Zimbabwe, Zed Books, London
Scoones, I. and Wolmer, W. (eds.). (2002). Pathways of Change. Crops, Livestock and Livelihoods in Africa. Lessons from Ethiopia, Mali and Zimbabwe, edited with William Wolmer, London: James Currey/Heinemann
Scoones, I. (ed) (2001). Dynamics and Diversity: Soil Fertility Management and Farming Livelihoods in Africa. Earthscan, London
Keeley, J and Scoones, I. (2003). Understanding Environmental Policy Processes: Cases from Africa. London: Earthscan
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Mobile Games Are Leaping Into the Real World
Author: Christina BonningtonChristina Bonnington
Heads Up! is the latest app to take mobile gaming into reality.
Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired
When somebody says "mobile game," you imagine someone with his nose inches from a smartphone screen, deftly flinging birds at pigs or halving flying fruit with a virtual katana. It is a solitary experience, a bubble into which we enter every time we launch a gaming app. Even if you're playing with other people, the experience on your end is private. The "social" aspect is limited to onscreen sharing and messaging.
That is changing, however. Mobile games are transcending the screen and bringing the action into the real world.
Take, for example, Heads Up! This game, born of The Ellen Degeneres Show, is similar to old favorites like Taboo: A card is displayed on your iPhone's screen, and in traditional party game fashion, your friends shout out hints while you guess what's on the card. The app uses the gyroscope to track whether you got a correct guess or are passing on that turn (flipping the phone downwards after your guess means you got it correct, an upwards flip passes to the next card).
"These are the real social games in a sense – a game you actually play while hanging out 'with friends'," said app developer Phill Ryu.
Smartphones and tablets are being used to bring more than just party games to life, though. Ross Dixon, executive producer at mobile game maker XMG Studios, believes real life mobile interactivity is a growing space for mobile games.
"It allows for different types of gameplay than most people are accustomed to," he said. We're seeing a wide variety of games beginning to incorporate aspects of the real world into their virtual one.
Augmented reality is one of the more apparent ways these two paradigms are combining in gaming. XMG offers an iOS and Android game called Ghostbusters Paranormal Blast which has a location-based ghost hunting feature that lets you terminate pesky ghosts plaguing your city. WowWee, which offers a line of toys called App Gear, uses AR so kids can seamlessly blend digital and real world play. In one game, the iPhone becomes a sight for a toy gun, letting you shoot aliens that pop out of your physical environment on the phone's screen; in another, you're a WWII fighter pilot embedded in aerial combat.
Other apps have taken traditional board games and given them a mobile-friendly spin. Ticket to Ride was among the first, and most critically acclaimed, board games to hit the iPad. The sharpness of the iPad's Retina display gave the game graphical detail far richer or better than the real deal. And an iPad accessory called GameChanger combines a traditional game board and pieces with an iPad. The pieces interact with the iPad's screen, so the game itself knows whose turn it is, can track who's in the lead, and can create a gaming experience that fully integrates the real and digital worlds. It comes with two games, and you can download a handful of others when those get tired.
Virtual board games are getting prolific. This site lists more than 100 titles available in the iOS App Store. Games range from the strategy tile game Carcassonne to the classic word game Boggle.
And while some may miss the tradition and experience of setting up a board game out of the box, taking traditional boardgames to the digital world has its benefits. Games can become more interactive, more engaging through integrated animations, and more easily updated. Ryu said his team had a lot of fun making the virtual cards in Heads Up! do things real cards can't.
"They shuffle automatically, take clips of your friends being silly, clean up after themselves at the end of a round, and we can fit like five thousand cards in your pocket," Ryu said.
Instead of gathering dust on a shelf in your living room, you're ready to break out the game anytime, anywhere, with the option to expand the game through in-app purchases or additional downloads. And you have the option to share videos of your friends making fools of themselves as they play, and that's always fun.
WowWee CEO Richard Yanofsky says the success of any of these games attempting to bridge the hardware-software gap hinges on that experience being completely seamless.
"The joining of those two worlds has to come off as one, if it doesn't, it’s a lackluster experience," Yanofsky said.
And that's where many titles pioneering in this space have failed so far. Indeed, both Ryu and Dixon noted that this gaming category has yet to see a true "breakout hit." But there's huge potential – and endless creative possibilities – for these types of games. And with more options like Heads Up! entering the space, it can't be too long before such mobile games start hitting the mainstream.
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Grain elevators and feed mills
Intrigue of grain elevator leads to walk through history.
Grain elevators and feed mills Intrigue of grain elevator leads to walk through history. Check out this story on wisfarmer.com: https://www.wisfarmer.com/story/opinion/2019/11/20/grain-elevators-and-feed-mills/4244425002/
John Oncken Published 2:23 p.m. CT Nov. 20, 2019 | Updated 8:39 a.m. CT Nov. 21, 2019
Chase Grain Elevator
Joe Chase, Sun Prairie historian and former mayor. John Oncken
The cupola of the old elevator and the tile blocks used to make it fireproof. John Oncken
The Chase Grain Elevator on the left and the former tobacco warehouse and feed sales office (now apartments) on the right. John Oncken
The historic Chase Grain Elevator in Sun Prairie, built in 1922. John Oncken
Big steel grain bins are everywhere today. John Oncken
The long vacant and decaying Mondry Grain Co. at Andoch, North Dakota. John Oncken
The Lone Rock Flour Mill in 2011, the Halvorson home after a total reconstruction. John Oncken
There is little to remind visitors (and residents) of Sun Prairie that this city of some 34,000 people and often referred to as “a suburb of Madison” had its beginnings in farming. The fact that world famed artist Georgia O'Keeffe was born on an area farm is sometimes mentioned. Residential and commercial development continues to eat up farmland, there are no remaining farm equipment dealerships and the last of the former lineup of dairy farms facing US 151 between Sun Prairie and Madison went dark a couple of months ago.
About the only remnant of the farming past of this fast-growing city is the unique three-silo grain elevator still standing along the railroad tracks several blocks south of the city’s main street.
I’ve driven past this unusual structure many times, always curious and wondering about its history and why this obviously vacant structure was still standing. Finally I made some phone calls and got in contact with Joe Chase, former Sun Prairie Mayor and local historian who related some history.
Joe Chase, Sun Prairie historian and former mayor. (Photo: John Oncken)
The railroad was first built to Sun Prairie in 1859, was relocated to its present site 10 years later and in 1899 J.W. Chase built a 16,000 bushel grain elevator on the location of the present structure. The original elevator burned in the early 1920s and the existing structure was built in 1922 by Fred Chase. The new structure was built near a tobacco warehouse dating to 1894 — Sun Prairie had become a tobacco shipping center — that later served as a feed warehouse for the grain elevator.
The Chase Grain elevator was later described as a “country elevator where farmers brought grain by wagon or truck for shipment to market by rail.”
As was described in an application for National Registration of Historic Places some years ago: “As was typical of country elevators, the Chase Grain Elevator integrates the 17,000 bushel storage bins, the workhouse where grain receiving, weighing and loading took place, the office and the cupola which housed the top of the conveyors. The bins consist of two silos 18 x 40 feet in size with a half silo between the two full silos called a ‘pocket bin'".
Fireproof clay tile
The most unusual feature of this grain elevator is that the silos (bins) are constructed of curved clay tile produced by the Brazil Hollow Brick and Tile company of Brazil, Indiana. Fred Chase was looking for a fireproof building after his previous elevator had burned the year prior. Note: This was one of but a few such tile-walled grain elevators built in the state and apparently the only one still standing.
The Chase Grain Elevator on the left and the former tobacco warehouse and feed sales office (now apartments) on the right. (Photo: John Oncken)
A large shed-roof canopy sheltered the trucks while unloading but it was torn off by one of the trucks or the wind (no one is sure which) in the 1970s and not replaced.
The Chase family operated the grain facility until the late 1930s after which it was bought, sold and leased several times. In 1978 the Oconomowoc Canning Company bought the property solely to use the ground level scale to weigh trucks for their nearby canning facility.
Although the feed sales business continued in the next door warehouse until 1983, the stately grain elevator has been unused since 1978. After many years of being vacant it was purchased by local contractor Steve McHoes who also owns the former tobacco warehouse next door (now apartments) who will do some restoration of the grain elevator before offering it for sale.
Thanks to Joe Chase and Steve McHoes, I now know more about the now 97 year old grain elevator. And yes, in 2010 it was granted a designation on the National Register of Historic Places.
In North Dakota
Another interesting and curious old grain elevator still stands at Andoch, North Dakota. I have viewed and photographed it several times on visits to my son and his family at Grand Forks.
The long vacant and decaying Mondry Grain Co. at Andoch, North Dakota. (Photo: John Oncken)
The Mondry Grain Co. elevator stands just outside the pretty much vacant hamlet of Andoch, some 40 miles north of Grand Forks. Interestingly the grain elevator was owned by the Mondry family farm and was at one time located on a rail line. When the railroad closed, the elevator and the village of Andoch were not needed anymore and they pretty much died. The old elevator now provides a photo site for countless photographers who probably drive by, then turn around to get their photos.
Andoch has an empty church, lots of empty houses and many picturesque buildings and a few year-round residents and quite a few summer workers who reside in Texas otherwise.
Dead flour mill to modern house
Probably the most interesting old feed mill I know of is the one owned by Ross and Theresa Halverson who in March 2011 moved the 1858-built Lone Rock Flour Mill over a mile of frozen fields to their property located a couple miles north of Lone Rock. Note: regular readers may remember my columns telling the rebirth of the old mil over several years.
Big steel grain bins are everywhere today. (Photo: John Oncken)
It appeared to me that the old mill was about ready to collapse, the roof was in bad shape and the whole thing a mess. Yet the Halversons planned a major reconstruction and planned to live there. And they did — since the fall of 2017. And what a home it now is!
Old grain elevators and feed mill intrigue me. The elevators are big and by their use are oh so sturdily built. The farm feed mills were the Saturday morning gathering place for farmers where the community news was shared and the national and world news endlessly argued over.
Most of them are now gone, replaced by 100 foot tall concrete silos that will easily survive the next century and big, wide metal bins that may come and go.
As for me, agriculture history is fascinating and interesting and I’ll keep looking for it. It’s also a bit scary because some of the things I grew up with on the farm are a part of the now ancient and almost forgotten farming life.
John Oncken is owner of Oncken Communications. He can be reached at 608-572-0747, or email him at jfodairy2@gmail.com.
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NewsEye on Education
New York State's $12 million mistake and what it means for Western New York schools
By: Josh Bazan
The New York State Department of Education incorrectly allocated $12 million in federal funds last school year. NYSED acknowledged the mistake earlier this month and announced plans to get the money back where it belongs.
NYSED caught the mistake when it went to allocate that same money for this school year. The Title IIA federal funds were switched last year to a new funding formula, which led to the calculation mistake.
Buffalo Public Schools was shorted $382,610. Other area schools include Cheektowaga ($12,968), Ken-Ton ($28,631), Lockport ($25,631), West Seneca ($16,040) and Williamsville ($11,866).
In all, 677 school districts and 10 Special Act schools were shortchanged the $12 million. The extra money was incorrectly awarded to 275 charter schools and three school districts.
For most schools, NYSED plans to fully reimburse those lost dollars when it distributes Title IIA funding for the upcoming school year. It will withhold portions of funding over the next five years from the schools that were given too much money.
“The State Education Department regrets this unfortunate error and any undue burden it may place on schools," Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia said in a statement. "We are taking immediate steps to correct it and ensure it does not happen again, including strengthening our internal controls. We will do everything possible to reduce the impact for all schools, including to reimburse 99 percent of districts this year.”
But, because larger districts like Buffalo are owed much more money, NYSED plans to repay that over the course of two school years.
"It doesn't really make much sense to me, districts like Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse are all struggling," NYS Assemblyman Sean Ryan said. "[They are] all struggling with a high percentage of disabled students, English language learners. They need every penny we can bring to them."
Ryan wants to see the state fully reimburse 'needier' districts like Buffalo this year and ask wealthier districts to wait until next year for their money.
In order to support districts in more need, NYSED adjusted the distribution of federal Title IVA, opening it up to more districts this year. Buffalo Public Schools are expected to get an additional $2 million from that program, according to NYSED. The Title IVA funding is allowed to be used for the same purposes as Title IIA.
Buffalo Public Schools issued the following statement:
"We appreciate the state's acknowledgment of their error in the funding distribution, and we also appreciate the concern of our WNY legislators in always advocating for the funding of our students' needs."
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Edwards hoping to be part of exciting Wolves future
Dave Edwards is ready to use his Wales ‘Euro 2016’ experience to the good of Wolves and stake a claim to be part of an “exciting” Molineux future.
The 30-year-old midfielder has been back in training this week after being given a fortnight off following being part of the Welsh squad which impressed in France this summer, reaching the semi finals of Euro 2016.
He is hoping to get some minutes in tomorrow’s final pre-season friendly against Swansea, as he heads into the last year of his current contract keen to be a part of a new era following the takeover by the Fosun Group.
“It is nice to be back in and hopefully being in contention for the first week of the season,” says Edwards.
“If I had been off for any longer that might have been a struggle.
“It was nice to have some time at home after the Euro’s and just been able to rest up a little bit.
“It wasn’t really about needing a holiday and we just had a couple of mini-breaks with the family and getting back to normality!
“It was a good couple of weeks break but I felt ready to get back in and get back to training.
“Hopefully I can be involved at some stage tomorrow.
“I had a couple of weeks break before going into the Euros and then a couple of weeks after but I feel ready to be involved now and it is important to try and get some minutes before the start of the season.
“I’ve had four days training now and have done the right things through the summer so hopefully that will put me in good stead.
“I did have a slight groin injury towards the end of the Euros and I was only really out for the Belgium game and was touch and go for the Portugal game which I was on the bench for.
“I didn’t really train before the Portugal game and had I been fully fit I might have had a chance of coming on.
“It has been fine ever since and that was over three weeks ago so all is good now.”
Edwards figured in all three of Wales’ group games before missing out against Northern Ireland and then injury effectively ruling him out against both Belgium and Portugal.
But the experiences both on and off the pitch have given him added confidence ahead of returning to club duties shortly after the takeover was confirmed.
“I have had time to reflect on what happened in the summer now and the experiences I had with Wales,” he says.
“I wouldn’t say it is about closing the door on it – but enjoying it and now moving on to a new and exciting challenge with everything that is happening at the club at the moment.
“It would be great for me to be a part of that and that is going to be my main focus.
“Off the back of what happened in the summer I think I have come back more confident as a footballer and added things to my game over the last couple of months which hopefully I can implement into winning a place in the Wolves team.
“I hope that everything now works out well here.
“I think the takeover needed to happen and the investors seem like a really positive step for the club.
“You have seen other investors go in at other clubs and it hasn’t quite worked but these guys seem to know what they are doing.
“Hopefully we can reap the rewards from that.
“Obviously I want to be involved and be playing and that will be my aim going into the final year of my contract.
“I need to be playing games and I hopefully I can do that here.”
With a turnover expected in the playing squad – Fosun/Wolves representative Jeff Shi has suggested the club is aiming for “five to eight new players” – the experience of the likes of Edwards, skipper Danny Batth and Carl Ikeme could be vital heading into the new Molineux dawn.
“I have been at the club for nine years now and there are others like Danny and Carl who have been here even longer,” says Edwards.
“We have all been through some different set-ups here down the years.
“There is going to be a lot of change and I imagine there will be players coming and going and it is important that people like us three with experience of the club can help any new faces settle in quickly.
“The season is only just around the corner and you don’t want to take a couple of months to adapt because that could rule you out of anything or even put you in trouble.
“It is important that whoever comes in we make them feel welcome and get them settled into the team as quickly as possible and that will help the whole club.”
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This monster is the cover card for the first TCG expansion: Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon.
This monster is Seto's signature card. It shares its 3000 ATK with the rivals of other series, which are Chazz's "Armed Dragon LV10", Jack's "Red Dragon Archfiend", Kite's "Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon", Declan's "D/D/D Doom King Armageddon" and Varis' "Borreload Dragon". It can be used to summon Number 38: Hope Harbinger Dragon Titanic Galaxy, which also shares the 3000 ATK and 2500 DEF. In the Viz translation of Kaiba's Duel against Ishizu, Kaiba states that the "Blue-Eyes" embodies his soul. Jack Atlas calls his "Red Dragon Archfiend" "waga tamashi," which translates as "my very soul" in the Japanese, and Kite has called "Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon" "his soul" (ore no tamashi).
Despite being called a white dragon, this monster is usually depicted as a blue dragon.
After "Token", this card has the most alternate artworks in the OCG/TCG with eight in total, beating out the next contender, "Dark Magician", by one. This excludes "Dark Magician Girl", who technically has the most artworks, due to small censoring differences between the Japanese and international versions.
In Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie, it is said that this card is a symbol of power, and "Red-Eyes" is a symbol of potential. This is an accurate way to describe the two Monsters. While "Blue-Eyes" has higher stats, "Red-Eyes" is more flexible, even more so now because of "Meteor Black Comet Dragon". Also, "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" symbolizes pride and destruction, while "Red-Eyes" symbolizes violence and anger. There are two things that back this up.
In Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards, "Blue-Eyes" is said to actually be proud of its destructive power, while "Red-Eyes" is described as a superviolent creature.
Their owners share these personality traits. Seto Kaiba, who has had countless victories, is known for being boastful and vain. Joey Wheeler was once a bully, and is shown to have a harsh temper when ridiculed.
The purpose of the "Blue-Eyes" archetype is to destroy the opponent's cards, while "Red-Eyes's" gimmick is inflicting Burn damage.
With the release of Starter Deck Kaiba Reloaded, this card is the only card that has been printed in all rarities in the TCG (except Starfoil Rare, Shatterfoil Rare and Mosaic Rare).
This card has several counterparts.
A retrained counterpart: "Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon"
An advanced counterpart: "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon"
Two Synchro counterparts: "Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon" and "Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon"
A Ritual/"Chaos" counterpart: "Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon"
A DARK counterpart: "Red-Eyes B. Dragon"
A "Malefic" counterpart: "Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon"
A "Toon" counterpart: "Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon"
A "White Night" counterpart: "White Night Dragon"
A Match winner/Xyz counterpart: "Legendary Dragon of White"
This card has four younger versions: the Tuner monsters "The White Stone of Ancients" and "The White Stone of Legend", the dragon displayed in the card "Paladin of White Dragon", and "Dragon Spirit of White".
This card has the highest ATK of all Normal Monsters.
Fittingly, it is the Fusion Material for the non-Effect Monster with the highest ATK, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
This monster appears in the artworks of "Burst Stream of Destruction", "Dimension Explosion", "Dragon's Fighting Spirit", "Majesty with Eyes of Blue", "Meteor Stream" and "Rage with Eyes of Blue".
This card's original OCG artwork is taken directly from the manga card artwork, which made its first appearance in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 9: "The Cards with Teeth (Part 1)"
This card's third and fourth OCG/TCG artworks are taken from this monster's depiction on the title page of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist Duel 41: "Duel Disk Battle!".
In Yu-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom, the three "Blue-Eyes White Dragons" are named Azrael, Ibris (a mistranslation of Iblis), and Djibril. These are the Islamic names for the Angel of Death, Satan ("Iblis"), and the angel Gabriel, respectively. Azrael is an informal name, only occurring in non-religious sources (including both Sikhism and some Jewish lore as well), while Iblis is the lord of the jinn, rather than the principal fallen angel.
In the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga and anime series, there's a mysterious woman named Kisara that carries the spirit of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. "Maiden with Eyes of Blue" is based on her.
This cards shares similarities with "Cyber Dragon".
Their Fusions require two ("Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon" and "Cyber Twin Dragon") or three ("Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon"/"Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" and "Cyber End Dragon") copies each.
Both of their final form ("Cyber End Dragon" and "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon") have similar blue orbs on their wings and chests.
In Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, "Cyber Dragon" also serve as a spiritual successor to "Blue-Eyes White Dragon".
In some Yu-Gi-Oh! video games (Dark Duel Stories), this card has an ally, the "Mystical Elf", which can increase the ATK and DEF of this card by 500.
In most expansion sets, "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" cards have the Set Number ****-**001.
This card is arguably one of the most recognizable monsters in the game, along with "Dark Magician".
This card along with "Dark Magician" are the only 2 cards to have had an official Chinese print before the release of Duel Starter Deck standardized Chinese as an OCG language. Its Chinese version originated in Japan, therefore its Chinese name includes the character "黒" (black) which is an exclusive one to Japanese, compared to the Chinese counterpart, "黑".
The Weekly Shonen Jump March 2014 membership promotional version of "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" is the first card to be printed with an italicized Matrix typeface used for its card text. On every card before it, the Matrix font is only used in regular type (not bold, not italic).
Ironically, while this card has been printed in several sets in the TCG/OCG, making it one of the most common cards of all time, this card is one of the rarest officially-printed cards of all time in the anime/manga with only 4 copies having been printed ever.
The Jump Ryū Vol.08 promotional card print of this card features Seto Kaiba in its artwork.
In the video game Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links, when this card is summoned by Kaiba the summon animation is altered during April Fools' Day 2017. In this animation "Blue-Eyes" wears a KaibaConstruction construction helmet - similair to the sketch shown during game maintance periods when attempting to log in, and a sign in Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions movie.
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Might as well share with all. It’s been over 35 years since I played chinese handball in Queens, but here goes: Unlike handball, where you have to hit the wall on a fly, in chinese handball you have to hit the wall on a bounce. If you hit it on a fly you’re out. If you hit it on 2 bounces you’re out. If the ball bounces twice before you hit it, you’re out. You can hit it off the wall on a fly, but again you have to bounce it once before it hits the wall. You would decide how large the court was. If you hit it out of bounds you’re out too. Like handball, you could only score a point on your serve. It the ball hit off a crack and went at an odd angle, it was a “hindoo” and you played the point over. Hope this helps.
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Sources: Freedom, Dig, www.databmx.com, Soul, digbmx.com, ...
1980 DOB: february 20, 1980.
early years Garret Byrnes, Dig, july 2002: I started out riding when I was really young. I was always into BMX bikes and rode dirt a little when I was younger, just jumping off things. I just had a lot of fun, and got into racing when I was 13. I didn’t really take that too seriously. My parents always got real mad at me cause I’d go to races and just jump the jumps and try tricks instead of actually trying to win. Then I started riding dirt a lot with John Jennings, John Britton and a bunch of people. From there it went to the skatepark in Toms River that George Hoernig and Scott DeMarco opened up. I worked for them for a while. Right after the new owner took over, I worked there and realized that I wasn’t really into working around bikes all the time. You just get burned out on it. But I met a lot of really good people through the skatepark. It’s great, cause now I go places and realize how many friends I have in different places from working there. It might have something to do with me not charging people to get in and giving out free food, but no one needs to know about that.
LITTLE DEVIL.
Garret: I got into racing when I was 13. My first sponsor was Little Devil--I rode for them for about five years, I think.
DEMO.
Van Homan: This photo is from a demo Garrett Byrnes and I did in 96. Vet Stadium is now gone, so this photo of Garrett doing X-Ups during the 7th inning stretch is pretty priceless
1999 COVER.
Garrett Byrnes en tailwhip à Glissexpo Anglet en couverture du Soul numéro 6 de novembre 1999.
2000 COVER AND PROFILE IN PROPS 35.
Nice Profile on East Coast shredder Garret Byrnes in Props #35 january 2000.
Jason D., www.notfreestylin.com: This issue will be remembered as the Garret Byrnes issue. The riding for his interview was great, but then to notice he is pulling off all those grinds pegless, it becomes amazing.
FREEDOM COVER.
Freedom #33 june 2000.
2001 ETNIES.
Garrett is now riding for Etnies.
Dig #18 september october 2001
2002 Interview in Ride BMX US march 2002.
Interview by Brian Tunney in Dig #23 july 2002.
Though he’d have you believe otherwise, it seems like Garrett Byrnes has that little thing called life just about figured out. Live everyday to the fullest and have fun along the way. It might seem a bit simple as a creed to live by, but Garrett’s never been one to make anything too complicated. No, he seems too happy enjoying life to even worry about complications of any kind. This is the Garrett Byrnes interview. Garrett’s a wise person. Read it with an open mind.
What age are you… and all that stuff?
Garret Byrnes: I’m 22 and I’m from Beechwood, NJ but I say I’m from Toms River cause no one knows where in the world Beechwood is.
You’ve been all over the world, but you always come back to New Jersey. Why is that?
Garret Byrnes: My parents live here. Free rent, so I hang out with them. I’m really, really big on friends and family. It’s the most important thing in my life. I’d have to say that friends and family really keep me here.
You don’t ever see yourself leaving NJ then?
Garret Byrnes: Umm, I don’t know. It depends. I’ve seen so many cool places that I’d like to go. I’m sure I’ll leave someday, but for right now, it seems to be a really good spot for me to stay in. It has everything I need.
How’d you end up meeting Van Homan?
Garret Byrnes: I met Van through racing. Me, Van and Gary Thorpe used to all race together. I started hanging out with Van when I was about 16, and I’d always go to his house or he’d come to mine. We’d always just ride together and things just progressed. We were really into riding together and having fun.
Is the shaved head your new permanent hairstyle?
Garret Byrnes: I don’t know. It’s hard, once you shave your head; you just don’t want it to grow anymore. You feel like a superhero when you shave your head. You can tell differences in heat. You can tell when someone is behind you.
Where do you buy your shirts?
Garret Byrnes: Anywhere from the hospital shop in Toms River to vintage shops in Liverpool.
You ride BMX, but at the same time, you don’t seem to limit yourself to just riding bikes. How did that come about?
Garret Byrnes: I started skating pretty much before I got into riding. I’ve always skated and always had fun. Now, I ride all the time. But it’s good to have a different outlet to have fun with. It gives me the best feeling cause it’s like learning how to ride all over again when you pull a new trick. Just even cruising around is the best thing in the world.
Do you take any influence from skateboarding and put it into riding your bike?
Garret Byrnes: Definitely. I watch skate videos more than I watch BMX videos. I just like the style and speed mostly. I’m very influenced by the speed and skateboarding. Speed is good. The faster, the better.
How’d you get into riding so fast?
Garret Byrnes: Watching old skate videos, watching Chris Senn is good all the time. Things look so much cooler when you’re going fast. I just try to hit stuff as fast as I can and see where it takes me.
Your bike setup, with the low drop nose seat and no pegs, has been copied by a lot of people lately. How did that setup evolve for you and how do you feel about it being copied by other riders?
Garret Byrnes: At first, I wasn’t really into pegs just because I wasn’t into grinding stuff. I just had fun cruising around and manualing stuff. I wasn’t into doing rails or anything like that. But then it came to the point, lately, where I can go to pools, I can go anywhere I want and nobody bothers me. They see I don’t have pegs on my bike and know that I’m not wrecking things. That’s a huge part of it now, just knowing that you can have fun and not be bothered by people complaining about me wrecking the pool coping. People having the same setup, I mean, I’m guilty of the same thing when I was younger. I’d see people with bikes that I like and do it myself. It just happens. It’s the way things evolve.
You always seemed to be into having a light bike setup too. How did that come about?
Garret Byrnes: I was never really into it. It was just from trying different things. Now, I have a bike with a seatpost built in, just to try something different. It was an idea from an old bike company in Europe that did it in the 80’s. I remembered seeing that and thought it was really neat, so I thought we’d give it a try. It seems to be working good. I don’t think you could ever reproduce it in large amounts because no one wants to run their seat at the same height.
Because you never ride pegs, you figured out other ways to grind though. Where did that come from?
Garret Byrnes: That was pretty much from seeing old photos and just watching old videos of people doing gear grinds and pedal grinds and all kinds of weird stuff. So I messed around with that. But lately, I haven’t even done any grinds. I’ve just been having way too much fun just doing the carve. I’d have to say, ask anybody who rides a lot, that’s the best thing to do. Just doing a big carve on anything.
So if I asked what your favorite kind of riding is, would it be carving?
Garret Byrnes: Cruising, just cruising.
You seem to have a ‘charge ahead’ attitude towards your riding, like you don’t ever think negatively when you approach something.
Garret Byrnes: I don’t know. Peter Adam has been changing my mind lately, cause he seems to find the worst possible thing that could happen on anything and points it out right before I’m about to go up to it. OK, I’m gonna try this 180 down fifty steps. What if your pants get caught and you smash your head on the last step? Peter Adam, what are you doing? Why do you need to say this? And Pete will say, “Oh, you just need to know in case this happens so you can get off early.” Peter Adam, you’re nuts.
Anyway, before Peter Adam. How do you get in the mindset of doing some of the crazy shit you’ve done?
Garret Byrnes: It’s just more or less, in my head, that anything is possible. Ruben, Van, Alistair, all those guys that are seriously pushing things, they just show that anything’s possible. And even if you think something’s not gonna work, it might work. You might as well try it. Just go for it Peter!
You seem to have a ride when you want, don’t force it attitude. How did that come about?
Garret Byrnes: Doing so many things in a week, you only have a certain amount of time to ride, skateboard, hang out with friends. I try to fit in riding whenever I can, but if I’m not feeling it 100%, I don’t ride. It’s the type of thing that I want to feel good when I’m doing, not just riding to ride because I’m supposed to. It’s not training. It’s how I relax.
Are you anti-contest?
Garret Byrnes: I’m not really anti. I think times are changing a lot and it’s always been that I want to go and hang out. A lot of the contests lately, like the Backyard Jam and the La Revolution contests are really good. You can just tell that everyone’s having fun.
OFF LITTLE DEVIL.
Garrett has parted ways with Little Devil after five years of support.
2003 T1 WORLD TOUR.
Garrett Byrnes dans la piscine d'Ashbury park en couverture du Soul hors-série spécial photo de juillet 2003. Photo par Guedz.
Garret Byrnes upside down in Carbondale, Colorado on the cover of Dig #38 june 2004.
2005 FLY.
www.databmx.com, february 2005: La famille Fly Bikes continue à s'agrandir avec l'arrivée de Garret Byrnes. Il reste bien sûr chez T1 et participe à la tournée Fly en Nouvelle Zélande.
Garret en couverture du Soul #39 de novembre 2005.
2009 On The Cover of Ride BMX US july 2009: Early bird gets the air… Garrett Byrnes launches roof and ramp while the great ball of fire rises over the Atlantic and you were drooling in your sleep. Photo by Mulligan.
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» ResortQuest Hawaii has appointed Robert Oneha as Waikiki property manager. He will serve as a liaison between the company's corporate sales team and the general managers of its Waikiki properties. He has 20 years of hospitality industry experience.
>> Russell Beecher has been appointed acquisitions director for the Shidler Group and its new Pacific Office Properties Trust. He will be responsible for helping the company acquire $1.5 billion in office properties over the next 18 months. He previously served as the acquisitions director for the Principal Financial Group.
» Aon Risk Services has hired Daniel D. Gick as a Honolulu-based administrator for wrap-up insurance programs in its construction services group. He previously served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
» First Magnus Financial Corp. has hired Seila Kim to work on the sales team. She has five years of experience in prime and subprime lending.
» Maui Divers Jewelry has appointed Boris Milgram vice president. He will be responsible for store planning and assisting the president/CEO. He previously held merchandising management positions at Neiman Marcus.
» Wilson Homecare has hired Virg Park as human resources manager. She will be responsible for developing and administering human resources plans, developing goals for various departments, starting new compensation programs and overseeing all other personnel policies and issues. She has over 16 years of human resources experience.
» Castle & Cooke Realty Inc. has hired Realtor Associate Ronald M. Harris. He previously worked for 25 years as a Longs Drug Stores pharmacist.
>> Bennet Group Strategic Communications has promoted Angie Flaherty to account executive. She previously served as an assistant account executive for the company.
» The Kapalua Land Company Ltd. has appointed Robert J. Ciborowski executive chef. He will be responsible for opening and managing the new Bay Club restaurant. He has over 14 years of experience in the culinary field.
» Molokai Properties Ltd. has appointed John Sabas community affairs general manager. He has 30 years of experience working for the state and the City & County of Honolulu. He most recently served as deputy director for the city Department of Community Services.
» Haleakala Waldorf School has appointed Michael Mancini as chairman of school. He previously worked for Kamehameha Schools. He has more than 10 years of experience in education, from teaching to administration.
» Hawaii Arts Alliance has hired Erik M. Takeshita as director of the ARTS at Marks Garage. He previously served as senior policy aid/project coordinator under Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak.
» Hawaiian Waters Adventure Park has appointed Tana Samuelu sales representative for the youth and nonprofit markets. He has several years of management experience with local attractions including Navatek Cruises and Royal Hawaiian Cruises.
Ford seeks to trim ranks of dealers
DETROIT >> Ford Motor Co. said yesterday it plans to trim the number of dealerships it has in 18 metropolitan areas across the country, blaming sliding car and truck sales for the decision.
Most of the metro areas are east of the Mississippi River, but the company would not identify exactly what markets would be targeted.
The consolidation would be done voluntarily through negotiations, with stronger dealerships buying out weaker ones, said company spokesman Jim Cain.
In some urban markets, Ford dealers compete against each other rather than other automotive brands, Cain said. Some of those dealerships aren't profitable, he said.
Ford has about 4,300 Ford and Lincoln-Mercury dealerships nationwide. Its market share has declined from around 26 percent in the early 1990s to 17 percent at the end of July.
Google hooks up neighbors
Google Inc. today plans to offer free, high-speed Internet access to everyone in its Silicon Valley home town -- a hospitable gesture that the online search leader hopes to see spread to other parts of the country. About 72,000 people reside in Mountain View, about 35 miles south of San Francisco.
Applied Materials' profit rises
SANTA CLARA, Calif. » Applied Materials Inc., the world's biggest maker of semiconductor-production equipment, reported third-quarter profit increased 39 percent as the company benefited from a peak in demand.
Net income rose to $512 million, or 33 cents a share, from $369.6 million, or 23 cents, a year earlier, the company said yesterday. Sales jumped 56 percent to $2.54 billion in the three months ended July 30. Profit excluding some items was 32 cents, beating the 31-cent estimate of Jay Deahna, an analyst at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
AOL prepares to dig for gold
WASHINGTON » AOL is preparing to dig for buried gold and platinum on property in Massachusetts owned by the parents of a man it sued for sending millions of unwanted spam e-mails to its customers.
AOL said yesterday it intends to search for gold and platinum bars the company believes are hidden near the home of Davis Wolfgang Hawke's parents on two acres in Medfield, Mass. The family said it will fight in court to oppose AOL's plans.
AOL won a $12.8 million judgment last year in U.S. District Court in Virginia against Hawke but has been unable to contact Hawke to collect any of the money he was ordered to pay.
Peggy Greenbaum, Hawke's mother, said she has not talked with her son in more than a year and complained about the embarrassment and humiliation he brought to the family.
Owners sue BP over Prudhoe Bay
ANCHORAGE, Alaska » Senior executives at BP PLC face a lawsuit filed by shareholders who claim the oil giant's poor maintenance practices at Prudhoe Bay led to the partial shutdown of the nation's largest oil field.
The suit alleges that BP has known for years about the severe pipeline corrosion that led to last week's shutdown, but took no substantial steps to properly monitor and repair the transit lines that ferry oil straight into the 800-mile trans-Alaska pipeline.
The closure has more than halved the field's daily 400,000-barrel output. Oil from Prudhoe Bay makes up about 8 percent of domestic oil supply.
Filipino remittances near record
MANILA » Philippine overseas nationals sent home $1.1 billion in June, close to the month-earlier record, as more people left the country to seek higher-paid work abroad, the central bank said.
The number of Filipinos working overseas rose 8.9 percent in June. As many as 8 million Filipinos work abroad.
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"Jia" originated
One: From the surname of Ji , with the country as the clan. According to the "Last Name Garden", King Zhou Kang sealed Tang Shuyu 's youngest son Gongming in Jia State, called Jia Bo, a small country of vassals. Later, Jia State was destroyed by Jin State, and the descendants of Jia Bogongming used the original country name Jia as the clan. Two: The name is Yap. After the Jin Dynasty destroyed Jia, it became a city called Jia Ji. Thereafter, the name was Yap. Emperor Jinhui Emperor is his descendant.
Jia surname distribution
The contemporary Jia surname has a population of nearly 3.7 million and is the 69th surname in the country, accounting for approximately 0.29% of the national population. From the Ming Dynasty to the present 600 years, the population of Jia surging from 250,000 to 3.7 million, an increase of more than 14 times. The growth rate of Jia surging is higher than the national population. . In the 1000 years since the Song Dynasty , the growth rate of Jia's population has been V-shaped. The distribution across the country is currently concentrated in the three provinces of Hebei, Henan and Shanxi, accounting for about 45% of the total population of Jia, followed by Shandong, Gansu, Heilongjiang, Sichuan, and Shaanxi. Jia in these five provinces has concentrated another 25% . Hebei has 18% of Jia's total population, making it the largest province in Jia. There are two high-rate Jia surname regions in the north of Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, and Sichuan in the south. During the 600 years, the degree and direction of population movement of Jia surnamed was very different from that of the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties. The population movement was a strong return from the east to central and north China, and accelerated to the west. The frequency distribution of Jia surnames in the population shows that in Hebei, Henan, Jinjin, central Inner Mongolia, most of Shandong, northwestern corner of Jiangsu, northern Anhui, northern Hubei, most of Shaanxi, central and western Gansu, southern Ningxia, and western Liaoning In northern Heilongjiang, the surname of Jia usually accounts for more than 0.57% of the local population, and some reach more than 2%. The area covered by the above area accounts for about 23.2% of the total land area, and about 62% of the population of the surname Jia lives. In the east of Qinghai Lake, other areas north of the Yangtze River, and northwest Xinjiang, the proportion of Jia surname in the population is between 0.19% and 0.57%, and its coverage area accounts for about 33% of the total land area. About 31% of the Jia surname crowd.
Jia Sizhen (472-499), a famous agronomist in Northern Wei Dynasty, wrote a book called Qi Min Yao Shu. It plays an important role in the history of Chinese agronomy and the history of world agronomy.
Jia Yan (730-805) is a famous statesman and geographer. The main achievement is The Map of China and Other Geographic Books. Jia Yan inherited and developed the method of scientific cartography, which has a profound impact on later cartography.
Jia Xian, a famous mathematician in the Northern Song Dynasty. The main achievements are the "Jiaxian Triangle" and the "increase, multiply, and open methods".
李姓 王姓 孙姓 赵姓 习姓 周姓 Popular surnames: Li, Wang, Sun, Zhao, Xi, Zhou
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One way to mend a broken neck on a guitar.
This Takamine guitar has not only suffered a broken neck, this is the second time it has suffered this fate. The attached photos show the stages of repair to get the guitar back in full playing condition and hopefully never to suffer from this fate again.
The surfaces of where the neck was broken have been cleaned, but not sanded or altered in any way. Aliphatic glue was applied to both surfaces and the head put back to as close to the original position as possible and the whole assembly was cramped with cauls to keep the head in position as the glue dried.
Unfortunately it was not possible to align the head to the neck as it was when first made as the first repair was slightly off center. The original repair was not the problem. The grain of the neck wood was not parallel to the neck
making that area susceptible to future breaking. As can be see from the photos, the head veneer was badly damaged by the two breaks and the misalignment of the original repair is shown by a light line on the side of the neck.
This photo shows the damage done to the side of the head when the neck broke. A suitable piece of mahogany will be inserted after the damaged edges have been cleaned.
The head veneer has been cut back below the break and a new, matched (as far as possible) section of rosewood veneer will be put in place to cover over the break. Before the new veneer is attached two small stainless steel pins, 2 mm in diameter will be inserted from the tuner holes up through the re-glued break in the neck.
By inserting the pins through from the tuner holes their presence will be invisible after the repair is complete.
Photo on the left shows the new veneer butted up against the remaining veneer. It was done this way to preserve the original head logo which was a transfer sitting on the surface. Photo on the right shows the new veneer trimmed to shape and darkened with stain to match the original colour. Note the tuner holes have also been opened up.
Before the new veneer could be lacquered, the grain on the new veneer had to be filled. Next, the lacquer on the new veneer was built up over several days, care had to be taken when sanding so as not to rub through onto the
Takamine logo.
At the same time the repaired area on the back of the neck was faired and sanded smooth. A rubdown with rosewood stain returned the original patina of the aged mahogany. After a
suitable number of coats of lacquer on the back and after the lacquer had set, the lacquer was gently rubbed with steel wool to match the mat finish of the rest of the neck.
The front of the head was then given a couple of coats and left to dry. Bottom photo shows the completed repair, not an invisible one, but as good as could be done under the circumstances. The guitar is now ready to rock n roll.
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Gallery 1 of 17 pictures which appeared in the article: At this week's Tokyo Motor Show, Subaru displayed two separate concepts. One was a thinly disguised.
The concept car concept is translated as "the idea of a car". This is a kind of prototype car, which tests people's reactions to new technologies being introduced, design solutions, etc. In its original form, prototypes are never launched into mass production.
Subaru says the latest Viziv demonstrates its next-generation hybrid system, which uses a downsized turbocharged flat-four engine to power the front wheels. Subaru did not release details of the concept car's powertrain, except to say it "embodies the Subaru powertrain, which is part of the brand's identity". Take Us With You! Since , the VIZIV concept cars have previewed styling for upcoming production automobiles, and the hybrid powertrain has been dropped in favor of a conventional gasoline engine and all-wheel-drive.
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One was a thinly disguised version of the upcoming Subaru Impreza hatchback, labeled a concept, but the other was a genuine concept car displaying innovations that may or may not make it into future production vehicles.
Subaru Impreza 5-Door Concept: Subaru says the latest Viziv demonstrates its next-generation hybrid system, which uses a downsized turbocharged flat-four engine to power the front wheels. The company wouldn't comment on the engine's displacement.
The rear wheels, however, are powered by an electric motor rather than mechanically driven from the engine, making this a "through-the-road hybrid" similar to the all-wheel drive used on hybrid versions of the Toyota RAV4 and Highlander and the Lexus NX and RX crossovers.
Dispensing with the conventional driveshaft permits an entirely flat floor in the rear compartment, improving practicality of this utility vehicle. Subaru's present mild hybrid system, sold only in small numbers on the XV Crosstrek, uses a low-power electric motor sandwiched between the engine and continuously variable transmission CVT to provide added torque that assists the engine, with braking and overrun energy recaptured to charge a small lithium-ion battery pack.
The Viziv Future also previews the next generation of Subaru's well-received EyeSight camera vision system, which enables some autonomous driving functions under limited circumstances: The new EyeSight version combines the advanced frontal recognition of the current system with radar sensing in all directions, allowing the vehicle to perceive the traffic environment all around it and assess the risk of movements on all sides. In addition, highly-accurate GPS and map data are used to pinpoint the vehicle location with high precision.
Inside the Viziv Future, Subaru is also previewing a camera that monitors the driver for alertness. New connectivity and telematics features that provide up-to-the-minute information on traffic, weather and other conditions along the route ahead are also part of the package.
It remains unclear if the Viziv Future previews a future XV Crosstrek that's more distinct from its Impreza roots than the current generation, or whether it might point to a next-generation Forester not due until Either way, we strongly suspect the sliding rear doors and missing center pillar probably won't make it into production. For all the news from the press events at the Tokyo Motor Show, head over to our news page to see the latest live photos and other news. Electric Cars October 21, MA updates signs to allow electric-vehicle Short er -range Tesla, Porsche Taycan wagon, U.
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Sidney Walter Worboys (Regimental Number 890488) and his friend Herbert George Clements (Regimental Number 890489) enlisted together in September 1915 with the Royal Field Artillery, Territorial Force. It appears they saw active service with the East Anglian Division in Gallipoli and Palestine. They both survived the war. Sidney died in the Stevenage district in November 1984.
Sidney was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Date of Birth: 3rd quarter 1893
Birth Place: Ashwell, Hertfordshire
Residence: Not known
Marriage: 4th quarter 1930
Sidney Walter was the fifth son of James and Charlotte (nee Huffer) Worboys christened on 2 July 1983 in Ashwell, Hertfordshire. He was a pupil at the Merchant Taylor School in Ashwell. The 1911 census shows him as a farm labourer.
He married Florence Winifred Whitby in 1930 in the Royston district. It is not known if they had children.
Sidney died in the Stevenage district in November 1984.
Two of Sidney’s brothers, Ernest John and Harold also served in the War and both survived.
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Below you'll find a list of all posts from February, 2019
How secure is your railway infrastructure today?
Today railway operations are under threat from everywhere. Privatisation and digitalisation have added so many more contractors and third parties that manage maintenance yards and general infrastructure. Access control and key management are getting even more complicated over multiple locations and users. Digitalisation also creates vulnerability to cyberattacks. Locomotives and carriages are becoming smarter and more connected. High speed rail …
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Converged IP MPLS networks for urban railways
As urban populations continue to expand rapidly, urban railways operators are challenged to provide reliable, sustainable and safe transportation that can also scale and evolve to meet future passenger traffic volume and needs. To meet the challenges, they need to embrace digital transformation and adopt new technologies. This application note explains how the Nokia Converged IP/MPLS Network for Urban Railways solution can …
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Photonic networks for transportation
Transportation systems link people to their daily lives and business to its daily operations, providing the basis for a functioning society. Road, railway, air and maritime transportation systems all can benefit from adoption of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) that monitor and control traffic flow through connected devices in a transportation Internet of Things (IoT). ITS yields public benefit through improved safety, reduced …
Keeping railway operations on track with predictive analytics
Across the world, railways continue to be integral to local and global economies by transporting goods and people efficiently and safely. Maintaining efficient operations and ensuring safety for railway assets, the environment, and above all, human life are paramount concerns for all railway management professionals. Railway management systems employ new technologies that provide real-time monitoring, but seeing the present is …
Setting up a five agency Electronic Fare Management (EFM) system in the Florida Suncoast region
In the Suncoast region of Florida, the Regional Working Group (RWG) sets new standards when it comes to inventive ideas. As a provider of transit services that enhance the quality of life in the Florida Suncoast area, it set out to implement a region-wide, Electronic Fare Management (EFM) and mobile ticketing solution with INIT as its partner. Innovative fare management …
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Innovative e-fare System in Portland-Vancouver Metropolitan Area
When it comes to cutting-edge technology, Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) rises to the top as one of the most progressive agencies in the country. Perhaps that is why they chose INIT as their partner to supply and implement a modern, multi-media e-fare system in the Portland- Vancouver metropolitan area. Integrated and innovative e-fare system in Portland-Vancouver Metropolitan …
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Cyber security for railways
The consequences of a successful major cyber-attack on a nation’s rail infrastructure could be catastrophic. A metro transport system brought to a standstill for even a short period would cause city-wide havoc, damaging the local economy, harming the metro operator’s bottom line, and making passengers doubtful about the future safety and reliability of transport services. Worse, a successful attack on …
ITCS and Passenger Information System for Dubai
Fast-growing cities face specific transportation challenges. The existing public transport network has to be expanded or a new one has to be established. And the service offered must be convincing! Only then a great number of people will switch to bus and train. This is exactly what happened in Dubai where INIT implemented a complex telematics system for the Roads & Transport …
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Changing tracks: Five make-or-break factors to unlock rail travel in Asia Pacific – Amadeus whitepaper
by Pierre-Yves Guillaume, Head of Rail, Asia Pacific, Amadeus Across Southeast Asia, the long-discussed plans for a pan-regional rail network are edging closer to reality. Rail operators are drawing inspiration from peers in countries like Japan, Taiwan and South Korea, which benefit from well-established networks, with a deserved reputation for customer-centricity and a service so reliable that punctuality is sometimes measured in …
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Travel agencies are now able to book, ticket and refund China Rail tickets directly in the Amadeus Selling Platform China presents one of the greatest opportunities for the development of rail technologies. What Europe and Japan accomplished over 40 years, China has effectively quadrupled in little more than a decade. Today, China’s high-speed rail network stretches for over 25,000 kilometers[1], …
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Plymouth State and Castleton split softball doubleheader
Castleton (10-14) 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 6 9 1
Plymouth State (5-13) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 9 2
Castleton (9-14) 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 1
Plymouth State (5-12) 3 4 0 4 X 11 11 0
2B: Tori Fearon
2B: Cynthia Barata
HR: Sam Hebert
HR: Shannon Jipner
2B: Bekah Jackson; Sam Hebert
HR: Allie Luisi; Bekah Jackson; Jackie Digman
Panthers hit three home runs to win first game
PLYMOUTH, N.H. – The Plymouth State University softball team played its first home games of the season Tuesday afternoon and split a non-conference doubleheader against Castleton State College, with the Panthers winning the opener, 11-2 in five innings, and the Spartans taking the nightcap, 6-3.
Senior Allie Luisi and sophomores Bekah Jackson and Jackie Digman each hit home runs to lead Plymouth State in the opener. PSU scored three runs in the first inning and added four more in both the second and fourth innings, finishing with 11 runs on 11 hits. Sophomore Sam Hebert also homered for PSU in the nightcap.
Castleton came back to win the second game as sophomore Tori Fearon had two hits and three runs batted in and junior pitcher Taylor Lively earned the win with a complete-game effort, striking out 10.
The Spartans took a 2-0 lead in the first inning of the opener on a two-run homer by senior Shannon Jipner, her fourth of the season. The Panthers answered with three in the bottom of the first on back-to-back solo home runs by Luisi and Jackson, the first of the season for both, and an RBI double by Hebert.
PSU tacked on four more runs in the second inning. After loading the bases with no outs, Luisi and Jackson hit consecutive sacrifice flies to plate a pair, and Digman followed with a two-run homer to left to make it a 7-2 game. The Panthers put the game out of reach in the fourth, again loading the bases with no outs; Hebert drove one home with a single, freshman Cynthia Barata followed with a sacrifice fly, and sophomore Taylor Mancini brought home the final run with an infield grounder.
Luisi, Jackson, Digman and Hebert all finished with two hits each for PSU, while senior Kristen Vibberts reached base in all three plate appearances with two hits and a walk. Sophomore Nora Galvin earned the win for PSU, pitching four innings and allowing just two runs while striking out three. Junior Ali Keith pitched one inning of scoreless relief.
Fearon delivered a two-out, two-run single in the third inning of the nightcap to put the Spartans in front, 2-0. Fearon added an RBI double in the fifth inning, and junior Caylee Fleury smacked a two-out, two-run single to highlight a three-run sixth inning for the Spartans.
After Digman helped PSU manufacture a run in the fourth inning, Hebert homered to left in the sixth inning, her third of the season. Jackson also collected two more hits in the game to finish 4-for-6 on the day.
PSU is right back on the diamond Wednesday with a non-conference doubleheader at Lyndon State College. The Spartans visit New England College on Thursday for a North Atlantic Conference twin bill.
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Jacksonville Sports, Outdoors & Adventure, Spring 2011 | Events
Jacksonville Sports, Outdoors & Adventure, Spring 2011
Monday, April 4th, 2011, 9:33am
Topics: Events, Sports & Recreation
Adventure Landing Jacksonville Beach opened Shipwreck Island Waterpark for the 2011 season March 25, remaining open weekends through May 14, when the park re-opens daily for the season. The park features four major water slides, Lil’ St. Johns River for leisurely tubing, Kiddie’s Cove for tots, Pirate’s Play Village, Wave Pool and other attractions.
Amelia River Cruises invites visitors to sail to historic downtown St. Augustine, narrated by owner, Captain Kevin McCarthy on May 6. The special engagement excursion includes lunch at Cap's on the Water and return charter bus via Coastal Georgia Charters and Tours. Free time for shopping and sightseeing will be allotted after arrival in St. Augustine.
Kayak Amelia will offer their annual Firefly Tour Paddle on select evenings in April. The tour takes guests on a sun set paddle to meet up with a local firefly expert for a short, informative walk. As darkness falls fireflies light up the sky, covering the forest floor and creating a magical twinkling. Reservations required for three-hour tour.
Country music sensation, avid golfer and philanthropist Darius Rucker will perform at THE PLAYERS Championship Military Appreciation Day on May 11. All active duty, reserve and retired military personnel and their dependents are admitted free for Military Appreciation Day as is the case for the entire tournament week. Children under the age of 18 with a ticketed adult are also admitted for free the entire tournament. For the general public, Wednesday Practice Round tickets are only $20 for the entire day and includes the concert and other military honorary celebrations.
The Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens recently opened its newest temporary exhibit DinoAlive. Visitors wind through a dinosaur path experiencing a trip back in time to see 18 life-like animatronic creatures that roar, snarl and move with realistic ferocity. The path also features an Eggloo, where kids will find dinosaur eggs and have fun climbing on the sturdy structure while parents can watch and rest nearby. At the end of the path, just after the most fearsome creature of them all – the Tyrannosaurus Rex – children can dig for fossils, take the controls to two robotic dinosaurs and learn more about dinos in the museum. There is a charge of $3.50 for DinoAlive in addition to zoo admission for non-members. The exhibit is on display through June 30. The zoo has also extended its closing time to 6 p.m. on weekends and holidays through Labor Day.
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The lost interview with Steve Jobs: a must watch for every entrepreneur [VIDEO]
Jen Storey - Oct 18, 2013
It still seems a little impossible to believe that Steve Jobs died just over two years ago. Regardless of what you think of him as...
Steve Jobs on what separates the dreamers from the do-ers [VIDEO]
Jen Storey - Oct 1, 2013
This is short video from an 1994 interview with Steve Jobs. What does Jobs believe separates the dreamers from the do-ers? He states two things: being willing...
Opportunity looks a lot like hard work. Kutcher’s incredible speech at Teen Choice Awards...
Jen Storey - Aug 16, 2013
You might think I've lost the plot, posting a Teen Choice Awards video, but stick with me on this. And, persist through the random...
The trailer of the Steve Jobs movie is boring. So, here’s a clip instead.
Anthill Magazine - Jul 1, 2013
We've been watching you. Yes, you've been tweeting, Facebooking, hovering around water coolers talking about this movie. Well, now you can watch an excerpt. Firstly,...
At 31, Steve Jobs had a moment of insight. He shared it in a...
Jen Storey - May 31, 2013
There is no doubt that technology is changing education. Sugata Mitra has a vision for how education needs to change from this moment onwards. But, back...
Is this the most important piece of advice ever given to anyone with an...
Jen Storey - May 9, 2013
Steve Jobs crystallises one very important piece of advice every entrepreneur should hear. This 46 video may change your life.
How to become a wizard of the future. Why everyone needs to know how...
Jen Storey - Mar 5, 2013
For anyone who has ever coded anything, you will know that smug sense of self satisfaction that you get when it actually works. That sense of achievement. The sense that you created something.
Now that’s a boat! [VIDEO]
While I may have Bananarama running through my head at the very name of this boat, it's still one hell of a tub. While sadly...
Don’t ask why, but you know you’re gonna get an iPhone 5: Steve Job’s...
Jen Storey - Sep 13, 2012
Hologram sure are a lot cooler since Arnold J. Rimmer marched around the decks of Red Dwarf. Steve Jobs is back, in a rapping parody to launch the hotness of the new iPhone 5.
The life of Steve Jobs (No Bill Gates here)
Anthill Magazine - Sep 3, 2012
The value of this work lies in its ability to attract a completely new set of readers, when compared with other books on Jobs. Let me cite a personal experience. My nine-year-old daughter, who uses the iPad on a daily basis, was struck by the design of this graphic novel. She then proceeded to pick up and read it with fair interest. As far as I can tell she is able to appreciate Jobs’ life in her own way.
Say no to handshake deals. Get the fine print instead
Caimes - Jul 11, 2012
When a person enters into a business relationship, particularly with family members, friends and acquaintances, the use of legal contracts is often perceived as a sign of mistrust. It does not have to be that way.
Steve Ballmer vs Alan Greenspan. Product marketing 1985-style [VIDEO]
I've always been a little afraid of Steve Ballmer. This video doesn't help. In 1985, on November 20, Microsoft released Windows 1.0. Steve Ballmer, ever the affable chap, stepped in front of the camera to sell this amazing new product.
Can you spot the next Steve Jobs, Richard Branson or Michael Crouch? Check your...
Anthill Magazine - Apr 11, 2012
What’s your “maverick” quotient? We're not talking about Tom Cruise in Top Gun. We mean, whether or not you can “recognise” a maverick — a creative, independent thinker who can be brilliant but troublesome and can keep firms aggressive and competitive. See if you fit the Maverickism Scale.
Aussie geeks unite! Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is coming to a city near you
Natalie Chandler - Apr 10, 2012
Way back in the mid-1970s, when dinosaurs still roamed Melbourne’s outer suburbs, Steve Wozniak said to his HP boss something along the lines of ‘I’ve had this great idea: personal computers in every home.’ HP boss, in turn, said words to the effect of ‘Pfff. If that ever catches on I’ll eat my highly-flammable, synthetic safari suit.’
The Evolution of Business Movies, Part 6: The Social Network
Contributor - Dec 1, 2011
What can’t be denied is the film's assertion that the business world is now the domain of Gen-Y entrepreneurs, who have the smarts and creativity to bring their billion-dollar ideas to life. Spurred on by the success of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, young men such as Zuckerberg have created successful businesses all through the typing of code on a computer screen.
A kinder, gentler Bill Gates dishes on taxes, charity and… Steve Jobs?
Jody Murray - Nov 4, 2011
Microsoft founder Bill Gates, long removed from his days as soulless overlord of the company that ruled our PCs, warms up for his appearance at the G-20 with this interview, in which he talks about taxing the rich, helping Third World nations and... Steve Jobs.
Innovation is a noun (and seven other awesome lessons from TEDxMelbourne)
Ben Flavel - Oct 20, 2011
Innovation is a noun. This seems to have been forgotten. Innovation; such a buzz word at the moment, everyone is “doing it.” Trouble is, you don't “do” innovation; innovation is the result of what you do.
Looking back on a 2005 speech by Steve Jobs: Stay hungry. Stay foolish.
Jody Murray - Sep 16, 2011
When Steve Jobs stepped aside in August as CEO of Apple, one pundit said the computing pioneer had the greatest second act in business history. But we wonder if Jobs sees it that way. But based on what we hear in this 2005 commencement address for Stanford University, Jobs' life has been one continuous push.
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Jody Murray - Jun 12, 2011
Based on this first-look video, Windows 8 looks eerily familiar to those of us who paid any attention to the Windows Phone 7 operating system when it came out a year ago -- big tiles that contain themes and logical (to the folks in Redmond, Wash., at least) collections of apps and data. And touching. Lots and lots of touching.
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Israeli lawmakers, in letter, throw support to Kerry peace efforts
Posted on June 6, 2013 by Laura Rozen
The head of a coalition of some three dozen Israeli lawmakers has written U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry praising his Middle East peacemaking efforts and urging him to persevere, despite push-back from some members of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s governing coalition.
“We are writing to you to inform you of the formation of the Knesset Caucus for Ending the Israeli-Arab Conflict, and to convey our gratitude and support to you for your continuing diplomatic effort to revitalize the Arab-Israeli peace process,” Israeli deputy speaker of the Knesset Hilik Bar wrote in the letter to Sec. Kerry, dated June 5th. The Caucus, formed last month, “stands ready as your willing and able partner in our shared mission to get to Two States for Two Peoples.”
Kerry, in remarks to the American Jewish Committee (AJC) this week, “asked the audience there to 'seize the moment'…; we here in the Knesset aim to do just that,” Bar's letter continued. “As you articulated so eloquently…Israel’s survival as a secure, democratic and Jewish homeland depends on the realization of a final-status agreement that creates two-states for people between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.”
Bar's letter, published in full below the jump, comes as a counter-point to remarks by Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon Wednesday, warning that the Israeli government would vote to reject any two-state solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict.
“If you will bring it [the two state solution] to a vote in the government…you will see the majority of Likud ministers, along with the Jewish Home [party], will be against it,” Danon said in an interview with the Times of Israel Wednesday.
“What happens in the coming days will dictate what happens in the coming decades,” Kerry told the AJC in a speech Monday (June 3rd). “If we do not succeed now, we may not get another chance.”
The Knesset pro two-state coalition currently counts about 40 members, from the Labor, Hatenu'a, Shas, Yesh Atid, Hadash, Hatnua and Meretz parties, according to a list provided to Al-Monitor. It has the support of Israeli cabinet ministers Tzipi Livni, Yaakov Perry and opposition chair and Labor party leader Shelly Yechimovich.
The State Department did not immediately respond to a query about whether Kerry had received the letter, or his reaction to it.
Kerry is expected to travel to Israel, Ramallah and Jordan yet again next week – his fifth trip to the region since becoming Secretary of State. Kerry, in his remarks to the AJC, highlighted the Arab League's reissuing of the Arab Peace Initiative last month, and its new position endorsing possible land-swaps in an agreement on the borders for a Palestinian state.
Newly joining Frank Lowenstein in aiding Kerry’s efforts in the State Department office of the Middle East peace envoy is former Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Pentagon Middle East advisor Ilan Goldenberg, sources tell the Back Channel.
Full letter from MK Hilik Bar to Sec. Kerry, not previously published, below the jump: Continue reading →
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In the Duelist Kingdom tournament, Bonz, Sid and Zygor met Bandit Keith, who agreed to coach them through the tournament, so all four of them would advance to Pegasus Castle. Keith wanted revenge against Maximillion Pegasus for humiliating him in the final match of the Intercontinental Championship. While helping them win Duels the first day of the tournament, Keith secretly intends to use them for their Star Chips. When Keith finds out about Yugi Muto, Joey Wheeler, and the rest of the gang, he plans to get in their way and eliminate them.
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Zygor was the home planet of the Zygons. (PROSE: The Bodysnatchers) It was known to be warmer than Earth and covered in water, which was in the form of lakes with a different mineral composition than those of Earth. There were also no icecaps on the planet. Native lifeforms of Zygor included the unaltered Skarasen and the Zygons. (TV: Terror of the Zygons)
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Zygor's Leveling Guide for The Elder Scrolls Online (PC Version) is an in-game, software based, strategy guide that will show you the quickest way to level your characters from 1-50. You can view and use the guide directly inside the game without having to print out anything or view the guide in a browser. This also means that our guides are dynamic and can track your progress in realtime.
This tutorial will ensure that the beginning of your journey will be a smooth one. It provides information that will help you find your way when you get lost, as well as tips that will offer guidance and advice as you march on towards greatness. It is not an exhaustive guide, however; it neither can nor wants to unveil every secret of Azeroth to you. That glorious task is left up to you as you explore the world yourself. Think of this guide as a touchstone for your early adventures: enough to get started, but too little to spoil any of the awesome surprises that await you in Azeroth.
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At some point, Zygor was destroyed. Accounts differed as to what the cause of this was and when it happened. According to one account, the planet was destroyed in the war against the Xaranti. (PROSE: The Bodysnatchers) Another account given by the Zygon Broton in the 20th century said his world was destroyed in a "recent catastrophe". (TV: Terror of the Zygons) Another account, given by Elizabeth I who had been posing as a Zygon in 1562, said that the Zygons lost their world when it burned in the first days of the Time War. (TV: The Day of the Doctor)
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Issue Twenty
from Pieces for Small Orchestra by Norman Lock
String Theory by Steven Schutzman
Three Short Shorts by Patrik Linhart
The Song of the Nightingale by Fernando Arrojo-Ramos
Seven Pieces of Meat by David Ray
The Noctis Equi by Deb R. Lewis
When Dada Wrote Koans by Theodore Wei Changsheng
The Village of Straka,
and School Outing
by Patrik Linhart
People think that the weather is such a chance thing, probably caused by the kind of clouds that are in the sky or something. But what they don't know is that there are green cars travelling all up and down our roads and highways and that, in each village, town, and city, young men jump out of these cars wearing orange clothing that has the weather printed on it. Not only is there a map of the cloud patterns on their t-shirts but also, for the stupidest among us, there is a number printed, and this number is what determines the temperature. In the town of Rumberk a man is wearing a t-shirt with "-15" printed on it and, sure enough, it is minus fifteen degrees centigrade there. Which means that this is something that is easily verified. I just happened on this bit of knowledge because I never sleep.
The Village of Straka
At an intersection in S. somebody built the house of the journalist Bejbina and her husband. One day the husband woke up and looked out the window—and learned that he lived at an intersection in S. He quickly woke Bejbina up. And now comes the most interesting part: Bejbina didn't recognize her husband and told the police, when they'd arrived, that he was their man. Who he really was they never managed to find out. Nor did they ever learn who built the house at the intersection.
School Outing
The cabinet swayed dangerously—one supposes because the train came to a stop—and one of its doors popped open. It was our school mountaineer. I'd nearly forgotten: this was going to be the first time he would climb the school in place of Mr. Foukal. "Is it going well?" I asked. "Yes," he answered. And in spite of this I somehow wasn't dreaming. What kind of mountaineer was this? Such a geezer. Complete with an overgrown beard. "And you have potato soup?" I asked. Nodding, he tapped on his rucksack. "In the tin can with the two rubber bands?" The mountaineer pulled the tin can wrapped in the two rubber bands out of the rucksack and said: "Foukal taught me to do this." The train started to move and I said, abruptly, "From that cabinet you're not going to be able to climb very far."
(translated by G.S. Evans)
Patrik Linhart is a poet, journalist, and writer of fiction who was born in 1973 in Duchov, a town in the northern part of The Czech Republic. His published books include Čítanka český jazyk (1998) and Měsíční povídky/Opárno (2003). The selections translated here appeared in Antologie nové české literatury 1995-2004 (An Anthology of New Czech Literature 1995-2004, Prague, 2004).
G.S. Evans is a writer and translator, as well as the coeditor of The Cafe Irreal. His fiction has appeared (in translation) in Czech literary journals such as Labyrint and Host, and his translations of the work of the Czech writer Arnošt Lustig have been published in The Kenyon Review and New Orleans Review.
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Contradictory government demands are putting doctors and hospitals in a bind, according to a recent article in the February 8, 2011 New York Times, "Health Law Provision Raises Antitrust Concern".
ObamaCare rules are "encouraging" doctors and hospitals to form large entities known as "Accountable Care Organizations" (ACOs). In theory these integrated care models are supposed to allow providers to exchange information and achieve efficiencies of scale. So ACOs are being fostered via a variety of financial carrots and sticks by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and reportedly supported by the Department of Justice.
However, a senior member of the Federal Trade Commission is also warning doctors and hospitals not to get too "integrated" -- lest they be charged with violating anti-trust laws. In other words, too much cooperation between providers will be viewed as "anti-competitive" -- and punished by the federal government.
So how is a doctor or a hospital supposed to know whether they will run afoul of a government regulator? The short answer is, they don't.
Doctors and hospitals have to somehow please simultaneous (and sometimes inconsistent) rules set by the FTC and the Department of Justice, both of which have jurisdiction over Accountable Care Organizations. As the NYT notes:
In discussions between the two agencies, Mr. Rosch [of the FTC] said, the department has taken the position that health care providers should be free to choose which agency would review their plans. Such an arrangement, he said, could lead to "a lack of regulatory consistency," with the two agencies applying different standards. Justice Department officials declined to comment.
When non-objective laws are the norm, it's no longer possible to have rule of law.
Instead, all we are left with is rule of men -- something we've already seen with the hundreds of discretionary ObamaCare waivers granted by the HHS.
In this new battle, doctors, hospitals, and patients will find themselves at the mercy of competing bureaucracies seeking to assert their jurisdictional dominance over each other -- and over us.
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Complete Q&A from first visit from Applegate / Grant
Thanks to Adam for compiling this.
These questions and answer sessions happened between January 18 - 29 2008 on Richard's Animorphs Forum (Classic)
Here are the previously asked questions and answers.
RAF: Richard's Animorphs Forum members
K&M: K.A. Applegate or Michael Grant (authors of Animorphs)
QUESTIONS ALREADY ASKED
Shorter Answers
RAF: Did you like the TV show’s interpretation of the books?
K&M: We didn't like the TV show much. We were upset that they went live action rather than animated because we knew they wouldn't have the budget to do it well. Doing it right would have been very, very expensive. What they ended up with was rubber Andalite heads on sticks. I think we watched two episodes.
RAF: How is it that none of the Animorphs have ever been taken to see a therapist? Especially once the war is over?
K&M: Why no therapy? Probably because when we started writing Animorphs we didn't have kids of our own. We were sort of guessing about parent-kid relationships, and I don't think the notion of therapy ever entered our consciousness. When we were kids there was no such thing as therapy for kids -- although we probably would both have profited from it. Of course now we have kids, so . . . Our son was born right around Animorphs #11. Our daughter came along post-Ani.
RAF: Why did you choose the name Jake for the leader?
K&M: You should bear in mind that we're talking 12 years ago or so when we were first creating Animorphs. It's like a lifetime since then. As far as either of us can recall it was the usual process of going through a baby name book and going, "how about Dirk . . . how about Jason . . . Okay, let's try something in the M's . . ."
Jake just seemed like a strong, masculine name. We definitely didn't name them after anyone we know. Oddly enough our son -- who came along later -- is also Jake. But again it came down to a baby name book and the realization that it was a good, strong, sort of timeless name. We were frankly a little embarrassed, naming our son after our "hero," because we worried people would think we'd named him after the other Jake, and that would be just a wee bit weird.
RAF : Are you ok with the fact we're making the series as e-books and sharing them?
K&M: We're not sure how to feel about that. We've never had a problem with fanfic like some writers do. Rather the contrary. It's flattering and fun and good practice for aspiring writers.
But there is of course a legal problem with distributing copyrighted materials in this way. We obviously aren't going to be suing or threatening or any of that. In fact, we think on balance it's probably a good thing.
But you should understand that Scholastic also has rights here, and they may take a more aggressive position. And you need to understand that we can't "tell" Scholastic to let it go: they have their own ownership rights, and they've invested a lot of money in Animorphs. So we couldn't give you permission if we wanted to, we don't have the legal right to do so.
RAF: Do you think that Animorphs will ever make it to the big screen?
K&M: There is a reasonably serious move under way to do a big budget Animorphs movie. By that we mean that a producer has contacted us and let us know that he would be pitching the idea to the studios -- as soon as the WGA strike is over. The producers are serious guys. The studios they are going after are people who could actually pull it off. But right now it's still probably a 20 to 1 shot. Keep your fingers crossed. I'll say this: the producer is a serious Anifan.
RAF: How long did you originally intend the series to be and when you started did you have the same ending planned out that ultimately happened?
K&M: We didn't know. I think we signed for 3 books at first, then more, then more still. We figured we'd keep going as long as Scholastic would send us contracts. But at some point we thought, "Okay, that's enough."
RAF: are you going to be a permant resident here on this forum or are you just passing though?
K&M: We're never permanent.
RAF: why did you make so many Animorph books?
K&M: We wrote til we burned out. That's the truth.
RAF: How many copies have been sold of Animorphs?
K&M: We've heard the number 30 million from Scholastic, but who knows? That sounds about right. Animorphs #1 broke 2 million.
RAF: Do you ever plan to release the Animorphs 'Bible' that you've referenced in prior interviews, or is that completely up to Scholastic?
K&M: Nah. M doesn't want anyone laughing at his drawings.
RAF: What do you think of the audiobook project, and would you like to play someone?
K&M: That'd be something we can't officially sanction or participate in.
RAF: Were there any Animorphs stories you really wanted to write but couldn't?
K&M: No. The editors never vetoed anything. We wrote what we felt like writing.
RAF: Why where you so cruel to tobias by taking rachel away from him?
K&M: Tobias was destined for a life of sadness, don't you think? But there was always nobility in his sadness. As for Rachel, she was the ultimate warrior: without a war to fight, what would she have done? And what better way for her to go than by fighting a desperate battle against impossible odds?
RAF: when you started writing the series did you know it would be a war story with the characters having to face moral dilemmas?
K&M: Yeah, we always thought it was kind of like this very old TV show called "Combat!" It was about this tight little platoon of soldiers in WW2.
RAF: If you somehow actually met your characters in real life, what advice would you give each of them?
K&M: Hmmm. We don't think we'd give them any advice. They all did much better than either of us would have. Maybe some romantic advice. To Jake: go ahead and kiss the girl.
RAF: How much input did you have with the ghostwriters? Did you give them something like a detailed plot summary and told them to fill in whatever needed to be, did you tell them a few main points and then leave the rest up to them, or did you just say something like "Go write a Marco book" and let them go to town? And also how did you choose the ghost writers? (assuming that you did) Were they personal friends or just another struggling writer looking for a job?
K&M: The ghosts worked for us. That was our deal from the start. Most often when a series goes to ghosts it's run by the publisher or a packager. But our ghosts were our "employees." That having been said, we loosened the grip in later books and gave more responsibility to an editor who was employed by us. Then we came back and wrote the last 2 books. We also wrote all Chronicles and Megamorphs. We sent detailed outlines, but also strongly encouraged ghosts to come up with ideas of their own.
RAF: What was your favorite book in the series and why?
K&M: Probably Book #4, the dolphin book. That's when we realized we had the rhythm of the series down, and started having fun. Also the one where Cassie dies until she comes back via butterfly morph. (Sorry, we never recall the book titles)
RAF: What was your inspiration for Remnants?
K&M: Remnants was a strange situation. Basically, Everworld was very hard to write. It was long. It was complex. 200 plus pages per month as opposed to 140 for Animorphs. It was too much. When Everworld wasn't really a hit we suggested to Scholastic that we switch to a new series, a shorter series. They agreed. Remnants was, in the start, about the sort of vague notion of using art as a milieu. That plus blowing up the world of course.
RAF: Did you ever thought of using the alien race of the Garatrons from book #37 The Weakness again before the series ended?
K&M: You want to bear in mind that we were writing at such a speed throughout this period that we often created things and then lost track of them.
RAF: Who is your favorite character that you've created?
K&M: Hmm, favorite character? Probably Tobias, just because he was unique. We loved the idea that he was trapped in morph, so lonely, so estranged from everything. Plus he could fly! But we like all the characters. Cassie is probably most like K and Marco is most like M.
RAF: Are you proud of the outcome of your stories or do you wish that is had gotten media attention like Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings.
K&M: Animorphs was this really great thing in our lives. We sold 30 million books, made a lot of money, had some fame, had a lot of fun. When we started we were broke and depressed and defeated. We'd be fools to complain about not being as popular as Harry or LOTR. We've been nothing but lucky, and we are nothing but grateful. Especially to all of you readers.
RAF: Who burned down Joe Bob Fenestre's house in #16?
K&M: You know, sometimes when we leave it a mystery for readers it's because it's a mystery to us, too. We love leaving people guessing. It leaves us guessing, too.
RAF: which book was your favorite and why?
K&M: Earlier I mentioned #4 and the butterfly book. So I'll add a third: Hork-Bajir Chronicles.
RAF: In book #4, The Message, Ax tells the Animorphs that, "The way the lake curves forward into the grass, framed by derrishoul trees," is called "enos ermarf" in the Andalite language. I couldn't help but notice that this was an anagram for "farmer nose." So I was wondering, was this kind of word play in alien names a one-time thing, or are there more puns and things of this type I should be looking out for?
Darth:
K&M: I don't think that was a deliberate anagram, but we have definitely done that. Neither of us can recall any but the well-known "Nothlit" thing. We used to live across from the Minneapolis Hilton and stared at the "Hilton" sign as we wrote. Nothlit is Hilton rearranged a bit.
Longer Answers
RAF: If you still remember, where exactly did you get the idea for the series? Was it just one of those "oh hey that would be pretty cool" ideas that you wrote on a napkin one day?
K&M: We remember that very, very well.
We'd been writing for a while, having very moderate success with YA romances like Boyfriends/Girlfriends. We weren't quite broke but we were pretty close to it. We were living at the time in an apartment complex called Plantation Gardens in Sarasota Florida. It was hot, of course, and we were walking, trying to get some exercize, doing it at night because it was hot.
We were both a bit bummed. We didn't want to keep writing YA romance. We wanted to get into a younger age group. We wanted to write something more fun. K wanted to write single titles. M argued for giving series one more try. We discussed what we'd write, in a perfect world -- assuming we were staying with series. K said she wanted to write something about animals, especially something that would really show animals as they are, realistically, something that would really let readers get into the animal's mindset.
We both thought: okay, kids that turn into animals, that would be neat. Then M said, In order for that to be a series we'd need a science fiction premise. The animal powers would have to be used for something dramatic.
It took just a couple of days for all the rest of it to come together. We created a "series bible," with character bios, plot, some rough outlines. M actually included hand-drawn pix of space craft and aliens. We sent the idea to Scholastic. The letter ended with, "This is a cool idea." In a shockingly quick two weeks they wrote back and said yes.
Kind of a major turning point in our lives, along with when we first met, when K said "let's write," and when K said, "Let's have kids."
RAF: What advice would you give to other aspiring writers out there?
K&M: Well, first of all, forget the usual advice about writing what you know, or even being an obsessive reader. The first requirement -- and it's tough news to have to deliver -- is to have some innate talent. We don't know if that's a function of DNA or environment, most likely a bit of both. But if you don't have some basic talent you won't make it.
That having been said, you don't need to be F. Scott Fitzgerald. You can start with a "B-" in talent and still have a very nice career, if you work very hard. If you are relentless. If you are willing to adapt. If you can get knocked down seven times and stand up eight.
But it's not a great life for most people. It's a solitary occupation. No one who is not a writer will ever understand your job, so unless you have the good luck to be married to a writer -- as we are, obviously -- you are all on your own.
You have no one else to impose discipline on you, to make you work. You have no health plan, no retirement plan, no unemployment insurance. No one will hold a benefit concert for you when you go broke, and the overwhelming majority of writers are broke. You almost never know where or when or if your next paycheck is coming.
There is zero glamor. Zero. Maybe twice in ten years someone has said, "Wait a minute, are you K. A. Applegate?" There is no rock star aspect to it. Writing is you, and a cup of coffee (and a cigar in M's case,) and a laptop, typing. Tap tap tap, three hours a day for most writers. It's a short work day, that'd be one of the plusses. You work for months or even years and when you're all done you have a book and the odds then are probably 99% that you will never sell it. That no one will ever read it.
You'll get dumped on by agents and editors. You will get rejected with curt, dismissive form letters. If you do manage to get published the odds are overwhelming that you won't make as much money as you would waiting tables or doing any decent job.
So, the first thing you need to ask yourself is: is that the life I want? If it is, fine, go for it. But there are a lot fewer people making a decent living writing books than there are making a living as surgeons or corporate lawyers or bankers. I guarantee you that the odds of you getting into Harvard Law School and graduating are better than your odds of supporting yourself by, say, writing kids books. Think about that, and how hard it is to get through Harvard Law.
So, you have to have talent, and you have to work hard, and you have to have some market savvy, and you have to get lucky. I know that as writers we're supposed to be encouraging, but since you asked we'll do you the favor of being honest and not give you the usual bs answer.
If you still want to be a writer, you'll find there are a dozen different approaches. But basically it all boils down to this: write. Write a story. Read it back. Listen to it. Rewrite it. Repeat until you think you've got it right. Make sure it has some plausibility in the market. Submit it and see if anyone buys it.
Not exactly encouraging advice. But honest.
Posted by Richard at Wednesday, February 03, 2010
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Golden State Warriors Fan Blog
A Small Step (Warriors 134, Pelicans 123)
Posted on October 28, 2019 by viggy
The Golden State Warriors got the proverbial monkey off their backs this season with a resounding 134-123 victory over the injury-ravaged New Orleans Pelicans that wasn’t as close as the final score indicated. Bereft of Zion Williamson, Derrick Favors, and Jrue Holiday due to various injuries, the Pelicans might be the only team in the league with a weaker top-to-bottom roster at present than the Dubs, as indicated by their 0-3 start. However, the Warriors began the night as 3.5 point underdogs, a natural market overreaction to the absolutely shambolic way they have started their season. The Warriors squad that suited up on Monday evening in the Big Easy was unrecognizable when compared to the squad that trailed by as many as 40 points the afternoon before in OKC. Behind a tour-de-force Draymond Green performance on both ends of the floor and some significantly improved offensive flow, the Warriors ran the Pelicans out of the gym, silencing armchair critics like yours truly for at least 24 hours, pending their matchup against the might-be-decent Phoenix Suns on Wednesday.
The instantaneous overreaction to the Warriors’ struggles in their first two games this season was that Draymond Green wouldn’t be able to have the same impact that he has had over the last 5 years on a crappier team – a somewhat preposterous notion since Draymond Green helped make the Warriors a dynastic force with his play and earned his way into the starting lineup by playing amazing basketball for crappier teams. Perhaps realizing that Draymond is the best healthy center available on the roster, and also realizing the Pelicans have basically zero competitive options at center themselves, Steve Kerr dusted off the old Nellieball approach and started the game super small, with Draymond at the 5, Stephen Curry and D’Angelo Russell in the backcourt, and Jordan Poole and Glenn Robinson III in the frontcourt. Draymond promptly responded with a vintage performance, racking up a triple double in 3 quarters of play and finishing with a remarkable 16 point, 17 rebound, 10 assist, +36 performance. As Kelenna Azubuike said numerous times on the broadcast, Draymond was everywhere. He swallowed up players wherever they ventured when he was on defense; he pushed the pace and set up easy baskets on offense; and he even managed to decisively bully his way to a number of nifty baskets in and around the hoop. His shot still hasn’t quite settled in, but it looks fluid and he’s taking open 3s with confidence, which is a good sign. Some coincidental numerology that I saw on my Twitter feed: Michigan State announced that Draymond’s #23 would be retired, and he punctuated that announcement with his 23rd regular season triple double as a member of the Dubs; in those triple doubles, the Warriors are an incredible 23-0.
Draymond’s performance was backed up by a solid game from Stephen Curry that featured a few new wrinkles. Steph’s statline won’t blow you away (26 points on 9-17 shooting, 3 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 steals, +32 on the night), but it was punctuated by timely buckets, steely confidence, and a palpable joy that was infectious. My favorite Steph moments were his logo triple at the end of the first half (taken near the edge of the right wing of the pelican at midcourt) and his bench reactions to two plays – Omari Spellman’s monstrous putback dunk (more on him later) and D’Angelo Russell’s nifty pass to Marquese Chriss for a layup late in the third quarter. As the elder (eldest?) statesman on this team, Steph’s attitude will set the tone for this season. While Draymond is the incorrigible, unsatisfiable parent, Steph is the cool uncle. Balancing the two personalities and messages is going to be critical during this season. The amazing thing about Steph is that there are still nits to pick, if we’re holding him to the standard of perfection that he evokes as a possibility. He’s still yet to have one of those “Human Torch” games from 3 – he was “just” 4-10 from behind the arc after much-publicized struggles against the Clippers and the Thunder. He also got himself into foul trouble – despite Steve Kerr winning a very close coach’s challenge to ward off his third foul in the first half, he picked it up for reals shortly thereafter and went to the bench again with 6:30 left in the third quarter with his fourth (he finished with five for the game). On the flip side, Steph looked so much freer on offense – partly because of the fact that the Pelicans are a horrible defensive team sans injured players, sure, but also because the Warriors’ offense looked so much better. The Dubs opened the game with a Curry/Draymond dribble-handoff that turned into 2 easy points (and became the Warriors’ first lead of the season, which they would not relinquish for the next 48 minutes). They continued to put the ball in Steph’s hands and let him make a play (although still not often enough for my liking) – just like against Montrezl Harrell of the Clippers, Steph got a big switched onto him and cooked him from the top of the 3 point circle. They also ran far more pick-and-roll, although that primarily went through D’Angelo Russell. Speaking of DAR, he started slowly but worked his way to a solid, if unspectacular, outing, tallying 24 points on 9-21 shooting to go with 7 rebounds and 8 assists. DAR’s three point stroke is still on summer vacation (he was 3-11 from distance), but the rest of his game is certainly coming around. His floaters around the rim are sublime, he can get off a midrange jumper any time he wants, and his defense was much improved from both an effort and results perspective. My favorite play of the night overall was a clever two-man game orchestrated between Steph and DAR. After keeping the ball inbounds with a ludicrous behind-the-back save, Steph used another behind-the-back pass to set up Russell in the corner; Russell then calmly pump-faked to send his defender careening into the stands before canning a triple. Plays like this are starting to become more common, and that is a great sign for this critical backcourt partnership. Right now, the offense is still the uncomplicated “you, then me” approach that often characterizes the honeymoon phase for two cerebral players that have yet to adjust to each other – but the signs of deeper understanding are present too.
Other than the three players above, a number of other Warriors impressed (excluding the end of the fourth quarter, which was definitionally tiempo de basura). Damion Lee had his highest scoring night in the NBA, totalling 23 points on 8-14 shooting from the field (4-6 from three) to go with 11 rebounds and 2 assists. As Adam pointed out on Twitter, shooting from the wing is going to be super important this season, and that is a skill that Lee absolutely has in his arsenal. Also contributing from behind the arc was Jordan Poole, who got the start and quickly knocked home a trio of triples to justify the starting nod. Poole is a fearless gunner in the truest sense of the word – I’ll bet he always believes his next shot will go in no matter how many he’s missed in a row, which is a mentality I can certainly respect. The Warriors haven’t had a role player like that in years. Finally, Omari Spellman, who is playing for not just a spot in the rotation but a longer-term, more lucrative contract if the Dubs choose to pick up his option, impressed with his energy and activity. Spellman tallied 8 points and 8 boards (4 offensive) and was all over the floor in his 17 minutes. About the only downside of this game was the loss of Jacob Evans III to an adductor strain in the first quarter. His absence further decimates an already paper-thin Warriors rotation.
It is unseemly to overreact to early-season losses, and thus it would be similarly unseemly to overreact to an early-season victory over a team that is 0-4. But you can only play the opponents in front of you, and a victory over the injury-riddled Pelicans sure beats a loss, particularly when there are things to build on. The Dubs didn’t play particularly well, but they still stomped all over the Pels, which for a night at least is a return to normalcy for us Warriors fans. The Suns on Wednesday should offer a much stronger test (they beat the Clippers over the weekend). We’ll see if the Dubs have what it takes.
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The Canadian Sport Institute is passionately committed to expanding the Canadian Sport School program to all regions of British Columbia. Please contact the Canadian Sport School Lead to discuss opening a CSS Campus near you!
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NY appeals court halts Indian cigarette tax plan
The latest in a tangled series of state and federal court decisions has halted New York state's plan to collect taxes on cigarettes sold by Native American retailers to non-Indian customers.
A state appellate court judge in western New York on Wednesday restored an order stopping the collections, Gov. David Paterson's office said. An earlier order had been lifted Monday by a state judge, a decision appealed by the Seneca and Cayuga nations.
Those tribes won a separate federal court order Tuesday temporarily barring collections against them. But the state had said it would start imposing the $4.35 per pack levy on other reservation retailers starting Wednesday.
"We are disappointed today that the appellate division has stayed the implementation of our statute and regulations with respect to licensed stamping agents," Paterson spokeswoman Jessica Bassett said. "Despite this ruling, we believe the state's legal arguments are sound and we believe that ultimately the state will prevail in this matter."
The Indians' challenges are in multiple courts because they're attacking the taxation on several levels. The Senecas' federal court suit, which the Cayugas joined, seeks to invalidate the state tax law by arguing New York lacks jurisiction to regulate Indian nations within their territories. The tribes' state court challenge, meanwhile, opposes the expedited way New York tax officials chose to adopt the regulations to implement the law, not the law itself.
Attempts to collect the tax in the 1990s resulted in sometimes-violent protests and fires on Seneca territories, which at one point shut down the New York State Thruway where it bisects the Senecas' Cattaraugus reservation. State officials have been reluctant to push the issue since.
But with New York facing a fiscal crisis, the governor and state lawmakers vowed in June to go after what they view as a potential $200 million revenue source by requiring cigarette wholesalers, effective Sept. 1, to prepay the sales taxes before supplying reservation stores.
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John & Bree
Hayse Happenings
ART- INSPIRATION AND THERAPY
Sunday 7 with Carole Archer
May 3, 2015 May 2, 2015 by Bree
Hi all! We thought we’d kick off the week with an interview with the lovely Carole Archer. We have 7 questions this Sunday that will hopefully give us a peak into what makes Carole tick and introduce us to her latest book, The Charles Smith Scholarship. Thanks for joining us and sharing Carole!
1) Tell us a little about yourself and your background?
I am forty-four years old and I live in the North-east of England with my husband, Louis, and our gorgeous Bearded Collie-cross dog, Boo. I work full-time as a typist for the local police force, but my dream is to be a full-time author. It’s an impossibility at the moment, I just never find enough time to write, but hopefully in the future I might make it a reality.
Louis and I have been married for over sixteen years. He discovered my spanking fetish early in our relationship, but although he had a go he really wasn’t into it. As a compromise, he arranged access to the internet for me and helped me to find spanking websites and chat rooms. He took me to spanking parties and gatherings, and allowed me to fulfil my fantasies by playing at such events. He also gave me his blessing to meet spankers on a one-to-one basis. I realize our marriage is slightly unconventional, but it works for us and we’re both truly happy.
For a while I met various spankers, not always with great success! I got myself into a few sticky situations and was ready to give up when, almost ten years ago, I met my current ‘Sir’, after chatting to him for a while online. He is now my spanker, my mentor, but most importantly my friend. In fact, The Charles Smith trilogy is dedicated to him. HIs initials, M.A.S., are highlighted through the titles of the three books – Method, Academy and Scholarship. We only meet approximately once a month, but talk online regularly. He’s a true friend and has helped me in so many areas of my life. The spanking’s great, but I know that one day he’ll be unable to travel to visit me anymore. He’s quite a bit older than me (hopefully saying that will earn me a trip across his lap!) and I know that eventually the spanking will end, but I truly believe I have a friend for life in him. He proof reads everything I write, and he gives my characters many great quotes. I wonder if he realizes that often, when I’m across his knee, I’m constantly taking mental notes of things that my characters can say and do!
2) How long have you been writing? What draws you to this genre?
Let me answer the second part of the question first, then I can lead into how long I have been writing.
I am drawn to this genre by childhood memories of spanking. I went to a mainstream, mixed primary school between 1975 and 1982, when spanking was legal and a fairly common practice in the UK. Spankings with hand, slipper and ruler were regular occurrences, and I remember a feeling of excitement and anticipation when one of my classmates was going to ‘get it’. I always watched when someone was chastised, unable to tear my eyes away, and my heart would race, though at that age there were no sexual feelings. When I was in the final year of primary school, aged 10/11, our teacher was the one feared by all in the school (even some of the teachers). He was a strict disciplinarian and ruled his classroom with an iron hand and a cane. Only the boys were caned, bending over his desk, but girls were spanked on the seat of their clothing, either bending over his desk, bending over in front of the class, or he would keep them back during break time for a private spanking.
I once received a break-time spanking, when I had played up for a supply teacher. I was stood in front of the blackboard when our regular teacher returned, the class were dismissed and I was told to stay where I was. Although I’m certain the spanking comprised of no more than a few painful and embarrassing swats to the seat of my skirt as I struggled across his lap, made more humiliating because the supply teacher was still present, in my mind I have exaggerated this greatly. I have vivid memories of him punishing students, and can picture his cane striking the squirming seat of an unfortunate male, or his hand slap down on a girl’s bottom. I recall oddly feeling ‘cheated’ when I stood beside his desk one day, in front of the class, and he swatted my backside twice. Though I would have been mortified if he had bent me across his desk, I was disappointed for some reason I could not understand.
I used to replay spankings in my head away from school – and sometimes I would daydream during classes. These were nothing sexual, though it was definitely a thrill for me. I also started to write them down in a diary, who had been spanked and how, and I would smile as I re-read them and recalled the incident.
I then moved on to comprehensive school, and in English Language classes I would sometimes base my characters in essays on my primary school teacher. My earliest recollection of writing something ‘kinky’ was at age 14/15 when we were told to write about absolutely anything, so I wrote about that teacher. I don’t recall the actual essay now, and I really wish I still had it, but I believe it was based around my OTK spanking from him. I don’t think I gave any lead-up as to why I was being spanked, just that this male took me across his lap, pulled my skirt up (which he did not do in reality) and spanked me soundly over my panties as the other male watched. He then caned me while I was still held across his lap (which again did not really happen). Needless to say my teacher did not ask me to read that essay out for the rest of the class; instead she kept me back after the lesson to ask if I was being abused at home. Of course I wasn’t, but she seemed unconvinced it was simply a recollection of a spanking at my previous school.
I was sent to the headmistress, a bad-tempered, evil, cane-wielding nun, to explain myself. Her way of dealing with this – and most other things, it seemed – was to slap me around the head and scream at me. I was told that I would burn in hell if I continued to write such vulgar filth, and then she sent me outside with an empty box – the standard punishment for a misbehaving student. You were not allowed to return until it was filled with rubbish, though most of us simply walked around the grassed areas, put a few pieces of rubbish in while she watched, then went to the waste bin and filled it up, hung around out of sight for a while, then returned to her. I recall I had my hands caned on that occasion, which was not a pleasant experience. Apparently that was supposed to deter me from writing such things. I have news for you, Sister – it didn’t work!!!
Needless to say, after this experience, I kept my writing hidden away. I recall at this time my bedroom carpet was purple tiled squares, perfect for secreting my short stories under. I would take them out and read them from time to time, but through fear of discovery I would tear them into tiny pieces and throw them away.
When I was a bit older, late teens, I would still write, but then I kept my snippets of stories in a folder. They were always based around that spanking from my teacher, though the setting changed. It now was sexual and I found this very difficult to understand. There was no internet then, and I couldn’t talk to family or friends about it, so I hid my dirty little secret away, while continuing to fantasise and write about it. I did have boyfriends who would spank me, but just to heighten lovemaking, certainly not to the extent I wanted. Although I shared a bit of my writing with one of them, I was generally too embarrassed about it.
When my husband introduced me to the internet, just before we were married, I found to my great relief I wasn’t abnormal, nor was my writing. I would post short stories on websites, and I received great feedback. It took many years before I was brave enough to get myself published, and for a couple of years I was content with writing a few short stories to go in spanking anthologies for a British publisher. I was thrilled when my stories were accepted, and I started to look at other ideas I’d had.
I then decided to write The Charles Smith Method properly. I had several scenes written, but it wasn’t a story at this point. I sent it to my British publisher in late 2011 and they started to work on it with me, editing the first two chapters and changing the title. They then told me it would be a couple of years before they could publish as they had a backlog of books, and maybe I might like to try somewhere else. I did a search for spanking publishers and the top of the list was Blushing Books. I told myself I would try them, if they refused that was it, I would give up. I sent my story and two days later I got an acceptance. Eventually I had The Charles Smith Method published in June 2012.
I can’t believe that in April 2015 my writing’s still going well and I’ve just had my thirteenth book published. I already had The Charles Smith Scholarship part written when I was asked if I would like to complete the trilogy. I always wanted to do this so I could dedicate it to my ‘Sir’, but I felt too much time had lapsed since those two books. I was thrilled to be given the opportunity to do this by Blushing Books.
3) Where do you gather most of the inspiration for your works?
A lot of my inspiration these days comes from TV, or people I see. I might see characteristics in someone that I think I could use, or I see a place or setting on the TV and think I’d like to base something around that, so I research the topic to see if it’s do-able.
I’ve always had a real fascination with the Titanic, and after watching one of the numerous films about it, and seeing all the ladies and gentlemen in the fine clothes, I came up with the idea for The Delinquent Bride. Shelley came from a privileged home, and I could picture her boarding the Titanic after fleeing her pre-arranged marriage, later starting a new life in America.
4) Who is your favorite character from your book and why?
My favourite character from The Charles Smith Scholarship is Hazel, and she has been throughout the three books. She has been Charles’ housekeeper for many years, but she did not have a good life prior to meeting him. He was a father figure to her, and she absolutely adored him, though I think he might have secretly hoped a romance would develop between them. She is openly bisexual, and likes to indulge in sex with more than one person at a time. She has so much love to give (both sexually and emotionally), and I find her such a warm and likeable character. She seems so confident, but there’s occasional flashes of neediness and vulnerability that, for me, add to her charm. I have sketched out plans for a stand-alone book for Hazel – Hazel’s Honeymoon – which would include hints of medical play (quickly becoming one of my favourite genres since I wrote Melissa’s Medical Examination), and age play (another thing I briefly dabbled with, and enjoyed, in Naughty Immy’s Punishment). I really hope I get the opportunity to write this as I would love to devote a whole book to Hazel, with not quite so many supporting characters, and without the main schooling background of ‘The Charles Smith Academy’.
I also loved the little girl in The Delinquent Bride, Jessica. She was so adorable and I felt she added the ‘cute factor’ to scenes where she was involved. She also added a touch of fun to a not so nice topic (the sinking of the Titanic). After they had been rescued, she quickly bounced back and the others around her found it impossible to sit around feeling sorry for themselves when she wanted to play.
5) How about your least favorite character That you’ve written ? What makes them less appealing to you?
Some of my female characters now seem a bit whiny and bratty, but definitely my least favourite has to be the vile Percy in The Lady and the Sheriff. I tried to make him – and his mother – as obnoxious as I possibly could, and I took great delight in meting out justice to him later on. Although he was my least favourite character, the parts of that book I most liked writing were when he was involved, as I enjoyed writing something not quite so nice. He was a truly nasty person, only out for himself and what he could get. He didn’t care about anyone or anything, and his mother was equally as bad – showing where he got the bad traits from.
6) Can you share a favorite quote or picture that inspired you for your latest book and why it inspired you?
Not so much a quote, but I’ve read many things about the ‘short sharp shock’ relating to borstals at that time, and also ‘learning the hard way’. The Charles Smith Academy isn’t a borstal, it is nowhere near as harsh as those institutions, but it did give students one final chance before finding them in such places – or possibly even prison. Stories come out regularly these days about how students were mistreated in borstals, being beaten and abused by those who were supposed to be reforming them. The Charles Smith Academy is a kinder alternative, though I don’t imagine the spanked students would share that view. However, given an insight into borstal, I’m sure they would opt for the Academy’s firm but fair discipline regime.
7) Tell us about your latest release. What can we expect from you in the future?
The Charles Smith Scholarship picks up five years after The Charles Smith Academy. Whereas The Charles Smith Academy concludes The Charles Smith Method, tying up some loose ends in the first novel, The Charles Smith Scholarship can be read as a stand-alone book. The characters do follow on from the previous books, but there is enough background given to simply read this book only. However, if readers enjoy my writing and can afford all three, I would be tremendously grateful if they purchased them all!
The Academy has built up over the years, taking in eighteen to nineteen year olds who have committed crimes and been given one final chance – the alternative is a custodial sentence. The youngsters are schooled at the Academy, with the aim of getting them into gainful employment/accommodation/further education at the end of it.
The Charles Smith Scholarship is based in the late 1970s, when corporal punishment was still legal in the UK, and Judge Walker delivers the new batch of students to the Academy. Jamie, Belinda, Aaron, Roberta, Abigail and Eve are partnered up with Jenny, Hazel, Mrs Hutchinson, Harry, Mr Hutchinson and Mr Bainbridge. The six students are competing with each other for a chance to win a scholarship to Florida the following year. It is the first time the Academy has taken in male pupils, and Mr Bainbridge has his doubts. Jenny and Hazel, although part of the teaching staff, still act like students themselves at times and also find themselves receiving discipline from gardener Harry and headmaster Mr Hutchinson (the headmaster is based entirely on my primary school teacher). There are problems along the way, dealt with effectively by the committed teaching staff, and highly sexed Hazel adds a bit of spice to the book.
This book does conclude The Charles Smith trilogy, but as I’ve already mentioned, I believe there’s scope for a book about Hazel and I hope to write it some time in the future. At present I’m working on a sequel to Melissa’s Punishment Education. I have tentatively titled this Melissa and the Medic, but this is a temporary title until I can come up with something more suitable. I introduced a character, Jason, to help Dr Williams and his wife, Barbara, punish Melissa. I left it open for him to become a part of Melissa’s life, and I decided it was time to write that sequel, especially as I enjoyed my first go at a medical play story. I haven’t quite written four chapters yet, but I hope to get going with it again soon.
This is a small snippet from early in the book, when the students are individually introduced to their mentors. Eve meets Mr Bainbridge and finds things are not going to be as easy as she imagined:-
Meanwhile, down in the basement, Mr. Bainbridge perched on the edge of his desk. He waited patiently as Eve walked around the six small desks, toyed with the ink well on one, flipped up the lid and looked inside. Picking out a fountain pen, she held it up. “These are a bit old-fashioned,” she stated, screwing up her nose.
“Mr. Hutchinson prefers that students don’t use disposable biros,” Mr. Bainbridge explained. “I must admit I have a preference for a fountain pen too. Writing looks so much neater.”
Eve then moved to a large bookcase and leafed through several textbooks, before returning to sit down in front of her tutor.
“I teach English and maths,” Mr. Bainbridge said, by way of introduction. “Tell me a little bit about yourself.”
Eve crossed her arms over her chest and fixed her gaze on him. “My parents expect me to get a job,” she said, frowning. “Daddy’s loaded, but he was very mean and stopped my allowance. He refused to buy me any make-up, which I desperately needed,” she added, pouting and tipping her head back, removing her glasses and fluttering her thick black lashes. “So I had to go to the shops and get some.”
“You stole it?” Mr. Bainbridge asked, crossing his legs at the ankles and gazing at her. Eve nodded, showing no shame. “He gave me no choice, did he?” she reasoned.
Sighing, Mr. Bainbridge shook his head. “Stealing is wrong. Surely you know that.”
Rolling her eyes, Eve shrugged her shoulders. “I can’t believe they’ve sent me here. It won’t be long before Daddy comes to take me home. He’s just trying to frighten me.”
“I’m afraid you’re wrong,” Mr. Bainbridge replied. “If you don’t remain here, you’ll go to court to face shoplifting charges, and may well go to jail. This is your only other option. Your father will not be taking you home.”
“No,” Eve whined, shaking her head. Her eyes wide and cheeks pale, she raised her hands and covered her face, her confident attitude quashed with only a few words.
“Eve,” Mr. Bainbridge said, getting down from his desk and touching a hand to her arm. “I understand you like English literature. I’m a huge fan, too.”
Eve lowered her hands and nodded. “I love poetry,” she admitted.
“That’s great, I believe strongly in the carrot and stick approach,” he said with a smile, walking around his desk and taking his paddle from the drawer. Eve frowned in confusion.
“This is the stick,” he said, holding the paddle in front of her. “The carrot can be any reward you wish, perhaps tickets to a poetry recital?”
Eve nodded with enthusiasm, her smile reappearing. “Okay, this is how it’ll work,” he told her. “You do well in your studies between now and Christmas, I’ll take you to a poetry recital. If you don’t knuckle down, I’ll bend you across my desk and smack your bottom,” he warned, holding the paddle out.
“Daddy spanked me once,” she said with a sigh. “It didn’t hurt. He tried to blackmail me too, but I always get what I want, one way or another.”
Mr. Bainbridge shook his head and gripped Eve’s wrist. Pulling her to her feet, he turned her to face his desk. “Let me tell you, young lady, I am not blackmailing you. I am offering you an incentive to do well. If you don’t behave, all you will get is a sore bottom,” he said, pushing her over the table.
“Your father didn’t spank you properly if it didn’t hurt,” he added, cracking his paddle against her behind. Eve screeched and tried to get up, as the paddle landed once more. Mr. Bainbridge pressed firmly against her back, flipped up her skirt and landed another two firm smacks over her panties. Eve howled in pain.
“I won’t take your panties down today,” he said, resting the paddle against her squirming backside, “but any future spankings will be on your bare bottom,” he warned, smacking the paddle twice against her unprotected thighs.
Mr. Bainbridge stepped back and watched Eve jump to her feet, her hands rubbing her stinging flesh, tears rolling down her cheeks as she whimpered.
“So, young lady, I guess that did hurt?”
Eve nodded miserably, stamping her feet as she tried to rub the burn away.
“Come on, let’s go to your room,” he said, taking the distressed young woman’s elbow, guiding her from the classroom and up the stairs. She lowered her gaze when Judge Walker wandered into the hallway, and was relieved when he said nothing, stepping aside to allow Mr. Bainbridge to lead her up the main staircase.
“Sir, I would really love to go to a poetry recital with you,” Eve said with a sniffle, stopping as they reached the top of the stairs. She gazed into his eyes and was pleased to see a smile form on his lips.
“Well, as long as you behave yourself,” he promised.
The door was open when they reached her room and he ushered her inside. Belinda lay on the top bunk, facing them.
“You might like to think about the behaviour that led to your spanking,” he suggested. Eve’s cheeks reddened and she turned away from Belinda. “Yes, sir,” she whispered, crawling onto the lower bunk and cupping her tender buttocks. “I’m sorry,” she added, blinking back tears.
Mr. Bainbridge patted her shoulder and smiled. “Be a good girl and it won’t be necessary again,” he said, closing the door on his way out.
“Oh, my God,” Belinda shrieked, clambering down from her bunk. “Did Mr. Bainbridge really spank you?”
Eve nodded, pouting. “Yes, and if you’ve got any sense, you won’t make him angry.”
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I agree with Alyssa, new books for reading list. Sound so good. Off to check them out on Amazon now!
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Thanks Bree. I really appreciate this. Carole xx
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Home Tin tức sự kiện Act now or swim later Greta Thunberg
[Climate Strike] Act now or swim later Greta Thunberg
Trudeau announces promise to plant two billion trees if his government is re-elected
Kathleen Harris · CBC News · Posted: Sep 27, 2019 11:12 AM ET | Last Updated: an hour ago
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau speaks to Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg in Montreal on Friday, September 27, 2019. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press)
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg told Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau this morning he’s not doing enough to protect the environment from the threat of runaway climate change.
Trudeau met the teenage activist ahead of this morning’s mass climate rally in Montreal in his capacity as prime minister. The pair spoke in private for about 15 minutes, shortly before Trudeau joined the rally marching through the city’s downtown.
After the meeting, Thunberg was asked if she had a message for Trudeau. She said that Trudeau is not doing enough — but added that she says the same thing to every political leader she meets.
“My message to all the politicians around the world is the same: just listen and act on the current, best available united science,” she said.
“I try not to focus on the individuals and rather focus on the whole picture because … of course it’s easier to just blame someone and of course he has a lot of responsibility … and he, of course, is not doing enough.
“But we need to, because this is such a huge problem. This is a system that is wrong. So my message to all the politicians is the same — to just listen to the science and act on the science.”
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau met with Swedish teen climate change activist Greta Thunberg this morning ahead of a mass rally in Montreal calling for urgent action to fight climate change. He met with her in his capacity as prime minister and the pair spoke in private for about 15 minutes. 0:54
In a news conference announcing a proposal to plant trees to combat climate change, Trudeau called Thunberg a “remarkable” young person who is driving the conversation forward.
“She is the voice of a generation of young people who are calling on their leaders to do more and to do better, and I’m listening,” he said.
‘This is shameful’
Trudeau was asked about a June 19 tweet from Thunberg in which she questioned Canada’s decision to declare a climate emergency one day and say yes to expanding the Trans Mountain pipeline the next.
“This is shameful. But of course this is not only in Canada, we can unfortunately see the same pattern everywhere,” she said.
Trudeau defended his government’s actions.
“We have a national climate plan that will reduce our emissions and hit our 2030 targets in a way that also includes getting a better price for our oil resources that allows us to put the profits directly into the fight against climate change,” he said.
Trudeau had a large security detail surrounding him and his family as they joined the crowds on the streets of Montreal for the climate rally. Some in the crowd chanted slogans attacking Trudeau’s embrace of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
At one point, RCMP tackled a protester to the ground.
Protester tackled by RCMP during climate march
RCMP security detail officers tackled a protester who approached Justin Trudeau as the Liberal leader and his family marched in the Montreal climate rally. 0:36
As millions of young people around the world took to the streets today to call for urgent action on climate change, the Liberal leader promised to plant two billion trees if his government is re-elected.
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Trudeau said the initiative would use the power of nature to fight climate change, help cities expand and diversify urban forests, better protect trees from infestation and help rebuild forests after wildfires.
The program would support an estimated 3,500 seasonal jobs in tree planting, according to the Liberal Party.
$3 billion climate fund promised
The tree planting initiative would be part of a broader $3 billion, 10-year fund to support efforts across the country to better manage, conserve, and restore forests, grasslands, agricultural lands, wetlands and coastal areas that help store and take carbon pollution out of the air.
According to Liberal Party background documents, the initiative would be an annual investment of $300 million, starting in 2020-21, with costs offset by revenues from the Trans Mountain pipeline.
Further details related to costing will be released over the course of the campaign, the party claims.
Elizabeth May pauses for a picture during the Climate Strike event in Montreal on Sept. 27, 2019. (Ivanoh Demers/Radio-Canada) (Ivanoh Demers)
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May also attended the Montreal rally, while NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is taking part in a climate rally in Victoria later today.
Trudeau took the opportunity to attack Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer for skipping the rally. Scheer was travelling to B.C. this morning for several campaign events.
“Andrew Scheer is choosing to hide today instead of participating in climate marches,” he said. “But it’s no surprise he’s not showing up for the climate march because he’s not showing up for the fight against climate change.”
Singh, meanwhile, criticized Trudeau for saying he’s taking on climate change while promoting the oil sector.
Pipeline politics
“Mr. Trudeau promised really clearly in 2015 that he would not build the Trans Mountain, that he would oppose it. And then once he got into office, not only did he break that promise, he bought the pipeline then approved its expansion the day after he declared a climate emergency,” he said.
“That is something that should have everyone pause, and that’s why Canadians are saying we can’t trust and we don’t believe Mr. Trudeau.”
In an interview with CBC Montreal’s Daybreak Friday, May said voters need to elect a party that is up to the challenge and ready with a concrete plan to reduce emissions and create jobs in the growing green economy.
“We want to ensure that in this election, which I think is really a referendum on climate change, voters recognize that, if you really want to see a green policy, you’ve got to vote for a party that is really going to hold the line and ensure that we don’t go above 1.5 degrees Celsius,” she said.
Demonstrators take part in a climate protest in Montreal on Friday Sept. 27, 2019. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)
Joining Thunberg at the rally earlier today was Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde, who praised her for her leadership.
“You don’t have to be elected to be a leader. You are leading,” he said.
While Thunberg has been praised for her efforts by many world leaders, she’s also come in for some pointed criticism from politicians on the right, including U.S. President Donald Trump and People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier.
Bernier has described Thunberg on Twitter as “clearly mentally unstable” and suggested her climate activism is spreading irrational fears about the environment.
Trump tried to throw shade on Thunberg following her impassioned speech to the United Nations earlier this week, describing the activist as a “happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future.” In response, Thunberg trolled Trump by sarcastically adding Trump’s description of her to her Twitter profile.
‘People want to silence us’
Today, Thunberg suggested these politicians are attacking her out of fear.
“I don’t understand why grownups would choose to mock children and teenagers for just communicating and acting on the science when they could do something good instead,” she said.
“I guess they must feel like their world view or their interests, or whatever it is, is threatened by us. And we should take as a compliment that we are having so much impact that people want to silence us.”
During their earlier meeting, Trudeau asked Thunberg what her friends back home thought about the march. She told the Liberal leader there will be about 60,000 people marching in Stockholm today.
“A few more than that today,” Trudeau responded.
Thunberg said she was pleased with the size of the crowd in Montreal.
Addressing the crowd today, Thunberg said she did not have a prepared speech but she was thrilled to be among people gathered for “a common cause.”
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Symposium - International Astronomical Union (1)
Warps in Galactic Disks
Gyula I.G. Józsa, Franz Kenn, Ulrich Klein, Thomas A. Oosterloo
Journal: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union / Volume 3 / Issue S244 / June 2007
We have embarked on a detailed study of the kinematical and morphological structure of HI disks of warped galaxies, which are parametrised by means of kinematic modelling of spectroscopic observations. We present current results and compare them to predictions of theories for warp formation and -maintenance.
A very brief description of LOFAR – the Low Frequency Array
Heino D. Falcke, Michiel P. van Haarlem, A. Ger de Bruyn, Robert Braun, Huub J.A. Röttgering, Benjamin Stappers, Wilfried H.W.M. Boland, Harvey R. Butcher, Eugène J. de Geus, Leon V. Koopmans, Robert P. Fender, H. Jan M.E. Kuijpers, George K. Miley, Richard T. Schilizzi, Corina Vogt, Ralph A.M.J. Wijers, Michael W. Wise, Willem N. Brouw, Johan P. Hamaker, Jan E. Noordam, Thomas Oosterloo, Lars Bähren, Michiel A. Brentjens, Stefan J. Wijnholds, Jaap D. Bregman, Wim A. van Cappellen, André W. Gunst, G.W. (Dion) Kant, Jan Reitsma, Kjeld van der Schaaf, Cornelis M. de Vos
Journal: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union / Volume 2 / Issue 14 / August 2006
LOFAR (Low Frequency Array) is an innovative radio telescope optimized for the frequency range 30–240 MHz. The telescope is realized as a phased aperture array without any moving parts. Digital beam forming allows the telescope to point to any part of the sky within a second. Transient buffering makes retrospective imaging of explosive short-term events possible. The scientific focus of LOFAR will initially be on four key science projects (KSPs): (i) Detection of the formation of the very first stars and galaxies in the universe during the so-called epoch of reionization by measuring the power spectrum of the neutral hydrogen 21-cm line (Shaver et al. 1999) on the ∼ 5′ scale; (ii) Low-frequency surveys of the sky with of order 108 expected new sources; (iii) All-sky monitoring and detection of transient radio sources such as γ-ray bursts, X-ray binaries, and exo-planets (Farrell et al. 2004); and (iv) Radio detection of ultra-high energy cosmic rays and neutrinos (Falcke & Gorham 2003) allowing for the first time access to particles beyond 1021 eV (Scholten et al. 2006). Apart from the KSPs open access for smaller projects is also planned. Here we give a brief description of the telescope.
The dark halo in the elliptical galaxy NGC 3108
Gyula I. G. Józsa, Thomas A. Oosterloo, Raffaella Morganti, Daniela Vergani
Journal: Symposium - International Astronomical Union / Volume 220 / 2004
We investigate the properties of the dark halo of the dust-lane elliptical galaxy NGC 3108. This galaxy contains a large massive gaseous disk, which shows rapid and regular rotation. That makes NGC 3108 a target for measurements usually feasible only for spriral galaxies. Combining spectroscopic measurements of the disk in the optical- and the radio regime, we provide a reliable rotation curve of the galaxy out to 3 R eff and show that the rotation curve does not decline up to a radius of 5.5 R eff corresponding to 28 kpc.
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THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE COAL INDUSTRY
World Coal Association
Setting the Benchmark: The World’s Most Efficient Coal-Fired Power Plants
By Dawn Santoianni
Managing Director, Tau Technical Communications LLC
International efforts to mitigate climate impacts have intensely scrutinized carbon emissions from the electricity sector. Coal, in particular, has been targeted as a source of emissions that could be reduced. The International Energy Agency recognizes that “coal is an important source of energy for world…we must find ways to use coal more efficiently and to reduce its environmental footprint.”1 With global coal demand projected to increase 15% through 2040, reducing carbon emissions from coal-fired electricity has become a policy focus in many countries as part of an overall strategy to reduce emissions.2 Although roughly half of new coal-fired power plants constructed during 2011 used high-efficiency low-emissions (HELE) technologies, approximately 75% of operating coal-fired units worldwide are based on less efficient, non-HELE technology.1
Globally, the average efficiency of coal-fired generation is 33% HHV (higher heating value) basis or 35% LHV (lower heating value) basis.3,A In a survey of countries worldwide, the average three-year (2009–2011) efficiency of coal-fired electric generating fleets ranged from a low of 26% in India to a high of 41% in France, normalized to LHV.B Those countries that were among the first to widely deploy HELE technology now have the most efficient coal-fired fleets.
Achieving higher steam temperatures and pressures (see Figure 1), HELE generating units employ advanced steam path design with multiple steam turbine pressure modules to extract the maximum amount of power from the steam produced. As the steam passes through each turbine module, the pressure decreases. These modules are referred to as the high-pressure (HP), intermediate-pressure (IP), and low-pressure (LP) turbine sections. Some turbine designs feature multiple IP or LP modules, while others may have a combined HP/IP cylinder. Steam exiting the HP section is returned to heaters that increase the steam temperature (reheat) to about the primary steam temperature before undergoing further expansion through the IP section. In double-reheat turbines, the steam exiting the IP module is again reheated before passing through the LP turbine module. Reheating is used to keep the steam humidity low, preventing the formation of water droplets that could damage turbine blades. Turbine blades are designed for each module to limit turbulence and efficiently convert steam kinetic energy into torque.
FIGURE 1. The steam cycle is at the heart of coal-fired power plant efficiency.
The upfront cost of ultra-supercritical (USC) HELE technology is 20–30% more expensive than a subcritical unit, but the greater efficiency reduces emissions and fuel costs. Therefore, USC units are being constructed where new coal-fired capacity is integral to maintaining security of energy supply while reducing emissions and also where older, less efficient fossil units are being retired. Although there are numerous examples of highly efficient coal-fired power plants around the world, four generating stations are highlighted in this article because they are particularly notable based on economic, technical, and policy perspectives.
CLAIMING THE WORLD RECORD: NORDJYLLAND POWER STATION UNIT 3, DENMARK
Nordjylland Power Station (Nordjyllandsværket) is touted by its owner Vattenfall as holding the world record for most efficient coal utilization since Unit 3 was commissioned in 1998.4 Nordjyllandsværket is a combined heat and power (CHP) plant located in northern Jutland, Denmark. The decision to build Nordjylland Unit 3 was made in 1992, at a time when European energy markets were being liberalized to create an EU-wide integrated energy market. This market restructuring and competition demanded increased efficiency, improved environmental performance, and cost-effectiveness of heat and power supply. These priorities were used to determine the plant design criteria. In addition to electricity supplied to the Nordic Power Exchange, Unit 3 provides district heating to the city of Aalborg using low-pressure steam extraction.
Nordjyllandsværket Power Station boasts the world’s most efficient coal use.
The 400-MWe USC Unit 3 employs a 70-m-high once-through steam generator and double-reheat steam cycle. To accommodate steam pressures of 29 MPa (4200 psi) and primary and two reheat temperatures of 582°C/580°C/580°C, high-performance superalloys were used for boiler and turbine components. An impulse turbine (in which fast-moving fluid is fired through a narrow nozzle) expands the steam from 29 MPa to 0.7 MPa. The HP and IP steam paths are combined in a common HP/IP module. Steam is passed back to the boiler for reheating before it continues through the IP and LP turbine modules. With the double-reheat cycle and cold seawater for cooling, Unit 3 boasts a net electrical efficiency of 47% (LHV basis). The asymmetric double-flow IP steam path (steam is received in the center of the cylinder and discharges at the ends) is configured to suit district heating requirements. Extracted steam is passed through two heat exchangers where water from the Aalborg city grid is heated to 80–90°C. This dual use allows Unit 3 to utilize up to 91% of the energy content in the bituminous coals it burns.
BRIDGING THE ENERGY GAP: TRIANEL KOHLEKRAFTWERK LÜNEN, GERMANY
In a country where the transition to renewable energy is being spurred by government investment, building a new coal-fired power plant might seem incongruous. However, the shutdown of Germany’s nuclear plants is presenting challenges to maintaining a reliable and dispatchable power supply. Many of Germany’s existing fossil-fueled power plants are over 25 years old—replacing aging plants with more efficient generation also supports the country’s decarbonization efforts. Construction of the €1.4 billion Lünen plant in North-Rhine Westphalia began in 2008; the plant has been delivering power to the electric grid since December 2013. Lünen is owned by Trianel Kohlekraftwerk Lünen GmbH & Co. KG, a consortium of 31 municipal utilities and energy providers. The plant was built to allow the municipal utilities to be independent and ensure a safe and affordable energy supply for 1.6 million households.5
Trianel Kohlekraftwerk Lünen power plant (photo courtesy of Trianel)
The 750-MW Lünen plant has a USC tower-type once-through boiler that burns low-sulfur hard coal delivered via canal. Main steam is produced at 28 MPa (4060 psi) and 600°C. The Siemens SST5-6000 steam turbine has one HP, one IP, and two LP cylinders. The plant uses Siemens’ advanced 3DV technology (three-dimensional design with variable reaction levels) for the HP and IP blades, which optimizes stage reaction and loading to achieve the highest efficiencies. Using USC technology, the Lünen plant has saved over one million tons of CO2 per year compared to the average German coal-fired power plant.6 In addition to supplying electricity, steam is extracted to heat water for district heating purposes. The plant has an electrical efficiency of nearly 46% (LHV basis) while meeting stringent German environmental requirements, making it the cleanest hard coal-fired power plant in Europe.
While Lünen is one of the most efficient coal-fired power plants in Europe, what makes it particularly notable is the ability of Unit 3 to ramp quickly, making it ideally suited to balance intermittent wind and solar loads.7 To remove the ramping constraint posed by heat transfer into thick-walled HP turbine components, an internal bypass cooling system allows a small amount of cooling steam to pass through radial bores between the HP casings. This system protects the casing surfaces so the wall thickness could be less than without the cooling steam. This design also effectively allows more rapid heat-up (and thus startup) of the turbine.
FIRST USC IN THE U.S.: JOHN W. TURK JR. POWER PLANT
The 600-MW John W. Turk Jr. power plant in Arkansas holds many distinctions. Completed in December 2012, it was the first USC plant built in the U.S. It also reigns as the country’s most efficient coal-fired power plant with an electrical efficiency of 40% HHV basis (~42% LHV basis).8 After the project was announced in 2006, American Electric Power’s (AEP) Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) spent several years trying to secure the necessary permits while fighting legal battles launched as part of national anti-coal campaigns. Under the legal settlement, SWEPCO agreed to retire an older 582-MW coal-fired unit in Texas, secure 400 MW of renewable power, and set aside US$10 million for land conservation and energy efficiency projects. At a final cost of US$1.8 billion to build the plant, the Turk plant also became the most expensive project ever built in Arkansas.
The Turk plant burns low-sulfur subbituminous coal in a spiral-wound universal pressure-type boiler, producing steam at 26.2 MPa (3789 psi) and 600°C. The plant has an Alstom STF60 single-reheat four-casing turbine with a single-flow HP section, double-flow IP section, and two double-flow LP sections.9 Using separate cylinders for the HP and IP turbines allowed the number of stages to be increased by about 25% compared to a subcritical steam turbine. The Turk steam turbine was manufactured such that different superalloys were selected for each section of the rotor to match the exact steam conditions with a specific stage on the rotor, allowing faster startups. The Turk plant is equipped with state-of-the-art emissions control technologies, including a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system, flue gas desulfurization (FGD), fabric filter baghouse, and activated carbon injection.
With inexpensive natural gas and proposed carbon standards for new power plants that would require carbon capture for coal-fired units, permitting another HELE plant in the U.S. could be extremely difficult for economic reasons.10 Thus, despite its efficiency and excellent environmental performance, the Turk plant may be the last HELE plant built in the U.S. for the foreseeable future.
Turbine blading design plays a role in achieving high-efficiency operation.
SETTING THE STANDARD FOR CLEAN COAL: ISOGO NEW UNITS 1 & 2, JAPAN
The Isogo Thermal Power Station is located only six kilometers from Yokohama, the second largest city in Japan. The power station originally consisted of two 1960s-vintage 265-MW subcritical units. During the late 1990s, Yokohama’s environmental improvement plans aimed to enhance the stability of electric power supply while retiring older facilities. Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. (J-POWER), which owns and operates Isogo, entered into a pollution prevention agreement with the city. The new USC Unit 1 (600 MW) was built while the original facility remained in operation, becoming operational itself in 2002. The two older units were then shut down and demolished. The new USC Unit 2 (also 600 MW) was constructed on the site of the old plant and started commercial operation in 2009. Isogo Unit 2 operates at 25 MPa (3626 psi) and 600°C/620°C reheat achieving 45% efficiency, while Unit 1 operates at a slightly lower 600°C/610°C. Completion of both units more than doubled the power generated at the small peninsula site while lowering emissions levels to that of a natural gas-fired combined-cycle plant.
Combined, the two larger new units emit 50% less SOx, 80% less NOx, 70% less particulate, and 17% less CO2 than the older subcritical units that were replaced.11 The reduction in criteria emissions has been accomplished using a multipollutant regenerative activated coke dry-type control technology (ReACTTM) that captures SOx, mercury, and NOx while only using 1% of the water required by conventional wet FGD systems.12 ReACTTM technology consists of a moving bed adsorber with activated coke pellets downstream of the electrostatic precipitator. Mercury, SOx, and NOx are adsorbed onto the carbon pellets with ammonia injected to promote the nitrogen and sulfur reactions. In addition, the ReACTTM system offers a secondary method of particulate control as the flue gas impinges on the coke pellets. Activated coke from the adsorber is regenerated to reduce NOx to N2 and drive off SOx. In the process, the concentrated sulfur-rich gas stream created is used to produce sulfuric acid as a byproduct for commercial sale. Isogo’s Unit 2 has permit levels of 10 ppm and 13 ppm for SO2 and NOx, respectively, and usually achieves single-digit ppm concentration emissions. The system provides such exceptional pollution control that Isogo is ranked the cleanest coal-fired power plant in the world in terms of emissions intensity.
THE FUTURE OF HELE TECHNOLOGY
With USC well established, R&D is underway to increase steam temperatures to 700°C and beyond, which could achieve coal-fired efficiencies as high as 50%. Known as advanced ultra-supercritical technology (AUSC), such high pressures and temperatures will require more advanced (nickel or nickel-iron) superalloys that are expensive and currently present fabrication and welding challenges. In early 2014, Alstom and Southern Company (U.S.) announced a milestone in the development of AUSC, with steam loop temperatures maintained at 760°C for 17,000 hours during a trial at Plant Barry Unit 4 in Alabama. The loop contained an array of different superalloys and surface coatings that enabled it to withstand the exceedingly high temperatures within the boiler.13 Further advances in HELE technology, material science, and emissions control will enable coal-fired power to retain a primary role in future power systems.
A. Although HHV is the efficiency convention most widely used in the U.S. for coal-based systems, in parts of Europe and elsewhere LHV is commonly used to report efficiencies.
B. Efficiencies normalized based on lower heating value (LHV), which refers to the quantity of heat liberated by the complete combustion of a unit of fuel when the water produced is assumed to remain as vapor and the heat not recovered.
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High-efficiency, low-emissions coal-fired power generation, www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/TechnologyRoadmapHighEfficiencyLowEmissionsCoalFiredPowerGeneration_WEB_Updated_March2013.pdf
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Ecofys. (2014). International comparison of fossil power effi-ciency and CO2 intensity—Update 2014. Ecofys by order of Mitsubishi Research Institute, www.ecofys.com/files/files/ecofys-2014-international-comparison-fossil-power-efficiency.pdf
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Siemens. (2013). Siemens commissions record-high-effi-ciency 750MW steam power plant Lünen in Germany, www.siemens.com/press/en/pressrelease/?press=/en/pressrelease/2013/energy/power-generation/ep201312013.htm&content[]=EP&content[]=PG
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (2013). 2013 Proposed Carbon Pollution Standards for New Power Plants, www2.epa.gov/carbon-pollution-standards/2013-proposed-carbon-pollution-standard-new-power-plants
Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. (2009). Replacement activities completed at Isogo Thermal. J-POWER Annual Report 2009, www.jpower.co.jp/english/ir/pdf/2009-06.pdf
Peters, H.J. (2010). ReACTTM: Regenerative activated coke technology with no water consumption. RMEL Spring Conference, Sante Fe, NM, Harmon.
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What & Who discovers terrorist plots?
Thread: What & Who discovers terrorist plots?
The foster mother who didn't know
Last week an Iraqi teenage asylum seeker Ahmed Hassan, who had been in foster care for two years, was convicted for a bomb attack on the London Underground, the bomb was faulty and only partly worked, injuring fifty-one. The foster parents knew nothing about his intentions, nor that for a year he had been subject of a counter-radicalisation action. Hassan awaits sentencing.
The carers were interviewed by ITV and this link is a detailed account. It ends with:
We've asked ourselves time and time again 'what did we miss?
Link:http://www.itv.com/news/2018-03-19/s...suspected-him/
The BBC News report is shorter:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43463856
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What & Who in Belgium
A fascinating blog article from Belgium by:
a journalist working for the Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws
The explanation:
Families of terror suspects often suffer from all kind of prejudice. It is thought that they are covering for their relatives, that they have contributed to the radicalization themselves, or that they quietly are proud. Sometimes that is true — but it seems rather rare, according to research published in the Belgian newspaper ‘Het Laatste Nieuws’. We examined how people landed on the Belgian list of foreign fighters and recruiters — and found that on a total number of 450 cases where authorities acted on external tip-offs, family members who raised the alarm were the most important factor.
(More on the research process): We based our research on a list of 811 suspected foreign terrorist fighters, people willing to leave for jihad, and recruiters — compiled by the Belgian federal government’s Coordination Unit for Threat Analysis (CUTA, also known as OCAD in Dutch and OCAM in French). Since the allegations often haven’t been proven in court, we don’t mention full identities unless an individual was publicly named and/or convicted already for a terrorist offense. It is crucial to add that a single allegation like the ones we mention, never was enough to be put on the list. That happened only after further investigations resulted in additional evidence. Finally, it has to be stressed that the percentages do not refer to the total number of suspects, but only to the 450 cases for which the list explicitly mentions an external tip-off as first indication or decisive confirmation of the suspected radicalism.
In a possibly unique way they explain the 'external sources' who provided tip-offs:
26% denounced by relatives
25% were flagged by foreign partners (notably Turkey)
13% gave too much away on social media
5% were exposed by public sources
4% spilled the beans themselves (one wrote to the Belgian King)
2% detected at schools / universities
1% reported by employers / co-workers
24% could not be classified (amendment after author update)
The individuals merely detected by police and intelligence work (or without any mention of external sources, at least) were not included in the 450 cases I've studied, so they are the remainder of the total number of 811.
Link:https://emmejihad.wordpress.com/2018...amily-members/
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Widow of Westminster attacker 'sorry she was not more vigilant'
Both the mother and wife of Khalid Masood, who killed four pedestrians and a police officer in a car and knife attack @ Westminster Bridge and the Palace of Westminster in March 2017, have offered their evidence on what they knew beforehand.
Link:https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...ry-personality
Man charged over US mid-term elections 'bomb plot'
A "lone wolf" example of a plot detected and in the USA:
A man who planned to blow himself up in Washington DC on the day of next month's mid-term elections has been held and charged, US prosecutors say.They say Paul Rosenfeld, 56, built a 200lb (91kg) explosive device and wanted to detonate it on the National Mall in the capital on 6 November.
They say he wanted to draw attention to his belief in "sortition" - a political theory that advocates the random selection of government officials.
This came after an individual had received letters and text messages from the suspect about the plot, and had alerted the authorities.
Link:https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...on-day-n918771 and cited text from https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45818990
After Melbourne: a view from Australia Part 2
From an Australian newspaper, written after the Melbourne street attack (where three were stabbed, one died and culprit was shot dead):
Most terrorism experts are agreed that the untempered lecturing of Muslim communities is counterproductive. It denies their history of co-operation and hints at some sinister recalcitrance. But it’s unlikely that these very public addresses are intended for Islamic leaders – they’re meant to reinforce a general impression of the government’s strength, even if it may perversely undermine it.
I spoke with one federal police officer with extensive experience in community policing and liaison with mosques. “Generally, the relationship between police and the Muslim community is good,” they said. “Counterterrorist and intelligence agencies understand that we get a lot of our intelligence from within the Islamic community, so it is important to foster a strong and lasting relationship. Generally, there is a multicultural liaison officer in each city, [for example] the City of Dandenong, that works directly with all the different communities and their leaders. These liaison officers are often the first point of contact between the community leaders and police. Some of the mosques tend to not be as receptive and are sceptical of police, while others have integrated well and collaborate well with police, sharing information openly and freely.
“My concern from a policing perspective is to not demonise the Muslim community. They are our primary source of intelligence in relation to radicalised individuals. I don’t think the greater community appreciate that this is where we get our intelligence from – members within that community. They have to continue to feel comfortable in coming forward and co-operating with police.”
Peter Lentini reinforced this: “The record needs to be set straight: when these problems started... take an investigation like [Operation] Pendennis – they actually began with tips from Muslim communities themselves. So that myth is shattered. That’s extremely important. It demonstrates that Muslims follow the law. I’ve written extensively on this, as have others. Many of these people have come from circumstances that anyone in a uniform is someone who may harm them. So for them to come to police, it’s a big vote of confidence in the state.
Link:https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/...15423732007149
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Updates and fears
Moderator adds: Copied from UK CT thread and edited down for this thread
Public tip-offs to terror police halve in year, officials warn as more UK plots foiled
Link:http://https://www.independent.co.uk...-a8741411.html
From the later:
Mr Basu said the flow of intelligence from members of the public was vital. “I know some people are still reluctant to speak to us,” he acknowledged. “To them I say, reporting your concerns to us won’t ruin lives, but it might save them.”
In 2017, more than 31,000 reports were made to counterterror police, but last year the number fell to 13,000.
In both years, more than a fifth of tips were “very significant”, leading to the identification of a suspect or plot, or aiding prosecutions.
Locally a senior CTU officer added a little, with my emphasis:
However, crucial intelligence from the public has helped the police and the security services have prevented 18 terror attacks in just under two years. Twenty-two per cent of all reports we receive from members of the public produce important intelligence which is helpful to our investigations. “Like other criminals, terrorists need to plan and that creates opportunities for police and the security services to discover and stop these attacks before they happen. So if you see or hear something unusual or suspicious trust your instincts and ACT by reporting it in confidence by phone or online. The important thing for people to remember is that no report is a waste of our time. Reporting your concerns to us won’t ruin lives, but it might save them."
Link:https://www.west-midlands.police.uk/...-west-midlands
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Womb Cxre: Making Kin Beyond the Limits of Space, Place, Time, and Production
Lindsay Nixon
I’m Exhausted
At the 2017 Native American and Indigenous Studies Association conference in Vancouver, Jeneen Frei Njootli spoke on behalf of the Indigenous feminist arts collective Rematriate about burnout and community care (or lack thereof). “I'm running on empty,” said Frei Njootli, “Because that's what's expected of us.” So, when I say, “I’m exhausted,” I am one of many Indigenous women, gender variant, and sexually diverse peoples who have burned out on the community of institutional Indigenous thought (academia, publishing, and art), and who have worked themselves to a point of exhaustion because of the emotional labour that is expected of us, especially by Indigenous men.Anne Riley, “Indigeneity and the Work of Emotional Labor,” Anne Riley, MICE no. 1, http://micemagazine.ca/issue-one/%C4%AFladzeee%CC%81-pulse-wrist.
Don’t get me wrong: I know how lucky I am. “No people of colour, except a handful of men, are making a living off writing in Canada,” someone I respect deeply once said in a workshop. It’s true. But does being lucky mean that I’m not allowed to have boundaries with my time? My intellectual and emotional labour? With harmful Indigenous men, whose names we can only whisper over wine or in the offices of our most trusted women, gender variant, and sexually diverse colleagues? And if you do speak up, even if only to respond, you’re a rabble rouser and a troublemaker—a bitch even (such a self-fulfilling prophecy, to go from special ordering Bitch magazine to my small town as a youth, to a bitch writer in the flesh).
Even though mama Sarah Ahmed taught me that “when you expose a problem you pose a problem,”Sarah Ahmed, “The Problem of Perception,” Feminist Killjoys, https://feministkilljoys.com/2014/02/17/the-problem-of-perception.I wasn’t prepared for the reception of my writing confronting toxic masculinities and masculinist historicization within Indigenous thought, and the conflict that would result. I wish I could say that it was just men. Of course, I’ve been on the wrong side of what can only be described as a crisis of masculinity within Indigenous thought. But some Indigenous women, gender variant and sexually diverse people have also been perpetrators of scarcity-driven cruelty and obsession towards me—in-fighting, stalking, projections upon my personal life, colleagues, associates, and relations because of personal vendettas, and other general intensity. And I know I’m not the only one.
Institutional Indigenous thought—here referring to Indigenous knowledge production that emerges from Western institutions such as, though not limited to, publishing, art, not-for-profits, and academe—emerge from their respective Euro-Canadian individualist, egoist, and scarcity-driven economies. In turn, Indigenous scholars, writers, and creators can easily adopt the capitalist and neoliberal principles of our fields. We work our bodies until they break, putting in hours of free labour for the movement, and out of love for our communities. We work ourselves to exhaustion for our careers because, as millennials, we live in an economic wasteland left to us by the baby boomers, who also convinced us that we have to work numerous unpaid internships, edit our university’s art publication for free and/or show our art for free, if we are ever to even be considered for a job. We practice anti-relationality—viewing one another as competitors in this neoliberal race towards what we are told are limited opportunities—rather than kin, which can lead to lateral violence and intracommunity bullying, often undertaken online.
My intention is not to be cynical. Indigenous feminist networks of care like the auntie networkErica Violet Lee, “I’m concerned for your academic career if you talk about this publicly,” February 5, 2016, https://moontimewarrior.com/2016/02/05/im-concerned-about-your-academic-career-if-you-talk-about-this-publicly/.have helped me survive the white-dominated spaces of CanLit, the academy, publishing, and art. But I have also been exhausted by this same community that I call home, which is not a value-laden statement—it just is. I’m not interested in evoking a hierarchy of values to make judgements about the tactics we choose to use in order to survive colonial institutions. Nor do I think that Indigenous thought is an inherently harmful space. Rather, scarcity-driven economies breed lateral violence, fatigue, and mental health duress on the body.
If it’s the community that has exhausted me (us), how can I (we) ever derive legitimate care from it? As a kinship-based person, where could I derive community care, reciprocity, and identity from if not from those I thought were my kin?
The Non-linear Queer Body of Colour
Julie Nagam has written that time, space, and place (the land) are intrinsically bound, and our bodies are the materiality that anchor us to this continuum of spatialities associated with being in the universe.Julie Nagam, “New Ground,” Canadian Art, (Winter 2017).While much of the universe is unknown to me, I do know that I have a body. I’m not interested in getting into a Phil bro 101 argument about Descartes here, nor in pandering to some ethicist’s po-mo fantasyDiane Bell and Renate Klein, “A Po-mo Quiz,” in Radically Speaking: Feminism Reclaimed, ed. Diane Bell and Renate Klein (Melbourne: Spinifex Press, 1996), 558–-61; Sara Ahmed, Strange Encounters: Embodied Others in Postcoloniality (Abingdon: Routledge, 2000).or deconstructuralist jack-off about being post-bodies (and always conveniently post-race, non?). In fact, I know that race, class, and gender do exist because I feel the penetration of colonialism from the world that surrounds me, on and in my body.Erica Violet Lee, “My Ancestors Survived Colonization and All I Got Was This Lousy Eye Twitch,” Moontime Warrior, August 20, 2016, https://moontimewarrior.com/2016/08/20/my-ancestors-survived-colonization-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-eye-twitch/.But our bodies here on present earth, here on Turtle Island, are bound by what David L. Eng has called an “aesthetics of the present,”David L. Eng, The Feeling of Kinship: Queer Liberalism and the Racialization of Intimacy (Durham: Duke University Press, 2010), 196.one composed of white European and Euro-American historiographies—an ethnographic sampling that encompasses ideologies of dominance, genocide, and terra nullius, and events as fixed points on a linear timeline that moves only forwards.
Jolene Rickard has spoken critically about Indigenous thought’s emerging futurity narratives,Lindsay Nixon, “Visual Cultures of Indigenous Futurisms,” GUTS, May 20, 2016, http://gutsmagazine.ca/visual-cultures/; Initiative for Indigenous Futures, Concordia University, Montreal, http://abtec.org/iif/; Lou Cornum, “The Space NDN’s Star Map,” The New Inquiry, https://thenewinquiry.com/the-space-ndns-star-map/.arguing that “for the Haudenosaunee, the world began as a provocation in a dream, in the sky world … the time of the dream isn’t constructed on a linear visual … it’s a narrative.”Jolene Rickard, 1st Annual Future Imaginary Symposium, May 2, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwY1FFDKXFw.Through engagement with their traditional technologies, as Lou Cornum coined it,Cornum, “Space NDN’s Star Map.”Indigenous bodies generate refusal towards the linear passage of time. Bodies that are affected and affect correlate with a diverse entanglement of relations, teachings, philosophies, and sciences, which place their bodies in never-ending connection with the cosmos and all their relations within. Bodies that evoke the ancestors in their every action and are inextricably linked with their descendants forevermore—a circle of connection that links all its parts. How could bodies like these be anything other than time-fluid and space-fluid?
The non-linear queer body, then, is one that inhabits not only physical space, but spatial and temporal dimensions that encompass psychic realms, as well—such as the dream world, or aspects of ceremonial life. The non-linear body is one that doesn’t fit neatly into a dominant paradigm of linear time, instead embodying non-Western relationalities hardwired into its physicality like an advanced technology—early binary code, as Rickard saidRickard, 1st Annual Future Imaginary Symposium.—that disrupt Western ways of being in physical and temporal space.
What makes the non-linear body of colour especially unique is its connection with ancestral memories of gender-fucking—embodied rememberings of the fluid, plentiful genders that did not fit into Europe’s colonial gender binary, and thereby were cruelly diminished, controlled, and disciplined. If white people can’t dance because whiteness is a traumatized state of embodiment and colonialism has impacted the way we move our bodies,Tada, Hozumi, “Why white people can’t dance: they’re traumatized,” Selfish Activist, http://selfishactivist.com/why-white-people-cant-dance-theyre-traumatized/.then for the queer of colour, the body is the anchor through which we incite the spirits, and call forth our gender variant and sexually diverse ancestors of the past.
The non-linear queer body of colour is an embodied form of refusal towards inscriptions of linear time that attempt to colonize non-Western ways of understanding body and self—a calling forth of ancestors and ancient teachings, and a projection of these knowledges into a space-time continuum that, for kinship-based peoples, is held together by a never-ending chain of relations and relational responsibilities.
k4k (Kin 4 Kin)
“Thank Creator for music, dance, fashion and all other forms of art/culture I experience with my body before my intellect.” – nîtisân, Sasha SimmonsFacebook post, December 16, 2016.
In a 2017 photoshoot with Kinga Michalska, Phoebe Heintzman Hope attempted to visually capture their voice, movement, and choreographic practice Womb Cxre. As Michalska photographed them, Heintzman Hope distorted and moved their body, and that which lived in its deepest recesses, until it was shaking under the weight of mindful engagement. They had wrapped their body in gauze to create a mummifying effect, and smoke billowed from their mouth to show the intentional breath that paired with their movements. Smoke also rose from the ground, accumulating from a nearby smoke machine, and it was as if Heintzman Hope was an apparition—ephemeral and genderless, evoking the sensualities, pleasures, and embodied love of the ancestors. This is a body that is stuck both in the past and in the future, presumed extinct and unmodern,Scott Lauria Morgensen, Spaces Between Us (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2011).and yet somehow still here—the living, and loving, dead in death worlds.Achille Mbembe, “Necropolitics,” Public Culture 15, no. 1 (2003), 11–40.
Blending dance, movement, physical therapy, and somatic practice, and by grounding therapeutic and personal development techniques associated with bodywork, Womb Cxre uses the body as a space of emotional excavation. As a self-described mixed-race diasporic alien baby, Heintzman Hope prioritizes making Womb Cxre available to other people of colour who can similarly draw from a space of racialized queerness, and creates a space wherein the non-linear body of colour can live. Intentional movement and performance becomes a space wherein we can speak the unspeakable, as Charlotte Townsend has written about Rebecca Belmore’s work,Charlotte Townsend-Gault, Rebecca Belmore: The Named and Unnamed (Vancouver: University of British Columbia, 2003).a space wherein we can contest colonial violence inscribed on our bodies.
Though bodies of colour are often presumed ancient, extinct and as inhabiting ghost worlds, Womb Cxre works to reanimate the queer body of colour by evoking alternative sensualities, tenderness, love, and pleasure. In fact, these body memories contend with colonial affect on the body, the uneasy aesthetic present, by drawing from the personal narratives and ancestral memories that live within the non-linear queer body of colour as an alternative to dominant historiographies.
Womb Cxre combines voice, movement, and choreographic practice to place bodies in conversation with their own unique histories, and contends with the aesthetic present by drawing from personal narratives and ancestral memories to create new worlds.A reference to Billy-Ray Belcourt’s robust scholarship and literary work around “worlding.”While the relation between body, space, and time can be violent, complex, and agitated, Womb Cxre wills us to recognize that queer bodies of colour aren’t simply walking wounds re-enacting unending trauma, but vessels for unique happiness, love, and joy, as well. Mantric statements—writhing, vocalizations, utterances, and guttural sounds—are a central component of Womb Cxre, used to heal bodies through the deepest personal intimacy and care. Womb Cxre pushes its participants to connect to their own body goals, centering on their personal knowledge of and relationship with their bodies, in order to speak to and pay attention to those parts of the body that need tenderness, care, or even shock.
The outcome of Womb Cxre isn’t to become a better dancer or to produce work that culminates in one final production, but a kind of anti-production instead. Womb Cxre breaks from a clinical, controlled, and obsessively conditioned choreography characteristic of forms of performance that emerge from a place of Western production, such as ballet’s capitalist and somewhat manic Black Swan-esque rigidity, and adherence to formality that pushes the body to its limits. Womb Cxre makes space for bodies of softnessA reference to the Plains Cree relational philosophy of “being soft,” which means essentially to speak and act with gentleness, and never from a place of anger, even if this means the process will be slower.that confuse the confrontationally masculinist and never-ceasing hustle and bustle of Western production.
I’m not sure where the tendency to disassociate from my body and the way it holds pain came from. Perhaps it’s a distrust of the Western medical system compounded by a simultaneous disconnection to my own medicines, or just a general affect of shame and fear of being stigmatized? Or maybe I’m just doing the colonizer’s work and inscribing my body as unworthy of care, and as inherently unhealthy, diseased, and degenerative? Maybe I’ve internalized racial uplift and the Cartesian divide by posturing intellectualism’s reverence of a strong mind over supposedly lesser important principles of bodywork that could help heal my trauma-ridden body. My bad shoulder that was sprained by a dirty Edmonton cop and never fully healed because I received bad health care, my tension headaches from years of anxiety about living in the city, and my back pain from years of slouched posture, as if I wanted to make myself disappear: what else could this be, if not some form of trauma induction on the body?
Womb Cxre taught me a language for the body I had been dissociating from for decades now. Of course, I recognize the extreme privilege of access, class, and institutional support that allow me healing supports like movement therapy in order to work through daily racism on my body. But I’ve been blown away by the vulnerability that was immediately apparent in my body when I started taking up space in new ways with my body: not diminishing myself by disengaging my core, for instance, focusing on my pelvis to ease shoulder tension, and rolling my hips to exercise sensualities I was taught as a hypersexualized “fat girl” weren’t mine.
Womb Cxre has become a space of refuge for me. As an urban Indigenous person, queer kinship, like that which I’ve developed with Heintzman Hope through their practice, has provided me with the care and tenderness I need to attempt healing my body, and to continue in the aesthetic present. Though not without their problems, spaces that have come to be labeled as QTBIPOC (queer and trans Black, Indigenous, and people of colour) in Montreal, meant for all us children of the diaspora trying to find our way home, have been the collective spaces I have fled to when I was shielding myself from individualistic and harmful spaces that can exist within Indigenous thought—though to reiterate, do not define Indigenous thought as a whole, which also holds spaces of care and tenderness. These communities have offered me the reciprocity that I crave as a kinship-based person—a fluid, bound kinship beyond the limits of space, place, time, or production.
Lindsay Nixon is a Cree-Métis-Saulteaux curator, editor, writer, and art history graduate student. They currently hold the position of Indigenous Editor at Large for Canadian Art magazine, and are the editor of mâmawi-âcimowak, an independent art, art criticism, and literature journal. Nixon’s writing has appeared in Malahat Review, Room, GUTS, esse, The Inuit Art Quarterly and other publications. Lindsay’s creative nonfiction collection, nîtisânak, is forthcoming from Metonymy Press in spring 2018.
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Issue Three: Ghost Intimacies
Sophie Le-Phat Ho, Ronald Rose-Antoinette: Intimating our Ghosts Joshua Vettivelu: learning ma’s nickname M. NourbeSe Philip, Nasrin Himada: M. NourbeSe Philip in conversation with Nasrin Himada Juan Maristany, Jamilah Sabur: A Temporary Inhabitance: The Ghosts in Jamilah Sabur Apichatpong Weerasethakul: Untitled Lindsay Nixon: Womb Cxre: Making Kin Beyond the Limits of Space, Place, Time, and Production Cailyn Petrona Stewart: The Ghosts in the Machine Hera Chan 陳思穎: A Blue Cloth Robe for Ballroom Dancing Fan Wu: Cruising’s Spectral Intimacies (Four Scenes) Nazik Dakkach: Untimely Considerations: Hospitality as Methodology Võ Thiên Việt and Nguyễn Nam Chi: A Melancholic Song in the Living Room Annie Wong: How to Burn Paper for the Dead
OPACITIES
Edited by Mark V. Campbell & Pamela Edmonds
GHOST INTIMACIES
Edited by Sophie Le-Phat Ho & Ronald Rose-Antoinette
Edited by Radiodress
INVISIBLE LABOUR
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Producer/Actress Kristanna Loken's New Film 'Fighting For Freedom', New Trailer, Website, And Photos!
As an independent writer and supporter of thought provoking films, I am quite impressed with the trailer of the Kristanna Loken's latest effort Fighting For Freedom. See Below for link:
The powerful film delves into the complicated situation of a three year old daughter of one of the Mexican workers nabbed I.C.E. officials because she is an illegal immigrant on a family fruit farm.
Bruce Dern (Mr. Dobbs) and his estranged Daughter Kristanna Loken (Karen) are forced to work together despite being on opposite ends of the political spectrum.
The film is a personal journey for Kristanna, as her father Chris Loken wrote the screenplay and helped produce the film. Fighting For Freedom is based on an actual story.
Farhad Mann
Chris Loken (screenplay), Christian Loken
Yeniffer Behrens, Kristanna Loken, Bruce Dern
For further information browse the following official sites:
http://fightingforfreedommovie.com/ Web
https://www.facebook.com/F4FMovie Facebook
https://twitter.com/F4Fmovie Twitter
Official Websites for Kristanna:
Official Facebook: www.facebook.com/OfficialKristannaLoken
Official Google+: www.plus.google.com/100329585594660874580
Official Twitter: www.twitter.com/lokenkristanna
Official MySpace: www.myspace.com/kristannaloken
Official Facebook: www.facebook.com/F4FMovie
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Bai Ling To Star In Provocative New Film! Plus Several Other New Projects!! New Photos!!
Above Pic: David Arquette and Bai Ling on the set of "The Key" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3315310/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_3
Actress Bai Ling has been super busy filming the past several months working on a wide variety of films. Recently she completed principle photography on a sexy new film in the style of 50 Shades of Grey. A couple of her other films 'Yellow Hill', and 'The Gauntlet', are currently making the festival rounds, watch for them on DVD soon! For info on those films like their official FB pages @
https://www.facebook.com/YellowHillmovie
https://www.facebook.com/TheGauntletMovie
Bai Ling has portrayed virtually every character imaginable, including Charlie Chaplin, Check out this wild picture below from her Facebook page!
For the latest info, follow Bai Ling on all of her official websites, she is very active, and posts about all of her activities. Keep reading Dan's Movie Report, and watch for another exclusive interview with Bai in the coming months!
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Safiya Releases "My Revelation" Enhanced CD Special Edition: News and Updates!
Above photo: CD cover for My Revelation, click image for wallpaper size.
Update: 6-7-14 Safiya has found touring musicians for her Summer tour! Dates and venue follow shortly! Also check out this catchy new Dance tune! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su-_vXDWjmE
Plasdance - Heartbeat (Hands Up Edit)
Update 5-21-14 Safiya looking for Keyboard player Germany!
An alle Keyboarder aus dem Rhein Main Gebiet, Frankfurt / Bad Homburg & Co !!!!!
On all keyboardist from Rhein Main, Frankfurt / Bad Homburg & co! :-) :-) :-) (Translated by Bing)
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Update 5-14-14 Brand new tune from Safiya! Obsession! https://soundcloud.com/kontor/mr-ots-feat-safiya-obsession-extended-mix-free-download
Update: 11-21-13:
SAFIYA is committed to the action "preventing violence - promote integration" and occurs with their songs at the event on November 22 in Recklinghausen.
http://www.jugendgewalt-vorbeugen.de/veranstaltungen/schulveranstaltung-gewalt-verhindern-integration-fördern-in-potsdam/schulveranstaltung-gewalt-verhindern-integration-fördern-in-recklinghausen.html
Gewalt verhindern - Integration fördern:
https://www.facebook.com/gewaltverhindern?fref=ts
Above photo: (C) 2013 www.ulrich-wolf.de
Beautiful and talented Safiya has already released a couple of tracks off of her new CD and finally her My Revelation enhanced CD is ready to be released and can currently be ordered on Amazon in Germany @ http://www.amazon.de/SAFIYA-My-Revelation-Safiya/dp/B00GFLYXVU/ref=pd_rhf_se_p_t_1_KAKN
The Enhanced CD contains 10 total tracks, various versions of the three new tunes. including the video for One Blood! The video for "One Blood" can be found in HD on YouTube @ Click video Link Above!
The Orient meets the Occident!
ONE BLOOD; a hit that flows through your veins! Mysterious, mystical, energetic & emotional in one breath. Safiya...A unique artist, with a charismatic aura. She'll not only fill up the dance floor with her self-penned song but touch your hearts with her velvety yet powerful vocals.
ONE BLOOD was produced by no one less than the international top producer Manuel Reuter (Cascada, R.I.O., Spencer & Hill ). The gigantic dance mix is the work of the hands up king DJ Gollum!
Whatever you do, don't miss it!
For More information on Safiya like on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/safiyakaygin
Full Website is: http://www.safiya-music.com/
Get it NOW ON: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/one...
Buy the CD "Safiya - My Revelation" (Special Editon) on AMAZON:
http://www.amazon.de/SAFIYA-My-Revela...
Reverbnation: http://www.reverbnation.com/safiya
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/safiya-music
Twitter: https://twitter.com/safiyamusic
Also Safiya has been in a a couple of wild indie films including Bloodrayne: The Third Reich with Natassia Malthe!
Her IMDB page is: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4547389/
Watch for more amazing, and sexy cool stuff from her including a full interview for Dan's Movie Report in
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Black Salt Movie Review (2015) (Short Film)
Above Photo: Black Salt Poster (C) 2015 Ratti Entertainment (Used for promotional purposes)
Feature film was provided by Owen for Dan's Movie Report for review purposes only.
'Black Salt' proves the power of Indiegogo and the short film. Producer Owen Ratliff and Director Ben Ramsey ('Blood and Bone') bring the full force action short 'Black Salt' to the festival circuit after a successful crowdfunding and marketing campaign. The screenplay written by Philip Daay features Kinyumba Mutakabbir as Samuel Lincoln Tharpe, a man searching for answers. He was raised in Asia and has to return to locate this WMD called The Exterminatus.
Skirting the line between drama and action the 30 minute short forms a solid stepping off point to a story which can progress in any number of directions. As a short film 'Black Salt' is a table setter, there is enough action and story to begin a series on cable or broadcast TV. As a series of films, 'Black Salt' could follow the back story of the various characters, and flesh out some of the secondary characters and how they intersect with the WMD.
Many mysterious characters permeate 'Black Salt'. Sultry Sheena Chou plays Li Jing. Her character has informational map tattooed on her back detailing the Exterminatus, location and how to activate it. Li Jing is shrouded in mystery and the audience is never given a chance to learn more about the 'sect' she mentions she would be betraying if she divulged the information. Action actress and all around adorable bad-ass Michelle Lee plays Horse Ripper. Apparently her character lives in the ether, a realm cloaked in shadows. In 'Black Salt' Michelle's character, fights with Tharpe, but it is an enigma, an internal mental fight.
The action in 'Black Salt' is creative, each fight is a tightly choreographed ballet of punches and kicks. Some fights use weapons, and obviously each fight is tailored to the skill of the actors involved. The fight Michelle has with Kinyumba at the end is not only entertaining to watch, it is creatively filmed, artistically lit, and has perhaps the coolest theme song playing in the background "When the World is Blind" an original tune written for the film.
Above Photo: (C) 2015 Ratti Entertainment Michelle Lee and Kinyumba Mutakabbir bring the action to 'Black Salt'
The film ends in mystery, leaving the viewer wanting more. Fresh off the "Black Salt' win at 'Urban Action Showcase' in NYC, watch for more from the cast and crew of "Black Salt'. In a recent phone conversation with Owen, he told me some of the creative ideas he has for a feature film and how he wants to market the film. 'Black Salt' director Ben Ramsey knows how to direct an action feature and just released his director's cut of 'Blood and Bone'. His direction on 'Black Salt' is tight , but never heavy handed, he lets the events unfold and the viewer maintain engagement throughout.
'Black Salt' represents the proper way to market a short film and tie in all aspects of marketing, Owen is a master marketer, he knows how to keep the audience wanting more. With a comic book tie in, clothing line, and over 35,000 FB likes 'Black Salt' is positioned for a monetary jolt from a network.
Overall this is a great stepping off point for all involved, I am actually curious how a big budget 'Black Salt' feature film would be received nationally. The superhero interest seems to be at an all time high, and the lack of new action heroes is actually quite staggering. "Black Salt' is a modern hero, steeped in the past tradition, and should play well with teens and adults who enjoy the comic genre. 'Black Salt is the culmination more than a half decade of hard work from creator Owen, and his team, and rates a 9 out of 10, my top short film of 2015.
For more information on 'Black Salt' check out the official Facebook Page @ https://www.facebook.com/blacksaltthemovie/?fref=ts
For the official site kick your browsers to: http://blacksaltfilm.com/
Sound Cloud for 'When the World is Blind' https://soundcloud.com/black-salt-1/when-the-world-is-blind
Video for 'When the World is Blind' @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-Uqd6F3bL8
Watch for more on the film in 2016 on the number one home for action exclusives on the web: Dan's Movie Report.
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Actress Sarah Chang Interview (2018) A Dan's Movie Report Exclusive!!
Greetings valued Dan's Movie Report Readers. For my second interview with actress and stunt team leader Sarah Chang, I will focus on her upcoming feature Trigonal: Fight For Justice. The new film will be released September 26, 2018 in the Philippines and soon after Worldwide. Sarah chats about working with a wide variety of talents from all over the globe and discusses her various responsibilities on the film. Enough of my incessant babbling, on to the textual action!
Hi Sarah, What is your role in the Trigonal?
I am playing the character of Mei Li.
What attracted you to the role of Mei, what attracted you to the character?
I finally get to be comical, out there, and let myself go. She is very quirky, basically in her own world. I think I can really relate to her. When I read the script, I thought, this is totally me. Nobody really knows that about me because I hide some of it. Haha, but in real life I feel I am like Mei. Haha.
Talk about the pre-production and support prior to shooting Trigonal.
We did acting classes with Gabby Fernandez, to prepare for the role. We also had to do training of course, because Mei does Wushu which is my area of expertise, so it was a perfect fit
Talk about the location of where the film was shot?
Bacalod is in the middle of Philippines on Negros Island. It was different, like a surfer town. The locations on Trigonal are very gritty and grungy and we have to make sure we did not get Denge haha, that was like the first thing that I noticed. I really enjoyed the people here, they are super laid back, very nice, and really talented. They are extremely humble about their skill and talent.
How about shooting the film in your character.
I really enjoyed it, with the workshop with Gabby he went into the character and pulled out all of the details that I was supposed to notice that I did not notice in the script. During the acting workshop I was, whoa (OK) this is where I am supposed to go (in character). While actually doing it on the shoot, I remembered what was going on (there, at the workshop) I pushed into the moment, then it felt so natural, and so much fun. I feel like I can be Mei all the time.
What was it like being directed by Vince S.?
Very comfortable, he gives you simple ques, and then you just follow, he does not interfere with the process, he guides you and then you are there.
On the Trigonal you are the action director, share your experience.
Yes, for the first time I am action directing, I have never done it before, and it was a lot of stress. I was really nervous about it, but I am so thankful to have my team SACHANG Team in Manilla (Sarah has a team of action professionals) and I was also fortunate to have new additions to my team in Bacolod. B the Black Dragon Team Windel Billiones, his son Winsie, and Andre Barayoga, there was also Keno and Kyds Rhey Fuentes, team of Filipino Martial Arts brothers. There are so many amazing martial artists here, hidden gems. There are so many different fighters here, it is easy to work, seems like everyone is a master at their talent. The actors in Trigonal are hand picked because they are martial artists. It was very easy to work with everyone. I was just letting them go at it, and I would say ok it looks good, next scene. It is such a blessing to have such talented actors and martial artists to work with.
What was it like working as an actress in the film?
As an actress I had a great time, because my co actors were amazingly talented. Everything moved and flowed flawlessly. I could bounce off all of the emotions especially with Ian (Ignacio) most of my scenes are with him. It was enjoyable working with him, he always gives you something, and I respond to him.
How about the other actors in the film you worked with the action ones?
Ok we have Capoeirista and Escrimador Mekael Turner who paired up with China's UFC fighter Li JingLiang. MMA fighter Wu PeiXiu from Taiwan came in and worked with Brian Wilson. He is actually a friend from my stunt team in Taiwan, he came in and worked with Brian Wilson, their fight turned out really well. It was kind of funny because I get to pick weapons, I picked this really cool looking thing, but when it was made it was extremely awkward to handle so we had to change the fight so they would lose the weapons right away As cool as the weapon looked, it was just too cumbersome to wield in battle, so that was one thing we altered. It is interesting to have to deal with all of the aspects of the fight. I never really thought about that aspect, I am usually worried about the choreography, how I am going to make sure it doubles, or hits. Now I am dealing with the whole look of the fight. I am dealing with the feeling and what I want to achieve. Example: This guy comes into a fight, is he the bad guy, what kind of a bad guy is he? Is he a good guy etc... I had to think of all of the acting bits and action bits.
Any specific scene or part of the shoot of Trigonal you remember?
I really enjoyed the acting workshop with the Kung Fu Panda haha, we have a scene about the Kung Fu Panda. It is hysterically funny. During the acting workshop I went crazy with it, but during the shoot I was not as crazy (I was very tired). Still it was so much fun.
Anything you would like to add?
I just want to say it has been an amazing experience working with very seasoned actors Christian Vasquez, Rhian Ramos and Ian Ignacio. They are all so experienced it is easy for them to get it(transition into character) It was kind of cool doing Rhian Ramos first action scene. In the beginning she was like, “Are you supposed to do that, are you supposed to hit them there, won't they get hurt?” Now haha she is addicted to it, I think she wants to do another action scene. Christian Vasquez did really well in his action scenes, and he was really easy to work with. Epy Quizon surprised me with his kicks haha, he did this crazy twirly thing not even sure if I can do that one haha, Paul Allica and Ian had such a long and drawn out fight. It was supposed to be done in one night, and we spent three days doing the fight. Props to them, I know it was a long fight, they had to do a lot of takes, we had to get everything, because it was such an emotional fight. We wanted to make sure it was perfect! (Please view the all new trailer below.)
Thanks Sarah, another amazing interview.
Of course, you have to watch Trigonal: Fight For Justice, or I will beat you up!
For further information on the film please check out the Facebook Official Page: https://www.facebook.com/thetrigonal/
Trigonal: Fight For Justice hits theaters and DVD September, 26th 2018.
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Because Music Matters
Based out of Toronto, Canada, DJ Lune has clearly established his presence in the night life and entertainment landscape as a leading DJ / Remix / Mixtape artist. He is also the co-founder of Fuzion Sound, one of Toronto's leading South Asian DJ companies.
Amongst his many accomplishments, he has recently performed as the official DJ for Shahrukh Khan's Toronto film premier of the Bollywood blockbuster "Ra-One (2011). He was also featured as the official DJ for Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra's Toronto film premier of the film "Teri Meri Kahani (2012)". Furthermore he has made appearances on TV-One's show "Must One" aired across Canada, as well as Toronto's Hum FM radio show.
He has an encyclopedic knowledge of many music genres including Bollywood, Punjabi, House/Progessive, Hip-Hop RNB and Fuzion/World music just to list a few.
His ability to seamlessly mashup all of these genres during his live performances results in a sound experience that cannot be matched. He constantly seeks out new styles and sources of inspiration, which expand his craft further.
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Termination of Employees in the Philippines
Thursday, December 27th, 2012 at 10:34 am
Termination of Employees in the Philippines–A Guideline to Foreign Employers
In the recent years, the Philippine government has supported campaigns in attracting foreign investments into the country. With these foreign investments, the problem of unemployment and underemployment is considerably solved. In welcoming foreigners in doing business in the Philippines, adequate information must be given to them, not just as regards the fiscal concerns of business, but also with the employment laws of the country.
Employing a worker is often a very happy event both for the employer and the employee. On the reverse, terminating an employee may be a nightmare not just for the employee, but even for the employer. The foreign employer must be reminded to keep guard of Philippine labor laws when dismissing an employee.
Terminating an employee in the Philippines is valid only when these two factors are present: 1) the attendance of a cause for dismissal, and 2) observance of due process.
Causes for terminating an employee are classified as Just Cause and Authorized Cause. JUST CAUSES are acts chargeable to the employee which will result to his termination. Enumerated as such are: a) serious misconduct, b) willful disobedience to lawful orders, c) gross and habitual neglect of duties, d) fraud or willful breach of trust or loss of confidence; e) commission of a crime or offense, and f) other analogous causes.
On the other hand, AUTHORIZED CAUSES of dismissal are those which pertain to the employer. This is further classified into two types – business and disease. The business reasons include: a) installation of labor-saving devices, b) redundancy, c) retrenchment and closure or cessation of business operation. The health reason pertains to the infliction of a disease which, as ascertained by a competent public authority, is incurable within six months, and one which is prejudicial to the health of the employee and his co-workers if employment is continued.
DUE PROCESS in terminating an employee in the Philippines is known as the TWO-NOTICE or TWIN-NOTICE RULE.
The FIRST NOTICE is that which is sent to the employee apprising him in detail of the basis for his possible termination. It must give the employee at least five days from receipt of the notice to prepare his answer.
A Hearing or Conference is schedules after the employee submits his answer. During the hearing, both employer and employee will have the equal chance to present evidence or refute the claims of the other party. This is also an opportunity for a possible amicable settlement between them.
After the hearing, a SECOND NOTICE is sent to the employee apprising him of the decision to terminate his employment. It must indicate how the decision was reached , and that upon careful consideration of all circumstances, basis has been established to justify the termination.
Corporation versus Partnership
Friday, November 30th, 2012 at 6:52 am
CORPORATION is a juridical person created by operation of law under the Corporation Code. It has a personality separate and distinct from that of its stockholders. It consists of at least five (5) to fifteen (15) incorporators each of whom must hold at least one share. It must be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The minimum paid-up capital is five thousand pesos (Php 5,000.00). It has a right of succession.
PARTNERSHIP is treated as an artificial being created by operation of law with a separate legal personality from that of its members. It may either be general or limited, depending on the liability of the partners. It consists of two (2) or more partners. A partnership must be register with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with a minimum capitalization of three thousand pesos (Php 3,000.00). It has no right of succession.
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Embraer bullish on potential in China's regional aviation market
Brazilian conglomerate Embraer SA, a commercial aircraft manufacturer, said it is bullish on prospects in China's rapidly growing low-cost and regional aviation market, triggered by an increasing air travel demand from smaller Chinese cities.
The company, which makes commercial aircraft with a capacity of 150 seats, plans to introduce its latest single-aisle E195-E2 jets, the biggest ever built by Embraer, to the China market. The company said it is an ideal aircraft for growing regional business and complementing existing trunk line fleets, and is suitable for point-to-point flights among second-tier and third-and fourth-tier cities.
"With continuously rising local demand from second-and third-tier cities, China has introduced a series of favorable policies to support the development of regional aviation. This will create great market potential for aircraft with up to 150 seats. We are proud to keep pace with the growing industry," said Guan Dongyuan, senior vice-president of Embraer and president of Embraer China.
Last year, civil aviation passenger traffic reached 610 million, and it continued to grow at a double-digit rate, adding 10.9 percent year-on-year, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
Among the total passenger traffic, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area have witnessed the largest passenger flows, but the growth rate in those mature and saturated markets had been relatively slower when compared to smaller cities.
Currently, Embraer accounts for nearly 70 percent of the market share of regional aircraft in the 70 to 150 seat segment in China. Eight airlines, including China Southern Airlines, Hebei Airlines, Tianjin Airlines, Colorful Guizhou Airlines and Guangxi Beibu Gulf Airlines, operate 105 Embraer commercial aircraft in China and Mongolia. Bombardier Inc of Canada, China's home-built ARJ 21 and Russia's Sukhoi take the rest of the market.
In April, the E195-E2 model received certification from the Brazilian Civil Aviation Agency, the US Federal Aviation Administration and the European Aviation Safety Agency, and it is waiting to get certified by the Chinese authority.
Embraer, the third-largest aircraft manufacturer after Boeing Co and Airbus SE, is now in discussions with domestic carriers about the potential purchase of its latest aircraft model.
China has the largest number of plateau airports globally, and they are mainly located in western China, such as the Tibet autonomous region, as well as Qinghai, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces.
"Those plateau airports require aircraft with good highland performances and a reasonable seat layout, to meet the demand of areas with high altitude and lower customer flows. The E195-E2 model would be a jet that is ideal for those areas," said Guo Qing, vice-president of sales and marketing at Embraer China.
"Airlines may choose to configure the cabin in two classes with 120 seats or a single class with up to 146 seats. It has significantly lower costs per trip, which will enable carriers, especially budget airlines, to extend additional secondary markets," he said.
Li Guijin, a professor at the Civil Aviation Management Institute of China, said China is a huge market with rich opportunities for the growth of regional aviation, and it is developing a model with its own unique characteristics. In the early stage, government subsidies and supportive policies play important roles.
"The central and western parts of China serve as the best market for regional aviation. There should be more types of aircraft that are suitable to fly in highland regions, to help advance the air transport connectivity of the region," he said.
"Besides, there is remarkable capacity for the development of smaller airlines. For instance, Beijing Daxing International Airport, which is set to start commercial operations in late September, could provide a chance for smaller airlines in the surrounding regions to grow, such as Hebei Airlines," he said.
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SATURDAY NIGHT HANS ZIMMER, THE SHADOWS.
Hans Zimmer's The Oil. From the soundtrack of Dunkirk (2017).
If you check out the comments on this video's YouTube address, you can see a lot of glowing comments. Hafta say I cannot really sympathize, since I went away from seeing Dunkirk slightly disappointed. To me, it was not so much a movie as an artistic exercise.
The Shadows with Atlantis. Released as a single in 1963.
If you say The Shadows you say Hank Marvin. And Bruce Welch. And Fender guitar. And Vox amplifier.
INSANE: JULIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, OAK PARK, CHICAGO, REMOVES DEPRESSION-ERA MURAL BECAUSE IT IS "TOO WHITE".
More ominous signs of the intellectual, cultural and moral rot taking hold among our "elites": a Middle School Principal in Chicago has decided that an innocent 1930s mural depicting white children having fun in a winter landscape has got to go because it is not 'diverse' enough. Via The Chicago Sun-Times:
"A Depression-era mural depicting white children playing outside in the winter was removed from Percy Julian Middle School in Oak Park because school officials said it failed to represent the school’s diversity.
While some said the mural was upsetting to students of color who felt it excluded them from the school, a local historian likened the removal to a “modern-day book burning.”
Julian Principal Todd Fitzgerald announced the weekend removal in an email sent to school staff Monday.
“I have had students approach me pointing out that this picture does not represent our student body or the diversity of Oak Park,” Fitzgerald wrote. “We will be working with the Social Justice Club and our parent Diversity Committee to create a mural/canvas that better represents Julian Middle School.”
Cynthia Brito Millan, a coordinator for the middle school’s Social Justice Club, said the push to remove the mural began in February at a district school board meeting. Students expressed frustration about an atmosphere of exclusion for students of color — who make up 45 percent of the student body — and cited the mural as an example.
“This mural made students feel invisible because it doesn’t reflect the current student body,” Brito Millan said. “How can a student learn in a healthy environment when they don’t feel they are being seen?”
What utter madness. Should The Nightwatch (1642) by Rembrandt Van Rijn, on display in the Nachtwachtzaal in the Amsterdam Museum....
... not better be relegated to the darkest corner of the museum's attic, lest "people of color" in The Netherlands' already very diverse society feel excluded?
Or these busts of past administrators at Harvard Medical School:
All despicable Whites! How horrible!!! Would it not be better to get rid of at least a couple of them to better reflect today's die-versity? Preferably of the ones suspected of harboring conservative thoughts?
Oh wait. Let's not give anybody ideas.
Here is the self-hating asshole/clown/jerk responsible for this insane decision, "Dr" Todd Fitzgerald:
You can email the skunk on this address:
tfitzgerald@op97.org
Do not mince words. Call the bastard by his/its name. No need to be civil. There is a war going on.
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Refrigerant update from UNEP and ASHRAE
UNEP and ASHRAE have published an updated fact sheet on refrigerants that are currently available.
The new publication has a full list of available refrigerants, their ASHRAE numbers and safety classifications.
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and ASHRAE produced the fact sheet to update the market on refrigerant information. It further includes the latest list of approved refrigerants and explains ASHRAE’s numbering system and how this relates to the refrigerants.
Also read: Daikin looks to replace R32 in 2023
ASHRAE’s Standard 34 establishes a simple means of referencing common refrigerants. Safety classifications are based on the refrigerant’s toxicity and flammability.
Also read: Refrigerants added to ASHRAE updated standards
Download the factsheet here.
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Diversity and dynamism at the pavilion’s architecture
The architectural concept proposed by Manuel Villa Architects in Bogotá and designed by Studio Cardenas Conscious Design in Milán –which also wrote the theme statement– has the stamp of innovation and sustainability. The design of the pavilion is inspired by the thermal floors, that's why the 1,907 m2 of the building are divided into four units that symbolize Colombia's mountains, that go from sea level to perennial snows.
The façade is an allegory of the diversity that you would see in a trip across the country. The images of fauna and flora that decorate the exterior change depending on where do you look at them. This dynamism is felt throughout the pavilion, which is decorated with flavors, aromas, textures and colors that demonstrate that Colombia is full of contrasts.
Macaws, frogs, butterflies and other species of Colombia's rich wildlife adorn the pavilion's perimeter. These species accompany six Colombian landscapes that show the beauty of rivers and lakes, the power of seas, the grandeur of deserts and the peacefulness of beaches found in the country.
Being naturally sustainable is also one of the main goals of the design. Therefore it is built with spruce, one of the most used materials in environmentally friendly buildings. Laminated wood parts are brought from Friuli, one of the leading producers of wood in northern Italy; also they are lightweight and easy to assemble materials, allowing a more efficient transfer.
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Flybe: Government strikes a deal to rescue troubled airline
The government has agreed a rescue plan for troubled regional airline Flybe.Ministers agreed to work with Flybe to figure out a repayment plan for a significant tax debt that is thought to top £100m.Meanwhile, the firm's owners have agreed to pump more money into the loss-making airline.Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom said the deal would keep the company operating.That will be a relief to many of the eight million passengers who fly with the airline each year.Flybe services dozens of UK domestic routes that are not flown by other airlines, making it the largest carrier to fly out of some regional airports like Newquay."Flybe plays a critical and unique role in the UK aviation system, supporting the development of the regions, providing essential connect
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Hackers post bloodied image of Trump on US government website
A US government-operated website has been hacked by a group claiming to be acting in retaliation for the killing of Iran's top general.Those who clicked on the American Federal Depository Library Programme (FDLP) site on Saturday night were faced with a black page claiming to be from the Islamic Republic of Iran. It showed a picture of President Donald Trump being hit in the face by a fist with blood dripping from his mouth.Underneath it said "Hacked by Iran Cyber Security Group Hackers" with a claim that the attack was "only a small part" of their ability.Despite this, there is little evidence the defacement was carried out by Iran. Advertisement A spokesperson for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secu...
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Popular app ToTok a government spy tool: Report
The New York Times says a chat app called ToTok is a spying tool used by the government of United Arab Emirates to track users' conversations, locations, images and other dataByThe Associated PressDecember 23, 2019, 8:30 PM3 min readNEW YORK -- A chat app that quickly became popular in the United Arab Emirates for communicating with friends and family is actually a spying tool used by the government to track its users, according to a newspaper report. The government uses ToTok to track conversations, locations, images and other data of those who install the app on their phones, The New York Times reported, citing U.S. officials familiar with a classified intelligence assessment and the newspaper's own investigation. The Emirates has long blocked Apple’s FaceTime, Facebook's WhatsApp and o
Hezbollah-backed professor to form new government in Lebanon
Lebanon's president has asked former education minister Hassan Diab to form a new government and break a political impasse amid mass protests in the deeply divided countryBy SARAH EL DEEB and ZEINA KARAM Associated PressDecember 19, 2019, 10:10 PM4 min readBEIRUT -- A former education minister backed by the militant Hezbollah group and its allies was selected Thursday as Lebanon’s new prime minister to break a political impasse amid mass protests, although he almost immediately ran into opposition from demonstrators on the streets. Hassan Diab, a professor at the American University of Beirut, was named by President Michel Aoun after a day of consultations with lawmakers in which he gained a simple majority in the 128-member parliament. He won support from 69 lawmakers, including the parl
U.S. government joins whistle-blower suit accusing Navistar of false billing
Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The federal government has joined a lawsuit accusing Navistar International and its defense unit of defrauding the United States to the tune of $ 1.3 billion, according to court filings made public this week. The legal complaint, released Wednesday, accuses the company of violating the False Claims Act by submitting fraudulent invoices and charging inflated prices for commercial parts for military vehicles used by the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan. "The Department of Justice will hold accountable those contractors who falsify information and thereby cause the military to pay inflated prices," said Jody Hunt, assistant attorney general for the Civil Division. "We will take steps necessary to protect the military's procurement process from abuse." The U.S. Marine Co...
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The pop-up shop was once almost exclusively the domain of food vendors and independent retailers, but that's not the case any more. These days, you're just as likely to see a big-brand pop-up shop set up in a temporary space, because these big name brands wish to create unique and innovative retail design experiences.
All over the country, unused high-street retail spaces are being turned into pop-up shops that offer much more than a retail experience, both to the consumer and the retailer. These small spaces are more popular than ever, and big brands like Nokia, BRC, and Louis Vuitton are scrambling to get in on this potentially lucrative new kind of venture.
The Pop-up Shop as a Marketing Tool
The concept of the pop-up shop is a simple one, but used effectively, it's much more than just a retail space; it's also a form of temporary advertising that's providing a new avenue for retailers that have already reached their limit in terms of conventional forms of marketing. The fact is that internet retailers are now threatening high street stores and pop up shops are a new way for them to fight back. The beauty of the pop-up shop is that it is by definition a temporary venture—a short, sharp blast of advertising that is also highly memorable, and creates interest and demand by virtue of being limited in duration. It's proving to be an advantage for owners of vacant spaces as well, with organisations like Transport for London renting out vacant spaces on a regular basis, and even designating “permanent” pop-up spaces at Old Street Station and Piccadilly Circus, which retailers can rent on a temporary basis for as little as one week.
This concept is proving a useful marketing tool not just for conventional retailers, but also for online-only brands, and even celebrities. Chef Jamie Oliver, for example, created a pop-up space named for his YouTube channel, Drinks Tube. The shop didn't sell any products—but people could use a social media hashtag, #CocktailRequest, to request a cocktail, and then watch it being created.
Another stand-out example is the fashion brand Marc Jacobs, which used the concept to promote a newly-released fragrance. Open for just three days, the Marc Jacobs pop-up shop invited visitors to tweet about the store in exchange for free gifts. Then there was Maria Sharapova's “Sugarpova” shop, open for the week before Wimbledon, to publicise the tennis star's line of sweets.
The New Pop-Up Industry
The pop-up shop has become such a popular concept over the past couple of years that there's now a whole new industry developing around this novel retail experience. For example, there are now companies such as Appear Here, solely dedicated to locating properties for retailers that want to rent vacant spaces on a temporary basis.
According to Richard Lim, head of business information at the British Retail Consortium, the new trend is indicative of the high degree of innovation that's always been a part of the retail industry. The BRC has already partnered with EE to improve the range of technology available at pop-up retail shops, a move that will allow different types of retailers to use these spaces. In a "pop-up mall" called Boxpark in Shoreditch, organisations as diverse as Gap, the Guardian, and STA Travel are using spaces created with old shipping containers, highlighting both the temporary nature and the innovation that's an integral part of the pop-up movement.
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How to Escape the Rat Race in One Year, or Less... | Episode 78
Fernando Ornelas, Epic Pro Academy member, shares his story with Matt how he escaped the "rat race" in less than a year. Specifically, you'll hear how Fernando acquired his first group of properties, the strategy he used to acquire his second group of properties and the strategy he's now using that has built his personal portfolio of equitable interest in 100 properties in less than a year.
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Mise-en-scene Film Amelie (Sebuah Analisa Semiotika)
TRI PRASISTA, RISQA (2007) Mise-en-scene Film Amelie (Sebuah Analisa Semiotika). Other thesis, University of Muhammadiyah Malang.
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Miseenscene (Read: meezahnsen) comes from French meaning "place on stage "or" put on the scene. " Starting from the use of the stage theater, now the term is used in the study of film (film studies) to indicate how particular scene is framed (framing). Miseenscene can also mean pengartikulasian space cinematic or can also be interpreted as mapping the scene or anything that is put and arranged in front of the camera in a film production. Elements contained in Miseenscene namely: acting & movement of players, costumes & Makeup, settings & decorations, space (Space) and composition, Lighting (Lighting). The film is selected in this study titled Amelie. The film, starring French actress Audrey Tautou and Mathieu Kassovitz French actor was produced in 2001 and directed by French director, JeanPierre Jeunet. This research attempts to describe how elements MiseenScene in the movie Amelie composed and revealed what is the meaning of the elements MiseenScene in the movie Amelie. This study uses semiotics analysis of Roland Barthes' model approach interpretive, where efforts to interpret signs contained in film. Reason peneneliti using semiotic analysis model for researchers interested Barthes with the idea of the significance of two stages (two orders of signification) proposed by Barthes. The significance of the first stage is the relationship between signifier and signified in the a sign of external reality that is called by Barthes as a denotation, ie The most obvious meaning of the sign. While the significance of the second phase which is also referred to as connotation is the interaction that occurs when the sign met with feelings or emotions of readers and values culture. Connotations, for Barthes is identical to the operation ideology, which he calls the myth (myth). Myth is how the culture to explain or understand some aspect or symptom nature. Studying the film means to learn the culture because the film is a real reflection community where the film was produced. Understanding the culture means exploring how meaning is produced symbolically through praktikpraktik meaning of language. In ideology in the film there is also a filmmaker. One way to understand an ideology is by studying myth. After finding penandapenanda (Signifiers) researchers then interpret the sign denotation (Denotative signified) and signified connotation (conotative signified). In accordance with the method Roland Barthes' semiotic model there are two levels of meaning in this study. In meaning the level of the first level, this film is a film about a French girl innocent and a loner and was trying to overcome the confusion that he faced when he fall in love with a man. At the second level of meaning or the level of myth, researchers capture that this film is a film French female figures representing today's savvy and values inherited social and heroism. This film shows the character of people France is unique, pay attention and great appreciation for art and culture, free, democratic, nationalist, and patriotic. In this film there are patriotic and nationalistic ideology of individual France is trying to be communicated by the filmmaker. Amelie is powerful, social-minded tall, imaginative, and intelligent, is a heroine of France as well as supervisors and patron of Paris (and France extensively) in the form of fiction created by filmmaker. Through the film Amelie, the filmmaker shows that for the figure represents heroic and resilient women who do not have to show women bear arms, fight smart, strong, and so forth. By adjusting the elements Miseenscene which includes setting & decorations, costumes and makeup, acting & movement player, space, and lighting in a creative film production may be, will be produced a visual that is not only beautiful to be enjoyed but also has a deep meaning. Therefore, this study is expected to contribute positively to the practitioners of film to be able to pour ideidenya through creative visualization and beautiful in his work.
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IWW Strikes 1905-1920
We have developed maps, lists, and charts detailing nearly 400 strike actions led or supported by the IWW, as recorded in the Industrial Worker, Solidarity, Industrial Union Bulletin, and several non IWW newspapers. (Click on images at right to see interactive maps and charts).
Some are well known. The IWW gained national attention in 1909 with a dramatic set of strikes in mills and factories around McKees Rock, PA, where railway cars were constructed. Victory in the Lawrence, MA, textile strike in 1912 secured the organization's reputation for organizing immigrant workers in industries that AFL unions largely ignored. Out West, the 1915 Wheatland, CA, hop pickers strike, the 1917 timber strikes in the Pacific Northwest, and Bisbee, AZ, mine strike are equally famous.
But this project has identified hundreds of strikes that are less well known to historians. Some were short-lived and unsuccessful, but others ended in victories. The IWW played various roles, often supporting strike actions that they did not initiate or lead. Some of these strikes were organized by AFL locals.
Below is a month-by-month list of more than 400 strike reports culled from IWW and non IWW newspapers. The Date column represents either a known start date for the action or the publication date of the newspaper. The Descriptions are derived from newspaper reports and have not been independently verified. These data are from our yearbooks and are also used in our interactive maps of strikes.
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Striking Tinners and Slaters Join IWW 5/18/1905 Youngstown Ohio Striking tinners and slaters join the IWW. Perryburg Journal 05-18-1905
Cigar Makers End Strike 11/15/1905 Cleveland Ohio Cigar makers' union ends their strike after winning all demands. Montana News 11-15-1905
IWW Scab on Actors Strike 5/8/1906 New York New York IWW members scab on actors on strike for securing a closed shop. The San Francisco Call 05-08-1906
Paper Makers Strike 8/1/1906 New Haven Connecticut Strike in response to discharge of IWW members. Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 368
Mine Owners Shut Down Mines 9/13/1906 Goldfield Nevada Mine owners shut down the miners until the Western of Federation of Miners withdraw support for the IWW. The Salt Lake Herald 09-13-1906
Wire and Iron Workers Threaten Strike 9/16/1906 Spokane Washington Wire and iron workers in the IWW notify their employer they will walk out if not granted the nine hour day. The Labor World 09-16-1906
Reno Strike Broken 10/1/1906 Reno Nevada AFL broke a strike of IWW cooks who demanded the 10 hour day. Industrial Union Bulletin 03-30-1907 03-30-1907
Cooks and Waiters Strike 10/16/1906 Reno Nevada Cooks and waiters strike for the 10 hour day and union recognition. The Evening Statesman 10-16-1906
Goldfield Strike 12/1/1906 Goldfield Nevada The IWW Local 77, which represented a variety of town workers, and WFM Local 220 of organized miners, merged to form the WFM-IWW 220 and struck for better wages and shorter hours. Despite the official split of these groups in early 1907, they continued to function collectively and gain eight hour days for among all local businesses by March. Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW, 121
Sit-down Strike in Schenectady 12/1/1906 Schenectady New York Three thousand IWW members stopped work at a General Electric plant by remaining seated in the building. This action was taken in response to the firing of three IWW members and the company's refusal to rehire them. This is the first record of a sit-down strike of the 20th Century. Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW, 126; Michael Hargis, "95 Years of Revolutionary Industrial Unionism," Anarcho Syndicalist Review, #27 and #28
Silk Workers Strike 12/1/1906 West New Brighton Connecticut Strike in response to discharge of IWW members. Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 368
General Electic Company Employees Strike 12/11/1906 Schenectady New York Two thousand General Electric Company employees go on strike in protest of the firing of union members. The Sun 12-11-1906
Nevada Miners on Strike 12/24/1906 Goldfield Nevada The population is halved as striking miners leave town en masse. The Minneapolis Journal 12-24-1906
Striking Wobblies Return to Work 1/1/1907 Schenectady New York The 2500 striking Wobblies return to work without winning their demands. The San Francisco Call 01-01-1907
Miners Refuse Offer 1/2/1907 Goldfield Nevada IWW strike organizers reject the mine operators' proposal to end the strike. The Salt Lake Herald 01-02-1907
Lumbermen Strike 2/1/1907 Somers Montana The strike was for official recognition of the IWW. Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 368
Portland Lumber and Saw Mill Strike 3/1/1907 Portland Oregon Two thousand lumber workers went on strike under the leadership of Fred Heslewood and Joseph Ettor following ignored requests for improved wages and hours. The strike closed most of the mills in Portland, however mill owners, the AFL, and other local unions cooperated to employ non union workers and reopen the mills. While the strike was lost, organizers emphasized the improved working conditions that resulted regardless. Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW, 129-131; Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 368
Textile Workers' Strike 3/2/1907 Skowhegan Maine IWW members held a strike against textile mills in Skowhegan and surrounding towns for wage increases and the right to "live rather than merely exist." Industrial Union Bulletin 03-02-1907 03-02-1907
IWW Ask Workers to Refuse Service to Non-Members 3/10/1907 Goldfield Nevada Striking IWW members ask waiters and store clerks to refuse service to any person not in their union. Bisbee Daily Review 03-10-1907
Bird Cage Workers Strike 3/13/1907 New York New York Bird cage workers' local IWW union call a strike against a factory and talk of a national bird cage workers' union. The Sun 03-13-1907
Lumber Mill Strike 3/15/1907 St. John Oregon Outside IWW members visit lumber mill and convince the workers to strike for a wage increase of $0.25 per day. St. John's Review 03-15-1907
Goldfield Under Armed Guard 3/16/1907 Goldfield Nevada All business close and to remain closed until the town's miners leave the IWW. Hundreds of armed guards keep watch of the streets. New York Tribune 03-16-1907
Mill and Wool workers' Strike 3/16/1907 Portland Oregon IWW organized a strike of over 250 mill and wool workers for a wage increase. Industrial Union Bulletin 03-16-1907 03-16-1907
Miners Leave IWW and Stores Reopen 3/18/1907 Goldfield Nevada Local stores reopen as WFM miners declare themselves separate from the IWW. The San Francisco Call 03-18-1907
IWW Members Asked to Leave District 3/19/1907 Goldfield Nevada Mine owners and business men issue a statement demanding all IWW members to leave the district. The Salt Lake Herald 03-19-1907
Various Strikes 3/19/1907 Portland Oregon The strike of mill workers remained unbroken. Additionally, 143 sewer workers went on strike for the 9 hours day. Industrial Union Bulletin 03-23-1907 03-23-1907
Tacoma Smeltermen Organize and Strike 3/30/1907 Tacoma Washington Smeltermen went on strike for a wage increase of 50 cents per day. Industrial Union Bulletin 03-30-1907 03-30-1907
Tonopah Strike Broken 3/30/1907 Tonopah Nevada AFL broke a strike of waiters and cooks who demanded the eight hour day. Industrial Union Bulletin 03-30-1907 03-30-1907
Wage Increase for Mill Workers 4/6/1907 Aberdeen Washington An IWW strike won a wage increase of 25 cents per day for all mill workers. Industrial Union Bulletin 04-06-1907 04-06-1907
Victory at Paterson 4/6/1907 Paterson New Jersey Several dye shops granted their workers a one dollar wage increase after pressure from the IWW. Industrial Union Bulletin 04-06-1907 04-06-1907
Portland Mill Strike Continued 4/6/1907 Portland Oregon Portland lumber mills remained inoperative as the IWW continued their strike. Industrial Union Bulletin 04-06-1907 04-06-1907
Silk Workers' Strike 4/13/1907 Paterson New Jersey Workers of the New Jersey Silk Company went on strike and won a wage increase. Industrial Union Bulletin 04-13-1907 04-13-1907
A Strike for IWW Control 4/13/1907 Paterson New Jersey Workers in the Kramer Hat Company intending to make it an IWW-only shop went on strike after one man refused to join. After one day of striking, the man joined the IWW. Industrial Union Bulletin 04-13-1907 04-13-1907
Portland Strike Off 4/20/1907 Portland Oregon IWW called off the strike on Portland mills without winning their demands. Industrial Union Bulletin 04-20-1907 04-20-1907
Victorious Strike of Mill Workers 4/27/1907 Skowhegan Maine The strike prompted by the unwarranted firing of 42 IWW members ended with the striking party winning all their demands including "reinstatement of all who were discharged... abolition of the [illegible] system…a day's pay for all poor work instead of piece work, [and] a shop committee elected by the local to meet the company every two weeks to settle all grievances tat may arise." Industrial Union Bulletin 04-27-1907 04-27-1907
Lumbermen Strike 5/1/1907 Missoula Montana Strike for higher wages. Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 368; Michael Hargis, "95 Years of Revolutionary Industrial Unionism," Anarcho Syndicalist Review, #27 and #28
Tacoma Smeltermen's Strike 5/18/1907 Tacoma Washington IWW requested all smelters avoid Tacoma as all workers in the smelting company there were on strike. Industrial Union Bulletin 05-18-1907 05-18-1907
Rhode Island Mill Strikers Organized 7/20/1907 Mapleville Rhode Island Striking mill workers joined the IWW with 80 members. Industrial Union Bulletin 07-20-1907 07-20-1907
Locomotive Workers' Victorious Strike 7/20/1907 Paterson New Jersey After seven weeks of striking, IWW locomotive workers win their (unspecified) demands. Industrial Union Bulletin 07-20-1907 07-20-1907
Metal and Machinery Workers' Strike 7/27/1907 Bridgeport Connecticut Twelve hundred IWW member in the metal and machinery industry went on strike, shutting own three plants run by the American Tube & Stamping Co. The topics of contention were low wages and the monthly night-to-day shift switch. Industrial Union Bulletin 07-27-1907 07-27-1907
Bridgeport Metal and Machinery Workers' Strike 8/1/1907 Bridgeport Connecticut The IWW organized and won a strike against the American Tube and Stamping company by recruiting Hungarian immigrants and native Americans. Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW, 126; Michael Hargis, "95 Years of Revolutionary Industrial Unionism," Anarcho Syndicalist Review, #27 and #28
Smeltermen Strike Over 8/12/1907 Tacoma Washington Strike of smeltermen called off without reaching its demands. Industrial Union Bulletin 08-24-1907 08-24-1907
Violence Against Strikers 8/14/1907 Tonopah Nevada The sheriff and deputies met about 200 men engaged in an IWW-organized strike for the eight hour day and made 51 arrests. All those arrested had their charges dropped in court. Industrial Union Bulletin 08-31-1907 08-31-1907
White Goods Makers' Strike 8/17/1907 New York New York The strike of white goods makers entered its tenth week. Several had been arrested, but were released without conviction. Industrial Union Bulletin 08-17-1907 08-17-1907
Metal and Machinery Strike Over 8/31/1907 Bridgeport Connecticut The strike of iron and steel workers in the American Tube and Stamping Co. ended as the company agreed to meet the demands of the laborers. Industrial Union Bulletin 08-31-1907 08-31-1907
White Goods Makers' Strike Over 8/31/1907 New York New York The 12 week long strike of white goods workers ended. Industrial Union Bulletin 09-14-1907 09-14-1907
Weavers' Strike Over 9/14/1907 Mapleville Rhode Island The striking weavers called off their strike after winning their demands of no discrimination against strikers and unionized workers, safer working conditions, and higher wages. Industrial Union Bulletin 09-14-1907 09-14-1907
Lumber Handlers' Strike 10/19/1907 Vancouver B.C. IWW lumber handlers walked out on strike to protest an increase in hours and decrease in wage. Industrial Union Bulletin 10-19-1907 10-19-1907
Lumber Handlers' Strike Called Off 10/30/1907 Vancouver B.C. The striking lumber handlers' unanimously voted to return to work. It is unclear whether or not their demands were met. Industrial Union Bulletin 11-09-1907 11-09-1907
Silk Workers' Strike 11/16/1907 Lancaster Pennsylvania Four hundred IWW silk workers went on strike for shorter work days and increased wages. Industrial Union Bulletin 11-16-1907 11-16-1907
Cloak Makers' Strike 11/18/1907 Cloak makers went on strike. Industrial Union Bulletin 12-07-1907 12-07-1907
Silk Workers' Strike Ended 12/14/1907 Lancaster Pennsylvania Silk workers called off their strike. Industrial Union Bulletin 12-14-1907 12-14-1907
Cloak Makers' Strike Ended 12/14/1907 New York New York The 150 striking cloak makers returned to work Industrial Union Bulletin 12-14-1907 12-14-1907
Roosevelt Recalls Goldfield Troops, Strike Breakers Sent 12/23/1907 Goldfield Nevada President Roosevelt ordered the recall of the federal troops he sent in December, saying that the request by Governor Sparks was based on a misrepresentation of the conditions in Goldfield. Fifty-three strike breakers were brought in from California. Industrial Worker 01-04-1908
Strike Breakers Leave 1/4/1908 Goldfield Nevada As a result of the strike, the mines are in poor condition and many strike breakers are leaving. The strikers are quietly awaiting developments. Industrial Worker 01-04-1908
Mining Strike Continues 1/11/1908 Goldfield Nevada The miners are standing together and many strike breakers have quit. Small businessmen and stockholders are in trouble and there are rumors that leasers and mine owners may "start up with the miners at the old basis." Industrial Worker 01-11-1908
Federal Commission Sides with IWW 1/18/1908 Goldfield Nevada All IWW locals are urged to support the striking miners. The report of President Roosevelt's Commission confirms the contention that the mine owners had the troops sent into the camp in order to enforce a reduction in wages and break up the union. Industrial Worker 01-18-1908
IWW Drives Away Strike Breakers 1/18/1908 Salt Lake City Utah A Goldfield VP hired 120 strike breakers, but IWW members met them at the train depot and were able to get a majority of them to desert. Industrial Worker 01-18-1908
Competing Union Formed 2/8/1908 Goldfield Nevada Mine owners are organizing a scab union, called the Nevada Miners Union, with the intention of competing with and defeating the socialist Western Federation of Miners. Industrial Worker 02-08-1908
Wool Strike Lost 2/15/1908 Dracut Massachusetts After striking and temporarily stopping a new system in which they are required to operate two looms instead of one, woolen weavers have admitted defeat. Industrial Worker 02-15-1908
Railroad Workers Strike 3/14/1908 Beatty Nevada IWW and WFM members went out on strike when the railroads announced a reduction in wages. More than 300 foreigners brought in by the companies refused to scab and left, but native born Americans are filling the strikers places. Industrial Worker 03-14-1908
Lockout of Unionized Tailors 3/14/1908 Los Angeles California Two hundred Journeyman Tailors have been locked out for five months because of their union membership. Strike breakers from the East found only a little low paying work when they arrived. Industrial Worker 03-14-1908
Strike Called Off 3/21/1908 Goldfield Nevada The strike has been called off. The district is overrun with idle men and the large body of revolutionary unionists are seeking other fields. Industrial Worker 03-21-1908
Quarry Workers Strike 4/1/1908 Marble Colorado Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 368
French Weavers Strike 4/18/1908 Germantown Pennsylvania A strike at Dobson Badford is still on and donations are requested. Industrial Worker 04-18-1908
Silk Workers Strike 4/25/1908 Hoboken New Jersey Silk workers have been on strike for a small wage increase since March 20. Assistance is requested. Industrial Worker 04-25-1908
Strike Won 5/2/1908 Marble Colorado A strike organized by the IWW and International Union has been won. Industrial Worker 05-02-1908
Protest Called 5/30/1908 Kalispell Montana A resolution was adopted to protest against a contractor who refused to pay union scale wages. Support from other IWW and craft unions is requested. Industrial Worker 06-20-1908
IWW and WFM Allied Against Strike Breakers 7/4/1908 Seattle Washington IWW members are working with WFM representatives to prevent Seattle employment agents from recruiting strike breakers to go to the Treadwell gold mine in Alaska. Industrial Worker 07-04-1908
Textile Worker Strike 8/1/1908 Lawrence Massachusetts Strike in response to wage cuts. Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 368; Michael Hargis, "95 Years of Revolutionary Industrial Unionism," Anarcho Syndicalist Review, #27 and #28
French Textile Workers Strike 8/22/1908 Lawrence Massachusetts The French Branch of the IWW Textile Workers Union of Lawrence went on strike two weeks ago, protesting cuts in wages. Assistance is requested. Industrial Worker 08-22-1908
Loggers Organize on Puget Sound 4/15/1909 Seattle Washington Loggers in the Puget Sound have decided to begin striking in order to better their living conditions in the mountains, where they live amongst rats, fleas and sleep 10 in a small shack. Industrial Worker, 04-15-1909
Lumbermen Strike 5/1/1909 Kalispell Montana Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 368
Lumbermen Strike 5/1/1909 Prince Rupert British Columbia Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 368
Brewery Workers Strike 5/3/1909 Kalispell Montana The brewery workers of Kalispell have gone on strike to stop the plans to divide Industrial Union into specific crafts. Additionally, they are calling for 6 hour days on Saturday and 10 cent wage increases. They encourage all I.W.W. members to cease consuming Kalispell beer and for saloons to stop purchasing it. Industrial Worker, 05-06-1909
Strike in Montana by the Lumberjacks 5/13/1909 Fortine Montana River drivers and bush cutters have ceased working along the river in Fortine in order to gain better working conditions. Workers have kept to their cabins as logs have pilled up high in the river. They expect a quick victory! Industrial Worker, 05-13-1909
Strikers Appeal for Strike Funds 5/14/1909 Kalispell Montana Members of the I.W.W. in Flathead valley that are striking or wanting to strike, are seeking funds to support the strike. Prices of food, clothes, etc. have gone up in the area and the reduced wages are making striking very difficult in the region. Industrial Worker, 05-20-1909
Lumbermen Vote to Strike 5/16/1909 Somers Montana There was a large meeting at the Somers saw mill on the 16th, as men voted to go on strike on the 20th, joining the trend of set by the river drivers and brewers. Industrial Worker, 05-20-1909; Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 368
Kalispell Brewery Workers Still on Strike 5/19/1909 Kalispell Montana The brewers at Kalispell were supposed to sign an agreement with brewery owners agreeing to the workers demands, but they instead opted out at the last minute. They continued to insist that saloons don’t purchase their beer. Industrial Worker, 05-27-1909
The Prince Rupert IWW on Strike 5/20/1909 Prince Rupert British Columbia Railroad workers of the I.W.W. in British Columbia have gone on strike against rotten grub and miserable living/working conditions. Industrial Worker, 05-20-1909
Lumber Strikes of the IWW are in Full Swing 5/27/1909 Fortine Montana The strikes by the log-drivers are in full swing. The river has began flooding and mill owners are beginning to see the power of the I.W.W. Men are encouraged to continue to donate to this strike and help them achieve victory. Industrial Worker, 05-27-1909
Weak IWW Numbers Plague Strike 6/2/1909 Walla Walla Washington I.W.W. numbers are very weak in Walla Walla, making their strike for better wages in the fields very difficult. Ranchers are being stingy with wages and workers are going hungry. Industrial Worker, 06-10-1909
Strike in Montana Continues 6/3/1909 Flathead County Montana The scabs have left the mills officially ceasing their operations. The Flathead County Hangman is threating to arrest them for destruction of property because of the flooding and has even choked an I.W.W. man to death. However, the men still have confidence that the owners will fold over and give into union demands. Industrial Worker, 06-03-1909
New Seattle IWW Activity 6/10/1909 Aberdeen Washington There is a new strike in Aberdeen known as the "Anti-Employment Office League". Industrial Worker, 06-10-1909
Montana Strike Continues 6/10/1909 Fortine Montana The strike in Montana is doing better than ever. Workers have continued on with their efforts to protest and all the logs jammed in the river have flowed into the lake, making them a total loss to the company. Industrial Worker, 06-10-1909
IWW Grows Membership 6/15/1909 Prince Rupert British Columbia Owners have now been hiring workers that are willing to work at the lowest wages, prompting more to leave. Those who have stayed have opted to join the I.W.W., growing its number to 400 and hopefully 1000 by winter. Industrial Worker, 06-24-1909
The Montana Strike 6/17/1909 Flathead County Montana The situation in the area has remained the same. Some arrest have been made against I.W.W. members, but owners are continuing to lose profits as timber continues to be lost. Industrial Worker, 06-17-1909
IWW Gaining Membership 6/17/1909 Prince Rupert British Columbia 125 more men have walked away from the rail line at Prince Rupert. Many are joining the I.W.W. and their will be an open meeting tomorrow for all union members to try and rally a larger membership. Industrial Worker, 06-17-1909
Flathead Strike Industrial Warfare 7/1/1909 Flathead County Montana Two injunctions were signed by a district court judge that forbid members of the I.W.W. from going on any of the companies land, as well as government post offices and highways. This essentially made it illegal for them to go anywhere, and has prompted even more police brutality against the workers. Industrial Worker, 07-01-1909
Strikers on the Fortine River 7/1/1909 Fortine Montana Logs continue to pile up and stay high and dry for some time. The boss at the mill wants to negotiate with the I.W.W. but the Somers Lumber Company has forbidden him from doing so. The workers will continue to strike until their demands are met. Industrial Worker, 07-01-1909
Sheet and Tin Plate Workers Strike 7/1/1909 New Castle Pennsylvania Workers strike for an open shop. Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 368
Strike at Wenatchee 7/5/1909 Wenatchee Washington I.W.W. men on a construction job in Wenatchee performed a walk out after employers refused to raise their working wages. Industrial Worker,
Conditions at Flathead Valley 7/15/1909 Somers Montana I.W.W. members continue to strike for better wages. However, they are running low on money and the cost of living in the area continues to go up. Mill owners are buying up the shacks they live in on the mill, trying to get rid of all the I.W.W. workers there. Industrial Worker, 07-15-1909
Prince Rupert Strike Report 7/22/1909 Prince Rupert British Columbia The strike at Price Rupert has been partially successful. At some points along the track where work has stagnated, the government began hiring workers to finish the building of sewers, sidewalks, etc. that were a part of the planned building of the railroad. However, at other places along the track, the railway company continues to pay at the lower wages. Industrial Worker, 07-22-1909
Conditions at Flathead Valley 7/22/1909 Somers Montana Conditions are worse than ever. People continue to come to the city and work for horrible wages. Conditions at Somers continue to stay stagnant because of the poor work quality of the scabs. Industrial Worker, 07-22-1909
Big IWW Strike in Pennsylvania 7/23/1909 Shenango Pennsylvania After one engineer was fired at the Shenango Tin Plant, all workers walked out to strike. Workers left steam engines on part of the plant went up in flames. They expect I.W.W. membership to grow to 450. Industrial Worker, 08-05-1909; Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 368
Dam Construction Strike 7/26/1909 Conconully Washington All working men, except carpenters, have gone on strike for better wages on the construction of the Dam in Conconully. They are demanding a 50 cent wage increase despite being offered a 25 cent increase. Industrial Worker, 08-05-1909
Somers Strike 7/29/1909 Somers Montana Workers are encouraged to stay away from Somers. The owner of the mill, Jim Hill, owns all the land, roads, post offices, etc. in the area and is terrorizing I.W.W. workers. Industrial Worker, 07-29-1909
IWW Become Involved in McKees Rocks Strike 8/1/1909 McKees Rocks Pennsylvania As tensions rose between unskilled immigrant and skilled American striking workers of the Pressed Steel Car Company, William Trautmann and other IWW members travelled to McKees Rocks to provide more radical support for the underrepresented immigrants. Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW, 204; Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 368
Violence Erupts Between Strikers and Strikebreakers 8/1/1909 McKees Rocks Pennsylvania Six men were killed, six were critically injured and 45 were wounded as violence broke out between the immigrant strikers and the strikebreakers. Most of the injured and killed were among the strikers. Despite the IWW promoting passive resistance and having an a limited presence at McKees Rocks, they were associated with the violence. Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW, 205-6
Strikers Killed by Militia 8/24/1909 New Castle Pennsylvania 10 strikers were killed after the local militia opened fire on them during a protest at the Pressed Steel Plant. Four officers were also killed during the clash. Industrial Worker, 08-26-1909
Strike in Pennsylvania 8/26/1909 New Castle Pennsylvania The Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin workers have all gone on strike in Pennsylvania against the United States Steel Corporation. They are asking for funds to help support the strike. Industrial Worker, 08-26-1909
Strikebreakers Clash with Strikers 8/26/1909 Schoenville Pennsylvania 300 strikebreakers were brought in from Chicago and Philadelphia by rail car to keep the steel mills going in Schoenville. They were met by union strikers and got into a huge brawl, preventing any strike breaker from getting in. They are continuing to do this every day. Industrial Worker, 08-26-1909
Settlement Reached 9/1/1909 McKees Rocks Pennsylvania Fearing further IWW interference, employers offered revised terms to strikers which were accepted. Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW, 206
Strike Resumes 9/1/1909 McKees Rocks Pennsylvania Further inspection of the terms presented by the Pressed Steel Car Company and the skilled American workers revealed a delay in wage increases and the continuation of the pooling system of pay. The IWW attempted to organize the immigrant workers who were still awaiting rehire and successfully coordinated a 4000 person walk-out despite the arrest of Trautmann. Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW, 207
End of Strike 9/1/1909 McKees Rocks Pennsylvania Skilled American workers were used to break the strike and form a less radical organization that the Pressed Steel Car Company would acknowledge. Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW, 207
IWW Wins Out McKees Rocks Strike 9/8/1909 Schoenville Pennsylvania The work of the I.W.W. has paid off and strikebreakers have not been able to get through to the factory and have given up completely. With the yards tied up, the Pressed Steel Car Company has offered to meet the demands of the I.W.W. men in order to re-open the factories. Industrial Worker, 09-09-1909
New Castle Strike, IWW is Growing 9/9/1909 Shenango Pennsylvania The Tin Workers Union No. 296 (I.W.W.) has grown to 450 strong. The I.W.W. has set up relief stations in the area for those who need it, and continue to receive applications everyday. The strike in general has grown to 3500 men at the plant, and both the I,.W.W. and the A.A. Tin Workers have agreed that no deal will be made with the company unless the demands of both groups are met. Industrial Worker, 09-09-1909
IWW Membership Growth 10/20/1909 Schoenville Pennsylvania The I.W.W. of McKees Rocks has grown to 4000 members as a result of the strike. Industrial Worker, 10-20-1909
Workers Win in Prince Rupert 10/23/1909 Prince Rupert British Columbia 8 men were arrested for refusing to work unless their wages were raised to 50 cents an hour. After the police were challenged as to why these men were arrested they were released. The next day they were paid the wage of 50 cents an hour. This has been the first major win in Prince Rupert for the I.W.W. Industrial Worker, 10-27-1909
Girl of Seventeen Leads March 10/27/1909 New York New York 5,000 members of the Neckwear Workers' Union marched on the streets of New York demanding higher wages. It was led by a 17 year old girl who invited by the I.W.W. to come to Spokane to speak for the free speech fight occurring there. Industrial Worker, 10-27-1909
Pittsburgh Strike Standard Mfg. Co. 10/27/1909 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania The three factories in the US that manufacture bathtubs, water closet implements, etc. have joined together to form a price monopoly. The workers have retaliated and gone out on strike to protest for safer conditions in the plant and to have Sundays off. Industrial Worker, 10-27-1909
Strike at Train Yard 12/1/1909 Spokane Washington 2500 union men walked out last night at the train yard demanding higher wages, shorter hours and abolishment of a physical examination test. The train yard has begun scabbing for other workers to come fill their place rather than compromise with their demands. Industrial Worker, 12-01-1909
Waist Workers' Strike 12/25/1909 New York New York 15,000 waist workers went on strike in New York, all of them girls. It did not take long for bosses to meet the union demands of better wages. They then celebrated by parading through the streets. Industrial Worker, 12-25-1909
Switchmens Strike 12/25/1909 Spokane Washington The Switchmens' strike has continued on, effecting about 65,000 workers tied to this industry. It has compelled most of these men to go on strike as well until these men get their demands. Industrial Worker, 12-25-1909
Cigar Workers Strike 1/12/1910 Cleveland Ohio London Whiffs Cigar Company fired all IWW members, then informed them they would be re-hired if they left the union. In response, the workers declared a strike. Solidarity 01-29-1910
Car Builders Strike 1/14/1910 Hammond Indiana Car builders unionized and went on strike demanding better wages. The IWW and AFL competed for leadership of the strike. The police deputized special police to attack the workers and kick them out of company housing. All of the IWW officers are soon arrested. Eventually, the mayor asked for a committee of the IWW workers and the company to come together and end the conflict. Industrial Worker, 02-19-1910
Steel Strike in Hammond 1/29/1910 Hammond Indiana Due to unfair back-rent issues, pay cuts, and a payroll system that made it impossible to know how much a worker was going to be paid, a strike was called. Over 1000 workers were on strike with leadership by IWW members. Industrial Worker, 01-29-1910
Railroad Workers' Brief Strike 1/29/1910 Janesville Wisconsin One-third of the 600 men tasked with digging trains out of the stone went on strike for mittens, whisky, and a wage increase. The company immediately provided them with, "good felt mittens, two stiff drinks… and [a] dollar and hour." Solidarity 01-29-1910
IWW Joins Bethlehem Strike 2/26/1910 Bethlehem Pennsylvania IWW organizers joined the 10,000-strong steel mill strike that began a few weeks prior. Solidarity 02-26-1910
Strike Situation at Bethlehem 3/12/1910 Bethlehem Pennsylvania A strike had begun in Bethlehem in hopes of it becoming a general strike, and IWW member Schmidt was going to make a speech to the striking and interested workers. However, the police threatened to arrest him if he spoke in English. The meeting fell apart and the AFL is blamed for ending the strike and giving in and sending workers back to work. Industrial Worker, 03-12-1910
Successful IWW Strike in Portland 3/19/1910 Portland Oregon IWW workers at United Engineering Co. went on strike for a 30 cent/hour raise. Banners and signs were put up in the area telling everyone to stay away. Pickets were stationed around the building. Because of the warnings, the company could not hire replacements and gave the employees the raise within 4 hours. Industrial Worker, 03-26-1910
Accounts of The Strike At Sheridan, Oregon 3/26/1910 Sheridan Oregon 150 Workers at a lumber company went on strike for a 25 cent/day raise. The IWW painted signs that said "Strike on at Sheridan, Ore. Stay Away" and carried the signs in front of employment shark agencies. This prevented anyone from buying these jobs and thus prevented strike breakers. The strike was successful. Industrial Worker, 03-26-1910
Glass Workers Strike at Muncie 4/16/1910 Muncie Indiana Various groups of employees came together to ask management for small raises. Management agreed to some, and after discussing it the workers accepted it. Management then backed out of the offer and refused to negotiate. Many workers are out on strike, and have been blacklisted. IWW members are organizing the strike and say they will stay on strike all summer. Industrial Worker, 04-16-1910; Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 368
A. F. of L. Scabs Break Strike 4/23/1910 Muncie Indiana The Ball Bros. glass factory strike has been lost because of AFL actions according to the article. The company was able to work with one craft's union and this got those workers back. This broke the full strike and made it possible to fill the other positions with other AFL "scabs" to break the fight. Industrial Worker, 04-23-1910
Textile Strike 4/23/1910 New Bedford Massachusetts Textile workers voted to strike. Solidarity 04-23-1910
All Local Unions of I.W.W. On Strike in the Steel Industry of the Pittsburg District 4/23/1910 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania All IWW steel unions in the Pittsburgh area are on strike. Conflict began when editors of the paper "Solidarity" were arrested because they wouldn't state who technically owned the paper, which is technically illegal by some state law. Industrial Worker, 04-23-1910
Pipe Mill Strike 4/23/1910 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Workers in the Byers pipe mill call to strike. Solidarity 04-23-1910
Farm Hands Strike At North Yamhill 4/23/1910 Yamhill Oregon Farmhands went on strike when some were fired for teaching and talking about Industrial Unionism. The workers have been on strike for awhile, demanding a 30 cent/hour raise and a decent bunk house. Farmers refusing to give in tried unsuccessfully to hire strike breakers, and now are slandering the reputations of the strikers' wives. Fellow IWW members from Portland have helped bring supplies and sabotage some of the farmers' trees. There's an appeal for additional financial help as the workers have no food money. Industrial Worker, 04-23-1910; Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 368
Structural Iron Workers' Strike 5/8/1910 Chicago Illinois Skilled structural iron workers of the Hansel & Ellcock Construction Company went on strike several hundred strong. They called upon the IWW for assistance. After debate between the IWW and the AFL, the strikers voted to be organized by the former. Solidarity 06-04-1910
Striking Textile Workers Appeal for Funds 5/21/1910 New Bedford Massachusetts Textile workers in Massachusetts are on strike and have been for awhile. They are requesting funds from any and all IWW members so that they can continue the fight and not give in. Industrial Worker, 05-21-1910
Cooks And Waiters on Strike in Spokane 5/21/1910 Spokane Washington Despite these workers being associated with the AFL, the IWW is applauding their work because they defied the AFL leadership and went on strike quickly and all together, rather than waiting for AFL approval and red-tape clearing. So far, many employers have agreed to worker demands. However, large companies have held out longer. The Industrial Worker is calling for all scabs to stay away. Industrial Worker, 05-21-1910
Catholic Priests and Austrian Consul Undermine IWW Negotiations for Workers 5/28/1910 Denver Colorado Factory workers in Denver went on strike for a 25 cent/day raise. Despite initial success, the employers convinced Catholic priests and the Austrian consul to advise people to take a 15 cent/day raise instead. The IWW was trying to help and advise workers but the language barrier was too great, as there were workers from all over eastern Europe. Industrial Worker, 07-02-1910
Clothing Workers' Strike 6/4/1910 Chicago Illinois Over 500 workers in the Lamm & Co. Clothing Manufacturers went on strike in protest of the abuse of the young female workers. Solidarity 06-04-1910
Textile Strike Ended 6/18/1910 New Bedford Massachusetts Textile strike ended as AFL weavers returned to work. Solidarity 06-18-1910
Textile Worker Strike Continues 7/2/1910 Rhode Island Textile workers have been on strike for seven weeks here. While the strike is not an IWW strike, many members are leading the strike because the factory workers are not otherwise unionized. They are being slowed by foreign strike-breakers. Industrial Worker, 07-02-1910
Telephone Slaves Strike 7/20/1910 Spokane Washington Shovelers for the Pacific Telephone Co. are on strike for a 25 cent/day raise. They were organized by IWW members. Industrial Worker, 07-30-1910
Wage Increase Won for Smelters 7/23/1910 Denver Colorado The IWW helped win 15 cent per day wage increase for workers in a smelting plant. Solidarity 07-23-1910
Machinists' Strike 7/23/1910 Everett Washington IWW-organized machinists walk out for better conditions. Solidarity 07-23-1910
Victory for the Eight Hour Day 7/23/1910 Lake Point Idaho IWW workers win the eight hour day in an excavating camp. Solidarity 07-23-1910
Strike of Machinists, Boilmakers and Blacksmiths 7/27/1910 Spokane Washington There is a strike of machinists, boilermakers and blacksmiths in Spokane. The unionized strikers were able to convince most non-union workers to quit as well. So far, some factories have agreed to demands. The article is unclear whether the union involved is the IWW. Industrial Worker, 07-30-1910
Automobile Workers' Strike 7/30/1910 Reading Pennsylvania Workers in the Parish Manufacturing Company went on strike. Solidarity 07-30-1910
Intimidation of Workers in Vancouver 7/30/1910 Vancouver Washington An Italian IWW member was arrested for trying to talk "white men" into not scabbing on them in their strike. The Italian excavators are on strike for eight hour days and $2.75/day. The Industrial Worker says to follow this issue and be ready to assist if needed. Industrial Worker, 07-30-1910
IWW Member Bequeaths Lots 8/6/1910 Garfield Washington IWW and other men are refusing to harvest unless they get higher wages. In the meantime, they are singing the IWW song Red Flag, while flying a red flag, and sharing the Industrial Worker. They have already gotten one raise offer, although the expect one more bump in pay. A follow-up a day later says they got the original raise but also better food and an agreement to not discriminate against IWW members. They are asking for an IWW union organizer to come and bring IWW pamphlets and propaganda. Industrial Worker, 08-06-1910
Sewer Digger/ Gas Workers Strike 8/20/1910 San Diego California Sewer diggers and gas line diggers comprised of Mexicans, Greeks, Italians, and Americans are on strike. American workers were getting paid 25 cent/day more. The Mexicans were all IWW members and called the strike and have been supported by most of the other workers. They expect to win the raise. Industrial Worker, 08-20-1910; Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 368
Miners' Strike 8/27/1910 Mesa Arizona IWW-affiliated miners strike for a 50 cent per day wage increase. Solidarity 08-27-1910
Update on Sewer Diggers Strike 8/27/1910 San Diego California This is a follow-up on the previous San Diego story. The workers continue to strike and have broader support. The police have not interrupted the strike or disrupted any IWW meetings. In fact, they are said to be encouraging the workers. The workers believe they can spread IWW membership to all of San Diego's working class. Eventually, they got their 25 cent/day raise and a closed shop at the sewer company. Industrial Worker, 08-27-1910
Strike of Mexican Laborers 8/27/1910 San Diego California Mexicans laborers decided to hold a strike against the San Diego Consolidated Gas and Electric Company and the Barber Asphalt Company for higher wages and no discrimination against IWW members. Solidarity 08-27-1910
I.W.W. Compels Uncle Sam to Pay Workers 9/3/1910 Spokane Washington 52 firefighters were laid off by the Forest Ranger, Debitt, who refused to pay them. When the firefighters arrived back in Spokane, they refused to leave without their pay. The 52 stuck together, without any food, and waited for Mayor Pratt to do something. After several days, the Mayor was told by the forestry department to give the men room and board overnight and then to give them their back pay, which the city of Spokane will be reimbursed. The organization was led by IWW men and 43 of the 52 men had joined the IWW by the time they got their pay. Industrial Worker, 09-03-1910
Public Service Workers' Strike 10/1/1910 Providence Rhode Island Public service workers went on strike for increased wages and exclusive employment for unionized workers. Solidarity 10-01-1910
Restaurant Hires Union Employees 10/1/1910 Spokane Washington The Two Jacks restaurant in Spokane has hired a few union employees that have been on strike in Spokane for months. The restaurant's Employer's Association has forbid any restaurant in the city from hiring these workers, but restaurants are beginning to collapse without workers. Industrial Worker, 10-01-1910
Stirton Arrested for Street Meeting 10/8/1910 Detroit Michigan Prominent speaker A.M. Stirton arrested while holding a street meeting. Solidarity 10-08-1910
I.W.W. Boosts Wages and Shortens Hours in Portland 10/8/1910 Portland Oregon Three successive strikes of bridge workers in Portland were led by the IWW. All were successful in gaining either raises or shortened hours. Wages went from $2.25/day to $3/day and hours went from 10 hours/day to 9 hours/day. Industrial Worker, 10-08-1910
Strike in Olean 10/23/1910 Olean New York IWW called for a strike against three public works contractors for increased wages. One and a half weeks later, the strike was settled with the contractors conceding to the IWW's demands. Solidarity 11-19-1910
Meat Packers on Strike 11/5/1910 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Fifteen-hundred IWW-affiliated meat packers strike for higher wages. Solidarity 11-05-1910
Shoe Workers Strike 12/1/1910 Brooklyn New York Strike for higher wages. Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 368
Call to Support Striking Loggers 12/6/1910 Cle Elum Washington The Cascade Lumber Company is trying to reduce wages by 5 cents a day and begin charging for board. The workers immediately went on strike upon finding this out and are adamantly trying to prevent scab workers from showing up. The Industrial Worker is calling for all men to stay away. Industrial Worker, 12-15-1910
Automobile Workers' Strike 12/10/1910 Anderson Indiana IWW automobile workers held a "victorious strike." Solidarity 12-10-1910
Shoe Workers' Strike 12/10/1910 New York New York IWW shoeworkers went on strike for higher wages. Solidarity 12-10-1910
Miners Strike 1/1/1911 La Grande Washington Strike in response to wage cuts. Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 368
Boot and Shoe Workers Strike 1/1/1911 New York New York Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 368
Strike at Tunnel of Tacoma Power Plant 1/1/1911 Tacoma Washington Drillers, muckers and most other people working on the tunnel of the Tacoma Municipal Power Plant were on strike against Savage & Nichols following a wage cut. Several strikers joined the IWW as a result, and more were likely to follow Industrial Worker, 01-12-1911
Workers Maintain IWW Affiliation 1/30/1911 New York New York Shoe manufacturer A. Garside & Co. was willing to agree to terms with striking workers if the workers agree to drop affiliation with IWW. The workers refused. Industrial Worker, 02-09-1911
Southern Pacific Workers Make Demands 8/3/1911 Southern Pacific (SP) railroad workers submitted a demand for an 8-hour day, higher pay, abolition of personal records, physical exams, etc. Many SP workers were joining the IWW. Industrial Worker, 08-24-1911
Harriman Lines Will Not Grant Demands 9/1/1911 Harriman Lines, a railroad company, refused to acknowledge unions and their demands. They said it made no sense to pay workers more when the market presents them with favorable hiring conditions. Industrial Worker, 09-21-1911
Call for Strike When McNamara Goes to Trial 10/5/1911 Los Angeles California IWW members were called to strike on Oct. 11 when McNamara goes to trial. McNamara is charged with murder as the sole individual responsible for The Times bombing Industrial Worker, 10-05-1911
Strike on Harriman Lines 10/12/1911 An estimated 30,000 workers struck against Harriman Lines for failing to meet their demands. Industrial Worker, 10-12-1911
IWW Men Help Strikers 10/19/1911 IWW members joined in the Harriman strike, distributing propaganda and attempting to help organize. The strike was expected to continue for a long time. Industrial Worker, 10-19-1911
Southern Pacific Discourage Strike Participation with Perks 10/19/1911 Southern Pacific Railroad offered perks to long-time employees for "continuous service" in excess of 10 years. Joining a strike would break continuous service. Industrial Worker, 10-19-1911
Harriman Strike Continues 10/26/1911 Harriman showed no sign of giving in to workers' demands. An end to the strike is still not in sight. Industrial Worker, 11-09-1911
IWW Sabotage Rail Cars 11/16/1911 Bawley California IWW members cut the air lines of all rail cars on the Brawley sidetrack and posted IWW stickers on the cars. Industrial Worker, 11-16-1911
Longshoremen Strike 1/5/1912 Boston Massachusetts 2,500 Boston longshoremen began a general strike to demand a wage increase. Industrial Worker, 01-18-1912
Lawrence Textile Worker Strike 1/12/1912 Lawrence Massachusetts Textile mill workers went on strike in response to wage cuts alongside a state mandated reduction in hours to 55. A few hundred Italian workers voted to strike and through the course of the day, recruited nearly 10,000 people to march the streets throwing stones and ice at factories. Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW, 228; Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 368
Textile Strike 1/25/1912 Lawrence Massachusetts The textile strike in Lawrence, MA, continued with a parade that was free from conflict. Industrial Worker, 01-25-1912
Wool Mill Strike 1/25/1912 Lawrence Massachusetts The strike in Lawrence, MA, caused a group of riots in woolen mills that caused several workers, police officers, and citizens to sustain minor injuries. Industrial Worker, 01-25-1912
Striker Killed in Clash with Police 1/29/1912 Lawrence Massachusetts Annie Lopezzi was shot and killed during a clash between police and strikers. Ettor and Giovannitti were arrested in connection to the murder despite weak evidence. Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW, 248
Students Scab at University of Michigan Strike 1/30/1912 Ann Arbor Michigan Firefighters and coal wheelers at the University of Michigan went on strike. They were replaced by students. Industrial Worker, 03-07-1912
Children of Strikers Moved to Foster Homes 2/1/1912 Lawrence Massachusetts To gain publicity and help ease expenses, many strikers sought foster homes for their children for the duration of the strike. Margaret Sanger accompanied 119 children to New York to live in foster homes. Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW, 251
Militia Used On Strikers 2/8/1912 Lawrence Massachusetts The strikers and mill owners in Lawrence have not come close to reaching an agreement. Industrial Worker, 02-08-1912
AFL Expresses Interest in Lawrence Strike 2/15/1912 Lawrence Massachusetts The American Federation of Labor expressed interest in taking over as the representative organization for the strike in Lawrence. Industrial Worker, 02-15-1912
Strike Meeting in Seattle 2/19/1912 Seattle Washington To show solidarity with the Lawrence strikers, workers conducted a meeting in Seattle in order to strategize and take up collections to fund the strike. Industrial Worker, 02-22-1912
Lumbermen Strike 3/1/1912 Aberdeen Washington Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 368
IWW Organizer Assaulted in Connection to Lawrence Strike 3/4/1912 Lawrence Massachusetts An attempt on the life of the General Organizer of the I.W.W. was made in connection with the Lawrence strikes. He was critically injured and there were very few initial clues left behind. Industrial Worker, 03-14-1912
Lawrence Strike Continues 3/7/1912 Lawrence Massachusetts The textile worker strike in Lawrence continued. The mill owners offered a wage increase of 5 to 8 percent, but the I.W.W. stood by its demand for 15 percent. Industrial Worker, 03-07-1912
Protest Meeting Held 3/10/1912 Spokane Washington I.W.W. members in Spokane, WA, held a Lawrence strike protest meeting. Industrial Worker, 03-21-1912
Lumber Mill Workers Strike 3/14/1912 Hoquiam Washington Mill workers in Hoquiam, WA, began a strike and picketing for increased wages Industrial Worker, 03-21-1912; Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 368
Employers and Strikers Reach a Settlement 3/14/1912 Lawrence Massachusetts Following a series of meetings between IWW and American Woolen Company delegates, the parties negotiated terms for higher wages. The strikers voted to accept the terms, ending the strike. Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW, 253
Strike Still On At Lawrence 3/21/1912 Lawrence Massachusetts The textile strike in Lawrence, MA, continued. More children were being sent to other parts of the country, more small demonstrations occurred, and more unsuccessful negotiations were offered and examined. Industrial Worker, 03-21-1912
Raymond Mob Raids Hall and Deports Strikers 3/25/1912 Raymond Washington Several hundred men in Raymond, WA, went on strike in solidarity with movements in Hoquiam and Aberdeen. In response, a mob invaded their indoor headquarters and arrested many of the strikers. Industrial Worker, 04-04-1912
Lumber Workers Strike Spreads 3/28/1912 Grays Harbor Washington The I.W.W. lumber strike slowly spread throughout Grays Harbor, resulting in more arrests and increased membership within the I.W.W. Industrial Worker, 03-28-1912; Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 369
Piano and Organ Workers Strike 4/1/1912 New York New York Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 368
Textile Worker Strike 4/1/1912 Willimantic Connecticut Strike for higher wages. Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 368
Strike Spreads To Tacoma 4/11/1912 Seattle Washington Mill workers in Tacoma, WA, walked out of work in solidarity with the Grays Harbor strikers. Industrial Worker, 04-11-1912
Coal Miners Win Strike 4/11/1912 Colorado Coal miners in northern Colorado won their strike. Industrial Worker, 04-11-1912
Construction Strike at Salem 4/12/1912 Salem Oregon Oregon Electric Railway workers went on strike, with the I.W.W. at the helm, to negotiate wages, hours, and food. Industrial Worker, 05-09-1912
Lumber Workers Strike 4/15/1912 Bovill Idaho All of the workers at Potlatch Lumber Company in Bovill, ID, went on strike seeking better food and a pay increase of 25 cents. Industrial Worker, 04-25-1912
Streetcar Workers Strike 5/1/1912 Portland Oregon Strike for higher wages. Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 368
Chicago Freight Handlers Strike 5/23/1912 Chicago Illinois Freight handlers, checkers, and receiving clerks in Chicago went on strike for better wages and a small increase in holiday time. Industrial Worker, 05-23-1912
Textile Worker Strike 6/1/1912 Clinton Massachusetts Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 368
Construction Strike 6/20/1912 White Salmon Washington Employees at the Northwestern Electric, Co.'s damn began a strike under the leadership of the I.W.W. The strike was for better wages and working conditions. Industrial Worker, 06-20-1912; Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 368
Textile Strike 7/15/1912 New Bedford Massachusetts The I.W.W. teamed up with the United Textile Workers to help textile workers in New Bedford, MA, to go on strike to protest an unfair wage deduction rule. Industrial Worker, 07-25-1912; Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 369
Strikers Attacked by Employer Thugs 7/18/1912 Grabow Louisiana Employees of the Southern Lumber Operators' Association who chose to strike were suddenly attacked by "thugs" who were allegedly sent by their employer. Industrial Worker,
Loggers Strike 8/24/1912 Deep River Washington Loggers in Deep River, WA, went on strike in protest of poor food. Industrial Worker, 09-05-1912
Street Car Strike 9/26/1912 Duluth Minnesota Craftsmen who work on street cars in Duluth, MN, went on strike in order to protest the firing of employees who were instrumental in the attempted formation of their union. Industrial Worker, 09-26-1912
Piano Workers Strike 10/17/1912 New York New York Piano workers in New York City went on strike, bringing the local piano industry to a halt. Industrial Worker, 10-17-1912
Textile Workers Strike 10/31/1912 Little Falls New York Textile workers in Little Falls, NY, have gone on strike in solidarity against wage cuts and the passage of a 54-hour workweek law. Industrial Worker, 11-14-1912; Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 369
Cyclone Wire Fence Works Strike 11/1/1912 Cleveland Ohio Strike of Slovenian IWW members Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 369
NIUF&LW Strike on American Lumber Company 11/11/1912 Merryville Louisiana The BTW became the Southern District of the National Industrial Union of Forest and Lumber Workers (NIUF&LW) under the IWW. The organization struck against the American Lumber Company in response to the blacklisting of members who reportadly served as witnesses for the defense in the Grabow Riot trial. The 13,000 reported strikers were met with violence. Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW, 218; Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 369; Industrial Worker, 11-21-1912
Buffalo Hotel Workers Strike 11/21/1912 Buffalo New York Hotel workers in Buffalo, NY, went on strike. Industrial Worker, 11-21-1912
I.W.W. Tailors Strike at Frost & Co. Seattle 11/21/1912 Seattle Washington Tailors at Frost & Co. in Seattle, WA, went on strike to protest employer discrimination against I.W.W. members. Industrial Worker, 11-21-1912; Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 369
Men Strike On Oregon Road 12/1/1912 Portland Oregon 125 railroad workers went on strike in Portland and Eugene in protest against a proposed wage cut of 50 cents. Industrial Worker, 12-12-1912; Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 369
Waitress Strike 12/5/1912 Minneapolis Minnesota Waitresses working at the Eureka restaurant in Minneapolis, MN, went on strike against poor food and in favor of a $1 per week wage increase. Industrial Worker, 12-19-1912
Cannery Women Strike 12/18/1912 San Francisco California 150 women workers strike against California Fruit Canneries Association. Workers. They demand $1.25 minimum wage for eight hours work and one full hour for dinner. Industrial Worker 01-02-1913
Construction Camp Strikes 12/28/1912 Portland Oregon Three hundred workers strike for reduced hours with no reduction in wage, Sunday holiday, and no mandatory overtime. The Portland, Eugene, and Easten Railroad is shipping scabs from different parts of the Northwest. Industrial Worker 01-02-1913
Construction Camp Strikes 12/29/1912 Eugene Oregon Three hundred workers strike for reduced hours with no reduction in wage, Sunday holiday, and no mandatory overtime. The Portland, Eugene, and Easten Railroad is shipping scabs from different parts of the Northwest. Industrial Worker 01-02-1914
Stone and Webster Construction Strike 1/1/1913 Big Creek California Strike was for better wages, hours and working conditions Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 369
Cannery Workers Strike 1/1/1913 San Francisco California Strike in response to wage cuts. Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 369
Textile Strike Won 1/2/1913 Utica New York Strikers will return to work with a raise in wages from five percent to twelve percent on the fifty four hour work week. The winning of this great strike means a great forward step in the textile district of New York. Industrial Worker 01-09-1913
Lumber Strike 1/3/1913 Merryville Louisiana Merryville lumber strike continues despite the company's boasting that it will starve the workers back to work. Industrial Worker 01-09-1913
Governor Loans Guns to Fight Lumber Strikers 1/13/1913 Alexandria Louisiana Merryville is still shut down tight after more than two months on strike. It is reported that the Governor of Louisiana has loaned the American Lumber Company two hundred Springfield rifles. Industrial Worker 01-16-1913
Garment Workers Strike 1/16/1913 New York New York One hundred thousand garment workers strike, affecting more than four thousand shops. Their demands are for the abolition of the sub-contract system, a twenty percent wage increase, time and a half for overtime, double time for holidays, and improved workplace conditions. Industrial Worker 01-16-1913
Lumber Strike Continues 1/18/1913 Alexandria Louisiana Merryville is still down. The company is trying to do the work of thirteen hundred men with about two hundred scabs, suckers, and gunmen. Ripley, President of the Santa Fe railroad intends to whip the I. W. W. to a frazzle Industrial Worker 01-23-1913
Strike Won 1/23/1913 Seattle Washington Twenty five members in the Diamond Shop of M. Vollman and Co., struck for pay for xmas and New Years, and all legal holidays. They went back to work with that demand granted. Industrial Worker 01-23-1913
Rubber Workers Strike 2/1/1913 Akron Ohio Early in February, 300 workers from the Firestone rubber plant walked off the job for better wages. Very few of the strikers were IWW members but the group was eager for organized leadership as the strike grew from 3,500 people on February 15 to 14,000 by February 18. Local authorities responded with beatings and arrests, which quickly undermined the IWW's tenuous leadership in the area. By March 31, the strike was broken with no reported gains. Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 369; Melvyn Dubovsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the I.W.W., 286-7
Silk Workers Strike 2/1/1913 Paterson New Jersey Over the previous year, Paterson mills began implementing a four loom per worker system to meet the industry demand for cheaper silk. While this system allowed for potentially higher wages, it raised questions about worker health and safety as well as sustained full employment. When the largest company in town enacted this policy, what began as a small walk-out was expanded to the entire plant through the leadership of IWW Local 152. Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 369; Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW, 267-9
Railraod Workers Strike for Promised Raise 2/20/1913 New Castle Pennsylvania Organizer Frank Morris has assumed charge of the four hundred striking section men on the Pennsylvania railroad. They demand an increase of thirty five cents a day, or from $1.75 to $2.10 for 10 hours work. They had been promised this raise and the strike broke out when they opened their envelopes and found the company had lied to them. Industrial Worker 02-20-1913
Railroad and Lumber Officials Threaten Strikers 2/21/1913 Alexandria Louisiana Gunmen, detectives, and officers of the Santa Fe railroad and the American lumber Company began a campaign of violence against the Merryville strikers. Industrial Worker 02-27-1913
Strike Spreads to Other Mills 2/25/1913 Paterson New Jersey The IWW called for all mill and dyehouse workers to strike. 25,000 workers responded, effectively shutting down the industry. The workers demanded higher wages in dyehouses and an eight hour day. Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW, 269-270
Silk Workers Strike 2/27/1913 Hazelton Pennsylvania Altogether about 1400 workers are out on strike for higher wages. Although organizers of the A. F. of L. were on the scene, almost the entire force decided to organize without craft distinction into one industrial union of the I. W. W. Industrial Worker 02-27-1913
Rubber Workers Strike 3/1/1913 Cleveland Ohio Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 369
Textile Worker Strike 3/1/1913 Esmond Rhode Island Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 369
Tailors Strike 3/13/1913 Seattle Washington As an outgrowth of the tailors strike against M. Vollman & Co., a permanent injunction has been granted against the I. W. W., restraining them from placing more than two pickets in front of any one struck shop. Industrial Worker 03-20-1913
Miners Strike 3/24/1913 Bear Creek Montana We are out on strike against the will of our district and national office. On the twenty third our district president came up and spoke in favor of us going back to work. But in spite of this the vote that was taken shows two for return and thirty seven against. The coal miners are represented by the United Mine Workers (AFL) Industrial Worker 04-03-1913
Smeltermen Strike 3/28/1913 Denver Colorado A strike of two hundred men occurred at the Globeville smelter. This is the third attempt of the slaves to wrest better conditions from the Smelter trust that controls the state. Packing houses, smelters, and other enterprises all employ mixed crews so as to prevent solidarity as much as possible. Industrial Worker 04-10-1913
Haywood Arrested 3/30/1913 Paterson New Jersey After being denied a public meeting in Paterson, Bill Haywood marched approximately 1000 people toward Haledon. Before reaching their destination, Haywood was arrested for disturbing the peace. Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW, 277
Mexican Smeltermen Strike 4/10/1913 El Paso Texas Six hundred Mexicans went on strike against the El Paso Smelter. The strike demands are for an eight hour day, twenty percent increase in wages, discharge of the head surgeon, and no hospital fee to be paid by the men. Industrial Worker 04-24-1913
Bystander Killed in Skirmish 4/19/1913 Paterson New Jersey Modestino Valentino was shot and killed by company detectives during a conflict between strikers and scabs. Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW, 278
Sawmill Strike 4/24/1913 Pilchuck Washington A strike has broken out at Pilchuck, WA. The demands of the men are: the right to organize, sanitary bunkhouses at the camp and mill, pure and wholesome food at the mill cookhouse, fire escape to be put on the three-story bunk house at the mill. Industrial Worker 05-08-1913
Strike Against Electric Companys 4/24/1913 Stockton California One hundred seventy five men are on strike against the two electric companies of Stockton, CA. They are demanding a raise of fifty cents. The I. W. W. is in charge. It will mean a general demand for a raise all over the state if the strike is won. Industrial Worker 04-24-1913
Lumbermen Strike 5/1/1913 Marshfield Oregon Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 369
Silk Strike Continues 5/15/1913 Philadelphia Pennsylvania The silk strikers are standing firm at Kensington and refuse to return until the Patterson strike is settled. Industrial Worker 05-15-1913
Sawmill and Camp Crippled by Strike 5/15/1913 Pilchuck Washington The strike at Pilchuck is still on. The sawmill and camp are badly crippled Industrial Worker 05-15-1913
Loggers Strike in Coos Bay 5/22/1913 Coaledo Oregon The foreman of Camp 2 ordered all loggers who were I. W. W.'s or sympathizers to roll up and roll out. About twenty five men left at once. Local 435, which is the headquarters for the Coos Bay loggers immediately called a strike of all Coos Bay logger. The men are demanding a twenty-five percent increase in wages and no discrimination. Industrial Worker 05-22-1913
Strike on in Western Montana Logging Camps 5/22/1913 Missoula Montana Lumber companies want employees to work overtime in order to keep the mills in operation. Workers don't want to work overtime because there are people without a job that need work. Laborers demand more workers in logging camps and no more than nine hours of work in any one day. Industrial Worker 05-22-1913
Striking Silk Workers Need Assistance 5/22/1913 Paterson New Jersey The struggle of the silk workers of the East has spread until it now is the greatest strike the labor movement of this country has ever known. In Paterson, NJ, where the strike started, there are twenty five thousand workers out. In Pennsylvania and NY states the mills are struck. The wheels have ceased to turn in the entire silk industry of America. Industrial Worker 05-22-1913
Marine Transport Strike Continues 5/31/1913 Atlantic and Gulf coasts The Marine Transport Workers strike against United Fruit ships has spread up the Atlantic coast, joined by Sailors Union of the Atlantic (AFL) in New Orleans. But Mr. Bodine, head of the AFL union told sailors in New Jersey and New York to scab on the very ships that are being struck by the men who are buying him his bread and butter. Industrial Worker 06-19-1913
Marine Transport Workers Call Strike Against United Fruit 6/3/1913 New Orleans Louisiana Marine Transport Workers Union has called a strike against United Fruit in concert with the Sailors Union of the Atlantic. The strike was caused by the United Fruit Company cutting wages by five dollars per month. Industrial Worker 06-12-1913
Loggers and Lumber Workers Vote for General Strike 6/5/1913 Puget Sound region Washington The strike vote recently taken shows that there is an overwhelming sentiment among the loggers and lumber workers of the Puget Sound region in favor of declaring a general strike to obtain better working conditions and shorter hours. Beginning June 5th, all loggers and lumber workers of the Puget Sound region are called upon to go on strike unless the workers' demands are met. Industrial Worker 06-05-1913
Lumber Strike Continues 6/7/1913 Missoula Montana The lumber workers strike in this part of the state has settle down to a test of endurance. Industrial Worker 06-12-1913
IWW Pageant Held 6/7/1913 New York New York In hopes of gaining funds and publicity in New York, John Reed organized the march of strikers into Manhattan and a production that featured songs and the reenactment of Paterson strike events. Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW, 280
Lumber Strike 6/8/1913 Seattle Washington Over fifty camps are now affected, employing over five thousand loggers. The strike is gradually spreading and will soon enroll double the number of strikers now out. Industrial Worker 06-12-1913
Lumber Workers Strike 6/10/1913 Missoula Montana Over one thousand men are striking against the ten hour day and conditions in the camps. Industrial Worker 06-19-1913
Workers Walk out of Paper Mills 6/10/1913 Oregon City Oregon One thousand slaves walked out of the paper mills at midnight in protest against damnable conditions. The workers have the eight hour day but it means eight continuous hours without a moment to eat or go to the bathroom. Industrial Worker 06-19-1913
Railroad Construction Strike 6/17/1913 Tucker Utah The strike of railroad construction workers was called on June 9th and about 1300 men came out together, foreigners and all. The companies threaten to use scabs but so far not successfully. Eight fellow workers are in jail in Provo, five charged with inciting to riot and damaging company property, the others with vagrancy. Industrial Worker 06-26-1913
Auto Workers Strike 6/18/1913 Detroit Michigan Six thousand of Studebaker's automobile slaves in revolt. Demands are for an eight hour day, twenty five percent increase and weekly pay. Industrial Worker 06-26-1913
Agruculture Workers Win Strike 6/20/1913 Brawley California Thirsty I. W. W. men pulled a strike and in thirty minutes they succeeded in raising wages five cents an hour and gaining better board for sixty cantaloupe pickers and teamsters. Industrial Worker 07-03-1913
Knitting Mill Strike 6/25/1913 Ipswich Massachusetts A strike has been in this town for the past nine weeks. The Ipswich Knitting Mill is the lowest paid mill in the knitting industry. On June tenth, the strikers were picketing when they were attacked by police. One woman was killed and some other workers were arrested with murder and riot. Murder charge was dropped because of a lack of evidence. Industrial Worker 07-10-1913
Free Press Denied in Paterson 6/26/1913 Passaic County New Jersey Police Chief Bimson said he would break the silk workers strike and Scott referred to him as "strike breaker Bimson." He also called Paterson a "hot-bed of brass button anarchy" Judge Klinert said, "The crime is a very serious one." Scott was sentenced to serve not less than one year in jail. Industrial Worker 06-26-1913
Migratory Lumber Workers Leave Camps During Strike 6/26/1913 Puget Sound Region Washington The strike has been going on for three weeks. Thousands of loggers have drifted out of the region and this seems to be one of the chief drawbacks involved in calling strikes of the migratory workers. Industrial Worker 06-26-1913
Construction Strike Called Off 6/28/1913 Salt Lake City Utah As most of the contractors on the D. & R. G. construction work at Tucker have conceded the twenty cent raise with better accommodations, the strike has been temporarily called off. Industrial Worker 07-10-1913
Lumber Strike Called Off 7/3/1913 Seattle Washington At a special meeting held for the occasion it has been voted to call off the strike of loggers and lumber workers of the Puget Sound Region. This is because of the limited amount of men remaining to do picket duty. A serious drawback to strikes of migratory workers of the West. Industrial Worker 07-10-1913
IWW Member Killed by Strikebreaker 7/13/1913 Paterson New Jersey Vincenzo Madonna was shot and killed by a strikebreaker. Melvyn Dubofsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the IWW, 278
Road Camp Strike Successful 7/14/1913 Prico Utah The fellow workers in the state road camp walked out when one of our number was discharged without pay. All demands were granted in just eight hours. Five workers were arrested on trumped up charges. Industrial Worker 07-24-1913
Mill Strikers Evicted from Company Houses 7/15/1913 Ipswich Massachusetts The mill owners suddenly got busy yesterday morning and began to evict strikers from company houses. Industrial Worker 07-24-1913
Hop Pickers Strike 8/3/1913 Wheatland California In a series of meetings, IWW members such as Richard "Blackie" Ford helped the seasonal hop pickers of the Durst Ranch to draft a list of demands which included a set minimum wage, water availability and improved camps. Durst recruited local law enforcement to dispel a mass meeting, which in turn led to a violent clash between workers and authorities. The Yuba district attorney, a deputy sheriff, a worker and an English boy were killed while many others were injured or beaten. The IWW were blamed for the violence and law enforcement sought out IWW members throughout California in response. Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 369; Melvyn Dubovsky, We Shall Be All: A History of the I.W.W., 294-7
Tobacco Workers Strike 9/1/1913 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 369
Shoe Workers' Strike 1/24/1914 St. Louis Missouri Strike still in progress Solidarity 01-24-1914
Shelton Strike Ended 1/30/1914 Shelton Connecticut Mill worker's strike ends when a neutral committee headed by a socialist, S.E. Beardsley, decides that I.W.W. tactics are not helpful in the strike. Author calls out the committee as a strike-breaking committee. Solidarity 02-14-1914
Leather Workers' Strike 2/27/1914 St. Louis Missouri Several hundred trunk and bag workers vote unanimously to strike for an eight hour day, the abolition of the contract system, the abolition of piece work, a minimum wage of $10 for women, and a 40 cents per hour scale. Solidarity 03-07-1914
Strikers Throw Eggs at Strikebreakers 3/14/1914 Detroit Michigan Young, striking against Western Union workers throw rotten eggs at strike-breakers in Detroit. Solidarity 03-21-1914
Strikers Attack Train Full of Scabs 3/25/1914 Buffalo New York 1000 strikers from the Gould Coupler Works attack a train that has scabs on board. Nine men are killed and two are fatally wounded. The strike began in January in order to re-instate discharged workers. Solidarity 04-04-1914
Street Car Men Refuse to Haul Soldiers 3/28/1914 Buffalo New York Street car men refuse to take the militia to the Gould strike and choose to quit rather than to scab. Solidarity 04-04-1914
Construction Workers' Strike 4/1/1914 Sacramento California Strike declared on the S.P. railroad tunnel by construction workers demanding the eight hours to constitute a days work, no more than 12 men to one bunk house, higher wages, proper bedding, and free showers with hot and cold water for all. Solidarity 04-11-1914
Tobacco Workers Win Strike 4/11/1914 Chicago Illinois After 19 weeks of striking, tobacco workers in Chicago win their demands. Solidarity 04-11-1914
Lumber Strike 4/18/1914 Bently Louisiana The strike of lumber workers is in its 13th week after being called in response to the boss discharging several members of the I.W.W. Solidarity 04-18-1914
Strike in Oil Fields 4/18/1914 Taft California In the first strike against the Standard oil Co., workers demand an eight hour day, 50 cents more pay, and for their work to be the same as before the strike. The strike has been on for about a month after the company's attempt to add 10 more feet of rivets to the daily tasks of the workers. Solidarity 04-18-1914
Dye House Workers Shut Down Mill 5/2/1914 Lawrence Massachusetts Un-organized dye house workers shut down the Pacific mill. I.W.W tactics are reported to have been used. Solidarity 05-02-1914
Shoe Workers' Strike 5/23/1914 St. Louis Missouri The fight between shoe workers and Hamilton-Broen Shoe Company continues and the company's stocks are dropping. Solidarity 05-23-1914
Striking Factory Workers Call for Aid 5/23/1914 Wakefield Colorado The 1000 men, women and children on strike at the Heywood Bros. and Wakefield Co. factory in Wakefield need support to win against the capitalists. Solidarity 05-23-1914
Westinghouse Plant Workers Strike 6/13/1914 Pittsburg Pennsylvania The Westinghouse plant is tied up. The demands are the recognition of the union, the abolition of the premium and bonus system, distribution of work instead of layoffs, and reinstatement of men discharged for their involvement in the A.C.I.U. Solidarity 06-13-1914
Strike Against Motion Picture Company 6/27/1914 Los Angeles California The I.W.W is carrying out a strike against the Universal Motion Picture Film Co. Their demands are $3 a day, an eight hour workday, places to wash with soap and towels, good drinking water within 150 feet of work spaces, and toilets at least 6 feet deep. Solidarity 06-27-1914
Strike Ties Up Montana Road 7/18/1914 Deer Lodge Montana Workers strike against the Milwaukee Railroad Company. 15 men arrested. Solidarity 07-18-1914
Westinghouse Strike Ends 7/18/1914 Pittsburg Pennsylvania Striking workers decide to return to work en masse. Many are refused employment. Solidarity 07-18-1914
Phila. Longshoremen Maintain Solidarity 8/1/1914 Philadelphia Pennsylvania Longshoremen in the Marine Transport Workers Union have beaten back an employer attempt to break the union's control of the Philadelphia waterfront. 500 pickets greeted a ship that tried to use a scab longshore crew. Solidarity 08-01-1914
Workers Refuse to Scab on Hop Fields 8/15/1914 Sacramento California The Ford and Suhr defense strike is just around the corner. Hindu workers refuse to scab despite being offered high wages. Solidarity 08-15-1914
Hop Pickers Picket Line Disbands 9/1/1914 Wheatland California Picket line disbands on September 1st. Solidarity 09-12-1914
Newsboys Strike 9/19/1914 Saskatoon Saskatchewon Newsboys destroy newspapers in reaction to the rise of the price of the paper. The I.W.W. holds street meetings on their behalf. Solidarity 09-19-1914
Striking Coal Miners Arrested 10/3/1914 Rush Run Ohio Coal Miners involved in the continuing seven month long strike are arrested. Seven men are charged with inciting a riot. Solidarity 10-03-1914
Longshoremen Strike to Reinstate Worker 12/19/1914 Philadelphia Pennsylvania The Longshoremen's branch of the Transport Workers' union held a three hour strike to reinstate dismissed worker Daniel Jones. Solidarity 12-19-1914
Transport Workers Strike in Philadelphia 01/27/1915 Philadelphia Pennsylvania IWW-organized strike demanding 60 cents per hour, time-and-a-half for overtime, and double-time for Sundays and holidays. The bosses and workingmen agree second and last terms, but lower the first to 40 cents per hour. Charles Taylor, one boss, refuses the agreement and turns to non-unionized workers to maintain the low wages of his employees. Solidarity, 02/13/1915
Philadelphia Strike Off 02/11/1915 Philadelphia Pennsylvania MTW called off their strike against Charkes M. Taylor, who in turn allowed the former strikers to return to their jobs. Solidarity, 02/20/1915
Charity Workers Strike 02/15/1915 New York New York Following the advice of the IWW Unemployed Committee, workers tasked with sorting through donated clothing and affiliated jobs strike in demand of a 15 cent wage increase, 8 hour days, and stricter safety and sanitation regulation Solidarity, 02/20/1915
IWW Member Arrested 03/16/1915 Salt Lake City Utah Wobbly arrested for using vulgarities at a meeting and later released. Solidarity, 03/06/1915
IWW Members Refuse Release on the Condition They Never Return 04/01/1915 Sioux City Iowa The 82 IWW men in jail held a series of protests to their incarceration, including refusing to work on the rock pile, hunger strikes, and the burning of blankets so they could address the crowd that gathered when the firemen arrived. After a fight between the security and those in jail, the mayor offered their freedom if they never returned to Sioux City. The Wobblies refused his offer. Solidarity, 04/24/1915
Longshoremen Strike 05/01/1915 Brooklyn New York 800 Longshoremen go on strike. Not specified as an IWW strike. Solidarity, 05/08/1915
Farm Hands Strike 05/01/1915 Indianapolis Indiana 100 Polish farm hands strike for the ten hour day instead of the typical eleven. Not specified as an IWW strike. Solidarity, 05/08/1915
Street Car Strike 06/16/1915 Chicago Illinois Strike of 14000 street car workers in settlement with the mayor. Not specified as an IWW strike. Solidarity, 06/26/1915
Small Harvest Strike 08/01/1915 Ferry North Dakota Six Wobblies strike in protest of low wages, long hours, and poor conditions. Solidarity, 08/28/1915
Machinists Strike 09/01/1915 Waterbury Connecticut Machinists and others strike at a boiler and tube plant to gain a 35 cent per day wage increase. Solidarity, 09/18/1915
I.W.W. Active Among Sugar Workers 10/01/1915 Williamsburg New York I.W.W. prepared to aid in the strike of up to 4,000 sugar workers in the American Sugar Refining Company. Solidarity, 10/09/1915
Paper Mill Strike Successful 1/25/1916 Holyoke Massachusetts IWW ended their strike at the Chemical paper mill after a pay raise of $2.40 per week and a reduction to and eight or nine hour day. Another strike begun at another local paper mill. Solidarity, 02/05/1916
Coal Miners Strike 3/24/1916 Castle Gate Utah Coal miners in Castle Gate, Utah have gone on their first strike in thirteen years. Demanding a wage raise and change in environment, they were defeated when other workers came to take their places. Industrial Worker, 03-24-1917
Railroad and Wheel Manufacturing Strikes 4/8/1916 Chicago Illinois One railroad strike and two wheel manufacturing strikes for higher wages, fixed hours, and improved conditions organized by the IWW. Solidarity, 04/08/1916
Shoe Workers Strike Successful 4/8/1916 Detroit Michigan Local 177, a shoe-making IWW group, made 36 of the 42 shops at which their members work union shops through striking. Those union shops agreed to shorter hours and overtime pay on weekends. Solidarity, 04/08/1916
IWW Aid Striking Quarry Members 4/11/1916 Lohrville Wisconsin IWW aid striking quarry members, whose demands were then granted. Solidarity, 04/29/1916
Motion Picture Workers Strike 4/15/1916 Los Angeles California The motion picture workers went on strike. Industrial Worker, 04-15-1916
Seamen Strike 4/15/1916 Seattle Washington The Puget Sound seamen went on strike after 12 years of being unorganized and having no pay raise in 9 years Industrial Worker, 04-15-1916
Miners Strike 5/1/1916 Porterville California Miners went on strike and their bosses raised wages by twenty-five cents to avoid strikers asking for more. The IWW demanded 3.50 a day with an eight hour work day and a housing maximum at seventy-five cents a day. This was ignored by the bosses and on May 1st, three hundred men of eight hundred went on strike. Industrial Worker, 05-20-1916
Grain Workers Strike on May Day 5/1/1916 Wappatoo Island Oregon May first is also considered International Workers' day as well as May Day. The working class uses this day to voice the issues of their jobs. As many as sixteen hundred grain elector workers went on strike. By May second it had reached two thousand men. Industrial Worker, 05-06-1916
Machinists Strike 5/6/1916 Cincinnati Ohio Thirty-five hundred machinists went on strike. Apparently, some of the shops gave into their demands. Industrial Worker, 05-06-1916
Marine Strike Successful 5/6/1916 New York New York IWW strikers win wage increases for marine workers. Solidarity, 05/06/1916
Street Car Strike Demands Met 5/6/1916 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania A successful street car strike happened. All of their demands were met except for wages. Industrial Worker, 05-06-1916
IWW Aid Auto Workers Strike 5/13/1916 Detroit Michigan IWW aid strike of auto workers for the eight hour day, wage, increase, overtime for Sundays and holidays, and no discrimination against strikers. Solidarity, 05/13/1916
Strike at Ballard 5/16/1916 Ballard Washington Five men who worked for Ballard Merchants-Delivers went on strike on May 16 for a twenty cents a day raise. Industrial Worker,
Machinists Strike 5/16/1916 Youngstown Ohio There was a strike of two thousand machinists. Their demands were an eight-hour work day, a closed shop and with a fifty cent an hour minimum wage. Industrial Worker, 05-06-1916
Pennsylvania Railway Workers Strike 5/20/1916 Baltimore Maryland One thousand trackmen from the Pennsylvania Railway went on strike. They wanted an eight hour work day and twenty-five cents an hour. Industrial Worker, 05-20-1916
Kelsey Wheel Works Strike Won 5/20/1916 Detroit Michigan The strike, with the help of the IWW, A. C. Christ and T.B. Webber, in Kelsey Wheel Works won the eight hour work day, an increase in wages and other concessions not mentioned in the article. Industrial Worker, 05-20-1916
Another IWW Strike Won 5/20/1916 Santa Idaho Two camps were able to gain two-bits a day more. Industrial Worker, 05-20-1916
Another IWW Strike Won 5/20/1916 St. Maries Idaho Strikers in the Bronson's and Cox's camp were able to gain more pay. Industrial Worker, 05-20-1916
Alaska Railway Workers Strike 5/20/1916 Alaska About 1,200 to 1,500 workers form the United States government's Alaska railway went on strike. US Commissioner Mears and a federal commission began discussions. However, the workers were suspicious so they went on strike again. Concessions were made to the workers but were not listed in the article. Industrial Worker, 05-20-1916
Marine Transport Workers Lead Parade 5/27/1916 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 3000 members of the Marine Transport Workers of the IWW march along the waterfront, leading to strikes in three non-union docks. Solidarity, 05/27/1916
Iron Miners Strike 6/1/1916 Mesabi Range Minnesota The predominantly immigrant miners of the Mesabi Range participated in a seemingly spontaneous strike in response to expensive housing and goods, long hours and poor pay. The group was led by radical Finns who quickly drew the attention and aid of IWW organizers. Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 369; The Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History, eds. Aaron Brenner, Benjamin Day, and Immanuel Ness, 465
Quarry Workers Strike 6/1/1916 Red Granite Wisconsin Strike in response to discharge of IWW members. Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 369
Seattle Dock Workers Strike 6/3/1916 Seattle Washington Twelve hundred members of the Seattle United Dock Workers went on strike to get a raise of fifty-five cents an hour and a dollar for overtime. They tried to affiliate with the International Longshoremen's Union of Seattle, which has nine hundred members, but were unsuccessful.
Industrial Worker, 06-03-1916
Fishermen Strike 6/10/1916 San Francisco California Fishermen went on strike and with the help of the IWW they won. Industrial Worker, 06-10-1916
National Guard Placed on Seattle Waterfront in Response to Strike 6/10/1916 Seattle Washington The International Longshoremen's Association went on strike three days after the Seattle United Dockworkers went on strike. In order to strike, they broke a clause in their Employers' Union that required them to give a two-month's notice. They only provided one month notice. Secretary Wilson told employers not to give into the demands of the workers "presently". The Washington National Guard was placed on the Seattle waterfront. Industrial Worker, 06-10-1916
Miners Strike Successful 6/10/1916 Minnesota IWW aided and organized striking miners who demand an 8 hour days and 3 dollar per day minimum. Solidarity, 06/17/1916
Strikers Organize 6/16/1916 Virginia Minnesota The strikers from the Steel Trust have been illegally driven out of Virginia, Minnesota. Minnesota has made it illegal to strike; strikers could either leave peacefully or be driven out. The strikers have made their own police force for protection since the law isn't on their side but with their bosses. There has been no violence yet, but the strikers made it clear they will strike back if they get attacked first. Industrial Worker, 06-24-1916
Miners Strike 6/17/1916 Aurora Minnesota Three local strikes for miners started in Minnesota. They were unorganized at first but with the help of the IWW their numbers increased. The Steel Trust Law and Order had arrested Arthur Boose, an IWW organizer, and thirteen other workers as a way to contain the strike. Their lawyer was potentially kidnapped. By June 13th, the IWW got a special wire from Minneapolis, Minnesota stating that the strikers are asking for a pay raise, an eight-hour workday, and payment for all workers as soon as they quit. The strike is spreading to other miners and the IWW believes they can win the strike. Over 1000 workers have joined the IWW. Industrial Worker, 06-17-1916
Peninsular Tunnel Strike News 6/17/1916 Portland Oregon Small strikes are occurring in Portland. One in particular was the St. Johns Peninsular tunnel closure. They wanted better wagers and better sanitary conditions. Oregonians accused the IWW of starting trouble. The IWW has mixed views of the strikers, calling them slaves, but overall the IWW excited about the progress happening. Industrial Worker, 06-17-1916
River-Drivers Win Strike 6/17/1916 St. Maries Idaho The river-drivers on Marble Creek went on a strike for a pay raise, which they won. Industrial Worker, 06-17-1916
Riot in Hibbing 6/21/1916 Hibbing Minnesota Following the initiation of a miners strike, company bosses deputized a group of mine guards and company enforcers to deal with striking workers. A riot was caused when a group of these deputized enforcers confronted striking miners. The Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History, eds. Aaron Brenner, Benjamin Day, and Immanuel Ness, 467
IWW Members Arrested, One Killed in Steel Strike 7/1/1916 Duluth Minnesota The steel strike is still going in Minnesota. By June 28th, sixteen thousand miners had joined the strike. 15 IWW members had been arrested for unlawful assemblage and one man had been killed. The IWW asked for more funds. Industrial Worker, 07-01-1916
International Longshoremen's Association Strike Continues 7/1/1916 San Francisco California After the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) had been striking for three weeks, they made a temporary deal with the bosses saying they would be paid the union pay scale. So, for a little bit the ILA went back to work, but the employers went back on their word. Only some of the employers were offering to pay the union scale in hopes of breaking the union up. However, many workers refused to work at these fair jobs to avoid having the union break a part. Industrial Worker, 07-01-1916
Quarry Workers Strike Successful 7/8/1916 Red Granite Wisconsin Quarry workers' strike ended in the fulfillment of their demands and the reinstatement of IWW who had been fired due to their membership status. Solidarity, 07/08/1916
Construction Workers Strike Successful 7/15/1916 New Bedford Massachusetts Construction workers organized with IWW and won the hour day and 25 cents per hour. Solidarity, 07/15/1916
Workers Killed by Scabs in Waterfront Strike 7/15/1916 San Francisco California Some of the union men from the ILA have gone back to work, working alongside scabs. Scabs killed two workers. Industrial Worker, 07-15-1916
ILA Ask Members to Return to Work 7/22/1916 The executive board of the ILA asked its members to return to work. They offered several solutions that included returning wages back to pre strike, allowing some scabs to remain or allowing scabbing to occur in cites such as Seattle, where members of the ILA had won better union rights. These options were not well received. Industrial Worker, 07-22-1916
IWW Aid Striking Miners and Gain Membership 7/22/1916 Minnesota Thousands of striking miners join the IWW. The IWW sent over thirty organizers to aid the strikers. Solidarity, 07/22/1916
Miners Strike 8/1/1916 Scranton Pennsylvania Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 369
Cuyna Range Miners Strike Grows 8/9/1916 Duluth Minnesota The miners strike has spread to Cuyna Range. Ten mines and five pits had to close down. About fourteen hundred went on strike there. The Steel trust had to raise wages. Industrial Worker, 08-12-1916
Dock Workers Strike 8/12/1916 Superior Minnesota 300 dock men strike for a 40 cent increase in daily wage. Solidarity, 08/12/1916
Lumber Workers Win Strike 8/26/1916 Sedro Woolley Washington Lumber workers refused to work until everyone got a twenty-five cent pay rise. The IWW said the group used their strategy of "unite and win" to increase their pay by 25 cents. Industrial Worker, 08-26-1916
IWW Farmers Lead Successful Strike 9/2/1916 Rosalia Washington A successful strike was lead by two IWW farmers. They were able to increase their wages. Industrial Worker, 09-02-1916
Miners Call Off Strike 9/17/1916 Mesabi Range Minnesota After winning a ten percent pay raise, the miners called of the strike and returned to work. While not all conditions were met, the group did not have the resources to continue the strike. Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 369; The Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History, eds. Aaron Brenner, Benjamin Day, and Immanuel Ness, 465-8
Mine Strike Called Off 9/23/1916 Chicago Illinois The mine strike was called off on September 17th. The strikers plan to strike later now that they are better organized and funded. Two hundred and sixty one are under arrest for conspiracy, unlawful assemblage, and rioting. Industrial Worker, 09-23-1916
Miners Strike Called Off 9/30/1916 Mesabi Range Minnesota Three-month long strike called off without reaching their goals of better wages and improved living conditions. Solidarity, 09/30/1916
Miners Strike 10/1/1916 Old Forge Pennsylvania Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 369
Successful IWW Fisherman Strike 10/7/1916 Pittsburg California The American Federation of Labor (AFL) had attempted to organize California fishermen four times previously but was unsuccessful. The IWW has 300 fishermen recruited. The boss attempted to cut the price of fish down to 4 cents a pound (instead of 5) so the men went on strike. After 20 days of striking the bosses gave in. Industrial Worker, 10-07-1916
Macaroni Workers Strike 10/14/1916 Long Island New York Macaroni Worker's local 301 of the IWW went on strike. Solidarity, 10/28/1916
AFL Aids Puget Sound Seamen Strike by Refusing to Feed and House Scabs 10/28/1916 Everett Washington The AFL is helping out by not housing and feeding the scabs that are taking over the jobs Puget Sound seamen were striking from. The men from the steamer Caicque had the money to purchase food and lodging but were refused. The unions opposed their work. Eventually, they had to stay on the barge. Industrial Worker, 10-28-1916
Successful Small Strikes Raise Awareness of IWW 11/4/1916 Wenatchee Washington There had been several successful strikes in the farming community. The unions tend to be on the smaller size, around 30 or less men. They are raising awareness about IWW and better rights. Industrial Worker, 11-04-1916
Murder Charges Brought Against Strikers 12/9/1916 Duluth Minnesota There is a murder charge for eight of the strikers form the Iron Miners' strike for alleged rioting, assault and kindred charges from picketing. Those who have gone to court so far have been dealing with shady strategies to convict the men. However, the US Steel Corporation announced a raise of their wages. Industrial Worker, 12-09-1916
Some Jailed IWW Members Go On Hunger Strike 12/9/1916 Everett Washington Some of the 74 people on trial for the incident in Everett went on hunger strike in protest of the poor quality and lack of food. Solidarity, 12/09/1916
Miners Willing to Strike for Steel Workers 12/16/1916 Miners are willing to strike for prisoners for the Steel Trust company. Industrial Worker, 12-16-1916
Lumber Camps Strike 12/30/1916 Bemidji Minnesota Eight camps in the Backus and Brooks Company, a lumber business, went on strike. The 700 strikers demanded an 10 dollar per month pay increase, the nine hour day, cleaner living conditions, better food, and no discrimination against "union men (I.W.W.)". Solidarity, 01/13/1917
Lumberworkers Strike 1/3/1917 Bemidji Minnesota Lumberworkers across Northern Minnesota begin a mass strike. According to meeting details, they strike to gain a 25 cent raise, fair working hours during the weekend, and no discrimination between union and non-union workers. Several other pieces on the same strike appear in this edition of the paper. Industrial Worker, 01-06-1917
Lumberworkers Strike 1/3/1917 Duluth Minnesota Lumberworkers across Northern Minnesota begin a mass strike. According to meeting details, they strike to gain a 25 cent raise, fair working hours during the weekend, and no discrimination between union and non-union workers. Several other pieces on the same strike appear in this edition of the paper. Industrial Worker, 01-06-1917
Lumberworkers Strike 1/3/1917 International Falls Minnesota Lumberworkers across Northern Minnesota begin a mass strike. According to meeting details, they strike to gain a 25 cent raise, fair working hours during the weekend, and no discrimination between union and non-union workers. Several other pieces on the same strike appear in this edition of the paper. Industrial Worker, 01-06-1917
Lumberworkers Strike 1/3/1917 Virginia Minnesota Lumberworkers across Northern Minnesota begin a mass strike. According to meeting details, they strike to gain a 25 cent raise, fair working hours during the weekend, and no discrimination between union and non-union workers. Several other pieces on the same strike appear in this edition of the paper. Industrial Worker, 01-06-1917
Lumberjacks Strike 1/6/1917 Gemmell Minnesota Minnesota lumberjacks go on strike for a 25 cent per day wage increase, the removal of the Sunday night shift, Saturday shifts being on 8 hours, the changing from day to night shift every week, and equal treatment of unionized workers. Solidarity, 01/06/1917
Saw Mill Workers Strike 1/6/1917 Virginia Minnesota 1500 saw mill workers strike for better condition.* not specified as an IWW strike. Solidarity, 01/06/1917
Appeal for Strike Funds 1/11/1917 Bemidji Minnesota Minnesota lumberworkers, on strike since early January, put out a call for strike funds, as the protest is ongoing. Over 1000 men are on strike. Industrial Worker, 01-20-1917
Appeal for Strike Funds 1/11/1917 Duluth Minnesota Minnesota lumberworkers, on strike since early January, put out a call for strike funds, as the protest is ongoing. Over 1000 men are on strike. Industrial Worker, 01-20-1917
Appeal for Strike Funds 1/11/1917 International Falls Minnesota Minnesota lumberworkers, on strike since early January, put out a call for strike funds, as the protest is ongoing. Over 1000 men are on strike. Industrial Worker, 01-20-1917
Appeal for Strike Funds 1/11/1917 Virginia Minnesota Minnesota lumberworkers, on strike since early January, put out a call for strike funds, as the protest is ongoing. Over 1000 men are on strike. Industrial Worker, 01-20-1917
Lumberworkers Released From Jail 1/12/1917 International Falls Minnesota Five lumberworkers jailed during the "monster strike" of lumbermen in Northern Minnesota have been released. The reasons for their arrests are unclear, and likely were an effort to weaken strike organization. Industrial Worker, 01-20-1917
Lumber Strike Near Aberdeen 1/13/1917 Aberdeen Washington Forty lumberworkers in the Aberdeen area strike in favor of a 25 cent raise. This was not an IWW strike. Industrial Worker, 01-13-1917
Gunmen Hired by Lumber Companies 1/13/1917 Gemmell Minnesota 50 gunmen hired by the lumber companies to protect the camp against the 800* striking lumberjacks. Note: an earlier article said thousands were striking. This says 800. Solidarity, 01/13/1917
Military Support Called to Break Strike 1/20/1917 Bemidji Minnesota Greater military support is called to Northern Minnesota: "Bachaus says that unless the sheriffs can break the strike the paper mills will have to close." Industrial Worker, 01-20-1917
Military Support Called to Break Strike 1/20/1917 Duluth Minnesota Greater military support is called to Northern Minnesota: "Bachaus says that unless the sheriffs can break the strike the paper mills will have to close." Industrial Worker, 01-20-1917
Military Support Called to Break Strike 1/20/1917 International Falls Minnesota Greater military support is called to Northern Minnesota: "Bachaus says that unless the sheriffs can break the strike the paper mills will have to close." Industrial Worker, 01-20-1917
Murders Follow Construction Worker Strike 1/20/1917 Tucker Utah Migratory construction workers go on strike in Tucker, Utah for shorter hours and a better wage. After the strike was called off, a string of violent murders were enacted by non-union individuals. Industrial Worker, 01-20-1917
Military Support Called to Break Strike 1/20/1917 Virginia Minnesota Greater military support is called to Northern Minnesota: "Bachaus says that unless the sheriffs can break the strike the paper mills will have to close." Industrial Worker, 01-20-1917
Pearl Button Makers Strike 1/22/1917 New York New York 1000 button makers held a strike for increased wages. Solidarity, 02/17/1917
Lumberworkers Strike Continues 1/27/1917 Bemidji Minnesota The "monster strike" of Northern Minnesota lumberworkers continues. The Industrial Worker reports that more than 4000 lumberworkers are involved. The article reports solidarity between lumberworkers and sawmill workers, both of whom are forced to live in squalid conditions with low wages. Industrial Worker, 01-27-1917
Lumberworkers Strike Continues 1/27/1917 Duluth Minnesota The "monster strike" of Northern Minnesota lumberworkers continues. The Industrial Worker reports that more than 4000 lumberworkers are involved. The article reports solidarity between lumberworkers and sawmill workers, both of whom are forced to live in squalid conditions with low wages. Industrial Worker, 01-27-1917
Lumberworkers Strike Continues 1/27/1917 International Falls Minnesota The "monster strike" of Northern Minnesota lumberworkers continues. The Industrial Worker reports that more than 4000 lumberworkers are involved. The article reports solidarity between lumberworkers and sawmill workers, both of whom are forced to live in squalid conditions with low wages. Industrial Worker, 01-27-1917
Lumberworkers Strike Continues 1/27/1917 Virginia Minnesota The "monster strike" of Northern Minnesota lumberworkers continues. The Industrial Worker reports that more than 4000 lumberworkers are involved. The article reports solidarity between lumberworkers and sawmill workers, both of whom are forced to live in squalid conditions with low wages. Industrial Worker, 01-27-1917
Longshoremen Strike 2/1/1917 Philadelphia Pennsylvania Strike in solidarity with sugar workers strike. Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 369
Sugar Workers Strike Continues 2/9/1917 Philadelphia Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania sugar strike continues. As the IWW has become more involved, many sugar workers are becoming union men. In an act of solidarity, IWW longshoremen on sugar docks and IWW seamen on sugar boats are striking as well. There are over 5000 striking sugar workers, 1500 striking longshoremen, and 100 striking seamen. Industrial Worker, 02-24-1917
Lumber Strike Called Off 2/10/1917 Duluth Minnesota Central Strike Committee of Minnesota called off lumber strike after winning a wage increase and better food and camp conditions. Solidarity, 02/10/1917
Pennsylvania Sugar Workers Strike 2/10/1917 Philadelphia Pennsylvania Workers at every sugar refinery in Pennsylvania have gone on strike. Regardless of job, all employees are participating. Many of these workers have joined the IWW during their involvement with the strike. The workers are demanding a 5 cent/hr increase in wages. In a display of working class solidarity, waterfront workers in Philadelphia have pledged not to handle a single pound of sugar until the sugar workers' struggle is rewarded. Industrial Worker, 02-10-1917; Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 369
Sugar Refinery Workers Strike 2/10/1917 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 5000 sugar refinery workers held a strike for a wage increase of five cents an hour. IWW longshoremen refuse to ship related cargo in solidarity. Solidarity, 02/10/1917
Unsuccessful Strike for Railway Workers 2/10/1917 Seattle Washington Railway workers were hired by the Great Northern Railway to shovel snow near a tunnel. The wages were so poor that the men would not have been able to afford food during the few weeks they spent there. The strike was ultimately unsuccessful. Industrial Worker, 02-10-1917
Sugar Workers Strike 2/17/1917 Philadelphia Pennsylvania Over 5000 Pennsylvania sugar workers continue to be on strike. The article details that their regular workday had been from 11-14 hours, with each worker making around 25 cent/hr. The workers are demanding a raise of 5 cents an hour. As more workers have joined the strike, the strike has become more organized and looks to be successful. Industrial Worker, 02-17-1917
Lumberworkers Strike 2/24/1917 Bellingham Washington Sixty-five workers from the Bloedel-Donovan Lumber Company have gone on strike for a raise in wages, currently at two dollars a day. The company has sent for new workers to replace them. Although this is not an IWW organized strike, the newspaper calls for IWW members to aid the striking lumbermen. Industrial Worker, 02-24-1917
Unorganized Strike Fails as AFL Members Scab 2/24/1917 Sacramento California An unorganized strike took place in Sacramento, when many were hired, some IWW men, to work for Libby, MacNeill & Libby's at Lockport (job unclear). Upon arriving at the job site, the workers found poor living conditions and their low wage too intolerable, and began an unorganized strike. More skilled carpenters and members of the AFL promised to strike with them, but did not. The strike was unsuccessful as AFL union men took their places. Industrial Worker, 02-24-1917
Strike on Oil Fields 2/24/1917 Vinita Oklahoma IWW members working for Sinclair & Cudaby Pipe Company struck for increased wages and won. Solidarity, 02/24/1917
Violence Against Striking Sugar Workers 2/27/1917 Philadelphia Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania sugar strike continues for its fourth week. The strikers are positive they will have a success. However, on February 21st, police attacked the strikers, shooting one man to death and wounding many others. Violence has continued, as the strikers are beaten and arrested continuously. Industrial Worker, 03-03-1917
IWW Strike 3/1/1917 Ironton Michigan 100 IWW struck and received their demands of for increased wages, removal of the contract system, and "the right to enter and leave on company time." Solidarity, 03/24/1917
Lumber Workers Strike 3/10/1917 Bonners Ferry Idaho Lumbermen at Paige's Camp in Bonners Ferry, Idaho have gone on strike to protest their living conditions. All lumber jacks in the area are said to be IWW men, though the bosses say they will no longer hire IWW men. Industrial Worker, 03-10-1917
Successful IWW Steel Strike 3/10/1917 San Francisco California IWW steel workers for the South Pacific Steel company organized a successful strike, winning eight hour days, 31.5 cent/hr wages, and time and a half for overtime. The bosses of the steel company kidnapped one of the IWW men in hopes to barter with the strikers, but it became clear that they would not. The man was released, and the strikers were rewarded with better conditions. Industrial Worker, 03-10-1917
Lumber Workers Threaten to Strike Over Poor Living Conditions 3/10/1917 Sedro Woolley Washington Workers for the Lyman Lumber Company are threatening strike, as bosses demand workers to cut more lumber in one day than possible, and the lumbermen live in poor conditions. Industrial Worker, 03-10-1917
Black Workers Join Longshoremen Strike, Face Arrest and Shooting 3/17/1917 Baltimore Maryland Longshoremen strike called off after winning a wage increase and the 25 jailed IWWs released. Nine black workers who joined the strike were arrested and several shot at by police. Solidarity, 03/17/1917
Miners Strike 3/17/1917 Brainerd Minnesota 200 miners held a strike in protest of the blacklist that led to the termination of a unionized worker. Solidarity, 03/17/1917
IWW Workers on S.S. Franklin Strike 3/24/1917 Norfolk Virginia IWW members on the S.S. Franklin went on strike for a 10 dollar per month wage increase. Their demand was granted after a few hours, making them the highest paid ship workers on the East coast. Solidarity, 03/24/1917
Irrigation Construction Workers Strike 4/1/1917 Exeter California Strike for higher wages and better hours. Paul F. Brissenden, The I.W.W.: A Study of American Syndicalism, 369
Marine Transport Workers' Strike 4/14/1917 Philadelphia Pennsylvania IWW sailors went on strike and won a ten dollar per month raise. Solidarity, 04/14/1917
Paper Mill Strike 4/16/1917 Camas Washington Over 600 paper mill workers in Camas, Washington have gone on strike. They are demanding a raise of 50 cents per day as well as an eight hour work day. At this time, they are not organized, but the IWW is hopeful. Industrial Worker, 05-01-1917
Workers Arrested in Ditch Diggers Strike 4/21/1917 Exeter California Workers digging irrigation ditches in California have gone on strike against the boss, James Kennedy. Several workers have been arrested for assault and battery. Industrial Worker, 04-21-1917
Sugar Workers Strike Continues 4/21/1917 Philadelphia Pennsylvania The sugar workers strike is continuing very successfully. Striking workers have found secure jobs elsewhere, and the strike continues, well funded. Those wishing to donate are urged to send funds to the IWW in Everett. Industrial Worker, 04-21-1917
Strike 4/21/1917 Strathmore California 200 men went on strike for increased wages and the eight hour day. A police officer arrested two of them on charges of assault with a deadly weapon on an officer. Solidarity, 04/21/1917
Mill Workers Strike 4/25/1917 Eureka Montana Mill workers in Eureka, Montana, have gone on strike for a wage of $5 per eight hour day. The owner of the mill spent $300 bringing in replacement workers, but once they arrived it was revealed that all of them were IWW men and would not work. Industrial Worker, 05-01-1917
River Drivers Strike Won 4/25/1917 St. Maries Idaho A strike has been won by river drivers in St. Maries, Idaho. The strikers declared victory with a $5/8 hour day, from a $3.5/12 hour day. The strike is said to be the shortest in the history of the lumber Industry. Industrial Worker, 05-01-1917
River Drivers Strike 4/28/1917 Spokane Washington "River Drivers" joined the lumber strike that begun in Montana. Solidarity, 04/28/1917
Lumberjacks Strike 4/28/1917 Montana Lumberjacks went on strike for better living conditions, higher wages, the eight hour day, fair treatment of unionized workers, and other basic demands. Solidarity, 04/28/1917
Fruit Pickers Go on Strike 5/1/1917 Alhambra California Over 200 Mexican and Japanese fruit pickers have gone on strike. Packing houses have been closed down due to their actions. Bosses have requested more workers to be brought in by train. Industrial Worker, 05-01-1917
Macaroni Workers Strike 5/5/1917 Chicago Illinois 800 macaroni workers went on strike to win higher wages, the eight hour day, fair treatment to unionized workers, no employment for non-unionized workers, and overtime pay. Solidarity, 05/05/1917
Lumber Strike Won 5/5/1917 Maries Idaho After three days, striking lumber workers win their demands and return to work. Solidarity, 05/05/1917
Silk Weavers Strike 5/5/1917 Paterson New Jersey Silk weavers went on strike for increased wages. Solidarity, 05/05/1917
Lumber Workers Strike 5/5/1917 Spokane Washington Lumber workers in Spokane, Washington, have declared a strike for $5/8 hour day. The boss, a Mr. Bronson, hired outside workers, or "scabs", to take their places, but found that the "scabs" were in fact IWW men who proceeded to join the other workers in the strike. Industrial Worker, 05-19-1917
Strike of Construction Workers 5/12/1917 La Crosse Washington Construction workers at three separate camps in La Crosse, Washington, have gone on strike for a variety of reasons. One camp may give in to the demands, Industrial Worker, 05-12-1917
Shuh and Michele Strike Won 5/12/1917 Paterson New Jersey Strikers won their demands and returned to work. Solidarity, 05/12/1917
Funds Needed for River Drivers 5/19/1917 Eureka Montana The strike of mill workers in Eureka, Montana continues. "Scab" workers hired by the bosses are leaving. Funds are needed. Industrial Worker, 05-19-1917
Smelters Win Strike 5/19/1917 Prescott Arizona Smelters won their demand of a 12.5% increase in wages. Solidarity, 05/19/1917
Construction Workers Strike Successful 5/19/1917 Seattle Washington A five day strike in the Seattle area by construction workers has ended in victory. Bosses have agreed to hire IWW men and pay wages of $3/day or more for eight hours. Industrial Worker, 05-19-1917
"No Compromise" Say River Drivers 5/21/1917 Fortine Montana River Drivers in the Eureka area of Montana continue their strike on the Fontine River. Some "scabs" have been hired, but business is still slow. Industrial Worker, 05-26-1917
River Workers Strike Won 5/25/1917 Brief Washington One of the shortest strikes of IWW history has been won in Brief, Washington by river workers. Industrial Worker, 06-02-1917
Teamsters Strike 6/2/1917 Atkins Iowa Fifty IWW won a strike for higher wages and better conditions. Solidarity, 06/02/1917
Macaroni Workers' Strike Called Off 6/2/1917 Chicago Illinois IWW strike called off due to AFL interference. Solidarity, 06/02/1917
IWW Members Arrested for Conspiracy 6/2/1917 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Fifteen Wobblies arrested on charges of conspiracy against the US and released. Solidarity, 06/02/1917
Mine Workers Win Strike 6/5/1917 Jerome Arizona Mine workers in Jerome, Arizona have won a strike for an increase in wages. Industrial Worker, 06-09-1917
Miners Strike 6/7/1917 Swansea Arizona Miners went on strike for the "Miami scale." Solidarity, 06/23/1917
Miners Strike Won 6/9/1917 Jerome Arizona Striking miners won their demands of wage increases, the abolition of the contract system, sliding scale, and hospital fees, and fair treatment for unionized workers. Solidarity, 06/09/1917
Miners Strike 6/9/1917 Mayer Arizona Miners went on strike for the "Miami scale [and] recognition of the grievance committee." The strike was one the next day. Solidarity, 06/23/1917
Strike Victory 6/9/1917 Monroe Washington Striking IWW members and workers at a logging camp in the Monroe area have succeeded in their demands for better living conditions and the right to organize. Industrial Worker,
Miners Strike and Five Mines Close 6/12/1917 Butte Montana Miners in Butte, Montana have gone on strike for the right to assemble and organize. Over five mines have closed down. Industrial Worker, 06-16-1917
Miners Strike 6/16/1917 Butte Montana Butte's five largest mines shut down by a strike in protest of low wages, long hours, and the unsafe conditions that lead to over 100 deaths. Solidarity, 06/16/1917
Lumber Workers Strike 6/16/1917 Sandpoint Idaho One hundred and thirty lumber workers in Sand Point, Idaho, have gone on strike for better food and board. Industrial Worker, 06-23-1917
River Workers Win Strike 6/16/1917 St. Marie Montana River workers on the St. Maries river in Montana have won a strike for a $5 wage for eight hours. They have begun to organize a fund for other striking river workers nearby. Industrial Worker, 06-16-1917
Lumber Workers Strike in Solidarity 6/23/1917 Cle Elum Washington Lumber workers have gone on strike at the camps of Cascade Lumber Company near Cle Elum, Washington. Strikers are demanding an eight hour day for the same wages as they had been working ten hour days for. They also demand better food and housing. Industrial Worker, 06-23-1917
Lumber Strikes Spread 6/25/1917 St. Maries Idaho Influenced by similar strikes in Northern Idaho, Montana, and Eastern Washington, lumber workers near St. Maries, Idaho, have gone on strike for better working conditions and to protest unfair charges. Industrial Worker, 06-30-1917
Miners Strike 6/26/1917 Bisbee Arizona Over 25000 miners went on strike in support of the striking miners in Butte. Solidarity, 06/30/1917
Miners Strike 6/26/1917 Globe Arizona Over 25000 miners went on strike in support of the striking miners in Butte. The miners' strike halt production in nearly all mines and smelters in Arizona. Solidarity, 06/30/1917
Miners Strike 6/26/1917 Jerome Arizona Over 25000 miners went on strike in support of the striking miners in Butte. Solidarity, 06/30/1917
Miners Strike 6/26/1917 Miami Arizona Over 25000 miners went on strike in support of the striking miners in Butte. Solidarity, 06/30/1917
Miners Strike 6/30/1917 Butte Montana Miners in Butte, Montana have gone on strike to protest a number of issues, including extremely poor working conditions, unsafe practices, ill-treatment, and low wages. Several unions are on site, and all are participating. Industrial Worker, 06-30-1917
Miners Strike 6/30/1917 Butte Montana 12000 miners went on strike for the abolition of the "rustling card" system, respect for Montana mining laws, removal of the State Mine Inspector, the right to free speech and organization, the abolition of black lists, and higher wages. Solidarity, 06/30/1917
Lumber Strike Continues 6/30/1917 Fortine Montana The strike on the Fontine River and other surrounding rivers continues with success. Although some men have been arrested in the picketing efforts, the force remains strong. A strike has already been won at Homestead Creek, where increased wages for a five-hour day have been achieved. Industrial Worker, 06-30-1917
Fruit Pickers Strike Successful 6/30/1917 Lewiston Idaho Fruit pickers near Lewiston, Idaho have achieved success in their demands for an eight hour day with wages of $3/day. IWW spirit is strong. Industrial Worker, 06-30-1917
Lumber Workers General Strike 6/30/1917 General strike of miners begun in Idaho and spread to the neighboring regions. The strike demanded better food, shorter hours, and the right to organize. Solidarity, 06/30/1917
Miners Strike 7/2/1917 Bisbee Arizona The miners' strike halt production in nearly all mines and smelters in Arizona. Solidarity, 07/07/1917
Production Halted by Miners Strike 7/2/1917 Jerome Arizona The miners' strike halt production in nearly all mines and smelters in Arizona. Solidarity, 06/30/1917
Miners Strike Halts Production 7/2/1917 Miami Arizona The miners' strike halt production in nearly all mines and smelters in Arizona. Solidarity, 06/30/1917
Copper Miners Win Strike 7/7/1917 Bisbee Arizona Copper miners near Bisbee, Arizona have won a strike for better working conditions. No violence took place, making it difficult for bosses to shut down the strike. Industrial Worker, 07-14-1917
Miners Strike 7/7/1917 Butte Montana The Butte miners' strike reached 15000 participants. Electricians, blacksmiths, and boilermakers joined the strike in solidarity. Solidarity, 07/07/1917
General Strike In Woods And Mines 7/7/1917 Arizona An enormous general strike involving over 15,000 workers is taking place across Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Arizona, as lumberjacks and mineworkers come together for their rights. Demand highlights include 1) an eight hour day with a minimum $3 wage, 2) Time and a half for overtime and double time on Sundays/holidays, 3) Improved food and cleanliness standards, 4) Improved sleeping conditions, and 5) no discrimination against workers for attempting to better their conditions. Industrial Worker, 07-07-1917
General Strike In Woods And Mines 7/7/1917 Idaho An enormous general strike involving over 15,000 workers is taking place across Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Arizona, as lumberjacks and mineworkers come together for their rights. Demand highlights include 1) an eight hour day with a minimum $3 wage, 2) Time and a half for overtime and double time on Sundays/holidays, 3) Improved food and cleanliness standards, 4) Improved sleeping conditions, and 5) no discrimination against workers for attempting to better their conditions. Industrial Worker, 07-07-1917
General Strike In Woods And Mines 7/7/1917 Montana An enormous general strike involving over 15,000 workers is taking place across Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Arizona, as lumberjacks and mineworkers come together for their rights. Demand highlights include 1) an eight hour day with a minimum $3 wage, 2) Time and a half for overtime and double time on Sundays/holidays, 3) Improved food and cleanliness standards, 4) Improved sleeping conditions, and 5) no discrimination against workers for attempting to better their conditions. Industrial Worker, 07-07-1917
General Strike In Woods And Mines 7/7/1917 Washington An enormous general strike involving over 15,000 workers is taking place across Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Arizona, as lumberjacks and mineworkers come together for their rights. Demand highlights include 1) an eight hour day with a minimum $3 wage, 2) Time and a half for overtime and double time on Sundays/holidays, 3) Improved food and cleanliness standards, 4) Improved sleeping conditions, and 5) no discrimination against workers for attempting to better their conditions. Industrial Worker, 07-07-1917
General Lumber Strike Continues 7/10/1917 Idaho The general lumber strike across Montana, Idaho, and Washington continues. Industrial Worker, 07-14-1917
General Lumber Strike Continues 7/10/1917 Montana The general lumber strike across Montana, Idaho, and Washington continues. Industrial Worker, 07-14-1917
General Lumber Strike Continues 7/10/1917 Washington The general lumber strike across Montana, Idaho, and Washington continues. Industrial Worker, 07-14-1917
Construction Workers Strike 7/14/1917 Pasco Washington Construction workers went on strike for a wage increase to $3.50 for an 8 hour day. Solidarity, 07/14/1917
Coal Miners Strike 7/14/1917 Colorado Coal miners formally declared strike. Solidarity, 07/14/1917
Smelters Strike 7/17/1917 Salt Lake City Utah Smelters near Salt Lake City, Utah, have struck for better wages. Industrial Worker, 07-07-1917
Oil Workers Win Strike 7/18/1917 El Dorado Kansas IWW oil workers won strike that demanded a wage increase of 50 cents per day. Solidarity, 07/28/1917
General Strike of Lumber Workers 7/21/1917 Seattle Washington Lumber Workers Industrial Union 500 announced general strike. Solidarity, 07/21/1917
Ice Workers Strike 7/22/1917 Fargo North Dakota Ice workers strike for the ten hour day, weekly pay periods at $20 per week, overtime pay, and exclusive employment for IWW members. Solidarity, 07/28/1917
Lumber Strike Still Spreading 7/24/1917 Aberdeen Washington The lumber strike in Montana, Idaho, and Washington continues to spread, reportedly from the Pacific Ocean to North Dakota. Little violence has occurred. Industrial Worker, 07-28-1917
Oregon Joins Big Lumber Strike 7/30/1917 Oregon Lumber workers in Oregon have joined the massive lumber strike spreading from North Dakota to the coast. Lumber jacks and mill workers alike have joined the strike under the IWW banner. The article includes multiple updates on other strike happenings, including one comical situation where lumber bosses attempted to do the work of their erstwhile laborers. Industrial Worker, 07-30-1917
Ship Yards Shut Down Due to Lumber Strike 8/1/1917 Aberdeen Washington Due to the effects of the massive lumber strike, ship yards in Aberdeen, Washington have shut down. Industrial Worker, 08-01-1917
Oil Workers Win Strike 8/3/1917 Drumright Oklahoma 25 Wobblies and 75 others went on strike for a 50 cent per day wage increase and improved conditions. Their demands met in three hours. Solidarity, 08/11/1917
Iron Miners Strike 8/4/1917 Virginia Minnesota Iron miners declared general strike. Not specified as an IWW action. Solidarity, 08/04/1917
General Lumber Strike Continues 8/4/1917 General strike of Lumber Workers' Industrial Union No. 500 remained strong with participants in the tens of thousands across the West. Solidarity, 08/04/1917
Murder of Frank Little Impacts Workers 8/8/1917 Butte Montana The hanging of Frank Little has had a great effect on working culture in Butte, Montana. The noted labor leader was murdered in secret by "masked vigilantes". Workers have gone on strike to protest, while others have spoken out against it publicly. The identities of the murderers are believed to be known. Industrial Worker, 08-08-1917
General Lumber Strike Continues 8/11/1917 Washington General lumber strike remained strong. Solidarity, 08/11/1917
Miners Strike Continues 8/18/1917 Butte Montana Mines remained unproductive due to the massive strike. Solidarity, 08/18/1917
General Lumber Strike Continues 8/20/1917 General lumber strike announced their demand for the release of "class war prisoners." Solidarity, 08/25/1917
Lumber Strike Continues 9/1/1917 Spokane Washington The eleventh week of the lumber strike has begun as lumber men and other workers realize the power they hold, especially as a studied, organized force. "Scabs" are being turned away in the mills, as there is little lumber to process. Industrial Worker, 09-05-1917
Metal and Coal Miners Strike 9/5/1917 Shasta California Metal and coal miners in the Shasta, California area have come together to strike and create conversation surrounding their treatment as workers. Members of the United Mine Workers have published a list of resolutions regarding their employment and unity. Multiple mines are closed because of strike activity. Industrial Worker, 09-05-1917
Seattle Shipbuilders Strike; Refuse Handle Scab Lumber 9/15/1917 Seattle Washington The lumber strike continues with many effects apparent. Two ship building companies in Seattle have agreed to only purchase lumber from mills that have granted eight hour days. Industrial Worker, 09-15-1917
US Aviation Camp Strike 10/1/1917 Lake Charles Louisiana 1700 men working at the US Aviation Camp went on strike, demanding 60 cents an hour and an 8 hour day. Industrial Worker, 10-03-1917
Boston Freight Handlers Strike 10/3/1917 Boston Massachusetts More than 1000 dock freight handlers went on strike today, demanding an advance in wages and an 8 hour day instead of 9. Industrial Worker, 10-03-1917
Miners Strike Continues 10/3/1917 Butte Montana A four month long miners' strike endures, and it seems that victory is close to hand. Industrial Worker, 10-13-1917
IWW Members Fired Following Steel Workers Strike 10/3/1917 Irondale Washington Workers at a steel plant briefly went on strike over unfair treatment and hours. They went back to work pending a settlement, but the strike committee and two members of the IWW were immediately fired. Industrial Worker, 10-03-1917
Shipyard Workers Strike 10/3/1917 Seattle Washington Ten thousand shipyard workers went on strike at 10 am demanding raises averaging between 15 and 33 cents an hour. Seven thousand are on strike in Portland, OR, and a similar but smaller strike occurred in San Francisco. Industrial Worker, 10-06-1917
Logging Camps Report Quitting and Strikes 10/3/1917 Montana Workers in logging camps in multiple locations report events including quitting en masse, strikes, etc. Industrial Worker, 10-03-1917
Logging Camps Report Quitting and Strikes 10/3/1917 Washington Workers in logging camps in multiple locations report events including quitting en masse, strikes, etc. Industrial Worker, 10-03-1917
Copper Miner Strike 10/17/1917 Portola California A strike was declared at Walker Mining Company when most of the workers walked out over poor working conditions. Industrial Worker, 10-27-1917
Phone Employees to Arbitrate 10/26/1917 Seattle Washington Every girl in the Seattle telephone exchanges walked out at Midnight on Friday, but returned a few hours later when promised that their demands would be sorted in a few days' time. Industrial Worker, 10-27-1917
Lumber Workers Refuse to Supply Lumber for Unfair Mines 11/17/1917 Montana Lumber workers in Montana have walked out on the job after discovering that the lumber they were working on was supplying unfair mines. This was a display of solidarity. Industrial Worker, 11-17-1917
Copper Miner Strike Continues 12/1/1917 Butte Montana Copper miners in Butte, Montana, continue to strike after 22 weeks. Around 20,000 miners are actively striking daily. Industrial Worker, 12-01-1917
Will Take Short Day 1/26/1919 Lawrence Massachusetts Textile workers hold a mass meeting and voted to work only eight hours a day, six days a week. They planned on working eight hours then walking out without accepting a decrease in pay. Solidarity 02-01-1919
Orange Pickers Strike 2/25/1919 Los Angeles California Over 1500 orange pickers walked out on strike in hopes of winning the eight hour day and 50 cents per hour. The IWW did not begin the strike, but organized the strikers after it was called. New Solidarity 02-25-1919
Silk Weavers Strike 2/25/1919 Paterson New Jersey Over 25,000 silk weavers went out on a strike jointly backed by the AFL and the IWW for the 44 hour week. Several shops had granted the demands by the time of publication. New Solidarity 02-25-1919
Bisbee Deportees Compensated 6/21/1919 Bisbee Arizona The Bisbee miners deported during a strike compensated by the mining company with the following amounts: 1200 for married men with children, 1000 for married men without children, and 500 for single men. New Solidarity 06-21-1919
Strike for the Mooney Defense 7/4/1919 Chicago Illinois Several industries including metal and coal miners went on strike all over the country to protest the imprisonment of Tom Mooney. New Solidarity reported this strike was the largest in Chicago history. New Solidarity 07-19-1919
Miners Strike 9/13/1919 Oatman Arizona Miners went on strike for increased wages, the six hour day, safer conditions requiring more men per machine, and the abolishment of the contract and bonus systems. New Solidarity 09-13-1919
Strike Off 9/20/1919 Oatman Arizona Miners' strike called off after winning a 50 cent wage increase. New Solidarity 09-20-1919
Strike Against American Writing Paper Co. 11/22/1919 Holyoke Massachusetts IWW called a strike against the American Writing Paper Co., one of a string of nine strikes in the Massachusetts mill industry in recent times. New Solidarity 11-22-1919
Walkout on Pasco Ditch 2/24/1920 Pasco Washington IWW members ditch workers walk out after being denied a raise from of 60 cents, from $4.40 to $5.00. Industrial Worker, 03/06/1920
Meeting at Snohomish Lumber Camp 3/12/1920 Snohomish Washington IWW members In the Snohomish Lumber Company camp unanimously passed a motion to slow down their work in protest of poor conditions. Industrial Worker, 03/26/1920
Longshoremen Strike 4/9/1920 Seattle Washington Over 500 longshoremen and truckers declared strike against all port commission work in protest to the port commission's recent plan to force union and non-union employees to work together and to reduce monthly pay by $26.40. Industrial Worker, 04/16/1920
Switchmen Sidetrack Corrupt Labor Fakirs 4/11/1920 Port Jervis New York IWW crew operating the Chicago Express carrying milk, mail, and 250 passengers pulled into a siding and abandon their train to attend IWW-aligned railroad workers' meeting. Upon their return, the crew took only the milk and mail cars, leaving the passenger cars in the siding. Industrial Worker, 04/16/1920
Miners Strike 4/18/1920 Butte Montana Miners unanimously voted to strike in demand of 6 hour day and seven dollar minimum, two men per machine, the elimination contract bonuses, and the release of all "class war political prisoners." Industrial Worker, 04/23/1920
IWW Appeals to Europe Through Letters 5/8/1920 Bill Haywood sent thousands of letters to workers in Western Europe calling for: A campaign against workers coming to US to "deprive] American capitalists of labor power," a strike against commercial vessels from the US bearing goods, a strike against serving American tourists, and a boycott of all American-made products Industrial Worker, 05/08/1920
Strike Transformed into Slowdown 5/13/1920 Butte Montana A mass meeting of striking miners voted to make the "off-the-job" strike enacted on 04/12/1920 an "on-the-job" strike, meaning the workers vow to purposefully and drastically reduce efficiency. Industrial Worker, 05/22/1920
Longshoremen Call Off Strike 5/14/1920 Seattle Washington Longshoremen call off strike, one of a series beginning on 04/09/1920 Industrial Worker, 05/22/1920
Rail and Transport Strike Cause Daily Loss of 1,000,000 5/15/1920 Manager of the Traffic Bureau of the Merchants'' Association estimates $1,000,000 was lost every day due to the rail and transport strike that began seven weeks before the publication of this article. Industrial Worker, 05/15/1920
Marine Transport Workers Strike 5/26/1920 Philadelphia Pennsylvania Members of the Marine Transport Workers Industrial Union went on strike for higher wages to counteract the increased cost of living. Industrial Worker, 06/12/1920
Miners Strike 5/29/1920 Kansas Miners in Kansas held a strike in protest of new explosives being used and wage-related issues. Industrial Worker, 05/29/1920
Copper Miners Threaten Strike 6/5/1920 Utah Copper miners threatened their employers with a strike unless they are granted higher wages, better living conditions, and the release of all "class war" prisoners. Industrial Worker, 06/05/1920
Longshoremen Strike 6/7/1920 Philadelphia Pennsylvania All cargo on the East Coast was reported to have stopped shipment due to the continued strike of the longshoremen, who are asking for a 20c/hour increase in wage. Industrial Worker, 06/19/1920
Miners Strike 6/20/1920 Bingham County Utah Utah Miners joined the IWW and held a strike until their demands (unspecified) were to be met. Industrial Worker, 07/10/1920
Scab Commits Murder 6/26/1920 Philadelphia Pennsylvania A non-union worker hired by a shipping company during the continued longshoremen strike shot and killed an unarmed striker before fleeing the scene and shooting at least three others Industrial Worker, 06/26/1920
Longshoremen Call Off Strike 7/24/1920 Philadelphia Pennsylvania Longshoremen and related workers returned to work after winning pay increase of one dollar per day. Industrial Worker, 07/24/1920
Railroad Workers Indicted 8/5/1920 Chicago Illinois Forty-one railroad workers were indicted on charges of violating the Lever Act and the Siberman Anti-Trust law with their strikes. Industrial Worker, 08/14/1920
Railroad Construction Camps Closed 8/12/1920 Portland Oregon Work camps shut down as their 175 IWW-aligned workers strike in demand of $5 minimum wage and a removal of hospital fees. Industrial Worker, 08/21/1920
One Dead and Several Injured in Riot Instigated by Strikebreakers 8/14/1920 Denver Colorado A riot in Denver was instigated by armed strikebreakers attempting to operate railroad cars despite the weeklong strike by the employees of the Denver Tramway Company. The riot ended in the death of one striker and the injury of forty to fifty other people. Industrial Worker, 08/14/1920
Construction Workers Strike 8/31/1920 Chitwood Oregon Half of all workers at an Oregon construction site walked out in protest of unsanitary conditions. Industrial Worker, 09/11/1920
Lumber Boycott Called 10/16/1920 Eagle Gorge Washington Due a strike in reaction to hostile management, IWW called for a boycott against the Page Lumber Company. Industrial Worker, 10/16/1920
Lumber Strike 11/18/1920 Superior Wisconsin A lumber workers' faction of the IWW voted to demand the follow of their employers: Eight hour day, minimum pay of $100/month, bi-monthly pay periods, good food served on white dishware, proper heating and ventilation in camp, hot and cold water in tubs and showers, abolition of doctor and hospital fees, the release of class-war prisoners, and the right to free speech, assemblage, and press. Industrial Worker, 12/04/1920
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Why does Mr. Gemma not mention what each of these groups did to merit being identified as hate groups?
FRC and DJKM were both labeled for disseminating pseudoscience as proof that gay people are an unnatural abomination and collaborating to perpetuate conditions that made it acceptable to persecute them. Both groups lobbied for an anti-lgbt agenda. It also bears mentioning that federal magistrate judge recommended DJKM's libel suit be dismissed "with prejudice" because it was baseless.
Joseph Farah promoted conspiracy theories including the Birther conspiracy about former U.S. President Obama, even claiming that his long form birth certificate was a forgery.
Dinesh D’Souza wrote a book on how Leftists and liberals were Nazis, supported torture at Abu Ghraib, mocked victims of the Stoneman Douglas School shooting, and publicly opposed policies intended to ameliorate the pernicious effects of racism and poverty on people of color.
Jeff Sessions has on numerous occasions been openly racist. He has spent his career supporting both in word and in policy the right to discriminate against LGBT people, and was instrumental in implementing the Trump Presidency's immigration policy.
It's perfectly reasonable and even proper to criticize misuse of funds by SPLC. However, this article disingenuously characterizes these people as victims rather than people deserving the label they received, considering the harm they've done. Peter Gemma attempts to clumsily poison the well and obfuscate the misdeeds of these individuals and groups. The SPLC is a flawed organization which successfully identified people and organizations promoting hate against marginalized groups, based on substantial evidence verifiable by anyone who can manage a google search.
Shame on you, Mr. Gemma.
Reply to: The Cost of Left-Wing hate 4 months 1 week ago
EPer: Bridgetown_Beast (not verified)
I am going to say that really nice information had shared here which I really like. I will try to read more after my road trips from new york.
Reply to: Studies show, Congress Favors the Rich 5 months 3 weeks ago
EPer: Johnny (not verified)
Why are you blaming the immigrants when it’s the rich Americans who are preying on them. In reality there is enough jobs for everyone but they are the ones offering half the pay and hiring people from Mexico, instead of the grad students who have 150 k debt. 6.5 interest in their loans while in school. Their rents are three times what their parents were, and so is their rent. And it’s the same rich Americans and these students parents who vote for presidents who abuse the starving students and graduates and treat them as a profit.
Reply to: Employee Abuse Runs Rampant In America 6 months 5 days ago
EPer: Ree (not verified)
While I have certainly experienced this is California, being a massage therapist working in physical therapy and chiropractic offices. They charge $150.00 plus for a massage and offer massage therapists 20$. People generally don’t tip because the are injured, on work comp, paying co pays for pt. And it should be covered by their insurance. However they will just hire people from Mexico who are desperate for the work. And while I see this as a problem, I don’t blame the immigrants. I blame the Americans who are abusing employees. It’s not he immigrants fault that places like Walmart will hire them to work at night mopping the floor illegally for 6.00 an hr, and als and support slave labor and sweat shops in other counties, where children are making 10 cents an hr. To make Walmart’s products. Why are we blaming the poor people from other countries when it’s rich white Americans, land owners, who are jacking up all the office rents, etc... and turning down experienced workers who are asking just for a decent wage to live the off of. Blame the rich cooperations. They are destroying America not the immigrants. Things are getting worse here every day, and these cooperations are preying on good people who aren’t poor, the system is broken.
With soaring deficits, the economy should be growing like a bat out of hell. After all, we'll never be able to pay back a penny of the debt. The real question is how much debt is too much debt and why does it take so much debt to create the illusion of growth?
Reply to: 3rd Quarter GDP Grew at a 3.4% Rate Because Inventories Grew at a 31.9% Rate 7 months 2 weeks ago
EPer: Jamie154 (not verified)
The labor participation rate peaked long before the Great Recession and has been declining for a very long time. Using U6 has never been done before....until now. Even Gallup used U6 as the "real unemployment rate" but only because there was a black man in the White House. U6 was used to make things look worse than they were. After Trump was elected Gallup and all our financial news organizations went back to using U3. There's a word for this. It's called "racism."
Reply to: How Many Jobs Are Needed to Keep Up with Population Growth? 7 months 2 weeks ago
We have a crisis in this country - corporate layoffs. Or “economic genocide” is how I think of it. Year after year after year thousands if not millions of men and women get stripped of their livelihoods through no fault of their own. Their means of survival - putting food on their tables, clothes on their backs and roofs over their heads - taken with little or no warning. And where does that money go instead? It further lines the already overstuffed pockets of the fat cats at the top of the corporate hierarchy for whom no amount of millions is ever too much.
This insanity has to stop!!!
Reply to: Employee Abuse Runs Rampant In America 1 year 1 month ago
EPer: Bob Hawthorne (not verified)
what, you mean the exceptional growth rate despite the big draw from inventories? i think it's because of the tariff announcements...everyone tried to ship as much as they could before the european and Chinese tariffs kicked in...thus we had a 15% jump in exports before inflation, boosting GDP, while inventories were emptied out, reducing that GDP boost...both are due to reverse in the coming quarters...
Reply to: 2nd Quarter GDP Up 4.1% Despite Largest Inventory Contraction Since 2009 1 year 5 months ago
EPer: rjs
How is this all possible considering.
EPer: Robert Oak
If the SPLC were honest they would put themselves on their hate list since they HATE white people.
Reply to: The Cost of Left-Wing hate 1 year 7 months ago
EPer: eyeslevel (not verified)
A cold-snap? Where was this? Would you believe that between January 4th, 2018 and January 15th, 2018 that Metro-Denver averaged just under 16 F worth of anomaly on an average basis among more than 40 global trade competitors?
Reply to: One cold snap uses 11.5% of US natural gas supplies; 8 more weeks like that and our gas storage will be totally empty 1 year 7 months ago
EPer: Mark Richardson (not verified)
[Quote] In an interview with this writer, Laird Wilcox, (of) the University of Kansas, leveled this charge: “The dirty little secret behind the SPLC is that they actually need racial violence, growing ‘hate groups,’ and more racial crime to justify their existence and promote their agenda. With each violent act, additional ‘hate’ group, and racial incident, the SPLC’s status improves: fundraising goes up, they get more media exposure, their credibility increases, and their political usefulness to the far left surges.” [End quote]
Wow, that is a lot like saying that with every school shooting or every false flag alleged-terror operation gun sales go way up. The SPLC doesn't promote racial disharmony as there is plenty of that already, including a sizeable minority percentage in America which would like nothing better than to repeal the Civil Rights Act and the Fair Housing Act. The question is why now more than a half-century after Lyndon Johnson signed both Acts into law is there still any percentage of Americans still trying to repeal both those laws.
You know which political party hates other Americans the worst in the US? Is it the extreme right or the the extreme left? Neither. The political party that hates other Americans the worst are the center-right neoliberals posing as Democrats, who have more in-common with Richard Nixon than with Jimmy Carter. Don't take my word for it though, as this is what the NY Times said just 10 days ago:
Centrists Are the Most Hostile to Democracy, Not Extremists: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/23/opinion/international-wor...
So the SPLC does an admirable job of promoting equality and fairness for all Americans? What is so bad about that in a political environment full of haters as well as those who would like nothing better than to go back to 1948 and start over again. Remember that 1948 was the year that Strom Thurmond was elected as a member of the States Rights Party, which heavily-favored ongoing segregation and apartheid.
What is so wrong with an America where all of its citizens are treated fairly and equally as allegedly-guaranteed under our Constitution?
Just think, if the US could ever move fully away from apartheid and away from inequitable and racially-targeted blanket suspicion we might not need either the SPLC nor the NRA ever again.
And then we could all get on with our lives in an environment bereft of hatred for our fellow man.
This just seems inconceivable how all of the underlying structural problems which caused the financial crisis and great recession are just swept under the rug and all is rosy. Growth to me is being built on piles of rubble, complete with bodies.
Reply to: Construction contribution to Q1 GDP under-reported by 47 basis points, despite 1.7% drop in March 1 year 8 months ago
Do you have anything substantial than logical fallacies as are you trump?
Otherwise keep with your idiotic comments.
Reply to: The Cost of Left-Wing hate 1 year 10 months ago
EPer: Tony (not verified)
Projecting...
Are you Donald Trump? You sound like him. (seriously)
EPer: Dr. Jon
Nice logical fallcies
First of all the what is mentioned here are easily verifiable by using Google and author site.Second of all these website act as aggregate also which is mentioned.
Third nice logicall fallcies there is plenty of counter arguments there what you not bringing is any counter argument to the thread, rather than attacking the author than claiming he is attacking them.
EPer: Novis (not verified)
what "disposable personal income" is...
"disposable personal income", as reported by the BEA, is a total national figure for personal income after taxes, so comparing how individuals might spend that income in different parts of the country is not even considered by this report...the phrase may be poorly chosen, as might the phrase "personal income" itself, which includes not just wages and salaries, but also passive income from dividends, interest and rent, proprietor's income, and transfer payments such as social security...take all those forms of payments going to individuals, subtract out what's paid nationally in personal income taxes, and you have a national figure for "disposable personal income"
now, as far as changing costs of living is applied to that figure, in the computation of "personal consumption expenditures", also a national figure, the BEA adjusts each component item of expenditures for inflation individually, weighs those expenditures as a part of all expenditures, and thus comes up with a personal consumption expenditures price index...taking the change in that PCE price index and applying it to disposable personal income gives us a figure called "real disposable personal income", which is simply the purchasing power of that income indexed back to the value of 2009 dollars...
Reply to: November Personal Spending Up 0.6%, Two Months PCE Adds 171 Basis Points to Q4 GDP 1 year 11 months ago
Very interesting! Thanks for the reply!
EPer: Mike (not verified)
You are correct, but the problem is more in calling this "disposable" which people probably read as "free to do with as you wish".
The term (as best I understand it) means "at your disposition".
What you are looking for is what I would refer to as "discretionary income", that is, money you are free to spend as you wish. - you don't "need" to spend it on anything.
Setting aside differences in location, consider two individuals - myself, I live in a modest home with a $749 mortgage payment, paid cash for my car, and have no consumer debt. Then consider the person who sits behind me, who has the same job, but recently bought a $50000 pickup truck on credit, has a house with a mortgage payment I estimate at $1500/month, and probably carries a typical consumer debt load of $10000 to $15000, and is currently vacationing with his wife for two weeks in the Caribbean somewhere.
We have about the same disposable income, but I have a lot more discretionary income.
So you can see, personal choices strongly affect how much discretionary income a person has.
You could (I suppose) establish a baseline living expense per community, and subtract that from disposable income to see how much discretionary income people have, and if it is growing or shrinking. However, I'm not sure it would be meaningful, since most people spend all they have, and put the rest on their credit card.
For most people the idea that they would have more discretionary income if they had mode disposable income is only true if they are managing their finances well with the income they currently have.
By the way, this is one definition of being rich:
A rich person is one who has regular discretionary income, and is accumulating it.
You can be rich on $30000/year, if you are living within your means and regularly putting money away.
Alternatively, you can be poor on $500000/year if you are leveraging your income with debt and spending more than you earn.
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Neil Aitken, founding editor of The Boxcar Poetry Review, loses it all in his poetry collection, The Lost Country of Sight. Countries, a father, language, and the narrator himself all recede into a liminal grey space. Aitken’s narrator declares himself “a ghost among the living,” and throughout the four sections of the book, there is nothing much for a reader to grasp at but ghosts, air, and ashes upon the shore. The poems are in fact defined not by the customary search for home or the characterization of that site but by the very absence of home as a concrete location. Aitken writes, “In me, there are as many countries as names.”
The poems in The Lost Country of Sight whisk a reader from airport to seashore and from Taiwan to Vancouver, British Columbia. Yet, everywhere he takes us, Aitken shows us much the same sights. The characters that we encounter are all “sleeping women,” “ghosts,” and those figures like the man who is described as a “castoff map.” Nevertheless, there is some method to the madness. In the first section, Aitken floats us over Hong Kong and Taiwan. Then, in the second section, we land long enough to experience the death of a father. From there, it’s off to Los Angeles and Vancouver in section three, and finally, in section four we’re back to the current and floating toward no particular destination other than our own inward reflection along with the poet himself. Here we are left with “grey upon grey,/ smog upon cloud, no memory of stars” as the narrator finally reaches the shore, his father’s ashes in hand. What is beyond is left to the imagination.
The best poems can be found in section two of the collection. Here, the reader begins to learn what is at stake for the writer and perhaps to discern some intention for the grey upon grey of the text. The influence of Asian poets is evinced in the subject matter but also in the poet’s presentation of nature and image. There is gentleness in manner not unlike the haikus of Bashō in lines such as “Even the bamboo has forgotten the napalm at last,” which is found in the poem entitled “All the Names of Children and Homes We May Never Know.”
Other critics have also noted that Aitken’s father poems are reminiscent of Li-Young Lee’s careful and beautiful lines. In fact, Aitken himself writes on his blog: “Many of my favorite poems revolve around the father. The father as foil. As counterpart. As template. As warning. As authority. As loss. Fathers are often fixed points, what we measure ourselves against, the poles to which we find ourselves tethered to and which we strain to break free. Sometimes the father is an anchor. Sometimes the father is a mirage. A ghost. A myth we tell ourselves. The father is many things at once. For me, often my father was home.” If Aitken’s father was home much as Lee’s often seems to be, then it is a much different version of that place as shown in the poem “Burials”:
Pulling through Montana in the snow
we cling to the tail lights of the last car
blurring back into the darkness.
"Like the inside of a coffin," my father says,
as if knowing the exact shade the dead see,
lying stiff, frozen eyes peering up through closed lids—
he shifts in his seat, watches the road disappear,
thinks again of dying and the burials we've seen,
his father's simple reduction to ashes.
How small the urn, how light, for a man
that stood 6'3", carried a boy on his shoulders,
lived on trains as a youth, picked apples as a man.
This past summer, watching him thin
to disappearing, blurring out lines between lives,
my father trying to return pieces, fragments, time,
the body burning, the dark smells of crematoriums,
funeral homes, and pale faced lawyers.
Something merges, ends, and begins.
My father placing the ashes back into the air,
offerings to the skies, to the seas,
unaware how Buddhist he is at this moment,
how the faint sound of bagpipes echoes,
how the ashes fall catching light,
reflecting something back into the silence,
the dark birth of the sun coming into view.
Where Li-Young Lee sees the beauty of the “Chinese apple” in “Persimmons,” Aitken finds only these “dark smells,” “funeral homes,” “and pale faced lawyers.” In this section there is no real rebirth as might be expected, but there is a reveling in a dreamlike state. There is even a poem entitled “Elegy for Grey,” which seems to acknowledge the poet’s awareness of each section’s insistence and reiteration of a colorless world. It’s surreal, and perhaps that’s the poet’s purpose, to rarely see the father in life in this section. He is depicted in dreams and bit by bit. He is visions and memories, but nothing to be sure of.
Upon finishing The Lost Country of Sight, one might wonder something relatively simple: what’s all the sadness for? Sure, there’s a loss of place and the loss of the father, but is there really nothing solid of life to grasp? Nature? Memory? Beauty? Language? But the poet is resolute. In this world, there is only grey. In some ways, it feels like each section of the collection should be its own book. Hobbled together, the sections move us along with the tide, but they never let us come up for air.
What a reader is ultimately left with is the efficacy of the lie. The poems are all about being ghostlike, and yet the narrator is quite concretely, everywhere. Aitken says that “forgetting is in the blood,” but truthfully, the existence of the poems proves he can’t forget. And how can we believe that he has found “a certain place,/ a place outside of language,” when he is after all, a poet?
Amanda Reynolds received an MFA in poetry from the University of Florida and a PhD in poetry from Florida State University. She currently lives in and writes poetry about Pittsburgh, PA and teaches at Slippery Rock University. She has recently published work in journals such as Gargoyle, Mississippi Crow, and Gander Mountain Review.
EILEEN May 13, 2013 at 3:47 PM
Another view is offered by Neil Leadbeater in GR #20 at
http://galatearesurrection20.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-lost-country-of-sight-by-neil-aitken.html
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Descripción de mí blog
Como escribir en este Blog
Escrito por: Luis Ávila Lachica en General en Jul 11, 2012
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Cualquier opinión o sugerencia es bienvenida, especialmente los comentarios de artículos basados en la evidencia.
Para escribir, entra en tu perfil, selecciona blog y publicar.
Quedará pendiente de la aprobación tras comprobar que es del tema diabetes y los comentarios son correctos, sin ofender.
Tim Thomas put himself above team
Escrito por: en General en Ene 24, 2012
WASHINGTON -- Before most hockey games, it's tough to find many players who stand completely still during the national anthem. Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas never moves. He stands as still as the Statue of Liberty, with his focus directly on the American flag that hangs from the rafters in every NHL arena. There's no denying Thomas' patriotism. He represented Team USA as an Olympian and has called it one of his most memorable moments of his career. But when the president of the United States invites you and all your 传世私服 teammates to the White House to honor your Stanley Cup championship, you go and represent the team. On Monday, Thomas instead chose to represent himself. The reigning Vezina and Conn Smythe winner skipped the White House ceremony, deciding to use a special moment for the organization, the team and its fans to voice his displeasure with the U.S. government. Thomas posted a message on his Facebook page on Monday night explaining his decision. "I believe the Federal government has grown out of control, threatening the Rights, Liberties, and Property of the People," the message read. "This is being done at the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial level. This 传奇世界私服 is in direct opposition to the Constitution and the Founding Fathers vision for the Federal government. "Because I believe this, today I exercised my right as a Free Citizen, and did not visit the White House. This was not about politics or party, as in my opinion both parties are responsible for the situation we are in as a country. This was about a choice I had to make as an INDIVIDUAL. "This is the only public statement I will be making on this topic. TT" In earlier posts on his Facebook page, Thomas writes about the Bruins' recent shootout victory in Philadelphia on Sunday, calling it "a big TEAM" win, and added his congrats to the New England Patriots on their "big TEAM" win in the AFC Championship Game. That sentiment was missing in Thomas's decision not to go to the White House. Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli said Thomas would not be suspended for not attending the team function. The Bruins' organization has prided itself, especially under team president Cam Neely, Chiarelli and coach Claude Julien, in being a true team. During the Cup run last spring, management, coaches and players alike spoke at length about the team's chemistry. So it was odd that Thomas chose this stage to make a statement by not attending the White House visit with the rest of his teammates, especially given the fact that he is one of only two Americans on the 魔域私服 Cup-winning team. Julien is all about team-building exercises. During every training camp, he takes the team on a weekend trip. In fact, any chance he gets to create a team-bonding situation Julien jumps at the chance, as he did during the first round of the playoffs last season when the Bruins spent a couple of days in Lake Placid, N.Y., between Games 3 and 4 in Montreal. Monday at the White House was another one of those opportunities. "I think our whole team is ecstatic about what this day did for us," Julien said. "You talk about team-bonding situations, this is certainly one of them." From the time the players arrived until the time they left, everyone seemed thrilled about this opportunity. There's no way any player on this team will publically disagree with Thomas' decision, but this one could come back to kick him between his goalie pads. With the exception of Thomas and Michael Ryder (who plays for the Dallas Stars and couldn't make it), everyone on the 2011 Cup roster attended the event, including Mark Recchi and Shane Hnidy, who are both retired, and Tomas Kaberle, who now plays for the Montreal Canadiens. Bruins captain Zdeno Chara was informed Monday morning that Thomas would not be attending the event. "Honestly, I don't have any thoughts about it," Chara said. "That's what he decided to do and the rest of it is up to him." Thomas' decision will no doubt spark a massive debate. He's a fan favorite. He can be considered the greatest goalie in franchise history. Earlier in his career when he played overseas, he was considered a hockey god in Finland for all his success there. His absence, however, will have a lasting effect on his boy-next-door image. "Everybody has their own opinions and political beliefs and he chose not to join us," Bruins team president Cam Neely said. "We certainly would have liked to have him come and join us, but that's his choice. Obviously, it's not a choice that most of the guys, all the guys came except for Tim. That's his decision and his choice." Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli spoke with Thomas to no avail. "I don't have a real reason right now," Chiarelli said Monday morning. "He chose not to show up. I believe he's doing a statement later. That's all I can tell you right now." During his speech, President Obama spoke glowingly about Thomas and his performance during the Stanley Cup playoffs. "This Stanley Cup was won by defense as much as by offense," Obama said. "Tim Thomas posted two shutouts in the Stanley Cup finals and set an all-time record for saves in the postseason, and he also earned the honor being only the second American ever to be recognized as the Stanley Cup playoffs MVP." Thomas' absence was uncalled for. The president has more important things to worry about with Tuesday's State of the Union address. But it's going to be interesting to see what this does to the State of the Bruins.
Algoritmo IDF de tratamiento 2011
Escrito por: Luis Ávila Lachica en General en Ene 23, 2012
Esta disponible el nuevo algoritmo de tratamiento de la diabetes tipo 2 publicado en español por la IDF (disponible en: http://www.idf.org/treatment-algorithm-people-type-2-diabetes?language=es )
Realmente tampoco presenta grandes cambios.
No se recomienda tratamiento farmacológico de inicio, solo si la no existe buen control.
Continúan las sulfonilureas siendo el fármaco de elección en el segundo escalón tras la metformina.
Se propone la triple terapia como una alternativa de intensificación del tratamiento.
Por otro lado, la guía clínica que podemos bajar en formato pdf es la del 2005 sin otros cambios, por lo que es de sobra conocida por todos
Publicadas las recomendaciones ADA 2012
Realmente estamos en un año de transición con muy pocos articulos sobre diabetes de importancia generados y eso se nota en las recomendaciones publicadas por la ADA este año, con unos cambios minimos respecto a las del año anterior (disponibles en http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/35/Supplement_1.toc ).
Apenas tres cambios:
Una sección sobre conducir y diabetes
Una tabla de comorbilidades mas frecuentes
una tabla con la lista de las propiedades de los antidiabeticos.
Tampoco viene mal tras el frenesí de años anteriores, tener un periodo de tiempo para reposar lo aprendido anteriormente.
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ICELANDIC CHURCHES IN THE USA AND CANADA
Thingvalla church Eyford North Dakota USA
The project authors
Index of churches
Icelandic church images
Photographic exhibit
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Welcome to the homepage of Icelandic
churches built in the USA and Canada
by Icelandic immigrants.
The Icelandic chuch in Markerville, Alberta Canada
THE PROJECT - ICELANDIC CHURCHES IN NORTH AMERICA
The project of photographing the Icelandic churches in North America is an idea that Gudmundur Vidarsson photographer got while studying in the USA in 1994. Gudmundur, a professional photographer from Iceland, attended the University of Minnesota on a scolarship from the Fulbright commission in Iceland . While studying he had the opportunity to stay at the home of John and Donna Rutford in St.Paul.
It was during a short trip to North Dakota where the idea came about and was formed. Gudmundur and John started the project as an official project at that time. Since this was a personal project it had no special time frame but in 1994 they travelled to all the church locations in the USA and covered most of the Icelandic churches located there. Icelandic churches in Canada had to wait for the proper time.
From 1994 until 1999 the project was in a slow but progressive status until it received special support in Iceland. In 1999 the project received a grant, from the Icelandic Christianity Commitee, to make the project into a history and photographic exhibition to be held in March 2000. The exhibit was held in a large and popular museum, in Gerdarsafn, Kopavogur. The exhibit was in connection to the celebrations around the 1000 years of christianity that took place in Iceland in 1999 trough 2000. After the exhibit the project had gotten some recognition in Iceland and travelled to the USA and Canada also.
Map made by Gudjon Ingi Hauksson art designer
This map shows the distribution of the Icelandic churches in USA and Canada.
After a successful exhibit in Iceland the project has continued and manuscript, in english, for publication is near completion. Preparations for publishing a book on the subject is scheduled in the year 2008 and work will continue as funds become available. Funding is however very limited.
We strongly believe that this project honors the heritage of the Icelandic immigrants and pioneers from Iceland that settled in the USA and Canada and we hope by collecting the information it will live on and be passed on to future generations.
In January 2007 after some long time the project has been on hold, we have found out that not enough interest is in the Icelandic and USA community´s that have an Icelandic church and in Iceland not many are focused on this issue. Gudmundur had repeatedly applied for some funds from variety of Icelandic funds but unsuccessfully to this time. Personally Gudmundur and John have spent a large sum of money on introducing the project and travelled to variety of places at their own cost. But the uninterest that this project is facing it will probably remain as a unpublished work and hopefully in the future it will become important possibly in connection with some celebration or milestone of USA/Canada and Icelandic relationship. This is currently not a high profile assignment and it does not draw any funds from public funds either from Iceland or the USA.
In short it seems no one really cares enough about this special heritage to support it to a greater public exposure.
We thank you for entering this page and look forward to your comments.
Any support is appreciated.
Gudmundur Vidarsson & John Rutford
Icelandic Immigrants
Icelandic immigrants leaving Iceland
This image shows Icelandic immigrants leaving Iceland.
The photograph is courtesy of the Vesturfarasafnið at Hofsos in Iceland
G. Vidarsson Photographer
John Rutford Historian
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This paper examines the determinants of probability for sponsor brand recall at the Euro 2004 soccer tournament in Portugal. Using a sample of 1,000 people, a survey was administered in Portugal immediately after the tournament to ascertain the significant characteristics that influenced the aimed probability (e.g., age, income, education, perceptions of the event, perceptions of sponsors). Based on 676 usable responses, a random-parameter logit model (mixed logit) was used to deal with unobserved heterogeneity, together with a standard logit model which was also used to analyze the...Read more
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The objective of this study was to test the degree to which three sponsorship outcomes—sponsor’s image, word-of-mouth, and purchase intentions—may be predicted by three attitudinal constructs: attitude toward the event, sport activity involvement (centrality and attraction), and beliefs about sponsorship. The data were collected from a Greek basketball all-star game. The results indicated that purchase intentions were significantly predicted by beliefs about sponsorship, attitudes toward the event, and the centrality dimension of involvement. The word-of-mouth and image outcomes were...Read more
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NBA teams use a variety of marketing techniques to try to increase game attendance. However, few research studies have compared their effectiveness. More importantly, no study to date has compared the perceptions of NBA marketing directors and ticket holders with regard to currently used marketing techniques. Therefore, the primary purpose of this study was to determine whether the marketing techniques that NBA marketing directors viewed as valuable and useful were viewed in a similar fashion by attendees at NBA games. A questionnaire containing the 20 most used marketing techniques—based...Read more
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Though not glamorous, working for a minor league sports team could be one of the most fun and challenging areas of the sports industry. Due to small staff sizes and limited budgets, employees will be called upon to perform several different tasks that demand a wide range of knowledge and skills. This case study comes directly from the experience of the lead author, who, in four years of working in both baseball and hockey, felt as if he did everything but play, and ended up as the president of the Nashville Ice Flyers of the Central Hockey League during the 1997-98 season.Read more
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Taiwan Population: 23,545,963
First inhabited by Austronesian people, Taiwan became home to Han immigrants beginning in the late Ming Dynasty (17th century). In 1895, military defeat forced China's Qing Dynasty to cede Taiwan to Japan, which then governed Taiwan for 50 years. Taiwan came under Chinese Nationalist (Kuomintang, KMT) control after World War II. With the communist victory in the Chinese civil war in 1949, the Nationalist-controlled Republic of China government and 2 million Nationalists fled to Taiwan and continued to claim to be the legitimate government for mainland China and Taiwan based on a 1947 Constitution drawn up for all of China. Until 1987, however, the Nationalist government ruled Taiwan under a civil war martial law declaration dating to 1948. Beginning in the 1970s, Nationalist authorities gradually began to incorporate the native population into the governing structure beyond the local level. The democratization process expanded rapidly in the 1980s, leading to the then illegal founding of Taiwan’s first opposition party (the Democratic Progressive Party or DPP) in 1986 and the lifting of martial law the following year. Taiwan held legislative elections in 1992, the first in over forty years, and its first direct presidential election in 1996. In the 2000 presidential elections, Taiwan underwent its first peaceful transfer of power with the KMT loss to the DPP and afterwards experienced two additional democratic transfers of power in 2008 and 2016. Throughout this period, the island prospered, became one of East Asia's economic "Tigers," and after 2000 became a major investor in mainland China as cross-Strait ties matured. The dominant political issues continue to be economic reform and growth as well as management of sensitive relations between Taiwan and China.
Strategic location adjacent to both the Taiwan Strait and the Luzon Strait
Location: Eastern Asia, islands bordering the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, South China Sea, and Taiwan Strait, north of the Philippines, off the southeastern coast of China
Geographic coordinates: 23 30 N, 121 00 E
note: includes the Pescadores, Matsu, and Quemoy islands
Size comparison: slightly smaller than Maryland and Delaware combined
Land Boundaries: 0 km
Coastline: 1,566.3 km
Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm
Climate: tropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August); persistent and extensive cloudiness all year
Terrain: eastern two-thirds mostly rugged mountains; flat to gently rolling plains in west
Natural resources: small deposits of coal, natural gas, limestone, marble, asbestos, arable land
Land use: agricultural land: 22.7% (2011 est.) arable land: 16.9% (2011 est.)
permanent crops: 5.8% (2011 est.)
Irrigated land: 3,820 sq km (2012)
Natural hazards: earthquakes; typhoons volcanism: Kueishantao Island (401 m), east of Taiwan, is its only historically active volcano, although it has not erupted in centuries
Current Environment Issues: air pollution; water pollution from industrial emissions, raw sewage; contamination of drinking water supplies; trade in endangered species; low-level radioactive waste disposal
International Environment Agreements: party to: none of the selected agreements because of Taiwan's international status
Nationality: noun: Taiwan (singular and plural)
adjective: Taiwan (or Taiwanese) note: example - he or she is from Taiwan; they are from Taiwan
Ethnic groups: Han Chinese (including Hoklo, who compose approximately 70% of Taiwan's population, Hakka, and other groups originating in mainland China) more than 95%, indigenous Malayo-Polynesian peoples 2.3% note 1: there are 16 officially recognized indigenous groups: Amis, Atayal, Bunun, Hla'alua, Kanakaravu, Kavalan, Paiwan, Puyuma, Rukai, Saisiyat, Sakizaya, Seediq, Thao, Truku, Tsou, and Yami; Amis, Paiwan, and Atayal are the largest and account for roughly 70% of the indigenous population note 2: although not definitive, the majority of current genetic, archeological, and linguistic data support the theory that Taiwan is the ultimate source for the spread of humans across the Pacific to Polynesia; the expansion (ca. 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1200) took place via the Philippines and eastern Indonesia and reached Fiji and Tonga by about 900 B.C.; from there voyagers spread across all of the rest of the Pacific islands over the next two millennia
Languages: Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min Nan), Hakka dialects, approximately 16 indigenous languages
Religions: Buddhist 35.3%, Taoist 33.2%, Christian 3.9%, folk (includes Confucian) approximately 10%, none or unspecified 18.2% (2005 est.)
Population: 23,545,963 (July 2018 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 12.68% (male 1,535,365 /female 1,449,336)
15-24 years: 12.52% (male 1,509,023 /female 1,438,278)
65 years and over: 14.36% (male 1,541,716 /female 1,840,489) (2018 est.)
elderly dependency ratio: 16.6 (2015 est.)
potential support ratio: 6 (2015 est.)
female: 42 years (2018 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.15% (2018 est.)
Birth rate: 8.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Net migration rate: 0.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Major urban areas - population: 4.325 million New Taipei City
2.706 million TAIPEI (capital)
2.19 million Taiyuan
1.532 million Kaohsiung
1.283 million Taichung
836,000 Tainan (2018)
25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female
Infant mortality rate: total: 4.3 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.7 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2018 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.13 children born/woman (2018 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: n/a
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: n/a
HIV/AIDS - deaths: n/a
Education expenditures: n/a
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2014 est.)
female: 97.3% (2014 est.)
conventional short form: Taiwan
local long form: none
local short form: Taiwan
former: Formosa
etymology: "Tayowan" was the name of the coastal sandbank where the Dutch erected their colonial headquarters on the island in the 17th century; the former name "Formosa" means "beautiful" in Portuguese
Government type: semi-presidential republic
Capital: name: Taipei
time difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Administrative divisions: includes main island of Taiwan plus smaller islands nearby and off coast of China's Fujian Province; Taiwan is divided into 13 counties (xian, singular and plural), 3 cities (shi, singular and plural), and 6 special municipalities directly under the jurisdiction of the Executive Yuan counties: Changhua, Chiayi, Hsinchu, Hualien, Kinmen, Lienchiang, Miaoli, Nantou, Penghu, Pingtung, Taitung, Yilan, Yunlin; cities: Chiayi, Hsinchu, Keelung; special municipalities: Kaohsiung (city), New Taipei (city), Taichung (city), Tainan (city), Taipei (city), Taoyuan (city)
note: Taiwan uses a variety of romanization systems; while a modified Wade-Giles system still dominates, the city of Taipei has adopted a Pinyin romanization for street and place names within its boundaries; other local authorities use different romanization systems
Independence:
National holiday: Republic Day (National Day), 10 October (1911); note - celebrates the anniversary of the Chinese Revolution, also known as Double Ten (10-10) Day
Constitution: history: previous 1912, 1931; latest adopted 25 December 1946, promulgated 1 January 1947, effective 25 December 1947 amendments: proposed by at least one-fourth agreement of the Legislative Yuan membership; passage requires approval by at least three-fourths majority vote of at least three-fourths of the Legislative Yuan membership and approval in a referendum by more than half of eligible voters; revised several times, last in 2005 (2017)
Legal system: civil law system
Suffrage: 20 years of age; universal; note - in mid-2016, the Legislative Yuan drafted a constitutional amendment to reduce the voting age to 18, but it has not passed as of December 2017
Executive branch: chief of state: President TSAI Ing-wen (since 20 May 2016); Vice President CHEN Chien-jen (since 20 May 2016)
head of government: Premier SU Tseng-chang (President of the Executive Yuan) (since 11 January 2019); Vice Premier SHIH Jun-ji, Vice President of the Executive Yuan (since 8 September 2017)
cabinet: Executive Yuan - ministers appointed by president on recommendation of premier elections/appointments: president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by simple majority popular vote for a 4-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 16 January 2016 (next to be held on 11 January 2020); premier appointed by the president; vice premiers appointed by the president on the recommendation of the premier
election results: TSAI Ing-wen elected president; percent of vote - TSAI Ing-wen (DPP) 56.1%, Eric CHU Li-lun (KMT) 31.0%, James SOONG Chu-yu (PFP) 12.8%; note - TSAI is the first woman elected president of Taiwan
Legislative branch: description: unicameral Legislative Yuan (113 seats; 73 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 34 directly elected in a single island-wide constituency by proportional representation vote, and 6 directly elected in multi-seat aboriginal constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)
elections: last held on 16 January 2016 (next to be held on 11 January 2020)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - DPP 68, KMT 35, NPP 5, PFP 3, NPSU 1, independent 1; composition - men 70, women 43, percent of women 38.1%; note - this is the first non-KMT-led legislature in Taiwan's history
Judicial branch: highest courts: Supreme Court (consists of the court president, vice president, and approximately 100 judges organized into 8 civil and 12 criminal divisions, each with a division chief justice and 4 associate justices); Constitutional Court (consists of the court president, vice president, and 13 justices) judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court justices appointed by the president; Constitutional Court justices appointed by the president, with approval of the Legislative Yuan; Supreme Court justices serve for life; Constitutional Court justices appointed for 8-year terms, with half the membership renewed every 4 years
subordinate courts: high courts; district courts; hierarchy of administrative courts
Political parties and leaders: Democratic Progressive Party or DPP [CHO Jung-tai] Kuomintang or KMT (Nationalist Party) [WU Den-yih] New Power Party or NPP [CHIU Hsien-chih] Non-Partisan Solidarity Union or NPSU [LIN Pin-kuan] People First Party or PFP [James SOONG Chu-yu]
International organization participation: ADB (Taipei, China), APEC (Chinese Taipei), BCIE, IOC, ITUC (NGOs), SICA (observer), WTO (Taipei, China); note - separate customs territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu
National symbol(s): white, 12-rayed sun on blue field;
national colors: blue, white, red
National anthem: name: "Zhonghua Minguo guoge" (National Anthem of the Republic of China)
lyrics/music: HU Han-min, TAI Chi-t'ao, and LIAO Chung-k'ai/CHENG Mao-Yun
note: adopted 1930; also the song of the Kuomintang Party; it is informally known as "San Min Chu I" or "San Min Zhu Yi" (Three Principles of the People); because of political pressure from China, "Guo Qi Ge" (National Banner Song) is used at international events rather than the official anthem of Taiwan; the "National Banner Song" has gained popularity in Taiwan and is commonly used during flag raisings
Diplomatic representation in the US:
telephone: [1] 202 895-1800 office: 4201 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016 representative: Stanley KAO (since 5 June 2016) Taipei Economic and Cultural Offices (branch offices): Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver (CO), Houston, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco, Seattle none; commercial and cultural relations with its citizens in the US are maintained through an unofficial instrumentality, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO), a private nonprofit corporation that performs citizen and consular services similar to those at diplomatic posts
Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Director William Brent CHRISTENSEN (since 11 August 2018)
telephone: [886] 7-335-5006
FAX: [886] 7-338-0551 office: #7 Lane 134, Hsin Yi Road, Section 3, Taipei 10659, Taiwan other offices: Kaohsiung (Branch Office) none; commercial and cultural relations with the people of Taiwan are maintained through an unofficial instrumentality, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), a private nonprofit corporation that performs citizen and consular services similar to those at diplomatic posts
Taiwan has a dynamic capitalist economy that is driven largely by industrial manufacturing, and especially exports of electronics, machinery, and petrochemicals. This heavy dependence on exports exposes the economy to fluctuations in global demand. Taiwan's diplomatic isolation, low birth rate, rapidly aging population, and increasing competition from China and other Asia Pacific markets are other major long-term challenges. Following the landmark Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) signed with China in June 2010, Taiwan in July 2013 signed a free trade deal with New Zealand - Taipei’s first-ever with a country with which it does not maintain diplomatic relations - and, in November of that year, inked a trade pact with Singapore. However, follow-on components of the ECFA, including a signed agreement on trade in services and negotiations on trade in goods and dispute resolution, have stalled. In early 2014, the government bowed to public demand and proposed a new law governing the oversight of cross-Strait agreements, before any additional deals with China are implemented; the legislature has yet to vote on such legislation, leaving the future of ECFA uncertain. President TSAI since taking office in May 2016 has promoted greater economic integration with South and Southeast Asia through the New Southbound Policy initiative and has also expressed interest in Taiwan joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership as well as bilateral trade deals with partners such as the US. These overtures have likely played a role in increasing Taiwan’s total exports, which rose 11% during the first half of 2017, buoyed by strong demand for semiconductors. Taiwan's total fertility rate of just over one child per woman is among the lowest in the world, raising the prospect of future labor shortages, falling domestic demand, and declining tax revenues. Taiwan's population is aging quickly, with the number of people over 65 expected to account for nearly 20% of the island's total population by 2025. The island runs a trade surplus with many economies, including China and the US, and its foreign reserves are the world's fifth largest, behind those of China, Japan, Saudi Arabia, and Switzerland. In 2006, China overtook the US to become Taiwan's second-largest source of imports after Japan. China is also the island's number one destination for foreign direct investment. Taiwan since 2009 has gradually loosened rules governing Chinese investment and has also secured greater market access for its investors on the mainland. In August 2012, the Taiwan Central Bank signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on cross-Strait currency settlement with its Chinese counterpart. The MOU allows for the direct settlement of Chinese renminbi (RMB) and the New Taiwan dollar across the Strait, which has helped Taiwan develop into a local RMB hub. Closer economic links with the mainland bring opportunities for Taiwan’s economy but also pose challenges as political differences remain unresolved and China’s economic growth is slowing. President TSAI’s administration has made little progress on the domestic economic issues that loomed large when she was elected, including concerns about stagnant wages, high housing prices, youth unemployment, job security, and financial security in retirement. TSAI has made more progress on boosting trade with South and Southeast Asia, which may help insulate Taiwan’s economy from a fall in mainland demand should China’s growth slow in 2018.
GDP (purchasing power parity): $1.189 trillion (2017 est.) $1.156 trillion (2016 est.) $1.14 trillion (2015 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate): $572.6 billion (2017 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 2.9% (2017 est.) 1.4% (2016 est.) 0.8% (2015 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP): $50,500 (2017 est.) $49,100 (2016 est.) $48,500 (2015 est.)
Gross national saving: 34.9% of GDP (2017 est.) 35.5% of GDP (2016 est.) 36.3% of GDP (2015 est.) GDP - composition, by end use: household consumption: 53% (2017 est.) government consumption: 14.1% (2017 est.) investment in fixed capital: 20.5% (2017 est.) investment in inventories: -0.2% (2017 est.) exports of goods and services: 65.2% (2017 est.) imports of goods and services: -52.6% (2017 est.) GDP - composition, by sector of origin: agriculture: 1.8% (2017 est.) industry: 36% (2017 est.) services: 62.1% (2017 est.)
Agriculture - products: rice, vegetables, fruit, tea, flowers; pigs, poultry; fish
Industries: electronics, communications and information technology products, petroleum refining, chemicals, textiles, iron and steel, machinery, cement, food processing, vehicles, consumer products, pharmaceuticals
Industrial production growth rate: 3.9% (2017 est.)
Labor force: 11.78 million (2017 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 4.9%
Unemployment rate: 3.8% (2017 est.) 3.9% (2016 est.)
Population below poverty line: 1.5% (2012 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 6.4% (2010)
highest 10%: 40.3% (2010)
Distribution of family income - Gini index: 33.6 (2014) 32.6 (2000)
Budget: revenues: 91.62 billion (2017 est.)
expenditures: 92.03 billion (2017 est.)
Taxes and other revenues: 16% (of GDP) (2017 est.) Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-): -0.1% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
Public debt: 35.7% of GDP (2017 est.) 36.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
note: data for central government
Fiscal year: calendar year
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.1% (2017 est.) 1% (2016 est.)
Current account balance: $82.88 billion (2017 est.) $72.78 billion (2016 est.)
Exports: $349.8 billion (2017 est.) $310.4 billion (2016 est.)
Exports - commodities: semiconductors, petrochemicals, automobile/auto parts, ships, wireless communication equipment, flat display displays, steel, electronics, plastics, computers
Imports: $269 billion (2017 est.) $239.3 billion (2016 est.)
Imports - commodities: oil/petroleum, semiconductors, natural gas, coal, steel, computers, wireless communication equipment, automobiles, fine chemicals, textiles
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: $456.7 billion (31 December 2017 est.) $439 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
Debt - external: $181.9 billion (31 December 2017 est.) $172.2 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home: $78.3 billion (31 December 2017 est.) $80.68 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad: $332.4 billion (31 December 2017 est.) $354 billion (31 December 2016 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares: $851.2 billion (31 December 2016) $742.5 billion (31 December 2015) $848.3 billion (31 December 2014)
Exchange rates: New Taiwan dollars (TWD) per US dollar - 30.68 (2017 est.) 32.325 (2016 est.) 32.325 (2015 est.) 31.911 (2014 est.) 30.363 (2013 est.)
Electricity - production: 246.1 billion kWh (2016 est.)
Electricity - consumption: 237.4 billion kWh (2016 est.)
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2016 est.)
Electricity - installed generating capacity: 49.52 million kW (2016 est.)
Electricity - from nuclear fuels: 11% of total installed capacity (2017 est.)
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants: 4% of total installed capacity (2017 est.)
Electricity - from other renewable sources: 6% of total installed capacity (2017 est.)
Crude oil - production: 196 bbl/day (2017 est.)
Crude oil - exports: 0 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Crude oil - imports: 846,400 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Crude oil - proved reserves: 2.38 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.)
Refined petroleum products - production: 924,000 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Refined petroleum products - consumption: 962,400 bbl/day (2016 est.)
Refined petroleum products - exports: 349,600 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Refined petroleum products - imports: 418,300 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Natural gas - production: 237.9 million cu m (2017 est.)
Natural gas - consumption: 22.45 billion cu m (2017 est.)
Natural gas - imports: 22.14 billion cu m (2017 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves: 6.229 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy: 348.8 million Mt (2017 est.)
Cellular Phones in use: total subscriptions: 28,777,408
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 122 (2017 est.)
Telephone system: general assessment: good telecommunications infrastructure and competitive mobile market; Taiwan has a stable regulatory system and an educated workforce building on availability of fixed and mobile broadband networks; fixed-line will decline in the next 5 years; 5 mobile network operators; 4G LTE and trials on 5G (2018)
domestic: fixed-line 48 per 100 and mobile-cellular 124 per 100 (2018)
international: country code - 886; roughly 15 submarine fiber cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2
Broadcast media: 5 nationwide television networks operating roughly 22 TV stations; more than 300 satellite TV channels are available; about 60% of households utilize multi-channel cable TV; 99.9% of households subscribe to digital cable TV; national and regional radio networks with about 171 radio stations (2019)
Internet country code: .tw
Internet users: total: 20.601 million
percent of population: 88% (July 2016 est.)
Airports (paved runways): total 35
(2013) over 3,047 m: 8 (2013)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10 (2013)
Airports (unpaved runways): total 2
Heliports: 31 (2013)
Pipelines: 25 km condensate, 2,200 km gas, 13,500 km oil (2018)
Railways: total 1,613 km
(2018) standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge (345 km electrified) (2018)
narrow gauge: 1,118.1 km 1.067-m gauge (793.9 km electrified) (2018) 150 0.762-m gauge
note: the 0.762-gauge track belongs to three entities: the Forestry Bureau, Taiwan Cement, and TaiPower
Roadways: total 43,206 km
(2017) paved: 42,793 km (includes 1,348 km of highways and 737 km of expressways) (2017)
unpaved: 413 km (2017)
by type: bulk carrier 18, container ship 59, general cargo 60, oil tanker 19, other 111 (2018)
Ports and terminals: major seaport(s): Keelung (Chi-lung), Kaohsiung, Hualian, Taichung container port(s) (TEUs): Kaohsiung (10,271,018), Taichung (1,660,663), Taipei (1,561,743) (2017) LNG terminal(s) (import): Yung An (Kaohsiung), Taichung
Military branches: Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps), Air Force, Military Police Command, Armed Forces Reserve Command (2019)
Military service age and obligation: starting with those born in 1994, males 18-36 years of age may volunteer for military service or must complete 4 months of compulsory military training (or substitute civil service in some cases); men born before December 1993 are required to complete compulsory service for 1 year (military or civil); men are subject to training recalls up to four times for periods not to exceed 20 days for 8 years after discharge; women may enlist, but are restricted to noncombat roles in most cases; as part of its transition to an all-volunteer military in December 2018, the last cohort of one-year military conscripts completed their service obligations (2019)
Disputes - International: involved in complex dispute with Brunei, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam over the Spratly Islands, and with China and the Philippines over Scarborough Reef; the 2002 "Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea" has eased tensions but falls short of a legally binding "code of conduct" desired by several of the disputants; Paracel Islands are occupied by China, but claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam; in 2003, China and Taiwan became more vocal in rejecting both Japan's claims to the uninhabited islands of the Senkaku-shoto (Diaoyu Tai) and Japan's unilaterally declared exclusive economic zone in the East China Sea where all parties engage in hydrocarbon prospecting
Illicit drugs: regional transit point for heroin, methamphetamine, and precursor chemicals; transshipment point for drugs to Japan; major problem with domestic consumption of methamphetamine and heroin; rising problems with use of ketamine and club drugs
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Telecommuting Healthcare Employees Get Employers in HIPAA Compliance Hot Water
Posted by healthlawblog | Apr 11, 2017
By: Sara Jodka
As the healthcare industry has expanded to providing home healthcare services, more service providers are allowing their employees to work remotely, i.e., telecommuting. The flexibility for healthcare workers to work from anywhere with an Internet connection has some advantages, but it also has many dangerous disadvantages. One specific disadvantage in the healthcare space is the increased potential for mishandling personal health information (PHI) because many telecommuters must be able to access patient information remotely to perform their job duties. This need for access and subsequently mishandling of protected information has caused Federal enforcement agencies to put a spotlight on healthcare providers
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) includes measures for both the security and privacy of patient information. Covered entities are required to self-report data breaches to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the agency charged with enforcing the HIPAA Privacy Rule, and the OCR is required to investigate all data breaches that expose the PHI of more than 500 patients. While action is taken by OCR in most reported-breach cases – 99.9% – most of the time the breaching entity enters into a Corrective Action Plan (CAP), which identifies a set of actions the entity must take to bring data privacy and security standards up to HIPAA’s standards. That is not always the case, however, and the OCR has started levying hefty financial penalties against healthcare providers in telecommuter breach cases in large part because those entities failed to properly oversee and manage their telecommuters’ access and protection of PHI.
Lincare: In February 2016, the OCR levied a $239,800 fine against respiratory care provider Lincare as the result of a “breach of HIPAA” or “failure to prevent disclosure of PHI.” The OCR’s investigation of Lincare began after the agency received a complaint that a Lincare employee removed documents that contained the PHI of 278 patients from Lincare’s office, left the information exposed and available to an unauthorized person and abandoned the information. The Administrative Law Judge who upheld the OCR’s fine noted that Lincare did not have adequate policies and procedures in place to safeguard patient information that was taken offsite despite the fact that employees who worked in patients’ homes routinely removed PHI from Lincare offices. Lincare also had an unwritten policy that required certain employees to store PHI in their vehicles for extended periods.
Cancer Care Group: The OCR and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) entered into a $750,000 settlement with Cancer Care Group, an Indianapolis radiation oncology practice, after unencrypted backup tapes that contained the PHI of more than 50,000 patients were stolen from a telecommuting employee’s vehicle. The OCR started investigating after Cancer Care Group notified it of a breach of unsecured electronic PHI (ePHI) after a laptop bag was stolen from an employee’s car. The bag contained the employee’s computer and unencrypted backup media with significant PHI.
The OCR determined that prior to the breach, Cancer Care Group was in widespread non-compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule including its failure to have conducted an enterprise-wide risk analysis when the breach originally occurred. OCR also found that Cancer Care Group did not have a written policy regarding the removal of hardware and electronic media containing ePHI into and out of its facilities even though doing so was common.
Takeaways: The OCR’s stance in regards to the Lincare and Cancer Care Group fines demonstrates what the OCR deems clearly unacceptable by healthcare employers. The first is that it is taking aim at healthcare companies that have no safeguards or policies addressing secure handling of offsite PHI. The second is the OCR’s “concerns over” written or unofficial company policies that require or allow employees to store PHI in vehicles. The third area of focus is on companies having unreasonable responses to the theft or exposure of PHI. The last is with companies that have no policy to monitor documents removed from offices.
These are somewhat simple initiatives that healthcare companies can easily employ to guard against financial penalties, but doing so does require companies engage in proactive measures to audit compliance with their current policies, PHI safeguards, restrictions on PHI access and storage, and employee behavior regarding PHI and take steps to properly secure, protect, monitor PHI, and investigate any and all disclosure incidents. Five easy steps companies can work with their counsel to implement include:
1. Establishing policies and training to address PHI that is taken offsite gathered in the field, at facilities, or in residential-based offices; or accessed remotely. These policies should include employee personal devices and expressly prohibit the downloading of PHI to such devices and other personal computers.
2. Establishing policies to track and monitor offsite PHI and ensure all PHI is returned.
3. Ensuring all PHI is password protected, encrypted or otherwise segregated.
4. Ensuring insurance covers the telecommuting by employees with PHI.
5. Responding immediately and effectively to any security incidents concerning PHI.
Sara Jodka (Of Counsel) Columbus may be reached at 614-744-2943.
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Sener looks to expand generating capacity at concentrated solar power plant
Jose Santamarta2019-12-13T11:56:49+00:0013-12-2019|Categorías: BREAKING NEWS, NEWS, Sin categoría, Top News|Etiquetas: Concentrated Solar Power, Ilanga, Sener, South Africa|
Abengoa beats Concentrated Solar Power peak hour targets in new plant build record
In record time, Abengoa met granular performance targets at Xina Solar One that maximize evening output, highlighting the advancements made in Concentrated Solar Power construction and operations. CSP developers are using construction and operations learnings to optimize ramp-up periods. (Image credit: Abengoa) Last month, Abengoa passed early-phase generation tests [...]
Jose Santamarta2019-09-19T05:36:48+00:0018-09-2019|Categorías: BREAKING NEWS, NEWS, Sin categoría, Storage, Top News|Etiquetas: Abengoa, Concentrated Solar Power, CSP, South Africa, Xina Solar One|
Solar Baseload in the Kalahari: Kathu Solar concentrated solar power plant
A greenfield concentrated solar power (CSP) project with innovative parabolic trough technology and a molten storage system has revitalized a remote region. But the project is also laudable for its social, economic, and environmental commitment to the unique region. The sun is characteristic of everything in Kathu, a dusty [...]
Jose Santamarta2019-09-03T19:49:53+00:0003-09-2019|Categorías: BREAKING NEWS, NEWS, Sin categoría, Storage, Top News|Etiquetas: Acciona, Concentrated Solar Power, CSP, ENGIE, Eskom, Sener, South Africa|
Abengoa breaks records with Xina Solar One, its third concentrated solar power plant in South Africa
The concentrated solar power plant, owned by Abengoa, IDC, PIC and the Community Trust, has passed the guaranteed production tests in record time. With a capacity of 100 MW, the solar thermal plant provides clean and sustainable energy even in hours without solar radiation thanks to its molten salts storage [...]
Jose Santamarta2019-08-21T13:15:16+00:0021-08-2019|Categorías: BREAKING NEWS, NEWS, Sin categoría, Storage, Top News|Etiquetas: Abengoa, Africa, Community Trust, Concentrated Solar Power, CSP, IDC, PIC, South Africa, Sudáfrica, termosolar, Xina Solar One|
World Bank guarantees operation of South Africa’s KaXu Solar One Concentrated Solar Power plant
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), part of the World Bank Group, has issued guarantees to Atlantica Yield PLC to cover the ownership and operation of the 100-MW KaXu Solar One concentrated solar power (CSP) park in South Africa. The guarantees are worth USD 98.6 million (EUR 88.5m) and are [...]
Jose Santamarta2019-07-24T06:27:23+00:0024-07-2019|Categorías: BREAKING NEWS, NEWS, Sin categoría, Storage, Top News|Etiquetas: Concentrated Solar Power, CSP, KaXu Solar One, South Africa, World Bank|
Sener and Acciona winners at the African Utility Week Awards for Kathu Solar Park project
SENER and ACCIONA, long established companies with a strong presence in Africa, together with Kathu Solar Park RF PTY LTD, have won the Sustainable Renewable Energy Project (10MW+) Award for Kathu Solar Park project at the 2019 African Utility Week Industry Awards held in Cape Town on Wednesday, 15 [...]
Jose Santamarta2019-05-20T12:18:08+00:0020-05-2019|Categorías: BREAKING NEWS, NEWS, Sin categoría, Top News|Etiquetas: Acciona, CSP, Kathu, Sener, South Africa|
The Kathu Concentrated Solar Power plant was officially inaugurated in South Africa
The Kathu Solar Park constructed as an EPC project by ACCIONA and the engineering and technology group SENER, was officially inaugurated in the Northern Cape Region, in South Africa. The opening ceremony was hosted by the Northern Cape's Premier, Sylvia Lucas. From ACCIONA, it was present the Managing Director [...]
Jose Santamarta2019-04-16T22:00:45+00:0011-04-2019|Categorías: BREAKING NEWS, NEWS, Sin categoría, Storage, Top News|Etiquetas: Acciona, Africa, Concentrated Solar Power, Kathu, Sener, South Africa, Sudáfrica, termosolar|
Concentrated solar power could help ease SA’s electricity woes
With more electricity disruptions likely to occur in the next few years as state utility Eskom struggles to meet demand, South Africa should look at concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies as an alternative when coal power stations fail, Stellenbosch University has said. The university cited Dr Toyosi Craig, a project [...]
Jose Santamarta2019-03-11T13:11:18+00:0011-03-2019|Categorías: BREAKING NEWS, NEWS, Sin categoría, Storage|Etiquetas: Concentrated Solar Power, South Africa|
Engie completes its first Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant
Engie has started commercial operation at its 100 MW Kathu Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant in South Africa, the French group's first CSP plant, the company announced February 6. The 12 billion-rand ($875 million) Kathu plant incorporates parabolic trough technology with 4.5 hours of molten salt thermal energy storage. Engie [...]
Jose Santamarta2019-02-13T12:49:59+00:0013-02-2019|Categorías: BREAKING NEWS, NEWS, Sin categoría, Storage, Top News|Etiquetas: Acciona, Concentrated Solar Power, CSP, ENGIE, Kathu, Sener, South Africa|
Kathu Concentrated Solar Power plant (South Africa) constructed by Acciona and SENER came into commercial on 30 January
With an installed capacity of 100 MW, it will allow clean energy to be supplied to 179,000 homes in the Northern Cape region (northern South Africa) and prevent the emission of six million tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere over the next 20 years. The plant incorporates SENERTrough®-2 parabolic [...]
Jose Santamarta2019-02-11T12:50:28+00:0007-02-2019|Categorías: BREAKING NEWS, NEWS, Sin categoría, Storage, Top News|Etiquetas: Acciona, Africa, Concentrated Solar Power, CSP, ENGIE, Kathu, renewable energy, Sener, South Africa, Sudáfrica, termosolar|
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The New Brunswick Department of Transportation and Infrastructure
Kedgwick, New Brunswick
The Kedgwick River Bridge was destroyed by ice in 2012, subsequently; HILCON was engaged by New Brunswick Department of Transportation to design a replacement structure. HILCON’s team performed a full site survey, including river bottom and approaches. They also calculated peak flow estimates, built a hydraulic model and did an ice study of the site prior to structural design.
Due to a compressed construction schedule and in-stream work restrictions, an innovative 80m long pre-fabricated structure was launched across the Kedgwick River on abutments designed by HILCON. At the time, this bridge was the largest single span structure in Canada of its kind.
Young’s Crossing Trail Culvert Replacement
City of Fredericton
Marysville, New Brunswick
The City of Fredericton required a replacement structure for a failing steel culvert, located under the Nashwaak Trail. The high embankment provided a challenge, as it also contained a water line and sanitary forcemain that had to remain in service during construction.
HILCON completed the engineering survey, hydraulic design, including energy dissipators and full tender package for the City of Fredericton. HILCON also provided full time inspection during construction.
Full Mill Brook Culvert Replacement
Gagetown, New Brunswick
HILCON assisted the New Brunswick Department of Transportation and Infrastructure with the Full Mill Brook culvert replacement. This project involved replacing two failing culverts, located under Route 102, and an adjacent abandoned rail line, with one single concrete pipe.
The project included engineering survey, hydraulic design, design of a fish passage, realignment of the abandoned rail line (and conversion to a pedestrian trail) as well as design of a construction detour to keep the site open during construction.
Back Drain Storm Water Management
HILCON developed a storm water management model of the back drain in Fredericton, which also required a field survey and investigation to be performed. The back drain has a length of approximately 2.3km and increases in pipe diameter, from 750mm to 1500mm along its length as it intercepts several secondary storm water lines. The model identifies several hydraulic deficiencies and is an important tool for analyzing the impact of land use on storm water run-off.
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Well it’s been one hell of a crazy 2018, with this past summer being one of the first jobs I ever had to cancel when I blew that car up! I had the opportunity to cover many great new events TWO NEW festivals Master Musicians Festival and for Day 1 click HERE. I was also fortunate enough to have been invited to cover Kickin It On The Creek for day 1 click HERE.
I was invited to cover Whitey Morgan At The Ryman on his first ever headlining show there. I had fun watching him grow as a national act, and you WILL SEE his album down there on the list. I covered Muddy Roots for both days of the event HERE is day 2 of the event. I also covered the Nashville Boogie on both days you can click HERE for day 1.
Mr. Joshua Wallace and I stay in constant communication and stay working to bring YOU THE BEST in Country Music, Red Dirt, Americana (which ain’t no part of nothin) Bluegrass, Newgrass, and many other communities of music like the Appalachian community and mid west K.C. and Denver area. Also, people like Mr. Dallas Moore are booming the Ohio community wide open while maintaining a Texas presence.
Now, I let Mr. Joshua RELEASE HIS TOP 50 before I release mine,and I do NOT impose any rules on him as far as what he prints. I allow him full creativity and control. Because I’ll be honest I HAVE NOTICED how mainstream Country radio has been omitting women from it’s forefront, and why not? It’s target market is women! Well folks I want to say there were SO MANY GREAT albums from Women in 2018 I could make a TOP 50 of JUST women, but I think your palate will be well satisfied with my list…
ONE THING AS ALWAYS I want to stress is that my number 50 and number 2 means NOTHING. If you made my TOP list your album spoke to me as a person, and I LOVED IT! I eagerly listened to over 500 albums this year, and I loved them all.
1. Joshua Hedley Mr. Jukebox
Oh yes by ALL MEANS this album was NUMBER ONE of 2018 for me! I mean it really does describe this man and his extensive plethora of songs he can perform live, you CANNOT stump him on classic Country Music. He knows the melodies and lyrics WORD FOR WORD, and will perform them with flawless precision.
It’s very unique to begin an album with a slow song like “Counting All My Tears”, however it’s such a well written tear jerker that it would be remiss to NOT have placed that song first. This man possesses an extensive arsenal of heartaches..get some Kleenex for this album.
This man deserves EVERY accolade he has earned in music, because he put in so many years playing the Honky Tonks of downtown Nashville. I got to cover him during the Nashville Boogie one year, and with his fiddle he entertained us readily. If you would like to read our review of this album click HERE.
He has the look, the attitude and demeanor to become a Country Music Legend like the ones I watched him perform with on Country’s Family Reunion. He has single hand-idly restored my faith in the future of Country Music with songs like “Weird Thought Thinker” which sounds like I took a time machine to the 60’s…and there isn’t a DAMN THING wrong with that.
2. Colter Wall Songs Of The Plains
My friends over at Young Mary Records outdid themselves on this project along with someone I shall mention several times on this article Mr. Dave Cobb ( I call him a modern day Mr. Owen Bradley). This album is easily his most believable album TO ME he has out now, simply because of his gritty baritone voice and his TRUE cowboy authenticity. He LOOKS like he came in off the range, and sounds like he just herded cattle.
He holds dear to his heart the likes of Mr. Wilf Carter and Legend Billy Don Burns which boasts a cut on this album called “Wild Dogs”. It also contains some GREAT story songs like “John Beyers (Camaro Song)” which I first heard on the square in Madisonville Kentucky. You can read about that HERE. Also he recruited the likes of steel guitar Legend Lloyd Green and MORE to play for him on this album.
You can read more about my thoughts on this album HERE. Now PLEASE don’t get me wrong his second album with Kate McCannon helped usher my father into heaven. My father had Dementia, and we used that album to ease him down the path of it. He LOVED the album and played it over and over.
3. Shooter Jennings Shooter
This album here was one of my favorite album Mr. Shooter ever put out! I had an ecstatic hunger for it ever since he played The Nashville Palace and I got to hear many of the new songs live. One thing I love about Mr. Shooter is that he holds dear many of the things I do from my youth like toys and Hee Haw, as he promoted the album with skits akin to the show. You can watch those HERE.
It begins like an 80’s Hank Williams Junior classic song, that reminded me of the old Jimmy Bowen produced albums he did. I thought “Bound Ta Git Down” was a great launch to an even better record, that I loved in every way. If you ask if you should buy this album it’s a NO BRAIN question like “Do You Love Texas”?
This album is a few songs shorter than his previous albums but I didn’t mind because I loved the direction this one went. One thing Mr. shooter isn’t afraid to do is share his creative desires with his fans, no matter who criticizes him. This album proves that very thing! I also love the closing song called “Denim And Diamonds”, the sound of the vocals were smooth and different, you can read our thoughts on the whole album HERE.
4. Whitey Morgan Hard Times And White Lines
Much like a few of these choices, this album is perhaps my favorite album this man has ever released. His band to me is sort of like The Texas Troubadors back in the day, it has begun to spawn some mighty fine side musicians that have gone their own way with Mr. Whitey’s blessings. In fact one of them is ALSO on this list here!
You cannot take away the fact this outfit tours relentlessly and plays one of the best live acts in local America right now. He just recently (see above) earned some headlining spots at the Ryman, and I’m sure he will make many more.
“Carryin’ On” was a song that related to myself, I never realized how brutal the road was until I myself began following these bands around America, and many have families. Yet, night after night they are miles from home and they do it with seemingly easy power.
This album began with a poignant song called “Honky Tonk Hell” which explores the dark side of Country Music, and continues with “Fiddler’s Inn” which features some truly fine steel guitar work in the back from Mr. Brett Robinson, and tells some awesome stories about a motel that is….quite busy….
5. Craig Gerdes Smokin’ Drinkin’ And Gamblin’
My friends at Sol Records have created many fine albums for us through the years, and as a journalist (actually I’m just a shlub with a website) and as a music patron I myself LOVE old timey Honky Tonk stuff that sounds retro. I love hard sounding steel, and I love Legends, and I LOVE Mr. Jim Vest. This album is choked full of all of those, along with a finely tuned vocal delivery from Mr. Craig.
HERE is my article from the album release party at the Nashville Palace from earlier this year. For Mr. Joshua’s review click HERE. From the opening song of the same title the fancy twisting steel guitar work dazzled my mind, as I listened to the background.
It’s also got that trademark foot stomping rhythm that you used to hear on those iconic Outlaw Country albums in the 70’s. It has well done covers like “Slide Off Of Your Satin Sheets” , which Vest makes sound just as beautiful as when Paycheck cut it in 1977. I think Paycheck would be proud of the direction this young man is tasking his music!
6. Kayla Ray Yesterday And Me
Now here begins the point I was trying to illustrate to all of you, that 2018 was a STRONG YEAR for females that mainstream media ignores. They don’t want you to know about all of this fine music that is coming out of the woodwork on local levels, because it’s GOOD STUFF!
This woman’s background bears great evidence of her relevance within the Texas Country Music scene, and she has done more in her twenties than many artists I could name have done on their couch doing live feeds. In her young age, she managed Jason Eady WITH SUCCESS and also played with the Legendary Johnny Gimble Band.
This album is stuffed overflowing with shuffle melodies that ring true to the sawdust floor Honky Tonk of Texas and all across America. Including the fast paced KILLER SONG called “Pills”, it’s hilarious and probably one of the best songs I heard in 2018.
It has twelve songs on it, and all the songs are great length and accompany one another well. The listener is taken on a rocket ride of Honky Tonk bliss, with a twangy and unique vocal delivery that makes her distinguishable from her peers.
7. Brent Cobb Providence Canyon
This album would be a shame to omit off ANYBODY’S TOP lists of 2018, I mean honestly this man is one of the finest songwriters out there today. You can pick his voice out a HUGE GROUP of artists that exist today, and his music fits NO real genre to be honest. You can classify him as whatever you want as long as it’s good music.
The album is named after a nearby gully that he visited often as a young man, and is about life on the run. On the run is exactly what he spent 2017 doing touring with powerhouse Mr. Chris Stapleton and Miss Margo Price.
I think his cousin Mr. Dave Cobb is one of the most iconic producers of our time, and teamed up with Mr. Brent Cobb’s fine musicianship and songwriting skills this man is unstoppable in every way.
It drops upbeat songs like the title track and sways over to funkier styles like “.30-06” as well nine other fine songs to accompany those two, to read Mr. Joshua’s review click HERE. Whatever you do make sure you go out and catch his live show in 2019, because he is steamrolling forward!
8. Ashley McBryde Girl Going Nowhere
This is a phenomenal album in every way,and I think it’s downright shameful the way that mainstream media overlooks her and a few other females out there doing some damn fine Country Music on a hardcore touring basis. It seems no matter how hard they get out and work, they get NO attention from radio.
The opening song “Girl Going Nowhere” is amazing, and well written. It grabbed me right away, and shared her personal struggles with me. She’s evidently had a LOT of doubters and negative people putting her down.
Another good song was “Livin Next To Leroy” which is pretty much a truthful song about rural drug America and how things are around town. However the greatest song on this album was “Little Dive Bar In Dahlonega” , this was truly a well written masterpiece and one of the best songs of 2018 in my opinion.
9. Loretta Lynn Wouldn’t It Be Great
Another album that could’ve easily been higher up on the list, but to be honest the numbers on this list mean nothing for importance. In fact I could have easily made a TOP 100 but for GOD’S SAKE I couldn’t build one that big ( you have NO IDEA how long 50 takes).
The title track was the last song she ever wrote for her late husband before he passed away, and to have this album be nominated for a Grammy was heavenly. Followed by the great song called “Ruby’s Stool” which was one of my personal favorite songs of 2018 as well.
The re make of “Coal Miner’s Daughter” was vocally flawless and pure gold, despite her age Miss Loretta is one of the finest singers around. True she has had some health issues, but she remains quite active and honors her Opry membership with pride.
At thirteen songs this album was one of the finest album she has released since Van Lear Rose, and it contained more new music than anything she has released in a while. “I’m Dying For Someone To Live For” is a beautiful two step song full of mournful craving for a new loved one.
10. Sarah Shook And The Disarmers Years
Another damn fine album released by a damn fine gal, and I enjoy her live show just as much as anybody’s. Her band the Disarmers is an absolute well oiled machine, and once again we have an artist with a VERY distinct voice. Her style rivals nobody else but her own, and I loved the direction of this album here.
She played ONE HELL of a GREAT set at Muddy Roots this year, and IT WAS HOT, and she was RIGHT IN the sun. Regardless she banged it out and gave us one hundred percent, and one hell of a terrific show. Sometimes when I think of my past marriage I can flip things around and relate to “New Ways To Fail”. That’s a truly well written song of woe is me drama from a shit life. But I built myself back up now!
Another great song here was “Parting Words” even though many may regard her lyrics as negative and sad, I regard them as relatable and REAL. You know Miss Sarah isn’t afraid to speak her mind and support her passionate feelings, and that’s alright with me…it shows in her songs which makes her unique in a good way.
11. The Earls Of Leicester Live At The CMA Theater
I mean how can a Bluegrass super group like the Earls Of Leicester NOT get on the TOP 50? Not only a super group, but a super group modeled after a band like Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs? See, this band is called The Earls Of Lester, just spelled like that.
From the very intro from the warm voice of Mr. Eddie Stubbs, they barrel right into “Salty Dog” and play many other well known Flatt And Scruggs songs. I just LOVE Mr. Jeff White who plays a few off of his solo album called “I Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow”, which features all of their individual talents like the dobro work of Jerry Douglass.
This album boasts a vibrant twenty three song set, well over an hour of music. You get a lot of bang for buck when you buy this album on vinyl, it’s a biggie. It’s also filled with classics like “Rollin In My Sweet Baby’s Arms” and “Black Eyed Suzy”..to read more click HERE.
12. Dallas Moore Mr.Honky Tonk
Although the initial title song here was actually a re make of his own song in a different tempo, many of his newer fans (including myself) didn’t know that at first. I sort of delved into his past to find that out, and then he told me more. To call him a local Ohio Legend would be a correct moniker here, he’s been at this for decades. To call him a road warrior would also be aptly correct, as he plays a whopping 340 shows a year. So when he sings “Home Is Where The Highway Is” he is correct.
This album also boasts songs like “Somewhere Between Bridges”, and my favorite on the album is easily ‘You Know The Rest” because I DO know the rest, he will melt your damn face off. The last time I went to see him, he surprised me with a rare Mr. Hoyt Axton song “Della And The Dealer”.
HERE is our review of this album, and HERE is an article from him opening for Mr Gene Watson.The only drawback was this was a short album, and I wanted a little more of Mr. Moore. Although the GOOD thing was I finally got to buy him on vinyl. This album is spot on fantastic in every other way possible.
13. John Prine The Tree Of Forgiveness
What can I say about Mr. John Prine that nobody has yet? Well, this year we spoke with our wallets as consumers, because this album was his most commercially successful album in over twenty years for Mr. John.
He told us all a story during his performance at Master Musicians Festival about the song called “Egg And Daughter Night Lincoln Nebraska 1967 ( Crazy Bone)”. I cannot print the entire thing here, but I did within the link article there.
Everybody loves the song “When I Get To Heaven” and it could easily become his anthem song along with “Paradise”. this album was recorded and mastered so beautifully that it captured the very essence of Mr. John with dignity.
Despite this album only having ten songs, they are very lengthy and it makes the album enjoyable. He wrote the songs in a motel room that he rented for the duration of the time he needed to write. He said he ate, and slept when he wanted while writing the songs.
14. Laura Benitez And The Heartache With All It’s Thorns
This album almost flew under even my radar, had it not been for Miss Kim Grant, one of my PR people that enjoy sending me clients albums for my opinions. Well here’s my opinion of this one, FANTASTIC. It starts right out of the gate with a toe tapping song with Cajun influence akin to a Mavericks tune called “Something Better Than A Broken Heart”.
The steel guitar work on songs like “Easier Things To Do” bring out the honesty in her vocals with a very warm and Country tone, and follows right into “Our Remember Whens” that anybody that has entered into a relationship can relate. When a couple can get together and reminisce on the good times…that’s a treat. Everybody can’t wait to have special moments like that.
‘Ghost Ship” is a poignant and darker song with some mighty fine fiddle work, and I thought that song showcased her voice better than any on the album overall. Every song was well over three minutes here, which made this album stellar on every level. To read more about this album click HERE.
15. Mike And The Moonpies Steak Night At The Paradise Rose
I must agree with other websites out there featuring real music about this band, THEY ARE the best Country Music band out there right now. They are a hard working “Road Crew” type band, with mind blowing instrumentals and toe tapping beats that inspire alcohol consumption on copious levels. This is one of those instances that number 50 isn’t ANY WORSE than number 2.
The title track itself is one of the best songs on the album, with a slower two step tempo that tells stories about real life. My father used to take me to bars when I was little also, and it inspired me to chase musicians around and write articles about them like I do now!
This band misses NO notes, and in my opinion is a well oiled machine in every way, and boasts some of the finest written lyrics I could find on the Texas scene from any band. With songs like “Getting High At Home” you cannot find on a mainstream level anymore. I’m older now, and my major partying is done, I enjoy getting drunk at home by myself…with music like this! To read more about this album please go HERE.
16. Josh Card With A Heavy Heart
This former member of Whitey Morgan’s backup band the 78’s reminds me of the Texas Troubadors type deal from long ago. When solo acts emanated from backing bands, and became Legends like Mr. Jack Greene and Mr. Carl Smith. I was first exposed to his music as he opened for Whitey Morgan in 2018 on New Years…read that HERE.
This young man boasts more promise than anyone on this list as far as breakthrough acts as far as I am concerned. I sent my right arm to Florida to cover his release party, and got good reports. It starts out with a fiddle double stop, that right there should make you buy this album! I asked myself many times why do I “Suffer’ over you?
“Won’t Chase Your Your Love” is a classic well written Country song that I brought tears to my eyes from hunger for hearing one like it. Just a touch of late 80’s shuffle and some 70’s feel, one can easily ascertain this young man knows his shit. He is like ME, he eats, sleeps and breaths REAL country from many eras.
The BEST SONG is ‘Unknown Legend” I know a few of them myself, this is a terrific story telling song. VERY descriptive and vivid in the picture it paints into my head, I highly suggest this album and catch this man’s live show. To read more on this album click HERE.
17. The Wooks Glory Bound
This Bluegrass band is one of the Appalachian community staples, and I was introduced to them from my buddy Mr. JJ Waters and his Honky Tonk Hero page on Facebook (please go check them out). I finally got to see them live at Kickin It On the Creek. Now initially I did NOT like them, but I kept listening and found I was WRONG.
This band is TIGHT and very energetic on stage, even though they are Bluegrass, they have their own sound. Quite a different niche like Jamgrass has, I mean you could place them with Greensky or Pert Near Sandstone and pull off a GREAT show. The title track ‘Glory Bound” brings forth a noble sound with obvious traditional harmonies that brought me goosebumps.
The vocals on this album are beyond terrific on songs like “Union Pacific” but the album shifts over to funky shuffles like “Little Sandy Queen” that features terrific banjo picking of older style with a new style of tempo. I myself heavily support the new evolution of the Jamgrass tempo, I know many of the traditional people hate it. This band truly has a bright and big future ahead of them.
18. John R Miller And The Engine Lights The Trouble You Follow
Here is another West Virginia, East Kentucky based member of that community that plays bass for another of my TOP list here Mr. Pat Reedy And The Longtime Goners, also he is a staple member of the Prison Book Club. The first song on this album is called “Holy Dirt” and is an absolute JAM, very uniquely written song with real meanings.
“Red Eyes” was another song I liked on this album with a good melody, to be honest every song on this album featured some mighty fine songwriting. Also, he delivers his lyrics with his own style of singing that differentiates him from his peers.
“How It Feels In The Light” is another cool toe tapping song with that steel sound I like as a fan, but when I got to “Whale Party” I found my favorite song on this album. That song just spoke to me as a person more than the rest, it was easily relatable to me. To read more on this album click HERE.
19. The Urban Pioneers Hillbilly Swing Music
This brings me to another mind blowing talented band The Urban Pioneers, one of the hardest working road warriors on the market today. This latest offering is by FAR their BEST album out to date, both songwriting wise and musically. Don’t get me wrong “Mary The Elephant” and other songs are good, and ALL their albums were good musically, however this one stood out like a rooster wearing socks.
This pairing of Miss Liz and Mr Jared was a blessing for local music like this, they understand each other and Mr. Martin on bass make this band even better. “Hillbilly Swing Music” launches this album right out of the gate at breakneck speed.
“Can’t Make You Love Me too” is a slow and sorrowful song about just what the title says, you can’t make someone love you. “Run Little Rabbit Run” is such a fast paces song I cannot even explain how they pick that fast! This band has garnered a plethora of success at many of the festivals I cover, it’s no surprise to see their names on twenty or so. HERE is my review of the album.
20. Cody Jinks Lifers
First off let me stress once again just because this album looks to be low on the list MAKE NO MISTAKE it makes no difference WHERE any of these albums are I enjoyed them all just the same. Now, this album faced huge criticism from fans due to the level of production on it, and I had no real complaint on that. Cody Jinks is growing on an exponential level, but that didn’t come easily. He spent MANY YEARS playing gas stations and small bars for 10 people.
Mr. Josh Morningstar’s song “Must Be The Whiskey” was one of the high points on this album for me, along with Mr. Ward Davis’s song “Colorado”. All of the songs on this album were really good, but they didn’t speak to me personally until the title track “Lifers”. I been banging away on this website for almost ten years, I’m a lifer.
I also liked the song “Big Last Name” it was well written and had some 80s influence to it for sure. Mr. Cody is a prime example of what hard work and proper networking can do for yourself. He didn’t use radio and major media exposure to get to his echelon. He beat and banged the road and endured a lot of pain, and sweat to get here! HERE is Mr. Joshua’s review of the album.
21. Josh Ward More Than I Deserve
This album from a young man in the Texas Music community absolutely enthralled me with so much delight, I heard it ten times before I decided YES that’s on my TOP 50. He isn’t exactly Red Dirt, but I can easily see how he could fit in there. I just liked his tempos and melodies on songs like “Ain’t it Baby”.
The more Red Dirt sound emanates forth on this album when the song “The Devil Don’t Scare Me” This album has many lows and highs of life in the songs, with relatable meanings and three chord truths that define Country Music as a whole.
HERE is another article we made for him, as he recorded the fiftieth Live At Billy Bob’s series (which I collect on vinyl). “Another Heartache” was a good old shuffle that was another song that took me back in time to better days, and past relationships I have had.
22. Pistol Annies Interstate Gospel
I waited for this album at Wal Mart at midnight and I bought it as the guy pulled it from the tote to stock the shelf. It is an absolute SHAME the major media has ignored and lambasted this album, and these three gals. HELL Gals in general!
This album just blazes out with their signature trio harmonies, some of the best harmonies I have heard since the Cactus Brothers and before that Marty Robbins! “Stop Drop And Roll One” is a prime example of their snarky songwriting. Here on their third offering we have some of their best songwriting yet, mainly due to where they were in their personal lives.
“Got My Name Changed Back” was hopefully Miss Miranda’s message to her ex, because I loved it. However, “Sugar Daddy” was the energetic rowdy song I expected this album to contain, and then follow that with a song like “Leavers Lullaby” which was slower and you have a MUST have addition for your collection. This album was exactly what Country Music needed! HERE is Mr. Joshua’s review of this album.
23. Jason Boland And The Stragglers Hard Times Are Relative
This album boasts what is most defiantly my favorite song of 2018, and it is the title track from the album “Hard Times Are Relative”. I mean, good Lord we NEED more of these story songs like this, ones that make you THINK and use your imagination. We do NOT have those good old time western tunes like that one anymore, and with Country Music it’s not always a happy ending like this one. That song is flawless masterpiece of perfection.
More of his master songwriting skills shine out with songs like “I Don’t Deserve You” featuring Miss Sunny Sweeney, and another good one called “Dee Dee Od’d” which was about the Ramones. Many of his albums have been features on my TOP 50 in the past, however this is by far his best album to date in every way…period.
The last few songs on the album were good, but more stellar songwriting shined out as the song “Grandfather’s Theme” came out of my speakers. As I previously said the writing on this album is exquisite, and this song was nothing short of amazing like the other ten songs. HERE is Mr. Joshua’s review of the album.
24. Jamie Lin Wilson Jumping Over Rocks
2018 was truly a year for the ladies in my opinion, as I stressed on here MANY TIMES. this album was also BY FAR better than her first album. Maaan that first note she sings just punched me right in the guts. Her vocal abilities exceed many of her peers, and reminds me of one of my favorite gal singers Miss Emmylou Harris.
“Oklahoma Stars” features Mr. Evan Felker a man who spent much of 2018 in the limelight, and despite that I truly admire his band and his voice as well.This album was produced VERY WELL and sounds perfect, and I didn’t want this album to end. “Everybody’s Moving Slow” was a good song on the middle portion of the album, and helped this album flow smoothly. If you need a good relaxing album after a shitty workday, spin this one.
The song “Death And Life” was a truly amazing song with realistic hard to swallow lyrics, that make you stop and think about what it’s all about. Basically it’s about death and life in circles, but it has a few hidden meanings if you think about it. “Run” was a song about running from an abusive relationship, which many can easily relate to I’m sure. HERE is Mr. Joshua’s review of this album.
25. The Tillers The Tillers
I have always admired and liked this band’s music, and if HAD TO name a favorite album by them I could not. Their precise musicianship usually makes many of their songs enjoyable in every way, and it accompanies songs like “The Weald And The Wild” to make it a wonderful song to begin an album.
I related very well personally to the song “Like A Hole In My Head” , which I was hearing during all of my summer festivals I was covering like Muddy Roots. As well as the next song “The Old General Store Is Burning Down” , which features some great fiddle.
Their signature sound can be heard vibrantly on the song called “Riverboat Dishwashing Song”, that beautiful string band flow paired with a story woven very eloquently within the lyrics of the song. The final song on this album called “Another Postcard” was another simple song that I enjoyed so much, I could sit back and enjoy this band all night. HERE is our full review of this album.
26. Blackberry Smoke Find A Light
There are many genres of music I support on this website, and the whole Southern Rock type movement is one I LOVE. I’ll tell you WHAT if there is one fantastic stage show it is Blackberry Smoke. “Flesh And Bone” is a steady gallop song with rocking beats, with an I don’t care message of being only human.
Thirteen songs make up this behemoth album with only “Let Me Down Easy” with Miss Amanda Shires the only one under three minutes. One of the high points of this one is the five minute toe tapper called “I’ll Keep Ramblin” with steel player Mr. Robert Randolph, and breaks into a choir in the background. It starts to sound like a true southern Gospel revival, complete with guitar licks from all directions. It breaks and makes you think it’s over..and starts again.
When I initially saw the song “Till The Wheels Fall Off” I thought it was a Mr. Bob Wayne song of the same name and album title. But it is their own song with a punishing beat. This album was produced very well, however it wasn’t their BEST album, STILL it was very deserving of being on my list.
27. Missy Raines Royal Traveller
This third record that Bluegrass bass wizard Miss Missy Raines has released was a true gem. The song “Fearless Love” with Mr. Tim O’ Brien was a good song, then it went into the fiddle and mandolin work of her peers Miss Sierra Hull, Miss Molly Tuttle and Miss Becky Buller. Just gorgeous harmonies and string punishing banjo rolling. Oh, the harmonies are just breathtaking and gave me goosebumps. If it’s ONE voice I LOVE it is Miss Missy Raines And The New Hip.
“Allegheny Town” was equally beautiful to me and described a quaint little escape I have up here in Kentucky when I want to go clear my head and relax. This album relaxes me and makes me STOP and take a deep breath and FOCUS, ALL Bluegrass does, however the slower more contemporary Bluegrass eases me more. “To Here From There” was another fine song on here, it makes you look in the mirror and say HEY SHE WROTE THAT SONG ABOUT ME!
Artists like Miss Missy make me answer the age old “Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes” adage for the Bluegrass community. You cannot retract the authenticity of people like her, or Miss Sierra Hull or ANY of her peers. Their musicianship and passion for tone make albums like this a favorite in my collection. “Goodbye Virginia” With Mr. Trent Wagler was a great throwback song with an Appalachian vibe that stood out apart from the others here, and that was a good thing.
28. Cliff Westfall Baby You Win
Every year I get what I call a “mail champion”on my TOP 50 list…please let me elaborate on this. I get albums mailed to me on a HEAVY BASIS, and I’ll admit sometimes THE COVER grabs my eye. As did THIS MAN, it just said STOP, PICK ME. Funny Story I was on my way to the Country Music Hall Of Fame for the Studio B movie that plays there, and other stories, when I got this in the mail. So I thought to hell with it and stuck it in my truck stereo. RIGHT OFF the first ten notes of the upright bass thump I had to STOP and take notes. This album has a touch of rockabilly influence with that J.P. Harris twang on the lyrics.
Tone wise and lyrically this man is all over the spectrum, and that’s what my palate has been STARVING FOR in 2018. I mean I love being thrown for a loop and Mr. Cliff left me amazed, the title track “Baby You Win” was amazing and had some classic pop and twang, and an amazing fuzzy guitar tone.
BUT the BEST songwriting on this album comes at the middle of the journey with a well written song called “Off The Wagon”. This had a toe tapping pop and twang tempo as well, but the lyrics…WOW. Probably one of my TOP 10 songs I heard all year, from a fellow Kentucky boy who was raised not far from me, but now resides in New York. The line ‘You know rock bottom sure looks good on you” was phenomenal word placement and is a terrific song about sobriety and lack of it. BUY THIS DAMN ALBUM!
29. American Aquarium Things Change
This album is aptly named for one reason, with this band things did change. In my honest opinion this album is BY FAR their best work, and it made NUMBER ONE with my trusty partner Mr. Joshua Wallace. To read more about that please click HERE. “The World Is On Fire” was kind of political song in it’s own way however I related well with myself, I don’t believe this is the world my grandfather fought for either, and I worried about the world as my child grew also. It’s a VERY positive song about strength and honor.
It’s been a few years since their last offering 2015’s Wolves however it’s been well worth the wait because this album shined like a bright beacon to me. “Crooked Straight” spoke to me like many songs this year, I was not quite sure WHO I WAS in my twenties either. I developed into one hell of a good journalist, and “Work Conquers All” folks. The steel guitar tone accompanied this song SO GOOD, and the Oklahoma music community is awesome.
This band is absolutely tight and right now they are on the pinnacle of their success if they continue in this direction for albums. They have a LOT more to accomplish in their career before ‘Till the Final Curtain Falls” and trust me they WILL, out of anybody on this TOP 50 list, they have the brightest future.
30. Randall King Randall King
This album is another classic three chords and the truth Traditional Country album, and it was top notch in every way. I see him on SO MANY Texas Music scene festivals, and I love that community. Songs like “Mirror, Mirror” are the good old fashioned George Strait type songs WE NEED in today’s mish mash of crap. The opening song “Freightline” was a good Honky Tonk thumping song that raised my expectations of this album, and he did NOT disappoint me.
‘Tuggin On My Heartstrings” was a good song many single men can relate to, accept the truck clean line. Mine is ALWAYS clean, you gotta love them women that tug on the heartstrings. I do NOT like change in my personal life so this song spoke to me.
I thought perhaps “Reason To Quit” was a cover of Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson from the Pancho And Lefty album, however it was not. The closing song here was one full of heartbreak and sadness. HERE is our full review of this album.
31. Brandi Carlile By the Way I Forgive You
“Hold Out Your Hand” was a terrific song on this well recorded album.The production on this album captured her passion better than any of her previous albums in my opinion. The Devil don’t take a break indeed, and she hits the nail on the head here. I felt all of the songs accompanied one another quite well on this album, however most people would loose interest in the song length, I did not.
Even though this album only had ten songs on it the overall length of the those ten songs made it a good album, “Fulton County Jane Doe” is a GREAT song that I really liked a lot. You can read the full review of this album HERE.
“Harder To Forgive” was a good one to me I love a lot of the songs I hated as a kid too. I believe we all had wasted time in our youth, all souls are defiantly born kind in every way, innocent and pure. I had to stop and dwell on this song a while, and I loved it. I loved the concept and meaning of it, and I hope to catch her live in 2019.
32. Old Crow Medicine Show Volunteer
It’s not hard for me to dissect anything this band puts out, and it’s even more difficult for me to NOT like ANYTHING they do musically. I’ll be honest I LOVED Remedy the best out of any album BUT this album was absolutely AMAZING. These boys are like a modern day Nitty Gritty Dirt Band…they play EVERYTHING, you get a HUGE bang for your buck at live shows. You get FANTASTIC harmonies and LOVE of Country Music.
It starts out FAST and rowdy with “Flicker And Shine” which celebrates friendship, and showcases their harmonies they have as a band. This band is indeed a well oiled machine flawless in every way. This album has more of their signature harmonica playing on songs like “A World Away”, and goes into another epic song called “Child Of The Mississippi”, which has their signature dobro stomp and clap.
“Elzick’s Farewell” was one of my favorite songs here, with the swift Russian/ gypsy fiddle tempo and no lyrics. This type of musicianship is what I appreciate most from Old Crow than anything, however the song that follows “Whirlwind” was also fun. What a truly great story that paints a lovely picture in your mind, if you listen close enough, and care.
33. Dusty Rust Stolen Horse
This is one of my Kansas City scene friends, and he is a hard working artist, and a damn fine friend. This album starts out with the traditional sounding gallop song called “No One To Blame”, he could easily be placed on a lineup with Mr. Colter Wall or several others on this TOP list here. He has that baritone western voice that spins tales of the old west like many of his peers.
He is a staple presence at the beloved Westport Saloon, which if you love roots music as much as I do it is hallowed ground. YOU MUST watch their LIVE video feeds that take place EVERY NIGHT, you’ll eventually see this young man. “Don’t Wanna Go To Heaven” was another good point on this album, you will love the PARTY IN HELL lyrics.
It behooves me WHY more people in the Roots Music and Outlaw Music community cannot pay more attention to this man with songs like “Misery” it’s a complete NO BRAINER to put him on my TOP 50 list for the year. This album is perhaps one of the most underappreciated albums on my list…I hope this changes that, and it gets what it deserves.
34. Pat Reedy And The Longtime Goners That’s All There is And There Ain’t No More
Another album that I hope to bring more recognition to is this one Mr. Pat Reedy is a construction worker by day and Honky Tonker by night. He put on ONE HELL of a live show at Muddy Roots this year, and another man on this list Mr. John R. Miller plays bass for him. First off this album has twelve songs, and they are all well written. “Bloodshot Heart” is the album’s opener, and it’s your typical Honky Tonk jam complete with proper push from that steel and hard beat.
This man personifies the working man like many of OUR heroes did, I say OUR because I think we ALL pretty much looked up to Merle Haggard and Buck Owens. I’m also just “Lucky I’m Alive”, the sound and the spin of the steel guitar make this a wonderful song. HELL there isn’t a bad song on this whole album!
HERE is my review of the whole album. “Conversation With Jesus”was one of the BEST songs I have heard this year as well. I feel the same way being a devout Christian myself, I think treating my fellow man with respect is setting a good example. I also had to laugh at the G Damn reference because I SURE THE HECK am guilty of doing it. “Funny Thing About A Hammer” hmmm it has a G Damn in it…I loved the lyrics on this album, and deem it an outstanding piece of music.
35. J P Harris Sometimes Dogs Bark At Nothing
What better to open a Honky Tonk Country album up with than a song about drugs and sweating the high out in a hotel room? “JP’s Florida Blues #1” and also “When I Quit Drinking” were full of good hooks I expect from this man’s songwriting style. I just LOVE his simple Honky Tonk slamming songs. When I quit drinking I start thinking about starting up again….what a DAMN GOOD line!
“Sometimes Dogs Bark At Nothing” is another complete masterpiece in my opinion, hoenstly if I did do a TOP 10 songs of the year, they would all be on here. That song would be on it for sure! “Hard Road” was a good rabble rousing song as well, it IS a hard road before you get back home for sure, I spent many a bloody nights broke to get where I am.
“I Only Drink Alone” was a good slow piano shuffle that I also relate to when I listen to Honky Tonk Country, and he followed that with another good drifter song called “Runaway”. He always gives off the perfect classic whiskey soaked hardcore hurt vibes on every song he sings, and that’s why I LOVE his music.
36. Adam Hood Somewhere In Between
This young man from Alabama was on my radar for quite some time before I finally got the chance to sit down with his album, and I REALLY enjoyed the writing on the opening song called “Heart Of A Queen”. Mr. Brent Cobb is also on this list, who appears on the song “She Don’t Love Me”.
However I stopped in my tracks when I heard the song “Alabama Moon” You know there are so many songs about Alabama now, but this song is such a different approach to his point here. It’s very descriptive and an overall good story about his youth, and if it’s a true story it’s a good one!
“Bayou Girl” was equally a good song about a Cajun gal, and I really enjoyed the dobro work on this song, it was well produced…probably one of the better produced albums on this list. HERE is Mr. Joshua’s review of his album. The slower closing song called “Confederate Rose” was absolutely stunning and descriptive, and I eagerly await to hear it live.
37. Town Mountain New Freedom Blues
If there was one thing I learned at Kickin It On The Creek this year it was that the band Town Mountain doesn’t play around on stage. This new album was nothing more than eleven songs choked full of Bluegrass greatness with banjo craziness and more. The title track is the first song “New Freedom Blues”, which sets the pace with wonderful fiddle work. The banjo rings true on songs like “Lazy River”, and “Underdog”.
“Underdog” is a terrific song about getting knocked down on the gambling tables, you know you cannot win if you don’t play. “Witch Trials” was a good one about injustice in life. When I finally got to see them live I bought all of their albums, and I would have a huge problem choosing my favorite Town Mountain album.
The songs are very lengthy so you know what that means…the songs are packed full of blazing instrumentals and plenty of time to sit back and enjoy the fiddles. It begins to close with a song called “Pamlico” which is a slow and lazy song with good harmonies. This band is amazing live for one thing, to read the full review of this album click HERE.
38. Jason Eady I Travel On
So now let me re illustrate this, NUMBER 50 AND NUMBER 2 are just as good. Because this album was amazing in it’s own right. Truthfully I enjoyed FM Country Hell as his best album overall, but this album DID have many high points on it for me. “I Lost My mind In Carolina” is a great song about life on the road, and a road warrior he is playing an amazing amount of road shows.
However one best songs I have ever heard him do was “Calaveras County” the melody and beat just grabbed my attention at first, and after I played it a few times, I loved the lyrics too. That fiddle break was also cool, it paints a really pretty picture for the listener.
A very self explanatory song is called “Always A Woman” I truly don’t have to illustrate any meaning here. “She Had to Run” was lyrically some damn fine trademark Jason Eady.A very dark and poignant song about an abuse victim finally getting free. Mr. Jason is one of those you can easily pick out of a plethora of other voices, and that makes him very unique and special. To read our full review of this album click HERE.
39. Nick Dittmeier And The Sawdusters All Damn Day
This Indiana band wowed me at Master Musician’s Festival this year, and was on my radar for months prior to that. Now, legitimately this really is their self proclaimed debut FULL album, but their previous one was long enough to be an album too. The opening song “Love Me like You Did” has a cool melody and just sounds great, it’s another song about a new girlfriend that just isn’t as good as the old one.
“I Can’t Go Home” was another vital song on this album that stood out to me, and was a good middle portion song. All of the songs here are upbeat and good to dance to, or just jam out on, or in MY case this is a good interstate driving song! The band itself is a strong unit, that has their own Honky Tonk twang, and this band brings that twang to many shows across America.
“O’ Bannon Woods” was a heavy rocking song towards the end, about making drugs. Time sure has a bad way of changing things sometimes, and I related with this one somewhat because the place I grew up is a war zone now. It just a downright shame what has happened to people in my past. You can go right HERE for our full review of this album.
40. Jason Sinkhorn Junction City, Kentucky
Don’t really care if I catch hell from my fellow media peers here about including acoustic albums on here, this album was amazing to me, as was this man’s vocals on this recording. From the very initial song “The Runaway Dorothy Gale” Mr. Jason had me at attention as a music fan. He is a great picture painter on my canvas mind with well woven tales of Wizard Of Oz references to another story..get it? BUY THIS ALBUM AND LISTEN CLOSE!
I first heard of this young man as he played for Mr. Coby Langham And The Citizen Band, and i was introduced to him further there. He is a prominent fixture in the West Virginia community of music, one that I usually keep a pretty close eye on, because you find many good albums there like this one. I had to go forward to “People Watching #42” just because the name intrigued me to delve into it, it made me giggle to hear him mention Milwaukee…I was raised there.
There are many good songwriting hooks and lines in these nine songs, delivered by a very unique voice and an even more unique style. “Flat Rate Heartbreak Blues” had me related as well, as I too work in a factory (ehh it’s a living).. I think all of us are Hank Williams fans. Thumping like a barn dance on Friday night was a VERY COOL line, I thought this song was the best of the album.
41. Hot Rize 40th Anniversary Bash
I LOVE Bluegrass, I LOVE LIVE Bluegrass albums, and I LOVE bluegrass Legends. Well on this album you have them all, I mean WHO DOESN’T love 40 years of Hot Rize? All of y’all who do not are worng. One of the interesting points of the album is the band introduction where they introduce Mr. Jerry Douglass, and they play Colleen Malone from the 1990 album called take It home.
On this album, you will learn some Bluegrass history as they invite Mr. Sam Bush out who previously played with Emmylou Harris to come out and play a Peter Kuykendall song called “Out On The Ocean”. Mr. Peter was the creator of Bluegrass Unlimited magazine, I have studied a LOT about him. “Just Like You” features those well known Hot Rize harmonies, and note for note string discipline.
“Walk The Way The Wind Blows” was another high point on this album, as they played their 1986 hit song, that was also recorded by Miss Kathy Mattea. Toward the end the band appreciated the audiance for supporting live music, and the festivals. I STRESS supporting the festivals, because it’s a good resource to see multiple bands in one place.
42. John Howie Jr. Not Tonight
I love good old fashioned Honky Tonk albums like this one, I like steel guitar infused ballads full of feeling, and this album is bursting full of both of them. “Back When I Cared” is a well written song full of honesty that anyone can relate to. I am so excited to somehow find a way to see him play these songs live.
This man’s vocals are SO distinct and different it makes his album interesting to enjoy, and with songs like “When I’m Not There With You” that add some twang, you have a KILLER ALBUM THAT YOU MUST BUY. If you do not add this album to your collection you are WRONG!
There is so much feeling and soul in the song “Underground” that I had to stop at that track and listen about twenty times. This man poured out his heart to me, and I understood what he was going through as a man, and as a person.
43. Grassfed Moovin’ Down The Road
This Kansas City Bluegrass band was brought to my attention a few years ago, but I didn’t get to see them in full action until Muddy Roots this year. Not only did I enjoy their live set but their lightning fast dobro picking and picking overall just moved this album into my TOP 50. “Dear Lyla” was a good song off this album that I really liked.
“Gas Tank” was an awesome song that reminded me of a Split Lip Rayfield type jam, filled full of acoustic guitar solos and KILLER dobro work, the lyrics are pretty easy to understand and enjoy. You could EASILY dance and jam to these guys, and I can easily ascertain that they JUST HAVE FUN together. They understand one another musically, and they aren’t trying to be anything they are not.
“Little Maggie” is an old traditional cover tune, that they did a good job on, the album closes with a song called “Yard Work” which was nice to end the album with a toe tapper. If you like string bands filled with all kinds of harmonic solos you will LOVE this album.
44. Jesse Daniel Jesse Daniel
This young man is about to embark out on a short run with Country music Legend Mr. billy Don Burns, and by God he deserves it! ‘Big Fish” is a big song about small fish. It’s about paying dues and fake ass people, and it has a TON of good lines and hooks. This young man understands how to pay his dues and beat the road to get what he wants in life.
“Soft Spot (For The Hard Stuff)” was another good song on the album, and a good reassurance to me on the question “who’s gonna fill their shoes”, as this young man brings forth an mature older Honky Tonk sound while maintaining a younger approach to that sound.
“Killing Time Til Time Kills Me” was avery inventive title, and this song itself was filled with some damn fine Honky Tonk twang and shuffle. I liked the way this album was produced and the damaged goods vibe the songs gave off. Trust me, this young man will be garnering more attention form the underground community next year!
45. Dillon Carmichael Hell On An Angel
The song “Natural Disaster” on this album is beyond amazing, and at first I thought it was Mr. Jamey Johnson singing. This young man has been on the Opry, and upholds Traditional Country Music standards with songs like “Country Women” which is a total retro throwback type song.
Now if you have spotify I can tell you some interesting information about this album. There is commentary about each song from Mr. Dillon himself, on a seperate album you can listen to. With songs like “Dancing Away With My Heart” this album is even better with the suppliment commentary, where you can get an even better perspective on the songs and the artist.
” Hard On A Hangover” was another great old timey throwback song with that truly great melody and divorce lyrics, this song sounds like it was released in the late 80’s. Not that it’s a bad thing! Hey when you listen to a Country song you loose your truck…well…yeah. To read our full review on this album click HERE.
46. Felix Thursday End Time Jubilee
OK Folks you can click up there to buy this one digitally BUT if you want a REAL COPY contact Mr. Aaron “Dogbite” Harris over at Ruckus In the Records label. This man is an old journalist friend of mine from the Myspace era, and he released a DAMN FINE album here. He enlisted the help of some more of my old friends like Miss Lucy B. Cochran on fiddle and my buddy Mr. James Hunnicutt.
“Remington” is an anti politically correct song about a lost time when we went to school with firearms in gun racks in our trucks. We didn’t have nutballs shooting up schools because we had respect for firearms, and knives. Another GREAT song on this album was “It’s Hard Stayin Sober In Heppner”, I love his vocal delivery on that song. He’s got a very convincing voice and you can tell he sings with conviction.
The songs on this album are shorter than most of the others, but by God they were so well done that I couldn’t pass up acknowledging this album for what it was worth. I promise you it will stay in my constant rotation for all times, and I strongly suggest you buy this album.
47. The Travelin McCourys The Travelin McCourys
This huge massive article has a lot of Bluegrass album on it I know, but it has been a really good year for Bluegrass. Bluegrass Legend Mr. Del McCoury and his crew has made this awesome side project going called The Travelin McCourys. Early this year we heard their first album self titled. It kicks off with the toe tapping song called “Let Her Go” , about lost love. This album has the song Mr. Waylon cut for Mr. Steve young called “Lonesome Onry And Mean”, it was interesting to hear as a Bluegrass tune.
Mr. Del’s iconic vocals assist the song “I live On A Battlefield” ring out as a focal point song on this album, and I loved the banjo work on “The Shaker”. Like every one of the Bluegrass albums on this list, I chose this one because of the wonderful instrumental work.
“Days I Wish I Had” is a traditional sounding song with a steady melody, with good lyrics that make it a inspiring Bluegrass song, overall this whole album was a feel good Bluegrass album.
48. Trampled By Turtles Life Is Good On the Open Road
Trampled By Turtles is one of my favorite”Americana” bands…if you will…I just consider them good music and I don’t really fit anybody into genres. Not really Bluegrass but they do have a LOT of Bluegrass influence I found on songs like “Kelly’s Bar” which was a fast paced beginning to one of their best albums out yet.
These twelve songs here were enjoyable each in their own right, and I cannot wait to see them live once again. “Right Back Where We Started” is one of my favorite songs they have right now, as well as the title track ‘Life Is Good On The Open Road”. It’s been good to hear a new album from this band for the first time since 2014.
49. Cody Barnett
This album is one of my “last but not least” type deals, I mean if you want some DAMN FINE songwriting just go listen to ‘Cherokee Blood” it has a bunch of GREAT lines in the song. At first I wasn’t sure if I would have a short album of only seven songs on my list, but after I heard ‘Blood Moon” I found the importance of including this album.
This young man needs to be recognized and could be paired up with so many on this list, the possibilities were endless. His style and his songs are eloquently represented by his vocals on songs like “Back In Birmingham”. This song was fantastic and descriptive as hell…just what I like. He is from the Oklahoma music community, and is a nice local representation of his respected area out there.
This album closed with two fantastic songs one called “Mockingbird” which I was wondering if it was a cover of the James Hand song of the same name, but no it wasn’t. This was it’s own rocking song in his style that shows his more rock roots. The last song was a fast paced song laced with with fine steel called “Evil Woman”.
50. Bri Bagwell In my Defense
I knew this album would be on my TOP 50 list the second I got it in my hands. I LOVE the Red Dirt and Texas community, I love a good Country gallop, and I love female singers. You juxtapose all of those together and you have this album. It was produced terrifically and I love the band she has. “Asphalt And Concrete” was a good song about her being from the West Coast.
A slower song called “Cheat On Me” had a slower flow with tons of feeling, but accompanied the other songs on the album pretty well. “I Can’t Be Lonely ” was another good song with lots of twang, and her sultry and sassy vocals were captured really well on this song.
Another good song on this album was “Feel Like Home”, and it closes with a few other good ones. This album is by all means her best offering yet, and I see great things for her in the future. I have yet to see her play live yet, and I have to drive to Texas to see her play, I will.
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Joshua Wallace’s Top 50 Albums of 2018
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By Joshua Wallace
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s the time of year where all music journalists put out their best of lists. Gary Hayes will have his own list coming up soon. This is my personal Top 50 Country Albums of 2018. I could probably double this list to 100 with all of the awesome releases that have come out in the past year. It has been that good of a year. However, that being said, I feel like these 50 albums represent the best of what I heard over this year. I reviewed many of these during the year and you can find every one of those reviews on this website. I will link a few of them here in this article. Every record on this list is worth your time, from number 1 to number 50. Gary Hayes will have his own separate list published later this month, check it out too. Let’s kick things off with the album of the year and Top 10, and then immediately following that will be 11 – 50.
**ALBUM OF THE YEAR** 01. American Aquarium – Things Change **ALBUM OF THE YEAR**
This album stuck with me the most throughout the year and thus, it is my number one record of 2018. From the heartland rock politically inspired tune “The World Is On Fire” all the way to the country balladry of “‘Till The Final Curtain Calls”, this is the best album American Aquarium has ever put together. I doubt you can find another band that can weave in and out of heartland rock and roll and country with the skill and ease this band does. I look forward to whatever comes next from BJ Barham and company. Check out my full review of Things Change from earlier in the year.
02. Ashley McBryde – Girl Going Nowhere
This album had me last year with the single “A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega”. That song was out well before the album and has stuck with me ever since. The album itself ads more great tracks to Ashley’s repertoire and there isn’t a bad cut on this one. I predict big things for Ashley McBryde in 2019 and I’m looking forward to seeing her open for George Strait in Atlanta next year. Check out my review of this record here.
03. Randall King – Randall King
Randall King is a throwback to an era of country we don’t have many throwbacks to. He takes the best elements of 90’s country music and brings them to modern times. His songs “Mirror, Mirror”, “Tuggin’ On My Heartstrings” and “Cool Under Pressure” have stuck with me and this album is often played front to back when it comes on. Check out my review of the record here.
04. Josh Card – With A Heavy Heart
The sound on this record is perfect. Everything is spot on and these are the best tracks Josh Card has ever put out. Check out a couple of my favorites in “Suffer” and “Won’t Chase Your Love Anymore”. Read my full review of the album here.
05. Whitey Morgan & The 78s – Hard Times & White Lines
This is straight up the best live honky tonk band going right now. This album is another great chapter of their music adding some killer new originals, some new Dale Watson and even ZZ Top to their live set. Give this one a spin however you listen to music and read my review here.
06. Sarah Shook & The Disarmers – Years
This album is punk rock outlaw country at its best. Sarah Shook put out her best record yet with Years. It has been high on this list all year and lands at number six. Do yourself a favor and read my review of the record here, and then go out and buy a copy and see her live when you get a chance to.
07. Belle Plaine – Malice, Mercy, Grief & Wrath
Belle Plaine has released some solid country gold right here. I’m still digging on “Taxes, Death and You” and “Is It Cheating” featuring Colter Wall. Do yourself a favor and give this one a spin. My full review of this record is here.
08. Colter Wall – Songs Of The Plains
Colter Wall does not disappoint on his sophomore full length release. This album has some great tunes with “Plain To See Plainsmen”, “Thinkin’ On A Woman” and the Billy Don Burns cover “Wild Dogs”. This album could have been number one if this year wasn’t so stacked with awesome releases. Check out my review of this one here.
09. Jamie Lin Wilson – Jumping Over Rocks
In her follow-up to 2016’s Holidays and Wedding Rings, Jamie Lin Wilson has put out her best stuff yet with tracks like “The Being Gone”, “Everybody’s Moving Slow” and a cover of Guy Clark’s “Instant Coffee Blues” featuring Jack Ingram sticking with me in heavy rotation. Do yourself a favor and give this record a spin, you won’t regret it. Check out my full review here.
10. Dallas Moore – Mr. Honky Tonk
I knew when I first heard Dallas Moore’s track “Mr. Honky Tonk” that this would be a killer record. This album represents a high mark in Dallas Moore’s career and there isn’t a bad track on it. I’m still digging on “Shoot Out The Lights”, “Killing Me Nice and Slow” and “You Know The Rest”. Do yourself a favor, check out my review and pick up a copy of this one.
The Best Of The Rest:
11. Shooter Jennings – Shooter
12. Caitlyn Smith – Starfire
13. Cody Jinks – Lifers
14. Pistol Annies – Interstate Gospel
15. Joshua Hedley – Mr. Jukebox
16. Bri Bagwell – In My Defense
17. Brent Cobb – Providence Canyon
18. Dillon Carmichael – Hell On An Angel
19. Kayla Ray – Yesterday And Me
20. Josh Ward – More Than I Deserve
21. Josh Grider – Good People
22. Brandi Carlile – By The Way, I Forgive You
23. Paul Cauthen – Have Mercy
24. Blackberry Smoke – Find A Light
25. Jason Boland & The Stragglers – Hard Times Are Relative
26. T.J. Hernandez – Who I Am
27. Courtney Marie Andrews – May Your Kindness Remain
28. Old Crow Medicine Show – Volunteer
29. The Brother Brothers – Some People I Know
30. Ward Davis – Asunder
31. Craig Gerdes – Smokin’, Drinkin’ & Gamblin’
32. Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
33. Courtney Patton – What It’s Like To Fly Alone
34. John Prine – The Tree Of Forgiveness
35. Ashley Monroe – Sparrow
36. Pat Reedy & The Longtime Goners – That’s All There Is (And There Ain’t No More)
37. Kyle Park – Don’t Forget Where You Come From
38. Lori McKenna – The Tree
39. James Scott Bullard – Full Tilt Boogie
40. Adam Hood – Somewhere In Between
41. Kristina Murray – Southern Ambrosia
42. Chelsea Nolan – Chelsea.
43. Abe Partridge – Cotton Fields and Blood For Days
44. Mike & The Moonpies – Steak Night At The Prairie Rose
45. Sara Morgan – Average Jane
46. Jason Sinkhorn – Junction City, Kentucky
47. Urban Pioneers – Hillbilly Swing Music
48. Joe’s Truck Stop – American Dreams
49. JP Harris – Sometimes Dogs Bark At Nothing
50. Darci Carlson – Darci Carlson
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Nashville Boogie Part 3: Legends On The Opry.
On November 23rd 1992 the Grand Ole Opry lost one of it’s most beloved figures. A man that embellished Country Music with grace and poise, and he died with more dignity and honor than a thousand of today’s “stars” of Country Music. A man that even the likes of Hank Williams Sr heralded as Country Music’s Godfather, even Waylon Jennings held all cussing around in respect to his stature of this genre. Roy Acuff was and still is one our most beautiful leaders of the Opry and performed on the stage of the Opry up until the week he died in a house that faced the Opry front doors.
Every morning he awoke and lifted his head to look at his precious place where many people began their journey in the music industry. It launched so many people’s careers and created a home for many of our beloved Legends, in the form of providing a staple place to perform after their prime of their careers. Every weekend you can still go to the Opry and see people like Bill Anderson and Jeannie Seeley week after week, you can still see Mike Snyder telling jokes and Bobby Osborne play Rocky top which became the Tennessee state song in 1982.
I am sitting here on a small wooden bench in front of the final home of his writing this article, because I deemed it appropriate to do so. I firmly think Mr. Roy would approve of what we are doing here this weekend and that is appreciating true music, ALL kinds of music. Rockabilly music was originally forbidden on the Opry stage, but the main focus here is the fact that we are bringing REAL Country Music to the Opry stage tonight.
Mr. Jason is the heartbeat of Muddy Roots, and in my opinion is a prime example of the American Dream…one of the kings of DIY businesses. A small entity that is usually ignored by the major media outlets and hated upon by the bigger groups in the industry, because they are promoting and creating the false music that Muddy Roots exposes as fake. Those people that listen to the plastic music don’t know who Bobby Bare is nor do they care, they aren’t told to care. They are impressionable and “programmed” to like what’s placed in front of them, and they just “go with it”. The Muddy Roots crowd isn’t falling for that bullshit and they aren’t tolerating it, in their own way once Roy Acuff understood their sincerity, I think he would have approved of this evening’s relevance.
The Cowpokes are a band that come from the local Nashville scene out of the American Legion Post in East Nashville. With powerhouse producer and steel guitarist Andy Gibson on the steel and Mr. Brendan Malone this band is absolutely on key and already play like a well oiled machine.
They play prominent Western Swing and old classic Country Western music, like the Moon Mullican song “I’ll Sail My Ship along” from 1950. Mr. Moon was the King Of The Hillbilly Piano Players whom also played with the Blue Ridge Playboys, also recorded the song “Ragged But I’m Right” before Johnny Paycheck made it popular. However that song was originally recorded by Riley Puckett first, Mr. Moon made it commercially successful as well.
They played the song ‘They Call Me A Playboy” by Wynn Stewart from 1962 along with a really great song called the “New Panhandle Rag”. I’m going to have to venture out there one night when I’m off of work to see more of their set.
I have always held mammoth guitarist Deke Dickerson in high regard as a player and a historian as well. I enjoy going to see musicians you can not only watch but I enjoy the ones that stop and talk to the audience, and teach them things. Knowledge is a precious gift and a powerful weapon, I learned tonight that Country Music Legend Onie Wheeler died ON the Opry stage. Now folks I did know he died of a heart attack, but I had no idea he died actually on the stage.
He and Big Sandy both chose Onie Wheeler songs tonight, and not only was that history mutually significant between those two, but iconic drummer J.M. Van Eaton was there to play on some of the songs he originally played on like the Jerry Lee Lewis classic “Great Balls Of Fire”.
Mr. J.W. played on all of those Sun Records classic albums from all of those artists from that time frame, and he did splendidly well on those songs again. He started with Jerry Lee Lewis song “Let The Good Times Roll” which I do believe was originally released in the late 1980’s but I could be wrong about that one.
The Onie Wheeler song he chose was called “Jump Right Out Of This Jukebox” from 1959 Sun Records with “Tell Em Off” being the B side. He closed with my favorite song Mr. Billy Mize wrote “It All Depends On Who Will Buy The Wine” that Jerry Lee Lewis did but I liked Charlie Walker’s version better.
Billy Harlan is a local Legend to me in my area, being a radio disc jockey during the time Hank Williams Sr died. He has had a resurgence into the Rockabilly Music scene through Muddy Roots Record label Read More Here on that subject.
He played “I Ain’t Elvis” and followed that with “My Fate Is In Your Hands” that was recorded by Hawkshaw Hawkins before his iconic death in 1963 with Cowboy Copas and Patsy Cline. He closed his set with my favorite and his staple hit song “I Wanna Bop”.
Big Sandy and his Fly Rite Boys are Rockabilly Legends from the west coast area, and what’s nice about the Boogie is it brings them all to the Nashville area so I can cover their sets on this website. Anytime the west coast acts of any genre come out this way (or Red Dirt artists too) I usually rush out and see them, because there’s NO telling when they will return.
“That’s All” was the first song I noticed him playing, before playing Jerry Lee Lewis “I’m Sorry”. He closed his set with a song called “I Feel Sorry For You”. He also played a set at the Palace I believe but I missed it for other obligations.
J.P.Harris is an artist that I have always loved in every way, he plays COUNTRY. He doesn’t play any of the offshoot genres that are described by many. His new duet EP just recently cam out called “Why Don’t We Duet In The Road” and it includes “Golden Ring” with Kristiana Murray. I featured her at this past Muddy Roots.
This was a truly wonderful start to the Country portion of this show and did certainly whet our appetite for the main acts tonight. He opened with “Two For The Road” and went into “Oklahoma Is A Long Way Away” both from his first album he made, before going into a cover of “Why You Been Gone So Long”.
Mr. Joshua Hedley is a name YOU WILL hear more of on this website I PROMISE YOU. Now I took videos but I will not post them because these are new songs from an upcoming album. In fact I don’t even know the new song titles so I shall just speculate what they are.
His first one was perhaps the best called “Counting All My Teardrops” which not only showcased his vocals in a new and true form it embellished his lyrics really well. I was astounded by his ability to display his influences of traditional Country Music here. It resembled an old Conway Twitty song or the likes of that era song, but with a fresh new twist from a young man.
“Let’s Take A Vacation And Fall In Love Again” was well written and pleasant to listen to in a slew of hurting and heartache songs. “This Time for The First Time” was another truly fine song from the forthcoming album as well as “You’ll Be Better In The End”. AGAIN these are ONLY speculations on the names as SOOMN as I learn some information on this album it WILL be featured on here. He closed with “When You Wish Upon A Star”.
Bobby Bare was pretty much regarded as the original Outlaw of the 1970’s and is credited with ushering in the Outlaw Movement. Muddy Roots has featured him many times in the field, and as he walked out onto that stage and stood in that circle he gazed upon the crowd and said “Well I guess I had better sing some songs, huh”?
Standing brazenly in front of his band with age and growl in his voice he began with “I Wanna Go Home”, and went into “Winner” which had the crowd going on his trademark wild story songs like this one.
He went into “Streets Of Baltimore” and his equally famous trademark song “Dropkick Me Jesus”. I tell you what on so many classic songs from his past the enthusiastic audience sang along with every note he did, as he displayed ageless delivery of every note. Time has not faltered this Legend in any way but positively making his lessons of mistakes in life even more convincing. The stories and pictures painted by these old Outlaw songs of days gone by are many and vivid to someone like me.
“500 Miles” and “Four Strong Winds” were next followed by “Margie’s At The Lincoln Park Inn”. He stopped every couple of songs to tell jokes and share witty smart assed quips and one liner jokes. Before going into Shel Silverstein’s song “Still Gonna Die” off the Old Dogs album he made with Mel Tillis, Waylon and Jerry Reed. Mr. Jerry played on all of Bobby Bare’s classic albums, having helped Mr. Bobby’s career out immensely.
“That’s How I Got To Memphis” was second to closing along with “Marie LeVeaux” his only number one hit song, although he had many Top tens in his four decade career. And as he releases his new album soon called “Things Change” I see nothing changing for this man. Hopefully he will be around with us for many many years to come, because we need him.
Jerry Jeff Walker has brought Country Music so many songs I couldn’t even begin to name them all, and tonight as he performed his first Nashville set in twenty seven years he was just grateful to be there. “You Called Me out here to yell at me huh?” as people yelled out songs they wanted to hear.
As he opened with “Gettin By” and went into “Pickup Truck Song” he also displayed that time has not faltered his voice any, nor has it dented his ageless wit. He remain the same precise and crafted tunesmith we all know and love. He is the true last of his ilk the Townes Van Zandts and Tompall Glasers of his era probably survived only by Kristofferson and Mr. Tom Ghent. Mr. Jerry Jeff is the last of the breed, in every sense of the word.
He played the classic song “Navajo Rug” next along with one of his most popular songs “Mr. Bojangles” and followed that with “Trashy Women” that was recorded by Confederate Railroad”. That to me was a classic album for sure, in every sense of the word.
He took his long sleeve shirt off and decided to stay awhile before playing “Derby Day” and got ready to treat us to another set of classic songs here. He went into “Leaving LA Freeway”, and told some stories before going into the song “My Favorite Picture Of You” and more!
“The Cape” was next followed by one Miss Sunny Sweeney just cut called “I Feel Like Hank Williams Tonight”, along with his most noted rowdy bar anthem called “Up Against The Wall” made popular by Ray Wylie Hubbard. This truly was indeed a grand second set he played tonight here, and next he played “Those Were The Days”.
His encore included “The Armadillo Song” “Good Hearted Woman” and another song called “Little Bird”. There were four or five songs I missed while writing notes down and jotting things down on various places in my books. I know he played a Rusty Weir song as well, and once again received another standing ovation here at the Opry tonight.
Last year the Chris Issak show was truly enjoyable but THIS show was indeed the crown jewel of all Muddy Roots performances in my opinion. There has been many many Legends play in the field, at the Boogie and the Spring Weekender. In my opinion this one was the best I have ever had the pleasure to witness, and left me absolutely speechless. I had to wait a few days to even write words about this one folks it hit me that hard.
Posted by GaryHayes at 10:28 am Tagged with: Big Sandy, Bobby Bare, Deke Dickerson, Grand Old Opry, J.P.Harris, Jerry Jeff Walker, Joshua Hedley, Muddy Roots Nashville Boogie, The Cowpokes
Muddy Roots Brings Forth Country Legend Jerry Jeff Walker And More.
After 20 Years Jerry Jeff Walker Returns To Nashville
Doors at 5:30 Show at 6:30-10:30
Seat Reservations $15 – $45 HERE! or
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The evening kicks off with local “Honky Tonk Tuesdays” revivalists from the American Legion Post 82, East Nashville’s very own The Cowpokes!
Event: Grand Finale to the Nashville Boogie Vintage Weekender
Venue: Grand Ole Opry House
Date: Sunday May 21, 2017
Time: 5:30pm to 10:30pm
Cost: $15-$45
Ticket site: www.opry.com
Looking to attend the rest of the festival? It is $135 for Thursday through Saturday which includes 90 bands, an indoor car show, a vintage market, western fashion show, pinup contest, and a vintage western slide show. You can come to the car show and vintage market for just $5 if you don’t have a festival ticket. We have a cool record convention Sunday from 9am to 6pm at the Nashville Palace which is included in your festival pass or just $5 to the public. ALL BANDS AT THE NASHVILLE PALACE ARE FREE ADMISSION! 10 am to 2am.Day and weekend passes available at:
http://www.nashvilleboogie.com/
This is what happens when locally owned Muddy Roots Records takes over the Grand Ole Opry House Mr. Jason brings rare and obscure Legends nobody within the realms of what the normies call “Country” even know exists anymore. Country Legend Bobby Bare has played the main Muddy Roots field twice now, but Country Legend Jerry Jeff Walker hasn’t played a full show in Nashville in over 25 years.
Often called The “Gypsy Songman” Jerry Jeff Walker almost claims total responsibility for creating Jimmy Buffet’s entire brand, as he drove Jimmy Buffet to Key West Florida while they co wrote “Railroad Lady”. Members of Jerry Jeff’s ilk include icons such as Guy Clark, Tompall Glaser, Jerry Foster, Billy Don Burns and Townes Van Zandt as the songwriters of the Outlaw Era of Country Music took form in the 1960’s.
He is most popular for writing the song “Mr. Bojangles” which was recorded by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on their most famous album Uncle Teddy And His Dog Charlie. That vinyl album contains a very rare 15 page fold out poster collectors deem valuable and critics deem politically bad because it features old pictures not acceptable in today’s society. He recently performed with the NGDB for their 50th anniversary at the Ryman Auditorium for their groundbreaking album 50 Years Of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
That song was entirely truthful and albeit hard to imagine he actually did meet a white wandering minstrel in the 1960 that he befriended in jail in New Orleans, at one time he pointed out in a radio interview jails were segregated then and this vagabond was white. He also gained fame for writing “Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother” for another Legend Ray Wylie Hubbard as well as songs for Guy Clark and Gary P Nunn.
Bobby Bare was quite possibly the first and most vastly overlooked member of the Outlaw Country Music movement with some boasting Waylon and Willie and have no clue to what contributions Bobby Bare actually gave this theme of self creative control over their own music. Bobby Bare often joked he BARED no resemblance to the Outlaw look but released album like “Drunk And Crazy” and made writers like Shel Silverstein famous by recording entire albums of his work.
Bobby enraged the industry at the time by recording a John Denver song in rebuke to their attempts to market John Denver as an answer to rapidly climbing album sales from Outlaw artists. He often invoked ire from venues for smoking on stages and encouraging crowd participation during his song “Song Of The South”. He also recorded a song by my friend Tom Ghent whom is also deemed a Legend called “Easy As Dreaming” included on the album Drinking From The Bottle.
Joshua Hedley is currently on tour now and I visited with him recently at his performance at the Nashville Palace and also appearing will be J.P.Harris who along with his band the Tough Choices are a sure bet for Honky Tonk fun and a often visits Muddy Roots events.
Deke Dickerson, Billy Harlan and Big Sandy are also staple members of Nashville Boogie appearances and I very much enjoy coming down there to see them play. I wrote some fine articles for Billy Harlan you can read HERE. I have included all three of their sets during my Nashville Boogie coverage in the past two years.
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Stage Combat
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Lady Mary Grenville
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Sir Martin Frobisher - Elizabethan Privateer
Portrayed by: Steven Leon
Born: 1539, near Wakefield, England
Died: 22 Nov 1594, Plymouth, England
Buried: 14 Jan 1595, St. Giles, Cripplegate, England
Father: Bernard FROBISHER
Mother: Margaret YORK
Married 1: Isabel RICHARD 30 May 1559, Snaith, Yorkshire, England
Married 2: Dorothy WENTWORTH ABT 1551 / 1564, Scrooby, Nottingham, England
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A famous yet curiously little known English mariner of the Elizabethan Age, Martin Frobisher was born around 1535 in Altofts, Yorkshire and was third and youngest son of Bernard and Margaret Frobisher. Following his fathers death, the seven year old Martin was sent to London to earn a living with his Uncle, Sir John York. (Un) fortunately, young Martin's aptitude for books and numbers was less than inspiring, so his uncle, in an attempt to make this boy into something, assigned Martin to his first voyage abroad to the Guinea coast. Thus his career as a sailor began.
During the next decade or so, Frobisher was to sail to the Guinea coast, be captured by the Portuguese, imprisoned for about a year and then to return home only to become a pirate in English waters. Eventually, his skill leading vessels gradually brought him to privateering for French Huguenots. He was again captured as a pirate by the English government and placed in Fleet prison to await trial. His exploits against French Catholics, however, caught the attention of a few key powerful men of Elizabeth's Court including William Cecil, Lord Burleigh. He was granted clemency and became a pirate hunter for the Crown.
Early in the 1570s, he was selected to lead an expedition to the Northwest in search of a passage way to Cathay (China). This series of ventures is what made Martin Frobisher famous. Upon his return from his first voyage, a piece of black rock he brought back as a souvenir was taken by the expedition's benefactor, Michael Lok, to be gold. Two more expeditions were to follow with the expectation of bring back this ore for refinement. At great expense and commencement, the two following ventures were readied and over 200 tons of this ore was returned to England. Eventually, the ore was found to only contain Pyrite (Fool's Gold), thus reducing Michael Lok to bankruptcy and Frobisher to dishonor.
In 1585, he was selected to accompany Francis Drake on an expedition to the West Indies in order to sack Spanish settlements and attempt to capture the yearly treasure fleet heading back to Spain. The venture succeeded barely but, earned Frobisher a reputation of a steadfast, competent and trustworthy captain, which was a rarity in these times.
In 1588, with war against Spain looming before England, Frobisher was commissioned as Vice-Admiral under Sir Charles Howard Lord Effingham, Lord High Admiral to command the largest of the English navy vessels: the Triumph. Together with Francis Drake and John Hawkins, the English were to repulse Spain's attempt at invasion. Frobisher's help during the great war with Spain earned him a knighthood from the Lord High Admiral in July of that same year.
Following the "ware of 21 Julie", Frobisher was once again employed making sure Spain would not attempt any future enterprises of England. This new found reputation earned him a commission as Admiral in an expedition to oust Spanish forces in the city of Brest located on the Crozon Peninsula. The assault on the Fort, El Leon, unfortunately resulted in Frobisher being made one of the casualties. Following his return to Plymouth, Frobisher died. His entrails were entombed at St. Andrews, Plymouth while his body was interred at St. Giles, Cripplesgate in London.
This brings an end the life of one of England's greatest mariners. He died the same way he lived, violently and precipitately. Though his venture to find a Northwest Passage for England failed, it would be one of his greatest achievements.
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Competitions, FEI, Show Jumping
Kraut and Ward Lift US Show Jumping Team to Silver Medal Tie at FEI Nations Cup CSIO5* Aachen
July 21, 2017 Associate Editor Leave a comment
Olympians Kraut and Ward go double clear in come-from-behind podium finish
Aachen, Germany – The Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team climbed from behind to secure a silver medal tie with Switzerland in the FEI Nations Cup at the World Equestrian Festival CHIO Aachen in Aachen, Germany on Thursday. A podium finish depended on clear rounds from Olympic team gold medalists McLain Ward and HH Azur and Laura Kraut and Zeremonie. Like clockwork, the combinations came through in the clutch for double-clear performances. The U.S. and Switzerland ended on eight faults while home country Germany won gold with zero faults.
“We brought our ‘A’ team to Aachen. We have so much respect for Aachen, and we almost pulled it off. It’s tough knowing midway through the first round that the best score you can get is eight faults. We were fully confident that we could correct some mistakes and stay on zero the rest of the way and let the field come back to us. The Germans were just a better team today, but not by much,” said Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland. “What we saw here today was sport at the very highest level. It doesn’t get any better than that. And it is an honor for us to be able to compete here!”
The U.S. found itself out of podium contention early with an eight-fault total after the first round. Clear rounds from Olympic team gold medalist Laura Kraut (Royal Palm Beach, Fla.) and Zeremonie, Old Willow Farms’ 2007 Holsteiner mare, and Ward (Brewster, N.Y.) and Double H Farm and Francois Mathy’s 2006 Warmblood mare kept the U.S. hanging on after Rio Olympic team silver medalist Kent Farrington (Wellington. Fla.) and Gazelle, his and Robin Parksy’s 2006 Belgian Warmblood mare, and two-time Olympic team gold medalist Elizabeth “Beezie” Madden (Cazenovia, N.Y.) and Coach, Abigail Wexner’s 2008 Holsteiner gelding, each had eight faults.
Tied for fifth with The Netherlands, the U.S. team rallied for an improved second round. The world number one ranked show jumper, Farrington, and Gazelle, rebounded with a clear round. Kraut and Zeremonie continued with a flawless, second round performance, jumping a double clear for the evening and allowing the U.S. to drop Madden and Coach’s eight fault score.
After three combination rotations, Germany locked up the gold, while the U.S. sat tied for third with Belgium and Switzerland with eight faults. Ward, the world number two, and Switzerland’s Steve Guerdat came through with clear rounds, while Belgium’s Gregory Wathelet had three unlucky rails for 12 faults, propelling the U.S. and Switzerland to a silver medal tie.
“Aachen is the pinnacle of the sport so this is like my Olympics this year. To go double clear – I’m just so proud of Zeremonie and all the team around her who helped get her to this point; it’s just thrilling,” said Kraut.
From the US Equestrian Communications Department
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US Show Jumping Team Prepared for Podium Battle in FEI Nations Cup CSIO5* Aachen
Kent Farrington and Gazelle (RedBayStock.com)
Aachen, Germany – The Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team will be composed of four Olympians when it competes in FEI Nations Cup CSIO5* Aachen on Thursday, July 20. The powerhouse team of Kent Farrington, Laura Kraut, Beezie Madden, and McLain Ward will face eight nations, all fielding elite talent in their own right, as they seek to secure a podium finish. Chef d’Equipe Robert Ridland will lead the U.S. team, having drawn second in the order, and has set the following order of go:
Kent Farrington and Gazelle: Farrington (Wellington, Fla.), the current world number one ranked show jumper, and Gazelle return to Aachen riding high off a successful few weeks in Spruce Meadows. The Olympic team silver medalist and his and Robin Parksy’s 2006 Belgian Warmblood mare won the prominent ATCO Queen Elizabeth II Cup during the ‘North American’ CSI5* presented by Rolex earlier this month and the ATB Financial Cup in June. Additionally, in May, they narrowly edged out a victory in the Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Madrid CSI5*.
Elizabeth “Beezie” Madden and Coach: Madden (Cazenovia, N.Y.) began testing Coach at the five-star level at the beginning of the year where he showed his Grand Prix potential early. With the two-time Olympic team gold medalist aboard, Abigail Wexner’s 2008 Holsteiner gelding impressed early on with standout performances during the Winter Equestrian Festival. They collected a fifth-place finish in the $500,000 Rolex Grand Prix CSI5* and a fourth-place finish in the $216,000 Lugano Diamonds CSIO4* Grand Prix. Most recently, the budding combination placed third in the CP Grand Prix during the Spruce Meadows ‘Continental’ CSI5* and are prepared for their toughest challenge to date in Aachen.
Laura Kraut and Zeremonie: The Olympic gold medalist and Zeremonie return to Aachen after helping the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team to a bronze-medal finish in the 2016 FEI Nations Cup Final and a tie for the team silver medal in the 2016 FEI Nations Cup at CHIO Aachen. Kraut (Royal Palm Beach, Fla.), continues to develop Zeremonie, Old Willow Farms 2007 Holsteiner mare, at the five-star level, where they earned a third-place finish at CSI5* Knokke, Belgium earlier in the month.
McLain Ward and HH Azur: The Olympic gold medalist and current world number two ranked show jumper, along with the 2006 Belgian Warmblood mare, have risen to the top of some of the world’s most prestigious competitions. They secured an Olympic team silver medal in Rio de Janeiro and captured the lucrative Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final title in April. In a year that garnered massive success, Double H Farm and Francois Mathy’s HH Azur got a much-earned rest following the World Cup Finals. In June, Ward (Brewster, N.Y.) added HH Azur back into the rotation seeking their next big victory. Most recently, they placed fifth in the CP Grand Prix during the Spruce Meadows ‘Continental’ CSI5*.
Watch the event live beginning Thursday at 1:30 p.m. EST on ClipMyHorse.tv.
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USEF Names Hermès US Show Jumping Team for CSIO5* Aachen
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Lexington, Ky. – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce the riders for the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team at CSIO5* Aachen. Robert Ridland will serve as Chef d’Equipe in Aachen.
The following riders will compose the Hermès U.S. Show Jumping Team at Aachen CSIO5* in Aachen, Germany, July 15-20 (listed in alphabetical order):
Lucy Davis (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Margie Engle (Wellington, Fla.)
Kent Farrington (Wellington, Fla.)
Lauren Hough (Wellington, Fla.)
Reed Kessler (Lexington, Ky.)
Learn more about CHIO Aachen here.
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USEF Names Jumping Teams for CSIO5* Falsterbo and CSIO5* Aachen
Lexington, KY – The USEF has named the following horse/rider combinations to represent the U.S. at the next two shows of the FEI Nations Cup Series.
The following horse/rider combinations will compete in Sweden at CSIO5* Falsterbo July 7-10, 2011.
Charlie Jayne (Elgin, IL) will ride The London Group’s Athena
Athena is an 11-year-old Belgian mare
Christine McCrea (Windsor, CT) will ride Romantovich Take One
Romantovich Take One is an 11-year-old KWPN gelding
Lucy Davis (Los Angeles, CA) will ride Old Oak Farm’s Nemo 119
Nemo 119 is a 12-year-old Holsteiner gelding
Saer Coulter (San Francisco, CA) will ride Copernicus Stables’ Springtime
Springtime is a 12-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding
Schuyler Riley (Wellington, FL) will ride South Beach Stables’ Lapacco
Lapacco is a 12-year-old Holsteiner gelding
Continue reading USEF Names Jumping Teams for CSIO5* Falsterbo and CSIO5* Aachen →
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The Bulls have gotten off to a horrendous 5-19 start to the season, and since taking over prior to the 2015-16 campaign, Hoiberg has amassed 115 wins compared to 155 losses in a little over three years.
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In the three seasons he has been at the helm, the Bulls have missed the playoffs twice and lost in the first round of the playoffs.
Hoiberg played four seasons in Chicago and has a long history with Forman. This all presumably felt a lot different from Hoiberg's time as the successful coach of Iowa State, where he spent the five years before taking the Bulls job in June of 2015.
Multiple outlets reported that Boylen is not being given an interim tag, and presumably will coach the Bulls at least through the 2018-19 season. Hoiberg had been115-56 at Iowa State, including four straight NCAA tournament appearances and back-to-back Big 12 tournament titles. With Rose's departure the Bulls became "Jimmy Butler's team" - the same Jimmy Butler that left for Minnesota and then demanded his way out of there too, arriving in Philadelphia earlier this year. Paxson and Forman have hired Bill Cartwright, Scott Skiles, Vinny Del Negro, Tom Thibodeau and Hoiberg.
Hoiberg's first season began with championship aspirations but quickly devolved because of a divided locker room and a team on its last legs. They got Markkanen, Dunn and Zach LaVine and appeared to be on the right track last season, with their competitiveness and player development.
Following the exodus of former Coach of the Year Tom Thibodeau, the front office pairing of John Paxson and Gar Forman made a decision to go with a more modern approach to their next hiring.
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Faces in KS: Kaden Davis
Kaden Davis of Ellsworth is putting up big numbers in 2016, (photo: Emily Photography)
By: Sports in Kansas - Chet Kuplen
Ellsworth senior Kaden Davis is one of the fastest athletes in Kansas. He proved that last spring by winning the 3A 200 meter dash, but Davis isn't just a track athlete. Davis also gets it done on the football field where he is one of the top two-way players in the state of Kansas for the class of 2017.
Davis, a 6-foot, 182-pound receiver and defensive back, is a game changer that does a little bit of everything this season for the Class 3A Bearcats. He has 19 catches for 569 yards and eight touchdowns as a receiver to rank second in receiving yardage in all classes of Kansas. He can also run with the football as he has 19 carries for 222 yards and three touchdowns out of the backfield. Davis is averaging over 11 yards per rush in 2016 and has 860 all-purpose yards on the season. Davis has also thrown a touchdown pass on offense. On defense, Davis has 39 tackles and two interceptions. He is also the kicker, the punter, and the return man for Ellsworth. There's not much he can't do.
"My speed gives me an advantage all across the field where it's one on one matchups out wide or in the slot, taking the direct snap or on returns. On defense it helps as well being able to chase people down and stay on top of routes." Davis said.
Davis is a freak athlete and he proves that in track and field and combine events he has attended. He is the defending state champion in the 3A boys 200 meters. He is very versatile as an athlete and his measurables prove that. He has a 49 second 400-meter dash, a 1600 time under five minutes, a 10.64 100-meter dash time, and a sub 4.5 forty yard dash, and a 36-inch vertical. Not many athletes can range from 100-to-1600. At the Shrine Bowl Combine this past summer he posted a 4.54 electronic forty yard dash, tied for fastest at the event. He also ran 4.55 at a Nike Combine and ran a sub 4.5 at Wyoming camp this summer. Although Davis numbers jump off the chart, he is not satisfied and is constantly looking to improve.
"This off-season I worked out at Sharp Performance with Jake Sharp and David Leonard to improve my speed and agility. I also went to several combines and elite camps, as well as worked out with my high school team all summer." Davis said.
For now, Davis is focused on the 2016 football season and winning more games. Ellsworth (2-2), led by head coach Brent Schneider, is currently on a two game winning streak with wins over Republic County and La Crosse and will take on Sacred Heart (2-2) this Friday.
We caught up with Kaden below in a Q&A...
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How did you get involved with football?
I got involved with football at a young age considering my dad started coaching when I was a baby. I was in first grade when I first started to play flag football then fourth grade when I got to strap on the pads and play more competitively.
Hows the season going so far?
The season started off a little rough but I believe we have bounced back and put that behind us and are ready to go all out the rest of the year.
What is it like to play for Ellsworth and grow up in the community?
It's really cool to play for Ellsworth because my dad's family grew up here and football is the best thing going on in this town on a Friday night so everyone is really supportive of us.
What did you do this off-season to become a better player?
This off-season I worked out at Sharp Performance with Jake Sharp and David Leonard to improve my speed and agility, competed on the Sharp Performance 7-on-7 team, attended multiple combines (Nike Rating Day, Nike Opening Regional, Shrine Bowl Combine), went to elite camps (Wyoming, Kansas State, KU, Butler), and worked with my high school team at weights three days a week and our 7-on-7 school team competed in Salina in a local league.
How much is your speed a game changer for you?
My speed gives me an advantage all across the field whether it's one on one match ups out wide or in the slot, taking a direct snap, returning punts and kicks, or even defensively being able to chase people down and stay on top of routes.
Goals this season?
My main goals for this season were to win a league title and state championship, even though we can't win league now me and my team are still after a state championship. As far as personal goals I want to reach 2,000 all purpose yards with 1200 receiving in there.
Seeing any looks at the college level?
I am seeing looks from a few jucos (Butler CC., Hutch CC., Highland CC.,), one division II school (Fort Hays), and then multiple D1's (Kansas State, KU, Wyoming, Drake, Missouri). Right now I only have one offer (Butler CC.) but at the moment I'm only focused on this season and we will see what comes from that.
Who are some other key players on your team this season?
This season we have quite a few key players, Colton Hower a wide receiver with great blocking ability, Zac Schneider our dual threat QB, Jordan Base a wide receiver and wing back who has great athleticism, and Jacob Kerby our Center and big guy on the team who runs the line.
Favorite athlete?
My favorite athlete is Odell Beckham Jr. because of his work ethic and the emotion he plays with out on the field.
What will it take to get another state championship in track and field this year, I imagine your sites are set on multiple state titles this season?
Just like last year it's going to take a lot of hard work and commitment. My sites are set high on three golds at state this year in the 100m, 200m, and 400m.
Favorite subject in school?
I'd have to say my favorite subject in school is Physics.
Favorite social media app and why?
My favorite social media app is twitter because I can follow local, collegiate, and professional athletes and see what they're up to on a regular basis.
One thing the average person wouldn't know about you?
My favorite food is fried chicken.
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CHAI & CHAT
Slogan T-Shirts & Fluffy Feet
Board games are meant to be fun…until you decide to play Monopoly. The one board game that can make and break relationships. Everyone is a master realtor when this board game comes out. About fifteen years ago, my family and I were sitting around the table for a game of Monopoly. It was going to be one of those long drawn out Sundays, until the football came on and my grandfather would hand over his winnings to my sister and the game would be over, just as the whistle was blown for kick off on the pitch. She would be left smiling like the Cheshire cat from Alice in Wonderland. On this particular occasion, my sister sat down sporting a t-shirt with F.C.U.K on it. French Connection’s strategically placed slogan t-shirt of the Noughties. Through squinted eyes, my grandfather tried to make sense of these oddly arranged letters. I was trying to contain my laughter, while my parents eyeballed me to behave from across the table. No one addressed the elephant in the room. Was my sister’s t-shirt screaming bad language? Yes, but more importantly, making a fashion statement. The slogan t-shirt was a hit 15 years ago…and has made a major come back this season.
The t-shirt is a classic, sitting in the hall of fashion as a versatile item of clothing that should be owned and in every wardrobe. I am a proud owner of the basic t-shirt in a variety of necklines and colours. The trend this season is whatever you want to make of it. Wear it with your denims and flip flops or flats (my favourite), or match it with pleated skirts (metallic if you’re brave), or velvet suits or under poplin dresses. There simply is no wrong way to wear a t-shirt, and so many amazing ways to wear a slogan t-shirt.
All the designers have released their ode to slogan t-shirts and my favourite has to be Dior’s Limited Edition “We Should All Be Feminists” t-shirt – proudly displayed down the ramp at Fashion Week. Michael Kors is all about the love with an oversized cashmere Love sweater (Hello Cashmere!), Haider Ackermann reminded us that you can “Be Your Own Hero” on his t-shirt and Japanese designer, Abe Chitose, creator of Sacai, preached every bloggers favourite line “Fashion is a Passion” on a t-shirt. While all these designer t-shirts are amazing, you can find plenty of fun slogan t-shirts on the high street. Metallica, Guns & Roses, Bruce Springsteen, The Ramones, The Who…Faces of Bowie, Prince, Michael Jackson…the list is endless.
So, imagine my glee when perusing the Zara on Oxford Street when I stumbled upon this almost anteater big eyed looking Alien staring at me off the face of a t-shirt… it was ALF! Of course, I didn’t hesitate to pick it up, I may have also shrieked a little bit and frightened fellow shoppers. I would like to think that IF Aliens did exist; they would all be like Alf. For those of you that don’t know Alf, it was a US TV Sitcom between 1986 and 1990 and continued to broadcast reruns for several years after. Alf (which stands for Alien Life Form) crash lands into the Tanners’ garage and lives in their kitchen and later attic while he attempts to repair his space ship. While two and half decades later, I cannot recall the story line; I still think Alf was the cutest Alien ever.
With the weather slightly warming up, I can’t wait to peel off the layers of thermals, jumpers and coats and step out in a t-shirt and flip-flops. While we aren’t quite at flip-flop weather, this season’s trending flats are all about the furry slides! These are just like the comfy slippers you wear lounging about the home, but for outdoors. Very on trend- but you just have to put all your faith and trust in your iPhone weather app and pray that when it says “no rain”, it won’t rain. Otherwise you’ll be walking around like you killed a dead mammal on your feet. This is fashion’s great way of saying that, if you live in the northern hemisphere, you can flirt with the idea of warmth and sunshine by wearing fluffy flip flops and furry sandals (and not look like a nut job). While my friends and family think I’m bonkers for stepping out in such shoes, I am happy with the idea of warm fluffy feet and slogan t-shirts until the weather brightens up and maxi dresses, summer sandals and espadrilles are all the rage!
What I am wearing: Leather Jacket (Zara), Alf T-Shirt (Zara), Jeans (Zara), Shoes/Sandals (Zara), Sunglasses (Prada), Scarf/Shawl (Zara).
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Former Goa Ranji Cricketer Rajesh Ghodge Collapses On Field, Dies In Hospital
The deceased cricketer had scored 30 runs and was at the non-striker's end when he collapsed.
A 46-year-old former Goa Ranji cricketer Rajesh Ghodge collapsed on a cricket ground while playing a local tournament in Margao town in South Goa on Sunday afternoon and died soon at a local hospital, organisers of the tourney said. The deceased cricketer had scored 30 runs and was at the non-striker's end when he collapsed, Poorv Bhembre, secretary of the Margao Cricket Club, which had organised the tournament, told IANS over the phone. After he collapsed, Ghodge was immediately shifted to the nearby ESI hospital, from where he was shifted to a private health facility in Margao town, located 30 km south of Panaji before he was declared dead, the club official said.
The deceased was also the honourary joint secretary of the tournament organising club.
Bhembre said that Ghodge, who has played two Ranji matches for Goa and represented the state in several one-day matches in the 1990s, had no history of medical issues.
"He used to play cricket almost every day. We are completely shocked with what has happened today," Bhembre said.
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Ford effects India’s biggest recall with 1.66L Figo, Classic
NEW DELHI: In the biggest vehicle recall in the country, Ford India on Friday said it is recalling 1,66,021 units of best selling compact cars Figo and Classic sedan to rectify problems related to steering and rear suspension. The recall will impact different batches manufactured between January 2010 and June 2012.
"Ford India is extending its existing voluntary field service action and will recall the remaining batches of Ford Figo and Ford Classic models to inspect them for potential issues related to the rear twist beam (RTB) and the power assisted steering hose," Ford India said in a statement. With respect to the RTB, 1,09,469 units of Ford Figo and 22,453 Ford Classic produced and sold from January 2011 till June 2012 will need to be inspected but will not necessarily need part replacements, it said.
In the case of the power steering, 30,681 units of Ford Figo and 3,418 units of Ford Classic produced and sold in India from January 2010-August 2010 and March 2011-November 2011 will be inspected and then replaced.
layman, Sep 14, 2013
The surround sound is $321,080, supercar included
The McLaren 12C Spider, a retractable-top version of McLaren’s formidable sports car, has a 3.8-liter V-8 with twin turbochargers and a 7-speed dual-clutch automated manual transmission.
WHAT IS IT? A retractable hardtop version of McLaren's ferocious 12C.
HOW MUCH? $268,250 base, $321,080 as tested including sport exhaust ($6,330), navigation with Meridian sound system ($7,200) and Volcano Yellow paint ($5,400).
WHAT MAKES IT RUN? 3.8-liter V-8 with twin turbochargers (616 horsepower, 443 pound-feet of torque), 7-speed dual-clutch automated manual transmission.
HOW'S THE WARRANTY? Coverage for three years with unlimited mileage. That's right: On mileage, the warranty beats Hyundai's.
IS IT THIRSTY? Rated at 15 mpg in the city and 22 on the highway, the 12C prioritizes performance over fuel economy.
Turbochargers make wonderful noises. A turbocharger is a lot like a miniature jet engine, but most car companies seem to think that drivers don't want to hear the LaGuardia taxiway as they're merging onto the highway.
That's a shame. I used to have a Saab 9000 Turbo with a low-restriction air intake, and its dominant aural signature was the Lilliputian Top Gun dogfight that erupted beneath the hood every time the turbocharger spooled up. Unfortunately, modern cars don't much let you hear their turbos at work.
Well, except for one: McLaren 12C, you're first in line, cleared for takeoff.
Squeeze the throttle on the retractable-hardtop 12C Spider and a symphony of howls and gurgles erupts from the mid-mounted, twin-turbocharged V-8 as unsuspecting air is belligerently funneled into the hungry maw of an 8,500 rpm monster. The turbos issue a high-pitched whine under throttle, then dump excess boost with a breathy exhale. Maximum boost is a formidable 29 pounds per square inch, a statistic that helps to explain how a 3.8-liter V-8 generates a staggering 616 horsepower.
The Spider seemed decidedly more vocal than the coupe I drove last year, so I asked McLaren if anything was changed to uncork the intake cacophony. As a matter of fact, yes, there was. The 12C's Intake Sound Generator - programmable by the driver - is more aggressive, increasing the decibel level as the driver moves up through Normal, Sport and Track powertrain modes.
So then, what's an Intake Sound Generator? I asked McLaren's new chief executive, Mike Flewitt, who explained: "It's basically a tube with a valve in it, so it lets the sound pass through without carbon dioxide getting into the cabin. But it's not creating anything that isn't really there."
Flewitt did not mention BMW, but the latest M5 augments its V-8's soundtrack by playing engine noises through the car's sound system. The 12C isn't doing that. It's more akin to sticking your head under the hood, while you're driving, to take a listen.
Of course, if you want even more visceral exposure to the engine, you can wait 17 seconds for the hardtop Spider to transform into open-air roadster. The Spider uses the same carbon-fiber tub as the coupe, so the power roof exacts a weight penalty of only 88 pounds, for a still-svelte total of 3,033 pounds. The 0-to-60 mph time remains unchanged at 3.1 seconds, but over a quarter-mile those 88 pounds will slow you down, from a 10.6-second elapsed time to 10.8 seconds. (Trap speed drops from 136 mph to a still-impressive 134.) I think I could probably live with that. The Spider also gains a bonus auxiliary trunk - the area where the top stows doubles as storage space if the roof's up.
As for demerits, the main drawback seems to be that the seam in the middle of the hardtop turns into a channel that funnels rainwater onto your head when you exit the car. The solution, which I'm sure many Spider owners will embrace, is to live in Malibu.
I drove in steady New England rain during my time with the 12C, which meant that I became frustratingly familiar with the car's traction-control system. On a wet road, the 12C has the power to effortlessly spin those giant rear tires at 45 mph. But find a stretch of dry pavement, and a 12C coupe is one of the few cars that can outpace a 12C Spider. And even then, not by much.
It seems that the traditional tradeoff between coupe and convertible, wherein the droptop is an overweight, cowl-flexing Fat Elvis version of the coupe, no longer applies to certain carefully designed two-seaters, the 12C chief among them. In choosing between the two 12Cs, you'd find a Meyer-Briggs personality test more relevant than a stopwatch. Are you the type of person who's out on the Miley Cyrus side of the extroversion spectrum, the kind of person who's ready for the attention that comes with a roofless McLaren?
I'm not sure I require that level of hedonism. Roof up, windows down, a dry road and turbos singing: that sounds good to me.
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layman said: ↑
Ford effects India’s biggest recall with 1.66L Figo, Classic
ford cars are worst ... my dad has one ... if it goes to service center ... the bill is never less than 50k ... n still does work perfectly !!!
in India, over all Honda n Suzuki make good cars ... honda commuter bikes are also good !!!
Marqueur, Sep 15, 2013
Marqueur said: ↑
I have not driven ford cars, but as much as i know they use multiplatform chassis, and parts are inter serviceable.
in India very few people buy ford cars ... in my city Suzuki, honda, tata, bmw's, mercs, audi, range rovers ... are preferred ... the last 4 ar as common as the first 2 ...
Lorenzo wins San Marino GP
MISANO: Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo reignited his bid to defend the Moto GP world crown with victory in San Marino, the 13th leg of the 18-race championship, on Sunday.
Lorenzo, winning at the Misano circuit for the third successive season, finished ahead of championship leader Marc Marquez with Honda teammate and Spanish compatriot Dani Pedrosa in third.
Italy's seven-time world champion Valentino Rossi finished fourth on a Yamaha.
Lorenzo's 49th career win, and 28th in the sport's premier category, allowed him to pull level in the championship race with second-placed Pedrosa. Both now have a deficit of 34 points to Marquez with five races remaining.
A fortnight after claiming victory at Silverstone, he said it is crucial to be fighting in every event.
Lorenzo came to the Italian circuit hoping to make it three in a row and declaring he was fighting fit following a crash in June and subsequent surgery on a broken collarbone.
And he let Marquez know of his intentions from the outset, powering his Yamaha from second place on the grid behind his fellow Spaniard into first place on the opening lap.
From then on, Lorenzo led the race and steadily opened up a gap on Marquez and Pedrosa, who went on to engage in a thrilling battle for second place in the closing laps.
Marquez admitted he made mistakes "in the first part of the race", but after collecting 20 valuable points the Moto GP novice said the title fight is far from over. (AFP)
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Category: South India Tours
A complete travel itinerary of God’s Own Country – Kerala, a state on India’s tropical Malabar Coast, has nearly 600km of Arabian Sea shoreline. It’s known for its palm-lined beaches and backwaters, a network of canals. Inland are the Western Ghats, mountains whose slopes support tea, coffee and spice plantations as well as wildlife. National parks like Eravikulam and Periyar, plus Wayanad and other sanctuaries, are home to elephants, langur monkeys and tigers. The scenic backwaters of Kerala comprise serene stretches of lakes, canals and lagoons located parallel to the coast of the Arabian Sea. The backwater regions of Kerala are one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. The tranquil backwater cruises are a once in a lifetime experience. This mesmerizing tour of Kerala promises rich experiences and a memorable holiday!
Duration: 7N/8D
Itinerary: Cochin – Munnar – Thekkady – Kumarakom – Allepey – Kovalam – Trivandrum
Day 1: COCHIN
On your arrival in Cochin, you will meet our representative who will take you to the hotel.
Kochi or more commonly known as Cochin is a city that has many parts. The prime location of this city on the west coast attracted the seafarers and the merchant ships that made frequent stops to collect spices, coffee and wood Enroute to Europe and West Asia. This made the city play a pivotal role in the development of shipping and trade in this region.
Kochi chinese fishnets in twilight Kochi, Kerala
As a result, Cochin has flourished as a busy port city and commercial centre. Its seafront is a naval base and one of India’s busiest ports. Its twin city, Ernakulum, is an important railhead and industrial centre.
Mattancherry Dutch Palace
To start with the day’s tour, we will proceed to Mattancherry and visit the oldest Jewish Synagogue in India. It was built in 1568 and was destroyed by the Portuguese but was rebuilt by the Dutch. Our next stop will be the Dutch Palace. It was built in 1555 with special features in coronation hall and murals at Ramayana. From here, we will head to the Chinese Fishing Net. These fishing nets line the entrance to the harbor mouth. Although, these were originally introduced in the 14th century by the Chinese, they are today known by Portuguese names.
Jewish Synagogue Cochin
Continuing with the city tour, we will next stop at the St. Francis Church. It was named after Santo Antonio and was dedicated to him as the patron saint of Portugal. It is the first church that was built in the new European influenced tradition. In 1524, Vasco De Gama died at the site and was buried there. After 14 years, his body was taken to Portugal and the church was renamed as St. Francis Church in 1663. Also, the original building was made of wood and was rebuilt later with bricks and stones.
Kathakali Dance
In the evening, we will visit a Kathakali Dance centre. Kathakali is the most elaborate dance form of the Southern India. Kathakali is a classical dance form, nearly 300 years old and has brought transnational fame to Kerala. It is a combination of ballet, opera, masque and pantomime. It is a dance form that explicates stories from epics and Puranas. Heralded by the Kelikottu or the beating of drums in the accompaniment of the Chengila (gong), Kathakali is presented in temples after dusk falls.
Here, the day’s tour will end and you will be taken back to the hotel.
You will spend the night at the hotel.
Day 2: COCHIN – MUNNAR
After you have had your morning’s meal at the hotel, we will start the 5 hours journey from Cochin to Munnar.
Once you arrive in Munnar, you can proceed to check-in at the hotel.
Situated in the eastern part of Kerala, Munnar is a picturesque hill station encompassed by tea and coffee plantations. The town is known for its clean, neat and brightly painted ambience and is situated at the confluence of three mountain streams- Mudrapuzha, Nallathanni and Kudala. This hill station is the most sought-after destination in South India due to its cozy weather, beautiful landscapes and the smell of the tea leaves. This was also the reason why British always moved to Munnar when the heat and humidity was on its peak in other parts of Kerala. The hills are covered with blooming flowers and are also house an exotic plant called Neelakurunji that flowers just once in 12 years. It is next scheduled to flower in 2012.
Day 3: MUNNAR
After breakfast, we will start the sightseeing tour and visit Madupetty Dam, Echo Point, Kundala Lake, Athukkad Falls, Tea Museum, Blossom Park and Pothamedu Sunset point.
echo point munnar
In the afternoon, we will head to the Rajamala National Park. It is precious but little-known and almost half the population of rare Nilgiri Tahrs is present here. It is situated at a distance of 15 kms from Munnar. It is a part of the Eravikulam National Park. Anaimudi, the highest peak in South India is also a part of this national park. This sanctuary is a steep hike up a winding trail and as you trudge up, streaks of clouds float past you. Apart from Tahrs, you can also see elephants, leopards, sambars, langurs, tigers, Malabar civets, barking deer and python.
Rajamala National Park
A wild life safari into the Rajamala National Park is a great opportunity to come close and observe the habits and habitats of the timorous Tahrs. The total population of Nilgiri Tahrs is estimated to be over 1300 and Eravikulam-Rajamala region is the natural habitat to over 1000 of them. The visitors to Rajamala National Park are not allowed to stroll through the entire Eravikulam National Park because it is just a small part of it.
From here, we will head back to the hotel and you will have an overnight stay there.
Day 4: MUNNAR – THEKKADY
Post breakfast, we will proceed for the journey from Munnar to Thekkady.
On arriving in Thekkady, you can check-in at the hotel.
Thekkady, also known as Periyar, reminds us of elephants, chains of hills and spice-scented plantations. The National Park here has an absolutely thrilling flora and fauna. It is a habitat of a variety of animal species. For nature lovers, the Periyar Lake is a paradise. Here, you get an opportunity to observe the wild animals roaming in the jungle. The greatest attraction of this place is the sight of elephants that come down to play in the lake. Also, the Sanctuary Watch Tower in the interiors of the forest gives you a panoramic view of the entire park.
Sambar, bison, spotted deer, tigers, leopards, Malabar flying squirrels, stripe necked mongoose, etc are some other attractions of this park. There are also over 260 species of birds including Nilgiri Wood pigeons, blue-winged parakeets, white bellied tree pies, laughing thrushes and fly catchers.
Day 5: THEKKADY
You will have the breakfast at the hotel and then we will proceed to the Periyar National Park to explore it by boat. One of the most captivating wildlife parks in the world, Periyar National Park and Tiger Reserve is situated in the confines of Western Ghats in the south Indian state of Kerala. Herds of elephants, wild pigs and gaurs wander near the Periyar Lake and can be observed from the launches that cruise the lake. Also, leopard, wild dog, barking deer and mouse deer can be seen near the lake.
Periyar Lake Boat Ride
From here, we will move to visit the spice plantations.
These fields are really fascinating farms to wander in, for different sections of these farms are dedicated to different spices. Some of the spices you will find here are vanilla, oregano, rosemary, thyme, basil, mint, bay leaf and sage. And it will not be bizarre to say that you will find the best of fenugreek, white and green pepper, rolls of cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, star anise, coriander, cloves and the list is endless.
Spice Plantation Periyar
Continuing the tour, we will also visit Kajirapalli for Spice and Rubber Plantation.
From here, you will be driven back to the hotel and there you will have an overnight stay.
Day 6: THEKKADY – KUMARAKOM
After the breakfast, we will head to Kumarakom.
Kumarakom, also called the “Venice of the East”, is a veritable paradise lying in the lush backwaters of Kottayam in Kerala. The panoramic sights of palm fringed narrow canals through the paddy fields and the neat little hamlets lined up along the sides of these canals are unforgettable. The heartland of lagoons, palm fringed lakes and paddy fields, Kumarakom is interlinked with hundreds of winding canals, with typical slow slung country boats that carry everything from people to fish, rice and coconuts to different places.
After reaching Kumarakom, the rest of the day will be at leisure. You can lie in a hammock on the shores of Lake Vembanad which ripples under the vault of an impossibly large sky. Here, Darter birds go about their fishy business and you can relax in peace, but not silence. There is the Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary next door full of raucous neighbors and as soon as you sway a little, the scenery changes to a timber and tile mansion that seems to belong to this Earth, but to another time.
Once you have breakfast, you will be free for the activities you wish to do.
In the afternoon, you will board the houseboat in the backwaters of Kerala.
These houseboats are also called “Ketuvallam” or the rice boats. The ride in the Vembanad Lake will the most romantic ride you will ever have with a night halt in the middle of the lake. Making an absolute cruiser of the twisting and meandering water streams, the backwaters make the centre of Kerala’s Travel Synopsis. What makes this journey spellbinding is the site of narrow canals crossing the exquisite villages, the lush green paddy fields and the tall coconut grooves.
houseboat from Kumarakom to Alleppey
You will have lunch and dinner in the houseboat and will spend the night there.
Day 7: ALLEPEY – KOVALAM
BY: ROAD
You will have breakfast in the houseboat and will check out from the boat at the Allepey Jetty. From there, your chauffeur will drive you to Kovalam.
Alleppey Boat Jetty
When you arrive in Kovalam, you can proceed to check-in at the hotel and for the rest of the day you can take rest.
Kovalam is an internationally renowned beach lying about 16 kms away from Thiruvananthapuram. Since the 1930s, this beach has been the favorite haunt for tourists, especially Europeans and a visit here leaves you with immense pleasure. Here, you can go for sunbathing, swimming and herbal body toning massages. Also, exceptionally good cultural programmes are organized here.
Kerala Message
You will have an overnight stay at the hotel.
After breakfast, you can enjoy the Ayurveda Treatment and yoga at the resort.
Day 8: KOVALAM – TRIVANDRUM & DEPART TRIVANDRUM
After breakfast, you will be taken to Trivandrum. There, our representative will meet you and take you to the airport where you will board your flight back home.
Tour End
Famous across the world as God’s own country – Kerala, a state on India’s tropical Malabar Coast, has nearly 600km of Arabian Sea shoreline. It’s known for its palm-lined beaches and backwaters, a network of canals. Inland are the Western Ghats, mountains whose slopes support tea, coffee and spice plantations as well as wildlife. National parks like Eravikulam and Periyar, plus Wayanad and other sanctuaries, are home to elephants, langur monkeys and tigers. This is a comprehensive Kerala tour that includes a wellness package as well as a visit to all the major tourist spots in Kerala.
Itinerary: Mumbai – Cochin – Periyar – Kumarakom – Houseboat – Marari – Cochin – Mumbai
Mumbai (formerly called Bombay) is a densely populated city on India’s west coast. A financial center, it’s India’s largest city. On the Mumbai Harbour waterfront stands the iconic Gateway of India stone arch, built by the British Raj in 1924. Offshore, nearby Elephanta Island holds ancient cave temples dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. The city’s also famous as the heart of the Bollywood film industry.
Kochi (also known as Cochin) is a city in southwest India’s coastal Kerala state. It has been a port since 1341, when a flood carved out its harbor and opened it to Arab, Chinese and European merchants. Sites reflecting those influences include Fort Kochi, a settlement with tiled colonial bungalows and diverse houses of worship. Cantilevered Chinese fishing nets, typical of Kochi, have been in use for centuries.
Periyar National Park, also known as Periyar Tiger Reserve, is in the mountainous Western Ghats of Kerala, southern India. This wildlife sanctuary is home to tigers and a significant elephant population, as well as rare lion-tailed macaques, sambar deer, leopards and Indian bison. In the park’s north, Periyar Lake is popular for boat rides. Farther north, spice plantations surround the town of Kumily.
Kumarakom is a village on Vembanad Lake in the backwaters of Kerala, southern India. It’s laced with canals, where houseboats ply the waters. Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary is home to many species including cuckoos and Siberian storks. Nearby, the Bay Island Driftwood Museum displays wooden sculptures. In the lake, Pathiramanal Island is a haven for rare migratory birds. Ancient Thazhathangady Mosque is east of Kumarakom.
Nestled in the Alappuzha District of Kerala, Marari Beach is a perfect location for holidaying with family or friends. This beach in Kerala is eternal with coconut palm trees and golden sands. The beach is quite beautiful and the name ‘Marari’ arises from ‘Mararikulum’, which is a local village on the Arabian Sea Coast.
Day 1: Abroad / Mumbai
On your arrival at the Mumbai International Airport, you will be received by one of our representative who will further escort you to the Hotel. At the hotel you will be welcomed with the Indian traditions which include Aarti-Tikka and garlands.
mumbai chhatrapati shivaji international airport
Overnight stay at the Hotel.
Day 2: Mumbai
In the morning we will start our day’s tour with an hour’s boat ride across the Mumbai Harbor which will take us to the exuberant green Elephanta Island. There we will see the enormous and complex carved Elephanta caves which is said to be made in the 18th century. Also the marvelous three headed sculpture made by transforming rows of huge columns cut into solid rock from these three magnificent avenues will attract your attention. These three headed sculptures denotes Brahma the Creator, Vishnu the Preserver and Shiva the Destroyer which all are dedicated to Shiva, showcasing the beauty and power and the various manifestations of overpowering Shiva.
In the afternoon we will start exploring the Mumbai city which is a blend of Victorian Gothic building from the time of British Raj and the contemporary style.
Marine Drive Mumbai
The tour will include the following:
‘Gateway of India’ overlooking the Harbour.
The ‘Towers of Silence’
The ‘Colaba Causeway’ – the commercial heart of Mumbai
‘Dhobi Ghat’, the unique and colourful outdoor ‘laundry’
Drive upto the Malabar Hill to the lovely ‘Hanging Gardens’.
The Kamla Nehru Park from where you will get a wonderful view of the city and the Arabian Sea
Mani Bhawan, a small museum dedicated to the life and works of Mahatma Gandhi, and the bustling Crawford Market.
Day 3: Mumbai – Cochin – Periyar
In the morning we will head to the Airport to catch the flight to Cochin. On arriving cochin you will be received and escorted to the hotel by our representative for lunch.
After Lunch we will drive to Periyar.
After reaching Periyar, you may proceed for check in at the hotel. Later we go visit Thekkady which is one of the largest wildlife reserves in India in Cardamon hills of the Western Ghats which is spread across 777 sq Kms. Rich in flora and fauna this place marks the best getaway situated among the hills.
wildlife sanctuary of Periyar
Just outside the Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary you get to see a unique and luxurious Spice Village Resort which is set in a spice garden with around 37 cottages of thatched roofs surrounded by greenery.
Day 4: Periyar – Kumarakom
Go on a lovely cruise early in the morning on the lake of the popular wildlife sanctuary Periyar. Periyar – is a very important part of the wildlife sanctuary park, a dam on the river Periyar has created the artificial lake where you can see wildlife like wild elephants, Asiatic Deer, Black Buck and even Tiger quenching their thirst. Breakfast will be served when you return to the hotel and post breakfast you can take a walk around the Spice Village and see the various spices grown there with a guide. Later on take a drive through the ghats and see the endless tea plantations & upon reaching the fascinating countryside visit the tea estates on your way to Kumarakom.
Kumarakom – a backwater village, located on the shores of the Vembanad Lake. A holiday in Coconut Lagoon is a completely different and new experience. Every cottage is reconstructed in compliance with the ancient art of carpentry with every cottage or “tarawad” at least a 100 years old. Unwind at the shores and watch the native row boats in an environment so calm that the sky feels a palm’s length away.
Vembanad Lake
Day 5: Kumarakom – Houseboat
A peaceful morning at the Coconut Lagoon will be followed by the cruise on “vanjis” or the traditional country canoes and seeing the locals of the backwater villages hard at work. Next up is the visit to the lovely bird sanctuary. Lunch will be served at the hotel. Post lunch you get to ride the traditional rice boats or “Kettuvallam” through the quaint backwaters and small lakes while enjoying the scenic beauty of Kerala. To get the full experience of the lifestyle of the people living there you’ll be given a one bedroom house with a lounge with meals prepared on board from the grocery bought at the local markets and served hot.
Kettuvallam
Overnight stay on board.
Day 6: Houseboat – Marari
Fresh cooked breakfast will be served on board. Proceed to Alleppey & step off at Puthenangady Jetty. When you reach your destination head straight to Mararikulam. Mararikulam – along the coastline of Kerala you will find one of the most quaint and beautiful fishing village. Spend the remaining day doing activities you want to at this lovely beach with an endless line of coconut.
Day 7: Marari
Spend the whole day doing activities you find fun and utilize the facilities of the hotel.
Day 8: Marari – Cochin
COCHIN – one of the first settlements done by the European, Cochin came to be known as the “Queen of the Arabian Sea”. Many sailors have been tempted to visit the shores of this city because it’s full of lovely backwaters and ancient charm. On your entry to Cochin the first thing you need to do is check into the hotel tour of Cochin or “Kochi” as it is known locally. For an eternity travelers from all around the globe have been drawn towards the shore of Cochin and left their imprint on the town. The Cochin we see now is a lovely montage of these limitless influences. A few places to visit in Cochin are the Dutch Palace, the Jewish Synagogue, the Church of St. Francis, the Bolghatty Palace & the famous Chinese fishing nets.
chinese fishnets Kochi
Cochin is blessed with one the best natural harbour and in the afternoon you get visit that. Alluvial soil deposits from the river has created many small island along the east and south side of the backwaters. Evenings will be full of fun and enjoyment as you get to experience the famous dance of ‘Kathakali’ and some make up demonstration. With more than 100 Mudras depicting Heroes, Kings, Heroines based on the famous Indian mythologies Kathakali has a 2000 year old history.
Dinner will be served at the hotel along with the overnight stay there.
Day 9: Cochin – Mumbai
In the Morning you leave for the airport to catch your flight to Mumbai. When you land in Mumbai you will meet with a representative who will transfer you to your hotels where you can relax and freshen up until you have to leave for the international airport for your flight.
Abroad – Mumbai
You will leave Mumbai and the tour will be commenced.
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Kerala is the most sought after Ayurveda and Wellness Destination in India. In this itinerary, you will be taken through a comprehensive healing process using the ancient medical wisdom of India at Kovalam, which is famous world over for Rasayana Chikitsa.
Kovalam is a small coastal town in the southern Indian state of Kerala, south of Thiruvananthapuram. At the southern end of Lighthouse Beach is a striped lighthouse with a viewing platform. Palm-backed beaches also include Hawa Beach and Samudra Beach. Heading south, Vizhinjam Juma Masjid mosque overlooks the busy fishing harbor. Inland, Sagarika Marine Research Aquarium displays technology used in pearl production.
Rejuvenation Therapy (Rasayana Chikitsa) in Ayurveda aids in toning up the skin and strengthening body tissues so as to facilitate longevity. The overall resistance of the body increases as well, due to the optimisation of the ‘Ojas’ (primary vitality) and the ‘Sattva’ (mental clarity). The therapy also includes body and face massages using special herbal oils and creams that are tailor made as per the needs of the patient. Other treatment methods include special medicines as per the constitution of the patient along with medicinal steam baths.
Itinerary: Cochin – Kochi – Trivandrum / Kovalam – Trivandrum Airport Drop
After your arrival at Cochin International Airport / Railway Station, you will meet one of our representatives who will further take you to the hotel.
Cochin International Airport
Day 2: Kochi – Trivandrum / Kovalam (270 kms)
After breakfast, you will be driven to Trivandrum/Kovalam. In Trivandrum, you will check in to the hotel for overnight stay.
Day 3: Kovalam
In Today’s tour, you will get to enjoy the Ayurvedic activities like Rejuvenation Therapy (Rasayana Chikitsa): This treatment includes body massage including hand and foot, by medicated oil and cream. This therapy also provides internal rejuvenation medicines and medicated steam bath. It is good to rejuvenate our mind, body and soul in order to strengthen all system and achieve ideal health and longevity.
rasayana chikitsa kerala
Overnight stay at the hotel
You are given a whole day to undergo Ayurvedic treatment.
ayurvedic foot massage
Overnight stay.at the hotel.
A full day is given for Ayurvedic treatment.
You are given a whole day free for Ayurvedic treatment.
You are given a whole day free for Ayurvedic therapy and internal rejuvenation.
ayurvedic treatment in kerala
Day 9: Trivandrum Airport Drop
After breakfast, you will be taken to the Trivandrum airport to board flight for onward destination.
Our South India Motorcycle Tour is a sensual extravaganza that combines the thrill of riding a motorbike, exploring some of the most beautiful locations across the world, across an ancient culture, through stunning landscape, soaking in the rich experiences that makes South India a treat to the most discerning world traveler.
Duration: 10N/11D
Itinerary: Cochin > Vythiri > Ooty > Kodaikanal > Munnar > Periyar > Kovalam > Alleppey > Cochin
62 kms off Kozhikode is Vythiri, a popular resort town with old world charm of cottages, log huts & tree house accommodations cozily nestled in the forests of Wayanad. Vythiri is famous for its spice plantations, beautiful forests and the diverse traditions of its tribal communities. It is among the best picnic spots in the entire State.
Ooty, also known as Udhagamandalam, is a hill station in the state of Tamil Nadu, in southern India. Surrounded by trees, central Ooty Lake is a huge artificial expanse of water with pleasure boats. On the slopes of nearby Elk Hill, the Rose Garden is home to over 2,000 varieties of roses. The Government Botanical Garden, created in the 19th century, features ferns, orchids and a prehistoric, fossilized tree.
Kodaikanal is a hill town in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It’s set in an area of granite cliffs, forested valleys, lakes, waterfalls and grassy hills. At 2,000 meters above sea level, the town centers around man-made, star-shaped Kodaikanal Lake, bordered by evergreen forest. Rowing boats can be hired, and hikers and cyclists follow the 5k Lake Road path around the shore.
Munnar is a town in the Western Ghats mountain range in India’s Kerala state. A hill station and former resort for the British Raj elite, it’s surrounded by rolling hills dotted with tea plantations established in the late 19th century. Eravikulam National Park, a habitat for the endangered mountain goat Nilgiri tahr, is home to the Lakkam Waterfalls, hiking trails and 2,695m-tall Anamudi Peak.
The Periyar forests of Thekkady is one of the finest wildlife reserves in India. Spreads across the entire district are the picturesque plantations and hill towns that nestle beautiful trails. Periyar National Park is among the top tourist attractions of Kerala & one of 48 tiger reserves in India.
Alappuzha (or Alleppey) is a city on the Laccadive Sea in the southern Indian state of Kerala. It’s best known for houseboat cruises along the rustic Kerala backwaters, a network of tranquil canals and lagoons. Alappuzha Beach is the site of the 19th-century Alappuzha Lighthouse. The city’s Mullakkal Temple features a traditional design. Punnamada Lake’s snake boat races are a well-known annual event.
Day 01-Cochin: Arrive Cochin
On arrival, you will be met and transferred to your hotel.
Afternoon, after fresh up gather at hotel lobby for small briefing about your motorbike expedition and later test ride with Royal Enfield 500 CC around the fort Cochin town. Overnight at hotel.
Day 02- Cochin –Vythiri (235 Kms/06 Hours Ride)
Today morning ride to Vythiri en-route visiting Guruvayur temple which is situated near the Guruvayurappam Temple. The temple enshrines the idol of Lord Shiva and also houses smaller shrines of Ayyappa, Vishnu, Subramanyam and Ganapathy. Continue drive to Vythiri en-route visit to Kozhikode.
Guruvayur temple
Vythiri, located in the hill district of Wayanad, is a popular hill station in Kerala. The destination has earned the reputation of having vast areas of spice plantations, luxuriant forests and rich cultural traditions, especially that of the tribal communities. Vythiri, which still retains its immaculate natural wealth, makes it an excellent picnic spot for both locals and tourists. Visit Karalad Lake which is about 8 km from Vythiri is an unusually quiet retreat, the lake offers facilities for angling and boating as well as a recreational park.
karalad lake wayanad
Later visit Pookot Lake, about 3 km from Vythiri.
Pookot Lake wayanad
Overnight at Vythiri hotel.
Day 03-Vythiri – Ooty (135 Kms/3.5 Hours Ride)
Morning ride to Ooty and check in to the hotel.
Ooty is well known as “The queen of the Blue Mountains”, lies in the Nilgiri mountain ranges in Tamil Nadu. Set at a height of 2268 meters, Ooty is a town of salubrious climate and scenic beauty. It was developed as a hill station by the British in the 19th century, and is famous for its rolling hills and valleys covered with pine and eucalyptus forests, and its tea and coffee plantations.
ooty botanical gardens
Ooty Lake
Later, proceed for half day tour of Ooty visit the Botanical gardens established in 1848.There are over 1000 varieties of plants, shrubs and trees among beautiful lawns and glass houses. There is also a 200 million year old fossilized tree trunk. See the Ooty Lake, where boating is a popular pastime, and the Doddabatta Peak which at 2623 m is the highest in the Nilgiri hills.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 04- Ooty – Kodaikanal (250 Kms/6.5 Hours Ride)
Morning ride to Kodaikanal. On arrival check in to the hotel.
Kodaikanal or Kodai lies at an altitude of 2100 m in the Palani Hills, about 120 km northwest of Madurai. It is surrounded by wooded slopes, waterfalls and steep rocky outcrops and is ideal for trekking and hiking. The artificial lake created in 1910 acts as the focus of the town and also provides opportunities for boating. Pleasant in the summer, it is slightly chilly in the winter, especially after sunset.
Kodaikanal lake
Afternoon visit in and around Kodaikanal include the Kodaikanal lake, the Solar Physical Observatory and museum, St Peter’s Church, Shenbaganur museum, waterfalls like the Silver Cascade and Bear Shola falls, and scenic walking tracks like Coaker’s Walk. Pillar Rocks, 7 km away, are granite formations over 120 m high.
Solar Physical Observatory Kodaikanal
St Peter’s Church Kodaikanal
Overnight at Kodaikanal hotel
Day 05- Kodaikanal – Munnar (161 Kms/4.5 Hours Ride)
Morning ride to Munnar. Check in to the hotel.
Munnar is situated at the confluence of three mountain streams – Mudrapuzha, Nallathanni and Kundala. 1600 m above sea level, this hill station was once the summer resort of the erstwhile British Government in South India. Sprawling tea plantations, picture-book towns, winding lanes and holiday facilities make this a popular resort town. Among the exotic flora found in the forests and grasslands here is the Neelakurinji. This flower that bathes the hills in blue every twelve years, will bloom next in 2006 AD. Munnar also has the highest peak in South India, Anamudi, which towers over 2695 m.
High up in the Cardamom Hills, the town is surrounded by rolling tea plantations, the highest in the world at 6000ft, and interspersed with planters’ bungalows and grand old churches from the Raj era. There are many interesting walks around the plantations and hills. Trek through cardamom forests and landscaped tea shrubs. Take picnics besides scenic waterfalls or hill-tops with panoramic views.
tea gardens munnar
Day 06-Munnar – Periyar (90 Kms/3 Hours Ride)
Morning ride to Periyar.
Periyar is South India’s most popular wildlife sanctuary, encompassing an area of 777 sq. km. Set on the attractive man-made Periyar Lake, it attracts over 300,000 visitors a year. Though the sanctuary was made a part of Project Tiger in 1973, it is better known for its elephants.
At Periyar, it is possible to take guided treks into the sanctuary. You can also take a boat ride on Lake Periyar, and see the wildlife around the lake as you cruise along its banks. Apart from elephants, bison, sambar, wild boar, langur, otter and flying squirrel are common. There are also 246 species of birds and 112 species of butterfly.
Overnight at Periyar hotel.
Day 07-Periyar – Kovalam (210 Kms/4.5 Hours Ride)
Morning ride to Kovalam. Check in to the hotel. Overnight at the hotel.
kovalam kerala
Day 08- Kovalam
Full day leisure to enjoy the beach or ride around or enjoy some Ayurvedic massages. Overnight at hotel.
Day 09- Kovalam – Alleppey (160 Kms/3.5 Hours Ride)
After breakfast, ride to Alleppey where you board your houseboat to cruise through the backwaters of Kerala. The backwater cruise in a country boat is the best way to explore the villages and rural life. Join the backwater cruise the most fascinating and enjoyable route available.
kuttanad alleppey
Kerala backwaters consist of a complex network of lagoons, lakes, & canals and are best experienced while slowly rowing down the labyrinth of canals in a traditional thatch-roofed houseboat, known as ‘Kettuvallam’. See life on the banks, lush green rice fields, and coconut groves with occasional temple or church as you cruise through the canals. Relish the special Kerala style meals prepared by your chef on board.
Overnight on Board Houseboat.
Day 10– Alleppey – Cochin (53 Kms / 1.5 Hours Ride)
Morning ride to Cochin. Check in to the hotel.
Afternoon proceed for sightseeing of fort Cochin by visiting “the Jewish Synagogue” at the heart of what is locally called the Jew Town, “the St. Francis Church”, the oldest European Church in India, “the Santa Cruz Basilica” originally built in 1557 by the Portuguese, the Dutch Palace and Spice market in narrow streets. Also visit the “Chinese fishing nets” huge cantilevered fishing nets believed to have been brought to Kochi by Chinese traders.
Spice market Cochin
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 11– Depart From Cochin
Early morning transfer to International airport to connect flight for onward destination.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Matthew Vincent (The American Scene) & Alexander Correia ( The Tower & The Fool) Split
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July 6, 2013 July 6, 2013 Liv Simister acoustic track, alexander, Alexander Correia, correia, desperation, emotional depth, far cry, infectious magazine, listeners, little kid, love song, Matthew Vincent, melody, music, my american scene, punk tune, singing voice, soundtrack quality, split, the tower and the fool
I admit to openly liking split EPs, when I know a lot of people don’t. One listen to the Matthew Vincent and Alexander Correia split, and I was hooked, and I know any anti-split listeners will fall madly in love as well.
The split begins perfectly with Matthew Vincent’s “Wicked Thirst,” a beautiful acoustic track that will immediately captivate listeners. Each line is filled with stunning emotional depth. It’s a well-written piece, painted with lyrics resembling poetry, and music that is nothing short of fantastic.
Vincent continues with “Sad Eyes.” Something about this song has a soundtrack-quality vibe. Essentially a love song, Vincent manages to pull at a few heartstrings, as both desperation and surrender can be heard within the lyrics, and even the melody itself.
“Muslin” is like being a little kid again, wrapped in a blanket, surrounded by people you love. It’s warm and it’s comforting. I admit, the song is a far cry from a boppy pop-punk tune, but if you don’t have a desire to listen to it again and again, I dread to think what’s on your iPod currently.
The next half of the split consists of Alexander Correia’s creations, beginning with “I Run With The Haunted,” allowing the split to transition smoothly between the two artists. The track has a nostalgic feel to it, reminding me very much of some of the greats from the ’90s. However, it’s fresh, and soft, but with a large amount of emotional/philosophical weight. Something about that just makes this ten times more enjoyable in my eyes. The music is completely entrancing, and the lyrics do exactly what lyrics are intended to—give insight into how humans feel.
“Let It Ride” is very metaphorical, but it’s far from over-done. Correia has a singing voice that is familiar, especially with his tone featured here, but there is something so raw about it; new and vibrant.
The split closes with Correia’s “Corinna,” which has a country-blues feel to it, most prominently showcased in the first few bars. When Correia’s voice merges with the instruments during the bridge and the chorus, it truly finishes off the split perfectly.
Overall, I found the split enjoyable, because the artists were similar in the vibe presented, but not redundant. There was a distinct difference in the tones and the material presented. That’s the way a good split should be; versatile and entertaining. While Matthew Vincent has a bit more of a folksy edge to his sound, Alexander Correia has perfected the indie sound.
You can purchase a CD or vinyl of the split here and buy concert tickets for The American Scene here and The Tower & The Fool here.
Angela Mastrogiacomo
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Max Igan - Surviving the Matrix - September 22nd, 2017.
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Andhra BJP chief slams YSRC government for continuous failures of administrations
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September 11, 2019 admin Comments Off on Andhra BJP chief slams YSRC government for continuous failures of administrations
BJP State president Kanna Lakshminarayana on Tuesday hit out at the YSRC government and accused it of repeating the mistakes of the previous TDP government.
GUNTUR: BJP State president Kanna Lakshminarayana on Tuesday hit out at the YSRC government and accused it of repeating the mistakes of the previous TDP government. “The people voted the YSRC to power as the previous Telugu Desam government had indulged in corruption in the past five years. Now, in just three months, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has lost control over the administration,” he alleged.
Addressing a press meet here on Tuesday, Lakshminarayana said the online sand supply system, launched by the State government from September 5, was not functioning properly. The YSR Congress government failed to supply sand to the needy, creating a lot of difficulties to the general public, he said. “The YSRC had promised to pay Rs 12,000 to the farmers per annum. Now the State government has decided to pay Rs 12,000 to farmers by adding Rs 6,000 to the Central assistance of Rs 6,000. This is not correct,” he said.
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Ukrcardio
Ukrainian Journal of Cardiology
The founder: National Scientific Center “M.D. Strazhesko Institute of Cardiology of NAMS of Ukraine”, Kyiv, Ukraine
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O.A. Yepanchintseva, O.J. Zharinov, K.O. Mikhaliev, B.M. Todurov Left ventricular dysfunction before planned surgical revascularization. Features of the «grey area»
The aim – to study the clinical characteristics of patients with stable coronary heart disease (CHD) and heart failure (HF) with mid-range left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF) (40–49 %; HFmrEF), undergoing the planned coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in the real-life clinical practice settings.
Material and methods. We conducted a cross-sectional one-center study and consecutively enrolled 622 patients with stable CHD (mean age 61±9 yr, 526 (84.6 %) males and 96 (15.4 %) females), undergoing planned CABG. We analyzed demographic, clinical, laboratory, echocardiographic and coronary angiographic data. The population of enrolled patients was stratified into three groups according to the LVEF degree: group 1 (LVEF ≥ 50 %; 350 (56.3 %)); group 2 (LVEF 40–49 %; 11 (18.5 %)); and group 3 (LVEF < 40 %; 157 (25.2 %)). Results. The set of parameters in group 2, having intermediate values when compared to groups 1 and 3, were: the frequency of baseline aldosterone antagonists administration; the frequency of patients without mitral and tricuspid regurgitation; the frequency of patients with moderate or severe mitral regurgitation; mean systolic pulmonary artery pressure; the frequency of patients with LV aneurysm, detected by coronary ventriculography. Conclusion. The population of patients with CHD and HFmrEF, undergoing CABG in the real-life clinical practice settings, is associated with clinical heterogeneity. Further studies are warranted, aimed to determine the predictors of favorable and unfavorable dynamics of LVEF in this category of patients in the post-CABG period.
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Analysis of cone packing arrangement in adaptive optics images
Kaccie Y. Li; Austin Roorda
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School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Journal of Vision December 2006, Vol.6, 20. doi:https://doi.org/10.1167/6.13.20
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An automated algorithm for identifying cone photoreceptors was implemented in Matlab for aiding the analysis of adaptive optics (AO) retinal images. The algorithm exploits the same optical qualities of cones that make AO retinal imaging possible. Its performance was tested on six cropped images that have already been analyzed by the authors. Out of a total of 2,153 manually labeled cones, the algorithm correctly identified 94.1 percent of them (92.7 to 96.2 percent across the six images) with false positives ranging from 1.2 to 9.1 percent. We analyzed four large AO montages from one monkey and three human retinas acquired from 0.10 to 1.86, 0.60 to 2.60, 1.10 to 4.27, and 0.35 to 1.85 degrees eccentricity respectively. Cone densities of these montages ranged from 25,300 to 72,200 cones/mm2. Voronoi analysis was used to analyze cone packing structure. Approximately 50 percent of the cones are hexagonally packed for all images. Percentages ranged from 35 to as high as 70 percent locally at certain eccentricities. The consistency of our measurements demonstrates the reliability and practicality of an automated cone identification routine. This algorithm in Matlab function format can be downloaded from http://vision.berkeley.edu/roordalab/Kaccie/KaccieResearch.htm.
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HEALTHY SHIFT
By Skylar Dubelko
Millennials became the largest living generation this year, and now with more spending power than Baby Boomers, many are choosing to buy differently than their parents.
In regard to food, studies have shown Millennials are more likely to eat up their savings by dining out more frequently. However, they’re some of the healthiest eaters of any generation.
In 2016, the Organic Trade Association reported 52% of Millennials were stocking their shopping carts with organic items on a regular basis and eating more vegetables than their older counterparts.
And the thought Millennials are putting into their eating habits has entrepreneurs taking note.
Scott and Jamie Hersch were ahead of the curve, opening Shticks, a vegetarian kitchen in 1997. At the time, they were located in Case Western Reserve University’s Hillel building and their menu consisted of five sandwiches and a falafel bar.
Over the years, their name, menu and location has changed. The couple’s restaurant moved to Solon in 2015 and now goes by the moniker Munch, A Simple Kitchen.
Jamie and Scott Hersch at their Solon restaurant Munch, which offers a “flexitarian” menu. | Jstyle / Michael C. Butz
Noting the restaurant has never been completely vegetarian, Scott Hersch says “flexitarian” would better describe its menu. It also takes inspiration from Israeli favorites.
“We sell a lot of bacon for a vegetarian place,” Hersch says. “Because in Cleveland, it’s a meat and potatoes town.”
However, Hersch developed an attitude about how food “should be” early on, he says. “We try to make all the food good; I’m not trying to make the vegetarian food better than the other. There’s still that strong desire, I guess, for meat.”
While there are many different notions about what a healthy diet is – and what is healthy for one person may not be for someone else – most would incorporate more plant-based, unprocessed food. Put succinctly by food writer Michael Pollan: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
And as growing environmental problems are linked to mass production of meat and dairy, and for an array of other reasons, more and more people – and companies – are working to make plant-based foods the primary focus of an American meal. For example, look at the rise of the Impossible Burger, a plant-based burger formulated to be comparable in taste to beef.
The Red Sea wrap at Munch is filled will bell peppers, tomatoes, sprouts, tabbouleh, baba ghanoush and sweet roasted red pepper hummus, served with Israeli salad and a pickle.
In Hersch’s experience, many people who alter their diet to be strictly vegetarian or vegan end up looking for substitute foods constantly. Veggie burgers, for example, don’t really trend toward health, Hersch says, “They really just trend towards desire.”
Thus, the goal at Munch – as well as other Northeast Ohio eateries taking hold of the health food shift – is to take whole foods and real plant foods and make them taste delicious.
“So people don’t feel like they’re missing their burger or their steak or whatever they have,” Hersch says. “And if nothing else, (it’s) an alternative to … eating meat at every meal.”
Making plant-based better
Asked about nutrition, Hersch matter-of-factly says, “I think we’ve been fed a bill of goods.”
Describing America as “crazy about protein,” Hersch explains, “People here add chicken to falafel. In reality, unless you’re malnourished, you’re never protein deficient.”
“You get enough protein from plants,” Hersch adds, “and the biggest beasts on the planet are vegetarians – the strongest and biggest elephants, gorillas, all vegetarians.”
Having been in the restaurant business for over 20 years, Hersch has paid attention to trends and believes Cleveland is moving in the right direction.
“There’s more places opening and there’s more vegan and vegetarian options on almost all menus than there used to be,” Hersch says. In his opinion, however, it still hasn’t gone far enough.
Julie Hutchison, who opened vegan and vegetarian kitchen The Root Cafe in Lakewood in 2009, has a similar mindset. While more people are trying to embrace healthy eating trends, Hutchison believes there are “a lot of falsehoods” when it comes to how Americans are taught about nutrition.
“There are also concerns because of the fact that we don’t get a lot of sunshine in the winter and we don’t get outside as much,” Hutchison says of Clevelanders. “So we are missing some Vitamin D and things like that, but there’s other plant-based ways and healthy ways that you can get that rather than eating meat.”
Soup stock made from prepared vegetables at The Root Cafe in Lakewood. | Photo courtesy of The Root Cafe
Hutchison tries to be mindful of how The Root Cafe sources its food. She says an important aspect of eating well is eating simply prepared foods that are close to the food source. Noting the cafe doesn’t buy any packaged or premade items, Hutchison says it tries to make everything from scratch, with the exception of bread, which is bought from a local bakery that also uses local ingredients.
“There are a lot of people who want to support eating healthy in that way. So they’re eating a lot of local, fresh vegetables and fruits,” Hutchison says.
Food allergies are another motivation for healthy eating.
“A lot of people are realizing that certain things, for whatever reason, are causing problems,” she says. Listing gluten, corn, soy and dairy as ingredients that can be problematic, Hutchison notes The Root Cafe clearly labels each product with an ingredient list.
Like Hersch, Hutchison has also noticed more healthy eating spots opening in and around Cleveland. She has developed a particular affinity for cold pressed juice bars that also offer a food menu.
“I see that happening a lot and I like that a lot,” Hutchison says. “I’m a big fan of Beet Jar juice bar on West 29th Street. You can go there and get tons of food and have a full meal. It’s all super healthy and I just know that whatever is prepared there is going to meet my standards.”
Moving past processed foods
Hutchison says in keeping with the health food trend, ideally people will want to eat things close to their source.
“So getting used to eating things that aren’t processed, and that’s going to be something hard for people to unlearn, I guess – or to relearn to enjoy the flavors of simple, healthy foods,” Hutchison explains.
People are used to eating flavored food products, Hutchison says, and even in the grocery store, almost everything that is in a package has added flavor.
“Whether it’s juice, a frozen meal, whatever it is, they put flavor in it,” Hutchison says. “I think that’s going to be hard to overcome, but it would be really nice to have people be used to eating foods that are simply prepared without added flavors. And also shopping for themselves like that as well, and eating more simple in the home rather than buying premade snacks.”
On a similar mission, Elliott Endsley opened Nature’s Oasis in Lakewood in 2016 with a vision to provide healthy, all-natural foods to the local community and travelers alike. He recently expanded with another location at the Van Aken District in Shaker Heights. Nature’s Oasis offers grocery items and prepared food, and Endsley believes current food trends are moving away from processed food.
“It’s been that way for years, but I think recently, at least in the markets that we’re in, there’s a lot more focus on moving away from meat, going towards plant-based diets,” Endsley says.
As a community, he says Lakewood embraced the concept early on, and positive customer feedback encouraged him to open the second location.
“The Van Aken project seemed pretty exciting since it’s focused on a lot of Cleveland-based businesses,” Endsley says. “It seemed like a perfect fit for us to expand to the East Side to get a little better access to the customers that we don’t have over here.”
The roasted carrot hot dog is Nature’s Oasis’ signature dish, topped with homemade power slaw, ketchup and mustard. | Photo courtesy of Nature’s Oasis
Nature’s Oasis’ Lakewood location is more focused on healthy, prepared food, Endsley says, whereas the Shaker Heights location offers a grocery section that is more than three times the size of Lakewood’s.
“Because that community likes to cook at home a lot more,” Endsley notes, referring to the Shaker Heights area. Much of the prepared food sold at Nature’s Oasis is made using items from its grocery.
“We follow the same ingredient standards that we do in our grocery, so no added colors or artificial flavors or high fructose corn syrups or any artificial preservatives,” Endsley says. “We have a whole list of ingredients that we do not allow in our store (and) our cafe.”
Like Hutchison, Endsley focuses on sourcing local products and ingredients – Nature’s Oasis has partnered with over 150 companies in Northeast Ohio and over 100 more Ohio-based businesses.
“We’ve been the launching point for … (several) different companies. We were the first (store) to carry their products on the shelves,” Endsley says. “And so, for me being an entrepreneur, that’s super exciting because that’s a big deal for someone to get from a farmer’s market style onto a retail shelf.”
Endsley, and Hersch and Hutchison, seem to agree the health-minded approach will continue to take root locally, especially as more restaurants and markets offer more plant-based and unprocessed items.
“As the big picture, what I see is a lot more either restaurants or markets that are solely focused on health-based items or non-GMOs and all natural ingredients. There are a lot of places popping up,” Endsley says. “But not only that, it seems like almost every restaurant now offers some version of a vegan or vegetarian dish, whereas before, you’d have one or two, and now it’s a little more prominent on everyone’s menu.”
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How to predict the energy of dangerous solar flares
A theoretical breakthrough paves the way for anticipation of solar storms
A single phenomenon could control all solar flares. This is what researchers from the Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, CEA-Irfu and Inria have just proposed in an article in the front page of the journal Nature on February 8, 2018. They highlighted the presence of a reinforced "cage" in which a "magnetic cord" develops, an entanglement of twisted magnetic lines of force at the origin of the solar flares. It is the resistance of this cage to the onslaught of the rope that determines the power and type of the solar eruption to come. This work paves the way to a model capable of predicting the maximum energy that can be released during a solar flare that have potentially devastating consequences for the Earth.
Magnetic solar storms
Like on Earth, storms and hurricanes can sweep the atmosphere of the Sun. But in the Sun, these phenomena, caused by a sudden and sudden reconfiguration of the solar magnetic field, are characterized by an intense release of energy in the form of light and particle emissions and, sometimes, by the ejection of a plasma bubble. It is the study of these phenomena, which occur in the Sun corona, the outermost zone of the Sun, which will allow the development of prediction models. These prediction models, as for terrestrial weather, will allow to limit our technological vulnerability to solar eruptions that can impact several sectors (electricity distribution, GPS and communication systems, etc.).
October 24, 2014, a major eruption was observed by the AIA instrument on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite (SDO). © Tahar Amari et al. / Center for Theoretical Physics (CNRS / École Polytechnique).
A competition between a "cage" and a magnetic "rope"
In 2014, researchers were able to show that a characteristic structure, a "magnetic rope", entanglement of magnetic lines of force twisted like a hemp rope, appeared gradually in the days before a solar flare. However, they had observed this "rope" only for eruptions that expel plasma bubbles. In this new study, the researchers studied other types of eruptions, whose models are still debated, plunging deeper into the analysis of the solar corona. This area is so thin and so hot that the solar magnetic field is difficult to measure. They proceeded in the same way as for an ultrasound, by first measuring the stronger magnetic field at the denser surface of the Sun, then reconstructing, from these data, what takes place above, in the solar corona.
They applied this method for a very important eruption that occurred in a few hours on October 24, 2014. They showed that during the hours before the eruption, the rope that developed was locked in a multilayer magnetic "cage". Using evolution models calculated on supercomputers, they showed that the energy of the rope was then insufficient to break all the layers of the cage, making impossible a magnetic bubble ejection. The high torsion of the rope nevertheless triggered an instability and the partial destruction of the cage allowed nevertheless the emission of powerful radiations having caused terrestrial disturbances.
On the left: the numerical simulations reveal the presence of a reinforced and multilayered magnetic cage (here in orange and pink) inside which the magnetic cord develops, as an interlace of twisted magnetic lines of force (here in blue) during the last hours before the eruption. Right: Development of the magnetic cord computed by the model during eruption, when it breaks the magnetic cage. © Tahar Amari et al. / Center for Theoretical Physics (CNRS / École Polytechnique).
Thanks to their method, which makes it possible to follow and model an eruption during the last hours before its birth, the researchers have developed a model able to predict the maximum energy that can be released by the area of ??the Sun concerned. This model has shown that, for the 2014 eruption, a huge plasma ejection would have occurred if the cage had been less resistant.
This work, which demonstrates the crucial role played by the "cage-rope" magnetic pair in the control of eruptions, is a new step for the early prediction of solar flares, whose societal impacts are potentially significant.
Contact : Jean-Jacques ALY
"Magnetic cage and rope as the key for solar eruptions"
Tahar Amari, Aurelien Canou, Jean-Jacques Aly , François Delyon et Frédéric Alauzet
published in Nature, 8 February 2018
See : - the CNRS-CEA press release (8 February 2018)
See also : Play on the solar rope (9 Octobre 2014)
Content : T. Amary, JM. Bonnet-Bidaud
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Youth for ICT Development
Voice of President
College Representatives (CRs)
South Asian Conference
1. Project objectives:
Provide Computer, Information, Communications and Technologies education to the underprivileged group, rural schools and communities in the rural schools of Nepal.
Enable underprivileged group and rural communities of Nepal to catch up with the unprecedented speed in the development of the Information, Communications and Technologies (ICTs) and the resulting digital revolution in every sector of human concern in the world.
Enable the underprivileged group and rural communities of Nepal to utilize the Information, Communications and Technologies (ICTs) for the economic benefit for themselves.
Help in carrier building of the students and individual of the village through ICT.
2. Project Details
2.1. Name or Title of the Project
Modern Education with Information and Communication Technology for underprivileged group (EEICT).
2.2. Project Site
At first project is launched from small village in Eastern Nepal as the pilot project. After the successful completion of the pilot project, it’ll be extended at different locations of Nepal depending upon the success of the pilot project and availability of fund for the extended project.
2.2.1. Pilot Project Site
Zone: There are fourteen zones in Nepal, at first project site is finalized in Sagarmatha zone which is in eastern Nepal. It includes mountain districts of the Himalayas including the highest peak of the world Mount Everest in the north, hill districts in the center and districts of Terai in the south. The borders of this zone are China to the north, India to the south, Koshi Zone to the east and Janakpur Zone to the west. Sagarmatha Zone is divided into six districts and the headquarters of the zone is Rajbiraj. Sagarmatha takes its name from the Nepalese name of the Mount Everest.
District: In total there are seventy five districts in Nepal. Each zone has number of districts. There are six districts in Sagarmatha zone, among them Saptari district is selected for the pilot project. Total area of the district is 1363 sq. KM and population is about 600,000. Saptari is renowned for its agriculture output and is bordered on the east by the massive Sapt Koshi River. Rajbiraj is the district center which is one of the significant town of that area. The famous Chhinna Masta Hindu temple and Kankalini temple are also located in saptari District. For details please refer fig. 1.1
VDC: In Saptari district there are about many villages among which Tilathi is selected. Tilathi is village development committee along with other 3913 VDCs of Nepal. It is in Saptari District and Sagarmatha zone of south-eastern Nepal. It is 10 K.M away from Rajbira, Capital of Sagarmatha Zone, and few kilometers from India. Three famous river Sapt Koshi and Khado makes the land of the village very fertile. However due to the availability of three rivers near the village there is maximum probability of village being flooded in monsoon season. For details please refer fig 1.1
Population: It has population of about 5000 people living in about 800 individual households. The main occupation of the villagers is agriculture.
School: Shree Public Madhyamik Vidyalay Launiya-Tilathi Saptari, Nepal was established in 1964.1.25 (2020.10.11B.S.).
Students: Students in the school are not only from the village but also from the neighboring villages. Total number of students from the date of establishment till now is more than eleven thousand. Current number of students is 1212 (730 boys and 482 girls). The number of students from primary to secondary level is 1127 (680 boys and 446 girls). Total number of students in higher secondary level is 85 (50 boys and 35 girls).
Figure 1: Left-side: Map of Sagarmatha zone with six districts, Saptari district is at bottom. Right-side: Map of Nepal with the location of VDC, Tilathi.
Figure 2: Pictures of Shree Public Madhyamik Vidyalay Launiya-Tilathi Saptari, Nepal
Figure 3: Students of Shree Public Madhyamik Vidyalay Launiya-Tilathi Saptari, Nepal
2.2.2. Extended Project Site
First phase of extended project includes fourteen projects whose sites are in fourteen different zones of Nepal. Project site will be finalized after one year of the successfully launching of pilot project. Extension of the project will be in ad-hoc manner. The site will be finalized one after other depending upon the following conditions:
Success of the pilot project.
Availability of the fund to extend the project.
Selection of school depends upon the number of students, level of class and availability of technical resource.
3. Coordinator’s Profile
Mr. Shailendra Jha is the coordinator of this project. He has been active in intra and extracurricular activities in student as well as professional life. Society and social work have always been his passion. He has completed Bachelor’s in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Kantipur Engineering College and was Vice-President (2004-2005) at Kantipur Engineering College Student’s Council during his college period and has organized various academicals as well as intra and extra cultural events for the welfare of students and college. He has been Spokesperson of Tridandi Yuva Club and has organized awareness program against the dowry culture in Tilathi also computer awareness program at Shree Public Madhyamik Vidyalay Launiya-Tilathi Saptari, Nepal. He has been Secretary and later First Vice President (2008-2009) of Information Technology Society Nepal, ITS Nepal; a forum for all ICT related Students, Youth Professional and entrepreneurs working with a slogan “Youth for ICT Development”. He was involved in the team of ITS Panorama, a monthly magazine published by IT-S Nepal as the coordinator. He has been the first Community/Academic Lead at Microsoft MDP Nepal from October 2008 to September 2009. He was responsible for all the Community and Academic activities run by Microsoft in Nepal. The major responsibility was to lead the Microsoft Student Partners, MSP Program. He was involved in the management of Brain Works Learning Solution Center Pvt. Ltd., the then Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Learning Solution as the Program Manager (March 2008- September 2009). He has played a leading role of conceptualization and establishment of the organization as well as creating Technological awareness among the customers from academic sectors, government bodies and IT industry of the country and to organize several high-end Trainings on Microsoft Product and Technologies. He was also part time faculty member at Janakpur Engineering College, Kathmandu. Currently He has completed his master degree in Information and Communications Engineering from Technische Hochschule Mittel-Hessen (THM), Germany. He was Student Representative at THM from 2010-2011.
4. Project Duration
Date of commencement: January 2013
Date of completion: December 2015
5. Project Status
New: Pilot project
Reference: Helping Hand project initiated by ITS-Nepal
6. Project Sector
Familiarizations and acquaintances of basic computer and technology so that one can use the technology in day to day life
Training on computer hardware and networking which may be useful to shape up the future carrier
Computer software applications training that may be helpful for the project sustainable
7. Project Justification
The project will significantly contribute to the Information, Communications and Technologies (ICT) Development in the country
The government making an announcement of availing legal and other administrative documents through the Internet, this project will make a big positive impact
Supportive for E-governance
This will increase the quality of education and bridges the gap of digital divide
8. Activities carried out under the project
A baseline survey of schools to complete necessary physical infrastructure and finalize the schools for the implementation of Basic Computer and Information and Communication Technologies Education in them (being completed for the pilot project).
Interactions with schools on the use of Information and Communications Technologies in education (being completed for the pilot project).
Provide training for teachers from the schools in the project on the use of Computer and ICTs in education.
Design two separate computer and technology laboratory for the education and training purpose, each with a medium configuration desktop (available in today’s market) to the school.
Provide two high configuration computer among the given computers with higher capacity for an effective implementation of the project. These computers would be server in the design.
Initially start of training begins from basic use of computer and the level of education and training is enhanced depending upon the progress of students and other individuals.
Help schools and local communities to set up their websites and market their local knowledge, local crafts, products and services.
Keep 20% of the equipment in reserve to replace damaged equipment and parts for various reasons and arrange for replacement as and when necessary.
9. Target groups and number of beneficiaries
The students from the schools : Approx. 1000-1500 students
The people of rural communities: Approx. 10,000 community youths and people (Individuals from neighboring village is also targeted.)
10. Expected outcomes/Result
Approximately 10,000-15,000 students and community people get computer education from the target school.
People in the area make use of the ICTs in education
The teachers, students, villagers and youths from the school and villages will be trained to provide education on Information, Communications and technologies.
Increase in the quality of education in rural area
11. Stakeholder and coordination for the project
The program will be implemented in collaboration with respective VDCs, NGOs, Schools and School Management Committees.
Linkage will be established and approvals obtained from the district education offices and other agencies related to education
Stakeholders of the project are ITS-Nepal, ICE department of Technische Hochschule MittelHessen(THM) – Germany and Nepali Samaj – Germany.
12. Sustainability of the Project
There is an in-built mechanism for the sustainability of the project. The schools will be involved to prepare for the continuation of the project before the end of a year of project intervention
13. Details on Fund
13.1. Organizational support
Government sectors
Ministry of education and ministry of Information technology
Different NGOs and INGOs
Fund raising program
13.2. Nature of funding
Technical Support: Trainers/Teachers.
Commodity Support: Assets and Infrastructure.
Financial Support: Partial or full support.
14. References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilathi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saptari_District
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagarmatha_Zone
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HAIL THE CHAMPS - Slipe, Stingray and Newcombe Valley win Grow with Green Champions of Champions tournament
Domino players match skills during Sunday’s final.
Floyd Green, member of parliament for South West St Elizabeth, presents the winning trophy to Stingray’s captain Jania Kirlew.
Stingray retained their netball crown.
Newcombe Valley Bad Strikers entered the competition for the very first time and won.
Impressed with the excitement that the Grow with Green Champions of Champions community competition generated, Member of Parliament Floyd Green has deemed this year as the best for the event thus far.
The Champions of Champions community competition, which was in its third year, came to an exicitng climax on Sunday at the Ralph James Community Centre in Barbary Hall, St Elizabeth.
Held across three sporting disciplines - football, netball and dominoes, the Champions of Champions community competition attracted participation from across the constituency of South West St Elizabeth. It began on July 14, and saw close to 30 communities participating.
“I am really happy to see the tremendous turnout to support the teams and the overall spirit of fairness and discipline with which the participants approached all competitions,” Green said.
Hard-fought victory
In football, first-time entrant Newcombe Valley Bad Strikers secured a hard-fought 1-0 victory over favourites New Holland FC.
In domino, Slipe made good their promise to make it three in a row, destroying Airforce in the finals.
Christopher Blake, coach of Slipe, said his team intends to build a dynasty.
“It is a tremendous feeling because the next team was going out hard and you know how the game goes, they’re competing against us. We come out victorious, very big, because we beat them by 58. So you can just imagine the feeling for me and the guys. We go for the title three years in a row. It was a great, great competition,” he said.
In netball, Stingray overcame first-time finalists Slipe to retain their netball trophy, while Barbary Hall came out third after their play-off with Cataboo.
“It was a very good competition and we are looking forward to next year being bigger and better,” Trevor Moxam of Stingray said.
For his part, Green said he feels good about the competition.
“We distributed close to $1 million in prizes, which was largely made possible through our donors and sponsors. I am sure that these competitions will continue to provide a platform to strengthen communities and to highlight talent. We have already started to plan next years competition,” Green said.
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Stand by for THE TEMPEST No.2
You know it's a good week when a new comic by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill is released. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Tempest No.2 is out now and it's another brilliant issue.
UPDATE: Although it is out now in the USA, it won't be in UK comic shops until the 19th September. (Thanks to Kevin O'Neill for the info.)
With so many comics these days having such standard covers (often characters looking angry or moody) it's a refreshing change that The Tempest is shaking things up every issue with spoofs of bygone British comics. Last month it was a homage to Classics Illustrated. This month it's TV21 that gets the treatment. (Next issue will have a Misty / Tammy homage.)
The story itself is packed with references to old characters from comics, film, tv, and literature. It wouldn't be The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen otherwise. Most readers should spot the Captain Marvel and James Bond references, but it's possible that only me, Steve Holland, and the ghost of Denis Gifford will notice some of the others. (The Larks! Useless Eustace!) However, it doesn't matter if most people don't recognise The Purple Hood or Mark Tyme, etc. The whole comic has such a well told sense of mad fun that it carries the reader along and the main plot isn't dependent on knowing who the incidental characters are parodying.
Alan Moore's scripts are still head and shoulders above those of many of his contemporaries. Others have attempted the type of story where everything in fiction is connected, but no one does it better. Kevin O'Neill's art is as superb and intricate as always. An artist who's given 100% throughout his career.
The bonus features this issue include a spotlight on the shoddy way that Frank Bellamy's Eagle art was treated by publishers, and a pin-up of Electrogirl. Sizzlin'!
If you want a top quality comic, pick up The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Tempest today.
(W) Alan Moore (A/CA) Kevin O'Neill
Opening with a 1919 deathmatch between two American superhumans in the ruins of Utopia, the second issue of Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's final volume of the beloved comic series takes its readers on a breath-taking ride over a waterfall of storytelling styles, from a startling 21st century Lincoln Island and its current incarnation of the legendary Captain Nemo, through a New York coping with an ageing costume-hero population, to a London where a drastic escalation is commenced by the rejuvenated sociopath controlling MI5. All this, and a further reprinted adventure of 1960s super-team The Seven Stars awaits in issue two of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume IV: The Tempest.
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Is the comic on sale in the UK? I went to Gosh Comics in Central London today only to be told it wouldn't be released until next Wednesday, the 19th. Really want to get my hands on this and I appreciate the preview afforded by this post in the meantime. Thanks!
Wednesday, 12 September 2018 at 18:57:00 BST
The solicitations said the 12th but some comics are sometimes delayed a week coming into the UK so maybe it's next week for us then. It's all printed and ready though, as you can see, so I don't know why there'd be any delay.
Reuben said...
A similar thing happened with #1, I went to two comic shops to only find it wasn’t out here that week, only in America. Although a few shops did have copies according to images I saw on Twitter.
Again a similar thing happened with previous LOEG comics. I think it may have something to do with it being co-published by Top Shelf and Knockabout. Maybe Knockabout ship copies in themselves or via Turnabout rather than use Diamond. Turnabout do distribute Knockabout titles I believe.
Thursday, 13 September 2018 at 19:56:00 BST
It's due to a delay by Diamond. It's out in the USA but won't be distributed to UK comic shops until the 19th.
Presumably that's George & Lynne between a Lark & Eustace, judging by the nudity.
Not his first attempt. Here's Alan Moore & John Wagner writing Fred Basset:
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I don't think it's George and Lynne. As they're all Mirror characters it's possibly Jane and... Buck Ryan?
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Fortress Investment Group Is Privately Thriving
posted on November 30, 2019 by LTTCo in Business, Business Strategist, Company, Financial Services, Investment Firm
One look at Fortress Investment Group’s investor type, listed as other, lends the idea that this firm deals almost exclusively with accredited investors. It is a private equity firm that has called New York City home since its inception, in 1998. Private equity could not be more exciting. Dealing with private companies, and investing in those companies, is where Fortress has made its mark. The other side of private equity, the buyout side, scours the markets for distressed companies and essentially buys them out, forcing a delisting and tucking the remains into their private fortress.
The firm has 50 active employees running 49 different portfolios of over 200 varied investments. They run the gamut in industry sectors, from transportation to financial, healthcare, real estate and telecom. The firm could be characterized as a private hedge fund specializing in leveraged buyouts (LBO). Leveraged buyouts serve a very good purpose in that they collect the salvageable remains of a company that is in need of solutions during a critical downfall. An LBO gives those companies and exit strategy, so the benefits of this activity cannot be overstated.
Assets under management total nearly $41 billion. Fortress has 3 locations in addition to their New York headquarters, in both London and in San Francisco. They employ over 500 people across these 3 locations. The goal of Fortress Investment Group is to successfully assume and manage risk to develop strong returns for their clients. Their investments know no borders and they have are invest across many sectors to keep driving investment performance. They sought to cultivate and develop relationships with both sophisticated institutional investors as well as private clients, and they successfully accomplished that goal.
One of the most important assets of Fortress Investment Group is their intellectual capital. They compiled a team that is second-to-none. All seasoned professionals, combined they brought decades of success to this firm. Founded at a time when the markets were on the precipice of one of the most tumultuous decades in the history of our markets, Fortress survived and thrived. Largely attributable to the great minds that work for Fortress, they weathered storms that put giants out of business and swallowed up industries in days. Fortress Investment Group was a well-chosen name.
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HGGC: Leader in Private Equity
posted on October 28, 2019 by LTTCo in Business, CEO, Company, Financial, Firm, Investment
HGGC is a successful private equity firm that is a leader in its industry. Due to its recent growth and profit, more qualified personal and promotion within the company was needed. Thanks to sizeable investment from a private donor, new hires and promotions were possible. A 2018 merger between My Web Grocer (MWG) a HGGC subsidiary, and Mi9, has brought large profits to HGGC.
Located in Palo Alto, the heart of the Silicon Valley, HGGC was founded in 2007 by Steve Young, Bob Gay, Richard Lawson, and Gregory Benson. A venture capital financial services company that specializes in privately funded investments and mergers, this company has now $3.2 billion from 2 investment funds. Their investments are often in technology based companies, but they work with partners from all over the private sector and work to make their investors portfolio’s profitable and successful.
On March 26, 2019 Dyal Capital Partners made an important investment that allowed HGGC to promote several of their internal personnel and hire some new employees. A few of the new employees promoted to partner include:
Harv Barinz sources new platform investments as well other duties within the company. Les Brown is Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Fund III investment. John Block is now instrumental in several investment funds throughout the company. Steven Leistner is active with investments for the company, especially with the Fund III investment. Lance Taylor serves as Chief Financial Officer for the firm and several investments funds.
Others promoted are: Kurt Krieger, Chris Schulze, Jay Tabu, Peter Cozzi, and Neha Vaidya.
New hires selected to join the company are: Lindsay Sparks new Executive Director, Greg Catabiano new Executive Director, Mo Gulamhusein new Vice President, Holland Reynolds new Investment Associate, and Chandni Shah new fund Accountant in the Operations Team.
On October 15, 2018 HGGC merged with Mi9 Retail. This merger now powers retail operations for brands like Nike and Levi’s, over 500 brands in total. This merger is projected to earn billions of dollars for the respective companies.
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GPB Global Resources B.V. Makes Bold New Move
posted on October 12, 2019 by LTTCo in Business, Business Strategist, Company, Financial Services, Gas, Industry, Investment, Investment Firm
Managing a company means taking many factors into account. It’s important to be aware of the many factors that may influence business efforts. One company, GPB Global Resources B.V., continues to aware of the need to engage in global business efforts. It is this understanding that has helped GPB Global Resources B.V. make decisions about the best way to move the company forward. GPB Global Resources B.V. is a Russia based company that has many interests all over the globe. One area that has been of particular interest has been investing in other nations. Gas and oil reserves all over the world have caught the attention of company officials in varied places. One area of particular interest for them has been the nation of Venezuela. Venezuela has long been a nation with a great many oil resources. Given this, it is not surprising that has it has attracted the attention of GPB Global Resources B.V. officials. At the same time, it is helpful to know when it is a good idea to pull back from investments and look somewhere else. Learn about GPB Global Resources at zoominfo.com
Leaving Venezuela
Russia has long been a serious investor in this part of the world. At the same time, officials here have come to realize that it might be time to pull back in response to changing conditions. Changing conditions have rapidly overtaken Venezuela. Many nations have responded to the changing government in this area. As a result, there have been real issues with economic instability for the government and the state’s residents. Given such issues, it is not surprising that the Russians have decided that it might be better to pull out of this area. The company has confirmed to officials that it has decided it might be better to quit the Petrozamora venture that it has been engaged in in recent years. They had a minority stake in the firm of about forty percent, making them a major shareholder and one of the company’s chief investors. The decision to move on frees up funds for the other ventures that they have in mind for the future.
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posted on October 1, 2019 by LTTCo in Company, Industry, Uncategorized
Organo Gold is a new coffee company that believes good coffee should be at home too not just in the coffee shop. But the company has also realized that most people don’t get good coffee shop quality coffee for their house partly because that is not what is sold most of the time and people thus just get the cheapest thing as it isn’t really much different. But with Organo Gold that could not be further from the truth and the company is working hard to get into most stores where customers can buy the grounds to have a home whenever they want. Because they know that not all of their customers will have a coffee maker the company is also making sure that they offer instant coffee for people that still has a great rich flavor to it. The coffee can be found on Amazon where it already is ranked very high thanks to the raving reviews about the coffee and how it makes the customer feel. The Organo Gold company is here to stay providing the gold standard of coffee.
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GPB Global Resources: An Unsullied Reputation
posted on September 28, 2019 by LTTCo in Business, Company, Financial Services
Through a series of quite fortunate circumstances, the good people at GPB Global Resources have been able to elevate their business to the top of relevance within the community of international investment. Their ability to make this happen is not one that did not come without sacrifice, however. Everyone involved in their business is aware of the feeling that all of your work is leading to nothing. This is something that gets the better of every businessperson at one point or another in their career, but to the people at GPB Global Resources, it is a mere bump in the road.
They always try to look at things in the long-term, as this is a healthy way to get past issues that ail you. GPB Global Resources tries to create a regret-free environment. This means that they are forward-thinkers, and they try not to spend time lingering on how they could have acted differently in the past. The truth is, there is no limit to how much better you could be performing in your life. If you wanted to, you could feel disappointed in yourself the whole way through. Or, you could simply accept that you are who you are and that you enjoy doing what you enjoy. Learn more about the organization of GPB Global Resources at crunchbase.com
Chasing what makes you happy is what makes you a better person in the long-run. Through the connections they have made, the employees of GPB Global Resources have built a name for themselves, one which they are very thankful for. If it were not for the experiences they were able to have, it is likely that it would have taken much longer for them to reach such a high point of success.
Still, the company refuses to plateau. They want to dedicate their lives to the improvement of others’, and this pursuit is what makes them such a likable corporate figure in the modern-day industry. People are not used to corporations being as caring for not only the environment but the people who live within it as well as GPB Global Resources is, and they do not want to sully this reputation for as long as they stand. Read More: https://www.africaintelligence.com/tags/gpb-global-resources
OSI Group, Legendary McDonalds Producer, helps Launch the Impossible Burger
posted on September 24, 2019 by LTTCo in Business, Business Plans, Business Success, Company, Food, Food Industries, New Product, OSI Group
Producers of The Meatless Burger
In recent years there has been a growing trend towards meatless burger production and the demand has grown even more in recent years. Impossible Foods headquartered in Redwood City launched in 2011 to find a 100% plant based burger. Impossible Foods is made of food scientist and genetic engineers which work totally with plant proteins. After five years of research at their Redwood City labs Impossible Foods was prepared to launch their solution to a more healthier burger alternative. What sets the Impossible Burger apart from other vegetable burgers is the quality of its 100% plant based burger look.
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All Burger Qualities
The Impossible Burger looks, feels, tastes, cooks, and “bleeds” like beef, but remains 100% plant based without any chemical additives. The Impossible Foods scientist found a soybean protein called “heme,” which makes beef taste like meat. Heme has always been around for thousands of years,but Impossible Foods has discovered a version of heme which is also located in the soybean root, which produces the taste beef. The heme found in animals is identical to the heme found in plants. It is heme which gives the Impossible Burger its unique quality of tasting like beef.
Launch of Impossible Burger
The launch of the Impossible Burger came in mid 2016. The Impossible Burger was showcased at a major New York upscale restaurant owned and operated by David Chang. The Impossible Burger was met with great reviews by vegans and foodies and its popularity spread thru the food industry rapidly thereafter. Owing to its popularity the Impossible Burger request grew into the thousands from many fast-food purveyors. OSI Group was approached by Impossible Foods and offered a co-production agreement allowing OSI Group to produce the Impossible Burger inside of its Chicago plant.
Chicago Production Plant
OSI Group designed a Impossible Burger production facility in one of its Chicago plant very close to the 68,000 square foot Impossible Foods facility in Oakland. OSI Group has had a rich history as McDonalds primary meat packer since 1955. OSI and McDonalds continue to work closely together and there was no mention whether McDonalds would be carrying the Impossible Burger on its menu. Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/1533234Z:US
Fortress Investment Group Co Founder Randal Nardone
posted on September 24, 2019 by LTTCo in Business, Company
Randal Nardone has been involved in the field of finance during the past twenty years. He is the co founder of Fortress Investment Group. Before he started up the firm, he served as a high ranked executive for a couple of other financial services firms. As well as being a high ranking executive and an entrepreneur in finance, Randal Nardone spent a number of years working as a lawyer for several years as well. In recent years, Nardone has received some recognition as he was named to the Forbes list of billionaires.
Over the course of his career in both finance and law, Randal Nardone has held many executive level positions. When he practiced law at Thatcher, Proffitt & Wood, Nardone served on the committee of executives. When he first began his career in the field of finance, he was a principal and then became a managing director at another firm. When he founded Fortress Investment Group, Randal served as a top executive.
Since starting up Fortress Investment Group, Randal Nardone has worked in the private equity division of the firm. He has been responsible for managing the firm’s asset holdings in a number of different industries. Nardone has also been involved in the process of acquiring new asset interests as well. Randal has collaborated with co founder Wes Edens to help the firm expand its holdings in a variety of industries which include transportation, energy and logistics.
As the co founder and co chief executive officer of Fortress Investment Group, Randal Nardone has been involved in some significant transactions. The most recent transaction was when the firm was acquired by SoftBank. A couple of years ago, the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank bought Fortress Investment Group in an effort to expand its holdings in financial services and real estate. With this deal, both firms will be in position to acquire more asset holdings in the near future.
Before he founded Fortress Investment Group, Nardone worked at a couple of other financial services firms. He began his career in finance as a principal at BlackRock Financial Management. Nardone would then move on to become a managing director at UBS. While he was a member of these two firms, Randal was involved in helping them acquire new clients as well as provide general management for the firm.
Learn more about Randal Nardone : https://www.marketscreener.com/business-leaders/Randal-Alan-Nardone-0031P8-E/biography/
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Sheldon Lavin Spearheads The Global Growth Of OSI
posted on September 21, 2019 by LTTCo in Business, CEO, Company, Entrepreneur
The OSI Group did not began its international growth until the 1980s when they made Sheldon Lavin the chairman and chief executive officer. What made this move so key for the OSI Group is because of Mr. Sheldon Lavin’s vast knowledge as an investor and executive banker. He had different relationships with different brands all across the globe. So his plan was not only to be centered around being the main supplier of patties to McDonald’s Corporation but he had always had the plans to venture into other food sectors as well. Once Sheldon Lavin implemented his plan of international growth the plan eventually went on autopilot and the growth still continues to this day. The OSI Group currently has a total of 6.1 billion dollars in sales and is currently 58th on the Forbes list of one of the biggest companies in the United States.
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Sheldon Lavin first began the growth of the OSI Group by performing joint ventures with different companies in Brazil, Mexico, Australia, Poland, and Hungry. This initial push for the expansion of the company was started during the 1980s going into the early 1990s. What are the biggest expansion moves that was done by the OSI Group was the partnership that it made with a food company by the name of K&K Foods in Taiwan. K&K Foods was one of the biggest food dealers in Asia. After this partnership was made OSI Group officially put its stamp on the Asia-Pacific market and this is when OSI Asia-Pacific was born. The company then just continued to establish manufacturing plants and partnerships in different parts of Asia, such as in the Philippines and also in China.
One of the most prominent moves that Sheldon Lavin and the OSI Group made was the investment in the Chinese economy. This economy has grown so much that it can be labeled as a little America because you can find American companies such as Papa John’s, Starbucks, Burger King, and Subway in China. This investment opened the doors for the OSI Group to supply these restaurants with their food products both in the United States and in China.
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Unroll Me Allows you to Manage your Emails
posted on September 11, 2019 by LTTCo in App, Business, Company, Software, Technology
Many companies are developing apps to help their clients streamline and manage their mail inbox effectively. One of these apps is Unroll Me, which controls your inbox overload and also offers email un-subscription service. Rakuten Intelligence owns Unroll Me. The company operates as an e-commerce measurement business and offers insights into the competitive landscape, corporate performance, and industrial trends.
After downloading Unroll Me, the app will reveal a list of your subscription emails from where you can unsubscribe from irrelevant services. Unroll Me app allows users to use “The Rollup” to combine favorite and influential email subscriptions for easy access. Unroll Me works with Google Apps, Gmail, Yahoo, and other email accounts. The Unroll Me app takes a few minutes to scan and show subscriptions in an inbox holding a large volume of messages.
After completing the initial inbox scan, Unroll Me accurately shows an overview of your current subscriptions by placing them into your Rollup, from where you can unsubscribe from unnecessary subscriptions. You can quickly sort all bulk messages as they transfer into a folder that is automatically added by Unroll Me app.
Unroll Me also allows you to decide what time of the day is convenient for you to receive your daily Rollup, which can range from morning, afternoon, or night. Whenever you need to make an earlier inbox check before your Rollup arrives, you can use your Unroll Me folder or login to the Unroll Me app’s website. You can monitor two email accounts using Unroll Me app at a time, but you will have to sign in into those accounts separately to complete your tasks.
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Unroll Me has similarities to Sanebox, an app that displays messages that you need to see currently after scanning and cleaning up your inbox. However, Sanebox app comes with a fee, unlike Unroll Me, which is free. From its slick design and aesthetics, which are appealing, Unroll Me has great promise in terms of more accessibility to messages and also saving time when tracing specific mails.
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Nothing Is Impossible As OSI Group And Impossible Foods Strike A Deal
posted on September 11, 2019 by LTTCo in Business, Company, COO, Food, Food Industries
Fast-food chains have been clamoring to add meat alternative options to their menus. Veggie burgers, “chickenless chicken,” and other offerings are suddenly a common sight on the menu boards for various establishments. McDonalds has been lagging in the contest to win over a new segment of the market, but they are now prepared to change that.
OSI Group Forms A Strategic Partnership
The primary supplier of most of the meat that McDonalds uses is a company called OSI Group. They have had a long-term deal with America’s largest hamburger restaurant, and they are now forming a new partnership with a company called Impossible Foods.
Impossible Foods is a manufacturer of meat alternatives. A lot of what they create is known as a meat alternative. OSI Group has been in talks with the company about forming a partnership because they want to gain a foothold in the booming meat alternative industry.
The word is now out that OSI and Impossible Foods have indeed formed a business relationship and look forward to providing the capacity for McDonalds to offer new menu items. Read full interview of David McDonald at Inspirery.com
Catching Up To The Rest
It is quite frankly a little overdue for America’s favorite fast-food chain to get in on this industry. They are falling behind as other brands such as Qdoba and even Del Taco have created meat alternative items on their menus.
Burger King had perhaps the splashiest reveal of an alternative meat item when they released the “Impossible Whopper” to all of their locations in the United States earlier this month. It has resulted in many people rushing over to Burger King to try it out.
Now is the time for McDonald’s to act if it is going to. Young customers are flocking to other fast-food chains where they can get meat alternative menu items. If McDonald’s doesn’t show that it can offer the same very soon, it could have a significant impact on their bottom line. Luckily for them, Impossible Foods is on board and working on ways to increase its manufacturing output as soon as possible. Read More: https://www.provisioneronline.com/articles/98606-qa-with-dave-mcdonald-president-coo-osi-group
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Pluralising the Future Information Society
Gunnarsson-Östling, Ulrika
KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Sustainable development, Environmental science and Engineering, Environmental Strategies Research (fms).ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3101-5902
Höjer, Mattias
School of Computer Science and Communication (CSC), Centres, KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Centres, Centre for Sustainable Communications, CESC.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5327-6535
Pargman, Daniel
Aguiar Borges, Luciane
Following the argument that the sustainability challenges that emerge from the production and use of ICT are complex to evaluate due to the high pace of ICT development, the rapid dissemination of new ICT infrastructure and devices and their unpredictable effects on socio-economic structures, this study shows that there are alternatives to contemporary forecasted futures and exemplifies that ICT can be used to facilitate different societal developments. It is argued that creating parallel possible futures (plural) aids in the process of identifying potential benefits and drawbacks of technological development and situate current decisions in a longer time frame. The process of designing five images of the future of Sweden in 2060 is, then, presented and some of the advantages of using these images for different purposes are discussed. Among the concluding reflections it is highlighted that exploring benefits and drawbacks of different possible futures can empower actors that at the present play a role in shaping and implementing ICT strategies and policies and also actors from other sectors getting to see the opportunities and risks with ICT.
scenarios, sustainability, ICT, futures
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-187438OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-187438DiVA, id: diva2:930137
1. Stories of Pasts and Futures in Planning
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Stories of Pasts and Futures in Planning
KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Urban Planning and Environment, Urban and Regional Studies.
Societies are constantly changing, facing new challenges and possibilities generated by innovative technologies, sociospatial re-structuring and mobilities. This research approaches these challenges by exploring the role that stories about pasts, presents and futures play in planning. It sees stories as interlinked spaces of struggle over meanings, legitimacies and powers through which “our” valuable pasts and “our” desirable futures become re-constructed, framed and projected. It argues that powerful stories might consciously or unconsciously become institutionalised in policy discourses and documents, foregrounding our spatial realities and affecting our living spaces. These arguments and assumptions are investigated in relation to three cases: Regional-Pasts, SeGI-Futures and ICT-Futures. The stories about pasts, presents and futures surrounding these cases are investigated with the aim of initiating critical discussions on how stories about pasts and futures can inform, but also be sustained by, planning processes. While studies of these cases are presented in separate papers, these studies are brought together in an introductory essay and reconstructed in response to the research questions: How do regional futures become informed by the pasts? How do particular stories about the pasts become selected, framed and projected as envisioned futures? What messages are conveyed to the pasts and the presents through envisioned futures? How can stories of the past be referred and re-employed in planning to build more inclusive futures? To engage with the multidisciplinarity of these questions, they are investigated through dialogues between three main fields: heritage studies, futures studies and planning. The discussions have challenged the conventional divides between pasts, presents and futures, emphasised their plural nature and uncovered how the discursive power of stories play a significant role when interpreting pasts and envision futures in planning practices.
Stockholm: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2016. p. 80
TRITA-SOM, ISSN 1653-6126 ; 2016:08
Stories, Pasts, Futures, Planning, Power
2016-06-15, F3, Lindstedtsvägen 26, Stockholm, 09:00 (English)
Westholm, Erik
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department or Urban and Rural Development.
Westlund, Hans
Svenfelt, Åsa
KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Sustainable development, Environmental science and Engineering, Environmental Strategies Research (fms).
Hammami, Feras
University of Gothenburg, Department of Conservation.
Gunnarsson-Östling, UlrikaAguiar Borges, Luciane
Gunnarsson-Östling, UlrikaHöjer, MattiasPargman, DanielAguiar Borges, Luciane
Environmental Strategies Research (fms)Centre for Sustainable Communications, CESC
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ManageEngine offers enterprise IT management software for your service management, operations management, Active Directory and security needs. See screenshots, read the latest customer reviews, and compare ratings for WolframAlpha. Back in June, Mozilla announced Firefox Preview, an early version of the new browser for Android that is built on top of Firefox’s own mobile browser engine, GeckoView. In your firefox window, go to Addons Manager, locate "Copy Urls Expert" extension in the list and click the the options button. Mendeley Web Importer is available for all major web browsers. Welcome to the SolarWinds Customer Portal login page. How do I export saved passwords from my firefox password manager? Simple Export Firefox Quantum Logins and Passwords. And, we hope you’ll find that our policy is easy-to-read, fully transparent, and specific. So you have Microsoft Windows set to use Chrome as your default browser, but you want to use a desktop shortcut to open a specific site in IE. These URLs can be entered into the Super Bar (via copy and paste) to view the special pages. Briefly tested IPv6 addresses to see that at least they don't cause anything to blow up. Just copy the URL, click on the extension, paste it in, and later you'll find each of those links in. Tech support scams are an industry-wide issue where scammers trick you into paying for unnecessary technical support services. Switch Desktop. When using Firefox, press ‘Export…'. -Copy Urls Expert 2. What if we have to download or save all images on a web page? It will be time consuming to save images one by one, three Firefox extensions out of which, two will save images as well as links on a web page, whereas the other add-on only saves images on web pages. Now it’s time to combine this with a real video chat application and share screens as part of a video chat. Around 7:00 Eastern last night, I got a Firefox “Quantum” update to version 67. Learn how to do just about everything at eHow. Cannot connect to http sites, only https in IE or Firefox. IDM integration guide for Firefox. By default, PasswordFox displays the passwords stored in your current profile, but you can easily select to watch the passwords of any other Firefox profile. If you want to backup passwords, bookmarks, and other data without using any additional software, you can simply create a copy of your profile folder before reinstalling Windows operating system. 3 Best Extensions to Easily Auto Fill Forms in Chrome and Firefox Raymond Updated 3 years ago Browser 14 Comments There are a lot of things that we can do on the Internet and most of them involve filling up forms. How can I copy a URL when it doesn't appear in the Address Bar? Firefox 57 Quantum release date Nov I don't know how to copy the URL since none of the URL is. ScrapBook is an awesome Firefox extension that helps you to save web pages and organize them in a very easy to manage way. Make over Firefox to suit your mood! Choose a new look from our theme categories or create your own. Find out what is causing the Firefox web browser to use too much memory. com is a premier destination for computer users of all skill levels to learn how to use and receive support for their computer. The 64 bit version of Firefox has never supported NPAPI, and Firefox version 52ESR is the last release to support the technology. -Copy Urls Expert 2. Installing Tamper Data Add-On Select the menu bar on the right end in Firefox. This helps when you want to backup passwords saved in Firefox or when you want to reinstall Windows OS. You can browse for and follow blogs, read recent entries, see what others are viewing or recommending, and request your own blog. The latest version of Mozilla's web browser Firefox is called Quantum because it's blazing fast. Features: * Copy Page URL * Copy Page Title * Copy Page HTML Link * Copy Page Title and URL * Copy URL of all Tab * Copy Title of all Tab * Copy HTML Link of all Tab * Copy Title and URL of all Tab Also available for Opera. Amod Mahajan 4 Comments on Tools to find XPath in Firefox browser Posted in Selenium Topics Hello Folks, In my last posts, we have learnt well how to locate web element in Selenium Webdriver using locators. Integrates into Firefox, Opera, Mozilla, SeaMonkey, Netscape, Avant, and Maxthon. Copy Link URL Copied! IBM and Intel have been pursuing quantum technology. Here's the URL for this Tweet. You decide how best to optimize your fonts. See Build ReadMe for how to build xpi file. Poor man's solution, if anything else fails: activate the Firefox window, send Ctrl+L (activates address bar), send Ctrl+C (copy selection, ie. Designing stunning web applications and pages is quick and effortless with JavaScript Editor. But ignoring the why, what do you now use for Pinboard, Speed Dial, Tree Style Tabs, Flash Block, Copy URLs Expert, etc. XDM has a built in video converter which lets you convert your downloaded videos to different formats so that you can watch then on your mobile or TV. > Firefox Quantum’s new engine uses 30% less memory than Chrome. 1 2016 Can Mozilla's Quantum project make Firefox king again?. I'd probably be saying this for the hundredth time or whatever, but I've always seen the machine crawl after Chrome opens a few tens of tabs and uses a lot of memory, while Firefox (even before Quantum) would use a lot lesser memory for the same number of tabs. We saw one of the ways to Copy Title and URLs from all open tabs in Internet Explorer. Basically, the About commands are URL those are linked. Warning for inexperienced Linux users: stick to the Firefox version included with your Linux distribution! Firefox. It allows opening multiple links at once by using 'Open Tabs' menu. This means you're free to copy and share these comics (but not to sell them). Scientific Linux is an Enterprise Linux rebuild sponsored by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Here's how to create a new FF profile in Ubuntu:. Firefox offers apps for Apple's iPhone and iPad as well as Google's Android. ? Some are gone, some appeared to still be available but don't work anywhere near as well (I'm looking at you, FVD Speed Dial). Why is the FireBug useful in Selenium automation?. We’re caching JavaScript byte code like this in the Firefox 58 release. If you need more fine-grain control, choose the Expert option. Welcome to the SolarWinds Customer Portal login page. Works with Firefox Quantum and beyond. Sometimes, it's even legal to do so. It allows opening multiple links at once by using 'Open Tabs' menu. Set Default Zoom Level for Websites To set a default zoom level for all the. YOOtheme offers the all-in-one toolkit to create beautiful websites for WordPress and Joomla. In this guide, we will see how to open the Firefox profile folder in Windows 10 and earlier Windows versions. 0 「Copy Urls Expert」は、 すべてのタブに開いているページのタイトルとURLをクリップボードにコピーできる アドオンです。 「Copy Urls Expert :: Add-ons for Firefox」. Unit 2702, NUO Centre 2A Jiangtai Road, Chaoyang District Beijing 100016, P. xml to read-only, hidden, system, which it seems is sufficient to. There are two versions of Geckodriver for Windows: 32-bit and 64-bit. ウェブページのタイトル＆URLを好きな形式でコピーできるFirefoxアドオン「Format Link」を使ってみた. I have a problem in understanding what is the standard approach to follow for editing office documents inside my document library. Internet Explorer 9 automatically transfers your favorites from the earlier version of Internet Explorer that was installed on your computer. Recently I posted a tweet about using Firefox Add-Ons for Bug Bounty Hunting, so I figured I should write a guide on how to use it. This wikiHow teaches you how to view the source code of a website, which is the code behind any website (such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript), on most common browsers. How to copy a web page link or URL Updated: 05/04/2019 by Computer Hope The URL (address) of the web page can be selected, highlighted , and copied to your clipboard from your address bar. Tech support scams are an industry-wide issue where scammers trick you into paying for unnecessary technical support services. ScrapBook is an awesome Firefox extension that helps you to save web pages and organize them in a very easy to manage way. When using GetRight, you will be able to resume your download right where it left off. This guide shows a user in an easy-to-follow way how to improve the privacy and security settings of Firefox, which, when combined with a privacy VPN, gives a user a strong framework for protecting their information. This is an excellent replacement for Copy URLs Expert, or Copy All URLs. Let’s implement the same. Have you made the switch to Firefox yet? You should. who is a renowned expert in nanoscale technologies, says. This article describes how to transfer bookmarks from Mozilla Firefox to Windows Internet Explorer 9. Physics guide First assessment 2016 Physics guide First assessment 2016 Diploma Programme Physics guide Published February 2014 Published on behalf of the International Baccalaureate Organization, a not-for-profit educational foundation of 15 Route des Morillons, 1218 Le Grand-Saconnex, Geneva, Switzerland by the International Baccalaureate Organization (UK) Ltd Peterson House, Malthouse. Firefox today announced that the latest version of its web browsing software -- which it's calling "Firefox Quantum" instead of "Firefox 57" -- will be available as an update for users beginning. Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters. I recommend you. Hacker Public Radio is a podcast that releases shows every weekday Monday through Friday. Because the NoRedirect we will use are not compatible in the Mozilla Firefox Quantum. The 2019 NCAA tournament bracket has been released, the First Four has come and gone, and now that the snubs have been mourned, the initial thrill of analyzing the field of 68 has worn off and. according to a review from carsdirect, it's the kind of vehicle that an american family will want for a long, long day on the interstate. Unit 2702, NUO Centre 2A Jiangtai Road, Chaoyang District Beijing 100016, P. You can found this extension menu on tab context menu, Selection Context menu, Toolbar (you need to drag and drop Copy URLs Expert icon from Toolbar layout). Goto tab: Home, change "Homepage and new windows" to Firefox Home (Default) or Custom Urls and enter a new URL. It can keep track if a cookie is recently used or not, and how long it has been since they were last used. The above pic shows a standard Firefox Browser. Firefox version 60+ (Quantum) is presently faster than Google Chrome and use less memory than Chrome. Why is the FireBug useful in Selenium automation?. Option 1: Click View→Toolbars→Bookmarks Toolbar. Fortinet | Fortiguard | Web Filtering | WF Forum | Fortiguard | Web Filtering | WF Forum. Find event and ticket information. Gecko Driver – Launching Firefox Browser In Selenium 3: Selenium WebDriver scripts which were working fine yesterday are not working today? Why it is not working? Every Selenium Tester has this question. It provides you a few possibilities: Copy urls of all tabs in every opened window. Special URLs. Find out what is causing the Firefox web browser to use too much memory. Use Firefox with the add-on to copy HTML to the clipboard. Copy ALL Tabs only copies the tabs to the Clipboard. Having authenticated once at the start of a session, users can access network services throughout a Kerberos realm without authenticating again. Keyboard Shortcuts. In the address bar, type the URL of the Website. Add screen sharing to your Twilio Video application In recent posts we’ve seen how to capture a user’s screen in Chrome and Firefox. While being stable, Selenium IDE was built on Firefox’s add-on platform, which was fine at that time, but not anymore since Firefox has lost if dominant position. Firefox comes with a built-in Internet Explorer settings importer for those who switch from IE. This lightweight add-on provides a button to copy to the clipboard the URLs of all tabs of the current window. Click View > Select Show hidden files and folders > Uncheck Hide extensions for known file types and Hide protected operating system files. The really cool thing about this add-on is that it’s very light, speedy, accurately caches a local copy of a web page almost perfectly and supports multiple languages. Safari Expert Tracking Lions Finds More Than He Bargained For. Have you made the switch to Firefox yet? You should. But I'll definitely give Quantum a test drive. [Prior to Quantum, passwords saved in Chrome could not be automatically imported - if you still use a very old version of Firefox, see the sections lower down on how to import them manually]. Firefox offers apps for Apple’s iPhone and iPad as well as Google’s Android. Briefly tested IPv6 addresses to see that at least they don't cause anything to blow up. URLs of all links in the selection. You can also override these properties in your settings (see below). How to Export Bookmarks from Firefox. Optimizing your browser’s settings is a critical step in using the Internet securely and privately. In Few Clicks You Can Copy ALL YouTube Videos URL'S from Any YouTube Channel. Provides options to copy urls of all opened tabs and urls in selected text. Go to the Desired Web Page. Users can choose whatever their favorite engine as the default, and switch to others when the default cannot render a web page properly. Download Copy Urls Expert Mozilla Addon, Copy Urls Expert Addon for Mozilla FireFox web browser browser is to Copy multiple urls (links) to clipboard. Now, Adblock Plus (and Ghostery) are listed, once again, in my add-ons list, but neither are functional. How to use firebug with Firefox ? 8. We’ve gotten great feedback about the superior performance of GeckoView so far. Firefox - Enabling Restricted like Cut, Copy and Paste If you're using a Gecko based web browser, such as FireFox or Mozilla, you will need to enable a security option in order to use some functions inside the HTML editing component. Mozilla Firefox is one of the popular alternative browsers for Windows PC. For these types of situations, TechnoWikis will explain below how to import and export our passwords in two of the most current browsers today: Google Chrome and Firefox Quantum. If you need more fine-grain control, choose the Expert option. Firefox 70 was released on October 22, 2019. No previous version of Chrome. A: Firefox 4 has removed the so called "Status Bar", i. Slant is powered by a community that helps you make informed decisions. aims to protect online identity How to to copy URLs of all open Tabs in Firefox and Chrome How to find Firefox Profile out Expert on Demand service. The post Firefox Quantum review appeared first on Digital Trends. Meet the technology company that puts people before profit. css is a style sheet with special importance to Firefox. Copy urls of all links in the selection. In the Open: field type control and press the OK button. Open the google chrome browser. Firefox Quantum: Comeback or Flameout? - Comments Page 2 (Firefox is poised to make a comeback, at least among fans who switched to Chrome only reluctantly. This is a great opportunity to tell you about what the DevTools team has been up to since our last major update back in March. Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters. Start here if you're curious about keyword research, how to write SEO-friendly copy, and the kind of markup that helps search engines understand just what your content is really about. of India Ministry of Science & Technology Department of Science & Technology Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical Systems (ICPS) Division Detailed Call For Proposals (CFP) under ICPS programme. This add-on does NOT remove duplicates from the list of URLs, and it DOES include URIs like about:home and about:blank in the list. This means you're free to copy and share these comics (but not to sell them). Just copy the URL and paste it inside the blank box. If you want to check the SEO score for your site or your competitor’s. Delete Single Site from Firefox History. Web sites are viewed in web browsers and the four major web browsers – Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari – all offer different levels of support to HTML and CSS. Web sites are viewed in web browsers and the four major web browsers – Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari – all offer different levels of support to HTML and CSS. Mozilla is expected to roll out a new user interface with Firefox 57. com Platform for easy installs and automatic updates. No need to copy-paste url to other app or type. Free web templates builder - Make a template in minutes. Just updated my Firefox to te latest update and it's the new Forefox Quantum. 1) Copy URLs Expert Copy URLs Expert is a tiny & good extension for Firefox to copy website page URLs with, which you can add to the browser from here. Do the same for “New tabs“. You can also set a default zoom level for all websites. With our easy to use directory you can find website you are looking for becuase the websites have been arranged in more than 3000 categories to list the specific websites into their corresponding categories. Check it out! Skip to Navigation Skip to the Content of this Page Back to. Other browsers like Firefox and Opera use similar methods to improve the display of URLs. There are four main steps involved:. I cannot connect to http sites in IE or Firefox, however I can connect to https sites. dark-mode to true and ui. Based on its ease of use, security and fast speeds, Mozilla Firefox is our top pick for the best web browser for all devices. Recommended settings for performance and speed. Amod Mahajan 4 Comments on Tools to find XPath in Firefox browser Posted in Selenium Topics Hello Folks, In my last posts, we have learnt well how to locate web element in Selenium Webdriver using locators. Kerberos is an authentication protocol that supports the concept of Single Sign-On (SSO). firefox) submitted 1 year ago by dsafsdfsdfdsf Looking at my list of add-ons (yes, quite a bunch and many may be more or less obsolete) I see a lot of problems that I've been trying two solve in the last two month. BleepingComputer. This toolbox gives you Firefox add-ons to save just about anything from a webpage you. This lightweight add-on provides a button to copy to the clipboard the URLs of all tabs of the current window. UPDATED on October 22, 2019: Release of Mozilla Firefox 70. you can probably still access all the old URL. It symobilizes a website link url. json in the root directory of. Disqus offers the best add-on tools for websites to increase engagement. Welcome to the Verizon Fios Community. To keep up, remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel! SUBSCRIBE. Our notebook gallery is an excellent way to see the many things you can do with IPython while learning about a variety of topics, from basic programming to advanced statistics or quantum mechanics. Quickly capture any webpage to OneNote where you can easily edit, annotate, or share it. Explains how to run Mozilla firefox from the command prompt (bash shell) under Linux, macOS, *BSD, or UNIX like operating systems. 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Lucy is an award winning dietitian, best known for her TV presenting roles. She works in various roles from supporting people to make dietary changes in clinics, to helping companies with their nutrition messages and presenting as a nutrition expert on TV and at various events. She is an experienced dietitian, having worked in many NHS trusts across London and the South East. This includes Chelsea and Westminster NHS foundation trust, Homerton hospital NHS trust, Whittington Hospital NHS trust and Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust.
She is passionate about the Nation's health and improving lives through good nutrition. She is well known for trialling innovative approaches to care.
Lucy studied Nutrition and Dietetics at London Metropolitan University, and has since studied at Masters Level at both the University of York and the University of Manchester, where she gained a Clinical Research Masters.
She is fully registered with the Health and Care Professions Council and a member of the British Dietetic Association.
Tweets by @FoodWhispererRD
Best known for her TV roles, Lucy has extensive presenting experience. She is a spokesperson for the British Dietetic Association and for Sense About Science. She regularly appears to current affairs and news programmes, providing expert comment on nutrition stories. This includes BBC News 24, Sky News, BBC Breakfast, ITV's Loose Women, BBC1 Rip off Britain and The One Show.
She has appeared in various documentaries including helping those on channel 5's 'When Gastric bands go wrong' , clearing the confusion on fats in BBC1's 'The Truth About Fat' and helping the team on BBC1's 'The Food Inspectors'.
She was a lead presenter on Channel 4's The Food Hospital from 2011-2013, supporting people with a variety of health conditions reduce symptoms or improve their outcomes by altering their diets.
She was a feature copresenter on ITV's The Titchmarsh show for two series during 2013 and 2014, helping Alan to unearth the truth about how diet can support various ailments and health concerns.
More recently, she has been working with Gregg Wallace and Chris Bavin to help the nation save money on the food shop whilst striving to improve their diets on BBC1's 'Eat Well for Less', whilst on Channel 4, helping Jamie Oliver to get to the bottom of the Nation's sweet tooth on Jamie's "Sugar Rush".
For her presenting and broadcasting, Lucy was named the British Dietetic Association's Media Spokesperson of the Year in 2013 and Nutrition and Health's Nutrition Writer and Broadcaster of the Year in the same period.
Lucy also works behind the scenes on the production side of food and nutrition programmes. She acted as series dietitian, supporting all of the participants on Channel 4's Weighing up the enemy.
Lucy is currently the director of Nutrifit Health Ltd, from which she offers private consultations to the public. Lucy holds face to face at Spire Gatwick Park Hospital in Surrey and in Central London, on Wimpole Street and opposite City Thameslink station. She is also the lead dietitian for Nuriss in central London, which has clinics on Wimpole Street and in Mayfair. Together with the clinic director and renowned GP, Dr Anita Sturnham, Lucy offers complete health MOTs for people to gain a real insight into their current state of health.
For those further afield, Lucy is able to support patients remotely. She is the Head of UK Dietetics for Oviva; a company striving to bring dietetics into the 21st century through remote video conferencing and a communications app. Lucy can support those in the UK, who are unable to attend clinics right through to those living in Australia and New Zealand with this novel approach to care. Patients are given an initial video conferencing assessment and then receive daily support and feedback from Lucy through the app, by keeping a photo food diary and activity tracker. This can help those wanting to lose weight right through to those with complex medical conditions needing intensive personalised advice. You can find out more about this service by looking at Oviva's website.
Lucy is able to support people for a variety of health concerns including but not limited to:
Healthy eating and lifestyle advice for each stage of life
Gastrointestinal conditions including IBS, coeliac disease and Crohn's disease and complex digestive issues following gut / bowel surgery such as high output stomas.
Food Allergy and Intolerance
Cardiovascular health including post heart attacks or strokes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
Infertility, Conception, Pregnancy and early years nutrition in addition to postnatal support for mums
Underweight and nutrition support
Support during cancer treatment and for health recovery / optimisation post treatment
Fussy / faddy eating in both childhood and with adults
To find out if Lucy can help you with your diet and nutrition, contact her directly at lucydietitian@consultant.com.
Wimpole Street, London
Snow Hill Court, London
85 Wimpole Street, London
1 Snow Hill Court, London EC1A 2EJ
Spire Gatwick Park Hospital, Povey Cross Road, Horley, Surrey
Lucy presents at both national and international conferences and is an experienced conference chair; adding warmth and humour alongside the more formal chair roles.
Previous Conference roles include:
British Dietetic Association Live 2013 – Chair
British Dietetic Association Vision 2013 Speaker on' working in the media'
Hospital Caterer's Association Conference 2013 – Speaker on 'Food as medicine'
FAB research conference on Nutrition and Mental Resilience 2014 – Chair
National Obesity Forum: Welsh Assembly 2014 – Speaker on 'Bariatric care'
FAB research conference on DHA and learning 2013 – Chair
Nutrition and Health Live – Speaker in both 2013 and 2014 conferences
FAB research conference 2014 – Speaker on fussy eating management
IASO Scope summer school 2011 – Speaker on 'weight loss before bariatric surgery'
Nutricia Nutrition Support Conferences in London and Manchester 2016 - Motivational Speaker
Lucy offers support and advice to a number of companies. This can be as a spokesperson or behind the scenes, helping on product innovation or communications advice regarding nutrition. Lucy will host days focusing on brand awareness with both the public and health professionals, undertake radio days for specific projects / topics and present at conferences.
Previous / current roles include work for the Almond board of California, Lactofree (2013-2014), Little dish, Abbott, Robinson's, Slendertone, Exorex, Upbeat and DSM. Here are some examples of work Lucy has completed for some of these companies:
http://www.exorex.co.uk/ebooks/assets/pdffiles/4.pdf
https://youtu.be/HmsPPT85bBQ
http://www.fussyeaters.co.uk/experttipsandguestblogs/experttips.aspx
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/dietandnutrition/dietitianlucyjonesonbeatingbloating.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWQ5bTp1JQw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKEV0Y_x9Qs
https://www.littledish.co.uk/toptipsonfussyeatersfromdietitianlucyjones/
For all enquiries about seeing Lucy for a consultation or engaging with her for media / consultancy, please contact her directly at:
lucydietitian@consultant.com
@FoodWhispererRD
LucyJonesDietitian
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Paris Jackson Makes First Red Carpet Appearance
by Lundon | May 30, 2015 | Uncategorized | 0 comments
Paris Jackson Makes First Red Carpet Appearance With Boyfriend Chester Castellaw —
All grown up! Michael Jackson’s only daughter, Paris Jackson, stepped out onto a red carpet with her boyfriend Chester Castellaw for the first time on Thursday, May 28, in Beverly Hills.
PHOTOS: Michael through the years
The 17-year-old, who attempted suicide in 2013 following her father’s 2009 death and later checked into a rehab facility in Utah for treatment, looked healthier than ever as she posed alongside her soccer playing beau, 18, at the opening night of Deaf West Theatre’s production of Spring Awakening.
According to an eyewitness, the teen and her beau stood quietly close to each other off to the corner for about five minutes before they made their way to their seats.
PHOTOS: Michael’s unforgettable moments
The legendary late singer’s daughter will soon be the star herself, playing the lead role in the upcoming film Lundon’s Bridge and the Three Keys, scheduled to be released in 2017.
Jackson and Castellaw were first photographed hiking in Los Angeles this past April and are both listed as “in a relationship” with each other on Facebook.
PHOTOS: Paris and her brothers
The “Thriller” singer is also survived by sons Michael Jr., 18, and Prince “Blanket,” 13.
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/paris-jackson-makes-first-red-carpet-appearance-with-boyfriend-chester-2015295
Read more: http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/paris-jackson-makes-first-red-carpet-appearance-with-boyfriend-chester-2015295#ixzz3beakyFKx
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From LAROUCHE PLANET
Library: My View of the Jewish Question
by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
published in New Solidarity, Aug. 4, 1983.
Where I was born and spent the first 10 yepars of my life, Rochester, New Hampshire, Jews existed in the Bible, a subject which great1y occupied my attention during those and later years. During 1932, in the midst of the Great Depression's onset, we moved to my then recently deceased grandfather's city of Lynn, Massachusetts, the principal industrial slum assembled at the nether end of Essex County. It was a melting-pot city: What-passed-for-Anglo-Saxons, Irish, Italians in East Lyon, and ghettos of Jews. Greeks, and so forth in West Lynn. From the time I was transferred to a West Lynn Junior High School, during my 13th year. friends and acquaintances from the West Lynn side of the city were added to those from East Lynn. In those days, it was still exciting fun to become acquainted with the different kinds of religious and household custom practiced by one's friends and their families. This may seem to some along way from a direct statement on the Jewish Question today. The objection is mistaken. The essence of any question is history, and the study of history is sterile and useless until the reader of history ant learns to locate himself, his personal history, and bis proper purpose in life, as an efficient part ofhistory as a whole. The study of history is also a matter of accepting the practice of constantly changing many among one's own very personal assumptions about how to behave in society, which requires looking back into one's own personal life, to discover whence one acquired assumptions in conflict with the evidence of history. From youth through all of adulthood. the efficient study of history must always begin with critical reflections on relevant parts of one's own personal history. People who don't do that should shut up and listen and learn.
So, I must practice what I preach.
At the close of the war, after learning of what the Nazis had done with those they condemned to slave-labor, especially to their Jewish victims, it was the most natural thing in the world for me to place my sympathies on the side of Israel. Jews were not an abstraction to a fellow raised in adolescence in Lynn, Massachusetts. The Jews of the world lived there: German Jews, Polish Jews, Russian Jews, and so forth, most one to three generations removed from the "old country," and most with active family connections to the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe and so forth. Most of us in the United States, including the Jews who supported Israel's cause, were not Zionists, and were in fact hostile to Zionist teachings We knew two things chiefly. We knew that the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem was a Nazi and we thought that the Jews in Palestine would have the effect of uplifting the Arabs of the Midle East generally.
It didn't work out that way. The late Nahum Goldmann told me that I was a dreamer, that perhaps only a pair of rabbis in Israel would still agree with me. Nonetheless, I stick to my dream. History tells me, history warns me with a loud voice, that I am right.
I agree with those who say that the philosophical outlook of Jewry, especially in Israel today, is divided into two camps. I didn't discover this conception: it was told to me by a friend who is a leading expert in these matters, with whose judgement I often disagree. I must agree with his argument on this point. The evidence is overwhelmingly in support of the conception he outlined. I blow which side I am on. I know vastly more today than I knew back during the 1940s, but what I have learned merely enriches the standpoint I had then. I know now why I believed that Jews had the ability to uplift the condition of the Arab population of the Middle East I was right then; I am right today.
For about 2,000 years, beginning with the work of Philo of Alexandria, European civilization has known and benefitted from what might be termed the "Hellenistic Jewry" traced from Philo's influence as thinker and organizer. In this long span of what is called the diaspora (in English, "dispersion"), the heritage of Philo's work has been a phenomenon called "Jewish Survival." There were some evil things around Rome and Venice, especially Venice, to which some Jewish families were recruited in service of the Venetian faction, but put that special case to one side for the moment. Look at the exemplary role of the Iberian renaissance and the rebirth of Jewry in Germany beginning with the 17th century law of toleration of the Great Elector of Prussia, a law described by the great Samuel Pufendorf in his commentaries. Jews in the Iberian renaissance, and the rise of post-1653 Germany out of ruin, through Leibniz, Lessing, and so forth, into the great reforms of 1809-15, up to the disastrous 1815 Congress of Vienna, are distinguished as Heinrich Heine is distinguished. The Jew survived by developing his or her potentials for effecting useful and necessary contributions to the general advancement of civilization.
That is something of which every Jewish boy or girl ought to be proud. It is an image of purpose which every such boy or girl ought to adopt in adopting a course of personal commitment and contributions. That image, that noble tradition, insofar as it is adopted, and practiced by a community of Jews, is the genius of Jewish Survival over nearly two millennia of the dispersion. Why should it be any different in the case of a Jewish state of Israel today?
There is another, opposing sort of Jewish philosophical outlook. One of the most useful examples of this is provided by a Jewish scholar of the United States. This scholar included among his arguments the case of Hildebrand. later become Pope Gregory VII. Hildebrand's family, one of the Jewish families of Rome, had converted to Christianity, to the effect that Hildebrand's father had bribed his way into being appointed Pope. The Emperor had intervened, and Hildebrand's father was ousted from the Papacy on grounds of acquiring the post through bribery. The vengeful son, Hildebrand, bought vengeance against the family of the Emperor, and on this account, attached himself to the Venetian faction of the Emperor's adversaries, coming thus into alliance with the Cluniacs of France and the Welf (Guelph) faction centered around Mathilde of Tuscany. These fellows organized such enterprises as the Norman Conquest of England, in 1066 A D, the model for Hildebrand's own efforts to launch the Crusades, an undertaking set into motion not long after Hildebrand's death as Pope Gregory VII. The argument which the Jewish scholar drew from this and other examples to the same effect, was, since Jews had risen to positions as high as the Papacy itself, and yet anti-Semitism leading into the Nazi Holocaust had occurred, did this not prove that the efforts of the Jewish diaspora to assimilate into Western civilization had heen an historic mistake all along?
I disagree, but one can see easily why an argument of this sort would win over many U.S., European, and other Jews in the aftermath of the Nazi period. For one thing, Hildebrand was a wicked fellow, a violator of the fundamental principle of Jewish Survival. Like the Luzzatos, such Jews linked to the Venetian faction, have never done any good for European civilization, for humanity in general, and therefore have done the cause of Jewry no service. If there are any Jews to be blamed for helping to foster the bestial movements in European civilization, it is those Hofjuden who made themselves the servants of the Venetians and Venetian steered oligarchical projects such as the 11th-century Welfs or the Black Guelph forces of the late 13th and 14th century, or the "black nobility" of more recent centuries. The Jewish scholar in question committed the ineluded, very important error of confusing the biological definition of Jewry with the quality of Jewish moral commitment, the commitment of a Jewish boy, for example, to become what a Jew must be.
"We can't trust anyone! Everyone will sell the Jew out, sooner or later! Alyieh! Pick up the gun! we shall die like Zealots All races and If we die, religions are enemies of the Jew! Let us become a power like Venice was! Return, and perhaps we shall outwit them all, and either conquer or die!" The "Jewish commitment"? "We can't afford such luxuries. Have you learned nothing from Auschwitz?" Does Zionism then mean saving the biological Jews -- perhaps, only perhaps -- by means which destroy the precious Jewish heritage of 2,000 years of survival? Will Zionism, therefore, eradicate Judaism among Jews? Is all that was greatness in the heritage of the Ashkenazi Jew to be eradicated from this planet by Jews?
During the years 1947 through 1949, my conceptions on this subject were simpler, ingenuous, based on personal admiration for the best qualities of my Jewish friends and acquaintances: such Jews are an asset for civilization, and are likely to do good wherever they choose to make their destiny. Why should it he any different in Israel's ease? My vastly more informed knowledge of the matter today assures me that my approach then was based on sound principles. Why did matters go differently? Did I underestimate the destruction of the Jewish commitment by Jews?
What do I do about this matter? What do you, my reader, do about this matter? We each, according to the talent and resources we have developed, have moral responsibility for what is suffered by all peoples of our own and future generations. We are our brother's keepers. I am accountable for the fate of the Jew I am also accountable for the fate of the Arab. What, therefore, do I do about this matter? What is it your moral responsibility to do in this matter?
What is the implicit judgment of history upon our conduct in this matter?
My responsibility in the matter is of a special degree. Through following my commitment to discover certain truths, I have come to occupy a position whose possibility I would have ridiculed emphatically 10 years ago. This has occurred chiefly because there has been a vacuum of intellectual leadership in the world. No agency with the efficient means to do so was thinking seriously about lifting each and all peoples of this planet out of the global tragedy into which we have been sliding at an accelerating rate over the course of the post-war period. The quality of citizenship which Friedrich Schiller proposed, of being both an uncompromising patriot of one's own nation and also without contradiction -- a world-citizen, has been lacking. Through the intellectual and other advantages of the international association for which I am a principal spokesman, my association has tended to occupy that vacuum. That position is our moral commitment; to some degree, our moral commitment has become an efficient one. We are monstrously poor in financial resources, but we do what we are able to do, and we are the only force currently practicing that profession among nations. Others of power and influence, including international religious bodies, are either on the wrong side -- such asthe Geneva-based World Council of Churches -- or are so occupied with the internal affairs of their church, that they appear to care little for matters which will decide whether or not any future members of such a church will exist on this planet. Poor as we are in financial means and other tangible ressoyrces, the financial state of world affairs is such, that if we fail to address certain fundamental issues of our time, no one will adress them.
That is our responsibility in the matter of the "Jewish Question."
In the matter of dealing with any particular branch of the world's cultures, such as this, is indispensable to get into the inside of that culture historically. The scope of such a task is simplified greatly by the fact htat a culture can be reduced to its most essential characteristic features. There is, in each case, a governing cultural principle which governs the participants of that culture to the effect of more or less efficiently determining what can and cannot be adopted as the more detailed, secondary features of that culture as a whole. Furthermore, no particular culture is self-contained. The members -- or victims -- of each particular culture are human beings. As human beings, each is born with a two-fold nature. He or she is born as predominantly an irrational hedonist of a suckling, but with also that spark of the divine which absolutely distinguishes mankind from the beasts. The essence of all culture, therefore, is the conflict between these two naturally born tendencies for evil (irrational hedonism) and good (the divine potential for Reason) in each person, each people. This is not Manicheanism; sooner or later, either the first, evil, must prevail, by means of which mankind will destroy itself, or, the second, the divine potential for Reason, must prevail absolutely and forever. There can be no form of culture which is not constrained by this elementary conflict.
The elaboration of culture from this elementary root is not simple. Just as a rational adult may collapse into infantilism (anarchism. existentialism generally, or paranoid-schizophrenic psychosis), so cultures may degenerate, as the events in Prussia unleashed by the Hohenzollerns' betrayal at the 1815 Congress of Vienna plunged the noblest culture of the immediately preceding period into that madness of irrationalist Romanticism which produced the radicals of 1848 and Nazism later.
The most significant single feature of all culture is centered on the manner a culture solves, or fails to solve the problem of weaning the child from domination by the mother. The love of the parents, most immediately of the mother, is the primary means for transforming the newborn beast of an infant into a being who is moral and rational for the sake of love. Yet, what is tolerable and admirable in the condition of the infant and young child is mental, and moral sickness in the adolescent and adult. The child and youth must shift the attachment of love from maternal household to nation and humanity in general, to a sense of responsibility to the accomplishments of preceding generations, to the living generations, and to posterity over generations to come.
Hence, all evil religions are based on the "mother principle": Ishtar = Shakti = Isis = Astarte = Cybele, an evil at least as old as the Ur of the Chaldeans from which the ancient Abraham departed. Similarly, all evil pagan religions, accompany this mother goddess ("The Whore of Babylon") with a male figure of the type of a castrated phallus-god, such as Shaitan, Siva, Osiris, and Dionysos, or perhaps also a third male figure of the mother-goddess's love for her son, such as Horus = Apollo = Lucifer. This is sometimes overlain by a pantheon of the Hesiodic model, as the Roman imperial pantheon typifies the connection. These evil religions are associatiated principally, with Near Eastern forces various1y named the Chaldeans, Phoenicians, Magicians, Mobeds, and the Egyptian priests of Isis-Osiris-Horus. The exemplar of Phoenician cults in classical mainland Greece and a Graecia is the Cadmian cult of sodomic Thebes, of the mythical Lycurgus's Sparta, and the temples of the Cult of Apollo at Delphi and Delos. These ancient cults, anciently associated with the evil Tyre of Hiram Abiff, are the roots of modern pseudo-judaism, Kabbalism, and the pseudo-Christian versions of such cults, called generically Gnosticism.
Althought hese paradigms are specifically associated with the Middle East and European civilization's history and pre-history, it is demonstrated that the same principles are pervasive throughout humanity as a whole. Our ability to adduce the characteristic features of any culture depends upon a mastery of the characteristic features of religious beliefs: which forms of religious belief, such as those of Ayatollah Khomeini, are explicitly evil, and which is good? Even where culture professes itself to be more or less independent of specific religious denomination's control, the culture has the characteristics of a more or less homogenous sort of religious belief.
The history of Judaism begins with Moses, who either wrote or caused to be written the original content of those books of the Bible called the Pentateuch, barring rewritings effected under the direction of the Chaldean priests of Babylon during the Babylonian captivity, or rewritten and amplified under the direction of the same Mesopotamian priests during the period of the Achaemenid rule. The core of the Pentateuch is recognizably coherent, especially large parts of the Book of Genesis and Exodus, and sections of Leviticus and Deuteronomy Numbers is substantially doubtful in the form it exists today. Leviticus is partly specific to cultural peculiarities of Judaism, as distinct from what is definably the positive essence of Judaism; it is to be respected as the peculiar practice of Judaism, but has no more general sort of obligatory character. The Book of Job is an anomaly, but of great significance for Christianity. The remainder is not of great weight for approaching the essential characteristics of the matter. It is the historical figure of Moses which is of the greatest interest to the scientist dealing with the matter from the standpoint adopted here.
Forget that terrible fellow, Dr Sigmund Freud. He was Viennese, a defect for which be was not personally responsible, and under the influence of Ernst Mach et al , for which he does bear moral responsibility. Moses is a definable historical figure, who lived within a rather well-defined set of Egyptian circumstances, and embarked upon a mission whose purpose is clear enough from the circumstances themselves. Nothing essential within the Biblical account contradicts this. If Dr. Freud knew anything of the facts readily available to him with a modest effort, he successfully hid that from his readers.
Everything which survived to the present day from before the Christian era, from the Middle East and Europe generally, would probably not have survived but with the support of, and often at the instigation of the temple of Ammon in Egypt. Our best scholarship on this matter shows that Ammon is the cultural force associated with the Golden Age of Egypt, and the adversary of the destructive forces of Isis-Osiris-Horus cults, as well as the leading opponent of the Chaldeans-Phoenicians. Ammon was the sponsor of the rise of classical Greek culture from approximately the seventh century B.C., and it is presumably the same forces in Egypt which were behind Egyptian support for the Etruscans' rise to maritime power over the Phoenicians in the Eastern Mediterranean during the same pre-Persian Empire period.
Our attention is shifted to a somewhat earlier period, the period or the re-founding or Athens by Ammon during the period preceding the "dark age" of illiteracy in Greece which bridged both sides of the heginning of the final millennium B.C. (The datings are much disputed, to the point that the explosion of the island of Thera, a major catastrophe for adjoining Aegean civilization, is the best reference point for judging datings.) However, it is known that Moses's leadership of the expedition to found Israel occurred within approximately 10 years of the refounding of Athens by Ammon. It was a period of the wane of Hittite power and of the rise of the Philistines as a major arm of Chaldean operations.
The internal evidence of the Pentateuch shows that Moses's theology was in agreement with that of Ammon s monotheism, as Plato's Timaeus dialogue, for example, echoes the same theology later. Circumstances strongly suggest that the Habiru (Hebrew) Moses was a high priest or Ammon. He certainly was no obscure fellow in the public affairs of the Egypt of his time, and only the priests of Ammon represented the level and power of organized opposition within Egypt who could have enabled Moses to do most of the things recorded in Biblical sources. After the collapse of the Golden Age in Egypt, this was the manner in which most of the long range operations of Ammon were conducted in known instances, up to the point they put their organization entirely at grave risk in openly supporting Alexander the Great against Tyre and the Persian Empire.
The facts are 1) Moses's monotheism was uniquely coincident with that of Ammon, and not any other known variety of the entire period, except that of Plato later; 2) This expedition was a colonization project directed at the destruction of Philistine power in the region of Phoenician power closest to Egypt, and in the pathway of Chaldean directed assaults from Mesopotamia, a colonization project launched within approximately 10 vears of the same period Ammon refounded Athens as a bulwark against the bull-worshippers (e.g. Osiris) of Minos; and 3) that Moses fought to rid the Hebrews of their adopted worship of the Golden Calf, a variant of the Baal (Horus = Apollo = Lucifer) cult.
The circumstances are such that the only known, extant opposition which might have pulled off such an operation was Ammon, and that only a high priest of Ammon could have terrified a Pharaoh in the way the Biblical account details Moses's actions.
The Theology of Ammon
It is conclusively documented, that the versions of early Jewish writings dated from the general period of the second temple of Jerusalem are not the version of those writings available to Israel during the time-frame embracing the lives of Moses and King David. At two well-documented points, the Jews in captivity were forced to rewrite their religious texts under the supervision of the Chaldeans and to include material taken from Chaldean mythologies. Moreover, there is evidence which shows that Philo's corrections of points of theology were not as much a Hellenistic revision of Judaism as has been alleged to be the case. It is more probably the case that Philo restored Judaism to Moses's actual theology, cleaning up many of the corruptions imposed by captivities.
The point to he made is of a rather obvious sort. It is argued that since Philo's theology, like that of the Gospel of St John and the mission of St Paul, for example, can be shown to agree with such writings of Plato's as the Timaeus, that "therefore" Philo, who is presumed to have influenced his friends and collaborators, St Peter, and St Mark, on this point, must have revised Judaism under Hellenistic influences presumably "contrary to the Judaic tradition." Ah, but if Plato's theology was that of Ammon, and Moses himself was probably a high priest of Ammon, who in fact has been guilty of "revisionism" among Jewish writers?
The answer to this question hangs chiefly on the validity of presuming that Plato's theology was in essential agreement with that of Ammon. Since Plato's theology was developed in close collaboration with the Cyrenaic temple of Ammon during his lifetime, there is no great presumption in the matter on that account. The question becomes, therefore, can we presume that the theology of the temple of Ammon during Plato's lifetime was also that of Moses's lifetime? Additionally, if this presumption is borne out, can we adduce from the Pentateuch passages which corroborate this point?
By way of illustration. What is a God who, by his nature, is efficient and yet is beyond the capacity of the human senses? What is an act of creation out of formless void? If we read "days" to signify God's days, not those of man, what does such a process of successively layered creation signify about the manner of expression of the Creator's efficient will? Let us consider how Plato's theology responds to such questions, and then consider the matter, how we may require that such beliefs by a Cyrenaic temple of Ammon during the fourth century B.C. must necessarily concur with those of priests of Ammon nearly a thousand years earlier.
Modern scientific theology since St Augustine, was chiefly the accomplishment of the 15th-century Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa, the first modern European to enable man to understand Plato's Timaeus adequately, as both a theological work and a scientific work. It is the direct equivalence of theology and science established afresh by Cusa's work, which enables us, more than 500 years of scientific progress later to settle the questions we have posed with a decided finality we conclude that there was nothing "made up" in Moses's form of Judaism or that of Philo and the Christian Apostles later. Not ignoring the case of Ammon or certain important Vedic sources, we put those acknowledged matters to one side for the moment, and insist that Judaism and Christianity, in their original forms, have nothing in common with William James's Varieties of Religious Experience, but are very special forms of religious belief whose ideas of God are conclusively borne out by scientific evidence If there were no books to read on the subject. Moses's theology could be read in the book of the heavens.
This directs our attention to the essence of Judaism, to the theological foundations for the "Jewish commitment."
Near the beginning of tbe Timeaus, Plato's Socrates names God "tbe Composer," and directs the attention of the participants in the dialogue to the matter of the lawful principles expressed by the way in which the Composer composed the universe. One will not find this in any English edition of the Timaeus except an authentic version produced in 1978 by the writer's associates, Benjamin Jowett committed willful fraud in his translations on this and related points, establisbing his "putative English meanings" for the classical Greek later incorporated, on his authority, in standard English-Greek lexicons.
Plato employs three central principles into the body of development of this dialogue l) His notion of the hypothesis of the higher hypothesis, a notion developed in another location; 2) The principle of the circle as it clearly existed in the practice of geometry at the Cyrenaic temple of Ammon during his lifetime: and, 3) The proof, developed by a collaborator of Plato's working at the temple of Ammon, that only five kinds of regular polyhedral solids (4, 6, 8, 12, and 20 sides) could be constructed in visible space -- the so-called Five Platonic Solids. Using these principles, Plato argued that visible space as it appeared to mankind's sensory perceptions was a distorted reflection of the real universe, elsewhere describing our sensory perceptions as akin to distorted shadows cast by firelight on the wall of a darkened cave. The limited range of solids whicb could be constructed in visible space showed that visible space had some embedded, delimiting principle; to reflect the real universe into visible form, reality must be compressed into a distorted form according to those limiting, bounding, geometrical principles.
The question of science, tberefore, must be attacked first by defining what those bounding geometrical principles were. He proceeded to this purpose by polygons (triangle, square, within circles: the polygons from which the five regular polyhedra are constructed. This was the point in the Timaeus at which European comprehension failed -- until Cusa's rediscovery of what we name today the "isoperimetric theorem" of basic topology, by means of which Cusa solved the problem left unsolved by Archimedes's attempted quadrature of the circle. Later, working from Cusa's writings on mathematical physics, Leonardo da Vinci's Mil an, Italy collaborator, Luca Pacloli, reconstructed a proof for the Five Platonic Solids, and, of course, Leonhard Euler constructed the first modern form of rigorous proof during the 18th century. The question posed, answered generally by Cusa, was: Why does inscribing the polygons within circles necessarily prove the character of the geometrical bounding principle in question?
The formal problem was that during approximately the second century B.C., persons influenced by the Peripatetics, in Egypt, had rewritten classical Greek geometry, introducing axioms and postulates, and codifying geometry as a system of syllogistic theorems in the greater part. This was essentially Aristotle, and the view of the universe and creation famously demolished by Philo. This assumed that the point and straight line had an axiomatic kind of interrelated existence. From the standpoint of such a geometry, Plato's Timaeus was largely incomprehensible. Hence, until Cusa, there is little written evidence surviving, excepting the "Paradise" canticle of Dante Alighieri's Commedia, to show any progress in understanding the Timaeus beyond that made popular by the writings of St. Augustine.
Cusa re-discovered that circular-rotational action -- the later Principle of Least Action of Gottfried Leibniz -- was the only self-evident existence in the universe, and that the straight line and point were defined by the same kind of circular-rotation action of the cIrcle generated by the original action.
The first circular-rotation action creates a circle of undetermined area in a measureless void. The void is no longer. The next action, circular-rotational action upon the created, measureless circle, creates the straight line, dividing the first circle into two halves, and creates the beginning of measure. The same rotational action upon the same circle now creates the point. From these three creations, form and measure are created out of a formless, measureless void. From these three elements, so created, all forms of existence in visible spare are derived by synthetic geometry, as typified by the development of synthetic geometry by Prof Jacob Steiner. Is man thus creating? Man is thinking creation. Man is giving the form of thought to the name of creation. By aid of this thought, man is attempting to comprehend, to measure that whirh has been created.
We also know, that the other four Patonic Solids are subsumed by the l2 sided regular solid, based on the pentagon the Golden Section.
Therefore. as Plato inscribed the polygons within circles, he was acting on the principle that all forms in visible space are merely extensions or the hereditary principle of circular-rotational action. The uniqueness of the regular triangle, square, and regular pentagon therefore expresses, with respect to the circle, the geometrical principle bounding visible space.
By treating the circumference of the circles as analogous to a vibrating string of a musical instrument, the points or the polygons divide that string harmonically according to the intervals of the fifth, fourth, and third, of the 12 tone octave-scale These are not quite the correct values. The proper projection of a self-similar conical spiral is a plane spiral whose characteristic is the Golden Section, and thus corresponds, topologically to a 12-sided projection from 3-space onto 2-space, so the division of the circle into 12 equal sectors, divides the arms ofthe projected spiral in exactly the proportions of the well-tempered, 24-key polyphonic 12-tone octave-scale However, neither Plato nor Kepler knew of conical functions of a complex, continuous manifold. and their results are a good approximation for the discrete manifold of visible (Euclidean) space.
Correcting the solar hypothesis developed by Cusa earlier, Kepler proved that the planetary orbits are determined by a series of Platonic solids, and that the harmonic ratios of the perihelial and aphelial velocities of the orbits are the Platonic harmonic values. Karl Gauss was first to show that a required feature of Kepler's calculations, a formerly existent, destroyed planet, for which Kepler had calculated the harmonic orbital values, conformed to the harmonic orbital values of the principal asteroids Gauss also showed, with aid of his discovery of the arithmetic-geometric mean, that Kepler's assumptions respecting the significance of elliptic functions in solar orbits was mathematically the correct approach.
Both Pacioli and Leonardo showed, by observation, that all living processes had the morphological harmonics of growth and function associated with the Golden Section in opposition to non-living processes. This was emphasized by Kepler, who also showed that Golden Section is the characteristic feature of astronomical laws: implicitly, the universe as a whole is a living being. This connection is understood by aid of the fact that a Fibonacci series (the arithmetic approximation of population-growth through reproduction of individuals) converges upon the Golden Section. The Gauss arithmetic-geometric mean gives a more general expression for this. Since Leibniz's emphasis upon the fact that circular-rotational action expressed a universal principle of Least Action, we have been led to recognizing that all work expressing negentropic growth must be represented as an expanding sequence of concentric circles, at least in most-primitive form. This sequence is harmonic, and therefore corresponds to an elementary conica1 function constant rotation and growth of the length of the radius of rotation, combined with progression along the central axis of a growing cone This is the elementary form of the complex variable of mathematical physics. This generates a spiral on the surface of the cone. which is the first integral of the action, and cyclical volumes, between circles at the beginning of each cycle, volumes defined by their elliptic cross-section These volumes are the second integral of the action. each defined by topological continuity, at beginning and end, but involving the elliptic generation of an added topological singularity in between. This conception underlies Gauss's notion of the arithmetic-geometric mean, and is expressed by Bernhard Riemann's employment of what he terms Dirichlet's Principle, to provide a coherent notion of completed creative action in the universe (negentropic action).
This development is physics, including the work of Riemann, Karl Weierstrass, and Georg Cantor's 1871-83 work on the transfinite, bears directly on Plato's notion of an hypothesis of the higher hypothesis. We restate that notion in modern terms of reference, situate it with respect to physics questions, and we are then advantaged to look again, in a deeper way at the theology of Plato's Timaeus. The point is to use the language of physics to define more exactly what we ought to mean by such words as "creation," God, Logos.
In scientific work there are three levels of hypothesis.
1. Simple Hypothesis. The investigator attempts to bring a previously undigested type of phenomenon into coherence with the established body of prevailing scientific theorems, both for scientific work in general, and for the class of inquiry in which the phenomena in question are assumed to lie.
2. Higher Hypothesis. The investigator challenges an underlying assumption, of the form of an axiomatic or postulational assumption, underlying the existing lattice.work of accepted scientific theorems. To the degree this is experimentally demonstrated in some conclusive manner, a "crucial experiment," the entire lattice work of previously accepted theory collapses, and, a scientific revolution in at least some field of inquiry is established.
3. Hypothesis of the Higher Hypothesis. To the extent successive scientific revolutions correspond to a sequence of increasing per capita potential powers of mankind over nature, the question is posed whether or not some principle of discovery is common to each among a sequence of scientific revolutions. Such a principle of discovery is a notion of an hypothesis of the higher hypothesis.
The latter is the form of knowledge which Plato equates with the Logos, man's perfection of ap proximate knowledge of the creative principle which underlies the continuing creation of the universe. This is the "level" of knowledge which is in direct correspondence to efficient ontology, ontological actuality. In physics, such an hypothesis corresponds to a potential-surface of the kind implicit in our foregoing remarks.In physics discussions, this is called a principle of ontological transfiniteness.
Thus, the Logos is ontologically being, the immediate locus of underlying causality as a creative principle pervading the universe. It is the efficient will of the Composer, with which the Logos is consubstantial. The essential distinction of St Augustine's point of emphasis in theology, the Filioque, is that perfected man, by knowing and submitting to the Logos, causes the Logos to flow through its guidance of his willful actions, such that the Logos flows through Christ, and from Christ -- and that man must live thus in pursuit of the imitation of Christ. The congruence of this with Philo's approach to theology is not difficult to 1ocate, nor the bearing of this upon the Jewish commitment.
The view of the universe we have summarily indicated here was, in respect to its most essential features, the theology and science of Plato, and of the temple of Ammon from which classical Greek culture obtained the foundations of its knowedge.
Whence did such knowledge appear to ancient mankind? We know from Vedic sources that peoples living before 6000 B.C had developed an astronomical knowledge including measurement of millennial and longer cycles, including cycles for the geographic and magnetic north poles. The validity of such cycles was first established by Kepler, and was more thoroughly examined during the lifetime of Gauss. The truth is written in the heavens for those with the dedication and patient effort to read the book carefully.
The geometrical knowledge transmitted to the classical Greeks, including Solon, Thales, and Plato, among others, is of a form which must have been developed over a long period earlier. If we consider only the principle of creation, provably central to Ammon's geometry practice, as the notion of creation applied to the subject of the Universe and theology, we have implicitly at once the kind of monotheism we associated with Philo and the Christian Apostles. The crucial reflections of this in the Pentateuch are virtually conclusive evidence that this was the form and content of the tehology of Moses, leading Hebrews from slavery in decaying Egypt to establish a new nation based on this monotheism.
The Theology of Social Practice
If there was such significant agreement on underlying issues of theology among the early Christians and adherents of Philo's Judaism, why did the two separate? St Paul provides the best identification of the issue involved: the issue of circumcision. The immediate form of the issue was whether the customary, secondary features of Judaism, such as circumcision and dietary laws, were really that important? St Paul argued that among Christians, including Jewish Christians, such things were optional for the person and families concerned St Paul went further if Jews permitted such customs to stand in the way of furthering the mission to the Gentiles, making a fetish of those customs was dangerously harmful.
St Paul would never have tolerated for an instant the terrible doctrines of Bernard of Clairvaux or Martin Luther, to say nothing of the Aristotelian forms of Gnosticism introduced to corrupt Byzantine and, later, Western Christendom. With these belly-button mystics, St Paul rightly had no patience. That awful monastery of St Catharine's in the Sinai, where Constantine and his successors whipped up that wicked, Gnostic hesychasm of Byzantine Gnosticism, and the transfer of this wicked, "integrist" belly-button madness to Mount Athos' "Holy Mountain," would have brought forth more than one scorching epistle from St. Paul. St. Paul was a good Jew and an excellent Christian: We are placed in Creation for the purpose of useful labor, and we are accountable for not only what we do, but also for the foreseeable consequences of what we do, even for the entire world and for generations to come. Between terrible Calvinist dogma and Christianity, there is nothing in common; those who profess that dogma are worse than those terrible Sadducees, and almost as bad as their sibling-offspring of the Order of St John's Hospilallers, the Venetian Jesuits.
St. Paul placed the emphasis on faith proven through works, but he warned that this was not enough. Without Faith, Hope, and Love, good works are emptied of virtue. Unless we love humanity as a whole, and direct our labor to uplifting humanity as a whole, we are nothing This love for humanity must take the form of a sense of personal accountability to God by the individual, of the kind of personal ized love toward God which is expressed by persisting desire to bring our own will for practice on this planet -- and, in the heavens -- into agreement with the Logos. In that sense, one loves a sometimes distinctly unloveable humanity for God's sake.
Therefore. St Paul strongly reprimanded those Christians who insisted that the Gentiles had to meet the qualifications of circumcision, Jewish dietary law, and so forth, before being brought into the fold of Christianity. This was a painful argument for some Jews of the time to hear from this former Pharisee turned Christian Apostle. There are some people today, who will stamp their feet, and begin pacing angrily up and down the walls and across the ceiling just to demonstrate to you that Judaism was not a proselytizing religion. Judaism, especially in Philo's pathway, did proselytize -- and why shouldn't it? In St. Paul's time, they didn't precisely disagree with St Paul's insistence that the Gentiles needed some spiritual improvements. They did put road-blocks in their own pathway on this account. Christianity may be in generally rotten condition as a matter of constituted bodies of people today, but everything good that has happened in European civilization over nearly 2.000 years was a benefit to humanity accomplIshed by the mission to the Gentiles which St. Paul pressed so energetically.
Despite this point of difference, Jews who followed Philo did practice a love for mankind, and held themselves accountable for their success or failure In contributing something of enduring benefit to mankind with their brief mortal lives If one couldn't become a great philosopher or scientist, at least one could make a substantial act of love toward the hungry and oppressed and leave it to the rabbis and philosophers to explain what the higher purpose of all that might be. Certainly, the Ashkenazi Jews, in particular -- discounting those Venetian sorts -- have performed as well, or better, than nominal Christians on thIs account over the recent millennia Any consistent Chris- tian knows this, or could find it out easily enough, and has great respect and affection for Judaism on this account.
Since 1946, especially since 1967, something went very, very wrong inside Jewry generally. On this matter, my views tend to converge on leading points of practice with the late Nahum Goldmann's, and at least some of the dedicated people who follow in his footsteps today. At first glance, Nahum Goldmann's idea of a World Jewish Congress. to counterbalance the directions taken by Zionism, was plainly in the right direction. A Jewish state in Israel must be a Jewish state, asserting principles of fraternity and cooperation with Arabs, difficult as that might be to arrange. The conscience of world Jewry must be mobilized to bring that policy to fruitfulness. It is difficult, but not impossible. I emphasized this to the National Leadership of the Ba'ath Party in Iraq during April 1975. The people to whom I spoke called themselves Arab humanists, and thought of me as a friend -- if not of the inner circle of Arab brotherhood, enough of a proven friend to be permitted to discuss such matters frankly with them. I have had friends among Palestinian leaders who understood the point very well -- when they were not being killed like flies by Irgun crazies or the Nazi International's terrorists around Abu Nidal and that sort. These Arabs needed some first steps from Israel itself or perhaps from people of the sort associated with the World Jewish Congress, something to show ordinary Arabs that a new way in the Middle Easyt were possible.
We tried during 1975. Some pepople in Israel collaborated with my efforts during the last months of the Rabin government in 1976. The effort continues, despite the evil fellows -- like Dr Leo Szilard -- who proposed the future general destruction of the Middle East as early as the Pugwash Conference of 1958, where certain Anglo-American circles and Soviet representatives pre-arranged the Nuclear Deterrence package of imperialistic doctrines later imposed upon the government of the United States. We appear to be running out of hope. If Abu Nidal completes his agreement to assassinate Iraq's Saddam Hussein, probably the entire Middle East is gone, and Israel, too.
There is the matter of that evil fellow, Joseph Churba, and Meier Kahane's Kach -- and we know who inside Israel is really behind that -- who are working with some crazy nominal Christians in Oregon to blow up the Middle East in "Holy War" by building a "Third Temple of Solomon" on the site of the second most sacred site of Islam, the Dome on the Rock. There is that dangerous Soviet fellow, Aliyev, working. with help from Zbigniew Brzezinski, with the Nazi International's directors in Switzerland. who control the international "Islamic fundamentalist" insurgency. to help in realizing Soviet dreams of a "Third and Final Roman Empire" under the mystical thumb of Matushka Rus. Moscow says it is restraining Arab forces from war wIth Israel in the Middle East, but the Soviet KGB is operating through Nazi International channels based in Switzerland, Venice, and Rome, to escalate bloody attrition against Israeli forces in Lebanon, to the point Israel naturally responds with a quick, decisive, counter-measure.
Hope seems to be running out. That crazy Sharon sent Israel into what we warned would become "Israel's Vietnam," with his insane ambition's invasion of Lebanon. Now, governments being what they are presently, Israel is stuck in Lebanon, and the day-by-day attrition leading to the flash-point of a new Mideast war cuts down the Israeli forces set up as targets in the occupied areas Why did Nahum Goldmann's strategy fail? What is wrong in the conception of the strategic function of the World Jewish Congress? To put the point more precisely. What is lacking?
St Paul would have placed his index-finger on the problem immediately. He already has: it's the problem of the "circoncision," that terrible, self-defeating clannishness which has been the virtue and almost fatal error of Jewry over the millennia. "Jewish problems are Jewish problems. Besides, it is the Gentiles who are to blame; directly or indirectly, for all Jewish problems." That may bring automatic, nodding agreement in the minyan, but what good does it accomplish, except to make some Jews feel proudly self-righteous all the time everything continues to become much worse? If the Gentiles are the problem, why not change the Gentiles? Why insist that Israel is purely and simply a "Jewish Problem"? Why not direct the energies to the problem? I know all the standard Jewish retorts to that proposition, but I stick to it. Any Jewish leader who wishes to think seriously about the matter is obliged to agree with me on this point.
The German Jew, For Example
To see the Jewish question rightly, we must begin by putting to one side everything which happened after World War I, and to see what happened since 1917-18 as almost an inevitable consequence of what happened earlier especially since the launching of the Inquisition about 1230-33 A-D. in France and Spain. It was with the rise of Venetian power in the West, the growing power associated with Lombard banking houses such as the Bardi and Peruzzi, that the Inquisition against Jews in Western Europe began. The point is not only to see the changing circumstances in which Jews of the diaspora lived -- circumstances sometimes for the better, often for the worse, or worst, but also to see the various cultures of Jewry as as much defined by Gentile cultures in which Jews lived as by Judaism itself.
It is sufficient to focus attention u pon several leading examples: the Prussian Jew, the Austrian Jew, the Polish Jew, the Lithuanian Jew, the Russian Jew, and the highly differentiated conditions of circumstance and culture of the sephardic Jew. The best place to begin is the period 1653-1815 in Germany, and the sharp differentiation in circumstances between the Prussian Jew and the Austrian Jew The point is to de emphasize the Jewishness of the Jew, and to place relatively greater emphasis on the historically determined cultural differentiations imposed by Gentile cultures.
It is from the vantage point of America, the convergence of substantial portions of Jewish populations from all branches of European Jewry into the United States, melting-pot, that the essential matter is best understood by seeing the differentiated way in which various currents of European Jewish culture generally failed to converge until the 1938-46 period. and how the honor of nazi realities affected attempted convergences during and after that period, first over 1938-67 and from 1967 to the present. The unfortunate fact to be noted in this connection is that Americans, including Jewish Americans, have hecome very poor observers of everything which is tru1y important in the world. We are generally too much influenced by Hollywood "cowboys and indians," cheap "soap-operas," and "competitive spectator-sports" -- too much like those of Nero's arena. To us, politics, and life itself have become one team wearing one uniform, against an opposing team wearing a recognizahly different, popularly advertised name-brand of another uniform 'A good guy" is a fellow who cheers for "our team," and the opposition is the fellow who cheers for an opposing team. A Jew, to an American, tends to be either "A guy who's with our side," or the other side; what he is inside, is deprecated as a matter of "theory." The important evidence on the matter under consideration is mostly right there, in the form of evidence any scientific investigator would require. Most Americans, unfortunately, are too busy being seen being pragmatists by their neighbors, to spend any mental effort in observing the evidence. So, the matter is left to as much as can be accomplished by relatively rare "American throw-backs" to Henry Clay's Whigs and Benjamin Franklin as myself. Americans are prejudiced "for Jews," or "against Jews," a quality of opinion whose scientific merit never violates the limits of the sort of truisms one can hear in any bar room discussion of the burning issues of the morning's newspaper-headlines -- it's one of those Gentile customs which ought to worry thoughtfu1 Jews.
The first thing to understand, is that there is a profound difference between an Austrian and a Prussian In Prussia, the Great Elector's law made Jews and Huguenots citizens -- at least, as much as citizenship was available to Prussian subjects generally at various times. The characteristic morality of the Hapsburg realm was expressed most generally by the habit of the Hapsburgs of giving families of Jews as gifts to various parts of the Holy Roman Empire's aristocracy, the ugly phenomenon of the Hofjuden, that special form of Hapsburg anti-Semitism which occurred in Britain in the model of Charles Dickens' image of Uriah Heep Heinrich Heine and Nahum Goldmann belong generally to the Prussian model at its best. A Mandelssohn of Berlin married the great collaborator of Alexander von Humboldt, Lejeune Dirichlet. It was toward Prussia and the German science of the Gottingen tradition of Leibniz and Gauss that the German speaking Jew of both Germany and Austro-Hungan, aimed himself to get out of the stink of everything smelling of Hapsburg culture from about 1815 onwards.
Dr Karl Marx, who made some terrible mistakes, was of a Polish-Jewish family named Levi, from Minz, who settled in Trier and were swept up into the great admiration for Dr Benjamin Franklin and the American constitution which prevailed in that City'S life, until the great demoralization which began with the Hohenzollerns' betrayal of Germany at the 1815 Congress of Vienna. However, despite his father Heinrich' s softness toward that evil Swiss fellow Rousseau, young Karl Marx' s essay "On Choosing A Profession," of 1835, reveals a pretty fine fellow, before his carousing in Bonn and his later, abysmal corruption at Berlin. The Germany of Leibniz, Lessing, and Friedrich Schiller especially during 1809-15, was about the best place in the world, outside the United States, for a Jew to be.
The affliction of the Austrian Jew was not a matter of being Jewish, but ofbeing Austrian Austro-Hungary especially from 1815 onward, was a decaying hulk, created by Venice -- like the Ottoman Empire, and modeled variously upon the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, and the ancient Persian and Babylonian empires It was a captive-house of nations, each a "semi-autonomous" sort of particularist entity, of distinct ethnic and religious character, all ruled over by one common financial and military authority, an authority associated with rule by an aristocracy which was chiefly Greek or Italian but which called itself Austrian. It was a Jesuit's empire, a prison of stagnating cultures, in which the conception of man and of man in the universe, was a fair approximation of such ancient Phoenician abominations as Cadmian Thebes, Lycurgan Sparta, and Delphi. The wicked fellow, Dr Sigmund Freud, is paradigmatic of the worst features of the Jew turned entirely an unofficial Jesuit, a true Hapsburg Austrian.
This showed itself in Nazi behavior during the 1938-45 period. After the Swiss, that Venetian colony which really directed the Third Reich -- and which runs it to the present day -- the Austrian Nazis were the worst, together with those south Germans who were really Venetians or Swiss by aristocratic pedigree To such the Jew was like a petdog, to be protected and petted, according to inclination, or to be destroyed when one tired of it or tortured into Nazi service, to be used again as a pet after the war. The Austro-Hungarian culture was deeply racialist, in the sense efficiently expressed by Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi's conception of a Pan-European Union as paradise. This we also know in Poland, from the case of Lublin and from Russia in the form of the area's culture of the Jesuits' Byzantine Rite, an important channel for the Soviet KGB today.
What ruined the German Jew ultimately was merely that which ruined the German generally. It began with the 1815 Congress of Vienna, where the Venetian, Capodistria, assigned by Venice to run Russian foreign affairs, directed his puppet Prince Metternich, and the Hohenzollern sent into internal exile the Freiherr vom Stein who had de feated Napoleon Bonaparte and saved the Prussian monarchy. Under this arrangement, the wicked Jesuits were brought back from their well deserved exile in Russia, to run the secret-intelligence service of Prince Metternich and the Holy Alliance, and eventually to participate in a lead ing way in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
During 1809-15, there was a great upsurge of morality in the German populations of Prussia and the Rhineland generally, an upsurge fostered by the poetry and dramas of Schiller and by the impact of the Stein-Humboldt-Scharnhorst reforms. It appeared that the Age of Reason had begun in Prussia -- until that miserable Hohenzoliern betrayed it all at Vienna The political repressions which cascaded in Prussia in the aftermath of 1815 and the elevation of that wicked Swiss-Jesuit tool G W F. Hegel, to the position of "official state philosopher," produced a wave of demoralization and cultural pessimism in which that Swiss concoction, German Romanticism, flourished, out of which the sons of the patriots of 1809-15 became the proto-fascists and radicals of the period leading into 1848 and beyond.
Richard Wagner, the Houston S. Chamberlain who selected Adolf Hitler to lead the new Bavarian Nazi movement, and the Dostoevskyan evil von Kettler, Pech, and Alfred Rosenberg, among many others, were the result. The Swiss arch-Nazi Friedrich Nietzsche, expressed the essence of the matter.
Does one wish to pretend that n umerous prominent German Jews did not participate in fostering this evil, or even in helping Hitler to gain and hold power during the initial period of Nazi rule? Shall we cover this up because they were "Jewish"? Shall we conceal what happened in Italy, France, and so forth under the Nazis on this account? Shall we pretend it was all Gentiles? With such mythologies, we shall never correct the real problem.
It was the collapse of German culture, chiefly under the erosive influence of Swiss-baked German Romanticism, which made the Jew victim of the Nazis. It was preventing, or reversing that collapse into the Dostoevskyian bestiality of Romanticism which had to be done. Should Jews have fled into Palestine then? Was that the solution? There is a famous, true story of a thoughtful German gentleman of the 1920s, who foresaw the next war coming, and diligently studied the world's maps, to locate for himself and his family, a place most likely to escape the ravages of the coming war. Accordingly he moved himself and his family to the safety of the island of Guadalcanal Is Israel a place of safety? Can one hide from the Gentile world's evils in Israel? There are gentlemen in Venice, Oregon, and Israel itself whose Dome of the Rock project is consciously intended to compel God himself to unleash the Battle of Armageddon!
The Russian Jew, For Example
The essential distinction of Jewish culture in Russia is that it was shaped not only by the oppressive bestiality characteristic of the Raskol'niki, but that it assimilated into Jewish culture the pagan mysticism of the Raskol'niki. The Jewish Pale was the Jewish Mir (a Russian term for mystical soul) The Jewish textile manufacturers of Vilna were the reflection of the Raskol'nik textile manufacturers of the Preobrazhensky cemetery-district of Moscow.
Next to the conditions of Yemen, this was the cultural pit of Jewry. Jews became almost Calvinists, almost Russian Jesuits "I cannot care about what happens to civilization, or the other fellow in particular. That is God's business, I must take care of my own affairs: my pleasure, my family, and - if the Rabbi hounds me enough -- the Jewish community."
The source of this was not Judaism, but the Russian Orthodox Church and its complementary offshoot, the Raskol'niki. If I find a dog's excrement in a Jewish house which has no dog, shall I therefore admire this object as a production of Jewish culture? Or, shall I suspect that a Gentile dog has passed through the premises? Shall I not consider so the excrement which those Russian priests and the Raskol'niki deposited upon what turns up in the baggage of Jewish emigres from Russia?
Accordingly, Russian Jewry became infected with Dsstoevskyian mysticism, the paradigm for Russian fascism, or Russian solidarism. which are one and the same thing. This was a receptive climate for the import of the 13th-century Venetian, Luzzato, Becanati, revival of Phoenician Kabbalism into Russia. This Raskol'niki mysticism infecting Jews in Russia, with its mystical worship of Blood and Soil, became the fertile ground for developing a Dostoevskyan variety of Zionism. Thence came the doctrines ofthe Holy Soil of Eretz Israel, did it not, on which soil all but biologically defined Jews were transgressors? Was Jewry , not degraded1 to some mystical sort of collective emanation of the people sprung as a racial blood from the holy soil of mother Israel? Jews became not Jews, hut a Jewish mimicry of Russian Raskol'niki. A Jew was no longer defined by Jewish faith by Jewish morality, by the Jewish commitment. He lived, spiritually as well as physically, under Russian occupation in Russia, and carried Russian culture, not Jewish culture, to Israel with him. He carried to Israel what many Jews before had fled to the United States, from Russia and Poland, to escape.
Some Jews in Russia and Poland, became social democrats out of recognition that the rescue of the Jews in these regions required the transformation oi the culture in which they lived, and by which they were dominated aDd surrounded. The best example of this is perhaps Rosa Luxemburg. Over the distance of time, her faults seem tiny and her nobility great. Unfortunately, like the "Westernizers" of radical persuasions, including V.I. Lenin, generally, the Russian social-democrats of 1905 and 1917, both Menshevik and Bolshevik were, like the populist Social-Revolutionaries, really Raskol'niki in the footsteps of the Pugachev insurrection. Bolshevism was "Soviet Marxism," Marx's formulations superimposed upon the mystical conception of the Mir; the Russian "proletariat" was a Dostoevskyan mass of Raskol'niki, whose essence was that peculiar mystical phantasm, the Russian soul, not an individual soul, but a collective soul, the will of Matushka Rus emanating in the Blood of the people sprung from her Holy Soil.
True, one cannot read the best examples of Jewish literature from the 19th century, into the 20th, without a sympathy often becoming a feeling of lovingness. These writers expressed a certain greatness, a great dignity, and a saving sense of historical irony. These writers and those they sought to uplift, deserved something much better than they had such people must be helped, because the commitment they express will swell the precious, tiny, ranks of small portion of humanity which dedicates itself to helping others.
If we speak of the flaws of such people, we speak with the anger we direct toward a friend who is trapped in some self-defeating neurotic pattern of behavior. We hate the flaw the more because it is something destructive within a friend. Our affection does not lessen, but properly increases our emnity toward the flaw.
We needed a proper sort of World Jewish Congress then but not as a self-contained Jewish congress. We needed a force to shape the culture of leading nations of the world, to create a global environment through which things could be properly changed. This could not be Jewish, but leading thinkers of international Jewry had special reason, consistent with the Jewish commitment, to be a most active and influential part of this effort. It is to the shaping of culture that we must always address our primary efforts -- then, or today.
Ask yourself: How do nations, as well as individuals, act? They act as they think what causes each to think as he or she does? It is culture. It is essentially their view of what man's nature is, what his needs are, what the purpose of his life ought to be. It is also a conception of man in the universe. How is the universe composed, in which direction ought it to be steered, and what is man's possible and obligatory labor to that purpose? Why should a nation exist? Why should people communicate in some definite language? How should that language be developed? If we act merely on the will of men and nations as existing culture permits us to influence immediate decisions, and if that culture is dominated by a degraded conception of the human individual like Raskol'niki-influenced culture -- what ultimate result can we expect but that intrinsic to such a culture, a result consistent with a degraded conception of man? Where does the human race go then? What is the outcome of all of one's fine scheming to cleverly influence this and that particular decision of nations, then? If we practice degradation, we and those we influence become only affirmed in their degradation. It is not our individual instances of exerting influence which we shape the outcome; degradation will shape the outcome -- and we clever, influential fellows, will then curse God, no doubt, for failing to respect the cleverness of our influential actions.
If we wish to change things, we must shift the prevailing cultural paradigms. Those clever Venetian fellows, those belly-button contemplators of Mount Athos, the Order of St John Hospitaller, understand this, but they are evil in purpose and methods We are busy with being "objective." We are being "practical politicians," clever fellows. So, we play cleverly within that conveyance called prevailing cultures, while the Venetians steer the conveyance itself to Hell Why do we not concentrate on changing cultural par- adigms -- our way, in our choice of direction? Why do we not make a concerted effort to cause this to become successful? Why do we not learn from history how this is to be accomplished?
It is not good enough to be a Jew, even to be a good Jew It is necessary to change the culture of the world, to be responsible for the conditions of life of all peoples of this planet Otherwise, if you do good, it will be by accident, and no doubt you will supply a mystical explanation for that.
The Arab, For Example
There are three things every Jew must remember about Arab culture. There was an Ummayyad Islam. There was an lsmaili Islam -- largely destroyed over the period from al-Ghazali's "Destruction" through the Mongol conquests. The whole business was dominated by Byzantium, and that Venetian creation, the Ottoman Empire, from the Emperor Constantine until the close of World War I. Where more than 30 million Arabs lived in relative prosperity during the reign of Caliph Haroun al-Rashid, the ally of Charlemagne against the Ummayyads, approximately 10 million, at the most, live today. The destruction of the Arab world by Asharism is the essence of the Arab problem today.
The business of the Jew, especially if he plans his children to live in the Middle East, is to help free the Arabs from about a thousand years of sustained oppression. That is what some people call the "Jewish Ethic." Having read Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Spinoza's misguided appreciation of ethics, and having seen the full horror of the Jesuit's Cartesian dogma of "bioethics, I would prefer we drop the word "ethics" for anything admirable in Jewry, but I sympathize with the thought expressed by friends' use of the term "Jewish Ethics." I would prefer "Jewish morality" or, better "Jewish commitment." I mean specifically the moment when a father tells a son, "You are a Jew and now I must tell you what a Jew must be."
In a certain manner of speaking, my point has not been overlooked by masses of Ashkenazi Jews who have moved from Israel to whatever place their double-citizenship recommends to them as an alternative. They can smell the way things are going in Israel and around it. Seeing that Israel has in fact really lost the wars of 1956, 1967 and 1973, they have not lingered to await the consequences. I fear that merely burning Henry A Kissinger in effigy will not prove an adequate remedy for the present state of affairs.
Let us now speak with the utmost frankness on two leading subjects bearing upon this present situation. Let us put the British part of the matter to one side for the moment, for reasons I shall make clear enough. Let us look at the evil on the Arab side, by which I mean the Nazis operating chiefly out of Switzerland, such as Lausanne's Francois Genoud and the cronies of Dr Hjalmar Schacht generally. I mean the fellows from Walter Schellenberg's RSHA Amt VI, from the former Abwehr and Waffen SS, to be found wearing Arabic names in such places as Damascus and Aleppo. Let us also look at something more or less equally unpleasant, Israel's increasingly Byzantine (or, if you prefer, Venetian) policy toward the Arab peoples, now being extended into Africa and Central America.
The British, U S , and Soviet intelligence-services gloated over their agreements with Nazis, from 1943 onward, and gloated most em phatically over massive files of dossiers on Nazi officials of which copies are kept in such locations as West Berlin and Swiss Nazis, usable banking officials of Swiss banks. Indeed, Switzerland ended the war pretty much as the real Nazi redoubt, by the catastrophe, especially in such as Geneva, Lausanne, Basel, and Zurich, and not overlooking nearby Lyons in France. The most interesting items collected by these intelligenee services -- and the Mossad in due course -- were the assets of the Gestapo, Abwehr, and Waffen SS among non-German nationals, including persons of influence who had worked for the Abwehr and so forth during the periods of occupation.
There are certain matters of which elements of the lrgun based formerly in ltaly and France do not wish to have spoken publicly, even today, especially around Lyons and in connection with the Ovra of Mussolini's ltaly and Salo Republic: if anyone asks, they should either get a b]oody nose, or have it clearly understood that certain arrangements involved Bertrand Russell's variety of "methods which are disgusting even if they we necessary."
So, the RHSA Amt VI network was used to control most of the Arab world from the point coinciding with Schacht's "rehabilitation" at Nurnberg. These fellows based in Switzerland (one source estimates that 4,000 of them are still occupying influential positions there), created the international-terrorist and separatist movements, which most intelligence-services employed -- and thought they had more or less under control. After all, the Sufi Freemasonic network, and the apparatus linked to the Club of Rome's Arab Thought Forum and to Islam and the West, were assumed to be managed jointly by these intelligence-services together with fine Swiss financier-families.
Then, came the upward progress of KGB official Yuri Andropov in the wake of the Hungarian insurrection of 1956. (Was his mother Jewish, as some Israelis are slyly told or is he of entirely Greek origin? It really makes no difference. He was a protege of that crazy Finnish mystic Kuusinen and Eugen Varga.) After the Krushchev period, we saw a resurgence of the Third Rome paradigm in Soviet KGB operations and foreign policy vectors, a trend begun at St Basil's Cathedral by Stalin in 1943, and presumably levelled-down with the sudden demise of Lavrenti Beria. The Byzantine Slavic religious matrix was becoming prominent as a leading policy-instrument of not only soviet bloc domestic, but also foreign policy. With the work of Aliyev in Azerbaijan during the 1970s, it appears, heavy work in exploiting "Islamic fundamentalism" also became a major project of the KGB.
There was one way in which the KGB could lake control of "Islamic fundamentalism" through Switzerland, through deals with the Swiss-based Nazi International's apparatus. It is now obvious that this deal with the Swiss Nazis goes much further than the Islamic world, or the hideous anti-Semitic ravings of Francois Genoud. Friedrich Naumann's 19th-century Romantic fantasy, "Mitteleuropa," and the "pan-Europe" fantasies of Coudenhov-Kalergi, are marching in tandem, with Swiss backing, and deals across the border between the two superpower-blocs. This unleashing of the Swiss-German-Protestant-led development in Germany coincides with a Swiss-German language deployment in international finance against "the Anglo-American" powers. By pattern, Venice, Switzerland, and German speaking Europe, are being moved into Soviet-dominated "Finlandization," at the same time that the Nazi International's resources, and financial backers. are steering Islamic fundamentalism in a manner coinciding with Soviet interests.
What clever fellows the British, Americans, and Israelis have been! We are approximately at 1938 relative to the preconditions for World War III and for the general destruction of the Middle East -- Israel included.
What helped the Nazi International to consolidate its position in the Arab world was not only increasing collaboration with the Soviet KGB, or the KGB's friends among certain Byzantine churches' hierarchies. In the Middle East, Israel helped to ensure this most directly by adopting and practicing the policy, that Arab economic development, by increasing Arab strength, must be frustrated. The so-called Israeli lobby's influence in the United States made this U S policy, too.
Israel's strategic problem was to drive a wedge into the Arab world which would isolate and destroy the Nazi forces there. To accomplish this, it was necessary to foster developments within the Arab world whose cultural impact would be to weaken and ultimately obliterate Asharite currents. The key to this was to be found among the Palestinian Arabs. Since the establishment of Israel, two generations of Palestinian Arabs have been wasted from among whom at least tens of thousands of Arab leaders could have been developed, mobilized to accomplish for the Palestinian Arabs exactly that which, in essentials, Israel properly desired for itself. It was all there, in the history of Baghdad's creation and rise to power. It was written in the writing or al-Farabi and ibn Sina. How does one defeat the Ummayyads wtthin the Arab world -- the Ummayyads of yesterday who are natural recruits to Islamic neo-Nazism led by old Nazis today? One must help to create new Baghdads, and include the precautions learned from history, that the experiment not fail.
The hand of war of the republic is the hand of the works of peace What peace is offered the Arabs but the peace of Asharism, the peace which turns into endemic religious war. the peace of despair which turns to the well-known Asharite logic of the '�enemy of my enemy" when nothing else avails against the object of fanatical, obsessive hatred?
True, Israel could not accomplish this alone, but there was the United States Could not the same United States lured into a foolish policy have been aided to deploy its power for a sound policy? Do not tell me it is impractical ! Give me the resources of Israel and its friends, and let us assemble Jewish scholars anywhere in a convenient part of the world. and interface such a working group of scholars with the sort of private news-service capability I represent, and we could produce the most fine-tuned policy possible on this earth at present. If the principle of nearly 2,000 years of Jewish Survival had been practiced, if the principles of the Jewish commitment had been practiced, it would have been done. It would have succeeded with the backing of the United States.
If we can get through the present mess, it can still be done. Once the mistake is acknowledged, the beginning will be more or less automatic. Think not of tomorrow, but in the span of two forward generations: the important thing is to build day by day -- naturally, defending what is built -- against a future result a generation or two ahead It is not impermissible for a good Jew to learn an important point from St. Paul.
The Sickness of Cultural Pessimism
My friend puts it, that there are two philosophical outloooks in Israeli po1itics today. There are those who live only with the hideous memory of the Nazi Holocaust, and those diminishing numbers which think on 2,000 years of Jewish Survival. He is right; the evidence is overwhelming. My friend has courage. He fights still, but very fearful for the future of Israel I must help him, contributing to his efforts those of my personal resources which he may lack in significant part. To that purpose, I have written this to help his cause, and the cause of the Nahum Goldmann who has completed all he could do to that end.
The root of the problem is not Jewish. It is a blend of cultural pessimism of the German Jew, the cultural pessimism of the Polish and Russian Jew, the confused mind of the Austrian Jew, and the horrible impact of what happened between 1938 and 1945. The German Jew was driven into an initial state of cultural pessimism by the 20th-century continuation of 19th-century German Romanticism. The Russian Jew by the cultural impact of the Raskol'niki's mystical bestiality, the Austrian Jew by a culture sick from the beginning. The Nazi pestilence, because civilization demonstrated itself capable of permitting such things, especially the Germany formerly of poets and thinkers, fostered an awful, unthinkable pessimism about civilization itself To some Jews -- and others -- this meant: So is the world, and so we must live in it. To some, this meant learning from the methods by which Adolf Hitler succeeded -- when he appeared successful, but this time to Jewish advantage.
Now, the same old crap begins again If the Soviet Union continues its present Dostoevskyian trend, it will become Nazi in character, and is already collaborating with the Nazi International, as well as with church-bodies which are semi-Nazi in their Gnostic degradation. Did Israel, the World Jewish Congress, and so forth, fight cultural bestiality wherever it appeared ? Did they oppose the "environmentalist" movement, a faithful replica of the Wandervogel and related Romantic insurgencies which produced the Nazis? Did they work to strengthen Arab republicanism against Asharism within Arab nations? Did they take the cause of Pope Paul VI's Populorm Progressio as their own? Or, did most of them concentrate on vindictive tricks against any public figure who dared to criticize Israel's self-destructive course of policy-practice? In that respect, Israel's prevailing philosophical outlook has contributed substantially to creating the same old crap out of which the Nazi beast erupted, a threat to the very existence of Israel as a whole today.
The lesson must be learned from history, St. Paul's lesson. There is no religion -- except one to be spit upon as a wicked thing -- which does not look up personally to the Creator of the continuing creation which is this universe with love, and for the sake of that love act to uplift all of humanity, to destroy evil, but to save the peoples who are ruled by it. It is a false patriot who demands of his nation any policy contrary to that. In particular, you cannot be a Jew unless you care for the fate of future generations of Arabs, unless you are horrified by the fear, desperation. and so forth, which the Palestinian Arabs in particular have suffered. If you feel differently, please do not call yourself a Jew, but something else.
The purpose of existence of a nation is to give continuity to the life's work of a people, to make that nation a personality among nations, a personality dedicated to the improvement of civilization, and the uplifting of humanity as a whole. Such nations must exist, so that the good contributed by their individual members may be fostered and preserved to the advantage of future generations of humanity as a whole, even after the brief mortal life of the individual has been long completed. With such nations, each individual may work to some higher purpose for humanity, and may look up to the heavens with love, saying with great joy "I am doing your work."
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